The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-05 00:00:00

kE MONEY MARKET AND 0 111 MER CI AL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Stock Exchange was firm to-day, and prices ),: te fully sustained. In continental securities also 1: al e an improved state of things to report, as the recovered the fall of yL sterday, and the i l e of Italian was the turn higher: In the railway t r ` e tg stocks were also improving, but for Tee - 1 114 the demand was sluggish, and in some cases ,k e r prices have to be quo - ,ed. Meeting of the directors and proprietors of the p l ,: k Of England was held this morning, for the It ot P 3 e of electing a Governor and Deputy Governor 1 4 ,„ t11 , ° ensuing year. The proceedings were of a C t at character. Two or three votes were recorded O 'rou r o f Mr. R. R. W. Crawford, M.P., as Oraor, an d Mr. George Lyall as Deputy yernor. : 0 011 gols are now at 934 4 4 4 for money ; ditto, t 114 1 931 ; Three per Cent. Reduced,' 91 / 4 2 ; tt e :Three per Cents., 91/ 2 14 ; Bank of England el 4 4 per cent., 236 ex div. for opening. elieque r Bills £l,OOO, 24 per cent., March, 1 ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, June, prem. ( fla Stock, 104 per cent., April, 1874, ; t 5 per cant., July, 1880, 113 1 ; ditto 4 per tto N Oct., 1888, 1004 ; ditto Enfaced Paper i tereent.,lo9 A; ditto Debentures, 1031. I the Foreign Market prices are now as follows : I 'gentine Six per Cents., 891 90 ; Brazilian Five k " ( lents, 1865, 88/ 884; Egyptian Seven per Cents., 6 8, 8 01 801 ; Italian Five per Cents., 1861, 544 it; Mexican Three per Cents., 144 141 ; Peruvian Per Cents., 1865, 841 ; Spanish New Three per : /nB .l 1867, 28 1-16 28 3-16 ; Turkish Five p er C3 llt s•' 1865, 464 464 ; ditto Six per Cents., 1865 , 70 8 4 1 4 _ the Railway Market Caledonians are marked lir 78 1; Great Eastern, 384 to 381; Great Northern, VI to 1171; ditto A Stock, 1224 to 1224 ; Great 12 e P tr °7 694 to 694 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1,4 to 1294 ; Brighton, 441 to 451 ; London, Chat \vrt, and Dover, 144 to 151; London and North ki t , i trn, 1244 to 124/ ; London and South Western, t 0 77, 89 ; Sheffields, 52f to 524; Metropolitan, 771 44 ' 't • Midland, 1251 to 126/ ; and South Eastern A_ _over, 764 to 761. 1 8 7ericau Five-Twenty Bonds are 901 ; ditto, tte tt iL lt re better, at 904 to 901 ; Erie Shares are A ' r ed, at 211 to 214. F roh n t f o-American Telegraph Shares are 174 to 174; 9i i : t h Cable, 154 to 154 ; British Indian Submarine, l` e i7 9 4 ex div. ; China Submarine, 14 to 1 1 dis. ; 171 -t uth, 91 to 91 ; and Anglo-Mediterranean, k rt ° 17 4. Construction and Maintenance show s a .'" improvement of 4, at 384 to 384. Tie T e Municipal Council of Paris authorised Mess r s. du Moray and Co. to lay down on the Boule bac des Italiens pipes for the oxygen gas which - they 4'44lleceeded in producing at a low price — viz., 30 th l nes the cubic metre. It is proposed to renew io o ex periment for the system of oxyhydric gas light 18'69)Which were made in January and February , ill the Court of the Tuileries, at the request to sc y t he report satisfaction of the Emperor. According report o f the inventors and promoters, a c o tog of 50 per cent. would be effected by Parisian 'l ,;, ll raers. e h 4 e ordinary general meeting of the Animal o ßt al.c oal Company (Limited) is called for the 27th to declare a dividend. subscription list of the bonds of the and St. Louis Bridge Company will close to vrro bees 1 • b ee, learn from Japan that arrangements have I . ail u fully completed for the first introduction of ol wa Ys into that country. The line is to connect t it and Osaka, the new and old capitals of the t o tre, a distance of 300 miles, and there are also Nake bianches from Yedo to Yokohama, and from L ak a to Tsuruga, which will be along the Biwa c osi :: and will connect the west coast with the two wgis • "The importance of the latter," it is et a ' cannot he overrated, as it will place the rich e 4 ,, 11t °I the great rice-producing districts within , t , reach o f th e metropoliton populations." t o h o e ;verk will belong to the Japanese Govern to but it is to be carried out under the advice of at e t lBll engineers. An English loan of one million b e na.is to be raised to meet the vost, and this will Ito s ec ured not only by the line itself, but by a p orts gaie on the Customs' duties collected at the co From three to five years is to be allowed for I nPleti on Th e • r, Mincing-lane markets have been inactive Thserally, without any appreciable change in prices. 