The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-28 00:00:00

LUNG. toes not often fT he has found t$ ing. The Carlists ace on the Duk? Ochoa, broug ht g that the .trial 7t, indignati9nl I. He demo! LI. lie declar e q o the Council of sent nor any ;e. All agreed ribunals de osition of the e s i mp ly to the ; to nonaina action between ovinS d by rePI: y expressing elhng, which ?3. which, were " Lental nations, barous systeni• ocl should see them to e 0 0" encountered ill o ro• )istol." It n d what motive on. A lament" lore, but which, ited at all cost, s impossible for r thing eat anal )een rep eu s Ochoa know of 3 compelled to is oy converted ienl and this will :11 men and to untered in till pistol." (L°1"1 ES. - ;11 tr°' lich bove c utak , celebrate !guu by o unterc fi g bt• ,ssaibluts. he J e ws, • • •,1 ....it t ga ri6o3 Bich 'out by lave Po' ne weo, could do thoritieS 'ounde,d: E MONEY MARKET AND COINhIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY. Two o'CLocK. Business to-day on the Stock Exchange was very dull, and although we Lave no alteration to report in t he price of Consols, in the Foreign Market there was a, fall i n most of the secur i t i es. Th e protest o f t h e Sultan has not yet had the slightest effect on the new Viceroy Loan. In American Securities Eries Pave :Pan fallen, Telegraph Shares are little dealt in, and fo r Miscellaneous Shares there is scarcely any demand. The rate of discount is still 3 per cent. Consols are now at 94 to 94} for money; ditto, a v, Ce°llll t, ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 921 8 ; A e lv Three per Cents., 921 ; ditto Debentures, )3 8 ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per cent., 233. .Echequ er Bills £l,OOO, 21 per cent., 4 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, prem. India Stock, 104 per cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per cent., July, 1880, 1131 ; ditto 4 per ce nt.) Oct., 1888, 1001 / 1; ditto Enlaced Paper s Per cent., 1872, ; Metropolitan Board of Works, °4 per cent. Stock, 94. In the Foreign Market Brazilian are now 89 to 89 5 ; Egyptian (1864), 894 to 905 ; do. (1868), 804 to 80 4 ; Nine per Cents., 1011 to 1024 ; Viceroy's ''' (34l l, 841 to 841 ; Italian, 555 to 55/ ; Peruvian, 87 to 871 ; Russian Five per Cents., 871 to 871 ; v rel) 841 to 851; Nicolai, 70 to 74; Moscow, 8 6 to 865 ; Charkof, 844 to 851; Spanish 281 to Turkish Five per Cents., 471 to 471; and Russian Scrip, 44 to 5 prem. In Railway Shares Brightons are now 451 to 46 ; C aledonian, 731 to 731 ; South Eastern, 78 to 785 ; Great Eastern, 424 to 424 ; Metropolitan, 774 to 77/ ; Sheffield, 521 to 53 ; Great Northern 121 to 122 ; ditto A Stock, 127 to 1275 ; Berwick, 136 to 1361; Leed4, 90 to 91; York, 133 to 1335 ; North British, 3 75 to 38 ; London and North Western, 1281 to 12 81; Midland, 1264 to 1265 ; and Great Western, 72 1 to 73. The Viceroy's New Loan is firm at 5 to 4 prem., and Japanese Scrip 4 dis to par. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 81/ to 815 : th e Ten-Forties, 854 to 861; Illinois, 1104 to 1114 ; and Erie Shares, 19 to 191. • Anglo-A mer i can T e l egra ph Sh ares are q u o t e d 171 t° 17 4 ; British Indian 9 to 95 ; China Submarine, a to 11 dis. ; Falmouth, 91; French Cables, 155 to 15 4 ; and Construction and Maintenance, 361 to 364. At the Bank yesterday about £19,000 in bar gold wa s sent in, making a total _of £109,000 since the ' l ate of the last return. About £250,000 of the Australian gold which r ecently came to hand has been taken for trans )ll iss icln to Paris, although, at the present rate of exc hange, there is no profit on the transaction. The William Davie, from New Zealand, has brought 2 , 5,0 00 in gold, and the Bremen, from New York, £12,500 in Mexican dollars. 0 f the £288,000 by the Elbe, from the West t 1 dies, £162,500 is silver, and £125,500 is gold. Letters of the 22d inst. from Vienna state that the ina rertant works for the supply of that city with Wa ter b were inaugurated on the previous day. The E mperor attended and laid the foundation stone, 1 7 1 gratulating the contractor, Mr. A. Gabrielli, of don, upon the enterprise, and also on his energy to " hastening the works. At the meet i ng o f th e A us t ra li an M or t gage , L an d, a , n d Finance Company (Limited), the directors' re 'ort, which announced a total distribution for the ' e4l. of 10 per cent., was adopted. At a meeting of the Cape Copper Mining Com pany it was unanimously resolved that an increase 811°41(1 be made to the capital by the issue of 5,000 11 e w shares, t o b e offe r ed to the existing proprietors 4 , a premium of £7 per share. . At the meeting of the London and Provincial Law Assurance Society the new policies for the year were stated to have been 197, for £289,970, yielding in new premiums £10,849. The income was £106,528, and the assets are £566,181. The policies in force are 2,049, for £2,753,130. At the meeting of the City of Glasgow Life Amur -41;100 Compa n y the new policies for the year were : a ted to have been 627, for £368,983, yielding in - e . " l Premiums £10,384, and a dividend of 8 per tent Was declared. m At th'-. half-yearly meeting of the General Finance 'rtgage and Discount Company a dividend of 7 per Ltt• per annum was declared. le Auglo-Rowano Gas Company announce a dlvi dend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for th e last half-year. L oi -ki ls sixth ordinary general meeting of the share v. dens of the Anglo-Austrian Bank will be held in le rula on the 31st May. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a GOVERNMENT rUNDS. psr Cent. Consols a 1) ••• itto for Account — -. kl ie r Cent. R e l uce d 921 f ~„ / ti e ~,, per Cent ,..•...••. 921 13 ° W 1 por Cent. Jan. 1894 4 Der Cen Jan. 1873 ihtluities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., le6o — "4 ° . for 3u yrs, expire sth April 188ö ,". $3 (Red Sea Telebraph). Aug , 19 " — 4 pm -eu e9Assr Bills. £l,OOO, 2 1 P. Ut. ,) 8 h 6 £lOO , £201.' & £5OO — 4 1 - ' of En gland Stock. 41 per Cent 0 44 i opening — I "a 4 per Cont. Bonds — 4ter-Oolonial Ummum 1 1 , A • ! ''DtaN UOVERNMENT SECtritITIBI6. 