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Jleil l ° ,3dy " FV tv .A in Nye u.Th i p kitting tom, ess, and e ton The ' !' tr h; ' a ssion, he plaintiff ' he cen ts for t be ,ended to e a b sa ns it a selyes. in or- A be l! t f er t be clioulsf-,,, for be 111 ,. o e' r eet the dill served , Oct. t uat it said ',otior „ his vlait,„ i ch the rTh i e e d the, ecle f the cu a e ; - of passaganta or a Lired t ha i. 4 ll the Eng uty of s ec l; t io er of for e ,a o bt a inea l ; at for . h g l bt that ralvat the Bl 3 glg approachieudante sc!: on, it was,ag ag i ng thab b ., ; requir ed a e restrain fair aaPt::: riginajcl Wor•- TELE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoox. There w as b u t a li m it e d b us i ness p ass i ng on the s „ I° ° l K Exchange to day. Consols are firm, and in ? tile Foreign Market, although the transactions were ' 0 from extensive, the prices of Italian, Turkish, an d Spanish mus t b e sa id to h av e improved. In Railways there is an advance in North Western, Great West ern , Midl an d, an d S ou th Eastern. In Telegraph Shares, the prices of British Australian, 411 g l o - American, and French Cable have advanced. The rate of dis is still 3, but first-class paper is to be done a fraction under. Consols are now at 94 n 41 31 for money; ditto, count, 94 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 921 ; w Three per Cents., 921 / I ; Bank of England Sto tto ck, 41 per cen t., 235. Exchequ er Bill s £l,OOO, 21 p er cent., par ; £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 4 prem. „ In dia Stock, 101 per cent., April, 1874, ; ( Litt ) 5 per cent., July, 1880, ; ditto 4 per sent., Oct., 1888, 1011 1008 ; ditto Enfaced Paper ° per cent., 1872, ; Metropolitan Board of Works, 3 i per cent. Stock, 941. In the Foreign Market Argentine Six per Cents. are now 92 to 92; ; B raz ili an Fi ve per C ents. (1865) , 1 , 9 ,i to 891 ; E gyp ti an (1868), 801 t o 80/ ; It a li an 've per Cents. (1861), 561 to 561 ; Mexican Three ez• Cents., 141 to 15 ; Peruvian Five per Cents. g 86 5), 8 7 1 to 871; Spanish New Three per Cents. ;', 86 7), 281 to 281; Turkish Fire per Cents. (1865), 141 to 481 ; ditto Six per Cents. (1865), 71i to 721. In Railway Shares Caledonians are marked 731 to ' 4 ; Great Eastern, 421 to 421; Great Northern, 121 t 0122 ; ditto A Stock, 127 to 1271; Great Western, 72 to 721; Lancashire and Yorkshire,:l3o4 to 1301 ; t h midon and Brighton, 45 to 45/ ; London, Chat „in, and Dover, 16 to 16f ; London and North- Yestern, 1271 to 128 ; Metropolitan, 77 to 77} ; Midland, 1261 to 1261; South Eastern, 774 to 77/ ; am ditto Preferred, 112 to 1121. Ar aerican Five-Twenty Bonds are 88/ to 881; the Ten-Forties, 85/ to 86 ; and Erie Shares, 19 1019 In Conti nen t a l R a il way Shams Lorubardo-Vene ti , at ' is 15 8 to 161, and Great Luxembourg iv 131 , 0 131. T he stea mer B anga lo r e, for the East, took out tetd a7 £19,081 in specie. Subjoined are the pparti culars :—P o i nt -d e -G a ll e, go ld, £lBO ; M a dras, gold, 130 ; Singapore, silver, £4,950 ; Hong Kong, silver cr veroment), £12,421 ; and Shanghae, silver, , 1,40 0. T he Biaf ra , f rom the west coast of Africa, bas b tOught about £l,OOO in gold dust and specie. appears that the £250,000 in Australian gold r eh . was purchased a few days ago, out of the tecent supply by the steamer Poonah, has been sent b, S t. Petersburg, on account of the Russian loan e e u ght forward here in January last, by Messrs. t hschild and. Sons. reference to the reported murder of the Ame eaa Consul at Jeddo it appears that the intellgence b Wa s receiv e d a t th e office of the London and China ele graph in the usual weekly mercantile telegram Grant's Service, via Kiachta. te T he Board of Trade returns for the past month so far as they can be relied upon, to confirm 0 : Prevalent impression as to the improvement now thevable in nearly all branches of the commerce of e country. Compared with the corresponding ra0 1 , 41 . - vu of last year they show an increase of e l: 02 1745, or more than 10 per cent. in the de l'eded value of our exportations, while on the me month of 1868 the increase is more than 17 Per cent. 44 111 the colonial produce markets this week the set settled have been rather large, but trade has not are settled into its regular course. Transactions a e „ e ° f moderate extent, and the decline established ve lll likely to induce more business, the home deli trea . A having increased. 1, 7 , - "",, t the board meeting of the Great Southern Rail at s T „' b f Buenos Ayres it was decided to pay a dividend T he rate of 8 per cent. per annum. S tn 'e directors of the Ottoman Railway from tb: i n a to Addeo, preparatory to the meeting on re h 13th of June, have published the chairman's a f t e rt to the Council of Administration on the hittaungernents entered into with the Imperial Otto -14,s C3rovernment for the settlement of the cora ''n claims. T a _he share list of the San Paulo Gas Company will o (3 4 the 4th of May for town, and for the country the sth. * Vic e - Chancellor Sir R. Malins has appointed Ca hn eery Drummond Wolff, • Mr. Rate, and Mr. olla " to be the official liquidators of the General (1 0 „ . I) . 5° Y for the Promotion of Land Credit B RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a ~ ciIVEItNMENT EUNDS' 94 3i- 4} 3} v't Cet. Consols 94 a hilt° for Account 921 i Pet.Cout. Re luced ••• . 9* * ± •••.• •• ‘„, Ne w 4 Per tient _ h - -t Per Cont. 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Arc .' - - _ DD. tio9thT .................... • (I l• I1011e•8 ...................... •• 994 riree(wfirnle-til nal 1 WaV 0 1 :1.)On tu re:, .....- 1, sPer Coat., 1824 5, ox Coups... — $° (11 1,t.,,,, t .,", 0 1'0ue .... ....... ' -- 4 0 i. rl per C .. 0(1.11.itlaoRoGov litTaios n.,10 p. Ct., all pd — 854 6 it 4 , , . ........................... ..... ...... . A,,1-..k'l .Cr t., 1W;O 1)0 SI ;''? „, lt n t .. ......... -.- 4.,zieat. /.:;•-.lnittuu itcolway N4; l f E'er Cent . ....... ' cr Aceot.lnt ... 98* .4. ........... le° K 1.4,- . 1864 ..... ... ............. Il te • k,ent. AT:4[lO-French ... , 414 2 • I.IdQMI .per Cent. rish i 4131pertal 5 Cent . lii NIA. New Granada ••• 251 i Do 3 per Con t)o. Defer..•ad Do Land Warrants (Rect.., es) Peruvian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account ••• •••• ••• - Do 4i per Cent. (Ui:')arren) ..... Do 4} per Cent., 1862 . Portliguese 3 per Ct., 1353, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2:: 331 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — 11:issian 5 eer Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent 1850 Do 44 por Cent., 1860 1/.) 