The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-15 00:00:00

THE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. 1 , The settlement is not going off as easily as could wished, e no Consols are firm. In the foreig n Market th ere i t much business doing, but in most instances prices have been maintained. E zyptiln h asas declined a ttifle, but a rise has taken placen American bonds. lhe quotations in the railway market are better, but f o r b an ki ng and miscellaneous shares there is very little inquiry. The demand for discount is rather large, and first- clas3 bills are charged 3 per c?nt. Consols are now at 924 to 921 for money ; ditto, account, 9 2 1; Three pe r C en t . R e d uce d , 911 ; b r ew Three per Cents., 911 ; Red Sea Telegraph, 2408, 1 91; B an k o f E ngland Stock, 41 per cent., I t n e dia Stock, 181 p er cent. April, 1874 , 209 ; ditto 5 per cent. July, 1880, 1111 121 ; ditto 4 per ce nt., Oct., 1888, 924 ; ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 Per cent., ; ditto 5 per cent., 1094. Ih the Foreign Market Argentine Sixes are 8 8 1 to °S i; Brazilian Fi ve per C ents , 1865 , 8 71 to 871 ; Yptian Seven per C en t s ., 1868, 811 t o 814 ; Itg'alian Five per Cents., 1861, 551 to 551 ; Mexican Three per C ents., 14 to 14 1 ; Peruvian Five pe e ; Cents., 1 865, 81 7 to 821 ; Spanish New Three p ieents., 1 867, 271 to 271; Turkish Five per Cents., . i n ' ti n 6s , 46 1-16 to 46 3616 ; ditto Six per Cents., 1865, 'Jul to 691. a the Railway Market Caledonians are . marked' 77 i t 771 is; °•• 4 j Great Eastern, 1191 to 1191; orthern, 116 to 116 ; ditto A Stock, 371 to 381, Great 1 - I , r eat Western 674 to 68 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, L" 5. 1- to 1 254; London and Brighton, 441 to 441 ; ondon d) Chatham, and Dover, 14/ to 15} ; London. Mete North Western, 1231 to 123/ ; London and catb Western, 891 to 90 ; Sheffield, 521 to 521 ; 'letropolitan, 801 to 804 ; Midland, 1251 to 126 ; and Dovers, 74/ to 75}. Illinois Fire-Twenty Bonds are 901 to 901 ; 1171 to 1181; and Erie Shares, 201 to 201, being lower. rittegle-Araerican Telegraph Shares are 171 to li l t ; French Cable, 154 to 161; China Submarine, IT-and s d l is t • o ; s F 6 a . houtb, 10 to 101 ; Construction Maintenance, 401 to 401; and Silver's India fan e li n in s k Shares London and Westminster . have Sto c k . the price being 594 to 601. Loudon Joint t o t,-„ I s quoted at 321 to 331 ; Union of London, 361 Ott'4 1; London and County, .471 to 481 ; Imperial o izia „ 33. An ` l 4 to 41 prem.; Chartered Mercantile, 32 lji to ~g4O-Austrian, 18 to 20 prem.; and Agra (A), to7l‘,llscellaneous Shares Credit Foncier is 2 13-16 V o le-16; General Credit, 1 dis. to par; 'ln v tern k t , _ 4 l lal Financial, 1/ to 11 dis. Berlin Water 1 o l r 3 I talia n 14 i; Hudson's Bay Company, 12/ to ; Generallt tan rrigation Six per Cents., 63 to 64 ; London Di Omnibus Omnibus Company, 21 to 2; ; I National steam, 4 2i. Mit, 11 to 111 Peninsular and Orient& 6 rt t( e ) 43 . 4- ; and IToyal Mail Steam, 551 to 5 te r d a Is e Were no gold operations at the Bank yes- Lot t er "MSCriptiODS for the new Turkish Railway day Y. O bligations are to be kept open o d nly r t a w ri o s ad4": l , the 15th and 16th inst., - State that, although it cannot be formally tr a "" 4 eed in that city, there have been numerous !Isactions in it. IceAwletter from Bogota, the capital of Columbia (or the 'Tatinl a nd), via New York, dated the 17t . h .of states that a treaty for permitting toos`teavation of a ship canal through the Ia h t Yet - Bi ° , 4 i Darien had been arranged, but was no kini,T e ll r e lt owing to the absence of the United States Ad v i luti o ees from Guatemala announce that the revo lea coo m n i a q Party, headed by Seraflo Cruz, had . been etely defeated on the 23d January, within six p of the capital. malrcel C osta Rica it is stated that " Messrs. Over haq Freund, and Co., of London: and New York, nieut lll of a d o e a provisioal contract with the Govern of Li i ,; ( ,'esta Rica to build a railroad from the port 3o en the Atlantic, to Pacuare, about Jose mile the to meet there the cart road from San Zo n( i n'te capital, running through Cartago." In the such I)irectory there does not appear to be any It as Overman, Freund, and Co. steal,: announced from Marseilles that the Europe d the re f e r, 3,500 tons, 400-horse power, had arrived She leftin Bombay on Saturday with 37 passengers. therefor Marseilles on the Ist of January, and has, Su ez (°l'e, ac complished the two passages, via the . ?OTanal) including discharging and reloading, in ay e. h e • way e Junction of the line of the East Indian till ec)naPanY with that of the Great Indian Pe_ i_ th e 4li VanY at Jubbulpore has been effected by Was ectuPletion of the latter to that point, d a . nci . bark7 l l)elle d on the 7th inst. by the Duke of -E and the Governor-General of India. ,„ u een hl, d ed meeting of the London brokers J has at the London Tavern, Mr. William as. PaAs tia el s°ll in the chair, when resolutions were i nto p approvingi the bill about to be introduced_ beck arlianient by Mr. W. Fowler to relieve the of e n s of the City of London from the supervisions fo r h i e . no of Aldermen, thanking that gentleman co ros _a. active interest in the cause, and appointing a Ilitalttee to further the object in view. r ,ePert of the Merchant Banking Company . mends ``''mite to be presented on the 17th inst., recom- f 5 p dividend for the six months at the rate o Thee; lent. per annum, which will absorb £9,319 : Ratoatr of £20,000 h as b een written off the " amal tet t . ' ,: en account " d uring the year, and £2,049 1 4:e to be carried forward. deej l . l are of the Bank of Australasia have annumfry dividend on the capital of the ano u , n ,' !1•,200,000, at the rate of 10 per cent. per z. soa; tverpool Journal of Commerce mentions the br llBl °a of Mr. Robert Varty, stock and share br oke r of that town. It is stated that he had been thatg„ecl in very l arge speculative transactions, and kio .ov e diff erences to be me t w ill amoun t t o a b ou t of v. The stoppage has also been announced With e r rs . Adamson, shipbuilders, of Grangemouth, Whi ch