The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-26 00:00:00

QUEEN'S m Mounds)? apel Royal, op of Oxford, ted, and was he contribu - Ld fifty aged )onding with ,a formed in ding of the Yeomen Of n, two froul ishes of St. I St. Marl' ticipation in ::onduct, and ,I, where they End a body Of ar steps, the closet, and a te Rev. J. li r • to purses took Ad sovereign hillings, as 3 issued from is household. Is, consisting tiny to £5O. Westminster sted in the 1 number of k of the die. L took three "Pool to New ;ers died on ith life. The orthy at the officers et :ornmodation ;rants were had been ma of bunks ,nce of light, Igh weather , was stifling• tances ship" d in rapid stingers. One )ard. Three ises, and the while fever the end of a condition I to permit s tell fearful 1 and other n are said to not authen . d carpenter n. It is not ration have igation WO ON TIIV the French ay last, con - Emperor had mouth ; th e •ged, on he r is had gon e. th the tide llannab, Of , the Eh i Pl erman ; and --- f Guernsey' The ( 111°1:1 , Lt to a ssist left Ilevr a coast dig.' „ one state , The br i g 'ovine ; th e b e got Oi l has also Venlettes ; &man were painted on ce. Iu ad" already sa: Bourg, V e on o n that Ldelaide, °I is, of Roue n ' r ; no live been lost eu and E ug ene 1 . Twe nt i 3n wrecked ; • p ito ruine d. orenc i a eo3st on military ;al, red lic : serublY7 b a :, ;jugs of " the Duke .k. A lArge Lently, bee n se of w a g es. ole Of di° t ~..;,, to Brec , ..- ) n poiso ned. 3scriptioo 0.1 ;erly ruined. ater i a l 'roll, 7 G azelle' de a c°69lOP ienos AYres dis attache tacba u th t a t tb° aineis for d retre3t• 2 to 00 ' 3 1 ) s to acce pt ratify by 6 ession prO" the 18th from Paris ' co t a Fr ith . au esv 1 01- y e that the to do with ,here being 9 at present ce an d the !Tapley on newsPaP e " respecting allow me d o nt CO'u l le 6th inst . Dgers over Ids that an in charge s. did not MARKET MONEY AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Stock Exchange will be open on Saturday, but the attendance is expected to be only such as may be indispensable in connexion) with the ar rangements for the settlement in the foreign and share markets, and probably there will be no transactions whatever on the part of the public. Monday will be observed as a holiday, not only in the Stock Exchange, but in most departments of business. There was no gold operations at the Bank yester day. The Bank of France return this evening shows a further increase of £BOO,OOO in the stock of bullion. The following letter, addressed by the Governor of the Bank of England to the Committee of Bankers, announces a reform which the Bank have succeded in effecting with regard to the three days' grace hitherto taken in accordance with an cient custom in paying the dividends on the public funds : " Bank of England, March 24, 1869. "Dear Sir,—l beg to inform you that, with a view to the payment of the dividends on Govern ment Stocks at the earliest period practicable, an arrangement has been assented to by her Majesty's Government which will enable the Bank of Eng land to receive the bankers' signatures to warrants one day earlier than has hitherto been possible. " Arrangements having also been made with the Committee of Bankers to appropriate only one day for receiving their signatures, which I hope will not be found to cause any serious inconvenience, it is proposed that in future the dividends on Govern ment Stocks shall be paid on the 6th of January, April, July, instead of the Bth, and on the 11th of October instead of the 13th, except when either the sth or 6th of January, April, or July, or the 10th or 11th of October, falls on a Sunday, in which cases the dividends will not be payable until the 7th of January, April, or July, or the 12th of October. —I am, dear Sir, yours very truly, " THOMAS N. HUNT, Governor. " To Sir J. Lubbock, Hon. Sec. to the Committee of Bankers." The colonial produce markets this week have been steady, although with a quiet tone, and business will, as usual at Easter, be suspended for a few days. A strong demand prevails for plantation Ceylon coffee of the new crop, and the moderate quantity brought forward has found buyers at a further ad vance. Native is held for higher rates, which have in some cases been obtained. Other kinds are firmer. The stock here closely approaches that of last year. A few months since it was several thou sand tons in excess. Sugar has experienced a better demand. Crystallised and grainy sorts have realised higher prices, and various parcels of brown full quotations to 6d. per cwt. advance. The refined market keeps steady. In spices there has been no change of interest. The tea market has been very dull. The Indian sales have gone off heavily, several parcels being withdrawn in the absence of satisfactory offers. Prices of the sold portion range from Id. to 3d. per lb. lower. The next sale of China tea is fixed for the 6th of April. A few floating cargoes of Rangoon, Arracan, &c., of the new crop, have been sold at low prices. Saltpetre has been neglected. Cocoa is dull, and the stock of foreign continues heavy. Cotton has been more active, closing higher both on the spot and afloat. The directors of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China have decided to recommend at the general meeting on the 21st of April a divi dend for the half-year ended the 31st of December last, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. Tha return from the Bank of England for the week ended the 24th of March gives the following results when compared with the previous week : Rost Puldic deposits Other deposits 17,033,451 ... Decrease ... 950,850 On the other side of the account : Government securi ties £13,999,053 ...Decrease ... £127,484 Other securities 19,124,484 ...Decrease 224,878 Notes unemployed 8,982,175 ...Decrease 280,055 Tho amount of notes in circulation is £22,936,425, being an increase of £215,490 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £18,035,225, showing an increase of £83,897 when compared with the preceding return. Subjoined is a comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols and French Relates with the corresponding week of last year : At Present. Same Weeklast Year. Bullion Reserve 10,098,800 Notes in circulation 22,936,425 Rnt• of discount Consols 13,103,218 Frouoh Routes 23,334,865 2 per cent. 93i 69f. -lc. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. YESTERDAY. (40TERNMENT rUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 3 per Cent. Reduced 9ll i New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 De. 5 per Cen J !tn. 1873 Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Bed Sea Tolei,roph), Aug., 1908 — Exchoqun Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Ct. Do £500 Do. £lOO SL £2OO — Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cont 2381 8 Da. opening Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds inter-Colonial Cranium INDIAN dOVERNMENT SECURITIta, Inlia stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Opening, for Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 por Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Eufacod Papet 4 per Cent.. Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 Do. sj-per Cent. May 1879 D. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 Do do 1877 Do. do. 1882 D.. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cont., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Do., Scrip £45 paid .. Asitnen bonds 5 per cent Ds. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent 65/ 00. 4/ per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 1858..... — Do. do. 186 1, — Do. do. 1863 - -. _ , Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account. BOl 79/ Bienos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Culin, 6 per Cent. (illian 6 per Cent — Do. 4/ per Cent Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 6 per cent. 1867 Po. 7 per Cont., 1866 Colo nbian, 6 per Cont. Danstt, 3 por Cent., 1825 Dan.‘bian Principalities, 7 rer Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 B7/ 1 Fquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. E;yptian, 7 per Cont.... Do Second Issue •• •• Do. £sot, Bonds B3l Do. .£lOO Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. .410 C Bonds 9O English Scrip, 1868 76/ Do do. £45 pd — die Government Railway Debentures Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ox Coups ll Do. Account Do. Coupone -- Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent . 62 Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., all pd kian 5 par Ccrt., 1865 .00. Accounts Do Marommanal - taiiway 564 DlexieaL 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French montevidvau 6 per Cent. M imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada l6l Do 3 - per Con Do. Deforred Perurian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 4t per Cent. (lll:')arren) Do 4 1 per Cent.. 1862 -, Do Account P,ateguese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7, '9,'60,'2, 361 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Raisian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St Do 41 ( per Cent • 1850 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 por Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 mu fffff u 1,1,11., ..... MADAME TITSSAUD'S.—Among the most attrac tive and instructive exhibitions in the metropolis, during the Easter holidays, we know of none where pleasure and amusement can be combined, or where a more pleasant hour can be spent, than at Madame Tussaud's waxwork gal leries in Baker-street. Many additional life-size portraits may be seen, and among them is one of Sir John Lawrence, the late popular Governor-General of India. DoN\'ILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort -buildings Strand. London: W.O [Ad vertisement. CROYDON CATTLE MA R KET.—The trade was brisk at market yesterday, and the limited supply of stock was easily disposed of at the following prices, at per stone and sinking the offal—Beasts, steers, 4s 10d to 5s 2d ; fat, 43 4d to 4s Ed; sheep, choice South down wethers, 6 s; West Kent wethers and coarse sheep, 4s 10d to 5s 6d ; fat calves, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; pigs, 4s 8d to ss; and store pigs, 13s to 233 a head. _ _ ----- LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.-M RS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth; it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers. Depot 266. High Holborn _ _ LADTERTISEMENT.I Holloway's Pills —Dismiss your doubts.—Let no one be longer oppressed with the notion that his malady is incurable till those purifying pills have had a fair trial- Whore ordinary preparations have failed these pills have beeti used with the most marked success. A. course of this admirable medicine clears the blood from all impurities, and improves its quality. The whole system is thus beneflttted through the usual channels, without reduction of strength, shock to the nerves, or any other inconvenience. The weakest woman and most deli cate child may fearlessly resort to this cooling corrective, and without strengthening medicine, which works the most bene ficial changes where heeth peeractl 13.0Pcle§6 1 Y 192 t. Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, .£loo,Bondsu do. £B4 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do — Po Nicolas Railway Sardinian 5 pc•r Cert Spauisl; 3 poi- Can . Do..'. cv,urit Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — PL 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 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 64/ Do 1 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (1-loctares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Acc.unt Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 GO Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. 894 !Wirth 5 per Cant. 1831, Ex. 51. 3 ,, Do Account 551 1 CLOSING PRICES. 4jonsols, Money 93 Do. Account, April 8,, 93 cokkr.l,. rump p itArintat HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 25. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe, drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, attended by the Duchess of Rox burgho, went out this morning. Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice also went out. A MAN DECAPITATED ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY AT KEN7IBII TOWN. This morning (Friday) information was forwarded to Pr. Lankester, the coroner for Middlesex, of the shocking death of Richard Green, a goods guard on the Midland Railway, under the following circumstances:— Last night the deceased, who is about 35 years of ago, was travelling on an engine from Agar-town to Kentish_ town, and when he arrived at the cattle siding he jumped off into the " six foot." At that moment a heavily laden goods train from Wellingborough was passing, and the unfortunate man slipping, the engine caught him, dashed him to the ground, and killed him on the spot. Mr. Pal mer, the station master, with Police-sergeat Calder, 1 S, at once proceeded to the spot, and there a most horrible sight presented itself. 'lhe unfortunate man's brains were scat tered over the line, his head was severed from the trunk, and his right arm and shoulder were clean cut off. His left arm was also broken, and his legs were crushed. The body was placed on a stretcher and conveyed to the St. Pancras dead-house, and the head and other portions of the deceased were picked up and taken in a bucket to the same place. The deceased, who is a native of Leicester, has only been employed in London for a few weeks, and a few hours before bis melancholy end obtained leave of absence to go to that town to visit his wife and three children. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday, at a meeting of the Common Coun cil, held at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding, Mr. Alderman Causton gave notice of his intention to move at the next Court that a statue, in com memoration of the late Prince Consort, be erected by the Corporation at a cost not exceeding 3,000 guineas, as the City of London memorial of his late Royal Highness. In reference to the proposed reforms of the Corporation, on the motion of Mr. H. L. Taylor, the Corporation of London Bill, and also the Metropolis Corporations Bill, were re ferred to a committee of the whole Court for con sideration and report. Tho Town Clerk (Mr. Woodthorpe) read a letter from the Vestry of St. Marylebone enclosing a copy of a report made to them by their medical officer of health in reference to the sale of putrid and unsound fish at Billingsgate market. Not a week, it stated, passed that one or other of the inspectors of that parish was not called upon to destroy large quantities of it brought to them by costermongers and small dealers, who had purchased it at the Dutch auctions which are daily held there, on the assurance of the vendors that it was sound and fresh. The quantity de stroyed by them during the last month as being unfit for food exceeded Goolb., and during the year ending with the last month amounted to. 4,4901 b. Assuming, says the medical officer, that the parish of Marylebone contains one-twentieth part of the population of the entire metropolis, which is very nearly the fact, and that the quantity of un sound fish destroyed in it is a fair average of the amount of fish in a similar condition sent to other districts, regard being had to the number of their respective populations, it follows that every year 40 tons of an important article of the food of the humbler classes is sent out from Billingsgate market altogether unfit for human consumption. But this the medical officer says, by no means con stitutes all the fish sold at the market, which is equally unfit to be eaten, a vast quantity of it being daily sold on the street barrows and in small shops in poor neighbourhoods so stale and unsound that although its condition may not be immediately de tected, it is not the less pernicious or dangerous to those who eat it. Among the destitute poor of that parish diarrhoea is more or less prevalent at all seasons of the year, and he could imagine nothing more calculated to produce it than the eat ing of unsound fish. On the motion of Mr. Pedler the subject was referred to the Markets Commit tee and the Commissioners of Sewers for considera tion and report. The rest of the sitting yesterday, lasting nearly four hours, was occasioned in discuss ing with closed doors the circumstances under which a gratuity of £lOO was recently presented by the Guildhall Improvement Committee, contrary, it is alleged, to the standing orders of the Court, to a salaried officer of the Corporation for services rendered to that committee. THE SUN, LONDON, F'RIDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 121 131 13 4 1 15 Do B lO 41 44 4: 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira ally 191 2 1 201 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 44 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. .8 5 1 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, line. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 13 174 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China all 21 22 25 Chartered Merc. of India. London, and China all '94 304 20 City IU 12 121 100 Colonial 25 351 401 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and London, lira 50 East London, lint y 2 • 1 20 English and American, lint 10 ••• ••• 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro, lint lO pr 1p 20 English, Scottish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 85 37 281 Do new if 1 li 100 Imperial, lim 2O 16 4 171 20 Imperial Ottoman io 224 124 25 lonian all 35 27 25 Do new 5 11 4p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 31 34 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 75 78 30 London Bank( of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 32 28 20 Do new 74 54 41 100 London &River Plate, lira. 40 10 11 604 25 Do new 10 24 3 P 20 London Chart. of Australia all 244 2b 20 London and County 2O 49 51 50 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll •:. ••• London Joint Stock 1 52 l x London and South Arican al I " 00 London & S. - Western, Urn, 20 11 9 150 London & Venezuela, lint_ 121 •• •••, ,„ 100 London and West m i nster. 20 6.4 63 4 ''' 1 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 5 3 10 Metropolitan, Er n all 7 4 7 1 100 Midland, lint 2O 11 1 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 Id 1p 100 National Proviuc. of Eng'd 42 ••• ••• 146 10 Do ... 50 National. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 44 40 Provine. Bank. Corpo., lint lO i i 44 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 81 90 10 Do new. all ... ••• 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 15 13 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 5 6 25 Union of Australia.... all 461 474 100 Union of Ireland, lira 50 Union of London l6 36 37 36 • i EXTENSIVE FORGERY. A few days ago considerable excitement was produced in commercial circles in Birmingham and the district by the information that Mr. George II arrop, of the firm of Harrop and Somerville, London Works, Smethwick, had absconded, after committing forgeries to the extent of several thousands of pounds. The news was the more stag gering because the firm was generally regarded as one of high position and integrity, and was supposed to be doing an extensive home and continental trade. Mr. Harrop and Mr. Somerville have carried on the partnership busi ness at Southwark for several years, and, at the time the former absconded, they lived together in lodgings at Har borne. A fortnight or three weeks ago Harrop went to London,tostensibly on trade matters ; but a few days afterwards he wrote his brother a letter, in which he confessed his defalcations, and intimated his intention to leave the country. This letter, of course, led to an inves tigation, which resulted in proof of forgeries of accommo dation bills by Harrop to the amount of several thousands of pounds--£7,000 or £B,OOO, it is believed— the Bir mingham and Midland Bank being the sufferers. Besides this Harrop collected and appropriated a large sum of money from customers in London, the accounts of some of them being scarcely due. The forger is accompanied in his flight by a younger brother, but there does not, so far as can be learned, appear to be any grounds for charging him with complicity in the frauds except after the fact. The works at Smethwick, we are informed, were stopped on Tuesday ; but whether the defalcations of Harrop will lead to the permanent sus pension of the business, is a question upon which no facts are yet to be obtained.