The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-04 00:00:00

I Pat 3 sam© a with resent Borne stone floors. in the r ill be t. 011 :et by mnec -office mes- Laster g also The ,y the )r the ve the floor Df the -OCCII )y the there th, to 3ft of KONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Business on the Stock Exchange to-day was firm, und prices for most description of securities were Well maintained. In the Foreign market there was less demand than yesterday. In Railways there Were seme good purchases made, which camel the prices of most of the principal lines to advance. American securities were flat, and in Banking and Miscellaneous shares very little alteration in price has to be quoted. The rate of dis. in the open is still 3 per cent. for best bills. Consols are now at 92 / to 921 for money; ditto, for Account, 921 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 91/ 1 x l ; New Three per Cents, 91 i 1 1 xd ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem. ; June, ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, ; June, 3 prem. 2 dis. ; Bank of England Stock, 41 Per Cent., 2.2. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, 2081 72 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, —; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 9901 a xd ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., —; ditto 5 per Cent., May, 1872, 1031 . In the Foreign Market Brazilian Fives, 1865, ar e 8 71 to 88 ex div. ; Egyptian Seven per Cents., 1868, 791 to 791 ; Italian Five per Cents., 186 1 , 1-16 to 55 3-16 ; Mexican Three per C ents., 149 to 14/ ; Peruvian, Five per Cents., 186 5, 801 to 804 ; Spanish New Three per Cents., 186 7, 26/ to 27 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 1865, 45. to 451 ; ditto Six per Cents., 1865, 691 to .69 1 ; Grenada New, 231 to 24/ ; ditto Deferred, 104 to 111; Vitepsk, 861 to 871; Nicolai, 681 to 69 ; Moscow Jaroslaw, 831 to 841 ; Charkof Azof, 82 4 to 834 ; the New Russian Scrip, 31 to 4 prem. ditto, Chilian, 1 11 prem. In the Railway Market Caledonians are now quoted 77 to 77 1 ; Great _Eastern, 37 1 to 37 1 ; Great N or th ern , 1131 to 114 ; ditto (A), Stock, 11 51 to 1153 ; Great Western, 65/ to 651 ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 1241 to 1251 ex div ; London and Brighton, 43 to 431 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 144 to 15 ; London and North Western, 122 to 1221 ex div. ; London and South Western, 901 to 93/ ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 49/ to 504 ; Metropolitan, 791 to 79/ ; Midland, 1231 to 1231 ; and South Eastern, and Dover, 74/ to 741. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 904 to 90 the Ten-Forty are 86 t 0.864 ex div. ; Illinois, 110} to 1114; Erie, 21 to 214 ; and Atlantic and Great Western Bonds, 284 to 281. 1 drench Cable Telegraph Shares are now 154 to ex div. ; British Indian Submarine, 124 to 124 ; British Indian Extension, 11 to lf prem.; Anglo- American, 16 to 164 ; China Submarin, 14 to 1 ; Construction and Maintenance, 414 to 12. In Bank Shares prices are without change. London and Westminster is marked at 60 to 61 ; London Joint Stock, 32 to 33 ; and Union of Lon don, 37 to 38 ; Alliance, 124 to 13f ; Agri (A), 1 1. to 12 prem.; Imperial Ottoman, 3. / . to 44 prem. lo Miscellaneous Shares Credit Foncier are 24 to „. 3 ; lludson' s Bay Company, 124 to 121 ; Italian Irrigatio n Six per Cents., 631 to 644 ; London General Omnibus Company, 21 to 22 ; Berlin W aterworks, 144 to 15 ex div. ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 434 to 441 ; Royal Mail Steam, 55 to 56. The Sim of £B,OOO in gold was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for South America. much attention has been directed to a feature in t he report of Dr. Letheby on the sanitary condition Of the city, regarding the importation from China of large quantities of most perniciously adulterated Or spurious tea. Some samples recently tested, "cl which were consigned to this country as " fine Moning Congou," consisted of re-dried ayes of exhausted tea, for the most part rotten fr om putrefactive decomposition, offensive in smell, 50 d producing a nauseous and unwholesome liquid. It appears that the stuff is collected in one of the hlthiest districts of Shanghai, where it is gathered l o heaps to be dried in the sun, " dogs and pigs !slking through and over it." The object is to use It for the a d u l tera tion of genuine tea, and about 7,00 0 ,0001 b. of it are stated to have been recently 4iB Posed of at public sale, s here, in consequence of re increased demand,it realised 50. per lb., al though It could' b e f ormer l y b oug ht a t 2d. Happily the ' e !tY authoriti es h ave tak e n the matter up, and the J tY Solicitor has been instructed to institute tnea -Bhres to prevent its further sale, but unless infer /ation be fur n ished of each arrival it will scarcely i il e Possible to guarantee a total suppression of the ev il, and it is therefore essential that the Commis sioners of Customs should promptly direct their "leers to give notice of every suspicious lot that • m ay reach the bonded warehouses. - 4 . prosp ec t us h as b een i ssue d o f th e C en t ra l d Meat Preserving Company (Limited), with a capital of £45,000, in shares of £3, to carry out in Queensland the system of preserving meat for exportation which is already in suc eNful operation at Melbourne. The Melbourne lihi Pownts, however, consist of mutton, beef being to p dear in th e co l on y o f Victoria to admit of simi lar profit, while in Queensland there are great faci lities from the low prices of cattle. The ordinary general meeting of the Merchant Ban king Company of London (Limited) is con .,;rb-lled for the 17th inst., for the declaration of a T he half yearly meeting of the Surrey Con- P e ers Gas Company will be held on the 14th of NI) to declare a dividend. 6 4 , 4 Meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Good oi" , e rel Gaine, and Co., wholesale hardwaremen, 4 ' t .,:klartin's-lane, Cannon-street, has been held. b alance -sheet, prepared by the accountants, ,bowed,,,,,_ liabiliti es t o the amount of £25,339, and p 7 e ts £10,469. A com p os iti on o f 6 s . i n th e t il hd) payabl e by equa l i ns t a l m e n t s a t s ix, el ve) and eighteen months, with security for Meetin g l ast instalment, was offered, and another M e tlog will be held within a fortnight to decide Messrs. R o b ert H utc hi nson an d Co., corn mer chants, of Kirkcaldy, who recently stopped p4sn ent have offered to pay their creditors a co mposition of 13s. in the pound. si advices from Dundee announce the suspen l.°4 of Mr. J o h n Cooper, corn merchant, with i abil ities to the amount of about £20,000, and united assets. The return from the Bank of England for the We ek ... ended the 2d of March gives the following il e : s o t its when compared with the previous week : Put, • £3,624,696 ... Increase ... £256,920 titherlic deposits _nthe other side of the account government securi ties ...... Other sec ...... .. £13,831,314 ... Decrease 500,000 unemployed., securities..,,, ...... 19,492,317... Increase ... 989,070 1.,`;,e employed 11,438,740 ...Increase ... 