The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. At the usual meeting, held to-day, the Bank directors made no change in the offi.lial rate of discount. The Bank rate therefore continues at 4i per cent. To-day the forty-fourth yearly general meeting of the Provincial Bank of Ireland was held at the premises of the bank, Broad- street. The directors intended to pay, in July next, as in several past years, an extraordin iry dividend of 30s. on each £lOO share, and 1 9 s. on each £lO share of 'the capital stock of the bank, in addition to the ordi nary dividend of four cent. Consols are 921 for money; ditto, for Ac count, 92-1- 3 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 91 1 1 ; New Three per Cents, 911 4 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO l —; ditto £lOO £2OO, and £5OO, ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 2455. India Stock, 105 per Cent., April, 1874, 210 12 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1145 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct.., 1888, ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 5 prem. In the Foreign Market there has been a rise of 1 in New Spanish Three per Cents., at 285 281 ; 5 in Turkish Five per Cents., at 421 421 ; and Italian Five per Cents. are fractional l y better, at 55 i 55.1. Mexican Bonds are unchanged at 121 13. Argentine Six per Cents., 771 to 781 ; Egyptian Nine per Cents., 97 to 971; Egyptian Seve n p er Cents., 1868, 75 to 755 ; Turkish Six per Cents., 186 5, 641 to 641 ; and Venezuelan Six per Cents., 1864, 20 to 22. The Honduras Loan is 82 84 ex coupon. In railway shares prices have in some instances improved. Great Western, North Eastern, North Western, a n d Midl an d h a ve risen 1, and Caledonian stock is better. South Easterns and Shethelds have receded 1 ; and Chatham and Dover and Great E asterns are 5 l ower . The prices are as follo ws :—Caledonian, 77 5 ; Great Western, 475 ; Great Eastern, 37 1 ; Great Northern, 105 6 ; ditto A, 1051 65 ; Lancashire, 122 5 ; Metropolitan, 971 4 ; Midland, 1101 1 ; Shef field, 524 3 ; Brighton, 45 5 ; North British, 34 ; Westein, 115 1154; North Eastern, 1031 41; South Eastern, 741 5 ; Chatham and Dover, 161 5. American Five-Twenties are 771 78 ; the 1885 Bonds, at 754 754; and the Ten-Forties are un altered, at 711 715. Eries have deelined 5, to 181 19; and Illinois centrals are 1 lower, at 941 941. The discount demand at the Bank bas been full, but not excessive, and as a payment of more than £1,000,000 has been made by the Indian Council to the guaranteed shareholders of the Madras Irri gation and Canal Company in completion of the terms by which the Government take over that undertaking, a proportionate degree of ease has been temporarily imparted to the open market. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The transactions during the week since the last return has consisted of an influx of £93,000. The Wellesley, from Melbourne, has brought £26,000. The biddings for £350,000 in bills on India were held yesterday at the Bank of England, and the amounts allotted were to Calcutta £329,000, and Madras £21,000. The minimum price was fixed at ls. 101 d. both on Calcutta and Madras, being a re duction of 1 per cent. No tenders on Bombay were invited. Tendeis at ls. 105 d. will receive about 89 per cent. ; those above that price in full. These results show a considerable diminution in the de mand for means of remittance to the East. New York advices state that the parties by whom the Erie Railway is at present controlled have con trived to introduce into the State Legislature a bill which virtually perpetuate their power, and that it has passed both Houses, and merely awaits the signcture of the Governor to become law. Great efforts, however, were making by the most respec table people in New York to secure a veto from the Governor. It is understood that at the approaching meeting of the Ottoman Bank the directors will recommend a dividend of 121 per cent. for the year 1868, be sides au addition of about £30,000 to the reserve fund, and the carrying forward of a balance of about £B,OOO. _ _ At a meeting of the Anglo-Egyptian Banking Company (Limited) a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum was declared for the six !maths • ending February last. A special meeting of the Great Western Railway Company will be held on the 3d of June, when certain bills, now pending in Parliammt, will be submitted for the consideration and approval of the meeting. The directors of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company have resolved to recommend a dividend of 17s. per share at the annual meeting on the 14th °f June. This sum of 175., together with the three interim dividends of 10s. each per share already paid, will make a distribution of over 24 per cent. for the year. The following relates to the Suez Canal : " 21, Regent-street, May 19 . " Sir,--With reference to the arrangement just made between the Egyptian Government and t he Suez Canal C ompany, the substance of which ap peared in your City Article of this date, I beg to enclose the letters from his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt to M. Lesseps, from which it will be fS een that the proposal to effect the arrangement now concluded emanated from M. de Lesseps him self, who, cordially cD-operating with his Highness h divesting the undertaking of all political charac ter, has cle ar l y d e fi ne d ( w h at h as a l wa y s been put forward) that the Isthmus of Suez Canal is nothing more than a grea t commerc i a l e n terprise on E gyptian ground, subject to the laws and institu tions of the country.-1 have the honour to be, sir, your very obedient servant, " DANIEL A. LANGE, English Representative and Director of the Suez Canal Company." At an adjourned meeting of the creditors of Mr. Charles Bennington, manufacturer, of Blackburn, an offer to pay 10s. in the pound was accepted ; the instalments to consist of ss. in three months, 2s. 6d. in six months, and 2s. 6d. in nine months, the last two instalments to be guaranteed. An abstract has been published of the agreement between the Metropolitan Railway Company and the Great Northern Railway Company, to hp sub mitted to the special general meeting, convened for the 25th inst. The object of the agreement is to enable the Great Northern Railway Company's trains to run direct to the Metropolitan Company's station at Moorgate-street, in the City. The direc tors recommend the agreement to the proprietors for approval. The Manchester Courier intimates the failure of the firm of Messrs. Whan, M'Lean, and Co., of London, and Ontario, Canada. Th e ir liabilities do not exceed £30,000, and the only firms affected are in Glasgow and Canada. A petition for the winding up of the " North Kent Railway Extension Railway Company" is to be heard before the Vice-Cnancellor James on the 29th instant. ERITIEU FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 8 per Cent. Reduced 9ll 11 New 3 per Cent New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen .I%n. 1873 Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 - - Do (Red Sea Televaph), it ug., 1908., — Exchey:w Bills, £l,OOO, 21 21 per Ct - • Do £5OO D o. £lOO 87, 2OO — Bank of England Stock, 44 per Cent D.?. opening — anada 4 per Cent. Bonds — ter - Colonial Uranium — INDIAN CIOTERNMENT SECURITIES India Stock 101 per Cent., April 1874 2lO 12 Do. Opening, for Account _ Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 180 — Do. Certificates Do. Dnfaced Pup, 4 per Cent..... " Do. 