The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-27 00:00:00

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Ther e o f manufacture .4 These "f 1111 :0 women, 25,1- ArrangeW eil : r. Philip Pag et ,o Mr. V li' • b i ffe li4 ,tobe an gr , lismissal of d a the retirete a soigne: p , business 0,..,100 and to Pr u " t be now recei /e jo s m to a Pe rle t d the Banhrlo c e ,on of the ° curiotl o _ t ' ro bato C' 9lP. st , ar mer, late a f or , gnatures to it po stator's de s . ,,, t he discovered P'ber wife daring be equellio . The w ill f o r who we re , io gs , however, v itro"' o two 00 abet/ are 0° , 4 0 nd Dr. T ritit d ;posed to fina l ; stated 00°, J e in CaW al° certained• urnals te ll ea, eg antlY d re° :f a the hou se ell t• pre is, and , - to t she desireu, to visit it. : tail* aer Was r galy ,!,, bAr but wa s era t wo r, howeVer,, first s tar ted o a1 3 , (1 ,n that Lu d e that ected, oh the ro b e ) robe ge e. : s us ' 4* ,-,ersol l. ao less a te r , lanes t he 7eeli. in of the tr ot mask MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The directors of the Bank of England have sepa rated without making any alteration in the official minimum. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to day, the French Rentes were 71f. 82c. Un decided. Consols have improved 1-16 to-day, to 931 -a for money; ditto, for Account, 93+ 1 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 921 New Thee per Cents, 921 S; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, par; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 2111 13 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1141 a 13 ; ditto 4 per Ce - nt., Oct., 1888, 100+ ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., —. In the Foreign market stock are firm. Italian of 18 61 have improved 5-16, Turkish of 1865 5-16, Spanish New Three per Cents. 1-16, Egyptian of 1868 1, Argentine Peruvian /. The Bonds of the Honduras Railway Loan we quote 83 to 85 ex coupon ; the Orel Vitebsk Bonds, 781 to 79 Nicolai Bonds, 631 to 64 ex div. ; Argentine Six per Cents., 79 to 79/ ; Egyptian Seven per Cents. Viceroy, 791- to 80 ; ditto Nine P r Cents., 921 to 831 ; ditto Seven per Cents., 1 868, 761 to 76+ ; Italian Five per Cents., 56+ to 07+ ; Mexican, 121 to 13 ; Peruvian Five per Cents., 781 to 781 ; Spanish New Three per Cents., 281 to 284. In the Railway Market the prices are as fol lows :—Brighton, 45/ to 45,1 ; Caledonian, 761 to 77 ; Great Eastern, 371 371 ; Great Western, 481 to 421 ; Great Northern, A, 1071 to 1071 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1221 to 123 ; London and North Western, 116-1 17 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 161 1 ; Metropolitan, 971 98 ; Midland, 1131 141 ; Sheffield, 541 a ; South Eastern, 75f 6 ; but since Metroplitan have become in favour, and show a rise of I, being 98 1 . Colonial Government Securities are steady. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are mostly un changed. American Securities are rather stronger: The sum of £4,000 in gold was taken to the B ank yesterday, making a total of £429,000 during the week since the date of the last return. T he City of Brussels, from Buenos Ayres, has brought £ll,OOO. Although the introduction of new foreign loans a ppears for the present to have been checked, it nla Y be as well not to overlook the prospect that a steady supply of stock, representing in great part new creations, will come forward as prices rise. Combinations of bankers on the Continent take loan l3 - -asjor instance Russian—at prices consider ably below those current here ; and then, as oppor tunity offers, th e y fe e d the English market. It may thus be fairly inferred that any return of buoyancy in the foreign stock market would exercise a pre judicial effect upon the bullion movement, and tend to turn the exchanges, which at present are in favour of this country. It is understood that with the view of putting an end to the long-continued gambling operations in Metropolitan Railway stock the directors of that company last week resolved to request the auditors to call in any professional accountant of high stand ing whom they might think fit to select to enter into a thorough examination of the accounts, and to report before the next half-yearly meeting. It is also stated that the Board have resolved, with re gard to the declaration of a dividend, to get the pre vious concurrence of Sir Roundel' Palmer as to the amount that should be fixed, so as to remove as far as possible all grounds for cavil. It appears that Chief Justice Chase has ruled that the United States' Government cannot collect Income-tax from foreigners who hold its bonds, and that the sums already collected must be refunded. It is stated that the foreign houses in Paris,'Frank fort, Berlin, and Vienna are very c treful in the Paper they select for negotiation. They will take in bills at low rates, even at 4 and 4k per cep'. ; but the character must be very high class. The acceptances of several of the first firms will move off at a quarter per cent. below others, because through the repeated investigations at the Mansion House and elsewhere, confidence is destroyed, and the question of credit is more than ever ca nvassed. First-rate bankers' bills— Rothschild's, t 4 ring's, and others—are readily taken, but some of the :second and third-rate descriptions are fre quently rejected iu consequence of the prevailing distrust. Au extraordinary general meeting of the Bahia the Navigation Company (Limited) is called for 7 th of June, to confirm the resolutions passed On the 21st inst. The annual meeting of the African Steam Ship ‘'°tapany is fixed for the 9th of June. .The first o r di nary genera l mee ti ng o f the Anglo zelailedediterraneah Telegraph Company (Limited) is for the Bth of June, when a dividend is to be declared. At the meeting of the City Terminus Hotel Company (Limited) the directors' report, which r i adopted, showed an increase of nearly ; 0 ) 000 in the business as compared with the prey year. "e half-yearly meeting of the Canada Corn- Pany is fixed for the 21th of June, when a dividend 18 to be declared. t M essrs. W. J. White and Charles Greenwood , e o fficial liquidators of the Hercules Insurance ell °I4 PanY (Limited), have appointed the 3 d of June to settle the list of contributories. Creditors of the South-Eastern of Portugal Rail- Ca l Company (Limited) are required to send the particulars of their claims by the 15th of July, the rd of July having been appointed by Vice-Chan e' ell or Alalins for adjudicating upon them. BRIT IS li FUN DS—TWU O'CLOCK. , CiOVERNMENT FUNDS. ' Per Cent. Consols Ditto for Acc oun t, S N ew Per Cent. Reduced Redd I'2-1- I o -,„. 3 per Cent Ne w 21 per Cont. Jan. 1894 . 33 0. 5 per Cen Jau.1873 4 ,1 111.1itiOS, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Do. for Su yrs, expire sth April 1885 -- Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exetioqw:x Bills, £l,OOO, 2i 2f per Ch par Do £lOO, £2ot', & £5OO B 4uli of England Stock, 4f per Cent Dq. opening — Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial Cranium INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. " I lia s tock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 2114 13 1 - ) o. Opening, for Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 188 0 uo. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1 888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cent.....“ — Ro. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 n " °. 5 4 per Oeut. May 1879 ............... —3 5 Per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 ......... do 1877......... Do. do. 1882......... J. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ... D. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO — DO. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'C LOCK. 1 Ar ;entitle Republic, t; per Cent , De, Scrip £45 paid .. kuitrian Bonds o per cent B . . Do. 1859 rtzilian 5 per Cent 2°- li per Cent. 1852 — "°- do. 1858.... „ .',°- do. 186 `-' ) °- do., 1863 — ° 5 D „ per Cent., 1865 , uo Aecount Boi 80 _ 4 ) .13nos Ayres 6 per Cent. 1)0 2 p per Cent er C t (Deferred 3 per Cont ) Cuba, , 6 en . , i . . s'4,altitu 6 per C en t " 0 . 4i- per Cent. - Do. 3 or Cent., 1,0. 6 per ce , t. 1867 , 1 :0. 7 per Cent., 1866 ~.,, lo tibial), 6 per Cent. D aman. 3 per Cent., 1825 " ,lian Principalities, 7 per Cent — F . D 0 8 per Cent., 1867 B9 ~qualor New Uonsolidated, 1 per Cent. Sntian, 7 per Cent.... — fie Recoed Issue - Do. Loot Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds Do, 1864 D°•zl gia I. .Diooo.ooSße Bonds Scrip, s c e o u n t 87} 1 1868 76 i „Do do. £45 pd — die k*overnment Railwa D b • 99 Railway e .ntuies °r eek 6 per at. , 1824 5, ex Coups. — Dia. UMW • The prosecutor sAid the man ran against him, and through that he had a skirmish with him. Mr. D'Eyncourt committed the prisoner for trial. CAUTION TO CAB PROPRIETORS. - George Buttinson, cab proprietor, of Chichester-place, Barrow-road, appeared to answer the complaint of the Royal Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, of torturing a horse by working it in an unfit state. . The evidence of Sinclair, an officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and Sergeant Hurn, 4 C, showed that the defendant had sent out a horse to work with broken knees from which the blood was running, and having several sores about it and quite unfit for work. The defendant was fined 40s. and costs. Do. Coupone Do. Account Tl,tetnala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Lot a.,10 p. Ct., all pd it -, ,iati 5 per Ccrt., 1865 — Do. Account ... — Do Maremmana Railway — % , ioxicttn 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account - Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — xlontevidoau 6 per Cent. .. — vic crish imperial 5 per Cent Ne w Granada lB 171 Do 3 per Con. — Do. Deferred i'ruviar. 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account 7B Do 4i per Cont. (th:harren) Do 4f per Cont., 1862 -. Do Account Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,';• 351 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — llussian 5 L iar Cent., 1822, X St Do 4i per Cent , 1850 Da 4 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 3 per Cent., 1862 Do do, Scrip Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO liontik. Do. do. £Bl 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. (11 £B4 15s. 1)o Nicolas Railway 6ll Sari:Luau a per Ceut Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Ac, , ,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Dcferreu Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. 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 69 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 665 Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed to Laud Warrant:, (Hectares 9 Venezuela 3 per Cent.... ~ 30 Do. Acc .uut, Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividenas on the aboYe payable in Loudon. Austriso o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins - Belgian, 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2* per Cent. Ex. 12 GO.. 5 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Do. Account French Routes, 3 per Cent.. Ix.'2s[. I taliau 5 per Cent. 1831, zsf. Do Account 57 TWO O'CLOCK. -1 Wnsols, Money 93 i 93i Do. Account, June 1 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-7his Day. BOW-STREET. SELLING SPIRITS WITHOUT A LICEWSE.—A person named Stubbs, the keeper of a refreshment-house, No. 4, Little Queen-street, was charged with selling spirits with out a license. An Excise officer said be went into the shop and ordered some ale, oysters, and a glass of brandy, with which he was supplied by a female attendant. He had a pint of ale, a small glass of brandy, some oysters, and a little bread and butter, for which he was charged 5s 4d. lie had previously to entering the shop left another officer outside the house. He was not asked for the money before he was supplied with the articles. Another officer said he was watching the house on the night o the 23d of February he saw a man leave Mr. Stubbs' shop after the officer went in, and go to the public house opposite, from which he returned carrying a quart measure of ale. He (the officer) then went in and in quired whether any spirits had been sold to the man who had just left, and was informed that none had been sup. plied. He was 15 yards from the house. The dofondant, on being questioned relative to the trans action by the supervisor of the district, said that ho had not trangressed the law, and that whatever he had served he had obtained from the licensed victualler's opposite. Some witnesses were called for the defendant, who stated that the defendant was in the habit of sending to their houses for spirits, malt liquor, and wine. A lad stated that he was in the habit of fetching small quantities of liquor and spirits for the defendant, but he could not say that on the particular night iu question he went for the brandy ordered by the officer. Sir T. Henry said it had not been conclusively proved to him that the offence had been committed. Under those circumstances he felt a doubt, occasioned by the careless manner in which the excise officer had got up the evidence, and therefore he dismissed the summons. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBING A SURGEON.—Jamas Built, a French polisher, living in Union-street, Middlesex IloTital, was charged before Mr. D'Eyneourt with stealing the witch Mr. John Simpson, surgeon at the Marylebonte Infirmary. The prosecutor was passing from Foley-place into Ox ford-street about one o'clock that morning, when the pri soner seized his watch and made off. The prosecutor pursued the prisonsr into Upper Rathbone-place, and seized him, when he dropped the watch down an area, and broke away from the prosecutor, and made off again, but was subsequently found concoaled iu a water closet by Police-constable Essex 133 E. In answer to Mr. D'Eyncourt the constable said the pri soner had been drinking. The prisoner said the prosecutor was very drunk, and accused a,uothor man of stealing his watch. The prosecutor said ha knew what he was about, and was sure the prisoner was the man who took his watch. The prisoner said the prosecutor had a fight with the mall WESTMINSTER. DERBY NIGHT AT CREMORNE.—George French, well dressed, who gave the address No. 14, Drury-court, Bow street, was charged on suspicion with stealing a watch, value £B, the property of Mr. Henry Scobel, a medical student, residing at 4, Cecil-street, Strand. Mr. W. D. Smyth, of Rochester-row, defended. Mr. Scope' said he wa:, coming out of the wine room at Cremorne at half-past 12 this morning, and there was a great crush. The prisoner got close to hint and remained there some time, and at length he missed his watch. He called out that his watch had been stolen, and prisoner then hurried towards the door, but was detained and taken to the station. John Neal, 144 T, proved searching the prisoner at Cremorne and finding a brass watchchain and uld broken metal Geneva watch, but not that of the prosecutor. Dlr. Smyth contended that there was a great crowd, and it could only amount to a case of suspicion, in which no conviction could be obtained. Mr. Arnold said it was a case for inquiry, and remanded prisoner till Tuesday, requiring bail in £25 for his reap- pearance. The bail was not forthcoming. There was no other charge from Cremorne. TIIAM.ES. TIIE DISPUTED SURPLICE.