The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-06 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COM MERCIAL T t CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The business today was not of an important character, yet the prices of yesterday were well maintained. In foreign stocks Turkish improved slightly, but other securities remain as last quoted. The only move in the railway mkrket was in Me tropolitan, which went up 1. The demand for money continues steady. Consols are 92k i ; for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 924 Li i ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92; New Three per Cents, 92i a ; ditto Red Sea Tele graph, Aug., 1908, 201 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 2411. India Stock, 10k per Cent., April, 1874, 211 10 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 102 k 4 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 20 prem. In the Foreign Market Greek Bonds have re ceded I, to 11f 12 ; and Turkish Five per Cent?. and Italian Five per Cents. are f higher, at 408 f, and 548 I ex div. respectively ; New Spanish re main steady at 404 / ex div. ; Mexican at 148 15f ; and Peruvian Five per Cents. of 1865 are 76i 77 ex all. Egyptian Seven per Cent. Loan of 1868, 74 4 ; and Honduras Loan, 86 87 ex coupon. In the railway market Caledonians are 4 better, Great Western 4, Great Eastern 3-16, Lanca shire 4, Metropolitan 4, ditto Extension 4, Brigh ton 4—all better. North British are lower. Caledonian, 774 ; Great Western, 484 9 ; Great Eastern 44 4; Great Northern, 106 7 ; ditto A, 108 4 ; Lancashire, 129 4 ; Metropolitan, 1074 4 ; ditto Extension, 1014 21 ; Midland, 114 4 ; Shef field, 47 1; Brighton, 50 4 ; North British, 334 4 ; North Western, 113 4 ; North Eastern, 994 1004 ; South Eastern, 794 4 ; Chatham and Dover, 171 4. Great Indian Peninsular Railway Four per Cent. Debenture stock is 49, 95. American Five-Twenties are 741, 744 ; the Bonds of 1865 734, 731 ; and the Ten-Forty Bonds, 714, 72. Anglo-American Telegraph shares are firm at 914 4 ; the Eight per Cent. Preference shares are 1-16 lower, at 3 41-16 3 13-16 ; and the Oriental stock is 29 31 ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are firm at 414 424, and the Consoli dated Mortgage Bonds at 44 444, showing a rise of 4on the former. Eries are dull at 254 16, and Illinois Central stock is 4 lower, at 954 96. In Banking and Miscellaneous Shares we have no alteration to make in yesterday's prices. The sum of £24,000 in gold was taken to the Bank of England yesterday. Permission has been given by Marshal Vaillant to Mr. Henry Stead of Old Bond-street, to exhibit the model of the proposed railway bridge between Calais and Dover in Paris. It is announced that the subscription list of the Seven per Cent. Loan of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company will be closed on the 11th inst. The whole of the shares lately offered to the pub lic by the Britannia Fire Association having been taken up, the directors have commenced business In conjunction with the Briton Medical and Gene ral Life Association. It is understood that application has been made to the Committee of the Stock Exchange for inser tion in the official list of the quotation for the ex coupon of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Bonds. The directors of the Birmingham Joint Stock Bank (Limited) have resolved to declare the usual dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum free of income tax, carrying the balance of the year's profits to reserve surplus fund. A general meeting of the shareholders of the Im perial Bank (Limited) is convened for the 19th inst., to receive the half -yearly report and balance sheet, and to declare a dividend. The directors of the Union Bank of Liverpool announce a dividend for the half-year of 15s. per share, or at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. At the meeting of the Union Marine Insurance Company (Limited) of Liverpool and London, the directors will recommend the payment of a divi dend of 12f per cent. The half yearly meeting of the Fore-street Ware house Company (Limited) will be held on the 19th inst., when a dividend will be declared. Vice-Chancellor Giffard bas fixed the 10th in stant for the appointment of the official liquidator of the Utrera and Moron Railway Company (Limited). A petition for the winding up of the Hercules Insurance Company (Limited) is to be heard be fore the Master of the Rolls on the 16th inst. The Spanish Minister for the Colonies invites tenders for the laying of a submarine telegraph cable " between the islands of Cuba or Porto Rico, Canaries, and the coasts of the Peninsula, in the port of Cadiz, or its neighbourhood." A telegram has been received from Havannab, dated yesterday, which announces the arrival of General Duke. Few samples of the new sugar crop had yet come forward, and prices were nominal. A prospectus has appeared inviting applications for bonds of the first division of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (State of Minnesota). The amount of this further issue is $6,000,000, the first issue being $3,000,000. The price of issue for each bond of $l,OOO, or £2OO sterling, is £l4O. Subscriptions are to be received from the 6th to the 9th inst. at Amsterdam and Rotterdam, and also in London by Messrs. Robert Benson and Co. and Meisrs Surgery and Pickering. A correspondent points out that the information with regard to the mission of Daoud Pasha to Paris and to " a Turkish loan of 125 million francs" is believed to be confused between the Roumelia Railway question and the loan lately concluded with the Societe Generale at Paris. Daoud Pasha is the Turkish Minister of Public Works, and he is charged with the business of the railway ; but the loan, extending to some such amount, has already been concluded with the Societe Generale ; and the Turkish Government appear to have imposed the condition that it should not become a public loan, but should be treated as a temporary advance, se cured by Treasury Bonds, renewable at the expira tion of six months. With regard to the practice of certain firms at Vienna and elsewhere who style themselves " bankers," and send allotted shares in the Austrian State lotteries to persons in England, it appears that the Austrian Government have no power to interfere with them, as they are not in any sense agents of the Government, or in any official connection with it. Our own Government, indeed, seems more to blame in the matter than that of Austria, since, although the attention of the Treasury has been formally called to the fact that illegal advertise ments of these lotteries are constantly inserted in English provincial newspapers, they take no steps to put a stop to them. These advertisements are headed, " Imperial Austrian Guaranteed State Loans," " A fortune for a trifle—£2s,ooo for £l," Bona fide money speculation," &c., and it may be presumed that a number of dupes are found suffi cient to render the trade profitable. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS., i per Cent. Consols - xd Ditto for Account, S per Cent. Reduced 921 i 3 Yew 8 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. b per Cent.dan. 1873 A.lnuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., ISht , — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telet,raph), Aug., ME 2o} 'Exchequer Bills, .