The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-07 00:00:00

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IV ° t. 1 3 -6, there it T he 'bill.-I`,;, a t the rne4 the dect°' ho Dyer , v.ceo , , wn nan at fr , for fur tile ; ated the tit° CaP t o lbournes,t rroborat; warli c ti r f° rt . LI ill a Jisy,l ler se c ", :t al al Criln i di ity of g °° e ry 3 WO P f t.- 31 4 ,0 [ling Of BS ft ill the oe A 11 3,0 a 1 1 " t W ti e d o c heci th B given 00 red. 1 1 113 Wian me r,es, a 1- 0 1/ feloui ol o4 A O 3 th e use los ha i who ueell I had L, eVent° G e org! , p oons that "ouncl r isoaln. o e c o :NT u , -11 r osuvileis rig, lor for I pirits Vhen ire 0 he ga' .. ,nt upon,i, re, )r, „,01 0 t " o tr the 3eue(l' h jir -tot c have de," foal le 1„ : ,o was ° 00` 11 .()rY onl in on u , y )nal ; by I %ic , ols oho THE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Although biliness is not very active on the Stock Exch Inge to-day Consols firmly maintainel the ad vance of yesterday. In the Foreign Market Turkish mid Italian are firm, but Spanish and Russian have receded. In American Securities there appears to be little business passing, but in the Railway Shares we have to notice an improvement in Great Northern. Tel-graph Shares are dull,' and in Banking and Miscellaneous Shares little business is doing. The weekly meeting has not resulted in any altera. ticn in the official rate of discount. Consols are now at 93i to 931 for money; ditto, account, —; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92 1 ; New Three per Cents., 92 f ; Bank of England stock, 41 per cent., 237. India Stock, 101 per cent., April, 1874, '2OB ; ditto 5 per cent., July, 1880, 1131 13 ; ditto 4 per cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 1 ; ditto Enfaced Paper 5f per cent., —. In the Foreign Market Brazilian (1865), is now quoted 88 to 88i ; Danubian Seven per Cents., 871 to 881 ; ditto Eight per Cents., 961 to 971 ; Egyptian (1868), 80/ to 81 ; Italian, 55} to 55f ; Turkish Six per Cents. (1865), 70 to 701 ; ditto Five per Cents., 461 to 471 ; Spanish, 28 to 281 ; and Russian (Nicolas), 69 to 691 ; and Moscow, 84/ to 85. In Railway Shares Great Northern are higher, at 117 to 118 ; the A Stock, 1241 to 125. Metropoli tan is marked 78 to 781 ; Great Eastern, 391 to 391 ; London and North Western, 125 to 1 . 251; Midland, 1251 to 1251 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 128} to• 129 ; Great Western, 694 to 691 ; South Western, 88 to 89 ; London and Brighton, 441 to 451 ; Caledonian, 78/ to 78/ ; and South Eastern, 761 to 761. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 91i to. 911- ; Ten-Forty Bonds, 861 to 871 ; Illinois, 114 to 115 ; and Erie Shares are 21f to 21k. Lombardo-Venetian are 181 to 19f ; and Great Luxemburg 13i to 141. French Cable Telegraph .Shares have improved to 164 to 16i ; Falmouth, 8 1 1 to 91; Anglo-American, to 17:1; British Indian, 81 to 91 ex div. ; China Submarine, 1.1. to 1/ dis. ; Construction and Main te:;ance, 36f to 37. In Aliseellaneous Shares Credit Foncier are quoted 21 2 ; General Credit, i prem.; International Financial, l 1 dis. ; Hudson's Bay Company, 121 ; Italian Irrigation Six per Cents., 63} 64} London General Omnibus Company, 21 2f. The sum of £9,000 in bar silver was - purchased by the Bank yesterday, making, on balance, a total of £27,000 since the date of last return. The influx is expected to continue, there being no demand for the Continent. The Alexander Duthie has arrived from Melbourne with £30,500 in gold, and the Essex with £lO,OOO. The amount of Australian gold known to be now on the way to England is £416,500, but the bulk is not due at present. It is officially announced that the sum of £63,745, being one-fourth of the surplus revenueof the United Ringdom for the year ending December will be ap plied towards the reduction of the National Debt in the quarter ending June next. The Crown Agents for the Colonies will receive tenders on the 7th instant for bills of exchange on the Government of Ceylon to the amount of £25,000. The Magdeburg Lausitzer (Prussian) Railway have issued a prospectus, inviting subscriptions for 8,000,000 thalers, or £1,200,000, less 3,000,000 thalers, or £450,000, which has already teen locally subsctibed. The line 4,106 miles iu length, and is project:d to complete a link much wanted to facili tate direct communication between East and West Prussia, so as to avoid the necessity of passing round by Berlin. It is announced that the Bank of Montreal has established an agency in London, the local directors being Mr. Robert Gillespie, Sir John Lubbock, Mr. Brice H. Pearse, and*Sir John Res.!. At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Bolton and Co., of Manchester, the liabilities were estimated at £15,654, and assets at £1.2,000. A committee of investigation was appointed. The report of the Great Western Railway of Canada, to' be presented on the 13th inst., recom mends a dividend on the ordinary shares at the rate of 5k per cent. per annum, which will absorb £97,642, and leave £2,054 to be carried forward. The Submarine Telegraph Company and the Jersey and Guernsey Telegraph Company hive made arrangements for the working of a cable to the Channel Islands, which is now ready for submer sion ; but meanwhile a private contractor has at tempted to lay a cable of his own, without any offi cial authority either on this side or at the islands. The Government have, therefore, promptly deter mined to stop the landing ; since, if opposition cables can be laid directly in a track previously /narked out for occupation by an original undertak ing, no property of this kind will be safe. Telegraphic communication with India appears now to be efficiently established. A message was received yesterday, through the British-Indian Sub marine, at 1 p.m., from Bombay, dated 1 35, the transit, allowing for difference of time, being thus about four hours. BRITISH FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK. ~ GOVERNMENT rUNDS. 