The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-04 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLock. Consols are 92i 1 3 for money ; ditto, for Ac e(nlat, —; Three per Cent. Reduced, 91/ 4 ; New Three per Cents, India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 211 ; 4140 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 1 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 14 x.d. ; ditto Debentures, 1 0 4 k; ditto Bonds under£l,ooo, 19 pr€m. Foreign stocks are good, with the exception °I Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865, and Greek Bonds, which show a reduction of k and re spectively. Peruvian Five per Cents., on the other hand, have risen and Italian Five ptr C ents. of 1861 I. The quotations are :—ltalian, 58 .1 57 ; Greek, 114 124; Mevican, 151 to 15i ; Turkish Five per Cents., 41i ; New Spanish Three per Cents., 32k 32 ; Peruvian Five per Cents., 81 811 ; and Honduras Railway Loan, 85 87. The New Turkish Loau is quoted at 1 to 11 Prem. In railways, Caledonian are lower, Great Northern 2, Great Northern A 1, Metropolitan *, aild South Eastern *. On the other hand, Shef field area better, Brighton 1, North Western and North Eastern 1. The quotations are :—Cale donian, 764 71 ; Great Western, 481 4 ; Great Eastern 37* ; Great Northern, 107 8 ; ditto AI 104 5 ; Lancashire, 124 1 ; Metropolitan, !,°, ; ditto Extension, 105 6 ; Midland, 1 15 16 ; "heffteld, 53 1 ; Brighton, 501 ; North British, 38 1 I ; North Western, 1141 ; North Eastern (B erwick), 1021 31 ; South Eastern, 751 61 Lhaitham and Dover, 161 17. United States Bonds are much firmer, the Five - Twenties and Bonds of 1885 showing a rise of I, at 8 14 82, and 80* 801 respectively. The Bonds of 188 5 are also 4 better, at 734 731 ; Illinois Central st ock has receded 4, to 964 971, and Eries remain at 24} 25. Atlantic Telegraph Original Stock has given Way k, to 331 341 ; the Eight per Cent. Preference shares have receded *, to 4 4i ; and Anglo-Ame rican Telegraph Shares are unaltered, at 221 22k the sum of of £93,000 in gold was withdrawn 41311 1 the Bank yesterday, making a total of X 267,000 during the week since the date of the last return. t , The Martha Bernie, from Sydney, has brought ' 41 ,500, and the Lagos, from Africa, £12,450. A moderate amount of Mexican dollars, includ llg those brought by the West India packet, has den disposed of at 59i-1., being an increase of id. 1 :Pou the last rate. Bar silver is flat, the demand f or India having for the moment subsided. A call of £5 per share, representing £500,000, is payable at the Bank of England on Monday by the 'Unfortunate shareholders in Overend, Gurney, and C ompany, The annual Court of Proprietors of the Canada C ompany is convened for the 31st inst. A general meeting of the Varna Railway Com pany is called for the 31st inst. With reference to the General Exchange Bank (Limited), which is now winding up in Chancery, a c ircular has been issued by the committee of credi t°ra and shareholders in conjunction with the liqui dators, proposing to pay the creditors, with the dividends already declared, 19s. in the pound at °r ice, in full discharge of their debt. The committee recommend the acceptance of the offer. The prospectus of the expected new Turkish Loan has been issued. It announces that the Societe Generale of Paris have authorised Messrs. C. Devaux and Co. to receive applications in Lon don for the Treasury Bonds of the Imperial 0tt0:244n : 244 n Government, the prospectus of which is 4 „ ta „ stl ed• The amount is 62,000,000 f., or about 4 z)480,000 sterling, to be issued in London, Paris, Co nstantinople, and Amsterdam, at 83 per cent. Th e b Gilds will be for 500 f. (£ l 9 168 . 10 d.) 2,500 f. ( 49 9 45. Id.), and 12,500 f. (£496 Os. Bd.) being calculated at the rate of 25f. 20c. to the Il sterling, for issue and repayment, bearing int erest at 6 per cent. per annum, from 31st October, 1868, and redeemable in equal pro- Portions at par, in franc- or sterling, at such fixed rates and at the following dates, viz. :-15,500,000f., Or about £6.20,000, on the 30th April, 1872 ; 15 ,500,000 f., or about £620,000, on the 31st Oc tober, 1872 ; 15,500,000 f., or about £620,000, on the 30th April, 1873 ; £15,500,000f., or about £620,000, on the 31st October, 1873. The bonds, taking into account the periods for repayment, are calculated to give a return (as near as may he) of 12i per cent. per annum. By convention the following annual revenues :-1. The yearly tithes of the villayet du Danube, amounting to about 97 5,000 Turkish livres. 2d. The yearly tithes of the villayet d'Adrianople, amounting to about 715,000 Turkish livres. 3d. The yearly tithes of the villayet de Salonique, amounting to 'about 480,000 Turkish livres. 4th. The sheep tax of Anatolia, a mounting to about 510,000 Turkish livres—total, 2,680,000 Turkish livres (or about £2,412,000 ster ling), are appropriated, during the period of five Years from the 31st day of October, 1868, to the payment half-yearly of the principal and interest of the whole of the bonds to the extent of 17,592,077 francs (or about £700,000) being a sum equal in amount to the principal and interest pay able half-yearly; and the convention provides for the paym ent di rect o f th e revenues so a ppr o p r i a t e d !o the parties to the said convention. The conven 11°11 also provides that in case of the revenues sO appropriated being insufficient the Im reial Ottoman Government will make good necessary sum five days at latest previous to ea ch half-y ear l y paymen t b ecom i ng d ue . Th e terms o Payment are—on application, £lO per cent. on no minal amount of bonds applied for ; on allot -41 °at, ;on Ist April, 1869, £2O ;on Ist May, 1869 , £32 6s. 10d. ; total, £B2 6s. 10d. ; l e ss inte rest (free of i ncome t ax ) du e on 30 t h Ap r il, 1869, w hich will be deducted from the instalment due th e Ist May next, £3—i79 6s. 10d. The sub leription list will close on Saturday at two o'clock, iItITIIIE FUNDS-TWO O'CLUOK UOVERNMENT FUND'. a Der Cent. Consols N D itto for Account, eer gent. Reduced 9lf I x d rr per Cent ... 91i f I .le 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 4,' " ' 6 per Cen Jsn. 1873 .. 4 , 4 uities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 188( — 1 ,( 2 .. for 30 yrs, exp i re sth A pr il 1885.. z.," 0 (Red Sea TeleE.raph), Aug., 1908 — -'l4(xluer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 } per Ct. o. £5OO Do k • £lOO k .£2OO — 411 k of England Stock. 4por Cent I '. r,_ acceuat — Oiled & 4 per Cent. Bonds — 'ter-Colonial Omnium — I m .lispiAti dOVERNMENT SECITHITIJse. ,` 419 . tock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 2ll 'O. Opening, for Account fj c) . 6 per Cent. July, 1880 11 ° ' 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 D°; Certificates — ' n o. Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent — ° r ib 5 per Cost., Jan. 1872 D 0• 9 per Cat. May 1879 — - Do e; Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — do 1877 — Do• do. 1882 — 11 . i. Deb., 5 por Cent., Aug. 1873 E l° . Ronde, 4 per Cont., £l,OOO s• tinder £l.000 FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Ar . 81f k iteUtine ite ul:Pic t , per Cent ... Do R • P A -' i ....