The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-29 00:00:00

1 7 01? D ford Spec," , Florence- Florence- Clarence - Plumstead .yman, 2 ° , - 2,1 to their Treottry efaided gybe recollected, lottery on ,nfirmatorf I wa s pUb dfcndAnie r•iday week• mce. which It given h 1 the three trrying OUt Is confided :he tickets , lefendants, —National Handicap' ty and Sn" Aket 110 s, 7,800 ; 000 ; Ne` f 500 ; Priz e pall draw tide to the !ster Cure Thouaaud , 185,000. wo Thou- Guineas, I Spec.7l_,... 3uburballt T."-TO ;e agains apply for rial. ?serve for the facts nxious to ttiort that erupulous bscribers: pieta of was tha t te mark, they pre , ' of forged he had to :able per' with Fer a.st iuter and had re being ❑ow they the poi' had in ed before )Et tbeul to carry -- 1 illega • i t ion II to re- With o impos e he soil ow what d of aP" ..,. neival of feudaats ly corn , Ivllich, .less. Day. led John Moro gr. 8 o'clok 5U' them -- , ladg among st Berwick . at the and sac . Ther e Ten lad B ng ever)" habitants they r e ; re se w+ Sir. Tyr- ing cane! en ds 0 1 vindoWs• re in the [ld wh en )d if the er house . ) to, and table 1)1 ifisouer6 aged 21 t h steal cully, ill succeos --street, - - klesneso worse• during ets, and Passing and the truck at ith fiv e u 11133° gar ,edford- n d ;he spo t Lt.) 05- Ste p' he wrz ttj 3 1 ' 14 d wad e , Y d ray al l )nilpot" a nd 5 . 61arulect , se d of for l's N, 10 ! [ no , an_. :Cdson , % great whorl w orn' m other i t h the er end Jai )t W , LI a S, a acr ja Id S ug the don e ) kor s. g , 411' A Lere 1' s troot , :mea ts ui wag of the 1110-NEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two oCLocg. Conso!s a re 931 f or mone y ; ditto, for Ac count, 93a ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92k ; N ew T':.ree per Cents, 92k a ; Annuities, April, 188 5, 11 1.5-16 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 3 6 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., India Stock, 10k per Cent., April, 1374, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 115 14} ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1004 ; ditto Enfaced raper, 5 1 Per Cent., 110 g; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 8 10 prem. There is an averBge advance in the Foreign Market this morning off per cent. The following are the prices : —Brazilian, 79i to 801 ; Egyptian, 1 864, 86 to 87 ; do., 1868, 76 to 76f ; do. Railway Debentures, 981 to 984; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 80 to 801 ; ditto Nine per Cents., 974 to 97 i ; Italian, 551 to 561 ; Tobacco Loan, 84f to 85 1 ; Peruvian, 77f to 78 ; Portuguese, 351 to 35 i ; Russian (1862), 86 to 87 ; Orel-Vitebsk, 78 to 78 i Nicolai, 65f to G 6 ; Moscow, 79 to 79 f ; kjharkof, 764 to 77 : 1 ; Spanish, 291 to 294 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 424 to 43 ; and ditto Six per Cents., 661 to 67. With the exception of a decline of 4 in Great Western, at 49 to 491, and London and North- Western, at 115 k to 116, the change in English Railways are favourable, to the extent of about 11 per Caledonian shares are quoted, 774 781 ; Great Lastern, 38} to 38;1 ; Great Northern) A), 108 k tolo9 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 123 to 124 ; Brighton, 47/ to 48 ; London, Chatham, and bdver; 'l7l - TO 174 Metropolitan, 103 k to 1041 ditto Extension, 1001 - to 1U1; ; Midland, 114; to 115 +; and South Eastern, 761 to 76k. United States Bonds are firmer at 801 to 801 Erie are uualtered, at 211 to 22, and Illinois is 98. f, to 984. Another panic has occurred in Atlantic and Great Western Securities, which have fallen 2 per c ent., and are now without any recovery. The Bonds are 231 to 241, and the Debentures 251 to 261. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The transactions of the week since the date of the last return have resulted upon balance in an influx of £3,000. In view of the resumption of the drawings by the India Government there has lately been less de- n -land for bar silver, and sales have been effected during the last few days at 601 d. Mexican dollars have been settled at 59d., and being scarce are now firm. The report of the creditors' representatives of b j ' ar ned's Banking Company (Limited) has been published, and it details the progress made in the li quidation. The estates of some of the partners have not realised a large amount. The steamer Ilipparchus has arrived from Brazil 'with a small parcel of specie, value £2,011. The failure has been announced of Messrs. Inglis and Morris, manufacturers at Glasgow, with liabi lities for £37,000. Mr. Henry Dever (Deloitte, Dever, and Ilolle bone) has been appointed official liquidator of the Aberdare Merthyr Steam Coal Company (Limited). The traffic return of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada for the week ending the 10th inst. shows au increase of £2,104 over last year. At the meeting of the Royal Mail Steampacket Co mpany the directors' report was adopted. The large - operations connected with Turkish-Se curities have, it is said, been conducted by parties i ntimately associated with those who have know ledge of the financial intentions of the Government. I t i 8 understood that a plan for perfecting the s Ystena of Turkish railways, with its attendant mea sures for raising the necessary capital, will imme diately be brought forward. The arrangement of t he network of railway communication in the 12 ' 48 t will, it is asserted, be vigorously prosecuted --both French, English, and German capital b eing likely to be extensively employed in the development. At the half-yearly meeting of the Australian MOl tgage, Land, and Finance Company (Limited), t he report was adopted, and a dividend declared at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. An informal meeting of the shareholders of the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company is called for this evening at the Guildford Coffeehouse, to discuss the desirability of appointing a committee of investigation of the accounts of the company, and for other matters." The second ordinary general meeting of the Belgian Public Works Company (Limited) is called for the 6th of May. With reference to the East India Irrigation and Ca nal t. ,_ Company (O r i ss a u n d e rtaking), it is notified at " the agreement for sale of the Company's Undertaking and Works in Orissa to the Secretary of State i n C ouncil of India having b een con fi rme d b y Act of Parliament, the Transfer books of the Company are now closed. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. n tiOVERNMENT FUNDS. 931 i 1 ° Per Cent. Consols 931 s Ditto for Account, &N, per Cent. Red uce d 9 21 1 per Cent 92f f New 3 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 - DO. 5 per Cen , an. 1873 Annuities; 80 - yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 - Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 - si r , 0 0 (Red Sea Telei„raph), Aug., 1908 -xenequzr Bills, £3,000, 21 per C. Do. Do £5OO Zl.OO & 200 3 Bank of England Stock, .£ 4; per Cent 1)4 . opening - ~a nada 4 per Cent. Bonds - I nter -Colonial Ommum - INDIAN dOVERNMENT SECURITi.se. India V,tock 10f per Cent., A pr il 187 4 - Do. Opening, for Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per C ent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certifi cates Do. Enlaced Pape. 4 per Cent..,... - Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ....,... Do. 5} per Cent. May 1879 llO 1 Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 - Do do 1877 Do. do. 1882 - D... Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Uo. Bonds, 4 per Cent., .£l,OOO Do. under .€l,OOO - pre FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, ft per Cent Do., Do Scrip £45 paid .. - Austrian Bonds b per cent Do. 1859 66 Brazilian 5 per Cent 00. 44 per Cent. 1852 - Do. do. 18 5 8....• - Do. do. 186 ' - Do. d o ., 1863 6B Do. 5 p er C en t., 1865 - Uo Account BOl - B ;silos Ayres 6 per Cent. Cu D a, 26 p p e e r r C c e e n n t t .Deferred 3 per Cent , .......= (Luisa 6 per Cent -. Do. 41 per Cent _ 3 per Cent~ to. 6 per otr.t. 1867 n. O. 7 14 perlB66 - lombian, 6 per Cent. Dan,sn, 3 per Cent., 18 25........ - batonian Principalities, 7 par Cent 76 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ... 884 Equador New Con so lid ate d , 1 per C ent . - kgyptian, 7 per Cent.... - be Second issue Do. #slst. Bonds - Do. 4100 Bonds •••• 83 • Do. 1864 - ,- • • D 0... A ccount - 4. ,0 . £5OO Bonds - t• COG Bonds B7 glish Scrip, 1868 Do 761 1 do. £45 pd - GovGovernmentßailway Debentureb Greet 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups. - Do. Account - Do. Coupons - Inthinaia 5 per C ent . - . - Ron d uras Goy Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., all pd - It i asia 5 per Cert., 1865 - On. Account • . Do MAromman a . Railway - Mexican 3 per Cent - Ditto for Account ",,, Do. 18 84 -- 0 6 per Cont. Anglo-French - siontevidean 6 per Cent. .. - Mo orish Imperial 5 per Cent - Row Granada 174 Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. MTh - - Do Account .. 7 7/ Do i 1 per Cent. (Ut:',arreu) 41- per Cent., 1862 • :Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'1 35f SHARI!: LIST. *.411: Aril) STUCikb share nal I ws,y a , Patel. Clodhag Business Price. done. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 10) 77 79 73 7 at Caledonian "—a..." 100 771 75/ 78 e. Ualiturlita 2) Cornwall all 21 z./ of Dublin Bellset 110 ;7 79 at Dun„l'erth, & A b.. 1 110 70 72 2) East London.. 40 2J Do 10 at Glaigoiv AS. Western 10) 96 91 at Great Eastern .. tt 110. E. Angl. \O. Z at lin, at North oi Scotlan lOO lo 6 at Great Northern lOO 117 105 at Du. A stout at Do. II stocic it GtS. and W. of Ireland lou a 5 7 8: lit. Westein ILO 4J 01 401 1 a t Do. South Wales it Do. W. Mid.—Uxtote llO 25 27 6: Do. Newport lOO 15 i 0 it Lancashire& Yorialiirv lOO 12.1 .131 et Lon., Brigh.on S.Coast lOO 47/ 4tl 471 I 0) Do Scrip et I on., Chat., and Dover 10.) 171 171 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A IOU at Lon. 4; North Western 10) 115; 116 116 161 it Lou. A South Western llO 87 r 9 t 9 at Man., snet., A Lincoln llO 16 561 at aietroi.witsu at Do Extensian .. 10 Do. iiew rd lu id ip at Metropolitan District. all 45 .5,) lu Metrop. st. John'a 00l 6 - at Midisiud et Do, Birinin. A Darby lOO 81 83 st North British st Do. Ed., Yth., & Dan— 160 st Nor. Eastern—Berwick.. 100 1021 1131 25 Do. G. N.E purohase..l6.l3,l at Do Leeds. ...... ....... 100 58 59 at Do York st Do Carli.,le at Do Stoe •. ea 100 131 131 st North Lou lou 10 Do \ew ISCB at North Staffordshire . . 100 TA 66 tit North and S.-W. Junction .00 Sl3 NO 10 Do New £lO shares 7 .... _ st Rhymney st Shropshire Union if 0 57 53 st South Devon' st South Eastern lOO 70 761 st Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 12 13 kit tau V talc • DO. 0 ... 5 3 1 p Vi sterlorcl & ls. ilktnit) -• , U v... - 10 Waterloo it Whiteha,l .-— RAILWAYS-PREFER ENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Eieter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian 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 lOO 80 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 20 Cornwall, ()per cent gua all ... 54 Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... at Was. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... at fit. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 9) vlO at Do do N 0.2 100 Si 90 97 at Do do 6 per cent 100 1(3) 112 st Du East Anglian Asp. c. 100 st Do do B 6 do. 100 •.. at Do do C 7 do. 100 •.• st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... •.. at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 7u 75 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... at Do du 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... at Great Northern, I per cent 10 ... st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... •.. st Do 4 i do do do 100 ... st Do 5 do at s p. c. pm. 100 st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... stj Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... 84 Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st; Gt.West.—Orig.&Jut.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c.._ lOO 101 103 at Do. Orig. (B. .c 11. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 et Do do 4, per cent. 1850 lOO 87 z , 9 st Do do 4 do do at Do do 5 per cent. ream IOJ 15 97 st Do do Birmingham gua lOO 0 at Do do do pref lOO ,„ st Do do Cster 8 gua loJ 10 85 at Do do d heo per cent. 100 ••• ••• at Do do do 5 du 100 15 lOU at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 4 9 P .e lOO at Do do 4 ; 100 st Do do 5 at Do West Ma Oxford Ist g. 100 111 113 st Do do 2d gua. 100 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 90 s 2 st Do du 2.1 du 100 97 NO at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1804 lOU 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c all at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 136 st Do Barusicy, L 5 Is 103 p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 Do 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 so 100 at London & Brighton, sp. c. guarautead No I lOO st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 196 et Do ti do do lOO st Do 5 do NJ. -I lOO st Do 7 per cent ••• at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.V.) 100 at Da 4 do 1359 IOU ,„ at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent ICO at; London and C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO st Do Shrewsb'y & Welt:110 lOO .•• st Loudon and s W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 Ls 6d. Do (Portsm.perp aus 2061) all et Man., Shef., & Lilian. 6 p.c. 100 111 117 6 Do .ti 6 all par I pm st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 5f I at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 at Do Bristol & Birtn., 6p. c lOO 1 2 134 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO t 3 10) st, Do 41 per cent. irrodecul 101) 93 100 at Do Leicester & Ll'euu, I p.c. 100 8J 91 at North I!..r.tish, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO at Do E. &G. 4p. c. S. & D lOO st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO st Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 8t) at Do 41 per cent. redcoat lOO 96 97 st Do G N.E. 4 per cent., too 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.1. Do York, It. &S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stektu 21 Drliug. A 5 p.c. 100 106 108 at Do W, Hartlepool 11. and It 100 81 86 20 North Staffordshire 105.7.!. Devon Annuities, 1 a all 10 - 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 83 gi • 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81 150.6. S. I..ast. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 14, 154 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. et Do Scot.Cen. n'iu. 7 p c lOO st Do 41 p 3rrodeem all et Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 78 ti.s et Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 88 ag st Do New 5 do, 1861 lOO 85 4 , 8 et Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 82 86 at Great Northern, Sp c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston d Sleafd, 41 pc 100 • et Great West., W. Midi., bp c 100 **: • et Do Joint i.crpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 *;!, st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 106 108 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all 19 20 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 8... 100 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 4 1p et Loud., Brig . &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ..„ at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 4/ do, 1861 100 ; at 1)3 do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do b do, 1863 100 ••• ••• at Do No. 6 b do, 1866 100 ••• et Do No. 7 sdo st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 "' "' at Do Dletrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c st London &N. Western, 5p c 100 108 1 . 10 et London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 92 9 1 10 Man. chef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 884 at Metropolitan o per cent lOO 100 102 at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 108 at Do B 5 do 100 108 108 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 20/ 201 204 18 Do Incouv. New Shares all 184 194 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 21p at North British, E. and Li No. 1, 5 per cent at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E i P., & Dun., 2d, 4pe et Do E. &G , No. 2, 5 p.c et Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 et Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c et Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 • • st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 tib a 7 st Do Stock. & Darl., D at North London, 41, per cent • (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO et South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 ..• et Do 5 do 1881 100 • at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 *** et Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ... RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS lit% :I:. i n n i e o p a a e d m r s c i T i at. Prefer i at 53 911 11 at D o. Dp00..61 H olyh ead lOO 61 56 at A t t Clyd esd ale C ci e c r bte : a nd S g p t il o af ri if:n o._)r.e. 'alleyi, t. .. .... . ...: • 111:1:00:::011 3* 1 .3 91 1 7 : ' . 1 1 1 : 1 1 . : 4 1 2 a ot Gloater East Lean g u tt: • s Gt. Easn., Newm.,ltc. a Do. E. U. Harwich:L P ': 100 1 •••• ... at Do. do. Woodbrg.E.. -d-„ ... ::* fit Gt. 100 West and , W Selb . Mid , ku so Hull;rei 1 .. • y.. .... .. st Lancaster and Carlisle .. 711 96 " 00 1 10 119 st Loudon and Blackwall at Du. 44 per cent lOO 93 95 at London, Coat., &c., 44 p c l OO •• • .. • at Do. Corn. Fund, sdo 100 ••• •... at London and Greenwich et Do• do Preference lOO . a t London, Tilbury, & South lOO 83 bb at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 80 82 st Do. du. 6 do. 51 Mauch., Buxton; &Matlk all .6 7,, Fit ,Midland, 13ra,dford, Pref lOO 92 , 4 * 10 Hid Kent Cray Line) .. „, 50 Northern& East., 5 per cent all 43 66 I LU Do. do. 6 do. all ... ... at N. Eastaa— Hartlepool ... at N.West. A perp. prof, 5p c IUU 1117 109 st Do B 111111111111111 n p.c.... 100 ... ... at Notting. &Urauth. R.& C lOO 91 9 3 25 Preston and 11`yre all 41 46 . Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 131 131 10 Do do 5 2 'lip at S. Yorkah. and River Dun 100 96 VS at Dc 4 per cent gua lO 78 SO st Do I do at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all ... ... 2u Do do C all 61 7; st Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. at East and West India lOO 122 124 1221 st London and St. Katharine lOO 48 45 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 par cent all ~. Dlillwall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 26 £0 at Southampton lOO 74 78 at Surrey Colllllloroia, 1 THE SUN, - LONDON, THURSDAY EIVENIN6,Iib 29, 1869, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. closing Business Share NAI(2. Paid. Prise, done to Lgra Limited ; A all 11 12 . il Du B lO 21 31 21 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 20 21 201 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-ltaliau 186 G, limited 10 51 41 40 Australasian 20 Bank of Britisa Columbia all 11 13 20 lio issued at 2pm ~.. 5 5 4d 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 3 - 1 50 Bunk of Victoria, A L 1,41 A I ilt 25 37 3) 371 i 10 Bank of A etv Zealand all 17 1 3 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, :ud China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 291 301 20 City lO 12 121 100 Colonial 25 39 40 10 Consolidated, lim 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, lim 5 2 1 20 English and American, lint 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja ueiro. him lO pr 1p 11 20 English, ..,cuttish, and Aus tralian Chartered ... ...... all 161 17 28; Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank C0rp0rati0n......... all 36 38 281 Do new 5l 11 25 100 Imperial, lim 2u 16 17 20 Imperial Ottoman IU 2 21 ‘.6 lonian all 24 26 25 Do new 6 1,, A p 20 Laid Mortgage of India, lint 4 31 al 1 100 Do sp.c. De b 5.1864, 39 all 76 75 7s 30 Loudon Bank( of Mexico and South America, lira. 20 61 51 100 Loudon and Brazilian, lint. 45 70 27 20 Do new 71 51 41 100 Loudon & River Plate, Bin. 40 9 11 25 Do new 10 '2l Z ip 20 London Chart. of Australia all 2,1 25 20 London and County 2O 50 51 50 Do new iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd 1 l ... ... Loudon Joint Stuck 1 34 3:11 Loudon and South African al 81 91 00 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11 150 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ... ~. 100 London and Westminster 2O 64 61 64 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 G 4 10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 7/ 100 Midland, 1int...... b National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 ld 1p 100 National Proviue. of Eng'd 42 .... ... 10 Do . . 42 ... ... ;,0 National.. 20 New South Wales — all — 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431 50 Proviuc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO ' 6 b 00 Provincial of Ireland '2s 88 90 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 1 i 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 100 Union of Ireland, lint 60 Union of London TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Aitglo-American Tel., lira all 2:4 22i 10 Aaglo Moditer Tel., 1im.... 10 Ili 121 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 21 26 2' , st Do. 8 per cent. st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira lOO 160 165 at Electric & Inter." Telegraph 100 2 0 215 10 Do. New 8 9 Ilp 13 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO ... ... 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 3 81 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all i iP 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lim all 3 4 25 Iteuter's Telegram all 4s 53 10 4 ' Societe Transatlaut. lim ll 4 3 st Subm..triue Telegr a ph 1 Do. Scrip 20 Telegraph eon. & 3 iain.,llin all PI lit l7i I SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 51 6 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all at 4 p MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 151 161 25 Australian Agricultural 201 151 161 23 Australian More. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, Fan 9 7 Id 10 Berlin W tter Works, lint all 1 14/ 10 Do. N,w 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay Gas, lint. Do. Nev 4 11 Id 5 Br:t:s:i Am ,ricatt Land 4l 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lila all 21 41 29 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canasta Company all 65 70 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint 2l 2 1 d 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim — 25 City of Loudon Real Pro perty, lint 9 41 345 10 City of Milan Improv. lint all 1 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim.., all 50 City Offices, lim 23 26 255 411 I 50 Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Commercia; Union (Assur) 5 4 4p 5 1 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union-G as , inn all .7:91 201 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. - 5 7 100 Corporation of London Buds, 1877, 4 4 1 i per p cent. all all 104 104 i 1 10 05 54 100 100 Do. 1882, 44 pet cent. all 103.1 1041 10 Credit Fon. of Englau:l, lint. all 24 3 2 15-1 G I 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 81 21d st Crystal Palace lOO 1) 21 at Do. Preference lOO 93 10) at Do. 6p. c Pet petual Deb lO9 107 11 t 20 Darjeeling, lint. I 0 Eastern Assam, lint. 60 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all • . .• 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. OWL. by Egypt. Goy all 961 974 974 20 Egyptian Coin. sr. Trad. Jim. 6 .. .. 3 Lug. 8: Aust rat. Copper, lint 21 4 4 15 English ant Foreign Credit 71 4/ 3,d 100 Eng. and Scot. ' , urine, lint. 8 ... ...,1 10 Fairbaira Engineering 5 2 Id 20 Fure-streetWarebouse,iiin l2 4 lid 100 For. & Cul. Coy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at 1:85 all 86 87 50 Oellivara, lint. 10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 71 14 II 5# i 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 50 lioni?, &COI Marine lu. lint. 5 3 ,la 24 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 134 131 131 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 20 Interne , . Financial Son. lim 5 11 11 31 20 Interns. Laud Credit, lint 6 6 4d N Italian Land 5 ld p 20 'ltalian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 a l 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 61 6 3 (44 BO Land Securities, lint 5 21 1/8 25 London African Trading lO 7 5d 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 ... ... d 10 London County Land and Building, lint. 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 211 1.01 4 Lond.Gen.Omuibus.Co.lim. all 2 24 2 3-16 50 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lint 25 21 164 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 14 pr at luadras Irriga. & Canl. Gas. 100 102 104 Agency, 1im.... • • ll I id 10 Ma s 50 Merchant Shipping , lim all 33 38 u p r . it c iu . b s y ta ita n d a i , a c G re c d v it, a u a 60 31 illwall Iron Works, lint l2l ... ... 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 9 51 41(1 23 National Discount Co., lint 5 114 111 di 25 National Prov. 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'62.5 100 1074 1(84 1031 Do 100 14 7e 1.8, Tasmanian 6 per c 1993 .. 1064 1074 Do . -'97 CO 1i 64 7 Victoria 0 cc cent. Isl.) l% 0 1•3 - Dn. April and Oct , )00 101 Ili COBRESPOUDENCE FROM PARIS. (Front our, Ow conEcsroNDEYr.) PARIS. WEDNESDAY, April 28. A tragedy with more than the usual admixture of Parisian horror is just reported from the Rue St. Antoine. A workman, aged 23, residing in that quarter, had been on terms of intimacy with a young woman named ChSmence, of the same neighbourhood, but in con sequence of her violent and jealous disposition had recently broken off the connection. She several times since endeavoured to induce him to return, but finding him firm in his resolution to remain away she laid wait for him two days back with a bottle of sulphuric acid. On his coming up she dashed the whole of the corrosive liquid in his face and eyes. Then going home, she com mitted suicide by lighting two pans of charcoal in her room. The man was horribly burnt and disfigured, and was removed to the hospital in extreme agony. The array of horrors, indeed, is heavy again to-day. An Algerian trial has just resulted in a verdict of "extenuating circumstances" in the case of a murder of a boy by his father, without the slightest apparent provocation. The lad was found in a field with nine wounds inflicted by a knife. The father attempted to throw the odium upon some Arabs, but was convicted by the evidence of his younger son, a child of seven, who witnessed the deed. Where were the extenuating circumstances in this in stance? That a Frenchman should escape with his life after committing a crime of this nature, whilst several Arabs have been recently executed for what may be called " ordinary murders," has not an impartial aspect. An even worse story has been revealed at the Dordogne Assize Court. A man was put on trial for the murder of a joiner with whom his wife had been on toointimate terms. The disclosures made in this case are something exceptional. It appears that the husband, Delpech, had informed his wife before their marriage that if she became a mother by a rich man who was paying her some not very honourable attentions, and could get a tolerably round sum of money from her lover, he would marry her. The young woman acted upon this advice, and Delpech struck a bargain with the wealthy man by which he received about £l5O to marry the girl. She, seeing her husband set such little store by all ordinary feelings of honour, thought there could be no objection to her going astrayagain. She accordingly contracted the intimacy with the joiner. But Delpech, though ready to sell himself for a mess of pottage, did not believe in selling himself for nothing. lie shot the joiner. A pleasant evening was spent last Sunday by several people who went to enjoy the marvellous prospect from the top of the Arc de Triomphe. They got up and gazed upon the splended array of streets radiating like a star from the arch, and enjoyed themselves, no doubt, thoroughly. Unfortunately, they were locked in. It was late in the evening, and the keepers thought that everybody had gone. In vain the prisoners knocked and kicked at the door leading up to the winding staircase. After raising a din which ought, one would think, to have attracted attention, they ga ve up the st rugg l e, an d return i ng to the top of the monument, spent the night upon the stones. They would have a good view of Paris by star light; but people may have too much xsthetic enjoyment. The prisoners, however, bad the satisfaction of a small revenge the next morning. The man who opened the door was horribly frightened at the sight of several ghostly spectres at the foot of the steps. ALLEGED FRAUDS IN LIFE ASSURANCE A case of disputed claim on a policy of life insurance, effected with the Prudential Assurance Company, Ludgate-hill, London, was heard at Liverpool on Tuesday, The plaintiff was a woman named Ellen Grimshaw, of Liverpool, who claimed Lid 16s. for a policy effected on her mother-in-law's life. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was really 71, though she had been represented as 60. The company had discovered the misstatement but had offered to pay the amount that would have been due had the age been rightly given, which would have amounted to £2l 12s. The case was very much involved owing to family ditutes on the part of the plaintiff, which had prevented the obtaining of necessary signatures, and to the transfei of the policy from the Royal Liver Society, in which it. was originally effected, to the Prudential. Mr. Harden:. in pronouncing julgment, censured both parties for the, careless manner in which the affair had beer conducted, and ordeied the company to pay £24 into court, that being the sum to which the plaintiff would hay .: been entitled had she kept up the original insurance. THE "OWL." The Prince and Princess of Wiles will arrive at Marl borough House on May 10th. Sir Thomas Western will be the new Lord-Lieutenant of Essex. Mr. Gladstone will probably abandon that portion of the 27th Clause of the Irish Church Bill which provides that ecclesiastical residences may be banded over to the representative body on payment of, twelve times the annual value of the site. It is confidently expected that before the end of the year Enfield will turn out one thousand a week of the Martini-Henry rifle complete. The first two hundred will be hand-made, the second lot of eight hundred will be made with the first machinery, or rather machine tools or cutters, that can be got ready. Both the hand-made and machine-made (interchangeable) arms will thus have a fair trial before the troops are generally supplied with the new weapon, about the superiority of which there does not appear to exist a doubt in well-informed quarters. The amount of the bankruptcy fund which it is pro. posed to transfer to the Chancellor of the Exchequer was, last October, £1,193,128. It consists of unclaimed divi dends, &c. The Bankruptcy Bill now before Parliament contains a provision by which all unclaimed dividends after five years shall be transferred to the Treasury. It is believed that provision will be made for the capitalisation of retiring pensions and annuities and subject them to existing charges. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will from the Court of Bankruptcy alone receive an enormous sum, which will leave him a large margin to deal, or rather to play with,in future Budgets. In foreign matters the Owl announces that the recent meetings of the Franco-Belgian Conference have been extremely conciliatory, and that there is hope that Spain will acknowledge the error of the Cuban authorities in seizing the American stip Mary Lowell in British waters. THE COMIC PAPERS. (From. Punch.) AN EXTRA OPERA KNIGHT.—Sir Michael Costa. Too FAST.—What is "an improved driving clock ?" Is it a companion to a hunting watch? The Rev. Benjamin Speke is going to be married, they say. Is it to be a run-away match ? CAUGHT NAPPING.—The sleepy habits of same of the members make it certain that there is one kind of hat seldom seen in the House—the Wide-awaket SOMETHING WRONG.—The seasons, we are often told, are changing and interfering with each other, but now the months are also getting into confusion, " May Meetings" being openly held in April. A WONDERFUL FEAT IN HIGH ART FOR LOWS. — (Subject for a grand cartoon in the Salle des Pas Perdue of the New Law Courts.) As a Pendant to Samson carry ing off the Gates of Gaza —Bob Lowe with Inigo Jones's front upon his hack Too VAGUE.—At the last meeting of the Geographical Society a paper was read giving an account of a " Journey through the Afar Country." There are so many countries which are " afar" interesting to geographers, that a rather more precise indication of the particular region meant might, perhaps, have been desirable. 46 .11.0 TAN ATER APPARATUS FOR TTEATING CHURCUEB." --NSTe have received a long list of testimonials to the merits of Messrs. Blank and Co.'s contrivance for this purpose. But read the articles in the Church Union organs and the Record, and the speeches at the Dublin Church Conference, and then Fay What can equal Ritualism and disestahlisluvent as a " Hot. Water Apparatus fur Heating Churches "? PAINFUL ROMANCE. A melancholy incident has just occurred which ha:t thrown into deep gloom several highly respectable families in the metropolis. It appears that lady—young and accomplished—was engaged to b married to a young gentl eman mov i n g in a good position in society. But the expected bridal has had a disastroul, termination. The young lady in question was the daughtei of a gentleman occupying a prominent post in connection with cne of our largest railway companies. A fey: weeks ago the day fur the nuptial ceremony was fixed, and great preparations were made for a suitable ce'ebra• tion of the event. The wedding trousseau was obtained, and " all went merry as a mar r i age b e ll," until, unfortunately, almost the very tim e th at the bell i n ques tion should have been rung. Immediately before the day on which the youth should have led his fair affianced to the altar he myste riously disappeared, and up to the present time nothing has been heard of him. All is conjecture as to the motives for his disappearance, and it is not know= whether he is dead or alive. The expectant bride felt his loss deeply, and began rapidly Co droop in health and spirits—in fact, within a few days grief had made such ravages upon her constitution that it was evident her life was at stake. Eminent physiciant were called in, who insisted at once upon her removal to the south of France. Thither she was accordingly borne, but her malady was beyond the scope of medicine, and she expired in the arms of her mother, literally dying of a broken heart. Her body has been brought to England, and interred. Great sympathy is felt for the parents of the deceased, whose father is well . and popularly known by a large circle. —Echo. MR. SUMNER'S SPEECH ON THE ALABAMA TREATY. The speech of Mr. Sumner in the American Senate against the Alabama Treaty appears to have attracted some attention. The American papers print it at some length Me. Sumner begins -by complaining of the unprecodenteci baste with which the diplomatists conducted thou' operations, and objects to the model on which the treaty was founded —the claims convention of 1853. This convention, which only concerned indivi duals, should not, he says, have been taken as the model of a treaty of such moment, and ;i s ; ueleetirn proves that the Powers of the treaty were quite Insensible to the momentous issues at stake. Mr. Sumner complains that the treaty . while doing so little for the Americans, makes such ample provision for all claims on ties Briti,h side that even those of Corded, rate bondholders are included, and their loan went up from 0 to 10 as soon as the treaty was Corning to the familiar questions of the British right to recognise the Confederates as belli gerents, end the outfit and escape of the cruisers, Mr. Sum ner cites the testimony of At r, CoLd,n as tr the extent of the injury inflicted on American commerce. Mr. Cobden showed how completely American shipping had been trans ferred to English capitalists Letween the years 1858 and 1863 the tonnage in the first year amounting to 13,000 tons, in the latter to 252,000. Mr. Sumner, quoting from American official reports, then goes on to show that during the four years war the American tonnage fell more than a million tons, amounting to about 40 per cent, of the foreign com merce. In the same time a great increase took place in the British foreign trade. Mr. Sumner charges England with the needless prolongation of the war, and loss of life and money consequent upon it. Ire then proceeds to sum UP thelegalPi l li v t , an so d the fthe Roman law, and maint a ins that by the common la law, all losses, whether individual or national, are the first subj• et of claim. Eng land is three times liable by the concession of ocean belli gerency, by the organization of hostile expAitions, and thirdly by welcome hospital i ty and supplies extended anything on "this intghe submission of the l t to s part,tt irritatinghe h pirate i tho s 1 1 . 