0 per Cent. Consols 931 1 Ditto for Account — !,Per Cent. R e l uce d New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Can Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1881. — Do (Red Sea Telebraph), Aug., 1908 — E rcliequtr Bills, £l,ollb, 2f p. Ct. — Da. 2} do. June — Do £lOO, £2OO & .C5OO — Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent Do. opening — 0 tuad a 4 per Cent. Bonds la ter -Colonial Ornnium INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. IDdia Stock 10} per Cent., April 1874 2OB Do. Opening, for Account ll3 D. 0 per Cent. July, lit 80 Do. 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 1) ). Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cent..,......, — j 1 2 ~ 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 • ...... ...... - 1 - 1 ). 5f per Cent. May 1879........... ..... Do. 5 per Cent., Rup. Da 'o. 1872.... — D) do 18'"'..... — , Do. d o . 1882 — J- , .. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Uo Bond 4 per Cent., £ l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent 90 ,i - i pe Acunt Aultrianm 13onds 5 per cent .., — Do. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do.q pedoBsB r 1 8 52 .... Cont. 1 84 1)0 . Co 1860 — d0., Po. "0 00. Ac per t ent., nt ent., 1865 . B .en os Ayres 6 per Cent. .. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent — Ua, per Cent. C\L Lan 6 per Cent De. 44 p er C0nt...,.. ........ ... 761 D.) . . 3 per C ont., _ o 7 pf - n* Cn 1866 uo. 6 per coc o t. t X 1867 981 13 Liiiati, 6 per C ent. b luish, 3 p er C ent., 1825 Dani.bian Principalities, 7 ler Ceti' •••• Do Acc ount E 2u Do 8 per Cent 1867 dsr N.,v (;r.tisc)li.lated, 1 per ()en; ... -E Do •wptian, fir t..., . .... Bii I F 4 ecood IsF , ue 1 - ) 0. £5Ol, Bo n d s ••• ....... • .. Do. 1864 DO. 4500 Bonds 90i ........... .... THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1870. SHARB LIST. +- RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing , Business Paid. Name. Quotations. dune. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 77 79 St Caledonian 100 771 78 784 St Cambrian lOO 15 20 20 Cornwall all 21 31 St Dublin and Belfast Junction 100 . . . . St Dun, Prth, and Aber. Jnnc 100 7 . 0 72 20 East London... . 20 Do 20 Do - St Glasgow and S.Western - 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 374 38 3(.1 1 St Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 61 71 St Great North of Scotland 100 13 16 St Groat Northern 100 114 115 1161 4 St Do A 100 119 1191 1.224 1 St Do B lOO 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100 St Great Western— Consolid 100 681 694 694 1 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45 St Do do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1254 1274 St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 431 45 44 St Lond, Chatham, and Dover 100 141 154 151 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 1231 1231 1244 4 St Loudon and South Western 100 881 89 881 St Manch, Shef, and Lincelnsh 100 51 51 2 52 St Do New, issued at £5O dis 3O ... ... St Metropolitan lOO 791 80 774 St Do Preferred... lOO ... ... St Do Deferred 100 ... ... • 10 Do Redeemable all 91 104 St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 381 8 St Midland 100 1241 125 1254 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 91 941 St North British. • 100 31 35 St Do Edin, Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick lOO 1261 1271 135 1 St Do Leeds 100 841 8:,1 891 90 St Do York St Do Stockton and Darlingta 100 178 180 lBO4 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 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 741 754 76 St Do Preferred ...100 1091 1101 1104 St Do Deferred.,, lOO 41 41t 424 St Staines, Wok'ham, St Wok'g. all 121 13i • St Taff Vale 10 Do C 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 ... ... 10 Waterloo and Whitehall 6 ea e ••• 31 ISCEL LANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 23 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 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, New 4 pr 1 pru 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 21 81 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 ld pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 10 Con: of African March, 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, 41 per cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 4 per cent 10 Credit Fonc of England, L all 2/ 31 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 21 11d St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 94 99 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 108 113 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 271 104 10d 100 Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov all 1001 1011 1001 20 Egyptian Corn and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 15 Eng and Foreign Credit 7/ 4 3d 10 Earopean Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new.~ 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 34 44p 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loafs 6 per ct Bonds all 97 96 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71 1 Id 74 15 General Steam Navigation l4 29 31 50 Home and Col Marine Ins, L 5 1(1 p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of .Adveuturers of Eng trading into) all 12 124 50 Imperial Continental Gas 434 134 136 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L 45 57 59 521 10 International Finan Soc, L 5 14 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 4 Lond Gen Omnibus, Limd all 2/ 24 50 Lond & Glasg Engin, Limd 25 18 16d 20 London and Prov Marine 2 par fp 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 1 111 10 National Steamship, Limd all 14 14/ 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d 4 (0 New Consolidated Dis Ld 4 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 41 414 25 N Zealand Ln & /slerc, &c 21 4 p 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 11 11p 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 5d 10 Do, B all d • St N British Austral, Limited 100 60 70 - 50 N British & Mercan insnce Gf 23 231 271 25 Ocean Marine Insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 1,1 1p 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 h • St. Peel Riv Lnd & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 43 45 50 Do., New, 1867 lO :3) 21d 61 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do, New all 8 8f 25 Rio Janeiro City Im., Lmtd all 191 204 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited all 291 34 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O ,52 54 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited —lOO 20 Societe General de l'Empire Ottoman 8 2/ 31 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lira and redaced) all 86 361 361 20 Thames & Mors Mn Ins, L 2 21 24p St. Tobacco (Ital - 6 p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trustand Agency ,of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCo of Up Canada 5 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 61p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dia Corpora, Lmtd... 6 2 Id. 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 41 54p 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd • 1 1 30 Van Diemen's Land......... 284 7 9 • 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln. all 851 864 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited ... 20 4 3d IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at a quarter past twelve o'clock. CHINA. Sir W. LAWSON moved an address for copy or extracts of correspondence with English missionary societies 01 missionaries on inland residence in China. The motion was agreed to. MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS. Sir T. BAZLEY presented a petition from Manchester praying for the discharge of the order for the appoint ment of a select committee to inquire into these insti tutions. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. Hadfield, Mr. C. Forster, and other hon members. SITES OF PLACES OF WORSHIP BILL. Mr. O. MORGAN, in moving the second reading of this bill, referred to the attempts that had been made to legis late on the subject many years ago, but without success: In 1848 a bill had been brought in, but it did not receive the sanction of Parliament, and since that time cases of hardship had occurred by the opera tion of the present law. That this bill was not regarded as an interference with the rights of private property, he instanced the attenuated state and the ent denrisl i li r atda e egiwiliii)b, absence of the hon. of the House, members, who usually occupied the front Opposition bench. The absence of hon. members might be attributed to another cause, which now was looked upon as a national event, and which took place that day. Yet he thought he was fully justified in coming to the conclusion that this bill was not regarded with so much alarm as some persons were inclined to think. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to quote cases of extreme hardship that had occurred through the want of a bill like that now be. fore the House, and then taking, as he said, a case that might occur, he selected the Marquis of Bute, a nobleman of great wealth, who owned the greater part of the town of Cardiff. Supposing, he said, the immense wealth of that nobleman were to pass into the hands of a bigoted Roman Catholic it was possible for the person to say that the town of Cardiff should not have one single place for Protestant worship or for a Protestant school ; and he (Mr. Morgan) did not think that such a state of things was right. The bill that he had the honour to submit to the House had two principles, one of which re sc p nwecHeiaehlluattrlam Commissioners,vholve, tdai n oioheantlst d c irdbleeogni e u, eatp d eebdlpoon rsuemr t bottppon o tit apluocriah p aeenese cand l etnesse a dedeysst e necdtoh e , acataofo s aowf: of worship, and the other to schools, and he had been asked to cut out that portion of it which H P co that worship, httohiohyospnssauateeotcttmari ct3iistate assent s is a i te oen n snt d ute plr c drft o eeoedelb n atnveerte fi neusisrodsu n droi ccee e orwaai hont i l tim convenientt its operations fhalpedouoetdplpasTthateere the d imneribdeaprtnes.ti proposition, sesi o orhiion n tssuioeienhei t tnooas. dg o eeeslff. to be pursued if the bill became law would b ct t e n e yh a o nl oa t f a e t o by at least one, hundred persons. The bill empowered the Commissioners to institute a local inquiry into the circumstances, and on 'being satisfied that they were correctly stated, to put in force the provisions of the Lands Clauses Act, the valuation of land to'be taken to be made by a justice of the peace. The bill as it stood gave every reasonable safe guard to private property, and if the House should be induced to give it its sanction it would seldom, if ever, require to be put in force. After the landowners had con sented to have their land cut up by railways, and their houses made uninhabitable, they could not conscientiously raise any obstacle to the passing of the bill he had brought under the consideration of the House. He could not give a greater or more telling instance of the inequality of the manner in which property was taken for railways than by asking those who travelled either to Liverpool or Manchester by railway to notice the coun try as they passed along, and they would find that the palaces of the bishop, the deer park of the noble men, and the mansions of the wealthy, were all very in geniously avoided, whilst the cottages of the poor were trampled down with remorsless indifference. He admitted that the present demand for the bill was now little more than a whisper, but id his county at least, if they rejected the measure he felt certain it would deepen into a fierce and fanatical cry. Mr. G. GREGORY moved that the Lill be read a second time this day six months, on the ground that the bill wag an interference with the rights of property, and that it was altogether uncalled for. Mr. H. RICHARDS regretted that any necessity should exist for such a measure, He aeltnowledged that many Conservative landlords, in the matter of sites for chapels and schools