The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'Ceocie. Consols are 93 21 j for money ; ditto, for Ac count, —; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 ; New Three per Cents, 918 k ; ditto 21 per Cent., Jan., 1834, 741; Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent., 5 1 prem ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., shut. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 210 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 14 18 prem. According to Reuter's telegram this morning the French Rentes were 70f 15c ex. In the Foreign Market there is a rise of 1 per cent. in Danubian, at 861 to 871; in Russian (1862), at 861 to 87 ; I in Portuguese, at 361 to 3 7 ; and 1 in Egyptian (1868), at 758 to 761. There is a fall of / in the Tobacco Loan, at 84 ; in Brazilian, at 791 to 791 ; and in Nicolai, at 661 to 67/ ; and an / in Italian, at 351, and in Spanish at 31k. Turkish Five per Cents. are 401, and the Six per Cents. 631. The railway share market is rather firmer, especially for Great Norehern (A) and Me tropolitan Extension, both of which show an im provement of 1 ; the quotations being 106 to 107, and 1021 to 1031 ex. div. respectively. London, Chatham, and Dover is also i f higher, at 16 1 to 16k. A fall of I, however, has taken place in Great Eastern, at 374 to 374 ; and Midland, at 1161 to 116/. Caledonian is steady, 7 31 to 80 ; Great Western, 481 to 49 ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 123 to 1231 ; London and Brighton, 49 to 491; London and North 'Western, 1131 to 1141; Metropolitan, 1031 to 1031 ex div. ; and South Eastern, 751 to 754. United States 5-20 Bonds show a recovery of /, the price being 831 to 83/ ; but Erie Shares and Illinois are each 1 lower, being quoted at 241 p 25, and 961 to 971 respectively. Bank Shares show no perceptible chance. Lon don and Westminster is steady at 641 65 ; Oriental, 4 21 to 431 ; London Joint Stock, 32 to 33 ; Union of London, 361 to 371; Consolidated, 41 to 48 ; Anglo-Austrian, 15 to 16 ; Alliance, 131 to 141. The Miscellaneous Securities are unchanged. Anglo-America❑ Telegraph is steady, at 221 to 22i; General Credit is quoted, at 18 to 11 die. ; International, 11 10 11 dis. ; Hudson's Bay is steady, 1 31 to 13i ; and National Discount, 111 to 11/. The half-yearly general court of proprietors of the Bank of England was held this morning. The dividend declared was 4/ per cent., and it was ordered to be paid on the sth of April. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday, and the transactions during the week since the date of the last return have resulted on balance in a withdrawal of only £20,000. With regard to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway scandal, it is stated that a general scheme of compromise and reorganization, based on the principle of mutual concession, has been framed, and is now under the consideration of some of the chief holders of the company's deben tures and stock, and if approved by them it will be submitted to the general proprietary for their sanction. The Hudson's Bay Company have issued a copy of the voluminous correspondence between the com pany and the Government, extending over a period from July, 1862, to the 9th March inst., the date of the letter from the Colonial-office, conveying Lord Granville's proposal for the transference of the territory of the company to the Dominion of Canada. A meeting of the shareholders is called for Wednesday next, the 24th inst., to consider this proposal. Meanwhile the opinion of the Stock Exchange with regard to it is indicated by a decline the price of the £2O shares from 141 to 131. The intimation that the Portuguese Government bad confiscated the South-Eastern of Portugal Railway occasioned great excitement in the City. It is felt that the authorities of Lisbon are playing a very absurd game in thus pretending to forestall the rights of the English bondholders. The arrange ments made in the settlement of the dispute last Sear were calculated to inspire a hope that the Portuguese Government would be inclined to make a satisfact. ry adjustment. They have now taken a very opposite course, and the effect will be greatly to interfere with their credit. A protest should be nude to the Government through the English Minister, with the view of expressing au opinion on the point, especially when it is known that the financial affairs of Portugal are in such a state of disorder. The traffic of tho London and South-Western Railway shows an increase for the week of £284. The traffic return of the Great Western Railway exhibits au increase of £3,050. The report of the National Bank of India (Limited), to be presented on the 22d inst., shows an avai?able total of £19,961, including a previous balance of £1,069, and recommends a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and the appro priation of £3,000 to reserve, leaving £3,045 to be carried forward. At the meeting of Renter's Telegram Company (Limited) the directors' report, which announced a total distributio❑ of 10 per cent. for the year 1868, free of income tax, was adopted. At a general Court of the London Assurance Cor poration a dividend of £2 ss. per share was de clared for the half-year ending tue 25th inst. The mortgage debentures of the Trouville Asso ciation (Limited) were quoted 1 to 1 prem. A general meeting of the Universal Private Tele graph Company is called fur the 31st inst. At an adjourned meeting of the creditors of Messrs. B. Watson and Co., spinners and manu facturers, held at Manchester, the unsecured liabi lities were stated at £60,000, and the assets, after deducting payments to be made in full, at £10,400. It was resolved to accept a composition of ss. in the pound. A meeting also took place of the creditors of Messrs. Ward, Armitage, and Co. ; an offer was made to pay 7s. 6d. in the pound, but a committee was appointed to investigate. The liabilities are £40,000, and the apparent assets £20,000. The Coupons of the Egyptian Government Loan of 1864, due the Ist April, and the Bonds drawn for redemption, will be paid on and after that date. The Coupon of the English series (K) of the Five per Ceut. Debentures of the Dutch Mortgage Bank of Amsterdam, falling due the Ist April, will be paid on and after that date. 1111TIIIII FIMS-TWO WOLOOJE GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 4 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 5 per Cent. Reduced 9l/ i ...New 3 per Cent how 2i per Cent. Jan. 1891 Do. a per Cen J 9.11.1873 .uuuitieb, So yrs, txpire sth Jan., 1880 —3 Do. for 3u yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do ( Red Sea Televaph), slug., 1908 — Exclioqu”r Bills, £l,OOO, 2/ per Ct. Do .£5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO — Bank of England Stock. 4 per Cent account Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial (Minium INDIAN juVEitNMENT 8M:1114.11'U6. India stock, 101 per Gent., April 1874 210 Do. Opening, for Account - Do. 5 per Uout..luly, 168 U Do. 1 per Cent.. Oct. 1868 - Do. Certiticates Do. bnfaced Papeu 4 per CAut Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 187/ Do. Si per ( 1 -nt. Allty 18 - "4 — DJ sper Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 los} . kID..„ Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 .„ — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cont., £l,000 Di). under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. iteptibile, 6 per ..... 