The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-15 00:00:00

irtniat LE, April 14. neess Beatrice, tended by the lunds, attended 3 this morning• ternoon. e Castle, and 7esence by the the honour of CGENCE AND ALTS- 4., April 14. pany's steamer >riling en route 'll, April 15. skoi, from Rio I here. g, April 15. City of Nevr re at 7 a.ul• d passengers, 01. All well. ', April H. )throp Model ritain and 111 r. r to Austria Mr. Freeman ►st of Consul -The market 2850 -7 20 ith - -- 158 75 t _ --". Cash. 923; ; .. 1095 99.3 i .. 613% .. 577 i ~ 52! 673 k .. 484 60 .. 7 5 his Day. nton, a young tealing a purse cket of a lady ile in Oxford- himself be into a shoP he watched land in the ly to remaia vho ran dowa to the station, but Richard at the station the prisoner r a van in th" of Correctiov ho prisoner• 3 session;. ~.„. 'jog identifieJ NG SIIOr S. ''' was brough t two chomise o e Robertsout S tepney. times, and DI rix, dwollit4 id lost matl9 rom her bed' ;covered wbo Mrs. Robert' :ept by Mari , e-fields, nea r , " keeper sai d and that 1 10 ith them for the "180 - lets of Lime' iey were rc iter nuisance ugh. e how thee° exist. The law. Tb° ropolis, par- , arniog frool to give rt, said ther e other place s was charged Crime Whilo 3 prisoner to 16 years 0 f veek for 111° in conger inod by 10 ual festival advertise d Dned to th e s graciousll of GOO I at Harr° If mily of jr3 . The youog but ho Wi ll Eiolie serviG° asiderati oo the saneti ° ; on the 0°; believe ti ll ' :axial a lteri r a on th eir o f a House - rty of 3 2° 1 ft LiverP °o 4,ufebec. 1 at Cb 3t : iat any *yard, 7, redneti c " •s' servi c ; ,o be se l l . , vernine ° ,er, bre minim cif Alrea d liseharg e ,, 1 , throtig" it out t° at Ald er ; it _colov e . ed at tli° non. 51 iding the ie isrg eo rhiskY is 3:1; D to Fr ° % or exP °r ,-;,, Bo and .0 *" . C . ` V 1 ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two oCLocK. Government Securities gave way to-day in con sequence of the rumoured issue of another Spanish loan. Foreign Securities also felt the depression. Notwithstanding that the settlement occupies the principal part of the attention of the brokers. There has been a better business done in Railway shares at improved prices. In the house the charge for loans is 24 per cent. Consols are 934 8 for money; ditto, for Ac count, —; Three per Cent. Reduced, 918 2 11 ; New Tkree per Cents, 918 2 14 ; Annuities, April, 1 885, 11 15-16 ; Exchequer BIIIBEI,OOO, 2 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 2 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, 210 12 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 113 4 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1883, 100 i ; ditto Bmds under £ l ,OOO, 10 prem. In the Foreign Market Spanish of 1867 bas gone down 4 per cent., but Italian of 1861, and E gyptian of 1868 have improved 4, and Orel- Vitebsk and Turkish of 1865, Prices are now as follow :—Brazilian of 1865, 80 to ; Chillian of 1867, 954 to 961 ; Egyptian of 1864, 861 to 4 ex div. ; ditto of 1868, 764 to ; Italian of 1861, 554 to 564 ; ditto of 1868, 831 to 844 ; Mexican, 144 to 4 ; Peruvian of 1865, 788 to 794; Russian of 1866, 904 to 01 , ex div. ; Nicolai, 65 to 4 ; Orel, 82 to 821; Mascow, 784 to 79 ; ditto Charkof, 764 to 771. In the Railway Market a rise has occurred in Midland, South Eastern, Metropolitan, Great Northern A, Caledonian, and London, Chatham, and Dover stocks. London and North-Western, On the contrary, fell 4. Prices are :—London and North Western, 115/ to 1 ; Great Western, 491 to • , Midland, 1161 to 8 ; London and South- We stern, 87 to 89 ; G reat E astern, 374 to 38 ; Brighton, 474 to 1 ; South Eastern, 754 to ; Metropolitan, 1034 to 4 ; Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; ditto A, 109 to 4 ; Caledonian, 784 to 7 9/ ex div. ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 171. to 181. American 5-20 Bonds have declined to 834 to 4 ; Erie Railway shares are 234 to 24 ; Illinois Central, 964 to 97 ; Atlantic and Great Western Deben tures, 31 to 32 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 30 to 4. In Bank Shares, London and Westminster, are 634 to 64 1 • ; London and County, 504 to 501 ; London Joint Stock, 324 to 331 ; Union of Lon don, 364 to 361 ; Anglo-Austrian, 17 to 18 prem. ; and Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 1 prem. In Miscellaneous Shares Hudson's Bay are ss. better, at 131 to 4 ; National Discount, 114 to 4 ; General Credit, 14 to 1 dis. ; International, 14 to 1 die- ; Telegraph Construction, 164 to 174 ; At lantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 34 to 4 ; and Anglo-American, 224 to 4. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The result of the transactions during the Week since the date of the last return has been upon balance a withdrawal of £69,000. Telegrams from Paris announce that a Spanish loan for a net sum of ten millions sterling has been contracted with Messrs. Oppenheim, of Paris, and Messrs. Sulzbach, of Frankfort. Subscriptions for one-fourth of the amount will, it is said, be opened almost immediately in London and in all the prin cipal markets of the Continent, and the remaining three-fourths will be brought out at later periods. The operation has the support of a large combina tion of the Paris bankers. The telegram from Madrid stating that " Senor Figuerola, the Mi n i s t er o f Finance, proposes to unify the public debt by allowing the next half yearly interest due in June to accumulate and be added to the capital" seems incomprehensible. It would appear to be simply a declaration that the next half -yearly interest will not be paid, and it would be difficult to conjecture what influence this default could have in " unifying" the public debt. All necessity, however, for speculation on the matter is apparently removed by the announcement of the new loan, NI Bich, it may be presumed, has for one of its immediate objects the payment of the dividend in question. At a meeting of the London Gaslight Company dividends upon all classes of preference shares and stocks were declared. At the annual meeting of shareholders of the Agra Bank (Limited) the report was adopted. The meeting of the creditors of Mr. Juhn Cross ley, woolstapler and warp maker, of Halifax, 'whose liabilities are estimated at £38,000, has been adjourned to the 21st inst., to consider a pro posal made of a composition of Bs. in the pound. The failure is announced of Messrs. P. Kean and Co., fancy dress manufacturers, of Glasgow. The liabilities are stated to be inconsiderable. At an adjourned meeting of the creditors of Messrs. R. Watson and Co., spinners and manufac turers, of Church, Somersetshire, to consider an offer by the firm of a composition of 53. in the pound, the proposal was declined. Proceedings in bankruptcy will be continued. The report of the Demerara Railway Company has been issued. It states that there has been a net profit for the six months ending the 31st De cember last of £6,685 11s. ; and, after payment of the preference dividend, the customary dividend of 2i per cent. per annum on the original stock is re commended, leaving a balance of £993 9s. 9d. to be carried forward. At the meeting of the Credit Foncier of Mauri tius (Limited) the special resolutions passed on the 25th ult. were confirmed. The annual meeting of the proprietors of the Na tional Provincial Bank of England will be held on the 13th of May. With reference to the East and We3t Junction Railway Company notice is given that a petition praying the confirmation of a scheme of arrange ment between the company and their creditors is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor Juno on the Ist of May. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for A ccount 931 , 8 per Cent. Reduced ............................ New 3 per Cent — 94 2 11 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 9li 2 li Do. 5 per Cell Jan. 1873 ............... Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth 11717, iTtA7 Do. for 30 yrs,__ expire sth April ' BB5 1 - 1. 15-16 Do (Red Sea Televapll), Au g., 19 08: ___ Exchoquftr Bills, .£l,OOO, 2i per Ot. ....... 2 £5OO ........................ 2 6 pin .Do Do. £lOO & £2OO ............. 2 ' Bank of England Stock,:4f per Cent ... 239 41 Do. opening . — Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter -Colonial Uranium INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES India stock : 10iper Cent., April 1874 2lO 12 Do. Ope ning, f or A ccoun t - Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certifi ca t es — Do. Enfaced Pape. 4 per °Aut..... — Do. 5 per °mt., Jan. 1872 .....e. — Do. 54 per Ot=ut. May 1879 — D.) 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — Dom. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cont., £l,OOO Do. tinder X1,000 FO REIGNIFUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Do., Scrip £45 paid .. A.unian Bonds 5 per cent O. 1859 lirazilian D 5 per Cent — 00. 41 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 1858.. . o. do. 186 , - 1)0 . do 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., ltqis bo Acc ount Do 26 peg' Cont — 'enos Ayres 6 per Cent. Cub a , 01)10i vippeporerr 'eneiitt., ...... (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Do.— C t to. 7 per Cent, 1866 C lombian, 6 per Cent. D anish. 3 p er Cent., 1825........, - Dnbian Principalities, 7 I.,er Cent 114 ntlador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent x agYlptian, 7 per Cent.... ................... ... De Second I ssue ............. .. ............ Do. £5Ol, Bonds... D o. X l OO 80nd5........................... 11.11 ....' Do. 1864 — Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds 874 English Scrip, 1868 76i 1 1 Do do. :£l5 pd dis Government Railway Debentures Greek 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 811 Itiiian 5 per Ccnt., 1865 — Do. Account .. — Do Maremmana Railway Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — rtontevideati 6 per Cent. Mc orish imperial 5 per Cent - New Granada — Do 3 por Cen — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 79 8i Do 4} per Cont. (17i:'arren) ...... ...... Do 4i per Cent.. 1862 Do Account Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, T, 7,'9,'60,'2,'. 351 Do. do. 1r67 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — Russian 5 eer Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent 1850 Do 4} per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bondf ~ Do. du. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 6 51 i Sar linian 8 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cen . Do. Acc , ,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do de, 1868 Do do, Scrip — pn. Turkish 6 per Cent.: —.. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do -CNC Bonds 7O 4 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 664 6 Do I por Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud 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 0 por Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cont., Ex. 25f. Dutch :if per Cent. Ex. 12 Gun — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. — Do Account 56 51 CLOSING PRICES. Jonsols, Money 9 31 1 Do. Account, May 6 931 i COMMENCEMEN7 OF TERM—This Day, Easter Term commenced to-day, on which occasion her Majesty's Judges breakfasted with the Lord Chancellor, and afterwards proceeded in procession to their respective courts at Westminster, &c. On the arrival of the Judges at Westminster a large number of persons assembled to witness the ceremony of the Judges opening the respective courts. The applica tions made to their lordships to-day consisted of motions of no great importance. MADAME RACHEL AND HER BAIL. (THIS DAY.) To-day, the application to admit Madame Rachel to bail, came before the Judge at Chambers. It will be recollected that Mr Lewis, on the part of the prosecution, objected to one of the parties tendered, Mr. West, optician, of Coventry_ street, and an adjournment was directed in order that certain inquiries might be made. His Lordship, after hearing the parties, refused to ac cept the bail tendered. Thu result of the present applica tion will doubtless prevent an, further steps being taken to procure the release of Aldine. Rachel, who will thus remain at Newgate until the result of the application for a writ of error is known. THE CASE OF SHE WARD. (T HIS DAY.) At tho close of the argumeLts last night the Attorney- General postponed giving his decision on the application fur his fiat for a writ of error in this case until to-day. At ono e'clock it was announced to Mr. Poland, who appeared last night for the prisoner, that the Attorney-General re fused to give his fiat. The result of which is that, with out other steps are taken to obtain a remission of the sentence, Sheward will he executed on the day already fixed. NORWICH, Thursday.—lt is reported this morning, On good authority, that Showard has made some statement since his conviction, the precise nature of which has not been divulged• Another anonymous letter has been re cerred by the magistrates' clerk. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Ills Imperi a l R uss i an PLYMOUTH, Thursday. Msjosty's screw steam frigate Dimtry Douskoy, Capt. Drescher, from the Brazils, arrived in the Sound this morning. GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. from Arrived.—Angelia, f rom Algoa Bay ; William and Jane, Rouen ; Caledonia, from Nykjobing ; Triumph, from Civita Vecchia. Arrived, April 15. —Trial from Guernsey ; Nestor, steamer, from Valentia ; Eider, steamer, from Dieppe ; Aurora, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Baron Osy, steamer, from Sai Antwerp ; C oncordia, steamer, from Boulogne. led—llebe, steamer, for Antwerp; Velocity, steamer, for Calais ; Vigilant, steamer, for Rouen. Passed DEAL, Thursday Mor n i ng . , April I,l—Mermaid, of London, from the north, for the west ; Louisa, of Southampton, from the west, for the north ; Ellen, of Carnarvon, from the north for the west. ST ATE OF 2 RADE. MANCHESTER, APITII7-1771e amount of business done to-day has been very moderate, neverthless prices remain extremely steady. lndm shirt ings and the yarns of which they ar e composed are firm, although buyers pay any advance on last week's full rates with great reluct ance. Although producers adhere very firmly to their quotations, and decline to make concessions, the market is without animation, and most of the transactions which have occurred have been only for small quantities. BLACKBURN, Wednesday.—Sellers of yarn re quired the full prices of yesterday, but the market was hardly so strong in tone, and only a small business has been transacted. In comparison with Wednesday last, the prices for coarse numbers may be quoted from id. to i, per lb. dearer, but in the finer counts there is little or no change in value. Foreign Nail Packet List. AILS DUE. taapc.trilattlttiooa:abvnyi d ai N : e :r w e et e Zeal ipi:ec a st n e d t , vi a Bouthampton..... Apr i I 21 ... .• ........ April 19 CB _ anispen.Velide:l3l: y A ß Y r r az eB ;l 4 proa lt e t on . .e .. V . i e deo .......... may 4. . ....... April !2. e ta ai b e ra ° lt r a Q r India,via Southampton. • May 4 :•-•:ovuPteb.aAnapactoenenion. and St. Helena April 27. lua2to,vla and Singapore, via Southampton April 21. Marseili ......... ...,.............. ..... ..... I t= 1 1 7 7 Ditto, Marseilles: Malta, mgypt, 40. . ..............• : ......... . 7... • A A p p r r i l l l 1 1 2 71 Newfoundlat e .............................. April 12 .......... .... Mauritius, Cape • et G ood it • • •••• • ........ • • • BUY 6 oPe. and Natal, via 13011thamj ton ............ Ditto, Marseilles ~ ..Map lb Portugal ... British . California" - **" '••• • • &l ay 4 . ......... .. ... :.: .. . : ......... April 14 Canadian packet .... ....... ...