The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-14 00:00:00

Inthit ;TLC ) May 13. Prince Leopold dies and gentle tle shortly after Palace. ouuds, attended ELLIGEJVCE. try trial of her ?nifty tnorning, officials of the )rtinou'.ll. She in Stokes Bay, 'actory, but as ship was light, and she re ted she will be ials are made. captain Wake/ Portsmouth on expected to be War" has de ood died sad the 80th y e ar red the service till the peace n the Defiance Lord Nelson. f the Active, awes Gordon, ;ht and tool► desperate coo. Mattered by a ie command of 3 arm, and the ird lieutenant• in command French priva tgainstAlgiers, Prometheus to it Consul and ). This could lley re used to ,l's wife passed r child, which as they passed tnd with did.. y reachel the asliwood then present at the made yestcr - Coanner.:l l, ; C.lptain hip is m eow - S. Aldrich, to Lieut. Francis .n, and Lica. ;larch ; Sub' Arthur el' Statham, and the Monarch; Harwriod, t° 1/111. Wright , Barry, mid' Dew, Pascoe and Edward 'eh ; Richard 1, navigating Roffey, cbie l iah J. Hatch, Thes. Janie - Wellingtoa ; onarch ; Ar" he Monarch ; enarch ; and Monarch. vent can be per lb. la in quite re" of busines s natives bard reductiovl emigratio n drain which tidily tell I° Market, 011 tee MotidaP equence of° n by Mega' ;es made All Prices ar e vnend coin' the compe l ' ugs, on the rns there le rts, but the condition al )king NO ( ' a view to ks of singl e g. In two' t prices W I ore cheerftl in some d e ' ice, for the ry fair bust• NAVAL and Flyieg ads, havieg, 000 Nal l; the cool' per trd the i Mattbe o ternooe .ch arrive' MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY", Two O'CLOCK. . , Consols arc 92i 4 f for money; ditto, for Ac count, —; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 New r nree per Cents, 918 f; ditto 5 per Cent., 1048; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, —. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 114; f ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 100 i. The corn market continues dull at Monday's prices. In the Foreign Market stocks are film, at a rise of a in Turkish and Peruvian Five per Cents. ; and Italian Five per Cents. and New Spanish Three per Cents, are * better. The quotations are : Italian 56,1 56i ; Turkish, 421 43i ; Peruvian, 761 7 61 ; Mexican, 121- 13 ; Greek, 10 11 ; and New Sp.kuish, 288 28k. . . American - Five-Twenties Bonds are better, at 788 781, and the Ten-Forties, at 711 al. The Bonds :of 1885, however, are unchanged, at 761 764. Erie Railway Shares remain at 201 204, and Illinois Centrals at 951 961. Atlantic Telegraph Original Stock is 23 24, the Eight per Cent. Preference Shares are quoted 31 31,and Anglo-American Telegraph Shares, 22i 221. _ . The Honduras Loan is steady at 82 to 84 ex coupon. In the Railway market Caledonians are I, Great Westerns i f , Great Northern A I, Brighton 1, North British and South Eastern 4 better ; Great Eastern are lower, Great Northern, Metropolitan I, Midland North Eastern 4 lower. The sum of £60,000 in gold was taken to the Bank yesterday. Letters from Frankfort state that the unexpected advance iu the Bank of England rate, coupled with the pre-existing anxiety as to the Alabama affair, caused a degree of alarm on the Bourse, which sent the prices of American bonds down 3 per cent. in a few days. At this decline large purchases have been made, but chiefly on speculative account, as investors at present keep aloof. The two Banks recently started at Munich have issued their shares; those of the Vereins-Bank command a premium of 15 per cent.; the Ilandels- Bank of 5 per cent. The threatened stamp tax on bonds continue to engross general attention, and Baron Rothschild, the Frankfort Deputy to the North German Parliament, has left for Berlin, where, from his authority on such questions, it is hoped he may succeed in averting the stroke " aimed by the Junker ratty agaiust the commerce of the country," since the great industrial would suffer as much as the baliking establishments from the measure. At a meeting of the European Assurance So ciety the report stated that the premiums on the new life and guarantee policies of the 3 ear amounted to £40,676, and that the grcss revenue was £363,502. The report of the Land Mortgage Bank of India states that all the financial requirements of the bank to the cnd of the current year, and, indeed, to the 30th of June, 1870, have been provided for by funds already in London, or in course of remittance from India, and that no call will be ne cessary during the present or ensuing year. The directors " still consider that the gross of the bank's losses in respect of principal will certainly fall within £172,000, as estimated in last year's report. the report of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway for the year ended the 31st of December shows that, while £13,487 was required in the year 1867 from the Government to make up the gua ranteed net revenue of £49,000, only £79 was re quised for the past year. A dividenl at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum was declared, leaving £l,llO to be carried forward. At the meeting of the Metropolitan Assurance Society yesterday the new assurances for thi year were stated to have amounted to £195,700, yield ing in premiums £7,019. The gross income is £ 1 85,260, and the invested funds are £1,258,239. At the 35th annual IneetiJg of the Universal Life Assurance Society, held this day, Mr. John Farley Leith, in the chair. The new policies effected in th.i past year were stated to have amounted to S-343,070, producing new annual premiums to £15,472. The gross income of the society is £ 15 6,278, and its invested funds £813,775. A re duction of 50 per cent. in the premiums for the cur rent year was declared by way of annual cash bonus to the policy hollers. The return from the Bank of England for the week ended the 12th of May gives the following results when co m p are d w ith th e pr e vious week : est ....... •. . • .£3 151 939 Jncrease ... £22,086 PuLlie - deposits . .... 5 , 680 , 834 ... Increase ... 564,032 Other deposits 17,465,098 ... Increase ... 1,537,311 On the other side of the account : Government securi ties.,,,,,,otor £14,070,798 ... Increase ... 5 0,00 . 0 securiti es )9 303 841 ... Increase 1,721,459 /Tote s unemployed 6 ,77 4 ,775 ... Increase.'..• 269,780 The amount of notes in circulation is £23,619,970, bei ng a decrease of £385,595 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £16,563,389, showing a decrease of £18,607 when compared with the Preceding return. Subjoined is a comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols and French Rentes with the corresponding week of last year : At Present. Same Weeklast Year. Bullion .... £l6 563 889 ... £20,291,388 Reserve ............... .. “ 7 '943:419 ... 11,312,9 M Notes in cir ..... ''' tio . '' : 23'619 970 ... 23,978,430 Rate of discount "4l ' per cent. ' ... 2 per cent. Consols .... - 9 2 1, 94; Freuell Reales' The following is the official return of the cheques and bills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for the week ending Wednesday, May 12 : Thursday £10,917,000 Friday Saturday... Monday 8,582,000 Tuesday Wednesday 8,69,000 £59,776,000 BRITISH FUNDS -CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT IrtrxDs. 8 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 3 per Cent. Reduced 1 91 New 3 per Ce n t ew 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen Jan .187 3 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth Ap r il 1885_ Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 ExchequDr Bills, £l,OOO, 2i 2; per Ct 8 dig par Do £5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO Bank of England Stock, 4} per Cent DR. opening Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds Inter -Colonial Uranium INDIAN (lOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Ttock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 Do. Opening, for Account -- Do. 5 pur Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 p er C ent., O ct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent.. ... 