The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CO3I3IERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Consols are 93 for money ; ditto, for Ac eount, ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 91i ; New Thee per Cents, 941 8 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 2i per Cent., 1 pm ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, par; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., shut. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 1 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 1 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOC', 13 ; ditto under £l,OOO, 18 13 prem. The Foreign stock market was rather dull. Italian Five per Cents. have declined to 551551, ; and Brazilian Five per Cents. of 1865 1, to 791 80 ex div. Peruvian Five per Cents , however, have risen a further 1, to 791 7931. Mexican Bonds remain at 141, 15- ; Greek Bonds at 114 121 ; Turkish Five per Cents. at 411 411. Railway shares have receded. Midland. Sheffield, and Great Northern A have declined : and Lon don, Chatham, and Dover, Metropolitan, Great Western, and South-Easterns are I lower. Cale donian ;and North-Eastern ( Ber wick) stocks are rather firmer than last evening. The following are the quotations :—Caledonian, 801 I ; Great Eastern, 37 a ; Great Western, 491 50 ; Great Nerthern, 1071 81; ditto A 1071 8 ; North Western, 114 I ; North Eastern (Berwick), 102 3 ; South Eastern, 751 1; Sheffield, 54 1 ; Metro politan, 103 4 ; Chatham and Dover, 161 1 ; Brighton, 49 f Lancashire, 123 1 ; Midland, 1161 4. United States Bonds are not so firm, the Five- Twenties marking a decline of /, at 851, 831, and the 1885 / 1, at e2l 821. The Ten-Forty Bonds re main without change, at 73i 73k. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have receded 1-, to 32 33; but the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds are unaltered, at 311 32. Atlantic Telegraph securities remain steady at the reduction of yesterday. The Original stock is 28 30, the Eight per Cent. Preference shares 31 1, and the Anglo-American Telegraph shares are 221 221. The sum of £25,000 in gold was taken from the Bank yesterday. The Tycho Brahe, at Liverpool, from the River Plate and Brazil, has brought £10,140, and the Holsatia, from New York, £2,800. The greater part (about £250,000) of the dollars brought by the French Mexican steamers has been disposed of at 591 d. per oz., showing a decline of id. from the price realised for the small arrival at the beginning of the month. Bar silver has been sold at 60 7-16 d. per oz., a fractional decline from the last rate. it has been resolved by the Board of the Agra Bank to recommend to the shareholders for de claration at the ensuing annual meeting, a dividend for the past year to the A shareholders of 9 per cent., making, with the interim distribution of 4 per cent. in September last, 13 per cent, for the year 1868, and, with the 7 per cent. declared for the year 1867, the full preferential dividend apper taining to them of 20 per cent. for the last cwo years. At the meeting of the proprietors of the London Bank of Mexico and South America (Limited) the directors' report was adopted, and a dividend de clared for the half-year at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax. The ordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Atlantic Telegraph Company was little more than formal, and an adjournment was arranged to the 2d July next, when the accounts for the financial year will be received from the Anglo- Americ In Company. The chairman congratulated the shareholders on the growing revenues of the company, the messages amounting to £7OO a day, and said that he hoped at the next half-yearly meeting there would be a dividend for the ordi nary shareholders. The question of a further reduction in the tariff of messages was under con 6deration, and a lower scale would probably be decided upon. At the annual general meeting of the British Equitable Assurance Company it was reported that 3,086 new policies were issued during the past twelve months, assuring £535,211, and l roducing £16,293 in new premiums. Nearly £30,000 have been added to the accumulated fund, which now amounts to nearly £183,000. The report of the Van Diemen's Land Company which has been issued recommends a dividend of 2s. 6d. per share. A meeting has been held of the creditors of Messrs. Waterhouse and Kendall, of Stockport. The statement of their affairs showed liabilities £26,000, and assets, £9,000. An assignment was made. The ordinary general meeting of the City Offices Company (Limited) will be held on the 30th inst. The director; have made another call of £5 per share, payable on the Ist of May. This will make £35 per share paid, and leave a liability of £l5. The weekly return under the Cotton Statistics Act shows that the import inithe week ending yes terday was 34,343 bales, of which 16,486 were American, 5,820 Brazilian, 7,744 East Indian, 2,668 Egyptian, and 1,725 miscellaneous. The export Was 7,229 bales, of which 1,220 were American and 4,573 East Indian. Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. announce that the scrip certificates for the bonds of the United Canal and Railroad Companies of New Jersey will be exchanged for the receipts held by the allottees on and after the 22d inst. A sixth dividend of 2s. 4d. in the pound is pay able on the 22d and 23d inst. to the creditors of the Oriental Commercial Bank, Limited. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 3 per Cent. Reduced 9li Ne w 3 per Cent Now 2k per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. o per Cen J 9.11.1873 Annuities, 80 yrs, txpire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for SU yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telekraph), Aug., 1908_ Eacticqu?_r Bills, £l,OOO, 2f per Ct. Ds £500 Do. £lOO k £2OO — Rink of Englind Stock.4f per Cent Shut J • account Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — luter-Colonial ()mutt= INDIAN dOVEItNMENT SECUII.IIIEb Illlizt '.;rock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Opening, for Account - Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates ••• Do. Enlaced Pape. 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 Do. 54 per Cent. May 1879 — Di 5 per Cont., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — D... Deb., i per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do, under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent 79} I I Uo., Scrip £45 paid .. Anitrian Bonds a per cent Do. 1859 651 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 44 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 1858.... Do. do. 186 i 704 Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account BO4 80 li ,enos Ayres 6 per Cont. DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cu'A, 6 per Cent. U .Iban 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent... — Do. 3 pfir Cent., 1 .0. 6 per ce ,, t. 1.867 1. 0. 7 per Cent., 1866 0 lo Irbil+ n, 6 per Cent. Danisq 3 per Cent., 1825 Dan , t.iaii Principalities, 7 prr Cent 761 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 . l'qualor New Consolidatcd, 1 per Cent E uftian, 7 per Cent...,. — I,n Set wid Issue •. •. Do. .£sot. Bonds Do. .£lOO Bonds ..... 834 Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. .£5OO Bonds Do, 4106 Bonds 9O i 1 English Scrip, 1868 761 6 Do do. £45 pd — die Government Railway Debentures Gratqc b per Cent., 1824 5, ox Coups. - Do. Aeccunt - Dn. Coupons -- Do. Account , %. 