The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-23 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLooK. Business was firm to-day in Government Securi ties, but some considerable excitement took place in the Railway Market in consequence of a sudden fall in Metropolitan Railway shares. The cause of the depression is that a rumour is current that another injunction is about to be applied for to restrain the payment of the dividend. Consols are 922 i f or mon ey ; ditto, for Ac count, 93k ; Three per; Cent. Reduced, 931 ; New Tkree per Cents, 931 I ; ditto Annuities, April, 1835, 12j; Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 23. per Cent., 3 dis. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 244. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 111 13 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oat., 1888, 102+ 4 ; ditto Eufaced Paper, 5 per Cent., 1001 ; ditto 51 per Cent., 110+ ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 15 18 pron. In the Foreign Market price 3 of Turkish of 1865 have improved 7-16ths, and Spanish New Three per Centr. I, the Italian of 1861, 1-16, Egyp tian of 1868, 4, Peruvian of 1865, 1. Nicolai Bonds are quoted 66+ to 67 ; Orel Vitepsk Bonds, 821 to 8 9 + ; Moscow Jaroslaw Loan, 80+ to 80+ ; Portuguese, 36+ to 36+ ; Honduras Railway Bonds, 85 to 87 ex coupon ; Chilian Six per Cents, of 1867, 944 to 95 ; Egyptian Seven per Cents, of 1864, 87 to 88 ; ditto the Seven per Cents, of 1868, 751 to 75+ ; Greek Bonds, 11+ to 12+ ; Italian Five per Cents., 57 5.16 to 57 7-16 ; Mexican, 15/ to 15+. In the Railway Market Metropolitan shares opened at 1061 to to 107, but they fell again on large provincial sales to 105 sellers, but are now 4 better, yet 14 lower for the day. Brighton are 514 to 51+ ; Caledonian, 771 to 771 ; Great Eastern, 38+ to 38+ ; Great Western, 514 to 53/ ; Great Northern, "A," 1121 to 1121 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, .129 to 129}; London and North Western, 1184 to 1194 ; Lon don, Chatham, and Dover, 17 to 171 ; Metropo litan, 105 to 1054 ;". Midland 1224 to 1221 ; North British, 354 to 35+ ; Sheffield, 544 to 55 ; and South Eastern, 824 to 821. American Five-Twenty Bonds remain at 78/ to 78; ; ditto 1865 issue, at 77+ to 774 ; the Ten- Forty Bonds at 72+ to 72+ ; Illinois Central Rail way Shares, at 964 to 97 ; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 35 to 36 ; ditto Consoli dated Mortgage Bonds receded 1, 35+ to 36+. Bank shares quote as under :—Chartered Mer cantile, 30 to 31; Consolidated, 4 to / prem. ; London and County 51 to 52 ; London and West minster, 65 to 66 ; Oriental, 434 to 441 ; Union of London, 364 to 371 ; National 42 to 43. Miscellaneous Shares are almost neglected : Anglo-American Telegraph, 22/ to 221 ; Atlantic Eight per Cent. Preferential, 41 to 41 ; Hudson's Bay, 134 to 131. At the ordinary half-yearly meeting of the Metropolitan and St. John's-wood Railway Com- PartY held t o -d ay, the report an d accounts were adopted, and the proposed dividend agreed to. At the ordinary half-yearly meeting of the Lon don LA • North-Western Railway held this morn ings at the E us t on - stat i on, a di v id en d a t th e same rate as th at of the previous year, name l y, 6+ per cent. per annum, was agreed to. There were no operations at the Bank bullion office yesterday. The ship Jason sailed from Sydney for this coun try on the 11th Dec. last with 8,104 oz. of gold, value in sterling £32,416. .The arrivals o f spec i e f rom a br o ad included a , 2,552 by the steamer Syria from Alexandria, and 4 2,400 by the Donau from New York, the last named vessel bringing also £14,600 for France. The gold shipments from British Columbia dur ing the past year amounted to £200,000, being a decrease of about 8 per cent. from thoae of 1867. The falling off is attributed to the excessive drought Which prevailed in the northern mining districts cutting off the usual water supplies. The Man c h ester papers announce that Messrs. w • S. Sawyer and Co., commission agents, have suspended payment, with liabilities of about £20,000; the assets are not considered altogether favourable. The mail from South Australia brings dates to the sth of January. The harvest had nearly been com pleted. The average yield was 12 bushels to the acre, which, giving a total of 6,000,000 bushels, prices had further declined, and wheat was now 4 s• per bushel and flour £l2 per ton. he at tachment of the Government funds at the suit of the Northern Territory Company had excited much public notice. The Land Bill has been car ried through the Assembly—its cardinal principles of credit, auction sales, free selection, and agricul tural areas having beeu affirmed. Bills are still in troduced for further loans—one for a railway from Adelaide to Glenelg, and another for general road purposes. The agreement entered into between the East of France and Great Luxembourg Railway Boards, Which has just been the cause of excitement and discussion both in France and Belgium, is under- Stood to have originated simply in the desire of the two companies to avoid competition. Whatever may be the result of the controversy, it is hoped that the Great Luxembourg line, having been con structed in a great degree by means of English Capital, the interests of the proprietors will not be Bacrificed to political considerations. According to the view o f t h e parties interested, the on l y course Wor thy of the Belgian Government, if they cannot consent to the agreement, would be to take the rai lway into their own hands on terms equally ad vantageous to its p ro p r i e t ors . Any other result Would. give rise, on their part, to* serious com plaint The following railway traffics show an increase : R_ 1413443 n, Brighton, and South Coast of £869 ; South -Eastern of £9OB ; and Great Western of C anada 157 . 111 ° report of the Estate Company (Limited), to Presented on the 27th inst., shows an available total o f £1,358, whi c h th e di rec to r s do not deem F3„ 14 ti ; c ient for th e d ec l arat i on o f a di v id en d. Si n ce 2 l ast yearly meeting there has been a net fin t:e°veruent in the ren t a l s o f £1,485 per ann um, and u , r_e . are pro s p ec t s o f stea d y progress. I : v ith reference to the Dunaburg and Witepek Rail Company , " Limited and Reduced," it is I.)lution reducing :01,"aed that the petition for confirming a re the company's capital from f' 6 ° o looo to £2,076,160, is to be heard before lee hancellor Stuart on the sth of March. h e report of the British Land Company (Limited 4 4) recommends a dividend of 5 per cent., a bonus of 10 per cent. 4-1 g e neral meeting of the Italian Tobacco Mono- Y I Y Company is convened for the 15th of March at ore nee. The fifth or di nary meet i ng o f t h e T e l egrap h ,Con struction and M a i n t enance C om p an y (Limited) will Delh,eld on the 2d March. i3 a11 , 11 .. e annual meeting of the proprietors of the 1 ) , of Australasia will be held on the 22d of i ttt 4 • l . t the meeting of the proprietors of the Anglo. a " Bank (Limited) the directors' report was g r eed to. 1) At the meeting of the Dagenham (Thames) °elf ' Company the directors' report was adopted. I I),peb_ irtrt.:o2oß,lo:RlNA,C;;Ec:oxs!, 1 Consols isi F ic . I . I N ) .1 5 :) . S—CLO S I N G PRICES. 93:i 93i 931 i )1/4,Y" Uont. Reduced 931 I Kr 3 por Cent _ New per Cent. Jan. 1894 ., _ A • per Cen Jan.lB , 3 .. . ~ _ dkinuities SO yrs, expire sth Jan. ! ibb t • 21 Po. for 130 yrs, expire sth April E yo (Red Sea Teleiruph), Aug., lt , oB 3 - 4-e4qa:.•.r Bills, £1,000,2i per Ct. Do, Do, .