The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-02 00:00:00

TliE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ° tithe Stock Exchange business was very restricted t fi c ; .(l4 y, but we have no alteration to note in the price Consols. In the Foreign Market there has been a sl ight decline in most of the Continental securities, ; j a nish being the most depressed. America Bonds i; e re also h ar d er , and for Telegraph shares there was at little demand. T he Per demand for discount is but moderate, and' Or cent. is still charged for first class paper. Consols are now at 931 to 93/ for money; ditto, N;count, —; Th ree p er Cent. Reduced, 911; 7Y 'vcr Three per Cents., 911 2 ; ditto 21 per cent., Bank of England Stock, 41 per cent., shut. ' - 'xchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per cent., March, 5 ' te . r rn • ; ditto £lOO, £3OO, and £5OO, June, prem. "Ildia Stock, 101 per cent., April, 1874, ; It t° 5 per cent., July, 1880, 113 ; ditto 4 per „ ' li t, Oct- ) 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 6 Per Cent, (1 14 the Fo re i gn Market Italians are 55 ; Spanish 6 867 ), 281 ; ditto (1869), 271; Turkish Five per 461 to 47 ; ditto (1869), 601 to 601 ex div. ; t assian Scrip, 31 to 41 prem. ; Egyptian (1868), 801 I °B °i ; Argentine, 90 to 901 ; Brazilian, 88 to 8 8 1 ; I. exican, 14 to 141 ; New Granada, 25 to 25 1; ditto ef erred, 11 to 111 ; and Guatemala, 69 to 71. In the Railway Market Great Northern A shares are better, and are marked 1191 to 12 . 0 ; South Wes ',tern, 88 to 89 ; Midland, 1251 to 1251 ; London and Vighton, 44i to 45 ; Caledonian, 781 to 788; South aste rn , 75 to 751 ; Great Eastern, 381 to 391 ; M etropolitan, 77 to 778; Great Northern, 115 to 116 ; London and North Western, 1241 to 1241; 414 Great Western, 681 to 69. Great Luxembourg arc 13 to 131 ; and Lombardo enetian, 191 to 191. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 911 to 911 ; Eves at 21 to 211, being 1 lower ; and Illinois, 114 1 ° 114 i. p r 4 oglo-Americ a n Telegraph Shares are 171 to 181 ; 0 0 1 Cable, 16 to 161; Falmouth, 9f to 91; Ma intenan ce , Indi an , 9/ t o 91 ex new ; Construction and " .(a intena nce , 37 to 371. Th e Banking and Miscellaneous Shares business has been almost at a standstill, consequently we have no alteration to notice in our last quotations. /iv b e Bank of England have given notice that on aa 't after Wednesday, the 6th of April, the start, t o td , 'weight of gold will be computed on assays th i „, -1-3 ,00th part, expressed in thousandths and of thousandths. tio`lo tigcording to advices from erlin, the applica to for shares of the German Bank amounted ( t 1 ,471,788 shares, or 294,387,600 thalers 11 ) 17 3,140). The amount offered to the public , 4 20 ,000 shares, or 2,000,000 thalers (£300,000). li lll3 scriptions have been invited by Messrs. J. S. pi' r gan and Co., for £BOO,OOO Seven per Cent. held Mort gage B on d s o f th e Illinois and St. Louis th'dge Company. The bonds are of 200 each at the Price of 180, and are redeemable at par by tt i operation of a sinking fund in thirty years, th and interest being payable in gold ; so et the return to investors will be - upwards of ! r i p er cent., without reckoning the benefit resulting 11 °111 annual drawings, or the deferred payments ° poll redemption price. The undertaking is t he somewhat novel character, the object „ 'e company being the connection by means of ,It'e l naanent bridge of the railway system of the stilth-West of the United States, which centres in wi tt L "ii) on the west side of the Mississippi, A r ; 4 the lines on the east side. The bonds are a tha t charge on the entire property, and it is stated h rive the es ti ma t e d revenue from tolls d from lines which have already contract_d 15 ,C 40 the b r id ge wou ld y i e ld more than double Th at requisite for the service of the lean. h a ' e most diff icu lt p a rt of the construction b e s already been accomplished, and the bridge is to P e r , e , s a dY for traffic on the Ist of December next year. aet 'or securities are offered to bondholders in the 2,gpof an uncalled capital to the amount of pi a 4,0 00, and of a special Act of Congress, which j4t.N the affairs of the company directly under the kr e lsclic tion of the Supreme Court. The subscriptions payable by instalments, extending to the 11th ttly Th e 2 "' s eri advices from Frankfort state that the sub brePt I° . for $5,000,000 mortgage bonds of the ce af pn - Californii Railway, at 721, has been suc -40;11) and that $2,000,000 of the Port Royal are c orn ad vertised at 731 per cent., the latter being a to s Pe tition line running between two others leading The nnah and Charleston. Concession for the extension of the Moscow give:ll,Blc Railway to Brczc-Litewski having been tap e ' 0 the former company, the Government has bo n( r i t f rom it on their own account the mortgage 11 11, at 7 5 .per cent., " thus indicating that the hb oi , g- , -4 , Government, to prevent their being hawked t he different uiffere n t firms at various prices, prefer to take . at a fixed price, and to issue in their stead one rin s terlings marketable at all the Exchanges, as. lom m o , ce ntlY been done in the shape of the Rothschild Th. .ai trail; rectors of the China Submarine Tele isport.Cernpany (Limited) have issued their first alt o t• They state that all the shares have been _ Aai and the whole of the allotment money A( h;" :l vices from Melbourne report the difficulties of Nicholls, in the book trade, with liabilities 10,° 11 , 11 .ting to £6,000 ; an d o f M r. Willi am B en son, trics toale d £7,ooo.ruggist, with liabilities estimated at from '°oo BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. a p, GOVERNMENT FUNDS. iP . , Cent. Consols 1er4,., 'lto for Account - OPCont. Reduced ............................. 3 per Cent ' l , l t 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Co. 5 per Cen Jan. 1873 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 188 i, 1 -)o (Red Sea Telebraph). Aug., 1908 ( Illoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 23 p. Ct. ............ 5 pm Do. 2t do. June — b Il„ .) ,_ £lOO, £2OO & £5OO pm -.• of England Stock, 95 per Cent O h ;opening 14ler-u Coloni per al Omnßi Cent. = onds — 1 INDIAN GOVERNM ENT SECURITIES. 4tli S tock, 101 per Lent., April 1874... D r : 1)0 ° Polling, for Account — N .O per C en t. J u ly, If800 100-1 I); i „ .l Per Cent. Oct. 1888 . b- rAlfaced Papei 4 per Cent.....: _ b. 5 per °cut., Jan. 1872 _ 4, 3 ' 5 i per Cent. May 1879 _ 5 per C t Rup. Dad. 1872 Cent., ~ up. Da D t 'o do 18".... . do. 1882 c• bbeb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 - - ij„' . o nde ; 4 per Cent., £l,OOO in ". 