The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-13 00:00:00

.ell as Mrs. count of HAILS. pril 13. Bonny, Amongst lid P 1 ince i the coast pril 13. Shannon, Atnong Austrian erzet, the he Porta- Elizabeth 1 off Vat- I and re- he cargo, is return• the crew rque and ion party e Indian and was pan, t e raiso. 3d down rrived at • the re-. pproach ,outly to Dreyfus ted. tivity in pedition e survey On the VMAN. the Stil Toneous 2g note, isert his in your to refer liberty g to all with the is. He r which ed and arches,' ertainly his time others n itself is their )f your 3 news- pprOVC ly falai n spite , has a Is him note a y own sacred ned in s have l to be iswer, great i❑ the to her areign Ihrist. auded satis ; and at the ntism r dear ['HE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. On the Stock Exchange to-day there was tairf , r u:ore activity his n.orning. Consols wire firm at their quotations, and in the Foreign Market the news from Parrguay caused an improvtment iu Argentine and Brazilian Stocks. The iirtt-mentioned are now t, and the latter better than yesterday. There is an advance also in the Railway Market in A letropolitaa.s, but Great Eastern have given way Slightly. American Shares are quiet, but for Tele graph, Banking, and Miscellaneous stocks there is Scarcely any deutand. Consols are now at 941 to 94 for money ; ditto, account, 941 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92} ; New Three per Cents., 924 ; Bank of England Stock, 4i per cent., 231 3. Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 24 per cent., March, par; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, June, par. India Stock, 10} per cent., April, 1874, 2085 ; ditto 5 per cent., July, 1880, 113 ; ditto 4 per ce nt•, Oct., 1888, 1005 ; ditto Enfaced Paper . 4 per cent., ; ditto 55 per cent., 1872, 110 4 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 23 prem. ; ditto under £l,OOO, 20 prem. In the Foreign Market stocks have improved, and t pr r iaczeiitli prices are now as follows : Argentine, 901 to 911 ; , 89 to 891 ; Chilian, 97} to 981 ; Egyptian ( 1 861), 891 to 901 ; ditto (1868), 791 to 801 ; ditto Nine per Cents., 1001 to 1011; Viceroy's Loan, 831 to 841 ; Italian, 541 to 551 ; ditto Six per Cent. T obacco,. 891 to 901 ; Peruvian, 844 to 854 ; Russian ( 1 862), 861 to 871 ; ditto Scrip, 41 to 41 prem. ; O rel, 87 to 871 ; Nicolai, 691 to 691 ; Moscow, 851 to 851 ; Charkof, 83 to 831 ; Spanish, 27* to 281 ; and Turkish Five per Cents., 46* to 47k. In the Railway Market Caledonians are marked now 761 to 761 ; Great Eastern, 401 to 401 ; Great Northern, 1181 to 1191 ; ditto (A) Stock, 1261 to 1261 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1291 to 1291 ; Great Western, 691 to 691 ; London and Brighton, 4 61 to 461 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 161 to 161 ; London and North Western, 1261 to 1261 ; London and South Western, 881 to 891 ; Sheffields, 521 to 52 ; Metropolitan, 781 to 781 ; Midland, 1251 'to 126; South Eastern, 77* to 78} ; and South Eastern Preferred, 110 to 111. Lombardo-Venetian are 17 9-16 to 17 11-16; and Great Luxembourg, 13 to 131. In American Securities Five-Twenty Bonds are 88 i to 88} ex div.; and Ten-Forty Bonds, 851 to 861. Erie shares are 201 to 201. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are quoted 171 to 17.1 ; British Indian, 9} to 91; China Submarine, to n dis. ; Falmouth, 9 to 91; French Cable, to i to 151 ; and Construction and Maintenance, 371 to 371. The Mark-lane market opens quiet in all depart ments, but supplies being moderate, late rates. were asked for all kinds of grain. The Budget, with its mercantile modifications, was received with favour in the City. The reduction of the -income tax, the alteration of the sugar duties, and the rearrangement of the stamp laws, appeared t 2 give general satisfaction. Some objection was Laken in several . quarters to the method pursued in th e creation of £7,000,000 of Consols to pay off the tel egraphs, and to the other arrangements with r egard to the National Debt. The abolition of the s maller taxes was viewed as desirable, and on the Whole it seems to be thought that the financial state- Inept will be generally accepted. The prospective state of the revenue is decidedly encouraging. In the Mincing-lane produce-markets the reduc tion in the sugar duties has been of course regarded With great favour, and the broad scale upon which it h as been carried out, so as to prevent, at all events f or some years to come, any uncertbint:es from the Prospect of !resit changes, has been sufficient to over ride such disal pointment as may have been 43ca ai`Jrted by the absence of any reduction in the duties cle , tea, fruit, wine, and other articles lately the sub ject of agitation. Little speculative feeling has been m anifested by the dealers, and the short or Loaded Price of sugar has in some instances not advanced more thsn ls. or Is. 6d., although the reduction in d uty ranges betwetn 4s. and 6s. per cwt. The average advance established appears to have been about is. 6d. to 25., and the expectation is that d uring the next few weeks the course of p r i ces w ill , such that the advantage of the reduction of duty W ill be about shared between the importers and the Public, and that after that time, from the increase of trade, the consumers may expect gradually to r eap the entire benefit. The committee of policy-holders, annuitants, and ha ve o f th e Alb ert Li fe Assurance C ompany .I. ave convened a general meeting of the policy riders for the 28th inst., for the purpose of consider 'og the plan of reconstruction. The annual meeting of the National Provincial 'attic of England is called for the 12th of May, The half-y ear ly mee ti ng o f t h e G reat C entral G as Consumers' Company will be held on ,the 29th aeF3t. Mr. H enry L a k e, l ate genera l manager of the European, has accepted the appointment of London t an ager of th e L on d on and Birmingham Assurance Q tapany. Petition for the winding up of the Isle of Wight Ar st ates Company (Limited) is to be heard b e f or e th e ' a ster of the Rolls on the 23d inst. sßNotice h as b een rece i ve d i n L on d on t h at t h e u dget, which was telgraphed by the British Indian ~I t hraarine Cable, was published in Bombay yester day Morning. We are informed that the committee of the bond 401ders o f th e C on f e d erate L oan, i ssue d i n 1863, are about to call a general meeting, to d e t erm i ne w h a t s t e ps sh a ll b e t a k en to assert t h e i r r i ght to be recog rlsed by th e S ou th ern S tates i n proportion to their b so urces, to the extent of the bonds no w curren t, :fore-any status is given in this country t o f res h so uthern loans. