The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-27 00:00:00

(NEY MARKET AKD COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLooK. Consols ars 934 f 4 for money; ditto, for Ac count, 931 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92 1; ; lisw Three per Cents, 92 14 21; Exchequer Bills £ l lOOO, ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 239. India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1141 15 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, —; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 924 ; ditto 5 per Cent., 1051. The Foreign Market is rather heavy. Italian a nd Egyytiah (1864) ore the only exceptions, these two stocks having advanced s and I respectively, t ° 5 54 and 861. The market is otherwise about per cent. lower. American Securities are steady. The 5-20's are 80 1 to 80i ; Erie, 2 9 1 to 23 ; Illinos, 98 to 99 ; and Atlantic Bonds, 26 to 9 61. Railway Shares are dull, and in several instances Prices show a relapse. Metropolitan Extension is } lower, at 991 ; Great Northern (A) at 1081 to 109 ; and a decline of i is marked in Great Wes tl'rn, at 49 to 491. Continental Railway Shares are in fair request. Great Luxemburg is rather 'inner at 101 to I, and L ombardo-Venetian at 18i 19/. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The Neva, from the West Indies, has brought £173,000, the Niagara, from Melbourne, £31,000, And the Hansa, from New York, £2,105. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of £1,154, on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador. The Syria left Marseilles with £lO,OOO for Singa pore, £30,000 for Penang, £63,000 for Calcutta, and £237,000 for Bombay. To do away with any temptations for unscrupu lous persons to attempt bribery to get inferior goods Passed in case of disputes or differences of opinion with the receiving officers as to quality, the an nexed memorandum has been issued :—" Complaints having been preferred by contractors and others of their articles being rejected on insufficient grounds it is to be understood that in any case in future where parties may consider themselves in jured by rejections, their Lordships will be pre pared to consider the question with a view to an in dependent re-inspection of the articles on applica tion being made in writing to the Financial Secre tary of the Admiralty.—By command of their Lordships, " W. E. BAXTER." The East Indian Railway Company have noti fied that they have received authority from the Secretary of State to issue 50,000 shares of £2O each, bearing interest at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum, at a premium of £1 per share. A de posit of £5 per share, with the premium of £1 per share, must be paid on or before the 11th of May next, and further calls of £5 per share will be made at intervals of about three months from that date. The allotment will be made rateably among the shareholders. Letters from the Republic of Ecuador state that on the 19th of March a General Veintermilla at tempted to make a revolution in Guayaquil against Don Garcia Moreno and in favour of the former Government. He had the artillery on his side, and it is thought might have succeeded in taking the town if he had not been shot after fighting for more than four hours. Nearly 100 are reported to have been killed, and 50 or 60 wounded. Mary of the citizens also were wounded or killed by the dis charge of grape shot in the streets. Business was at a stand. A great, and to the mercantile community most Welcome, change appears to have been inaugurated at the Admiralty in their mode of transacting com niercial business. Hitherto the purchases for the navy carried ou under the contract system with an interminable number of stipulations and penalties to prevent fraud have resulted in the Government being exposed to an organised course of chicanery which has operated most disastrously for the public service. It is stated that the works of the Tatuboff-Kos loff Railway arc progressing rapidly, and that the line will be opened in September next. It forms a continuation of the Rinzau-Kozlow Railway, the receipts of which amounted in 1867 to 1,918,417 roubles, and increased in 1868 to 3,084,553 roubles. The Stock Exchange Committee have ordered the scrip of the Victoria (Australia) Five per Cent. Railway Loan to be officially quoted. At a meeting of shareholders of the Societe Agri °plc et Industrielle d'Egypte, Mr. A. S. King, the chairman, reported the progress made by the c ommittee sinea the last meeting in prosecuting the claims of the shareholders upon the Viceroy of E gypt• It was stated that the Foreign Office had adopted the case, and had telegraphed in structions to the Consul-General in Egypt to insist upon an immediate settlement on the same terms as those just obtained by the French Foreign Office. ftaft -- riank Shares are again without particular feature, and prices generally are steady. Foreign Mining Shares are very quiet. BRITISH FUNDS-OLOS - NG PRICES. • GOVERNMENT FUNDS. o .:Per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, L 8 per Cent. Reduced u2 I 1 `2/- lovr 3 per Cent A Cyr 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 . — Do. per Cen 1873 Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Teleh,ra,ph), Aug., 1908 — Exehocitru Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Gt • - De £5OO — pm Do. £lOO rir £2OO 2 Bank of England Stock, 4i per Cent Do. opening — Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — • I nter -Colonial ()minium INDIAN CTOVERNMENT 6ROURITIE6 India stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874... Do. Opening, for Account Do. 5 per Uwnt. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cent..,.„ 92-1 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ~...,.... lO5l Do. hf per Cant. May 1879 — D.) 5 per Cent., Rup. D e b. 1872 ..., Do do 1877 — Do. d o . 1882 — DO. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l.000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ...... 79 8z ...... 4 Do., Scrip £45 paid Auitrian Bonds a per cent .. _ Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent 651 Do. 4} per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 1858.... — -1 Do. do. 186 ' ........•. Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Th Do Account — tenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont ', Cuba, 6 per Cent. - Outlian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — Do. 8 per Po. 6 per colt. 1867 Po. 7 per Cent., 186 G 0 lonbian, 6 pe r Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825......... Dann bian Principalities, 7 F ar Cent 7 51 Do 8 per Co n s .... Equador N C ew en olidated, 1 per Cent. MgyFtian, 7 per Cent..." BOl Ide Secoad issue Do. 450 C Bonds — 13 4. 