'ander £lO3OO _ 41.44„tOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.. 891 90# Olio A"rle Republic, 6 per Cent 4 11t ri — ; , eo.e b unt — . t -11.0-nonds 5 per cent ___ ilia t kt ' 3 . 1859 •.• • _eq i 5 Per Cent IV - 3" Per Cent. 1852 , . *) do 1858..... 0 0 : ui, 1869 b O. t do., 1863 11 4( ` , "AP,er Cent., 1865 ,Q,O ceouta .. ) s Ay re 6 ... • 'I ' l 2 ,-, 8 per Cc I g4 t4 rt Cent. Do, 4 , Per Cent 'J o . . 4 2 Per Cent..„ ..... Do. 7 . P er . Cent .. .... ', (), 1 ) , 0. ~I) Cent., 1866 D k °4l l3l: er e et'L 1867 D4 4 , s i ali. a',, , 6 P3r Cent. .1)Do"GI' t' 6 i , Ce t 182' .4 p . n., 0....,..., ...... — 4c t eipalities, 7 ler Cent — a e° ut 875 per r, `dent 1867 .1 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1870 Ecuador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent ... E typtian, 7 per Cent... On Second Issue ............ ..... ..,.... — Do. .iSOC Bonds — Do. 1864' 9O,E 891 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. 4190 tion de Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .. . Do. Account Do. £100.13012.'6 • ••• --- Government Railway Debentures ... 991 Greek sper Coat., 1824 5, ex Coups... .. iti Do. 05upo: e ... Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. C t., all pd B4 Do. Ac,c , uut Italian 5 po: Cent., 1865 Bsi Jo. Account ... - Do Xiiiremmana Railway — NlexicaL 3 per Cent: ••• Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 - Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — M pntevidsau 6 per Cent. g acrish Imperial 5 par Cent New Granada Do 3 per Con., Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 41 per Cent. (Ui:varren) Do 4* per Cent.. 1862 ............ Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid Rtissian 5 t ier Cent., 1822, £ Si .. Do 4} per Cent 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 D.) 3 per Cent., 1859 D. 5 per Cent., 1862 ........... 87 D% - ; inglo-Dutcb, 1864, £lOO Bon& 9ll Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway 690 Fardinian 5 per Cent Splnish 3 per Con ... Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent DJ Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds ... .. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account — Do £lOO Bonds 76-- t Do. 5 per cent. 1865 471 1 1 • Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 7o} 70 Do Account D 3 4 por Cent., Guaranteed ' Do do, Scrip Veaezuela 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Do 6 por Cent.,1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian 0 psr Cent Ex 10 Florins ... .. Belgian 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 4 per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil „ s6} Do. 4 por Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. — It ilian 5 per ont. 1851, Ex.:4sf Do Account — CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money Do. Account, April 7 931 1 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(Tins Dar). WESTMINSTER. AN UNPLEASANT " LEGACY."—Louisa Crane, a woman about 40 years of age, was charged with unlawfully knocking at 4, Wilton-street, Knights bridge. Jas. Harding, 34, Hans-place, Sloane-square, said she came to the house of Mr. Joseph Harding, in Hill-street, last night, and violently knocked at the door for some time, insisting upon being admitted, and declaring she had a right there. The police were called, and she was taken into custody. In explana tion it was stated that the defendant had formerly lived in the house with a member of the family, lately deceased, and as she 'possessed a key of the street-door she persisted in entering the house to the great annoyance of the present residents. The magistrate told her she had no right to go there, and having fined her Hs. for the disturbance, cautioned her for the future. THAMES. John Devey, aged 14 years, wad brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing £l4 in gold and some sits er, the moneys of his father, Mr. Horace Dewey, a clerk. The prosecutor received £22 18s., his quarter's saliry, on the previous day, and paid away a good deal of it before he reached home at ten o'clock at night. He was perfectly sober. He pulled his clothes off in the parlour and laid them on a sofa previous to going to bed. He was moving about the house for some time afterwards with nothing on but his drawers, because he came home tired. Before he went to bed he had occasion to go into the parlour to get: some papers out of his pocket, and discovered that his clothes had been disturbed, and missed fourteen sovereig ns and some silver from his trousers pockets. The father sus pected the prisoner, his own son, but he most strongly denied it. However, during the examina tion, he admitted taking some of the money ; but the other evidence being very confused, the magis trate discharged the prisoner. CHARGE AGAINST A PUBLIC COMPANY. EXTRAORDINARY REVELATIONS. LONDON, FRIDAY. The Great Oceanic Telegraph Company (Limited), of 101, Gresham House, Old Broad-street, was this afternoon summoned before the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House on the complaint of Mr. Francis Perry, of 172, Fenchurch. street, for not having a registered office in compliance with section 39 of the Joint Stock Companies Act. Mr. George Lewis appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Hare (from the office of Messrs. Sewel and Edwards) for the company. In opening the case, Mr. Lewis said that an infringement of the section in question was viewed by the legislature as a very serious offence, and the penalty was a fine of £5 for every day on which the office was not registered. It will be remembered that on Tuesday the company were summoned for not keeping their office open for the inspection of the register of share holders, but on that occasion the case failed for want of sufficient proof.—Mr. Frederick William Lewis, a clerk in the office of the Registrar of Joint-Stock Companies, was now called, and formally proved that the com pany had no registered office. He said that by the articles of association a sum of £6,000 was to be paid as promotion money to Mr. G. Drew, civil engineer, of Notting Hill and Birmingham. Mr. Thomas Snow, ledger-keeper in the National Pro vincial Bank, the bankers of the company, and the com pany opened their account in the month of September last by a payment in of £25 from Mr. Perry, the complain ant. The amount standing to their credit on the 26th March was £57 12s. Since that time there had been an attachment lodged for £B2. The highest amount at which the account had stood was £149115. Bd. No payment was ever made to the bank by any of the directors on account of shares. The money would have come into the bankers, who would have given the usual banker's receipt. The greater part of the cheques drawn were in favour of newspapers, in payment of advertisements. The newspapers included the Investors' Guardean, the Methodist Recorder—(laughter)—the Record, . and Fun. (Renewed laughter).