9l Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 w s — Do. 54 per Cent. May 1879 DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. d o. 1882 — D;... Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. ponds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING P 7 R TES' Ar g e ntine Republic, t; p er C ent ... Do., Scrip £45 paid .. lu itrian Bonds 5 p er cen t — Brazili an 550 per Cent 1859 65 Oa. q per Cent. 1852 Do. do. 1858.... ... . — De. d o. 186' Do. do. , 1863 — Do. o per Cent., 1865 1 Uo Account 7B 9 11 Z'enos Ayres 6 per Cent. _, Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 er Cont — Uttlot, 6 per Cent. p ) (Lillian 6 per Cent - - Do. 3 per Cent., 1 0. 6 pe r cert. 1867 96 Po. 7 per Cent. 1866 0 lo 11bl:in 6 per bent. Danish , 3 per Cent., 1825 ....... Daurqdan Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867. _ rquador New Con Esolidated, 1 p c - r C ent yt - :tint ) 7 per C'ent.,..,.. DO '4 , co ol i I S6o O , .. IJ, 45(1! - . !:01118 ....... ... D0...£100 Bond s Do. . ....................... ••• • 1804 .... Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. Ll OG Bonds B6i English Serip,:lB6B 7si i Do do. £45 pd — die Government Railway Debentures Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups..., — Do. ioccunt Do. Coup , 'on .... . Do. Acc'iunt ritiaterualn 5 per Cent . _ Honduras Gov Rail. L 0 6 05 — a n., 10p. Ct., a ll pd 814 1 t ii io. Account ansper Cert.,. i 8 Do Mxrearmulna Railway — Slosiettt 3 per Grit Ditto for Account — Dn. 1864 Do g per Cent. Anglo-French • ontevidtozo. 6 per Cent. . —• 4c 7.risb tmperial 5 per C ent •••••••.• • e'en-- Granada Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred ............ Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 76 i 1 Do 41 per Cent. (130,arren) Do 41 per Cent.. 186 . 2 .. — Do Account Port,guese 3 per Ct., 1653,'6, 7, '9,'6tt,'2,'3 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Ltassian 5 t ier Cent., 182'2, £ S i Do 41 pei• Cent . 1850 Do 41 per. Cent., 1860 Do 3 per C en t. , 18 59 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do do, Scrip — pit_ Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondc BBl Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds BB4 Do. do £B4 15s do — Do Nicolas Railway 631 3 Sartiniau S per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen . — Do. Account . -- Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deforreo Do. Account Do.. Passive — Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 . _.. Do - do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds . Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds 671 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cont., 1865 . 65 / Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants ()lectures) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Acc• ant Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable iu Loader, Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... Do. Account French lientes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. Italia', 5 per Cent. 1831, E:z. 25f. Do Account CLOSING PRICES. Jonsols, Money Do. Account, June 1 b2l I TB E E 1-1 C CIL E.S 1 S C 0 211 P-4 N Y (L 1.11 /TEl)). At the Mansion house this morning the whole of the directors of the late Hercules Insurance Com pany (Limited), appeared to answer certain charges made against them. Mr. Lewis, when the cas.! was called on, said that his lordship, after careful inquiry and consideration, and upon sworn testimony, had granted sum monses against the defendants, for an offence under the Companies Act, 1862, bat on the pre vious evening he had received a communication from the Shareholders who had put him in motion, requesting him to withdraw the summonses, and with his lordship's sanrtion he now wished that course to be adopted. The Lord Mayor said that as to evidence was offered, he bad, of course, no alternative but to allow the matter to drop. POLICE INTELLIG CE.-7 his Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BASE INGRATITUDE.—CharIes Forester, a tailor, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with unlawfully pledging goods belonging to Mr. Westwood, a boolmaker, of Car naby-street. Mr. Westwood said that he entrusted the prisoner with some cloth to ma'ie up, but instead of doing so the prisoner called on him some days afterwards and said he was very sorry, but that he ha I pledged the cloth. He (prosecutor) redeemed the cloth, and again gave it to the prisoner to make up, but instead of doing so the prisoner again pledged it, and absconded, and after a great deal of trouble he ascertained that the prisoner was at Reading. He had given notice at the shop of Miss Isabella Fleming, pawnbroker, in Brewer-street where the cloth was pledged the second time for them not to give it up to any one if they called for it, but after the notice had been treated very lightly by the persons at Miss Fleming's they gave it up to 60M3 person who called for it Win.; sent by the prisoner. He had to complain of the treatment he met with at Miss Fleming's, and thought they were very much to blame in giving up the cloth after his request ing them not to do so, so that he might find who had pledged it, and after telling them to put his name and ad dress on the ticket in their possession. Mr. D'Eyncourt said he thought the p3rsona at Miss Fleming's were to blame in the matter. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. D'Eyncourt said the prisoner's conduct was very bad after the kind treatment he had received from Mr. West wood, and he would have to pay £3, or two months in default. THAMES. AN INCORRIGIBLE FEMALE.—A dissipated-looking woman named Jane Blake, who was in a very dejected condition, was charged with stealing a teapot from a stall in the whitechapel-road. Yesterday morning the prisoner was brought bfore Mr. Paget with being drunk and disorderly and was discharged. A few hours afterwards she took a teapot off a tinplate worker's stall, put it under her shawl,and went away with it. She was given into the custody of John Mackay, 414 K, and made a desperate resistance. She was taken to the station-house, and Police-sergeant Dillon thought she answered the description of a female ticket-of-leave convict who had not reported herself monthly to the police under the conditions of her license. Dillon now produced her ticket-of-leave. She was convicted of arson at the Essex Assizes, Chelmsford, in July, 1864, and sentenced to seven years' penal servitude, of which two years and four months had bean remitted, for she was liberated from the female convict prison at Brixton on the 3d of March last. Dillon put in her ticket-of leave and other documents, and said ale had been convicted for setting fire to a building in which she was sheltered, and was a most dangerous character. She had been several times in prison since she left Brixton Convict Gaol. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial, and said, as she had again relapsed into crime, she would have to serve the remainder of her commuted sentence in addi tion to any punishment that might be inflicted for steal ing the tea pot. WESTMINSTER. .... - IMMINENT DANGER OF RAILWAY PASSENGERS.