ial3. pities estimated at £23,000, and assets 11l B erger P r oduce about £6,000. -oftb, ger S pence and Co.' s repor t says t h e early part bine we ek was more fruitful in enquiry than actual fropTeisaAainly for the Mediterranean ; and although. there tae tone of the various solicitations for prices b lar T aPp.eared to be some considerable orders in it bad only reference to one parcel of con -5e se I 'uce for ash and caustic, which was closed re haS ectively at lid. and £l3. In other chemicals there been a fair market, chiefly in the staple articles of otavoue, the fa t , tv•ade, and prices may be said to. rule in most cases our of the manufacturer. In minerals there is o`,‘much doing, cont racts are b etter supplied, and . consi g n ments have b een more regular. There is an provement in the metal trade. Scotch pig iron ha s bad several changes during the s, and closes e asier. I n copper the nominal reduction made by the sM elters, and the alteration in the discount allowed by them, has quite stopped trade for the moment in this metal. Tin is firm, with a moderate business doing. Lead steady and in fair inquiry. Speller is easier, and buyers are looking for lower prices. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT I'IINDs. 921 3 Per Cent. Consols 9 a Ditto for Account 911 Per Cent• Re %cod N u • • 91f f h i w d per Cent • - •ew 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 A 1)0 ' 5 per Cen Jan. 1873 -•enuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1680.... Do Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 18% ..... . 9 , t (Red Sea Telobraplt). Aug., 1 " .* LI Itlirlutr Rills, .41,000, 21 p. Ut. Meru . ...... Do. 21 do. June to $ h t. £lOO, £2OO & £5OO 4- "' of England Stock, 9} per Cent ox-1)(4. opening 1 b ada-4 per Cont. Bonds — liter-Colonial Omnauu 1.4,144)1&N U3VERNUENT SECURIIIJIB. Dela Rtock 10 *per Cent., April •1874 209 , - ? ~ b • "Peniug, for Account _ Do. °, Per Cent. July, 1880 1 -,; * pet Cent.. Oct. 1888 99 I D; ; Enface dotale. 4 per Cola.. ..... ••••• ii .. 5 per Ce, Jan. 1872 Do.I 5 1 per Cent. May 1879 13Pet Cant. R D 18-`) ,J , up. 8- ~.....••• do 18' ... . Do 1) . I) \, do. 1882 t io b . e-, 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ... 0 • Donde, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO ••••• - °• 'ander 41, too _ 4r I'OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRI CES. bentine Republi c , t; per Cent 881 O 4•ce vunt ........................ • . -.. 1091 ikultrian Bonds ö per cent ... — Do. 180 _ _ . Brazilian 5 per Cent . . Do. 41 per Cont. 1852 Do. do 1858..... Do. au 1860 ••• Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Dc, Ancona* •• Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. .. .... ........ — Do 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 p er 6' int.' ... luba, 6 per Cent. 0 udian 6 per Cent •• • I - no. 41 por Cent..., . — Do. 3 or bent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Co. 6 per ce7t. 1867 ••• • • • lomb•an, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 p.lr Cent., 1825........ Dan ,, bian Principalities, 7 I,er Cent— Do Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ••• Emador New Uonsolidated, 1 per Cool ... Euptian, 7 per Cent..., ... ~„. 841, De Record Issue — Do. £sot, Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds De. Al U 0 Bonds Do. 7 por Cent., 1868 ..•..• Do. Account Do. 2100 Bonds , .... 8l Government Railway Debentures . -1 Greet b per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups... — Do. Coupons ... — %sternal& 6 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd Do. Acca ant Italian 5 pe: Cent., 1865 Do. Account ~. -- Do Maremmana Railway. dexicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account — Dn. 1864 De 6 per Cent. Anglo-French M )nterickau 6 per Cent. . _ id ocrish lmperia a l 6 per Cent New Granada • . 23} Do 8 per Cem, — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) .. o — Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account — Do 4} per Cent. (Ih:barren) ..... ... Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 . ••• •• Portsguese 3 per C t., 1853, '6, 7, 9;60;2.7 — Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Eassian 5 oar Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 44 per. Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 186 2 ............... Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bon& 934 Do. do. £B4 150. d 0...: do Do.. 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 los. do — Do Nicolas Railway .. 69 8} Sardinian 5 per Cent 72 Spanish 3 per COll . - Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferral Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Coni'. not fundedfunded Do. Account S wedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 — Do dc, IS6B Turkish 6 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 D . Account Do Xloe Bonds .. 714 Do 6 per Cont., 1862 ' ••• Do. Account — Do XlOO Bonds .. — Do. 5 percent. 1665 •.. 461 6 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 _ 694 4 _ . Do Account Di 4 per Cent., Guaranteed — Do do, Scrip — . Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent.,1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o par Cent Ex 10 Florins ... Belgian 41 per cont., Ex. 25f. Dutch A per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail ......... ...... Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... . ....... French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 251. ...... .. Italian 5 per ent. 1851, E:.. - . 