The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-22 00:00:00

SOCIETY. eld on Saturday ho chair. resolutions, Mr. ,unial Report 94 s.nrance Society oernb 31'S a repo rt ared on the 31st of tho business replete the nOll I, in 1864, 2,2 66 ssued, giving 33 311. During the [received in yeNf rear. The t ots s .£214,104, n ow rage annual in loss of income )ss income from ,100 per annum. 1.037 policies, o the amount of Keess of the el m policies n b uP° 3,86.1 has een luction of ban g nium, Pu rehee'e ' raluation of th e i, as on former iblic securities; of thep r erniu!u . s the actual rtsh or the expen EieS le surplus to be B y this ar ito rateably to is declared by n ded propertY, the office Pre" ico paid), in t ?' )an kers and In col'" - muses a lready 1869, cornmis.. o s, amount . after Inaki us of .£328,6,i 08,673 11s• 9" . ) bonus in re £2o,ooo be re nt,., and CO that out 0.1 , bonus of XL bsolute bawl pate, as 311 . 31 : ennial perm : r 1869, P. om o claims 10 ies which be assured; on I Inn r cent on 1873, £5 per h are not eni by reason 0 en , ' upon them, t of t he rtnen quinquon n . l ' o b onu s of h paid prior to 14 s . 9d. t o £464,810) anis assured; ruin° h e pre ~,e lotted. In n, and so ttio I eit h e r to 3 of tbe Pre' a roduo lor of life ", the sun' to counting of £338,090. oth with re ,he working umb er irgo ns t !don Vi n' rate of roof )eg leave t° i t i on of the o ,t the san • terested lEnconori° the report , id liabilities fore, and on f the onle 0 there Nos . er , to sup of s fai th© °Mee. on which an d that 3cure as it of poi icieS nerciat de hree years, 3n 0395 La begin reased to rd to tho 3alled an ,bat n o h a d to 2 excess Lind the ;or than £4 1 , 000 :;onsola .log the ion. the E 41,0 0 0, ) rePOr t iticnate. ; it ,ty that The i p g the le time t he 0- iile tha 2cl. 015 might 'r he itisfac for b e " largedt ruU-e to onticOS year s i y e ry I Upon 3iuras, L akini 66 9 lis to policy-holders to pass the winter or a portion of the Sear out of Europe with.mt imposing a fine of 10s. per cent. on the sum assured. TuLLoca urged the settlement of claims arising upon policies without the delay of six months, as at pre sent. GEDGE suggested that the accounts and report should be circulated two or three days before the meeting. Mr. BARRON recommended 30 days' grace instead of 15 for payment of premiums, and a more early settlement of Mr. SritaouE preferred that they should remain as they Were, adding that by submitting to the deduction of a Small percentage claims might be received almost as soon I's they arose. The CHAIRMAN, in answering the questions, said that the period at whit i the claims were payable after the death of the policyholder, was an element in the calcula tion of the rate of premium, and if they were paid imme diately without deduction they must Dither alter the rate Of premium or diminish the reserve, otherwise there Would be a considerable reduction in the profits. When hilmediate payment was desired 5 per cent. discount was c harged, which, considering that the premium rate was 'ass than that charged by other offices, was not heavy. Permission to go abroad for purposes of health might be obtained on the production of a medical certificate. The directors thought there was risk in going abroad , but in order not to be behindhand in liberality they had granted the privilege on an extra payment of 55., if the declaration Was made when the policy was taken out ; but the first Year they took the ss. it resulted in the society being called upon to pay £3,000. A Shareholder asked whether it was an extra risk ? Mr. DOWNES—Yes, decidedly. The CHAIRMAN further remarked that the annual re ports could always be had a week before the meeting; but the quinquennial report could not bo got ready in time for circulation prior to the meeting. The extra claims of the Past five years had arisen from a rate of mortality which they had no right to expect, and by an unfortunate coin cidence it had fallen chiefly upon the large policyholders. 48 the policyholders grew older the reversionary bonus necessarily became less, but the cash payment in lieu of the reversion was more. The calculations of the society Were so well based that if they were to wind up to-mor z.err the safety of the office would be in no way impaired, and they would be able to pay all claims. (Cheers.) He moved the adoption of the report. ~,This was seconded by the Right Hon. B. P. BOETERIB, . 4 •P.,:and carried unanimously. , The bonus and contingent bonus were decl ared, and the retiring directors and auditors having been re-elected and thanked for their services, Mr. BOWLEY said he was quite certain a great labour had to be encountered in making the quinquennial calcu lation, and that the meeting would really feel it a pleasure to give its thanks to the able actuary for the manner in Which the work had been performed. • A POLICYHOLDER begged, as one of the oldest insurers Present, to second the proposition. It was, in truth, a Pleasure and a privilege for him to do so. Ho might also be allowed to compliment the society on the admirable Working staff they possessed. Mr. DOWNES said he felt greatly the complimentary Way in which his services had been noticed. It was ex ceedingly pleasurable when past exertions were so kindly recognised, and he need hardly say the success and pro -BPerity of the society was Lis greatest pride and pleasure. (Cheers.) Mr. GRIMES, the secretary, also returned his thanks for the compliments awarded to himself and the staff. The proceedings then terminated. IIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITT, Two O'CLOCK. Consols are 934 3 for money ; ditto, for Ac onunt, 931 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 914 4 ; New Three per Cents, 914 4 ; ditto 25 per Cent., ' 1 , 411 - 1891, 745 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 2 5 per ‘-;ent., 4 pm ; ditto 1100, £2OO, and £5OO, 4 pm.; Lank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., shut. India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, ; dittoit 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per r , "at., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Eufaced raper 54 ter Cent., May, 1879, 1104. In the Railway Market the following are the quotations:—London and North Westerd, 114/ 315 i; Great Western, 494 4 ; Midland, 1164 1; London and South Western, 87 9 ; Great Eastern, 37 i; Brighton, 494 4 ; South Eastern, 761 5 ; Metropolitan, 1031 4 ; Great Nerthern, 1074 8 ; ditto A 1074 8 ; Caledonian, 791 4 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 164 17. In the foreign market Brazilian of 1865 and Spanish of 1867 have advanced 4 to f per cent., while Italian of 1861 and Turkish of 1865 have declined 4 to 4. Annexed are the prices : Brazilian of 1865, 804 to 80/ ; Chi!ian of 1867, 34 4 to 954 ; Egyptian of 1861, 89 to 89 4 ; ditto of 1868, 76 to 761 ; Italian of 1861, 554 to 555 ; ditto of 1868, 84 to 85 ; Mexi can, 141 to 151-; Peruvian of 1865, 791 to 4 ; Russian of 1866, 934 to 945 Nicolai, 67 to 5 ; Orel, 824 to 1; Moscow, 794 to 804 ; ditto Charkof, 774 to 78 ; ditto Charcow, 774 to 4 ; Spanish, 1867, 311 to 1 ; Turkish of 1858, 63 to ; ditto of 1862, 664 to 674 ; and ditto of 1865, 411 toy. American 5-20 Bonds are 834 to 4, being 4 per cent, lower; Erie Railway shares, 241 to 4. The market for bank shares is dull. London and County, 5!,- to ; London Joint Stock, 321 to t ; London and Westminster, 64± to 4 ; and Imperial Ottoman, 2k to prem. La miscellaneous shares, Hudson's Bay has dropped to 13 A further sum of £20,000 in bar gold has been withdrawn from the Bank for shipment to the Continent. The failure of Messrs. Hunter, Finlay, and Co., calico printers and merchants in Glasgow, is re- Ported. The liabilities are from £60,000 to fa 1170,000 not above £4,000 or £5,000 of which will in Manchester. The assets are said to be con t 'ji:l_ i ae r ~ ith regard to the Trouville Association ( x Li mited), and the prop ose d subscription of 4 00,000 in debentures on a mortgage of the pro perty, it is stated that the purchase money is to be ' 29 0,000, p aya bl e i n i nsta l men t s , an d th a t th e bal ance of £llO,OOO is to be applied to the develop ment of the estate. .According to a circular of Mr. F. Andres on the Il , n es of the Voslau district, near Vienna, the Aus trian 7 vintage of 1868 has been a fine one, and the quantity will be very large. _, Ac cording to the last accounts from Mexico the un ject of Gener a l Negrete' s p ronunc i am i en to at