The Sun. — London, England, 1870-02-01 00:00:00

DIONEY LIARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The New loans, although over subscribed, have given an activity to business, and speculators are now on the look out for other channels in which the surplus savings can he invested, and both Loans and Telegraphs being for the moment quiet, quiet mining ventures seem about to come into the mar ket in some force. The Government Securities are steady, and prices are without material change. In the Foreign Market the principal Foreign Secu rities have slightly given way, but in Railways the fall of yesterday has been recovered, and prices now inclined to improve. For discount the de- Maud is but to a moderate extent ; first class paper cannot be done much under 3 per cent. Consols are now at 921 to 921 for money ; ditto, for Account, 921 ; :Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 1 ; New Tkree per Cents, 924 14 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem. ; ' Tu ne, prem ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, P ar ; June, par ; Bank of England Stock, 4 1 per Cent., 2374 9. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1114 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 4 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., 1 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 25 prem. In the Foreign Market business is quiet, with a decline. The prices are now as follows :—Argen tine, 85 to 86 ; Egyptian (1864), 914 to 924, and ditto (1868), 761 to 764. Italian are 54f to 541 ; Mexicali 14/ to 151 i Peruvian, 781 to 791. Spanish are quoted 271 to 274 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 431 to 431 ex div. ; ditto New, 1 to 1 prem ; Chilian, 96/ to 974 ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 80/ to 811 ; Russian (1862), 85 to 851 Or el, 834 to 831; Nicolas, 661 to 67 ; Moscow, 81 to 82 ; and Charkof, 83 to 831. In the:Railway Market Great Northerns have recovered the decline of yesterday, ;hey are now 'narked 1111 to 1121 ; Caledonian, 774 to 77/. Great Eastern is quoted 371 to 371 ; South Eastern, 7 61 to 764. Great Western is 63 to 631; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 128 to 1281 ; London and Brighton, 44/ to 145/ ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 15 to 151 ; London and North Western, 1234 to 1234 ; London and South Western, 93 to 95 ; 'Metropolitan, 784 to 798 ; Midland, 123 to 1234 ; and North Eastern, 1271 to 127/. Great Luxemburg shares are 134 to 131, and Lom bardo-Venetian 191 to 20. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 87 to 871 ; do. Ten-Forty Bonds, 841 to 841 ; Erie shares are 21 to 214 ; and Illinois, 102/ to 103 ex div. In Telegraph Shares Construction and Main tenance are now quoted at 391 to 394. Indian Rubber Telegraph Works are 57 to 59 ; British Indian Submarine is 1 higher at 144 to 151; and Falmouth, 34 to 4 prem ; Anglo-American is un altered, at 19 to 191 ; China Submarine, 1 to 1 prem. ; and French Cable, 17/ to 171. In Bank shares Alliance is marked 12 to 13 ; Anglo-Austrian, 14 to 16 prem. ; Chartered Mer cantile, 32 to 33 ; Consolidated, 44 to 41 ; Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 24 prem. ; London and County, 49 to 50 ; London and Westminster, 58 to 59 ex div. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes- 1 terd ay . The Shannon, from the West Indies, has brought £809,825. The Government payments to the telegraph com panies have commenced. The largest payment — that to the Electric and International, £2,938,826, w ilfte made to-morrow. That to Itemer's Com pany, £726,000, will be made to-day. The Erie Protection Committee have issued the following notice :—" Erie Shareholders' Protectio n Committee, 60, Threadneedle-street, E.C., Jan. 31. The committee beg to announce that, in conformity With the resolution passed at the meeting of share holders on the 21st inst., they will not for the fature St amp any shares unless incontestable proof can be given that such shares were held bona .fide in Europe on the said 21st day of January." The Bank of England have given notice that the New £3 per Cents., Reduced £3 per Cents., Annui ties for 30 years, Annuities for terms of years, and India £4 per Cents , will on Wednesday, the 2d of Alai* be transferable without the dividend due on the sth of April next; also that the transfer books of the Bank will shut on Wednesday, the 16th of March, and open on Wednesday, the 6th of April. The success of the new Russian Loan exceeds all precedent. Messrs. Rothschild have been com pletely oXerwhelmed with applications, and it is clearly ~apparent that tho result of the allotment must almost of necessity be generally disappointing. 1 4 to Saturday night the amount had reached, we believe, about £33,000,000, and it is estimated that the aggregate sum has now approached £50,000,000. The entire amount of the loan being £12,000,000, and only about one-third of this, or £ 4 ,000,000, being regarded as available for distri bution in England. The new Chilian Five per Cent. Government Loan for £1,012,700 sterling at 83, is likewise a a great success. The has, it is said, been covered two or three times over. A telegram received from the India-office, and dated Kurrachee, the 20t'a of January, states that the Great Eastern had anchored in Bombay Habour. The directors of the British Land Company (Limited), have declared a further dividend of 5 Per cent, and a bonus of 5 per cent. At the meeting of the Ocean Marine Insurance Company, the directors' report was adopted, and a dividend of ss. and a bonus of 20s. per share were declared. A further dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound, Making 19s. paid, is now payable to the creditors of the China Steamship and Labuan Coal Corn- Pany,(Limited). The report of the National Freehold Land, Society, to be presented on the 4th of February, shows a balance of £10,744. The report of the Improved Industrial Dwell ings Company recommends a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The report of the Lion Brewery Company (Limited) recommends a dividend at the rate of 14 per cent. per annum. The report of the London and South-Western Bank (Limited) recommends a dividend of ss. per share, which will leave £460 to be carried forward. At the corresponding date of last year the dividend was 6s. per share. The report of the Warrant Finance Company (Limited) states that the liabilities have been reduced, and that the income for 1869 has been £9,023. It is proposed to take the requisite steps for cancelling the existing liability of the share olders by making the shares £l2 each, fully paid up, instead of £5O each, with £l2 paid. A special meeting of the M e t ropol i tan Street T 'Tramways Company is called for February 10, to submit a proposed Bill in Pa rliament, authorising the company to extend their tramway s . • A General Court of the New Bruns w i c k and Nova Scotia Land Company is called for the 10th of March, "to consider of a dividend." The half-yearly meeting of the General Steam Navigation Company is called for the 22d Feb., when a dividend is to be declared. The half-yearly meeting of the Southampton Dock Company is called for the 23d Feb. The annual meeting of the Lands Improvement Company is called for the 17th Feb., when a divi end is to be declared. A meeting of tho holders of the First Debentures of the Ottoman R lilway Company is convened by the committee for the Ist Feb. Berger Spence and Co.'s Weekly Report says : —ln some branches of the chemical trade the im provement named in previous reports has been maintained, although the business done during the week has not been large ; the engagements of the manufacturers are sufficient, coupled with a moth rate demand, to keep prices firm. For alkalies of most descriptions there has been an ordinary market. In minerals there has been a better market for the various descriptions for smelting operations ; and for the chemical trade an average amount of orders have changed hands. There is little to report of metals during the past week, transactions continue. of the most limited character, and quotations are generally unaltered. In Mincing-lane a large business has been con cluded in spices at stiffer prices for pepper and cloves. Sago has also sold freely at stiffer prices. Coffee maintains an upward tendency. Seed oils have realised higher prices. Other produce has b.en in moderate request at steady rates, except cotton, which is rather lower. BRITISH FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK. GOIrERNMENT FUNDS. 