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On's earlier ,acing that firm, took 700 before 3 the-story bear to his old Ist 111 time ad the lady nest chain ly—or shall Le has good a t er s of his In fact, s professor - DO a year, male and idsome 3r-in-law of troversy in g the germ 3ker, wh o e Graphic the Times i n cosh' but he bad od business :ry efficient st of you r , ~ B o ok of • TreasurY look to its ival to beat but also in reat public —Mr. Dur and will be Hepworth evere criti: I be issued The saw° I, by Julia i s the Ice of raanY e letters ill the Pacific ume, and a Parkinson, .he Indian ie contro- years age Brewster Is ; the dis t " Saturn ,rk entitled of Worlds esearches." ;ion of the .adame de ) Gabriel ie author Ling "Be' se of the 3-eorge IV he present NorwaY, ly Islands, articles, ter Thorn have men- is month's d in the fessions of The July ) first part Haunted rses by the ROB. ndant upon ris police, is ount giv e° he Interns' sated in the x that it is other kind' :t is known oxen by th e ty to bring ad formed. as he was T HE MONEY - MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGEN CE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The business on the Stock Exchange was steady, a nd pric es i n most instances remain as last quoted. S 4 B anking, Ame r i can S ecur iti es , a n d Telegraph iares we have no alteration to report. Consols are now at 938 to 94 for money; ditto, SZeount, 944 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 921 1 1 ; e w Three p er C ents., 924 ; Bank of England St o 44 per cent., 2334 5. „Exche quer Bi lls £l,OOO, 2,1 per cent., par 5 prem. (Into £.lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 5 prem. „India, Stock, 104 per cent., April, 1874, —; nate 5 per cent., July, 1880, 114 134 ; ditto 4 per e l en t.) Oct., 1888, 1014 ; ditto Enfaced Paper Pe " cent., 924 ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 22 Prem. i t he Railway Market Lancashire and Yorkshire ;\1 I2n 9 1 to 1294 ; Ld n d on an d B r i g ht on , 444 t o 454 ; orth British, 36 to 36i ; Berwick, 1344 to 135; Lon to and North-Western, 1264 to 127 ; Midland, t 126 ; Great Western, 714 to 72 ; Great ta stern, 77 t o 774 Eastern;, 424 to 424 ; Caledonian, 734 to 74 ; South Metropolitan, 754 to 754. 481° the For e i gn M ar k e t It a li an B on ds ar e 564 t o 4 ; Spanish, 291 t o 294 ; T ur ki s h Fi ve p er C en t s ., 8t t° 49 4; ditto of 1869, 624 to 624 ; Egyptian, "I to 804 ; and Peruvian, 864 to 864. T he new Viceroy Loan is 4 to to 4 prem., and the dapanese Loan 44 to 34 dis. toe Five-Twenty Bonds are 884 to 884 ; t o e , T en -Forties, 854 to 86. Erie Shares are 184 ' B i ; and Illi no i s, 1113 t o 1124. Br Anglo-A mer i can Telegraph Sh ares are 164 to 17 4; e , ti lth Indian, 84 ; China, 24 to 2 dis. ; French 4 01 e- ug. to 154 ; and Construction, 344 to 354. ti '.lte Mincing -lane market continues without ac taltity, but in the f e w passing transactions that have n Place p r i ces h ave ru l e d stea d y . . e 4, f urther su m o f £6,000 in b a r gold was sent into Laeti atk. in lhe La Plata has arrived from Brazil with £4,200 ? s p e cie, and th e U n i on f r om New York with i ° ,,, °° in Mexican dollars. c ommittee of Anglo-Austrian Bondholders B , ` ve made a n app li ca ti on t o t h e C omm itt ee o f the 4 . ciel t Exchange to quote the bonds of the United alltlstrian debt, accompanied by their certificates, d the f lirt certificates of claim for compensation. The l e : e r consid era ti on o f th e q ues ti on wa s, aft e r a e h ened inquiry, deferred until Tuesday next. th':Lescsrs. Bischoffsheim and Goldschmidt present to eir ompliments to the Editor of The Sun, and beg th : t ate that with reference to the protest laid on Ifl table of the House of Commons on the 4th of teTY, the same was immediately caused to be re;i 5 graphed to h i s Hi g h ness t h e Kh e di ve, w h ose they expect promptly.— Founders' - court, blab . At La meeting of the Lo n don and South African i ti t K a dividend of 7s. per share was declared. li e is announced that the first Coupons of the °a( la Freeh o ld Properties Trust are now in course Pa yment at the National Provincial Bank of En gland. At th e annual me e ti n g of th e shareholders in the Londo n; and So u th Af r i can B an k, th e di re ctors re deokethied th a t a di v id en d o f 7 s . p er s h ar e shall be dear are d) waking a total of 12s. per share for the b ee t stated stated th a t the Hudson Bay Company have ch e „: e , "bled to dispose of their premises in Fen tm—enstreet for £45,000, and that the prices °b ed tor the furs are increasing. BRITISH FITNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. h 4. OVERNMENT rUNDS. Vu dent. C onso l s for A .• nt 94/ per „Account 4 ~e ut. Re lucod 92i I I ulp R ...• ... ******* 921 '4 ,;, per Cent Ij . - I per Cont. Jan. 189_4_ 4 1 °. ° pe r Con Jill. 18r 5 i ) , , , yis, 4uii eg 80 • expire sth i RD., 110 — T , ). tur 30 yiN expire sth April 188 . Et:,. ' "(II i - .: , . 1,) A ug . 19(0' - _ " ottit ...eiewrip - ~ ~ . i;1 1 ! ', I'lls 41 000 2 1 p. (,t. ~, . -,. , , 4 . 'O,l, £lOO, £2ol' & £sol' 5 f; . ' (4 England Stock. 41 per Cent o "::, o Poni ng I;tt:''' 4 per Cent. Bonds -1;-,Colonial Otnnium itqli .1)14N CIOVERNMENT SECI . JItIT 4 I , F.. 4 , *.Rtok, 104 nor Coat., April 1. i 1.): ° Polling, for Account 131 n o ' 0 p4r ()cut. , Oct IPBO • 1011 1) • 4 Per Cent. Oct. 188$ • 921 I) :. ;'faced Papet 4 per Cant.. ...•••• ..... T 3 .. por Oert., Jan. 1872 ..... .•••• ••• _ 3 0 : 5 i Pet 00 qt. May 1879 s 'Pe • r Cent Rup. IWD. 18 , 7 2 ' ) — 11. ) ~ • • r , do. 1882 °e h. , 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ... _— . 1 1 ° ' tk, . 4 1,0011 , .. • Ihddeer. £l.ooo per Cont., .£ 22 Pm 'fir, . F OREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. 92 3 ,ilittne Ito obli e , t; per Cent _....- 0„ • I) • ..• A,., e-lut . _ i nrian 1101.1da 5 per cent .. 4., ~ Do, 1859 _ , it.t:i ; ,,, r _ , ,:, .i per C en t ..._ n '. 4 tier Cont. 1852 --u• 'do 1858 _ 0 0. 