The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-01 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ADVANCE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUN C. The Bank directors, at their meeting to-day, have made an advance of 1 per cent. in the official rate of discount, making the present minimum 4 per cent. Consols are 92j 3 24 for money; ditto, for Ac count, 93 9. ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 91 ; New Three per Cents, 91i j.; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, —; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., shut. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, ; ,ditto 5 .per Cent., July, 1880, 112-; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 14 prem. In the foreign market Turkish Five per Cents have recedel i f, to 411 411 ; Italian Five per Cents. are 551 551 ; Mexican, 151 15j ; Greek, 111 12 ; New Spanish Three per Cents., 31 311 ; and Hon duras Railway Loan, 83 85 ex coupon. The other prices remain unaltered. American Five-Twentie are lower, at 831 831, and the 1855 and Ten-Forty Bonds 1, at 82 82k, and 73i 741 respectively. -Erle Railway Shares have given way 1 to 24-} 24k, and Illinois Central stock is 1 lower, at 96- 961. The Danubian Loan is 1, 1 prem., and the De bentures of the Trouville Association /, 1 prem. In the Railway Market Caledonians are- 1 per cent. higher. Metropolitan have fallen f, Sheffield 1, Midland 4, Great Eastern and London and North Westerns lower. The following are the quota tions :—Caledonian, 80 1 ; Great Westt-rn, 491, 504 ; Great Eastern, 361 371 ; Great Northern, 1071 81 ; ditto A, 109 1; Lancashire, 1221 223 ; Metropolitan, 1021 3 ; Midland, 1161 1 ; Shef field, 56 4 ; Brighton, 481 49 ; North British, 35 36 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 102 3 ; South Eastern, 754 751 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 16 161 ; and North Western, 1151 1151. Atlantic Telegraph Stock is 26 27, the Eight per Cent. Preference Shares at 34 31, and Anglo- American Telegraph Shares at 221 221. A sum of £26,000 in United States eagles was taken from the Bank yesterday for transmission to America. The total withdrawal for the week is £233,000. The New York, from New York, has brought £5,200. Ihe bar silver by the West India Packet has been sold at ss. Ofd. per ounce, showing no change of importance. A circular has been issued by the Governor and Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company, stating that, in consequence of engagements which Sir Stafford Northcote is unable to postpone, it will be out of his power to attend the proposed meeting on the 7th of April. It is, therefore, intended to hold that meeting pro forma only, adjourning it to Friday, the 9th inst. The liquidators of the English and American Bank (Limited) have declared a further division of the capital of 10s. per share, making with the for mer distributions 95 per cent. of the amount paid up on the shares. The directors of the Great 'v estern Railway of Canada have decided upon recommending a divi dend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, reserv ing £3,000 for the renuwal of ferry steamers, and carrying forward to the current half-year the sum of £2,577 17s. ld. The report of the directors of the Agra Bank (Limited) to the proprietors, for the meetidg on the 14th of April, states that the net profits rea lised enable them to recommend for distribution among the A shareholders an amount which, with what has been already paid to them, will make up a dividend for the last two years at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. A meeting took place yesterday of the East India Land, Credit, and Finance Company (Limited). With reference to the realisation of the assets during the past year, it was stated that the deben ture and deposit debts have been entirely extin gr,ished, and that, with the exception of £7BB, the company has no liabilities. In addition to £:40,0C , 0 returned to the shareholders in 1868, a further sum of £20,000, being at the rate of £1 per share will be paid back on the sth of April. At the half-yearly meeting of the North British Railway Company the report - was adopted. The Chairman stated that the directors had agreed to request the Caledonian Company to refer all matters of dispute between them to the Marquis of Salisbury. At the annual meeting of the British-American L \lid Company, the report was adopted, and a dividend of £1 per share declared. A dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was declared by the British Gas Light Company. At the meeting of the Universal Private Tele graph Company the accounts showed a balance of £8,344, and a dividend was declared at the rate of 4 per cent. for the half year, making a total distri bution of 7 per cent. for the twelve months. At the meeting of Price's Patent Candle Com pany a dividend was declared at the rate of 2 per cent. per anntfm. At th meeting of the Canada Company the direc tors' report for the year ending December last wag, was adopted. At the meeting of the British American Land Company& dividend of.il per share,was declared, and the directors' report was adopted. At a meetiog of the Uuited Land Company, a dividend was declared at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income tax. The half-yearly dividend (due 15th April next) on the Bonds of the Four and a Half per Cent. Swedish Government Loan of 1861 is announced for payment. 1121TIIII FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK UOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 8 per Cent. Reduced 9ll * Now 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Ja n . 1894 Do. 5 per Cen J an. 1873 Annuities, SU yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (lied Sea Tolek,raph), Aug., 1908 — Exclacqu-.)r Bills, £l,OOO, 2i per Ct. Do. £5OO £lOO & £2OO 1 Dr. o ning Bank of Englsnd Stock, 4 p er C ent ..... Shut pe Inter-Colonial Crannun ................... .. 10 V 3 ;.H.NMENT India stock, 10# per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Opening, for Account ............... ......... 1121 Do. 5 per Cent. July, 188 0 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Enlaced Papei 4 per Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 18 7 2, • Do. 5* per exit. May 18/9 Da 5 pa: Cent., flop. Deb. 187_2 - Do do 187 Do. do. 1882 D... flab., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ...... Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO ...... ... 14 Do. under £l.OOO ... FORSIGN FINDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent BOl 791 Do., Scrip 4.45 paid .. Auitruan Donde 5 per cent ...... — De. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. if per Cent. 1852 Do. do. 18G . Do. do., 1863_ Do. 5 per Cent., Iti6s . 80 Ito Account Bok 1 B .enos Ayres ti per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Copt: Cu.,:,,, 6 per ()eta. o.•ti.au 6 per rout )o. 4 par Ce Do. 3 - oer Cent., ...... — L'o. 6 per co-t. 1867 Do. i per Cent., 1866 C lo uni.ti, 6 per Cent. Dan 3 p.,. Cent., 1825...,.... Dan Principalities, 7 ler Cent per Cent., 1867 BB} N'qualor New Consolidatt-d. l oer ('ent I:4) , l:tian, 7 per Cent...-. Necodd Issue ............... 82 Do. £ 5O l. Bonds Do. .4 , 10 t) Bonds ........................ Do. • 1864 ........ Do. Account Do. .t 590 Bonds Do. 1.106 Bonds English Scrip, 1868 Do do. .E 45 pd ............ dis Governn ent th 97i G.eeK 5 per Cent., 1824 - 5, ex Coups .... Do. Account ............................ Coupons • 14 Do. ACCOUnt ftreitlymittetto.ummemts g r iropmala 5 per Cent .. ' Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 1t9.14. pei c (rt., 1865 — Do. Account .. • Do , Larennana Itail,vay... .... Mex - ca .. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account on. 1864 Do S ncr Cont. Anglo-French eoutevideau 6 per Cent. . — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l7i 1 Do 3 per Oen — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. .. 794 4 Do 44 per Cent. (UiNirren) Do “ per Cent., 1862 •• — Do Aco , not Portaguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,''2 ,': 361 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Betssian 5 et. Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent . 1850 Do 4i per Cent., 186 n Do Do 3 per Cent., 1859 - Do 5 per Cent., 186.2 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondi, Du. dO. £B4 15s. d 0..,, Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9ll Do. do £Bl 15s do — Do Nicolas Railway 674 Sar motto 0 p..r Gent. — Spanish 3 per t!cn - Dik A-e , -,ltni. Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrea — Do. Account Do. Ploi•iiv.• Do. Cum. Cert. of Coin . not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — 1 41 - Turkish 6 por Cent.; . . 110 Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £10( Bonds 694 1 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 Du 4 por Cent., Guaranteed - Do Laiill. Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. — DO. Ace. nut Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in Lou',, Austrian o psr Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 'i-- per Cent. Ex. 12 Gui!,- — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... - Do. Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 251. • ItaliaL 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 451. D.) Account TWO O'CLOCK, Oonsols, Money Do. Account, April 8 POLIC'EJIVI'LLLIGAIVC'h.-7his Day, WES 1 MINSTER. HABITUAL CRITIMALS.—John Sweeney, a young man, was placed at the bar charged with robbing James Pem berton of 3s. 6d. at a public-house at Chelsea. Mr. Horton, an inspector of the B division, said that there was no prosecutor. Mr. Selfe—Let the prisoner be put back till the last. I shall not part with him while there is a chance of any one appearing against him. Mr. Horton (after an interval of a few minutes)—l find that the prisoner's mother has compromised the case by pay ing the prosecutor money. She is here. Mr. Selfe How is this, Mrs. Sweeney ? , Mrs. Sweeney —lt's quite true. I gave him 58. not to come against my son. Mr. Selfe—Hore if you did you did very wrong, and are liable to be, indicted for compromising a felony ; so is tho prosecutor. The mother—l thought it was the thing I could do. I parted with some clothes to do it. _ - Mr. Selfe—lt is no goad. Your son is always here for this sort of thing. You may do nothing else. H e is one of the persons who, when the new law comes into opera tion, we shall have to look after. Mother—He is very good to me when he gets work. Mr. Selfe—He is continually hens for offences of this description. Mind 1 will not permit of any f uture com promises. You may have acted in ignorance; now if you do it again you must take the consequences. Prisoner was discharged. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. ATTEMPTED S CICIDE.—Mary Ann Williams, about VI years of age, was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and annoying gentlemen, and was further charged with making several attempts to destroy herself. Daniel Palmer, 54 C, said that about nine o'clock the previous night he saw the prisoner, who had been drink-1 ing, accost two or three gentlemen in Leicester-square , and take hold of them, and she then came up and tos.,k hold of him (witness), and he then took her to the station with the assistance of three other constables. The pri soner had Ix en several times locked up, and nine times out. of ten she was carried to the station t.n the stretcher. Mr. remanded the prisoner for a week, and ordered her to be at once taken to the House of Deten tion in a cab. A DtsoupEnnv GENTLEMAN. —Mr. Cecil Dwyer, staying Pt au hotel in Gerniyu-street, was charged with being chunk and making use of obscene language, and the case having been proved by police-constable Fish, 42 C It, Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 10s. or seven days. THAMES. A MARINE THIEF.— John Dyer, a well-known thief, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with stealing a coat from the deck-house of a ship iu the West India Dock. The prisoner was seen prowling about the dock. He was known to be a thief and closely watched. He was seen to go ors board a ship named Sarah Bank, and take a coat from the deck-house, which he put on. Directly he cause on shore he was arrested with the coat upon him. lie stole another coat from a ship last December. He visited a ship a few weeks ago, and directly he left a coat was missing. Be had been in the practice of hanging about ships for the purposes of plunder. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to four months' imprisonment and hard labour. PILIIIBROKE ELI:C.I'ION PETITION. 211 LT DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PEMBROKE, Thursday—This morning the peti tion against the return of Mr. Meyrick was ap pointed to be tried before Baron Martin, who bad announced his intention to sit at ten o'clock. Notice of his iuteution to withdraw the petition bad, how ever, been given ; but, as it was expected the ap pl►cation would be made in court, the public attended at the appointed hour. The mayor, after waiting an hour, withdrew. 7HE IRISH NA7 TONAL ASSOCIATION ON REPEAL. DUBLIN, Wednesday Night. —At a meeting of the National Association to-day, a resolution was una nimously adopted, declaring that they regard the ',new agitation for Repeal to be a hollow pre tence—a mere sham—put forward in the interest of au unjust anti Irish ascendancy party. One of the rev. speakers sail it was right to let the English know that the attempt was viewed with contempt by the people of Ireland. SHIPPING INTEL LIGENCE. (Br TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, March 31—Julia, from Moss. Arrived, April I—Giraffe, steamer, from Boulogne; Blanche, steamer, from Dunkirk; Aurora, steamer, and Waterloo, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp. S ailed—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne; Blonde, steamer for Dunkirk ; Hobe, steamer, for Antwerp. Sovinto, from London, for Cadiz, returned damaged. , Thursday . , " ll ed, March 31.—Chet DEAL ah, from London, Morning for Hong- Kon g ; ClNUittlbo, barque, from the north, for the west ; Nancy Bryson, from London, for Valparaiso. Passed, April I—Biddiek, screw steamer, from Sunder land for Rouen ; Isle of Beauty, of Sunderland, from the north for the west. Anchored—Her Majesty's steamer Medusa, from the westward ; Colombo, Italian barque, from Odessa for Hull; has been supplied with an anchor and 60 fathoms of chain, in lieu of others lost. NEW MUSIC. —Mk.ssrs. ocks Co., pet it down Scott Burlington-street, have just published andthreeCAvolirryofcaNyietvral comic songs, written and composed by Ai r. Gatty. They are entitled respectively, Pregraname me," "Medicine ad " Brag "—the former hawstibeto come one of the most prominent songs iu the of the Royal Christy Minstrels; the second is replete with genuine fun and humour; and the third is a dashing effu sion from a lively young lady ; and although it i s the period," yet it is devoid of vulgarity an d can be sung with good effect at a merrymaking in the family circle. A very pretty ballad, " When the roses blow," has also been published by the same firm, which will find great favour amongst those who delight in pure and simple melody. The songs from Messrs. Cocks and Co. are invariably good, and although wo have not before met with any comio effusious published by them, the three we have just received are so excellent that we shall not be surprised to see more of the same description issue from Now Duzlingt9A-skeet. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1. 09. SHARE LIST. ettDIAAtiY ana.ur.A AND STOCKS. dmire ttatiwily B. Paid. Closing Basins** Prtoe. done. et Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 86 lAiedualuti ......... 100 79} 7u 80 791 8, 2.1 Cornwall . ... all 24 41 st 'Alban liellstut Juno... 100 77 79 at Duu„Yerth, & Ab.Junc... iOO 70 72 2, East London 40 ...0 15 - - 2i Do 10 - - at Glasgow &S. Western lou 97 99 at Great Eastern .. et Do. E. Augl. No. 2. 100 ... at Urcat North of Scotland lOO 14 at Great Nortnern lOO 108 :09 1071 at Do. A stock . .... 100 10) 110 1091 at Do. 11 stook at ti ta, bud W. of lrelano lOO 94 7 a, tit. SVeatern -Original lOO 4 . 4 5..) 4I 1 I Du. suutts Wales at 110. Ix ' ..1110.-Us.loro lOO :5 27 st Do. Newport lOO t 8 .0 at Lanes:wire I orsaUirs IOU 124 231 1221 3 ISt Lou., Brigli.,& b.Cuast lOO 41, 4 1 0:J Do scrip - • at I oh., I,,fiaL., suet Dose lvy 161 161 161 st Do. Ntetrop. Ex. A lOO - et Lou. & Nurtu SV ester IOU tot 151 1161 151 at Lou. as South Western lvt, 87 at Alan., & 111/ 571 571 531 51 at Metropolitan at Do ExtensiJa 100 1 1 1 2 10 Jo. rd to Me Diatr, t. all St 53 10 Aletrop •,t. John's S• oo - M. ,a at 1-10, 01111111, At D~ o j at N, us 100 .)5 .0 st LU. Eu., & Dun AN - - at or. •.a,,tern - I..er W n 1:0 102 tt 3 '25 Do. • . .a. putt:oast - - at Do Leeds at Do York st uo Carli „„, st Lo Stoc . s Darling l ,O 13, 32 st North Lou .011 10 Do :sew :8 . ..... 2 II 13 : st North Staffordshire .... 100 53 67 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 16 100 10 Lao New £lO shares 7 at Rhymney 49 52 st Shropshire Union 1• 0 57 51 571 at Soutu Devon at South Eastern lOO 75, 76 st Staines, Wok'harn,& Wok all 12 13 St - - Uu.(, •• • 3 I atwora 10 A'aterluo HA ILWAYS-PILEFER6NCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Du. Scot. N.E., 4, per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Du. du. 7 per cent IOU at D•). du. Ordinary lOO 50 81 at Du. Midland at Du. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen J unction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preterence lOO at tilas. •S; S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... at (-It. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 9 at Do do No. 2 100 95 98 st Do do G per cent 100 10, 112 et Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 ... st Do do 13 6 du. 100 et Du do C 7 du. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 10U ... et Du E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 7u 75 at Do Nut font 5 p.c. Ex. 1646 100 at Du do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1817 100 st Great Noituern, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 1U p. c. pin. 100 108 et Du 4 do du do 100 at Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO .., ... st i Gt. Nrttt of Scotland, let pf 100 at, Great South_ and Western (Irelamb 4 per eeut lOO 96 97 std Gt. West.— Orig.& J ut.-ltent chg., per gua. a p.c lOO 101 IU3 st Do. orig. (B.& 11.1 x). 3 p.c lOO 95 IUU at Do do 4, per cent. 1830 lOO 88 9 ) st Do du 4 do do at .'o do 5 per cent. redem lOO 95 97 at Do do Birmingliam gua lOO 6U 70 st Do do do pref lOO ... ... at Do do Chester gua lOO 60 85 at Do do du 8 per cent. 100 ... ... at Du do do 5 do 100 93 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... ... at Do do 4. p.e. IW ... ... at Do do 4, .1859 lOO ... ... at Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lO., 111 11* st Do du 2d gua.. 100 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 V VO at Do do 2d do 100 97 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... ... 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c all ... ... st Lancasu. & Yorksii. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 at Du Barnsley, £5 3s 105 p.c. 100 ... ... at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancasuire) 100 130 1.35 st Do 44 (Blackburn purch). 100 93 too st London & Brigutuu, sp. c guarantees, Nu 1 lOO ... ... at Du 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO ... ... st Do 6 du du lOO ... ... at Do 5 do N ..). 4 jou ... ... at Do 7 per cent L,(I ... ... st Do 6 do (V.E. & C.P.) 1,,0 ... ... St Di 4 no 1850 lOO ... ... at London, Cnatliam, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ... ... sti London and 1;. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 109 St Do Bedford &Uatnbridge lOO ... ... at Do Surewsb'y & Weicup'l lOO ... ... at London and c. W. 7 p,c late 3d snares, lOO 140 150 2s 65. Du (Tortoni. perp ans. 2665) all ... ... at Man., Snef., &Litwin. 6 p.c. 100 11 s 117 6 Do .t 4 all par 1 pin st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 ... ... at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. ( lOO 130 145 st Do Bristol& Bina., 6p. c lOO li2 134 et Dv 41 per cent. rodeent lOO 18 lvi at, Du 41 per cent. irredeent WU 94 1, o at Du Leicester& ifeau,4 p.c lOO 8:.) 14. at Nona 6rdisit, 5 p.e..N u.l too ... ... st Do B.& (..+. 4p.e.S. a: D l9O ... ... at Du ..N.8., No. 2, 5 per eea.t lot) ... ... at Do Border ttuioa, 5A- p.c lOO ... ... st N.-Eastera—Uuus. 4 j p.c IUU 87 8) at DO 41 per cent. redee.a I ,JJ 95 97 at Du C A.B. 4 per cent., lOO ... ... 17 Do Barwick capital S 13.4. ... ... Du Yora,ll.s; S. pareaase ll.l li 1(11 Du Stektu & Dratig. ct 5 p.c lOO 106 108 at Do \V, da.rtlepoul ii. and R IUJ 85 87 851 5 20 North Staffordshire DS .:-. Devon Annuities, 1 s all l., I.os Du Tavistoek Anus., los all 8 1 94 lUs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81 1 0.6. S. i_ast. (ltead. Auns., 1.0.1;) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 4 1 per cent ... .... 100 ... ... at Tall Vide Nu. 1 llto 145 150 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pe 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE S LURES AND STOCKS, With Dividands contingent on the Prodts of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 pc gua. lug st Do Scot. Oen. min. 7p e too ••• ••• at Du 41 p ••• ••• st Do 4 p con. issued at so "' at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 10J st Do 5 do, 1862 100 at Do New 5 do, 1863 100 85 i t s st Do do 5 do, 1861 100 e 2 8 d st Great Northern, 5p c irred 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent 100 st Du Boston & Sleatd, 41 pc 1 0 0 ••• ••• st Great West., W. ilidl., 5p c 100 at Do Juintperpe. 5 p c,1665 100 ••• ••• tiB at Do do 6p c irred., 1863 101 104 106 2 J Do Vale N eatn peril. 5p c all 10 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B._ 100 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 2 „ st Loud., Brig., &c., 41 Pc, 1858 100 " at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 st Da do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 '" st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 *** "• st Do No. 7 sdo at Load , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Metrop. Ex.,146 p.c lut) • Do do C 6 p.c • lOO st Loudon &A. Western, 5p c 100 106 110 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 , 2 94 10 Man. chef. & Liu., 5 Pc, 1665 all 8 81 at Metropolitan per cent IOU at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 10; at Do B 5 do EV 106 108 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony'. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1669 all 201 2011 18 Do Inconv. New Snares all 18,k 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 187' Bl If 29 p at North Britisn, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent st Do 110 guaranteed, 1361 100 ••• at Do E., P., & Dim., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E. & (.1 , No. 2, 5 p.c ••• 100 st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & U., Nu. 3, 5 p.c st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 ..** "' st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 5 st Do Stock. & Dart., D ••• 100 110 112 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 ** st Do 5 do 1861 100 ••• ••• at Do 5 do (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ▪ ;.** RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st .13irizentiead lOO v 3 05 100 Do. 45 per cent. Prefer all 99 101 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 13 st Do. 55 per cent, st Do. 4 do. ... 100 11G 112 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13. 136 20 Gloster and Dean Forest- all ... a Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 69 72 at Do.do. Wootibrg.Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West ,W. Alia., Here' 100 97 99 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2 5 st London and Blaickwall lOO 93 95 915 at Do. 45 per cent lOO ... st London, Chat, &c., 45 pc. 100 ... at Do. Coin. Fund, 5 do 100 at London and Greenwich st Do. do Preference lOO ... st London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 r 5 at Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO fik) 82 at Do. do. 6 do. 61 Manch., Buxton. &Pdatlk all .5 x . 51 st Midland. Bradford, Pref lOO 92 91 10 inch bent Cray Line) 50 Nortaern& East., 5 per cent all 53 56 so Do. do. 6 do. all ..„ N.ac Eastara—Hartlep00l at N. West. A perp. pref, 5p c lOO 107 109 st Do B minimum 14 p.c lOO ... at 1\ °Haig. Granth. H. & C lOO 90 92 25 Preston and %s yre all 44 46 Royston, Hitch. , and Shep lOO 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 131 10 Do do 8 2 25p at S. Yurltsh. and Itiver Dun 100 94 WS at Dc 4 per cent gua lO 73 30 at Do 5 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 14 14.; 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all 61 7; st Weymouth and Portland lOO .. at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 1:4.t 1:5 st Loudo n and St. crime 100 47 49 100 1) 01.reb. stock, 4 per cent., all Millvrall Freehold Land . st D0ck.... . . st Southampton.. lOO 74 70 St surrey Q9lsUliacial PP JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Rumness -hare NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all; 13 14 131 121 10 Do It lO 41 5 41 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all I'J 0 1 201 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 53 4 1 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt ' all 36 38 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia.— all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 3V 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 18 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, ”nd China all 21 22 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China T all 94 30 1 20 City 100 Colonial 25 391 401 10 Consolidated, lira. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, Urn 5 2 1 20 English and American, lint 10 ... 20 English Bank of Rio do Ja neiro. lim lO pr 1p 20 English, -ruttish, and Ans. tialian Chartered 28, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 281 Do new 5l 14 21 100 Imperial, lim 2O 161 171 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 2 21 121 1 5 lonian all 24 *26 '5 Do new s 1 t p a 0 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 3 1 3 1 100 Do sp. c. Dcbs.lB6l, 30 all 76 75 73 30 London Bank; of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 28 20 Do new 74 5L 41 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 1 0 11 25 Do new 10 '24 2;p 12} 20 London Chart. of Australia all 2.1 25 20 London and County '2o 49 51 50 1 80 Do new iss at 20 p ni, 16 pd ll ... ••• London Joint Stock 1 32 33 32 4 London and South African al 84 9 4 00 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 11 V 150 London & Venezuela, Um._ 121 ... •• 100 London and Westminster. 20 6.1 61 63i 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lim 25 5 3 7 i 10 Metropolitan, lim all 7 7 1 100 Midland, 1im.... 2O 11 i 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, li m l5 Id 1p 100 National Provinc. of Eng.'d 42 ••• ••• 10 Do :.0 National.. 3O ... .. 20 New South Wales _ all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 44 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., line lO 6 5 44 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90 10 Do new. all ... .. 351 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 28 15 13 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 461 471 47 100 Union of Ireland, line 5U Union of Loudon 36 ii 35k MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira all,, 221 221 221 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., lima- 10 124 124 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 2. 28 27 st Do. s per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, Lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 131 141 10 Do. New 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 5i British American Laud 44 16 13 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 160 165 20 British Indian Tea, film ••• all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, Inn 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 9 41 3d 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 5 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, liar- all 50 City Offices, lim 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 'Commercia, 'Tnion (Assur) 5 i p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 20 201 204 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 4 i per cent. all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, Jim. all 21 ,21 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim. 10 31 21d at Crystal Palace st Do. Preference lOO 17 102 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 11, 20 Darjeeling, lim. ... 10 Eastern Assam, lim. 6l ... _A 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 95 954 95 4 4 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 •• e• st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2 0 2.10 244 5 10 Do. New 8 9 lip 3 Eng. & Aust rat. Copper, lim 21 / i 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 41 31d 100 Eng. and Scot. •• arine, Rm. 8 .. ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 2 Id 20 Fore -street Warehouse,lim l2 1 lip 13 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 86 87 50 Gellivara, lim. 2O ... ... 10 General Credit & Die., lint. 71 1 i 11 51 10 General steam :Navigation 11 27 29 50 Holm & Col Marine Lu. lint. 5 3 1,1 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 20 Hudson's Bay a ll 12,i 121 121 1 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, Ihn. - 25 Indo-European Tel., lint lO ••• ••• 20 Interna.Finaneiai Soc. limn 5 11 li 35 1 ; 20 Interns. Land Credit, lint 6 6 4 ' l 50 Italian Land 6 1.1 p 20 Italian Hai. (Canal Ca your) all 2 4 34 100 Do. 6 P. c Bds., redeem 1870, issued 10 all 61 ria 50 Laud Securities, lint 5 21 11d 25 London African Trailing.., 10 7 5 , 0 25 Lou. & Caled. alari ne, lim. 6 ••• •••" 10 London County Laud and Building, lint. 3 Loud. Provincial Tel, lim • all 21 31 1 Du. Prefer. 