4 l a e ccPtion has been in the metal market, in which S eet t g L e business' has been done in foreign tin and h e " Pig iron, at improving prices. ta yo t Weekly report of Berger, Spence, and Co. th ro ra ther more animation has been displayed or ( 1, 11 , 811 but the week in chemicals generally. The c o4a " given out for this month's delivery for home tho ro ul qtion have not been sufficient to constitute a 4 11(1 - b u g i nY active market; prices are well maintained, ll /bl e t i ere appears to be a cheerful under current, som e : a ugurs well for the prospects of the trade for to come. BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. a 1,, (3 2vRItrstE NT t• uNE s. 'l',!, uent. Consols Wa A..ltto for Account 9 3 - g-eer e er P e llt. Re•luced tfe: ,' Per Lent 1: 10. 1 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 44,, • per Oen Jtn.1873 D o lties, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 _— /,. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1880 4.,0 (lied Sea Telef t ,raph), Aug., 1908 —l pm. ehequer Bills, .£l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. I/ 1 Do. 21 do. June 8 £lOO, £2OO & £5OO Pm 1:1k of England Stock, 41 per Cent .•• ••• 0 44 ° ' ePening 238 xd 4, 4,1 11. 4 per Cent. Bonds — "er-Colonial Ommum I L ., [ sin ks GOVERNMENT SECUJRITIEb. 'Ll a Rtock, 10f per Cent., April 1874 • D o n h - • peeing, for Account TT'. 0 per Cent..fuly, IEBO D 3• 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 Dl . Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cent.. ...... 4 -' l , l . 5 por Cent., Jan. 1872 .... ....... - ," )• 51 per Cent. May 1879 . 100 i "Jo. 5 per Cent., Rup. Dab. 187`2.....,., ~. lbdo 18''...... ...... „, Do. do. 1882...,,,, "J. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ti e: Bonds ; 4 per Cent., £l,OOO ..... , "• ender £l,OOO — Pm _ ___ FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCIL. A -getable Republic, 6 per Cent b n A A u - :ukccount Aria n Bonds 5 per cent . li r , zi ' l' Do. 1859 _ 5 per Cent X0.4}I: 10 per Cent. 1852 1858....• 1,-u• Qo 1860......... D O. ' do., 1863 - 1-,:* 5 , per Cent., 1865 ••• .. i i '' • Account 9 h e4 _ o ,,s Ayres 6 Cet. 0b ° z per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.... ..... Cu„N 6 per Cent. ' 44 4 6 per Cent r) ,e. 41 per Cent..., .'/ 1.. °. 3 per Cent 1031 Cent., ji% 7 per Cent., 1866 981 ,°. 6 per cent- 1867 Danis h per 6 per Cent. D o ettlaish, 3 per Cent., 1825 .. _ 12011'",an P rincjpalities, 7 per Cent _ Account _ e ° 6 per Cent., 1867 lutdor New Uoniolidated, 1 per Cent 7ittian, 7 per Cent _ _ „Q Reeoad Issue •. •. "0. 450 C Bonds B5 4i _ Do, 1864 _ D o Do • Account .. • 1 , ) • 4800 Bonds .0' 4•106 Bonds .. ... . . ...• t o ° 7 per Cent. 1868 ... .. o. Account ' % v. ' 4100 Bones •••., 80f .°4141041 Railway ihboutured . 4— THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1870. SNARL LIST. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Paid. Name. Quotations. done. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 77 79 774 64 St Caledonian 100 771 78 St Cambrian lOO 15 20 20 Cornwall all 21 31 St Dublin and Bofast Junction-100 . . ... St Dun, Prth, and Aber. Jnnc 100 7 . 0 72 20 East London all 4 6 20 Do 20 1)o St Glasgow and S.Westeru 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 371 38 391 5 St Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 61 71 St Great North of Scotland 100 13 16 St Great Northern 100 114 115 1161 St Do A 100 119 1191 1221 5 St Do 8.....- 100 126 128 1271 St Gt. So. and West (lreland) 100 98 100 St Great Western— Consolid 100 681 691 691 1 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 St Do West Midland—Oxford.loo 44 45 St Do do Newport..loo 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1251 1275 129 81 St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast.loo 43 431 45 41 St Lond, Chatham, and Dover..loo • 141 1 5 5 15 4 St Do ISletrop Extension A 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 1235 1231 1241 5 St Loudon and South Western 100 881 891 St Manch, Shef, and Lincelnsh 100 51 514 St Do New. issued at £5O dis 30 St Metropolitan lllO - St Do Preferred... lOO ... ... St Do Deferred. lOO 10 Do Redeemable all . 91 101 St Metropolitan District , lOO 37 38 381 8 St Midland lOO 1241 125 1251 1 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 91 St North British. lOO 31 35 St Do Edin, Perth, and Dunde 10@ 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick lOO 1261 1271 1341 St Do Leeds ' 100 844 851 891 90 St Do York . lOO 1241 129 1325 St Do Stockton and Darlingts 100 178 180 St North London 100 116 118 10 Do New, 1868 6l 15 11 St North Staffordshire 100 59 61 605 St North and So. West. Junct 100 102 105 St Rhymney St Shropshire Union 100 62 63 St South Devon 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 741- 751 761 / St Do Preferred ...100 1094 1101 1101 8 St 'Do Deferred. lOO 41 411 43 St Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok'g. all 121 131 St Taff Vale 10 Do C 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 ... ... 10 Waterloo and Whitehall •.. ••• 791 80 77.1 Greet( sper Gent., 1824 5, ex Coups. DD. Coupons Grtatemala 5 per Cent .. Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd ... 84 Do. Acc. ant Italian 5 per: Cent., 1865 - - Do. Account ~. Do Maremmana Railwa) 551 Aexican 3 per Conti Ditto fcr Account Dn. 1864 Do R Der Cont. Anglo-French AI ULM Wan 6 per Cent. docrish imperial 5 psi Cent lew Granada .... 25 4i Do 3 per Con Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 41 per Cent. (Ul:harren) ..... Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 . lOll 1 Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2.': ... Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid Rusian 5 ear Cent., 1822, X St Do 4/ per Cent 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 DI 3 per Cent., 1859 Dc 5 per Cont., 1862 Dc tnglo-Dutcb, 1864, £lOO Boud, 912 2 Do. du. £B4 15s. do do Do. 1866, £lOO Bonds •.• 91i Do. do £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway 691 Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Acc/Junt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferroa Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account S wedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent Ou Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Do XlOO Bonds 721 3 Do. 5 per cent. 1865 Do. Account -•••;: ks ••• •• Do 'G per Cent., 1865 7Ol 281 8 Do Account D) 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do do, Scrip — Venezuela 3 per Cent. . — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per 0ent.,1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian a per Cent Ex 10 Florins , Belgian 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...., French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. — Italia', 5 per ent. 1861, Ex. 25f Do Account — TWO O'CLOCK. Console, Money Do. Aooonnt, April 7 93i CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-THIS DAY.) Two lads, named James Kingston and Joseph Buck;were indicted to-day for a highway robbery with violence. Mr. Archibald Barlow said he was walking along. Spencer-street, Whitechapel, on the 22d of March, when he was attacked by the pri soners, one of whom seized him by the throat and nearly sti angled him, while the other robbed him of his watch. A witness named Andrew Bott was passing along the street at the time, and saw Buck pushing the prose cutor against the wall and Kingston taking his watch. The jury found the prisoners guilty; and a previous conviction having been proved against Buck, he was sentenced to receive twenty-five lashes with the cat, and to be kept in penal servitude for seven years. Kingston was sentenced to receive twenty five lashes with the cat, and to be imprisoned for twelve months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(Tuts Dar). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A young man who, when taken into custody, re fused his name and address, but when placed before Alr. Tyrwhitt gave the name of Samuel Dully, was charged with assaulting Airs. Mary Thornbury, of Carnaby-street, who was t. o ill to attend the court this morning. From the evidence of. Mr. Thornbury, husband of the complainant, it appeared that while sitting at home last night, waiting for bis wife, who was out on a visit, he heard a noise at the street door and calls for' help," and on going to the door he saw his wife crouched down and struggling despe rately to release herself from the prisoner, who had his arms tightly round her waist. He made a rush at the prisoner, who took to his heels ; he ran some distance after him, when he spoke to a constable, who took up the chase and caught him. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that as the complainant was too ill to attend be should remand the prisoner, as there was no knowing what might come of the matter. WESTMINSTER. Mary Kenneday, a big, powerful woman, was placed at the bar charged with feloniously assaulting and wounding Sarah Finley by stabbing her in the breast and shoulders with a clasp knife. Prosecutrix, who was very-weak, said, " I live at 5, George's-court, Perken's-rents, Westminster. I have a child lying dead, and friends came to see me last night. I saw them to the end of the court to bid them good night, when the prisoner, whom I had never seen before, ran up against me. I said, " You might mind what you -are doing," when she immediately took the clasp knife produced from her pocket, opened it, and stabbed me in the breast and on the shoulder. A young man caught me. I fainted, and was taken to the Westminster Hospital. The prisoner, who pleaded drunkenness as an excuse, was remanded. THAMES. John Shaw, a barnmernian, aged 28 years, was charged with stealing a suit of clothes, and other property, belonging to Alexander Long, a boiler maker. The two men were fellow-lodgers, occupy ing one room at No. 1, Belton's-terrace, Millwall, Poplar. They slept in the same bed. The landlord of the house hearing the prisoner leaving the house at 2 o'clock this