£5OO £lO & a,,„1, ,of England Sto o ck, 4 £200 por Cent u ~. be. account ftnada 4 per Cent. Bonds — later-Colonial Otnnuu n . M jsq.law-N I2OVERNENT bECURITIES. - la t(:)Cir, 101 per Cent April 11574 2ll 13 Do ~ D. Opening, for Account - - D O . 6 Por Cent. Oct 121 ,o• 4 pet- Cent, Oct. 1888 uo. Certificate 1110 Feb. 22. ss Louis e by t he Seymo ur ' suite, at' n Church isfactorili. Etio Feb. 23. , 0 poor° e are P re ' agents 1:1 0 1 ;Oti D be d° l3° the re3l.sii' 'eb. 22 ' it Cor tes ' 1 a lag es 0- I ° lll ll l rovisi° ll ) with the E a °el orted the adjourned we talon a of Ca' [vita oil" 'eb. 23 ' Df C °4 ' i here °t i ha ving :1 ifullie' , m ll4 , or th e l " t ° . 0 0 0 ,t cli°- 0 a tl O l a c oo' ) 00 an ct ,tramtt; lour o iDte ?° t tha 1 ;01 ° ra te : ; or. ira tor the i 0 to the to 16 Y e'tr'4 6t ot' OCCIV o pst vev t i a is to r, t iti to tbe° col °l4 9 ° '' ia er''' Do. 5 per Ce.ut., Jan. 1872 Do. if per 02nt. May 1879 — D 3 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 ..... De do, 1877 — De. do. 1882 Th. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bond; 4 per Cent., £l,000 _ . De. under . .£l:ooo FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Repubhc, 6 per Cent Do., Scrip £35 paid AAtitrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1559 — Bro.:Allan 5 per Cent lolf Do. 4i per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 1858..... — Do. do. 186' -- Do. do., 1863 715 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 845 i B.;.enos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Ca . " 6 por Cent. 0.-..tian 6 per Cent — !?o. 4f per Cent 725 Do. 3 n , - Cent., 1 o. 6 per ce t. 1867 (if ) o. 7 per (I , nt., 18(i 6 C la Alan, 6 per Cent. Dan sn, 3 por Cent., 1823. Dan ‘ tint Principalities, 7 l er Cent 79 81- Do S per Cent., 1867 ... •• • --- Dina43r New Consolidated, 1 p,r Cent 14:gyytian, 7 per Cent..... •• --- ~ , e4.o(nt Issue 845 Do. £si:(, Bonds — Do. .£IOJ Bowls .... 861 6 Do. * 1864 Do. Account - Do. £5OO Bonds Do. I.IOC Bonds 9O English Scrip, 1868 755 64 Do do. £45 pd — dim Government Railway Debentures Greet( 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ox Coups — Do. Account .. . • Do. Coupons Do. Account giuttetuala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov.Rail.Loan., lop. Ct., all pd Ittilian 5 per Cert., 1865 — o. Account 1 ~ — Do Ihremmana Railway — delican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — ontevidvan 6 per Cent. Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada 154 Do 3 per Con -d Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account ~ .. 784 Do 45 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 45 per Cent.. 1862 - Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'8 361 i !Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St Do 4} per Cent 1850 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent~ 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds. Do. do. £B4 15s. do. ... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds DO. do £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway Sar Lillian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent" Do Account DO 6 per Gent. ltiöt'i Do Account Do £lOO Bonds •••1 Do 6 por Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 6B Do 5 per Cent. 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1863 •• DJ 1 por Cont., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Re it:o.ree) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Acci nut Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Du 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil „ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...„ Do. Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. Do Account s7} } CLOSING PRICES. Jonsols, Money Do. Account, March 4 BOURSE, Feb. 22.—Th closed as follows :- 1 per Cent. End of month... Ita.Fan Fives 57 85 3 per Cent End of month 7l 47f Mexican Loan ... 24 50 Credit Mobilier 298 7f., I Do. Bonds .ee o'clock.—The market End of month... 295 Credit Foncier —1622 50 End of month... Spanish Throes 33 Homo Debt — Deferred Cash Orleans ... 955 Northern 31871 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 622i Western Eastern .. 585 Sardinian Austrian 6581 RAILWAYS. 4781 Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman 47 LA TV INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. The convent case has terminated as far as the hearing of evidence is concerned. A number of children were exa mined this morning who had been in the plaintiff's school, all of whom said she was always very kind to them, and never took away their dinners. Mr. Mellish then proceeded to address the jury on the case. The verdict may be expected about Thursday night. POLICE .11V TELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGII-STREET. Fr:mous DRIVING.— Richard Charles Eva, cab-driver bodge 10,411, was charged beforo Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and furious driving. Police-constable Morgan, 55 C, saw the prisoner the previous afternoon driving a four-wheel cab along Compton-street at a rapid rate, a gentleman named Dowspay being in the cab at the time. On the pri soner turning into Princes-street he came in collision with a light spring cart, and went on at a furious rate some distance further, until he ran into a waggon, and the cab was smashed up, but the fare, although much frightened, fortunately escaped unhurt. As the prisoner was drunk, and totally incapable of driving, he was taken to the station, where the prisoner said that he had been to a wedding, and had drink given to him the previous day, and that he had not got sober. The prisoner hoped the magistrate would be lenient. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should bo nothing of the kind. The prisoner would have to pay 463. or a month, and he wished he could inflict a higher fine, as he considered that such mischievous persons ought to be made to pay for their folly. . THAMES. INersiors SMUGGLING.—WiIIiam Back, aged 32 years, a fireman on board the General Steam Navigation Com pany's steamer Orion, trading between Antwerp and Lon don, was brought up on remand before Mr. Benson charged with smuggling 451 b of foreign manufactured cigars and tobacco. Mr. Beverley, from the Customs Solicitors' office, ap pealed for the Crown. A Custom-house officer, named Morgan, overhauled the ship on her arrival at the St. Katharine's wharf from Antwerp last week, and in the lining of the fore part of the vessel discovered 401bs. of tobacco :and cigars. The prisoner admitted that 121bs. of it belonged to him, the remainder to three other passengers, who have ab sconded. It was also stated that all the offen ders would have been dismissed by the respect able company to which the Orion belongs, and that it was the practice of the General Steam Navi gation Company to dismiss any servant detected in smug gling. The prisoner, in defence, said the men who absconded were as bad as be. Mr. Benson said the Customs' authorities would bo very glad to reach the othor smugglers, and convicted the prisoner in the full penalty of £lOO, and is default six months' imprisonment. ARKE7 S-7 MS D.l y, LIVERPOOL COTTON. February 23.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market firm and advancing. HAY AND STRAW MARKETS SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow bay, £1 lOs to £5 lOs; clover £4 10s to £6 6s ; straw, £1 10s to £1 168 per load. A. slow trade. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £6; clover, lOs to £6 lOs ; straw, £1 lOs to £1 16s per load. A moderate supply. THE CITY ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL.—The anni versary festival of this society will be held at the London Tavern to morrow evening. Baron Ferdinand:do Roths child Will preside. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. stone 10 Agra Limited, A., all 111 124 121 13 Do 8.. lO 41 5 41 4 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian ... 7l 14 lb 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lin all 1 19 19 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 11 24 20 Anglo-Italian 1866 limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 11 11 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 ... ... 25 Bank of Egypt , all 35 37 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 3 1 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, end China all 21 22 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all gm 31 20 City lO 111 121 111 100 Colonial 25 33 4l 10 Consolidated, limn. 50 Delhi and London, B t u ~, 25 ... ... 50 East London, lim 5 1} 01 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim lO ld pr 20 English, .•• cottish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ... 281 Do new 5l 1 100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 14 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 2 ,1 121 1 z 5 lonian all 25 27 25 Do new 5 pr 1p 20 Dad Mortgage of India, limn 4 : 0 - 3 2 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 75 - 75 30 Loudon Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 6 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 28 20 Do new 71 6 1 5 4 100 London & River Plate, Ilm. 40 6 8 25 Do new 10 2 3 121 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 231 50 Loudon and County Di 491 505 511 1 20 Do new. iss at 20 p.11'1,160 ll ••• ••• 50 London Joint 5t0ck........, 1 Et 33 20 London and South African al 1 12 100 Loudon & S.-Western, lim, 20 ••• ••• 50 London & Venezuela, Hsu._ 121 —•-• 100 Loudon and Westmi ns t er 2O 61 63 65 i 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 59 61 100 Merchant, lint 25 6 4 10 Metropolitan, lim all 6 1 7 , 1 100 Midland, limn. 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 8 1 d 100 National Pro vinc. of E ug 'd 42 ..• ••• 1271 10 Do 50 National, . SO 46 48 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 411 425 445 SO Provinn Bank Como, , itm ,ln go 54 41 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 85 9e 10 Do new.. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 46 47 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London l5 361 371 COLONIAL GOVICIINAINNT SECUIIITINS -British Columbia, 6 per ..... 100 1)0. _ _ 120 ( t7 .( 1 7 i 15 ! l c ; 100 1051 ic6l Do. 6 p.o. Feb, do Aug•••• 100 lt4 2t 6 Do. sp. c. Mar. & bee lOO 104 106 Do. sp. 0. Jan. •1; 3 111 Y•• 100 95 96 931 Do. sp. e. Inscribed ak lOO 90 92 Caps O. Hope. 6 p. 0.1873.• 108 102 101 Do.Ap1.&001 1690-19 00 " 100 111 113 Do. do 1880-9 1 '.• 100 107 109 Do. 1 1 1) 1 •••• 1 00 108 Itt Do. 5 per vent. 15 April and 16 Oot., 1900 lOO 100 102 C. lon, Nov 1878, 0 p.c lOO 108 lid Do. 1872, 100 105 107 - Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873,•• Jan. and July Do. 1878 •....... 1)0 1 06 109 Do. 1882, May and Nov••• 00 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. •tc AuZ• ••• 10 106 0 8 Melbourne Corporate., 1657-75, 6 per cent .•• 1(0 100 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja..0 111 )•• 100 101 1. 5 Natal 6 p et, Apia Ocl • • 10) Do 6p c. M.y & Nov 1 0 1(6 108 - N. S. W. 5 ye., '7l to '7a lOO 99 1( 1 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1806. 00 yti 99 09 Do. 5 p.o. rd.'67 to ' 7l N.Zealand, 6p. at. 1891• • 160 Do. 5 per cent.... DoJan,Aprl,July,o , t lOO 93 94 93j Do 6p a. Mar ct Sept '91.• 100 108 110 -- Do June •St Deo , 1-91 •••. 100 109 111 - Do I'rov.4lAuctld. j 1 0 —t icriei 1 R 2, 1696 .. Nova Scotia 6 p.o.Jan and Jnly, 1875 Do 1886.. ..•• l OO 101 103 10.31 Queenelnd. 6p. C. 'B2 5.• 100 106 107 Do 1891 . ..- • Do. 6 p -- Do. do. A 2 . 100 108 110 Do rd. 1193 .......•.. •••• 10) 107 108 Viotoria 6p.0. 1691,.... 100 112 113 THE CONVENT CASE. Al,-...---...--- The sixteenth day of the trial, cold and wet, spewed that the people do not mind the chances of catching cold if they can hear "revelations of convent life." The trial commenced on the third of February ; so the jury have had the case under consideration nearly three weeks, including an "off" day and three Sundays. The Solicitor - - General was again bard at work yesterday, being assisted by Mr. Digby Seymour and Mr. Willes ; Mr. Hawkins appearing with Mr. Mellish and Mr. Chas. Russell for the defendants. The court was crowded, but not inconveniently, and the mob, which bad on previous occasions surrounded the door in Westminster Hall, was no longer there. Indeed, the weather would hardly have allowed anyone who felt the cold and had regard for his health to loiter about in the draughty Hall. Sleet fell in the morning,and rain fell pitilessly till nearly noon. Inside, however, an equable temperature was preserved. Canon Walker was the first witness. He said my first connection with the convent was getting the bishop's letter appoint ing me the president. I never heard Father Moline ws object to Father Poi ter's presence, or ask to see Mrs. Starr's letter postulating that he might be a commissioner. The plaintiff might have been stopped to secure order, because her remarks were desul tory, but not to embarrass her. I never heard Father Matthews say that the order of the proceeding was a vio lation of what had passed between bins and the Bishop. The Lord Chief Justice: Was any application made by Father Matthews to examine any witnesses? Witness : I don't remember his doing so. Towards the end he may have complained of the hardship of his niece's position in the witness not being called who made the depo sitions. He may have complained of not being able to call witnesses for his niece ; but that, if it happened at all, it must have occurred before we finally deliberated. There was a memos open& till the charges had been substantially proved, and above that, there were circum stances, if the plaintiff was to be believed, that would extenuate the complaints that had been made against her. We discussed the counter-charges, and considered what weight should be given to them. The Lord Chief Justice: Was she examined about them? Witness : Oh, quite so, to our satisfaction. There was the cruelty about the thimble, for instance, if the circum stances were trap. The Lord Chief Justice: The "if " makes all the dif ference. Witness : She was not questioned more about the counter charges than when she made her other statement. Cross-examined by the Solicitor-General : I am rather deaf. I had a good opportunity of hearing what Miss Saurin said before the commission. I think I heard it substantially. I can't say I heard every word. I examined her to my satisfaction. I thought she had satisfied herself, and that satisfied me. We allowed her perfect liberty to make her own statement, if consistent and not varied. I don't think three or four commissioners interfered at a time. She was never interrupted when she was prepared to make a statement. My interference was from good nature. Father Porter used more urgency and persistency on one occasion in bringing her to order than the other. Dr. O'Hanlon was was quite as much so, but in a more gentle manner, than the occasion I refer to. Father Porter was eager to ascertain the truth of the case. You may Call it, he was a little warm with her. The Solicitor-General : I was not there. Was he warm with her? Witness : Well, he was. I don't remember him contra dicting her. I have no distinct recollection of why he was so persistent. He did not bring his knowledge of the convent to bear against her statements. I