The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-29 00:00:00

THE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business in the Stock Exchange to-day was quiet, but prices remained firm. Consols have improved somewhat in price, and in the foreign market we have to note an advance in Turkish stock. In Ame rican stocks there has been a trifling reaction in Eries, but in Telegraph shares there has been an improvement of nearly 1• per cent. in Construction shares. The demand for secur:ties has induced some of the large houses to advance their rate to 3 to 3/. Consols are now at 93i to 931 for money ; ditto, account, 93/ ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 2 ; New Three per Cents., 91k 2 ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per cent., shut. Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 2/ per cent., March, 4 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £3OO, and £5OO, June, prem. India Stock, 101 per cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per cent., July, 1880, 1131 ; ditto 4 per cent., Oct., 1888, 100 / ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per cent., 1031. In the Foreign Market Turkish Five per Cents. are now 46/ to 46i, an advance of j ; Italian, 55 to to 55i, a decline of 1 ; Peruvian, 841 to 841; Egyptian, 811 to 81/ ; Chilian (1867), 971 to 981 ; Danubian Seven per Cent., 861 to 871 ; Brazilian (1865), 861 to 871 ; and Russian Scrip, 31 to 41 prem. In the Railway Market Caledonians are 771 to 781 ; Great Eastern, 371 to -37 f ; Great Northern (A), 118 to 1181 ; Great Western, 671t0671; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1251 to 126 ; London and Brighton, 428 to 42j ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 14f to 151 ; London and North Western, 123 to 1231 ; Metropolitan, 771 to 771 ; Midland, 1231 to 123 f ; South Eastern, 74 to 741 ; and south Eastern Preferred, 1091 to 1091. Lombardo-Venetian are 191 to 198; and Great Luxemburg, 12{ to 13. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 904 to 901 ; Erie Shares, 21 to 21}; and Illinois, 1151 to 1161. China Submarine Telegraph Shares are now 2 to 11 clis ; French Cable, 15} to 151; Falmouth, 91 to 94 ; and Construction and Maintenance 35} to 36. In the Miscellaneous Shares there is little doing. Credit Foncier are 2 13-16 to 2 15-16 ; General Credit, i dis to par ; International Financial, 11 to dii.; Hudson's Bay Company, 12} to 12; ; London General Omnibus Company, 2 7-16 to. 2 9-16 ex div. ; National Discount, 11 to 111; Royal Mail Steam, 55 to 56. The Massilia has arrived from Alexandria, with £353,661 in gold, the whole of which is expected to be sent into the Bank during the week, in the ab sence of demand for the Continent. Of the £501,000 which recently reached Pont de Galle from Mel bourne and Sydney by the Avoca, £380,000 is on English account, and is due at Southampton on the 23d of April, by the Poonah. The Alexander Duthie is also bringing £30,500 from Port Philip ; City of Vienna, £18,500 ; Essex, £lO,OOO ; Anglesey, £ll,OOO ; and Loch Katrine, £7,000. The total amount of Australian gold known to be on the way to this country is consequently £457,000. A call of 10s. per share is announced on the Twelve and a Half Preference Shares of the Pea. tarena United Gold Mining Company. Subscriptions have been invited by Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son for 133,900,000 (£780,000) 6 per cent. bonds of the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad Company, at 82i, with interest from the Ist of January, and redeemable at par in 30 years. Bordeaux advices state that the whole produce of the famous Sauterne Vineyard of Chateau d'Yquem, 1 869, has been purchased by Messrs. Cruse and File Freres, of that city. The advices by the present mail from the United States of Colombia (New Grenada) mention that General Salgar has succeeded the late President as chief of the State. The principal topic was the pro- Posed Darien Canal and the enormous advantages it would confer on the country. From Peru on this occasion it appears that the tngliah ships detailed at Callao, and whose case has recently been submitted to our Foreign-office, are now at liberty. The cargoes go to Dreyfuss and Co. The Guatemala letters confirm the fact that peace le now established, but add that the Cruz affair was not so unimportant as many were desirous of re presenting it. The liquidators of the Royal . Bank of Liverpool state they are now prepared to make a first payment of £1 per share on ordinary shares, and £lO per share on preference shares, to the shareholders who have fully paid up their calls. The annual meeting of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company will be held on the 27th of April. The ordinary general meeting of Reuter's Tele gram Company (Limited and Reduced) will be held on the 13th of April, to declare a dividend. The directors of the Cape Copper Mining Com pany have declared a second interim dividend of 15s. Per share on account of the profits of 1868. Berger, Spence, and Co.'s weekly report says : "The transactions of the past week have been of a minimum character, and only a limited business for home consumption has been done in chemicals. - Values of alkalies are fully maintained, and it is quite exceptional to hear of any concession. In miscellaneous chemicals a shade under the average trade has been done, but no change of moment in prices has transpired. The mineral transactions of the week represent the usual trade. There is little to report in metals. Scotch pig iron has been more animated during the week, and closes with a slight advance. Copper is easier. Tin is quiet. Spelter remains depressed, with small inquiry." BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. .. GOVERNMENT ruripti. 