The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-02 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Business to-day was inactive, yet prices were maintained in almost every security of importance. The increase in the minimum rate of discount has given rise to a fair demand for money to meet the engagements on the 4th instant ; but bills of first class, for short period;, are taken a shade under the bank rate. In the mis cellaneous market prices remain almost stationary and in banking shares the changes were only trifling, but in favour of the London and Westmin ster and London ani County. The Albion and South Western have not recovered the fall they experienced of £1 yesterday. Consols are 924 for money; ditto, for Ac count, 924 a ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 91f 1; New Tkree per Cents, 91f 1 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, par; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., shut. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., Jan., 1872, 1046. In the foreign market a fall of has taken place in Italian Five per Cents., which are now 54-/ 54k, and 40/ 41. Mexican Bonds remain at 15 151 ; Greek, 14 12 ; New Spanish Three per Cents. at 30-1. 311; and Honduras Railway Loan at 83 85 ex coupon. The Danubian Commission Guaranteed Loan is 1 prem. The Mortgage Debentures of the Trouville Asso ciation is 1, 1 prem. In the Railway Market Great Westerns are i better, and Metropolitan 1, Brighton and North Western I f. Great Northern are f lower, ditto A 1, and North Prices are as follow :—Caledonian, 79} 80 ; Great Western, 49 f; Great Eastern, ; Great Northern, 107 8; ditto A, 1081 ; Lancashire, 122 k 223 ; Metropolitan, 1011 4 ; ditto Extension, 99f 100 f ; Midland, 1164 k ; Sheffield, 55 i ; Brighton, 48k ; North British, 35 ; North Western, 115 115 f ; North Eastern (Berwick), 102 f ; South Eastern, 75 75f ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 15i 16i. In American Securities there has been a fall of in the 1855 Bonds, to 811 814. The Five-Twenties remain unaltered, at 83f 831, and Ten-Forty Bonds at 73i 73i. Illinois Central Railway stock has recovered to 96i 97, and Eries remain at 24 243. Atlantic Telegraph Original Stock is 26 27, the Eight :per Cent. Preference Shares at 31 34, and Anglo-American Telegraph Shares 22 221. A further sum of £82,000 in American eagles was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for trans mission to New York. The Tycho Brahe sailed from Liverpool to-day, full took £25,600 for Brazil. The City of Limerick, from Brazil, has brought £15,000, and the Oneida is telegraphed at Lisbon with £8,475. The Joint-Stock and other banks have advanced their rate for deposits from 2 per cent. to 3 per cent., and the various discount establishments now allow 3 per cent. for money at call, 31.- for deposits at seven days' notice, and 31 for 14 days' notice. It is stated that the arrangements have been com pleted for the introduction here of a new Portuguese Loan, and that the issue may be shortly expected should the conditions of the Money Market prove favourable. The directors of the Oriental Bank have resolved to recommend a dividend of 6 per cent. for the half year ending the 31st inst. At a meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of Scotland, held in Edinburgh, a dividend at the rate of 11 per cent. per annum, and a bonus of 1 per cent., less income-tax, were declared for the past half-year. Annexed is a itelegram received by the Don Pedro (Brazilian) Gold Company : " Produce cleaned, Ist of March, 15,819 oitavas ; esti mated for February, 18,000 oitavas." A telegram from Holland states that the annual sprin g sale of Banca tin was held yesterday in Am sterdam, where the total quantity offered was all sold at 821 guilders, equal to i. 141 delivere 1 in London ; all orders being curtailed 30 per cont. The directors of the Oriental Bank intend to pro pose, at the meeting on the 22d inst., a dividend of 6 per cent. for the half-year ended the 31st of De cember. The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway traffic return, including the Metropolitan Exten sion and branches, shows this week an increase of £3,865 over last year ; the Metropolitan Extension, separately, an increase of £1,135; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, an increase of £4,965 ; the Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, an increase of £3,099 ; and the North Eastern, an increase of £7,555. Under the arrangement newly announced the dividends will be payable at the Bank of England on Tuesday the 6th inst. Under the old practice they would not have been payable until Thursday, the Bth. An instalment of 15 per cent. fell due yesterday on the Charkow-Krementschug Railway loan for £ 1 ,716,000, issued last November. The final in stalment of 20 per cent., making 80 paid, is pay able on the 10th of May. Messrs. Speyer Brothers have given notice that the £500,000 of Pennsylvania Railway short bonds, due the 2d of April, are now being paid off. Tha return from the Bank of England for the week ended the 31st of March gives the following results -when compared with the previous week : R•st e de £3,689,535 Decrease ... £5,873 Other de posits Put,liposits Un 17,479,293 ... Increase 445,842 tho other side of the account : Government securi ties...... £14999053 ... Inc rease ... 1,000,000 Notes O ther securities unemployed 7,862,295 ...'Decrease ... 1,119,880 The amount of notes in circulation is £ 2 3,611,525, being an increase of £675,100 ; and the stock o bullion in both departments is £17,573,023, showing s. decrease of £462,202 when compared with the preceding return. Subjoined is a comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols and French Renter with the corresponding week of hat year :-- At Present. Same Week last Year. RBullion ............... . Z 17,573,023 .. £21,104,112 eserve 8,961,438 ... 11,936,307 Notes in circulation 23 ,611,525 ... 24,167,805 Rate of discount 4 per cent. ... 2 per cent. Cm's°ls French Routes 7of. 12 c. 931 69f. 42c. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING .PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. I 8 per Cent. C onso l s i Ditto for Accou n t, 3 per C en t . R educed 91.1 1 New 3 p er O ent 1 New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. a pe r C en J an. 1873 Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth J an ., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telek,raph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24 per G t. De .£5OO De. Bank of Engl an d Stock, 4 per Cent Shut D4b.f opening — Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial Onanntna iNLIA.N dOVERNMENT SEcuitrritti. India } , cock, 104 per Cent., April 1874.- Do. Opening, for Account - Du. 5 per cont. July, 1880 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Pape. 4 par Cent.. ... — Do. 5 per Cert., Jau. 1872 .... Do. si r per C.-qt. May 18741 L. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 16 , 72 Do D o. do 1877 do. 1882 — D. Dob., 5 per Cent Cent, £l,OOO . 1873 ~ Do. Bodsor,— Do. und n er , 4 p .£l.OOO FOREIGN F UNDS—CLOSINO PRICES. ArZotittut-3 itepllbite, 6 per Ueut .. i Do., Scrip 4 43 paid .. .. Au - Arian Bonds 5 Per ce . n. . Do. W 9 .... BraLilian 5 per Cent ..................... .. . no. 44 per Cur '.•• ........... D pt, , nt. 1852 .................... o. do. 1858.... Do. d o . 