4100 Bonds • ••• -- Do. 1864 De. Account ;iist. 4500 Bonds • 410 C Bonds ft7l flesh Scrip, 1868 751 61 Do do. 445 pd — ills Government Railway Debenturis - 9 Bl, 981, Greet 5 D o per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups. — uo. Acc ount Itllian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account .... B3/ Do Ilxreminana Railway Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do, 1864 . Do 6 Der Cont. Anglo-French — 51011 t 0 NidPall. G per Cent. • • — Mocrish Imperial 5 per Cent - Now Granada l7/ Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 77i GI Do 41 per Cent. (ll l :harren) Do 41 per Cent,, 1862 • 96 : Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ot., 1858, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'8 34 tsmouth any out sired or much to )1e affair i g lined ,ary eve n s than d pretti ,he mag- passed mnected icism or ay Vial IS a rare ledge of ifieation absurd, ified. If lt stand - If the :ngs wag ;ala dsr, tnd sent the wish onsistent )11r, they for they is in its Tow that As for tlu an icism of og officer DeCaSiOriS n contin' !nts nin:co and that ie, taken ure with ? A 5 that the .lare that e, but an ornuiend f regular hc whole the 33rd I . lc 46th. Tiers on ier more o'clock, oinel at ugu ished s Hop', ground the staff men cow rched in h excited scribe an ding the L Burrell' Having f fifteen 'areer of s in the e by the Le shore, no With smouth. sion of 'tort' Passed ks, they Is fire of ►the arts. re' ry doing repli the in •om the ;ful as' Led the wheeled of th e serious. ---- nen an'l leading r)le were of them spittea !ry good Avadere, and bYe f battle gu" s like t ae ;leanzea le, and a will loWeve r Bat oubtfui t s, who, roln the view: Le pret n Wi th respects 1 if the as 00' • There Lunteeril act that , hadheY eve bees a little i n the inding captur e ▪ into L ' s of th° n clear. hat 0 16 t to do. 2 2nOre . troops Li would and if rigadegi d i Y3 st, ne 3r blood ile froth Id, 105 U. anti being tried Mother ' I A chief 01, b n ,(l tseholLl, •viir. Ir Vi t D ur ing murde r o broke by the • poker ► d coal' about ecl that 3 by the 0 prove Li i s of Mistier to 08 :113aSSe: e cart. iau ner. zliver :;r, fog kili - t ,lll r_Vil/ Do. do. 1867 35 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — ussian 5 i ier Cent., 1822, £ St , B5 Do 41 per Cent 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bondr„„, 89} Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 894 Do. do £B4 15s do — Do Nicolas Railway 651 Sardinian o per Cent Spanish 3 per Con . Do. Aceffunt, Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Defemo Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not fin;ded ... Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1E64 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — pr._ Turkish 6 pr Cent. DO Account Do 6 prx Cent. 1808 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do ..£loe 'Maids 7O Do 0 p , .:r 'Jon% 1865 Ds) Account Du 6 per Cent., 1866 ......... . Do per Cent., Guarantue,i — ••• Do Lh.no Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. A.m.:nit Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 18t34 Dividends on the above payanie in London Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2 ! 4, per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Routes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1811, Fzz. 4sf. Do Account CECSING PRICES. Jousols,f Money 93; Do. Account, May 6 .. 934 301 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-7his Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. GOUGING A MAN'S EYE.—John Symes, coffeehouse keeper, of No. 44, Fish-street bill, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Dennis Coleman, a coachman, of Auglesea-yard, Haymarket, and Mr. Laws, a warehouse man, of No. 27, Hanover-street, Walworth-row, was charged with attempting to rescue Symes from the custody of the police. The defendant said that on the previous night, as he was leaving his master's yard, he saw the prisoner Symes committing a nuisance and requested him to leave, as his wife was coming out, upon which Symes struck him twice on the hat with a stick, and then rushed after him and knocked him down and put his thumb into his (com plainant's) eye and pushed it out, causing him great pain, and he bad to push his eye back into its proper place. Mr. Tyrwhitt sentenced Sytnes to six weeks' with hard labour, and Laws to pay a fine of 10s., or seven days. THAMES. STEALING BEEF FOR A DINNER PARTY.—Martha Tibbs, aged 23 years, a remarkable -looking, dissipated woman,' with a red face, and a nose covered with grog blossoms, who said she came from Flower and Dean-street, a thieves colony in Spitalfields, was charged with stealing 221 b. of prime beef, value 16s. 6d.,, from the shop of Mr. James Parfitt., No. 160, White Horse-street, Limehouse. The prisoner was seen to take the piece of beef off the prosecutor's shop board and conceal it under her shawl. When taken into custody she had the impudence to say she intended to cook the beef for her dinner, and had in vited a party with the intention of giving them a good feed of roast beef. The intended dinner party were doomed to disappointment. She pleaded guilty, and being unknown to the police, was sentenced to 10 days' imprisonment and hard labour. WESTMINSTER. A VERY SUSPICIOUS AEFAIR.—Henry Sergeant, a well dressed bay, 13 years old, was placed at the bar charged with having a very valuable meerschaum pipe mounted in silver in his possession. Mr. Edwin Soames, pawnbroker, ulham-road, said that a man offered the pipo in pawn last night. Seeing it was a very valuable one, and the min not giving a satisfactory account about it, kept the pipe. Seeing the man when ho left speak to the prisoner, witness inquired of him respecting the pipe, when ho said he found it in a dust-hole at 16, Gloucester-terrace, Old Brompton, and we nting some half pence had given it to the man to pawn. Mr. Arnold said that Mr. Soames wits entitled to much praise, and remanded the prisoner upon bail until to-inor- row week. 111~1RKE1 11115 DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. April 27.—Sales probably 7,000 bales. The market quiet; unchanged. eorelan iuit l'aellet. MAILS DUE. tustralla aad :levy Zealand, via Southampton April 21. Ditto, via e reeillen Brazil. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video May 1 Ditto, by French packet Cape Voids. by Brazil packet ...... . May 4 cape of Good Ll4pe. Aadension, Dail St. Helens.... April 27. China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton.. April 21. bibraltar. via Southampton April 24 Inclia,Via Southampton ...... April 21 unto, via Mansell es Malta, Egypt, ito. ......... April 24. Ditto, Marseilles April •2l Sewfoundla ne ...... ...„ ......... .........May 5 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via doutharci ion Ditto, Mareeiltes Slay 9 Portugal .... May 4. United States, t anada, California, Sac., by British racket April 2 Ditto, by Canadian packet ...... . ...... Ditto, by L I ited States packet April 28 Ditto ditto (Baltimore) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe May 5 Bahamas. via New Y ork West Inaies and r&ZifiC (except Mexico and Baha mas) . April 23 Cuba and Nlexico 2B Bermuda, via Halifax.. • • . RUMOURED NEW PEERS. A telegram from Ottawa, published by the New York Times, says : " It is believed in well-informed circles that Sir George E. Cartier, Sir John A. McDonald, and the Hon. Messrs. Howe and Tilley sill be made lords, under the bill introduced by Earl Russell, creating life peerages." The Liverpool Courier has been requested by Mr. John Pemberton Heywood, of Norris Green, to contradict the rumour which has been published in the Manchester and other newspapers that be was about to be made a peer. Mr. Heywood says there is no foundation whatever for such a statement. NEW PLAN OF 4111IGRATION. A body of working men have devised for them. selves a plan of emigration which promises better success than some of the rash schemes lately talked of. A society has been formed for raising a capital of £250,000 by shares of £1 each, pay able by weekly instalments. The managers wrote to the governor and Legislature of Nebraska, and received the information they wanted, as well as the offer of a large tract of laud at a merely nominal price. The societyintend to colonise this tract, and by way of ascertaining the wh o l e t ruth with regard to it they have sent out sixteen "pioneers," chosen by ballot. Should their report be favourable, otlicr members will be ballotted for, until the land h as been properly divided. Here, then, is a "self-supporting " scheme of emigration, conducted with out even a preliminary appeal to the public. The land allotted to each emigrant is, we presume, to be paid for gradually, but its original price will not render this obli gation a he avy burd en . T he result of this experiment ought to be i nteresting to those who are contending that it is the duty of the Government to assist in the wholesale deportation of the working classes. --Pall Hull Gazette. Mr. Bass, M.P. for