The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-03 00:00:00

0-- POO.R. cil of the Central slay at the S ails ' ; conference syna ,tubers, and me n '' ;übjects set down The chair WO insacted was t he Grimsby, as vi e°• ensuing year. bye-laws for to e )ted by the Me' tsbire Chamber) national P° °r , an econotot c ' al tribution to t 1 .16 Irate account Poor-law ow Lout prejudice to incidence of the Ls of the Co unc° redress wortbl ty be g raciotts i c 'ommission ° )e has gir eli laid before the of which copiou s before, and th e pointed to con. ents in the ye ar arrived at th e was a national tion of Pr c " 131). pon to c abeth conteni: L e "ability a increased ar e : e spread wal l ', :penditure, an; immediate and ig an undue ill' nrAs Ducicialt hat the presen t my too lin:1301 • that in n3O/ 1. • E. SMITI adverse to the vould have a le ing that thef Chamber) fa r. enormous 10* .e in the ivaf red years' 1 , 4 , -en and ele ve ' e in the 0 10 ::rfere with the ;ook his atoia ; round that 0 :ort should be, es of £ so an d In no case' , )er) sug,s_es te(' i s objects for of poor rate' had no dou bt ature that per' of levy i ng . the pon income . the Pre sent however, ell, le middle an dieted. upported (Gloucester. rorcestershire ,ted that the fully aPPII2II led that tb ° for what 1114 there was 130 9,1 went.; LOO f which ti le >lution, O ti c /b i , as put ° 13 ..1 th e uneci ll '" $b nposed, t i y a nd ra the iat, 10 ; of the 1 3°° every sourc; it of a P° ° here sed and gll°. Id wait uP°ll ,f an illV iri t ,ncidenceS 0' the n33tter u tion to t he - President re of a 5e1 3311 the genera nest Meet" after sittlx3o per, to b. 0 e d n eSdal ° two furl Fazyl, We ; Al just 1) h The I)3 '_A v te dee" 4 0 )rning• et nan, ne the o h e r; hol s ;trong $ ro.--La" ;ed. e, ffor a ,edford s il i f. counti es 7% o r the On 00 On cost wi 300 receiveonear t en ed• lu a the Isla de rc i of Be llo 0 ,he aol°lfu e ant of Lent a th e wit h )r.er, rod I °` 000 being, cost t h e cos the los:: ta s i ivitiNEy MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two oCLocic. The preperation for the settlement to-morrow has retarded business operations, and Government Securities were flat to-day. There has been some small transactions in the foreign and railway markets. The rate of dis. is still 21 to 1. Consols are 9:31 1 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 931 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 ; New Three per Cents, 931 1 1 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 244. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 211 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per per Cent., Oct., 1883, 1024 ; ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 921 ; ditto Debentures, 5 per Cent., Aug., 1873, 1011 ; ditto Bonds, £l,OOO, 25 22 prem. In the Foreign Market prices are quoted as follows : —Brazilian of 1863, 811 to f ; Chilian of 1867, 931 to 931 ; Egyptian of 1864, 87 to 89 ; ditto of 1868, at 731 to I ; Italian of 1861 , 554 to I ; ditto the Tobacco Loan, 5 to f Prem. ; Mexican, 151 to 16 ; Peruvian of 1865, 761 to 761 ; Russian of 1866, 91k to 92 ; ditto Nicolai, 67 to I. In the railway market the prises in London and North Western, 1174 to 118 ; Great Western, 53 1 to 1 ; Midland, 118 to 1; London and South Western, 89 to 91 ; Great Eastern, 421 to ; Brighton, 524 to 1 ; South Eastern, 831 to 1 ; Metropolitan, 1094 to 1 ; Great Northern, 1121 to 113 ; ditto A, 1111 to 112 ; Caledonian, 791 to f ; and London, Chatham and Dover, 171 to There is a reduction of 1 per cent. in Illinois Cen tral Railway shares, viz., to 924 to f ; Erie, 251 to Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 401 to ; ditto Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 42f to 4 31 ; and the 5-20 Bonds, 76k to f. In miscellaneous shares National Discounts are 11/ to f ex div. ; General Credit, 11 to 1/ dis. ; International, 11 to lf dis. ; Telegraph Construc tion, 18 to 1; Atlantic Telegroph Eight per Cent. Preference, 4 1-16 to 3-16 ; and Anglo-American, 221 to 1. In Bank Shares prices was as follows :—City, 11} to 1, ex div. ; Imperial, 164 to 174, ex div. ; Lon don and County, 501 to f ; London Joint-Stock, 314 to 4 f ex div. ; Union of London, 354 to 364 ; Anglo-Austrian, 11 to 12 prem. ; and Imperial Ottoman, 1i to 1i prem. The sum of £B,OOO in bar gold was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday, and 7,000 sovereigns for Batavia. The Danube from Brazil has brought £6,492, the Union from New York £13,000, the City of Ant werp £ll,OOO, the Star of Peace from Melbourne £84,400, and the Biafra from the coast of Africa £ 1 ,362, making a total of £66,254. The proposed dividend of the Great Northern is at the rate of 7k per cent. annum. A special meeting of the North London Railway Company is called for the 25th inst., to consider and approve a bill proprosed to be introduced into Par- Lament during the present session. The directors of the London and County Bank halo decided to recommend at the meeting on the 4th inst. a dividend of 6 per cent., together with a bonus of 23. per cent. for the half year. At the meeting of the Provincial Banking Cor poration (Limited), a dividend was declared for the half year at the rate of 7i per cent. per annum free of income tax. The dividend of the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company for the last half year has been declared at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum. A second dividend of 2s. in the pound is now pay able to the creditors of the Lisbon Oil Mills Com pany, Limited. The following message per cable from New York has been received :—" New York, Feb. I.—The P ennsylvania Railway has secured control of the only Chicago connection of the Atlantic and Great Western, diverting the entire traffic to their road ; the same interests are attacking the validity of the Mahoning lease. The Mahoning stockholders have rejected the transfer of their road to the Erie Company." The recent improvement in Turkish Securities S eems partly attributable to reports that the Budget for the next financial year, which is iu course of preparation at Constantinople, will show a remarkable increase in the revenues of the Empire. According to reports at Frankfort, the Italian Government are contemplating a large loan of 400,000,000 f. net, the proceeds of which are destined mainly for effecting a return to specie pay ments. Negotiations are pending with various com- Panies, but the Minister of Finance insists on an am algamation of all the competing establishments, So that the new stock may be divided between the different countries, and not press too heavily on a single market. A Credit Bank has been advertised for subscrip tion at Stuttgart, and in addition to the Credit Bank started at Munich, under the patronage of th e Anglo-Austrian Bank, a similar one will be br ought out at the same place by the French- Austrian Bank, itself yet in embryo. The greedi ness of the public to engage in these concerns after recent experience is becoming a serious feature, and the least symptom of political complications would, it is believed, lead to enormous losses. Lombardo shares, supported by a powerful com bination of bankers at Vienna and Paris, are in P rin cipal favour on the Frankfort Bourse, and there nave been transactions to an enormous amount in th em. The price has now reached within a fraction of par, and reports are current that the operations mill be continued until it shall be so much above par that an offer of new shares can be made to the holders, so as to provide the sums yet required for new lines, a course that would be preferable to lsai sing them as hitherto by preference shares at; high rates. French-Austrian shares are equally in good demand, the receipts still showing a surplus over those of la s t y e a r , n ot w ithstanding the reduc tion in the export traffic. At a meeting of foreign bondholders, Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., in the chair, the report of the committee was adopted, and the following gentle flea were appointed members of the council, viz. : C. Bell, M.P., Mr. G. Worms, Mr. P. Cazenove, Mr. T. Moron, Mr. P. Rase, Mr. J. Jerstenberg, Mr. Jameson, Mr. G. E. Bentinck, 1114) .1 Colonel R. Beaumont, M.P., Admiral Wallis, and Mr. Sheridan, M.P. This judicious sele ction can scarcely fail to impart confidence in t he character of the new council. The defendants in the Overend and Gurney pro secution are not obli ge d t o pl ea d t o th e i n di c t m ent fo und against them until next term, which com mences on the 12th o f A pr il nex t . Aft er p l ea di ng, th ey are bound to give notice of trial in the same a j. as it would be given in a civil acti o n. The t is the n en t ere d f or t r i a l, an d t a k es its turn amongst the civil proceedings on the paper of ite Court of Queen's Bench. It is impossible that can reach trial until after the long vacation, cases ceases in November next, and as special jury :_ s . e s are not taken until after term, the trial can not come on in the ordinary course before January, eith u e • The Court, however, on the application of r P,arty) may appoint it, after the defendants Ye Pleaded, for an earlier period. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. a (;OVERNMENT FUNDS. p e r Cent. C onsols 931 Ditto for Account, 93 I I per (lent. Reduced 931- . 1 I ;low 3 per Cent _ Aew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 _ D o. 5 per Con J an. 1873 donuitiesoo yrs, ex - pire sth Jan., 1880 ' 10.I — o. for 30 yrs, ax ire sth April 1885 Do Pm Ex •t i t o rap i , , (Red Sea Tele l) , 1 ) Aug. 1908 — c nquor Bills, £l,OOO, 2-11 per Ct. Do. .£5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO _ a nk of E ngland Stock, 4 per Cent _ Do. account Canaa per Cent. B luter-dColonial °minium onds INufAiv GOVERNMENT 6LCUICITLEb Inlia.S3tock, 101 per Cent., April j 1874... 211 Do. Opening, for Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 pet. Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enlaced ........ Pape. 4 per Cent 921 Do. 5 p er Ceszt., Jan. 1872 , Do. 5 per Cent. May 1879 — D 3 5 pc. Cont., Rap. Deb. 1872 — Do do, 1877 — Do. do. 188 9 D;,. Deb., 5 per Cont., Aug. 1873 ~ lO4l Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 1)0. under ..£l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent 76 f Do., Scrip £45 paid .. Au Arian Bonds 5 per cent 1.59 Brazilian 5 per Cent — 00. 4f per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858.... Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 7l l 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account Bl} 21- B .enos Ayres 6 per Cent. DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. o.Allian 6 per Cent — f►)o. 41 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., L o. 6 per ce , t. 1867 l'o. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo nbian, 6 per Cent. Dan isn, 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 par Cent 77 DJ 8 per Cont., 1867 . 4 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Ngyptian, 7 per Cent B3l Do Second Issue • . Do. .£s9t, Bonds Do. £lo‘.l Bonds ..... 84} Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. .£5OO Bonds English Scrip, 1868 Do. 1.106 Bonds 73f t Do do. £45 pd — die Government Railway Debentures Graeic 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups. — Do. Account Do, Coupons ,• Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 871 10iian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Jo. Account ~ — Do Marommana Railway — Ilexicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — gontevideau 6 per Cent. .. — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — I Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account ~ .. 76k f Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4} per Cent.. 1862 • — Do Account Port aguese 3 per Ct., 1853 1 '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'S 34 1. Do. do. 1867 36k Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4} per Cent , 1850 Do 4} per Cent., 1860 Do b per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO BondE.._ 92 Do. du. £B4 15s. do. ..• 90 Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 los. do Do Nicolas Railway 67k Sardinian b per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen .. .— Do. Account — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferreu Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — Tur:sish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 ••. Do Account Do ..6100 Bonds 73 Do 6 per Cent ., 1862 Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds 6si Do 5 per Cent. 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 62k Do 4 por I Cent. Guaranteed ___ --- Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cont. Ex. 12 Gull., Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex 2sf. ltaliah 5 per Cont. 1851, E. zsf. Do Account ssi I CLOSING PRICES. C msols,'Aloney 931 + Do. Account, Feb. 4, 93± e l lll/ b HER MAJESTY. OSBORINTE, Feb. 2. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and the Princess of Teck, drove out yesterday afternoon. Prince Arthur accompanied her Majesty on horseback. Her Majesty drove out this morning, accompa nied by the Princess leek and Prince Leopold. .ee o'clock.—The market BOURSE, Feb. 2.—Th closed as follows : q per Cent. End of month ... -- Ital 4 un Loan 3 per Cent End of month 7O 65 Mexican Loan ... 24 25 Credit Mobilier End of month... 292 50 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1557 Home Debt — End of month... Deferred — RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans , ... 950 Northern ..• ...... 3185 Lyons and Mediterranean ............... 990 Southern..... 570 613} Western Eastern • • 575 Sardinian Austrian 6571 Lombard 4B7* North of Spain 63 Saragossa Roman 471 CRIMINAL COURT—(This day)• THE GREAT CITY FORGERIES. Two Germans, named Sigismund Streimer, 44, de scribed as an agent, and George Koenacke, as a clerk, were charged with f e loniously forging and uttering a bill of exchange for £l5O, with intent t o defraud. 35, described The case was fully reported in The Sun during the pre liminary examinations at the Mansion House. The trial will occupy a considerable time. MARKET S-21118 DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. . February 3.—Sales probably 15,000 bales. Market buoyant, tendency downwards. MARK LANE. The receipts of English wheat were only moderate. Nevertheless, the trade was heavy at Monday's decline in the quotations. The quality of the produce was only middling. . . .. _ With - foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied Sales progressed slowly, at about late rates. Floating cargoes of wheat were inactive. Maize and other descriptions of produce afloat were quiet. Moderate supplies of barley were on sale. The demand was inactive for all descriptions, at previous quotations. Malt was dull, on former terms. Oats were neglected, at the recent decline. TALLOW. Tho market is flat. Town tallow, 45s 3d; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 46s Gd; March, 46s 9d; April to June, 46s 3d ; June, 46s 9d ; October to December, 466 Gd. GREECE. ATHENS, Feb. 2. The Hellenic Ministry, not being willing to sign the protocol of the Conference, resigned to•day. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 2M. 15c. per .£1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of -C.- 1 A. lojd. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the Uni•cd States. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at co days' sifrht was on the last date about if 91 percent. gold at the above price is about I.loth per cent. dearer in than in London. DESTRUCTION OF EDDYSTOIV E LIGHT- lIOUSA. A telegram has been received in the City this morning, stating that, during a storm last night, the Eddystone Lighthouse was totally destroyed, and the keepers drowned. The intelligence, it need hardly be said, has created a sensation in " the room" at Lloyds. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1869. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY dtiatclilB AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Business Slam Railways. Price. dins. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 ;7 79 at Caledonian lOO 791 80 90 at I:amorist'. 2) Corttwall. st Dublin & Behest June lO9 79 81 at Dun„Perth,& Ab.J 100 70 73 2) East London all 7 9 40 Do 15 - - 21 Do 10 - - et Glitegow &S. Western lO2 100 102 at Great Eastern .. .00 424 43 421 4 1 et DO. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7 9 st (treat North of Scotland lOO 15 16 at Great Northern lOO 112 114 1121 st Du. A stook lOO 1111 5112 1111 10f at Do. B stock lOO 125 1:7 st (AS, and W. of Ireland lOO WS 10) at (it. Western -Original 1(0 521 63} 531 21 3 at Do. South Wales 10') 17 58 at Do. W. Alid.-Oxiore lOO k 8 at Do. Newport lOO 28 11 at Lancashire at Yorkshire lOO 130 304 at Lon., Brigh., /4 S. Coast lOO 124 521 621 # 4 0) Do Scrip - - st lon., Chat., and Dover loU 17 17. 17f at Do. Metrop. A lOO - -- st Lou. ,t North Western lOO 1171 118 ill 174 et Lon. 4 South Western IOU 9, 92 92 9 et Man., Shot.. A Lincoln lOO i6l 47 st Metropolitan st Do Extensi3n 120 11.5 Lid 10 Do. New rd 10 10 1 at Metropolitan District. all 58 6 o 10 Metrop. St. John's 00l 6 - - at M.u.aud st Do, Birmin. ,1 Derby lOO 84 t 6 811 - et Nano British . ..... 100 15 iii 101 et Do. Yth., & Dun lO2 - - et Nor. cjastern-Berwick lOO 105 105 1.54 25 Do. G. N. E purchaee 16.13.4 - - at Do Leeds. ...... at Do York lOO 90 91 95 at Do Carli . . lOO 115 130 at Do Stock. & Darling l6O 129 ill st North London 10 Do New 1868 . 2 11 2 p at North Staffordshire . 100 55 57 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... .• et Rhymney at Shropshire Union 1(0 57 56 at South Devon .. at South Eastern lOO 811 82 834 s t Staines, Wok'ham,d; Wok all 12 13 at Tau Vale lOO 146 15C • - Do. C - Waterford & Kilkenny.. 100 - - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l.. 6 - - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAmE. raid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 114 Hi al Do B lO 4 41 4 t 50 Albion l5 6 4 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Aiistrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 1 • 19 181 20 Anglo - Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 ••• '" 25 Bank of Egyp t 20 Bank of Otago, Urn. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 3 t 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 1 4 ) Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China 25 Chartered Me re. of India, all 201 211 21) 1 Loudon, and China all 29 305 31 20 City 1•) 111 125 11.1 100 Colonial 25 40 44 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, lim 6 11 Of 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim lO ld pr 20 English, ..4cottish and Aug tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ... 281 o 100 Imperil, now bi lim 2O 17 l6 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 1 14 111 I I ::5 lonian 25 Do ne w 5 pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 at 8 t 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 7 5 76 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, Jim. 20 6 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 ,28 20 Do new 71 6154 100 London &River Plate, Um. 40 6 8 17 25 Do new 10 15 1 4 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 231 50 London and County 2O 491 601 501 20 Do new,issat 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ••• ..• 50 London Joint Stock 1 82 33 20 London and South African al 1 ) 12 100 London &S.-Western, lim, 20 ... ... 50 London & Venezuela, Jim l2l ..• —• 100 London and Westminster. 20 61 6 1 6 0 5 4 ) 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 59 61 100 Merchant, lim 25 6 1 10 Metropolitan, lim all 6 5 7 5 100 Midland, lim 2O Id pr 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 $ 1 d 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... "' 10 Do . 42 ... ... 40 10 National. 3O 40 48 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 411 421 42 60 Provinc.l3ank.Corpo., lim. 10 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 96 10 Do new. all •.• •.• 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 1 1 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 45 47 100 Union of Ireland, lirn 50 Union of London l5 351 361 POLICE .INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THREATENING TO MURDER A MOTHER-IN-LAW.-114...bert Hunt, a youLg man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with threatening to murder Lis mother-in-law, Mrs. E. Butler, a widow, 6taying at No. 5, Brown-street, Gros venor-square. Mr. Froggatt appeared for the prosecutrix, and in opening the case said that a few months ago the pri soner married the daughter of Mrs. Butler, and shortly after began to ill-use her, and to pledge everything that ht.cl been given to them by Mrs. Butler, and in addition to the charge of making throats of murdering Mrs. Butler, he (Mr. Froggatt) should hereafter have to prefer another charge, of making away with property belonging to Mrs. Butler. As one specimen of the prisoner's intents he might mention that on the previous day the prisoner pledged his bed, swearing that he would with the money purchase a six-barrel revolver and shoot his mother-in law, wife, and himself. Mrs. Butler was then c.:lled, and she deposed to the pri loner threatening that ha would swing for her, and that he would purchase a six -barrelled revolver and do for her, her daughter, and himself. On one occasion the prisoner took some laudanum to frighten his wife. She had given the prisoner some articles of plate to take c tre of, and he had pledged them, and also an old family Bible. The prisoner said that he might have used some threats last night, LW never before, and he was then drunk. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner was the more dangerous for that reason, as he was more reckless. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner would be remanded for a week. WORKED TILL THE LAST.—Samuel Matthews, a cab proprietor and driver, was charged with the following cruelty to a horse. Sergeant Lindsay, 5 C, saw the prisoner drive up to St. James's-hall with his cab and set down four persons, and as the prisoner was leaving the sergeant saw that the horse was gcing on three legs, that the hip joints were knocked off, and that the horse had several sores about it and he then took the prisoner into custody. Simeon Sell, an officer of the Royal Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, who had examined the horse, deposed to its being very old, in bad condition, with wounds on each shoulder, and both hips knocked off—in fact, unfit for work. The prisoner asked to be dealt leniently with, as he had a family. Mr Tyrwhitt said the prisoner ought to have thought of the horse which helped to keep his family, and fined him 20s. or 14 days, at the same time telling him that if be did not have the horse destroyed he would be charged again. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... at Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO at Do. do. Ordinary lOO SO 32 —. ...,.. ~ at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... ... at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... ... at Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... ... at (It. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102 st Do do N 0.2 100 99 IU2 at Do do 6 per cent 100 103 DS at Du East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 st Do do B 6 du. 100 ... ... at Do do 0 7 do. 100 ... ... at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 89 71 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... ~,, at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Va1.1 347 100 ... .., at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 . ... ... at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... ... at Du 41 do do do lik) ... ... at Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... ... at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... ... stl at. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... ... std Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 stj ot. West.— Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 102 104 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 t 5 100 at Do do 41 per cant. 1850... 100 87 89 89 at Do do 4 do do ... 100 78 8u et Lo do 5 per cent. rodent. 100 96 97 at Du do Birmingham gua.. 100 68 72 at Do do du pref... 100 ... ... st Do do Cheater gua. IOJ ... ... at Do do do 8 per cent. 100 151.1 160 at Du do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... ... at Do do 41 p.c IOJ at Do do 43 1859 lOO ... ... at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lO./ 107 lu9 at Do do 2d gua lOO 106 PM at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 81 92 et Do do 2d do 100 100 103 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ••• ••• 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ... ~ at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 1 5 5 st Do Barnsley, £5 3s 10d p.c. 100 ... ... st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 93 102 at London & Brighton, 5 P.C. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ... ... at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO ... .. • at Do 6 do do lOO ..„ ... at Do 5 (13 No. 4 lOO ••• ••• at Do 7 per cent l,O ••• ••• Chatham, a Dower 100 ... . . at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 ... .., a s t t Da s 4 London, 100 at Lyndon and M.W., C. and per cent do o hat Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 91 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 83 91 at London and W. 7 p,c _ late 3d shares, lOO 143 146 2s 6d. Do (Portom. perp ans. 2s6d) all at Man., Shef., &Lineln. 6 p.c IOU 11 t 117 6 Do st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 at Do Bristol & Birni., 6p. c lOO 1 2 136 et Do 41 per cent. redeem 104) 10.) 102 1011 at Do 43 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 91 at Do Leicester &ffchn, 4 p.c lOO 89 91 at North British, 5 p.c. No.l lO4l st Do E. & li. 4p.e.S. & D lOO at Do N. 8., N 0.2 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, s j !- p.c lOO et N.-Eastern--Cons. 4p.c lOO 86 8i at Do 43 per cent. redeem IUU 95 97 et Do (1 N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. ... 25 Do York, H.& S. purchase lO 10 101 at Do Stcktu & Drliug. A 5 p.c 11)0 108 110 at Do W, ilartlepool 11. and B lOO 87 8) 20 North Staffordshire all 20 21 108 S. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 lOs Do Tavistock Anne., 108 all 9 14) 10e Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1 0.6. S. East. (Read. Anns., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 43 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 et Waterford & liiikemiy, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gut', . 100 at Do Scot. Con. min. 7p c. 100 ... ... at Do 44 p irredeem all ... ... at Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 ... ... st Great Eastern 41 per c en t. 100 77 81 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 et Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 8i 90 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 84 88 at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO ... ... at Do Permanent 5 per c en t l OO st Do Boston & Sleald, 4; pc 100 .. ... st Great West., W. Midi., 5p c 100 86 90 at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 92 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 104 106 1)61 20 Do Vale N each perp. 5p c all 191 201 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... ... 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 I I st Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... ... st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ... at Do do 4; do, 1861 100 ... ... et Do do 41 do, 1863 100 ... ... at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ... ... at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ... ... at Do No. 7 sdo ... ... at Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p. c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c ... Do do C 6 p.c ... et London& N. Western, 5p c 100 108 110 at London &S. Western, 41 la e 100 94 96 10 Man. Shef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 an 881 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO a t Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 101 110 109 st Do B 5 do 100 108 110 10 1 ts s ....DD D o_o o so .1 ii 6 rolud p .. : ci szlo,B c unts o vi p p. . , NtoeN. Sept.ioted. oew2i. cent y, c nss o l: n l4. v lia.. c.B. Shares s. t . .9c o o. 111a:101601 6.1:51. . . 15.. . . 1: 12: 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 .... . . 81 1 liP at North British, E. and G a t Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ...... St D o B. P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 „ st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at D o E 6: G., N o . 3, 5 p.c ,„ 100 ••• ••• Do E. 8,6}, ( at Do North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 117 99 at Do Stock. & Danl., D et North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) lOO 102 104 1861 100 *** ... at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ... ... 1863 100 ... ... I A Do 100 Do do, 1864 st - 5 Pimlico, 41 pc 100 at Victoria St. ... ... 15)Eodasote(Orr4h. 5 1 do g s e t t South --- R.tuL wAys.--LINES LEASED AT FIXED nENTALsi at !Birkenhead lOO 53 94 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 66 at Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... "' at Colchester Stour V alle y at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 133 135 20 Gloater and Lean Forest all „.. a Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... —• a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 62 5 at Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 100 95 97 60 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 216 220 nal at London and Blackwall at Do. 41 per cent lOO ••• ••• at London, Chat, &c., 41 p c lOO •... s t Do. Com. Fund, sdo 100 ... '" at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO ... . at London, Tilbury, St South 100 78 ~,6 at Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 79 83 at Do. do. 6 do. IW ... •. 51 Manch., Bux ton, &Matlk all 5 6.1 at Midland, 13 ra dford, Prof lOO 93 96 . 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East , 5 per cent all 5 3 66 50 Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern —Hartlep00l at N.West. A pe r p . p rof, sp. c lOO 10; ;if) at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ... 4 . a t Notting. &Granth. It. & 0 lOO 92 9 25 Preston and ‘l'yre. ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop lOO 133 126 st Shrewsbury and Hereford. 100 133 135 10 Do do s 1 2 n et S. Yorksh. a nd River Dun 100 98 lar st Do 4 per cent gua lO ; 79 81 at Do 5. do at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 10 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class • A all 13 14 20 Do do B all ... 20 Do do C ... all 81 74 at Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 119 st London and St. Katherine lOO 4E49 51 49 si 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ... ... Millwall Freehold Land s t Dock lOO 31 32 s t Southampton lOO Ti 76 st Surrey Ctunniercial MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lint all 221 221 221 11 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lam— 10 13 134 i n 4 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 161 174 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 34 36 354 A 4 . st Do. 8 per cent. lOO 89 81 53 11 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 " 10 Berlin Water Works, Rm all 131 141 14 10 Do. New 8 8 31 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 4 11 Id 5) British American Land 44 16 18 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 166 171 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 64 88 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 21 115 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 41 Of 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lira 8 41 aid 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 5 i d 25 City of Moscow tias, Rm all 2 3 50 City Offices, Um 25 231 221 1 50 Colonial, lim Do. 50 Commercia:. Union (Assur) 6 .1 •••115 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 16 19 25 Copper Miners of England, prof 75 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent, all 104 1 05 100 Do. 1878, 41 per cent, all 1041 /051 100 Do. 1882, 41 , per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint, all 21 21 2 5-16 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 31 21d st Crystal Palace lOO 1) 21 st Do. Preference lOO 94 99 st Do. 6p. c Pexpetual Deb lO9 105 101 20 Darjeeling, lim. ••• .