The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-31 00:00:00

~lt, t AL, May 28• cr Royal High' the morning• ter in the after- )ui.ae. Wales attenJel in the ChaPel IGENCS I .) ►rs, May 3 0 . City of r a rii well. WN, May 31. r Aleppo, from n. to day, wi th )itches and 11 verpool at 6.4° om New Yor k ' th 113 passers' and proceede3 'ON, May 31. iip Union, from Ig. She brivg g and $2,300 is Iremen. y 31, 11 3rookly n, f r° sl illla Bros•beaa )VVll. tASSADOIL xm, May 31. ag Mr. Mod e l resses from the of Commerce' y leading met al welcome on erican Consul' Lmerica Cha 111- moican y to read th e congratulates earnest desire relations, an d hamber to th e )e made usef ul ' hearty thank s lie assured the west hope and of the Unit' endly relations tdvaneenlent f the mainto l " but especia ll i whose co lm° ad of c ommer ce, , irly incumb ent tubers that lis evoted to the weer the two e, and honou r ' to neeessarY f c ' r nd nber on behalf >nail) , for their duced the Pre- Thrffilleree , ` 3' e, and comPli literary attar tuber then VA u ado to the de e p f e prosperi l / tp ;enauc e of ) Governme ill ' s. I that wisd °l:l3 ' nate both sid e* d to the helle llf , a dd res s allud ed of Euo° l ; s e that Mr. about reciproesi !y thanked thec welcome, atill i e ) ev i n ced. I ' l ce in supPe s i ll g e a good Und er i are bound by ory. The beat shou ld* rnments The Anierieoll low and all° 3l o he maintew ille a )unded uP° l3 late regard f° r ,her. Ile P r°, nsion of c °lll, 'unctions, fis e3 i the hands ° cs for the c °r ' d, after a f el/ Ld left for Loll MS, flay 2 9 ' —The Wail° 8 ......29709 .. 51 ..... ontli... oan Is ...... '6O rees bt...... Cash 920 108 5 941 - 620 580 50 1 '' 7681 495 66 ,„, just i 6 ou s r of shiP wre # , . gar 1868, t el ';', 3 dye pere elit : a ge Lrs the ave ; o cl anchors ips t 748, as a g 3l d e ;7 the aver3„,'„ • uv , while In 1b v ing of 877 ' . 4 . 01a°' AND w ill an election too sate (either r-to ild to the OrPu ,_figs. —* to is , never an ,unif til c olour de aft il gloss 3 ' n f a rors ) -)g the hair l ' usurian t g r° It removesßoa 0, a il , s and I n large perfunl° MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CUT, Two o'CLocK. Consols are dull to-day, at 93k k fur money; ditto, for Acc)unt, 93 4 a ; Three per Cent. RL duced, 92k; New 11;ree per Cents, 921; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, par ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, par ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., India Stock, 10i per Cent., April, 1874, 212} ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1141; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001; ditto Eufaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 92 ; ditto 5 per Cent., 105 ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, As was to be expected from the continued un settled weather, both English and foreign wheat is to-day is to 2s dear, r than this day week. Foreign stock are considerably firmer, prices in most instances showing an improvement. Danu bian is higher, at 76 to 77, and the Eight per Cent. is quoted at 89 to 90. Egyptian 1864, and do. Railway Debentures, are also better ; the for mer being marked at 86 to 87, and the latter at 99 to 100. In American Securities, Unitei States Five- Twenties are i f better, at 79i to 798. Erie Shares are also higher, at 182 to 19. Illinois are with out change, at 95 to 96. Beyond a slight improvement in Caledonian, the changes in railways are rather adverse as compared With the unofficial close on Saturday. No change whatever has occurred in the prices of Bank Shares. Agra are 101 101 ; Alliance, 13 14 ; Anglo-Austrian, 18 19 prem. ; Chartered Mercan tile, 31 32 ; Consoldated, 4i 48 ; Imperial Bank, 15i 164 ; Imperial Ottoman, 21 21 prem. ; Lon don and County, 50 to 51 ; London and Westmin ster, 62f to 63f ; Oriental, 41 to 42 ; London Joint Stock, 31 to 32 ; and Union of London, 34f to 35f. Lombardo-Venetian Railway Shares are unal tered, at 19 to 191, and Great Luxemburg are 94 to 10. Credit Shares are quiet. The prices arc :—Na tional Discount 11.1 to k International Finance, 2 to 1k dis. ; and General Gredit, 2 to 14 dis. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are quoted 21i to 211, and Hudsons Bay, 121 to 121. The sum of £55,000 in gold was taken to the Bank on Saturday, including 25,000 sovereigns from Egypt. The Douro, at Lisbon, from Brazil, brings £ 4 ,500. • It is to be hoped, from the currency discussion of Thursday evening, that the Government intend in future to act upon the principle laid down by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that it is no part of their business to provide, either during panics or at any other time, for means of " accommodating the Mercantile community," or to assist the Bank in acqting up " storm signals." Mr. Lowe stated that Government do not interfere with the conduct of "3' business other than banking, and be rightly Points out that there is no ground for an exception b lug made in that case, although perhaps the anticipation that might thus be raised as to the prospects of a wiser course for the future may be damped by their p , :r.,istence in constituting them selves bankers for the bumbler classes, and their recent attempt to extend their operations in this line up to the level of persons baying £3OO of float ing cash on hand. But, as a new panic may cer tainly be expected in 1876, it is important, before the memory of the last one has died out, that the nation should come to an understanding as to whether they will sanction the views thus laid down, Or whether we are to go on upon the plan that whenever the consequences of wild speculation fall Upon us the commerci 1 community, instead of re lying upon the exercise of their own intelligence for the best method of dealing with it, are to depend upon aid from Downing street. The tone of affairs in the Produce Markets is not very satisfactory. The late tendency to animation has quite disappeared, and there is now a gradual process of reaction. Large losses are being made oa a variety of imported articles, and the saes effected continue to show increased depreciation. The late failures in the tallow and oil trades indi cate the consequences of the late movements in Pico. At the sanae time the fall in grain, with the depression in bops, likewise mark the unsatisfactory state of things in those departments. If the rates of money should however only continue moderate we may yet experience a recovery. A- general meeting of shareholders in the Suez Canal Company is called for the 2d of August at Paris. The liquidators of the West London Wharves and Warehouses Company (Limited) have an bounced a second dividend at the rate of ss. in the po;ictitz the amount of the claims which have been a The City Offices Company (Limited) have given notice that the debentures which are not to be ex °hanged for bonds of the new issue of £200,000 will be paid off, with the coupon duo the Ist of July. The Manch ster Courier states that at a meet -I°g of the creditors of Messrs. Carter and Garth- Waite, Manchester warehousemen, of London, held at the Clarence Hotel, in Manchester, on Saturday 41 ternoon, a composition of 83. in the pound was ac cepted, payable in one sum. The liabilities do /I° t exceed £B,OOO. I t is understood that Mr. Baxter has returned ° his official duties at the Admiralty from an in spection of the dockyards at Pembroke and Devon- Port, and that an entirely new system in the manner °1 obtaining and selling stores is expected shortly t 0 be inaugurated. T he following, with regard to the Anglo-Austrian n ° tide, is from the Council of Foreign Bondholders: " L ord Clarendon has informed the Council of For eign Bondholders that the Austrian Government have declared their inability to depart, in favour of , t)re iga bondholders, from the law imposing the corn -1;114017 conversion of the Austrian debt, and that is imperative on them to utilize every source of ev enue to bring the country through its pecuniary emb arrassment, and they argue that if the foreign bondholders were desirous of disposing of their A ustrian pap er th e y h a ve had more than one oppor tunity of doing so to great advantage. The Coun cil of Foreign Bondholders has therefore called a meeting of Anglo-Austrian bondholders, to be held 4 t the London Tavern on Thursday next at 12 O'clock precisely, for the purpose of appointing a e° hunittee of Anglo-Austrian bondholders, to be c harged with authority to take the necessary mea sures for the protection of the bondholders' inte rest.,, BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. (i OVERNMENT FUNDS. a Per Cent. Consols D itto for A c count, i Per Cont. Reduced 92/ Nsw 3 per Cent c . r .,lN' 21 per Cent. Jau. 1894 A ."