P uebla was simply to capture a conducta with £600,000 in specie for Vera Cruz—a plan which Wan discovered in time to be frustrated. He was met and routed by the national troops. report by Mr. Consul-General Playfair on A lter a, just published, it is stated that during the ' ia a Years succee di ng th e conques t o f the country it Only cost France £2,423,245—" a sum by no mea ns ea ne extravagantly large, and which is amply bal anced. l. by the benefits, both moral and material, "'tell it has produced." e . T he Mortgage Debentures of the Trouville Asso latton are quoted to 1 prem. kin gdom traffic receipts o f the railways in the United ' in gdom for the week ending March 14, amounted 0 " a 13 ,420 miles to £704,360, and for the corres ,tlilding week in 1868 on 13,216 miles to £668,143, 4° Wing an increase of 204 miles, and of £36,217 in li t e r eceipts. The gross receipts on the 14 principal n ee in the United Kingdom amounted for the week °49 1752 miles to £588,166,and for the corresponding N/ eek of l as t year on 9,576 m il es t o £561,679 show ing an incre ase o f 176 m il es , an d of £26,487 in the jeeipts. The traffic receipts on 52 other lines in " Unit e d Ki ng d om amounte d on 3 , 668 m il es t o £116,1 94, and for the corresponding week of last Ye ar on 3,640 miles to £106,464, showing an in crease of 27 miles, and of £9,730 in the receipts. The total receipts o f the w eek as compared with bi c ' s e of the previous one, ended the 7th inst., ex tit a decrease of £3,045. Ile acco un t s f rom th e R e d Ri ver t e r r itory with re gard e to the prospects of the North-Western fur j°P for the present season state that from perhaps " excessi ve " catch" of last year mink arc not Zlikely to yield o v e r one -h a lf the usual number. The healso is cau g ht i n f ar l e ss number than last year. a Yield of o tt ers , b eavers , m artens, rats, fisher, t1(1 f oxes will be about the same as that of last year ; chile the number of the skins of the skunk will be Z r g e lY in excess. Th e buff a lo—erratic always— jellied of l a t e t o h ave a l most d eser t e d th o terri rY; but the latest reports describe a return move 'ent toward the Red River, so th a t for the spring tr ade a fair supply is yet expected. The following telegram is from the Don Pedro (Brazilian) Gold Company :—" Produce for Janu ary 19,968 oitavas, weighed to 18th of February 7,821 oitavas." BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. (40VERNMENT FUNDS. per Cent. Consols Ditto for Accoun t, per Cent. Reduced 9l; Nevr. 3 per Cent New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. o per Cen J 9.1[1.1873 ekuuuitios, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (lied Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 — !;xolioriunr Bills, £l,OOO, 2i per Ct. De £5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO 4 Bank of En ;land Stocic,4i per Cent Shut D. account Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds Inter-Colonial Uranium INDIAN INDIAN :_.IOVIZE.NNIENI lE(.:ltlTikr. India. :".cock, 101 1 par Cent., April 1874._ Do. Opening, for AccouLt Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1Biio Do 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Yap. 4 per CAnt — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i per 0-nt. May 18 7 9 llok Da 5 par Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do do _ __ . _ • 1882 — D. Deb., i per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. ander .£l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 8 per Cent Do., Scrip £45 paid .. lunriau Bonds 4 per cent .. — Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Ceat — 10. li per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 1858.... Do. do. 186') — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account BOl Buenos Ayros 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. °Lillian 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent..., 73} Do. 8 per Cent. ) Po_ 6 per cent. 1867 9s} 1 o. 7 per Cent., 1866 0 lonibian, 6 per Cent. Danisn, 3 per Cent., 1825........ Dan‘tian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 BB} vquador New Uonsolidated, 1 per Cent .11:Drpan, 7 per Cent ••• Do Socoad issue . Do. Xisut Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds • •••• Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. .£5( , 0 Bonds Do. IlOti, Bonds 9Ol i English Scrip, 186 E Do do. £45 pd — die Government Railway Deboutm ob, Graeir 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account 9,intethala 5 per Cent Honduras Gov. Hail. Loan., lop. Ct., all pd lts,ian 5 pe,t Cert., 1i365 Do. Accounti Do Mareintnana Railway oxi call 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do t per Cont. Anglo-French , !ont“xideau ti per Cent. ciri,slA imperial 5 per Cent. New Granada Do 3 per Con Do. Doforred Peruvian 5 por Cont. 1865 Do Account .. i I Do 41 per Cent. (Ul:' , arren) Do 41 per Cent., 1662 Do Account — P irtsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,' , iii,'2.': 36} Do. do. 1867 — til Do. do. Scrip, £2O poi,' — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, ..i 3t Do 41 per Cent . 1850 .. B9l On 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 5 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 por Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, .£loo,BondE., 931 4} Do. do. ..£B4 15s. d 0.., 7.)0., 1866, .£lOO Bonds 941 Do. (16 £B4 13s. do — i.: Nicolas Railway 671 Sar huiau 6 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen ... Do. Account ... Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Doforred Do. Account, Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. mot funded... Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent.( Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Boide Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 67/ Do 5 per Gent. 1865 77_ Do ACcount Do 6 per Cent., 1860 6 41 # Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Acc. ant Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch '2 . i per Cent. Ex. 12 Gui! Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account French Reutes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2.3 f. — Uglier, 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. zsf.t Do Account CLOSING PRICES. Jonsols, Money . 93 Do. Account, April 8j 93 f LATEST INTELL MENGE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, March 21. A demonstration has taken place at Barcelona against free trade, a petition setting forth the views of the antagonists has been presented to the Governor for transmission to the Constituent Cortes. Xeres is tranquil. The prisoners captured will be sent to Ceuta. The Government troops at Cadiz are in pursuit of a band of Carlists headed by Col. Miramon. The Ministry has postponed the introduction of the proposed bill on public order till after the holi days. FRANCE. PARIS, March 22. • The Constitutionnel of this morning says that the Government journals, both of Paris and Brussels, will publish to-morrow official declarations relative to the Belgian controversy. BOURSE, March 20.--Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 4i per Cent. End of month... Ital'an Fives 56 25 3 per Cent End of month 7O 34 Mexican Loan 24 25 Credit Mobilier End of month... 280 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1482 50 Homo Debt End of month... Deferred RAILWA.TV. Cash Orleans ... 962} Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 615 , Western Eastern .. Sardinian A us trian 65 6. Lombard 47 01 North of Spain 64 Saragossa Roman 5l ADELPIII THEATRE.—The new three-act drama about to be produced next week at the Adelphi, under the title of "Black and White," is not founded in the slightest degree on " the Moonstone" of Air." Wilkie Collins. The erroneous report to the contrary, which has been widely circulated, has most probably arisen from the announce ment of the eminent novelist's name as joiut author with Mr. Fechter of the forthcoming piece. • - DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE AND BARONET AGE for the present season shows that more than ordinary pains have been taken to arrive at correctness. The work is altogether exceptionally good, and perhaps on no for mer occasion have the volumes deserved the very high com pliment paid to them by one of the most eminent of states men (the late Viscount Palmerston), who termed the books "a very Herald's College of information." All the late crea tions appear, with the Countess of Loudoun's, Lord Elatherloy's, Lord Napier of Alagdahes, and the Viscoun tess Beaconsfield's coats of arms, the latter of which is thus set down : —" Argent : a bunch of grapes, pendent, leaved and slipped, proper, between two flauches, sable, each charged with a boar's head erased, on the field. Sup porters—Dexter, an eagle, or, sinister a lion, or, each gorged with a collar, and pendeut therefrom a shield, gules, charged with a tower, or." The work has now become indispensable to every club or library, either public or privatU. Mt SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVE' SHARE LIST. AIL I dttALlti,lati AND STOCKS. Clolll7lff Business tire tiatiways. PAW. Prioe. dean. et Bristol au:i Exeter ...... 