The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-01 00:00:00

TILE MONEY MARKET ARD COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Business was rather active on the Stock Exchange to-d a y, and Consols maintained their closing prices of yes'erday., Great activity pfevailed in Railways, in which a farther advance has taken place. In Banking and Miscellaneous shares little or no change has taken place. Consols are now at 931 to 934 for money ; ditto, account, —; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 4 2 ; New Three per Cents., 914 2 ; Bank of England Stock, 44 per cent., —. Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 24 per cent., March, 6 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £3OO, and £5OO, June, —.prem. ' India Stock, 104 per cent., April, 1874, 208 ; ditto 5 per cent., July, 1880, ; ditto 4 per cent., Oct., 1888, 1004 8 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per cent., —; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 25 prem. In the Foreign Market Italian Bonds are a trifle lower, upon the attempt to create disorder. The pre sent prices are :—Egyptian (1864), 904 to 914 ex div.; ditto (1868), 81 to 81/ ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 854 to 86 ; ditto Nine per Cents., 1011 to to 1014 ; Italian, 554 to 55i ; Peruvian, 84 to 841 ; Spanish (1867), 28 to 281 ; ditto (1869), 271 to 274 ; Turkish, 474 to 474. - In the Railway Market Metropolitan are now quoted 77 to 774 ; Caledonian, 78 to 784 ; Lanca shire, 1261 to 1264 ; Great Western, 68 to 684 ; Great Eastern, 374 to 384 ; Great Northern (A), 1184 to 119 ; London and Brighton, 434 to 44 ; London and North Western, 124 to 1244; Mid land, 124 to 1251 ; and South Eastern, 74 to 744. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 91 to 911 ; the Ten-Forty - Bonds - are 87 to 874 ; and Erie Shares are 211 to 214. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 174 to 1741; British Indian, 94 to 94 ex new ; China Submarine, 14 to 14 dis ; Falmouth, 94 to 91; and Construction and Maintenance 361 to 364. The Frankfort, from New Orleans and Savannah, has brought £35,000. The Montana steamship, which sailed from San Francisco for Panama on the 18th inst., took £160,000 for England. The dividend to be recommended at the meeting of the Oriental Bank on the 21st of April will be 6 per cent. for the half-year, making, with the previous distribution, 12 per cent. for 1869. _ According to the Liverpool Journal of Commerce, advices from Lisieux announce the failure of one of the principal houses of that town, M. Adolphe Bor deaux, manufacturer. At the annual meeting of the Western Counties and London Life Office at Plymouth the report stated the new business of the past three years to have con sisted of 1,920 policies, assuring £330,000, and yielding in annual premiums £9,000, and a rever sionary bonus of £1 10s. per cent. per annum for the same period was declared. The Bank of Scotland dividend declared at the meeting on the 29th instant was 11 per cent. per annum (not 4 per cant.), with bonus of one per cent. The report of the Bank of British North America for the year 1869 announces the pSyment of a bonus of 1 per cent., and the usual dividend for the half year ending the 30th June next, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. From the Ist of April Mr. Francis W. Rowsell 16 11 succeed Mr. Antonio Brady as Superintendent of Admiralty Contracts. The firm of Walkers and Strange, in the grain trade, was dissolved yesterday. The business will be continuel under the style of Walker Brothers and Co. • Mr. F. Maynard has been appointed permanent official liquidator of the Monarch Insurance Com zany, Limited. BRITISH FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT rUNI S. 3 par Cent. Consols _Ditto for Account — 3 per Cent. Iteluced 9li 12 Now 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen Jan. 1873 Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 — Etchequt..r Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. par 5 pm Do. 2} do. June — Do £lOO, £2OO & .£5OO — 1 Bank of England Stock, 4i per Cent Do. opening — Canada 4 per Cont. Bonds. — Inter-Colonial Ommum INDIAN tIOVERNMENT SECURITIES. _ India Stock 10f per Cent., April 1874 208 'Do. Opening, for Account — Do. o per Cent. July, IEBO - Do. 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 D.J. Enfaced Pape' 4 per Cant..,...... — D). 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 , .... ~....... DJ. 51 1 - per Cent. May 1879 — Do. 5 per Cent., Rup. De 'D. 187° Da do 18"'.......•.•• Do. do. - 1882 — D ~, Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 .... Do, Mande, 4 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under .£l.OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, per Cent Do Account Aultrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent to. 4} per Cent. 1852 Do. .. do 1858..... — Do. au 1860 Do. do. 1863 — , Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do, Account Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent.. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.' — Cuba, 6 per Cent. 0 ailian 6 per Cent — no. 4i per Cent 761 Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per cent. 1867 9B} Colombian, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 •... ....... .. Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent ... Enrptian, 7 per Cent.... ............... •••• .••••• Do Secood Issue .. — Do. £SOC Bonds — Do. 1864 Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £lO6 non is Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .. ... Do. Account, Do. £lOO 'Boati ... ••• • •••• '.... Governnusnt Railway Debentures ... Greek 5 per Cent., 182 i 5, ex Coups — Do. Coupons Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — flondurasGov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd 844 51 Do. Account Italian 5 po: Cent., 1865 Bs} Do. Account .. -- Do Maremmana Railway... — Mexican 3 per Cent 1 Ditto for Account Do. 1864 -- Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — M .ntevidean 6 per Cent. — Muorish Imperial 5 pez Cent New Granada ... .., 251 i Do 3 per Cen• — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 .. Do Account Do 44 per Cent. (Ui:' -, arren) Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 . ••• •••.