The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-08 00:00:00

r BY Lro2o •" Easter week at Bailleul. m visiting 00 )erformance the and in ordeC lirector of the the opposY ) undertake the I the cage, and the lions go en it came 0 e animals WI dead of keepie wont to do, be ge. This seale 4 to pounce upoe tunate man IVO ELECTION' lay, a stationet ,ught up on re' cc-constables 1 0 !ntary election ; also, with ent, and with 'ter the declare' :ction at Black y -street, where fire four shot and afterwara e Kenyon in el ° with the but! ons were found he prosecutil )ver Ken yOO l in the street' d that the OOP were breaking y hearing til e ug with intent" the assault iring a gun, ')/ Staffor d i labour agai ll mmittee of the ed the gaols 01 vith the vie 4 iniary result' labour read' formatory, lopted. Thel " sepaxAt e in the ', and recdg y vheel be cot 8 strong cp . renwneratiO ny countrie j would 11/ kt the sail l ! far did o° ' It the DO° ion, and a r e ' Bowring, vd! ° expressed 131/ 10 blind as t ° empty WO PARIS IVO! Luce Of s deter' )t une% ) ' a effects e redue 4 they $ the 10 rard tho d a car/ covered am hag an who , The )nch Of iment 1 Civil I order knivegf is said, PaPe t ° d, hitt -actors )er 01 soma tiding Ki bins LITERATURE. Erick T7torburn ; A Novel. Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett. If " E;ick Thorburn " is a first work, as from the absence of any name upon the title-page, and from other reasons, we are led to infer, it promises well for the future success of its author. The cha racter of Erick Thorburn, who is by no means of the ordinary stamp of novel hero, is very cleverly conceived and very skilfully delineated. Erick possesses no brilliant qualifications or superficial adornments ; his chief characteristics are his plain common sense and his determined perseverance in what he believes to be his duty. Maurice O'Keefe, the schoolfellow of Erick, called, from his girlish appearance and curling locks, by the familiar appel lation of " Fan," is weak and amiable, and from their school-days until the close of their companionship is in every way a contrast to his friend. The strong affection which, in their early days, exists between "Fan" and " Thor," although sorely tried by adverse circumstances, and fora time diminished by alien influences, is never destroyed, and revives with its old tendencies in the parting hour. We never have the heart to " sroil a story" by detailing its plot. We shall not therefore reveal the mystery which overshadows the life of Erick Thorburn, and tries the tender heart cf poor Evy Carew, a sweet little heroine, with whom the novelist has been somewhat severe. A year or two of proba tion might have sufficed for all the purposes of the story. The long and weary waiting to which these lovers are subjected is not only painful to themselves, but (far worse!) tedious to the reader. This want of concentration in the interest of the plot is, however, excusable, if, as we imagine, " Erick Thorburn" is a first work ; and if so, as we have already observed, it affords ample promise of future excellence and future success on the part of its writer. The overwhelming flood which de vastates the country towards the close of the narra tive is very effectively described; but as it recalls to the mind of the reader that terrible episode in " The Mill on the Floss," in which Maggie and her brother found an undivided death, its introduction is somewhat unfortunate. A happier ending, how ever, rewards the patience of Erick Thorburn, and (no matter what evils have gone before) " all is well that ends well." Lorna Doone; A Romance of Exmoor. By R. D. Blackmore, author of " Cradock Nowell." Three Vols. Sampson, Low, Son, and Marston. From some innate love of the terrible and myste rious, such as renders " Jack, the Giant Killer," a favourite in the nursery, the histories of highway men and robbers seem to possess some marvellous power of attraction. While the names of better men are " willingly let die," tradition tenderly cherishes the recollection of Robin Hood and Claude Duval, and others of equally respectable celebrity. Among the chronicles of the West of England are records of the terrible Doones, a band of robbers, who lived by the right of might, and scattered terror and dismay through all the country round. The narration of their doings and mis doings,which is given in these volumes, is supposed to be related by one who actually took part in the events which he describes, John Ridds, yeoman, and churchwarden of the parish of Oare, in the county of Somerset. The story is written in a very interesting and attractive style, and quite realises to the reader's mini the time and scene to which it relates. Among the first re collections of his childhood, John Ridds describes the murder of his father by the terrible Doones, and his mother's melancholy pilgrimage to the very home of the assassins. There we have a glimpse of the venerable and courtly Sir Ensor Doone, the father and chieftain of the robbers. Himself a gentleman by birth, and brought up to better things, Sir Ensor having incurred the pe nalty of outlawry, had established himself in the forest of Bagworthy, and brought up his sons and grandsons like the Ishmaelites of old, with their hand against every man, and in conse quence with the hand of every man against them. In the midst of this savage race, like the enchanted princess of a fairy tale, lived the gentle, lovely Lorna, whose chequered history is recorded in this chronicle. Lorna Doone has found a worthy cham pion and historian in honest John Ridds, and the latter has found a fitting exponent of his opinions in the person of Mr. Blackmore. From its very dis similarity to the ordinary run of novels, this romance of Exmoor will prove attractive to the novel-reader. NEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Settling accounts is the principal business to day, and from the limited supply of stock the " bears" have commen3ed their operations, but whether their exertions will produce the desired fall in price is yet a great question. Consols have in creased in price, and the Threes and New Threes. The abundance of money has given rise to favourable anticipations, and indeed so sanguine are some very influential persons that a reduction of the minimum official rate, from 4 to 3i, within a fort night, is fully contemplated. Consols are 93} I for money; ditto, for Ac count, 931; Three per Cent. Reduced, 93i ; New Three per Cents, 91i 2i ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 4 pm par; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, par 5 pm ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 240 39 ex div. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112/ 13}; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1011 1 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., Jan., 1872, 105 ; ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879, 1091. In the Foreign Market prices are follows : Brazilian of 1865, 80 to k ; Chilian of 1867, 95 to 1 ; Egyptian of 1864, 86 to ex div. ; ditto of 1868, 761 to 77 ; Italian of 1861, 551 to 1 ; ditto of 1868, 831 to 841; Mexican, 14i to 151; Peruvian of 1865, 79 4 ; Russian of 1.866, 901 4)911, ex div. ; Nicolai, 68 to 681 ; Orel, 82 to 1 ; Moscow, 79 to 791 ; ditto Charkof, 77 to 1 ; ditto Charcow, 77 to 1 ; Spanish of 1867, 311 to 1 ; 6 Turkish of 1858, 631 to 41} to I. 4 , ditt o o f 1862, 67 to / ; and ditt o o f 1865, American 5-20 Bonds are better, viz., 831 to /. Erie Railway shares are 24 to 24j ; Cen tral, 96 to 97 ; Atl ant i c and Great Western u ort De bentures, 31/ to 321 ; an d the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds, 311 to 321. In the Railway Market stocks London and North Western, Midland, and Caledonian have gone to 1, but Great Goeat Eastern and Metr up 00.. litan have fallen 1. The paices as as follo p w : —London and North Western , 11 5 i to Midland, 116; Great Western, 491 to 49i ; ; London and South Western, 87 to 89 ; South Grea t Eastern, 371 to / ; Brighton, 4810 4 i to ; Eastern, 75i to / ; Metropolitan, 101 1021; Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; ditto A, 109} to 110 ; Caledonian, 80k to 3 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 16k to 4. For Bank shares prices are—City, 12 to 1 ; 161 to a ; London and County, 51k to 52f ; London Joint Stock, 331 to / ; London and West minster, 641 to ; Union of London, 3 6 1 to 4 ; A.nglo-Austrian, 17 to 18 prem. ; and Imperial Ottoman, 2 to I prem. In 1 tiscellaneous stocks National Discount are 11? 