100 77 79 8L tigiedolli'cu ...,.„,, ... IVO SO 81 791:81 . 91 8 e:. U.i.aIUCLUI -" - - 21 eorawAli. all 21 31 ,t Dili)iln Beitait June 100 77 79 t 1) Liu„l'ertli, & Ab.J 100 70 72 2: East London 50 13 2i DO 10 .1 Glasgow . S. Western lou 97 99 4 Ureist Eastern .. uu 361 371 37 it Do. E. Aug]. Vu. s. 100 ••• ••• it urcat NortholScollantl.. 100 11 6 at tireat Nortaern lOO 1071 /061 1071 1 et Do. A stoe/ , at Do. it stuck lOO .• ••. at and W. us lresanu lip. 95 • 7 s; tit. Western —OrsAinal 4,1 191 491 1 Lt Do. south Wales it Do. . 100 :47 20 st Do. Newpurt jut t 9 1 1 it Lancashire a iurksissr, lOO .2.4 1,34 1234 21 3, at Lon., 13righ.,it b.Uustsl lOO 4J 491 494 tt, 0) Do Scrip at 1.011., C 1141., And Du , /r/ lye 101 17 lit It Du. Metrup. Its. A IOU -- it Lou. do 2.ursh Western jut, 1141 15 1141 151 t Lou. is South Weslet itx SI tit 601 st Man., Shel., a Lincoln bit bii 441 it Aetropoittsu • lOO 1034 1t,31 lOsa i 3 at Do Extol:11111u 10 Du. I. 10 1 ' to MC.rupolstau Diatmt. all 61 63 10 Metrop..t. John's 11 00l 6 it st LAD, 6111!111:. cl:', Dii 1.); at N jrtu _Unlash it Do. rth., & tt3/ st l'or.Eastern—Berwni... 100 102 il3 1024 1 24 purenr.ae..iti.ll.4 at Do Leeds. ...... ....... ivy 47 119 it Do York iuu i 2 103 911 at Do Carli.le it Do Sloe...Si, Darling lto 1.9 ;31 Ma it North Lon tort Wu 120 :12 10 Do New . 2 11 lip it North Staffordshire . . itu 67 69 it North and S.-W. Junction 100 Vs 101 91 9 10 Do Now Aatt shares 7 ... .. 71 Ft Rhymney at Shropshire Union lt,o U 14 at South Devon'.. at South Eastern lOO 79} 71/ 761 st Staines, Wok'ham, & - Nrok all 12 1$ Ft 't ad Vale —lLO H 6 150 • Vo. C .. 5 ' 3 4 p Waterford . & toikanD) IOU 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 EtAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol uud Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 66 58 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 luU at Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... at Do. do. Ordinary lOO SU SI at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 2U Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at e Dundee, I'erth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Glee. a; S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO at GI. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 PT 100 at Du do No. 2 WU 94 94 at Do do 6 per cent 100 109 112 at Du East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 et Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 109 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 et Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 70 7i at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB 47 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 4, do du du 100 at Do 4 do at sp. c. pm. 100 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halite.; 6 per cent lOO ... sti Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 irt4 Great &mill. and Weetera (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 at Gt.Wcat.—Orig.a..lnt. - Itent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 101 109 1011 21 at Do. orig. (B. 11i. Ex). 5 p.c. 10J v.; 'LW at Do do 4, per cent. 185 J... 100 88 Si rt 1)0 du 4 du do ... IJO 78 8U at vo do i par cent. radem. 10) 115 97 at Do do Birmluguani gua.. 1../J 60 79 st Du do do pref... 100 at 1)o do Chester gua lOO 80 84 et Du du do S per coat. 100 at Do do do 5 do 100 96 100 st Do South Wales, gag,. 4 p.c. IJO at Do do 41 p.c IOJ at Do do 4 1 1859 100 at Du do 4 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOl 11. 115 t DU do 2,1 gird lOO 110 112 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO v, 9 k et Do du 21 du Lk/ luU 10t at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 LOU Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. ail at Laile4Bo. Yorksh. ii p.c. 10J 1 1133 at Do Barnsley, 45 Si PM p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.e. (East I,3ited..hire) luo 1 . 4,. 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 95 100 at London 5; Brighton, sp. c guaranteed, No 1 lOO .„, at Do 5 per cent. glut. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 du do lOO at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO at Du 7 per cent loo at Do 6 du (W.E. x C.P.) 100 at DJ 4 do 1859 lOO st .Loudon, Chatham, A Dover 5 per cent lOO ... at i Loudon and I;. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO ... St Do Surevrsh'y Ss Welenpl lot at London and .8.-W. 7 p,e late 3,1 shares, lOO :140 150 2s 6d. Do (Portsiu., perp amt. 236 d) all at an., Shot., A Liucln. 6 p.c IOJ ll* 117 6 Do 3C6 all par 1 pin at Do 31 per cent IUU 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 et Mid. Consolidated., 6p. e lOO 130 205 at Do Bristol& Birin., 6p. e lOO 1.2 104 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 18 IA 901 at; Du 44 per cent. irredeein lOO 96 L )..; at Du Leicester& ifehu, 4 . p.c lOO 83 .90 B'3 at North Uritiell, 5 p.c. Nu. 1 WO at Do E. &G. p. c. D lOO at Du N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO ••• ••• at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO at N.-Eaatern--Cons. 4 p.c lOO S 7 SO et Do 41 por cent. redeem lOO 95 al at • Do Ci N.E. 4 per cent., DA) 17 Do Berwick capital 9 18.4. 2 t Du w Yk, a ••• o s u . l l' ll u . r a ch nd 's l . l lO OlO i : 6 5 a .° 7 B . W,o r u a Du Stektu Drliug. A 5 p.c. IUU 106 1 boa Devon Annuities, 1 a a ll 2U North Staffordshire a ll 20 2i 5' 101 lOs Du Tavistuck Anus., 10s all 9 10 10s Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 IA6. S. Emit. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 '24 at Du 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO •.• ••• at Tuff Vale No.l •" 100 145 150 at Waterford .2 Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing nosiness Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 12 121 121 71 DJ B lo 4 41 41 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian ... 71 16 17p 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint. 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 2 :3 10 Auglo-Italian 1966, limited 10 51 4 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ..... • 5 5 4 24 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, •...... 10 5 4 25 Bank of South Austra:ia a.ll 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 " 10 Bank of IN ew Zealand 50 British North American all 50 62 20 Chartered of India, A ustra ha, and China ............... all 211 11 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China 20 City 100 Colonial 25 391 401 10 Consolidated, lint 4 1 1 50 Delhi and London, lint 25 ••• 50 East London, lint 20 English and American, urn 10 20 English Bank of Rio do Ja neiro. lint ................• lO pr I P 20 English, : , cuttish, and Aus • Indian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Sha ng h ai Bak Corporation...-,,,,, all $4 2/ 281 Do new ........• 51 4 1 4 100 Imperial, lim ...... . 20 Imperial Ottoma n ....• 14 2 a A.; 25 lonian ............................. all 9 9 27 , 25 Do new 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 9: 8 1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 a ll 76 75 7d 30 London Bank! of Mexico and South America, Ihn. 20 5 4 15} 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 $2 28 20 Do new 7 4 al 41 100 London &River Plate, Um, 40 10 12 25 Do new 10 21 3 P 20 London Chart. of Australia all 2 4 141 241 1 20 London and C0unty,,,,,,,.. 20 30 61 30 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 ••• London Joint Stock__— 1 St 12 82 London and South African al I 10 9 1 00 London &S.-Western, lim, 20 ••• ••• 150 London & Venezuela, 121 ••• ••• , 100 London and West m i nster. 20 O f 66 64 9 100 Do Scrip, isa at 10 pm., ....... 20 b 9 61 100 Merchant, 1int................ 25 - 3 10 Metropolitan, lim ............. all 74 71 7 1 100 Midland, ........ .. 