• Port.iguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2.':- ... Do. do. 1867. — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid........ .11 Issian 5 ~,, r Cont., 1822, £St Do 4i per Cent 1850 •.•• ..... D -.) 44 per Cont., 1860 D t 3 per Cent., 1859 D; 5 per Cent., 1862 ... ••• •—• ••• 88i 7 1..) inglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds Do. do. £B4 15s. do do Do. 1866 £lOO Bonds 9ll Do. do £Bl 1.55. do — Do Nieola. I,.ailway _ .`.....'ar tidnt:; o I'(r Cunt ... Spanish :I poi' (7;`11 ... .......................... Do. Aec,unt ... ........ 281 Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred ............ Do. Passive - , — Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account l•6 ..... Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan ___ . Do Government, 1864 • • • • Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent.... ..... .... • • 871- Do Account. Do 6 per Cent. 1858 ,•..... d 7 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 18 62 ...................... 711 1 Do. Account — Do .11.00 Bonds Do. 5 per cent. 1865 47-1 I Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 b 7Ol 1 Do Account DJ 4 per Cent., Guaranteed ........ ... • — Do do, Scrip Venezuela 3 per Cent.' •.••••••• -- Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent.,1862 — Dividends on the above payable in London. !kustrian 0 per Cent Ei 10 Florine Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. •.• Dutch 4 Or Cent. Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f. — Milieu 5 per dant. 1861, Ex. 25f 551 Do Account — TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Mon©y ..... 1 1 31 Do. Account, April 7 93f THE REVENUE, —The following is an abstract of the gross produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom in the undermen tioned periods, ending March 31, 1870, compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding year : Quarters ended 7firtiT:33l' Burch 31 1869 1869 1869 1879 --- X X £ £ 5,515,000 5, 133 , 000 5,749,000 4,9 il,OOO 4,971,000 4,326,000 5,452,000 7,01.4000 2,48,000 2,179,000 2,158,000 2,425,000 1,430,000 3 8,000 59 ' ,000 2,157,000 2,489,000 1,128,000 613,000 5,784,000 1124,000 1,200, 4 .00 1,18 0 , 000 1,170,000 , - - - 109,000 74,000 74,000 313,000 114,00 ) 762,044 668,740 65..4702 lit 23 , 66 -- IR R 47.014 15.226.740 16,531,702 24,8 8,766 Customs . Excise Stamps Taxes Property Tax Post-olits:e Telegraph Service Crown Lands Miseet.aneous Total.; 18,847,014 '15,226,740 Quarters ended June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, Slarch 31, 1868 1863 1868 1869 X X X X Customs 5,453,0( 0 5,48e,000 5,998,000 5,48%000 Excise 4,857,000 4, 83,000 5,431,000 5,99 ~ 000 Stamps Taxes Property Tax Post-ofti e Crown Lands Miscellaneous .. Totals 1 1:6,281,003 15,111, 0 05 1 20,100.888 , nded March 31,1869, Custom 3 Excise Stamp Taxes Property Tax Pus ',Office Telegraph 5ervice:.........• • • Crown Lands Misce I.ncous 2 1 ,529,000 21,763,000 9,24 4 ,000 4,5u0,000 10,04 1 ,01.0 1,670,000 JO ~ 040 :175,000 3,2J5,.52 22,421,000 20,462,000 9,218,000 9,491,000 8,6 r , ,OL 0 4,660,000 75,414,251 Total 360,000 3,355,951 72,541,991 119,079, , .95 Year ei IMarch 31,1870. 11.—Increase and Decrease in the periods ended March 31, 1870, as compared with corresponding periods of the preceding year : Quarter ended March 31, 1870. Increase.l Decrease. t44,0)3 Customs Excise Stamps Taxes PrJpert,v TAX Post-Of fice Telegraph 5ervice............. Crown Lands Miscellaneous. 1,021,f Ot 1:7,000 1,723,00 - 2,513,0 A Tota:s Net Itiereme.... Cuatoms Excise Stamps Taxes Property Tax Post (Mice Telegraph Service • ••••••• rowu Lauds Misce.laneous Totals •• Net Increase • . 100,0001 12,00 34,8781 5,459,878 .£4,718,878 30 000 691,000 Year ended March 31, 1870. Increase. 1,301,000 30,0 0 1,0 6,000 4 , 6, 00 1 , ',00 100,000 15,00. 3,888,0,01 :2 812,261 Decrease. 895,C00 150,7,.9 1,C45,739 lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Re ceipts in the Quarter ended March 31, 1870, the issues out of the same, and the Charges on the Consolidated Fund at that date, and the Surplus or Deficiency of the Balance; in the Exchequer on March 31, 1870, in respect of such Charges : • Income received, as shown in Account 1. .. £24,828,166 Amount raised by Exchequer Bonds, issued per Act 32 and 33 Vict., cap. 22 •.• ••• ••• Amount raised on account of Fortifications, per Act 30 and 31 Vict., cap. 145 ••. ••• • • Amount received in repayment of Advances for Public Works, &c. • • • • • • Amount received iu Repayment of Advances for Greenwich Hospital .. 600,000 100,003 6)4,840 282,367 £26,365,973 Net deficiency of the balance in the Exchequer to meet the charge on Dec. 31, 186), as per last 45,127,262 account Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Ser • vices (including ,600,0J0 Exchequer Bonds W8',74 7 497 132,307 paid off ) Amount Advanced for new Courts of Justice Amount Advanced for Greenwich Hospital .. Charge of the Consolidated Fund on March 31, 170, viz.: — Interest of the Permanent Debt £5,18 ',951 'Terminable Annuities 1,315,979 Interest of Exchequer Bonds 26,000 Principal of Exchequer Bills. 11, 00 Interest of Exchequer Bills 26,751 Interest of Deficiency Ad- vances . The Civil List Other Charges on Consoli dated Fund 423,2 10 AdvancesiorrublieWorks,&e. 286,8 5 Sinking Fund 63,746 3,149 101,997 7,440,770 £24,b83,344 Surplus Balance in the Exchequer on March 31, 1870, beyond the amount of the charge on the Consolidated Fund, on that date, payable in Jdne Quarter, Ib7o *1,782,629 £25,365,273 *charge on March 31, IS7O ... Paid out of Growing Produce in March Quarter, 1870 ... • • .. 7,443,770 Portion of the Charge payable in June Quarter, 18:0 To meet which there was in the Exche quer on March 31,18 0 •.. Surplus Balance as above — Great Britain • • Ireland ••• • • •• 616,752 .. 8,824,013 8 GC 647 • • ; £1,371,807 407,8.2 ,78?,629 THE CITY OF BOSTON 110 AX.