The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-30 00:00:00

3gg, so Ina" °f which has giv eu ar e some ef th e !ndicity Society renor presiding, Y will pre ach at 1 Fureign Bible ague, the Wes• te and Colonial the 4th the lgrims Friends' Wesleyan 13 ish and Foreign ration Society; ion Society Niu on, the Load° and the Church 7th the Gofer . leligious Tract ih and Foreig n %via be held at School Union, On t he 11th neet, under the )n the 12th the he Corporation Royal A.sYluta sidency of thae ,h the Un ite iety meet. 00 Tailors' .ASY IIIII/ !lls-street (ne ar , the Childress held at Exet er the Field -lane ander the sam e im for Deaf . 0 ton, under the 7USSIOY ft.S. A., O ced. riddle shillings V ereign." brought UP me, charge(' by rov ing and it , the action int case, t,. 13° Lovers of ti4 e rig from the -The for t ' Lning• Di t , nceeeded 011, and 010 Anson thenl ervative Ling xnerabet leelared a j o ri ory it A the s econ d ated. MONEY MAILIZET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Conso!s are 93i for money; ditto, for Ac e 'nut, 938 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92k 2 ; New T!.ree per Cents, 92k 2 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 2 7 prem. ; ditto 1100, £2OO, and £5OO, 2 7 prem. India Stock, 10k per Cent., April, 1874, 212} ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1144 15 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 b ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., 1051. In the Foreign Market New Spanish Three per Cents. and Turkish Five Cents. have declined nearly II to 29 29i and 42k 424 respectively; Peruvians are also lower, at 77 77i ; Mexican Bonds remain at 14k 14a ; Greek Bonds at 11 114, and Italian at 55 :1 56. The Danubian Commission Guaranteed Loan is firm at 1 14 prem. The Honduras Loan is firm at 82, 84 ex coupons. In the railway market Great Western are k lower, Great Eastern 1-16, Great Northern k, Metropolitan tl, Midland Brighton 1., North British 1, North Eastern 1, South Eastern The quotations are :—Caletiouian, 771 781 Great Western, 911 k ; Great Eastern, 38 k ; Great Northern) 106 k 7h ; ditto A, 1081 9 ; Lan cashire, 1221 31 ; Metropolitan, 1031 a ; ditto Extension, 100 1 ; Midland, 1141 ; Sheffield, 66 1-, 6 ; Brighton, 471 8 ; North British, 341 4 ; North Western, 115 k 16 ; North Eastern, 103 South Eastern, 76 ; Chatham and Dover, 17i 1. United States Bonds are 80i to 80k ; the 1885 Bonds, 781 to 784; and the Ten-Forty Bonds, 73k to 734, showing in each case a fall of I. Eries have receded 4, to 201 to 211. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. La Plata is telegraphed at Lisbon from Brazil 'with £31,013, and the Siam, from Auckland, has brought £71,000. _ _ The Bank of France return shows a further in crease of £140,000 in the bullion. The notes in circulation, however, have also been augmented £693,320, and the bills discounted £1,640,000. A telegram from the Banque de Paris has been Posted in the Stock Exchange, stating that Signor Figuezola, the Spanish Minister of Finance, had in the most emphatic manner denied in the Cortes the reports concerning the unification of the debts of the country. lie also stated that the money for the Jnly coupons had been fully provided for. At the meeting of the Tahiti Cotton and Coffee Plantation Company (Limited) the directors' re port was adopted after a long discussion. It is understood that by the arrangement made between the Turkish Government and the South Austrian Railway Company, the latter undertake to work the line to b 3 constructed from Basiasch, the extreme eastward point to which the railway extends in Hungary, to Rustchuk, a distance of about 250 miles, and thence to work the existing line from Rustchuk to Varna, at present the pro perty of a company, so as to complete, and place tinder a single management, the line of railway communication between Germany and the Black Sea. The following is the official return of the cheques and bills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for the week ending Wednesday, April 28 : Thursday, April 22 £13,570,000 Friday, April 23 Saturday, April 21 Monday, April 26 Tuesday, April 27 Wednesday, April 28 7,939,000 £64,678,000 Mr. E. Heseltine has resigned his post as chair man of the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway. Mr. William Fleet Smart has been appointed official liquidator of the Calder Vegetable Silk Com pany (Limited). Mr. James Cooper, the official liquidator of the New Z :eland Banking Corporation (Limited), has announced that the arrangements for settling with the creditors of the Corporation, as sanc tioned by the Court of Chancery, are now com plete, and that checks and promissory notes for the balances due are ready for issue. The fluctuations in Atlantic an ,l Great Western Bonds and Debentures and Erie Railway S:iares, appear to be bringing the public to a sense of the policy produced by the late operations. It ii now evident that the holders of any of these securities are quite at tha mercy of the manipulators of the " wires between New York and London ;" because a rise or a fall may be encouraged just as the Wishes of the dealers may suggest. The drop has compromised a large number of individuals, and those who have held with the view of realising at a comparatively satisfactory price, will again have to wait a rally should it occur, though meanwhile there will be sundry variations. Mexican dollars are scarce, and, being in de mand for China, have risen to 4s. Hid. per ounce. Bar silver is dull, and the inquiry for India has temporarily abated, pending the result of the tenders for bills next week. The figures of the Board of Trade returns for the Past month are more satisfactory than might have been anticipated from the reported dulness in nearly all branches of business, an 1 especially in Lanca shire. The declared value of our exports shows an increase of £868,216, or about 6 per cent., over the corresponding month of last year, and about 4 Per cent. over March, 1867. The letters and newspapers from Buenos Ayres to the 23d of March, brought by the Ilipparchus, are satisfactory. The price of the national funds had reached 501, showing an advance of 2 per cent. since the sailing of the French packet. A. bill has been filed in Chancery by two share holders of the Great Luxembourg Company to restrain the directors from paying the dividend re commended for the half year ending 31st Decem ber last. The plaintiffs state they have recently discovered that the last published accounts of the company were " fallacious," and that there was no Profit from which a dividend ought to have been Paid on the ordinary or preference shares. The return from the Bank of England for the Week ended the 28th of April gives the following r(Anita when compared with the previous week : Rut P uLlia deposits Other deposits 16,968,181 ... Decrease ... 691,097 On the other aide of the account :- 60 yornment securi- tie ß £15,520,798 ... No change. Other securities 17,083,093 Decrease ... 286,913 Notes unemployed 7,3 4 1 ,245 ... Increase ... 