—Birmingham Post. SHARE LIST. '111)1NAllY itt.A.LIEb AND STOCKS, ware ttaliwayb Paid. Closing Bushiest Price. done. at Bristol and Exeter 10) 77 79 771 at Caledonian lOO 78 781 7dl 7 1 at Cambrian 20 Cornwall ... all 21 31 st Dublin & Belfast June... 100 77 79 at Dun„Perth,& Ab.Junc... iOO 70 72 2) East London all 7 9 20 1 Jo 15 - Do 10 - - et Glasgow &S. Western lOO 97 99 st Great Eastern .. OO 361 37 364 t 7 6 71 at Do. E. Angl. No. 2.... 100 ... • st Great North of Scotland.. 100 15 6 st Great Northern lOO 1061 1071 107 61 at Do. A stock of Do. B stock at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 91 7 st lit. Western -Original lOO 50 501 494 4 501 it Do. South Wales lOO VI 59 at Do. W. Mid.-Uxlurd lOO 24 27 at Do. Newport ioo t.• 9 31 st Lancashire & Yorkaliirs lOO 12:1 1234 1221 et Lou., Brigh.,& S.Coast lOO 4sl 42 4'4 0, Do Scrip ....... - - st I un., Chat., and Dover ll., 161 36. 164 1 1 et Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO - - st Lou. & Western lOO 1 14 4 151 114 144 154 st Lou. St South Western lOO 37 OP 574 bi at Man., Suel., St Lincoln.• It:0 16 56 154 (.1 At WM1)0 112 1112 at Do Extousi3a 10 uo. New rd at Metropolitan District. all 11 13 10 Metrop. at. John's 11 Wool 6 - - at Miatand st Uo, Sirmin. B Darby llO 3t 56 at Naafi. British st Uo. Pd., Pth., & Dun 10) - - at or. Xastern-lierwicic 1(0 102 113 102/ 2 25 Do. G. N.E purchase-10.13.i - at Do Leeds. st Do York lOO 92 VS 924 k A st Do Carli.le at Do Stoc t. B 110 13) 132 st North Lou iou 10 Do New 1868 . 2 14 lip at North Staffordshire-. 100 55 17 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 92 100 10 Do New 1:10 shares 7 ... at Rhymuey at Shropshire Union lto 664 57 at South Devon st South Eastern lOO 754 761 st Statues, Wok'ham, & Wok all 12 If at 'tan Vale lOO 145 110 • - Do. C.. • - Waterford & Kilkenny lOO - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 - - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SRA.RES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 et Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Du. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 40 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all m et, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Glas. & S.W. gua. i per ct lOO at 1 4t. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 96 99 971 81 at Do do N 0.2 100 94 94 st Do do 6 per cent 100 10J 112 at Do East Anglian Ap. e. 100 ~„ at Do do 13 do. 100 t Do do 7 do. 109 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 70 7i st Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1847 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 st Do 41 do do do 100 at Do 5 do at s p. pal lOO ~, at, Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ••• •.. MI Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 ~, at, Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st; t.Weat.—Orig.&Jnt. - Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 101 108 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO eir at Do do 4 1 per cent. 1850 lOO 89 9) 73 at 1)o do 4 do do at Do do S per cent. retlem lOO 96 97 st Do do Birmingham gua lOO (k) 70 at Do do d o pref lOO at Do do Cheater gua lOO 80 81 at Do do do 8 per cent. 100 at Do do do 5 do 100 9i 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ~, at Do do 41 p•e IOU at Do do 4 1 1819 lOO st Do do i at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 100 11 r 114 at Do do 2d gua. 100 110 114 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 vi yF • at Do do 2d do 100 100 101 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100. La Lancaster y r esoirrklite. 6 p 4/ P.C..e.100 all ;; 3 : 5 at Du Barnsley, £5 3s 10d p.c. led st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) leo 1 10 133 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 100 at London it Brighton, sp. C. guaranteed, No 1 lOO „. st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 „, st Do 6 do do lOO ••• st Do I do No. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent 1.)0 •• st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) luo at Do 4 do 1839 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO st, London and C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO ••• at Do Shreweb'y Welehp'l '•• at London and b.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 140 150 2s 63. Do (Portant. perp ans. leOd) all st Mau., Shef., S, Linclu. 6 p.c lOO 11* 117 G Do £6 all par 1 pea st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent, I st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. C lOO 130 NS st Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. e lOO 112 134 at Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO 5,8 100 994 stl Do 41 per cent. irredeein lOO 98 100 954 94 st Do Leicester & Irchn, 4 p.c. 100 69 91 at North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO *** st Do E. &U.4p.c. S. & D IVO at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern--Cone. 4 p.c lOO 87 89 st Do 4) per cent. redeem lOO 9S 97 at Do U N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital . Do York, H. &S. purchase. 10 io 10/ Do Stektu A 5 p.c. 100 100 101 at Do NV, Hartlepool li. and E lOO 81 87 20 North Staffordshire lOs s. Devon Annuities, 1 a all 9. 10 10s Do Tavistock Auns., 10s all 91 91 105 Do Fixed 41 per cent all E El 1 0.6. S. East. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 per cent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 st Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pa 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 pc gua. st Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO ... st Do 41 p irredeem all ... at Do 4p c con, issued at 80 65 st Great Lastern 41 per cent. 103 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 86 t 8 st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 84 t 8 st Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 52 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 ... st Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 ... at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 ... at Great West., W. Midi., 5p c 100 ... at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 85 22 st Do do Gp c irred., 1866 100 105 103 2.) Do Vale Ncath perp. 5p c all 12 20 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 I IP st Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1853 100 ... at Da do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... st Da do 41 do, 181:2 100 at Do do S do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 5 do at Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., 136 p.c 100 Do do C 6 p.c st London &N. Western, 5p c 100 105 110 st Loudon &S. 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Do 93 ......