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Concluding with MAKE YOUR WILLS : Joseph Brag, Mr Bucks tone. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress. Mrs. Alfred Mellon. TITIS EVENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL: Mr G. Belmore. At li•,to 8, 18th time, BLACK AND WHITE. Mr Fechter Miss Carlotta Leclercq, Mr Arthur Stirling, Mr R. Phillips, Mr Atkins, Mr Stuart, Mrs. L. Murray, MIPR Lennox Grey, &c. To conclude with WHITE.B aIT AT GREENWICH. Mr .Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murray R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining Dist 6 ights THIS EVENING, TWICE KILLED After which, Dion Boucicault's Great Drama, entitled AFTER DARK: a Tale of London Life Mr Walter Lacy, Mr Dominick Murray, Mr D. Leeson ; Miss Emma Barnett, and Jiiss Rose leclercq. Concludimr with THE SECRET. N.B.—Monday, April 24, a New Drama, by Dion Boucicault. %ors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. n OLB ORN THEATRE._ BARRY SULLIVAN, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS ELEGANT THEATRE WILL RE-OPEN ON SATURDAY, IsT OF MAY, With Lord Lytton's Great Play, in Five Acts, entitled MONEY, supported by the following celebrated Artistes, viz.: Parry Sul livan, J. C. Cowper, (; eorge H oney, W. H. Stephens, Charles Coglan, E. Dyas, Lin Rayne, A. Bernard, W. Arthur W. Ha. - - land, A. Stuart, L Sargent, C. Valentine, / 0 . Raines, J. Blythe, B. Blanscome, and H. Nelson: Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane Rignold, Miss Amy Fawsitt, Miss Rosine Power, Miss Thorne, Miss Malborough, and Mrs. Charles Horsman. Principal Scenic Artists—Mr. William Calcott and Mr. Albert Calcott. A cting Manager—Mr. Barry Sullivan. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7, A WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Chrke. Belford, Joyce; Mesdames Baton and Maitland. After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne, James, Fen ton, Turner, Chamberlaine; Mesdames Bafton, L. Maitland, &c. To conclude with HUE AND DYE. ROYAL AMPHITHEA FRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN Positively ' e Last Nights F aearance of the CA RRE t IadTROUPE the and Won ,4 a rewell erful PERFORMING HORSES. During the week a number of novelties will be pro duced. Those who have not yet seen the beautiful horses should lose no time in doing so, as the troupe leave London on the 26th. Tuere will be an entire chanoe of programme each even ing. —The best and only entertainment of the kind in the me tropolis. No other Tbeatre in London offers a programme so replete with variety, amusement, and excitement.—The most complete combination of equestrian talent ever brought to gether. Doors open at Seven, commence at half past. Morning Per formances Wednesday and Saturday, commencing at Half-past Two. THE A TR E-R OY AL. k_A Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. At 7, H. J. Byron's new and original Drama, MINNIE ; or, Leonard's Love: Miss Lydia Foote, Mrs Stephens, and Miss Brennan Messrs David Fisher, Vernon, Marshall, and J. Clarke. At 9, A BREACH OF PROMISE. To conclude with BROWN AND THE BRAHMINS: Messrs Marshall, David fisher, Andrews, Hurlston, and J. Clarke Mesdames Lydia Foote, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Hughes, and Stephens. 114 OYA L CHRISTY'S. AA; GREAT ST. GEORGE'S HALL, REGENT-STREET. Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain. EASTER NOVELTIES. Fresh Engagements, in addition to the most powerful Ethiopian Troupe in the world. Mr. Harry Leslie, the celebrated American C ome di an , appears nightly. Pro nounced by the Press to he the genuine sensation, and the only Company of Christy Minstrels who h ave performed by express command before her Majesty the Queen and the Court at Balmoral. Arrangements for the Easter week: CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. New Songs, Comic Sketches, and continued success of the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH-S. 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Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton Tins EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. M on t agne , Addison, Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Jla.rie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, the Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, A. Carre, &c., and the Salamander Horse. CBRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET. THIS EVENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment: and the Burlesque Extravaganza, THE VERY GRAND DUTCH—S ROYAL ALRAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET 3 Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-oftici open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on M'ndays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6(1. W.ijlt 'T LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 18C9. The following circular was on Saturday issued to the supporters of Government in the House of Com mons :—" Certain Divisions.—The Committee on the Irish Church Bill will be proceeded with on Mon day, the 19th April. Early, frequent, and most im portant divisions are expected upon the amendments in committee, and your support and attendance in the House of Commons are very specially reque&ted." Early and continuous attendance on the Committee may indeed be requested from the supporters of the Go vernment bill. No easy work is cut out for them. The Daily Telegraph has this morning given a very inge nious analysis or summary of the Bill and its proposed alterations. From this analysis, which is (almost facetiously) entitled " The Amendments Made Easy/ it appears that, for the 63 clauses of the Bill, no less than 80 amendments and alterations are proposed No wonder that early and continuous attendance on the Committee should be requested, with such la bours in prospect. By way of illustrating the variety and multiplicity of these amendments, let us select the following, beginning with clause 12 On January 1, 1871, all real and personal property of any bishopric, benefice, and cathedral prefermen t of the said Church to be vested in the new Commis sion, subject to iucumbra.nces and life interests of bishops and clergy in houses, churches, and lands. Amendments of the description of property (D). Hereditaments in which bishops and clergy have life interests to continue in them, subject to the provision for commutation (D). 13. On Jan. 1, 1871, every ecclesiastical corporation dissolved, and arch bishops and bishops of the said Church to cease to be qualified to sit in the House of Lords. Omit disqualification to sit in the House of Lords (Mr. Charley). Every archbishop, bishop, and dean to retain for life his present title and precedence (D). 