• i . IO Eastern Assam, lim. 6 50 East Indian Land Credit — • 0 1 and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 13 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Goy all 92 93 93 1 11 20 Egyptian Cont. & Tract. lim 6 45 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 241 246 10 Do. New 8 10 12p 3 Eng. & Aust rat. Copper, lint 21 i i ' 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 , ' 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim. 8 s' _, 5 10 Fairbairn Engineering *" ••• 14 10 20 Fore-street Warehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 124 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and . . ~.- .. -- - Loan Scrip, issued at .CB3 all 86 S 8 871 50 Gallivant, lint. 2O ••• ... 10 General Credit & Dis., lim 71 11 1/ 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 Homs &Col Marine In. lim. 5 41 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 131 131 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 23 Indo-European Tel., lim lO •• ••• 20 lutorna. Financial Soc. lint 5 ii 1 1 20 Interim. Laud Credit, lim 6 6 4,1 50 Italian Laud 5 15 1.1 23 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 31 4 100 Do. 6p. c Bds., redeem 1870, issued 80 all 63 65 50 Land Securities, lints 31 244 25 London African Trading lO 7 5:1 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 ••• ••• 4 10 Loudon County Land and Building, lira. 5 Loud. Provincial 'rel. lint all 31 3 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all I 41 ) 50 Loud. Financial Asso , lim 30 23 22 1 4 Lond.Gen.Otnnibus.Co..litn. all 14 '2 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lint 25 2 2 174 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine '2 Id pr at Madras Irriga. & Cant. Gua. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 104 105 1031 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lint l4 f id 10 Mediterra. Even. Tel, lim all q 4 374 i ~ 50 Merchant Shipping lint • all "" 50 Millwall Iron Worlls, lint ll5 ••• ••• 10 Natal Laud and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lim 5 11 f 12 4 25 National Pr ov. Marine, lint. 4 4 3,1 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all kBl 3d9a 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 - -, 1 id 10 New Consolidated Dis. lira. 3 '', --- r 5 IN ew Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 4 i 3 r 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer (muffle Agency,lim 2l f 1P 25 New Z ealand Trust and Loan, lim 5 5 14 11 10 Northern Ass am Tea, lint. 7 5 10 Do. Ball 1 2 at North Brit. Austral lim lOO 47 52 50 North Brit. & Mercan.. In 6l 19 20 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll ••• ... 4 5 Oriental Ga s , li nt. all 71 71 5 Do. New 1 i iP 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lint 2 id IP :5 Ottoman Gas, Bin a ll 1/ 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian 11. Mail lim all 14 1 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 34 3 i 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 48 50 50 Do. Now 1867 25 Router's Telegram all 61 66 50 Ithymney Iron .15 Do. New 2.5 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,liin all 17 18 20 Do. Gas, lint all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 41 45 40 1 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO 75 85 at D°. 6 IL c• Guar. Prof lOO ..• ..• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, But lO 7 A 64 20 Societe Gentle l'Empire Ot 8 3 'l' 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint 6 •••• "' 25 South Australi an L an d at Submarine Telegraph llOO 105 110 109 1 Do. Scrip all i 11 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 181 19 1$ 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lint 2 21 25 41 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl ... ••• 10 Trust & Agency of A u e.,lim 1 i 1p 10 Do do. do. all .. ... 20 Trust St Loan Co., U. Canada 8 id p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 'l4 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 Id p 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 55 61; 6 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 34 3:p 20 Universal Marine(ln.), lint 6 1 lip 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 21 34 30 Van Dieman's Land 231 7 it 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 78 79 781 1 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 10d 10 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 24 11 20 WsetLondon Wharves and Warehouses lO COLOVIAL GOVIGIINMENT SECURITIXS British Columbia, 0 per 0ent.,1872.•• • Do. 180.. ......... _ - Can.liov.6 p.c•Jan.'& July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. 0. Feb. es Aug llO 1(1 Its - Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 104 106 - Do. 6p. c. Jan. lc July lOO 93 94 96J - Do. 5 pi. c. Inscribed sk•• 100 90 92 - Cape (~Dope, 61).0.187 3 .• 100 102 101 - llu. Apt . Sc Uol 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 - Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 - Do. Jan.&July, 1891 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and lb Oat.. 1900 lOO 100 102 - Ceylon, Nov 1 871 4 0 p.c lOO 108 116 - Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 -I Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 • - Do. 1882, May and Nov... 110 106 108 - Do. 1895, Feb.. Aug—. 10 106 108 - Melbourne Corporate.,.. 1067-75, 6 per etnt 1(0 100 100 - N.8.G0v.0 p.0.Ja.6/July.. 100 102 IL4 - Natal 6 p or, Apt& Oct... 101 - Do 6p o. MAY . 5, Nov 1 0 1(1 108 - N. S. W. 5 p.c. '7l to '76 lOO 99 1 1 - Do. p.c. 140 to 1890 lOO 99 1..,8 99 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'ls7 to '75 - N.Zealaud, 6p. 00.1891 lOO - Do. 5 per - DoJan,Airl,July, 0 t ICO 971 981 Do 6p c. Mar 6/Sept '9l ILO 108 110 - Do June „t Deo , 1.91 - SDo Prov. t Auckld. 1(0 - - r•criel 1.2, 1e96 - Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jan... - an 1 July. 1875 - Do 180 lOO 101 103 - Queeuslud. bp. c.'B'2-5- lOO acb • lad - Do 1801 - Do, G p 0.1869.. - Do. do. Al .... 100 108 110 - Do rd. 1103 ... •• .. 101 107 IcB - Vittoria 6p.0. 100 111 111 WESTMINSTER. SINGULAR CHARGES OF FELONY.—John William Sou thern, a man between 30 and 4U years of age, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a dog. Mr. Rayment, fishmonger, 33, Churton-street, Pimlico, said that during his absence at market yesterday morning the prisoner obtained access to his yard, and, loosing a valuable house dog, took it away with him, but the dog found his way home late last night. A boy, in prosecutor's employ, said that prisoner knocked at the door, and he admitted him, when he went o the back yard and took the dog as described. Mr. Mansfield inquired whether the prisoner was known to the boy, and how he came to let him have the dog. Mr. Rayment explained that the accused had been his foreman, and, from his exceedingly intemperate habits, had been recently discharged by him. He was so drunk and offensive at his shop that he turned him out by force. Prisoner said that he merely liberated the dog that it might have a run, that was all. Morgan Morgans proved apprehending the prisoner last night in the New-cut, Lambeth. He admitted having taken the dog, which he lost in Stratton-ground, b .t sad he did not steal it. Mr. Mansfield said it appeared to him prisoner had taken the dog in revenge for being discharged from his employment. He was committed for 21 days. THAMES. CHARGE OF CUTTING AND WOU\DlNG.