The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-10 00:00:00

I , at the ping d* nt £l5O. 1 not be AND re, w ere Men of families, d landed anterior un der Aly 1° - - - r mee t. led 'IP ibers 11 Charles - . Paris), nd as A hird a 0 .d to 50 , m plete. ,dy the )rize of ainting, worth)", imperial luariUra 010 pail >oses to bill to m naon s . ananuel ow scli° MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Consols are 924 1 4 for money; ditto, for Ac e mnt, 921 4 ; 'Three per Cent. Reduced, 004 i; New Three per Cents, 901 l ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 5 dis. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., —• India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, 2111 10 ; auto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1041 14 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 1 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 914 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, —; ditto under £l,OOO, 5 dis. In the foreign market the Tobacco Loan is 14 h . glier, Nicholas f, Peruvian and Spanish 4, Por tuguese, Moscow, and Charkof 5 each ; Egyptian (1868) and Turkish Five per Cent. 4 each, and Italian 4. The other prices are as follows : Egyptian (1864), 844 to 851 ; ditto (1868), 74 to 741 ; Viceroys' Nine per Cents. 95 to ; ditto Seven per Cents , 771 to 781 ; Italian, 551 to 56 ; Tobacco Loan, 854 to 865 ; Peruvian, 751 to 761 ; Portuguese, 341- to 344 ; Russian (1862), 83 to 84 ; Orel-Vitebsk, 77 to 78 . ; Nicolas, 63 to 64 ; Moscow, 78 to 79 ; Charkof, 741 to 755 ; Spanish, 28 to 281 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 414 to 414 ; ditto Six per Cents., 644 to 65. American 5-20 Bonds are 1 per cent. higher, the price being 781 to 784 ; Erie Shares are I. better, at 174 to 181 ; and Illinois 4, at 944 to 954. In the railway share market prices show no varia tion. Midland is k better at 111 to 1114, and Great Western and Great Eastern are also each 4 higher, the former being marked at 474 to 47; ; and the latter at 37 to 375. Caledonian is quiet, at 774 to 774 ; London, Chatham, and Dovor, 16 to 161 ; London and North-Western, 114 to 1141 ; South Eastern, 74; to 75 ; Metropolitan, 100 to 101; and ditto Extension 95 to 96. In Bank Shares Imperial Ottoman have improved, and are now 18 to 21 prem. Agra is quoted at 101;to 104 ; Alliance, 131 to 141 ; Anglo-Austrian, 18 to 19 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 301 to 31 ; Con solidated, 41 to 44 ; London and Couuiy, 501 to 511; London and Westminster, 64 to 65 ; Lon don Joint Stock, 321 to 331 ; and Union of Lon don, 351 to 361. General Credit and International shares are 1 lower, the former being 11 to 1 dis., and the latter 21 to dis. National Discount is unaltered, at 11 to 111. Hudson's Bay shares arc quiet, at 121 to 121. The sum of £62,000 was withdrawn from the Bank on Saturday for Brazil. The Bangalore, for Bombay, has taken out £17,600. The Saon, for the Cape of Good Hope, will take £lO,OOO. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have announced an accelerated mail com munication with Japan. Their steamers will hence forth run fortnightly from Hongkong to Yokohama and vice vcrsa direct, instead of via Shanghai, as heretofore. The Hongkong and Shanghai mail service will be continued as at present. The gain by this arrangement will be five days on the home ward passage and two days ou the outward passage. At a meeting of parties interested in the Erie Railway Company, held in the city on Saturday, communications were received from the following among others, expressing willingness to co-operate in obtaining united action ou the part of the Euro pean shareholders :—Messrs. William Brown, Lich field ; C. Borthwick, A ustinfriars ; Thos. Thomas son, Bolton ; Mr. H. J. Trotter, Bishop Auck land ; J. S. Stitt; Liverpool; Henry Rawson, Man chester ; A. G. Dallas, Beaufort-gardens, London ; and James s Watson, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow. The immediate object of this movement will be to obtain some reliable information respecting the company's affairs and a voice in the management commensurate with the very large interest now held in England and on the Continent. Persons willing to assist are to send their names to Mr. J. Denman, 5, Austinfriars. Some figures compiled by the Austrian Board of Trade show the great increase which In.s occurred in postal communication, owing to increased faci lities and more complete organizAtion. In the year 1866 the number of letters which passed through the pest-offices of Austria amounted to 356,906,622, and in 1867 it was 480,549,152, being an increase of over 123 millions in one year alone. In consequence of the rise in the value of money the demand for silver in the East has almost ceased. it is computed that in the course of the next week or ten days about £400,000 in Australian gold ought "to arrive, and will probably be sent into the Bank of England. The Council of India will receive tenders on the 19th inst. for bills on Calcutta and Madras to the amount of £350,000. _ The sixth ordinary general meeting of the pro prietors of the English Bank of Rio de Janeiro (Limited) will be held on the 24th inst. The annual meeting of the Marine Insurance Company will be held on the 24th of June. With reference to the various Brazilian loans, the numbers are published of 3,319 bonds, amounting to £405,000 which have been cancelled, and the halves of the cancelled bonds deposited at the Bank of England. At an adjourned meeting of the creditors of Messrs. W. Dickenson and Sons, of Blackburn, who recently failed, it was resolved to accept a composi tion of 12s. 6d. in the pound, payable by half yearly instalments of 2s. 6d. each. The Traffic Receipts on the Railways in the United Kingdom, for the week ending May 2, amounted on 13,496 miles to £779,807, and for the corresponding week in 1868 on 13,3u8 miles to £ 7 47,898, showing an increasing of 188 miles and of £31,999 in the receipts. The gross receipts on the 14 principal lines in the United Kingdom amounted for the week on 9,816 miles to £650,055, and for the corresponding week of last year on 9,647 miles to £625,654, showing an increase of 169 miles and of £24,401 in the receipts. The receipts on 52 other lines in the United Kingdom amounted on 3,680 miles to £129,849, and for the corresponding week of last year on 3,661 miles to £122,242, showing an increase of 19 miles and of £7,598 in the receipts. The total receipts for the past week, as compared with those of the preced ing one, ended 25th April, exhibit an increase of £1.6,612. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 3 per Cent. Reduced 9.01 i Now 3 per Cent ew 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen J am. 187 3 1 4inuities, 50 Fre, expire sth Jan., RM — Do. for 80 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Teleb,raph), Aug., 1908 — Exchoqu3r Bills, £l,OOO, V I 21-, per Ct — 3 £5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO — Batik of England Stock. 41 per Cent - -114 . Opening — y , tnada 4 per Cent. Bonds — inter-Colonial Oinuium INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India .:tock 101 per Ceut., April 187 4 211 1 12 10 Do. Opening, for Account --- Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 pet- Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates On. Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent.. ; ... o li, D o. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ......,,. — Do. Si Per °Fut. Ray 1871 — D 3 5P€ Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. d o . 1884 D.,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 .„ — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under .£l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSINC PRICES. Ar t , -'-irte Itep!ib:ic, 6 per Cent ... . De. Scrip ..I 43 paid .. 41.1.11tritin Bondi, o per cent Do. 1859 traziliun 5 per Cent 7)3 • li per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 1858.... ............. L O. do. 186 ;1 " 0 - do., 1863 — DO. 5 per C0nt.,1865 )0 Account • 7B 13 .ctioe Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent nt. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba., 6 per Ce. U.,...ian 6 per CL,Lt — '^. 4 t per Cent...,. - - Do. it t_..)r Cott., t o. 6 per cet , t. 1867 -- Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 - .103/- C lo obian, 6 per Cent. Dan 3ri 3 p. - a- Cent., 1825......... Dan , i?ian Principalities, 7 ter Cent 75 Du 8 per Ccth., 1867 .. 