The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-13 00:00:00

)12% i n tho treater 31an- men 3 in nained in last f their ;everal solved asked f f ur coed°. use of !lions. f their 3 hour tween ;doped, l e will u M I sortie ly were rained 1 the Idea, ;ainst Brien t 11Ir. te last raids being sur covet ich to riding been and ipting gerl3 , le by r vito ranch rjeant court• lined, vote.. i cor- r, and % long lwaYs blue• mcure )nby'g relied never whole voted C 5, alloy, 3, and givell e the nd he 0 not n said :ect of roved• :nd tO aptist s con' Is and AuseE s t ;ecOild :burn s duty I from to the ►o NV 1 that cote' yughal ssuia roseph co d tO that ;lasse o ,W 0 ase of bodied nn in' Jullt g the m it d, es e COII 4 Four nce of from pri' throe 'O, OD° SOVeg norn• Tunic)! 00 04 llama vo id the gor to twitir ent to ad the ,gicco• Cla ay, of - entlol legal fir' s pr° - • to DA rcU o i t, age at)I P. It 11— ill tliß to O i l BS its! • übje.9.l l ONE -- i - MARKET AND COALMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. o'CLocK. Bu siness was not so brisk ClTY as , yeste Two rday, but the settlement doubtless may account for the drooping tendency of the market. Consols have receded a trifle for money, but for the account they remain un altered. In the foreign Spanish continued to decline, and in the Railway Market Great Western and Brighton have gone down, but North Westerns and Caledonians have improved. The rate of dis count in the house is about below the Bank rate. Consols are 934 4 8 for money; ditto, for Ac count, 93 1 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 91k 2; New Three per Cents, 911 2 ; ditto Red Sea Tele graph, 1 9 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, st l . o o c o k , , 5.200, and £5OO, 2 prem . ; Bank of England —; ditto 4 per C ent ., —. I ndia Stock, 101 per C en t ., A pr il, 1874, 210 12 ; ditto 5 per C en t ., J u l y, 1 8 8 0 , 1 1 34 14 ; ditt o 4 per Cent., O ct., 1888, 1001 ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 1 5 prem. 1 follow the Rail way M ar k e t p r i ces a re quo t e d as s : —London and North Western, 1151 to 1 ; Great Western, 494 to 491 ; Midland, 1151 to 116 ; Landon and South Western, 87 89 ; Great Eastern, 371 tO ; Brighton, 474 to 1 ; South Eastern, 754 to 76 ; Metropolitan, 1024 to 4 ; Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; ditto A, 109 to 8 ; Caledonian, 801 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 174 to 1. In the Foreign stock prices are as follows :—Bra zilian of 1865 , 801 to i ; Chillian of 1867, 954 96 ; g,Yptian of 1864, 864 to 4 ex div. ; ditto of 1868, of 1 76 1 to ; Italian of 1867, 55 1 t o ; ditto 1886685,, 84 7 81 to ; Me x i can , 15f t o 1 ; Peruvian 91 of to 794 ; Russian of 1866, 904 to )ex div. ; N icolai, 65 to ; Orel, 814 to 82 ;. Mlscow, 781 to 79 ; ditto Charkof, 761 to 77 4 ; ditto Charcow, 761 to 774 ; Spanish of 1867, 304 4to I; Turki s h of 1858, 634 to 64 ; ditto of 1862, 67 i to 4; and ditto of 1865, 411 to 4. _ Ameri can 5-20 Bond s are . 831 to 4 ; an d E r i e Railway shares, 231 to 244. In B ank'ng and Miscellaneous Shares prices are as previously quoted. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. £l4 The Be Nevi s , f rom Melbourne, has brought ,148. h.b The traffi c of the South-Eastern Railway ex- Brighton a decreas e of £2,094, and th a t of the London, ghton and South Coast a decrease of £5,459. A The Humboldt, from B raz il , o ff Cowes, b oun d to marketitwerp, reports gre a t act i v i ty i n the Bahia sugar isa, with sales o f 4 , 0 00 cases on the 17th of March. Prices, 3,400 to 3,450 reis per arroba. Exchange, 184 d. angl e ship Z em i ndar, owned by Messrs. Nicholson MU, of Liverpool, arrived in the West In dia Dock from Shanghai yesterday, with the largest carg o of tea ever brought to this country by a sail ing vessel, being 1,502,2601 b. She has also on board 161 bales of silk. From a statement just issued it appears that the value of the wheat imported into France during the past year was £ 11 ,300,000, against £7,300,000 in 1 867, and only £660,000 in 1866. Of cotton the value imported was £11,800,000, against £948,000 in 1 867, and £ 1 7,000,000 in 1866. On the other b and, her shipments of wine were valued at £4,400,000, against £4,040,000 in 1867, and £3,720,000 in 1866. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this 'week a decrease of £5,459, compared with the cor responding period of last year. The traffic return of the Great Western Railway of Canada, for the week ending the 9th inst., shows an increase of £5ll over last year. Messrs. Baring have invited applications for £ 11 ,110,000 Russian 4 per Cent Bonds at the price of 63, redeemable at par by annual drawings in 82 years, with a dividend from the Ist of May next. A second call of £2 per share, making £4 paid, is to be paid on the third issue of shares of the Para Gas Company (Limited) by the 3d of May. The twenty-second half-yearly meeting of the Cape Railway Company will be held on the 30th instant. A petition for the winding up of the Madras Coffee Company (Limited) is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor James on the 17th inst. The suspension of Messrs. Hallam and Madge, do-plate manufacturers, of Morriston, Swansea, has been announced. The debts and liabilities it is expected will reach £BO,OOO to £lOO,OOO, and the assets it is believed will prove considerable. Mr. Shipman, one of the late managers of Agra and Masterrnan's Bank (Limited), has issued a letter to the shareholders, explaining his transac tions with the late establishment in order to justify his conduct. He, like others, at the time, antici pated a profit instead of a loss, but of course the panic came and involved almost every one. A shareholder of the Credit Foncier Company of England has circulated a pamphlet respecting the proposed issue of debentures, in which he objects to the course pursued, and explains his reasons, believing that the measures proposed will not prove successful. BRITISH PIINDS-CLOSING PRICES. UOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols 93 1 1 Ditto for Account, ....................... 91i 2 New 3 per Cent......... .... .............. 91 New 2i per Cent. J an . 18 94 2 Do. 5 per Oe n Jan . 1873 . .......................... Annuities, SO yrs, exp i re sth Jan., . 1880. . — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 18 85... Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908... 191 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21., per Ct. Do .£5OO Do. £lOO & 2 pm £2OO ........... Bank of England Stock,:9; per Cent • 239 De. opening ................................... Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds .......... Inter-Colonial Ommum ......... IN DIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES India Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1879 2lO 12 Do. Opening, for Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 DDo. 4 p er C ent., Oct. 1888 .. o. Certificates o. Enfacod Pape. 4 per Cent...». Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 Do. 54 p er D ent. May 1879 ...... ...... Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 ......... ...... Do do 1877......... Do. do. 1882 ......... Deb., 5 per Cent. Aug. 1873 ...... Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent% 4/,000 . Do. und er £ l,OOO ........ ........................... 15 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent .... Do., Scrip £45 paid ........ 79 4.................... Au4trian Bonds 5 per cent ................ Do. 1859......... ............... Brazilian 5 per Cent . ..................... 00. 44 per Cont. 1852 Do. do. 1858.... up. de. 18G) Do. do., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account E..enos Ay res 6 per C en t . Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 Cuba, 6 per C en t. Odilian per Cent per Cent ) = 54 Do. 44 per Cent Do. 3 per Cent., .Do. 6 per cent. 1867 Do. 7 p er C ent., 1866 C to nbian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Dan. b ian Principalities, 7 par Cent Do 8 per Cent., 1867 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent• Egyptian, 7 per Cent Do S 824econd Issue ............. Do. £so(, Bo n d s Do. £lOO Bonds ... ..................... Do. 1864 Do. Do. £5OO Account Pond s Do. #.IOC Bonds Donglish Scrip, 1868 . 7 61 dig do. :£45 pd Government Railway Debentures Circe 5 pe r Cont., 1824 5, ox C oups Do. Account • uourone .......................... • ................ • • -- Do. Acconnt .. : .......... Guatemala 5 per . ... ... RondurasGov Ro.il.L .. . ....... ........ ..... 1t ilian 5 per C'ent , 18h . DO. Account .. o Marolucaana'• ... Moxicar. 3 per Cent ................ 563 Ditto for Account Dn. p 186 4 .... . , . alDo 6 er Cont. Anglo-Vre. .. c . ll .. ontevid9au 6 per Cent. •........ " Meoorish Imperial 5 per Cent . ••.....• -- DW Granada o 3 per en Deferred Peruvian 5 per Ceut. 1865 Do Account 78i Do 44per Cent. ti ... ... .. .... ......... ) ......... Do 44 per Cent., 1861 Do Account Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7, Do. do. 1867 3G Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid Russian 5 eer Cent., 1822, .£ Do 4 f per Cent 1850 Dn 4f per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ............. Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondt 4 , -- Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 los. do — Do Nicolas Railway 651 5 Sar,linian 5 pbr Cent Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Ace/unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent. . Do Account Do 6 per Cont. 1868 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 67/ 303 301, Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds 691 701. Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 6 51 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins ... Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil., Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. zof. Do Account s sgl .:ousels, Money CLOSINGJ 3 PRICES. 1 * Do. Account, May 6 931 7IIE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. (THIS DAY.) The quarterly meeting of the shareholders was held this day—Viscount Ranelagh in the chair—at the Norfolk street offices. _ Mr. GRTJNEISBN (the secretary) having read the adver tisement convening the meeting, the annexed report of the Executive Committee was submitted : " The Executive Committee have the satisfaction of submitting to the shareholders of the Conservative Benefit Building Society the subjoined returns, showing the cash receipts for the Christmas and Lady Day quar ters, the number of shares issued for the half-year, and the grand totals, to the 25th of March, 1869 : Shares in Shares Tota l Receipts. Qrs. ending progress. Complete. Shares. -- -- - Dec. 25,1568 .... 417 123 MO £3G,028 3 9 March 25, 1869 .. 516 110 6 6 42,t.50 10 6 _- 933 233 1,11'6 78,258 11 3 Totals to Mi chaelmas, 1863. 2',6 31 5,923 30,5;4 1,283,94 G 7 3 Grand totals to Lady Day, 1869 •;.5,561 6,156 31,720 1,367,205 1 6 The total withdrawals under the rules since the formation:of the society (1852) to Lady Day, 1869, are ... £336,589 13 8 The last share number issued to Lady Day, 1869, was No. 31,720. The reserve fund to Lady Day, 1869 (ex clusive of office premises and furniture account), amounts to ... £ 10 , 263 6 8 The half-yearly interest warrants to Lady Day will be issued as usual, on the Ist of May. As regards the com pleted shares, iu addition to the 5 per cent. Fur annum in terest, the bonus of 1 per cent. declared at the last annual meeting on the 15th of December will be included. 011 shares not completed, but paid a year in advance and up wards, the warrants will be at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, the 1 per cent. bonus having been added to the account. Six per cent. will also be added to the accounts of the members holding uncompleted invested shares, not in arrear, and in respect of which no interest has been paid. The rate of interest on shares (completed) and shares in progress, paid a year in advance, will remain for the present at five per cent. per annum. The rate of interest for the deposit department, that is, for investors who are not mambors of the society, will re main unchanged at four per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly at the same period as the interest on shares—namely, the Ist of May and the Ist of November. Slnce the last meeting, 11. Pownall Esq., has ceased to be a member of the board. The Executive Committee have much pl Itsure in report ing that owing to the co-operation existing between them and the directors of the United L and Co:npany (Limited) a large increase in the building advance business may be expected. The Board has every re ism' to anticipate that the formation of the new company will give increased sta bility to the society, and that the harmony existing be tween the two associations will have a large intluenco in promoting the prosperity of both. The estates reported to tho Board as having been purchased by the United Land Company (Limited) are in the Edgware-road, Willesden, West-hill, Putney-heath, Fulham-fields, Muswell-hill, Forest-gate, Sheerness, Portsmouth, and Wellingborough. The members of the Conservative Land Society have still the privilege of investing in the United Land Company (Limited), if they think fit, the shares of the first issue being offered to them in the first instance. (Left Sitting.) SHERIFFS' COURT. CHALLIS V. HARGREAVES-BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.-DAMAGES, £l,OOO. . . This was an action in the Queen's Bench for breach of promise of marriage. Judgment was allowed by default. The damages were laid at £2,000; The plaintiff, Jessie Mary Challis, is in her 21st year and the defendant 23. She was the orphan daughter of a commercial traveller, and had been at her own wish a governess, and now in the family of Mr. Carrington, the brewer. The defendant is the son of Mr. Hargreaves, of Leeds, in the wool trade, and under the will of his father was entitled to about £14,000. Several letters were read to the jury, and the defendant described himself in his epistle as " Your's for ever, Joe." The engagement was from November 1867, to June, 1868, when the defendant referred to his health, and declined the intended marriage. The jury retired, and on their return assessed the damages at £l,OOO. MARKE7S-2 MS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. April 13.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market firm ; advancing. THE WAVERLEY PEN. —The steel pens manufac tured by Messrs. Macniven and Cameron are certainly amongst the best yet offered to the public. The arrange ment of the nibs gives them such a smoothness that the great objection that has for years existed to the general use of steel pens, viz., the sticking, spluttering, and hitch ing when used with rapidity, has been completely over come. The hand glides over the paper with them in the most delightful manner, and such is their excellence that we think our old friend, the Laird o' Grant, could actually have speed correctly bad he had the good fortune to have had a Waverley pen iu his possession. EGYPTIAN HALL.—Last evening Mr. P. Phillips gave another of his very interesting reading entertain ments,a)l TheEi tshe ei we stylechti h n sa n attracted oin a f Dtl the i r ec g ke e enn a t and t Ta i f ! : te s t c h r k i fashionable andforth loud a pplause. M r . P h i ll i ps seems to be securely winning his way into the favour of the public, and a few more of his entertabanients will consolidate his claim to the position concert in l' aid " of" th E e N fu L nd lF COVEN T 11 , 7 so ardently aspires. the purchase of a lifeboat is fixed for Tuesday, the 27th, at the Freemasons' h th all, Great E be ß i O n A g T ra I. le raised H i n . thisT h parish a annual rs hoi. artists, amongst whom the assistance of some very favourite mittee have received- Miss Smith, Mr. S. Pallanet Mies Plummer, Miss Pullant, Queen-street. The com- G. Bell, and Mr. Dale; Miss Coleman performs o'n3ear. Lindsay Sloper's and the " Covent brilliant fantasias on the pianoforte,of Mr. n of Mr. H. Bock_ directio n negro enter ginagrdaeundSmnor.wßd.rolpins,n"tu, n g d iv e e r t t h h e ei di t :all excellence is in audience, object t a iument. Altogether a concert oft unusual anticipated, and it is to be hoped I. v.i h e e wwil Pres se l se reportseure an overflowing that of not more tha n 20 y ears of a g o, a nd who, f r , in dress, was evidently a lady , h ad beou found murdered on the banks of the Slone in the ground of Maisons Laffitte. BOAT RACE ON TILE TYNE.