°. 5 per Con J an. 1873 —Littnities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188t' — D o. D for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — ° (Red Sea Teleijaphl, Aug., 1908— --- " (l 'eqn.:x Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Ct. Do ti t ,, b . £lOO, £2OO, & £5OO - L: of England Stock, 4} per Cent C 4 ,42. • opening j ada 4 pe r Cent. Bonds — Nor- Colonial °lnuit= j rvi .lNDLoi GOVERNMENT SECURITIES .6 1rt rock, 101 per Cent., April 1374 2121 Do ' 5 Per Cent. July, 1880 r , c) . % pet- Cent., Oct. 1868 "0. Certificates — /30. Enfatecl Pape,. 4 per Cent.. ..-. ..... 1) 0 - no • 0 per Cart., Jan. 1872 .... rs. lO5 0 : 9 per Cent. May 187 q — " " Per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — 'Do do 1877 — 1.1 Do. do. 188' , ~-, 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 'o. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO "o• und , n . ..£1.000 FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. 4r e t 11:4511epublic, 6 per Cent ... -4, Arian Bonds 5 par cent tr ilia Do. 1859 per Cent Do. q per C en t. 1852 — i , ° • do. 1853 — 1) 0. —°• do. 180!) — . 1 40. e" ( 1 c., , 1803 — ' 1 , , A Per Cent., 1865 per Cent., , Bl i) o a Ayres 6 per Cow (4yta,.! 2 l'''t C , nt. (Def; , m(l 3 per Cent — C , I . 411 6" er Cent —°• 411 Per C0nt...., Russian 5 t ier Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent 1850 Sar linian 5 per Cent 76 Spanish 3 per Con Do. A crffunt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Dcferreu Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Cow. Cert. of Coul.. not fuudod .., Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan t. - 1 : Do Government, 1864 IlDo do, 1868 rurkish 6 per Cent.: Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account .. . 671 Do .£IOC Bonds 6'J Do 5 per meat. 1865 — Du Account Do 6 Der Cent., 186 n 6iii i Do 4 per Cent., Guarante6.l .. ...... i 4) Laud Warrpntb , (nuct:ire,i.) ...'enezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Acc. ant Du 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cunt. 1864 • Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian P per Cent. Ex 10 Florins - Belgian, 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2k per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil,. — ' Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Do. Account — 't'rench Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, E. Lsf. Do Account 561 i CLOSING PRICES. Oonsuls, Money 9.5} i Do. Account, June 1 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-7his Day. s --- MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CllARGE.—Salvador Russo, an Italian bootmalcer, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with at tempting to set fire to the dwelling-house of Mr. George Cronange, professor of languages, No. 38-, Gerrard street, Soho. Mr. Cronange said that on Wednesday last he put the broker into the prisoner's room, the prisoner owing him five months' rent ; hut afterwards, on the prisoner promis ing to go away be withdreiV the broker, and told him that ho would not touch his things, and would give him 2s. Sub.iequently the prisoner asked him to let him stay a little longer, and Le allowed him to do so, and for a day or two the prisoner kept up a constant annoyance by throwing his lasts about the room. Mr. Cronange said the prisoner threatened to cut his throat, and then set to hammering the door with a last. On Saturday night he (Mr. Cronat;g , - , ) went out for a short time, and on returning home found the street in an uproar, persons saying the house was on fire. He got a constable and went to the prisoner's room, and got the door partly open, and then rs2ceived a volley of lasts and Lottles, and on getting into the room found a heap of paper burning in the middle of the floor, and a number of matches lying about the room. At the station the prisoner again threat ened to have his life, and said that why he made the fire was because he was cold:. The prisoner, who beksved in a very exc:ted manner, said he Lad a charge tOinake against the complainant. Mr. Tyrwhitt told him that he would first Lave to answer the charge preferred against himself. Some other evideecu lrtving beTn given, the prisoner, whose mind is e: idently affected, was remanded. WESTMINSI ER. John Cutler, a man of most repulsive appearauee, was charged with the following outrageous conduct : William Cuombes, porter at Chelsea Workhouse, said that defendant. was admitted into the tramp ward on Sa turday night and maintained until this morning. At half past 7 witness found him in bed, and told him he must g •t up. Defendant refused, and sail ha was ill. Witness to:d him that he must get up and go to the next ward, where he would s,:e the dodo-, and in eider to induce him to get up pulled the rug off the be 1. Del n il-int immediately said ho woul I go befo:o a m igistrate, and jumping oat of bed rushel through a passage where he seized a shovel, and hiving raced round and knocked complainant down with it, he then 'struck hi a iu the face, discoloured his eye, and made his month and nose bleed. Mr. Selfe committed defendant for two m3nths' to the House of Correction. TLIAME3. TILE VICISSITUDES OF A WIFE.—Mr. Turner, solicitor, of Leadenhall-street, came before before Mr. Paget with a married woman, named Susannah Clarke, who wanted a protection order to preserve her goods, chattels, and money from her husband, who had abandoned her. She was the daughter of Mr. John James Harris, watchmaker and rate collector, of Upper East Smithfield. He was a somewhat eccentric individual, or as Mrs. Turner described him, the extraordinary Mr. Harris. On a former day Mrs. Clarke gave a somewhat confused and rambling account of the property left by her father, and that she had b,ciiu3 seamstress, afterwardsliving in a goed with c nnforts about her, was dreadfully ill-use.l by her hus'J:ind when he could not get possession of her property, uhtudoned by ;aim and driven with her children into the Mile-end Work house. The guardians. compelled him to take her out of the workhouse, and the estate was about to be wound up. Mr. Paget said it appeared the woman got her living and maintained her family by her own exertions, and as she was likely to conic into possession of property after the 29th of September next he would grant her an crder of protection to commence at once. Q UEE.J.V6 THEATRE. - Oa Saturday a drama from the pen of Mr. Bur nand, in four acts and eight tableaux, founded on Mrs. Edwards's novel, "'The Morals of Mayfair," entitled " The Turn of the Tide," was produced at this theatre, and, we should have been pleased to have added, with great Success ; but the extreme length of the play, and the dulluess of the writing, induced the audience to received the piece with but very questionable approval. It must not be inferred there was not an abundance of applause ; quite the contrary, the friends of the parties inte rested in the success of the piece kept their hands in almost continual motion, and shouted loudly enough at the end of the acts for the - " author," but notwithstanding tlnse exer tions of the clacquers the piece cannot be said to be a success. We regret the circumstance, because the management had spared neither expense nor trouble in mounting the play, and, if we must speak the plain truth, the scenery was about the best thing in the;piece. The ladies' dresses were par titularly dashing and numerous, but, making every allowance for the absurdity of fashion, they were rather in advance of May Fair, and it is rather questionable whether they will serve the purpose of the advertising West-end milliner who produced them. The plot of the play turns upon the unfortunate marriage of Phillip Earns cliffe, the adopted son of an Indian millionaire, with the daughter of a ruined nobleman. 