The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-27 00:00:00

assengers and Same line) al'. igers, $61,938 )mp any's ship i ` ed ill dock N, April 26. rived here at 16 passenger s. ers , and pro . well. CIIRIST S Governors of ness the Puk e itution, occ u " establishroo tO consideratio n, :h of April, of pital into t he n the constl red seminal/ )osed remova l :inn - to £7, 01 h they would tisite building stitutiou w 3e 3 way clearly n in differen t isturbing the le penny Of to retain the I the " Noes" E the motion de' laeupoil words, the 1 was lost. ie residence °f here was JO' ng of fourteen dates ranging and a shilling illegible, but ourning rings, ite ground an d aged sixty resembling 9 ' n gold letter's 29, 1733, wt• ssion to some d while doing Raking mo re tioned above, he place svo' s Ilk. The most proceeds of 6rd pressed, RI it again or • [rid, from SI D expressing a 3 raltar to the ; read with dr. Antonio -to my c°l Cornmorlo.i at the sP I . II , don of sib en lighteoe u ion, declare s for both lez y Garda the only way - h• • dealt wit h• —as M l. ' 1 which sh i e , an. I rec w ' fered to giY e '. hest ooloulr,l It it , le of her firs t le sacrifice its 1;11 at least is iia oPistl° Line exhibi— e 18th to the Hue makers: part in both Mr. Anso n Minister In feared Mr,: ritish hano , e a direction taken risco ghain. 0 0 1 ig a can 0 blew up, an d hurt. and neigh the Medical tment would 'hich did - no t the general Domicil. ' a mystery i v i n g a v ery Dr. Ter mmed. Pr; t neither ox instance mmedia,teli nver pass suit of he' a trifli" and Ite lir ; . oug h t after married 01 .est &we' . he leaves 3 mt o f the and Duk ° aeyositionti t Berlin Oil ho attended ge rate 011 e sent frov i i n favour ' 9 ' newspaP e c D graninie s i the chase eight 1(L have been o was fired aghty 1 °2 6 „ ,„ healer. 0" Radcliffe ;istrates ,n visited ry unusua l alsoIO U upon the that who; very useful King doo THE MONEY MARKET AND COALNIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. On 'Change to-day business was far from active, and Consols were the turn lower. In the Foreign Market the tendency of prices was also downward, but not to any very great extent, Turkish excepted. The difference existing with respect to the Egyptian Loa n h as nearly stopped business. In Railway Shares Great Westerns and Metropolitans improved I ; Telegraph Shares arelittle dealt in, but Miscellaneous s hares are quit e neg l ec t e d. M one y i s i n d eman d f or discount purposes, but there is no advance in the rate. Consols are now at 938 1 4 31 4 for money; ditto, account, 93+ ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 921 + 8 ; N ew Three per Cents., 921 8 ; Bank of England. Stock, 41 per cent., 2331. Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per cent., par; ditto 5 dittoiit £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, par 5 . prem. I ndia Stock, 101 per cent., April, 1874, ; per cent., July, 1880, 1131 I ; ditto 4 per ce nt., Oct., 1888, 1008 1 1; ditto Enfaced Paper 0 per cent., 1872, At Mark-l a n e th e a tt en d an ce w as f a ir, and a firm tone prev a il e d , pr i ces o f a ll ki n d s o f gra i n b e i ng we ll su stained. The trade throughout continues to wear a firm aspect, home supplies on offer being light, and stocks of foreign working down, whilst shipments Ar e retarded b y th e hi g h quo t a ti ons a t f ore i gn pro ducing ports. The country markets since Monday are generally rather dearer. In the Foreign Market Brazilian are now 89 to 89 ; Egyptian (1864), 891 to 908 ; do. (1868), 801 to i f ; Viceroy' s Ni ne p er C en t s ., 1011 t o 1021 ; ditto Seven per Cents., 841 to 841 ; Italian, 551 to 65 1 ; Peruvian, 87 to 871 ; Russian (1862), 871 to ; Orel, 841 to 851; Nicolai, 691 to 701 ; Moscow, 86 1 to 861 ; Charkof, 841 to 851; Spanish (1867), 2 81 to 288 ; ditto (1869), 28i ; Turkish Five per Cents., 471 to 47+ ; and ditto Six per Cents., 711 t() 72.1 * In the Railway Market Great Northern are marked 121 to 122 ; ditto A Stock, 1271 to 128 ; Great Wes tern, 72 1 1. to 72+ ; North British, 361 to 36; ; Cale donian, 74 to 741 ; Manchester, Sheffield, an I Lin colnshire, 52i to 53 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 1351 to 1351; Leeds, 891 to 901; York, 1321 to 133 London and Brighton, 46 to 468 ; South Eastern, 7 81 to 781 ; Great Eastern, 42+ to 428 ; Metropolitan, 7 7i to 78 ; London ant North Western, 1281 to 1281; Midland, 1261 to 126 i ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1301 to 1311. Iu Bank shares Agras are marked 10/ to 11 ex (4 . ; Alliance, 121 to to 131 ; Angio-Austrian, 131 to 141 prem. ; Anglo-Egyptian, 24+ to 258 ; Char tered Mercantile of India, 311 to 321 ; City Bank, 11 1 to 12 ; Consolidated, 1 to 1 prem. ; Imperial Ottoman, 13+ to 138 ; London and County, 49 to 50 ; London and Westminster, 60 to 61; and Union of London, 37 to 38. Lombardo-Venetian are 161 to 16} ; Great Lu xemburg, 13i to 131. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 811 to 81+ ; Er ie (1865), 871 to 88 ; Illinois, 111 to 112 ; and ''rie Shares, 181 to 181. Construction and Maintenance Telegraph Shares are 3 51 to 36 ; Anglo-American, 171 to 171 ; 45ritish Indian, 8+ to 98; China Submarine, 1+ to 1+ dig. The Japanese Loan is quoted 1 to 1 prem., and the Viceroy o f E g ypt' s Ito 1 prem. The subscrip tion lists in both cases close this afternoon. The Stock Exchange will be closed on Monday neat, the 2nd of May, that being the day fixed 4 0 ?! striking the half-yearly balance at the Bank E f ngland, where the transfer offices will also b e abut. The forty-fourth annual general meeting of the Sta ndard Life Assurance Company was held in Edi nburgh yesterday, when the following results W ere reported :—New assurances accepted during 1869 , 1,619 for £1,110,347 2s. 9d. ; premiums on ne w policies, £38,532 2s. Bd. ; claims by death "ring the year, with bonus additions, £358,767 48 . 