—WiIIiam Dolan was brought before Mr. Puget charged with being in the unlawful pos session of a white surplice, the property of souls clergy- man unknown. The prisoner was seen by Harris, a police-constable, with a surplice under his arm, and treating it in a very irreverent manner, and if it had been an old coat, said the constable, he could not have used it more roughly. Ile was asked where he obtained it, to which he replied that a gentleman in Brighton gave him the surplice, and he intended to sell it to a High or Low clergyman of the Church of England, or a Roman Catholic priest, when he could obtain a customer. Mr. Paget asked the prisoner if be could give any other explanation of his possession of the surplice. Prisoner said he could not. It was given to him at Brighton by a gentleman whose name and address he did not know. 3lr. Paget—And you expnt me to believe that ? Prisoner— Yes, sir; I do. (A laugh.) An officer thought the surplice had been worn by a Church of Eeghted clergyman. Another officer thought the surplice was a Ritualistic one. Roche, the gaoler of tho cout, was strongly of opinion that the sarplico belonged to a Roman Catholic priest. Mr. Paget wits of the same opinion as Riche, and that it was very likely the surplice had been stolen from the vestry or sacristy of a Ronifin Catholic church. It wits not likely a priest of that communion would part with his sur plice to any one. He remanded the prisoner for a week. 111,411KE7 S-7 MS D. 4 Y. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. May 27.—Salos probably 10,000 halos. The market quiet, and 'unchanged. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 27 CO. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing litthims, Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all Int 104 tOl V) Do B lO 24 14 50 Albion 00 Alliance. Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all lid 201 201 I 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Auglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 54 41 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 De issued at 2pm ~.. 5 54 l 23 Bank of Egypt •20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia '25 37 3a 10 Bank of :.\ ew Zealand all 151 ICI 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China all 25 Chartered Mere. of India. London, and China all 20 City 100 Colonial '2s 10 Consolidated, litu. 50 Delhi and London, line 50 East London, lint 5 20 English and American, 'lin 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro, lim 20 English, .:,euttish, and Aus tralian Chartered 28,1 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 284 Do new ri lies Imperial, Um 2O 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 3 loLian all 25 Do new 4 20 Lint Mortgage, of ludic, this 4 100 Du sp.e. De b 5.1361, 30 all 76 30 London ilanki of alexico and South America, lint. 20 100 Loudon and Brazilian, lim. 45 20 Do new 71 100 Loalou & River Plate, lim. 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart. of Australia all 20 London and County 2O 50 Do new iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd 1 1 Loudon Joint Stock 1 London and South African al 00 London & S. - Western, lim, 20 150 London & Venezuela, lim l2l 100 London and Westminster 2O 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 10 Metropolitan, lint all 100 Midland, 1int...... 2O 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 100 National Provine. of En,l'd 42 10 Do . 42 50 National.. 3O 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 50 I'rovinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 00 Provincial of Ireland.. ..... . 25 10 Do new.. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 23 100 Do , ,issued at 6pm lO 23 Union of Australia . all 100 Union of Ireland, Inn 50 Union of London 18 19 30,31 111 121 11: 38 40 1 2 1 pr Ip all 1( 174 36 08 *.q 16 17 2 '44 21 26 1. ZS 75 7a 51 IM 27 bi 9 11. 21 21p 2.i 25 60 31 .Y 4 22} 8i 91 13 11 GII 6 6, 81 51 41 7; 7f ld its 41 43 42.1 43 413 6 5 83 90 L, 1 8 G. 47 48 35 :id 341 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Anilo-American Tel., lim all 22 2.4 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., Rm.._ 10 121 13 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 2 t 23 22 at Do. S per cent. st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 158 161 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 235 240 235 10 Do. New 8 9 Ilp 25 Indo-European Tel., lira— lO ... 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. Jim all 21 :3 .. 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all pr 1p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all al 31 25 Reuter's Telegram all 53 61 10 Societe Transatlant., lint all 11 18 171 ' a t Submarine Telegraph lOO lint all 1 7 17 113 118 115 1 Do. Sc ri p all 1 11 20 5 TuelKegingrapdhomOonT.eVelttoin.., ' 6 Do. 10 per cent. Prof. all 3 lim. all b 3.0 THE GENERAL ELECTIONS IN FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAT. The result of all the elections throughout France is bOW definitely ascertained. The two seats in Corsica. will not be disposed of until next Sunday ; but the contest in all the 290 circumscriptions of France has been fought out, and the gains and losses may to a certain extent be calculated. Two hundred and three candidates who are avowed supporters of the Government, or who were not combatted by the authorities, have obtained seats. It does not follow, however, that the Government has secured 203 supporters. Several of this number, beyond doubt, hold moderately Liberal views, and are disposed to think that the Empire would prosper better if the liberty of the subject were more completely provided for, and might, perhaps, turn against the Government on various questions in which arbitrary authority was pushed too far. But considering that a terribly Red Opposition has been elected, it would be hazardous to hope too much from the Independents, whom the Government did not care to oppose. They might have voted with moderate men, such as Favre and Thiers, but they cannot be relied onto make common cause with such "sanguinary" Democrats asßancel, Raspail, and Gambetta. Hence the number 203, though far in excess of the strength represented by the thick and thin Imperialists, may, perhaps, be counted on in a serious time of danger to the Empire. The Opposition has returned up to the present time twenty-eight depu ties. This is five in excess of the number mustered by all shades in the last Parliament, and thus the Liberals have secured a clear gain of ten on a division. This, however, does not represent the whole progress made. The Liberals are mostly of one hue, that of the deepest red ; and thus the policy of the Opposition, be itgood or had, will be carried on with order and unanimity. More than this, a great many seats yet undecided must fall to the Left. The Liberals have already gained five on their former strength, and yet the unprecedented number of fifty-nine seats have to be fought for again. Never before has there been such a large proportion of constituencies in which no candidate could obtain the requisite half of all the votes polled plus one. The Left must win many of these seats on Sunday week. Some, indeed, are so sanguine as to expect that they will gain them all. But four indecisive elections are to be decided in Paris, and three in the Marseilles district. The Radicals must surely carry these. In every circumscription only one official candidate appears, whereas there are in all these fifty-nine cases, several of the various Opposition shades. With several of the Liberals with a smaller number of votes, the fight in nearly all cases will be carried by the single representa tive of the Left. Of course much depends on the self sacrifice of the unsuccessful Liberals in giving way to their more fortunate brethren. This sacrifice has, however, been made in many cases. M. Clanzel, a Liberal, who was behind M. Lavertinjin, another Liberal, at Bordeaux, retires, and thus one repre sentative of the Opposition is left. In Paris, Alton Sh4e gives way to