'I he marriage is in the first instance brought about by the mother of the girl, who does not mind sacrificing the happiness of her child, provided she, the mother, does not suffer the inconvenience of running short • of cash. After the ceremony Phillip Earnscliffe and his wife reside with Lord and Lady Temple more, and thus the aristocratic lady gets com mand of the " ways and means." Of course the union results in wretchedness to both, a separation takes place, Phillip goes to Brittany, where he meets with Margaret Ashton, and they become lovers. Phillip tells Margaret, when it is too late, the exact position of his affairs ; a parting takes place, and after a lapse of time Margaret accepts the offer of an elderly gentleman who has been her guardian after the death of her father. The acceptance of the offer brings on au illness, and Margaret's marriage is thus delayed. Phillip has gone to Switzerland, and whilst there he witnesses an accident to an English traveller. The carriage falls over a precipice, and the unfortunate inmate who is killed is Phillip's wife. This circumstance sets Phillip free, the guardian of Margaret forgoes his claim on her hand, and after unheard-of difficulties and suffering Phillip and Margaret are married. Th e artistes engaged in the performance of the play did all that was possible for their respective parts, but none had a character to represent th tt made the slightest call on their talents. Mr. Vezin was Phil lip and Miss 11. unison Margaret. Two bet ter actors there does not exist on the stage, but the words put into their mouths were twaddle from beginning to end. Mr. Clayton, another good actor, had a sli g ht part, a friend of Phillips', and Mr. llycerplla?ieldnkthAelagtigerdwisananolf Margaret. \lr. and t Mrs. Miss Larkin helped to strengthen the caste, but the rese.lt arrived at was a very questionable success. The scenery was exceedingly beautiful. We sin cerely hope that the tide of non success will soon turn at the Queen's, and that we shall in a short time have plays worthy the acknowledged talents of the excellent company which the management has now banded together. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENiNG, MAY 31, 1869. MISO. DOUEIS. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - aiiing - iftisinesa Share NA3m. Paid.. Price. done to Agra Limited, A all 10 101 '5 Do B lO 21 3 21 50 Albion • - - l5 • is d 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Auglo-Egyptian, lira all 20 21 20; 1 20 Anglo-liungarian 20 Auglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 4 1 40 Australasian 20 . Bank of British Columbia all 10 12 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 5 4 '25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia.., all 29 51 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 .33 10 Bank of Aew Zealand all 161 101 1 1 50 British North American 20 Cuarreted of India, Austra lia, ud China. all 13 19 25 Chattered Mere. of India, - London, and China all 31 32 20 City 1 , 111 121 100 Colonial 25 37 3ii 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, limo 50 East London, lint 5 21 11 20 English and American, limo 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro, lion 20 English, :- cuttish, and Aus.. tralian Chartered 28; Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation . all 36 38 281 Do new 5l 21 21 100 Imperial, lim 2O 151 161 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 zg .5 lonian. all 17 20 25 Do new 5 7 4 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lien 4 31 ; , 1 100 Do 5 p.c.Debs.lB6l, 50 all 76 -76 10 30 London Bank! of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 7 6 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 :10 27 20 Do new 71 51 41 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 9 11. 25 Do new 10 '2l 2 1P 20 London Chart. of Australia all 211 25 20 London and County 2O 60 61 501 1 50 Do new. issat 20 p.in,l6 pd II. .. -..— London Joi n t S toc k 1 X 3ll 3 :4 London and South African al 81 91 00 London 32 S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11 130 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ... ... 100 Loudon and Westminster 2O 621 611 631 100 Do Scrip, iss at 1U pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 51 4) 10 Metropolitan, lint all 7t 71 100 Midland, 1ien..... . 2O 11 1 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, limn l5 . ld 1p 100 National I'rdvinc. of .ffnir d 42 ... ... 10 Do • 42 ... ... 4;1 0 National. 3O ... .. 20 New South Wa1e5............ all 41 13 20 North- Western 25 Oriental Bauk Corporation all 4 t 42 50 I'rovinc. Bank. Corpu., hut lO 6 5 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90 8 1 10 Do ncw. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, liai 25 14 1 i 100 Do issued at 6 pin lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 43 100 Union of Ireland, llin .. 50 Union of Liadou TELEGRAPH COMPANI KS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 22,1 22 211 i 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 121 13 st Atlantic Telegraph lO ,2 t 23 st Do. S per cent.._ lOO • 61 63 (61 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel q Um lOO , 153 161 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 '204 24 ) lip 10 Do. New 8 9 25 Indo-European Tel, Um lO ..„ lira ... 5 Lond. Provincial TeL lira all 21 3 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all p r 12 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., Urn. all 31 3,1 20 Reuter's Telegram . . all 1.9 Gi GO '..0 Societe Transaalant., lira all ii is 171 et Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 20 Tel Con. Sc Maiu.,lUrt. all 1717 11 17i SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lira. all 5, i 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 3 • 3 oP NEOUS. ------:--___ Mint ,i 10 Anglo-Mexican a. tai 164 25 Australian Agriealtural 25 Australian Mort. Land ant Fina Ace, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 9 7 51 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 11 11 13) 10 Do. New 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, Hui. 5 Bombay Ole, li.n. 5 Do. New 4 li 2,1 5) British Ain ricauLaud 4l 13 13 20 Britist in-lian Tea, lien all 2i 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l . 2J Canada Company all 66 7.; 10 Canadian Low' au 1 Invest ment, lint 2l 2 1 0 20 Ceylon Company, lint lO 4 33d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim i ..._. 23 City of London Real Pro-• perty, lint 30 City of Milan Improv. lint 25 2E 2 :5 1 2 6: 25 City of Moscow Cuts, him all 50 City Odices, lim 50 Colonial, lint. Do. a 3 ll Itl 201 " 50 Commercia. Union (Assur) 5 1 1 1 . ) 51 I 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union WA, 25 Copper Miners of England, 74 per cent. - at, 5 7 100 Corporation__ of London li n ands, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1:131 1011 100 Do. 1879, 4; per cent. all lull I°sl luo Do. 1882, 44 per cent. all 'lO3l 1011 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 21 3 2 11-16 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritiuslim lO al 21 1 st Crystal Palace lOO 20 2t 21 et Do. Preference lOO 95 10 ) st Do. 6p. c Peipotual Deb lO9 108 112 20 Darjeeling, Rm. 1 0 0 East East E ast o r Assam, dianL u h . 6l and Finance, 20 East India Erriga. & Canal all Credit 32 Eb c n o wl . ll n e . Steel, Iron, and Coal, 271 111 iola too Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. ling. by Egypt. GO 20 Egyptian Coin. & T ru,(l. 3 Eng.& Austral. yuppqr, lira 21 i 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 - 44 3 , , 109 Eng. and Scut. arine, B ...d 10 Fairbairu Engineering 5 2 Id 20 Fuse-streetWarchouse,litn l2 1 140 100 Fur. & Col. Coy. Trust and Loan Scrip, iss nod at .t;ds all 87 88 50 Gcllivara, 10 General Credit & Dis., lieu 74 14 ti 5/ 15 General Stearn Navigltion 14 28 34 go Home & Col Marino In. lint 5 2 - I' l to Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Ba y all 14 121 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, 1int........ 20 Interna.Fivanci a l Soc. 20 Interim. Land Credit, lint 6 6 4d 50 Italian Laud. 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 34 100 Do. 6p. c. lids., redeem 1870, issued to 50 Land Securities, ....., 5 21 11d 25 London African Trading_ 10 7 5 ,01 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, line. 6 ..• ••• 4 10 London County. Land and Building, li nt 4 ••• •••d 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 22 21 81 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Coli m. all 2 24 go Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship,lim 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 LI pr at Madras Irriga. &Canl.Gua.. gp.c. by Indi a G ov. lOO 105 107 1 06 1 6 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1im...... 50 Merchant Shipping, ... all 33 38 go Millwall Iron Works, lid 121 lO Natal Land and Colonisa.