3 per Cent., 1859 D 7 6 per Cent~ 1862 D,- tnglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondy Do. du. £B4 15s. do — Do., 186 G, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 15s do — Do Nicolas Railway 7O f Sardinian b per Cent Spanish 3 per Cen . Do. Account ... Do. 1867 - 29 8i Do. Account Do. New Deferr.io — Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent 00 Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do .CIOC Ponds 734 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account — n n £lOO Ronda 73f Do. 5 per cent. 1865 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 ... 72} 14 Do Account Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do do, Scrip — Venezuela 3 per Cent. -- 13 ) 6 per Cent. 1864 DJ 6 per Cent.,1862 — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian a per Cent Ex 10 Florin,. Belgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull., Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — !Wiwi 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f .. . 56- f + 6 Do Account — CLOSING PRICES Console, Moneyj Do. Account, May 4 .93 4 LAW INTELLIGENCE—Tms DAY. VICE-CHANCELLOR MALINS' COURT. The case of Vaughan v. the Metropolitan Railway Company came on before Vice-Chancellor Malius this morning. It was a suit instituted by the plain tiff, a trustee for infants, to enforce the specific per formance of a contract by the defendants, who had agreed to take certain land in January, 1864, for a sum of between £3,000 and £4,000. A conveyance was duly executed ; but, up to the present time, the defendant bad paid only a portion of the purchase money, leaving a balance of over £2,000 due. The object of the application was that the money should be paid into court within a week. The Vice-Chan cellor considered it immaterial whether the money was paid in a week or two months, as it was not wanted for investment. He made the usual order, and directed that the defendants should pay the costs of the application. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) THAMES. Thomas Beale, a drayman, aged 36, was brought before Mr. Lushington, charged with feloniously embezzling various sums he had received for and on account of his master, Stanley Mockett, a brewer, in the" Commercial-road. The prisoner had been in the service of the prosesutor and his predecessor in the brewery many years. Mr. Mockett had been a brewer from November last, and since that time he had dis covered in nine instances the prisoner had received money of customers he had not accounted for. Mrs. Betsey Walter, of Plummer's-row, Stepney, had on three occcaeions paid the prisoner 13s. 6c1., or 4s. 6d. each time, for beer. Mr. Mockett said he had not received either of the three sums mentioned. The prisoner had a large family, and he did not wish to press heavily against him. lle was sent to prison for six months. WESTMINSTER. Edward Liddicote, a milkman, was charged on a warrant with assault ing Adelaide Sinclair Collins. The ease was a bad one, and he was sent to prison for three months. THE GERM CONTROVERSY. The present position of the important questions recently raised by Professor Tyndall, is well set forth in an article in the Pall Mall Gazette. Mr. Tytidall's most interesting experiments on the filtration of air by cotton wool, and the value of the illuminating electric beam as an instument of demonstration, was followed by an announcement that the cause of putrefaction and its associated phenomena of animalcule life was proved to reside in germs capable of removal by the process of filtration. He especially relied upon an observation of Professor Lister, of the Glasgow Infir mary, that air filtered through the lung, and reaching blood effused into the cavity of the chest in cases of injury from broken rib, produced none of the putrefactive changes in the blood which air unfiltered and entering through an open wound was very liable to cause. He announced, in fact, that he had, with the help of this obsetwation of Professor Lister, married to his own previous observations of the filtering power of cotton wool, achieved a physical demonstration of the truth of the germ theory of putrefaction. This announcement immediately brought Mr. Tyndall face to face with an adversary. Putrefaction be it observed, is a process of change in an organic fluid marked by the development of living organisms, bacteria, monads, &c. Dr. Bastian replies to Mr. Tyndall that far from the " origin of putrefaction being placed beyond dispute " as being due to the sprouting of "seeds or eggs floating in the atmosphere," he is prepared to shew that putrefaction with tbe development of living organisms, can and does occur in organic solutions retained in a vacuum, in hermetically sealed vessels, which have been subjected to such a temperature as is capable, according to the verdict of all persons hitherto concerned, of destroying all germs of organic life. The importance of this statement will at once be obvious. If putrefaction can occur, if new organisms can be formed by the changes taking place in a fluid not accessible to the germ-bearing atmosphere, and in which all existing germs have been destroyed by 260 degrees of heat, it is obvious that the germ theory of putrefaction, which Mr. Tyndall declared to be be demonstrated, is, on the contrary, in danger of refutation. Of course, the onus of proof will lie more heavily on Dr. Bastian in the matter. The experiments to which he refers have not yet been subjected to the rigid criticism of com petent critics, although their general character is now tolerably well known. The scientific accuracy of Dr. Frankland is a sufficient guarantee that the solutions were well made, that the air was well exhausted from the ves sels,.and that they were subjected to a bond fide boiling at a temperature of about 260 degrees in a Papin's digester. Eminent microscopists have seen the organisms which have sprung up under these remarkable circumsrances, and they will remain for further examination. The criti cism which they will surely provoke will be of the most searching kind, for they renew once more under conditions of peculiar severity the bases of a theory of spontaneous generation or heterogenesis which has as many attractions for one kind of scientific mind as it has elements of repul sion for another. The doctrine is as-old as literature, and yet has all the freshness of novelty each time that it reappears. The literary ancestors of the bacteria of Dr. Bastian, or whatever novel organisms he may have in store for us , are the rats which, according to Plutarch, sprang from the soil of Egypt, the bees which Virgil evokes from the putrefying flesh of an ox, the mud eels of Aristotle, the microscopic animalcules of Needham, the organic molecules of Buffon, the spontaneously generated organisms of Lamarck, the monads of Oken, and the heterogeneous ovules of Pouchet. The