The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-12 00:00:00

irriiNEY -MARKET AND COINIAIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two 0 . (3I.00K. Business to-day has been on an improved scale ; Consols have risen, a slight advance has shown it self in the Foreign "Market, and Railway shares have, in some instances, increased in value. Al together there is decidedly a better tone prevalent to-day, and it is hoped that a general and settled ►mprovement is at last commenced. Cullois are 984 for money; ditto, for Ac count, 931 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92 ; New 'nree per Cents, 924 11 ; Annuities, April, 1885, 114 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 6 2 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and .£i 7 oo, 3 6 2 prem.; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 239. India Stock, 10f per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1134 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, —; ditto Bonds £l,OOO 13 ; ditto under £l,OOO, 6 7 prem. In the Foreign Market the only particu'ar feature is an advance of 1 per cent. in Ita'ian 6 per Cent. Scrip, the price being 84 to 85. Turkish (1865) are f bitter, at 65a to 654; while Danubian is flat at 76 to 77, being a decline of I. Chilian Six per Cents. (1867) is quiet at 95 96 ; Egyptian ( 18 64), 86 87 ; do. Nino per Cents., 96 : 1 to 96/ ; ditto Viceroy Loan, 814 to 814 ; Peruvian of 1865, 784 to 791 ; Portuguese, 350 to 36 ; Russian Five Cents. of 1862, 86 to 87 ; ditto Ord Vitesbk, 81f to 82 ; ditto Nicolai Railway, Four per Cents., G5B to 65i ; ditto Moscow Railway, 78f to 79 ; ditto Charkof Azof, 76} to 77 ; and Spanish New Three per Cents., 30 to 30i. In the Railway Market prices are quoted as follows :—London and North Western, 1154 to 1154 ; Great Western, 49f to 494 ; Mid land, 1164 to 1161; London and South Western, 87 to 89 ; Great Eastern, 37f to ; Brighton, 47 1 to 48 ; 4 South Eastern, 754 to 76 ; Metropolitan, 107 to 108 ; Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; ditto A, 109 to I ; Caledonian, ;79/ to 80 ; and Lon don, Chatham, and Dover, 17 to 1. The American Securities are rather stronger. United States Five -Twenty Bonds show a recovery of I, being dealt in at 83; to f. Erie Railway shares are steady at 24 to f ; Illinois Central, 96f to 97. The only change in the Bank shares is a decline of in London Joint Stock, the price being 33 to 34 ; Union of London is steady, at 36 to 37 ; Oriental, 42i to 43} ; London and Westminster, 63i to 64i ; London and County, 51 to 52 ; Im perial Ottoman, 21 to 2i prem. ; Alliance, 14 to 15; Agra (A), 11 to 11i. Hudson's Bay Shares are lower, at 12i to 12-1 ; General Credit is quiet at 1:1 to dis. ; In ternational Finance, 1i to 1 dis. ; and Anglo- American, 22eto 22k. The sum of £BO,OOO in gold was taken to the Bank on Saturday. The Delta, from Alexandria, has brought £8,850. The Ripon left Southampton on Saturday with £140,000 for Bombay—£Bo,ooo in silver and £60,000 in gold. The half -monthly settlement in shares and foreign stocks will begin to-morrow (" continuation day") and end on Thursday. it is understood that one-third of the Guatemala Loan has been applied for in fully paid-up bonds, and from the character of the applications it is pro bable that a further considerable amount will be paid up in full on allotment. It is alleged that an interdict is lodged for hear ing on Monday in the Scotch Courts to restrain the payment of the Caledonian Railway dividend, on grounds distinct from those lately put forward by the North British directors, and recommended by leading Scotch counsel as constituting a valid claim. The applicant is Mr. John Irving, vice-chairman of the Corlisle and Silloth Bay Railway, and he is un derstood both to apply in that capacity and as a holder of North British Border Union Stock and of Port Carlisle stock, which lines, as well as the Silloth Bay, are leased to the North British. The application is made on various gro un d s , an d is not in support of the joint purse arrangement, but is directed against both the Caledonian and North British Companies. The failure is announced of Messrs J. Oldfield and Co., worsted spinners, and Messrs. Ogden and Co., woolstaplers, at Halifax. The liabilities of the former are stated at £15,000. Those of the latter are said to be larger. The creditors of Messrs. John Penningtoa and Co., spinners and manufacturers of Clue, have agreet to a composition of ss. in the pound. It is stated that Higgs, the defaulting clerk of the Central Gas Company, has embezzled £BO,OOO, and that only a small portion of the amount will be recovered. Proposals have been published for an issue in London of a moiety of the shares of two large Aus tralian Gold companies called, respectively, the Winter's Freehold Gold Mining Company, and the Great North-Western Company. A telegram has been received at Lloyd's with Intelligence of the loss of the Aura steamer, owned by Messrs. Malcolmson and Cu., by striking on the Manacles -rock, near Land's-end, during a fog ; crew saved by their boats. She was on her passage from Plymouth for Waterford, and was registered as 696 tons burden. The owners were insured. The accounts from California continue to hold out the prospect of good grain crops. Wheat and barley, it is said, promise better than in any pre vious year. The directors of the Dutch Rhenish Railway Company have issued a circular, wherein they state the terms on which they offer to the pro prietors of the new shares the option of paying up in full by one payment the calls still due upon 6 ,W0 of the new shares of the company, in accord ance with the resolution of the Board of Commis saries, dated the Ist instant. BRITISH FUNDS —TWO O'CLOCK GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 8 per C e nt ............... 93, . Reduced ........................... 92 1 New 3 per Cent ......................... .... 921 .14 ;1- New 2/ per Cont. J an . 1891 ............... Do. 5 per Cen Jan. 1873 .............. Annuities, SO yrs, exp i re sth Jan., 1880.. — Do. for 30 yr ,s expire sth April 1885.., 11 Do (Red S ea T elegraph), Aug., 1908... —/ Exchociur Bills, £I,OOU, 21 p er C t. Do .£5OO ...... 3 6 2 pm..... . .................. Do. £lOO It 4200 .. Bank of England Stock, 41 per: ........ ... 2 - 39 De. opening .......... ~ .. Canada 4 per Cent. 80nd5.......,.................... Inter-Colonial OnThimn ................... INDIAN GOVERNMENT EtAciatlTlßis. ."." Indio. stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874... Do. Opening, for Account ...•,,,,, Do. 5 per Cent..fuly, 1880 ............. 113} Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 .............. .. . Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cen t..,.„..,.,, ....... Do. 5 per Cent., Jt i— t t r r i. 1872 ,..., — Do. 51 per Cent. aY 1879 03 5 per Cent., R d u o p. Deb. 1 1 8 8 7 7 7 2 Do Po. do. 1882 Th e Deb., 5 per Cent., Au 1873 et/ 6.• .—.. g. Do, Bond s , 4 per C ent., £l , OOO Do. und er £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—T WO Argentine Republic, t per Cent Do., Scrip .£45 paid .. O'C ., L 9 OCIC. Auttrian Bonds 5 per cent 631 i Du. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent _ D o. li p er Cent, 185'2 Do, do. 185 8.... • — Do. do. 186 . ) _ _ D do., 1863 DO. 5 per Cent ~ 1865 R 1),-, t .. - , u-ourit 801 I , enos 1 • _ D o ' ' Y r " 6 p'r Cc:ni. Cnha26l;e‘rrCeecTli. (Deferred 3 per Cont:; U. ' he c per Cent.... ' 13f ) e. 4k per Cent............... ' 0. 3 per Cent '... ......... ~ 1 - 0 . 6 per cent. 1867 ... 952 4. i Po.R7bila)er Cent., 1866 C lc, 1), 6 per Cent. Da n " 3 1 ), I . Cent , 1895 a n .. .. 