861- • qurlor Nevi Consolidated, 1 per Cent. E A -y i tian, 7 per Cent — 00 '4,,contl Issue Do. £SUI. Bonus .— Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 83 Do. 1 , 364 ............. ~.,.... Do. Account Do. £5OO 11ond, Do. £lO6 Bonds B5l English Scrip, 1868 74 k Do do. £45 pd — die Govarnm.enl Railway floifiii.,-,,,,, Graea 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account -- Ti,,t,n.alzt 5 per Coat • . — liondurasGov Itail.Lovn., 10p. Ct., all pd 10,itto 5 per ecr.t., 1.665 — Do. Account . Do Af.trennnana Railway Sioxicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account . 121- Do 1864 — Do G per Cont. Anglo-Fieuch r.ontevidian C per Cent. . — %lc ;Irish _imperial n p...tr Ueut - Yew Granad.; l7l Do 3 per Cen • — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1365 Do Account .. ~ 751 6 51 Do 4} per Cent. (t r i:' , arren) ...... ~.... Do 41 per Cent., 1862 -, — Do Account Port: , gueso 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'611,".c.'. 331 41 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per 1822, £ Sr )o 41 per Cent . C0nt.,850 Do 41 por Cent., 1F.60 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cont., 1862 , ..... ... 84 31 Do do, Scrip — Pa Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds BB} Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 63/ Sardinian 5 p6;r Cent — Spanish 3 per Con ... -.-., Do. Acc'.,unt .... — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferreo — Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Corn. Cont. of Coup. not funded Do. Account. Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do de, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cont.: Do Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 - 611 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 67 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Acchunt Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in Lon.o , Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41- per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch '2* per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... Do. Account — French Renter, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italian 5 por Cent. 1831, EL.. ..15f. Do Account 56 CLOSING PRICES. O o nsols, Money '2 i I Do. Account, June 1 " 2 .i i POLICE .11V TEL LIG EIV CE.-7 his Day WESTMINSI PAWNBROKERS AND THE POOR.—A very respectable looking woman came before the magistrate this morning for redress under the following circumstances: — She said that she wished to know whether a pawn broker was not liable for damage to property left in his possession. A few months ago she had necessity to pawn a good carpet for 10s. at Mr.Weekes', Cheyno-walk, Chel sea, and when she went for it, at . the close of last week, she found a largo hole right through many thicknesses of it. Mr. Selfe—Was it done by a moth ? Applicant—No, your worship, by a rat. The hole is too big a great deal for a moth. When I pointed it out to the pawnbroker he refused to give me any redress, and when I told him that I should go to a mAgistrate, ho said he did not care a for a magistrate. Mr. Sella—l am afraid you have no redress. Applicant—l paid him 125., including the interest for the carpet, which is not worth 4s. now. It was a new carpet, and cost me a good deal of money. Mr. Selfe— I would grant you a summons, but you would in all probability lose your cause and the costs. I should be sorry for you to throw your money away as au additional loss to what you have already sustained. Applicant—Ain't he liable for the damage to my pro perty ? Mr. Selfe—ln order to sustain your complaint it would be necessary to prove neglect on the part of the pawn broker, and I cannot see h.) .v you are to do that. Applicant produced the carpet with a large hole through the folds, which she said perforated four places. The pawnbroker pretended it must have boon in that state when he took it in, which was absurd, as he opened it widely and looked at it before ho received it. Mr. Selfe repeated that it would be unkind to grant her a sutualous, as she would be unable to sustain her com plaint. THAMES. A PICKPOCKET ON A RAILWAY.—John Gallagher, aged 29, was brought up, on remand, before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing a purse containing 12s. 6d. from Miss Sarah Nutt, a widow lady, on the platform of the Bow railway station. A few clays since, at half-past 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Nott was about to enter a railway carriage, after a stoppage and a change of carriages at Bow, when she felt a pressure upon her, and saw the prisoner's hand being withdrawn from her pocket. She turned round and saw him with her bag, which she was opening. She said "You have your hand in my bag, give it me." He said she was mistaken, and entered a carriage of the train which was about to depart. An alarm was raised, and Mr. Abra ham liable, the station-master, took him out of the car riage and gave him into custody. Mrs. Nott also stated that her money, 12s. 6d., was safe in her bag between Stepney and Bow. The prisoner told Mr. liable ho came from Fenchurch-street by the previous train, which dis charged its passengers at Bow. He had not been travel ling on the line at all, and had no ticket in his possession. The police-constable who had charge of the case said the prisoner had given a fictitious address, and had been visited in prison by detectives, who had failed to recognise him. Roche, the gaoler of the court, however, stated that the prisoner had passed through his hands before, and had been convicted of felony. Mr. Faget said he should like to know something more about the prisoner before he finally disposed of the case, and remanded him for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. FENIAN REVENGE.—Martin Kennedy, a rough-looking fellow, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting David Jones, living in Crown-court, Soho. The complainant said that on Saturday night he was standing at the corner of Pulteney-street talking to a friend when the prisoner came up to him and knocked him down, and rendered him insensible, his head coming against the kerb, and being cut. He was afterwards taken to the station and a doctor sent for and his head dressed. Ii answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the complainant said that he had given the prisoner no provocation. Frederick Nesbit and James Geogagn gave similar evidence. Mr. Tyrwhitt sentenced the prisoner to find bail in £lO or two months. EXETER HALL —Handers masterpiece, "Israel in Egypt," will be given, for the last time time this sea son, by the National Choral Society, on Wednesday next. The celebrated duet," The Lord is a Man of War," will bo sung by the gentlemen of the choir, numbering nearly 300 voices. Miss Arabella Smith, Miss Palmer, and Mr. R. Mason, are the principal vocalists ; Mr. G. W. Martin will conduct, and the performance will commence at eight o'clock. ST. MUNGO.—This horse, who came in contact with The Xgean while running for the Chester Cup, and had his shoulder severely cut, went home very lame on Thursday morning. A.DYEITISEMENT.]