3 par Cent. Console Ditto for Acc oun t 93 3 per Cent. R e a uce d 9l 2 Naw 3 p er Cent Now 2i p er Cent. Jan . .... ** ******** Do. 5 per Con J 1.12.1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 lBBO — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April ll." 500j..une --s---hut Do (Red Sea Telet.,raph). Aug, , 1885 E tchoqivr Rills, £l , OOO , 25. p. c £2OO ado.c.. l A 9 lalch — 4 D. pm Do £lOO, Bank of England Stock, 95 per Cent Slut De. opening .......... , ....... -- Ctnada 4 per Cent. Bonds ...................... Inter-Colonial Omnium INDIAN GOVERNMENT Sisotairrise. India Stock, 105 per Cent., April 1879.„„ — De. Opening, for Account Do. 0 per Cent. July, 1 .180 Do. 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 D. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cent — I-IJ. 5 pe r Cert., Jan. 1872 ..... " 2 . 5 1- per Cent. May 1879 ........... Do. 5 per Cent., Dip. De). 1872., — Di do 18' 7- ...-. ..... , Do. do. 1 882 -'' •• Deb., 5 per Cent. ' Aug. 1873 ..... n— -0, Bonds ; 4 per Cent., £l,OOO ..... ....... 0. under £l.OOO — pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. kr gentine Republic, 6 per Cent ...... 90 1 5 .4 . „ lj „_ ° . 1 .- o c , unt — - aulan Bonds 5 per cent BrazilianDsoPer Cent — 113 : lii Per Cont. 1852 _ 0 " 0: do 1858.... w..... au 186 11 b e . ij o. do., 1863 — I) ‘' Per Cent., 1865 0, Account -en os A li o 2 "Yres 6 per Cent. ...... ........ fl ti b, i, Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent — 0 o i l 'Per Cent. , an G . per C en t — D 0.4. ... . )CrCent... o 3 - Po . 7 l'a-r Cent ~ t o. ~ Per Cent., 1i•66 ............. . ... 2 s 1 0 ,t P .. er cent. 1867 — I ,kni at , L Vi 6 per Cent. "lini,t,i'," Per Cent., M 5 •• . — Do , 44 Principalities, 7 per Cent — '‘ e collut r — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ... Ecuador New Uonsolidated, 1 per Oent E ;yptian, 7 per Cent B5l- Do Second Rene Do. .Es6t. Bonds , — Do. 1864 — Do. Account Do. /500 Bonds Do. AlUe Bonds ..... ~ ... • . Do. 7 per Cent., 1868. : Bl-1 I Do. Account Do. XlOO Ben ,l ll ..... 811 Government Railway Debentures ... 1)0 fireeir ' 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex C0up5.......... 101 Uo. COupors ... (Guatemala 6 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Loa n.,10 p. Ct., all pd... 84 Do. Aces nnt Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account - Do Maremmana Railway dexicau 3 per Cent .... l4l. Ditto for Account — Dn. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-Frencb... — M mate\•id9an 6 per Cent. — t mesh Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Ceno — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account — Do 41 per Cent. (1.11: 1- ,arren) ..... ~ — Do 44 per Cont., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Ot., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2.'1 . ... 331 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 t ,er Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 44 per Cent. , 1860 Do 3Per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondf — Do. do. .£84.155. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds .. 941 Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 691 1 Sardinian b per Cent 721 Splnish 3 per Oen . .. ••• — Do. Account ... Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Passive — Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account — S wedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 — Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 pQr Cent — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 661 Da Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 . .„ Do. Account — Do £lOO Bonds — Do. 5 per cent. 1865 461 3 Do. Account ... — Do 6 per Cent., 1861 — Do Account D ) I por Cent., Guaranteed..........„ ~,,. Do do, Scrip — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 - Do 6 per Cent.,1862 — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent Ex 10 Florins ... Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. ........ ... Dutch i. per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail., — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... . French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ez. 25f....... „ !Wiwi 5 per Cent. .1831, F:. - . :25f Do Account — Consols Money (,31 Do. Account, April 7 93i CLOSING PRICES. LAW INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY. BANKRUPTCY. Mr. Anstie this morning applied t 3 the Chief Judge to vary the order made by him on Saturday last to the extent of directing the proceeds of the sale to be paid over to the Chtmberlain of the City, in stead of Mr. Kemp, the receiver, as the order beld. His Lordship said that there appeared to be no rea son to vary the order, as the right of distress re mained. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Tnis DAY. Henry Taylor, 22, and John Hedges, 39, were in dicted, Taylor with stealing articles value 155., the property of Richard Stephen Waylett, his master, and John He lges for receiving the same. The man was taken into custody at the instance of the pawnbroker, at whose shop he attempte I to pledge the property. The judge sentenced Hedges to be imprisoned for six month., and Taylor to be brought up for judgment next sessions. POLICE INTELLIGENCE — (This DAY). BO W-STRE ET. Samuel Dean, a lamplighter, was charged with stealing a brass screw ani leather socket belonging to one of the fire-engines at Buckingham Palace. The whole of the articles stolen were worth £lO. The prisoner, who declined to question a witness, was then remanded for further inquiries. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT ON A VESTRYMAN.—Wm. Jones, a car penter, of Howland-street, Fitzroy-square, appeared before Mr. Tyrwhitt, to answer a summons taken out by Mr. John Ashley, builder, of Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square, and also a vestryman of St. Pancras, for an assault. There was a good deal of personality thrown into the case, but Mr. Tyrwhitt called upon the defendant to find two sureties in £2O to keep the peace for six months. THAMES. WORKING HORSES IN AN UNFIT STATE.