special point of interest in the research wnich Dr. Bastian announces seems to be this. He has accepted frankly the utmost restrictions, and has overpassed the severest tests imposed by the adherents of the doctrine of universal evolution from germs, and has triumphed in spite of them. I ns t ea d o f filt er i ng the air, which, unfiltered, is supposed to carry the germs, he has called in the aid of Dr. Frankland 'to adopt the most rigorous methods of exhausting - and excluding it. Instead of submitting the fluids which were the subject of experiment to a heat of 110 degrees Centigrade, which the champion panspermist Pasteur has declared to be thoroughly destructive of any living things contained in the solution, he has subjected them to a. temperature varying from 148 degrees C. to 152 degrees C. Frankly accepting and going beyond the precautions demanded, he claims to have found in these solutions so treated living organisms, "many of them altogether new and strange." The importance of the discussion thus introduced anew into the arena of science is very obvious. One thing may be claimed in advance in respect to the debate, and this hint is already called for in some measure by the rather high-pitched notes of the introductory chords, sounded by the two gentlemen who have appeared before the public. Heat, which plays so important a part in the experiments, should be carefully excluded from the discussion of them. The interesting correspondence to which we refer partakes of the controversial rather than the purely scientific spirit. No doubt, however, when the subject in debate is removed to the calmer atmosphere of the Royal Society, somethihg of this hot spirit will i abate. The matter s one of extreme difficulty, and fraught with very important conclusions. It demands very cool, critical. and impartial handling. ~~ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1870. SHARE LIST. THE CALAMITY IN GREECE. MORE OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Another batch of letters between the Foreign Office, Mr. Erskine, the English Ambassador, at Athens, the captives, and other persons connected with the late de plorable affair in Greece, has just been issued. The first letter is from Mr: Erskine. It was received on Friday, and is dated April 21st, and still records only events which happened before the massacre. The brigands at this date remained obstinate. " The difficulty still is that the bri' Bands insist on either an amnesty or a free pardon after trial and conviction by default ; whereas the Government say that the former is directly contrary to an Article of the Constitution, and the latter unlawful, as the Crown cannot grant a pardon until the accused person has ap peared before the competent tribunal, and been tried and convicteda process in which these men have not the least intention to acquiesce. If the brigands will content themselves with the exorbitant ransom which the prisoners have already consented t pay; the Government will gives hostages who would accompany the band to the frontief ; or until they feel completely safe. But neither Mr. Herbert nor the Government emissaries, have been able to induce Arvanitakis to accept these terms. In one of my recent letters to Mr. Herbert, I asked him to sound the brigand chief (as if from himself) as to whether he would be disposed to leave the country on board a British vessel of war, but Mr. Herbert tells me that he shewed no inclination to quit Greece if he can help it." It seems that the marauders complained that they had been slighted ; the persons sent to treat with them were not of sufficiently " high standing " to deal with such great men ; and Mr. Erskine therefore persuaded the Greek Premier to send Colonel Theagenis, aide de-camp to General Church, and a gentleman of high character. " Before starting, Colonel Th6agenis received his instructions from the whole Cabinet in my presence, and I am-bound to say that complete lati tude has been left him as to the terms to be granted, ex cept on the two points to which I have already adverted, and on which the Government cannot give way. In all other respects he is to be most conciliatory, and he was good enough to promise that he would himself accompany the'brigands as a hostage, in case they could be induced to liberate the captives." It appears that the com mander •of a French ship in the neighbourhood offered to land troops on the coast to assist in surrounding the robbers but this offer was not accepted. Mr. Erskine's fetter contains another important passage :—" M. Zaimis has assured both my Italian colleague and myself that upwards of 600 troops are collected in the immediate neighbourhood of Oropos ; and, although there is not the least intention on their part to provoke a collision, they are fully authorised to employ force should it unfortunately be necessary to prevent the escape of the brigands and their captives." Several communications were enclosed in this letter to Lord Clarendon. Three are notes written by Mr. Her bert, one of the captives, to Mr. Erskine. The first is dated April 16th, and was written in the neighbourhood of Oropos, where the brigands had stationed themselves. Mr. Herbert observed that matters were not progressing very favourably, for the brigand chief de clared that unless he had the money and the amnesty in two or three days, he would not release the captives, but would do the other thing. "By amnesty he does not understand anything but a guarantee that he and his band will not be molested for past offences. I have not spoken to the person sent, because I am not allowed to do so ; but I doubt their having power to explain matters to him at all authoritatively. You mentioned that the King would pardon them if they were tried at Athens. They say they might be tried in their absence and pardoned. I suppose it would be impossible for the King to write a letter to you or Minerva, pro mising them freedom from punishment for past offences. My own opinion is that if it were not for the persistence of the captain, the band would accept proffered terms." The second letter from Mr. Herbert contains little that is noticeable. "We are well and kindly treated, and shall be so as long as the captain believes, as he still does confidently, that the Government will find some means of granting him amnesty or pardon for all past offences which will not be contrary to the Constitu tion, for which, however, they have no respect." In the third letter, which is dated April 17th, Mr. Herbert reports the Greek chief to be still impracticable. " He says that the representatives of England and Italy should say to the Greek Government that they do not care at all how the thing is done, whether by amnesty or no, whether an amnesty be legal or not, but