25i Do Account , ' CLOSING PRICES. °insole, Money •• O 921 Do. Account, April 7 92i 3 A. MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT RHYL. A very mysterious affair—mysterious that is according to the facts which are before us—is reported from North Wales. Under date " Rhyl, Saturday," a correspondent writes :—" A shocking tragedy occurred here this morning. Miss Cecilia, the only daughter of Mr. Alexander McEwen, a rich foreign merchant of No. 2, Shipley - street, having visited a friend, was pass ing along Wellington-road, towards home, when a gun was fired from a house window near the Royal Hotel. The bullet lodged in the young lady's head, and shot her dead on the spot. The gun is supposed to have been dis charged by two boys." A further message throws no light whatever upon the occurrence. The inquest was opened in the afternoon of Saturday at the Royal Hotel. The nursemaid to Mr. McEwen said she saw deceased going along with a baby in her arms. She heard the report of a gun, and saw deceased fall. Picked her up. She was dead. e jury found a verdict, "'Mat the de ceased was killed by a gunshot wound, but by whom the gun was fired there was no evidence to shew." Among the recent curiosities of American legislaa tion is a bill which has been passed by the New York Senate providing for the abolition of punishment for drunkenness. We have not heard of its fate in the House of Assembly. AMERICAN LITERATITRE.—According to Messrs. Sampson Low's monthly bulletin, " during the year 1869, 2,165 books, including new editions, have bnen published in the United States. Of these 1,680 were original Ame rican works, 367 were reprints of English books, and 118 were translations or reprints of works published on the Continent of Europe. 400 original American books of 1869 were imported and registered in England. A classifi cation of the subjects of the gross number results as fol lows :—Theology, 271; juvenile works, 327 ; fiction, 409 ; law, 133 ; arts, sciences, and fine arts, 124 ; trade, com merce, and political economy, 80 - travel and geographical research, 82 ; history and biography, 143 ; poetry and the prams, 123 ; year books and annual publications, 123; medicine and surgery, 93 ; educational works, 55." ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF UOPYRIGHT.-II the Court of Session on Friday, Lord Jerviswoode was engaged in takine.., a proof in connection with an action raised by _Messrs. A. and C. Black, publishers, Edinburgh, against Messrs. Alexander Murray and Son, publishers, Queen -square, London, for infringement of copyright. The summons concludes tor 2 2 , 000 , " in name of damages, and as reparation for the loss and injury sustained by the pursuers through the defenders' wrongous invasion of the pursuers' copyrights of the edition of the " Min strelsy of the Scottish Border,' in 4 vols. forming a por tion of the poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, in 12 vols., edited by J. G. Lockhart, with. Sir Walter Scott's intro ductory remarks, notes, and music to various ballads ; of the edition of the poem " On the Massacre of Glencoe," forming a portion of the said poetical works, in 12 vols. ; of the second edition with the author's introduc tions, alterations, and notes, forming a portion of the Waverley Novels, in 48 vols. ; and of " Tales of My Landlord." It is further submitted that the defenders should be enjoined to deliver to the pursuers all copies of the books published by the defenders in 1869, entitled " Minstrelsy of th e Scottish Border," and remaining unsold; also that the defenders should be interdicted from printing, publishing, or selling the said pirated book. The defenders deny the whole material allegations on which the pursuers rest their claim. They maintain that the pursuers have no exclusive right under the statutes cited to the passages alleged to have been pirated, and that the editions of Scott's poetical works founded on by the pursuers are not such as to-confer any special copyright, apart from any copyright existing in tio original editions of such works. THE. PROGRESS OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN AMERICA. —Certainly the Women's Rights movement is progressing in America. A firm of ladies are acting as stockbrokers in New Y or k, Ut a h has given women the suffrage, and now Wyoming has not merely done as much as Utah, but has made a lady, a Mrs. Esther Morris, a justice of the Peace. A correspondent of the New York World of Feb. 26th thus describes the lady judge :—" Mrs. Morris is above the average stature, and 180 pounds. She has stronglyoa marked and masculine features, her whole ap iasnindicating strength of both purpose and muscle. home), but she he r occa sion of her is, and fifty-seven years of age, and acknowledges it ; and perhaps always has been, one of the ' strong breakfast shaw 9 minded.' She h fa his dis ;" p ei ev 'l t p o e f never delivered any lecture (away from I t i re first writes for, the Revolution. On the ourt day she wore a calico gown, worsted green , „ 1.,, green ribbons on her hair, and a lad; correspondentspoii tm nt , con fessed that, according but it makes mus n t secreto be . to his that she . w a acccount, Mrs. Morris chewed s.possessed of the first requisite for her new office render to her the docketr predecessor having refused to sur the office, she issued and other papers appertaining to brought before her, his warrant for his arrest. When not ready, and aske le attorney stated that he was next day. Hi s demand f or an adjournment to the day "the court-room was '" granted. On the next the shops in the immediate againcrowded with spectators, business suvended. Her Honour c vicinity l being closed, and her seat at the table." The defendants and dignified, took dis charge of the prisoner for informality in c.ai e nsel moved a motion was sustained, and the prisoner dischl'agrra,nt Tho was immediately arrested and brought ba,ck ag;i:dH* But he sel then moved his discharge, on the ground. that the is c°u u n rt . had no jurisdiction, and that the judge claiming to be ecj th successor of Stillman was an interested party, & c . ~ For the credit of the Woman's Rights party, and to the honour of Mrs. Morris be it said, she here saw that she had been misled, and she had the good sense to see that Ate was in the wronie s Mg cf: 5 2 4 . was dismissed,--P AralLGazette. -- - Closing Business Paid, Name. Quotations. done. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 79 81 801 St Caledonian 100 771 78 78 7/ St Cambrian 20 Cornwall all 21 3i St Dublin and Belfast Juuction 100 St Dan, Prth, and Aber. Junc..:loo 70 72 20 East London all 4 6 20 Do 20 1)o St Gla:gour and S.Western 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 374 33 374 St Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 64 74 St Great North of Scotland 100 15 16 • St Great Northern 100 114 115 1151 St Do A 100 119 1191 1191 1 St Do B lOO 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100 St Great Western - Original lOO 67 68 671 St Do South Wales 100 70 72 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45 St Da (lb Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1254 1254 St Lond, Bright'n, and S Coast 100 43 431 434 St Lond, Chatham, and Dover 100 144 154 15 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11 - 101 St London and North Western 100 123} 123 123} St Loudon and South Western-100 88} 89 884 St Manch, Shef, and Lincolnsh.loo 51 51 St Do New. issued at £5O dis 30 ..,. St Metropolitan lOO 791 80 801 St Do Preferred... lOO ... St Do Deferred 100 ••• ••• 10 Do Redeemable St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 384 St Midland • 100 1241 125 125} St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 91 93} St North British. lOO 31 35 St Do Edin, Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick lOO 1261 1271 1274 St Do Leeds 100 841 851 841 St Do York St Do Stockton and Darlingts 100 167 169 St North London 100 118 120 10 Do New, 1868 St North Staffordshire 100 53 61 St Noah and So. West. Junct 100 102 105 St Rhymney lOO 52 54 St Shropshire Union 100 62 63 St South Devon 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 744 75 1 741 5 St Do Preferred ...100 _lO9l 1101 St Do Deferred... lOO 41 41* St Staines ' Wok'ham, & Wok'g. all 12/ 13/ St Taff Vale 10 Do 0 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 10 Waterloo and Whitehall THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1870. SII.IIIIS LIST. STATE OF IRELAND. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. DUBLIN, Monday, Midnight. In consequence of the occurrence of several incen diary fires in Tuam, the resident magistrate tele graphed for troops, and three companies of the 56th and 80th Regiments were at once despatched from Galway and Athlone. They arrived by special train at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, and are under the command of Major Chaplin. Yesterday a troop of the 14th flussars was d.spatched to the same point Troops will be stationed at Claremorris, Dunmore, Newport, and Tuam. Other incendiary fires are re ported, and herds have been threatened if they did not send cattle off farms. Arrangements are in pro gress for strengthening the garrisons. THIRD EDITION. The Third Edition of Me Sun of last Eveling was publishe d iu time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. MISCEL L A.NEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 204 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L 5 4d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 54 5 Ditto, New 4 pr 4pm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 24 34 27 Canada Company all 64 65 764 20 Ceylon . Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 23 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6d 30 City of Milan Lnprovment L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Limited 2O ld pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 10 Com of African Merch, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of Dngland, Pref 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 41 per cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 4 per cent 10 Credit Fonc o England, L all 24 34 21 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 24 lid St Crystal Palace lOO 20 22 St Do, Preference lOO 93 98 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 106 111 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 274 101 10d 100 Ejy_pt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua, by Egyptian Gov all 974 984 1004 4 20 Egyptian Com and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L f I 15 Eng and Foreign Credit 7 4 3d 10 Earopean Gas al 17 18 , 10 Do, new... . . 5 4 44 6 Fairbairu Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 34 4fp 100 Foreign- and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds all 97 96 10 Gan Credit and Discount, L 74 f id 15 General Steam Navigation l4 20 30 50 Home and Col Marine Ins, L 5 ld p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 124 124 50 Imperial Continental Gas.— 434 134 136 50 India Rub, Tulg Works, L 45 57 5:1 554 6 10 , International Fivan Soc, L 5 14 14d 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 44 41 100 Ditto, 6 per cat Bonds, red all 1870 all 63 65 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 Id 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 4 Lond Gen Omnibus, Limd 50 Loud & Glasg Engin, Limd 25 18 16d 20 London and Prov Marine St Madras Irrig & Canal, guar 100 spc by India Gov lOO 103 105 50 Merchant Shipping, Limtd all 32 37 t 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 8. 44 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 11 4 4 114 10 National Steamship, Limd all 13 14i 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d 4 4 tO New Consolidated Dia Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 44 4d 25 N Zealand Lu & Mere, &c 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 11 lfp 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 bd 10 Do, B ............ St N British Austral, Limited 100 60 70 50 N British & Mercan lnsnce GI 23 234 25 Ocean Marino insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New .. l4 ii 2p 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 id ip 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 21 St. Peel Riv Lnd & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam.., all 43 45 43 50 Do., Now, 1867 lO 3) 21d 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do, New v ... all 8, 81 25 Rio Janeiro City Im., Lmtd all 191 201 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited ... all 294 301 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 St. Scot Ans Invest, Limited lOO -- 20 Societe General de l'Empire Ottoman 8 24 34 ,25 South Australian Land all ... -- 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lira and redaced) all 891 391 41* 1 20 Thames & Mere Mn Ins, L 2 2* 21p St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 90 10 Trustand Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCoof Up Canada : 5 * ip 50 Union Marine Liverpool, L d 5 6 61p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 41 slp 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd 30 Van Diemen's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Lp all 80+ 811 ni + 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan and July ,1877-84 .. 