18 6 .................. - ... ......... Do. do., 1863 ..................... D o. 5 per Cent., 1865 ..................... Do Account ................................ 80 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. ................. 914, CDo 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per ()silt.) übs 6 per Cent. .............................. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 1. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe, drove out yesterday afternoon. her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went out. NEW AIfERICA. OaMan 6 per Cent — Flo. 4- per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 6 per cent. 1867 Po. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo übian, 6 per Cent. Dan sh, 3 per Cent., 1825........, Dan ,, bian Princip a liti es, 7 lar Cent 7 61 Do $ por Cent., 1867 — ":quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Esyytian, 7 per Cent... ~ _ i)o Scowl Issn. I Do. .£sti2 Bonds — Do. .£lOO Bonds ..... 83 !Do, 1864 Do. Account Do. £sto Bonds Do. 110 C Bonds B7 f English Scrip, 1868 761 I Do do. £45 pd — die Government Railway ii.henturp , Greeti 5 per Cont., 18245, ex Coups. — !?p. Account Do. Ckmpong - Do. Account 3 iateinala 5 per Cent• . Honduras Gov. Rai 1. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd ltiiian 5 per Cert., 1865 — Do. Account . Do Maremniana Railway — 1 ex ca 1 3 per Cent - Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — itontevideau 6 per Cent .. — liccrish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada ... 17f Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred ?ertivian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account . .. 79 1 Do 4i per Cent. (IJl:',arren) Do 4f per Cent., 1862 -. — Do Account Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'0 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent , 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 8 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondc. 91 I Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9l} Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 67 Sardinian 6 pur Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen . — 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 — Pn• Turxish 6 per Cent.i .. J,, Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — io 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds 6 ql -4 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Ace. nut Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in Loue,: Austrma a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins ... 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch z¢ por Cont. Ex. 12 Gull, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French 'lentos, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 251. 'Wien 5 per Cent. 1831, 23f. Do Account CLOSING PRICES. Uousols, Mouey 921 3 Do. Account, April 8 BOURSE, April I.—Th closed as follows : ree o'clock—The market 4i per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7O 37i Credit Mobilier End of mouth 2BO Credit Foncier l4Bl End of month — RAILWAY Bank Shares ......2860 It&l'an Five 5....... 55 95 End of month... Mexican Loan ... 24i Do. Bonds ...... 157 Spanish Threes ... 82 50 Home Debt. Deferred . s. Cash Orleans ... Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..." 6l7i Western Eastern • • Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman.. 511 6711 4731 To v.W. . t . .%* - 4 ,1 % 77 01 1 11 4 t 4 . ° ;'°°'' Ci rai if a 41. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The public references made to my book, " New America"—first by Dr. Ball in the House of Commons, and still more recently by the Ameri can Ambassador at Newcastle—require from me a word of explanation. I never meant to offer my pictures of the Mor mons and Free Lovers as " sample 3 " of American religious life. Quite otherwise. I described them as " disturbing forces" in that life. The key-note of " New America" is given in the Preface in these words : "The men who planted these Free States—doing the noblest work that England has achieved in his tory—were spurred into their course by two groat passions—a large love of liberty, a deep sense of religion ; and in our great plantation liberty and religion exercise a power over the forms of social and domestic life unknown at home. In the heart of solid societies and conservative churches we find the most singular doctrines, the most audacious experiments ; and it is only after seeing what kind of forces are at work within them that we can ade quately admire the strength of these societies and Churches." I have seen too much of the work effected by the American religious societies, not in the United States alone, but in Syria and Egypt, not to hold those societies in the highest respect. 01 course, the facts recorded in my book are public property, and every one is free to draw from them his own conclusion. My conclusions are no secret ; they are stated in my Preface, and Mr. Reverdy John son is clearly entitled to say, as he said at New castle, that " nothing in Mr. Dixon's book justified the inference" that the free religious life of America it a failure. W. HEPWORTH DIXON. St. James's-terrace, April 1. ANOTHER MURDER IN IRELAND. DUBLIN, Thursday Night. A farmer named Tophain, living at Boffana, thirteen miles from. Clonmel, was shot dead last night on his own farm. His bod was found this y morning with t wo bullet holes through the bead. LORD STANLEY 47 GLASGOW. GASG () W, LordA p T R H e l e . tor Lord Stanley was installed to-day as of Glasgow University in the coll ege. Afterwards he delivered an inaugural addr ess in the City Hall, where he met an enthu.i.:stie reception from a brilliant assembly. The address was plain, practical, and learned, and gave univers a l satis faction. ANOTHER VOLUME OF " FUN."—Better than a "Shilling's worth of Nonsense"—one of the earliest pro ductions of the Punch contributors—far b'-tier than any " Shilling's worth of Nonsense" is the Half-yearly Volume of the only successful rival during more than half-a-dozen years of the London Charivari—Fun ! Here is the eighth volum9 of the New Series, the fifteenth of the Old Series —spick and span in crimson and gold—full, as the name implies, of fun, never (what so many of the comic papers are, unhappily,) vulgar, or unfair, or in bad taste, but running over, for the most part, with innocent merriment, and, as a rule, thoroughly good humoured. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1869. JOINT-STOCK • BANKS, Closing 131,12i1:1033 Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all; 121 131 121 1 40 Do B lO 31 41 2; i 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglu-Egyptian, lint all 131 2 1 20 Anglo-Hungarian 3 '2 21 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 41 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 304 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of Now Zealand all 17 13 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China all 201 211 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all :91 301 SO 20 City 100 Colonial 25 331 401 10 Consolidated, lira. 4 1 1 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, lim 3 2 1 20 English and American. lint 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim lO pr 1p 20 English, ccuttish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 281 Do now 5l 1; 24 100 Imperial, lint 2O 161 171 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 14 24 1:5 lonian. all '24 26 25 Do now 6 1i 11) 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 st ; 4 11 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, SO all 76 75 7d 1 SO London Banki of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 32 23 20 Do new 71 41 41 100 London &River Plate, lira. 40 10 11 25 Do new 10 24 21p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 24 1 24 244 20 London and County 2O 10 52 514 50 Do new, iss at 20p.m, 16 pd. 11 ••• ••• ••=- London Joint Stock 1 32 33 824 i London and South African al 84 5 4 00 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 1 1 9 150 London & Venezuela, lhn l2l ••• ••• 100 Loudon and Westminster. 