The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-01 00:00:00

iday. to-day rse the LIU not ,hat all having here. g eight wed at fitted, blorri- , where ~ a nd to the as then )rrison ke the when rowed t bow of out about' rsd* ktehe. great third s and ! ,d to- IviONEY 11AIt1 T AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. OITY, Two o'CLocK. Business was more active to-day, and a desire to purchase was evinced, but holders stood out for an improvement in prices, which in some cases were given. In the Foreign market Span'sh, Turkish, and Egyptian advanced. In Railways Midlands and North-Westerns were better, and for Tele graph shares there was also an improved demand. In Banking and Miscellaneous shares pries were ahnost unaltered. Consols are now at 921 to 921 for money; ditto, for Account, —; Three per Cent. Re duced, 92i 3; New Tree per Cents, 92i 3 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem. ; June, 2 dis. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, —; June, —; Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent., 212. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 207 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1111 1 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1011 1 1 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, Oi per Cent., 1879, 1094. • In the Foreign Market prices are better to-day. Argentine Bonds are now 87 to 871 ; Egyptian (1868), 791 to 79/ ; Italian, 541 to 55 ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 831 to 834 ; ditto Nine per Cents., 991 to 991 ; Mexican, 14 to 141 ; Peruvian, 83 1 to 811 ; Spanisb, 261 to 27 i Turkish Five per Cents., 444 to 45 ; ditto Scrip, 14 to 14 prem.; and New Russian, 21 to 31 prem. In the Railway Market Midlands and London and North Western have improved. Caledonians are now at 77 to 77i ; Great Eastern, 3 74 to 38 ex div. ; Great Northern, 1134 to 1141 ex div. ; ditto (A), 1141 to 114+ ex div. ; Great Western, 62f to 631 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 125 to 1251 ex div ; London and Brighton, 421 to 42+ ex div. ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 141 to 15 ; London and North Western, 1211 to 122 ex dir. ; London and South Western, 90 to 92 ex div. ; Metropolitan, 79 to 794 ; Midland, 1214 to 122 ex div.; North Eastern (Berwick), 124+ to 1251 ex div. ; and South Eastern, 741 to 744• ex div. In Bank Shares Alliance are quoted 12} to 13} ; Anglo-Ausrian, 16 to 18 prem. ; Chartered Mer cantile, 32 to 33 ; Consolidated, 4} to 4} ; Imperia Ottoman, 31 to 3-a prem. ; London and County, 47 to 48; London and Westminster, 60 to 61 ; London Joint-Steck, 32 to 33 ; and Union of London, 36} to 371. American Five-Twenties are 901 to 901; the Teu Forty Bonds, 86 to 861 ex div. ; Atlantic and Great• Western, 294 to 30 ; Illinois Railroad, 1101 to 1111; and Erie, 211 to 22. Lombardo-Venetian is 194 to 191, and Great Luxembourg is 151 to 14. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 161 to 17 ; French Cable, 151 to 151 ex div. ; British Indian Submarine, 130 to 13 ; China Submarine, 1 to 4 dis• ; Falmouth, -1- to 11 pretn. ; Construction and Maintenance, 421 to 43 ; India Ruhber, 60 to 61; and Ilooper's, par to 1 prem. No transactions in gold took place at the Bank Yesterday, but a portion of the £346,000 Australian b y the Delhi is expected to be taken to that esta blishment during the next few days, there being little or no demand for exportation, in consequence of the firmness of the Paris exchange. Of the £191,500 by the Neva, from the West Ind ies, £143,500 is silver and £48,000 is gold. The following relates to the New Granada debt : Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have re ceived on account of New Granada dividends re mittances as follows :—From Bogota, £13,619 148 . 3d. ; from Cartagena, £4OO ; total, £14,019 14 s. 3d. ,, The dividend declared at the meeting of the pro prietors of the Anglo-Italian Bank (Limited) L w as at th e ra t e o f 4 p er cen t. p er annum f or th e 441 f-year. At a meeting of the Estate Company (Limited an d half, Reduced) a dividend was declared for the year at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. At the meeting of the London Tavern Company (Lirailed) the directors' report was adoptel. ft stated the net profits for the year at £1,386, , u cl recommended a dividend of 2} per cent. "Ile expenditure for renewals, furniture,, &c., has am ounted to £1,323, which has been paid out of Protits. prospectus has been issued of the National Tel egraph Manufacturing Company (Limited), kith a capital of £400,000, of winch half is to be first issued in shares of £25 each, to purchai.e the tt ' l egraphic bu s i n ess and works of Mess r s. R. S. i\ e wall and Co., of London and Gateshead-on- Ihe directors of the Great Luxembourg Railway c)ln Pany propose the payment of a dividend for th e ltn half-yea r a t th e rate of 31 per cent. per 186 1 Zra) against 2 for the corresponding period of It appears that some hopes are still entertained as to the safety of the City of Boston, so long bee n from H a lifax. No further advance has ' ee l ), made in the premium at Lloyd's, it being g e nerally believed that, her screw propeller having aentirely failed, she had to rely upon her canvas, nd to run southwards. The Inman Company ha ve despatched another of her vessels in search o f he r% With reference to the wreck of the Carnatic stea mer, which struck on a coral reef in the Red 8 e a> a tele gram h as b een rece i ve d b y t h e aassocia tionat Lloyd' s , stat i ng t h at s h e h a d b een was h e d r°4l off the reef into deep water. All the specie, "eepting about £B,OOO, has been saved. It a ppears that the method of transport by wire ropes, Which wa s tried on an experimental line " e at' Leicester last year, has made considerable pro g r ess since th a t ti me . Thi r teen lines, varying t3 / 1 1 sho r t di stances to four miles in length, have be en c construct e d, an d upwar d s o f 109 m il es are i n 2 41 'se of preparation or under contract, a five-mile s .. ect ion of which ha s j us t b een pl ace d on Lighten Downs, and will be ready for exhibition in tt few d ays. According to Messrs. Arles, Dufour, and Co., a gradual increase of confidence has been observable 1 . 11 the Lyons silk market since the favourable turn 111 the home politics of France. Late advices from Peru mention the arrest and detention of two British ships by the Peruvian Government under circumstances apparently most unjustifiable. They were engaged in the guano trade, and the pretexts for the arrests were such as to Warrant a suspicion that they were concocted by corrupt officials. A full statement of the case has been made to the Foreign Office by the owners, Messrs. Moran, Galloway, and Co., of Liverpool. Berger Spence and Co.'s metal report says :- 44 With one or two exception s the market for che micals, since our report of the 21st, has been rather light, but not more so than is usually the case at the close of each month. There is no diminution in the firmness of prices ; on the contrary, pro ducers in some cases have realised a shade above present quotations for late deliveries, chiefly in ash and caustic ; for the former a large shipping order which has been before the market for some time was cl osed at 1 and for the latter sales of 300 to 400 t°4B have b een reporte d f or th e conti nen t, p art , h aving been d one a t £l3. In m i s cellaneous articl es the re is no feature of importance, and prices have n ot underg one any change worthy of note. In il t liue rals the mar k et h as b een b are l y su pplied, owing I.l ° t he sev ere weather. The metal trade has m ailed a littl e d ur i ng the week and pr i ces are now re l tlY firmer, although business transactions still Maif r on a limited scale. Scotei pig iron is selling any closes rat h er eas i er. C leve l an d i s fi rm --uo dull,"nig off . at full rates. Manufacwred iron is it. Tinenpr.er is a shade better, with little doing iv L em . continues in demand at the advanced rates. spelter is •iti ls firm, with a brisk s de. The improvement doing. maintained, and a moderate business FUNDS—CLOSJNG PRICES. tio vE , 3 Per co;,O,2ILNT tUNDF. - .. 