The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-09 00:00:00

)P or - -- 1,6 rar, t , 66 verY iondony ! lcution 01 he tenor can CO 37 of Oa the great tncel an° past two he north de of the '3athedrsi ri of GO out an d prebelv off righ t mandat e h, praise ral choir , Morgai i Rev. 117. ' er to the hander' ping the LAND , dieging 6 r excite' has beer Iccess cf tick COW i license cents the pound .ed have On the 'orty or is week' ). Th e the gold )t heard J be pal isfactioo nth, and ) earns 0 pay 70., act as A Ldvanceg nth who Vortheo to such mployea he digg nerative effected ' ug with• position ;fore, is here 0 13 )rt that equence received to house A week ing his nbert'ti for they I . y wealC A ssizeo r Reeves rgument cabld sir lives three of pro e deterl Purchas, legalitf church; 41 case. ld have, minarft' ant froni change 3 appref g baire, ation, to ges and yers and yers and id annw nal. heffielc: a coach. L lieu of ;ave hid )mpany IddenlY, ssioner ents are shall be e agent!' led by ies, the nd huir ieir era! Lotice of LursdaYi ndersoll hat the it Nvao lgevitY, •eceding striking mgroao tory 01 6ths of a en octal e undeg he ease, pring Q Is of ths2 damage of TV' MONEY MARKET AND COAIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY; Two o'CLooK. Consols are 931 I for money; ditto, for Ac count, 931 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 2 ; New Tkreo per Cents, 92 Ij. ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, par; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, Far; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., —. India Stock, 10f per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1131 1; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001. In the Foreign Market there is a rise of in Italian, and 1-16 in New Spanish Three per Cents. Prices are follows :—ltalian Five per Cents., 55 6 5/ ; Mexican, 144 15 ; Greek, 11} 12 ; New Spanish, 31 311 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 41 411 ; Peruvian Five per Cents., 79 791 ; Honduras Rail way Loan, 82 83 ex coupon. The Danubian Commission Guaranteed Loan is 1, 1 prem. In the Railway Market Caledonians are 1 better, Great Eastern 1, Great Norther A 4, Metropo litan 1, Alidland 1, Brighton 1, South Eastern 1, all better. The quotations are as follow : Caledonian, 794 to 804 ; Great Western, 49 to 491 ; Great Eastern, 371 to 37; ; Great Northern, 107 to :4; ditto A, 109 to 4 ; Lanca shire, 123 to 1234 ; Metropolitan, 1021 to 1024 ; do. Extension, 1001 to 1011 ; Midland, 1161 to 4 ; Sheffield, 56 to 561 ; Brighton, 481 to 4 ; North British, 35 to 4 ; North Western, 1154 to 1154 ; North Eastern, 1021 to 103 ; South Eastern, 754 to 7 6 ; Chatham and Dover, 161 to 164. American Five- Twenties are 835 834 ; the Bonds of 1885 are 82 821; and the Ten-Forty Bonds 734 7 4. Erie Railway shares are unchanged at 24 241, and Illinois Central, 961 97. Atlantic Telegraph Original Stock is 26 27, the Eight per Cent. Preference shares, 31 34, and Anglo-American Telegraph shares, 224 22 4. . The sum of £lOO,OOO in gold was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday, chiefly from Brazil. _ The Suffolk, from Melbourne, has brought £81,216; the Rhuddlan Castle, £42,600; the Ocean, from Geelong, £16,904 ; and the Cambrian, from the Cape of Good Hope, £4,000 —making a total of £144,720. The Bank bullion is now reduced to a point lower than has been touched for nearly two years and a half. When it was last at its present amount the rate of discount was then also 4 per cent. At the meeting of the proprietors of the Delhi and London Bank, the report was received, and a friendly committee was appointed to examine the accounts and confer with the directors. It was also suggested that the board and the committee should consider the advisability of reducing the liability on the shares. A memorandum from the Varna Railway Com pany inti►uates that the direct postal service with Constantinople via Rustchuck commenced on the sth instant. Th Stock Exchange Committee have ordered the first issue of 55,000 shares, being part of an ultimate total of 120,000 shares by the British Inndian Submarine Telegraph Company (Limited) to be quoted in the official list. It appears from a notice just issued by the Im perial Russian Sinking Fund that on the Ist Jan., 1869, there remained in circulation of the Russian Three per Cent. Loan of 1859 an amount equal to £6,458,900 sterling, besides 64,000 silver roubles. The number of the bonds redeemed in the year 1868 are at the same time published. The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway traffic return, including the Metropolitan Extension and branches, shows this week an increase of £2,046, compared with the corresponding period of last year ; the Metropolitan Extension, separately, an increase of £747 ; the North Eastern, an increase of £2,496 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, an in crease of £473 ; and the Manchester, Sheffield, an d Lincolnshire, an increase of £2,949. At a meeting of the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was declared. At a meeting of the Surrey Consumers Gas Com pany, a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per an num was declared. The return of paid clearing for the week ending April 7, issued from the Bankers' Clearing-house, is as follows :—Thursday, April 1, £13,745,000 ; Friday, gd, £10,946,000; Saturday, 3 l, £14,139,000; Monday, sth, £10,438,000; Tuesday, 6th April, £ 1 0,702,000 ; and Wednesday, 7th, £10,075,000 ; total, £70,045,000. The return from the Bank of England for the week ended the 7th of April gives the following results when compared with the previous week : - Rist Pullin deposits Other deposits 18,803,252 ... Increase ... 1323,950 On the other side of the account : Government securi ties .£14,970,798 ... Decrease ... 28,255 Other securities 18,480,653 ... Decrease ... 1,650,1.57 Notes unemployed 7,264,780 ... Decrease ... 597,515 The amount of notes in circulation is £23,975,030, being an increase of £362,505 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £17,225,105, showing a decrease of £347,918 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 Routes with the corresponding week of last year : Same Week last Year. Bullion Reserve Notes in circulation 23,974,030 ... 24,611,045 Rate of discount Consols Frew;la Iterates At Present. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. (i OVERNMENT FUNDS. • 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, B per Cont. R e d uce d 914 2 New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Con Je.n.1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 — Exchcquzr Bills, £l,OOO, 2.1 per Ct. Do .£5OO Do. £lOO ez £2OO Bank of England Stock, 9i per Cent 11 — De. opening ... ..... Canada 4 p er Cent. ;;;;;;;; •******************** * lnter-Colonial uniniurn ******************** -- INDIAN GOVERNMENT EEiiti;;Z. '- lialirt Stock ! 10f per Cent., April 1874... Do. Opening, for Account ****************** 7 Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1380 ............... 1 - 31 } Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ............... 100 i Do. Certificates Do. pp r e a r co o d e. p t a .,s . :i i . I) lB er 72 C 7 t .= - _ Do. 5i per Cent. May 1879 Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1 1 8 8 7 7 7 — 2 Do do Do. do. 1882 — DJ. Deb., 5 per Cent, Aug. 1873 . Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Con 79 i De l Scrip £45 paid ............... Auitrian Bonds 5 per cent -' o. 1859 Brazilian D 5 per Cent —D. 4i per Cent. 1852 Do. do. 1858....• 75-i .„ 1 - )0 . do. 186) — "0- do ., 1863 69 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 .., Uo Account .ho :enos Ayres 6 per Cent. 91} Do 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) C ube, 6 per Cent. o..tlitin 6 per Cent — ••• no. 4i per Cent •...... ........... r. Do. 3 per Cent 1. 