6d. , assurances in force, £16,345,419 2s. 6d. (whereof £931,819 12 s . reassure d) ; accumu l a t e d funds,,, £4,284,648 7s. 3d. ; and annual income ~ ' 41 0,428 16s. 3d. The company have adopted a Illpecial system of fixed surrender values for policies. The letters of allotment in the Central Queensland Meat Preserving Company (Limited) have been posted. It is understood that, by order of the Sublime " r te) the Ottoman Embassy in London bas seat to Lord Clarendon an official protest against th e issue of the new private loan of the Khedive. "ft e basi s o f t h e protest i s th a t the private property b' the Khedive is mortgaged to the public treasury of the province of Egypt as security for the proper control of its finances, which are under the manage nlent of the Khedive ; therefore no loan made on or seemed by the Khedive's private property in Egypt 7 valid, unle ss it b e ma de w ith the p r e v i o us know bed. ge and sanction of the Sublime Porte. Messrs. 4la choffsheim, however, have addressed to us the zellowing letter in contradiction of this report : Fo unders' -court, Lothbury, Tuesday evening, eight o'clock. Sir,—We have been informed that k Paragraph has been sent for insertion in your jour -124, intimating that a protest had been lodged by the sublime Porte against the issue of the mortgage loan Zt h is Highness the Khedive of Egypt. Up to this, °lli' neither we, as agents for the loan, nor the con tractors of the loan in Paris, nor the Comptoir ci : Es eerepte (a French Government institution), who , 18 . see the loan in France, have received any intima "la or communication whatever to the effect that 4,i13' protest had been made, or was likely to be made, the Porte with reference to this loan ; and we :e)111d beg to ca ll a tt e ntion to the fact that no con ebt of the Sublime Porte was given or asked for on e issue of the private lean of the Khedive in 1866, no w quoted in the Official List of the London Stock ob t i e . h allge. The insertion of this communication will I get yours faithfully, BISCHOFFSHEIM and GOLD ."411111)T." E T he suit o f th e E ng li s h s h are h o ld ers t o remove r 1 1 .1 4, Fisk, an d L ane f rom th e di rectors hi p of the Railway ' o, ilway commenced in the United States' Cir cuitL Court on th e 11th i nstant, an d t h e d efendants " or m'e until t h e first Monday in May to file their an- The complaint recites that the defendants tips gallY obtained control of the road a n d comm it te d y company to engagements of a hazardous a n d oPe dilative character, &c. c o . & the meeting of the Continental Union Gas di:ianY, Mr. Le w i s C u bi tt i n the c h a i r, an i nter i m d eclar ed "Luend at the rate o f 8 per cent. per annum was . BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT lUNDS. a Par Cent. Console ti Ditto for A ccount 93k per ° eat. Reluced 921 1 i i a ,„. eel 3 per Cent "eZr 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 A C) * 5 per Cen Jtn. 1873 --.olinities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — O. for 30 yr, ex ire sth AilBBs uo (Red Sea Tele ') h) 1908 z .1, rap , Aug.,, par L,equer Bills, £1 , 000, 1 ' 21 p. Ct. Do £lOO, £2ou St £5OO 233} Bag!. of En.gland Stock, 44 per Cent 0 ''''• opening . inada 4 per Cent. B on d s — inter-Colonial Oninium L , di NOUN GOVERNMENT S ECURITIES . It a tock2lo4 per Cent., April 1874 — __ Dr,lo• Opening, for Account 1131 I i ,o• 0 per Cent. July, 1880 '''°' 4 Per Cent. Oct. 1888 D -:. Enfaced Nut 4 per Cent ..,... — -u r, • 5 per Cent, Jan. 1872 ~...,..... ..... " --- ,-\'''' N' Per Cent. May 1879 - 0. A per Cent It D", 18 - o ~ up. e,,. /.., Do. D'a do 18 7 7 ...... — do. . 1882 —. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1870. D *Deb., 5 por Cent., Aug. 1873 .... „ o Bonds 4 per Cent., £l,OOO )o. under £l.OOO pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Do Accoun• _ Luatris.n Bonds 5 per cent Do. 189 Brazilian 5 per Cent 13. 1i pc;- Cent. 1P1,9 Do. do no. au Do. do., 1858., 13Go_, 18i33_ CO. 5 per Cunt., 1865 - -,1- 1)e, Account B -.enos Ayres 6 per C , nt. _ Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent — C Lilian 6 per Cent — `to. 4 3 / 4 per Cent..., Do. 3 per Cent~ Do. 7 per Cent~ 1866 Do. 6 per ce,t. 1867 9Bi 9 3 lo•nlean, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent.. 1825........ .. . — C tba, 6 per Cent. Datri Wan Principalities, 7 per Cent— BBl Do Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ... Ecuador New Oonsolidatecl, 1 per Cent ... E4yptian, 7 per Cent...„ . .... Do Second Issue •. •• — Do. £506 Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. .£5OO Bonds Do. £lOO rsonds Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ..... .... Do. A;count Do. £lOO Bona .... 801 Government Railway Debentures Greek 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Coupons Guatemala 5 per Gent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd... 834 4 Do.XIOO ttalian 5 per cent., 1865 — Do. Account . -- Do M%remmana Railway 56 'ilexicak 3 per Cent / — Ditto for Account Dn. 1864. — Do R per Cent. Anglo-French — M intevidoan 6 per Cent. ilocrish Imperial 5 per Cent ........ New Granada ... Do 3 per Cern, — 1)o. Defer•ad Do Laud Warrants (Reetares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 4( per Cent. (lll:')arren) Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 Portsguose 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2.':... Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 par Cent., 1822, £ St .. Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 DI 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do inglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondi — Do. do. £B4 15s. d0.....,d0...... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 921 Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 7O 4 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Acc',unt ... Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrdu — Do. Passive — Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent . . B7 Do AccouTht — Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account lO4 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account n o £lOO Bonds 74 3i Do. 5 per cent. 1865 471 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 721 11 Do Account Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed — Do do, Scrip — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — D ) 6 per Cent. 1864 Di 6 per Cent.,1862 — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian a per Cent Ex 10 Florins Belgian. 