3 pli:tg.,o,for Ae_,count New per 110 laced 92i 3 eclit ........................... 9 2 1 3 Now 21 per Cent. Jan. 189-1 Do. 5 per Con a e.n.1873 (Innuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telebraph), Aug., 1908_ Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ut. March pit DJ. 24 do. Juno 2 d Do £lOO, £2OO & £5OO — Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent Da. opening — Canada it per Cent. Bonds — later-Colonial Omnium INDIAN Li 3VERNMENT SECURITIES I'6ll Stock, 105 per Cant., April 1874 207 Dc. Opening, for Account — Da. a per Cent. July, 1880 Do 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 Do. Eufaped Pape. 4 per Cunt.... — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ..,.... — Do. 51 per Cent. May 1879 1094 Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Dk, 1872.., — 7)o do 18"7 Do. do. 1882 — Lk,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ — Do. Bonds ; 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under .£l,OOO — PL. FOREIGN FI7NDS—CLOSING PRICES. trzentine _Republic, ti per Cent Mello Account — Au ttrian Bonds 5 per cont .. — Do. 1839 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 44 per Cont. 1852 — Do. do 1858. — Do. cat 1360 Do. . do., 1863 A Do. 5 por Cont., 1865 Uo. Account .. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ; nuba., 6 per Cent. Ouilian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent....... Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per amt. 1867 0 lombian, 6 per Cont. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principaities, 7 per Cent B6l Do Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent... B4 Do Second Issue Do. £506 Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £3OO Bonds Du. £lO6 Bonds — Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ...... 791 4 Do. Account Do. £lOO Bonds ~,,. 795 Government Railway Debentures ..... (Amex sper Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups. — . Do. Coupons . Guatemala 5 per Cent Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd 81 2 14 Do. Account .. .. _.. ltslian b per Cent., 1865 Do. Account - - Do Maremmana Railway — Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account — Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — tiontevideau 6 per Cent. .. — llocrish Imperial 5 rex Ceut New Granada 23f Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred . ... Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cout. 1E65 Do Account .. Do 41 per Cent. (UOiarren) ••• Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 . Portaguese 3 por Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2.' Do. dp. 1867,. — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — B tesian 5 ,ear Cent., 1822, £ St - Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Ronde.. : 92 If Do. du. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. , do £B4 15s. do -- Do Nicolas Railway 6Bl f Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Account ...• Do. 1867 Do. Account - Do. New Deferred — Do. Passive — Do. Coin. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account — Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan —. Do Government, 1864 — Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent... ...„.. . B4 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 66 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account — Do £lOO Bonds 7l f Do. 5 per cent. 1865 45 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 Do. Account D ..) 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do do, Scrip — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do 6 por Cent. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent.,lB6° Dividends on the above pay ante in L04,10t, -Auatriau• o per Cent Ex 10 Florine, : Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2} per Cut. Ex. 12 Gail, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Routes , 3 por Gout., Ex. 25f. Italia!, 5 per Cnt. 1851, Ex. 45f — Do Account 55 1 CLOSING PRICES. Jonsols, Money Do. Account, March 9 .. 92/ f ad C Eiv 7RA L CRIMINAL C URI . This Day. OLD COURT. TIM FINSBURY MURDER. Jacob Spinas, 23, described as a porter, was placed at the bar before the Recorder to plead to an indictment which charged him with the wilful murder of Cecilia Aldridge. The nature of the oharge was explained to the prisoner through the medium of M. Albert, the interpreter, and upon his being asked whether he pleaded guilty or not guilty he replied, " I killed the woman." The Recorder directed the interpreter to explain to the prisoner that he was charged with killing the deceased of malice aforethought. The prisoner then said, did not mean to do " and upon this a plea of "Not Guilty" was re- corded. The prisoner, who bore a downcast and dejected appearance, was then removed from the bar. He will be defended through the instrumentality of the Swiss Consul. The case was set down for to-morrow, but it will most probably be postponed until next session. George Thomas Haffer, 17, a gentlemanly-look ing youth, pleaded guilty to an indictment which charged him with embezzling £2O, £3 125., and other sums, the property of his employers, Messrs. Flight, Smith, and Co., wholesale stationers in the City. It was urged in mitigation of punishment that the prisoner was very young, and most respect ably connected. He had been led to commit the offence through playing at billiards, and having lost some money, he had played on, and had made use of the money of his employers, in the hope of recover ing the amount that he had lost. _ _ The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to six months' hard labour, and an undertaking was given by his friends that at the expiration of this sentence he should be sent to Canada. POLICE 1..V7 ELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. TIIE SMOKE NUISANCE ACT.-Mr. Chas. Man ton, Mill-street, Grosvenor-square, dining room keeper, appeared before Mr. Tyrwhitt to answer the complaint of Superintendent Dunlap, of the C division, of having a furnace on his premises not constructed so as to consume its own smoke. Mr. Sandison, the Government inspector, ap pointed under the Smoke Nuisance Act, proved visiting the defendant's premises on the 30th of December, and that there was no apparatus for con suming smoke. Police-constable Bettridge, C division, proved seeing volumes of thick smoke issuing from the de fendant's chimney on different days up to yes terday. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 205. and costs. Mr. Charles Crawley, hotel- keeper, 10 and 11, Albemarle -street, pleaded guilty to a similar sum. mons, and was fined 20s. and costs. Mr. James Yeowen, baker, of Broad-street, Golden-quate, pleaded guilty, and was fined 208. :.11 , 1 us's. Airs. Anna Nind, of Nos. 17 and 18, Leicester aptare, hotel keeper, pleaded guilty to a similar summons, but said she did not know what to do to remedy the evil. Mr. Tyrwhitt said lie felt certain that if she tool• Mr. Sandison's advice, and employed a proper per son, a remedy would be soon found. At the same time that he imposed a fine of 20s. and costs, he wished to inform the defendant that she was, under the Act, liable to a penalty of £lO. THAMES. SAVAGE CASE OF CUTTING AND WOUNDING.— Elizabeth Smith, aged 21 years, who has been in LONDON, TUES,DAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1870. THE SUN, custody since the 14th of February on a warrant, was brought up on remand before Mr. Lushington, charged with wounding and cutting Jane Smith (no relation) a married womin, on the 12th of February, in a very bad locality called John's place, Baker-street, Stepney. The prosecutrix, who has been under medical treatment since she received the injuries comphinA of, and the mother of the prisoner quarrelled in St. John's-place, and the pi isoner interposed and - struck the prosecutrix. The prisoner's mother, a savage of the first water, called out to her;claughter " give it her Bet, gouge her eyes out," and she actually attempted to carry out the, ferocious advice of her parent, and failing in this matter cut her on the head with a knife. Mr. Ashley Barrett, a surgeon, said the prosecu trix had been under his care. There was a contusion on the right side of the head. There was a'so a cut on the head three-quarters of an-inch long and ex tending down to the bone. The woman lost a good deal of blood. The wound.was not a dangerous one, but if other things had supervened, such as erysipe• las, it might have been. Police-sergeant Briden, a detective of the R divi sion, said the prisoner admitted the outrage on the prosecutrix when he took her into custody. John's place was a most infamous locality, where fights were numerous. The prisoner said she did not live in John's place, but in Thomas-street, Bethnal Green, where the detective captured her. She fought with her hands and had no weapon at all. Mr. Lushington committed her for trial. DON CARLOS. As allusions are not unfrequently made in the 'nines and other papers to Carlist conspira cies, it may not be uninteresting to the British public to be informed, the kind of person the Pretender, as he is sometimes 'called, is. This brief sketch, is furnished by a person of rank, who has hal many opportu nities of seeing and conversing with his R. , yal Highness. In peon he is very tall, and light and elegantly formed, very graceful in his movements, and an excellent horseman. Ilis features are good, lie has large; dark, ex pressive eyes, a very agreeable voice, and an easy fatni!iar style of conversation. Ile speaks fluently four or five languages, has r.tad much, and is very well-informed. His political views are vety liberal, based upon an intimate knowledge of what his country most requires to regain sonic of its ancient prosperity. There is a great sense of jus tice and honour, as regards Spain, in his views of what ought to be. Altogether he makes a very favourable impression. Don Carlos is the eldest son of Don Juan de Bour bon, who abdicated in his favour, by the Princess Beatrice of Este, and lineally descended, through the Stuarts, from the Royal family of England. DRURY-L.4iVE 7IIEATRE. A novelty and a revival last night marked the now fast-waning dramatic season at this theatre. The original farce, "Phobus' Fix," is a medley of admirable comic dancing and semi-serious singing by the Yokes family, strung on a slender dramatic thread. We need hardly say that such graceful grotesquerie, such agile absurdity as the comic dancing of Mr. F. Vokes in Jeremiah Phobus, and of Miss Jessie Yokes in Maud Somers, is not to be witnesse i elsewhere. The revival was the well-known Irish romantic play, by Edmund Falconer, entitled " Peep o' Day," the scenery being entirely new, and from the pencil of William Beverley, while the drama itself was produced under the personal superintendence of Mr. Chatter ton. The leading characters were thus distributed: —Harry Kavanagh, Mr. J. B. Howard ; Stephen Purcell, Mr. L. Nanton ; the Rev. W. O'Cleary, Mr. Barrett ; Mr. Grace, Mr. J. Neville ; Barney O'Toole (formerly played by the author), Mr. J. Reynolds ; Andy the Post, Mr. J. B. Johnstone; Black Mullins, Mr. W. M'lntyre. Miss E. Stuart played Kathleen Kavanagh, Miss Amy Roselle Mary Grace, Mrs. Barratt the Widow Kavanagh, and Miss Michell Molsbee. The other characters, " too numerous t) mention," as the catalogues say, were creditably filled. " The Pattern Fair at the Holy Well," the wild scene at the " Old Quarry," and the admirable Owing scene " Peep u' Day," produced all their old effects. The several actors were applau led at the leading points, and a call followed the fall of the curtain. The house was well attended, and had a gay and animated appearance, unusual at the immediate close of the long run of a most successful pan tomime. Baum of France. PARIS, Feb. 24. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account:— DEBTOR. Fob. 21. Feb. 17. fr. c. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 42,659,297 62 41,921,322 24 Treasury account cur rent creditor 166,4 i 7,086 15 153,480,915 16 Current accounts, Paris 303,951,102 71 30:4,425,453 66 Do. branch banks 47,145,791 -- 43,256,499 Dividends payable 1, 1 191,5_1 2,129,145 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries Total CREDITOR. Feb. 17. Feb. 24. ()ash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over- due Commercial bills dis- 255,483 15 123,719 19 counted, not yet due 291,855,193 07 292,759,689 61 Do. branch banks 290,866,997 282,802,571 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 1,562,500 1,682,400 Do. on French Public Securities 19,219,300 38,944,600 Do. by branch banks 7,919,750 7,775,930 Do. on railway shares _ _ _ and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches - Do. to the State (Con vention, Juno 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re- serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable , 80,595,187 21 80,595,187 21 [lentos Immobalisees (Law, Juno 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 ilotel and furniture of the Bunk and landed property branches ~. Expenses of manage- 9,082,030 - 9,082,890 - merit Sundries 275,678 40 474,888 58 6,293,471 35 8,297,816 04 Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. An inquest has been held at Aldershot on the body of Private Patrick Lynch, of 2d Battalion, 3d Buffs. The evidence went to prove that the deceased, in company with a comrade named John Hall, had been drinking at a beerhouso near the North Camp on the previous Sunday. They left together to proceed to quarters about 9 p.m. The deceased, who was intoxicated, went a little in advance in the darkness. Hall shouted to him when he was about 40 or 50 yards off, and the deceased answered, " Here !" from which answer the witness judged that he was going a nearer way, and would rejoin him at a stream, which was crossed by a plank. On shouting a second time he received no reply. On the following morning the body of the deceased was found lying on its back in a ditch, into which he must have fallen after parting com pany with Hall. A post mortem examination was made by Mr. R. Jackson, Assistant-Surgeon to the 2,1 Battalion 3d Buffs, who was of opinion that the cause of death was congestion of the organs from exposure to cold. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with that evidence. The 2d Battalion 7th Royal Fusiliers will leave Aldershot Camp to-day. Four officers and 100 men will proceed by the 9 18 a.m. train from Farn borough to Weymouth en route for Portland ; the head-quarters and the remainder of the Battalion by special train on Wednesday for Portland and Weymouth. A captain's good service pension has been placed at the dispOsal of the First Lord of the Admiralty by the promotion to flag rank of Captain A. Cum ming, C.B. The Secretary of State for W. ,r has consented to preside at the anniversary meeting of the Royal United Service Institution, which will be held on Saturday next. Opt LOCAL TAXATION. —The London Local Taxation Committee (of which Sir Mas3ey :Lopes, M.P., is chairman) offered in July last, on the motion of Mr. C. S. Read, MP., a premium of £5O for the best essay on the injustice and inequalities of the incidence of the poor rates, and other local burdens in England and Wales. From the sixteen essays sent in from various parts of this country, the judges selected the three best for final judg ment, and two of them were written by Mr. C. F. Gardner, 8.A., Stolie numeral, Devonport ; and by Mr. Frederick G. Luke, L.C.8., Barrister-at-Law. The prize was finally awarded to Mr. Gardner, and the essays of both these gentlemen will be published without delay. 511.41 M ofiDINAILY 811 A ittCB AND BTOC3B. Paid. Closing Busine., • Prise. dens. it Erist )1 and IC xetcr ...... 100 78 80 et Caledonian. lt•O 7"3 77 :71 at Cambrian.. 20 Cornwall .. all 21 71 st Dublin & Belinat J um... 100 st Dun„rerth,& Ab.J 160 70 72 2 ) East London all 4 6 20 Do 15 20 Do 10 et Glasgow &S. Western lOO 107 109 it Great Eastern ..' )00 873 371 381 it Do. E. Aug!. No. 's 10) 61 71 st (int•at North of Sootlan3 lOO tc. 1d it Great Northern ... 100 1171 18 1171 et Do. A 5t00k...." lOO 118 119 it Do. B stook lOO 127 129 st GtS. and W. or Ireland lOO isB 100 99 at Gt. Western —Original lOO 6:14 04 631 1 4 at Do. South Wales et Do. W. Mid.—Oxford lOO 40 42 at Do. Newport too 34 36 it Lancashire& Yorkshire lOO 128 1281 st Lon., Brigh.,& S.Coast lOO 44 441 421 Do Scrip et lon., Chat., and Dover lOO 15 151 141 it Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 11 13 et Lon. & North Western lOO 1231 1241 1241 I at Lon. & South Western lOO 93 94 93 1 Man., She!., & Lincoln lOO 511 42 491 dt Metropolitan . lOO 74 781 :71 1 at Do Exteusbn 100 7 8 3 78 4 5 Do. New rd st Metropolitan Distriet. all 35 36 34 10 Metrop. St. John's ood 10 st Mioland at 1)0 dirnain. & Durbs lOO 80 91 at N.)rilt British .. 100 141 301 st & Dun... 100 at Nor Eastern—Berwies.. 100 127 128 1281 1 25 D_ G. N.E pur0ha5e..16.13. 4 - st D Leeds st D oYork lOO 12'1 1211 1261 at D °Carlisle . l6O st D oStoc:c. & Darling lOO 167 169 1711 at North Lon lou 10 Do Neiv 1868 .. 4 11 2 p 8 at North Staffordshire lOO 61 63 st North and A. W. Junction 100 99 101 10 Do New £lO shares 7 • • at 11.1 , 5.nancy . tea 53 6.5 st Shropshire Union lOO 5.4 £Ol at South Devon'.. at South Eastern lOO 701 761 764 st Staines, Wok'hana, & Wok all 13 14 at 'tad Vnle lOO 154 138 -- Do. C Wateriord & liiilccnny 160 10 Waterloo & Whitchail 6 itallwayt. RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOOKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 ti 87 8) st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 4 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gum G p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... at do.. Ordinary lOO 73 st Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 „, „, 20 Cornwall, .5 per cent gua all „, „, at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Po. Ist Class preference lOO ,„ „, at Glas. & S.W. gus.. 5 per ct lOO at Ot.Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 98 10J at Do do N 0.2 100 97 0:1 at Do do 6 per cent 100 110 113 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 „ at Do do B 6 do. 100 „, at Do do C 7 do. 100 ,„ at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4 p. c. gua. 100 63 st Do N wroth 5 p.c.Ex.1346 100 at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Va1.1347 100 „, at Great Not thorn, 5 per cent 100 „ st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 „, Do 4 1 do do do 100 „, st Do 5 do at sp. c. pin. 100 ... 1001 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ,„ „, at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 por ecut lOO 94 98 et Gt-Weat.—Orig.tkJut.-Iteut chg., per gu,..5 . p.e. lOO 106 108 Do. Orig. (13: - '& U. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 'JS 10.) Do do 41 per cent. 1850.- 100 90 1 , 2 Do do 4 do do lOO 80 82 Do do 5 par cent. roilem. 100 97 91i Du do Birmingham gua 100 68 7Z Du do do pref.- 100 Do do Chester gua I'A Do do do 8 per cent 100 ~, Do do do 5 do 100 Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ~ ••• Do do 45 p.c lOO st Do do 4 1 1859 lOO ••• st Do • do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford lstg lOO lhi 17S at Do du 21 gua lOO I*9 121 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 99 9 3 st Do do 23 du lOU st Do gua. 51 per cunt. 1863 lOU 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 - 3 1.3:. St Du Barnsley, £5 35103 p.c. 10,) at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 131; 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 93 1 0 0 at, London & Brighton. 5 p.c guaranteed, No 1 lOO at D 6 d Do 5 per cent. d . gua Nu. u. 2. 100 at Do 100 at Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO ~, st Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 du (W.E. & 0./' ) 100 at Da 4 do 1859 lOO st Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ... st London and 71., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 11 st Do Bedford ,!I'. oambridge lOO ... st Do Shrewsliy & 10d _, at London and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 150 a Do (Portsm.porp 2s6cl) all • Man., Shef., &Linda. 6 p.c lOO Do a Do 35 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent. . 5 at Mid. Consolidated ,6p. c l.OO 1.30 135 • Do Bristol & 13irm., 6p. c lOO 1 3 135 133 a Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO OS 100 ▪ Do 45 per cent. irrecleeui lOO 93 11 1 s Do Leicester& 11' chn, 4 p.c 100 80 91 st North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO ... at Do E. &G. 4p.e. S. & 100 at Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per ea/)..t lOO ... at Do Border Union, 55 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern-9°ns. 4 p.c lOO 87 85 st Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 07 93 at Do lY N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ... 17 Do Lerwick capital 8.13.4. Do York, U.& S. purchase l9 13 1 0 1 Do Stcktii & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 107 bud st Do \V, Hartlepool Yi. au•.i 1t 100 80 83 VOi 20 North Staffordshire lOs S. Devon Auuuities, 1 a all i 10 lOs Du 'favistock Aims., 10s all 8 1 9 i 108 Du Fixed 41 per cent all S 8 4 10.6. S. Nast. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Du 41 per eel* lOO ••• ... st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... ••• et Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 153 st Watei•ford & Kilkenny, 6pe 100 .. • • RAILWAYS. -PREFERENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends conting3ut ou the Prodts of each separate yea St Caledonian p C gua. at Do Scot. Ceu. ruin. 7p c lOO ... st Do 41 irredeeni all ... st Do 4 p econ. issued at 80 65 ... st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 st Do .5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 st Do New 5 do, 1863 100 81 88 et Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 83 ,86 et Great Northern, 5p e irred. 100 ... st Do Permanent 5 p er cen t . 100 ... et Do Boston & Sl ea fd , 41 pc 100 ... st Great West., W Midl., 5p c 100 ... at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 92 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 115 120 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5 p • •• st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... ..• 6 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 IP at Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... ..• at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 "' ••• at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 ... ..• st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ... st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 117 1 at Do No. 7 5 do st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 ... at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 Do do C 6 Ice 100 ... ••• at London & N Western, 5p c 100 103 110 et London &S. Western, 41 p o 100 93 95 10 Man. shef. &Liu., 6 pc,1865 all 9 91 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 108 102 at Midland, li 5 per cent pref lOO 107 109 st Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 211 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 19 191 22 Do 5 p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 25p at North British, E. and No. 1, 5 per cent 100 ..• ••• at Do .£lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ..• Do E ,P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ... et Do E.&G , N 0.2, 5 p.c lOO at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... et Do K & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c 100 ... at Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 99 100 at Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 113 115 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per oent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pe, 1859 100 et Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1801 at Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAILWAYS. -LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenhead lOO 93 ") 6 _ 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 9 8 100 et Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54; ""6 st Do. 54 per cent. st Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... at Colchester Stoat' Valley at East Lincoln, gua. Gp. c lOO G i yi 20 Gloster and L'etsn Forest all a Gt. Easn.. Nei: m., &c., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. ir. Harwich, 4 p.c lee :: ••• st Do.do.Woodbrg.lix. , do 100 .. "' st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Hera 100 97 ),) SO Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 at Loudon and Blackwall lOO 93 95 oii st Do. 41 per cent lOO st Loudon, Chat., &c., 44 p C lOO ... ... st Do. Com. Fund , 5 do 100 *** at London and Greenwich st Do. do Preference lOO ... at London, Tilbury, & Scuth 100 83 B ..i i st Lowestoft,gua 4 percent.— 100 79 81 st Do. tie 6 do 51 Mauch., D.— Ma all ... st M Miami, Braeiiord, Pref lOO 0 - 1 iji 10 Mid Kent Cray Lit. , :‘) ... ... 50 Northern& East.,s per cent all 53 56 kl Do. do. 0 do. all . at N. Eastern — Hartlep ool • 100 *** st N. West. A perp. pref, 5p c. 100 10 " 7 17)9 st Do B minimum 1} p.c lOO st Notting. & Granth lt. & C lOO ../i ij:j 25 Pr,;:;:ou and is yr:). ... Il o y,t o n, Hitch., and Shep. 100 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 106 13 2 ", 10 D,4 do 8 2 2 a a S. Yorksh. and River D un 100 100 10r D 4 per coat gua lO . 7 3 80 5 do ••• all 03 100 at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO . st West Coruy, - all 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do li all 20 Do do C all ••• ... at Weymouth and Portland lOO •** st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and Weal, London and St. Katherine 100 49 61 .00 1) cDob. stock, 4 por cent all Millwall Freehold Land st Dock 10) 10 33 Et Southainptou Surrey Commutolal THE DUKE OF MONTPENSIER. The Duke of Montpensier has addressed a letter to the Iberia, the organ of the Spanish Government, with respect to a recent article published in its columns. He compli rn3nts the Iberia on its courtesy, and says that he seldom notices the attacks made upon him by the press. He cannot take the simplest step without the most serious con struction being placed on it. His recent visit to Spain ha 3, however • given rise to suspicions which th e Iberia advises him to disperse by explicit declarations. In answer to this suggestion, the Duke positively declares that he is not, and never was, among the pretenders to the crown. He took the Oath of the Constitution in 1869, and he reminds the public that in December 1868 he ex plicitly said that he respected the resolution of the Consti tutional Cortes, which he held to represent then, as now, the national sovereignty. In making this declaration he promised to accept and defend whatever monarchy was elected, and he thought that he had said enough to have a right to keep silence in the future. If the men of the diverse parties which divide Spain have thought of him as a possible 'occupant of the throne, it has been from no understanding with him, though he thanks them for the honour done him. Although the desire of contributing to the happiness of a great people would be a noble object, he has authorised no one to act on his behalf in this respect. In awaiting the formation of a definite constitution, he is content to remain a simple citizen and soldier loving the country in which he lived happily for twenty-one years, and whisk gave birth to his wife's children. THE FRENCH MINISTRY. Count Daru has received a letter from the Emperor felicitating him fOr his speech in the Chamber, and thank ing him for it. The letter is said to be couched in the most flattering terms. Rumours of divisions in the• Cab inet are still rife, and it was confidently stated on Satur day that M. Clievandier de Valdrome (Minister of the Interior) had resigned. This was positively denied ; but a difference is believed to have arisen between him and M. 011ivier. M. de Valdrome is accused of not dealing openly and frankly with his colleagues, and of having in view the possibility of joining another combination. At the end of the sitting in the Chambers on Friday, a somewhat angry altercation arose between the two Ministers, which was renewed in the evening when there was only one deputy present. The Minister of the Interior was considerably irritated at the decided attitude assumed by M. 011ivier, whose language differed a little from his own. The Keeper of the Seals was induced to take this course by the intelligence of a manoeuvre in contemplation ori the Right to overthrow the Ministry, and replace it by a Forcade Cabinet. Such a Ministry would not have a moment's chance with the country, but M. 011ivier was naturally disin clined to see the experiment made ; and as it was to him that the Emperor especially confided the task of esta