20 6 4 63 4 6 4 1 1 100 Do Scrip, itiS at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint • 10 Metropolitan, lint all 7 7 4 100 Midland, lim 2O 1 1 i 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint l5 ld 1p 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do 50 National.. . 80 ... .. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 41 434 4 50 I'rovinc. Bank. Corpo., lint lO 6 5 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 24 14 is 100 Do issued at 6 pus lO 8 6 23 Union of Australia all 464 474 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London SHARE LIST. ffiItDINARY 61:11LA1GS AND EITOCIEB. giare hallways. Paid' Clotsing es Busins Prtoe. dens. st Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 st Uziedoxu Aft lOO 79* 74 79 8 2J Cornwall all 24 Dublin & 13ei1ast June lOO 77 79 t Duu„ rent', & Ab.Juuc ioo 70 72 2 , East i,ondon 20 ,Jo 15 - - 2 i Do 10 - - A Glasgow &S. Western lOO 97 99 at Great Eastern .. ;00 361 37 37 61 at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO st Great North 01 Scotland lOO 16 16 at Great Northern lOO 107 008 1071 7 at Do. A stock lOO 10) 110 st D 0.13 stock st GtS, and W. or Ireland lOO 95 • 7 et GL. Western -Original lOO 41 491 4PI at Do. South Wales lOO 57 411 at Do. W. and.-Uxiorti lOO 24 27 at Do. Newport lOO •:8 10 st Lancashire. Yorkshire lOO 124 '239 t Lon., Brigh.olt S.Coast lOO 44 48/ 03 Do Scrip .... - - at I •on., Chat., and Dover lOO Id 161 13 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO - - st Lou. 2/ North Western lOO 114 il5l 1161 15 st Lon. .% South Western lOO 17 sa bbi at Alan., Shel., & Lincoln ISO 651 4d 549 41 st Metropolitan ~.... lOO 101 1011 1011 9 at Do Extensi)n 10 Do. New rd 10 id ip at Metropolitan District. all a 62 10 Metrop. St. John's 11 00.1 6 - - at M itaald st Do, dirmin. & Derby lOO SiB9 st North British st Do. Ed., rth., At Dun lOO - - at IN or. Eastern--Berwick it° 102 1(3 25 Do. +l. N.E purchase - - at Do Leeds. ...... ...• lOO 47 69 681 st Do York lOO 02 94 V 3 at Do Carli ale at Do Stoe t. & Darling lto l 3) 132 at North Lon ion 10 Do New 18(8 et North Staffordshire . . 100 5b 57 at North and S.-W. Jnnetion 100 94 100 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... t Rhymxiey . lOO 49 62 at Shropshire Union b7 63 st South Devon' at South Eastern lOO 75 754 761 at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 12 14 at V .11c ivu 145 150 Lo. (; K u.tertord & Killcctuly it , Waterloo & Whiteha,l 6 •—• RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO et Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 30 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. let Class preference 100 ... ••• st Glaa. & S.W. gua.s per et lOO ... ••• at Gt. Eastern, E.G. Ex. No. 1 100 9 i 99 st Do do No. 2 100 95 93 st Do do 6 per cent 100 10. 112 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do C 7 du. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... ••• st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 70 7b at Do Notfulk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1847 100 ... at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 ... at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... at Do 41 do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO 1064 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... stj Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st; G t.West.—Orig.&Jnt.-ltent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 10 . 103 102 at Do. Urig. (B. iii. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 15 100 at Do do 42 per cent. 1110 100 83 9) at Do do 4 do do lOO 78 so at Do du 5 per cent. relent 100 95 97 st Do do Birmingham gaa 100 Oki 70 at Do do do prof... 100 ... st Do do Chester gua 10) so 85 at Do do do I per cent lOO ... at Do do do 5 do 100 95 103 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... st Do do 41 p.c lOO at Do do 4, 1159 lOO at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 100 111 118 at Do du 22 gua. 100 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 8 i 90 st Do do Id du 100 97 10J st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... 100 Lancaster 1 Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 st Do Barnsley, £5 3s 102 p.c. 100 at Do G p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do (Blackburn purch). 100 93 100 at London & Brighton, sp. c guaranteed, No 1 lOO ... at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 du do lOO st Do 5 do No. 4 lOO _ st Do 7 per cent lOO st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 st Do 4 do 1659 lOO st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO atj London and 11. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford &Cambridge.- 100 at Du Shrewaliy & Welcup'l lOO at Loudon and n W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 180 2 Gd. Do (Portent. porp ans. 2s6d) all at Man., Shef., & Lmelu. 6 p.c lOO 11 t 117 6 Do at Do 31 per cant lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. 100 130 135 at Do Bristol& Bina., Bp. c lOO 112 134 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO t 8 1114 at; Du 41 per cent. irredeetn lOO Si 10) st Du Leicester & Ilettn, 4 p.c lOO 80 91 at North British, 5 p.c. Nu.l lOO „. at Do E. & (I. 4p.C.S. & D lOO at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ceu.t lOO at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 8) at Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 95 97 at Do (1- N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.4. ... Do York, IL &S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stcktu & Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO 106 10S at Do W. Uartlepool 11. and 11 lOO 85 87 20 North Staffordshire 10 0 Devon Annuities, 1 s all 9 10 108 Do TaTiatock Anus., 10s all 81 5 4 108 Du Fixed 4 1 per cent all 8 81 1 0.6. 0 S p . o .4, 4 a i st p . e a r l e e e tt. lOO at Do Fixed 4 1 per cent lOO Anus. 1 .0.8) all 22 23 , at Tall Vale No.l lOO 145 150 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caiedunian 41 p c gua. New 5 do, 1863 lOO 86 g 8 at vo Scot. Cen. min. 7 p c lOO .. —.— ••• ••• at Do 41 p ir redc em.... , all st Do 4p c con. is su ed at 80 6 5 .. st Great Eastern 41 P er cent. 100 • S ti t t D p o o 5 do, 1562 lOO WI; Wit st Do do 5 do, 1804 10 0 ••• 82 80 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanen t 5 p er c ent. 100 — st Do Boston & S leafd, 41 pc 100 ... ... st Great West., W. Slid!., 5p c 100 ••• "' et Do Jointi.erpe. 5 p c, 1865 100 j3 * t i ', , ,'i at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 106 103 20 Do Vale N oath perp c .5 p all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO V Lane. and York. Now 41 per ••• ... cent till July, 1871 2 1 n at Lond., Brig., &c., 4 1 p c, 1858 100 ... .