'La Rtock 10i Cent., April 1874 D e , I per 1) 7, °Petting, for Account — b r , 0 poi. Cent. July, 1880 12 1 "' 4 Per Cent. Oct. 1888 13 : E nf aced Pape. 4 per C0nt......... — b , ), . 5 per Cent., J an. 1872 4,' per o , )nt. May 1879 — .... 4 per Cent Rup. Ds. . 187 0 . D, do 18°'.... — D _Do, do. 1882 — '. 'Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 .... 1031 qio° Ronde , 4 per Cent., .£l,OOO ...... ...... _ • under .E. 1.000 Pm rOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Ar n ut ioe Republic 6 per Cent 921 UA_ . 1 k u , ... X e r Millt l'rian Bonds 5 per cent krit,i l; 00 . 1859 1 -- Larl 5 per Cent ... 0 2. li per Cent. 1852 • 1 u • do 1858.... • — io. _ bo . ' e l° 1860 Uo, 5 o ' , 1863 — i) Per Cent., 1865 xt ~,e, Account ...... ••• 6 n ° B Ayres 6 per Crnt. .. — 0 iti ? 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.` — ,) fto 6 per Cent Do!i Per Cent..., .•.••• t l _ . • r. , Per Cent. iZ•t per Cent., 1866 0 i o ,'„? Per cent. 1867 0 ..wma ti 6 , . a.. ~ per vent. (.3.;"4. 6 Per Cent., 1825 •• Da n ';; 6 Per Cent t,i., ..., .. 0 'II P rinc ipalities, 7 ler Cent B4 13 0 ii 4 coo tint Ekta°J.,.,Pe,.r Cent., 1867 — to. 4 4 'New Consolidated 1 por Cent i ~Fonn . 7 , i„ ~,. Per Cent.... • ••• - i., 'COLIC! . 16 8110 .1 0. 45uL 1 3010 _ •• 1 )0. 'l's . . - ..... ............ _ 1864 r, Do. Account 90 ,iO. 4600 Donis 91f'1,0.4100 rionds ......... . ••• • 80f 1 uO. aped Cent., 1868 ...., i 1)0. uni ........... .... •••" .. . 80f T no. £lOO Born's ••• • • •• Government Rail w a v .0 ( bout urea _ Cireeir sper Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups _ , 100. tioupotle ... ......................... . _ ..ra tteraala 5 per cent .. 84f kletulnr‘a Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all iv!". O .XIOO _ . .................. Itßiatt -, pf , .. orrt., its6° ......... ‘.l°AccouDt ~ "° alararaniana Ilailway... 15 Ni..xicar...3 por (N,tit i ........ —•••-• Ditto fk.r Account" ............. ..•••••• ......... —__, r, Do. 1g64 ° S uer Cent. Anglo-Frencl ... •. ••m• ,uteridvan 6 per Cent........ ............... 'l°k,llo.crish Imperial 5 pat Cent ........ "°,,,r Granada .................... . ...... . ... ..... 26 1-)0.3 per Cen%............ ........................ Defer .:d ........... ... ... ............... _ 1 )0 Land Warrants (Hectares) .. .......... THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1870. SHARE' LIST. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS Closing Business Paid. Name. Quotations. done. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 78 80 St Caledonian 100 734 744 St Cambrian lOO 1.5 20 2U Cornwall all 24 •84 St Dublin and Belfast Junction 100 . . . . St Dun, Pah, and Aber. June 100 70 72 20 East London all 4 6 20 Do 20 Do St Glasgow and S.Western 100 116 117 St Great Eastern lOO 42 424 St Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 64 74 St Great North of Scotland 100 13 16 St Great Northern 100 121 122 1214 St Do A 100 126 127 St Do B. lOO 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (lreland) 100 98 100 St Great Western— Consolid 100 71 714 724 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 St Do West Midland—Oxford 1 00 44 45 St Do do Newport 100 36 38 St •Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 130 181 St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 434 St Loud, Chatham, and Dover 100 144 15f 154 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 1264 1274 1274 8 St London and South Western 100 884 894 914 1 St Mauch, Shef, and Lincolnsh 100 51 514 St Do New, issued at £5O die 3O St Metropolitan lOO 794 80 774 St Do Preferred... lOO ... St Do Deferred 100 10 Do Redeemable St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 38 St Midland lOO 1244 125 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 91 964 St North British. lOO 34 •35 St Do Edit), Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick 100 1264 1274 St Do Leeds 100 894 904 904 St lio York St Do Stockton and Darlingta 100 178 180 St North London 100 120 122 10 Do New, 1868 64 11 11 St North Staffordshire 100 59 61. 62 St North and So. West. Junct 100 102 105 St Rhymney lOO 52 54 St Shropshire Union St South Devon 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 761 771 771 St Do Preferred ...100 1094 1104 St Do Deferred... lOO 41. 414 St Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok'g. all 124 134 St Taff Vale 10 Do C 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 ' ... ... 10 Waterloo and Whitehall 6 ••• ••• SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. The Times is glad Sir Roundell Palmer protested with such strength against the retrospective action of the Bill for legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister. It would be instructive to obtain a return of the number of persons for whom this example of dispensation would be established. An inquiry was made twenty years ago, and, as the House was reminded, the number of such marriages was found to be very small, and was lowest of all among the poor. A majority of widowers, so large as almost to represent the whole body, experienced no difficulty whatever in finding suitable wives without infringing the moderate restrictions of the law. If the reader will refer to the Prayer-book, he will find that the whole number of prohibited degrees is but 30, and as this includes grandparents and grandchildren, the number of women practically excluded from a widow's choice can never be insupportably large. The law can hardly be, as Mr. Denman represented it, " a bur den grievous to be borne." In point of fact by the present law a man is excluded from only a single family in choosing his second wife. Are there so few women in the world that this restriction dooms him to perpe tual- widowhood ? This, in short, is another of those questions on which it seems time to ask whether majorities have not rights as well as minorities. There cannot be a doubt that in the vast majority of families this Bill would create a painful disturbance of intimate relations. It would sow reserve, if not jealousy, where the full confidence of family life now prevails. Why should all this widespread annoy ance be occasioned in order that a very few perverse per sons may enjoy the privileges of " natural freedom?" Where the minority can have their way without injuring the minority, by all means let them be gratified. But where the choice lies between 'general disturbance and limited inconvenience, there cannot be a doubt that the interest of the majority ought to preponderate. THIRD EDITION. The Third Edition of The Sun of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. FOURT EDITION. Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account ••• •• ••• - Do 41 per Cent, (124:'}arren) . .... ... . 'to 4/ per Cent.. 1869 . .... Port sguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'-c, ... 334 Do. do. 1867- —." Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 oar Cent., 1822, £ St . . Do 4i per Cent 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 D,2 3 per Cont., 1859 D 5 per Cent., 1862 Do &nglo-Dutcb, 1864, £lOO Bondi 924 Do. du. £B4 15s. d 0...... Do., 1860, £lOO Bonds 93 Do. do £B4 13s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 7O Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Con ... 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 Ziff Bonds 7lf Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account • nn .£lOO Bonds 74f 5 Do. 5 per cent. 1865 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 b 72 1 Do Account D 3 4 por Cent., Guaranteed — Do do, Scrip — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — D ) 6 per Cent. 1864 D i 6 per C1ent.,1862 ................. .... Dividends on the above payable in London. Austruku o per Cent Ex 10 Florins Belgian. 41, per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2} per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Routes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. tsf Do Account CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Moneys 94 f Do. Account, May 4 ll4 f LAW INTELLIGENCE—Ties DAY. COURT OF ARCHES. THE LEDBUP.Ir CLERICAL SCANDAL. Sir R. Phillimore, in giving judgment this morning in the case of "Martin v. the Rev. John Jackson," said the defendant was rector of Ledbury, Hertford shire, and was charged under the Church Discipliue Act with committing adultery. After all the consi deration be hal been able to bestow upon the case, he was compelled to ariive at the concluSion that the charge had been sustained. He directed the defen dant to be suspended for five years, and not to be restored unless be produced a certificate of good conduct for three years. The sentence was to be exhibited at Ledbury Church, and the defendant condemned in the costs. Notice of appeal was given. . DIVORCE COURT. THE MORDAUNT DIVORCE CASE. Sergeant Ballantine proceeded to answer the case as set up on behalf of Lady Mordaunt. The learned counsel remarked that the arguments yesterday on the other side were, be considered, founded upon fallacy, and there was no proof that Lady Mordaunt did not know the meaning of the citation that had been served on her. The Chief Baron then said the Court would consider their decision, and pronounce it on an early day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(This DAY.) THAMES. A woman, delighting in the extraordinary name of Lucretia Rotten, was charged with assaulting Rachel Peach, and Catherine Randall was charged with threatening the complainant. The three women belong to the sisterhood of " Tiger Bay," St. George's-in-the-East, where Stubbiugs, 111 11, an officer of the court, apprehended Mrs. Rotten this morning. Ile found six other women dead drunk in the cellar of the house in Brunswick-street, where he took Mrs. Rotten on a warrant, and as be was bringing her away Mrs. Randall threatened to mur der Mt s. Peach and wash her hands in her Moo l. The threats were renewed outside. the court. Mr. Paget directed Stubbings to arrest Mrs. Randall and bring her into the court at once, which was quickly done. Mrs. Peach said that Mrs. Rotten challenged her to fight, struck her on the face, and knocked her down, and, while she was down, pulled her along the ground by the hair of her head, and kicked Ler. She ti en proved the threats of Mrs. Randall. tubbings said the prisoners were the terror of Tiger Bay. Mr. Paget—lt is a most horrible place.. He remanded the prisoners for a week. WESTMINS FER. Henry Stewart, between six and seven years of age, was charged with begging. Miss Louisa Cour tenay, of 21, Sloane-street, Chelsea, said she had noticed the prisoner in a deplorable ragged condition all_the winter, and bad often tried to catch bim beg ging, hut failed. He, however, begged of her again as she was passing through the street, and she gave him into custody, thinking, if he was an orphan, as he said he was, that she might ges him into the Boys' Home, to which she was a subscriber ; but it now appeared he had a father. He stepped forward de cently clad, and forming a striking contrast to the wretched apparel of his son, and so was the mother, who said she went out to work, and could not keep the boy at home, although she had tried her utmost to do so. Mr. Arnold remanded the boy for a week. Miss Courtenay said she would try to provide a school for bim. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE—Dus DAT. This morning a very extensive conflagration took place in the premises occupied conjointly by Mr. Ranger, a chairmaker, and Mr. Edwards, a piano forte maker, situate in Britannia-yard, Essex-street, Hoxton. The building was 60 feet wide and three floors high. The second floor belonged to Mr. Ed munds. In spite of all exertions the flames con tinued to spread, and the fire was not extinguished until the two upper factories were burned out and the roof destroyed, and the lower floor seriously damaged by fire and water. The loss will amount to several thousand pounds. THE POPE AND THE COUNCIL. The Univers publishes a dispatch from Rome, dated Sunday evening, stating that the public session of the Council held that day, was very numerously attended, as many of the absent bishops returned. After the Mass, the vote was taken, when all the bishops replied "Placet," and the Constitution de Fide was voted unanimously. The last paragraph of the Constitution confirms all the apostolic decrees, condemning the errors of the time, and also endorses the condemnations of the Syllabus. The evening before the session several bishops, in the name of the