The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-22 00:00:00

THE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK On the Stock Exchange to-day there was a brisk demand, but Consols did not vary in price. In the foreign market Turkish Loan (1868) have risen 4, but Spanish Bonds have gone down the same amount. American Securities are on the who!e improved, and there is more demand for Telegraph shares than yes terday. In Banking and Miscellaneous Shares busi tem is very trifling. The demand for discount is moderate, the rate being 3 to 3k. Consols are now at 921 to 931 for money; ditto, account, 931 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 1 ; New Three per Cents., 911 1 ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per cent., shut. Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 rer cent., March, 4 Prem. ; ditto £lOO, £3OO, and £5OO, 4 prem. India Stock, 181 per cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per cent., July, 1880, 1124 131 ; ditto 4 per cent., Oct., 1888, 924 100; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent., In Bank Shares London and Westminster are quoted 591 to 601 ; London Joint Stock, 32 to 33 ; Union of London, 364 to 371 ; London and County, 47 4 to 481 ; Alliance, 13 to 14 ; Agra (A), 114 to 12 ; and Imperial Ottoman, 41 to 41. In the Foreign Market the Argentine Six per Cents. were quoted at 894 to 90 ; Turkish Fives, 4 5/ to 46 ; ditto Six per Cents., 671 to 671 ; Italian, 55 to 551 ' • Egyptian (1868), 811 to 82 • Brazilian, 8 71 to 88• Spanish, 274 to 27/ ; Orel-Vitebsk, 87 to 871 ; Nicolas, 69 to 691 ; Moscow Jaroslaw, 84 to 841 ; and Charkof Azof, 82i to 831. In the Railway M a rket the prices are now : Caledonia n , 77 4 to 78 Great Eastern, 374 to 374 ; Great Norther n (A) 1174 to 1172; Great Western, 661 to 661 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1254 to 125/ ; London and Brighton 444 to 444 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 144 to 154 • London and South Western, 123 to 1231 ; Metropolitan, 80 to 801 ; Midland, 1244 to 124/ ; South Eastern, 744 to 75 ; and ditto Preferred, 1094 to 1091. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 901 to 901 ; Ten-Forty Bonds, 864 to 874 ; and Erie Shares, 211 to 214. Great Luxemburg are 121 to 121 ex div. ; and Lombardo -Venetian, 191 to 20. Anglo-American and Falmouth Telegraph Shares _ . _ are better, the former being quoted at 17} to 171, and the latter at 91 to 10 ; British India Submarine is steady, at 121 to 124 ; China Submarine, 14 to 1+ die- ; Trench Cable, 15/ to 16 ; and Construction and Maintenance, 371 to 374 ex div. The sum of £17,000 in gold was taken to the Bank Yesterday. The City of Vienna is announced to have sailed front Melbourne for England with £18,644. The rep or t o f th e B r iti s h A mer i can L an d C om p an y, total presented on the 28th inst., shows an available of £6,414, and recommends a dividend of £1 per share, which will absorb £6,000. The mail from South Australia brings dates to Febru ary 2. The crops had been nearly all gathered n, but th e y i eld will pro b a bl y not excee d fi v e or six bushels to the acre. Heavy floods had occurred, especially in the far north, where so good a sea son had not before been known. A vote of want f confidence in the Government had been pro raed and negatived in the Lower House, but car ed in the Upper. The Ministry, however, had not resigned. Owing to the mismanagement of t he Public business, and the non-passing of the ser vants Bill, even the salaries of the civil were unpaid for the month of January. a t 'e basks sold draughts on London at 60 days' sight 1 per ce n t. p r em. , and bought at 1 per cent. dis co unt. ~ , The rep or t o f th e C ommerc i a l Banking Company t v, meeting Sydney, at the half-yearly in Sydney on ~'e 25th o f J anuar y, ann ounced a dividend of 15 p e r cent., w ith a b onus of ss, per share, equal to 17 Per cent• per annum. e The Melbourne Argus describes an extensive 2 r arnercial fraud. It appears that a gang of s windlers in Glasgow and Greenock " purchased oods from well-known houses, but not being able Pay cash for them, or to procure good bills, were unable to get delivery of them. They, how ever, obtained possession of the invoices, n ith a and bales W hich they e ff ecte d th e i r ne f ar i o u s object. Filling packing caseswith rubbish, the invoices, With bills of lading manufactured to correspond, We.re produced, an d a d van ces to the extent of two thirds of the invoice value of the goods obtained from the London correspondents of tho various mer cantile ho uses i n M e lb ourne . A no th er pl an w as for one of these swindling firms to effect sham sales :with another, and to obtain advances upon fictitious invoices." . 1 , 1 -A. telegram was sent from India yesterday at p.m. and received in London by the Indo nropean line at 2 p.m., an instance of remarkable despatch. The annual report of the directors of the British American Land Company has just been issued. At the meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of Aus tralasia the director& report was adopted, and a dividend and bonus equal to 10 per cent. per annum Was declared. ,The annual meeting of the shareholders of the eihi and Lo n d on Bank is convened for the 6th A pril to declare a dividend. P T he ordi nar y genera l mee ting of the proprietors of e Bank of British Columbia is called for the sth of raThe annual meeting of the Oriental Bank Corpo ion will be held on the 21st of April. „ Tb e Austro-Egyptian Bank announces a payment 7 7, account of the dividend for the year 1869-70 of 9s "Per share. 1 . ) Be rger Spence and Co.'s weekly report sip— idt,l,,rieg the week which has intervened since the steady the chemical trade generally has preserved its ady character, and there are no indications of a ri curtailment of orders, or in the supply of raw mate ft • Alkalies of really good brands cannot now be negotiated under an advance of 24 per cent. on the Pric es Which ruled a few months ago. In minerals efe. market has been rather quiet; the only feature I : importance being an attempt by some of the a t r i i tes dealers to increase the price. There is but beene doing in metals, and the market generally has Weaker during the weak. Scotch pig iron is in moderate demand, and closes firm. In copper the smelters their in some instances have refused to sell at easier, not t prices. Tin is firm at the advance. Lead e .._.