The Sun. — London, England, 1869-06-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocK. Consols fell to-day, at 924 4 1 for money ; ditto, for Account, 921 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 924 1 ; New Tkree per Cents, 924 3 ; Red Sea Telegraph, 191 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 5 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, —; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., —. India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 111/ 12 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, —; ditto Enfaced Paper, 54 per per Cent., 110+. In the Foreign Market prices are as follows : Argentine, 801 to 81;; Egyptian (1864), 88 to 89; ditto (1868), 781 to 791 ; Viceroy Seven per Cents., 821 to 82! ; ditto Nine per Cents., 941 to 95+ Italian, 551 to 56 ; Mexican, 121 to 12k; Peruvian,' 79 to 79;. United States Government Bonds are flat. The Five-Twenty are 1 lower, 80; to 801 ; Erie, at 19+ to 19/ ; and Illinois, at 94; to 94/, show no change. In the railway market prices are as follows : Caledonian, 771 to 78 ; Great Eastern, 381 to 381 ; Great Northern, 108 to 109 ; Great Northern (A) 107 to 108 ; Great Western, 504 to 51 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1254 to 126 ; Lon don and Brighton, 444 to 45 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 161 to 17+; London and North Wes tern, 1184 to 119 ; London and South Western, 89 to 91; Metropolitan, 971 to 98 ; Midland, 177+ to 1174; North Eastern (Berwick) 105 f to 106+; and South Eastern, 77; to 78+. The sum of £30,000 in sovereigns, from Egypt, was taken to the Bank yesterday. The Atrato, from the West Indies, has brought £114,680 ; the Oneida is telegraphed at Lisbon, from Brazil, with £93,254, and the Donau has arrived with £9,388, making a total of £217,322. The Anglo-Austrian Bank has announced the payment of the dividend coupon No. 7, due Isl July next, on and after that date. It is notified that the coupons due on the let July next of the 7 per Cent. Debentures of the Cen tr.tl Argentine Railway Company will be paid oa presentation at the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury. A prospectus has been issued of the Great North ern Telegraph Company by Messrs. C. and J. Hambro and Son, to be constituted under Danish law, with limited liability, for the purpose of amal gamating into one system and working under a single management the five cable lines which are to give communication between this country and Russia, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, as well as between these countries themselves, and of which three are already working. The capital is to be £400,000, in shares of £lO, but only £lOO,OOO is to be subscribed in London, the whole of the remainder having been already taken, chiefly at Copenhagen. The concessions give exclusive privileges for 30 years, when the lines will still belong to the companies, and the Russian concession further provides a subvention of lf. on the greater number of messages transmitted by it. In this country the several lines are at present worked by the United Kingdom Telegraph Compary under an agreement recognised by the Post-office, and which will be maintained on the transfer of that company to the Government. The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows this week a decrease of £1,122, compared with the corresponding period of last year, and the Brighton a decrease of £839. The traffic return of the Great 'Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the 25th inst. shows an increase of £1,978 over last year. The directors of the National Steamship Com pany (Limited) have declared an interim dividend of 10s. per share on the original, and ls. on the pre ferential shares, free of income tax, being at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. Various questions are believed to be under con sideration at the Bank of England in connection with suggkstions from the Chancellor of the Ex chequer for giving increased facilities to the public with respect to the times and modes of their receipt of the dividends. Meanwhile a statement has been circulated that Mr. Lowe has under consideration "offers from two joint-stock banks to undertake the duty at half the sum now paid to the Bank.' It would be matter of interest in the city to learn the names of these bold establiEhments. Doubts are entertained as to the likelihood of any of the old and respectable ones having made such an offer, and if the proposals of inferior concerns are to be taken " under consideration," it may be appre hended the Government witl before long be called upon to give similar attention to offers of perform ing all its own functions, from those of a Cabinet Minister downward, at a cost not exceeding a tenth part of that at present incurred. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT ILINDS. 3 per. Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, July 7 3 per Cent. Reduced 92i 1 N6w 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 6 per Con Jan .187 3 A.unuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jun., 1881 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 - Do (Red Sea Telehjaph), Aug., 1908— 19} Excjicquor Dill, £l,OOO, 2} SI 3 per Ct Do £lOO, .£2OO & £5OO /link of England Stock, 4} por Cent 11.. opening Cazada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial Otnnuun INDIAN dOVEItNMENT SECIJnITIEb India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Opening, for Account — Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1680 Do. 4 pe , : Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfacod Pape, 4 per Cent.... — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 •••• ..- — Do. 51 per 0-nt. May 1879 llOl DJ b pet Cent., Rup. Dob. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — Lk,. Deb., 5 per Cent. Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent in Arian Bends 5 per cent .. — Do. 1859 — Bruilian 5 per Cent — 00. 4} per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858.... Do. nu. 186) Do. do., 1868 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account — B :enos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cu'm, 6 per Cont. C.tiliau 6 per Cent — Do. 41 por Cent Do. 3 per Cent., l'o. 6 per cont. 1867 . Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 0 lo nbian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Dan. , l.ian Principalities, 7 por Cent Do 8 per Cent., 1867 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian, 7 per Cent — 1)c Second Issue — Do. .£sot, Bonds D0...£1.00 Bonds • • ••• Do. 1864 % — Do. Account Do. .4500 Bonds Do. 4100 Bonds 9O Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 Government Railway Debentures loo} Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups. — Do. Account . . Do. Coupons Do. Account Gaatemala 5 per Cent .. _ Honduras Gov Rail. Los n., 10p. Ct., all pd lt..iiau 5 per Cent., 1865 ;)o. Account . Do MAremmana Railway Mexicar. 3 per Cent . 121 Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 5/ Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — sionte\ Wean C per Cent. .. — Mc of ish imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Pe 'avian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. Do 41;.per Cent. (Ui:harren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 ..• — Do ZeZ:ourt et'. goose 3 per Ct.,1853, '6, 7, Do.' do. 1867 Do. do. Set ip, X2O paid — ti ussittn 5 e er Cent., 1.8`2Z, X St Do 4} per Cent 1850 Do 4i per Ccnt., 1860 Do 8 per Cont., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1804, £lOO Bonds , 901 Do. . do. £B4 15s. do „ -- Do., 1866, .ClOO ihadirstufesotsmilow 901 . 1 Do. do £B4 15s. do.. Do Nicolas Railway Sartiman 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Oen . Do. Account .•• Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrea Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 pi. Cont. .•••• DJ Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 )o Account .