The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-08 00:00:00

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The business to-day on the Stock Exe,hange was Steady, and Consols were firm at their quotations. 14 the foreign secuiiti s there is a trifling fall in P a niA, and mo s t o f the other continental are h S ea . l 7 For American Securi'ies prices are not so F°od as yestrJay, bat there has been rather more bu,iness than usual in telegraph shares. . The demand for discount has not been extensive, and first-class bills are done at 21. Consols are now at 931 to 93{ for money ; ditto, account, 93i ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 921 2 ; I Cevr Three per Cents., 92 ; Bank of England Stock, 4f per cent., 235 61 ex div. Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 2i per cent., March, 2 prem.; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, June, prem. d itto 5 I ndia Stock, 101 per cent., April, 1874, 210 ; per cent., July, 1880, 113 I ; ditto 4 per Ce nt.) Oct., 1888, 1001 I ; ditto Enfaced Paper per cent., —; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 25 22 prem. ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 20 prem. In the Foreign Market Argentine Sixes are 901 901 ; Brazilian Five per Cents. (1865), 881 to 881; gyptian Seven per Cents. (1868), 801 to 801 ; Grenada New, 40 41; ditto Deferred, 11 111 ; Hon dilras•Loan, 831 811; Italian Five per Cents. (1861), 55 1 to 55 Mexican Three per Cents., 141 15 ; Peruvian Five per Cents. (1865), 851 851; Nicolai, 69 i to 691 ; Orel Vitebsk, 871 871 ; Moscow Jam „,,slow, 84; to 851 ; Charkof Az.,f, 83 to 831 ; Spanish "ew Three per Cents. (1867), 28 to 281 ; Turkish cs F lue per C en t s . (1865), 47 1-16 to 47 3-16 ; ditto °i 2 c per Cents. (1865), 70/ to 701. In the Rail*ay Market Caledonian are 781 to 781; Great Eastern, 391 to 39i ; Great Northern 117 to 118; the A Stock, 1231 to 124 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to 129 ; Brightons, 451 to 458 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 151 to 151; London and North Western, 1251 to 1251; London and South Western, 88 to 89 ; Sheffiehts, 52 to 521 ; Itletrorolitan 771 to 781; Milland, 1251 to 1251 ; and Dovers, 761 761. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 90i to 911 ; ditto, 1865 issue, 901 to 901; Erie Shares, 24 to 24 ; Illinois Central, 114 to 114 f ; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 32 to 321; ditto Con solidated Boras, 28f, to 281 ; and Virginia Six per Cents., 57 to 571. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 171 to 17; ; Anglo Mediterranean, 171 to 171 ; Atlantic 12 to 14 ; ditto Eight per Cent. Preference, 1; to 21 ; 13ritish Australian, 2 to 11 dis.; British Indian Sub- M arine, 91 to 91 ex New ; British Indian Extension, 2} to 4 dis. ; China Submarine, 4 to 11 dis. ; Fal mouth, Gibraltar, arid Malta, 2 to 1k dis. The transactions in the stock markets next week will probably be upon a limited scale, in anticipa tion of the holidays. Many persons will doubtless leave town on Thursday afternoon, and not return to business until the following Tuesday morning. In addition to Good Friday, the Stock Exchange ill be closed on Easter Monday, according to custom. t memorial, signed by the leading houses in the his been forwardtd to the Chancellor of the advocating the abolition of the duty on fruit, • It is understood that the Bank of England will ref use to ray, on presentation, the larger notes re cently stolen from Messrs. Barnetts, Hoares, Han " i 54 178, and Co.'s, so that time will be given to trace them, and there is no danger of their being paid to anY person who has not given the full value for them. It has been notified that Messrs. J. Henry Schroder a . nd Co. havingbeeu appointed agents for the eli.lrter lug bus 7 ness connected with their gui,no cuntract with the Peruvian Government will be prepared to engage tonnage for the Continental ports now about to receive guano under that contract. The directors of the Australian Mortgage Land an d Finance Company (Limited) recommend the usual dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. A meeting of the creditors of Sir Wm. Russell 44 8 been held, when Sir William Russell's statement of the position of his property was presented to the 'fleeting, through Mr. C. F. Kemp, the receiver. A yesolUtion was passed to adjourn the meeting for three weeks, to give the creditors (three of whom N/. ere appointed as a committee) an opportunity of in vestigating and deciding upon the nature of the arrangement to be carried out. _ - general rneeting of the Italian Tobacco Mono. 11 1 .° 1 Y Company will be held on the 30 th instant , al .lorence. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway traffic return shows this week a decrease of £923, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire a decrease of £649, The ordinary general meeting of the Antwerp and - "e'terd arn Railway Company will be held on the .sth of May, at Brussels. At a meeting of the Union Steamship Company a dividend was declared of per share. At the half-y e a r ly meeting of the London Water works Company a dividend was declared at the rate ° f 6 per cent. per annum. At the second series of wool sales of the year the attendance of buyers, both English and foreign, was v ery numerous, and the competition spirited. Prices f or most descriptions were maintained at the quota tions of the March series, and in the case of grease Wool tended slightly in sellers' favour. The Bank of Montreal has opened an agency in Lo m b ard -street for the transaction of business with Canada and the United States. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSJNG PRICES. GOVERNMENT rtricns. 3 Par Cent. Consols Ditto for Account 934 NeerCont.* lie laced 924 2 iiv • Iv 3 per Cent 21 per Cont. Jan. 1894 ... 1)0 . 5 per Cen Jau.1873 "' 'unities, SO yre, expire sth Jan., 1880 — De. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1881 — Do (Red Sea Tele( rapli). Ang., 1908 — I-1 %110.11/2r Lille, £l,OOO, 24 p. Ct. 2 pm Do. 21 do. June — D 1 £lOO, £2OO (lc £509 — Pm B ank of England Stock, 4i per Cent IN, 0 t nada 4 pe openin r Cont. Bonds 1 at er-Oolonial Cranium i INDIAN aIVERNMENT SECURITIES. tralia Stock 104 per Cent., April 1874 2lO 1) .„ 0 . Opening, for Account ll3 4 '-',). o lair Cont. July, 11 80 '-', O . 4 per Cont. Oct. 1888 I ) •• Eufaced Pape, 4 per Omet•• ...••• — ' l , '. 5 per Coat., Jan. 1872 .•• •••••• .... Cent. May 1879 ... .. ''''°. 5 Der Cent., Rup. Dal% 1872 — D, do 18'7— — D '• Do. do. 1882 -,-; . Deb., 5 per Cent., Ang. 1873 ...., — 'Fe Bond s , 4 per C on t., £l,OOO "25 22 "O• nuder £l,OOO 2O I'm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. krk:eutine Republic, 6 per Cent ... 1 )0 A.ci)unt • ..._ & Uitrittn bends 3 per cent ... — Do 1839 nr .1. S ' Cent uottn. per 7 0.„ li par Cent. 1852 — '-', 0 • do 1858 — ' )0 . tio 186 ,1 • 1)0, do 1863 — I) •-- a , 881,- per C0nt.,1865 .. t ends Ayres 6 per Cc n• . n, p a 2 p er C ent. (Deferred 3 per Cent — 6,4.; , ‘ 6 per Cent. - L , lttu l 6 p e , r (..,,,n+ - per Cent... ..., — D ' i • 3 V" 01)11t ...• -- 1-, _ _ , ........... •• ••• i, "O. 1 i) ,, r Cent., izst;6 .... ......... . ... ...- -- , Ain. 6 per cc- t. 1867 ..... fi o lo abitto, 6 per Cent. •••••• ..... . ••• ....• , 4 nihti, per Cent., 1825 .. 4-Jan,,t)iart Principalities, 7 ler Cent ...... Det Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 96 En.=lor Nev. , Ooniolidated : 1 pr Cent B tvpiian, 7 per Ozint...,. Da Second issue •• •• 000000000 Do. Bon ls Do. 1864 .............. Do. Account ... t),). itends Do ..t1 t!e, von Do. 7 per Cent., IS6B .............. 801 tio. A vt,Cura Dc....::10J 801 Government ttaliWaV Oelo,nture . ametc 5 per Cont., 1821 5, ex Coups D.. Ocupoi E Gilitem:lU 5 per gent . gondurasGov 'tail. Loa 10 p. Gt., all pc... 8-11 Do. Aer , Ulat :t3;tan 5 pr: 1865 Do. Account .. - - Do Ilitrerantana .. .. lericat.. a per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do per Cent. Anglo-Frond. — t 1 , nte•vidmil 6 per Cent. c crish imperial 5 psi Cent Vow Granada Do 3 per Con ••• Do. Def...,r-ed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) ..... Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865. Do Account ••• ..... ••• 1011 Do 41 per Gent (151:harren) .... Do 41 per Cont.. 1862. .. .... ••• Portagnecie 3 por Ct., 1853,'6, 7, Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid I:fusion 5 ear Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44. per Cent - Isso D..) 41 per Cent, 1860 - D 3 3 por Cent., 1859 5 per Cant., 1862 ........... ..• 8 7 4 7 Do inglo-Dutch, 1864, ..£lOO Bond: Do. do. £B4 15s. do. Do., 1860, .£lOO Bonds ... 911 Do. do .EB4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway 691 1 'ardiniau 6 per Cent ip3,nish '3 per Con .... Do. A eci..uut Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. - New Deferrou 271 Do. Passive Do. Corsi. Cart. of o , ,up. not funded — Do. Account. S wedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do de, 1868 Turkish 6 pyr Cent .• ...... • ...... .•••• Do Account Do 6 per Cent, 1858 D.) Account ••• Do ZIA Bonds D 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account £lOll P.onds Do. 5 per cent. 1865 471 7 Do. Aceottnt Do 6 per Cent., 1863 • Do Account D , 1 per Cent., Guaranteed............ Do do, Scrip Venezuela 3 per Cont. J) 6 per Cent. 1364 D 6 per Cent.,lE62 •••• • ••• Divi londs on the above payable in London. Austrian a per Cent Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.. Dutch 21 per Cent.: Ex. 12 G nil, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 251 — Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, E. £sf Do Account 27i 8 70 CLOSING PRICES. Congo's, Money "q Do. Account, May 4 ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTI- TUTION. Yesterday, a meeting of this inititution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi, Thomas Chap man, Esq., F..R.5.V.P., in the chair. There were also present 'Lord Henry Cholmonleley, Sir E. Perrott, Bart., Admiral Sir W. IL Hall, K.C.8., F.R.S., W. IL Harlong, Captain G. H. Richard. , , R.N., F.R.S., li. drographer to the Admiralty, Ad miral Rydet, Captain G. 0. Willis, R.N., C. 8., Admiral 11.1. hardy, Captain De St. Croix, Captain J. R. Ward, R.N., and Richard Lewis, Esq. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, rewards amounting to £237 were. granted to the crews of liFeboats of the Eociety for various services in the boats during the past month. The Pakefield lifeboat, Sisters, saved the crew, consisting of fivo persons, of the brigantine Adel: Ann, of Swan sea, which was totally wrecked off the Suffolk cast during blowing weather. The lifeboat Old George IrLim of Liverpool, at Drogheda, l! eland, _was Larpily the means of saving the who!e of the crew, numbering sir eeu men, from the barque Richard Cob:len, of Liverpool, which, while on a voyage from that port to Monte Video, with a valuable cargo, went ashore on the Irish coast in a strong gale and heavy sea. The Cromer lifeboat, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, took off the crew of five men from the wrecked brig Emulous, of Middles borough; the sea was making a clean breach over the vessel when the rescue was effected, and she soon afterwards went to pieces. The Ramsgate lifeboat, Bradford, and steamtug Aid, and the Broadst_tirs ifeboat, Samuel Morrison Collins, went out to _ _ _ the brig Volunteer, of Shoreham, which bad gone on the Goodwin Sands ; with their assistance the vessel was got off, and taken into Ramsgate Harbour. The Wexford large lifeboat, the St. Patrick, rendered assistance to the stranded steamer, Dundee, of Leith. The Albert Victor lifeboat at Berwick-on-Tweed saved, at considerable risk, in a very heavy sea, the crew of five men from the wrecked schooner Mar garets, of Whithorn. The North Deal lifeboat, Van Kook, brought