—Mr. Alexander Wilson, the American Press agent in London, telegraphed an "explanation" in answer to the indignant inquiries from New York as to the originator of the cruel hoax of the City of Boston having arrived at Queenstown on the February 16. He said a copy of a private telegram was handed to him by the Government Superintendent of the Stock Exchange Telegraph Office, announcing the arrival of the City of Boston at Queenstown, in tow of the City of Durham. The despatch had reached London vitt Man chester. This is all the explanation offered, and if no more information is obtained the reward of 500 dollars for the discovery of the originator will be unclaimed. A CLEAR CASE.—Mr. Justice Maulo would occasionally tax the powers of country juries. Ex. gr. " Gentlemen," said the judge, "The learned counsel is perfectly right in his law, there is some evidence upon that point ; but he's a lawyer, and you're not, and you don't know what he means by some evidence, so I'll tell you. Suppose there was an action on a bill of exchange, and epc people swore they saw the defendant accept it, and six others swore they heard him say he should have to pay it, and six others knew him intimately, and swore to his handwriting ; and suppose on the other side they called a poor old man who had been at schcol with the defen dant 40 years before and had not seen him since, and he said he rather thought the acceptance was not his writing, why there'd be some evidence that it was not, and that's what Mr. means in this case." Need we add that the jury retired to consider their verdict ? A number of the mechanics who have been dis charged from Chatham Dockyard, and others who are to leave, are expected to find employment in Prussia in the Government dockyards there. It is also expected that one of the foremen about to be superannuated at Chat ham will go with the men, who will be employed under The .English Independent learns from its correspon dent at Sydney that startling disclosures have been made relative to the kidnapping of natives from the semi civilised islands to meet the demands of the markets of Peru and Queensland. In one instance crowds of victims were enticed on board a ship by the mate representing himself as a missionary, anxious to preach to all who would come on board. SHARB LIST. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Paid. Name. Quotations. done. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 77 79 • St Caleclottiati ~ , St Cambrian 20 Cornwall all 21 31 St Dublin and Belfast JUuction 100 . . . . St Dun, Prth, and Aber. Jnnc 100 70 72 20 East London ' all 4 6 44 20 Do • . 20 Do '• - St Glasgow and S.Western 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 371 38 38 1 St Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 61 71 St Great North of Scotland 100 15 16 St Great Northern 100 114 115 115 St Do A 100 'll9. 1191 119 1 St Do 8...... 100 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100 St Great Western—Original lOO 67 68 68 1 St Do South Wales 100 63 70 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 41 45 St Do do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1251 1271 129 St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 431 43 , k 4 St Lond, Chatham, and Dover 100 141 151 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 1231 1231 1231 4 St London and South Western 100 881 891 • St Mauch, Shef, and Lincolnsh 100 51 511 52 St Do New. issued at £5O dis 3O ... ... St Metropolitan VO 791 80 771 1 St Do Preferred... lOO ... ... St Do Deferred 100 . . 10 Do Redeemable all 61 Col 10 St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 401 St Midland lOO 1241 125 125 1 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 91 94 St North British. lOO 31 35 341 St Do Ediu, Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick lOO 1261 1271 1311 4 St Do Leeds 100 841 851 St Do York St Do Stockton and Darlingta 100 178 180 noi St North London 100 116 118 10 Do New, 1868 St North Staffordshire 100 59 61 St North and So. West. Junct 100 102 105 St Rhymney , 100 52 54 St a hyppghirp 'Union 100 62 63 St South Devon. 48 St South Eastern St ,Do Preferred • 1 1 0. 0 0 0 , 7 4 4 6 1 74581 100 1001 1101 St Do Deferred... lOO 41 411 St Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok'g. all 121 131 St Taff Vale 10 Do 0 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 • ... ... 10 Waterloo and Whitehall 6 ... 040 MISGEL LANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 204 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L 5 4d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, .im 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 5 5 Ditto, New 4 pr 4pm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 24 34 27 Canada Company all 78 80 784 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6d • 80 City of Milan Improvment L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Limited 2O ld pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 5 1./. 24p 10 Corn of African March, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of England, Pref 74 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 41 par cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 41 per cent 10 Credit Fonc of England, L all 24 34 24 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L.. 10 24 11d St Crystal Palace lOO 20 22 St Do, Preference lOO 94 99 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 108 113 111 12/ 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 274 104 10d 100 Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua, by Egyptian Gov all 1001 1014 1011 f 20 Egyptian Com and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 1 15 Eng and Foreign Credit 7i 4 8d 10 Earopean Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new.... 5 4 44 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 34 4fp 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds , all 97 96 10. Gen Credit and Discount, L 74 4 id 74 15 General Steam Navigation l4 29 81 50 Home and Col Marine Ins, L 5 1d