majority, presented to the Pope a new postulatunt for an immediate introduction in the discussion on the chapter of Infallibility. They received a favourable reply. A later despatch gives the words spoken by the Pope at the close of the meeting : "All the Fathers of the Council having, without excep tion, replied placet to the decrees and the canons read to them, we define in the same sense the truths contained in those decrees and canons which we confirm by our apostolic authority. You see, then, dear brethren, how good and pleasant it is to walk in unity in the House of the Lord, to walk in peace. Walk always thus, and as our Lord gave peac e t o Hi s Ap os tl es , I, Hi s unw orthy Vicar, in His name, I give you peace. This peace, you know, chases fear, and closes the ears to all external words. May it accompany you throughout your lives and deaths, and be your eternal joy in Heaven." A Pesth paper says that the Hungarian Archbishop Haynald, had an audience of the Pope, and warmly urged him to abandon the dogma of infallibility. He reprcsmted that the promulgation would lead to a schism in the Church. The pope replied as follows : "It is just for the purpose of preventing disturbances and dissensions in men's minds that the dogma of infalli bility is necessary. Look where you will, you find strife and disputes among men; there are so many questions as to which they cannot come to an agreement. Hitherto there has been no one to settle disputes and decide doubtful questions by his sentence ; but if Papal inf a llibility i s Once recognised, the successor •of St. Peter will give his infallible judgment on all the questions of the day. Thus will men's minds be tranquillised, for they will know on which side lies the truth." MISUEL LANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 14} 15 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L d 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 pm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 21 81 27 Canada Company all 78 80 79 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6tl 30 City of Milan Improvment L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Lin.ited 2O ld pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 5 1 • 2- ip 10 Coni of African Merch, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of England, Prof 7i per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 4/ per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 4 per cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 41 per cent 10 Credit Fonc of England, L all 2/ 31 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 21 lid 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 2 71 10f lod 100 Egypt 9 p et Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov all 1001 101 k 1021 11 20 Egyptian Corn and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 2/ 15 Eng and Foreign Credit 7l 4 I 3d 10 European Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new... 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 31 4}p 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds all 97 96 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71 1 gid 15 General Steam Navigation l4 29 81 50 Home and Col Marine Ins, L 5 ld p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 121 50 Imperial Continental Gas 431 134 136 50 India Rub, Tali; Works, L.: 45 49 50 10 International Finan Soc, L., 5 11 lid 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 4/ 41 100 Ditto, 6 per cnt Bonds, red all 1870 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 ld 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 4 Loud Gen Omnibus, Limd 50 Lond & Glasg Engin, Limd 25 18 Rid 20 London and Prov Marine St Madras Irrig & Canal, guar 100 spc by India Gov lOO 103 105 50 Merchant Shipping, Limtd all 32 37 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 31 4f 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 111 111 10 National Steamship, Limd all 13} 141 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d 10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 4 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 41 41c1 25 N Zealand Lu & Mere, &c 21 1 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 11 lip 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 sd. 10 Do, B all d St N British Austral, Limited 100 60 70 50 N British & Mercan lnsnce 6l 23 231 25 Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, , New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 Id i p 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 2j St. Peel Riv Lnd & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 34 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 43 45 50 Do., New, 1867 lO L 3) 21d 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do, New all 8 25 Rio Janeiro City Itn., Lmtd all 191 20. 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited all 291 30 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 bi St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General de l'Empire Ottoman 8 21 31 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (Um and reduced) all 86 86i 861 20 Thames & Mere Mu Ins, L.— 2 21 21p St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trustand Age' cy of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCoof Up Canada 5 * ip 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 612 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 6 2 id 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 4f sfp 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 1 1 30 Van Diemen's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort La all 851 861 841 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 pc, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 105+ Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 105+ 106+ Do, 5p c, Jan and July . .... lOO 94+ 95} Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 ]Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1903 lOO 951 96} Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 [oo 111 113 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO Do, 5 p a, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 102+ 108+ Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 100 