3 par Cent. Consols 021 i 1 Ditto for Account 92i I per Cent. Reduced 921 1 1 New 3 per Cent Now 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Oen J ma. 1873 &nnuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequsr Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ut. March pm D.. 24 do. June Do £lOO, £2OO & £5OO — die Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent Do. opening Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial Omnmui INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES India Mock, 101 per Gout., April 1874 — Dc. Opening, for Account — Do. a per Cent. July, 1880 Do 4 per Cent. Oct. 1 888 Do. Enlaced Papot 4 per CAnt.. ~. — Do. 5 par Cert., Jan. 1872 .....,... — Do. 5} per Cent. May 1879 — DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Dab. 1872., — Do do 18 -, 7,,, — Do. do. 1882 — 0,.:/•. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ — Do. Ronde, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO — _ FORNIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. irsontine Republic, 6 per Cent Do Awns= Austrian Bonds 5 por cent .. Do. ixliq - Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858....• — Uo. uo 1860 . — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Dc. Account Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent', Cuba, 6 per Cent. C./than 6 per Cent "o. 4i per Cent Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 1 , 0. 6 per cent. 1867 97i 3 lo übli.n, 6 per Cent. Danisn, 3 per Cent., 1825........ Dan.2l bin Principalities, 7 ler Cent -- Do Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — ..:cuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent.... — Do Secood Issue •• — Jo. £5Ol, Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. ILO Bonds De, £1 30 Bonds . Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 _ Do. Acccunt Do. £lOO Bonds . Government liallv. - Itv Debenture , ..... Greek 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. tour-ace. Ga Ltemala 5 per Ueut Honduras Gov Rail. Lou.a, 10 p.,Ct., pd Do. Acc• ant ltsdun 5 par Coot., 1b65 00. Account Do 11Arenatuana Railway !lexicon 3 per Cent Ditto for Account — Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — ilontevideau 6 per Cent. 111 -- 11c:rish lmperia. 5 lei Cent New Granada 2O Do 3 per Gen — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account 7Bf 91 Do 4i per Cent. (I.ll:')arren) ........ Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 Do 6 per Cent.,1862 Portsguese 3 per Ct.,1853,'6, 7, 9,'60,'2,'1i 321 I Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St Do 4I per Cent 1850 ar' Do 4f per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bolide , 901 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9O Do. do .£B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 67;61 Sardinian 5 per Cent 7O Bpanieth 3 pur ( Iwn Do. Account — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferroct — ▪ Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 par Cent Do Account Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian,.4i per cent., Ex. 25f. ..- Dutch 2} r ot. Cent. Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — lte.lian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. Do Account Z4f TWO O'SLOCE. Oonsole, Money 921 + xcl Do. Account, Feb. 3 THE PALIABIENTARY DINNERS. The Premier has issued invitations for a full-. dress Parliamentary dinner on Monday next to the Mover and Seconder of the Address (Captain the Hon. Francis Egerton and Sir Charles Went worth Dilke), and a large party of the Ministerial members of the House of Commons. Earl Gran ville, as leader of the Ministerial party in the House of Lords, haft issued cards for a full-dress banquet, at his residence in Bruton-street, on the 7th instant. Among the Peers invited are the Duke of Cambridge, the Marquess of Huntly, and the Earl of Fingall (the Mover and Seconder of the Address), and upwards of thirty supporters of the Government. THE NEW NAVAL PROAIOTIONS. Admiral Sir Provo W. P. Wallis, G.C.8., now Rear Admiral of the United Kingdom, is to be ad vanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral ; and Sir W. H. Johnson, K.C.8., to that of Rear-Admiral; the latter officer steps over the head of Admiral Sir H. Stewart, G.C.8., who prefers remaining Go vernor and Visitor of Greenwich Hospital. Ad miral Sir F. Moresby, K.C.8., has received an official intimation that he is to be advanced to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet. ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Last evening one of the largest, and, we may say, one of the best bands of negro minstrels made their appearance at this favourite place of amusement with great success. The Great American slave troupe consists of 26 performers, each one of whom has some special peculiarity. The first part of the new entertainment consisted of a very pretty selec tion of harmonized ballads by the company, and amongst the many gems of melody we may particularize " Belle Mahone," by Mr. Cross, as an effusion of the utmost sweetness. " Dear mother" was another most expressive ditty, and was excellently sung by Beaumont Reed ; and in the humorous portion of the concert Mr. Johnson was a perfect host in himself. Japanese Tommy is a curious little man—he is one of the burlesque stars, and his comicality was most amusing in the little sketch entitled "Justice in a Coloured Court." This was followed by a burlesque, "The Rival Swordsmen," in which we had an extraordinary and exciting double handed sword combat by Davis and Johnson. The entertainment concluded with a plantation festival, which introduced the whole of the troupe, and which evoked the most enthusiastic applause. The engagement of the troupe will result in a great success, as it is without doubt one of the best that has yet visited the me tropolis. The other entertainments at the Royal are now exceedingly good, there being Mr. J. 11. Milburn (the comique), the Brothers Autolean (gymnasts), and Miss Emma Day (the serio-comic). At the conclusion of the performances last night it was announced that Mr. Frank Bell would make his first appearance in his laughable performance entitled " What Is it ?" Taken as a whole, the entertainment at the Royal at the present time is one of more than ordinary excellence, and it is gratifying to see the exertions of the spirited proprietor properly appreciated by crowded audiences. 761 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1870. SIMRS LLS7. AND BTOChb. ertet. Lsut. .S2tK'i:}- St B 1 iSt;l Ar..l 2:,z3ter 10 , 77 . 