ashore the crew of seven men of the brigantine Germania, of Bremen, which was totally wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. Various rewards werelikewise granted to the crews of different shoreboats for saving life from wrecks on our coasts. Her Majesty the Queen had sent her usual annual annual subscription of £5O for the institution. The late Miss Mary Walker, of Coates, N. 8., had left it a legacy of £5OO, and the b►te 'Mr. Matthew Bell, .of Glasgow, one of £2OO. The committee expressed their deep sympathy with Mr. Lewis - , the Secret:try, on the occasion of the late bereavement caused by the death of his wife. A new lifeboat was about to be forwarded to Kingsgate, near Margate. New lifeboat establishments were also decided to be formed at Seaham, Co. Durham, and Chapel, on the coast of Licolnshira. A report was read from Capt. David Robertson, R.N., the Assistant-Inspector of lifeboats, on his recent visits to the coast, and the proceedings then terminated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(Tuffs DAY). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Thomas Henry Langley, about 10 years of age, was charged before Mr. Knox with begging in Ticbborne street. Police-constable Curtis, 39 said that seeing the prisoner begging last night in Tichborne street, and as he was there every night, and had been cautioned by Min, he took him into custody. In reply to Mr. Knox, the constable said the prisoner was constantly in the .street late at night begging,. and be Said his mother sent him out. He went at two that morning to a place near the Miuories, but the mother was not at home. Ile had seen the boy begging for six months past, and he told him that his mother wasin the habit of coming to meet him every night. The mother denied the statement. The boy was sent to a reformatory. THAMES. Tile. BLACK SWINDLEIL—henry Allen, alias Jacobs, a man of colour, the most successful of all modern ,swindlers, was brought up for the fif.lt and last time, before Mr. Paget, charged with defrauding a great many 'persons of money, food, board, and lodging under the false and fraudulent pretence that he had brought to this country money goods, silk dresses, watched, and other valuables, from thLir relatir. s and friends in North and South America, and wanted money to defray the dock charges and customs dues. lie had already been cotnmittA for trial on four charges of fraud and on three of felony. Some other cases having been completed, the prisoner was fully committei for trial. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1870. THE CANAL AND THE CHANNEL. The opening session of the Institution of Naval ArcU tast:3 opened with some very interesting business. First came an introductory address fromthe chairman, Sir John Pakington. The right hon. gentleman adverted to * most of the leadins , naval questions of the• time—the Suez Canal, the means of communication with France, but mare particularly to the recent collisions. Why, asked Sir John Pakington, could not the Oneida and the Bom bay keep clear of each other ? That led to the important question being asked, were the existing laws with regard to the rule of the road by sea as good as could be made for the protection of life an property at sea? A , strong impression existed that the present laws on the subject were not so well defined or so clear as they could be made, and it became a question whether , i n-the public interest' some inquiry should not take place on the subject. It was also a question whether inquiry should not be made on a matter of even greater importance, whether the public safety did not require that some swift, strict, and precipitate arrangement should be made, as to the management of ships in thick fogs. The loss of the Normandy was occasioned by thick fog, and he thought enough had come before the public to prevent their feeling any hesitation in saying that the main cause of the disaster was the ship going at her full speed, or nearly so, at the time a thick fog existed. There did not appear to have 'been precautions taken to prevent such accidents by means of gongs or bells. After Sir John Paldngton, Mr. Samuda, M.P., occu pied the attention of the Institute with the Suez Canal. He calculated that the canal would make the following saving in distance in the voyage to England :—From Bom bay, 5,570 miles ; Ceylon, 3,810 ; from Hong Kong and Singapore, 3,520 ; and from Melbourne, 91 miles. This represents a saving of about half the distance be , tureen England and Bombay, about one-third the distance between England and China, and practically none be tween England and Australia. Manifestly, then, the canal will greatly benefit carriers. • Independently of the difficulties and the expense of getting through the canal, the Red Sea was so dangerous at certain times to sailing ships that the canal would not do for such vessels. The opening of the canal, therefore, had caused a great falling off in the construction of sailing ships, and it tended to the further substitution of steam for sails in carrying on our traffic with the Est. A few years ago the opening of the Suez Canal would not have had such a powerful influence, but within the last ten or twelve years so many improvements had been made in engines, and in economizing the consumption of coal, that steam can now compete much better than before with sails. In our traffic with the East, steamships should, if possible, take enough coal on board before leaving England, to enable them to perform the outward and homeward, trip. This could be done between England and Bombay, and still leave room for a very large quantity of cargo, so that, without doubt, nearly all the traffic between here and Bombay will be lost to sailing-ships. In the trade with China the effect would be less, because.the quantity of coal required on starting would prevent the carrying of a large cargo on the out ward voyage. He thought that superior