204,725 amount of notes in circulation is £22,659,460, bullion n increase of £375,975 ; and the stock of an .in both departments is £20,029,455, showing pr in crease of £139,459 when compared with the : c eding return. rjoined is a comparison of the present position oftid 13 aok of England and the prices of Consols 144 Peen French Rentes with the corresponding week of r Same Week At Present. last Year. t nllio n X18,02 , 1,45_7 £20,0 9 9 -153 ... "li.t'serve ''''''''''''''' 1 9 ,36 - 9,b95 ... 9 , 4. " )4, 9 1 iz 438 in Ci; ''' til . alio . ''' '''' Oto of count • • 3 2; ;) 39 (;e 4 r 6 .1t 0 . ... ‘23:3g'c2e°ll uns o l s )ler ich 1 '''' n . ''''' s . '''''''''''''' 921 921 Th 74f. 40e. 71f. ?2c. a‘l e followi ng i s the official return of the cheques th e '' Willy cl eared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for ek ending Wednesday, March 2 : Thur s Priday day £8,730,000 . atn r 9,081,000 (la,- . . Mon) `Y• • ties y Wed, 3 16,638,000 esd• ,ty 12,862,000 £89,264,000 a ht i t i t tOO t oi ar ' ~ r , zi.ml :c ri. l ou 4s P t. TJ, , N DS—CLOSING PRICES. Pe i .ti UNDS. 3 per Cent. Re laced 9ll w 3 per Cent Now 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Oen an. 1873 :inanities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Tolovaph), Aug., 1908 -- ::xcho par Bills, £l,OOO, 2/ p. Ut. March Do. 2} do. June DI £lOO , £•200 & £5OO 2 d Bank of England Stock, 4} per Cent ... opening &nada 4 per Cont. Bonds Inter-Colonial Ounnuun INDIAN ,I3VERNMENT SECURITIEd laOil Stook, 10f per Cent., April 1874... 208} 7k De. Opening, for Account D ). a per Gent. July, 1880 _ _ Do 4 Per Oent. 0ei..1888 Do. Enlaced Pap,. 4 por oAnt.. Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 .... Do. 5} per Cent. May 1879 DJ 5 per Cent., Rap. DarD. 1872.,, — Do do 18 -7 Do. do. 1882 Oca. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ — Do. Bonde, 4 per Cent., .£l,OO - 6 Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Irgentine Republic, t; per Cent De Account 11.1.1 Arian Bonds 5 per cent Do. ' 11359 Bruilian 5 per Cent — Do. ii per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1838.... lie. Cu MOO Do. do., 1863 Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 Da. Account.•.... .•• — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cont. Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont ) Ouba, 6 per Cant. ()Aka 6 per Cent • Do. 4/ per Cent Do. 37er Cent~ Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 • Do. 6 per cent. 1867 3 loatlllan, 6 per Cent. . — Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Dan tbian Principaities, 7 per Cent B6 51 Do Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 , 4:auaclor New Oonsolidated, 1 p3r Cent —} Egyptian, 7 per Cent.... . 83} D; SoCoid issue •• — Uo. £SOC Bonds B4l Do. 1864 ............ Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. 410 C Bonds Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .„... 79i 80 Do. Account Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 79f Government Railway Debentures 9B greet sper C0nt.,1824 5, ex Coups. --. Do. COupona thastomala a per Cent .. fiandurasGov Rail.lioen., 10p. Ct., all pd 821 Do. Ace&ant It9lian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Acc-ount Do 31%rommana Railway iloxicuL 3 per'Cont Ditto for Account — Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ..-. li...mtevick , an 6 per Cent. . — do r.:rish Imperial 5 per Cent — gew Granada 24 Do 3 per Con Do. Doforrod Do Land Warrants (flactares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account • Do 4} per Cont. (111:' , arren) Do 4} per Cent., 1862 . — Port iguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2.' Do. do. 1867 3 '/ 4 Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — R issian 5 e ar Cont. ' 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 4} per Cont., 1860 Do a por Cant., 1859 Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondk, 92} Do. do. £Bl los. do — Do.. 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway ••• Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 por Cen . 27 Do. Account - Do. 1867 261 Do. Account Do. New Doferrou — Do. Passive — Do. Coma Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account — Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 — Do • do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent •.•,...... • B5 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 661 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds 7l Do. 5 per cent. 1865 45 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 b „ 691 i Do. Account Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed — Do do, Scrip — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cont. 1861 — Do ti per Cent.,11562 Dividends on the above payable in Londo,, Austrian e per Cent Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates . French Routes 3 per Cent., Ez. 25f. — Italian 5 per dent. 1851, Ex. 25f — Do Account 551- CLOSING PRICES. Jonsole, Money Do. Account, March 9 .. 92 : i xd THE NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi ; his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, P.C., in the chair. There were also present Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., Admiral Sir W. H. Hall, K.C.8., Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., W. H. llarton, Esq., Captain De St. Croix, Colonel Fitzßoy Clayton, John Griffith, Esq., Colonel Palmer, Captain Ward, R.N., and Richard Lewis, Esq. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, the silver medal of the institution and a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum were granted to Captain David Robertson, R.N., assistant inspector of lifeboats to the institu tion, in acknowledgment of his gallant services in putting off in the Yarmouth and Gorleston life boats on the 13th and 14th ult. during an easterly gale, and saving twelve out of thirteen persons forming the crews of the wrecked vessels Giovannina A, of Venice, and the Favourite, of Arbroath. £32 ss. were also voted to pay the expense of the two boats on these occasions, and £2B for two other services rendered by the same lifeboat at Yarmouth, in saving the crews numbering fourteen men, of the wrecked schooner St. Cyran, of Hull, and the smack Admiral, of Yar mouth. Rewards am ountiug to £303 17s. were also granted to the crews of 29 other lifeboats of the society for services during the recent storms. The lifeboats of the institution saved altogether during the past two months 170 persons from different dis tressed vessels, every one of whom would probably have perished in the absence of the help of the lifeboat. Various other rewards were likewise, granted to the crews of different shore boats for saving life from wrecks on our coasts, and pay ments to the amount of about £1,200 were ordered to be made on various lifeboat establishments. Various liberal contributions were announced as having been received from Bradford, Reading, Dundee, Northampton, Dublin,llenley-on-Thames, Settle, Yardley, and other places. The legacy and interest thereon of the late Mr. James Davidson Shaw, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, amount ing to £449 18s., bad also been received. Le gacies had likewise been left to the society by the late Mr. Stanton Meyrick, of Brompton ; the late Mrs. Mary Ann 'Wood, of Bath ; and the late Mr. R. W. Simons, of Winchester. Mr. William Smith, of Bowden, had placed £3OO in the hands of the Corporation of Manchester, the interest of which was to be given in perpetuity to the institution, in aid of the support of its Manchester lifeboats. The British Workman lifeboat was ordered to be stationed at