The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-23 00:00:00

11 it ;t ) renov I jp sub- L house hardly, aons for suit the unerouS ccasion3 eculates • thcsa of the viouslY to the ttances, volume. Times •eceived rs ago w hose f Llo o ° inns are ;-street. ). The )13 their 'ed the Families )ters of Rive as )rilliant Police to ;casiono t sc,St'-' 1, - -„110 or to its get Some custo ms re struck rybody it was settled. 15 , the ;nt. rowing Guards a Cold strewn 3 Arsso-. L ability Ins of as one zed of ;e , lost before made brough . I e all the kind of Id that once a end the JitrY.a e) said )earing a plan nal eat, ,d no Or r," th e ve d to !to as' was De, Tin 11° s ha"" fallen regard m o re eirew ry Cu , Lord fault Those eluded t err ill the St. ole of with public which , pa i r ed lied a t the Co the added. r bed. :0 THE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The operations on the Stock Exchange to-day were steady, and Consols in a short time after opening went up nearly In the Foreign Market Spanish again improved, and we have now to quote it to better than yesterday, American Stocks on the contrary, are drooping, the Five-twenties being - 4 1 , lower. There is a good demand for discount at the Bank and at discount bons s, but 3 per :cent. is still the rate, except for day to day loans, for which a trifle less is taken. The Corn Market opens witn a quiet but steady tone. Prices are the same as on Monday for all kinps of grain. Consols are now at 93 1 to 93 for money; ditto, account, 931; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 4 ; New Three per Cents., 914 1 ; Bank of England Stock, 44 p er cer t . , sut. Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 24 per cent., March, 4 P r em.. ; ditto £lOO, £3OO, and £5OO, par to 4 prem. India Stock, 185 per cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per cant., July, 1880, 1121; ditto 4 per cent., Oct., 1888, 100; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per c en t ' , In the Foreign Market the Argentine Six per kjents, are quoted at 905 to 91 ; Turkish Fives, 45 1 to 461 ; d i tto Si x p e r C ents., 67 to 671 ; Italian, 55 4 to 555 ; Egyptian (1864), 935 to 941 ; Brazilian, 87 4 to 885 • Spanish, 274 to 271 ; • ' Orel-Vitebsk, 87 to 87 4 ; Nicolas, 69 to 694 Moscow Jaroslaw, 84 to 845 ; an d Ch ar k o f A zo f, 821 to 831. In the Railway Market the prices are now : Caledonian, 774 to 774 ; Great Eastern, 371 to 371 ; Great Northern (A), 117 to 1175 ; Great Western, 67 to 675 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1251 to 1254 ; London and Brighton,42l to 435 ; London,Chatham, • a., 'I ' d Dover 144 to 15/- ; London and North W estern, 1234 to 1234 • Metropolitan, 791 to 794 ; Midland, 1245 to 1244: South Eastern, 744 to 741 ; and ditto Preferred, 1091 to 1094. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 1 lower, and are now marked 175 to 171; and F renc h C a bl e, to 154. British India Submarine are unaltered, at 12 to 125 ' • China Submarine, 15 to 11 dis. ; and. Falmouth, 91 to 101. Construction and Mainte nance are 1 higher, 371 to 371 ex div. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 1 lower at 905 to 904 ; Erie Shares, 214 to 215 ; and Illinois, 1151 to 1151. In Bank Shares London and Westminster are quoted 595 to 605 ' • London and County, 474 to 485 ; Union of Landon, 365 to 374 ; Imperial Ottoman, 34 to 41 i.rem. ; and Alliance, 13 to 14 ; Agra (A), 115 to 12. The steamer City of Boston having been out 53 days from Halifax, the underwriters at Lloyd's and the principal marine insurance offices refuse to take fresh risks. The last tran.taction reported was on Saturday when business was done at 70 guineas premium. - The Pacific Steam Company's ship Magellan is announced at Lisbon, with dates from Rio Janeiro to the 3d inst., being six d►ys latez.than the irevious advices. The rate of exchange was steady at 192 d. to 20d., and there was nothing new from Paraguay. The report of the City Offices Company, to be presented on the 31st inst., states that there is a decided improvement in the demand for offices in London ; and tlat, as the company's properties are all well situated, and convenient in their arrange ments, they cannot fail to benefit from the change of c ircumstances. The profit arid loss account, however, on the present occasion, shows an adverse balance of £691. The report of the Central Argentine Railway Company, to be presented on the 30th instant, states that the heavy portion of the works of the l ast section, terminating at Cordova, is virtually complete, and that the fullest confidence is enter tained that the railway will be ready to be opened the entire length for public traffic by the 30th of next Inonth. According to a telegram from the Under Secretary Pr Finance and Trade, Sydney, to Mr. W. C. Mayne, l e Londo n the Colonial Treasurer made his financial tat ernent on the 7th of February. The revenue for 1869 had ex cee d e d hi s es ti ma t e by £5,000, and the ordina ry expenditure was less than the estimated by 58,000. The estimated revenue for 1870 is £133,000 1 P excess of the colimated expenditure of 1870. The - `jeasurer p roposes t o ma k e a sma ll f un d e d d e bt i n the, colony o f t h e deficiency loans to meet a demand fo r investment of trust funds ; under that arrange illent intending to abolish the ad valorem duties and Postage charge on newspapers. The Admiralty have appointed Messrs. Hogg and Robinson, of 34, Eastcheap, as their City agents for e n gaging freighi, and shipment of stores under the tra nsport D e p ar t men t on an d after th e 31st inst. The report o f the li q uid a t or s of the Imperial La nd Company of Marseilles (Limited), just ssued, refers in detail to the incidents connected I v ith the formation of the undertaking, the mis °l3l3repriation of its funds, and the proceedings t a ken in the Court of Chancery against various parties. The claims again,t the company, subject '0 reductions, stand at £1,251,389, while the assets are estimated at £1,391,075, including a cl aim against the Credit Foncier of England, the successor and assignee of the Credit Foncier and 4obllier of England, of £1,026,000, " being