10 per cent. all P 4P India Goy. 50 Lond. Financial Asa° , lim 30 21 4 - 0 4 4 Lond.Geu.Omnibus.C t llim. all 2 21 2 116 Credit, and 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 12 163 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 Id pr at I; adras Irriga. & Canl. Gus 100 1 02 1 103 ; 11 i 0 10 MauritiusAsgpen c c . Agency, 1ira...... 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lim. all 4 41 450 merchant Shipping Jim all 33 38 50 Millwall Iron Works, lint 121 ••• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. 25 National Discount Co, lira lim 5 11, 12 25 National Prov. Marine., lim. all lint. 4 4 ad 10 National Steam Shi p, 11 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, Jim. 6 34 , 3 ,0„ 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim. 3 "-; 'r 4 b\ ew Quebrada, lim 44 0 41 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Met , cantile Agency,lim 2l 1 ill 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 7 5 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., Jim_ 100 48 58 50 North Brit. & Nieman. In al 20 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 12 1 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll ••• •••`1 5 Oriental Gas, lint, . •an 74 8 5 Do. New ............. ....... I a 1p 10 Otago and Southland In. vestment, lim n , 2 1 0 IP 5 Ottoman Gas, lint 10 Panama, New Zealand,. and Australian R. Mail lim all .: '- 5 Do do. st Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 31 34 50 Peniusu. & Oriental Steam all 491 501 50 Do. New 1867., • , • „ •• 10 11;1 Of 25 Reuter's Telegram 50 Ithymney Iron 15 Mort. d i & Ina., lim. 6 Do. New 2.5 Rio de Janeiro City Iran.,lim all 19 12 1 20 Do. Gas, lint a ll 24 26 100 Royal Mail Steam st Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 8 i 90 st Do. 6P c. Guar. Pref lOO ••• ••• 12 EgYPte, lim lO 7 Gd Empire Ot 8 21 31- 522000 SocieteSs.o African e i i i n . . d e 1, 25 South Australian Land at Submarine Telegraph 1 Drs Scrip p Main.,lim. all 161 171 20 20 T T e h l ainesa h n e d on. St Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim ........ 2 24 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, Jim _ 81 ... ... 10 Trust & Agency of A.us.,lim 1 1 1p 10 Do do. do. all ... ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 a ap 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 41 2, p 20 Union Steam Ship, lira 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 11 4d SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint, all 51 61 5 Do. 10 per cent. Prof. all 31 4fp 20 Universal Marine(lu.), Um 5 If 2:*la 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all ,1 2 30 Van Diemar's Land 2Bl ti 71 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 Per cent. (Mortgage) Loan.., all 80 81 801 1 50 Warrant Finance, lim. 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 21 11 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO ... ___ 26 25d 41 3 2 ;uLvivi.aL liOVNitNa-kNT SEUURITI - brithai Columbia, 6 Per 100 - UO. 1885. 1877.84 ....• lOO IC4I 1061 104 k Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug ivo ne 14.4 - Do. sp. O. Mar. & Sept lOO 102 104 - Do. bp. 0. Jan. & 100 93 91 931 - Do. 5 .c. Inscribed 8 k lOO 90 92 8 - Cape .Hope, 6 p. 0 .187 3•• 109 102 101 - Do.Ap1.&001 1690-1900 lOO. 111 113 1121 - Do. do 1880-9 t lOO 107 11./V - Do. Jan.&July, 180/1 - Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 5 001.0900 .. 101 100 102 Ceylon. Nov 1878, 0 p. , .. 100 lob ILO - Do. 1872. d 0.... 100 105 107 - .51aurItiun, dp. C. 1 87 5..• - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 ... •• IJO 106 108 - Do. 1882, May and NE . • 00 106 108 - Do. 1895. Feb. & Aug - M.lbourne Corporate., -1807-7 J 6 per ern • - N. 8A10v.6 p.0.Ja.48.1u 1 ) lOO 103 1,4 - Natal 6 p ct, Aplai Oct - Do 6p a. 11,y & 180 , . - N. S. W. 5 ire., '7l to '7•1• lOo 89 1 1 - Do. 5 p.c. Isl 6 to 100 , t 1 994 9 1 - Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to 1 :5 - N.Zealand, 6p. Ot. 1891 lOO - - Do. 5 per cent.... - DoJan, Ap• I,Juiy, 0 t 100 93 94 Sei 6 - Do 6p c. liar ilt;wpt '9l lOO 103 110 -- Do Juve & Deo , I'9 l •••• 100 lull LLI - fDo rrov. Ai•Oxld. 11.0 - ( erie,l &2, lov6 - Nova Scotia 60. O.J BB -• • - and Jnly. 1875 - Do lcc6 lOO 101 103 - yueeonind. Fp. - lOO 104 1073 - D o 189 - Do. a p - -. d A 2 POO 108 110 - Do 1893 . . • 100 100 107 108 VC$ 9 O 4 ptt is l. 4 . aukt L 0 IR, WI BLA.CKBURIV ELECTION. Messrs. Potter and Morley have issued the following address to the electors •of the borough of Blackburn:— " Gentlemen,—The result of the polling has not taken either the committee or ourselves by surprise. We felt from the outset that the struggle would be unequal, for the result of the canvass proved that similar influences to those which, as expressly shewn by Mr. Justice Willes, turned the contest in November last, are still in active operation, and that on this occasion these influences have been doubly powerful (though perhaps not so punishable legally) through the disastrous state of the trade of the borough and the constant precariousness of employment. But though, under these circumstances, we were from the first almost hopeless of success, both of us coincided in thinking it our clear duty to make as good a fight as we could for two reasons : first, in order to chew to the Liberals of the district that the leaders of the party are still, and will always be, ready to per severe, at whatever sacrifice of their own ease, in a whole some opposition to that Tory system which rides rough-shod over the borough ; secondly, in order to strengthen the hands of the advocates of the Ballot throughout the country, as the course of the canvass has placed in our possession a large number of cases, fully authenticated, of electors who voted for the Liberal candi dates last autumn, and who distinctly state that they were deterred from voting in the same way on the present occasion by well-founded fear of being discharged by the Conservative employers. These cases we shall be pre pared to produce at the proper time. Meanwhile, we are persuaded that, without the Ballot, the franchise in this borough, as the expression of the true opinion of its inhabitants, is not much more than a farce. We beg to offer our sincere thanks to our committee and to the whole body of Liberals in the town for their undeviating friendship and support, and we trust that the efforts and encouragement of public opinion may induce the working men to make every effort to throw off that fear of intimidation which is fatal to indepen• dence." MAIL CONTRACTS. The committee appointed to inquire into the contracts entered into by the Postmaster-General with Messrs. Cunard and Co., and Mr. W. Inman, for the conveyance of mails from this country to the "United States, have issued their report with commendable promptitude. The committee was only appointed on the 16th inst. , and on. Wed nesday morning the report was published, together with the evidence, and a number of documents, extending to nearly 200 pages. The committee are of opinion that, con sidering the already large and continually increasing means of communication with the United States, there is no longer any necessity for fixed subsidies for terms of years in the case of this service; and having regard to the fact that a weekly service had been carried on by Mr. Inman in 1868, in consideration of receiving the sea postage only, to the difficulties which these contracts