9; [)o., Scrip 4.45 paid .. Au itrixL Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1559 — Ilelzilian 5 per Cent — )1. ti per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 18 "iti — Do. do. 186 ' — Do. do., 1063 7l Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 l )o Account 79i i 13 :coos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Dl `) sl , 6 per Cent. Oiah.,. ---•••• 6 per gentimsimmmtommunt, ras pulling in c. Then the coxswains in 1, and knows avery turn on d, or makes a le is such a ttend to him, tt way. The .vantage over for practice. I banks, that oke, at which 'inally, while not omit to n—Granville, wain Chucks, ion, was an vine. Under heard a coarse the odds are s! but what disadvantage, tey have that Li ; a great fend or rival, !r took oar in aking his op ther boat, or hter, as soot' now, and a Y well when a he matched rho had won .ay ; but Peel itch. Ben is ng that; but [t was simply a Light Blues d his party" their oppo- L)ut even then )ut for Lowe's to the skill of heart to keep n at the head Big Hardy, d on his con rong, and he do with it. .ce," said Dis do. Hard! It it—so well linsford, and t►e Dons and ind said they Disraeli per ything to do there they li for Stroke, Then ever. ite up to the :h he has not 3a very odd ?hat to mak e shat he will , ' stroke, an d save Pis' his shoulder, 'gala. The ... y , B 4C gover n ght Blues so n pulling in Nortlicote 1 .11 a gentl e " Jack Brigh t at, what 14 ,kington--he ty, at We t ': has cast hie much catch, doubtful if s has pul led a at work s° :arn the old ough befor e ) now. Vol leis a cap ita accounts fo r Jail Blue!' enough In 1 is the co l ; do his 'W I ' veil as Wi n ' g Taylor fo 1 boat to get They ll e : 1 . ! a cieotl' a nd that c 01 3: the i ° 6truc c, gd t loos 1-tio, ret,t re l y s i te d o tbei ° • it o f , arany vto cLoc s leg/ crib ur._pp I of vie ,tc o a; o f W. B on Steal CitY 11 4u se a , is Pr" ,bos f ic s inJs ° 011 0 ake aP. troll' • g tho t he awl of Pa rt i ,e tro t e d to a — ite et ll ud e the 6 ,P r r esi Tis"'" to a )t too ad o operi 'o. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo .i.bian, 6 per Cent. Dan sh 3 per Cent., 1825 Dan '.ian Principalities, 7 per Cent —. .13,, 8 per Cent., 1867 — qualor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. b.; ,y 1 Jae, 7 per Cent — Jo Seeped Issue — li )0..£50t Bonds • Do. £lOO Bonds • •••• Do. 1864 Do. Account D. £5OO Bonds Do. 4106 Bonds 9Ol English Scrip, 1868 76 I i e r Do do. £45 pd — dis Governrcent tlailwav Debentures ....• 97 Green 5 per Ccat., 1824 5, ex Coups — ilO. Acccunr . • Du. Coupons - Do. Account , ,•ii,it,itia 5 per Cent . — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., all pd It ..i.an 5 pr. , t - (*et. t., 1865 — . -- )o. Accountu, . -r Do MArornmitua Hallway 5B ',l , ,sican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do A per Cont. Anglo-French 0 ontevidcltn i.; per Cent. . . Mc Trish Imperial 5 per Cent . Vow Granada, Hi Do 3 per COI Do. Deferred ?eruvitin 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account. Do 11 per Cent. ( lit . I tarren) Do 4i per Cent.. 1862 , Do Account Purisguese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7, '9,'60,'2.% , Do. do. 1467 Do. do. Sc, ip, £2O paid — It issian 5 per Cent., 18::z, £ $t Do 41 per Cent . 185 U Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent.., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 o Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, .£IOO.B nde•_ — Do. du. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bo n d s — Do. do £B4 15s. du — 'o Nicolas Railway 67 1 Sardinian b per Cent - Spanish 3 per Can . -- Do. Acc , Junt ..., 331 Do. 1867 - Do. Account Do. New Deferreu — Do. Account. Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert.. of Coul . nut funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip pr._ Turitish 6 per Cont.! .. , Oo Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 63 Do Account ..... 621 Do £lOO Bonds — >0 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account 0 , . £10( Bonds 6B Do 5 per Cent. 1865 D., Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 - i 4/ Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed 1,a0 , i 'Warrant:. (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Acc. ant • Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Divideuas on the above payable in Austrian o per Cent. Ex 1U Florins Belgian. 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch k* per Cent. Ex. 12 GO, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. 'ltalian 5 per Cent. 1831, El. 251. Do Account 55/ TWO O'CLOCK. onn sots, Money 93 1100. Account, April 81 934 POLICE .INTELLIGENCE—This Day. THAMES. A VERY UNPLEASANT ACQUAINTANCE.—Susan Gale, a smartly-dressed, red-faced, noisy young woman, was brought before Mr. Benson on a warrant, charged with annoying and threatening Mr. William Hiscock, pork butcher, of Hertford-place, Commercial-road. Mr. Pelham, solicitor, stated that a warrant was granted for the apprehension of the prisoner on the 23d of October last, and another yesterday, and he put in an apology for the complainant interfering with the execution of the first warrant. It was an error of the head, not of the heart. The complainant had car ried on an intercourse for a short time with the defendant, who now belonged to the class called unfortunate, and Mr. Hiseock very prudently severed the connexion and had married a very respectable young woman. The Defendant—Three weeks ago this very day. Mr. Benson ordered the prisoner to find one surety in the sum of £2O to keep the peace for six months. WESTMINSTER. MAGISTERIAL NEGLECT.—II is required by the Police Courts Act that a magistrate shall be sitting from 10 in the morning until five in the afternoon daily, Sundays excepted. This appears to have been occasionally for gotten, and this morning Mr. Benson did not take his seat until an hour after the proper time. There were thirteen charges to hear, on which the police were kei t front their rest and sureties from their business. Without any reason being assigned for the neglect to comply with the provisions of an Act of ?ornament as binding upon magistrates as those under which they themselves commit others. There were also a number of applicants waiting for advice and process, and some trifling military business to attend to. Surely the public convenience should be consulted, as well as its being borne in mind that the rest of the police is being broken. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE BOAT RACE. Soon after the start an old tug, known as the "Thomas," ran foul of :" Citizen L " and was capsized. One man unfortunately was drowned, and it is a wonder a number of others were not also drowned, as these little tugs ran into and under all sorts of craft in the river MARICE 7 S -2 HIS D.l Y. METROPOLITAN CATTLE• There are very few beasts fresh up from our own graz ing di,tricts and foreign consignments are smaller. Trade is, however, very dull, and Monday's quotations cannot be maintained. TALLOW. The market is steady. Town tallow, 44s 9d; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 47s 3d; ➢larch, 47s 3d ; April to June, 46s 6d; June, 46s 6d ; October to December, 465. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. March 18.—Sales probably 6,000 bales. Market quiet, and unchanged. Foreign Mail racket List. MAILS DUE. &tetralia and New Zealand, via Southampton Mar. 27. Ditto, via elreeilles .. • .•. 0000 o Mar. 22 Brasil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video April 18 Ditto, by irrenoh paokut Cape Verde, by Brazil paotet ...... Uape of Good ELpe, Anuenaion. and St. Helena Mar. 15. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Mar. 27. taibraltar, via Southampton Mar 20 India,via Southampton . ......Mar. 20 unto, via Maraeil.es Malta, Egy pt, &o. Mar. 26. Ditto, Marseilles.. Mar. 17 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Scuthanq ton Ditto, Marseilies Mar. 19 Newfoundland .. ....... April 7 Portugal ... .. . April 6. United States, anada, California, &a., by British packet Ditto, by Canadian packet Ditto, by L sited states packet Mar 17 Ditto ditto (Baltimore) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Mar 19. West Indies and ntoitic (except Mexico and Baha- mae) Mar 31 Cuba and Mexico B e rmuda, via Ila Mar. SI. Mar 24. lishamaki, via New 1 ork The Oxford and Cambridge boat race has a very melancholy end this year ; Mt. Mellor, the original No. 7 of the Cambridge crew, died this morning. A General Press Despatch says— Tile Inau guration Ball Committee have engaged the bands of the Marine corps, Annapolis Naval Academy, and the 12th and 4lth regiments, numbering in all 120 pieces. The tickets of admission have just been issued. The one ad. mitting ladies measures seven by •ten inches. In the centre is a bust of Grant, laurel-crowned, with his motto in rays of light behind his head ; at the foot of the bust are sprigs of oak and laurel, and American flags on each side. On the right is Peace, with her pahn branch and wings strew ing the earth with blessings; returning Commerce repre sented by a ship under full sail; and at her feet the plough, and other symbols of Agriculture, covering up the effects of the strife, represented by a deserted gun half lost in the growth. At the opposite side is Columbia, severe and assured, with the cap of Liberty and the horn of Plenty. In the distance, the Capitol, arched by the how of promise in token of better times. The committee have extended invitations to all the Ministers of Foreign Legations, who, it is expected, will attend in court costume. These, with those sent to the President and Vice-Pre ident elect, and their families, are all the invitations the committee intend to issue. The demand for tickets is very great, and the indications are an unusually large and brilliant assem blage." CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.--Wed ncsday, March 17.—Admissions by season tickets, 1,255, ditto on payment, 490; total visitors, 1,745. The surface of the warm springs near Carson, Nevada, hap Suddenly sunk two Wt. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVE.NING, MARCH 18, 1869. SHARE LIST. ,ti..a.Ao AND STOCKS. P,Are fwd. Closing Business Price. dens. st Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 et Caledonian 11:0 80 81 SO 791 801 se C.ilubriati 20 Cornwall all 21 31 ..et Dublin et Belfast June lOO 77 79 at Dun„Perth. Ab. June lOO 70 72 2j East London all 7 9 20 uo 16 - 2) Do 10 • Glasgow et S. Western lOO 97 99 at Great Eastern .. 'OO 37 371 37/ it Do. E. Angl. So. 100 Wrest orth of Scotland lOO 16 6 et Great Nortuern lOO 1071 1081 et Dv. A 100 1051 061 106 1 e Diu. 11 stuci: lOO 123 125 st (its, and W. ox lrelaud lov 65 7 8, li t. 1V extern -original lOO 481 19 in 9 • Do. South Waled lOO 57 59 st Do. W. Aild.-W-torti lOO 27 20 it Do. Newrort lOO '29 21 .1 Lane.Lature.a Y orkatir lOO 123 124 el Lon., iirierh.,„:, S.Cvast lOO 4) 461 49/ 0) Do Scrip - - et 1 on., Chat., and Dover loe, 101 17 101 st Do. 33etrop. Ex. A iou - st Lon. La :suriti 11 t Icru lOO 1:31 14 114 131 ,t Lou. t Suutn W,sl:3 - 11 lOO 87 s 9 at Alan., Snel., Ico bll 53 531 st Metropolitan st Do Exionsi.in 10 Do. .L.New rd .• et Alo'•ropolttan District. all 48 52 5) 10 Metrop. at. John's oo 1 45 - - st st dirmin. Dep'by . .. 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 8 5 1 !i , e 3 ; st N,rth British st Do. Ed., 1.1.11.,.5• Don .. log - - st I , or.;e:astern---berwa:a.. 110 100 102 1021 1 25 Do. fl. purchase - - st Do Leeds st Do York . ICO 91 91 921 st Do Cara .ic . ...... 12'2 :25 at Do Stoe efiz Darling... KO 1;9 131 st North Lon ion 10 Du .NOW , t , lB .. 2 11 11p et North Staffordshire...... ICO 57 59 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 9i 101 lu Do Now £lO shares 7 -• _ . st Rhymney at Shropshire Union l' 0 56 57 st South Devoe st South Eastern lOO 75 751 761 st Staiues, Woleham, & Wok all 12 13 at • - Waterford & Kilkenuy - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 RAILWAYS-PREFER6NCE SUARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 4, per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st Th. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gnu—. all st a Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. let Class preference lOO ... at Glas. eL' S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO st -it. Eastern, L.C. Ex. No. 1 100 97 100 st Do do No. 2 100 95 93 at Do do 6 per cent 100 109 112 109 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do 0 7 du. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 70 75 st Du Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... at Do do 5 p.e.Way.Va1.1647 100 st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 at Du 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 4, do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 st, Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO all Gt. N rth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 54 Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 atj Gt. W est.—Orig.& J nt.-ltent chg., per gua.. p.c 100 10 : 103 st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 100 at Do du 4 a per cent. 1850— 100 88 9J st Do du 4 do do lOO 78 8 ) st 1)o do 5 per cent. redem 100 95 97 st Do do Birmingham gua 100 65 70 st Do do do pref 100 st Do do Chester gun......... 100 b 0 83 at Do do du 8 per cent. 100 at Du do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gun. 4 p.c. 100 , a . at Do do 4 p.c st Do do 41 1859 lOO at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g IOJ 115 116 st Do do 2d gua lOO 110 112 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO do 9 at Do do 2d do 100 100 103 102 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 4 p.c. all st Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 st Du Barnsley, .65 3s 10t1 p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn pureh). 100 98 100 st Loudon & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO st Du 5 per cent. gua. Nu. 2 lOO st Du 6 du do lOO st Do 5 do Na, 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 du (W .E. & C.P.) 100 at Do 4 do 1859 lOO ••• ..• at London, Chatham, ei Dover 5 per cent lOO al Lyndon and C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 10) 109 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Do Shrewsb'y & Wele'up'l lOO at London and 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 150 2s 61 Do (Purism. perp aus.2s6d) all ... st Man., Shef., & inuclu. 6 p.c lOO its 117: 6 Du £6 all par 1 pin st Do 31 per cent lOO UU 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 _ _ _ ;i ilia. Consolidated., 6p.c WU 135 140 st Do Bristol& Birin., 6p. e 100 133 136 1321 st Du 41 per cent. redeem 100 103 102 st, Du 41 per cent. irredecal 100 98 lOU st Du Leicester& li'elm,4 p.c. 100 88 00 St North Uritish, 5 p.c. u.l 10U st Do E. & L 4-. 4p.c.S. & 1) 100 st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t 100 st Do Border Union, 5& p.c 100 st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4p c 100 86 si st Dv 41 per cent. redeem 100 95 'J7 st Do ti N.E. 4 per cent., IOU 17 Du Berwick capital 8 13.4. ... 2 Do York, 11. &S. purchase lO 10 101 s Do Stelae & Drliug. A 5 p.c IOU 106 IL'S st Du W, liartlepoul il. and 11 lOO 85 87 20 North Staffordshire 108 s. Devon Annuities, 1 S all VI 101 lOs Do Tavistuck Anus., 10s all 9 10 lOs Dv Fixed 43 per cent all 8 9 10.6. S. i.ast. (head. Nuns., 1.0.6) all 22 '23 St Do 41 percent lOO st Du Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 st Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 12 12 1 11 Do B lO 4 4/ 50 Albion 00 Alliance. Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint a l l 191 '.2. , 1 204 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 4 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia.. all 1 1 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm.....,... :5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt ............... all 3 6 3 3 88 20 Bank of Otago, lint. .