- st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ... st Do do 4 1 d o, 1861 100 '" at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ;1; 1 0 1091 at Do No. 7 sdo st Loud , Chat., &c., 2 "' d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 P.c Do do 0 6 p.c at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 lii 1 at Loudon &S. Wester n, 41 p c 100 10 Man. hef. & Lin., pe, 1865 all 8 8 , $ l2 st Metropolitan o per cent lOO ... . st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 10; st Do B 5 do 108 106 108 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1369 all 201 20i 18 Do Incony. New Sha re s all Is . '22 Do 5p c con. into O l d 1 194 Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 21 st North British, E. and (I, 4? No. 1, 5 per cent ... st Do £lO guaranteed , 1361 100 •.. ... Do E., P., & Dun. , 2 d , 4 pc 100 *** "' et Do E. & (.1 , No. 2, 5 p.c • 100 *** "" at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent , 1862 10 0 ••• '" at Do E. & G., No. 3 , 5 P.c st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 4 1 P c 10 0 *** st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 iA y 1 st Do Stock. & Dam, D at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO .. at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1 859 100 •-* ••• ~,, at Do 5 do 1861 108 ... ..,, et Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ... ... RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS) st Birkenhead - 1 - 60 w ; -- i -- 3 100 Do. 44 per cent. Prefer all 99 101 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lO 6 k 46 at Do. .51 per cent. st Do. ö do. lOO 116 112 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13 , 136 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... __- s Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 108 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 62 72 at Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West , W. Mid., Here' 100 97 9) 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2 5 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 at Do. 44 per cent lOO ••• 040 at London, •• Cuat., &c., 41 p C. 100 ... • st Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO ... at Loudon, Tilbury, 1 South 100 83 t. 5 at Lowcatuft, gua 4 percent too 8J 82 at Do. do. 6 do. 41 Mauch., Buxton. & Matlk all b at Aiidlaud, lirwiford, 100 92 91 10 Aiai Kent fray Line) 50 Northernk East., 5 per cunt all 5,3 .56 SJ Do. do. 6 do. all st .N. Eastera—llartlepOol lOO ::: ::: st N. West. A perp. pref, 5p c 100 107 109 st Do B minimum 1-1 p.c 100 . ... ... fit N ottiug. a; Uranth. R. 6; C 100 90 92 25 Preston and %t yro. all 41 4G ... Royston, Hitch., and Situp. 100 132 134 st Shrewsbury an Hereford 100 131 134 10 Do do 8 2 21p st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 38 LS St Dc 4 per cent gua 10. 73 30 st Do 5 do all 91 93 st Vict. Station and Pimlico 100 175 ISO st West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14; 20 Do do B all . ... 20 Do do C all 1 . 4 it st 'Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... fit Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 124 125 st London and St. erine 100 47 49 100 D oDob. stock, 4 por cent all ... Millwall Freehold Land at Dock 100 30 32 SO at Southampton at Surre 100 74 76 y conawqr e i a d 40 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira all 221 12} ,21 10 Anglo Mediter 10 121 12} 121 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 25 23 t Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lhn 9 7 hd 10 Berlin Water Works, lira all 131 14} 10 Do. New 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, Um ••• 30 8 18 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. Now 4 11 id 5) British AmericauLaud st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 160 165 20 British Indian Tea, lim. a ll 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 62 t 6 62 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, limn 2l 2 1 d 20 Ceylon Company, 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 6 25 City of London Beal Pro perty, limn 9 41 311 30 City of Milan ImproT• lim all 5 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, a ll 50 City Offices, bin 25 21 25.1 41 50 Colonial, lim Do. 50 Commercia, Union (A 6 sur) 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental llniotlas, lim all 20 21 201 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent, all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1832, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon.of England, lim. all 21 21 21 I 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lint lO 81 21,1 st Crystal Palace lOO 11 21 st Do. Preference lOO sn lot at Do. Gp. a Perpetual Deb lO9 107 11 m 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, lint. GI ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit - • and Finance, lira. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all •• •• 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron. and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. GOY all 95 951 1 54 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2 0 2;:0 10 Do. New 8 9 lip 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lira 21 / a 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 41 B , a 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim Bd 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 2 id 20 Fore-street Warehouse,lim l2 13 100 For. & Col. Goy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 86 87 50 Gellivara, lint ' ,o _ ... ... 10 General Credit & Dis., lint 7l 1/ 11 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 50 Monte &Col Marine In. lint. 5 3 21d 2j 1 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 20 Hudson's day all 12,E 121 I2j 1 20 imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 25 Indo-European Tel., lint lO ... ... 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lint 6 14 1/ 34 20 Interns. Laud Credit, lim 6 6 r ia 50 Italian Land 5 Iti p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Ca Your) all ' 2 l 3 4 100 Do. 6p. e. Bds., reticent 1870, issued. 20 all 61 t 3 50 Land Securities, lim 5 21 11kI 25 London African Trading._ 10 7 5d 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, lint. 6 ... ...d 10 London County Land and Building, lint.•s Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all ' 2 4 3 1 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all P iP 50 Loud. Financial Asso , lint 30 211 01 4 LoudGeu.Omnibus.Cillim. all 2 2 1 50 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lint 25 12 16d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marino 2 Lid pr at Madras Irriga. & Canl. G ua. sp.c. by India Gov. 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lint.~, 10 31editerra. Exton. Tel, lint all 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, lint. 50 31 illwall Iron Works, lint 1 24 ••• ••• 10 Natal Laud and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 11 4 12 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 ad 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 3 4 3d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint 3 1 1 /fd 5 :dew Quebrada, lint 4.4.0 44 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer , cantile Agencydim . 