85,070 11 10 amount of notes in circulation is £23,493,375, being a decrease of £144,575 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is 116,981,179, showing • decrease of £48,972 when compared with the preceding return. Subjoined is a comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols and French Rentes with the corresponding week of last year ;-- . Same Week At Present. last Year. Bullion .£16,981,179 ~. 8,487,804 ".., 11,481,781 Notes " 1140teereuoifisn ciroulation 23 493 375 24, 151 , 105 vrenoh d' i t i i: e. c n. o te u s n . t 4 Per Cent. :'.... 931 , 7 if. 52c. 2 pn;ent. 69f. 32c. BRITISI.I FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK. 3 UOVEUNNIENT FUKDS. Per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 3 Per Cent. Reduced 931 92* 2 Now 3 Reduced tr'l 2 per Cent 11 " V 2 1 per C ent. Jan. 181.4 Do. 4 'Cr C en Jan. 1873 o,un uities, SO yrs, expire sth J:w., 1b8( — Do. for 3o yrs, expire sth April 1885 — A , Do k i ted Sea Telehraph), Aug., 1908 — 4.z etlegu::r Bills, .CIUUu, 21 per Ct. Do Do £ 5 O O 4100 & £2OO 2 7 13 a 4 k of England Stock, 4i per Cent lit?. op ening' — ea u "I , t er-C' ada 4 per Cent. Bonds — olonial Oinnnun "Ilia Mock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 , 2121 D. Op en i ng, for Account D o - uo. 4 p er Cent. July, 1880 ll4l 15 . 4 Do. Cer pe.: - Ce antes t., Oct. 1888 tific Uo. Enfaced I' ape . 4 per C ent.. — 0. 5 1)0. a i l per C:-.7er Cer t t , . Jan. Ma ' 1879 ., .... - , ty JJ.) 5 peCont.,r Cet Rup. Deb. 1872 Do do, 1877 — DO. do. 1882 Deb., 5 per Cent. Atig. 1873 — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Do., Scrip £45 paid Anitrian Bonds 5 per cent . Do. 1859 Brthilian 5 per Cent 93.41 pei Cent. 1852 1858.,... Do. do. 186 Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account BOl B ..enos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cali, 6 per Cent. 0 alum 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent - - Do. 3 per Cent., 1.0. 6 per co-•t. 1867 — Po. 7 per Cent., 1866 0 loubi;4n, 6 per Cent. Dan'sn, 3 per Cent., 1825... Dan , oian Principalities, 7 Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — liquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. B;yptian, 7 per Cent...~ Po Second Issue Do. £s:'. Bonds — D0..£100 Bonds ~... 84 Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds D. i.l 0G Bonds — English Scrip, 1868 Do do. £45 pd — dis Governneni Rail way Debentur-s GreeK 5 per Coat., 1821 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Qu. Cour.ons Do. Account guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd lt.+;ian 5 per cert., 1865 ,)o. Account . — Do Mltremnranrt :railway •J exi car. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do A per Cont. Anglo-French — ilontevideau 6 per Cent. .. — Moorish imperial 5 per Cent fi)ss , Granada — - Do 3 per Oen Do. Deferred ?erurian 5 per Cent. 1665 Do Account .. 77} i Do 4i per Cont. (IJl: l ,tirren) 4ti Po per Cont., 1862 Do Account Porthguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'6u,'2.' • Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — ittLisian 5 i fiar Cent., 1822, £ St )o 41 per Cent 1850 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cant., 1862 Do do, Scrip — pn. Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Routh , Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0..., !)0., 1866, £lOO Bonds B9l Do. do £B4 15s do — 1)o Nicolas Railway — Sartiuian b pi:r Cent — Spanish 3 per Con ... Do. Acc , ..unl Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. nut funded _ Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1464 Do do, 18G 8 Turkish 6 pia Cent. Do Account - ii o 6 per Cent. 1l:58 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — 00 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account D,, £10( Bonds 0 Do 5 per Oent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1 86 0 67 6/ Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Lewd Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Ace. out 1)o 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins ." Belgian, 4+ per cent., Ex. 251. Dutch ii per Cant. Ex. 12 Guil,, —. Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... Do. Account French Rontes, 3 per Cent., E. 251. Itliian 5 per Cent. 1851, E. 25f. Do Account 55/ TWO O'CLOCK. JJusols, Money Do. Account, May 6 ... 93/ I LAW IN7 EL ['IGEN CE.—(7hts Day.) CITANCER Y COURTS. RE CREDIT FONCIER ET 310BILIER OF ENGLAND. In this case a petition had Le,•n presented by Mr. Wil liam Thompson, a shareholder of this company, which is in course of v„luntary liquidation, and out of whir:, the new Credit Fourier and Mobilier has beau formed, for as order to change the voluntary into compulsory winding up. When the case was called on this morning, counsel informed the court that after the fullest discussion on all sides it had been arranged that the voluntary winding-up should be con tinued subject to the supervision of the court, that the present liquidators should retire, and that Mr Francis Mowatt, the chairman of the new company, and Mr. G. A. Cape should bo appointed liquidators. His Honour formally sanctioned the aarangement. The costs of all parties to come out of the estate. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, April 29. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. April 22. April 29. fr. c. fr. C. Capital of the Bank..., 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro- _ perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight 35,547,168 16 35,185,371 51 Treasury account cur- rent creditor 157,360931 24 158,043,734 33 Current accounts, Paris 247,838,298 67 269,519,363 97 Do. branch banks 41,825,856 43,702,815 Dividends payable 898,245 863,556 Discounts and sundry _ _ interests Rediscounted the last six months 933,790 85 933,790 85 Surplus of receipts not distributed - - Sundries Total CREDITOR. April 22. Cash in hand and in Ir. c. April 29. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over- due Commercial bills dis- 190,525 91 205,431 07 counted, not yet due 243,997,550 91 282,499,458 41 Do. branch banks 234,108,770 236,708,019 Advances on deposit of bullion 17,266,550 16,098,800 Do. branch banks 2,341,000 2,333,000 Do. on French Public Securities 13,639,300 13,663,900 Do. by branch hanks 6,498,080 6,629,880 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks - Do. on Credit Fancier Bonds _ 989,300 985,600 Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re- serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Routes Inamobalisdes (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches 9,042,473 9,042,557 expenses of manage- went V 1,193,571 27 1,586,299 21 Sundries Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) RoULAND. MARKE7 S-2 Ills DAl'. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. April 30.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. The market quiet ; unchanged. A fire this morning at one of the warehouses in Mincing-lane has resulted in the destruction of pro perty to the extent of several thousand pounds. THE MERCHANTS' COMPANY. —The three defen dant; Messrs. Lane, Chapman. and Helbert, again at tended this morning before the Lord Mayor with respect to the charges made against them concerning the Mer chants' Company. No definite result had been arrived at when we went to press. NEW POLICE MAGISTRATE FOR MANCHESTER. — The municipal authorities of Manchester received intima tion yesterday from the Home-office that Mr. Francis G. Headlam, of the Northern Bar, had been appointed stipen diary magistrate for Manchester, in place of Mr. Fowler, resigned. THE = SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1869. SHARE UST: :AL; i at 1z , .65 AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Business aura tCsilwaya. Price. clone. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 103 77 79 et litledoni an —..... 100 77i 7a+ St Ul.uturtan .. ~.. ... : 23 Corn tVAII sl Duolin 14011145 t. Juno NO 77 79 st Dun„i'crt!i. Ab.J ',CO 70 72 21 - East .4,0nd0n.... 20 uu .5 21 Do 10 41 Glasgow &S. Western -t u. 06 93 et Great Eastern .. st Do. E. Aogi. '4 St lireat Northol Scotland lOO 15 6 et Great Northern lOO 107 LOS 1071 1 at Du. A stock .... 100 1081 10/ bt 00, B IVO et GtS. and 11 ,. . 01 tret.ttiu it 0. 7 • Gt. Westc-In lel 491 it Do. South Wales t Do. W...111t1.—0X10r0.! x.lo .5 z 7 s , Do. ,N c wport. •00 I's '2O ,t, 1.40c:-.sliirt , a 1 vr►slitrs 100 .2.:1 ed.3l 1231 at bun., 131101,V: d.t;uttet.. itO 474 4,1 0. Du scrap :.lt di Lou., t.;nat., and Iv. 171 171 17a st Do. bletrop. 6.x. A.... lot at Lou. a 2 , 4urtit Western.. 101 i 115 116 st Lon. a Soutli Western.. 1170 87 t 9 fBl 73be1., Lincu,n.. Ito 7.6 561 st ;11.1.rouo•ithrt st Du Exteusimi 100 10u 102 10 Do. .oicv. , 1, 1(.1 ip st Metropolitan District. all 45 5.1 10 Metrop. Bt. John's 11 oo,i e - at Alt.u..aliti st uo, tiirmiu. & D.:I by lOO 81 83 st Nortll . l3ritish ...... 100 '24 :i5 st Do. Ed., rtli., 106 at Nor.,astern—ilerwici , ... 100 1021 1031 102; 34 25 Do. G. NJ: st Du Leeds. ....... •... 100 53 . 59. --- st Do Yor' - lOO V3l i;4l St 1,0 CarILA: •• • st Do Stun Darling l,O 131 131 st North Lout.ml 10 Do Aew im 8 st North Staffordshire lOO 54 56 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 Vd 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 st Rhyinney , 5 1 53 st Shropshire Union it:o 57 53 st South Devon' st South Eastern lO'J 70 761 76 st Staines, Wok'haan, S 5 Wolf all 12 13 st Tau V alt lOO 146 113 -- Do. C ... 5 3 4 p Waterford dr hilkenny.. 1(0 10 Wai erleo ..t Whitehml 6 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Clo:Ung BusitieJe Share NAME. Paid. Price. done to Agra Limited, A all 101 11 I'l Do B lO 21 2/ 21 50 Albion ......... ....... 15 e 6 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 2u 21 ztt4 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 - Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 41 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Coltun!)ia all 11 13 '2O Do issued at '2 pin , „ 5 .5 4 '25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 23 Bank - of Souttr Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of :New Zealand all 17 18 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, A ustra. ha, nd China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India Loudon, and China all '..91 301 20 City l, 12 101 100 Colonial "25 30 40 30 10 Consolidated, inn 4 1 1 50 Delhi and London, lore 50 East London, lint 20 English and American, Inn 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lint lO pr 1p 20 English, . - ,cottish, and Aus • traliau Chartered 181 Hon , - , Kong and Sha ng h a i Bank Corporation all 06 38 2SI Do new sf 11 21 100 Imperial, lim '2o 16 17 20 Imperial Ottotuan lO 2 21 122 :5 lonian all 21 16 23 Do new 5 11 , IP '2O Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 31 31 100 Do sp.c. De b 5.1804, 30 all 76 75 78 30 London Bankj of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 61 51 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 30 27 20 Do new 71 .51 41 100 Loudon & River Plate, lint. 40 9 11 25 Do new 10 21 28) 20 Landon Chart. of Australia all 241 25 20 London and County 2O 50 41 492 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 1 l ... .. _ London. Joint Stoek...,, 1 321 X 331 London and South African al 81 91 00 London & S.-Western, lint, 20 . 13 11 150 London & Venezuela, lint l2l ... - 100 London and Westminster 2O 611 621 621 1 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 6 4 20 10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 71 100 Midland, 1itre...... 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liv er p ool, lim l5 lei . 1p 100 National I'rovine. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do LO National.. 3O 20 New South Wales all •41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431 50 I'rovinc.i3ank. Corpo., lint. 10 6 5 00 Provincial of Ireland ...... 10 Do new, all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 15 14 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 471 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London THE FATAL RIOTS AT DER.RY. Religions antipathies have led to another and a terribly fatal collision between the- population of Ireland. At Londonderry on Wednesday night there was an encounter between the Protestants and Roman Catholics. Stone. throwing continued a long time, then shots were fired,and the police were compelled to return the fire. Two men were shot dead and several others badly wounded. One or two are not expected to recover. At midnight the town was quiet. The dead men have not been identified, but evi dently belong to the labouring class. It is said that the shot of the police caused one of the deaths. DUBLIN, April 29. Ti origin of the riots at Derry is not yet accurately kno‘N When Prince Arthur was on the balcony of the ation Hall, the apprentice buys marched past with their cannon and banners, and wearing sashes. Groanswere given for Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Serjeant Dowse (M.P. for Londonderry), which were replied to by " Cheers for Dowse and Equality." The apprentice bays also loudly cheered the Queen. It was late in the evening when the riot began. One account says that the band of the apprentice boys was fired on by persons armed with revolvers. Shots were returned, and stone-throwing and firing on both sides continued. The police then tried to clear the streets ; and, in an encounter with the mob, shot two men, one of whom is dead, and several persons are dangerously wounded. In the end, the military had to be called out, and peace was restored. The Roman Catholic journals throw all the blame on the apprentice boys. Prince Arthur left Londonderry this morning in conse quence of the extraordinary conduct of the rioters. The Dublin correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette says : " Order was only restored when the 54th Regi ment turned out and patrolled the streets. County In spector Stafford narrowly escaped a pistol shot. Several houses had all their windows smashed. Everything is reported quiet this morning." The Belfast correspondent of the same journal tele graphs :—" Three men are reported to be dead. To-day the Prince arrived at Portrush on his way to the Giant's Causeway." RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... at Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO at D. do. Ordinary lOO 10 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbruata 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... st Glee. S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... at Gt. L'atstern, E.U. Ex. No.l 100 93 99 st Do do N 0.2 100 93 93 st Do do 6 per cent 100 10J 112 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 at Do do 13 6 do. 100 ... at Do do C 7 du. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 7o 75 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 ... st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 ... 1111 st Du 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. e. pin. 100 ... st Du 4, du do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp. c. nnr. 100 ... at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, (; per ceut lOO ... sti Gt. Nrtli of Scotland, let pf 100 at Great South. and Westoru (Ireland) 4 per st t.West.—Orig.&Jut.-lient chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 10: 103 st Do. Orig. (B. a; Li. LX). 0 p.c lOO 05 10J st Do do 4, per cent. Lou.) lO3 67 69 st Du du 4 do do st to do 5 per cent. rodent lOO 05 07 Hi st Du do Biriniugliam gua lOO 60 70 st Do do do pref lO3 st Do do Chester gun lOO 80 65 st Do do do 13 per cent lOO it Do do du 5 do 100 95 103 St Do South Wa:es, gun. 4 p.c. 100 St Do do 4. p.c lO3 it Do do 4 ; 1659 lOO ... st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 10) 111 113 et Do du 2a gun. 100 107 111 it Do Newport, lstg.s p.c. 100 90 92 st Do do 2.1 du 100 07 LOO at Do gun. 51 per cent. 180; 100 00 Lancaster & Uarlisle 4$ p.c ail it Lancash. It Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 1 135 st Du .13aruslcy, £5 Os tua p.c. 100 st Du 6 p.c. (Last Lancashire) WO 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn purehj. lot) US 100 it London It 13rignauu, S p.c. guerantead, No 1 lOO ... st Do 5 per cent. gun.. No. 2. 100 ... et Do 6 du du lOO st Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent l,O ... st Do 6 du (W.E. It C.P.) 100 it DJ 4 do 1850 lOO st London, Chatham, d, Dover 5 per cent lOO st; London and C. and Nuue.aton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford &Uanibridgo lOO at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO ... st London and oW. 7 p,e • late 30 shares, lOO 140 15) is 61. Do (Portsm. perp aus 286 d) all st Man., Slid., Linclu. 6 p.c lOO 11 i 117 6 Do AS all par 1 put it Do 31 per Cent lOO 63 65 10 Do re.teent. 6 per cent 5 ... st Mil. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 105 it Dv Bristol & Birin., op. c lOO 1 2 134 st Do 41 per Cent. refecin lOO 58 10) st Do 41 per cent. irredcem lO3 93 IJO it Do Leicester& 11.' ono, 1 p.c lOO 60 91 st North British, 5 p.c. Nu. I— 100 _ st Dv L. &G.4p.e. S. & D Wu st Do N. 13., N 0.2, 5 per ceu.t lOO it Du Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-I:astern—Cons. 4 p.c lO3 87 so it Do 41 per cent. redeem.-- 100 05 97 st Do G N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.4. ... Do York, U.& S. purchase lO 10 10$ Du Stektn & Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO 100 108 st Do W, tiartlepoul auit It 100 81 86 20 North Staffordshire lOs n. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 9 10 lOs Do Tavistock Annii., 10s all 84 91 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 84 110.6. S. Last. (Read. Anns., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Du 4/ percent lOO st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO St Taff Vale No.l lOO 14, 153 at Wat.erford& Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 BAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. bt Caledonian 41 p e gua. at ;Jo Scot. Ceu. Win. 7p C lOO "• et Do 41 p irredeern.„ all at Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 '" et Great Eastern 4 1 p er cent . 103 7 . 4 t ' 3 7, et Do 5 do, 1862 103 86 ag b at Do New 5 d o, 1864 too 0 , 4 st Do do 5 d o, 1801— lou b 2 87 4 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Perm a nent 5 per cent. 100 " st Do Boston & Sleafd, 4/ pc 103 et Great West., W. Midi., 5P c 0 at Do Joint perpe. 5p c, 1865 100 ;3 . 8" ;: st Do do 6p c irred., 1566 10J 105 ijd 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 1 9 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 i p at Lond., Brig &c.,41 dc o, 100 et Do do p do , , 1860 100 ... at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at DJ do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do do, 1865 100 '" at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ••• st Do No. 7 sdo st Loud . Chat., &c., '2d, 6 p.c at Du ketrop. " 136 P. B • 100 "' Do do C 6 P• 8 at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 183 110 at Loudon &S. Western, 41 p c 100 b 2 94 10 Man. bhef. & Lin., 5 Pe, 18 65 all 8 84 st Metropolitan a per cent lOO 10U 102 et Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 108 et Do B 5 do 100 106 108 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 20/ 201 18 Do Ineonv. New Snares all 181 194 22 Do bp c cou. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 Zip at worth British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent et Do £lO guaranteed, 186 • 1 100 Do E. P. & Dun., 25, 4pc 100 et Do .t...&G , N 0.2, p.c st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & G., No., 5 p.c et Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 4 centc 100 et North Eastern, 41 per lOO vs yi at Do Stock. & Darl., 100 111 113 et North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1801 100 ~. at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS _,_ 100 t 6 118 at Liinieuuo4.l 100 9- 9 1 9 2 1 100 117 119 e4tll:,pilenari Holyheadcent. ,,hir e P Prefer er . . 1 :1 0 1 :9 ; 1 0 0 0 1 . 1 per cent. ;it Chest in. at Colchester Stour Valley 100 a aaa tt t t Clyd esdale, BUDDieokob.s guaranteed 100 - 1" 1 . 1 . C. 1 . 1 .! at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 131 131 20 Gloater and Dean Forest all ... ... a Gt. &lan., Newm., 6x., 5 p.c 100 ... ... a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ... ... at Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 .. .. at Gt. West, W. Mid., Herd 100 96 93 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 215 at London and Blackwall LOU 93 95 at D o . 41 per cent lOO ... ... at London, Chat., & - .e. 41 p c lOO ... ... st Do. Com. Fund, sdo 100 ... ... at Loudon and Greenwich 8 t Do. do Preference lOO ... ... at London, Tilbury, 6: South 100 83 t 5 st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 83 82 at Do. du. 6 du. 51 Manch., Buxton, it Matlk all 5 51 at 31 Miami, 13r.1 , 1ford, Pref lOO 92 04 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northeruk East., 5 percent all 13 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all ... ... at N. Eastern--.Hartlepool st N.Weat. A perp. prof, 5p c lOO 107 109 s a t t Notting. p o l-i a z 1 11.7 t r ' c l a: -1 14 n 1 ;t : h r n ae .:l . l d t 3 . x s i :C c e .. p . . .... 1 1 1 0 0 :0 0 : 1 1 9 3 ; 2 1: . 9 1 . 43 3: 4 25 Royston,P rcto and at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 1;;1 131 10 Do do 8 2 21p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 96 96 at Dc 4 per cent gua lO 78 30 at D o 5 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 LSO at \Vest Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 ztl Do do 11 all ••• .. 20 Do do C a ll . 