£l,OOO, 2 per Ot . — Put Do. £5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO — pm Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent Do. account Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — later-Colonial Omnium INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIEb India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2ll 10 Do. Opening, for Account — Do. b per Cent..fuly, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Pape. 4 per CAnt — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 , — Do. 51 per amt. May 1879 lO9l Da Doer Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — . do. 1877 — Do. di?, 1882 .— M. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGNI FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent . Do., Scrip £45 paid .. Au - Arian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 62 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 4i per Cent., 1852 Do. do. 1858 • • Do. do., Do. do 1860 - 1863 - Do. 5 por bent., 1865 — Do Account 79 81 Btienos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cu')', 6 per Cent. 0“iiilill 6 per Cent — on. 41 1 - per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent~ to. 6 per ce t. 1867 931 1 o. 7 per Cent., 1866 C 10 abian, 6 per Cent. Dan sn 3 per Cent., 1825... Dan il)ian Principalities, 7 rer Cent 734 D • 8 por Cent., 1867 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent ,%.;,;yptian, 7 per Cent ... tio Second Issue Do. .Csnt, Bonds — Do. .£lOO Bonds • ••• Do. t 864 Do. Account D ~ coil() Bonds Do. 4100 Bonds 864 4 English Scrip, 1868 Do do. £45 pd — die Government ttailwav Deb,ntures GroeK 5 per Cent., 1824:5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons . Do. Account •• ' tatetuala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd It4iiau 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account ~ — Do Maremmana Railway * — % , texican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — dontevideau 6 per Cent. . — doorish Imperial 5 per Cent N'ew Granada — Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) I — Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 77 64 Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 . — Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9:60,'2.': -, Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid liassian 5 per Cent., 182; £ St Do 44 per Cent , 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.. Do. do. £B4 15s. de — Do, 1866, £lOO Bonds 9O 894 Do. do £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway 66 Sar linian o !ha. Cent Spanish 3 per Oen . Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account o 3lf I Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Cora. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Pit Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 62' Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds 644 3 1 . Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cont., 186 b 6ll 4 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividouds on the above payable iu London Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4} - - 1 r cent., Ex. 25f. Pe , Duich 2i per (lent. E x . 12 Guil” .. . Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. — Do Account Italiah 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. Do. Account CLOSING PRICES. Consuls, Money 92f f xd Do :Account, Feb. 4 92f 3 xd THE PROSECUTION OF 7HE DIRECTORS OF 0 VEREND, GURNEY, AND COMPANY (L 121117 LD). THIS DAY. The further hearing of the summons taken :against the directors of this company on the application of Dr. Thom, which charged them with conspiracy to d efraud the public of £5,000,000 sterling, was proceeded with this morning before the Lord Mayor and Alderman Gabriel, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Guildhall. The court was crowded in every part. The first witness examined was Mr. Sevine, the secretary to the Committee of the Stock Exchange, who proved to the fixing of a settling day in the shares of Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), in August, 1865. The prospectus and deed of trans fer of the old company to the new was received in the usual manner. The capital of the new com pany was set down at £5,000,000, in 100,000 shares of £5O each, £2 to be paid on allotment. Mr. Slater said he was a member of Lloyd's, and at the request of Mr. Gordon he was directed to hold himself in readiness for an appointment. He was eventually ca lied upon to act as temporary secre tary of the new company, and he attended after that in that capacity. No minute book was kept between the 12th and 20th of July, and no entries of any description of business transacted was made between these two dates. He distributed a bundle of prospectuses to the public, and he had no doubt all the defendants attended at the offices of the com pany. He recollected a meeting of the directors at which he was not allowed to be present, a resolu tion was passed, but it was entered in a book kept for special purposes. The resolution was not en tered in the ordinary minute-book. He was directed to withdraw very frequently from the board-room by the directors. He knew the seal of the company was affixed to three deeds, but he only saw that sent to the secretary of the Stock Exchange. The witness said he could not tell the number of shares held by each of the defendants. The fact ought to appear on the allotment sheet. He ceased to be secretary in January, 1866. All the shares were allotted at that time. Mr. Boyce was then regularly appointed secretary. He could tell more of the management than he (witness) could. Mr. Barkeley left England in his own yacht in July, and did not return until the following August. Mr. Barkely was down for 1,000 shares, and he paid the £l5, but he did not know whether he had paid the two £lO calls. At this point the Court adjourned for re freshment. On the re-assembling of the court the witness was further examined as to the money due from certain of the directors upon the shares they were set down as having subscribed for, amounting in value to about £250,000, and was asked whether he could find any entry in the banker's pass book of the company as to the payment of any money on those shares of the defendants. He said he believed a sum of money was so paid, but he could not find an entry to that effect in the book referred to. He knew that some of the directors did not get the shares they set down their names for on account of the demand for them by the public. Mr. Rennie he perfectly reollected did not get his 500 shares ; he waived his right to them at the solicitation of his brother directors. Mr. Howell, the accountant, was then called, and his deposition which he made on Satur day was then read over to him. At its conclusion he was cross examined as to many of the items set down, but the witness only went t further into detail with respect to the accounts of the new com pany after the stoppage, but the effect of his cross examination was merely to strengthen the state ment he had already made. At the rising of the Court the further hearing was adjourned till Friday. tthr. E, Jan. 5. se Beatrice rday after id Colonel rey had the the Royal incess Teck leatro Roy al EWE. 3, Jan. 2. g, and met ~ Jan. 5. raised. , Jan. 4. r, Jan. 6. invitation come for- 'hamber of ;ommenced and Croa- 3,k is in a i and Ser- I:lgest. the Diet is Jan. 2. confirming volunteers, laki, who a Turkish , Jan. 6. r's steamer Nleasina at .e market ,3150 .. 24 25 .. 