-•• ••• • . UnDil D teptat i doc t kS io bet , tya. h te. l '. Lited states packet ........ 1.:1 .. ... A r* Ditto ditto (Baltimore) ....... ... .......•. .. p a _ West Coast 31 Africa, Madeira, and Teneriir d ~, .... Bahamas, via New York Dias) West Indies and ............. .(............... .. ... i . c . o . f . it . i . d . .... .. I . a .:Aprii 13 CONFLICT WITH A MADMAN.—A Pole, 23 years of age, who had been confined at Charenton for mental alienation, contrived three days back to escape. By some means he obtained possession of a loaded six -chamber re volver, and taking refuge in the shop of his brother-in law, a bookseller in the Rue de Tournon, threatened to shoot anyone that approached him. All at once he dashed out into the street, just as three sergeant de vine, who had been sent for, were approaching. One of them sprang boldly forward and threw his arms around the madman, who, however, in his struggle, managed to fire the six shots, wounding one of the officers in the band and his captor in the thigh. Tho latter, however, did not loose his hold, but with the assistance of his companions conveyed the pri mer to the station. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1869. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY AND STOCKS. ,nare Railways. p aid. Closing Business Price, clone. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 70 et Caledonian ... 100 781 79 781 2 81 et U4Lutirlan 20 Cornwall at Dublin. Belfast Junc... 100 77 79 et Dun„l'ertli, .3; Ab.J touc... 100 70 72 21 East London all 6 7 tO Do i 5 21 Do 10 at Glasgow .3: S. Western lOO 97 99 at Great Eastern .. .0u 371 381 38 18 st Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO at Great North ol Scotlanel lOO 15 ti et Great Northern lOO 107 tOB 1071 at Do. A stock st Do. B stock IVO .. et GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 1.5 . 7 at GI. Western -Original leO 4 191 491 1 at Do. South %Valets et Do. W. Alid.—Ualor.J lOO 25 27 if Do. Newport lO3 I'B 10 st Lancashire At looks/airy" 100 .23 .25 1231 at Lou., b.Coast IOU 471 18 471 U) Do Scrtp ....... $t I Lai., t.;itai., and Dovei lllO 1:1 171 171 18 171 at Du. Aleut*. Ex. A lOO t Lon. .0 ;Norm ,1 catcri lOO 1;51 15'i 1111 .t Lou. A South Western lOO S 7 ea at Man., Linooa) lOO 17 571 571 at Aletropulitsn at Do Extensi no .. 100 10 i 1 2 101 10 00. iNcw rd lu id IP at INloJupolo Lan District. all 4,5 v 10 Illetrop .Bt. John's oo 1 6 at A1.".0.id at 00, 131rutin..$ Dui at Nn to ISrtudu . ..... lOU ;.3 .13 st Do. & Dun— IUI st or. o:adtern---lierwiom lOO 1021 1131 103 1 1 25 Do. ;3. N.E purchapt 10.13. - st Do Leeds ...... st Do York . 100 93 34 st Do Carli.le .... • lOO 122 .25 at Do Stoc ek Darling 1(0 131 131 at North Lou ion .. tOO il) .21 10 Do Am t 3. 8 et North Staffordshire . . 100 14 16 et North and S.-W. Junction 100 98 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 at Bhp:Loney at Shropshire Union l. 0 57 18 st South Devon. st South Eastern lOO 701 77 et Staines, Wok'hani, di Wok all 12 13 fit 'rril ti 41e DO C Wateriord & Kilkenny lto 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 RAILW.XYS-P.REFERE,NCE SUAItES AND STOCKS. et Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., Nu. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 4) per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gull 6 p.c lOO st Do. du. 7 per cent lOO ... st D. do. Ordinary lOO 81 83 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all st j Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Was. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO st W. Eastern, E.G. Ex. No.l 100 st Do do No. 2 100 st Do du G per cent 100 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 st Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do 0 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 st Do Nox folk 5 p.c. Ex. 1546 100 st Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lB47 100 st Great Notthern, 5 per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 st Do 4 1 do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp.e. pm lOO et Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO stj Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 st, Groat South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO stj t.West.—Orig.&Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.e lOO st Do. Orig. (B. & 11. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 st Do do 4 ) per cent. 1850... 100 st Do do 4 do do ... 100 st Do do 5 per cent. redem. 100 st Do do Birmingham gua.. 100 st Do do do pref... 100 st Do do Chester gua lOO st Do do do 8 per cent lOO st Do do do 5 do 100 st Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Du do 4) p.c lOO st Do do 4 1 1859 lOO st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO st Do du 2d guts lOO st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO IA Do do 2d do 100 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 18G3 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Lamcash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 st Do Barnsley, £5 3310 d p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 et Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 st London & Brighton, sp. c 96 97 101 103 9.5 10,1 87 89 841 77 79 9.5 97 961 6Li 70 b 0 85 100 111 113 107 111 EVJ 91 07 10J 1 3 145 130 1.15 )8 100 guarantead, - No 1 lOO ... st Do 5 per cont. gua. No. 2 lOO ... st Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent st Do 6 du (\V.E. & C.r.) 100 at DJ 4 do 1853 lOO st Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent ICO ••• •.. st Loudon and 21. W., C. and • Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO st Do Shrewsb'y & Welehp'l lOO st Louduu and 6 W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 15) 2s 61. Do (Portent. peril ans. 2860) all ... st Mau., Sher., &Linclu. 6 p.c lOO 11► 117 6 Do A:t; all par 3 pin st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Du redeem. 6 percent 5 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c IOU 13J 135 st Du Bristol & Birin., 6p. c lOO 1 2 1.;1 st Du 45 per cent. redeem._ lot) 18 100 st Du 44 pa* cent. irredeem lOO 33 110 st Do Leicester & Il.'etni,4 p c lOO 8J 91 at Norma k;ritisli, 5 p.c. Nu. 1 lOO st Du L. &G.4v. e. S..c D. 100 st Do N. 8., Nu. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO st Du Border Union, 4 p.c lOO .- st NEastern--Cous. 4 p.c lOO e 7 80 st Du 41 per cent. redecui lOO 35 97 st Du G A.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Du Ber capital 5 15.1. Du Yuri, li. &S. pureuase lO 10 105 Do Stektn & Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO 106 108 et Du W,Liartlepuul H. and It lOO 81 Se, 20 North Staffordshire all 204 211 los s. Devon Annuities, 1 a all 9 10 lOs Do Tavistuck Anus., 105 all 85 91 10s Du Fixed 41 per cent all si 40.6. S. a..ast. (Head. Anne., 1.0.6) all 2 2 23 222 .st Do 41 percent IOU st Do Fixed 41 per cant luo at Tiff Vale IN, 1 lOO 14i 15:1 st Waterfurd & liilkenuy, 6pc 100 41 43 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NLIIE. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 12 10 Do B lO 21 31 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 20 21 20j 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 41 41 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 315 10 Bank of New Zealand__ all 17 18 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, I: ud China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all 194 301 20 City 100 Colonial 10 Consolidated, lint, 4 1 1 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 Ear,t London, lint 5 '2 1 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Iliu de Ja n,iiro. lim 20 English, :cuttish, and Ails , tralian Chartered and Sh ang h a i 28., Hong Kong Bank Corporation all 36 18 284 Do new si If 21 100 Imperial, 1int....,....., 2U 16 17 20 liu,,erial Ottom an ..... 