The Sun. — London, England, 1869-05-17 00:00:00

investigatin; a story which .s in the Green he Irish hanks and miserablet he aggregate , inderstand the ill hardly be it on their own ;es, say RN° , r which he is ifrequent case, Lie goes to the v out a portion the receipt of ,n of money A t The bank, of the deposit ,f 'Y to the full rmer loses the receives froth cent. lliCh :'!(.1 (says this ;r from whom ne explanation e explanation 3urse with his s £6OO receipt , it, to impress ng' man; and rays. lle was marriage, &C. all scale what have done in ty of the crime t. In estitnat . entry a certain ccount of the dress of the it is informed inner told me sacrifice, of 6 Pretty girl, to After donning splay, and on ?anions. Her of the ' great arning it she its daughter in for his land• mut £7 or £8 farmers, rich , r stock fur the [rs where their would beg for ltioned in the punished b e contrary, the g his successe s o renewed and s not alwar l :lear at hand. lably does 11 ,34 is pleasure 3 r rid the pea Of course, All tiny good men ;ate the harsh d, but agency f evil. Th e lough wilco rty delegated , risibility ; an d f an Emperor well-arranged v:s writer Pe / the agrarian Id for the isA unfavourably same kind es it signify It is not 1‘ rib.= of the ty, or thittY ind effect, of and its color lies disappear and undisci' produced and ,r as race %oaf he matter, it° It is install' :ae most so ect of "a per, be understoou of the sitting, signatures o f announcement pport given to but it has 1 1 ° to justify WI Ting himsel f ' leprecate ant member. 01 applic 34 one advg l : K y mau is tio strument. that in a ess° card fitted 1 1 9 preside 0 01 unseemly di g ` d avocation * the other OS rtex. —Th e Holstein, it yal Highnet with xcited seriou s n and 1 10 1 1 is beget" illiam JennT isence in Sc ition with DP has been 1 1 Her 1101 ‘,., left Win ds °, land, but 0 31 ' 0 being car o avalescent s° and join tilt' Paris care' mania anlo r4 Two of thos e thod i n the° lenruark, bal° J. The P' 39, 7 0 yled U9 t , ncle elega Veen: Nape No ime Post' ;o the unl °- of lace, silk' a sentenced to tw,hter to si"' des fei"lnes ,( )t of the Wors MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The Stock Exchange WAS closed to day. The demand, however, for money has been mo derately active at 41 per cent. The corn market has been dull at last Monday's currencies. There were no gold operations at the Bank on Saturday. The Republic of Ecuador seems now about to join the dishonest fraternity of which Mexico and Venezuela stand at the bead. The President of that State intimates that, in order to meet the ex pc.lises consequent upon indulgence in perpetual honie conflicts, he finds it expedient to rob the foreign bondholders of the slight payments hitherto guaranteed to them by a lien on the customs. At the same time he informs them that a contract for debt ceases to be binding when there is a impossi bility of fulfiling it, the debtor himself being the party by whom the question of possibility is to be decided. Considering that the Custom dues are actually collected by the Government, and that the bondholders claim only 25 per cent. of Vas amount thus tangibly obtained, it might be hard, if it were not for the President's dictum, to understand in this case how there can be any difficulty. The President points out as an additional reason for default the " onerous" conditions of the stipula tions enjoyed by the bondholders. These stipula tions were made 14 years ago, and practically con sist of an engagement to accept one per cent. per annum for bonds which were issued to carry 6 per cent.—even this poor composition of 1 per cent. having been allowed to some extent to fall into arrear. A meeting of bondholders is to be called after the next. mail, and whatever course may be adopted, it is to be hoped the committee will ab stain from addressing the Government with fine phrases about confidence in its honour, and simply confine themselves to such communications as may be absolutely necessary. The class of offenders among whom they have fallen would simply derive additional zest from hypocrisy on the part of their victims. The Neva sailed to-day with £40,800 in silver, and £lOO in gold for the West Indies. A further amount of silver is expected to be shipped. Messrs. Harrison and Fripp, oil and seed brokers, of Leadenhall-street, have stopped payment, in con s e q uence of losses in oil and tallow, but chiefly in the former article. Their liabilities, however, do not exceed about £B,OOO, and a dividend of 10s. in the pound appears to be expected. With refe rence to the recent heavy speculations in tallow, it is rumoured that the losses of one well-known ope rator reach something like £30,000. The failure is also announced of Messrs. G. Eil bcck and Co., warehousemen, of Milk-street, with liabilities computed at £15,00►, of which a con siderable portion is due to Manchester houses. A favourable liquidation is looked for. The committee of Venezula bondholders have ad dressed, On °ugh Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., a memorial to the Government of Venezuela, re questing the payment on account, or deposit with third Parties, of the 10 per cent. of customs as signed to the British debt, pending the proposed arrangement. Thereupon the Government of eLezula have given an answer to the effect that they have seen with satisfaction that the committee do them justice by acknowledging their honest intentions ; that it will be gratifying to them to welcome the commissioner announced, charged with instructions to settle definitely the claims ; that they regret that the law does not enable them to pay on account or deposit the 10 per cent. pending an arrangement ; but in order to give an earnest of their rectitude and good faith they have given express orders to the collectors of customs to remit the 10 per cent. to the capital, to be deposited with the Board of Public Credit, until an arrangement shall have been entered into. The commissioner alluded to, it is stated, is likely to leave England for Venezuela in the month of July next. Advices from Paris announce the issue of the Honduras supplementary loan for £2,000,000, the proceeds of which are to be employed under trus tees in completing the Inter-Oceanic Railway con tracted for by Messrs. Waring Brothers and Al‘Candlish from r,ea to sea. The loan is issued in 20 7,509 obligations of 300 f. (£l2), at the price of 225 f. (£9), bearing 20f. (165.) interest, and to be redeemed at par within 17 years by half-yearly drawili L s. The subscription-list will be opon in all the principal cities of the Continent from the 19th to the 25,h inst. A syndicate of foreign bankers has taken absolutely 62,000 cut of the 207,509 ohligationss and thus far the success of the opera tion is insured. According to a statement of Messrs. Richard S ymonds and Son there seems likely to be a con siderable in crease i n the manufacture of i m i tat i on c hampagnes," "sparkling hocks," and' sparkling naoselles." From a circular issued by some Belgian c hemists it appears that they have patented a ma chine for the manufacture of such imitations. The Produce can, it is stated, be sold at a franc a bottle, or less th an 10s. per dozen, and yield a profit of more than £3O upon 1,000 bottles. with the addi tional advantage that the residuum " can be " Instantaneously made into vinegar." A list is given of 93 houses to whom, among others, the right to use the patent has been conceded, and as this list is described as the third, probably the con cession has also been extensively made in Germany and elsewhere. No doubt, considerable quantities of these i m i tation wines will find their way from France and Germany to this country, and be sold a s the genuine products of Champagne, the Rhine, and the Moselle. BRITISH FUNDS -CLOSING PRICES. SATURDAT. . 00VX1110 1 ENT FUNDS. 6 per Cent. C onsols 921 f D itto for A ccount, ew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 1) 0. 