—Honceforth no one will doubt the valuable blessings A r a bi ea had been properties of Du Barry's health-restoring. Ite - valen o t f a Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands it has already received from Invalids whose deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Ifolin iO e i s i whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirsGtytol,liProspoef unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the '• Midi," July 2.5 th :—" Rome, J uly 21, 1866. The health of tho t la j Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other reme dies, he has confined himself entirely to Da Barry's Revalentt Arabi ca Food, of which uglyons a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisi beneticial effect on his health, and his holiness cannot praise this sxcellent food too highly." w o extract a few out ofinJr2 than 68,000 cures:—Cure No. 58216, of the Marchioness de Br.lian, of seven years' liver complaint was ting 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 year s' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting--Maria Joly." Cure No. 46,270: Mr James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' l diseasdeafness . than ed lungs Im , spitting of blood, liver derangement, and pariia and more sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. In tins, at is lid; 1 lb 2s 9 d; 21bs 4s 6d;4 5 'be Ils; 12 Ms 22 5: tbs 40s. --Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA. ARARICA CHOCOLATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at for 4. cups at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 cups at 338, f .r 576 cups at 55s —being about one penny per cup. The 305 and 55s tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post-Office Order, — Baum( Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, Loud"; and all Orocera and Chemists. at the , Bart. , is B. rich the hick he ons, 021 imPor:, lines& France , dia AO Enlac e, ore the era tiou , wentr g ; W it of the motion is di s. is to b e sts Bi ll but i >rder--- Nv ot the tat d 3 Y I Lori; :Tatar,' ;. -- so ,eSse n esta' ho P I on ° f !cl for , igg ot olon el I time 3, 11 0 C av our ra for lingli s y be r a°l)t 9f the rea l ! rp oo 6; 0 t ile tl° ° rill ' .n, • ea °° tor bett el. tpc/ v° ,,. ;e. Lal° e a4es fill al° ;(3 ern .3t 10 L t he 01 Alt fyo jr' ( I t 0 5 / 1 a tb o a 04 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1869, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. UlObl cm, Busines N Share NAME. Paid, Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 101 104 101 4 .t 9 Do B lO 24 21 2 7-16 50 Albion ............. 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Auglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all I iil 201 2}l 1 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 41 40 Australasian .... 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 1.1 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 2U Bank of Otago, lint. 24 Bank of South Australia._ all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 151 1 1 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India,, Austra lia, ,- nd China all 13 10 25 Chartered Merc. of India. London, and China, 20 City 100 C010nia1...... .... 25 35 40 10 Consolidated, Hui .50 Delhi and London, lint .50 East London, lint 5 '2 1 20 English and American, lint 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of ltio de Ja neiro. lint 20 English, Scottish, and Ans.. tralian Chartered 28; Hong Kong end Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 81 Do 10 2 0 Imperial, lint ... neW 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 2 21 121 12 k 5 lonian 25 Do DC W. 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 3 34 3 1 100 DO5 p. c. Debs.lB6l 80 all 76 75 73 30 Londoz Ba.nkl of 51exico amrSouth America, lint. 20 61 51 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 30 27 20 Do now 71 51 41 100 Loudon &River Plate, lint. 40 9 11 25 Da new 10 ' 2 l ' 2 iP 20 London Chart. of Australia all 241 23 20 London and County *2o 50 51 50 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd lt ... ••• London Joint St0ck.... Loudon and South African al 81 91 00 London & S. - Western, lint, 20 13 11 150 Loudon & Venezuela, lint_ 121 ... ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 614 624 611 6 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 10 Metropolitan, li m all 71 7 1 74 100 Midland, 1int..... 2O 11 1 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint l5 10 1 p 100 National Provine. of En-'d 42 ... ... 10 Do ...... .. ..... 41 ... 44 10 National...—. ................ ... .. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 441 414 50 Proviuc. Bank. Corpo., lint 10 6 5 00 Provincial of Ireland 10 Du new. all - ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint '25 15 I t 104 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 471 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of Loudon _ l5 351 30 i 351 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Anglo-American Tel,, lim all 2if 22f 22f a f 10 Anglo Meaner Tel., lira.... 10 12 121 1 21 ... .21 3 St Atlantic Telegraph 1. 1 0 23 26 st Do. 8 per cent. st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira lOO 158 161 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 233 240 10 Do. New 8 9 lip 25 Lend.l ndo- r n r r o o v p i e n a c n i a T I e T I . e lint all , lint lO 5 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all pr i p 10 Mediterra. listen. Tel., lint all 3; 31 25 Reuter's Telegram all 45 10 471 , :0 Societe TrAn3atlant., hal l4 21 11 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. &Main.,lim all 17 171 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 5 . A 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 3 5 p At dELL--oir& , ---- aa mint all 151 161 A li f alAgricultural Finance, lint. . 5 Id pr Tel E , t. ,08 1 Ina 9 7 s a 10 Baugarah , 22 10 55 A A n ll gs Australian o ,a lint 10 Berlin Water Works, • all 11 11 111 G 3 4 11 10 Do. New 100 Boickow Vaughan, Urn. ••• 30 9 11 Gas, Uri 5 Bombay all 3f 41 5 Do. Now 4 11 , 1 d , ••c ,n Laud 5 ) British Am , _ II , • ' 20 British Hunan Tea l 1121 1..., all 21 .4 Mort. Land and • , Shi p Owners 2U Brltisa 2) Canada Company all 66 70 2/ 2 1 d ment, lint ii,.. ji 20 Ceylon CompanY, . )4 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, ihn 8 25 City of London Real , Pro perty, lint lien all ,► 4/ 31.1 30 City of Milan Improv, . 5 6 ,-, 7 Gus, Inn-. all 25 City of Moscow 10 Canadian Loan and Invest -25 26 251 9 50 City Offices, lint 50 Colonial, lint.2o 3 2 221 ... . Do. ssur 5 s 50 Commercia , "Jition (A seer) a i p chants, lint. Gas, lint, 20 Continental Union . all 191 201 Miners of England, 25 Copper pref. r 10 Company - 1 per cent. , of Loudon all 5 7 100 Corporation Bonds, 1877, 41 per cont, all 1031 1011 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent, all 1041 1051 cent, 11 • I Do. 1882, 44 peri.a 103, 1041 100 dun. all '' ' 10 Credit Fon. of Elysian , 1. .. 4- J 2 13-16 Fon of Mauritius un. 10 31 21,1 50 Credit . of African AI 100 12 21 st Crystal Palace Do. Preference . 100 95 101 st 109 108 112 10i st all 20 Darjeeling, lint. . . ... I 0 Eastern Assam, Inn. ... ... d 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all „ .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Peipetual Deb 271 111 101 d ' • 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V 40y. • uwi. b y Egypt. G0v....,., all 941 951 95 1 1 20 Egyptian Cont.& Trad. lint 6 .. .. 3 Eng. S: Aust rah Copper, lien 21 • 1 •/ 15 English Alld Foreign Credit 71 41 3,,1 100 Eng. and Scot. li :trine, lilt. 8 . ...,1 1 0 Fairbaira Engineering 5 hi 20 Fore - s t reetWarchouse,lina l2 1 lip 100 For. & Cul. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at .63,5 all 87 88 861 Coal, Da lam. P .c 50 Gellivara, lint, 10 General Credit & Dis., lina 7l 11 14 15 General Steam _Navigation 14 28 SO 50 Horn?, &Col Marine lu. lim. 5 2 'i d 10 Hong 1i0n,, ,, and chi na , G as all ... ••• 0 f 20 Hudson's Bay, all 14 121 121 i 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, Ihn. ..... . . 20 Interna. Laud Credit, lint 6 6 40 50 Italian Land,,,,,.. - 100 20 'ltalian Irri. (Canal Do. 6 P. c. 13,18., redeem 1870, issued 90 50 Land Securiti es, lim ...... 5 '2l 1 10 25 London African Trading ~ 10 7 5 , ,c 1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, Inn * . 6 ...d 10 Loudon County Laud and Building, lint. ... d 50 Loud. Financial As so. . iiin 30 2 2 k. l 4 Lond.Gen.Onmibus.Codim. all 2 21 21 50 Loud, and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 21 160 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 Id pr et Madras Irriga. & Canl.Gua. sp.c. by India, Gov. 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1ien......, _ 50 Merchant Shipping, . Um . , 50 Millwall Iron Works, lint 121 ••• lO Natal Land and Colonisa- ••• tion Co., lin t . ... 9 151 410 25 National Discount .e . o 25 National Prov. Marine, lint 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lim. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint . 6 341 3d 10 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim. 3 -,', - ,C 5 'New Quebrada, lim .. . _ 4.4.0 n - 25 New Zealand Loan & . her, cantile Agency,lim .. . 2 1 i IP 25 New Zealand Trust .. .a . it'd Loan, 1int...,, 5 1011 111 10 North Do. ern B As sam Tea, lint. 5 7 5 at North Brit. Aus ......... .... 1im ... .., lOO 45 51 , 50 North Brit, & Merea.n In_ 64 9 „ 2 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 12 1 50 Oriental Financial, lim 11 5 Oriental Gas, 11 xu. a ll 7 8 5 Do. New...,, .. 