—Mr. Perry was examined, and said he ap plied for one hundred shares, on which he paid £25. Before the allotment was made he wrote cancelling the application, and requesting a return of the money, but had not succeeded in getting it.—The Lord Mayor held the case proved, and inflicted a penalty of £25 4 stating that if the money were not paid a warrant ''would be issued. T IM NORWICH BRIBERY PROSECUTIONS. Yesterday morning Mr. Justice Byles summed up the evidence in the case of the " Queen v. Banfather." Ban father was charged ed with having given five shillings each to two voters, namvarinoch Coleman and Charles Morse, at the Norwich them to poll for Sir H. election of 1868, to induce with having promised bribestracey. He was also charged to o ther voters, named Thorpe and Cutlock. The their verdict in court and r4'ry were unable to agree upon turned into court with a verdictired. gnuoilotiyi againstthe jur B y a r n e -- NORWICH, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. o t : T i o l A ot t Ban father. The case against pened the case at Mr. Flulme has been found guilt . Mr. Edward Stracey, son of Sir H. Stracey, is now pro ceeding. The Attorney-General has o some length, stating that on the election dag: lr. Mr. Stracey borrowed two hun dred p ounds of Pilr Webster the landlord of t he Maid's Head inn, fo r corrupt p o ies. The money wa,i distributed among various -sub bribery agents late i n the election afternoon. Some of the money was retained by these agents, but a sufficient amount was dist-it - 1443d 1 -) materially influence the elec tion. Mr. Stavelv Hill lia.s been 'specially retained for Mr. Stracey. Mr. Serjeant Cox has been appointed Deputy- Assistant Judge of Middlesex, in the place of Mr, Joseph Payne, deceased. The Local Board for Maidstone have decided on having a steam road-roller for use on the roads of that Closing Business Paid. Name. Quotations. done. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 77 79 St Caledonian 100 775 78 785 St Cambrian lOO 15 20 20 Cornwall all 25 35 St Dublin and Belfast Junction-100 . . . . St Dun, Prtb, and Aber. Jane-100 70 7 . 2 20 East London. all 4 6 45 20 Do 20 1)o St Glasgow and S.Westorn 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 371 38 38 St Do East Anglian, N 0.2 100 61 75 St Great North of Scotland 100 13 16 St Great Northern 100 114 115 115 St Do A 100 119 1195 119 4 St Do B 100 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100 St Great Western—Original lOO 67 68 68 5 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 41 45 St Do do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1255 1271 129 St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 435 434 4 St Lond, Chatham, and Dover 100 144 154 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 1234 1231 1234 4 St London and South Western-100 884 895 St Ma,nch, Shef, and Lincolnsh.loo 51 515.52 St Do New, issued at £5O dis 3O St Metropolitan lOO 795 80 775 4 St Do Preferred... lOO ... St Do Deferred 100 10 Do Redeemable 111 94 101 10 St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 405 St Midland lOO 1245 125 125 4 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 91 94 St North British. lOO 34 35 345 St Do Ediu, Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick lOO 1265 1274; 1345 4 St Do Leeds 100 845 851 St Do York St Do Stockton and Darlingte 100 178 180 1805, 4 St North London lOO 116 118 10 Do New, 1868 65 14 15 St North Staffordshire 100 59 61 St North and So. West. Junct 100 102 105 St Rhymney ...100 52 54 St Shropshire Union 100 62 63 St South Devon 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 744 754 St Do Preferred ...100 1095 1105 St Do Deferred 100 41 415 St Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok'g. all 125 135 St Taff Vale 100 158 162 10 Do C 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 10 Waterloo and Whitehall LOCAL TAXATION. I FRIDAY. _ The special committee on the Local Taxation Bill, met again to-day. -Mr. Goschen in the chair. The incidence of rating in Somersetshire formed . the principal topic of inquiry. According to evidence given by Mr. Andrews, a landowner of Somersetshire, the rents and rates of that part of the country have greatly increased, and the whole additional burdens have had to be borne by the occupier. The aggregate rates paid in the union in which Mr. Andrews resides is now 2s. 6d. in the pound. Thirty years ago, when he first went to reside in Somersetshire, the rates were not more than half that sum. Rents have increased in a somewhat similar propor tion. Mr. Andrews possesses a farm of 700 acres. His net profit last year by this land amounted to £65, and the gross amount of rates was £l.BO. He considered that it would be absurd to -propose to divide the burden of the rates between the owner and occupier. Although an owner himself he would put the whole burthen of the rates on the owner. He had no doubt that the result would be the present rents would be raised; but he could not see any injustice in that, when the occupiers would be relieved of the payment of rates. He looked upon rates as a thing parti cularly appertaining to property, and that the owners of property should be alone asked for payment. He thought such a system was more simple, and would work much more-satisfactorily to all parties concerned. It would be also well, in his opinion, to give into the hands of the owners the administration of the poor law. He would make the owners collect the rates, pay the rates, and ad minister the poor law. The committee adjourned. SHARE LIST. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. MISCEL LANEOUS. 