186 a •••• _ b° . l u 1863 893 i IV. ' 0 .. - ''.. per Cont., 1865 h). account _ lIIBA re- ' ( ; r (3. nt. t '' 2 i 37Cod n 4 t. P Deferred 3 1-er Otqll. -- 0 .:liiin 6orpor eorlt *** 1 ) ?* 4 Per cent... .. b ` i• 3 I)nr Cent., . t.„ ° ' , -1 Per Cent., 1866 '; 1, - * ", Per etnit. 1867 1)0,4a1,,`"a11, d per Cent. ti v ~, •••,,.. 3 Per Cent., 1825 •• b n •' ", Per Cent ••• a-'' j'l • ' rties, 7 1 Pr I: " n. „ .itictpa 1 , r,.`.: rtkecoant . ... _ . P,"` '4(ol' Cent. U--',(;. r 17,--/.1 '- 10-'1413r (' , : d . . f,/l 1 pe'' ..,, . ew , cnsoi, A. i ... ..• •.'" t''"i!i. '7 d per Cent.... _ een.t !gen e .. • • 'lO. £6ol tonds - •••• ''''' 9O- Do. 1864 Dt b° ' Account . -- ;,!. tr,oll 11001, —' - 913 fi t ' 4101 non ..ls ......... - 84 i li, °. Per Cent., 1868 . .. ._,). 'COO, t: . £ot; Borws _lO3l fir ''''-'6lr tit Railway Deben , tu . ros •• •••• • •... j('l sper Cont., 1824 5, ex Cou ps... 4.11. (..4 4)11014 il, T h 'kl!.. 4 per uent . • Ili, e a , (-30.? R aii. ii, „ 4,11., l 0 ~ °La., p( .... 85 it 1.., 831 4 It4I)i().1°0 ....................... '. ......... . .. , 1 ' 0 per Cert., 186, rlo• kecount 50.,4'; 4kr( lttlitann I 1-.)!t°"" 3 per CentlaiiwaY••• .. ......... ••• - . '' kr Account b b '. 1884 11 1 0 13(''r Cent A n(Y10-Prenel. • r(tox id,. ..-• • -' . 1 c,,, i , ..u. ,t.per ('ent tv.%,;:',ll,llupertal 5 rci Cent ........ ............•: b„ ;11'etill, .......................... 1 r C l, ...... . _ 1'))() Dei,,,a,l . _ _ l'il ''l,'4o`l arr••a•ti••ts• (fiectares) 871 i b "-• ° P er Cent. 1865 ••• C.,, count ..... . ................... . , ih: 4'l b"r 00414, fliOiarroit) ---- _ vero 1)(n. Cont.. • 1862 ~,, . Ito:'4"4er 0t.,1853,'6, 7, 9, '" _ bo do do 1867 Scrip, £2O paiii•—•••• -- ' • ; ( ) : ; ', 11 , 5 eor Cent., 1822, .£ ST. - I) ''' Per Cent 1850 - ,:i l 5 . - 0 , '' Per °cut., 1860 r), 1 i 1.4'1' Cent., 1859 • 85 3 t) ' Per Cent. 1862 ........... ... -- - r)„ kllgle-DutCli, 1 864, £lOO Bond/ _ i i d u .£B4 15s. do. *-- 921. 1)::: 1866, .£100• 'Bond s ••• • V in N kr.j- (• . l icol aa R ailway £B4 15s. do. ...... .. 6 - 8 721 1-,,t,1iii,..':4" 6 p4,r Cent R a. ' 3 ........ ... . 291 i 1)0D' ...A le8e607111) 0. D. -: 'll . Lieferr,,u ................. .... o (r)44've ............................... , ... '3'l,)„ AUllf• Cert. of Coup. not funded .'ed•i-'°e°"llt. ...... .......................... fi,,11 Provincial Mortgage Loan tt),,:l) C/overnnaent 1864 ar . do, 1868 4116 Pto Cent 1 - ) 0 ,k eeou xa ...... ....... .•. . . 991 141 1 tro — rpefeent. 18.58 Da Account Do £IOC Bowls — Do 6 por Cent., 1862 Do. Account — no £lOO - Bonds ... . 741 1 Do. 5 per cent. 1865 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 18Gb 4 •• • 721 Do Account Do 1 por Cent., Guarantee 6 .... ... Do do, Scrip — Ve aezuela 3 per Cent. -- Do 6 per Cent. 1864 ...... m „,.. — D, 6 per C0nt.,1862 . Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent Ex 10 Florinb ...... Belgian, 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. ..... .....„ .. 1041 Dutch 2i per Cant. Ex, 12 GO" — Do. 4 pe r Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. !Wiwi 5 per ont. 1831, Ex. 25f .. Do Account Consols, Money Do. Account, June 1 TWO O'CLOCK, 93i 4 1,41 1 THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUT lON. On Thursday a meeting of this institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi, Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also present the Earl Percy, M.P., Sir E. Per rott, Bart., the Right Hon. S. Cave, M.P., Admiral Ryder, W. H. Barton, Esq., Capt. De St. Croix, John Griffith, Esq., Colonel Fitzroy Clayton, and Richard Lewis, Esq. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, rewards amounting to £53 6s. were granted to the crews of different life boats for services on the occasion of shipwrecks on our coasts. The Blackpool lifeboat had gone out in a fresh gale and heavy sea to the sloop Sprightly, of Preston, which had stranded on the Crusader Bank, and was happily instrumental in rescuing the crew of two men from their perilous position. The lifeboat at Palling, Norfolk, was launched last week in reply to signals of distress shown, duringa strong wind, by the ketch Shoreham, of Shoreham. The vessel being taken in tow by another ketch, the lifeboat accompanied them, and saw them safely into Yarmouth Harbour. The Valentia (co. Kerry) lifeboat, during an easterly gale, was taken off to the Skelligs Rock with the view of bringing ashore thence four shipwrecked men who had taken refuge with the light keepers. Such was the violence of the sea, however, that it was found totally impracticable, after several trials, to effect a landing on the rock, and the men had to await another opportunity of coming to land. The Newbiggin lifeboat was also launched to the assist ance of six fishing cobles which were in distress off that place during a strong wind from the E.N.E. The Berwick lifeboat was likewise the means of saving the crew of five men from the schooner Margarets, of Wigton, which went ashore at Spittal Point in a strong wind and a very heavy sea. Considerable risk was run by the life boat men in performing this service, and a double reward has been granted them by the society. The Barmouth and Arklow lifeboats had also gone off in the past month to distressed vessels, but their services were fortunately not ultimately needed. Rewards were also granted to the crews of shore boats for saving life from wrecks on our coasts. Altogether the institution has contributed this year to the rescue of 347 lives from shipwrecks, in addi tion to having saved four vessels from destruction. The society has now a noble fleet of 220 lifeboats, and it contributes yearly to the saving of about 1,000 lives. Payments, amounting to £2,100, were ordered to be made on various lifeboat establishments. LORD DERBY ON THE UPPER HOUSE. A distinguished company assembled at the annual dinner of the Institution of Civil Engineers. The Earl of Derby, Earl Granville, Lord Halifax, Mr. Bruce, M.P., Mr. Childers, M.P., - Mr. Goachen, M.P., the Solicitor-General, the Archbishop of York, and others, were present, and several of them- responded to various toasts. Most