0 . 6 ~ r ,,, 0. _ per cont. 1867 9s} 1 :: i.per Cent., 1866 ..., to ulnae 6 liall' Eiti; 3 , Per Cent. D an , h . Per Cent, 1825 1) ) a n i 4 Pr incipalities 7 i...cr Cent. 76t cut., 1807 . 88} quaior ' N . y o u, 7 e_)v e Cons olidated, 11 . ),-r Cent E.) , r r Cent _ L 0 f• f . co , d . issue la fho.‘. Bonds ...................................... 18ti4 Do. Account O. 4100 Bonds Do. £su B 861 English 5c rip , d 8 0 1. E . Z .. ....; .. •• .. • Do Government Railway Z4 .oe s be pd t .... ......... week 5 per Cent , 1824 5, ex C u oi t .:p l e s ....... .. .. — 9B ' .0. Account . Do. . . 0 0 ............................ 4 0 ,-_. `.; IT nft ...................... GZ Account ..... . ilo enittia 5 pe;oz ... ... ?I.durastlov Rail. L •.. 10 ....... .. all "nian 5 i , oall., p. ct. Per -ent., 1860 . .................... ..- ,'lo. Account Do Marammana ItailwUy — Nlexicar.. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1864. Do S per Cont. Anglo-French at ontevideau 6 per Cent .. Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent - New Granada l7l I Do 3 per Con 371 Do. Deferred PeruTian 5 per Cent. 11365 Do Account .. 791 Do 41 per Cont. (U1: 1- )arren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 -, — Do Account Purtaguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,''2,'3 351 Do. do. 1867 351 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Uassian 5 per Cent., 1.82 z, .i: St Do 41 per Cent . 185 U Do 41 por Cont.., 1860 Do 3 per Cent.., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonth. 91 Do. do. £B4 los. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. dl .£B4 15s. do Lo Nicolas Railway 6sf Sar hunt', 5 p€r Cent — Spanish 3 por Con ... - Do. Ace , ,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Nun Deferrea Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coui . nut funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — Turish 6 per Cont. - Du 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., 1860 65! Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account 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, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per °Ant. Ex. 12 Guil Do: 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... Do. Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 23f. !Winn 5 per Cent. 1831, 25f. Do Account 55 CLOSING PRICES. 69i 70 Oonsols, Money 931 Do. Account, May 6 93f CENIRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(?his Day. OLD COURT. TILE ALLEGED ADMIRALTY FRAUD. Rumble, an engineer on half-pay, and James Gambier, a clerk in the Admiralty, wore indicted with conspiracy to defraud Mr. Maxwell, a timber merchant, of £3O; there were other counts varying the indictment. The facts of this case are doubtless familiar to our readers from the full reports that appeared in The Sun dur ing the time the prisoners were under examination at Bow street Police Court before Sir Thomas Henry. It will be recollected that it was there stated that the particulars of a contract for a quantity of elm timber had been published, and after that it became known to Rumble that a person named Maxwell, a merchant residing in Lrna bard-street had sent in a tender for 300 tons. After that Maxwell received a visit frcm Rumble, who stated that he could ensure the acceptance of his contract upon his giving a sum of money to the amount of £3O. Mr. Max well, after Rumble left went to the Admiralty, and from certain inquiries he found that his ten der had been accepted, irrespective of Rumble, but he (Maxwell) was directed to appear to fall in with the proposal of Rumble. An appointment was made by Mr. Maxwell with Rumble, and a detective having been placed so that he could not see a visitor, on the arrival of Rumble at Mr. Maxwell's room he (Rumble) told the prosecutor he knew his contract had been accepted' and that information he had received through a frie n d i n th e Admiralty with whom he had to share the money for ob taining the acceptance of the contract. The prisoner Rumble was afterwards seen in company with Gambier ' and from what then transpired both partie s wore taken into custody. A great many witnesses were called, including Sir Spencer Robinson, Comptroller of the Navy, Admiral Dundas, Storekeeper-General, Mr. Buxton Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, all of whom declared Rumble was quite unknown to them, and that neither of them had the slightest influence in inducing them to ac cept any contract. A great many Admiralty clerks wore also examined, but the description of the routine of the Admiralty contract depai trnent seemed quite to puzzle the lawyers. It appeared that after a contract was ac cepted one clerk would then read it, one would have to write the intimation of its acceptance, ono would then have the copy of it, one would get it delivered to fold, another one would put it into an envelope, another one would have to fabten it, anoth 3r one would have to enter it, and after the letter had gone through the whole of the routine the messenger would have it delivered in time to post, and then would commence a further correspondence to carry the contract out. The chief point against the prisoner, who hold an appointment in the Admiralty of over .£5OO per annum, was that he had been seen in fami liar conversation with Rumble outside Somerset-house, on frequent occasions, and that on his being taken into custody, a diary was found upon him containing an entry, "R from Mxl. £10." The case is not expected to conclude to-day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-71iis Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY lIIROUG It ALLEGED POVERTY. —William Denis, porter in the employ of Mr. T D. T. Sparrow, brush maker, of 89, Piccadilly, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing tv:o sovereigns, the moneys of his master. The evidence showed that the prisoner, who has only been in the employ of the prosecutor a few days, was en trusted with two sovereigns to pay at a newspaper office for the insertion of an advertisement, but instead of doing so he kept the money and absented himself, and subse quently wrote a letter to the prosecutor stating that he was sorry for what he had done, but that poverty had led him to steal the money, and on Alfred Brook, in c taking him into custody, he said that if the constable went 1 to his lodgings he would find one of the sovereigns, which he did. In answer to Mr. Mao . ; the constable said that ho had ascertained that the prisoner had hitherto borne a good character. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was committed for a month. THAMES. PENALTY.—Abraham Sollefield, the steward of the Dutch steamship Batavier, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with smuggling 151bs. of foreign manufactured tobacco and 51bs. of cigars, found secreted on board the vessel by a Custom-house officer, named Bird. Mr. Beverley, from the Customs' Solicitors' Office, pro secuted on behalf of the Crown, and said there had been a great many cases of smuggling from the Batavier, wkich traded between London and Rotterdam. The prisoner at once pleaded guilty, and said the obacco and cigars were his property. Mr. Paget said all he had to do was to sentence the prisoner to pay £lOO to the Queen, and to be imprisoned until it was paid. He bad no power of mitigation, and any appeal for mercy must be made to the Board of Customs. WESTMINSTER. DANGEROUS COMPANIONSHIP.