1U 2 24 124 11 1 .5 IvoLtu ........... ........... 23 Do new k 0 Lud Mortgage of India, lint 4 3 q 100 Du sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 73 73 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lira. 20 64 51 100 Loudon and Brazilian, lim. 45 30 27 20 Do new 71 54 41 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 9 11 25 Do new 10 25 2 1P 20 London Chart. of Australia all 211 '25 20 London and County 2O 10 51 501 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. I l ... ..• Loudon Joint Stock..... ... 1 321 331 321 3 London and South African al 81 9 / 00 London & S. - Western, lim, 20 11 . 9 150 London & Venezuela lira_ 121 ... ..• 100 London and Westminster. 23 63 64 631 431 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 10 Metropolitan, lint. ............ all 75 71 100 Midland, 1im...... 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverp ool, lim l5 1,1 a lp 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do ...... • . . 10 Nati0na1....... 20 New South Wa1e5....,, ..... all 41 43 20 North-Western ............ 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., KM lO 6 5 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90 10 Do new.. ...... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 13 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 4i i 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of Loudon l5 351 301 361 51 61 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 2.:1 221 221 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 11g In ii Bt Atlantic Telegraph lO 2i 26 at Do. 8 per cent. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel.; Hui lOO 160 165 st Electric (lc Inter. Telegraph 100 2 0 250 10 Do. New 8 9 lip 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO ... ... 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lira all 3 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all I fp 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 8 4 25 Reuter's Telegram all 50 55 10 Societe Transatlant., lim l4 4 3 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 If 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,llin, all let 17} 171 5 11. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim. all 51 6 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 3, 4 p STEEPLECHASE ACCID.ENTS There were some very serious accidents at the Exeter Steeplechases on Tuesday afternoon. Major Ness, who rode his own horse, Patrick, was thrown while taking a fence ; the horse fell on him, and another horse also fell. The major was taken up insensible with a cut on his temple, and it is feared serious internal injuries, as when brought to con sciousness, he expectorated blood. Another terrible acci dent was caused by a horse which bad refused to take a water-jump bolting amongst a crowd, knocking some into the water, and it ig feared fatally injuring a women, who had her skull fractured ; at the hospital it was doubted whether she would live through the night. Two other women were also injured at the same time—one baying the bones of her face broken. There were other minor accidents. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. bt Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Ceti. min. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem all ": st Do 4p c eon. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 98 g", at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 86 8 8 et Do New 5 do, 1563 lOO 85 88 at Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO b 2 86 st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO at Do Permanent 5 p er cent 101) ~, .7 at Do Boston & Sleaf d, 4 / p c 100 • st Great West., W. Midi., 5p c too at Du Joiuti,erpe. pc, 1865 100 83 ;. G at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 10J 105 103 1071 8 2J Do Vale Neath peril. 5p c all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cont, B lOO ••• ••• 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per tout till July, 1871 2 1 ip at Loud., Brig ,&c., 41 pc, 1855 100 ~, st Do du 4 du, 1860 100 ••• at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at DJ do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ~, st Do No. 6 5 du, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 sdo ••• at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do M etro p. Ex., B 6 p.c • D o do C 6 p.c 100 ~, • at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 108 110 1111 11 st London &S. Weatern, 41 p c 100 t 2 91 10 Man. bhef. & Liu., 5 pc, 1865 all 8 81 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 loz at Midland, A 5 per cent prof lOO 106 10d at Do B 5 do 100 106 103 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk.., Sept. 1, 1860 all 201 201 18 Do Inconv. Now Satires all 18, 19k 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 2413 at North Britisn, E. and Li No. 1, 5 per cent 100 at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E.,1'., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E. &G, No. 2, 5 p.c st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent , 1862 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c ..at Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 15 at Do Stock. & Dark., D at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 5 41 p cio c, 1 1 8 8 6 51 1 1 0 0 0 0 st Do at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1861 lOO at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS DU r 3 t 7—, --- st Birkenhead 100 9.1 91 at Chester and Ho st Buckinghamshire Holyhead lOO 51 58 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer 100 all 98 101 at Do. 51 per cent. do. st Do. 6 117 11J at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... ... st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 131 131 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... ... s Gt. Easu., I,i ewin., tike.., 5 p.c 100 ... ... a Du. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ... ... st Du. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 .. .. st Gt. Nest, W. Mid., Hotel 100 98 93 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st` Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2 5 st,,London and Black wall lOO 93 95 91 st Do. 41 per cent lOO st London, Chat., &c., 44 p c lOO at Do. Com. Fund, sdo 100 ... ...... ... at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO ... ... st London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 t 6 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 80 82 st Do. du. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, &Malik all 5 .51 st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 911 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East., 5 percent all 53 56 at N. D Eastern—Hartlepool ket Do j B ininanuin 14 p.c ... 100 ... .. at IN otting. & Grauth. R. & C lOO 9u 02 . 371 05 Preston and w yre.. •.. Royston, Hitch. and Shep lOO 132 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 131 1111 10 DO do 8 2 210 st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 96 Va at Do 4 per cent gua IU , 78 80 at Do 5 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico P.S) 175 ISO st West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 D 20 Do 20 o do B dO C .... all •• at Weymouth and Portland.,. 100 •6 st Wilts and Somerset ... ... 64 7: DOCKS, st East and Iff est i nc st Loudon and St. liathel:ino. 100 1.• 47 124 100 D °Deb. stock, 4 per cont.. all ~, • . Millman Freehold Land et Dock ............................ 100 2; 41 st Southampton ................. 