—William Farkude, a sawyer, was brought before Mr Benson charged with cutting and wounding Catherine, his wife. The prosecutrix, whose forehead was covered with a surgical plaister, said she had been married to the prisoner eight years. They had three children. He had repeatedly ill used her. He stabbed her four years ago, and she was in the hospital in Poplar for sane time under medical treatment. She once took out a summons against him, and he pro mised better treatment. She consented not to prosecute. Last night there was not a scrap of bread in the house for the children to eat. She sent them to the Cedar Tree public-house to fetch their father. They returned with him. She was then lying on a bed with her clot Les on, fatigued and exhausted for the want of food. He called her bad names for sending the children after him, and he struck her several times with his fists about the bead, face, and body. He also kicked her. He then wen t down stairs, and he returned with a knife without a handle, and struck her over the eyebrows with it. The right eyebrow was cut up. She called out Murder," and the prisoner fled. She called for the aid of the polio', and he was taken into custody. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said that his wife had been violent to him, and that she went on Monday night and did not return all night. The Wife - I was obliged to fly from his violence. He threatened to murder me on Monday night. Mr. Benson remanded the prisoner. MEETING OF CONVOCATION. The Convocation of the Province of Canterbury assem bled on Tuesday morning, although it was understood that the meeting would he simply a formal one, and that no actual business will be dispatched until the 23rd inst, The Archbishop attended, accompanied by the Bishop elect of London, and other prelates, Sir Travers Twins, the Vicar-General of the Province, Mr. Dyke, the Registrar, and other officials. The Venerable Archdeacon Denison and the Very Rev. Dr. H. Goodwin, Dean of Ely, advanced, and the former, in a Latin speech, said they had to present to him the Yen. Edward Lickersteth, D.D., Archdeacon of Buckingham, who had been for the third time elected Prolocutor of the Lower House of Convoca tion. The Lower House had many most important duties to perform, and he trusted it would ever be found fighting for the maintenance of the true faith, for the it tegrityof the Scriptures, and the privileges and authorities of the Church. He blamed those who had inconsiderately gone to excess in ceremony in honour of the Sacrament, although he admitted that both in the Sacrament of Baptism and that of the Lord's Supper the utmost reverence ought to be observed. But from both those Sacraments of the Church many greatly detracted (impente derogant). The decrees of the Catholic and Primitive Church were clear upon these matters, and yet no remedy was to be obtained by those who were desirous of upholding the Church's laws. With regard to the state of the epis copate, the Church of England, he said, had twenty-seven bishops, of whom some were disabled, while there was work for eighty. In consequence of this defect, diocesan synods languished, and the just plan of the laity of the Church taking counsel with the clergy— which would be found to be the main safeguard of the English Church—was hindered. He warmly urged the necessity of maintaining in its integrity the Irish Church, and urged that if the branch of the United Church esta blished in Ireland were given over to the designs of men, however astute, however perverse, or however inflated with the vanity of philosophy, the branch of the Church established in England would be in imminent danger. He urged, also, a more efficient representa tion of the clergy in Convocation, and a revision of the present Court of Ecclesiastical Appeal. The Archbishop, who appeared surprised at the multitude of topics introduced by the Archdeacon into an address which in former times has mainly been confined to an eulogium on the new Prolocutor, replied in a brief Latin address, He congratulated the new Prolocutor on the position he had attained for the third time, and hoped that the same sound sense would characterise the exercise of his office which had marked it hitherto.—The Arch deacon of Buckingham briefly acknowledged his re election, and the proceedings were adjourned to the 23rd instant. The Archdeacon's speech in the original Latin was published in a special edition of the John Bull, and largely circulated at the meeting of the S.P.C.IC. The Leeds Reform League had a demonstration onlionday, at which Mr. Baines, M.P., Mr. Carter, M.P., and Mr. Mundella were present. Speeches were delivered and resolutions were passed in favour of Mr. Gladstone's policy, and a vote of confidence in the Premier was adopted. The Russian Government has devised and begun to carry out a gigantic scheme in connection with the navi gation of the Volga, by which it will be enabled, in the course of a very few years, to discharge a large army of picked troops, fresh and ready for battle, somewhere in the neighbourhood of Balkh. The first corps of the Turkish army is in posi tion on the loft shore of the gulf of Volo, not far from the plain of Pharsalia, and quite close to Zeitoin. It is twenty-four thousand strong, and is composed of picked men, well appointed and provided with excelkut artillery. If the emergency should arise, it will forthwith occupy Zcitoin and march direct on Athena, before which it would arrivo in four cr five days. A correspondent writes :—" On Friday last, at about 1.10 p.m., was felt a distinct shock of earthquake at Newton-le-Willows and neighbourhood. I myself, sitting in a room, felt a movement, which at the same time was accom panied by a rattling of doors and windows, the perpendicular bolts to French windows causing a very considerable rattle. This was succeeded by a loud though apparently distant noise, like the bursting of a powder magazine, or other similar causes. In about ten minutes afterwards there sot in a very heavy thunderstorm, which continued more than half an hour." SPIRIT OF TILE PUBLIU JOURNALS, The Times takes a somewhat novel view of the electioneering difficulty, and endeavours to convince its readers that no change of legislation can ensure a more moderate outlay. Some expenses, it urges, cannot be ex cluded from the list by the most rigorous taxation. Among these must be included stationery, postage, messengers, hire of rooms, polling booths, conveyances, &c. Many of these legitimate charges are increased by the very stringency of the law against the illegitimate expenses. It would be easy to shew that for almost every item of expense which may be proscribed by Art of Parliament another will assuredly spring np or expand within the limits allowed by law. The reason of this is perfectly simple, and the remedy must be sought not so much in legislative provisions as in a juster sense of responsibility among the electors. Where men of large fortune are prepared to spend an unlimited sum on obtaining the social position incident to a seat in Parliament, the most that can be done is to check the resort to bribery and intimida. tion. If they choose to plaster whole miles of wall and hoarding with laudations of their own principles and exposures of their opponents' fallacies, to hire whole armies of political lecturers, or to issue any quantity of controversial handbills, no one can blame them; and yet a rival candidate who could not afford to play a like game might he placed at a disadvantage. Nor would the moderation of election expenses, if it could be enforced, furnish any complete security against the predominant influence of wealth. As it is, the candidate whose expenses are least is often the one from whom most is expected. A man who owns nearly all the property in and about a borough, or who has the power to confer a great benefit on its trade, has no occasion to run the gauntlet of public meetings. and generally affects to despise them. Besides, there is such a thing as making up for parsimony at elections by very handsome annual subscriptions, and in some boroughs these two elements of expense bear a clearly defined rela tion to each other. Even