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 CroVERNmENT YUNDS. I,)r Cent. Consols ;, per to for Account 4/ I 1 / 4 ) ,Per Lent. Re luced 94 .tavir Ne per cent 1r 4 / per Cont. Jan. 1894 ..... .... _92f i 4 Do. 5 peran.lB73 411Inties, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — D • far 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — t ,.1, (Red Sea Telegraph). Aug., 1908 — "equzr Bills, £l,OOO, 2i p. Ct. par b ) Da. 2i do. June — 11%„ 1 , £lOO, £2OO & £5OO par ti: of England Stock, 4f per Cent O A ~' oPerang — fat a 'a per Cont. Bonds — er-Colonial Ornmum — 14,1. 413 11. N a3VERNMENT SECUILITIEti. La Mock , 10/ C t April 1874 208 k D o per eu ~ b;°P e n i g, fo Do; 0 per Cent. July, '180 4 per C ent . O ct . 1888 b • ri !. Elufaced Pape. 4 per C.nt.. ....... 12, ;• 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ........... .. „ 110/ p 020 t. May 1879 "' .) Der er Cent Rup. Dal", 187' , I), " do 18' — ... D, , Do • do. 1882 — i• bob., 5 per Cent. Aug. 1873 ..... ."')43° Bonds . . 4 per Cent , ., £l,000 - sr..Cl.000 4,,...,,r0RE1G.N FiIIiI)S—CLOSING PRICES. 91 I • IY o u r Il e Republic, 0 per Cent .0, 10 , fLecquw. _ 41411 bends 5 per cent _ kw ] . De. 1859 •.• '-°.-"Liall 5 per Cent _ 4 i per Cent. 1852 — 11 °. °. do 1858.... ht)°. °' TO 1860 186 7, 5 per ' bent., 1865 3 , 88/ " 0 , ..... An,.Account...... , _ .8 Ayres 6 per Cent... 1:1`, 1 :' 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Ceut.' — .1,ea,,.. 6 ~., . Per %Mit. —. .411` MONEY MARKET 0..6 p Cent ' 'c. 4f per er Cent. Do. 3 per Cent., .. Do. 7 per Cent., 1 e,66 Do. 6 per cent. 1867 10-nti!,,n, 6 pet Cent. Danien, 3 pit. Cent. 1 825 Dan.d iatt Principalities, 7 per Cent B9 Do Account .. Do 8 per Cent., 1867 . Einalor New Consolidated, 1 per Cen. ... Ii; zyptian, 7 per Cent...".. ... ... 0a Secoed Issue 90. £5Ol. Bonds — Dc. 1864 ....... ...•-• 90 Do. Accent': t Do. /500 Bonds Dc• AIX; rends ... • Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 00. den:-a;1.7 Do. £lOO Bon,. 8... Goveitancnt Ilan was- DeLenturet , ilreeir 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups... Do. Coup-ot e Gm ttemalt. 5 per Cent . Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all p 0 B4 Do. Ace, ant ,Ita dun 5 per Cert., iklos B6 Do. Account . - - Do Mstremmana Railway — <Wainer. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — M , ntevideau 6 per Cent. — tioarish Imperial 5 pal Cent Vow Granada 254 Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Jfectares) Peruvian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account •••• ••• Do 4} per Cent. (Ut:harren) ..... ... Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 -. Port aguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2.': — Do. do. 1867 -- Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — fia3sian 5 ~er Cent., 1822, £ 8t .. Do 4} per Cent 1850 Da 4f per Cent., 1860 Da 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do Inglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bond. — Do_ , do. 484 15s. d 0....... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds —. Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 694 Jr Sardinian b per Cent . • Spanish 3 per Cen ... . Do. Account Do. 1867 ~ Do. Account Do. New Deferred.. Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded , Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — . Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account — Do £lOO Bonds 73 I Do. 5 per cent. 1865 47 64 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 b 704 1 Do Account DJ 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do do, Scrip — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent:l.B62 . Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian a per Cent Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 2sf. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil . Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates — French llentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Witt?. 5 per ent. 1861, Ex. 25f Do Account 28k POLICE . INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CLOSING PRICES. Connote, Money' 94 Do. Account, May 4 yg William Cook, a coachman, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Hyde Park. A con stable said that yesterday afternoon he was on duty near Rotten-row, when a lady complained 'to him that the prisoner had insulted her. The prisoner, who was drunk, said that all he had said to the lady was, " have your- eye." He told the pri soner to go away, and as he refused and threatened to " slog" (assault) him, and gota crowd about, he took him into custody. As soon as he did so the prisoner put up his fists and attempted to strike him, but was prevented doing so. The prisoner said that all he said to the fema!e was, "I'll have your eye," as he was in the habit of doing to the nurse maids in the park, who didn't mind it. Mr. Tyr whitt fined him 20s. or seven days. WESTAIINSTER. Edward Everett, a man who bad evidently seen better days, was charged with attempted suicide. It appeared that yesterday the prisoner travelled by the Citizen R steamboat to Battersea Bridge about a quarter to five. Just as the passengers were landing prisoner leaned over the after sponson and threw his ticket in the water; then he jumped in himself. Graves, the mate, got a " hitcher,'' and laid hold of him. A Thames police boat was passing, and they re'•.ieved him of the prisoner. He only said, " 0 Lord ;" that was while the mate was holding him. A Thames police-inspector, George Concher, proved taking the prisoner to the workhouse. He said he had seen better days, and could not starve about the streets. Prisoner said voluntarily, and after due caution, " I am staving, and if I was set at liberty I should go and do the same thing. I have nothing further to say." The prisoner was committed for trial. THAMES. George Wilson, aged 40 years, and described as a labourer, with no fixed abode, was brought before Mr. Lusbington, charged with stealing a gold signet ring, the property of Mr. William Pettit, of No. 2, Crombie's-row, Commercial-road, on the Bth instant. The prisoner entered the shop of Mr. Pettit, a silversmith and jeweller, on Tuesday afternoon last, and said he was commissioned to order