100 74 70 5t urroy Cvmmere4l ....... „ MISCEL 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 11 ICI liql _Li: 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, Intl 9 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, Inn, all 131 144 10 Do. New 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lira. ••• 30 9 14 5 Bombay Gas, Jim 5 Do. New 4 11 id 5'3 British American Land 44 16 18 20 British Indian Tea, 1im..,, a ll 24 3} 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 65 cs 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 24 2 1 d 20 Ceylon Company, lim lO 4 31d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim a _ ..... 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim . 9 44 311 30 City of Milan Improv: 11m a ll s 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, Dm— all 50 City Offices, lim 25 26 25d 50 Colonial, lim. Do. a 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 5 i p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lirn 20 Continental Union Gas, Inn all 191 204 201 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Banda, 1577, 44 per cent all 101 105 100 Do. 1870, 4f per cent, all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, inn. all 21 2* 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius Inn lO 31 21d st Crystal Palace lOO 10 21 st Do. Preference lOO 0-, 10 2 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 111 20 Darjeeling, lim. 10 Eastern Assam, lint. 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, inn. LOO Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy G ii.i.• by Egypt. Gov all 951 971 9 7 20 Egyptian Com. & 'frail. lint 6 3 Eng. & dust ral. Copper, lieu 21 18 English aud Foreiljit Credit 71 41 31d 100 Eug. and Scot. Marine, lint 6 10 Fairbaira Engineering 5 2 1,1 31 • 20 Forn-strect Wareliouse,liin, 12 LOO Fur.. Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, isauedu. Z7;5 all 8 0 87 8 7 50 Gellivara, limn. 10 General Credit & Di e., Ji m 7l 1, 1 , 11 Is General steam Navigation 14 27 29 1101n3 & Col Marino In. limn. 5 3 ' 10 Hung Kong and China Gas all ••• ••• 20 liaison's latay .................. all 13/ 131 11 1 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 20 Interne,. Financial S oc. Ji m. 5 14 20 'materna. Land Credit, lim. 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land.......,,,S 1d p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 3 1 100 Do. 6p. c Bds., redeem 1870, issued 20 all 61 50 Land Securities, 1imn....... 5 21 11d 25 London African Trading lO 7 5d 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, lit 6 "' "' d 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 50 Lond. Financial A s so , lim 30 2 1 1 01 4 Lond.Gen.Ornuibus.6.lim. all 2 24 so Lond. and Glaug. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 12 18d 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 id pr at Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gua. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 102 101 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lint__ . # 1 8 50 Merchant Shipping', . . SO Mlliwall Iron Works, limn l2l ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. .. g 5/ 4 1d 25 National Discount6o. . 25 National Prov. Mariu'e, lint 4 4 34 10 National Steam Ship, lint all 91 101 20 Nerbuilda Coal & Iron, lim 6 11 3 4 1 1\ 10 New Consolidat ed Die. lim 3 "j 5 w Quebrada, li m 4.4.0 A7l 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. ca.ntile Agency,lim 2l # 12 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim. ........ 5 1$ 10 Northern Assam Tea, 5 7 10 Do. B ....... all 9 st' North Brit. Austiall lim.. 100 48 51 50 50 North Brit. & Merca'n. 1n..• 64 920 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 12 1 171 50 Oriental Financial, Jim 11 5 Oriental Gas, e ll • 7 8 5 Do. New 10 Otago and Soutiala7tid In vestment, lim 5 Ottoman Gas, litn ........ . 14 2 4 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim all 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land it lim 100 31 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 491 501 50 Do. New 1 867 lO 118 01 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New ... 25 Rio de Janeiro Ci ty •all 181 19 20 Do. Gas, lim all 24 6 100 Royal Mail Steam '•, so 41 3 st Scottish Aust. Inv est ... lim. 100 85 90 st Do. 6p. e. Guar: Pref. 100 ••• ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim. 10 7 6 d 20 Societe Gen.cle VErapire Ot. 8 21 3 4 11 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lira. 6 ••• ••• 25 South Australian Land all 35 1 36 1 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 20 Trinidad Petroleum, 81 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lin. 1 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 50 Union Marine L'pool, Bin 5 5 20 Union Steam Ship, Jim aJJ 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lira 6 , , 20 Universal Marineau.), 1 Jim 5 rp 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim a ll 1 2 30 Van Diemar's Land 2Bl 0 7 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per Loan.., all 811 82 Cont. (Mortgage) 50 Warrant Finance, RM. l2 1 2 108 50 West India and Pacific 1 P Steam, lim. ................. 2O 4 2 20 West London Whams and Warehouses lO --- - coLuzu„i, 00Vh1tkiMMIT 81:CU1t1111co - britisb Columbia, 6 per 100 - Uo. 1895.. lOO - Can.Gov.6 p. o .Jan. , &July 1877-84 ......... . - Do. 6p. a Aug lOO 10 4 1(.4 103 - Do. sp. 0. Mar. a Sept lOO 102 log - Do. sp. o. Jan. a .1 111 3'.• 100 83 el - Do. SD. o. Inscribed ek lOO 00 92 - Cape G.H0pe,14. 0 . 1073 lO6 102 104 - Do.Apl.&Oot 1690-1900 lOO 111 liz - Do. do 1880-9 0 .• 100 107 109 - Do. Jan..k.lttly, 180 l •••• 100 1 0 8 119 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 16 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 - Ce lon, Nov 1878, 6 p. 0.• 100 108 110 - Do. 1812, do lOO 1 0 5 107 - Mauritius, 6p. a, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1878 ........ ..• 130 166 los - 1)0. 1882, May and NC - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug..- 10 106 103 - 51.01bourne Corporate.,.. - 1867-75, 6 per ant ••1( 0 100 100 - 11.13.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.dauly.• 100 3 3 11.4 - Nat al 6 p cl, Apl & Oct .. 0) - - Du 6 p ALy & Nov 1 0 G 103 - lq• 8.W.5 p.e., '7l to '73- 100 99 1i 1 -- Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1890 133 914 00 4 184 0 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75.. - N.Zealand, 6p. ot. 1891.. ICO - Do. 6 percent.... - Do J an, Aprl, July, 100 93 94 951 - Do pc. Mar & bept '9l lOO 108 110 - Do J nue & Deo~ 1,91 - Do ?rev. • 1 Auckld. 110 - ttrie 4 i it 2, 1090. • • - Nova Scotia BD. o.Jan... - and July, 1875 - Do 15a6 lOO 102 1( 4 - Queenalnd. 6p. O. '8 25 •• 10 0 1061 10:2 - Do 1891 . - Tasmanian 6 per c. 1890 • • 1081 1071 1071 - Du th 9, 3 297 . ..... 100 1061 107 Victoria 6 ter cent. 1691 ll.O 118 114 14. April ezi Oct ZOO 199 noi THE CONTEST AT BRECON. Lord Hyde, the eldest son of the Earl of Clarendon, has issued his address to the electors of Brecon. lie promises to give his unflinching support to the Government upon the Irish Church question ; to sup port a broad system of education ; Mr. Coleridge's system for opening universities, and other Liberal measures. At a public meeting his lordship explained his views on the various questions of the day, which were considered satisfactory, and a resolution was adopted pledging the meeting to support Lord Hyde to the utmost of its power. The noble lord has since prosecuted an energetic and vigorous can:•ass of the constituency. Lord Claude John Hamilton, the former member for Londonderry, who has come forward in the Conservative interest, addressed a meeting of his party on Tuesday. He believed our institutions required reforming as education increased in the country, and the people became more enlightened. It was neces sary not to overthrow, but to improve our institutions according to the necessities of the times, and he was opposed to violent changes. Alluding to the Irish Church question, lie charged Mr. Gladstone with break ing faith with the country for giving £360,000 to the Maynooth College, when he now