1 4 1p ........ ..... 10 Otago and Southland • In, vestment, lint ... . 2 Id Ip 5 Ottoman Gas, 1ina.....--- all 11 21 10 Panama, New Zettlan..a, a 5 Australianlint R. M a il I 11 ... d. 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 41 50 49 60 Do. New 1867 . 10 11d Of 50 Rhymney Iron. ... 15 Do. New ......... all 6 1 7 25 Rio de Janeiro Cit . I Y tn., mu 20 Do. 100 Royal Mail Steam Gas, lam all 24 6 st Scottish Aust. Invest., lint, 100 83 81 at Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim. 10 7 6,1 20 Societe Cien.de l'Empire Ot. 8 21 3 1 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., Jim. 6 • 60 42 45 25 South Australian Land 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lint 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim o .._ 8 1 10 Trust & Agency of A.us., lint. 1 .. 4 . 1p 2i 10 Do do. do, all ... ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 • ip 50 Union Marine L'pool lira 5 41 5 p Loan all 771 781 7st 1 7 20 Union Steam Ship, lint. . all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 14 4.3. 20 Universal Marineau.), lint, s If '2 p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim 30 Van Dien:lan's Laud . , 00 Viceroy o f Egypt, 7 per 12 10t 0 West India and Pacific 6 20 Steam, lint 2 .; and 20 WestLoudon Wharves Warehouses lO 50 Warrant t.ll F ° i r n t a ,g n a t g e e ? lim • ,SH /IRE LIST. "iItDISARY dtiattr.:6 AND STOCKS. ihcre hallways Paid. Closing Business Price. done. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 10) 77 79 78 at Caledonian ......... 100 771 754 771 I si. Caitiorlau 2) Cornwall all 24 Zit Dublin & Bell:tat June lOO ;7 79 st Dun„l'crth, & Ab.J talc lOO 70 72 2, East London all 64 74 e.O oo 15 2 ) 1)o 10 at Glasgow at, S. Western lOl 975 94 at Great Eastern .. 'o6 37 371 37 4 4 4 Do. E. Angl. No. 2.... 100 ... ... at Great North of Scotland.. 100 15 0 at Great Northern lOO 105 107 1064 4 .5/ at Do. A stook at Do. B stock lOO .. ... at GtS, and V. of Ireland l OO 115 . 7 fi. (it. Nticstern -Original lOO 41 ISt 471 4 I st Do. South Wales lOO 53 15 st Do. W. Mid.—Oxlorci 1(0 20 27 s Do. Newport st Lasicashire...; l'oi i.sairv lOO :92 ,:ol at Lon., Brigh., Si S.Cuaat lOO 4 4 461 465 0: Do Scrip . . - it Lou., Chat., euu DoN (4 st Do. Metrop. r.,x. A lOO st Lou. A, .Nortii Western lOO 1144 :15 1111 1 st Len. a South 'Neaten lOO 87 ,9 tat st Man., s Lel., & Lincoln l6O 525 135 121 4 4 at Nigro, oittgli : lOO 1014 1011 1004 14 4 st Do Extension .. 10 Do. ticw rd .• at Metropolitan District. all a 50 10 Metrop. at. John's 11 00l 6 st Miaiand at Do, iiirinin. & Dal bi at North Britirli at Do. Ea., .I"tn., A Dull los at N or. Slastern—BerwicS lOO 103 104, 1035 4 25 Do. (3. N.E purehase 16.14. i -- st Do Leeds ....... at Do York lOO 94 Va at Do Carlisle .... at Do Stoc. & Darting— 1.0 131 13 ; at North Loulon 10 Do New i5lB st North Staffordshire lOO 55 57 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 91 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... .. at Rhyniney st Shropshire Union lOO 67 58 at South Devon'.. at South Eastern lOO 75 705 at Staines, Wok'haui, & Wok all 12 13 at Tad Vale lOO lid 113 • - Do. C.. Watericrd & Kilkenny 1(0 --- •- - - -- 10 Waterloo & Whitehall 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.ceut. 100 86 88 et Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... et Do. Scot. N.E., per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st D 9. do. Ordinary lOO 73 82 et Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua st, Dundee, I'erth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... st Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 9i 99 st Do do N 0.2 100 93 93 et Do du 6 per cent 100 10J 112 109 st Do East Anglian A. 5 p. c. 100 ... et Do do B 6 do. 100 ... st Do do 0 7 du. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p. c . 100 ... st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 7u 75 t Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 st Do (10 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1847 100 ... st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. st Do 4 1 do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp. c. p.n lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st G t.Wcst.— Jut.-11ent chg., per goa.s p.c DO 10i 103 1011 at Do. Orig. (8.6; 11.1'x). 5 p.c lOO 95 10J st Do du 4, per cont. 100 -87 09 at Do du 4 du do at L. .o do 5 per cent. rodeos lOO 95 07 at Du do .Birining,iam pitta 10) 65 79 st Do do du pref IUJ st Do do Chester gua 11.)) 30 95 st Do do do S per coat. 100 at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do du 41 p.c 10) at Do do 4, 1.550 lOO at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 101 111 113 st 1)o do 25 gua. 10) 107 111 at Du Newport, Istg.s p.c. 100 90 92 at Do do 25 du IUJ 97 IVO st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1833 100 ... OJ Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancase. & Yorksh. 6 P.C. 10) 1 3 133 at Do Barnsley, J.:5 Os 105 p.c. 10) at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1,35 at Do 41 (Blackburn oven). 100 99 100 st, Loudon & Brighton, sp. C. guaranteed, No 1 lOO ... st Po 5 yer cent. gua. Nu. 2. 100 st Do do do lOO at Do 5 do NJ. 4. 100 at Do 7 per cent at Do 6 du (W.E. & C.T.)100 at Do 4 do 1859 lO3 at London, Chatham, &Dover 5 per cent lOO ... at London and C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lO3 108 110 at Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO at Do Shrewsb'y Welehp't lOO at London and 6 W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 24 Ga. Do (Tortoni. perp sus 2s6d) all at Mau., Sher., 6; Linelu. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do £ at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 ... at Slid. Consolidated., 6p. c, lOO 130 135 at Do Bristol S; Birni., 6p. c lOO 12 134 at Do 41 per cent. redeem IOU 19 10) at Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 93 1)) at . Do Leicester SLlTchu,4 p.c 10) SO 91 8...1 at North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO at Do E. 6;G. 4p.e.S. & D lOO at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t 10) at Du Border Union, 51 p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 80 at Do 41 per cent. redeem l9O 95 97 at Du N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. ... Do York, IL& S. purchase lO 1) to j Do Stektu & Drling. A. 5 p.c lOO 106 108 st 15,.; iNKLlartlepoul 11. and 11 lOO 81 86 85 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 108 S. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 9 10 lOs Do Tavistock Ann.s., 10s all 81 91 lOs Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81 1, - 0.6. S. Last. (Read. Auns., 1 . 0 . 6 ) all '22 23 s t Do 41 percent lOO ... ... Et Do Fixed 44 per cent lOO ... ... st Taff Vale No.l lOO 14i 153 st Waterford& Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS. —PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOOLS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO ••• s t Do 4 1 P irredeem all **: s t Do 4p c con. issued at 8U 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 7 . 8 g u st Du 5 du, 1862 lOO 87 8i st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO Sc 88 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 84 6 a t Great Northern , 5 p c irred lOO 8- st Do Permanont 5 per cent lOO st Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. Midi., 5 p c 100 :** a t Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 8 . 6 * 9 i st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 103 107 20 Do Vale Neath pe r p . 5 p c al l 19 20 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, ii lOO 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 i p at Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1853 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 .7. a t Do do 41 do, 1861 100 •• at Da do 41 do, 1863 100 *** a t Do do 5 do, 1865 100 "" a t Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ••• at Do No. 7 sd o st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 —• a t Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 D o du C 6 p.c a t London& N. Western, 5P c 100 10 .• 1 1 . 4 at London &S. Western, 41 p 10 Man. shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 8 at Metropolitan 5 per cent IOU it 102 at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 103 a t Do do 100 106 103 13 Do 5p c opt. to conc. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1860 all 20/ 20t 13 Do Incouv. New Shares all 191 191 22 Do 5p c con. in to Old Stk., Aug. 31, 187'? at North Britian, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cant st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 100 Do E , P., & Dun ., 2d, 4pc at Do (.1 , No. 2, 5 p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 100 D °Sett D o ) o r o t h BEE: d & a: 1:31- t G e . n ( r ° 4 i l i3' r p Ys e ) per le P e 100 cant 100 y 5 9 7 a t Do Stock. & Da D., a t North London, 41, per cent 100 111 113 (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc o , 1859 100 at Do 5 d 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 186 4 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAILWAYS. -LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at kennead 1 a 3 uo • Imo 9. 9 1 51 56 at Chester and Holyhead lOO t 10 117 112 at Do. 51 per can •••• 10U Pa./t0 Buckinghamshire 4 ,g l h p u e m r s c h e i u r t e . Prefer all 99 , 101 at Do. .5 do. ... 0.. 100 ••• • • at Clydesdale, b uaranteed at Colchester Stour Valley 1 . . 3 . 1 12 . 20 8 G E G t. a l E o s a s t (floater and c ic o e ln w i a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 m ge ta . an ct . c 6. P 5 p.c Forest c. lo l o aooll .. . • at Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 .. at Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 100 06 93 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2.5 at Loudon and Blackwall lOO 93 95 at Do. 41 per cent lOO ... st London, Cuat., &c., 41 p. c lOO ... st Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 ... at Loudon and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO ... st Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 83 /35 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 80 82 at . Do.. do. 6 do. 100 5. Mauch., Buxton, &Matlk all 5 51 st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 94 04 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northeruk East., 5 percent all 53 56 60 Do. • do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern -.Hartlep00l st N. West. A perp. pan, 5p e. luo 107 160 st Do B minimum 14 p.c.... 100 at Notting. & Urautll.lt. & C lOO 91 93 25 Preston and ‘i yro.. all 41 46 ltoy - stou, Hitch., and Shep. 100 132 134 st Shrewsbury alibi Hereford 100 131 lap 10 Do do 8 2 lip st S. Yorksh. and River Duu 100 96 93 st Dc 4 per cent gua lOl 78 30 st Do 5 do st Viet. Station and Pimlico , 100 175 10 st West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 U Du do B all 2J Do do C all 64 '7; - at Weymouth and Portland lOO at \Vilts and Somorset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 124 124 st London and St. Katherine 100 14 46 DJ 1) oDeb. stock, 4 p.3r cent all Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 26 30 at Southampton lOO 74 76 bt Surrey ComuNreLtl . 4O UOLONIAL GOVSRICKNNT SXCURITIES an :ug j . u . l • 37 . 100 t oe 1(.4 British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.... Do. £895.• lOO - - C D a O ll . . 0 ( I p o . V o . 6 :d p ~ e 0. 1 . , T , -- 1877-8 t lOO 1(0 IC2 101 100 1 Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 102 104 Do. 6p. 0. Jan. & July lOO 88 ,„ Do. sp. C. Inscribed sic— heo 90 ~ , J ) 89 81 8 Cape (I.llopc, 6 p.c.1873 100 102 104 Do.Apl.&001 159 0-2900 lOO ii i ip Do. do 1830-9 u.• 100 1 07 / 4 Do. Jandau l Y. 1 1 11 •••• 190 108 lie Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 0 P.c.- 00 108 ix Do. 1872, do. . 100 105 107 Mauritlul, 6P. o , 1873, . „ Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... ........ ‘• 1)0 10 6 108 Do. 1882, nay and NO OO 106 los Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lO 106 toa Melbourne Corporate., 1867- 7 :', 6 per c " r " —•• 1(0 0 0 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.o. j a ..v„£uly • • 100 103 IL4 -- Natal 6 p ct, Apl & Oct 0) __ Do 6p c. 51. y & Nov 1 0 1 ( 6 108 N. S. W. 5 p 'o.' '7l to 74 lOO 90 I , 1 Do. 5 p p .c. rd.'6 7 .c. 1888 to to '75., 1596... 100 9 81 991 931 1 N.Zealand, 6p. at. 1891 HO _ ...... Do. 5 per cent.... DoJan, Ap-I,July, 0 t lco Do 6p c. Mar & :. , ept. '9l leo 93 10 3 19410 941 54 I Do June & Deo , 1-91 •••• 100 109 t a fDo Prov. , lAu v c kld.l lc _ - ( ccrie• 1& 2, 1::96 .• ) Nova Scotia 6p. c.Jan and July. 1875 Do lst6.• •••• Queensind. fp. c. '82.5- lOO 107 4 1( 81 1071 81 Do 180. Tasmanian 6 per c. 1895 — 1084 104 Do ,b9,-'97 . .. . .. .• lOO 1061 10 7 . Victoria 6i er cent. 1891 llO 1 1 3 114 Do. April and Oct ........ ao 109 110 10)1 SETTLEMENT O.F THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT. The intelligence given by the Imparcial that a regency would be appointed in Spain, with General Prim as Minister of War, is confirmed in a modified form by the Times correspondent. The writer, in a telegram, says: "It is positively announced that upon a form of monarchical government being voted by the Cortes, Marshal Serrano will be proposed sole Regent of the kingdom, and General Prim as President of the Council and Minister of War, in order that the Government may be securely established until a king shall be elected." THE DEPRECIATION OF GOLD. That high authority, Professor Stanley Jevons, pub lishes a letter in the Economist shewing that since 1849 there has been a real depreciation in the valuo.of gold, or, in other words, that the purchasing power of the precious metal is less than it was twenty years ago. Professor Jevons takes fifty of the chief common commodities, and he finds that in the case of each there has been an average rise of price since 1849 to the extent of 18 per cent. This rise in price and consequent decline in the purchasing power of gold, he attributes to the great gold discoveries in Australia and California—discoveries which were first made in 1849. The facts he adduces in support of his argument are very interesting. Down to 1849 prices had uniformly and regularly declined; gold would buy more and more each year, and, therefore, the value of gold was greater. But since 1849 prices have increased, gold will buy less than it formerly would, and hence the precious metal is less valuable. If we take the average price of commodities in 1849 as 100, we find that in 1850 the average was 101— an increase of 1 per cent. In 1851 it was 103 ; in 1852, 101 ; and in 1853, when the effects of the gold discoveries began to be fairly felt, the average had risen to 116. In 1854 it had gone up further to 130, from which year it declined, until in 1858 the average was only 118. Then it rose again to 124 in 1862, since which date it has declined to 119 in 1869. From these figures it appears that the range of prices has since 1853 been always considerably above the point they attained in 1849. The three great collapses of credit and enterprise occurred in the years 1847, 1857, and 1866, and the depressions of prices thereby occasioned were respec tively 22, 14, and 10 per cent. ; it is perfectly fair, there fore, to compare together the three lowest points thus attained in the years 1849, 1858, and 1867, and we thus learn that there has been a net or permanent rise of 18 per cent. accomplished in the prices of about fifty of the chief materials and commodities. By some it is asserted that this rise of prices is due to the progress of trade, the growth of population, &c., but Professor Jevons refutes this theory. Prices have gone up since 1849 ; but previous to that date there was a vast decline. Keeping the average at 100 in 1849, we find that in 1799 prices were at 203; in 1809, at 245 ; in 1819, at 175 ; in 1829, 'at 124 ; in 1839, at 144 ; and in 1849 they sunk to 100. "Between 1809 and 1849 we notice a vast decline of prices to the extent of 145 per cent., the previous rise having been rearly as great. With this great revolution in the value of gold we are only concerned so far as regards the fact that previous to 1849 a great decline in prices was in progress. This decline was interrupted during the years 1835-9 by a temporary rise, due perhaps to excessive speculation, but the decline was renewed as rapidly as before until we reached the critical year 1E49. Since then the course of prices seems to have been entirely altered, and a perma nent rise has been established." Now, tradeaud population increased rapidly up to 1849, and yet prices went rapidly down. How, then, remarks the Professor, can the increase of trade and population have caused a rise Eince the