}o £lOO Bonds i - fo 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do ..€lOl Bonds Do b per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 67+ Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed La•iii Warrants Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Ace. ant Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1164 Dividends on the above payable iu ndon. Austrian o par Cont. Ex 10 Florian - Belgian, 41 - per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch '.i? F per Cent. x. 12 Gni', Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... B7 Do Account 551 CLOSING PRICES. Jonsols, Money 92f a xd Do. Account., July 7 92i 4 xd 291 f 28f C 5 f POLICE IN TELLIG CE.-714is Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN TIIE STREETS.—AIfred Jove, gas fitter, of Rose-street, Long-3.er°, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting to commit suicide in Der set-place, Pall-mall. Police -constable Whittock, 282 A, said that about ten o'clock last night seeing a crowd collected in Dorset place, Pall-mull, he went to ascertain the cause, and found the prisoner lying on the ground, and was informed by some of the bystanders that he had thrown himself under a van, and that one of the wheels had gone over his leg. He took the prisoner to the Charing-cross Hospital, where the surgeon stated that although the prisoner's log was hurt no bones were broken. The prisoner said he did it in a fit of desperation. The constable said the prisoner told him that he in tended the wheel to have gone over his head. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner had had a narrow escape, and in the state of mind he appeared to be in ho thought the best thing would be to remand him for a week. THAMES. AN ABOMINABLE NUISANCE IN SHADWELL.—James Madden, of No. 34, Lower Shadwell, labourer, Henry Dove, of No. 5, Popes-hill, Shadwell, waterman, and Win. Street, of No. 1, Monmouth-street, Shadwell, lighterman, were brought before Mr. Benson, the two first with un lawfully knocking at the doors of several houses in Sun Tavern-gap, Shadwell, without lawful excuse, and the last-named with stealing a hat off the head of Thomas Cook, of No. 17, Juniper-row, Shadwell. A great nuisance has for some time existed in Shadwell, near the " Old Wooden Bridge," a suspension one, of many years standing, constructed only for foot passengers, although the direct thorouglifuri from the Commercial road to the pier head of the London Dock and Wapping_ wall; the traffic is consequently large, but it is still allowed to remain a dangerous and inconvenient old struc- ture, having twelve steps, eight of which are of iron, to descend en route from the Commercial-road. This bridga has been the cause of frequent accidents, and is infested with a number of ragamuffins and bullies who dwell iu its low vicinity. They annoy and frequently ill-use and rob passers-by, conceal themselves below the steps, and commit gross outrages while females are passing up and down the steps. The Board of Works of the district and the police have determined to interfere and put down the nuisance as far as practicable. The prisoners, each aged 18 years, were at an unseasonable Lour knocking at the doors of the inhabitants in Juniper-row, better known as Sun Tavern Gap, and aroused a great many inhabitants from their sleep. One of the prisoners (Street) assaulted Mr. Cook, and took his hat from his head. The prisoners said they had been to a raffle, and were on their way home and larking. They made an apology, and promised not to repeat the offence. Mr. Benson said the conduct of the prisoners was highly disgraceful. He fined Madden and Dove 2s. 6d. each for unlawfully knocking at people's doors, and the fines wore paid. Mr. Benson then called fur the witnesses in the case of felony, when the:prosecutor slid he wool I not press the charge as a now hat had been provided for Mr. Benson—Ths is a most reprehensible pr.)c, - .!eding, stealing a hat off a man's head in the middle of the night ; and, if the prosecutor had pressed the case, should cer tainly have committed the prisoner for trial. There must certainly be a discoutiauanco of these lawh,Aß is discharged. He had better not go near the old wooden bridgia again. WESTMINSTER. SINGULAR APPLICATION.— A respectable-looking man came baforo Mr. Selfe this morning and said he wanted his assistance to protect him and some neighbours from a roost I:Aoler:di', nuisance. Mr. Selfe —What is it? Applic'aut—Dog barking. Mr. Selfe—Well ? Applicant—Great noise with cocks and hens. Mr. :ielfe —Yes. Applicant—Very offensive smell from dung. Mr. Selfe—Well. Applicant—Noise from a blacksmith's forge. Mr. Salto --Yes. Applicant —Well, that is all. I ain't the only person who complains. There are others as w.:11 as me. The dog's the worst of all. He b irks ail the night. There's no getting any rest A lady at the back of our house had to get up last night and send for a policeman. Mr. Salle —What for? Applicant—To stop the dog's barking. Mr. Solfe —How in the name of goodness was he to do that? He must be a clever policeman to stop a dog bark ing. They may prevent a great many things, but to pre vent a dog barking is rather beyond their capacity. A mutton chop might stop it for the titurs. Applicant —Cant't you help me? It's a great nuisance he's always barking. Mr. Sulfa - I can't help you. I can't make the dog quiet. Applicant—What am Ito do ? lean% go on in this way. I must do something to prevent this going on any longer. Mr. Selfe—lt is not such a nuirance as I can interfere with. You must consult an attorney. The Lancet states that the following notice has been put up at the entrance for out-patients at St. George's Hospital : —" The benefits of this institution being intended for the really poor only, parsons not in that condition will be rejected." ST. THOMAS'S HO3PITAL. th iu oll: know ledge not a single brick has beau added to the block nearest Westminster-bridge for the last couple of months. The interest of the sick poor demands a. greater activity than has been exemplified up to the present time in the rearing of the edific,, at Stangate.—The Lancet. A WHALE CAPTURED AT TYNEMO OD Saturday afternoon a whale, measuring about 15 feet long, went ashore, alive, at Tynemouth, near the base of the Lighthouse Cliffs. Being observed dodging about the rocks, it was captured by some fishermen, and killed by a soldier sticking hie bayonet through it. MURDER AT HULL.—James Duffy, an Irishman, is in custody at Hull, charged with having murdered his wife in that town on Saturday night. When he was in furiated with drink he pulled the poor woman out of bed and kicked her on the head, inflicting such injuries as camp(' her death. PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO MR. R. j. WOOD.- -On Saturday evening last a numerous gathering of the friends of Mr. B. J. Wood dined together at Willis's Rooms under the presidency of Mr. Pierce Egan, the oc casion being the presentation of a testimonial to the for mer gentleman. the subscription list for providing which was responded to with such hearty spontaneity by a large circle of friends, including, among others, W. H. Smith, Esq., M.P., Stephen Blair, Esq. (late M.P. for Bolton), Alderman R. Bosley, Messrs. C. Vennell, C. Nugent, F. B. Chatterton, J. L. Toole, coo., that about Xl5O were col lected in the course of the few weeks that the list was kept open. The chairman, in making the presentation, alluded in felicitous terms to his long acquaintance with Mr. Wood, and bore testimony to the business capacities which he had displayed during his connection with the Weekly Dispatch The chairman concluded by formally presenting the testimonial, which consisted of an elegant and massive silver-gilt loving cup, and a pair of splendid goblets to match, bearing the following inscription, viz. : —" To Richard J. Wood, Esq., for nearly fifty years closely identified with the management of the Weekly Dispatch, this testimonial was presented June 26, 1869, by many of his oldest and most attached friends, who have combined to mark by this offering their high appreciation of those valuable qualifications displayed in all his business rola- tions, which have won their respect and esteem, and, as well, have endeared him to them as a wain', genial, and sincere friend throughout his longand unblemished career." Mr. Wood accepted the testimonial amid much applause, and feelingly responded. Among those who have signified their intention to be present at tha centennial celebration at Dartmouth College are President Grant, General Sherman, Chia Justice Chase— a graduate in the class of 1826—Mr. Thorn ton, British Minister to the United States, Sen:ttor Grimes of lows, John Wentworth of Chicago, Go rernor Jewell of Connecticut, G overnor St earns , o f N e w Hampshi re , an d Senator Fent on , of New York. The present Earl of Dartmouth —a lineal descendant of the patron from whom the college deriv es its name —has not 43 yet returned cIeCINTO mower to the Myitatioll vatoneclod to him. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, L 69. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Meng linaktess Share Nlvz. Paid. Price. don. 10 Agra Limited, A all 10/ 104 10 Do B lO 34 34 3/ 60 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyytian, Urn all 201 211 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 41 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 1: 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 19 It) Bank of New Zealand all 15 l 7 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, -. nd China all 13 19 Iql 18 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all 12 33 ' 20 City 100 Colonial 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and Loudon, lira 50 East London, lint 0 20 English and American, lint 10 20 English Bank of Rio do Ja neiro. lint 20 English, z•cottish, and Aus - tralian Chartered ...... 284 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 281 Du new 5l 21 24 100 Imperial, lint 2O 15 16, 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 25 31 12 5 luniun all 19 'li 25 Du now 5 6 3 Lnd Mortgage of Indid, tan 4 31 $5 100 Do :i p. c. Debs.lB6l, :.;t) all 76 76 e 0 100 London Bank; of Mexico anti South America, lint. 20 7 6 1 0 0 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 30 27 20 Du new 74 5 44 100 London & River Plato, lint. 40 G 8 47 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 241 231 20 London and County 2O 401 501 30 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... ... London Joint St oc k 1 315 321 32 14 London and South African al 8: 9 100 London &S.-Western, lint, 20 13 11 60 London & Venezuela, ltm 125 ... ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 61 62 el 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint e 10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 74 00 Midland, lint 2O 11 4 5 National of Australia 25 National ef Liverpool, lint l5 8d 1p 00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do 10 National.. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriontal Bank Corporation all 4 t 42 41 50 Proviuc. Bank. Corps, Ihn. 10 64 hi 30 Provincial of Irelant. 10 Do now.. all ... ... WO Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lira 25 14 14 100 Do issued at G pin. 10 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of Loudon lj 11 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Anglo-Ame can 1., Um al 201 tO 201 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., lira.— 10 121 14 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 20 ',2 at Do. 8 per cent. et B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira lOO 168 173 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 250 256 10 Do. New 8 11 18p 25 Indo-European Tel., lira lO ... ... 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lira all 31 S 1 3f 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all t i p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lira all 4 41 25 Reuter's Telegram all 63 61 70 09 20 Societe Transatlant., Ihn all 181 19 1 / st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 11 20 Telegraph Con. & Main., lira all %if z 1 6U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lira all 64 61 gi 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 41 4fp SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Time*, in referring to the Lords' amendments, ob serves that anything like recasting the Irish Church Bill from the beginning is quite out of the question. Anything conceived on such a large scale as to come under the defi nition of concurrent endowment is eqnal'y hopeless. Anything involving permanent relations in the nature of a Concordat between England and the See of Rome would be at once repudiated by the national senti ment. But those who go on to say that the verdict of the country at the hustings has pronounced against a modest proposal to erect residences and to assign glebes of ten acres with them to the Presbyterian and Roman Catholic clergymen as an equivalent for equal benefits retained to the clergy of the Disestablished Church speak without any warrant from facts. In truth, the evidence in favour of the Duke of Cleveland's proposal increases every hour, while the argument in favour of its policy has never been met. The Times believes the Duke's suggestion will appear on reflection to possess the greatest recommendations with the fewest drawbacks. It is moderate. It is just. It excites to passion. It would induce no prolonged con troversies. It would involve no protracted relations between the commissioners and the religious communions of Ireland. The commissioners would be authorised to receive applications from parishes where the ministers of religion possess no house and glebe, and upon proof of the truth to supply ascertained deficiencies. The religious communions of Ireland would remain afterwards as before, entirely free and unaffected by State alliance or State control, while all vestiges of predominance and inequality would have vanished. Tho Star discusses the propositions of concurrent endowment, and believes that when they come to be seriously considered, the proposals to give the Irish priests and clergy churches, residences, and glebe lands, or the residences and glebes without the churches, will be found impossible expedients. It would be far easier to remit the building charge of the Irish Church clergy out of goodwill and favour than attempt to shield ' the process under cover of a general endowment. The history of the present movement has been strangely forgotten. To judge from the new praises of levelling up, and the ardour of some peers in that course, there is little enough memory of the time when " levelling up " and " disendowment" were the opposing watchwords of party conflict. But the causes which made so much turn upon the opposition of these watchwords are as potent as ever they were. The Roman Catholics of Ireland are still demanding religious equality through dis endowment, and not through the opposite process. The Nonconformists of England and Wales, the Presbyterians of Scotland and Ireland, and the most ardent defenders of the Irish Church itself, are all bitterly hostile to indiscri minate endowment, and especially to the endowment of the Roman Catholic Church. However the fact may be disliked, the sentiment of the people of the United King dom is arrayed in the most unmistakable manner against the course which finds so much favour. That it animates the best part of the Opposi tion, as well as of the Government majority, makes the proposal a certain failure, but the Liberal majority is so composed that the Government must resist it to the uttermost. Not only the Dissenters, but the voluntaries among their supporters, are sufficiently numerous to make any favour shewn to indiscriminate endowment the cause of a fatal breach in the party. There has been quite enough grumbling as it is at the alleged favour shown to Maynooth in the arrangements of the bill. To go farther and give