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

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocK. ADVANCE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUN T. The Bank directors, at their meeting to-day, have made an advance of 1 Fer cent. in the official rate of discount, making the present minimum 4 per cent. Consols are 921 3 2/ for money; ditto, for Ac count, 93 91; Three per Cent. Reduced, 91 i; New Three per Cents, 911 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, —; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., shut. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 14 prem. In the foreign market Turkish Five per Cents have receded 1, to 411 41}; Italian Five per Cents. are 55i 55i ; Mexican, 15} 151 ; Greek, 11f 12 ; New Spanish Three per Cents., 31 31i ; and Hon duras Railway Loan, 83 85 ex coupon. The other prices remain unaltered. American Five-Twentie are I lower, at 83+ 83j, and the 1855 and Ten-Forty Bonds i-, at 82 821, and 73i 741 respectively. Erie Railway Shares have given way I to 24+ 241, and Illinois Central stock is 1 lower, at 961 96+. The Danubian Loan is 1, 1 prem., and the De bentures of the Trouville Association I, 1 prem. In the Railway Market Caledonians are 1 per cent. higher. Metropolitan have fallen / I, Sheffield +, Midland 1, Great Eastern and London and North Western 1 lower. The following are the quota tions :—Caledonian, 80 + ; Great Western, 49+, bo+ ; Great Eastern, 36+ 371; Great Northern, 1071 81 ; ditto A, 109 1 ; Lancashire, 1221 223 ; Metropolitan, 102+ 3 ; Midland, 1161 ; Shef field, 56 + ; Brighton, 481 49 ; North British, 35 36 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 102 3 ; South Eastern, 751 751 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 16 16/ ; and North Western, 1151 1151. Atlantic Telegraph Stock is 26 27, the Eight per Cent. Preference Shares at 31 3+, and Anglo- American Telegraph Sivires at 221 22+. A sum of £26,000 in United States eagles was taken from the Bank yesterday for transmission to i America. The total withdrawal for the week is £233,000. The New York, from New York, has brough 15,200. The bar silver by the West India Packet has been sold at ss. Ofd. per ounce, showing no change of importance. A circular has been issued by the Governor and Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company, stating that, in consequence of engagements which Sir Stafford Northcote is unable to postpone, it will be out of his power to attend the proposed meeting on the 7th of April. It is, therefore, intehded to bold that meeting pro forma only, adjourning it to Friday, the 9th inct. The liquidators of the English and American Bank (Limited) have declared a further division of the capital of 10s. per share, making with the for mer diAributions 95 per cent. of the amount paid up on the shares. The directors of the Great NI estern Railway of Canada have decided upon recommending a divi dend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, reserv ing £3,000 for the rennwal of ferry steamers, and carrying forward to the current half-year the sum of a 577 17s. Id. ___ The report of the directors of the Agra Bank (Limited) to the proprietors, for the meetidg on the 14th of April, states that the net profits rea lised enable them to recommend for distribution among the A shareholders an amount which, with what has been already paid to them, will make up a dividend for the last two years at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum. A meeting took place yesterday of the East India Land, Credit, and Finance Company (Limited). With reference to the realisation of the assets during the past year, it was stated that the deben ture and deposit debts have been entirely extin guished, and that, with the exception of £7BB, the company has no liabilities. In addition to £40,000 returned to the shareholders in 1868, a further sum of £20,000, being at the rate of £1 per share will be paid back on the sth of April. At the half -yearly meeting of the North British Railway Company the report was adopted. The Chairman stated that the directors had agreed to request the Caledonian Company to refer all matters of dispute between them to the Marquis of Salisbury. At the annual meeting of the British-American Luid Company, the report was adopted, and a dividend of £1 per share declared. A dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was declared by the British Gas Light Company. At the meeting of the Universal Private Tele graph Company the accounts showed a balance of £8,344, and a dividend was declared at the rate of 4 per cent. for the half year, making a total distri bution of 7 per cent. for the twelve mouths. At the meeting of Price's Patent Candle Com pany a dividend was declared at the rate of 2i per cent, per annum. At th meeting of the Canada Company the direc tors' report for the year ending December last was was adopted. ,; At the meeting of the British American Land Company,la dividend d e ll per share,was declared, and the directors' report was adopted. At a meeting of the United Land Company, a dividend was declared at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income tax. The half-yearly dividend (due 15th April next) on the Bonds of the Four and a Half per Cent. Swedish Government Loan of 1864 is announced for payment. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Accou n t, per Cent. Reduced 914 New 3 per Cent New 2} p er C ent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen ~ an. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for Su yre, expire sth April 1886 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchoquor Bills, £l,OOO, 24 per Ct. Do. £5OO .£lOO a £2OO 1 Bank of England. Stock, 4 per Cent Shut bat. opening ....... .......................... Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds lnter-Celonial (Minium .... . INDIAN tiOVIIMNMANT •....... India stock, 104 per Cent., April 18'74... 212 Do. Opening, for Account .................. -- Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 ............... 112/ Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ............... 100 k Do. Certificates .............................. Do. Enlaced Pape. 4 per CAnt.. ...... Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 18 7 2 Do. 84 per Cent. May 1879 03 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 1877 Do do Do. do. 1882 — Dv. Deb., 5 per Cent. Aug. 1873 — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Do., Scrip £45 p a id .. Au - Arian Bonds b per c en t Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 1858.... Do. do. 1860 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Bo} } B aenos Ayres 6 per Cont. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Ca'A, 6 per Cent. o. , iiiati 6 per Cent _. no. 4} per Cent... Do. 3 per Cent., .... Do. 6 per co st. 1867 Do. 7 per Cent. 1866 C .lo iluntn, 6 per ' Cent. Da i 8 3 p-ir Cent. , 1825 Dan eian Pri • - • .:'"*" Do 8 per Ce n n c t i .r 11A17es' 7 i.er Cent tryavlioarti,N7o.7_(;oensolidated, 1 per Cent 1-''''r L; all ..._ ii( Secood issue . * E n o : £ X 5 10 0 0 (, BEonunla ................................... .... u 8 ...................... Do, 1k64 . ........ Do. A.ccount D. ,1;51,1! Ponds ........... , D0..1.10C Ponds English Scrip, 1568 Do do. Zl5 pd ...... laGovernment PailwaY I) o , u r .„ 971 met 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coup s s — Do. Account .. ............... . ... -... DU. Co u p ons .....- - ........................... .•4 — Do. Account .............................I — --- Gußtnrnala 5 per Cent . — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd I tali... per cent., 1865 — Do. Account .. — Do 'viiremunina Railway.. \force . :3 per Cent .. Ditto for Account ;Jo. 1864 — Do 1 per Cent. Anglo-French — Lonterideau 6 per Cent. Mc.c•rish Imperial 5 per Cent N'e , : Granada l7i I- Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred nirtivian i." per Cent. 1865 Do At.couut .. 