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ~....... — Do. 5i per Omt. May 1879 DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 _ Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — 1.)-..:. Deb., 5 per Cont., Ang. 1873'., — De.Bende, tP! Cent., 41,000 tto Pul (third wed 11 not last in the nested. 3ill will r' JFL, on, 1 35 rnwall) IIr'• because 'nit t° Major• I other whorl' Cher-in• sur• been towes's h van is ' a life . double. , n , but with ti d been in an d f )Jr. arrant , l c was FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ..... Do., Scrip £45 paid .. luitrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — Bra Lilian 5 per Cent — no. 4} per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 1858 — Do. do. 186 . — Do. do., 1863 63 . _ ._. Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 791 B - enos Ayres 6 per Cent. pa 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) ()Watt, 6 per Cont. o,,than 6 per Cent — no. 41 per Cent..., -.. - - Do. 3 per Cent., 1 o. 6 per ce t. 1867 961 Po. 7 per Cent., 1866 0 lo.nbian, 6 per Cent. Danisn, 3 per Cent., 1825 Dan , qian Principalities, 7 I.er Cent 7. Du 8 per Cent., 1867 . 881 Fquadar New Consolidated, 1 par Cent, Emtian, 7 per Cent...* 4 - )n Secon - d Issue - Do. £504, Bonds Do. £1Ot) Bonds • .••. Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. .£5OO Bonds Do. 4106 Bonds B6} 7 English Scrip,:lB6B mi ri Do do. £45 pd — dis Government Railway Debentures Gram 5 per (kat., 1824 . 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons DO. Acc•Junt liatemata 5 per Cent . — Ronduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd - • ltioae 5 p... t . Cert., 1665 — Do. Account .. — Do Nlaremtuana Rail Way 561 - °mean 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do g per Cont. Anglo-French — , outovidean 6 per Cent. .. — vlc:rish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada lB} Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred ‘-'eruviar. 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account „. 76i- Do 45 per Cent. (Ut:' - barren) Do 45 per Cont.. 1862 Do Account — Porn- guese 3 per Ct., l 53,'6, 7,'0,'6u,'•/,': 345- Do. do. D 67 — Do. do. Scrip, ..V2O pail — Russian 5 e ar Cent.. ' 18zz, .E SL Do 45 per Cent . 1850 Dr' 45 per Ccnt., 18611 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 845 5- Do - do, Scrip — 1 r._ Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1664, £lOO Bunch. E 9 Do. do. XB4 15s. do — Lo:, 1866,.£100 Bonds — Do. - do £B4 los. do — Do Nicolas Railway 64 Sar finial' 0 per Cent Spanish 3 per Con . Do. Acc , ,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Cour. not funded ... -::. 281 t Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 ••• Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Acmunt - Do .£IOC Bonds Do 5 per Oent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 . 6 oi Do 1 nor Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectare , ...) Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Ace. ant Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the aboye payable in London. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins - Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 4 h er Cent. Ex. 12 Guil „ 53 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account French Renter, 3 per Cent., Ex. 23f. it , iiitin 5 per ent. 1831, E:.. zdi. Do Account 56-i TWO O'CLOCK, i l Jonsols, Money 92k 3 Do. Account, June 1 93 SPORIING LOTIERY TIC'KE7S. An application was made to-day at the Judges' Chambers i Common Pleas, for " better particulars" in an action brought to recover in part money or lottery tickets, and the question to be raised was the legality of such transactions, One of the parties, it was stated, had been connected with the Deptford Spec." The defendant now re quired "fuller and better particulars" to show the nature of the tickets which had been published and sol t.• Master Gordon was of opinion that an order should be made for better particulars, in order to raise the defenco. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. VICTORIAN. The traffic receipts on the Victorian Government railways (254 miles in length) amounted for the three weeks ending the 21st of January last to £33,536, and for the corresponding period of 1868 to £36,397, showing a decrease of £2,861. DUTCH-RHENISH. The receipts for tho fortnight ending the 30th of April, 1869, amounted to £11,920, and for the corresponding period of last year to £11,665, show ing an increase of £256. The receipts since the commencement of the present book year on the Ist of May, 1868, including the above, amounted to £316,371, showing an increase, as compared with the corresponding period of last year, of £15,785. The working expenses for the fortnight amounted to £5,490, or 46.05 per cent. of the receipts; and for the corresponding fortnight of last year to £5,129, or 45.12 per cent., showing an increase of £361. The working expenses from the Ist of May, 1868, to the 30th of April, 1869, amounted to £130,487, or 42.24 per cent, of the receipt, and for the corresponding period of last year to 42,68 per cent. 8IA1:KE1 8- 2 11.18 IM Y. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. May 20.—Sales probably 8,000 bales. The make quiet, and unchanged. ACCIDENT IN A TIIEATRE.—An accident occurred on the 13th at the Valle Theatre of Rouen. In a set scene, a bridge broke down under the weight of three per sons, two of whom were engaged in painting it, when the arrival of their superintendent overweighted the structure. Two are dead, and the third supposed to be mortally hurt. ROAYL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—We are in formed th tt his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has signified his intention of attending the anniversary din ner of the Royal Geographical Society next Monday. His - Highness Prince Hassan, of Egypt, will accompany the Prince. SUICIDE.