1 tg i o , ships avoideds i t n ion l r t b i s Fu l ports. 11. 9 h as, f or hi s own arty treaty to the Senate left him no choice. The long delay in the settlement of the question has aroused the people to a sense (f the great interests involved in it. The story of the Sibyl is repeated, and England is the Roman King. Mr Sumner declares that he does not believe that war need arise between England and America; but England has done the United States an injury difficult to mea s u re , an d h as hi t h er t o refused to acknowledge it. Such an acknowledgment woulC bef that the on harbeginningmy llaofta just settlement, and th e b ea t assurance o must desire. A proposal made at the Cork Town Council on Tuesday, to invite Prince Arthur to the city during the race weak, aftera was o 25 to 5. pepteonnsedybdyeabastmealwl a se e ction, including th e M ayor , but carried by a majority of A despatch, dated Havannab, April lb, says : "The captured American brig Mary Lowell has been declared a legal prize by the Spanish Courts. The Acting Consul-General has sent the U.S. steamer Penobscot to Key West with despatches informing the Government of the facts. The steamer l'ajoro:Las sailed for .Nuettae, with a detachnleut et artillery (From Judy.) A LEGAL FORM.—The Queen's Bench. FoLi.o..v MY LEIDER.—The clerks in Mr. Lowe's de partment have sent the right l►on. gentleman a memorial to the effect that they may, for the future, be paid in advance ! TH EA TRE ROTA!. ST. STEPH EN'S. —The Chancellor of the Exchequer made his first appearance here, in "The Budget," recently. The piece was held by some to be Lowe comedy, but we rather looked upon it as a burlesque or-farce ! There is a good deal of -sensation in it, and the only addition we can recommend is—A Break Down 1 (From Fan.) EARLY EXPERIENCE OF THE CCCKOO.—Life in lod gings. _ . JET.SOME.—A lapidary of our acquaintance says that the gas companies are quite right—considering their blackness—to talk of their lights as gas jets. A GROWL BY OUR CYNIC.-`V hen a man says that his misdeeds have come home to him, you may generally take it for grantel that it is because they find it a congenial A GALA DAY AT BETHNAL GREEN. NVednesday must lave been a happy day for 7,1 i .s Burdett 2 , 01• ts. U.ltribt I:tail:et, which has sprung into being md,r that lady's munificent hand, hr,s been thrown open the public, anl is one of the most useful of all her works Hof benevolence 0111.3 brought to a SllcevS,ftli issue. :;etlinal Green is not a. pleasant su'airl, of London, and inindrit:ints, with few exceptions, appear to suffer from chronic state of squalor. Wednesday afternoon, how -as well might be the case, seeing that the conedy fur much of the evil existing in the district 'els Leen supi!lied—the whole neighbourhood was en , ';'te. The site of the new market, which will insure to the district a con,tant supply of fresh moat, vegetables, milk, nil w floers, coniists of a couple of acres of ground to the set of the Heaney-re:A, and in close proximity to Shore -1:1C. Imre!, 'limo buildings comprising the market quadr angular group in the early geometrical style of cture. Rising high above the rest of the structure s the market hall, stretching before which is a large open ;ard surrounded by iron railings. The approach to this mall is by a I: , fty flight of steps and through an arched loorway. Over the latter are two colossal figures of angels with extended wings, and scrolls in their hands nscribed with scriptural n ottoes. The size of the ball is 104 feet by 50, with an altitude of 50 feet. In the centre quadrangle is a clock tower, 115 feet high. Near the minuet are two gigantic figures of solid cedar, which will eKentuallyl.e employed to strike the chimes. The quadrangle paved with blue-tinted granite, crossed with lines of red s,rcaded blocks of buildings, 210 ft. long by 45ft. in width, :un round the side of the quadrangle. It is here the shops fire situated. The buildings are four storeys high, in :luding the basement. The wings are four storeys high, exclusive of their basements, which are cellared for narket purposes. In one wing is " The Sir 'rancis Burdett Coffee-house and Dining-rooms," Nhile another is devoted to the sale of un- Ldulterated beer. The other wings are occupied as residences of a rather higher class. All the buildings are !substantial and ornamental, the walls being of yellow prick, relieved with terracotta and Portland stone, stud he roofs covered with Cumberland slates of a delicate ;rem colour. In the market hall slabs of polished Irish marble, very hard and of close grain, are employed, as being conducive to cleanliness. Almost all the external woodwork is of teak. It is five years since the market was 2ummenced. The Courts Mart ::1 Royal Commission have re commended the abolition of branding in the services. The return just issued shows that in 1868 there were 176,729 marriages in England and Wales, 786,156 Artll, , , and 48e,677 deaths. Julgtnent was given on Wedneslay in the bank ruptcy of Lord Albert Clinton, who was ordered to pay £lOO n year cn condition of his discharge. 1\ c aro informed that a proposal, intended to be made to the proprietors of the North Eabtern Railway that they bliould grant en annuity of £2OO for life to Mr. George Hudson, has been abandoned. The scrutiny at Bcwdley was gone into on Wednes lny. Four votes were struck off by the petitioner for non residence, and one as disqualified in consequence of being a constable for the borough. The scrutiny is proceeding. From inquiries which have teen instituted the feeling has become strengthened that the fire Ivii!ch destroyed the church of Al Saints iu Savoy-square -yes the work of an incendiary. Some time since there were -lots at the church, and much alarm.was at that time created. These riots arose out of ritualistic practices which were iv-. troduced there, and which, as was commonly the MO ti that created m. cli ill-feeling in the district. Mr. Henry Bingham Baring, who aied recently at Cannes, was the eldest son of the late Mr. Henry Baring, brother of the first Lord A.sliburton. He was born in 1801, and was educated at Christ Church. Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1825. He entered Parliament in 1831 as representative of Callingtou, which borough was disfranchised by the Reform Bill of 1832, since which he represented Marlborough in Parliament, till the last gene ral election. The deceased gentleman was a Liberal-Con servative in polities, I ADVERTlgNMENT.]—llolloway's Pills.—The Grand Re quisites.