1),, kiaain,,,rl',,rierineipalitie-s, : i . i..e . r .. Cent -p -1 ,-, t.. 186, Fs New Consolidated, 1 per Cent natio . r .............. . ... r iptlau 7 per Cent... 0 second Issue . ~. too...taut .t. ............ .. - Do..fit)(011) Bonds . ..; .................................... .:: 1864 - by. Accouut. • -- Do. £5OO Bonds i tog. i tl h OG S ß er o i n p d , s ..... _Ol.BOB __ ... , .... . Do Government Railway4:44.l3esbe,,Pudt ......... ........... :.7 7i die ~ , In ljOUps.„„s. ..... C4* " 6 Per Oelit 1624-5 it Georg ° nt of fina u ; regarded ho is Dc' t ittlo t Budge t asions inclainlO a st syllq ading t ° cr an inr msidera• r wbich' me cote his point auraont ach, Mu heir osell army it/ rst Lad of the m o pera' ladstope )ediead anent of n Wed' 1131140 renuoU P on, wil e day sit Burials t. 31r. or cony lan not to `►iat Lion 00 be corn' vent 013 nerahe t ng the nstrus• 70bablY several )11, DIA second thou of Georg e he will ling 0 a most Lowe l It sv 3/ arriecir I) l3e° -sedcdp The t taxeo their n that uld Y bee' 3 Imeil al Th e -ripost e A lat e t th e xeS on fire Ante l l I to 19° )rotee; ries 0 o f the cent.? atal to it is lepart' bilitieo Teoca mrseir , cauS . more •efQr4 step' heoflo lately Aftet r i pa nounta is e`i• stria' ld b B , 78 et. ig th° it th° Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — alourevidoau 6 per Cent. Mcorish linvirial 5 per Cent New (.Iranala, Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 41per Cent. (Ul:'iarren) ••• Do 41- per Cent.. 1862 -. — Do Account Port.sguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,': Do. do. 1867 . 351 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — I ussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St .. — Do 41- per Cent , 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 D. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO lioudr.„ Do. du. £B4 los. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds l lOl Do. da £B4 15s. d0....._ Po Nicolas Railway ... Sar linittu a ptf . Cent — Spanish 3 per Can ... . -- Do. Ace‘..ont .-- -- Do. 1867 ..... .... Do. Account Do. New Deferreu 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 Cent. 1858 .. — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £IOC Bonds Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 . 65 1 I it 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 Loudon. Austrian 0 per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail., 551 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates . .. . Do. Account — French Rentes, 3 per Cant., Ex. 2.5 f. ltqlial. 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. Do Account 551 / TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 931 1 Do. Account, May 6 931 1 71 G 5; 11 30Z 70 69i POLICE lIVTELLIGENCE.-7his Day. THAMES. PARLOUR 11013BERTES.—Frederic Rising, Johann Krue ter, and George Fatt, three Germans, for whom an inter preter named Wintgen, was provided, were charged with stealing furniture and other effects from the parlours of houses in Whitechapel and Mile-end Old-town. During the last few weeks several parlours have been entered and stripped of a great part of their furniture in the day time. Among others the front parlour of gr. Matthew Thompson, bricklayer, of 8, Lion-square, Mile-end. On the 30th of last month he locked up his parlours as usual and went out. In his absence his parlour window was opened, and two new mahogany chairs, worth 325., and an artificial vase flower in a glass case were stolen. Seve ral things in the parlour were broken. The parlour win dow looking into the street was open whe❑ Thompson re turned. A police-constable named Sheppard, 42 H, subsequently found the prosecutor's chairs on the premises of Fatt, who keeps a common lodging house in a narrow court, called Plough-street, White chapel. Sheppard found another stolen chair in Fatt's house. It had been stolen from the parlour of the dwell ing of Samuel Green, No. 5, Penton-street, Whitechapel. it was stolen about seven o'clock in the evening of the 23d of March. It was proved that Rising and Krueter were concerned in both robberies. When Rising was arrested he said he was an upholsterer, and made all the chairs. Three more chairs, stolen from an other parlour, were traced to Fatt's house. He said he received them all from Rising and Krueter. Sheppard said there would be other cases against the prisoners, and they were remanded until Wednesday. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT A DRUGGISTS.—Two rough, dirty-looking fellows, named Hare and Lewis, were charged before Mr. Mansfield with the following robbery : __ Mr. Knopton, eheesemonger, of Upper Marylebone street, said that yesterday afternoon while at one of the upstair windows of his house he saw Lewis go into a drug gist's shop opposite and take a bottle off a shelf and place it under his coat and leave. Directly after Lewis showed Hare the bottle and then put it into his pocket. lie after wards went after the prisoners, and gave them in charge while they were begging of a publican's wife. Mr. Georgo Gabble, manager to a druggist in Howland street, proved missing a large bottle of ground ginger. lliscoelf, o 1 E, said that on the way to the station Lewis threw away the bottle, which was broken. On searching Lewis he found a lair of new kid gloves. Lewis said they were Ills own, and ho bought th em yesterday. The Constable slid the gloves were boys. Mr. Mausfield supposed the prisoner bought them for some lady of his acquaintance. (Laughter.) The pri soners would be committed for three months each with hard labour. 111ARKE7 S-2 Ms DA Y. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. April 12.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market quiet unchanged. MARK-LANE.The market this morning is very dull at declining prices. The proposed abolition of the duty, and the setting in of remarkably fine weather, have caused buyers to lower their offers from Is to 2s per quarter; but factors are scarcely dispokd to accept the reduction. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. We have a large supply of beasts, and the sudden change of weather makes buyers cautious. Prices in all descrip tions are lower, and several lots are left unsold. Foreign Mail l'acliet List. AIS UE. Australis. and New Zea M land, L via D Southampton April 21 Ditto, via Museillea Apr il 10 Brasil, Buen os A yres, and Monte Video • May 4 Ditto, by French packet .... Cape of Good 11,pe. Ascension, and St. Helena April 27. China, Penank, and Singapore, via Southampton April 10. talbraltar, via Southampton India, via Southampton ............. ..... April 10 Latta, via Ma rse il . es April 12. Malta, Egypt, &c. ............ ... lO. Ditto, Marseilles ............. ......,....... April April 7 Newfoundla n c ...... April 7 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southana!ton Ditto, Marseilles . April 7 Portugal ... United States,...... anada, California May I. , &0., by British packet April 10 Ditto, by Canadian packet .... ....... Ditto, by L kited States pack e t ........ April Ditto dittc • (Baltimore) ....... ..