72 78 .1 et I.;i4ictlJut. - ta st 2o Cornwall. alt 21 el 31 DuWin & Be!last June 100 et Duli„l'ertli, t Ab.J unc 100 70 72 2, East London all 4 6 20 15 ;0 Gla4;oW u. a.Western lO, lei 1( 9 t Great. Eastern . t Do. E. Augl. No. I. st Great NorthorScotlaul lOO Is to st Great Northern lOO llt 112 112 st. Do. A stook. ..« lOO 10.1 1121 1111 it Do. B stock le° 121 14s st GtS, and W. of lreiliud lOO s 8 IoU et Gt. Western —Original lOO 6 04 031 1 tt Do. South Wales lOO 6i 60 6t st Do. W. :111.1.—Uxiord lOO 40 42 st Do. Newport lOO 31 st Litricashire ork.hirQ lO3 128 121 1281 1 st Lou., S.Coast lOO 45 501 451 Do Scrip ...... et Lon., Chat., and Dover lOO 15 151 st Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOl 11 13 at Lon. lc North Western lOO 1'434 1241 1231 4 di Lon. es South Western lOO S 34 Man., Sher., fi Lincoln lOO 111 52; at Metropolitan ..... lOO 781 71 781 1 et Do Extension 6 Do. New rd all et Metropolitan District. al. 15 36 861 10 Metre?. St. John's 1% and 10 st Mialsud st 1: Cl, dirroin. 2; Derby lOO 8t Ul st North Britufh ...... 100 841 161 et I) o. lld., PO-, & Dun... 100 st Nor Eastern—Berwick lOO 25 D. c G. N.E purohaee 10.13,1 at 1) Leeds ...•.. 100 79 80 85 st D ()York . 100 12'1 241 126 51 et D oCarliele et D °Stock. & Darling lOO 167 IC9 at North London 10 Do .New IE6B et North Staffordshire...... 100 61 :63 C2l st North awl '6. W. Junction 100 9d 101 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... 101 at 113 , :nney . lOO 53 55 st :Bhropshire Union lOO 691 601 st South Devon".. st South Eastern lOO 704 761 st Staines, Wok'ham, dt Wok all 13 11 et 'Lad Vale lOO 154 158 -- DO. C .. 6 Waterford & Kilkenny.. 100 10 Waterloo & Whitehall.. 6 1261 1271 128 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing llusinets Share NAME. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A all 114 121 IVI 10 D•, B lO '4l 5 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, Inn all 211 25 2i 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1966, limited 10 3 :1 2 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Colum '.na all 15 14 20 Do issued at '2 pm__ , 5 31 21 23 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 , Bank of South Australia all 321 33 1 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 'Bank. of Now Zealand..., all 15 10 50 British North Ameriean 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, end China all 18/ 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India, Loudon, and China all 32 3 3 20 City lO 11 111 100 Colonial 25 41 43 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East Loudon, km 20 English and American, inn 10 .• ••• 20 English. Bank of Rio do Ja neiro. lim 20 English, .'.3cottish, and Ails.. tralis.o Chartered .4 - all NI 181 281 Bong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 37 19 291 Do new lll 41 51 100 Imperial, lim 2O 3 2 20 Imperial Ottoman lo 25 3 12 4 25 lonian all 20 22 25 Do now b 8 3 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 34 3 1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 16 130 100 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, Jim. 45 35 Z . O 20 Do new 71 b 43 100 London &River Plate, Rm. 40 11 13 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia , all 234 214 231 i 20 London and County 2O 404 80 1 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... •.. --London Joint Stock 3 ll 82 1 314 London and South African al 100 London &S.-Western, lint, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lint 124 ..• .00 London and Westminster. 20 60 81 .00 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 100 Merchant, lint 25 64 51 10 Metropolitan, lint all 7 1 7 4 00 Midland, lint 2O id 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint l5 3d •1p 00 National Provinc. of Ened 42 ••• ••• 10 Do as Ic, Li 20 New South Wales all 41 43 38 20 North-Western 74 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 44 444 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 19 64 54 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 85 87 10 Do new. all 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 14 15 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 41 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London TELEGRAPII COMPANIES. ATTl:tigiu-Anierijann ail 19i 19,, , 191 t 10 Anglo Medan* Tel., 1im.... 10 :iti n 221 11 at Atlantic Telegraph.... lO 14 16 151 et Do. 8 per cent. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 180 lio at Electric .St Inter. Telegraph 100 262 . 267 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lint— all 23 25 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 3 - 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 10 Moditerra. Exten. Tel., lim all 9 10 81 25 Reuter's Telegram all 82 17 20 Societe Trausatlant., lim all 18 181 171 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all il i 21 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., him all 7 8 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all .4 ti 1160 EL LAN EOUS. t 0215 BA 0 A u ti s, g M 10-exicau Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 4. tu p:, ll r l a o h r satuadteTea r ii n, i, L n all i) 1 4 d p s r 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 51 5 Ditto ' New 4 pr 1 p in 50 British American Land 2U British Indian Tea, Limited all 1 2 27 Canada Company all 63 65 20 Ceylon Company, Limited, lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 6 5d 30 City of Milan Improyment L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Lin.ited 2O 4 2d 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 10 Cont of African Morch, L 3 11 Old 20 Continental Union Gas, L 4 all 264 271 23 Copper Miners of England, Prof 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, all all all 110 1 00 0 0 CD Ditto, r i4 e t it cl o i l l el: l B ' B o 7Bc9 n 2 T :1 1 li f'4 ))e' u rr g cc l e a en u nt d t , L all 24 25 3 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 24 11 St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 94 99 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 105 110 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4 32 Ebbw Vale 271 10 94 100 Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov 20 Egyptian Com and Trading Ll/13 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 1 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 14 p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 31 41p 100 Foreign and Cul Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds all 96 97 974 10 Gen Credit and Discount, Is 71 4 scl 15 General Steam Navigation l2 20 80 50 Homo and (201 Marine Ins, L 5 14 p 20 Hudson's Bay 50 India Rub, 'relg Works, L... 45 57 59 10 International Finan Sec, L 5 1i 114 20 Italian Irrigaton Canal, Cav all 4e- 44 100 Ditto, 6 per cnt Bonds, red all 180 50 Land Securities, Limited._ 25 Loudon African Trading lO b 0 Loud Financial Assoc, Lim._ 30 18 174 121 4 Lond Gen Omnibus, Limd all 21 21 50 Lond & Glasg Eugiu, Limd 25 18 16d 20 London and Prov Marine 2 par kp 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 5 111 111 10 National Steamship, Limd all 13 4 14 1 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d 10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 41 41d 25 N Zealand Lu & Merc, &c 21 iP 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 1 4 1 8P 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 54 10 . Do, B all d St N British Austral, Limited 100 60 70 50 N