-• d int ', , trip 4,0 pa id .. rian Bonds 5 per cent .L kr_il, ian 5 Do. 1859 66 } per Ce -)3 . li per Cent. nt 1852 DU' —°' do. 18 ' , 8.... ". do. lii6 ' — 13°- do 1663 — DO ' 0 per C ',,, ent., 1865 811 „ t ° Account .erioe A.yres 6 per Cent. Cho 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent — °IVA, per Cent. n 41 pei4n 6 perr Cent Cent 71} D°.3 ' Ai% 3 tv4r Cent 0 1 - ) 0 6 per cent. 1867 — . per Cent., 1866 le , _ , abian, 6 per Cent. Vaillen, Cent., 1825 e, no 8 per Cent., 1867 tiquador New Uonsolidated, 1 per Cent. 44Yptian, 7 per C ent.... B2l `;ecoutl Issue •• Do• 45'lL Bonds DC). 4100 Bonds 11.” 83 E~~~ rob 3• Louise !hriatian Louise , lies and ffindsor foszl• -- r. Alev ioicester- ng some Iployer. for hair' asterdttY ext them a flaw ed sing the ig them. d money . vo n into the Pr i ; iths, 911' 4th the labour• Goodal l ! ting an d Sc.' rem in : sea, 3 " a song, rester:lea lc moon out 01 red with knocked 3 ~ l a dy" ter asked ip i tt rieS lb ra a cop said 13 : nd ' he las I after" Th e ' wits '6l when 1 rse tor ll' th° ei" a :ng l 3 ll of PT, sow -0.0 Cif' L g p erici , a Y their • 0 l ap° itb tl'° ,---/ )e cre° 6 . ..----- 2• 83 : 7 4 86 ISt ° O 3AS ° Bpd 5° 11 of t,.." two: 18: 2 , 449 B Ari 5 05 94. :01, 449 , he Pre 4 013' 4' rs, at e o a. liroi d ell, i 1 Lel git Do. 1864 Do. Account D. 460 0 Bonds Do. £IOC Bonds — English Scrip, 1868 Do do. £45 pd — dis -;-'overnu , 4.nt 1 -i,ailwa,v Deth , nturet , Greek 5 per Ccat., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Account - Do. Coupong Do. Account 3,laretuala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 854 It , : tan 6 per re.'t., 1865 — 10. Accounts . — Do Maremraana Railway — < 'car, 3 per Cent Ditto for Account ;),-,. 1864 — Do A per Cent. Anglo-French — -outevideau 6 per Cent. . — Vic rxish Imperial 5 per Cent 'Jew Granada l6i Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferred earoviau o per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 80f 11 )t. 4i per Cent. (Uribarren) Do -4 per Cent.. 1862 .... . — Do Account .. P o rt,guese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7, '9,'6 , /,'2.': Do. do. Ix'67 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — 11 ~:si,to 5 per Cent., 1 .822, £ St Do 4} per Cent . 1850 .!)o -iA per C,int., 1860 Do i per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 . . Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £101) Ponds 94 Do. do. £B4 153. d 0... Do., 1866, .£lOO Bonds... Do. do £B4 los. do — o Nicolas Railway 67} Sar ,xliati o p..:r Cent — Spanish 3 per Cell .. Do. A ei. , ,tin, Do. 1867 Do. Account , 32f .1 Do. Aew Deferr,,i — Do. Account Do. Passive Do. C. an. Cert. of Con, . not fu led ... Do. Accoont ciwedisli Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — pr runfish 6 per Cent. i .. . )o Account 'h.> 6 per Cent. Diss — 'o Account .. 63+ h/ £lOO Bonds / 0 6 per Cent., DS62 — Do Aceeunt - ;.• Vet Bond, Do 5 per went. 1865 D. , Account Do 6 per Cont., 186 a 64 3t Do I per Cent., Ouaranteed io Lauri Warrant, , (hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Acceant lio 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 , — Divideuas on the above payable in Lona. Austrian a par Cent. Ex 10 Florins ... LSelgiau, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f Dutch 2# per Cont. Ex. 12 GO. 56/ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Do. Account — French Rentes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f. — ltftlian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. Zsl. Do Account 561 TWO O'CLOCK. Jonsols, Money ll2i 4 Do. Account, April 8 ,ree, o'clock.—The market BOURSE, Marcli.3.-11 closed as follows :- 4i per Cent. End of month... —• Ital 4 an Fives 57 50 3 per Cent End of month 7l 42i Mexican Loan ... 24 Credit Mobilier End of mouth... 293 75 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1620 -- Home Debt — Eud of month... Deferred — RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans ... 963 i Northern .... llBO Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..." 62l} Western .... 5961 Eastern • 585 Sardinian Austrian 656 Lombard 4B3f North of Spain Saragossa Roman 5O CENTRAL CRIMIiVAL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. The trial of Caroline Cottie, who was indicted for perjury committed in the Divorce Court in the case of Goderich v. Goderich, was resumed this morning, and occupied the Court the whole of the day. NEW COURT. Roland Hill Mooney, 17, was indicted for felo niously wounding Catherine Connell, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. pro T s h e e cu f t a r c ix ts w o a f s a th d e o e m a e s s e ti w e e s r e e iv r a a r t l l t ie i r u p t e h c e ul h ia o r u , se th o e f the father of the prisoner, and about 3 o'clock in the morning of the 31st of July screams were beard to proceed therefrom. An alarm was raised, when it was found that the prosecutrix had been most violently attacke 1 whilst sleeping in her bed room, and that she was then suffering from the effects of blows from a poker. The prisoner alone was iu the house with the witness, and when he was asked what he had had to do with the mat ter, hesaid the house had been burglariously broken open, and that the persons who had entered the house had committed the offence. From circum stances that afterwards transpired, it appeared that the prisoner had previously threatened the prose cutrix, and he was accordingly given into custody. The evidence having been heard, the jury found the prisoner Guilty. The Common Sergeant said it was a most serious case, as more than likely the prisoner intended to do more harm than he had accom plished. Had he been an older person he should undoubtedly have sentenced him to penal servitude, as it was quite a mercy murder had not been committed. Under all the circumstances he should pass the very lenient sentence of 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. 111 E OXFORD CREW. OXFORD, Thursday. • The Oxford crew left Oxford by the 12 o'clock train this morning, and appeared on the Thames this afternoon. They are all well. MARKE7 8-2 tics' DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. March 4.—Sales;probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. Idarksi quiet and unchanged. Voreign Mail Pacliet List. MAILS DUE. entrails. and New Zeitiand, vi dontnainptok. ..Feb. 27. Ditto, via ell-Bellies Ditto, via Pr....ania - .rkyii, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Mar. 7. Ditto, by French packet i.Ape Verde. by Brazil paoset tape of Gucci Li..pe. Ascension, and St. dolma Feb. 27. zia, renaug, and Siugapore. via Sow harapton Feb. 27. Aibraitar, via ~outuauipton Feb. 27 &lid's, via Soutliatnotoa unto, via s.larseli es Malta, 6gypt, Feb 27. Ditto, Marseilles Feb. 26 Alauttlua, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via do utlianal ton Pitto, Marseilles . ?liar. 19 ewfoundlall 4 rortugal ..... •.. Mar. 7. United dtates anada, Cslitornia, Zte.. ny British Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur, Princess Louise, and suite, honoured the performance of the "Dead Heart" at the Thdatre Royal Adelphi last evening. A Paris paper says, "It is rumoured that Colonel Norton is to become a member of General Grant's Cabi net." Considering that no man in Washington, except the President, nor woman either, if the story told in the samo paper just above this announcement be true knows anything about that Cabinet, it is strange to find so much known in Path,. The energy, the tact, and ability of Colonel Norton are generally admitted. His re port on the munitions of war at the Exhibition was per haps more widely noticed than any book published in 1868, and even in England was considered a fair, unpre judiced, and exhaustive description, although many con clusions arrived at by that officer ran counter to the Eng lish impression, indeed in a few instances did but scant justice to Britain. But the work has generally been taken as proof of no ordinary ability. The story alluded to occurred at a party given by Grant, who became the centre of a group of ladies, one of whom, thinking to catch the soldier off guard, suddenly asked who be intended to put in his Cabinet. "Madame," said he, "my wife has already asked that question, but I have n o t y e t t o ld her." DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co. Belfast; or 4, BoutprtrbuiPtings,~strand, Lowiou Tertimuout. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1869. SHARE LIST. !ICI-NAM dko STOCh.c. .re Ciosuag dubine, raid. Frwe. dome. t Bristol and illieter 77 79 771 et %Antiunion LUO 77 78 77 si tudiorian 23 Cornwall all 2; 31 ,t Dublin .1% Belfast June lOO 77 79 st Dun„Yerth, Ab.Juna 'loo 70 72 2J East I,ondon all 7 9 - 2/ DO 10 t Glasgow &S. Western lu, 97 99 • Great Eastern .. u 371 3$ 371 1 • Do. E. Augl. No. s . tik; 7 9 st Great Northol Seotlans 10c 15 a at Great Northern lO4 107 09 1081 et Du. A stock at Do. B stock IOO 121 1.5 at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 15 . 7 si Western -original lOO 49 1 49 49 4 • Do. South Watea Vic 51 59 s Do. W. Mld.—Oklord lOO k 7 .211 al Do. Newport tou !:9 21. ,t Lancashire& korasiiira JO: 24 1241 at Lon., Brigh.,& S. Coast IOC: 5 3 .501 601 0, Do Scrip at lon., euat., and Dover l6l 174 161 it Do. Metrup. Ex. A lOO - at Lou. & :North Wester lOO 114 141 1141 1 ,t Lou. South Western ivy SS Sid 8141 it Man., libel., & Lincein ItO I 1 531 521 at Metropolitan .... • lOO 10.1 107 107 6 at Do Extotialmi 100 LA 1 10 ~ u.... New rd 10 10 1 at MoLropoittan District. ali 45 13 44 10 Aletrop..,t. olin's 11 00l e at 31....c.un at Jo, &min. & Dv• hy st NJC to . ..... ;00 65 •0 at ou. Lau., & Dun st 1,0 102 03 25 Do. 1. parch:use-10.13 4 at Do Leeds at Do York st Do Cara •Le at Do Stoc & 1(0 100 st North Lon ,Jll 12) 10 Do ...ew 8 . 2 11 2 at North Staffordshire lu 5$ 60 st North and S.-W. Junction tOO 103 105 10 DO Now .ClO shares,i 7 ... Ithymneyst 49 5/ 58 54 at Surupsaire Union 0 at Suutu Devon' at South Eaatern lOO 761 77 761 at Staines, Wok'irmn, at Wok all la 13 at Du. .. • .. 5 3 4 ats.:1:1()Xt1 ltt %Valerie° 3z Wlllteha 1.. • RAILWAYS-PREFER6NCE SIIMILS AND STOCKS. 88 88 at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 40 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO at D 2, do. Ordinary lOO at Do. Midland at Du. Dundee and Arbroatn 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all sti Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Ghia. d S.W. ,guit. 5 per ct lOO at t4t. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 at Do do N 0.2 DU t Do do 6 per cent 100 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do C 7 do. 10J at Du 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 at Du do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pin. 100 at Do 4, do do du 100 st Do 5 do at sp. c. pin. 100 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO sti Gt. Nrcu of Scotland, let IA 100 ati Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO stj GLWest.—Orig.&Jnt. - Reu t chg., per gua.s p.c lOO st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO at Do do 4, per cent. 1850— 100 at Do do 4 du do at do 5 per cent. redein lOO at Do do Birmingham vit lOO st Do do du pref lOO st Do do Chester gua lOO at Do do do 8 per cent lOO at Do do do 5 do 105 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 4 0 p.c lOO st Do do • 41 1850 lOO at Do do S st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOl at Do do 2d gua. 100 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 st Do do 2tl do 100 st Do gua. 54 per cent. 1863 100 1)0 Lancaster & Carlisle 44 p.c. ail at Laneash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 at Du Barnsley, 55 3s 103 p.c. 100 at Do t; p.c. (East .Lancashire) 100 at Do 44 (Blackburn porch). 100 at London & Brighton, sp• c. guaranteed, No.l lOO at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 at Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do NO. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent lull at Do 6 do (W.& & UP./ 100 st D) 4 do 1859 lOO at Loudon, Chatham, e.; Doter 5 per cent lOO Stj Loudon and K.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Do Shrewsb'y & Welt:al/1 lOO at Loudon and 0.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 2s 63. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 256(1) all ' st Mau., Shof., &Lineln. 6 p.c lOO 11► 117 6 Do x,6 all par 1 pin at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent. 4 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. C lOO 135 140 at Du Bristol & Birui., Gp. C lOO ' 1 136 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 100 102 at Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 89 1 0 at Do Leicester & enn, 4 p.c. 100 lOU 02 at North ;3ritish, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO st Do E. &U.4p.c. S. & D lOO at Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per cen.t.. 100 st Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern—Cous. 4 p.c.... 100 Si Si 4 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 95 97 at Do (.1 N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. 2 Do York, 11.3 S. purcnase. 10 11) 101 s Du Stclitu & Drling. & 5 p.c. 10J 106 108 .7". Devon Auuuities, 1 all 91 101 10a Do Tavist i aik A uus ., at Du tlartlepoul 11. and it. 100 65 87 20 Norte. B;o.ll°rd:shire all 9 10 all 20 21 lOs 110.6. S. ~ ast. (Read. An us., 10s Du Fixed 44 p e r c ent all 8 9 1.0.6) all 22 24 224 at Do 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent st Taff Vale No.l lOO at Waterford & liilken n y , 6pc 10 0 0 0 145 11 12',: 80 82 96 97 102 101 $5 10J tiS 11.1 78 80 96 97 63 70 72 7d 95 100 1i: 116 110 112 lIJ Si luu 103 1 tO 135 130 1.35 Vt 3 110 10.# ND 145 150 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Calcdontan 4s p e gua. a t L i° Scot. Cm min. 7 p *** *** leo "' at Do 41 p irredeein all st Do 4p e eon. issueclat Su 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 st Do 5 do, 1562 100 ss e at Do New 5 do, 1803 lOO 87 Sj at Du do 5 du, 1864 IOU ea 86 at Great Northern, 5 p clued. 100 st Do Pe rutuent 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston &Stead, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. Shdl., 5p c 100 st Do Jointperpe. 5 p c,1665 100 SS 9: 91 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 10 108 2,) Do Vale Nes.th peril. 5p c all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, IL lOO 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per _ 1 1 cent till July, 1871 - 2 st Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1833 100 st Du du 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 st Do do 41 du, 1863 100 st Do do 5 du, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 tit Do No. 7 sdo st Loral , Chat., &c., 28, 6 p.c st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 Do do C 6 p.c *** ••• ••• st Loudon& N. Western, 5p e 100 107 100 1071 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 02 04 10 Mau. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1863 all 8 131 st Metropolitan o per cent lOO st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 iu; at Du 18 Do spc B 5 opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 l a o l o l 21 1 2 06 1 2 2 °3 :p i 91 18, Do lawny. New Snare s a ll 191 191 19 22 Do p c con, into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 3l 4 st North British, E. and CI- No. 1, 5 per cent ... . 