the priests parsonages and glebes, to encourage in this way the " teaching of error," would deprive the Liberal party of all confidence in its leaders. The Standurd says that it is difficult to conceive any living man carrying his memory back to such days of cruelty and horror as were described by the Lord Chan cellor at the Haberdashers' Hall banquet to the judges on Saturday evening. Most of us live in times so different, under laws so changed, and surrounded by a social spirit so utterly in contrast with that of fifty years ago, that we are apt to exaggerate the distance between ourselves and them. Yet younger persons than Lord Hatherley might recall to mind similarly fearful scenes enacted in the name of civilised justice. The Lord Chancellor told his audience that once, when a boy, he was present in the Central Criminal Court when seventy-five persons— men and women—were condemned to death in a batch. Not all were to be hanged, and many of them knew it— knew that their lives were to be spared, while others were to be inexorably left for execution. These laughed and gibed as they passed out of the dock at their more miserable fellows in crime who were sure to die. No more frightful p!cture, no more humiliating illustration of human nature in its lowest state, could be imagined. But it was in the nineteenth century, nevertheless. It seems a dream to us now, as remote from our practical thoughts J t .,l g - Pek"PiCi-V9lBe o r f , peat t lY 7x-- o a n ". grounds of humanity ; they were only abolished when they Lost _ their meaning and had ceased to operate. The CensoliOaCon Act of a few years ago swept them clean t:.e statute book, so that the letter of the law lice been purged not less than its practice. But it is as well that we shy u:d Le reminded now and then about the monstr. sides of which our civilieatien was capable, not so long ago but that a living Lord Chancellor can remember being a spectator of those awful scenes, aril can tell of them, as an eye-witness, when responding to a toast at a eh is banquet. The Te!c;raph thinks that it is so far satisfactory that the attenti, n already drawn to the case of Orerend, Gurney, and Co. has cleared up a little doubt which at tached to one or two points, and has aroused some of the public to comprehend the extreme importance of the issues at stake. Dr. Thom has all along intended to con duct his own case, and will appear before the Lord Chief Justice on Friday—not as a last .resort, merely because the Government has declined to aid him, but iu pursuance of his original design. The re• solution does the public•epirited gentleman great credit, but it by no means lessens the responsibility of the Government or tho public. It is not by amateur labour, however zealous, that the prosecution can be exhaustively carried out, and a satisfactory decision reached ; and a possible failure through well-intentioned mistakes is as unpleasant to contemplate as the absence of any trial at all. To obtain the means of effectively carrying on the case is therefore indispensable; and we are glad to see that the fact is beginning to be recognised. Mr. Darby Griffith offers a subscription of £lOO towards the costs ; and there can be little doubt that his sentiments will be shared by many who have been less prompt in giving them utterance. It depends, then, on the disposition of thepublic to follow the example of Mr. Griffith, whether the prosecution shall have full justice done to it or not. It is to be hopecl, should other means fail, that it is not yet too late for Mr. Bruce to interfere, and thus to arrest the grave scandal which must arise if the most important commercial prosecution which our time has witnessed fail through mere misadventure. ISectively.liandled, whatever its results, the trial would place on record one of the most valuable representative cases which our judicial procedure has yet supplied for the guidance of the mercant►le world. The Daily Ncnw declares that the money e pid em i c seems to be clearing London society, as twenty years ago the potato disease swept away the population of Ireland. Just as the East and its speculators are beginning to fancy that they see the dawn of a calm day, a storm, growing rapidly to the dimensions of a hurricane, has burst upon the astonished West: What is to be the end of the fashionable crisis ? In the mercantile crisis the ruin began at the other end of the system. The great dealers in moneplendiug and discounts suddenly fell to pieces, and with them fell the companies they had created, the enterprises they had fostered, and all the minor traders in speculation who had lived by picking up the crumbs that fell from their table. In the fashionable difficulty the case has been inverted. The customers and the borrowers have gone first, and it remains yet to be seen whether those on whose means they floated will not join them in the great maelstrom where they are whirling, or will contrive to keep a footing outside and save themselves" alive. What effect will these events have on the Turf, and what has now, unhappily, become the soul of the Turf—the Rus ? The Ring, it may be presumed, whether it goes with a crash or dwindles away from want of sus tenance, will be eliminated from the racing system. When this ,change has taken place we may possibly see the old character of racing restored as it existed when Lord Derby, Lord Exeter, Lord Glasgow, Lord Palmerston, and General Peel were its leading patrons, and when men of wealth and position did not shrink from running horses in their own names ; but if not, we indulge a hope that we shall not much longer see the names of noble gentlemen bandied about like shuttlecocks in discreditable contests in courts of law, which drag into the strife even their wives and their mothers. - In referring to the recent catastrophe in Hosier-lane, the Herald says that such silent slaughter in the midst of a great city, on a Sabbath'evenieg, strikes the mind almost with a feeling of awe. That a whole family should be thus swept off in a night—the man in the prime of his his days, and the babe as it lay in the cot—is an incident which may well excite unmitigated horror. Such a merci less sacrifice of human life would seem to demand some overpowering motive. Yet,' in this case, we can trace nothing but the exaggerated impulse of insanity. Still there was enough of reason to enable the man—at some time or another—to indite a couple of letters, duly directed and posted, as if in relation to the most ordinary affairs of every-day existence. When Auch hideous tra gedies as this start up in the midst of our busy life it prompts :lie question whether, by some mysterious derangement of the intellect, the most amiable and affectionate of men may auddenly be transformed into the most ferocious murderers and determined suicides. Does it only need the brain to be unduly wrought upon, whether by physical agony or by overwork, or by the mere pressure of care, in order for the husband to s:ay wife, children, and self—quenching the fire upon the hearth as with a deluge of blood? We are inclined to believe that deeds so murderous and monstrous, even where insanity is present, are not wholly unconnected with previous degeneracy of character. Suicide may be perpetrated by the hest of men in a moment of hallucination ; but we would fain hope that the wise and virtuous do not become as demons the moment reason totters ou its throne. The frequency of murder and suicide in the present day seems to us to indicate a moral as well as a mental and physical cause. It may be a moot question, but we are inclined to think that even insanity does not wholly obliterate character. It is a dark subject, and eight corpses. in one tvouze mak§ it a 11114ttga plidulintereq, SHARE LIST. QtDINARY citiAL‘Xt3 AND STOCKS. lll4re itatlwayis it Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 70 at Caledonian lOO 77i 78 et Cambrian 20 Cornwall all 24 3 st Dublin A Belfast Juno lOO 77 79 at Dun„ Perth, & Ab. June lOO 70 73 2, East London.. all 6 7 20 Do 15 2) Do 10 at Glasgow AS. Western lOO 101 103 at Great Eastern .. st Do. E. Angl. No. 2. 