•• • . ...0' 'AO t O7 108 .... II 6. p. 2.1696,4 sPi 112 pal THE FLOODING OF A COLLIERY. The inquest on the body of William Ashmore, the man who of the 13 that were entombed in Locks-lane Pit lost his life, was opened on Thursday at the Bell Hotel, Brierley Hill, before Mr. W. H. Phillips, deputy coroner for South Staffordshire. Charles Garbett, the first witness, identi fied Ashmore's body, The witness was employed at the same pit, and when he came up from work on Tuesday week last he saw deceased on the bank ready to go down. When he came the next morning he found the pit flooded. Witness did not go down the pit again till on Sunday night he went down in company with others to search for the body of the deceased. He found the body in a place above the level of the water. The body appeared never to have been wet ; and it was entirely naked with the exception of a short shirt. James Grainger, the engineer in charge of the pumping engine on the night the pit was flooded, stated that up till about eight weeks ago, the pumping-engine had been work ing at about three and a half strokes a minute ; and was throwing from 50 to GO gallons of water a minute. In con sequence of the wet weather, however, there was a gradual increase of the water, and the speed was increased to six and a half strokes a minute. That speed kept the water at the same level that the three and a half strokes a minute did. The water in the pit came from two sources—Chapel-hill Pit and the Old Trough Pits, both of them the property of the Earl of Darnley. The water in both cases was kept back by dams, in which there were taps to regulate the flow. In the Chapel-hill dam there was one tap four inches in diameter ; and in the other there were two, one below and one above. He had examined the latter dam since the men were got out, but he could not ascertain whether there was anything wrong with it. Neither of the dams had burst before so far as he was aware. George Skidmore, one of the men who was entombed in the pit, was called. He looked strong and well, and did not appear to be suffering at all from his long-enforced abstinence. He said that he and his companions, four men and two boys, were not aware that anything was wrong till they were coming out of the pit. He was not on the side of the pit at which the deceased was at work. He could not tell where the water came from into the pit. He did not know anything about the dams in the pit. They could tell while they were in the pit that pumping was going on above, because they could hear it. He was satisfied that every exertion had been made to get himself and the others out. William Millichip, a man who had charge of the water levels in the pit, stated that he had been at the building on the two dams at the Chapel-hill and Trough Pits. He had examined the latter since the accident, and found that it had burst for the space of about a yard at the bottom ; and he considered that was the cause of the flooding of the pit. Edward Greenway, the underground bailiff, said he had charge of all the workings below. The dams were put in under his direction ; and he had examined them while they were being put in and afterwards, and he considered them amply sufficient for their purpose. He was not restricted either as to the cost or the size. He had examined the Trough Pit dam since the accident, and found it the same pit as it was before. There was no breach in the dam, and it appeared to him that the water had softened the strata under the foundation of the dam, and so had flooded the pit. He considered that the flood ing of the pit was caused by a sudden influx of water from some old workings beyond the Trough Pits. Mr. Henry Walker, surgeon, said that he had made a post mortem examination of the body. The brain was much congested. The lungs were quite black, and also much congested. The right side of the heart was full of coagu lated blood. The stomach was empty, with the exception of some little bits of coal. The deceased died from the effects of foul air. Mr. Baker, the Government Inspector of Mines, stated that the examination of the pit was not yet complete, and under these circumstances he asked for an adjournment of the inquiry. The coroner adjourned the inquiry till Friday fort night. Mr. Putnam, of High-street, Eton, recently pur chased for a small sum an old picture from a furniture dealer in Windsor. Upon cleaning and examining the painting, it was observed to be a genuine Ituysdael. The subject is a woodland scene, with a cottage, ruins, and brook, and several figures. It is a gem of art, and has a number of the painter's private marks as well as his signature. The pic ture, which has been examined by a number of connoisseurs, is valued at several hundred guineas. THE "LONDON REVIEW" AND "EXAmINER."—The London Review of this week has the following . announce ment:—" To our Readers.—We are happy to be able to announce that an arrangement has been entered into for the amalgamation of the London Review and the Examiner, which will have the effect of combining the literary and political resources of both journals. By this arrange ment we shall be enabled to offer to our readers a reduc tion in price, and to advertisers the benefit of a considerably extended circulati on . O n an d a f ter t h e 3 r d o f April the Examiner and London Review will be issued every Friday, price 3d., from the offices, 9, Wellington-street, Strand." The Hon. C. B. Portman has this week been on a tour to Devon and Cornwall, inquiring, on behalf of Govern ment, as to the employment of children and women in agri culture. On Wednesday he attended a meeting held at Newton Abbot. The Rev. R. R. Wolfe, of Torquay, pre sided, and Sir B. Leighton and a large number of the county clergy and gentry took part iu the discussion s There was a general agreement that in Devonshire legislative interference as to the e mployment of children and women on farms was unnecessary. A resolution was passed condemn ing the employment of boys under 10 years of age, and girls under 16. A majority of the speakers expressed them selves in favour of compulsory education, and recommended the establishment of night schools for the improvement of farm labourers. The overcrowding of dwellings was con sidered to be the cause of the immorality prevalent amongst the labouring class. - - The London correspondent of the Alliance News givestho reason why the £3,000 collected by Mr. Roebuck's admirers was settled on his daughter, not on himself. It is no secret that Mr. Roebuck is one of the defendants in an action carried on by the liquidators of the un fortunate General Exchange Bank for the recovery o f £14,000, said to have been paid away improperly by the directors, of whom Mr. Roebuck was chairman or vice-. chairman. If the decision of the court fixes the legal re sponsibility of refunding this sum to the shareholders, it will be for them a matter of very great