100 St Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 st Do E., P., &Dun., 28, 4pc 100 •" st Do b.& , No. 2, 5 p.c S t Do N./3.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 •" at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c st Do E.& G., (OrdirY) 41 P o 100 *" st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 a st Do Stock. & Dan., D 100 111 113 st North London, 41, per cent (max. 5 per cent) st 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 ~, Do a do, 1864 B u t t 'Victoria St. & Pimlico, 48 pc 100 ... ... BAth wAys.—LINES LEASED AT FIXED E, 1u -1-080 Do. et--. 41-131nperai cent. Prefer.. all 101 i;:L" " at Bueltinguamshirs teat Coaster and tiolyhead e — at Do. 51 per cant. 100 117 11 at Du. 5 do. ... st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO 114 -• ••• at Colchester Stour Va lle y at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13: 136 20 Gloster and Dean Forest-, a ll ..: ... a Gt. Easn., Newm., etc., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 4 Fi at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., lieref 100 93 100 50 Hull and Selby all 111 113 a t Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 215 224 st London and Blackwall lOO 94 96 st Pu. 4i P er cent lOO st London, Coat., &c., 41 p c lOO ... "' st Do. Com. F und, s do 100 ... at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO ~, s t London, Tilbury, it South 100 81 t ,i at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 9 .) 82 Do. do. 6 do. st .. 51 Mauch., Buxton, & Ma tlk all 6 - i, at Al idland, Bradford, Pref lOO 93 91 1 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 N ortliernk East., 5 per cent all 5;3 bi 50 Do. do. 6 do. all „, .. • at N. Eastern—Hartlep ... o f st N.West. A perp. p sp. C. 100 10$ 110 st Do B minimum 1/ p.c lOO .„ st Notting. & Urantb. it. az C lOO 92 a 25 Preston and vt yre. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 13:1 134 s t Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 136 10 Do do 8 21 2.p St S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 99 100 st Do 4 per cent gua... 10 79 91 at D o I do ... all 97 99 st Vict. Station and Pimlico... 100 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 1)o do B all 20 Do do C all it Weymouth and Portland lOO ... st Wilts and Somerset 100 el 83 64 74 DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 120 123 st Loudon and St. Katherine lOO 4$ 51 goo D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ,„ .. . Mill wa ll Freehold Land at Dock lOO 31 33 a t Southampton lOO 76 7$ at 4urray Ciuguaordal u,,,4„..1 pg. • • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. usineati Closings Share Nene. . Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Li.mited, A all 111 1.21 Lilt I ig Do B lO f 4 50 Albion 100 Alliance. Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Auglo-Egyptian, lim all 19i 2 1 20 20 Anglo-Ilungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 6 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 It 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia._ all 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 10 Bank of New Zealand..,,,, all 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra- - 35 37 5 4 30 32 37 3SI 17 18 SO 52 301 21 22 lia, nd China all N Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China 20 City ,00 Colonial 2.5 10 Consolidated, lint. 4 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, limn 5 20 English and American, hat 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lint _ lO ld pr 10i 31 22 11 12 39 41 1 4lr 1. ) Oj 20 English, :_scottish, and lug tralian Charierod 2SI Hong Bong and Shanghai Bank Corporation 281 Do new 5l 100 Imperial, lim 2O 20 Imperial 0tt0man..........., 10 .5 lonian all 25 Do new 5 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, So all 76 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lien. 20 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 20 Do new 71 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart. of Australia all 50 London and C0unty...,,,,,, 20 20 Do new iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 Loudon Joint Stock 1 London and South African al 100 London & S.-Western, lint 20 50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l 100 London and Westminster 2O 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm , 20 100 Merchant, lim 2s 10 Metropolitan, lim all 100 Midland, lim . 2O 6 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool lira. 15 100 National Provinc. of Ened 42 10 Do . 42 0 National. SO 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do new. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 25 Union of Australia all 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of Loudon 161 1 17 18 2 zi 124 25 21 pr 1p 3/ 75 76 6 4 32 28 61 51 6 8 2 3 121 221 231 491 501 511 32 6 3 1 12 10f a 64 k 59 61 6 1 61 71 ld I 2 3 3 1 d 46 48 42 43 43 45 4 b 87 89 15 15 id 48 47} MISCELLANEOUS. MR. LOWE AND CHANCERY FERB. Mr. Lowe, we hear, intends to make a proposition which will rather startle the legal notabilities in both Houses of Parliament. It has hitherto been the practice to have all sums received on account of proceedings in Chancery fees, &c. paid into a fund called the Suitors' Fee Fund. From this fund all the salaries of officers and pensions not charged on the Consolidated Fund have been hitherto paid. Of course no check or control can have been exercised, for one and the same department made the allow ance, distributed the money, and audited the accounts. According to the new proposal, all moneys received by the Court of Chancery shall in future be received by stamps, the value of which will be paid into the Exchequer in the same manner as the fees of the Common Law and Admiralty Courts are now paid. The various sums required to carry on the several departments in the Court of Chancery will then be voted by Parliament under Class 111. (Law and Justice) of the Civil Service Estimates, and a system of independent check and audit introduced. Such is the scheme as it is reported to us.—Pall Mar Gazette. PUBLIC PETITIONS. The third report of the Select Committee on Public Petitions gives a long list of additional petitions presented to Parliament. The first is from electors of Dumfriesshire, praying to be heard in reference to the election of Sir Sidney Waterloo, which has been disputed on the ground of his being a Government contractor. Petitions for the Ballot, for the extension of the franchise to women, and for other alterations in the Reform Bill follow ; to be succeeded by a formidable list of petitions in favour of the disendowment of the Irish Church, bearing altogether 49,564 signatures. One against the disestablishment comes from Toronto. No less than sixteen appeals for the repeal or reduction of fire insurance are added to those previously reported. Three additional petitions for an alteration of the law of licenses for beerhouses, come from Leeds, Lancaster, and Bolton. A solitary petition comes from Coventry against the renewal of the French Treaty ; and one hearing 203 signatures of barristers-at-law, and others, is in favour of erecting the new law courts on the Thames Embankment. No less than 112 petitions, bearing 148 signatures, come from Poor-law medical officers for inquiry. Nine appeals for restriction of the sale of liquors are included in the list. Mr. Morrison, of