- ••• tion 25 National Discou n t Co., lint 5 114 111 25 National Prov. Marine, Rm. 4 4 3 d 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal& Iron, lien. 6 35 3d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim. 3 14 l ld 5 Aew Quebrada, lint 4.4.0 41 4 25 New Zealand Lo an & 11er. . cantile Agency,lim 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 5 1 1 1 1 10 Northern A.ssam Tea, lim. 5 7 5 10 Do. B ............. all 9 8 st North Brit. Austral., lint... 100 48 51 50 . North Brit. & Mercan. In 64 9 1 91 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 12 1 50 Oriental Financial, lira ll . 5 Oriental Gas, lim. 8 5 Do. New 10 Otago and Southland. In vestment, lint id IP 5 Ottoman Gas, Hui 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint 1 5 Do do. et Peel R. Land & Minerl, lint 100 31 31 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 48 50 491 50 Do. Now 18 67 40 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Int,lira all 17 18 20 Do. Gas,qini 100 Royal Mail Steam st Scottish Aust. Invest., am 100 83 8 1 et Do. 6 p. C. Guar. pref. 100 ••• ••• lint 10 7 6d eO. 8 2 4 34 20 20 S S o ° c e i l e e te te G F e in n..d d e 'E lEm P p te i r ' 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint 6 25 South Australian Land 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lira . . ....... 2 2; 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim . 10 Do do. d o. all . fp 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 k g p 50 Union Marine L'pool, 5 41 5 p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 21 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 isi 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lira. 5 11 2 p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 1/ 2 281 6 7 per 0300 ViceroyV a n Dem o a f r ' Egypt d , 7 cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 70 80 794 50 Warrant Finance, lim. 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO ,;OLUeo IAL GO VB 11114:L4T - Britiib Columbia, 6 per 100 - 00. 1805.. l9O - Can.Gov.6p.o.Jan. ,, t July 1877-81 Do. 6p. o Yeb. & Aug— 1 ,41 102 It 4 - Do. sp. o. Mar. Zt Sept lOO IC2 1( - Do. 6p. c. Jan. •tz July lOO 68 ;0 89 - Do. sp. c. InBoribed 8k lco 9 , 92 - Cape U.liope, 6 p. 0.1873 lOO 102 104 - &Out 1800-1900- 100 111 113 - Do. do 16 30 - 00 .• 100 107 too - Do. Jan.SzJuly, Ispi 100 108 lie - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 190 0 lOO 93 0 - Ce; lon, Nov 1878,0 P.c.-AO° lots lit - Do. 1672, do lOO 105 10T -Dlaurltius, 6 p. 0, 18 75 ,- Jan. and July - Do. 1878 ....... 1)0 106 o s - Do. 1882, May and NO. 00 105 108 - Uo. 1825, leeb. ct Aug •••• 10 leo 108 - Melbournn Corporate., - 1607-70, 6 per cent •.•• 1( 0 100 100 - N.8.G0v.6 p.0,1,1.2,7./114.. 100 103 101 - Natal 6 p et, Apt& Oct 0) - Do 6pc.51 ,y w Nec 1 0 1( 6 103 - N. S. W. 5 ye., '7l to '7l- 100 110 1 1 - Do. 5 p.c. 18) Sto lr:00. 1)) t 8 90, 100 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'6; to '75 - N Zealand, 6p. ot. 18J1 ICO -- - Do. 5 per cent.... Do Jan, A p I,J Lily, 0 t 11 , 0 93 P 4 911 - Do lip c. Mar Lt 'Ol ICO 108 LlO - Ju• e S Dee , 1-91 • ito 100 1 - -J Do Prov. i Anc ,- .ld i 1 0 - rie 2, 1:06 .• - Nova Sc.tia p.c.Jan an , ; July, 1675 - Do 1,i6 lto 11'2 1) 4 rceualn;i. ft p. C. 's'.= -5 -• IVO 1O; 11 8 1 • DO ISt) •••• • • 1 00 7i Itsi - Tasmanian 6 per c.l 593 1 ;83 1073 - Do Lr 'O 7 •• • - Victoria 6 er coot 191 1 0 II 3 214 - De. April and Oct TWO-YEAR-OLD _RACING. The meeting of the Jockey Club, announced for May 29, was 'held at Messrs. Weatherby's on Saturday. Sir Joseph Hawley's motion to the effect that no two year-old shall run in any race before the Ist of July, was lost by a majority of five, but a substantive resolution by Colonel Forester, that no two-year-old race should be per- Mitted before the Ist of May, was carried, the latter, however, more in the shape of a compromise than other wise. SHARE LIST; .)11,DINA.HY liA AND STOCKS. a.re ttatlwaya Paid. Closing susine•4 Price. done. s t Bestol and Exetzr ...... 100 77 79 t tisictiorit 10 7 77 , talUfittit 100 IS 43 4:0 ( . ..30111 -- "n; Ai i .-. . .u, 21 .i at Dubai & Beliast June 10 0 17 79 at Dun„l'ertli,& Ab•JUlle ..00 70 72 2 , East Loudon . .. tO 110 15 - - 2) Do li) - - it Glasgow £S. Western 10.) 17 94 4 Great Eastern .. it Do. E. Aug]. No. t lOO ... ... +t Great North ol Scotland lOO 15 ti at Great Northern lOO 1051 1061 1071 at Do. A stock ..... 100 1061 1071 s' Do. B stook ll O.. ... at CRS, and W. 01 Ireland l OO lia 7 a Gt. Western -uri4ival IA 481 i 9 40 t Do. South Wales a. Do. W. Aliti.-Uxtoi.u OO *45 27 i Do. Newport ~t Lancashire & Yuri:shay lOO 124 ik3 It Lou., 13rigli.,3c S.Coast lOO 45 4 1 454 01 Do Scrip .... - - it I on., Chat., and Dover los 161 17 it Do. .11-e.trop. Ex. A lOO Y 11 st Lon. & North 4V esteru lOO 11.1 Ha 117/ it Lou. & South 1i esteru lOO 88 9 Iv at Man., Shot., ..% Lincoln llO t 4 341 551 5 st Ai etror•oltan ;... • lOO .8 181 an 4 at Do Exteusi )13 .. 10 Do. New rd •• st Me;ropoittau District. all 45 50 10 Motrop st. John's V% oo 1 6 - - 10) 114 1111 116 st M,Li,sou at Do, diriniu. & Vvrby 81 at North British st DJ. Ed., rth., At Dui,- 100 - at N or. I , lastern - Berm,. }: 25 Do. :3. N. 4 purohast 16.13.4 - - at Do Leeds. ...... at Do York at Do Card de .... .. •KO 1k.2 125 at Do Stoe :. & Darling IIO 131 31 st North Lon ion 10 Do New 1B'B . at North Staffordshire . . 100 55 57 at North and S.-W. Jnnction i 0•; WI 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... .. at Rhymney . lOl 5 , 53 st Shropshire Union lOO 57 58 st South Devon' st South Eastern lOO 70 751 st Staines, Wok'ham,& Wok all 12 13 at 'Lau Vale lOO 018 153 • - Do. C .. • - Watertord & hiikriiny.. all - 10 Waterloo & I,Vhiteha.l.. 6 , - -,- RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SEAR k...,6 AN I) STOCKS. et Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 66 at Caledonian Qrs., Nu. -0 lOO ... et Do. Scot. N.E., 4) per cent 100 st Do. Aberdeen, gua U p.c 100 ... st Do. do. 7 per cent 100 st Do. do. Ordinary 100 75 82 st Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 • Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen J unction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... st Was. & S.W. ,gua.s per et lOO st 4 41. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 109 9 i t Do do N 0.2 100 95 93 at Do do C per cent 100 10J 112 as Du East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 109 st Do do 0 7 du. 109 ... at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 10k) st Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 7u 75 at Do Nut folk 5 p.e.Ex.1.846 100 ... st Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lo47 100 ... st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p.c. pin. 100 st Do 41 do do do 100 ... st Do 5 do at sp. c.pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st G t.West.—Orig.&Jnt.-lteut chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 10 103 st Do. Orig. (L. H. Ex). 5 p.c lO3 95 EU at Do du -k, por cont. 1059 IJJ 67 et/ st Do do 4 du do st Do do 5 per cent. rodent lOO 95 9/ at Do do Birutingnam gua lO4 63 70 st Do du do prof l9O st Do do Chaster gu k lO4 80 55 st Do do do 3 per cent lO3 st Du do do 6 do 190 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ,„ at Do du . 43 p.c at Do do 4 , liJ st Du do 5 • st Du West 5111. Oxford lstg. 13t 111 113 at Do do 2,1 gua. 103 107 la at Do Newport, Ist g. 4 p.c. 100 90 92 st Do do 2,1 du 109 91 [O3 at L Lancastersi)o guta.e. 00 r a Uartisle p.c. all at Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Du Barnsley, .65 0s 101 p.c. 1.0.) at Du 6 p.c. (Last Lancasiur,3) 100 130 1 15 st Do 4} (Blackburn (web). 100 D i too at London I Brieutun. 4p. c, guaranteed, No 1 lOO ... at Do 5 per cent. gua. Nu. 2. 100 at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do N J. 4. 100 st Do 7 per cent l4O at Do 6 du (W.E. a c.e ) st D.) 4 do 1653 IOJ at London, Chatham,. Dover 5 per cent ICO st Lyndon and fr.W., C. and Nuneaton 5* per cent DJ 103 119 at Do Bedford &Cambridge 10„) st Do Surewsb'y & Welehp'l lOO ... st London and s W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 13) 2s Do (Portsm. perp ans 2s6d) all ... ... s Man., Shef., &Linela. t p.c. 10.) 1 1 t 111 Do x` all par t pin s Do 3 per cent ioo 6) 6. 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 ... ... t Mid. Coils°lidatea.. , c... IUI 130 135 s llu Bristol & Arai., p. c 1,),) 1 2 1,1 s Do 41 per oeut. reaoolo 111-J 15 10) s Do 44 per ceat. 10) VS 1 i.) s Du Lelltebter Ip e. 100 8..) st Nunn P.:rat5u,... 