•, 10 5 4 25 Bank of South Australia... all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 3 7 39 10 Bank of New Zealand...... all 17 18 50 British North American . all 50 52 20 Chartered of India, Austra- lia, and China ............... all 214 22 25 Chartered Mere. of India. London, and China ...... all 31 32 20 City lO 12 121 100 Colonial '2s 391 401 40 10 Consolidated, 1int............ 4 i 1 44 50 Delhi anti Loudon, lint 50 East London, Hut 20 English and American, lint 10 20 English Bank of ltio de Ja neiro. lira 20 English, :, , cuttish, and Aus . tralian Chartered 1.81 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 81 35 281 Do new 5l 411 100 Imperial, lira ...... . 20 Imperial 0tt0man..........., 10 2/ 44 12 4 ,5 lonianall 25 '2l 25 Do new 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 3 ! 3 1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 75 76 30 London Bank; of Al exico and South America, lint. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 32 28 20 Do new 74 6 1 5 1 100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 10 12 25 Do new 10 21 3p 20 Landon Chart. of Australia all 231 234 244 20 London and County 50 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 ••• ••• London Joint 5t0ck......_ 1 32 33 321 London and South African al 91 134 00 London & S.-Western, lint, 20 ... ... 150 London & Venezuela, Jim_ 124 100 London and Westminster. 20 61 66 65 41 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm...,,,,,. 20 59 61 100 Merchant, Jim 10 Metropolitan, Jim all 6 / 7 4 100 Midland, lint— -5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint l5 8 1 d 100 National Proviuc. of Ened 42 ... -- 10 Do . ... 42 50 National. 3O 46 48 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 45 444 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 6 5 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 87 69 10 Do new. 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 15 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 47 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of Loudon MISCELLANEOUS. CORRESYONDENCE i aOAI ( FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, March 17. There is very little that is new in re the railway dispute, and that little is contradictory. The Independence Beige, the Public, and the Patrie all publish diverse accounts of the progress of the negotiations. It is clear, therefore, that we must wait until things are more deve loped before forming any decisive conclusion as to the result. But assurances and probabilities are as before on the side of peace. One of the most interesting conse quences of this generally disagreeable complication is that England's position in European politics has been more keenly discussed than I have known it for some time. The tone of opinion here, and especially in tLe official papers, betray considerable jealousy of England. It is thought that British policy is generallyopposed to that of France, that British sympathy mostly ranges itself on the side of Prussia, and that, even in respect of events in Spain, Frencli interests arc very little consulted on your side of the Chann,l. England supports, or at leastaccepts, the candidature of the Orleanist Prince. Now the fact is that England leaves Spanish affairs to take their own caurse. When Dons Fernando was pro posed as King, there was, S.) far as I could observe, a decided balance of opinion in England in favour of his candidature. But Dons Fernando will not accept the crown. The Spaniards have no prince except Montpensicr, and England has clearly no interest in preventing his accession. But the Imperial party of France dislikes the crowning of an Orleanist, and hence Eng land's indifference is taken to mean diversity of interest. Then, again, England's content, if not satis faction, at the mf ty of Germany is interpreted as an unfriendly demonstration against France. And lastly, there is a decided impression here that the British Cabinet in interfering in the Belgian affair has done so in the interests of Belgium. The truth, however, seems now to be definitely ascertained that this intervention has been confined within strictly prudent limits. Lord Clarendon has sought to bring about a reconciliation, but he has in no sense taken the part of Belgium as against France. The discussion which has arisen out of this Belgian affair may be summed up thus: people here see, or think they see, a revival of English interest in foreign affairs ; and in the present isolated position of France they regard with the greatest jealously any British sympathy on the opposite side of a question in which France may be concerned. Only this morning the Etendard comes out with a long article on " England and France." The burden of this song is that English supremacy is everywhere threatened—in America Canada is at the mercy of America, Russia is approaching the frontier of India, the Suez Canal injures our position in the East, the Darien Canal, constructed by America, must tell against our Pacific trade, &c. The remedy for all this is alliance, strict alliance with France. The Etendard is by no means one of the best representa tives of Parisian journalism, but it has advanced a step as a semi-official paper, and as such is entitled to some consi deration in declarations of policy. Mass was celebrated at the Tuileries yesterday in honour of the birthday of the Prince Imperial. This young gentleman now commences his fourteenth year, and is becoming apolitical personage of some importance. It is stated that he may probably make a tour through France in the early summer, in order, I suppose, to gain popularity, and to let the people see their future ruler. In another two years the Prince will be " of age," and will then probably have a separate establishment. His health seems better than it was formerly. An electoral amendment to the Budget has been pro posed. It is thought advisable to set apart a sum of £B,OOO in order to provide a number of uniform envelopes. These, it is hoped, will ensure strict secrecy at the coming elec tion, because every voter could place his bulletin under cover before putting it in the urn. The right of public meeting is producing some lively consequences. A meeting at Belleville has just beenbroken up because an orator delivered a eulogium on Brutus and Cassius. These two historic personages, I need hardly say, were chiefly instrumental in the assassination of Caesar ; all the world knows who claims to be the modern Caesar ; therefore, Q.E.D. The orator, in declaring that the men who had killed Caesar had delivered their country, excited the alarm of the commissioner, who put an end to the gathering. A dreadful disaster took place yesterday at the Place de la Sorbonne. A loud explosion took place in the shop of a manufacturing chemist's firm, and the building was directly afterwards enveloped in flames. Assistance was romptly procured, and the fire got under. The results of .e explosion were then seen, presenting a terrible spec tacle. Human remains were found mingled with the ruins and scattered around outside, a head being picked up atsome distance from the spot. In the confusion which prevailed during the evening no reliable accounts could be obtained of the number of victims ; three persons are, however, known to have perished, name'y, M. Bal, one of the part ners of the firm ; M. Bachimont, cashier ; and a third person, who could not be identified in consequence of the remains being so dreadfully disfigured ; he is, however, believed to be an assistant in the laboratory ; a son of another partner is also said to be missing, and several persons are stated to have been injured while passing in the street. All the windows in the neighbourhood were broken, including those of the College St. Louis. The shock was so great as to displace the furni ture in the - apartments of the adjoining houses. After the explosion, and during the fire, the in habitalits of the upper part of the house were in considerable danger, their retreat being cut off. Ladders were, however, raised to the second-floor windows, and those persons who occupied the upper storeys, having let themselves down by knotted sheets to the lower balconies, all were rescued in safety. Medical learning is making progress amongst women. A young lady named Doumergue has just passed a brilliant examination in pharmacy at Montpellier. She has b n admitted to the academy to follow the lectures on chemis try, botany, &c. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits et each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p C gua. at Uo Scot. Ceti. MILL 7 p C st Do 41 p irredeent all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 88 ve st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 87 82 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 82 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. lOU st Du Boston &Stead, 4; pc 100 at Great West., W. llidl. , 5p c 100 . st Do Jointi.erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 a.f. st Do do 6 p c irred., 1866 100 103 108 2u Do Vale N euth perp. 5p c all 19 20 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York. New 4/ per cent till July, 1871 2 j 1 st Loud., Brig., ac., 4/ pc, 1838 lOU st Do do 4 du, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1566 100 at Do No. 7 5 do at Loud . Cnat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c 100 st Loudon& N. Western, 5p c 100 107 10J st Loudon& S. Western, 4/ p c 100 92 94 10 Man. chef. &Lin., 5 pc,1865 all Sbi st Metropolitan 3 per cent lOO st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 108 st Do B 5 do 100 106 103 is Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 21 211 181 Do inconv. New Shares all 181 133 22j Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 2/p at, North Britisn, E. and Gil No. 1, 5 per cent st Do .£lO guaranteed, 1861 100 m *** st Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at D o L. &G , No. 2, 5 p.c s t Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 s t Do E. & 0., N 0.3, 5 p.c 100 s t Do B. & (Ordiry) 43 p c lot st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 SJ7 gy st Do Stock. 6t Dart., D 100 111 113 at North London, 41, petecent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 51 p do c, 1859 100 1861 100 at ••• ••• Do 5 do (Oh. Cross) 1863 100 st st Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pitnlieo, 43 pe 100 ItAIL‘V .-L AYSINES LEASED AT FIXED BENTALSj st Birkenhead li.h..i 25 - 100 Do. 44 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103 at Bucking,Liamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 53 65 st Do. 54 per cent. at Do. 5 do. ... st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... at Colchester Stour Valley at Fast Linc oln, g ua. 6 p . c lOO 1 7 S; 136 20 Gloster and Dean Forest a ll ... a Gt. Easn., Norm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... : s Do. E. U. tiarwich, 4 p.c EV 69 i 2 at Do.do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Herd 100 98 100 50 Hull and Selby all 111 113 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21e 2 5 at London and Blackwall lOO 94 96 at Du. 44 per cent lOO „. "' st Loudon, Coat. , &c., 44 p c. 100 ... " st Do. Coin. F und, sdo 100 . ' st London do and Greenwich (11 e 100 at Do. Preferenc ... at . London, Tilbur & South 100 51 a y,e3 at Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO so 82 st Do. du. 6 do. 51 blanch., Buxton, 8t 51a,t1k all 6 . 1 at Midland. Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Slid lient Cray Line) 50 N ortberut East., 5 per cent all 54 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all ... . . at N. Eastern—Hartlepool ..' st N.Weat.A perp. prof, 5p c. 100 10i 110 st Du B minimum 11 p.c lOO ... . . at Nutting. &Urauth. l t. & C lOO 22 8i 25 Preston and it yre all 44 46 ... Ituyston, Hitch., and Sttep lOO 133 135 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 I;ts 10 Do do 8 24 2 , p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 93 100 at Do 4 per cent gua lO 79 81 at Do 5 do at Vict. Station and Pimlico— lUU 175 ISO st \Vest Cornwall 20 \Vest London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do du B all ... .. 20 Do do C all 64 7; 3 , at Weymouth and Portland lOO .., .. at Wilts and Somerset 100 81 83 DOCKS. st East and West India lOO :122 125 at London and St. erine lOO 48 49 100 :D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ... ... itlillwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 30 32 at Southampton lOO 74 76 at Surrey Qvuaraercilkl I ~,,, ~, r• 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 224 21 24 ; I 10 Anglo-Mediter Tel., lim 10 121 1.41 14 13 10 Auglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 82 34 321 3 2 st Do. 8 per cent. lOO 7g 81 80 4 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 1 4 1 141 10 Do. New 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. ••• 3 0 6 10 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New' 50 British American Land 44 16 18 st B. and I. 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I 0 Eastern Assam, liin• 64 ... ... ...d 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gila. by Egypt. Gov all 91 95 96 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 41 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 245 255 10 Do. New 8 11 13p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 24 i I , i 15 English and Foreign Credit 7 1 b 441 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim. 8 . ... d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 11 11d 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Cul. Cloy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 85 83 86 50 Gellivara, lim. '2o ... ... 10 General Credit & Die., lim. 71 14 11 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 Hom •.! & Col. Marine lu. lint. 5 4) 315 10 Hung Kong and China (he all i •. :3 . 1 • i . 3 .1 I 42 114 20 Hudson's Bay all 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles. lint. - • 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO ... ••• 20 Interns. Financial Soc. lim 5 13 1 4 20 Interna. Land Credit, lint 6 6 441 50 Italian Laud 5 ld p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 33 1 3 J i 100 Do. 6p. c Bds.., redeem 1870, issued 20 all 62 C 4 61 4 50 Laud Securities, lim 5 31 2 4 5 , 25 London African Trading lO 7 511 ‘, '25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, lint. 6 ••• ••*" 10 London County Laud and Building, lim. 5 Loud. Provincial T e l . ll i n a ll 31 3 1 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 1 iP 50 Loud. Financial Asso , lim 30 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co . .lim. all 2 21 50 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lam .•,,,,,,,• 25 2 1 161 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine' 2 Id pr st Madras Irriga. &Caul. G ua. 5 p. c. by Indi a G ov Agency, 1im...... 10 Mediterra. Exton. Tel~ , 50 Mlint..,, Shipping, l lOO 4 103 1 04 10 Mauritius Land, C red i t, and all 32 37 50 Millwall Iron Works, Hui a 1.21 —••• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. .... 9 31 215 25 National Discount.o .......lint 5 114 112 111 25 National Prov. Marine; lim. 4 4 3 d 10 National Steam ship, lin,. all 8 1 9 1 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 34 tl 10 New Consolidat e d Di s. lim. 3 5 new Quebrada, lint .. . 4.4.0 4 1 3 1 25 New Zealand L oan & Mer • cantile Agency,li m .. . 21 1 IP 25 New Zealand Trust .. i 1 .4.1 Loan, 1ira..,.. 5 11 1 1 10 Northern Assam Ta . ,..litn 5 7 10 Do. B st" North Brit. Austral,, • 100 48 53 54i North Brit. & Me rcan. In 64 20 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 121 13 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll ••• ••,; 1 5 Oriental Gas, lint. . • all 71 7 4 5 Do. New,...... 10 Otago and Southland - I vestment, lint •,•, 2 45 1p 5 Ottoman Gas, lim 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian It. Mail li m all 74: 5 Do do. st Peel It. Land & Minerl, lim 100 32 35 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 491 bo} 50 491 60 Do. New 1867 lO Id pr 9 25 Reuter's Telegram all 55 0 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New .. all 61 6 1 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lim. all 19 20 20 Do. Gas, lint a ll 231 244 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 4: 41 st Scottish Aust. Invest., um lOO 85 90 st Do. 6p. c. Guar. preL 100 •" •"7'; 20 Societe Fin. d'E gypte U m . 