• . ....... West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ipril 19 13sha:nao, via New York West Indies and Paoilio (except Mexico and Baha mas) April 13 Cuba and Mexico .... April 28 Bermuda, via Halifax. The T ai,at.o 22,, uta manes the announcement that Miss Burdett Coutts has proposed to provide Jerusale m with an efficient system of water supply at her own cos t , and says th e sc h eme which embodies the details of her munificent offer has been laid before the Council of State. A preliminary report of the section to which it has been re- . its entirety.. The k ferred has (the Herald adds) been made in favour of some . the proposal, which will probably be accepted in in the building features of trade masons have deter: Yorkshire Post says it is be feared that a strike pro posed by the Th is impending in Leeds. The operative Master d Builders' Association, includin have ehe formation of courts of arbit g ra p ti a o y n, and the employers reolved that the proposals shall be carried into effect on the no prospect of a settlement Ist of of ands on s th tr e. e has increased. At Preston there is Mkad3i.s.pute, but, on the con_ y' bands York presided on Friday at the trnpiromoting education in tear T y h , e th A e r n c u h m b b is e h r theefforts of Church meeting of his Diocesen Societpy insylltem must the principles of the Church of press „a a somewhat desponding view g o f nn 4. His Gractehaetaif men in his diocese in the cause of education greater advar,ce were not made a compul so l. and " id be resortt d to. Tie urged them, however, t o Y sort' education unnecessary by showing, b y port to the society, how much voluntary effort could acc suP . plish. Mr. Hugo Croft, of Heysham llall, near Lancas ter, left home on Thursday morning to take a walk by th e increased side of the Lune. Unfortunately he got on a sandbank off Sun derland Point, and the tide surrounded him before he became aware of it, his sight being imperfect. Taking under his arm a small dog which he had with him, Mr. Croft endeavoured to cross a channel, but there being a heavy "fresh" at the time, he was carried away. The dog swam safely to shore. Some fishermen witnessed the accident, and instantly rowed to the place where Mr. Croft had disap peared, but they were unsuccessful, and up to last evening the body had not been recovered. Mr. Croft was about 30 years of age. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing; Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 12 10 Do B lO 21 31 3 21 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Auglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 121 2 1 251 '2O Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 41 90 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 12 20 Do issued at 2 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 311 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 18 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, rnd China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 291 301 20 City l2 124 100 Colonial 25 39 40 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lim 25 50 East London, lint 5 2 1 20 English and American, lira 10 ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim lO pr Ip 20 English, ~cottish, and Aus tralian Chartered Hong Bong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 28 281 Do new 5: .14 21 101 Imperial, lim 2O 16 17 20 Imperial Ottoatan lO 2 1 .5 lonian all '24 26 25 Do new 5 1 4p 0 Lud Mortgage of India, lint 4 31 3: 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 75 73 30 London Banki of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 GI 51 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 30 27 20 Do new 71 51 41 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 9 11 25 Do new 10 2/ 21p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 2 1 25 20 London and County 2O 51 53 4t 10 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll London Joiut Stock 1 31 33 33 London and South African al 81 94 9 00 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 11 9 150 London & Venezuela, 121 100 London and Westminster 2O 64 65 61 1 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lira 25 6 4 10 Metropolitan, lira all 71 7# 121 100 Midland, lint '2o 11 1 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lira l5 Id 1p 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 10 Do . 42 ... 41 t 0 National.. 3O ... 20 New South Wales all 41 43 42 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 41 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 6 6 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90 10 Do now. all ... 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 Is 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 471 100 Union of Ireland, Urn 50 Union of London SHARE LIST. ORDINARY ciklAtt_elb AND STOCKS. :Care Railways. Paid. Closing Business Prise. dens. t Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 78 at Caledonian .--..... 100 791 801 791 at Cambrian 20 Cornwall . all 2: 31 it Dublin & Belfast Juno... 100 77 79 st Dun„Yerth,ds Ab.Junc... 100 70 72 2 . East London all 6 7 SO UO 15 2J Do 10 rt Glasgow &S. Western lOO 97 99 it Great Eastern .. it Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO ... it Great North of Scotland lOO 16 6 at Great Northern lOO 107 108 st Do. A stock it Do. 11 stock lOO .. st GtS, and W. Of Ireland OOO 15 :7 Er (It. Western -original., 100 41 191 49; 1 st Do. South Wales lOO 54 56 t 5 6 at Do. W. Md.—Oxford.- 100 25 27 st Do. Newport lOO :8 10 at Lancashire. Yorkshwv lOO 123 21 t2'l 3 et Lon., Brig,h.,& S.Cuast lOO 43 481 47; OJ Do Scrip - - st I on., Chat., and Dover lOO 101 17 171 1 it Do. Aletrop. Ex. A lOO - st Lou. North Western lOO 1151 151 1151 1 t Lon..; South Western lOO 87 /.9 ptie st Alan.. ,het., Lincoln lOO 501 56/ 061 it >l..tropolitim . st Do Extonsi.m . 10 Du. New 10 id JP at Me:rotiolitan District. all 5 0 52 10 Aletrop at. John's 00 I 6 st Dl.r~ru~l st 00, llirmin..k Disci) lOO 80 85 0 5 1 st N firth British ▪ 100 35 36 3 5 1 at 00. Ed., 2 s s t \ opr.ol..:atf.t e N r r l t- -Berwick.. 10E1 i(3I 103 . 21 at Do Leeds..... • 100 5 8 59 584 st Do York ..... st Do Carli a1e ., ,. . 14,0 122 125 et Do Sloe t. & Darling 110 1 31 131 et North Lon lon 10 Do Aew 18(8 . 2 11 lip st North Staffordshire .... 100 bi 56 541 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 ili 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 -• • • et Ithymney st Shropshire Union ll'o 57 IS st South Devon'.. st South Eastern lOO 7 5 1 76 76 et Staines, Wok'hane, all 12 13 & Wok- et - 1 an v ale Do. C .. • Waterford & Kilkenny llO 10 Waterloo & Whitelia;l 6 "" . RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. THE PRINCE AND THE PRINCESS OF H'ALL'S. A correspondent of the Times gives the following descrip tion of the opening of the Bitter Lakes to the Prince' and the Princess of Wales :—" Serapium is in effect a em. 11 town of wooden houses, neatly built and painted, with gardens full of fruit trees and flowers, here and there, and with restaurants, cafes, hotels, stores, and shops, placed on a very high ridge above the desert plateau. On arriving at the bank above the Maritime Canal, the royal visitors were received by Madame de Lesseps, Madame Borce, Madame and Mdlle. Guichard, Mdlle. Voisin, MM. Guichard, C. de Lesseps, Dr. de la Roche, M. Voisin, director-general of the works, and others from Ismailia. There was a guard of cavasses at the great flight of wooden steps which leads from the top of the bald:. to the canal, and there be!ow were two of the larger and two of the smaller steamers of the Suez Canal Company awaiting to convey the party and their suite thus augmented to the barrage, which now alone stops the waters of the Mediterranean from flowing into the Bitter Lakes in an impetuous and destructive torrent. It will be understood that from Port Said, on the Mediterranean, to this barrier, the Suez Canal is open, so that a vessel can pass through if she dues not draw more than fifteen feet of water—at least I was in formed that it was only in places that the full depth of eight metres, or twenty-six feet had not been attained, and that the minimum depth was four and half metres. When all was ready, a few days since, the dam at Toussoum, which kept out the waters of the Mediterranean, was cut, and the supply of water from the Sweet Water Canal was stopped. Four millions of cubic metres of water en ;ered in twelve hours. The current