21 1 1p 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint 5 11 11 10 Northern Ass am Tea, lint. 5 7 6 10 Do. B at' North Brit. Austral., lint lOO 48 61 50 . North Brit. & Mercan. In 65 20 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) li 12 1 60 Oriental Financial, lint 5 Oriental Gas, lint. 5 Do. New 1 i 1p 10 Otago and Southland In• vestment, lim 2 1,1 ip 5 Ottoman Gas, btu all 11 2 1 p 10 Panama, Now Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all . 4": 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & 31inerl, lim 100 31 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 421 601 50 Do. New 1867 25 Reuter's Telegram all 48 53 60 ithymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im dim all /9 194 20 Do. Gas, Inn all 24 2G 100 Royal Mail Stearn 6O 40 42 41 1 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO 81 80 at Do. Gp. c. Guar. 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Pref. all 34 Op 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lint. 9 11 2:p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 1 2 30 Van Diemar's Land 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 Per 60 Warrantcent3lFlnartgnacget,) Loan.. all SO 81 801 1 1 lim 50 West India and Neale Steam, lim std 21 11 20 West London Wharves d Warehouses t ;oLONIAL GOVXIIN NT SECURITIk6 - Britt, b Columbia, 6 per 0eut.,1572.... •••••••••• 100 - l)o. 18115.. l9O Can.Gov.6 p.c.Jall ,, t July 1b77-84 _ __ lOO 1(41 1061 11 1 0 0 000 0 1 1 09 0 7 2 3 1 1 90 0 04 4 931. 21 - - ---- : D L L.) 00 0 .. . 5 t p p . p. . o ce . . . Inscribed s filar.J an.o r f lies ! e u. : p i yuk t . ... .... Do. 6p. ci. Feb.& Aug •• Ivo 102 - 104 'CO 90 92 Caps G.H0pe.61 ) . 0 . 1873 .. 109 102 101 D0.Ap1..11001 1190-1900.. 100 111 113 Do. do Do. Jau..irJuly. 18)i •••. 100 108 lie Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 .. 100 100 102 Ce3lon, Nov 1875, 6 p...... 100 108 110 Do. 1872, do.— 100 105 107 Mauritius, 6 p. 0 , 1873 ,- -- Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... ........ s 1)0 106 108 - Do. 1882, May &LA Nr Do. 1895, F e b. 57, Aug — Wrporatii., 181)7-75, (3 per ctn.. N.1.3.G0v.6 p.o.Ja...tJuly.• 100 103 li4 1031 Natal 6 p et, A.p1.2 Oct - Ls; ...... Do 6p c . 51 y 41 NO i N. S. W. 5 ye., '7l to '7l Vs) 99 1. 1 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to IMIO. . 1)j sti 991 Do. 5 p.c. rd. 67 to '75 N.Zealand, 6p• et. 1 8'41 ico --- - Do. 5 percent.... DoJan,Ap.l,3 uty, 0 t lOO 93 £4 961 6 -- Da 6p c. Mar .1; , e pt '9l ;CO 108 .10 D.) .1 u e .5z Deo ,1 91 .:l iDo erov. 1 Ave - id. ) - 1 (lie. 1& 2, 1 596 ii ° :Nova Scotia 6P. 0 -J 40 .•. - and July, 1875 D o L z5 ,25.. .... (, ueensind. 6p. C. 'slk.-5 lOO 10es 107 k Do 189. ..•- • • •• •••• 100 1054 106 1 104 Do. 6 p o.. 186). • •• 100 - - Po. 01). ati2 .... )00 108 110 Do 1E93 ....•• • • • •••• 100 107 108 ••••• Victoria 6 p.c.. 1591 . .... 1 0 112 1131 TEE LAST DAYS OF I'ILE MEXICAN EMPIRE. A remarkable letter has been published by Gen. Webb re specting the closing days of the Mexican Empire. Gen. Webb, who has been American Minister at Brazil since 1861, claims to have negotiated all the preliminaries of the withdrawal of the French troops. So early as May, 1863, according to this statement, Napoleon wrote to him, declaring that he intended to withdraw from Mexico as soon as he could do so without involving the honour of France, but that ho must not be threatened. Tho General forwarded this letter to President Lincoln, who accepted the pledge, and resolved not to push matters. In 1863 Mr. Seward insisted, in a letter to Mi Montholon, that the French should withdraw. When General Webb left Brazil in the same year he was invited to visit the Emperor at St. Cloud. A two hours' interview ended i❑ an agreement, subject to the approval of the Pre sident that the French troops should leave Mexic3 in de tachments at twelve, eighteen, and twenty-four months. The arrangement was to be kept as secret as possible, even from the American Minister at Paris, the Emperor undertaking that the illo:oiteur should announce it in April, 1866. This was done, and in thocourse of three years the French troops were withdrawn, and Maximilian left to his fate. Tho story is a very sin gular one, and requires confirmation. Mr. Seward espe cially has to explain why he should have publicly and per emptorily demanded the withdrawal of tbo French troops from Mexico when ho know that separate arrangements had been made for their removal. General Webb, if tho story ho substantially correct, has in his possession the letter of the Emperor in May, 1863. Not the least extraordinary part of the affair is, that in 1863—the date of this wonderful epistle tho crown of Mexico had not been offered to the unfortu nate Austrian Prince. Maximilian did not arrive at Vera Crnz until May, 1864, just one year later. Yet Gen. Webb is not a man whose revelations are to be lightly sot aside. He represented his Government at Austria in 1849, and has ever since been connected with diplomacy ; he was intimate with Louis Napoleon in his days of exile, and re gards him with favour, although his story, if it should prove authentic, will represent the French Emperor's conduct towards Maximilian in a very sinister light. THE CHARGE OF EMBEZZLING £50,000. A warrant has been issued by one of the City magis trates for the apprehension of Benjamin Higgs, lately a clerk in the employment of the Great Central Gas Company, in Colman-street, who stands charged with embezzling a large sum of money —rumour says about £50,000 ; but that for the present must be taken with some reservation. A reward of £2OO has Leen offered -2100 to any person who will give such information as shall lead to his apprehension, and a further sum of £lOO on the recovery of the moneys embezzled. He absconded upwards of three weeks ago, and up toWednesday night had eluded arrest. He is described as being about 35 years of age, a little above the middle height, having black hair, moustache, whiskers, and beard, a pale corn plexion, and of slender build and gentlemanly appear ance, A photograph of him is to be seen a all the City police-stations, and copies hay. been forwarded to the police authorities in at the large towns throughout the kingdom. Mean. while, the warrant for his apprehension has been entrusted to one of the most experienced of the City detective officers. He is said to be generally dressed in black or dark-coloured clothes and brown overcoat, and to have a large-sized, dark green coloured leather bag and a small black bag. He has resided for some time at Teddington, and is said to have lived in a style of great extravagance, having regard to his comparatively small salary—less than £2OO we believe—circumstances which might have excited suspicion, if, indeed, they did not. LAW AND POLICE. A DJFFTCCLT CASE.—A case was tried at Kingston Assizes on Wednesday and Thursday which Mr. Baron Bramwell said was of some importance as illustrating th 4: difficulties which attend criminal prosecutions. As there was no public prosecutor in this country it was important that the law should protect and uphold honest prosecutors. The case in question was an action for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution brought by two persons against a farmer at Egham. The defendant lost two trusses of straw, and on being told that the plaintiffs had been seen in a cart with "clean wheat straw" in it, he followed them to Breutford, and gave them into custody. He did not appear, and they were discharged, but aftertvards arrested on a warrant, and tried, and acquitted. The jury found for the defendant on the count of false imprison. ment, and for the plaintiffs on the counts for malicious prosecution--damages £2.5 in each case. A SINGULAR COMPANY.