10 7 I 20 Societe Gen.de l'E mp i re Ot. 8 ,, 2 3 3 4 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint. 6 •" —361 25 South Australian Land st Submarine Tele grap h 14 174 j 1 Do. Scrip a 20 Telegraph Con. &M a i n., li m . all 17 1 1 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl .. ... 10 Trust &Agency of Aus.,lini• 1 4 ip 10 Do do. do. all ••• ••• 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 k •i p 50 Union Marine L'pool, ilin 5 41 5 p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim G 11 id SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 51 61 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 31 4/p 20 Universal Marine(lu.), inn 6 14 2 p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 11 2 30 Van Dieman'a Land 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (llortgage) LOllll all 794 801 794 4 50 Warrant Finance, Um l2 1 2 10d 60 West India and Pacific Steam, lint. ................. 20 21 11 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO ••• ••• COLONIAL GOVISNNMENT SICCURITIXS British Columbia, 6 per 100 Co. 1895.. lOO Can.Gov.6 p.o.Jan.•&July 1877-84 lOO 1014 1054 105/ Do. 6 p.o. Feb. & Aug".• 100 163 1 , 5 Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 102 IL4 Do. sp. o. Jan. & July lOO 63 vi Do. sp. c. inscribed eh ICO 60 v 2 Cape 61.130pe. 6 p. 0 .1873 lOO 102 104 Do.Ap1.&001 1090-1900 -90 Do. do 1880 100 107 1011 Do. Jan.&July, 11301 lOO 108 lie Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and lb 00t.. WOO . 100 100 102 Cey lon, Nov 1878, 6 P•t , - 100 108 110 Do. 1873, do. • 100 105 107 blauritius, 6p. 0, 1873 ,.. Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. l3O 106 108 Do. 1882, May and No ' 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lO 106 103 Melbourne Corporate., 1867-75, 6 per c,ent ICO 100 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July lOO 10.3 LA Natal 6 p of, Apla Oct 10) Do 0p e. M•y & Nov 1 0 ICO 108 N. 44 ., W. 5 p•u., '7l to '7 S lOO to 1 ( 1 - 1) 0. 5 p.o. ISBB to 18te... 1)) or} 991 99 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75., N.Zealand, 6p. at. 100 Do. 5 per cent..... 93 94 941 5 Do 6p c. Mar (14 ,:etit '9l IGO 108 tlO Do J one dz Deo , 1-91 ..„ itO 509 01 - jDo Prov. Aucitid. 1%0 - cage.. 1 et 2, 1t596 INova Scotia 6p. ... and July. 1875 13t6.. •••• lOO 101 103 g goeettalnd. 6p. o. 'B2-5 lOO 1061 1071 107 I Do 160 1 •• • • •-• •• •• 100 1054 10642 Do. 6 P 0.18 09 .... •••• 100 -- Do. do. Al •••• 100 108 110 Do rd. 1891 ... •... NO • 107 108 Vtotoria 6.p.Q. 16Q1 1 eu w 400 119 wow SCANDAL IN HIGH QUARTERS. The whisper of a grave scandal has become eo loud in circles where reliable information is generally to be found, that it is no longerpossible to leave it unnoticed. It relates to a very high personage, whose position ought to place him high above the breath of suspicion, but whose private lifeis sullied by excesses which threaten to bring disgrace upon the order to which he belongs, and even to sully the ermine of royalty itself. Had the causes of complaint or of reprobation been confined to private history alone, the probability is thrt the veil might not have been raised ; but it is asserted that a flagrant abuse of patronage has long prevailed in the depart ment over which the person in question holds imperial sway, and that the storm of dissatisfaction is attaining a strength and impetuosity which will probably lead the House of Commons, in the interests of the public, to direct such an inquiry as the circumstances of the case may demand. The subject is one of extreme delicacy ; but, in a reforming age like the present, if suspicion justly attaches, it would seem but right that those who are responsible for the honour of the adminis tration, whether it be military, naval, or civil, should interfere, ere it be too late, to prevent a great scandal, if not a national reproach. It is rumoured that certain facts in connection with the matter have been laid before the chief adviser of the Crown, and that the first move towards inquiry may possibly be in the shape of a motion in the House of Commons for a return of the appointments, pay, salaries, pensions, and allowances held by the individual in question.—London Correspondent of Belfast News-Letter. The Birmingham Gazette says it is rumoured that the petition against Mr. John Ilardy, ono of tho Conserva tive members for South Warwickshire, will bo withdrawn. 'The report of the Select Committee on the House of Commons arrangements has been published. The Commissioners have decided that an enlarged House of Com mons is required, and that no enlargement of tho present house is desirable. They propose to take down the present dining-rooms, and to construct a now house on the present site of the dining-rooms and common courts. The present house would thou be used as a lobby. Accommo• dation of all kinds would be increased, the now house would hold 5G9 members and 330 strangerS, whereas the resent house accommodates 423 members and 263 itrangers. The form recommended for the new House is 'hat of a square with the corners cut off. The proposed (!.)or is to bo solid, and the ceiling to bo of glass in the ntre with sloping sides of wcod. In the construction 1 the plans great at' entiou has been paid to acoustical con itious. A bill to amend the Representation of the People Act, 181;7, has been prepared and brought in by Mr. Henry t. Sheridan and Mr. Gourley. It proposes to repeal the eregraph numbered 4 of the third sk.ction of the principal et, a!so ;hat numbered four of the sixth section, and the whole of the seventh section. It enacts that "From and liter the passing of this Act, the owner of any dwelling !ic,u,,e, or other teLeinea, situ..tel in a p:tri,h wholly or p!irt'y hi a borough in fhq,lal,d or Wales may be rated to the rate instead of the occupier. The owner of such house or ;••nemcnt may pay the s..id poor rate, or cuter into any com position for the payment thereof, on behalf and instead of ihe occupier, to the same extent and in the same manner as if the principal Act had never passed. The rating of the owner instead of the occupier, Lud the payment of the said poor rate by the owner, shall not affect the right of the J)ccupier as the inhabitant of a dwelling-house within a bo cough to vote for a member or members to serve in Parlia ment, pursuant to the second paragraph of the tirlatlcki thAMARCIALiCk...; THE TRADES UNIONS COMMISSION. Though the report of the Trades Union Commission has not yet been officially published, the She f field Daily Telegraph (doubtless through the kindness of Mr. Roebuck, who was supported by it throughout the late election contest) presents the document in extenso to its readers. The report is not a unanimous one, for, out of ten commissioners (Sir William Erie, Lords Elcho and Lichfield, Messrs. Gooch, M.P., Merri vale, Booth, Roebuck, Hughes, M.P., Harrison and Matthews), £ve (Elcho, Lichfield, Merrivale, Hughes, and Harrison) dissent from the propositions agreed upon. The report set forth at full length the arguments on either side as to the questions which have been so long agitating capital and labour. A description is given of a trade society, and the commissioners believe that the results of the inquiry are such as to afford a very clear insight into the constitution and proceedings of all be trade societies in the kingdom. The objects of anions are of a two-fold character—benefit and trade pur ; oses, but these are often combined. Under the second division the primary objects are to obtain the best rate of cages, the shortest hours, and an equal division of work. These objects are attained through the direct agency of a strike. The conducting of a