4 per cent., Ex. 2sf. Dutch 24 per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil„ — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. . French Routes, 3 par Cent., Ex. 251. Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251 — Do Account — CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money! Do. Account, May 4 94 TFIE FRENCH PRESS ON THE GREEK MASSACRE. The Constitutionnel remarks that the crime committed by the Greek brigands on the foreign travellers is only too real. More savage than Theodore of Abyssinia, Euro pean Christians have committed the most cowardly of all assassinations. If the same occurrence had taken place in Turkey, what an outcry would have been made about the barbarity and the fanaticism of the Mussulmen, and against civilised Europe, which takes under her protection government that is powerless to prevent similar atro cities. If the Greeks had during the last forty years employed their time and money in making roads and build ing schools, instead of disputing with their neighbours the Turks, brigandage would be extinguished by this time, and their country would occupy a respected position among European States, instead of remaining a reproach to those statesmen who have contributed to the inde pendence of Greece. The Journal des Debats says, a butchery is all that has resulted from a regular Government parleying with a band of malefac tors as if they were an acknowledged Power. If Greece wishes to rank among civilised nations, and engage Paris and London to take interest in those affairs which she pom pously calls the struggles of the Eastern Christians against Turkey, she should begin by putting a stop to the plague of brigandage, and prevent the repetition of dramas which are at once burlespue and horrible. The Temps declares that the sad event of the massacre of the English captives which gives so painful an idea of the situation of Greece, will produce a profound sensation in the mind of Europe. THE MURDER OF -KIRWAN IN TIPPERARY.—The lfenagh Guardian says :—The following information re specting the murder of Kirwan, near Holycross, has oozed out from a private source. It will be remembered that in January last a law case was published under the fol lowing extraordinary heading :—" —v.-- .' It was stated that an application was made to one of the courts in Dublin in reference to the service of an ejectment in a certain county,which the reporters did not indicate except by saying that it had been recently much disturbed ; so that it might have been Mayo, Westmeath, or any of half-a-dozen other places. No one, it was said, could be found daring enough to serve the writ; no bailiff would undertake it, so great was the terror that prevailed in the district. The case was that of "Clarke v. Gleeson," and the county was Tipperary. The Rory whom the bailiffs would not dare to meet was a Tipperary man; and the murder of Kirwan shows that they entertained no idle fears. The case was subsequently compromised, and 2300 was paid for the goodwill of the farm. Another important matter has been brought to light. In a small pass-book, which was found in the pocket of the deceased, was a threatening letter, addressed to the unfortunate man himself, and dated as far back as December last. It does not appear that he ever told his employer or any other person about it. ADVEItT/13E1MT. j Consumption, and all nervous bilious, stomach, and liver complaints in every stage are only aggravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but parte. tly curable by Dtt 13.A.anVe health restoring Revalenta Arabia', Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopelese Mich as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, cohatiiiibtiOn, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastrin deratignitents, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, ner Yottsness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout. impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sink ing fits bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders, do. We quote a few: -The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No 68,413—"R0me, July 21, 1866. The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, - of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From the "Gazette du Midi," July 25. Cure No. 46,270.—Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Cure N 0.1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescrib able agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, con stipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly " Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. In tins, at is lid; Ilb 2s 9d; 2 lb 4s Gd; 51b lie.; 121 b 225; 24 lbs 4 s.—A lso Do BARRY'S REVALENTA A RABIC/. CiiOCoLATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 35 6d, for 48 cups at6s, for 288 cups at 30s, for 576 cups at 55s —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. — BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; and all Grocers and Chemists. SHARE LIST. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business - Paid. Name. Quotations. done. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 78 80 St Cal donian 1.00 731 741 734 St Camblian lOO 15 20 20 Cornwall all' 21 31 St Dublin and Belfast Juuction 100 St Dun, Pali, and Aber. Jnnc 100 70 72 20 East London all 4 6 20 Do 20 Do St Glasgow and S.Western 100 116 117 St Great Eastern lOO 42 4'21 421 4 St Do East Anglian, N 0.2 100 61 74 St Great North of Scotland 100 13 16 St Great Northern 100 121 122 St Do A 100 126 127 1274 7 St Do B lOO 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100 St Great Western Consolid 100 71 711 721 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45 St Do do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 130 131 1304 St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 431 46 St Lond, Chatham, and Dover 100 141 151 161 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 1261 1271 1281 1 1 St Loudon and South Western 100 884 894 914 St Mauch, Shef, and Lincolnsh 100 51 - 511 St Do New. issued at £5O dis 3O ... St Metropolitan lOO 791 80 771 St Do Preferred... lOO St Do Deferred 100 10 De Redeemable 111 94 104 St. Metropolitan District 100 37 38 St Midland lOO 1241 125 1264 1 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 9'2 94 954 St North British. lOO 34 35 St Do Edin, Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick lOO 1261 1271 1354 St Do Leeds 100 891 901 St Do York St Do Stockton and Darlingtm 100 178 180 St North London 100 120 122 10 Do New, 1868 6l 11 14 St North Staffordshire 100 59 61 St North 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 100 764 774 781 St Do Preferred ...100 1091 1101 112 St Do Deferred... lOO 41 414 St Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok'g. all 121 131 St Taff Vale 10 Do C 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 10 Waterloo and Whitehall MISOEL LANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin L 5 1d pr . 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 51 5 Ditto, New 4 pr Ipm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 21 31 27 Canada Company all 78 80 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6d 30 City of Milan Improvrnent L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Limited 2O ld pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 5 11 21p 10 Com of African Mercla, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L all 261 271 25 Copper Miners of England, Pref 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 4:1 par cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 4i- per cent 10 Credit Fonc of England, L all 21 31 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 21 11d St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 94 99 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 108 113 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 271 101 103 100 Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov all 1001 101/ 20 Egyptian Com and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 15 Eng and Foreign Credit 7l 4 3d 10 European Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new 5 4 41 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 1d p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 31 41p 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds all 97 96 261 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71 1 Mid 8 15 General Steam Navigation l4 29 31 50 Home and Col Marine Ins, L 5 ld p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 121 111 50 Imperial Continental Gas 434 134 136 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L 45 49 50 49 10 International Fivan Soc, L 5 11 I.ld 31 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 41 41 100 Ditto, 6 per cut Bonds, red all 1870 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 13 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 4 Lond Gen Omnibus, Limd all 21 2 50 Lond & 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, Linatd all 32 3 7 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 31 41 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 111 111 10 National Steamship, Limd all 131 141 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6 s 6 d 1 1 (0 New Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 41 41d 25 N Zealand Lu & Mere, &c 21 1 1p 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 11 lip 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 sci 10 Do, B all d St N British Austral, Limited 100 GO 70 50 N British & Mercan lnsnce 6l 23 231 25 Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited -al 81 9 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 fd fp 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 21 St. Peel Riv Lud & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 43 45 50 Do., New, 1867 lO ;.31 lid 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do, New all 81 84 25 Rio Janeiro City Ink, Lmtd all 191 201 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited all 291 301 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General de I'Empire Ottoman 8 21 $1 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lim and reduced) all 36 361 36 51 20 Thames & Mere Mn Ins, L 2 21 21p St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trustand Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 61p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 6 2 ld 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 41 54p 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 1 1 30 Van Diemen's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 851 861 841 1 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. LAW INTELLIGENCE—Tuts DAY. JUSTICES' CHAMBERS. THE AFFAIRS OF THE DEICE OF NEWCASTLE. The case of Padwick v. the Duke of Newcastle, which was before Mr. baron Pigott on Monday, was decided this morning. It raised a question as to a large sum in court, amounting to nearly £6,000, realised by Mr. Padwick's execution at Clumber Hall, and the sheriff of Nottinghamshire hadpaid the money into court, pending the question of bankruptcy. The Duke of Newcastle bad been made a bankrupt, and he had appealed to the house of Lords whether a peer could be made a bankrupt. Mr. Tidy, for Mr. Pad wick, said he bad already waited nine mouths, and might have to wait two years before the appeal in the House of Lords was decided. Mr. Dodg son, the special pleader for the assignees under the bankruptcy, objected to the payment of the money, as it might belong to the creditors, and thought the appeal should be decided before any order was made. Mr. Baron Pigott, after consult ing the judges who had had the case before them, made an order to-day that the money be paid out to Mr. Padwick, and the assignees under the bank ruptcy are to elect within ten days whether they will accept an issue on the law or the facts of the case. DIVORCE COURT. THE MORDAUNT DIVORCE CASE. The question as to whether Lady Mordaunt's in sanity shall be a bar to Sir Charles Mordaunt's pro ceeding with his suit for a divorce was argued this morning in the Divorce Court before Lord Chief Baron Kelly, Mr. Justice Keating, and Lord Pen zance. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine appeared for the petitioner ; and Dr. Deane for Sir Thos. Moncrieffe, the guardian of Lady Mordaunt. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said the real question in the case was this :—Assuming the insanity of a per son charged with having committed adultery at the time that he or she might be called upon to plead, would that be a legal bar to his being called upon to make answer or would it not? He thought there could be no question that if the respondent recovered she would be obliged to plead. The question was whether it was a bar at the moment. The Court adjourned till to-morrow. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROuGH-STREET. Ellen Cross, of No. 7, Market-street, Newport market, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting her husband, Francis Cross, by striking him with a at iron. The complainant, whose head was bandaged, said that on the previous night he went to the bed on which his wife was lying to call her, as there was some work for her to do in her laundry, and having done so walked to the other part of the room, and while standing with his back towards her she struck him a violent blow on the head with a flat iron, and she afterwards struck him again with a tea pot. His head was so much hurt that he was compelled to go to the hospital to have it attended to and the prisoner was taken by a sergeant to the station. The prisoner said it was all through her husband, who had often accused her of drink ing with a " fancy man." She worked hard in her laundry to keep him, and he was always upbraiding her about the men. The complainant said there was no jealousy on his part. Sergeant Pcck, 25 C, said that on telling the prisoner that she would have to go to the station for assaulting her husband, she said she would go for something, and took up a hammer mid struck at the complainant. On getting her out side of the house, and while the complainant was locking the door after him, the prisoner threw a tea pot, which she had secreted under her shawl, at the complainant, striking him on the head, at the same time exclaiming, "Now he has got something for himself." Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner that the result of the complainant's injuries might be ascertained. THIRD EDITION. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Mesas. DIINVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their line old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." ILIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening WEDNESDAY lO min past 12 35 min past 12 THURSDAY 56 mitt past 12 18 min past 1 FRIDAY.. 35 min past 1.....,., 52 min past 1 SATURDAY. 10 min past 2 24 min past 2 SUNDAY 38 min past 2.- ,52 min past 2 win pas., MONDAY 10 min past 3 26 min past 3 TvilaDAY.... • 40 min past 8 46 min past 8 Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 1051 Do, li pc, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept lOO 1051 1061 Do, 5p c, Jan and July lOO 94 95f 98,+ ; Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1903 lOO 951 96} Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 100 111 113 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 109 103 105 1)0, 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 15 100 107 109 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 100 104 105 N. S. Wales Gov 5 p c, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 1004 1014 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 101 102 Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875 lal: 100 1011 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1004 1011 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, spc 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 974 981 964 Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1881, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July 100 1024 1034 Do, 1886 lOO 1044 1051 Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July 1 00 1081 1091 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1084 109 S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-92 100 Do, 1893-1908 100 110 111 Tasmanian, 6 p c, 1895, Jan and and July 100 108 110 Do, 6p c red, 1893 to 1897 lOO 108 110 Victoria Govt, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1891 Do, April and Oct, 1883-5 , lOO 1101 1111 1104 .00, 5p c, Jan. and Ju1y,1831,,,100 103 104 1034 THAMES. William Brown, who said he was 16 years of age, was charged with stealing 22 ounces of tobacco from a shop, No. 29, High-street, Poplar. Edward Weston, a shopman, saw the prisoner enter his master's shop and take up as many half ounces of tobacco as he could grasp and run away with them. He was pursued, and 20 half ounces of tobacco in paper were found upon him. He dropped two more. A police-detective, named Robert Lamb, said the prisoner bad suffered a month in prison for stealing soap. The Prisoner—Settle it here, if you please. He sentenced him to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. Charles Lamperman, aged 35, a German sugar baker, was charged with being drunk and attempting to stab Sophia Jarrett and Rebecca Brotherton with a knife, in Anthony-street, St. George's-in-the-East, and with feloniously cutting and wounding Daniel Scannell. The wounded man did not appear, and it was asserted by James Smith, police-constable, 302 R, that the wounded man had received two sovereigns from the prisoner's friends and had gone away. A surgeon said that in drawing the knife from the pri sonerSc an nell's hand was cut. The wound was not dangerous. Mr. P a g et sentenced the p risoner to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. WESTMINSTER. Henry Wallbrook, a stoker in the Chartered Gas Works, Westminster, was charged on a warrant with throwing a quantity of boiling water on Win. Camp bell, another