the British College of Health, has, we see, not been without imitators in his petition against the Vaccination Laws. Happily, as the two peti tions for their repeal mentioned in this report only represent two signatures, we need not be very apnrehen sive of the results. ELECTION PETITIONS. At the hearing of the Taunton election petition onWed nesday, Mr. Henry James, the defeated candidate, was called, and be gave evidence to the effect that he gave the strictest order that bribery and corruption were to be avoided, and it was a condition of his standing that not a farthing was to be spent improperly. He would rather lose the seat twenty times than ratify the spend ing of a penny improperly. From his professional experience he also had a great objection to the use of public-houses, and he never entered them except to canvass the landlord. He did not know, after strict inquiries, of any bribery or treating on his behalf, and he took every step to avoid everything of the kind. Mr. Cole, Q.C., was at one time a candidate, but as the result of a ballot, Mr. Cole got 42 promises, and Mr. James 700. After a complete canvass of the borough witness got 994 promises out of a net register of 1,900. Witness left the borough for a time, and on his return was asked by voters, " Are you going to pay us our court money; the other side are doing it?" and such questions. Witness believed these payments were decisive of the result of the contest. Wit ness, esteeming them to be bribery, refused such pay ments, and the result was that he got the name of being mean. Witness admitted in cross-examination that some members of the Liberal Registration Association were paid ss. for loss of work in attending the registration court, but only on producing certificates that they at. tended the court and that they were members of the asso. elation. In opening the Wigan election petition against the return of Messrs. Woods and Lancaster, before Mr. Baron Martin, Mr. Giffard said he believed that one important feature, if not the most important feature, in the inquiry would be that rates had been paid in a wholesale manner for voters, with the intention and upon the distinct bargain that they should vote for Messrs. Woods and Lancaster. There were a great number of cases, but one would illus trate the whole► A man named Wilcock, who was acting for the sitting members, had paid the rates for a number of voters, and had arranged that the votes should be recorded for Messrs. Woods and Lancaster. The names of the candidates were not mentioned in many cases, but it was well understood by the voters fur which side they were to vote. Wilcock said, " You must vote for a good man ; a man of the right principles ; you must vote for him who has paid your rates." About fifty persons had been treated in that fashion, and had accordingly voted as they had promised to do, namely, in favour of Messrs. Woods and Lancaster. In the next class bribes had been administered, not in the shape of direct money payments, but in employments. At Mr. Wood's own colliery, and at a colliery in which Mr. Lan- caster was one of the chief animating spirits, voters had been applied to, and if they exhibited any hesitation, it was intimated to them that they would probably not retain their situations. In a great many instances employ. ment had been promised and given on the condition, expressed or implied, that the votes should be recorded in favour of Messrs. Woods and Lancaster. In another class undue influence had been used on persons actually in em• ployment. In one notable case a man named Tyson bad been summarily dismissed by his employers, Messrs. Peck and Wood, for having expressed his intention to vote for the Conservative candidates. It would be shewn that the relations existing between Messrs. Peck and Wood were such as to make the sitting members responsible for Tyson's dismissal. There were two cases —one especially which affected Mr. Lancaster. If their evidence could be believed, two men, named Abbott and Mawdsley, went to Mr. Lancaster's house in October last, and received a pound each on the understandng that they would vote for Mr. Lancaster, who paid the money in person. There were cases of smaller money payments, but these could not be traced to the candidates themselves. There were cases of treating, but there did not appear to have been so much treating as there had been in other places. In one case a third party, not a voter, was supplied with money to buy drink and refreshment for a voter who had asked for it. An application has been made in Vice-Chancellor Malins's Court to commit the proprietors of the Bristol Times and Mirror for contempt of court, in publishing an affidavit in connection with a suit (not yet ready for trial) against the directors of the Cheltenham Waggon Company. The Vice- Chancellor ruled that the publication was a contempt of Court, and that the proprietors of the paper were liable to committal. He adjudged them to pay the costs of the application. The case of the Rev. R. D. Duncan has for some weeks engaged the attention of the Liverpool Bankruptcy Court. At the sitting of the court on Tuesday Mr. Commis stoner Perry expressed a strong opinion that the bankrupt had . brought himself within those conditions of the Bank ruptcy Act which would disentitle him to an order of dis charge, and the judgment of the Court was that the order should te suspended for two years, with lib er 'y to apply for protection at the end of six . months. A fatal termination to a case of . hydrophobia occurred on Tuesday at Preston. The victim is a boy aged six years. Three days before Christmas a blue terrier dog belonging to the little fellow, fought another strange dog which is supposed to have been in a rabid condition. Ths blue terrier flew at the little bo y , and tore away part of the bottom lip. Notwithstanding the attention of eleven medi cal gentlemen, ho died early yesterday morning. Mx. West, our consul at Suez, gives a favourable opinion of M. do Lesseps' canal. He says: —" I have strong doubts of its being carried out within the proscribed period. I nevertheless believe that a cutting leading from one sea to the other will be effected, and, judging from the effects of the facilities already afforded by the fresh-water canal in conjunction with the Maritime Canal at Ismailia, there is every reason to expect that an increasing amount of traffic will pass through the Canal Maritime some time before its entire completion." MILITARY EDUCATTO/C—The fifth annual report of the Council of Military Education has just been issued. The report speaks very favourably of the efficiency and general conduct of the army schoolmasters and school. mistresses, and shews a considerable improvement in the state of education in the army. Of a total of 169,214 men reported upon, 16,010 can neither read nor write, 17,924 can read but not write, 124,893 can both read and write, 10,387 have " a superior degree of education." It is stated that in 1886 the percentage of men who could not read or write was 12'45 ; in ISGB the percentage was reduced to 9'46 ; the proportion of men who could read only in 1866 was 16'12 per cent. ; in 1868 it was reduced to 10'5 9 . The proportion of men having a superior education was fractionally larger in 1866 than in wh 1868 ere The best educated corps i s the Ro y al Engineers, only P 34 per cent. are returned as u neducated ; the worst, the Military Train, where the proportion of uneducated reaches 24.07 1 ‘ cent. In 1865 it was as high as 38'62. A. good deal of complaint is made of the laxity of attend' MC at ochg9l 911 the Port 91 X1419141 c 04' 105 107 98 100 98 100 10, 112 70 75 ii if 37 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira all 221 225 10 Anglo-31editer. Tel., lira.... 10 121 14 11 5 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 161 171 17 at Atlantic Tolegraph lO 88 35 at Do. 8 per cent lOO 8 i 83 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira. 5 4d 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 9 7 p r l-,a 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 141 141 10 Do. New 6 84 44 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 3O 11 13 5 Bombay Gas, lirn. all 3 1 41 5 Do. New 4 4 id 5 ) British American Land 44 16 18 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira 100 16 . 