—Mr. Jacob Base, a carrier, and owner of horses and vans, in an extensive business, and Henry Eade, a carman, in his employ, were charged at the instance of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals with working two horses in an unfit state. The magistrate fined Base 205., and the carman was dis charged. UNFOUNDED CHARGE OF ROBBERY. At the Mansion House, on Monday, John Chatfield, an elderly gentleman, who has carried on business for forty years in High-street, Aldgato, and resides at Clyde House, Sidcup, surrendered to his bail before the Lord Mayor, to answer a charge of having stolen a whist-marker from Messrs. Smith and Sons' book-stall, at Cannon-street Railway Station. On Saturday afternoon the defendant asked the price of a book on the stall, and on being answered said it was too high. A new patent whist marker, which was immediately under the book, was missed, and the defendant was noticed holding it partially out of his pocket, and looking at it. The defendant came to the stall again, and asked the price of two other books, and while the boy was looking over the catalogue to ascertain the price of the books, the defendant went into the refreshment room. In the meantime, the clerk in charge of the bookstall, who had been absent, returned and was informed of the circumstance and when the defendant came back he said to him, "What do you in tend to do with that whist marker you have taken from the stall ?" The defendant seemed much surprised, and said, " Oh, I did find something in my pocket, but I did not know how it got there. I thought it was an adver tisement that had been put in my pocket." Afterwards the defendant was taken to the station-master's room, and , given into custody. The defence was that while the defendant, who is 63 years of age, and has recently retired from business, was pointing to the book, the whist-marker fell down intl his pocket, and that on finding it there afterwards he thought it was put into his pocket for an advertise ment. Mr. Peek, M.P., and a number of other gentleman were in attendance to speak to the defendant's character, but the Lord Mayor did not think it necessary to call them, and discharged the defendant. Mr. Lewis said the bookstall people were to blame for what had occurred, and it was the defendant's intention to :ake further proceedings. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIOS. - --- The report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners is pub lished. The Condnissioners propose for the current year, Ist to meet benefaction s bygrants to the amount in capital value of £100,000; 2nd• to consider the local claims arising in respect of the estates of the archbishopric of Canter bury so as to make grants to the extent of say £3,500 a year. 3rd. To appropriate the sum of £3,000 a year in perpetuity to the endowment with £2OC a year of new churches in public patronage, to which districts shall have been legally assigned, containing in each case a population of 4,000 persons, and to the endowment with £lOO a year of new churches in private patronage having districts legally assigned to them, con taining in each a like population, on condition that an endowment of equal value be provided from non -ecclesias tical sources. The grants to be thus made during the cur rent year will be of the capital value of £30,000. FIRE IN IVIIITEFRIAES.—A jire which destroyed two buildings and damaged several others b ro k e out l ast night in Grand Junction-street, Whitefriars. It originated in the premises of Mr. S. J. Walden, a baEketmaker, and afterwards spread to an adjoining timber wharf. Thera were many private houses in the immediate neighbourhood much injured. The proximity of the City Gas Works to the burning building at one time caused great anxiety. SHARE LIST. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Quotations. done. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 77 79 St Caledonian 100 774 78 774 St Cambrian lOO 15 20 20 Cornwall all 24 34 St Dublin and BelfaSt Juuction 100 . . St Dun, Prtb, and Aber. June-10 0 7 . 0 7 2 20 East London. all 4 6 20 Do 20 Do St Glasgow and S.Western 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 374 38 374 St Do East Anglian, N 0.2 100 64 71 St Great North of Scotland 100 15 16 St Great Northern 100 114 115 St Do A. 100 119 1191 1181 St Do 8.....„ 100 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100 St Great Western Original lOO 67 68 674 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 714 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45 St Do do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1254 125-4 St Loud, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 431 434 St Lond, Chatham, and Dover 10 0 14 4 15 1 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 1231 1234 123 24 St Loudon and South Wsstern 100 881 894 881 8 St Manch, Shef, and Lincolnsh 100 5 1 51 1 51 4 St Do New, issued at £5O dis.. 30 ... •.. St Metropolitan IGO 794 80 781 St Do - Preferred. . lOO ... St Do Deferred 100 ... 