—Ycsterday a skiff race came off on the river Tyne between James Taylor, of Newcastle, and Robert Cooper, of Rodleigh, for the sum of £lOO. Both Cooper and Taylor are well.known oarsmen. The course was from the High Level Bridge to the Scots wood Suspension Bridge, a distance of nearly four miles. Mr. William Johnson, of the Tyne Amateur Rowing Club, was the referee. The water was anything but favourable for rowing but Cooper, who got the inside place, was the first away with the load, and at a quarter of a mile was leading by was still a similar distance ahea d. At the Meadows nearly a clear length, and at the end of a mile ho House a foul took place, and from this point Cooper wont cn and won by three lengths. The referee awarded the stakes to Cooper. The betting was 6t04 ou Taylor. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A. tO Do So Albion 00 Alliance, Limited ......... 25 14 15 20 Auglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 191 2 1 201 20 Anglo-Huugarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 41 40 Australasian ... all 51 5,, 20 Bank of British Columbia.. all 10 12 20 Do issued at 2 pm..... 5 5 4 • 25 Bank of Egypt ............... all 37 19 20 Bank of Otago, lint. ........ 10 5 4 25 Bank of South Australia.... all 30 32 50 sank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 3.,1 10 Bank of Aew Zealand...... all 17 13 50 British North American ... all 50 52 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China .... ... ... . ... all 20 21 25 Chartered Mcrc. of India London, and China all 191 301 20 City lO 12 121 100 Colonial ...... . 10 Consolidated, . . 50 Delhi and London, Rita 25 ... • 50 East London, lam 20 English and American, Hui 10 ••• 20 English Bank of ltio de Ja neiro. lint ..... . 20 English, scuttish, and A.us • tralian Chartered ...... . 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 281 Do new 55 If 25 100 Imperial, lim 20 Imperial 0tt0man....... 10 2 .4 125 5 lonian .25 Do new ......... 20 Lud Mortgage of India, lint 4 3: 3 1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 75 76 30 London 13anki of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 61 54 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 30 27 20 Do new 71 51 41 100 London & River Plate, lint. 40 9 11 25 Do new 10 24 51) 20 London Chart. of Australia all 2,1 2 25 241 20 London and C0unty...... , 2O 61 5 3 50 Do n n e d to w on l o s i a n t t 2 s Op. c... m k ,l6 pd. II Lo 1 :12 33 321 3 London and South Afriean al 85 0/ 10 00 London &S.-Western, lint, 20 11 9 150 London & Venezuela, lint _ 121 ... ••• 100 London and Westminster. 20 64 65 615 34 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pM.. 100 Merchant, lint 10 Metropolitan, lint 100 Midland, lint 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint. 15 id 1p 100 National Provinc. of .En-'d 42 ... ••• 148 10 • ... 42 ~• 50 National. 3O • • 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431 43 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 10 6 5 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90 10 Do n e w, all ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 15 1 S 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 100 Union of Ireland, lint ••. 50 Union of London l5 36 37 36 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 24 221 2 4 4 I 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 111 121 12 111 st Atlantic Telegraph 10 21 26 25 St Do. 8 per cent. ..... : lOO 71 74 st B. and L Magnetic Tel., lum 1 0 0 160 165 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2 0 2.0 10 Do. New ' 8 9 11p 25 Indo-European Tel., RM 10 ... ... 5 Lend. Provincial Tel. lint all 3 3 i 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all I fp 10 Mediterra. Exton. Tel., lim. all X 4 25 Reuter's Telegram ..... . all 50 31 `..0 Societe Transatlant., lim... 11 4 3 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip ....... .. 20 Telegraph Con. & liain.,l!m all fq 171 16k SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., Inn all 5i 6 5 Do. 10 per cent. Prot all 3 , 4 p SHARE OItD!NABY dtIALLIZS AND STOCKS. Share Railways. raid. Closing Susinals Price. dens. et Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 78 et Caledonian _«..... 140 rOl 81 801 I f St Uatut)Tlan 20 Cornwall all 24 4 at Dublin & Bellast Juno lOO 77 79 st Dun„rerth. &AM unc ioo 70 72 2) East London..., all 6 7 a 1,0 15 21 Do 10 et Glasgow &S. Western lOO 97 99 at Great Eastern .. .00 371 38 371 1 I at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO ... ... at Grua North of Scotland lOO 16 6 et Great Northern lOO 107 108 107 st Do. A stock et Do. ./3 Moat: lOO .. ... 124 1 et GtS. and W. ot lrelauu lOO 86 7 at Gt. %Western -Original lOO 4) a9l 491 1 st Do. south Wales et Do. W. Mid.—Uxioril lOO kb 27 et Do. Newport lOO 58 10 at Lancashire at Yuri:shim" 100 123 .21 1234 2} 31 st Lon., llrigh.,& S.Coast lOO 471 46 0) Do Scrip et I on., Chat., and Dover.. toe 171 171 et Do. Aletrop. Ex. A.... 100 - et Lou. .t Nunn Western.. 100 1141 151 1151 14/ .5 st Lou. it South Western.. 100 87 rift et Man., 8081., & Lincoln.. 100 57 571 et Metropolitan ..... ...... 100 10:1 103 1021 3 st Do Exteusi Ai 10 Do. New rd .. .. 10 id ip st Metropolitan District. all 45 Si 10 Motrop. ot. John's VI ooi et Min.aud at Do, dirmin. & Dirrhy st N,rta British et Do. Ed., rt.h.. & Dun lOO et For. eastern—Berwick lOO 1021 1031 25 Do. J. N.E purchase-16.13.1 - st Do Leeds . . ..... 100 58 59 st Do York lOO 921 1)31 et Do Carlini) .... • llO 122 .25 st Do Stoc c. & Darling l5O 131 131 1314 st North Lon ion . . LOU il.) .21 10 Do New 18(8 st North Staffordahira . . 100 51 56 it North and S.-W. Junction 100 93 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... • • st Rhymney . iuo 5 ) 53 st Shropshire Union it 0 57 58 st South Devon', st South Eastern lOO 70 761 751 6f st Stainos, Wolehain,3c Wok all 12 13 st 'tail r ale iv. 148 1.3 • -- Do. C .. • Waterford & Kilken n y 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 66 88 Ed Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N. 8., 4i per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... et Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ••• st D 9. do. Ordinary lOO 81 81 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... at, Dundee, Perth, and Aber- deeu junction lOO 105 107 st Do. tat Class preference lOO ... st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... st fl-t. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 9 i v 0 st Do do No. 2 100 95 93 st Do do G per cent 100 DJ 112 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 ... st Do do B o do. 100 ... st Do do 0 7 do. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... at Do E. Union 4p. e. gua. 100 70 7.5 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... st Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... at Great Northern, 5 per. cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... st Do 4 1 do do do 100 97 st Do 5 do at sp. c. pin. 100 ... st . Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 'per cent lOO ... at, Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 et;- t.West.—Orig.&Jnt.-ltent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 10 103 st Do. Orig. (B. & 11. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 10J st Do do 4, per cent. 1850 lOO r 7 69 st Do do 4 do do st Do do 5 per cent. relent lOO 95 9/ st Do do Birmingham gua lOO 65 70 st Du do do pref lOO st Du do Chester gus. lOO 90 85 st Du do do a par cent. lOU st Du do do 5 do IVO 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 41 p.c lOO st Do do 4, 1850 lOO ... st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 101 111 113 st Do gua. 100 107 111 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 89 91 st Do do Id do 10J 97 tUJ st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 103 ... 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all 103} st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100. 1 3 135 st Do Barnsley, x. 5 3s LOU p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 115 at Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 98 100 at London & Brighton, sp. e. . . . _ . . guaranteed, - Nu 1 st Do 5 per cent. gua. Nu. 2 lOO ... st Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent lOO st Do 6 du (W.E. & U.P.) 100 st Da 4 do 1850 lOO at London, Chadian', &Du ver 5 per cent lOO st London and 21. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 103 110 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO et London and a W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 153 2s 6d. Do (Portsin. perp ans. 2sUd) all ... at Mau., Slid., &Litwin. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 S Du at Do 11 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 115 at Do Bristol & firm., 6p. c lOO 1 2 134 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 43 100 st Do 41 per cent. irretleem lOO 93 100 at Do Leicester & I..l.'chn, 4 p.c. 100 80 91 et North )3ritish, .5 p.c. No.l lOO at Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOO ... at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO st Do Border Union, 5 1 p.c lOO at N.-Eastern--Cons. 100 87 81 st Do 41 per cent. redeem.— 100 95 97 at Do (1 N.B. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Ber.vick capital 8.13.4. : Do York, H.& S. purchase lO 10 104 Do Stcktu & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 106 108 at Do W, Rartlepoolli. and It lOO S t 86 20 North Staffordshire all 204 214 103 P. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 0 10 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all g gi 1.0.6. S. haat. (Read. Arens., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 per cent lOO ••• ••• st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No.l lOO 14( 153 at 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. Gen. min. 7pc lOO at Do 41 p irredeem "' ••• st Do 4p c con.. issue d at 80 65 ••• "' st Great Eastern 4 1 p er cent. 100 7.. st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 84; b .. t ; at Do New 5 do, 1363 lOO 85 88 st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 81 86 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permaneuts per cent. 100 •'' st Do Boston & Sleafd, 4/ pc 100 st Great West., W. 5.1id1., p 100 at Do JointperPe.sp c, 1365 100 88 0; st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 105 188 20 Do Vale N oath peril. 5p c all 19 20 at Bent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ••• ••• L 5 Lane. and York. New 4f per cent till July, 1871 2 1 I n st Lond., Brig ,&c. , 41 pc, 1858 100 85 st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• Bat D t Doo do do 44 41 do,do 1 1 8 86 6 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 • at Do do L. do, 1365 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sdo st Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c ' at Do Metrop. Ex. , B 6 p .O Do do C 6 p.c st London &N. Western, 5p c 100 108 110 IT 4. at London &S. Western, 44 p 100 a 2 10 Man. bhef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 8 81 st Metropolitan 5 percent...—. 100 100 102 at Midland, A 5 per cent pref. 100 106 108 st Do B 5 do 100 106 108 18 Do 5p c opt. to conv. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 201 18 Do Inconv. Now Shares all 181 191 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 211) st North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ... at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, pc 100 at Do E.& G, N 0.2, SP. st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., N 0 .3, 5 p.c • st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 .. st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 95 at Do Stock. & Dart., Dent lOO 111 113 st North London, 41, per c (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ••• at South Eastern, 41 0, 1859 100 ••• s t DO 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 *** ••• st Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS)i 100 53 95 at Birkenhead l a o l o l 999 -' 111 100 5 1 56 10 5, 4 0 1 CB ha D ee kos. Chester and Holyhead us c h e oi n ri y t e . e r at Do. 51 per cent. st Do. b do. 100 114; 111. st Clydesdale, guaranteed IUU ..• at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 131 134 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all s Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c st Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do. lOU at Gt. West , W. Mid., Heref 100 96 98 b 0 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2.5 at London and Blackmail lOO 93 95 . at Do. 41 per cent lOO at Loudon ' Coat., &c., 41 pc. 100 at Du. Corn. Fund, 5 du 100 st Loudon and Greenwich at Do. du Preference lOO ••• ••• at London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 t 5 st Lowestoft, glut 4 per cent lOO EJ 82 st Do. du. 6 do. 100 51 Blanch., Buxton, &Ma,tlk all 5 x . 51 at Midland,Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Mal lieut Cray Line) 50 Northern& East., 5 per cent all 53 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all ..• ••• st N. Easters—Hartlep00l st N. West. A peril. prof, .5 pc. 100 107 199 at Do B minimum It p.c lOO ht Notting. 6:,Gritutti. it. &U lOO 90 In 91 25 Preston and vl yre. on, t ssl ShrewsburyBl . 3: u st i h ' p n en e h d r d" 14 ::i io i . e v iodr e t erSf boa oDh:pu 1 1 1 0 0. 00 av 8 , 0 00 : 1 11 9; 'l4 l 01 .312 6 35 2 : 11 j 411 ,1 : 1 0 : ; 4 ;1 s 8: t tt o V w i t '(-: L Station ou aso:incd aPimlico ,,, s it, West Cornwall ... 1::000011 57 I.S:OUU 20 0 64 a2r; \t \ V V i?t ' s 11:)11 1 i d t h 8 o a u n i d ! P s ••• W.; DOCKS, st East and West 1ndia.,,,,, 4 st London a n d S t. Katherine. 100 9 100 125 4 125 IUU D oDeb. S t oc k 7 45 Miiiwall , 4 per cent.. all Freehold Land et DOCk ............................ 100 24 31 st Southampton .................. 100 74 76 st Surrey Cuunncrcial ......... MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all • 15 le 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 .5a 10 Berlin Water Works, inn • all lit 14/ 10 Do. New 100 Bolckow Vaughan,. ••• 30 1/ 14 5 Bombay (las, Um all 3i 41 5 Do. New 5/ British American Land 44 16 18 20 British Indian Tea, lint all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 20 Ceylon Company, lira IU • 4 3 4 ,1 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 30 City of Milan Improv. lint all s' 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, link all 50 City Offices, dm 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercial (Assur) 5 51 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint 20 Continental Union (las, lim all 20 21 191 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bands, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 4 1 per cent. all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint all n2i 21 50 CreditFon.of Mauritius lint lO a l 21d at Crystal Palace lOO 14 21 st Do. Preference lOO 95 10 at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 111 11 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, lim. 6l „, 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, Rm. 20 East India trriga, & Canal all .. .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. 'Troy. Una. by Lgypt. Gov all 954 961 V 64 4 7 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. Um 6 .. .. 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lint 24 # ; 15 English and Foreign Credit i 4 44 9;tl 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 2 Id 12000 Fore- a s t Col.r c N G V r y e . h T o r u u s s e t , 1 andil l2 4 1 4;t Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 86 87 864 50 Gellivara, lim 10 General Credit & Dis., lint 74 1 4 1 1 5 1 1 1025 IlNeecawwDoi. 15 General Steam Navigation 14 2 7 2 ', , 50 Moms &Col Marine In. inn. 5 3 -I" 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all .• • ••• . , 20 Imperial Land do. of .20 Hudson's Bay ........... ... i . ini a sll 1 1 2: 12k 1 : 2 4 4 Mar seilles, lim. ...... . lint 6 6 4,1 2020 Inntteerrnwa..FLinattundcicarleSthoct., 50 Italian Land 20 Italian Irri. (Canal davour) all 3 33 31 100 Do. 6p. C. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 20 50 Land Securities, lim 25 London African Trading lO 7 5 1 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, link 6 ... •••" 10 London County Land and Building, I'm. 50 Lend. Financial Asso., lim 30 214 t.Ol 4 Lond.Gen.Oinnibus.Co.lirn. all 3 21 2 3 ,4 0 0 L L I jo°aAannuargd.d.dean&iasren:Pydrrn,rioGiSignivhilaina...Bll:"l..l..aci.Elnaa. M . : . ... gi i ..u n . ..1 . .e . r 2 2 511 112 : 1611 d sp.u. by India Gov. ... 100 103 104 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and 50 Merchant Shipping, li nt , a ll 33 28 364 80 Millwall Iron Works, lien. 12k ••• "' 10 Natal Land and. Colonise, C0n501ida ted eA8ge:.e.y:7 D . i . 5 ... ...1 ... i .. m ...... ... a 321 tion Co., lim. .... Co., 2 54 41d 25 National Discount Co., lira 5 Ilk 12 11 4 Zealand Loan & Met.. 1141' 4.4. 6 0 4 3114 3d 334idd i d p 25 National Prov. Marine; 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 20 5 Iron,NisieerwbuQdudeabrCadaoal,&lina.. ..1 ... im 94 104 25 N ew Zealand Trust and Loan, lim .......... . ..... . .... 5 9 p 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 ' - 10 11 9 3 Bt.: North Brit. Austral., Hi... lop 48 b 1 50 North Brit. & Mercau. 