791 1 D., 41 per Cent. (I.ll:' , arren) ....... ... ;1" •;: .ei- Cent.. 1862 . — Do Acc - , i.t Portssguese 3 per Ct., 1853 5 '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,' 361 Du. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, .£2O paid — 1i , i,3,-3ian 5 ~, A . Cent.. 18:::::, X 6 t Do 4,t, per Cent , 1850 DO V I per Cent., 18b0 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 - Do 5 per Cent., 186'2 „, 861 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds. Do. du. £B4 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9ll Do. do .£B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 67-1- Bar Lilian a pt.r Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . -- Do. Ace , .unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. _New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do d., Scrip — Turkish 6 per Cent.) . „ • — Do Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do ,EIOC Bonds 69f k Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 - — Dividends on the above pay tole in Lue.. Austrian e per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent.,Ex. 25f. Dutch 'it per Cent. x. 12 GO, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Whin. 5 per Cent. 1851, E . ..;. zof. Do Account — CLOSING PRICES. Oonsols, Money . 92! Do. Account, April 8 POLICE .11NITELLIGE1VCE.-7his Day. WES 1 MINSTER. HABITtAL CRITIMAS.—JuIin Sweeney, a young man, was placed at the bar charged with robbing James Pem berton of 3s. 6d. at a public-house at Chelsea. Mr. Horton, an inspector of the B division, said that tharo was no prosecutor. Mr. Selfe—Let the prisoner be put back till the last. I shall not part with him while there is a chance of any ouo appearing against him. Mr. Horton (after an interval of a few in'nutes)— I find that the prisoner's mother has compromised the case by pa, ing the prosecutor money. She is here. Mr. Selfe How is this, Mrs. Sweeney ? Mrs. Sweeney —lt's quite true. I gave him ss. not to coma against my sun. Mr. Selfe—llere if you did you did very wrong, and are liable to be indicted for compromising a Llony ; so is the prosecutor. Thu mother—l thought it was the thing I could do. I parted with some clothes to do it. Mr. Selfe—lt is no goad. Your son is always here for this sort of thing. You may do nothing else. H• is one of thn persons who, when the now law comes iuto opera tion, we shall have to look after. Mother—He is very good to mo when he gets work. Mr. Selfe—He is continually Lora for offences of this description. Mind 1 will not permit of any future com promises. You may have acted in ignorance; now if you do it again you must take the consequences. Prisoner was discharged. MARLBOROUGII-STREET. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Mary Ann Williams, about 2 years of age, was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and annoying gentlemen, and was further charged with making several attempts to destroy herself. Daniel Palmer, 54 C, said that about nine o'clock the previous night he saw the prisoner, who had been drink ing, accost two or three gentlemen in Leicester-square and take hold of them, and she then came up and took hold of him (witness), and he then took her to the station with the assistance of three other constables. The pri soner had been several times locked up, and nine times out of ten she was carried to the station on the stretcher. Mr. Kflox remanded the prisoner for a week, and ordered her to be at once taken to the House of Deten tion in a cab. A DISORDERLY GENTLEMAN. —Mr. Cecil Dwyer, staying Pt an hotel in Germyn-street, was charged with being drunk and making use of obEcene language, and the case having been proved by police-constablo Fish, 42 C B, Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 10s. or seven days. THAMES. A MARINE THIEF._John Dyer, a well-known thief, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with stealing a coat from the deck-house of a ship in the West India Dock. The prisoner was seen prowling about the dock. He was known to be a thief and closely watched. He was seen to go on board a ship named Sarah Bank, and take a coat from the deck-house, which he put on. Directly he came on shore he was arrested with the coat upon him. H• stole another coat from a ship last December. He visited a ship a few weeks ago, and directly he left a coat was missing. Be bad been in the practice of hanging about ships for the purposes of plunder. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to four months' imprisonment and hard labour. PEMBROKE ELECIION PETITION. MS DAY. (BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PEMBROKE, Thursday—This morning the peti tion against the return of Mr. Meyrick was ap pointed to be tried before Baron Martin, who had announced his intention to sit at ten o'clock. Notice of his intention to withdraw the petition had, how ever, been given ; but, as it was expected the ap plication would be made in court, the public attended at the appointed hour. The mayor, after waiting an hour, withdrew. 711 E HUSH NA7IONAL ASSOCIATION ON REPEAL, DUBLIN, Wednesday Night. —At a meeting of the National Association to-day, a resolution was una nimously adopted, declaring that they regard the ;new agitation for Repeal to be a hollow pre tence—a mere sham—put forward in the interest of an unjust anti- Irish ascendancy party. One of the rev. speakers said it was right to let the English know that the attempt was viewed with contempt by the people of Ireland. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (BY T ELI 0 RAP II) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, March 31—Julia, from Moss. Arrived, April I—Giraffe, steamer, from Boulogne; Blanche, steamer, from Dunkirk; Aurora, steamer, and Waterloo, steamer, from Rotterdam; Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp. Sailed panther, steamer, for Boulogne; Blonde, steamer for Dunkirk ; Hobe, stoamer, for Antwerp. Sovinto, from London, for Cadiz, returned damaged. Passed DEAL, Thur s d ay M orn i ng. , March 31 .—Chetali, from London, for Hong kong ; Coquimbo, barque, f rom t h e north, for the west ; Nancy Pass a rson' from L ondon, for Valparaiso. , April I— Biddick, screw steamer, from Sunder land for Rouen; Isle of Beauty, of Sundorland, from the north for the west. Anchored—Her Majesty's steamer Medusa, from the westward; Italian bar que, from Odessa for Hull; has with an a nc h or and 6U fathoms of chain, s been s n Colombo b in lieu of others lost. BuNr—MessrB. Rr. Co(ublishesdand Co., of New p Scott dow n MUSIC. linWton-street g , have just comic songs, written and composed by mr, threeAlfredvery capital Catty. They are entitled respectively, utit me," "Medicine Jack," and "Br a g " — the former has to be come one of the most prominent songs in the prog ren , -- me of the Royal Christy Min3trels ; the second is replete with genuine fun and humour; and the third is a dashing effu sion from a lively young lady ; and although it is of the period," yet it is devoid of vulgarity end can be sung with good effect at a merrymaking in the family circle. A very pretty ballad, " When the roses blow," has also been published by the same firm, which will find great favour amongst those who delight in pure and simple melody. The songs from Messrs. Cocks and Co. are invariably good, and although we have not before met with any comic effusions published by them, the three we have just received are so excellent that we shall not be surprised to see more of the same description issue from New Burlirgton-street. THE SUN, LONDON, nirRSDAY EVENING, AtRtL 1, 1E69. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing biamests\ Share NAME, Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all; 121 131 16 121 13 121 I') Do B lt) 34 41 4f34 i 50 Albion 90 Alliance. Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 101 2 1 204 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian ISGG, limited 10 51 41 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 15 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 5 4 23 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Austral:la all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 311 10 Bank of .s: ew Zealand all 17 18 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China all 20/ 211 211 1 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all 291 301 30 20 City 100 Colonial 25 391 401 10 Consolidated, litre. 50 Delhi and London, lint - 50 East London, Hill 6 2 1 20 English and American, inn 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of itio do Ja neiro. lint lO pr 1p 20 English, zncottish, and Ins - tralian Charter'ed — all Hi 171 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 281 Do new 5l 11 21 100 Imperial, lim 2O 161 171 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 11 el 121 1 .:5 lonian all 24 26 25 Do new 6 1 , , 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lira 4 31 31 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 75 78 30 London I3anki of .leiico and South America, lim. 20 5 4 100 Loudon and Brazilian, lira. 45 32 28 20 Do new 71 51 41 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 10 11 25 Do new 10 21 211) 121 20 London Chart. of Australia all 241 25 20 London and County 2O tA/ 52 10 i 50 Do new iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 ... London Joint Stock 1 32 33 3 21 London and South African al 9 1 9 1 00 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 11 9 150 London & Venezuela, lim l2l . ... 100 London and Westmi ns t er. 20 64 611 631 4 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 5 3 7 I 10 Metropolitan, lim all 7 74 100 Midland, lim. 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 Id a lp 100 National I'rovinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do i3O National. 3O ... .. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 44 50 Proviuc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 6 6 4/ 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 66 90 10 Do new. all ... ... 351 100 Staud. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 13 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia, all 461 471 47 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Cialoa of Loudon l3 36 37 351 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lint alli 221 221 22j 10 Anglo. Mediter Tel., lint 10 12i 121 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 2 • 2$ 27 st Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 204 54 104 154 25 Australian :don. Laud and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 9 7 .5a 10 ileriiu Water Works, lint, all lit 141 10 Do. New G 3 4 100 Boickow Vaugnan, litn• ••• au 8 13 5 Bombay Gas, inn. 5 Do. New 4 11 id 5+ British A:113110am Land 44 16 lit st B. ana 1. ida,netic 100 160 165 20 British i u,lian Tea, lint. ..• all 21 Si 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 10 Canadian Loan and Inv,mt inent, lint 2l 2 1 d 20 Ceylon Company, hut. •••• • 10 31 3,1 20 On. A snares 10 City oiscoant, 1101 5 25 City of London ilea! Pro perty, lint 9 41 31.1 30 City of Milan Improv : Inn all 5 6 23 City of Moscow Gas, lint_ all 50 City Offices, lint 25 20 25.1 50 Colonial, lull. Do. 50 Cousmercia. 'lnion (Assnr) 5 it, p 10 Company of African Mer cnants, lint. 20 Continental Union Gas, hut all 20 21 25 Copper Miners of England, prof 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bwids, 1877, 41 per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1679, 4 i par cent. all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1682, 44 pet ce nt. . all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 21 21 21 50 Croditlon.of Mauritius Inn lO 31 21,1 st Crystal Palace lOO 1) '2l st Do. Preference lOO 27 102 st Do. 6p. c perpetual Deb lO9 107 11 20 Darjeeling, lint. 10 Eastern Assam, lint ... 50 East Indian Land CreJit 62 66 and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all .. .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lien. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gus. by Egypt. Gov all 95 051 551 6 20 Egyptian Cont.& Trad. lim 6 .. .. st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2 0 2 5 0 241 5 10 Do. New 8 9 lip 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 i 1.5 English and Foreign Credit 71 41 3,A 100 Eug. and Scot. qarine, lint. 8 ..' L i 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 2 10 20 Fore-street Warehouse,lim l2 1 11p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust sad Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all $6 87 861 SO Gollivarei, lien 2O 10 General Credit & Die., lien 7l 1/ 11 51 15 General Steam Navigation 14 '27 29 50 Ilotn?.& Col Marine In. lien. 5 3 lei 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 121 121 121 if 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lint 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO ... ... 20 Internet. Financial Soc. lint 5 11 13 37 13 20 Interns. Land Credit, Urn 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land g ld p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 24 5 4 100 Do. 6 p. c Bits., redeem 1870, issued :30 all 61 63 50 Land Securities, lien 5 '2l 11d 25 Loudon African Trading lO 7 5:1 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 ••• •••cl lo Loudon County Land and Building, lint.•s Lond. Provincial Tel, lint all •21 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all P IP 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lint 30 211 201 4 Lond.Gen.Onanibus.Co.lim. all 2 21 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 12 16d 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine '2 6 1 d pr 1 4 4 at Madras Irriga. & Canl. Uua. sp.c. by ludia Gov. 10 Mauritius Laud, Credit, and Agency, 1int...... 10 mecuterra. Even. Tel., lim all 4 41 50 • Merchant Shipping, lien. 80 Mlllwall Iron Works,l lieu 121 ••• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 111 12 111 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 30 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, Um. 6 3 4 30 10 New Consolidated Dies. lim. 3 1 1 1 1d 5 „ eNN• Quebrada, lint 44 0 41 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer cantile Agency, tint 2l i IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 5 11 14 10 Northern Assam Tea, lien 5 7 5 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lint lOO 43 53 50 North Brit. & Menace. In 6l 20 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 12 1 171 50 Oriental Financial, lira ll ..• ... 1 5 Oriental Gas, lint, all 71 8 5 Do. New 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim 2 id iP 5 Ottoman Gas, lim a ll 14 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all 5 Do do, - at p ee l R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 31 34 50 Poulton. & Oriental Steam all 491 501 50 Do. Now 1867 lO 114 01 9 25 Reuter's Telegram all 48 53 50 laynaney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Int.,lim all 19 19/ 181 20 Do. Gas, lint all 24 26 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 40 42 401 at Scottish Alllit. Invest., lint lOO 83 911 at Do. 6P. C. Guar. Pref lOO ••• ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lien lO 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 24 31 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., 11nL 6 ••• ... i 1 25 South Australian Land .., all 351 361 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. &Main.,lim all 161 17/ 171 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lira 2 24 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl ~. yip 10 0 Trust &Agency of Aus.,lim 1 i p 10 Du do. do. all . . 