p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 124 50 Imperial Continental Gas 434 134 136 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L 45 57 59 474 8 10 International Finan Soc, L 5 14 1 1d 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 41 44 100 Ditto, 6 per cnt Bonds, red all 1870 all 63 65 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 ld 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, 30 18 17d 4 Lond Gen Omnibus, Limd 50 Loud & Glasg Engiu, Lillis" 25 18 Rid 20 London and Prov Marine 2 par 4p 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 34 44 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 111 11/ 10 National Steamship, Limd all 13 141 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d 4 4 1.0 New Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada„ Limited 4112 44 4fd 25 N Zealand Ln & Mere, &c 24 f 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 14 • 14p 10 North Assam Tea, Limited ' 7 7 5d 10 Do, B all d St N British Austral, Limited 100 60 70 50 N British & Mercan 64 23 234 271 25 Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited all 84 9 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 4d 4p 5 Ottoman Gas Limited all 2 24 St. Peel Riv Lncl & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 "50 Peninslr & Oriental steam all 43 45 •50 Do., New, 1867 lO :3) 21d 64 50 Rhymney,lron 15 Do, New all 8 81 25 Rio Janeiro City Im., Lmtd all. 191 201 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited all 294 "301 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited - 100 20 Societe General de l'Empire Ottoman 8 24 34 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lim and reduced) all 86 361 364 4 20 Thames & Mers Mn Ins, L 2 24 24p St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trust and Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCoof Up Canada... 5 fip 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd... 6 2 ld 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 44 51p 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 4a 1 30 Van Diemen's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 854 861 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited 20 4 3d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 10-1 1051 105-1 Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 102 i Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 1051 106} Do, 5p c, Jan and July ...,.., 100 94} 95} Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 , IDo, 5p c, Dominion of, 1903 lOO 9E4 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 100 102 f 103 f Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 100 103 105 Do, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6 p 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 1041 N. S. Wales Gov 5 p c, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 100} 1011 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 101 102 101 Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875 100 100 1011 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1001 1011 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981 Do., 6p c, 1891, 11ar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July lOO 1021 1031 103} Do, 1886 lOO 1011 1051 Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July 1 00 1081 1091 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1081 1091 S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-9' ) lOO 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 Do, April and Oct, 1883-5 lOO 11.3 1141 .D 9, 5p C, Jan. and July,lBo4„ 100 101 i 1021 STRANGE STORY OF FRAUD. A deplorable story was told before Mr. Justice Smith at the Leeds Assizes. The case was that of Sharper v. Stansfield. Mr. Shaper is a tobacconist and eating-house keeper in Sheffield, and Stansfield was formerly employed in a spirit vaults in the same town. The plaintiff had an only child, a daughter,called Maria,age 21. The question was whether the sum of £65 deposited in a Sheffield bank on the 28th of July last by the defendant, was the property of the plaintiff, and had been improperly taken from him ; whether, in fact, the plaintiff had been robbed and plundered by the conduct of the defendant operating upon the mind of plaintiff's daughter, and leading her to become the tool in his hands for robbing the old man. In 1865, the young lady made the defendant's acquaintance, the stores at which he was bar man being close to the plaintiff's, premises, so that the defendant came frequently in her way.. She was attrac tive, and young, and naturally unsuspicious, and the de fendant offered attentions to her, and took opportunities to make himself agreeable, and especially expressed to her a wish that she should become his wife. She became at tached to him, and she agreed to marry him if he would establish himself in business. The parents of the young lady knew nothing of all this, and the defendant was aware of their ignorance. But at length it came to the father's knowledge that this intimacy existed, and in order to break it off he sent his daughter to a school in Germany, where she remained from March, 1866, to June, 1868. The father thought the defendant would not communi cate with her there, but he did, and sent her his photograph. On her return from the Continent, the defendant resumed his attentions, and wrote the young lady various letters, and took the opportunity when the father was not there of going to the plaintiff's shop arid meeting her, when she was not under her father's eye. The defendant, having got a promise of marriage, adopted a course which the counsel said, enabled him to plunder the plaintiff. That he poured into her ears sophistry was sufficiently trans parent. He told her that she was an only child, that all her father had would be hers, and that, as she took part in the business, she was entitled to a share in the profits. lle pleaded, too, " You are going to be my wife ; what is your's will be mine, and, in point of fact, is mine." Step by step, operating upon her affections and upon her mind, he at last suggested to her that she should