that all they require is the return of their people, faute de quoi the fleets of England and Italy will destroy Greece. On such a representation, he says, the Greeks would find a way quickly, as he says they do not care for laws, &c." The usual threat had been repeated. Likewise enclosed in the despatch of Mr. Erskine to the Earl of Clarendon is a letter from Mr. Lloyd to his wife. It is dated from Oropos. " The difficulty is that our captor cannot trust the Government. He requires an amnesty for himself and his band ; this, in the legal sense of the word, the King has no power to give. What he wants, in substance, is an assurance of pardon for all past misdeeds. I should suggest that this might be E done by a letter from the King, addressed to the nglish and Italian Ministers, stating that if the Chief and his band will submit to trial and sentence, either by submit ting themselves to the authorities at once, or by allowing sentence to go by default, the King will thereupon grant them a free pardon. I see no other way out of the difficulty." Also enclosed with Mr. Erskine's despatch is a note from M. Zaimis, the Greek Premier, to Colonel Th6agenis who was sent to treat with the robbers. M. Zaimis had heard that the brigands meant to leave Oropos. In that case troops were to blockade the neighbourhood, and after the " surround " had been completely accomplished the robbers were to be told that they might have the ransom and go where they pleased provided they gave up the captives. The Greek journals by no means supported the Govern ment on this occasion. One of the chief, which is gene rally on the side of the Administration, condemned the incapacity and supineness betrayed by the Ministry It considers the disgrace of this capture irretrievable. ' How is it that formidable bands of bri g ands sojourn in the province of Attica, warm themselves by the fires of Athens, whilst the Government, who have at their dis posal numerous troops and a numerous staff of employes, and who possess all the means required to learn what occurs or Is plotted in the province, ignores their existence, and neither succeeds in discovering nor attacking them It is an unquestionable fact that a month ago the bands of Spano and of the Arvanitaki had penetrated into and were roving about the province of Attica, and that the Government had been informed of this, the necessary military form, having been demanded for their negligence nevertheless, has takenf or whose e e s r a y ke m an ,as d place, and marked indifference in the ste p s taken? We reject the audacious supposition o f some p ersons that the it p t u h r a s t uit. such gross A o n ss cil toleration of the bands of brigands in Attica, and the laxity manifested in their pursuit, are attributed to the in order to secure his property, to neg otiate with the brigands and position of the Minister of W ar, who, as one of the greatest protect them. The character o f the person accused does for social and political ties, should such an accusation be p roved against for public security in - Gree ce, and evenall not permit such a suppo sition. We should - indeed, desp air a Minister." informal, but we all know that for their own people ni informality is too monstrous, and I therefdre think th Government should be strongly pressed to concede, tc provide the means of executing it. I shall be glad if yoi will shew this letter to Erskine and support my views (i you can do so) with all your energy." Mr. Lloyd add; that if the troops moved against the robbers, the lives o the captives would be sacrificed: Mr. Noel writes this to Mr. 11:rakine :—"I have beet here since this morning, and after every endeavour I an unable to come to any understanding wits the brigand chiefs ; they persist in being amnestied. They will not agree to deliver theraselvek up to the authorities, notwithstanding the King'f promise of pardon after trial. From my acquaintance with the country and the people we have to deal with, some prompt measures must be taken in order to save the lives of the captives. I know you will excuse my taking the liberty of writing thus freely, from your knowledge of the painful situation in which the captives are placed ; however, I will write you again from Chalcis." In a letter dated °ropes, April 21, Mr. Herbert says : " The band I have no doubt, Will come to terms. They strongly hope they may be tried by a court in some village out here, and if that is impossible, I think they will eventually accept exile. They have perfect cotiff , dente in the power of the British Government, and legation, though they will trust no Greek whatever, and for the latter reasoli I believe theywould never go to prison for a day. I wonder whether the Turks would give them an amnesty?" The last communication is from Colonel Th‘agais, who was sent to treat with the brigands by the Greek Premier. He had had an interview with the brigand chief, who had refused to make any terms unless the amnesty were de clared. The colonel said the Constitution would not permit an amnesty. Let the Constitution be altered, was, in effect, the cool reply of the chief. The proposal of a trial with a pardon afterwards was mooted, but the brigands refused to be tried except at the village—not at Athens: Colonel Thdag6nis could not accede to this, and he therefore Carrie away without making terms. Closing Business Paid. Name. Quotations. done. St Bristol and Exete; lOO 78 80 -80 St Caledonian 1.00 734 741 74 4 St Cambrian • • 100 15 20 20 Cornwall all 21 34 St Dublin and Belfast Junction 100 tl. . St Dun, Prth and Aber. Jtinc 100 70 72 20 East London • • all 4 6 20 Do 20 Do St Glasgow and S.Western 100 116 117 St Great Eastern lOO 42 421 421 / St Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 64 7/ St Great North of Scotland 100 15 16 St Great Northern 100 121 122 1214 St Do A • 100 126 127 127 St Do 8......- • • 100 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100 St Great Western —Consolid 100 71 711 724 + 1 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45 St Do do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 Iso 131 1304 St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 431 451 + St Lond, Chatham, and Dover 100 144 15 1 16 St .Do Metrop Extension A • 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 1264 127/ 1274 1 St Loudon and South Western 100 881 891 St Mauch, Shef, and Lincolnsh 100 51 514 521 St Do New, issued at £5O dis 3O ..