10 Auglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L 5 1d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 51 5 Ditto, N ew 4prl pm • 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 21 31 27 Canada Company all 78 SO 781 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 23 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6d 30 City of Milan Improvment L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Limited 2O ld pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 14 2 4p 10 Corn of African Merch, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of Bngland, Pref 71 per cent all 5 7 LOO Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent all LOO Ditto, 1879, 44 par cent iOO Ditto, 1882, 41 per cent 10 Credit Fonc of England, L all 24 34 21 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 21 11d St Crystal Palace St 1)o, Preference lOO 91 99 St Do, 6 per cent Per!) Debentloo 108 113 111 124 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 271 104 10d 100 Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua. by Egyptian Gov all 1004 101/ 1011 1 20 Egyptian Com and Trading L4/13 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 I I 15 Eng and Foreign Credit 7l 4 3d 10 European Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new 5 4 41 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 34 41p 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds... all 97 96 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71 4 14 71 15 General Steam Navigation l4 29 31 50 Home and Col Marine Ins, L 5 ld p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 121 50 Imperial Continental Gas 434 134 136 50 India Rub, 't'elg Works, L... 45 57 59 474 8 10 International Fivan Soc, L 5 14 11d 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 44 44 100 Ditto, 6 per cnt Bonds, red all 1870 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 Id 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 4 Lond Gen Omnibus, Limd 50 Lend & Glasg Engin, Limd 25 18 16d 20 London and Prov Marine St Madras Irrig & Canal, guar 100 spc by India Gov lOO 103 105 50 Merchant Shipping, Limtd all 32 37 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 31 41 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 111 114 10 National Steamship, Limd all 131 141 1 Nerbudda Coal &In Ld 6s 6d 1 4 tO New Consolidated Dis Ld 4 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 41 41d 25 N Zealand Ln & More, &c 21 '25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 11 14p 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 bd 10 Do, B all d St N British Austral, Limited 100 60 70 50 N British & Mercan lusnce Gf 23 231 271 25 Ocean Marino Insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 'lll 81 9 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 fd fp 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 21 St. Peel Riv Lad & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peniuslr & Oriental Steam all 43 45 50 Do., New, 1867 lO :3) 2d 61 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do, New ill 8 4 81 25 Rio Janeiro City Im., Lmtd all 191 201 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 51 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General de l'Empire Ottoman 8 24 31 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lim and reduced) all 36 361 364 I 20 Thames & Mors Mn Ins, L 2 21 'lip St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trustand Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr Sr Ln Co of Up Canada 5 4p 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 61p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 6 2 ld 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 41 54p 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 1 1 30 Van Diemen's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 851 861 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan and July ;1877-84 100 104 1051 1054 Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 102 t Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 105 k 106 f Do, 5p c, Jan and July lOO 94i 95 Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1903 lOO 95} 96} Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890-- 1900 100 111 113 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO . Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 102 f 103} __ _ _ _ __ _ .. Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 100 103 105 1); 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6p c, 1873, Jan & July 100 102 104 Do, 1878, Jau and July 100 106 108 Do, 1882, May 15 and Nov 15 100 107 109 D 0,1895-6, fob and Aug 100 111 113 Natal Gov 6p ; April & Oct 100 108 110 Do, 6p c, May and Nov 100 107 109 New Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and July 100 104 105 1041 N. S. Wales Gov 5 pc, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 1001 1011 Do, 5 p C, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 101 102 101 Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1 867 to 1875 , lOO 100 1011 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1001 1011 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 lOO 107 109 Do, 5p c Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981 Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July 100 1021 1031 103} Do, 1886 lOO 1041 1051 Queensland 6 per et, 1882-85, Jan and July 1 00 1081 1091 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1081 1091 S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-92 100 Do, 18!3-1908 100 110 111 Tasmanian, 6 p c, 1895, Jan and and . July 100 108 110 Do, 6p c red, 1893 to 1897 lOO 108 110 Victoria Govt, 6 p ; Jan and July, 1891 lOO 113 114 Do, April and Oct, 1883-5 lOO 1131 1141 Do, 5p c, Jan. and Ju1y,1894., 100 1011 1021 1 , THE REVENUE AND THE BUDGET. The revenue for the financial year that has just closed is exceptionally large. It is ten millions sterling in excess of what the nation contributed ten years ago, when the in come-tax was at almost double its present rate, and when im posts yielding several millions annually were still unrepealed. It would seem clear that the cloud which has been hover ing over our finances is slowly passing away. For the first time since 1866, our revenue spews symptoms of recovering its old elasticity. Mr. Lowe's prudence in producing his budget may perhaps prevail over his desires, and make him hesitate to rely on a continuance of the present return of prosperity. Should hia estimate his resources for the forthcoming twelve months at about £71,500,000 he will have still a sur plus to dispose of amounting to more than £5,000,000. £1,500,000 of this will be absorbed by the remission of the remaining Abyssinian penny from the income tax. It is gratifying to find that the same year which sees a revenue far beyond expectation has witnessed an expenditure much below that anticipated. THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND TIM RITUALISTS. The Church Times publishes the following letter, which has-been addressed to several of the London clergy : " London, House, S.W., March 29, 1870. 