171 20 British Indian Tea, lira. all 2 8 20 British Ship Owners 7l ... .. 29 Canada Company 10 Canadian Loan and Inves t- all 60 65 ment, am 2l 25 14d 20 Ceylon Company, lira. lO , 3d 20 Do. A shares 5 3 2 d 10 City Discount, bin— i 45 8/ 25 City of London Real Pro perty, aim 8 41 .31d 50 City city ooff Moscow Milan I Inparso: irini lira alll b 10 25 1 14 1 i 50 City Offices, lira 25 24 23d 64 50 Colonial, lira. 2O 81 2 ' . Do. 22i ... ... 50 CommerciaZ U n ion (Assur) 6 1 lip 10 Company of African Mer chants, lira. ...... - 2 i d p 20 Continental Union Gas, aim all 19 2 i In 25 Copper Miners of England, 100 Prer Bonds, 1877, 41 per cen t, al l 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per ce nt. all 104 5 1051 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cen t, all 103 1 1041 Corporation lper cent. all a 7 London 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint all '24 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius li nt 10 3 1 21(1 at Crystal Palace lOO 20 21 at Do. Preference 100 94 29 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb 109 107 11 I 110* 20 Darjeeling, lira. all ... ... I 0 Eastern Assam, aim 65 ... ... d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim. 8 6 4d 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 1 7 18 • 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint ............. . 271 111 1145 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 911 955 v 55 4 1 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. Jim 6 45 4tl st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 250 260 10 Do. New 3 Eng. & Aust rat. Copper, lira 21 i k 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 4a 100 Eng. and Scot. 31 arine, lira. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 11d 20 Fore-streetWarehousedim l2 pr 1p 131 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 811 855 50 Gellivara, lira 2O ... ... 10 General Credit & Die., li.n 7l 11 14 6 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 lloniz &Col Marine lu. lim. 5 41 31d 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 20 Hudson's lay all 131 14 i;4 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lira. 25 Indu-European Tel., lira.., lO ••• ••• 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lira 8 11 11 20 Interne.. Land Credit, bin, 6 6 4(1 40 Italian Land 5 1 1 Id ,„ • 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 33/ 31 3 100 Do. 6 p. c. lids., redeem 1870, issued 90.,,,,,, • ,, all 62 i'd„ 634 4 50 Land Securities, 1ira........, 5 31 2 t. 25 Loudon African Trading, ,, 10 7 5.1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim. 6 ... ...d 10 London County Land and .. Building, lint . .......... 5 Loud. Provincial Tel, lira all 31 3 4 o 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cam. all i 41 3 R A Gi a c n i ci ° Gukailasg b.uEtiSinnerdirn. all lir 4 0 s•CSO Lond. Financial Asso., Li m 30 •—.--„ 64 Lo ad and Iron Ship, 1int.,,,,,, 25 22 17d 20 Loud. & Provincial M ar i n e 2 Id pr at Madras Irriga. &Canl. Gua. sp.c. by India Goy. 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, a nd 211500 National a, a ,t t t i a i 00 l lin Laud aall Dit: l .:L a u d . ts c hc o iop l 0 .:. n i .11..u.. ni 11 1. a: Agency, lint._ ~ ... i I id 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Yet': ... 50 Merchant Shipping, jim.m. all 32 37 SO Millwall Iron Works, li • 1 24 • •" tion Co., lint. .... 'l ' N l\ e e r ‘ b y u Q d u d e a b Coal mtda , & I . i I r a r 25 National Prov. Marine, lin t, 4 4 3 d on, inn 6 35 3 . 1 10 New Consolidated Dis , lint, ' lt ld 25 New Zealand Loan .i . ~ .,e . 4.4. cantile Agency,in n .. al r 21 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, aim.,... . 5 11 11 10 Northern Assam Tea . .. . inn''' . 7 5 10 Do. B ........ . - 5 1 2 ..... all st North Brit. Austral , 6'7: . : 100 47 52 50 North Brit. & Merea • tt. IL . , 64 19 20 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) ' 12. 131 5 i . 50 Oriental Financial, lim .. . 11 ... ...(I 5 Oriental Gas, am. .. 71 71 ........... all . 5 Do. New ........ ", . 1 i • ip 10 Otago and Southla • nqi ... it. vestment, 1ira,,,,,, ....... 2 1d fp 5 Ottoman Gas, In n .... all 14 2 1 10 Panama, New Zealau-d, and Australian R. M a il 1 . ... _ uri all . I . 5 Do do. all 0 at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lira . 100 32 85 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 49 51 50 50 Do. New 1867 ... 10 ld pr 25 Reuter's Telegram ........ 11 60 85 50 Rhymney Iron ............. all 19 21 15 Do. New .......... - ........ all 51 6 1 25 Rio de Janeiro City jai fun. all 1 9 2J 191 ~ 20 Do. Gas, lim ...... all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam .... 60 41 45 i 3 st Scottish Aust. Invest., •• ll ... 100 85 90 st Do. 6p. c. Guar, eref, 100 •• • •• • 20 Societe Fin, d'Egypte, lira. 10 7 65 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire ch. 8 21 3 1 50 S. African Mort. & Inv,, lira. 6 ..., •,, 25 South Australian Lad ~, all 35 t 4 °l at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip .. ••• 20 Telegraph Con. &Maim . J . G all 184 191 le 1 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lint 2 3 3 1 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim B4 ... ... 30 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 1 11) 10 Do do. do. all .. ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 1 fp 50 Union Marine L'pool, lira 6 41 5 p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 • • 3O '1.1841 122934:: 11 i 15 United Discount Corp., l im• 6 1 i 4d SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., fun. all 54 „.„ a , 5 Do. 10 per cent. prof. all 3 1 rip 'I 20 Universal Marine(ln.) ,llm • 8 11 2 p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lira ...•••• all 1 , 30 Van Dieman's Land ........ . 285 4 - 71 00 7 per Loan, all 7 81 79 Vi c C a e n ro t. y ( 3 o 1 50 Warrant Finance, lira. l2 12 10.1 50 West India and Pac ific o f rt E g gY age p ) t• Steam, lim. . " 20 WestLondou Wharvos and Warehouses ... ... I SP OULuA tiQ V AAA raliNl bI;UUIITIIS4 - British Columbia, 6 per cent.,1872...• •••• 100 .... - Uo. 1895... ......'AJuI.. •• 100 Can.Gov.6p.c..lsti. y 1877-84 Feb. . • .... • I(10 104 115 105 Do. 6p.0. .. & Aug.— 100 1(3 i t , s 130. sp. 0. Mar. A Sept lou 1 05 117 - Uo. 6p. 0. Jan. A July l OO 93 91 931 i - Do. sp. c. Inscribed 8k l OO 00 92 • Cape G.l-10pe01p.0. 1873 .• 100 102 101 • Do.Apl.6cOot 109 0-1900 l OO 111 113 ' - Do. do 1 880-ou .• 10 0 107 109 . Do. Jan..tJuly. 181 •••• 10 0 108 Ile - Do. 5 per cent. lb April and 15 Oct., 1900 ..... - Do. 1872, do. • Ce 3 ion, Nov 1875, 6 p - ' - •• 100 108 110 Mauritius, 6 p. c• 1873, 6.O.jaatJ ul y lOO - Jan. and July .