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 il) 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 4 4 6 R 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim g 1i id SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., him all 5 1 6 i 5 4 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 34 41p 20 Universal Marine(lu.), line, 5 If 2 : p 64 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all II 2 30 Van Diemar's Land 2Bl gi 74 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan.., all SO 111 811 80f 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 10d 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 21 14 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO ... ___ ELA.CIr.DLT I N . ELECTION: Messrs. Potter : - Lnd Morley have issued the following address to the electors of the borough of Blackburn:— " Gentlemen,—The result of the polling has not taken either the committee or ourselves by surprise. We felt from the outset that the struggle would be unequal, for the result of the canvass proved that similar influences to those which, as expressly shewn by Mr. Justice Willes, turned the contest in November last, are still in active operation, and that on this occasion these influences have been doubly powerful (though perhaps not so punishable legally) through the disastrous state of the trade of the borough and the constant precariousness of employment. But though, under these circumstances, we were from the first almost hopeless of success, both of us coincided in thinking it our clear duty to make as good a fight as we could for two reasons : first, in order to chew to the Liberals of the district that the leaders of the party are still, and will always be, ready to per severe, at whatever sacrifice of their own ease, in a whole some opposition to that Tory system which rides rough-shod over the borough ; secondly, in order to strengthen the hands of the advocates of the Ballot throughout the country, as the course of the canvass has placed in our possession a large number of cases, fully authenticated, of electors who voted for the Liberal candi dates last autumn, and who distinctly state that they were deterred from voting in the same way on the present occasion by well-founded fear of being discharged by the Conservative employers. These cases we shall be pre pared to produce at the proper time. Meanwhile, we are persuaded that, without the Ballot, the franchise in this borough, as the expression of the true opinion of its inhabitants, is not much more than a farce. We beg to offer our sincere thanks to our committee and to the whole body of Liberals in the town for their undeviating friendship and support, and we trust that the efforts and encouragement of public opinion may induce the working men to make every effort to throw off that fear of intimidation which is fatal to indepen dence." SHARE LIST. ,ci.L1.../mo AND STOCKb. 311 tiro Kati w tye Paid. Cioolng auifnsti• adnt 81 Briscol arc(' iilxeter ....... 10 77 79 sc clisieconiau .. 100 791 791 80 791 1 s; • u 18 43 2. CurnWAli til 2* .4 Dutuin s. Bellaet 10c. 77 79 ai u„Vcrth, cic A I.i.J unc... ;.,10 70 72 2 East London all 6 :Jo .5 2' Do 10 at GIII6 6 tOW ck 8. NS - este:a 4. Great Eaetern • Do. L. Angi. • Great Assiortu of Scotinue lOl io o et Great Northern lOO 107 -08 1071 1 st Do. A. stool& ..... 100 .03 AlO 1091 it Do. 13 stun 14)0 it GtS, and W. 01 irciand ito 7 • UL. Western -origitat.i lou 43 191 421 / it Do. South Waits e 1)0. W. Allit.—V.A.torc lOl 25 27 et Do. NeWpert $ t Laciosehires; 'kurkehir lou 12.4 .23* 1221 3 at Lon., ISrlgh., S.Uoast lO ,, 4:4 4s ‘.aii 0) Do Scrip - - at 1 on., and Doyaic Lev 16 161 1.61. et Do. Metrop. k;AK. A lOO et Lon. JA .North Westeru lOO lib 151 1161 151 1 st Lon. .1L South Weetcru lOO 87 s 9 an 1 Lincoln lit 551 56 561 51 it Metropolitan it Do Extension 10 Oil. rd to 1.1 ip 10 at Me,' Dietr,t. al. 51 51 10 Metrop. n' $ oo I 6 - st It.. at.;o, nicaulu. a; D, st N.. to Lrltis.G et ‘. 4.• 155 et or. • .46.,:trU a.ierYl ,• • 14.0 102 tV$ 1021 25 Do. • • p ea - - it Do Leeds at Do York to 92 93 921 3 at Do Carli.ie at Do Stoc .6c Darting 1..0 13. 32 et North Lou ,ou 10 Do .4.\ ow 8 et North Staffordshire 56 67 st North and S.-W. Junction ,O. 93 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 at Rhymney 49 62 st Shropshire Union : 0 57 56 VI et South Deyon' st South Eastern lOO 75 751 751 at Staines, Wok'haui, s Wok all 12 13 97 99 36) 37 371 1 7 St • - 4.)0. ‘Vateriord & hiikciiu>.. 100 lU W4teriuo & Whitehr..l.. 6 4 p ItAILV.TAYS-PREFERLNCE SliAltAS AND STOCKS, st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 4., per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... at Do. do. Ordinary IOU stl 82 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbruatfi 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Uri/Lb. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO st Gt. Eastern, E.C. Lx. No.l 100 91 at Do do INA). 2 100 95 98 st Do do 6 per cent 100 10: 112 st Do East Anglian A 5 p. C. 100 st Do du B 6 du. 100 at Do do C 7 Liu. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 10) at Do E. Union 4 p. c. gua. 100 at Do Norfolk 5 p.e..Ex.1846 100 at Du du 5 p.c. WarA , al. 1847 100 at Great Nof theru, 5 per cent 10 at Du 5 p.c., r 3 at 10 p. e. pin. 100 at Du 4, du du du 100 at Do 5 du at sp. c. pin lOO st Du Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO sti Gt. N mil of Scotland, Ist pl 100 at Great South. mid Western (ireianu) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 at; Gt. \Vest.— Jut.-hunt eng., per guu.3 p.c lOO 10 103 st Do. uri„;. xi. Ex). o 10u 35 lob st tro du 4 . ye: 58 at Do du 4 do du at do 5 per cent. redein lOO 95 97 at Du du Birufinguani guy lOO 60 79 at Do du du pref lOO ait Du do Chester gui. lOO 50 87 at Du do du 8 per cent. 100 at Do do do 5 do luu 9S DO at Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 45 p.c lOO at Do do 4., 1,553 luu at Du do 5 at Du West ABA. Oxford hu g Jo, ni jig at du 221 gu.t lou 107 ill at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 8 so t Dii do 23 du IUJ 97 100 st Du gua. 59 per cent. 1863 100 ... 7u 75 ... ... 108 100 Laueaster 6:tjarlisle 41 p.c. ail at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 10J 1 3 135 st Du Barnstey, X. 5 3a 19,1 p.c. 10J tit Do 0 p.c. (East Lancashire) 10) 130 115 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 93 100 st London ot Brighton, 5 p.c guaranteed, No 1 lOO st Du 5 per cent. gua. Nu. 2 lOO st Du 6 do du lOO at Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO st Du 7 per cent too st Du 6 du (W.E. & C.P.) 100 st Do 4 do 1359 lOO st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO sti London and C. and Nuneaton 5 par cent.-- 100 108 110 109 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO st Do Shrewab'y dz Welcup'l IUU st London and 5 W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, - 100 140 150 23 6d. Do (Tortoni. perp ans. 2s6d) all . i , ~, fit Man., Shef., &Lancia. 6 p.c lOO 11 117 6 Du AA: all par 1 poi at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 ... ... it: ma. consottatttect:, up. c 100 130 lig st Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c 100 1)2 134 et Do 41 per cent. redeem 100 t 8 104 sti Do 41 per cent. irredeem 100 93 100 at Do Leicester & li'citu, 1 p.c. 100 8y 91 at North British, 5 p.c. Nu. L 100 at Do E. &G.4p.e. S. & D 100 st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ce.u.t 100 „, at Do Border Union, 51 p.c 100 - _.st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c 100 87 st Do 41 per cent, redeem-- 100 95 97 at Do CI N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwiclt capital 8.13.4. ... Do York,ll.& S. purchase lO 10 ioi Du ti tektu & Drling. A 3 p.c lOO 106 108 st Do W, flartlepoul 11. and It lOO 8.5 87 851 5 '2O North Staffordshire lOs s. Devon Annuities, 1 a._ a ll 9 10 lOs Do Tavistock. Anus., 10s all 81 91 10s Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 8i 1.0.6. S. nest. (itead. Anna., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO ••• ••• st Do Fixed 41 per cent, lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent ofa the Profits of each separate year. ion a a . ttt Uo a i s l 1 4 1 . po l l p r. r C .e g itLe u t e a . . 