—WiIIiam Groom was charged with an unprovoked and violent assault upon James Sullivan. Complainant, a respectable-looking man, bet ?teen GO and 70 years of age, said that he met with the defendant last night, an d , at his request, had some drink with his cobriet him. Fi n di ng th a t h o was losing y, he refused to take any more, and telling the defendant so left the tavern at Chelsea where they had been when enjoying t he mselves. He had not p rocee d e d f ar he suddly received a violent blow in the face, which blackened his eye and knocked him down. The prisoner was remanded. w PETITIox JUDGES' Cir -----I------- Am ßETts of, on the part xin.THEWW. I T S . T 3 s l I i : I S T I , H E ELECTION, .11. —An appl c a t ir i 0 1 ti l B • supposed the costs gave th o AGAINST petition of " Beal against W. a Smithas" road© in the of the petitioner for the repayment .£l,OOO deposit.—Mr. Justice Willes said he were .£lO,OOO. Neither Mr. Ford nor Mr. Bat amount, but his lordship said he supposed they much. Mr. Ford said a man of moderate means would have have been utterly ruined by such a petition. His lordshi p thought the costs were collateral and not interlocutoryP He would, however, write to Baron Marton on the subject.. The matter stood over accordingly. Her Majesty' rn to Windsor Castle to-day from London has been postponed, owing to the indisposi Lion of Prince Leopold. T H E NORWICH M Y STERY.—Mr. Stanley, Sheward's solictor, left Norwich this morning, for the purpose of pre senting to the Home Secretary the memorial praying for a commutation of sentence. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince and Princess Teck, and suite honoured the perfor mance of "Black and White" at the Theatre Boyal Adelphi last evening. , base Hallways, st Bristol and Exeter lOO 77 79 at Caledonian ..... l OO 793 801 801 791 st Cambrian. 20 Cornwall all 2} 31 st Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO 77 79 st Dun„rertbot Ab. June lOO 70 72 2i East .London 20 Do 16 2) Do 10 st Glasgow AS. Western lOO 97 99 .1, Great Eastern .. st Do. E. Angl, No. 2 lot) ... ... st Great North 01 Scotlauel lOO 1 5 :6 at Great Northern lOO 107 108 at Do. A stock .... 100 109 10 4 10i 1 et Do. Betook lOO .. .... st Gt S. and W. of Ireland lOO 55 . 7 ti , (i t. Western - Origina l lOO 49 491 491 st Do. aoutn %Vales at Do. W. 511d.—Oa.lord lOO 25 27 at . Do. Newport lOO 23 `:8 10 st Lancashire & Yorkshire lOO ittl 121 4 et Lon., Brigh.,& 6-Const lOO 43 481 18 Os Do Scrip .•.. - st 1.0 u., Chat., and Doe i.i st Do. Metrup. Ex. A lOO - st Lon. & -North VI ester) lOO 114 151 1151 1 st Lou. & South Western lOO 87 rts es 3 st Man., aliel., A Lincoln 1 60 1 161 56446 061 .it sitetroootttan ... • lOO 10: at Do Exteusi ,ii .. 10 uo. tw rd .. st 31ouopolitau District, all bi.s 52 10 31ctrop. at. John'. II 00 1 - 100 6 1161 :17 1161 1 at 11...1...d •at ilo, ilinniu. a Dart); at N )rth British at Do. Ed., rth., A Duu lov st f or. `,:astern—Berwick lOO 10:4 1(34 :03 25 Do. 44, ri.E puroliaec 15.13.1 - at Do Leeds . ..... 100 38 59 59 st Do York - at Do Cara de .... at Do Sloe ~. & Darling l.O 131 131 132 at North Lon ton 10- Do .ew 18(8 . 2 14 111, st North Staffordshire st North and S.-W. Junction 100 V f 100 10 Do Now ZlO shares 7 .•• • • at Ithymney at Shropshire Union l ,O 57 58 st South Devon;.. at South Eastern lOO 754 76 751-6/ at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all lz 133 st Tau Vale lvo 148 13 -- Do. C Waterford & Kilkenny 10 Waterloo & Whitehail 8 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cont. 100 st Caledonian Qra., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 4S per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua, 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO at D. do. Ordinary lOO at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO at Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua.. 5 per ct lOO st 'it. Eastern, E.G. Ex. No.l 100 st Do do No. 2 100 st Do do 6 per cent 100 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 at Do do 11 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4 p. c. gua. 100 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 4 1 do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO at, Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at, Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 st Great South. and Westeru 86 88 N 82 105 107 9 i t 9 95 93 10) 112 7U 75 9G 97 • (Ireland) 4 per ecut lOO at, G t.West.— Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO at Do. Urig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO at Do do 41 per cent. 1850— 100 at Do do 4 do do at Do do 5 per cent. rodem lOO at Do do Birmingham gua lOO at Do do do pref lOO at Do do Chester gua lOO st Do do do 6 per cent lOO st Do do do 5 do 100 at Do South Wales, gua,. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 41 p.c lOO at Do do 41 1859 lOO at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 100 at Do do 2d gua. 100 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 at Do do 2d do 100 at Do gua,. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. ail st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 at Do Barnsley, £5 3s I.od p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 st London & Brighton, 5 P.C guaranteed, No 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 at Do 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent at London and 21. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO at Do Bedford &Cambridge.- 100 at Do Shreway & Welchp'l lOO st London and W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO Is 6d. Do (Portsm. perp and. 2s6d) all at Mau., Shef., &Lineln. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 ... at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c... 100 130 135 at Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c lOO 1,2 154 at Do 41,- percent. redeem lOO t 8 100 at Do 44 par cent. irredeem lOO 98 IA) f 9 at Du Leicester 4: Erchn,4 p.c. 100 80 91 at North British, 5 p.c. No. 1... 100 st Do E. &U.4p.c. S. & 100 at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t.. 100 at Do Border Uuiou, 54 p.c... 100 at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c.... 100 87 85; at Do 44 per cent. redeem__ Ito ps 97 10t 103 93 DO 83 9J 73 8U 79 95 97 954 68 70 80 85 95 100 111 113 107 111 8 90 97 103 13 135 130 135 03 100 Du (.1 7 51.E. 4 per cent., lOO - - Do Berwick capital 8.13.1. ... . „ Do York, 11. &S. purchase lO 10 1 . 01 Do Stektn & Drling. A. 5 p.c lOO 106 108 at Do W, tioxtlepoulld. audit lOO 8 I 86 ; 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 10s S. Devon Annuities, 1 8 all V to 108 Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 v 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81 1 0.6. S. host. (Bead. Anne,, 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent 100 at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO . ... st Taff Vale No.l lOO 14s 153 st Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 108 110 110 150 RAILWAYS. -PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS, With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. --------- bt Caledonian 41 p c gua. 100 ••• ••• st Do Scot. den. min. 7 P c. 100 ... st Do 41 p irredeem all ... ... st Do 4p e con. issued at 80 65 ••• ••• st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 .. - st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 86 88 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 85 8 8 st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 82 88 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 „. - ' st Do Permane nt 5 p er cent. 100 „. at Do Boston & S leafd, 41 pc 100 ~ st Great West., W . Midi., 5p c 100 ; st Do Jointperptl. 5 p ic, 1865 100 83 92 st Do do 6 p c irred., 1866 100 _lO5 10d IV7I 20 Do Vale N ea th p er p . 5 p c all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 8... 100 ... ... L 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 0 St Loud., Brig., &e., 41 pc, 1858 100 „. . st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• .7 . at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... -• at Do do 4 1 do, 1863 100 ... at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 . . st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 .; -* st Do No. 7 sdo ••• ••• st Lund , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c '" st Do Metrop. E x., B 6 p .c Do do C 6 p.c at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 103 110 at London& S. Western, 41 Pc 100 s 2 " 10 Man. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 881 at Metropolitan 5 percent lOO ... . . at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 11/3 at Do B 5 do 100 106 103 18 Do 5p c opt. to conT. to Ord. 201 201 401 13 Do n 1 nc o Stle v. . N . , Sept. ows l ,a1a8r6394 all all lii 191 _ Itik 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 21p at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ... .. • at Do £lO guarantee d, 1861 100 ... .. Do E., P. & Dun. , 2d, 4 p c 100 ... : st Do E. &U , No. 2, 5 p.c kit Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... *" st Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 .. ••• at North Eastern, 41 per cent 1 0 0 ;5 Yi st Do Stock. &Darl., D at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ... -• st South Eastern, 44 pc, 1859 100 „. st Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 • ... st Do 5 do, 1864 ... •.. at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ... ... RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED BENTAL% st Brikenixead lOO w 3 95 100 Do. 44 per cent. Prefer all 99 101 st Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 56 st Do. 54 per cent. st Do. b do. ... 100 11C 112 at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... at Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13 t 136 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all s Gt. Easn., Newm., etc., 5 p.e 100 ... Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 61 72 at Dodo. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Heref 100 97 99 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 _ . st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2.5 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 st Do. 4 per cent lOO ... st London, Gnat., &c., 4i pc. 100 ... st Do. Com. Fund, b do 100 st London and Greenwich st Do. do Preference lOO _ at London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 r 5 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent 100 8) 82 at Do. do. 6 do. 100 51 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all st Midland, Bradford, Prof 100 92 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East., 5 per cont all 53 56 SU Do. do. 6 do. all ... st N. Eastern— Hartlep00l at N.West. A perp. prat, 5p c lOO 107 109 at Do B minimum It p.c lOO st Notting. &Uranth. U.& C lOO 00 92 Id Preston and v% pro all 44 46 •.. Royston, Hitch., and Seep lOO 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford. 100 131 134 10 Do do 8 2 21 st S. York s h. an d R iver Dun 100 05 Usp st De 4 per cent gua lO 78 80 at Do 5 do st Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B nd d o P r t a C f .. .............. • ( 0 . . 8 . 20 • a a t t W W i e l L DM l o tT i d t h Somerseta 5 51 92 91 64 7;', DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 12c IZS at London and St. Katherine. 100 46 1S 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ..• TAlillwall Freehold Land at Dock at Southampton lOO 71 76 it Ourrey Gcnauaercial 0. I'HE SUN, LONDON, PRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1869. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY IIIiAILES AND BTOCIiS. Patd. Closing Business Price. done. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing; Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 12 113 Al Do B lO 21 31 31 3 60 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira ally 191 2 1 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 2 21 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 54 41 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 12 20 Do issued at 2pm ~., 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lira. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 18 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, : nd China all 25 Chartered Merc. of India, London, and China all 20 City Li 100 Colonial 25 10 Consolidated, lira. 4 50 Delhi and Loudon, lint 1 50 East London, lira 5 20 English and American, lira 10 1 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja- 20 21 191 301 12 12 39 40 1 'I 1 ne.. iro. lim lO 20 English, z•cottish, and Aus tralian Chartered 28. Bong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 281 Do new 5l 100 Imperial, lira 2O 20 Imperial Ottool. tu lO .5 lonian. all 25 Do new 5 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 100 Do sp. c. Deb:U . B6l, 30 all 76 30 London Bank! of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 20 Do new 71 100 London & River Plate, lim 4O 25 Do now 10 20 London Chart, of Australia all 20 London and County 2O 30 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll London Joint 5t0ck........, 1 London and South African al 00 London & S.-Western, Ban, 20 150 London & Venezuela, lira l2l 100 London and Westminster 2O 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 10 Metropolitan, lim all 100 Midland, 1im..~ 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, him l5 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd• 42 10 Do • ' 42 • pr Ip Ici 17 36 Oft Ji 21 16 17 2 21 26 1, iv 31 3/ 75 . 74 5 4 30 27 17 5, 41 9 11 21 211) 121 241 25 51 53 ••• ••• :it 33 33t s} 9 i 11 9 61 GS , 31 6 4 71 71 is .ip EC. National. 3O 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do new all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 25 Union of Australia all 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of Loadon 41 43 43 41 43 6 3 4k 88 90 15 IS 8 6 47 48 :361 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 221 221 2 2 : i 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 11 f 12f ilk at Atlantic Telegraph 10 25 28 at Do. 8 per cent.. ....... lOO 71 7 4 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel, lim 100 160 165 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 l a o al o lll 2 : 31 2 3 ; 10 Do. New ... . 8 9 lip 25 Indo-European Tel., Um— 10 . . ... 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 10 Mediterra. Exten. 25 Reuter's Telegram all 50 15 20 Societe Transatlant., Urn— 14 4 3 101 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lirn all 161 17t 16 5 11. Kingdom Tel. Co. Um all 51 6 5; 5 Do. 10 per cent . all 3 / 4 p ---- _ _ MISCELLAN EOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint. all 15 16 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 151 161 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, Um. 5 Id pr 10 Baugarah Tea Estates , Um 9 7 3d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 111 14i 10 Do. New ... . 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim• ••• 3 0 fl 14 5 Bombay Gas, lien all 34 4; 5 Do. New ........ . 4 it id s') British American Land 44 16 18 20 British Indian Tea, lien..,, all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners ... 29 Canada Company 10 Canadian Loan and Invest -20 Ceylonm ent ,1 l. . . Company,... .. . . i . i al . . ... 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lien. ......•••••• 5 _ 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim .... . 30 City of Milan Improv. lira all 6 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lila— all 50 City Offices, lien. 50 Colonial, lien. Do. .... .. . ... 50 Commercial ljnion (Ass ur) 5 i i p 10 Company of African Mer chants, 1ien....... 20 Continental Union Gas, Um. all 20 21 25 Copper Minors of England, pref. 74 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1041 105; 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent, all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lien. all 21 21 21 11-16 50 Credit Fon.of 3lauritiuslim. 10 31 21d st Crystal Palace st Do. Preference .... . ....... 