—Thos. Collard, aged 16, and James Irving, aged 15, were brought to this court charged with placing passengers by the Metropolitan Railway and guards in imminent danger, by throwing bricks and heavy stones upon the Metropolitan Railway, while carriages were passing yesterday afternoon. James Thomas, a constable of the Metropolitan Rail way, placed near the Emmanuel Hospital, at Westmin ster, in plain clothes at three yesterday afternoon, owing to a number of missiles having been proTiously thrown at carriages on the railway, said he saw the two prisoners and another throw stones and push bricks off a wall upon which they were seated. A. train was passing at the time at which they threw them. Air. Arnold—ls this place where the stones were thrown a thoroughfare? Witness—lt is not. Tha police-superintendent of the railway explained that the wall was enclosed, and that the boys had no busi ness there. He produced a large bag of bricks and stones picked up from the railway. There were passengers who were endangered by the missiles. Robert Hopper, 51 B, proved seeing the accused fling stones as the train passed. The third boy escaped. Mr. Arnold went at, length into the law of the subject, and pointed out some difficulties which suggested them selves to his mind. In order to give time to determine what course should be pursued the accused were remanded. MARKE7 S-2 MS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. May 14.—Sales probably 8,000 bales. The market quiet, and unehange.l. FATAL ACCIDENT AT A COLLIERY. --Yesterday morning a fatal accident took place at the Worthington Coal-pit, near Wigan. It appears that as three men were being drawn to the surface, the crank of the engine snapped, and they were precipitated to the bottom. Two of them were saved, but the other was killed. STAFFORD ELECTION.—Mr. H. Evans, formerly Liberal member for South Derbyshire, offers himself for Stafford,it own of . Mr. Pochin, unseated. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS Closing Business Share . NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A...., all 104 10: I'J Uo B lO 21 2: 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 1141 '2Ol 201 ! 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 41 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columhia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Outgo, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia ull 30 32 .50 lank of Victoria, Australia 25 .37 39 10 Bank of iN ew Zealand all 151 1 I 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra ha, nd China all 13 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all 301 31 20 City la 111 121 100 Colonial 25 38 40 10 Consolidated, 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East Lo ndon,ling ..2 1 20 English and American, lint 10 ... 20 English Bank of Ilio de Ja nciro. lint ............. 20 English, ;c o ttish, and Aus tralian Chartered ..... , all 161 17% 18; Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank C0rp0rati0n,,,,,,,,, all 36 38 254 Do new.......,, 54 21 2 100 Imperial, lint 20 Imperial 0tt0man...... 10 2 k 1 121 lonian 25 Do new 20 Lnd Mortgage o f India lint 4 3 3 1 1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 73 78 30 Londop Banki of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 6 1 5 1 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 70 27 20 Do new 74 51 4 ! 100 London S; River Bl ade, lint. 40 9 11 401 25 Do now 10 21 2ip 121 1 20 Loudon Chart. of Australia all 241 25 20 London and C0unty,,,,,,,,. 2U 60 41 501 50 Do new, is sat 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 Loudon Joint 5t0ck....... 1 311 32 4 London and South African al 81 01 00 London & S.-Western, lint 20 1 3 11 150 London & Venezuela lint.'. 121 ••• 100 London and Westminster. 20 611 624 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 100 Merchant, 1int...... 25 25 51 41 194 10 Metropolitan, ............ all 74 7 4 100 Midland, 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint l5 ld 1 p 100 National I.'l'oN-inc. of Eng'd 42 lO Do ...... ... ......... - ... 50 Nationa1... 20 New South Wales ............ all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporati on all 121 431 411 50 Proviue. Bank. Corpo., lint. 10 6 5 00 Provincial of 1re1and......., '25 88 90 10 Do new.. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint '25 15 1 100 Do issued at 6 pin. 10 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 43 471 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Auglo-American Tel., lint ull 22 22} 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., Rm.... 10 121 13 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 22 .4 st Do. 8 per cent. st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., Um lOO 158 163 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 230 210 23 / 10 Do. New 8 9 lip ' 25 Indo-European Tel., Inn—. 10 ... ... 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 2 1 3 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all pr i p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint all 31 3i 25 Renter's Telegram all 45 00 30 Societe Transatla,nt., lint_ 14 2 11 is st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 1; 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,liin all 17 17i 17j SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 5; i 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 3 5 p DiIkELLANEoTh------ all 11 I 5 1 4 a _ 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint •25 Australian Agricultural . - 201 1 53 161 25 Australian Mort. Land a Finance, lint. 10 Berlin • 6 3 4 10 Do. New lim. ..• 30 91 1 100 Bolckow Vaughan, 5 Bombay Gas, Ithl• all 31 141 10 Berlin 5 Do. New 4 11 id •.' •an Laud 44 15 17 5 . British Aut,i it, . Indian Tea, Inn all 21 31 '2O British 71 „ ... 2J Canada Company _ nvest_ all 66 7u 10 Canadian Loan and I 2 Water Works, Estates, Wurks lim all meut, lint i 2 1 4 10 430 20 Ceylon Company, lin e. 20 Do. A shares 4 ...... 10 City ' Discount, lint Real Pro -25 City of London 9 perty, lint 2o British Ship Owners 41 3d 30 City Nan Improv. lim. all 5 6 of 1% 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all . 50 City Offices, lim2s 26 25,1 50 Colonial, lim. Do. ... .. • 50 Commercia„ "'Mon (Assur er ) 5 I p 10 Company of African M - chants, lint. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 11)1 20 Id P 25 Copper Miners of England, 1 prof 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of cent Londonall I Bonds, 1877, 41 perl 1031 1011 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 100 Do. 1532, 4 10 ti 105 4 i per cent, all 103 1 1041 10 Credit Fon. of En,gland,lint. all • -._ 4 50 Credit Yu/I.°f Mauritius ii.n lO 3; 2 w at Crystal Palace lou 1) 21 st Do. Preference lOO 9'. 10 ) st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 1 08 112 20 Darjeeling, lim. ••• I 0 Eastern Assam, lien. ... 8 3 50 East Indian Land Credit 8 and Finance, lint. 5 3tl 20 East India Irriga. & Canal a ll .. .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. , 27 1 111 1018 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V ruy Gus. b y Egypt. tiJv 20 Egyptian Cont.& Trad. lim t; 3 Eng. & Aust r.t l . Copper, lita 21 • . i / 1,5 English and For e i gn Credit 71 Lou Eng. and Scot. It ariue, lim. 8 44 3_ , ,d • 10 Fairbairn Engin eer i n ...d g ld 20 Fore-street Warehouse Aim l2 1 11p 13 100 For. & Col. G ov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at .685 all 87 88 50 Gellivara, lim. 10 General Credi t & is., lint 7l li 1 4 15 General Steam Navigatio n 14 28 30 50 Home &Col Marine In. lim. 5 2 4.}d 10 20 Hudson's Ba y .,, all 124 124 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar- Ho se n i g ll iC e -o s, n li g t L nd „ . China .. . 20 Interim. Financial Soc. Hirt 5 14 1 I 20 Interns. L and Credit, lim 6 6 48 50 Italian Land ..... 100 .... . 20 Italian Irri. (Canal ...... .... Ur) all 3 34 Do. 6 p. c. 13 c 1 5., redeem 1870, issued 90 50 Land Securities, lirn 25 London African Tra;dlg lO 7 8 ,, d 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, I'm 6 ••• "- 10 London County and and Building, lint.... , 4 ••• • -11 50 Loud. Financial /1. ..... . , . inn 3O 22 21 4 Lond.Gen.Omuib u s•Co.lim all 2 21 21 50 Loud, and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, Lim. . 