154 - • • .... ..... WILMS- assemble'l ed of the ', and ex- fence was iensis was entered in er the day wal of all e injured iaye been one day-- le wreck ; between II the men he greater ved. No r of the Captain he cotton proceeds at of her fined. His the Flora marines. ind. He ;nd about August. d subse- Go survey p at the 'dye evi- condition sing from sold, and ►vaitable. ring offi air could raid the had al ; opinion, reck and soner (at ) be al why the 3 replied >rders to p to the marine 9. .a's ship's CI be 10s. ', witnesS he cooks Ac to the ►e Rajah I cotton, a master easou be )f cotton vriters. inued at ited. till nine ire lately college of 'nation of )neral hag ,nested to ►eral may . aturns of ) romern- iteric, re— 'ca/ Press ing briefly watch and Benson, of amity Steaul profusely of watches a purchase g this truly part of the ) select for Lave it sent ie appoint. ay address etzoufsl7 _ - MARKE7 S-2 HlB DAY. MARK —.-' .I,A-a;. The attendance in the early morning was thin, even for a Wednesday, but factors were very firm in their de mands, and English wheat sold at rates quite equal to Monday's quotations. Flour was rather more inquired for, at :full prices. Oats were harder to buy owiug to short supply. LIVERPOOL COTTON. probably 12,000 bake. Market stov J a a y ny . 6.--alefl .uar THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1869. SHARE LIST. iiDINARY dliAglGB AND EITOCKB. Closing Business 3hare Railways. raid. Prim Iliene. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 103 74 177 at Caledonian .—...... 100 ;7k 77f 771 kll at Cambrian. .... 20 Cornwall at Dublin & Belfast June lOO 77 70 at Dun„Yerth,& Ab. June lOO 76 72 2) East London all 7 9 Do 15 2) Do 10 at Glaagow &S. Western lOO 96 61 st Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Augl. No. 2 lOO 7 3 at Great North of Scotland lOO 15 .6 at Great Northern .. 100 106 107 107 at Do. A 5t0ck...... lOO 107 108 at Do. B stock lOO 124 126 st GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO at) 97 0 , . tit. Western —Original lO 181 49 431 Do. South Waled leo 58 OS S. Do. W. Mid.-1)a tore WO .4 zi at Do. Newport lOO 18 11 Lancashire ,u orkshirv lOO ,28 1261 1284 91 at Lon., Brigh.,& S.Coast lOO 491 i# 14 4v 10., Do Scrip at ion., Chat., anti Dover iou 17 171 st Do. Metrop. A lOO • Lou. & Mirth \Venter, 100 1128 131 113 t Lon. & South Wvstero lOO 1.7 s 9 881 8 st Man., She)., Lincoln lOO .7 4:1 st Metropolitan . . :100 1061 1071 1 i 1 at Do Extensha .. 100 1 1 1. 2 114 2 10 uo. rd iv 10 LI at Ms ropolttan Dintrirt. all lu ?tletrop. at. John's oo 1 a— - at li,d,aud st Do, iiirtnin. a Dal by at North Brinati it DJ. Ed., rth., & Duo... 100 st Nor. it:aatern —Berwick 100 b' iOOl 10)4 '25 Do. G. N./4 purchase.. 16.13.4 st Do Leal,. at Do York at Do Carli .... at Do Stock. & Darling lOO li7 120 at North Lon ion 10 Do Aew 1868 . 2 34 2 st North Staffordshire.. lOO 55 57 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... it Rhymney at Shropshire Union lOO 35 58 at South Devon at South Eastern lOO 791 864 701 20 Staines, Wok'harn,& Wok all 12 13 at 'tau ale lOO 145 15C .0 Do. C of. 5 3 at Waterford dr Kilkenny lOO ,0 Waterloo & Whitehail 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES ♦ND STOGIfi. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - closing, Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A an 12 121 11; 10 Do B lO 41 61 f.l 40 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 17 IS 17f 1 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 1 2 114 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 7 6 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pin ~.. I ... ... 26 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lira. 25 Bank of South Australia all $0 $2 60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 26 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 13 60 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, .nd China all 20 21 21 26 Chartered Mere. of India, • London, and China all 29 30 29; 20 City lO 11: 121 100 Colonial 26 40 4t 10 Consolidated, lint 19 Delhi and Loudon, lint 60 East London, lint 6 1; 0: 20 English and American, lint 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio do .1 a noir°. lira lO Id pr 29 Englibli, ~cottish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 'long Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all .. ... 281 Do 110 1 Y Si 4 4 100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 15 20 Imperial Ottoman l5 I; 13 111 :6 lonian all 22 29 26 Do now 6 pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 3 11 6 2 100 Do 5 p. c. Debh.lB6l, 30 all ,76 73 62 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 46 81 22 20 Do new 71 6 1 5 1 100 London &River Plato, lim. 40 7 9 25 Do new 10 11 14 111 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 233 22 50 London and County 2O 60 61 601 20 Do new iss at 20 p m,16 pd ll _ . !, • 40 London Joint Sto c k 1 is 86 20 Loudon and South African al 1 i 12 100 London & S.-Westeru, lim, 20 ..• ••• 10 London & Venezuela, lint l2l .. ••• 100 London and Westminster 2O 6 5. • 17 62 4 6 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 621 631 42f 100 Merchant, lint 26 7 6 10 Metropolitan, lint all ; 6 1 7 4 7 t 100 Midland, 1im...... 4 National of Australia 26 National of Liverpool, lim l6 2 1 d 190 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... 10 Do 40 National.. 3O 64 44 20 New South Wales all 42 46 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 4.31 42„ 1 SO Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 10 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 21 23 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lin 2/ 14 12 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 26 Union of Australia all 49 49 100 Union of Ireland, lint 40 Union of Loudon it Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 46 SS it Caledonian Qrs., No. 9 lO9 it Do. Scot. N.E., 43 per cent. 11l it Do. Aberdeen, glut 6 p.c 100 st Do. de. 7 per cent lel st D 9. do. Ordinary 199 74 49 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroatk 109 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gee all 54 Dundee, Yertk, and Aber deen Junction lO9 WO 197 it Do. let Class preform:a.— 100 st Glas. & S.W. gua. 6 per ct lOO ... st at. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 199 98 101 it Do do No. 2 100 97 100 it Do do 6 per cent 109 196 198 it Do East Anglian Asp. c. 190 100 1113 st Do do 13 6 do. 100 ..„ it Do do 0 7 do. 109 at Do do No. 1, i p.c. 100 190 101 it Do E. Union 4p. c. gua: 109 69 71 it Do Norfolk i p.c. Ex. 1346 lel it Do do 5 p.c.Wav•Val.l647 100 ••• ••• it Great Nur thern, i per cent 19 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 104 st Do 4 1 do do do 109 it Do 6 do at ip.c. pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO sti Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 ... std Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lO9 96 97 std G t.West.—Orig..k J nt.-11ent chg., per gua. p.c lOO 102 104 st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 96 10J st Do do 4 1 per cent. 1450 100 83 MS st Do do 4 do do st Do do 5 per cent. redem lOO 92 96 it Do do Birmingham gua lOO 64 72 st Do do do pref lOO it Do do Chester gua lO9 ••• ••• at Do do do 4 per cent l9O 160 10 it Do do do 5 du 100 95 10 it Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 48 p.c lO9 ... st Do do 44 1819 lOO st Do do I it Do West Mid. Oxford lst g. 10J lel 109 it Do do 2d gua. 100 106 188 et Do Newport, Ist g.i p.c. 100 88 92 it Do do 2d do 100 100 10 3 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 109 ... 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancash. do Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 e 135 st Do Barnsley, a3s 10d p.c. 100 it Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 180 136 it Do 4} (Blackburn purch). 100 9el 192 st London & Brighton, ip. c. guaranteed, - No. i at Do 4 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO m at Do c do do lOO at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent lv 0 „. at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 at Da 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO at London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 6 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 21 st Do Shrewsb'y & Welehp'l lOO 83 21 st London and s.