was stronger than had been anticipated, and the stream, rushing through to the lower level, swept away some of the dredging machines, over turned one, and drowned one, if not two, persons. The ch of St e Sweet Water Canal was thus rapidly emptied the lower level of the newly-formed Maritime Canal, and there millions of fresh water fish, on which crowds of gulip are now feeding, met their death in the water coming froill the salt sea. At this end of the Maritime Canal there is now a reservoir with a wooden barrier apparently about 200 yards long, parallel to the course of the canal-- not at right angles to it—provided with a great number of email Muses or floodgates. A sloping ledge of planking leads from the level of the canal bed at the bottom of the sluices to the natural depression of the bed of the Bitter Lakes, and on the opening of a sluice a stream of water rushes over this ledge across an artificial mound of rocks and falls into the lake. When the Prince and Princess reached this barrier a number of workmen were ready at the sluices with ledges and levers, and M. de Lesseps conducted the royal party to a narrow bridge, or trestle work, below it, extending across the narrow end of the lake, from which they could see at their ease the rush of water. It may be remembered that the Viceroy some days previously had seen the first of the sluices drawn, and ever since water has been passing through, but it only forms a large pool in the neck of the lake. Nevertheless, the fish of the Mediterranean have already found their way to this pool, and were disporting in the rush of water over the stones. When the Prince and Princess had seen the nature of the work, at a given signal some dozen or so of the sluices were raised, and the salt water spurted forth in a milk-white gush from as many freshly-opened sources, and then flowed quietly away to its appointed bed. Having watched this interesting sight for some time, the Royal party returned to the steamers on the Maritime Canal at Serapium, and proceeded northwards towards Ismailia, about fourteen miles distant, which they reached at dusk. In the voyage the steamer passed through Lake Timsah, which has been filled by a process analogous to that by which the barren bed of the Bitter Lakes is to be converted into an inland sea. It is nine miles in circum ference, with an average depth of six metres (19ft. Gin.) ; but there are banks and deep depressions in the bed, and the course for vessels, which is marked out by buoys and stakes, curves towards the west and north-west before it reaches the shore on which stands the Venice of the Desert'—lsmailia." TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira all 2. 22: 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 11: I'2: at Atlantic Telegraph lO 2.3 28 st Do. 8 per cent. st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira lOO 160 165 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2 0 2:.,0 10 Do. New 8 2 lip 25 Indo-European Tel., him. 5 Lond. Provi nc i a l T e l . li ra all 3 3 i 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per ceut. all I il , 10 Alediterra. Exten. Tel., lira all 3 4 25 Reuter'a Telegram all 50 tifi 10 Societe Transatlant., lira l4 4 3 et Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 lt 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 10: 171 1t; 17 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lira all 5: 6 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 3: 4 p MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 16 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 9 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 111 14/ 131 10 Do. Now 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 30 9 14 5 Bombay Gas, Rm. 5 Do. New 4 If fd 5J British American Land 44 16 18 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 62 66 65 6 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 23 2 1 d 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 9 41 nd 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 5 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 50 City Offices, lint 25 26 25d 44 40 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 5 1 113 • I 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 20 21 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per oeut. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 4 / per cent. all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all •2j 21 24 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 31 21 d at Crystal Palace lOO 14 21 st Do. Preference lOO 95 10 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 111 20 Darjeeling, lim I 0 Eastern Assam, lint. 6l ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lira. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Ursa. by Egypt. Gov all 954 961 PGj 20 E gptian Cont.& Trad. lint 6 8 E ig. & Austral. Copper, lint 21 1 jjr 15 E iglish and Foreign Credit 71 41 3 100 E ig. and Scot. Marine, lint. 8 ...d 10 F rirbairn Engineeriug 5 2 Id '2O Foro-street Warehouse, lint l2 3 IL, 13 100 For...t Cul. Coy. Trust au I . 50 Gellivara, Sin 2O ... 5 10 0 1 t i 81 ;. 1 a 1 7 514: 25 4 7 2. i 8: L ai 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay ••• •• • 2 2 0 0 Imperial l Li t Interns. r na. WF E = 1 31 4 all 1 2: 1 . 2 7 : settles, lint 20 Interns. Land Credit, litre 6 6 4. -1 • - 50 Italian Land 5 1 d n 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 8 3 - i 190 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 61 63 60 Land Securities, lint 5 25 London African Trading._ 10 2 7 1 5 14 d 4 2 1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim. 6 10 London County Laud and Building, lim. 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lint 30 21, 01 4 Lond.Gen.Onmibus.Codim. all 2 21 21 50 Lond. and (31asg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 12 161 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr If at Madras Irriga. Caul. Gua 100 103 104 1 4 2 tel 5 1 0 0 M e rchant Maurit i u s iagencc.yb Land , Agency, i lid ; Shipping, . la. i ') i.m and .. . . all 33 311 50 Millwall Iron Works, lim. 121 ... ... 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. 25 National Discount Co., lira 5 11 tl2 • 25 National Prov. Ma rine, lim. 4 4 3A 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 3i 3 , 1 10 •New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 11 /id 4.4.0 . 41 4 21 I in 1225055 Northern New e o e L e r tn ha Qt e iui r e n ea l Zealand A jblilint agn s edd s li a a! ' m ' Y l o' 1 lure a r imn u s &t Tea, :a il: 1:d . 55 171 li 10 Do. B at" North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 48 53 491 50 North Brit. ft Mercan. In 6l 19 20 191 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 12 13 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll 5 Oriental Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 1 2 1p 1 0 Otago and Southland In. vestment, lint 2 i d 1p 5 Ottoman Gas, lim all If 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim all .••• .... 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 31 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 491 sof 494 50 Do. New 1867 lO 114 01 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City 1m.,11m. all 184 19 20 Do. Gas, lim all 24 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 4 1 :3 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 3 i 00 st Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 ... ... 20 Societd Fin. d'Egypte , lim. 10 7 6 4 20 Societe Gen.cle l'Empire Ot. 8 24 34 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 ... ... 25 South Australian Land 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lint 2 21 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim... 84 ... ... 