interest what means of complying with this order the directors severally possess. One thing they will now learn—that they will stand no chance of getting any of the £3,000 subscribed by Mr. Roebuck's admirers; and if they should feel a little chagrined they may be told they ought at least to admit the ingenuity displayed in depriving them of any possible benefit from the friendly liberality of Mr. Roebuck's friends. Under the beading " Strange Story from Carmar tbensbire," a paragraph has been going the round of the papers stating that a young girl has lived for sevettecn months without food. The Laucet quoted the para graph in question, and ridiculed the credulity of the vicar of the parish, who has written to the papers expressing his belief in the story. In consequence of this the father of the girl, Mr. E. Jacob, of Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, has called seve ral medical mon to oxAmine the child, and a committee has been appointed to investigate the matter. A subscription list has been opened to defray the expenses of men who are to watch the girl, two by night and two by day. The test was commenced at eight o'clock on Monday night. The story is implicitly believed in the neighbourhood, and the father is a respectable farmer. It is difficult to understand what motive there can be for deception, as the father will not allo w the child to receive any money fromj *itOrE, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, It has been said that Mr. Peabody intended his houses rather for the poor and destitute than for the artizan class. The Times declares that this is not so. He designed only to institute and for ever maintain on fair terms of payment a supply of certain accommodation grievously needed by the labouring classes of the metropolis, and very insufficiently as well as indifferently furnished. A working man in London, owing to a twofold operation of circumstances, was sorely put to it to find a decent lodging, even with the means of paying for it in his pocket. Large works undertaken by railway and other companies brought vast numbers of workmen to London, while at the same time the clearings made for these very works destroyed street after street of working men's lodgings. Nor did the reconstruction of these dwellings invite the enterprise of ordinary capitalists. Houses of a higher class were multiplied indefinitely, but small tene ments were not regarded as an eligible property, and builders declined to embark their funds in such in vestments. The consequence was a pressure for lodg ings, attended with extreme distress, and this was the suffering which Mr. Peabody resolved on alle viating. He has placed in the bands of trustees a large sum of money to be expended upon convenient and whole some dwellings so situated and so priced as to give the working poor of the metropolis such lodgings as they need. These homes are not rent-free, but the rent is fair, and every sixpence of it when paid goes to a fund for providing other workmen with similar accommodation at a similarly reasonable charge. That is, and that, we trust, for many a year will be, the effect of Mr. Peabody's benefaction. It gives the working man neither alms nor dole, but a boon far better than either—the opportunity of providing himself freely with some of the chief blessings of life out of his own honest earnings. The Post remarks upon the fact that her Majesty has been pleased to confer a baronry on Sir John Lawrence— the man, above all others, who saved India at the crisis of the mutiny. No title more comprehensively signifi cant than " Lawrence of the Punjaub" was ever inscribed on the roll of the British peerage, and the act which ennobles an honest and laborious public servant cannot but illustrate an ancient order of nobility. The career of Sir John Lawrence is in many respects, a remarkable one, and deserving of study. Forty years ago he started in life in the civil service of the late East India Company. Noted always for his energy and for the zealous and conscientious discharge of his duties, he gradually rose in his profession, until, in a happy hour for India, he was elected to the post of Commis sioner of the Punjaub. Although he had previously earned for himself a distinguished reputation, it was there that he so distinctly and specially made his mark ; and the moral ascendency which he obtained over the warlike tribes he ruled was alike wonderful and fortu nate. It was mainly owing to this influence that the Punjaub was not included in the great mutiny, and that its weight was thrown into the scale against the rebels. The turning-point of the move ment was the siege of Delhi, and it is but simple justice to say that, but for the prompt despatch of native troops from the Punjaub by Sir John Lawrence, we might, and in all probability would, have failed to capture that all important position. It is impossible to overrate the value of the part played by Sir John Lawrence in this critical juncture in India ; and, although he has already been eulogised in no niggardly manner, it is probable that history will develope his share in the matter in a still more prominent manner. When Lord Canning and Lord Elgin had both succumbed to the jointi nfluence of climate and overtaxed energies, the complete unanimity with which the voice of the nation called for Sir John Lawrence to govern India testified to his being the fittest man for the trying position. Nor did the result belie the expectations. What India required after the annexations of Lord Dalhousie and the rough shock of the mutiny was consolidation and repose, and Sir John Lawrence was just the man to effect the one and insist on the other. The required policy was congenial to his views, and, therefore, it was carried out with complete ness and success. No new provinces were added. Little wars were entered upon only in the last extremity Schools were established and extended. The legal system was revised. The finances were restored to order. The public works were vigorously prosecuted. The confidence and goodwill of the natives and neighbouring States were cultivated successfully. This was the policy assiduously but unostentatiously pursued by the late Governor- General of India. The Daily News, in an article on the Trades Union Commision Report, gives its opinion as a whole in favour of the report of the minority. Leaving abstract questions, and regarding the case before us on its merits alone, we cannot but approve of the recommendation of the minority to treat workmen, not as a class, apart, but as members of a society governed by a uniform code of criminal law. If they claim the advan tage of security for their funds, it is but fair to require in return that they shall register their unions, furnish copies of their rules, and render annual statements of their ac counts. Publicity would thus be given to their pro ceedings, and public opinion would exercise an iuflu ence over :their conduct. If they infringed the law, their punishment would be none the less effective because it was not exceptional. Nor do we doubt that society at large would be the gainer. There is no better cement for the foundation of a free and a powerful State than the feel inc.