stoker, seriously injuring him. Mr. Fo gg at prosecuted. It appeared that the offence was committed about 11.30 at night on the 19th February, and the prisoner and another man (prosecutor) were charging a retort, when suddenly a gush of steam came from the opposite side and nearly blinded the prosecutor, injuring him severely for some time. It appeared that it was customary to use water to prevent the flame burning the eyes of the stokers. The prisoner was working with a man named King, and Campbell's partner was named Hurley, the latter w as g oin g ahead—i.e., working too fast ; and prisoner said if Hurley did not stop he would punch him and burn him, and when prisoner threw in the pail of water, King told him to be careful, as it was not time. Prisoner ex pressed deep regret for hurting Campbell ; but said he wished he had burned Hurley instead, and he afterwards struck Hurley. Prisoner's defence was that it was a mistake; he threw the water in to cool the coals, and did not intend to hurt Campbell. Prisoner was fully committed for trial, and was sent away in the van in default of bail. We have to announce the death, at the age of 70 years, of the Rigbt Hon. and Right Rev. Lord Auckland, late Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, which happened on Monday, at his lordship's residence at Wells, Somersetshire. The famous divorce case of Delacherois v. Dela chereis" was concluded at Dublin yesterday. Judge Ball Jecided to order a separation, and granted permanent ali mony of 4260 a year to the wife. QUEEN ISABELLA.—The M.marial Diplomatigue gives a sad account of the position of Queen Isabella, and states that when she left Spain her property consisted of family jewels, and the arrears of the allowance of the Prince of Asturias, which were placed in the Bank of England. The latter did not exceed 10 millions of francs. At the present moment Queen Isabella, finding her resources daily diminishing, has been compelled to reduce her already scanty retinue, and if her son should not be made King of Spain her position will become so embar rassing that the Emperor will be obliged to make her an allowance. RUMOURED CHANGES f THE AMERICAN CABINET. —A rumour is CU relltra in Washington that Attorney-General Hoare has announced his intention of retiring from the Cabinet, and the President has agreed to accept his resignation. This statement is believed in official circles to be well founded, and it is reported that the President has promised the new Attorney-General shall be appointed from Pennsylvania. There is a little ealousy between Pennsylvani a and New Jersey, as the latter has an Associate Justice on the Supreme Bench and a member in the Cabinet. The President has some thill to do to consider the rivalriee of the States. Theabird 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. IMPERIAL PA RUA Ai EN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. Mr. CROSS said to-morrow on the motion for the third reading of the Metropolitan District Rating Bill, he should call attention to some inaccuracies in the minutes of evidence ordered by the house to be printed on the llth of April. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. Mr. T. CHAMBERS presented a number of petitions fros different parts of the country in favour of legalizing the marriage with a deceased wife's sister. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. WALPoLE moved that it is inexpedent to alter the law of marriage, which has existed in this country from time immemorial, as to the degrees of kindred affinity within which marriages are permitted, until Parliament has considered the whole question whether degrees of affinity should be put on a different footing from the cor responding degrees of consanguinity. He said he was in duced to take the course he did on the present occasion because he believed that the proposals of the bill were opposed by the great majority of the people of the country, who not merely objected to the measure itself, but did so because they believed it would lead to ulterior consequences that they must deeply deprecate. He also thought it most unwise to alter a law which had so long existed. He could not believe that there was any divine command that permitted, even by inference, such marriages as the bill of the hon. member for Marylebone proposed, and with respect to the moral view of the question, such marriages were now as illegal in this country as those contracted with a mother or a daughter. In Scotland the bill was most distasteful, and although some persons might go for relaxation, the people, as a people, repudiated the pro posal to the utmost. He could not, perhaps, adduce a stronger proof of his assertion than the course which the member for Edinburgh proposed to take on the present occasiom which was to move that Scotland be excluded from the operation of the bill. He denied that the hon. member for Marylebone could make out an overwhelming case for the passing of his bill, and he did hope that the House would not pass an act merely out of deference to the wishes of a few, but on the .contrary, that a respect for the wishes of the majority of the people ought, and would prevail. With respect to the argument that an aunt was the best guardian to the orphan children, he did not deny that, and the law as it stood favoured that view of the case ; but if they altered it, as was proposed, he did not think the result of changing the aunt into a step mother would be attended with such beneficial results. Then it was said the bill was one for the benefit of the poor. There might be some, he would not deny, that might take advantage of the measure if passed, but the great object was the cause of the rich. In proof of that he would just refer to the report of the Commission that had inquired into the matter and he found there were 1,608 cases out which there were only 40 cases of poor persons. The agitation on the subject was got up by, and paid for by the rich, and if it succeeded, he felt it would in the end lead to a general breaking up of society. It was said that foreign countries had relaxed their