20 1 4 5 National of Australia • 4 2 • 25 National of Liverpool, lint. 15 151 I P 100 National Proviuc. of &led 41 ••• 10 Do 50 National, 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 44 431 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo.,-lim lO 4 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90 10 Do new, all $6 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 15 16 1 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 461 171 100 Union of Ireland, lint 60 Hilton of Loudon 31 3 42} RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOOSS. With Dividends contingent on tho Profits of each separate year. st Caledonian 44 p c gua. it Do Scot. Ceu. min. 7 13 e lOO it Do 41 p irredoem all st Do 4p c eon. issued at Su 65 st Groat Eastern 4/ per cent. 100 st Do 6 do, 1862_ 100 86 5 8 st Do New 5 du, 1863 lOO 85 88 st Do do 5 do, 1861 IOU 82 86 st Great Northern, 5p c irrud lOO st Do Permanent 6 per cent lOO 1011 it Do Boston & Sleafd, 44 pc 100 it Great West., W. llidl., 5p c 100 it Du J oint perpe. 6p e, 1865 100 83 91 st Du do 6p c irred., 1866 100 100 108 2J Du Vale N oath perp. 5p c all 19 2(0 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 6 Lune. and York. New 41 per cant till July, 1871 2 1 1 at Loud., Brig., &e., 41 pc, 1838 100 at Do do 4 do, 1840 WO at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 it Do do 44 do, 1861 100 at Do do 6 do, 1865 lOU st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 5 do at Lond , Chat., &c., Al, 6 p.c 100 at Du Metrop..Ex., B 6 p.c 100 Do do C 6 p.c at Loudon& N. Western, 5p c 100 108 110 at Loudon &S. Western, 41 p o 100 284 92 10 3lan. nhef. &Liu., 5 pc, 1845 all 8 81, at Metropolitan a per cent lOO at Midland, A 5 per cent prof lOO 106 108 103 61 at Do B 5 do 100 106 108 108 tit 13 Do 5 p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1360 all 21 211 18 Do lucouv. New Sharse all 14 14 29 4 Do .3 p c cox. into Old Stk., Aug. 11, 1872 B4 11 2ip it, North British, E. and (.1 4 , No. 1, 5 per cent it Do 110 guaranteed, 1861 100 st Do 8., Y. & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ." st Do & , No. 2, 5 p.c 10U 7 . e t Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ••• at Du E. & G., No.B, 6 p.c et Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p e 100 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 97 el) st Do Stock. 413 Darl., D 100 111 113 st North Loudon, 44, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Sta.ifurdshire 5p c lOO st Do out po sij kli s o t e ( C r n , h 5 4 e 1 p r c, osdso) 1 16 1 88 8 6631 9 1100 00 00 it — Du 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & • • Pimlico, 4, pc 100 ItA thwAYS.—LINES LEASED AT FLIa:D BENTALSA „, ,„ NO 119 113 --------__ at Bat:ennead lOO 1 - 7 - ,6 ' 1 713 ----- 1 g p u a e r r I c on * . u t e t . 8 d 100 . . . 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 lui at Buckinglisanallire st Cheater and liulyhead lBO oa 0 atga Clydesdale,East l)i)Q Colchester: Lincoln,Stour Valley 100 117 110 20 Gloater and Laila Forest all .. ö g us. 6p. C lOO fi; Ia; a Gt. Fatan., Nevrni.otc., 5 p.c 100 * ... . D O , E. G. liarwich, 4 p.c 100 6; Fi st Du.dp. Woodbrg.E.l., do. 100 6i) 7 , at Gt. West, W. Mid., Demi 100 98 100 60' klull.and Selby all 111 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2 5 at London and Blackwell lOO 94 9 , 94 st Do. 41 per cent lOO ••• ..„ at London, Chat., Jtc., 41 pc. 100 ... .., at Do. Coin. Fund, Ido lOU ... ... at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO . a t Loudon, Tilbu r y , 3; South 100 81 8:; at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 80 82 st Do. do. 6 do. . 61 Manch., Buxto n, & 31 1111 k— all 3 ii si st .Midland, 13radford, Prof lOO 92 94 10 Mid Rent Cray Line) 50 NorthernS; !Last., 5 per cent all 33 4 90 Du. do. 6 do. all ... , is t N. Easters —Hartlepool at N.Wast.A perp. pret, 5p c lOO lUs 110 at Do 11 minimum 1-1 p.c lOO ... ... at Notting. ctUrauttt. it. 100 92 94 25 Preston and it y re. all 44 46 ... Royatun, Bitch., and Soup. WU 133 135 at Shrewabury and Ilereford 100 133 133 10 Do do 9 21 Z i p ht S. Yorkala. and River Dun 1011 98 100 St Do 4 per cent gua lO , 79 il at Do i do st Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 West Lyndon, Class A all 14 14 td Du du 13 all 20 Du du C all St Weymouth and Portland lOO ... .., St Wilt: and Somerset gi 7; DOCKS. st East and West India 1002:122 125 st London and St. erine lOO 44 49 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ... ... Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 30 32 st Southampton lOO 74 76 tit ;Surrey cvaunercial SANCURITIk S COLONIAL GO VIMNMNNT British Columbia, 6 per cent.,1872............... 100 -... .... too. 1895.. ......... .. 190 .... .... Can.Crov.6 p.c.J an. 4 .li July 1877-84 , 0 ' 4 105 1 10.51 Do. 6p. a. Feb. & Aug• ••• -( 2 na a s Du. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept l OO 102 1,4 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July lOO 93 04 93 . Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk lOO go ~. 1 -- CapU G.llOPe, 6 P.C .167:1•• 1 " 102 1% Do.Apl.&Oct 1/190-1900 lOO 111 113 1)o. do 1880-90 lOO 1 07 ~... Do. Jan.&July, 180 1 Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 .. 100 103 102 1!(8 n Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c.. 100 li o Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 1 05 107 Mauritius, 6p. a, 1873,- Jan. and July ........ 100 104 ~,. Do. 1878 ... .. 100 106 ivo; 1 0 Do. 1882, May and NC'. • • 00 106 1( , 8 Do. 1895, Feb. .1 Auz..... 1 0 106 198 Melbourne Corporatn.,.. 1667-75, 8 per cent...... UV 100 100 N.H.Gov.6 p.0.Ja.4.11 11 y.• WO 10,i jt,4 Natal 6 p ot, Apl & Oct .. 10) DJ 6 P c. 51-3 , Sc N 07..... 1 0 1 " 108 N. S. W. 5 p.c., '7l to '74.. 1 00 iP.) 1 1 --- Do. 5 p.c. 1861 to 1b96... 1)5 061 „, a Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75.. N.Zealand, 6p. 0t.18411.. KO Do. 5 percent.... ..... 1(0 - DoJan, Aprl,.l u'y, O• t..• Ir o 93 04 961 Do 6p c. Mar & wept '91. .:1.0 108 110 Do June & Dec , 1.91 .... 100 109 in - iDo rrOY. , 1 Ae.otld. ICO ..... ( eerie , ' &2, 1:98..j -- Nova Scotia 6 ie. e.J au... and Jnly. 1375 Do 18M5.. .... lOO 10 1 1034 Queenalnd. op. e. '32-5 lOO 1061 1071 107 i Do 18:). . . Do. 6 p 0.186 100 ~ —. Do. ' .). .42 ' 'OO 1' 8 110 Q..) 1093 ... .. ..... ..• ..0 ' 107 108 4', 'ff% Gp.e. 1b01.—.. ... ICY 112 113 j MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., Bin all! 221 23 VI I 10 Auglo-Mediter Tel., lim 10 121 131 12k 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 18 17 St Atlantic Telegraph lO 27 29 2 8 1 et Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 10 Beugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 bd 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 11 141 14 10 Do. New 6 4 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 4 Bombay Gas, tun. 4 Do. New 4 li id . SU ' British American Land 44 16 18 at B. and 1. Magnetic Tel., Ihn lOO 103 170 20 British Indian Tea, lint all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 61 6 6 61 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 2 1 d 20 Ceylon Company, dim lO 31 3d 20 Do. A shares .1 2d 10 City Discount, lint 5 41 31 20 City of London Beal Pro perty, lint 9 41 31d 30 City of Milan hupror. lint all 5 10 25 City of Moscow Uas, lim... all 50 City Offices, lim 25 201 241 2 a4} 50 Colonial, lim. - Do. 50 Counnercia,7nion (Assur) 5 1 . .. 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental UlliOLl Gas, 11111 all 191 20a 25 Copper Miners of England, pref 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London hods, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 iO6 100 Do. 1879, 4 per cent. all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1382, 4t pet cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of Eugtand, lim. all 2 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lint lO 8 4 ' 21 A st Crystal Palace lOO = ) 21 st Do. Preference lOO 0 5 100 st Do. 6p. c Pei petual Deb lO9 1 07 a, 20 Darjeeling, lint. 10 Eastern Assam, lim 40 East Indian Land CreJit and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 22 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Ulla. by Egypt. Gov all _94/ 95i 84i 51 20 Egyptian Com. & Trati. lon 4i 4d at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 2,3 10 Do. New 8 lo 12„, 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lira 21 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 6 4 1 100 Eng. and Sect. 0? ariuc, lint. 8 ,„ ... d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 11 10 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p in 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at .CB5 all 8.5 87 50 Gellivara, lint 2O 10 General Credit & Din., lint 7l If 11 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 50 Rolm & Col Matrioe lu. litn 5 41 311 21 1 10 Hong Kong an China Gas all 31 20 Hudson's Bay 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar ... seilles, lim. 25 Indo-European Tel., lint— lO ••, " 'Sue. I'm 11 11 Si 20 Interna.l Financial . 