the a mount shown by the evidence to have been paid to and for which they are accountable to this e i cenipany." I n a dditi on , th e com pany own land and l • ° uses at Marseilles, " the market value of which it 14 difficult to estimate, as purchasers appear to be waiting f or t h e chance of a peremptory sa l e , s h ou ld h e liquuidat ors , t h roug h a wan t o f f un ds, be unable to discharge th e o r i g i na l mor t g a g es ;" and there is th e uncalled capit a l, w hi c h th e li qu id a tors will en deavour not to resort to. In fact, they "do not despair of ma ki ng t h e s h are h o ld ers a cons id era bl e re turn of the moneys paid." At the meeting of the directors of the Hong Kong an d Shanghai B a nking Co r poratio n (Limited), held ni Hong Kong on the 3d ult., a dividend was de 'red of 7.50 dole. per share on the paid-up shares, end of 3 dole. rer share on the new share - a, being quivalent to six per cent. for the half-year. With reference to the National Telegraph Manu facturing Company (Limited), an undertaking re cehtl9 formed to p urc h ase th e b us i n e s s and works . f Messrs. R. S. Newell and Co., of London and G ateshead on -T yne, i t i s announce d th a t—" It i ng been represented to the directors that a divi sion of the company's capital into shares of x each would be generally more acceptable than hav e ex isting shares of £25 each, the directors wi i v e determined to withdraw the prospectus of . e company, and contemplate the re-issue of one toth a genonaina capital divided into shares of the smaller tion." BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 8 GJVERNMENT rUNDS. per Cent. Consols .. Ditto for Account 931 .t:,,per Cent Re luced 9 por Cent Nov' 21- per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 6 per Con Jam. 1873 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — .. Do (Red Sea Telebraph). Aug., ' (.111,0quor Bills, £l,OOO, 23 p. Ct. March — pm Do Do. 21 do. June — £lOO, £2OO & £5OO — sank of England Stock, 43 por Cent 0. opening — 0 thada 4 per Cont. B on d s — latar-Colonial (Annum ENDIAN GDVERNMENT SECIJILITIEb. I DO. Stock, 10} per C en t ., A pr il 1874 — Do. Opening, for Account — Da. a per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent. Oct. 1BAR D ~ Enfaced Pao,. 4 per Cent.. __ . 5 per Cert.;Jan.lB72 „: ." D 5} per C en t. M ay 1879 .... ...—• Do. 5 ner C en t., Rup. Dal,. 187') ... ••• . ...... D 3 do le — ...A ....... Do. d o . 1882..... ." " , 000 0 — -- D . fob., 5 per Cent., Aug.. 1873 o • 00000 o Bonds ; 4 per Cent., .Cl,OOO .... ..... no. •inder £l.OOO ............................. .. -- , FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PlucEs.l3nl A- go/ vine liopubhc, I , p,r Cont .„:„ . ...... 901 1 00 Acc . ‘unt .... Anitri; n Bonds 5 per can. .. Do. 1859 00000 . Bra.tilian 5 per Cent Do. 14 por Cent. 1852 Do. do 1858 Do. do., 8 Do. 5 p er C en t. , 1 1 8(: ' ***** ••• ******* 1 8 88 ° 13•;. A.e.•ount Thos Aree c; per (7ont. bo 2 pe y r Cent. (Deferrsd 3 per 93; F per Cent 11.1tan'1; ;'tr Cola Do. Do. 34} per Ce. ****** pai r nt, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1870. 3=""' )o. 7 per Cent., DO:6 Do. 6 per cert. 1867 — 3 lonibian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 per Ceut 'B6 51 Do Account Do 8 por Cent., 1867 Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent E uptian, 7 per Cent.... Secoid Issue o•• .. ... — Do. ££sot. Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account D. £5OO Bonds Do. Al 06 Bon is Do. 7 por Cent., 1868 Do. Account Do. £lOO Bonds — Governmani Railway Debentures . 'boor 5 per Coat., 1821 5, ex Coups. Do. Coupons ... Guatemala 6 per Cent .. ElondurasGov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct.,all pd Bll Do. Account Italian 5 pa: Cent., 1865 BB Jo. Account . -- Do Maremmana Railway — ilexicaL 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 - Do B per Cont. Anglo-French M mtevideau 6 per Cent. do crish imperial 5 per Cent — gew Granada 26i 7 Do 3 per Cony — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) .. Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account — Do 4} per Cont. (th:barren) ..... ... — Do 4} per Cent.. 1862 Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'•2,':' — Do. do. 1867 33 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Raisian 5 . ear Cent., 1822, £ Sc Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 4f per Cent 1860 Do 3Per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondi 931 4 Do. do. £B4 15s. d0.....,d0...... Do.. 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway 69i Sardinian 5 per Cent Sp finish 3 per Con . 27} Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Deferred. 27 Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account S wedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent... Do Account Do 6 per Co n t. 1858 ••• ..• Da Account Do .£IOC Bonds 9ll Do 6 per Cent., 1862 .. 701 Do. Account DO £lOO Bonds ... 72 1f Do. 5 per cent. 1865 46 1 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 Do Account Dh I por Cent., Guaranteed . ................. Do do, Scrip Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cont. 1864 D o 6 p.r Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch z rer Cent. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. `?sf 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f Do Account CLOSING PRICES. Oansols, Money Dc. Account, April 7 93} POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(Tms DAY). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AND RECEIVING.— James Durham and Edward Durham, brothers, and described as painters, and William Reynolds, a brass finisher, were charged, the first two named with stealing some moulds, money, cigars, &e., the property of Mr. Ephraim Tysall, electro-plate manufacturer, Poland street, Oxford-street, and the last named with receiving some of the property. The prisoners Durham were employed by Mr. Tysall in painting his house, and while doing so took the opportunity of purloining some moulds, cigars, money, and other articles from a safe which had been left unlocked. They then gave the stolen goods to Reynolds to sell, and curiously enough they were off 'red to the person whi mad) them fot Mr. Tysall. Ths prisoners were rattan led. SHARE LIST. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing . Business Paid. Name. • Quotations. done. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 77 79 771 7 St Caledonian 100 771 78 771 St Cambrian lOO 15 20 20 Cornwall all 21 31 . St Dublin and Belfast Junction 100 . . . . St Dan, Prth, and Aber. Jnnc 100 70 72 20 East London all 4 6 20 Do 20 1)o St Glasgow and S.Western 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 374 38 371 St Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 61 74 St Great North of Scotland 100 15 16 St Great Northern 100 114 115 1144 St Do A..., 100 119 1191 1171 St Do 8...... 100 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100 St Great Western— Original lOO 67 68 671 1 • St Do South Wales 100 68 70 714 2 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45 St Do do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1254 1254 1251 St Loud, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 435 441 St Loud, Chatham, and Dover 100 144 154 141 St Do Metrop Extension A....• 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 123 f 1234 1231 St Loudon and South Western 100 881 89 881 / St Manch, Shef, and Lincelnsh 100 51 51 St Do New, issued at £5O dis 3O St Metropolitan 1()0 791 80 . 791 4 1 St Do Preferred... lOO ••• ••• St Do Deferred 100 .. 10 Do Redeemable St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 394 9 St Midland lOO 1244 125 1244 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 94 941 4 St North British. lOO 31 35 St Do Edin, Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick 100 126 127 1311 St Do Leeds 100 84 85 864 74 St Do York St Do Stockton and Darlingta 100 169 171 .1751 61 St North London lOO 116 118 117 10 Do Now, 1868 6l 14 11 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 Soda' Devon 100 46 48 45 St South Eastern 100 741 75 1 741 St Do Preferred .lOO 1091 1101 St Do Deferred... lOO 41 411 401 St Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok'g. all 12/ 131 St Taff Vale 100 158 162 10 Do 0 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 10 Waterloo and Whitehall TIIE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. PUTNEY, Wednesday., The Cambridge gentlemen were driven up to their usual quarters—Mr. Groonibr:dge's, the S'ar and Garter Ilot.d—at one o'clock to-day, frotn the Shore - ditch Station. Their postilions and horses were decorated with light blue colours. The crew wer all well, and apparently in good spirits. If their boat arrives they will be out in two or three hours upon the water, but as the flood will h irdly begin to make until half-past two, they cou'd not welt be afloat until nearly five. The Oxford crew are not expect-;d till to-morrow. OXFORD, Tuesday Evening. The crew rowed over the long course th's after noon for the last time previous to their departure for Putney, accompanied by Mr. F. Willan, Exeter College, on horseback. The weather was most un favourable, there being a cold wind and rain, which, with the University Sports going on, prevented the usual attendance of spectators. There was no change in the position of the men, and unless anything unforeseen should occur, the same crew will contend against Cambridge on the 6th of April. Each day shows an improvement in their rowing, and we may confidently expect that on the auspicious day they will have attained a degree of excellence worthy of the colours they bear and creditable to their mentors, Messrs. Tinne and Willan, who we must say are most assiduous in their instruction. The projected race with the watermen has fallen through, but the crew will be out in their gig eight to-morrow on the Isis for the last time. The racing boat of last year will be conveyed to head-quarters to-morrow by road, but the new boat will not be ready until the middle of next week, when it will follow the crew, who according to present arrangements will leave Oxford on Thursday morn• ing, and be seen on the Thames on the afternoon of the same day. CAMBRIDGE, Tuesday. _ _ The Cambridge crew took their last spin on the Cain this afternoon, and were eased, only rowing for once over the short course. Messrs. Strachao, bow, and Phelps, stroke, and Randolph, bow, and Ridley, stroke, were out this morning in tub pairs. The Cambridge men leave for Landon by an early train to-morrow morning;and will doubtless take their first spin on the Thames about four o'clock to-morrow afternoon. GRAND BILLIARD MATCH AT CAMBRIDGE. CAMBRIDGE,Tuesiay. A grand match at billiards was played at Bro - wn's University Billiard Rooms on Monday evening, in the presence of a crowded room of spectators, all of whom had paid the high price cf a guinea each for , their tickets. The game played between Cook, the present champion, and Roberts, the ex-champion, was 1,000 up, and was played level. Of course, the betting was odds on the champion at starting, but it got round towards the latter l rut to 2 and 3 to 1 on Roberts. The table is one of the best in England, and the game was accurately called by John the marker, well known to University men. Play commenced at eight minutes past eight o'clock. Roberts took the lead at stirting, and one of the earliest calls was Roberts 22, Cook 7. The latter made a small break of 19, with which he went past, and was shortly afterwards re passed by Roberts, who made a small break of 22. The champion directly after broke away for 35, and Roberts followed suit for 33. This and some minor scoring completed the first century at 31 minutes past 8, having occupied 20 minutes, and the game was called—Cook, 106 ; Reber's, 80. In the course of the next hundred Cook broke for 27 and 35, and Roberts for 26. The second century was com pleted by Cook at 8.51 (43 minutes from the com mencement)at the commencement of a break of 22. It was intended that there should be a short break for refreshment at the end of 500, but as Roberts ap peared to have got well placed, as he made a succes sion of eight spot strokes, and as he did not seem likely to terminate, after making 34, play was sus pended for 19 minutes. On resuming hostilities, the ex-champion went on till he had made 51 of this break. He now played in great form, and shortly after he made eight spot strokes, and £lO to .