'My dear sir, —lt has but very lately come to my knowledge that the appeal from the late decision of the Court of Arches in the case of Elphinstone v. Purchas, which I had supposed to be general, is limited to those only of the articles on which the judgment was against the promoter, and that the judgment on all the other articles, not being appealed against stands as the authoritative exposition of the law touching the points to which whose articles relate. The decision, therefore, materially affects your duty and mine, ' unless, indeed,. you have already altered certain ceremonies hitherto in use in your church, and I should be very glad if you could" meet me and several other clergymen of the diocese, who are similarly affected by the judgment, to discuss the subject at London House on Saturday next at 2.30. I should much prefer the meeting to be private, as a friendly conversa tion ; but if on consultation with the other clergy invited, you should wish to bring a legal adviser with you, I shall not object, provided that you inform me in good time. The clergy to whom I have written are Messrs. Going, Mackonochie, Lowder, Nihill, and LeGeyt, but I shall be happy to see any others whom the late decision may affect. I am, dear sir, faithfully yours, — J. LONDON. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. Among the wills and bequests noticed in this week's Illustrated News are those of the Earl of Antrim, whose personalty in England was sworn under £25,000. He appoints trustees to hold all his baronies, lordships, castles, mansions, and lands in the county of Antrim for his eldest son, the present earl, provision being made for his younger children.—The will of Mr. H. Johnson, of Alexandria, Egypt, agent for her Majesty's Government in India, was proved under £9,000 in this country.—The will of Mr. S. Bailey, of Norbury, Sheffield, was proved. under £120,000. personalty. He has left to the Sheffield General Infirmary £2,000 ; Sheffield Dispensary and Hospital, £l,OOO ; Sheffield Lancasterian Boys' School and Girls' School, each £5OO ; and to the Aged Female Friend Society, £5OO ; and be queaths the residue of his p_roperty to the town trustees of Sheffield.—The will of W. Per, late of Birchgrove Colliery, Llansamlet, Glamorganshire, and of Hill House, Templecom; Somersetshire, was proved under £35,000 personalty. ART AND LITERARY GOSSIP. The Athenceam says, that the Parliamentary Committee of the Society of Arts, for procuring a reduction of the charge for postage to one halfpenny for four ou nces of printed matter, has been joined by 122 membe rs of Parliament. In France, the agitation for a reduct ion of the Stamp Duty on newspapers is assuming a defiuite shape. —A complete Shakspeare grammar, treating all the points in which his phraseology differs from modern usage, is in the press, written by the Rev. Edwin A. Abbot. Every part of speech, with its flexions, and every phrase are dealt with ; the poet's prosody is treated in the same manner. — According to M. Pouchet the architecture of birds has changed with that of men. In former day, when its nest was built against Gothic edifices the swallow made a semi-globular nest with a very small rounded entrance, but in the new streets of Rouen its nests are now •found of a semi-ovoid instead of semi globular shape, and the entrance is a long transverse cleft. A friend assures ns of a fact which to many will seem incredible. A parliamentary paper is out of print, and that paper is an artistic one ; it is " The Twelfth Report of the Commissioners on th Fine Arts, 1861," and the price of it is threepenee halfpenny. This publication com prises among its appendices Mr. Maclise's " Report on the Stereochrome or Water-glass of Method of Pamting.l The Graphic says :—" This year's Royal Academy Exhibition promises to be a most interesting one—a series of surprises—many artists having laid aside their well: known. style and struck out in new directions. ' Mr. Calderon has deserted his charming princesses forallegory, and Mr. Orchardson has boldly ventured to sea in a north• country fishing coble. Mr. Edwar d Armitage has sur. passed himself this year in two fine pictures - of Geth cottage scenes, has still keeping to his simpl e, touching, semane and a scene from Asop. Mr. Faed, although never painted in so masterly and sweeping a style, in his b Maid. most admired, Watts n h a s i s this year's picture, " The Day's Work i s Done." Mr; Val Prinsep will display his great powers to advantage " and in two works of a totally different nature, and we are Ru c zz l l e e o d pa t t e ra, lp o o r w his a flying, laughin% smaller work, symbo sing a grand range of mountains, both fine works by this true artist. Mr. Yeames has an important work representing the ceremony of washing the poor women's feet ; and Mr. Story (always remem bered by his inimitable " Dancing Lesson ") has this year w " h P ic a h rlo w u i r il . two pictures for e xhibition, a " Singing Lesson " and "Only a Rabbit." Illness, we are sorry to say, has been rife among our friend s, and every one will be sorry to hear that neither Mr. Leighton, R.A., nor Mr. Nicol, A.R.A., will be represented this year. Music is dragged into all sorts of speculations wits a view of keeping them afloat ; tut a contemporary recently made a novel use of the art by recommending the shares of a new Mining Company—silver of course—to its trusting r eaders on the ground that a Gentleman,i 1 , lowa n the musical world, was on the direction. Dissenting chapels of the old school, with their tiers or galleries,, have often been likened to theatres ; but at Hanley, in Staffordshire, we understand that the theatre which is shortly to be pulled dawn to make way for a new and handsome structure was in reality a Methodist meeting-house, the only alteration made on its chan g e of tenancy being the erection of the stage. The Medi,•al Mirror says :—M. 0. Liebrich has pointed out in the Paris Academy of Sciences that strychnine is an antidote to chloral. To each of two rabbits two grammes of chloral were given —one was injected with millegrammes of strychnine. Four hours later the animal which had been thus treated was quite well; the other died. Another rabbit which had had no chloral received by injection the same quantity of strychnine and died. - The number of eminent violinists playing in Paris this season is remarkable. During the past week no less than three well-known soloists—M. Sivori, Herr Lauterbach, an d M. Poussard played at orchestral concerts ; and it is worthy of note that in each case their chief successes were obtained IN the performance of classical music. A SERIOUS OBSTACLE TO AN EXECUTION. The execution of the convict Rutherford, who is under sentence of death for the murder of a gamekeeper named Hight on the estate at Eriswell of the Maha rajah Dhuleep Singh is fixed to take place at Bury St. Edmunds Gaol next Monday week. There are great doubts, however, as to the possibility of executing him, for he possesses a malformation of the neck. He was severely burnt when he was youpg, and now the chin is connected with his neck by a band of flesh in a straight line. Dr. Alacnab, surgeon to the gaol, fears that any attempt to hang the unfortunate man would be attended by prolonged suffering, and might cause a very unpleasant scene. Representations to this effect have been made to the Home Secretary ; but no reply has yet been received. Rutherford has made no confession of guilt ; but does not deny it. Since his incarceration, he has been taught to read, and he reads hisßible attentively. He appears perfectly resigned to his fate. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY. Sales probably 10,000 bales. Dlarket dull. THE WEEKLY PRESS. A DANGEROUS EXAMPLE. The Saturday Review, in discussing the Bridgwater Bribery trials, thinks that if the conviction of Mr. Fenelly is important, still more important is that of Dr. Kinglake. Everyone paid Dr. Kinglake the highest com pliments. He belonged to a distinguished family, he was a man of means, he occupied an independent position, he was in his way a typical man, the pink of local respecta bility. He was the sort of man who, if he bribed, would make all his neighbours think that bribery was somehow quite right, quite the gentlemanly, honourable thing to do. Whatever little of conscience there might be at Bridg water as to bribery would be sure to be seared when it be came known that the excellent, the esteemed Dr. King lake had made arrangements for bribing. Casuists who are continually speculating as to whether it is morally wrong to commit simony would find their doubts melt away very quickly if they understood that the Archbishop of Canterbury was not above taking a cheque for a living. At Bridgwater people probably know nothing and care nothing about simony and the Archbishop of Canterbury ; but they knew Dr. Kinglake, and when they felt inclined to give bribes they would naturally watch what view their good and admirable neighbour took of such a course. What demoralisation must have spread, as on the wings of the wind, through Bridgwater when it was whispered that Dr. Kinglake was among the bribers ! He did not at all like the business ; he even revoked the authority to pay money which he had given. But the mischief was done. In one sense few persons ought to throw stones at him. We do not wish to exaggerate his offence. Ho only did what thousands of men as virtuous and as highly placed as he have done, and would do again to-morrow if they dared. Bribery is not thought really wrong as yet in England. It is beginning to be thought wrong, as public opinion is being gradually formed against it. The forma tion of such a true and right public opinion as to bribery will be aided more by the conviction of Dr. Kinglake than by what, we trust, is the inevitable disfranchisement of Bridgwater. If men like Dr. Kinglake could be once got to shrink from bribery as they would from perjury, then the whoie weight of the respectability of the country would be brought to bear against bribery. Until this is done, bribery will always go on more or less ; but it is impossible to doubt that a step towards its being done has been secured in the conviction of Dr. Kinglake. THE ACQUITTAL AT TOUUBS. The Spectator says that the Nemesis of pinver is dogging the Emperor hard. He had nothing to do with the offence which provoked the recent trial at Tours, and. very little to do with the acquittal of the offender, but offence and acquittal alike will in all human probability be visited on his head: That he either suborned, or frightened, or in any way influenced the High Court, as fanatics are saying all over Europe, we are entirely un able to believe. The history of his life may, as Repub licans think, make any calumny cre dibl e , b u t a ll th e pro babilities which reasonable men are accustomed to weigh tell against the reception of this particular one. He has never displayed or felt any affection for his cousin, whom he left out of the line of succession, and did not even pen sion Until he threatened to stand forward as leader of the extreme democratic side. His interest was a verdict of manslaughter, and a sentence of imprisonment, which he might when some time had passed away have com muted to one of seclusion within the limits of Corsica. Moreever, it seems to be forgotten that he had before this event, parted with his personal power. Nobody can read the accounts of the trial, impartial as some of them seem to be, without believing that the governing motive in half the jury and at least half the audience was loathing for the ideas represented by the 111arseillaise, that justice and dignity and equality were alike forgotten in a sort of wild impression that the shooting down of a journalist of that kind *as not an act deserving retribution at all. We say nothing about the charge of murder. To English observers the evidence seems to shew that Victor Noir was shot down in a fit of savage fury provoked not by the victim, but by tilt previous reflections of the Prince, who even in the court could scarcely restrain himself from threatenino , Maitre Laurier, the opposin g c ounse l, b u t we admit that on that point the verdict must be treated as decisive. The deference shewn to the rank of the accused by everybody except the opposing counsel, who certainly spoke out with sufficient plainness, was not in itself perhaps so unjust as it appears. The Prince until condemned was legally an innocent person, and the law itself, in according him a special tribunal, recognised a distinction between him and ordinary citizens. A considerable latitude of speech is allowed even in England to prisoners under trial on a capital charge, and in most cases the violence of- the prisoner was provoked by equal violence in the witnesses, who equally with himself were bound to respect a Court of Justice. Nor is it clear to our minds that Ulric de Fonvielle in crying " A snort, a snort 1" did not actually mean to interrupt by violence the proceedings of the Court, in which case his sentence of ten days' imprisonment was mild in comparison with the one Sir A. Cockburn would have inflicted. But then, if the Prince was justly treated, all meaner prisoners are entitled to equally considerate justice—to be held as the Prince was held to be, innocent men under necessary de tention. Notoriously this is not the case, and the impres sion left by the whole trial in the French mind will be that the law has been nullified, evidence twisted and equally outraged to protect a man accused of murder because