14. The income of every holder of a bishopric, bene fice, or cathedral preferment to be ascertained, de ducting salaries of permanent curates and other out goings. An annuity equivalent to the net income to be paid to such holder as long as he lives and dis charges the duties of his said office. The Commis sioners, in deciding who are permanent curates, are to have regard to the duties, the non-residence or infirmity of the incumbent (G). The deductio❑ for a . curate to cease where the curate ceases to be em ployed, and the incumbent discharges the duties (G). Omit deduction for curates' salaries (D. and Mr. LEFROY). The income of the bishop or clergyman to continue if he discharges another equivalent office in the Protestant Church (Sir GEORGE JENKINSON and Sir ROUNDELL PALMER). Every curate de prived of his employment under this Act to receive £lOO per annum so long as he discharges the duties of a curate in the Church in Ireland (Mr. LEFRoy). On the next vacancy of a benefice or preferment, the next successor also shall have a similar an nuity (Sir GEORGE eJENKINSON)• The income of small benefices shall be increased to £250 per annum after twenty-five years' service (Mr. Pix). 15. Income of permanent curates serving at any time in 1869-70 to be ascertained. Au equivalent annuity to be paid to the curate for life, or until he quits the same curacy owing to his misconduct or by his own free choice. Curates not permanent in.,y receive compensation to an amount not exceeding £2OO. Hol iers of benefices which receive parliamen tary grants to have equivalent annuities as long so they discharge the duties of the benefices. After " free choice," insert " without the incumbent's consent" (G.) Compensation to curates not permanent in propor tion to years' service, but not to exceed £6OO (Mr. Nu). Omit provision as to permanent curates (Mr. LEFROY). Payment to permanent curates to con tinue so long as they serve as curates of the said Church (D.) ; such payment to continue if they arc removed for no fault of their own, or exchange to other curacies (Sir G. JENKINSON). 16. Compensa tion to diocesan schoolmasters, clerks, and sextons. Whether they serve in their present or similar offices (D.). After"diocesan," insert "or district" (Gr.), THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1869 The ;tection to apply where the salaries are re ceived under warrant of the Lord-Lieutenant (G.). Provision to extend to vicars-choral and choirmen (Mr. VXNCE). 17. Compensation to organists, vergers, and others. Compensation where such per sons havE received income from property 'vested in the Com tnissioners (G.) The notes of amendment are print ed in small type, and the letters D. and G. denote those which are to be moved by Mr. GLAD STONE or Mr. DISRAELI. Such is a specimen of the amends cents as they stand, when arranged in the plainest and easiest form by our ingenious contem porary. THE Italian convict was allowed to select between ten years at the galleys and read ing through GUICCIARDINI'S history of Italy, and he chose the first. We claim equal clemency with regard to the debates on the Irish Church. Meanwhile, until our prayer is granted, we are com pelled to go through the weary task of listening to the monotonous chime of Conservative voices pealing forth "spoliation " and " sacrilege," " political pro fligacy and " national apostacy," until we nod, and have far more reason than JUPITER had. We will do Mr. DISRAELI the credit to say that he does his best to rouse us. It is scarcely possible for him to be dull. So long as he can put forward a paradox which is not too absurd, he will do so out of the very kindness of a heart touched with compassion. His latest argument (if argument it can be called) in behalf of the Irish Church, is that the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland is virtually an Established Church, and virtually connected with the State, be cause it acknowledges the supremacy of the POPE, who is a temporal sovereign, and therefore in order to main tain an equality between the Protestant and Roman Catholic Churches the Protestant Establishment ought to be continued. Was there ever so fantastic a notion as this? Where is the POPE'S supremacy shewn in Ireland? Has he established any ecclesiastical court in Ireland ? Does his authority over individual Romanists depend upon his being Sovereign of Rome and the adjacent ter ritory? Is there one single point of similarity between his headship of the Roman Catholic Church and the QUEEN'S headship of the Irish Protestant Church ? Moreover, what has the objection to do with the matter under discussion ? That matter is simply this. The Church of a few hundred thousands is by a fiction of the law considered the Church of the whole nation ; that fiction is now to be abolished, and that abolition involves certain redistribution of revenues. The QUEEN will still maintain hersupremacy in the courts, but henceforth there will be no special courts for the trial of ecclesiastical questions. These will be decided by the Church itself, and only so far as they affect the right to hold property will they be brought under the jurisdiction of the Crown. In fact, the 500,000 Irish Churchmen will hold exactly the same position to the QUEEN that the 10,000,000 English Nonconformists hold. Even Mr. DISRAELI will scarcely venture to affirm that these acknowledge the supremacy of any other sovereign than Queen VICTORIA. A BILL for amending the laws relating to the property of married women has once more staggered through the second reading, and will now undergo the dangerous, though sometimes inevitable, ordeal of a select committee. In what shape the measure will emerge from this trial experience of select committees forbids us to predict; but it is just possible that an Act of some kind may be passed this year. The system of taking a generation to bring about a social change is not yet extinct ; but it is surely not unreasonable to hope that a reform which meets with such very general support may not, like many others, be deferred to the consi deration of our grandchildren. Beyond doubt, the Married Women's Property Bill as it now stands is intended to bring about a great change. The time-honoured, patriarchal system of family government will, in principle, no longer be retained. The early legislation of most nations in respect of marriage has been founded on the model of the Roman ; in all domestic and social relations the family was supposed to have but one head, in whom the property of all its members was vested, and who was responsible for all except criminal offences. The wife, and the children under age, could have no property, and could incur no responsibilities. The Married Women's Property Bill puts an end to the legal principle by which man and wife are regarded as one person. All the property held by a woman before marriage will remain absolutely her own. After marriage her earnings or other acquisitions will be beyond the contral of her husband. She may " alienate, devise, or bequeath" any of her possessions. She may make contracts, sue, and be sued. In short, in all matters affecting property she will occupy the position of a single woman. The innovation is one of grave importance, but the balance of argument is so decidedly in its favour that its acceptance can be only a question of time. Even the opponents of Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY'S measure admit that the law as it stands is decidedly unsatisfactory. Everyone can call to mind instances of very lamentable results arising from the uncon trolled power of a husband over his wife's property and earnings. The case of a husband permanently living upon his wife's industry is of the commonest character. If the man will not work the woman must support herself ; but under the present law the whole of her earnings belongs to her husband. It is true that if her