British & Mercan lusnce 6l '23 231 25 Ocean Marine Insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 id SP 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 .21 St. Peel Iliv Lnd & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peniuslr & Oriental Steam all 45 47 50 Do., New, 1867 lO 81 214 50 Rhymney Iron •••• all 271 281 15 Do, New all 84 8 1 25 Rio Janeiro City In., L m td all 19 1 20 1 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited all 291 301 301 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 51 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 25 South Australian Land 20 Thames & Mors Mn Ins, L 2 21 21-A3 St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trust and Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCoof Up Canada 5 t IP 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 6ip 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 6 2 14 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 41 s}p 105 1 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 1- 1 30 Van Diemen's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Lu all 801 811 801 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 64 50 WI & P Steam, Limited THE SUCCESSOIt OF MR. JUSTICE HAYES. We believe it is now settled that the 'kn. George Denman, M.P. for Tiverton, is to be elevated to the bench in the room of the late Air. Justice Hayes. RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SUARES AND STOCKS. et Bristol antlExeter 4 p.cent. 100 87 8:1 at Caledonian Qrs., No. at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gun 6 p.c lOO et Do. do. 7 per cent lOO •.. et DO. do. Ordinary lOO 76 82 at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, ö per cent ° all at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Xo. Ist Class preference lO6 at Was. & S.W. gua. 5 per Ct lOO at (It. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 93 14.) et Do do N 0.2 IWO 97 90 at Do do G per cent 100 110 113 at Do East Anglian A sp. c. 100 at Po du 13 6 du. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 100 —* st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 . 63 72 at Do Norfolk 5 p.e.Ex.1846 100 at Do du 5 p.c. Way.Val.lB47 100 —* at Great Northern, 5 par cent 10) at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Du 41 do do do 100 at Du 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pl 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 0.1 93 at Gt.West.—Orig.&J ut.-I.leut d ig ., per gua.s p.e lOO 106 108 1071 Du. Orig. (B.& H. Ex). ;-) p.c lOO 95 lo.) Do do 4., per cent. ISA lOO 9„i 9.2 Du do 4 du du Do do 5 per cent. mien'. 100 97 0d Du do Birmingham gua.. 100 es 72 Do do do pref lOO ••• Du do Chester gun I 'J Du do do a per cent. lOU ••• Do do do 5 do 106 90 10t, Du South \Vales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 Du do 44 p.e lOO ... at Do do 4 1 1.85'./.• lOO at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 110 115 et Du do 20 gua lOO 113 115 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 16 98 st Du do 2d do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1860 100 ..„ 00 Lancaster y Carliala 41 p.c. all at Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 at Do Barnsley, £5 38100 p.c. 100 ••• ••• at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 105 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 08 100 at, London & Britrittou, 5 p.c. guaranteed, No 1 lOO ... et Do 5 per cent. gua No. 2. 100 at Do 6 du do lOO et Do 5 do J. 100 4 lOO ••• •,, at Do 7 per centW.E. C• 1? ) 100 at Do 6 du ( & at Do 4 do 1350 lOO m at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent llO et London and 24. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 111 et Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Do Shreweb'y & Welchpl. 108 at Loudon and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 150 a Do (Portsm.perpaus 2s6d) all ... a Man., Shef., & Lincln. 6 p.c. 100 Du £4 all par 1 pun a Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 ••• at ram. Consolidated ,0 p. C... 100 100 a Do Bristol a Bina., 6p. e lOO 1.13 135 ▪ Do 41 por cent. redeem lO6 98 IUO • Du 41 per cent. irrodoom lOO 95 10J a Du Leicester& p.c 100 60 PI at North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO at Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOO ..„ at Du N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t.. 100 at Do Border Union, 51 p.c 101) at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 89 at Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 99 at Du U N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Lerwick capital 8.13.4. Do York, H.& S. purchase. 10 10 101 Do Stcktu Drliug. A 5 p.c. 100 107 1011 at Du W, Hartlepool H. and It 100 $8 88 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 10s S. Devon Annuities, lis all 9 10 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 01 10s Do Fixed 44 per cent all 8 81 10.6. S. East. (Read. Arms., 1.0.6) all 22 23 et Do 41 per eel* lOO •.„ at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO et Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 150 et Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 „. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year at Caledonian 41 p c gun. st Do Scot. Ceu. min. 7 p c lOO m at Do 41 p irredoein all at Do 4p c con., issued at 80 65 et Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 7 . 7 80 et Do 5 do, 1862. 100 87 90 et Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 86 88 89 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 83 86 87 et Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 et Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 et Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. liidl., 5p c 100 et Do Joint porpe. b p 0,1865 100 8 . 8 * it at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 115 120 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 13 lOO b Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 I i p at Loud.,o e Brig 4 d &c., 41 pc, 1858 186 100 at D 100 it Do do 41 do, 1861 leo at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 et Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ~, at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 m et Do No. 7 sdo at Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 et Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at London& N Western, 5p c 100 10E 110 at London& S. Western, 41 p 0 100 93 95 871 10 Man. SW. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all V 91 at Metropolitan 5 per cent et Midland, A 5 per cent prof lOO 107 109 et Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 214 111 Do Incony. New hares all 19 191 22 Do 5 p con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 B4 11 24p at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P., &Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 .. „, at Do E.& G , N 0.2, 5 p.c lOO et Do N. 8.. b per cent, 1862 100 .„ at Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c ... 100 ~. at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 et North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 94 180 et Do Stock. & Darl., D et North Loudon, 44, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ,„ at South Eastern, 41 pO, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 ... ••• at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 „, at Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 .