7 -uttezaala 5 per Cent ‘ — E 213, wo British Secre vided the world . He was styled an Department. at General Gatcs had captured the years later the ,s superseded, for dependence. For he affairs of the trusted to the out, the war in Ls railway shares rere then, appro newly-appointed they remained .nts which ended peace which fol tal war on hand, reatly increased - A) separate two en, only because extremely easy. ;ire the sick man nies attained for eparate depart ey will lose that with the mother Colonies is now )liticians. Earl :urious delights Seal " and the pass laborious r rule the ten tbabit England Crown. They ude and longi and Islands is British North e of every age, There is Nes• , nturies. There ;hin ten years. ,ary rule, and ratic than that snow wastes Of en ; the spice in in the Hud• tress of Malta, plantations of rabbit•warren have been )een ceded by a war. There for convicts; for soldiers s to be content hich he enjoys tfluence of, an El nations and by themselves Ld councils and a Government It bog ° chfithg ad :ond wets srst uok tt t e o r', e The, s. / Tilos °I to IceoBal,7 cotectioo os A ge O f were C A P . 15 o ttled 00t two . ,a c e pol airpa ss e cl r and the portion is ,ylon L tilatien 00 gl u ier. t then we hn i aoreover, Villa ° offio uP 1;10 meal' t 10411211L1 Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 85 lt3;ian 5 per Cent., D'.65 ~ o . Account;:. — Do Maremmana Railway — 11 extear, 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Angio-Frouch — A:entevidt:an 5 per Cent. - Mc orish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l6/ Do 3 per Con — Do. DefOrred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 79/ I Do 41 per Ceut. (Ui:imrren) Do 14 per Cent.. 1862 - Do Account... 954 Pirhigueso 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'; , 364 Do. do. 1867 364 Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — 11 issian 5 per Cent., 1822, X. St Do 41 leer Cent . 1850 Do 14 per Cent., 188 1 ) Do i per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Crnt., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £.loo,fionth, 93 D. dO. .Z:B4 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9l Do. d) .48-1 15s. do. I 'o Nicolas Railway Stir bloat, n per Ce:tit.. sr- A r t ist, 3 per Con ..... Do. Ae , . , .nrc.: ... ...... Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred._ Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Cotti. not funded ... Do. Account ..... Swedish Provincial Mort4age Loan — Do Govern men t , 1864 Do do, 1865 Do do, Scrip — Turaish 6 per Cent .I D o Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1362 — Do Account Do £IOC Bonds 6 84 i Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 6 41 4 4 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do 1./..,d Warrants (Hectares) .. Venezuela 3 per Cont. — Do. Axe. ant Do 6 per Cont. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 .... Dividends on the above p a y a bl e i n Loudon Austrian 0 per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil,_ — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates — Do. Account — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ez. 25f.! — Do Account 55 :I CLOSING PRICES Oansols, Money 9B 1 Do. Account, April 8,4 .. 93/ 4 313 1 . 2, x t,. 7; c , t ____„ll._ 7 9 . _ r _ ow -- 1 litar tim c. ~•--..-;• - 11ER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 19, The Queen, accompanied by Prince s s B eatr i ce, and attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe, drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty,gaccompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove iu the grounds this morning. LATEST INTELL MENU (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, March 20. The Official Journal of this morning publishes the names of 41 Commanders of the Nationale Guard Mobile who _have been appointed to the Northern Departments. M. Barbier, Director of the Customs Depart went, has been created a Senator. ROUMANIA. BUCHAREST, March 17. M. Mellinet, the French Consul at Bucharest, has presented an autograph letter from the Emperor Napoleon to Prince Charles. It appears probable that the Government wil obtain a large majority at the next general eke Lops. AMERICA. NEW Yon K, March 20. According to Arr. Adam iNiotratt's report the week's receipts of cotton have been 33,000 bales, and since the first of September, and taken by American spinners direct, 1,975,000. Shipments to England 17,000 bales; to France, £3,000; and to the continent, 2,000 ; and since the Ist of Sep tember 930,000 bales. Stock, 430,000 bales. Market steady. Middling upl'ind, 111 cost and freight per steamer. THE WAR IN PARAGUAY. The following telegram was received yesterday at the Argentine Legation : " LISBON, March 18. " Lopez was in hiding in the mountains with a *ew followersr He massacred all who refused to oin " The Minister Parauhes bad already left Buenos Ayres for Asuncion, where the Ministers of the Argentine Republic and of Uruguay were also expected." FRANCE. BOURSE, March 18.—Three o'clock.—The marke closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. lOO 75 End of month 3 per Cent End of month— 70 80 Credit Mobilier End of month 2BO Credit Foncier _1482 50 End of month Bank Shares 2870 ItaEan Fives 56 10 End of mouth — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — -- Deferred — Cash Orleans Northern ... 95 6 ! 1165 Lyons and Mediterranean 980 Southern__ 615 Western 595 Eastern .• ... Sardinian 52} Austrian Lombard 656f 470 North of Spain Saragossa 80 Roman ;SA iIAILWA" &LOCKING 111 URDE R. 0]! A SUN BY BLS FATHER. SHEFFIELD, March 19.--This morning a shocking mur der was committed here. A pocket blade grinder, named Seyman, was in bed sleeping off the effects of a debauch ; his son was sent up stairs to him with his breakfast, but no sooner was he awakened by the lad than he caught.hold of him and cut his throat. The father was apprehended shortly afterwards. OLDIIAIII ELECTION INQUIRY. THIS DAY. (BY TELEGRAPH Numbers at mid-day—Thirty-nine struck off and six added to respondents ; thirty struck off and ono added to petitioner, leaving Platt in majority of three. Life assurance has now become the duty of every provident man, but in performing that duty a certain amount of doubt arises as to the particular office to select, because in many instances a splendid establish ment and a large and expensive staff swallow up a great percentage of the annual income, and in the end lead to amalgamation with kindred offices, to the great danger of the assured. But there aro a limited number of sound offices in which a provision for a family can be male with safety and security, and one of these is the British Equitable, a report o`, whose annual mooting will be found in another column. The admirable remarks of Mr. Gover, the manager, will be found very interesting' showing, as they do, the undoubted solidity of the society, and the almost unexamp',ed progress it has continued to make ever since its first establishment 14 years ago. This office confines its operations solely to English lives ; it avoids foreign assurance and all risky business, and not withstanding the prospects of largo results in distant and speculative investments, which offer charms to other offices, the principles of the British Equitable remain fixed and concentrated on the acquiring only good English lives, and to this fact is to be attributed the very gratifying re marks that found such a hearty response amongst the large number of these present at the meeting, all of whom were deeply interested in the success of the ociety. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, L 69 Closing liusiness Share NAVE. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 12 121 121 1 10 Do B lO 4 41 41 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited. 20 Anglo-Austrian ... 71 15 16p 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira allj 191 '2 20 Anglo-Hungarian ... 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 41 40 Australasian ... 20 Bank of British dolumbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm. .5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt ....... .. ,20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia_ all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 18 50 British North American all 50 52 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China .... . 