„ ... St. Metropolitan lOO 794 80 77 1 St Do Preferred... lOO ... ... St Do Deferred 100 10 Do Redeemable all •6+ 101 10 St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 371 1 St Midland ,,,,. ~...100 1244 125 1264 I St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 94 96 St North British. lOO 34 35 St Do Edit], Perth, and Dunde.loo 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick , 100 1261 1271 1314 St Do Leeds 100 89/ 904 89 St Do York, • , 100 1241 129 132+ St Do Stockton and Darlingta 100 178 180 St North London 100 120 122 10 Do New, 1868 64 14 1+ St North Staffordshire 100 59 61 St North and So. West. Junct 100 1.02 105 St Rhymney lOO 52 54 . St Shropshire Union 100 62 63 St South Devon 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 764 77 774 f St Do Preferred . ..100 1094 110 1114 12 St Do Deferred 100 41 41i 414- i St Staines, Wok'ham, Jr Wok'g. all 121 131 St Taff Vale 10 Do C 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 10 Waterloo and Whitehall MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 204 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L 5 4 d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim all 15 151 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 5 5 Ditto, N e w 4 pr 4pm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 24 34 27 Canada Company all 78 80 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6d 30 City of Milan Improvment L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Limited 2O 14 pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 5 11 25p 10 Corn of African Mercb, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of England, Pref 7/ per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 41 par cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 4 per cent 10 Credit Fonc o England, L all 24 34 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 2/ 14d St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 94 99 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 108 113 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 274 104 10d 100 Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov all 1004 1014 1014 25 20 Egyptian Corn and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 2i 15 Eug and Foreign Credit 7* 4 3d 10 European Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new 5 4 44 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 14 p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 34 44p 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds._ all 97 96 954 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 7/ 4 id • 15 General Steam Navigation l4 29 31 50 Home and Col Marine Ins, L 5 ld p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 124 50 Imperial Continental Gas 435 134 136 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L 45 49 50 10 International Finan Soc, L 5 14 144 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 44 44 100 Ditto, 6 per cut Bonds, red all 1870 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 14 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 4 Lond Gen Omnibus, Limd all 24 2-1. 50 Lond & Glasg Engin, Limd 25 18 16d 20 London and Prov Marine St Madras Irrig & Canal, guar 100 spc by India Gov lOO 103 105 50 Merchant Shipping, Limtd all 32 37 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 34 4/ 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 114 111 10 National Steamship, Limd all 134 141 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d 4 4 10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 44 4ld 25 N Zealand Ln & Marc, &c 2/ 4 p 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld lip 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 64 23 234 25 Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 ld 4 p 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 24 St. Peel Riv Lnd & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 43 45 50 Do., New, 1867 lO ;31 214 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do, New ttll 8 4 25 Rio Janeiro City Im., Lmtd all 191 20/ 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General de I'Empire Ottoman 8 24 34 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lim and redaced) all 36 36i 361 20 Thames & Mers Mn Ins, b 2 21 2/p St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trustand Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCoof Up Canada 5 1/p 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 61p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Die Corpora, Lmtd 6 2 ld 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 41 sfp 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 1 1 30 Van Diemen's Laud 281 7 9 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort La. all 851 86f 841 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited 20 4 3d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 pc, Jan and July 1877 - 84 100 104 1054 Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 105 k 106 i Do, 5p c, Jan and July . .... lOO 944 951 Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1903 lOO 95} 964 Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 100 111 113 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 1024 1034 .._ _ Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 100 103 105 1)o, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6p c, 1873, Jan & July 100 102 104 Do, 1878, Jan and July 100 106 108 Do, 1882, May 15 and Nov 15 100 107 109 D 0,1895-6, Feb and Aug 100 111 113 Natal Gov 6p c, April & Oct 100 106 108 1061 Do, 6p c, May and Nov 100 107 109 New Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and . July. lOO 104 105 N. S. Wales Gov 5 pc, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 1001 1011 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and • July 100 102 103 103 Do, 5 p c, rcd by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875 let 100 1011 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 100 k 1011 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981 964 Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p o sterling, 1875, Jan and July 100 1021 1031 Do, 1886 100 1041 105 i Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1081 109 f S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-92 100 Do, 1893-1908 100 110 111 Tasmanian, 6 p c, 1895, Jan and and July 100 108 110 Do, 6p c red, 1893 to 1897 lOO 108 110 Victoria Govt, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO 113 114' Do, April and Oct, 1883-5 lOO 1101 1111:110f Do, 5p c, Jan. and Ju1y,1894 100 108 104 1081 LATER CORRESPONDENCE, Another dispatch from Mr. Erskine, the second in this set of correspondence, is accompanied by further en closures of a character similar to the preceding. Mr. Erskine's communication is dated April 21st, and was re ceived, like the others, on Friday. It says :—" Since addressed your lordship this morning a messenger has arrived from Colonel Thdagenis, who is the bearer of a letter to M. Zaimii, containing so positive a refusal of the conditions he was authorised to propose to the brigands that he