strike is one of the most impor tant duties of the council of a union. Though the e vidcnce did not bear out the idea that strikes were a creation of unionism, nor that strikes were increased in frequency in proportion to the strength of the union, yet it was not unreasonable to suppose that the diminished frequency of strikes arose, not from any want of disposition, but from the fact that the organisation was so powerful as to com mand a concession without having recourse to a strike. Taking the Manchester inquiry, the commissioners shew that one view of the subject has been set forth in the report that has been sent to them. The Brickmakers' Society of that town claim an extent of four miles round Manchester in every direction, an area of 120 square miles, as their peculiar district, within, the limits of which they allow no briCks to be made by any but Manchester union men, nor any bricks to be used except those ' made within the district. There is a tacit understanding among the workmen for repressing competition, and the rules fix the minimum rate of wages, and the maximum number of working hours. Overtime and piecework are both prohibited. Piecework is objected to by its opponents because one of its results is inferior workmanship, a view which the employers do not take. At the same time it is stated that the asso ciations of employers, though in principle the same as the unions of workmen, are few in number. In the event of a strike among workmen they meet it by a " lock out ;" but the existence of the association is of a temporary character, seldom lasting longer than the contest. Trades unions are also said to have injurious effects on the character of the working man, the workmen, looking rather to the approval of their unions thin to that of their employers, are less anxious to stand well with the latter, and the employers no longer feel under the same obligation to look after the interests of their workmen, and to assist them in periods of difficulty. All this is set down as twaddle by the unionists, and the commissioners do not attempt to decide between the disputants. They merely give their opinion as to the position and the actioet which the State should take in this matter. The effect of unions on the trade and industry of the country, the commissioners say, is not easily defined. If a distinct case was made out that the trade had gone into other channels, it would remain to be shewn what caused the diversion. In so far as they are effective, many of the rules and practices of trades unions are instru mental in enhancing the price of commodities by keeping up the cost of production ; but how far they are sufficient for the object is a question incapable of solution. The commissioners are disposed to think, however, that the operation of trades unions may have tended to enhance the cost of production. The effect of unions on foreign competition is undetermined. The report goes on to say that the trades societies, with very few exceptions, have, by their rules and proceedings, placed their funds beyond the protection of the law, a state of things which ought not to be allowed to continue. On the subject of combination it is set forth that workmen have a perfect right to combine, provided the com bination be voluntary ; an equal right has, however, to be extended to those men who desire isolation from the combination to dispose of their labour as they please. The power of combination is liable to abuse. Many instances of ill-advised strikes have been brought under the notice of the commissioners which have resulted in loss and suffering both to employers and em ployed. The system of "picketing," and other similar abuses, the law is equal to repressing. The commisioners recommend that a bill be brought in to relax the existing law, to enact that no combination of persons for the pur pose of disposing of their labour shall be unlawful; a public prosecutor shall be appointed to deal with trade offences ; that facilities should be granted for the registration of trade societies ; and that those whose rules are objectionable should be ex cluded. 'Trade and bet.eflt societies should as far as pos sible be kept separate. Treated as a question of wages only, the commissioners think it doubtful whether the net earnings of workmen connected with the unions have not on the whole been dimialied rather than increased through the agency of the unions. The question of co operative and industrial partnerships is touched upon, hut as the evidence on this subject was scant the commis sioners offer no opinion. With regard to the settlement of disputes by arbitration and conciliation, the commis sioners believe that the establishment of boards of con ciliation seems to offer a remedy at once speedy, safe, and simple. There is in them no complicated machinery, no novel division of profits, no new mode of conducting business. They need no Act of Parliament, and no legal powers and penalties. There are three paragraphs expressing dissent. Ths first, signed by Lord Elcho, expresses the opinion that contracts of service are amply protected by the Masters and Servants Act, and be objects to any suggestion that further legislation is wanted on that subject. The second dissent, signed by Elcho and Herrmann Merrivale, protests against the unconditional repeal of laws against societies which are intended to restrain trade. The signers also object to a recommendation that trade societies shall not help one another, on the ground that such a provision would lead to the abandonment of the registry by those societies which did not dare to abandon co-operation. Lord Lichfield and Messrs. Hughes and Harrison give quite a report by themselves. They object to the general report, because it is not proposed to alter, unconditionally and u nequivocally, the law whereby trades unions are liable to be regarded as conspiracies. They do not think that it has been shewn that any laws are required relating exclusively to the employment of labour, t h e general criminal law being, in their opi nion, sufficient to deal with any criminal acts. They would propose instead the repeal of all special laws relating to labour, and have it declared that combina tions, whether of masters or men, are legal. They would also extend the Friendly Societies Acts to trades, and give facilities for registering. As to arbitration, they declare that it would be inexpedient to give any additional legislative character to courts of conciliation or arbi tration, but it would be expedient to give increased facilities in all cases where a code of rules exists under mutual agreement for the enforcement of the agree ment against either party who has bond fide accepted it, Mr. Charles Reade's action against The Bound Table for libel, contained in a review of "Griffith Gaunt," the trial of which occupied the Supreme Court of the State of New York for several days, terminated in a verdict for Mr. Reade, with the nominal damages of six cents. IMPORTANT TO SURGEONS WITHOUT PRACTICE.