did not know then, nor had I reason to believe he was connected with the convent. The secretary on the second day ob jected to the reception of statements, because they were wrong in points of form, but I overruled him, and said she ought to be allowed to give the explanations. The question of twelve to one witness was not discussed. They were not impeached because they were the con sciencious, deliberate, and truthful statements of eye witnesses of the facts. The Solicitor-General : Then you, I suppose, subtracted one from twelve, and there remained eleven unanswered. Witness : That is so, as a mathematical operation. (Laughter.) Reexamined: The reason why the sisters were not called, in answer to the counter-charges, was that it would have been a violation of the order of procedure to have called them. They were not informed of the charges that Sister Scholastica had made. Canon Walker's report was put in and read, and was to this effect :—" I am of opinion that the charges against the accused have been abundantly proved ; but she made some important explanations which, if true, may be justly deemed to bare modified some of the complaints made against her. I find it, however, impossible to resist the concurrent testimony of such deponents, and I place much reliance on the hesitating, varying, and indecisive replies of the accused," &c. Father Porter, examined by Mr. Charles Russell: I am a member of the order of Jesus. I conducted the retreat at Hull in IS6I. A retreat is a period of seclusion in which people, religious or others, withdraw from the world more or less completely, and devote themselves to prayer, self-examination, and to reading of ascetical works. The tune is spent more or less in silence. The director of the retreat meets the nuns in the chapel, and he each day gives them an instruction in some virtue or some duty of religious life. He received ordinarily the confessions of those in the retreat, and should be accessible to them for advice out of the confes sional if desired. This retreat lasted eight days. I directed the retreat of December 1861, which lasted three days, and again in August 1862, which lasted eight days. I did not go to Hull again until 1866. I had occasionally corresponded in the meantime with Mrs. Starr and Mrs. Kennedy. In December 1865 Mrs. Starr, who had accompanied a sister to Liverpool for examination, called upon me, and I then learnt in fuller detail what I knew in general of the course of events in the convent from 1862 up to that time. " Precognose " does not describe the violence of our conversation. The Solicitor-Genes-al : I said at the time it was a Scotch term of which I did not precisely know the meaning. Witness : The nature of the conversation was to tell me what I knew in outline—the series of events which had occurred from August 1862 to December 1865. Mrs. Starr never shewed the slightest ill-feeling or bitterness to Miss Saurin, but she expressed a wish for her removal. Up to the morning of the sitting of the commission I had not the slightest ided of the form the inquiry would make. The day before the commission met I went to the convent but nothing passed upon the subject. When the commis sion met I did not hear Father Matthews object to my being a member. Miss Saurin was not interrupted in an embarrassing or troublesome manner. She spoke with ease throughout, and even at the worst charges she betrayed no emotion. Fattier Matthews assisted her throughout the inquiry. The commissioners expressed themselves satisfied that the charges were substantially proved. Dr. O'Hanlan was next examined, Ile declared that de did not agree with the report f the commission. He enumerated several cases in which he thought the plaintiff was ill-treated. The case for the defence closed with the re-examination of Mrs. Starr. The Solicitor-General then intimated that he intended to produce rebutting evidence, and called Miss Saurin. She said : I never spoke unkindly or harshly of the sisters at Baggot-street. They always behaved most kindly towards me. I never told my family what duties I had to perform there. There might have been sixteen sisters at Baggot-street. The Lord Chief Justice : We are at the close of the sixteenth day, and I must ask you to confine yourself to contradictions. I hope I have shewn no impatience. Plaintiff : I never received a letter from my brother containing reflections on the superior. I never read my Carmelite sisters' letters to the sisters. Mr!. Starr read some edifying letters from them and my Jesuit brother to the sisters. I never complained of having been employed in the laundry in Baggot-street. I only kept the accounts and received messages. I did not cut the ham. I was not found with my mouth full and my face smothered with grease. I first heard it in this court. I was never found eating raspberries or strawberries and cream. Mrs. Grimston's servant occasionally brought a few for Mrs. Starr, but I never had any. Mr. Mellish : If we are again to go into counter-charges, we shall never finish the case. Plaintiff : I never saw cream in the house. It was In 1860 when Mrs. Starr and Mrs. Kennedy withdrew from recreation on Mrs. Norris's visit to Mrs. Starr. Mrs. Norris was not there after 1859. There arc no docu ments that can be referred to. (The book " Devotion to Jesus" was produced.) This is the hook I cave to Mrs. Starr. I was a l wa y s on i;ood terms with Mrs. _Delaney. I did not murmur at my first reproof in 1861. I did not request Mrs. APOwne to send for Father Arnold ' the extraordinary confessor of the convent. He came about Once a quarter. This was his regular time of coming to the convent. It was a considerable time after that I wrote to my uncle, and not the same night, as sworn to by the defence. The letter having been found, I wrote another in pencil, and gave it to one of the children to post. They were, in fact, both posted at the same time. I never admitted to Mrs. M`Owne the writing of this letter before going to Mill. I avoided confessing to her that I had written the letter. She asked me if I had sent it by a little girl, and I said, "No." I had not done so then. (The plaintiff was further examined on the points of direct conflict of testimony between her state ments and those of the witnesses for the defendants.) I never took a child's dinner or cake in my life. I never took a particle of their food. I did not neglect Sister Mary Catherine. I did not take the medal nor the sleeves from her dead body. The first time I heard of it was in this court. In answer to questions from the Lord Chief Justice, it was stated that the rebutting evidence would finish to-day (Tuesday) by lunch time. In that ease Mr. Mellish said he might be able to finish by Werlne , day toil-day. The Solicitor-General sail he should require a full day (Thursday), and the Lord Chief Justice, iu that case, wil sum upon Friday. 4 hearing 0.4 can was then adjourned. NOTICh. The Fourth Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.30 p.m. SNARL LIST. ;EDINAUY diiikti.Nd AND STOCKb. shere asilwuys. Closing Business Paid. Price. done. st Bristol and Exeter ...... 103 79 81 st Caledonian ......... 100 771 7 8 7 7 4 1 st Cambrian. 2) Cornwall ail 21 34 at Dublin & Belfast June lOO 79 81 at Dun„rertholt 100 70 72 2) East London all 7 9 71 15 21 Do 10 et Glasgow & S. Western lOO 98 100 at Great Eastern .. , tiu 381 381 381 1 I at Do. E. Augl. No. 2.... n 0 7 9 at Great North of Scotland 100 15 6 st Great Northern lOO 1121 1134 1:21 1 st Do. A stock at Do. B stock lOO 125 1.:7 st GAS, and W. of Ireland, IU. 97 v 9 sr. Gt. Western —Original 3OO 411 52 52 11 st Do. South Wales 10) 57 59 57 a , . Do. W. 31id.