clipper ships might hold their ground in the China trade for some time, until steamers were improved. In the Australian traffic he looked upon the profitable employment of cargo steamers as at present impossible, and expected that the withdrawal 'of sailin g -ships from Bombay would cause much competition in the Australian trade. Next came two contributions advocating the establish ment of train ships between Dover and Calais, that is, the establishment of a line of vessels which would receive on board entire trains with their cargoes. Admiral B slcher read the first paper, and Mr. Scott Russell the second. The latter gentleman explained that the train on arriving at Dover would on two lines at once pass on to the deck of his steamer, which would be 400 feet in length and 40 feet in the beam, and that when the vessel arrived in Calais it would pass on to the French railways and 'so on to Path. Should there be any difference between the level of the deck and that of the pier, the difficulty would be got rid of by the use of an inclined plane. It might be asked what was the use of this, but the answer was a ready one. It was not to save the passengers the trouble of getting out of the train into the steamer, and from the steemer again into the train, but it was to save the cost, the trouble, and the damage which attended the frequent transhipment of merchandise. Under this system goods might be put into a waggon at Manchester or Birmingham, andremain undisturbed until theyreachod theirdestination in Vienna or Paris. A vessel which he had built to fulfil those objects had been for years plying on Lake Constance. The result to passenger would be that the railway companies could establish American trains with sleeping apartments, and would thus enable the passengers to reach their destination without the fatigue' and trouble attendant upon journeys undertaken at the present time. SHARL LIST. - RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS Closing Business Nana 3. Quotations. done. Bristol and Exeter • 100 77 79 Cakdonian 100 771 -73 St -Cambrian lOO 15 20 20 Cornwall all 21 31 St Dublin and Belfast Junction-160 St Dun, Prth, and ACer. June 100 70 72 '2O East London. all 4 6 20 Do 20 Do St ,Glasgow and S.Western 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 371 38 391 1 St Do East Anglian, N 0.2 100 t 71 St Great North of Scotland 100 15 - 16 St Great Northern 100 114 115 1174 St Do A 100 119 1191 1231 St Do B. lOO 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (lreland) 100 98 100 • St Great Western - Cousolid 100 681 691 691 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 St. Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45 St Da do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1251 127-1 1251 1 St Loud, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 431 451 1 St Loud, Chatham, and Dover 100 141 151 15 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9.- 11 St London and North Western 100 123 1 4 1231 1251 1 St Loudon and South Western 100 88 891 881 1 St Manch, Shef, and Linceinsh 100 51 511 52 St Do New. issued at .x5O dis 3O ... St Metropolitan lOO 791 80 78 71 St Do Preferred... - • • 100 .... St Do Deferred.. 100 - 10 Do Redeemable St Metropolitan. District 100 37 38 38 1 St Midland 100 1241 125 1251 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 94 St North British. lOO 31 35 341 St Do Edin, Perth, and DUnde 100 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick lOO 1261 1271 135 raid. St Do Leeds 190 841 84 90 St Do York - St Do Stockton and Darlingta 100 178 180 St North London lOO 116 118 10 Do New, 1868 6 l. 1 1 1 i St North Staffordshire 100 59 61 St North and So. West. Junct 100 102 103 St Rhymney lOO 52 54 St Shropshire Union 100 62 63 St South Devon 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 74-1 751 St Do Preferred ..11J0 1094 1101 1104 10 St Do Deferred... lOO 41 414 43 St Staines, Wok'ham, & IVok'l,l. all 124 13f St Taff Vale 100 158 162 10 Do C 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 ... ... 10 Waterloo and Whitehall MISCEL L AN EOUS 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 24 16 17 25 Austu Murt Laud and Fin, L 5 d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 10 Berlin Water Works, Lien all 15 15} 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 54 5 Ditty, Now 4 pr Ipm 50 British American Laud 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 21 31 27 Canada Comi;auy all 78 80 78 . 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto ' A shares 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6d 30 City of Milan Improment L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Limited 2O ld pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 5 1 21p 10 Com of African Mereb, L 3 2i 11d 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of England, I'ref 7 3 2 - per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent all [OO Ditto, 1879, 41 par cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 4* per cent 10 Credit Fonc 01 England, L all 21 31 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 24 11d St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 94 99 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 108 113 50 E India Laud Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 271 101 10d LOO E2.-ypt 9 p et Viceroy's Loan gun by Egyptian Gov all 1001 1014 1001 20 Egyptian Corn and Trading L4/13 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 4 4 . 15 Eng dad Foreign Credit 7l 4 3d 10 European Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new.... 5 4 41 6 Fairbairu Engineering 5 1d p 21 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 31 41p 18/ ForeignLOO and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per et Bonds , all 97 96 95 10 Gen Credit and Diicouut, L 71 1 4d 7 15 General Steam Navigation ll 29 31 50 Home and Col Marine Ins, II 5 ld p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and • •Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 El2l- 121 50 Imperial Continental this 43 131 136 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L 45 Si 59 10 International Film Soc, L 5 11 11d • 20 Italian irrigation Canal, Cav all 4/ 41 • 100 Ditto, 6 per cut Bonds, red all 18;0 hi) Land Securities, Limited... 