help him to money out of her father's till The weekly earnings in the shop were £l5O, and the young lady, influenced by the defendant, helped herself from time to time freely of it, and handed it to the defendant, generally in silver. It became a systematic thing for sums of money to be handed ever to the de fendant on ThesdaY4 4.)41 VTidays ; and it was supposed that in that way the de endant had altogether received no less than £5OO. flaying first been content with the money taken from the till, the defendant at length sug hested that the young lady should open her father's cash. 3x. She protested against that even to tears, but at last yielded to the defendant's suggestion, He obtained for her counterfeit lop, and by that means considerable sums 'were abstracted from the cash-box. On the 28th of July last he took to the Sheffield Bank, in George-street, £ 65 , and in September he deposited at interest £6O with a person named Moore. This went on until November last year, when Miss Shaper found that the defendant was paying his addresses to another young woman ; diffe rences arose between them, and his conduct was so bad and insulting that Miss Shaper broke off the acquaint ance. Her father was told all that had taken place, Arid the defendant admitted to the police that he had put the money in the hank, but he gave the plaintiff a promissory note for £l2O. Letters were read from Stansfield to Miss Shaper, chewing the influence he had over her mind. Miss Shaper was examined, and so was Stansfield, 110 swore that he had never received a halfpenny from Miss Shaper, whereupon his counsel thew up his brief. A verdict for the plaintiff was returned, and Stansfield will be tried for robbery, REMARKABLE INSURANCE CASE. Some curious disclosures were made in the course of an insurance case heard at Kingston. A claim was made against the Sun Fire Office by a man named Chapmanfor £4lB insurance effected upon Chance Cottage, situated between Reigate and Epsom. The policy was subscribed upon the 7th of March, 1866, and on the night of the 14th of September following, Chance Cottage was totally con sumed by fire. The policy was effected for £5OO ; but Chapman assessed .the value of the goods at £4lB, which the company resisted as extortionate. Some singulP features were disclosed. In the first place the actor said to be brought by Chapman simply in a ratter, and as trustee for a man named ia - ry li era- Walker. Chap man described himself as a„,.liensed lighterman and an owner of barges. He had ;,dices at 20, Lime-street, and wharfage premises in S ou th wark. On the occasion of the great fire in Tooley-street, some years back, he placed his premises at the disposal of the defendants' company for the harbouring of salvage ; and it was through that circumstance that he was introduced to them. Down to 1865 he had been in a comparatively large way of business ; but in that year he got into difficulties and was obliged to mort gage barges, and in 1866 he went through the Bank ruptcy Court. He said that he was a married man with a family, and that he still resided in Tooley-street. Walker has been his foreman at a salary of from £3OO to £4OO a year almost since the conclusion of the Crimean war, and had lent him altogether sums amounting to between £4OO and £503 since the period he had 'found himself in pecuniary straits. Walker, having discovered that he was raising money elsewhere upon the security of his baro - es, insisted upon receiving security for his advances, and therefore he mortgaged to him the furniture and effects at Chance Cottage, and the policy with the defendants' company was assigned to him. Walker's account of himself was this : He had been in the navy, serving on board the Leander, under Captain William Peel and two other commanders, and he had been also attached to the Naval Brigade, which had acted in concert with the land forces. On the 18th of June he had borne Captain Peel out of the trenches. He had the war medal with three clasps, and he held certificates of good conduct from the officers under whom he served. He had gone to the Crimea with a little money, and this he turned to good account by taking advantage of the necessities of his comrades. He also pur chased relics of the war and resold them at a profit. He had sold the swords of Russian officers as relics of Eng lish officers that had been killed. But principally had he bacome rich through plundering the dead bodies of the killed as they lay on the field of battle. It appears that in 1861 a young woman named Lewis, the daughter of a cattle dealer, left Berkshire for London, and obtained the situation of a stillroom-maid at the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-square. She remained there three years. After that she removed to the White Hart, at Bromley, as bar maid. Chapman, for some reason or other, stayed at the White Hart, and became intimate with Miss Lewis. She regarded him as an unmarried man, and ultimately she went away with him to the Cottage, near Epsom. After a time they quarrelled, and she left him. He used to visit her, however, and give her money to support her self and her children. She came to London after a time, and he ceased his payments. She then got into the Ber mondsey Workhouse, and there she was found by the detective officer employed by the company to hunt her up. Her whereabouts had been disco vered principally through a photograph of her that her sister at Chatham had handed to the police. The effect of her evidence was that after she left there could only have been a few pounds worth of property on the premises, and that the whole affair was arranged between Chapman and Walker to defraud the company and to defraud Chapman' re When she left her place was taken by a Miss Haynes, a young lady whom Chapman was said to have met at St. James's Hall. She asserted that she was at Chance Cottage simply as Ch ap . man's servant, with, wages of £l6 a year. It appeared from the evidence that on the 14th of Septem gone up to London, leaving the ber Chapman had young woman Haynes (alias rakington), one of his sons, Walker, and