100 95 10) st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb. 109 107 111 20 Darjeeling, lire. 10 Eastern Assam, lirn.' .. 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lien. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all .. .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lien. 271 111 1045 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Gins. by Egypt. Gov all 951 961 161 1 20 Egyptian Corn. & Trail. lien 6 , • . 'A a '-' • • 3 Eug. & Austral. Copper, lien '2l •!, ~ t 15 English and Foreign Credit 7 1 , i` 100 Eng. and Scot. 11 arine, lien. 8 •• • -' 4l. relit & Dis., lien. 7 1 2 1 0 0 F F o a r i r e li . s a t i r r e n o Engineering tw are h o.se, 1 i m . 12 5 1 2 15 1 pd 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at .683 all 86 87 i C tir o lS " oc r . 4 lim ar : 5 .. 6 i 4 - d . 50 10 11 11 5 1116 IS General Steam Navigation 11 27 29 G G e e n ll e iv ra ara ce , 50 Home &Col Marine In. lieu. 5 3 2 4'l 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ••• ••• ~, 20 Hudson's Bay .. . redeem 12/ •,, .v. 2 2 0 0 I n s t e e r i 11 Imperialeas , F l L i i n m a a n : e . 20 Interna. Land Credit, lien. 6 50 Italian Land ....... . ......... 5 ld p 20 Italian Irri. ( Canal: davour) at 3 31 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., 1870, issued 90 all 61 63 50 Land Securities, Um 5 21 lid 25 London African Trading._ 10 7 5 , (1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lira. 6 "' '— 10 London County Land and Building, lien. . d 50 Loud. Financial A s so., 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Colim all '2 24 2/ 50 Loud, and Glasg. Engi nee r and Iron Ship, li en 25 12 165 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine '2 id pr at Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gus. sp.c. by India G ov. lOO 103 104 10 Mauritius Land, Credit., and Agency, lira__ ~ 50 Merchant Shipplng, K m _ all 33 38 80 Millwall Iron Works, lira. 121 ••• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lin e . 25 National Discount Co , lim 5 11) 12 i 25 National Prov. Mari ne . ; Him 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lien, all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal& Iron, lien. „ 6 4 14 3 i i d d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lire. .' - 4L a s 'Sew Quebrada, lire 4,4.0 -.- 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer• candle Agency,li re 2l 4 IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim ........._. 5 11 11 10 Northern Assam Te . a . , - liM. 5 7 4 10 Do. B . all 9 8 . .................. at: North Brit. Austral, jim,„ 100 48 51 50 North Brit. & Mercan. 1n... 6 1 ' lli 20 25 Ocean Marine (I nsurance) 5 12 11 171 50 Oriental Financial, lienll ••• — 1 5 Oriental Gas, lien, all 7 8 5 Do. New ..... 1 / 1p ............ . 10 Otago and Southland vestment, lira 2 id 113 5 Ottoman Gas, lien all 11 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian It. Mail lien all ~ ..1: -''' 5 Do do et Peel R. Land & Miner], lim 100 31 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 491 501 50 50 Do. New 1867 lO 11d 04 50 Rhymney Iron 13 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Ini.,lim. all 181 19 20 Do. Gas, lien all 21 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 41 13 41 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lien lOO 81 99 st Do. 6P. c. Guar. Pref. 100 ••• ••• 20 Societe Fin, d'Egypte, lam, 10 7 65 20 Societ6 Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 8 2/ 3/ 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lien, ' 6 ... ... 25 South Australian Land 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lien ..........,• 2 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lien.,, gi . ... 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim, 1 §•I• 11, 10 Do do. do. all • .. 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 • ;•. _ 50 Union Marine L'pool, lien 5 l i IP p 20 Union Steam Ship, lien ~ all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim, 6 , , , , 20 Universal Marinean.), lee. 5 If r p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lien. all 11 2 30 Van Diemay.'s Land 2Bl 0 4 74 00 7 per Loan all 814 821 81 1 50 Warrant Finance , Um• l2 12 10d 50 West India and P acil ic Viceroy y o ti o f rtgago Egypt, 20 Steam, lira 2l 11 20 WeeetLondon Wharves and ' Warehouses lO 21 3 OULONIAL GOVNANI:Zer BECUBITIE6 British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1672 , .••••••••••• 100 9,1.... ,••• 1895, _ _ _ . 100 Can.blov.6 p.o.Jan. , & ul y 1877-84 .. • ..... • lOO 1C4,1'1061 - Do. 6p. 0 ..... & Aug.— luo 104 1(.4 Do. sp. 0. Mar. it bet lOO 102 104 Do, 6p. 0. Jan. & . 1311 Y.• 100 93 04 Do. sp. C. Inscribcd Mt lOO 90 92 Cape (4. Hope, 6 p. 0.1873 lOO 102 104 •1 )0 106 104 Do.Apl,&001 18904900 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do.Do. 100 108 lie and 16 Oot., 190 0 ..... Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 P.c lOO 108 to and NC. Do. 1872, do Lou 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1 873 " 110 104 106 s j p an erl j en i t il . 1 16 16°1 April •• Do. 1895, Feb. & Itue , ••• 10 166 103 blvibourne Corporatu., 1867.75, 6 per ctnt• • lro 100 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.o..Ta..sciuly .. 100 103 It 4 Natal 6 p Cl, A 0.% Oct lO3 ..._ . ----: ... Do. ' IDR01n.8.81:871:8: May y . ° . 1 ......... . Do 6pc. 51 y & Nov 1 0 11 6 108 N. S.W. 5 p.u., '7l to'74 lOO 99 1. 1 p.e. 0.88 to 1891 , ... 10) 9ti 9 9 i 5 81 I Do. 6 px. rd.'4s; to '75 N.Zealand, 6p• ot• 1891 .• 100 Do. 5 per cent..... Do Jan, A pri, July, 0.. t ItO 93 94 961 Do 6p c. Mar & bept '9l lOO 108 110 Do June & Dec , 1 , 91 - fDo rrov. k 1 Auctid. 1 1(0 1 ptriei 1 dit2, 189 6 . .. Nova Scotia 6 p.o.dati.•• and July. 1875 Do lbs 6 lOO 102 1( 4 Queenelnd. 6p. c. '8245 100 1(..64 107, 1`,71 Do 1895 .....- ... - Tasmanian 6 per c. 1893 lOl o 107 Do tb9C-'97 . •.• • • Victoria 6 ter cent. 18111 1( 0 113 114 "_•_. Dp, April macl 00 pt 108 . lit* 110 H.R. CHARLES DICKENS IN . LIVERPOOL. On Wednesday afternoon a deputation, consisting of the president and seYeral members of the Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society, waited upon Mr. Dickens, at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, and presented him with a congratulatory address. Inreply, Mr. Dickens, after cordially thanking the deputation for their kindness, went on to say :—" In reference to the handsome tribute you have paid to the usefulness of whatever work I have done, I may at least claim that I have tried to do some little social service in my generation, and that I have en• deavoured not to squander away such opportunities as the public have generally afforded me in this respect. I really find it very hard to express my sense of the spontaneous man• - ner in which you have paid me this great compliment, and I assure you that I shall not easily, nay, I shall never, forget it. I may say, further, that to respect my vocation, and to cause my vocation to be respected, have been the two great aims of my life ; and that I could not possibly have forwarded those objects except I had been honest in intention, at least, in my labours. In such recognitions as yours I find my best and purest reward, and I prize it highly." PROFESSOR HUXLEY ON SCIENTIFIC TRAINING. Professor Huxley, at the annual dinner of the Liverpool Philomathic Society, on 'Wednesday night, spoke on the subject of the introduction of scientific training into the general education of the country. Upon no subject had the public mind been more educated, he was happy to say, than upon this particular topic of the introduction of science into education, and physical science was already recognised as a part of the curriculum at Harrow and Rugby and some of our great schools. It might be well for him to state what appeared to him to be the great justification and necessity for the