—Last night, about half-past 7 o'clock, a man of respectable appearance was seen on Westminster sergeant, and when luor. He . was followed by a police bddge the worse for liquor. parapet and aboutthrew the threw as un co s n e l l i f u o g if Up M th r e . he was found to be on the on a stretcher to the W q :e h i s t t e m i i third time, e, boat man,but w w h as en co i n if v e e w ye a d s n e s s e te n r si ß bl o e s . pit H al e , found to be extinct. On Monday the 2d battalion body awaits an inquest. battalion 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, at Aldershot,was inspected by Major- Gen. Lyons, C.B. I n the morning the General saw the officers at sword drill, and at company drill. He also inspected the subaltern officers people's quarters. At 2 o'clock the married the battalion, in com plete marchingorder, was drawn u g eneral parade, South Camp, under t e in line on the e command of Col. Bell, V.C., C.B. Shortly Major-Gen. Lyons , a ccom panied by Capt. Brett, Brigade Major , a nd Lieut. Ha y ward, Aide-de-Camp, arrived on the ground and was received wi • th the ge- 1 neral salute. Reinspected the ranks very closely, and saw the battalion march past in open column of com panies. The men were then put through the manual and platoon exercises by Major the Hon. s. Mostyn ; through the bayonet exeacise by Major C. P. Prevost ; and through battalion movements by Captains Millett and J. De Vic Tupper. The Colonel then resumed comtnand and put the batta lion through several light infantry movements, after which squlre was formed, and the Major-General addressed the battalion in highly complimentary terms. The inspection was concluded by marching past at quarter-distance, at double time, with arms at the trail. The military invalids from :the East Indiaman Essex were disembarked from Spithead by Govern mentsteamers yesterday and landed at the dock yard, 'whence they left by train for the Royal Vie toria Hospital, Netley. Share Railways. at Bristol and Exeter... .... 1 00 7 7 79 et Caledonian ..... 100 76: 774 at Cambrian 13 20 Cornwall all n st Dublin A Bellast June lOO 17 79 st Dun„Yerth, Ab•Junc lOO 70 72 2.i East London.... tO Do 15 2) — Do 10 st Glasgow &S. Western lOO 97 3 st Great Eastern . at Do. E. Angi. No. 2 lOO ... it (*rest North or Scotism' , • 100 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 1041 105 10 I_s at Do. A stock .... 100 W 55 10 1 et Do. B stock lOO .. ••• at OtS, aud W. of Ireland lOO 95 7 at ut. Western —Original lOO 41 1 5 71 48 st Do. South Wa les lOO 53 et Do. W. Mid.—Oxtore ILO 25 5 27 st Do. Newport st Lancashire& Yorkshire lOO .23 .13 122 st Lon., Brigh., A S.Coast lOO 45 41 451 0) Do Scrip st 1 Ain., Chat., anal nove lOO 16 17 :61 s t Do. Metrop. Ex. A. l WO 9 11 at Lou. A .ortli Nester*( lOO 118 v 41 15 8 1 1151 .4 Lou. A S ou th Western lOO 8 at Man., Slid., & Lincoln lOO 521 43 53 at Metrot.o:itan. v7l 1 1 at Do Extcusim 100 5 10 Do. New rd .• st :ropolitan District. all 45 5u 10 Metrop Bt. John's oo I 6 at st uo, Birrain. & Dcrui st North British ...... 100 a 4 st uo. Ed., Pth.ot Dun lO9 st I' or. Mastern—Berwies lOO 1031 ley 25 Do. ..4. NI .1. urohuse i 6.13 .1 s t Do Leeds . at Do York s t Do Carli.le . • 122 125 at Stoe A Darling ll.O 13 1 131 s t North Lon lon 10 Do .New tor/3 • 2 It lip 100 55 57 a N ort h Staffordshire ..... . at North and S.-W. Junction ,00 51 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... • • at Rhymney a t Shropshire Union 01:1 57 a st S o uth Devon' at South Eastern lOO 741 75 74i at Staines, Wok'hain,& Wok all 12 13 at awu rata; • Vo. ateriurd & hitkenuy.. lt , Waterico & Wl,lteha.l.. RAILS AYS-PREFERENOE SHAWLS AND STOCKS. st' Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 43 per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO St D. do. Ordinary lOO 7s st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath leo 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... st Dundee, l'erth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... st Easteru, ILO Ex. No.l 100 9 i 99 st Do do N 0.2 100 93 :18 st Do do 6 per cent 100 109 112 et Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 ... ... st Do do 11 ti do. 100 ... at Do do C 7 do. 103 ... st Do • do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 70 75 st Do Nor folk 5 p.c. Ex. 1816 100 ... st Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 ... st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. e. pm. 100 ... st Do 4 1 do do do 100 ... st Do 5 do at sp. c. pin lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... ... st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent West . .—Orig.&Jnt.-lient .orig , per gua. p.c lOO 96 97 s 100 10. 103 st D 6 ot. (B. & Lx). 5 p.c. 100 95 10 st Do du 4, per cent. 1800— 103 87 st Do do 4 do do st Lo do 5 per cent. redem lOO 95 97 st Du du 13iriniugham gua lOO 64 70 st Do do do pref lO9 ... • st Do do Chester gua lOO bt 85 st Do do do 8 per cent lOO ... st Do do do 6 do 100 95 100 st Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... st Do do 42 p.c lOO st Do do 41 1853 lOO st d st Do West Mid. 5 id. Oxford Ist g. 10.1 111 113 at Do do 2d gut). 100 107 111 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 90 92 st Do do 2il do lOU 97 WU st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all .• • st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 st Do Barnsley, Lb 3s 104 p.c. 100 ••• at Du 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 44 (Blackburn perch). 100 98 100 et London & Brighton, 5 p.c guaranteed, No 1 lOO ... 111 st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO ... st Do 6 du do lO.l st Do 5 do NJ. 4 IOU st Do 7 per cent tit Do 6 do (W. 4. & C.P.) 100 st Do 4 du 1859 lOO st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO st London and r.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO ... ••• st -Do Shreweb'y & Welchp'l IOU st Lon,dou and o W. 7 p,c Late 3d shares ' lOO 140 150 2s I Do (Portsm.perpans 2563) all ••• s 'Man., Sher., & Lancln. 6 p.c. 100 111 117 Do xw all par 1' put B Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 1 Do redeem. 6 percent. b s t Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c... 100 130 135 s Do Bristol& Birm:, 6p. c lOO 1 2 131 s Do 41 per cent. reacem lOO t$ s Do 41 poi . uent. irredeem lOO us 1 B Do Leicester& li'enn,4 p.c. 10) 80 01 st North Gritisti, 3 p.c. No.l lOO ... •.. st Do E. &D.4p.c. S. & D lOO st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t.. 100 st Do Border llniou, A p.c lOO , st N.