considers his mission at an end, and requests leave to return to Athens. M. della Minerva and I immedi ately met the Ministers in Council. M. Pro velegios, Procureur-Gdneral of the Court of Cas eation, was sent for, and he concurred with th e Ministers of Justice and of the Interior, that the proposal made by the brigands, that a Court of Assize should be held at Oropos for the trial of the brigands, was altogether out of the question. There remained nothing, therefore, but the slight hope held out by Mr. Lloyd in his letter to Lord Muncaster, that the brigands might after all consent to leave the country in a British man -of - war. T consequently saw Commander Prowse, of the Cockatrice, and having ascertained that he would, on my responsibility and requisition, re ceive these scoundrels on board, for removal to some place out of Greece, I made up my mind to sanction the arrange ment. A quarter of an hour afterwards a telegram ar rived from Mr. Noel, from Chalcis, of which a translation is herewith inclosed, saying that the brigands were to go this evening to Sykamenon, a quarter of an hour from Oropos ; that they must not be molested by the troops, and that they would give way. I at the same time heard from M. Zalrnis that he had also received a telegram from Chalcis, which explained that what the brigands intended to accept was, that they should leave the country in a British vessel of war. All this may be a mere feint, to enable them to get to a place where escape would be less difficult than from Oropos ; but at all events, I have, without awaiting your lordship's orders, assumed the grave respon sibility of treating with the brigands on the terms I have mentioned. I trust that your lordship has not refused to sanction this measure, but an immediate deci sion on my part was indispensable to save the lives of the captives, and if I have done wrong, I can only appeal to the indulgence of her Majesty's Government. Enclosed in this despatch. is another note from Mr. Herbert. It is from Oropos, and is dated April 20. The difficulties seemed greater than ever. The brigands demanded that a Procureur should be sent to them, and that they should be tried and condemned on the spot, and then pardoned. " Such trial would, of course, be a farce, if ever it could be arranged, though in substance it was no more a farce than their trial at Athens would be if they had the promise of a pardon. A letter from Mr. Lloyd to Lord Muncaster, dated April 20th, is also enclosed. He says :—" I cannot say that negotiations have been satisfactory. The brigands will not agree to undergo imprisonment until trial, upon a promise of pardon ; because they say they have so often been deceived before, and I cannot undertake to say that any assurance of pardon, more formal and solemn than has hitherto been given would satisfy them. It might do so, and I think no means should be left untried to induce the Govern ment to agree to this. They propose as an alternative to surrender on parole, and go through their trial in some village in this neighbonrhoed. No doubt this would bt THE RICHMOND CATASTROPHE. The terrible calamity which has occurred in Richmond is the second which has befallen the Legislature of that State. In the year 1811 some unusually interesting Peu formance had drawn the • Governor of the State and a large number of the Legislature to the theatre. The building caught fire and was entirely burned, the Governor and sixty members of the Legislature having perished ift the flames. On the site of the theatre was built what is known now as the Monumental Church, an Epis copal church, in front of which stands a monument in scribed with the nainee of those known to have perished. The Capitol, in which the recent accident occurred, is a handsome building, built in the style of the Parthenon, and standing in the centre of a park of eight acres of ground, The hall of the House of Delegates is large and finely ornamented. The Cotit of Appeal holds its session in a small room just above this, the floor being about thirty feet above that of the Legislative Hall. The present Legisla ture contains a large number of the most prominent men in the State, including representatives of its oldest fami lies, who, unlike many in other States who participated in the late rebellion, had accepted the pardon of the Federal Government, and resolved to interest themselves in public affairs. Governor Walker seems to have been in attendance at the court, and, with the judges, to have escaped injury.—Pall Mall Gazette. THE INDIAN BUDGET, The arrival of the Indian mail with news up to April 9, brings loud complaints respecting financial affairs. Sir Richard Temple's second Budget has, according to the Bombay Gazette, excited a feeling of indignation which all the leading newspapers are of one accord in expressing. "Its leading feature (adds the Gazette) is an increase of the income-tax from 1 to 3i per cent. This is the means which is adopted to restore a financial equilibrium. In addition to all the objections that can be urged against an income-tax, whether light or heavy, and the special objections to so high a percentage as 3i, it is with reason maintained that the increase involves something very like a breach of faith. The additional impost of a half per cent. last year, raising the tax for the year to was itself regarded as very objectionable, but the exceptional financial condition disclosed at the time was given as the reason for a high temporary taxa tion, and there was no ground to think the extra half per cent. would be continued. But still more taxa tion has been considered necessary, and no other means could be devised than that of doubling the income-tax. The Calcutta press, which, writing on the spot, might have some hope to influence the decisions of the Legisla tive Council, condemned the Budget with a severity and unanimity it rarely displays, and evidently had the sup port of the community. In the Council also there was opposition—from the ' additional' members, we presume, for the Budget is understood to have had the approval of Lord Mayo and the Executive Coun cil. It was on the 2nd inst. that the financial state ment was delivered, and at the same meeting the Bill for taxing trades and professions was introduced and referred to a Select Committee, with instructions to report on the following Tuesday. On the sth, accordingly, as we learn by telegram, the bill again came up, and was passed after ' considerable opposition.' So public opinion, unmistakably expressed, has gone for nothing; and though condemnation of the Budget still occupies the press (a Calcutta telegram of the 6th says the papers again severely condemn the budget '), the taxation of India is now definitely fixed for the financial year of 1870-71." Mdlle. Carlotta Patti is turning the heads of tho New York public by her brilliant singing of popular ditties, the well-known ballad, " Comin' thro' the rye," with which she used to delight the audience at our own promenade concerts, being among the favourite items in the programmes.