✓ ... RAILWAYS. -LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS et Birkenhead lOO 91 93 00 Do. 44 per cent. Prefer all 98 100 et Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54: 6 at Do. 51 per cent. et Do. 5 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... ~. at Colchester Steal Valley ... at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 132 134 29 Gloster and Dean Forest all ~. ... a Gt. Ease., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 .., .. i . a Do. E. 15. Harwich, 4 p.c 108 .., „,. at Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do at Gt. West, W. Mid., Herd 100 97 92 50 full and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 at London and Blackwell lOO 93 95 9 6 at Do. 41 per cent lOO ~,, ... et London, Chat., &c., 41 p. c. 100 „, .., at Do. Corm Fund, 5 do 100 ... - at Loudon and Greenwich ... 100 62 64 at Do. do Preference... 100 ... —. at Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 83 85 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent.— 100 79 pl at Do. 4. 6 do , ~... 100 ... . , 51 Manch., 8t.... 111.a'''' all at Midland, 13raltord, Pref... 100 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Lins) 50 Northern& East.,s per cent all 53 16 50 Do. do. 6 do. all .. . at N. Eastara — llartlopool st N.West. A perp. pref, 5p c lOO 107 109 at Do B minimum it p.c lO9 , . ~, s t Notting. &Granth lt. & C lOO iil 93 25 Preston and Wyro. all 4/. 46 ... R o yston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 132 134 10 Da do 24p ii S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 97 9 9 p D 4 per cont gua lO3 78 80 6 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico— lOO . st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all .., ,„ 20 Do do C all „, ~, st Weymouth and Portland lOO „, .„ a t Wilts and Some rset DOCKS. at East and Went London and St. Katherine 100 49 51 100 D cDeb. stock, 4 per cent ail ~. . 4 Ilillwall Freehold Land :t Dock 10) 20 33 Southampton ljo 72 75 surrey Celuuactrulal LA TV INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF EXCHEQUER. DR. WILLIAMS V. THE DUKE OF SO3IERSET. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., applied this morning, in the action for libel which Dr. Williams has brought against the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, for a postponement until the sittings after Easter term. The affidavits stated that the Duchess of Somerset, who might be a necessary witness, was suffering from neuralgia and an affection of the leg, and might not be able to attend the court for th:ee weeks cr a month. The Solicitor-General, who appeared for the plaintiff, objected to a postponement on the ground of the serious nature of the libel. The Duchess of Somerset had called Dr. Williams a " bpocritical murderer," and one of the charges was that he had deliberately allowed the only son of the Duke and Duchess to die because he would not meet another medical man, and that he mismanaged the case from professional spite. Mr. Hawkins—No, no. The Solicitor-General—The Duchess of Somerset has chosen to circulate the libel for months. Mr. Hawkins—You must not state that it is not set out in your affidavits. The Solicitor-General—The libel has been in general circulation for months, and the profes sional character of Dr. Williams has seriously suffered by it. The defendants have not pleaded any justification, and they have almost admitted the authorship. Dr. Williams is most anxious to have the case tried ; but now your lordship is asked to postpone it until July, on the ground that there is something the matter with the veins of the duchess's leg. Mr. Hawkins, in reply to the learned judge, said he believed it would be necessary to call the duchess at the trial. The Solicitor-General—Then, let the Duchess be examined by commission, and her evidence read to the jury. Do not let Dr. Williams continue to suffer from a libel of which, in the whole course of my professional experience, I have never seen the like, and which has been in unbroken circulation for months. I trust your lordship will not post pone the trial. Mr. Hawkins—The answer of the Duchess is re quired in answer to the statements made by Dr. Williams himself, and that makes it impossible to have her examined by commission. The learned counsel added that, there being no plea of justifi cation, the truth of the libel, as regards the serious charges referred to, was not intended to be set up. The Solicitor-General—But a good deal of mis chief may be done without standing up for the exact truth of the libel. Mr. Baron Bramwell decided that the case should • not be tried before the eighth day of the next sittings in London, with liberty to the de fendants to examine the Duchess by commission, if necessary. DIVORCE COURT. This morning the Judge Ordinary intimated that in consequence of the avocations of the learned judges who assisted the Court at the bearing of the appeals, they had not been able to prepare their judgments on the Kelly case, but their lordships would deliver judgment on Wednesday, the 9th inst. JUDGES' CHAMBERS. To-day there were several matters before the Chief Clerk connected with the New Cross accident. Messrs. Baxter, Rose, and Norton applied for and obtained leave to plead "several matters." They had also some summonses for particulars of the injuries received. The rest of the actions against the Brighton Railway Company are to be contested in the superior Courts, ou the gruuud that the amounts awarded before the Sheriff's Courts by " good juries" have been excessive. Already many actions have been tried, but there is still consider able litigation pending on account of the same CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.--This Day, Francis Holyoak, 20, pleaded guilty to an indict ment for defrauding several tradesmen in the West end by uttering fictitious chequeF. The prisoner bad represented himself as the Hon. George Singleton. His counsel said the prisoner was an orphan, and alleged that he had been induced to act as be had done by a man named Brown. Mr. CommissiouerKerr sentenced him to eighteen months' hard labour. Harris Levy, 23, who was convicted last session of a burglary, was brought up for judgment. The Common Sergeant, having adverted to the defence that the prisoner's mind was affected, said he understood arrangements had been made to send the prisoner away. Under these circumstances he ordered him to be at once discharged. POLICE IN7ELLIGEINCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRET ENCES AND ROBBERY—George Mann and William Simmonds, two low looking fellows, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with obtaining 421bs. of sugar and a jar of raspberry jam, the property of Mr. Thompson, grocer, of Grafton-street, Soho, by false representa tions, and Mann was charged with stealing two pots of jelly from the same shop. James Kidd, shopman to Mr. Thompson, said that on the previous night Madn came in and asked the prices of sugar, saying he had come from Mr. Garraway, a neighbouring publican. He told Mann the prices, and he left and returned, and after stating that the prices were higher than Mr. Garraway usually paid, ordered 421bs. of loaf and foots, and said he would take 141bs. of each with him, and believing the prisoner had come from Mr. Garraway he let him have it, but sent a person to see that Mann delivered them where he said he was to do so, but before the person he sent got back Mann, who it turned cut had left the parcels with Simmonds, returned, and said he must have the other 141bs. and a pot of jam, and he let him have them, and afterA ards, he having given the person directions that if the goods were not taken to Gar raway's to give Mann into custody, he gave the two prisoners into custody. Police-constable Merrett, 407 E, said that be took Simmonds into custody, when he said that all he had done was acting as porter to Mann. In the dock Mann said, " We may as well make a clean breast of it," and on finding two pots of jelly in Simmonds's pockets, Mann admitted he stole them from the prosecutor's shop. Police-constable Voysey, 415 E, said that Mann told him that he was obliged to get things by false pretences for a living, as he was not allowed to beg or steal. The prisoners were remanded, it being stated that they had been charged before at the court. THAMES. DEATH OF MR. LIVINGSTON, CHIEF USHER OF TIIE COURT.