£5 was laid on the striker ; at the end of the sixth hundred, at 10.2, the old veteran was 170 ahead. Ile now made anothtr break of 35, placing him more than 200 ahead. After Cook had made 450, he rnarle a Fpleudd break of 95, amongst which there were 16 spot strokes. Roberts immediately after made three breaks of 45, 29, and 42. The seventh hundred was c)mpleted at 10.20. At 27 minutes past 11 Roberts completed his 900, Cook's score being 792. The champion now made two more fine breaks of 34 and 74, and great excitement prevailed as the marker called at the end of the second-named break—Cook, 900 ; Roberts, 908. Five pounds to four were at this juncture offered on Cook. The last hundred of the thousand did not produce any large break ; but Rolx.rts, who probably never played better, won the game by 69, the game terminating with a cannon at 11.57, when it was called—Roberts, 1,001 ; Cook, 932. A tremendous burst of cheering greeted Roberts as he made the winning stroke, which was repeated again and again. THIRD EDITION. WESTMINSTER. James Walker, late fireman attached to Portland-road, Fire Brigade Station, was charged with stealing £l2 95., the money of the Metropolitan Board of Works. Tho chief engineer at Victoria-street Station, Mr. Palmer, re ceived a cheque for .£135 ls. to pay the various fire men, and, having cashed it, gave orders to telegraph to the other stations for the firemen to draw the pay for their men. Benton, the foreman at Portland-road, had £l2 9s. given him to take to Portland•road, but was met by the prisoner on the way back, who said that he was to give him the money and go at once to Watling-street Station, which Benton did. The prisoner absented himself from duty and never returned. He was remanded. THAMES. IMPUDENT SYSTEM OF FRAUD.—George Shaw, a young man, was charged, before Mr. Lushington, with obtaining money under false pretences. The prisoner called at the shop of Mr. Percy, a butcher, of Percy-terrace, Bow-road, and represented that he was in the service of Mr. Atterley, weight and scale maker, who contracts by the year to keep the weights and scales of the prosecutor in repair. Tho prisoner also represented that he was Mr. Atterley's nephew, and that he was directed to examine the weights and scales in the shop. He was allowed to examine them, and declared them all defective. He said he should take away two of the defective weights and leave two others in their place. He then made a charge of 10s. for his examination of the balances, 10s. more for attendance, and 4s. 6d. for weights, which Miss Woolven paid him, and he took away the alleged defective weights and left two others as substitutes. The whole transaction turned out a fraud. The above facts having been given in evidence, the prisoner was remanded. CONSTITUENT POWER IN FRANCE. - - - - M. Jules ?avre has submitted a proposition to the Corps Legislatif to the effect that " the constituent power ilial in future belong exclusively to the Corps L6gislatif." The Committee on the Parliamen tary Initiative hasi reported strongly against the motion Which it condemns as unconstitutional. Two similar drafts of motion have been prepared by senators themselves, one by the Count de Sartiges, 3ll M. Michel Che valier, and Boujeau ; the other by MM. de Maupas and de Chasseloup Laubst. These content themselvek with demanding that the power shqll be equally divided between the head of the State, the Senate, and the Corps Ligislatif. They are willing to retain article 5, which gives the Emperor the right to appeal at any time to the people, and do not object to the plebiscitum. The Libert4 reports a rumour which is circulating in Parisian salons, to the effect that with the sole exception of the maintenance of Article 5, the Emperor has entirely renounced constituent power. The Liberty, highly applauding this intention, observes that there are losses which are gains, and that in this list must be classed the surrender of the monopoly of legis lative power by the Senate. Henceforward it will be what the Chamber of Deputies was in France before 1848, and, with the exception of here' ditary succession, what the House of Lords is in England. Republicans, adds the Liberte, will no doubt say that this progress is in fact a retrogression of twenty-two years, but if France during a century hak retrograded while trying to advance, whose fault is it bbi that of the Republicans, who, having accomplished revo lution in favour of liberty, are ignorant how to es ta llish it ? THE DUO D'AUMALE ON THE MONT- PENSIER DUEL. Letters seem to be plentiful in respect to the Montpen sier duel. The Due d'Aumale has now joined the force of correspondents and letters which have passed between friends in Madrid and Paris have been published. A resi dent in Madrid sent the Duke an account of the duel in which his brother was engaged. The RepublicanS,accord ing to this account, maintain that the Duke's conduct was dignified and generous, as well as courageous. The public would have been better pleased had the Infante been only wounded. The Due d'Aumale thus comments upon this passage : "No doubt it would have been better, but I should like to know a marksman who could place his bullet where he chose, when firing without aim. Now in this case we have a short-sighted man who had never discharged a pistol in his life." To a friend in Paris the Duke wrote as follows: " Woodnorton, Evcsbam, March 17. "My dear Friend,—l have at last direct news frc,m Montpensier. He was better, and was awaiting at Madrid the end of preliminary investigation (instruction). Rubio was attending him. Rubio is the Republican member for Seville, who acted as one of the Infante's seconds, and was very hostile to my brother, but he became his friend en the ground immediately after the duel. I have b „ . she wn a letter from a Spaniard, who is no friend of Montpensier's but it describes my brother's bear ing duri ng the duel in terms that have drawn tears from any eyes. . . 