the servant girl behind hi m . Orders were given that his pony carriage should be sent over to Reigate station to meet him on the return journey. Accordingly Miss Haynes and one o f the bo y s drove over about six o'clock. Walker left the cottage simultaneously, and he went into the Fox Inn at Kingwood, where he remained until he was joined there by Chapman, Miss Haynes, and the boy, at half-past nine. The party remained at the Fox until half-past eleven, and on their coming forth they discovered Chance Cottage, which was only a few hundred yards off, to be in flames. In a short time the cottage was burned to the ground and every think it contained was totally consumed. Nothing could be discovered to account for the origin of the fire. It was said that when Walker left the house there was a fire lighted in the kitchen and another in the front parlour.. The servant girl went home to her mother's at eight o'clock, leaving the place empty. The jury returngd a verdict for the defenda nts. Cha p man and W alker both disappeared f r om the Court before the Chief Justico munmed up. STORMS IN AMERICA.—The American papers state that unusually severe weather has prevailed in many parts of this country. The Buffalo Express of the 17th of. March, sa ys that the two previous nights rivalled any thing that was ever known formclemency. There was great suffering among the mountains of Utah. A stage coach with ten Chinamen as passengers, was upset and six of them were frozen to death. The Chicago Ti mes that, i declares _ the city s. practically snow-b oun d. The fall of snow which commenced at 3 •Wan. continued without intermission throughout the day of the 15th. The fiercest snow-storm and gale known for years has raged in Vermont. Five trains of the Erie Road were detained at Bi ng hampton, and the passengers were nea r ly f am i s h e d for want of provisions. In Troy, New York State, the snow fell to the depth of twenty inches, and travellin o cr was gr eatly impeded. In many places the roofs of th e buildings fell in from the weight of the snow which rested upon them, and serious accidents occurred. THE FENIANS IN AmznicA.—The recent shoot ing affray in Fourth-street between two prominent Fenians, on account of some differences regarding the conduct of matters in the Fenian circle, to which they belonged, is an ugly case for the brotherhood, whether Mr. Meehan dies or gets well, or whether Mr. Keenan is hanged or acquitted. There has not been a time since the Canadian invasion in 1866 that the Fenia,ns have not been wrangling among themselves, over their funds, or their presidency, or their programme of action. Under these dispiriting influences their organisation has done nothing and does not seem likely to do anything. They are severely discountenanced in Ireland by the Pope and the priests, while here they are for ever wrangling over the spoils. It seems likely now that murders or mur derous assaults among themselves are to be added to their other drawbacks, and when these get a firm foot , hold in Fenianism even the Irishmen who enjoy broken heads must leave it. It has always seemed strange to us that a people who . Arci be famous• for bravery and fidelity in foreign service should be so unreliable and faltering in their own behalf. It is paraphrasing a trite remark, but it is aypropriate, nevertheless, to say pat Fenianism nejJedye enemy but it e own 7 --2 V.ty" York Sep - POLICE INTELLIGENCE--THIS DAY). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mr. Sidney Toogood, of the Archway-road, High gate, and a gentleman, who gave the name of " John Smith," but refused his address, was charged before Mr. Knox with being chunk and behaving in a dis orderly manner in Leicester-square. Mr. J. Reeves, superintendent of the Alhambra, said that the defen dants came to the Alhambra last night, both of them being drunk. Smith fell out of the c .b. They tried to force their way i , ) bat were prevented, when they made use of very bad language and were very vio lent. Smith said they were refused admis3ion, but he did not know why. Mr. KnoK—Because you were drunk. '.they were fined 20s. each. WESTMINSTER SELF-ACCUSATIONS OF DESERTION.—James Curd and John Hill, twoyoung men in the garb of labourers, were brought before Mr. Elliott, charged, on their own confession, with desertion from the army. De fendants said that they were really deserters. They belonged to the C Battery, 11th Brigade, and if in quiries were made it would be found to be so. Mr. Elliott said he woul,d remand them for a day, to see if further evidence could be produced. MARYLEBONE. ASSAULT BY A THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL AGENT. —Charles Roberts, well known in the musical world as an agent, was charged with an assault. —James Hollier, cab-driver, said last night ho was called to .. the Marylebone Music Hall to take up a fare. On his arrival the prisoner had his trap outside, and induced his fare to enter, and then he drove off. •Ile fol lowed and asked for a shilling for being fetched off the rank. Instead of complying with this request, the prisoner struck him more than a dozen times about his head and body with his whip. He had to put his arms over his face to prevent the whip cutting it. He gave him in charge. John Edward Naylor proved seeing the prisoner strike the cabman with the whip. Another witness gave corro borative evidence. For the defence prisoner cal!. John McCoy, who said, last night be slept eorme where near Westminster-bridge. He did not; send for a cab. Mr. Roberts said he would drive him to the Sun Alosic Hall at Knightsh'.'lClge, where he had an engagement. He lost 15s. last night on account of not being able to appear there through this matter. He gave some one sixpence to give to the cabman. The cabman said he had not received a fraction. Mr. Mansfield said that the prisoner had no right to take the law into his own hands. He would allow him ii he thought proper to settle the ma'ter with the cabman. Prisoner gave the cabman 10s. THAMES. Trn BLACK SWINDLER. —Henry Allen alias Jacobs, a man of colour, was brought before Mr. Paget for the fourth time, charged with fraudulently obtaining money, and entertainment of 300 persons, under pretence he hal brought home goods and valuables from th:ir fritnds and relatives in the United States, South America, Canada, Australia, and other places, and that he wanted money to pay the dock dues and Customs' charges. There was a multitude of cases against the fellow. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial on four charges of swindling and felony, OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOA': RACE. (THIS D4Y .‘) P UTNEY, 12 Noon. In spite of the cold and the hazy morning both crews took t Leir matutinal breathings, after which the °l( tans went up the Reach, while the Cantabs walked up the barge walk accompanied by their trainer, Mr. George Morrison, intent upon the doings of their confreres. The Oxonians made their appearance at half-past eleven, and embarked in their last year's boat with Ayling's oars. They went as far as the Crab Tree, accompanied by Mr. Willan on foot, and their style and time was excellent ; indeed so near perfection that little can be given in the way of improvement, save, perhaps, the inclination of one or two of the crew to throw their heads too far back, and thus mar the splendid piece of oarsman's art presented but the moment before ; the boat went capitally, and we should judge from appearances - that they will disown their new one (which is said to be too small) for her. They turned at Crab Lee and came back against the first of the flood, the water being dea low when they started. Betting is 5 to 4 on Oxford, in consequence of the vast improvement the other crew have made since Monday. The Cambridge crew go out at three o'clock, and will probably row the entire course at their best speed. Their opponents will most likely do the same. PUTNEY, Thursday Afternoon. . The wind chopped round this afternoon to the westward, and making an agreeable change the tow ing path was early crowded with spectators. The Oxonians launched their old boat at a little after two, and rowing down to the Aqueduct, started up to Mortlake at 37 and 38 strokes per minute, vigo rously pulled fore and aft. Their boat went very fast, but, compared with the new one, looked very large. They continued at a rattling pace through out, and, after a rest, rowed their boat down to Putney. Cambridge al.so rowed down to the Aqueduct, and resembled their rivals in their form of starting, with the difference of a stroke or two per minute. It was admitted on all hands that their rowing was much improved, although it was still open to amend. ment. The boat slipped along very fast, and when they had finished the distance, so close were they in time with each other that their friends hardly knew which had the advantage in speed. THE SPANISH BULL FIGHT AT ISLINGTON. Yesterday, the seven Spaniards were brought up on remand at the Clerkenwell Police Court, charged with having unlawfully and cruelly,ill-treated four bullocks, at the Agricultural Hall, Islington. Prior to the commence ment of the case Mr. Anderson asked that a compromise might be effected. He said that the defendants were perfectly ignorant of the English law, and they had placed themselves entirely in the hands of their Consul, and were now willing to relinquish the entertainment and return to Spain. Mr. Harris could not concede to the proposition. Indi vidually he would be satisfied with the promise, but as the object of the society was to punish offenders who committed a breach of the law, he submitted that the proposal of Mr. Anderson was not consistent with the dignity of the Court, nor the administration of justice in this country. Mr. J. Colam, secretary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was examined and related the circumstances that attended the exhibition on the night in question, which have been already men tioned. Mr. J. Broad, a veterinary surgeon, stated that he had visited the Agricultural Hall on Saturday last. He said the bulls were very small, and totally unfit to undergo fatigue. The animals must have suffered intense pain, not only from the darts, but from the manner in which they were driven about. The animals made manifesta tions of great pain. Professor Pitcher : of the Veterinary College, agreed with the previous witness. Mr. Anderson, for the defence, remarked that the defendants had been undoubtedly guilty of imitating a Spanish bull fight an exhibition that was totally unsuited to this country. At the; same time he thought the proper way W.-I.o°k at the case, was from a Spanish point of vieNy, Those men were Spaniards, brought over from Spain by a speculator, to place the exhibition before the English public, and if any person was to blame in the matter, it was the indi vidual, by whom they were engaged, and he only ought to suffer. Every nation had its pastimes . 'an amuse ments, and the defendants did not think they were guilty of cruelty more than did those jockeys 'virho rode horses at the Derby, for the amusement of the thousands who assembled to witness the event. The Chairman in giving judgment, said no one who had heard the evidelic4,', could doubt for a moment that all the bulls, and esl;ecially the fourth introduced into the arena, had lottli very much tortured by the proceedings of the defendants. The animals seemed to have been in an exceedingly poor and dejected condition, and to drive them to combat under such circumstances was in itself. an act of cruelty. The position in which the defen dant's were placed, however, caused the case to assume an exceptional aspect, because if it had been shewn that the cruelty had been perpetrated by British subjects who were cognisant of the law, he should have inflicted the heaviest penalty the law would allow—imprisonment for a considerable period. But the defendants had been brought from Spain, where they had been accustomed tcl regard bull-baiting as a sport, it having not been ton demned, but rather upheld, by society. He )19 `-t i been a of sk s e l d ieh to e c x x h p i i h .es it s io a n n s oapsinionas that . to lt th N e va l s e , gat w y e b v r ei llle a gal o it s y t un necessary to do so, for there was no rloubt whatev' alm o st upon the matter: they were moat de'fiaedly illegal. The de• fendants were each fined 20 , , and costs or the alternative of seven days' imprisninent. was subsequently A summons Holland,granted against Mr. proprietor of th e Canterbury Hall, and late ...,ssee of the Agricultural Hall, for causing the cruelty to be perpet;ated. 3 PORTING INTELLIGENCE-7 HIS DAY. . , BROMLEY SPRING MEETING.