Derby, who has been unable to vote in the recent divisions o n the Irish Church qu es ti on is so far improved in health a s t o b e able to almost t daily. As soon as the weathe r b ecomes genial,s he wi; l visit his favourite retreat in ss through aekt toleddri va i ne l illness, e Scotland. A case of considerable importance to masters and worlontsn was heard at the flotheiham County Court on Saturday. It had been sent down from a superior court for trial. A lad named Coates sued (by his father) the Parkgate Iron Company, Limited), for the sum of .CSCO, damages for injuries sustained by Lim in consequence of tlio alleged negligence of the defendants. The boy had been made a cripple for life by a quantity of red hot iron falling upon him from off " trolly," which he was leading from the furnace to the rolls. It was argued on b e half of the plaintiff that the company wore responsible for the accident by, reason of the metal flooring being uneven, thereby causing the boy to be tripped up. The jury found for the plaintiff, and awarded Lim £220 danvges. It is supposed, however, that the superior eourts will be appealed to again on the ground that the verdict was not in accordance with the 9ylclpoo. SHARE LIST. JOINT-STOCKBANKS. 011.DINAILI dHAttS AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid. Closing liminess Prioc. thaw. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1869. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS. MONDAY, April 26. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 10) 77 79 et Caledonian -........ 100 78 761 781 1 1 at Cambrian 20 Cornwall-. . st Dubiin A Belfast Juno lOO 77 79 st Dun„Yerth,& Ab. June lOO 70 72 2) East London all 6 1, 7 20 Do i 5 - - 2) Do 10 - - at Glasgow AS. Western lOO 96 93 at Great Eastern .. .00 371 13 371 i at Do. E. Angl. So. 2 lOO ... ... at Ureat North of Scotland lOO 15 6 • at Great Northern .. 100 106 108 1061 7 at Du. A stock It Do, B stock 'oo .. ... 5t (it:i. and W. of Ireland.. 1 00 it., 7 8 , (;t. Western -Original.. 100 41 Of 4:14 st Do. South Wales lvo 14 16 at Do. W. Alid.-011ord 1(0 kb 27 et 1)0. N ewport lOO Iti i 0 1t Lancashire & I orkaltir lOO 12..'- 1 ak3l 121 21 at Lou., Saab., & S.euttat ICO 47t 4.1 0) Do Scrip .... - - at Lou., Chat., and Dover lvy 171 171 st Do. bletrop. Ex. A lOO - - st Lot. ...z AN oi Lb Western 10? 1151 151 115 116 t Loh. 1 South Weaterb lOO 87 I- V ti f f $t Man., Shet., A Lincoln: ItO 1,0 561 56 at. 3 , 1.,a.rb1 olitan ...... at Do Extensi an .. 10 tio. INevy r 1 .. at 3.lctropo:lt..n District. all 4"a 5J 10 Metro') .-.: t. ..I vii a'a V 001 6 - at Nl.A...ad at On, tlirmin. A 11+•1 b, at Narth _British ...... ... Wu 25 30 , :11 at 11J. Ed.,, eth., & pub- It') - - et Nor...:autern-Berwact... 100 1021 1,31 25 Do. 5. , I.E purebaa, 10.13.1 - - at Do Lee.ls at Do Yor.- at 1,0 earn ,1C .... • ItO lk2 125 at Do Stoc :. A Darl:ng llO 131 131 at North Lon ton 10 Do ,New I titß at North StalTordshiro...... lOU II 56 at North and S.-\V. Junction 100 0.8 100 10 Do New 1:10 shares 7 ... - at Rhymney at Shropshire Union llO b 7 18 at South Devon:-. at South Eastern lOO 701 77 161 1 1 at Staines, Woleharn, & Wok all 12 13 at t au S ale -- Do. 0 - Wateriord & Kilkenny 1(0 -- - 1u Watteau° A Whiteha.l 8 - - RAILW_LYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cont. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 4. per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st De. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... st ; Dundee, rerth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... st Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 96 99 st Do do N 0.2 100 95 93 st Do do 6 per cent 100 103 112 et Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 et Do do B 6 do. 100 ... et Do do C 7 do. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... et Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 79 75 et Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1346 100 ... st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... ••• st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 et Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 103 at Do 43 do do do 100 ... at Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... et Do Leeds, Bradford, and 9G 97 6 : ttt (GreatGG ttNravei South. t as ah tn o d 'f )o 6B 4 r e t i p p t o g n e e t . a r d l r a je cn W ne ed n n t e • t a t' : i t s t a t c r P n u ft 111000000 chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 10: 103 1021 st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 at Do do 4 1 per cent. 1850 lOO 87 89 at Do du 4 du do 100 77 79 at Do do 5 per cent. rodem. 100 95 97 at Do do Birmingham gua lOO 66 70 st Do do do pref lOO . . st Do do Chester gua lOO tit; . 85 et Do do do 8 per cent. 100 ... at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua.. 4 p.c. 100 ... st Do do 4. p.c lOO st Do do 4 1 1859 lOO ... et Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 100 111 111 st Do do 2d gnu, 100 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 PO 92 st Do do 2d. do 100 97 IVO st 1)o gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all et Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 st Do Barnsley, 45 3s 10d p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 93 100 et. London & Brighton, sp. c. guarantcad, No 1 lOO ... et Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 ... at Do 6 du do lOO ... at Do 5 do No. 4. 100 ... et Do 7 per cent lOO ... et Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 et Da 4 do 1859 lOO ... st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO st) London and 11. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 106 110 et Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO ..• st London and n W. 7 p,e late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 2s 65. Do (Port.srn.perp tins 2s6d) all st Man., Shef., & Linclu. 6 p.c lOO 11) 117 6 Do st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 at Do Bristol &13irm., G p.c lOO 1 2 1:14 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 53 10 ) st Do 44 per cent. irredeem lOO 98 100 at Do Leicester & 4 p.c. NJ 89 91 CO st North 1.4 - itish, 5 p.c. Nu. 1 lOO at Do E. &U.4p.e. S. ,t D lOO ... at No.g, 4 per cen.t lOO ,„ at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO „, st N.-Eastern--Cous. 4 p.c lOO 97 9) st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO :,6 97 st Du (1 N.E. 4 per cent., lOO .„, ,„ 17 Do Berwick capital 3 13.4. Do York, 11. &S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stektn & Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO 106 103 at Du W, Hartlepool IL and R 100 81 56 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 1 1. 0 0 as Do Tavistock Anus., 10a ll 8 9 5 9 10 5 10e Du Fixed 45 per cent all 8 81 1.10.6. S. t.ast. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO ••• ••• st Do Fixed 4 1 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No.l lOO 14, 153 st Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS. -PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. st Caledonian 41 p c gas,. at Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO ~,, at Do 41 p irredeem all ~, ••• st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 78 8 st Do 5 du, 1862 lOO 86 td st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 85 88 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 82 80 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 ~, st Do P erm anent 5 per cent. 100 ~, st Do Boston &Sle ald, 4 / p c 100 ~, ** st GreatWeat., W. 31id1., 5 p 100 ~, 7 at D o j o intlorpe. 5p 0, 1865 100 88 ;; at Do do 6p c uTed., 1866 100 106 103 20 Do Vale.P all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B IA ••• ••• 5 Lune. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 p at Loud., Brig .