Palling, on the coast of Norfolk. A first instalment of £450, in aid of this lifeboat establishment, has been forwarded to this institution through Mr. T. B. Smithies. A public meeting had been held at Dartmouth, convened and presided over by the Mayor, at which it was decided that a lifeboat wasnot needed there. A new lifeboat had been recently sent to Appledore, on the north coast of Devon. Reports were read from Captain J. R. Ward, R.N., the inspector of lifeboats, and from the assis tant inspector, on their recent visits to different lifeboat stations 'The proceedings then tenni ! Dated. [ ADVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's1—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— How is health to be preserved, or won when lost ? The human body is made up of nerves, vessels, muscles, and bone, all of which are formed from the blood, aided by the glands. These Addison compares to a bundle of pipes and strainers. To cleanse and clear these from all obsti uctions and impurities is the art of medicine. Holloway's medicaments happily effect this object— not ono of the infinitude of pipes and strainers escape their purifying power. They thoroughly remove all noxious matters, and expel all causes of disease. They act most beneficially on every organ. The pills internally and the ointment rubbed over the glands restore vigour to the body and cheerfulness to the mind. FHE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1870. SFIARIS LIST. );;DINAILYNti AND STOCKEr. - . . railways. raid. Closing Snsinee it Price. done. st Brist )1 and Exeter ...... leo 73 8) at Caiedonian . ... 100 7el 77 774 st Cambrian. 23 Cornwall .. all .24 34 at Dublin & Belfast June... lc° - - at Dun„Perth, &.A.b.Julaz... :00 70 72 V East London all 4 6 £0 Do 15 - - at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 107 109 st Great Eastern . ' tOo 374 374 33 1 - at Do. E. Angl. iio. 2 lOO 64 74 at Great North of Scotlaml lOO 10 12 at Great Northern lOO 1174 118 1174 4 st Do. A 5t0ck...... lOO los 119 . et. Do. B stock lOO 127 129 st GtS. and W. of Ireland lOO 08 100 99 at Gt. Western -Original l6O 634 634 631 4 4 at Do. South Wales at Do. W. hlid.-Oxford lOO 40 42 at Do. Newport lOO 31 39 at Lancashire & Yorkshire lOO 128 121 at Lon., Brlgh.,& S,Coast l l -0 44 444 424 1 - Do Scrip - - st 1-on., Chat., and Dover lOO 15 1 5 4 144 $ t Do. Metrop. Ex. .t lOO 11 13 at Lon. & North Western leo 1234 1241 1244 i st Man., South Western IGO 93 14 93 .1 Shot., & Lincoln l6O 511 52 49,, , at Metropolitan ..... at Do Extension .. 5 Do. New rd • • - - st Metropolitan District. all 35 36 35 10 Metrop, St. John's W cod 10 - - st Midland st Li 0, Etirmin. & Derby st North British at I) .. Ed., Pth., & Dun lO9 - - st Nor Eastern-Berwick lOO 127 128 1284 4 1 25 D.. G. N.E purchase 16.13, 4 - - at D Leeds ...... st D °York lOO 12'1 1211 1264 st D °Carlisle .... . - - at D oStoek. & Darling llO 167 169 1714 st North London ..-a lOO 122 •21 10 Do New 1818 . 4 14 2 p 8 at North Staffordshire . . 100 61 63 at North anti S. W. Junction 100 99 101 10 Do New £lO shares 7 . ... .. st Rk - inaney . lOO 53 55 at Shropshire Union ICO 594 604 of South Devon'.. st South Eastern lOO 7451 764 761 4 at Staines, Wok'hain, & Wok all 13 14 at Talf Vale lOO 151 158 -- Do. C .. - - - Waterford & Kilkenny lOO -- - 10 Waterloo & Whitehall 8 - - RAILWAYS-PREFER !SINCE SHARES AND STOCKS. et Bristol and Exeter 4 p.ceut. 100 87 89 et Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... at Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO ... et Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 76 62 st Do. Midland et Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ~. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all St Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 et Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO st Gt. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 98 NJ st Do do N 0.2 100 97 90 st Do do 6 per cent 100 110 113 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 ... st Do do B 6 du. 100 et Do do 0 7 do. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 68 72 et Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1816 100 ... st Do do 5 p.e.Way.Vol.lBl7 100 ... st Great Northern, 5 per cent 100 et Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Do 44 do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 1011 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax,_ 6 per cent. lOO st Gt. Nrth Of Sjotland, Ist pf 100 at Groat South. and Wosteru (Ireland) 4 per cent_ lOO 93 98 st t:West.--Orfg.&Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 106 108 Do. Orig. (B.& IL Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 Do Do do 4 per cent. 18511 lOO 90 92 Do do 4 do do Do do 5 per cent. redem lOO 97 94 Do do Birmingham gua 10.) CS 72 Do do do pref lOO Do do Chester gua I b 5 9 Do do do 8 per coat lOO Do do do 5 do 100 .., Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 Do do 44 p.c lOO st Do do 4. 1859 lOO at Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 110 118 st Do do 2d gua lOO Ir 9 121 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 96 98 st Do do 22 do 100 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. ail st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1,3 13* at Do Barnsley, £5 3s 10,1 p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 1 , 10 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 98 100 at, London & Brighton, sp. c. guarantea 2, No 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gua No. 2. 100 at Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do Na. 4 lOO ... at Do 7 per cent lOO st Do 6 do (W.E. & O.P) 100 ... at Da 4 do 1859 lOO et London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO et London and 17 W., C. and Nuneaton b per cent lOO 110 114 st Do Bedford &C - ambridge 100 st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchpl 103 st Loudon and 6 W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 150 a Do (Portsm. perp ans 2s6d) all • Man., Shef., &Linclu. 6 p.c lOO Do X 6 all par pm 6/ • Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 st Mid. Consolidated, 6p. c lOO 130 135 a Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c lOO 1:3 135 133 s Do 41 per cant. redeem lO3 98 100 s Do 41 per cent. irredecal lOO 98 s Do Leicester & /Penn, 4 p.c 100 8,1 91 st North British, 5 p.c. N u.l lOO st Do E. &G.4p.c.S. & D 1 00 ... st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO st Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 85 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 99 st Do G N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Barwick capital 8.13.4. Do York, S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stekth a Drling : A. 5 p.?. 100 107 105 st Do W, aartlopooi if. audit 100 83 83 90/ 20 North Staffordshire all 20a 211 10s ii. Devon Annuities, I,s all 9 10 lOs Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 9/ 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 8 t 1,0.6. S. East. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO ... ... a Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... ... at Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 153 at Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 .. .. POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUG 11-STREET. ATTEMPTED DECEPTION ON TIIE MA GISTRATF..