introduction of physical science into education. They must not suppose because he happened to be devoted to abstract pur suits that he was in the least degree insensible to that which had been said to be the English notion of paradise, namely, " Getting on." He looked upon "getting on" as a very important matter indeed, and for that purpose recognised the value of science, for in hardly any of our trades, except the huckstering ones, was not some knowledge of science absolutely profitable to that occupation. But apart from any general bearing of science in practical life, its direct influence upon the professions was enormous. He would ask any engineer present how much time he had lost because when he had left school he had had to take to pursuits which were absolutely strange to him. With regard to medical practitioners, the young man who gave himself up to the study of medicine had immediately to make anacquaintance with a greatnumber of studies, such as physics, chemistry, botany, and physiology, which were entirely strange to him. The clerical profession had to deal with the facts of nature and were brought into contact with the teaching of the man of science, and they knew very often what that contact was, and how little light came out. In the interests of mankind and of fair play, why would not the clergy get some little tincture of physical science and put themselves into a position to understand the difficulties which were forced upon the mind of every thoughtful and intelligent man? He addressed himself particularly to the Protestant clergy. The training of the Roman Catholic clergy differed as much from that given to Protestant clergymen as the volunteers who did not face the weather very violently the other day and the trained soldiers of Napoleon's Old Guard. What was wanted in the present day was men of the character of Butler of the " Analogy." If he was in the life he would make mincemeat of nine tenths of the heresy of the present day. The Professor, in concluding, said he hoped the time would come when it would not be regarded as a blasphemous proposition that there should be opened in every parish in this country Sunday schools for science, in which people should be taught for the purpose of rescuing themselves from misery and ignorance. That might be supplemented by a series of Sunday evening discourses upon secular matters, and upon topics which would enlighten them and enable them to bear better the toil of daily life. CONGREGATIONAL UNIONS. A conference of the ministers and delegates from the prin- . cipal Congregational churches of Lancashire has boon held at Liverpool. The Rey. W. Condor, of Manchester, took the chair, and delivered a long address on Church questions. He claimed for the Nonconformists that they had been the salvation of England from Papal tyranny and kingly misrule. After enumerating the several Acts of religious liberty by the energy of Dissent, Mr Condcr said, in reference to the Irish Church Bill, that the principle of the Establishment had received its death wound. From it a large portion of the more thoughtful members of the English Church had wisely begun to familiarise themselves with a possible future. 'The needless and bitter strife between Church and Dissent had wasted much valuable energy, and he believed the dividing line would be soon removed. Many excellent men objected to what they called the un christianizing of the state. They held that the nation by its representatives should avow ittclf Christian. Mr. Condor professed his inability to see the matter from that point of view. A nation was Christian, so far as the individuals who composed it were Christian, and no further. Mr. Condor wont on to say that the sharply defined doctrinal divisions have begun to molt away, and what is common to both sides is coming to be regarded as of greater importance than the things that caused division. Why could not all agree to divide the home and foreign missionary work among them ? We had four evangelists, but one gospel ; so we might have a score of Christian bodies, but one Church, all the more one for not being organised into a visible oneness. Later in the conference the Roy. Thomas Green, M.A., of Ashton, read a paper on "The Relation of Independency to Modern Scepticism." Ho admitted that all scepticism did not spring from a hostile spirit, but much of it arose from an earnest seeking after truth ; but wont on to say that the State Church fostered scepticism in the form of Rationalism and was the nursing mother of heresy. _ The West Riding Congregational Union are also holding a conference at Halifax. The Rev. Enoch Mellor delivered the inaugural address, congratulating the (union upon the progress which their opinions had made, as shown in the measures taken with regard to the Irish Church. The thought was rapidly growing even in the Establishment itself that more freedom should be allowed for the sake of the prosperity of the Episcopal Church. As a denomination the Independents need not fear the readjustment which was ecclesiastically coming about, for they boasted in the elasticity of their policy. At a public meeting the Rev. D. Loxton, of Sheffield, spoke in the same strain. if religion could prosper in Ireland without an Established Church, as ho believed it would, the people of this country would soon begin to ask why they should not disestablish the Church in England too. The Established Church, as it now existed, was one great cause of the present commercial immorality, from the fact that so many persons in the Church took the pay, and did little or no work. The only way in which he could aceount for the growth of Ritualism and Rowanism in the Church WIG because of its connection with the State. THE COTTON TRADE. The cotton trade is in a most deplorable state. Through. out East Lancashire great distress prevails. In Blackburn out of a total of seventytwo mills in the borough, nine, and these including some of the largest, are stopped alto gether, and nine or ten others are running short time. By the stoppage of Messrs Dickinson and Son's mills, at Bank. top, owing to the failure of the firm, about 800 additional bands have been thrown out of employ. At the last meet ing of the board of guardians for the Blackburn union no fewer than 3,950 persons were relieved, and this number willbe considerably augmented next Saturday. The duties of the relieving - officers are so heavy that it is found im possible to visit properly the many cases of want and dis- tress brought to their knowledge, and it is expected that the guardians will at their next meeting appoint one or more assistants. The distress in Blackburn has not been so great for thirty or forty years past. At Wigan, many of the mills have not been working for several months, and the majority of the remainder have been on short time. At the factories of Messrs. Taylor Brothers, the largest employers of cotton operatives in the town, full time has hitherto been worked, but notices have been issued of a reduction of 10 per cent. in wages, and this has been accepted by the hands. At other places where full time has been worked, reductions have been made and accepted. The business of the district is almost at a standstill. The relieving officers do nut report any mate rial increase in the number of cases coming under their notice, for while many families must necessarily be suffer. ing severely from the reduction of wages, in the majority of instances they are not left entirely destitute, but are in receipt of incomes sufficient to exist upon, though very small when compared with those received a short time ago. At Preston were the strike to end immediately, a largo number of mills could not resume. The business is so very dull that neither a 5 or 10 per cent. reduction would justify the owners in starting their works. It should be mentioned, with regard to the strike, that the weavers seemed inclined to agree. to a 5 per cent. reduce tion ; but the masters, at their meeting, insisted upon the alteration of the " wheel dividend" system, so that in effect the weavers were asked to submit to a 81 per cent. reduction. The weavers asked that the question might be referred to arbitration, In default of this, the strike wiU taw PIM liuitJJ E $ rt i )N ‘h. NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocic. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day CHELTENHAM RA CE S—Tms DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) HE W LETT'S PLATE. - Snowstorm... • Chevy Chase Madame Wright . •• Six ran UNITED NTE BS' STAKES. Shropshire Se•a Piuk ..... Calamine Ten ran. GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. Brick.. Tribune Taw t'a'e .... Four ran. VIOTORIA. CLUB BETTING—Tms DAY. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. sto 2 agst Alpenstock (taken) 4to 1 agst Marquis of Carabas (taken and off.) Bto 1 agst Restitution (taken) 20 to 1 agst Cecil (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blueskin (taken) 20 to 1 ngst Lancet (offered) 20 to 1 agst Vanicbka (taken) 20 to 1 agst Curio (offered) 100 to 3 agat Kingsland 100 to 2 agst See Saw (offered) CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 ngst Romping Girl (off. —9 to 1 t. and w.) 9 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken) 16 to 1 agst St. Mungo (taken) 100 to 40 agst Romping Girl 1,2, 3 (taken and w.) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7 to 2 r.gst Belladrum (taken) 4to 1 agst Pretender (offered -5 to 1 taken) sto 1 agst Wild Oats (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Drummer (offered) 12 to 1 agst Alpenstock (offered) 40 to 1 agst King Cophetua (offered) DERBY. 3to 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken to £500) 100 to 8 agst Belladrum (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Pretender (taken) 15 to 1 agst RysLworth (taken) 100 to 6 agat Wild Oats (taken and offered) 1000 to 40 agst Thorwaldsen (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Hermione colt (offered) 20G to 3 agst Vagabond (taken) RACING FIXTURES. APRIL. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon... 22, 23 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21 Novrinarket Ist Spring 26, etc. Chester 4, 5, 6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle and Spring il 12 St. Albans 13 14 Salisbury l3 1 4 Doncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 Harpenden 2l Epsom Summer .....25, cto. j IrNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newcastle 22, 2; 24 Newton 2,3, 4 Oldham 22 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Bibury Club 23 Liverpool Summer ...lb, 16 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Windsor 15, 16 Chelmsford Hampton l7, 18 Sutton Park .....29, 30 Curragh 22, 23, 21 i RI LIE Worcester 1, 2 Newmarket July 6, ltc. Carlisle Pontefract 9, 10 Hendon l2, 13 Nottingham 13, 14 . _ Southampton 13, Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford ... 22, 23 Goodwood 27, 28,29, 30 Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 rUST. Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 26, 27 I Scarborough. —3o, 31 1 Derby Summer .. 31, Sep. 1 I Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 1 Canterbury 31, Sep. 1 Egham • lO, 11 Wolverharrpton lO, I Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT] Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 'J Abingdon .. 9 , 10 Doucwitor 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield Bedford Ediutairgh 6, 7 5 , l3 I Leicester 7, 8 I Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, etc. I Chelmsford lO 20 Kelso 19 20 I ROVE Harrow Worcester ...... 3, 4 St. Albans 5, 6 Si BEIL Hampton 21, 22 Western (Ayr) ,22, 23 Honclon Monmouth._ • 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, &c. Lanark... 99, 30 1- 1111. Cheltenham 19.20 Curra.4% l9, 26, 11 West. Drayton 22 lfereforcl 2l, 22 'Monmouth 23, 21 Newmark.i, ll'tuu ...25, &n. IMBER. Egliuton Hunt 6, 7 Liverpool Shrewsbury l5, 1€ STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. APRIL. Croydon 22, 23 I Co. Louth Ardeen 27, 2€ MAY. Litnorick Hunt 4 I St. Albans Eglinton Runt 7I w Drayton 1 JULY. Kingsbury OCTOBER. Bromley 7 1 West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 I Shrewsbury 15, Harrow 2, 3 Leamington Hunt ....23 &c Lverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 I COURSING FIXTURES. AUGUST. St. Albans OCTOBER 17 Aucaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6. Ormosby 19, &c. Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27. IMPERIAL PARLIAILENT ___e-_ HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. It was announced to their lordships that at the meeting of the Hudson's Bay Company the proposition of the Go vernment had been accepted. The house thou proceeded to consider the motion o Earl Russell, with respect to the right of Lord Wensley dale to sit and vote in Parliament. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 0'41,40Ck. THE NEW LAW couHTS. Sir R. PALMER presented a petition front the members of the Temple and Lincoln's-inn against the alteration of the site of the courts front Carey-street to the Thames E nb.toketent N VEMBER. Suudorue, Salop Cothau and Eston .. 9, •t 0• BRECON ELECTION PETITION.-7his Day. BRECON, Friday.—Baron Marton gave judgment to-day, declaring the election void, that corrupt practices had not extensively prevailed, and that Mr. Gwyn personally had nothing to do with the corrupt practices. lIIARKE7 S lIIS DAY. ConN.—Tho attendance at Mark-lane this morning was somewhat thin. Prices for wheat were unchanged from Wednesday. Barley was not active. Oats were firm. Maize, beans, and peas, hardly any dealing. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. April ' 9.—Sales probably 7,000 bales. Market quiet ; unchanged. SPAIN. .`- - (BY REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) MADRID, April 9. The Correspondencia of to-day, commenting upon the rumour of the candidature of the Duke D'Aaosta for the Throne of Spain, says that since the Crown has been declined by Dom Ferdinand of Portugal, the ques tion of another candidate is not entertained in official circles, and that the idea of forming a Directory, consisting of five members, is gaining ground. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS SuEz, April 9. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamers the Surat, from Calcutta March 17, and the Suma• tra, from Bombay March 27, arrived at 6 a.m. to day. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 11 ... 12 1 Do - Itott erdam — ... 12 3 ... 12 33 Antwerp — ... 25 371 ... 25 45 Brussels llamburglt — ... 13 211 ... 13 111- Paris Ditto . M arse ill es Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 1201 Vi enna — l2 70 • ... 12 80 - 12 80 Trieste Petersturg Copenhagen.. ....... Berlin Madrid.. 2 30k 31k 9 2 , ) 9 23 fi 2 7 6 27k 49 ... 491 49} Cadiz Milan — 26 471 Leghorn .., 26 55 ... 26 47i Genoa — •.. 26 47 i ...- 26 55 26 55 Naples Palermo .— ••• 26 471 ... 26 55 Messina Lisbon — 521 ..• 521 Oporto b2k •.. 