103 105 1)o, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6p c, 1873, Jan & July 100 102 104 Do, 1878, Jan and July 100 106 108 Do, 1882, May 15 and Nov 15 100 107 109 D 0,1895-6, Feb and Aug 100 111 113 Natal Gov 6p e, April & Oct 100 106 1118 106+ Do, 6p a, May and Nov 100 107 109 New Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and July 100 104 105 N. S. Wales Gov 5 p c, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 100+ 101+ Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 102 103 103 Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875 1.06 100 101+ Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 100/ 101+ New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 97+ 98+ 96/ Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1891, Juno and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gev, 6 p a sterling, 1875, Jan and July lOO 1021 103+ Do, 1886 lOO 104/ •105 Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July 1 00 109 110 109/ Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 108+ 1091 S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-92 100 Do, 18:.3-1908 100 110 111 Tasmluian, 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 : ''''''q Do, April and Oct, 1883.5 lOO 110+ 111+11101 Do, bp a, Jan. and Ju1y,1894 100 103 104 103 ONE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE GREEK BRIGANDS. We have hitherto forborne, says the Standard, from touching upon a matter which after all concerns ourselves ratlier than the public; partly because we have hoped against hope up to the last, partly because we hesitated to intrude upon the sanctity of a terrible private grief. But some of our readers may have recalled during the last week the interesting letters which have appeared in our columns at intervals during the last six months from our correspondent at Athens, and may have expected some fresh details of the tragic incident, which is filling all men's mouths—a telegram or a letter—from the same source. Alas ! the hand which penned those letters is now cold in death : the writer slain by the bullet of the Greek robber and the treachery of the Greek Government. Mr. Lloyd's last letter appeared in our columns on the 9th instant. In it he described truthfully and impartially the working of the ballot in Greece. In a private letter he alluded to the prospect of his undertaking an excur sion under the most favourable auspices into the pro vinces, and promised us a description of the character of the population and the country through which he might pass, "if the brigands permitted." How that excursion has ended we all know. Happily Mr. Lloyd was spared anxiety about his wife and child. Of their safety he was assured, and that assurance must have to some extent supported and cheered him in his last moments. It is difficult to write in cool blood about this murder, in which a Government is all but an accomplice. All that remains is to exact the fullest penalty from the guilty, and to secure compensation for the widow and the orphan. We feel that the British Government needs no appeal, under such circumstances, to demand and enforce the fullest redress that is possible. DUELS IN SPAIN. The Daily News quotes the remark of General Prim, " Until God sees fit to enlighten all men, and to teach them that reason is not to be encountered in the blade of a sword or in the barrel of a pistol,"duelling will continue. He says this apropos of a motion by Senor Achoa, in the Spanish Cortes, to reopen the question of the duel in which Count Henri of Bourbon was killed ; and abhorring the practice of duelling as much as we do, we cannot deny that General Prim has reason on his side. Without according to ourselves any special favour of the Almighty, we may say that we have been in this country so far enlightened that the sword and the pistol are not looked upon any longer as the oracles of truth ; and probably such a duel as that between the Duke de Montpensier and his cousin would have been impossible in England. But, as duels go, it appears to have been a fair duel, and an independent military court has pronounced its sentence upon the survivor. General Prim and the Government cannot be blamed for leaving the responsibility of the whole affair upon this military court, which, it would seem, had-legal competence to deal with the case. Even in England a, duellist killing his adversary under the circumstances which occurred between Count Henri and the Duke would, in all probability, be in some way borne harmless by a jury, or at worst, would be sentenced to a very light punishment ; and on the Continent, where appeals to the sword or pistol are by no means un common, it is difficult to believe that Senor Achoa is correct in thinking that public opinion is really seriously scandalised by the fatal results of a conflict which, how ever unhappy in its ending, was clearly conducted accord ing to rule and precedent. IRELAND AND THE UNION. The Post observes that if the agitation for the repeal of Union were to be revived, it might not be so easy_ for Parliament to resist it as it was thirty years ago. TTot only finrotm have h e.prnr v oe e the taeislttin Irish,,tel,has, as but to people, ewrhabigainedelhe ex ten t x l t n social separated n s b be e n e l influencen C atholic bridged over. In fact; the first notes of a repeal agitation, within the last few months, have been sounded from the Protes tant camp, and evidences have not been wanting on the Op position benches that the means adopted to cripple the Irish Land Bill, however tolerable they may have appeared from a party point of view, have not commended them selves to the judgment of Irish members who are now conversant with the existing system of land tenure and the feverish state of public feeling in their country. But whatever may have been the aspirations of a people who have for centuries tilled the land upon which they live upon sufferance, we are satisfied that the Government Bill, if for the moment it fell short of their wishes, would before long be regarded by them as the greatest boon everand thee efrr nelared uponges tmeasuthem. re of e Hy m e a a n v ei r t t i h o e u refe th r a e t was will be the responsibility of those Liberal members of Parliament