-Kasteru—eons. 4p.e lOO 87 83 st Do 41 per cent. redeent lOO 95 14 at Do U- N. e:. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital S 13.4. ... Do York,ll.& S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stektu & Driiuo..s p.c. 100 106 108 a t Do W, liartlepoo I 11. and It 100 81 16 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 10s Devon Annuities, 1 s all 1/ 10 • Ws Do 'ravistock Anus., 10s all 8 9 10s all 84 6• S. i• ast (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 10. • " st Do 41 percent Du Fixed 41 per cent 100 • d Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Tail Vale No.l lOO 111 153 at Water! 01%1 & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS. -PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 45 p c gua. st Do Scot. Ceu. win. 7p c lOO at Do 44 p all st Do 4p e eon. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 5 4 ri pe r 862. r cent s lOO 7 . 7 . 100 85 ad t Do o, t Do New 5 do, 1363 lOO 84 87 st Do do 5 do, 1861— 100 83 go at Great Northern, 5 p Cirred. 100 'at Do Pernanent 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston & Sleaf d, 41 pc 10J st Great West., W. Midi., 5 p c 100 ... . a t Do Joint pap°. 5p c, 1365 100 861;1 s t Do do 6 p c irred., 1366 100 105 103 117 2) Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 12 lOO ••• ••• 5 Lane. and York. New 44 per ceut till J uly, 1871 2 f: 1p sa st Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1353 ~ s t Do du 4 do, 1860 100 at D o do 4 1 do, 1861 100 , s t DJ do 41 do, 1864 100 " a t Do do du, 1365 100 s t Do No. 6 5 do, 1366 100 ," at Do No. 7 sdo a t Lond , Chat. , &c., 2d, 6 p.c at DO MeLl'Op. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 D o do C 6 p.c st London& N. Western, 5p c 100 LOS 110 St London &S. Western, 44 p c 100 ,2 91 10 Mau. ..•;hef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all gsi st bletropolitan 5 per cent st Ilidland, A 5 per cent prof lOO 106 103 I'B at Do B do lOO 106 103 103 IS Do 5 p Sop t. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1669 all 204 201 18 Do luconv. New Shares all 13i 194 19 18; 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1372 Bl 14 21p st North British, E. and (1 No. 1, 5 per cent ... st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P.,& Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ~, s t Do E. &CI , N 0.2, 5 p.c ... 100 ~, at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c ... 100 at Do E. & G., (Drafty) 41 p c 100 st North Eastern, 41 per 0 cent 1 1 00 0 112 114 t.o st Do Stock. & Dart., D ... at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) ......... 100 102 104 st North Staffordshire 5 p 0... 1 00 .•• ••• a t tiouth Eastern, a t pc, 18b11 100 ••• ••••• at Do sdo 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1363 100 „ st Do 5 do, 1864 ............... 10 0 st Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 100 „, ' u RAILWAYS,-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS] 100 Do. 41 per cent. Preter.. 100 st Buckinghamshire _ _ 5, 58 st Chester and Holyhead.... , BM 100 1 17 119 at lC' Birkenhead •••••-••••—•. . ° w at Do. 5 1 per cent. .... all 9t 101 1'5 at Colchester Stour Valley lOO 131 13i at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c.... 100 20 Gloster and Dean Forest... all ... ... st t t ely p d o e . sdale S , guar d a o n . teed . . ........ 10(1 1 . 1 . C. 1 •. 8 . s Gt. Ease., Newm., &e., 5 p.c 100 ... ... s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ... ... at Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 .. .. at Gt. West, W. Mid., Herd 100 96 93 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2.5 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 at Do. 41 per cent lOO ... •-• at Loudon, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO ... ... st Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 ... ... st London and Greenwich et Do. do Preference lOO ... ... at London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 85 st Lowestoft, gu a, 4 per cent lOO 8) 82 at Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, &Moak all 5 51 st Midland, Bra/Hord, Prof lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northernt East, 5 per coat all 53 56 40 Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern—Hartlepool at N. West. A perp. prof, 5p c lOO 107 109 st Do B minimumll p.c.... 100 .. at Notting. &U rout h. R. a O lOO 91 . 93 25 Preston and Wyro. all 44 46 ... lioystou, Hitch., and Shop. 100 132 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 131 134 10 Do do 8 2 gip at S. Yorhsh. and River Dun 100 96 90 at Dc 4 per cent gm"— 10 # 78 80 at Do 5 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 189 st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 2) Do do C all ... ... at Weymouth and Portland lOO ••• •.. at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 122 124 st Loudon and St. Katherine lOO 44 46 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ... Diillwall Freehold Land st ' Dock., lOO 26 AO - -Southampton • • 100 74 70 st Surrey clonuoroial THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EV 11SING, MAY 20, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. dons 10 Agra Limited, A all 101 104 10 Do B lO 24 24 50 Alpion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian • 7l 171 181 p 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all JP 201 204 I 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 41 90 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 5 4 1 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 304 1 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 11) Bank of Aew Zealand all 151 1 , 4 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China all 25 Chartered Merc. of India. London, and China all 20 City l9 100 Colonial 25 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East Loudon, lim 5 20 English and American, lim 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja- 18 19 301 31 30f 111 121 38 40 8..'1 I 1 neiro. Bin 20 English, ." cottish, and Aus tralian Chartered 28; Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 231 Do new si 100 Imperial, lim 2O 20 Imperial Ottoman lO •,5 lonian all 25 Do now 4 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, Rill 4 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 100 London and Brazilian, Rm. 45 20 Do new 71 100 London & River Plate, Rm. 40 25 Do new 10 20 Landon Chart. of Australia all 20 London and County 2O 50 Do new iss at 20 p.m,16 pd ll London Joint Stock , 1 London and South African al 00 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 150 London & Venezuela, lim... 121 100 London and Westminster. 