a lot of gold watches for a friend of his, the captain of a ship in the London Dock, and that he also wanted to pur chase a gold signet ring for himself. Many rings were shown to him, but he did not purchase any, and he left the shop without making a purchase. Soon after he had left the shop one of the rings shown to him was missing. Yesterday afternoon the prisoner went into another shop belonging to Mr. Pettit in High-street, Poplar, and told the same tale there. He wished to look at some rings, but the shopman, who had received au account of him and was on his guard, was sure he was the same man who had robbed his master at the Commercial-road shop, and gave him into custody. He was identified by his master, and could give nos satisfactory account of himself. He was remanded for a week. THE DISTURBANCES IN SPAIN. Things are far from quiet in the Spanish peninsula. Some important Carlist chiefs have just entered Spain, and it is expected that a Carlist movement will shortly commence in several provinces. With respect to the conscription disturbances, letters from Barcelona state that the outbreak there had a purely socialistic character, and the conscription was used as a convenient pretext. The troups fought with great bravery, capturing formidable barricades by artillery, and that the insurgents, although deserted by the ma jority of the inhabitants, made an obstinate resistance. Some particulars have been received of the outbreak at Garcia. The attacking party consisted of four columns of troops, but only one of them took part in the fight. Two soldiers were killed, and thirteen wounded. The loss of the insurgents was nine teen dead and ten wounded, and forty-two pri soners were captured by the troops. The latter also took 79 rifles and 20,000 cart 'ridges. Courts martial have been improvised in the ♦illages to the neighbourhood of Barcelona, which are occupied by the military. Small columns of troops are still in pursuit of fugitives, who are scattered in various directions. From these details it is obvious that the fighting has been of a severe character. The Government forwarded to all the magistrates in Ireland on Monday night copies of the Peace Preserva tion Act, with circulars of instructions. When the Session is more advanced, a contem porary says, Mr. Charles B ux t on w ill bring forward a motion with reference to the enormous military arms- MAID of—Eaalue. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1870 SHARE LIST. SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT. , TUESDAY. RAILWAYS -ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS Closing Business raid. Name. Quotations, done. St Bristol an& Exeter lOO 77 78 St Caledonian 100 771- 79 St Cambrian lOO ' 15 20 20 Cornwall all 21 31 St Dublin and Belfast Junction-100 ... ... St Dim, Pill], and Aber. June 100 70 72 20 East London 911 4 6 20 Do 20 Do St Gla-gow and S. l .VeAern 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 371 01 401 1 St Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 61- 71 64 St Great North of Scotland 100 13 16 St Groat Northern 100 114 115 St Do A 100 119 1191 St Do B. lOO 126 128 129 St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100 St Great Western - Consolid 100 681 694 69 4 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45 St Do do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1254 1274 1281 St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 431 464 1 St Loud, Chatham, and Dover 100 141 154 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 1234 1234 1251 61 St London and South Western 100 881 891 894 St Manch, Shef, and Lincolnsb 100 51 514 St Do New, issued at £5O die 3O ... ... St Metropolitan lOO 791 80 784 St Do Preferred.,. lOO ... ... St Do Deferred 100 ... ... 10 Do Redeemable St Metropolitan District 100 Z. 7 38 St Midland lOO 1241 125 126 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 94 St North British. lOO 34 35 St Do Edit), Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick lOO 1261 1274 1354 44 St Do Leeds 100 841 854 St Do York St Do Stockton and Darlingts 100 178 180 181 St North London 100 116 118 10 Do New, 1868 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 lOO 46 48 St South Eastern 100 764 77 1 774 St Do Preferred ...100 1094 1161 St Do Deferred... lOO 41 414 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 • 6 ... ... If you want to be considered the greatest bore in crew• tion become an M.P., go down to the House on a field night,when the Chamber is crammed in every part with mem• bars, and visitors are waiting for an important announce. ment, make a long speech on some private bill, declaring , in every other sentence that you do not wish to trespass on the attention of the House, but that you will be very brief, and then go on for the best part of half an hour, heedless of murmurs and expostulations, and thinking only of the splendid opportunity you have of being listened to by an audience such as you would never have obtained under other cit • cumstances. This did Mr. Assheton Cross yesterday afternoon. It was Budget night, but the third reading of the Metropolitan District Railway Bill preceded Mr. Lowe's financial statement, and therefore the member fog South West Lancashire had such a chance as he never hau before, and is not likely to get again until next Budget night. He made abundant use of it. He discussed the great question of a station at the Mansion House versus a station at the Tower in all its bearings, and after M.P.'s had given up crying out " Agreed," in despair of stopping the interminable orator, he was at last graciously pleased to sit down. He was followed by Mr. Beresford Hope, who was received with expostulatory interjections, but heeded them not. I have spoken on a former occasion of Mr. Hope's " Batavian grace." This is not his only qualification for fame. He raises and lowers his voice in so sudden and strange a manner that, it is almost impossible to believe that there are not two persons talking at once. Mr. Hope having finished his dual speech, Lord Elcho must needs put in a word. Then there were calls of " Crawford," and the M.P. who worthily repre sents Gog and Magog of giant stature, said a few words, and the question was disposed of by postponing the third reading of the bill. It was a quarter past five, and not a single petition had been presented, notice given, or ques tion asked. Hon. members were merciful. Instead of reading, as they generally like to do, the questions