5 per Cen Jan. 1873 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth Ap r il 1885 ll 15-16 Do (Red Sod Tele6raph p Aug., 1908,, — le xchoquor Bills, £ l,OOO, 1 2f per Ct — Do £5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO lO dis Bank of England mock, 41 per Cent De. opening Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds Inter-Colonial Otnntum INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIRO. India i cock ? 104 per Cent., April 1879 Do. Opening, for Account -- Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., 0ct..1888 Do. Certificates — Do, Enlaced Pape. 4 per ()Ant., ... — De. 5 per Cert., Jou. 1872 ........ lO4 Do. 54 per Cont. May 1879 Da b pet Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — IL. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 — Do. lends, 4 per Cent., 41,000 Do. under 41,000 ING pRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS Ar gentine Republi c , 6 per C ent ... . —CLOS 771 Do., Scrip 445 paid _ I.tuatrian Bonds 5 per cent .• Do. 1869 — 3i rkzilian 5 per Cent 6 Do. q per Cent. 1852 75i Do. do. 185 8.... . be. do. 11169 - -} I.ho. do., 1863 — U° Do 5 per Cont., 1865 — a 79 81 Account -:enee Ayres 6 per Cent. ~, lio 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) utupt, 6 per Cent. o...than 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent - - Do. 3 per Cent., .... L o. 6 per oe , t. 1867 — Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 0 lo n bi an L 6 per Ct. e ll'en. 3 per Cent., 1 en B2s an,lia.n Principalities, 7 par Cent 76 D o 8 per Cent., 1867 — k7quitdr New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. Egyrtian, 7 per Cent"... l i c Se coed issue -- 110. #5Ut. Bonds Do. .C1 (10 Runde ........................ . •••• b o . 1.61 .... : ...... _ , Do. Account P . Do . Bonds ....................... 1)0 . 4.1()G Bonds . . . Englisli Scrip,:184. ............ die D o do. .f. 43 pd — Governtrenl itailwav tiebentur,s ...• 98} 8 Graetc 5 per Cont., 1.82-1 . 5, ex Coupq t;°' 4,util ............................ • • 10 1 Coupons Do• A.c eJout ............................ . • --- .............................. Crniternala 5 per Cent ..." 7O - - - flonduraA Gov Ilai I. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 821 ltiiian S per (..cr t., 1865 — .)o. Account • — Do Marenunana Railway — klexicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do C per Cont. Anglo-French —• gontevideau 6 per Cent. Ac:rish Imperial 5 per Cent - %;ew Granada — Do 3 per Con 37 Do. Deferred ?eruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 761 7 Do 41 per Cont. (111 : ,, arren) ............ Do 44 per Cent., 1862 -. Do Account •• 95 port , rgueso $ per Ct., 1858 '6, 7, '9,'60,'2.':. 311 Do. do. 1867. ..,.. .. Do. do. Scrip, X'2o paid Li, tssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per C e nt . 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1359 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do do, S cr i p B4t 4 pn. Do. Angle-Dutch,.lB64, £lOO liondL., 89 ... Do. du. £B4 los. d 0... Do., 186 G, .£lOO Bonds BBl Do. do £Bl los. do --.- Do Nicolas Railway — Sar iinian S per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con ... Do. Ace unt Do. 1867 Do.. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Passive ..... ............ Do. Coln. Cert. of Coup. nut I uuded Do. Accou n t Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent.;......„ ..• —. ~... . DJ Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account - Do .£IOC Bonds 6 71 . Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account - _. - 42; I . Do 6 per Cent., 1860 65 i Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Ace. ant Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above prtyaule in LoHnot. Austrian o per Cont. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 'zi• per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil. — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Do. Account — French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 23f. Its.liah 5 per Cent. 1351, Ex. 25f. 56 1 Do Account CLOSING PRICES. Oonsols, Money l,2ft Do. Account, June 1 92i I LATEST INTELL LGENCE (REU^T R'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. SOUTUAMPTQN, May 17. The North German Lloyd steamer Donau, from New York, arrived here this morning. She brings 264 pas3engers for this port, Havre and Bremen, 39 sacks of mai's for London, and $1,200 in specie and a large cargo for Bremen. On the 13th the Donau spoke the English barques Salicia, bound east ; Sarah Douglas, bound for Liverpool ; the ship Lady Milton, bound west ; and the North German barque Anne, bound east. SPAN. MADRID, May 15. To-day being the feast of Saint Patronella an 1 a holiday, the Exchange was closed and the Cortes did not sit. Notwithstanding the contrary assertions of the newspapers, the regency question has not yet been definitely settled, but its realisation is considered probable. liE BRAZILS. RIO DE JAYEIRO, April 23. A supplementary credit to the amount of 6,300 contos of rein has been opened for the Ministry of Maine. The Commander-in-Chief, Count d'Eu, joinel the forces on the Si,. News from Paraguay to the 10th inst announces that the army had left for the interior. The first division was despatched on the sth and the second on the Bth. An expeditionary force of 2,000 Brazilians dis embarked at Rosario, to the north of Assumption, and surprised the garrison, who were all either killed or taken prisoners. PLYMOUTH, May 17. The Orient, from Melbourne, arrived off here this morning, and landed eight passengers. FRANCE. Bo URSE, May 15.—Three o'clock--The market closed as follows : tit per Cent. End of month... Ital 4 an Fives 56 95 3 per Cent -- End of mouth._ 71 671 Mexican Loan 25 Credit Mobilier 252 50 Do. Bonds End of month... 255 Spanish Threes 291 Credit Foncier _1635 Boma Debt — End of month... Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash_ Orleans ... 9 10 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 6lll Western - 574 Eastern • . Sardinian Austrian 725 Lombard 467} North of Spain 54 Saragossa Roman 64 OPERAT IC PERFORMANCE A grand concert and operatic performance was given by a very distinguished party of ladies and gentlemen, forming the Winslow Corps of Ama teurs, at the Town-hall, Buckingham, on Tuesday, which, owing to its extreme excellence, deserves a record amongst the musical events of the present season. The first part of the entertainment was the concert, and the local journals speak in the highest terms of the singing of Mr and Mrs. C.. G. Boisragon, Mrs. C. F. Varley, and Mr. M. S. Lowndes. Mr. Boisragon is specially singled out for his admirable rendering of Ros sini's celebrated buffo aria, " Largo al Fac totum," which, it is said, was given with a spirit and effect rarely equalled. Mrs. Varley and Mrs. Boisragon also took high honoura for the purity ,nldkfinnoiw a finish bank," k, which and Mr. s theyga v . ethe Lowndesbeau a i fnug p l duet, ib den's celebrated song, " Tom Bowling," with the utmost taste and feeling. We cannot devote con siderable space to the proceeding, but we must find room to mention the spirit with which the favourite operetta "No Song no Sup per" was performed. Mr. Morecraft's Crop was, capitally done, and - so was the part of Endless, by Mr. Midgeley. Robin and Dorothy were repro sented by Mr. and Mrs. Boisragon, and, in addition to the vivacity they each infused into their respec tive parts, sang a new duet, composed by Mrs. Boisragon, entitled "Man's best without a wife," which was introduced into the operetta, and called forth the most enthusiastic applause. Apart from the evening's performance the duet deserves the highest commendation as a =laical composition, and such is the excellence of it that it will most certainly find its way to the metropolis, where it will be sure to elicit as much applause as it did when its talented composer and her husband sang it fur the first time at the Town-hall, Bulkinghain. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE ENGLISH JOINT-STOCK BANK THIS DAY —At the Mansion-house, Mr. Samuel Greenway Finney, the ma nager of the Eogish Joint-stock Bank, Mr. James Abbiss, Mr. Thomas Bradshaw, and Mr. E. E. Mangles, were fur ther examined before the Lord Mayor, but no definite re sult. was rurived at when we went to press. I Oa beautiful cars, built by Wasou, ventilated by Carroll, and furnished with Page's patent spring-back seats, left Springfield on Monday, April 26, via the Bos ton and Albany Iteilroad, en route for the Central Pacific load. This is the first instalment of the 52 specified in the contract. They are palaces to look at and rido in, but cost $5,000 each. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MA? 17, 1869. S[L4RE LIST. +it 01 NARY a tiA AND STOCKS. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - ' Sharo NAME. Paid. k'rico, uvue 10 Agra Limited, A a ll 101 1 Du (4 2 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limit e d 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, inn all 101 201 2)3 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 4 1 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 29 Do issued at 2pm 5 6 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia._ all 30 32 80 Bank of Victoria, Australia '25 87 84 10 Bank of New Zealand all 11s3 16 3 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, lid China 25 Chartered Merc. of India London, and China 20 City ............... 1.0 111 121 100 C010nia1........2v ;.39 40 10 Consolidated, ............ 4 80 Delhi and London, lira .25 ... 50 East Loud on, lint. ............ 2 1 • 20 English and A mer i can, lim le ••• 20 English B un k o f ltio do Ja neiro. Bin ............. . ....... 10 pr 1p 20 English, :_•cottish, and Aug. tralian Chartered ..... all 161 171 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank C0r p0rati0n......... all 36 88 281 Do new......... 5/ 2/ 23 100 Imperial, lim ................. 20 16 17 20 Imperial Ottoman... ........ 10 '2 124 ,5 lonian.... all 21 26 25 Do nelv .........ia ....... 1 ,1 3P I 100 Do sp. c. D e b s. lB 6l, 3C ; 20 Lad Mortga ge or India, lint 4 3 1 3 1 all 76 75 78 30 London Bank/ o f Mexico and South America, lira. 20 61 53 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 4; 30 27 20 Do new 71 61 41 100 London &Ri ver Plate, lira. 40 9 n 4 9 1 1 25 Do ne w 10 21 23 p 1 2 1 20 London Chart. of Australia all 2 13 26 20 London and County ......... 20 50 61 501 50 Do new, iss at 20 par t 16 pd. 11 ..• ..• London Joi n t 5t0ck......„. 1 311 22 3 London and South A frican al • 8 11 91 00 London &S. - Western, lint, 20 1 3 11 150 London 3:Venezuela, lint... 121 ••• 100 London and Westminster. 20 613 8 23 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 ....... 20 •-• 100 Merchant, lint .................. 28 51 41 101 10 Metropolitan, Bin ............. all 71 71 100 Midland, lira ...... ...:......... 20 11 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, Ern -15 Id • lp 100 National Provine. of En,c'd 42 10 ... 50 National.. 3O 20 New South Wales '2O North-Western 71 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431 411 Provine. Bank. Curpo., lint lO g 6 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 89 20 10 Do new all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 15 100 Do issued at 6 pin lO if 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 47/ 100 Union of Ireland, hut 50 Union of Loudon TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Augio-American Tel., limn all 2 : --- 714 --- 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., lira__ 10 121 13 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 22 24 at Do. 8 per cent. at Electric it Inter. Telegraph 100 280 2 . 40 28 ) 10 Do. New 8 9 11p 25 Indo-European Tel., RM lO .. 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lira all .21 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all pr b 10 Moditerra. Eaten. Tel., lint all gi 3i 25 Reuter'i Telegram all 44 40 20 Societe Tranai.tlant., hat— 14 21 11 la at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip . al l 111 20 Telegraph Con. S: Main., lira all 17 17 ' 171 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lun all 5, I 5 Do. 10 per cent. Prof all 2 :I p 811§CELLAI" all 151 161 . 20 ' - - 3 15/ lo} Australian Mort. Land an 25 Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah T6il Estates, lira 5 7 6d 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 1 1 IL ; 4 10 Do. New 8 , 2 10 5 AAnagstlora 'llan inn. ..• 30 , 4 too Bulekow V.tta , a 5 Bombay Ws, lirtl• n 3lin t ii , i 11 141 44 5 Do. New 4 11 1,1 3lifaens i Agriculturalc.% 44 15 17 all •, 20 British Indian Tea, lint , . 1 20 Brit's • h Ship Owners all 66 7 . J 29 Canada Company I Invest -10 Canadian Loan and meut, lim 2l 2 1 d 20 Ceylon Company,o liar I 4 ajd 20 Do. A shares City Discount, lint 5 ) British Am,.ricauLaud 10 a Pro perty, lint 9 41 81,1 lint, all City of Milan Improy . . 6 6 30 25 City of Moscow Gas, lint all 50 City Offices, lint 25 26 25:1 20 3 50 Colonial, lim. 224 „ ~. Do. SO Commercia; Union (Assai) 6 i I p of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, limit all 101 201 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. an 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 4 l per cent. all 1044 1051 100 Do. 188'2, 44 per cent. a ll 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint, all 21 3 on.of Mauritius lint lO 3 1 21d at Crystal Palaec lOO 12 21 at Do. Preference loo 9,10 i ~ Perpetual Deb lO9 103 112 5 Credit F st Do. 6 p. lint. ... „. 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, Ihn. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all • • •• 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Egyptian Cum.& Tract. lint, 6 .. .. 2 10 0 E p a a s r t j e e r e n lin A g s ' sain, lint. ~,,• 61 ... ... d Coal, limn. litre.,, tn. ..... - 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'ruy. tins. by Egypt. ( irOV 20 3 Eng.& Aust ral. Copper, lint '2l il 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 41 100 Eng. and Scut. Marine, lint. 8 ... 3,, 10' Fairltairn Engineering General GLoaneiiiva r Scrip Credit i 3 : Li ll e d i s 4 , t l .C i tr iB5. all I I 18 : 1848 100 For. & Cul. Gov. Trust and 5 10 0 15 General Steam Navigation 14 26 30 50 Hotta & Cul Marine In. lint. 5 2 d 10 Hong Kon g and t 2 liiiki Gas all i ••• 20 Hudson's Bdty . redeem seilles, Hun. 20 Imperial Lan(Cda..ne.a0.1...c.0...a.i...:..11.....u.a.jr.: a l2 ll l • : 3 , • ; ~, R 20 Interna. Financial Soc. nut e I k te, 20 lnterna. Land Credit, Hut 6 6 .. , '''' 50 Italian Land 50 Land Securities, li 5 21 11d 1 2 00 0 Italian D.8760 1 p, r . r i i se . s. üße ad s 2. 0, .. all 66 68 25 London African T ru tt....; 10 7 5 ,1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine , lint_ 6 •• • •-- 10 London County L an d and Building, Hui. .. 50 Lond. Financial As so , lim 30 22 81 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.CO.lint 9,11 2 21 21 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer Mauritius Laud, Credit, a n d 4 ... ... 4 and Iron Ship, t• 20 Loud. & Provincial Mari u s 2 Id Pr at Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. 5 P.C. by India G ov lOO 102 108 10 Agency, 1im..., , , all Id 10 Merchant Shipping, lit . n all 33 38 90 Millwall Iron Works, lint 121 ••• •- 10 Natal Land and Colonist,- tion Co., lint 6 51 41d 25 National Discount ~ lini 114 114 25 National Prov. CO Marine, lin t , 4 4 3d un..... 25 21 16d 10 National Steam Ship, lim. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lintt 6 34 3 „ d ,, 10 New Consolidated Dia. lint 3 ji, i' s New caDn Q t oi u l. o e A b ß r g a e. d : a . c ,. . y : . 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. l itn i: 4 . .4 a . 