would for eight years throw in the way of any great reduction of postage, and to the express power of disallowance by the House of Commons contained in the contracts themselves, they recommend that the contracts with Messrs. Cunard and Mr. Inman's company be disapproved, compensation being made, if necessary, on the basis of the contracts for ser vices already performed in the present year. In the course of the inquiry, Messrs. Burns and Inman stated that they had not understood Clause 24 of their con tracts as rendering the contracts liable to be disapproved by Parliament for any cause except want of good faith, or dishonesty in the parties contracting ; and in this belief they had entered upon the contracts, and had, since the Ist January, been working under its provisions at considerable expense and loss. While refusing to re cognise the accuracy of this reading of the clause, the committee admit that some hardship and inconvenience may have resulted from the delay which has oc curred in submitting the contracts to the consideration of Parliament, and the committee therefore recommend that an option should be given to the contractors of con tinuing the contracts for a shorter period. But, to avoid similar difficulties in the future, they also recommend that all contracts of this nature should be considered by the Government, and brought before the House of Commons in the spring rather than in the autumn of the year pre ceding their expiration. The Cork Examiner states that the attack on the house of the Magillicuddy of the Reeks, near Killarney, when that young gentleman was fired at, but not wounded, is believed to have been in no sense agrarian, but a case of intended robbery. On Wednesday an order, printed by order of • the Commissioners of Police, was read to the men at every station of the force, to the following effect :—" Beards and Idcustach. s.—The Metropolitan Pol:ce will in future be per. mitted to wear beards and moustaches." The "order" was received with general satiafactiou by the men. LONGFELLOW.—Mr. Longfellow is still in Naples, The climate agrees with him so well that he intends to stay longer than he had anticipated. It was his intention to hare gone to Sicily, on a visit to an old friend, M. Monti, United States Consul at Palermo, formerly a pro. fessor in the Havar•l College. Boston, and who is men tioned as the Sicilian Boy in the poem of the " Wayside Inn." The rough weather of the last few days has pre vented Mr. Longfellow undertaking this journey for the present, if he has not abandoned it altogether. He intends, also, to visit Ancalfi, Sorrento, Capri, and Ischia. A contemporary says a serious difference has arisen between the Marquis do Banneville, the French Am bassador at Rome, and the Marquis de La valette. The Mar quis de Banueville complains that the Minister treats him more as a sub-secretary than an Anibassalor, and he has written to the Emperor to request either that his position may be better defined or that he may be recalled. The Liberal party in Rome declare they have positive informa tion that Italy has joined France and Austria in a treaty of alliance, and that one of the covenants provides that "the status quo shall be maintained at Rome till the death of Pius IX., when Rcme shall be declared the capital of Italy. A conference on the licensing system has been held in the Manchester Town Hall, under the auspices of the License Amendment League. Resolutions were passed in favour of a general scheme of license reform, and of lessening the facilities for procuring licenses, and a memorial embodying the opinion of the meeting was adopted. There was some opposition, and several amend ments were proposed, but they were directed rather against the formation of a new association, when, as was alleged, the ground was already covered by existing societies, than against the views expressed in the reso lutions. A NEW RAILWAY PASS.—A conductor's duty on the Pacific Railroad involves certain personal risks peculiar to the far %V est. A gentleman who has recently passed over the road relates a scene he witnessed in one train. The conductor told a rough-looking traveller that he wanted his fare. " The you do," was the only answer. The conductor persisted. " Wall here's my pass," said the traveller, presenting a heavy revolver at the official's head. Another huge fellow interposed at this point, presenting a pistol to his fellow•passenger's temple, with a menacing look. " None of that stranger, fair play, shell out." This settled the matter, and the fare was paid.—New York Tribune, March 17. A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT. - The secretary to the municipality of Florence, M. Soletti, who is partial to trying his luck in the lotteries, sent one of his men a few days ago to put 201. on certain numbers of a quartern to which he had taken a fancy, but the messenger forgot his commission until the offices were closed. Next morning M. Saletti, on his way to business, saw the figures which he had selected posted up as having gained a prize of 1,200,000 f. In his joy he announced the good news to his acquaintances, including the mayor and Count de Cambray-Digny, who warmly congratulated him. On reaching his bureau he rang the bell and asked for the receipt from the person whom he had charged to place his money. The latter, in a dreadful state of agita tion, was obliged to confess that he had forgotton to execute the order he had received. The revulsion of feeling experienced by M. Saletti at seeing his hopes of being a millionaire destroyed cannot be described. THE AUSTFAU4N MEAT-PRESERVING COMPANY. —The Melbourne Meat-Preserving Company lately afforded an additional and most convincing proof of the success of their process in preserving meat and rendering it capable of withstanding not only the effects of time, but the influence of the warmest climate. In response to the invitation o! Mr. Caldwell, a number of gentlemen, in cluding seve. al of the leading merchants of the city, assembled at the conTany's premises for the purpose of inspecting the opening of a case of preserved meat, which bad been allowed to remain four months in the furnace-room attrched to the works, where the tempe rature on rn rve age was at least 110 degrees. The case containing the mutton was composed of gin. deal bear s a cure:3 , - fastened, and about three feet by one foot in im •I T,ie meat, prepared in the usual manner, wrr p'a,:ed in these cares, and when packed a quantity of lic i n •a wa p,ured in until the cases were completely filled. TLey were then nailed down, and placed in the furnace-rth m. When op re,l, the temperature appeared to have lad but lilt e ( ff...et upon the meat. The fat resembled soft w. x en the su but was quite firm at the depth of ab,,ut as itch. 