4 ).0. No. 100 st Do E. eG.lp. C. S. 6.; 1) 100 st Do N. 8., No.'2, 5 per cea.t lOU ..„ st Do Border Union, 51 p.c 100 st N.-Eastera—Cuns. 4 p.c 100 57 83 st Du 41 per cent. redcoat__ lOj st Du ti A.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital S 11.4. ... Do York, 11. Sr S. purchase lO 1,5 101 1.10 Stektu c Drling. A 5 p.e 10) lUti 106 st Du \V, Hartlepool li. aaa it 1)) 81 8 0 20 North Stalfurdsaire los ;•••;. Devon Aaudities, 1 3 all 9 10 lOs Do Tavistoek Atlas., 10s all 8 9 100 Du Fixed 41 per cent all S 81 1 0.0. S. u.ast. ([lead. Anus., 1.0.6) all '22 2.3 st Do 41 percent lOO ... E t Du Fixed 41 per cant lOO et Tall Vale No.l lOO 14. 100 st Waterford 6 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SLIARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Proilts of each separate year. c. 0 a ßb t tt (j4 D DI e c:. )Bile 4 i i i.i p e4clu i p r . ss4 r e i m e; . d oui e un , I L L : 88 1 7 er :66.eP1.2n. 11t. 1 1 a 00 9 0 0 1 00 b 0 ; 53 • 1 7 .. . st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 • H at t GrDeuat Baste; at Do New 5 do, 188.3 100 B_l st Do SG at Great Northern, .5 p c irred. 190 ." a t Do Pennaucnt 5 percent. 103 s t Do Boston & Stead, 11 pc 190 „• g o Sat Great Lo \Vest 1 1 0 U 0 o t - - at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 16) 103 ij s 2,) Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, it_ 100 ••• 5 LallG. and Y ork New 41 p er cent till July, 1871 2 Ir st Loud., Brig &C., 41 c 1553 100 et Do du 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 *** "' s t Do du 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1665 100 , 1366 s a aa t t t t L o pp p u ,o No . o d . , N e h t a o r t o : p , 67 & E c x , 55 2 . dd 6 6 00 100 1 Do do C 6 p.c at London dN. Western, 5p c 100 103 at; st Loudon &S. Western, 41 p c too t 2 84 10 Man. olief.& Lin., 5 pc,1665 all B si at Metropolitan per ceut lOO 100 luz at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 103 st Do B 5 do 100 106 103 18 Do spcop to cony. to t. Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1569 all 201 20/ 20 18 Do 'newly. New Shares all 14 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 1) 2i p at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ... at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E. &G, N 0.2, 5 p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1362 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c at Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 9b st Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 11: 111 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 4 1 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1860 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAIL %VAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS; 100 93 95 at Birkenhead 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 31 5 d io all o 1 , 0 4 1 ; st Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 du. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... ... at Colchester Stour Valley a Gt. Easn., Newni., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... ... 2 a O t G E a l o s s t t L e i i • n a c u o d l n . i.) , g e ail '. li t 1 6 o P r e. b e t .... !. j . I . 1 . 3 . a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ... ... at Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 .. .. st Gt. \Vest ,W. Mid., Hera 100 96 93 50 Hull cud Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2.5 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 911 at Do. 41 per cent lOO ... ... st London, Chat., &c. 41 pc. 100 ... ... at Do. Cont. Fund , sdo 100 ... ... at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO ... ... at Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 83 b 5 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 80 82 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Mauch., Buxton ; &Malik all 5 5j at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 1U Slid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northerut East. , 5 per cent all 53 56 30 Du. do. 6 do. all ... „,, st N. Eastera--Hartlep00l ... ... at N. West. A. perp. pref, 5p c. 100 107 109 at Du Is minimum 1.1 p.c.... 100 . . at Notting. dUrauth. lt.&C lOO 91 :3. 25 Prestthi and 51 yre all 41 46 ... Royston, Hitch., anal Soup lOO 13 .0 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 131 13} 10 Do do 8 2 Yjp at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 96 Us st Dc 4 per cent gua lO 78 30 at D o 5 du all 98 100 at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO lis LIP at \Vest Cornwall 20 \Vest London, Class at. all 1.3 14 .40 De do i 2J Do do C all ... ... st Wey.nouth and Portland lOO ... ... st Wads and Suaierset st East and WeSt India lOO 118 1..3 st London and St. Katherine 100 44 40 432 100 D cDeb. stock, 4 her cent all , ••• • • 31111% - v - oil reehLatll st st Southa:uptuu st Surrey •• THE HORSE SHOW. The sixth annual horse show was opened at the Agri cultural Hall at ten o'clock on Saturday morning. Inside the building, by the erection of temporary galleries and the division of the permanent ones into boxes, increased provision has been made for the comfort of the numerous Visitors who are expected to be attracted to an exhibition which bids fair to prove more successful than any of the kind yet held at Islington. The total number of entries this year, with the extra classes, is about 360, the animals exhibited including hunters, riding horses, cover hacks, roadsters, park hacks, ladies' horses, harness horses, high-stepping cobs, ponies, and stallions. Amongst the most attractive of the entries are a noted Russian trotter of the Orloff breed and five Arabs. Of the latter, one, named Paella, is the property of Mr. Adrian Hope, and according to its Arabic pedigree is a descendant of a filly once borrowed by the prophet Mahommed from an old woman in his tribe, which carried him so satisfactorily that he placed some kohl on the creature's eyes as an act of endearment, whence originated its name, Kuhedet el Ajtiz, or the old woman's painted eyed mare, and of which the prophet said, " On her back is majesty, and in her womb a treasure." The judges for the present show are, for hunters, the Earl of Macclesfield, Viscount Combermere, and Captaia Percy Williams, the duty of deciding upon the merits of hacks and harness horses being undertaken by Colonel Kingscote, M.P., and Captain Bastard. In addition to theusual hurdle jumping —which, if itdoes not do much to test the merits of the:competitors, is, at all events, amusing to the public—there will be a new feature this year in the shape of a water leap. There will also be trotting and tandem driving, and a daily parade of the horses who have taken prizes. The attend. ance to-day was large, and comprised many more ladies than have usually honoured the opening of the show with their presence. The judging was con fined to bunters, stallions, and hacks. For Class 1, consisting of weight-carriers equal to not less than 15st., there were thirty-two entries. The first prize of 280 was awarded to a bay gelding, leh. 2in. high, and Syrs. old, the property of Mr. David :Mclntosh, of Havering Park, Itomford. This horse is Yorkshire bred, and is well known with the hounds of that county, and also With those of Essex. The second prize, value £4O, fell to the lot of Ilarkaway, a five-year -old chesnut, the same height -as the last, exhibited by Mr. T. W. Potter, East Court, Cheltenham. The third prize of £2O was awarded to Kildare, a bay gelding, 15h. 3in. high, the property of Mr. James Bredin, Fenwick street, Liverpool. The second class judged consisted of bunters entered without conditions as to weight. The first prize of £5O was taken by Major Quentin's Placid, a aie-year-old bay gelding, standing IGh. ; the second prize of £25 being awarded to Captain Barlow's Topstall, a brown horse, 8 yrs. of age, and 15h. 3? ; in. high ; and the third prize, of the value of £l5, going to Mr. Henry Sanders's Playmate, a five-year-old bay, 15h. Sin. highs. In Class 3 two prizes only were given. The first, value £4O, was adjudged to Mischief, a bay, oyrs. old, and standing 15h. the property of Mr. J. Stanley Mott, of Barringham, Norfolk; and the second prize, value £3O, to Spanton, a chesnut, 15h. 2in. high, exhibited by Messrs. E. and A. Stanford, Steyning, Sussex. The first prize of £5O in