-W. 7 p,e late 3d shares, lOO 14 t 146 25.6 d. Do (Portam. perp aus. 256 d) all at Man., Shef., &Lineln. 6 p.c IOU 111 ' 117 6 Do £6 all par 4 put st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 66 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent aas t DD Mid. OO so 44 pt n : s r, o ac l i it tr. t n e i d r. , ,6 6 ere p . m . c 11 1 00 0 00 0 1 1: 07 0 v 1 13 , 31 at) Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 91 at Do Leicester & chn, 4 p.c lOO 89 91 at North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO st Do E. 6: Cf. 4p.c. S. ... D lOO ... st Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO ... st N.-Eastern —Cons. 4 p.c lOO /6 &I st Do 41 per cent. redeem— lOO 95 97 st Do G.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO .. 17 Do Ber w i c k capital 8 13.4. . ... 25 Do York, H.& S. purch ase lO 1 0 10k at Do Stcktu & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 101 110 st Do W. Hartlepool IL and It lOO 87 SI 20 North Staffordshire 105 0. Devon Annuities, 1 8 all 91 101 108 Do Tavistock Anna., 102 all 910 108 Do Fix e d 41 per cent all II 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) all 22 23 22i at Do 41 per cent lOO ... at Do Fixed 41 at Taff Vale per cent lOO at Waterford •.. •.. No.l lOO 146 150 & li.ilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 ------ WithßAl DLlYWid4enYdBs.—colnatinE:eEnittftChEe P S r i o i fi Ali ts E of 3 e A ae N h D eo B p T ar ° :to K year. at at Cale donian 44 p e gua. ... ... Do Scot. Oen. min. 7 p C lOO ... ... at Do 44 p irredeem all at Do 4p e con. issued at So 65 ... ... ... ••• st st Great t astern 44 per cent. 100 77 81 Do _ .5 do, 1862 lOO 37 4 0 at Do New i do, 1863 lOO 86 90 at Do do 6 do, 1864 lOO b 4 83 at Groat Northern, 4 p cured. 100 ... at Do Pe rmanent 5 per cent. 100 ...... ... at Do Boston & Sleatd, 44 pc 100 ... ... at Great West., W. Midl., 5p c 100 86 90 at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 86 90 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 10.1 106 2J Do Vale N eath perp. 5p e all 194 204 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... ... 6 Lane. and York. New 44 per cent till July, 1871 at Lone., Brig., &c., 44 pc, 18E8 100 ... ... at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 -• ... at Do do at Do do 44 do, 1863 100 ... ... at Do do 6 do, 1865 100 ... ... et Do No. 6 4 do, 1866 100 ... ... at Do No. 7 sdo at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 8 p.c st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at Loudon& N. Western, 5p e 100 109 110 110 at Loudon S. Western, 44 p c 100 94 36 10 Man. Shef. & at Metropolitan spe 5 pc, 1865 all 11 84 r cent atDo ... ... at Midland, B 5 do and, A 4 per cent prof. 100 116 108 13 Do 5p e opt. to CO',W to 100 108 10 9 Ord. V.tk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 1f1) is Do Inconv. New Shares 16 4 22 Do 5p a eon. i nto ow 11 , SUE., Aug. 41, 1372,,, . 84 at North British, E. and G ; i 1 1 41 1 No. 1, 3 per cent ... ... ... £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 a t Do • • • • • • D o E. P., &Dun., 2d, 4pa 100 ... ... st k, &G No. 2, 6 p.e ... .. " Do N. i i per co' nt, 1862 100 • at D 0 E. tG ( -1 , •; ( No. i a r • 5 ) P 4 . 4 ° p . . e . 1101 66 67 . st Do • r&n,D4airpierpeeat 1 100 s 6 97 at D° • .• 44, per coat at Northm a per cent) at South Eastern, 5 do 1861 100 ••• ••• Do .. •.. at do (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 ... ... at Do 5 a 1864 at Do 5 - 0, at North Staffordshire 1 4; 5 .. 9 . 10 00 0 ... ... ,_ ~ t N goth Stock.E te London, at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 44 po 190 *** ••• RAIL WAYS.—LINES LEASED lUD XENTALS, st Birkenhead lOO y 2 yl 100 Do. 44 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire at Cheater and Holyhead lOO 64 66 at Do. bi per cent. at Do. b do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO al Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO lYd 12i 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all •.. Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., bp.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 611 72 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Hera . 100 95 97 be Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 2h 213 at London and Blackwall lOO 92 gb at Do. 44 per cent lOO at London, Chat., &c., 44 p c lOO at Do. Com. Fund, k do lOO at London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 52 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cont lOO 79 83 at Do. do. 6 do. —.lOO blanch., Buxton, & Matlk all b 61 at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94" 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East., 5 percent all CI ifi Do. do. 6 do. all „. at N. Eastara —Hartlep00l at N.West. A perp. prof, bp. c lOO 113 110 at Do B minimum l# p.c lOl at Notting. &Granth. &O ls6 92 94 24 Preston and vi'yre. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop. 100 133 126 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 134 136 1$ Do do Al 24 7 . p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 106 9$ 114 at De 4 per cent gua lO 79 94 at Do b do at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 176 ISO at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all is 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all 64 • 7 . 1 at Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset 100 61 . 82 DOCKS. at East and West India lOO 117 119 at Loudon and St. Katherine 100 62 65 100 :D oDeb. stock, 4 par cent all ... .. Millwall Freehold Land . at Dock. lOO 31 32 at Southampton lOO 71 76 it Surrey GQmourcial , ..... ' it A* ~ MISCgLLANNOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lien, all 211 21/ 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., Um._ 10 1 fp 101 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 11 et Atlantis Telegraph lO 26 28 31/ st Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 9 7 bd 10 Berlin Water Works, lira all 131 14 10 Do. New 6 1 81 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lira. 5 Bombay Gas, lira. 5 Do. New 4 11 Ilf 5,/ British American Land 44 16 18 et B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lira all 111 31 20 British ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lira 2l 21 11d 20 Ceylon Company, Jim ls 81 21d 2U Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lira 4 41 Ilf 25 City of London Beal Pro perty, lira 8 41 414 30 City of Milan Irnprov. lira all 6 10 26 City of Moscow Gas, Jim all 2 8 50 City Offices, lira 24 211 23/d 10 Colonial, lira. _ _ . Do. 50 Commercial Union (A.ssur) 5 if • p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 17 1 181 d 17f 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, Alf per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 104 1061 100 Do. 1882, 4f per cent, all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all • lf t 1 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 8 2 d st Crystal Palace lOO 19 21 201 st Do. Preference lOO 9g 98 st Do. Cp. c Pet petual Deb lO9 102 107 20 Darjeeling, lim. ••• •• I 0 Eastern Assam, limn 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, Tins. 20 East andia Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Goy all 88 89 904 1 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 41 4,1 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 243 10 Do. New 8 10 12p '.19 3 Eng.