The Sun. — London, England, 1870-05-26 00:00:00

)Y. re Si Sloug h. [ „ c ited Dud cou• i n dow s ' ited the o bodi e6 ' old O r here °f e d a turat pie ed ' fr °l° oulad arr' Thep c ket. l e e r r % 3 th red o e got , °j y be. I then ,and re. e . Eck cj o e ) a strlP uce. 00 fight• / ()duce t o ker, g yOll Se ! ok o 1 ),. four uestio n ata Dot not the La oid' par ture ova of nt ie ca se )ver lie ovait that 3oreliv,rieA 00' NPERIAL PAILIAIEN r. HOUSE OF COMMONS- .. w EDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at twenty minutes past twelve. CLERICAL DISABILITIES BILL. HIBBERT moved the second reading of this bill, and fo 1 • °to; so said he must disclaim any desire on his part to Posh forward the subject. He would much rather the °l-overnment had taken it in hand, but probably, seeing ; tile great busi ness w hi c h th e G overnmen t h a d 41 hand, it was perhaps excusable that a pri vate member should introduce the question ; T he bill proposed to deal with a grievance not affecting a large class, but still a very considerable class of her Ma jesty's subjects. The grievance was one which had existed for a great number of years, and although efforts had hem made to alleviate it to some extent no success ha 1 been achieved. In 1862 the member for Kilmarnock brought in a bill to relieve the clergy from the disabi 'Was Which weigned upon them. Thatbill, although it only dealt in a more limited manner with the subject than his bill did not pass through the House. The measure t° w hich he referred only allowed a clergyman to relin quish his calling when he professed dissent from the Esta d Church. Now, in the bill which he had intro aiced it was t h ought b etter to a ll ow a c l ergyman to he did his ca lli ng " w ith ou t g i v i ng an y reas o n s why oe did so relinquish his calling." He believed that the s ictions o f a man should b e looked to, not h i s mot i ves. It had been stated that these disabilities weighed upon a v ery few p eop l e. Still , if t h ey were f ew i n num b er, w h en Parliament had removed the grievances complained of by ! ti ler classes, he did not think the House would refuse to take away the disabilities under which the clerical bcklY laboured. He referred to the disabilities imposed 4 ) °n a clergyman who wished to retire from his calling by M 7 6th Canon. by an Act passed in 1801, and by the unicipal Corporation Act. The hon. member called att ention to the fact that the canon said nothing ab ti °-- a man being in holy orders, because at the it was passed the feeling of the Reformed Church ih dine - "gland was contrary to the doctrine that Holy Orders We re indelible. He did not intend to go into the question 44 t ° whether Holy Orders were indelible or not. By one of the clauses it was provided that if a clergyman, after 114vi ng left the Church, wished to return to it, he could '11)ou certain conditions, with the consent of the Bishop 4 , 141 Archbish o p. Ha v i ng commented upon the tosabilities which clergymen suffered under in te l)oet of not being able to sit in Parlia ke4t, he remarked that he should not object to unattached clergymen being allowed to take seats in the ' 4 ,° ll se. Th e h on. gent l eman sa id w h en t h ey cons id ere d th e ~., early age at w hi c h persons were a d m i tte d i nto t h e Chu rch, and that there were 20,000 clergy in the country, l A t il light be assumed that some who were ordained at an early age, might, either through unfitness for their calling, e -l' h til rough dissenting from some of the formularies of the C lir ch, or from change of circumstances, wish to econae laymen. kr. JOHN LEWIS seconded the motion. He said it might be argued that the bill would admit an inferior class sf In eo into the House, but he believed that the present 4 2 t ero in consequence of the irrevocable character of the engagement,b tended to keep out many men who would b orne admir a ble clergymen. / 1 , 4 r. WALPOLE stated two broad objections to the bill. the first place it was e x t reme ly un d es i ra ble that b . ‘ ; 4 ' B °°ll who took holy orders should enter the sacred tef ession lightly or unadvisedly with an experimental mind th o He thought the mind of a person should be roll ghly made up before he took the step. In the next tce he did not t hi n k t h at w h en a person had served in i t h'a e Church he should chop and change about. He thought Wa S undesirable that the services of a minister of reli -41 should bec o m e m o r e o r l es s of a merely professional Wc har acter ; an d th at, accor di ng t o pro fit or a d van t age, h e °lll4 change from this side to that. He saw no reason onbeneficed clergymen should not occupy seats in that °use and Corporation. 14 L. PALK said that the bill would but add to the in ducements to young men to enter the Church when they e : 11 14 14 that they could retire when they pleased from their g n g• Besides, it was a new matter to him that the 118 e had any right to release men who had taken meliberatelv and of their own accord, the most solemn o atj , ~ I tio 'is, and bound themselves by the most solemn obliga d„lis• There never was a more objectionable bill intro- Lieed. r •-. io• J. HOPE said the bill f a measure of relief c' '"so who had the moralcourage to dEclare their un fitness for th e Mi n i stry, w hil t those who st i ll rema i ned 4 L, th e Church we re deni e d th e r i g ht s o f c iti zens hip. H e . Inuch rather that the bill had only dealt with civil t abilities. A distinction should have been drawn be tween the clergy in the actual discharge of their duties k - a " ; the clergy who had no immediate cure of souls either t,,,'lleckbents or curates. There were good reasons for ~— No s holding the cure of souls not to be involved in - j e olar Occupations. He approved of the provisions as °ice readmittance of the retired clergy. k r jr . 130IIVERIE could not agree to the plan suggested by th e I lcpe a s t o re li ev i ng un b en eficed clergymen from i„ restrictions imposed upon the clerical body. In speak h;!v°f the proposition that unbeneficed clergymen should Iv a : th e oPportunity factknown that the Crown had the largest ah re • th, °f Church patronage, and it might be that one of Ice gentlemen might, by becoming the favourite of the Ch i : e i Minister obtain livings and high position in the It was really a question of the of the c on stitue n ci es to elect whom h ands Pleased. H e th oug ht it was a mos t crue l h a4 " lll P that a young man who on entering the Church k at ° sub scr ib e to a vast num b er of theolog i cal and dog tiervice t eaching should be compelled to remain in the felt 4., e o f the Church, if he afterwards conscientiously A 'cut he c ou ld no t b e li eve i n th em . 