11 .tontPensier writes :---` Who would have ever dreamt that I, who n ever wou ld l earn fencing, never pp.opt'is d with a pistol, a n d a bh or d ue lli ng an d the penalty of d eath . . I have done my duty, and only sought to avert a calamity. It was the will of Heaven r—ln haste, yours truly, rs V(I. " HENRY D'ORLF.Are MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Miut 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 171 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L 5 i t dpr 41 1 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 5 5 Ditto, New 4 pr Ipm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 2* 31 27 Canada Company all 78 80 79 8 9 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares • . 5 2 ld 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6d 30 City of Milan Improvment L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Limited 2O ld pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 5 11 2fp 10 Cont of African March, L 3 21 lid 20 Continental Union Gas, L 261 27* 23 Copper Miners of Bugland, I'ref 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 4} per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 41 per cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 41 per cent 10 Credit Fonc of England, L.., all 21 31 21 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 2* 11(1 St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 91 99 951 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 106 111 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 27* 10} 10d 100 Enrpt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov all 100} 1011 101* 20 Egyptian Com and Trading L 4113 — — 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 1 1. 15 Eng and Foreign Credit 7* 4 3d 10 European Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new 5 4 41 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 31 41p 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds all 97 96 951 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71 1 7 1 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 12f 50 Imperial Continental Gas 431 134 136 50 India Rub, Teig Works, L 45 57 Si) 51 501 10 International Final] Soc, L 5 11 lid 31 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 4} 41 100 Ditto, 6 per cnt Bonds, red all 1870 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 ld 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 4 Lond Gen Omnibus, Limd all 21 21 21; 50 Lond & Glasg Eugin, Limd '2s 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 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 31 41 25 National Discount Co ' Lim 5 111 11/ 10 National Steamship, Limd all 131 14 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d f 1 10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 4 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 4* 4 1 d 25 N Zealand Lu & Mere, &c 2* 1 1p 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 11 Pip 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 5(1 10 Do, B all - d St N British Austral, Limited...loo 60 70 50 N British & Mercan 61 23 231 25 Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 fd fp 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 21. St. Peel Riv Lnd & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 43 45 421 50 Do., New, 1867 lO 3 21d 61 50 Rhymney Iron ... . all 27 28* 15 • Do, New all 8 81 25 Rio Janeiro City Im., Lmtd all 191 201 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited all 29* 301 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 St. Scot Pius Invest, Limited - 100 20 Societe General de l'Empire Ottoman 8 2} 3} 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lim and reduced) all 391 391 371 20 Thames & Mers Mn Ins, L 2 21- 21p 51 St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 9u 10 Trustand Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCoof Up Canada 5 iip 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 61p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 6 2 ld 20 Quiver Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 41 51p 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 1 1 30 Van Diemen's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 85} 861 861 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 ' Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 105/ 106/ Do, 5p c, Jan and July . .... lOO 94 1 93/ Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 951 Do, 5p o, Dominion of, 1903 _lOO 951 96} Cof Good Mope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 1.00 111 113 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 103} 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 15 100 107 109 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 100/ 101/ Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 101 102 101 1 Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875 lOO 100 1011 101 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 100/ 101/ New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 98/ 98 Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p et, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July lOO 1021 1031 Do, 1886 lOO 1041 1051 Queonsland 6 per et, 1882-85, Jan and July Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 108/ 1091 ' 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 lOO 113 114 1141 Do, April and Oct, 1883.5 .. . lOO 1131 1141 1141 Do, 5p c, Jan. and A 11 3' 1 1804 100 1011 1021 101 k COST OF LIVING ABROAD. A series of reports from British representatives respect. ing the organisation of the diplomatic service contain some details as to the cost of living abroad now compared with a couple of decades ago. There is a general rise of price and expenses at the cities where our diplomatists are stationed. At Paris neither a diplomatist nor any other member of society can live now upon the income which sufficed in 1850. At that time the cost of living for a young man in the diplomatic service, not including such expenses as keeping a horse or a carriage, but with economical habits for a person in his social position, may be taken at £330 a year, but now at £6OO. Mr. West, of the English Embassy, observes that the general style of living among the society