1n.,, 6/ 19 20 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 12 11,1 50 Oriental Financial, 1ira,,,,,. 11 •• '7, - 5 Oriental Gas, lira. ............ all 7„ , „ 10 Ota D g e o . N an e d w . . g. Zi . it:1a e. ...n r. . 1. 4 ,. .. i . . i . 1 .n i. 10: 1 ... : vestment, lint 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all .... ._, 5 Do do. ............ all 7 ., ~7 7; . 5a o t p r e e n e 1 1 : I t sou .. .LBzaNnedw& Oriental M...i 494 501 491 50 Do. New 1867 ......... 10 14d 04 50 Rhynaney Iron. ........... all 22 24 15 .... 11 6 1 7 25 Rio de Janeiro City im.,lim. all 184 19, 20 Do. Gas, lint . t .... all 21 ' lim. 10 100 Royal Mail Steam ............ 80 41 43 st Scottish Aust. Invest., lim. 100 81 90 at Do. 6 P• e• Guar. Pref. 100 ••• 7 6cl 20 20 S S o e :i i ltlG F e in. n.d d e 'E l'Ep te ir' e Ot. 8 24 34 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 ... ... 25 South Australian Land ... a ll 351 361 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lint ......... 2 21 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, ......... 8 1 ••• 000 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lini. 1 } ip 10 Do do. do. all ... 20 Trust &Loan Co., U. Canada i s ,:;•• 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 11 4 !P p 20 Union Steam Ship, 11111 all 22 24 20 Universal Marine(ln.), ll " 5 2p ei 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 1 4 2 30 Van Diemares Laud 2Bl et 74 7 per 15 United Discount Corp., lim. 6 14 id 41 4 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 8 11 82 8/I cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 50 Warrant Finance, Hui l2 1 2 10d 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim Warehouses ... 20 West London Wharves and 20 2 1 14 11)."na aaillt 'i -. -. CJLONL&L 00VJAIMANNT SXCUITIE6 Briti.ll Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.... ...... lOO ..., ._— Do. 1895........... l5O ..,. ..... - Can.Gov.6p.c.Jan.t.t July 1877-84 ... . .. Do. 6p. Q :Yeb & Aug..— lu° I ° 4 1134 ' Du . s p. 0. Mar..% Sept lOO 102 i„ 1031 Do. sp. c. Jan. do July 100 ua 9.1 93 1)o. sp. c. Inscribed Mc lOO 90 9 2 Cape li.llope, 6 10. 0 . 1873 •• 100 102 104 Do.Apl.SzOct 1690-11000 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-9 0 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 16p1 . 1 .• 100 108 lie Do. 5 per cent. 15 Aprli aim 15 Oct., 19 00 ..... Ceylon, Nov 1876, 6 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, Bp. a, 15730 ' -- Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... ....... •• 110 10 6 108 Do. 1882, May and I`.lo. Do. 1395, Feb. ,S; dug..." 10 106 19a 31 , dbourne Wrporatn.,.• 1607-75, 6 per cent 1 l 3 103 114 —___ 1, . ,,ta .t.1 1 6evp.oopt:cA.Jpa tJ ilouctly t 1 0 1 .... Do 6p c. 516 y & No 7 1 0 1( 6 103 N. S. W. 5 p . c., '7l to '7l ld9 99 111 1001 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1b0e... 113 981 094 ..8 1 i 8 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'6; to ', 5 N.Zealaud, 6p. et. 1811 lOO -- ._. Do. 5 percent.... DoJan, Ap, I,J uly, OA Do 6p c. 3lar &sept '9l lOO 108 110 -- Du June 4; Deo , 1-91 fDo l'rov.. 1 Auckld. 1 1(0 i l o ( 741 10710V1 1 I k ( rie ;1 &2, 1596.. —.— Nova Scotia 6P. c•Jan• • • •- and July. 1875 1)0 6p. C. ' 52-5 Do 189 i . . Tasmanian 6 per c. 1853. • • • 1061 107 i Do it9,.-'97 . ..... Victoria. 6r er ceut. 1891 ll 0 013 114 .... 1):;. A pril and Oct ... lOO 109 11t1 MR. DISRAELI'S AMENDMENTS ON THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. We have now definitely put before us the policy intended to be pursued by the Opposition on the Irish Church Bill of the Government. Clause by clause the measure has been criticised, and the amendments which have suggested themselves to the Conservative leader, or leaders, are now put on the notice-book of the House of Commons. They are most elaborate ; and unfortunate Mr. Disraeli will be indeed if he cannot carry some of his proposals, and get a good division on most of them. The 'first amendment is " leave out Clause 2." This clause runs as follows :—" On and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, the said union created by Act of Parliament between the Churches of England and Ireland, Shall be dissolved, and the said Church of Ireland, hereinafter referred to as ' the said Church,' shall cease to be established by law." D oes Mr. Disraeli' mean by this amendment to turn the bill Into one for mere disendowment? if not, what does the omission of the clause mean? The next motion provides for putting off " the evil day" till 167 2 . In his third amendment the leader of the Opposition proposes to create, in addition to the paid commissioners, three unpaid commissioners, and suggests the Right Hon. Maziere Brady, formerly Lord Chancellor of Ireland ; the Right Don. Abraham Brewster, late Lord Chancellor of Is eland ; and the Right Hon. Riclsard Keatinge, late the Judge in the Irish Pro bate Court, to fill the offices. He makes a dis tinction between the paid and the unpaid commissioner. To the paid commissioner only he would give the power of acting by himself, and, as a court of appeal, would have one paid and two unpaid commissioners to sit. Mr. Glad stone's bill provides for payment to each of the commis sioners ; two of them to form a court of appeal. The next important alteration is made in the clause providing that hereafter no appointments to any bishopric, &c., shall be made by her Majesty. Mr. Disraeli proposes, instead, that from the passing of the Act until 1872 no such appointment shall be made; thereby implying that after that time her Ma jesty will have the patronage as heretofore. The bill provides that all property, real and personal, belonging to or in any wise appertaining to, or appropriated to, the use of any person - bolding any archbishopric, bishopric, benefice, or cathedral preferment, shall vest in the commissioners. This is proposed to be omitted and a proviso to be inserted for a commutation in respect of other property. The clause forbidding bishops to sit in the House of Lords is allowed to stand, but an addition is made to it providing that every present archbishop, bishop, and dean, shall during his life enjoy the same privileges, and the same title and precedence, as if the Act had not passed. The 14th Clause seeks to enact that com mutation shall be made to the bolder of any office on its real annual value after deducting the salaries of perma nent curates. Mr. Disraeli proposes to make no reduction in respect of these salaries. The clause goes on to provide that the salaries shall be paid to the present holders of these offices so long as they discharge their regular duties. The clause is so amended as to read that the money shall be paid to them so long as they per form such duties as they were accustomed to discharge, or would have been liable to discharge, if this Act had not passed. Some amendments then follow in respect of curates. The bill provides only for particular compensas tion to permanent curates. All other curates are to apply to, and to obtain compensation f rom, th e commissioners, andi are not to receive snore than £2OO per annum. This is proposed to be altered by enacting that compensation shall be given to all curates. " Two hundred "is omitted, but no figures are put in their place. Some verbal alterations of no great moment are then made in the provisions as to compensating schoolmasters and sextons; from which subject Mr. Disraeli passes on to the much more important one of the " representative body" of the Church. On this subject the bill provides that the laws preventing the assembling of synods and convocations shall be repealed. Mr. Disraeli adds several Sentences, enacting that the bishops, clergy, and laity of the Church may meet in General Assembly or Convocation by such representatives, lay and clerical, as shall be determined and declared by them in their several dioceses, and in such General Assembly or Con vocation frame a constitution and regulations for the general management and government of the Church, and the future representation of its members in Diocesan Synods' General Convocation, or other wise. Thus he substitutes " General Assembly " for the indefinite terns " representative body." The bill provides that, in the event of a representative body being formed, the several persons deprived of incomes under the Act may themselves apply to the commissioners for the commutation of