blishing Parliamentary Government, he gave M. Chevan dier de Valdrome to understond his position. THE SAN DONATO SALE. The third day's sale of the San Donato collection took place on Saturday, comprising the paintings of the French school of the 18th century, and the marbles of Pradier, Debay, Cld.iinger, Le Chesne, and others. Long before the hour fixed for the sale the rooms were crowded by intending purchasers, by amataurs and spectators of various kinds, many of whom were ladies. The names of Boucher, de Fragonard, de Schall, and Greuze were sufficient to attract an immekse number of eager visitors. Of Greuze's paintings, there were nineteen, all of which sold for high sums, the nineteen producing no less thaQ 723,500 f. One of them was a Bacchante, which formed part of the gallery of Ki ng St an i s l as o f Poland, and its acquisition was the first step towards this collection of Greuzes. It sold for 59,000 f. "Morning," a charming figure, was sold for 77,000 f. ; " The Dreamer" for 29,000; "The Favourite " for 60,000. • " The Child with Apples," was 31,000 f. ; " The Listener," 31,500 f. High e St o f 'all was the price given for " La Fille au Chien," which sold for 89,000 f. "The Favourite," already mentioned, is said to be one of the many portraits of Greuze's wife, whom he painted under so many different aspects. She holds a little dog in her arms in this painting, and wears her hair in powder. Many of the other paintings were greatly admired, and were eagerly sought after, though the chief attraction centred on the works of Greuze. The marbles were also very fine. Two of them, by Le Chesne, representing a dog saving a child from a serpent, are familiar to English art lovers. A few of Canova's figures were among the collection, as well as Cl6singer's famous Bacchante, which was bought for 13,500 f., and Debay's " First Cradle (Eve holding Cain and Abel in her arms), which fetched 18,000 f. The marbles were 77,900 f. Altogether, the product of the day's sale was 1,020,200 f. UILEDIT FONCIER OF ENGLAND. MONDAY. An extraortllhary general meeting of the Cr&nit Foncier of England (Limited) was held at the City Terminus llotel, Cannon-street, to-day, Mr. Mowatt in the chair, for the purpose of confirming a resolution passed at a meeting on the 4th instant, authorising an addition to the Articles of Association of a new section providing for the reduction of the capital to the nominal amount of shares. This resolution having been confirmed without opposition, the meeting was made special, when the following resolu tion was agreed to :—" Resolved. That the present capital of the company, consisting of £1,000,000, divided into £200,000 shares of £lO each, be reduced to £1,000,000, divided into 200,000 of £5 each, and that conditions con tained in the company's memorandum of association be modified accordingly." The CHAIRMAN announced that a formal meeting would be held after the expiration of fourteen days, to confirm the above resolution, and conclude the proceedings neces sary to secure the desired reduction. The meeting then separated. AGRICUTURAL PROSPECTS. - - A marked change (observes the Magitet) has takti. place in the weather. .All vestiges of the late severe frost have entirely disappeared, and the mild humid atmosphere now prevailing may be taken as a sure guarantee of the near approach of Spring. After the recent extreme col(' the alteration in the aspect of affairs is generally re garded with satisfaction. The land has been well prepared by pulverisation for spring sowing, and doubt less progress will shortly be made with this operation.. The wheat plant as yet appears to have escaped all da. Cage; and whilst being not too forward for the season, mostly presents indications of a healthy and vigorout constitutlon. A few showers, however, accompani e d by warm sunshine, w ou ld certainly be of service, as affording a mild stimulus to vegetation. The pastures are mostly bare of grass, aad there has been, 44 cpmeT449o, stronzer mauiry for feeding' stuffs. ' LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.--(THIS DAY.) Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. The market dull. UONFIRMATION Olr MR. GLADSTONE'S SON.—The Joungest son of Mr. Gladstone was con fi rmed at St. ohn's Church, Brixton, by the Bishop of Winchester on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Mrs., and the Misses Gladstone were present at the service. Some of the family of the Prime Minister had lunch with the vicar, the Rev. Dr. Mansfield, after the morning service, at which the bishop had preached for the liquidation of a debt on the church. The congregation was a very crowded one. ICE IN THE VlSTULA.—Letters from the Lower Vistula state that the inhabitants of the district are greatly alarmed by the accumulation of drift-ice in the river. They fear that the obstruction caused to the cur rent may lead to a repetition of the inundation and disasters of 1829. In Dirsclean the people are watching with uneasiness a great and increasing mass of ice, which has been stopped in its course to the sea by the piers the great bridge. THE PROSECUTION OF THE REV. MR. BENNETT. —Notice has been served on Messrs. Moore and Currey, the proctors for the Church Association, from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, that their lordships had appointed the 26th March instant for the hearing of the appeal " Sheppard v. Bennett." This case involves the doctrines of the Church of Englaid, and is an appeal from the Arches Court on the admission of the articles. The question raised is as to the reception of the Holy Com munion by the wicked. The Archbishop of York and the Bishop of London are expected to sit on the com mittee. THE GRAND DUCIIY OF BADEN.—The full text of Count Bismarck's two speeches in the Federal Parlia mont on the annexation of Baden has now been published. They have produced a great impression at Berlin ; the organs of the Conservative party are in triumph, while the Gazette Nationale predicts a • decided rupture between the Federal Government and the national Liberals. In Baden the latter have reason to resent the decided manner in which the Count has repelled their advances. He re;;Tetted the introduction of the measure as prejudicial to tho interests of the country, and destruetive of the har mony which should influence the House in its treatment of foreign affairs. MISS CARPENTER, IN INDIA.—The Indian papers mention some particulars of Miss Mary Carpenter's visits to various institutions. She pconounced the Nagpore Gaol to be the best ma nage d she had seen in India. The mission schools and the bishop's schools received her com mendation. On the occasion of her visit to Broach she carefully exsmined the girl's schools there, of which there are three Parsee and one Hindoo, and having been extremely pleased with the progress of the children she sent a number of prizes to be distributed among them. The Cluzarat Aligns corroborates the statement of the Indu Pro,'' 3.4 that Miss Mary Carpenter intends to open femoie twining-school in Surat, after thpmcleioL the already ClitiOgietlicilit .4,1a9.41?A THIRD EDITION The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening Nvas published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. The Solicitor-General for Ireland (Mr. Serjeant Dowse) took the oath and his seat for Londonderry, on his re election as representative of that city. 