10 Trust ft Agency of Aus.,lim. 1 4 1p 1n D. au. no. all ••• ••• 20 Trust ft Loan Co., U. Canada 5 i ip 60 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 41 5 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lira 6 11 Id 20 Universal Marine(ln.), lira 5 11 2 p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all II 2 30 Van Diemap's Laud 284 01 74 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 811 824 811 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 10d 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lira 2O 21 11 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses UOLONIAL 00VJCILLIMNNT SICUUItITII66 British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.• .• 100 - Vo. 1895 DO Can.Gov.6p.o.Jan.*&July 1877-84 ... lOO 1(41 1061 104 i Do. 6p. o 7eb. & Aug.... 100 102 2(4 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept.. 100 102 Do. 6p. 0. Jan. & July.. 100 93 94 93 -- Do. bp. c. Inscribed etc.. 100 90 92 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c.1873.. 100 102 101 Do.Ap1.&001 1890-1900.. 100 111 113 -- Do. do 1880-90.. 100 107 109 Do. Jan- 41 JillY• tee, .... 100 108 lit Do. 5 per Dent. 15 April ana 16 Oot., 1900 lOO 100 102 Ceilon, Nov 1878, 6 p.' lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. a, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 . Do. 1882, May abd 110 106 108 Do. 1805, Feb. Aug 10 106 108 Melbourne Corporatn 1867-75, 6 per cult ..... 1(0 100 100 N. 11 .G0v.6 p.o.Ja.a(July.. 10u 103 li4 Natal 6 p cl, Apl & Oct „I. 0) - p c --0 . May & Nov 1 0 1(6 108 N. S. W. 5 p•c., '2l to '73 lOO 99 1( 1 Do. 6 p.c. 1898 to 180'... 103 981 991 181 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '25 —14. Zealand, 6p. ct. 1801_ ICO DoJ an Do. 6 per cent.... 100 -93 94 Do 6p c. Mar &Sept 'Ol 100 108 110 981 Do June .1; Deo , 1 , 91 100 109 ill 1071 -- Do Yrov. (.1 Auckld. lin riel &2, 1696 .. Nova Scotia ti o.Jan and Jr I I.Y. 1875 TQ u- Dem1:"1166:6.:e. 10 0 1 1 0 0 :6 ;1 11110k4i D 7 j I : Do t 9—'o7 . .... --• • . 1.. . 1 00 107 Victoria 6er cent. 169 11 31061 274 D9„sptatuaclOct_......, 304 109 114 110 st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. ', lOO .., st Do. Scot. N.E., 46 per cent 100 _ ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c 100 ... _ st Do. do. 7 per cont 100 ... ... st Do. do. Ordinary 100 80 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... _ 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all _ ... st i Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. let Class preference lOO ~. .., st was. a S.W. gua . 5 per ct lOO ... ... st (it. Eastern, E.G. Ex. No. 1 100 98 99 at Do do No. 2 100 95 98 St Do do 6 per cent 100 103 112 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 _ ~, st Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do C 7 do. 100 ... ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 et Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 70 75 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... ... st Do do 5 p.c.Way.V al.lB47 100 ... ~. st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 i ... ... st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... ... st Do 41 do do do 100 ... ... st Do 5 do at SP. C. pm. 100 ... ... st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... ... st% Gt. Nrth of Scotlan d, Ist p f 100 ... ... sti Great South. and Wes t ern (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 sti Gi t.West.—O r ig.& Jnt.-Itent chg.,g,tua.. E sp x. 5 p.c.100 95 100 . c) lOO 101 103 st Do.ori p g. e (B r . H. st Do do 41 per cent. 1850 100 88 9 , ) st Do do 4 do do .., 100 78 80 st Do do 5 per cent. rotten'. 100 95 97 954 at Do do Birmingham gua 100 66 70 st Do do do pref... 100 ••• ... st Do do Chester gu a lOO 80 85 at Do do do 8 per cent lOO . . st Do do do 5 do 100 9 . 5 140 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 P.c. 100 ••• ••• et Do do 411 ) .c lOO st Do do 4 1 1859 10 0 *** ••• st Do do 5 at Do West 3lid. Oxfords st g. 10 3 1 . 1 . 1 113 at Do do 2glia. 100 107 111 et Do Newport, I st 8.5 p.c. 10 0 8 s 90 st Do do 21 do 100 97 103 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 P. all "' • st Lancash. it Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 - 2 125 st Do Barnsley, £5 3s 10d P.c. 100 „.. st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 13 . 5 st Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 98 100 et London & Brighton, sp. e, guaranteed, No 1 lOO ••• ••• st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 „.. . st Do 6 do do •••••• 100 st Do 5 do No. 4 . 109 ~s t Do 7 per cent loo ••• *** st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P .) 100 "' ••• ••• st Da 4 do 1859 lOO st Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO st London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford &Cambridge IOU ... ... st Do Shrowsb'y & Welchpl lOO . "'st London and SW. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 160 2s 6d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 286 d) all st Man., Shef., &Litwin. 6 p.c. 100 117 117 6 Do .*:6 all par 1 pin St Do 3 4 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 et Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO fi() 13.6 et Do Bristol & Birm., 6 p.c lOO lit 134 st Do 41- per cent. redeem lOO 18 109 st Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 98 Lel at Du Leicester &11:chu,4 p.c. 100 89 91 at North British, 5 p.c. No. L lOO ... at Du E. & ti. 4p.e.S. & D lOO ... ::•* at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO „, ~, at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO ... ... st N.-Eastern—cons. 4 p.e.,„ 100 87 8:1 at Do 41 per cont. redeem__ 100 95 97 st Do Si N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ..• ••• 17 Do Berwick capital s 1:1.4. ... ••• Do York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 101 Du Stcktu & Drlin e . , . A 5 p.e , 100 106 108 st Do W, liartlepoul H. and R ioo 81 56 20 North Staffordshire toe 6. Devon Annuities, I s a ll 9 10 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10,.., all 81 91 108 Du Fixed 41 per cent all 1 $ 8 1 10.6. S. East. (Read. Anne., 1,0.6) all 22 23 Bt Do 41 per cent st Do Fixed 41 per cent st Taff Vale No.l .. 100 141 15 3 et Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 1 00 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. Oen. min. 7p c lOO st Do 41 p irredeem, all at Do 4p c con., issued at 80 65 "' at Great }Astern 41 per cent 100 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO n at Do New 5 do, 1863_ 100 85 ,7; 8 st Do d o 5 do, 1864,„ 100 8 ' at Great Norther; 5p c irred, 100 *** "' st Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 *" st Do Boston & Sleafd, 4/ pc 100 ••• *** st Great West., W. Midi., 5 p 100 t ; 8- 103 at Do do 6 p irred., l lB66 100 10 1 8 20 at Do Joint perpe. 5 p 92 2,) Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all .* - 9 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO "' '" c 1865 10 0 .5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 ..... 2 iiP st Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc,1858 100 st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 "' st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 —• *" st Do do 41 do, 1863 10 0 "' "' st Do do 6 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 7 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 "* "' st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p,.c. 100 a t Do Metrop. Ex., 116 p,c Do at London & du er 6 Westn p,c p c 100 108 110 100 at Loudon &S. Western, ,4i p lOO ' 2 . 9 . 