11I\ IEwDEG ATE argued that if they admitted the clergy e4tl - 01 a . r liaraent, they would have to admit the Roman ,• Priests. H e com pl a i ne d th a t step by step, e lich C h ee tlY the house was being persuaded to disregard and 1.46711 every one of the restrictions, which at the gt la -liti on and subsequently were found necessary to guar the f reedom of this country. r • HENL EY objected to the bilL th e 4 1% BRUCE, on th e p ar t o f th e G overnmen t, su pp or t e d ee° cd readi ng o f th e bill. Th liouse divided. Noes AYes JG Th e ~ ' Majority lull Was read a second time. 4,, GAME LAWS ABOLITION BILL. bill. He ap e : . TAYLOR moved the second reading of this I'v e of the universal condemnation of the game la a w n s d . tc, everer farmers met together there was discontent .t °Pi t 1 11,,, i h about them, and there was not . a public mee - 4idi a ll il t 4 ll ! great centres of the country without the utmost Dliii a , s , l ° l l being expressed. Judicial statesmen and gam e -11 ; nr °Pic authority had long since condemned the 4 " , i law s, and it was now a case of the upper classes e game 'l ', t the benefit and interest of the general order. arl 'Laws W ere a curse to farmers, as was universally 4441 (1 itt h ed ( 4o , no). At any rate the farmers thought so, 44 ein t a l -e la ws placed them in the most ridiculous and tah, e , °us position. It had been said that farmers ob kko' of for injury, but he had accumulated tio a Iv a ,: of evidence which proved to him that compensation to n Nnk i : e , id°lll asked for, and that it was impossible hot --"'` the damage. The game laws were he 4 gri e , 4 °11 4. 1 ! _n curse to the farmer but to t e°llll4;ural l abourer, who was constantly tempted to ',. eri t , n umber e• He alluded to the greatincrease in the (Note: of convicti ons un d er t h e G ame Laws,and then th e ' fi gures to shew the loss of food to the people an e d . li e 44e°48equent rise of prices by the preservation f of va g :carfare betw e s e er ted that there was a regular system o t he 4,11 gahiekeepers and poachers, and remarked ' that hunted do feature was that the latter were ertieth, ' 443 wn by dogs like slaves. One make Ratoe ' w hich had been proposed was kt red i)riva te Property, but he contended that to it . would lw Ili lice an in defen s i bl e principle into the English a . 131 e bin h e . . 14 1)1e 1 ,, proposed, in his earnest conviction, was a °I inevitable--'eaSe of justice, and was in his opinion a matter (1,1, necessity. It was only a question of time, t a o l - Witi,ol;ite'ronrrow, and he appealed to the House to de Dealer question in a comprehensive spirit, and he ap \vith ; t° the landed gentry to do what could be done 4 Eitt,;-°ll:te r emains of graciousness rather than to prolong th e ggle. the continuance of which would tend to increase ill eraelread t , t -45' sufaciently lamentable indifference to the ,:Ni r. --,!,'ld sYmpathies of various classes. the '-'IOKENSON seconded the motion. He condemned h eori g e aMe l aw Wye great public evil, and he thought the bett e : th eY er exPunged from' the statute book the t eeth., J le was quite aware that there were certain pro ''WS with respect to the preservation of salmon THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY . MORNING, MAY 2(, 1870. but then he contended the two things were totally different, because the latter was an important article of food. It was also most important that steps should be taken to prevent the taking of those fish in the close time, when they were unfit for human food; there fore some public object was served by the maintenance of laws for the protection of salmon, but such was not the case as regarded the protection of game. There were number less arguments in favour of the repeal of these game laws, and he did not know a more important one than the put ting an end to those dangerous conflicts that took place between keepers and poachers, where human life was so commonly destroyed in the most reckless manner for the sole purpose of preventing a pheasant or a partridge being shot. Mr. HARDCASTLE opposed the motion, and moved the previous question. He objected to the bill because, if it should pass, it would become quite unworkable, and result in the end in a more stringent law with respect to trespass taking its place. He also thought the bill was a step backward in legislation. He did not believe that tenant farmers could not fight their own battle. The last election shewed that such was not the case, and to his mind it proved most indisputably that if the tenant farmers put their heads together and took any matters up with a view of change, that change took place without any extraneous aid being required. (Hear, hear.) The bill in his opinion would become inoperative, because it set out with calling upon the landlord to tell how much game he was the owner of, an estimation it was impossible for him to make. He regretted that, as the Government had touched the matter, they had not taken it up in a bolder spirit than they had, but with regard to the present bill he had the greatest objection, and therefore he asked the House to agree to the motion he had submitted to it. Mr. STURT opposed the bill, believing, from a long ac quantance with tenant farmers, and not the subject under discussion, that it would be most uawise to pass the bill because it would increase crime, and bring about a most lamentable state of things. Mr. M'ComsiE read a number of private letters from large tenant farmers in Scotland, all condemning the Lord Advocate's measure, and approving of the bill brought in by the hon. member for Leicester. He said he should give his vote in favour of the second reading of the bill now under consideration. General FORESTER said he should not have spoken had not an allusion been made to his brother. It had been stated that a little boy had been fearfully lacerated by a dog belonging to his brother. The fact was that much annoyance had been experienced by the depredations of boys, and the dog was kept to scare them away. On the case in question, the dog was muzzled, and only scratched the boy. The sum of £5 was sent to the boy's mother, and the keeper was discharged. The case had been much exaggerated in the public prints. Mr. M'LAGAN objected to the bill, and " talked it out." TELEGRAPH EXTENSION BILL. The Marquis of HARTINGTON obtained leave to bring 111 a bill to extend the Telegraph Acts 1868-69 to the Chan nel Islands. POSTAGE REGULATIONS. The Marquis of HARTII4GTON also obtained leave to introduce a bill for the further regulation of duties on postage, and for other purposes relating to the Post Office. The House adjourned at ten minutes to six. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BATH RAOES- WEDNESDAY. The Juvenile Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft. Half a mile. Lord Bosebery's Andorra, by Elland—Mursia, Bst 71b (Grimsliaw) w o The Welter Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sovs each. Once round and a distance. Mr. H. Temple's Fitz-Ivan, by Ivan— Diana, 6 yrs, lOst 611) (including 61b extra) „. . . (Cannon) 1 Mr I. Woolcott's The Detective, 3 yrs, lOst 61b (in 61b ex) (Eades) 2 Mr. Ruff's Viscount St. Albans, 6 yrs, list 61b (in 61b ex) (Goiter) 3 Won by three parts of a length. The Weston Stakes of 10 cove each. Straight half mile Mr Merry's Perth, by Dundee—Lady Dot, Bst 101 b (in lb extra) The Somersetshne - Stakes of 25 sous each. About one mile and five furlongs. Mr A. Taylor's Threatener, by Caractacus—lntimidation, 4 yrs, 6st slb (in la extra) .., (Grad well) 1 Mr Merl-) 's Phcebas, 5 yrs, 7st 91b Mr E. Brayley's Cock of the Walk, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (Cannon) 3 The following also ran:—Miss Sheppard, Lady Somer set, and M.ortlakc. At the top turn Mortlake passed the Lady Somerset filly, and took fourth place at the mile post, where Miss Sheppard joined Pbcebus ' the latter lair closing with Threatener in the straight. Miss Sheppard was the first to give way, and at the distance Pticebus headed Threatener, but could not stay home, the latter getting the best of it in the last few strides, and winning by a neck. _ The Dyrha►n Park Handicap of 100 sovs. Once round and a distance. Mr T. Day's Chivalry, bylllnaldPeliou, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (in 71b ex) Mr Hadley's Good Wine (La Ros e ), 3 yrs, 7st (in 71b ex) (Mordan) 2 Mr Merry's f by Costa, out of Morgan la Faye, 4 yrs (Butters) 3 Won by three quarters of a length ; a bad third. The Doddingtou Plate (Handicap) of 40 soya. Half a mile. Mr T E. Case's Pericles, by Newminster—Peri, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b Mr H. Woolcot's Review, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Rowell) 2 Colonel Martyn's Duchess of Kent, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (Butler) 3 Edna, Una, Split Vote, Detective, and The Nigget• also ran. Won iu a canter by two lengths. The Bath Handicap of 10 sovs each. Half a mile. Mr. H. Goater's Nightiugall, by Handsome Jack —Polly, 3 yrs, Est 51b (in 51b ex) (Jewitt) 1 Mr R. Sutton's Daylight, 3 yrs, Est 21b... ...(Crickmere) 2 Mr P M Hadley's Lord Berkeley, 3 yrs, 6st 51b Gradwell) 3 Minnie Warren, Stockhausen, and Lady Annie also ran. Won by a length; a bad third. LATEST BETTING AT BATH. DERBY. 5 to 4 on Macgregor (taken) 11 to 1 agst Camel (offered) 14 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered) 100 to 6 agst Prince of Wales (take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered) ARRIVALS AT CROYDON. Antipodes, COprolite, Contempt, Electricity, Elferon, Miss Polly, Election, Guile c, King Theodore, Lady Clinton, Tit bit, Lincoln, Trifle, Vivandiere, Royal Princess, Sarcolite South Durham, Sophio: Walmer, Wilful. The Epsom horses will arrive in the morning. Expected—Transgressor. ARRIVALS AT STAMFORD. Anton, Aftermath, Eddish, Finley, Jeanne d'Arc, Faith, Forget-me-not, Ironstone, Jersey, Juliet, Johannisberg, Vex, Knight, Lady do Trafford c, Lady Scarle, Moccolo, Miss Sharp, True Blue, Tibthorpe, Vagabond. SCRATCEINGS. Borough Members' Plate— Whiteleg c. Bohemian colt, out of Stamford engagements. Jeanne d'Arc, out of Borough Members' and Westmorland Plate. CITY BETTING.—YESTERDAY. THE DERBY. 60 to 50 on Macgregor (taken) 10 to 1 agEt Camel (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered) 100 to 6:agst Bridgwater (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Palmerston (taken) 20 to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered) 20 to 1 agst Normanby (offered) Bto 1 agst Palmerston and Bridgwater coupled (offered) PLACE BETTING. 3 to 1 on Macgregor (taken and offered) 3to 1 agst Normanby (taken and offered) GRAND PRIZE OF PARIS. 5 to 2 agst Sornette (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER-YESTERDAY. DERBY. 5 to 4 on Macgregor (offered) 103 to 8 agst Sunshine (taken) 100 to 6 agst Camel (taken) 100 to 6 agst Bridgwater (offered) 100 to 6 agst Prince of Wales (offered) 20 to 1 agst Palmerston (taken 1000 to 15 agst Bonny Swell (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Sarsfield (offered) 1800 to 101agst Ptarmigan (offered) Yesterday the inquest on the five men killed by foul air in sinking a well at the gas works, Barking, was concluded, and a verdict of accidental death returned. (ADVERTISEMENT ]--HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.— Deranged Stomach, Si k Headache.—Our comfort, happi ness, and security depend upon the knowledge that most diseases originate by apparently a trifling beginning,'and the large proportion of them spring from inattention to the state of the stomach. Professor Holloway has turned this knowledge to useful account by discovering medicines which rectify the error as soon as it is seen, and save the patient from loss of appetite, strength, and energy, which are, with out exception, the attendants on disordered digestion. They ward off likewise the torturing sick headache. The Ointment should be well rubbed twice daily over the stomach, liver, and bowels ; to them it penetrates, and upon them it immediately exerts its renovating influence. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPii..) FRANCE. PARIS, May 25. The Press Law has been passed by the Corps Legislatif —194 votes for it, 3 against it. According to the Moniteur France and Spain have con cluded a treaty, to come into effect next year, under which civil judgments in either country would have effect in the other. The Bourse closed at 74f. 62c. SPAIN. MADRID, May 25. The state of affairs in Lisbon continues to excite great interest. It is said that Loup intended to arrest Saldanha, fearing his possible return to office : and meant to send him to sea in a ship of war, when he, was to have the alterna tive of accepting a foreign mission or of being imprisoned in one of the colonies. Saldanha, on learning these de signs, resolved to anticipate them by a pronunciamento. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, May 25. The draft of the New Penal Code has been passed in the North German Parliament. The Lottery Loans Bill has come on for the second reading, when the Finance Mini ster cautioned the house not to attack property legally acquired. Bourse speculators would be affected by the prohibition of foreign lottery loans. The Ist clause of the bill, forbidding the future issue of such loans, was adopted, and a resolution passed asking the Government to intro duce a bill dealing with the whole question. The other clauses were withdrawn. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, May 25. Judgment has been been delivered in the case of Armaud Mendel, who had published some articles against the Pro curateurs of the Court of Appeal in his journal. The jury acquitted him upon all the charges, and the decision was received with applause. INDIA. BOMBAY, May 25. The President at Hyderabad is to be abolished, and an agent substituted. It is also thought that the Central Provinces will be formed into a Lieutenant-Governor ship. A treaty has beotreoneluded between the Government and the Maharajah of Cashmere. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) The following appeared in our Special Edition of yester day evening:— DESTRUCTION OF TELEGRAPH CABLE BY THE FENIANS. TORONTO, May 24. Fenians are moving on several points of the eastern frontier. St. Albans, in Vermont, and Malone, in the State of New York, are reported to be places where, if at all, maurauders may be expected to appear. The cable of the Montreal Telegraph Company, cross ing the St. Lawrence river from Prescott to Ogdensburg, was cut last night. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. About 700 Fenians had reached St. Albans last evening, and were expected to move to Franklyn and Belmont, op posite Pigeon Hill, in Canada. Large parties of Fenians were on their way to St. Albans from Malone. It is re ported that 600 had left Albany, 500 had left Oneida County, and 500 Buffalo since Sunday night. 500 are also said to be already concentrated at Franklyn. It is estimated that 2,000 will reach St. Albans by to-night. The Fenian factions are said to be united, and General O'Neil commanding. A despatch from Chicago states that a Fenian expedi tion was about to leave Milwaukee for a raid on Canada West. The Canadian authorities are making vigorous preparations to repel the invasion. President Grant has issued a proclamation stating that it has come to his knowledge that illegal military expe ditions are being set on foot against the Dominion of Canada. He admonishes all persons within the military jurisdiction of the United States against aiding, abet ting, or participating in such unlawful proceedings, and warns them that by committing such acts they forfeit all right to the protection of the United States. The Presi dent enjoins all officers in the service of the United States to employ all lawful authority to defeat such unlawful proceedings, and to bring to justice all persons engaged therein. A banquet was given yesterday, at the British Lega tion, in honour of the Queen's birthday, iiand at New York flags were displayed by the shipping in the harbour, CANADA. TORONTO, May 2.5. A disastrous fire took place yesterday in the Stroche suburb of Quebec, whereby over 500 houses were de stroyed. Two ships on the stocks were burnt, as well as an enormous quantity of other property. The chief sufferers by this fire are mostly of the poorer class, and 6,000 persons are thereby rendered homeless. . _ The Queen's birthday wag kept as a public holiday throughout the Dominion. ITALY. FLORENCE, May 25. In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies the financial bills relating to the Army came on for discussion, when General Bertole Viala read and explained the report of the Finance Committee. The Minister, Signor Govono, speaking of the proposi tions of the Committee, assured the members that on en tering the Cabinet, no opinion as to the necessity of army reduction, or of the amount thereof, had been imposed upon him—the alternative being open to him, however, of choosing between the financial and the military considerations involved in that question, he could not but decide for the former, believing that the solution of the financial difficulty would contribute in due time to re establish the standard force of the army. The Minister reviewed the history of the Italian army reorganization, and remarked that Austria had given an example of the necessity of re-establishing the finances at the proper time, adding that the reduction of the military budget, which he had very reluctantly accepted, would largely assist in the restoration of a sound financial con dition, which was the paramount desire of the nation. In conclusion, the Minister declared his acquiescence in the proposals of the Committee, which only differed from his own to the amount of fifteen millions of lire. As to other reductions, he would reserve to himself the oppor tunity of proposing some modifications of the com mittee. The House assented to a motion for granting to women electoral rights in municipal elections, and appointed a committee to report how best to realise the points in question. PORTUGAL. LISBON, May 25. Marshal Saldanha has published a manifesto declaring that the new Ministry has nothing in common with the Iberian idea. The Portuguese press accuses Spain of having instigated the movement against the late Ministry. PORTSMOUTH, May 25. Her Majesty's Indian transport Jumna, Capt. Pickard, has arrived here from Bombay and Malta, with the 77th Regiment and other troops. SPAIN. MADRID, May 25. In last night's sitting of the Cortes the Civil Marriage Bill was finally adopted. It is asserted that Senor Martos opposed the plan of conferring upon the Regent Serrano the attributes of Royal authority. Marshal Prim declared in the same sitting, most emphatically and in the name of the Ministry, that Spain had no connection with the recent occurrences in the kingdom of Portugal, adding that a union between the two countries could only be achieved by mutual attach ment of the two nations, but never by violent means. Senor Rivero said he did not venture to hope for the establishment of an Iberian union in his lifetime, but the next generation would probably witness the event. AMERICA. (By Cable.) WASHINGTON, May 24. The House of Representatives refused to-day to take up Lynch's bill for the encouragement of American shipping. A spirited debate took place in the House respecting alleged outrages committed by Spanish troops in Cuba. General Banks and other prominent members spoke in favour of the appointment of a committee for an investi gation of the atrocities referred to. The Committee for Foreign Affairs of the House of Re presentatives agreed to give General J oidan, the Cuban leader, on Wednesday next, a hearing relative to Cuban affairs. It is reported that Fenians in large numbers are leaving Boston, New York, and other cities for the frontier. The United States steamer Michigan is guarding the Welland Canal. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) FENIAN ATTACK ON CANADA. (BT ATLANTIC CABLE.) NEW YORK, May 25. The Fenian movement is general along the border of the States, but none of the parties have yet crossed. Bands of from fifty to three hundred are proceeding northward on the various lines of railway. Armed companies have left Chicago and Milwaukee. Five hundred have arrived at St. Albans, in Vermont, close to Canadian frontier. Fif teen corps of Canadian infantry and artillery are to be sent to-night. President Grant has issued a proclamation, containing a warning against illegal expeditions, and declaring the parties engaged in them forfeiting the protection of the Government. He also enjoins officers of the United States to defeat and arrest them. The Montreal Volunteers are under arms. GREAT FIRE IN QUEBEC. A great fire has taken place at Quebec. Five hundred houses and two ships have been burned. Further parti culars are not to hand on account of communication being interrupted. AQUATICS AT OXFORD. The sixth of the series of eight oar races at Oxford took place last evening. The first four boats maintained their position. There was a splendid race between Brasenose and Christchurch, but the latter, although