The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-31 00:00:00

SR E 2 Margaret with having Mary Anne awker. It ur had known :e, and that !cutrix, who went out to child, which met the pri pros ecutrix, went into a cnife to cut a When she td that the The poor for seven prisoner was, r two ago she tie girl—now t— was taken ving stolen a k Industrial ie prisonerae , the prisoner promising to e child, how. ter is that in in the Liver the Ardwick . up to the ied a perse got informa l() object of ce indicated , she heard hastening to t in a beer, eing made, 1, su pposed : Industrial )ild, at once! proofs of her, f a burn on f, of course, Ile to recog- seven years of the burn, truth of the for trial. iardians, on wesent. The Inufacturers ittees evert hether theY y operatives their esta• Lis colleague ith the rest d in Preston s ; and they ;iv of giving ef. He was )f the duti t on either interruption employers time could tns, because n, distress, e to folloW at the guar' nittees were came before a his power lble him to uantities to 6s not desti. t he had 1 10 illy justified :1 accept the must not ley possibly xem in such union, and f work they esday nig ht dressed hi tary of the ;en received of only the of the the town• ire that all be obtained labour with e should be would most r difficultie s added that a of a p er. by which iture settle .11t, without strikes or g complied It subjects Dllected fot Ise Prestoll hands, ar male card• 'he meeting ed position n per cent•, se of iietne' pire. TWO st of which 'position of is not onli .Iso express utmost of ices expire such hands 'embers for "We also ,o represent in and out re, and t° model the ?,sentatio n d, provided nteed. At ion, it wa 3 be made to r. HarYeY laireur of enings back L (Loire). he I hi m for lb get uP 11° is that of moment he on reaching t to let th e got (lowa Are the lash Lxt moment saw that :.,oinPa° l°l/ ' e fields to 1 , howeve r ' Lnd in it a )0 francs in which 110 MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O.CLOCK: Consols are 92i 3 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 914 ; New Three per Cents, 91i 4 4 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 1 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 1 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 239. India Stock, 10/ per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 1 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 100/ ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., Jan., 1872, 105 ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 9 prem. In the foreign market there is a rise of 1 in Italian Five per Cents., and a fall of . in New Spanish Three per Cents., at 551 551, and 31/ 311 respectively. Mexican Bonds remain at 141 1 ; Greek, 111 12 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 411 411 ; Charkoff Azof, 774 77/ ; and Honduras Railway Loan, 85 87. The Danubian Commission Guaranteed Loan is 1 prem. In the Railway Market the quotations are as follows :—Caledonian, 781 to 91- ; Great Western, 501 1 ; Great Eastern, 371 ; Great Northern, 1071 81 ; ditto A, 109 1 ; Lancashire, 1221 31; Metropolitan, 103 1; Midland, 117 8; Shef field, 571 8 ; Brighton, 481 9; ; North British, 35 36 ; North Easters (Berwick), 102 3 ; South Eastern, 76 1 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 161 161. American Five-Twenties and Bonds are 83i and 82 i respectively ; the Ten-Forty, 761 74 ; Erie Railway, 241 25 ; and Illinois Central rennin remain at 961 97. The Banking and Miscellaneous Shares remain unaltered. The mortgage debentures of the Trouvillo Asso ciation are quoted to 11 prem. The following are the proportions of gold and silver specie brought by the Royal Mail steamer Douro from the West Indies, viz. : Silver, £102,022 ; and gold, £122,693, giving a net total of £224,715. The steamer Poonah, with the heavy portion of the India, China, and Australian mails, brings specie and gold to the value of £26,860. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received the following remittances on account of New Grenada dividends, viz.:—From C. H , of Santa Marta, £2,451 ss. 9d. ; ditto, Cartagena, £BOO ; ditto, Bagota, £10,822 Bs. 2d.—total, £14,073 13s. 11d. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of 1930 at 90 days' sight, on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador. The impression mentioned a short time back that the excessive importation of United States Bonds into Europe would soon cause gold to be sent to New York from this side has been realised, and a total of £207,000 in American coin was this afternoon withdrawn from the Bank for that destination. The question of the return of bills in the case of the Portuguese Government has created consider able comment. The financial condition of the country must indeed be bad when such things are allowed to take place. The frequent changes in the Government have something to do with this. There can be no confidence, either in a political or pecu niary sense, when these movements are so con stantly recurring. The transactions associated with the South Eastern of Portugal Railway ; the recourse to temporary loans ; and this fresh dilemma of returned engagements, should at once induce the authorities at Lisbon to take measures vigorously to rearrange their expenditure. The Credit Foncier of England (Limited) have convened a meeting for the 6th of April, to obtain authority for au issue of £200,000 8 per cent. de bentures, redeemable with a bonus of 10 per cent. between January, 1870, and July, 1872. The object is to preserve in the most profitable manner the interest held in the Belgian Public Works Company and in the Siagne Canal, lately acquired from the Irrigation Company of France. At the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Railway at Glasgow, a dividend at the rate of 3; per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock was de clared, subject to the . legal proceedings still pending. The annual meeting of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company is convened for the 28th of April, to receive the directors report, - and elect new directors. At a meeting of the Rio de Janeiro City Improve ment Company (Limited) a dividend was declared at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. At the meeting of the City Offices Company (Limited), the directors' report, which referred to an increase in the gross rental, to the success of the Lombard Exchange and _News Rooms, and to the " certainty" of an early dividend, was adopted. The export trade of the United Kingdom attained in the year 1866 a point far in excess of any pre vious totals. In 1867 a diminution of 4 per cent. occurred, and last year there was a further reduc tion of about a per cent.—a very moderate fall ing off compared with that which might have been expected from the general symptoms of restricted business observable since the panic, especially when allowance is made for the reaction in the prices of raw material, which constitute a material element in the declared value of our shipments. Of the aggre gate of £179,463,664 about 28 per cent. was to our own possessions, and it is a remarkable instance of steadiness that, although the total to these posses sions is nearly fifty millions, the extent of variation between the amounts of 1867 and 1868 has been only £20,047. The Metropolitan Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £2,852 over last year. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, I per Cent. Reduced 9ll I New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Oen i an. 1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchoquor Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Ct. Do £5OO 1 Do. £lOO & £ 2OO Bank of Englsnd Stock, 4 per Cent 239 • Do.torning Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-C•lonial Ontmum — INDIAN UOVERNMENT SECURITIMI India stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874... Do. Opening, for Account - - Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Pape, 4 per CAnt..,.... Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ..... ..... lO5 Do. 5I per Cent. May 1879 D. 5 psr Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — . Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 — Do, Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under Xl.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, i per Cent Do., Scrip £45 paid .. Atntrian Bonds 5 per cent 1859 - Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4} per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 1858.... Do. do. 186 t — Do. do., 1863 7l Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account BOl B uenos Ayros 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. Oudian 6 per Cent — Do. 4f per Cent — Do. 3 por Cont., Do. 6 per cent. 1867 95 Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Colombian, 6 per Cent. Daniell, 3 per Cont., 1825 Dann bian Principalities, 7 ler Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — lequador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent — Da Second Issue Bl Do. X5Ol, Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds . •••• Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. X5OO Bonds Do. 410 C Bonds 9lf English Scrip, 1868 761 4 Do do. £45 pd — dis Government Railway Debentures 97 Greek 5 per Cent., 1824.5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pa -- ltsiian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account ~ Do Maremmana Railway ' rilexca 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French Aontevid9au 6 per Cent Mc:dish Imperial 5 per Cent NOW Granada l7l Do 3 per Cerra, Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 por Cent. 1865 Do Account 791 Do 44 per Cent. (Ui:v)arren) ••• Do 44 per Cent., 1862 - Do Account s Portsgueso 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'8 361 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 e ar Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent , 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.. 931 Do. do. £B4 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Can Do. Accmint Do. 1867 Do. Account - 3 ll 3ll Do. New Doferrea Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded ... Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do de, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cont.! Do Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 6Bl Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds - Do 5 per Cont. 1865 414 1 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 651 k Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Acc.unt Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cont. 1864 , — Dividends on the atiove payanle in Londoi. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch f per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... . — Do. Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex 25f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ez.Zol. — Do Account CLOSING PRICES. Jonsols, Money 92} 3 Do. Account, April 8 see o'clock—The market Bounst, March 29.—T closed as follows :- 44 per Cent. End of month... Italian Fives 56 5 3 por Cent End of month 7O 371 Mexican Loan ... 241 Credit Mobilier ttt End of month... 280 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1481 2;.' Home Debt — -- End of month... Deferred — RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans Northern ... ll7O Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 6171 Western Eastern • • — Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4734 North of Spain — Saragossa Roman 55 MADAME RACHEL A ND 11 ER RAIL.- (THIS DAY.) This morning another application was made at judges chambers to admit Madame Rachel to bail, pending the writ of error obtained on her behalf. The proposed sure ties were Mr. William Spencer Johnson, printer, and Mr. Henry Smith Frost, engineer. Mr. George Lewis, jun. (Lewis and Lewis) appeared on the part of the Crown, instructed by the Treasury ; Mr. Lewis Heritage, solicitor, supported the application. Mr. George Lewis stated that he had no objection to Mr. Johnson as bail, but only to Mr. Frost. Mr. Justice Blackburn read the affidavit of Mr. Frost, in which he swore he was worth £1,500. He was willing to be bail for £l,OOO. Tho proposed bail, Mr. Frost, was examined on oath by Mr. 3eorgo Lewis, and stated that he did not know Madame Rachel, but came forward at the request of Mr• Johnson. Mr. Justice Blackburn intimated that Mr. Frost was not proper bail. Another one must be procured. ➢ir. Lewis said the writ cf error was set down for hear ing next term. Mr. Justice Blackburn, after some further discussion, refused Mr. Frost as bail, and Madame Rachel remains in No wgato. 111ARICE7 S-7 lIIS D.IY Y. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. March 31.—Sales probably 12,000 bales. Market very firm. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 1 .., 12 11 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 2k ... 12 21 Antwerp — ... '25 33 ... 25 421 Brussels Hamburgh — ••• 13 10 ... 13 11/ Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 1201 Vienna — ... 12 70 ... 12 80 Trieste _ ... 12 70 ... 12 80 Petersburg Copenhagen.. _ ~ 9 2U ... 9 '23 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz Leghorn Milan — ... '26 421 ... 26 50 Genoa — ••• 26 42k ..,. 26 50 Naples: Palermo _ . 26 421 ... 26 50 .. Messina Lisbon — ••• 52 ... 521 Oporto 52 ... 52/ ••• Rio Janeiro — ••• ••• New York - SCIENCE AND ART.—A striking instance of the immense value a small piece of steel may acquire by the great power of skilled mechanical labour is the balance-spring of a watch. From its extreme fineness and delicacy 4,000 weigh not more than one ounce, and exceed in value Al,OOO. A most interesting little work, describing the rise and progress of watehmakin -, has been published by J. W. Benson, 25, Old Bond-street, and the City Steam Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices Mr. Benson (who holds the appointment to the Prince of Wales) has also published a pamphlet on Artistic Gold Jewellery, illustrated with the most beautiful designs of Bracelets, Brooches, Earrings, Lockets, &c., &c., suitable for Wedding, Birthday, and other presents. These pamphlets are sent post free for two stamps each, and they can not be too stz ongly recommended to those contemplating a pur chase, especially to residents in the country or abroad, who are thus enabled to select any article they may require and have it orwarded with perfect safety. Her Majesty's late brig Ferret, wrecked alongside Dover pier on the morning of Easter Monday, Was 29 years old, having been launched from Plymouth Dockyard in 1840. She was of 358 tons, built from the earliest designs of the late Sir William Symonds, and during her first term of commission formed one of the British squadron of cruisers on the West Coast of Africa that became notorious by the ease and certainty with which they were always outsailed by the slave-carrying vessels they were expected to chase and capture. The Scorpion, turret ship, Capt. G. A. Brooker, arrived at Spithead at half-past 6 last evening from Dover. The Royal Sovereign, Capt. A. 11. Hood, with the Stork and Staunch gunboats, was expected to arrive immediately afterwards, but had not ap peared up to sunset. Advices received at Chatham from the Pacific Squadron announces the arrival at Valparaiso of her Majesty's screw corvette Charybnis, 17, 1,506 tons, 400-horse power, Captain A. M. L. Lyons, from New Zealand. The Reindeer, 7, 200-horse power, Commander E. Nares, arrived at Callao on the 15th nit. from Parasmayo, after assisting in saving as much of the gear as possible from the wreck of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Arica. The Malacca, 13, 200 horse power, Captain R. B. Oldfield had left Valparaiso. No intelligence had been received from the other vessels of the squadron at the departure of the mail. ADVETISEMENT:I—HoIIoway's Pills —Enjoyment of Lie.