noticeable was the speech of Lord Derby in returning thanks for "The House of Lords." He could not, he said, assert that at the present time the peers were suffering from overwork, as, indeed, it might be said that they did not present to the country a remarkable example of industry. The fault, however, was not theirs. They did such work as was sent them to do, and if the stream was dry of course the mill could not work. They did not profess to occupy a position of rivalry to the House of Commons in regard to political powers, and had not done so, he should say, for the last 100 years ; but, nevertheless, he believed, that in the present and in the future, as in the past, there remained to the peers special functions to discharge and an appropriate sphere of public utility. Every year the House of Commonsbe came more and more burdened with multifarious duties, which it could not thoroughly perform, and which, from a very natural feeling, it did not wish to abandon. Now,it was well known that work which was done in a hurry was apt to be scamved, and required to be well looked over before it was finally turned out. Well, it was that supervision which, in his opinion, was the most appropriate function of the House of Lords. He really believed that this was much more their duty than that which was popularly at tributed to them—viz., the duty of merely retarding for a very limited period certain measures which must neces sarily be passed sooner or later. The task of supervision was one for which the Upper House had some special ad vantages, because they constituted, so to speak, a jury selected at random from the educated classes, but fairly representing the average opinion of those classes, and in cluding some who had made public affairs and political studies a life-long occupation ; and partly because, al though like every public body they were responsible col lectively to the public at large they were not responsible individually to any faction of the public in the form of a constituency. To national opinion they were bound, but of temporary or local prejudice they were not afraid to be and it was their duty to be, independent. He did not know that he could claim for the House of Lords collectively a very close connection with the noble profession of engineering, although he was sure that if it should be their fate to travel altogether by railway, and if the locomotive broke down, there were two or three members of their body who, supposing proper appliances were given, would be perfectly able to set matters to right with their own hands. But although the work of the House of Peers was in the main laid down in a different line, yet they had had something to do with the industrial and engineering history of the country. For example, no body could deliver a lecture on the steam-engine without mentioning the name of the Marquis of Worcester, nor could the story of our great iron industry be told without reference to the family of Dudley. Again, it was impos sible to speak of inland navigation without giving his due to that Duke of Bridgewater to whose perseveranee was owing the development of our canal system, and also in a• great degree the present proud position of Manchester and Liverpool. Civil engineering on a vast scale was altogether a modern profession. Men learnt to fight one another in the field, and to outwit one another at the Bar before they set their minds steadily'to work in order to establish means of communication between every land and over every sea, and . to search into the earth for the treasure it contained. It seemed that those professions which had in them something combative generally, in point of time, took precedence of those which were industrial in their character. Thus it happened that while the House of Lords, which, in a certain sense, was a record of the history. of the country, contained some 80 names which owed their position to the profession of the Bar, and hardly fewer which had been rendered famous by naval or military successes, those who owed their position there to industrial life were as yet comparatively few. There were, however, some such names, among which he might mention Belper and Wolverton, that represented in a very ancient assembly one of the latest developments of modern civilization ; and in the interest, not of the civil engineers, who were per fectly able to take care of themselves, but in the interest of the House of Lords as a representative body, he wished to express his hope and belief that the next generation would see the list of names very considerably extended. The University of Oxford are about to establish a Lectureship on subjects connected with the Sclavonio languages or literature, and to provide for the bestowal of prizes or exhibitions for the study of those subjects out of the bequest of the Right Hon. William Thomas Horner, Earl of Ilchester. The Bristol Working Men's Conservative Institu tion have passed the following resolution :—" That this meeting approves of the presentation of the petition against the return of Mr. E. S. Robinson as a member of Parliament for this city, and sincerely trusts its presenta tion will be supported by the Conservative party." An action for libel has been brought by the clerk to the Waterford Union against Mr. Spencer, J.P., and Captain Maunsell, two of Mr. Bernal Osborne's sup porters, the libel consisting of a complaint made by them to the Poor Law Commissioners of his conduct as a sup porter of Mr. Smyth. M. SCHNF,IDER AND HIS ELECTORS -M. Schneider, the President of the Corps Legislatif, has issued an address to his electors, in which he strongly supports the Plebis cite. There is, he says, no amount of freedom, no condition of good government, which is not compatible with the new constitution if the country accepts and practices it. He charges his electors not to abstain from indifference, which is a neglect of one of their duties and privileges, nor from scruples of detail, since no constitution is absolutely perfect ; still less to vote no, since the parties who advised them to do so are divided amongst themselves. France will never, he says in conclusion, have a better opportunity of solemnlyi con demning revolutions. Closing Business Paid. Name. Quotations. done. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 78 80 80 St Caledonian 100 731 741 731 1 St Cambrian 20 Cornwall all 21 31 St Dublin and Belfast Junction 100 . . . . St Dun, Prth, and Aber. Jnnc 100 7 . 0 7 . 2 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 -1 I St Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 61 7.1 St Great North of Scotland 100 15 16 St Great Northern 100 121 122 1211 St Do A 100 126 • 127 126-1 St Do B. lOO 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100 St Great Western Consolid 100 71 711 72 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 46 St Do do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 130 131 1291 St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 431 St Lond, Chatham, and Dover 100 144 15 1 16 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 1261 1271 1271 1 St London and South Western 100 881 891 St Mauch, Shef, and Lincolnsh 100 51 511 521 St Do New. issued at £5O dis 3O . St Metropolitan lOO 791 80 77 St Do Preferred. lOO ... St Do Deferred 100 10 Do Redeemable St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 371 I St Midland lOO 124 1 125 1264 - 1 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 94 96 St North British. lOO 34 35 St Do Edin, Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick lOO 1261 1271 1351 St• Do Leeds 100 891 901 89 St Do York St Do Stockton and Darlingts 100 178 180 St North Loudon 100 120 122 10 Do New, 1868 6l 11 1 f St North Staffordshire 100 59 61 St North and So. West. Junct 100 102 105 St Rhymney lOO 52 54 St Shropshire Union 100 62 63 St South Devon 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 76; 771 77/ 1 St Do Preferred .lOO 1091 114 1114 12 St Do Deferred. lOO 41 41f 441 1 St Staines, Wok'ham, & 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 205 16 17 • 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L 5 45 pr 10 Baugparah Tea Est a t e , Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim all 15 155 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 55 5 Ditto, Now 4 p r 4p m 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 25 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 id pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 10 Coin of African Merck), L 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of England, Pref 75 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 4- 3 . per cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 41 per cent 10 Credit Fonc o England, L all 24 34 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 25 145 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 1011 1015 24 20 Egyptian Co En and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 24 4 15 Eng Land Foreign Credit 75 4 3d 10 European Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld 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 75 1 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 434 134 136 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L 45 49 50 10 International Finan Soc, L 5 14 14d 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 44 44 100 Ditto, 6 per cnt Bowls, red all 1870 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 ld 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 4 Loud Gen Omnibus, Limd 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 35 45 25 National Discount Co, Lim._ 5 llf 111 10 National Steamship, Limd all 135 145 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d 4 5 10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 41 4'd 25 N Zealand Ln & Mere, &c 24 I ip 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 14 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 lusnce 64 23 234 25- Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited ..... all 84 9 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 fd fp 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 ;3) 2id 50 llhymney Iron .... all 27 285 15 Do, New tall 8 4 84 25 Rio Janeiro City Int., Lmtd all 191 204 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO •20 Societe General de l'Empire Ottoman 8 24 31 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lim and redaced) all 36 361 361 20 Thames & Mere Mn Ins, L 2 21 St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trustand Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCo of Up Canada 5 s ip 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 64p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 41 Sip 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 1 30 Van Diemen's Land .. 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 851 861 841 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 Gd 50 WI & P Steam, Limited ... 20 4 3d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 pc, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 105 f Do, 6p e, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 1051 1061 Do, 5p c, Jan and July . .... lOO 941 951 Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 IDo, 5p c, Dominion of, 1903 ~ 100 951 961 Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 lOO 111 113 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 1021 1031 Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 100 103 105 Do, 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 100 104 105 N. S. Wales Gov 5 p c, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 100* 1011 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 102 103 103 Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875 let, 100 1011 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 lOO 1001 1011 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981 961 Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 103 110 Do, p ct, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July lOO 1021 1031 Do, 1886 100 1041 105 Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July 1 00 109 110: 1091 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1081 1091 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 1141 Do, April and Oct, 1883-5 lOO 1101 111 1101 Do, 5p 0, Jan. and Ju1y,1894 100 103 104 103} THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1870 SHARP: LIST. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF PERSONATING WOMEN. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS, BOW-STREET-THIS DAY. The further examination of the prisoners charged with personating females took place to-day before Mr. Flowers, the sitting magistrate, at Bow-street Police Court. The Court was crowded to excess long before the examination commenced, and amongst those on the bench were the Marquis of Grahame, Lord Verulam, and a great many other privileged persons. Outside the Court the excitement was so immense that the traffic was for some time altogether stopped, owing to the crowd that had assembled to see the prisoners step from the prison van. It was fully expected that they would appear in their female costume, but such was not the case. The prisoners wore the ordinary fashionable morning dress, and it must be said they bad a peculiarly effeminate appearance. The names given by the prisoners, it will be recol lected, were Earnest Boulton, 22, 43, Shirland-grove, Paddington ; Frederick William Park, 13, Bruton street, Berkeley-square ; and Hugh Alexander Mun dell, 158, Buckingham Palace-road. Mr. Poland, instructed by Mr. Pollard, from the Treasury, appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Straight defended Park ; Mr. Besley, Boulton ; and the Hon. Chandos Leigh appeared for Mundell. Mr. Poland said since the last examination the prosecution had been taken up by the Crown, but the solicitor had had but one day to get up the case. As it was obvious to the police that the two defen dants had not assumed women's clothes for the pur poses.of a lark, as they should- bring forward evi dence to show that they had appeared in women's clothe s in a great many parts of the country for a long while, and bad conducted themselves very un favourable to the inference that they had merely assumed the disguise for a lark. He proposed on the present occasion to admit Mundell as a witness, and to ask for a remand at the conclusion of his evidence. Mundell having left the dock, and been sworn, said—l live at 158, Buckingham Palace-road, and am 23 years of age. I was taken into custody last Thursday week at the Strand Theatre. lam willing to state fully on my oath the circumstances connected with my first acquaintance with the defendants. I know the two defendants. Boulton I knew as " Stella," and by no other name until I was in the Strand Theatre. I first made his acquaintance a fortnight ago at the Surrey Theatre. Both prisoners were there in the dress circle. I never saw either of them before. They were dressed something as they appar now. I was at the theatre alone and occupied a place in the stalls. I was taking some refresments at the bouffet, and my attention was called to them as b e i n g dressed in men's clothes. I believed at that time that they were women. They went outside to the public-house to have some refresh ment, and I followed them. I did not speak to them in the theatre. I followed them. After this they went back to their seats. They waited until the farce was over, and then they went out to the public house again, and I followed them. They then said, " I think you are following us," in a joking manner ; and I replied, " I think we are." There was a person with me, but he was a perfect stranger. I told him of my suspicions about the people, and he went out with me. I don't know him. The persons then went back to their seats, and we got into- conversation ; and a few minutes after I asked them whether they would like to come behind the scenes. They said yes, and I then asked permission of Mr. Shelley, the lessee, and the two defendants and myself went. We were there but a short time—it might be 10 minutes to a quarter of an hour, as the time passed luickly. We went back to our seats in the front and sat the piece out. We all three leaned over the back of the boxes. They asked me, as they had lost the thread of the story by going behind the scenes, whether I would visit the theatre with them again. I don't recollect which spoke. I said I shall only be too happy, but that I could not go before Tuesday, as I was engaged. We then left the theatre, and walked over Waterloo-bridge, where we parted. While we were walking along, there was a little bit of chaff, but I did. not go very far. I believed they were both women. I told them, when they walked, they ought to swing their arms a little more. We parted at the corner in the Strand. They went towards the City, and I in the opposite direction. I don't remember whether at that time they had told me their address or not. I should not like to say positively. I did not at that time know either of their names. I made an appoint ment with them for the next Tuesday, the 26th. I was to meet them at the Surrey Theatre. They behaved themselves very well when I first saw them. I was told that they were women by some person. I be lieved it, and was led away by it. I don't know what became of the man who told me they were women. The appointment was made for the Tues day, and I have never communicated with them, nor they with me by letter. They said they would take a private box, and I was to meet them there. I cannot recollect positively. I think they both said it. On the Tuesday, about half-past eight, I went to the Surrey Theatre. I was there first. I was leaning over the back of the boxes when they ar rived,-dressed in female attire. Park came up to me and said, " Will you come into our box ?" I went with them, as they were both together. I took with me two flowers. I presented one to each, and then went out to fetch their pins to pin the flowers in their dress. I came back, and then Boulton gave me a letter. I read it outside the box, as it was too dark to read it within. The letter was torn up. Boulton suggested that I should go out