100 104 1051 105 4 Do, pc, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept lOO 1054 106 f Do, 5p c, Jan and July . .... lOO 944 95 Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1803 lOO 954 964 of Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 lOO 111 113 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 1021 1031 Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 100 103 105 Do, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6p c, 1873, Jan &July 100 102 104 Do, 1878, Jan and July 100 106 108 Do, 1882, May 15 and Nov 15 100 107 10 D 0,1895-6, Feb and Aug 100 111 113 Natal Gov 6p c, April & Oct 100 108 110 Do, 6p c, May and Nov 100 107 109 New Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and July lOO 104 105 N. S. Wales Gov 5 p c, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 100} 1011 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875 100 100 1014 101 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1001 1011 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 974 984 98 Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July lOO 1024 103} Do, 1886 lOO 1044 104 Queenslacd 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 108 f 109 S Australian Govermnent, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-92 100 Do, 18:13-1908 100 110 111 Tasmanian, 6 p c, 1895, Jan and and July 100 108 110 Do, p c red, 1893 to 1897 lOO 108 110 Victoria Govt, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO 113 114 114 1 Do, April and Oct, 1883.5 lOO 1131 1141 114 .Uo ) 5p c, Jan. and July,lBo4, 100 1014 1024 101 REDUCTIONS IN ARMY DEPARTMENTS. Three reports made by a committee appointed to inquire into the arrangements in force for the con duct of business in the Army Departments have been issued to-day. The following are the general remarks with reference to th 3 reductions which they think may be made in the present establishments :—" We have arrived at the conchision that a sound systm of administration would be accompanied by very con siderable reductions in the present establishments. In the War Office, it seems to us that the offices of Assistant Under Secretary of State, Chief Auditor, and Deputy Director-General of Ordnance might at once be abolished, and that a reduction be made in the number of clerks employed in the central office. The amalgamation of the departments of the Accountant-General and Chief Auditor would make a large reduction possible in the number of clerks now employed in those departments. In the Horse Guards, if our recommendations are adopted, the appointment of Quartermaster-General would ulti• mately be abolished ; the estAblishmmts of the Mili tary Secretary, of the Quartermaster- General, and of the Deputy Aljutants-General of Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers would be considerably reduced; and some further reductions might be made when business comprised under the Military Department is re-arranged." POLICE INTELLIGENCE--z(Tnis DAY). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT. —WiIIiam Power, of No. 128, Caledonian-road was charged before Mr. Tyrwbitt with assaulting Joseph Henry Challenger, pianoforte maker, of No. 85, Islip-street, Kentish-town. The complainant said that about 11 o'clock the previous night he was at the Swan Tavern, George-street, Port land-place, when some words took place between him and the prisoner, who was the former landlord of the S wau. In the coarse of the altercat:on, ho called the prisoner a bad name, on NI hich the prisoner struck him violently in the face, knocking his head through a pane of plate glass, and his face was much injured. The prisoner then ran away, but was stopped and taken into cm. tody, and at the station he (complainant) had to pay 10s. Gd. to the doctor to have his injuries attended to. Some other evidence having been given, the prisoner admitted striking the complainant, but said he did not do so till th 3 complainant called him a " thief." Mr. Tyrwhltt said there was a great excess, and fined the prisoner 20s. or a week stating that he would have com mitted the prisoner for a month if the complainant had not used bad language. THAMES. A PRO*ISING DAUGIITAR. —Ann Regan, a servant girl, aged 16 years, was brought More Mr. Lushiugton, charged with robbing her father, a poor and indutrious labourer, dwelling at 24, Woolmore-street, Poplar. The girl, though young in years, is old in crime. The father, Patrick Regan, obtained for her a situation, from which she was dismissed for dishonesty, and when she came home she commenced robbing her father of the little property he had worked hard to obtain. Among other things she plundered him of a pair of trousers, three shirts, a piece of satin, a handkerchief, and a pawnbroker's duplicate relative to another article. Two pawnbrokers' assistants produc3cl the property of which the prosecutor had, been robbed, and the duplicates which had been found in the prisoner's possession. The girl pleaded guilty. Mr. Lushiugton lectured her on her wickedness and bad conduct towards her parent, and sentenced her to six months' imprisonment and hard labour in the Westminster House of Correction. ROBBERY OF TEA AND SUGAR IN TRA N S IT. —Edward Hall and George Williams, tea and sugar thieves, were brought up, on remand from Tuesday last, before Mr. Lushington, charged with being in the unlawful possession of 801bs. of raw sugar and 341bs. of tea. They were stopped on the Bth inst. by Foster and Stevens, detectives of the II division, in the Commercial-road. One was carrying a sack containing 81bs. of sugar, the other a black bag containing 611bs. of tea and instruments for boring holes in hogsheads of sugar and raking out the contents and also opening chests of tea in carts. The detectives said the prisoners were very insolent when stopped, and refused to give any account of the way they became possessed of the tea and sugar. Foster bad made inquiries since the first examination at the places to which he was directed, and where they said they were lodging, but the officers could not discover owners for the property. Mr. Lushington had no doubt the prisoners had stolen the tea and sugar from a cart in transit from the docks to the premises of a tea dealer or merchant, or to a railway station. Robberies of this kind were very frequent. He had lately committed three man for trial for stealing 31 cwt. of su g a r from folir hogsheads under a peliceman's window, and the thieves were brought to justice by the vigilance of the policeman's wife. He sentence d the prisoners to be im prisoned and kept to bard labour far two calendar months for the unlawful possession of the property taken from them. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.—CAMBRIDGE, MOD day.—The Light Blue representatives took their daily row this afternoon from the old railway bridge to Clayhithe and back, under.the care of their coach, Mr. George Morrison, and were seemingly none the worse for their long row to Ely on Saturday. FATAL ACCIDENT AT SEA.—Two men were drowned off Great 1 armouth on Saturday by the upsetting of boat belonging to a smack, the property of Mr. Gorleston. At the time of accident the boat was returning to the smack after leaving a steamer which was to take a quantity of fish to London.. The consecration of Dr. Fraser as a Bishop is fixed for Lady Day, when it is expected that the Archbishop of York will officiate, and be assisted by the Bishops of Chester and Ripon. Susannah Hyde, the convict at Oxford, under sentence of death for the murder of her child, has yet re ceived no intimation of a re p rieve. It is believed, how ever, that the sentence will be commuted. There has been a terrible outbreak of cholera at Zanzibar. Thirty thousand natives have been swept off in six weeks. Caravans of merchandise have been aban doned on the plains, the survivors fleeing for their lives ; and ruin prevails throughout the country. The Scotsman states that in the case of James Thomas Hardie, merchant, Leith, who has been com mitted from Leith Police Court, on a charge of forging and uttering in the Bank of Scotland a bill of exchange for 21285, other forgeries on the Bank of Scotland are nowalleged against the accused, bring up the amount of defalcations to £25,000. ---- - The inquest on the bodies of the nine men who lost their lives by a colliery explosion is conc l u d e d, an d the jury find a verdict of accidental death, at the same time stating that Swaim, the general manager, is not com petent to have the sole management of a mine of such magnitude 0.8 the Aitley.Deep Pit. A. Pennsylvania farmer states that he cured ills daughter of the Grecian bend by pouring water on her and holding her out in the sun until she warped back again. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—Mr. Charles Whitworth, 1, farmer, Joseph Ebbs, a shepherd in his employ, aml three boys, were convicted at the Bedford Petty Sessions, on Saturday, of having tortured forty sheep at Turney, Bedfordshire, on the 12th ult. The sheep had togaben washed in a pond, and thence driven, for half a mile, small field, where they . remained unsheltered for three clays, the wet fleeces being frozen in the meantime, and presenting a coating of ice. Mr. Whitworth was fined 2s. 6d. and ids. costs, being exonerated from all imputations of wilful cruelty , and the other defendants were directed to pay costs only, " THE LATEST*SENSATION."—The Daily Nero !laving published a series of statements concerning the per formances at the Royal Amphitheatre, and having drawn attention to what it considered the " deadly gamut of h azar d s " run by Fraidein Laura, in her lofty wire achieve ments, the proprietors of the Amphitheatre write to cor rect statements untrue and incorrect. The Daily News had asserted that it was in this place that thetrst female Leo , tard made her appearance, and where she became crippled for life. Azella only slightly injured her arm, and is now, say the proprietors, on her way to take up an engagement in America. As for Fraiilein Laura's danger, there is far more danger in a jockey riding a steeplechase. Both work for a livelihood, and both are comparatively sappii they Ilan Is49wledgo of their professim. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLIA MENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS EVENING. The speaker took the chair at tour o'clock. THAMES NAVIGATION BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. LOCKE opposed the motion, as the bill proposed on the part of the Thames Conservancy to deprive the watermen of the river of all the privileges they had en joyed for many years, It also proposed in effect to abolish the Waterman'a Cor. play. As the bill was of a very oppressive character, he hoped the House would not remit the bill to a committee, but that the House would object altogether to proceed further with the measure. Alderman SALOMONS supported the motion of the hon. and learned member for Southwark. He objected to the Bill, as the Thames Conservancy, not content with the powers they had with respect to the piers on the river proposed to go as far as Gravesend, and buy up the tolls, and to levy a tax on every boat plying on the river. Colonel BERESFORD objected to the bill, as if sanctioned tts provisions would ruin a very large and industrious oody of men. It would also act most prejudicially on all persons having waterside premises. Mr. GOURLEY expressed himself opposed to the bill. Mr. GOLDNEY supported the bill, and denied that it would have the ill-effects represented. All it did was to put an end to an old monopoly which it was desirable should be got rid of. In committee up-stairs all objections Amid be raised and well considered. Mr. CHARLES REED hoped the bill would be allowed to proceed to committee. He believed the Waterman's Company did not object to the bill going to committee provided they were allowed to put their case before it. He thought the provisions with regard to the consumption of smoke above bridge, and sunken vessels the bill would confer a great public good by making regulations to abate the