—When the blood is pure, its circulation perfect, and the nerves in good order, we are well. The pills possess a marvellous power in securing these great secrets of health by purifying, regulating, and strengthening fluids and solids. Holloway's pills can be confidently recom mended to all persons suffering from disordered digestions or worried by nervous fancies or neuralgic pains. They correct acidity or heartburn, dispel sick headache, quicken the action of the liver, and act as alteratives and gentle aperients. The weak and delicate may take them without fear. Holloway's pills are eminently serviceable to inva lids of irriiable constitutions, as they raise the action of every organ to its natural standard, and universally exer cise a calming and sedative influence. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1869. SHARE LIST. ORDL4AILY ziklAitNS AND STOCKS. Closing Business ,hare Railways. Paid. Price. dens. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 at Caledonian -. ... 103 791 791 791 2,9 1 1 8 L etintlflall 20 Cornwall all 21 31 st Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO 77 79 at Dun„Perth, & Ab.J um lOO 70 72 2) East London all 6 ,‘. 7 z 0 uo 15 - - 24 Do 10 - - at Glasgow AS. Western loy 97 119 at Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Angl-No. 2 lOO .•• ... at. Great North ot Scotland lOO la Al at Great Northern lOO 108 :09 at Do. A stook st Do. list-volt et (3 tS, and W. ut Ireland lOO 05 , 7 st lit. Western -Original lOO 57 4 , 1 50 49 l i at Do. South Wales lOO at Do. W. Mid.-Oxlorc lOO 21 27 sc Do. Newport lOO ':8 40 at Lancashire , lorkshirQ lOO 1241 'l3l 1221 i at Lon., Brigh.,& S.Cuast lOO 431 4: , 1 40 04 Do Scrip - - at I -on., Chat., and Dover luu 16/ 161 161 16 st Do. Metrop. k.:X. A lOO - - at Lon. & 'North Western lOO 114 151 1184 1 ,t Lou. & South Weateru lOO 87. b 5 59 9 at Mall., Slid., A Llneolu lOO 57/ 571 57 6/ 71 1 at Metropolitan i lOO 103 1004 1034 1 0 st Do Extousi.in .. 10 1/0. kleW rd .. st Metropolitan District. all 11 53 52 11 10 Metrop. St. John's Vi oo 1 6 - - 100 117 1171 117/ I I at Midiaud at 110, dirmin. & Derby lOO :81 86 st North British at Do. Ed., Uth., & Dun... 109 - - st Nor. Eastern-13erwics l6O 102 103 1021 1 25 Do. (1. N.E purehase-16.1 3 . 1 - - at Do Leeds st Do York ItO t 2 93 st Do Carliiie .... at Do Stocst. & Darling 1 0 130 132 st North London .. lO9 120 ;12 10 Do New 18(8 at North Staffordshire lOO 16 57 at North and S.-W. Jnnction 100 08 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... • • at Rhymney st Shropshire Union 1(0 17 53 st South Devon st South Eastern lOO 75 4 76 at Staines, Woleham,& Wok all 12 13 at . i. au V ale -- Do. C.. - Waterford & Kilkenny lOO - - lb Waterloo & Whiteha,l 6 - - POLICE .INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. RAILWAYS—PREFERIs;NCE SIIAUES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. st Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 st Du. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gull.— all at, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glue. Sr. S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO st Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 96 911 st Do do N 0.2 100 95 98 st Do do 6 per cent 100 10) 112 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 st Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do C 7 du. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4p. e. gua. 100 70 75 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1816 100 st Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 st Do 3 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pun. 100 st Do 4 3 do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO 105 6, st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO stl Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 st, Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 9G 97 stj Gt.West.—Orig.&.Jitt.-11eut chg., per gnu,. 5 p.c lOO 101 103 st Do. Orig. (B.& H. Ex). 3 p.c lOO 95 100 st Do do 4 ; per cent. 1650 lOU 88 9) st Do do 4 do do st L) do 5 per cent. rodein lOO 95 97 st Du do Birmingham gua lOO 63 70 st Do do do pref lOO st Do do Chester gnu lOO 80 85 83 1 2 st Do do du 6 per cent. 100 st Do do do 5 do 100 91 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 4i p.c lOO st Do do 4 1 1850 lOO st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 101 111 11X st Do do gua. 100 1(.7 111 st Du Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 8 90 st Do. do 21 du 100 97 100 st Do gua,. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ..„ 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancs.sh. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 st Do Barnsley, £5 3510 d p.c. 100 ..„ st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 13,i 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 100 st London & Brighton, 5 P.C guaranteed, No 1 lOO st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO st Do 6 du do lOO st Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO ..• at Do 7 per cent lOO st Do 6 do (W.E. x C.P.) 100 st Do 4 do 1859 lOO st Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO stj Loudon and IL :'V., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 109 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO st Loudon and 7 p,e late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 2s 63. Do (Purtsm.perp ans. 256(1) all st Mau., Shef., &Litwin. 6 p.c lOO 115 117 6 Do x 6 all par 1 pus St Du 31 per cent lOO 60 61 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 ..„ st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. C lOO 130 115 st Do Bristol& Birin., 6p. c lOO li2 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO sS 100 st: Do 41 per cent. irredeem lO 91 1)) st Do Leicester p.e. 100 SJ 91 st North British, 5 p.c. Nu. 100 st Do E. aG.4p.c. S. it D lOO ••• st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO .-ESt Do Border Union, zo __ p.c. too st 7. Nastern.—Cous. 4 7 p.c lOO 87 89 st Do 41 per cent. redeem— lOO 91 97 st Do Cr N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.4. Do York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stcktn Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 106 108 st Do W, thirtiepooili. and R lOO 86 87 S 5 1 20 North Staffordshire lOs :•:. Devon Annuities, 1 s all V, 10 lOs Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all SI V 5 ; 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 13 84 1 0.5. S. Last. (Read. Anus., LOX) all 22 23 at Do 41 per cent lOO ... ..,, at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... ... at Taff Vale No. 1 lOO 145 150 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 48 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Con. min. 7 p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem all ... st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per scut. 100 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 86 a 8 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 85 88 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 82 86 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 •.• st Do Boston & Sleaid, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. 5p c 100 ... at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 tit at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 108 2,1 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 19 20 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO *,,.5 Lane. and York'. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 p at Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 at 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 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ... at Do No. 7 5 do at Lond , Chat., 81. c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Es., 136 p.c Do do C 6 p.c st London& N. Western; 5p c 100 105 110 last, London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 t 2 94 10 Man. shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 8 51 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO .. st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 106 at Do B 5 do 100 106 108 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1569 all 201 201 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all Isi 194 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 21p at North British, E. and (1 No. 1, 5 per cent .... at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 at Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E. & , 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 .. at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 46 97 at Do Stock. & Dart., D 100 110 112 st North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) - at North Staltordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 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 at :Birkenhead l t ,o ad 85 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 99 101 st Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 50 st Do. 51 per cent. at Do. b du. ... 100 11C 112 st Clydesdale, guaranteed.— 100 st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13 130 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all Gt. Eakin., NewnLote., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 69 7 . 2 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 100 97 99 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO '2lO 2 5 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 93 at Do. 41 per cent st London, Chat., &c., 41 pc. 100 st Do. Coin. Fund, sdo 100 st Loudon and Greenwich 100 61 63 st Do. do Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 63 so at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 80 82 Es t Do. du. 6 du. lOO si 31 au ch., Buxton, &Matlk all 6 51 . st 3lidland, Bradford, Prof lOO 92 94 flO Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern 3; East., 5 per cent all 53 56 bu Do. do. 6 do. all ... st N. Eastern --Hartlep00l at N.West. Dori). pre!, p c lOO 107 109 _ _ iit Do B minim= p.c.... 100 st Notting. &,(4 . rautli. 100 yo 92 2,5 Prestol and Wyre. all 44 46 ... Boyston, Hitch., and Siley. lOU 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford lOU 131 131 10 Do do S 2 21p st S. y o rksh. and ItiTer Dun 10i) 91 iod st Do 4 per cent gua 11) , 73 80 st 110 b do all 95 9 i at Vi c t. Station and Pimlico 100 175 ISO et West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14' 20 Do d all o B ... ... 20 Do do C all 6j 7: st Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 122 125 st Loudon and St. orino lOO 47 49 47; 7 IJO D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ... ... Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 30 32 at Southampton IOJ 74 76 at Surrey 0)111/139rcial JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share NAME. 10 Agra Limited, A Paid, .11 - Do 50 Albion.. 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all, 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1566, limited 10 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 50 Bank of Victoria, Austt ails 25 14 Bfix. kof New Zealand all 50 British North American all 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China all 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all 20 City I•J 100 Colonial 25 10 Consolidated, 50 Delhi and London, Rua 50 East London, lim 20 English and American, lira - 10 20 English Bank of Rio do Ja- ~ 25 - - neiro. lim lO . 20 English, Scottish, and Aug. tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 281 Do new 5l 100 Imperial, Km 2O 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 25 lonian..., all 25 Do new 5 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 30 London Bankl of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 20 Do new 7f 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart. of Australia all 20 London and County 2O 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll London Joint Stock 1 London and South Arican. al 00 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 150 London & Venezuela, lim l2l 100 London and Westminster 2O 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 10 Metropolitan, lim all 100 Midland, lim' 2O 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 100 National I'rovinc. of Ened 42 10 Do . 42 50 National. 3O 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 10 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do new. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 24 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 25 Union of Australia all 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of Loudon l5 Closing Business Price. done 13 14 13 41 5 64f 1 7 5 131 141 164 171 p 1:4 2 f 2 21 51 41 56 56 11 13 5 4 36 28 5 4 30 32 37 3J 17 18 50 62 61 501 21 22 291 301 301 12 12i 391 40k I 1 pr 1p 161 171 17 I 36 88 lf 21 16k 171 2 21 12} 12 } 24 26 if 41 ) 3: 3j 73 78 5 4 32 28 51 41 10 11 2} 21p 121 24j 25 0 51 32 33 32j 81 94 11 9 6.4 6i4 634 6 3 7 7t If 1 is 1p 41 43 43 44 6 6 41 88 90 15 13 fii 6 46# 171 471 it; 37 261 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all) 22/ 224 224 10 Anglo- Ilediter Tel., lint.... 10 121 121 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 2i 28 st Do. 8 per cent. lOO 70 74 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim - 9 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lint, all I'i} 141 10 Do. New 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 4 11 Id 50 British American Laud 44 16 14 at B. and I. M , lgnetic Tel., lim. 100 140 165 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 3 4 '2O British Ship Owners all ... .. 29 Canada Company a l l 62 ~6 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint 2l 2 1 d 20 Ceylon Company, lira 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 _ __. 25 City of London Real Pro perty, Bin 9 41 311 30 City of Milan Improv. Jim all 5 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, Urn all 50 City Offices, lint '2s 26 25,1 41 50 Colonial, lim. . Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assai) 5 1I p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 20 201 201 25 Copper Miners of England, pref 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 44 per cent, all 1011 1051 100 Do. 1832, 44 per cent. all 103 i 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 21 21 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim. 10 g i 27 ti at Crystal Palace lOO 1J 21 at Do. Preference lOO 97 102 at Do. 4p. c Perpetual Deb. 109 107 111 20 Darjeeling, lint. I 0 Eastern Assam, lim. ... ... 6 1 ... ...d 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irriga„ & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and • • • • Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Gus. by Egypt. Gov all 95 951 451 f 20 Egyptian Com. & Traci. lim 6 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2 . 4 :AO 244 5 10 Do. New 8 9 lip 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 i /. 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 al 36 a 100 Eng. and Scot. 3i arine, lim. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 2 ld ,20 Fore-streetWs.rehouse,lim l2 i l i p 13 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at E,85 all 86 87 50 Gellivara, lira 10 General Credit & Dis., lira 7l i , 4 ii 51 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 50 Horn?, &Col Marine LaMar. 5 3 ,id 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 20 Hu,ison's Bay all 121 121 121 4 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, liar. 05 I ruio-Eur.,ro.. 'V.I., n ILI. 20 Interns.. Financial Soc. lim 6 11 11 35 11 20 Interns. Land Credit, lint 6 6 43, 50 Italian Laud 6 1 d p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 21 3/ 100 Do. 6p. 0. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 6l 63 50 Land Securities, lim 5 21 115 25 London African Trading lO 7 5d 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim. 6 ... ...d 10 London County Land and Building, lint. 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 21 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all p 1p 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lira 30 211 .01 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 2 2/ 2116 50 Lond. and Glaag. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim. 25 12 16d 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 Id pr st Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gus. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 1021 1031 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim. ll 1 id 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim. all 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, lim. ... all 33 33 SO Millwall Iron Works, lint. 121 ... ... 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. • 9 51 41d 25 National Discount Co., lim 6 11 1 12 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, Km. 6 31 3d 10 New Consolidated Die. lim 3 14 11d 5 New Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 41 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Mari candle Agency,lim 2l 1 1p 25 Now Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 5 1/ 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 7 s 10 Do. B at' North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 48 53 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l 20 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 6 12 1 50 Oriental Financial, lira ll ... ...I 5 Oriental Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 1 4 ip 10 Otago and Southland In. vestment, lira 2 4d IP 5 Ottoman Gas, lim .... . . all 11 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all '"' 5 Do do. ............ all 0 at Peel R. Land & Mined, lim 100 31 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 491 501 50 Do. New 1867 25 Router's Telegram., all 48 511 531 21 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City ira.,lim. all 19 191 20 Do. Gas, lim ...... all 24 26 100 Royal Mail Steam ............ 60 41 41 41 404 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lira. 100 83 00 at Do. 6p. c. Guar. t'ref. 100 ... ... 12 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint. 10 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empiro Ot. 8 21 31 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 - • 25 South Australian Land ... all 351 361 at Submarine Telegraph ...... 100 108 113 1 Do. 5crip.......... all 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. &Main.,.llm. all 161 171 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lira . 2 2 4 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, ....... 81 „. ... 10 Trust & Agency of Aus. , lim. 1 4 IP 10 Do do. do. all ... ... 20 Trust &Loan Co., U. C anad a 6 i ip 50 Union Marine L'pool, Um 5 41 6 p 20 Union Steam Ship, lira all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 11 18 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint, all 54 61 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 31 4 IP 20 Universal Marine(ln.), lim. 6 11 2:13 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim. all i 1 2 30 Van Diemap's Land 2Bl G 4 74 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 30 81 801 1 50 Warrant Finance, lint. l2 12 108 60 West India and Pacific St e am, lim 2O 21 11 20 West London Wharves and in WarehollbeS UOLOSIA L G° VJGENXg NT SECUILITI.II;a Britisb Columbia, 6 per 100 Uo. 1895.. lOO Can.Oov.6 p.o.Jan.i&July 1877-84 Do. 6p. a. Feb. & Aug lOO 102 104 Do. sp. 0. Mar. .t Sept lOO 102 104 Do. sp. 0. Jan. & July lOO g 3 94 931 Do. 6p. c. Inscribed sk lOO go 92 Cape 14.1.10Pe. 6 P•c• 1873 -- 100 102 101 - Do.Apl.&001 1890-1900 lOO ill 113 1124 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July. 18)91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 A.prll and 16 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Colon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 lie Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, - Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. • .. 1)0 106 108 Do. 1882, May and .. 00 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. .t Aug .... 1 0 106 108 •lbourne Corporate.,.. 1667-75, 6 per cent 1(0 100 100 N.8.C0v.6 p.o.Ja.&J ~ 10.3 1 4 Natal 6 p et, Apl& Oct ~ 10) Do 6p o . m iy a Nor 1 0 1(6 103 N. S. W. 5 p•c., '7l to '73 1)0 90 I'l -- Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1894'... 105 884 09i 984 Do. 5 p.0.rd.'671.0 1 7' 3 IN.Zealand, 6p. 01.1891 lOO _ Do. 5 per cent.... DoJan, Aptl,July, 0 t l OO 93 94 9:1 6 Do 0p c. Diar & sept '9l ICO 108 110 - Do June 45 Deo , 1 .01 100 109 lii Do Yaw. , •1 Auctld. lio —T cries 1 &2, 1e943 Nova Scotia 6 p. o.Jan... and July, 1875 - Do 180 lOO 101 103 - Queenslnd. 6p. c. '6'4-5 lOO 1004 107; Do Mt Do. g p 100 - Do. d Az l 4':o 103 110 Do 059 . 3 . ioo 107 108 Victoria 6 . pat. 1 0 no 1134 MARLBOROUGH-STREET, ATTEMPT TO ROB A SOLICITOR.— Charles Sennet, a thick-set young man, who gave his address Northampton street, Clerkenwoll, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Mr. William Wells, solicitor, of Bradford, Yorkshire, with intent to rob him. Mr. Wells said that about one o'clock that morning he was walking from Leicester-square in the direction of Trafalgar-square, and to make a near cut he went behind the National Gallery, and when he had proceeded a few paces he saw twomen coming along. When they got near him they crossed and recrossed in such a suspicious man ner that to avoid them he ;calked back to Hem ming's-row. He had only gone a few paces when he felt some person spring behind him, and take hold •f his coat. Having passed two constables some little distance off, he turned back, and one of the men sprang on him again, and took hold of his coat, and one of the police-constables caught hold of the prisoner, who was one of the mon. The prisoner said that the prosecutor pushed against him, and on his going back and asking him why he did so, he made no answer. • Mr. Tyrwhitt told the prosecutor that he had been saved from being garrotted. Poli;e•constable George Hamilton, 56 C, said that about one o'clock that morning he was on duty in Castle-street, Leicester-square, near the corner of Hemmings-row, when he saw the prosecutor running and the prisoner running after him, and on the prisoner seizing the prosecutor by the coat he caught hold of him and took him into custody, and to the station, where he was charged with assaulting the prosecutor with intent to rob him. Police-Constable Curtis, 57 0, gave similar evidence. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for two months with hard labour. A LOVE AFFAlR.—Johannah Clarey, 15, residing in the Fulham-bridge-road, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with attempting to destroy herself by drowning in the Serpentine. It appeared that the girl had formed an acquaintance with a lad about her own ago, and on her mother remon strating with her and slapping her face, she left home in an excited manner, and went to the Serpentine and threw herself in, but she was fortunately rescued by Geo. Walker, residing in Doyle-street, Sloane-street, who handed her over to Police-constable Ambrose, 367 A, when she said that shewishedshe had done it and that it had been dark at the time. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, who, on being asked by her mother if she was not sorry for what sho had done, said she did not know so much about that. THAMES. Elizabeth Brown, aged 46 years, and Tare Bennett, 3t, were brought before Mr. Benson, charged with stealing a purse containing 7s. 6d., the property of John Bennett, who is not related to either prisoner. Mr. Benson committed them for trial. WESTMINSTER. A DRUNKEN CABMAN.