100 ... st Great North of Scotl a nd lOO 15 6 et Great Northern too 108 609 st Do. A 5t0ck...... et Do. B stook lOO • • ••• Fit CAS, and W. 01 Ireland lO., 9, 7 s. Gt. Western —Uriginal IC 0 50 s'l et Do. South Wales lOO 04 56 at Do. W. Alid.—Uxtord lOO 15 27 at Do. Newport 'oo :5 20 et Linioashirt. Yoricshirst.. 100 0251 261 1.51 et Lon., Brigh.. S.Cosst.. 166 441 47 0) Do &Tip . ..... sal it I on., Chat., and Dovt r.. 10v 161 174 at Do. Metrop. i.x. A.... ivy 9 11 st Lon. A INorth Weateru.. let; 161 Is 1181 st Lon. South Western.. 100 89 9! 90 it Man., SheL, ac Lincoln.. 1( 0 4.1 551 at 31 otropotitan . lOO i 8 sei at Do Extension .. 100 95 Pt 1)) Do. ix ea rd .. 10 I 45 at Metropolitan Dlatriet. all Metrop St. John's 11 00l 6 at : IL:Laud at klirinin. Dart, lOO t 5 07, st North British at Do. Ed., I'th., & Dun... 10i) at r or. 'astern—licrwiLt.. 100 25 Do. 04. N.E st Do Leeds at Do York lOO 101 t 8 at Do Curliiie at Do Stocc. & KO 154 36 at North Lon tau .. lOO 117 10 10 Do New 1868 at North Staffordshire.... 100 57 09 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 9/1 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... at Rhymney at Shropshire Union lOO 084 5.4 st South Devon' at South Eastern l6O 78 791 771 at Staines, Wolehain, 6; Wok all 12 13 1(bl 1(61 1 6 et 'l:in ale 1(.0 lin 133 • - Do. C Wateriord & Kilkenny I6U 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 8 at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 138 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c IOU ... at Du. do. 7 per cent 10L) st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 71 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... at 1 4t. Eastern, E.G Ex. No.l 100 9 i 99 at Do do N 0.2 100 95 93 st Do do 6 per cent 100 101 111 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 ... st Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 du. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 et Do E. Union 4 p.c. glut. 100 7u 75 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 st Great Nor Morn, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 4 i do (10 do 100 at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 st Great South. and Wt3steru (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 at Gt.\\Test.—Orig.&Jnt.-Itent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 102 104 at Do. Orig. (B. & 11. Ex). 5 p.c 100 95 10u st Do du 4i per coat. 1350 DO 87 89 st Do do 4 do do lOO 77 79 at Do do 5 per cent. redein. 100 9.5 97 st Du do Birmingham gua 100 63 72 st Du do du prof... 100 st Du do Chester gua, lOO 85 94 st Do do do S per cent lOO st Do do do 5 du 100 05 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. lOU ••• st Du do 41 p.c lOO st Do do 4 1359 lOO ... at Do du 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lO3 11U 112 t Do do 2d gua lOO 107 111 ht Do Newport, lstg. p.e lOO 00 92 st Do do 2.1 du 100 07 100 at Do gua. .51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Laueash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 st Du Barnsley, £5 3s 100 p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 10) 130 115 st Do 41 (Blackburn parch). lot 03 100 at Loudon & Bei:6lton. 5 P.C guaranteed, No 1 lOO at, Du 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do du lOO st Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent IVO ••• at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 ••• at DJ 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO at London and 11. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent._ 100 11) 1I it at Do Bedford &Can - wl:lga lOO •st Do Sarewsify & \Velcupl lO3 et Loudon un:l s W. 7 p,c. late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 a Do (Purtsm.perpans 2500) all 8 Ilan., Shot., &Linclu. 6 p.c. 100 Uu .t:4; all par i pat a Do 31 per cent IOJ So 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 t Itlid„.Qo44.2.lit.lated., 6p. 100 13.) 135 8 Do 41 per cent. redeem... 100 03 too a Do 41 per cent. irredeem... 100 03 to, a Do Leicester& IPelm,l p.c. 100 8) PI st North British, 5 p.c. N`.).1... 100 at Do E. &U. 4 p. (3. S. 6: D... 100 at Do N.B. N 0.2, 5 per cen.t 10J st Do Border Onion, 51 p.c... 100 at N.-Easteru—Cous. 4 p.c.... 100 37 st Du 11 per Cent. redeem loJ 0; 09 at Du U -N. 4 per coat. lOO ... 17 Du 1.1.. r capital Du YorK, 11. aS. parcuase lO 1) 101 Du oi,ekt u & Drank A 5 p.o lOO 106 106 st Do \V, tiartiepuoi ii. :tad 11 tuo 81 Si 20 North Staffordshire 100 DeVl,l Annuities, 1 all 810 lUs Do Tuvistuek Auus., 10s all 8 V 108 Do Fixed 44 per coat all 3 Si 0.0. S. trust. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) ail 22 24 at Do 41 percent at Du Fixed 41 per cent too at Taff Vale No.l 100 14 , 153 3at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 43 45 ... ... 103 Paid. Closing Baslneli Price. done. RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SNARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Pro Ats of each separate year. fit Caledonian 41 p C oust. St Do Scot. Ceti. niiu. 7p c 10) st Do 41 p irrodeetu all ...... st Do 4p e con . i ssue d at SU 60 at Great Easter n 41 par coat. •10) . at Do 5 do, 1162 10) 83 es at Do New 5 do, 1163._ 14)0 83 1,6 st Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO t 2 55 at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO at Do Per:nauent 5 percent lOO ... at Do Bosto n &Sl ea f t l , 41 pa 10) at Great West., W. Jinn., 5p c 10) ... at Do Joint Lerpe. 5p c, 100 hS ist at Do do 4)p e irrod ., 1166 100 lot 108 20 Do Vale Neath peril. 5p c all 13 20 at Kent Coast, 6 per aunt, 14 lOO ... 5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1371 2 1 1p at Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 11514100 .. st Do do 4 d o, 180 . 100 ••• st Do do 41 d o, 1161 100 .. at Do do 41 d o, 1863 100 st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1136 100 st Do No. 7 sd o at Loud , Chat., &c., Id, 6 p.e 100 at Do Metrop. B 6 p.c Do do C c ?.0 100 ... st Loudon& N. Western, p e 100 110 112 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 ;3 10 Mau. Lihcf. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 61 of at Metropontan o per cent lOO lot) 14)4 st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 107 10J at Do B 5 do 100 107 LOU 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 116) all 20/ 211 201 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 13 104 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk~ Aug. 31, 1872 1, 5 per cent ... ... 100 St Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P., &Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 st Do h. G , N 0.2, 5 p.c lOO ..„ a t Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. o• E&• G N 3 ' •5 p c 100 . at Do E.& G., (Orthry) 41 p c 100 .. fit North Eastern, 41 per coat 100 ;-;) 9 7 at Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 111 113 at North Loudon, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1161 100 t Do 5 d 5 do, 16 do(Ch. 4 Cross) () 1163 10 t Do 1 0 1) at Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pa 10) RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS) iitiErr ME e a it 100 Du. 41 per cent. Prefer all 10u 102 at Buckinghamshire St Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 scl et Do. 01 per cent. a Do. 6 do. m • 100 11C 114 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 132 13k a Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... ... 2 0 Glosterttnd Dean Forest all ... .„. a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 .. st Do. do. W oo db rg. E x., d o 100 ••• , . st Gt. West, W. Mid., Beret 100 90 US 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 2 6 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 st Do. 41 per cent lOO ... ..