nuisance. Mr. LEFEVRE thought it best that the bill should go to a committee. The watermen he believed objected as much to the proceedings of the Waterman's Conpany 33 they did to the Thames Conservatory Board. Mr. C. WINGFIELD supported the motion of the hon. and learned member for Southwark, as he looked upon the provisions of the Lill as most objectionable. The House when divided, then there appeared— For the second reading Against it Majority in favour of the bill —l63 EDUCATION. A great many petitions were presented from all parts of the country, praying for various alterations in the Govern ment Education Bill, more particularly against the pov proposed to be given to local boards. PAYMENT OF MEMBELS. Mr. P. TAYLOR presented a petition in favour of his bill for payment of members of Parliament. THE BUDGET. The CnA7.:cELLon of the EXCHEQUER said he should make financial statement on tho 11th of April. EDUCATION. The adjourned debate was resumed by Mr. WINTERBOTHAM, who expressed his rep et that the Government had thought it right to bring in a bill this year, as he believed they were not in possession of the opirion of the public at large on such an important subject. (LEFT SITTING•) LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening, FOREICIN OFFICE, MARCH 14. The Queen has been pleased to approve of the Visnount do Fontonay as Consul at Gibraltar, and of M. Arthur Lanen as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope, fur his Majesty the Emperor of the French. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. E. Ryan as Consul at Dublin for his Majesty the King of the Hellones. WIIITEUALL, MARCIE 12, The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Michael Roberts Westropp, Esq., Chief Justice of her Majesty's High Court of Judicature at Bombay. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MARCH 15. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards —Major William Plumer Gaskell, from half-pay, late 24th Foot, to be Major ; Capt. Henry Holden Steward to be Major; Lieutenant Fredk. Greatorex to be Captain; Cornet James Fredk. Stuart Menteth to bejLieut. Ist Dragoons—Lieutenant Egerton Leigh _to be Captain, Cornet John Archibald Middleton to be Lieutenant. ith Hussars—Riding Master Maurice Day, from half-pay, late sth Dragoons, to bo Riding Master. 19th Hussars—Lieutenant Francis Dallas Harding has been permitted to resign his Commission. Royal Artillery—Lieut. Henry Grant Young (late Bengal) to be Second Captain ; Lieut. John Philipps Cottam (late Bengal) has been permitted to resign his commission• Royal - Engineers—Captain Charles James Merriman (late Bombay) to b 3 Lient.• Colonel; Second Captain Brownlow Hugh Mathew (late Bombay) to be Captain; Lieut. Wm. Maxwell Campbell (late Bombay) to be Second Captain ; Captain John F. Dykes Dannelly, irom the Suparnutnerary List, to be Captain. Grenadier Guards —Ensign and Lieutenant George Lauder dale Houstoun Boswall to be Lieutenant and Captain ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant George Algernon Percy, from the 2nd Life Guards, to be Ensign and Lieutenant. Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Fitz Roy Wm. Fremantle to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel ; Ensign and Lieutenant Archibald, Earl of Cassillis, to be Lieute nant and Captain ; Francis Capel Manley, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant. Ist Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon William O'Byrne White to be Assistant-Surgeon. 2d Foot—Lieutenant James John Harington Cottle, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant. 11th Foot—Ensign George Frederick Guyon to bo Lieute- nant. 18th Foot—Major and Brevet Lieut. Colonel Frederick B. Tritton, from half-pay, late Depot Battalion, to be Major ; Captain Edward Langford Dillon to be Major; Lieut. Edward Ashurst Marsland to be Captain ; Ensign Edward Hemery Le Breton to be Lieutenant ; Lieutenant Charles Orchard Cornish to, be Adjutant. 31st Foot—Brevet-Major William John Kempson, from half-pay, late 99th Foot, to be Captain; Lieutenant Richard Pearson Crozier to be Captain; Ensign Thomas Ilele Phipps to be Lieutenant. 35th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Parsons to be Captain, En sign Edward James Courtenay to be Lieutenant. 46th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Lawrence William Moore Maydwell to be Captain; Ensign William Barrington Browne to be Lieutenant. 78th Foot—Ensign Arthur Dingwall Fordyce to be Lieu• tenant. 82d Feot—Ensign William Oliver Thompson to be Lieute nant ; Ensign Arthur Edward Simmonds Roberts to be Lieutenant. 96th Foot—Ensign Kenneth Malcolm Eliot Kerr to be Lieutenant. BREVET. 3injor-General the Hon. James Lindsay to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General while employed on a particular service in the Dominion of Canada. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel P. S. Lums den, Bong 11 Staff Corps, to be Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the Army. Paymaster and Honorary Major Alexis Corcoran, on holf• pay, late'of a Depot Battalion, to have the honorary rank 01 Lieutenant-Colonel. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam ...... Short ... 1118; ... 11 18f Do Rotterdam — ... 12 1 ... 12 11 Antwerp... * - Brussels — 25 40 .... 25 47' - ••• --- , , Hamburg h — ..• ... 13 10 1 ... 13 10 1 Paris Ditto Marseilles Fran kfort-on-th e -M a i u ... 120/ . 121 Vienna — ••• 12 - 65 ..... 12 '721 Trieste _.. 12 65 ... 12 72/ Petersburg Copenhagen — .. 9 22 ... 9 '26 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 49 ... 491 __ ... Leghorn ... 26 35 ... 26 10 Milan — ... 26 35 .., 26 40 Genoa — .. 26 35 ..; 26 40 Naples Paienno — .. 26 35 ... 26 40 'Messina Lisbon — ... 51i ..,. 52} PONTEFRACT RACES—Turs DAY. CONSOLATION HANDICAP. Viscountess Maid of Mickley Flyiog Jib a ieORTING INTELLIGENCE-IHI3 DAY. PONTEFRACT RACES-*—Trus Dar. (BY ELECT= TELEGRAPH.) SPRING HANDICAP. Tarna Better Half 2 Artichoke 3 Fivo ran. PONTEFRACT HANDICAP. Lady Geraldine bAat La Puce. UNITED HUNTERS' PLATE. Fairyland Langour Advance Ten ran. CAMBRIDGE HUNT MEETING. HUNTERS' RACE. Merry Monk Patchwork Primrose Eight ran. FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7.30 F.M. Five ran. MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE. Jack _ ~.... 