&c.,4lpc, 1858 100 ~, st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 •• st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 „„ at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ~ at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 sdo st Lond , chat, &c., 2a, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.O •.• 100 ~, Do do C 6 p.c at Loudon& N. Weste rn, 5 p c 100 103 116 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 a g-2 9 91 3 10 Man. bhef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 8 8 1 at Metropolitan 5 per cent at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 108 at Do 135 do 100 106 103 18 Do 5p c opt. to coo Ord. Stk., Septny. t all 201 20 . 1,1869 1 18 Do Incony. New Scum; all is 191 191 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 at North British, E. and GI - No. 1, 5 per cent 100 ~, at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, pc 100 at 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 at Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 . st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 95 g 7 901 at Do Stock. & Dart., D at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ... at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 ••• at Do 5 do 1861 100 ••• ••• st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1363 100 st Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ... RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at B r tfrenliea.d lOO 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 99 101 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 50 at Do. 61 per cent. at Do. 6 do. ... 100 11C 112 at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 131 131 20 Gloater and Dean Forest all ... a Gt. Dam., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ... st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 .. st Gt. West, W. Mid., Herd 100 96 98 50 Hull and Selby all Ilu 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2 5 at London and Blackwell lOO 93 95 at Do. 41 per cent lOO ... at London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO ... at Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 65 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 80 82 at Do. do. 6 do. 51 BI a nch ~ Buxton, & Matlk all S 51 at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent moray Line) 50 Northerut East , 5 per cent all 53 56 69 Du. do. 6 do. all .., at N. Easters--Hartlepool 100 at N.West. A perk. pref,bp c. 1130 107 109 at Do B 11111,111Ult1 P.C.... 100 .. t cu a - ,ing. tiranth. lt. a; C lOO 90. 92 9l 25 Presto,' and 11 yre all 44 46 ... :Royston, and Shep. 100 132 134 at Shrewsbury and llereford 100 131 10 Do do 8 2 dip at S. Yorksh. and Inver Dun 100 96 V at De 4 per cent gua... 10 78 S 0 at Do 5 d o all 98 10J st Vict. Station and Pimlico... 100 175 180 at West Cornwall - 5, 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all . 20 Do do at - Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 122 125 st Londou and St. Katherine lOO 44 46 44 100 D °Deb. stock, 4 per cent all ... .. Millwall Freehold Laud st Dock lOO 26 :0 st Southampton lOO 74 70 74j ,st Surrey Qummercial ..1 4. a - Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 12 19 Du B lO 21 3 1 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 20 21 2 0 1 i 20 A.nglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 53 4 1 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 5 4 0 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 22 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 3J 10 Bank of New Zealand - all 17 18 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, .nd China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India. London, and China all 291 301 20 City 1 s 12 121 100 Colonial 25 39 40 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, li m 5 '2 1 20 English and American, lira 10 ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lint lO pr 1p 20 English, r-, coltish, and las . tralian Chartered 28; Hong 'Ong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 58 281 Do new 5l Illi 2 1 S lOU Imperial, lim 2O 16 1 7 20 Imperial Ortonau lO 2 21 131 .5 lonian all 24 26 25 Do new 5 1t 10 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 311 3 1 i 100 Du sp. c. De1i:4.1864, 3$ all 76 73 7 30 London Bank of al exico and South America, llin. 20 61 5 1 100 London and Brazilian, lien. 45 Si) 27 20 Do new 71 31 41 100 London &River Plate, lin. 40 9 11 23 Do new 10 21 2 IP 20 London Chart. o f Australia all 2i 1 '25 20 London and County 2O 10 51 sU Do new iss at 20 p.m 16 pd ll London Joint Stock 1 341 3 3 1 London and South African al 81 91 00 London & S. - Western, lim, 20 13 11 71 8 150 London & Venezuela, Um._ 121 • 100 London and Westminster '2o 64 GI 63 1 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 23 6 4 10 Metropolitan, lint all 7 1 7 i 100 Midland, lim. .. 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 13 ld a lp 100 National Provine. of Eng'd 42 10 Do 50 National. 3O ... .. 20 New South Wales • - all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 6 4 41 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 10 10 Do new, all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 1 s 14 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London l5 351 361 35 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 224 22 221 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 llf 121 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 21 t 6 st Do. 8 per cent lOO 71 74 711 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 160 165 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2 0 245 10 Do. New 9 D p 25 Indo-European Tel., lint . ... S Loud. Provincial Tel. lim all 3 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 10 Mediterra. Exton. Tel., lim. all 3 1 li p 4 25 Reuter's Telegram all 48 13 80 20 Societe Transatlant., lint l4 4 3 15a st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 If 20 Telegraph Con. &Main.,lim all 161 171 17} 5 11. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 6i 6 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 3a 4 p MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint. all 151 164 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 151 i t i 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lira all I'4 114 10 Do. New ... . .............. . 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint 5 Bombay Gas, litn. 5 Do. New ........ , ............ 4 11 id Si British American Land 4l 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lira all 2/ 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 65 70 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lira 20 Ceylon Company, lint. lO 4 31(1 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lira. 25 City of London Beal Pro perty, lira 30 City of Milan Improv. BM all 5 G 25 City of Moscow Gas, lira all 50 City Offices, lira 50 Colonial, lira. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 5 1 . p 54 1 10 Company of African Mer chants, lira. 3 id p 20 Continental Union Gas, lira. all 191 201 20 25 Copper Miners of England, pref 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 44 per cent. all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1882, 44 per cent. all 1031 1011 10 Credit Fon. of England, lira. all 24 3 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritiuslim lO gi st Crystal Palace lOO 1,, 21 st Do. Preference lOO 93 10) st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO5 107 111 20 Darjeeling, lira, 10 Eastern Assam, lint 6l ...d 50 .East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irriga. 5. Canal all .. .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, aud Coal, lim. 100 Egyptimr9 per cent. V'roy. Una. by Egypt, Gov..„ all 961 971 97 1 20 Egyptian Com. &Vad. hin 6 .. .. 