• st Loudon, Chat., &c., 41 pc. 100 st Do. Com. Fund , sd o 100 ••• ... .pt• st London and ttreenwich st Do- do Preference lOO ... ... st London, Tilbury, & South 100 8.1 b 5 st Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 79 81 at Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all ... ,„ st Al idland, Bradford, Prof lOO 64 vi 10 Mid lient Cray Line) ••• ••• 50 Northern & East., 5 percent all 53 46 60 D o , do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern—Hartlepool at N. West. A peril. prof, 5p c lOO 107 108 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO .„ st Notting. & Granth. li. &O l OO 91 98* 25 Preston and Wyro all 44 46 .., "toy b ton, Hitch., and Shop lOO 112 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 13t 134 10 Do do 8 2 2ip at S. Yurksh. and Liver Dun 130 97 99 st Dc 4 per cent via— 1U i 7,s 10 a t Do 5 do st lief. Station and Pimlico 100 175 IEO st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 1:1 14 20 Do du It all 2O ... ... Do do C all ... at Weymouth and P ort l and lOO ... ... st Wilts and Som erset 82 DOCKS. at East and West India lO 11) 121 et London and St. Katherine lOO 43 4i 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cont all , • Freehold Land st Dock lOO 26 SO et Southampton lOO •7 d 7 st ,Surrey conualrcial MISCELLI 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 1:4 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lien 9 3 , d 10 Berlin Water Works, Um all 11 111 11f 10 Do. New 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lint. 5 Do. Now 4 II 4d 50 British American Land 44 Li 17 20 British Indian Tea, lhn all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all GG 7 j 111 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, limn 2j 20 Ceylon Company, lint. lO 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 25 City of Loudon Heal Pro perty, lint 9 51 41J 30 City of Milan Improv. Ihn all 5 u 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 50 City O ff ices, lint 25 27 26d AO Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Commercia:. Jnion (Assam.) 5 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 109 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 100 Do. 1879, 4 1 per cent. all 100 Do. 1882, 4f per cent. all 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritiuslim lO st Crystal Palace lO.l st Do. Preference lOl at Do. G p. c Potpetual Deb lO9 20 Darjeeling, lint. IO Eastern Assam, limn. 6l 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India brigs. & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and au n " Gus. by Egypt. Gov all 20 Egyptian Com. & Tract. lim 6 3 Eng.& Austral. Copper, lira 2. 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 100 Eng. and Scot. ij marine, 11:n 8 10 Fairbairn Engineering 20 Fore-street Warehou:mo, tjrn l5 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at 4.33 all 50 Gellivara lint '2o 10 General Credit & Dir., lim 7i 15 General Steam Navigation 11 50 Homo & Col Marine In. lim. 5 10 Hung Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 20 Interna.Finaueial Soc. lilt A 20 Interna. Land Credit, lim 6 So Italian Land 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem pr t p 2 1 tl 20 21 6 7 1031 1011 1011 WI 1031 1011 27 1 24 4 31 211 22 24 2 91 104 10S 112 ... ...d 5 1 411 11.2 1113 95 951 95 i i 4f 3,,1 3 2 1 1 2 p 87j BSI (31 ; 27 2J 2j .1,1 21 141 111 2 lf 6 4:1 1I p 3 31 1870, issued 20 all 50 Land Securities, Um 5 25 London African Trading lO 25 Lon. & Ca led. Marino, lint 6 10 London County Land and Building, lint. 50 Lend. Financial Asso., lint 30 23 it 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibue.Co.lim. all 2 23 50 Lund. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lint 25 21 161 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 31 pr st Madras Irriga. & Canl. Una. sp.c. by India Gov. 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim ll 11 50 Merchant Shipping, Bin— all 32 37 60 Slillwall Iron Works, lies 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., Hal 5 11 113 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 ... 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all VI 10 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 35 3d 10 New Consolidated Die. lim 3 11 lld 5 iN ew Quebrada, lint 4.4.0 45 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Mor • cantile Agency,lim ...... 23 1 1p 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 5 13 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, liin 5 7 5 10 Do. B st" North Brit. Austral., litu lOO 48 51 50 North Brit. & Mereau. In 6l ti 123 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 14 50 Oriental Financial, 11 5 Oriental Gas, lint. 5 Do. New 10 Otago and Southland In , vestment, 5 Ottoman Gas, lim.., 10 Panama, Now Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lin Do do. .... . I 0 st Peel R. Land & Minerl, li n g 100 31 31 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Stean all 48 50 50 Do. New 1867 ....... . 10 15d 03 60 Rhymney Iron ............ all 22 24 1 Do. New ............ all 63 7 7 2 Rio de Janeiro City all 17 18 Do. Gas, all 24 6 100 Royal Mail Steam ........ ... 60 42 i 4 49 Scottish Auss. Invest, 114. 100 78 83 Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 Societe Fin. d'Egypto, lint. 10 7 6,1 Societe Gen.de l'Empiro Ot. 8 2f 31 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lies. 0 25 South Australian Land ... all 31 3G 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurf.nce), lim 2 23 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim B3 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 1p 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 50 Union Marine L'pool, Bin 5 43 p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 la dd 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lim 5 13 2 p 10 Upper Assam. Tea, lint all 11 2 80 Van Diem9.o'a Laud 100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 82 82! 821 so Warrant Finance, lim. l2 11 10d 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 4 2 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO C 3 117 2} 7 3,1 78 $ 1p id iP If 21 „oLvAi.a.L GO V.161/NMSZIT - tiritisn Columbia, o per 0ent.,1672.... - Do. 1895 l3O -- - Can.liov.6p.c.Jan./diJuly 1877-84 - Do. 6p. o di Aug lOO 102 1 , 5 - Do. sp. c. Mar. St Sept lOO 102 HA - Do. 6p. C. Jan. it July lOO 88 CO 95 - Do. bE. c. Inscribed ICO PO gl - CaPti U•1 10 Pe• 6 p.c.1873 lOO 102 10. - Do.Apl.&001. 1890-11100 lOO lit 1 13 - Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 - 1)o. Jan-401 11 Y, 1891 - Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 00.0.900 lOO 08 1(0 - Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c.- 100 108 llt - Do. 1872. do lOO 105 10, - Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873,- - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 ... - Do. 1882, May and No OO 106 108 - Do. 1895, Feb. .t Aug lO 100 193 - Melbourne Corporatn., - 1667-75, 6 per vent 1( 0 100 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July lOO 103 It 4 - Natal o p ot, A.pl Oct O9 - - -- Do 6p c. May di Nov 1 0 1 6 103 - N. S.$Y. 5 p '7l to 'N lOO 99 1 1 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1890... 1)) kbl 991 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to is - .N.Zealand, 6p. (3.1891 1(0 - - Do. 5 per cent.... - Do Jan, Apz 1, .Itey, 0 - Do 6p c. Mar •t nept '3l :00 103 110 - Dv June di Deo , 1-91 Do Prue. '1 Auotld. 2 1 0 .tries 1 & 2, 1195... - 1 ova Scotia 6p. -• and Jnly, 1875 ...... DO 10 103 - Do 1866.. . 100 102 104 • - Qii.ensind. 6p. 100 1071 1081 1101 - Do 1891 ..... 100 1074 1(81 -- Tasmanian 6 per c. 1893.. . • 0 64 10 4 CtO • 093 '97 . .. . . 100 - 1161 107' - Victoria 6 per cent.lB9l.. 1 U 115 IE6 - Dcf. Aprllo4ll4 Oct a i...".ai LA lit 112 TH tit!) Olrri()N The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLock. IMPER. 2ARLIA ENI HOUSE OF LORDS—This E VEXING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. The Earl of DERBY presented five petitions against the passing of this bill. Lc rd LONGFORD presented similar petitions, one being particu'ar',y against tho 67th clause. The hous.3,at a quarter past five, was not by any means so folly attonded as on the occasion of the second reading of th.