—George Thompson, a cab-driver, was charged with being drunk and carelessly driving, owing to which a West InJian lady, far alvanced in years, was considerably injured, and is at present in a very dan gerous state. He was remanded for a week. THE UNITED LAND COMPANY LIMITED. THIS DAY. The second general meeting of the shareholders was held this afternoon at the offices, Norfolk street, Strand—Viscount Ranelagli in the chair. Mr. Gruneisen, the secretary, having read the ad vertisement convening the meeting, the directors submitted the annexed report : "In conformity with the articles of association, the directors of the United Land Company (limited) have the pleasing duty of submitting a statement of its operations during the past financial year ending the 20th March, 1869, as also the balance sheet of the income and expen diture, and of the liabilities and assets to the same period. On the 30th of September last the company .came into possession of the estates of the Conservative Laud Society, under the arrangement specified in the first report of the directors to the shareholders of the 31st July last, whereby the land business of the old society was tranferrod to the present company, the operations of theformerbeing restricted to the share and advance business under its certified rules. The land thus acquired by the company is situated as follows : -Middlesex-Wood Green, No. 2; St. Margaret's (Twickenham and Isloworth) ; Enfield, and Holloway. Surrey-Clapham Junction; Putney, No. 5; Roehampton, and Reigate (Red Hill). Sussex-Brighton (Round Hill). Herts-llertford; Bishop Stuttford. Kent-Tunbridge Wells (Woodbury Park) and Deal. Essex-Forest Gate, Nos. 1 and 2 ; Colchester. Berkshire-Reading (Down shire-square). Oxfordshire -Oxford (Iffley Road). Suf folk-Ipswich and Felixstowe. Hampshire-Southamp ton; Sandown ; No. 2 (Isle of Wight). Worcestershire- Worcester; Malvern Hills (the Link and West Malvern). Northamptonshire - Northampton. Nottinghamshire- Newark-on-Trent; East Raiford. Herefordshire -Here ford. Staffordshire-Stafford. Lancashire-Manchester (Prestwich). Cheshire-New Ferry Copposite pool. Cornwall - St. Austell. In addition to the above land taken from the company's predecessors, 1 the directors have been enabled to make the following eligible purchases iu the annexed order :- 1 . Muswell Hill, opposite the Alexandra Palace, Middlesex ; 2. West Hill (Putney Common), Surrey ; 3. Sheerness, Kent; 4. Wellingborough, Nos. 1 and 2, Northampton shire 5. Portsmouth (Laudport), Hants; 6. Edgware road (Royston Hall), Middlesex; 7. Forest Gate, Essex; 8. Fulham Fields, Middlesex; 9. Willesden, Middlesex. That no time has been lost in turning the stock of land to the best account the following dates of the sales by auction and by allotment will prove:- 1 -Sheerness, public meet ing and allotment, Dec. 9, 1868; 2. St. Margaret's, Roe hampton, Putney, No. 5, sale by auction, Feb. 9, 1869 ; 3 . Stafford, ditto, February 11; 4. Colchester, ditto, Feb. 18 ; 5. Malvern Link and West Malvern, ditto, Feb. 24 ; 6. Worcester, do., Feb. 25 ; 7. Newark-on-Trent, do., Feb. 26; 8. Oxford, ditto, March 10 ; 9. Stafford, ditto, March 10. Portsmouth, public meeting and allotment, March 12 ; 11. Edgeward-road, auction, March 18 ; 12. Muswell-hin, Enfield, Roehampton, Putney, No. 5, and St. Margaret's, ditto, March 19. The future sales of estates, either by allotment or auction, will be:those at Wellingborough , Willesden, West Hill (PUtney-common), and Fulham-fields. The directors have been unceasingly engaged in viewing properties in various localities, some of which are still under consideration. Although the company has been only registered eleven months, and the actual operations extend but over a period of five months, and these at the worst period of the season for selling land, the business effected has been so profitable that, after clearing off the current working outlay, and writing off a large proportion of the preliminary expenses, the directors are enabled, out of profits, to declare a divi dend on the capital called up, at the rate of fivo per cent. per annum, free of income tax, and to carry f o rward a balanc e t o th e next profit and loss account. The direc tors further remark that the estates referred to in the balance -sheet remain at the net cost, plus only the outlay for works, the other expenses of every kind having been charged to the profit and loss account. The shares which have been taken, with the £2 per share paid up, have been found sufficient, with the advances from the Conservative Land Society, to carry on the business successfully. It being more convenient to close the financial year at each 31st of December, the directors have convened this day an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders, to authorize the verbal alterations in the articles of associa tion, and thus enable the general annual meeting to be held in February instead of in March as at present. The directors have to regret the retirement of one of their colleagues, J. 0. Cobbold, Esq., who was unable to attend weekly meetings of the board. In accordance with the articles of association, Colonel Jervis, M.P., has been elected to fill tho vacant position. The directors retiring by rotation are Colonel Jervis, M.P., Colonel Meyrick and C. E. Newcomers, Esq., all of whom are eligible for re-election, and offer themselves accordingly. The first auditors, Messrs Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle, and Evans accountants and public auditors, of 3, Coleman-street Buildings, City, E.C., also retire, and, being eligible for re-election, tender their services for the ensuing year. The directors, in conclusion, whilst congratulating the share holders on the gratifying result of the company's opera tions within such a short space of time, entertain the ex pectation that the future success of the United Land Com pany (Limited) will be equally satisfactory to the share holders." [ - LEFT SITTING. I ELEC2 lON IN7ELLIGEIVCE. Five seats which had been declared vacant were yesterday filled up, and the net result is a Tory gain of one. At Blackburn, the two Conservative can didates, Mr. E. R. Hornby and Mr. H. M. Feilden were elected, though the numbers they polled were smaller than those recorded in favonr of Mr. W. 11. Hornby and Mr. J. Feilden in November List. At the general election Mr. Hornby obtained 4,907, and Mr. Feilden 4,826 votes; while the highest' numbers polled yesterday were—Hornby, 4,738 ; and Feilden, 4,697. The Liberal vote yesterday was also considerably below that of November. In this case the old members are succeeded by their sons. At Hereford, also, Colonel Clive (L) suc ceeds his father—the second seat, from which Mr. Wyllie (L) was ousted, being carried by Mr. Chandos Wren Hoskyns, another supporter of Mr. Gladstone. In Dumfriesshire, Sir Sydney Waterlow has been beaten by a majority of 34, the Liberal victory in November being thus re versed. 2 1 6.e.latlT O.