10000 Do all st Do 4p c eon. issued at 8u 65 et Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 at Do 5 do, 1862 100 8,; e 3 et et Do New 5 do, 186 J 100 85 e s at Do do 5 do, 1864 100 82 86 et Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 st Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston. & Stead, 4/ pc 100 et Great West., W. WWI., 5p e 1 00 et Do J per's). 5 p c,1865 100 B ** 6 * st Do do 6p c area., 1861; lOu lo.; 108 20 Do Vale eatii peril. 5p c all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B._ jou 45 141.ue. and Y urk. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 a il at Loud., Brig., &c., 4 1 pc, MS 100 st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ... at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 '"" at Do do 41 do, 1865 IVO *** •,. st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 9do at Loud Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c ..• 100 at Do Me trop. Ex., 116 p.c 100 ••• Do do 6 p.c et London iS. Western, Jp c 100 iOS 110 at Loudon S. Western, 41 p c 100 .1 24 10 Mau. I.tef.& Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all g e 4 at Metropolitan a per cent lOO „. • et Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 i o q at Do B 5 do 100 106 108 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 201 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 13 h 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 21p at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ... et Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 I t Do E., P., & Dun., 2 d, 4 pc 100 "' at Do E. &U , No. 2, 5 p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1362 100 at Do E. & U., No. 3, 5 p.c et Do E.& U., (Ordiry) 41 p c ** et North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 v s yi at Do Stock. & Darl., D at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 t Do 5 do 1861 108 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 ••• ••• at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS irkenhead s3 y - 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 99 101 st Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 46 at Do. 51 per cent. at Do. S do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6 P. c lOO 13 . 126 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 6 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 69 72 at Dodo. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 100 97 99 60 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2 5 st London and lilackwall lOO 93 95 944 at Do. 44 per cent lOO st Loudon, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO st Do. Com. Fund, sdo 100 ..„ at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO at Loudon, Tilbury, 6; South 100 83 135 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 80 82 at Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all i 61 at M idlaud, Bradford, Pref lOO 9 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northerat East., 5 per cent all 63 59 50 Du. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern --Hartlepool lOU at N. West. A perp. prof, 3p c. 100 107 109 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO at Notting. & lirautn. 11.6; O lOO 90 9; 25 Preston and bi yre.. all 44 46 ltoystou, Hitch., and Shep. 100 13 2 134 st Shrewsbury an d Hereford 100 131 134 10 Do do 8 2 91p at S. Yorkah. and River Dun 109 96 96 at Dc 4 per cent gua lO 71 80 at Do S do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 17b ISO at West Cornwall 2U West Loudon, Class A all 13 14: '4O Do du B all ..„ 20 Do do C all 61 7: at Weymouth and Portland IOU at Wilts and Sumer •.t 100 0 8: DOCKS. tit East and West India lOO 12.. 1 5 at Loudon and St. erine 100 47 49 10J D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all Mill wall F ree h ol d Land ... st Dock lOO 30 32 st Southampton lOO 74 79 st Surrey Commercial IULUNIa►L Skt:UILITJK,!.. British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1672...........••• • 100 Do. 18v5 llO Can.Gov.6p.o.Jan.l&July 1077-S 4 ..... . Do. 6p. a. Feb. & Aug lOO 102 104 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept lOO 102 HA Do. 6p. o. Jan. & July lOO 03 04 931 Do. sp. e. Inscribed 8k ICO 90 92 Cape (1 Hope, 6 p. 0.1873.• 100 102 104 Do.Apl.&Oot 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 1121 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 16 1 91 Do. 5 per ven t . 15 April _ _ au dl5 Oot., 1900 lOO 100 102 Clay lon, Nov. 1878, 6 100 108 110 Do. 1872, do. 100 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. a, 1 87 i... Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... 1')0 106 108 Do. 1882, May and 106 108 1)o. 1895, Feb. & Ann - !bourn,- corporatu., 1867-75, 6 per c• n.. • N. 8.G0v.6 . lOU 103 104 Natal 6 p tr, Apt Oct lO3 Do 6 pc. 31,y & Nov. 1 0 1)a 108 N. S.W. 5 p•c., '7l to '7l lOO 99 1•.1 Do. 5 p.c. 18t8 to Iso6. 13.) vbi 09i 9 Do. 5 p.c. rd. '6; to N.Zealand. 6p. cL 18i11 lOO Do. 5 percent.... - DoJan,Apii,July, 0t KO 93 94 881 6 Do 6p c. Mar ',IA '9l :00 108 00 - Do Ju edo lieu , 1.91 - jDo rrov. z At.osict. 1 ( rie- I &?.. ) Ocotia ty la 0 Ja:•••• - Jnly, 1875 Lo ';uceusind. 6p. e. '&3 lOO 1061 107 t 1)0 180 . - L.Q. 6 p 0..186 100 d 412 ..- 1 00 108 110 Do 1893 Victoria 8 p.e. 1a9 1 ..... 1 0 112 113 a MAIL COSTRACTS. The committee appointed to inquire into the contracts entered into by the Postmaster-General with Messrs. Cunard and Co., and Mr. W. Inman, for the conveyance of mails from this country to the United States, have issued their report with commendable promptitude. The committee was only appointed on the 16th inst., and on Wed nesday morning the report was published, together with the evidence, and a number of documents, extending to nearly 200 pages. The committee are of opinion that, con sidering the already large and continually increasing means of communication with the United States, there is no longer any isecessity for fixed subsidies for terms of years in the case of this service; and having regard to the fact that a weekly service had been carried on by Mr. Inman in 1868, in consideration of receiving the sea postage only, to the difficulties which these contracts would for eight years throw in the way of any great reduction of postage, and to the express power of disallowance by the House of Commons contained in the contracts themselves, they recommend that the contracts with Messrs. Cunard and Mr. Inman's company be disapproved, compensation being made, if necessary, on the basis of the contracts for ser vices already performed in the present year. In the course of the inquiry, Messrs. Burns and Inman stated that they had not understood Clause 24 of their con tracts as rendering the contracts liable to be disapproved by Parliament for any cause except want of good faith, or dishonesty in the parties contracting ; and in this belief they had entered upon the contracts, and had, since the Ist January, been working under its provisions at considerable expense and loss. While refusing to re cognise the accuracy of this reading of the clause, the committee admit that some hardship and inconvenience may have resulted from the delay which has oc curred in submitting the contracts to the consideration of Parliament, and the committee therefore recommend that an option should be given to the contractors of con tinning the contracts for a shorter period. But, to avoid similar difficulties in the future, they also recommend that all contracts of this nature should be considered by the Government, and brought before the House of Commons in the spring rather than in the autumn of the year pre ceding their expiration. The Cork Examiner states that the attack on the house of the Magillicuddy of the Reeks, near Killarney, when that young gentleman was fired at, but not wounded, is believed to have been in no sense agrarian, but a case of intended robbery. ; On Wednesday an order, printed by order of tbo Commissioners of Police, was read to the men at every station of the force, to the following effect:—" Beards and Mcustach, s.