25 Chartered Mere. o i Loudon, and China all 301 311 31 30 20 City ............... 10 12 121 100 Colonial ..... . . .................. 25 391 401 • 10 Consolidated, lira. . . ........ 4 I 1 41 50 . Delhi and Loudon limn 25 ... •-• 50 East London, lim. .......... 5 11 01 20 English and American, lim 10 ... •-• 20 English Bank of Itio de Ja neiro. lim ...... . ............ 10 pr 1p 20 English, z.cottish, and .. Aus • tralian Chartered ..... .. all 164 ;71 £8; Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank c0rp0rati0n.,,,,,,,, all 34 35 361 281 Do new......... 52 111 100 Imperial, lim ................... 20 161 ;71 2J Imparial Ottualli ............ 10 21 # 111 a 25 lonian. ............................ all 25 27 25 Do new . .... .... ....5 pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, limn 4 3 1 100 Do sp. c. Dobs.lB6l, 30 all 73 75 7) 30 London Banks of hlexico • and South America, lint 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 23 20 Do new 71 61 51 100 London St liver Plate, lim. 40 10 12 23 Do new 10 21 3p 20 Landon Chart. of Australia all 211 244 20 London and C0unty,,,,,,,., 20 50 52 51 50 Do new. ins at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 London Joint Stock... 1 82 33 3=l London and South A frican al 9 1) 00 London &S.-Western, lim , 20 ••• 150 London & Venezuela, 121 100 London and Westminster. 20 61 65 C 44 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 ....... 20 59 51 100 Merchant, lim .................. 23 6 10 Metropolitan, lim. ............ all 01 7 1 100 Midland, ............ 20 id 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool lira l5 3 1 d 100 National Provinc. of .Eried 42 ... 143 10 Do . 42 •-• t 0 National ,. 3O 46 43 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 41 431 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 10 6 5 100 Provincial of 25 87 S 9 10 Do new. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 1 100 Do issued at (; pin lO 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London l5 36 37 37 BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE CO_TIPANY. --~- The annual general meeting of this company was held on Thursday, at the offices of the company, 4, - Queen street-place, Southwark-bridge—John S:nither, Esq., pre siding. A large number of shareholders and p,-,licyholders were present. The directors annual report was as follows:—" The continued prosperity of the company during tho past year is shown by the following facts relating to the year's business. The new business of the year, which has been carefully selected, consists of 3,086 policies, assuring £535,211, the new annual income thereon being £16,233. The amount paid for surrenders is small, being less than per cent. of the premiums received during the year. Death claims and bonuses have bean paid under 104 policies for £19,018, a sum considerably below the amotint provided by the company's tables. The total payment on ac count of death claims and bonuses from tie commencement of the comi any amounts to .C 99,30, tutd , r 613 po:icies. .Nearly 1:26,000 have bcon.add.l:l to t':o a7cutnulated fund, which uo JF amount; to £i82,938. The dir,etors have to dep'ore the irreparable lo s of their Itre esculent chair man, Will a.:: (1,v.., Esq., who .d 4,1 011 111 let c •mber tor p 0. Wing over the company for fourte n • ears. lint II has also rentov,d anoth,r oritinal iti ,- ee; 0. of the Jose, h Es 1., who roinained a constant atteudant at the board tu,t I his last The vil:ey hollers are thauked foi• their wartit co -opra- Lion with the executive in the ex te,siou of the eo busbies., and are r, quest.Nl to cont:uue their v.auteile help." The MANAGING DIRECTOR said, with the permission of the iveetii.g, he would make a few observations upon the report just road. The British Rol:able Assurance Corn prny, us they all knew, was founded fourteen years sines, upon principles then unique, and now estahlished by x perience. "Mutual assurance, without mutual liability," by means of a proprietary fund sharing the profits of non participating business only. AdaptAtion to the wants and convenience of the assured. Co-operation of policy holders with the executive, and they have since added the "Application of profits to the extinction of later pre miums on policies," so as to make them become payable in life-time. An improved system of assuring second-class lives, and non-forfeiture policies. (Hear, hear.) In working out the company's principles, the careful selection of life, combined with the prompt and liberal settlement of claims had always been aimed at. It had resulted that a Life Assurance business has been built up of large amount, excellent quality, and good profit. The new policies issued in five years were 4,970 for £812,492; in second five years, 6,743 for £1,088,917 ; and in the last four years, 11,886 for £2,052,088; making a total in fourteen years of 23,599 for £1,953,497. (Loud cheers.) The policies in force at the end of the first seven years were 4,475, assuring £758,774 ; at the end of the first ten years, 7,279, assuring £1,214,014; and at the end of fourteen years 15,040, assuring £2,586,927. (Cheers.) If they looked at the company's business at the end of the first seven years, and at the end of the second seven years' they would find it was three times as great in the latter instance. The sum laid by in the fourteenth year was likewise three times as great as that laid by in the seventh. (Cheers.) The following figures would show the growth of the accumulated fund :—At the end of three years it stood at £19,617; at six, £32,052 ; at nine, £62,000; at twelve, £127,978 ; and at fourteen, .£182,938 ; which was four and a half times as great as at the end of the seventh. (Hear, hear.) In fact it had been doubled three times over in fourteen years. (Cheers.) That fund was as instinct with life as any other part of the company's machinery. The money was out at compound interest, and that money was working night and day as time wont on, to generate in the shape of compound inte rest, a constant increase of what he might call "the population of sovereigns in the company's exchequer." (Laughter and cheers.) The growth of the accumulated fund, which seems to indicate a law of doubling nearly every three years, presaged large accumulations for the company in future, and at the present time he thought the company might be compared with much advantage in that, as well as in other particulars, with some older companies. I would be an idle speculation, though a curious one, to consider what the accumulated fund would grow to in a very short space of time, were its present law of growth maintained. (Hear, hear.) It doubled itself three times in fourteen years, and were this to take place again in the next fourteen years it would give results which would unquestionably place the company in a position without parallel. (Cheers.) Their careful selection of life, the eschewing of all risky business, and the excellent habits for the most part of the lives assured bad been evidenced by the low mortality experienced uniformly throughout the entire period—a mortality not greatly exceeding one half of the tabular provision if taken for the whole period, or two-thirds, taking the last four years. The provision which the company made to enable policy holders to tide over periods of embarrassment by loans on policies had been the moans of enabling many of the assured, during the past year, to keep their policies on foot until a more prosperous period, and it was satisfactory to note that the amount paid for the surrender of policies in the past year was just one-third less, with regard to the amount of business in force, than thalpail in the seventh year. Every opimrtunity had been taken of enriching the list of benefits and advantages offered by the company by the addition of whatever could be devised or adopted to render the provision of life assurance more universally acceptable. - A method of assurance ha I late:y come into vogue in America, which it was t hougA might be adopted in England with acceptance and profit. It was the 4.ssar anca of life by the raymout of toe cams sl premiums. After the third annual premium was p tid, p ii-l-ue policy was granted on a p p li cat i on for three-tent'ii of the sum assured ; after the Laird) premium was paid four- ; and so on, until the ten annual premiums had b-en pod, when the policy was henceforth a free policy, participat ing in the prolite of the cempany. Tablas would be shortly issued under that plan for payments by ten, fifteen, twenty, and twenty-five years' annual premiums. (Hear, hear.) Having paid a grateful tribute to the memory of the late chairman and Mr. Wartnington, the speaker concluded by saying that this company, though not a very old one, was yet in soma respects a great com pany. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) A company of policy holders, 15,003 strong, was a large company, one of the largest numerically to be found, and he thought if their 15,000 policy-holders, with their wives and children, were policy-holders them. l ho g eu m s t h t(u e ffd re ye d at r wouldne ht to eof requireauorbi n ,lea e mn vpdeel onearal y e : ti I , reckoningnaoghf activetoe:fru.laughter.) for hfleur them et h- word stronglyhe first-rate t m at ce occmoi t p-i s oem a psun y eryt org l .ae O tl d O io 0, Letdi co-operation ec O let every one of the policy-holders unite with the direc tors, with the staff of the office, and with the agents, in a s g u re c a h t a e i ff .e o p r o t rt fur the year cu a rre s n t an y y ea c r o , mp an a d ay thez ig s h h t el ou w ldl l ia b v e e proud of. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then moved the first resolution for the adoption of the report, and said that after the very ad mirable remarks of their manager it was quite unneces sary for him to detain them by any lengthened observa tions. He could tot help congratulating the meeting on the great success which still continued to attend their efforts. Mr. LEMON said it afforded him the greatest pleasure to second the motion. The motion was then put to the meeting and carried unanimously. The retiring directors, G. F. Dale, Esq., and J. Smither, Esq., were unanimously re-elected, and Mr. W. Smith was elected a director. Mr. F. J. HARTLEY moved a vote of thanks to the managing director for the energy and ability with which he had conducted their affairs during the year just closed. (Cheers.) Mr. J. MEVARDS cordially seconded the proposition, which was agreed to unanimously. Mr. GOVER having returned thanks, Dr. UNDERHILL moved, and Mr. SIMMONS seconded, a vote recording the great loss the company had sustained by the death of their late chairman, who was a gentleman of the highest honour, of untiring energy, of unbounded information, and experience. The resolution was carried ; and votes of thanks having been given to the various officers of the company, the pro ceedings terminated. TRAINING REPORTS. (From the Sporting Lift.) NEWMARKET. —bn Wednesday, on Bury Hill side, Joseph Dawson, after cantering, galloped Knight Errant steadily the length of the tan. Chapel Royal led Rupert, Grimston, and Strathnairn round Long Hill at about half speed. Tornado, Riga,Mysotis, Electricity, Misadventure, and Dryad followed at a distance. John Dawson's Nine Elms, Typhoeus, and Typhon only went very steadily. Matthew Dawson's Lablache led Wild Oats a steady gal lop round Long Hill. Filenus led Prince imperial, React Centre, Talk-o'-the-Hill,Teneclos, Abstinence, and Clairon. Athanor led Chatelherault over the same distance. God ding's cantered twice, and Cork Jacket then led The iEgean a steady gallop round Long Hill. Blanton's Royal Rake, Glen Roea, Badswerth, and several others did steady work. The same work was gone through by G. Blcss's Border Knight, Hermit, Vauban, Humdrum, Robespierre, Sagittarius, and Chanoinesse. Knight of the Garter only took walking exercise. Martyrdom was riot out. On the race-ground, llayhue did steady work with Restitution, Wildbad, Hermione colt, Rowsham, King Alfred, and the Miss Peddie colt. Jennings' Auguste, Le Sarrazitt, Mor temer, Nelusko, Gondolier, Boulogne, Trocadero, and Our agan all cantered, and then went a steady gallop. T. Stephenson did good work with Court Card, Meteor, and the Catherine filly. Thursday -On Bury Hill side Hay hoe did usual work with Restitution, Wildbad, Rowsham, King Alfred, and Miss Peddie colt. Suffolk only did gentle exercise. G. Bloss cantered Vespasian, Border Knight, Matilda, St. Andrew, Knight of the Garter, Robespierre, Sagittarius, and Vauban, and they afterwards went steadily round Long Hill. Joseph Dawson's above men tioned did about the same amount of work. Blanton, Jen nings, John Dawson, and Arnull all did regular work with their lots. On the race ground side Matthew Daw son's lot cantered twice, and shortly afterwards Lallache led Wild Oats and Franchise a half-speed gallop round the Cambridgeshire-hill, the Derby nag going well. Sile ntly gnd Qbainzt fed grijaw knperigl, ligad Qtnixe l Walk- 4 aIIDINARI dEAut3 AND STOCKS. irare ii4ilwayß. Paid. Closing Business Prim dens. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 at Caledonian 1(0 80 81 811 SO St. Cainortan. 20 Cornwall •.. all '2 01 t Duolin tsL Belfast June... 100 77 79 at Duu„Perth,& A.l),Junc.„,„ 100 70 72 2 i East London. all 7 9 20 Do • 15 2 10 at Gla6goV7 &S. Western.. 10../ 97 :19 Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Aug]. .No. 100 ... At Cheat North of Scotlantl lOO 15 6 st Great Northern .. 100 1071 '9;4 1071 8 at Do. A stock at Do, 13 ateen lOO 123 at WS, and W. of Ireland 10,.. en 7 sl. Gt. 11'eatecu IU) 4,1 191 19t a • t Wal,s St Do. W. Mtd.-o.xtor4 lOO 1,7 22 S. , Do. Newport st Laue,Ashitt n 1 ork,iiirv ill .23 1.1 123 1 at Lou., 11ri:f;1.,.% 100 4.i 4.1 1,1 0' Do peri1, . it -.alto LoVul IG 17 10,', fi Lo. Oleo up. P.X. A !till - at Lon. .t. CAL 11 . eaten— ICU 11111 14 114; 11 .1 Lou. .a South 11 et.teri s aS .1; - 531 o* 1 it . 1,,0 1031 lot 104, st ;00 1 2,1 1 n 10 ra 10 10 st Me .Cot.i.ilinu Di* trlet. ult ;,0 .13 11 3 1) Metrop..at. John's 1% Du i o at M., --ou st i)o, a: Lvrby 1(.0 Sc at Nl. tti at eta., a, IL9 at i• or. ';asteru---- too lull 1021 1021 f 20 Do. -4. . at Do Lee Is ...... . 1(..v .57 59 at Do Yuri; st L.O Card . st Do Sloe Darling.— 1,0 1 - .9 101 st :North Lun Lou .10 Do Aew 1518 . 2 11 lip st North Staffordshire—. 100 57 19 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 10,3 101 10 Do New 1;10 shares 7 at Rhyinney st Shropshire Union 0 06 87 st Soutu Devou'e at South Eastern lOO 7.51 76 st Staines, Wok'ham, 3c Wok all 12 I;3_ _.„ . St '1.....0 '. 41 t: • - Do. C ... 5 1 4 p ‘1 aterloro & liillitualy lOO lu Warerleo & Whiteha.l 6 RAILW: YS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 43 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Do, du. Ordinary._ 100 SU 82 st 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 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO at '4t. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 97 100 at Du do No. 2 100 95 9i st Do do 6 per cent 100 101 112 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 ~, at Do do C 7 du. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 IA Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 7u 75 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1816 100 ~„ at Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val. 1847 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 ; at Du 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 „, at Do 4, do do do 100 ... st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO ,„ st; Du Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ••• ••• stl Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf lOU ... st; Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 atj Gt.West.