whose opposition, whether ill judged or ill meant, may have the effect Of paralysing its provisions or of defeating it altogether. Upon no point of Imperial policy have English constituencies te p ol ri t o .iy in ,l c at e s d is t f h aadr el m : aistwte ill d with stronger emphasis than on thssdattwenhuicrhe lec-luaurtes just.that thatl r re conciliatione Ireland t n hdemustexisting i st canbi n e gb reconciled wa c tnoacfiinl Irishee d d t b o yl t ai h nu i Thirty attempts have been made within the last twenty years to remedy it, but none of them have been success ful, and now, when we have at last a measure which promises success, it is endangered by the very men w h o are peculiarly and primarily bound to support it. THE RAILWAY DUTY. The Pall Mall Gazette considers it would be a grave error to deal with the railway duty at all until we are in a posi tion to remit it altogether. It is a sound maxim in finance that consumers get the benefit . of large redu c ti ons of taxation quickly, and of small remissions only slowly, or in some cases not at all. If, then, railway passengers are to reap the benefit of any reduction in the rail way duty and the reduction is only defen sible on the ground that it will be enjoyed by them—it seems preferable to w ait for an opportunity when it may be possible to re peal the whole duty, than to content ourselves with a remission of part of it now. The railway companies might possibly refuse to allow their passengers to partici pate in the benefits of a reduction which would hardy amount to threepence in the pound. According to our view, they could hardly decline to give them th e full advantage of a remission of a shilling. We hope, then, that . the abandonment o f t h e new tax may not lead Mr. Lowe to attempt a tantamount reduction of the present duty. Let him simply keep the £107,000 which he had proposed to remit in his own hands for ansther year, and then, should he be in a position to do so, abandon th e whole tax.' In that event we shall have little fear that railway travel lers will have any ultimate reason to regret Mr. Lowe's unsuccessful attempt to deal with the railway duty since it will have ultimately led to the removal of a tax 'a ) a. re n tly paid by the railway companies, but the 'iP costof which is in reality borne by the travellingandina poses a restriction on their travelling. THE GREEK MASSACRE. Time for quiet thought, declares the .7Al egrap h , h as not ry. weakened our first impression created, b y t hi s tragic sto It is one upon which natural in , lAgnation a n d sound policy go hand in hand. Lord 1.-)alnaczston's idea o f th e mo d ern " Civis Romanus " was essentially sound, and no mere ebullition of majestic talk. Wherever a British subject ma y bend his steps on the surface of the planet, so that he do does not wantonly throw himself in the way of danger or violate the reasonable laws of an y independent State, we who stay at home must be answerable for his life. This is merely a compact for mutual assurance, and the expr ess i on o f th e reso l ve to hold our rank i n the family of nations. We have shewn hi Abyssinia that no hazard, no cost, or distance can be sufficient to deter us from the solemn duty of protecting the lives of our countrymen. The British flag throws a broad shadow over the world. Nobody in his senses can suppose that Greece really wishes to declare hostilities against the British Empire ; nor do we entertain the faintest desire for going to war with a country which we could crush at a single blow. But the Hellenic Government cannot drape itself in its impotence, and claim immunity because it is as powerless to meet the offended State in the field as it was slow to prevent assassination and wrong. We only trust that some method may be devised of making the Greek G overnment b r i ng the offenders to justice, and give sufficient guarantees to ourselves, to Europe, and to the civilised world, that such foul deeds shall not again be perpetrated within its dominion. The less that any action on the part of the British Cabinet may interfere with the independence of the wretched Hellenic king dom the better ; but, let it clearly be understood, we will have satisfaction—full and ample satisfaction — for the murder of our countrymen. Their blood calls to us from the ground, and the nation cannot be deaf to its cry. The new slumber of the Fortnightly Review con tains a long poetic translation from the modern Greek from the hand of the unfortunate Mr. Herbert, who has just come to so lamentable - an end in Greece. CONTRACTORS' ESTIAIATES.—The eccentricities of contractors' estimates have received another illustra tion from the close of a contract this week for the erection of an iron roof for the new station of the Great Western Railway at Snow-hill, Birmingham. Several tenders were sent in from manufacturers in the district, but some of these were so " wildly wide "of the mark—in one or two cases fifty per cent. above the selected tender—that the job goes to an iron shipbuilding yard on the Mersey,— Birmingham Gazette. IMPERIAL PARMA A 1 E N 11. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tms DAY. The Speaker took the chair at five minutes past four o'clock. THIRD READING. The following bills were read a third time, and passed:— Abbot's Wood (Dean Forest) Enclosure, Callander and Oban Railway, Eccleshill and Bolton Gas, Glasgow Houses of Refuge, Leeds Corporation Gas (Purchase, &c.), Newport Pagnell Railway, Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway. METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Mr. CRAWFORD said he regretted that since the last time this bill had been under consideration no steps had been taken to prevent those who objected to the measure from taking the extreme course of moving its rejection. They had now the plans before them, and the objections that had been made to them still remained, and if the House sanctioned the motion, it would be virtually to supersede by the resolution of a select committee of four members the solemn decision come to by both Houses in 1864. He had on a former occasion objected to the proposals in the bill as an act of vandalism ; since that he had received the evidence of Mr. Haywood, and he had