critical year? How can one cause have lessened prices before 1849 and lengthened them afterwards? The Professor says : " I have only to ask those who think that the growth of population, the increase of demand, or the progress of trade is the cause of the rise of prices. whether population, demand, trade, &c., were not expand. ing before 1849, not so rapidly perhaps as since, but still expanding ; and how it is that causes of the same kind have produced falling prices before 1849 and rising prices since?" Hence Mr. Jevons concludes that the gold discoveries caused this great difference. Indeed, as Professor Cairnes has so distinctly pointed out, the effect of those discoveries is probably much greater than any we can prove, because the course of prices was in previous yea rs decidedly down wards, so that the new gold has both :prevented a further fall and occasioned a rise in its stead. TRADE AND FINANCE. The week opened quietly enough from a financial point of view. On the publication of the Bank return, how ever, it became evident that the position of affairs was far from satisfactory. Notwithstanding the rise of 1 per coat. in the Bank minimum, which now stands at , q per cent., there is a general belief current that the rates inuststill go higher. We pointed out some short time back that any considerable a,clvance in the rates of discount most lead to heavy sales of stocks and 'hares, as, owing to the low rates that have so long pre railed, large amounts of securities, especially of the more speculative class, have been locked up under advances from the banks. Accordingly a panic has ensued in the Stock Exchange, and large amounts of stock had been forced upon the market. Some of the most specu lative securities have given way from 2 to 3 per cent., while Five-Twenty Bonds, in particular, have been pressed for sale at a fall of about 3 percent. The banks are in a great measure to blame for this state of things. For a longtime they have been upholding the most rampant speculation, but n 1 sooner does money threaten to become at all strin gent than they make as early arrangenients as possible for calling in their loans. It may well be doubted whether such advances are within the legitimate range of banking operations, but there can be no hesitation in denouncing them as morally wrong, as fostering speculation in the very worst class of securities. The reason of the sudden movement in the money market is somewhat obscure, but the immediate cause of the advance in the rate is the fact that a large amount of capital has been taken out of the open market, in conse quence of the rates there having been for so long a time past so considerably below the Bank rate. The Bank is now in a stronger position than the open market, which is a most unusual state of things, and can afford to dis count at a charge below that of the general dealers. Such a state of affairs, however, will soon rectify itself, as a further rise in the official minimum must take place almost immediately. Without doubt, the present condition of the United States has had a considerable influence upon the market here, and considering the near connection into which the two markets have been brought by the telegraphic system, it is no wonder that they should act in unison. Putting aside the state of politics, which very probably are much inflated too, there is no doubt that the financial condition of the States is very threatening. There was an adverse trade balance against New York alone on the let of April last of upwards of 40 millions of gold dollars, and when Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Boston are taken into account, the results will prove still more gloomy, To this must be added the liabilities that the United States may be called upon to pay, should anything occur to provoke distrust in the American Government, or any difficulties arise out of the Alabama claims. It is scarcely possible, however, that the Americans would commit themselves to such a suicidal act as some of their stump orators threaten while the finances of the country are in such a distressing condition. We are aware that a large portion of the indebtedness above referred to has been paid for by the heavy exports of Five-Twenty Bonds in response to the European demand ; indeed, it is this demand for American securities which has caused the inflation of trade. Unfortunately this is not the worst of the case. While the stock of dry goods in America are everywhere large, the ability of fe.s people themselves to purchase has been much curtailed. The difficulties arising from a depreciated currency and a fluc tuating gold premium, and the high prices caused by a pro tective tariff have restricted trade to an unnatural degree for years past, and the profits of the traders have been very small. Consequently these excessive imports will have to be disposed of at a loss, and a collapse will be the probable result. Never theless, there is no imputation to be cast upon the credit of the American Government beyond the fact that the suicidal tariff is one of the main causes of the present mischief. A collapse in trade, however, must have a prejudicial effect upon the United States Treasury, and the position of the Government is, therefore, not likely to improve. A somewhat curious case has, says the Manchester Courier, been sent by the Manchester magistrates to the ses sions. Three years ago a firm of brokers in this city lost £548, stolen from a drawer which was forced open. Th• other day a young man, formerly in their employment, ten dered a £lOO Bank of England note as a bet deposit. This was said to be one of the lost totes stopped at the time of the robbery. Ho had endorsed it with another man's name. The defence was that tbo prosecution had failed to rrove that the note was rail of the stolen property. The magis trates committed the prisoner, refusing to accept bail. News from Hanley Ilts been received of a most lamentable affair. On Friday, Mr. Langley, a gunpowder agent, sent five hundred-weight of gunpowder to Mr. John Esprey, colliery contractor, near Newcastle. The carter placed the powder in the teach-house, and went to tell a person named Epsley, who arrived within 10 minutes. Mrs. Epsley fired the pcv, der, which totally destroyed the build ing, and she was herself buried in the ruins with a beam over her chest. She is still alive, but frightfully injured. Do -mostio unhappiness is assigned as tho cause of the commis sion of the rash act. A man passing at the time wasinjuroQ on the buctsuitaken to the iafirmt►ry MAIM-37 S-7 MS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. May 10.—Sales probably 7,000 bales. The market dull. MARK LANE. At Mark-lane this morning there was a fairattendarceof the trade. The demand for English wheat was steady, but not active or excited, and factors had no difficulty in placing their samples at fully the extreme ret••s of last last week. in foreign there was rather more doing, and and here and there is per quarter more money was paid for fine samples. NEW SMITHFIELD AND LEADENHALL. Tha dead meat trade is steady at former quotations Beef, 3s 10d to 58 4d ; veal, 4s to 5s ; mutton, 4s 6d to Gs ; lamb, 5s 8d to 7s 2d; large pork, 4s 6d to 5s ; small ditto 5s to Gs per stone. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ------4,-- --- GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind S.: cloudy. Arrived, May 9.—Marga ride, from Sines; Katharine von Calear, from Groningen; Diana, steamer, from Amsterdam; Echo, steamer, from Calais; Priscilla, from Port Natal; Truant, frem St Kitt's ; Admirrl P. 1 ordonsen, from Drain ; Ukko, from Jamaica; North Star, steamer, from Christi ania. Arrived, May 10.—Furet, from Gravelines; Moselle, steamer, from Havre; Fyeuoord, steamer, from Rotterdam Dolphin, steamer, from Antwerp; Panther, steamer, from Boulogne. Sailed, May 9.—Livonia, steamer, for Malta. ' DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind, W.S.W., moderate. Passed, April 9.—Murillo, screw steamer, from London, for Havre. Anchored—Agincourt, from London, for Rio Janeiro Rescue, of Guernsey, from Shields, for Bayonne. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Aray 22 Ditto, via Y arsenics May 17 Bucuos Ayres, and Monte Video Juno 4. Ditto, by French packet • May 13 Cape Verde. by Brazil packet . .......June 4. Cape of Good liupe. Ascension, and St. Helena.... May 13. China, Penang. and Singapore. via Southampton.. May 15. Utbraltar, via Southampton Indla,via Southampton vitto, via Marseilles Malta, Eg,ypt, Ste. Ditto, Marseilles.. May Newfoundland May 19 Mauritius, Cape of Good Slope, and Natal, via SenthEuriton Ditto, Marseilles May 9 Portugal United States, t anada, California, dm., by British packet ......May 8 Ditto (Mt( (Baltimore) Ditto, by 1_ nited States packet Ditto, by Inman packet May 1? West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriire May 17 B tha.nas, via New York. West Indies and Pazific (except Mexico and Bahp- Inas) Cuba and Mexico Bermuda. via llalifax...: May 14 •I 1 ...... • ••*••• May 29 Juue 2 . CROQUET.—An excellent pocket guile to this favourite game has just been published by the Messrs. De la Rue, It is by " Cavendish," the au hot of " Whist," and is intended to supply hints for arranging and playing the g-:me, and also fur the purpose of determini , lg rocs tior s that may arise in the course of play. It may be car ried coovenicatly in the waistcoat pocket or the card case, and its price will not prevent its use from becoming ge neral. The 3d Royal Surrey Militia, consisting of 21 officers, 848 men, 18 soldiers' wives, and 39 chil dren will proceed from Kingston to Aldershott Camp, for training, on the 21st instant, and will be quartered in the Centre and West Bio.ls, Per manent Barracks. The Royal Marine infirmary adjacent to theibar racks at Woolwich is to be handed over to the War Department on Monday next, with the same cere mony as was observed on the occasion of deliver ing up the barracks on the 3d inst. by Lieut.- Colonel Paisley, of the Royal Engineers, Super intendent of Works, Chatham Dockyard. It is rumourel that the infirmary will not be appro priated as heretofore, but that the building will be turned into officers' quarters, &c. A suggestion was made a short time ago, when the Duke of Cam bridge paid a visit to Woolwich for the purpose of making an inspection of the barracks and infirmary, that the building should be the general hosiital, being adapted in every respect for that purpose, by its proximity to the several barracks and Government estAblishmeuts, as well as its healthy si!ua. ion. Iler Majesty's armo:ir-plated coastguard ships Black Prince, 41, and Valiant, 24, arrived on Satur day in Plymouth Sound, where they discharged their powder. Yesterday they were taken up Ilamoaze. The Valiant will to-day be docked in Keyham steamyard, and the Plack Prince be placed alongside the jetty at Devonport. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieutenant 0. H. Parker, Lieutenant Harry T. Grenfell, and Lieutenant Samuel A. Johnson, to the Excellent ; Navigating Sub-Lieutenant Herbert Roxby, to the Liverpool ; and James T. Daly, midshipman, to the Liverpool. The following assumed names have been registered : Mr. Grey, Mr. Rawcliffe, Mr. Planet, Mr. Blair, and Mr. St. James. FORDHAM.—This jockey, whose connection with Lord Calthorpe's colours has been a brilliant series of successes, was put on £BOO to nothing on Knight of the Garter for the Chester Cup by Captain Machell. We hear that Mr. Merry has been in treaty with no fewer than three jockeys, in order to be secure of an effi cient rider for Belladrum in the Derby. It will be no ticed that J. Snowdsn, who rode Blair Athol in the Derby and Leger, has worn Mr. Merry's colours during the Chester week. Vmuns.— This mare left Ileley on Monday last for Mr. Bennett's own place, and she is not likely to run again. CHESTER RACES, 1870.—At the meeting of the Grand Stand proprietors, hold oh. Thursday, under the presidency of Sir W. Wynn, it was resolved to give £1,900 as added money to the races next year. The following noblemen and gentlemen have consented to act as stewards of the meet ing :—Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., M.P., Prince Soltykoff, Lord Calthorpe, Lord Stamford, Lord Westmorland, Sir R. Bulkeley, Lord Coventry, Lord Wilton, Colonel Fores ter, Captain 31achell, and Mr. G, Payne. LETTING OF THE REFRESHMANT Rooms AT DONCASTER GRAND STAND.—On 1 hursday lest a meeting of the race committee was held for the purpose of letting the refresh ment rooms at the Grand Stand for the Spring and Sep timber meetings. It was resolved that the refreshment room should be let to Messrs. Bower and Mignott, of London, for £4OO, with an additional £5O for the now stand, if erected. SYDNEY EDGAR SMITH AGAIN.—At the Wingham (Kent) petty sessions on Thursday, the notorious Sydney Edgar Smith, who hails from Portland House, Barham, near Canterbury, was convicted in a penalty of £5 for keeping eight greyhounds without having licences for the same, and the excise authorities, who prosecuted, said they "wanted" this fellow, having a judgment in their hands against him for the non-payment of racehorse duty. The Duke of Hamilton, it would appear, has resolved to abandon racing in Franca as well as to retire from the Turf in England, tho sale of his Grace's French stud being announced by M. Salvador• Cheri to take place at the mart in the Rue de Ponthieu on June 2, the day before the sale at Tattersall's. THE CHESNUT TREES IN BUSHY PARlL—Regularly with the return of spring comes the 'announcement that " the Chesnut trees in Bushy Park are now in full bloom;" and those of our readers who have never seen the magni ficent avenue facing Hampton Court palace should betake themselves without delay. THE 15TH HUSSARS FLAT RACES AT YORK.—The offi cers of the 15th H ussars, now i n th e Y or k B arrac k s , h ave organised several flat races to take place during the en suing week, on the Knavesmire. The first is a Match, to be run on Tuesday (is. onnection with the first race day), in which Mr. Briscoe backs his ch g David, aged, 12st, against Mr. Lony's ch n, 5 yrs, list ; 200 hft ; three miles. The other races consist of two handicaps each distance two miles, to take place on Saturday next. The horses are to be the property - of officers of the regi= giment, and aro divided into two classes. ALEXANDRA PARK RACES.—These races, which were inaugurated with so much éclat last seaaon that upwards of f 9,000 was on dit cleared by the undertaking, have been abandoned, for this season at all events, after extraordi nary expenditure in building the Grand Stand and making the course. It is rumoured that the Zoological Society, who must shortly leave their present " local habitation' in the Regent's Park, aro endeavouring to purchase tho Alexandra Estate at Muswell Hill for the ordinary collec tion of their animals and reptiles. LADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Complication of Diseases —Ulcerations, abscesses, swollen glands, and o her disorders arising from unseen and un suspected causes, may be cured by the use of this excellent ointment, aided by Holloway's pm ifying pills. The printed instructions in which the remedies are wrapped are suffi ciently explicit for the guidance of any invalid with mode rate intelligence. Holloway's medicaments can always be used with advantage and without danger. For more than a quarter of a century they have proved themselves to be a treasure to the poor afflicted with disease. Both the oiut went and the pills are especially adyted for mil itary a n d naval men, colonists, and t r avellers, who cannot everyw here obtain medical assistance, but may always successfully doctor themselves mith Holloway's remedies. ' IT F 'TION g SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLock. TAT T.ElidAL.LS'—This Evening. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. sto 2 agst Paul Jones (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Lard Hawthnrn (taken cud wanted) 6 to 1 aget Purtunio (talzcL) 7 to 1 agst Honesty (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Toison d'Or (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Mexico (taken) DERBY. 2 to 1 agat Pretender (taken and offered) 4to 1 agst Pero Gomez (takena nd offered) 9to 2 agst Belladrnna (taken and offered) 13 to 1 agst Ladas (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Martyrthan (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Ryshworth (offered) :25 to 1 agst Ethus (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Rupert (offered -30 to 1 wanted) 1000 to 30 agst Duke of Beaufort (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst P. , sworth (offered—take So t , „ 1) 1000 to 20 agst Vagabond (offered) 1000 to 10 agat Hertnione colt (taken) ARRIVALS AT YORK, Kellogg, Python, Paul Jones, Verity, Perfume, Iron master, Honesty, DuLeane, Guince, La Ch.trantonne, Orion, Fortunio, Lold Hawthorn, Vansittait, Caprera, Annie, Better Half, Fast Day, Five per Cent, The Boy, Master Tom, Ettrick, Last Rose of Summer, Flora, Haw thorndale, Emily, Middleton c, Woodbine filly, 'Saratoga, Geant des Battailes, Mexico, Makeless c, Lifeboat c, Caw dor, Lady Tholthorpe, Fearnought, and Scarrington. SPORTING INTELLItit.NOII—This Day LONDON BETTING—Tins DAY. GREAT NORTHERN. 