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, Hui 21 # 1 # 1.5 English and Foreign C re di t 7# 41 3a d 100 Eug. and Scot. 11 arine, lint 8 ••• ••1 10 Fairbairn Engineerin g 5 2 tu 20 Fore-street Warehmtse,lim l2 1 1 10 100 For. & Col. Coy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B3 all 56 87 50 Geliivara. lint 10 General Credit & Die., lint 7l Ik •1 1 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 50 Home & Col Marine In. lirn. 5 3 21 ' 1 10 Hong Kong and Chins, (.19,s all ••• ••• 20 Hudson's Bay 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 20 Interns. Land Credit, lint 6 6 id 50 Italian Land.,,....,,. 6 I ' l .. 1) 20 Italian Irri. (Canal your) all 3 "1 100 Do. 6p. C. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 61 63 50 Land Securities, lint 5 :!; 11(1 25 London African Trading lO 7 b 'l 25 Lon. & Caled. M ar i ne, lint 6 "' '''(. 10 London County Land and Building, lint. 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 211 ;0.., 4 Lond.Gen.Onanibus.Co.lim. all 2 21 21 50 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 21 16d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr st Madras Irriga. & Cant. Gaa. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 102 101 103 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, Bin__ , ......... ll I 38ld 50 Merchant Shipping, lira..,, ~, all 33 60 Blillwall Iron Works, Um 121 ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonise.- tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount * Co , lint 6 IA 111 25 National Pro v . Marina, lint. 4 4 3, 1 10 National Ste am Ship, lint. all 91 10 1 20 Nerbudda, Coal& Iron, , lint. 6 31 ;4d N3d 10 New Consolidat e d Dis. lint. 3 -1 -- 5 New Quebrada, Um. 4.4.0 4 1 -. 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer • cantile Agency,lint 2l I IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint. .....• Te a k , ...... 5 li II 10 Northern Assam iim. 5 7 , ; 52 10 505 Do. B ..... ll s "' ............... 11 st North Brit. Austral., Hui._ 100 48 5l Orientalor Oceanent lFinancial,a Marine s,l im (ln . s lineu ranc e ) 5 12 1 50 North Brit. & Moreau. In 6l. y 20 • all 7 8 5 Do. New 10 Otago and Southland • In , vestment, lint 5 Ottoman Gas, litn 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian It. Mail lint all ~,..... 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl,llut 100 31 31 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 49 50 50 D J) 0 0. . New New 1867 . 50 Rhymney Iron 15 25 Rio de Janeiro City I ... i' all 181 19 m mt. 20 Do. Gas, line all 21 6 100 Royal Mail Steam et Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO 85 90 et Do. Cp. C. Guar. Pref lOO ... ••• 2 25 0 50 ja EgY n TP,taendlit.n all lO 347 :16 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empiro Ot 8 2.1 3 1 B S S ° . o A c u i t e f h r t i e c A a F u n i s n : r Mort. a d i ' &In v . , lint. 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), hen 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint_ 8) . ... JO Trust & Agency of Aus., U .. m. 1 1 1p 10 Do do. do. all ••• ••• d lim 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 h A,, 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 41 AP 20 Union Steam Ship, lim 15 United Discount Corp.,lim, 6 it ia 20 Universal Mariue(ln.), lien. 5 11 2 p Loan , all 80 81 80 12 12 10d 281 6 7 10 West India and Pacific Steam, lint 2O 2 : 1 .0 West London Wharves and 035 1 0 0 00 Vl\ U rva p iccan p eer e n:D r aot .iynAe( Warrant i s oF s aof a i 1 ;1 a: i t:, egemaer?:)t Egypt, n 7. Warehouses 21 3 41 OuLONIAL OOYSIMMICNT SECURITIE6 British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872•• .• • ... P. •• • • 100 ,A.. 1895.._ _ _ _ 150 VV. Canaov.6 p.c.Jan. • &July 1877-84 Do. 6p. et 7eb, & Aug lOO 102 104 Do. sp. 0. Afar. & Sept lOO 102 IC4 Uo. 6p. o. Jan. & JulY• lOO 93 94 93 i Do. sp. c. lnocribed 1k ICO 90 92 Cape (x. Hope. 6 P• 0 •187 3•• 10 9 102 101 Do.Ap1.&001 1590-1900 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-9 0 .• 100 107 109 Do. JanAtJuly. 18p1 •••• 100 108 lie Do. 5 per cent. 16 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Cry ton, Nov 1875, 0 P." lOO 108 iie Po. 1872, do lOO 103 107 blaurittue, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July ....... • 1)0 1 0 4 106 Do. 1578 ••• ........ "• 1.10 106 108 Do. 1882, May and NC'. •• 00 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. ik Aug lO 106 Oa 111. , lbourne Corpora te., N.no 7 v i' .:p.o.J &,. Pcra. I:, cent 11U0 100 ,100 0 103 114 Natal 6 p ot, Apl & Oct 0) ...... . ,CG} —Do6 p c. 111. y Sz Nov , 101( 6 108 N. S. W. 5 p•c., ' 7l to ' 74 •• 100 99 1 , 1 Do. 5 p.c. 15E8 to 1890- . • 100 9EI 9 91 Do. 5 p.c. rd. 6. to 75 IS.Zealand, 6p. 0t.189 1 .• If 0 ___ Do. 5 percent.... -- DoJan, A prl,July, Ott lOO 93 (4 951 DJ 0p c. Mar & 1.-,ept '9l lOO 108 110 -- Do June .16 Dec , 1-91 •••• 140 109 Lil {Do frov. , 1 Auctid. 1 ILO 1 ccrie3l &2, 1590 .. Is. ova Scotia 6p. c.Jan and July. 1875 Do 15z 6.. .• Queensind. ep. c. '825 lOO 1001 101 i Do 1891 .. —--•• • • • • 10 0 1156 10(4 Tasmanian 6 per c. 1895 .. 1066 1071 LOS Do it oz-'97 . ..... Victoria 6 ter cent.lB9l lio 118 31.4 D9.11.pri16134:1 00 ......i• Z. 09 1011 11 0 1 1101 1 The Marseilles journals have another poisoning case to report. The story is mysterious, and, of course, has been rendered highly scandalous, reflecting ou a member of the priesthood. A young woman, the wife of a labourer, was in the service of an abbe. The husband, who was previously in perfect health, died suddenly. The occurrence was so unexpected that a sus picion arose that he bad been poisoned. The wife was arrested, and confessed the crime, but added that she was urged to it by the abLe. Both are in prison, and will shortly be tried. Here is an outline which will probably be filled up with another collection of domestic details, Dr. Epstein, who was accidentally wounded whilst per forming a trick at the Cirque Napol6un, is likely, accord. ing to Dr. Nelaton, to recover. The Etenricird has died at last, Lut not the death of the •righteons. Its Saturday's issue contained this notice : "The Etendard, succumbing to the cemequences of the preventive arrest of its chief editor, notwith standing the efrorts of its provisional atbninistration, is obliged to suspend its publication from this day." The Taillefer affair is being actively inquired into by M. de Turcy, the examining magistrate. No doubt if every thing be disclosed the story will prove a remarkable one, for in its present aspect it is entirely unintelligible. We are told that the greater part of the ,12;:;2,000 received by M. Pic as his share of Taillefees frauds was spent upon the Etoian!, and yet this astonishing journal has been in existence but a fhcrt time, and received during its brief career all the Government advertisements. The public will be slow to believe that all this money was absorbed by the inglorious Etendord. The public meeting orators seem to have definitely taken the place of the newspaper writers as the favoured objects of Imperial wrath. The Correctional Tribunal has just been dealing with five of the heroes whc delight in being the centre of attraction at Belleville. A terrible accusation—inciting to hatred and contempt the Govern ment, provoking disobedience of the law, resisting the agents of the public force, &c.