Thiers, Cantagrel to Rochefort, Gueroult to Ferry, and, further detail apart, this example has been followed in other cases. Thus the Left must gain several more seats ; it is highly probable that its present strength will be doubled; it may be trebled. The general agreement of the English and French press, that the days of personal Government are numbered, is not without foundation. The good order which prevailed in Paris throughout the two days of polling was reported in most of the electoral circumscriptions, but, unfortunately, not from all. There have been a few disturbances to mar the general quiet of an election which, as a whole, reflects the highest credit on the people of France. From Saint Etienne, especially, some grave occurrences are announced. Herr Dorian, a Republican, was elected, and the enthusiastic Liberals. resolved to appropriately celebrate their triumph. "A has les Jesuites ! " and " Vive Dorian !" intermingled with frequent doses of the " Marseillaise !" resounded the whole nigh aversion. t. The Jesuits e were the special object of Bepuican Th mob attacked the college of the Order, set fire to the porter's lodge, smashed the windows, and broke the bars of the ground-floor windows. The Prefect called out the whole of the troops, but was not able to disperse the rioters until daybreak. Some arrests were made. At Amiens some 1,800 workmen assailed the manufactory of M. Cosserat, the late deputy who has been re-elected, and inflicted some damage. The gendarmes were obliged to interfere to restore order. At Angers crowds gathered before the Mairie and the Prefecture, singing the " Mar seillaise." Seventeen arrests, says an official journal, bad to be made here. At Lille several arrests were made, one man being taken with a gun in his hand. A mob, angry with the defeat of the Liberal candidates at this city, had gathered together and adventurously broken some of the windows of the central police-station. At Toulouse a crowd gathered on the Place du C'apitole, and advanced gaiust a barrack which had been established near the Palace of Justice. Stones were thrown, and one officer and a soldier slightly hit. These details, I may add, are given by the semi-official papers. The Liberal journals say very little about the disturbances, remarking that in no case was there any out break ot gravity. It will not, therefore, be prema ture to conclude that the character of these riots has been purposely exaggerated by the Patrie, which gives a most lengthy account of them. The semi-official journal was found guilty of this offence but a few days ago, and its readers, therefore, may be pardoned for not on this occasion acceytiligits statements in full. No doubt the riot at St. Etienne has been ot ratner tormtuable pro portions ; but at the other places it is clear that nothing very alarming has occurred. A somewhat singular fact, much commented on just now, confirms this impression. The Independence Beige has been seized by the authorities five days in succession. The Patrie, as I have before mentioned, told a dismal tale of revolutionary preparations in Belgium; how a band of political exiles, including, of course, Rochefort, were assembled at Brussels, and were actively engaged in laying revolutionary trains to I.low up the Empire. The Independence Beige denied this story in no measured terms, and hence the seizure. The directors of the Brussels paper has addressed a letter to all the Liberal editors in Paris, stating why his paper was seized, recounting the story of the Petrie, and informing the public that the statements made by that and another semi-official paper are "completely false." The Liberal papers reproduce this letter, and thus the design of the authorities in seizing the Independence is frustrated. The system of schooling pauper children is being taken up in Liverpool. Apropos of the subject it was stated at the meeting of the vestry on Tuesday that the vestry clerk, acting on a recent recommendation, Lad communicated with the managers of various schools in the town to ascertain hether they would Le willing to receive the children of paurers in receipt of outdoor parochial relief on the terms which the select vestry had offered. Replies had been re ceived, some of which were unfavourable to the terms pro posed by the vestry, but it is expected that in about a fort night the vestry clerk will be informed as to the number of schools in which pauper children may be received, and the arrangements for carrying out the new system will then soon be completed, and probably a large number of children taken off the streets. Yesterday morning a collision of a very serious character occurred on the Mersey, near Monk's Ferry. The new ferry boat, Richmond, which plies in the summer months between Liverpool and Easthaven, left the latter place at nine o'clock with a large number of passengers, en route for Liverpool. The morning was thick and hazy, a heavy fog hanging over tho river, and when nearly opposite Monk's Ferry the Richmond came into sudden collision with a large brigantine, lying at anchor off the Ferry. The shock was such as to cause the Richmond to heel over, causing the wildest consternation amongst the passengers. As soon es the vessels got clear of each other it was found th at the Richmond's funnel bad been carried away, together with her sponson. Fortunately, no one on board was seri ously injured ; and after a slight delay the Richmond pro ceeded to Liverpool. Another case of hell) poisoning is ,reported. Tt took place at Foxdale, Isle of Man. A miner, named Thomas Christian, lost his life by it. He and three other men seated themselves to rest in a field, when their attention was di rected to what was apparently a carrot growing close by. The root was pulled up, and the deceased eat a considerable portion, two of his companions also partaking of it, but not so freely as Christian. In a few minutes the latter was seized with all the symptoms of poisoning from sonic power ful herbal poison ; and, at the same time, the others who had eaten of it also began to feel a sick faintness. The latter two succeeded at once in obtaking remedies which enabled till m to overcome the effects of the deadly root, but the unfortu nate man Christian expired in great agony before any aid could arrive. The co: tis uipro,:ed to have been belladonna or deadly nightshade. The deceased was an aged man, being npwards of 70 years old. At the Sheffield Church Conference on Tuesday the Archbishop of York made en important speech on Church, extension. Ilis grace referred to the difficulties inter posed in the erection of new churches by the powers and privileges given to different parties interested, and said that ho would not allow any individual to have the power of a veto from which there could ho no appeal. He admitted the rights of the clergy and of patrons but he thought that in every case there should be au appeal, and he proposed in tire bill he had introduced into Parlia ment to make the first attempt to es fish anything like compulsion in dealing with patrons-'and their rights. His proposition was to take power to compensate a patrie SHARE LIST. ARY sti.A.“Tr.b AND STOCKS. Closing Business Paid. Frioe. dons. ihare Railways. at Bristol and Exeter 100 77 79 at Caledonian ......- 190 7ts 77 761 at Cambrian. . . lOO 18 a 20 Cornwall. all 2; 3 st Dublin & Belfast Juno 100 77 79 at Duu„Verth,& Ab.J 100 70 72 2, East London all G 71 20 15 - 2.1 Do 10 - - st Glasgow AS. Western lOO 97 93 at Great it .. Do. E. Aug]. No. 2 lOO ... • st Great Northul Scotian 100 16 6 at Great Northern lOO 105 j 106 1051 ; at Do. A stock s LW. B stuck lOO .• at GtS, and W. 01 Ireland lou 7 a. Gt. Western - Original lOO 4Sf 481 1t Do. bouth Wales 106 Do. W. !di d.