& Aust ral.CoppeT, limi 21 i I 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 6 4d. 100 Eng. and Scot. SI arise, lim. 3 ... ..d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 14 11d 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 13i 100 For. & Col. Goy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at 186 all 831 841 841 50 Gellivara, lim 10 General Credit & Dis., lim 7l 2 14 5 11-16 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 Home & Col Marine lu. lim. 6 41 sid 10 Hong Kong and China Gus all ... ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 141 131 13/ f 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lt) ... ... 20 Interns. Financial Soc. lim 5 11 11 3 11-16 20 Interns. Land Credit, lim 6 6 4d 60 Italian Land 4 / i id 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 81 4 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 63 66 50 Land Securities, Hui 6 31 244 25 London African Trading lO 7 bd 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 ... ••• (1 10 Loudon County Land and Building, lim. 5 Lond. Provincial T e l . li m a ll 35 31 3 1 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all * fp If 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lim BO 23 221 4 Lond.Gen.Oranibus.Co.lim. all 11 2 60 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 22 17d 20 Lond. 6t Provincial Marine 2 ld pr at Madras Irriga. & Can!. Gua. 6p.c. by India Goy, lOO 105 107 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim ll f Id 10 Mediterra. Exten. T e l ., li m a ll 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, Jim._ all 33 ad 60 Millwall Iron Works, lim. 121 ... ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., Jim. 25 National Discount Co. , lim 6 12 12 1 12 25 National Proy. Marine, Bin. 4 4 3 d 10 National Steam Ship, lim, all di 91 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 a 2d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 14 ld 5 New Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 4 4 ai 26 New Zealand Loan & Mar • cantile Agency,lim 2l 1 ill 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim s 11 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 7 6 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral. , Jim._ 100 47 6: 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6} 19 20 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) a Hi 16 191 I 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll 41 ... ••• 5 Oriental Gas, li m , 6 Do. New 1 1 41 , 19 Otago and Southland In • vestment, lim 2 id 11 3 5 Ottoman Gas, lim all 14 24 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all ' 21 4 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 30 32 SO Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 49 61 491 50 Do. New 1867 lO Itl d 26 Reuter's Telegram 24 27 Sep 50 Ithymney Iron 16 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Ina.,lira all 17 18 20 Do. Gas, lim all 231 24/ 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 44 46 444 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lima lOO ; 107 112 at Do. 6p. c. 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GULUNI4LL (10VBILNAIXLIT bEUL, Britith Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,11372........«.... 100 - 1./0. i 895 lOO — .. •• Can.Gov.6 p . o.Jan .' t J July 1877-84 Do. 6p. 0. Feb, & Aug i oo 106 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept lOO 04:14.16 Do. 6p. c. Jan. £ July lOO 93 94 Do. 6p. c. inscribed a lOO 90 92 Cape (r. Hope, 6 p. 0 • 1873 lOO 102 194 Do.Apl.3LOot 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1 880-90 " 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 •••• 100 108 lit Do. b per cent. 15 April and II Oct., 1900 . 100 100 102 - Ceelon, Nov 1876, 6 p.c.. 100 108 110 Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 103 107 Mauritius, 6 p. o, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 106 Melbourne Corporatn., 1867-75, 6 per cent lOO - N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July lOO 102 104 Natal 6 p or, Apl& Oct lOO Do 6p c. & Nor lOO 106 108 N. S. W. 5 p.c., '7l t0'7.1 lOO 99 101 1011 Do. 5 p.c. 1868 to 1896 lOO 99 100 Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to '75 lOO 91 101 N.Zealand, 6p. ot. 1891 lOO • Do. 5 per cent.... DoJan, Aprl, July, 0 t lOO 974 981 91 Do 6p 0. Mar & sept '9l lOO 108 110 107 -- Do June & Deo , 1 , 91 •••• 100 109 1:1 IDo Prov. 1.0 ii .criei 1& 2, 1596... Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jan... and July. 1875 Do .... lOO 101 103 - Queenslnd. 6p. c. 'B2 5.. 100 118 109 Do 1891 . • 13. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 lOO Do 11.78 .04 lOO 108 110 Do 1593 1908. 10) 107 118 Tasmanian 5p 0. 1593 lOO 106 107 Do rd. 1893 to 1897 Victoria 6p.0. Ja.& July lOO 1691 lOO 112 113 • Do, do, AprU di Ocii. e lOO 100 IAO ua THE SCOTCH METHOD OF COURTING The Royal Commissioners who have been considering the laws of marriage had some evidence on the subject of courtship and matrimony in Scotland. A medical man of forty years' experience informed the com missioners that among the agricultural working classes the ordinary time for courtship is in the middle of the night. Farm servants got out of the house when everybody is in bed, go to a neighbouring farm house, and rouse a young woman in it by making a noise at her window. The girl comes to the window, and if she knows the young man, or, after a little parley, and if she does not know him, she either admits him into her bedroom, or comes out and goes with him into an outhouse for courting. There is no courtship in any other form. The fathers and mothers will not allow their daughters to meet a young man in the daytime, and the young man never visits the family ; but the parents quite allow this. They have done it themselves before. If the father knows it is going on, he lies com fortably in his bed, just as a father in a higher rank of life would shut his eyes to his daughter g, lig out for a walk with a young man. This medical witness says that he has remonstrated with parents when ill consequences have followed, but they say their daughters must have hus bands, and there is no other way of courting. Marriage follows, perhaps, in two-thirds of the cases ; and frequently the expectation of thus securing a husband leads a young woman more easily to fall. The witness states that in attending midwifery cases among the work ing classes he notices that it is very rare to find the first child born so long as eight months after marriage. The general feeling among these classes is that if they are afterwards married, and any previous offspring thus legitimised, there has been no Fin, as in fact there is no scandal, no shame, no disgrace. A NEW PROBATE COURT SENSATION. The Solicitors' Journal understands that a case, which may probably in public interest rival the Yelverton cause, is approaching trial at the Court of Probate, London. About the iyear 1830 a youthful scion of a respectable Irish Catholic family became enamoured of the blooming daughter of a well-to-do Clare farmer, resid ing not far from Lough Derg. He wooed and won, was married, and lived for some months happily with his wife and her father, then left home to push his fortune, and never returned. A son was the issue of the marriage. No tidings were heard of the absentee for above twenty years, but at last he was found to be in lucra tive business and opulence in London. He had married thrice after the abandonment of his Clare bride — first, the daughter of an eminent stockbroker, and sister of one of the leading physicians in the metropolis : again, the daughter of a Cambridge squire ; and lastly, the daughter of an Irish J.P. The second and third