2 0 : 4 ; 4 ip • 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 10 9 8 at North Brit. Austral., lira lOO 48 5 , ~1t 56 North Brit. & Mercan. In , 61 9 "• 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 12 1 50 Oriental Financial, lure 5 Oriental Gas, lim. ... all 7 8 Panama, New Ze aia 5 Do. New •,•„ 1 I P 1 10 Otago and Southland In. vestment, lint... 2 id IP 5 Ottoman Gas, lint all 11 2 1 10 Australian R. Mau mint all ii.. 5 Do. do. et Peel R. Land & Minerl, lint 100 al 34 60 Peninsu . & Oriental Stearn all 43 50 60 Do. Now 1867 so Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New .. .... 1... tn..... . all 6 1 7 25 Rio de Janeiro City „l . ina. all 181 19 20 Do. Gas, lint,., , a ll 24 6 100 Royal Mail Steam at Scottish Aust. Invest., lint 100 83 84 at Do. 6p. C. Guar. Pref. 100 ••• ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint 10 7 63 20 Socit4e Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 8 21 34 50 S. African Mort. & Inv, lim, a ... 6 25 South Australian Land e all 84 820 Thames and Mersey ma r i n (Insurance), lim 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint_ „, . 4 ... 1 P 10 Trust &Agency of Aus.,lini. if 10 Do do. do, a l l I IP 50 Union Marine 14 00 ! lint 5 44 6 p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint 22 24 • d Discount Corp., lint, 6 14 .4,1 15 Unite In.), lim. 5 20 Universal Marine( ll 2 n in Tea, lim. all Ii 2 ' 10 Upper Assa Laud 231 6 7 20 Trust &Loan Co., U. Canada , s *** ••• 30 Van Dieraan'a Egypt,_ 7 a per (gortgage) .I.' all 0 n 771 7gi 754 lim. l2 12 10d 50 Warrant Finante, _ ac _ fic 50 West India and r i 20 Steam, lim. 2 , and 20 West London W harves le Warehouses ••• 00 Viceroy of t S T: 9 t v r 7"Aht toPi M.ARLBOROUGII HOUSE, May 17. The Prince and Princess of Wales attended Di vine service yesterJay morning in the Chapel :loyal, St. Ja iv es's. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS D UE. Australia and New Zealand, via Eonthemptea May 22. Ditto, via Yvan.lles May 17 Liras!". Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Ditto, by French packet May hi Cape Verds. by Brazil packet Cope of Good llJpe. Ascension. and St. Helena May 28. China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton May 15 utbraltar. via Southampton India.via Southampton .May 15 vitt*, via Marseil es Malta, Egypt, &c. ' Ditto, Marsdlles May Newfoundla nc Mataitius, Cape of Good hope, and Natal, via donthanif ton Dina, Marseilles June 16 Portugal .... June 4. United States, I anada. California, &0., by British packet.. Ditto Midi ( Baltimore) Ditto, by 1 i ited States packet Ditto, by Inman paoket May It %Twit Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tencriffe May 17 Bahamas, via New York West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) . May 14 Cub and Mexico .... 29 Bermuda. via 1ia11fax........„ . June 2 raid. Closing ßusbies/ pi losln ;Cara Railways. dens. at Briatol and Exeter ...... 103 77 79 at Caledonian ............ 100 78 781 at Cambrian 20 Cornwall .. all n 7/ st Dublin & Belfast June... 100 77 79 et Dun„Perth.& Ab.Junc... IGO 70 72 2) East Loudon.... 20 Do 16 - - 2) Do 10 - - st Glaagow &S. Western lOO 07 94 at Great Eastern .. .04 371 371 371 1 st Do. E. Augl. No. 4 tot) ... ... it urcat North 01 Scotland lOO 16 6 at Great Northern lOO 104 104 1014 at Do. A MOCK st Do. 13 etoeit lOO .. ... at GtS. and W. of Ireland l ov 45 7 a: Gt. %Ye:item -original lOO 471 CI It Do. South %Vales at Do. W. .111d.-Oxford lOO kb 27 et Do. Newport. lOO 75 Io at Lancashire .t lorkohir lOO :22 •:$ 122 1 at Lon., lirigh.,& S.Cosst lOO 46 4. 1 481 4j OJ Do Scrip ....... . - - at I•on., Chat., and Dover lo t, 10 17 et Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 9 11 101 at Lun. .ig .North ‘Vestern lOO 1141 1151 114 I st Lon. .IS South Weatere lOO 87 is 881 et Man., Simi., & Lincoln luo 521 43 1 Olt at Metroimittan ;_. . lOO last lei 93 at Do Extension .. 10 Do. New rd .. at 31etrupolltan District. all 45 50 10 bletrop. St. J ohn 'a ,% oo 1 et Ititutaud at Do, ilirmiu. & Derby.. 100 lo 81 et North Britian et Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun luo -- - at Nor.klastern-lierwiel" lOO 103 104: 1031 j 25 Do. G. :LE purohaat 16.13. 4 - - at Do Leeds at Do York . 100 91 94 at Do Carlisle .... • lOO 122 125 at Do Stoc -. & Darling l5O 191 CIS st North Lou ion 10 Do New 18(8 st North Staffordshire..." l4O 68 87 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 100 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... .. at Rhymney . tt.o 5. 53 st Shropshire Union lOO 57 53 et South Devon;.. at South Eastern lOO 75 70 1 at Staines, Wuk'hain, Wok all 12 11 it tau Vale 1:; ‘, lia 143 - Do. C . - - - • Wateriord & liiikenuy ll.O. ._ - - 1v Waterloo & Wilitelial 6 - - Et A LLW.I YS -PRE FE It SC E SHA K ES D ffrOC K. St Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 et Caledonian Qrs., Nu. 2 lOO ... et Do. Scot. N.E., 45 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 0 p.c lOO ... at Du. do. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 52 at Do. Midland at Do. Duudoe and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua a11... at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen J unction lOO les 107 at Du. Ist Class preference lot) ... at lilac. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO at 1 41. Eastern, E.G Ex. No.l 100 9, v 9 at Do do N 0.2 100 95 93 at Do do 6 per cent 100 10) 112 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 at Do do B G d u. 100 ...... st Do do C 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 70 75 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1346 100 at Du do 5 p.c.W ay. V a 1 . 1 347 100 ...... at Great Not thern, 5 per cent 10% 1111 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 4 1 do d o do 100 ...... at Du 5 du at sp. c. pin lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... at Groat South. and Wosteru (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 at G t. West.—Orig,thit.-11cut chg., per gua, p.c lOOO 10: 103 at Du. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 at Do du 4, per cent. 1.35 J lOO 87 '9 *: at Do du 4 do do st t.o du t; per cent. relem toJ 90 17 at Du du Birmingham gua I,IJ at Du do do prei 109 at 1)o du Chester gua IJJ so 85 at ..Du do do 8 p er vein. 1 0 0 at DJ do do 5 do 100 95 DJ st Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 4, p.c too at Do do 4 t 1859_ 100 at Do do 5 at Du West Mid. Oxford hitg. 10) 111 113 at Do do 2) gua. 100 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 0 p.c. 100 90 92 at Do do 2.1. do 100 97 10 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Laueash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 8 145 at Do Barnsley, £5 Os 10d p.c. 10 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 13-5 at Do 41 (Blackburn parch). lOU 98 100 at, London & Brighton, ,5 p: c. guarantee), Nu 1 lOO ... at Do 5 per cent. gnat. No. 2. 100 ... at Do 6 do - do IOU at Do 5 do NU. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent 1)0 at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.l'.) 100 at DO 4 do 1859 lOO ... at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO et London and C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO ••• at Do Shrewsb'y & Welebp'l l9O ..• at Loudon and 6 W. 7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 140 150 La Gd. Do (Portstn.perp aus 2563) all ... at Mau., Shef.,&Linelu. G p.c lOO 11 t 117 6 Do kti all par 1 put st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 at Do Bristol & Bina., 6p. c lOO 1:2 134 st Do 41 per cent. redeem— lOO 1.8 10) at. Do 41 per cent. irredeein lOO 93 1 .7.) at Du Leicester& 4 p.c I.N 8J :PI at North British, 5 p.c. No.l IJJ at Do E.& U. 4p.c.S. & D lOO at Do Nil, Nu. 2, 5 per cen.t at Do Border Union, 51 p.c IOJ at N.-Easteru—Cous. 4 p.c lot! 87 8) st Do 41 per coat. redeem__ 109 95 97 st Du G N.E. 4 per cent., lOO .„ 17 Do Berwick capital, Du York, H.& S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stcktu & Drling. A 5 p.c IOJ 106 108 ' Hartlepool IL and 11 100 84 86 •2 t o all 201 211 108 S. Devon A nnuities, 1 a lO lOs Do Tavistuek all 8 9 Do Fixed 41 per cent ' D N u or \ t V h . Staffordshire lOs all 8 81 0,6. S. l.aat. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) 100 all 22 2.1 st Do 41 percent at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Tuff Vale No.l lOO 14, 153 • et Waterford& Kilkenny, 6 pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS. —PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c boa. at vo Scot. Con. min. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 5 41 d perB cent. 100 85 ds 7Bl s t Do • st Do New 5 do, 1863 100 84 67 et do 5 do, 1861 lOO d 33 86 s t Great Northern , 5 p c irred lOO 106 a t Do Permanen t 5 p er cont. 100 at Do Boston & Sleald, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. Midl., 5p c 100 . a t Do Jointi,erpe. pc, 186.5 100 itt; 1 ; 2 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 101 20 Do Vale N each perp. 5p c all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, N lOO 5 Lanc. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1p st Loud., Brig .&c., 41 pc, 1858 100 m a t Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• 7 . : at Do do 44 do, 1861 100 at D a do 41 do, 1868 100 at Do do if, do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 • "' s t Do No. 7 sdo at Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 at Do Metrop. Ez., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at London& N. Western, 5p c 100 108 64 a t Loti don &S. Western, 41 p c 100 5•2 91 10 Man. Sher. & Li., pc, 1865 all 8 1 at Metropolitan 5 per cent st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 108 st Do B 5 do 100 106 108 13 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 2 0 4 20 i 18 Do Incony. New Shares all 184 194 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 8 4 1# 20 et North British, E. and (1 No. 1, 5 per cent ... st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 et Do E. &(.1 , N 0.2, 5 p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c ... 100 at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c at North Eastern, 41 per ceut 100 95 97 at Do Stock. & Danl., D 100 112 114 et North London, 4 1, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ... • at South Eastern, 41 . p c, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 - 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 • .. at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ... RAILWAYS.--,LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS' 1 1 / 1 1/ ,iil3lFEnhead 1 ,13. 0 ttt O CB huu D ee koos Chester e 4 rg l sh p .as e dmi r he e ori n ri yte cent.hre re r a oo d 6oB oll 16 9 91 1 1 1,5 0 164, 1 st Do. b do. • 100 11C 11t st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... st Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 131 131 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... Gt. Easn., Newm.,&c., b p.c 100 .. a Do. E. U. H arw i c h , 4 p.c 100 ... at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 .. at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Herd 100 96 98 60 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2,5 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 st Do. 41 per cent at Loudon, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO ... at Do. Corn. Fund, sdo 100 ... at London and Gr eenw i c h at Do. do Preference lOO at Loudon, Tilbury, a & Suuttr 100 82 85 at Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 80 82 at Do. du. 6 do. 54 Mauch., B ux t on, &M atlk all .5 51 t Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 60 Northern& East., percent all 5J 66 50 Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Easters—Hartlepool at N.West. A perp. prof, 5p 0 lOO 107 lu9 at Do 11 minimum 11 p.c.... 100 st Notting. & tirauth. lt. &C lOO 91 93 25 Preston and b% yro.. Royhtuu, Ditch. ' and .Swap lO6 1 32 134 st Snrewabtu•y anal tlerefurd 100 131 134 10 Do do 8 2 91p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 96 y e at Dc 4 per cent gua lO , 78 30 at Do 5 do at Viol. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 I F! at West Coruv. - all 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do du B all 20 Du do C all at Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India , 100 12t 144 tit London and St. liatherius 100 44 46 100 1) oDeb. stock, 4 par coot all Millyall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 26 30 at Southampton lOO 74 14 at Surrey Cututuf)rolal 10 COLOMAL GOVZUNMENT BECUEITIZIS Britlsb Columbia, 6 per 1,4 lt: _.. 0ent.,1872..............• 11 1 00 0 00 0 ..... Do. 1895.. lOO .... - Oan•Gov.6p.o.Jan. , &July 1877-80 ......... . lOO 1( 6 Ic 2 Do. 6p. o Yeb. & Aug 100 ' at 104 102 Do. sp. 0. liar. & Sept 100 102 1 04 Do. 6p. o. Jan. & July 100 t 8 v. , Do. sp. c. Inscribed 81 t . lOO vu 4 102 106 111 113 1084 ....= C D v a o: . A e p(l.ll&°oPoei' 6 18 P 9 . 0 13. - 1 19 8 0 703 1 1 0 ° 0 8 Do. Do. 5J 100 6 8 1( 0 I k'S lit : C e l o y n o l o d . a perln , N lOd O joec v nut .11::81179651108,98601:: A p r il o. .1 :. 100 1872, do 100 10 6 iw , Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, . Jan. and July Do '" ~., "6 105 Do. 1878 ... ........ l lO 106 , tr,.. Do. 1882, May and NC. OO 106 1 Do. 1895, Feb. .8 Amt 10 106 1 , ) : 1 Melbourne Corporate., I ° o 100 -- N.3l4l6.Gets'.66pp.oe.rJcat.&nt.u.l.;:. 1 1 ( 00 0 103 I L4 Natal 6 p ot, Apl & Oct 0) __ . Do 6pc.11 iy & Nov 1 0 i t 6 ,„ ~ N. S.W. 5 p•c. , ' 7l to ' 73 100 uv i'v; 1 Do. 5 p.c. 1988 to V , ..2f... 1)) 101 /0 0 .. , 1 _ 1 Do. 5 p.c. rd.' 67 to %S N.Zealand, 6p. et. 1891 100 _ ._ Do. 5 percent.... lt 0 - Do Jan, Ap•l, J u:y, OL t lOO 93 24 946 6 4 1 Da 6p c. Mar A; bept '9l 1(0 108 110 Do June .8 Deo , 1591 lOO 109 ‘.l - fDo Prov..l A6o: Id. t li a. ... , ( itrie+ 1& 2, 19 913 .• Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jall••• - and July. 1875 Do lob° lOO 102 it 4 Queensind. fp. c. '6'...5 lOO 107 It 8 6 10661 Do 189 , Tasmanian 6 'per c. 1395 .. 1)6/ 1076 1076 81 Do tr 93 'O7 . ~.• ...• : 00 1 0 6 i 107 --Victoria 61 or cent . !Mil l, 0 113 7t4 Do. April au," Oct ART AND LITERARY. GOSSIP. • • The death is announced of Herr Molique, the composer and eminent violin . player, who retired from tittinvi ca l world some two years ago. The oratorio of "Abraham," one of his last works, was brought out at the Nnrwich Festival in IS6O.—Mr. George G. Adams, scu lpt o r, of Sloane-street, has been se l ec t e d to execu te the marble statue of Dr. Hugh M`Nene, Dean of Ripon, for ti.e town of Liverpool.— Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, Bart., is again recom mended by the Council of the Royal Geographical Society for election as president. Admiral Sir George Back, Francis Galton, Esq., Major-General Sir Henry Rawlin son, and Major-General Sir A. Scott Waugh are nomi nated vice-presidents. The Founder's Medal will this year be presented to Professor A. E. Nordenskiold , of Stockholm, for the leading part he has taken in the recent Swedish expe ditions in the North Polar regions, and particularly for the preparation,with his colleagues, of the new map of the Spitzbergen Islands. The Victoria Medal will be given t o Me& Somerville. The annual Geographical Medals offered by the society to the chief public schools will also be awarded. —The earliest novelty at the Holborn Theatre, under Mr. Barry Sullivan's management, will be a new tragic play by the author of "London Poems." Mr. Robert Buchanan is alr eady known to playg ers by his tragedy of the " Witcb-rinder," produced some years ago at Sadler's Wells.—Mr. Thomas Wright is now editing, for the Master of the Rolls, a collection, in one volume, of the Anglo-Latin satirical poets of the twelfth century— Nigellupi, John de Hanteville, &c.,. which will throw great light on the social history of the age, as well as its political history. Mr. Wright is also preparing for press a revised and greatly-enlarged edition of " History of Women in the Early Ages."