property were absolutely under her own control she would often voluntarily share it with her partner. But this would be a matter of choice ; now it is a necessity. Still more distressing cases are not unfrequent. Should a separation take place, the wife's home may be at any time broken up. Should the husband desert his wife, he may still claim " his rights." In short, the happiness, almost the subsistence, of a woman of the poorer class depends entirely upon the character of the man to whom she is united by a lifelong tie. If the law in this case were the same for the rich and the poor, the argument in favour of the Married Women's Property Bill would be less unanswerable. But though in theory legislation acts equally, in practice there is one law for the rich and another for the poor. The women of the well-to-do classes can always retain full control over their property after marriage. For them there is the perfectly just resource of a marriage settlement. In the case of the rich, indeed, the Court of Chancery has unceasingly laboured to counteract the harsh pro visions of the common law. It cannot be doubted that if the daughters of the rich had not found pro tection in marriage settlements and other proceedings in equity, a " Married Women's Property Bill " would have been passed long ago. The measure now proposed does not, therefore, introduce any new principle. Its real object is to give protection to all classes alike; to equalise and simplify a pro cedure which is now in full operation. In every case of a marriage settlement the stipulations of the common law are set aside. But if the common law is bad in this respect—and the systematic recourse to settlements proves that it is—why not change feet,th i e t oenyceteemfor of all de b m y eet a ie sta G tu e t v e er ? nme l n n t indicated by the Roman term familia—the incorpo ration for civil purposes of the members of a family into one person—breaks down altogether in the complex society of civilised life. We, in common with other European nations, copied the Roman model, and the idea of making the husband the one authority is thoroughly consonant with English social tastes. But it must not be forgotten that this system originated at a time when the woman was considered as a slave, and when the relations of society and the nature of property differed wholly from those of the present day. Land was then almost the only source of wealth, and subsistence was derived directly from it. There was then comparatively no opportunity for the husband to injure his wife by the wasting of her dowry. But as civilisation progressed the Romans themselves gradually diminished the power of the husband, whilst in the palmiest days of the civil law it remained but the shadow of what it formerly was. But we retain the law, after everything which gave rise to it has been changed. The requirements of the case will not be met by a compromise. Some, favourable to a change, think that an extension of the existing protective provi sions would be sufficient, and would leave the natural authority of the husband intact. At present a poor woman may, in extreme cases, get a protection order from a magistrate, and may thus be preserved from depredation. But if this system be extended sufficiently, it will amount to giving the wife control over her property without any of the certainty and facility which might be provided by a law. It is notorious that an application for an " order," like a summons for an assault, tends to weaken the confidence between husband and wife, and to destroy the chance of a reconciliation. This result could not follow if the law were a standing protection order. But, above all, the advocates of this kind of compromise strangely overlook that " protection" is in nearly all cases sought only after some injury has been en dured ; and that, whilst the law would be a preven tion, protection is only a cure. The sole argument for a compromise proceeds on an assumption which is contrary to known facts that the pro posed change will invalidate the institution of marriage by deposing the father from supreme authority, and vesting the rule in a partnership. If marriage were a mew) question of property, this fear would be well grounded ; but the authority of the husband by no means depends upon his sole control over all the household goods. Where his authority is respected at all he is the recognised head of the family, not because of his legal superiority, but because that is his natural position. Nobody ever heard that the institution of marriage was invalidated in the upper ranks of life because the wife keeps her property by a settlement. The posi tion of the husband in domestic life is determined by the natural relation of the sexes; it is not a question of pounds, shillings, and pence. CANON MILLER was so severely taken to task for his letter upon the Ritual judgment, in which he said that all parties ought to obey the law, that he has since then been endeavouring to assure the organs of his party that he is still a party man. Recently he has complained that, in consequence of the abolition of church rates, the income of his church has fallen off, and that the church " has not been cleaned out for a twelvemonth, the lamp glasses in the gallery are in a state that no gentle man would allow those in his own study or office to be in, and the matting is constantly tripping people up." Various expedients were suggested. At last a Mr. FOUNTAIN proposed to try the weekly offertory, mentioning, by way of encouragement, that at St. Alba,n's £l5O had been collected in this way on Easter Day. But the Vicar of Greenwich could not tolerate the notion. The fact that St. Alban's had the offertory was in itself an insuperable objection in his mind, although, we believe, he has no objec tion to a pulpit or to the Church prayers, which are also to be had at St. Alban's. Besides, the offertory would drain his congregation dry, and he would get' nothing from them when he preached a missionary sermon ; an idea completely negatived by those who have tried the system, and who find that "giving grows like hoarding," that the more people are asked to give, the more ready they are to give. The Vicar thought also that it was unfair for the congre gation to have to pay the cost of maintaining the Church, though who should do so if they did not is by no means clear. Finally came the crowning objection. It would be n?,cessary for him, after leaving the pulpit, to go into the vestry and put on his surplice, and leave his people " gaping about" while he went away " like a jack-in-the-box " to effect the change. Is it really necessary to make the change at all ? Cannot Can on MILLER preach except in a black gown ? If so, is he not, at least, as much a " jaes.-in-the-box. " when donning the surplice for the gown as when donning the gown for the surplice ? We had thought that Canon MILLER was not a man to attach any value to vestments, whether coloured or black. But if he is determined to lose all the money that he might get through the offertory, if he is resolved to let his Church remain unswept, and his lamps dirty, if he is determined to pped up" because he w ill money which is in let not his a(i ocpotn the e g n a i t e i a o n n s b o e f " r t a r g chapels South of the u T s w ! ee i d n , a c n ou d nt in less alm D o is s s t e y g church North of the Tweed, he will get small pity, however loud his lamentations. . aT; • C - " ~f..