25 21 16.1 20 Lond. & Provincial 111 .. t . r . i at sladras Irriga. & Cant. Gua sp.c. by India Gov. 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lin - L.... .. 60 Millwall Iron Wor'ks, lint l2l 10 Natal La u d and Colouitta- ••• Lion Co., li nt. 9 51 418 25 National Discount Co. , lint 5 111 1,1,.4 v. 25 National Pro 51arin e, lin t . 4 4 '''` 10 National Steam Ship, lint, all 91 104 20 Nerbudda Coal& Iron, lim, 6 34 3,_,d,, 10 New Cons o lid ated Die. lim. 3 14 '4‘. 5 Now Quebrada, 1ien.,,,... 4.4.0 41 4 25 New Zealand Loan &Mer • cantile Agencylim 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, 1im.......... . . 6 1 1 10 Northern Assa mT . e . t..7,..li t n 5 7 ' 10 Do. B ...... all 9 8 st ' North Brit. Austral , lint— 100 48 51 50 North Brit. & Merca . .n. In_ 64 P 184 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 12 1 50 Oriental Financial, lint 6 Oriental Gas lim. all 7 8 5 Do. New ............... 1 i 1 1 6 10 Otago and Southland In. vestment, Rut • 2 Itl 41) 5 Ottoman Gas, Ii ........ ▪ all 11 2 4 10 Panama, New Zealand, 5 Aust Doralian R. M a il 11m all :7: do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim WO 31 34 50 Peniusu. & Oriental Steam all 48 50 50 Do. New 1867 60 Rhyniney Iron. .... all 22 24 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro Ci t a ll 61 7 20 Do. ' Ina• ,un i• . all 181 19 Ga.s, lim all 24 6 100 Royal Mail Steam .... . at Scottish Aust. Invest., litn lOO 83 8I at Do. 6P. c. Guar. Pref lOO • 2 • ••• 20 Soci6te Fin. d'Egypte, lint lB 0 7 4 3 3 68 , 20 soniete Gen.de l' 50 S. African M E mpire Ot. ort. & Inv., lina. 6 ... ••• 25 South Australi an Land ..• all 34 36 20 Thames and Mersey Marino (Insurance), lirn 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl .. ... 10 Trust &Agency of Aus.,lina. 1 41p 10 Do do. do. all ••• ..• 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 i IP 50 Union Marine L'pool, lira 6 41 5 p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ilm i 24 15 Unite d d Discount Corp., Rm 6 1 20 Universal Marineau.), u m. 5 10 Upper Assam Tea, 1im.,,,,,, 1 1 2 p all Laud .. 30 Van Dieman's Egypt, 7 per 4 1 6 7 00 Viceroy of Loan.,,tgage) cent. (Mor ..all 774 7 5 4 704 50 Warrant FinanCe, inn. .. , W t India and Punk) 50 es Steam, lim2o 20 WestLoudon Whams and Warehouses lO cuL,AIAL UOVJbatNlll24*4l StUUIiITIh6 "41 106 iiio4s 1 10 0 0 0 ..... ..... •__ British°oo.Aon.pt.lt .1C418819125u0..1: Columbia, . 1 1 . 9 . e . oo r . .. .. - Van.Gov.6p.O.Jan. i &July -- —. 1877-84 Do, 6p. e "leb. & Aug l4 in 02 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept lOO ...2 I L4 Do. 6p. a. Jan. & July lOO E u s 2 1 , ( %., 4 cDaop.esup..lol.olpnce,c6=B67k3 1004 e 11 , 002 100.1 . 894 9 Do. do 1810.90 lOO 107 109 °SI Do. Jan.&July, 16pi Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 .. 100 93 no Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 P- 0 •• 100 108 11t Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 10/' Maurltius, 6 p. 0, 1871... _ Jan. and July Do. 1678 . • •• 110 106 ins - Do. 1895, a it bd A N uc cl...... 1 0 0 0 1 1 0066 ifiki . u. „_ Melbourne Corporate.... 166745, 6 per eta;..... ICO 100 100 N.13.G0v.0 p.C.Ja.&July .. 100 103 k 4 Natal 6 p c', Apll Oct... 0) _ . --__ DN.o S. p w c. s sl p . . 0 y ., & ,71 N t 0/ 1 0 1 074.. 1009 ( e s :.,1 -- Do. 5 p.c. 1988 to 1890... DO 10 8 4 , u l i 0, " Do. 5 p.c. rd.'G to ';5.. 2 . N. D Z o e . a s la p u e d r , c 6 en p t . , c . t . .. l o B . 1 11 C ot 0 00 03 .....,4 914 5 41. 1 , J LI iY, Do 6p c. Mar & ;Dept '91.. 100 108 110 --Do June & Dec , 1 91 ...„ ito 20 9 ill ....—... 1 apinnciiii•Jer July, 1875 12 1 5 , 715 1f 0 1 0 1d . .. nova D Scoti al6s6. . 6 . p . . .o .. ..J is it ; 55. ......... : ii i i 0.000 : 0.0 0 j 0ucc : : 3...2,114 I :007843:i :00:Ian Do 180. . - Tasmanian Qne ep 'ln d . 6 6 p P e r • c c . —. Do .t 9 , 2 97 . ~• • • Victoria 6I er cent lata l, 0 113 114 Do. April and Oct ..,.... /..00 I °P 110 110 94 CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. On Thursday an important meeting was held at the metropolitan residence of Mr. Mitford, M.P., in Cavendish•square, of members of Parliament, eminent medical men, clergymen, and gentlemen interested in the Health Laws to confer respecting the extension of the Act of 1836. Among those present were Lord Charles Bruce, M.P., Sir John Simeon, M.P., Mr. Waterhouse, M.P., Mr. Mitford, M.P., the lion. Percy Wyndham, M.P., Sir Henry Thompson, Dr. J. E. Folluek, Dr. Mouat (Inspector-General of Hos pitals), Mr. Ernest Hart, the Rev. E. Wyatt-Edgell, Dr. Myers (of the Coldstream Guards), Mr. Berkeley Hill, Mr. J. Brandon Curgenven, Mr. G. G. Gascoigne, Dr. T. Fox, Dr. B. F. M`Dowell (ef Dublin), and Ur. James Lane. The hon. secretaries, Mr. Berkeley Hill and Mr. Curgenven, reported that letters had been received from rectors of parishes and from the mayors of different towns, stating they were prepared to urge forward the measure advocated by the association. A meeting had been held in Birmingham under the bishop and leading clergy of the diocese, advocating this purpose, and the movement was proceeding in Bristol, Reading, Newcastle, Dublin, Gloucester, Manchester, Gravesend, Bath, and Chelten ham, and letters in support had been received as well from most of the large ship companies over the kingdom. The Mayor of Liverpool, the rector, and others of the Muni cipal Council of that town, offered to attend with a depu tation on the Ministry to urge the adoption of the Act, and the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, and othersof a like character were also with the association. Many influential persons had sent in their names to be added to the com mittee, among whom were Lord Lifford, Bishop Smith, of the Colonial Church, and several rectors of towns. There had been an increase of between fifty and sixty members of the association, which was satisfactory; but he regretted to say that one of the religious societies had taken au opposition view, and had sent papers to members of Parliament urging that no compulsory measures should be taken. The society, however, gave no facts in answer to the statistics given by the association.—Sir J. Simeon said he should use his exertions to extend this Act, as he knew the populations of the large towns would be bene fited, and the immorality decreased. The chief obstacle to be overcome, he said, was the " flying-in the-face-of-Providence" argument, and he assured the meeting that he knew some of the chief dignitaries of the Church who were in favour of the association's views.