'Mr. Auberon Herbert took the oath and his seat for Nottingham, in the room of Colonel Wright. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills passed the second reading :—Dudle; Oldbury, an d Birmingham High Level Railway, East London Railway, Great Northern Railway, Leeds Gas, Metropolitan Railway, Ryde Pier Railway Extension, Sevenoaks, Maidstone, and Tunbridge Railway, Skipton Water, Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway, an , ' Wandsworth Bridge. THE FOREIGN SQUADRON. - - Mr. RYLANDS gave notice that he would call attention to the distribution of our foreign squadron, more particu larly that part of it cruising on the West Coast of Africa. • ABOLITION OF TURNPIKES. Colonel BARTTELOT gave notice that Sir George Jenkin son would call attention to the hardship inflicted on cer tain parishes by the abolition of turnpikes. MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS. Mr. NEWDEGATE gave notice that he should move . for a select committee to inquire into the existence and character of monastic institutions. THE METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY. Mr. STAPTLTON gave notice that he would call attention to the injury done to the public health by the metropoli tan water companies neglecting to give a public supply on Sundays. BEARDS IN THE ARMY. Mr. STACPOOLE asked the Secretary of State for ar whether he was prepared to apply to the army serving in the United Kingdom and the Colonies regulations as to the wearing of beards similar to those now in operation in the navy and Royal Marines, and recently issued in the case of her Majesty's regiments in India. Captain VIVIAN said his Royal Highness the Com mander-in-Chief was not prepared to apply the permission to the army at home. EDUCATION. Sir FREDERICK HEYGATE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Government intended to propose any alteration this session in the existing salaries and position of the teachers under the Irish National Board of Educa tion ; and in the event of no general measure being intro duced, if provision could not be made for an improvement in the present inadequate scale of payment in the esti mates for the current year. Mr. FORTESCUE said he felt that the salaries of the Irish teachers were very far from satisfactory, but he was unable to give an answer to the question. THE DIVORCE COURT. Captain DAWSON-DAMER asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it might not be practi cable, and in the interest of public morality, to impose some check upon the publication of the proceedings of the Divorce Court. Mr. BLUCE said the subject was very fully considered by this House on a discussion of the Divorce Court Bill in 1859. On the recommendation of the late Sir Cresswell Cresswell a clause was proposed which enabled the judge on his discretion to hear cases with closed doors, but after full discussion by this Houie the clause was rejected. The House thought that, on the whole, public morality was a gainer rather than a loser by publicity. (Hear, hear.) THE THIRD BRIGADE AT ALDERSHOII7. Mr. SIMONDS asked the Secretary of State for War if it was intended to re-establish the Third Brigade of Infantry at Aldershot, which had been broken up during the winter months ; and, if not, whether the brigade-major was not entitled to some consideration, seeing that the necessary expenditure of such officer entailed upon him a loss in amount of more than his regimental pay and staff allow- maces. Captain VIVIAN said it was intended to establish such a brigade at Aldershott during the summer months. THE INDIAN NAVY. Mr. ABEL SMITH asked the Under Secretary of State for India whether, according to the scheme for compen sating the officers of the Indian Navy for the loss of their Professional prospects on the abolition of that service, there was anything against Capti.in Hamilton's character as an officer or a gentleman to justify the placing him on only the same amount of compensation or pension, viz., £4OO per annum, as that allotted to junior commanders, Captain Hamilton being guaranteed £240 per annum more Pay, and 2170 per annum more pension, and having served in India eight years longer than those officers. Mr. G. DUFF said when the captains of the old Indian navy retired they had the option of two choices ; and that, of course, had been offered to Captain Hamilton. That gallant officer had been compelled to accept nothing but the difficult duty of choosing one of two good things which had been forced upon him. A correspondence had taken pla,ce between Capt. Hamilton and the India Office on the subject, and it resulted in his withdrawing the whole of his charges and accepting the pension of £450, with suc cession to the seniority list. Capt. Hamilton had not been guaranteed one farthing which he had not received. FACTORY ACT EXTENSION. Mr. SAMUELSON asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he would introduce a measure for prolonging any of the temporary modifications of the Factory Acts Extension Acts of 1867, and more especially those relating to the hours of labour of male young persons over the age of 16 in healthy employments, which modifi cations will cease to be in force after the 30th June in the present year unless the time be extended by further legislation. Mr. BRUCE said he was sorry he would not promise to introduce any bill on the subject during the present Session. INDIAN PENSIONS. Colonel SIKES asked the Under Secretary of State for India whether he would lay upon the table a return of all applications from pensioners for the commutation of their pensions payable from the revenues of India in England since the passing of the India Act in August 1868 ; the cases of refusal and the reasons for refusal ; and, the names of persons who, having had their pensions com muted, afterwards asked for a compassionate allow ance. Mr. DUFF said it would be undesirable to give the return referred to. • CHINESE MATTERS. Colonel SYKES asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Foreign Office was in posses sion of a note of seven paragraphs on Chinese matters, by Robert Hart, Esq., Director General of Imperial Customs, dated Pekin, 30th June, 1869, and the reply to Mr. Hart's " Notes " by the ex American Minister to Pekin, the Hon. Ross Brown ; and whether he would communicate the same to the House. Mr. OTWAY said there was no such official document in the Foreign Office. One of the officials had seen the docu ment in a Chinese newspaper, but that was not sufficient to justify the producing it as an official document. THE BRIGADE OF GUARDS. Lord G. HAMILTON asked the Secretary of State for War if he had any objection to lay upon the table of the House the correspondence between the War Office and Colonels Harding and Stephenson, relative to the reduc tion of the field officers of the brigade of Guards. • • Captain VIVIAN said there would be no objection to produce the return. DISCHARGED PENSIONERS. Colonel BERESFORD asked the Secretary of State for War if it was true that an order had been issued from the War OLce to the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, recalling a number of discharged men (pensioners) to return to the Arsenal, and to resume work at a reduced time and pay, or forfeit their pensions ; and whether the Government, taking into consideration the large number of unemployed men and the great distress prevailing at the present time in Woolwich, would make the order optional instead of compulsory. Captain VIVIAN said that when orders, unfortunately, had to be given for the discharge of hands, regard was always bad for those who had the greatest claim by length of service. No proposal was ever made to the hands to do the same amount of work as was usual, at reduced wages. POLLUTION OF RIVERS. Mr. JAMES HOWARD asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reports were expected from the River Commission in addition to those already received, dated respectively 29th March, 1866, Gth May, 1867, 15th August, 1867, and 10th February, 1869, and when it was expected the Commissioners would have completed their inquiries ; and whether it was the intention of the Government to postpone all legislation (LEM' SITTIMG.) PORTUGAL. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) LISBON, Feb. 24. The small-pox is very prevalent in Lisbon, and on this account the leave to go ashore of the seamen Northampton 5, 6 I West Drayton 7, 8 I Thirsk 7, 8 1 Kingsbury lB, 19 1 Durham lB, 19 I Newmarket Craven 18 to 22 Abergavenny 21, 2! L3wes Croydon. 28, 29 MAY. Newmarket Ist Sp ...2 to 5 I Harpenden 2O, 21 Chester. lO, to 13 I Bath Y 4, 25 Winchester lO. 11 I Stamford 26, 27 Salisbury l2, 13 ; Croydon 26 20 York 17, 18 ' Epsom 31 to Juno 3 Doncaster 19,20 1 JUNE. Croydon 8, 9 Manchester P, 9, 10 Ascot 14 to 17 Windsor 2l, 2 Newton 9.) , 23 Hampton 23, 24 Bibury Club Stockbridge...3o, and Joh/ 1 JULY. Newmarket. to 8 1 'lV,,Pit Drayton 14, 15 Nottingham 12, 1:1 , Huntingdon-- ......... 19, 20 Chelmsford l2, 13 , Kingsbury • 2l, 22 Reading, I', 13 1 Goodwood ' , 3, 29 AUGUST. Brighton 2, 3 Stoekte _ l7 to 19 Bnghtou Club 4 I Oxford .18, 19 ,- Lewes .. . . . .5, 6 1 York 23 to 25 Egli= 9, 10 Plytuouth I Windsor ll, 12 Derby 3O, 31. Bromley l6, 17 I Weymouth 3O, 31, SEPTEMBER. . . Warwick 6, 7 I Richmond 9 1'., 2t Abingdon 8, 0 I Western Meet (Ayr) 21 to 21 ! Doncaster 13 to 16 I Hendon '22, 2: Hampton ' - 'O, 21 I Newmarket Ist Oct. 27 to 30 of the British squadron in the Tagus has beits stopped for the iires.:nt: Sniall:pox is also very bad at Coimbra. Heavy rains prevail in Portug,Ll, and along the coasts storms have been frequent, causing many shipping disasters. The troops have been kept in their quarters for the past two nights, and detachments have been sent to Oporto and other parts of the kingdom. It is also said that a regiment will go to the Azor. s. There have also been several general and other officers order,d from I isbon to the provinces. The Opposition journals with to give to this a revolutionary colouring, but the general impreshion is that these affaits are merely electioneering tactics, and of no real importance. The Duke de Saldanha is said to take no active part in auy of these proceedings. The King has la'ely given reveral balls at the Ajuda Palace to the Mgt) Lisbon Society. The health of the Queen is not yet re-established. Dom Fernando and the Countess d'Edla continue to reside at Cintra. The Countess de Pavoa, of the Parnella family, is dead. ITALY. ROME, Feb. 28. The police have granted permission for masks to be worn in the streets to-day and to-morrow. This is only the second time that this has been allowed sins° 18.50. Perfect tranquillity prevails. The weather continues very wet, and but little animation is manifested in the Carnival festivities. LONDON GAZETTE —This Evening. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH. 1. Chaplains' Department -Tho Rev. John Virtue, Chap lain of the Third Class, to be Chaplain of the Second Class. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 28. Michael Willing, Esq., has this day been pro moted to the rank of Staff Surgeon in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 23d February, 1870. WHITEHALL, FEB. 26. The Queen has beau pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto John Lucie Smith, Esq., 0.31. G., Chief Justice of the Island of Jamaica. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Daniel Kenneth Torrie to the church and parish of Kilmuir, in the presbytery and Isle of Skye, vacant by the death of the Rev. John hfaclvor. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 7. Notico is hereby given, that the Queen will hold Draw ing Booms at Buckingham Palace, on Wednesday, the 9th Match next, and on Tuesday, the 22d of March next, at three o'clock. Notice - is 'hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Lev3e at Buckingham Palace, on Friday, the 11th day of March next, at three o'clock. CROWN GFFICE, FEB. 28. MEMBERS RETURNED TO FERVE IN TILE PREF.EST PARLIAMENT. City of Wuterford.—Ralph o,b3rne, Esq., in the roc•►n of Sir Henry Winston Barron, Burt, whose eltction had been declared void. Borough of Mansions.- Sir John Lubbock, Bart., in the room of William Le,., Esq., who has accepted the of of Steward or Bailiff of her Majosty's Chiltern fluudreds. iPORTING INTELEAGENUE-IHIS PAY NUTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM.) FOREST HANDICAP. Lady Zotland Cheddington Electricity Pour ran. MACARONI STAKES. Comedian Plenty Mrs. Lichfield Nine ran. EPHING HANDICAP. Mexico Beu-An Veda LATEST BE'rrING. 5 to 1 agst Doctor (taken freely) 7 to 1 agst Colonel (taken) 9 to I agst erist.d (taken) 100 to G agst Honolulu (cffered) 100 to 6 agst Gardener (offered) 20 to 1 asst Guy of Warwick (offered) 20 to 1 agst Primrose (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 2000 to 35 agst Queen of Hearts (taken) WINDSOR GRAND S I EEPLECHASES. HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Owen Swift flawkshaw Meerschaum 3 Seven ran. GRAND MILITARY STEEPLECHASE. Tinderbox 1 Nimrod Chance Three ran. The above are the only telegrams received up to the tie of going to press. Guy BETTING. —Tuts DAY. LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 11 to; 2 agst Doctor (offered) Bto 1 agst Colonel (offered) 10 to 1 agst Cristal (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Q.O. (offered —lOO to 7 taken) 100 to 8 agst Surney (offered—take 14 to 1) 100 to 7 agst Tathwell (wanted) 100 t 3 6 agst Honolulu (taken) 100 to 6 agst Gardener (offered—take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Primrose (taken) 25 to 1 agst Thalassius (taken) 25 to 1 agst Guy of Warwick (taken) 83 to 1 agst Alcibiade (offered) 33 to 1 agst Hall Court (offered—take 40 to 1) 100 to agst Novelist g (offered) 40 to 1 agst Lyinington (offered) 500 to 7 agst Schiedam (offered) 3000 to 30 agst Elk (taken) PLACE BETTING. Even Holman's lot (taken) 4to I agst Brayley's lot (taken) 4to 1 agst Tathwell (taken) 9 to 2 agst Surney (offered) Even Colonel and Doctor combined (offerel) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 9to 1 agst Miss Dayrell (offered) 20 to 1 agat Ashfield (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Benbow (taken) 25 to 1 agst Gertrude (taken) 1000 to 40 agat Myosotis (taken) 33 to 1 agat Geant des Battailes (taken) 40 to 1 agst Vandenhoff (offered) 40 to 1 agat Wheatear (offered) OBESTER CUP. 40 to 1 agst Sylva (taken freely) TWO THOUSAND. • 7to 2 agst Kingcraft (offered) DERBY. 6to 1 agst Sunshine (offered—take 13 to 2) 11 to 1 agst Camel (taken) 2000 to 160 agst Bridgewater (taken) RACING FIXTURES-1870. MARCH. Nottingham... 1, 2 I Liverpool B, 9, 10 Pontefract 14, 15 Cambridgeshire l4, 15 I West Somerset l6, 17 Warwick 22, 23, 24 Epsom 29, 30 Bromley 31 and April 1 APRIL. r - I, ♦. of red, One lone fate. the )uld pa the in >r 3 be 4 ;