—On Mr. Lushington taking his seat this morning he received with great regret the mournful intelligence of the death of Mr. William Livingston, upwards of 21 years chief usher of the court, who was a man of remarkable intelligence and ability. His services have been mor3 than once publicly acknowledged from the bench, and a few years since on a vacancy taking place he was strongly recommended by Mr. Self e for the chief clerk of one of our metropolitan poice courts, but, unfortunately, for the public, the kindness of the magistrate was not appreciated in the proper ' quarter. Mr. Livingston was, in fact, more of a clerk than usher, well versed in forms and prece dents, and i❑ an instant could name or refer upon a case before the court. His talent was highly appreciated by all. Mr. Livingston was only 39 years of age. The Midland Railway Company opened its Shef field and Chesterfield line to-day. An improved service of fast trains is to be run to and from Shef field. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 p 0, Jan and July, 1877-84 100 104 105 104} } Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 105} 106} Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 105 106 Do, 5p c, Jan and July . .... lOO 94 95 94} Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 93 95 Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1803 —lOO 95 90 95/ oof Good Hope, 6P c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 100 110 112 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 - 100 ...... Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 19r scag tboy18:12 1 1900 100 102} 103} Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 100 Do, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6p c, 1873, Jan & July.loo 102 104 Do, 1878, Jau and July 100 106 108 Do, 1882, May 15 and Nov 15 100 107 109 D 0,1895-6, Feb and Aug 100 111 113 Jan and 101} 102} 102 11 lM) e ta y oo a vn Aprild6 pNI do Oct v J a n and . 1 00 0 3 0 1 1 (0 ? 4 1 1 16 0 (9 5 Natal NeDwo G6 Brunswick 6 July draws, N. S. Wales Gov 5 p c, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 100} 101} from 1867 to 1875 100 100 101 D Do oli , u s sly p p Cl c Do, 2 pc,r c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 101 102 101} New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 964 1 971 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 97 97 961 7 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 100 102} 103} Do, 1886 lOO 104. 105 105 Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July 1 00 1081 1091 1091 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 108} 109 i 108} S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-9' ) lOO Do, 1893-1908 100 110 111 Tasmanian, 6 p e, 1895, Jan and July 100 103 110 Do, 6p c, red, 1893 to 1897 100 108 110 Victoria Govt, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO 112} 113} 113 Do, April and Oct 100 113 114 Do, 5p c, Jan and July 100 101 102 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(TIIIS DAY.) Sales probably . 10,000 bales. The market was quiet. Earl de Grey arrived at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon, and having embarked on b3ard the steam yacht Fire Queen, Staff Commander Paul, proceeded to Osborne on a visit to her Majesty. PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. tiONDLY. Every day the columns of the Journal Officiel are curi ously scanned for the expected announcement of changes in the Cabinet. As yet, however, no such intimation has been made. Is is generally believed that some modifica tions of the Ministerial perso;ine! may be definitely looked for, the position of MM. Daru and Buffet being very equivocal at present. Should they retire, the retreat of MM. Segris and de Talhouet may be looked for. One of the current rumours in circulation yesterday was that M. Segris had said, in reference to the situation, "Since I have been in office I have not unbuckled my portmanteau." It is not necessary to attach implicit credence to all these reports, but it is certain that whatever the intentions of the Cabinet, those generally best informed expect some modifications. Three commissions assembled to-day : the parliamentary initiative commission, the commission on the proposed alte ration of Article 550 of the Commercial Code, and the com mittee:which has the charge of regulating the affairs of the Corps Legislatif. In the,first commission three Ministers were present, 011ivier, Buffet, and de Talhouet. The Prime Minister, in announcing the Ministerial intentions, said that the previous question should be stated at the time of the note on these several projects of law. He admitted that these questions might be subject of debate. After several explanations respecting Saturday's vote, which a number of deputies still declare that they did not understand (having nevertheless given their votes ! ) The Chamber to-day occupied itself with the interpollations of M. Dupuy de Lome on the temporary admission of cast iron and other metals. M. Dupuy de Lome is expected to lead the attack on the January decrees, M. Genton reserving himself for the reply to M. Buffet. A somewhat stormy scene took place before the sitting broke up. M. Stoenackers, in referring to the proposition of M. Josseau respecting the prefectoral councils, said he thought that a more urgent reform than that of the councils was the complete suppression of the sub prefectures. M. Martel gave notice of motions for the better securing of magisterial independence, where upon the Left encouraged the speaker to explain his reasons ; the Right opposed. The speaker insisted on the necessity of protecting the magistracy against political pressure, and recalled a speech made at Lyons by the Procureur-General, but the disturbance was so great that he could not be heard, and the President (If. Alfred Lo Roux) interfered, and forbade both the reading, of the speech and the expose of motives. M. Polleten upon this remarked that permis sion had been given by the Chamber to M. Martel to read, and the interruptions only occurred when certain unwelcome passages were read. "You who have the right of accepting or rejecting motions," added he, turning to the Chamber, "you should not refuse to hear there when they displease you." The President having given permission to M. Martel to read his motion, and nothing else, the deputy accomplished his task. Tho first clause of his bill provides that no judge must be loss than 25 years of ago, the fifth, that the Ministry can only remove a justice of the peace by permission of the Imperial Court. Another motion regulates the orga nisation of tribunals, and the conditions to be imposed or the judicial candidates. More particulars of the murder in the line de Faubourg, Saint Honor 3 are now