—Nobody will deny the assertion that for man's comfort and happiness pure blood and a sound stomach rank among the first requirements. Both may be safely and inexpensively secured by these admirable Pills, which act gently on the weakest frames, and cause no violent shock to the most sensitive nervous system. Holloway's Pills have proved themselves competent to deal constitu tionally with those infirmities which descend from parent to offspring, which often mar the brightest prospects and throw a constant gloom over youth. These Pills purify both the solids and fluids of the body, and by that salutary process rouse every organ to perform naturall3 its proper function, and strengthen every nerve for its proper duty. IMPERIAL PAR LI A .t EN I HOUSE OF LORDS—This EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on th© woolsack at five o'clock. SPEECH OF THE MAYOR OF CORK. Lord LIFPORD gave notice of his intention to ask the Government a question relative to the epiech just made i.ty the first magistote of Cork, and to the ask the inten tions of the Government on the subject. The motion for the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Delapidations Bill was then proceeded with. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF CONINIONS.—This EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THE SPEECH OF THE MAYOR OF CORK. Mr. P. DAWSON gave notice that an Monday he should ask a question relative to the speech of the Mayor of Cork reported in the paper:, in which the most diiloyal senti ments were uttered ; and al:o inquire what course the Government intended to pursue with respect to the chief magistrate of Cork city. (Hear, hear,) THE RIOT AT LONDONDERRY. Mr. C. FORTESOUE, in reply to Sir P. Renate, said lie had received a telegram with respect to the subject, but, with the exception of confirming the published re ports of the riot, it did nut contain any additiot.al infor mation. The tAegram to which he had referred stated that a riot had takcn place and that two lives bad been sacrificed. ASSASSINATION OF CAPTAIN CARLETON. An HON. MEMBER asked if any information h lid been received relative to the assassination of Captain Carleton, in the neighbourhood of Athlone. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said beyond the fact that the lamentable circumstance was true the Government had not yet received any further information. AGRARIAN OUTRAGES IN TIPPERARY AND • IV ESTMEAT Lord J. MANNERS asked the Ohief.Seeretary for Ireland if it was the intention of the Government to take any steps, or propose any measures for the better security of life in the counties of Westmeath and Tipperary ? Mr. C. FORTESOUE said the noble lord had so framed his question as to lead to the inference that these agrarian outrages were confined to the two counties mentioned. That was some consolation. The subject, ho could assure the noble lord, had engaged the most serious attention of the Government, and thero was nothing in the power of the Government they would not do to put down these outrages. The provisions of the Peace:Preservation Act with respect to the possession of arms and the stationing an extra force of c3nstables, and charging the expenses of the same to the places in which they would be called upon to do duty, would be put into operation ; but beyond that he hopod the house would not think it desirable that he should state the other steps the Governmeut had deter mined to take—(hear, bear)—with the view of put ting down these dangerous and hateful crimes. The last but one of these outrages he did not think could be con sidered of an agrarian character, but with respect to the last he was not able to give any further information than that he had already communicated to the house. THE FACTORY ACT. Mr. BRUCE said in answer to Mr. Muntz, that it was most desirto•le that uniformity should exist with respect to the working hours, but the different arrangemeats of the various parts of the kingdom rendered that almost impossible, but the subject was engaging the most serious attention of the Government. THE NIGHT HOUSES. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to the question as to what the Go vernment proposed with respect to the conflict of opinion that had taken place between Mr. Knox and Sir Wm. Bodkin, the assistant-judge. The question was not so much one of law, as the amount of evidence necessary to ensure a conviction. Mr. Justice Blackburn had given an opinion which referred to the matter, and he had that afternoon received a letter from deputy-Assistant Judge Payne, which stated that the subject would come on for consideration and decision before the Cou t of Quarter Sessions to-morrow, and the course he proposed w:.s to wait until that decision had boon given b .fore they took upon themselves the duty of atnewling the law in order that it might be made sufficient to carry out what was the obvious intention of the Leg'slature. TIIE dERVA Yrs - TAx. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to Mr. W 11. Smith, sail no exemption that formerly existed with respect to servant.; was taxon away by the ntw arrangement of the assessed taxes. THE TRIAL OF O'FARRELL. Mr. GLADSTONE said he did not think it would be necessary to put the country to the exp masa of printing the volutniuoni report of the evidence taken at the trial. Ho would lay the report itself in the library, whore it could be inspected by any hon. member. THE CONVICT PRISONS. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said it was the intention of the GovernmAnt to introduce a Lill to improve the condition of these prisons in Ireland. CHINA. Mr. OTWAY, in reply to Mr. Dilke, said he thought that some mistake must exist with respect to the publication of a despatch of Sir It. Alcock by the British Consul at Shaghai. The despatch of Lord Clarendon, which had been published in China, would show the opinion of the noble earl with respect to the desire for pro gress by the Government at Pekin. NATURALIZATION. Mr. BRUCE informed Mr. Dodds that the Government intended to introduce a bill on the subject of naturaliza tion during tl'e present ses inn. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT. Mr. M'EVOY, in reply to Mr. Nowdegate, said he would fix the. second reading of this bill for the earliest day possible. THE FENIAN SPEECH AT CORK. Mr. GRAVES said he thought the notice - given in the early part of the evening scarcely met the gravity of the question ; ho therefore gave notice that on the motion for going into committee of supply, ho should call the atten tion of the house to the recent events in Ireland, and ask certain questions. (Loud cries of "Hear, hear," and cheers.) Mr. GLA DSTONE said with a view to progress b •ing made with the Irish Cl,urch Bill, he should ask the hoe -e to bold a morning sitting on Tuesday next from two to seven o'clock. THE IRISH CHURCH. The house then went into committee on this bill, and the d, hice was resumed upon the amendment mails by Mr. Disraeli to the - 27th elause, the effect of which was to .Irikti out of the bill all the e , laettnents relative to the paytnent6 for 81ebes and glebe houses. [LEFT SITTING. LATEST INTELL LGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, April 28. The intnan Royal mail steamer City of Manches ter arrived here, and the Allan steamship Germany at Quebec, to-day. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1331 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 134 ; the lowest, 133 f. Sterling Exchange on London lO9. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 l2ll. " 1885 ll9k. If " 1865 ll6k. 10-40 44 1071. Illinois Erie 3ll. Cotton—Maryland 2Bl. Petroleum—Standard and White 321. Flour, extra state, $5.70c. to $6.30c. Corn, old mixed, sB.sc. QUEENSTOWN, April 28. The National Steamship Company's steamship England, from New York, arrived here at 2.30 p.m. to -day. She landed passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool. All well. AUSTRIA. VI EN A, April 29. The Official Gazette of this morning publishes a decree, signed by all the Ministers, abolishing the exceptional state of the law temporarily established at Prague last autumn. BOHEMIA. PRAGUE, April 29. The Commandant of the town has caused official placards to be posted in the streets, announcing the abolition of the exceptional state of the law established last autumn. The placards appeal to the good sense of the people to avoid further disturbances. THE CHANNEL SQUADRON. PLYMOUTH, April 29. The Channel Squadron, from Lisbon, passed up the Channel off this port last night. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 28.—Three, o'clock—The market closed as follows : 4i per Cent. End of month - 3 per Cent End of month._ 71 47; Credit Mobilier End of month 255 Credit Poncier 1547 50 End of month — - RAILWAI Bank Shares 2895 Ital 4 an Fives 56 90 End of month — Mexican Loan 25 25 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 30 50 Homo Debt — Deferred — Cash_ Orleans Northern ...• 1075 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... Cl3i Western Eastern •• Sardinian -1 Austrian 7lO Lombard 4'2l North of Spain Saragossa Roman 5l NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOUS. C.C. Aintree Athanor LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 11 to 4 agst Paul Jones (t:dren) 11 to 2 agst ./Egean (taken) 6to 1 agst Knight of the Garter (taken) 100 to 14 agst St. Mungo (taken) to 1 agst Romping Girl (taken) 11 to 1 agst Fairwiud (taken) 100 to 6 agst Mandrake (taken) 100 to 6 agst Vansittart (taken) 20 to 1 agst Dalby (taken) 20 to 1 agst King's Cross (taken) DERBY. 11 to 2 t.gst Belladrurn (tak n) 30 to 1 agst Rupert (taken freely) HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. _ April 12, at 7.30 p.m., Tasman, out of the Eleventh Biennial, Newmarket Craven Meeting. April 24, after 2 p.m., Henriette and llonfleur, out of Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, on Friday at Newmarket First Spring Meeting. April 25, at 7 p.m., Birdseeker, out of all engagements. April 26, at 9 a.m., Glenalmond, Woodman, St:allinairn, Quicksilver, and Skyscraper, out of the 2,000 gs Stakes. April 26, at 9 a.m., Duchess of Athol and Pimpernal, out of I,ooogs Stakes. April 26, at 9 a.m.,lSuccess, out of the Great Newton Cup. April 26, at 9 a.m., Ida and Ptarmigan, out of the New market Two Year Old Plato. April 26, at 2 p.m., Wild Oats, out of the 2,000 Guinean Stakes, Newmarket, and Epsom Derby. April 26, at 2.30 p.m., Fairminster, out of all engage.. ments at Newmarket Spring Meeting. April 26, at 5.20 p.m., all Mr. Brayley's horses out of the Chester Cup. April 26, at 55 p.m., Uncas, out of Chester, York, Don caster, Ascot, Manchester, and Newton engagements. April 26, at 8 p m., Martinique, out of 100 Guineas Stakes, Newmarket. April 27, at 9.50 a.m., Michael de Basco, out of Salis bury engagements. April 27, at 5.50 p.m., Orphan out of 1000 Guineas Stakes, Newmarket. April 27, at 5.50 p.m., the Provost and Sabreur, out of the Derby. April 27, Miranda out of Gland Prix, Paris, 1870. April 29, at 11 a.m., Gog, out of Nil Desperandum Stakes at Croydon. RACING IXTU RES. ...... Chester.. 4,5, 6, 7 Egliuton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11 12 Salisbury l3 1t Doncaster 13, 14 ISt. Albans 17,18 ! West Drayton l7, 18 1 Bath 18, 19 Manchester 19, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 Harpenden 2l I L Epsom Summer .....25, &a TNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 1 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer...ls, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragh 22, 23, 24 I Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 MARICE 7 S-71118 DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. April 29.—Sales probably 8,000 tales. The market quiet; unchanged. Til EDi EO,N NOTICh. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening was published in •une for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENOE—This Day NEWMALKET, ThurBciay. (By Telegraph.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUF. SIR,—You will perceive, by reference to my " Sporting Notes" of Monday last, that I gave the FIRST and SECOND for the Two Thousand, and siatid ALONE amongst ALL the PROPHE I'S in naming the Winner of the One Thousmd. Yours, So , A FRESH MAN. ONE TIIOUSAND GUINEAS. "BELL'S IFE."—Morna or Heather Bell. "TILE ERA."—Martinique or Brigantine. , ".1711E BEACON."—Morna. "SUNDAY TlMES."—Brigantiue or Martinique. " SPORTING GAZETTE."—Morna. " SPORTING TlMES."—Brigantine, 1; Heather Bell, 2 ; Minaret, 3. " SPORTING LlFE."—Martinique or Morna. " THE SPORTSMAN."—Brigantine or Heather Bell. "STANDARD."—Morna or Heather BelL " ADVERTISER."—Heather Bell, I ; Brigantine, 2. " DAILY NEWS."—Heather Bell or Morna. " SUN"—SCOTTISII Q UEEN, to win ! BRI GANTINE, for a place. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) MAIDEN PLATE. Miss Conynglism f. Woodford Villaret c. Ten ran. THE ONE THOUSAND. Scottish Queeu Morna Briguutine Nino ran. Won by three parts of a length; a neck be tween second and third. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Lady Beaconsfield Vladimir Fcur ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Stork 1 Glenlivat Wild Flower.. PLATE OF 50 t:OZ'S. Acaster... Brainbridge Vanichka Ught ran. HANDICAP SWEEPS CAKES. Silenus Siderolite R. M . Five lan. LATEST BETTING ON TUE COURSE. CHESTER CUP. 3to 1 agst Paul Jones (offered) sto 1 ng-A Egean (offered) 11 to 2 agst Knight of the Garter (offered) 7to 1 agst.St. Mungo (taken) 7to 1 agst Romping Girl (taken) 15 to 1 agst Dalby (taken) DERBY. 3 to 1 agst Pretender (taken) 100 to 30 agst l'ero Gomez (taken freely) FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7.30 P.M. Bank of England Returns. An Account, pursuant to tl cap. 32, for the week ending I the Act 7th and Bth Victoria Wednesday, April 28, 1869. ISSITz DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ....130,831,620 Govemmt. Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bulliou .030,834,620 .030,831,6 . 20 BANKING D.EPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi- Governmt. Seen ta.l £14,553,000 rities(including Rest Public Deposits Annuity) .... Z 15,020,798 (including Ex- Other Securities.. 17,083,093 chequer, Say- Notes ............... 7,341,245 ings' Banks, Uold and Silver Commissioners Coin .......... 1,146,559 of National Debt, and Div. Accounts Other Deposits.. 12,968,181 Seven Days and other 8i115..... 463,611 .040,091, 693 GEoal 440,091,695 iE FORBES, Chief Cashier. The foundation stone of the Free Public Library and Museum, presented to the town of Paisley by Mr. Peter Coats, of the firm of Messrs. J. and P. Coats, was laid with full masonic honours ou Tuesday, by the Earl of Dalhousie, the Grand Master Mason of Scotland. At St Omer a firm of niutAa builders which was called upon by the Procureur Imperial to erect a scaffold for the execution of a criminal, have been prosecuted for refusing to obey the order. The tribunal of simple police before which the case was brought dismissed it, on the ground that the law of 22 Germinal, year 4, upon which the public prosecutz relied, applied 01)4 to workmen per sonally required to give their manual labour, and not to persons in the position of the defendants.