5 '2 Id 25 London African Trading lO -- 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 11. 4 Lond Gan Omnibus, Limi 50 Land & Glasg Eragia, Limd 25 18 ltid 20 Loudon and Prov Marine St Madras Irrig & Canal, guar 100 spc by India Gov lOO 103 105 50 Merchant Shipping, Limtd all 32 37 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 31 41 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 114 111 10 National Steamship, Limd all 131 141 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d 4 1 10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited- a -A/12 44 4 1 d 25 N Zealand Ln & More, &c 24 kp 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 1/ 11p 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 lnsnce Gf 23 231 281 25 Ocean Marine Insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 1 1 0 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 4 , 1 4p 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 21 SL Peel Riv Lnd & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 43 •45 50 Do., New, 1867 lO :3) 21d 50 Rhymney Iron ... all 27 281 30 15 Do, New all 8, 81 25 Rio Janeiro City Dn., Lmtd all 191 201 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited 100 Royal Mail Steam • 6O 52 51 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe Ganeral de I'Empire Ottoman 8 21 31 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance Om and redaced) all 36 361 371 1 20 Thames & Mers Mn Ins, L 2 21 21p St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trust and Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCoof Up Canada 5 *lp 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 51p 94 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 4 1 30 Van Diemen's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort La all 851 8613851 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 60 WI & P Steam, Limited 20 4 3d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 105} Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 105 f 106 f Do, 5p c, Jan and July .......:100 94 95 • Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 Do, bp c, Dominion of, 1903 lOO 95f 96} Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 'lOO 111 113 1111 _ _ _ 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 1081 _ _ Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 100 103 105 Do, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6p c, 1873, Jan & July 100 102 104 Do, 1878, Jau 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 Satal Gov 6p c, April & Oct 100 108 no 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 1011 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July - 100 101 102' 101 k Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875.. let. 100 1011 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1001 1011 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do 5p c 100 97 98 Do , Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981 971- Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1891, June and Dee... 100 107 109 • Nova Scotia Gov, G p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July lOO 1021 1031 Do, 1888 lOO 1011 1051 Queensland 6 per et, 188'2-85, Jau and July • N 100 1081 1091 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 108/ 1091 S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-92 100 Do, 1833-1908 100 110 111 Tasmanian, 6 p c, 1895, Jan and and July 100 108 110 Do, 6p c r,d, 1893 to 1897 lOO 108 110 Victoria. Govt, 0 p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO 113 111 Do, April and Oct, 1883.5 lOO 1131 1111 1101 110, bp c, Jan. and July,lB9l 100 1011 1021 1021 THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Mr. ALLEN gave notice that on the Gth of May, on the notion for going into committee of supply, he should nove a resolution in favour of opening the public galleries )n Sundays. CIIATHAM DOCKYARD. Mr. P. W. MARTIN asked the First Lord of the kdmiralty whether it was true that a Mr. Holden having seen so injured a 3 to lose the sight of an eye had been lischarged from the dockyard at Chatham on a gratuity £B, and by whom this gtatuity was awarded. Mr. CHILDERS said inquiry had been made into tbei natter, and the statement was altogether inaccurate. lolden was one of the hired workmen in receipt of eeekly pay at the rate of 4s. Gd. a,.day. About five years go he received an injury to one of his eyes, but ever since hat time he had been employed receiving full pay. It tad been found necessary to discharge some of the men at Chatham, after proper notice, Holden being amongst hem, and a petition being sent in by Holden, a surgical xamination took place, and as it was stated that the in ury he had received was not of the extensive nature tated, the gratuity mentioned was given bim. But 'olden being dissatisfied, he stated that both yes had been injured by the accident, but. hat he purposely concealed the fact, in order o prevent his discharge, so that what had occurred really ias that for five years we had been employing a man who ad been totally unfit to perform hi) duty. He intended a send the whole of the papers to the TreasurY, so that 'iey would have to consider what the man ought to eceive. THE LICENSING BILL. Mr. ALLEN asked the Secretary of State for the Home )epartment whether he intended to introduce the 2cenSing Bill next Tuesday, according to the notice on he paper. Air. BRUCE' said it was not intended to ask for leave to ltroduce the bill without, a reasonable prospect f carrying it through during the present session. He hould wait to see how the business