— Richard Jordan, cab proprietor, of No. 51, Cum berland-market, and Edwin George Norris, as driver in hip employ, appeared to answer sum monses taken out by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for cruelty to a horse. The chief officer of the society was iu attendance. 11. Ir. R. R. Pym, agent to the west branch of the . Bank of Engl an d, B ur li ng t on - gar d ens , prove d seeing Norris driving a horse in Maddox-street, the horse having a wound on its off foreleg fet lock joint, and a much larger wound inside the hoof. Mr. Arthur Cherry, the Government veterinary surgeon, said the horse had broken knees, a cut upon the off fetlock, and a large wound ,on the inside of the off heel, and was very lame. The wound was still existing, though smaller than be fore, and was of many days' standing. _ _ _ George Smith, officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said that on going to Jordan's stables and seeing the horse he found its knees badly cut, and also a large sore on the inside of the off fore fetlock, and it was in a very low condition. A man at the stable said that the horse had fallen through, the frost some days before, and had only been worked since a few times, and that at night time. The defendant (Jordan) said there was nothing the matter with the horse, and that the evidence bad been exaggerated. lie called Mr. John Griffiths Cattrell, a veterinary surgeon, who said that he had examined the horse, and it was merely suffering from a slight abrasion of the skin, which would not interfere with its useful ness. Mr. Cherry said thl t perhaps Mr. Knox would see the horse, and Mr. Knox left the Court for that purpose. On returning to Court, Mr. Knox said it was as bad a case as he had ever seen, and how the defendant Jordan could use a horse in such a state he could not understand. Jordan would have to pay £5 and 12s. 6d. costs, and the driver 20s. and 2s. costs, but he could not let the case go out of his hands without expressing his strong opinion on the evidence given by the veterinary surgeon who had attended for the de fendant. He considered it a scandalous thing for a man to try and mislead the Court in such a manner as he had done, by standing up and saying there was only a slight abrasion of the skin, while the fact was that the horse was quite unfit for use, and he thought it a shameful thing that the Court should be treated in such a way. FIRES AND PROBABLE LOSS OF) LIFE• Two fires occurred last night, one of them being of a most distressing character, and was caused by some children playing with the fire. It took place in the private residence of Mr. J. Roach, No. 52, Jenning's-buildings, High-street, Kensington. One of . the children let a light fall upon the bed, which was quickly in flames. At that time a female infant was in the bed, only three months old, named K tte Roach, and before the fire could be extinguished the poor child was burned in a fright ful manner. It was removed to the hospital, but no hope was entertained of its recovery. The flatues were confined to the lower part of the house. A very destructive fire also took place in the premises of Mr. 1). Coxon, a builder, carrying on business in Harold-street, ➢laldon-road, Kentish town. The flames were caused by 691113 plumbers at work, and owing to the inflammable nAture of the stock-in trade, the flaws speedily enveloped the workshop, a brick and timber building between 25 and 30t. deep. The flames had travelled through the building and destroyed the roof before they could be extinguished. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY AND THE NEW LAW FOR UNDERGRADUATES. At a Congregation held this afternoon, the following graces having received the sanction of the Council, were recommended to the Senate ;-1. That the degree of Doctor of Divinity be conferred upon the Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A„ who has been appointed to the Deahery of Rochester, under chapter 1, sec. 5, par. Bof the statute of the University. 2. That the edict proposed in the report of the Council of the Senate dated February 14, 1870, and amended February 21, 1870, bo confirmed. The edict provided that persons in statu pupillari are forbidden to take part in gaming transactions in any way, to have dealings with money-lenders ; to resort to or take part in meetings for the purpose of pigeon-shooting; to take part in steeplechases; to ride in a horse-race, or otherwise promote.horse-racing ; to drive " tandems " or "four-in-hand" carriages ; to discharge firearms, air-guns, saloon-pistols, or any small arms of the like nature within the precincts of the University, excepting in the way of military duty ; to give or join in giving an entertainment at a tavern without the permission of their college tutor. Members of the University in statu pupillari who are guilty of any of the foregoing practices render themselves liable to be punished by suspension, rustication, expulsion, or otherwise. Members of the University in statu pupil lari who may be convicted of resorting to any unfair means, by copying or otherwise, of passing any public examination, shall be punished by suspension, rustica tion, expulsion, or otherwise. 3. That the re port of the St. Mary's organ syndicate, dated December Ist; 1869, •he confirmed, and that the requisite funds be provided by the sale of Government stock belonging to the University chest. 4. That the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Cookson (Master of St. Peter's College), the Hon. L. Neville, M.A. (Master of Magdalene College), J. Power, M.A. (Master of Pembroke College), Dr. Parkinson, Dr. Paget, H. Latham, M.A.• (Trinity Hall), J. Lamb, M.A. (Gonville and Caius), and J. WeLstenholme, M.A. (Christ's), bo appointed a syndicate to inquire in what manner the different parts of the Senate House may be most conve niently assigned to members of the university and others on occasions of public ceremonial, and what means be advantageously adopted for regulating admission for pro viding seats, and for maintaining order, the syndicate to report to the senate before the 12th of May next. 5. The Regius Professor of Laws having expressed a wish that some arrangement should be made for abolishing certain fees which have been hitherto paid to him by students ; that the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Bateson (Master of Pembroke), H. Latham, M.A. (Trinity Hall), 11. E. Luard, M.A. (the University Registrary), L. Ewbank, M.A. (Clare), and B. Walker, M.A. (Corpus Christi), be appointed a syndicate for considering the terms of such an arrangement with reference to the duties which the professor performs, and that the Syndicate report to the Senate before the 'end of the pre sent term. 6. That the sum of £l2O per annum be allowed to the Vicar of Burwell, from Lady Day next, for the stipend of the curate at Burwell, in lieu of £lOO per annum, the stipend allowed, By grace of the Senate Act. of February, 1861, which defines the constitution of the several boards of studies, it is provided that the boards shall consist, in addition to certain other persons, of a certain specified number of examiners in the current and preceding years, that the number so specified be omitted in each regulation. 8. That in regulation five of February, 25th, 1861, which define the constitu tion and duties of the hoard of legal studies, The words " legal and historical studies" be substituted for "legal studies," as the denomination of the Board, and instead of the' word, " the examiners for the degree of Bachelor of Laws in the current and preceding years," the words "the examiners for the Law and History Tripes in the current and preceding years " substituted. 