within a few inches of Brasenose, failed to make the required bump. New College continued to make its victorious career by bumping Merton at Saunders Bridge, but there was no other change. SERIOUS OUTRAGE AT NEWPORT. A sailor belonging to the ship Northumberland has just been apprehended on a charge of committing a rape on a child five years of age. The outrage is of a most flagrant character, and has caused great excitement in the town of Newport. The accused will remain in the police-station until Friday, when he will be brought before the borough magistrates. COLLISION ON THE NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. A collision occurred yesterday afternoon at Ratho, on the North British Railway, between an express train and a mineral train engine thrown off the line. The passen gers were considerably shaken, but not severely hurt. MELANCHOLY DEATH BY DROWNING AT NORTH SHIELDS. Yesterday morning a keelman, named John Buckbon, while lying asleep in the cabin of his wherry, on the Tyne at North Shields, met his death by the sudden sinking of the boat, which was loaded with iron. A leak in the side of the keel was the cause. THE ABOLITION OF TESTS BILL-MEETING AT CAMBRIDGE. The resident and non-resident opponents of the aboli tion of tests in the University of Cambridge mustered at the Senate House yesterday in great force, in order to carry a petition to the Houses of Parliament against Sir John Coleridge's measure. The non-residents found a large proportion of the supporters of the placets. The non-placets, though present, declined to vote, and the numbers were—placets 135, non-placets 2. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER At Longton Police-court, Staffordshire, yesterday, Chas. Steele was charged with feloniously shooting Charles Frost. The men are colliers, and live at Stockton Brook, near Hanley. On Tuesday night Steele, while in state of drunkenness, smashed the fur niture in his cottage. Frost and other neighbours remonstrated with him. Steele went to his father's house, a mile away, and returned with a gun loaded with shot. On seeing Frost, he fired at him, and the charge lodged in his arm. Frost raised his hand just as Steele was firing, or he would have received the charge in his body. Frost now lies under the care of a surgeon, so, Steele was remanded. THE MANCHESTER OUTRAGES. The man Ryan, who has been in custody on his alleged confession of being the incendiary at Johnson's timber-yard, Ancoats, and who was remanded after examination at the City Police-court, on Saturday last, has been discharged from custody. The police have not been able to obtain further evidence, or to chew that the prisoner was near the timber-yard on the night of the fire. An inspector of detectives said he had examined the books of the Brickmakers' Union and found no entry of payment such as the prisoner confessed to the informant he had received. The stipendiary magis trate remarked it was not likely •they would keep a record of such a payment. The Deputy Chief Constable having stated that it was not possible to obtain further evidence, the Stipendiary said the prisoner's con fession must be regarded as arising from the delusion of a drunken man, and therefore he discharged him. THE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH AND THE EDUCATION BILL. A meeting in support of the general principles of the Education Bill was held at Daventry yesterday afternoon. The Bishop of Peterborough presided, and amongst those present were Sir Rainald Knightley, Baronet, M.P., Major Cartwright, M.P., Mr. C. Sackville Stopford, M.P., Sir H. E. L. Bryden, Bart., Hon. and Rev. Lord Alyne Compton, General Sir F. Horn, K.C.8., Captain Stopford, R.N., Mr. E. Ashworth Briggs, Mr. M. W. Dickins, J. P., Rev. W. L. Collyns, Rural Dean, and a large number of the clergy, gentry, and agricul turists of the district. The Bishop, in the course of his speech, dealt at length with the subject of education, and said that to forbid religious teaching would be as atheistical as to impose religion would be tyranny. But to permit religious teach ing would meet the wishes of the country. The con science clause he thought indispensable, and a time table under suitable regulations. He was in favour of unde nominations' inspection, which he thought a good feature of the bill. He had been the patron of a school in Ireland for some years, and he found the system work no harm. He thought Earl Russell, with many others, confounded things that differ when he spoke of denominational schools in Ireland and in England. He hoped the No-Popery prejudices of the people would not lead them into mistake respecting education in Ireland. The question of education would distract the national mind, and we shall need to exercise great care, tolerance, and forboarance. A BISHOP ON THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT. At a meeting of the Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association, held yesterday, the Bishop of Manchester, who presided, referred to the agitation going on in respect of the Contagious Diseases Act. He said the controvery was raging with extreme bitter ness, which almost precluded calm discussion. The controversy was exceptional, because the facts with reference to the operation of the Act in garrison towns. were stated by the two parties in direct anta gonism, the one to the other. One party alleging that moral, and the other that immoral effects were produced. He thought the subject must be made one for an authorised and competent inquiry. Looking to the prevalence of zymotic diseases, which were a form of scrofula, and the fact that scrofula was propagated more than by any other cause by syphilitic taint, this question being also at the root of the opposition to the Vaccination Acts, it seemed to him that there was a case made out for calm dispas sionate investigation as to how far these contagious diseases are preventable, and the sanitary question ought to be kept entirely separate from the moral one. The moral question must be dealt with by its own proper remedies. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. The grace accepting the statue of the Prince Consort as chancellor of the university from the Duke of Devon shire on behalf of the subscribers, was carried at congre gation yesterday without opposition. The following degrees were conferred :—Masters of Arts.—William Douglas Dodkin (King's), Henry Bruce Armstronge, Edward Bell, Charles Samuel Chilver, Alfred Thomas Coore, Harry Harbord, John Mills, M. Francis, Henry Latham, and Claude Cecil Thornton, (Trinity), Alfred Grainger ( Caius ), William Marsdam Du Rieu, Wm. Hatfield Green, Robert Ker shaw Judson, Herbert Radcliffe, John James Thornley, John Mills Walker (St. John's), Charles George Barr (St. Peter's), Wm. Edward Mirehouse Clare, James Jardine, Henry John Leach, Thomas Cunningham M`Laren, John Martyn, Joseph Charles T. Smith (Caius), Edward Daniel Mellor, George Linton, Henry Drury Warr (Trinity Hall), John Langley (COrpus Christi), Alfred Moline, George Gilbert Scott (Jesus), Geo. Shaw (Christ's), Hugh Fortescue, George William Botham (Magdalen), John Freeman (Emmanuel), William Yatesfoot, Arthur Patteson Wharton (Downing).