64 1 , .; at Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et East and West Lydia lOO 122 124 at London and St. Katherine lOO 43 4.5 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ... .. Millwall Frecuold Lund st Dock lOO 26 30 at Southampton ' 100 74 76 at Surrey Collll2lmial ..... „ 40 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 1U Anglo-American Tel., lim all 24 22; 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 11i 121 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 21 26 st Do. 8 per cent. st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 160 165 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2 0 243 10 Do. New 8 9 lip 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO ... ... 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 3 3} 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all i il) 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lim all 3 4 25 Reuter's Telegram all 48 53 20 Societe Transa.tlant., Hui— 1 1 2 1 131 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,hm all Lit in 171 t SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 51 6 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 34 4 p TuiscELLANEous. 10 Anglo-Mextean Mint all 151 161 25 Australian Agricultural ••• 201 151 h/ 25 Australian Mort. Laud and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 9 7 5d 1U Berlin Water Works, lim all 1 14/ 10 Do. Nw 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. •.• 30 9 14 5 Bombay Gas, 5 Do. New 4 14 40 5 ) British Anr3rican Land 4l 15 17 20 British m Tynan Tea, limit all 21 31 90 British Ship Owners 77 29 Canada Company all 6.5 7j 10 Canadian Luau and Invest ment, litre 2l 2 I t i 20 Ceylon Company, limn. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 25 City of London Real Pro perty,, lint 9 44 3/d 30 City of Milan Improv. bin all 5 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, linen all 50 City Offices, lint 25 26 25d. 50 Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Commercia,. 'Talon (Assur) 5 , P 10 Company of African Mer chants, limn. 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all ul 201 25 Copper Miners of England, pref 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of Loudon Bands, 1877, 41 per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 4 per cent. all 10.11 1051 100 Do. 1882, 14 pet cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, bin. all 24 3 50 Credit Fou.of Mauritius lila lO 3; st Crystal Palace lOO 1) 21 st Do. Preference lOO 9_l 10) st D 0.4 p. c i'CI pCtUai Deb lO9 107 a , '0 Darjeeling, limn. 10 Eastern Assam, linm. 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finauce, lim. 11 . 1 10; 1 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. y. (Ilia. by Egypt. Gov all 961 971 972 1 32 20 EbbwEae s o t a l l India el . Irri Steal,ga • I 0 n‘ C : a ra n on a ( 1 1 ;1 7 1 1 20 Egyptian Coui. et-Traf 1,1; In. e .. .. 3 Eng. it Austral. Copper, Ma 21 -t, i 1 2 0 0 0 F E o u r g e l ... i a s s a nd e n S t tl e ‘ o v i r ' ,. .l. l l:i i i ‘ g i r I : i i „ u s e :, li k i m i . t . u 7 8 54 . I : 1 : 1 . 1 1 . :d i 10:0: El'F' aon L ilg.j o i ba:ni Col.r S a c r E i p u , g issued Coy.iule'rriju' a s gt t . Cand all 86 87 50 Gellivara, lint. 10 General Credit & Dis., lint 7l 14 1 4 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 50 Horns & Col Marine In. him 5 3 'id 10 Hong Kong anti China Gas all .. 20 Hudson's Bay ............ . 20 Imperial Land. Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 20 Interna. Financi a l S oc. Lim 5 11 14 20 Interna. Land Credit, lint 6 6 4d 50 Italian Laud..,,,,, 5 ld p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 8 4 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 20.,,,,,,,. all 61 153 is 51 50 Land Securities, lint ........,• 5 ' 2 4 11d 25 London Africa n Trading„, 10 7 v „ 25 Lou. & Caled. M ar i ne, lint. 6 ••• ... d"-`,i (1 10 London County L and and Building, lint. 50 Loud. Financial As so., lint 30 211 ;01 4 Lond.Gen.Omuibus.Co-lint. all 2 21 50 Lond and Glasg. Engineer and Iron. Ship, lim 20 Lond. & Provincial .Marine 2 ld pr st 3I adras Irriga. & Caul. Ulla. sp.c. by India Gov. 10 Mauritius Land., Credit, and Agency, lie., ji i id 50 Merchant Shipping, lin t all 33 38 60 siillwall Iron Works, lin t. 12k ••• 10 Natal Laud and Colonisa- ... tion Co., lint. ....... 9 51 4 1d 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 111 114 ' II 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lira. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint, 6 31 M ir , 10 New Consolid a t ed Dis. lint. 3 11 II" 5 is.ew Quebrada, lim ...... . 4.4.0 4 1 4 25 New Zealand Loan & hler eantile Ageney,li m .....• 2 1 i IP 25 New Zealand Trust .;. and Loan, lirn. .................... 5 91 1 10 Northern Assam Tea, iira . , 5 , `, 10 Do. B ........... ~ all 9 °at North Brit. Austral., . li e 7:: 100 48 51 50 North Brit. & Mercan. 1n.., 6/ . 1 9 20, 25 Ocean Marin e ( I nsurance) 5 12 50 Oriental Financial, lim 6 Oriental Gas, Um. ... a ll • 7 8 5 Do. New ....................n 2 10 Otago and Southland I , 1 1p vestment, lim 5 Ottoman Ga s, li nt ...... ... all 14 2 4 10 Panama, Now Z ealand, and Australian IL Mail lint all .7 5 Do do. .. all 0— st Peel R. Land & Minerl, lint . 100 31 :34 50 Peninau. & Orients.' Ste am a ll 49 .50 494 i 50 Do. New 1867 .. 10 134 01 50 Rhymney Iron. 15 Do. New ........ all 6 1 7 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im . ~ an 20 Do. Gas, lira 100 Royal Mail Steam at Scottish Aust. Invest., li nt , 100 85 90 St Do. 20 Soci6te Uen.de PEmpire ot. 8 24 3/ 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., ling 6 ... 25 South Australian Land .. all 34 36 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lint 20 Soci e t d Fin asofsaarr int, Egypt,d : TaL E ge G ag eany ( ), i a p Lt r e ' o 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint B4 ... ... 10 Trust & Agency of Aus„lim, 1 lIP 10 Du do. do. all ~. .., 20 Trust &Loam Co., Udi.,Cina. all 1 / 4 :P 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 41. 5 p 20 Union Steam Ship, 1int....,, all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint, 6 _ . . _ 20 Universal Marine(b.), lint, 5 14 1 lap 281 6 7 7 per all 80 81 sal I 03 1 00 0 vv iJ ai p ecu p een e rp r ot.iy A e( 50 Warrant Finance, lim • 12 12 10d 60 West India and Pacific 'atril'ir. 11000 . v ..0 Steam, lim 2O 20 West London Whams and Warehouses lO j0,ve,41,,,6 tit) V 2 " .4i1 ." r 1 I`i;1 ` i; British Columbia, 0 per 0ent.,1872.... .... UO. 1805.. l2O .... ..... Can.Gov.6p.c.Jan...StJuly 1877-84 Do. 6p. 0 20, & Aug luo 10't 1(4 Do. sp. c. Mar. ,it Sept lOO 102 1 6 4 Do. 6p. 0. Jan. St July lOO „, _. 9: 1)o. sp. c. Inscribed sic lOO 90 la Cape (r. Elope, 6 p.c.1873 lO6 102 101 Do.Api.&ool 1500-19 0 0 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880.90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan..kJuly, 1391 Do. 5 per cent. lb April and 15 Oct., 1900 . 100 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c.. 100 108 tIE Do. 1372, d 0.... 100 105 167 Mauritius, 6p. 0, y & Noe 101( 6 103 1873, --Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... Do. 1882, May and Nc. , .. 00 106 108 Do. 1805, Feb. .t Aue..