—was followed by the inevitable conviction. All five were sentenced to a fine of £B, and imprisonment for terms varying from three to six months. M. Varin., a popular dramatic author, has just died at the age of 70. He was the writer of about 150 pieces, mostly played at the Vaudeville, Variaes, and Palais- Royal Theatres, among the best known being the " Saltimbanques," in which Frederick Lemaitre - obtained one of his greatest successes, the," Chamber a Deux Lits." the " Rue de la Lune," &c. The Emperor drove to the Bois de Boulogne on Satur day, and walked on the margin of the lake for a consider able distance. Ile seemed in capital health. His Majesty attends tolerably closely to State affairs, as well as to matters of less importance which interest him. Commu nication between Calais and Dover seems to be his espe cial hobby. He is yet undecided, I am told, whether to give his weighty aid to the project of a bridgeor a tunnel. Plans are being prepared, and experiments made with the bridge, but the tunnel is not forgotten. The Emperor had a long interview on Saturday with Lord Richard Grosvenor on this subject. On the same day his Majesty gave another audience respecting a much less agreeable question. M. Frere-Orban had a long private conversa tion touching the Belgian affair. What passed, of course nobody knows ; but it is rumoured that the Emperor specially desired the extension of M. Frere-Orban's stay in Paris in order that the negotiations which have termi nated so badly mightbe reopened. This request, it appears, has been acceded to, and the Belgian Minister has made the concession, which, if the Ind4pendance Beige be correct, will settle the business. The Belgian Government offers to buy the Luxembourg line and lease a portion of it to the East of France Company. This ought to settle the difficulty, for it is a virtual surrender of nearly all that France demanded. _ _ This is the last day of the session. The law respecting the pensions to the old soldiers of the Republic and the Empire comes on to-day, and a large number of these worthies are gathering on the benches set apart for the use of the public. Some of them have determined, apparently, to impress the torpid deputies with sentiments of historical pride, for they are dressed in the uniforms similar to those in which they fought the battles of the First Napoleon. It is expected that M. Rouher will defend the law for granting these veterans a pension. Hence a good many ladies have gathered on the diplomatic and Ministerial tribunes. Every. thing is ready—except the deputies. M. Schneider has taken his seat, and looks blandly at the vast hemicycle of desert before him. A few of the representa tives of France have at length crawled in, and the business commences by M. Gmiroult with a speech on the new opera buildings, lie has promised to be short and not ask for money, and therefore they are hearing him. The Governthent has apparently resigned itself to allowing several of the Third Party to slip into the next Parliament. In several places candi dates of this shade of politics are left in undis turbed repose, an unofficial candidate having no chance against them. But this acti,nt of the Govern ment is from necessity, and not choice. Wherever there is a prospect of beating the Third Party an Imperialist has been put up. The next Corps Ldgislatif will be more numerous than the one which gives up the ghost to-day. In 1852 the number of deputies was 201 ; in 1857, 267; in 1866, 272—Savoy and Nice have been added. This year it will be 283. Two departments—the Seine and the Var are to have one deputy less, and thirteen are to have one more—balance, e:even. The two who are to be cut off in their sins behave badly ; but the thirteen destined to exaltation have behaved well. Lord Stanley of Alderley is said to be in a fast tinking condition. . The petition which Sir Sidney \Yatcr?ow•'s friends thought of bringing against the return of Major Walker for Dumfriesshire Las been altogether nband )ned. Mr. J. Lothrop Motley will leave New Yolk for England on the 19th of May, and Mr. Wasliburne, for France, on the Ist of May. The Colonial Prisoners Removal Bill, brought from the Lords, has just been printed. It authorises the removal of prisoners from ono colony to another for purposes of punishment, and provides that all such removals hitherto made shall be valid for all purposes. The question which has been raised between the Sheriffs of Middlesex and the hardlord of the house lately occupied by Benjamin Higgs, at Tcddington, was again adjourned at Judges' Chambers on Monday. it will come before Vicc-Chancellor James again in a few days. Lord Chief Justice Bovill, who had been prevented for a week from performing his jt.dicial duties by illness, on Monday took his seat upon the bench in tho Court of Common Pleas, and proceeded with the heariog of cases in the special paper. On Sunday, at the Victoria Theatre, the well known Richard Weaver was engaged to deliver a farewell sermon, and a most motley but enormous concourse of per sons attended. Unfortunately the crush was so great that, amongst other accidents, a young child was dragged out of its mother's arms and trampled under foot. The Dublin Court of Common Pleas has ordered Mr. Barry, Mr. Wt gueliii's solicitor at the Yonghal eft ction, to show cause to-day why he . should not be suspended from practising as an attorney for his recent speech im pugning the conduct of the judge who tried the electron petition. The Yorkshire Post is authotised to state that the report that the family of the late Capttiin Edwards have re ceived .£25,000 as compensation from the London and North-Western Railway Company for the loss cf that gentleman and Lis son in the accident at Abergele is untrue, the executors of Captain Edwards not having received any compensation whatever from that company. A man named Wm. Thompson, a lodging-house keeper in Queen-street, Blackburn, purchased a number of bottles at a sale on Thursday, and three of them, apparently containing water, were placed on a large teapot by Thor:T WO, and left on the footpath near his house door. Two boys, aged about four years, sons of Thompson and Henry :Sharpies, grocer, sa w the bottles on Friday evening, and they drank some of the contents. Both wore frightfully burned, the liquor turning out to be vitriol. On Saturday their case was considered beyond hope. Some correspondence between Mr. Murphy and the Home-office is published. Mr. Murphy in a very long letter con plains that his lecture at North Shields was prevented. He sets forth that he is loyal to the laws and religion of the country ; that he does not denounce her Majesty nor abuse her Ministers; that he calls nobody heathen or heretic. He admits, however, that he is xe:table "3IS an Irishman,' but denies that he has used language ealeulat,d to promote a breach of the peace. He poluls cut that the law nude' which his 'ecture was stopped is ol.),:ele:p, and with an sir of suppressed triumph, declares that it was directed against a Romish conspiracy of 179 t). Be concludes by asking for an interview. lu the short, curt, official letters with which sc many correspondences are quasheo, Mr. Murphy is informed that " Mr. Bruce must decline to comply with your ap pli a: ion." By another official correspondence we are informed that the action against Mr. Bradt:nigh on account of his publi cation of the National Refwvner, is stayed. Mr.Bradlangh pro tests that a Liberal Government ought never to have :...arria on the action. The point raised on not that the paper tea: blasphemous, lut vas an attempt, in a t( clinical point, tc ruin the secularist and overthrow his journal by a aide THIRD ce''),lrr N NO TICh. The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Evoking was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING. The Lotto CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Their. lordships were engagad the whole of the early part of the evening in discussing the merits of the Life Peerages Bill. The Earl of DERBY thought the bill involved certain important provisions, which would require to be duly con sidered. lie did not object to the principle of the bill. nr.r SPEAKING. HOUSE OF COM NIONS.—THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. THE IMPERIAL GAS BILL. The consideration of this bill was . postponed until to morrow in order to allow time to members to consider the effect of the clauses proposed to be introduced by Mr. Locke with respect to the appointment of professional auditors. SCHOOLMASTERS IN IRELAND Mr. C. PORTESCUE said it was not the intention of the Coverument to propose any revision of the sale of salaries of schoolmasters in Ireland. The subject, how ever, was an important one, and would be fully con sidered. DISEASED SHEEP. Mr. C. FOSTER, in reply to Mr. Comm, said it was true that oa the arrival of a cargo of sheep from Hamburgh the custom-house officers found that some of the animals were diseased, and they were at once killed, and steps wore at once taken to disinfect both the ship and the wharf. Only a few, however, of the sheep comprising the cargo were found in a dieeased state, and a doubt arose as to whether the disease was sheep pox, or another disease not of so fatal a character, but it was thought that if any doubt existed it was best to err on the side of precaution, so the sheep were killed, although he (Mr. Forster) believed the disease was not what it was supposed to be. With respect to another cargo arriving from Antwerp, comprising 1,800 sheep, only five were found to be diseased, and these five came from a portion of the cargo, viz., 219 shipped by one of the parties sending the animals to Lon don. The whole of that portion of the cargo was, however, killed, and in another cargo coming from Hamburgh only four out of 351 sheep were found to be suffering from disease, yet all were killed. Lord Defrey had the whole of the circumstances fully consi dered, and it was not thought necessary to re-enact the order with respect to the slaughtering sheep on their ar rival from any foreign countries. The effect of re-enact ing the order would most materially affect the consumers of mutton in this country, as a very large per centage of the mutton consumed was foreign. He thought it would be a great hardship to the metropolis to re-enact the order, the more so as it had been proved that sheep-pox could be quickly and efficiently crushed out without the necessity for such extreme measures as were required to stop the cattle plague. With respect to the question as to whether the Government were aware that sheep-pox prevailed ex tensively at Holstein, he had to say that he had received Information from Antwerp that sheep-pox did not prevail in Belgium ; from Rotterdam Information had been receivd that the disease did not prevail either in South Holland or Zealand ; and from Hamburg it was stated that no case of such disease had been reported in Holstein. EMIGRANTS 'lO CANADA. Mr. MONSELL, in reply to Mr. Kinnaird, said, with respect to the emigrants who had formerly been in the employ of the Royal Dockyards and ordnance factories, that on their arrival in Quebec the Governor-General h.►d ordered that the utmost assistance and facilities should be given them. The Government of Ontario had offered them laud, and ho believed other matters would be done which would be highly advantageous to them. THE NEW LAW COURTS. Mr. LA.YARD, in reply to the question of Mr. Gregory, as to whether the Government had decided finally on the site for the new law courts, suggested by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his speech on the 20th inst., said the Government had finally decided to apply to Parliament to acquire the site mentioned by his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The site required was between Somerset-house and the Temple, at the end of floward-street. It consisted of six acres ofgrornd, and Mr. Street, the architect, had stated that it was quite possible to erect the whole of the courts and offices un that site. The Government intended to apply for a bill to acquire that site, and on that occasion he should be abb., to show th_►t it possessed great advantages over every other site which bad been proposed. (Laughter.) There was another advantage to be attained with such a proposal, as th 3 whole building could be erected at the cost mentioned by the hon. gentleman (Mr. Cire c cory), viz., £l,6oo,ooo—(hear, hear) which was a very greatadvautaBe compared wit:► the costly scheme which had been advocated in the house by the supporters of the Carey street site. He had received a communication from Chief Baron Sir Fitzroy Kelly ou the subject, and he said that all the judges were unanimously in ta your of the new site, and that it was their opinion that it would he fur the con venience of the bench, the bar, the solicitors, the suitors, and the public that the proposed change of site should take place. (Rear, hear.) Mr. HUNT wished to know whether the necessary notices had been given to the owners of property. Mr.LAYARD said when he applied for leave to bring in the bill, whieh he hoped to do before Whitsuntide,he would enter at length into all the details of the matter. An lIoN. MEMBER wanted to know what was to be done with the Carey-street site. Mr. LAYARD must ask hon. members to postpone their enquiries until he applied for leave to introduce the bill. THE COVICT 'WILTSHIRE. Mr. BRUCE had to apologise to the hon. member for Wiltshire for not answering the whole of his questions the other evening. He had asked whether Charles Wilt shire was the same person who had attempted to murder one of the warders in Gloucester Gaol. He believed that one of the warders whose duty it was to watch Wiltshire after the conviction fell asleep, and the convict seized that opportunity to make a violent attack on the man, but on the arrival of the, night watchman he was quite calm. He hoped the hon. member would feel there was a great difference between an attempt to murder and a violent assault. The circumstances, however, had been fully considered, when the fate of the convict was decided. (LEFT KITING. - LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Mr. Hugh Mac- Donell to be Secretary at Buenos Ayres, and to approve of Mr. Ferdinand Krapt as Consul at Liverpool, as well as Senor Y. Kattongell as Consul-General iu England for the Republic of Honduras. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 14 ... 12 2} Do Rotterdam — ... 12 3f ... 12 3 Antwerp — ... 25 4U ... 25 47 Brussels Hamburg:ll — ... 13 11 ... 13 11 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 121 Vienna Trieste — ... 12 70 ... 12 77} Petersburg 30f ... Copenhagen ••• Berlin 9 2i ... 9 •• 6 27i ... 6 ••• Madrid.. Cadi7 Leghorn Milan — 48 4Bi ... 49 49; 26 521 .., 26 tif ... 26 524... 26 574 Genoa .. — ... 26 52} ... 26 57i Naples Palermo — ... 26 52* ... 26 571 Messina Lisbon — ... 52i .._. 521 : Oporto — ... 52* ... 52* Rio Janeiro — ... ... New York THE TEA TRADE.—The deliveries in London estimated for the week ware 1,739,0241 b., which is a de crease of 723,451 lb., compared with the previous stato- ment, General William A. Nichols, Adjutant-General of the Military Department of the Missouri, died at St. Louis, April 8, after an illness of a fortnight. He was a native of Pennsylvania, and appointed to West Point in 1834; graduated in 1838, and was breveted 2d lieutenant in the 2d Artillery, but was appointed Assistant-Commis sary of a Subsistence in the following November. lie served as Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Quitman iu the Mexican war, and afterwards as Assist.