2 L to ; General Credit, 1/ to 1 dis. ; Interna tional, 1/ to t dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 121 to ; Telegraph Construction, 16/ to 17 ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 3 a to ; and Anglo-American, 22,i to The scrip of the Guatvnala Loan is quoted par to prem. The mortgage debentures of the Trouville Asso elation are quoted par to prem. The Suffolk, from Port Philip, has arrived with £Bl,OOO in gold. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. It is doubted if there has been good foundation for any of the recent notifications regarding the Spanish Crown. It was highly improbable that enor Olozaga would go to Lisbon either to offer the Crown to King Ferdinand before authority for such offer had been voted by the Cortes, while the assertion • that the Portuguese Minister has been ordered to volunteer a categorical refusal in an ticipation of it seems equally improbable. The question at the present moment is creating much excitement at Madrid, and every hour new rumours are cinulated by the various political parties. Among other reports is one to the effect that, although King Ferdinand will not accept the Throne, it will be taken by his second son, Dorn Augusto, now 22 years of age, with an understand ing that his father shall asist him with advice. Complaints are made of the absence of any dis tribution to the creditors under the liquidation of the General Estates Company, which was ordered to be wound up nearly three years ago, and placed in the hands of a professional accountant, together with one of the directors of the concern. At the Mincing-lane markets business continues upon a very moderate scale, owing, in some cases, to the small supplies offering, and prie;s are conse quently, as a rule, firm. The public tea auctions have closed, having passed off steadily without altering previous qiaota;ions. Dye goods are generally quiet ; at the periodical sales of cochineal, however, a fair demand prevailed, and rates were steady, eN apt for silver grain, which was sold occasionally Id. per lb. cheaper. An extraordinary meeting of the Italian Irriga tion Company (Canal Cavour) will be held on the 10th of May, at Turin, for the purpose of deliberat ing upon the report of the delegates appointed by the general meeting of the 29th November, 1868, and the appointment of the directors who are to come in to form part of the new council of admi nistration so soon as approval is given to the con vention stipulated with the Ministers of Finance and of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce on the 7th March ult., for carrying the concordat into effect. The susjension has been announced of Messrs. Ferguson, Kemp, and Co., cloth manufacturers, at Glasgow. The house was supposed to be weak and their liabilities are small. At a meeting at Manchester of the creditors of Mr. John Hamer, manufacturer, who recently stopped for £27,000, and proposed a composition of 10s. in the pound, it was agreed to accept 13s. 4d. in the pound, in four equal instalments, in four months, eight months, 12 months, and 18 months. The transfer books of the Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company (Limited) will be closed from the 15th to the 28th inst. The eleventh ordinary general meeting of the Standard Bank of British South Africa will be held at the office of the company on the 23d inst. An extraordinary general meeting of the share holders of the Credit Foncier of Mauritius (Limited) is convened for the 14th inst., to confirm the resolu tions passed on the 25th ult. At the annual general meeting of the Florence Laud and Public Works Company (Limited) the report of the directors and balance-sheet were adopted. The company has made a profit of more than £22,000 on public works alone, by which their own property has been materially improved, while 17 acres of land have already been granted to the company by the Municipality, on a portion of which building operations are far advanced towards com pletion. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 3 per Cent. Reduced 931 1 New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cont. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Can ism 1873 — Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do..for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telet.raph), Aug., 1908 — Exchcquor Bills, .£l,OOO, 21 per Ct. Do £5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent De , . opening Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — inter-Colonial Omni= — INDIAN dOTERNMENT SECURITIES India. Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Opening, for Account - - Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 pee Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cant.... — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 .... ~,,, lO5 Do. 51 per Cent. May 1879 lO9l DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — Dv. B.Doenb4 4 perspe per Cent., Cent.,Ceut . , A . a , 6 g o 10 ..87_ Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING :PRICES. Argentine R e p u bli c, 6 per Cent Do., Scrip £45 paid .. A.ultriau Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 _ Brazilian 5 per Cent — 00. 11 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 1858..... — Do. do. 186, — Do. do., • 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account BOl 1 Bienos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. — Callan 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent. "' Do. 8 per Cent., — Do. 6 per cent. 1867 Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 0 lombian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 8 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ................« Fquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent, Egyptian, 7 per Cent.... — De Second Issue Do. #5Ol, B on d s •• •• Do. .£lOO Bonds Do. . • ... 83 1 1864 — Do. Do. .£5OO Bonds Account Do. .£lO6 Bonds B7l English Scrip, 1868 761 7 Do do. :X45 pd — dis Government Railway Debentures — Greet; 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups. — Op. Account • lio. Coupo ns — Do. Account ~ -- gaatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd ltaiian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account Do Maremmana Railway 11e3Ccat 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-Frouch — uontevideau 6 per Cent. .. — %lc &fish imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .< .. 791 9 Do 41 per Cent. (th:vutrren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per 0t.,1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.'3 351 / Do. do. 186736 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 t ier Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent , 1850 - Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds 9Ol 1 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9ll Do. do £B4 15s. do Dpopooiw NAAiceccauusunß:Railway 66 1 cot Accou nt Sa rdinian 5 per Ce n t — Spanish 3 per Oen .' .— Do. 1867 — Do. Account 31 Do. Ne Deferr e d — o o .. OAr Provinciale o . u e n e e' t i. .. .. .! . 3 1 31 , C 8 - 0 60 . . , u. . ir . t. , . . a . . g .. n0t. . e . .. L . . i . .......................... :. : : --- - Do. Passive.. Swedish Dn Do Government°, Do do, 18 68 Do do, Scrip T u pp r oo k i Account6s 1 peri p 6 er C e nOt7iBt . 5 ! . 8 . .............................11,1 1; 7 51 P l 4 De Account - 1)o £lOO Bonds ...................... ..‘" 6- 1. 1):.) 