forthcoming. They do not differ materially from the first accounts which were circulated. M. and Madame Lombard had lived for eighteen months in a magnificent hotel. Shortly after his return to France from fulfilling the functions of Consul-General in India, M. Lombard married the unfortunate victim of the recent catastrophe. Ho was soon after attacked with paralysis, and Lathauvers, who is a Belgian, was engaged to carry the afflicted gentleman front his bed to his armchair. He was of a very quarrel some disposition, and often declared that every one hated him because he was a Belgian, but that he should give them the change of their money. Madame Lombard was very well satisfied with him, and only a day or two before the catastrophe she remarked to a friend that she was for tunate in having procured such a servant. On Friday evening, at five o'clock, Madame Lombard found that Lathauvers had been thinking too much, and did not deem it prudent to let him touch her husband. She complained rather bitterly, and sent the porter with a letter to her daughter requesting her to send her valet to her husband's assistance. Upon this the Belgian, who had kept his eye on his mistress's doings, went down into the kitchen and procured a large knife. He then rushed into the salon and plunged the weapon into Madame Lombard's throat with such force as almost to separate the head from the body. Ho then returned to the kitchen and attacked the cook, who was seriously injured. A young woman in the same house came down to her assistance, and was in turn wounded by the ferocious man. He was with great difficulty secured, and by the time the sergonts de ville arrived, was comparatively calm. On being questioned by the Commissary of Police, he confessed that he had killed his mistress, but said that she had accused him falsely. The unfortunate M. Lom bard can give no account of the affair, as ho is deprived of speech, and cannot even make signs to indicate what has taken place. The doctors state that Madame Lombard must have died instantaneously. Tho cook who was attacked by the murderer, has been delirious and is not yet aware of her mistress's death. Tho young woman who came to her assistance lies in a very dangerous state. The funeral of Madame Lombard will take place to-morrow, and her friends are invited to assemble at the house to take part in the sad, ceremony. The unfortunate lady was about 48 years of age. Her young daughter, Madame Durand, came to the house on hearing of the calamity. The police endeavoured to prevent her entrance, fearing the effects of the sad sight, but she persisted, and was soon carried away in a fainting state. It appears that Lathauvers has already been guilty of crimes in Belgium, and that before coming to France he had been condemned to suffer five years' surveillance. He had only been in Paris a few days when ho was taken into the service of Madame Lombard. Ho was a frequent visitor to the wine sellers of the neighbourhood, who all knew him, and speak of his gloomy and taciturn nature. He was fond of drink, and liked to take it by himself, and sat in a corner, taking no notice of anyone. PRIMITIVE AGRARIANISM. The St. Paul's Magazine, for February, has a very inte. resting description of the peculiar arrangement between landlord and tenant in Tuscany:—The practice which pre vails there is in direct violation of all the most thoroughly received canons of the science of poli tical economy. It is extremely primitive and old fashioned. It is in nowise conducive to progress. Nevertheless, all parties there are perfectly agreed to regard this old-fashioned system as the best possible form of arrangement of such matters. The arrangement that prevails between landlord and farmer is called the " mezzeria" system. This word" mezzeria "—penultimate syllable to be pronounced long—is derived from "mezzo" middle or half, and means the equal division of the pro duce of the soil between the owner and the cultivator of the laud. Leases are unknown. The farmer has no security whatever that the current year may not bo the last of his tenancy ; but usuage is all-powerful in defining the terms of a somewhat complex contract. They never vary, or vary very slightly, and in quite small and unim portant matters ; and they are well known to every man of the agricultural class. The landlord supplies a proper and sufficient dwelling, for his farmer's family. He sup plies the beasts necessary for the cultivation of the land, and if cows are kept he supplies them. If a beast dies, he replaces it. He pays half the expense of such articles as carts, ploughs, &c.—the et-ccetera being a very small one, for the implements used on the Tuscan farm are few and of the simplest kind; but the cultivator—contadino in popular language, but colono in more accurate and legal language—is bound to find himself in such implements as would more properly be called "tools "—such as spades, pickaxes, &c. It might be supposed that a rule so appa rently loose as this might lead to disputes and misunder standings, as it would indeed be likely to do among a less simple people, living in a less simple stage of agricultural progress. But here no such result ever follows. The contadino gives the landlord the absolute and exact half of all the pro duce of the farm. He must not put a grape, or a grain of corn, or a potato into his mouth, nor must his child do so; for half that grape and half that grain of corn is the pro perty of the landlord. This is the theory. But it will be very readily understood that, whereas the landlord in practice very generally performs all that according to the above statement it is his duty to perform, the performance on the part of the peasant is much more lax. Of course, every peasant and every peasant's child eats just as many grapes, figs, peaches, and such small matters, as he likes, and no landlord would dream of making any inquiry into such matters. On the other hand, if the owner is resident on his property, his servants would simply go into the podere and take whatever they needed of such small matters, and the contadino would not dream of consider ing himself in any degree aggrieved. Here it may very probably occur to an English reader to remark, " What ! potatoes, cabbages, beans, grapes ? Why, a thrifty, a stingy, or a grasping fellow—phrase it as you will—might systematically support his family on such pilferings, and enrich himself notably in time by such depredations on his landlord's property." And to this the only answer is that no such instances occur Does this arise from the superior honesty of the Tuscan peasant? Hardly so. It arises probably more from what we may call the want of inventiveness of him. It never strikes him to conceive such a plan of operations. Ho does not do it, because his forefathers did not live so and his neighbours don't live so ; and he lives in all respects just as they lived and are living. Of course in this sort of lax, easy-going practice it will occur that here and there a landlord is more vigilant and exacting, and gets the name of a hard man ; and here and there a peasant is more encroaching, and gets the name of a bad contadino. And in tither case the name so earned brings its punishment with it. But these are rare exceptions. In the vast majority of instances, landlord and contadino go on well and har moniously together. And Ihere would be no difficulty in pointing to numerous families of contadini who have lived from father to son on the same land for many generations. Instances may be found in which they have clone so for three centuries! Indeed, the whole peasant race is free, contented, and . happy. He has ample house room. There is perhaps a temptaion to dishonesty ;but the creed on the subject is held loosely by both parties. TATTERSALL' .