2J 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm. 23 100 Merchant, lint 23 10 Metropolitan, lim all 100 Midland, 1im..., 2O 5 National of Australia, 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 100 National Provinc. of Ened 42 10 Da ....... . ...... i 0 National. 3O 20 New South Wales all __ -- 20 North-Western 23 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431 4H i 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 6 5 00 Provincial of Ireland. ..... 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. 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Ma r & tiept '91.. 100 1 0 8 110 - Do June & Deo ,1891 •••• 160 109 ILI - fDo t'rov. of Auckld. i 1(0 _ - / ((Tie 31 &2, 1896... - Nova licotia 6 p.e.Jan... and July. 187 5 ^ - Do lbai.. .... lOO 102 lt4 - Queenslnd. 6p. c. '824 lOO 100 1074 1074 1( 1(681 1081 i-- Do 1891 .• 1 -.., Tasmanian 6 per c. 1.895 .. 106/ 107/ .... D o . A 693 !27 ..1... ...- - Victoria 6 rer mat. 1891 lt.o tta 111 - Le o , Agrilandocy_.....o Log 19.) 110 4104 ..... •••• LIBERAL DEMONSTRATIOY IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. The failure of the petitions against the return of Lord I Milton and Mr. H. F. Beaumont, for the South-West Riding, has given great satisfaction to the Liberals of the South-West Riding. and to none more than to the earnest friends of the cause in the Hudders field district. On Tuesday night, at Longwood, the first of a series of congratulatory meetings was held ; - and the proceedings were of an enthusiastic character. Speeches were delivered by the members for the South- West. Riding, and by Mr. Leatham, M.P., and Mr. Mundella, M.P. A resolution expressing confidence in Lord Milton and Mr. Beaumont was carried. Lord Milton declared that he bad endeavoured to fulfil the promises he made on the hustings. lie believed that the Conservatives would not oppose the third reading of the Irish Church Bill ; that if they were to do so, it would force the disestablish ment of the Church in England. He did not think it advisable to hold many banquets in honour of party triumphs, because they fostered ill-feeling among friends and neighbours who bad different political opi nions. Mr. Beaumont thought they had fought well this session, and scarcely believed that the House of Lords would throw out the bill on the Irish Church*; but if they did it would be a nail in their coffins, and a very long one too. The real difficulty in regard to Irish matters would be the land question. He voted for the Permissive Bill because be thought that legislation was required, and he wished to press the Government to take up the question. Ile concluded by declaring it to be advisable to have- a further redistribution of seats. —Mr. Leatham made some olservations in which he laid great stress on the importance of the Ballot. He said that the question was becoming stronger than any Government, and must eventually triumph. A resolution was carried expressive of confidence in the present Admin istration, and Mr. Mundella, speaking of the subject, declared that the Government was honest and sincere, which could scarcely be said of any of its predecessors since the days of the Commonwealth. After considering the work before Parliament he said that close application Was required in a member of the House of Commons. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY 6.RA:isa AND STOWELL Paid. P ClOl ri dng ce. d B e50ne.11145118 SUSPECTED MURDER IN LONDON. On Wednesday Mr. Payne held an inquest at the Crown Tavern, Essex street, Si-rand, respecting the death of Mr. W. B. Young, aged 32 years. Inspector Judge said that at a quarter to eight o'clock on Saturday he saw the body of the deceased in the river opposite Temple Pier, and he took it on board a boat and brought it on shore. In his pocket was found a burial certificate and a letter signed "William Young." The certificate was for a " Robert Young, 1846." Bobert Young stated that the deceased was a con fectioner, living at Nine Elms-lane, Wandsworth-road. Witness had not seen the deceased for a fort night. On Wednesday week night he met two young women, and he was never seen alive after he had been in their company. ]further evidence was given, and it was stated the young women when asked what they had done with deceased, said that they had "given him the double" on Millpond Bridge. The inquest was adjourned for the attendance of the young women. ALLEGED MURDER BY A FATHER. At the Ottery (Devonshire) Petty Sessions, on Tuesday, William Palfrey, agricultural labourer, was charged with the wilful murder of his son Edward Palfrey. Iheprisoner and his wife are in the employ of Mr. John Wright, farmer, of Fullaton. On Thursday evening the deceased, 6 years otage, was found by Mr. Wright asleep in a bullock crib in his courtyard. His mother presently came and led him away. The same evening the prisoner took the lad home on his shoulder, and threw him along the floor, " not very hard, but he did not stoop to do it." The little fellow began to groan, and he lay groaning about a quarter of an hour. When the father threw him down, he kicked him, saying, " The child is drunk ; get up." He again said, on being remonstrated with, that he had dipped the child in the brook. During the night the lad died. Tke medical evidence shoved that there were no marks of violence externally, except a small bruise on the right arm. In the stomach of the de ceased a quantity of blood was found. There was an external laceration of the right lobe of the liver, which went completely thrcugh it, almost dividing it. Death was caused by the rupture of the liver and the consequent hemorrhage. Considerable violence must have been used. The magistrates com mitted the prisoner for trial at the ensuing Exeter Assizes on the charge of wilful murder. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES. Co Tuesday, about four o'clock, as two small pleasure Loats, belonging to Messrs. Green and Corbbett, of Greenwich, were passing down the Thames, off the Arsenal T pier, the occupants of one boat suddenly capsized herby a movement from one side to the other, and instantly there was a struggle for life. The fire young men so sub merged clinging to the other frail :lit' in the endeavour to. get into it, unfortunately caused that to overturn too. A. boat manned f► on► the Royal Arsenal proceeded to the spot, and succeeded in rescuing seven out of the ten who were in the water, but they were unable to save the rest. It is supposed that the accident was caused by the party in one of the boats moving as the swell of a passing steam tug approached them. Shortly after the melancholy event both boats were rowed to the Woolwich Pier and drugged ashore. Both of them are much damaged, seemingly as if they had been run into. Not one of the bodies had as yet been re covered. 