-Uxtorc: lOO 23 7 at Do. Newport 0 st Lancashire A Yor kshirL lOO .22 1 . at Lon., lirigh., A S.Coast lOO 40 L. 0, Do Scrip - - al 161 1 D on. . E , Chat., anu DON , et ILN 17 161 at o. Aletropx. A luu 11 t ot Lon. A A orth e stern LuO 11, ; 1.1 111 161 ,t Luu. South 1•%,' ester lOO 38 10 8 at Man., abet., A Lincoln ltu f. 41 64; 041 at Metrot.o 11 an st Du Extousi . • iOO v 3 07 9 io Lio. new rd . • .• id p 0; st Me,ogtolitaii it.t. all 50 10 3letrop L. John's 1 - , oo 1 6 - - s t st Dsruj 7a 3, 62 st Nirtu at Do. rth., & lion.- 100 --- at iS• or. r:astern -iSerwxrc., 100 1031 tc4l 1011 25 Do. - - s t Do Leeds ...... i 0u l 33 59A st Do York lOO 01 ,v 5 st Do Cl:trade . st Do Stoe *. A Darling l.O 131 131 st North Lou ion 10 Do Aew 1B'l3 at North Staffordshire ..... st North and S.-W. Jnnetion 100 08 100 10 Do New LIU shares 7 ... • • at Rhymney Si 63 at Shropshire Union l4O 57 53 st South Devon' st South Eastern lOO 71; 73 73; st Staines, WolChani,& Wok all zl3 at air .. I'l l B 153 • - Do. C - ateriord & ilkenta .. L u 10 Wateiluct A Whiteha..l.. 6 - - ILVT AYS-PREFER ENCE SliA RES AN 1) 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 st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st D'). do. Ordinary lOO 78 82 st Do. Midland IA 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 Glas. &, S.W. gua,. 5 per ct lOO st (it. Eastern, E.G Ex. Nu. 1 100 9 i 99 st Du do N 0.2 100 93 93 at Do do 6 per cent 100 10J 112 at Do East Anglian A 3 p. c. 100 ... at Do do B 6 do. 100 ... ... at Do do C 7 do. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 70 73 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.1i5.1846 100 ... st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... '... st Great Northern, 5 per cent 1U ... et Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pin. 100 st Do 4 4 do do do 100 ... at Do 5 do at sp. c. pin. 100 ... st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pt 100 ... at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st Gt.West.—Orig.&Jut.-ltent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 10: 103 st Do. Orig. (B. U. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 st Do du 4, per cent. 1650._ 100 87 69 st Do do 4 do do 100 77 7 9 st Do do 5 per cent. ream lOO 95 97 st Do do Birmingham gua lOO 60 70 st Do do do prof lOO •• st Do do Chester gua lOO bi) 85 st Do do do 8 per cent lOO .•• ... st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gee. 4 p.c. 100 ... st Do do 41 p.c lOO ... st Do do 4, 1859 100 st Do do 5 st Do West Slid. Oxford Ist g. 10) 111 113 st Do do 2d gua. 100 107 111 st Do Newport, lstg. 5 p.c. 100 90 92 at Du do 25 do 100 97 IVO st 1)o gua. 51 per cent. 1860 100 ... 00 Lancaster Si Carlisle 41 p.c. ail ... ••• st Lancash. & Yorlish. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 st Do Barnsley, 45 3s 10,1 p.c. 100 ..• at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn purcu). 100 98 100 st. London & Brighton, Ip. c. guaranteed, ;No 1 st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO ••• st Do 6 do do lOO ... st Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO st Du 7 per cent 1)0 st Do 6 du (W.E. t C.l'.) 100 ..• st Da 4 do 1850 lOO ..• st London, Gho.thatuot Dover 5 per cent ICO st London and C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent.-- 100 108 110 St Do Bedford &Uambridge lOO ••• et Du Shrewsb'y & Welcupl lOO ••• ••• et London and 3 W. 7 p,e late 3d shared,loo 140 150 2s L Do (Portsm. pap aus 2s6d) all it Mau., Slid., &.Linclu. 6 p.c lOO 11) 117 Du Do 35 per cent lOO 6) 65 1 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 ... st Mid. Consolidated., op. c lOO 130 135 a Do Bristol& Birm., ti p. c lOO li2 lot Do 41 per cent. re.lutini lOO V) 10 ) s Do 41 per cent. irredeein lOO SS 110 s Du Leicester & !fella, 4Re lOO so 91 et Nunn kirdisn, 5 p.c. No. 1 St Du B. &U.4p. 0. S. et: D lOO st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cent tit Du Border 1 1 0iou, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern—Coils. 4 p.c lOO 67 9.) st Do 41 per cent. redcoat-- 100 95 97 st Du U .A.B. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital Do York, 11. &S. purcuase lO 10 101 Du Stcktn & A 5 p.c lOO 106 106 at Du W, llartlepoul 11. an .1 It lOU S i 86 20 Nortn Staffordshire lUs s. Devon Annuities, 1 a all 910 10s Du Tavistock Anus., 1.03 all . 8 9 1 lus i r, x t . 0 e . A r e u e u n s t ., 1.0.6) a a 22S 2tll st Du 41 percent lOO z at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... at Taff Vale No.l lOO 14, 153 at Waterford& liiikenuy, opc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS. -PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. with Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. fit Caledonian 41 p c gua. *** fi t Do Scot. Cen. min . 7 p c IOU *** st Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c coil. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 4 Auer c ent. 100 7i 8 . ; 100 10 u t 8 ;5 4 ;31 stBstDoNew 5 5 tiu, 1 18 6 6 63 2 . at Do do 5 du, 1861 lOO to t i d at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc DU at Great West., W. h idl., 5p c 100 s t Do Joint lue. pc, 1665 100 ti ** t; s t Do do Ii pcp irred., 1866 10J 105 103 2) Du Vale IS eath perp. 5p c all 11) 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 ip st Loud., Brig &e., 41 pc, 1856 100 at Du do 4 do, 1660 100 st Do do 41 du, 1861 100 a t DO do 41 du, 1863 100 ***• a t Do do 5 do, 1805 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ...„ a t Do No. 7 sdo a t Lund , Ch a t., &c., 23, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. EL, B p.e Do do C 6 p.e 100 st n Lou d o n& N. IVestern, 5 p p 100 108 110 s t Loudon &S. Wester, 41 c luo 2 10 Mau. Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 8 1 at M e tropolitan o percent at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 103 at B 5 du 100 106 103 18 Do 5p c opt. to conc. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1860 all 201 201 201 18 Do Lwow,. New Snare 9 all ldi 191 22 Do 5p e con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 187 2 Bl 14 2fp st North British, E. and CI No. 1, 5 per cent at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E & D u n., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do a,al3, N 0.2, 5 p.c st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., NI o. 3, 5 p.e ... 100 st Do E. & G., (O rdir y ) 41 p 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 t 5 07 at Do Stock. & Dari., D st North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Stafford.shiro 3 p c... 100 at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1850 100 at 1)o 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 18 64 ............... 100 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALSI st Birkenhead lot) a 3 95 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 100 9Z 91 st Buckinghamshire of Chester and Holyhead lOO .) st Do. 51 per cent. :1 :t guaranteed t. " bit Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6 P. C lOO 131 131 1 ( 0 )i 0 ) 1 . 1 . 0 i! .4. . 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... a Gt. Eash., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ... st Do.do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 . • • • st (It. West , W. Mid., lieret 100 9 8 98 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2,5 st Loudon and Blackwall lOO 93 95 st Du. 41 per cent lOO ... st London, Chat., &c., 41 pc. 100 ... st Du. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 st London and Greenwich st Do. do Preference lOO ••• ••• st London, Tilbury, f South 100 83 b 5 st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 80 82 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, & Matlk all 5 51 at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 91 10 Mai lient Cray Line) 50 N,alhernt East. , 5 per cent all 53 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastera —Hartlepool lOO ... ... st N. West. A perp. prof, 5p c 100 107 109 st Do B minmiuml4- p.c 100 ••• ... st Notting. .I(4rautu. lt. a C 100 91 93 25 Preston and ‘‘ yre.. all 44 46 ... Royston, Bitch. and Silep. 