of which they have given notice, they said, " I wish to put the question which stands in my name." In that way this preliminarybusiness was soon dispatched. In the middle of it Mr. Kennaway, the new M.P. for East Devon, entered the House, and having been intro duced by Mr. Kekewich—who is surely the finest old gentleman in that assembly—took the oaths and his seat. But as Mr. Kennaway had fought no electoral battle he received no party salute. It was a quarter to six when the Speaker left the chair, the mace was removed by Lord Charles Russell, and the House went into committee. Mr. Lowe on rising got a cheer; for members, having a lively sense of favours to come, had forgotten, or at all events forgiven, the five quarters' income-tax in one year. By this time every seat was taken. The peers' gallery was thronged, and among the visitors were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Derby, Chief Justice Whiteside, and two swarthy magnates in white turbans. For one hour this long-expected speech was as dull as a lithographed sermon at eighteenpence, postage free. It was full of figures, not of speech, but of arithmetic. It was tediously minute, and as Mr. Lowe is very near-sighted, he halted afid stumbled qod deal. By a sort of poetical vengeance our economi cal Chancellor was made to feel the effects of economy. The attendants of the House, bent upon saving, refused to turn on the gas. The scene became dimmer and more dim. The great sea of faces in the strangers' and Speaker's and peers' galleries became blended together, and looked dusky white. Hon. members on the floor of the House became undistinguishable from each other. The task of jotting down Mr. Lowe's figures became almost impossi ble, and the Chancellor's stumbles became more and more frequent. At last the prayer of Ajax was loudly uttered; there was a vociferous demand for `• light," and the mellow glow was at once shed over the scene, though not until the attendants had accomplished the noble feat of saving 3id. and R. With the light, came newlife. Mr. Lowe began to cut jokes, and M.P.'s, who had been wondering when the Chancellor meant to begin being funny, laughed. They laughed loud and long when, having announced his surplus of £4,337,000, he said—" and now let us see how we can increase it." There was laughter, mingled with disapproving " Oh's," when he condemned the increasing practice of bearing arms, and there was a general cheer when he announced that he should abolish the game licences, and substitute a licence duty upon all persons carrying guns. There was a general chirrup, also, among the sparrows on the House-top. They told their feathered friends that henceforth London Cockneys will have to pay £1 a year for the privilege of shooting small birds in suburban fields on Sundays. By this alteration Mr. Lowe raised his surplus to the grand total of £4,487,000; figures duly announced with sonorous emphasis. The announce ment was followed by a loud buzz from M.P.'s inter changing rapid ideas and hasty questions as to " What will he do with it ?" By that time Mr. Lowe was at ease. He had done with his long catalogue of figures. He could be inde pendent of paper and spectacles, and he was free to philosophise and to joke. His speech was thoroughly characteristic of the man. Instead of assuming the high moral tone which Mr. Gladstone used to adopt on such occasions, instead of speaking as if finance were a matter of religion, he spoke as a man of the world not overburdened with scruples, and bent only on making everybody as comfortable as possible, because in so doing he consulted his own ease. He was merry over Mr. Candlish's proposal to devote the whole of the' surplus towards paying off the National Debt. A most excellent proposition, said the Chancellor, and one that must com mend itself to the esteem of every one who has not the responsibility of carrying it out. It would certainly save himself a world of trouble in deciding which taxes ought to be reduced. But then the proposal would unite against him all the claimants who were competing for reduction. Nevertheless, there should be a gradual reduction of debt. How was that to be effected ? Not by a sinking fund, for that was an antiquated expedient, which was resorted to at a time when financiers supposed that money locked up in a drawer was bisexual, and had the power of propagating itself. Then came his proposal for termi nable annuities to fall due in 1885, and to bring in at that date nearly 3i millions for the Chancellor of the Exche quer of that time. " I hope he is listening to me," said Mr. Lowe. Mr. Lowe next dealt with the brewers and beer licences, and here he caused roar upon roar of laughter, as he said that he really could not believe the statement that the brewers had no power to recover the 3d. a barrel, considering how entirely the brewers had the quality of the beer under their control. He told an anecdote of a publican who, when giving evidence before a com mittee, said that he and his fellow sinners used to "dash" the beer, and, on being asked what he meant, replied, " Turn the New River in upon it." But though Mr. Lowe ridiculed mercilessly all the proposals which had been made as a substitute for the present taxation on beer, including that suggested by the chairman of com mittees, who did not take his revenge by calling upon Mr. Lowe to shut up, the Chancellor expressed his willing ness to consider the agricultural interest, and conceded to them the privilege of sprouting their barley for cattle food without paying the malt-tax. Then followed aboli- tiOns of a number of licenses, the existence of most of which was, I suspect, unknown to the majority of M.P.'s. Stamps followed ; then Postage, with its important re luctions on the carriage of newspapers. Then came a present to the railway companies of over £1.00,000. But all these wore co mparatively small amounts, leaving nearly four millions to be accounted for. Evidently there were some good things in store. But Mr. Lowe would not reveal them even yet. He must tantalise his audience a little longer. So he talked about the importance of maintaining a form .4 taxation that would be available in the event of foreign co mplications, which he suggested, with fine sarcasm upon wars and diplomacy in general, might be brought about through half a dozen glasses of wine too many being drunk by some person in high position. Then, too, he was not one of those who thought that the burden of tax ation should