—The Metropolitan Police will in future be per mitted to wear beards and moustaches." The "order" was received with general sathlactiou by the men. LONGFELLOW.—Mr. Longfellow is still in Naples, The climate agrees with him so well that he intends to stay longer than he had anticipated. It was his intention to have gone to Sicily, on a visit to an old friend, M. Monti, United States Consul at Palermo, formerly a pro. fessor in the Havard College, Bobton, and who is men. tionel as the Sicilian Boy in the poem of the " Wayside Inn." The rough weather of the last few days has pre. vented Mr. Longfellow undertaking this journey for the present, if he has not abandoned it altogether. He intends, also, to visit Amalfi, Sorrento, Capri, and Ischia. A contemporary says a serious difference has arisen between the Marquis de Banneville, the French Am bassador at Rome, and the Marquis de Lavalette. The Mar quis de Banneville complains that the Minister treats him more as a sub-eccretz.ry than an Ambassador, and he has written to the Emperor to request either that his position may be better defined or that ho may be recalled. The Liberal party in Rome declare they have positive informa tion that Italy has joined France and Austria in a treaty of alliance, and that one of the covenants provides that "the status quo shall be maintained at Rome till the death of Pius IX., when Rome shall be declared the capital of Italy. A conference on the licensing system has been held in the Manchester Town Hall, under the auspices of the License Amendment League. Resolutions were passed in favour of a general scheme of license reform, and of lessening -the facilities for procuring licenses, and a memorial embodying the opinion of the meeting was adopted. There was some opposition, and several amend. ments were proposed, but they were directed rather against the formation of a new association, when, as was alleged, the ground was already covered by existing societies, than against the views expressed in the reso• lutions. A NEW RAILWAY PASS.—A conductor's duty on the Pacific Railroad involves certain personal risks peculiar to the far West. A gentleman who has recently passed over the road relates a scene lie witnessed in one train. The conductor told a rough-looking traveller that he wanted his fare. " The you do," was the only answer. The conductor persisted. " Wall here's my pass," said the traveller, presenting a heavy revolver at the official's head. Another huge fellow interposed at this point, presenting a pistol to his fellow-passenger's temple, with a menacing look. " None of that stranger, fair play, shell out." This settled the matter, and the fare was paid.—. New York Tribune, March 17. A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT. The secretary to the municipality of Florence, M. Soletti, who is partial to trying his luck in the lotteries, sent one of his men a few days ago to put 20f. on certain numbers of a quartern to which he had taken a fancy, but the messenger forgot his commission until the offices were closed. Next morning M. Saletti, on his way to business, saw the figures which he had selected posted up as having gained a prize of 1,200,000 f. In his joy he announced the good news to his acquaintances, including the mayor and Count de Cambray-Digny, who warmly congratulated him. On reaching his bureau he rang the bell and asked for the receipt from the person whom he had charged to place his money. The latter, in a dreadful state of agita tion, was obliged to confess that he had forgotton to execute the order he had received. The revulsion of feeling experienced by M. Saletti at seeing his hopes of being a millionaire destroyed cannot be described. THE AUSTPALUN MEAT-PRESERVING COMPANY. —The Melbourne Meat-Preserving Company lately afforded an additional and most convincing proof of the success of their process in preserving meat and rendering it capable of - withstanding not only the effects of time, but the influence of the warmest climate. In response to the invitation of Mr. Caldwell, a number of gentlemen, in• eluding several of the leading merchants of the city, assembled at the company's premises for the purpose of inspecting the opening of a case of preserved meat, which had been allowed to remain four months in the , furnace-room att: chea to the works, where the tempe rature on n ::ve age was at least 110 degrees. The case et nta:ning the mutton was composed of gin. deal bear s s cure:y fastened, and about three feet by one foot in irn skit-% The meat, prepared in the usual manner, way p*n e:1 in these cases, and when packed a quantity of ;a wa: poured in until the cases were completely filled. Ti.ey were then nailed down, and placed in the furnace-min. When op ne 1, the temperature appeared to have lad but litt'e ff,ct upon the meat. The fat resembled soft w. x n the su -ft ca, but was quite firm at the depth of about an inch. 'lh., meat was then taken out, and a port'on of it prepared for luncheon. When dressed it was found is os', de *c*ous and savoury, all present expressing the ui -r, p rfe :t satisfaction with the result of the exptri eat Ain migst those present were Commissary-General Ho z•,- Al I,rinan Cohen, Mr. Keep (of Messrs. Keep Broti Mr. M . Farlaue, and others. '-Melbourne Argue_ EPISCOPAL PATRONAGE IS THE "7L•,ST E.YGLAND. The Western Morning News calls attention to a scandal affecting the Church of England in the western extremity of the diocese of Exeter :—" A few weeks ago the vicar age of Lelant, Cornwall, became vacant. It is worth, including house and glebe, about £3OO a year. It had been long held in connection with the vicarage of Towed nack, the church of which is four miles distant from Lelant church. This second vicarage is worth about £l5O a year. It has no suitable parsonage, and it has therefore been left by the vicar of the joint parishes to the charge of a miser ably paid curate, and has been virtually a non-resident sole cure. When these two livings fell vacant through the death of the vicar, the curate of Towednack, who has been thirty years in holy orders, most of that time in this dio cese, and who is still only a curate, in spite of diligent and conscientious ministrations, offered to take that vicarage by itself ; and though its income is but £l5O a year, he rurposed to build a house at his own cost, and so give the parish for the first time the benefit of a resident vicar. That offer, as we have been informed, was never acknowledged by the youthful secretary of the bishop, whose energy and industry one of our correspondents has been found to praise. This was an act of personal discourtesy. But worse followed. The system of pluralism, which had, ecclesiastically speaking, been the ruin of Towednack, was continued, and the two benefices were conferred upon the same clergyman. Worse still, the vicar of Lelant and of Towednack enjoys other preferment, and this of such an anomalous kind that we question if it has its parallel anywhere else in the kingdom. The vicar.of Lelant and vicar of Towednack claims the vicarial tithes of St. Ives, worth £lBO a year. So that he receives in all an income of about £630." The Western Morning News declares that there may be any number of such appointments, any number of plural isms perpetuated, and there is no remedy. But (moralises our contemporary) the darkest hour is just before dawn, The state of the diocese cannot be worse than it is at present. It must mend, it must be mended. MR. REVERDY JOHNSON AT NEWCASTLE. Mr. Reverdy Johnson was well received at Newcastle on Tuesday. During the afternoon he was presented with