'lh.! meat was then taken out, and a porron of it prepared for luncheon. When dressed it was found nos : de 'c'otti and savoury, all present expressing the m p satisfaction with the result of the exper; ent )!igst those present were Commissary-General Hu r -, Al icrman Cohen, Mr. Keen (of Messrs. Beep Brof, tr ), Mr,_ g . Farlaie t and otialrs i rifilbettras Arose EPISCOPAL PATRONAGE I. TILE IV ET 2 1 .LINGL The Western Morning News calls attention to a scandal affecting the Church of :England in the western extremity of the diocese of Exeter :--" A few weeks ago the vicar age of Lelant, Cornwall, became vacant. It is worth, including house and glebe, about £3OO a year. It had been long held in connection with the vicarage of Towed nack, the church of which is four miles distant from Lelant church. This second vicarage is worth about £l5O a year. It has no suitable parsonage, and it has therefore been left by the vicar of the joint parishes to the charge of a miser ably paid curate, and has been virtually a non-resident sole cure. When these two livings fell •vacant through the death of the vicar, the curate of Towednack, who has been thirty years in holy orders, most of that time in this dio cese, and who is still only a curate, in spite of diligent and conscientious ministrations, offered to take that vicarage by itself ; and though its income is but £l5O A year, he purposed to build a house at his own cost, and so give the parish for the first time the benefit cf a resident vicar. That offer, as we have been informed, was never acknowledged by the youthful secretary of the bishop, whose energy and industry one of our correspondents has been found to praise. This was an act of personal discourtesy. Ent worse followed. The system of plurali&m, which Lad, ecclesiastically speaking, been the ruin of Towednack, was continued, and the two benefices were conferred upon the same clergyman. Worse still, the vicar of Lelant and of Towednack enjoys other preferment, and this of such an anomalous kind that we question if it has its parallel anywhere else in the kingdom. The vicar of Lelant and vicar of Towednack claims the vicarial tithes of St. Ives, worth £lBO a year. So that he receives in all an income of about £G3O." The Western Morning News declares that there may be any number of such appointments, any number of plural isms perpetuated, and there is no remedy. But (moralises our contemporary) the darkest hour is just before dawn. The state of the diocese cannot be worse than it is at present. It must mend, it must be mended. MR. REVERDY JOHNSON AT NEWCASTLE. Mr. Reverdy Johnson was well received at Newcastle on Tuesday. During the afternoon he was presented with addresses from the Newcastle and Gateshead Chamber of Commerce, the Coal Trade, and South Shields Corpora tion. The ceremonies were gone through in the council chamber, in the presence of the most influential people of the district. His Excellency, in his reply said: " Every manifestation of the amicable feeling of your countrymen for the people of the United States is full of interest to both countries, and is especially so to me, whose duty it is to cultivate it. The prosperity of each nation is so involved in the continuance of peaceful relations that its statesmen would be lost to duty if they failed to do everything that can properly be done to maintain and strengthen them, and I do not doubt that such is the determination of the people of both Governments. My visit to your town will afford me much gratification, if it shall prove, as you suppose it may, ' productive of international good-will and be mutually beneficial.' I sincerely thank you for the esti mate you place upon the efforts which I have made during my mission to draw closer the ties of amity between our respective countries, and to settle and remove existing differences ; ' and these efforts it will be not less my obligation than my pleasure to continue as long as I remain in my present office, They have, as you perhaps know, resulted in the negotiation of three treaties, cover. ing each of the causes of controversy between our countries. Two of these it is understood, and such, I doubt not, is the fact, are approved by all the departments of my Govern ment. This removes, consistently with the rights and honour of both nations, two subjects of difference which have for many years seriously threatened our peace. The third treaty has not as yet been sanctioned by tha Senate of the United States, but has received the decided approval of the late President and all his Cabinet. What ever objections may now be urged against it, I have no reason to apprehend that they may not be obviated with. out abandoning the principle upon which the treaty rests. That is to say, that whenever differences arise between nations which cannot be adjusted by themselves, humanity and civilisation demand that they be referred to friendly arbitration. This principle being recognised, it is impos• Bible that a state of war at any time between our countries can occur." THE FIRST ENGLISH RAILWAY PROSPECTUS. The first prospectus of the Liverpool and Mane - tester Railway Company, drawn up by Mr. Henry Booth, whose death was announced a day or two since, but signed by the late Mr. Charles Lawrence as chairman, bears the date of Liverpool, October 29, 11 , 24, and sets forth that " railways hold out to the public not only a cheaper but far more expeditious mode of conveyance than any yet established." In recommending the proposed new mode of transport, the author of the prospectus states that "in the pi esent state of trade and of commercial enterprise despatch is no less essential than economy. Merchandise is frequently brought across the Atlantic from New Yolk to Liverpool in 21 days, while, owing to the vat-lens causes of delay above enumerated, goods have in some instances been longer on their passage from Liverpool to Manchester. But this reproach (the prospectus says) must not be perpetual. The advance ment in mechanical science renders it unnecessary ; the good sense of the community makes it impossible. Let it not, however, be imagined that were England to be tardy, other countries would pause in the march of im provement. Application has been made on behalf of the Emperor of Russia r models of the loco motive engine, and other of the continental governments have been duly apprised of the important schemes for the facilitating of inland traffic now under discussion by the British public. In the United States of America, also,' they are fully alive to the important results to be antici pated from the introduction of railroads, a gentleman from the United States having recently arrived in Liverpool with whom it is the principal object to collect the necessary information in order to the establishment of a railway to connect the great rivers Potomac and Ohio." In this pro spectus, which may be justly regarded as a great historical document, the following are put forward by its author as some of the advantages of the new system :—" The immediate and prominent advantages to be anticipated from the proposed railroads are increased facilities for the general operations of commerce, arising out of that punctuality and despatch which will attend the transit of merchandise between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as an immense pecuniary saving to the trading com munity. But the inhabitants at large of these populous towns o ill reap their full share of direct and immediate benefit. Coal will be brought to market in greater plenty, at reduced price ; and farming produce of various kinds will find its way from greater distances, and at morereasonable rates. To the landowners, also, in the vicinity of the line, the railroad offers important advantages in extensive markets for their mineral and agricultural produce, as well as in a facility of obtaining lime and manure at a cheap rate in return. Moreover, as a cheap and expeditious means of conveyance for travellers the railway holds out the fair prospect of a public accommodation the magni tude and importance of which cannot be immediately ascertained." THE REMEDY FOR. SNAKE-BITE.