were disposed to act not only in a fair and just, but in a liberal and generous manner towards their non-conformist neighbours. He believed, too, that many of the difficulties complained of, arose not from want a legal o f will i3 powers. .the T p h a e rt re of w t as he , la h n o d w o e w v n er e , r, a bu m t i f n ro o m rit w y an of t landowners, who acted in a different spirit. The hon. gentleman talked about interference with the rights pui (M at r ion ß o ie f h a ar d l s s t ) rie as t k sh ed oni w d h h e e t l h e e f r t caprice of some narrow-minded bigot. Under the law as in tf whPasoproerigpleeshrtstya;hnadbtutethteerbreal ignorance, in obedience to the it a n a d t o p w r n e s e e r n tmexisted t, come i t might int happen into the thepos s t e h s a s t i o a n n o intolerant l extent of property, and might utterly proscribe every form of reli gi on g o religious persecution, ecution, Mr. HARDY thought that no case had been made out for a compulsory sytem . He thought that public opinion bs species e everyciaa of state reli in E which had u h but een his discarded own, a would remove the objections complained of, and he did not think that Parliament should legislate in such a ma tter, because a few, and t here were onl y a feW, as the last speaker confesse d, refused sites for chapels. Mr. BRUCE, on the part of the Government, assented to the second reading. With regard to the most important part of the bill, namely, the proposal to give compulsory p o wer to obtain site s for cha p els, he thou g ht a ver y s hould be made out before such a great change should be made in t he law. The g entleman who intro strong case duced the bill seemed to rest his case upon the fact that chapels being places of public utility, it was the duty of the State to compel landowners to furnish sites. But chapels were not the only places of public utility, and in mentioned hospitals as an instance. m i .. S. HILL spoke against the measure because he did not think sufficient evidence had been given to the House to justify them in assenting to the second reading. Mr. HENLEY . objected to the compulsory principle pf the bill. Mr. HINDE PALMER said that when he gave his sanction to the bill he considered that the compulsory principle was attended with sufficient safeguard against its impro per exercise. The Enclosure Commissioners would doubless refuse to give their sanction to the exercise _of compulsory powers in any case which they might deem substantially an annoyance to landowners. He was pre pared to give his adhesion to the principle of the bill to the fullest extent. He considered that there was ample necessity for the measure. The only thing was to surround the compulsory clauses with proper safeguards against their being enforced in a manner which would annoy the landed proprietors. Mr. LIDDELL thought before they were asked to assent to such an unjustifiable principle they should be told whether it were intended to press the compulsory clauses in committee. He considered that the bill was an attack upon the rights of property. Sir JOHN HANHER protested against the representations which had been made from time to time by the hon. member for Merthyr as to the acts and conduct of certain Welsh landowners. Lord JOHN MANNERS having addressed the House very briefly, Mr. HORSMAN denied that there were any such rights of property as were contended for on the other side of the House. There were no such things as the rights of pro- perty, except such as were created by the law, and what the law had created it might alter, restrict, and enlarge. The great principle was the good of the community. He thought the House had forgotten the peculiar and excep tional condition of Wales. It was worse than Ireland, in that respect. The landlords were all of one Church, and the population of another. Although they might as churchmen, regret that so large a proportion of the people of Wales were not of the established church, yet he felt it was impossible to forget the obligations which all Christians were under to the dissenters. lion. gentlemen seemed to nAstmderstandlhe prindipitf• of the bill. a ne fact stood thus, that a body of dissenters would have to go to a landowner, and tell him that they had failed to obtain land elsewhere by agreement, and if the proprietor to whom they applied, chose to say he would give them another piece of land, there was an end to the compujsory _ powers. Do. Al tit non as 92 1i Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ...... Do. Account - Do. £lOO Bow's ••••• Government Railway Debentures . — Greek 5 per C0nt.,1824 5, cx Coups... Do. Coupons .. Gaateinala i, per Cent .. aonduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pi Do. Account Italian 5 per: cu. t., 1865 Do. Account ... — Do Maremniana Raiilva. ... - - I exican 3 per Cent : ••• ••;•••• 0000000 - Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 ner Cent. Anglo-Frencl — M , ntevidefin 6 per Cent. itecrish Imperial 5 psi Cent ........ ... f3w Grana2a 25 Do 8 per Con Do. Deferred Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account — Do 4; per Cent. (1.11: 1 )arren) ..... ... Do 4} per Cent.. 1862 . 1.014 / Portsgueso 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2,': — Do. do. 1867 33 Do. do. Scrip, .C2O paid — Rassian 5 ~ar Cont., 1822, £ St -.. Do 41 per Cent 1850 .•. — Do 4} per Cent., 1860 D 1 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Dc inglo-Dutcb, 1864, £lOO Bondf 92 Do. do. £B4 15s. do. .Do 1866 , £lOO Bonds , 92 . . Do. do £B4 los. do " Do Nicolas Railway 694 4 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen ... Do. Ace , Junt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Doferroa ••• . 0000000 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 ...... . ... 881 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 664 Do Account ••• ... -- Do floe Bonds Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds - - 4 Do. 5 per cent. 1865 471 I Do. Account ... Do 6 per Cent., 1865 •••••• 704 i Do Account - DJ I por Cent., Guaranteed ......... Do do, Scrip \ Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent. 1864 D ) 6 per Cent.,1862 .. .... .... Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent Ex 10 Florins ... .. Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch i pe r Cont. Ex. 12 Gail„ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... 864 French Rentos, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per Cont. 1851, Ex. zsf 55 Do Account — TWO O'CLOCK. Colgate, Money Do. Account, May 4 93i 4 COMPETITIVE TRIAL OF STEAM FIRE ENGINES. The most important competitive trial of steam fire engines that has occurred since those made at the Crystal Palace in 1863 took place at Glasgow on the 18th of March. The civic authorities of that city issued an advertisement on the Ist of October last for a steam fire-engine, and two were offered to them, one being from Messrs. Shand, Mason, and Co., and the other from Messrs. Merryweather and Son, both of London. A competitive trial of these engines was then proposd and agreed to. The judges appointed were Mr. Conner, of the Caledonian Railway Company ; Mr. More, hydraulic engineer, Glasgow ; and Mr. Bryson, chief of the Glasgow Fire Brigade. The engines having been taken from the Fire- Engine Station to weighing machine at foot of Dixon street, fully equipped, were found to weigh (by certi fied r‘ port from weigher) as follows : Shand, Mason, and Co.'s engine; 42 cuts. 3 qrs. Men yweather and Son's 48 cwts. 2, qrs. The engines were then placed in position ready for tesing, their suction pipes for -drawing water being put in the river Clyde. To each engine wai attached 280 feet of delivery hose, suppled by their respective makers. "I he n,:zzles were, for Shand, Mason, and Co.'s engine, No. 20, equal to 1 4-16 in. Merryweather and Son's engine,' No. 21, equal to 1 5-16 in. These 'branch pipes were then hid upon a frame erected for the purpose, both beng at the same angle, and securely lashed to said frame. Al . being in readi ness the word to commence firing was given at 12 hours 51 minutes, and in 9 minutes 45 seconds Shand, Mason, and Co.'s engine commence.] working, with gauge showing 100 lb. pressure of steam per square inch. Merryweather and Son's engine commenced work in 10 minutes, with steam at 1001 b. pressure per square inch, as indicated by gauge. Both engines were then put under test No. 2, so as to show the greatest distance water could be thrown horizontally. The engines were then put under test 'No. 3, which was to show their action with the *ranch pipes set vertical—(in this trial Merryweather and Son, with consent of Shand, Mason, and Co., altered their nozzle from No. 21 to 20—small—equal to 1 7-32 inch. Tests, 4,5, and 6 were then combined by general consent, and ar rangements made for each engine to throw two jets of water through the Glasgow Fire Brigade hose (four lengths to each jet), fitted with bayonet couplings and join' s,the nozzles all of auniform size, viz., iin. diame ter. After these tests had been concluded the engines were put to various tests, as to speed, power, &c:, and also allowed the competitors to show the capa bilities of their engines to the utmost. This being done, the trials were brought to a conclusion. The judges in their report state that Shand, Mason, and Co.'s engine, with fuel, water in boiler, hose, suction pipe, &c., weighed 2 tons 2 cwt. 3 qrs.; and Merry weather and Son's, 2 tons 8 cwt.; that Shand, Mason, and Co. were the first to raise steam to 100113. pres sure, and raise water from the Clyde through the jet pipe ; that the average horizontal distance to which the body of water was thrown was 145 feet with Sband, Mason,and Co.'s engine, and 98 with Merry weather and Son's, and that Shand, Mason, and Co.'s jet went 15 feet higher than that of Merryweather and Sons' ; that the maximum steam ' , pressure in the one hour's trial was 1501bs. in Shand, Mason, and Co.'s, and 1401bs. in Merryweather and Sons', the average water pressure being 1151bs. and 961bs. respective'y, the consumption of fuel being 8 cwt. for Shand, Mason, and Co., and 9 cwt. 0 qrs. 2 lbs. for Merryweather and Sons, for three hours' work. The judges conclude their report by stating that Merryweather and Sons' engine has two direct pumps, Shand, Mason, and Co.'s having three, and that this gives the latter the benefit of a more continuous stream of water and greater regularity in working ; and that, in accordance with the results indicated in their report, they, after due considera tion, give their decided preference to Shand, Mason, and Co.'s engine. The committee expressed their approval of the report, and recommended that the engine of Messrs. hand, Mason, and Co. should be purchased, which was accordingly done. THE FRENCH FUNDS. According to Reuter's telegrams the French Routes to-day were quoted 74f. 05c. THE GLEAT ROBBERY AT ROTIISCIHLDS. —It is reported that a❑ extraordinary robbery has just been dis covered at the celebrated Rothschild firm, Faris. The defalcations era expected to meet the modest sum of three millions of francs, or £120,000 sterling. The bejuest cf the late Jr.A Samuel Bailey, amounting to nearly £120,000, to the Trustees of the town of Sheffield, is to be disputed. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 1051 1051 1 Do, 6p c, Feb and Au g lOO 102 103 102 i Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 1051 106 Do, 5p c, Jan and July . .... lOO 94i 951 Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 IDo, 5p c, Dominion of, 1903 WO 952 961 Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 100 111 113 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 - 100 Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 lOO 1024 1031 Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 lOO 103 105 Do, 1882 and 1883 1 00 112 114 Mauritius, 6p c, 1873, Jan de 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 Goy 6 p c, Jan and July 100 104 105 1011 N. S. Wales Goir 5 p c, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 100 k 1011 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 101 102 101 Do, 5 p c red by ant: draws, from 1867 to 1875 100 100 1011 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1004 1012 New Z.?ltiand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981 Do., 6p c, Is9l, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Guy, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July lOO 1024 1031 1034 Do, 1886 lOO 1014 1052 Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1081 1094 S Aust:alian Government. 