4 i 10 Mau. bhet. & Li n., 5 pc, 1865 all st Metropolitan 5 p er cent lOO at Midland, A 6 p er cent prof lOO 106 104 at Do B 5 do 100 106 108 107 is Do 5p c opt, t o cony. to Ord. Stk., S e p t. 1, 1869 all 201 201 18 Do Inconv, N ew Shares all is 19/ 191 22 Do 5p c con, into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872...,,. 8 1 11 2 iP et North British, E. and G, No. 1, 5 per cent 10 0 **. *** at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E., P., & Dun. , 2; 4pc 100 "' "" at Do E. &G , N o. 2 5 p,c 100 at Do N. 8.. 5 per Cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p. c 100 at D o E. & G., (Ordiry) 44 p c 100 • ' at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 9.) 97 st Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 110 112 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5 p 100 at South Eastern, 41 pe, Ma 100 ... Do 5 do 1861 100 ••• at st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 ... Do 5 do, 1864 at at Victoria St. & Pimlico, ... Pe 100 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALSji et lErienhead lO 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 99 101 st Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead....., 100 5! 56 st Do. 51 per cent. Bt Do. b do. • lOO st Clydesdale, guaranteed 10(1 11C 112 ..1 IA Colchester Stour Valley 1 i 1/3( 132 at East Lincoln, was. 6 P. a•••• 100 % • 20 aGt.ltosate.nr.,aNndewDmea..nacFoosreps.te 100 "' all s s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 E t ; : st Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 60 1 „1. st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Herd 100 ,7 g 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO (-, 2 10 215 st London and Blackwall st Do. 44 per cent lOO st London ' Chat., &c., 4 4 pc. 100 ••• •" st Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 *** ••• st London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 Ei 85 st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 80 82 st Do. do. 6 do. d, 13 54 Mauch., B ux ton, &Matlk all ' '''7 st 31 idlan , rallord, Pref lOO 92 ai 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northerni- East., s per cent all L:i Lu 50 Do. do. 6 do- all . Kt, N. Eastra— Hartlepool st N.West. A perp. prel • 5 P e. 100 10 .7. 7 10 . 9 st Do B minimum 11 p.c l OO ... ... st Notting. & Granth. E. & C lOO 90 92 25 Preston and li yre. all 44 134 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 132 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 1011 181 11, 10 Do do 8 2 ?ip St S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 9 95 _ st Do 4 per cent gua •10 i 7 d 80 9/ 1 t Do 5 do ••• all 95 9_4 st Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A a ll 13 14 2U Do do B all . 6 . / 20 Do do C all •.• 74 st Weymouth and Portland lOO ... . st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et East and West India lOO 12z 115 at London and St. Katherine lOO 95 4 7 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all Millwall Freehold Land et Dock lOO 2i 31 28 at Southampton lOO 74 79 §urrey Qpl 1uSulu 0!1 AN UNTOWARD ACCIDENT. An amusing incident is told of the voyage of the Prince and the Princess of Wales from Port Said. The journey was mad in the Khedive's yacht Mohrussa. We are told that when the royal party come off in a state barge to their floating palace, they found everything in order — yards manned, guards of honour of marines on deck, the officers headed by Cassim Pasha, the Vice-Admiral in command of the yacht, with Jackson Bey, the English engineer, drawn up on the gangways, a gorgeous valetaille, a dinner spread in a saloon resplendent with silver lamps (one of the party took the trouble to count, and reckoned 220 wax candles), damask walls, and ormolu and papier inachd panels, gilt furniture, flowers, silver columns and stanchions, and so on. It was intended that the Khe dive's yacht, attended by the Pysche, should put out to sea at once, but her departure was delayed for more than an hour by fouling the chain of a mooring. At a little before 7.40 p.m. the great vessel began to steam down between the jetties out to sea, and all went well till she arrived at the end of the breakwater, when she stopped for a moment to land the pilot. The royal party were seated at dinner, the band of the yacht was playing out side, servants were handing round chefs a'a'arres of Euro pean cookery, when the sea suddenly took it into its head to give a gentle tilt and to raise the counter of the Muhl - us:la a little as she slowed her engines. No. 1 sent a thrall through the glasses, and set them quivering slightly. No. 2, from the other side of the ship, caused one or two to skip towards the side of the table, and numerous bottles placed on the carpet against the gilt bulkcnd to rattle discordantly. N o , 3_ W hish ! There was a thundering crash ! A pile of most exquisite SiNres plates on a scagliola side-table flew with a prolonged grating clatter on the floor, and were dashed to atoms ; decanters of the most costly cut glass, cande labra, and glasses leaped off the dinner table, and there arose from the company that hard-to-be-described ejacu lation well known to those who go down to the sea in ships when a rude wave breaks in on society for the first time as each grasped at some volatile object or at the table ; but the mischief was done in a minute, and the Mohrussa rolled nothing more into wreck and ruin, though she could not resist the force of the seas during the night. THE SUEZ CANAL. The same correspondent gives some interesting details of the progress of the works at the Suez Canal :—" There is not much to recommend ' the Egyptian Bosphorus,' as M. de Lesseps loves to call it, to the eye. As an enterprise it maybe considered one of the most interesting sights in the world, perhaps it may prove to be one of the most important. As an object to look at it is nothing but a trench in a desert ; broad and deep it is true, but a trench for all that. As the work of excavating and deepening the canal proceeds the banks increase in height and shut out the view, such as it used to be, more and more. When I voyaged between Port Said and Ismailia some two months ago a great part of Lake Trenzaleh was to be seen above the banks on the right, and the sportman's gaze could rest with pleasure on the fleets of pelican riding at anchor on the shallow water—on banks of duck, widgeon, and teal close at hand, and on vast armies of spoonbills, waders, gulls, geese, and cranes on the shallows. Now only glimpses are to be had of the further waters, and of the islets which float on the wings of the mirage aloft in the flickering air. The French townlets on the verge of the canal—El Ferdone, Kantara, El Guisir, &c.—of course form so many pleasant gaps in the dead framework of the picture, but the enjoyment of their charms will be reserved for the people who inhabit them. And who will they be ? I think, notwithstanding all the pains lavished on these pretty creations, few of the present employes will remain if they can help it when their work is done. The Desert air is the sweetest in the world, and a ride over the downs so free is inexpressibly exhilarating and delightful ; but, after all, to the French man, and to the Frenchwoman, there is only exile in the life which they have made so pleasant and so graceful to others. The hour of triumph is near at hand, and then the conquerors will retire from the battle-field to enjoy the honours they have won so well. None but themselves can know what they have gone through fur weary years of conflict, when they ate their bread in fear and trem bling, and when the future seemed hopeless. Now all is radiant, and the combatants are sustained by the full assurance that on the appointed hour the victory is theirs. The portion of the canal which is made is far less interesting than that which is yet to be completed. There is no life upon it except