—At Edmonton, on Thursday, John Endean was charged with detaining some stationery, the property of the National Union Assurance Loan Society (Limited), of which he was the agent. Some singular revelations were made in the course of the inquiry. The two first directors in the printed prospectus gave their addresses in Eaton-square, but it appeared that they were only the butlers of the occupiers of the houses. Some of the other directors were in the same position, while the secretary was at one time sub-warder of Coldbath-fields Prison. This witness said the directors did not attend the board meetings in livery, and said he did not consider the master's consent to the printing of their addresses was necessary. Some amusement was created in court by the reading of extracts from the pro spectus of the company, which was most ambi tious in its objects. It stated that local boards of directors were to be established in the large provincial towns, and the society would thus develope an amount of business which a purely London board could never accomplish. Mr. Peckham, for the defendant, said the society was one of pretentious flunkeys, and the magis trates on hearing that it was only incorporated on the 23rd of March dismissed the summons with costs. A Cabinet Council will be held on Saturday, by which time it is expected all the Ministers will have arrived in town. It appears that Lord Brougham has proved himself, after all, a sound practical lawyer. Not long before his death he made over all his effects, by deed of gift, to his brother William, the present Lord Brougham, and so his estate does not pay a single penny of legacy duty. Lord Stowell thought to do the same thing ; but unfortunately his only son, to whom be had handed over his property in a like manner, died before him ; so the old ex-judge had to pay legacy duty as his son's heir-at-law, and at his own death the legacy duty had to be paid over again. In a letter to the Coventry Town Council, Mr. Staveley Rill, M.P., referring to the Parliamentary Elections Committee, says the evidence as to the conduct at municipal elections will probably occupy four or five sittings. The committee will not require any evidence as to the conduct of Parliamentary elections, as they have sufficient evidence in reports of commissions and of the judges. Ile thus speaks of the present law regarding the composition of rates:— That the present state of things is very bad and must be put an end to, .1 most cordially agree; and, unless somo better measure is proposed, I shall certainly support the return to the state of things that was put an end to by the 7th section of the Representation of the People Act, 1867." IF SHE HAD KNowx,—While the Convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln for the second term was sitting at Baltimore, 1864, an orator of Irish extras• tion related a story of an old lady at Cincinnati who had seven sons killed in the battles of the North. The mayoa and corporation of the city sent a deputation to condole with the good woman on her great loss. "Never mind me, gentlemen," said the old lady ; " I only wish I had known when I was a younger woman that this war was coming, and I would have had seventeen sons instead of seven to fight the battles of the Union ! " — Blackwood's Magazine for April. MR. MORLEY, M.P., AND HIS WORKPEOPLE.— On Tuesday Mr. Morley entertained between fifty and sixty of his oldest workmen from the town and neighbour. hood at dinner in one of the large rooms of the warehouse in Fletchergate, Nottingham. After dinner Mr. Morley had separate interviews with those present, and added eighteen to the number of life annuitants, who are now paid 7s. 6d. a week from the funds of the firm. About fifty were last year on the list, which now numbers nearly seventy. A£s note was on Tuesday presented to each guest who was not put on the list of annuitants. Sue'. actions (though Mr. Morley would be the last to let them be known) ought to be published ; they are worth any amount of words, and make wise words doubly effective.— Nottingham, Journal. DEMOLITION OF AN ANCIENT 13RITISII CAMP.-•-• The ancient Pritish encampment of Bur Wals, at the foot of Clifton Suspension Bridge, is threatened with complete destruction. This remarkable camp consists of an oval space, at one time entirely enclosed, and surrounded by as embankment and ditch. There is little doubt of its being of British origin, though it has been by some writers attributed to the Romans, owing, probably, to the fact of Roman antiquities having been found there in former times. But the Romans would naturally have used a fortress of this description, finding it ready to their hand, and in an important position on the banks of the Avon ; and archreologists of the present day are inclined strongly to the belief that the camp is British. The building company are destroying this old embankment for the value of the limestone of which it is formed, and their picks and shovels have brought to light the ingenious foundation of the dyke. A centre of timber was evidently surrounded by limestone, which was again covered with timber, and the timber haying been burnt the stone was thus calcined. THIRD EDITION . XOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sea" of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Va BROMLEY RACES—Tines DAY. STEEPLECHASE PLATE. Triumpher - Order Scipio 2 3 Nine ran. BECKENHAM PLATE. Juanita Winifred Poacher Seven ran. • SUBSCRIBERS' STAND CUP. • Freedom 1 Clara 2 White Hart Five ran. Freedom disqualified, and Cara gets the stakes. SPRING HANDICAP. Epworth Seaman Mars 3 Thirteen ran. STAND PLATE. Inheritance First Fiddle 2 Charon 3 Six ran. SELLING STAKES. True Penny....... Silky Mousetrap Seven ran. SELLING HURDLE RACE. Wild Blood Monitress Rapture Ten ran. KENT OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Lord Waldegrave 1 Odd Fellow 2 Chance Six ran. CATTERICK RACES—Tms DAY. BAINESSE PLATE. Honesty Progress Affection Seven ran. NORTH YORKSHIRE STEEPLECHASE Lancaster Leap Year.. BOROUGH HANDICAP. Bard of Erin Fleets llonestish Three ran. MANOR HOUSE PLATE. Progress • • Affection .... Seven rau. ORAN STA KES. Hawkshead Saratoga. Dimeane ............................................................... 3 Four ran. 1 VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—TiIIs Dir. CHESTER CUP. 100 to 12 agst Paul Jones (offered) 15 to 1 agst Mandrake (taken) 20 to 1 agst Attack g. (taken) 25 to ' 1 ugh Good Hope (offered) 25 to 1 agst Cecil offered) TWO THOUSAND. 2to 1 agst Wild Oats (t and off-100 to 40 laid) 7to 1 agst Belladrutn (offered -100 to 15 taken previously) 7to 1 agst Drummer (offered-8 to 1 taken) Bto 1 agst Pretender (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Alpenstock (offered - 100 to 7 taken) DERBY. 22 to 1 agst Drummer (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Belladrum (offered—after 500 to 25, 1000 to 40, and 1000 to 35 had been laid) HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. March 25 —Tavistock, out of Croydon engagements March 27, at 9 a.m.—Little Ellen, out of Knighton engage meets and Open Steeplechase, Chepstow; Barbatian, out of Cottenhatn Handic..p Steeplechase at Cambridge; after 2 p.m.—Kaupai, out of City and Suburban, Epsom ; Huns man, out of Heatbeoto Plate, Epsom; Reynard, out of Bath orgagements. March 29, at 9 a.m.