9 and 10. That G. F. Browne, M.A., of St. Catherine's College and A. Freeman, M.A., of St, John's College, be appointed examiners in the mathematical subjects and English composition at the general examine. tion for the ordinary B.A. degree in the ensuing year. 11, 12, That W. J. Josling, M.A., of Christ's College, and J. C. Rust, M.A., of Pembroke College, be appointed examiners in the classical subjects, and Acts of the Apostles, at the general examination for the ordinary B.A. degree in the ensuing year. 13. That Alexander Aneas Mackintosh, of Trinity College, be considered to have satisfied therules respecting attendance at professors' lectures. 14. That the degree of Master of Laws be conferred upon Joshua Strange Williams, M.A., of Trinity College, in his absence. Mr. Williams being resident in New Zealand, Number one Grace was withdrawn, and the Senate voted on Number three, when there were—placets, forty ; non-placets, twenty-six. All other graces passed. The following degrees were con ferred :--Masters of Arts—Charles Dallas Alexander (Trinity), Edward Henry Genge (John's), Sidney Parkyns Macartney (Clare), A. Wright (Clare), J. H. C. Baxter (Jesus), James Orr (Jesus). LL.M. : William Cornell (Clare), Joshua Strange (Trinity) in absence. B.A. :T. Holdsworth Hunt (Trinity), E. Reynolds (Trinity). and James Wescombe Douglas (Magdalene). RAILWAYS.-PREFERKNOE SLIARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate yea at Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Con. min. 7 p c lOO st Do 41 p irredeem all at Do 4p c con., issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 88 88 st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 83 86 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 ~„ at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 ~, st GreatWest.,W ylidl., 5p c 100 at Do Joint porpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 ist st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 115 120 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 I ip at Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ~„ at Do do 41 do, 1861 leo at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 m st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 „, at Db No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ... 1171 at Do No. 7 5 do at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 at Do Metrqp. Ex., B 6 p.c Do C 6 ice lOO st London & N Western, 5p c 100 103 110 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 95 10 Man. Shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all SI 91 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 109 104 st Midland, it 5 per cent pref lOO 107 109 st Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 211 18 Do InconY. New Shares all 19 19/ 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 B/ 11 21p at North British, E. and G No. 1, b per cent ... at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... Do E ,P., & Dull., 2d, 4pc 100 ... at Do E. &G , No. 2, 5 p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 99 100 at Do Stock. & Darl., D at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p C lOO ... at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 ... at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 st Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenhead lOO 43 95 90 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 98 100 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 ; at Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. 100 11C 11 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stear Valley st East Lincoln, guts.. 6p. c lOO 132131 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all .„, Gt. Ease., Newm.,&c., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 st Dodo. Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Hera 100 97 99 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 at London and 131ackwa.11 lOO 93 95 911 st Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Chat., &c., 41 p. c lOO at Do. Corn. Fund, 5 do 100 at London and Greenwich st Do. do Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & Scuth 100 8 . 3 37; at Lowestoft,gua 4 percent.— 100 75 81 st Do. de 6 do 51 Manch., 8t.,. Ma ••• ••• all st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 91 10 Mid Kent Cray Lics) 50 Northernk East., 5 percent all 53 Lu 10 Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern—Hartlopool 100 ". st N.West. A porp. pref, 5p c. 100 107 109 st Du B minimum 11 p.c lOO ct Notting. & Grauth R.& 0 lOO 9i ~6; * 3 25 Preston and Wyre. Royston, Hitch., and Shop lOO 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 1058 1 32 134 10 De do 2 olp 15 S. Yorksh. and River DIIII 100 100 105 D 4 per cent gun.— 10) 78 80 5 du at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO . at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do B all 20 Do do C all st Weymouth and Portland lOO st Wilts and Somerset ...... 100 82 81 DOCKS. et East and Welt Loudon and St. Katherine 100 49 51 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent Dliliwall Freehold Land Dock lOO 20 33 Southampton ljo 72 75 2 t:;urrey COlDMEncial THAM ES. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ASSAULT AND VIO LATION OF DUTY BY A POLICE CONSTABLE.—John Stokes, a police-constable, No. 14,112, was charged by Mr. Superintendent Words, of the K division, with a violation of duty. Mr. Worels said he was direited by the Commissioners of Police to bring this case before the magistrate. Pulice sergeant Proctor, No. GO K, said that at 10 minutes to 9 o'clock on Wednesdty night it was represented to him the prisoner was intoxicated, in Devonport-street, Commercial-road. lie went there, and found him talking to two men. At 15 minutes past 10 the defendant, very drunk and staggering, was in King David-lane station, Shadwell. Inspector Rouse said when the men going► off duty were marched into the station-house on Wed nesday night the prisoner was among them, very tipsy. Mr. Worels here said, on asking the prisoner to explain his conduct this morning, he said this, which I wrote down :—" I had some beer for the purpose of getting drunk. Sergeant Proctor has been watching me for three weeks, for the purpose of reporting me. I have got a bet ter job than this. I can earn per week more than I have now. The Prisoner—lt is all true. Itold Mr. Worels so. In answer to Mr. Paget, the superintendent said that any man could leave the police force on giving one mouth's notice in writing. Charles Heath, a linendrap3r's apprentice, of No. 25, Colet-place, said that between nine and ten o'clock on Welnesday night he heard a dis turbance, and saw the prisoner having hold of a man by the collar, and bumping him against the wall. He turned round and the prisoner struck him on the arm. He tcok a pencil and a piece of paper from his pocket to take the prisoner's number, and he laid hold of him and used him very roughly, and tore the collar of his coat. The Prisoner—Two men were going to fight and I interrupted them. If I hit the lad on the arm it was by accident. Mr. Paget said that the charge of assault on a quiet respectable youth was a more serious one than the charge of violation of duty. Another person was said to be as saulted. He was not going to dispose of the case now, but should remand it for a week, and he directed inquiries to be made for the man who had been assaulted and bumped against the wall. WESTMINSTER. MAGISTERIAL SYMPATHY.