where dredges are at work or a or a small steamer passes, while the excavations swarm with men and resound with the clang of machinery. Although the project has been so long before the public, it may be said that the works are only two years old, as three years were spent in getting ready the plant and the machinery, and the contractors, MM. Borel and Lavalley, began to excavate in 1806. At present they excavate 60,000,000 cubic feet a month ; and one important matter to be noted is that the profile of the canal is of such a nature that they are quite ready to make a contract tc double the present size of the canal, giving it a breadth of 44 metres, or of neilrly 1-14 ft., at the bottom, and of a pro. portionate width at the top, for the coin of £2,000,000. On the 23rd of this month the work which remained to be excavated amounted to 3,100,003 colic metres, of which 1,600,000 must be done by dredges and 1,500,000 by hand, or a sec. Now, a month's work has been estimated at about, 2,500,000, so that there is no reason why all the mere excavating labour should not be over by the end of May ; but then there is the filling of the Bitter Lakes to be accomplished, uniformity of depth to be sectued, banks tc be dressed, sloped, and properly beached, sidings to be made, warp pillars to be placed, moorings and lights to be fixed—in fact, an enormous aggregate of operations to be accomplished before October 18. 1 o use an illustration of M. de Lesseps, a month's work represents a mass of matter which would occupy the whole space of the Place Vendome, and reach five times as high as the ireseu houses, and would fill the avenue of the QUgsja '1 to tha toast tha howls/11NA Sigt9.l l l.l . LA'I'EST INTELLLGEiICE (REU7,'ER'S TELEGRAMS.) BRAZILIAN MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, April 12. The Liverpool, Brazil, and River Plate Com. pany'a steamer _numb°lt, from the Brazils, has arrived here. She landed mails and passengers and proceeded to Antwerp. On the 22c1 she spoke the English ship La Hogue, 65 days from Sydney; on the 25th the English bark Adelaide and the ship Otago, from Cardiff ; and the 26th the bark Satellite, for Callao, and the Britannia, for Aden. Rio de JANEIRO, March 12. Paraguayan advices to the 27th state that the war was not considered endel, Lopez being s ill in Paraguay. An expedition of 12,000 men was preparing to march into the interior in search of Lopez, of whom nothing was positively known. The expedition had returned front Matto Grose, and found Corumba in the hands of the Brazilians. They met no Paraguayans. The navigation of Paraguly was perfectly free. The steamship Halley had arrived out. BELGIUM. SERAING, April 12. List evening further disturbances took place here. Several partieslof rioters, assembled but were dis persed by the troops. Several of the soldiers were wounded, and some arrests were made. The aspect of affairs, however, is reassuring. At the collieries in the neighbourhood work has been resumed. BELGIUM. BRUSSELR, April 12. M. Frere Orban has informed his Government that he cannot yet leave Paris, and consequently will not be present at the reassembling of the Chamber to-morrow. ITALY. FLORENCE, April 12. Commander Dominique Canitti di Cantago, the present Italian Minister at the llague, is about to enter the Council of State, and will be succeeded at his post by Count Corti, who has represented Italy at Madrid. Signor Marcel Cerrutti will be transferred from Washington to Madrid. Commander Barbolain leaves for his post at for his post at Constantinople very shortly. It is expected that Count Cambray Digny will not make his financial statement until the 19th instant. BOMBAY MAILS. SUEZ, April 12. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer, Bengal sailed from Bombay at noon yesterday. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 10.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7O 22f Credit Mobilier 270 End of month 270 Credit Foncier —1497 50 End of month — - iIAILWA' Bank Shares 2850 Its Pan Fives 55 85 End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — - -s. Cash. ... 905 Orleans Northern ... lOB5 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 607-k Western Eastern .. — Sardinian 662 k 470 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Boman 76 BANK OP FRANCE. l'Auts, April 8. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. April 8. fr. April 1. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) Reserve of the Bank 182,500,000 - 7,014,776 02 7,044,776 02 and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight 35,658,290 01 35,753,501 87 Treasury account cur rent creditor 154,509,822 63 160,053,058 81 Current accounts, Paris 263,437,174 90 252,975,469 36 Do. branch banks 42,724,878 45,976,114 Dividends payable 1,036,279 1,190,559 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 933,790 85 933,790 85 Total CREDITOR. April 8. tr. April 1. fr. Cash in hand and in Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 253,263,352 57 219,043,137 51 Do. branch banks 235,408,626 238,663,081 Advances on deposit of 176,270 39 193,138 73 18,585,700 - 3,141,800 - bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities 13,635,100 Do. by branch banks 6,583,080 Do. on railway shares and debentures 38,227,900 Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Fencier 23,431,600 - 4,293,400 - 13,601 7 600 - 6,548,480 - 38,266,200 - 27,937,300 - 996,200 - 958,400 - Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re- - 924,600 - 962,300 - 60,000,000 - serve Do. disposable Rentes Immobalis6es 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 80,633,437 21. 80,633,437 21 (Law, June 2, 1857) 11,0,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed propel ty branches Expenses of manage- 9,003,812 - 8,994,501 - went Sundries 1,151,169 52 739,134 77 9,851,085 16 8,178,956 88 Total ' 2,050,316,479 61 2,039,628,896 81 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) Ro ULAND. WRECK OF A STEAMER.—FALMOUTH, Saturday.— The Aura steamer, Tremayne master, of and for Water ford, from Plymouth, struck ou the Manacles Rock at about eight p.m. yesterday during a very dense gog, and it is foared will become a total wreck. Crew all saved. She was in ballast. --- CLERKS IN SOMERSET HOUSE.—A return re lating to the scale of pay of the third-class clerks in Somer set House shows that the raising of third-class clerks salaries from £9O rising by £lO annually to £3OO, to £lOO rising by £l9 annually until the completion of eight years, and then by £l5 annually to the maximum of £3OO, will have the effect of raising the expenditure under this head at Somerset House by no more than £1,515. NEWSVENDORS' BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT INsmuTION.—Mr. Charles Dickens, supported by the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, will preside at the dinner to be given in behalf of the funds of the Newsven dors' Benevolent and Provident Institution at the Free masons' Tavern, on Monday, the 26th inst. This is one of the few societies which invite ladies to the dinner table. The National Choral Society will give a Mendels sohn Night at Exeter-hall, on Tuesday, the 20th. The " Hymn of Praise" (Lobgesang), and " Walpurgis Night" will be performed with a band and chorus of 700 performers, and the following principal vocalists—Miss Arabella Smyth, Mr. Lander, and Mr. Sims Reeves. Con ductor, Mr. G. W. Mat tin. Late on Saturday right Mr. Glyn issued the following circular to Mr. Gladstone's supporters in the Commons :—" On Thursday, the loth inst., your attend ance is most particularly required iu the House of Com mons. The motion upon going into committee on . the Irish Church Bill and tho amendments in committee will lead V? a diTi4i94 QL the utsiat kaaPorkunt." I.' , a.._.. iPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Da? NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) CRAVEN STAKES. Blue Gown. NV.b. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOUS. Amara Neuchatel Provider • ..... 1 • 3 BRETBY PLATE. Lily Reindeer ............. .2 Fifteen ran. MA TC . Hopeless heat Rut:away. LATEST LETTING ON THE COURSE. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3 to 1 r.gst Belladrura (taken) 7 to 2 a i ot Wild Oats (taken) 100 to S agst Teuedos (offered) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Ladas (taken) 40 to 1 agst Hermione colt (taken to pin £13,040) 10 to I agst Teuedos (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Tasman (taken several times) LATEST SCRATCHINGS. Craven :takes—l-umiak, Beauclerk, Cork Jacket, Head Centre, and DraB.on. Bretby Stakes—Pirate Chief, King Victor, Orion, Elec tricity, ChatAherault, Cork Jacket, Head Centre, Wildba,d‘ Pladda, and Awadou. Eleventh Sale Stakes—Alabama and Beautiful Bird. Eleventh Biennial—Lurley colt and Boulogne. Newmarket handicap —Marquis of Carabas and Cap-a- Pie. SPORTING NOTES. There will be a great muster of turfites at Newma'rket to-morrow to witness the contest for the Eleventh iiien nial Stakes, as the Derby crack, Pero Gomez and Ry s h_ worth, will meet. Sir Joseph's horse has been th e reign ing favourite all through the winter, and if he is defeated by the latter Belladrum and Rysh worth will become favour ites, as the one proved himself as good a horse as the other last year. However, 1 think Pero Gomez will have the best of it at the finish. Abstinence or Martinique should furnish the winner of the 100 Sovs Sweepstakes, and Badsworth the Sale Stakes, as well as the Sweeptakes of 50 Sovs. The Beacon Stakes will be secured by Stepha notis. The following lot will, in all probability, be found at the post to contest the Newmarket Handicap: Age A lb ... 4 6 7 .„ 3 5 11 ... 3 5 7 ... 4 5 13 .„ 3 5 10 ... 3 5 7 ... 3 5 7 ..3 5 7 Punishment Alpenstock St Agnes g Cork Jacket Provider Archduke ... Vaniclika Lancet Age rt. lb Restitution ... 4 8 10 Gondolier ... 1 7 13 Blueskin ... 4 7 12 Cecil ... 4 7 11 Geaut des Battailles 4 7 7 Curio 5 7 6 Kingsland... ... 4 7 1 Nyanza ... 4 7 1 Vixen g ... 5 6 11 Restitution, now that See Saw is out of the way, will take a lot of beating if he should represent the baron in pre ference to Nyanza as his second to Cecil in the Cesarewitch, when giving him 251 b., shows that he is a first-class horse. Blueskin is the best of Mr. Saville's lot, and is bound to run forward if preferred instead of Lancet, but I shall stick to Alpenstock, who carried mo through so triumphantly in the City and Suburban Handicap, to again furnish the winner. Next to himself I fancy Restitution in preference to Geant des Batailles. The Column Stakes will be won by Belladrum, who I am told is a certain starter. There are several minor meetings during the week, but they are not deserving of notice from A FRESH MAN. RACING FIXTURES. APRIL. Knighton... l3, 14 I Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Ludlow 15, 16 1 Croydon... 22, 23 Eastbourne l9 Newmarket Ist Spring Lewes 20 21 I 26, dm MAY. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Doncaster 13, 14 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 1, West Drayton ..........17, 18 Winchester ll, 12 1 Bath 18, 19 York 11, 12 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11 12 Croydon 19, 21 St. Albans 13 14 Harpenden 91 I Salisbury l3 1 1 Epsom Summer .....25, &o. J I rNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 I Newcastle 22, 23, 21 Newton 2,3, 4 Oldham 22 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 liibury Club 23 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Windsor 15, 16 Chelmsford Hampton l7, 18 Sutton Park .....29, 80 Curragh 22, 23, 2-1 1 JULY IVoreeater l, 2 Southampton 13, 14 Newmarket July 6, &c. Reading 15, 16 Carlisle 6, 7 Huntingdon 2o, 21 Pontefract 9, 10 1 Stamford ... `Z:', 23 Hendon . 12, 13 1 Goodwood 27, 28, 29 1 , 30 Nottingham l3, 14 1 STEEPLECIIASE FIXTURES. APIOL. C. oydon 22, 23 Co. Louth Lt drdeon 27, 28 AUGUST. Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 6 1 -1. Le WCS I'4lAtilt! Wolverhan pion lO, 11 / ‘Viudsur 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 11), 2U 1 Oxford York 2l, 25, 26 Pl 3 mouth 66, 27 Scarborough ..30, di Dort.y Summer .. 51, Sep. 1 Weymouth 3l, Sep. 1 Cauterbury 31, Sop. 1 SEPTEMBER. Warwick... 7, 8 Hampton 21, 22 Curregh (Royal) 7,8, 9 I Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Abingdon 1, 10 I Hendon '' S, 24 Doncaster l4, 15, 16, 17 Monmouth.... 23, 24 Richmond 21, 22 I Newmarket ist 0ct....28, (to. Lichfield OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 Cheltenham l9. 20 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 I Curragh l9, 2i,,, Leicester 7, 8 1 West Drayton 22 Bromley 7 8 . I Hereford - ....... ......... 21, 22 i Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &e. Monmouth 23, 21 Chelmsford l9 20 i Newmark.t H'ton ...25, &o. Kelso 19 20 I NOVEMBER. Harrow 2, 3 I Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Worcester 3, 4 1 Liverpool St. Albans 5, 6 i Shrewsbury . .. 15, 16 MAY. Liworick Hunt 4 St. Albans . 13 Eglinton Limit 7 W 'Et Drayt0n......... 1 JULY. 9 Kingsbury. OCTOBEI Bromley 7 I West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 I Shrewsbury 15, Harr° w 2, 3 Leamington Hunt ....23 (tc Lverpool 9, lu, 11, 12 1 COURSING FIXTURES. AUGUST. St. Albans 17 OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6. Ormesby 19, dc. Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27. 140 VEMBEH. Sundorne, Salop Gotta:in and Eaton .. COURSE OF EXCHA NGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 1} ... 12 11 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 3 ... 12 3} Antwerp ... 25 37} ... 25 45 Brussels liatuburgn — ... 13 11 ... 13 11} Pari.i , Ditto Marseilles Frankfurt-on-the-Main V ieuua Trieste ... 25 35 ... 25 40 120 k 1201 ... 12 70 ... 12 80 12 70 ... 12 80 Petersburg - ego 301 ... 31i Copenhagen - ~ 9 2U ... 9 23 Berlin - ... 6 27 ... 6 271 Madrid.. - ... 49 .. 49! Cadiz - ... 49 ... 491 Leghorn - ... 26 471 ... 26 o 5 Milan - —. 26 47f —. 26 55 Genoa - ... 26 47 .... 26 55 Naples - ... 26 47f .. 26 55 Palermo •— ... 26 471 .. 26 55 Messina .. 26 47i ... 26 .^55 Lisboa — Oporto — Rio Janeiro — New York — FIRE AT THE JUNIOR CARLTON CLUB.—A fire broke out this morning at the Junior Carlton Club-house, Regent-street, Pall-mall. Fortunately the fire was extin guished, only the billiard room, card room, and waiters' room being destroyed. Mr. 11. Wigan, of the Olympic, has met with severe accident. The new railway station at Brompton was opened this morning. A FLIGHT OF EMIGRANTS. —One thousand Eng_ lish sparrows were. brought to New York by the steam ship City of Baltimore, and as soon as boxes can be prepared the birth will be placed in the public squares. Sparrows are v,ry effective in ridding -trees of worms, and the measure worm has been driven from Central Park by their agency. The Springfield Republican says, "The Ameri cans at Berlin clamour loudly for tho removal of Minister Banc roft. ' What's the matter' is, that the hi s t or i a n al most ignores his countrymen, does not present them at Court, or invite them to his own private entertainments." We regret to hear of the death at Rome, sud d,nly, on Saturday, March 27th, of the lion. Geo. Folsom, late of New York, iu the 67th year of his age. The friends and admirers of Herr Carl Haase, will be glad to hear that his next concert will be given at the lianover-square rooms, next Thursday evening, April lb, at tight Q'clQck, )f 'L utes!' kilf 4j 0-tio I I II