—Brigstoek, out of all engagements ; Gardener, Tathwell, Tumult, and Barbarian, out of Cheltenham engagements; Needle Gun out of Monmouthshire Stakes and Ladies' Plate, at Aber gavenny ; Flat !atelier, out of all engagements except Croy don ; Salliet, out of Epsom Spring engagements ; Lady Henrietta, out of the City and Suburban, Epsom; Vansit tart, out of the Metropolitan Stakes, Epsom; Evohe, out of the City and Suburban, Epsom; Pride of Erin, out of Dur ham engagements ; Meanwood, out of Knighton and Chel tenham engagements; at 10.50 a.m.—Blacklock, out of the Chester Cup; at 11 a.m.—Adolphus and Elector, out of the Heathcote Plate Epsom ; Allbrook and Michael de Basco, out of the City and Suburban, Epsom ; at 11.7 a.m. all Lord Stamford's horses out of handicaps at Epsom Spring Meeting ; at 11.15 a.m.—Belfast, out of the Metro politan Stakes, Epsom ; Holywell and Honfleur out of the 2-yr-old Plate, Epsom ; Luna, out of the Stamford Plate, Epsom ; at 1 p.m.—Moccolo, out of 2-yr-old Stakes, Epsom; at 1 p.m.—John Leach, out of the Prince of Wales's Stakes, the City and Suburban, and Heathcote Plate, Epsom ; Xi, out of the Heathcote Plate, Epsom ; g by Vedette—Vixen, out of the Metropolitan Stakes, Epsom ; Indian Star and Ninny, out of the Stamford Plate, Epsom; Brocklesby, out of the Now Two Years Old Stakes, Epsom ; Oliver and c by Trumpeter Waneton, out of the Walton Stakes, Epsom ; Warrington, out of all engagements in Lord Stamford's name; at 1.45 p.m.—The Parson, out of the City and Su burban, Epsom ; at 3.10 p.m.—Vagabond and King Co phetua, out of the City and Suburban, Epsom ; at 3.25 p.m.—Catiline, out of the Metropolitan Stakes, Epsom after 6 p.m.—Lord Burghersh, out of Cheltenham en gagements. March 3C, at 9 a.m. -- Steamboat, out of Chel tenham engagements ; Cantharides, out of Cottenham Handicap Steeplechase, Cambridge ; at 1 p.m.—Review (dead), out of all engagments ; Leases out of all engage ments. March 31, about 10 a.m.—Gipsy King, out of the Metropolitan Stakes at Epsom ; at 0.45 p.m.—Ligurian, out of the Metropolitan Stakes, Epsom. April 1, at 9 a.m. —Brighton, out of the Radnorshire Open Steeplechase, at Knighton. YORK SPRING MEETING. Acceptances for the Great Northern Handicap of 200 Boys in specie, added to a sweepstakes of 20 Boys each ; certain penalties. Two miles. Ago st lb Romping Girl ... 5 812 Fort umo ... ... 5 8 11 Ago st lb Lord Hawthorn ... 3 6 8 Derventio ... 3 6 2 Vansitart 3 6 1 Tramp,late Agrippa 3 6 1 Chatsworth 3 6 0 Acaster 3 6 0 Anne Boleyn 3 5 12 'Poison d'Or ... 3 5 12 Provider ... 3 5 12 Red Ribbon 3 5 11 Paul Jones ... 4 8 6 King's Cross ... 5 8 2 Honesty 6 7 10 Mexico ... 4 7 3 Flora Belfast ... ... 4 7 2 ... ... 4 7 1 Russian Bear ::: 4 612 Phantom ... ::: 46 11 Ploughboy ... 5 6 10 BATE AND SOMERSET COUNTY MEETING. The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared by Tuesday, April 6, with 100 sous added. Two miles and a distance. 35 subs. Age st lb 'Knight of Garter 5 9 12 Romping Girl Friday Parson Mariner 4 8 4 'Birdsoeker Musician 'Attack colt 5 8 0 'Cock of the Walk 4 7 13 •Michael de Basco 4 7 12 Ligurian Punishment 4 7 2 Belfast Papilon 4 7 0 Needle Gun a 7 0 Black Diamond 4 6 12 Voltigern Amara Age st lb Blucher ... 3 6 7 Avoncourt... ... 3 6 4 *Acaster ... 3 6 0 Chatsworth ... 3 6 0 Starter 3 6 0 Arlington ... 3 5 12 Aftermath... ... 3 5 12 Champagne Charlie 3 5 12 Nightmare ... 3 5 10 Lady Evelyn f 3 5 10 Plunger 3 5 9 Emerald 3 5 9 Clifford 3 5 8 Achilles - 3 5 8 Teeswater... 3 5 7 Judge 3 5 7 *Sluwman... ... 3 5 7 Those horses marked thus (*), having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the time prescribed unless specially ordered to remain in. RACING FIXTURES. APRIL. Abergavenny . Bromley 1, '2 Aldershot l, ' Catterick Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk ... 6, 7 Ilungerford 6, 7 Lichfield Cambridge 7 8 I Croxtou Park........ 8 Streatham . B, 9 I Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. `Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 13 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring G' • MAY. Chester „4, 5,6, 7 1 Doncaster ............... 13, 14 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 I \Vast Drayton .......••.17, 18 Winchester York .. 11, 12 Manchester .......••19, 20, 21 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 Croydon 19, 21 St. Albans ....13, 14 I H arpen d e n 2l Salisbury l3, 14 1 Epsom SutuMer .....25, &c. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THIS EVENING. The SPEKKEIt t.)ok the chair at 4 ci,lock. NEV 31E3113E11. Major WALKER took the oath aid his seat for Duni friesahire. OPENING THE MUSEUMS ON SUNDAYS, Mr. Gregory gave notice that on going into committee of supply on the 13th he should move a resolution to the effect that the pahlie museums be opened on Sundays after the time of morning service. RITUALISM IN ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST. Mr. STAPLETON gave notice that, on an early day, he should ask a question of the Secretary for the Home Department, relative to the ritualist procession which took place on Good Friday, in the parish of St. George's in-the-East. ANCIENT MONUMENTS. Mr. LAYARD, in reply to Sir H. Verney, said the state of the ancient monuments in this country was not at all creditable, and he thought that. some steps ought to be taken to preserve them from utter destruction. He had a ilted the Society of Anti c-pad:lns through the Presicknt, the Earl of . z 3tanhopa, whether they would make out a list of the monuments which it Was desirable to place under the protection of some competent awbority, and that list was in course of being made out. \\lien it was completed he would sub— mit the matter to Parliament, with a view of something being done to prevent the destruction of monuments of national interest. (Hear, hear.) COMMUNICITIONS WITH RAILWAY GUARDS. Mr. BRIGHT said the rope system had been adopted. because it was thought to be the most convenient system, for general usages. The rope was placed outside the car-. riages, just at the top of the window, and it would ba found that it would be a much better arrangement thant placing the rope inside the carriage. (Hear, hear.) Ha thought it would be a useless expenditure of money to print the whole of the correspondence that had taken place ma, the subject. _ _ THE TRANSPORT SERVICE-THE ABYSSINIAN' BATTA. Mr. CHILDERS, in reply to Viscount Enfield, raid that the merchant vessels chartered during the Abyssinian ex— pedition could not participate in the six months' batta, which had been given for the success of the operations. The payment of the batta was confined to the troops and naval service. THE STAMP ACTS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply to Mr. Crawford, said active measures were now being taken. for the cansolidation of the stamp acts. (Hear, hear.) PROMO "LION BY MERIT. On the motion for the house going into committee for the consideration of the army estimat,s, Mr. ,c. BUXTON called attention to the late appoint ment of the deputy-master of the Mint. The situation had remained vacant f3r a considerable time, and it was fully to be expected that the gentleman who would have received the appointment was Mr. Mushett, the chief clerk, woo was in every way fitted for the duty. Such a course had not been followed, but the gentleman who bad the good fortune to get the appointment was the private secretary of the right hon. member for Buckingham, who