—The Melbourne Amos ' Feb. 1, has th e f o ll ow i ng :—" The efficacy of Pro lessor Ilalford's antidote for snake-bite was demonstrated in a very remarkable manner last week at Seymour. Mr. Stunt, P.M., on his return to Melbourne, remained there one nght, and was called to see a lad who was dying from the bite of a black snake. The boy, who was about 12 years old, had been bathing in a water-hole, and was bitten in the leg just as he stepped from the water. When Mr. Sturt saw the boy he was in a state of coma, with glazed eyes and dilated pupils—evidently dying fast. No medical man could be obtained ; but there were two apothecaries present, who, upon the advice of Mr. Sturt, injected am monia. The operation was performed rather roughly— the vein was exposed with a penknife, and the ammonia injected with a common syringe —but the effect was won derful. In less than than ten minutes the lad recovered consciousness, and when Mr. Sturt (who is our informant) left next morning, was almost quite recovered." THE CHURCH IN NEW ZEALAND.—It is under stood that some changes will be made in reference to the episcopate in New Zealand. When Dr. Selwyn was con secrated in 1841, he took the title of Bishop of New Zea land, as he had episcopal control over the whole of the islands ; but since that time six new bishoprics have been constituted there, namely, Wellington, for so much of the northern island as lies south of 39 deg. south latitude ; \Vaiapu, for so much of the northern island as lies east of 176 (leg. longitude, and nort h of 39 deg. latitude; Nelson, for the middle island, from Cook's Straits to 40 deg. south ; Christchurch, for t he middle island, from 43 deg. south to its southern extremity, Stewart's Liland, the Auckland, and all the adjacent islands; Dunedin, for the province of Otago ; and the missionary bishepric for the Melanesian Islands. The formation of these new sees left to the Bishop of New Zealand the Chatham Islands and so much of the northern part of the country as lies north of the 39th degree of latitude and the 176th degree of longi• tude. Mr. Cowie will have episcopal jurisdiction over precisely the same district which Bishop Selwyn lately had, but his title will be not Bishop of New Zealand, but Bishop of Auckland—Auckland being the chief town of the diocese. Bishop Selwyn was " metropolitan," but Mr. Cowie will not succeed him in this office, the dignity having been conferred upon the Bight lice. Dr. H. J. ilaxper, Bishop of *ltchurch L y2Lio wsus ~.~ SiioAT3lvG 1N TELLIGENCE—This Day -00- VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tuts DM". CILSTER CUP. .100 to '7 agst Mandrake (off- , --100 to 6 taken) 1000 to GO ag - st Knight of the Garter (offered) 1000 to GO agst Birthday offered) 20 to 1 agst Attack colt (off —22 to 1 taken) 20 to 1 agst Fairwind (offered) 2d to 1 agst Vagaboud (taken and offered) 900 to 100 agst Mandrake and Good Hope coupled (off —take 1000 to 100) TWO THOUSAND. 6to 1 agst Beßade= (offered—take 8 to 1) Bto 1 agst Drummer (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Alpemtoek (take 100 to 6) DERBY. 1000 to 70 agst Pretender (wanted) 2000 to 100 agst Drummer (taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst Thorwalsden (wanted) 400 to 10 agst Btradrum (wanted) 40 to 1 agst Martyrdom (offered) 40 to 1 agst 'Penedos (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Vagaboml (taken and offered) 1009 to 20 agst Perry DJwn (offered) 1000 to 45 agst Martyrdom and Alpenstock couVed (taken) DERBY, 1870. 10,000 to 200 agst Sua'tilt (taken) " , EPSO EE CING -YESTERDAT. \VAL I ON STAKES. Elferon King Goptietua Lady (it:6lia ....................... 2 Fire ran. sTA MFORD PLATE. Lady Lavender .. Spbyux Conrad . a Seventeen ran. METROP OLITA N STAKES. Drummer Lancet Alpenstock Eleven ran. EPSOM SPRING CUP. 1 2 .. S Attack g Sagittari , :s Flulger a Five ran. MATCH-. I Marshal Nei Michael de Basco .. NEW TWO-YR-OLD STAKES. Guy Dayrell . ...... Roquefort. FiuLterre Twelve rau. D URD ANS s KES. Hilda Don Quixote... ..... Juanita Fourteen ran. PRINCE OF WALES' STAKES. Attack c Winifred 2 Curse Royal c 3 Eleven ran. STAMFORD PLATE. DECIDING HEAT. Sphynx Lady Lavender • LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7 to 4 agst Wild Oats (taken) 6 to 1 agst Drummer (taken) 7to 1 agst Pretender (aken) 100 to 15 agst Bel!admit' (offered) DERBY. 3to 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken) 11 to 1 agst Pretender (taken) 1G to 1 agst Drummer (taken) 30 to 1 agst Belladrum (offered) RACING F APE IXTU RES. tIL. Abergavenny l, Bromley 1. 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge... l, 2 T li i r s k ... 6, 7 Iluogerford 6, 7 Lichfield .6, 7 Cambridge 7 8 Croxton Park .. 8 Savathara 8, 9 Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Knighton... l3, 11 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 2U 21 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring _ iG, ecc. Chester .. 4, 5,6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 lialuu~ le 2tl Sprin,; 11, 12 St Al tiur 1 I 6alisbury l3, 11 Doncaster 13, 14 Wtat Drayton l7, H Bath le, 0 M:tuchester l9, 20, 21, Croplou P.), 21. I Il arpen &IL .4 1. Epeom Summer .. ...25, &.u. NE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Ne wtou Ascot. O, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer „,15, 16 IViod6or 1.5, 16 Hampton t7, 16 CurraBn 2 . 23, 21 J Worcester l, 2 l~cwsuarket July 6, &c. Carli,lti Poutebact 9, 10 Hendon l2, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 e, weastlo ' ) 2, 23, 2 t Uldliant iscrury Club 23 6 wekUridge 21, 2.5, 24 I _;lreliusford Suttou Park .....29, SO AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club . _ Lewes 6, 7 EgL,tun lO, 11 Wulcw•harrpton IU, 11 Win osor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT: Warwick... 7, 8 Curragli ( Royal ) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9 10 Southampton 13, i 4 lioading 15, Li Huntingdon 2O, 211 S taniford ... "I! 2 . ; Goodwood 27, 23,'29, 3J Oxford York 24, 25, 26 P 1 mouth 46, 27 Scarborough .30, 31 Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury ..... 3l, Sep. 1 MBER. Hampton 2l, 22 Western (40......-24 23 Hendon D0ut.71 . 1.6t0r l4, 13, 16, 17 Monmouth.... 23 . 24g ---- „ Richmond 21, 22 Newmarket ist 0ct..48,'&c. Lichfield - 29, 3U OCTOBER. .. Bedford 5, 6 1 Cheltenham l9. 2(1 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 f Curragh l9, 20, 21 Leicester r, 8 I West Drayton 2), 22 .Bromley 7 8 Hereford 2l, 23 I Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Monmouth 23, 21, Chelmsford l9 20 I Newmarket Irton —25, &o. Kelso 19 20 NOVEMBER. Barrow • 2, 3 I Eglinton H un t 6 , 7 Worcester 3, 4 Liverpool Bt. Albaus 5, 6 i :3hrewsbury ..... STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. APRIL. kW. Aldershot 1, 2 I Streatham B, 9 Bromley 1, ' Royal Artily., Woolwich...3 Abergavenny l, 2 Knighton I Lichfield ..6, 7 Ludlow l5, 16 Southdown Hunt 7 1 Tenbury... 2l Cambridge 7 , 8 Croydon 22, 23 Cheltenham 7, 8 Co. Louth & Ardeen 27, 23 11 Limerick Hunt 4 I St. Albans .. 13 Eglinton Hunt ". Et Drayt0n........ 17 JULY. Kingsbury 9 OCTOBEIL Bromley 7 West Drayton 2l, 22 - .. . N 0 VE . AI HE H. Worcester 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury 15, harrow 2, 3 I Leamington Hunt ..,.23 au Lverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 i COURSING FIXTURES. AUGUST. St. Albans.. OCTOBER. 17 Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6. Orino6by 19, Ltc. Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27. N 0 VEMBER. Sundorne, Salop Dothan and Eaton .. 9, &C. MARKE7 S-7 MS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. April I.—Sales probably 8,000 bales. 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