the 4th Class, hunters, was carried off by a Cumberland horse named Commissioner, exhibited by Mr. Joseph Casson, of Burgh-by-Sands, Carlisle. The second prize of £25 was taken by Mr. Leonard Longwood, Master of the East Sussex Foxhounds, for his brown horse Handcuff. The gold medal for bunters was awarded to Mr. Casson's Commissioner. " S. G. 0." ON COUNTY GOVERNMENT. A Chamber of Agriculture was last week formed in Dorset. A county meeting was held in Dorchester, Lord Ashley in the chair, and there were also present Lord Sidney Godolphin Osborne and Mr. Floyer, M.P. On the motion of Lord S. G. Osborne, a petition to Parliament was adopted, setting forth that the present system of local taxation is unju3t, being exclusively levied on the owners and occupiers of real property, and that many of the charges thereon, such as maintenance of highways, the police, registration,- vaccination, and maintenance of lunatics and idiots in asylums, might be fairly con sidered of a national character, and should be transferred to the general taxes of the country. His lordship in the course of his speech s.dd that the formation of county chambers of agriculture was natural and wise. Regarding the increase of the roor rate, he was convinced that at last it must force itself on the attention of statesmen, whether Whigs or Tories, in or out of office. It was also his firm conviction, however unpopular it might be, that there had been more honesty, economy, and close adherence to the spirit of the law in dealing with the funds expended by the magistrates than in the management of the funds expended by the boards of guardians. He thought the time had come when the country must awaken to the conviction that, however difficult the subject might be, it was grossly unfair that because the land would not run away, and he who tilled it was ever to be found with his stock and capital ever ready to be taxed, he should be the most taxed of all people. He doubted whether they could get justice till the assessments were made by independent men. THE CHATHAM AND DOVER RAILW AY AND ITS SOLICITORS. 11ESSRS._BAXTER, ROSE, AND NORTON. Messrs. Baxter, Rose, and Norton defend themselves in a letter to the Times against the observations made by Vice- Chancellor Stuart, in giving judgment on the case of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. They were called in to act for the company, they say, when its embarrassments compelled it to seek, the protection of the Court of Chancery, and when its original solicitors, Messrs. Freshfield and New man, felt a difficulty in continuing to be their advisers. They were requested to undertake the task of obtaining Parlia mentary powers,and this they successfully carried through. A member of the firm had been called upon by clients of ante rior connection, the General Credit, to represent them in a claim against the company before the Court of Chancery, and in consequence Messrs. Baxter, Rose, and Norton ceased in that suit to advise the company. But a strong desire wa■ expressed that the firm should not on that account cease to aid the company in the totally different court of Parliament. Upon the passing of this Act the new directors transferred their legal business to a law clerk, at the same time expressing their sorrow that, although they wore under the greatest obliga tions to Messrs. Baxter, yet the Act only authorised them to pay those bills which were on account of the Arrangement Act. "Having thus,we trust," the letter proceeds," discharged our duty, and boing released with thanks—which perhaps would have been more emphatic had they been accompanied by the payment of our bills—we were certainly at liberty to accept a retainer against the company. In the bill now be fore Parliament we are acting on behalf of independent shareholders and mortgagees. However valuable may be the privilege of resorting to the Court of Chancery, and how ever great the benefit which it had derived from the inter vention of that court, the litigation has become too enor mous to be practically resolved there, and that it would be better that the N; bolo of the difficulties of the company should be 'emitted to the arbitration of the Marquis of Salis bury and Lord Cairns." THE EQUITY OF THE CASE. The Solicitors' Journal criticises the judgment of Vice- Chancellor Stuart y in another direction—that of the power of Chancery over Parliament. It is well settled, it says, that the Court of Chancery has jurisdiction to restrain an application to Parliament. The Court, in imposing such restraint, acts purely in personam. It does not interfere with the other tribunal, but restrains the individual. Sue. cossive Lord Chancellors have, however, declined to define the circumstances under which this jurisdiction should be exercised. It has been settled that the Court will not restrain an application to Parliament, even at the instance of a person with whom the do.. fendant had expressly contracted not to apply to Par liament. Lord Cottenham said that such an injunction could not be granted on the ground that the act applied for would interfere with existing rights. Vice-Chancellor Stuart, however, has granted an injunction restraining the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company from further proceed:lig with the bill now before Parliament. The bill in que:tien has passed the Commons, has gouo into the bands of the Parliament itself. Lord Cottenham decided the \-Ty point. lie declared that when either Louse had ent,rtained the hill " it became the act of the house and not the act of the tarty." Vic - Chancellor Stuait's judg ment is quite counter to the principle laid down in all pre vious ca. il S. Respec;ing the dispute in the building trade in Manchester, it is stated, on the authority of the master masons, that they have now 130 men at work, and that with out any effort on the part of the masters the non-unionists are " coming in" at the rate of ten every day. The em ployers have resolved to take aLtivo measures with a view of securing the services of men not connected with the union. It is stated in a rei ort issued by the Operativo Mason's' Association that th.ro aro now strikes pending in six towns, and lock-outs niece or less paytial in nine others. THE IRISH CHURCH. Deputations representing various Protestant Associa tions of the United Kingdom opposed to the Irish Church Bill waited on the Duke of Abercorn, K.G., and other members of the Upper House, at the residence of his Grace, Chesterfield House, Mayfair, on Saturday after noon. The deputations numbered upwards of : 2 300 persone, and included members of Parliament, and other gentleinen of position and influence. The i,ccrs uresent 'were—The Duke of Abereern, the Primate, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishop of Derry, Lord Redesdale, Lord Malmesbury, Lord Huntingdon, Lord Erne, Lord Bandon, Lord Water. ford, Lord Digby, Lcrd Salisbury, Lord Goff, &e. An address was presented on behalf of the Church Con ference of Ireland. It commenced by claiming to proceed from a body having the full authority of the Irish Church, and proceeded to set fol th nine reasons why the Lords should not pass the Irish Church Bill. These were that the proposed measure would create a diffe rence between Ireland and the United Kingdom with regard to the State Church ; it would tend to subvert parochial organisations, by which the minis trations of religion are extended to all without distinction ; it would tend to weaken the union between Church and State in England and Scotland ; it ignores the rights of the laity of Ireland ; it strikes at the Royal Supremacy and the Act of Union ; it destroys a title of three centuries, and thus unsettles property ; there is no allegation that the property to be sequestrated has been misapplied ; it is inconsistent with the dignity of the empire to commit confiscation and to alter the Constitution ; and, finally, because the bill will utterly fail to pacify Ireland. Dr. TRAIL supported the address in an able speech, ana was followed by Mr. M`CnonET, who addressed their lordships on behalf of the Presbyterians of Ulster. Addresses were also presented by the Central Protestant Defence Association of Ireland and the Ulster Protestant Defence Association, which were supported respectively by Sir Edward Grogan, Bart., and Sir John Stuart, and Mr. S. Blacker. Captain Petrie spoke on.behalf of the Church Institution of Ire land, and Mr. Richard Nugent on behalf of the National Protestantism. The