10 Do Redeemable St Metropolitan District 100 87 38 38 St Midland lOO 1241 125 1234 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 94 St North British. lOO 31 35 334 • St Do Edin, Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick lOO 1264 1271 St Do Leeds 100 841 851 871 St Do York St Do Stockton and Darlingtst 100 169 171 St Noith London 100 116 118 10 Do Now, 1868 64 14 1 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 100 744 751 St Do Preferred ...100 1094 1101 Name. St Do Deferred,. lOO 41 41} St Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok's. all 121 13h St Taff Vale 10 Do C 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 10 Waterloo and Whitehall MISCEL LANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 204 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L 5 1d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 5 5 Ditto, Now 4 pr 'l , pm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 21 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 ld pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 5 1f 21T 10 Com of African March, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of lingland, Pref 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 4f per cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 41 per cent 10 Credit Fonc of England, L all 21 31 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L.. 10 24 14d St Crystal Palace lOO 20 22 St Do, Preference lOO 94 99 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 106 111 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 271 104 10d 100 Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov all 1001 1011 1014 20 Egyptian Com and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 i 15 Eng and Foreign Credit 7 4 3d 10 Edropean Gas all 17 18 41 10 Do, new.... 5 4 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 34 44,p 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds all 97 96 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71 1 4d 15 General Steam Navigation l4 29 31 50 Homo and Col Marine Ins, L 5 ld p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 12} 121 50 Imperial Continental Gas 434 134 136 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L 45 57 59 47 10 International Finan Soc, L 5 15 lid 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 41 41 100 Ditto, 6 per cut Bonds, red all 1870 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 ld 25 London African Trading lO 50 Loud Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 114 4 Lond Gon Omnibus, Limd all 21 21 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 31 41 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 11} 11 I 10 National Steamship, Limd all 134 141 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d I 1 10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 4 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 41 4 1 d 25 N Zealand Ln & Mere, &c 21 f 1p '25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 11 lip 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 5d 10 Do, B. St N British Austral, Limited 100 60 70 50 N British & Mercan 64 23 234 25 Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 184 5 Oriental Gas, Limited all 81 9 5 Do. New i p 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 f p 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 St. Peel Riv Lnd & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 43 45 50 Do., New, 1867 lO 31 21d 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do, New all 8 25 Rio Janeiro City Lmtd all 191 201al 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited all 291 aq 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General de l'Empire Ottoman 8 21 34 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lim and redaced) all 891 391 344 54 20 Thames & Mere Mn Ins, L 2 21 21p St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trustand Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCo of Up Canada... 5 fp 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 64p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd ... 6 2 ld 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 41 54p 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 1 1 30 Van Diemen's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 851 864 861 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited 20 4 3d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 105} 105 I Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 105} 106} Do, 5p c, Jan and July . .... lOO 944 95} 96} Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 ]Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1903 lOO 95} 96} oof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 100 111 113 111 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 100 102} 103} 1028 Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 - 111 Do, 1872 lOO 103 'lO5 I'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 100 108 110 Do, 6p c, May and Nov 100 107 109 New Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and July 100 104 105 N. S. Wales Gov 5 p c, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 1001 101/ Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 101 102 Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875 100 100 1011 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1001 1011 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981 Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 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 lOO 1011 . 1051 105 k Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July 100 1081 1091 108 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 113 114 1141 Do, April and Oct, 1883-5 lOO 113/ 1141 Do, 5p c, Jan. and Ju1y,1894 100 101 k 1021 1021 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. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS DAY. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. EDUCATION. Mr. IVItiNTz presented a petition from Birmingham in favour of a denominational system of education. Colonol SYKES presented a petition in favour of the Education Bill, which was praying- that science and art might be taught those capable of receiving such in struction. Mr. PIN presented a petition from a Roman Catholic congregation in Dublin, in favour of denominational education. NEW MEMBER. Mr. Robinson took the oath and his seat for Bristol in the room of the late Mr. Berkeley. The hon. member was introduced by Mr. Morley and Mr. Adam. OPIUM. Sir W. LAWSON gave notice that on the 26th of April he should move a resolution to the effect that the House condemns the system of receiving revenug from the raising of opium. EMPLOYMENT OP CHILDREN. Mr. FAWCETT gave notice that on an early day he should call the attention of the House to the condition of children engaged in agricultural labour, and move a reso lution on the subject. CONDITION OF TRADE. Mr. LOirTHER, on the part of the hon. member for Coventry, gave notice of his intention to move for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the depressed condition of trade. SALE OF FIRE ARMS. Mr. DICKINSON asked the Secretary of State for War how many military fire arms had been sold during the past year, and how much was realised by the sale; whether he knew by whom and for what purpose they were bought, and what was their destination; whether facilities were not given by this system for providing with arms insur ,ents and others hostile to our own Government at home or in the Co!onies, and to friendly Governments ; and whether it would not be better to render all military weapons not required for the public service unserviceable, instead of selling them and being parties to their being used for the purposes of legitimate or illegitimate war fare. Mr. CARDWELL said over 18,000 firearms had been sold and the sum of £4,258 received. The persons purchasing and the purposes to which the arms were to be put were generally known. He was not of opinion that the system of sale supplied disaffected parties with arms, the ordi nary trade being with the parties that generally trans acted that business, and, indeed, if they had an enemy in the field, it would be most fortunate were they to be armed with these unseivlceable firearms. He did not think it would be ivell'l6 render the firearms unservice able, as a large sum of money would be lost by such an arrangement. . THE VOLUNTEERS. Colonel WILMOT asked the Secretary of State for War why rifles bad not yet been issued to volunteer corps in Districts 6,8, and 10, although, in answer to a question on the 25th of February, they were promised " immediately." and whether he was aware that any further delay would very much reduce the capitation grant in many battalions, and would stop the course of annual instruction in all. Mr. CARDWELL said he wa3 sorry for the delay, but it arose in consequence of the care bestowed upon them pre vious to distribution. That distribution was now going on at the rate of 2,C00 a day, and before April 55,000 of the new arms would be in the hands of volunteers. He did not think the delay would at all diminish the amount of the grant. THE TREATY WITH FRANCE. Mr. BIRLEY asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether our Ambassador in Paris had received instructions to make any representations to the French Government concerning the revision of the com mercial treaty between Great Britain and France for the mutual interest of the two countries ; and, :if so, whether there was any objection to• stating the nature of such representations. Mr. OTWAY said no replies in the character of remon stration had been addressed to the French Government. Lord Lyons, however, had received certain instructions, but it would not be right to make those instructions gene rally known. SHEERNESS DOCKYARD. Mr. PEMBERTON asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether men were still being discharged from Sheerness Dockyard ; and whether it was true that, in consequence of the want of labourers in the yard, barges and other craft bringing stores from Woolwich were detained from eight to ten days before they could discharge their cargo ; and whether, when discharged, the iron and timber stores were placed in the yard exposed to the weather, from the want of labourers to store them or stow them away under cover. And, if application bad not been made from the dockyard for more labourers for this work, and been refused. Mr. CHILDERS said it was true the gradual reductions were going on at Sheerness, and would continue to go on until the end of July or August. No representation had been made of any insufficiency of labour to store the timber landed there. When the reductions were complete the staff of hands at Sheerness would be above 300 which would be quite sufficient for all purposes. NEW ROMNEY. Mr. W. M. TORRENS asked the Under -Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any steps had been taken in compliance with the prayer of the petition from certain inhabitants of New Romney, presented to this House on the 26th of July 1867, in accordance with which inquiries have been subsequently made, by order of Government, regarding the municipal property of the town. Mr. HUGGESSEN said the parties at New Romney had asked for a charter of incorporation. Inquiry was made, and the result was transmitted to the Privy Council, but the report of the committee was adverse to New Romney. The appointment of a new corporation would not have removed the control of the municipal property of the town from the old corporation. NAVAL RETURNS, &c. Sir James ELPHINSTONE asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, with reference to his statement that Admiral Sir Spencer Robinson did not consent, as a Lord of the Admiralty, to the new scheme of naval retirement, whether Sir Sidney Dacres was consulted in the prepara tion of that scheme ; and if so, whether he approved of all its provisions. Mr. CHILDERS replied that he did not say that Admi ral Sir Spencer Robinson did not consent to the new scheme of naval retirement, but that in certain particu lars he differed. With reference to the second question, he was authorised by his gallant colleague to say that he entirely approved of the scheme in all its details. NEW ZEALAND. House. Mr. EASTWICK asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies why the correspondence with reference to New Zealand, promised in her Majesty's Speech, had not been laid upon the table of the House, and whether it would be