their life interests. Mr. Disraeli proposes that this application shall be made on the part of the person by the representative body on or before Jan nary 1,1871. The bill provides that the commissioners shall estimate the value of the year ly income or life interest, and shall pay a fairsum to the representative body. Mr. Disraeli proposes that the commissioners shall pay to the representative body a stun equal to fourteen times the amount of such aggregate yearly incomes and life interests, and in return all the estates and interest of such persons in such ecclesiastical property shall stnve in the commis sioners. The bill provides that n the case of archbishops or other persons holding any building charge, the commissioners in compensating them shall deduct for want of repairs. This Mr. Disraeli proposes to omit. The bill vests certain churches which are national monuments in the Board of Public Works in Ireland. Mr. Disraeli declares most strenuously that these are not henceforth to be used for public worship. Mr. Disraeli also adds to the clause providing that churches shall be handed over to the representative body, a provision that the com missioners shall at the same time hand over a commutation of the sum paid by the Ecclesiastical com missioners yearly to churches for beating, lighting, &c. The clause providing for the vesting of ecclesiastical buildings in the representative body, is made compulsory. The provisions as to burial grounds are allowed to stand, as are further enactments as to church buildings and lands; but a most important alteration is made in the provisions as to private endowments. The bill sets forth that these endowments shall be vested in the representative body, if they have been left since 1660, the year of the Ileformas Won, and tlmt, =f 51.. years the propel ty shall vest by application in the neat of kin. Mr. Disraeli proposes to hand over all private endowments, at whatever date given, which can he satisfactorily proved by historical documents to be given by private persons; and to change " within twenty five years " to "since 1800." He also proposes to hand over to the Church all . oyal grants since the second year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The bill enacts that the rent charge shall be commuted at twenty-two times its value. Mr. Disraeli wishes that the amount of commutation shall be appraised by inquiry in the Landed Estates Court, and elsewhere as to what has been the market price obtained on the sale of the rent-charge during the ten previous years. Mr. Disraeli next proposes to omit the famous Maynooth Clauses 36, 37, and 38. These refer to the Regium Donum as well as to the Roman Catholic grant. As this bill would stand under the amendments, the Maynooth Grant would be simply repealed without compensation. Mr. Disraeli also proposes to provide for the interest of the laity, and does so by the following clause :—" That the commis. sioners shall pay to the Church representative body a capi talised sum equal to four times the aggregate amount of the net annual incomes of all the incumbents of benefices, estimated in the manner provided by the provisions of Clause 23, such capitalised s um t o be held by such Church representative body upon trust to apply the income arising from the sam e in and towards the maintenance of divine worship in such places in Ireland, and in such manner as such body shall deem fit." Being also concerned for the comfort of the repre sentative body, Mr. Disraeli proposes to hand over £200,000 to provide for the payment of servants, agents, and other expenses in connection with it. THE PERILS OF STICKLEBACK FISHING.-Dr. Lankester held an inquest on Friday on a boy named Thomas Spiller, seven years old, who fell into the Regent's Canal and was drowned while fishing for sticklebacks. Dr. Lankester remarked that more boys were lost in that pursuit than men in the sea fisheries. A youth recovered the bodies by means of drags, for which the law allowed him ss. Had he jumped into the water and saved the boy's life, it appears that he would not have been entitled to any reward. The petition against Lord Milton and Mr. Beau• mont, the sitting members for tho Southern Division of the West Riding, was opened this morning before Baron Martin. The Springfield Republican says :—'• The late Marchioness de la Valette, as we said some months since, was the widow of Samuel Welles, the Massa chusetts man who established and long maintained the best American banking house that has over been in Paris. Her maiden name was Fowle, and she was born in Rhode Island. A sister of hers being married in Lon don to an American banker there, .►Liss Fowle early in life went to live in London, and there she married Mr. Samuel Welles. Some ten years afterwards, in 1841, Mr. Welles died, leaving a large fortune to his widow and only son, who graduated at Harvard a few years ago. In 181'2-3 Mrs Welles married La Valette, who has since so much distinguished himself in diplomacy. Her son, who has been adopted by La Valette is now known as Count Welles de La Valette, and has been married for soma two years to a daughter of M. Rouher, the Emperor's most able and trusted Minister. At the time of her death the marchioness must have been nearly sixty." An officer recently called to confer with General Sherman as to breaking up Lincoln Barracks, near Wash ington, which he considered a bad quarter for soldiers, and asked him what he should do with the property. " Burn it, burn it, sir!" said Sherman, impetuously. " General," said the officer, "please put your order in writing, and 1 will obey." "Burn it, burn it!" again exclaimed Sher man. The officer asked his written orders therefor, when the General asked " what is its value." He was in formed it was worth $200,000. " Well," said Sherman, " the fact is, this city is a bad place for soldiers, and 1 want to get them all away from it. You had better• put it up for sale and clean the thing out quick." Subsequently General Emory called to ascertain what orders he had for his department. " What department?" inquired the Com mander-in-Chief. " The Department of Washington," said Emory. "Busted up, busted up, sir, yesterday; am going to get all the troops out of this city." Mr. Seward, in reply to an invitation to the Johnson-Baltimore banquet, wrote " 1 cordially thank the authorities for so kindly remembering my association with the great statesman of Tennessee during the period in which emancipation was gained, while the integrity of the Union was saved, and the Constitution was not lost. Very respectfully, your obliged and obedient servant." Secretary Boutwell was a retail shopkeeper at Groton. When Arthur Gilman was in Massachusetts he bought a yellow mug at his store, and sent it to an Eng lish friend, in 1851, as a curiosity, for such he regarded it, being sold to him from his little shop by the Governor of Massachusetts. George F. Hoar, brother of the Attorney-General, is the new Congressional representative from the Worces ter district, Massachusetts. He will probably be offered the judgeship vacated by his brother, but it is doubtful whether he will accept it. Mr. Gaston, however, the law partner of Speaker Jewel, is also suggested for the place. IMPERIAL PARLIA MEN 11011 SE OF LO RDS.-THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his FBat on the wcolsacl, at five o'clock. RAILWAY COMPANIES MEETING BILL. The Marquis of SALISBURY called attention to the fact that the bill naturally affected the standing order. passed to give shareholders the power of irotecting thei• property. The bill, after a short discussion, passed through corn mit tee. The Naval Stores Bill was read a second time. The Duke of Richmond having been added to thr Select Committee on the Law of Ilypothec in Scotland, Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMAIONS.—Tms EVENING The SPEAKER took thi chair at 4 o'clock. IMPUISONAIENT OF GEIILDREN. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Mr. Taylor, said no represen tation had reached him of two young children being s ,, w to prison for stealing greens, and a bey only eight year: of age narrowly escaped the same punishment, against th, decided opinion of one of the magistrates, Lord Folke stone. Ile had received no representation of the case, and: it not being the duty of the Home Secretary to review t+a judgment of magistrates, he had wade no inquiry into tin matter. Mr. TAYLOR gave notice that on the house going into committee of supply bo should call the attentioa of the house to the subject. (Rear, hear.) ST. STEPHEN'S CRYPT. Mr. LAYARD, in reply to Mr. Egerton, said the crypt was quite ready for the performance of divine service, but he proposed to take a small vote to complete the baptis try. If it was thought desirable to have divine service performed therein the house would have to provide an endowment for the minister. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. MONSELL said it was quite true that the 18th Regiment have received orders to quit New Zealand, and that there would be no imperial troops in that colony. The Governor-General would have no power to stay the departure of the regiment on any grounds whatever. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Capt. Bartelott, said the Lord Chancellor had made no inquiry into the affairs of St. Luke's Hospital, but the Lunacy Commissioners had, and were of opinion that the present site was most unfit for the hospital to continue to occupy. There was, however, groat difficulty connected with the matter. THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES. Mr. L AYARD said it was proposed to take some fur ther space for the new Government offices. The bill had been proposed, and when it was brought in he would state the exact amount of space required. AltgY CHAPLAINS. Mr. CARDWELL said it was intended to reduce the Army Chaplains' Department, and in what he had doue he had acted in accordance with the opinion of the Chaplain-General. WEST KENT MILITIA. Mr. CARDWELL, in reply to Mr. Whatman, said the original intention with respect to this regiment going to Shorncliffe would be adhered to. THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. Mr. MONSELL, in reply to Mr. Adderley, said the money to b 3 paid the Hudson's Bay Company for the sur render of their Government amounted to X 300,000, and one of the other arrangements was that the company was to receive one -twentieth of the land laid out for set tlement in the colony for the next 50 years. The agree ment was to be accepted or not by the Government within six months. IR. Mr. MAGUIRE THE rose to ISH move that anSOCIETY humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to issue a Royal Commission to inquire into the manner in which the Irish Society administer their property, which, according to their own admission in the law suit with the Skinners' Company they hold as trustees for the benefit of that trust ; and to considei whether, under a totally different state of circumstances from those to which the society had its origin, it would not be advisable to carry into effect the recommendation of the royal commissioners of 1854 on the corporation of London, that the Irish Society should be abolished; and to advise such other arrangements as would be most in harmony with existing circumstances and most conducive to the public advantage. The hon. member took the op nortunity of entering at length into the circumstances that led to the foimation of the Irish Society by the English Solomon, James the First, in 1613. He contended that from the first stroke of tho pen of the " royal puffer," King James, down to the present time, the whole action of the corporation of London had been to enrich and enjoy themselves without giving as much as a single thought to the improvement of tho con dition of the Irish population residing in the country. The rule of the Corporation had nearly lead to the de sthetion of the city of Derry, and it was not until Alder man Allsop came to Loudon and informed the Corporation that longer leases had been given than was usual, and the sudden improvement was the result of the new Arrangement. Th© Irish Society of London seemed to have a prodigious love of law, in fact it seemed as if the aldermen of Lon don were as fond . of law, as it were proverbial they were of turtle and champagne. (Laughter.) All the society seemed to think about was the frittering away the revenue of the society, and that being the case it was, in his opinion, certainly for the good of Derry and Cole rain, that the Irish Society should b.) abolished. (Hear, hoar.) (LEFT SPEAKING.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-71d3 Day. MARLBOROUGH-ST ItE ET. ATTEMPT TO STAB A WIPE IN A CAB. —Moore Fraser, of 53 Wootton-street, Waterloo-road, wasl i charged with being drunk and assaulting his wife, Il.euriette Fraser, and alb with_nl to h liar f The complainant said that on the previous day she was taking her husband hothe in a cab from Orchard-street, he having been drinking, when he set to striking her about the face, kicking Lee, and then took out a knife and made a stab at her, cutting her dross, at the same time stating that he would have her life. • The complainant exhibited her dress, which was cut and said her husband was frequently in the habit of strik ing and kicking her. In answer to the magistrate, The complainant said that some time since her husband came into possession of some money, and since then ho had taken to drink, and become very unsettled in his man ners. They had lately come from Hull. The prisoner said the complainant was not his wife as she alleged. The complainant said she was. The prisoner said he should like to know where they were married. The complainant s&id they were married at Leighton Buzzard. Police-constable Walter Vine, 39 0, said that while on duty at the Vine-street police-station, the prisoner, who had been drinking, was given into custody for assaulting and attempting to stab the complainant, and on searching him he found a knife on him. The prisoner said that was not true, and that he gave up the knife. The constable said it was a pocket knife. The prisoner was fined £5 or a month, and ordered to find bail to be of good behaviour for six months. WESTMINSTER. VIOLENT ASSAULTS.—Chas. Smith, a notorious charac ter, and Pederick Beltam, were charged with assaulting Police-constable Thos. Taylor, 341. A in the execution of his duty, and two civilians who assisted the constable. It appears that the two prisoners went to the house of Mrs. Barnes, in North-street, Chelsea, and insulted her in her shop ; she took up a 41b. weight to defend herself, and then they under the influence of liquor commenced a violent attack on her and beat her about. Mr. Bedford, a neighbour, interfered, and he was likewise assaulted and kicked; the policeman was fetched from Albert-gate, and took them into custody, and then they knocked him down, kicked, and tried to bite him, and wore with diffi culty removed to the station. The defence was that Mrs. Barnes when spoken to threw a 41b weight at Beltam, and hit him in the face, which ex hibited severe marks of violence. They expressed regret at assaulting the police, but pleaded drunkenness as an e xcue. Mr. Arnold was not satisfied with the hssault on Mrs. Barnes, but fined them 40s. each or 14 days for assaulting the police, and ordered them to enter into sureties to keep the peace for six months. TIIAMES. How PEOPLE ADIS KILLED IN TILE PUBLIC STREETS.— John Cason, a costermonger, aged 21 years, of North street, Whitechapel, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with being drunk and unlawfully and feloniously driving a horse and cart belonging to his brother along Bow-road to the danger of tho public, and with damaging a pony belonging to Mr. George Jackson, a butcher in Bromley. Mr. Pelham, solicitor, defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence of George Perry, a police constable, No. 514 K, who was supported in his testimony by other witnesses, that the prisoner was intoxicated and driving a horse and cart at the rate of 12 or 14 miles an hour in the Bow-road, and that several persons ou foot narrowly escaped destruction. The alarm was extreme. The prisoner was lashing his horse like a madman, and drove against a pony and light cart belonging to Mr Jackson, whose son, a boy aged 12 years, was driving, and about to cross the road to Tomlin's-grove to deliver some meat. The shaft of the prisoner's cart struck the pony on the left side and entered its body. The owner said the case was quite hopeless. The pony was dying, if not already dead. The value of the animal, if he had wanted to sell it before the injury was £lO. Se veral witnesses made a strong case against the prisoner. Mr. Pelham, solicitor, pointed out a discrepancy be tween the evidence of the two witnesses. One said that young Jackson was on the wrong side of the road, and on the other on