21IEL ANCIIOLY BOAT A LOST CCIDENT.-SEVEN LIVES . On Monday afternoon, about two o'clock, the fishing smack Mystery of Campteltown, Scotland, in company with a number of other boats, set out from the harbour to proceed to the north herring fishing. She was manned by a crew of six fishermen and a bey. The wind, which was mo derate, was blowing from the cast, and tha water was quite smooth. On Tuesday morning Mr. Rtie, seaman, Pans, brought to Campbeltown . the melancholy tidings that four dead bodies were found among the rocks at Macbrabanish, 6 milts t o the west of Campbeltown, which are identified asbe lorging the above-mentioned vessel. The smack has been found lying on a rock about a mile from the shore. The bodies of the other three men who composed the crew have not yet turned up. The nets belonging to the Mystery were found lying on a rock about a mile to the south-west of Pans. It is stated that the men were somewhat intoxi cated when they left tl:e harbour, and it is therefore supposed tl.at the catastrophe originated in a quarrel. The boy's throat was found to be cut when his body was examined ; b:►t it is supposed that this was done, not by any violence, but by the cord which attached him to a buoy, by which he attempted to save himself, getting en twined about his n ck. The names of those found are John Beaton, John 3.l.William, Donald Mathieson, and MiAllister, the two latter each leave a wife and family. All belong to Campbeltown and the neighbourhood. Tho remaining three were from the North. On Wednesday the opening of the Royal Botanical Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, took place, and a visit was paid by the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield, Lieutenant-Colonel Knollys, &c. Their Royal Highnesses were received by Prince Peck and the president and fellows of the society, and wore con ducted through the grounds. A telegram from Cork says that after the races last evening a row took place amongst the people leaving the eourse. The police endeavoured to quell it, but were at tacked themselves. The mounted police coming up at the time tried to disperse the crowd, and the mob moved on. As the pence retired, stones were thrown at them. One mounted man was struck, but not seriously wounded. In the Court of Bankruptcy on Wednesday Mr. Registrar Rice took the case of the Countess D'Alteyrac. This bankrupt was described as of Park-street, Grosvenor square, of nooccupation,andiVedncsiay was appointed for tbe first meeting. The debts are stated at about £3,000, and it will be retne mbered that some time ago the bankrupt b rou ght an action against Lord Willoughby D'Eresby for maintenance. The proceedings were purely formal. A heavy thunderstorm burst over Halifax between one and two o'clock on Tuesday. The electric finial struck several places. The principal damage is at the large new cotton mill, erecting at the upper side of the Halifax Work. house. Tho mill chimney, which has been erected to the height of 41 yards, was struck on the top and shattered to the bot'om. The chimney is externally of stone, being 19 feet across at the base, and a brick flue seven feet wide. For about 20 yards and downward from the top, on one side of ;he chimney, the masonry is stripped from the brickwork. Mr. M•Laren, M.P. for Edinburgh, has given notice of the following motion : —" To call attention to the annual grant. to the Church of Scotland of £22,139 19s. 101 from the Consolidated Fund, namely, of i 17,039 19s. 10d. for augmentation of stipends to Scotch clergy ; of £2,000 to the General Assembly, Church of Scotland, for itinerant preachers ; of £l,lOO to the Pro uurstor, for salaries of officers, Church of Scotland ; and of £2,000 to the High Commissioner to the General'As ssmbly of the Church of Scotland (Finance Accounts, p. 45) ; and to inquire whether the First Lord of the Trea sury will consider the propriety of introducing a bill during • next session of g,arliament to abolish all or any of these gyants, and .to commute all personal interests connected t h e r e with in the samesmanner as the personal interests con ° ,p 6034 witikthOleginra Donuin and lelevegnialaw .1.1"1/0014e0tii""141„ - P ;LICE INTELLIGENCE.—Mis L SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This BOW-STREET. HOLIDAY ..A.MOSEMENTS.—Mary Ann Griffil, the wife of a sweep, was placed at the bar charged with will ally de stroying a pane of glass, the property of Mr. Sal dth, the landlord of the Marquis of Anglesey, Bow-street. From the evidence it appeared that the prisbner, 'Frith a number of women, entered the house and requested; rto be served with drink, but the barman, perceiving they. were intoxicated, refused to serve them, and Old /hem to leave the house. Some of the pr: JO aces friends at onca left, but the prisoner refuse 1 , and r aid she would not go until she had been served, and that if she was interfered with it would lo.) the worse fur the in ii vidual who did so. The barman and pottnau then c ame in front of the bar, and after some trouale got the prisoner out of the house, but es soon as she found herself in the street she rushed to the door, and finding it closed she drove her fist through a large pane of retamental glass. She was then taken into custody. The prisoner said the man threw her out of tine house. She hit the glass by mistake, as she meant the blow for the man who turned her out. Mr. Vaughan said it was very bad to find V7O nen act ing as the prisoner had dune. She had beau ery pro perly removed fro:n the house, an 1 unless she paid the amount of the damage she had caus.el, which he foam,' was £2, he should send her to prison. A relative of the prisoner said he would pay th% money if a week was given him. The prisoner was remanded for eight days in other that the property might be replaced, but bail was accepted for her reeppearauce. LONDON BETTING—Tms D A Y. DERBY. 9to 4 agst Pretender (offered— take 5 to 2) 3to 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken and offered) 4to 1 r.gst Belladrum (offered) 20 to 1 agst Ladas (taken) 20 to 1 agst Perry Down (offered) 33 to 1 agst. Drummer (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Ryshworth (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Duke of Beaufort (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Rupert offered ) 1000 to 15 agst Ethus (t• . tken) 1000 to 15 agst Vagabond (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Border Knight (taken) 1000 to 12 agst Lord Hawthorn (offered) 1000 to 8 agst Royal Rake (taken) 2000 to 15 ag,t Alpenstock (taken and offered) 1000 to 5 agst King Cophetua (offered) PLACE BETTING. 