— A magnificent collection of etchings, by Albert Durer, has been made in the rooms of the Burlington Club.—A new popular national anthem is wanted for Prussia ; and it is stated that the Princess Royal has asked Sir M. Costa to undertake the task.— Tickets to the amountof upwards of £1,200 were sold in two days for Mille. Christine Nilsson's concert on the 7th of next month. THE CRUISE ON THE NAVAL RESERVE. On Wednesday night the Donegal and the Royal George joined the other ships of the Reserve Fleet - gattertn,g in Portland Roads for their fortnight's cruise. The Agin court arrived from the Great Nore on Tuesday afternoon, and immediately hoisted the flag of the Admiral Com mandiug-in-Chief, Rear-Admiral A. C. Key. On Friday morning, at eleven o'clock, the First Lord of the Adnai ratty, accompanied by Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney Dacres, and the Senior Sea Lord, Captain Willes, who is specially connected with the Coast-guard, left London for Wey mouth, where they embarked on board the Agnicourt. It is said that Earl de Grey and Ripon and Mr. Glyn, M.P., have accepted Mr. Childers's invitation to join the cruise. It is likely to be a stormy trip, since a stung breeze has been blowing in the Chan• nel, and a heavy sea running. The Agincourt, though over 6,000 tons, will, therefore, give the landsmen some specimens of her rolling powers. The Lords of the Admi• ratty will not, it is said, remain at sea more than three or four days, their object being to judge for themselves of tilt value of the " Reserve " men. The fleet is composed of ten ships, having a total tonnage of 39,877 tons, with a nominal engine power of 8,250 horses, and carrying 513 guns. The Agincourt, as we have said, is the flag-ship, and the others vary in power and tonnage from the Black Prince, armoured iron-screw frigate, 6,109 tons and 1,250 horse power and 41 guns, to the unarmoured wooden screw Trafalgar, 2,90( tons and 500 horse power. The ships are intended tc represent such a fleet as we should, under present circumstances, send to sea as a second line of naval defence, in the event of our best ships being required at a distance. It is satisfactory tc know that, as far as matters have yet gone, the officers and crews of the various ships and of the Reserve havt acted cordially together. In the Roads then are also several yacht schooners which intend to join the fleet in the cruise, which is tt last a fortnight, Admiral Key intending to anchor his fleet again in the roads on Saturday the 29th instant, At the beginning of the subsequent week the fleet will b. officially inspected by the Admiral, who will then reedy' from the captain of each ship his report on the abilitiet and conduct of the men under his command. EXTRAORDINARY FRAUD ON A , - BAIL• WAY COMPANY. At the County Police-court, Derby, on Friday, Johe Athey, a barman at Birmingham, was charged with attempt ing to defraud the Midland Railway Company. Early in March last a letter was received by the Secretary of the London and North Western Railway, signed " Joan Ash. bury," and dated from 2, Bull-ring, Birmingham, stating that the writer was a passenger between Birmingham and Derby a few days previously, and that in a collision near the lattee place he was very much shaken, his elbow was hurt, his hal watt smashed, and he lost a stone from his ring. He enclosed a certificate purporting to be that of a surgeon, though he did not wish to put the company to any expense if they would "compensate him for the damage done to the hat.' "At all events," he said, "I will leave it with you." The Midland Railway Company being concerned in the alleged collision the letter was forwarded on. In another letter, Me " Asbury," after au allusion to his attorney, wrote, "If yor will replace the bat, and the stone I lost out of my ring which I will leave the amount to you, I will throw off the injury I received to my elbow." An agent of the Midland Company at Birmingham visited the address given, to whick the Companies' letters of acknowledgment bad been ad dressed, and he there saw the prisoner. Prisoner said he knew no John Arhbury, excepting a carrier, who called there t wise a week; and in reply to the agent's observation that let• tors had been there taken in for Ashbury, said, "Yes, but they have not Loon called for, and you had-better take them back.' The agent replied, " I had better not; perhaps they will be called for." Prisoner said, "I am sure they will not, ant 4 the Midland Railway Company will hear no more about it." He added, "If you write to the Great Western Com pany in London, in a case like this, they make no bother about it, but send the money down at once." The other said, " The Midland Company don't do in that way, but make in. quiries, and, if they find it right, they pay." The letters, which bad apparently not been opened, were taken away by the agent, and by a little stratagem the company led the prisoner into giving tome specimens of his writing, which were now handed in in evidence. The surgeon's certificate was proved to bo a forgery. The prisoner was committee for trial. It was resolved 'at Dublin recently to send a depu• tation to London to ask the Lords to reject the Irish Churet Bill, but at a full meeting on Friday a resolution was earl led by a majority of one, to the t.ffect that Lord Cairns, who it :MW iu Dublin, sln,uld first be consulted. The Stowell Memorial Church at Salford was con• secrated on Friday, the Manchester Cour:rr says, by the I ore Bishop of Manchest, r. There was a large ntter.d clergy and laity upon the occasion, and Canon R:chson, whc preached, prod a high tribute to the memory of the hat Canon Stowel, who laLoured so long in the district. Mr. T. W. Evans, a Liberal, formerly memb,r for South Derbyshire, and Mr. T. Salt, jun., of Stafford, a Con servative, who formerly sat for Stafford, are definitively ,innonuced as candidates for Stafford. Captain Hayter, Mr 11. Foley, who represented South Staffordshire before th, last election, and Ur. Charles Lamport, who contested Soria Suffolk, are talked of as second Liberal candidates, with others. Mr. George Odger addressed a favourable meeting of working men on Friday, and a n•solution was passed ap• proving his claims. It is said a second Conservative wii be brought forward, but yet therojs up tlefiuite selection ELECTION: MOTS IX PALI'S: (FROM OUR ONVIT CORRMPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY, May 16. " Have respect for liberty, but have respect also for order," is said to hav e beenthe instruction sent to the Prefect of Police from the Tuileries on Thursday night during the great riot in the neighbourhood of the Cirque Napoldon. Such a message was certainly needed on that fatal evening, but happily it has not been required since. Up to this day Paris has been visibly calmer. Disturbances there have been, and those of some gravity, tut there has been no repetition of the fatal outbreak which so alarmed Paris on Thursday. The riots, in fact, have diminished to disturbances. On Friday night there was a good deal of uproar and agitation in various quarters of the city. There was, as usual,. a great number of public meetings, most of which were deusey crowded, and time mob outside, as well as the audience, when the proceedings were over, indulged in demonstrations of various kinds. At the Hall of . Vieux-Chene there was a large crowd, composed principally, says the Pe,trie, of men in blouses and lads. Here the " Marseillaise" was sung, and chee-s given for Toclrefort, the most uncompromising and revolutionary of. all the Paris candidates. In the Rue de Lyon a large mob accummulated outsisle the entrance of the hall in which M. Jules Simon was addressing a meeting. A bandof about 600 individuals started from this point, and moved towards the Maitre de Cluny, rtfreAring themselves on. the way with " Vive La Lanterhe ! "Vive la Republique!" A solitary commissioner of police, accompanied by two sergents-de. vile, had the courage to confront