-Adjutant-General on Gen. Garland's staff ; breveted Captain for gallantry at the battle of Mon terey, Sept. 23, 1846, and Major at Molino del Bey ; ap pointed Assist. -Adj uta ut-General, July 29,1852, and served through the late war in the Adjutant-General's Depart meet, being promoted to be Colonel June 1, 1864, and breveted Brigadier-General Sept. 24,1864. Gon.Sheridan, accompanied by Gen. Forsyth, and Colonel Crosby of his staff, arrived at St. Louis, April 8, to attend the funeral. Senator Grimes, of lowa, and family were to leave Now York on the 14th instant for Europe, on board the Samaria, and may therefore be expected immediately. He has never wholly recovered from the partial paralysis with which he was attacked last year. TV a"... VT •• Emil Rochester, of Illinois, has bee❑ appointed U.S. Consul at Boonton. Some of the Now York papers say he has boon appointed at Bremen, which is probably a mistake. Dr. Watson, the present Consul at Boonton, has only been in office two or three months, and his family resides at Dusseldorf. " , ,ze ......72; SPORTING .INTEL L IGENCE —This Da 7 NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) SWEEPSTAKES OF 300 SOVS. The Laird Merry and Wise 2 HANDICAP PLATE. Jerry Hawthorn Wildbad 2 Fouttoen ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOPS. Arcana My Honey , Yellow Gown Twelve ran. PI ATE OF 50 ..!OVS. ... . ..... Rod Ribbon 1 Hopeless HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Wildbad 1 THE TWO THOUSAND. Pretender.. Bellactrum Perry Duwu Betting-3 to 1 agst Duke of Beaufort, 100 to 30 agst Pretender, 5 to 1 asst - Martyrdom, 7 to I agst Drummer, 8 to 1 agst Its lholrum, 20 to 1 agst Alpenstock, 23 to 1 each agst Pt ince Imp:•rial and • the 11 rmione colt, 66 to 1 each agst Perry Down and Typhon, 100 to 1 t ach agst Tasman and Tenedos. Mr. M•Goorge succeeded in getting the compct ors oft on pretty even terms, the hest to show iu adVa , , t e e being Brambridge, rho ma k+ I lay, followed by Teine dos, Conrad, and Perry Down on the right, Preten der, the liermoine colt, and Belladrum being o n th e left, with Martydoin in the centre, the others bei'sg pretty well up in the first quarter of a mile. Nearing the Bushes Brarnbridge and Conrad dropped away, and Bella drum, followed by Pretender, soon assumed the lead, the Russley colt looking all over the winner till he began 0 b east the hilly finish, when he began to falter. Pretender so , n drew up sides with him, and quitting him in a ltw strides, went on and won easily by half a length, for r 19 igths from Belladrum finishing Perry Down, who beat Martyrdom a neck. The latter was placed fourth, Teuedos fifth, Tasman sixth, Alpenstock seventh, Typhon eighth, and Prince Imperial nint h then came Neuchatel, Duke of Beaufort, King Cophetua, and The Drummer, the last pair being Arbacos and the Hermoine colt. Timo as taken by Benson's chrono graph, 1 min. 521- sec. COFFEE ROOM STAKES. Rs sh wort h FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 8 P.M. NEIIMARKET RACES-THIS DAY.) PLATE OF 100 SOUS. Vespasian Athena Astracan A . SWEEPSTAKES OF 200 SOVS. Madame Eglantine f. Masquine f. .. 2 Searboro WINDson. STEEPLECHASES. —Tinderbox, who came in first for the Guards' Cup and the Grand Military Steeple chase, has, ou the ground of being in the forfeit list, been disqualified for both races, and the stakes in each instance have been awarded to the horse that came in second. RACING FIXTURES. MAI. Chester 4, 5, 6, 7 1 St. Albans 17, 18 Eolinton Hunt 6, 7 I West Drayton l7, 18 Winchester ll, 12 1 Bath 18, 19 York 11, 12 ilanchester l9, 20, 21 Baldoyle '2nd Spring 11 12 I Salisbury l3 111 Doncaster 13, 14 Croydon 19, 21 Harpenden 2l Epsom Summer .....25, &c. jITNE. Croydon 9 , 3, 4 Newcastle 22, 23, 21 Newton 2,3, 4 1 Oldham 22 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 llibury Club '23 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Swckbridg© 24, 25, 26 Windsor 15, 16 Chelmsford Hampton l7, 18 Sutton Park .....29, 30 Curragh 22, 23, 24 I JULY Worcester l, 2 1 Southampton 13,13 Newmarket J uly 6, &c. I Reading 15, 16 Carlisle Pontefract 9, 10 1 Stamford ... Hendon ..... l2, 1 3 I Goodwood 27, `28,19, 30 Nottingham 11, 14 1 NOVEMBER. •), 3 I Egliutou Unlit 6, 7 3, 4 .Liverpool 9, 10, 11 3, 6 i Shrewsbury l5, 16 Harrow.. Wurcest or.. St. Albaus TB E AI? T UN/ ON. —(1 Ms D.l Y.) The annual meeting of the subscribers to the Art Union was hel,l to-day at the Royal Adelphi Theatre. The annual report of the directors was read by Mr. Lewis Pockcock, from which it appeared the Art Union of London had now been in operation thirty-two years, and, during that time, had col lected for the purpc;sl of aiding in the advance ment of art, and thereby in the advance ment of civilization, a sum exceeding £376,000. The premium of two hundred guineas for a series of not less than twenty partially-shaded drawings (size 12 in. by 8 in.), illustrating some poetical or historical work of a British author, or events in British history, the selection being left to the di,cre tion of the artists, brought 34 sets of designs, of vari ous degrees of merit. After due consideration the coun cil selected as most deserving of the premium offered a series illustrative of Charles Kingsley's well known story of " Hereward the Wake." These drawings were afterwards found to be the work of of 11. C. Selous, already known to the subscribers for his admirable designs to the " Pilgrim's Pro gress." These designs are of a very high order of merit, and, as they fulfil the stipulations of the ad vertisement in every particular, your council have placed them in the hands of Mr. Charles Lewis to be engraved, and a copy of the series will be pre sented to each subscriber in the ensuing year. The amount available for the purchase of works of art from the public galleries, viz., £4,922 10s., has been thus allotted :-22 works at £lO each ; 21 at £l5 ; 12 at £2O ; 12 at £25 ; 12 at £3O ; £lO at £35 ; 8 at £4O ; 5 at £45 ; 6 at £5O ; 4 at £6O ; 4 at £75 ; 3 at £lOO ; 2 at £l5O ; and 1 at £2OO. The report having been received, the drawing for prizes was proceeded with. TIIE INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF THE PAPACY as de scribed in one of Father Newman's "Lectures on Angli can Difficulties,"—that, namely, on Branch Churches. Who that has ever read it(asks a writer in last Saturday's Spectator) does not remember that remarkable passage in which the greatest of the modern converts to Rome de scribes the antithesis between the national power which supports " Branch Churches" and the intangible eccle siastical power of Rome ? —how different is the bearing of the temporal power! Its prompti tude, decisiveness, leenness, and force are well repre sented in the military array which is its instrument. Punctual in its movements, precise in its operations, im posing in its equipments, with its spirits high, and its step firm, with its haughty clarion and its black artillery, be hold, the mighty world is gone forth to war, with what ? With an unknown something. which it feels, but cannot see ; which flits around it, which flaps against its cheek, with the air, with the wind. It charges, and it slashce . , and it fires its volleys, and it bayonets, and it is mocked by a foe who dwells in another sphere, and is far beyond the force of its analysis or the capacities of calculus. The air gives way, and it returns again ; it exerts a gentle but constant pressure on every side ; moreover, it is of vital necessity to the very power which is attacking it. Whom have you gone out against ? A few old men, with red hats and stockings, or a hundred pale students, with eyes on the ground and beads in the ir girdle; they are as stable; destroy them—then there will be other old men and other pale students instead of them. But we will direct our rage against one ; he flees ; what is to be done with him ? Cast him out upon the wide world? But nothing can go on without hint. Then rifer t ng him buck. But he will give no guarantee he future. Then leave hint alone; his power is gone ; w ill fake a new course Meanwhile,Catho i o t h h f e e hi i m s m u s a e: t t l i f t : u a d n h e o body rise up all around, and hide heaven and earth from e o : f .i itilaoukte.eupch'eewst :Ivllithovthere the eyes of the spcetators of the combat ; and unreal jtidg molts are hazarded, and rash predictions, till the mist clears away, and then the old man is found in his own place, as before, saying Mass over the tomb of the Apostles. MARINE DISEASES. —The last monthly statement issued by the Bureau Veritas of Paris show that during the month of March last 299 vessels, including 16 steamers, I% ere reported as total losses. Thu casualties were dis tributed among different nationalities as under :-124 Eng lish, 58 French, 32 North German, 15 American, 13 Italian, 9 Greek, 9 Norwegian, 6 Austrian, and 33 bearing various other be.