100 to 80 agst Ilelladrum (offered—take 6 to 4) 4to 1 agst Druottner(t.ffered—take sto I) OAKS.: 4to 1 agst Mona (taken) 9 to '2 agst Martinique (offered—take 5 to 1) 5 to 1 agst Brigantine (taken) sto 1 itst Scottish Queen (taken) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BAT; t RACES-YESTERDAY. DYRIIAM PARK HANDICAP. Osprey Needle Gan Reflection Five ran. BAD INI ON STAKES. Perfume Conrad Symmetry c Seven ran. K ELsTo N STAKES. Cast-off Ilsley Out and Outer... Fivo ran. WESTON STAK E. Gamos Lioness f Hollaudaiie... 3 T wave ran. SOME RSETSIIIRE STAKES. Romping Girl 1 Judge ELT EIS, STAKES. Laird Robespierre Minstar 1 Five ran. LATEST BET PING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Pretender (offered —take sto 2) 600 to '2OO agst Pero Gomez (taken) 4to 1 agbt Belladrum (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ladas (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Drummer (offered—take 33 to to 1) 1000 to 15 agst Etbus (offered) SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES.—Ligurian VMS scratched at 1.15 p.m. this day. MANCHESTER RACES—YESTERDAY. WES MO RLA AND HANDICAP. White Slave 1 Man of Ross Lares PENDLETON STAKES. Flying Jib Parma Star and Garter PHILIPS' HANDICAP. 1 Morning Star Emily Palmatine Nino ran. DE TRAFFORD CUP. Jerry Hawthorn Lady Henriette. Ed.uburgh 3 Eight ran. COPELAND STAKES. Royal Lad Cruiskeen 2 indrush... Six ran. CLUMBER STAKES. Master Torn L►cydes filly Lures MAID EN PLATE Lpemantlius Portugal Masquer Four ran. Race Glasses, by Voigtland, are now no longer the ex clusive luxury of the rich. Since the great demand for photographic leases has diminished, an opportunity has beet) afforded for applying mechanical power with the greatest success, whereby the cost of there beautiful and most perfect instruments is reduced in price in some instances to as much as 20 per cent. In fact they are now no dearer than those of the nest French or English makers. At the depot Aallaghan, .23A, New Bond-street, corner of Conduit-street, the pations of the Derby may indulge their tas►e in the possession of a veritable Voigtlander at comparatively trifling cost. It is superfluous to say the quality is as ever matchless. RACING FIXTURES. JuNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Newark 3 Ascot —B, 9, 10;11 I Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Uun - agh ''2, 23, 2-1 Newcastle 22, 23, 21 Odiham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Liverpool Summer 29, 30 Sutton Park ......a, 30 ,Y Jt , l Worcester l, 2 s Southampton 13,13 Newmarket July 6, &c. 1 Reading 15, 16 Carlisle 6 , 7 I Huntingdon 2O, 21 Poutefract 9, 10 j Stamford ... " 4 23 Hundou .... 12, 13 I Goc,dwood 27, 28, 2, 30 Nuttiugham 1.3, 1.1 I AUGUST. Brighton 3, 4 Oxford Brighton Club 5 1 Yurk 24, 25, 26 Lewes 6, 7 l'l., mouth Z6, 27 lignani lO, 11 1 Scarborough _3o, 31 Wolverhan pton lO, 11 I Derby Summer .. 31, Sep 1 Windsor 12, 13 Weymouth '3l, Sep. 1 St. Albans l7, 18 , Canterbury ..... ....31, Sep. 1 Stockton ' lB, 19, 20 I SEPTEMBER. Warwick... 7, 8 I Hampton 2l, 2 Currugh (Royal) 7,8, 9 1 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Abingdon —.l, 10 I Hendon 23, 24 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 1 Monmouth—. , 23, 24 Richmond 21, 22 I Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, &c. 'l., 22 1 Lanark... 2O 30 THAMES. FRAUD, DISSIPATION, AND CupiE.—William Green Crewe, a clerk, aged 36 years, who was formerly in a good position, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with obtaining two sacks of split peas by means of a forged order. John Moginnie, foreman to Mr. Benjunin Boucher, corn factor, Love-lane, Shadwell, said that on Monday after noon, at 5 o'clock, the prisoner brought a well-written order to him. It was in tha following words : —"Messrs. Boucher and Co.—Please to deliver to the bearer two sacks of best split pease. —Yours, R. 11. Wutrrs.—May 17, 1869." The; e was a__ customer of the firm named Whipps, and believing that Mr. Whipps wrote the note he delivered two sacks of pease to the pri son,r, and they were taken away le a truck. NV. J. Phipps, oil an 1 'culourman, 134, Cable-street, Whitechapel, said he never wrote the note, and did not know the pr;soner. The note was not in his hand- writing. Alfred Sturgeon, 90 K, said that ho took ths prisoner into custody, and he ascertained that he sold the peas to a man in Poplar below the price they were invoiced at. Another officer said the prisoner was formerly in good circumstances, and by a lung course of dissip•ition had re duced himself to penury, and lastly forced into crime. Mr. Paget committed the pri-oner fur trial, and said there was no occasion for the evidence cf the person who bought the peas at a reduced price. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BURGLARIES AT TIIE WEST . END. —Frederick Wytre, tailor, and William Idedcalle, a furrier, Loth well known thieves, were brought before Mr. D'Eyucourt by Sergeant Christopher Gould, 14 0, charged with breaking and en tering the dwelling-house, No. 19, Lisle-street., Leicester square, and stealing a quantity of property belonging to Mr. Wells, and MeJcalfe was further charged with being concerned, with a man named Robert Rout ledge, now under remand, iu committing a burglary, at the house of Mr. Titnewell, tailor, of No. 18, Sackville street, and stealing a quantity of property. Evidence of the burglary ut Mr. Timewoll's having been repeated, Thomas Wilson, a•cabruan, was called, and . he proved that Medealfe was along with Routledge in his cab, and that they had a portmanteau with them, and that when he set them down at No. 18, Old Compton-street, they "hooked" it up stairs. Mr. D'E:, mond asked the witness what Le meant by hooked" it ? The witness said that they ran upstairs. (Laughter.) Mr. D'Eyncourt asked whether they paid him his fare ? The witness said they did, 6d. in silver and three six penuywo►th of Lalfp.tnce, and ha looked at the money, thinking it a small fare. (Laughter.) Mrs. Isabella Wells, of Lisle-street, identifi)d Wytre as having entered her bedroom with a candle alight. She saw him take up her husband's coat, and she followed him with a life-preserver, but he got away, and she afterwards missed a quantity of property. Upton, 119 B, said he found two knives and a fork, produced, in the room occupied by Medealfe, and the knives and forks had baen identified by Mrs. Wells. Sergeant Gould, 14 C, proved apprehending the pri soner in bed in a