— The vast good the Act had done was referred to by Lord Charles Bruce, Dr. T. Fox, Dr. Myers—who stated that Colonel Michael Bruce, of the Coldstreams, was in favour of the Act—and by other gentlemen, who declared that while they held the "continental system" in utter abhor rence as far as regarded licensing, still they had found that compulsion had worked most successfully. THE STATE OF IRELAND. The correspondent of the Daily News, inquiring into the outrages in the south of Ireland, dates his latest commu nication from Clonmel. The following case, which he details as occurring near Bansha, between Tipperary and Clonmel, will illustrate strongly the feeling that animates the people on the question of land tenure. A widow fell into arrears of rent, and the landlord thought it was time to eject. He took proceedings accordingly, and the widow's farm was given to another—a rela tion of the widow, who offered her some compensation. This was indignantly rejeeted, and the widow came to reside in Bansha. The new occupier never made his ap pearance in the town that the widow did not pour down on him abuse, reproaches, curses, and even filth. He complained, and the woman was re monstrated with, but in vain. She had lost her home, and people thought that she had lost her reason. One cold morning a report arrived in Bansha that the house of Fanner A. was in flames. So it was, and with the house there perished some half-a-dozen head of stock. On investigation a box of matches was found outside the house, which proved that it was the work of an incen diary. The ejected widow was out of bed that night, and though no one could prove any act done, no one has any doubt as to the perpetrator of the arson. The farmer got compensation from the county, but he says he feels no security as long as the widow is alive. The same correspondent gives a story of the brother of Mr. William Scully, who was shot some months since. A woman owing £6O for three years' rent was requested to leave, and was offered £4O and the back rent to do so. She refused, and was forcibly ejected. The agents of the law had scarcely disappeared when Mrs. Tobin took possession of an outhoust. When requested to leave by Mr. Scully's bailiff, she refused, adding that "if he put a leg into the place she would see him for it sooner or later.' The next charge brought against her was for wilful and personal trespass, and using threatening language. Even now she was offered a remission of the three years' rent due, -£6O from the incoming tenant, and £4O from Mr. Scully, making an allowance of £l6O. Still she refused, though pressed to accept the terms offered. She was bound over, herself in £5O, and two sureties in £2.5 each, to keep the peace for twelve months. It was apparent, from the course of the proceedings, that the widow Tobin had a public opinion outside the court, on which she relied for sympathy. On the other hand, the Daily News correspondent heard the remark made that the concessions of Mr. James Scully would prove store pernicious than the rigid adherence of his brother William to the absolute letter of the law, What inference will the tenantry draw from the case but that rent is robbery? Here is a woman actually offered what would be equivalent to an eight years' purchase in the Landed Estates Court, on condition that she would leave a house and farm to which she had no legal title. Some body else may say, " I shall pay no rent at all ; I possess and I till, why should I share with one who does not possess and who does not till ?" Nor is this an extreme case. There is a tenant of Colonel Purefoy who owes several years' rent, under ejectment, and who has been offered £3OO or £4OO to give up possession ; but he refuses the money, and holds the land. It would be a dangerous thing probably for anyone to succeed the actual possessor in the present temper of the people. By the bye, Colonel Purefoy is one of the landlords who has recently left the country and gone to England. The correspondent calls attention, on the other hand, to what Sir William Osborne did some years back. He built for a ragged man a cabin on the untilled mountain aide, and gave him land there at a small rent. The man, before poor and miserable, succeeded, and became well-to do. Sir William soon had others applying to him for the same privilege. He gave them what they asked ; and they also soon rose above their poverty, discontent, and Whiteboyism. They really worked day and night because they worked for themselves. " Suppose (it is asked) that Sir William Osborne was a strict economist and purely selfish man, and that he said to these tenants, ' You have made this land very valuable, but the land being mine, everything that you have put into it is mine also. Your labour inheres in my property, and cannot be disassociated from it. I need not allow you to remain on the land at all, but I shall not exercise my full legal rights. You must, however, give me three-fifths or five•sixths of the produce. If you do not agree to this you must go ; there are others who will accept my proposal.' Would you blame the tenantry if they grumbled at a contract of this kind, and would it not rather be an abuse of terms to call such a proposal by the name of a contract ?" Summing up the information he has received, the correspondent says :—" I cannot but think it is the bounden duty of the Legislature to interfere, without loss of time, between these extreme pretensions on one side and the other. At present the great mass of opinion lies in the middle ; but the longer a fair bill on the question of land tenure is delayed, the greater will be the difficulty of dealing with it." SHARE LIST. ORDINARY &RAJ:L.IO AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Closing Business Paid ' Price. done. at Brletol and Exeter ...... 103 77 79 77 at Caledonian ............. 100 78 781E77i at Cambrian 20 Cornwall all 21 31 at Dublin Is Belfast June lOO 77 79 st Dun„Pertli, &Ab.Junc ":00 70 72 2 ; East London all 61 71 10 vo )5 23 Do 10 at Glasgow &S. Western los/ Xll7 93 at Great Eastern .. tOu 371 371 371 4 i at Do. E. Ani4l. No. 2 tOu ... ... it LircatNortilui Scotlan.t lOO 15 6 at Great Northern .. 100 105 103 at Do. A stock st Do. B ewer.... lOO ... st GtS, and W. 01 Ireland l ov va 7 51 Gt. Western -original ILO 471 171 St Do. South Wilier , et DO. W. .311.1.—W.iuri LOU 14 17 at DO. Newport lOO 15 :0 St Lancashire .0 Yorkshir lOO 122 .13 st Lon., Brigh.ok. S.Coaat lOO 46 lei 441 6 0) Do Scrip at lon., Chat., and Dover luu 16 17 16,1 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 9 11 at Lon. St North 1% estern lOO 113: 115/ 115 .t Lon. si South Western ILO 87 tO 8r 8 at Mao., 6 het., .3 i Lincoln llO 521 531 5 it AM. trot o Min •• . lOO 10 1 101 130 ) I:9} st Do Extonaian .. .. 100 s 7 ;iv 10 Do. New rd .. at Metropolitan District, all 45 40 10 Metrop. St. John's 11 00 1 6 - at Illtulaud at Do, dirndl]. dz Darby lO3 78 8,) at North British ... 100 14 :15 at Do. Ed., I'th., & Dun... 109 at Nor. khistern—Berwick.. 160 103 104, 1031 11 25 Do. G. N.E purchisse..l6.l3.4 at Do Leeds. ...... ....... 100 5 9 501 at Do York OO 91 va at Do Card .le .... at Do Stoc4.ll/, Darling 1(0 131 131 at North Lou lou 10 Do New 1818 at North Staffordshire lOO 05 57 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 93 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... .. at Rhymney at Shropshire Union lOO 57 58 at South Devon' .. at South Eastern lOO 75 751 at Staines, Wolehamot Wok all 12 13 at 'ran Vale iv'. 148 153 -- Do. C Wateitord & tilikenny 11.1.1 1U Waterloo &NV hiteha.l 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES 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 ... sm s tt t D D D c.O O A b e dd r en , t, 0 • 7 7. 1 d, ei 6 o,. ap: cent..ey. .. 100 110000 o. 78 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 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 (3 las. e.; S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO tit (-It. Eastern, E.G . Ex. No.l 100 9 i V 9 st Do do Nu. 2 100 93 93 et Do do 6 per cent 100 100 112 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 st Do do B 6 du. 101 st Do do C 7 du. 103 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 10U 70 75 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Wa y .V a l . l B47 100 ...... st Great Not thern, 5 per cent 10 1111 st Du 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pin. 100 . st Do 4 3 do d o d u 100 .. st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm IUO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per ceut lOO ... st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 ... st Great South. and \Vesteru (Ireland) 4 per ceut lOO 96 97 st G Jut.-!tent chg., per g 113.5 p.c lOO 101 103 at Do. Orig. (B. / li. Ex). 5 p.e 100 95 100 St Du do 4, per cent. 185 J too 87 a 9 Sli et Do do 4 do do lOO 77 79 st IJO do 5 per cent. redein. 