-- The Berwick guardians have just put forth a characteristic advertisement. They happen to be in want of a medical officer and a workhouse porter. To the former they offer £25 a year, out of which he will be required to pay for all the medicines except cod-liver oil. Candidates are expected to attend before the guatdians on the day of election at their own cost. The porter is to have £2O a year, with board and lodging. - - - MEDICAL OFFICERS SUPERANNUATION BILL. A. bill to provide for superannuation allowances to medical officers of poor-law unions, and of dispensary districts of such unions in Ireland, has just been published. It pro vides that the allowance shall not in any case exceed two thirds of the income derived from the office, and among other clauses it stipulates that the words "medical officer" shall include surgical officer, and that the grant of any such allowance shall not be compulsory upon the guardians of any union. A AMY Ar PROPRIATION ACCOUNTS. —The appropria tion account of the sums granted by Parliament for armyser vices for the yearended March 31, 1868, with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General, has just been presented to Parliament. A large proportion of the increased charges are due to the adjustment of the War Department :Lccount with the Colonial Government of New Zealand, :or expenses connected with the Maori war and to the Abyssinian votes. The commissariat establishments and movement of troops figure largely under both heads, being £933,544 for Abyssinia and £284,776 for New Zealand. Altogether these two departments take respectively a little more than a million and a quarter and half a million. Several reasons are given for the excess under each particular head, and a detailed account of the extra receipts of the year 1867-8, amount ing to £512,211, is also given. In the report of the Comptroller and.Auditor-General, he states that it will be requisite that a vote shall be taken for the sum of £202,024 M. 6c1., the stUggsisiz:m a rm y ex p li k ire Itte& SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTHAMPTON RACES-YESTERDAY. SWEEPSTAKES OF 20 SOPS. Stephanotis Biondella f.. Bob.. 1 000000000 • ••••• 3 Four ran. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. Aunt Hannah c... Morning Star... .. Lictor 1 Twenty-three ran. ST. LIZ HANDICAP. Compromise.., Cap-a-pio ..... 1 Nice ran. ALTHORP PARK STAKES. Miss Agnes f Florist) StepLanotis Sevente. n ran. SULBY HAN DICAP. Seven run. QUEEN'S PLATE. 2 3 Nelly Hill c Wedding Chimes , Blueskin.. Friday Aca,s: er Six ran. SELLING STAKES. Benevolence ... Juanita ... Gladness Thirteen ran. 1 2 RACING FIXTURES. MARCH. Durham 29, 30 . AP. Abergavenny l, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Aldershot l, 2 Cat terick Bridge... l, 2 T hirsk . 6, 7 Bungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cambridge 7 8 Croxton Park Streatham .. 8, 9 Epsom 80, 81 IL. Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21. Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon . 22, 23 Nevrmarket Ist Spring 26, &c. Chester 4,5, 6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 i Doncaster 13, 14 ; West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21. IHarpenden 2l Epsom Summer .....20, &o s rNE. Croydon 2, 3,4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot . ..8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 CiuTagli 22, 23, 24 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 JULY. Worcester 1, 2 Southampton 13, 14 Newmarket July 6, &c. Reading 15, 16 Carlisle 6, 7 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Pontefract 9,10 Hendon . 12, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 Stamford . 2i, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 Wolverhampton lO, 11 I Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans 17, 18 I Stockton lB, 19, 20 I SEPT. Warwick 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 46, 27 Scarborough 30, 31 Derby Summer —3l, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury 31, Sep. 1 ;MBEFL ; IHampton 21, 22 Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Hendon 23, 24 Monmouth._ ~ .23, 24 Newmarket ;tit Oct 28, &0. 1 Lanark... 29, 30 'OBER. OCT , Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, dm. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 I NOVE: Harrow 2, 3 Worcester 3, 4 I St. Albans 5, 6 STEEPLECHA AP Cheltenham 19.20 Curragh l9, 20, 21 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmark44 H'ton „..25, ko. UST. :MBE& Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Liverpool Shrewsbury ... . 15, 16 SE FIXTURES. 'RIL. Alderaho' l, 2 I Streatham B, 9 Bromley 1, 2 Royal Artily., Woolwich...B Abergavenny l, 2 Knighton I Lichfield ..6, 7 Ludlow l5, 16 Southdowu Hunt ..7 Tenbury... 2l. Cambridge ... 7 , 8 Cr0yd0n...... 22, 23 Cheltenham 7, 8 Co. Louth & Axdeen 27, 28 11 AY. Limerick Hunt 4 I St. Albans •• 18 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 West Drayton....... 17 JULY. Kingsbury OCTOBEit. Bromley 7 I West Drayton 2l, 22 _ NOVI:3IBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 I Shrewsbury 15, Harrow 2, 3 Leamington Hunt ....23 &o Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 COURSING FIXTURES. mAßcii. County Louth (Champion), Ireland 18, &e. Scottish National Open, Lanark 3O, am AUGUST. St. Albans 17 OCTOBER.. Ancestor and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6. Orinehby 19, &c. Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27. NOVEMBER. Sundorne, Salop ... Oothan and Eaton- 2, 3. .... IMPERIAL P.A.RLIA KENT HOUSE OF COSIMONS.—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. On the motion of Mr. T. CRATABERS, a new writ was ordered for the county of Dumfries, in the room of Sir Syttney Iledlew Waterlow, who has been declared disqua lified from taking his seat. Mr. NORWOOD postponed the second reading of the Admiralty Jurisdiction (County Courts) Bill until tho Judicature Comutissioneis had presented their report. Mr. NO UWOOD moved the second reading of the County Courts Bill, and explained that its object was to relieve manufacturers and wholesale traders from the hardships imposed on them by a change in the County Courts Act of 1867, which requires that in all claims for debts under £5O the action should be brought in the County Courts of the district in which the defendant resided. The bill proposes that where goods were sold and delivered below .£5O in value the plaintiff should be entitled to bring his action in the court of his own district, but, on an application to the registrar of his county court by the defendant, the plaintiff should be bound to give security for the costs of the defendant. Sir F. GOLDSMID strongly objected to any alters• tion in the law as it now stoxl, and moved that the bill 413 read a second time that day six months. Mr. W. WILLIAMS seconded the motion. After some discussion the motion for the second read ing was withdrawn, until the report of the select coin mitteee en judicature had been received. REVENUE OFEICES BILL. The motion for the second reading was rejected after a division. The numbers hoing for the motion, 88; again s t it, 207. LIBEL BILL. Mr. BARNES moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. NE WDEGATE objected to the bill as a most dan. gerous one, and quoted the opinion of the Attorney-Gene ral delivered in that house when the bill was under dis cussion last year, which was to the effect that the mea sure was one that would tend to limit the freedom of dis cussion. He thought the press of the country possessed great power and great advantages, and that it was worthy of them all, but he did not think the present measure ought to receive the sanction of Parliament, because its effect would be to exempt inferior and local newspapers rom certain restrictions which the superior one so strictly observed. He moved the bill be read a second time that day six months. _ Mr. T. CHAMBERS also objected to the bill, because it overturned the first principles of freedom of spee c h and of civil and criminal law. There had been only twelve petitions with 15 signatures presented in favour of the bill He has quite ready to vote for any libel bill that would really improve the securities for the protection of private character and the privileges of the press.; but he con tended that the bill under consideration did nothing of the sort. Mr. AYRTON announced that a measure was about to be laid ou the table by the Government, which would re lieve the press from any undue restriction which now existed, and hoped, therefore, the motion for the second reading would be postponed. (The hon. gentlemen was addressing the house al a quarter to six, at which hour the debate terminated, in accordance with the standing ordet.) The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—MRS. S. A. 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