—The Choir. PROGRESS OF CIVILISATION IN THE EAST.— Two Turks, quarrelling on Monday in Galata when drunk —a circumstance which, thanks to the rapid spread of Western civilisation, is not so rare nowadays as formerly —drew out their knives, and one killed his companion on the spot. The homicide was intantly arrested by the police.—Levant Times. THE FRENCH BISHOPS AND THE PLEBISCITE.— A number of the French bishops at Rome have announced their intention of sending instructions to their vicars general to use all their influence in the cause of order and the maintenance of Conservative views. Many bishcps have likewise requested M. de Bonneville to arrange that votes may be taken at the French Embassy, so that the prelates and ecclesiastics who are detained at Rome in the service of the council may be parmitted to record their plebiscitary vote. THE UNIVERS AND THE FRENCH NOTE.—The Univers says positively that M. de Bonneville received the memorandum from M. Daru upon the express under standing that the Pope should be requested to transmit it to the Council, but that it seems equally certain the Holy Father refused to comply with the request, and that M. de Banneville was not suprised at the occurrence. The Univers insists upon the importance of the French Government making known whether the Memorandum has been withdrawn, and declares that categorical expla nations must be given before the vote on the Pldbiscite is taken. The Catholics are not disposed to vote in the affirmative unless they receive these explanations. LADY FRANKLIN.—Among the passengers by the Limena are Lady Franklin and niece, en route to California. Her ladyship looks very well, and not at all the worse for her travels. The late discoveries made by Captain Hall in the Arctic regions leads her, we believe, to seek an interview with him. The Weekly Standard of Buenos Ayres of February 16 announced her arrival on the coast as follows : " Lady Franklin, who arrived at Monte Video from England in the Patagonia, is on her way to California, from whence, it is said, she intends to dispatch further exploring parties to the north, in the hope of encountering or obtaining a trace of the remains of her late husband, the world-renowned Arctic explorer." We are glad to be able-to notice her progress so far in good health.--Panama Star, April 5. RARE BOOK PRINTED BY WYNKEN DE WORDE.— The valuable library of the late lamented John Bruce, F.S.A., is now being dispersed. The following rare book, printed by Wynken de Worde, was disposed of on Thursday. It is thus described :—Contemplation of Sinners.—" Colophon, Here endeth the treatyse called the Contemplacyon of Synners, for every Jaye of the weke ; a synguler medytacyon.''Black letter, small 4to, with woodcuts , interspersed with poetry. Fine copy t s , q. Gregory uiteco and s mete,int. Barbara stamped on theoriginalbinding,with figures the sides. Emprentyd at Westmyns tre, b y W en de Worde, the x daye of July, the yere of our lorde, l lli s m e c C o CO3 p L ite X d X a .l n X d . The Prologue informs us tha t this book va fi a n m ishe a d nd at Ltheredrep,ruievsyt o s f ea l l tic e h f ar E d n ( g F la o n x) d. Bish lt op i o e f Dur h com posed in an uncommon manner. Here are seven diffe rent topics or meditation s, divided according to the seven days o life f ofthe ta week, i is short, consisting drawndoctors octeour lf a lifo b tfa r ihheetfvheer Scriptures,se_. sentenc es Church, The because the r i a n p E hrastical translation marinalLpahtilinos.opThheresi.l ffaetlhleewrse,aandpa thereof, or a kind of concordance, fly, leaves are composed offour leaves of the romance of Merlin, printed by Wynken. de Worde in 1510. This volume was secured by Mr. Toovey, of Piccadilly, at the high price of £2lO. VICEREGAL EXPERIENCES.—The Denisons are unquestionably an extremely remarkable family. After the Napiers, truly called sons of Zeruiah, there is hardly any similar band of brethren. One of them is the Speaker of the House of Commons, and although he has not attained to the perfection which characterised Lord Eversley,, he has well earned the peerage and pension looming in the future. Another brother was that kind hearted and saintly Bishop of Salisbury whowas so deeply endeared to his friends and his diocese. A third is that hearty and able archdeacon who discharges his " archi diaconal functions " with such mingled force and urbanity— St. George without the Drag on, as he has been affec tionately and truly termed. Another brother is Sir William Denison, late Governor-General of the Aus tralian colonies and Governor of Madras, who has just summed up his many official experiences by two of the most interesting and remarkable volumes which it has ever fallen to our good fortune to peruse. Sir William's experiences have been of all sorts and sizes. He has been autocrat of the small and most singular community of Pitcairn's Island, the smallest of our possessions, and, while awaiting the appointment of Sir John Lawrence, was fora brief space of time Governor-General of India. His volume (" Varieties of Vice-regal Life,") are replete with vivid, accurate, and and careful descriptions of colo nial life, and in many respects will form a treasury of valuable opinions and information on colonial matters. Of his own home interior he gives us many glimpses, and it is impossible not to feel the deepest interest in himself and his family, and earnestly to hope that his return home, after twenty years' hard work, may be attended with all blessings and benefits.—London Soczety. THIRD EDITION. The Third Edition of The Sun of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. FRANCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PARIS, April 30. Yesterday evening a densely-crowded meeting was held at the Theatre Folies Bergeres. The au dience sang the " Mat sellaise," and two arrests were made. The Committee of the Left have addressed a manifesto to the army, praying them to give a nega tive vote in the forthcoming Plebiscite. It is asserted that the origin of the rumour of an attempt having been made upon the Em peror's life yesterday arose from a young soldier deserter being arrested carrying a loaded revolver. The Figaro states that he came from London, and was fOund to be the bearer of compromising docu ments. The Debats publishes a letter from M. Guizot, in which the writer regrets that the Plebiscite in stead of demanding only the sanction of the new Liberal reforms also demands the express ratification of the whole constitution ; nevertheless, he says, the reforms effected are favourable to progress. Th e public liberties enable France to avert revolution, con sequently the Plebiscite should be voted with grati tude and hope. PARIS, April 30 (Evening). The person who was arrested yesterday is not a soldier, but a young Frenchman, 22 years of age, a licentiate in science. He came recently from London. Upon being interrogated he admitted to-day his inten tion to attempt the Emperor's life. The police found upon him documents implicating several other per sons. Two have been arrested ; the rest succeeded in escaping. A quantity of bombs, cartridges, and nitrate of potass bas been seized. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EvHNING. TWO THOUSAND. 2to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered -9 to 4 taken) 4to 1 agst Macgregor (offered —take 9to 2). 11 to 2 agst Stanley (offered -6 to 1 taken freely) 6to 1 agst King o' Scots (taken) 14 to 1 agst Hawthoinden (taken) 100 to 7 agst Sunlight (taken and offered) 50 to 1 aget Champion (offered) PLACE BETTING. 6 to 4on Kingcraft (offered) 6to 5 aget Macgregor (offered) 6to 4 agst King o' Scots (taken and offered) 7to 4 agst Stanley (taken and offered) sto 2 agst Hawthcrnden (taken and offered) sto 2 agst Sunlight (taken and offered) sto 1 aget Claudius (offered) CHESTER CUP. 9 to 2 agst Sabinus (offered) 9 to 1 aget Glenfalloch (offered —take 10 to 1) 10 to 1 agst Starter (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Muster (offered —take 100 to 8) 20 to 1 agst Wild Flower (offered) 20 to 1 agst Vintner (offered) 1000 to 40 agst Paul Jones (offered) 1000 to 40 agst Socrates (offered) 80 to 1 agst Cecil (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Vestminster (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Morn(' (offered) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Ringcraft (offered —take 9 to 1) 9to 1 agst Macgregor (offered —take 10 to 1) 10 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered) 12 to 1 agst Stanley (taken) 1000 to 60 agst King o' Scots (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Captivator (taken) 100 to 3 agst Camel (oflered) 1000 to 20 agst Astolfo (offered —take 1000 to 10) 1000 to 10 agst Champion (offered —lake 1000 to 6) CITY BETTING.—Tins DAY. TWO THOUSAND. 2to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken and offered) 9 to 2 agst Macgregor (taken and offered) 11 to 2 agst Stanley (tal , en and offered) 6 to 1 agst King o' Scots (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Sunlight (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Hawthornden (taken and offered) 100 to 3 agst Astolfo (taken and offered) GO to 40 agst Kingcraft 1,2, 3 (offered) 5 to 4 agst Macgregor 1, 2 3 (taken) 5 to 4 agst Stanley 1,2, 3 (taken) The Prince of Wales is reported to be scratched. CHESTER CUP. 9 to 2 agst Sabinus (offered—take sto 1) Bto 1 agst Glenfalloch (offered—take 10 to 1) 10 to 1 agst Muster (offered—take 100 to 8) 20 to 1 agst Wild Flower (taken) 20 to 1 agst Cecil (offered —take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Miss Sheppard (taken) 40 to 1 agst Veatminster (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Zapolya (offered) 6to 1 agst Miss Sheppard (1, 2, 3 taken) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Macgregor (offered) 100 to 8 agst Stanley (taken) 50 to 1 agst Camel (taken) FLAT RACING FIXTURES. MAY. Newmarket let S 2to 6 Wye. l9 Edinburgh 7 Doncaster l9, 20 Chester 10 to 13 Harpenden 2O, 21 Winchester .lO, 11 Bath 24, 25 Salisbury 12, 1 3 Stamford 26 , '27 27 Chelmsford 17, 18 Croydon , York 17, 18 Epsom 31 to June 3 THE FRENCH FUNDS. According to Reuter's telegrams the French Rentes to-day were quoted 74f. 35c. SCARCITY OF FARTHINGS. - The _birminghal Gazette notices the scarcity of farthings, as follows "Though we never believed in the old joke that English! farthings were first coined to enable Scotchmen subscribe to our charitable institutions,' it is withial our knowledge that supplies of that useful originalel coin have of late years become exceedingly scarce. In the interests of the poor, tilt, small shopkeeper, and. the ragged urchins who would " only just like " to indulge in chuck farthing, perhaps the Mint—if it is possessed of of either "head" or " tail " under the new system—will. kindly see to it. Birmingham would, at a pinch, manu-; facture the coin required, as Pat would say, in a jiffy," Our contemporary does not say whether the new cons, would be of Brummagem " metal. EARL SEFTON AND THE "SHEFFIELD DAIL Y TELEGRAPH."-Mr. Edmund Yates, who contributes a column to the TVestern Mail under the head of " The Mail Bag, or the Looker-on in London," has the following in referenc e t o th e action by Earl Sefton against the editor of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph :—• 1 1 under-' stand that there is not the least doubt that the trial against the Sheffielld Daily Telegraph will be proceeded with, and the law pushed to its utmost. Everyone who knows anything of journalism will regret that a gentleman of Mr. Leng's position should be unfortunatel the scapegoat in this instance. He has addressed ave proper and gentlemanly letter to many of h is brother edi .f tors, pointing out that the paragraph was inserted in hisl absence, and he will have general commiseration. But from what I gather, it is thought necessary to make an example, and I fear we shall see that Mr. Leng will be the) sufferer." • The subject of the representation of the laity in. the Councils of the Episcopal Church occupied the atten tion of the Edinburgh Diocesan Synod at their annual meeting. Resolutions affirming the principle, and requesting the bishops to convene a general Synod for the purpose of considering the question. were agreed to. Another resolution declared that the laity should have nCi votes in the decision of questions of doctrine. A gentleman writes to the Tablet to call attention to the fact that sundry unknown persons are visiting the different London convents, aAing for the instruments of penance used in each religious house, on the pretence that they are wanted for a monastery ; they then desire to have some of a stronger make. The Tablet's correspondent believes the instruments are being surreptitiously obtained. for a treacherous purpose. The Court of Assizes of Valence (Drinne) has tried the man Bayon for the murder of M. Lubanski. The deceased was stabbed to death while travelling the Lyons and Mediterranean Railway, and his body thrown out by the murderer and found lying between the rails. The prisoner, however, in jumping from the train to escape after robbing 1113 victim, received such injuries that he was unable to move. He has now been condemned, to death.