-o.xford lOO 17 29 11 , - Do. Newport lOO t 9 11 30 st Laticashirea Yorkshire lOO 2J .30 128 st Len., ilrigh., n S.Cuass lou 51 511 514 U, Do zierip ..... alt -- st I on., ou,it., and Duval 10;: ICI 174 at Do. 141etrop. Ex. A tOu - st Lou. & North NVestem lOl 1181 1 . 1 119 181 194 .4 Lou. do South We:4cm ivy 9. 93 92 if 3: Alan., Situ L, .0 ICe 5 , :1 541 54 1 4 at ;11 etropOlit all .. st Du Extcusbn 100 101 1 , 0 105 4 UI vv. New io 10 1 4 st Me%roooittan District. all 49 Si 49 10 Aletrup. J °ha's 1 , oo 1 5 100 104 2 I^'= 1 st st Binniu. Sl by at N Jett: British st Do. Ed., I'th., & 108 st i or. Eastern—Berwick.. 1,:0 105 107 25 Do. N.E purclitid ..16.13.1 at Do Leeds ...... • ... 100 80 8 614 at Do York lOO 07 91 971 st Do Carli,le .... at 1)o Stoc & Darling lOO 133 185 st North Lou ton 10 Du New 18(8 . 2 11 2 p st North Staffordshire—. 10) 55 60 51 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares, 7 ... .• at Blaymney at Shropshire Union ICII. 59 611 at South Devon at South Etstern lOO 613 8:1 62 st Staines, Wok'ham, d; Wok all 12 13 st 'tau r ale lOO 148 152 • Do. C IVaterlord & Kilkenny lOO -- 1u Waterloo & Whiteha,l — RAILWAYS-PREFER ENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.ceut. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. *, lOO ... .., at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent 100 ... ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c 100 ... ... at Do. do. 7 per cent 100 ... ... at Do. do. Ordinary 100 80 82 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... ... at, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. let Class preference lOO ... ..., at Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... ... at 14t. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102 st Do do No. 2 100 98 100 st Do do 6 per cent 100 10J 112 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 ... ... at Do do B 6 do. 100 ... ... at Do do C 7 do. 100 ... .., at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... ... at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 71 73 at Da, Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 ... ... at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... ... st Great Neither", 5 per cent 10 , ... ... st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... ... at Do 4 1 do do do 100 ... ... at Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... ... at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... ... 64 Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ..„ ... sti Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st, GLWest.—Orig.&Jut. - Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 103 10i st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 55 100 st Do do 4 4 per cent. 1850 lOO 88 9) at Do do 4 do do st Do do 5 per cent. redenx 100 9) 97 at Du do Birmingham gua lOO 60 70 at Do do do pref lOO ... ... at Do do Chester gua lOO 72 7d at Do do do 8 per cent lOO ... .., at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... .„, st Do do 4 1 p.c lOO ... ... st Do do 4 ) 1859 lOO ... ... st Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford lst g lOO 11 116 st Do do 20 gua lOO 110 112 at Do Newport, lat g. 5 p.c lOO 100 91 st Do do 20 do 100 100 101 st Do gua. 54 per cent. 1863 100 ... „, 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ... „, at Laneash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Du Barnsley, 0.5 Is 100 p.c. 100 „, .., at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 1:10 115 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 98 102 st London & Brighton, 3p. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ... ... at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 ... ... at Do 6 do do lOO ... ••• at Do 5 do N. 4 . 100 ... ... st Do 7 per cent l. O... ... at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 .., ... st Da 4 do 135'J lOO ... ... at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ... ... at London and IT.W., C. and • Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 101 111 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO ... .., at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO .., ... st London and 0.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 15) 2s 60. Do (l'ortsin. perp ans. 2560) all ... „, st OLtu., Shef., & Litwin. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do £6 all par 4 inn at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 3 ... .., at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 135 140 st Do Bristol& Bina., 6p. c lOO 1 3 136 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 10.) 102 ati Do 44 per cent. irre.leem lOO 100 1.2 at Do Leicester & Irchn, 4 p.c. 100 1,0 .J 2 at North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO ... at Du E. &U.4p.e. S. 6: L lOO ... ::: sEL EI (7t t i s zi ,DDD:uooDsß4etio:ikpteierr cent. redeem .. .. 1 1 0 0 0 0 . 9 . ; 9 . .• . 7 ' ... ... n Berwi ck & A 1 Dirulii. capita l nt i. ,„„ 5 ... , A 1 51 5 ) .. e . BlO 0 4. 1 . 0 . 3 . 11 1:1:0 ,i 1 128:240 0 t: s I. )rD D NDD o o::: rE T I7(NI3:I a .Ns v i 31 St i ke. . s t'ar t a o ln..l4Tti c il l c :.1112 2 1° : 5 n 1 el " ' ir: s leu4. , at P. l uel s . !t purchase een . t 100111 a t0i:0 1 10 1 1 182.81 9 0:6 18.28 1 ' :) :: 1 i 0 1 . 0 6 ! 12 . 0 i., .: Fixed s (a 4 e l a perl .A . cent ll.s . 1.0.6).. : t b) , ) o 1 4 ,,, 1 22 8 23 9 percent lOO cent i l 100 100 ... ... at Taff Vale No.l '• ' ' 100 145 150 at Waterf o rd & Ki lkenny, 6pc 100 41 4' 3 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot.Cen. min. 7p c lOO ... at Do 41 p irredecni all ••• st 1)o 4p c eon. issued at 80 65 ••• • at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 ••• st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 88 s t ; 88 1 et Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 87 8) 881 8 at Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 82 ,88 at Great Northern, 5 p eirred. 100 st Du Permanent 5 percent. 100 at Do Boston &Sleatd, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. liidl., 5p e 100 at i)o Joint lerpe. 5 p c,1865 100 86 1 , 0 at Do du 6p e irred., 18Gti 103 105 10 1171 22 Do Vale IV eath peril. 5p c all 19 20 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 - 2 1 st Loud., Brig., &c., 41pc, 1858 100 ... ..„ at Do du 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ..• at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 ..• st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 lOU ... at Do No. 7 sdo at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do du C 6 p.c at London& N. Western, 5p c 100 10; 110 at Loudon &S. Western, 41 p c 100 91 96 10 Man. slid. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all Bsi at, Metropolitan .1 per cent at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 10; 11U st Do B 5 o 18 Do 5 p d opt. to cony. to 100 108 110 Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 186.) all 211 21f 18 Do lucouy. New Shares is 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 at North British, E. and No. 1, 5 per cent at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ** at Do E., P., & Dun., 28, 4pc at Do E.&61- , No. 2, 5 p.c 100 •• at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1 862 100 •• ..„ st Do E. & 61.• No. 3, 5 1 3 .0 • 100 , •" et Do E. & (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 53 57 at North Eastern, 41 per cont 100 t 7 0 at Do Stock. & Darl., D ..•• 100 111 111 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p C lOO v.,tprn. 44 IRAB 1 , 51 Do 6 do 1861 100 at ••• ••• Do 5 do (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 18 64 st at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pe 100 RAIL W .