—Orig.&Jnt.-11ent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 10: 103 1021 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c 100 95 100 at Do do 4 ; per cent. 1850 lOO 88 0) st Do do 4 do do lOO 78 80 st Do do 5 per cent. redem. lOU 95 97 st Do do Birmingham gua 100 60 70 at Do do do prof... 100 ••• ••• st Do do Chester gua lOO 80 83 at Do do do 8 per cent. 100 ._ at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 „, st Du do 44 p.c lOO at Do do 4 1 1859 lOO „, at Do do b st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g IOJ 114 116 at Do do 2,1 gua lOO 110 112 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO Li) 91 st Do do 2d do 100 DO 103 at Du gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ,„ 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 st Du Barnsley, .C. 5 Is 10,1 p.c. lOU at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 95 100 st London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ••• at Do 5 per cent. gua,. No. 2 lOO ,„ at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do Na. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent 1 ••• ••• at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.F.) 100 „, ,„ at Da 4 do 1859 lOO ••• at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent 1 C 0••• at, London and /1.‘.V., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 10) 100 st Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO at Do Shrewsb'y & lOU at Loudon and 6.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, ai D a u n (P ., o s i ii ls e n. p t. l ,& ez i p it e j u n s .. 25 61 6 ). ,) e l . 1 1 0 :11 0 1 0 ° 1 1 : .5 ; 1 1 1 . 5 7 ° Du Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 re 1. 1 1 : 901.31820. 90 02 4 1 . 1 4 ° 132 k j 3 DD D D . . r000 : 0 i dr L4B.4teis,iitoler Consolidated., j 1 5.. 6 ,e.ee, dd6, 6 ce, 1 1 . c. °4, ..e . 15111 1 001 0 )000) 0 5 4 h Do E. &, U. 4 p. e. S. & 100 Do N. 13., No. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO ••• Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO ••• N.-Eastern--Cons. 4 p.c IOU 8J ei Do 45 per cent. redeem__ 10,) 95 97 Do U 4 per cent., too Du Berwick capital 8 13.1. 2 Du Yoric,ll. &S. purchase IJ 10 10 . 1 a Do Stektu & Drlin g . A 5 p.c lOO 10G 166 at Du W, Hartlepool li. and it lOO 85 87 20 North Sbatiordsiiire lUs Devon Annuities, I 8 ..• all 9f 101 lOs Tavistock Anus., Ds_ all 9 . 10 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1,0.6. S. Lust. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Du 45 per cent lOO ••• ••• at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOU 115 1.50 at Waterford & liilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 23 U. at 6 st 10 st st st RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS. .. _ _ With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. st Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Oen. min. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem all at Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. lOU at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 88 so at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 87 89 86 st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 52 86 st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO ••• at Du Permanent 5 per cen t lOO ..• at Do Boston & Sleafcl, 41 pc 100 ... at Great West., W. 5p e 100 ... st Do Joiuti..erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 83 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 103 105 103 107 i 23 Du Vale Neath perp.s p c all 10 2U at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 13 DU 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 st Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 st Do du 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 du, 1861 100 ... at Do do 41 du, 1863 103 ••• st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sdo t Du Metrup. Ex.,136 p.c lOO Do do C 6 p.c 100 st Loudon& N. Western, 5p e 100 107 10.1 at Loudon &S. Western, 41 p c 100 02 04 93 10 Man. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all BSi at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO at Midiaucl, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 10 . 3 st Do B do 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to 10 0 106 108 Ord. Slit., Sept. 1, 1860 all 21 211 18j Do lucony. New Shares all 184 194 22j Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 13 72....., If 21p ab a ttt North ou British,... &p , a, p Ni j e r ou l : nas2t;.. ( k v . 1 1 0 1000 0 0 7 4 •• ••• • • at DO £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ••• ••• s st t D I) u o E N . . B a . G . 5 . per No No, 3, u 5 t i , .l e B .6.3. 100 a t Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 :. at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 09 a t Do Stock. & um at 111 11; North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO _._ st South Eastern, 41 pc, 185:1 100 st Do 5 do 1861 lO U st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 Du st Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 . 1 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.I i s o t o 13'r Dt i 4 i r ;:ir cent. Prefer I n 101 ' 1 V 03 3 st Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 63 st Do, 51 per cent. st Do. 5 do. IA Cl y d e sdale, guaranteed lOO '' "* s t Colchester Stour Valley ~, 100 ••• 6t East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 1 7 4 . : 18ii 20 Gloster and Dean Forest a ll s Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 a Du. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 1 00 6j i . ; st Do. du. Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West, W. Mid., Herd 100 93 100 50 Hull and Selby all 111 113 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2 5 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 st Do. 41 per cent lOO st Loudon Cuat., &c., 41 p c lOO .., :" ' at Do. Cum. Fund, sdo 100 " st London and Greenwich st Do• do Preference lOO „, .. st London, Tilbury, & South 100 81 b;j st Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 80 82 st Do. do. 6 do. .. 51 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all 6 51 st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 ' 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) ... ... 50 Northernt East., 5 per cent all 63 50 Su Du. do. 6 do. all .. .. st N. Eastern —Hartlep00l ..• et .N. W est. A Perp. pret, 5p c lOO 10s 110 st Do 11 intnimu , llll p.c.— 100 st ,Notting. & Urania. E.& C IOJ 92, 1,7 20 Preston and 0 yru.. all 41 46 ... lloysion, Intel., and dhep. 10U 13:; 135 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 13'; 735 10 Do do 8 21 2 p st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 Hi() st De 4 per cent gua lO , 79 61. st D o 5 do . 99 st Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 ISO st West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 14 14 it) Do du B all ... ... 20 Do du C all 61 7,.. st Weymouth and Portland lOO Ft Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India 100.4:12C 125 st London and St. eriuo lOO 48 49 100 !,l) oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all „, Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 30 32 st Southampton IUO 74 76 et ~Surroy commercial ➢SISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all: 221 23 221 f 10 Anglo-Mediter Tel.,lim 10 * 12 131 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 28 30 291 st Do. 8 per cent. lOO 74 77 771 26 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarab. Tea Estates, lim 9 7 ha 10 Berlin Water. Works, lim all 1:1 141 10 Do. New a 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, Rm. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 4 11 id 5J British American Land 44 16 18 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lO9 100 170 20 British Indian Tea, Jim— all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 61 0 6 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 2 1 d 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 41 31 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 9 41 :la 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 610 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 50 City Offices, lim 25 251 241 d 431 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercie, Union (Assur) 6 ."• 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 3 Id p 20 Continental Union Gas, lim. all i n 24 25, Copper Miners of England, _ 1 lip 5i _ . .. pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 42 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1882, q per cent. all 1031 1011 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 2j 2k 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 81 2id st Crystal Palace l OO 14 21 st Do. Preference lOO 94 99 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 11 t 20 Darjeeling, lim. ••• I 0 Eastern Assam, lim ... ... d N East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Qua. by Egypt. Gov all 94 95 48 20 Egyptian Cont. & Trad. lim g 44 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 24 e 2+7 247 10 Do. New 8 1 i 12p 3 Eng. & Aust rad. Copper, lim 21 A 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 Z 4 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim. 8 ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 lfd 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 121 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 85 87 865 50 Gellivara, lim. 2O 10 General Credit & Die., lim. 71 1l II 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 50 Home & Col Marine In. lim 5 41 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 131 l 20 Hudson's Bay all 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 ludo-Europeau Tel., ••• 20 luterna.Financial Soc. 20 Interns. Land Credit, lim. 6 6 4.1 50 Italian Land g 14 p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 33 1 100 Do. 6p. c. 13ds., redeem 1670, issued 30 all -62 61 50 Land Securities li m 5 31 21k1 25 London African Trading lO 7 .51 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 10 London County Land and 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. litn all •3 t 3 1 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all 50 Lond. Financial Asso , lim 30 4 Lond.Gen.Omuibus.Co- Jim all 2 24 60 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lint 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 I ' l P r st Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gus,. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 1021 1031 103 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, .... 10 Mediterra. Eat en. Tel , lim all , 50 Merchant Shipping, Jim_ all 32 37 50 Millwall Iron Works, lint. 12/ ••• "' 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lira. .. 9 35 211 25 National Discount . 5 115 11/ 114 1 25 National Pro v . Marine: lim. 4 4 3 d 10 National Stea m Ship, line,all 85 9 1 20 Nerbudda Coal& Iron, Rm. 6 31 3(1 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim. 3 11 14 5 /sew Quebrada, lim. . . 4.4.0 44 3 4 25 New Zealand L oan & . Mer candle Agency,li m .. 21 1 IP 25 New Zealand Trust .. and Loan, lint ......... . 5 11 11 10 Northern Assa m . 5 75 10 Do. B. . ......... all I'2 st ' North Brit. Austral 100 48 53 54 North Brit. & Mercan. 1n... 65 '2O 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 121 13 60 Oriental Financial, lin t ll ..• ••• (1 5 Oriental Gas, lim. .• 71 71 5 Do. New ... .... .. sll 10 Otago and Southland... .• . vestment, ..... 2 44 IP 5 Ottoman Gas, lim ..... 10 Panama, New Zealan . d, and Australian R. Mail Jim all Do do. . all 0 st Peel R. Land & MinerVira -- . 100 32 35 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 401 501 50 491 50 Do. New 1867 25 Reuter's Telegram ~.. ..••• . all 52 57 56 50 Rhymney Iron ......... all 18 20 15 Do. New ........ 25 Rio de Janeiro City Int ,lirts all 19 20 20 Do. Gas, lin; a ll 231 241 WO Royal Mail Steam .. .. . at Scottish Aust. Invest., lim 100 81 90 st Do. 6p. C. Guar. Pref lOO ••• ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'E g y pte, 10 7 G ', l 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire 01. 8 21 3 1 50- S. African Mort. & Inv., lint. , 6 , 4, L 25. South Australia n L and ..' at Submarine Teleg ra ph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 15 20 Telegraph Con. &Main lim all 17 171 175 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lint 2 20 Trinidad Petroleum, Jim Bl ••• ••• 1.0 Trust &Agency of Aus.,lim. 1 I 1p 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 ip 50 Union Mari n e L'pool, 5 41 • 5 p 20 Union Steam Ship, Jim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint, 6 11 4d SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim. all 84 61 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 3 1 41p 20 Universal Marine(ln.), ll.lll . 6 1/ 2'p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 11 2 30 Van Diemati•s Land ......... 281 85 7 4 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan... a ll 795 801 801 50 Warrant Finance, lim• l2 12 104 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lint. ................... a 2O 21 11 20 West London Wharves 1 Warehouses 21 3 4 131 d COLONIAL OOVVINMEZIT SECURITIES Brinell Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.... ••••• lOO Do. 1815 .... „.., Can.tiov.6 rolil &Oa J uly 100 1877-84 Do, 6p. 0. Feb, & Aug lOO 103 itg Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept lOO 102 114 Do. sp. 0. Jan. & JulY•• 100 93 94 . 0 ... Do. SD. C. Inscribed sk lOO 90 92 JI Cape &Hope, 6 1 , • 03873 •• 100 102 101 Do.Apl.&Oot 189 0- 1100 lOO lit 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 111J1 •••• 100 108 lle Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and lb Oct., 1900 .. 100 100 102 - etslon, Nov 1878,6 P. o *- 100 108 110 Do. 1372, d 0.... 100 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873,- Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... ........ Do. 1882, Slay and Ne , . .. • 00 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lO 106 r)8 Melbourna Corporate., 1867-73, 6 per cent 1(0 100 100 N.1.1.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.lJuly N4,tal 6 p ot, Apl & Oct Do 6 p c.111.y & Nov 1 0 106 10 8 N. S. W. 5 p•o., '7l to 'U lOO 99 Ivl Do. 5 P.C. 1888 to 1891'... 13) 981 9 0 / Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 .Zealand, 6p. ot. 1801 lOO _ Do. 5 per cent.... DoJan, Aptl, July, Oct lOO 93 94 95 Do 6p o. Mar & bept '9l lOO 108 110 Do June & Deo , 1.91 •••• l e o 109 la fDo Prov.,l Auokld. 1 1,9 ._ ( bcriel 1& 2, lal6 .• Bova Scotia 6p. 0.Ja0... and Jnly, 1875 Do 1003.. .... l OO 101 1034 Queenslnd. 6p. c. 'B2-5 lOO 1061 1011 1071 Do MO. • _. .