rule on the subject of these marriages, but he should like to know whether that relaxation had led to an improvement of the morals of those countries. He insisted that it was not because a change in the law was desired by a few that therefore Parliament should go against the feelings and wishes of the great mass of the people ; and, further, he should like to know how they could sanction the marriage of a man with two sisters, and yet refuse the woman the privilege of marrying two brothers. It was, he contended, for the interest of the whole community that such a change as was proposed should not take place, and therefore he was induced to move his resolu tion. Mr. MONK seconded the motion, but at the same time he should like to know why Parliament was not asked to consider the whole table of prohibited degrees, and not simply a single one. Mr. GLADSTONE said it was most desirable that some settlement should be come to in this matter, which had now been discussed in that House quite as much as the subject of Church-rates. There was undoubtedly great diversity of opinion on the subject in the three kingdoms as to the advisability of continuing the prohibition, and there was also the difficulty of enforcing it. The opposition of the right hon. gentleman, he thought, rested on a very narrow basis, because it appeared by his resolution that he declined to raise the question of principle. The hon. member for Marylebone had undertaken to deal with the difficulty, and it could hardly be said that a subject that had been discussed for the last five and thirty years was not ripe for consideration. He quite admitted the question of the marriage law ought not to be tampered with year by year, but the present was not such a proceeding, as it had been, as he had already said, for thirty-five years the subject of discussion in the House, and had, on almost, if not on all occasions, received the sanction of the representatives of the people sitting in Parliament. He thought it would be wise to remove this stone out of the road of legislation, but he trusted that in doing so the attempt would not be turned into a class question. It was the duty of Parlia ment to look beyond any narrow sphere, they must look at the whole of society, and, taking that view, he thought it would be for the advantage of society to relax a law which could not be sustained by public conviction. Pro longed resistance might only tend to widen the area which the terms of the motion of the right hon. gentleman seemed to invite. Mr. BERESFORD HOPE said he had listened to the words of the right hon. gentleman with pain. He denied that there was a continuous movement of opinion to which the supporters of the bill could appeal. There had been no public meetings on the subject, no conversion of thinking men, and no advocacy of the change in the public organs. He failed to discern the slightest indication of a revulsion in public opinion. He called attention to the fact that the Congress of the United States of America had been engaged in debating the question whether they should not overset the marriage law of a subordinate territory. He alluded to the case of Utah, and whilst he admitted that it was an extreme case it shewed that there was a point at which sovereign inter ference should take place. The marriage law of England was a plain and simple one, and aimed at the utmost ex tent of liberty in the matter of marriage, consonant with what was deemed the voice of God. It recognised one law forall high and low. If they admitted the principle of class in marriage, where would they stop? he asked. The amendment involved a comparative survey of the marriage laws - of other countries, and he would bring a few facts before the House which would make it clear to any candid mind that they could not make the change with advantage to public morality. The hon. member, after citing historical cases in illustration of his argument, proceeded to describe the character of the marriage law of European countries. He contended that there was not one argument in favour of marriage with a deceased wife's sister that was note qually valid, more cogent, and more log ical when appd to the case of a disconsolate widow seeking the support and help of her brother-in-law. He warned the House of the effect the principle of the bill would have if carried to its logical conclusion. Mr. MELLY said they knew exactly what the object of the bill was, and they were equally well aware of the grievance which they believed it would remove. Earl PERCY opposed the measure, remarking that the law which had hitherto been observed as to marriages was a perfectly clear and good one. If the bill were a just one they had been doing a great injustice for a long time, and if It did not go far enough as had been said, it would be an act of injustice to pass a partial measure. He characterised the bill as a piece of class legislation. Mr. DENMAN believed that by maintaining the law as it at present existed, imposed upon people a burden they were not able to bear. He questioned the argument that the agitation on this question had been kept up by people of substance alone. Nine years ago he received many letters from small farmers, thanking him for his support then brought in, and in every case stating that men had entered into marriage of the kind in question, and had not lost the respect of those who lived /11 ispn er t .'. xis na,cl always tnought that in such cases, unless Scripture warrant could be adduced, or there were natural objections, there should be freedom of marriage. There was a mass of evidence to chew that marriage with a deceased wife's sister ought to be legalised, and that the prohibition ,if such marriages led to great contumely, great mischief, and great evils. si r E. PALMER thought it was unfair not to deal with the wholo question. If they were prepared to say there [oust be and ought to be prohibited degrees, then they ought to know miter° the line was to be drawn. After a few words from Mr. T. CHAMBERS and Mr. COLLINS, the House divided on the motion for going into committee, when there appeared-- Ayes lBl Noes Majority -7 0 The House accordingly went into committee, when the whole of the clauses were agreed to with a few verbal amendments, and the bill was reported. WAGES ARRESTMENT ABOLITION (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee, on the understand ing that it should be open to hon. members to move amend ments on the bringing up of the report. The Mortgage Debenture Act Amendment Bill was read a second time. The House then adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CROYDON APRIL MEETING.