morning, called the prosecutor, who then missed his bed-fellow, and at the same time missed all his clothes, his boots, a pair of socks, a scarf, and a shirt. The prisoner had not proceeded far before he was stopped by Robert Newstead, a police-constable, No. 411 K, who found all the property. Ile was wearing Long's clothes over his own. The prisoner pleaded guilty and the magistrate, after commenting on his cruelty to a man as poor as himself, in robbing him of his clothes and leaving him without anything to wear, sentenced him to six months' imprisoment and hard labour. REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. A more seasonable month than the month of March Just brought to a conclusion it has been seldom our good fortune to meet with. With a succession of dry winds, and a low range of temperature, an effective check has been o ff ere d to the premature development of vegeta tion whilst at the same time the cold has not been so intense as to cause anxiety in reference to the young wi nter - sown wheats. Farmers have been enabled to O m p ak era e tinns, considerableand •ogress with ploughing and sowing few drawbacks the weather has been favourable, very have been presented to the accomplish ment of the lab lands there has been arme the attention of farmers, t P rsh o .e tato planting is now absorbing feeding at stuffs has,sea s i o n n , consequence,e anduolsn usual e scarcity pastures nf and ga,s meadowgrass notice able the demand for artificial haso u t thehee been week, continuance n owing n t e o e t continued. Through rotpandereh- i nn firmnesses sa abroad thet h e grain weather, trade. t h e A r e s h a e n a d t t f h a e rm re e c rs eip b t e s in f g ro mostly tn aie anl p b ieseeudng havepo li n l e only not thrashed out freely ; therefore the regards moderate, forwarded to market have not been extensive. 'de mand for all qualities has been firm, notwihstanedi that there has been an absence of anything approach ing to activity, and the quotations have been well maintained, one shilling per quarter more money being occasionally realised. This advance, however, has been very reluctantly acceded to on the part of .millers, and no extensive transa ctions have been effected thereat. Competent authorities, whilst generally endorsing the opinion that no important reduction is likely to t a k e pl ace in the value of wheat, are propaglating the belief that prospects are decidedly antagonistic to any material advance. At the present moment there is every appear ance of a commencement of spring, and a re-opening o f the Baltic and Black Seaportg,—Magnet, MISOEL LANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L 5 1 d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 55 5 Ditto, N ow 4 pr Ipm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 25 35 27 Canada Company all 78 80 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 5 2 ld 25 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) 10 Cone of African Merch, L 3 21 15d 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of Bngland, Pref 75 per cent , all 5 7 .00 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent all .00 Ditto, 1879, V- par cent .00 Ditto, 1882, 4i per cent 10 Credit Fonc o England, L all 24 31 24 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 21 15d St Crystal Palace lOO 20 22 St Do, Preference lOO 94 99 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 108 113 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 271 104 10d LOO Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov 111 1001 1011 1001 20 Egyptian Coin and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 1 15 Eng and Foreign Credit 7l 4 3d 10 European Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new... 5 4 45 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p4l 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 1 3 34' 41p 00 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and 6 per ct Bonds all 97 . 96 Gen Credit and Discount, L 75 1 4d 71 General Steam Navigation l4 29 31 Home and Col Marine Ins, L 5 ld p Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 124 50 Imperial Continental Gas 435 134 136 50 India Rub, Teig Works, L 45 57 59 521 10 International Finan Soc, L 5 14 lid 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 41 41 WI) Ditto, 6 per cut 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 Loud Gen Omnibus, Limd 50 Lond & Glasg Engin, Limd 25 18 16d `2O 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 5 114 14 10 National Steamship, Limd all 135 141 1 Nerbudda Coal & In Ld 6s 6d 10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 45 41d 25 N Zealand Ln & Mere, &c 25 5 1p 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 11 lop 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 5d 10 Do, B St N British Austral, Limited 100 60 70 50 N British & Mercan lusnce 64 23 235 271 25 Ocean Marine Insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 4d fp 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 25 St. Peel Riv Lnd & Miu, Lira lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 43 45 50 Do., New, 1867 , lO :31 25d 61 50 Rhymney Iron ... all 271 285 15 Do, New all 8 4 84 25 Rio Janeiro City Im., Lmtd all 191 20i 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited all 295 30 - 5. 