6 per Cent., 1862, Do..A. (Total t ................... Do .i. - 1 0 0 Bonds Ito 5 per Cent. 18015 79 6 , 1 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 160 4li 65 g . Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed ••• Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Acct ant Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian a per Cont. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., EN. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull:, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... . Do. Aecount - French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. `2sf• Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. - 25f. . _ . Do Account — CLOSING PRICES. Oonsols, Money !pi I DQ. AQOQIInt, AlaY.6ossitteatemstoitotto 931 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL, 8, 1869. SHARE LIST. 011OUNARY SFIA.IL.6B AND STOCKS. .jhare EallwaylL F Malin fiaslneell reOe. dens. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 at Caledonian . 100 791 pot 8,1 1 1 at Cambrian lOO 18 23 20 Cornwall all 21 31 at Dublin & Belfast June- 100 77 79 at Dan„Perth, & Ab•J unc WO 70 72 2) East London ' all 6 7 20 Do • 15 - - 21 Do 10 - - at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 97 99 et Great Eastern .. 1 00 371 36 371 1 at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO ... ... . it Great North of Scotland lOO 15 .6 it Great - Northern .. 100 107 108 108 at Do. A stock it Do. B mock. lOO .• ... st GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 95 i 7 ac Gt. kVestern -Original 1(.0 41 01 491 at Do. South Wales luu 54 5G at Do. W. Mid.-Uxlord lOO 25 27 • ac 1/0. Newport it Litue.shire & Yorksitirs lOO 123 .21 '2 Ia 3 it Lon., Brigli.,& S.Coast lOO 48 481 481 f 1 0) Do Scrip .... - - et I on., Chat., and Dovci lve 161 17 164 st Do. 3letrop. rlx. A lOO - - at Lou. A North 11' esteni 1 Lou. 42 South Weatera lOO S 7 .- 0 •st dt Man., bliti., .2 Lincoln leo OG} 301 564 11 1 at Metrooolitau .• • lOO 10: 1i.21 1021 st Do Extensi an .. 10 Do. ire wrd .. st Me.ropoiltan District. all 50 52 51 10 Metrop. at. John's 1% oo I 6 - - at M.aiaud st 00, tSirinin. a Ds' bi at North British . ..... st Do. Ed., rth., & Dui,.- luv - - at or. Eastern-Berwicr... lee :Nil 1(31 102 13 25 Do. ..d. N.E purchab 1/.11.. - - at Do Leeds ....... st Do York lOO 1/3 1)5 9,1 11 1 Et Do Carli ale .... . at Do Sloe . & Darling lco 131 :31 at North Lon Jou 10 Do New 188 it North Staffordshire lOO 54 56 55 41 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 Vi 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... .• it Rhymucy at Shropshire Union l. 0 57 68 st South Devon;.. at South Eastern lOO 751 76 751 1 st Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 13 13 it 'tau vale ii./i/ 118 1.3 -- Do. C.. • . - Water/ore( & Kilkenny lot/ .- - 10 Waterloo & Whitehall 8 - - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing, Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. dono 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 12 111 1 10 Do B lO 21 31 3 1 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all. 191 2 1 20 Anglo-Hungarian - 2 21 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 41 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 12 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 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 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 18 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, end China all 25 Chartered Mere. of India,. 20 21 2l 2( London, and China 20 City .00 Colonial 25 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and London, lint 25 50 East London, line 5 20 English and American, Bin 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja- ... all 29i 301 12 12 39 40 I 1 41 neiro. lint 20 English, :"euttish, and Ails tralian Chartered 28; Hong Kong and Shanghai Ink Corporation all 2gl Do new 5l 100 Imperial, lini 2U 20 Imperial Ottoman lO ..5 lonian all 25 Do new 5 20 Lud Mortgage of India, lint 4 100 Do sp. c. Delts.lB64, 30 all 76 30 London Bank' of Mexico and South America., Km. 20 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 20 Do new 71 100 London &River Plate, Bin. 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart. of Australia all 20 London and County 2ll 60 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll London Joint Stock 1 London and South African al 00 London 6:5.-Western, lint, 20 150 London & Venezuela, lira l2i 100 London and Westminster 2O 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 10 Metropolitan, lint all 100 Midland, 1int...... 2O 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint. 15 100 National Proviuc. of Eng'd 42 10 Do . 42 LO National. 3O 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western 7i 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 OU Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do new.. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 25 Union of Australia all 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London 10 pr 1p 1f 17 3FS lt 16 17 2 4 21 26 E 31 3i 75 76 5 4 30 27 16 17 51 41 9 11 21. 2ip 211 25 51 53 511 3G 33 3 3 1 Si 9 1 11 9 64 61i 6 4 n 7 * 14 4 is Ip 41 43 43 44 6 /5 88 90 15 14 8 6 47 48 36 iF TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 24 221 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 11 1 121 12 st Atlantic Te1egraph............ 10 25 28 st Do. 8 per cent.......... 100 71 74 st B. and I. Magnetic Tol., lim. 100 160 165 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2 0 2:,0 10 Do. Now ... ... . ........ 8 9 lip 25 Indo-European Tel., 1im.... 10 ~ . 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lim all 9 3i 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cont. all t p 10 Mediterra. Exten. 'rel., lint. all 3 4 25 Router's Te1egram............ all 59 55 20 Societe Transatlant., lint— 14 4 3 101 st Submarine Telegraph ...... 100 109 114 1 Do. Scrip ............ all 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. &Main.,lim• all 16 171 16/ SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., him. all 51 6 51 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pre f. all a, 4 p POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—this Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE POLICE AND THE BOARDMEN.—OOIOIIOI Pearson, the district superintendent of police, said that Colonel Henderson had received a deputation of bill-posters, con sisting of Mr. Naylor and others, and that at that inter view the Commissioner of Police understood they would be satisfied with the board of the size prescribed by the regulations. There was no desire on the part of the Com missioner of Police to act harshly in the matter. On the contrary, so far as his duty would allow him, he was will ing to meet the views of those concerned. Mr. Knox gave it as his opinion that the few inches asked for might well be conceded. At the same time ho was bound to say that the Commissioner of Police ap peared to have acted with every consideration in the matter. After some further conversation, Col. Pearson under took to communicate what had passad to Col. Henderson, and to cony , y to him the heartiest recommendation that the few inches asked for should be conceded. 1:1H_ 4IBID EDITION st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... sti Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... ... st Glas. Lt. S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... ••• st fit. Eastern, E.O. Ex. No.l 100 9 i 90 st Do do No. 2 100 95 94 t Do do 6 per cent 100 10) 112 st Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 st Do do B 6 do. 100 ... at Do do 0 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 70 75 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1847 100 ... st Great Northern, b per cent 10 ; st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pin. 100 ... at Do 4 j du do do 100 ... at Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... et . Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... 64 Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... at Groat South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 90 97 st, t.West.—Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gnat 5 p.c lOO 101 103 st Do. Orig. (13. & 1.1. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 at Do do 4, per cent. 1850— 100 88 9) st Do do 4 do do at Do do 5 per cent. redom lOO 95 97 at Do do Birmingham gua lOO 66 70 st Do do do pref lOO ... st Do do Cheater gua lOO 80 85 at Do do do 8 per cent lOO ... at Du do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 41 p.c lOO st Do do 4, 1859 lOO st Do do 5 at Do Westldid. Oxford Ist g. 10) 111 113 st Do do 2d gua. 100 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 8 90 at Do do 2il du 100 97 100 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all 1)21 at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 at Do Barnsley, £5 Is 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 93 100 at London & Brighton, 5 p.c guaranteed, No 1 lOO ... st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO st Do 6 do do lOO ... st Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 do (W.E. & 0.P.) 100 ... at Da 4 do 1859 lOO ... at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO st London and 21. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Do Shrewsb'y & Velchp'l lOO at London and W. 7 p,c _ _ ~- YV late 3d abates, 100 140 150 2s 6d. Do (Pertain. peril ans. 2s6d) all st Mau., Shef., &Lineln. 6 p.c IOU 111 117 6 Do st Do 31 per cont lOO GO 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. C lOO 130 185 st Du Bristol & Birm., 6p. C lOO 1i 2 134 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 18 10) st Do 44 per cant. irrodoom lOO 98 In at Do Leicester /fella, 4 p.c. 100 8! 91 st North British, 5 p.c. No.l luU st Do E. U. 4p.e.S. St D too st Do N. 8., Nu. 2, 5 per ceu.t st Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c 101) 87 8 1 , st Du 41 per cent. redeem.— 10:1 105 97 st Do U N.E. 4 per cent., l.OO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. Do York, U.& S. purchase lO 10 10) Do Stcktu & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 106 108 st Do W, liartlepool H. and U lot) 8 t 86 20 North Staffordshire los Devon Annuities, 1 s all 9in 100 Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 91 108 Du Fixed 44 per cent all 8 81 10.6. S. Last. (acad. Auns., 1.0.6) all 22 23 tit Do 44 percent lOO ••• st Do Fixed 44 per cent lOO ••• Id Taff Vale No.l lOO 14t 153 st Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.--PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Cen. m in. 7 p 100 "' et Do 41 p ir r e deem at Do 4 p con. issued at 80 *" ••• at Groat Eastern 41 per cent. 100 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO ia . et Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 85 88 at Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 82 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permane nt 5 p er cent. 100 :** at Du Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. 31id1., 5p c 100 ••• at Do Joint p erpe. 5p c, 1865 100 83 Yi at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 _lO6 103 107} 2,! Do Vale N each p er p . 5 p c all 19 20 075 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO L 5 Lane. and York. New 44 per cent till July, 1871 2 iP at Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 '" at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 . at Da do 41 do, 1863 100 .** at Do do I do, 1865 100 ** •" at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 "' et Do No. 7 s do *** at Lond , Chat., &c. , 2d, 6 p .c • lOO at Du Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c 100 *** "* at London& N. Wes tern, 5 p c 100 108 11; at Loudon &S. Western, 41 c 100 12 „" 10 Mau. 6hef. & Lin., 0 pc, 1865 all 8 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 84 at Midland, A 5 per cent prof. 100 106 103 at Do B 5 do 100 106 103 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 2pp 18 Do lnconV. Now Shares all 1,3 4 19 1 2 Z , 22 Do 5p c con. i nto Old Stk., Aug. 3 1 , 1872 Bl 24 et North Britian, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent'... 100 o . at Do £lO guaranteed, 1361 100 Do E., P., &Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ••• at Do E.& G , No. 2, 5 p.c ... 100 at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do K. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c ... 100 . at Do K.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 "' at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 t 5 at Do Stock. & Danl., ... 100 110 112 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5 p 100 at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Oh. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RALLWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS( 7kenhead lOU Y 3 115 100 Y Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 99 101 at Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 56 at Do. 51 per cent. st Do. 5 do. ... 100 11C 114 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13 e 136 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... • Gt. Easn., N ewm., etc., 5 p.c 100 ... • Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 69 72 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 11)0 97 99 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2 5 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 st Do. 4/ per cent lOO .., et London, ()nat., &c., 44 pc. 100 et Do. Coin. Fund, b do 100 ... et London and Greenwich lOO 61 63 et Do. do Preference 100 ... et Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 83 t 5 et Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent 100 80 82 st Do. do. 6 do. lOO ... 54 blanch., Buxton, &Matlk all 51 et Midland, tiny - Mord, Pref 100 92 94 10 Slid Bent Cray Line) 50 Northeruk East., 5 per cent all 53 66 go Do. do. 6 (10. all st N. Easter a---Hartlep00l St N. West. A perp. prat, 5p e lOO 107 169 at Do B minimum. p.c lOO at Nutting. tiGrautti. li,. &U lOO 90 92 15 Preston and 'lt yro. all 44 48 lloyston, ilitcli., cud She', 100 132 131 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 131 134 10 Du do 8 2 21p et S. Yorksh. and ICivor Dun WU 95 95 at Do 4 per cent gua lO , 78 80 at Do 5 do st West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 D Wilts st et lAe y b n a l oo o n u d t h s o a iu nd e dd oo , P o t rt a CI3 n d l O YU il l 6A 74 100 tt) 82 DOCKS, st East and West India lOO _ st London an d St. Katherine lOO 12t 125 40 4S 10U 1) oDeb. stock, 4 per cent allhlillwall F reehold Land "' . at Dock st Southanaptou AL SurreY conautorgig ..,.r 1 6241;1'. MISCLLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 16 .51 25 Australian Agricultural 2O/ 151 16k 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 5 d pr 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, I lim. 9 7 1 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim. all 111 141 10 Do. New ... . 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, im. ••• 30 9 1 4 b Bombay Gas, lirn. all 31 41 5 Do. New 4 11 53 British American Land 44 16 18 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim .......... . ... 20 Ceylon Company, lira. ..•••• 10 4 31d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 25 City of London Real Pro perty, Um 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all b 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 50 City Offices, lim. 50 Colonial, Do. 50 Commercial Vision (Assur) 5 i ip 10 Company of African Mer chants, 1im....... . 20 Continental Union Gas, all 20 21 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per oent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 4/ per cent. all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1031 1011 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 21 2 13-16 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim. 10 3J 21d st Crystal Palace at Do. Preference lOO 95 10 I at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb. 109 107 11 t 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, 11m. 6l 50 East _ Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all • • • • 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Gus. by Egypt. Gov all 951 961 161 1 20 Egyptian Com. & Tra.d. lim 6 .. , . 