100 85 97 st Do do Birunughain gua, 100 63 70 at Du do do prof,— 100 st 1)o do Chester gal lOO t,O 83 st Do du do ti per cent. 100 ... at Du do do 5 do 100 93 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 10U at Do do 41 p.c io) st Do do 4, 1850 lOO ... at Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 10) 111 113 st 2d gua. 10J 101 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 90 92 st Do d o 21 do 100 97 10J st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... 00 Lancaster S Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Lancash. dt Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 at Du Barnsley, £5 3s 101 p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 98 100 at London St Brighton, sp. c. guarantead, - No - 100 ... at Du 5 per cent. gun. Nu. 2 100 at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO ... at Do 7 per cent luo at Do 6 do (W.E. & U.P.) 100 at 11) 4 do 1850 lOO at Loudon, Chatham, t Dover 5 per cent lOO st London and 0:.%V., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 at Do Bedford &.kJainbrilge lOO at Do Shrewsb'y dt Weichp'l lOO et Loudon and a W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 Si G.l. Do (Purtain.perp ans 256 d) all ... at Mau., Shef., &Lilian. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do at Do 31 per cunt lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 ... at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. C lOO 130 135 at Do Bristol& Birin., 6p. e lO3 1,2 134 at Du 41 per cent. re.lean lOO t,B 103 at; Do 41 per cent. irredeam lOO 116 1 at Du Leicester & p.c IOU 8) 91 at North p.c. No.l lOO at Du B.wlr. 4p.c.S. 5; D lOO ,„ at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO ,„ at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Cous. 4 p.c lOO 87 82 at Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 95 07 at Do CT N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. Do York,ll.& S. purchase lO 10 104 Do Stcktn & Drling. el 5 p.c lOO 106 108 at Do W, liartlepool if. and It 10) 81 86 20 North Staffordshire all 20i 211 lOs S. Devon Annuities, 1 a all 9 10 10a Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all S 9 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 si 1,0.6. 5. Last. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 et Do 41 percent lOO ot Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 14, 153 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS. —PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 45 p c gua. a t Vo Scot. Cen. min. 7 p c lOO a t Do 44 p irredeeni all st Do 4p e con. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 . g; 781 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO Si si at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 84 67 st Do do 5 do, 1801 lOO 83 86 a t Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO s t Do Permanent 5 pe r cent lOO ••• 106 at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 10J at Great West., W. alidl., 5p c 100 a t Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 * at Do do 6p c irred., 1806 100 103 103 20 Do Vale N eath peril. 5p c all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York. New 44 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 1p st Lond., B rig ,&c.,45 pc 1858 100 at Do do 4 do , , 1860 100 et Do do 41 du, 1861 100 at Da do 44 do, 1863 100 *** a t Do do 5 do, 1865 100 :** at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ••• .•• at Do No. 7 sdo st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. EL, B 6 p. p.c Do do C 6 c 100 —* a t London &N. Weste rn, 5 p c 100 103 110 ••• ••• at London& S. Western, 43 p c 100 v 2 94 10 Man. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 881 st Metropolitan 3 per cent lOO 100 104 et Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 103 et Do B do 100 106 103 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony . to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 201 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 18k 191 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 B4 11 21/e e t North British , E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ... et Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ~. Do E , P., & Dun., Id, 4pc 100 et Do E. &G , No. 2, 5 p.c et Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 et Do E. & G., No . 3, 5 p.c at Do E. &G., (Ordiry) p c 100 . a t North Eastern, 44 per cent 100 v 5 9 i at Do Stock. & Danl., D at North London, 44, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 4 4 pe, 1859 100 et Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 4 . 1 pc 100 ... RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS] 100 SO 98 s n head 1 . 0 , 0 po. c at Chester and Holyhead 11, at Do. 51 per cent. 1 94 st Do. 5 do. 100 11C 1 1 2 B u n 4 g l la p a e n r t s ire Prefer l a o 0 85 56 V 9 V 4 cent. 100 1 I at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 131 131 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... ▪ Gt. Easa., Newm., &c., 5 p.c • Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ... et Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 .. at Gt. West, W. Mid., Herd 100 96 98 60 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2i5 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 96 at Do. 41 per cent lOO ... st London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO ... at Do. Corn. Fund, 5 do 100 ... st London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO ... at London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 85 st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 80 82 at Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton. & Matlk all S• 51 at Midland, Bralfortt, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East., 5 per cent all 53 66 60 Do. do. 6 do. all ... st It Eastare --Hartlep00l st N.West. A perp. prat', 5p c lOO 107 109 st Do B minimuml/ p.c lOO at Notting. 6; Granth. C lOO 91 . 98 25 Preston and Wyre Royston, Hitch., and Shep ' 100 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 131 135 10 Do du lip at S. Yorksh. an.l Ri ver Dun 100 96 94t at Do 4 per cent gua lO r 78 80 st Do 5 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 IVII st West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 Do du B I II 20 Do do C a ll at Weymouth and Portland IOU st Wilts and Souterset 8: DOCKS. et East and West India lOO 12t 121 at London and St. Katherine lOO 44 18 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all DSillwall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 26 20 at Southa:npton lOO 74 76 at Surrey Commercial ...... ,„ AO TRIAL FOR MURDER. William Rumble, a corporal in the 9th Foot, was tried on Thursday, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, for the manslaughter of James Wood, who was shot at Drog heda on the 20th of November, during the election. A detachment of the 9th Regiment, with hussars and con stabulary, escorting voters to the poll, were attacked by the mob, and the officer in command was knocked down insensible, while several soldiers were wounded. Two soldiers fired without orders. The prisoner and a comrade, named Bonello, were charged with the offence, but Bonello was liberated. The trial lasted the whole day. The evi dence was conflicting. Mr. Butt defended the accused. At half past seven o'clock, the jury, after five minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. President Grant's father fills the humble office of Postmaster of Covington, an insignificant town in Kentucky. THE DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICAN MINISTER.— Mr. B. Moran was presented to Lord Clarendon on Thursday by Mr. Johnson as Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the United States until the arrival of Mr. Motley. Mr. Johnson will leave London on Wednesday next for Southampton, and will sail thence on the Saturday follow in the North German Lloyd's steamer Ohio, bound fir Baltimore. ANOTHER BRIDGE ACROSS THE MERSEY.