addresses from the Newcastle and Gateshead Chamber of Commerce, the Coal Trade, and South Shields Corpora tion. The ceremonies were gone through in the council chamber, in the presence of the most influential people of the district. His Excellency, in his reply said: " Every manifestation of the amicable feeling of your countrymen for the people of the United States is full of interest to both countries, and is especially so to me, whose duty it is to cultivate it. The prosperity of each nation is so involved in the continuance of peaceful relations that its statesmen would be lost to duty if they failed to do everything that can properly be done to maintain and strengthen them, and I do not doubt that such is the determination of the people of both Governments. My visit to your town will afford me much gratification, if it shall prove, as you suppose it may, productive of international good-will and be mutually beneficial.' I sincerely thank you for the esti mate you place upon the efforts which I have made during my mission to draw closer the ties of amity between our respective countries, and to settle and remove existing differences ; ' and these efforts it will be not less my obligation than my pleasure to continue as long as I remain in my present office, They have, as you perhaps know, resulted in the negotiation of three treaties, cover ing each of the causes of controversy between our countries. Two of these it is understood, and such, I doubt not, is the fact, are approved by all the departments of my Gox ern went. This removes, consistently with the rights and honour of both nations, two subjects of difference which have for many years seriously threatened our peace. The third treaty has not as yet been sanctioned by the Senate of the United States, but has received the decided approval of the late President and all his Cabinet. What ever objections may now be urged against it; I have no reason to apprehend that they may not be obviated with out abandoning the principle upon which the treaty rests. That is to say, that whenever differences arise between nations which cannot be adjusted by themselves, humanity and civilisation demand that they be referred to friendly arbitration. This principle being recognised, it is impos sible that a state of war at any time between our countries can occur." THE FIRST _ENGLISH -RAILWAY PROSPEC7'(IB. The first prospectus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, drawn up by Mr. Henry Booth, whose death was announced a day or two since, but signed by the late Mr. Charles Lawrence as chairman, bears the date of Liverpool, October 29, 1E24, and seta forth that " railways hold out to the public not only a cheaper but far more expeditious mode of conveyance than any yet established." In recommending the proposed new mode of transport, the author of the prospectus states that "in the present state of trade and of commercial enterprise despatch is no less essential than economy. Merchandise is frequently brought across the Atlantic from New York to Liverpool in 21 days, while, owing to the various causes of delay above enumerated, goods have in some instances been longer on theli passage from Liverpool to Manchester. But this reproach (the prospectus says) must not be perpetual. The advance. meat in mechanical science renders it unnecessary ; the good sense of the community makes it impossible. Let it not, however, be imagined that were England to be tardy, other countries would pause in the march of im provement. Application has been made on behalf of the Emperor of Russia for models of the loco. motive engine, and other of the continental governments have been duly apprised of the important schemes for the facilitating of inland traffic now under discussion by the British public. In the United States of America, also, they are fully alive to the important results to be antici• pated from the introduction of railroads, a gentleman from the United States having recently arrived in Liverpool with whom it is the principal object to collect the necessary information in order to the establishment of a railway to connect the great rivers Potomac and Ohio." In this pro spectus, which may be justly regarded as a great historical document, the following are put forward by its author as some of the advantages of the new system :—" The immediate and prominent advantages to be anticipated from the proposed railroads are increased facilities for the general operations of commerce, arising out of that punctuality and despatch which will attend the transit of merchandise between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as an immense pecuniary saving to the trading com munity. But the inhabitants at large of these populous towns will reap their full share of direct and immediate benefit. Coal will he brought to market in greater plenty, at reduced price ; and farming produce of various kinds will find its way from greater distances, and at more reasonable rates. To the landowners, also, in the vicinity of.the line, the railroad offers important advantages in extensive markets for their minerqj and agricultural produce, as well as in a facility of obtaining lime and manure at a cheap rate in return. Moreover, as a cheap and expeditious means of conveyance for travellers the railway holds out the fair prospect of a public accommodation the magni tude and importance of which cannot be immediately ascertained." DIE REMEDY FOR SNAKE-BITE.—TIIO Melbourne Argus, Feb. 1, has the following :—" The efficacy of Pro fessor Halford's antidote for snake-bite was demonstrated in a very remarkable manner last week at Seymour. Mr. Sturt, P.M., on his return to Melbourne, remained there one nght, and was called to see a lad who was dying from the bite of a black snake. The boy, who was about 12 years old, had been bathing in a water-hole, and was bitten in the leg just as he stepped from the water. When Mr. Sturt saw the boy he was in a state of coma, with glazed eyes and dilated pupils—evidently dying fast. No medical man could be obtained ; but there were two apothecaries present, who, upon the advice of Mr. Sturt, injected am monia. The operation was performed rather roughly— the vein was exposed with a penknife, and the ammonia injected with a common syringe —but the. effect was won derful. In less than than ten minutes the lad recovered consciousness, and when Mr. Sturt (who is our informant) left next morning, was almost quite recovered." THE CHURCH IN NEW ZEALAND.—It is under. stood that some changes will be made in reference to the episcopate in New Zealand. When Dr. Selwyn was con secrated in 1841, he took the title of Bishop of New Zea land, as he had episcopal control over the whole of the islands ; but since that time six new bishoprics have been constituted there, namely, Wellington, for so much of the northern island as lies south of 39 deg. south latitude ; Waiapu, for so much of the northern island as lies east of 176 deg. longitude, and north of 39 deg. latitude; Nelson, for the middle island, from Cook's Straits to 40 deg. south ; Christchura, for the middle island, from 43 deg. south to its southern extremity, Stewart's Island, the Auckland, and all the adjacent islands ; Dunedin, for the province of Otago ; and the missionary bishopric for the Melanesian Islands. The formation of these new sees left to the Bishop of New Zealand the Chatham Islands and so much of the northern part of the country as lies north of the 39th degree of latitude and the 176th degree of longi. tude. Mr. Uowie will have episcopal jurisdiction over precisely the same district which Bishop Selwyn lately had, but his title will be not Bishop of New Zealand, but Bishop of Auckland—Auckland being the chief town of the diocese. Bishop Selwyn was " metropolitan," but Mr. Cowie will not succeed him in this office, the dignity having been conferred upon the Right Rev. Dr. H. J. C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, who was consecrated • iu 1556. E1)1tION NOTICE. The Third E lition of " The "of last Evening. was published in vine for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SiiOATING INTELLIGENCE —This Day BROMLEY RACES-THIS DAY. HURDLE RACE PLATE. Nannie Me!iuda.., Diadem— Five ran. BROMLEY PLATE. Warl i k o Juanita. Morning Star.. Ten ran RAILWAY S FEEPLECIRSE. Lord Wuldegrave • Scipio Order Twelve zan. BICKLEY STAKES Red, White, and Blue Seaman Casco Tete Eight tan. TRIAL STAKES. 