52} ••• Rio Janeiro I ‘ l9l. X 9 rk omit; ••••••• $ "". lid s•••• II I AUG OCT THE POLICE. Mr. BRUCE said that the case of the persol - , 3fac i!onabi, who was stopped by a policy officer named Couch ,r whilst eelivering Treasury circulars to members of the house and charged kin, with loitering, had been inquired info, end had the man answered the questi put civilly to him by the constable he would h art , avtfided the short detention which he suffered. The police bad a very difficult duty to perform, and it was but just that as much a3sistanco should be given them as possible. NEUTRALITY LAWS. Mr BRUCE, in reply to Mr. Harcourt, said he-hoped to introduce a bill founded oa the Report of theßoyal Com mission appointed to consider the laws of neutrality, na turalisation, and allegiance during the present session. THE REPEAL OF THE CORN TAX. Mr. GLADSTONE said with respect to the cessation of the payment of duty on foreign corn, it could not be given up until the approbation of the house had been given t) the substantial principle of the bill which it would become necessary to pass before the duty could cease. Mr. AYRTON, in reply to Mr. Barnett, said the proper time to ask for further explanation on the subjects referred to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last evoning would be when tho subject was resumed next Monday evening. INDIAN FINANCES. Mr. G. DUFF in reply to Mr. Mitchell, said the Secre tary of State would, on as early a day as possible recom mence drawing bills for India. CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC SERVICES. Mr. FAWCETT rose to move that, in the opinion of the house, all appointments to the civil and diplomatic services ought to bo obtained by open competition. Ho contended that open competition for Government appoint ments would lead to the best results, and entirely abolish the demoralising effect of giving appointments for political services rendered. The system at present in practice was that a member of Parliament was waited ou by an influen tial member of his constituency, and this person solicited an appointment for his son;the member atence proceeded to the Patronage Secretary of the Treasury, and told him it was important for him to secure the support of such and such a person, and that if he was not obliged more than likely he would go over to the other side, and the seat would be imperilled at the next election. The Patronage Secre tary, who was always very obliging, on being appealed to in such terms, eventually said he shall be too happy to put the name down for the appointment, which, of course followed at no distant day. Now, when the less influential of the voters saw that Mr. So-and-so had gut a good appointment for his son or nephew for his exertions at the last election, and they had got nothing, how could it be expected that these poorer voters would refuse a £5 note when it was offered them? (Hear, hear.) To such an extent had the nomination system been carried that it was on record that Sir William Hayter publicly boasted at one of his electioneering campaigns that he had been a good working member for the borough he represented, and that he had succeeded in getting no less than 300 appointments for his constituents. (Loud laughter.) Another case which showed the advantages of open com petition was that which had occurred at Cambridge, where a person of high connection had been publicly expelled from his college for falsely filling up an examination paper, and committing other disreput able acts. But that was the result of the nomination sys tem, and that person, on the strength of his family con nection, had obtained a Government appointment, and now he was representing his country at a foreign court. Such a circumstance never could have occurred had open competition been the rule. (Hear, hear.) He thought the west beneficial results would follow the adoption of the system he advocated, and he concluded by moving the resolution. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the subject was one of great importance and difficulty, and he for one could not be classed amongst those who were op posed to open competition, but to say that all appointments for the future should be by open competition alone was an arrangement to which he could not consent. He thought that great hardship would result from the passicg of such a resolution as that now submitted, and further he thought it would be unjust to the Government, because they had not even had time to consider the subject. They had teen overwhelmed with work since they had been in oflie (hear, hear)—and knowing that there were some of the warmest advocates of open competition in the Govern ment, he did !toy) the honourable gentleman would feel satisfied the subject would not oscapo consid,ration, and that undor the circumstances he woul 1 withdraw his rosoluCon. If pressod to a division ho could not give his vote for the reasons he had stated in favour of the motion. Lord STANLEY also urged the withdrawal of the motion, as the pressing it to a division on the present oc casion would place many of the warmest advocates of th e system is a false position. If a division was taken be should not oppose the hon. gentleman, but ho should not give his motion his support. The houso divided. when there appeared — For the motion Agair.st it Majority THE CASE OF RUMBLE AND GAMBIER. VERDICT. Tho jury found both prisoners guilty, and they wer o sentenced to IS months' imp risonment With hard labour. LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Arum 9. 9th Regiment of Foot —Ensign IL Gardner to be Ensign. 10th Foot—Ensign Malcolm Wilson to be Ensign. 95th Foot—Ensign Arthur Bowles to be Ensign. 'lst West India Regiment—Lieut. Francis Langford to be Lieutenant. Cape Riflemon—Ensign Morton Tlirupp to be Ensign. Lieutenant Francis Lowther has been promoted to the rank of Commander in her Ilaj:sty's Fleet. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. kustralia and New Zealand, via. eouthamptoa...„ April 21 Ditto, via 3' 'unifies .3rasil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Nay 4 Ditto, by French packet ,.....April 2. Cape Verde, by Brazil packet ...... .... May 4 Cape of Good II 'pc, Ascension. and St. Helena.... April 27. China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton.. April 10. Abr.:liar, via Southampton :mita, via Southampton unto, via Marseilies Malta, Egypt, Sco. • •• April 10. Ditto, Marseilles April 7 ewioundla xi e .. April 7 Nlauritius, Cape of Good Rope, and Natal, via Seuthamlton Ditto, Marseilles „ April 7 Portugal United States , k anada, California, dcc., by British packet .......April 10 Ditto, by Canadian packet . .. Ditto, by L Lited states packet April Ditto ditt c (Baltimore) •• West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tencriffe .......tpril 19 Baha.nas, via New York West Indies and Pa3ific (except Mexico and Baha- Aprii 13 mas) Cuba and Mexico .... • •• ...... April 23 Bermuda, via Halifax_ . .. April 7 PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251.161 c. per £1 On comparing these rates with the English DMA price of £; Ga. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appc..-a that gold at the above price is of ab.Ait the same value in Lon. don and Paris. Thu course et exchange at New York on London for bilis at Go days' si . f.ht was on the last date about 1 S per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the Uni!cd States. register, from 1 500 tons Antwerp, ship Nellie Harding, , to the east of Porthleven, on THE CORNISII COAST.—The American bcoarne a complete wreck. The crew Tuesday, and see n d• The disaster is attributed to the pilot ails were save • the light of a steamer for the Longships light. The taking weln\t:ll:sEnClo:o7bout a, mile , , f„,,y. At the time of the accident the ship weather \ was gei , ,g at the rate of t n kn et s en hour. ConNisti --Thursday.—At Rcdruth t o -day 1,334 tons of copper ore realised £5,120 10s. fid., ' ic i n g an average of XI 14s. per ton. Fine copper, 81 tons 10 cwt.; produce, s i; standard, £lOB 18s., being an ad vance of 17s. on last sale. PACIFIC RAlLROAD.—lnformation has been received—says a Washington correspondent—that the Texas Convention has passed au ordinance giving the right of way to the International Pacific Railroad, from the eastern to the western border of that State, and a re servation of twenty miles on each side of the road, the road to be completed within six years. This road is one of the connecting links of the international line from Cairo to Aitttta, QA 010 Gulf of California. ease.'