reputed wives had families. At last the delinquent died, and a marble monument in an English seaport records his many virtues. His wife, who still lives, was silenced with a pension in his lifetime ; his fourth reputed wife and widow obtained administration, and stepped into possession of the property. This fact reached the ears of the son of the first marriage, who had been honestly earn ing his bread as a confidential clerk in a merchant's office in Dublin, and a suit is now pending in the English Court of Probate to set aside the administration to his father, on the ground that the administratrix is not a widow to the deceased, and that all the later marriages were bigamous and void. They can only be sustained on the ground that the deceased, before his first marriage, had abandoned the Roman Catholic faith and embraced Pro testantism ; and in this consists mainly the interest of the suit. Many of the witnesses being very aged and infirm, we understand that the English court has ordered the examination of witnesses by commission in Ireland. THE IRISH ELECTION PETITIONS. In the case of the Wexford petition an order has been made on an application to Mr. Justice Keogh, allowing a special case to be laid before the court, the parties on both sides admitting the facts, and the only question in dispute being whether the election was void, and if so, whether Motte, the petitioner, was entitled to the seat. It will be remembered that the alleged infor mality arose in consequence of the withdrawal of the petitioner from the contest after being declared duly elected by a show of hands, and the demand and appointment of a poll. In the London. derry case his lordship has made an order directing that three days before the hearing particulars of the alleged bribery and corruption should be furnished by the petitioner. In the Galway case an application was made on the part of Sir R. Blennerhassett to take the petition off the file on the ground that it had not been pre sented in time. He contended that the " return " was made when the writ was sealed in open court by the sheriff, and that the twenty-one days should run from that time. His lordship ruled against this view. The application was then pressed on another ground —that the recognizance had not been stamped. Judge Keogh decided that that was a 1 o:nt to be settled before the Master, and refused the motion with costs. In the Limerick case Mr. Macdonogh, Q.C., applied on the part of Mr. F. W. Russell for an attachment against four persons for contempt of court. The hearing of the motion was adjourned until Monday next, in order to afford time to the persons ac cused to file affidavits. An application was made to take the petition off the file on the ground of insufficiency of the recognizances, which were joint, instead of separate. There were two members petitioned against. Justice Keogh ruled that the objection, though a fatal one, ought to have been made before the Master, and refused the motion, with costs. In the Athlone case, counsel on behalf of the sitting member appealed against an order of the Master permitting the petitioner to remove objections to his recognizance by lodging £l,OOO. The court refused the motion with costs. The Magyar 29ag of Pesth publishes a letter from Kossuth, in which the ex-Dictator attacks the Government on the subject of the arrangement lately entered into between Austria and Hungary. The writer declares that he will not return to his native country until the monarch shall have restored to Hungary its political autonomy. He expresses the hope that circumstances will arise to lead to that result. THE LICENSING LAW.—A committee of the West Riding magistrates have drawn up a report in favour of an amendment of the law of licensing, which is to be submitted to their brother magistrates at Sheffield on Friday. They would have the hours of closing and the management of licensed houses placed more directly than at present under the same authority. The question has also been discussed at the Lancaster Sessions, the chair man, Mr. Cross, M.P., stating that the question for deci sion now was whether the present jurisdiction of the magistrates was to be diminished or increased. Complaints baying in several instances been made that large expenses on account of postage and stationery are entailed on Volunteer corps, whilst al lowances granted to the adjutants of such corps for the special purpose of meeting these expenses remain to a very great extent unexpended, Mr. Secretary Cardwell Las this morning issued a circular to commanding officers, directing that the allowance of .£4 per company per annum shall be expended under the orders of commanding officers, and that adjutants are to tender an annual account of how the money has been expended. The corporation of York have passed a resolution instructing the town clerk to proceed against one of their fellow citizens for the recovery of the fine of £5O for non acceptance of the office of alderman, to which he bad been elected. The majority of the members of the corporation of the city are Liberals, but they have on one or two occa sions selected members of the Conservative party as alder men, expecting that a gentleman as chosen would, when his turn arrived, accept the office of chief magistrate. Mr. J. F. Taylor, who is a Conservative, has been chosen an alderman, but declines to qualify on the ground, it is under stood, of his wish not to be elevated to the dignity of Lord Mayor. A strike amongst the operative tobacconists has takenplace at Chesterfield. A short time since Mr. Mason, one of the largest manufacturers, introduced into his establish ment a machine to spin Irish roll tobacco, and intimated to those in his employ that ho should reduce the pay for making this article at the rate of id. per pound. A meet ing of the Operative Tobacconists' Society was held, and the men were agreeable to take a small reduction, but not to the extent required by Mr. Mason. lie refused, however, to alter his decision, and the men have now turned out, and circulars have been sent throughout the country warning the opera tive tobacconists of the state of affairs at Chesterfield, and some fresh men who have been engaged have gone back to the place from whence they started. The Constitutionnel says that a distinguished foreign diplomatist recently asked the Emperor whether he was in favour of the candidature of the Prince Carignan for the throne of Spain, and that h!s Imperial Majesty replied in the following words :—" I know the Spanish character too well to ever commit the fault of recom mending one candidate more than another. Whatever chances of success he might have it would be sufficient that he was supported by France for Spain to reject him. For these reasons I have directed that positive orders should be given to my representative at Madrid, to abstain from all advice, and even from all insinuation of a nature to engage in any way whatever the responsibility of France, and to merely confine himself to the assurance that no one wishes more sincerely than Ido that pip Fay past lu9- • PUL ICE .INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH.- STREET. AMBASSADORS' SERVANTS' PRIVILEGES.—A re spectable-looking young woman applied to Mr. Tyrwhitt for an affiliation order against a servant of the French Ambassador. Mr. Tyrwhitt told the applicant that the man complained of being the servant of an ambassador she had no remedy, ambassadors' servants being privileged, and not to be touched. He considered it a shameful thing that it should be so, but that was the law. However, if the applicant got a me morial drawn up asking the Ambassador's permis sion that proceedings might be taken against his servant it should be forwarded to him, as he con sidered that it was a CaS3 in which a mister ought to interfere. lie had tried the matter with other ambassadors, and it had been of no use, but the ap plicant might be more successful. Mr. Tyrwhitt reqnsted Welsh, the office keeper, to assist the app!icu_ tin her object. WESTAIINS CER. A NONSENSICAL CHARGE.