---stV•tr*av, tn Tat TIER MAJESTY. - W INDSOR CASTLE, April 18. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and the ladies and gentle men in waiting, attended Divine service this morn ing in the private chapel.- LA' EST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TURKEY. C ONSTANTINOPL E ? April 18. The Levant Herald of to-day publishes a sum mary of the Turkish Red Book. The volume con tains despatches on the affairs of Crete, Servia, Roumania, on the closing of the Dardanelles to foreign war vessels, and some reports on internal affairs. HOMEWARD (HEAVY) INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. GIBRALTAR, April 18. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Bangalore arrived at two O'clock, and leaves for Southampton at five this afternoon, where she may be expected early on the morning of the 23d inst. AMERICA• QUEENSTOWN, April 19. _ - The Inman R oya l Mail steamer City of Cork, from Halifax, a rr i ve d at 6.15 t hi s morn i ng, with $6,000 in speci e , and having landed mails and passengers she proceeded for Liverpool immediately. BRAZIL. RIO DE JANEIRO, March 24. The sale of 10,003 A policies (Bonds) of $l,OOO each, by the Government, bad been effected at 79 to 791. FRANCE. BourtsE, April 17.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : 4-i per Cent. End of month.., 3 per Cent End of month 7l 221 Crodit Mobilier End of month 252 50 Cradit Foncier 1532 50 End of month.. Bank Shares "SSO It&l'an Fives 56 45 End of mouth — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Homo Debt — Deferred — s . Cash. Orleans 920 Northern - '''''''''''''''' ... 1095 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 6lBl Western ............ .. . Eastern r, -- Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4BO ; North of Spain sB} Saragossa tk4u4n umouturnoutu tu mmintmnfill Ni ___ ....... RAILWAI ..• CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY, April 18. Science and experience contribute to the perfection of every art ; but this march of progress is not without incon venience. One of the effects of scientific advances is a very undesirable improvement in the art of coining. So much progres has been made in this respect that there is but too much reason to apprehend a large and inevitable admixture of bad money with that now in circulation. The coiners of France and Belgium have just hit upon an extremely ingenious, and withal dangerous, expedient. They are coining twenty-franc pieces in platinum. The coin thus produced satisfies what has been hitherto the great desideratum of the "smasher." The weight is exactly equal to that of a gold coin. The sound so nearly resembles the ring of gold that only the most experienced ear can mark the difference. The imitation at first sight is per fect, the reliefs only being a little weak. But when con fronted with a piece of good money the platinum coin has a slight reddish reflection, which gold does not give forth. Then, again, platinum being heavier than gold, it is necessary to make the false coin a little thinner than the true one, in order to keep the weight exactly equal. These are the principal differences. But new money is clearly a dangerous innovation. People here are much rejoiced at the tone of a discus sion which has just taken place in the North German Parliament. At present the political direction of the Confederation is under the control of the Federal Chan cellor—Count Bismarck—assisted by commissions chosen by the Federal Council. No parliamentary responsibility attaches to this Administration which is preferred by the smaller States, because it leaves their special rights and private affairs within their own control. But the Prussian Liberals wish to change this system, and establish in its place a Federal Ministry which will be responsible to the North German Parliament. This assembly, composed of a large majority of Prussians, would thus virtually direct the affairs of all the States. Prussia's satellites would yield up the last remnant of their autonomy. Prussia has but seventeen votes out of forty-three in the Federal Council, and as the commissions which assist Count Bismarck are chosen from this body, and are not responsible to the North G erman Parliament, the small States manage to preserve some sort of independence. But under a respon sible Ministry, their existence even would be at the mercy of the assembly. Hence they stoutly oppose this Ministerial scheme, and Count Bismarck, too, has felt himself obliged to go against it. When the project was discussed on Friday, the Federal Chancellor declared that it was equivalent to a vote of no-confidence. "It would," he said "also tend to augment the antagonism between North and South Germany, which are at present very little disposed to unity." This remarkable confession has caused infinite gratification here. The Liberte prints that " confession " in that mixture of capitals and italics of which M. de Girardin is so fond, and which sometimes gives his paper the appearance of one huge advertisement. The semi-official papers, I need hardly say, are not back ward in manifesting their delight. Everybody knew that the Southern State were jealous of a Prussian alliance through fear of sharing the fate of Hanover and Saxony, but few imagined that the sentiment was so strong as to lead to an open acknowledgement from Count Bismarck. The Liberte and the Siecle are clearly neglecting their duties as organs of public opinion, which have at least one common object. Their quarrel about M. Emile 011ivier goes on from day to day. M. de Girardin has been challenged to a duel, and has refused because he has once experienced. the overwhelming shame of killing an antagonist in the process of demanding this sort of " satisfaction." He has never fought since, and declares that he never will. But be fights unceas ingly with his pen, and seems to overlook the fact that whilst he is cannonading the Siecle, the cause of "Liberty under the Empire," which he proclaims so loudly, is in danger of languishing. If the Left wish to weaken the bonds of despotism, they must be united. But though there may be some doubt as to the consequence of this ill-advised rupture, there can be none as to the Uneasiness which prevails in high places. The Left, with all its divisions, is formidable, but this is not all. Amongst the supporters of the Government—amongst some of its warmest supporters—there is a decided bias in favour of independent candidatures. Many, attached by all their antecedents to the existing Kgime, and classed by one consent in the ranks of the Conservatives, are seen throw ing off official control, figuring in the committees, and supporting candidates, who, though not hostile to the Government, are unmistakeably hostile to the system of official candidatures. Some of these candidates, who possess great personal influence, have shewn a decided inclination to reject official patronage. A considerable return of such men will be quite equivalent to an increase in the numbers of the Left, perhaps more so. ITALIAN DIFFICULTIES. (FROM OUR OWN coßntsroNnrusT.) FLORENCE, APRIL 13. The reopening of the Chambers yesterday has been marked by fresh postponement and renewed