in which members of the diplo matic body are in the habit of mixing is undoubtedly very much more expensive now than it was In 1850. At Berlin the average expenses of such a member of society, as a junior diplomatist, have risen from £3OO to £5OO. Lord Loftus remarks that " there is no court in Europe more magnificently kept up than at Berlin. Luxury has taken the place of simplicity, and this is more especially the case as regards ladies' dresses." An observation of a Prussian member of Parliament is quoted to the effect that the cost of living at Berlin has risen 90 per cent. in twenty years. Lord Bloomfield reports an increase at Vienna of 70 or 80 per cent. in the last 20 years in the cost of living • and Sir A. Buchanan we n d s a similar report from St'. Petersburg. Sir A. Paget writes from Florence that the general expense of living is almost treble what it was twenty years ago. Mr. Burnley reports that at Dresden he could have lived at half his present rate 10 or 15 y ears ago ; " the requirements of society are much greater than they used to be ; rich bankers and traders, who have made their fortunes in Chemnitz and other largo towns, come to Dresden to reside, and spend their money freely, and this, of course, entails a certain amoun t of rivalr y as to who shall be said to have given the best entertainment ; a good deal of the present dearness of living is also attributable to the number of Americans who are accustomed to the high paper prices of their own country, and are too apt to observe that every. thing is very cheap, which induces shopkeepers to raise their price ac cordingly." From Stuttgart and other E uro p ean cap it a ls comes a s imilar wail. Mr. Odo Russell, our repre sentative at Rome, observes that no one should enter the diplomatic service with out a p riva te income of £l,OOO a year. Mr, Thornton says that at Washington the junior members of the mission are obliged to expend $3,205 (about £667) if bachelors, and above £l,OOO if with a wife and small family ; these are the lowest rates, and do not include clothes or the hire of carriages, and, in fact, the gentlemen belonging to this mission spend a great deal more. The change in favour of more luxurious habits is even still greater in South America. But most melancholy.of all is the statement of the British repre sentatives in China. They are ignorant of their own servant's language, and find the price of everything doubled to them—the actual market tariff being high. Much food is lost by getting tainted, espe cially as the Chinese have no scruple in selling the flesh of animals that have died of any disease. Alutton has a most objectionable amount of bone to its meat, and in some places it is only sold by the quarter. The saying is that a man must buy a sheep to get a mutton chop. I+ owls are sold by weight, with sand shaken into the feathers. Consul Markham calls to mind that at home a beefsteak or a leg of mutton would constitute a fair meal, and says that in China it is neces sary to have three times the number of dishes required, in order to have a fair chance of getting one eatable. It is a common saying that in China dollars go no further than shillings do in England ; and Consul Tedder writes from Annoy that even sovereigns must occasionally be spent for what could be done, at least as satisfactorily, for shil lings in England. Thus the tale from all quarters is the same. THE FRENCH FUNDS. According to Reuter's totem-Anis the French Itentes to-day %vere quote l 73i. 87c. Ileavy. On the body of a man upon whom an inquest was held on Saturday, was found a half-sheet of letter-paper, on which was written, in an illegible hand, " Grand mother, your Bill has gone. No dinner. I cannot bear it any longer. No animal food have I ate since last Christmas.—WlLLlAM LIGHTFOOT." lie wm about 30 ye‘ars of a,ge, - The Third Edition of The Sun of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins DAY. The Speaker took the chair at ten minutes to twelve. THE EDUCATION BILL. A number of petitions were presented against the religious clauses of the Education Bill. MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY BILL. A great many petitions were also presented in favour of the bill introduced by Mr. Russell Gurney, one of which was by Mr. Baines, from Leeds, which was signed by 1.056 women. SAVING'S BANKS (INVESTMENTS). Mr. SALT moved for returns, shewing the amount of interest received on account of the investments made for. Savings' Bank ; and, of the amount of interest paid and credited to the trustees of Savings' Banks during each year from 1858 to 1869, both inclusive. The return was ordered. SCOTCH OFFICES COMMISSION. Mr. CRAUFURD moved for copies of the report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the Scotch Offices, together with the evidence taken by the commissioners ; and, of the instructions given to the commissioners on their appointment. The return was ordered. BURIALS BILL. Mr. 0. MORGAN moved the second reading of this bill. He said he regretted it had fallen to his duty to follow the efforts of one who had so consistently and.zealously advocated the justice of the bill (Mr. Hadfield), and who had heretofore submitted the measure to the House; but if it should on the present occasion become law, it would be entirely owing to that hon. gentleman's exertions. It was most peculiar that although the parish churchyard belonged to the parishioners, and each one had an indisputable right of interment there, yet it was absolutely closed against any Nonconformist and every person not in community with the Established Church of England. The same law which excluded every other person but a churchman from the churchyard, compelled the incumbent to read the same service over every baptised person, irrespective of the tenour of his life, or the circumstances of his death. He thought it most inconsistent that an incumbent might be obliged to condemn a person for holding heretical opinions, then to be called upon to commit his body to the grave in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection of the dead. He thought it most inconsistent that an unconscious infant who died before the rite of