progressed after the . olidays before he took any further steps. • BEER AND WINE RETURNS. Mr. HENRY SELwIN-IBBETSON asked the Under secretary of State for the Home D3pa,:tment l , if • he could ive any idea when the return relative to beer, &c., icenses (ordered 22nd February) would be laid upon the able of the House. Mr. K. HUGGESSON said they had every desire to give hat return, but the delay arose owing to there being no sower to enforce the desired information. THE ELECTION AT WATERFORD. Mr. DEASE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if his ttention had been called to a paragraph in the Pall Mall gazette, Waterford Mail, and other newspapers, to the ffect that Mr. Goold, R.M., had been removed rom Waterford to New Rosa in consequence of errors ommitted by him in his capacity of stipendiary magis rate during the late election at Waterford ; if so, whether here was any foundation for such a statement. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said there was not the slightest oundation for the report alluded to. Mr. Goold at the ime was confined to his house by illness. THE CENSUS. Mr. G REENE asked the Secretary of State for the Home department, when the Government intended to introduce he bills for the Census of IS7I. • Mr. BRUCF., replied that he could not state the exact ime. THE IRISH LAND BILL. Mr. KAVANAGH asked the First Lord of the Treasury ipon what day after Easter he proposed to take the Com nittee on the Irish Laud Bill. Mr. GLADSTONE said on the Thursday after the House 7e-assembied, and he proposed arterwar(Ls to go on with it ►vory evening the Government had an opportunity. The House then went into committee on this bill. Several verbal amendments having been ogre, Mr. KAVANAGU moved to omit sub-section 4, from Mouse 3, with respect to compensation to the tenant for 'oss on quitting, commencing at " £lOO, and in no case a sum exceeding two years' rent," down to "re-clama. ;ion of rand," The hon. member said as far as the 5111 went to give protection to the weak, against the kggression of the strong it should have his support, but no further, because passing that point the bill became an Act )f enmity against the landlords. He did not think that man with a holding above £lOO a year could be looked apon as a helpless person, and one totally unable to pro tect himself against injustice: Sir R. PALsixa said the effect of the amendment was in reality again to raise the subject that had been disposed by the division last night substituting, however, the sum of £lOO for £5O. Colonel BARTFLLOT said the bill was one brought for• ward for the protection of the poor, and it was a total departure from its principles to make it do more than that. A man such as the one the proposition would affect, he thought was quite able to take care of himself, and therefore lie did not require the proferred protection. (LEFT SITTING SPAIN. (BY REUTER'i TELEGRAM.) MADRID, April 7. The Due de Montpensier has been judicially exa mined relative to the late duel with Don Enrique de Bourbon. The Duke admitted the fact, and a prose cution will now follow in the regular course. He has been placed under arrest at bis own residence. It is expected that an interpellation on this subiect will be made in the Cortes on Saturday. The city of Barcelona and the province of Cata lonia generally are tranquil, the disturbances being confined to the small villages in the neighbourhood of Baicelona. Tranquillity prevails in all the other parts of the• kingdom, and the drawing for the con scription is at an end. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening, WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 8. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel Henry Ponsonby, one of her Majesty's Equerries in Ordinary, to be Private Secreta►y to her Majesty, in the room of Lieut.- General the Hon. Charles Grey, deceased. FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 5. Tho Queen has been pleased to apprcve of Mr. Mahlon Chance as Consul at Nassau, New Providence, for the United States of America ; Senor Frederic° Conrad Tobler as Consul at Manchester for the Republic of Nicaragua Mr. Charles Edouard Pichard as Vice Consul at Llanelly for his Majesty the King of the Hellenes ; and Senor Howard Fox as Vice-Consul at Falmouth for the Republic of the Equator. 'HITEHALL, APRIL C. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend Henry Parry Liddon, M.A., the place and dignity of a Canon Residentiary of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul in London, void by the promotion of Doetor Thomas Dale to the Deanery of Rochester. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Arnll, 8. 2d RegimelA UEDFagoon G uards—Franeis James Ashburnor, Gent., to be Cornet ; Dudley Albert Ilambrough, Gent., to be Cornet. 4th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Mervyn nt:utter S. Tynte to be Lieutenant. Bth flussars — Ensign Rub e ) t N assau S u tt on, f rom 70 t h Pout, to ho Cornet. 16th Lancers —Troop Sergeant-Ilajor George Graham to be Cornet. 19th Hussars—Troop Sergeant Major bury Edmonds I;:ynatar., from 21st Llit.sars, to be Cornet. 21;3 ITussars—Captain and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Charles Powlett Lane to be _Major; Lieut. R. C. D'E.Spottiswoode to b© Captain. Grenadier Guards - Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Beevet-enlenel W. 11. B do Horsey, to be Major; Lieute nant and Captain llama- Eairfax to be Captain and Lieu tenant-Colonel ; Lieutenant and Captain Charles Fludyer to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel ; Lieutenant and Captaiu Arthur Edward Augustus Fllis to be Captain and Lieute nant-Colonel ; Ensign and Lieutenant Herbert Francis Eaton to be Lieutenant and Captain ; Ensign and Lteute ►,ant Heicules Edward Lord Langford to be Lieutenant and Captain ; Ensign and Lieutenant John James Hope Jelin. ritt.te to be Lieutenant and Captain ; Browniow Henry Gar , . Cecil, Lord llurleigh, to br Ensign and Lieutenant; the IL I). Charles Cadogan to be Ensign and Lieutenant. Coldstroatu Guards—Captain Robert Charles Goff, from lrith Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain. Scots Fusilier Guards—Gilbert Gordon Blanc, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant. sth Foot—Lieutenant Adolphus Nicol to be Captain, En sign Edward Le Marchant Trafford,to be Lieutenant. .2thFoot—Captain Frederick Bagnell to be Major. .sth Foot —Lieutenrint and Captain Arthur Farquhar, frotn Coldstream Guards, to be Captain. 