said that more of the revenues of the Irish Church should be applied to other religions. He avowed himself in favour of opening the universities to Dissenters, but thought, for the present, the governing body should be confined to Churchmen. lie also stated he was op- ) posed to the Ballot as un-English, and then proceeded to endeavour to chew that the Conservatives were the work ing man's friendsoy referring to measures affecting them which had been introduced by the Conservatives, and opposed by the Liberals. Mr. Noel has given notice that he will move for the new writ on Friday evening. THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. Mr. Gladstone's amendments to the bill for the digests blishment and disendowment of the Irish Church were printed on Wednesday, and occupy over two pages. Clauses 3,4, and 6, which refer to the appointment and duties of the proposed commissioners, are to be postponed. The most important of the alterations deal with the clauses relating to Maynooth and the Regium Donum. Clause 36 will run as follows :—" When the annual parliamentary grant for the expenses of the Nonconformity, seceding, and Protestant dissent ing ministers in Ireland, commonly called the Regium Donum . . . is discontinued, the commissioners shall, as soon as may be after such discontinuance, ascertain and declare by order the amount of the yearly sum there• tofore received thereout by each minister of any Protestant Nonconforming congregation in Ireland, or which he would have been entitled to receive if such grant had not been dis• continued ; and shall pay to eack such minister, so long as he lives and continues to perform the duties of his ministry . . . . an annuity equal to the yearly amount so ascertained as aforesaid." The words in italics are the alterations proposed by Mr. Gladstone. The con dition that "for the purposes of this section the yearly sum received shall be the amount actually received by such minister during the financial year ending the 31st of March, 18G9," is to be loft out. In the same clause, after the proviso that " the commissioners shall also on such discontinuance as afore said ascertain and declare by order the amount of any yearly sum to which any assistant successor to a minister in such congregation may be prospectively entitled, and shall secure to such successor a deferred life annuity of the same value, and payable in the same events as the yearly sum for which it is substituted," the fol lowing addition is proposed :—" The commissioners shall also ascertain and declare by order what Protestant Nonconforming congregations were, on the Ist of March, 1869, fulfilling the conditions necessary for eventually obtaining out of the Regium Donum the payment of yearly sums for their respective ministers, and what would have been in each case the amount of such yearly payment, and the time at wh:ch the same would have begun to be payable, and shall as from that time pay to the minister of each such congregation a life annuity yearly payment which he would have been entitled to receive on the fulfilment of the necessary conditions if the grant of the Regium Donum had not been discontinued; provided always, that no minister placed in a congregation, or becoming assistant successor for the first time after the passing of this Act, shall be entitled to any annual sum by way of compensation. Clause 37, relating to the compensation in respect of salaries of profess6rs and college buildings at Belfast, is to be omitted. The repeal of the Maynooth Acts of George 111. is to take place on the Ist of March, 1870, instead of the Ist of January, 1871. The Acts relating to the same subject, passed in the eighth and ninth years, and in the twenty third and twenty-fourth years of her Majesty, are to be repealed, "save in respect of any pecuniary and in dividual interests at present existing." The other amend- Ments are merely formal. Mr. Aytoun intends to move that only the life interests of the president, vice-presidents, officers, and professors of the College of Mayuooth shall be respected. THE IRISH CHURCH CONFERENCE, The conference of the archbishops, bishops, clergy, and laity of the " Irish branch of the United Church of England and Ireland " was held on Tuesday, in the Antient Concert Rooms, Great Brunswick-street, Dublin. the same " No-Surrender " cry was raised which has been so continually shouted out any time these eighteen months past. The Archbishop of Artaraou struck the key. note. His Grace told the meeting to be moderate in their language and actions, and then, as reported in the Mail, went on to say, "One thing the meeting must understand, and that was that the conference had no reference in the remotest degree to Mr. Gladstone's Church body. They studiously avoided giving it the slightest countenance. This was an assembly met together for the simple purpose of considering the bill, and protesting against its injustice. That done, they should dissolve, and leave no nucleus for the purpose of aiding in the Min isterial idea, They were not met there for the purpose of considering any compromise. They threw out no sugges tion on the subject—they protested against it. They looked upon it as confiscation—as assailing the prerogative of the Crown--as unjustly dealing with the property of the subject ; and for, he believed, the first time in the history of the country, destroying that which was the best of all titles—prescription. He recollected a magnificent and apposite illustration of Mr. Plunket's. In some cases where the title was defective he pleaded pre scription, and his words were to the effect that Time was armed with an hour-glass as well as with a scythe—with a scythe he mowed down the muniments of their pro perty, but with the hour-glass he gave stability to their title. Mr. Gladstone's bill prevented them from using the hour-glass, and treated them to the severity of the scythe." This was received, we are told, with tremendous applause. The Archbishop of DUBLIN said very little, but the Earl of LONGFORD followed the suit of the Lord Primate. There had been no approach to a compromise, the noble earl declared. One side maintained that by the violation of oaths, promises, and sacred engagements, by tearing up Acts of,Parliament and crushing religious action, a new era of peace could be inaugurated ; but the other side persistently refused their assent to this arrangement. When it was said that the Government was induced to bring forward this contemplated change in the Church of Ireland as tending to the mutual improvement of all classes, their rejoinder should be—We do not surrender ; we do not accept your inevitable ; we protest against your bill ; we reject your proposal for the dissolution of the union of the Church of England and Ireland ; we object to your bill for its insulting title —to put an end to the Establishment of the Church of Ireland; we object to your sham compensation ; we believe that if your bill should pass Church and State, property, and all social and political interests would suffer. Our case is that our Church has been legally established, loyally maintained in connection with the State, acknowledging the supremacy of the Crown, served by faithful ministers and with no excessive endowments, those which it has being, moreover, its own property, which ought not to be touched by the State. The Bishop of Ossory, Sir Frederick Shaw, Sir Joseph Napier, and others followed in the same strain. Mr. Isaac Butt, Q C., is mentioned as a Liberal- Conservative candidate for Youghal. The masters and men in the building trade at Liverpool are in dispute about the code of trade rules, A IMPERIAL PARLIA NEM HOUSE OF LORDS—Tnis EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. NEW PEER. Lord LAWRENCE took the oath and his seat on being created a peer. The noble lord was introduced by the Duke of Argyll and Lord Chelmsford. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. The Earl SIfAFTESBURY moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to cheapen and ex pedite the mode of procedure in the Ecclesiastical Court. [LEFT SPEAKING. I HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TIIIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at . 4 o'clock. THE IRISH CHURCH FUNDS. Mr. WIIA LLEY gave notice of his intention to move that any surplus that might remain of the revenus of the Irish Church after compensation had been made should be ap plied to the reduction of the national d (Hew-, hear, and laughter.) The Marquis of lIARTINGTON said it wis the desire to proteLt as far as possible the health of the persons on gagi,d in the trausilissi , u of mails, and with that view it wal about to try the experinu of somn3. the mails be tween Plymouth and Bristol instead of as was now done at s,-a. lie did not say that the arrangement fur sorting the letters was completed. RESTORATION OF COMPOUNDING. Mr. COSCHEN, in reply to Lord Holley, skid it wa; the intention of the Olivet nment to uroceed with the Assusment Bi 1, but he might sly that it was kis inten tion to move the introducti,n of clauses to enable the owners of small properties to make arrangements fur the payment of the rates levied thereon. Be would lay upon the table the clauses ha proposed to intro Inca as soon as possible; care would also have to be taken that the rights conferred by the . Reform Act of last ses3ion were not interfered with. (Hear hoar.) WOOLWICH DOCKYARD. _ . Mr. CHILDERS informed the house, in reply to a question from Mr. Mills, that Mr. Barnes was not entitled to a pension for his 25 sears' duties as Admiralty pilot, as he had received full pilotage, which WiS considered quite sufficient for the services rendered. No eligible offer had yet been made for the premises at Woolwich, and at the present moment he could not say what would be done with it. 105 107 9i 99 95 9i 10 112 70 75 BATHING- , -BATTERSEA PARK. Mr. LAYARD, in reply to Mr. Peek, said it would be inconvenient to allow persons to bathe in the concreted water in Battersea-park until a bathing house was erected. The water was very shallow, and he doubted whether, if the use of the water was allowed, the butlers would de rive any great benefit from the privilege. LANDLORDS' TAXES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply to Mr. Greville, said t , nants called upon in January next to pay their landlords' assessed taxes would be entitled to deduct them from the rent due in March. The tenant, he did not think, would suppose it any great hardship in being called upon to pay the charges before the ordinary time. THE CORN DUTIES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was intended to collect the corn duties until the 4th June. after which, if the house sanctioned the proposals he had sub mitted to it, it would altogether cease. He could not altor the answer he had given the other day, that it was pro posed to allow any drawback. COAL MINES. Mr. BBUCE said he intended that evening to move for leave to introduce a bill to consolidate the law with regard to coal mines. THE TELEGRAPHS BILL. The Marquis of HAR CING TON, in reply to Mr. Baines, said he was afraid he could not give any further information on the subject than that he communicated the other evening. The arbitration of the sums to b 3 paid to some of the companies if the Government took the lines had been completed, but the greater part yet remained to be ar ranged. When the arbitration had further advanced, so as to give an idea of the gross sum required he would at once state the course proposed by the Government. He might, however, say that he should in a few days move, in accordance with notice given iu the Gazette, for leave to bring in a bill, while the bill of last session was carried into operation, to give the Government the monopoly of transmitting telegraphic messages. MEXICO. Mr. SHERIDAN gave notice of his intention to make a motion on as early a day as possible for tho re-opening of diplomatic relations with Mexico. IRISH 0111 - IWEI BILL. On the motion for going into committee, Mr. NEW DEGATE rose to move that tho house would, on that day six mouths, resolve itself into the said com mittee. He said he was quite aware of the desire to press forward the proposals of the Government, but he felt he Lad also a duty to perform, and that was to give the bill the most uncompromising opposition. Ho objected to go into committee on the bill of the right hon. gentleman, because it would effect a state of things that would be most lamentable for time to come. He objected to the bill, because he b3lieved it would impair the supremacy of the Crown and the supremacy of the law in Ireland. (Loud cheers from the Opposition.) In fact he looked upon it as a direct invasion of the royal prero gative. (Hear, hear, and cheers from the Opposition.) (LEFT SPEAKING.) Bank of England Returns. An Account, pursuant to cap. 32, for the week ending ho Act 7th and Bth Victoria Vednesday, April 14, 1869. 'ARTMENT. ISSUE DE Notes issued .....£30,890,005 Governint. Debt..£1.1,015,1C Other Securities.. 3,984,90 1 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver liallkm .£3U,?99,005 BANKING 1). .C 30,820,005 Proprietors'Capi tal 1'14,553,000 Itc,t Public Deposits . (includiegEx chequer, Say ings' Banks, ConuniF.;sioners of National Debt. and Div. Accounts Other Deposits.. 18,111,561 Seven Days and other Bills.. r:PARTMENT. sities(induding Dead Weiglit Annuity) .. tt 1,020,798 Other Securities 17,369,891 Notes 7,IQ dolit aud ativer Coin 481,375 £40,571,429 I £10,571,429 GEORGE FORBES, Chief Cashier. WRECK.--The schooner Remedy, Bonchar mas ter, from Cardiff, ran ashore near Mullion, coast of Corn wall, on Monday. Crew saved. Yesterday the 2d battalion, 7th Fusiliers, under the command of Col. Cooper, arrivid at Alderahott from Bury and Ashton. Colonel Farren, C. 8., late 4th depot battalion, has assumed the command of the Eastern district, vice Major-Gen. Tidy. Lieut. Birch, second batta lion 20th, is under orders to proceed from the depot to the service companies in charge of a draught of the con's. A good conduct medal and £lO have been pre , sented to Sergeant-Major George Ray, 4th depot battalion. Her Majesty's unarruoured paddlewheel sloop Basilisk, 6, 400-horse power (nominal), Capt. Win. N. W. Hewett, V.C., was yesterday paid off in the steam basin, Chatham, into the fourth division of the Steam Reserve in the Medway, under the super intendence of Capt. the lion. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., superintending tho dockyard and Steam Reserve. David Williams, boatswain's mate, and Joseph Hammond, ship's cook, were awarded by the Admi ralty each a silver medal, with gratuity, for long service and conduct. During the time the Basilisk was in commission—a period of three years and seven mouths—she was attached to the China squadron, and was employed in cruising in the China seas and adjoining waters. Most of the officers, including Capt. Hewett, who left England in the Basilisk, return with her. By order of the Admiralty she has been completely stripped, and most of her internal fitments and bulkheads re moved, as it is not intended to again place her in commission, but either to break her up or sell her out of the Royal Navy. On being paid off yester day the continuous service men among the crew were granted the usual period of absence for their run ashore. The following notice for the information of the workmen connected with Chatham dockyard, who are about proceeding to Canada, at the expense of the Government, was yesterday posted at the dockyard gates :—" The dockyard artisans who accept the offer of passage iu her Majesty's troop ships proceeding to Canada must distinctly under stand that on their arrival at Quebec they will be exactly in the same position as ordinary emi grants, and that the Government is not in any way responsible for providing them with employment. There is, however, n large demand for labour by private employers, but for their own sakes the emi grants should not refuse any reasonable offer on their first arrival. The following candidates are to be included for emigration :-1. Labourers of upwards of three years' service in the dockyards, re:ently discharged. 