1 King Richard..... Violetta Arcana 3 Eight ran. SELLING STAKES. Brazenose 0 1 Little Marchioues......... , 0 2 Niue ran. SPRING CUP Adventuress lionoria„ Piper Ten ran. CATTE RICK RACES-THIS DAY. C RAVEN HANDICAP. Honesty La Charantonne Hind Five mu. Z ETLAND S FAKES. Divulger Melinda Diadem S Five rau. lIORNBY HANDICAP. I 3 Six ran. NORTH RIDING HUNTERS. Charlv Donato .... Diddingtou SC Ve Li ran VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tars DAT. CHESTER CUP. 100 to 7 agst Mandrake (off-100 to 6 taken) 1000 to Go asst Knight of the Garter (offered) 1000 to 60 agst Birthday (offered) 20 to 1 agst Attic:: colt (off —22 to 1 taken) 20 to 1 aget Fairwind (offered) 20 to 1 agat Vagabond (taken and offered) f)00 to 100 agst, Mandrake and Good Hope coupled (off take 1000 to 100) TWO THOUSAND. 6 to 1 agst Belladruin (offered—take 8 to 1) 8 to 1 agat Drummer (taken and offered) 100 to 7 aget Alpenstock (take 100 to 6) DERBY. 1000 to 70 agst Pretender (wanted) 2000 to 100 agst Drummer (taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst Thorwalsden (wanted) 400 to 10 agst 11, Palma (wanted) 40 to 1 agst Martyrdom (offered) 40 to 1 agst Tenedos (offered) IAOO to 20 agst Vagabond (taken and offered) 1000 to 20 agst Perry Down (offered) 1000 to 45 agst Martyrdom and Alpenstock couplei (taken) DERBY, 1870. 10,000 to 200 Liget Sunlight (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tms EVENING. The SPEAKER took tho chair at 4 o'clock. ELECTION PETITIONS. The CLERK at the table auuouuced to the house that the petitions presented against the last electioa for Taunton, Shrewsbury, and York had been withdrawn. It was also anhounc,ql that the judge had reported that Mr. Hibbard had b,.en duly elect.3,l for Oldham, and Col. Dickson for Dover. ENDOWED SCHOOLS' BILL. The SHERIFFS of LoNnoN presented a petition against certain provisions in the endowed schools bill, INDIAN FINANCE. Mr. GRANT-DUFF, iu reply to Col. Sykes, said the Secretary of State for India intended to take in band the matters which had formerly occupi d the attention of Col. Norman and Col. Broome. TLIE NORWICH ELECTION. The AT TORNEY-GEIN ERA L moved that the report of Sir Samuel Martin, one of the judges selected forth° trial of election petitions, w Mai stated hat corrupt practices did ho extensively prevail at the last election that it. was abso lutely necessary that inquiry should take place in the matters connected with the lute election in accordance with the act passed in the Itith year of her Majesty's reign for the suppression of bribery at elections. The hon. and learned gentleman went at some length into the vari ous matters that took place at the last elec tion, and stated that at two o'clock on the day of election the Conservative candidate, Sir Henry Stracy, was very much behind the Liberal members, but that soon after that hour numbers of electors were to be seen hanging about the public-houses in the neighbourhood of the poll ing bouth. They were asked it they had voted, but they said they did not intend to vote unless something was done, and eventually a number of them received ss. to £1 each from certain persons connected with the return of the Con servative candi.iate, Sir Henry Stracy. It appeared that the bribery was done in a most systematic manner, and the judge said it was most desirable to know where the money so spent came from, and he (the Attorney-General) thought that would be a most desirable thing to know. (Hear, hear.) He did not desire to press unduly against the men who took the bribe, but what he wished most par ticularly was to find out who was the really guilty party, in the back ground—(hear, hear)—who supplied the money—who was, in fact, the cause of the whole of this extensive corruption that prevailed. He hoped the house would agree to the motion asking for the address to her Majesty to issue a commission to probe the whole of the matters to the bottom. _ Mr. REED opposed the motion because the bribery proved was not of a very extensive character. (Oh, oh.) He had presented a petition that evening on the subject, most extensively signed, and which prayed that 12,000 or 13,000 persons should not be disfranchised through the venality of a few. Mr. DALRYMPLE was in favour of the motion for the address. He did not think that an inquiry into the cir cumstances at the late election would necessarily lead to the disfranchisement of the town. He thought it was the best thing that could be done, because it would lead to Norwich being delivered from the stigma of corruption that had so long clung to it. Mr. HARDY thought the report of the judge ought to be acted on—(hear, hear)—and he was also of opinion that in every case where a judge so reported, the house ought at once, and without discussion, accept the repre sentation of a judge, and agree to the address for a commission. (Hear, hear.) Sir W. RUSSELL said he did not believe that the bribery that had been proved had been done with the knowledge of Sir Henry Stracy ; on the contrary, it had been committed by some over-zealous friends, and he did hope that a great injustice would not be inflicted for the wrong-doing of a few. (Hear, hear.) The motion for the address was then agreed to. VALUATION OF PROPERTY BILL. The object of this bill was to enact that at the end of every threo years at most a review should be made in all parishes of the assessment of property subject to local but then. Mr HENLEY oljected to the motion for its snood re. 34- ing, as it introduced a system perfectly novel to local taxa tion. Mr. GOSCHEN, in reply to Mr. W. H. Smith and Mr. Locke, said the agreeing to the second reading to-night would not imply any agreement to the details of the bill. He hoped that during the time that would now elapse, in consequence of postponing the consideration of the details, before the measure would come before the house for further consideration, no undua opposition would be made to the Government passing th• bill during the pres€nt session. The bill was then read a second time. The Drainage and Improvement of Lands Bill and the Inelosure of Lands Bill were read a third time and passed. The House shortly afterwards adjourned. BANK OF ENGLAND. 1869. Tho following is the HOUSE LIST of GOVERNORS and DIRECTORS of the Basic of ENGLAND for the year en suing, viz.: GOVERNORS. Robert Wigram Crttxv George Lyall, Esq., Di DIRE( Henry Wollaston Blake, EFq. John William Ditch, Esq. • Travers Buxton, Esq. Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq. Mark Wilks Collet, Esq. Henry Riwersdale Grenfell, Esq. Henry Bucks Gibbs, Esq. John Saunders Gilliat, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschon, Esq. Thomas Hankey • E sq . Baron He a th. - Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Esq. 70, d, Esq., Governor. eputy-Governor. ;TORS. Henry Lancolot Holland, Esq. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. Tho::: as Newman Hunt, Esq. Charles Frederick Huth, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. Thomas Masten/lan, Esq. Alexander Matheson, Esq. James Morris, Esq. George Warda Norman, Esq, Alfred Charles do Rothschild, Esq. Albert George Sandeman, Cli Esq. Wigram. Esq. The Election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 13th April, and for Directors on WodnPsday, the 14th April, from Eleve4 o'clock in the Forenoon till Four in. Vie Afternoon. Auchinleek . Fleets .. ..... Duatt Pr IN I