-- Messrs. William Low and George Thomas, civil engineers, have submitted to the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board a letter, and very comprehensive plans, illustrating their scheme of crossing the Mersey by means of a railway suspension bridge from Liverpool to Birkenhead. It will consist of three spans, the centre one I,Booft. in length, and the others 9601 t. each, and will be 140 ft. above high water mark. The bridge would unite the various railway lines in Lancashire and Cheshire. It will be under two Wiles long, and the total cost is estimated at £1.700.000. --- EMIGRATION FROM THE .EAT-E.:. - 0 OF LONDON. A large number of unemployed workmen, together with their wives and families, embarked yesterday on board the steamer Cleopatra, now lying in the Victoria Docks. They are chiefly inhabitants of the East-end of London, and are about to emigrate to Canada. The number of the party is about 240, and of these 132 are assisted out by the British and Colonial Emigration Fund. The total number assisted by this society, by means of paying a whole or a part of their passage-money, amountsup to the present time to 2,400. Among those gone out are eighteen boys from the Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Boys in Great Queen-street. The Quebec agent of the Refuge will meet the boys on their arrival, and will procure them situations in various employments in the neighbourhood of the city. THE COLLIERS' STRIKE. The struggle between the coalowners and miners of the South Yorkshire district is being carried on with great severity, and in the case of some of the unionists with great hardship. At the collieries of Mr. B. Huntsman, where prior to the strike nearly 800 men were employed, the struggle is a very severe one. Mr. Huntsman has sent emissaries to Staffordshire and other parts of the country, and they have engaged men to work on the collieries on strictly nonunion and free-labour principles. Mr. Huntsman has five pits alto gether, but now he has only two of these,. the principal ones, at work, instead of the full complement of hands he having only 300, and these as a rule are very inferior men. Fresh lots are coming up every day, and in all probability Mr. Hunts man will soon have as many hands as he had before the strike. On the other hand, the unionists all remain firm to their cause, not one man having deserted the ranks; they receive their weekly allowance from the union with out intermittance. The unionists maintain that the " blacks" whom Mr. Huntsman now employs, in stead of doing him any good, will, as they are not experienced miners, merely swallow up his capital without any commensurate return. At the Thorncliffe Pits, where 800 men are locked out, the dispute is as far off termina tion as ever, as is the case at Denaly Main, where 300 men are looked out. At the latter place 600 loaves of bread are distributed gratis to the unionists by the inhabitants every week. NATIONAL SPORTS. The chief feature of the speculation on the Derby has been the installation of Belladrum as second favourite. The price of Pero Gomez is, it is true, just a point above that of Belladrum, but the latter is supported to by far the heaviest amount. At York the Russley horse was backed at 5 to 1 to £5OO, and even money was laid that he heath Pero Gomez. In London 90 to 20 was frequently taken, and a point beyond this figure would have commanded a good deal of support. The training reports speaks favourably of Belladrum. On Tuesday he had a canter of a mile, and afterwards a three-parts speed gallop of a mile and a half, moving in excellent style, and pulling up sound and well. It is settled, too, that the public favourite shall have a first-class jockey, for Daley, who won so many races on Belladrum last year, will have the mount at Epsom. If the horse keeps well, he will undoubtedly come to the post, and will run a fair race. Whether he has much chance of winning is a point on which some of the best judges express themselves doubtfully. Better jockey. ing might have landed him a winner in the Two Thousand ; but it by no means follows that he ought to win in the Derby. The course is longer, more difficult, and more trying to a horse with defective pipes. The rage in favour of Pretender has calmed down considerably. Two to 1 was offered on Wednesday without response ; but he was heavily backed at 7to 4 on for a place. The reports from his training quarters represent him to be doing good work. On Tuesday he did a mile gallop at half-speed three times, pulling up in the best condition. But of all the three leading favourites Pero Gomcz is in the worst odour. The bookmakers evince an unmistakeable desire to lay against him. 4 to 1 was offered to any amount and declined ; but it is noticeable that a point beyond this would have been freely accepted. A report was spread abroad that Sir J. Hawley's horse was injured, but there does not seem the slightest foundation for such a statement. Both on Tuesday and Wednesday he did two miles at a great pace, going in excellent form. The remaining candidates for the Derby require little comment. Thorwaldsen has gone back in the quotations after a brief period of prominence, but he will undoubtedly start to make the running for l Pretender. Ethus is backed at 25 to 1, but 1 Martyrdom cannot find support at this figure. Rysh ' worth is pretty much in the same position. The Drum mer, Bosworth, Duke of Beaufort, and Perry Down are all in the friendless division at 4U to 1. 500 to lis offered against Consternation. CRICKET.—A very good match between the All England Eleven and Sixteen of Oxford University has ended in a draw. The University made 95 and 154. The Eleven 131, and 25 for one wicket. The Oxonians arc strong in batting ; W. Evett's especially being a tower of strength to them, but their bowling is weak, and their fielding as a whole bad. A match between eleven colts of the South and eleven of the North was won by the former. It brought out a very good bowler—Shoesmith, of Sussex. A Cabinet Council was held to-day at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, Downing street. The confinement of the Comtcsse de Flandres is expected very shortly, and with great interest in regard to the succession to the Belgian throne. The expenses of the candidates at the late Brad ford election are published. Those of Mr. Miall are £1,603, and those of Mr. Thompson, £1,356 ; total, £3,959. Mr. John Bright has declined the invitation to visit Sunderland for the purpose of laying the foundation stone of the proposed Victoria Hall at that place. The racing town of Doncaster will shortly have its Free Library. The Town Council on Wednesdaymade the necessary order for levying a library-rate of one penny in the pound. The Free Labour Society, formed by Colonel Maude to oppcse Trades' Unions, is in extremis. The com mittee issue an address calling upon employers to help the movement. St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead, has been re suscitated, and the new council have appointed as its Prin cipal the Rev. William Saumarez Smith, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Vicar of Trumpington, and formerly chaplain to the Bishop of Madras. Mr. J. C. Cobbold, who was for many years M.P. for Ipswich in the Conservative interest, has been attacked with gout and a carbuncle on the back of the neck. The hon. gentleman, who is under the care of Sir William Ferguson, is considered to be in a somewhat critical state. From a return published on Thursday it appears that the total amount of duty paid on Fire Insurance in Great Britain and Ireland during the year 1868 was £964,514. Of this sum the Sun-office paid £120,637, tha Liverpool, London, and Globe £95,705, the Phoenix £75,168, and the Royal £73,868. At an early hour on Wednesday the Sheffield Ragged School, erected by subscription in 1856, and at which 500 scholars regularly attended, was destroyed by fire. Nothing but the outer walls are left. happily all the in mates of the building were aroused and rescued. The origin of the fire is not known. An extraordinary accident occurred on Wednesday at Speke Tower Farm, near Liverpool. The boiler of a steam thrashing engine exploded, and the fire scattered from it ignited a waggon load of hay close by. In attempting to remove it, the burning straw was upset, and it fell upon a poor woman, who was burnt to a cinder before she could be reached. An interesting return relating to the new Courts of Justice was publihhed as a Parliamentary paper on Thursday, from which it appears that since 1865 a sum of 4885,000 has been advanced from the Exchequer for expenses to the site, &c., of the pew Courts of Justice. All but 43,000 of this has been paid to the Exchequer out of the Surplus Interest Fund of Suitors of the Court of Chan cery. The expenses have amounted to 4885,000, of which £820,000 went for purchase of the site, and 430,000 for legal expenses. MILITARY EDUCATION COMMISSION.