be borne entirely by any one class. The mission of a Chancellor of the Exchequer is to make people weary, but he ought to do so in the way that will be least felt. So the present Chan cellor wished to consider both direct and indirect taxation. The end of it was that one penny was to come off the income tax, accounting for £1,250,000, and the sugar duties were to he reduced one half, accounting for £2,350,000. M.P.'s did not stay to hear the rest. They rushed out to dinner, and by the time that Mr. Lowe had come to the end of his two and a half hours' speech the benches were very sparsely tenanted. The uprising of Mr. White, Chancellor of the Exchequer unattached, completed the rout. I sled with the rest, and so avoided three hours' of talk fin the financial critics, great and sm3ll True to its history the old St. Pancras Guardians died in the midst of a row, The last meeting was tanked Qtlt;fittlisl ? New? a grejt uproar, • SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE INSPECTION OF CONVENTS. The Pima refers to the discussion respecting the inspec tion of convents, and considers that the - Roman Catholics ought, in their own interest, instead of shunning and resenting inquiry, to court and challenge it. It is mere rhetoric—to use no stronger word—to talk, as some of their party have done in heated platform orations, about the " nuns being insulted," and " foul libellers" being allowed to fa.ln•icate what charges they please without risk of punishment. Nobody proposes—wt even Mr: Whalley —to send Mr. Murphy, or men like him, on a tour of inspection among the monasteries and convents. The inquiry into their system would be conducted by gentlemen whose character end social position would be alone sufficient guarantee forproperdelicacy, but who would also have to conduct it in the full face of vigilant and inlependent criticism. The objection. that libels would be uttered by false witnesslis speaking without risk or re aponsibility could easily be met by the appointment of a Royal Commission authorised to examine witnesses on oath. It is the present state of things which furnishes most scope for the "insultS " and "libels" so warmly de precated. Foo!iih and foul-mouthed lecturers are enabled to j` stump" the country, creating. riots and bad blood by calumnies against the Roman Catholic community, simply because grossly ignorant prejudices, the legacies of many generations, are still to be found among the lower portion of our population. The Roman .Catholics are not more hurt than respectable Protestants arc disgraced by such proceedings, .and it -is , in the interest Of all that every thing should be done to dispel the ignormice but for which they would cease to be possible. MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin L 5 1d pr 10 Baugpar a h T ea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 51 5 Ditto, New 4 p r I pm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 21 31 27 Canada Company all 78 80 78 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6d 30 City of Milan Improvment L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Limited 2O id pr 50 Commercial Union (Also) 10 Corn of African Mercb, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of England, Pref 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 4A par cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 4* per cent 10 Credit Fonc of England, L all 2/ 31 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 21 lid St Crystal Palace St 1)o, 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 271 101 10d 100 Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov all 100} 101/ 1001 20 Egyptian Com and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 1 ) 1 15 Eug and Foreign Credit 7l 4 3d 10 European Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new.... 5 4 41 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 34 44p 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per et Bonds , all 97 96 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71 1 id 15 General Steam Navigation l4 29 31 50 Home and Col Marine Ins, L 5 id 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 Rnb, Telg Works, L 45 57 59 10 International Finan Soc, L 5 14 lid 20 Italian . lrrigatiou Canal, Cav all 4} 44 100 Ditto, 6 per cot Bowls, rod all 1870 51) Land Securities, Limited 5 2 Id 23 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 11 4 Lond 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, Linitd all 32 37 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 3i 41 25 National Discount Co, Lim—. 5 114 10 National Steamship, Limd all 134- 14i 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d 10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4/ 12 41 41d 25 N Zealand Ln & Mere, &c 21 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 1k lfp 10 North Assam Tea, Limited., 7 7 5d 10 Do, B lll d St N British Austral, Limited.,.loo GO 70 50 N British & Mercan lusnce... 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Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 1051 106 Do, 6la c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept lOO 1051 1061 Do, 5p c, Jan and July . .... lOO 941 951 97 Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 ]Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1903 ~ 100 951 961 951 Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 100 111 113 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p ; Jan and July, 1891 —lOO Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 102/ 1031 Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 lOO 103 105 Do, 1882_ and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6p c, 1873, Jan & July 100 102 104 Do, 1878, ..fan 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 pc, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 1001 101 i Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 101 102 101/ Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875 let 100 1011 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1001 1011 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981 971 Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia. Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July lOO 1021 1031 Do, 1886 Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-05, Jan and 1 00 108 1091 Do, 1891, Jul Ja y n and July 100 1081 1 1091 S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-92 100 Do, 18M-1908 100 110 111 Tasmanian, 6 p c, 1895, Jan and • and July - 100 108 110 Do, 6p c red, 1893 to 1897 lOO 108 110 Victoria Govt, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1891 - lOO 113 114 Do, April and Oct, 1883-5 lOO 1131 1141 •110/ Do, ap a l Jail. and July l lB94 100 1011 1021 102 i TOO MANY BILLS. The Standard says that, thanks to some of Mr. Glad stone's most devoted and most intolerant supporters, the whole question of the conduct of public business by the Government was brought before the House on Tuesday ; and the Premier had to admit that he and his colleagues had undertaken too much ; that they had endangered the passage of the measures which they regarded as of the most importance by the introduction, in deference to the clamour of sections of their supporters, of others which ought to have been postponed to a more convenient season, that is to say, to the next or the following session. The mischief of the " dead lock " at which Parliament has arrived, of that " block " against which Mr. Bright so shrewdly, and, let us add, so honestly warned his constituents, and through them his colleagues, is not so much that the principal measure of the session is so little advanced—everybody knows that the question whether an Irish Land Bill shall pass this session is not one of time—but that so much necessary and useful work has been hindered by discussions on subjects which the Government ought to have at once distinctly stated would not be entertained this year. The Government, as Mr. Osborne said, has introduced too many bills, and Mr. Gladstone pleadedtuilty to the charge, but urged " ex tenuating circumstances." "We have introduced too many bills, framed aprogramme far too vast," he said, " but then you, the House of Commons, have been as bad as we. Our fault, indeed, is that we have yielded to the pressure you put upon us." There is something in this excuse. The fact of the pressure is incontestable ; but then it is the necessary characteristic of a real statesman —or if the word seems too big for these times—of an honest Minister, that he should be able to resist pressure, and not risk the passage of his p r i nc ip a l measures , an d make a fool of Parliament, merely to give a trifling and momentary satisfaction to some noisy supporters. The result of Mr. Gladstone's weakness is that we have before Easter a murder of the innocents upon a scale which Mr. Bernal Osborne cannot parallel in his long parliamentary experience, and which Sir John Pakington, whose remem brances of the House of Commons go further back than Mr. Osborne's, cannot recall. THE HALFPENNY POSTAGE. The Daily News observes that the halfpenny postage to be charged henceforward on printed matter passing through the Post-office will be a considerable boon to important sections of the community. It will at once open remote agricultural districts to the newspaper press, and enable the farmer to have his daily paper delivered at his own door without that doubling of its price which he has hitherto been reluctant to pay. To the daily papers them selves the boon will not be a great one. Mr. Lowe called the penny stamp a " tax on knowledge," but it was at least a tax which fell lightly on newspapers, since the vast bulk of the morning papers are distributed all over the kingdom with ou t an y help from the Post-office or any payment to it. There is probably not a little town in the United Kingdom in which the Daily News is not delivered at the doors of its subscribers at the published price on the day of publication. One of the difficulties of the change will be that of limiting the halfpenny stamp to printed matter. The public will soon begin to ask why it is limited to such matter at all. Is a printed circular easier to carry than a written letter, or is it more impor tant to facilitate the delivery of such circulars than the delivery of letters ? If it can pay t o carry s i x ounces of printed paper for a halfpenny, it will surely pay to carry a letter of half a n ounce f or th e same sum. The Post Office is not yet as useful a message-bearer in large towns as it might be ; and we think we may now fairly claim that letters and printed matter shall b e su bj ec t t o the same tariff. M r . Lowe has struck off the last of the taxes on knowledge. It only now remains to do exactly the same for that commercial, friendly, and family inter course which is so important to the welfare and comfort of the nation. THE NEW PRESS LAW IN FRANCE. The Pall Mall Gazette thinks that the new press law, which is slowly making its way through the Corps Ugis latif, has some interest for Englishmen after their recent experiment in dealing with press offences in Ireland. A. good deal was said during the debates on the Peace Pre servation. Act as to the humiliating spectacle presented by this country, now for the first time taking a step back ward in respect to freedom of opinion, when contrasted with her neighbour just entering upon the full enjoyment of her rightful liberties. Not to mention the differences of fact which make the parallel utterly inapplicable, we are not at all sure that Irish journalists would have fared much better under an exact reproduction of the proposed French system than under the exceptional severities to which they are for the present subjected. It is true that by the new law press offences are replaced under the protection of trial by jury ; but there are juries and juries, and the French type of this constitutional bulwark is certainly not likely to chew too much mercy to revolutionary journalism. The list for each canton is framed in the first instance by toe juge de paix with the help of the mayors. It is then revised by a commission composed of all the juges de paix in the arrondissement presided over by the prefect and sub prefect. A process of this sort seems very well calculated to give the jury panel a thoroughly official impress ; and If M. Henri Rochefort were in possession of all the mate rials for forming a judgment, we suspect that he would prefer to take the chance of extra-judicial violence in Ireland to being tried by jury in France. It is fair to say that the Ministry have promised to make some modifications in the jury law, but this is the instrument by which all press offences will be tried in the meantime. VOLUNTEERS AT EASTER. By thousands and tens of thousands, says the Telegraph, our volunteers and their friends will on Monday next betake themselves to the south coast for that memorable adventure. Grey-haired veterans and professional war riors may