100 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 131 134 10 Do do 8 2 2ip st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 96 V 6 st De 4 per cent gua 10 • 78 30 st Do 5 do all 98 100 at Viet. Station and Pimlico 100 175 lee at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 H 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all st Weymouth and Portland IOU ... ... st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 118 123 st London and St. Katherine lOO 14 46 4i 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all „„ Dlillwall Freeb.pld Land st Dock lOO 2G 30 st Southampton IOQ 74 76 It Surrey ccuutorcig AI MISCELL. _ all . 151 161 Mint .• 203 Len Agricultural- 151 In 3 Mort. Land and 25 Australian la -----17de N = a, . a 5 1(1 pr F i nan ce, lim• A 7 54 10 Berlin Water Estate s,Worhs, lint. lint. 11 1 I 6 3 4 1 1 0 0 Ba, D u o g . ara lliv h 0 w LOO all 31 41 5 BonabaY 4 13 3d 4 5 Do. New . Land 4i 15 17 Bolckowlazglimhan. , lint. British American . 62 Indian Tea, lim all '23 33 20 British all 66 70 Company Y nd Cana dian Loan a 10 2 2 , 0 c ß a ri a ti a s d h a S c h o ip m o p wners Invest ment, lim 23 2 1 d 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 25 City of 9 43 33 Pro perty, lam niimßeal k 1 10 City Discount, 30 City 25 City o o f f Milan Improvii.nliiin. allal 50 City all 5 6 25 26 2LI 50 Colonial, lim. Offices, Gas, 20 3 2 221D0. 50 C °o mmereia, 'mon ( -.au ) 5 a ;,,. p5l 0 of African Mer chants, 3 0 p 20 1 Continental Union Gas, Jim. all 9l 201 20 ~ 25 Copp , e i rAli i n v e r rs ec o u f t E . all 5 7 nglaud, pm 100 Corporation of London Bands, 1677, 43 per cent, all 1033 1041 100 Do. 1879, 4, per cent. a ll 1043 1051 100 Do. 1882, 43 per cent, all 1033 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, Bin. all 23 3 23 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lint. 10 33 2. , a at Crystal Palace lOO 1a 2 1 at Do. Preference lOO 9ilo ) p. c Perpetual Deb, 109 106 112 ••• 50 East Indian Land Credit 62:0 Easters.D a D r j ° e . c 6 li ng, Assam,4il tt all 1 lira. 61 .. . .. . 4 C and Finance, lint 8 5 3d •• • • 20 East India Irri,ga. & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, an d Coal, lint. 100 Egat . ia l i , t;s E i g 7 .p e t e . n o t , . ), V . all 0.1.1 ,51 to 20 Egyptian Cotn. & I lint 6 3 Eng.& Austral. Copper, lint 23 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 100 Eng. and Scot. $, arin,, lint. 8 10 Fairbairn Engineerin g ... 5 2) Fore ,- s tr eetWArehousg.,,li in . 12 too Fur. it (Jul. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at 4:65 all 50 Gellivara, 1int......,_. 20 10 General Credit & Lis., lint. '‘' 15 General Steam Navigation 14 50 Horn?, & Col Marine In. him. 5 10 Long Kong and Chin,. (las ail 29 Hudson's Bay 20 Imperial Lana Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 50 Italian _Laud_, 20 Interua. Fi nanc i al SOC. lint 5 li . 1 1, "2o . Credit, lint. 6 6 4 - Italian' (_, , - N Italian Irri. (C ana l Cavour) a l l 3) 31 100 Do. 6P. c. Bits., redeem 1670, issued n 0. .,.., all 65 6 7 87 ,,, 50 Land Securities, lint ~ 5 21 !Icl 3-* '25 London Afric an Trading.. 10 7 "c` 25 Lou. & Caled. 'Marine, 'lint. 6 ... — ll 10 London Cou n t y L and and Building, lint. ............... 4 ••• ••* a 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 22 i 1 81 4 LondAle mOnntibus.Codii n . all 2 ' 4 50 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, 1int....,,,,,, 25 21 161 20 Lond. & Provincial Marisa() '2 Id Pr st Madras Irriga. & Canl.Gua. sp.c. by India Gov. 10 Mauritius La n d , Credit, and Agency, lint__ ............ 41 I I LI AO Merchant Ship p i ng lint , all 33 38 60 Millwall Iron Works, lint. 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa- . • . •• tion Co,, bin. ... ...... 9 51 4 1 0 25 National Discount (5,.. , lint 5 113 llf 1 1 1 25 National Prov. Marine., lint. 4 4 311 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 31 3;1, 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint. 3 15 IS' 5 New Quebrada, lint. ......... 4.4.0 43 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. cantile Ageney,lizu ........ 23 1 1p 25 New Zealand Trust . and Loan, lint ......... 5 li 910 Northern Assam Tl;a-,..11,n. 5 7 " 10 Do. B .............. . all 9 ~ ' at North Brit. Austral., Brit ." : 100 48 51 50 North Brit. & Merean. In_ 63 9 " 25 Ocean Mari ne (Insurance) 6 12 1 50 Oriental Fin ancial, lint ...... 11 5 5 Oriental Gas,. ............... lint, ............... alll I 1p 7 8 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lint.., Id IP 5 Ottomaa Gas, Um . ........ 13 23 ............ 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian IL Mail lira 1 '''' 5 Do do. ............ st Peel R. Land & alinerl, lint 100 31 31 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 48 50 48i 50 Do. Now 18 67 ......... 10 13d 01 50 Rhysuney Iron ............... all 22 24 15 Da. New ............ all 6/ 7 25 Rio deJaneiro City Itr, aim. all 17 18 17 20 Ds. Gas, .1int.,,,.. all 24 6 100 Royal Mail Steam ............ 60 42 15 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lim. 100 83 81 at lb. 6p. c. Guar. P'ref. 100 .. ... 20 Societ6 Fin. d'Egypt e . lint. 10 7 6(1 N Soeleo (lanai° l'Empire Ot. 8 23 3/ 50 S. African Mort. &Ins', lint, 6 25 South Australian Land ... all 3} . 36 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 1int........,.. 23 3 41 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint... 83 10 Trust k Agency of Aus.,lint. a 3 • lp 10 Di do. do. all ... .. 20 Trust k Loan Co., U. Canada, 5 i ~., 50 Union Marine L'pool, Una 6 :3 r 20 Union Steam Ship, lam ..,,,• all 22 24 p 15 United Discount Corp., lint. 6 13 cl 20 Universal Marine(ln.), lim, 5 11 2 p 10 Lippe: . ASK= Tea, k: 0 ........ . . .. all ll :: : 0 791 30 Van Dieman's Land ......... 283 5 7 00 Vicar)) , of Egypt, 7 per cm. ( it ortga2. l ) 50 Warrant Finanee, lint ~., 12 12 10d 50 West India and P Steam, lint 2O 2 20 West London Wharves and _ Warehouses H 2 hi A 111) Si SS 87 ii I 23 3) 2 i'l 1:1 12, tio V Zitt4 ItttiNl bIuUUItITIII.I% Driusu COluuiDla, 0 per 100 1895.. l3O (.7au.Gov.6 p.o.Jan.'B July 1877-84 Do. 6p. o 2eb, & Aug.— 100 (02 Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 102 104 Do. 6p, 0, Jan. & July lOO 68 10 90 Do. sp. a. Inscribed ak lOO 90 02 Cape Or.llope, P•e• 1873 .• 108 102 iO4 . Do.Apl.&oo 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 1)0. do 1 880-90 " 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&Jnly, 1811 Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 16 0ct.,9 00 .. 100 98 lf 0 Ce) lon, Nov 1878, d 0... . 100 105 100 los 1€ Do. 1872, IOT .11 aur itiva, 6 p. 0, 18 73 ,.. Jan. and July Do. 1878 .• • IJO 106 103 Do. 1882, May and No .. 00 106 108 1)o.1895, Feb. & Aug,.... 10 106 1. - 3 Melbourne Corporate.,.. 107-75, 6 per nent• •... 1( 0 1 00 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.uly 100 10:1 104 IVatal 6 p et, Apl A Oct .. 03 .. Do 6ID 0. sFiy ,t Nov 1 0 1(6 103 - N. S. W . 5 p.0.,'71 to '7i luo in) 1 , Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1806... 103 9 . 4 991 99; I Do. 5 p.C.rd.'67 to . V.Zealand, 6p. Ct. 1891 ICO _ Do. 5 per cent.... DoJan,Ap I,July, 0 t lOO 93 94 911 Lo6pc.Mar. Bept '9l lOO 103 110 Do June & Dee , 1 . '91 'Do Prov. t Auokld. 1.0 - ( bcriei 1 &2, 1896 Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jau and July. 1875 Do 1666 lOO 102 104 Quecnelnd. fp. c. 'B2-5 lOO 104 11 81 1084 --Do 1891 . Tasmanian 6 per c. 1895 .. 