object of the several speeches was to urge their lordships to throw 'out the bill on the second reading. The Duke of ABET CORN, in reply, expressed his pleasure at receiving such influential deputations from the whole of *lreland, and remarked that the opinions of such bodies could not fail to carry great weight. Ife would take care to lay all their views before those Peers with whom he had the honour to be associated, at an early meeting to be held next week, or as soon as the Irish Church Bill was sent up to the House of Lords. The deputation then withdrew. The proceedings, to which the representatives of the press were not admitted, occupied over two hours. THE EARL OF DERBY 02V THE TURF. The Earl of Derby has written a letter to Sir Joseph Hawley on the Turf, a proposof the motion for the altera. tion of rules concerning two-year-olds. The letter is dated from St. James's-square, May 23, and runs as follows : " Dear llawley,--I have so entirely, and for so many years, abandoned the Turf, that I should hardly feel jus tified in attending the meeting of the Jockey Club to morrow to vote upon your proposed resolutions ; but I have no hesitation in saying that if I were present I should cordially support your three first resolutions (I have some doubt about the fourth, which I think would be better omitted). I should even go further than you propose to do, and would gladly see the ' close time' extended, as in France, to the let of August, or even of September. Wherever you draw the line you must inter fere with some meeting or other; but, in my opinion, a promising two-year-old should never make his public appearance before autumn. But I cannot conceal my opinion that your resolutions deal with only one of the vices which, as it seems to me, are yearly lowering the character of the Turf. I know that some persons consider the multi plication of races and of starters a sign of success—l look on them as the very opposite, and I should hail with satis faction the disappearance from the calendar of one-half of the present meetings. I take it that the dcteriora. tion of the Turf in public estimation, of which there is no doubt, is mainly owing to the fact that the majority of horses are now in the possession of men who run for profit and not for sport—who cite nothing for the animal horse—who cannot afford to wait fbr a return of their money, but who, in the language Of the Manchester school, prefer a nimble ninepeuce to a slow shilling,' and in whose hands a wretched animal, especially if not quite so wretched as he is thought, is as valuable as one of a high class, if not more so. This vicious system is mainly fostered—First, by the pret;na. ture running of two-year-olds ; secondly, by 'the multiplication of short races, which enables horses* be brought out oftener, and so afford more frequent oppor tunities of gambling; and, thirdly, by the great prepon derance of handicaps. These last are a necessary evil ; but their avowed purpose is to place the best and the worst horses on an equal footing, and thus to encourage the breed of the latter, at least equally with the former. Now I know , that handicaps cannot be dispensed with, but I think the evil may be greatly mitigated by fixing a maxi mum and a minimum weight, and I do not hesitate to ex- press my opinion that horses which cannot meet the best likely to be entered at a difference of 4st., or 4st. 71b., have Lave no business in important handicaps. I cannot refrain from mentioning two other points which deserve the serious consideration of the Jockey Club—l mean the employment of touts and others, not merely to watch horses, but to obtain illicit information by the corruption of stable boys; and the practice, now so common as hardly to be repro bated, of running horses not to win, leading to such corn ments in the papers as 'if he meant,' it is not his journey,' &c. My ideas may be considered Utopian, and I do . not doubt that each and all of them will be vehemently opposed by clerks of the course and others pecuniarily interested in country meetings, but I am satisfied that unless the Jockey Club apply themselves vigorously to check the acknowledged abuses of the Turf, not only will there be an increasing secession of men of station and character, and an increasing accession of those who have neither, but they themselves will lose ground in public estimation, and public opinion will ere long demand and enforce a sweeping suppression of abuses by external authority. I think nothing of the argument that the Jockey Club have no power over local meetings. I have no doubt that their decisions would be readily accepted; and if they were not, the disqualification of horses, run ning in violation of their rules, from running at any meet ing over which they have direct control, would place a very effective weapon in their hands. Pray excuse this long letter, which goes so far beyond the object in your resolutions, and exercise your own discretion as to using it in any way you like, or not at all." The Queen will return to Windsor Castle from ' Balmoral on Tuesday, the 15th of June. CABINET COUNCIL.—At the Cabinet Council held in Downing-street on Saturday, the Ministers present were the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord Chan -cellor, the Earl of Kimberley, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, the Earl of Clarendon, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Hugh Childers, the Right Hon. J. Bright, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, the Marquis of Harting tun, and the Right Hon. C. Fortescue. CURISTOLOGIES.— Mr. Henry Ward Beecher not long since announced his intention of writing a life of the Saviour. Instantly every minister in the Union who thought himself celebrated, or wished to become so, undertook a life of the Saviour. The competition among publishers for clergymen who could write lives of the Saviour became fierce and furious. One firm, more enter prising than the rest, wrote to Mr. Spurgeon, and made him a very liberal offer for a life of the Saviour. M. Spurgeon replied " Such a work is beyond my ability ; I have also no time at my disposal ; and, thirdly, it would not be to my taste. The only life of Christ worth a cent is the New Testament." EXAMINING THE HAIR.—A short time previous to the introduction of the chignon, some of the ladies adopted masculine manners and dress. This combination might have an awkward result if they were put in the position of a woman who, at Belfast, the other day, was thought to be a man because she had, the report says, " a masculine appearance, spoke like a man, and smoked a pipe." The police were called in, and with their usual sagacity, after examining the woman's face, declared, as does Signor Bosco, that there was "no deception." Alas! should they be called upon to decide whether' a " girl of the period," who talked slangy and looked masculine, was an impostor, the examination of the hair would be a most unsatisfactory proceeding.—Manchester Courier. FASII lON AEL ?. AN D POLITICAL.— The Premier will entertain a full-dress party, numbering upwards of thirty, at dinner on Wednesday next, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday, after which Mrs. Gladstone will have an evening party, for which several hundreds of invitations have been issued. The Earl of Clarendon, SE Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, will give a full dress banquet to the whole of the foreign diplomatic corps on Wednesday, at the Foreign Office. Later in the even ing the Countess of Clarendon will have a reception, tc which a large company are inv ited. The Countess will also have an assembly on the 16th instant. The First Lord of the Admiralty will give a full-dress banquet or Wednesday at the Admiralty, Whitehall, after which Mrs. Childers will have an assembly. The Eight Hon. the , Home Secretary will give an entertainment to the Lord Mayor And.the judges on Wednesday n ex t, SPO aTING. INTELLIGENCE—This Da VICTORIA CLUB.--THis DAY, No Bettiug TUE DERBY. Sir Jos vii Hawley has lotl,;eti an ol.j,etion vgr:-.1,1 the Artuner on the g tonna that the, neniima , sr of Pr, tc..d. (lir. Salier ) is ieported to have died 1 zfau dry? run. The stttling realities iu -.- .-..