6 p c, 18 - 39-77 lOO Do, 1878-9) IOQ Do, 1893-1908 100 110 111 Tasmanian. 6 p c, 1895, Jan and and July 100 108 110 Do, 6p c red, 1893 to 1897 lOO 108 110 Victoria, Govt, 6 p c,• Jan and July, 1891 lOO 113 114 Do, April and Oct, 18835" lOO 1134 1141 Do, Sp c, Jar. and Ju1y,1894 100 1014 1021 Mr. 1V EWDEGATE thought the bid contained a most extraordinary principle. He objected to the compulsory powers of the measure, but should, nevertheless, vote for the secod reading. Several gentlemen had left the House on the understanding that the promoters of the bill would abandon the compulsory principle. (Cries of " no," " no." If they did not he should vote against the second reading. 'With regard to the rights of property, he considered that they were the foundation of our freedom. The House for some time past had been proceeding on the assumption that property was an invasion rather than the foundation of freedom. He objected entirely to such a course of procedure. He conteded that the fifty persons mentioned in the bill as constituting a sufficient number to ask a landowner for a site, were not the public. They might require two acres in the very heart of a town, and only pay £l5O. He never heard of such extraordinary compulsory powers. He regretted that the House by a kindly feeling had been led to overlook the great constitu tional principle, which was the basis of freedom ; and that they were gradually copying the systems of foreign countries, which, like France, for the want of that basis had become despotic. The great difficulty which the Emperor of the French had to contend with in his con stitutional efforts was the absence of a proprietary class of sufficient magnitude upon which to found an organi sation. Mr. PEASE thought a prima fade case had been made out for legislation, but he did not think there ought to be such legislation as was proposed by the bill. He dis trusted the Enclosure Commissioners in the exercise of such great powers as it was sought to invest them with. Mr. BERESFORD HOPE trusted that the second reading of the bill would be agreed to without a division, and that the aggressive character of the measure would afterwards be removed. He wished to see Dissenters placed upon the same footing as Churchmen, but they reached an im possible point in that respect when a congregation,, repre sented by any fifty persons, could make an absolute claim for a site. Mr. CANDLISH said that the bill was intended to remedy an acknowledged evil, and further it gave no power to take private houses, so that the objection that had been raised to it on that account was not well founded. He denied that the bill was an interference with the rights of property ; it only enacted that every man should have the right by the law of the land to worship his Maker as he pleased, and if the owners of land prevented his doing so, then, hi thought, the Legislature should step in and say it was not right he should be so interfered with. Mr. MOWBRAY hoped that no division would be taken on the second reading, because he anticipated that in committee the promoters of the bill would not insist on the retention of the compulsory principle. Mr. G. GREGORY then withdrew his motion. Mr. NEWDEG ATE said that when the motion for going into committee of the bill was made he should move the House do so that day six months. The bill was then read a second time, and the committee fixed for the 15th of June. • JURIES BILL. Viscount ENFIELD moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to amend the law relating to the duties, qualifications, and remuneration of special and common jurymen. The bill carried into effect the recom mendation of the select committee which had sat on the subject, and he might say the purposes of those recommen datiOns were that some alterations should be made in selecting special jurors, that the remuneration given to special jurymen should be one guinea, and to common jurors ten shillings a day, to be paid out of a special suitors' fund, and that where exemptions existed in certain parts of the country from serving on juries, either by charter or prescription, those exemptions should cease. In the event of the bill being read a second time he should not object to its being referred to a select com mittee. Mr. YOUNG said the bill was 's, good one, but he thought some provision ought to be made to take the verdict of three-fourths of a jury. Mr. G. DENMAN approved of the bill, and said he thought if any attempt were made to deal with the subject of unanimity of jurors by the present bill, that matter would very seriously endanger its passing. Dr. DALRYMPLE thought the provisions of the bill did not go far enough. Mr. HENLEY thought that such a bill ought to be in the hands of the Government, and hoped it would never pass except on their responsibility. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he was quite ready to agree to the principle .of the bill, but at the same time he did not go the length of saying that he approved of the whole of its details. He thought it was a very wise pro ceeding on the part of the noble lord to refer the bill to a select committee. The bill was then read a second time. The Evidence Further Amendment Act (1.869) Amend ment Bill passed through committee ; the object of the bill was to make the act of last session applicable to the examination of witnesses before an arbitrator or an ex aminer of the Court of Chancery. SUMMARY CONVICTIONS BILL. Mr. DESMAN moved the second reading of the bill, and explained that it was proposed by the bill to enable magis trates on a first summary conviction for trivial offences to discharge the offender from the conviction 5n his making satisfaction to the party aggrieved. If a boy stole an egg or an apple, the magistrates would be bound to convict him, and send him to prison, and he wished to relieve them from the objectionable duty in cases of larceny under the value of ss. in the way he had indicated. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the bill, as it ap peared to him a very objectionable and dangerous prin ciple, and therefore he could not vote for the motion for its second reading. It appeared to him to be a bill to enable magistrates to commit a crime by compounding a felony. After a few observations from Mr. HENLEY, Mr. DENUAN withdrew the motion for the second read ing of the bill. GAME LAWS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The motion for the second reading of this bill was post poned until the 11th April. ATTORNEYS' AND SOLICITORS' REMUNERA, TION BILL. The House went into committee on this Bill, but, aftei a short conversation, at a quarter to six, the chairman reported progress, LODGERS' GOODS PROTECTION BILL. Mr. SHERIDAN brought in a bill, which was read a first time, to protect the goods of lodgers against executions upon the property of the landlord. The House then adjourned, at ten minutes to six, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—(This DAY.) TIIE MANSLAUGHTER. AT KENSAL-GREEN. James Campken, 22, was charged with the man slaughter of Philip Rolph. The prisoner was the stepson. of the deceased, and they were both em ployed at a gas works at Kensal-green. Deceased and his wife, the mother of the prisoner, fre quently quarrelled, and acts of violence were com mitted by the deceased upon his wife. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge of manslaughter. Mr. Warner Sleigh urged his lordship to pass a lenient sentence upon the prisoner, who, he said, had no in tention to destroy the life of the deceased. Mr. Justice Lush said he would consider what sentence should be pronounced upon the prisoner. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). • MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A BETTING SQUABBLE. —Mr. Henry Ryder, surgeon, of Paulton-square, Chelsea, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Mr. Horatio Lawson, No. 20, Bread-street, Cheapside, laceman. The complainant said that on the previous night, about ten o'clock, he was at the Argyle Restaurant, Argyle- street, having supper, when the defendant, whom he had seen once or twice before, and some friends came in, and asked him to join them in tossing for some drink. He did so, and while tossing a discussion arose as to a bet they wanted to force on him, and in the course of it the defendant said he would knock him down. He told the defendant he had better not, upon which he rushed at him and struck him in the eye. In answer to Mr. Knox the complainant said that in the course of the discussion about the bet he never spoke to the defendant, who was in liqu , r. The defendant said he had been to the boat race with some friends, and on going into the house the com plainant pressed them to toss, and they did so. The complainant had the previous day lost a bet of £O, and refused to pay it, pooh-poohing it—in face, what was ordinarily called wanting to "welch." It was not his (defendant's) bet that was in question. The complainant struck at him, tut did not hit bun, and having heard that the complainant bad offered to tight a man for £lOO, he expected he should have got the worst of it. A witness was called by the defen dant,, who said it was a publichouse " scrimmage," and that he could not say who struck the first blow. Mr. Knox said he had no doubt the affair was what the witness had described it, and fined the defendant 20s. or 14 days. BrOUTING INTEL LIGENO.F. NORTHAMPTON MEETING.-YESTE RDAY. RACING PLATE. Tibtborpo Flash.. Pompano.. Saventeen ran. ST. LIZ HANDICAP. Idus.. Miss Day rell Robespierre Chibisa Seringapatam April Morn Nina ran. LAWN STAKES. • 3 Six ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Fusee Free Trade 1 2 Compromise 3 • Seven ran. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. Bosworth 1 Amaranth colt • St. George Twenty-seven ran. ALTHORP PARK STAKES. Simplon Mount Pleasant 1 King of Clubs 8 Four ran. TOWN PLATE. Conrad .. 1 Queen•of the Valley Chibisa Eight ran. FLAT RACINI AP] Durham 18, 19 Lichfield lB, 19 Knighton 19, 20 Newmarket C 18 to 22 Catterick Bridgo 21, 22 MA Newmarket tat S 2 to 6 Edinburgh 7 Chester 10 to 13 Winchester 10, 11 Salisbury 12, 13 Chelmsford 17, 18 York 17, 18 G FIXTURES. RIL. Abergavenny 21, 22 Eastbourne 22 Cardiff 26, 27 Croydon 2B, 29 Wye. 19 Doncaster l9, 20 Harpenden 2O, 21 Bath 24, 25 Stamford ... '26, 27 Croydon 2ii, 27 Epsom 31 to June 3 FRANCE. Tho following appeared in our Third Edition of pater day : PARIS, April 6. The Committee of the Senate are actively engaged in examining the Senatus Consultum, and will pro bably vote it without discussion. It reported that the question of the succession of the Prince Imperial will form one of the bases of the Plebiscitum, and that the Council_ of State will be abolished. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, April 6. The two factions of the Left and the extreme Left party have determined to present an address to the Emperor prior to the close of the Reichsrath. Herr Brestel, the Minister of Finance, has de clined decidedly to re-enter the Cabinet. MUTINY AND BRAVERY AT SEA. The details. of the story- brought by the ship John Banks, 680 tons, Captain Reynold., San Francisco to Queenstown, which arrived at the latter port on gaturday, are very startling. For tome days previous to the 28th of January, after rounding the Horn, when in ab ou t l a tit u d e 3a y south, the crew mani (asted symptoms of rebellion. On the 28th January the iaptain conveyed to them some orders through his mate, which they point blank refused to obey. Ire then sent ;he second. mate, in company with the first officer, to the !orecastle; with the request that the men would come aft the cabin and state their cause of complaint. Five