20 Internat. Land Credit, lint 6 8 *a 50 Italian Land g 13 p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all S 3 1 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1570, issued SU a ll 6 1 43 6:1 50 Land Securities, la m s 2 1 4 ,1 25 London African Trading._ 10 7 5a 25 Lon. & Caled. M ar i ne, lint. 6 ..• •••'-`,, 10 Loudon County Land and Building, Ihn. 5 Loud. Provincial T el. lint all • SI 3 ! 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all TP 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lint 30 ••-• — O , 01 4 LontlAleu.Oin nibus.Co.lim. all 2 ‘ 4 "I 50 Loud. and Clang. Engineer and Iron Ship, firn 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 ld Pr at Madras Irriga. &Caul. Cue. sp.c. by India Gov. 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim.. M d 10 Mediterra. Exte n . Tel., Ilm. al l a ll 32 l 50 erchant Shippin g , 10 llillwall Iron Works hut. 121 ••• "' 10 Natal Land anti Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount C 0 .., lim 5 " 25 National Prov. Marine; lint. 4 4 , 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 20 Nerbtulda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 3 4 7,1 N 10 Now Consolidated Dis. lint. ' 2 ` 5 ew Quebrada, .... . 4.4.0 41 -11 1 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. cautile Agency,lirn 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 10 Northern Assam 'Tea, lint 5 7 , , Do. B 10 st' North Brit. Austral., lint lOO 48 S. 50 North Brit. & Mercan. 64 '2O 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 121 13 50 Oriental Financial, 1int,,,,,. a ll ••• "' d 5 Oriental Gas, lint.. 11 • 7 1 71 ........... s Do. New ..................... I 1 IP 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim ....... ..... 2 13 IP 5 Ottoman Gas, lint ........... all 1 1 21 le Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all ; Do do. ............ all at Peel R. Land & Miner', lim 100 S 2 3 5 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Stea m all 491 50 1 1 01 40 50 Do. New 1867 ......... 10 Id Pr A 25 Reuter's Te1egram.,,,,,...... all 50 65 " 0 50 Rhymney Iron ............... all 22 24 15 Do. New .......... all 41 Si 25 Rio de Janeiro City lan,, all 19 20 19E 20 Do. Gas, ...... all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam ............ 60 4 t 4 i at Scottish Aust. Invest., lim. 100 8J 30 st Do. 6p. C. Guar. pr a t 100 ..• ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint. 10 7 ed 20 Societe Conde l'Empir• 06. 8 21 3 1 50 S. African Mort. &Inv., 6 ••• "' 25 South Australian Laud all 15 1 Sa l at Submarine Telegraph ...... 100 108 113 112 1 Do. Scrip. ..........• all 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lirn. all 17 17 1 17 1 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 1int.,,,,,,,, 2 2 1 3 4 1 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint... 81 ••,,• 10 Trust & Agency of A us., lim. 1 #lp 10 Do do. do. all••• ••• 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. C ana d a 6 ,1, p So Union Marine L'pool, li nt 5 its p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint All 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 11 id SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 51 84 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 31 4lp 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lim. S 1# 27p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 1 1 2 2 30 Van Dieman's Land 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (M ortgage ) Loan all 791 84 701 80 50 Warrant Finance, lint l2 12 101 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lint 2O 21 11 20 West London Wharves and 10 Warehouses LNG, MARCH 22, 169. TEE IRISH C7IURCH DEBATE. The debate on the Irish Church will be resumed this evening, by Sir Roundel' Palmer, who, it is believed, will oppose the second reading, but great doubt pre vails as to 'whether the learned member will vote. Sir Joh.. Coleridge will probably be put forward by Mr. Gladstone to answer the member for Richmond, and Mr. Lowe is also expected to speak this evening. The division will take place about two o'clock on Wednesday morning, after Mr. Gladstone's reply. The majority will be fully 100, the Liberal partybeing thoroughly united. According to the Daily News, the Liberals compe tent to vote number 379, the Conservatives 262, giving a majority of 117. The Liberals being in such a large majority, there will naturally be more absentees from the Government side of the House than on the Opposition. Allowing, therefore, nineteen absent members from the Liberal benches, and nine from the Conservative, this will give —For the second reading, 360; against, 253; majority in favour, KT. The John Bull says the majority against the bill (our contemporary means quite the reverse) will be 108. Ml?,. ROE.RUCK AT SHEFFIELD. Mr. Roebuck spoke on Friday evening at Sheffield at at some length on the subject of Ireland and the United States. He would, ho said, have justice done to Ireland no more. "It may be that the Prime Minister of this country is not inclined to Catholicism; I don't say yea or nay ; but I do say this, that if he were inclined to Catho licism he would do exactly what he is now doing. I would say to the people of England, ' Be steadfast in the faith of your forefathers ; keep firm as Englishmen ; do justice to Irishmen;but do no more ; do not let the Catholic power in Ireland be supreme over the Protestant power of England ; give Irishmen what they ought to have, but give them no more." Turning to the United States, he said : "As we find in the Ministry an inclination to knuckle down and to prostrate themselves before the Pope in national matters, so we find that in international relations they are inclined to bow down and prostrate themselves before the power of America. We are delighted to see that great people, but we don't desire to see their feet upon our necks. Depend upon it, that whatever we do, whatever we say, to conciliate the people of America, they are determined not to be conciliated, and no prostration on our part will satisfy them. The only chance of our opposing the Americans is to oppose them now. The time has gone past when we could have opposed them more easily—l mean the time when I proposed it to Lord Palmerston. Depend upon it, if you don't take the present opportu nity, the time is not far distant when they will prepare to place their feet on our necks, and when we must follow in the train of the United States. Now, I was thought a very dangerous person when I asked Lord Palmerston— not in this hall, but in the old room of the Cutlers' Com pany—to acknowledge the Southern States of America ; but at the present moment there is a motion in the Con gress of the United States mimed to a committee, and proposing to acknowledge the island of Cuba as a free State. Surely, what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. But we all know the difference between what is permitted to a great gentleman and what is permitted to a small gentleman. The United States may do what they like, but poor England, wretched England, can't be permitted to acknowledge as a free State a State that has a legislature, an army, and victory in the field. My political testimony, then, on all these points is, Beware of trade unions, beware of Irishmen, and beware of the United States of America. These three things include the future of England." TRADE AND FINANCE. Certainly, for a deposed monarch, King Cotton exercises a most formidable sway over us. We were congratulating ourselves that some good at least had been derived from the American war, and not the least was the fact that our dependence upon the United States for cotton was t i t o e l r y e d v o e s r u , p t r h )l a l n e s t h h e r t e r a a t d e n o i t i sno thrownsb o e n c i e ur n t a e i a n l e s t I d o n : a e o np obviateda t c e ; o t and dr No sideithe fact that the Southern States still rule the markets in regard to this particular article is made