—Masten of Law : Tracey (Trinity), J. T. Seabrook' Johns, 8.A., W. G. Simpson (Caius) LLB, Ward Maule (Caius). The Chancellor's gold medal for the best English poem in the present year, has been awarded to Edward Anthony Beck (Trinity Hall) ; the Powis medal to F. C. Huddlestone (Kings) ; the Porson prize to Edmund Gurney (Trinity) ; and T. E. Page (St. John's), equal, Sir William Browne's medals have been adjudged as follows :—For the Latin Ode, T. E. Page (St. John's) ; for Greek epigram, Charles (Dixon) Caius ; for Latin epigram, H. W. S. Wood (St. John's). THE BRISTOL ELECTION PETITION. Mrs. Pinkstone, of the Athenaeum refreshment room, swore that only about five pounds worth of Kemp's orders were received, and these she believed were for committee men and clerks. An attempt was made to prove treating at Bedminster, but the judge ruled that proof of it had failed. Mr. O'Malley said that this finished his case. Serjeant Ballantine asked to reserve his address till the next morning, and the court adjourned at half-past two o'clock. Lord Mahon, the Conservative candidate for East Suf folk, addressed the electors of the district at Saxmund ham yesterday afternoon. His lordship confined his remarks to the topics mentioned in his address, but stated, in contradiction to reports, that he was neither a Roman Catholic, Irishman, nor Fenian. Later in the afternoon Sir Shafto Adair, the Liberal candidate, also addressed a meeting of electors at the same place. An extraordinary general meeting of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company was held at Manchester yesterday. The Directors were authorised to raise seven hundred and eighty thousand pounds additional capital. The new shares will be issued to existing shareholders at the rate of six pounds five shillings a share to every holder of the ordinary hundred pound shares, the calls to extend over five years. Shareholders paying in advance will receive four per cent. interest of the money paid up untll 1875, and new shares will then be converted into ordinary shares, so that if the company's stock maintains its price and 130 ordinary shareholders investing now will have obtained as the chairman explained at the rate of ten per cent. on their money at the subsequent meeting. Bills were approved for acquiring lands for ex tensions in the West Riding of Yorkshire for running steam vessels between Belfast and Fleetwood, for the ex tension of Preston station and other purposes. The two last specifiedbills are promoted in conjunction with the London and North-Western Company. PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. TUESDAY EVENING. The Central Committtee of the Plebiscite of 1870 have issued the following circular : "Yielding to numerous and pressing solicitations, the Central Committee of the Plebiscite of 1870 asked permission from the Government to form itself into a permanent association, with the object of rendering all future administra tive intervention in the election of Deputies use less, according to the views expressed in the Minis terial declaration of February last in the Corps Legislatif. M. le Garde _des Sceaux having, however, informed them that they could not receive the necessary authorisa tion, the committee have no alternative but to consider their work accomplished, and to dissolve,which they have now done. The debate on the new Press Law was resumed in the Corps Legislatif on Monday, when the articles which had been referred to the committee, were discussed. The first article which reserves for the court of assize, political and press offences, was the subject of an amendment by M. Laroche Foubert, who insisted that the offences meant should be plainly specified. M. Genton, the reporter of the committee, having declared that this proposition was simply impracticable, the amendment was rejected, and Article 1 read as it stood. Article 2, providing that offences of libel or verbal defamation, and certain other press of fences, shall remain under the jurisdiction of the correctional police, gave rise to an animated discus sion. M. Cremicux had an amendment on the paper to modify the effect of the clause, but M. Gravy adopted the shorter and more efficacious method of suggesting its abolition altogether. The great point at issue was whether the police should have jurisdiction over any offences of the kind, and M.M. Gravy and Cremieux, as you may suppose, fought vigo rously for the rights of the gentlemen of the tribune and the pen. The former indignantly denounced the arbitrary division of offences of this class into three degrees of cri minality, and declared that in regard to press offences everything was conventional. There was hardly ever any question of actual morality or public virtue, but only a matter which was innocent or guilty accordingto the intention of the writer. National freedom, concluded M. Gravy, consists in making a nation and applying its laws itself." The second condition is no less necessary than the first. Measure the part which the jury plays in the application of the laws, and the part which the country 'plays in the making of the laws, and you will know what distance separates us from liberty !" (Loud applause from the Left.) _ _ M. Philie, State Councillor and Commissary of the Government, followed M. Grevy in an eloquent speech, and defended the Government measure, which he said was introduced as a concession to the wishes of the Opposition. He was also loudly applauded. M. Cremieux, who accepted M. Grevy's improvement on his amendment, reminded the Government that to give with one hand and withdraw with the other, was held to be no gift at all. He saw, he said, with the greatest re gret that at the present moment a large number of press prosecutions were being conducted before the Correctional Tribunal, and that they were usually followed by convic tions. The prisons no longer sufficed for the prisoners (a fact confirmed by M. Pelletan, who stated that two detenus had been put in one cell. If these convictions, added M. Cremieux, were the work of a jury, we should regret, but respect them. Coming from the 'correctional tribunals, they were afflicting on behalf of the magistrates no less than of the accused. Let the trials be removed to the cognizance of a jury, and then let them see how many acquittals there would be. However, the Ministry which had distributed four million journals throughout the country to secure Oui need not surely fear such acquittals. The discussion continued for some time, but I need not tell you that little alteration was made in the form of the bill. MARKETS-WEDNESDAY. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.