—Last Evening. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 9 to 2 agst Lord Lurgau'a nomination (offered) 14 to I agst Mr Brocklebank's nomination (off) 20 to 1 agst Mr Eland's nomination (taken and off) 33 to 1 agst Mr Hodson's nomination (taken and offered) C 3 to las Mr Molyneux's nomination (offered) LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 500 to 60 agst Van Amburgh (taken) 25 to 1 agst Uncas (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Royal Rake (taken and offered) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 7 agst Doctor (taken) 500 to 35 agst Q. C. (taken) 100 to 6 agst Thallassius (taken and offered) 2Q to 1 agst Honolulu (taken) 20 to 1 agst The Colonel (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Costa (taken and offered) 1000 to 45 agst Lymington (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Lamb (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Snowstorm (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Little Rogue (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 1000 to 50 agst Miss Dayrell (taken) 1000 to 40 ag9t Walter (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 15 to 2 agst Astolfo (taken) 20 to 1 agst Normanby (taken) 375 to 200 agst Kingcraft and Sunshine coupled (t) DERBY. 6to 1 agst Sunshine (taken and offered) 1000 to 50 agst Astolfo (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Normauby (taken and wanted) 40 to 1 agst King o' Scots (taken) RACING FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Lincoln l5, 16 I Derby .. 22, 23 Harrow 17, 18 I Nswtou 25, 26 MARCH. Nottingham... 1, 2 I West Somerset l6, 17 ,Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick 22, 23, 24 Pontefract 14, 15 1 Epsom 29, 30 Cambridgeshire l4, 15 I Bromley 31 and April 1 APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 West Drayton 7, 8 Thirsk 7, 8 Kingsbury 18,19 Durham lB, 19 Newmarket Craven 18 to 22 Abergavenny 9 1, 22 Lewes 26, 27 Croydon. 28, 29 MAY. Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5 1 Harpenden 2O, 21 Chester. lO, to 13 1 Bath 24, 25 Winchester lO, 11 1 Stamfo r d 26, 27 Salisbury l2, 13 : Croydon 26, 29 York 17 , 18 ' Epsom 3l to Juue 3 Doncaster 19, 20 JIIN E. Croydon 8, 9 I Manchester 8,9, 10 Ascot 14 to 17 I Windsor 2l, 22 Newton 22, 23 liampton 23, 21 Bibury Club 2l Stockbridge...3o, and Jvly 1 ... , JULY. Newmarket 5 to 8 1 West Drayton 14, 15 Nottingham 12, 13 1 Huntingdon 19, 20 Chelmsford l2, 13 1 Kingsbury 2l, 22 Reading 17, 13 1 Goodwood " 6, 29 AUGUST. Brighton 2, 3 I Stociita l7 to 19 Brighton Club 4 Oxford 18 19 Lewes .5, 6 York 23 to 25 E4hani 0,10 I Plymuuth _ _ Windsor ll, 12 I Bromley hi, 17 Derby 3O, 31 Weymouth 3O, 31 SEPTENMER Warwick 6, 7 I Rielnnond .... 9 C, 21 Abingdon 8, 9 I Wes!orn Meet (Ayr) 21 to 23 Doncaster 13 to 16 I Hendon 22, 23 Hampton ... 2O, 21 I Newwarket Ist Oct. 27 to 30 - --- ------ OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket2n 0ct..10 to 14 Leicester 6, 7 Cheltenham 18, 19 Bromley i Newmarket 1i0t'u...21 to 29 OVEMBER. Liverpool 8 to 11 I Shrewsbury ...11 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 Harrow l7, 15 Derby —lO, 11 I Newton 23, 2G MARCH. Liverpool 8,9, 10 I 13tra1ey......31 and April t West Somerset IG, 17 Cholteuham.. 31 and April 1 Warwick 22 to 24 APj Aldorihot 7, 6 I ItIL. King, sl.kury The following appeared in our Latest Edition of yester day evening : THE MARSEILLES LAND COMPANY. This afternoon an arrangement was made before the Vice-Chancellor with respect to the claim of the Credit Foncier et Mobilier of England against this company. The Credit-Foncier are to enable the liquidators to sell the laud by their removing their inscription of mortgage, and to provide the necessary funds for the purpose, and to have a first claim for the sums so supplied, with interest. No compromise was allowed with respect to the ques tion of the alleged misappropriation of the money of the Marseilles company. ANOTHER CLAIMANT TO 'TIE CROWN. A female, who said her name was Mary Ann Kent, this afternoon applied to the Lord Mayor for assistance, in order to regain the Crown, which she was, she stated, en titled to by being a daughter of George IV. She said Mr. Gladstone had refused to do anything for her. The poor woman, who was evidently of unsound mind, left the court indignantly when told that nothing could be done for her. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 31. The Shannon's dates are--Valparaiso, Dec. 16 ; Callao, 27 ; Panama, Jan. 5 ; Jaimaica, 9 ; and St. Thomas, 14. At Valparaiso disposable tonnage continued in creasing ; no orders for guano charters were in the market, and little nitrate of copper was for ship ment. The Santano had put in with a part of her cargo of coals on fire. Two more fires had occurred !at Santiago ; the losses amount to poo,ooo. The Peruvian Government had accepted tenders for two more railways. The ships chartered by Messrs. Schute and Co. for Germany have been transferring to Messrs. Dreyfuss Brothers, by whom bills of lading are to be signed. The Star of Brunswick and Prince Rupert have been detained for overloading, and 'mulcted by the Peruvian Judicial Tribunals in over £6,000 for damage. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 11 17 ... 11 17 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 ••• 12 Antwerp — ... 25 371 ... 25 42 Brussels — ... 25 37] ... 25 42 Hamburgh — ... 13 10/ ... 13 11 Paris Short ... 25 15 ... 25 22] Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120} ... 1201 Vienna — ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Trieste — ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Petersburg Copenhagen — -i. 9 18 ... 9 22 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 49 ... 491 Leghorn Milan — ... 26 75 .., 26 77 Genoa — ... 26 75 .. 26 77 Naples Palermo — ... 26 75 ... 26 77 Messina Lisbon — ... 51/ ~. 52 Oporto — ... 511 ... 52 Rio J aneiro New York ........ PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par , and the short exchange on London is 25f. 151 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 12s. ibid. per ounce for standard gold, it apps pr that gold at the above price is slightly dearer in Paris than in London - . it is now pretty generally understood that the 3d depot battalion at Pembroke Dock will be bro ken up before April next. It comprises the follow ing depots of regiments, viz.: —The Ist Battalion. —2th, 36th, 37th, 47th (already gone), 58th, 62d, 77th, and 95th. The staff of the battalion is as follows : —Commandant, Colonel J. A. H. Jones ; Lieut. Col., R. Maunsell ; Adjutant, Capt. W. J. I'arte ; Chaplain, Rev. J. A. Bayley ; Instructor of Musketry, Capt. Riddtsdale ; Assistant Instructor, Lieut. Musgrave ; Paymaster, Major E. A. Harker; Quartermaster J. Knight, Surgeon Wright, M.D., and Assistant Surgeons White and Gillespie; be sides the subordinates of Sergeant Major, Drum ' Major, &c. The 10th company of Royal Engineers, which did such good service in the Abys sinian Expedition, under the command of Lieut. Col. Pritchard, have received orders to hold themselves iu readinem to leave the School of Milita r y Engineering at Chat , ham for Dover. - he to 'he of by If he he 37 ill )id [ad 'he •o ed oh te. rer he 01 da ha od les n ey ire Ay Ye n'• Jet 3A Ile nd ud