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, limn 21 / I 15 English and Foreign Credit 75 41 3,(1 too Eng. and Scot. marine, limn. 8 ... ... d d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 2 l p 1 2 0 0 0 F F o oL r , o e . - .4, s , t , C r s e oc e t t r. Ni Guy.pV, a issued r e as e, 1 tt i :in' and B-13 80 5 1 1 8; 50 Gellivara, lim 2O 10 General Credit &Dis., limn. 7 , 1 21-7.1 li 15 General Steam Navigation 1 24 59 Hums &Col Marine In. limn 5 3 244 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ••• •••, 20 Hudson's Bay a ll 1 2 1 12 k 121 1 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 20 Interna. Financial S oc. li m 5 11 14 20 Interns. Land Credi t, li m 6 6 4(1 50 Italian Land g ld p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) a ll 3 31 3 5.16 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 61 83 50 Land Securities, limn 5 21 114 25 London African Trading l O. 7 5 1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, limn 6 *** -- 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 50 Lond. Financial Ammo., lim 30 21 1 •• 01 4 Lond.Oen.Omnibus.CuJim. all 2 2 # 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, li m 25 12 164 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 14 pr 1; at Madras Irriga. &Caul. Gua. sp.c. by India Goy. lOO 103 104 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and 14 f id : 5°1 5 0 National AlNaAetragelehnaLcua .3; D :iSd i i s hm e ai oU pei n i 'at Colonisa tion a - a; 33 38 50 Millwall Iron Works, lim " . 121 ... tion Co., lim. 111 25 National Prov. Marine; lim. ' 151 4 1 142 37 10 National Steam Ship, Btu, all 9 4 10 4 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. ,1 311 3d 10 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim. ' -" ' - 5 New Quebrada, lim 4.4. 0 4 1 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Her. cantile Agency,lim 2l 1 4P 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim. ....... 5 11 11 10 Northern Assam . i'Oa: . 1im ... . 5 7 5 10 Do. B . all 0 8 at.; North Brit. Austral . 'tin lOO 48 51 50 North Brit. & Mercan. 1n... 64 19 20 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 12 11 17/ 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll ••• •••` 1 5 Oriental Gas, Ji m. 5 Do. New...... 1 1 1 P ........... 10 Otago and Southland In . vestment, limn 2 id 1p 5 Ottoman Gas, Jim all 11 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian It. Mail lim all 1. 4 5 Do do, at Peel R. Land &Miner', limn 100 31 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 495 501 50 Do. New 1867 lO Ild 01 85 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City limn lm. all 181 19 , 20 Do. G as, 8 ih n 100 RoyalM 6 aiIPS. C. Guar. am 6O 41 13 41 et Scottish Aust. Invest., lim l OO j 9O st Do. —Bypte, 20 Societe tien.de l'Enmpire Ot. 8 2 4 3 1 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., Jim. 6 25 South Australian Land 20 Thames and Mersey M ar i ne (Insurance), lim 2 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim , 81 ... ... 10 Trust& Agency of Aus.,li m . 1 1 IP 10 Do do. d o . all ••• ••• 20 Trust &Loan Co., U. Canada 5 i IP Pref. 10010 7 64i 20 Societe Fin. d'P.. ... 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 44 5 p 20 Union Steam Ship, limn ...... all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lira. .... all 34 2 a Land ......... 281 61 71 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 Per cent. (Mortgage) a 5 1 61 8 1 1 1 1 4 8 24 2 4 1 p 82 115 50 Warrant Finance, ._1imn....,,. 12 12 104 50 West India and Pacific 2 31 0 00 V II I. c n pnp i v eD e r r i s Ae a ms l sai!dar,irTineea(,llnLimi, a..lnimmi.... Steam, lim. 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO 21 8 UULOZ4Ita CiO VZIt LiMNLIT SEVIJUITIXIS British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872..• • •••••••• • • 100 _ : D t.I DD 6 000 1 1) :8:7 1 561 s i ppp - ° B .. I o t a : 8 . 6 . 97P315:ba* Jan.j, r a g " 1 1 .9 j a su gue l i v: u yt. 1 ... 3 : : 1 1 1 11 1 0 g O O BO I g00223z IC4I 111 1 9( ( 0( 4 0 44 : 1 9 0 2 4 1 1 3 4 1 0 106 1 08 Do. 6s. c. Inscribed 89 •• 100 ) 90 92 - C D?. ik e p I..lroPoet' 6 18 P 9 .0°.-198'0703 • 100 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 1 00 107 109 Do. Jan.&July , left •••• 100 108 111 Do. an s ci p i e s r O ce o n t. t: 10 0 100 102 1014 Ce p ' 0171,8Nn0v..1.8.1179.58.0,A6. Do. 1872, 60• •.• 100 105 101 blaurltluo, 6 p. 0 . 1873, - Jan. and July Do. 1882, May and 14c.'. • • 00 1 06 103 Do. 1805, Feb. & A u g . '" • • 10 106 108 111,lbourne Corporate., 1667-75, 6 per out •—•• 1( 0 100 100 N.11.G0v.0 p.o.Ja./c.1111Y•• 100 103 114 Natal 6 p ot, Apl St Oct Do 6p c. N1.,.y Sc Noe 1 0 116 108 N. s. lOO 99 1, 1 --Do. ‘ 5 p.o. p 1888 to 1890... 100 ybi 991 (81 f Do. rd.' N.Zealand, 6p. at. 18J1 ICO ._.. _ Do. 5 per cent. .• DoJan,Aptl,July, o, t lOO 93 04 964 f Do 6p c. Mar .t bept I/I• • 100 108 110 Do June & Deo., 1 , 91 .••• 100 109 al -- fDo rrov. 01 Auckld. 1 1(0 ( beriet 1& 2, 1890 •• ) .. _. Nova Scotia 6 1: 0 .0.J 611 • 100 1054 106 __ T and July. 1876 Do 1856 lOO 102 1( 4 100 1064 1064 1 1 0 0 7 7 : 1074 1074 _—Q Tasmanian n al ni a B l o n ain d . 8 . .6 p. p e. . r.. c e. ..: 1 8 73 2 9 :6 5 . Do it93-'O7 ••• • • • •!•• 100 106 i 107 --Victoria 6t er cent.lB9l i(o 113 114 .2_, P April awl C00t....... ek iol 199 tici lio . Th AM ES. A PAINFUL SCENE.—PILFEF.ING IN THE DOCKS.— Frederick Miles, a boy messenger, was charged with steal ing -fibs. of sugar. William Robinson, constable in the service of the Lon don end St. Katherine Duck Company, stated that he stopped the prisoner yesterday afternoon at the No. 6 gate of the London Dock, and searched him. He found a blue paper packet of sugar under his coat, and ;another in his trousers pocket, weighing together 41b3. He knew the prisoner was a boy messenger, and ask,d him whe:e he came from, to which he replied from No. 6 warehouse. He said "No, there was sugar there," and the prisoner said, "I got it from No. 5 warehouse." The prisoner, who was overwhelmed with shame and grief, and sobbing loudly, said he had nothing to say. The mother of the prisoner implored the magistrate to forgive her son, and cried loudly. Mr. Paget could not overlook the offence, and sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. There is no no class of cases gave him so much pain as the sentences he had to pass on persons for petty pilfering in the docks. He had tried punishments, and they failed, and in all cases of this kind he should inflict a sentence of two months' imprisonment and hard labour, or commit for trial. The mother of the prisoner fainted on hearing the sentence. MARKET S-IMS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. April .B—Sales probably 8,000 bales. Market quiet ; unchanged. TALLOW. Tho market is dull. Town tallow, 44s 9d ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 46s 6d ; April to June, 46s 6d ; June, Cis 63; October to December, 46s ; December, 46s 31. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. _ Wo have a good supply of beasts ; trade is dull, prices are lower, and a clearance cannot be effected. SIIITIIIPIELD HAY. Mr. Charles J. Easton report trade firm, at the following prices :—Prime clover, from 120 s to 130 s ; inforior ditto lOUs to 110 s. THE NORWICH MURDER. The circumstances concerning the Norwich murder grow more bewildering than ever ; so bewildering that the Home Secretary has sent to make inquiries about it. The second letter received by the authorities is a most extraor dinary one. It is dated April 6, signed " One of the Pro lessors of Rhetoric for Gresham College, 1863," and runs as follows :—" I would not unjustly prejudice or condemn any man, but as an injudicious use has been made of the name of a certain gentleman—a use exceeding professional license, a , ' calculated to injure uly6ell nt:.l. family—l beg leave to say that the gentleman in question died on the Christmas Eve of 1848, he having for many years up to that period lived with his wife, who had died two years previously. It is true that be had for at least fifteen years, and that to the pecuniary ruin of his family, kept Martha Francis in a state of affluence, and distributed gifts with a prodigal hand upon anybody but his affectionate wife and family. I had from six years of age (with the excep tion of eighteen months when I was at school) not lost sight of the said gentleman; on the contrary, I, for the last ten years of his age, at the utmost stretch of my exer tions, assisted him, for he bad wasted an ample fortune. I deny, therefore, as a base slander, that ho had ever been transported for any crime whatever. lie was formerly a builder, and might have done well but for his immorality. Martha Francis was a handsome woman, and if she has been murdered (which I doubt not) I am truly grieved. Such an one might look well at sixty, for, as Euripides says: _ ' The very autumn of a form once lair Retains its beauties' — a sentiment which Plutarch says does not universally hold good. If the horribly mutilated remains be those of Martha Francis, I would say that the medical gentlemen might well hesitate as to her age, for the textures and tissues of such a lady, even at GO, might deceive an anato mist. lam almost unnerved ! Pray let there be no more misrepresentations, for if you do death will not, after all my sacrifices and sufferings, be unacceptable to me. If the prisoner have committed the foul murder, let him evince a redeeming quality, which, if a Christian, he cannot do otherwise. This letter is no hoax, and I have no objection to its being published, for, as an English man, I hate anything that is underhanded ; but 1 do not wish my name to be made public." A postscript follows this letter :—" Should the prisoner have made a confession, I implore you not to insert this letter. But of course you may inform the gentlemen of the press the year that Mr. W. died, and that he had never been transported. lam ready to drop. But what have Ito do with the horrible matter?" It is remarked upon this letter that it states only one important point, viz., that Worseltine died in December 1848, while the theory sought to be set up for the defence has been that Mrs. Sheward left her husband in June 1851, for the purpose of rejoining her old love. A memorial, praying for a commutation of the convict's sentence, has been signed in Norwich by 200 respectable citizens, the list including many of the leading inhabitants. The memorialists urge that the matter had for months before the trial caused such sensation and discussion in Norwich, and that the jurors who tried and convicted Sheward were of the class liable to be much influenced by such discussion and sensation. Mr. Stanley, the pri soner's solicitor, is also making inquiries as to the dis appearance of a young woman who was a servant in Norwich, and who is said to have disappeared very myste riously in 1851. The friends of this young woman reside at Fakenham, Norfolk. THE ST. ALBAN'S RITUAL CASE.—It will be recollected that the great Ritual case, " Martin v. Macho nochie," was commenced in the Arches' Court, and went on appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Each party, by direction of Sir R. Phillimore, was to pay his own costs in the Court of Arches ; but the Judicial Committee condemned Mr. Mackonochie in the costs in both courts. The legal charges were made out, and agreed upon between the proctors on both sides, at .£4,328 ; and a sum has been accepted and paid of £1,500, in full satisfac tion of the expenses of the promoter. MUNICIPAL DISENDOWNIENTS. —ln Liverpool there are several churches which are known as the Corpo ration churches, and which are mainly supported by grants from the corporate funds, some obligatory and some volun tary. At a meeting of the Town Council, on Wednesday, the Finance Committee proposed, through their chairman (Mr. Robertson Gladstone), to discontinue all grants which were not obligatory, on the ground that such appropriations of any portion of the corporate funds were not justifiable. After a vigorous discussion the matter was referred back to the committee for reconsideration. GARIBALDI AND BRAZIL.—A paragraph recently appeared to the effect that General Garibaldi had expressed himself strongly in favour of Brazil in the war which that empire has waged against Paraguay. A correspondent of ours, living at Manchester, and who gives the initials "R. 5.," wrote to Garibaldi on the subject, and has received the following reply, which sets the question at rest :—" Caprera, March 28, 1869.—Mr. S.,—The para graph you sent me from the Diario do Rio is an invention ; the Imperial Brazilian Eagle, like all the Eagles in the world, endeavours to grasp ; and if the Republics of the River Plate were to consult me, I should say to them, Cut the talons of the Eagle!' Such is my opinion. —I am yours, G. GARIBALDI." DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT LINCOLN. —A most destruc tive fire broke out at Lincoln early on Wednesday morning in the Albion flour mill, belonging to Mr. Charles S. Dickinson, miller and corn merchant. Shortly before one o'clock one of the Great Nurtl:ern lZailway Company's gatekeepers saw smoke and flames issuing from the roof of the building connected with the engine -house, and before half•an-hour had elapsed the fire had communi cated with the greater portion of the upper story, and it soon became evident that there was no chance of saving the mill and warehouses, in which several thousand pounds' worth of corn and fliur was stored. The city, cathedral, and County Fire Office engines were brought down to the scene of the conflagration ; but the devouring element seemed to bid defiance to the efforts of the brigades, and when morning dawned a great part of the extensive premises had been gutted,and the fire continued to smoulder throughout the day. The destruction of corn and flour was immense, the damage being estimated at from 81.2,000 to £1.5,000. Mr. Dickinson was only partially insured, his policy being for £2,500 in a Man i t i t a lhat i... pat; origialttho Norma xylukt inn NOTICE. The Third .Edition of " The Sun" of last Evoking was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. IMPERIAL PARLIAIKEiT SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTENG INTELLIGENCE—This Day CifELTENTIAINI IiACES—THis DAr. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) 'SVELTER STAKES. General ..... Amputation MA RLE HILL PLATE. Plying Scud Frank •. ••. PRINCE OF WALES SIEEPLECHAE. Brick Pearl Diver .•• 'Tribune Eight ran. HURDLE RACE. Colours Wild Briar Three ran. BOROUGII PLATE. Chevy Chase Lisette ..... Christmas Fare ••• Six ran. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—TiIIs DAT. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 7 to 2 agst Marquis of Carabas (taken) sto 1 agst Alpenstock (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Restitution (offered) 10 to I agst Cecil (offered) 20 to 1 agst Nyanza (offered) CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 agst Paul Jones (offered—take 9to 1) 11 to 1 agst Romping Girl) taken) 100 to 8 agat ./Egoan (taken) 100 to 8 agst Mandrake (taken) . 1A to l•agst St. Mungo (taken) "I2D to 1 agst Cecil (taken) 40 to 1 agst Redcap (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7 to 2 agst Belladrum :(taken) 9 to 2 agst Pretender (taken and wanted) 9to 2 agst Wild Oats (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Drummer (offered) 1000 to 80 agst Alpenstock (offered) 1000 to 60 agst Martyrdom (taken) 25 to 1 agst Duko of Beaufort (offered) 30 to 1 agst Consul (taken) 40 to 1 agst Chatelherault (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Sider°lite (taken freely) 1000 to 20 agst King Copetua (taken and offered) 1000 to 70 agst Baron Rothschild's lot (taken and off.) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken) 1000 to 80 agat Belladrum (offered) 1000 to 75 agst Wild Oats (offered) 1000 to 70 agst Ladas (taken) 1000 to 60 agst Ryshworth (offered) 20 to 1 agst Duke of Beaufort (taken) 20 to 1 agst Drummer (offered) 25 to 1 agst Thorawalden (taken) 30 to 1 agst Alpenstock (taken) 100 G to 15 agst Vagabond (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Tenodos (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Fairminster (taken) BATH AND SOMERSET COUNTY MEETING. The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared by Tuesday, April 6, with 100 sovs added. Two miles and a distanco. 35 subs., 17 of whom pay 5 sovs each. Age st lb Romping Girl Mariner 4 8 4 Age st lb Aftermath 3 5 12 Champagne Charlie 3 5 12 Nightmare 3 5 10 Lady Evelyn f ... 3 5 10 Plunger ... ... 3 5 9 Clifford ... 3 5 8 Achilles 3 5 8 Judge 3 5 7 Ligurian Punishment 4 7 2 Belfast Black Diamond 4 6 12 Vortigern... ...(p3) 4 6 10 Chatsworth Starter ... HORSES STRUCK OU OF THEIR ENGAGE MEN TS. April 2, at 9 a.m., Gipsy Kiog, out of Bromley Handicap. April 2, at 5.20 p.m., Bretby, out of Grand Prize at Paris. April 3, at 9 a.m., Amide and Colombine, out of the Oaks. April 5, at 9 a.m., Latooka and Pride of Erin, out of the Thirsk Handicap. _ _ _ April 5, at 9 a.m., Guy of Warwick, out of all engage. men tS. April 5, at 4 p.m., Lightning, out of Streatham engage• merits, April 6, at 9 a.m., Orion, out of the Bretby Plate at New , market. April 8, at 9 a.m., Vortig,era, out of the Somersotsbire Btakes. NOMENCLATURE.—The foflowing names have been given —Mi Ayling's hr c by Vedette, out of Lady Wilson, 2 yrs, Aversion. Me A. Hayncs',i C by Jingling Johnny—Nonchalance, Cowboy ; be f by Jingling Johnny, out of Breaker, Brilliant; b f by Kobiloor, out of Flying Jib, Slashing Kitty. Mr La Meet's b yearling cby New minster, Black Rose, Bayiniuster. FORFEIT LIST.— The forfeits of the following horses have been paid :—Little Nancy (late Popgun), Maggie Moor, Tacitus (to qualify). STEEPLECHASE FORFIT LlST.—Dahlgron's forfeit has been paid. I XTU RES. Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring 26, &c. .AY. RACING F API Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21 I Chester 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 Doncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 Harpenden 2l Epsom Summer .....25, Stc. Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 York 11, 12 Baldoyle :ind Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer —l6, 16 Waßisor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Ourragh 22, 23, 24 JULY Worcester l, 2 1 S ou th am pton 13, 14 Newmarket July 6, &c. Reading 15, 16 Carlisle 6, 7 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Pontefract 9, 10 1 Stamfor d ... ........... .22 23 Hendon ..... l2, 13 G oo d woo d 27, 28, 29 , 80 I Nottingham l 3, 14 - - --- AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes ..................... i.0.!,171 Egham Wolverhampton lO, I 1 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 UST. lO x ford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 26, 27 Scarborough ... 30, 31 I Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1 I Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury .., 31, Sep. 1 SEPT Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon Doncaster 14, lb, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &o. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 NOVI Harrow 2, 3 Worcester 3, 4 St. Albans b, 6 FIBER. Hampton .....21, 22 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Hendon Monmouth... 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0et....28, &c. Lanark... 29, 30 43E1i. Cheltenham 19.20 Curragh l9, 26, 01 West Drayton 22 Hereford ....,..........21, 22 Monmouth 23, 21 Newmarki.t H'ton ...25, ko. AIBER. -- ; - 7 --- I Lglinton Hunt 6, 7 Liverpool i Shrewsbury ..... 15, 16 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. APRIL. Croydon 22, 23 Co. Louth & Ardeen 27, 28 AI AY. - _ Limerick Hunt ... 4 J St. Albans .. 13 Eglinton Hunt .....6, 7 w , et Drayt0n.,....... 1 HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. ME UROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY. Lord ELCHO moved an instruction to the committee on this bill, to take steps to prevent injury to public build ings in the neighbourhood of Westminster Abb3y. A short discussion ensued, but the motion was with drawn, it being understood by the noble lord that ho could move clauses on the recommittal of the bill. THE IRISH CHURCH.. Mr. GLADSTONE, in reply to Mr. Disraeli, said he could not state the number nor the names of the per sons proposed to be appointed Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland under the 3,1 section of the act. JULY. Kingsbury 9 Bank of England Returns. Au Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, April 7, 1869. ISSUE DE. ARTMENT. Notes issued ....031,238,810 Governmt. Debt..£11,015,100 Other Securities.. 3,984,90 Cold Coin and Silver Bullio❑ ~ 16,238,810 .£31,233,810 BANKING £31,238,810 Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 1,751,817 Other Deposits 18,803,252 Seven Days and other Bills 178,099 ePARTMENT. Governmt. Seen rities(including Dead \Veiglit Annuity) 714,970,79 8 Other Securities 18,480,653 Notes 7,264,780 Gold and Silver Coin £71,7027526 .C 41,702,526 OEQUE fans, chigt Goa*. THE COURTS OF LAW. Mr. LAYARD, in reply to Mr. W. 11. Smith, said that it was not the intention of the Government to proceed with the bill during the present session for acquiring rdditional ground for the hew law courts. THE FENIANS. — Mr. C. FOItTESCUE said he had already s'ated on two occasions that it was not proposed to bring the poli tical eonvi ts, who had been pardoned, front Australia et the public expense. (Hear, hear.) Neither was it the in tention of the Government to take steps to remove the Mayor of Cork front the Commission of the peace. (Hear, in ar.) ELPUALISM IN ST. GEOEGE'S-IN-THE-EAST. Mr. HRUCE, in reply to Mr. Stapleton, said he was aware now of the procession which had taken place in St. George's-in -the-East on Good Friday. There was no dis tinction made in the law between political and religious prceessions. When a broach of the peace was anticipated the police invariably took steps to stop the procession of whatever nature it was, hut it had not been thought neces sary to take any proceedings with respect to th 6 proces sion to which the hon. member bad referred. (Hear, hear.) COLLEGE OF MAINOO Mr. GLADSTONE said uo department of the Govern ment was responsible for the annual reports of the visi tors of this college. Inquiry had been institutes, and when the information was in the possession of the Govern ment ho would at once give it to the hon. gentleman PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN. Mr. TAYOR gave notice of calling the attention of the house to the severe punishment inflicted on two young children by the magistrates, amongst whom Lord Folke stone was one, for stealing a few greens. (Hear, hear.) PORTPATRICK HARBOUR. Mr. BRIGHT said he had been informed it would take in all about £252,112 14s. 7d. to completely repair Port patrick Harbour ; and whether that large sum should be laid out was a matter to be considered. AFFGRANISTAN. Mr. GLADSTONE said no arrangements had been en tered into by the Indian Government for the payment of a subsidy to the Ameer of Affganistan. Be had asked the hon. gentleman opposite on public grounds to postpone his motion on Central Asia until certain matters now in nego tiation ha I been completed. Mr. EAST WICK with much regret assented to the preposal of the right hon. gentleman, although he did not see how it could prove detrimental to the Government of the country. THE BUDGET. The house then resolved itself into a committee of ways and means, and The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to make his financial statement. Having asked the indulg ence of the house during the long and intricate statement which it became his duty to make, he might say at the outset that it would present no element of difficulty or embarrassment. Ile would