& Till; kUILLIO JOURNALS. The Times, in discussing the results or the election petitions, observes that the only sure remedy for corrup tion and intimidation is to make them their own punish• ment. Adopt the clause inserted in the first draft of Mr. Disraeli's Bribery Bill, but which he was afterwards winced to discard, and the vices of corruption and violence will not be merely scotched, but killed. The clause was simple. It proposed tliat wherever it appeared that a candidate had, by himself or agents, been guilty of improper practices, that candidate should be truck out of the contest, and the seat given to the next below him, provided the next had polled a certain reasonable proportion of the numbers voting. No provision could be more fitted to cleanse our representa tive system of its vices than this. The dread of handing over a seat to an antagonist as the immediate consequence of an improper act would deter candidates, their friends and agents, from any such venture, and there would be the best guarantee that the election would represent the choice of the electors. The single argument against the claim is one of no weight when compared with the advantages on the other side. It is said that it might operate to give the representation of a ccnstituency to the candidate of a minority of the electors. This is true, and the result by itself would be a misfortune; but if the ap prehension of such a result produced such careful atten tion to purity that the result itself could not happen, except under the rarest circumstances, the misfortune becomes of fanciful proportions, while the gain is solid and real. If anyone having a real disgust of violence and cor ruption will honestly consider the suggestion, he will not fail to approve Mr. Disraeli's proposal as the most pro mising method of preventing their occurrence, and to wonder, as we do, what evil genius induced him to aban don the clause embodying it after ho bad introduced it into the House of Commons. The Standard considers that it must be very flattering to Lord Stanley to know that his conduct at this crisis has become an object :of extreme solicitude to the Liberal journals. They have been good enough to select him as the special subject of an Easter homily, the gist of which appears to be to demonstrate how much snore advanta geous it is for an able man to belong to the winning than to the losing side. That Lord Stanley should remain faithful to his party in a minority is a phenomenon which to the Times is inexplicable. The fact is a kind of denial of the Liberal Providence—of that docrine which beli6ves that all which is right is on the Liberal side, and that what is not Liberal is by force of position not only wrong, but " stupid." Our contemporary is, for a reason which we can all under stand, impatient that a man so clever, so honest, and so courageous as Lord Stanley, should be of the party which is not presently in the ascendant. It cannot comprehend a consistency which leaves its owner on the side of the minority. These is something pathetic in its appeals to the Conservative chief to break away from his fellows, and to desert his standard. We are told how muchbetter it is for a public man to belong to the cause which for the day is espoused by the Ministerial journal itself; how much more politic it is to be a winner than a loser. The association with the party in which he was reared—the party of his father, and of all his most trusted political friends— is declared, with a sublime impertinence, to be " altogether unworthy" of him. For Lord Stanley's vote on Tuesday night there is no occasion to apologise. Even if we adopt the theory that he is inclined to go further than others of his party in the reform of the Irish Church—that he was not entirely in accord with the other leaders as to the course of opposi tion to be pursued—that is no justification for the theory which represents Lord Stanley as only waiting for a decent pretext to abandon his party. The Conservatives are as free as their opponents have ever claimed to be to permit individual differences of opinion among them selves ; and it in no snore imperative upon them to think and to (peak exactly alike than it is for Mr. Lowe to agree with Mr. Bright on household suffrage, or Mr. Gladstone to bO as fervent for the ballot as Mr. S tansfeld. The Star asks what will Lord Sian'ey do? The destined successor, accirding to outward appearances, in the cow• mand of the Toiy party, to his father, and his father's erratic lieutenant, he has shorn, notwithstanding, since the commencement of his political career, an inclination more or less marked towards Liberal opinions. It is true that he has seldom frankly acknowledged the responsibilities of Liberalism, and that he has too frequently given a tacit support to reactionary measures or to a policy of blank resistance. But he has won a reputation notwithstanding for open sincerity of political cardour, which has scarcely been dimmed by his ambiguous conduct in reference to the Reform Dills of the Liberal and Conservative Governments in 1866 and 1867. His tenure of the Foreign Office was distinguished by a strict observance of Mr. Cobden's principles of non-intervention in precept, and an approximation to them .in practice ; and he has been praised for the imperfect adoption of a policy which had been condemned repeatedly by his own political asso ciates and official colleagues. There is some suspicion that his silence and his absence mean mischief ; that they Ara 42... In - cll.& vf ovine aurp, Irva, ...A.., ;end objection to Mr. Gladstone's measure, wh:cli may lead away some deserters from the Liberal ranks. The danger, we believe, to be greatly exaggerated. In any case, little mischief could be done, and we do not think Lord Stanley means mischief. The greatest peril is that which threatens Lord Stanley's own reputation ; and if he has a care for that, he had better define his position as quickly and as clearly as he can. The Times, after remarking upon the extraordinary pictures of the criminal haunts of London, given by its correspondent "N. A. W.," says very justly that it will some day—we trust no distant day—be thought marvel lous enough that a nation justly proud of its pre-eminence in wealth and civilisation should have tolerated in the midst of its capital even one place of habitual resort for criminals of all classes well known to support themselves by plundering, often with brutal vio. lence, their peaceful and respectable neighbours. Strange to say, society is now for the first time resolving to protect itself by directing its efforts against this powerful organisation. Hitherto it has legislated on the principle of never recognising crime until it appeared in a specific act, and treating that act as if it were an isolated instance of wrong-doing traceable to but one solitary member of the community. We specially commend to public notice all that our correspondent has written about " the low beerhouses, low pawnbrokers, and the low leaving-shops "—that is, if the recommenda tion be now necessary, for since he began to write all three points have been taken into consideration by the House of Lords. There may be a difficulty in deal ing with the low pawnbrokers and even with the leaving shops, but the beerhouses can be reached by the very simple expedient of placing them under the control of the police magistrates, instead of, as now, under the Excise, and in bad hands they present the worst features of the low pawnbrokers and leaving-shops without their redeeming advantages. They are not merely the favourite haunts of thieves, but are often used for the receipt of stolen goods, and even for a regular traffic, at recognised rates, in bad money. All this could soon be put a stop to if their license depended on the police magistrate of the district. The Daily News declares that till some means are adopted of introducing a disciplinary code into the volun teer service, which may render the service efficient, it is almost useless to discuss further arrangements, since all that concerns the ultimate organisation of the force must depend materially on the number of volunteeers that may be found willing to continue their service on the new con dition of being amenable to discipline. It is evident that a disciplinary code to be effectual must be esta blished, not by the members of the volunteer corps them selves, but by the Legislature of the country. The State gives aid to the volunteers in the shape of a Capitation Grant, and it is but fair that the State should demand proof that this aid is bestowed upon those aloes who would be certain to be forthcoming in case of need. If volunteer corps were allowed to make their own rules, there would be discrepancies and differences among th em which would cause trouble, inconvenience, and perhaps heart-burning; nor is it desirable that armed men, sup ported to a greater or less degree by public funds, should be ruled by the bye-laws of their own. clubs rather than by t h e ordinances of rarlia• ment. If the volunteers submit