the public spirit which prompts some localsolicitors to superintend elections gratuitously is not unfrequently alloyed by an anticipation of favours and patronage to come. In short, so long as it is the joint interest of wealthy candidates and greedy constituencies to make elections dear, it is to be feared that no rule of law or form of procedure will be effectual in making them The Morning Post declares that the Premier's circular to his followers is a reminder that a stormy session is at hand. In alluding to the probable nature of the Speech from the Throne, and the policy which the Government is likely to pursue, the Post remarks there are times when a Speech from the Throne is expected to be in the nature of a challenge ; when a Ministry boldly throws down the gauntlet, and declares its intention of asking Parliament to endorse a policy which it knows will be questioned by the Opposition ; and when it is prepared to stake its political existence that the views which it expresses will command the approval of the majority. Such an occasion undoubtedly is present, and Mr. Gladstone may well warn his followers that their attendance in their places is indispensable when Parlia• went reassembles. In the speech that will be placed by the Lord Chancellor in her Majesty's hands will be stated the course which Parliament will be advised to take in respect to the Irish Church, and it is unnecessary to say that in dealing with this important question Mr. Gladstone will fulfil the pledge which he has more than once given. No Minister certainly ever met Parlia ment with a stronger Cabinet or with a larger majority. The only doubt which some affect to entertain is whether he will be able to make good use of it. On this point it must be remarked that Mr. Gladstone has served his apprenticeship as leader of the House of Commons, and is not likely to repeat the faults which occasioned hie former shipwreck. There certainly will be no one to blame but himself if the campaign on which be is about to enter does not turn out a brilliant one. The party which he leads Las learnt a bitter lesson, and is not likely to degenerate into the unruly rabble which Mr. Bouverie denounced in the old Parliament. Everything seems pro pitious, the gales are favourable, and there is no rock visible on which the Ministry can make wreck save that of their own creation—the Irish Church. If this be a source of danger, which, however, we do not think it is, it must be recollected that the condition on which Mr. Glad- stone was entrusted with the helm was that he should steer the vessel of the State in safety past this serious obstacle. The Daily News comments upon the question of the capitation grant to the volunteers, and declares that th• subject is one of great importance. Some of the corre spondents of different journals maintain that the-volunteer force, unless further supported, must die away entirely. If this were to be the result of a refusal on the part of the Government to accede to the request for an increased grant, we should throw all our weight into the scale to urge an acquiescence with the demands of the volunteer colonels. We are, however, doubtful of this ; many volun teer corps at the present moment pay all necessary ex penses out of the present grant, and in those which are not enabled to do so, the officers who supply the wanting funds reap some commensurate advantage. If we can afford to maintain both an offensive and defensive army of large strength, it would be of manifest advantage to do so, and no defensive army could be supported so cheaply, even at an increase in the capitation grant, as the present volunteers. Before the increase takes place, however, an investigation should be made into the organisation of the whole military strength of the empire, and some chan ges which the volunteers themselves desire should be at least examined into. If the Government is to give more money to the support of the volunteers, it has assuredly the right to require some qualification for the officers be yond that of a full purse. The expenses of officering some corps are in some cases so exorbitant that a purchase system is virtually established which forbids promotion to the higher ranks to any who are not very much wealthier than officers of the regular army. The Government has also the right to insist that the volunteers should sacrifice a certain amount of independence, and should be more closely affiliated to the general military system itself, of general inquiry t a k es place course re-organised. If a into our whole offensive and defensive means, and their best adaptation to the necessities of the country, Lord Elcho will deserve the thanks of every citizen, as well as the whole body of volunteers, who themselves aro certain to profit greatly by the inquiry. The Daily Telegraph is discussing the changes in our system of local rating proposed by the Somersetshire Chamber of Agriculture, and remarks that just'as Mr. Bruce and Mr. Forster have proposed to defray the cost of national education partly by local rating and partly by Imper i a l grants, so some agricultural reformers would still impose a local tax for the relief of the poor, but would make a yearly grant to every parish in which a certain amount of assessment should be sufficient. Such a scheme might put A stop to gross extravagance; and, though it is open to objection, its merits serious thought. Other speakers fancied that, even if the whole burthen of pauperism were supported by the imperial exchequer, the Poor-law Board could effectually prevent waste. Can the board do so at present, when it is aided by the self-interest of the guardians? It is notorious that throughout London the local expenditure is scandalously mismanaged, and that the central authorities are unable to provide a suffi cient remedy. In view of that fact some reformers would give the board sufficient power to make the barrier against extravagance complete. But those critics do not estimate the full necessities of such a change. To give the Poor-law Board adequate power over the guardians would so abridge local authority as to institute centralisation of the most colossal kind ; the boards of guardians would be stifled in the grasp of the State functionaries ; and so far as the relief of the poor is concerned, the local self-govern: anent of England would speedily become only a name. Are the agricultural gentlemen prepared for such ( result? The Herald, in recording the precautionary measures being taken by the Anglo-Indian authorities in view of the threatened famine, rejoices to find that the calamity is no longer to be ignored, and that some of the remedial measures are nat to he merely temporary in their effect. They are in accord with permanent works, more especially those of irrigation, by which alone, apart from the effect of general operations conducing to the prosperity of the people, the recurrence of periodical famines can be averted. The care taken at the present emergency to provide against the peril—the recognition of the fact that the preservation of the lives of the people must be the first consideration, and the settlement of the political policy the second—is a great advance since the days, so little distant, when hundreds of thousands died in Bengal and Orissa from causes which admitted at least of the same means of control. The strong condemnation i passedfl i ciency was too late at home upon Sir Cecil Beadon' s apathy andn e t o avert the evil with which he had to deal ; but it is having a happy effect upon the pr e sent occasion, when the local autho rities are evidentl y animated by a very different code of instructions. Sir John Lawrence was by no means free from blame at the last crisis ; but it is plain that he has learned a lesson from the mode in which his subordinates are dealing with the existing difficulty ; and the impulse which conies from head authority is clearly traceable in all the accounts which reach us of forethought and timely pro vision in all the distressed districts. That Lord Mayo will insist upon every local authority doing his duty there is no reason to doubt—apart from his lordship's declarations concerning permanent improvements. We have great hope, therefore, that the calamity which threatens so large a part of the area and population of our Indian Empire may be mitigated in a very great degree, and that henceforth means may be found, as th ey ought to , be found in so fertile a country, to keep the people fed, whatever the capriciousness of the seasons. Hitherto the battle has been between the -most unvarying routine on one side and the most unexpect e d ex hibi t i ons of natural' causes on the other. For the future the system must accommodate itself to th e exigency. W e must recognise the fact that it is impossible to bind up famines, Any W O than cycl9ne§ Mid earthquakes, with red tape. THIRD DIIIIO.N .NOTICE. I'ho Third Edition of " The Si " of last Evening was published in time for• delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CwcK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day SUDBURY RACES—Tins DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) lIANDICAP PLATE. Flash Poleaxe Whit worth ..