and read it. I returned after having read it, and said, " It is a good joke, but I don't be lieve it." Boulton took the letter, but it was not torn up on that occasion. The letter looked like a woman's handwriting ; but I have not had much ex perience iu that kind of correspondence. (Laughter.) The object of the letter was to inform me that they were two men, but I did not believe it. I cannot say whether or not there was a signature to it. They said it was quite true, that they were men ; and soon after that the conversation dropped. We went into the saloon for refreshment, and whilst we were tak ing it Park got into conversation with a young man. I cannot say how the conversation began, but I know " she" began talking to him, and then " she " asked him to go into the box. Park said he had seen this person before. We all returned to the box and saw the piece out. I never saw the fourth person before. I then knew Boulton by the name of Stella, and Park went by the name of Jane. (Laughter.) Boulton, at the conclusion of the play, asked me to go and send a man after Jack, the driver of their brougham. I sent a man, who brought it. I told the man to go for "Mrs. Graham's" brougham. Park went by the name of Mrs. Graham. I went back to the box, offered my arm to Stella, and conducted her to the brougham. The stranger con ducted the other, and it was settled we should all go to the Globe and have supper. We went there and had supper in the public room. I paid for the supper at first, but the other gentlemen insisted on paying half, and did so. After supper the gentleme❑ left us, and then both asked me whether they could drive me anywhere, and they drove me to Ebury• bridge, Pimlico, where I left them. Whilst we were having supper, Mr. Park gave me his address, as Mr. Park, 13, Bruton-street. We left the Globe about 12 or half-past. Mr. Poland—How did you treat them at supper, as ladies? Witness—Yes ; Stella, whenever I made an ad vance, kept me off. (Laughter.) Mr. Poland —What did you do ? (Laughter.) Witness--I put my arm round her neck, but the gentleman coming into the box stopped me. (Laughter.) Witness continued—l had asked them myself where they lived, and the only address I got was that given by Park. I asked " Stella" when I could come and see " her," as I still believed Boulton to be a woman. He said I should meet him on Thurs day at Park's lodgings, and " she" would come there. It was arranged that I should call on Thursday, the 28th, and on going to Bruton -street I sent up my card by a little girl. I was shown into a room, in which both Boulton and Park were there in men's attire, the same as I had seen them at the Surrey Theatre. They were playing the piano when I went in. They then asked me if I 'had got the letter with me. I cannot say who. I said I had, and they asked me to give it to them, but I refused. We had a bit of a tussel for it, they did not get it, but I gave it up. They then tore it into pieces, but I refused to take it back. There was a tremen dous row in the house, caused by the music and other matters, that the person living next door sent in word to be quiet. Park told me he expected a gentleman to call. Two men came in and I was introduced. I forget the names. After this their conversation turned upon going to the Strand Theatre, and we three went out, and in Bond-street Park took a box at Mitchell's, in the name of Mr. Graham. After this we went to Chancery-lane, as they said they wanted some one to go with them to the theatre. I then left them, but met them again in Oxford. street, and, having accompanied them we returned to Bruton-street, and I arranged to meet them that night about eight o'clock. I paid for none of the purchases—the cab or the box at the theatre. I went to the Strand Theatre, asked for Mr. Graham's box, and on being shown it I went in and remained there some time alone. After I had been there a short time the prisoners came in, and we remained until the " St. George and a Dragon " was over. The gentleman I have referred to left a short time before we three did. The defendants at the Strand Theatre behaved themselves really as ladies. Mr. Flowers—And so it was befroe all the ad vances were made by the witness. Witness continued—l told the gentleman who was with us previous to his leaving the theatre that I had great doubts about the sex of the prisoners, that I was in a muddle about it, but I felt certain Boulton was a woman. The name of the per son I have spoken of I believe is Gibson, and he resides in Bruton-street. When the police took the prisoners into custody, I was told I could go. I refused, and said as I had been out with them I should not leave them, as I might be of ser vice to them in getting bail. I was finally hustled into the cab, and on arriving at the police station the two prisoners were taken inside, but I was left sitting in the cab. After some time the police came out, and I was taken into the station. I gave my correct name and address when asked. He never was at 13, Wakefield-street. We shall give the conclusion in our later Edition. THE SHEFFIELD TELEGRAPH LIBEL CASE, THURSDAY. To-day, in the Court of Queen's Bench, the rule nisi for a criminal information for libel against the Sheffiela Telegraph came on for argument. It will be remembered that the libel complained of was one of those " going the rounds of the papers " in reference to the rumours of the Prince of Wales being again likely to appear in the Divorce Court : but the Sheffield Telegraph had gone more circumstantially into the matter, and added the names of the Earl and Countess of Sefton. It was as follows :—" Startling Rumour.—The Prince of Wales likely to appear in the Divorce Court again.