- lOO 1054 1004 Do. 6 p 0..186%. -- Do ,' rA2 • 140 i' 8 110 QM 1693 ..... ..... ... :61 07 108 4 6 .P.1t• 1 891 om .. rit i 112 214 -- • . - N o'-the-Ilit Tenedos, and Abstinence a useful gallop for one mil 3.. France and Cbatelherault did a good striding gallop across the fiat. Gedding's Adamant led The )Egean a good gallop. Mr. Bevill's King Victor, The Provost, and Alpenstock cantered twice, and then The Provost led Alpenstock a - gallop of two miles, toth going well. Gil bert's lot were not out till the afternoon. Friday -On the race ground side John Davis led Wild Oats and Prince Im perial a good half-speed gallop across the flat. Clairon, Tenedos, Head Centre, Chatelherault, Clemenco, and Ab stinenc;.were at work. Ryshworth did usual work, as . also the fallowing:—Sycee, Glen Rosa, Royal Rake, Bads worth, Border Knight, Robespierre, Spider, Matilda . Knight of the Garter, Vauban, Court Card, Meteor, Ca therine filly, King Victor, The Provost, Alpenstock, 'Typhoeus, Nine Elms, Typhon, Grimston, Rup3rt, Strath nairn, Rigi, Dryad, Electricity, Lau:trot, Restitution, Wildbad, Rowsham, Miss Peddle colt, Gondolier, Nehisk.), Boalogne, llortemer, Ouragun, Trocad :re, The .2E ,e Cupbca:er, and Birthday. Martyr;orit Cala) nut with t los others, but only wa!kal and ttott3d, and from what I saw he ha I been queer in one of his hocl:. - 6111C0 my last, the following hore,, t &tied by John Day, It tie.m do io; go.al the Walk, Birdieek-r, Itloclier, IL l :tie To.ment colt, Dombloir, Yule Cake colt, Retry, Crucifixion tiliy, Dio,,e, Boxitia, Lurk Se,ttisti Queen, and Atonement. Toni Bay has been busy with Laura, Fly ntelle, Refl etion, Boa ter, Lord Jersey, Lady Raglan, Lay Anne, Malaria, Dick Curia, and walnw. Haynes has the Aid, man awl Al.ce dohig well. Wed nesday. The Danebury lot did not come out till the after noon, whoa Cick of t lid Walk led Atonement a rattling goNlis•al:op of rather more than a mile and a half. Blucher, Bi:dieeker, and Seotthh Queen wont the same distance, but not so fast. Red Rice led Domickff, Roderick Dhu, Torment colt, and Yule Cake colt .ab ut a mile at a nice pace. Laura and Finisher went two miles en the old course. Thursday.—Torn Day cantered and galloped all his tram, but the Danebury stable lot had two sharp canters only, the last ono of about a mile. Friday.—Tom Day sent Reflection and Dentelle about a mile and three quarters at a good pace. Lord Jersey and Boaster fol lowed, but very slowly. Lady Raglan also went about the same distance steadily. Laura and Flytisher went a mile and a quarter. Cock of the Walk led Atonement and the Alderman a rattling gallop of a mile and a half. Blucher led Birdseeker and Scottish Queen about a mile and a half. Red Rice led Roderick Dhu, Demidoff, Torment colt, and Yule Cake colt about a mile ; and he did the like service for the Crucifixion filly, Roxana„ Lucy Ber tram, Dione, and Alice over the same distance. our City and Suburban and Metropolitan nag, Atonement, has been doing good work, and is well. Birdseeker, in the Chester Cup, is also doing well; th 3 same may be said of Blucher and Scottish Queen for their engagements ; the latter will be sure to take some doing for the Ono Thou sand Guineas, but I do not think much of her chance for the Oaks, as her being a roarer will not let her stay the distance. pentelle and Reflection, engaged in the Oaks, aro doing well ; the first-named is also in the One Thou sand. MIDDLEFIAM—On Tuesday, Fobert, after the usual mile canter, sent Lady Heuriette, Etoilj Filante, Vansittart, and Notherwood a rattling gallop of two miles. Duchess of Athol, Nectarine, and Pride of Erin were sent the same distance at half speed. Bracken, Fortunio, Blair Drum mond, Mysotis, Java, Guinea 11., and Sunshade galloped two miles steadily. Summers galloped Honesty and Ho nestish a mile and a half at half speed, and H. Hall sent Moll and Dick a striding gallop of three miles. Dawson', and Osborne's lots did some good mile work. Wt.dnes day—There was a severe frost, and the ground was very hard. The several teams were all restricted to walking and trotting exercise. Thursday —Fobert's Lady Hen riette, Vansittart, and Netherwood went two miles at a nice half speed. Bracken, Fortunio, Blair Drummond, Etoile Filante, Mysotis, ;Pride of Erin, Sunshade, and Nectarine all did good mile work. Duchess of Athol wont two miles steadily by herself. H. Hall sent Moll and Net worker a good gallop of two miles. Winter sent Throe per Cent, Mexico, and Affection a good gallop of 11 miles. Os borne's Pretty John went a good gallop of two miles by himself. King's Cross, Weather Star, Ritualist, Bard of Erin, Inon, Little Duke, Bertha, Minaret, Pomfret, and his two year olds all did good mile work, as did also Dawson with the following: - The Dean, Mandrake, Donaldbain, Good Hope, Lord Hawthorn, Pretender, Derventio, and Argyle. Tabouret led the two year old colts some good work the same distance, and Minister Bell piloted the fillies. The above lot are all looking healthy, and going remarkably well, more especially Pretender, who im proves daily, and the cracks will have to look to their laurels in both the Derby and Two Thousand. Mandrake, Good Hope, and King's Cross are all doing well for Chester Cup, as are also Lady Henriette and Vansittart for Epsom. KINGSCLERE.—On Wednesday we had heavy rain dur ing the morning, and it was fully one o'clock before the following horses were on Cannon Heath :—Blue Gown, Pero Gomez, Rosicrucian, Siderolite, Kiog CophAua, Vagabond, Morns, Masterstroke, WTaif, Madame Egleutine filly, Blue Stocking, Girasol, Mrs. Quickly colt, and Sala mis. All walked for some time on the end of the down, and then Blue Gown commenced the work by leading Pero Gomez a steady canter of a mile and a quarter, fol lowed by Vagabond, King Cophettni, and Siderolite. Morua, as of late, showed the way for the following two year oh.ls : --Madame Eglentine filly, Waif, and B:ue Stocking. flosicrucian, carrying a heavy weight, with Masten:stroke, brought up the rear. After walking fur EOlliC time in Elio hollow, all repated their canter. Mrs. Quickly colt, Girasol, and B,l.nus were hero sent home. 1.3.ue Gown then hd Pero Gomez i fast gillop of a mile and three-quarters, both going: lirst-rate. Rale now again came on, and all were sent home. Vaga bond and King (ophetua were being eased, and ara very well. Thursday—The same team was again on Cannon Heath, and all cantered a mile and a quarter twice in . the above order, except Salamis, Girasol,and Mrs. Quickly colt, who were restricted to walking exercise for an hour, when they returned to the stables. Blue Gown led Pero Gomez a fast gallop of a mile and three-quarters, followed at an interval by Vagabond, King Cophetua, and Siderolite. I never saw Blue Gown or Pero Gomez moving in Letter form. King Cophetua i s grow i ng into a very handsome colt, and has improved much in his temper. Vagabond is rather leg t ry, but a bettor mover there is not in training, and ho is one of the quickest on his legs at starting I have seen for some time. He re quires a strong lad to hold him, bat when really in his stride, he, like Pero Gomez, covers a deal of ground. Both these horses will be worth watching for the,City and Su burban. Friday. —On Cannon Heath Blue Gown led T , Palmer and Pero Gomez a steady canter of a mile. Vaga bond, King Cophetua, and Siderolite followed. Morna showed the way to Madame Eglentine filly, Waif, and Blue Socking, over the same course, Rosicrucian and Masterstroke bringing up the rear. Lietor,Miami Quickly colt, Girasol, and Salamis returned home. Blue Gown subsequently led Pero Gomez a steady gallop of a mile and three-quarters. Vagabond led King Cophetua and Siderolite the same distance. The Palmer galloped at a steady pace by himself. Morns was followed by Madame Eglentine filly, Waif, and Blue Stocking in a slow canter of a mile and a quarter. Rusiczucian and Masterstroke followed in their wake. Ersosr.—On Wednesday Carter galloped Prince Paul Queen Esther, Queen of the Forest, and Baroness the mile twice at a good pace. Queen Esther (engaged in the City and Suburban) is going remarkably well. Bentley had 'out the whole of his team, and Skirmish led Slowman and The Laird a nice gallop of a mile and a half. Hughes had a long string out, but they did nothing beyond some use ful exercise canters. Nightingall sent the following two journeys of a mile and a half each : —Laird of Scotland, E!ector, Little Go, Adolphus, Cecil, Lad of Scotland, Molly Carew cult, Apathy, and Attempt. Reeve's lot were under the superintendence of his head lad, consisting of Sir Oliver, Obeddington, Two by Honours, Fiona, Con servative, Chickaleary Cove, and Chawbacon, who did the mile twice, all going well. J. Martin gave Copenhagen, Domino, and Primula a good gallop, and George Simpson sent Jove spinning along at his best pace for two miles Potter's man sent Lizzie Hexham to lead his four two year olds some capital canters of nearly a mile. Sher wood, after cantering his team steadily, sent Marquis of Worcester, Vanbrugh, Nancy Dawson, Master Dick, Empress, Claribel, Te m pl e, and colt by Zouavo the mile three times at half speed. T hursday. —Precisely the same amount of work was got through by the respective teams, and in the afternoon a large company assembled on Mile Hill to witness the match between Mr. Crandon's bay pen' Beauty and Mr. Blake's brown cob Brigane, which the former won easily. Friday. —A miserably wet day and nothing doing on the downs, not a dozen horses putting in an appearance. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DETAINING A VOLUNTEER'S UNIFORM.—James Caldon, formerly keeping the Clarendon Coffee-house, North Tow, Grosvenor -street, was summoned before Mr. Knox for detaining a volunteer uniform belonging to the let Middle sex Engineer Volunteers. Mr. Knox said he had no doubt the defendant was a nithh ill-used man, but be had no right to keep a Volun teer's uniform, and ho might get hiws:lf into a serious scrape by doing so. The defendant would either have to give up the uniform or piy .£f) 10s. CAUTION TO CARMEN. Jonathan Whittaker, of Ely place, South .LatnbAh, was summoned for causing and procuring a horse to be cruelly ill-treated, and a man named Richard Duke, in his employ, appeared on leis own recognizauces charged with working tne horse. The defendants were linen 40s. with costs. WES I MINSTER, Sarah Bailey, a woman about 33 yekrs of age, dressed in the pauper garb of St. Luke's, Chelsea, was charged with being drunk and disorderly at that workhouse. She was committed for trial. I)UNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Co. Belfast; cr 4, Beaufort-buildings kitrand, Loudon. W.Q.—{4d vertiseraent. T , g „LI NO TICL. The. Third Edition of " The Sul" of last Evoking was published in !ime for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocE. ;:PORTING INTELLIGENCE—This hay VICTORIA CLUB B ETTING—Tms DAr. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 12 agst Birthday (offered -9 to 1 taken) ltiu to 8 agst Vacuunt (offervd) 14 to 1 sgst Vagabond (taken) 11;0 to 7 roitls..ttft (taken) lilt) to 7 agst Constert.aC.un (taken and oared) 100 to tt agst Sawy,r (offered) 100 C agst King C(.1,10-t nu. (offend) 22 to 1 agst Eastley (takel,) '25 to 1 agst 11. IPU lr,eu e (WilLtA) :33 to 1 agst Michael (I:, 11.,5c0 (taken) 40 to 1 i•g3t Cocoa .Nut (offered) CIIESTEIC CUP. 15 to 2 agst Paul Jones (offered--8 to It. and w.) 100 to Bap st - Romping (G r 1 (taken) 14 to 1 agst King's Cross (taken) • 13 to 1 agst rainier (taken) 2U to 1 eget Knight of the Garter TWO THOUSAND. 6 to 4 agst Wild Oats (offered) 4to 1 agst Belladrum (off—take 9 to 2) DERBY. 3to 1 agst Pero Gomez (offered) 11 to 1 agst Belladnim (taken) 1000 to 80 agst Ludas (offered) 1000 to 20 agst King Cophetua (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Aunt Hannah c (taken) RACING FIXTURES. MARCH. Durham 29, 30 I Epsom 30, 31 APRIL. Aber,gavenny l, 2 I Newmarket Craven...l2, titc. Bromley 1, `) Knighton... l3, 14 Alders'uot l, 2 Ludlow 15, Id Catterick &Ago... ......1, 2 I Eastbourne l9 Thirsk ... 6, 7 1 Lewes Hungerford 6, 7 Curragh .20, 21, 22 Lichfield 6, 7 Croydon... 22, 23 Cambridge 7 8 Newmarket Ist Spring I Croxtun Park S,reathain 8, 9 I MAY. Chester 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 kViuchester ll, 12 1 York 11, 12 Baldoylo 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 I Doncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 2t Harpenden 91 Epsom Summer .. ...'2, &o. JANE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Newton 2,3, 4 Oldham 22 Ascot 9, 10, 11 ISibury Club 23 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Windsor 15, 16 Chelmsford Hampton l7, 18 Sutton Park .....29, 30 Curragh 22, 23, 21 JULY. Worcester l, '2 1 Southampton 13, 14 Newmarket July 6, &c. IRoadi n g . . . ............ ....15, 16 Carlisle •• 6, 7 I Huntingdon 9 0, 21 Pontefract 9, 10 1 Stamford ... 22 23 Hendon . I .. 12, 13 Goodwood 27, 28, 29 , 30 Nottingham 13, 14 AUGUST. Brighton 3, 4 I Oxford Brighton Club 5 York 24, 25, 26 Lewes • 6, 7 Plymo u th 26, 27 Egham lO, 11 I Scarborough 30, 31 Wolverhanspton lO, 11 1 Derby Summer — 3l , Sep. 1 Windsor 12, 13 I Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 St. Albans 17, 18 Canterbury.........3l, Sep. 1 Stockton lB, 19, 20 I SEPT Warwick 7, 8 Curmgh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, lt► Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lich field OCT MBER. Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chehnsford lO 20 Kelso 19 20 NOV] ..2, 3 Hampton ....21, 22 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Hendon Monmouth... 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, ar.c. Lanark... 29, 30 BEIL Harrow.. Worcester 3; 4 St. Albans 5, 6 Cheltenham l9, 20 Carragh l9, 20, 21 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmark44 11'ton —25, &u. MBER. I Egliuton Runt 6, 7 Liverpool Shrewsbury .. l5, 16 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. APRIL, Aldershc 4 l, 2 I Streatham B, 9 lirom!ey 1, 2 Royal Artily., Woohvica...B Aberguvenuy . . l, 2 Kuigatou .... ..... 13, It Lichfield .G, 7I Lu hum l3, 16 Southdown Haut .7 Toubury. tialibridgo ... 7 8 Groyd,).,.. ',, 23 Cheltenham 7, 6 Co. Louth .3 A.rkl.,ou 27, 23 31 AY. Limerick Trait 4 I St. Albans E-s in tun hunt 6, 7 West Draytoti 17 JULY, Kingsbury OCTOBEtt. Bromley 7 I West Drayton 2l, 22 N 0 VEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 I Shrewsbury 13, Harrow 2, 3 Leamington Hunt ....2J &o Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 Professor Anderson, 6 yrs, purchased at Northampton by Mr. C Brooks for 205 gs, Las gone into W. Reeves's stable at Epsom. We regret to learn that the wife of Mr. W. Reeves, trainer, of Epsom, died on Tuesday. NORTHANIPTON AND PYTCISLEY lIITNT MEETING, 1870. The stewards elect are Prince Soltykoff, Count Batthy_ any, Lord Westmorland, and Lord Stamford. We are pleased to learn that Inspector Tanner is rapidly shaking off the effects of his severe illness, and he will be readily welcomed in the ring at the principal race meet ings, for obvious reasons. Alonitresa, who made such a poor show over hurdles at Warwick, has joined J. Potter's string at Epsom. The Dover Garrison Open Steeplechases will take place near Kearsney Abbey, on April 1. FORFEIT LIST. —The forfeits of His Royal Highness have been paid, also those of The Miller (Steeplechase Forfeit List). Mansfield Races are to take place on Friday, April 9. The assumed name of Mr. James Clay has been regis ;ered. , Mr. James Clay's colours aro Bismarck brown, light blue cap. Lents.—This Derby colt has been purchased by Lord Rosebery, and will join J. Dover's string at Ils'ey. Ile is by Lambton out of Zenobia, and fulfilled three engage ments last year, winning the third Stephenson Biennial at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the T welfth Zetland Biennial at Stockton, and the Convivial Stakes at York. THE EPSOM SUMMER MEETING.—The two races pro vided by Mr. Studd, namely, the Walton Manor Stakes, weight for age, with 750 SOPS added, and the Six Mile 11111 Handicap, with 500 added, close on Tuesday next. LORD WILTON.—We are pleased to hear that this popu lar nobleman is progressing as satisfactorily as the serious nature of his injuries in the hunting field will allow. Mr. Pryor's Sister to Veda, the gallant winner of the Brocklesby at Lincoln, the King John at Nottingham, and two stakes at Warwick, has been named Roma. Success pulled up lame all round some distance from home in the Northampton Queen's Plate, and he is scarcely likely to show again for some time. COURSE OF I?XCHANGE. 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