104 104 Do ,r 9.3 'O7 ,• •. • Victoria 6 ter cent. 1691 lt 0 113 111 ▪ eF 1 '111 11 (19 0 .....f• 409 198 110 .1101 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(7hts Day.) LORD MAYOR'S COURT. THE GREAT HIGGS' FRAUDS. This was a case raising a point of considerable impor tance, in which the plaintiff, who is a builder, sought to at tach moneys alleged to be in the hands of the defendant, an auctioneer, arising out of the sale of the furniture of Ben jamin Higgs, whose notorious frauds and forgeries upon the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company caused such great excitement some timo _ _ Mr. Poole said he sold the furniture at Teddington upon the instruction of the Guarantee Society. lie had no money in hand. Mr. Gibson stated that he had done certain work. He knew Higgs' house at Tide-end, Teddington, and had seen the furniture in it. Ho believed the furniture be cnged to Higgs. Verdict for the garnishee. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. &saran& and New Zealand, via Southampton June 9 Ditto, via Y ATE eilles Brasil. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video June 4. Ditto, by French packet ...... ..... Juno 22 Cape Vents. by Brazil packet Cape of Good El,pe. Ascension, and St. tielena..., June :2. China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton.. Junes. blbraitar, via Southampton • . May 22 India,via Southampton Litt°, via Marsell es Malta, Egypt, Sec. May zi Ditto, Marseilles May NewfoundiaLc Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Sc. uthanel ton Ditto, AI amities .. June (; Portugal •••• • United States, . anada, California, ttc., by British packet Ditto ditto (Baltimore) Ditto, by L. uited states packet Ditto, by Inman packet........ . May 20 West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ......June 3 Baha.nas, via New 1 ork Wei.t Indies and Pazific (except Mexico and Baha- May 29 mas) Cuba and NlexiCo Bermuda. via Ha1irax........ . . June 2 THEFT OF £430 BY SHA.RPE.RS, On Monday one of those tricks was performed in Man :heater which make people wonder at the confiding sim plicity which some people display in their intercourse with strangers. The victim was a young gentleman from Bury, whose name is Ingham, and the facts are these : NIL Ingham had been spending a few days in London, and at the Alhambra Music Hall he fell in with two men with whom he seems to have formed a friendly acquaintance. They went to different places of amusement together, and on Mr. Ingham's return to Manchester they accompanied him. Between one and two o'clock they went into the Thatched House Hotel, where Mr. Ingham treated his two companions to some champagne. While enjoying the N% hie the conversation turned on the Derby, and they got on betting. A large bet was made, Mr. Ingham pro duced £430, and laid the sum in notes upon the table. One of the sharpers produced notes, most probably flash ones, to the amount of £64, 'which he laid against the larger sum. One of the men, under pretence of holding the stakes, got possession of the whole, and then inventing some excuse for a momentary absence, ho went out. The other shortly afterwards made an ex use to go out; and Mr. Ingham, after waiting some minutes for their return, began to feel a dis agreeable suspicion that he had been "sold." The enter taining companions of his travels wero, in fact, a couple of sharpers, who had succeeded in possessing themselves of his £430. THE METROPOLITAN HORSE SHOW FOR 1869. The sixth annual horse show at the Agricultural Hall, which will commence next Saturday, will present several • remarkable features of novelty. Hitherto the incidents connected with this now regularly recurring exhibition, which possessed most interest for the general public, were the trial of hunters over furze•covered hurdles. This year the competition to which we have referred will be made still more exciting by the addition to the barriers of a water. leap some 12ft. or 14ft. wide. Velocipede races, to be held on a space reserved for these contests in the galleries, will doubtless at the present season attract large numbers of spectators, who will have an opportu nity at the same time of seeing specimens of almost every modification of the bicycle machine which has hitherto been invented. Vocal and instrumental con certs will, it is arranged, be held in the new auxiliary hall, which will be also fitted up as a fancy bazaar. This magnificent apartment, which contains a spacious stage, is upwards of 100 ft. by 75ft. wide, and will afford ample acommodatiun for some 2,r.03 visitors. The prizes offered for competition in the several classes of horses will amount to nearly £l,OOO. I n the first class of hunters—weight carriers of not less than 15 stone—three prizes of £SO, £4O, and .k2O respectively will be awarded. In class 2, - for hunters, no condition as to the weight-carrying power being re quired, the prizes will be £5O, £25, and £l5 respec tively ; in Class 3, for hunters not exceeding 15 hands 2 inches high, two prizes of £4O and £2O respec tively ; and in Class 4, for hunters four years old, two prizes of £5O and £25 respectively. In addition to these awards the Agricultural Hall Company will give a gold medal, value £25, which will be adjudged to the best of the first four prize horses in the four classes specified above. In Class 13, for thorough-bred horses, the first prize wilt be coo In auitlcton to a rn cdal given by the Agricultural Hall Company ; and in the classes in which stallions exclusively are enumerated the prizes will be .£3O, £l5, and £lO respectively. Three prizes ranging in value from £2,0 to £5 will also be offered in each of the following classes :—Riding horses, harness horses, park hacks, and ladies' horses, cover hacks, roadsters, park cobs, and ponies. Agricultural, cart, and dray horses are excluded from the Metropolitan Show. The man Breardy, who murdered his young daugh ter at Carlton, near Glasgow, on Friday, has died from hie self-inflicted injuries. The dedication festival of St. Augustine's Church, Haggerston, one of those which have recently been erected in Shoreditch, was observed on Wednesday. The Conservatives of Leeds are to be asked to at tend a great demonstration against the Irish Church Bill at Leeds on Saturday. A telegram from Wick states that another boat has been lost in Shetland, in North Mavine ; three or four of the crew are drowned. She was upset while returning from the haddock fishing. A telegram from Birmingham, dated this morning, says :—" Violent thunderstorms have occurred here. A perfect deluge of rain has fallen since midnight. Mr. Plant reports that his observations show that the rainfall since &fay 3d has been unprecedentedly large." The betting-house keepers of Manchester will have reason to remember the Whitsun and Derby weeks of 1869. Another of the fraternity was taken before the City magis trates on Tuesday, and fined .£75 for keeping a betting-office. This raises the total amount of fines for the offence to £1,400, and there have been no defaulters. There are very many, says a contemporary, who will regret to hear that Mr. Peabody will leave Englan probably for the last time, on Saturday next. He has beau for some little time past in ch_elining health, and in yielding to a natural desire to return to his native place, every one will hope that he will regain his strength, and that the symptoms which have occasioned uneasiness will pass away. The inquest on the Liverpool herbalist who poisoned limself and a patient by ono of his preparations for rheu matism has resulted in a verdict to the effect that ho died from having voluntarily and ignorantly eaten a portion of a plant commonly called Monkshood or Wolf's bane. The woman to whom the deceased administered the poison is under the care of a regular medical practitioner, and is recovering. The papers report some improvement in the Bishop of Salisbury's condition, but it is not, we fear, of character to build much hope of any speedy recovery. The Bishop of Carlisle remains in a very critical state, but his mind is and has been perfectly clear. The real nature of the disease undo - which he is greatly suffering is obscure, and great hare are entertained for the result, though his friends are by no means without hope of a favourable issue. Prayers are general in the churches of the diocese to his behalf.