- that in the eye of the law every citizen iswithout either a superior to whom he must bend, or an inferior over whom he may tyrannise. Ere long, says the Telegraph, a Popish prince will be I among us ; and it is characteristic of the insidious designs of Romanism that, instead of sending an adult personage into English society, where matured wisdom might cope with his plots, he is to be slapped in amongst our future statesmen, that he may sow the seeds of errorin their young and innocent minds. For this important news we are indebted to the Rev. C. C. Layard, incumbent of Sudbury, in the parish of Harrow. Like the Irish orator of old, he " smells a rat, he sees it brewing in the storm ; but, please God, he will crush it in the bud." We had ourselves heard that the young Duke of Genoa was to be educated at Harrow ; but—careless Protestants as we are— we did not see the full meaning of the fell news. however, understands th a t thi s young Mr. Layard, Popish duke is to be " excused chapel "—which is hor rible, most horrible ! For other boys, " drawing foul ensample from fair names," may also learn to neglect that " chapel" around which now their earliest devotions so affectionately cling. Mr. Layard fears that this admission of the young prince, and this unnatural toleration of his Popish scru ples, " may endanger the faith of our Protestant youth and future legislators." Of course, if we would have our future Parliaments Protestant, we must watch the now pure sources of future members and peers ; and a single Papist--z." a little pitted speck in garnered fruit "—may destroy all. How can two or three hundred Protestant boys young, trusting, and innocent preserve their pure principles when one Roman Catholic lad is there to throw a malign charm around the creed of Rome ? Unless steps are taken in time we shall find the good old school overrun with priests, and the light of the Reformation quenched. As the Reformers of 1832 howled out, so must we "stop the Duke." Our only consolation is that, though a Popish Prince, the young Duke is not the legitimate heir of our Pretender; fortunately that right has passed into the branch now represented by the ex-Duke of Modena, who, if Royal Family rights were English public law, would be King of England to day. Still, Pretender or not, the young Prince is Popish, and must be " put down." Could not Mr. Layard mar shal a good Protestant mob, and lynch the little boy ? The Standard says the Government has been put in an unpleasant position with respect to the Cunard and Inman contracts, Having found them settled, having adopted them, and having given the commercial world reason to believe that the regularity of the Atlantic postage service would not be jeopardised, they yielded to a demand from the extreme Radicals, and consented to a committee of inquiry into agreements already signed and sealed, and which are to take effect in a few days for a certain num ber of years. That committee has sat and investigated the matter. Its report, by the casting vote of the chair man—we know who the chairman was, and give him credit for perfect sincerity and unmingled public spirit through out the whole proceeding—was unfavourable to the en gagements of the Government with bot h the Inman and Cunard companies. It recommended that the contracts should be disallowed, but that the contractors should be offered the o ption of conducting the postal services in question for a shorter period._ And what have the Administration done ? D i sregarded the committee which they sanctioned. Surrendered to the con tractors whom the committee advised th em_ to repudiate. We are heartily glad it, and so ll he all who have interest in . the correspond ewnice between this country and the United Stntes ; but the result is no small humiliation to Ministers, nor will it tend very greatly to increase the authority of par liamentary committees. The Standard replies to the arg uments as to the mail contract creating a monopoly. ....rgeuamreenemploying, it contends, the only adequate machi nery at our command. With regard to stipulations, our contemporary goes on to sayspeed, they would be fraught with danger, and indi cate an almost impious defiance of the terrible natural powers which occasionally rule the deeps and subdue and rebuke all the efforts of man. With the pro prietors of these great companies themselves we desire and believe in the day when a penny ocean-postage may be established. But, as they add, when the experiment is made, it ought not to be made exclusively at their risk and expense. 'They . undertake duties which it is not alleged that they have ineffectually performed. The State refuses to accept the responsibility for itself and run huge and swift steamers, every week or fortnight, from l a nd t o l an d across the Atlantic. We must congratulate the com mercial community therefore upon the fact that, in spite of Treasury bad faith, our national correspondence.with the countries of the west beyond the ocean is not to be disastrously interrupted,. thrown back into the condition of twenty years ago, or men up W foreign companiem, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day YORK SPRIi Weights for the Great North, 4G- MEETING, specie, added to a sweepal and only sif declared. Tv 46 subs. Tern Handicap of 200 sous in takes of 20 sous each, 10 ft, ro miles over the Old Course, Age st lb Age st 1b *Vauban 5 8 12 Russian Bear 4 6 8 Romping Girl ... 5 8 8 Phantom ... 4 6 7 Fortunio 5 8 7 Ploughboy ... 5 6 6 Paul Jones ... 4 8 2 Clovis ... ... 4 6 5 Taraban ... 5 8 1 Lord Hawthorn ... 3 6 4 King's Cross ... 5 712 *Cocoa Nut ... 3 6 0 Leybourne ... 67 12 Ladoga ... ... 3 512 Fair w ind ... 5 7 8 Derventio ... 3 5 12 Viscount ... ... 4 7 7 Fleets ... 3 512 Miss Havelock ... 6 7 7 *Retort ... ... 3 512 The Spy .. 4 7 6' Hector ... 3 5 12 Honesty ... 6 7 6 Vansitart ... 3 5 11 Bracken ... ... 5 7 6 Tramp,late Agrippa 3 511 Kidderminster ... 5 7 6 Chatsworth ... 3 510 Biacklock ... 4 7 1 Amster ... 3 5 10 Mexico 613 Anne Boleyn ... 3 5 8 Flora 4 6 12 'Poison d'Or ... 3 5 8 Von igcrn ... 4 G 12 Fichu, by Ivan ... 3 5 8 Choral ... 4 6 12 Provider ... 3 5 8 Catilino .. 5 6 11 Workman ... 3 5 7 Warrington ... 4 6 11 Red Ribbon ... 3 5 7 Belfast ... .. 46 11 V e l oc it y ... .. 3 5 7 Legislatot ... 4 6 8 Mold a vi a a paid Those horses marked thus (*), having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the time prescribed unloss specially ordered to remain in. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- MENTS. March 22, at 9 a.m., Whitby, Pirate Chief, and Chapel Royal, out of Heathcote Plate at Epsom Spring Meeting at 9 a.m., La Mousse and Electricity, out of Heathcote and Stamford Plates at Epsom Spring Meeting; at 1.30 p.ta Vettminster, out of Chester Cup. March 23, at 9 a.m., Snider, by National Guard, out of all engagements; at 9 a.m., D3spateh, out of Cheltenham engagements; at 9 a.m., The Returned, out of Epsom Spring engagements. March 24, at 9 p.m., Constance, out of all engagements this year. March 25, at 9 a.m., all Mr. Brayley's horses, except Redivivus and Arlington, out of Epsom Spring engage. men is. NORTON-ItriTA-REMPSET.—The following is the de cision of the stewards of this meeting regarding the objection to Titterstone, who came in first for the Maiden Plate :—" We, the undersigned, two of tha stewards of the Norton-junta-Kempsey Race Meeting (held on the 23d of February, 1869), having investigated the objection lodged by Mr. George against Titterstone, the winner of the Maiden Plate Steeplechase, on the ground of wrong entry of age, are of opinion that the objection is sustained and award the stakes to the second horse. We think it right, however, to add that we have no reason to believe that Mr. Rickaby has been guilty of making a fraudulent entry.—(Signed) H. F. VERNON, HENRY Alison , . Wor c,oster, Feb. 27, 1869. CoLouns or RIDERS.—Mr A. Robertson, tartan jacket, white cap; Mr Samuda (altered to) black, cerise sleeves and cap, black belt. Mr Payre takes the late Lord Glas gow's colours for his second colour, viz., white body, crim son sleeves and cap, and the horses bequeathed to him by his lordship will always run in these colours. FORFEIT LIST.— The forfeits of the following horses have been paid :—Bandmaster, Castanette, Dunbar, Lady Alleash, and Soda Water. STEEPLECHASE FORFEIT LIST.—The forfeits of the fol lowing horses have been paid :—Con Cregan's forfeit in List, 1864, and Jassy's in that of 1867, have been paid. _ _ _ NEW MATCH.—CRAVEN MEETING.—Admiral Rous's Amara, Bst 71b, aged, Colonel Martyn's Plunger, 7st 51b, both three-yr-olds. T.Y.C. 100, h ft. NEW MATCII.—FIRST SPRING MEETING.—Admiral Rous's Amara, Bst 101 b, agst Mr. Naylor's Wellington, 7st 121 b, both three year olds. Last half ;of Ab. M. 100 h ft. TILE NEWCASTLE RACES DISPUTE.—The fears enter tained as to these races taking place this year—owing to differences existing between the Race Committee and the Herbage Committee—have been set .at rest, the dis pute having been mutually settled. The spring meeting has this year been abandoned, but the summer meeting will take place as usual. ree o'clock.—The market BOURSE, ➢larch 25.—Th closed as follows : 41- per Gent. End of month - 3 per Cent ...... End of month 7O 50 Credit Mobilier End of month 2BO Credit Foncier l4BO End of month — - RAILWAY Western Eastern • • Sardinian 6681 4734 62 i Austrian Lombard North of Spain ...... ......... Saragossa Roman Bank Shares 2870 Ital Fan Fives 55 90 End of month — Blexiean Loan 25 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — -- Deferred — s. Cash Orleans ... 965 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 6lBl Bank of England Returns. An Account, pursuant to ti cap. 32, for the week ending 1 ISSUE DEP he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, March 25, 1869. P ARTMENT. Notes issued .....C31,918,600 Governmt. Debt,..£11,015,1e0 Other Securities.. 5,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion X 31,918,600 BiNKING 1) X 31,918,600 Proprietors' Capi tal f1A,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts Other Deposits.. 17,033,451 Seven Days and other 8i115..... 433,1631 LPARTMENT. Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £18,999,05S Other Securities 19,124,484 Notes 8,982,175 Gold and Silver Coin _. .V 3,223,337 GEOII,I .C 43,223,337 E FORBES, Chief Cashier. Foreiam Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. australla and New Zealand. via Sonthampton..... Mar : 27. ----____ Ditto, via ll'useillcs April 19 Brazil. Buenos Ayres, and 3lonte Video April 6. Ditto, by Frenob packet Cape %rads. by Brazil paoact Cape of Good [lupe. Ascension. and St. Helena.— Mar. 30. China, Penang, and Singapore. via Sou thampton ldar. 27. taibrultar, via Southampton India, via BOUtbaMDLOII vitt°, via Marseil:es Malta, Egypt., &o. Mar. .6. Ditto, Marseilles.. Mar. 26 N ewfoundla nd ...... .. . ....... A pril 7 Mat.ritius, Cape of Good Hope, and natal, via Southares ton Ditto, M arseilies April 7 ~ Portugal we • United States, ( anada, Calllornia , Sic., by British packet Ditto, by Canadian packet •• •• ....... ......... Ditto, by 1. lifted States packet Mar 24 Ditto (UM (Baltimore) West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe. t pril 2 West Indies and Pszitic (except Mexico and Baha mas) ...... slar 31 Mar. 31. Cub-' and i!exic o .. •.. ... Bermuda. via IlalitAx , B %llamas. via New York THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS.-. A most interesting and instructive little work, describing briefly but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and clock makin has just been published by Mr J. W. Benson, of 25, Old Bond-street, 99, Westbourne-grove, and the City Steam Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a purchase without visiting the above establishments or consulting this truly valuable work. By its aid persons residing in any part of the United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies,'are enabled to select for themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and have it sent to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the appoint ment to the Prince of ales, sends this pamphlet to any address on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too strongly recommend it to the notice of the intending purchaser !ADVERTISEMENT.]—IIenoeforth no one will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta, Arabica Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from Invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the " Gazette du Midi," July 25th :—" Rome, July 21, 1866. - The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other reme dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." We extract a few out ofmora than 63,000 cures:—Cure No. 53, 210 , of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation, all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most in tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No 1.771: Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough s .constipation, fl a t u lency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly.' Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 10 years' dis eased gs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and p ariial deafness. l mportant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig s name is most audaciously attached. 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