say what they will, but we cannot think it a matter of slender consequence to the country that the youth of England should give up their scanty hours of spare time to martial exercises and the use of arms. On. Monday night the Chancellor of the Exchequer in dulged the House again with the old story of Ryder Ali, who is becoming nearly as great a nuisance as Lord Macaulay's New Zealander, and his memorable dictum that it was not what he saw, but what he did noe see, which inspired him with fear. Ac cording to Mr. Lowe, it is in the " borrowing power " of the kin o odom that its strength resides, in its latent faculty of drawing bills upon posterity—in the simplest form of the expression, upon its Credit, which is an unseen thing. Surely, we may venture to use Hyder Ali a little for our own purposes, and we think that venerable personage m i g ht have been more reason ably affrighted at the latent spirit of the British nation even than at its faculty of borrowing money without stint or delay. Now we look upon the bold, active young men who are about to take part in the Easter Review at Brighton, and on their fellows throughout the country, as an embodiment and as living wit nesses of the martial spirit which still animates the country, as it has animated it for the last eight centuries. It is quite possible —nay, it is probable —that a corps of Regulars might out-manoeuvre and des troy a corps of Volunteers ; but all the Regulars in Chris tendom would not defeat in the long run, a couple of millions of well-armed and det erm i ne d men, fighting for all they hold dear in life. Therefore it is that we think the Volunteer Review has a great significance, and there. fore it is that we heartily bid God-speed to our young friends on the Brighton Downs at this Easter season. They, at least, have hit upon a wise way of spending their Easter holidays. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN INDIA. The Times remarks that though it is probable none but Anglo-Indians will thoroughly appreciate the marvellous incidents of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to India, it is certain that the interest of the narrative will be acknowledged by all classes of readers. The story is as good as anything in the "Arabian Nights," with the advantage, or perhaps the disadvan tage, of reality. The old mediseval titles, it is true, have disappeared, and, instead of the King of Beder and the Prince of Bengal, we are introduced to Rajahs and Nabobs of smaller state and less familiar names ; but the pomps and pageantries of Oriental life are still there, and with this prodigious difference—that, instead of the courtesies shewn by one Sultan to another, the scene before us represents the homage offered by the feudatories of an Asiatic Empire to the son of an English Queen. Nos must it be forgotten that of all the States and Princi palities represented in the Royal Company there was hardly one but had been in arms against us within the past century. Nothing less than the pacification of India and the reconciliation of its native chieftains to the British Government is symbolised by the gatherings and festivities here described. That the Queen's son should be welcomed and entertained by the Queen's representatives in India, as in all other parts of her dominions, was only natural, but the beha' viour of the native princes on this occasion has been a com , f spectacles Indian f s e u successively s e ixyceeleydexceedingly presenteestir plete surprise to those best acqu a i n t e d w i th the country t traditions. cen tre T s h o e a a t nd th it e s grea prising, and may be taken to denote an epoch in the his. tory of British rule. In one of Mr. Lincoln's first cases he appeared tc defend a man accused of murder. Circumstantial evidence told strongly against the prisoner, but having suddenl3 and unexpectedly received succour, Mr. Lincoln arm( and said that, as the case stood, he could not look fog anything but a verdict against his client ; but he asked permission to a new and v er y ma t er i a l w itness u p o n t etand. He then eallqclkis witnge t _lv,ho p5y(419,1.5, iamisiene utak THIRD EDITION. The Third Edition of The Sun of last Evening was published iu time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. INDI ‘, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. (REUI ER'S TELEGRAMS. ) AIESSINA, April 13. The Per2insular and Oriental Company's steamer Delt-t passed through the Strai's of McssiLa at 10.30 this morning en route for Mastilies. BRINDISI, April 13. The Adriocie and Oriental Company's Lteamer Briniibi, 74 hours from Alexandria, with 79 passen ger,,, has arrived here. Letters can be delivered in London on S,turday morning. S ORTING IN TELLIGEN OE. CITY . BETTING.—Tuis D.Y. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 6 to 5 agst Sabinus (taken) sto 1 agst Blue Bell colt (atken) sto 1 agst Wildbad (taken and offered) CHESTER CUP. 7to 2 agst Sabinus (offered) 100 to '8 agst Glenfalloch (taken) 100 to 7 agst Socrates (offered) 100 to 7 agst Formosa (offered) 15 to 1 agst Sider°lite (offered—take 16 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Thorwaldsen (offered—take 22 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Morna (offered—take 25 to 1) 1000 to 30 agst Newsman (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Paul Jones (offered) 50 to 1 agst Macgregor (offered) 50 to 1 agst Cock of the Walk (offered) 20 to 1 agst Mr Brayley's lot (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 5 to 2 agst Kingcraft (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Sunlight (offered) Bto 1 agst Stanley (offered) . Bto 1 agst King o' Scots (offered) 9to 1 agst Astolfo (taken and offered) 1000 to 70 agst Hawthornden (offered) 1000 to 60 agst Normanby (offered) DERBY. 