of the crew, named Stone; Millar, Phillips, Robinson, and Davidson, immediately t urne d on t h e second officer ;O'Connor) with knives, dagger=, and bolts. They stabbed him in the arm and disabled that limb, but for (-mately no other injury was inflicted. From this time forward the captain and his officers had to conduct the entire mananagement of the vessel themselves. They had Li naN igate her in person, and in order to protect them salves front the violence of the mutineers, each man— iptain and officer—was obliged to arm inmseli with a h:ace of revolvers. In this manner they were enabled to bring the ship to port. The plot of the mutineers was afterwards discovered to be, first, the murder of the officers of the vessel, and, caving achieved this, they resolved to co m p e l th e capta i n to steer the ship to Valparaiso: When this point was to sight they determined to murder the captain and then bring the ship to port. But the resolute and cool de meanour of Captain Reynolds, in a very trying position, sntirely defeated the murderous intention of the muti leers. Five of them were arrested in Cork Harbour, knd the charge of mutiny and conspiracy' to murder ass been heard against them. Three witnesses deposed that Stone, the ringleader, Phillips, snd the others, pro posed to murder the mates and compel the captain to sail for Valparaiso, and murder him when in sight of land. The mutiny and attack on the second mate were also proved. The magistrates sentenced Stone to eighteen weeks' imprisonment, Phillips -to ten weeks, and the three tiers to eight weeks. TILL PLEBISCITE IN FRANCE. The Liberte states that it was the vote of M. Daru, the Nlinister of Foreign Affairs, which decided the acceptance )f the PUbiscite by the Council of Ministers in Sunday. rile vote was carried, thanks to Count Darn, by six v.ites against _five. Prince Napoleon is reported t have said on this subject : " A ph , biscite is the only thing likely to solve the existing difficulties. One may dislike it, but everyone is bound to submit !,o it." The C6nstitutionnel publishes a note of an official chae •acter stating in positive terms that the plebiscite will treat of two new points not contained in the fundamental fact of 1852, and these are the questions of Ministerial responsibility and the two Legislative Chain o,.!.rs. The Constitutionnel adds that it is evident the nUbiscite must precede the discussion of the new :lonstitution by the Senate, and there will then be the Inestion of an Imperial proclamation determining the tharacter of the nationavote. The Debats, which opposes the plebiscite on principle, thinks this explanation does not improve matters, as the the public thought the vexed riestion of Ministenal responsibility was long ago settled mid will be disagreeably surprised to see it reopened. The Temps regrets that the country is condemned to the fever of a pl6biscite, and considers the Government has not only committed a fault, but has sustained a great fall, and the sudden change of plans gives an unfavourable impression of the firm and enlightened policy of the Ministers. The same view is adopted by the Sikte, which suggests ns tid t e he tide" a n r g d efu th l ad a a da ni ge in ` i ` s c4an r,, g a e n fu d l c as ond t e h m e s t l i i l o a u t ld he b n e ce ` f ` o ga Government for a scheme which will move France to h er foundations, disturb all existing interests, and p u t i n commotion ten millions of persons. The Liberty thinks M. 011ivier has s h ewn a per f ect political tact, and a rare spirit of conciliation in the midst of inextricable complications, and henceforth the batteries on both sides are unmasked. There can be no further misapprehension of the political situation. The Patric, always on the Ministerial side, thinks the Oquestion could no t h ave b een better put than by M. llivier. It is between the Empire of Authority and the Empire of Liberty, and instead of theorists deciding the matter, the nation itself it to choose. The Constitutionnel attacks the Republican irrecon cileables with great severity, and declares they only acknowledge one form of popular manifestation, au armed p'ebiseite. The Independance Beige thinks that what renders the public uneasy is not the present plebiscite so much as the possibility of future plebiscites, which are looked upon as dangerous weapons always at hand, if not a direct warn ing of future coups d'Etat. The full discussion of the new changes in the Constitution by the Chamber, was, accord ing to the Independance, absolutely indispensable. AN EXTRADITION CASE.—A. serious difficulty bail arisen in Switzerland between the Federal authorities and the Government of the canton of Fribourg, respecting the extradition of a former French postmistress; who being charged with some offence had taken ref u g e in Fribourg. lo such a length did the dispute go that the Federal Go vernment threatened the local authorities with military interference if they persisted in their refusal to fulfil the obligations of the extradition treaty existing between the swiss Confederation and the French Government. The authorities of Fribourg upon receiving this intimation Ciought it wiser to yield, and the postmistress was accordingly given over to the French on the 3rd of this mith. THE ODER-A . .,I"AIER CI AU MIRACLE PLAY.—" In the course of next summer," says the Cologne Gazette, " the celebrated miracle play, The Passion, the last relic of those religious representations from which the dramatic literature of all the modern nations of Europe is supposed to have sprung, will be again performed in the Bavarian village of Oberammergau. The parish in 1633 vowed to undertake the representation in order to escape the plague, and the piece was first performed ex veto in the following year. It was repeated every ten years till 1674, and then again in 1680, from which time till the present it has been played every decennium. There can be no doubt that the play itself is older than 1633, and, though solve slight changes have been made, it has remained essentially unaltered." _ . - - -