this considerable mob, and two of the ringleaders were arrested. The police were straightway assailed with stones, but with the assistance of fresh tergents the two prisbners were carried eff. About eleven o'clock the same band attempted to cross the Pont St. Michel, with shouts of "Vive la Republique!" but were prevented by the police. There was likewise an immense crowd round the - Salle Mot.re. About nine o'clock the street in this quarter became quite impassable. The sergents•de•rille endeavoured to clear a way, but as fast as the rurging multitude was pressed back it came on again, and at length, .getting_. irritated, opened a fire of stones upon the police. About eleven o'clock the mob dispersed in various directions, bands of several hundreds going up the rue Tivoli and to the Pface Bastille. At the Place Royale a small mob knocked down the railings surrounding the garden, but the approach of the police was the signal for a score qui peut. The accounts of these little affairs on Friday night differ considerably in papers of different politics, especi ally as to the size of the crowds, but it is generally agreed that in no case did the mob offer any serious resistance to the authorities. It is noteworthy that the Government journals make far more of these distur bances than do the Liberal papers. Not only do the latter unanimously agree in exhorting the public not to give way .to violence, hut they are very chary of reporting the disturbances. In the semi-official papers every detail is to be found. These facts give some colour to the very prevalent belief that the Government is not displeased at these disturbances. Knowing full well that the order-loving public will groW frightened at these manifestations of violence, and will vote for the official candidates, or at least not vote at all, the authorities, it is affirmed, are anxious to get up jest so much riot as may prove alarming without being tionfile some. At the Yens-Cherie it was remarked that a battalion of Paris Guards was marched out and arranged on the pavement, arms in hand, and that the appearance of this force caused immense excitement amongst the populace. This, and many other signs, point to the conclusion that the Government would rather like a riot than other wise. The Liberal journals are very earnest in their entreaties to their party to refrain from playing into the hands of the Imperialists. The LiberM, the Siecle, the Temps, the Opinion Nationale, the Dextts, and even the Constitution ncl are agreed on this point. Much anxiety was felt yesterday, but very little occurred to justify it. The morning commenced inauspi' ciously. The Journal Officiel contained a proclamation stating that in consequence of. the disturbances which have taken place in the streets iu the neighbour hood of the various theatres or rooms where meetings were being beld, the public is not to be allowed to station in the streets after the meetings have commenced, that the police are to make them move on, and . that, ,in t E he event of resistance, the /oi -des attroupenzents is to be carried out, or, in other words, the assemblage is to be dispersed by force. This parade has greatly annoyed the susceptible Parisians, the general belief being that it was unnecessary. Indeed, it is thought that, had the populace been let alone, the riot which commenced at the Chat Oct on Wednesday would have spread no further. However, yesterday passed off with a few absurdities of no great moment. In one street a band of young fellows thought to promote the cause of liberty by stepping various vehicles, making the passengers descend, and then getting in their places. Several meetings were held, and some of them proved tumultuous, but the disturbances out of doors were of very little moment. TRADE AND FINANCE. The Bank return this week was sufficiently favourable to justify the course pursued by the directors in not raising the rate. The reserve of notes and coin in the banking department chews a slight increase, and the propor tion to the liabilities is still sufficient for the requirements of bade. Nevertheless, the amount at which the reserve stands is very low, and leads to the belief that the value of money has still an upward tendency. The great difference of the continental rates for diecount and those current here had the effect of attracting a considerable quantity of capital to this side. Latterly, however, the course of the foreign ex changes has been less favourable. On Friday there was an active demand for short bills on Paris and Frankfort, and it would almost appear that the money which has lately been sent over here is now finding its way back to the Continent. There is no prospect of any immediate change in the money market. Discounts having beim greatly anticipated, there is likely to be a restricted demand for some time, while, in the present state of the exchanges, there is no demand for gold for export. Should a crisis occur in America, as appears not improbable, the market here would be affected, but probably not to any serious extent. A curious dispute has arisen in the Mincing-lanemarkets. A few of the leading dealers berg combined to resist the payment of the half per cent. brokerage for buying teas. Now that the clause forbidding the brokers to operate on their own account has been struck out of the rules by the Court of Aldermen, they are enabled to charge the brokerage of half per cent. on the sale of their own produce, and it is this fact that has led to the combination amongst the dealers. There is, however, a greater evil than this, and one in which the dealers themselves are principally concerned. To understand this, we take an actual transaction in tea, as given in the circular of Messrs. J. C. Sillar and Co., who have been chiefly instrumental in bringing this question to public notice. 190 half•chests of tea are sold, weighing, by Imperial measure, 10,226 pounds, on which quantity duty has to be paid. In the account sales rendered to the importers, however, the weight of the 190 half-chests is returned a t 9,846 pounds, owing to deductions made fur draught and tare, losses which have no real existence, but which have become a customary charge of the trade. It is contended that the difference goes into the pockets of the dealers and retailers to the loss of the merchant, and thus the former are enabled to secure an unfairly large profit, while it is well known that the import of tea on the average of years has resulted in a loss to the latter. The whole system adopted ib Mincing•lane requires thorough reform, espe cially as regards the trade, which is notoriously the hotbed of abuse. We can see little advantage in having " sworn brokers," except that the system brings in a small revenue to the City of London, which may be anything but an advantage after all. It is satisfactory to know, however, that the whole question will be brought before the Tea Brokers' Association. The American railroad companies seem to experience great difficulties in placing their bonds, and latterly the Paris market has been chosen for their attempts. The Memphis Pacific 'Trans-Continental Railroad Company are endeavouring to dispose of 38,000 mortgage bonds in Paris and Lyons, but apparently without any great success. We recently had occasion to draw attention to a similar proceedings on the part of the Union Pacific Railroad. The great liking of _our continental neighbours for lot teries is well exhibited in the success of the City of Paris Loan, the iubscriptions for which have many times ex ceeded the amount— £10,000,000 —required. It is scarcely likely that these investments have been made on account of the interest offered, which is only 3 per cent., but rather from the inductmunt cif, red by the prizes attached to the drawings, which, in many cases, are for considerable anon ts. A London comsronacnt says it is generally ru tnoured that out of the many candidates for tha vacant Under-Secretaryship for Ireland Mi. W.Liant Monsell is the most likely persoti to to chosen. lie Ices stinted the county of Limerick in sever..l Parliaments, and has filled successively the offices of Cleik of the .Ordnance, Vice- President of the Board of Trade, and Under-Secretary for the Colonies. His rivals object to Lim chic fly on the ground that having teen a Protestant Lo became some years ago a convert to tts Church of It is also stated that Mr. Chichester Pork:seta) is desirous, on account of health, to vacate his office of Chief Secretary for Ireland, which, in these times, is certainly ono of the least desirable poste iu tin Aishniplitl Wu; SPORTING IN'T'ELLIGENCE-Thi DA 7 LONDON BETTING—Tuts D. 17. SOMERSETSHIRE STAICES. 