in the hands of members before the sth of April; and if not, whether he would fix a date on or before which it would be obtainable. Mr. MONSELL said that the correspondence was in type, and would be ready in the course of next week. THE WATER BOUNDARY. Viscount MILTON asked the Under -Secretary of State for the Colonies if he would lay upon the table of the House a copy of such letters, correspondence, and en closures from Governor Douglas (at one time supposed 0 have the full title of Colonial Governor of her Majesty's Possessions on the Pacific Coast of North America) or his secretaries, and from the Secretary to the British Com mission on the Water Boundary question, as were received by the Colonial Secretaries, warning her Majesty's Government of the apparent intentions of General Harney, or the United States forces, to invade a part or parts of her Majesty's dominions on the coast of the Pacific, before and up to the year 1859 inclusive. Mr. MONSELL replied that the matter related to the foreign and not the colonial department, being a subject of dispute between this country and a foreign country. IRISH RAILWAYS. Mr. STACPOOLE asked the First Lord of the Treasury if it was the intention of the Government to introduce any measure with respect to Irish Railways this session. Mr. GLADSTONE replied that he would be a sanguine man who would like to approach the subject this session of Parliament. At the same time the subject was not unworthy of serious claim upon the attention of the 16th Foot—Ensign Walter Meyer Griffith; from the 38t: Foot, to be Ensign. 18th Fcot —Ensign Hazlowood Jones to be Lieutenant. 23d Foot—Lieutenant Louis James Wainwright Haddon to be Captain; Ensign Sidney Beckwith Blyth to be Lieu tenant. 25th Foot —Ensign David Stanley Cuninghamo to be Lieu tenant ; Ensign Francis Welch to be Lieutenant i Ensign Allen Neagon Adams to be Lieutenant. 35th Foot—Ensign Arthur Thomas Chapman to be I louts nant. 7;th Foot - Ensign Charles Edward Warde, from Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Ensign. 86th Foot—Lieutenant Guy Francis Clarke Travers to be Captain Ensign William Henry Hardwicke Jackson to be Lieutenant. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. Sir L. PALK asked the First Lord of the Treasury if he would lay the amendments of the Elementary Education Bill upon the table before the Easter recess, so that the public might have an opportunity of considering them before the House reassembled. (LEFT SITTING SPORTIhG INTELLIGENCE-1 HIS DAY. EPSOM SPRING MEETING.—This DAY (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Pate Lightning Walter Eleven ran. NURSERY PLATE. The L0y...... 1 Stockdale Seamstress f Eleven ran. CITY AND SUBURBAN. Sabinus . , 1 Claudius . 2 Miss Dayrell 3 Twenty-eight ran. STAMFORD PLATE. Cast Off AllbroOk Mount Pleasant Seventeen ran. BRIGHTON RAILWAY PLATE. Brasenose... Sir Robert.. Lady Kew 2 Six ran. PADDOCK PLATE. Lady Sophia Lord of Mi5ru1e........ Satellite 3 Seven ran. SCRA.TCHINGS. City and Suburban—Van Amburgh, Brennus, Cocoa Nut, Temple, Queen of Hearts, Vandenhoff, Tim Weaver, Fox c, Deansfield, Ratelpate,Tabernacle, Sulphur, all M. Shickler's horses, Ladas, and Ashfleld. _ . . . Great Metropolitan—Gondolier, Nuago, Queen of Hearts, Temple, Tit-bit. Chester Cup—St. Mungo. FLAT RACIN AP: FIXTURES. Croxton Park 1 Northampton 5, 6 West Drayton 7, 8 Thirsk . 7, 8 Liverpool Runt 9 Durham 18, 19 Lichfield lB, 19 Knighton 19, 20 Newmarket C 15 to 22 Catterick Bridge 21, 22 Abergavenny 21, 22 Eastbourne... 25 Cardiff 26, 27 Croydon 2B, 29 :AY. Newmarket tat S 2 to 6 Edinburgh 7 Chester 10 to 13 Winchester 1 - 0, 11 Salisbury 12, 13 Chelmsford 17, 18 York 17, 18 Wye 19 Doncaster l9, 20 Harpenden 2O, 21 Bath 24, 25 Stamford Croydon 26, 27 Epsom 31 to Juno 3 OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. (THIS DAY.) PUTNEY, Tuesday. The training was resumed this morning. The friends of Oxford were very anxious to know whether the crew could apply their labour to full advantage in the new boat which was brought to Putney yes terday, and in which there have been some trifling alterations. The crew went out with the tide be tween 11 and 12. They started very carefully in her up towards Hammersmith-bridge, with a new set of oars by Ayling, so that everything was fresh to hand. They rowed 34 strokes per minute in the beginning upon the pretty well half flood. To all who are acquainted with rowing it must be well known that it takes more than a day to get used to a new boat, and thereupon it is not to be supposed that they could lay out their strength in her as in the old boat. She is very sma'l, and apparently low, and some doubt might be apprehended whe ther they could all clear their oars if the water was rough, but she is unmistakeably a'fine boat, and when they get used to her will travel fast, indeed she did so this morning without the average amount of labour being applied to her. Those who direct the Oxonians' movements are said to approve of her, and that is the main thing, as they know best. They returned after being out half an hour, and are to row the course down in the afternoon. Cam bridge were not out this afternoon, but also defer their practice till late. The little steam yachts be longing to the rival crews took their coxswains up this morning to be instructed in the course. LATEST PARTICULARS. PUTNEY, Tuesday Afternoon. The Cambridge crew went out early in the after noon, making a formal start from the Aqueduct, which they did well, and so well that it would be difficult to surpass it. They went up to Chiswick at from 36 to 38 strokes per minute, well pulled ; and their rowing was generally considered to be very regular and good. Their pace was fast, and their friends much pleased. At half-past two the Oxonians went out in their new boat, with wash boards upon her. Some little alteration bad been made in the seats and