°t quite so steady, but a fair trade doing. Spelter and prices again lower. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. a.. PpeirttCoefnotr. AccountConsols 931 I...per Cent. Re luced 9ll 1 Or 3 per Cent - 1 '. l _r 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 . 1-) °- 6 per Oen . J5n.1873 A inuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. fo r 30 yrs, expire bth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908... R tchequer Bills, .41,000, 21 p. Ct. March 4 Pm Do. 21 do. June DI £lOO, £2OO dr .C5OO 4 Bank of England Stock, 4i per Cent De. opening Cinada 4 per Cont. Bonds ************************* Inter-Colonial Uranium ************************ INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECUIIIT;;; I V. *** India stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 Do. Opening, for Acoount ............................. 1121. 131.......... - Do. a per Cent. Jul, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent. Oct 1888 .................. 991 100 D ~ Enfaced Papei 4 per Cent.. ,„..... _... ...... D ~ 5 per Cert., Jan. 187 2 ~...,........... ...... D,. 5i per Cent. May 1 8 79 ." ..._ Do. 5 per Cent., Rnp. Deb. 1872.,. Do do 18 7- . Do. do. 1882 D,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ... — Do. Bo n d s , 4 per Cent., £l,OOO ..... Do. under £ l . ooo Pin . FOREIGN FUN. DS—CLOSING PRICES. d• Do Acount Aultrianc Bonds 5 per cent — 1859 Br az ilian D 5 o Per Cent — 9,0. 4 per Cont. 1852 -'". do 1858.... — Do. uo 1860 D o ' a 1868 BB 0 0., , , • 0 per Cent., 1865 _ u.'o. Account "4.r(sinos Ayres 6 per Cent. o ti u b ° 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Uant.` — h. a, Per Cent. (1 ": 6 per Cent Do a i D • -3 - Per Cent Do.o per Cent., Doi per Cent., 1866 0 lo t,p e r cent. 1867 Da n i s4 ' 4 , , , 6 per Cent. . — , 0 , Da r1 ,„ 1 .,, Per Cent., 1825 . — Do .lecou D o To Principaliti es , 7 per Cent — ot ii_ par Cent. , 1867 w .. 96-k THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1870. MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 204 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L 5 4 d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim all 15 15 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 5f 5 Ditto, New 4 pr fpm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 24 34 27 Canada Company all 64 66 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) 10 Com of African March, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L all 265 275 25 Copper Miners of England, Pref 74 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 4 1 par cent - 100 Ditto, 1882, 4i per cent 10 Credit Fonc o England, L all 24 35 24 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 25 lid St Crystal Palace lOO 20 22 St Do, Preference lOO 93 98 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 106 111 110 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 974 984 20 Egyptian Corn and Trading L 4113 -- 3 English and Austr Copper, L 24 5 5 15 Eng and Foreign Credit 74 4 3d 10 Earopean Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new 5 4 45 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 34 4fp 174 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds all 97 96 944 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71 4 1d 15 General Steam Navigation l4 20 30 50 Home and Col Marine Ins, L 5 ld p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 124 50 Imperial Continental Gas 431 134 136 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L 45 57 59 51 10 International Finan Soc, L 5 1/ lid 34 20 Italian Irrigation Canal Cay all 44 45 100 Ditto, 6 per cut Bonds, red all 1870 all 63 -65 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 Id 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 4 Lond Gen Omnibus, Limd all 25 24 50 Lond & Glasg Engin, Limd 25 18 16d 20 London and Prov Marine St Madras Irrig & Canal, guar 100 spc by India Gov lOO 103 105 50 Merchant Shipping, Limtd all 32 37 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 34 44 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 115 111 10 National Steamship, Limd all 134 14-1 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d 5 5 l 0 New Consolidated Dia Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 44 45c1 25 N Zealand Ln & Mere, &c 25 I 4p 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 11 15p 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 lnsnee 65 23 234 25 Ocean Marine Insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited all 8f 9 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 5d 5p 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 24 St. Peel Riv Lnd & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 43 45 42 50 Do, New, 1867 lO 31 21d 61 50 Rhymney Iron ... all 27 281 15 Do, New 01 8, 81 25 Rio Janeiro City Im., Lmtd all 191 204 20 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 St. Scot Ans Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General de l'Empire Ottoman 8 24 81 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lim and red aced) all 894 391 374 20 Thames & Mers Mn Ins, L 2 24 21p St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trust and Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCo of Up Canada 5 ip 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 61p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 6 2 ld 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 44 55p 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 4 1 30 Van Diemen's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 854 864 86 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. THE TURF. Sir Joseph Hawley writes an important letter to the Times on turf reform. Many of his remarks are in sup port of his proposition that no bets should be paid unless the horse in question actually started in the race, or, as the professional phrase is, that P.P. betting be abolished. This letter is in reply to a previous communication from the great turfite, Admiral Rous, who makes a great stand against suppressing P.P. betting. Sir Joseph Hawley says :—" I take it on myself to say that if you mired the opinion of any ten of the principal betting men they would, without hesitation, tell you that no more fatal bloW could be aimed at the whiespread and protracted gambling which pervades all classes of the community at