failed to discover anything that overweighed the evidence given by Mr. Gregory and other gentlemen before the committee. The proposal to have a subway 200 yards in extent from the proposed starting station in Queen Victoria-street, to an opening of front of the Royal Exchange, that opening having a double flight of steps close to the Wellington statue, was most objectionable ; and the bringing a large mass of people with the necessary accompaniment of orange, newspaper, and lucifer match sellers to petter every person with wares, would be attended with the greatest public inconvenience. The traffic at prennt at the particular point of the city he had jimb mentioned was enormous, and when to that wag added that of a large number of railway travellers, it would render the spot almost if not quite impassable. The open trench it was proposed to make in Queen Victoria-street would itself be a great objection, and with respect to the cost of the undertaking, some notion of it would be formed from the fact that land in the vici nity sold yesterday realised no less than £2B per foot. The land required by the company would be about 7,000 square feet, and that multiplied by 28 would give the cots of the land as nearly £200,000, and yet the com pany said they could make the proposed extension of the railway for £172,000 in excess of the sum that it would take to carry the railway to Queen-street. There had been a petition presented in favour of the bill, but that was met by no less than 22 petitions signed by the most influential merchants and traders in the city of London. He was at a loss to know on what ground they could come to Parliament to ask for powers to make the proposed station, because they ad mitted they had no funds, and that their credit was gone. He hoped the house would refuse to give its assent to that which he could characterize as nothing less than a monstrosity. Mr. R. N. FOWLER added his testimony to the incon venience that would arise if the proposals of that company were carried out. Mr. SAIIITELSON supported the third reading of the bill. Lord JOHN MANNERS opposed it- Mr. CROSS, as chairman of the select committee to which the bill had been referred, defended the decision at which it had arrived with respect to the bill. He denied that the committee had broken the line of the inner circle, as it was called, and in what they had done they had fully considered the benefit of the public. Lord ELORO did not dispute that the line would be a public convenience, but the company could not carry out the conditions involved in the scheme. Alderman LAWRENCE hoped the House would not con sent to cut such a magnificent street in two in order to facilitate the operations of a railway company. After some further discussion the House divided on, the proposition that " now " stand part of the question The result was— Ayes Noes Majority for 2l TURF BETTING. Mr. T. HUGHES gave notice that on Monday next he should bring the subject of betting on horses under the notice of the House. (LEFT SITTING•) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (33Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE SURREY AND SUSSEX HUNT MEETING. —THI s DAY. HUNT CUP. Vivandiere Licymnia 2 Three ran. An objection to the winner stands over. SUBURBAN PLATE. Lincoln 1 Thundercloud Bliss Eleven ran. NORWOOD HURDLE RACE. Void. CRAVEN HANDICAP. Electricity 1 Juanita Mozart .. Six ran. EGLINTON HUNT RACES.--This DAY. TRIAL STAKES. Bloodshot Vance 2 Puritan 3 •• Six ran. HUNT PLATE. Brilliant.... Morning Star 2 Black Prince.. 8 Five ran. EGLINTON STEEPLECHASE. Snowstorm 1 Scaltheene Barbarian.~ Nine rau. The above are the only telegrams received up to the time of going to press. CITY BETTING.—This DAY. CHESTER CUP. 5 to 1 agst Sabinus (offered) 9 to 1 agst Glenfalloch (offered—take 11 to 1) 1000 to 80 agst Muster (taken) 100 to 8 agst Starter (offered—take 15 to 1) 14 to 1 agst Siderolite (offered) 22 to 1 agst Wild Flower (offered) 25 to 1 agst Cecil (offered) 4to 1 agst Glonfallooh, with a start (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 5 to 2 agst Kingcraft (offered) 100 to 30 agst Macgregor (offered—take 7 to 2) 6to 1 agst King o' Scots (offered— take 100 to 15) 100 to 15 agst Stanley (offered) 11 to 1 agst Prince of Wales (offered) 100 to 8 agst Hawthornden (offered—take 100 to 7) 100 to 6 agst Sunlight (taken) 25 to 1 agst Astolfo (offered—take 100 to 3) 100 to 3 agst Claudius (offered—take 40 to 1) 500 to 10 agst Champion (offered) 500 to 10 agst Normanby (offered) 500 to 10 agst Nobleman (offered) 200 to 3 agst Alexander (offered) 1000 to 5 egst Sun-hine (taken) ONE THOUSAND. 2to 1 agst Frivolity (offered) THE DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered) 15 to 1 agst Stanley (taken) 20 to 1 agst King o' Scots (offered—take 25 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Bridgwater (offered) 500 to 15 agst Exciseman (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Camel (taken and offered) 750 to 100 agst A. Taylor's lot (offered) 6to 1 agst Camel running (offered) SUN OFFICE, 7.30 P.M. SURREY AND SUSzEX HUNT MEETING. WELTER CUP. Thundercloud Derby Day 2 Aeronaut Five ran. SELLING HANDICA P. Adventurer Malcolm 2 Poacher a Coprolite Sarcolite ...... Lady Middleton Six ran. CLAIMING PLATE. 1 .. 2 8 Ten rau. LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 2000 to 1G agst Hawthornden (taken) EGLINTON HUNT MEETING. GLASGOW PLATE. Blackwall Vance 2 Re turns Ten ran. WELTER CUP. Hymen Kelvin Grove Verulam 3 Four ran. FARMERS' PLATE. Countess U heron Medora Five ran. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS. April 25, at 9 a.m, Wamba, out of the Somersetshire Stakes, Bath. April 25, at 9 a.m., Lady Superior, out of Chester engage ments, 1870. April 25, at 9 a.m., Gipsy, out of Croydon eng'gements. April 26, at 0.17 p.m., The Guide, out of all engagements. April 26, after 6 p.m., b c by Artillery, out of Leonora, out of Epsom Derby and Grand Prix, Paris. April 27, at 9 a.m., Martyrdom and Robespierre, out of Prince of Wales's Stakes, Newmarket. April 27, at 9 a.m., all Captain Machell's horses, out cf the Grand Prix, Paris, 1870. April 28, at 9 a m., Etruscan, out of the 2,C00 Guineas Stakes. April 28, at 9 a.m., Wistaria, out if the Grand nix, Paris. The following assumed names have been registered, Mr. P. Noah, Mr. Hunbourne. FORFEIT LIST.