disappoint ment. The financial statement has been put off for the third time, and is now announced for next week. In the meantime the House is to occupy itself with the Budgets which remain to be passed. I mentioned in a former letter how distasteful this course would prove to the Left, and how anxious that section of the Chamber would be to get the financial statement of Ministers before laying down their arms and allowing the Budgets to pass. Accordingly the dissatisfaction expressed is great. Already, before the termination of the recess, the prin cipal leaders cf the Opposition had issued a circular to their friends, which was, in fact, a kind of bill of indict ment against the Government for domestic extravagance and the alleged subserviency of their foreign policy. Had the Republican movement, which has been just crushed in the bud, broken out next week, as it was intended to do, the position of the Government, attacked in and out of Parliament, might have become very critical, although the probabilities of a serious revolutionary outbreak were less than some journals would have us believe. As matters stand now, the Opposition, however eager for the fray, must perforce wait for the financial statement before making any attack, as the Minister of Finance has still the same pretext for delay that he had before, viz., the impossibility of presenting the arrangements with regard to the Church property in a complete state. I have kept you au courant f rom ti me t o time as regards the shifting phases of this affair, and your readers will think that there is no end to the forms which it assumes. No one can of course as yet be absolutely certain of the details of the proposed scheme, but this is what is confidently stated as to its nature. In the first place, the rote of financial deliverer is now to be entrusted to the National Bank instead of to the Association of French capitalists. It is alleged that it is not in con templation to make over to it any of the unsold property. You will remember that I stated on a former occasion that although about 200 millions of the ecclesiastical pro perty had been sold on paper, a very large proportion, more than half, in fact, of this amount remains to be liquidated over a term of eighteen years. It is with these and similar future arrears that it is said that the operation is to be effected. The Bank would thus make these pay ments in anticipation, charging a small discount. The sum thus obtained is to be applied, as originally intended, to the abolition of the forced currency, so as to procure its extinction by the end of 1871. As, however, the pay ments which could now be thus discounted do not amount to much more than 110 millions, it is difficult to see, if no other operation is contemplated, how the 300 millions, which all agree is the sum which the present convention is to realise, can be prudently advanced by the National Bank, unless the sales between this time and the end of 1871 can be counted upon as certain to be brisker than they have been hitherto. It is understood that the Bank exacts as a condition of the agreement that it shall be entrusted with the administration and service of the various provincial treasuries ; in other words, be consti tuted the tax-collector and paymaster-general. It is also believed that the bill will contain a clause placing the property of the "fabrics" on the same footi ng w ith th e rest, and thus putting at the disposal of Government the 180 millions which have been exempted from seizure by the recent decree of the Court of Cassation. Supposing this to be a correct statement of the Ministerial project with regard to the Church property, there still remains, as I wrote last week, a terrible amount of public debt to be dealt with. To bring this within reasonable proportions, it is believed that we shall have a forced loan, the terms of which are to be made as little burdensome as possible. Incomes under22,ooo or £1,500 are to be exempted from contributing, and the loan is to be paid up in six instalments spread over three years. At what total amount it may be in contemplation to fix it, we shall not know until next week brings us the authoritative utterances of Count Cambray-Digny ; in the meanwhile we must con tent ourselves with the gossip of the parliamentary salons. The commissioners sent over to report on the wants of the island of Sardinia have collected a good deal of informa tion, and have, it is believed, arrived at the conclusion as said as to its which, it to b ln e i iegtsrnitithe peasants is e eggs of their that the facts fully j The itsrslteirsaeatsei distress terriblesily nguishabl a m tl 1 8 rab great,lenemy, n c e a o rn d n added t d i t o t e ; e in devised ' theof killing t l h t e i m s . t oAbse regards thats the some evils o means fa m !i permanent l f , o l )e ItalianCllaraCt character territory,v ch thaffectey are this chieflym agn magnificent the population. Where nature has been so bouning to tiful, the inhabitants are so incorrigibly indolent, tion of a fresh element seems only remedy. t introduc- The . resources of the island are immense, 1 t those .vases in which attempts have been made to w„ j r u k lo r means . of foreign capital it has alwaysbeen found necessary to y y to import foreign workmen. A well - considered scheme e-ssa :; . f colonisation might do much, and a wouldrailrolNvhic•l open up the interior of the country might gradually " ' t. slag§ filvnyfibk chapplinAkm 2 a 2f a t. mulation. ifauul,t a s t i l o : (fel ,PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS, The first order on the paper this eveningts the continued consideration in committee of the Irish Church Bill, which will doubtless occupy the sitting until past midnight. The Marquis of Hartington will endeavour to have his two bills dealing with the Post Office Savings Banks and Government Annuities read a second time ; the Habitual Criminals Bill—which has succeeded in passing the Upper House—is also down for the same stage. Mr. Henderson will ask the Secretary of State for War whether any steps have been taken to carry out the recommendation of the Committee of 1807 for facilitating the retirement of officers at the age of 60 in the non purchase corps of the army ; Dr. Ball intends to put a question to the Secretary for Ireland concerning; the perpetuity of Irish Church leases ; and Mr. Ward Hunt will ask the President of the Poor-law Board whether he intends to deal with the question of vagrancy this session. The adjourned debate on the Party Processions (Ireland) Bill comes on to-morrow evening ; after which Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen will bring in a bill to establish county financial boards. Major O'Reilly's motion, that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, asking her to appoint a commission to inquire into the practices carried on at the late Dublin election, will meet with the opposition of Mr. Tom Collins, who is of opinion that the writ for a new election should at once be granted. Colonel Brise has given notice that he will ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to snake any provision for the payment of " the visita tion fee " hitherto legally chargeable on church rates. The battle of the law courts will commence in earnest, the principal champions being Mr. Gregory