judiciously, by which the men were enabled to apply their great strength with commensurate advantage. They rowed the boat up to Mortlake over the first of the ebb, and then turned to come down with it. It was generally remarked at starting how well the boat carried them, and as they got more used to her that fact was more apparent. They met a sharp north-easterly wind in Corney Reach, but came through it well. The pace at the beginning was 36 strokes per minute, but they "pulled" it up to 40 before they finished. The further they went the more they get used to the boat, the more the giant Darbishire grasp of the water mani fested itself. The time was 22 min. 31 sec. We need hardly say the rowing was very satisfactory to Mr. Willan, who accompanied them, and to the rest of their friends. A crew of old University men belonging to the Leander Club went out at a little before five to have a " spin" with Cambridge. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, MARCH 26. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Manukjee Rustamjee as Consul at Calcutta for his Majesty the Shah of Persia ; and Senor David Campbell Dacosta as Consul at Barbadoes for the United States of Venezuela. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Wheler Woodford Birch, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Straits Settlements; and George Phillippo, Esq., to be At torney-General for the Colony of British Columbia. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MARCH 29. Bth Hussars—Ensign William Eden, from 28th Foot, to be Cornet. Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Frederick Charles Buller to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel ; Lieut. and Capt. Ellis Philip Fox Reeve to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel ; Ensign and Lieutenant Waller Hughes to be Lieutenant and Captain ; Ensign and Lieu tenant Harvey Juckes Lloyd Bruce to be Lieutenant and Captain; the Hon. Charles Compton William Cavendish to be Ensign and Lieutenant; Ales ander William Max well Clark Kennedy, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant. Ist Foot—Ensign John Robert Hall Wil on, from 3d West India Regiment, to be Ensign; Ensign Menace Nugent O'Connor, from 3d West India Regiment, to be Ensign. 3d Foot—Ensign Thomas Edward Spencer to be Lieutenant. 4th Foot—Lieutenant Geo. William Hughes to be Captain. sth Fuet—Ensign William Simpson Brown Blennerhassett Dwyer, from 3d West India Regiment, to be Ensign. 6th Foot—Ensign Henry Blake flarward, from 3d West India Regiment, to be Ensign. 10th Foot—Ensign George James Croasdale, from Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Ensign. 11th Foot—Ensign Smith Elannington Gardner, from Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Ensign ; Ensign James Browne, from the 77th Foot, to be Ensign. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel William Clarke Francis Gcsling, Royal (late Madras) Artillery, having completed the qualify ing service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel. Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Alexander Gibb, M.D , who retires upon half-pay, to have the honorary rank of Inspector-General of Hospitals. To be Major-Generals—Brevet Colonel Arthur Cavendish Beutinck, from Inspecting Field-Officer, Recruiting District ; Brevet Colonel Sir R. Denis Kelly, K.C.8., from Lieutenant- Colonel, half-pay, late 34th Foot; Brevet Colonel John Ramsay Stuart, C. 8., from Lieutenant-Colonel, half-pay, late 21st Foot. To b 3 Lieutenant Co:onels—Major Charles James Orton Swaffield, half-pay, late Depot Battalion ; Major Cecil Rice, 72d Foot; Captain and Brevet Major C. S. Lemarchand, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery ; Captain and Brevet Major Daniel Henry Mackinnon, half-pay Unattached, and Staff Officer of Pensioners. To be Majors—Captain John E. Harvey, half• pay, late 41st Foot, and Staff Officer of Pensioners. Captain George Smyth Windham, Rifle Brigade. Captain Philip Percival, 79th Foot. DEATH OF MR. ASSISTANT JUDGE PAYNE. We regret to announce the sadden death this day of Mr. Joseph Payne, Deputy-Assistant Judge of the Middlesex Sessions. The learned gentleman Fat on the bench yesterday, and appeared in his usual health. A. LADY ATT iCKED BY A SERPENT. From Oxford comes a strange story of a lady attacked by a boa constrictor. It appears that a m imber of the University, who had lodgings in High-strett, kept a good sized specimen of the boa constrictor in a box in his rooms, and that the daughter of the landlaly, attracted by a movement of the lid, opened it, when her hand was seized by. the reptile with a firm grasp, which became tightened as it coiled around her arm. The young lady, although nearly frightened to death, screamed for help, and on the arrival of assistance was found in a swooning state, with her hand and arm firmly held by the capacious jaws and folds of the serpent. The occurrence created a panic amongst those who were called to the assistance of the young lady, but on reco vering their presence of mind they succeeded, by jumping on the tail of the reptile ana (Alin means, in making it release its hold. The young lady, as may be supposed. is seriously it OUTRAGES IN IRELAND. A parliamentary return, issued yesterday„ gives the number and nature of the outrages reported by the con stabulary in Ir:eland, in the year 1869, and the two first months of the present year. The total number of outrages of all classes last year was 3,153, of which 869 took place in the province of Munster; 691 in Connaught ; 941 in Leinster, and 649 in Ulster. As compared with previous years we find that the total outrages in 1868 numbered 2,548 ; 1867, 2,021 ; in 1866, 1,964 ; in 1865, 2,604 ; in 1864, 2,968 ; in 1863, 3,832 ; in 1862, 4,401; in 1861, 3,881; in 1860, 3,531; in 1859, 3,618 ; in 1858, 3,492 ' • in 1857, 4,032 ; in 1856, 4,125 ; in 1855, 4,201; and in 1854, 4,662. The rapid increase of agrarian crime towards the close of last year is shewn by the following figures :—ln January 24 were reported ; February 30; March, 47 ; April, 35 • May, 23 ; June, 17 ; July, 19 ; August, 18 ; September, 14 ; October. 