—The supply of wheat has been short from Essex and Kent. The trade has been dull, at Monday's decline. With prize wheat the market has been moderately supplied. Sales have progressed slowly, at about late rates. Barley has been quiet, but firm. Oats have been in short supply and fair request, at full currencies. Beans and peas have been firm, and quite as dear. Flour has been inactive. Arrivals :—English and Scotch : wheat, 80 ; beans, 20 ; peas, 10 quarters. Foreign : wheat, 4,450 ; oats, 42,600 ; peas, 1,580 quarters; flour, 160 sacks. LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—TaIIow is firmer at44s. 6d. spot, 445. 3d. to 448. 6d. June, and 455. 9d. last three months. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-For raw sugar the marker has been flat, and the amounts offered were princi pally bought in. Fine yellow Demarara, 365. ; low grainy yellow Mauritius, 325. 6d. There has been a fair demand for coffee at full prices. Tea has sold slowly on lower terms. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, WFDNESDAY.-Afoderate supplies of meat have been on sale. The trade has been quiet. Beef from 3s. Od. to 4s. Bd.; mutton, 3s. 4d. to ss. 2d.; lamb, ss. Bd. to 6s. 4d.; veal, 4s. 6d. to ss. Od.; and pork, 4s. Od. to ss. 4d. per 81bs. by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-The supplies have been short. The trade has been quiet, at former quotations. The prices were as follows :-Mid and East Kents, £7 to £l2 125.; Wealds, £6 to £8 ; Sussex, £5 12s. to 1.6 13s. ; Bavarians, £6 Os. to £9 ; French, £5 Os. to £6 10s. ; Americans, £4 ss. to £6 ; and yearlings, £1 10s. to £3lss. per cwt. LONDON METAL MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-Scotch pig iron has been firm, at 58s. 3d. Tin has been quiet, and copper has sold slowly. LONDON OIL MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-Linseed oil has been quiet, at 325. spot. Rape has been firm. English brown, spot, 435. 6d. —• LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The market has been qviet. Sales, 10,000 bales, including 2,000 for specula tion and export. Import, 12,625 bales. LEEDS CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY. —Beasts in the market, 688 ; sheep, 4,040. Cattle met with a slow sale, at last week's prices. Sheep, from 6.1 d. to 74(1. per pound. Lambs were in good demand. WA KEFIELD CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—There was a short supply of both beasts and sheep at this market. Number of beasts, 870 ; sheep, 5,200 ; store cattle, 1,200 ; pigs, 1,740. Prices—Mutton, 7d. to 74(1. per lb.; beef, 88. 9d. to 9s. per stone of 141bs. Nearly the whole changed hands. SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Trade firm. Supplies liberal. Prices have been well maintained throughout, at last week's rates. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY. Supplies moderate. Wheat in good demand, at last week's prices. Bar ley a slow sale, without gauge in price. Oats a fair sale, at late rates. Beans sell heavily, at rather less money. EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—There was a larger supply and better demand at this market for sheep this week, at an advance of Id. per lb. for first class. Top price, Rd.; current, 9d. to 94d. per lb. Lambs, from 20s. to 345. each. Fat cattle sold better, at fully 3d. per stone more. Top price, Bs. 9d. per stone. ; current, Bs. 6d. per stone ; secondary, 6s. 9d. to 7s. 9d. per stone. Store cattle in better request. Stirks, £7 to a 10s. ; two-year-olds, from £lO to £l4. Ayrshire cows, £l2 10s. to £2O. Pigs were decidedly in the favour of the buyers. Of young pigs there was a slow sale. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Market opened ffat, down to 575. 7d. cash ; accepted afterwards, 58s. cash ; and 58s. 2d. a month bid, closing prices of sellers. Buyers offering 575. lOid. and 58s. lid. a month. MONETARY REPORTS-WEDNESDAY, This being the commencement of the fortnightly settle ment, business in the Stock Exchange has been restricted ; nevertheless, a healthy tone has been prevalent in the demand for some discriptions of railway stocks and foreign bonds, and the tendency has been favourable. Consols, however, have continued quiet, at 94 to 941 for delivery, and 94i to 941 for June. Reduced and New Three per Cents, 921, 92g. Exchequer Bills par, ss. prem. Bank stock, 234 to 236. India Five per Cents, 114, 1141; and India Bonds, 20s. to 255. prem. The railway market generally has been quiet, but Ncrth-Eastern Consols, influenced by the large increase in the traffic receipts, have risen 1. Midland openedat an improvement of 1, but eventually receded. Great Western, London and North-Western, and Metropolitan have each been rather easier. Indian railway stocks have been quiet, and without change. For Canadian shares there has been only a moderate inquiry, but prices have been unaltered. Foreign shares have been quiet. Business in foreign bonds has not been extensive, and the fluctuations have been uuimportant. Egyptian have been in request at an advance of and a similar enhancement has taken place in Russian Nicholai Railway, and Italian (1861), but Spanish have been rather easier. American Government securities have been quiet, but unaltered. Erie and Illinois Central shares have then I. The market for mining shares has been very quiet. Tan-yr-Alt have fallen f. For Bank shares the demand has not been active, but the quotations have ruled firm. Chartered Mercantile of India, India and China, London and Westminster, and Union of London have well maintained previous quota tions. Telegraph shares have been quietly dealt in. Falmouth, Gibralter, and Malta have risen *. Telegraph Construc tion Shares have advanced #, and Hooper's Telegraph Works, #. The sum of £45,000 has been sent into the Bank to-day. At Mark-lane, to-day, wheat was quiet, at about Mon day's prices. In the discount market the supply of capital has been tolerably good. There has been a fair demand for accom modation ; but Three Months' Paper has been easily negotiated at n to 3 per cent. We understand that the price of the New Peruvian Loan for £12,000,000, which is about to be in troduced here will be between 82 and 85. It will be secured on the railways to be constructed, on an hypothecation of the customs duties, and also on the revenues from any sales of guano after 1879, when the existing Peruvian Five per Cents. shall have been ex tinguished. At a meeting of the English Bank of Rio de Janeiro, it was shewn that the gross profits for the year,'after making ample provision for bad and doubtful debts, amount to £64,333 6s. 6d., from which have to be deducted Rebate of interest on current bills and drafts, and all charges at the head office and at the branches in Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco, leaving as net profit £44,534 12s. 108., including a balance of £5,53415. 