present. The Admiral supports P. P. betting by some singular arguments. His first is that a person with a Derby book cannot get round unlese he has his bets P. P. He says, If a person makes bets not P. P. instead of £2,000 field money which he would probably have on a £2,200 book, he will find it reduced by non-starters to £l,lOO ; thus he will lose £l,OOO by every horse supposed to have a chance to win.' He gives as an illustration an anecdote of Sir Charles Banbury ; that in 1815, when the Jockey Club passed a resolution that no bets should be P. P. unless especially agreed to be so, Sir Charles asked Crockford to lay him the odds against a colt for the Derby. Crockford offered 25 to 1. Not P.P.,' said Sir Charles. Then,' replied Crockford, ' I will lay you £5OO to £lOO ; and, adds the Admiral, the rule became a dead letter at once.' Why did it become a dead letter ? Simply because it struck at the root of all betting before starting; and if non-P.P. betting had been carried out all the long protracted betting transactions, and three-fourths or nine-tenths of the disreputable got-up false favourites and making safe of horses, would never have occurred. I could not possiblYhave selected a better illustration for my argument than the Admiral's own anec dote. Then again says the Admiral, With non-P.P. betting the facilities of playing a fraudulent game are thrown into the hands of the disreputable horse-owners, who have no objection to a pull when it suits their book. The public may be deceived by three or four horses being worked up in the betting by false quotations and by being started while only some forth horse is intended to win,' and he adds that clever man, by watching the commis sioners on a P.P. race, can scent the robbery and avoid • it but he cannot do so in a non P.P. race.' No doubt, clever men can sniff out robberies and do so, though we have constantly seen the cleverest men, the Admiral himself, fail in power of detection ; but it is not for very clever men we wish to legislate, but for the public. Moreover, the Admiral is well aware that no betting men who intend to pay will lay large sums against ally horse that starts. They have had too many and too severe lessons for that ; unless the key of the stable is in their pocket the betting-book shuts up.. But it is useless to waste words on this argument, for if betting were not P. P. there would hardly be a bet made until the numbers of the horses were up. Is. the Jockey Club, then, powerless to effect this great reform ? Certainly not. Even should it consider my proposal too stringent it might at once declare that it would not warn off any defaulter unless the Committee of Tattersall's on sending up his name, should affirm that he was not warned off for the non-payment of P.P. bets. That would be one mode, not effectual, I acknowledge, of dealing with this evil, but it would, at all events, show the earnest desire of the Jocksy. Club to remedy it. But the Jockey Club might go further. It might enact that in all the future great handicaps, many of which are published and betted on for weeks before the time of running, the weights should not be declared till a week before the race, and that there should be no declara of forfeit. That would at once put an end to many of the grave evils attending these great handicaps, which are at present the bane of fair honest racing, and fraught with detriment not only to racing morality, but to the breed of horses in this kingdom." Sir Joseph then proceeds to give a hint that where there is a will there is a way ; and that if the Jockey Club do not interfere a greater power will :—" The Legislature has already stepped in and taken in hand the minor fry ; but are tritons to be allowed to slip through where minnows are now caught ? Does any one suppose that a set of list men and betting-house keepers are for ever to be hunted like hares by the police, while the same guardians of public morals are protecting the more fashionable specula tors at Tattersall's against interruption and intrusion? The members of the Jockey Club strangely misunderstand the spirit of the times if they imagine that Parliament will long remain inactive in the face of the great evil which everyone acknowledges and deplores. Parliament swept away the ambling houses some seven-and-twenty years ago, and Crockford's had no immunity from the blow. No one who Watches the temper of the present House of Commons can doubt that any morning he might wake up and find a bill read the first time with acclama tion for the total suppression of all betting." DEPLORABLE DESTRUCTION BY FIRE. A fire of an unusually lamentable kind took place on Saturday evening on the premises of Mr. Watts, the Oriental printer, and printer to the British Museum and British and Foreign Bible Society, situated in Gray's Inn lane. The printing offices and buildings had been erected only a few months, and comprised a large and lofty build ing of five stories, filled with a valuable and costly collec tion of types, cast expressly by the firm for printing their Bibles in nearly 100 different languages, and for the works executed for the British Museum. There were also on the premises the sheets of an immense quantity of work which had been printed, including a dictionary for the British Museum, each sheet of which was, it is said, insured for £5O. When the alarm was given assistance was speedily rendered, but owing to the building being surrounded on all sides by houses it was difficult for the engines to be got to work; and the immense mass of paper in the lower part of the premises served as fuel brow hich the entire property was speedily destroyed. Nothg was left but bare walls. Mr. Watts thus speaks of the destruction : —" Manuscripts, copy in type, and a valuable stock of printed works have been in many in stances destroyed. Of our well-known collection of Oriental and other types (with which we have lately printed the work entitled Our Lord's P arerayer i n 100 Languages") many have been lost. But art y r to say that we have preserved the whole of the valuable stock of punches and matrixes required for reproducing . them. The premises contained. founts of Hebrew, SjriaTam.c, Syro-Chaldaic, Turkish,PerFan, S"nskrit, Telegu, Bengali, Arabic, Coptic, Chinese—in fact, of every known language--most of which have been destroyqd. In the property lost must be included a most expensive fount of printing h ‘ a v d ork be b e y n oji3ururmdstereoeomsfepthlteyetpeGdeOvfhoerrne only the rae n t o . purpose nein E o n f g IparLd ---- ----- ----- INCENDIARY FIRES IN ESSEX. Inceildiary fires appear to be greatly on the increase in Essex. About eight or nine weeks ago a large fire took place at Henham, _destroying a large quantity of farm produce,' and within the last three days two more incendiary fires occurred —one at Berden, and another at Manndew, the three p laces named being within a few miles of each other. The Berden conflagration broke out early on Thursday morning at the Priory Farm, be longing to Christ's Hospital, and occupied by Mr. a Seabrook, in an extensive range of out-building ; a large quantity of corn, cha ff ; and implements, and several pigs and 100 head of poultry were burnt up by the flames. As giving some idea of the extent of the homestead, it may be mentioned that the thatching of the buildings burnt was com puted at a superficiaLarea of one acre. Some ed of therega rustics took advantage of th e opportunity present, and led themselves on the dead p i g s, several eating the remains of a young gre yh ou nd, which was thou g ht to be a calf. The fire at Manudew was discovered about eleven o'clock on Saturday night last, at the Cock Farm, occupied by William Baker, the property of Mr. Bush, of the Chequers' Hotel, Bishop Stortford, and nearly the whole of the outbuildings, a donkey, and numerous hens were burnt. The damage cannot be less than between on £3,000 and £4,000. In this case, also, the villagers theunday morning, during church time, t h e ug out t ai he burnt fo e is wls and feasted them selves upon remns. Th no doubt all these fires have been wilfully occasioned, but the police have failed to fi nd any clue to the perpe. % trators. THE ALLE a.ED muRDER ON WESTMINSTER BRIDRE:. MONDAY. An inquest Was held this morning e ore Mr. Carter, the Surrey coroner, at Lambeth, on the body of Louisa Ovary, aged 29 years, WhO, it was alleged, had been thrown over Westminster Bridge some five weeks since by Charles Nobbs, a porter in the India Office, with whom she had cohab ited for welve years. The body of the unfortunate woman had not been discovered until Friday last. A lighterman named Stratford stated that he was standing on the Thames Embankment near Lambeth Bridge, when he w a dark object floating in the water ne ar Doulton Doc . He jumped into a boat, rowed out, and found it was the body of a woman. Her bonnet was tied round her neck by the strings, and a white handkerchief was the only thing that was found in her pocket. Nobbs, it arpears, has been in custody s i nc e the occurrence, and states that, notwithstanding his endeavours to prevent her, the woman threw herself over the bridge. A woman named MaynaTd proved stripping the body and finding no ma r k s o f v iole nce on it. The mother of tha deceased, who lived at Dartford, proved that she was now living at the house of Nobbs. She had spoken to Nobbs about the girl's death. He said he was innocent, and she believed he was. She s tated that her daughter was of a passionate disposi tion, and given to drink. On one occasion, when witness was present, she seized a razor, threatening to take her Nobbs took it from her. The coroner said a prima fade case had been established against the accused, and he must adjourn the inquiry in consequence of being compelled to attend the assizes. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tiiis DAY. Tie Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The Metropolitan District Railway, and the Teign Valley Railway were read a second time. WATFORD AND EDGWARE JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. CHARLES FORSTER moved that the minutes of the evidence taken before the committee on the Watford and Edgware Junction Railway Bill, in session 1864, and the Great Northern Railway Bill, in session 1567, be referred to the committee on the Great Northern Railway Bill. The motion was agreed to. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Mr. CHARLES FORSTER moved that the minutes of the evidence taken before the committee on the Metropolitan Railway, and the Metropolitan District Railway Bills, in Session 1864, be referred to the committee on the Metro• politan District Railway Bills, The motion was agreed to. DISABILITIES OF WOMEN. Mr. MILLER presented a petition from Edinburgh, pray ing that electoral disabilities on women might be removed. Colonel SYKES presented similar petitions. BRITISHH MUSEUMS. Mr. C. TORRENS presented a petition from Totten. ham, praying that the British museums and galleries might be opened on Sundays. PROPERTY OF MARRIED WOMEN. Sir G. JENKINSON presented two petitions from North Wilts in favour of the bill to amend the law with respect to the property of married women. SOUTHWARK PARK. Mr. LOCKE presented a petition from Bermondsey pray ing the House not to allow any buildings to be erected in Southwark Park. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. A number of petitions were presented in favour of the Government bill, and also against that portion of it giving power to Local Boards. LOTTERIES (SCOTLAND.) Mr. CHARLET moved for a copy of the circular of the 15th day of August 186 G, addressed by the Lord Advocate to the Procurators Fiscal respecting illegal lotteries in Scotland. The motion was agreed to. MURDERS IN IRELAND. '4;; Mr. STACPOOLE moved for a return in a tabular form, setting forth in numerical and chronological order, the date and (as near as may be) the hour of each murder and homicide committed in each county in Ireland. since the Ist day of January, 1860 ; and stating as to each outrage the name and surname of each person killed, also of each person arrested, with the date of his conviction, acquittal, or discharge from custody ; such return to be accompanied by a map or maps indicating thereon, by a corresponding number, the spot where each outrage took place ; and similar return as to all attempts at murder during the like period. The return was ordered. PEACE PRESERVATION BILL. Mr. MAGUIRE gave notice that on going into committee on the bill, he should move the omission of all clauses re lating to newspapers. PAUPER EDUCATION. Mr. W. WILLIAMS asked the President of the Poor law Board, whether his attention had been called to a report in the papers of the proceedings of the Ellesmere Board of Guardians, on Tuesday, Bth March, stating that " a letter was read from the schoolmaster, apply- ing to the Board for a map of England and Wales, also one of Palestine. The Board were of opinion that it was not necessary for the pauper children to learn geography, and therefore the application was refused." And, whether the statement was true and whether the conduct of the Board was approved of by the Government. Mr. GOSCIIEN said his attention had not been called to the subject by the newspapers, but in consequence of the hon. gentleman's question he had made inquiry, and he found that the schoolmaster of Ellesmere Union applied to the guardians for some books, slates, and maps. The first two articles were supplied, but the maps were thought to be unnecessary, as there were only six boys above ten and six bel )w in the school, and therefore the maps were thought to be unnecessary. That was the cause of the refusal, and not that assumed by the hon. member. had been an anti-geographical feeling in a neighbouring union, but the Poor-law Board had addressed a short reproof to those who refused to supply the necessary maps, &c., required for the use of the school. There CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Sir GEORGE JENKINSON asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he would state, for the informa tion of the house, the grounds upon which he had within the last week, as stated in the public papers, recommended the reprieve of three convicts, sentenced to death for murder, and the commutation of such sentences—viz.. William Cunningham, who was lately sentenced to death by Lord Justice Clerk, for the murder of a woman at Glas gow ; Susannah Hyde, who was lately sentenced to death for the wilful murder of her infant child at Tetsworth ; and Jacob Spinas, who was convicted at the last session of the Central Criminal Court, and sentenced to death for the wilful murder of Cecilia Aldridge. Mr. BRUCE said he had been in Parliament for eighteen years, and he never had heard a Secretary of State called upon to justify the course he had felt it his duty to take with respect to the commutation of sen tences in the form of question and answer. Undoubtedly it was the right of hon. members to ask for information, and in the cases of Wright, Townley, and Jessie Mac lachlan, notices had been given of the intention to bring forward a motion on the subject, and the Minister had the fullest opportunity of justifying the course taken in each of those cases. No doubt curiosity was felt on the subject by hon. members, but then it was thought improper and unfair to the Home Secretary to ask for the information in the form of a question. He would not shrink from answering the question of the hon. member. (Loud cries of " No, no.") He gathered from those cries that it was the wish of the House he should not answer the question, and he thanked the House for enabling him to resist the question put to him. THE CENTRAL HALL. Mr. A. GUEST asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he had applied to the Treasury to sanction the necessary provision for completing the decoration of the central hall. Mr. AYRTON said he had already stated that estimates on the subject would be laid on the table, further than that he declined to give any information at the present moment. Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent ... Egyptian, 7 por Cent... o •••• Do Secoad Issue •• Do. ANL Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Da. 4500 Bonds Do. ADO Bonds . .. . - 1 Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 . Do. Account Do. XlOO Botifis Goveranynl Railway Debenture:, Gress sper Cont., 1821 5, ex Coups... — 1)0. ()JUNI .. , Gultemala ñ per tent .. l3ondurasGov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., ail pd._ 811 Do. Acc• ant itsiiian 5 p*: Cert., 1865 Do. Account . - - Do AlAremmana Railway r)6 dexican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French mtevideau 6 per Cent. crish Imperial 5 psi Cent New Granada 261 Do 3 per Con. Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 4i per Cent. (Ui:arren) Do 4} per Cent.. 1862 - Portaguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2.% - Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 ear Cent., 182 . 2 . , £ Si — Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 4f per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 B 6l 7 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Booth 94 Do. do. £B4 15s. do do Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 69; 1 Sardinian 5 per Cent. — Spanish 3 per Oen Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred 27 Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan —.. Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 —. Do Account - Do £lOO Bonds 7l Do 6 per Cent., 1862 ' — Do. Account 7Ol Do £lOO Bonds 7li 2 Do. 5 per cent. 1865 46 ti Do..AcCount Do 6 per Cent., 186 b 69} Do Account Da 4 per Cent., Guaranteed — Do do, Scrip — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — ' Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent.,1862 — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian 0 per Cent Ex 10 Florint, Belgian, 4+ per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2+ per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...., — wrench Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per ent. 1861, Ex. zsf ss} Do Account — CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money De. Account, April 7 93+ } POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(Tuts DAY). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mary Ann Brown, a female of small stature, with a child in her arms, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with uttering a counterfeit half-crown. The prisoner came into the prosecutor's shop and purchased a bun, and in payment tendered a counterfeit half-crown. On being told tho coin was a bad one, sho said she was not aware of it. Barns, the gaoler, said he believed the prisoner would be known to the solicitor of the Mint. She was remanded. WESTMINSTER. Charles M'Grath, 20, a painter, was charged with stealing a box containing jewellery, books, &c., value £l5, the goods of Eliza Wilkins, 25, Earl-street West, Edgware-road. The box was put with other packages into the Great Western train at King's-cross, on the sth instant, and booked to Acton, prosecutrix going 135 the train. At Acton the box was missed, and on the same night the prisoner pawned one of the brooches, and some other trinkets at Messrs. Smiles and Ileigham's, Fulham-road, and on the 9th, or four days after he took the box, re directed, to the Great Western booking office, at Knights bridge-green, and forwarded it to Acton. The ewellery was gone, but the articles of minor value remained. Pri sorer, who did not deny the pledging and sendingt he box, was remanded for inquiries. THAMES. George Brooks, a young man, was charged with breaking into the premises, 44, Belger-street, Limebouse, and stealing some wearing apparel, the property of William White. The premises were forcibly entered on Saturday night in the absence of the occupants. The prisoner was known to the prosecutors, and had often been entrusted with the key of the premises. On Saturday night he was seen close to the prosecutor's house. The prisoner was remanded. ADVENTURES OF TWO ELOPED COUPLES. tbn Thuursday night two girls absented themselves from some at Wishaw, and their absence gave rise to an inquiry, which resulted in the discovery that that evening that, had hired a cab at one of the hotels in the place, and had been driven to Glasgow. It was subsequently learned that two young men belong ing to Wishaw, had the same evening travelled to Glasgow by the mail train from Motherwell ; and it was learned that one of the girls, named Neilson, had carried off a considerable sum of money belonging to her father. On Friday they were traced to Glasgow, where they had endeavoured to procure lodgings for the night at an inn in Macpherson-street. It was demanded of the two young couples in question that they should produce their marriage certificates. This, of course, they were unable to do, and they were refused admittance. They afterwards obtained &lodgment, as the officers learned, in a temperance hotel in the neighbourhood of the Caledonian Railway, but they left without giving any indication as to where they intended next to proceed. It was found, how ever, for at the booking-office in Union-streqt it appeared that a man and woman, naming themselves as Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, and another man and woman, representing themselves as husband and wife — al l four agreeing with the appearance of the two absconding couples—had paid for their passage to America by the Columbia. Accompanied by a brother of the girl Neilson, the two cfficers hurried to the quay . , and going on board the vessel as the preparations for starting were approaching completion they discovered the runaways. The whole party, with their luggage, were quickly disembarked, and a trip was made to the Central Police-office. It was here ascertained that the girl Neilson had £l4 10s. in her possession, the other girl a few shillings, and the two men two or three sovereigns. The sum of paid for the passage to New York had been obtained from the supply to which Miss Neilson had helped herself before leaving home. In the afternoon the captured lovers were removed to Wishaw in charge of Superintendent Dewar and the Wishaw constable. It is stated that the other girl— the second lady in the performance—had also carried oil some money, though a much smaller amount than the Ma appropriated by Miss Neilson. REVIEW OF I'HE BRITISH CORN TRADE. Agricultural operations have been rapidly pushed for ward during the past week, and the land having been well prepared by the late frost, succeeded by mild, humid weather, spring sowing has progressed under favour able auspices. The winter-sown wheats continue free from all damage. Potato-planting has also absorbed a large share of attention. The firm ness noticed in the grain trade last week has been maintained. Wheat has again been more freely dealt in, whilst the growing belief that prices have seen their lowest point has stimulated the upward tendency, and a further improvement of ls. per quarter has been established in prices. That wheat has touched its lowest quotation we are not disposed to doubt, but we are cer tainly averse to propagating the opinion that a rapid rise is about to ensue. The supplies in warehouses are still extensive, although owing to the fallinff off in the foreign receipts, they are gradually diminishing, and they are, at the same time, amply su ffi cient for immediate re quirements. So long, therefore, as agricultural prospects continue favourable, we opine that there will be an ab sence of circumstances likely to exercise any important influence on the quo t a ti on s. Flour has participated in s er s e teadiness, and has slightly improved in value. period last year. 'A n are now on passage from the South of ynd seed c o; these epsoer t 9 s- l of- ar call e m 22 l 4 e c a arg t, carg oes of t gr 7 a l in ; , as against 190 cargoes at the corresponding 2 maize, against 45 ; 18 barley, against 26 • nil beans, against 5 ; rye against , • t against 39 ; nil Caks 2; 1 oats, against ;46 see d, sage to direct ports against 2. There are also on pas in the IT • of wheat (of which 65 mted Kingdom, 72 cargoes 7 from New York), against are 4 from San Francisco, and barley, against 4 ; and 8 cotton-seed, ;1 maize, against 7 ; nil has been fi rm, and whilst maltn a ga i ns t 5. Barley main tained previous prices, other descri p tions have has well pns have realised an advance of 6d. per qr. Oats have been purchased to a fair extent, at 3d. to 6d. per quarter more money. B eans and peas have been in healthy request, at an enhance ment of 1. per quarter. Maize has been steady and quite as dean —Magnet. The Samaria has been sent into Victoria Docks Passage, to be refitted. Her passengers will probably be transferred to the Calabria, which is coming over from Liyerpool with a spare screw shaft for the disabled steamer. SNARL LIST. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Name. Quotations. done. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 79 81 St Caledonian 100 78 781 St Cambrian lOO 15 20 20 Cornwall all 21 31 St Dublin and Belfast Junction 100 . . . . St Dun, Prtb, and Aber. Jnnc 100 70 72 20 East London. all 4 6 20 Do 20 Do ••• ••• St Glasgow and S.Western 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 371 38 371 St Do Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 64 7/ St Great North of Scotland 100 15 16 St Great Northern 100 114 115 114 St Do A 100 119 1191 117 St Do 8...... lOO 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100 St Great Western— Original lOO 67 68 664 1 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45 St Do do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1251 1251 1251 St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 431 441 1 St Lone!, Chatham, and Dover 100 144 154 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 123 1 1231 1231 1 St Loudon and South Western 100 881 894 88 St Manch, Shef, and Lincelnsh 100 51 511 521 1 St Do New, issued at .