obvious. It appears that our previous esti mate as to the out-turn of the American cotton crop must be considerably modified, and further, that we must expect even shorter suppliea next year. In the face of this state of , b b o o u tl gh h t er h e e a a n v d i i ly n A fo m r e fu ri t c u a r — e b d r e i l t i e v s e p tT ec , ia a l n ly a point of view there is sufficient justification for the fa t n h ff us ; aAi rmse r sr i Pi c ce e ac s u— a lai: are kept in a state of tension. From this recent advance in the quotations, but when we look to the state of the goods trade, we can find nothing to induce a belief that the high rates now current can be maintained. The distress amongst spinners in Lancashire is very great. Failure after failure has been announced, and others will probably follow. The prices of manufactured articles have not risen in proportion to the improve ment in the raw material, and spinners have for some time past being working at a loss. An almost general resort to short thee has been the comcquenc..., and heavy reductions have been made in wages. At Preston some considerablestiikes have occurt ed, and thegeneral aspect of affairs is becoming threatening. Tiiere is no immediate pros pect of any improvement in the goods n ark.ft (although we notice that the quotations for grey shirting;,, in China shew an advance), and manufacturers have no alternative but to adhere to the course which has, unfortunately, been thrust upon them. As we anticipated last week, wheat has given way heavily in value. Still there are no signs of animation in the trade, and millers continue to operate with extreme caution. With reference to future movements, we must bear in mind that although we secured an unprecedented harvest last year, we anticipated the increased supplies from the fact that it was rated one month earlier than usual. We have, therefore, an extra month to provide for, which will go a long way towards diminishing the effect cf the excess of the crop of 1868 over that of the previous year. Farmers will be wise in' holding firmly on this account, and will hesitate to realise fine wheats at any further decline. At the same time there is a feature in the market which must, sooner or later, exert a depressing influence on the quota. tions here. The stocks of produce in America, both at New York and the Lake ports, are enormous. To this accumulation the sensitive condition of the New York money market, the high rates of freight, and the firmness of holders in the face of declining rates at Liverpool, have all contributed. Holders have now, however, become anxious sellers at reduced rates, being apparently convinced that no upward movement can be expected on this side. Under these circumstances, as it is evident that 'the bulk of this produce is intended for the English markets, heavy shipments to this side may be expected at no distant period, and these on their arrival will tend to depress prices. A most important feature in the money market, is the Proposed transfer of the right and privileges of the Hudson's Bay Company to the Dominion of Canada. The terms offered by the latter appear to us to be liberal in the . extreme. It is well known that the claims of the company to the best portion of Hudson's Bay Territory — the Fertile Belt—have been contested for years, and that the present company bought out the old one on reduced terms on that account. It will be well if the shareholders decide to accept the compromise offered to them by Lord Granville, as theyare thebest terms they are ever likely to obtain. It must be borne in mind that the company are utterly powerless to colonise so large a tract of country, or to open up communicationsfrom coast to coast. Besides this, the hunting grounds are yearly becoming less remunerative, and will naturally continue to do so, and for these reasons we think that the companyare being generously dealt with. Should they refuse, legisla• tive action must ensue, and the terms then imposed upon them will certainly be more onerous than those now offered. _ _ _ _ The money movements of the week shew that the Bank of England directors were right in not raising the rate of discount last week. The tendency has been towards increased ease, and the rates for accommodation in the open market have tended downwards. The exchanges, however, were less favourable on Friday last, and some considerable withdrawals of gold from the Bank have since taken place. It is very positively stated that the Emperor and Empress of the French, the Prince Imperial, Prince Napo leon, and all the Imperial fam;iy will go to Corsica in August to celebrate the 100th birthday of Napoleon I. A singular charge of perjury arising out of the Salford election inquiry has been submitted to the stipendiary magistrate for Salford. At tho recent trial Mr. Collinge, the landlord of the Yew Tree Inn, gavo evidence amounting to an allegation that a Mr. Stocks, who was recognised agent of tho Conservative candidates, had in • directly mitholised the supply of beer to voters and others. 'The magistrate, however, after hearing tho opening state ment, it for granted that it might ho in . oved, said there was Lot tho slightest ground to suppose that a con viction would be obtained, and dismissed the sllmmons. Several valuable gold coins Lave been picled up at Blackpool Sands, Stoke-fleeting, near Dartmouth, during the week. They consist of coins of England in the time of Edward 111. and Henry VI., and French coins of the reigns r,f one of the Charles's and Louis of France. They are in a good state of preservation, the inscription being luite legible. It is supposed that these coins must have formed part of a box of specie en Loaf d a ship which has been wrecked there, and became deeply embedded in the sands for some hundreds of years, but owing to the recent sweeping away of the sand by the sea they have become dislochred, and are no* being NriuthosisittQ.l. their deposit. .SI'OII.7IING NOTES. The Northampton Meeting, notwithstanding the unpro pitious state of the weather, brought together a large number of vislors, as well as bookmakers and wel. hers; the latter class were evidently prevented from plying their vocation by the la-go number of detectives and pu gilists who were present for the protection of the book makers and the general public, who have so often at great meetings been made the victims of those unprin cipled and nefarious scoundrels. The first event decided was the Delapro Handicap. Quality was made the favourite, but, to the astonishment of every one present, Eolus, a maiden four-year-old, turned out the winner, although not backed by ,his party for a penny. Acaster was made the favourite for the Nottinghamshire Cup Stakes, but old Friday pulled the bookmakers through by half a length, Pompeii being second. Stephanotis won the Whittlebury Stakes in a common canter. Only ten put in an appearance for the Great *Northampton shire Stakes. Marquis of Casabas was the fa vourite at starting, and justified the expecta tions of the clever party who executed the com mission by winning cleverly by three lengths without being touched by whip or spur. The ring must have lost heavily, as the three placed horses were backed to win an ocean of money in bets against the field, and also for places. Pirate Chief and Islam, the two favourites for the Stand Plate, finished first and second. This latter race brought an expellent day's sport to a conclusion. It is a curious fact worth recording that all the winners were trained at Newmarket. The races com menced on Wednesday with the Sweepstakes of 20 soya, which Stephanotis cantered away with. The Aunt Hannah colt had no difficulty in disposing of his twenty-three opponents in the Earl Spencer's Plate. This colt is entered for the Derby, and has been backed at long prices, but I do not think he will see the starting-post, although ho won by ten length?. He is on too small a scale to be returned a Derby winner. Joseph Dawson seems to have no end of hick, as ho won the Altborp Park Stakes with Miss Agnes filly, besides having in his stable Sister to Veda and Tit Bit. Compromise secured the St. Liz Handicap from Cap-a-pie by a head. Blueskin, by his easy victory in the Queen's Plate, must have been a sad blow to Mr. Saville in not starting him for the Northamptonshire Stakes, as from the form he displayed he could scarcely have lost. This race brought the meeting to a close. The other events decided during the week were of very little importance with regard to throwing any light on the Great Spring Handicaps. For the Derby and Two Thousand, Bolladrum still keeps very fishy, but bookmakers are afraid to take much liberty with him. There will bo only a few local meetings this week, which call for no special comment. A FRESH MAN. TRAINING REPORTS. (From the Sporting Life.) RICHMOND. —On Tuesday Caprera led Ladas and the Gleaner; Annie Stewart led Annie; Lams led Zeno, Mansfield, White Sleeves, and Leonora—all these going about a mile and a quarter at a steady pace. Stella and the Prior did the same. Night Guard led Bete Noir and Retort a mile and a quarter at a fair pace. The Hind went a mile and a half gently, and Number Nip took a mile and a quar ter gallop steadily. The Cavendish gelling led the two year olds sharply straight up the Moor. Hector cantered smartly t /vice. Floragalloped a mile and a hal steadily, leading the two year olds in the first half. Wednesday was very frosty, and nothing whatever was done beyonl walking on the roads and the home fielth. Thursday.