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General de l'Empire Ottoman 8 24 31 25 South Australian Laud 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lim and reduced) all 36 865 361 5 20 Thames & Mers Mn Ins, L 2 25 24p St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trust and Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCoof Up Canada... 5 i t 1p 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 65p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 6 2 ld 20 Univor Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 44 54p 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 5 1 30 Van Diemen's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 855 861 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited 20 4 3d 10 15 50 20 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada. Government, 6 p c, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 1051 1051 Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 102 f Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 1051 106 Do, 5p o, Jan and July . .... lOO 941 95 Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 IDo, bp a, Dominion of, 1903 lOO 951 96/ Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p a, 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 1021 1031 _ _ _ Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 100 103 105 Do, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6 p c,1873, Jan & July 100 102 104 Do, 1878, Jan and July 100 106 108 Do, 1882, May 15 and Nov 15 100 107 109 D 0,1895-6, Feb and Aug 100 111 113 Natal Gov 6p c, 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 p c, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 100} 1011 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July ...100 101 102 101 Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875 ' 100 100 101/ Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1001 101/ New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 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 k Do, 1886 100 104 1051 Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July 'OO 1081 109 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1081 109 f S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-92 100 Do, 1893-1908 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 c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO 113 114 Do, April and Oct, 1883-5 lOO 1131 114 Do i 5p c, Jan. and July,lBol 100 101 i 102 ONE MORE SEA SERPENT. Of all the disagreeable sea-serpents that have appeared to ancient or modern mariners, not once can compare for general repulsiveness with that which, on the 12th inst., was seen by Captain Slocum and the crew of the schooner Saladin on her voyage from Jacmel, Hayti, with a cargo of copper, to New York, According to the account given in the New York Herald on the morning of that day, the captain saw what he thought was a wreck, on the starboard beam about five miles distant, bearing east north-east. On nearing the object it was discovered to to be an enormous fish, larger than a ship. At 7.30 a.m. the scohoner hove-to with the monster twenty feet dis tant on her starboard quarter. It is described as being 100 feet in length, its body measuring forty and its tail sixty feet. The most curious feature about it was an immense body of hard gristly matter, twelve feet in height, forty feet in width, with the same length, en tirely void within, forming a large bladder-shaped balloon, which, filled with air, buoyed the serpent on the water. This oval buoy had regular ridges, running from the apex or head (for this bladder preceded the body of the fish) to where it joined,the main body. These ridges extend fore and aft at intervals of four inches, with a regular height of two inches, and gave to the surface the appearance of the network of a balloon. The bladder portion was elastic and yielded to the movement of the sea ; it was two inches thick, but of a hard, dense, impenetrable character, and would resist knife or bullet. On each side of this floating dome were two heavy paddles, each five feet long, by which the monster made progress. The fish proper, which was • but an appendage tailed on to this blown-up bladder, consisted of a heavy fishy substance, with• brown sides ; and about ten feet from the dome were two eyes, one on either side of a large horn. From this point the fish tapered on to a forked tail of material as heavy and hard as iron. Captain Slocum declares that the tail would weigh 100 lb. to the cubic foot, and the forks of the tail stood horizontally in the water, but submerged four feet, the rest of the monster " sitting lightly on the ocean wave." He feared to fire at her or disturb her iu any way, as one movement on her part would have sunk the Saladin. He believes that she has some internal engine by which 'she fills her balloon with air and dis charges it at pleasure, then sinking out of sight. Her touch is poison and her contact dangerous. How this latter point was discovered is not stated, but quite enough is told to prove that a most dangerous monster has been seen for the first, and everybody must hope for the last time.