•• 10 106 193 3lclbourne Corporatu.,•• --1867.75, 6 per cent 1( 0 10 0 100 , -2 NN.altla.ol 6 p ov.O e p t: c A .J p a i tJ o u ct ly .. ... t (0 0 0.1 1(.4 10;1 ) 1 Do 6pc. 5I ...._ N. S. W. 5 p•c„ '2l to '73 l./0 99 1 , 1 Do. b p.c. 1868 to 1890— • 103 084 904 991 i Do. 5 p.c. rd.'s7 to '71., N.Zealand, 6p. et. 1801 ICO _ ._ Do. 5 per cent.... DoJaU,Aprl,July, 0 t loo 93 94 9511 i Do 6 p ci. Mar & sept '9l ;GO 103 110 Do J one le Deo , 1-91 ••• ILO 109 ill fDo Proy. 1 Auckld. I 1,0 ( icrie3l.tt 2, 1.06... .._ INova Scotia 6 p.o.Jan - and July. 1875 Do I).G lOO 102 1( 4 Queensiud. ep. c. '825• l OO IC7I 1( 8. 108 j I Do 169. .. ... Tasmanian 6 per c ISO .. 1062 107 2 _ Do ~ 0 _ . ,, 07 . , ... Victoria 6 ter cent. lbUl lk 0 s, 3 114 Do. April and Oct ........ )0Q 100 11(4 A STRANGE COLONY. Some further particulars are now to hand concerning the colony which Mr. Lawrence Oliphant has made famous. A correspondent of the Buffalo Express writes : " Brocton, a quiet place, fifty miles eastward of Buffalo, and hitherto known only for its superior wines and grapes, has recently attained celebrity as the residence of Law rence Oliphant, the British diplomatist and legislator. I have very recently made a flying visit to the grounds of the community to which be belongs, and of which he is the cashier. While passing through the village we met a lady and gentleman in a sleigh. The latter, in spite of his plain attire, bore about him the unmistakeable air of breeding and culture. He halted and engaged in conversation with Mr. Ryckman, an introduction from whom confirmed the surmise that the 'gentleman was no other than the former star of Belgravia and petted companion of royalty; Mrs. Oliphant was with him. Arrived at the office, we were joined in a few mcnients by Mr. Oliphant. who at once proposed to exhibit the grounds. The entire grounds of the society embrace 1,600 acres, lying mostly between the main road and the lake. The bead of the organisation is Mr. Harris, a nephew of T. Harris, United States Minister to Spain. Mr. Harris came here two years since, and going from one fanner to another, obtained their respective farms. No one was aware of the general sweep which he was making, and when he had completed his negotiations, the entire farming community of a region embracing nearly three square miles discovered that they had sold out. In the course of the season the entire colony of over twenty families came on and took possession. Mr. Harris is the originator of a new system of theology, which resembles the teachings of Emmanuel Sweden!. o The mcmbe:s cf colony are converts. The property is held in common, but in other respects there is nothing socialistic in the system. The family is sacredly guarded. They do not cultivate social relations outside their community. So strong is the desire to seclude that they are removing the highway from its former course. The intervening space thuscreated between their dwellings and the road will be laid out in park. The almost exclusive branch of industry is grape growing, with a share of attention to otherlinesofhorticulture. Thirty acres are set to one variety of grapes—though other varieties are cultivated. It is evident that the accession of so much capital, industry, and intelligence will add greatly to the wealth. A few years of skilful management of the place will convert the entire tract into one of the loveliest and most productive places in the country. It is not known where Mr. Oliphant first came in contact with the religious teachings which brought about so strange a revolution in his life, but it is thought lie first met Mr. Harris in Japan, where he was Secretary to the British Embassy, and from him he imbibed the doctrines. Ile expresses entire satis. faction with his action." Prince Arthur intends to visit the Isle of Man on Tuesday next. A man named Alliney was apprehended at Lincoln on Wcdue:.:day, charged with a murderous attack on his wife. Ifer Lit positions were taken at midnight. The ac cused was lately in custody charged with killing a man with a crowbar, but was discharged. The bold though unsuccessful attempted robbery of arms from a vessel lying in Wheeler's dockyard at Monks town, Cork hal bour, is now found out to be nothing more than an ordinary robbery. The depredators cast away the greater number of the weapons on the dock watchman giving chase, and all but four pistols have been recovered. On Thursday morning a break fast meeting of the members and friends of the Society for Promoting the Due Observance of the Lord's Day was held at Freemasons' Tavern, under the presidency of Mr. IV. T. Charley, M.P. Several clergymen and other gentlemen addressed the meeting in support of resolutions expressive of confidence in the society's operations. A mass meeting of the Sheffield men on strike at Mr. Huntsman's pits, to the number of 700, was held on Wednesday, at Attercliffe, when a resolution was passed to the effect that the strike was to bo continued. Mr. Huntsman has now got about 80 non-union men in his pits, and a move ment has been set on foot by these men for the formation of a free labour association. This is the fourteenth week of the strike, and there is no likelihood of its coming to a to mination. A banquet took place on Wednesday at Ipswich, in honour of Mr. Cobbold, who for many years represented the town in the Conservative interest. The speakers in cluded Lieut.-Col. Jervis, M.P., the Hon.J. 11. M. Henniker- Major, M.P., Lord A. Hervey, M.P., and Mr C. S. Road, M.P. Lord A. Hervey, in responding to the sentiment of "Church and State," referred to the fact that the Conserva tives were in a minority in the House of Commons. "But although," said his lordship, "the prospects of the Conserva tives might seem for a moment dark and cheerless, he thought they had no cause to allow themselves to be dismayed or dis couraged; on the contrary, he thought there was much in the position of affairs to inspire them with hope. Even adversity, too, was the strongest tie which could bind them together." BURSTING OF A RESERVOIR. —A disastrous occur rence has taken place at the Bannister Hall Print Works, Higher Walton, a village a few miles from Preston. Thero are two extensive reservoirs in connection with the works, one of them, a very large one, covering nearly two acrei of land, which was used for clean water purposes. At the time of the accident it contained a depth of eighteen feet of water. Between the hours of twelve at night and three in the morning this immense sheet of water burst through its banks into the river Darwen, near which it was situated. It is considezed as a reason for the disaster that the reservoir had been filled too full the previous day, and water having filtered into the rat-holes that lined its banks, worked its way through until a continuous opening had been made, and the banks being only composed eg clay, a large gap was soon made, and the water rushed out into the Darwen with immense velocity, carrying all before it. In a very short time the reservoir was quite empty, and now the place where the accident occurred exhibits an enormous fissure, twenty yards wide by over six yards deep. It is estimated that the disaster will cause a complete stoppage of the works for three weeks, and will necessitate a large number of workpeople being thrown out of employment for that length of time. SENDING THREATENING LETTERS.