-L AYSINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at Birkenhead lOO ,2 ' ~6 10 0 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., a ll 1 st Buckingham shire 9 103 at Chester and Holyhead lO OOO 5 9 3 5 : - et Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colcheste r Stour Valle y s t East Lincoln , g ua. 6 p . c lOO 1 : 4 . ; 134 20 Gloster and Dean Forest a ll a Gt. Easu. , N ewm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ••• a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6) 72 st Do.do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 62 72 st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Heref 100 95 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 215 22 r at Loudon and Blackwall lOO 90 93 at Do. 41 per cent lOO ..• ~,,,, a t London, Coat., &c., 41 pc. 100 ... at Do. Corn. Fund, sdo 100 ... '" at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO ... at London, Tilbury, & South 100 7 8 8 - 6 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 70 83 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Blanch., Buxt on, & Matlk all 6 i, st 31 idland , Bradford, Pref lOO pa 95 . 10 Mid Rent Cray Line) 50 Northernt East., 5 er p cent all 5;.? 56 hi) Do. do. 6 do. all ... . at . Eastern—H a rtlepool .. N st N. West. A peril. prer, .5 p. c. 100 103 110 at Du B mininruinll p.c lOO ... ... at Notting. &Grantli. R.& C lOO 2 D 4 25 Preston and W yre•all 41 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop. 100 133 1;35 1321 s t Shrewsbury an Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do do S 21 2, p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 96 IUO st Du 4 per cent gua llO 0U , 79 81 at D o 5 du st Vict. Station and Pimlico.— 100 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 14 14 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all 61 "it st Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 120 123 st Loudon and St. Katherine lOO 49 61 100 D oDeb. stock , 4 per cent all Millwall Freehold Land st Dock st. Southampton lOO 73 78 at Surrey corumervittl MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 221 221 221 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., 1im....11 10 121 13 121 13 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 33 35 34 at Do. 8 per cent. lOO 81 81 25 Australian Agricultural ..• 201 16 17 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 8, 0 214 6 7 20344 6 5 154 d iid 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 141 14} 10 Do. New 6 1 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 4 II Id 3k 5) British American Land 44 16 1 3 at B. and'. Magnetic Te l . , lint lOO 164 170 20 British Indian Tea, U m..., all 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 20 Ceylon Company, lint. lO I 3d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 6 4/ al 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 8 41 31c1 30 City of Milan Improv. bin all 6 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lira a ll 2 3 50 City Offices, lint 25 231 221 d 50 Colonial, lim. Do. .- 50 Commercia Union (Assur) 6 1 111) 64 i 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 16 19 p 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 74 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 4/ per cent. all 1041 1034 100 Do. 1832, 44 per cent, all 1031 1041 a 67 14 : 1 6: 7 : 1 4: 8 cid 10 Credit Ton. of England, lint. a ll 2/ 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim• 10 3 4 2i a 7 et Crystal Palace lOO 14 21 at Do. Preference lOO 84 y, et Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 106 110 20 Darjeeling, lim. 2 5 1° 0 0 E E Eastern a a as s nt t d n ln a A d i ai Finance,sanar 1 r n' Landaliilint. e l . Credit Canal 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Gus. by Egypt. Gov all 94 95 941 i 20 Egyptian Corn. & Trad. lint 6 44 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 250 260 252 6 10 Do. New 8 12 14p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 i 13 English and Foreign Credit 74 A 4, 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lint 8 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 it lid 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 100 For. & Cot. Oov. Trust and 1p Loan Scrip, (.. 20 50 Gellivara, lina. 10 General Credit 6; Dis., lint. 71 1/ II 51 15 General Steam Navigation 14 23 29 5 2 ( 0 ) 11 1Ioz o k u, C a 0 8 1 11 , :arin In. lint. all il i : 1 1 i 31 .0 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar 12f .. ... Mar seille;, lim. lU 2 21 5 2 :0005) lnto-Europeanll Interns.t t n e Interns. t 7 . S: l L t i n aii . a u t d n i . : Credit,i Chin:sT a u l ee S l d i a c i L l ul i i . n i S rl 3 l . s . all 3 2 .6 sini 8 41 :1 61. 8 3.7,72:1. 1 . 1. 1: 8 31 ~1.,., 11 49 . 7_4::7_1, 2 .1 4 ,,i,i a 31 3 is ° 1 - 1 6 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Do. 6p. c. Ms., redeem all 62 C{ (3 1 1870, issued 00 , 31 211 50 Laud Securities,lim 25 London African Trading lO .o 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, lint 1006 ,1 • 0 • 1 7 4 a . 1 .5 0 ' 1)5 1 r 711845 it 10 London County Land and ..(1 Building, lim•. 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 3 f 3 1,, 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per mit. all z " &J Loud. Financial Asso., lint 30 22 20 51211 : 0000 L l axmLm o oaeatA: u niut.dd: d d .ridnrlte : letnlCLaisru Mauritius ioiayo n ard: . . O rcig m mnshx, ilana n ti d.:s i , :g i n, . . ) cl. u ...ci.ren s To o e 1. Engineer :). .. n: 4. 1 I. i .,usma. . . .. a 1 125 1 } 2 22 174 La 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 5 p. c. by India Gov. 50 Merchant Shipping, Jim all 32 •" SO Millwall Iron Works, lint. 121 -• "' 2 22 5 05 NNae rt National ibouiadadl allp Coal s oo c va o . l u li n a t lrr e ion o: e .: : 1 11 1 1 1 1 11 1111 1 1 1 l 9 : 6 10 National Steam Ship, lim. all 111 1 2 1 1 5 0 I Drew ew Consolidated Quebraaa, l in Di . s . .. ........ 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer eantile Agency,lirn .. . 21 a Z 9 25 New Zealand Trust d 825011:00 NONooLerr Northern att Dhh a n n oB. , 1 Brit.ii B u t A. 1 Marine . &sA .. ;. . emu. . . Assam e . . It .. r ar.e; : Tea,.l u:: r. .i :i . Tn ni ri . . i. i ic . .. . en ). . . . 1 a 0 1 a l li s : i l i 650 Oriental Oriental Gas, Jim. lim 5 Do. New ............... ....: 1 I l ip 10 Otago and Southland .. In vestment, lim., 2 Id 1P 5 Ottoman Gas, lim ... . 10 Panama, New Zealat4,.and Australian It. Mail u m all 1 1 1 5 Do do. st Peel R. Land & Alineil,li 49 61 49i 50 Peniusu. & Oriental Steam all 5 225 0 550 RR, t iehouydt D re)o o ronjea Tyn N Neel il e rere w owogurca l T. B t .y 6. ............................... : sal 0 111 l 11l 21 7,16 a 1 19 21 15 ............... ~ 18 20 Do. Gas, lim 100 Royal Mail Steam 88 88 st Scottish Aust. Invest. , lint. 100 st Do. 6p. c. Guar pref. 100 ".. 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint. 10 7 2 l' u n 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 8. ' - ' 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lira. ° 25 South Australian Laa 107 112 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. 20 o(lrtini C oloiirnn o ata n g S : . v Main ha c a & cg r ne i ea p a)ry . ea , andlint 20 Thames and Mersey Marine 18i 19, 191 (Insurance), lim 2 2 1 2 4 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl' ••• 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 • 1 1p 1 I 10 Do do. do. all — 1 d — p 20 Trust & Loan Co.. U. Canada 6 4 41p all 2 1 2 4 24 p all 61 81 5 2 15 ° 0 5 Ij U liu n .n n i i i i o it o ei n n ndg S 24 Dd t eajosamremionueTSnettli.Ppc, Corp., ° o li . i nt 1 1 1 .1.; Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 31 31p 5 4 1 11p 20 Universal Marineau.), lim• all 21 81 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint 30 Van Dietnan's Land 7 per 00 Viceroy 2a10121 ;1334:2482;11kt 7.3211,,•"31(810k11 4cl 10 508 2 WW Warrant ce e es s nt t L t . Wareh0u5e5............ Steam, arel o lint u se .5...................P...a.c e ) P t If . 4 _ e SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Tuns EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord liI3IBERLEY gave notice that on Friday he should introduce a bill for the morn effectual suppression of crime. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins EVENING. The SPEAIZER took tl:e chair at font. Ce:ock. NEW MEUBER. Baron EOTHSCIIILD Lick the oath and his scat for the City of Lotrion. OFFICES AND APPOINTMENTS IN IRELAND. The O'CONNOR DON gave notice that on an early day he should move for a list of all the Irish appointments made during the last ten d tys of th , : exiA;nce of the late Government. OPENING ➢IUSEUJIS ON SUNDAYS. Mr. GREGORY said on the 23d of March he should submit a motion to the house to the effect th•tt it was de sirable that all Museums and Galleries of Art be opened to the public arter Divine service on Sundays. THE INDIAN BUDGET. In reply to Mr. J. 13: SMITH, Mr. G. DUFF said it was most desirable that the Indian financial statement should be made when those members who took an interest in the matter were pre sent. Certain arrangements bad been made which would enable the statement being made a month earlier than usual if such was the wish of the house. THE WAR OFFICE AND THE HORSE GUARDS In reply to Lord ELcue, Mr. CARDWELL said that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was the Field Marshal Commanding in-Chief and the Commander-in-Chief, and ho held office not by warrant but by a letter from the Crown counter signed by the Secretary of War. The Secretary of State for 'War was supreme in all that related to the adminis tration of the army, and that his influence was brought to bear upon the minor promotions as well as upon the higher military appointments, and also upon matters c.mnected with the discipline of the army. Therefore in principle there was no dual government in the department, and when the two departments were associated in one building a great convenience would be accom plished. With respect to the other part of the question as to whether any steps are being taken with a view to the more speedy and economical transaction of business, be must reserve to himself the right of making any observation on that matter. THE GOVERNMENT CLERKS. In reply to Colonel GROSVENOR, Mr. CHILDERS said it was the intention of his depart ment to inquire into and revise the position and salaries of the clerks in Somerset House. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE METROPOLIS. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Mr. C. Bentinck, said it was not the intention of the Government to deal with so largo a subject as the local management of the metropolis during the present session. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. Sir J. ELPIIINSTONE inquired whether it was true that there had been a fresh outbreak of cattle plague in Germany. Mr. FOSTER said the Government had no intimation to that effect, n3r had they reason to believe it. (Rear, hear.) Immediately after the notice was given last night telegraphic communications at once took place to several places in Germany, and he had received an answer from the 11;.gue which stated that no fresh outbreak had taken place, and the circumstances that had given rise to the rumour, no doubt was the steps that were being taken to overcome the diseases which it was known existed in sp,ORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day N OTTINGHAM RACES -THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Fairfax 4.. 1 Honesty ... Falstaff •• ....... "THE WILL 0' THE WISP." Mr. HARDCASTLE inquired if it was true the Admi ralty subscription had been withdrawn from the paper above mentioned ? Mr. CHILDERS:said he found that formerly ninety six copies each of Judy and the Will o' the Wisp had been taken for the use of the fleet, and on the 14th of December an order was given discon tinuing the latter. Ten days after the present Govern ment took office, and then it was for the first time that he (the First Lord of the Admiralty) had stopped the paper. (Laughter.) He believed the reason given for recommending in tho first instance the order for the raper being given was that it was likely to exercise a beneficial influence over the crews of her Ma jesty's ships. (Laughter.) lie did not wish to hurt any body's feelings, and therefore he would not say why the paper was stopped. (Laughter.) THE FENIAN PRISONERS. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said he could not say that it was iutenled to give a free passage back to the Fenian prisoners whom it had been determined to pardon, and who were at present in Australia, that would depend en tirely depend upon circumstances. ARREST FOR DEBT. In reply to a question, Mr. BRUCE saUd be believed the arrest of the girl for debt, which Lad been referred to in that. house, had been made unr.:er a mistake as to her age. lie had, however, made some inquiry on the subject, and he found that a person under the age of 13 could be arrested for debt, and Oat persons could be outlawed under 12 years o f age if they were females.V (Laughter.) ACAT IN G SEATS. Vi s c o unt BURY moved for leave to introduce a bill to repeal section 26 of the 6 th of Queen Anne, chap. 7, relating to the re-election of members accepting office under the crown. A discussion ensued, in .which Mr. V.llAncorwr oppose the motion on the ground thatto repeal the act would be to remove one o f the protections against parliamentary intrigues, and Mr. GLAnsToNE recommended the noble lord tc withdraw the motion. The noble lord accepted the recommendation of the right hon. gentleman and withdrew his motion. rLEFT SITTING LuNDON GAZETTE -THIS EVENING DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 22. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas 'Wil liams Esq., to be a Me mber of the Le g islative Co uncil of the B a hama' Islands. .ADMIRALTY, FEB. 22. ... Royal Marine Artillery-Becond Captain William Davis Welsh to be Adjutant, vice De Kantzow, placed on half-pay. The undermentioned officers htve this day been pro moto i to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with Seniority of 10th February, 1869: —Mr. John Richard Hancock and Mr. Joseph Briggs. COURSE OF EXCHANGE— his Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 12 ... 1 2 1 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 11 ... 12 11 Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 40 Brussels llttruburgh — ... 13 101 ... 13 101 Paris Ditto ...... Marseilles F r ankfort-on -the-Main ... 119} ... 1201 Vienna — ... 12 35 ... 12 bU Trieste ... 12 35 ... 12 50 Petersburg Copenhagen.. ,. 9 2t) ... 9 24 Berlin Madrid.. Cadii ... 48f ... 4t Leghorn ... 26 30 ... 26 40 Milan ... 26 30 ... 26 40 Genoa — ... 26 30 ... 26 40 Naples ... 26 30 ... 'l6 40 Palertno — ... 26 30 ... 26 40 . Messina .. 26 3U ... 26 40 Lisbon .521 ... 521 Oporto ... ... 521 ... 52i Rio Janeiro — „• w York - • * 4 • Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. &Australia and Now Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 27. Ditto, via IVArseilles 22 Ditto, via Pai.ama ........ ..................F ab. --. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Vide o .......... ............................Feb 7. Ditto, by French packet . ............. Fob. 1: 7. 