—Applicant (a decent looking woman)—Will you be kind enough to give me a relief form. Magistrate—Certainly not. I never relieve per sonal applications. John Baker, 65 a man, who had evidently seen better days, was ch rged with begging. Chinnery, a detective of the T'Division, said he saw prisoner beg at four different houses in Danvers-street, Chelsea, and took him into cus tody. He would not give his address, as he said he had been in a far better position, and did not wish anybody to know he was in trouble ; 6d. was found on him. Mr. Selfe—What is your address ? Prisoner—l have none. Mr. Selfe—Where have you been staying ? Prisoner—Sometimes at one place, sometimes another. I have had no home for a long time. I would rather you not ask me. Mr. Selfe —lf you don't tell me I will deal with you as a vagrant. _ Prisoner T—l have no home ; I live anywhere. Mr. Selfe—You are sentenced to seven days' hard labour. Bank of e EnglaAid Returns. An Account, lursesant to the Act 7th and Bth Victorir, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, March 2, 1870. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £34,098,200 Governint. Debt £11,015,1d0 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and r Bullion Silver Bullion .£34,096,200 BANKING D £34,098,200 PARTMENT. Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £13,831.314 Other Securities 19,492,317 Notes 11,438,740 Gold and Silver Coin Proprietors'Capi tal Rest ... Public Deposits Oncluding Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 9,733,327 Other Deposits 17,274,771 Seven Days and other Bills 447,832 X 45,653,626 £45,6930;26 'rhelron Duke, ironclad ship-of-war, was launched at Pembroke dock on Tuesday, the ceremony of christening being performed by Lady Evelyn Camp bell, daughter of the Ea►l of Cawdor. The Iron Duke has been built wholly of iron, and she is armour-plated with iron slabs eight inches thick down to the water line. Her estimated speed is 131 knots, and she is propelled by twin-screws driven by first class engines of 800-horse power, on the trunk principle. Her armament will consist of 14 nine-inch guns of 12 tons each. The principal dimensions are as follows :—Length, 280 ft. 1 ; breadth, olft. lin. ; depth i❑ hold, 24ft. lin ; bur den in tons, 3,787 ; and her dead weight is calcu lated at 3,200 tons. The between decks are loft., thus insuring, with other appliances, good ventila tion ; and the accommodation for oflicets and crew is excellent. SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE. On Thursday the Master of the Rolls was occupied with the suit of " Weston v. Weston," in which the plaintiff sued for payment by her husband of an annuity of £l,OOO, secured to her by a deed of separation. It ap peared that the parties resided together in Dorsetsbire. Differences arose between them, and in 1866 a deed of separation was entered into. By it the husband, William Henry Purcell Weston settled upon his wife, Alder Gertrude Weston, an annuity of £l,OOO, subject to a power of revocation under cer tain circumstances. Amongst these conditions the deed specified the commission of adultery by the wife, or the institution by her of any suit for restitution of conjugal rights. There were three children by the marriage, who at first lived with the mother, but shortly after the deed was entered into one of the children returned to, and has since lived with the father, and on that account it was agreed that the annuity should be reduced to £9OO. The husband paid the quarterly instalment, which became due in April 1867, but in the following May he gave notice to Mrs. Weston's solicitor that in consequence, as he alleged, of her having committed the adultery, he revoked the grant. Mr. Jesgel, Q.O. (with him Mr. Cracknell) now shewed cause against the revocation, denying the charges of adultery, characterising them as false and scandalous, and only made to avoid the payment of the annuity. On these grounds he asked for the payment of all arrears and a declaration of continued title in future. _ At the couclusion of the plaintiff's case, The Master of the Rolls adjourned the case till Fri day, to allow Sir Richard Baf,gally to make out his was for the defendant. THE FRENCH FUNDS. According to Reuter's telegra►n this afternoon the Rentes closed at 74f. 40c. Undecided. THE W ()RILING MAN IN AMEILICA.—in 1 - 40ilibs tlonolly's last communication to the Telegraph he says that the artisan population of New York cannot be sur passed in skill or capacity, which is o w i ng t o t h e f act that from the thousands of emigrants who seek employment the best are selected. Respecting the prosperity of the working people of New York, it is the general opinion that they were never better off than during the period between 1842 and 1860 previous to the war, when gold was at par, and workmen were paid with it. He believes that the workmen manage to get through the winter better than the unemployed do in London, owing to the bountiful resources of the country. The shipbuilding trade is very small just now, the employers attribute it to the strike of 1865, but the men, with more truth, contend that the Government sacrificed the trade and shipping interest by a tariff which was meant to benefit the coal and iron masters of Penn sylvania,. Owing to the high price of materials in New York, ships can now be built in the British provinces for one-third less per ton, It is only within the last ten years the utility of trades unions ha-s been recognised by the working classes ; but there are now 125 lodges having 93,000 members, in New York alone, and in the State there are 320 lodges. Co-operation has been tried with success by the iron-moulders, but some other trades • have not been so fortunate in the attempt. Conolly does not wish his fellow-workmen at home to deceive them3elves, it is misery to seek em ployment in the over stocked labour market, and there are more men out of work in New York than in London, in proportion to the population. Yet if he had the world to begin again, America would be the country for him, with its boundless undeveloped resources ; but not to stay in New York or in any of the large overcrowded cities. A man should make his home in a small but rising town, where, if there was anything in him, he would be sure to rise with it% growth. r n lIRD ED 111 ON The TIAN! Edition of " The Sun " of last Evaning published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPe MAL PA it lAA LIEN r. HOUSE OF COMIONS —THIS EVENING. The Speaker took the chair, at four o'clock. TRAMWAYS BILL. The second reading of tbis bill was postponed until the 29th of April. SUGAR IN BREWERIES. Mr. LOCKE moved for a return of the total consumption of sugar fcr the year ending the 30th day of September, 1369, in breweries ; distinguishing LOndon and the pro vinces, and Scotland and Ireland. The return wal ordered. LICENSED BREWERS. Mr. LOCKE moved for accounts of persons in each of the several collections of the United Kingdom licensed as brewers, victuallers, to sell beer to be drunk on the pre mises, and to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises ; stating the number of each class who brew their awn