eliminate from his observa tions all that with respect to Abyssinia, as the funds had been voted for the payment of the expenditure, and the doing so would contribute to its clearness. The estimate that had been made by his predecessor of the gross revene for the year was £73,153,000, but the actual re ceipt had been £72,592,000, giving a deficit of £558,000. There had been a falling off in most of the sources of revenue, but the Post-office receipts had increased. The articles consumed by the wealthier classes held ground pretty well, but he re gretted to find that iu those consumed by the poorer classes there had been a large falling off. The gross revenue had been £72,592,000, ani the expenditure for the year amounted to £72,972,000, which gave a surplus of £3BO, 00 expenditure over receipts. The right Lou. gentleman then proceeded to compare the estimates of the Government for the present year with those of the Government of the year 1868, and concluded that portion of his subject by saying there had been a saving effected in the present year—thanks to the heroic efforts of the right hon. gentleman at the head of the War Department and the right hon. gentleman the First Lord of the Admiralty—of no less a sum than £2,261,000. (sear, hear.) The not increase in the income for the present year amounted to £263,000, and had the Abyssinian item been out of the way the surplus would have amounted to no less than £4,632,000. He believed the whole expenses of the expedi tion would be covered by £9,000,000, as ho yesterday received a telegram from Mr. Turner, in India, which gave the estimated result of the whole of the ex pedition - comparing that with the sum voted they found they were better off than they expected by the sum of £l7O. (Laughter.) Taking the whole of the matter into view, they had just enough to pay the whole of the expenses of the year, but they had no surplus, and the balances were exceedingly low. Ile did Lot think that it was wise to have the balances at so low an ebb, and that it would be wise to make some tax which would enable them to have a rea sonable surplus at their hands—(hear, hear)—instead of a deficit of £iiBo,ooo. There was ft set of taxes called Laud cud Assessed, which he would just refer to. The dog tax had been most productive to the Government, and showed the advisability of having paid over unpaid collectors, because the paid collectors had actually levied and received the tax on COO,OOC dogs who had hitherto evaded this duty. (Loud laughter.) The mode of collecting the whole of the assessed taxes was very bad, and he thought that if the aid of the Excise were called in to collect the money a great deal of time was lost, because the collector had to go twice a year for the money, but if a system of compound ing end making the payment in ono sum was carried out a great improvement would result. lie begged to recommend that anti •ct to the consideration of the house. the same fault applied to the col:ectian of the income tax, and if they c.eret adopt the mode adopted iu Scotland a great improvenomt would resins. if these taxes were collected but once in a year there would saving of at least, £.OO 000. Government proposed to convert the assesed taxes, apart from the inhabited house tax, into a kind of license, which should be collected by the Excise, and thus a person would have to make out a list of taxable article: , such as horses, ac., and a licens e grante d at a set sum, and then forthwith paid. With respect to the taxes for 68-69, no alteration in the system would be made, but on the Ist of Jan. 1870, the excise licenses should issue, the time allowed before the alteration would enable the systetn to 'creme into work without inflicting any hardship. With respect to the Land and House tax they proposed that the usual mode should go on fur taxes already levied, but that on the Ist of January, 1870, these taxes should be collected by the Excise, and the same course they proposed should be made with respect to the income tax, namely, the whole cf the year's tax made payable at the beginning of the year—(hear, hear) — when the books of trade and commerce was made up. The effect of such an arrangement would be to greatly in creose the yield of the tax and to lessen the cost of col lection, which would be a public saving. The Government had made certain concession with respect to the transition and would forbear from the October collection. The change from the custom of being two years in arrear, to being called upon to make prompt payment, would cause some inconvenience, but he hoped when the first pressure had gone off the result would be that the system would be so beneficial that We shall continue our report in a later edition. CEN7RAL CRIMINAL COURT—(this Day.) OLD COURT. James Sharman and Richard Spraggs were indicted for feloniously setting fire to a house with intent to defraud the Fheenix Assurance Company of London, also for unlawfully attempting to obtain by false pretences £293 4s. 7d., the moneys of the said company with intent to defraud ; and also for unlawfully conspiring together to obtain by false pretences the above sum from the com pany. Sharman pleaded guilty to the charge of obtaining money by false pretences, but Spragg pleaded not guilty. The house was situated in the Lefevre-road, Bow, and a fire occurring a claim was sent in for the amount of the policy which had been taken out in the Phcenix Fire-office. The officer, on account of certain suspicious circumstances, refused to pay the :policy, and Spraggs brought an action to enforce them. The trial resulted in a verdict for the defendants, and from certain matters that were proved at that trial the present indictment was preferred against the prisoners. . . • Tho prisoner Sharman was admitted as evidence against Spraggs, from whose statement it appeared that, being about to engage in a law suit, and being short of • funds, Spraggs told him the way to get the money was to insure his house in the Phoenix, and then burn it down and get the amount of the policy. Spraggs told him he would do all that was necessary, and he (Sharman) assented. The house was accordingly in sured and then set on fire. Sharman further stated that Spraggs had told him that on a former occasion he had done the same thing for a man named White, and that £5OO had been made by the transaction. The case is not expected to conclude to-day. THIRD COURT. Henry Hunt, butcher, was indicted for obtaining by false pretences from Robart Lankester, salesman in the New Market, 4001bs. of meat. The evidence was very conflicting, the prisoner calling witnesses to prove that he was not the person who ob tained and carried away the property. The jury returned a verdict cf guilty, but the Common Sergeant said he should defer passing sentence until next session in order to afford the prisoner time to make any communication to tho officers he might fool disposed, as he (the learned judge) was decidedly of opinion that there were other persons concerned in the robbery, because it was quite impossible for the prisoner to have aceorn pl.slied it alone. ALADAME Tus,;Atrn's.—The great and universal attractive wax-work exhibition, in Baker street, c on ti nues iKtsinssysanittocnia;arocrerevocfniip;bnli):37poaotrtoontallgye.he Ilvneitibsepelnlat , but instruction instruction and amusement ot no ordinary character be de tivad therefrom The Chatuber of Horrors, too, has its attractions, more especially to those visitors who delight to gaze on the effigies ot seine of the most Lo orious crimi, pals in the annals of crime. Her Majesty the Queen held a drawibg-room to day at Buckingham. Palace. THE NORWICH MURDER.---The application for a writ of orror in Showard's case is expected to be made to-morrow. L,„:.the course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' Eight was on the last date about 1 8 per cent. At this rate there is no profit 04 the importation of gold tom the truitcct btatte. littcd, m tb. t iopr iding Aga of g thf pipet use" )trial th 4 pied, esidl ,Ig".; ail 0g , wpl NO