£5O dis.. 80 ... ... St Metropolitan lOO 791 80 80 791 St Do Preferred... lOO ... ... St Do Deferred 100 ... ... 10 Do Redeemable all 94 10/ St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 40 394 St Midland 100 1241 125 124 f St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 94 931 St North British. lOO '3l 35 341 St Do Edin, Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick 100 1261 1271 1304 11 St Do Leeds 100 841 851 851 St Do York St Do Stockton and Darlingte 100 169 171 173 St North Loudon 100 118 120 10 Do New, 1868 St North Staffordshire 100 59 61 St North and So. West. Junct 100 102 105 St Rhymney lOO 52 54 St Shropshire Union 100 62 63 St South Devon 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 741 754 751 St Do Preferred .lOO 109 1101 110 St Do Deferred... lOO 4 414 St Staines, Woleham, St Wok'g. all 12/ 131 121 St Taff Vale 10 Do C 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 ... ... 10 Waterloo and Whitehall Paid, Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 1054 Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 1051 106} Do, 5p c, Jan and. July lOO 941 951 Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 954 Do, 5p o, Dominion of, 1903 lOO 954 964 3of Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p o, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 100 111 113 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 1021 1031 _ Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 - 111 Do, 1872 100 103 105 1)o, 1.882 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 1001 1014 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 100 100 1014 101 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1004 1014 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do 5p c 100 97 98 Do, i Jan, April, July, Oct 100 974 984 98 Do., 6p c, 1.891, Mar and Soptloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July lOO 102} 103 Do, 1886 100 1041 1054 Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July 1 00 1084 109} Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1084 109 S Australian Governmont, 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 l.OO 108 110 Victoria Govt, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO 113 114 114 1 Do, April and Oct, 1883-5 lOO 1134 114} 114 .. Do, 5p c, Jan. and July, lBo4 , 1 00 10 1 i 1.024 101 THE SPITALFIELDS MURDER. The corner for East Middlesex resumed the inquiry atMile-end New-town, into the circumstances of the death of James Ruder, a woed carver, aged 26, who was alleged to have been murdered by his brother-in.law, Heny Parker, outside of the Ship Tavern, in Bacon-street, Bethnal-green, on 12th inst. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Henry Parker, and recommended that the Coroner apply to Government to offer a reward for the accused's apprehension. The Coroner then made out his warrant for the apprehension and com mittal of Henry Parker to Newgate, to take his rial. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(TIIIS DAY. Sales probably 10,000 bales. The market quieter. CAPITAL SENTENCES. Sir GEORGE JENKINSON, who had given notice of his intention to move for leave to bring in a bill--respecting the revision and commutation of Capital Sentences, pro tested against such remarks as had been made by the Home Secretary. Mr. BRUCE said that he did not intend, so far as the Government was concerned, to offer any objectiou. POLITICAL PRISONERS. Mr. CALLAN had given notice of a motion with refer• ence to the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the rules affecting, and the actual treatment of, political prisoners, with power to send for papers and per sons, and to examine notices. Mr. BRUCE appealed to Mr. Callan not to press his 'faction, which was deferred until an early day. (LEFT SITTING.) THE TRIAL OF PRINCE BONAPARTE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TOURS, March 22 In consequence of the absence of one of the jury men, the trial of Prince Bonaparte was not resumed to-day until 11.20 a.m. The President demanded of the prisoner to explain the meaning of the phrase he had used, " My left arm was half raised in an energetic manner." The prisoner said he was not threatening, but was merely emphasizing his words. The interior of the court is greatly crowded. The town is tranquil. A report that the President and the Court had dined with the prisoner is untrue. ITALY. ROME, March .22 Among the prelates preconised in the Consistory yesterday were the Archbishops of Armagh and Toronto, the Bishops of Savannah, Armidale, and St. Augustine. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE-IMS DAY, WARWICK SPRING MEETING.—Tins DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAEII.) FREE lIANDICAP NURSERY. Symmetry c Cauldron RACING PLATE. Venice 1 • • Parma :onfieur 3 Four ran. TRIAL STAKES. Sunlight 11ANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Colours Head centre Orne Five ran. WILLOUGHBY CUP. Ventnor Champagne Charlie.. 2 Brainbridge Four ran. COVENTRY STEEPLECHASE. Doctor Fan Moose 3 Seven ran. LATEST BETTING. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 7 to 1 agst Sabinus (taken) CITY BETTING.—Tors DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. sto 1 agst Miss Dayrell (offered) 6 to 1 agst Sabinus (offered) 100 to 8 agst Gertrude (offered) 18 to 1 agst Blue Bell colt (taken) 20 to 1 agst Douglas (offered) 100 to 4 agst Ashfield (taken and offered) 100 to 4 agst Myosotis (taken) 300 to 9 agst Oxonian (taken and offered) 100 to 3 agst Vagabond (offered) 100 to 3 agst Captivator (offered) 1000 to 20 agat Syrian (offered) 9 to 1 agat Benbow and Oxonian coupled (offered) GO to 30 agst Sabinus 1,2, 3 (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 8 agat Starter (offered—take 100 to 7) 20 to 1 agst Cherie (offered) 1000 to 20 agt Blandford (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 100 to 5 agst Bridgwater (offered) 11 to 2 eget Stanley and Camel coupled (offered) DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Bridgwater (offered) 1000 to 35 agst Normanby (offered) LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening, WHITEHALL', I.lAB.ca 19. The Queen has been pleased to order a congd d'elire to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Chi chester, empowering them to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the death of Dr. Ashurst Turner Gil bert, late Bishop thereof ; and her Majesty has been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Rev. Richard Durnford, 61. A., to be by them elected Bishop of the said See of Chichester. DOWNING-STREET, MARcH 21. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Sebastian Helmcken and William Weir Carrell, Esqrs., to be Members of the Executive Council, and Francis John Barnard and Amor de Cosmos, Esqrs., to be Members of the Legislative Council of the Colony of British Columbia; and Bruce Lockhart Burnside, Abraham Turton Holmes, and Samuel Otis Johnson, Esqrs., to be Members of the Legislative Council of the Bahama Islands. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Joseph Needham, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Island of Trinidad, and Henry Pering Pellew Crease, Esq., to be a Puisne Judge for the Colony of British Columbia. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Giovanni Batista Trapani, Esq., LL.D., to be Collector of Land Re venue, and Ferdinaudo Viucenza Inglott, Esq., C.11.G., to be Collector of Customs for the Island of Malta. WAR-OFFICE, Manmt 22. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major-General Daniel Lysons, C. 8., and Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry C. Fletcher, Scots Fusilier Guards, to be members of the Royal Commissio❑ on Military Education, in the room of the Very Reverend William Charles Lake, D.D., Dean of Durham, and Major-General Edmund Haythorne, resigned. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 22. .st Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Frederick Henry Huth to be Captain ; Cornet Charles A. Gough Becher to be Lieu tenant. st Dragoons—Cornet Willoughby Charles Cotton has been permitted to retire from the Service by the Sale of his Commission ; Sergeant-Major George Clements to be Quartermaster. [4tl Hussars—Cornet Charles James Maxwell Lefroy to be Lieutenant. Royal Artillery—Captain and Brevet-Major Edward Har rison (late Bengal), to ba Lieutenant Colonel ; Second Captain Christopher Hewetson Barnes (late Bengal), to be Captain ; Lieutenant Henry Cotton (late Bengal), to be Second Captain; Second Captain and Brevet Major John Bonham (late Bengal), to be Captain; Lieutenant James Charles (late Bengal), to be Second Captain. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Alfred Molyneux Byng to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, Ensign and Lieut. Lord Algernon Charles Gordon Lennox to be Lieutenant and Captain, Ralph Leeke, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieu tenant. 2d Foot—Captain St. John Willans, from 4th Foot, to be Captain. 4th Foot—Captain Reginald Thoresby Gwyn, from 2d Foot, to be Captain. Bth Foot—Lieutenant Marmaduko Stourton to be Captain, by purchase ; Ensign Arthur Ashley Ruck to be Lieu tenant. 21st Foot—Captain James Bower Jackson, from 3d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice J. Browne, who exchanges. 22d Foot—Lieutenant Robert George Bellers, from 82d Foot, to be Lieutenant. 54th Foot—Lieutenant John Power, from 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant. 65th Foot—Lieut. Wm. Gervaise de la Poer to be C.iptain, by purchase ; Lieut. John H. G. Holroyd to be Captain; Ensign William Ethelston to be Lieutenant; Ensign S. B. Royds to be Lieutenant. 81st Foot—Lieut. Walter S. Brown, from half-pay, late 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Henry W. Prior to be Lieutenant. 82d Foot—Lieut. Charles Carstairs from the 22d Foot, to be Lieutenant. 87th Foot—Ensign Henry Ellis Adams to be Lieutenant. 91st Foot—Ensign Francis Prescod Gurney to be Lieute nant ; Ensign Reginald Wymer, from 34th Foot, to be Ensign. 97th Foot—Ensign William Henry Murphy to be Lieute nant. 104th Foot—Ensign John Liptrott to be Lieutenant. 107th Foot—Lieutenant William Morgan Playfair to be In structor of Musketry. BREVET. Brevet-Colonel G. Vaughan Maxwell, C. 8., Lieutenant- Colonel, 88th Foot, to have the temporary rank of Brigadier- General while in command of a Brigade. The commission as Colonel of Brevet-Colonel 0. E. Roth nay, Bengal Staff Corps, to be antedated to 10th August, 1869. Lieutenant• Colonel Henry Reynolds Werge, 2d Foot, having completed the qualifying service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel. Lieutenant—Colonel William Little Stewart, retired upon full pay, of a Depot Battalion, to have the honorary rank of Colonel. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Bertram C. Mitford, retired upon full-pay, trom half -pay late of 11th Foot, and Town Major, Malta, to have the honorary rank of Colonel. Captain Patrick Geraghty, retired upon full-pay, from half-pay, late of 20th Foot, and Town Major, Montreal, to have the honorary rank of Major. Captain George Griffin, retired upon full-p%y, as Adjutant Recruiting District, to have the honorary rank of Major. Captain Charles Pratt Hamilton, retired upon full pay, as Adjutant Recruiting District, to have the honorary rank of Major. Quartermaster William Scott, retired upon half-pay, late Ist Dragoons, to have the honorary rank of Captain. ADVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's Pille.—Bsaltlf Foun tain.—lt cannot surely be necessary to remind any intelligent reader that purity of the blood determines every invalid's health and vigour. Holloway's medicine searches out the slightest taint in the vital fluid, and neutralizes or expels it, so that the circulation supports the system in place of sowing the seeds of decay. When epidemics are a 'yawing, and disease is steadily on the increase, it behoves every one to have a restorative like these pills roady to set right any irregularity in stomach, liver, bowels, or kidneys. Holloway's treatment is especially suitable or the young, delicate, and nervous, who are most susceptible of any prevailing sickness, and whom violent measures would endanger little leen than the epidemic, rag rho ow' )w -tha ow of ?.en rase rho teS" be Due the 0,8 the Ch?, . cnc4,