beer, and the quantity of malt consumed by them, particularising each class in each col lection, from the Ist day of October 1868 to the 30th day of September 1869: of the number of barrels of beer exported from the United Kingdom, and the declared value thereof, and where exported to, from the Ist day of October 1863 to to the let day of October 1869, each year separately ; distinguishing England, Scotland, and Ireland ; of the total number of bushels of malt made, and the amount of duty charged, for the year ending the 31st day of December, 1869 ; and, of the number of common brewers paying for. licenses, from the Ist day of October, IS6B, to the 30th day of September, 1869. The return was ordered. MALT AND BARLEY. Mr. LOCKE move' for returns of the number of bushels of malt charged with duty, and the amount of duty charged in the year 1869 in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively. And of the quantity of barley im ported into the United Kingdom in the year 1869. The return was ordered, THE • ARMY. Lord ELOHO gave notice that on going into committee of supply on the Army Estimates he would move a resolu tion to the effect that the reserve about to be formed alone justifies the proposed reduction in the army. CASHEL AND SLIGO. Mr. STACPOOLE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland what were the intentions of her Majesty Govern mant with respect to the boroughs of Cashel and Sligo, and whether they intended to propose to the House that new writs should be issued for either of these boroughs during the present session. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said the report on the borough of Sligo had not being received, but as soon as it was Government would be prepared to make a statement with respect to both those boroughs. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SHIPS. Mr. HOLLAND asked the Secretary to the Board of Trade whether his attention had been called to the frequent wrecks which have recently taken place along the coast of Cardiganshiro, Merionethshire, and Carnarvonshire ; and whether the Government or the Trinity House contem plate p:acing another lightship along that coast, or alter -1g the position of the lightship now stationed in Cardigan Bay, FO as to make the same of use to vessels bound for the Irish Channel and for ports along the above coast. Mr. LEFEVRE said he had no precise information on the first portion of the question, but with respect to Cardigan Bay a light ship had been placed there in November last. lIA.BITIIAL CRIMINALS Mr. MILLER asked the Lord Advocate, whether it was the intention of Government to bring in a bill this session to amend the " Habitual Criminals Act," so ai to make it more applicable to and more workable in Scotland. The LORD-ADVOCATE said he believed the matter required amendment, and therefore he would promise t. introduce a bill on the subject. INDIAN RAILWAYS. Mr. RODEN asked the Under Secretary of State for India, whether the Government purposed proceeding without any more delay with the completion of the system of Indian railways ; and if he would state the total number of miles the Government proposed to construct, and the number of miles per annum. Mr. G. DUFF said the Government were doing all they could to carry on the construction of railways with the utmost expedition. One great line was constructed, and three others were also keing brought forward. EDUCATION. Mr. CAMPBELL asked the Vice-President of the Privy Council whether it was intended that under the Elemen• tary Education Bill all classes of the community should be free to participate in the school system proposed to be based upon payment of rates, school fees, and Government grants. Mr. FORSTER said he must ask that the Education Bill might pass Parliament before the additional questions as to what would be done with regard to the Revised Code. FOURTH EDITION . HIGHWAYS. Mr. GEORGE GREGORY asked the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the returns called for by him from the different Highway Boards were completed ; and whether he would lay them upon the table of the House. Mr. HUGESSEA said a number of letters had been sent out, but the answers had not yet been received. He should he happy to arrange with the hon. gentleman for the production of certain information on the subject. ISLAND OF ST. JUAN. Viscount MILTON asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the expense to which this country had been put on account of the joint occupancy of the Island of St. Juan from 1859 to 1869. Mr. OTWAY said the information he could give was very imperfect, and therefore the noble lord had better move for a return on the subject. THE TELEGRAPHS. Lord Clam) JOHN HAMILTON asked the Postmaster General if it was true that members of stock exchanges in large towns had a priority over all other communications transmitted by the Post Office telegraphs ; and, whether they had any advantages which the public did not enjoy with regard to the payment of messages. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said certain facilities hat been given to the Stock Fxchanges of London, Liverpool, and the large towns, and also to the brokers, for the pur pose of enabling them to settle their accounts. Those facilities had been coutinued, but no other preference had been given to them over other persons. TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES. Mr. LEA asked the Postmaster-General if he was able to give an opinion as to what average ti.•ne ought to be occupied between the reception of a telegraphic message at any of the chief district post offices of the metropolis, and its delivery within one mile of the terminal office in any important town within 200 miles. And if he does not consider.two hours much too long. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said it all depended upon the state of the wires and the state of business under the ordinary circumstances mentioned; the time set down• was too long. The message ought not to occupy much more than 35 minutes. MALTA TELEGRAPH. Mr. EYKYN asked whether her Majesty's Government had refused permission to the Marseilles, Algiers, and Malta Telegraph Company to land their cable at Malta ; and whether her Majesty's Government would lay upon the table a copy of the convention by which they guaran teed £3,000 a year to the Mediterranean Extension Tele graph Company. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the matter was still in the course of negotiation, and therefore he could not give any information. The guarantee was not £.3,000 a year, but unfortunately £7,200. He had no objection to lay the paper on the table. EMIGRATION. Sir JAMES LAWRENCE asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies if he was now prepared to state the number of free emigrants that would be sent to Western Australia during the present season ; and if he has any objection to lay before the. House the dispatch recently re ceived from the governor of that colony. Mr. MONSELL said no emigrants except the families of convicts bad been sent out, and no more would be sent out until the Governor had intimated the number and the description required. (LEFT BITTING•) FRANCE. (REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) PAINS, March 4. It is expected that the suit brought by the ex- King of Spain against Queen Isabella will not take place, but that an amicable underatanding will be arrived at. The French Government have taken measures at Bayonne to restrain the Carlists who raf use to be interned. General Ellio has been reconducted to the inte rior of France. I FALY. ROME, March 3. The Pope suspended last Sunday the issue of the Osservatore Romano, for publishing among other matters, without regarding the corrections of the Censorship, a telegraphic despa'ch announcing the meeting of Don Carlos and the ex-Duke of Modena. It is believed that the journal will reappear on Monday next. SUN OFFICE, 7.39 P.M. SPORTING INTELLIGENCZ-3 HIS rAY MALTON RACES—This DAY. OPEN HUNTERS'. • Vulcan Red Lancer.. • Morryrcan Nine ran. HUNTERS' SELLING PLATE. Generosity Full Bloom Bob Brunton Ten ran. CITY BETTING.