--THIS DAT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE. Vivandiore Peg T7offington 2 Flatc4tcher 3 Six ran. INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Piccadilly Chere et Belle Outpost.. 8 Ten ran. GRAND OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Scarringtoz .. 1 Astrolabe 2 Red, White, and Blue 3 Six ran. HURDLE RACE. Baroness 1 Royal Princess 2 Baronet.. Five ran. WELTER CUP. Aeronaut Transgressor 2 Flying Scud Four ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Frailty Gulnare 2 Four ran. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 2000 b 30 agst Camel (taken—after 1000 to 30 and 1000 to 20 had been laid) CITY BETTING.—THIS DAY. CHESTER CUP. 11 to 2 agst Sabinus (offered) 10 to 1 agst Glenfalloch (offered) 10 to 1 agt Siderolite (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Cherie (offered) 100 to 6 agt Starter (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Thorwaldsen (offered) 25 to 1 agst Cecil (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Wild Flower (offered) 30 to 1 agst Vintner (taken) 500 to 15 agst Blandford (offered) 1000 to 25 agst Ventnor (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Recorder (offered) sto 1 agst Cherie (1, 2, 3 (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Brayley's lot (offered-- 200 to 9 taken) TWO THOUSAND. 11 to 4 agst Kingcraft (offered —take 3 to 1) 4to 1 agst Macgregor (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst King o' Scots (offered) 7 to 1 agst Stanley (offered) 10 to 1 agst Prince of Wales (offered —take 100 to 9) 100 to 7 agst Hawthornden (offered) 300 to 15 agst Alexander (offered) bOO to 15 agst Claudius (offered) 500 to 15 agst Asterope (offered) 500 to 10 agst Champion (offered) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Merry winning the Two Thousand and Derby THE DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken) 10 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered) 300 to 15 aget Sunlight (offered) 40 to 1 agst Prince of Wales (taken) FLAT RACIN Dl. Newmarket Ist S 2 to 6 Edinburgh 7 to 13 Chester lO Winchester 10, 11 Salisbury 12, 13 Chelmsford 17, 18 Yoric 17, 18 FIXTURES. Y. Wye 19 Doncaster . 19, 20 Harpenden 20, 21 Bath 24, 25 Stamford ... 26, 27 Croydon 26, 27 Epsom 31 to June 3 THE FRENCH FUNDS. According to Reuter's telegrams the French Rentes to-day were quoted 74f. 40c. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam, Short ... 11 171 ... 11 181 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 of ... 12 1 Antwerp — ... 25 421 ... 25 471 424- 25 47 Brussels ... 25 I ... q ... 13 11. Hamburgh — ... 13 10 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main — ... 1201 ... 121 it Vienna — ... 12 621 ... 12 65 12 _621 ... 12_6 1 Trieste — ••• -- _ Petersburg Copenhagen... — ~. 9 23 ... 9 27 B er li n Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 49 ... 49 Leghorn Milan — ... 26 87 .., 26 42 Genoa — ... 26 37 .... 26 42 Naples Palermo ..... ... 26 37 ... 26 42 Messina Lisbon 90 days... 52 : . 4 . 52 O por t o — ... 52 ... 521 Tile course for the Guildford Steeplechases has bee ch altered from Chilworth to Normandy, the ground selected! at the latter place being the course used by the officers ot the Aldershot Cavalry Brigade at their annual steeple* , chases. The reason for this change appears to be, as the; Surrey Advertiser is informed, the refusal at the las ' t moment of Mr. Botting, of Lockner, to allow.the rame to come off on his farm, owing to objections by th 9 PIN of Northumberland. In order that the coming international race between the?! American schooner yacht Sappho and the English schoonese yacht Cambria may be sailed beyond all dispute, thi l owners of both have resolved to transfer the mall a gement to two gentlemen of unimpeachable authorit . in yachting matters, whose decision on all point shall be final, the basis of the final arrangemeo to be a six or eight knot breeze. Mr. Douglas has ahead named a geutleman to act thus as umpire for the Sapphoy and Mr. Ashbury, on his ar r i va l i n L on d on , w ill name his representative for the Cambria. The start will probably, be made from off the east end of the Isle of Wight. Bothl yachts have been under canvas lately, testing, their modes l of going in connection with their trim due. OitviNF iloik, at Cowes. The _Ranee of Jumkhundee, Bombay, bas pur chased for 5,000 rupees a picture drawn by the Princess Louise, and presented it to the Alexandra Native Girls' English Institution. The picture will be hung in the school. THE PLAINS.—It is reported from St. Louis; • Missouri, that a Government train, ese.saute,from Fort Sill, Indian territory, to Fort Harker, was attacked by men dressed like Indians, but it was believed by the military authorities that they were disguised whites ; 139 animals stampeded. Information was received from Fort Fetterman, that the post guide was attacked by the Sioux Indians, while setting traps within two miles of the post. He succeeded in making his escape after a hard ride. MELANCHOLY ANNOUNCEiLENT.—ThO Totara (New Zealand) Chronicle died, after a brief existence of three weeks. The demise is announced on a double-crown sheet with the Chronicle heading. All the letter-press on the first page is, "Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed." The inside pages are blank. The fourth page, under the head of " Death," has the following :—" On the evening of the 15th instant, after a short but brilliant career, the Totara Chronicle, aged three weeks. Let it R. I. P. llokititka papers please copy." .