2to 1 agst tigurian (offered-5 to 2 tan) 4 to 1 agst Judge (taken freely) 6to 1 agst Aftermath (taken) 10 to 1 agst Clifford (taken) 12 to 1 agst Black Diamond (taken) 12 to 1 agst Amara (offered) DERBY. 9 to 4 agst Pretender (taken and offered) 100 to 30 agst Pero Gomez (taken) 4to 1 agst Beßadrum (offered—take 9 to 2) 1000 to 60 agst Pyslaworth (taken and offexed) 20 to 1 agst Ladas (offered) 25 to 1 agst Perry Down (taken freely) 1000 to 35 agst Thorwahken (offered-30 to 1 taker,) 1000 to 30 agst Martyrdom (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Ethus (offered) 40 to 1 agst Drummer (uffered-5G to 1 taken and wanted) CG to 1 agit Vagabond (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Lord Hawthorn (offered - 1000 TO 10 taken and wanted) 1000 to 10 agA Brehnus (offered) 1000 to 5 agst Strathuairn (taken and offered) 1000 to 5 agst Tenedos (wanted) THE OAKS. 4to 1 agst Morna (taken and offered) sto 1 agst 31tutinique ((Jared-6 to 1 wanted) 5 to 1 agst Scottish Queen (offered— take 6to 1) 5 to 1 agst Brigantine (offered) SPORTING NOTES. The SUCCCB3 of Ploughboy in the Great Northern and Doncaster Handicaps was a great relief to the bookmakers. Scarcely any of them ever wrote his name for either event. Paul Jones, after :being backed for no end of money in the former race re mained in her stable, the cry of being forestalled in the market- being the excuse, although he was on the spot. But his party put the prices down for the latter race, as if it was all over but shouting, but they bit their fingers, and it served them right. In any other stable but the dangerot's Dawson's Lord Hawthorn would be at 20 to 1 r the Derby ; and if it were not known that " his lordship" had no chance whatever with Pretender, speculators whose calculations are based upo public running would be justified iu accepting the abovenamed odds about his lordship, who, it should be remembered, beat Pretender in the Hardwicke Stakes at Stockton. Visitors to Winchester and Salisbury were favoured with fine weather, except on the last day (Friday). A majority of the principal bookmakers patronised th J home circuit, where the sport was good, but, like the northern gathering, nothing particular was gathered to effect the all-absorbing topic, thellerb.,, . The bookmakers lost on the meetings at Winch( s ter and Salisbury. PrAeuder is wonderfully firm, and do spite the backing of Pero Gomez, at shade over 3 to 1, the Two Thousand wiLal r held his own at 2 to 1, adds accepted in sums amount ing iu the aggregate to £1,00) one day at York. S r Charles Legard, at the finish of the week's racing iu the north, took 2,000 to I,ouo in a b..t hum 'Whittaker, about Pretender. At York and 1)01.- caster there was a diipoAtion to lay against Pero Gomez. Hostility against Laths, lithus, and Thor wa'dsen, at so short a period before the race, is ominouly bad, and signs are given that ne:ther Martyrdom nor Rupert will become the fatvour:ti their warm supporters anticipated. The "getting out" by those who have taken liberties with Bell.i. drum accounts for the lessening prices taken about the son of Stockwell, who ; if nothing happens to him at Batb,will even see shorter prices. Mr. SaVii3 Las a great fancy for Rya' worth, who has improved wonderfully since his Biennial defeat. The Bath and Manchester meetings will be the principal attractions of the week, and at the ha - mer a great revolution in the Derby betting will no doubt take Owe. The Beaufort Cup looks a cer tainty for Mr. Savile, with either Lancet or Blue skin, whichever he trusts. Rhysworth, if he h, a any chance fur the Derby, should win the Seven teenth Biennial Stakes, his most dangerous oppo nent being De Vere. Elferon or Captivator are the two most trustworthy in the Eighteenth Bien nial St ,kes. The Bath an 1 Somersetaire cap, in the abseece of Ronqing Gill, should be tar ried off by Amara or Ligurian. A FIIESa MAN. 6PORTING INTELLIGENCE. WEST DRAYTON RACES—SATunDAr. IVEIL PLATE. Hereford Chera et Belle Mr. Pitt Ten ran. COLNE HANDICAP. Tyrone Rally Contempt ti LADIES' PLATE. Nannie • Primula Claymore Eleven ran. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Diadem Tom Coke 2 Sapling Six ran. GREAT WESTERN HANDICAP. Kamschatea Edna Hopgirl •• Five ran. MAIDEN HURDLE RACE. Comas 1 Narino 'A Caprice.. II _ Seven ran. SELLING HURDLE RACE. Monitresa.. Harrington 2 Sapling POLICE lATELLIGEIVCE.—This Day. THAMES. AN OBSTINATE WIFE HATER.—Henry Baker, a pig jobs r, was brought up on a warrant charged with deserting his wife, and leaving her chargeable to the Poplar Union. Mr Courtenay, prosecuting officer of the union, said th• prisoner deserted his wife and child three weeks ago, and they had ever since been maintained at the expense of the union. The prisoner was convicted and sentenced to three months' hard labour for the abandonment of his wife and children in 1866, and one month in 1868. Walton, an officer of the court, said the prisoner preferred his pips and his pot, and spending the greater part of his time in public-houses to the perform ance of his moral and legal obligations, Ho brought hint from Hackney-reach, where he was attending a pot y race and betting there. The prisoner said he would not maintain his wife, he did not like her ; she was a beast, a wretch. Mr. Courtonay understood the woman thus spoken of was a respectable, well-conducted person. Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to one .month's im prisonment and hard labour. A WHITECHAPEL GANG.—Michael Macarthy, aged 18 years, a well-known thief, of No. 7, Kittleby-court, Rosc mary-lane, Whitechapel, was charged with loitering in that notorious and dreadful lane where so many outrages and robberies have been committed with intent to commit felonies. The prisoner and three others were seen by ao old and experienced officer, named Charles Childs, No. 193 11,1ollowing well dressed women and others, and oc casionally thrusting their hands into their pockets. W Li:e Childs, who had been following them through several streets, was close upon them and about to pounce upon the wholo gang, a confederate warned them, and called out, "Hero is Caret y Charlie"— (the cognomen by which Childs, a re,:- haired man, is known), and the gang quickly disperst , l. The prisoner was secured, and it was stated by Childs that Le had been convicted, that he belonged to a formi..- able gang of ruffians and thieves who Lad committed high way robberies in Rosemary-lane, Dock-street, Upper t Smithfield, and other places adjacent., and that two of the came gang, named Gollagher and Keating, were commit .t.l fur trial on Saturday for robbing gentlemen of th .r watches, one in Rosemary-lane, the other iu Dock-street. Mr. Paget said it was necessary to keep a sharp look out after the thieves iu the quarter spoken of lle re manded the prisoner. WESTMINSTER. A PROFESSIONAL BEGGAR—Fanny Cain, a dirty-lcoliii woman, with three young children, was charged with im portuning passengers at Brompton by soliciting alms. William Donald, 32 B, said he was in Onslow-square, Brompton, and saw tho prisoner go up to people and beg of them. Ske Fpoke to several, and he heard her say to two gentlemen, " Give me a copper or two." He did not .ee her receive anything. Dufendaut was remanded.