—Guardian. The first annual report of the Registrar-General for Ireland has been published. From the general summary we gather that in 1864 the estimated population was 5,675,307. The number of marriages registered was 27,40 G ; there were 136,414 births and 93,144 deaths. The emigrants during the year were 114,169. Of the 54,812 persons mar ried, 10,574 men and 13,778 women signed the register with marks—that is, nearly one-half could not write their names. In England the proportion is about one in four, and in Scot land, among the males, one in 8-72, and among the females Dne in 4-10. The Yen. Archdeacon Cust on Tuesday commenced at Ripon his first annual visitation to the clergy of the arch deaconry of Craven. The Rev. Canon accepted the result of the general election and the overwhelming majorities in the House of Commons in favour of Mr. Gladstone's "astound ing" propositions, as proofs which must convince them that "the doom of the Irish branch of our Church is sealed," and he directed attention rather to the danger to the Church from within, from the excessive and mistaken zeal of those who declaimed against the connection of the State with the Church as a yoke f ro m which they woad ji4cllx..lo fpcy SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day EPSOM SUMMER MEETING—THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) RESERVED LAWN STAKES. Fugitive 66 1 Curio ...... 2 Mysotis ...... 3 Nine ran. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES-YESTERDAY. EPSOM TOWN PLATE. 1 Conrad . Fugitive.. Prince Imperial a Eleven ran. THE DERBY. PRETENDER, Sst 10:b (J. Osborne) 1 PERO GOMEZ, Sst 101 b (Wells) 2 DRUMMER, Bst 101 b (Morris) 3 Duke of Beaufort, Bst 101 b (Cannon) 4 Ityshwortli, Bst 101 b (Maidment) The following also ran : Thocwaldsen, Fst bulb (Chaloner) 0 flaw; horn, Bst 11db (Hudson) 0 Belladrum, Bst 101 b (J. Daley) 0 Ladas, Bst 10th Ferry Down, SA 101 b (Butler) 0 Alvrtyrdorn, B,t 101 b De Vero, Bst 101 b (Grimshaw) 0 Border Knight, Bst 101 b (Snowden) 0 Ethos, Bst 101 b .. (J. Goater) 0 Alpenstock, Bst 101 b (Mr. Bevill, juu.) 0 The ..iEgean, Bst 101 b Rupert, Bst 101 b King Cophetua, 8$ 101 b (J. Adams) 0 Tasman, Bst 101 b Neuchatel, Bst 101 b (Hammond) 0 Defender, Bst 101 b Tenedos, Bst 101 b (Metcalf) 0 EPSOM MANOR STAKES. My Honey Thunderclap Sabrina Eighteen ran. BURGH STAKES. Cast-off Coral colt Hinton 1 3 Eleven ran. BEN TIN CK PLATE. • Fugitive Mysotis Hecate 3 Thirteen ran. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. THE OAKS. 9 to 4 agst Morna (taken) 7 to 2 aget Scottish Queen (taken) 10 to 1 agst Dryad (taken) Race Glasses, by Voigtland, are now no longer the ex clusive luxury of the rich. Since the great demand for photographic lenses has diminished, au opportunity has been afforded for applying mechanical power with the greatest succes, whereby the cost of these beautiful and most perfect instruments is reduced in price in some instances to as much as 20 por cent. In fact they are now no dearer than those of the best French or English makers. At the depot Aallaghan, 23A, New Bond-street, corner of Conduit-street, the patrons of the Derby may indulge their taste in the possession of a veritable Voigtlander at comparatively trifling cost. It is superfluous to say the quality is as ever matchless. RACING FIXTURES. J UNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 1 Newcastle 22, 23, 21 Newton 2,3, 4 Odiham 22 Newark 3 Bibury Club 23 Barnstaple 3 Stockbridge 9 4, 25, 2G Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 New Forest Hunt Boveley 9 (Lyndhurst) 28 Windsor 15, 16 1 Chelmsford tn liapton l7, 18 Liverpool Summer ...29, 30 Curragh 22, 23, 24 Sutton Park .....29, 80 JI.LY Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle Hendon ..... 9, lt) Poutefract l2, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 Southampton 13, 14 AUG Down Royal Corpo. l4 Airdrie 15 Beading 15, 16 Knutsford 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 JST. Deauville 1 Ripon 2 Brighton 3, 4 Tiverton 1 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Eguam lO, 11 Wolverhairpton lO, II Windsor 12, 13 Bronilpy . 17, 18 Stockton Dovcr 18 I SEirli Oxford Hunger furd 24 York 24, 25, 26 Croydon P 1) mouth 26, 21 Scarborough -..30, 31 Baden Badun 3l Great Yarmouth 31 Derby Summer .. 31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 3l, Sop 1 Cauterbury .......,.:31, Sep. 1 Nlargato Ipswich 2 \Vest liniyton 3 Warwick._ 7, 8 Curnigh (lioyal) 7, 8, 9 Abingdon Dont.Aistur l-1, 13, 16, 17 Hampton 2l, 22 OCT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 llt vniloy- 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ut...11, &c. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 NOV] Harrow ...2, 3 Worcester ...... .....„ 5, 4 St. Albans 5, - ti JI BE Fi. Itietnnon(l 9 1, 22 Licliti , 1,l Western (Ayr) 22, 23 11eudun Monmouth... • 23, 21 Newmarket . et Occ 26, .tc. Lanark... 29 30 , BER. Cheltenham 11.21 Curragh l9, 2G, 11 West Drayton 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmark..t ll'ton —25, '&c. iMBER. Egliuton Hunt 6, 7 1 Liverpool i Shrewsbury ... . l5, 16 STEEPLECHASE FLXTURES. JULY. Kingsbury 9 OCTOBER. Bromley 7 I West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 Sbrewsbury 13, Harrow 2 , 3 I Leamington Hunt ....23 &c Lverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 COURSING FIXTURES. AUGUST. St. Albans 17 OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, G. Orrnesby 19, iltc. Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27, COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 2i ... 12 8 Do Rotterdam ..... ... 12 4i ... 12 5 Antwerp — ... 25 474 ... 25 55 Brussels Hamburg h — ... 13 124 ... 13 13 Paris Ditto . 3 Ms. ... 2 i 42k ... 25 50 Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1211 ... 122 Vienna — ... 12 75 ... 12 80 Trieste — ... 12 75 ... 12 80 Petersburg Copenhagen — ~. 9 25 ... 9 29 i Berlin 1 Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 49 ... 491 ... 26 70 .., 26 75 Leghorn 1 fAilan — ... 26 70 ... 26 75 BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, May 20. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : PEIITOR. /slay 20. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 -- Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 Reserve of tho Bank May 13 182,8 . 00,000 - 7,044,776 02 22,105,750 11 22,105,750 14 and its branches Reserve of lauded pro- 4,000,000 per t y 4,000,000 4,000,00 0 Notes in circulation 1,310,107,050. 1,314,8743 50 Banknotes to order and ----__ _ receipts payable at sight 36,591,751 72 36,237,651 25 Treasury account cur rent creditor ......... 154,772,942 45 163,776,571 16 Current accounts, Paris 500,255,355 17 520,019,544 61 Do. branch bank§ ...... 46,255,59 3 32,737,040 Dividends pnyable ...... 729,222 760,941 Discouuts and itundry ...... .. 7,697,506 97 7,378,456 50 interests ....... Rediscounted the last six months .. , Surplus of receipts not distributed ..... J Sundries ....... 9,253,506 07 9,632,817 36 `otal ..... ......... 2,282,247,244 39 2,301,998,691 98 FRIGH'IFUL CULLIEIL EXPLOSIO2 NEAR PONTYPOOL. SEVEN MEN KILLED. About a quarter to 9 o'clock on Tuesday night a shock ing explosion of fire damp took place in the Sinking Pit at Ovrinnantdda, about two miles from Pontypool, Mor.- mouthshire. The pit belongs to the Ebbw Vale Company, At the tima named about ten men were dewn in the pit makiag roads in what is called " the deep," some 700 or 800 yards from the bottom of the shaft. Seven of these men were together when the explosion took place, and in an instant all seven of them Imo UM) eteraitn frightfully buragsi. 1 7 I