—lt is stated in Westminster Hall that the Prince of Wales is likely to be again mentioned in the Divorce Court as a co respondent in a case in which a countess is the respon dent. The case is said to be one by the Earl of Sefton against the Countess.; Sir John Karslake, Q. C., and Mr. A. Wills appeared in support of the rule, and The Solicitor-General (Sir John Coleridge) with him Mr. Kemplay, now shewed cause against the rule being made absolute. He said there was no doubt that a libel had been inserted in the She f field Telegraph, and that the proprietor, Mr. Leng, was responsible for it. He wished in the first place to remove a misapprehension that some difficulty had been experienced in serving the summons upon Mr. Leng. That was entirely a mistake, for Mr. Leng never put any obstacles in the way of the process being served. He had the affidavits of Mr. Leng, the proprietor, and the sub-editor, Mr. Reddy; and he hoped that when he read them the Court would deal leniently with the case. Those affidavits she wed that Mr. Leng had been a proprietor of a newspaper for a great length of time, and that this was the first occasion that he had ever had an action or any legal pro ceedings taken against him, and that he had used his very best to prevent anything personal appearing in his paper. Mr. Leng occupied a very good position in the town of Sheffield, and he had been instrumental in getting the Royal Commission to inquire into the " Sheffield Outrages," for which service he received a testimonial from the inhabitants. Mr. Justice Blackburn said that could not be made a set-off for an obvious libel . . The Solicitor-General did not intend it as such. How ever, the sub-editor had also been presented with a testi monial before leaving Dundee to take his position on the Sheffield Telegraph. Mr. Leng had been suffering for some weeks vast from bronchitis, and was unable to attend to the supervision of the paper. The libel appeared on a Mon day morning, and on the Saturdayprevious Mr. Leng left Mr. Peddy to look after the news. On the evening of that day their chief reporter returned from London, where he had learned the rumour about the Earl and Countess of Sefton. This was communicated to Mr. Peddy, who added on to a telegram from the Press Association the names of the Earl and Countess. Both Mr. Leng and Mr. Peddy extremely regretted what had been done, and they immediately took steps to contradict the rumour to which they had inadvertently given currency. Mr, Leng and Mr. Peddy wrote letters of apology to Lord Sefton, and explained that the rumour first appeared in the Echo, from which it was taken by the Press Association, and that they had inadvertently put in the names, for which they offered every apology. The learned counsel then read the affidavits of Mr. Leng and Mr. Peddy, deposing to the facts related above, and went on to say that he hoped that Lord Sefton having got a retractation and apology, and the defendant having already been mulcted in a heavy punishment for costs, the matter would be allowed to drop here. Mr. Justice Blackburn said the defendant did not appear to have done anything between the 4th of April and the 16th of April to undo the mischief of the libel. It was then that the process of the court was served upon Mr. Leng, and thereupon he wrote the apology. Sir John Coleridge said perhaps Mr. Leng thought the least said about it the better. But, in fact, the rumour had been contradicted by the Prince of Wales, and there was no necessity for doing anything further. Sir John Karslake, in reply, said the earl ans countess had moved for this rule solely on public grounds, slid he could not help remarking that if Mr. Leng had been as sincere in his regret between the 4th and 16th of April ache appeared to be now he would not have had the paper of the 4th on sale on the 14th of the month, when the Earl's solicitor bought one at the office of the Sheffield Telegraph. He could not therefore accept the discharge of this rule, but would leave it to the Court to deal with the matter. Mr. Justice Blackburn delivered the judgment of the court. Ile said the object of granting a rule for a criminal infor mation was to give the party to whom that rule attached an opportunity of establishing his innocence. In this case a vague slander had gone abroad about the Prince of Wales, to which the defendant had added the names of Lord and Lady Sefton. The Prince had denied that there was any foundation for such slander, and it was now urged that that might have been taken as an apology for Lord and Lady Sefton in this particular caste. If the defendant had established his freedom from blade, that would have been a good reason to discharge the rule, and without saying whether he had done so or not, they would make the rule absolute to give the Earl and Coun tess an opportunity of placing the matter before a jury if they thought fit. The rule would therefore be made absolute. THE SPANISH THRONE.—The Epoca refers to tho contradiction which the Ambassadorberiahasgiv in en p to ari it s s statement that that the Spanish conferences with the Emperor Napoleon with the view of raising a Prussian Prince to the throne of Spain. The Epoca affirms that it did not say Senor Olozaga had held conferences with Napoleon in order to raise a Prussian Prince to the throne, but that the Emperor of the French called the attention of the Spanish Ambassador in Paris to the secret negotiations initiated hi Berlin. The Epoca readily acknowledges that the Protestantism of Prince Charles William and his Princess would prove an impediment to his election in Spain, and a similar obstacle exists w ith regar d to Prince Alfred of England (who seems to be the favourite candidate for vacant thrones.) It be believes that although Prussia would willingly see the Duke of Montpensier elected, and would not object to any other solution which would not strengthen the links between France and Spain, King William will, as much as possible, avoid all intervention in the Spanish crisis. In conclusion the Epoca is confident that the only hope of a successful issue is to be found in calling Prince Alfonso to the throne. THE PLOT AGAINST THE EMPEROR. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) The following appeared in our Third Edition of yester day:— PARIS, May 5. The following is the text of the letter found upou Beaury from Gustave Flourens, dated 20th April : « Very dear Friend,—l have duly received your three letters. I regret that you have addressed them by this way, and not through Mr. Smalley, of the New York Tribune, 13, Pall Mall, London, enclosed in an envelope, with myChristian name ; butlhopewe shall not have to write for long, and that next week we shall see each other again in Paris, where all will have ended well. You have received my letter of the 19th addressed to Mr. Fleury, in which there is one for my friend of the Bank. If he has duly re ceived it, and if this friend has handed to you by Madame S. the sum of 400 francs, burn the en closed letter for him, and there is an end of it ; if not send it to him to act immediately ; the 400 francs are received ; there is not a moment to lose. The man with the patent might go into the country, and all will be delayed, but you will succeed. I reckon upon upou you and your faithful friends. Only go out at night or in a cab. Take care of the money and don't be imprudent. I am heartily with you. Do not fail. Possibly I shall be very soon at Paris to assist you. Everything depends upon you. Once more I repeat what I have already said to you, either you ought not to have anything to do with it, or you must be successful.—Yours GUSTAVE." Another letter written, on the 20th April, by Beaury to Ballot is as follows : " Monsieur the doc tor has ended in declaring in favour of amputation. He deems it indispensable, and as he believes that any delay would be bad, it should be performed to morrow at any price. Even should you have to em ploy violent measures towards the patient, who is not very reasonable, his numerous friends are agreed that that they must be taken. If you desire, therefore, to be present at this painful operation in the cha racter of a friend of this poor sufferer, you can come to his lodging, Rue Rivoli, between two p.m. and four p.m. The various expenses of this said illness having greatly exceeded the anticipated amount, I find myself under the necessity of claiming from your extreme kindness an advance of from 100 f. to 200 f., a sum which is quite requisite and indispensable to furnish tho numerous preparations which such a chirurgical operation requires. It is necessary to have many in struments and accessories. Requesting you to be kind enough to remit this little sum to the bearer of this note. (Signed) CAMILLE.' Received as an advance from M. Ballot, the sum of 140 francs, 28th April, 1870. CAMILLE.' The best friends of this dear invalid will not fail to reimburse us this small sum as soon as possible, as the operation is very seriously determined upon ; for the stated hour you will not receive any further notice." SPORTING INTELLIGENC E. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Vo Pl. SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS. Igernac Lady Grant Little Princess HANDICAP PLATE. Playmate Lady Highthorn Eat°ld Nine ran. NEWMARKET STAKES. Nobleman Demidoff Champion .. Four ran LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. CHESTER CUP. 4to 1 agst Sabinus (offered) 11 to 2 agst Muster (taken f) 100 to 12 agst Starter (taken) 9to 1 agst Cherie (taken) 100 to 6 agst Paul Jones (taken) 100 to 6 agst Miss Sheppard ( taken) 20 to 1 agst Cecil (taken) 25 to 1 agst Vestminster (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Albany (taken) NEWMARKET MEETING.—YEsTErwAr. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 `.OVS. Void. MAIDEN PLATE. Tamara f Lord Hawke Aberdeen Ten ran. MAY STAKES. Flyaway Jack Old Sam Orphan Thirteen ran HANDICAP PLATE. Westward Ho Brother to Ravioli Dodona . , Five ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Tibthorpe Venice Lady Macbeth Four ran. ONE THOUSAND. HESTER FRI VOLIT Y MAHONIA Ten ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Filon.., Romance.. Four ran. POST MATCH, 200 SOVS. Void. PLATE OF £lOO. Idus., Rosierucian Kingley Vale... HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS Lady Masbam Adrastus Ligurian At the Central Criminal Court this morning, Demetrio Pappa, who was manager of the Oriental Com mercial Bank, and was yesterday convicted of stealing a cheque for £BOO, was sentenced to penal servitude for five years. AUSSIAN TRADE AND THE SUEZ CANAL.—The Russians are much troubled just now as to the effect the opening of the Suez Canal may have on their commercial relations with China. A writer named Melnikoff asks in the Moscow News what will happen when the Chinese merchants, avoiding the long voyage round Africa and Europe, send their tea by the nearest sea route, through the Suez Canal from Shanghai to Odessa, and Sebastopol, The overland trade through Kiachta was already sorely tried by the trade round the Cape, and Gospodin Melnikoff groans as he thinks what will become of it now that the Suez Canal is open. Will the Chinese take Russian velveteens and cloths by way of Kiachta, when they can get English velveteens and cloth through the Suez Canal? No. They will send their tea to Odessa, and from Odessa will take back British, French, or German, but not Russian goods, so that the manufacturers of Moscow and Tcherni goff who have hitherto counted on an outlet in China will simply be ruined. While their velveteens and cfoths are being dragged through Siberia, along that tedious route, to Kiachta, the cloths and velveteens of fortunate England will already have arrived at Shanghai. Thus says Gospodin Melnikoff, who, however, is confuted in his own journal by a correspondent, who tells him that even now the Russian manufacturers send their velveteens and cloths, not through the Siberian desert to Kiachta, but through England to Shanghai and Hankow ; and that the Russian goods so sent can be sold at lower rates than English goods. The opening of the Suez Canal, then, will not injure Russian commerce. On the contrary, it will benefit it. The tea crop of the same year will now reach the Nijni-Novgorod fair in the autumn. A saving in the original outlay, in freight and in time, will be effected. Tea will become cheaper in Russia, a greater quantity will be imported, and in proportion to the im.4 ports will be the exports.