— - Robert Watson, a herd-working man, was charged with stealing a scarf-pin, value £3 10s., from the person of Henry Day, described as a gentleman, of 163, Cambridge street, Pimlico. Prosecutor said he met the prisoner last evening at a public-house. The prisoner asked him to treat him, and he did so, and left the public-house, but prisoner followed, and again importuned him, and while he was looking at a photographer's shop, pri soner came and snatched his scarf-pin. He gave him into custody. From the statement of the prisoner it appeared that the prosecutor got drunk in four public-houses at Knightsbridge, and finally went into the Alex andra Hotel bar and called for a pint of beer, for which he had no money to pay, and left the place ; the barmaid asked for the money, and prisoner went after the prosecutor to ask him to pay; he overtook him at Hyde-park-corner, and then pro secutor charged him with stealing the pin. The police said the pin was not found. The pri soner was drunk. Mr. Selfe said it was a nonsensical charge. Pro secutor was drunk, and no wonder he lost his pro perty if he indiscriminately mixed with persons in public-houses. He discharged the prisoner. THAMES. STEALING IEA IN THE DOCKS.—Thomas Smith, a labourer, was charged with stealing Blbs. of tea, the property of the London and St. Katherine Dock Company. Morton Fernyhough, a dock constable, stated that he saw the prisoner about to pass out of the St. Katherine Dock, and he appeared to be very bulky. He stopped him and discovered tea in his pockets, and a large portion was tied up in his linen under his clothes. There was 81bs. in all, and it was worth 16s. Mr. Mumford, superintendent of the Dock Com pany's police, said that robberies of this description had been very frequent, and if the magistrate thought proper to commit the prisoner for trial counsel would be retained, and the prosecution conducted at the company's own expense. The pri soner was not in the company's service, but he must have been in concert with people who were employed by the company The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said he was tempted to steal the tea when he saw so many thou sand packages in the dock warehouses. He was out of work. The magistrate sentenced the prisoner to four months' imprisonment and hard labour. Another labourer, named John Williams, was charged with stealing 10 pounds of tea in the London Dock. Yesterday afternoon, a gate-keeper saw the pri soner jump into the back of a light -cart with a large parcel in his hand. The horse and cart were being driven towards the western entrance and gatewaylOn arriving at the gate the officer stopped the horse and cart, arrested the prisoner and took from him the parcel, which contained 101bs. of tea. The prisoner, who is not employed in the dock, was remanded for a week for inquiries to be made about him. TE111?IFIC EXPLOSIONS OF GAS. Only four fires, including a fa'se alarm, occurred in London from six o'clock a.m. yesterday, until six a.ni this (Wednesday) morning, but two were of a serious character, an 1 one, it is feared, will be attended with fatal consequences to a highly respected gentleman, the owner of house property iu Brixton, and other parts of Surrey. It appears that last night a strong smell of gas was experienced in the private residence of Mr. W. Taylor, situate No. 3, Valentia-road, Brixton. The circumstance having been communicated to the proprietor of the building he incautiously took a lighted candle to seek for the leekage in the fittings. Unfortunately, the moment he entered one of the rooms with a light in his hand a terrible explosion took place, with a noise resembling some convulsion of nature, blowing out at the same time the windows both at the back and the front of the house, and de molishing the ceilings, as well as causing dense clouds of dust to obscure for a few minutes the atmosphere in that immediate locality. The inhabitants, apprehensive that a fire had occurred, sent off for the engines, and in a space of time al most incredibly brief numerous laud engines, by Shand, Mason, and Co., attended, but the fire by that time was extinguished. Mr. Taylor, the pro prietor of the establishment, was found covered with the debris, and burned in a fearful manner by the action of the blazing sheets of gas, which were were too strong for any one to avoid with safety. Medical aid was obtained, but the unfortunate gentleman, who is sixty-four years of age, on being found to be so seriously burned, his removal to the hospital was recommended, and which was accordingly done. From inquiries made this morning there appears very little chance of the sufferer's recovery. The building and con tents, which were so severely shaken, were insured. Another explosion happened in the same way as the above in the premises of Mr. E. Snell, No. 2, New terrace, Alderney-road, Mile-end Old Town, which was attended with considerable damage, but fortu nately no one was injured. The sufferer in this ease was insured in the Sun Fire Office. WRECK OF A TYNE STEAMER.—In referenc© to the loss of the steamer Thomas Gillespie, which was re ported from Gibraltar under date of December 28, a further telegram was received in North Shields on Monday, stat ing that the third engineer, the cook, and a Swedish sailor had been drowned. The cook was drowned in attempt ing to jump from the wreck to the lifeboat which went to the assistance of the crew. The Thomas Gillespie was wrecked, 17 miles south of Cape Spartel, on the 22d ult. ATTEMPTED MURDER.—An extraordinary attempt at murder is reported from Kilmarnock. On New-year's day a man named James Drummond bought half a pound of gunpowder. He went home, told his wife he would give her three minutes in which to prepare for death, and at the expiration of that time he threw the gunpowder into the fire. The consequent explosion threw Mrs. Drum mond to the other side of the room, and severely burnt her. The man escaped with only a slight scorching. The neighbours, hearing the explosion, camp in and rendered assistance to Mrs. Drummond, who is now recovering. Her husband is in custody.—Scotsman. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.—the planting of trees on the Thames Embankment (north), as recom mended some few weeks since at a meeting of the Metro politan Board of Works, has been commenced, nearly 50 trees being now in the ground. The trees are placed at intervals of about 20 feet from each other, and already nearly half the line of ground between Westminster bridge and Hungerford is ornamented. The three new piers now in course of construction on the river—at Hun gerford and Waterloo -bridges and the Temple—are fast approaching completion, and it is anticipated will all be opened in the course of a short time. It is reported that Whelan will have a now trial, with venue changed to Toronto. The Springfield Republican says that James Fisk, son., father of the Erie manipulator, formerly worked in a factory at South Adams, and commenced his business career by peddling calico remnants from the North Adams print works. _ _ DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co. Belfast; or. 4, Beautcortrbuildiags, Strancl,_,L9adva Wic-1 11 d itritiementl THIRD EDITION, NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last EYoning was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocs. SPORTING NO7 ES. Notwithstanding the repeated assertions of Bell's Life and the other sporting journals that Blue Gown was not entered for the Chester Cup, I am happy to inform the numerous backers of the horse that he is not only among the nomination; but will run a great horse with whatever weight Mr. Topham may award him. But 20 to 1 is a ridiculous short price for any horse to be at before the entries are made, the weights published, and the accep tances declared. Betting on future events is at a complete st - indstill, but those who back Belladrum for the Two Thousand and Derby (if the horse keeps well) will have no cause to regret their investments. A FRESH ITAN. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY, MA aut 2. Nominations for the Graud National Steeplechase of 300 SON'S, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 sous each ; winner of any steeplechAse atter the weights are pub lished lelb extra. About four miles and a quarter. 110 subs. [Corrected List. 1 Artesian, Archimedes, Astrolabe, Ace of Trumps, Anglo-Sazon, Ada, Alcibiade, *Alberta (by Trumpeter), Bonazet, Billy Gladstone, Black Prince, Bannockburn, Belmontiue, Beadle, Brick, Bristles, Bishopton, Brigatock, Barbarian, Brahma, Clansman, The Colonel (h b), Coot, Columbia, Count Horn, Comus, Captain Crosstree, Dane bury, The Doctor, Deepatch(h b), Domino, Dick Turpin, Eudsleigh, The Earl, Fertullagh (h b), Fan, Fairy Land (h b), Flatcatcher, Fortunatus, Fitz-Ivan, Guy of War wick, Goldfinder, Gardener, Globule, Gipsy Girl (11 b) Gleaner, Harcourt, Helice, Hall Court, Havelock, Hunts man's Daughter, Juryman, Kingswood, Knave of Trumps, Kangaroo (h b), Lysander, The Lamb, Leases, Little Ben, L.S.D., Lawrence, Liston, Lord Burghersh, Lord Ronald, Lady Wellington (late Mamma) (h b), Malvern, Marche- Mal (late Silly), Mario, by Collingwood, Moose, The Nun (h b), Needle Gnn, Northern Light, Orne, Oddfellow Priority, Polestar, Planet, Plumcake, Pretentaine Plover, Philosopher, Pearl Diver, Pensioner, Q. 0., R. I. Fusilier, Bed Cap, Roving Maid, The Robber, Itedan, Sea King, Salamanca, 6' urney, Steamboat, Shakspere, Sultan, Said, Summertime, Scarrington, Stanton, Tathwell, Ten nyson (h b), Tribune, Tusculanum, *Tallyho, Vanguard, Valentine, Whitehall (It b), Xi, Kilereen (by Rattle), and *Laura (h b). Those horses marked thus * having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to re main in. CHESTER MEETING—TUESDAY, May 4. Nominations for the Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sous in specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 sous each ; certain penalties. About two miles and a quarter. 125 subs. (Corrected List.' Arlington, Atonement, Ajax, by St Albans, Archimedes, Alicia, The 2Egean, Aggravator, Ackworth, *Actrea, *Abergeldie, Bracken, Birthday, Birdseeker, Blue Gown, Blacklock, Bonnie Katie, Beeswing, Buxton, Cork Jacket, Cock of the Walk, Consternation, Cocoa Nut, Clement:43, Cecil, Chivalry, c by Netherwood, by Scandal—Rambling Kate, *c by Kettledrum—lmperatrice, Derventio, Dolby, Fair Wind, Fervacques, Falstaff, Fidelia, Fan, *Fortunio, Good Hope, G'ianttss, g by Romulus—Attack, Goodwood, *Grimston, George Osbaldeston, *Gondolier, Hymen, by Neville, Hammerton, Honesty, Izaak Walton, Jerry Haw thorn, King's Cross, Knight of the Garter, Kingsland, King of the Fairies, Lord Hawthorn, The Lamb, Lady Morgan, Lumley, Lady Coventry, Legislator, Ligurian, Lady Raglan, *Landscape, Limerick, Lionel, Lopez, The Laird, Moldavia, Minster Bell, Mandrake, Messman, Master Robert, Mariner, *Make Haste, Nogara, Powderham, Percussion, *Purveyor, Paganini, Perfume, Paul Jones, Ploughboy, Phantom, Pomfret, Rcmping Girl, Russian Bear, The Rescue, Robespierre, Redcap, *The Rescue, The Spy, Standard Bearer, Slowman, See-Saw, St. Muogo, Stokoley, The Special, Tormentor, Tatoouret, Tribune, Tertullus, Taraban, Tradewind, *Tornado, *Tynedale, Viridis, Viscount, Vestminster, Velocity by Van Galen, Vauban, Van Amburgh, Vortigern, Vansittart, Weather Star, Warrington, Wellington, Walmer, Whin yard, Xi, Our Mary Ann, Benefactor, and Vagabond. Sir R. W. Bulkeley, Mr. H. Chaplin, Mr. Palmer, and Mr. Stephenson, are subscribers, but did not n a m e . . . . . Those horses marked thus * having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the time prescribed unless specially ordered to remain in. RA CIN FIXTU FEBR JItES FOR 1869. U AIY . Streatham 11, 12 Lincoln l6, 17 Ifirrovr lB, 1J Mansfield is Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chelmsford.... 25, 26 Derby Spring 25, 26 IC 11. Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 West Drayton lB, 19 I Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 West Somerset 18, 19 Warwick. 9, 10, 11 Margate 99 Kingsbury l2, 13 Durham 29, 30 Northampton l6, 17 tpsom 30, 31 Arlin,. Bromley 1 2 I Newmarket Cravon...l2, &a. Aldershot Catterick Bridge 1, 2 1 Lewes 20 2t Thirsk . 6 7 1 Croydon... 22, 23 Streatham 8, 'J 1 Newniarke.t Ist Spring 26, /to. MAY. Chester 4, 5, 6, 7 1 Wont Drayton l7, 18 Winchester ll, 12 1 Bath 18, 19 York 11, 12 1 Manchester l9, 20, 21. St. Albans Salisbury l3, 14 Harpenden 2l Doncaster 13, 14 I Epsom Summer .....2h, ho. JUNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer —.15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Southampton 22 23 Stamford . . 22, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 AUGUST. LX. Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, dm Kingsbury .. 9, 10 Pontefract 12, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes Egnam lO, 11 WolTerharrpton lO, II Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT Warwick. 7, 8 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond '2l, 22 Lichfield OCT! Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9, 20 Oxford Canterbury 24, 23 York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth ...26 Windsor August l2, 13 Derby Summer ..,31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 NOVI Worcester 2,3, 4 Liverpool 9, 10, 11. 12 IR] MA: Baldoyle First Spring 31 Baldoyle Second Spring :MBER. Western (Ayr) 22, 28 Kingsbury... '23, 24 Monmouth... , 23, 24 Newmarket let 0ct....28, &c. , BER. Cheltenham l9, 20 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarket Irton ...25, &c. MBER. I Shrewsbury 15, ho Leamington hunt 23, .SH. ;CH. 18, 19 ti.l. 11,12 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. Birmingham x, 9 Harrow lB, 19 I Li n coln l6, 17 Derby MARCH. Liverpool 3 Cambridgeshire 31 18 Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 West Drayton lB, 19 Kingsbury 12, 13 Crawkerne lB, 19 APRIL. Aldersho' l, 2 I Croydon 2 2, 2 3 Bromley 1, 2 MAY. St. Albans JULY. Kingsbury ..................AUGU5T.............................................. 9 St. Albans 17 OOTOBER. West Drayton 21, 22 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 19} ... 12 D o Rotterdam — ... 12 1 ... 12 1 Antwerp — ... 25 3 * ... 25 42* Brussels Hamburgn ... 13 10} ... 13 10* Paris ..., ... ..._ , Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 120.• 4. • l e i a n n a ... 12 20 ... 12 30; Trieste ... 12 20 ... 12 30; Petersburg Copenhagen.. ....... Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz... — .:". 48 ... 481 Leghorn. Milan — ... 27 20 ... 27 27 Genoa — ... 27 20 ... '27 30 Naples Palermo — ... 27 2U ... 27 30 Messina Lisbon — ... 51'- ... b 2 Oporto — ••• 511 ... b 2 Rio Janeiro New York The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' si;rht was on the last date about 1091 per oent. At this rate there is no profit on the impcortstlO of geld. fotaz the Untied Otte& I 0 'A