22d Foot—William Henry Leak, Gent., to be Ensign. 28th Foot—Raw‘lon R. ll•Crea, Gent., to be Ensign. 33d Foot - Lieut. Francis Wilmot to be Captain. 39th Foot—Lieut. Hugh Stowart to be Captain; Ensign Richard C. A. Beatty to be Lieutenant. 41st Foot—Paymaster and honorary Captain Edward HeLry (Y.Dowd, from 48th Foot, to be Paymaster. 47th Foot -Lieutenant William Langmore Wreford, from 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant. 19th Foot—Lieutenant Hen►y Tichborne Smith, from 47th Foot, to bo Lieutenant. 51st Foot—Richard Edward IWGillycuddy, Gent., to bo Ensign. 60th Foot—Captain and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel William Tedhe to be Major 63d Foot—Herbert Rowley Cook, Gent., to be Ensign. THE PRINCE OF WALES. According to the Oxford Chronicle, in a lecture on "EnglishUniveraities,"delivered at Philadelphia, Mr. Gold win Smith, said in reference to the residence of the Prince of Wales as a student at Oxford :—" I see scandal is again busy with the name of the Prince of Wales. Evil reports about him fill otir Transatlantic telegrams and our news papers at thi3 moment. I lived, even when I was in Eng land, far from the Court, and I cannot say how much of this scandal is true or how much is false ; I can only say that it is all loathsome. But this I know, that some false reports have been circulated, and eagerly believed ; and, moreover, that no class of people is more ready to swallow and propagate scandal about royal personages than those who, when brought into contact with royalty, or when they expect any advantage from its power, are most servile in their adulation. The conduct of the Prince of Wales as a student at Oxford was in every respect unexceptionable. Yet even at that time there were rumours that he was leading- a vicious life. I was once anxiously interrogated as to their truth by a person of eminence, who had heard them on what he believed very good authority. I ven tured to express my conviction that they were utterly u ntrue; and subsequent inquiry perfectly satisfied me that my conviction was well founded. There is another story, that of the Prince Consort's having contracted his fatal illness in going down to Cambridge to break off a connection in which his son had become entangled, which I have the strongest reasons for pronouncing to be false, though it is generally believed and has been recently repeated. There are some who avow their conviction that hereditary insti tutions have played their allotted part in the development of humanity, and that they. are now ceasing to be neces sary or useful to mankind; and who wish to see them speedily withdrawn from the scene, because, while they linger on, they prevent us from turning our attention to the defects and liabilities orationthe elective principle, which, in its turn, requires reg, lest, in the place of the tyranny of kings, which is now fast becoming a shadow, and is quite one i n this new world, should arise a tyranny of the sovereign people. But the most irra tional and ignoble course of all is to keep Royalty alive and at the head of a nation, and at the same time to exult in degrading it, and the nation with it, by scandal and abuse. Instead of being particularly severe on royal personages, public opinion ought to be peculiarly lenient to them ; in the first place because they are of all men most exposed to the shafts of calumny, and least able to defend themselves; in the next place, and prin cipally, because they ar e morally. sacrificed to an institution which society chooses to maintain. The influences which foster and support virtue in other men, true friendship, candid criticism, healthy intercourse with equal associates, are, in their case, kept at a distance by that invincible fence which etiquette throws around royalty, even when royalty seems to itself mos t free. By the necessities of their position they are bereft of the aids without which 'strength of character can hardly be ac quired. At the same time they are • exposed to temptations against which the strongest character could hardly stand. Unbounded luxury surrounds them; everybody and everything preaches self-indulgence to them ; not only the means but the incentives of vice are always before them ; the y are the perpetual marks of de signing men, and, -what is still more dangerous, of desip. ing women. All pursuits which awaken generous ambition and call forth the moral ener?ies being closed ,against them, they have nothing to fortify them against tho allure ments of corruption. Seldomhave tliey even the voice of one faithful friend. If the Prince of Wales has done what is imputed to him, or anything like it, I am sorry for him • a nd unless he chan g es his course he will-never sit upon' hi s mother's throne. But I shall not be eager to credit these imputations, and if they prove true, I shall not gloat over them, but lament that a nature which, from what I saw when the Prince was at Oxford, I firmly believe to have been originally good has yielded to evil i n fl ue nces against which charity L ius t vuMew natures would have been Proof ! " f • The graduates of London University complain that they are not being allotted a fair share of accommo dation in the preparations for the visit of the queen, which is to take place in May. We are informed that Captain Chamlos S. S. Stanhope, the officer in command of H.M.S. Ocean, flag. ship on the China station, will in all probability be offered the post of private secretary t o th e Fi rs t L or d o f the A.diniralty., vacant by the advancement to flag rank of the present private secretary ; Rear-Admiral F. B. Seymour. _pall Mall Gazette. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.— it a meeting of this institution, rewards amounting to £237 have been granted to the crews of the society's lifeboats for various services rendered during the past month. The boats thus honoured and rewarded are the Paketield lifeboat Sisters ; the Old George Triam, of Liverpool; at Droghed - a, Ireland; the Cromer lifeboat, Benjamin Bond Cabbeli ; the Raniagate lifeboat, Bradford ; and the Samuel. Morrison Collin s , o f B roa d e t a i rs ; t h e Wexford lifeboat, St. Patrick ; the Albert Victor lifeboat of Berwick on-Tweed; and the North Deal lifeboat, Van Cook. Rewards were also given to the crews of various shore boats for saving life from wrecks on one coasts. Her Majesty the Quail sent her usual donation of £5O to the institution, and numerous donations from ladies and gentlemen throughout the country were announced, S urrosEn FOUNDEBINif ey LAIME STEAMEn.— From adyku i , e66ived in Liverpool from New York, it appears that the captain of the steamer Merrimac, which had reached Now York. from Bio Janeiro, reports that on the 21st March, when in lat. 36.10, long. 75.04, his vessel passed through an inuncas quant4y ot floating wreckage, c9,3isiltin; Joiaer:4' work., sailors' chests, &c., and also what appeared to be the upper works of some large steamer. For seNtral days before the captain states that he encountered very heavy easterly aecutxpraitq at times with fearful hurricane squalls ; i i.v sea was running very on the 214 shat no portion of the wreck Could "miAcured by which some clue might have been ob tained as to the name or nationality of the vessel ; co iiq doubt had one of the chests been picked up 0 - 4 of the §hip wciAld hwirQ 1 4cell eisccttr:S'44l Tillft D EDITION. The Third Edition of The Sun of last Evenin g was published in tim3 for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPERIAL PAU LIA \I EN I% HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins DAY. The Speaker took the chair at two o'clock. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Bath Corporation Bill, Chesterfield and Brompton rail- K Bill, Newport (Isle of Wight) Gas Bill [Lords], tad Penicuick Railway Bill. THE EDUCATION BILL. Mr. Mum, presente 1 a petition signed by 5,171 Non !onforming ministers, praying the House not to pass the 3overnment Education Bill without amendment, and dso against the power proposed to be given to local loards. 83d Foot—Lieut. Frauds 11. A. DisLey-Roebuck to be Cap- tain ; Ensign Arthur Chichester to be Lieutenant. 85th Foot —Copt Montagu Barton to be Major. Rifle Brigade—The Hon. F. George Baring to be Ensign. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCF. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHELTENHAM MEETING.-THIS DAY. LETrS PLATE. Hanway 1 Little Annie • .2 UNITED I3 UNTLRS. Merlin - 1 Fantino Ye' mak Three ran. GRAND ANNUAL. Daisy II ippoly t e Two ran. TIIIRSK SPRING MEETING.—TaiI DAY. SELLING HURDLE. Malta beat Aggravator, who fell. WEST I)RAYTON MEETING.—Tin 3 DAY ANDICAP PLATE. Spitfire Bliss Outpost Eight ran. FOURTH E) 'ITION. SUN OFFICE, 7.30 P.N. CHELTENHAM RACES—This DAY. SCRAMBLE HANDICAP. Teesdalo... Souverain Gentleman Four ran. Winner obj , -cted to. 7;WO THOUSAND. 9to 4 agst Kingeraft (takou) 2 WEST DRAYTON MEETING.—Tins DAY. MAIDEN HUNT. Stokeley Monitor Porto Rico ... ........... GREAT WESTERN PLATE. Spitfire Dr. Wilson... Lady Annie 3 SELLING lIURDLE RACE. Adventuress Minster Winner objected to. DRAY TON HANDICAP. Honour IL Little Fairy • • 2 Playmate Eeight ran. 11ANDICAP PLATE. Lady Middleton Little Marchioness Wedding Chimes THIRSK MEETING-YESTERDAY. SCURRY HANDICAP. Ptarmigan 1 Viscountess Man of Ross Thirteen ran. SILVER CUP. Gone Away... 1 Barrister Scribe Six ran. THIRSS HANDICAP. Star and Garter - 1 Mexico Zipolya 3 Eleven ran. FALCON PLATE. Saratoga... Maraquita Lady Zetland 3 Nine ran. CITY BETTING.—TIIIS DAY. CHESTER CUP. 3to 1 agst Sabinus (offered) 10 to 1 agst Siderolite (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Formosa (offered—take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 apt Starter (taken) 20 to 1 agst Socratos (offered) 500 to 20 agst Blandford (taken) 40 to 1 agst Arlington (offered) TWO 11 to 4 agst Kiegeraft (offered) 7to 1 agst Sunlight (taken) 7 to 1 agst Astolfo (offered—take 8 to 1) 12 to 1 agst Camel (taken) 20 to 1 agst Normanby (taken and wanted) 25 to 1 agst Ilawthornden (taken) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Kingcraft (offered) 19 to 2 agst Camel (taken) 1000 to 45 agst Captivator (offered) MEETING OF THE JOCKEY CLUB. The annual general m ee ti ng o f th e J oc k e y Cub will be held at Newmarket after the races on Wed nesday in the Craven Meeting. The following no tice has been given since those already published : " If the committee to be asked for by Sir Joseph Hawley in the Craven Meeting be granted, it is the intention of Lord Ailesbury to submit the following proposition for their consideration : " ' 1. That no public two-year-old stakes to be run for at Newmarket, or other place under the New market rules, shall close Letween the Tuesday after Dom:lnter September Mee ing and the fol:owing . 2.5 th of March. " 2. That.the acceptances for any free handicap and the declaration of forfeits for any other handicap, to be run for at Newmarket or other plae;3 under the Newmarket rules, she'll in no ease be publishe I earlier than the Thurs.'lay iannediately preceding the week Li which the race is to be run.' The object of th..! first prOtc6tion is to discou rage the early trying of two-Year-ol.ds ; the object of the second is to discourage play-or-pay betting ou handicap races."