received the appointment but a few days before the late Goverment quitted office. The gentleman who had been appointed had no ex perience in the duties to be performed, and the gentleman who had been pissed over had been a great number of years in the Miut, and was in every way qualified for the performance of the duties required of the Deputy Master of the Mint. He thought the greatest danger was to be apprehended if promotion by merit was to be set aside in favour of nomination by powerful friends. Mr. DISRAELI said the appointment had been made with a view to the public efficiency. It was not a fact that the late appointment had been made as a reward for political partizanship. The gentleman he had appointed, it was true, had held the office of his private secretary, but when the filling the appointment was first cot - silered, the claims of Mr. Mushett were fully considered. It was thought that fresh blood was wanted in the Mint,and after the most deliberate consideration Mr.Freemantle was appointed. Ile had received a letter fioni the Master of the Mint, who entirely approved of the appointment; and he was of opinion tit ;t great public advantage would result to the public service by it. Mr. GLADSTONE said it appeared to him that the answer of the right hon. gentleman opposite must be quite satisfactory to the hon. gentleman who had brought the subject forward. Mr. Free - mantle was not the first gentleman appointed to the Miut, not previously holding an appointment in that establishment, as Captain ILtruess was appointed to the establishment from outside, and a batter public servant could not have been had. (Hear, hear.) lie thought the explanation of the right hon. gentleman perfectly straightforward and quite satisfactory. (Hear. hear.) THE SLAVE TRADE. Mr. J. LOWTHER moved for a return of the forces employed during each of the past twelve years upon the West Coast of Africa, together with the annual cost, the rate of mo.tality, and the sanitary condition of the forces. A brief discussion followed, during which Mr. Childers said that it was gratifying to kuiw that the slave trade on the West Coast had ceased to exist---(hear, bear) but it was necessary to keep some ships there for the protection of commerce. Thu information the hon. gentleman asked for. it was stated, was already on the table of the house. The motion IV:1S eventually withdrawn. THE NAVY ESTIMATES. The house then went into committee. Mr. WELDERS proposed to proceed to voting tho navy estimates. Mr. CORRY moved that vote 10, sec. 1, be reduced by the sum of £lO,OOO. I LEFT SITTING.] LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. WAR OFFICE, PALL NULL, Aran, 2. i lleginicat of Dragoon Guardi—Lieuteuant Henry Langtry to En Captain ; Cornet \Vi;liarn 31‘Kay to b,3 Lieutenant ; Cornet AlTarlaue to be Lieutenant ; Frederic Horace Uartit to be Cornet. 4th hussars—Cornet Alfred Bibby to 1)3 Lieutenant; Cor net Neil Edmonstona to be Lieutenant. 10th Hussars—Lieut. the Hop. Henry Crichton to be Ad jutant. 14th Hussars—Lieutenant Thomas Henry to be Captain, Cornet Albert 13rassey to be Lieutenant. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel John Anderson, C. 8., to be Colonel ; Captain William Barry, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Francis Strange, C. 8., to be Colonel; Captain George Golonab to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant William Abney to be Lieutenant. Ist Foot —Lieutenant Thomas Irwin to be Lieutenart, George Elliott to be Paymaster. 12th Foot—Charles Dowler to be Ensign. 15th Foot—Staff Surgeon Henry Rose to be Surgeon. 17th Foot—Ensign Charles M'Crew to be Ensign. 19th Foot—Lieutenant William lies to be Captain ' En sign Alfred Hornsby to be Lieutenant, Ensign Woe. Scott to be Ensign. 25th Foot—Francis Curtis to be Lieutenant, Thomas Burns to be Ensign. 40th Foot—Lieut. Robert Filcher to be Lieutenant. ___ be Lieutenant, Philip Godsal to be Ensign. _ _ . _ . 6lth Eoot - Lieut. henry Church to be Lieutenant. 71st Foot—Ensign Charles Morland to be Ensign. 81st Foot—Staff-Surgeon John Wood to be Surgeon. 83d Foot—Lieut. Charles Wyndham to be instructor of Musketry. 84th Foot—Ensign Frederic Robinson, to be Lieutenant, Charles Wm. Morland to be Ensign. 86th Foot—Lieut. John Spence to be Adjutant. 107th Foot—Lieut. Walter Cave to be Adjutant. Ist West India Regiment—Captain William Cairnes to be Captain, Ensign William Cole to be Lieutenant, Lieut. A. Ferguson to be Lieutenant, Ensign Alfred Simons to be Ensign. 2d West India Regiment —Captain Charles Williams to be Captain; Captain William Drivan to be Captain; En sign George Hogan to be Ensign ; Ensign Richard Ponsonby to be Ensign; Ensign John Power to be Ensign. 3d West India Regiment—Captain Frederick White to be Captain; Lieutenant Claude Bulger to be Lieutenant; Ensign Thomas Black to be Ensign. BANK OF ENGLAND. 18(39. The following is the HOUSE LIST of GOVERNORS and DIRECTORS of the BANK of ENGLAND for the year en- suing, ♦iz. GOVERNORS. Robert Wigram Crawford, Esq., Governor. George Lyall, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Wollaston Blake, Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. Esq. John William Birch, Esq. John Gollibrand Hubbard, Travers Buxton, Esq. Esq. Arthur Edward Campbell, Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. Esq. Charles Frederick Huth, Esq. Mark Wilks Collet, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. Henry Riversdale Grenfell, Thomas Masterman, Esq. Esq. Alexander Matheson, Esq. Henry Bucks Gibbs, Esq. James Morrie, Esq. John Saunders Gilliat, Esq. George Warda Norman, Egl i Charles Hermann Goschen, Alfred Charles de Rothschild, Esq. Esq. Thomas Hanky, Esq. Albert George &lidera= Baron Heath. Esq. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Clifford Wigram, Esq. Esq. I The Election for Governor and Deputy-Governor Will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 12th April, and for Directors on Wednesday, the 14th April, from Eleven o'elock in the Forenoon till Four in the Afternoon. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-7 his Day. THAMES. CHARGE or Ansox—A SERIOUS JOKE. —Henry aged 50 years, described as a very troublesome man, was charged with setting tire to the dwelling-house of Martha Mills, an elderly woman, of No. 5, York-street, Globe road, Stepney. six or seven years. Yeste rda y evening beenheawloasdgienr liquor, fhere The prosecutor said prisone r bad and ho used a great many throats and abused her. There livearsrononn°lldf,a set it on fire wi th a li g hted candle. The flames biiosit:gioizd to cl cloak hanging behind the door of her , and the prisoner deliberately commu nicated to the door and wainscot, which Were burnt before the fire was subdued. Two female witnesses said the prisoner was not drunk, and confirmed the statement of Mrs. Mills. A gentleman, who said he had known the prisoner many years, and gave him a very high character, said the pri - Eerier had not the least intention to set the house in which he lived ou fire, and only set the cloak on fire in a joke. Mr. Benson said thou prisoner would find out that the joke was a serious one. The cloak was nearly destroyed, and the house was in jeopardy of being totally consumed. Ajury would decide whether the prisoner intended to burn down the house or not. He committed the prisoner for trial. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. April 2.—Sales probably 8,000 bales. Markut d