2 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Portuuio (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Mexico (taken) 8 to 1 agst Honesty (offered) 8 to 1 agst Toisin d'Or (offered) 100 to 8 agst Ploughboy (offered) 100 to 8 agst Lord Hawthorn (taken) 100 to 7 agst Romping Girl (offered) 20 to 1 agst Vansittart (taken) DERBY. 2to 1 agst Pretender (offered-9 to 4 taken) 100 to 30 agst Pero Gomez (take 4 to 1) sto 1 &gst Belladrum (offered-520 to 100 taken) 20 to 1 ugst Ethus (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Vagabond (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Vagabond (1, 2, 3 (wanted) SPORTING NOTES. SlR,—The success of, Knight of the Garter for the . Chester Cup was a great blow to the book makers, who took most unwarrantable liberties with him. He would have won with another half stone on his back. A sharp look out must be kept ou him for the Ascot and Goodwool Cops, as he is dm very best horse in training. St. Mango met with an accident, having bee.: c muoued agai!sst ail I driven on to the rails, bat the reLult wooll ha% e been the. same, a 3 the Klight never was extended. All sorts of excuses were made for I'au: Jones .tiid bat in my opinion the 'best horse wo.t. .Otte City Pate stilt in dispute, as the owner of Osprey in s s s that Vespasian was struck out on Thursday, • and that Capt. Machell's dictum about no one cl,.e having authority to " scratch" him must be a mis ' take. Sir Charles Legard, his owner, surely Lad the power. The 40th "Rule of Racing," having re ference to the raising of weights in handicaps, was only revised the other thy ; but there will always be a chance of a wrangle while the 38th rule of the " Jockey Club," stipulating that the imposts shall go up to Bst 121 b, when the highest weight left in overnight is below that, is acted upon—as it was at Chester in the Dee Stand Cup and Combermere Plate. If Vespasian were really struck " out of Chester engagements" at 2.13 p.m. on Thursday, as the Calendar of that evening announced, then the weights should have gone ul► 81b, as Honesty stood second oa the list at Bst 41b, and Osprey, to whose original 6st the 8113 was adied by his traintr's orders, was the only one i.t the field carrying the correct weight. The Sym metry colt was a long way the bust of the two-yt old performers, and placed two good stakes to Mr. M€rry's account. There will La two days' racing at York—the Great Nor thern Handicap being the principal event of the meetiv. The field will not number above a dozen, cud those niobt likely to furnish the winner aro Paul Jones, Alexi.: , Lord Hawthorn, and Fortuulo, and I - PAUL JONE• 3 I expect to see obtain an easy victory, his most dangerous oppou3nt !icing 3.ll;xico. Either George Osi•a'deston or Perfume will secure the linavesnaire Plate, Scarringtuu the Union Hunt Plate, Vespa.sian the Craven Stakes, and The Swift the Zetland Stakes. Vespasiau and Border Knight are both in the Flying Dutchman's Handicap, and one of them is certain to win. The latter is also eutere.l for the Londesborough Cup, and will be worth following unless some veritable !lye' turns up in the former race. A FRESH MAN. II\IPERIAL 2ARLIA MEAT i 1 HOUSE OF LORDS—Tins EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Their lordships were occupied the early part of the evening in discussing tho provisions of the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill. The debate arose on the motion for going into committee on the bill. HOUSE OF COMMONS—TiIIs EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THE MAYOR OF CORK. Mr. MAGUlilia;;;;Jce that on the motion for the second reading of the bill he should more lhat the order for the second reading be discharged, and the bill withdrawn. FRENCH AND BRUTISH SHIPPING}. Mr. BRIGHT, in reply to Mr. Candlish, said it was true certain distinctions were at present made with respect to the payment of pilotage dues, but it was proposed on the Merchant Shipping Act to consider the subject with a view of ascertaining whether the distinction cannot be removed. THE CASE OF MR. GREEN. Mr. MONSELL said the matter relative to 15/r. Green, who had been colonial chaplain for many years, Dr. Colenso, and Dr. Gray, being in a very complicated state, the noble lord at the head of the Colonial Department would consult the law officers of the Crown before taking steps in the matter. THE PATRIOTIC FUND. Mr. CARDWELL said the patriotic fund commissioners reported through the Secretary for War, and when their report of the matters they had been investigating was complete, it would, of course, be sent to thi Secretary for War, and he would at once produce it if it was requisite. With respect to the defalcation, which amount3d to between X2OO andX26o, directions had been given to prosecute the clerk who was charged with the defalcation. THE EDMUNDS' SCANDAL. Mr. AYRTON, in reply to Mr. Bentinck, said that Mr. Edmunds had transmited a book purporting to be a history of the Edmunds' scandal to the Treasury, with a desba that the document might be recorded, but the Treasury was not the department charged with the duty of record ing. If Mr. Edmunds desired to have his history recorded he had better find out some other channel than the Trea suMrry. . BENTINCK gave notice of his intention on an early day of calling attention to the subject, and concluding his statement with a motion. CRIME IN IRELAND. Mr. C. FORTESCUE, in reply to Lord JOHN MANNERS, said there was no possible effurt or exertion that was nvt being taken to put down the shocking state of things that disgraced certain parts of Ireland. With respect to legis lative measures, the subject was surrounded with enormous difficulties, arising principally from the difficulty of procur ing the ovidanue to insure a conviction. Ile could assure the noble lord the Government were using every means in their power to meet the evil, and, amongst other thing 4, they were considering the best mode of rendering t power of the Lord-Lieutenant more extensive aid effectual. THE INCOME TAX. The CHANCELLOR of tho EXCHEQUER, in reply to Mr. Miller, said he had discovered the memorial to which reference 14td been made the other evening. It had been sent by mistake to the inland Reveuuo Office. With re spect to its prayer, altering the day for collecting the tax, there would Lo great inconvenience if the day originaliy fixed was altered, and on the other hand it was said gr..at inconvenience would arise if it was not altered. However, it seemed to him that the lesser inconvenience would be caused if the original arrangement was adhere d to, and therefore he thought it best to let matters remain as they stood. ORDERS OF THE DAY. On the motion of Mr. GLADSTONE, tho orders of the day were postponed until after the notices of motion relative to Pauperizm and Vagrancy and the Contu3 of Justice New Site. iic h s o s hr' n. THE NEW LAW C OURTS. gentleman e t h U o l , how much the now p ro p osition would cost, and at IN h •t hour ho would laing his motion forward ? Mr. LA YAhD said he would be prep ared a t the prop , r First tD - C wished.i is si t o o u trnoofwlV if o. tho r h thin niittatiblse o n t lo t t l i J o e n ni w o o t u h l , d u ; be b u t su s b v n i t i l i t tte re d spe t o c t t 1 : 0 o Lttliolnieueshewo,uitihat of course would depend on the motion of tie hon. member opposita (Mr. Corranee). TdE IRISH CHURCH BILL. In reply to an Hon. Member, Mr. GLADSTONE said it would be of the highest im portance to proceed with the bill as rapidly as possibk but he would rather not pledge hiruselt to any particular arrangement until after the morning sitting to-morrow. PAUPEEISM AND VAGRANCY IN ENGLAND. Mr. CORIIANCE thou rose and called the attention ~f the house to the existing state of pauperism and vagrancy in England; and the principles upon which - the poor lawn were at present administered. [LEFT SPEAKING. I