— The forfeits of the following horses have been paid: Shoebury, Glenlivat, Sour Grapes (to qualify). GRAND MILITARY (Rugby) MEETING.—The objection to Knoekany for the Grant Military Hunt Cup has been with- drawn. WEST DRAYTON.—The objection to Adventuress for the Selling Hurdle Plate has been decided by the Stewards as follows:—" We are of opinion that the weight of evidence in the case brought before us respecting the Hurdle Race at West Drayton is decidedly in favour of Minster, and award the stakes accordingly. (Signed) Room EYKYN, C. F. RUSIIOI.7T. WEIGHTS FOR THE Age st lb See-saw ... 5 8 12 Tabouret ... 5 8 6 Cardinal York ... 4 8 4 *rhotwalsden ... 4 8 2 •Good Hopo ... 4 8 0 Lord Hawthorn ... 4 8 0 Silenus 6 7 12 Cock of the Walk 5 1 12 Ventnor ... 4 7 12 Fervacques ... 6 7 9 Cecil 5 7 9 President Lincoln 5 7 7 Cap-s-pie ... 5 7 4 Vestruinster ... 4 7 4 Glenfalloch ... 4 7 4 ben-Au ... 4 7 0 Van Amhurgh 6 7 0 Far Away ... 4 7 0 Phantom ... 5 6 12 Lily ... 5 6 9 Choral ... 5 6 9 Hobart ... ... 4 6 9 Sylva ... 4 6 9 Consternation ... 4 6 6 Those horses marked thus the knowledge of their owneri FLAT RAM Newmarket let S 2 to 6 Edinburgh 7 Chester lO to 13 Winchester 10, 11 Salisbury 12, 13 Cholmsford 17, 18 York 17, 18 CHESHIRE STAKES. Age st lb *Cocoa Nut— ... 4 6 6 Call ... 5 6 2 Lady of Lyons 3 6 2 Symmetry c 6 2 Mont Blanc ... 3 6 0 Atlas ... 3 6 0 Not Out ... 3 5 12 ' Jarnao ... 3 5 12 Newsman ... ... 3 5 10 Douglas ... ...3 510 *Scarboro ... 3 5 10 Enfield ... ...5 5 10 Etruscan ... 3 5 10 Blanche ... ... 3 5 10 Patrick ... ... 3 5 10 Hunter ... 4 5 10 Jolly-boat ... ... 5 5 7 Carfax ... 3 5 7 Bruce ... 3 5 7 Sentry ... ... 3 5 7 Indian Ocean ... 3 5 7 Bawdier ... 3 5 7 Pistache ... 3 5 7 (*) have been entered without FLYTURES. Wye 19 Doncaster l9, 20 Harpenden 2O, 21 Bath 24, 25 Stamford ~. 26, 27 Croydon 26, 27 Epsom 31 to June 3 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY. Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market quiet. TIIE LATE MR. PEABODY. - On the site of the temporary grave of George Peabody, in Westminster Abbey, are inscribed these words ; " Here were deposited, " From November 12 to December 11, "1869. " 'The remains of " George Peabody, " Then removed to his native country, "And buried at Danvers, now Peabody, " In Massachusetts. " I have prayed my Heavenly Father day by day " That I might be enabled before I died to sheve my gratitude " ' For the blessings which He has bestowed upon me " 'By doing some great good to my fellow-men.' " Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven.' " The text was suggested in the funeral oration of Dr. Winthrop as that which might most suitably be inscribed on Mr. Peabody's gravestone, and the words quoted from Mr. Peabody are taken from the same address. TIIECALAMITY IN GREECE Admiral .tionart rasna, the znglish otncer now in com mand of the Turkish navy, sends a letter to the Times furnishing particulars as to how Greek brigands " are educated, and where moat of them come from." He says :—" During the time I was com manding the Turkish fleet off Syra, taking care of the far-famed Enossis and her companions, a Turkish line of battle ship arrived having on board the celebrated Spartan Chief Petropoulaki and his band, who, having given themselves up in Crete, were sent away to be landed on Greek territory. As these people had been allowed to retain their arms, it became a serious question as to where they should be landed. The old chieftain told me that 600 of them were his own immediate followers, who he said, had invaded Crete from pur e ly patriotic motives; that they had been disappointed in the aid they had ex pected from without, &c. He told me also that there were with him about 700 more, who he would in no way own or be responsible for, as they were mostly liberated from the galleys and elsewhere in Greece, who, having undertaken to risk their lives in the Cretan mountains, were carefully seen out of the country,' and sent to be educated as brigands (so called insurgents) in Crete. Almost on his knees he begged me not to allow these ruffians to land armed, and his entreaties were supported by a deputation from the town authorities, who, for the moment, dropping the insolent tone they had always used towards me,most humbly asked me not to pay off old scores by letting loose the gaol birds armed among them. I believe it was proposed that they should return to gaol, but the patriots did not seem to ap preciate the idea. The end of this was that a Greek man of war took them away, and, I believe, distributed them in different parts of the kingdom, thus forming the nucleus of well-trained and well-armed brigands all over Greece ; thus we account for about seven hundred Greek brigands. • It may be asked what could be done with these people 1 To that I would reply, why were they let loose ? " Mr. Hammond likewise supplies particulars touching brigandage in Greece. He says that to the Greeks it seems natural that a man should turn brigand. If any one is, in his opinion wronged by the Government, or does not get what he thinks he ought to have, he turns brigand, and so revenges himself upon the Government. With this universal and patriotic feeling (for your Greek is most patriotic), it is not to be wondered at if they. should be such an understanding between the police, the villagers, and the brigands as to render their depredations more certain and their escape more easy, " Having been taught this I gathered that cotton could be grown in Greece, but that the roads were so bad and the danger from brigandage so great that it was easier and cheap to get one pound of coals from Newcastle to l'irtens as one pound of cotton from the interior to the roast. That the search for brigands was a farce. The brigands are brave and want to evade the soldiers ; the soldiers are cowards and don't want to take the brigands - the villagers are apathetic. If only the King had 3,006 soldiers on whom he could depend, 1 , 000 to hold Athens, and 2,000 to scour'the country for brigands, brigandag"e in a few months might be put down and the country rendered 'ER.