2. Established men. 3. Hired men about to be discharged may not be included, unless of three yea! s' service in the dockyard. 4. Men who have not been discharged within the last 12 months may not be included as candidates for pas sage to Quebec." Iler Majesty's iron troopship Dromedary, Staff- Commander James Kiddie, arrived in the Thames yesterday morning, off the Royal Arsenal, Wool wich, from the West Coast of Africa, and will com mence discharging her powder and other warlike stores, and afterwards proceed up the river to her Majesty's dockyard at Woolwich, to await further instructions from the Admiralty. The 2d Battalion of the 23d Royal Welsh Fuki- Hers now stationed at Newport and Brecon is under orders to leave for Aldershot at the end of the month, or early in May. Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle Pontefract 9, 10 I Hendon ..... 12, 13 I Nottingham 13, 14 1 . - Southampton 13,13 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford . . ":3, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 AUGUST. Brighton 3 4 Oxford ...... l9, 20 Brighton Club 5 York .................. 24 , 25, 26 Lewes 6, 7 Pl)mouth 46, 27 Egnam ... ' ' 10, It 1 S ca rborough 80, 81 Wolverhatrpton l O, It I Derby Summer ...31, Sep, I, Windsor 12, 13 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 St. Albany . . ............. 17, 18 1 Cautcrbury„ 01, Sep. 1 Stockton...—. ...... 16, , 20 I S /O EPTEMBER. - -- --- - 6 Hampton ....21, 2 (A.yr).......22, 2 3 919 . . ... i Hendon Abiugdou ........... . . . ~ _ CWuarrr7gilick(“ko.y.a"ls ...... .........; 7 3: 9 Western .. 11 10 It.). 1 i Monmouth... • . 23, 21 Doucitster .... , 1 .. Richmond... it, • , 2 1 Newmarket ist Uct 28, cte. Lichfield • . 21,22 1 Lanark... 29, 80 , OCTOBER. . . 5, 6 Cheltenham l 9. 20 6,7, 8 Curragh l9, 2‘, 11. t ß d ed in fo b U'. ... I Leicester 7, 8 I West Drayton .........21., 22 Brumley 7 8 Hereford 2l, 22 Newmarket 2d 0et...11, Ste, Monmouth 23, 24 Chelmsford l9 20 Newtuark.t ll'ton ...25, dtc. Kelso 19 20 NOVEMBER. Harrow 2, 3 I Eglinton hunt 6, 7 Worcester 3, 4 1 Liverpool st. AlbillAtttiontost bv 6 1 4 b 4 VlTt 3 nt r Y 11.111"1161 " Tumult Lord Waldegravo Sir Will i a m.. Four ran. GOPSALL PLATE. Sister of Mercy Frees 2 Peg Woffington 3 Nine ran. 11A.NDICAP PLATE. Lady Rose _ Gordian Knot Harrogate....... Eleven ran. WELTER HANDICAP Kicksey Wicksey Charlotte Sorceress Four ran. RUNT CUP. Whalebone Starlight... 1 I'lireo ian. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEM ENGAGE MEN TS April 8, after 6 p.m, Alabama, oht of Eleventh Sale Stak s, Newmarket, and all engagements iu Mr. Heene's name ; alter 6 p.m., Tmthoon, Duuoon, and Bassoon, out of second year of Vie Tenth Biennial, Newmarket. 9.1,, at 5.3 U p.m., Lute, out of Knighton engagements. 10th, at 9 a.m., IVynustay, out of Augle,, , ey Plate, Lichfield; at' 9 a.m., Beautiful Bird, out of the Sale Stakes, Newmarket; eter 2 p.m., Belfast, out (.1 Newmarket Handicap; after 2 p.m., all Mr. Heone's horses, out Lichfield engage ments ; after 5 p.m., Clifton, out of Grand jPrize, Paris ; after 2 p.m., Royal Rake, out Bretby Plate, Newmarket. 11th, at 5.30 p.m., c by Birdhill. out of Lurley, 3 yrs, and c by Macaroni, out of Glengowrie, 2 yrs, out of all en gagements, 1969 ; at 7.10 p.m., Marquis of Carabas, out of Newmarket Handicap. 12, at 9 a.m., Lute and Narino out of Cardiff engagements ; at 9 a.m., Duchess of Athol, out of Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, DX., on Tuesday at Newmarket Craven Meeting; at 9 a.m., Nutbreaker, out of Sale Stakes, Newmarket; at 9 aan., The Nun, out of all engagements at Rambledon Hunt for which weights have been published to April 10, and out of Lichfield engagements ; at 9 a.m., Knave of Trumps, out of all engagements at Hambledon Hunt for which the weights have appeared to April 10th, and out of Lichfield engagements; at 9 a.m., Stradbroke, and Rivets, out of Lichfield engagements; at noon, Tim Bobbin, out of Newmarket engagements; at 0.54 r .m., Chaddington, out of Hurdle Race, Lichfield; at 0.51 r.tn., The Guide, out of Hambledon Hunt and Isle of Wight engagements; at 3.7 p.m., all Bromsgrove'e horses, out of Grand Prize, Paris ; at 5.40 p.m., Rosedew, out of all engagements in Mr. Fulke's name ; at 5:20 pan., Arbaces, out of Newmarket Handicap. 13th, at 9 aan., by Leopld, out of Lichfield Handicap, and South Hamp shire Grand National, at Hambledon Hunt; at 9 a.m., Fairminster, out of Column Stakes, Newmarket; at 11.35 a.m., Pearl Diver and Fortunatus, out of Croydon and Hambledon Hunt engagements; at 0.10 p.m., Little Treasure, out of Newmarket Handicap ; at 4.56 p.m., Punishment, out of the Newmarket Handi cap ; at 5.50 p.m., Ladoga, out of the Newmarket Handi cap; at 6.35p.m., Flying Scud, out of Newmarket Handicap; at 6.50 p.m., Provost out of Newmarket Handicap; after 8 p.m., Mincemeat (dead), out of all engagements ; at 8.10 p.m., Pero Gomez, out of the Newmarket Handicap ; at 10.53 p.m., Summertime, out of Croydon engagements. April 14, at 10 a.m., Nyanza, out of the Ne ?market Handicap ; at 9 a.m., Duchess of Athol, out of 100 Soy. Stakes, P.M., on Thursday at Newmarket Craven Meeting. RACING FIXTURES. APRIL. Lewes —2o I Newmarket Ist Spring Croydon... 22, 23 26, dce. MAY. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Eglinton Bunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11 12 Salisbury l3 14 1 Doncaster 13, 14 1 St. Albans 17 18 Wott Drayton l7, 18 Bath lB, 10 lio.nchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 Harpenden 2l Epsom Summer ...,.25, &c. ITNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 1 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer —l5, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragh 9 2, 23, 24 I Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, SO Jl. , LY " " pil)fr")N 1;,; Al NOTICE. The Fourth Edition of " The Sun" of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.30 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocx. SPORTING iN TELLIGENCE —This Day NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) CLARET STAKES. Typlicous Lt Sarazzin TENTH NEWMAREE PIENNIAL. Bluo Blueskiu.. Phoebus. 3 Four ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Cornet , Sasgitarius. Topsy 1 Fifteen ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. Rowsham Spider Clinker Pladda SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Eix ran. ASKE PRODUCE STAKES. Bertha.. Martyr SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. 1 Ito wsham w.o. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Vladimir... Brambridge •• '2 Saggitarius Four ran. ABINGDON STAKES. Stephanotis Blooming Heather SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOPS. 1 Lincoln Thunderclap Five ran. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. TWO THOUSAND. 3to 1 agst Duke of Beaufort (taken): 4to 1 agst Pretender (taken) 8 to 1 vgst Drummer (taken) Bto 1 agst Belladrum (taken) 10 to 1 agst Wild Oats (offered) 1000 to 80 agst Tasman (taken) CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Fairwind (taken) DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Wild Oats (offered) 1000 to 80 agst Belladrum (taken) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LICHFIELD RACES-YESTERDAY. WELTER CUP. St. Valentine Ganymede 4.da Penelope .. .. 1 Four ran. W HITTING TON STAKES. Scarrington Tadpole . Plumeake Eleven ran. LICHFIELD STEEPLECHASE. 2 8 46. { \