— La - das and Lares took a nice steady gallop of about a mile, in the presence of Mr. Cowen. Dover (trainer, of Ilsley) T. Chaloner, and a veterinary surgeon came here for Lord Ruseberry, who has bought La'as for £3,550. The horse leaves here in the morning (Friday) for Dover's establish ment, and all I can say is, no animal in training has done better than this son of Lanibton. HEDNESFORD. —There has been a lot of snow here, bu the hills are good going. Off Cl ff's, the following, after one canter, are doing mile gallops :—Barnabo, Melo ly, Agile, Uncas, Pyrenees, Dalwhinnie, Vermicelli, Equity filly, Fancy Poy, Messenger, Master Willie, Kidderminster Venice, Albion, Master Tom, Wakefield, Ettrick, Trouba dour, Official Assignee, Jack of Diamonds, and Fly filly. Palmer's Hunter and Pantaloon are doing good mile work. William and Alicia are doing slow work. Fan is still lame. T. Wright's Suudew, Flying Scud, Lawyer filly, and Arran are all in good work. Tho "Scud" is preparing for Lichfield, and goes well. Saunders's Abbotsford, Pre sident Lincoln, Whinyard, Ocean Wave, Merry flora, Schneider, Dick Turpin, Nogara, horse by The Baldfazed Stag, and St. Valentine are doing steady work, and look remarkably well. Eskrett's Edinburgh, Emily, Linen Draper, Jenny Mills, Dean of York, Burgundy, Musical 8011, and a filly by Newminster are all doing steady work. Hopwood's Mean wood is as fresh as a four-year-old, and does his work in the old style. Old Wynnstay has, lam afraid, got slow. Surprise, filly by Oxford, filly by Lawyer, and Sidedrum aro preparing for their engage ments. Lord Hastings looks rather big, but goes well. Mavrox.—Ou Tuesday our City and. Suburban horse, Consternation, after two sharp canters, was sent a steady sweat of four miles, led by the Cure colt out of Ellen the Fair. C. Peck's Owain Glyndwr led Blacklock a rasping gallop of a mile and three-quarters. Owain Glyndwr afterwards led Martinique and Tasman a half-speed gallop of a mile and a half. J. Shepherd's Lady Zetland and George Osbaldiston were walking. R. Peck's Light Cloud took a three-parts-speed gallop of a mile and a quarter. J. Scott s The Spy, Viscount, ieerry and Wise, Thunder, and Royal Oak took a half - speed gallop of a mile and three quarters. Taraban went a similar distance at a steady pee . Wednesday. — Much th e same was done. Thurs day.—The Ormond colt led Consternation a gallop of a mile and a half. Peck's were doing similar work to that on the previous day. Shepherd's Scotchman's Pride was shelving the way for Madeira, and the latter is a promising and useful colt. Viscount led our two Derby nags, Royal Oak and Thunder, a mile and a h a lf. The Spy, Merry and Wise, Taraban, Fecialis, Nobleman, the Clipper, Tama, Tolson d'Oe, and Viscountess are all doing well. C. Peck sent Black lock a couple of three parts speed gallops of two miles. Amendment led Tasman and Martinique a steady gallop of a mile and a half. Fichu, Londesborough, colt by Trumpeter, and Carfax were doing some useful work. Owain Glyndwr led Tasman and Martinique a second gallop of a mile. STANTON.—On Tuesday The Oracle led Ampleforth a two mile and a half gallop. Jeannie Deans, See-Saw, and Ben Block galloped a mile and a half. Parma and Nutgirl went a mile. Wednesday.—The Oracle and Fitz-Adam galloped two miles. See-Saw and Sportsman went the same distance. The Chamade colt, St. George, and Lady E ve l yn filly galloped a mile. Thursday.—The Drone led Brother to Grand Duke a rattling two mile and a half gallop. Ada Penelope went a mile and a half steadily. Jeannie Deans galloped a mile and a half at a good pace, ollowed by Nutgirl in the last mile. FINDON.—At the Epsom Spring Meeting the Findon horses will be very strongly represented. In the City and Suburban wo have John Leech, Sister to Vedette, Cocoanut, and Hermitage ; and in the Metropolitan, The Vixen gelding, The last-named I have not seen since he went to Northampton, but the others are all going on well. Chester Cup.—Romping GM has been going on better than ever she has done since she came to this stable. No two year olds can look or go better than the colt by Newminster out of Mrs. Brown, Brocklesby, Seaham, colt by Trumpeter, and a colt by Newminster out of Mrs. Wood. POLICE 11V T.ELLIGEN CE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SKELETON-KEY THIEVES.—SamueI Butler and James Thornton, two rough-looking young fellows, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attetnpting to outer several houses with a skeleton-key. Inspector Hubbard said that he believed that the pri soners were convicted before. They were remanded. THAMES. James Mitchell, aged 42 years, aid John Hosk;ns, 26, labourers, were charged with stealing a copper ball and a bar of iron from inside the ruins of the Danish Church in Well-close-square. Both prisoners were committed for trial. WESTMINSTER. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—Robert Martin Starling, appren tice to Mr. Blackbeard, hosier, 4, Lupus-street, Pin was charged with s t ea li ng, and Robert Young, a pprentice at No. 6, Lupus-street, Edwin and Emma Jane Punnir, and William Young, with receiving a large quantity of hosiery, haberdashery, &c., with divers moneys, goods, &C., the property of Mr. Blackbeard. The evidence, as far as it went, was lengthy, an d went to the inculp a ti on o f th e whole of the prisoners. The re ceiver, Punner, when detected, said he had been rounded informed against and he should round on the others, and t hen against the prisoner Young. They were remandedt a future day. MA I 1118 DAY. MARK LANE. A short supply of English wheat was received fresh up in our market to-day, but nearly the whole wai received in excellent condition. There was no activity in the traao and consequently no recovery took place from the heavy fall of Monday last. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. We have a short supply of beasts, and especially of choice British. Prices are higher for all descriptions, and a good clearance is effected. The number of sheep is also much smaller, but the demand is very limited. I)UNVILLE and Co., Belfast, pare the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports Lion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and CO., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings Crs.ud, LoncionlW.Q —Pld vertisement. , #"111 1,41)zi SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLoch-. TAT TE.USALLS'—Th's Evening. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 10 to 1 ag.-it Birthday ,:alcata) 100 to 7 z.gst Vagabond (akeu) 100 to 7 agst Robespierre (taken and offereJ) 100 L) 7 agst Poinsettia (offered) 100 to 6 agst Sawyer (taken freely) 100 to 6 agst Consternation (taken) 20 to 1 agst Parson (taken) 25 to 1 agst Anlaee (offered) 33 to 1 agst Alibrook (taken) 25 to 1 agst Cocoa Nut (offered—take 33 to 1) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 12 agst Paul Jones (offered -9 to 1 taken) 10 to 1 agst Romping Girl (taken) 100 to 7 agst King's Cross (taken) 100 to 6 agbt Palmer (offered—take 100 to 5) 20 to 1 agst igean (taken and wanted) 20 to 1 agbt Knight of the Garter (offered) C lIESTER Cur.— - Westminster is reported scratched. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 4 agt4 Wild Oats (offered) 4to 1 agst Belladrum (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Pretender (taken) DERBY. 