• Lii. Amongst. those iu front of the throne was Mr. Gladston ,, , aLd shortly after the Premier took up his posi tion, Earl Granville, the leader of the Ministerial side, entered, supper hug himself en cruteln.s. O❑ the mut on that the house go intu committee on this bill, The Earl of DENBIGH en'ered into a general defence of the Roman Catholics of Ireland from the charges that had been made against them, and said that they did not agree to the proposition that was about to be made to the house for the planing them on an equality with every other portion of her Majesty's sub jects. lie thought that the proposal was a most gene rous one, but he personally should have had much plea sure had the Government determined to deal with the land question before they took into their considera tion the position of the Irish Church. John Bull had had two marriages; by the• first he had left a Catholic family, and by the second a Protestant one ; and as these marriages generally result, the first get the rod, whilst those of the second get all the pleasure; in other words, one gets the klcks, the other the halfpence. The Catholics of Ireland were not insensible to kindness, but there was that which they entertained more attach ment to than the Crown and loyalty, and that was an in terest in their religious duty. It had been said that in voting for the present bill the Catholics were voting against their principles, but he could not assent to that. The Roman Catholics regarded the bill as a real act of justice, as it removed the badge of conquest and abolished Protestant ascendancy. The house then went into committee on the bill. On the motion that the preamble be poatFoned, Earl GREY objected most strenuously to such a pro posal, as the preamble referred to the disposal of the surplus and other matters, with respect to which notice had been given of amendments. It was said that the great object the Government had in view in pressing forward the bill was to restore happi ness to a great portion of the Roman Catholic subjects of her Majesty in Ireland, but he could not think that the object would be obt ►ined by stripping the Established Church in Ireland of every farthing it possessed, beyond that with which the bare necessaries were to be supplied. He strongly objected to various parts of the bill, more particularly the 68th claase, which carried out the diseedowment of the Church most thoroughly, but he colitended the proper course to adopt was to discuss what was to be done with the surplus pro porty of the Church before they proceeded to discuss what the other provisions of the bill were. The time had now arrived when it was most important that they should say whether they were going to adopt the voluntary principle, because by the many statements that bad been made it could not be clearly ascertained what was proposed to bo done. He could not say, from what he had been able to learn with respect to the voluntary principle, that the position of the Church in the United States showed the benellt of such a step ; on the contrary, if there had been any doubt at all with respect to the advantage of a State support Wing given to the Church, that doubt would at once disappear when the matter was tested by the position of the Church in Amer:ca. REPT SPEAKING. I HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins The SPEAKER took the chair at two o'clock. DIPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BILL. On this bill being considered, the ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the insertion of a clause making the act applicable to the Vexatious Indictment Act, and to provide for the case of a justice of the pace becoming bankrupt or arranging with his creditor, in which event he should become incapable as a justice of the peace for five years. The now clauses were agreed to. Mr. Sergeant SIMON moved the omiss!on of the first paragraph in clause 5, which instituted en entire new sys tem of risorude rise. The enaet.m.r.-6-r--. oo lltc h CLsuse permne a man a hbeity, for the proviso, as it stood on affidavit, might be cooked up in an attorney's office be hind the unfoitinat , lulu's back, [rid thus he might be kept in prison for the spare of 40 dot s. The AT FORNEY-GENERAL opposed the mo•ion. Tho cause had 13 , -en discussed throe times by tho house in committee, and the objtct of it w.ts merely to sustain the county court juriidiction which was eitended by the bill to the superiar courts. If the clause was ornAted lie thought they might as well give up the bill and take no further trouble in the matter. Mr. HADFIELD thought it would be worth the while of the custodians of the public revoLue to pay many of the mis-rable debts of a few shillings for which people might be sent to prison under this act, rather than incur the expense of maintaining the poor creatures in prison for the term set out iu the act. After a short discussion the propos:tion was negativA. Several other amendments having been discussed, the bill was ultimately ordered to be real r third time. UNIVERSITY TESTS BILL. On the motion for the house going into committee on this hill, Mr. C. BENTINCK moved that the house re solve itself into committee that day three mouths. The house ultimately went iteo conunittee on the bill without a division, Mr. G. 'Lady intimating that he would take a division on clause 6. rLEFT BITTING. LONDON GAZETTE —This Evening. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, JUNE 28. This day an audience of her Majesty :—The Cavaliere Carlo Cadorna, Envey Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary from the King of Italy, to deliver his ere len tials ; to which audience he was introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for foreign Affairs. DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 28. The Queen has b3en pleased to appoint the Venerable Walter Chambers (Archdeacon of Sarawak) to be'ordained and consecrated Bishop of the See of Labuau. WAlt OFFICE, PALL MALL, JUNE 29. 3d Reginkcnt of Dragoon Guards—Captain Joseph Norton, from the 15th Hussars, to bo Captain ; Lieut. Robert Stevenson to be Captain ; Cornet Ernie K. A. Burney to be Lieutenant; Frederick hfeyor Wardrop, Gent., to be Coronet. 3d Hussars—Voterinary Surgeon Alfred Jones, from the Royal Artillery, to be Veterinary Surgeon. 15th Hussars—Captain Henry Langtry, from 3d Dragoon Guards, to ba Captain. Nth Lancers—Cornet liarrie Reid to be Lieutenant. 18th Hussars—Paymaster Loftus Cassiey, from the 4th Foot, to be Paymaster. 19th Hussals— Captain Robert Baring to be Major, Lieu tenant Abel Henry Chapman to be Captain, Cornet on to be Lieutenant, Lieutenant John Nethereote to be Adjutant. Scots Fusilier Guards - Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon Fiancis Charles Bridgeman to Lieutenant and Captain. 2d Foot —Terence John Bockett Dunne to be Ensign. 4th Foot—Lieutenant Daniel List Brain, from the 311 - Train, to be Lieutenant. 6th Foot—Ensign Augustus Quin to be Lieutenant. lath Foot—Ensign Edward Quirk to be Lieutenant. 15th Foot—Captain Cyril Tew to bo Captain. 19th Foot—En: sign William Curtis to be Lieutenant. 23d Foot—Captains Joseph Napier and John Addison Napier have been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of their Commissions. . 27th Foet—Lieut Kennlm D. Murray to be Captain, En sign Edward Barton to be Lieutenant, Edmund Ballo to bo Ensign, Alexander James Irvine to be Ensign. 31st Foot—Lieut. George Moore Lambert to be Captain, Ensign Arthur F. W. Boyle to be Lieutenant. 37th Foot—Lieut. Henry Edward Gan:ter to be Instructor of Musketry. 42d Foot—Captain Rowland Hill Gordon has been per mitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Com mission. 49th Foot—Ensign Thomas Charles Armstrong Fox, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant. 62d Foot—Liuteuant Thomas J. Fitz Simon to be In structor of Musketry. 88th Foot— Ensign Lascelles Wharton Ford to be Lieu- tenant. 