cheerfully to be disciplined, and if sufficient precautions are taken that the rules of discipline shall be en forced,, and not shirked by either officers or men, it will be comparatively easy to introduce among them an effective organisation, and to place them in that position in the general military system of the country which they aspire to occupy. The volunteer force must, from the nature of its constituents, be always a defensive force. Neither by battalions nor individuals could it be expected to recruit the line ; it must always be an auxiliary of the regular army for home defence, and can in no way be a reserve to the battalions of the line. Nor could the volunteers be called out for long periods of time, even for defensive purposes ; the occupations and industrial pursuit s of the men who fill the ranks of the I force render this at once impracticable. The Herald thiuks that the story of William btu - Avant, the Norwich innkeeper, is, without exception, one of the most remarkable to be found in the annals of crime and eximinals. I3yron's sentiment that "truth is stranger than fiction" has become trite and familiar by constant quotation, as have also the somewhat similar common places of our nearest neighbours , that " nothing is s o certain a 3 the improbable" and " nothing is more credible than the impossible." It may be doubted, however, whether the life of any person in Sheward's station has been so rich as his in incidents, not only extra ordinary but positively marvellous. For nearly eighteen years he has enjoyed the reputation of a peaceable, though by no means exemplary, citizen, in the very place where, if Tuesday's verdict be correct, he must have committed a murder, whose cold-bleo led atrocity puts him below the level of Good and Greenacre, and other wretches who have spilt human blood with the calculating sang froid of the professional assassin, and have afterwards dismembered the bodies of their victims with a barbarity compared with which the scientific operations of the dissecting. room, and even the rougher handling of the abbat o i r , i s tenderness itself. The history altogether is more astound ing than even the most sensatioeal of novelists ever ven tured to weave into a plot and give the novel-reading nnblic in three octavo volumes. rioN NOTICh. The Third alition of " The Sum " of last Evening was published in 4 ime for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE —This Dal EPSOM SPRING MEETING-THIS DAL (n - ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) W ALTON STAKES, Elferon.. King Oophetua Lady Cecilia Five ran. STA MFORD PLATE. Lady Lavender Spbynx Cunrud Beventeen ran. METROPOLITAN STAKES. Drummer.. Lancet.. ... Alpenstock . 1. 2 Eleven ran. EPSOM SPRING CUP. Attack g Sagittarius Pluuger I 3 Marshal Ney Michael de Basco NEW TWO-YR-OLD STAKES. Guy Dayrell Roquefort.. Finisterre Twelve ran. DURDANS STAKES. 1 Fourteen ran. Five ran. MATCH. 2 Hilda.. Don Quixote.. Juanita.. FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7.30 F.M. EPSOM RACES-THIS DAT. PRINCE OP WALES' STAKES. Attack c Winifred Curse Royal c 3 El even ran. STAMFORD PLATE. DECIDING HEAT. Sphynx Lady Lavender LATEST BETTING TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7 to 4 agst Wild Oats (taken) 6to I agst Drummer (taken) 7to 1 agst Pretender (aken) 1000 to 15 agst Belladrum (offered) DERBY. 3to 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken) 11 to 1 agst Pretender (taken) 16 to 1 agst Drummer (taken) 30 to 1 agst Belladrutu (offered) RACING FIXTURES. Abergavenny l, 2 I Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Bromley 1, 2 I Knighton... l3, 14 Aldershot l, 2 Ludlow 16, 16 Catterick Bridge... ...... 1 , 2 I Eastbourne l9 Thirsk ... 6, 7 1 Lewes 2U 21 li ungerford 6 , 7 0 urragh ...20, 21, 22 Lichfield 6, 7 Croydon... 22, 23 Cambridge 78 I islewmarkt.t, Ist Spring . Croxton Park Sfreatharn 9 2 9 I MAY. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 7 I Eglinton Hunt 6, Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11; 12 St. Albans 13, 14 I Salisbury l3, 14 1 Doncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester 19, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 Harpenden 2l Epsom Summer .....25, &o. JITNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newcastle 1 22, 23, 24 Newton 2,3, 4 Oldham 22 Ascot , ...8, 9, 10, 11 Bibury Club 23 Liverpool Summer —l5, 16 1 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Windsor 15, 16 Chelmsford Hampton IT, 18 Sutton Park ...........29, 80 Curragh 22, 23, 24 1 LY. Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &e. Southampton ....13, 14 Iteuding 15, 16 Huntingdon ~ 1 ), 21 Stamford ... 22, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, GO CurMau ' . 0, 7 I Pontefract 9, 10 i Hendon . l2, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 I AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 WolverhaArpton lO, 11 i Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans 17, 18 1 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT] Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 A bingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield UST. Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 2O, 27 I Scarborough ... 30, 31 Derby Summer ..,31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury 3l, Sep. 1 MBER. Hampton 2l, 22 Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Hendon Monmouth... - 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, &c. Lanark 29, N BANK OF FRANCE. l'Aius, March 25. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. March 25. March 18. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank 182,500,000 - and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation . Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur- 84,562,005 87 85,753,504 87 rent creditor 161,771,533 70 160,053,058 31 Current accounts, Paris 265,389,834 86 252,975,469 36 Do. branch banks 47,963,540 45,976,11 4 Dividends payable 1,137,830 1,190,55 9 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months 121,157 48 Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 938,790 8 5 933,790 85 -- - 5,496,291 93 5,564,671 81 Total ............... 2,046,915,127 75 2,039,628,368 12 CREDITOR. March 25. March 18. Cash in hand and in C(Branch ban!cs ommerc ial hills over- 165,468 44 193,138 73 due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 248,030,730 64 249,043,137 51 Do. branch banks 229,539,337 238,665,084 Advances on deposit of 23,431,600 - 4,293,400 -- 13,601,600 - 6,548,480 - 38,266,200 --• 27,937,300 - 924,600 - 962,300 - 60,000,000 -• 20,411,600 - bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities 13,658,500 Do. by branch banks 6,480,580 Do. on railway shares 028;200 - 38,388,200 - 27,718,700 - and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Fonder Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re- 946,800 - 964,0U0 - serve Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisdes 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 80,633,437 21 80,633,437 21 (Law, June 2, 1857) n 0,000,000 aotel and furniture of the Bbnk and lauded propel ty branches ... Expenses of manage- 100,000,000 - 8,995,300 - 8,991,501 - tuent Sun dries 938,557 32 739,131 77 9,158,504 84 8,178,956 88 Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) Ro ULAND. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL lIAIR.-MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S ELLI'R RESTORER OR DRE SSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth; it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contai ns neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles — Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perftuners. Depot 266, High H olb ors The course of c: calf tuge at New York on London for bills at 80 days' sight wz .s on the last date about 1 , 8[ per cent. At this rate there: sno profit on the Importation of gold from the Uni cd :,tat es.