—The Rillarnty correspondent of Saunder' News writes : " A young man, named Joseph Stephens, and his father Richard, were brought up at the last Milltown Petty Sessions charged with having sent a threatening letter to Mr. R. J. Marshall, J.P., of Callinafcrey, within a few miles of Milltown, in this county. It appeared that the Stephenses held a quantity of land which was not leased to them, as was another portion which they occupied under him. Mr. Marshall served them with notice to quit, and accordingly in due time demanded possession on the 23th, 2Gth, and 27th of last month, but was refused. After this refusal a letter bearing the 'l'ralee post-mark was received by Mr. Marshall, cautioning him against dispos sessing the Stephen ses, and which was headed Tipperary.' A subsequent letter was received by Mr. Marshall's coach man, cautioning him also not to sit on the box seat of the carriage, or otherwise he would lose his life. A lengthened inquiry having taken place, the younger prisoner was committed for trial at the ensuing assizes, and the father was discharged, there being no evidence adduced to sustain the ci.ta;e agairst him. Mr. Marshall is one of the most eAcn::..ve ia:l,'ed proprietors in this county, and has been ' seldom, i vLT, known to be gitilty of any oppressive pro tUdity w.,;.J.J.1 his to Autry." IMPERIAL - -2ARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—LAsT EVENING The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the 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 speech just made by the first magistrate 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. After a short discussion leave was given to withdraw the bill, and the bill of 1862 was read a first time. Their lordships then add punted. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 1 o'clock. THE SPEECH OF THE MAYOR OF CORK. Mr. P. DAWSON gave notice that on Monday he should ask a question relative to the speech of the Mayor of Cork reported in the papers, in which the most disloyal senti ments were uttered; and also 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. FORTESCUE, in reply to Sir F. ileygate, said he had received a telegram with respect to the subject, but, with the exception of confirming the published re ports of the riot, it did not contain any additional infor mation. The telegram to which he had referred stated that a riot bad taken place and that two lives had been sacrificed. ASSASSINATION OF CAPTAIN CARLETON. An HON. MEMBER asked if any information had 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 _ _ WES TMEA T LI. Lord J. MANNERS asked the Chief : Secretary 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. FORTESCUE 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 sntject, he could assure the noble lord, had engaged the most serious attention of the Government, and there was nothing in the power of tie Government they would not do to put down these outrages. The provisous of the Peace Preservation Act with respect to the possession of arms and the stationing an extra force of constables, and ch•trgilg the expenses of the se.me to the places in which they would be called upon to do duty, would be put into operation ; but beyond that ho hoped the house would not think it desirable that he should state the oiler steps the Government had deter mined to take—(hear, hear)—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 ablo to give any further information than that he had already communicated to the house. THE FACTORY ACT. Mr. BRUCE said in answer to Mr. Muutz, that it was most desirable that uniformity should_ exi- with respect to the working hours, but the differr_.ut arrangements of the various parts of the kinglolu rendered that almost in:possible, but the subject was engaging the most serious attention of the Government. THE NIGHT HOUSES. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to the question a.; to what the Go vernment proposed with respect to the conflict of opinion that had taken place between Mi. Knox and S:r Bodkin, the assistant-judge, said the question was not so much ono 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 front Deputy-Assistant Judge Payne, which stated that the subject would come on for consideration and decision befnre the Cou t of Quarter Sessions to-m3crow, ant the course he prop .sed was to wait until that decision had been given before they took upon themselves the duty of amending the law in order that it might be [nada sufficient to carry out what Nvas the obvious intention of the Legislature. TEE OEINANTS TAX. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to Mr. W. H. Smith, said no exemption that focinorly existed with respect to servants was taken away by the new arrangement of the assessed taxes. THE TRIAL OF O'FARRELL. Mr. GLADSTONE said he did sot think it would be necessary to put the country to the expense of printing tha voltninou,i report Of the evidence taken at the trial. He would lay the report itself in the library, where it could be inspected by any boa. member. THE CON VIC I` PRIS(NS. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said it was tho intention of tho Government to introduce a bill to improve the condition of these prisons in Ireland. CIIINA. 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 R. Aleock by the British Consul at Shaghal. The despatch of Lord Clarendon, which had been published in China, would show the opinion of the noble earl with respct 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 the present ses,ion. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT. Mr. 11.`EVOY, in reply to Mr. Newdegate,;aid 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 ; he therefore gave notice that ou the motion for going into committee of supply, he 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 boing made with the Irish Church Bill, he should ask the house to hold 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 debate was resumed upon the amendment made by ➢lr. Disraeli to the 27th clause, the effect of which was to strike out of the bill all the enactments relative to the payments for glebes and glebe houses. After some discussion a division was taken, and the amendment was negatived by 31ti to 227. Clauses 28 and 29 were agreed to, progress was reported, and the houso resumed. The remaining business was rapidly gone through, and the house adjourned. Bank of England Returns. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, April 28, 1869. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued . m 00,834,620 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 3,084,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £30,831,620 SPORTING INTELLI Day NEW:dAREE r FIRST SPRING MEETING. (r -Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) HANDICAP PLATE OF 100 SON'S. Acaster SI 1 Silenus • • • . 2 Acorn 3 Sevon ran. HANDICAP PLATE OF 200 SOVS Blueskin Furiou 3.. Verona f.. SWEEPS TAKES OF 10 SON'S. Atlantis w.o. lIANDICAP PLATE OF 100 SON'S. T.Y.C. Bcrder Knight Miss Dayrell Miss Thackeray Eleven ran. NEWMARKET STAKES. StratEnairu Standard Bearer Six ran. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. CHESTER CUP. 100 to 30 agst YEgean (taken freely) 100 to 30 agst Paul Jones (taken freely) Bto 1 agst St. Mungo (taken) SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE. NEWMARKET MEETING-YESTERDAY. MAIDEN PLATE. Miss Conyngham f. Woodford Villare t c. • . Ten ran. THE ONE THOUSAND. Scottish Queen Moron Brigantine Nine rim. Won by three parts of a length; a neck be tween second and third. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Lady Beaconsfield Vladimir Fcur ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 S')VS. Stork Glenlivat. .. ... Wild Flower PLIVIE OF 50 tOVS. Amster Brain bridge Vauichka Eight ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Silenus Siderolite R.M. Five lam SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SUVA. C.C. Aintree Athanor LATEST BETI'I\G. CHESTER CUP. 11 to 4 agst Paul Joues (taken) 11 to 2 agst .if.gean (taken) Gto 1 agst Knight of the Garter (taken) 100 to 11 agst St. Mungo (taken) to 1 agst itompiug Girl (taken) 11 to 1 agst Fairwiud (talioo) 100 to 6 agst Mandrake (tak..;u) 100 to 6 agst Vausittart (ta;:en) 20 to 1 agst Dalby (taken) 20 to 1 agst King's Cross (taken) DEIiIIY. 11 to 2 agst Belladruut (taken) 30 to 1 agst Rupert (taken freely) HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE RENTS. April 12, at 7.30 p.m., Tasman, out of the Eleventh Biennial, Nowinar%et Craven Meeting. Apiil :24, after 2 p.m., Heurietto and Ilenfleur, out of Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, on Friday at Newmarket First Si r:ng Meeting. April 23, at 7 p.m., Birdseeker, out. of all engagements. April 26, at 9 a.m., Glenalmond, Woodman, Stia:bnairn, Quicksilver, and Skyscraper, out of the 2,ooUgs Stake::. April 26, at 9 a.m., Duchess of Atha and Pimp.-real, out of I,ooogs Stakes. April 20, at 9 a.m.,:Success, out of the Great Newton Cup. April 26, at 9 a.m., lila and Ptarmigan, out of the New market Two Year Old Plate. April 26, at 2 p.m., Wild Oats, out of the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, Newmarket, and Epsom Derby. April 26, at 2.30 p.m., Fairminster, out of all engage ments at Newnrkrket Spring Meeting. April 26, at 5.20 p.m, all Mr. Brayley's horses ont of the Chester Cup. April 26, at 55 p.m., Uncas, out of Chester, York, Don c:tster, Ascot, Manchester, and Newton engagements. April 26, at S p m., Martinique, out of 100 Guineas Stdies, 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 Pruvost 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. NEWMARKET, Thursday. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—You will perceive, by reference to my " Sporting Notes " of Monday last, that I gave the FIRST and SECOND for the Two Thousand, and stand ALONE amongst ALL the PROPHETS in naming the Winner of the One Thousand. Yours, &c., A FRESH MAN. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS. "BELL'S LlFE."—Morna or Heather Bell. "Tau D.Lit."— Martinique or Brigantine. "THE BEACON."—Morna. " SUNDAY TlMES.”—Brigantine or Martinique. "SPORTING GAZETTE.”—Morna. " SPORTING TlDlES." —Brigantine, 1; Heather Bell, 2 ; Minaret, 3. SPORTING LlFE."—Martinique or Morna. •' THE SPORTSMAN."—Brigantine or Heather Bell. "STANDARD."—Morna or Heather Bell. " ADVERTISER."—IIeather Bell, 1; Brigantine, 2. " DAILY NEWS."—Heather Bell or Morns. " SUN"—SCOTTISH QUEEN, to win ! BRI GANTINE, for a place. RACING FIXTURES. MAY. Chester .. 4, 5,6, 7 Egliuton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11 12 Salisbury l3 1 Doncaster 13, 14 J I r Croydon 2,3, 4 1 St. Albans 17 18 ! West Drayton l7, 18 1 Bath 18;19 Manchester 19, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 I Harpenden 2l Epsom Summer .....20, &c. 'NE. . NeWton 2,3, 4 Ascot. 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer l5, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Uurragb °2, 23, 21 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park ...„29, 30 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle ..... .... 6, 7 Pontefract 9, 10 Hendon ..... l2, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 Southampton 13,13 loading lb, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford ... ":: 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 AIJG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 3 Lewes 6, 7 Egnam lO, 11 Wolverhatrpton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT: Warwick 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth L6, 27 Scarborough 30, 31 Derby Summer ...31, Say. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury 3l, Sep. 1 :MBER Hampton 21, 2 Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Hendon 23, '24 Monmouth 23.24 Newmarket t st .1:c. Lanark... 29 BO- OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 I Obelteuham l9. 20 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 1 Curragh l9, 2t. , , 11 Leicester 7, 8 I West Lica) ton ......... 21 , 22 Bromley 7 8 1 H e reford 2l, 22 Newmarket 2d 0ct... 11 , &c. 1 Monwouth '23, 24 Chelmsford l9 20 1 Newmark..t 11'tou ...25, tte. Kelso 19 20 I NOVEMBER. Harrow ..2, 3 Eglinton Hunt t3, 7 W0rce5ter............ 3 I, 4 Liverpool St. Albaus 5, 6 i Shrewsbury „, . 13, lti £3u,834,620 BANKING DLPARTMENT. Proprietors'Capi tal £14,553,000 Rost Public Deposits (includiugEx chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Ciovernint. Seeu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .015,020,798 Other Securities 17,083,093 Notes 7,341,245 Gold and Silver (Join ... 1,146,559 Debt, and Div. Accounts . 4,969,002 Other Deposits 16,968,181 Seven Days and other Bills 463,614 £40,091,695 GEOR, £40,091,695 EE FoRBEs, Chief Cashier. Foreign - Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via eonthampton.....May 22 Ditto, via Y 'weenies Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video May 4. . - • , _. Ditto, by French packet .. May 13 Cape Verds. by Brazil packet ....... ... May 4 Cape of Good Elope. Ascension. and St. Helena.... May 13. China, Penang. and Singapore. via Southampton.. May S. taibraltar, via Southampton May 1 India, via Southampton vitt°, via Marseilles Malta, Egypt, &0... ......... .... May 1 Ditto, Marseilles April 27 Newfoundla no ...... .... . .., .. ..... ....May 5 Mauritius, Cape 01 Good Hope, and Natal, via Scutharr; tot.) I. Mo s Marseilles ~ May 9 Portugal M a y 4. United States, ( anada, California, &0., by British packet .May I Ditto, by Canadian packet kpril Ditto, by L Lited States packet April 26 Ditto ditt t (Baltimore) West Coast 01 Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe May 8 Bahamas, via New York. Wcst Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) May 14 Cuba and Mexioo Btrmuda, via Balifax. • • COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 11 12 21- Do Rotterdam — ... 12 31 ... 12 31 Altworp ... 25 40 ~. 25 47i STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. MAY. Litnerick Hunt 4 1 6t. Albans l 3 Eglintun Hunt .......6, 71 "' .st Drayton 1 JULY. Kingsbury. OCTOBEit. 9 Bromley 7 i West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 I brow.bury... 15, 11i1.170 2, 3 Lea,:niugt o tire I.veryoul 9,10, 11, 12 I ST.