2. Cape Verde. by /Inuit paoset ....... ...... Msr. Cape of Good II .pc. Ascension. and St. 11010119..... Feb. 27. China, Penang, end Singapore, via Sou t hampten..Feb. 27. I.ibraltar, via Southampton ....................... Feb 20 India, via Southampton .................... ....F.b. 20 unto, via Marseil.es . 3l tr 1 ............... •• • • • ..... Feb. 2 ) &Latta, Egypt, •Sco. ......... ................. b. 17 Ditto, Marseilles ......................... &tau itius, Cape of Good /Tope, and Natal, via Southains ton ...... .......................... Ditto, di arse! 3cs .................Feb........ 15 • . Newfound:a e ................. . . . ....... .Fe b 24 liar 7. Portugal .................... ••• U n it e d States. t anada , &c., lintis:) ............................... • . • —.Feb 20 Ditto, by Canadian packet ...... . ..... Ditto, by L sited States packet Feb 17 Ditt o di tt t ( Baltimore) West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Tenerl ffe Fob 16 %Vest Indica and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) ...... Mar 1 s lif.llogg received a perfect o va ti on a t Chicago, i s o , on the Ist inst. ; the opora house was crowded from pit to dome. The unprecedented success of Miss Kellogg has induced the management to surrender other engagements and to remain there the week. STAND PLATE. Sphynx Problem 2 Astracan $ ___ Six ran. PARK STAKES. Lady Lotty f 1 Fenian NOITINGHAM. SPRING HANDICAP. Friday Hatchnient Barnabo.. »•••• I 2 •• I Seven ;au. INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Chapel Royal 1 Veda Pomp ii a DI~CCAIIONI STAKES. DelaWAre Slap Bang Sir Walter , 3 Tt ran. G RAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 12 agst Despatch (taken) 100 to 12 agst Colonel (taken) 100 to 8 agst Tathwell (taken) 100 to 8 agst Fan (taken) 100 to 8 agst Alcibiado (taken) 100 to 7 agst Guy of Warwick (taken) WINDSOR RACES—This DAT. HUNTERS' STAKES. Resolute . I Reindeer Eight ran. HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. llawksbaw 1 Vivandiere 2 Five ran. MATcit—Tomtuy Dodd beat Balder. GRAND MILITARY STEEPLECHASE. Tinderbox 2 Tommy Dodd Three ran WINDSOR OPEN STEEPLECHASE. rlippolyte Arlescott 2 Three ran. VICTORIA CLUB—This DAT. GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 12 agst Despatch (offered-9 to It. and w.) 9to 1 agst Colonel (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Alcibiade (offered) 13 to 1 agst Guy of Warwick (taken) 14 to 1 agst Tathwell (taken) 100 to 7 agst Fan (taken) 1000 to GO agst Q. C. (offered) 25 to 1 agst Harcourt (taken) 50 to 1 agst Endsleigh (taken) 1000 to 15 agst The Robber (taken) 50 to 1 agst Barbarian (offered) CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 agst Paul Jones (offered) 100 to 8 agst Romping Girl (offered) 20 to 1 agst The Palmer (wanted) 25 to 1 agst Mandrake (taken and wanted) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4 to 1 agst Belladrum (offered) DERBY. 4to 1 agst Pero Gomez (offered) 650 to 100 agst Wild Oats (taken) THE OBJECTION TO LAVANDIERE.—A notice was posted at Tattersall's Subscription Rooms yesterday, signed by Admiral Rous, to the effect that as the certificate of La vandiere's age had not been signed by a duly qualified veterinary surgeon, she was not legally entitled to the stake for the Two-yr-old Race at Harrow; and that Cap ivator, who came in second, is the winner. RACING FIXTURES. MARCH. Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Downpatriek 9 War wick 9, 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 \Vest Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 \Vest Drayton .........18, 19 Baldoyle First Spring 18, 19 Margate 20 Beverley 2O Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, 31 AP. Abergavenny l, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick l, 2 T hi rsk 6, 7 111111gerfurd 6, 7 6, 7 Gonbridge 7 8 Croxton Park . ...8 ti.reathaiu 8, 9 M. Chester .l, 5,6, 7 Egliuton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 Yor ll, 12 Baldoyle 2ud Spriug 11, 12 tit Alb.ns 11, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Easthournu l9 Lewes 20 21. Carragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring _ 26, &c. I Doncaster 13, 14 Wyst Drayton l7, 18 1 Bath 18 , 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 IHarpenden '2l Epsom Summer .....25, &o. 'NE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 9 ,3, 4 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer „Jr), 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragh 22, 237.24 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, Sze. Carlisle 6, 7 Pontefract 9, 10 Hendon ..... 12, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club r 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egnam lO, 11 Wolverhan•pton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 I SEPT: Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (loyal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9 20 ,Kelso 19 20 NOV] Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow - 2, 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 STEEPLECHA MA Southampton 13, 14 loading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford ftl, 23 Goodwood 27, 28,29, 30 Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 26, 27 Scarborough .30, 31 Derby Summer ....SI, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury 3l, Sep. 1 LY. UST. AIBER. Hampton .....21, 22 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Hendon Monmouth... 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, &c. Lanark... 29, 30 ,BER. Cheltenham l9, 20 Curragh l9, 20, 21 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmark.t fl'ton ~.25, dm. 'MBE& Shrewsbury 15, etc. Leamington Hunt 23, &c. 1E FIXTURES. Cll. West Somerset 15, 13 York 17 18, 19 Crewkerne 29, o Chepstow Liverpool 3 Shrewsbury ..... 5, 6 Malton Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 Kingsbury 12, 13 APRIL. Aldershot 1, 2 I Streat h am B, 9 B rom l ey 1, 9 Royal Artily., Woolwich... 4 8 Abergavenny l, 2 Knighton I Lichfield ..6, 7 Ludlowls, 16 9 1 So u thdown Hunt ......... ..7 Tenbury... Cambridge ... ............. 7, 8 Cro y don 22, 23 Cheltenham ...............7, 8 Co. Louth & Ardeeni27, 28 MAY. Limerick Hunt ............... I 4 St. Albans .. ...... 1 3 E g li n ton Runt ............ 6, 7 West Drayt0n..,............17 JULY. ingsbury 9 AUGUST. St. Albans 17 OCTOBER. Bromley ...................... ... i j West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. 2, 3 I Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Wliarrowester 3, 4 Liverpool 9, 10, 11 orc st. Albans 5, 6 i Shrewsbury ..... l5, 19 COURSING FIXTURES. MARCH. Ashdown Park, llerts Fourth S. Lancashire (Champion) Scottish National Open, Lanark 3 ), .to. OCTOBER. - --- -- - Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6. Ormesby 19, &c. Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27. The outward Cape mail steamer Briton, with Mr. Macrorie, the new Bishop dsignate for Natal, had not reached Table Bay when the Norseman Mt. Bishop Welby, from St. Helena, was expected by the Briton to take part in Mr. Macrorie's consecra tion. Bishop Coterill, of Graham's Town, had already arrived in Cape Town, and Bishop Twells, of the Free State, was on his journey there overland for that purpose. The Cape Argus says :—" In our columns will be found a protest from the laity of the English Church in South Africa against the proposed consecration of Mr. Macrorie as bishop over the faithful at Natal. We sincerely trust that it will be numerously signed." r ar:". ,ro''' , le fur} . 1 , 0 31 P itta ; 8 p 0