3to 1 agst Pero Gomoz (offered) 11 to 1 agst Pretender (offered-12 to 1 taken) 13 to 1 agst Belladrum (offered) 13 to 1 agst Ryshworth (offered) 14 to 1 agst Ladas (offered) 40 to 1 agst Portsmouth (taken) 50 to 1 agst Aunt Hannah colt (taken) 50 to 1 agst Consternation (off—take 1000 to 15) 1000 to 15 agst King Cophetua (taken) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tins DAT. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 12 agst Birthday (offered-9 to 1 taken) 100 to 7 agst . Vagabond (taken) 100 to 7 agst Vacuum (offered) 100 to 7 agst Drummer (offered) 15 to 1 agst Poinsettia (offered) 100 to 6 agst Sawyer (offered) 20 to 1 agst Eastley (taken) 25 to 1 agst King Cophetua (taken) 25 to 1 agst Robespierre (offered) 25 to 1 agst Consternation (taken and offered) 33 to 1 ugst Cocoa Nut (offered) CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 agst Paul Jones (offered) 10 to 1 agst Romping Girl (taken) 100 to 8 agst Mandrake (taken) 14 to 1 agst King's Cross (taken) 100 to 6 agst Palmer (offered) 20 to 1 agst Knight of the Garter TWO THOUSAND. 6 to 4 agst Wild Oats (offered) DERBY. 3to 1 agst Pero Gomez (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Aunt Hannah c (taken) 1000 to '2O agst Consternation (taken) lIIPERIAL PARLIAMENT • -.-- HOUSE OF COMMONS—TiIIs EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at I o'clock. THE POS P OFF'JOE. The idarqu7s of HARTINGTON, in reply to Lir. Mactie, sail toe reason why the facilities of the book post was not extended to parcels and patterns was because the book post was nut remunerative. lie did not think it woulu be for the general conveaienco that the hour of th,i despatch of the mails should Le altered. He did not think it would bo protitable to wort' special trains fur Post-office Purp...;ses. GREECE. Mr. GLADSTONE, iu reply to Mr. tins, said it was a fact that ht.( been paid to Grreca, but it had been nride solely to prevent defalcation ia the payments of a loan which Ind been contracted under our guaran tee. Gref c 3 was now repaying X 1,200 per annum, but if it was possible for a greater sum to Le paid annually the guatauteeing Power might ask that that suns might be increased. SICK ASYLUMS. Mr. GOSCHEN, in reply to Mr. W. 11. Smith, said the sum set down in the return relming to asylums (Metropo • lis) as to the estimated worth of the structures of the Fever and Small-pox Asylums at Stokewell and Hormiston did not include the cost of fixtures and fittings. METROruLITAN RAILWAY. Mr. LAYARD, in reply to Mr. Herbert, said some un expected difficulty hail presented itself iu completing the connection between Palace-yard and the railway station, but 'the work would be completed, he believed, in a very few days. STORNOWAY. The Marquis of HA RTINGTON raid it was not thought requisile at the present time to make any alteration in the existing postal communication between England and Stor noway. CO'IISIUNICATION BETWEEN GUARDS AND PASSENGEAS. Mr. BRIGHT, in reply to Mr. Sheridan, said a deputa tion had been to the Board of Trade on the subject men tioned by the hon. memb,-, and permission bad been given to the Northern Railway to zse a communication known as "the rope system;" the South Eastern bad also received permission to use the electric system. He hoped the moans of communication would prove effective, if not, the board would have the power to call for other means befog adopted. FENIANISM. Mr. C. FORTESCUE, in reply to C lonel Annesley, said it was true that a man named Smith had been ar rested in the county of Cavan, having- Fenian documents in his possession. That man had been fully committed for trial. THE IRISH CHURCH. On the resumption of the adjourned debate, Sir ROUNDIILL PALMEIi said the present measure had been to him a subject of the greatest anxiety and soli citude, and if personal feeling or political obligation could be enough to bind him to act in personal concert with those friends with whom he had acted so long, and if he had found it impossible to do so on the present occasion it was owing to an imperious and overwhelming 'necessity. (Hear, hear.) He had no sympathy with those who impugned the motives of the right hon. gentleman, because he knew they were as pure and deeply seated as it was possible for anything to be in human nature. (Hear, hear.) He could not go the entire length of the bill now under consideration. (Hear, hear.) He objected to the bill because its principle was not alone disestablishment simply, but because it was dis establishment accompanied by universal disendowment. (Hear, hear.) He was quite ready to do all that was pos sible to remove grievances ro the greatest possible ex tent, bat he could not consent to an act which took away the entire property of the Church in Ireland. He believed the proposals of the bill to be without precedent —at least he knew of none—(hear, hear)—and it was not even comparable with the extensive ;appropriations of Church property which took place at the time of the Reformation. (Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) In Canada there was no precedent for the measure, there life interests in the case of the clergy reserves were also repealed—(hear. bear) —and indeed they remained so down to the present day. (Hear, hear.) He could not consent to a proposal that went the length of saying that what was not national property ought to be treated as such, and thereupon to found au argument to enable one person to take that other person's property and put it into his own pocket. ("Hear, hear," from the Opposition.) (LEFT SPEAKING.) ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Madlle. Nilsson, the celebrated singer, informs us that the announcement of her name to sing at the above theatre is entirely without her authority. Her only engagement, she states,. was with Mr. Mapleson, of Her Majesty's Theatre, and she has declined to sing at Covent-garden, especially under two managers. She has informed Mr. Map:eson that she con siders her engagement now annulled. _ _ OLI,HAMELECTION PE TITION.-0 LDHAM, Mon - day. —This morning the petitioners abandoned 95 objec jections on ground of parochial relief. Of the objections 300 have been exhausted, against 100 on the other side ; Platt and Cobbett continue level. _ . At Judges' Chambers, this morning, the Cam bridge election petition against both the sitting members was withdrawn. DOVER ELECTION PETITION.—DOVER, Monday.— The Dover election petition case was opened this morning before Baron Martin. The counsel for the petitioner are Sergeant Sargood and Mr. George Shaw. For the ro-, spondent Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. George Frances. There aro 100 witnesses. THE ABERGELE CATASTROPHE.—RUTHIN, Mon day.—Tho assizes opened this morning. The calendar includes the names of the stoker and driver of the Aber gelo goods train. SOMEWHAT PENSIVE.—There are three kinds of pens sold by a celebrated Edinburgh firm, under the names of pen, the " pen, and the "Pick wick"the ‘ ‘ po W"e pen. /si r o l ?[whatever may be the case with regard to the middle ono, the other two are, doubless, unrivalled, for what can equal the pens of Scott and Dickens ? Judy " PAUL WYNTEE'S SACRIFICE."--By Airs. Duffus Hardy. 3 vols.—" Ever and anon, at long inter vals in the stream of literary fiction, there appears stories so nobly planned and finely finished, so richly charged with poetry and humour, that after perusing them the sympathetic critic is more disposed to extol them with undue er.thusiastu than t) baLtuce their defects against their merits with judicious coolness. In this select class of exceptionally good novels we do not hesitate to place 'Paul Wyuter's Siterilic.!.' It is one of those prose poems which seldom appt'ar without making a distinct mark iu literary annals, and acquiring permanent popularity."— Athenteunt. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL 11 AIR.--MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WOULD'S UAL: UusTou oa DitEssiNG never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour anl beauty, and with the ;first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth; it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles— Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers, Depot 26(, High Holborn. MATCH FOR 25 Sovs.—A steeplechase match, for 25 sovs side, camo off at Theddingworth.on Monday, the com petitors being Mr. Douglas's Sampson and Mr. Oldacre's Nabob, owners up. Sampson woa by a lentil and a half. ) licies c ou nt I t the [ation 5 , 544, g e ar, 001 1- rron lders. d in" IWO' S to a ears•) ailll3l , the _ :rease zral4 faro' o rder spt 3 e rite. lon .ticS