1 Trumpeter . 2 Eert g. Seven ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. LI. Pace . Brilliant .. . 2 Four ran. CAMBRIDGE HUNT 11IEETING. HURDLE HANDICAP. Warlike ._ 1 Limerick 2 ••• • S t audard Bc ar ir Six ran. The above are the only telegrams received up to the time of g3ing to press. CITY 13ETTING.—Tti is DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. • 10 to 1 agst Ashileld (triton and offered) 10 to 1 agst Sabinus (offered) 100 to 9 agst Miss Dayrrll (taken) 12 to 1 agst Douglas (offered) 100 to 8 agst Walter (offered) 100 to 7 apt Lades (offered—take 100 to 6) 100 to 6 agst Gertrude (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Benbow (taken and offered) 20 to 1 aget Lelia colt (offered—take 25 to 1) 22 to 1 agst 3lyosotis (offered—take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Oxonian (taken) 100 to 3 agst Geant des Betellles (taken) 40 to 1 agst Dunbar (taken and offered) 40 to 1 eget Border Knight (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Chawbacon (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Brennus (wanted) 1000 to 15 agst Vestminster (offered) 20 to 1 agst Geant deg Battailles and Brennus coupled (offered) 70 to 20 agst Sabinus, 1,2, 3, (taken and offered) 500 to 5 agst Paganini (taken and offered) TWO THOUSAND. 11 to 4 agst Kingcraft (offered) 6to 1 aget Astolfo (taken to £100) DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered) 9 to 1 agst Camel (offered—take 10 to 1) 9 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered—take 10 to 1) 1000 to 80 agst Sunlight (offered) 25 to 1 agst Stanley (offered —take 30 to 1) 1000 to 23 agst Astolfo (taken) 1000 to 25 agst Macgregor (taken) 1000 to 20 agst King o' Scots (offered) WARWICK SPRING Weights for the Great Warw: each, with 100 added; cell and a half. EET IN G, Dimwit 22. ickshire Handicap of 20 NOV'S ain winners extra. One mile Ago at lb Romping Girl 6 8 12 Martyrdom ... 4 8 8 Silenus .. 6 8 6 Border Knight 4 8 5 Vagabond ... ... 4 7 12 Cecil 5 7 10 Phcebus ... 5 7 9 Paganiui ... 4 7 9 Starter ...4 7 8 Dalby ... a 7 7 Acaster ... 4 7 5 Lily... ... ... 5 7 2 Veuttior ... 4 7 0 Curio ... 6 7 0 Cap-a-pie ... 5 6 12 Cocoa-uut ... 4 6 12 Age at lb Ecarte ... 5 6 11 Lopez ... 4 6 10 ... 5 6 10 Redivivus 5 6 10 Midshipman ... 4 6 7 Winifred ... 4 6 7 Hobart ... ... 4 6 4 Threatener... .. 4 6 3 Champagne Charlie 4 6 3 Dodona ... 4 6 2 Bombastes 6 6 2 Cruiskeen 3 5 12 Simplon 3 5 10 Tit-bit ... 3 5 10 Play 3 5 7 Lady Superior 3 5 7 RACING FIXTURES-1370. MARCH. Pontefract ..14, 15 I \Varwick 22; 23, 24 Cambridgeshire - -Jridgeshire 14, 15 I Epsom 29, 3i West Somerset 16, 17 I Bromley 31 and April 1 THE FRENCH FUNDS. According to Renter's telegrams the French Rentes to-day were quoted 74f. 65c. Firm. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAT.) Sales probably 10,000 bales. The market steady. THE FIRE AT THE STAR AND GARTER.—Yester day morning some men who were engaged in clearing away the debris caused by the fire at the Star and Garter some time ago, discovered a quantity of charred flesh and bones. Dr. Warwick was sent for at once, and, haying examined the flesh and bones, stated that they had formed part of a human body. An inquest will be held on the remains, which are supposed to be those of Mr. Lever, the manager, who was burnt to death in the fire referred to. This morning Mr. Humphreys, the coroner for East Middlesex, opened an inquiry at the Cock and Hoop, Church-street, Mile-end New-town, into the circumstances attending the death of James Rutter, aged 26, who was alleged to have been murdered by his brother-in-law, Henry Parker, in Bacon-street, Brick-lane, on Saturday evening. The police have not yet succeeded in capturing Parker, who is supposed to be concealed in the neighbourhood by his friends. Intelligence has been received at Galle of the sinking of the ship Cary and Jane, after collision with the eeninsula and Oriental Company's steamer Sunda, running between Hong-Kong and Japan. The French wrestler.?, at the Pomona Garleas, Manchester, have sustained a signal "defeat, at the hands of the Lancashire champion, Bentley. This well-known wrestler contended last night against a Frenchman much heavier and taller than himself, in the French style, but he came out of the ordeal successfully; and thereby justified the anticipations of those who have always maintained that a trained Lancashire wrestler would be a more equal match for the Gallic champions than the men who were accustomed only to the Cumberland and Westmoreland style. It now only remains for the Frenchmen to be taught what a Cor nish " hug" means. THE FINSBURY MURDER.—The execution of Jacob Spinas for the murder of Cecilia Aldridge will take place on • Monday next, within the gaol of Newgate, at nine o'clock. The prisoner is, as has already been stated, a Swiss, and active exertions are being made by the Swiss Consul to pro cure a remission of the capital sentence, on the ground that prisoner was in such a condition of drunkenness and excite ment at the time the offence was committed that he did not know what he was doing. The prisoner since his conviction has been attended by a Catholic priest, and although, of course, everything that passes between them is kept a pro found secret, it is understood that he continues to persist in declaring that ho has no recAlection of any of the incidents which occurred on the night of the murder, and that he cannot account for committing the act. A memorial has been sent to the Secretary of State oa behalf of the prisoner, but no answer has yet been given to it. SLANDERING A SHERIFF.—At the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, yesterday, Mr. Robertson, of Dun dounachie, pleaded guilty to a charge of slandering Sheriff Barclay, of Perth, with reference to Lis official conduct as Sheriff-Substitute of Perthshire, ire letters addressed to the Rome Secretary and the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Robert sin was sentenced to a month's imprisonment, and to pay a tine of .£5O. 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