and Sir Roundell Palmer. As usual, Wednesday is likely to witness an exciting debate, and a division. Last week the Married Women's Property Bill was brought before the House ; next Wednesday Mr. T. Chambers intends once more to endeavour to make marriage with a deceased wife's sister legal. He is to be opposed by Mr. Assheton Cross, who will move that the bill be read a second time on that day six months. No less than three bills concerning the game laws of Scotland—being the productions of Mr. M'Lagan, Lord Elcho, and Mr. Loch respectively —are down for second reading. The Turnpike Roads Bill is also fixed for second reading. The farmers will have a grand field night on Thursday, their utmost energies being directed to the amendment of the Government bill on Contagious Diseases (Animals). The notices of motion alrea,ly fill several pages, the majority of which are to b 3 moved by members for agricul tural counties. Mr. Goldney will try to get his bill on county coroners read a sLcund time. The Newpaper Bill is entered for committee. Friday will essentially be a "pauper's" night. In the first place, Mr. Corrance will call the attention of the House to the existing state of pauperism and vagrancy in England, and the principle upon which the poor laws are at present administered. Such a subject is sure to give rise to a lengthened discus sion, after which the Assessed Rates Bill is proposed to be considered in committee. Mr. Goldney thinks the extraordinary career of Mr. Benjamin Higgs is well worthy the attention of the House ; and Sir Lytton Bulwer will ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether her Majesty's Government intends to prolong its present unsatisfactory position with respect to the Government of Spain ; he also intends to call atten tion to the absence of official relations with that country. Mr. Peter Taylor is of opinion that the late conviction for green-stealing at Salisbury is against the spirit of English law, and will endeavour to make the Home Secretary think likewise. TRADE AND FINANCE. As we pointed out last week, the condition of the money market is becoming very peculiar. There is a feeling of great ease out of doors, but the return of the Bank of England shews a very weak position of that establishment. Some action must be taken by the directors to remedy , this state of things, which can only be done by a further advance in the rate. It seems scarcely possible hat so high a rate as 5 per cent. could be maintained here in the face of the very low quotations on the Continent, as a large amount of capital would undoubtedly be attracted to this side. Then, again, the American exchange chews a rising tendency a sufficient sign that the European demand for Five-Twenty Bonds is satisfied for the present ; and as there is a large balance of trade against the United States, exclusive of all payments for interest on their securities, we may expect considerable shipments of bullion from that quarter. Never theless, there are some encouraging features which bid fair to restore the market to its natural state. A large amount of foreign loans has been contracted for, or is in course of negotiation, and these will absorb much of the surplus capital that now oppresses Lombard-street. India will apply for a small sum, and possibly our own Government may make a demand in order to carry out the purchase of the telegraph system. At the same time, there is a better feeling pervading trade. There is more disposition on the part of shippers to operate in Manchester goods, and, it is asserted, a slight fall in the price o' cotton would induce them to go in heavily. The leading event of the week, from a financial point of view, has been the publication of a prospectus for a second issue of bonds of the Nicoliti (Russian) Railway Company. The loan, however, has been met with little favour, as it is very evident that the finances of the Russian Govern. ment, under whose guarantee it is issued, are in the most desperate condition. The very terms offered shew that there is something wrong, although foreigners are scarcely able to tell where, on account of the mystery which has always shrouded Russian finance. It is a four per cent. loan of £11,000,000, issued at the price of 63, so that the Russian Government only secures £7,000,000, on which they really pay 6 per cent. It is surprising that a Government with a net revenue of 50 millions sterling should not be able to borrow on more equitable terms. We find, however, that the Budgets have been estimated in deficit for many years past, and little endeavour has been made to restore the finances to an equilibrium. The estimated deficit for the present year is £2,078,000 ; but, in all probability, it will be much larger. It must be borne in mind that the whole of the moneys raised o3tensibly for railway purposes go into the bands of the Government, who are supposed to provide the railway companies with the funds as they requirethem. It would he desirable for the bondholders to know what progress the lines are making, and how much of their money has been applied to the purposes for which it was raised. As far as we can see, the progress made has not been very great, as the guarantee on railways only increased £15,000 in 1869 over 1868, according to the Budget. As Russia borrowed largely last year, both here and on the Continent, this can hardly represent the true state of affairs; and, certainly, the whole aspect of the question is most unsatisfactory from a bondholder's point of view. It is not probable, therefore, that many subscriptions will be obtained to the loan in this market. There has been a decided reaction in the tin trade, owing to the unsatisfactory sale of Bonca in Holland. Prices have given way about f 3 per ton ; but, as we write, there is more firmness apparent. In other departments of trade very little of interest has taken place. The corn trade has ruled very dull, and factors, yielding at length to the pressure which has been put upon them, have submitted to a further decline of ls. to 2s. per quarter. Even at this reduction, however, millers have shewn very little dispo sition to operate, and the transactions have been of quite a retail character. According to present arrangements, the Queen is expected to pay her annual spring visit to Balmoral on or about the 15th of May. "ler Majesty is expected to remain fur about four weeks. Another death arising out of the recent accident at Highbrooks Colliery, near Wigan, is reported, making the number of victims thirty-six. The fund for the relief of those who were dependent upon the victims amounts to about £4,800. The case of diss Sheddon, so familiar to the public for many years past, is, it is said, likely to come before Lord Penzance, in the Probate Court, to-morrow, in a very important form. The Attorney-General or the Solicitor- General will probably lead in it. MURDER AND SUICIDE.