95th Foot—Staff-Surgeon William Langford Farmer to bo Surgeon. TILE FOREIGN MAtt.s.—The number of letters passing through the New Ycrk Post office during the last fiscal year amounted to 11,128,532, an increase of 830,298 over the preceding year. Of thase 5,223,225 an increase of 212,392 were received, and 5,900,307, an in crease of 587,906, were forwarded. In 1868.69 the great Steamship notnpaalee marled 9,532,252 letters, distributed as follows :—Uutard line, 2,880,553 ; German Lloyd, 2,664,258 ; Inman, 2.063,862 ; Hamburg, 1,600,387 ; French Direct, 324292. The number of letters received from and forwarded to the principal countries with which corre spondence is maintained by the United States is as fol lows : —Great Britain, 4,680,822; France, 1,799,919; Bre men, 1,416,412 ; Prussia, 1,104,248; Haraburgb, 899,242; Weet Indies, 617,065. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day LIVERPOOL MEETING—Tau atr. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) JUVENILE PLATE. ----- Ptarmigan _ 1 Mrs Croft filly 2 My Honey 3 Seren ran. SEFTON PLATE. Royal Boy Obassepot. WELTER CUP. Elammerton Fitzwilliani Pleniputwatiary I d Four ran. MOLYNEUX CUP. Alyosotis Good llop3 Victross ...... 1 Six ran. CHELMSFORD RACES—This DAT. GREAT BADI)OW STAKES. Capsule S wallow f Aglte Seven ran. *** The above are all the telegrams recetrea up to the time of going to press. We shall give the remainder in a FOURTH EDITION. RACING IXTURES. Worcester 1, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle Hendon .... 9, 10 Pontefract l 9, 13 - Nottingham l3, 14 Southampton 13, 14 Down Royal Corpo, l4 Airdrie 15 iteading 15, 16 Kuutsford 16 iluutiugdon 2O, 21 Stamford ''', 23 ... Goodwood 27,23, 29, 30 .118 ER... SEPT Margate 2 Ipswich 2 West Drayton 3 Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, Is, 16, 17 Hampton 21, 22 Riohmond 21, 22 Lichfield Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Hendon 23 24 Monmouth... -. 23, 24 Newmarket let 0ct....28, &c. Lanark... 29 30 AIM Deauville 1 Ripon 2 Brighton 3, 4 Tiverton 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egtiam lO, 11 i Wolverhatrpton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 Bromley 17, IS Stockton lB, 10 I , 20 Dover 18 1 UST. 1 Oxford Hungerford 24 York 24, 25, 26 Croydon Plymouth 26,27 Searbor3ugh 30, 31 Badon Baden 3l Great Yarmouth 31 Derby Summer ...31, Sep 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury 31, Sep. 1 DECISION UNDER TILE BETTING ACT. At the Marlborough -street Police-court, yester day, Mr. T. Hawkins, tobacconist, Oxford-street, who was charged with keeping and using his house as a betting-house, contrary to the 16th and 17th Viet., cap. 119, appeared before Mr. Tyrwhitt to learn the decision of the magistrate. Mr. Beard appeared for the defendant. The evidence was to the effect that the police went to the defendant's house, asked the price of horses, and, having offered to make bets, were told to go outside the shop, and on doing so they made bets and gave money to the defendant. They also made bets in the shop, and received money which they had won by betting. Mr. Tyrwhitt--I adjournel the case when before me last week as I wished to look into the law, this being the first case of the kind before me. I am now prepared to give my decision. The Betting house Act, 16th and 17th Vict., cap. 119, passed in 1853. After a long abeyance recent events appear to have revived its action. That its enactments may be put in force against the class of smaller offenders is evinced by the present prosecution, but little more can be said for the instituting it, for the Legislature seems to have contemplated establish.. 'rents where, as a matter of _regular money-hunt ing trade or business, betting was carried on sys temically in the ways descriled in the act, and have accordingly attached corresponding penalties of I,rge amount. Thus iu many of the cases whtre m ,gistrates in the north have convicted under this act, regular betting-house tackle has been produced in evidence, such as a business like array of account or betting books, with receipti or doctun;nts in the nature of " assurances to pay or give hereafter money, &c., on an event relating to a horse-race" (the words of the act). Now, in this case the cloy: search of the whole pretWw_.s pro luced only club sitbscripti .n cards, tele t ..raph messages, and memoranda relating to them, with one solitary card, headcd "Newmarket Craven Meeting." We must nut xelude that evi dence when we come to c,msida that of the detec tives, who bought cigars f Win the defendant, and afterwards offered to bet, leading him on to take their bets at first elsewhere, and on a later day, one or two in the shop itself. Ido not say that a cigar shop, or any other shop, may not ho brought within the act if the surrounding circum stances showed distinctly that the trade was only a blind for the real business of the place, if that real business was the " using" that shop for the purpose of the occupier betting with persons resorting thereto for that purpose. But is there here sufficient evi dence to show that any such colourable keeping of the shop existed ? and, on the whole, I think there is not. Putting an end to betting pure and simple has not, I apprehend, been attempted by this act, nor does it seem to have contemplated a bet with a person who buys a cigar in a shop, and by thus making tl,e shopkeeper's acquaintance in duces hint to bet, but was intended to repress the mercenary pursuit of gain on a business scale by " opening places as betting-houses or offices in the way of gaming -houses" (the words in the preamble). however, if acts of betting con tinue to take place in any part of the defendant's premises they will afford strong evidence of the place being used in an illegal way. I therefore caution the defendant as to his future conduct, but dismiss the charge. I have arrived at this conclu sion after some doubt, but without affecting to lay down anything out of this case; it is enough to say that it does not appear to me to be one which were 1 to convict my decision would be confirmed on appeal to the sessions. Charge dismissed. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 2 ... 12 21 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 41 . 12 4f * •• Antwerp — ... 25 4.4 ... 25 52f Brussels — ... 25 474 ... 25 52f Hamburgh — ... 13 12 ... 13 124 Paris Short ... 25 40 25 ... _ Ditto - 3 Ms. ... 25 42 45 - f ... 25 471 Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 121/ ... 121} Vienna — ... 12 6if ... 12 72} Trieste — ... 12 67} ... 12 721 Petersburg • • • Copenhagen.-. a. 9 20 ... 9 29 Berlin ... 6 28} ... 6 29 Madrid.. Cadiz ... 49 ... 49f Leghorn ... 26 60 -, 26 70 Milan — ... 26 60 ... 26 70 . .. Genoa — 26 60 ... 26 70 Naples Palermo ... 26 60 ... 26 70 Messina Lisbon — ... 51i ...,. 62 Oporto — ... 51i ... 52} Rio Janeiro New York SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. BY TELEGRAPA. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, June 28.—Severn, steamer, from St. TJbe's ; lu n y Queen, steamer, from Mogador ; Cortes, steamer, from Vigo; Cosmopolitan, sttatner, from Hamburg ; Sovinto, from njorneborg ; George, and Emanuel, from Soderbam. Arrived, June 29. Robert and Haim); from Christian sand ; dEolus, from Frederickatad ; Soderham, from Sunda wall; Westley, from Cherbourg; Impetuous and John Murray, from Guernsey; Verwissertin, from Norkoping ; Cassandra, from Memel ; Love Bird, from Dantzic; Au rura, steamer, from Lisbon. Sailed—Panther, steam ar, for Boulogne; Martinus Henrietta, for Doi dt. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored, June 28—Hecamede, of Portsmouth, from the west f.:r the north. Passed, June 28—Lady Aberdour, brig, from the north for the wost ; Fison, barque, from Shields, for Genoa; Launceston, ship, from Shields, for Aden; Olivier Made line, from London, for Bordeaux; Landon°, from Sun derland, for Bombay. Passed, June 23. General Ilayelock, of Portetnentb, from tilt north, tot tilt west.