lie bore the name of the Imperial House. That the Emperor desired none of these things signifies nothing. The regime is his ; the r e g i me permits them, causes them, justifies them ; and the regime stands con demned, with that condemnation of scorn which, in the history of France has never failed sooner or later to prove itself executive. THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION BILL AND THE LEAGUE. The John Bull declares that in the Government Educa tion Bill the question now is whether Mr. Gladstone means to sacrifice his high-minded colleague to the bigotry of the obstructives, or carry a great measure by general consent at the risk of losing the sharp end of his Tail ? His language, as usual, is open to a variety of interpreta tions. Passing over the real objections of the League, and heaping coals of thanks upon their heads, he begged for the withdrawal of their amendment on a promise to consider of a ' time Conscience Clause.' "What the League understood by this they have taken good care to publish at the meeting in St. James's Hall. They have obtained, they say a complete separation of the religious . teaching from the general school course , and gratitude for this great gain, they mean to press all their other de mands in Committee, at the risk avowed by Lord Russell of defeating the Bill for the present session. Possibly the League mistook the Premier as much as the Femans mis took him in supposing he had promised to govern Ireland on . Irish ideas. But it is very unfortunate that a man in Mr. Gladstone's position, with his apparent command of words, should be so • often misinterpreted. The Church party has been a little too eager to close with a great practical scheme brought for ward by_ the strongest Government known for ma n y years. Unless" a speedy solution can be obtained of the doubts engendered by Mr. Gladstone's coquetting with the League, the Church may resign herself to the anticipated defeat of Mr. Forster's measure, and reserve her strength for the more genuine controversy promised next year. We shall be sorry for Mr. Forster and the cause he has so honestly at heart. But the House of Lords is strong enough we trust to throw out a bill introduced on the principle of combined religious and secular education, and transformed, after the Second Reading, into the opposite principle of separation. In the House of Commons too, we must warn Conservatives that th e y canno t shirk the division from a fear of offending Dissenting constituents, without forfeiting the confidence of Churchmen. We do not write so many letters to our representatives as w , ought perhaps, but they may depend upon it 'the issue a vital one, and we are thoroughly in earnest. THE REVENUE. It is evident, remarks the Economist, that there has been a very large recovery of revenue. It is somewhat difficult to make a detailed comparison with the previous year, owing to the changes in the Budget, but the fact of a general recovery is 'none the less unquestionable. It is addition ally satisfactory that under no head of revenue is there any falling off. In some cases Mr. Lowe's estimate has not been fulfilled, though it is for the most part greatly exceeded ; but the estimate in such cases was in excess of the actual return of the previous year. In the Customs, which is one of these cases, the apparent falling off is £900,000, but this is exactly the amount lost by the aboliton of the corn duty, so that there has been nc diminution. In the Post Office, which is the only othez case, the return of the past year is £lO,OOO in excess of the previous one. The great improvement on the other heads especially Excise, which is about £1,400,000 bettel —is therefore matter for unalloyed satisfaction. If the Customs and Post Office have not progressed with the other branches of revenue, we may be sure at least that it is from no want of progress in the country. The Solicitor's Journal says that the proposed abolition of the Home Circuit has producnd so much op- position in the five counties proposed to be affected, that it is to be abandoned or materially modified. THE RESULT OF SLEEPING IN CHURCH. --The other.night, after the service in Bishopwearmouth parish church had terminated, the lights extinguished, and the place locked up, the sexton, while on his road home, heard one of the bells ring.out a few notes, and returned to see what had caused the unusual commotion. He discovered that the bellows-blower to the organist had been locked up. It appears that he had fallen asleep in his bellows loft, and slumbered on until the place was in darkness, when he awoke and found himself locked in. Groping his way to the bell-loft, he began to chime the bells until the noise attracted attention, and he was liberated. CITY TRAFFIC. While London is proposing street tramways, New York has under consideration a scheme for a sub-arcade railway to run under Broadway, "with the view of relieving that street from its present in. terruptions." A board of engineers to whom the project was referred report that it provides a pleasant, rapid transit for through passengers between the lower and upper ends of the island, and a slower but still speedy movement f or the local passengers. It provides a cheap and convenient channel for the conveyance of freight between the termini of the steam railways and a large portion of the business houses in the city. It classifies the travel and trade, and removes from the present street so many of its vehicles as to rendez it more useful and pleasant for carriages. It furnishes an arcade avenue and promenade, convenient for pedestrian° at all times, in warm, cold, or stormy weather. The sub. way will be well ventilated and lighted, so that its use will be pleasant and healthy. Railway carriages in Sweden are warmed by means of hot sand, which can of course be made much hotter than water, and retains the heat much longer. The Massachusetts Legislature, by a vote of 121 to 94, has passed an Act to open the public libraries of Boston on Sunday. Such is the outcome of legislation in a community .which 250 years ago adopted the Mosaic code in the Pentateuch as the constitution of the State. THIRD EDITION. The Third Edition of The Sun of last Evening was published in tim for dolivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. ITALY. (BY EEUTEIt'S TELEGRAM.) ROME, April 1 (Evening). The Civilta Cattolica publishes an article with the object of proving to the wood that the unanimity of the Fathers on the question of the personal in fallibility of the Pope is not necessary, a simple majority being sufficient to define the dogma. , FRANCE. PARIS, April 2. It is believed on good authority that the Senatus Consultum will be submitted to the ratification of a The Committee of the Senate appointed to report upon the Senatus Consultum is composed of M. M. Baroche, Bondet, Drouynde Lhuy, Behic, llevienne, Maupas,'Magne, Chasseloup, Rouher, and Banchard the majority of whom are favourable to the measure. CREUZOT 7 April 2. Assemblages of women and children continued yesterday evening, and stones were thrown at the military patrols. The Procureur Imperial and the Judge d'lnstruction have arrived. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCF. CITY BE TTIN G. —'2ll IS DAY. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 100 to 12 agst Orphan (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Douglas (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Tim Weaver (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sunflower (taken) 20 to 1 agst Candidate (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Salliet (taken and offered) BOAT RACE. 6to 4 on Oxford (taken) NORTHAMPTO NSF-TIRE. 4 to 1 agst Briton (taken and offered) 11 to 2 agst Midsummer (taken) 7to 1 agst Falkland (offered—take Bto 1) 100 to 12 agst Faganini (offered) CHESTER CUP. 3 to 1 agst Sabinus (offered—take 7 to 2) 20 to 1 agst Glenfalloch (offered—take '25 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Blandford (offered) 20 to 1 agst Siderolike (offered) 25 to 1 agst Starter (taken and offered) .50 to 1 agst Moran (offered) 50 to 1 agst Captivator (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 3 to 1 agst Kingeraft (wanted) 7to 1 agst Astolfo (taken and offered) 9 to 1 agst Stanley (offered—take 11 to 1) 11 to 1 agst Camel (offered) 500 to 40 agst Sunshine (offered) 20 to 1 agst Normanby (offered) DERBY. 1200 to 100 agst Sunshine (taken) 20 to 1 agst Captivator (offered) 1000 to 45 agst Astolfo (offered) 40 to 1 agst Claudius (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Bridgwater (taken) FLAT RACIN AP: _4 FIXTURES. ZIL. Croxton Park 1 Northampton 5, 6 West Drayton 7, 8 Thirsk 7, 8 Liverpool Hunt 9 Durham 18, 19 Lichfield .. ... 18, 19. I Knighton 19, 20 Newmarket C is to 22 Catterick Bridge 21, 22 1 Abergavenny 21, 22 Eastbourne 22 Cardiff 26, 27 I Croydon 2e, 29 AY. Wyo 19 I Doncaster l9, 20 Harpenden ... 20, 21 I Bath 24, 25 Stamford ... 26, 97 1 Croydon 'p6, 27 Epsom 31 to Juno 3 Newmarket Ist S 2 to 6 Edinburgh 7 Chester 10 to 13 Winchester ...10, 11 Salisbury ...12, 13 Chelmsford 17, 18 York l7, 18 OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. (TIII.S DAY.) PUTNEY, Saturday, 12 Noon. Nothing has been done by the crews this morning, save that Cambridge have been out for a paddle, and the Oxonians are saving themselves for a grand trial over the course this afternoon. Ther Cantabs will go out and try starts, &c., with the London Rowing Club 12-oared crew. The Marine Conservancy have made every ar rangement for the safety of the crews and spectators, and we are now in a position to inform our readers that only two steamers will follow the race, one for the members of the press, and another for the um pire and University men. The names of the competitors, with latest weights, are :-- OXFORD. at lb 1. R. W. Mirehonse, University ll. 1 2. A. G. Lewis, University 3. T. S. Riker, Queen's 4. 7.'. E. Edwards-Moss, Baliol 5. F. G. Payne, St. John's 6. S. W. 'Woodhouse, University 7. W. D. Benson, Baliol 8. S. D. Darbashire, Baliol T. 11. Hall, Corpus, cox 7 8 CAMBRIDGE. st. lb. 1. C. 8. L. Randolph, 3d Trinity lO 12 2. J, H. Rodley, Jesus 3. J. W. Dale, St. John's 4. R. A. Sp3ncer, 3d Trinity 5. W. H. Lowe, Christ's 6. E. Phelps, Sidney 7. J. F. Strachan, Trinity Hall 8. J. H. D. Galilee, St John's l2 1 H. E. Gordon, Ist Trinity, cox 7 13 ACCIDENT TO A WEDDING PARTY. The wedding of Mr. Goodridge, a gentleman of New foundland, with the daughter of Mr. N. Hunt, of Crabs park, took place at the parish church, Paignton, on Thursday. While the carriages containing the bride and bridesmaids were on their way from Crabspark to the church, the horses of the second carriage Set to kicking and bolted, and a collision with the carriage in front followed. One carriage was completely smashed, and the bride, who had to be dragged through one of the windows, with the loss of many portions of dress, had a very narrow escape of being killed. One of the gentlemen of the party had a severe cut from the glass of the carriage, and others received so great a shock that they were unable to pro ceed. The scene of the accident was s t rewe d w i t h we ddi ng paraphernalia. Other carriages were sent for, that thoki who were uninjured might reach the church in time for the ceremony. BOATING AND SHIPPING ACCIDENTS IN NORTH BRITAIN. A fatal wreck and a boating accident are reported from the North of Scotland, The French schooner Auguste et Maria has been driven ashore on the Island of Barra, and sunk in deep water. One man of the crew was drowned, The boat accident occurred in North Uist ; by it four fishermen were drowned out of a crew of six. One of the deceasaa married; the others were young men. The boy of each has been discovers. The Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the Jersey packet Normandy will , it i s expected, take place at Greenwich the latter end of next week. In order to assist the inquiry, photographs have been taken of the damage done to the Mary, I with which the Normandy was in collision. The Mary is now in the graving-dock 4 . ! Southampton. ne Mines Regulation Bat was discussed at a meeting of the miners of Wigan and neighbourhood, held yesterday. There was a general expression of dissatisfac tion with the bill as it stands, and a number of amend ments, suggested by the miners' agents, were approved of, and ordered to be submitted to the consideration of the Go vernment. - - The following resolution relative to the case of Lord Randolph Churchill was. unanimously passed at a meeting of the police committee (which is composed of members of the University and citizens), held at Oxford yesterday :—" That nothinr , transpired in the recent chargenearing of the against e ' Police-constable Partridge for perjury which has in any way shaken the confidence )f the committee in Partridge as a truthful and trust worthy policeman." The Rev. E. 0. Phillips, M.A., vicar of Aberyst with, has consented to be put in nomination for the seat in Convocation vacant by the elevation of the Rev. J. Hughes to the Bishopric of St. Asaph. The case of Higgs has been before the Bankruptcy Court. His hiding place has not yet been discovered, but the assignees are in possession of some important books and documents relating. to.the bankrupt's estate. „