—A murder was com mitted on Saturday afternoon, in Fleet-lane Farrindon street, by a labouring man, upon a woman with whom he cohabited, and he then committed suicide. The man was of indifferent character, for he seldom worked, pre ferring, it is said, to live in idleness upon a small annuity which the woman possessed, and upon the proceeds of fusee selling, which some of the woman's children carried on. It appears that the man and won an,-whose names are respectively Territ and Stallion, lived with the five children in two small rooms, at 33, Fleet-lane, and on the mcrnirg of the tragedy Territ and Stallion, with two others, went to the Holloway Prison to fetch the eldest boy of the woman home, he having on Saturday concluded seven days' im prisonment, to which lie had been sentenced for stealing some trifles in the City. The party celebrated the occasion by getting intoxicated, and the man Territ, while thus intoxicated, spoke as if jealous of the woman. He was. seen going into his rooms about midday. Shortly after, the boy, who had just Leen brought home from prison, went into the rooms and found both the man and woman, with their throats cut, lying in a pool of blood on the bed. Dr. Wilson, of Farringdou-street, attended, and found that both were dead. There is little doubt that the man drew the woman upon the bed and cut her throat, and then cut his o .vn, both actions being so effestu a l as to mum immediate dtatl4,j _ GOVER2VMENT AND THE TELEGRAPP.4 The Marquis of Hartington has given public notice Oa6 . application is t 3 be made to P ar li amen t i n the pres eo session for leave to introduce a bill and pass an -A ct , 1 ° effect the following objects :-1. To alter, amend, ext ell i: and enlarge th e p owers an d prov i s i ons o f t h e Telegrgl , Act, 1868 (hereinaft er ca ll e d th e A ct o f 1868), m 1,41 if ' n eed A,t, be, to vepeal some of the powers a n d p rov i s i ons of such PT., 2. To make better provision for the protection of the pub a i l Revenue, to arise und er th e prov i s i ons o f t h e Act of 18 ; and of the prop ose d A c t. 3 . T o con f er on the P o stinast e " . General the exclusive privilege of collecting and trari : nutting, for money or other valuable consideration , sages by elect r i c an d o th er t e l egrap h s t h roug hout t" United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, an,. 4 :1 create exemptions from suc h p r i v il ege. 4 . T o Po u : the establishment o f an y new un d erta ki ng an d the fall' . tion of works for the purpose of collecting or transmitting, for money or other valuable consideration, messages 1e electric and other t e l eg r a ph s i n th e U n i te d Ki ng d o m;and , e extension of any ex i s ti ng wor k s b e l ong i ng to any c omP a l l ,' ; ', corporation, or persons, f or th e conveyance o f message. s :; electric and other telegraphs in the United Kingdonl fo money or other valuable consideration ; and to exting ills e all rights and pri v il eges connec t e d w i t h such eistini) works ; and to conf e r, v ar y, or ex ti ngu i s h ot h er r ights privileges in connection with the carrying into full 013 d complete effect the object s an d p urposes o f th e inten ci : t Act. The solicitor t o th e P os t Offi ce i s to ac t in t' g capacity for the bill, and Messrs. Wyatt and lies Parliament-street, are the parliamentary agents. I BEVOLLECTIONS OF THE SIAMESE TWINS. A correspondent of Land and Water furnishes sn ai l interesting particulars of his acquaintance with :if Siamese Twins. In the year 1830 he lived for some vi e : under the same ro o f w ith th em, an d was i n daily p course with the " good gentle creatures,,, At that tiOeit there was nothing p a i n f u l i n th e contemplat i on o f misfortune. Being lithe and supple, they were caPab ie t , enjoying much f ree d om an d even var i ety of moveine-ti Their lively dispo s iti ons ma d e t h em most amusing eti; panions, and they were wont to mimic the odd retat' r o made of them in p u bli c . E ven at that period Chang 11; less active th an hi s b ro th er, and would afford ente rtain went to lookers-on by p u tti ng hi s f oot on a chair, °ts saying in a voice of mock authority, "Eng, tie my sli c ' e ;; a request which was always complied with. One even i A . , a merry party of half-a-dozen or so assembled , Siamese Twins and the narrator being of the party. 5 ° ., 133 ,1 thing being said of a hill in the neighbourhood, it ' le resolved to visit it, and having clambered up, the W lW e j party, the Siamese in the centre, started off full oP e over the smooth and steep descent. In the midst t be r , came upon a hurdle fence, four or live feet high, b ef° 6l . which all the party except the twins suddenly stoPP t ; they, " with the agility of young deer, leaped over ,',; ( 1 On going to the Egyptian Hall the other day, the h' e t , of their young days was painfully shocked at appearance of the twins, and the contrast E ng lle piesented to the ima g e i n hi s mind. Pjlt having unf or t una t e l y grown an i nch or two tie than Chang, the constant leaning on one another I's: brought about a deviation in the spine of each, an cl .4 l :ll ligament that unites th em h as grown more rigid ;T:1, time, so that they cannot move so f reely as in other ai tif These painful impressions have been, however, gr e !,", diminished since h e h as seen t h em i n their quiet hnwoet affectionate and happy, retaining the Christian nanl et : their friends aft er f or t y years o f a b sence, and care ful shew how kindly they had been remembered. Th °tl ,e Chang and Eng a re very i n t e lli gent, the i r long resi ci A e- by in a remot e p ar t o f th e S tates has kept them unspo iled the world and its ways, and to their friend they ha ve 'lO none of the attractiveness of the " Siamese youths_ knew and loved so many years ago. Lord March was on Saturday returned witb °lll opposition for West Sussex. It is stated that the living of St. Mary, Nelr i ton, has been conferred on the Rev. W. 1), 11.1011111; M.A., honorary s ecre t ary t o t h e L ondon Diocesan Cl iw b fr o Building Society, and curate of Enfield, Middlesex. emoluments will probably be about £2,000 per an nure• While most of the other members of Mr. ° l° o stone's Cabinet have been brought up at various lo b o schools, Mr. John Bright forms a marked exception t ° to rule. He received his early education at a small Pr i `; r i school in Yorkshi re , an d mus t h ave l e f t t h at sc h o ol i r s' o . young, as at fifteen he was perched on a stool in a 133° facturer's counting-house to learn business. rl‘ THE OAKS COLLIERY.—The ex pl orers at IC° in the Oaks Colliery a few days ago found a watch ifl o waistcoat pocket which belonged to a young named John Harper, of Ardsley, 'whose body " I ' B covered on the 9th of November last from the first of No. 2 Jenny. On being wound up, the watch aid 1117 seem to have sustained the least injury. CABINET COUNCIL.—At the Cabinet Council b el t' at Downing -street on Saturday, the Ministers 1 0e5 e O l , were the Right H on . W . E . Gladstone , , the Lord ( Is, cellor, Earl d e G rey an d Ri pon, the Earl of Kirnberfl' the Right H on . 