--THIS DAY (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)' . STAND CUP. Beautiful Spring 1 Plunger 2 3 Speculator Five ran. BECKENHAM PLATE. Line°lo Bliss 2 Hue and Cry.. Five ran. CITY BETTING.--Tuns DAY. • NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 6 to 1 agst Briton (taken) 6 to 1 agst Midsummer (taken) 18 to 1 agst Douglas (offered) BOAT RACE. 300 to 200 on Oxford (taken) , CHESTER CUP. 100 to 30 agst Sabinus (offered—take 4 to 1) 20 to 1 ligst Starter (offered) 500 to 20 agst Blandford (taken) 25 to 1 agst Siderolike (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Glenfalloch (taken and offered) 40 co 1 agst Cherie (offered —take 50 to 1) 33 to 1 agst Captivator (offered); TWO THOUSAND. 10 to 1 agst Stanley (taken to £5O) 20 to 1 agst Prince of Wales (taken) 20 to 1 agst Claudius (taken and offered) DERBY. 100 to 6 agst Stanley (offered—take 20 to 1) 1000 to 40 agst Captivator (taken and wanted) BROMLEY RACES--YESTERDAY. WELTER CUP. Baron .. Abbotsford 2 Fauna Six ran. SELLING HURDLE. Pleetwing Madame St. Germaine 2 BROMLEY PLATE:. • • 13reach of Promise . • •••, 1 Bliss • ••• 000000 • 4.0 • • ••• 3 Capsicum.....,. Seven ra►n. TRIAL STAKES. (Mere et Belle Deceitful • 2 Golden Hair Four ran. RAILWAY STEEPLEC HASE. Saturnalia.. 1 Tempest • ••••••••••. .•• '2 Gentleman 3 Eight ran. SPRING CUP. . Sir Robert 1 Carlos 3 Abbotsford .. 000000000 'Mew. Eleven .ran. BICKLEY STA KESE Athens beat Repose. RACING PLATE. Hungerford 1 Feemy Robert Laundrie Eight ran. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- MENTS. March 25, at 9 a.m., Una, out of St. Albans engagements. March 25, at 9 a.m., Sulphur, out of City and Suburban Handicap. March 26, at 9 a.m., Veda and Rho, out of Bromley en- gagements. March 26, at 2 p.m., All M. Shia=ler's horses, out of City and Suburbaa Handicap. March 26, at 2 p.m., Badswortb, Jersey, and Linsey Woolsey, cut of Epsom engagements. March 26, after 6p.m., St. Mungo, out of Chester Cup. March 28, at 9 a.m., Ladas and Panopticon, out of Epsom engagements. March 28, at 1 a.m., Rattlepate and Ashtleld, out of City and Suburban handicap. March 28, at 9 a.m., Ashfiald, out of Prince of Wales's Stakes at Epsom. March 28, at 9 a.m., Elferon, Tit-bit, Filou, and Gondolier, out of Epsom Spring engagements. March 28, at 9 a.m., Orno, Ada Penelope, and Iron Mask, out of Cheltenham Handicap Steeplechase. March 28, at 9 a.m., Nuage, out of all engagements in 1870. March 28, at 1.55 p.m., c by Claret, out of Fox, Taber nacle, and Cocoa Nut, out of the City and Suburban Handi cap. March 28, at 1.55 p.m., Betty, out of the Stamford Plate at Epsom. March 28, at 3.20 p.m., Vandenhoff and Van Amburgh, out of the City and Suburban Handicap. March2B, at 3 25 p.m., Dr Wilson, out of the Hurdle race first day) at Bromley. March 28, after‘a fun., Flying Scud, out of Bromley en gagements. March 29, at 9 a.m., Consternation, out of City and Subur ban Handicap. March 29, at 9 a.m., Albania, out of the Great Metropoli tan Handicap and Chester Cup. March 29, at 9 a.m., Salliet, out of the Heathcots Plate, Epsom. _ _ _ - March 29, at 9 a.m., Keystone, out of the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Cheltenham. _ March 29, at 9 a.m., Double Event, out of West Drayton engagements. March 29, at 0.10 p.m., Prince Imperial, out of - the - Spencer Plate at Northampton. March 29, at 2.37 p.m., Captivator, out of the City. and Suburban Handicap. March 29, at 4.15 p.m., Captivator, out of the Great Me tropolitan Handicap. March 80, at 1.50 p.m., Lifebuoy, out of Granby Handi cap, Croxton Park. March 30, at 3.20 p.m., Vandenhoff, out of the Chester Cup, 2,000 gs Stakes, and Epsom Derby. March 30, at 3.20 p.m., Van Amburgh, out of all haudi caps for which the weights have been published. The following names have been given Ilugh O'Beirne's oh yearling filly by Master Richard, out of-Rose bud, by Roebuck, Pauline ; Mr. Csash's br cby Dundeo, out of Perfection, 2 yrs, Dunkeld. NEWARK ELECTION. NEWARK, Friday. The polling commenced this morning. At 11 o'clock the following return was issued by Mr. Ser geant Sleige's committee : Mr. Sergeant Sleigh (C) Mr. Bristowe (L) Sir George Grey (L) ... 325 311 51 BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. An Account, varsuant to the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 82, for the week ending Wednesday, March, 30, 1870. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .....£34,896,705 Governmt. Debt-611,015,1CA Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion ..-_-_,... L 34,896,705 X 34,896,705 BANGING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi tal Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts Other Deposits Seven Days and othor Bills.. Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... C 12,832.460 Other Securities 21,104,347 Notes 12,142,945 Gold and Silver Coin 11,293,311 17,162,332 362,081 £47,049,208 £47, 019,208 A lady named lirindley, whose husband died on Monday, at Moghull, near Liverpool, was so overwhelmed with grief, that she swallowed laudanum and laid by her deceased husband's side till she died. She refused all per suasions to take an emetic. The Glasgow . joiners consider the offer of arbitra tion made by their employers unnecessary, so far as their working hours are concerned, because they think that no arbitrator should have the power to decide against the expressed wish of a man how many hours he should work. With regard to wages, they are quite willing to agree to arbitration. A 7 • THE SUN, LONDON, MIDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1870.