••.• 1 2 Nino ran. HUNTERS' PLATE. Lizzia 1 Two ran. PLATE OF 20 SOVS. Colonel P Ambush colt Mousetrap a SPRING FLYING PLATE. Little Coates.. Peter.. 1 .2 CARMARTHEN HUNT—Tats DAT. CAMBRIAN S fAKES. Farloigh 1 Paddy 2 Four ran. OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Whitehall 1 Chance 2 Three ran. Guide pulled up. BENTINCK CLUB—Tms DAN. The most noticeable feature was a strong commission in the market to back Harcourt for the Grand National. SUDBURY FLYING HANDICAP. 2 to 1 agst Flash (taken) 3 to 1 agst Little Coates (taken) 40 SOVS PLATE. 3to 1 agst Contempt (taken freely) HURDLE RACE. 2to 1 agst Heads or Tails (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 14 to 1 agst Globule (taken) 20 to 1 agst Harcourt (taken to .£5O, and wanted) 25 to 1 agst Despatch (taken) 33 to 1 agst Bishopton (taken) LINCOLN HANDICAP. 100 to 8 agst Typhoeus (taken) WATERLOO CUP. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Lister's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Hole's nomination (taken) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THIS DAY. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 100 to 7 agst Typhoeus (taken and offered) 100 to 5 agst Lady Coventry (taken) 20 to 1 agst Silenus (taken) 20 to 1 agst George Osbaldeston (taken) • 25 to 1 agst Friday (offered—take 30 to 1) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 11 to 1 agst Colonel (taken) 1000 to 70 egast Globule (offered) 100 to 6 agst Fan (taken and wanted) 23 to 1 ngst Sultan (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Brick (taken) CHESTER CUP. 9to 1 agst Paul Jones (off-10 to 1 taken and w.) 100 to 8 agst Pa!nier (offered—take 100 to 7) 20 to 1 agst St Mungo (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Birdseeker (offered) 30 to 1 agst Romping Girl (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Blacklock (offered) 1000 to 30 ngst Dalby (offered—take 40 to 1) 1000 to 20 agst Vestniinster (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 5 to 2 agst Wild Oats (taken to £300)• 3 to 1 agst Belladrum (offered) THE DERBY. 7to 1 agst Balladrum (taken) 23 to 1 agst Ryshworth (taken and off.) 35 to 1 agst Tenedos (taken) 66 to 1 agst Brother to Gen. Peel (taken) 2300 to 500 agst Pero Gotnez and Wild Oats coupled (taken) THE DERBY DIFFICULTY.—Touching this long ♦ezed affair the latest rumour is that the " difficulty" is at an end, the Grand Stand propriLtors having come to terms with Mr. Studd's solicitors. DRURY LANE THEAME. The annual meeting of the proprietors was held in the saloon of the theatre yesterday, Mr. Arden in the chair. From the retort it appeared that the balance in the hands of the treasurer, after paying up the year's charges, amounted to £1,500. The committee, congratulated the proprietors upon the improved state of the theatre, and felt it to be their pleasing duty to testify to the ability which the theatre was conducted, and concluded their report by expresssing their great satisfaction at the con tinued success of Mr. Chatterton, the lessee, and their best wishes for his future prosperity as re ward for the energy and honour that had so dis tinguished his lesseeship. The report was adopted unanimously. Mr. THOMPSON understood that there was once a valuable Italian, German, French, and English musical library attached to the house, and he should be glad to know if it remained intact. The CHAIRMAN replied in the affirmative, and said it was kept in admirable order by their own salaried librarian, who knew at a moment where to lay his hand upon any work that might be required. At the recent revival of " Manfred" the lessee was on the point of seeking elsewhere for the music, when the librarian brought to his notice the fact that the repertoire of the theatre contained the manuscript of Sir Henry Bishop's original music. The score of any music almost could be had in the library for the mere asking. The proceedings were brought to a close with the usual acknowledgments to the auditors and chairman. CONSERVATIVE BANQUET AT SHREWSBURY.—A Conservative banquet was held at Shrewsbury last night to celebrate the return for the seventh time of Sir Wstkin Wynne, as member for Denbighshire. Newly 500 were present. Mr. Laird, the member for Birkenhead; Mr. Raikes, the member for Chester ; and Mr. Wynne, the member for Montgomery borough, addressed the meeting. THE REPRESENTATION OF NORWICH.—Mr. Milner Gibson has definitively declined to contest Norwich. No Liberal candidate has been yet selected. Mr. Sergeant Parry is named as a possible candidate. The death of Miss Annie Collinson, a young actress attached to the New Royalty Theatre, took place on Monday. TRIAL FOR MURDER IN EDINBURGH.—At the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, on Monday, Francis Ward, Michael Ward, and John M'Cabe were charged with having murdered a policeman, named Thos. Mutch, in the Grass-market, Edinburgh, in November last. After evidence of a somewhat contradictory nature had been led, the jury returned a verdict finding Francis Ward "Not guilty," and the charge against Michael Ward "Not proven." The oharge against M'Calae was withdrawn. RACING LOTTERIES.—At the Liverpool Pollee court, yesterday, Samuel Johnson, a keeper of a public house in Clayton-square, Liverpool, and John Sidebotham, a shopkeeper, were charged with getting up racing sweeps, selling tickets, and giving prizes, the whole forming a lottery contrary to law, and thereby subjecting themselves to penalties of £5OO. The magistrates held that a prima fade case was established, but adjourned the case for a month to see whether the defendants would put a stop to the system. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.--An entertainment, in aid of the Widows', Orphans', and Superannuation Funds originated by the officers of tho company, was givon last evening at Willis's-rooms, and brought together a large number of ladies and gentlemen. Efforts of this character deserve support. The salaries of railway officers are necessarily small in relation to their laborious and often very arduous duties, and the self-helpful disposition evinced by provident organisations such as that here no ticed needs and legitimately expects sympathetic encou ragement from those whose comfort and even safety are dependent upon careful and assiduous service. VALUE OF SILENCE.—There are are three kinds of silence. Silence from words is good, because inordi nate speaking tends to evil. Silence, or rest from desires and passions, is still better, because it promotes quietness of spirit. But the best of all is silence from unnecessary and wandering thoughts, because that is essential to inter nal recollection, and because it lays a foundation for a proper regulation and silence in other respects.—Madame Guyon. Messrs. A. Stephen and Sons, of Kelvinhaugh, have contracted to build for Messrs. Haudysido and Hen derson a first-class screw of 2,200 tons, as an addition to the "Anchor line" of Transat'antic steamers.