--A meeting of the Commission was held on Tuesday last. Present— Lord Dufferin (chairman), Lord E. Cecil, M.P., Lord De Roe, Sir C. Russell, Sir D. Cameron, Major-General Eard ley Wilmot, Major-General Tlaythorne, Dr. Butler, Mr. Lake, and Lieutenant-Colonel Chesney. The secretary, Lieutenant Hozier, was iu attendance. CAB REFORM.—The Council of the Society of Arts propose to appoint a day, after the Whitsuntide holidays, for discussing any practical measures for im proving tbo cab system in the metropolis. Any person who may desire to submit proposals for discussion, are re quested to communicate them in writing to the secretary of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi, ou or before Saturday, the 29th inst. THE LYNN POISONING CASE.—The coroner's in quiry on the body of Langford closed last night. The jury returned the following verdict:—" That deceased died from diseases from which he had long been suffering, but that his death was accelerated by strychnine given by his wife, she Wing of uusottnd mind." NT E W .4-*4 ROM EY RAILW NOTICE IS HEREBY- GIVEN, that in pursuance of "The Railways (Extension of Time) Act, 18128," an EX TRAORDIT•iARY GENERAL MEETING of the Com piny will be held tit the Offices of the Company, No. 6, Victoria street, Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, on FRIDAY, the 28th day of May, 1869, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, for the purpose of authorising an applic , ition to the Board of Trade by, or on behalf of, the Company, for an extension of the time limited for tin , purchpfze of the lards tc(iuired for the RalwAy authori, , ed by " The New Ib Railway Act 1866," and of the time lirdted for the completion of the works thereof. Dated this 1-Ith (,'y of MAy. 180. BY Order. J. WILSON TIIEOBALD, Secretary. Offices of the Company, 6, Victoria-strek t, Wcsttninster, \V. 1111) EDIT lON NOTICL. The Third Edition of " The Sufi" of last Evening was published in .ime for delivery in town at 7.33 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. SI ORT.I.NG INTELLIGENCE—This Day DONCASTER RACES-THIS DAT.) (3T ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) BETIING ROOM STAKES. White Slave Prince Imperial Roma 3 Four ran. SCURRY STAKES. Cheddington..... Conundrum Kellogg JUVENILE STAKES. Gladstone 1 General Jackson Star and - Garter CHESTERFIELD STAKES. De Vere Edinburgh F10m,.. Six ran. CORPORATION S FAKES. Gladstone Clarionet' e, Ettrick CLUMBER STAKES. Kebn;ugton Windrush.. YORKSHIRE ST. LEGER. Slap Bang Delaware Neasden., Four ran. SALISBURY MEETING—THIS DAY. HANDICAP PLATE OF 50 SON'S. Flower Girl Coldstream Glencoe LONGFORD GAS ILE STAKES. Betty Lady Annie Eitbou colt— SALISBURY CUP Benbow blaze Pompeii Seven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS Ribbon cult Horsham Lonstiole WILTON PARK STAKES. High Church Jung I'rau Succession Ten ran. LONG LEAI S FAKES. &Mb° w.. Epwortb Sturm King LONDON BET l'lNG—Tuis DAY. DERBY. 210 to 100 agst Pretender (offered) 7 to 2 agst Pero Gomez (offered 4 to 1 taken) 9 to 2 get Belladrum (taken freely) 1000 to GO agst Ludas (offered) 25 to 1 agst Ethus (taken) 1000 to 3 7 agst Ryshworth (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Martyrdom (taken) 30 to 1 agst horw dseu (taken) 40 to 1 agst Perry Down (taken and offered) • .„ . 40 to 1 agst Rupert (offered) 40 to 1 agst Duke of Beaufort (offered) 50 to 1 agst Drummer (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Brennus (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Vagabond (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Fairtninster( offered) 1000 to 10 agst Royal Oak (offered) 1000 to 5 agst Lord Hawthorn (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Royal Rake (offered) 200 to 100 agst Dawson's lot (taken) THE OAKS. stolon the field (offered) IXTURES. T. 3 R.O. lIER MAJESTY'S PLATE. .• I Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 20 Wye :„ • 19 Harpenden 2l Epsom Summer .....15, An E. INewcastle 22, 23, 24 Odiham 22 liibury Club 23 1 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Liverpool Summer 29, 30 Sutton Park .....29, 30 bY Southampton 13,13 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford ... :t2, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 UST. Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Ply mouth 26, 27 S c a rborough 30, 31 Derby Summer ..,31, Sep 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury- ..... , 31, Sep. 1 E MBE& Hampton 21 2 Western Hendon Monmouth... 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0et....28, dc. Lanark... 29 30 IBER. Cheltenham I.A. 21 Curragh li, 2G, J.l. West Drayton .........21, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmark,t n'ton ...25, Om MBER. Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Liverpool Shrewsbury ...., 15, 16 STEEI'LECIIASE FIXTURES. JULY. Kingsbury. 9 OCTOBER. Bromley 7 West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 I Shrewsbury 15, Harrow 2, 3 i Leamington liuut ....23 Se Lverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 1 COURSING FIXTURES. AUGUST. St. Albans 17 LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENNG• FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 11. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Salomon Levy as Consul ut Gibraltar for the United States of Venezuela, and Mr. Antoine T. CMOs us Vice-Consul at Birmingham for His Majesty the King of the Helleues. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 2; ... 12 2i Do Rotterdam... — ... 12 31 ... 12 • •••3 41 Autwerp — 25 45 ~_. r ...V ~ ••• •• Brussels Ilatubure, la 13 12; ... 13 131 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-tlie-Maiu ... 1211 ... 122 Vienna — ... 12 67 1 ... 12 721 Trieste — ... 12 67f ... 12 ..21 Petersburg Copenhagen. Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz 4Bi ... ~,9 9. i . ' . Leghorn Milan Genoa ▪ 26 70 26 'T7I • 26 70 26 ▪ 26 70 26 77i Naples ... 26 70 ... 26 77i 26 70 ... 26 77f Palermo 26 70 26 77 Messina Lisbon — Oporto , — ... 51i _. L 2 ~. 511 ... 52 RACING 1' MA Doncaster 13, 14 Salisbury 16 West Drayton.... ...... 15, 13 St. Albans 17 18 Bath 18, 19 Croydon 2,3, 4 Ncwto❑ 'I 3 , 4 Newark 3 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragh 22, 23, 24 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle 6, 7 Pontefract 9, 10 Hendon . .. 1 4 , 13 - Nottingham l3, 14 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 10, 11 Wolverhairpton lO, II Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT: Warwick 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d Uet...11, ttc. Chelmsford. l9 20 Kelso 19 20 NOV] Harrow 2, 3 Worcester 3, 4 St. Albans 5, 6