the right. He contended that no blame could attach to the prisoner, and that he could not drive his horse, an old one, at the rate of 12 or 14 miles an hour. The exaggeration was manifest to a'l. Mr. Benson said this was the way so many accidents were continually taking place and how people were killed in the public streets. The prisoner was drunk, and Hot fit to drive at all along a public road where the traffic was always very great. The boy driving his father's cart was about to turn into Tomlin's-grove on his off side, and for a second or two might have been on his wrong side, but that did not justify the reckless and furious driving .of the prisoner, which was clearly made out. The prisoner was not driving at a fair pace, and, like many per sons who had horses and vehicles, appeared to think that the roadway was for their use alone. Foot passen gers had a right to 116 J the road as much as horses and vehicles, and to use it in safety, not to be r un down by reckless and drunken drivers and horseman. If the boy had been injured, he should,havo committed the prisoner for trial. Ile remanded him on bail for a week. 111.1 RD .EDITION NOTICE. he Third Edition of " The Stitt " of last Evening was published in pima for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 6 O'CLOCK. PORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day NE WMARKE r CRAVEN MEETING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) E LEVEN fit SALE STAKES. Ilinua TrJil . PLATE OF 50 SOVS. Kennington Prince Arthur Thunderclap . Fifte2n ran. Winner objected to. ELEVENTH NEWMARKE - C BIENNIAL. Pero Gomez Duke of BeAufor‘ Ryshworth 3 Fiv© ran. Won cleverly by a neck. Three lengths between the second and third. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Badsworth Provider 2 Meteor •• 3 LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. NE WMARKET HANDICAP. 6to 4 agst Alpenstock (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 2to 1 aget Wild Oats (taken) 425 to 100 agst Pretender (taken) Bto 1 agst Duke of Beaufort (taken) • 10 to 1 aget Belladrum (offered) , DERBY. 2 to 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken) Bto 1 agst Wild Oats (taken and wanted) The above aro the only telegranis received up to tho ime of going to press. RACING FIXTURES. APRIL. Knighton... l3, 14 I Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Ludlow 15, 16 Croydon . 22, 23 Eastbourne l9 I Newmarket Ist Spring Lewes 20 21 I 26, &c. MAY. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 1 Doncaster 13, 14 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 1 West Drayton l7, 18 Winchester ll, 12 1 Bath 18, 19 York 11, 12 Manchester 19, 20, 21 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11 12 Croydon 19, 21 St. Albans 13 14 I Harpenden 2l Salisbury l3 11 Epsom Summer .....25, Sc. JUNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 1 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 2 Newton Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 iiibury Club 23 Liverpool Summer _l5, 16 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Windsor 15, 16 Chelmsford Hampton l7, 18 Sutton Park .....29, 30 Curragh 22, 23,.21 I JI , LY Worcester l, 2 a Southampton 13, i* Newmarket July 6, &c. I Reading 15, 16 Carlisle .. 6 7 Huntingdon qn, 21 Pontefract 9, .10 1 Stamford ... -"' 23 Hendon ... l2, 13 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 I Nottingham l3, 14 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. APRIL. epion 9 2, 23 Co. Louth & Irdeen 27, 28 AUGUST. Brighton 3, 4 Oxford Brighton Cluh 5 I York 24, 25, 26 '4ewes 6, 7 Plymouth - 27 . . _ 10, 11 1 Scarborough , Eguatu Wolverhan•pton --it), 11 1 l)erby Summer ...31, Sep. 1 ‘Viudsor 12, 13 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 St. Albano l7, 18 1 Canterbury ..... ....31, S op. 1 Stockton lB, 19, 20 1 SEPTEMBER. Warwick... 7, 8 I Hampton 21 , 22 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Abingdon 9, 10 I Hendon 2 3, 2 4 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Monmouth... •.. 23, 24 Richmond 4 1 1, 22 Newmarket ist 0ct....28, Icc. Lichfield OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 Cheltenham l9. 20 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 I Curragh l9, 21,, &I Leicester z.r. Bromley 7 . 8 1 Heref o rd - ...... ......... 21 , , 22 Newmarket 2d 0et...11, &c. Monmouth 23, 2.i Chelmsford l9 2 I 0 Newmarket H'tou ..„25, ate. Kelso 19 20 NOVEMBER.. ...........2, 3 I EgHuron Hunt 6, 7 3, 4 Liverpool _prow burr l3, le Barrow.. Woreost or St. Albans - rlTniVrick Hunt Egliuton lluut 74 1 St. Albans w -.c Drayton 1 JULY. 9 00TOBEtt. Bromley 7 I West Drayton NOVEMBER. Worcester 2 , 3, i Shrewsbury 13, Harrow '', 3 I Leamington hunt ....23 ctc Lyorpool 9, 10, 1.1., 12 Kingsbury. COURSING FIXTURES. St. Albans AUGUST. OCTOBER. 17 Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolushire 5, G. Ormohby 19, &e. Huntingdon Club., 26, 27. i) VEMBER. Sundorne, Salop Cothan and Est On.. 9; ece. LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William Kes%vich as Consul-General for Hung Kong and Macao ; Mr. Wilhelm Heinrich Johann Schabbel as Consul at Port Elisabeth; and Mr. A. Ebden as Consul at Port Elisabeth. The undermentioned Officers have been promoted to the rank of Inspector-General of Hospitals in her Majesty's Fleet :—Charles Anderson, Esq., M.D., and William I. Smart, Esq., C.B. COURSE OF EXCHA NGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 1i ... 12 2 Do Rotterdam .3} Antwerp 25 3(.. ... 25 45 Brussels — ... 25 35 25 45 Hamburgn — 13 11 ... 13 ilk Paris Short ... 25 '7k 25 25 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 121 Vienna — ... 12 70 ... 12 80 Trieste — ... 12 70 ... 12 80 . Petersburg .. 30 ... 31 Copenhagen — ~ 9 21 ... 9 23 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — 49 ... 49 ... Leghorn Milan — ... 26 47f ... 26 55 Genoa — .. 26 471 .. 26 55 Naples Palermo — ... 26 471 ... 26 55 Messina Lisbon — ... 52} ... 521 Oporto — ... 52f ... 5 2 t . Rio Janeiro — ••• ••• New York - ••• ••• As every one knew, including Longatreet him self, there was little chance of his escaping detraction on obtaining his recent appointment, and here is an instance from the Louisville Journal: —" About the year 1855, as we are informed, Longatreet being a Major in the United States Army and in command of a military post on the American side of the Rio Grande, was indicted in the District Court of the United States for the Territory of New Mexico for the crime of smuggling, but when the United States Marshal went to the fort to execute the process of said Court, the gates were closed against him, and he had to return with out executing it. The Marshal having reported these facts to the then Governor of the Territory, he made ap plication to Gen. Garland, who commanded that military district, to have Longatreet surrendered to the civil autho rities for trial, but as Longstreot was a relative of the General, he evaded the application of the Governor and then ordered a court of inquiry to investigate the matter. This court, composed of his brother officers, found Longstreet guilty, but the General disapprov b e f the finding of the court, and the matter was settle b d ou r bo i e had some g n i o v s i ongivaggplliendggeo on the t t b h e e pcairv:loofflitcheorsmtitattaitp.erensenee,d w infer that Grant, knowing that Longst reet o ffenders might slip, know ledge of the holes through which offenders a t p ho p ug oin h t t ed him bil a ii he luid boon a Coufeierate officer. Lieut.-Gen. Sheridan left the Fifth-avenue Rote], suitable i t t b a i b s l er responsible to h b : e s:t i :o o p ffi t c h o e , where he has resided since his arrival in New York from Was'iington, by the evening train for Fort Leavenworth, his old head-quarters. After transacting some personal busix,ess there he purposed to go direct to Chicago. Ho wilt he accomFauied by Col. Crosby. Gen. Forsyth, of Lien.-Gen. Sheridan's staff, left for Columbus, Ouio, on Su ad.ay morning, Mach 21. On Saturday evening, March 20, Lieut.-Gen. Sheridan, with Gen. Forsyth, visited the Tammany. and Bryant's Minstrels. E. B. Wasliburue left Washington on the 24th Mnrch for Galena, where he was to remain a fortnight to arean go his affairs. He was not to return to Washington batons his departure for France unless summoned by the President. After finishing his business at home he will go. on• to Now York, whence he will sail for Havre by the Villa de Pal is, May 1.