4d. brought forward from the previous year. The diminution in the gross profits of the last financial year is attributable to the heavy loss sustained by the failure of Franghiadi and Rodocanachi. A dividend on account of Bs. per share, amounting to £20,000, was paid in December last, and it is now reoommended to divide a like sum on the 9th June next, making the dividend for the year 16s. per share, or 8 per cent. on the paid-up capital of the bank, free of Income tax. It is gratifying to the directors to announce that the rise in exchange in Brazil has obviated the necessity on the present occasion of any further provision for deprecia tion of capital, the amount at the credit of that account remains therefore at £120,505 9s. 7d. After providing for the dividend on account already paid, and for the payment of the dividend now recommended, there will remain a balance of £4,534 12s. 10d, to the credit of profit and loss account to be carried forward. At a meeting of the United Kingdom Temperance and General Provident Institution it was stated that the policies for the year 1869 had been 2,182, assuring £435,210, and that the present accumulated capital amounts to £1,190,000. The following telegram has been received by the Don Pedro North del Rey Mining Company (Limited) : " Weighed to 30th April, 6,797 oitavas. Estimated pro duce for April, 8,727 oitavas. The following are some of the official "making-up prices of to-day, being the first day of the account : Railways—Metropolitan, 72; Metropolitan District, 33: ; North-Eastern consols, 139 ; Great-Western, 72i ; Great- Northern A, 134 ; South-Eastern, 77 ; Great-Eastern, 42k; Erie, 18 ; Lombards, 15a. Foreign bonds—Peruvian (1865), 88i ; Egyptian (1868), 88i ; Mexican, 15 ; Turkish Five per cents, 501; Italian (1861), 57k; Spanish (1867), 31k; ditto (1869), 30k. Miscellaneous.—Anglo- American Telegraph, 17s. id. ; Hooper's, 2 dis. ; West India and Panama, 7i ; Telegraph Construction, 34i. ; Tan-Yr-Alt., 4 ; and Don Pedro, 31. The traffic receipts of the London and North-Western shew a decrease of £2,260 ; of the Midland a decrease of £1,234, of the Metropolitan a decrease of £492, and of the North-Eastern an increase of £lO,OOO. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. LATEST PRICES --AFT 'ER OFFICIAL HOURS. G OVE UNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols.. 941 941 Do. for Account .. .94.. 941 941 Three per Cent Ricci .. 921 92g Brazilian, 1865, 5 p c 9ll 911 Egyptian, 1868, 7 p c 811 82 Do. Rail. Deben., 7 p c 10011011 Italian, 1861, 5 per cent 571 581 Peruvian, 1865, 5 per cent 881 88; Portuguese, 1869, 3 p c 339 341 Russian, 1866, 5 p c 93 94 Do: Nicolas, 4 per cent 6B 69 Spanish, 1867, 3percent 3ll 311 Do., 1869, 3 per cent Turkish, 1854, 6 per cent 86 88 Do., 1865, 5 per cent 5O 51 Do., 1865, 6 per cent 734 74 U. S. 5-20 Bonds, 6 pc 1882 89 891 Do., 1865 ' BBl 88,'z Do., 10-40 Bonds, 5 pc 1908 86 861 Erie Sha., 100 dole. all pd. 181 181 New 3 Per Cent Exchequer Bills, March, par spm Do., June Batik Stock 233 2-4 India 5 per Cents Can.6pcJam&JulylB77-84 10711081 Do. 5 per cent do. 99 100 Domin. of Can. spc 1903 971 981 New S. W. 5p c 1871-76 102 103 New Zealand 6 pc 1891 ll2 114 Do. 5 per cent 99 100 Do. 5 p c Consolidated Queensland 5 p c 1882 Victoria 6p c Jan.& July 11511161 Do. 5 uc do. 104 104/ RAIL' Bristol and Exeter Bl 83 Caledonian 74! 751 Great Eastern Great Northern Do. A Great Western Lancashire &Yorashire l3l 132 L. B. and South Coast Lon. Chat., and Dover 158 16 Lou. and North-Western 1292130 Lon. and South-Western 91 92 Man., Shef., and Lincoln 51 51} Metropolitan 72i 72i Midland North British 37} .372 North-Eastern Consols Do. Leeds — Do. York — - South-Eastern Bom., Bar., &CI. Ind. g. 5 pc 107 108 East India guar. 5p o 11311141 Grand Trunk of Canada 15 156 Do. Ist Preference Bonds 671 681 Great Indian Pen. g. 5p c 108 109 Great Western of Canada 16f 165 Madras g. 5 pc lOBllO9/ Scinde, Delhi, do. Scinde, Punjaub, do lO7 108 IDutch Rhenish 251 26 Eastern of France Great Luxembourg 137 14* Northern of France Ottom. (Smyrna to Aidin) 71 7* Recife and San Francisco 161 161 San Paulo (L.) guar. 7p c 201 21 S. Aus. & Lom. Venetn, 151 151 LYS. BANKING COMPANIES. ta Agra Bank (L) A .... 10 11 10 Imperial Ottoman.. 4; 5 3 / 4 pm Alliance (Limited) .. 14 3 / 4 15 3 / 4 20 Lon. Char. of Austrlia 24 3 / 4 25 3 / 4 Anglo-Austrian 16 18 pm 20 London and County 50 51 Anglo-Egyptn (Lira) 25 3 / 4 26 15 London Joint-Stock 35 3 / 4 36 3 / 4 British I orthamrcu •54 56 20 Lndu & Wstminstr., 63 64 Ch.of India, Australia 17 13 10 Metropolitan 9t Char. Mere, of India 29 3 / 4 30 3 / 4 20 Midland (Limited) 1 dis, par City Colonial Consolidated (Limtd) 3 / 4 tpm 25 Union of Australia. . 46 47 Eng., Scot., & Aust. 0 17t 13} 15 Union of Loudon 40 41 Imperial (Limited) lBt 19t TELEGIUtPIi COMPILNIRS - 10 Anglo-American (L) 17} 17i 100 Atlantic 3 British lad. Ex. (L) 31 3 dis 10 EritishIndn Sub. (L.) 81 81 7 Fa', Gibraltar, &c. (L) 9 Pd 10 Great Northern .... 11 111 25 Indo-European (Lmtd) 14 18 10 Med. Extension (L).. 5! 6/ 20 Soc. Trans. France (L) 151 161 SW. India & Panama 7 7t MISCELLANEO' Pd 10 Berlin Waterworks (L) 14 3 / 4 141 27 Canada Company 78 80 10 Ceylon Company (L) 4 3 dis 20 Colonial idis, 3 / 4 pm 10 Cred. Foncier of E (L) 2 3 / 4 21 100 Crystal Palace 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 41 54 Pm 74 Gen. Cred. & Dsct 14 Gen. Stm Navigation 29 31 45 Hooper's Tel. Works 2l 11 die rs SECURITIES. Pd 51. Rbbr. G P Tel. Wks. 481} 441 100 Intr. Financial (L) .. 1413 dis 5 Mdras Irrigton g. 5 p c 104 106 5 National Discount (L) 12 In 50 Ocean Marine 20 Pninslr & Orntl Stm. 44 45 Telegraph Constrctn 344 344 St Tobacco 6 p c Ln, Gua. 5 by Italian Gvrnmut 91 93 Trust &Lnof IT Cnda II pro MINING SHARE LIST.—MAY 25. Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS. Mining Offices, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London. Active demand for Grenville, East Grenville, West Maria, East Lovell, New Lovell, Pacific, Tankerviile, West Chiverton, Marke Valley, and Australian United, at advanced prices. Prince of Wales, 15s, 17s 6d Providence Mines, 38, 39 Rosewall Hill and Ransom e United, 265, 28s South Condurrow, 3, 3-# Tankerville, 17i, 18 Tincroft 34, 3.5 Tan-yr-Ant, Taquaril (Child), Trumpet Consols, Van, 80, 82 Van Consols, 31, 4, West Chiverton, 56 , 5/1 West Frances, West Maria and Fortescuo. West Drakewalls, West Caradon, West TankerTfile, West Panty Go Nirueal Agar, Wheal Crebor, Wheal Grenville. 21, 21 Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, Wheal' Mary Ann, Wheal Seton, 23, 25 Assheton, Australian *United. 3, 31 Bwlch Consols, 31, 4 Bronfloyd, Chiverton Moor, 43, n Chiverton Valley, Cook's Kitchen, 16, 17 Chontales (Gold), Drakewalls, 28s, 30s Don Pedro North Del Rey, 24, 34 East Bassett, East Caradon, 41, 41 East Lovell, 311, 32i East Wheal Grenville, 21, 21 Froutino and Bolivia (Gold), General Brazilian, Great Laxey 18, 19 Great Retallack, Great Wheal Vor, 10, 11 Marko Valley, 61, 7 New Lovell, 3,3/ North Crofty, North Treakerby, Pacific, 82, to olc y the 'er a, t ill he fed ;lot b 33 )1' the Lol l re 3 ' the rr• c Lr t 0. , . 0 0 0 1 f ,tlae 6tivi ,t tb° ;for`l'