baptism should be treated worse than the ' libellor, the drunkard, or the robber. In other countries than England such a law as that of which he complained did not exist, and he thougl.t it most objectionable that a country remarkable for its intelligence should be so fax behind continental states. —The hon. gentleman then pro ceeded to state instances where the refusal of burial had occurred under most painful circumstances, and the strong point in favour of the bill was that last year a measure precisely. similar to that under consideration was passed for Ireland, and therefore he was only asking for an assimilation of the law of the two countries. The pro visions of the bill he had the honour to submit for the approval of the house would throw open the churchyard to other than those in communion with the Church of England, it created no new rights ; it preserved those at present belonging to rectors ; it required notices of inter meat to be given to the incumbent, and it also provided that all burials should be conducted in a quiet, orderly, and decorous manner. He did not see that any great objection could be taken to such liberal provisions, and in that hope he confidently expected that the bill would receive the sanction of the House to its becoming law. A proposi tion had been made to refer the bill to a select committee, but he could not assent to such a proposal, because on a former occasion the bill had been so altered in select com• mittee that its supporters hardly knew it when it came back. They did not care about having it. Therefore, it it was to be altered, he would much prefer its being done in the light of day and in that House, rather than the bill being slaughtered in committee upstairs. Mr. CROSS moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The real question was what grievances had the parishioners. He thought they might be divided into two. First, the Dissenter might object tc have the service of the Church of England, beautiful as it was, read over him when dead ; and the next related tc. Baptists and Quakers. The second objection applied not so much to towns as to outlying districts, and was practi• tally limited, and positively where a clergyman insisted upon his rights. The extent to which the bill went not only allowed a man to be buried without any service at all, but allowed him to be buried with any service his friends chose to have—a funeral oration or lecture. He believed that this would lead to disturbances in parishes, and to breaches of the peace. In 1861 or 1862 the Marquis of Salisbury moved for a return of the number of church yards which had for the thirty years been given by pri vate persons to churches belonging to the Church of England. He apprehended that the donors of these lands did not contemplate that they were giving the ground for other purposes. He thought the Dissenters had only a right to vote that a body should be buried in the churchyard when it could be shewn that some service had been performed before the body was brought to the grave ; and not that they should be al lowed to perform their service in the churchyard. He had no sympathy with a clergyman who refused to bury a person baptised by a Dissenter. And as a matter of law and historical fact, he though the was wrong, how ever good the motive for refusal might be. The Church of England said that the formal admission into the Chris. tian fold was by baptism, just as a person was admitted to the franchise by being put on the register. (Great (Laughter.) Mr. MCARTHUR was at a loss to know why, if in con nection with the established church in Ireland, the authorities had yielded the principle of giving to dis senters the right to bury their dead in 039 Aurchyards, the Established Church in this country or its representa tives in the House should oppose the measures. The entire body of the non-conformists were in favour of the Bill. Mr. TIPPING seconded the amendment. He believed it was an attempt to sap and undermine the Church of Eng. land. It was said that the service of the Established Church was cold and unimpassioned, but it was essentially Pauline. Mr. CANDLISH remarked that the Baptists of this country numbered no fewer than one million, and there fore they were not an insignificant portion of the community, or, in point of fact, a quarter of a million Baptists who represented from one to two millions of the population. The bill dealt with religious observances, and therefore harangues and declamations against religion did not come within the meaning of the fifth clause. He believed that the Dis senters were as likely to behave in a becoming spirit as the members of the Church of England, and he had no doubt that if any proved case of disturbance took place the legislature would step in with a view to prevent a re petition. Seeing that every parishioner had a right to be buried in the parish churchyard,he did not think they asked much when they asked to have their own religious observ ances. They wanted the law of the country to be put in har mony with human instinct and human nature. The hon. mem ber quoted an instance in which a clergyman had refusedto inter a parishioner because he had not been baptised, al though he was regarded as a Churchman. A Baptist minister had to be called to officiate, who performed the rites under the shadow of the Church. The hon. member concluded by expressing his earnest hope that the House would carry the second reading of the bill. He urged the Government not to allow it to go to a select committee, but hoped it would have their cordial assent. Mr. BERESFORD-HOPE, whilst he admitted that there was a great deal of standing upon dignity amongst the clergymen of the Church of England, denied that it could be proved that the ministers whom it was proposed to let into the churchyards would be a striking con trast in moderating Christian feeling and love of unity and zeal for the common gospel. Ile also denied that the clergy plan alluded to by Mr. Candlish was a representative of the general body of the 31ergy. According to the seventh clause they could not 3ommit a man for an oration which might, in fact, be a 3ontradiction of the service of the Church of England, or Nhich should turn it into ridicule in the presence of a caning horde of rustics. Mr. BRUCE said he should give his vote in favour of the second reading, as he believed a grievance had been niacle out. Mr. G. HARDY opposed tho bill. 110 did not see why those who bad got out rom he Church. of England should come in and demand the same privileges as those who remained. S:r G. GREY adviced the bon. and learned gentleman, the mover of the bill, to consent to the bill being referred to a select committee, after it had been read a second time. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it Majority —lll Mr. Bnuc then moved that the bill be leferted to a select committee. The House divided, when there appeared— For the motion 135 Against it Majority against referring the bill -91 The committee on the bill was fixed for the 18th of May. ARRESTMENT OF WAGES BILL. This bill was read a second time. PEACE PRESERVATION (IRELAND) DAMAGES AND COSTS BILL. This bill passed through committee, the object being to found a money clause to be inserted in the bill of the Go vernment now under consideration. PAWNBROKERS' BILL. This bill was read a second time. The House then adjourned at a quarter to six o'clock. FRANCE. (REUTERS TELEGRAUS.) THE TRIAL OF PRINCE BONAPARrE. TOURS, March 23. The court opened at 11.15 a.m. to-day, and the examination of the witnesses was continued. M. Natal, a person of independent property, said that after the event had occurred be heard at the shop of the chemist Mortreux that the Prince had been struck. Mortreux was recalled, and said 'that the witness was a stranger, and did not understand what was said. He denied that any such statement bad been made in his shop. M. Natal maintained his evidence. M. Wachtor, a journalist, deposed that in a con versation with M. de Fonvielle, the latter had said, " Calumny is an arm we have a right to employ against political adversaries." Advocate Leroux pointed out that M. Wachtor in his written deposition spoke of the brutal manners of Victor Noir. Darloux, a sergent de vine, deposed that he saw marks of a blow on the face of ae Prince, who said he had been struck, and asked the witness to fetch a commissary of police. Ballgnat, another sergent de ville, gave almost similar evi dence, a• d a ided that AL de Funviel'e bad told him that Victor .Noir male a motion wh;ch the w i•- ness understood as signifying either a threat or a blow for the Prince. Bo . s3ierre and Franceschi, scrget.t3 de ville, att :chAl to the police office at Auteuil, and Cau ihereux and Sonplet, a'so rergents-de-ville, all heard the threatening gesture of Nt.ir znt.ntioned, but heard nothing of the blow. M. de Fonvielle, recalled, declared that in the presence of those witnesses he hal said nothing but what he always told everybo ly. Maitre Floquet demanded the original of Bal ignah, which however was not pro lueed. CREUZOT, March 23, 8.30 a.m. Yesterday afternoon the work completely ceased at the mine. The men wishing to work were pre vented by threats of violence and compelled to leave the shops. A body of miners thrice endeavcurel to get possession of the workshop and forge, but were driven back by the workmen. SPAIN. MADRID, March 23. In the sitting of the Cortes yesterday evening the financial bill of Signor Fiver°la was passel by 129 against 74 votes. 'The Unionists abstained from voting. The Ministry have decided to suppress the greater part of the pasta of those functionaries who have resigned. It is expected that the proceedings against the Duke of Montpensier will result in the declaration that Don Enrique de Bourbon voluntarily kited himself. S PORTING IN TELLIGENOE-I HIS DAY. WARWICK SPRING MEETING.—Tnx DAT. (ET ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DEBDALE STAKES. Pompeii Wamba 2 Tim Bobbin Four ran. WALTON HANDICAP. Chilworth •• Playmate 2 Honfleur Five ran. WARWICKSHIRE HANDICAPI Threatener Midshipman 2 Ventnor Six ran. UNION HUNT CUP. Purlbrook 1 Plunger •• Archduke 3 Sixteen ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Lisette 1 Kingfisher 2 HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE. Merlin Widdles..... Hastings Five ran. THREE-YR-OLD STAKES. Qastantt© , W.O. HANDICAP PLATE. I:Tackler Conrad Urasahopper f 8 Five ran. CITY BETTING.—This DAT. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 9 to 2 agst Sabinus (offered -tako sto 1) 6 to 1 agst Miss Dayrell (offered) 10 to 1 agat Gertrude (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Benbow (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Vestminster (offered) 25 to 1 agst (leant Battailles (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Myosotie (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lades (offered) 25 to 1 agst Vagabond (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Vintner (offered) 40 to 1 agat Rosicracian (offered) 40 to 1 agst Captivator (taken and offered) 66 to 1 agst Physiology (taken) 8 to 1 aget W. Day's lot (taken) CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 81 agst Sabinus (offered—take 1000 to 70) 1000 to 80 agst Starter (offered—take 100 to 7) 25 to 1 agst Bt. Mungo (offered) 40 to 1 aget Formosa (offered) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Midsummer (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 23 to 1 agst Hawthornden (taken) RACING FIXTURES-1870. MARCH. Warwick 22, 23, 24 I Bromley 3l and April 1 Epsom 29, 30 I APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 I Newmarket Craven 18 to '2 2 West Drayton 7, 8 I Abergavenny 21, eI Thirst: 7 8 , Lewes 26, 29 Kingsbury lB, 19 I Croydon. 28, 29 Durham lB, 19 I It appears from a Parliamentary return obtained by Colonel Sykes that the number of officers of the Indian army who have made claims for compensation for the loss of sums subscribed by them in connection with the bonus system is, in the Bengal army, 121 ; in the Madras army, 51; and in the Bombay army, 37 ; total, 212. Of these claims, 100 have been disallowed on various grounds, many of them because the claimants had received special annuities, the computed value of which was in excess of the payments they had maids towards the boa* fund. - • aid t.