7to 1 agst Sunshine (8 to 1 taken) 15 to 1 agst Macgregor (offered) 15 to 1 agst Stanley (offered) 20 to 1 agst Briigwater (offered) 20 to 1 agst Captivator (offered) 20 to 1 agst Camel (offered) 25 to 1 agst Palmerston (taken) 30 to 1 agst King o' Scots (taken) 80 to 1 agst Astolfo (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Exciseman (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Blue Bell colt (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Nobleman (offered) THE SUNDAY BANDS IN THE PARKS. A deputation from the Sunday Bands Committee waited on the First Commissioner of Works this afternoon, relative to the withdrawal from the com mittee to perform music in the parks on Sun day. The . Secretary said the privilege had ori ginally been given to the committee, but it had been removed to the hands of a private speculator in chairs. Mr. Ayrton said the performance of real good music would never have been objected to; but when trashy dance music was introduced to the programme, it became highly objectionable, and vitiated the public taste. He denied that the committee were trustees fcr the public, and with respect to the band provided under present arrangements, he was not, at all events at present, inclined to make any change on the assumption that the Sunday Band Committee were in the perform ance of a public trust. DISCOVERY OF SKELETONS. The journal de Trevoux (Ain) publishes a letter nom Neuron, stating that some labourers in digging up a held in that neighbourhood to plant it with vines, came on about eighteen or twenty skeletons buried two or three feet below the surface, without order and a short distance from each other. These remains are sup pised to be those of different victims of Dumollard, who was executed a few years back for murdering and robbing young females whom he had decoyed away from Lyons under the pretence of taking them to situations at farm houses. Only seven or eight bodies were then dis covered, but as a large quantity of women's wearing ap parel *as found in his cottage, many other crimes were believed to have remained unrevealed. The work men, on coming upon these skeletons, are said to have buried them afresh from a foolish fear of being themselves compromised, and no investigation has yet been made. STRIKE OF FARM LABOURERS. There has been great alarm and commotion at Weston Colville, near Cambridge, and surrounding villages, within the past few days, in consequence of a strike of farm labourers on a portion of General Hall's estate. The strike occurred in consequence of the farmers having reduced the labourer's wages to 9s. 3d. weekly. The animosity is running very high, and Mr. Leonard, a fanner, who has taken a prominent part in the matter, has had his head cut open with a stone. Letters of a very threatening and alarming nature have also been picked up on some of the farms. Party politics are all very well in their way, and of course it is quite fair to make out that your opponent is a fiend in human shape ; but when the London correspon dent of a Conservative contemporary calls Sir Robert Anstruther a " ve t eran Whi g hack' this is rather too outrageous. The " veteran" is in his 36th year, and he ' has sat in Parliament for just six years. The dispute between the North British and. Caledonian Railway Companies as to the position the former is entitled to hold on the Scottish North-Eastern Railway, as regards goods traffic, has been settled. The arbitrator declares that the North British Company are entitled to an equal position in every respect with the Caledonian Company at Aberdeen Station. At the quarterly meeting of the North of E ng l an d Iron-trade Board of Arbitration and Conciliation held at Darlington, resolutions were come to, in order to prevent minor strikes, that the Standing Committee would not • take up any case until the men who have struck should have resumed work. It was decided to vote a sum of money to Mr. Hughes, M.P., for his services as arbi trator. The particulars of the dispute between a large number of wool-buyers and the London wool brokers are published by the Yorkshire Post in a circular bearing; the signatures of Mr. David Yewdall and Mr. R. B. Jowitt. The chief point of difference appears to ba' whether the brokers are to continue to charge half per cent. on their buying commissions, or only one quarter,i which a great number of Yorkshire buyers offer, and refuse to give more. Both parties at present resist any change. Mr. W. Vernon Harcourt, M.P., writes to say that the allegation that the Birmingham League ever has pro posed to exclude all religious instruction from national schools, is not only not true, but is the reverse of the truth. Two sets of amendments relating to the " reli gious difficulty" have been put upon the paper in the names of two prominent members of the Birmingham League—namely, Mr. Winterbotham and Mr. Dixon. As far as they are concerned their religious teaching will re main wholly unaltered, except in making the Conscience.' Clause really effective. A correspondent of the Globe states that he visited Byron's tomb in the parish church of Hucknal Torkard, and was indignant to find that, notwithstanding all than has been written in regard to the disgraceful stabs in wl4ich that church remains, no effort has been made to carry out the designs submitted for its restoration. Hek says he was informed on th e spot that subscriptions had ' been raised, and that the plans had "years since" been: referred to the Duke of Portland for approval, but that to this moment no answer had been received. As. Englishman he asks if this is so, and how long theirs. mach is to rest on us ? ABDUCTION OP A CHILD BY ITS NITASE.—TIib Press seems once more to have beer. successful in restoring a stolen child to its parents, and bringing the unnatural robber to justice. At the Clerkenwell Police Court, Mary Connor, aged 44, described as a domestic servant, a dirty, di ss ip a t e d-l oo ki ng woman , was c h arge d with stealing Jane Chinnery, a child one year and nine months old, on the 4th instant, from 41 r HpriTions e e r y - r o w a a s d , Islington. a ttC O a l n e d i o t n br a c n o - m r n a d g k p n eo lice- t s h t a a t t i t e he n, surrounded by a crowd of infuriated persons, who ex pressed on Monday night and Tuesday morning that place wa s as fm ne ni ve hm r been. out theycoi t il heir dge d t et h e o r d in o a f ti li o e n to tea r h eh er ld lim h b out of Islington parish. It was found on the 6th, deserted, and stripped of its clothing, a n d, was taken to the Islington poli e-station by a constable. The prisoner was apprehended in the midst of a mob, -vho pointed her out to the police, and were with cliff s . =salty prevented from ill-using her. She was remanded. A correspondent asks if it is true that some foolish parochial official at Bethnal-green has ignored Miss Burdett Coutts's election as Guardian of the Poor, and returned a man who stood lower on the poll by 108 votes. The writer adds that if so such conduct is surely illegal,- - - - t. t, to gton, John who 1796, own only the ring vice o by 1, to ;don this and k•us- bate trch the any, has :. of vital lace ted e of Li ed ) he P