—Tats DAY. GRAND NATIONAL. sto 1 agst Doctor (offered—take 525 to 100) 100 to 12 agst Colonel (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Cristal (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Primrose (offered—take 11 to 1) 100 to 7 agst Q.C. (offered) 200 to 15 agst Surney (offered) 100 to 7 agst Tathwell (offered—take 100 to 6) 100 to 6 agst Gardener (taken) 20 to 1 agat Moose (taken) 20 to 1 agst Guy of Warwick (offered)] 200 to 7 agst Alcibiade (taken and offered) 200 to 7 agst Cinna (offered) 85 to 1 agst Fan (offered--take 40 to 1) 40 to 1 ETU Hall Court (taken) 40 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (wanted) 50 to 1 agst Silvermere (offered) 50 to 1 agst Schiedam (offered) 50 to 1 agst Lord Raglan (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 9to 1 agst Miss Dayroll (offered—take 10 to 1) 11 to 1 agst Walter (offered) 100 to 8 agst Ladas (offered) 100 to 6 agst Ashfield (offered) 20 to 1 agst Gertrude (offered) 1000 to 40 agst Benbow (offered) 1000 to 40 agst Oxoniau (offered) 500 to 15 agat Tabernacle) 50 to 1 agst Brennus (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Seamstress f (taken) 1000 to 15 ag.t. Atlas (taken) 16 to 1 agst Gertrude and Wheatear coupled (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 3to 1 agst Kingcraft (wanted) 100 to 15 agst Astalfo (offered) 100 to 12 agst Sunlight (taken to £300) 9to 1 agst Sunshine (taken and offered) DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered) Bto 1 agst Kingcraft (offered—take 9to 1) 100 to 6 agst Sunlight (offered) RACING FIXTURES-1870 MARCH. Liverpool B, 9, 10 ! West Somerset 1(1, 17 Pontefract 14, 1.: I Warwick 22, 23, 24 Cambridgeshire ......14, 15 1 Epsom 20, 30 Bromley 31 awl April 1 APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 West Drayton 7, 8 `lb irsk 7, 8 Kingsbury 18,19 Durham lB, 19 Newmarket Crayon 18 to 22 Abergaveuny 21, Lewes Croydon. 2B, 2s. Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5 Chester. lO, to 13 Winchester lO.ll Salisbury 12, 13 York 17, 18 Doncaster 19, 20 Croydon 8, 9 Manchester 8 9, 10 Ascot... l4 to 17 Windsor 2l, 22 Newmarket 5 to 8 Nottingham 12, 13 Chel►nsford l2, 13 Reading 1 1 , 13 Brighton 2, 3 Brighton Club 4 AY. Harpenden 2O, 21 Bath 24, 25 Stamford 9 6, 27 Croydon 26, W Epsom 31 to June 5 NE. Newton 22, 23 Hampton 9 3, 24. Bibury Club 2l Stockbridgo...3o, aud Jolv 1 'LY. I West Drayton 14, t 5 I Huntingdon..... 19, 20 Kingsbury 2l, 22 Goodwood • "6, 29 3IIST. Stocktc_ l7 to 19 Oxford lB, 19 , York 23 to 2.S 1 D V7 . ! b 710 u t It 3 :t Plymouth 30, 31 30, 31 Le;es .5, 6 EL;lnun lO Windsor ll, 12 I Bromley it;, 17 LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening, CROWN OFFICE, MARCH 2. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN TUB PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Tipperary—Denis Canfield Heron, Q. 0., of Fitz William-street, in tLe city of Dublin, in the room of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, adjudged and sentenc3d to penal servitude for life, and now imprisoned under such sentence. MARCH 3. County of Roxburgh —The Hon. James Henry Rolert limes Ker (commonly called the Marquis of Bowmont), in the room of Sir William Scott, Bart., who has accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's Manor of Northstead. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAR= 1. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Marquis of Normanby, to appoint Captain Thomas Lewis Hampton, late sth Dragoon Guards, one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Captain 0. W. Earle, resigned. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Minot. 4. Ist Regiment of Dragooon Guards—Lieutenant Rigby Wason to be Captain ; Cornet Frauds William Robert son to be Lieutenant. 20th Hussars—Cornet Charles Swaine Hogg° to be Lieu.. tenant ; Cornet Benjamin Watson Blake to be Lieu- tenant. Coldstream Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. Evelyn Edward Thomas Boscawen to be Lieutenant and Captain; Cyril Dudley Fortescue, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant; Lieut. and Captain Henry Robert Eyre to be Instructor of Musketry. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain the Hon, Charles William White to be Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel ; Ensign and Lieutenant William Edward Mont gomery to be Lieutenant and Captain ; tho Hon. Arthur Hay David Fraser to be Ensign and Lieutenant. 10th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Henry Northage Land James, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon. 19th Foot —Lieutenant Robert Gayer Traill to be Captain ; Ensign Harry J. Charrington to be Lieutenant. 55th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Barnston to be Captain ; Ensign P. Eyton to be Lieutenant; Ensign Frederick James Webber Smith to be Lieutenant. 59th Foot—Captain John Thomson Bowers, from half pay, late Gth Foot, to be Captain. GGth Foot—Lieutenant Ernest Stephen Garrett to be Captain, by purchase ; Lieutenant Francis James Cullen, from Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieute nant ; Ensign William Augustus U.►llaghan to be Lieu- tenant. 75th Foot—Lieutenant John Gage Leary to be Cap tain, Ensign Arthur Edward Clabbern to be Lieu tenant. 81st Foot—Ensign Norcott D'Esterre Roberts to be Li u- tenant. 90th Foot—Lieutenant Randall Ironside Ward to bo Captain; Lieutenant Arthur William Bowman to be Adjutant. 96th Foot —Ensign Benjamin Horatio Pollard to be Li tenant., BREVET. Paymaster and Honorary Captain James George, 21st Hussars, to have the honorary rank of Major. The following promotions to take place in succession to Lieut.-General Henry Keane Bloomfield, Colonel of the 64th Foot, who died on 11th February, 1870 : Major-General Lord Frederick I'aulet, C. 8., Colonel of the 32d Foot, to be Liout.-General. Brevet-Colonel William Neville Custance, C. 8., from Lieut.-Colonel, half-pay, late Cavalry Depot, to be Major- General. Major Godfrey Rhodes, half-pay, Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Edward Metcalfe Grain, Royal Engineers, to be Major. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.--(THIS DAY.) Sales probably 10,000 bales. The market quiet. We are authorised to state that the freehold of her Majesty's dockyard, Deptford, has at length been disposed of, the Admiralty having given their consent to the conditions of the sale. The negoti ations have been =lied on on behalf of Mr. Austin, the purchaser, through Mr. Marsh, a city auctioneer. The dockyard and victualling-yard being at present united, arrangements arc in progress for separating the two yards by means of a high wall. 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