59; November, 144; and December, 337. Of the. offences reported last year 29 were homicides, 48 manslaughter, 43 firing at the person, 1 assault with intent to murder, 284 aggra vated assaults, 158 assaults endangering life, 42 cutting or maiming the person, 203 incendiary fire, 141 burglary and housebreaking, 128 robbery, 129 cattle stealing, 84 sheep stealing, 74 killing, cutting, or maiming cattle, 2 levying contributions, 18 sacrilege, 38 demand or robbery Df arms, 7 appearing armed, 2 faction fights, 33 riot, 175 administering unlawful oaths, 123 intimidation, 666 threatening notices or letters, 21 attacking houses, 4 rescuing prisoners, 2 resistance to legal processes, 31 illegal meetings or processions, armed and unarmed, 231 injury to property, 23 firing into dwel lings, 20 injury to places of worship, 21 party demonstra tions, unarmed, and 30 being armed in a proclaimed dis trict. The return shews the enormous increase in the number of agrarian outrages in January and February last. The total in the former month was 391, and in February 303. The following were the offences against the public peace last month :—Demand or rob bery of arms, 7 ; appearing armed, 8 ; riots, 2 ; administering unlawful oaths, 104 ; intimi dation (by threatening letters or notices) 167 ; otherwise, 51 • attacking houses, 5 : injury to property, 45 ; firing into ' dwellings, 11; injury to ploces of worship, 3 ; being armed in a proclaimed district, 15. In addition to these there was 1 murder, 1 atiempted assassination, 8 aggravated assaults, and 2 killing cattle. In a note it is stated that the large number of unlawful oaths is ex plained as follows--Large parties of men, generally armed, visited the houses of different farmers at night, and swore them in some cases not to pay higher rent than the Government valuation ; in others, not to pay increased rent if demanded by their landlords. There is strong reason to believe that the tenants themselves encouraged these proceedings, with the view of effecting a reduction, as they considered the rents too high. The increase of intimidation by threatening notices or other wise is chiefly referable to a similar cause. The contribu tions demanded in each case were very small in amount. They were chiefly exacted upon the occasion of the un lawful administration of oaths. Similar exactions were indeed made upon similar occasions in the county of Sligo in the previous mont h of December, but the precise MULL. ber cannot be stated. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam,-.. Short ... 11 181 ... 11 19 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 ot ... 12 1 1 Antwerp — ... 25 421... 25 47 Brussels — ... 25 421 ... 25 47 Hamburgh — ... 13 10; ... 13 10 Paris Short .4 5 20 ... 25 271 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main... ... 120 f ... 121 Vienna — ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Trieste — ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Petersburg Copenhagen — ~ 3 23 ... 9 27 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 49 ... 49/ Leghorn Milan — ... 26 25 .., 26 30 Genoa — ... 26 25 ... 26 30 Naples Palermo -. ... 26 25 ... 26 30 Messina Lisbon ' THE FRENCH FUNDS. According to Reuter's telegrams the French Rentes to-day were quoted 74f. 12c. Heavy. Sir G. Grey will be the chairman of the Royal Commission on extra•regulation prices in the army. A bill is introduced by the Lord Advocate to amend the Annuity Tax Abolition Act in Edinburgh and Montrose. A.'return published contains correspondence be tween the Colonial Office, the Government of the Cana dian Dominion, and the Hudson's Bay Company . , re lating to the surrender of Rupert's Land to the Dominion o Canada. The French Minister of Marine has fixed on Port Said as the future French naval station in Egyptian waters it being intended that all stores and reinforce ments for the Imperial navy on the Eastern stations shall be fowarded through the Suez Canal. BOAT ACCIDENTS.—A boat accident occurred on Saturday on the Thames, near Woolwich. One youth was drowned. Two other disasters, also resulting in the loss of one life, happened on the s ame river ; and on the previous day two boys were drowned through the capsizing of a boat at Henley. - - - The other morning, at a draper's in Liverpool, a gentleman was leaving the premises, but instead of taking egress by the doorway, he inadvertently stepped into one of the windows, which was empty at the time for the pur pose of being re-dressed, and before any of the astonished salesmen could interfere the unlucky visitor had made his way into the street, through a very large thick plate-glass window. Fortunately the only injury he received was a cut on the left cheek. The Duke of Sutherland has visited lielmsdale to inspect the railway works, when a deputation of the in habitants waited upon his Grace to represent the prevalent destitution, and urged upon him the importance of opening the Kildenan gold diggings. His Grace gave no hope that the diggings would be again opened, but stated ho had been assured that the diggings did the people no good, as the greater part of them spent in drink the money they realised from the gold. The committee of the Land and Labour League having sent a memorial to Mr. Gladstone, in the name of the League, protesting against the provisions of tho Irish Peace Preservation Bill, some of the clauses of which they stated they considered tyrannical and oppres sive, have received from Mr. Gladstone a reply to the effect " that the bill is not intended to restrict the free dom of the Irish people, but only the disturbers of Ireland's peace."