house in Old rye-street, and finding two skeleton keys, one of which would open the door in Li.,le-street, and ou the mantelpiece of the room .he found some more skeleton keys. Wytre said, " You have buckled me right this time, but do'ut lap too much into me." On the other prisoner turglars' touls were found. '111,, , prisoners were remind.d. THE PORT QF LONDON. It is a serange fact that as yet no sanitary super vision is exercise I with respect to the large floating population livii , g on the Thames between London b. idge and Woolwich. When the last epidemic of cholera occurred every district in London, being provided with a medical officer of health, at once enlarged its sanitary machinery, and was able to provide efficient means for preventing and coping with the disease. But, as no such officer existed to pro vide for the health of the floating population, the work of inspection was voluntarily undertaken by the Dreadnought authorities, and much disease was prevented. The provisions of the Merchant Ship ping Act of 1867, which provide for the better accommodation of seamen on board ship, and for the maintenance of health at sea, do not appear to have effected much improvement in the condition of coasting vessels trading between London and other ports, and a series of reports which have lately ap peared in the British illedicul Journal gives some very unsatisfactory details in connection with this s ubject. It is shown that dirt and dislomfort of every kind still prevail in the forecastles of most cf the smaller vessels ; that there is frequently no ventilation at all except by means of the hatch ways ; that sailors are often left for several days in bunks ill with infectious disirders, thus endanger ing the health of the crews of vess.2ls lying in the same tier, as well as that of the shore population. It is, indeed, traditionally supposed that for sani tary purposes the river is parcelled out into longi tudinal bits of districts, corresponding to those districts through which it flows ; so that presum ably, no less than eleven medical officers of health are concerned in the supervision of the floating population between London-bridge and Wool wich. But there is no inspection except in the city district, which extends only from the Temple to the Tower, and that on the north side only, and over which a sanitary inspector has been appointed the city medical officer of health. In the present state of the law this inspection of the city dis trict is almost useless, for any shipmaster who receives orders from the inspector may move into another part of the river and evade them altogether. The Board of Conservancy, to whom the entire management of the river is now entrusted ; have no officer of health, and the report above quoted contends that its members should be empowered by the Board of Trade to appoint an inspector, who would communicate to them any breaches of the law as to cubical space for the crews of ships, see that sick sailors were sent at once to hospitals, that the forecastles and cabins were cleaned and ventilated, and that hygienic measures, as in the case of houses in the metropolitan dis tricts, were carried out on board all vessels moored in the port. Such a .plan would " afford to the Board of Trade a surety that certain clauses of the Duke of Richmond's Act were fully and faithfully carried out; to the shipowner an assurance that his crews were kept in good working order ; to the shipmaster a valuable aid to discipline when his vessel is in port ; and to the sailor a material gua rantee that the legislative enactments created for his benefit were applied with constancy and preci- sion." OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 Cheltenham IP. 2f Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 1 Curragh l9, 2G, 11 Leicester . . Bromley T 8 . Hereford - 2 l, 2l, 22 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. I Monmouth 23, 24 Chelmsford l9 20 Newmarket 11'ton ...A &u. Kelso l9 20 NOVL3iBER. Harrow 2, 3 I EgHilton Hunt (3, 7 Worcester 3, 4 Liverpool ft, 10, 11 St. Albans 5 , 6 1 Shrewsbury ... . l5, 16 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. JULY. Kingsbury 9 OCTOBEIt. Bromley 7 1 West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury ln, Harrow '2, 3 I Leamington Runt ....23 tic Lverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 I COURSING FIXTURES. AUGUST. St. Albans 17 OCTOBER. Ancaster and Wllloughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6. Orrnosby 19, (to , 27. Huntingdon Club.. 26 CHINA AND AUSTRALIAN DIMES• (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) HONG KONG, April 28. A placard has been circulated in China de nouncing foreign missionaries, and styling them barbarian wolves. It is rumoured that a high Chinese official at Pekin has slapped the French Ambassador on the face, and that his Excellency has, in consequence, hauled down his flag. It is believed that the l'ekin Government is in great fear of further encroachments byißussia. MELBOURNE, April 25. The Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into the charges of bribery and corruption against mem bers of the Legislative Assembly has resulted in the expulsion of one member, and further expulsions are expected. The shipments of gold since the departure of the last mail are 72,875 oz. to England, and 40,125 oz. to Galle. The. City of Vienna takes 4,250 az., the Anglesey 11,000 oz., and the White Rose 3,375. Arrivale-44ye&tigator, Geciopg, 444 4qt. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation at gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f. 2710. per £1 sterling on comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 xis. WO. per ounce for standard (told, it appe.vs that gold at the above price is of high' r value in London than in Pars. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 63 days' sight was on the 17th inst. about 10P; per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United States. STRUCK DEAD BY LIGHTNING. -.A. letter Lectoure, in the Gers, relates that a farmer and his wifo were last week struck dead by lightning on the road to Tarraube. No trace of burning appears on the body of the man, but that of the woman was scorched in the upper part. The horse of the vehicle in which t a he couple were riding had been killed on the spot; but young gill pf fourteen, their daughter, escaped without injury. rom [ere ch s he nail° a (the shor e stance t the eSting Eying' ill b e D too the rhieli a bg zuel 0 1 ° et is F pR „ Ta te a to bioo .a A t Cte J 13 00 li ck' tile 3 ae lag° .tter If O f 503 e ,al 3 l .eO3 rich 11 0 9 ted , ,ellt a re, Xit? has Dr. her ior• i,