--.1111,- Raco Glnsses, by Voigtliind, are now iso loogov the ex clusive luxury of Um rich. Since the great demand for pliuto7sphic louses has diminished, an opportunity hAs been afforded for applying mechanical power toe greatest succes , , whereby the cost of these 13,1autilul it..d most perfect instruments is reduced in price io soino instances to as nnich as 20 per cent. In fact they are now no dearer than those of the best French or ThOish At the depot Aallaghau, 23A, New Bond street, Corner - ot ounduit-street, the pations of the Dolby may indolg, their taste in the p9ssessio:i _of a veritable Viegt - ander . it comparaively hitting cost. It is supertlimai to sty quality is as ever tLateh!ess. RACING I XTU RES. J I I Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton '', 3, 4 Newark 1 Barnstaple 3 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Beveley 9 Windsor 15 16 ... , L. Newcastle 9 2, 23, 21 22 (Mihail) nibury Club 23 Stockbridge ' , I, 25, .26 New Forest Iluut (Lyndhurst) 28 Chelmsford ... .29. 3(i Hampton Gurragh 22, 23, 21 Liverpool Stuutner _2J, 30 Suttou rtul- .,,,•.*. Worcester l, 2 Newmarket J my 6, &c. Carlisle 6, 7 Hendon. ..... 9, 10 Pontefract l2, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 Down Royal Corpo. l4 Airdrie 15 Reading 15, 16 linutbford 16 lluntingdou 2O, 4 1 Stamford ... -! '43 Southampton 13, 14 AUG Goodwood 9 7; 28, 29, LO IST. Oxford lO, 20 Hunger ford 24 York O4, 2::) •z(; Croydon , 6 Pl 3 month t‘i, St%rbor , mgh ...50, 31 B:tdeu Baden Great Yarmouth 31 Derby Summer .. 31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, 5.13. 1 Canterbury... . 3l, S. 1 Deauville 1 Ripon Brighton 3, 4 Tiverton Brighton Club 5 Lewes (;, 7 Egtiam lO, 11 Wolverhair pton lO, I 1 Windsor 1 4 13 Bromlpy 17, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 Dover 18 SEPTI Alargato 2 Ip,w!cli Webt L)ruytou 3 Warwick 7, 8 Curragb (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon Doncaster 14,-1.5, 16, 17 Hampton 21, 22 51BER. Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield Western (A yr).....„,22, 23 Hendon 23 21 Monmouth... 21 Newmarket Ist 0et....2t5, di.. Lanark... nt 311 OCT ..5.6 Bedford . Edinburgh G, 7; 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, (&`e. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 NOVEIIBER. Cheltenhtun l9. 2i Gurragh 1 4,, li., 11 West Drayton .........21, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarket H'ton ...25, &e. Barrow .... 2, 3 I Egliuton Hunt G, W0rce5ter............ 3, 4 Liverpool....„ 9, 10, 11 St. AlLaos 5, , Shrewsbury ... l5, it STEEPLECLIASE FIXTURES. JULY. Kingsbury OG FU.131:11.. Bromley -- - . \Vest Dr.Lytou ... ` ) 1„ 22 NOVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, E I Shrewsbqry - Harrow • 9 . lALdningtou Lverool 9, W, 11, 12 I COURSING FIXTURE'S. AUGUST. St. Albaus.. OCTOBEI. Ancastor and Willorighby, Lincolushir. 5, Ortne, by Huntingdon Club. 96, 2; MR. lIO6TIVELL'S INSTRUCTIONS R TAXING FOREIGN CAPITAL. IVASHINGTON, May 11. A letter of instruction has been issued by tfie S.:eretary of the Treasury to Internal lkven4.e officers, relative to the tax on foreign capital, and presenting the following ad litional regttla , iins re laive to taxes paid to tit?. Goverunictit flotu divi d,,ndL-7, interest, or profits due to non-resilent aliens prior to March 10, 1866, requiring th 3 annexed evidenCe in addition to that licietolo.e required First -The affidavit of the uon-resideut setting forth his proseut ; lace of re..,idt.n,T, &so hi alienag,e rvu i of resid •LIC.2 at the tmq when the taxes iu questimi We.re, withheld, and that he is the identical person eutitl,d tti receive the amount so withheld; also specifying tbe amount which he, or the bank, company, or corporatio.i, is entided to have refunded. Second—An affidavit of a creditable poison that li is well acquainted with such non-res!dent it:ian, an•t Win to be the wrsou described, and to have beau a min resideut alien as claimed. Third - The officer before whom these affidavits :ire IA rifted must certify that he knows the persons so vet ify ing before him to be creditable persons. Fourth—A certificate of the Consul or Consular Agent, and other official representatives of the United Suuos iu the country in which the affidavits aro made, that the attestations to such affidavits are genuine, and made in accordance with the form of the law by duly authorized officers. Fifth—When application is male by a bank company or corporation, satisfactory proof will be required of th.• fact that that bank, Sr.c., has been paid to a non-resident alien, or his legal representative, the sum withheld iron him, under section 120 or section 122 of the Act of Jun s, 30, 1864. Sixth—When application is made directly to the Com missioner of Internal Revenue by a non-resident alien, he will be required to prove that by the insolvency of the bank, company, or corporation by which the amount of tax was withheld, or other sufficient cause, he is unable to obtain payment from such bank, company; tor corpo ration. Seventh—ln all such cases evidence of receipt of the money by the United States required by existing regula tions on the subject of refunding must be furnished. in case of the death of a non-resident alien, the facts relating to him herein above required to be verified by his own affidavit shall be established by the affidavit of the legal representative of the estate of the deceased or other credi ble person cognizant of the facts of the case, with the same corroborative evidence as is above required. Colonel J. H. Grover, United States Consul to Ancona, arrived at Liverpool last Wednesday in the City of London, and leaves England to-day en route to take up his appointment in Italy. Mr. Elihu Burritt, American Consul at Birming ham, has been presented with a copy of Shakespeare's works, and a complimentary address on his approaching return to America. Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotille re ceived Mr. Washburne, the New American Midster, .on Wednesday, and was received at the Tuileries on Thurs day, when Mr. Washburn° expressed the friendly feeling of the United States towards Prance, which was cordially responded to by the Emperor. Mrs. Stanton thinks woman's dress of the day superlatively ridiculous. The idea that a woman is made like a churn on castors is fast passing away, and she will soon honour the bifurcated garments as many girls now do at the gymnasium and Skating pond. _ Miss 11. E. Bailey, while personating " Juliet," at the Academy of Music, Buffalo, May 10, accidentally caught her dagger in the folds of her dress, penetrating below the left breast, striking a rib, and breaking off the point of the dagger. The wound is serious, but not dan gerous. A probe failed to reach the piece left in her body. _ Mrs. Salie Elizabeth Lincoln, widow of Thothas Lincoln and stepmother of President Lincoln, and by whom he was principally reared, his own mother having died when he was very young, died in Coles county, Illinois, April 19, ut a vary advanced age. "Mrs. Lincoln," says the Decatur 31agnet, "had for many years resided with her grandson, a well-to-do farmer, who lives about nine miles south east of Charleston, Coles ccunty, near the line between that and Cumberland, and also near the little country village of Farmington. She was much devoted to her illustrious stepson, and took as deep . a pride and interest in his rise to fame and fortune as his own mother could have done. It is said that she never spoke of him since his tragic death without tears, mid the nation or the world had no more sincere mourner overt s fall than ale." Several leading membe rs of Congss are now on their way to England, or w:11 soon sail from New York. Senator Chandler left by the City of Brooklyn on May 22d. General Schenck, Chairman of Eriete Committee of Ways awl M ea ns of the House, Hon. will sail early in June. Senator Morton, of Indiana, will sail as soon as practicable after the delivery of his oration .t Gettysburgh on July 4th. Governor Curtin, Minister to Rassiu, has tak.:n pi:tees for himself and family in the North German Llo, d steamer of Juno 17th. Ile will remain a fey: we , •ki iu (3ermany before taking charge of the Legation. Mr. Coffey, his Secretary, will accompany Governor Vurtin and family. - • The loss , s by fire in the Uliiinsl:-.States during April, 1569, whet . % the property destroyed was yalued at $20,000 and upwards, are reported to amount to $3,880,000, against 52,890,000 in April, 1868. The losses during the first three months of 1869 respectively, are.estimated as follaws:—.l2muluzr, -43,2.94,000 ; February, $2, 1 ;37,000 ; March, $2,892,000. 'The bawl for the first four months is $12,703,000, or $158,583 a day. IBER