• ••••• I 'c , 104 106 - Do. 1878 ... ........ - Do. 1882, May and l'ir '‘• Ou 106 108 - Do. 1895, Feb. A Auk ••• 10 106 118 Mylbourne Corporate., - 1067.75, 6 per cent. . N.13.G 0v .p 103 lot Natal 6 p at, AO& Oct 10.3 Do 6p 0. May & Nor.- ••• 1 0 ice 103 N. S. W. 5 p.c.. '7l to '75 lOO 99 lc 1 -- Do. 5 px. 1888 to 189 e • 130 vEi 00i 9.1 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to'7s N.Zealand, 6p. CL. 189 1 .• 100 _ Do. 5 percent.... Do Jan, Ap.l, J lily, 0 t lOO 93 C 4: 94f • Do 6p c. Mar dc -,ept '9l lOO 108 110 -- Do Ju: e & Dec , 1.91 •• •• 1(0 tog i ll IDo proy. i Auctld. 1 ~ .., ( btrie. 1 A 2, lell6 .. ) 4 ' l, - ••• Nova Sootia op. c.Jan and July, 1875 Do Itte6.. .••• Queenslnd. 6p. C. 'B2-5 lOO Mk 1071 107 Do 1891 . ...... Do. 6 p 0:1869.. • . 100 .... ...- Do. do. .A 2 •••• 10 0 108 110 Do rd. 1893 ..... -- Utoria 9,P.9. 1094",.... 100 119 us IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o clock. The Bayswater Market and Baths Bill was withdrawn. On the motion for the second reading of the Metropoli tan Street Tramways Bill, Mr. PEASE moved that the bill be read a second time this day six months. He did not think that the laying down of street tramways would be a benefit to the work ing classes, and he stated that he offered opposition to the bill entirely upon public grounds. Trials of the tram ways had been made in Victoria-street, the Bayswater road, and Westminster Bridge-road, and they were proved to be unsuited to the traffic of London. Tile motion was snonded by Mr. LOCKE. Captain R. GROSVENOR said !bat that public nuisance George Francis Train—(laughter) —had rendered public tramways in London obnoxious, because he bad laid down tramways in such a manner that they did considerable damage to N ehicles that had to pass over thorn. The plan now proposed would not offer any obstruction to vehicles passing over the rails. Mr. LOCKE said the rails woul 1 monopolise a large potion of the road, and in some parts of the narrow streets it would be found that these tracts would bo a great im pediment to the traffic. Mr. LAIRD said in Birkenhead there was no complaint of damage being done to carriages passing over the rails and along the Liverpool docks a train had been found of considerable importance, and had not been the cause of an 3 inconvenience. After some fu:ther remarks a division took place, when there were— For the s s!cond reading Against Majority --131 THE EASTER ADJOURNMENT. Mr. AYRTJN gave notice that at the rising of the House on the 23d instant, the First Lord of the Trea sury would move that the House do adjourn until the Ist of April. THE SUNDAY TRADING BILL. Mr. T. HUGHES moved the second reading of this bill. and, in doing so, said the bill was similar, with the excep tion of very minor details, to that of last year. He knew that the Government were of opinion that it was time to legislate upon the subject, and he proposed that it should be referred to a select committee. Mr P. TAYLOR moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Dr. BRADY seconded the amendment. Mr. AYRTON expressed a hope that the house would agree to the bill being read a second time. Mr. P. TAYLOR withdrew his amendment, and the bill was read a second time. Mr. FAWCETT moved the second reading of the Elec tioa Expenses Bill, and explained its objects, Mr. BAINES seconded the motion, and said he was anxious to see working men in the house, but it was im possible that could be dene unless the expenses of a con tested election were reduced. Col. BARTTELOT strongly objected to the bill. Mr. P. 11. MUNTZ supported the bill. Colonel GILPIN did not believe the working classes would be benefited in the slightest degree by the passing of this act. Mr. J. WALTER, while believing that the bill would not make more easy the return of working men to the house, did not think that the expense laid upon the rates for the legal expenses of elections would break the back of that most enduring animal—the British ratepayer. Mr. FLAYER moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. W. WILLIAMS also opposed the bill. Mr. AYRTON thought the house might with propriety allow the house to pass this stage, so that it might be re. ferred with any other to the committee. On a division the bill was rejected by the narrow majo rity of three. On the motion of Colonel FRENCH, a select committee was appointed to inquire into the management and cost of the lunatic asylums in Ireland. Mr. BAZLEY obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the Lands' Clauses Consolidation Act, so far as relates to the settlement of the costs of arbitration. Mr. S. CAVE obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to life assurance companies. The house then adjourned at half past five o'clock. ME NA7IONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. The annual report of this association has just been issued, and gives interesting information con cerni,ig the progress of rifle shooting, not only in this country, but in distant colonies, settlements, aad all places where our countrymen have congre gated—in Canada, India, Australia, and China, where shooting is c Irried on just the same as at Wimbledon. In 1860, when the association was in stituted, 67 prizes were given, of the value of £2,238, and such has been the progress made that at last year's meeting 1,045 prizes were given, of the value of £10,592 10s. The Queen has headed the prize list from the beginning with the special prize of the Volunteers, every competitor being the spe cial representative of a regiment. The prizes gene rally have been usually divided into two classes, Volunteer" and "All Corners," but last year an addition was made of " Army" prizes for certain selected men of the army to shoot for without pay ment of either entrance fee or sighting-shot money. There were 1,830 entries for the Queen's prize last year, a decrease of 274 on the year before, but there was an increase of 120 in the St. George's Challenge Vase competition, the mode of entry for which is 103. for each selected man of his regiment, being half the fee paid for entering the Queen's. For the Enfield All Corners, with entrance fees of 10s. and ss. each range, the numbers of entries still keep very high. For the Alexandra, with an entrance fee of 10s. each range, the entries for prizes amounting to £275 each range, were at 200 yards, 1,118, or 559, double the amount of the prize ; at 500 yards, 1,121 entries, or £650 10s. ; and at 600 yards, 1,088. For the Albert (any rifle), in which no one enters except the smallbore shots with the smallbore fancy rifles, there were 184 entries for the ,-.4'670 offered in prizes, and the entrance fees will bring in about £644, the amount being at the rate of £3 10s. each competi tion for the four ranges. This proves that fancy ride competitions do not pay. Another instance, in addition to the Alexandra, of mannerthe in n w hich the soldier's wea p on pays in competi tions is shown in the Windmill prizes, the entrance fee to which was ss. each range. There were, at 200 yards, 1,025 entries, for £175 iu prize value, and 1,019 entries at 500 yards, for prizes of the same value. It would appear from this that the favourite entries of the crowd of competitors are for those prizes which are shot for with what is still, so far as the volunteer service is concerned, "the national weapon"—the muzzleloading Enfield. One of the most interesting matches of last year was for the breechloading prizes. The sum of £5O was given by the Duke of Cambridge for competitors with breechloaders, and it was decided to give this sum as a " second stage prize"—i.e., for winners in a first stage to shoot for. This com petition, from which much utility was to be ex pected, was not a tempting one to enter, for in the first stage no priies whatever were offered in the book of prizes, all the information given being that competitors might enter three times at each range (200 and 500 yards), on payment of ss. each entry, making a total of 30s. in money. Lord Elcho has been elected as President, his old post, in place of Earl Spencer, who has been obliged to resign in consequence of taking the position of Lord-Lieute nant of Ireland. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 12 ... 12 f Do Rotterdam ..... — ... 12 It ... 12 2t Antwerp — ... 25 35 40 ... 23 40 Brussels - ••• 25 35 ... 23 Ramburgh — ... 13 101 ... 25 22f 13 11 Paris Ditto Marseilles 34 F r ankfort-on-the -Main ... 121 ... 1 12 43 .•• 12 00 Vienna Trieste ••• 3lf 12 55 Petersburg Copenhagen — ~ 9 20 ... 9 21 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz Leghorn Milan ... 26 35 ... 26 40 G e noa -- Naples .......... . ... 26 33 ... 26 40 Palermo Messina .. 26 33 ... '26 40 Lisbon Op o rto Rio Janeiro — ••• New York - •. THE NEW BANKRUPTCY BILL. —At a meeting of the council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce yester day, Mr. Clark, the president, stated that, except as ro gards ante and post-nuptial settlements, the new Bank ruptcy Bill would embrace all the more important reforms which chamber had IvaB acly pcated. n'aliTING INTELLIGENCE—Thfs Day LIVERPOOL RACES--THIS DAY. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) WELTER HANDICAP. St. Valentine 1 Tripthong ' e 2 Albion Four ran. LIVERPOOL CUP Knight of the Garter .... 1 Honesty . 2 Six ran. LIVERPOOL RACES-YESTERDAY. WELTER CUP. Tim Bobbin ..... Pompeii King Richard 1 ... 3 Five ran. MARCH STAKES. Hollandaise .. Sieg6 Train... Seamstress f... 1 2 Four ran. AINTREE PLATE. x Blackbird GR IND NATIONAL. Colonel Ball Court Gardener T wenty-two ran. FOAL STAKES. 3.lanola .. vr.o. 1 2 HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Ada Penelope Barnabo Chorister Five ran. SEFTON HANDICAP. Rosebud 1 Tripthong . Salliet Four ran. RACING FIXTURES. MARCH. Warwick 9, 10, 11 Baldoyle First Spring 18, 19 Hendon l2, 13 1 Margate 20 West Somerset 15, 16 Beverley 2O Northampton 16, 17 Durham 29, 30 West Draytou APRIL. Abergavenny l, 2 1 Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Bromley 1, 2 1 Knighton... l3, 14 Aldershot l, 2 1 Ludlow ... 15, 16 Catterick Bridge... ...... 1, 2 1 Eastbourne l9 Thirsk ... 6 7 1 Lewes 20 21 Hungerford 6, 7 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Lichfield 6, 7 Croydon . 22, 23 Cambridge 7 8 1 Newmarket let Sprin g Croxton Park . 8 1 26, ,to. Streatham 8, 9 I MAY. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 1 Doncaster 13, 14 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 ; West Drayton l7, 18 Winchester ll, 12 1 Bath 18, 13 York 11, 12 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 Croydon 19, 21. St. Albans 13, 14 Harpenden 2l I Salisbury l3, 14 Epsom Summer ....,25, &e. JITNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 1 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragh 22, 23, 21 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 iiibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24,.25, 26 Chelmsford S uttou Park .....29, 30 JI , Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Southampton 13, 14 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford "2, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 _ . 6, 7 .. 9, 10 12, 13 P C :o e r u a l t e i d s o l f e u r ac . . . . 13, 14 Nottingham Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Eguam lO, 11 Wolverhan•pton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT: Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Cl►elmsford l9 20 'UST. Oxford York 24, 25,.26 Plymouth 26, 27 Scarborough .BO, 31 I Derby Summer —3l, Sep. 1 • Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 I Canterbury 3l, Sep. 1 Kelso 19 20 No\ 7 l Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow 2, 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 STEE PLE C H MA Kingsbury 12, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 York ..17 Al' Aldershot 1, 2 Bromley 1 '' , Abergavenny l, 2 Lichfield ..6, 7 Southdown Hunt .7 Cambridge ... 7, 8 Cheltenham 7, 8 Stork, :MBEIL IHampton.. ....21, 22 Western (A 3 r)........22, 23 I Hendon 23, 24 Monmouth._ • 23, 24 INewmarket ;at 0ct....28, &c. Lanark... 29, 30 'OBER. Cheltenham l9, 20 Curragn l9, '2O, 21 \Vest Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmark wt Inun —23, ace. MBER. Shrewsbury 15, Leamington liunt 23, &o E FIXTURES. ZO H. Cm wkerne lB, 19 Chopstow ....29, 80 i:JL. Streatham B, 9 Royal Artily., Woolwich.. • 8 . , ..._ Knighton Ludlow l5, 16 Tenbury... 2l Croydon 22, 23 Co. Louth & &rdeen 27, 28 Al AY. Limerick Hunt 4 St. Albans .. 18 I Eglintou Hunt 6, 7 Woet Drayt0n.......... 17 JULY. Kingsbury 9 00 TOBE it. _ _ Bromley 7 I West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER ____ _ _ Harrow 2, 3 I Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Worcester 3, 4 Liverpool St. Albans 5, 6 1 Shrowsbary ..... l5, 16 COURSING FIXTURES. MARCH. Fourth S. Lancashire (Champion) County Louth (Champion), Ireland 18, itc. Scottish National Open, Lanark ...30, AUGUST. St. Albans NO VENiBER Sundorne, Salop Cothan and Eston BANK OF FRANCE. o .___ PARIS, Feb. 25. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Feb 25. fr. c. Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Feb. 18. 182,500,000 - - capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve of lauded pro perty 4,000,000 4,000, 359 00 0 Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderand 22,105,750 14 22,105,75 0 14 receipts payable at sight 35,223, 257 48 34,079,872 50 Treasury account cur rent creditor ......... 151,035,126 48 143,455,798 37 Current accounts, Paris 203,251,166 89 253,i41,894 38 Do. branch banks...... 45,392,697 44,895,663 Dividends payable 1,458,9 41 1,620,906 Discounts and sundry interests ............. Red i scoun ted the last s i x months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries - - 5,526,36 1 20 7,220,662 76 Total ............... 2,052,966,802 27 2,017,694,390 15 CREDITOR. Feb. 25. Feb. 18. Cash in hand and in fr. c. Ir. o Branc h banks ......... 1,123,246,515 38 1,112,139,680 03 Commercial bills over- 204,857 48 263,008 85 due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 28 - 1 41,130 06 280,663,421 84 Do. branch banks 253,705,701 263,076,311 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 4,513,800 Do. on French Public 28,898,600 - 4,210,000 - Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares 13,609,900 - 6,955,580 - 13,615,500 - 6,857,880 - and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier 37,308,700 - 27,764,400 - 37,588,800 -- 27,860,000 - Bonds . Do. branches . Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re- 929,900 - 940,300 - 949,700 - 880,200 - 60,000,000 - serve • Do. disposable Routes Inunobalis6es (Law, June 2, 1857) 100 000 000 -- 100,000,000 Ilotel and furniture of the Bhnk and landed propez ty branches 8,975,735 8,975,735 Expenses of manage ment 521,069 49 273,842 14 Sundries 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 80,633,437 21 80,633,487 21 Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) EQVIi•NP. LY. AUG gay