11. A. B ruce, t h e E arl of Clarendon,' oil Granville, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Du l f, f e ,fr Argyll, the Ch ance ll or o f th e E xc h equer, t h e Ri g ht ry Hugh Childers, the Right Hon. J. Bright, the Right G. J. Goschen, the Marquis of Hartington, and the Hon. C. Fortescue. At the last monthly meeting of the SocietY fbe the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, t is ji Bishop of Ely in th e c h a i r , th e b us i ness proceeded /1 tolerable smoothness until the balloting for incorpoilteo, members arrived, when Mr. J. C. Colquhoun, the known Protestant champi on , an d c h a i rman o f t h e Cl Association, was reject e d on th e b a ll o t , t h e numbersile'o, declared to be, ayes, 29 ; noes, 40; majority ag ainst , .0 A scene of considerable e xc it emen t ensue d, an d t? tl if f was given to re-propose Mr. Colquhoun at 11 f ut meeting. g „ ACCIDENT AT TILE SURR EY T HEATRE. —On $a t o day night, when " True to the C ore " was fi n i s hed at 03 Surrey Theatre, the crowd in the gallery rushed out' ¢,l. pressed so heavily against the barrier on the second i'7 o l ing, where checks were being given, as to force it oe i v vo its place. Of course a great portion of the crowd n ple precipitated down the lowe r s t a i rs , an d severa l P e vyt were seriously hurt. O ne man h a d hi s l eg b ro k en , en 3t re il, had an arm broken, and a third had his ribs fract ti b et These three were taken t o G u y' s H osp it a l . S eve ral 0" persons also suffered severely. U HYDROPHOBIA IN A FLO CK OF D la SHEEP.---"" ~r 1 0" the past two or thre e mon th s h ydrophobia has been 01".401 ingly prevalent in the neighburhood of Preston, :01 especially so in th e t own i tself. Many valuable dtitt all breeds h ave b een d estroyed at the police-station Wpb prussic acid, the whole number, good, bad, and indiffegfel amounting to tw o or th ree scores, or more. About ""fi weeks ago nine lambing ewes, the property of Mr. Dr l/13 : 0 01 Bradley Hall Farm, Croston, six miles from Fr e , B iteil were bitten by a s t range d og, and having since exln h 'tli undoubted symptoms of rabies, have just been destroyed. The lambs were preserved. il b " GOOSE" WHEAT. —Some years since a goose was shot in Washington Territory, and a few g r ;.? of wheat were t a k en f rom i ts craw. Being veil 100 and full, they w ere p reserve d and planted. The yield 00 found to he so great as to lead to its propagation, " 00 9 0 this variety, which is known in the territory as the "g ybe wheat," has b ecome a standard one in that section °', country. S am pl es o f t hi s w h eat were recently sen t to jo g agricultural department at Washington. Upon exare n iri el the sampl es a t th e museum, o f w hi c h t h ere are sonlersl9o varieties, the same wh ea t was f oun d, b e i ng on e 01 ,, g samples sent from the Paris Exp os iti on , an d groa t ' Cuenca, in Spain.— The Garclener'.s Magazine. O jd DULCE Domum.—Everybody knows the Winchester holiday song beginning " D u l c d Dorn tio t yo but it is not everyone who is familiar with the step i 0 the circumstances under which it was composed. 0 10 traditionally reported to have been the production dr poor solitary boy some three centuries hack, who W P :001 tained at school during the summer holidays, and 1 , 0 01 pining under the " Domum El m " f or hi s f ar -di s tant "/ in a day when there was no such things as railwaY° 00 0 telegraphs, left this sweet l egacy b e hi n d hi m. Its , r 4. that he died of a brok en h ear t b e f ore hi s schoo lf e llolloo turned to the " coll ege ;'' but it is only fair to add tradition is not borne cut by the tone of the stanzas // 00 0 0 compose the song, whi c h, th oug h l ov i ng and ten d e r i s e decidedly of a joyous character.—Guardian. f pl DELIGHTED BUFFALOES BRADAWLS a je l SCIZATCHEnS.—The buffaloes found in the telegraPl i e FO of the overland li ne a new source of delight on the trerAtol) prairie —the novelty o f h av i ng someth i ng t o 5e tele' against. Ent it was expens i ve scratc hi ng f ur the r tbe graph company ; and th ere, i n d ee d , was the ru b, f° ije° bisons shook down miles of wire daily. A brig ht /0 0 111 struck somebody to sen d t o S t . L ou i s an d Chicage wer' , the bradawls that could be purchased, and thes e x ll driven into the poles with a view to wound the al' e tef and check their rubbi ng p ropens it y . N ever wa s ag r mistake. The buffaloes were delighted. For th e ,' time they came to the scratch sure of a sensation thick hides that thrilled them from horn to Oi l ' would go fifteen miles to find a bradawl. Th e Y„d ti ) „ - huge battles around the poles containing them, victor would proudly climb the mountainous heap ° , f 0 0 and hump of the fallen, and scratch himself into 13118 5 be e j the bradawal b ro k e or p o l e came d own . There ha Of no demand for bradawls fpnttir . gifr4,933,„ first invoke, MUN COII3II :pvl eir,ri.rl G ei enhoc o peideosn v rei 1, renasegi Console i)ate n laysser..n m e. thufto e mtnr( dullness tha of the leading In the Rally; was Caledoni is still i belo' count, 93i N. Tkree 1885 , 11 13. . ditto £lOO, England Sto( ditto 5 per „ Ce nt., Oct., t I a I e t tolnnntd Mexican,. A .t'u, Russ ianh , r 9 ea.lsi. For 1 0 ; ild49dia 1 30 1; Tu ditt o gii and Metro t lsl i 'tll7' ll 4lB- o e 4l r s:l t it hB3: :80Gr4111152a:riaireB1i:vfta3t0Lit3eal:r:13;(1 Chathaol and 13:::: American i n 1 : North 4 ' k ' nel .13 97 a i n k on S 9 i t B ir i e p a o n a r d t t u e _ Th e Bum c The I n di a I taken out x,25 t It 0 the contecap properties rec( banking estal th at resort wil market. It is also sta ing out of the of Turkish raj South Austrian There is a 11 £10,000,0000 the Spanish Messrs. Oppet Sulzbach, of Powerful estab the 22d and 23 T he coupon per Cent. Loa] ba due course. With referee went 41 per ce Baring Broth CO., of Amst £lOO,OOO sterli June next. The fiscal ap have given noti per Cent. Gat the Sinking F Sinking Fund sentative of Gu meat for author £ l O,OOO during most liberal int bonds." The fifth ord holders of the Financ.; Cornpa City Terminus inst. The ship Lori outward boun, been totally los bon at Lloyd's I 18th of March, had on board 1 ship, was insure The report ol pany (Limited) tions, and state, as soon as the v sion of the privi commended by will be granted. A special gei District Railwa: of May, to eons poses to grant f The report of Provincial Law annual meeting, were 220 in nut clueing in new 9d. The total £77,237 9s. 6d., amounted to £9 which have bee including bonus+ ing assurances e assets of the soc BRITISH " Per C g o ent intitNMENT Ditto Consol for Accou Nper Cent. Reduc ett/. 8 per Cent ew 21 per Cent. Do. per Oen Annuities, 80 yrs, Do. for 80 yrs, a Do (Red Sea Te Exchognor Bill s, D 2 DO. Zl Beak of England De. opening ..n. Canad a 4 per Cet Inter-Oolonial Um INDIAN Uovz India stock, 10# p Do. Opening, in , Do. 5 per Cent. Do. 4 per Cent., Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paj Do. 5 per Cert., DO D 5} pe r sDDDpoeie.br ~c5O O pn e et n : Do. Bonds, 4 per Do. under £1.O( FoREWN Argentine Republl Do., Scrip £45 Au -Arian Bonds . 6 Do. Brazilian 5 per Ca Do. Do. 4} per Cent. do. Do. de. Do. do. o o. 5 per Cent., Accont ...... Cuba. B ienos u Ayres 6 pe Do 2 per Cent. 0 Outliittl 6 per Ce n t . , per Cent, Do. 41 per Cent., Do. 8 per C ont., Do Do. G per co.‘t. 1. 7 C ehia per Cen t . , 6 Da per ( anish, 3 per Cent u..tuau Pr:ocipa Do 8 per Cent., I tquador Neve Coo E;ntian 7 per Cei SPcond 188 U O. .£s)i. Bowls. D. .£lOO Bonds. Do. Do. Do. .C5OO Bonds 4106 Bonds. English Scrip, 1 D o do Governteent Ra Greek 5 per Cent., Do. Account .... ;Do. Coupons Do. Account .... Guatemala 5 per Cc Row:hum Gov Rail. Wll O'S GRAINGE R? LICENSEE VICTUALLERS' TOBACCONIST, SIEEPHERD'S-BUSII. he SPORTI , G EDITIO V of "THE SUN" r>> he seen a GRAINGER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eigh ,'click.