—Pall Mall Gazette. EXTRAORDINARY FUNERAL. . On Saturday afternoon a novel funeral took place at the romantic village of Entwistle, near Bolton. It was that of a gentleman named John Barlow, a large landed proprietor, whose place of abode was Tower-Crow Trees. In obedience to his expressed wish the deceased gentleman wa9 interred in a newly-constructed vault, in a field on the Entwistle Hall estate. The body was carried to the grave, a distance of a quarter of a mile from the house, by eight villagers, and several hundred persons assembled to witness the cere mony. At the grave side a temporary pulpit and plat form had been constructed, wholly draped in black cloth. Full choral service was performed by the choir of the In dependent Chapel at Adgworth, and the minister who offi ciated was the Rev. G. Dunn, pastor of that chapel. The deceased gentleman was 52 years of age, and was remark able for his eccentricity. Though possessed of immense wealth, he worked on his farm like a common labourer, disdaining not to wear the fustian cord characteristic of agricultural labourers. The field in which he was interred he has given as the site of a Nonconformist school and chapel • and he has also made a bequest of £3OO towards the building fund, as well as the stone requisite for the rrino Pierre Bonaparte has given £BOO to M. onin, the Mayor of Tours, for the benefit of the poor. A telegram from Bombay announces that the railway from that city to Calcutta has been opened for through traffic. Colonel A. J. 11. Elliott has been appointed Assistant Adjutant-General in the Eastern District, and has been stationed at Peterborough. The Prince of Wales has forwarded, though General Knollys twenty guineas to the Rev. T. Smith, chaplain to the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, for the distressed inhabitants of Jewish Palestine and Jerusalem. The Rev. John Venn, Vicar of St. Peter's, with St. Owen's Rectory, Hereford, has resigned his living, after holding it for 37 years. It is in the gift of Simeon's Trustees, and is valued at £413. Mme. Bodda-Pyne is about to retire from public life, and arrangements have been made for four farewell oratorios in London. Patrick Jennings, the man who was sentenced to be hanged for the murder of his wife near Wolverhampton, lus been respited by the Home Secretary. The execu tion was to have taken place yesterday morning. Preparations aro being made for the Prince and Princess of Wales and family. to spend the Easter holidays at their Norfolk estate. Their Royal Highnesses are expected to arrive about the 13th instant, and continue a fortnight or three weeks. Sin W. RUSSELL, M.P.—lt is stated that at the next meeting of the creditors of Sir W. Russell, M.P. for Norwich, a proposition will be made for paying the cre ditors in full. A proposal will also be submitted for winding-up the affairs of the estate under a trustee. A serious fire occurred early on Sunday morning at Nottinghath. - An extensive block of buildings, occu pied principally by lace and silk manufacturers, was gutted, and the stock destroyed. The damage is estimated at £30,000, but the losses are covered by insurance in several offices. A large number of workpeople will be thrown out of employment by the disaster. INTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE.—The chaplain of the House of Commons, preaching at the Chapel Royal in the Savoy on.the parable of the vineyard, said Chat a German commentator had calculated that there had been between seventy and eighty elaborate interpre tations of it, and that it had given rise to the formation of seven or sight distinct Christian sects. - - The Liberals of East Devon will meet on Wed nesday to consider whether they should oppose the candi dature of Mr. Kennaway, Conservative, for the repre sentation of the division. ---- - A fire, which is supposed to have been caused by an incendiary, took place at Park Farm, near Chester, on Saturday, and resulted in damage to the amount of 25.000. The Globe says that twenty more hired men were lischarged at Chatham on Saturday, " but it is consola tory to be assured that there are now not many more who will have to leave. A good many more established' nands will, however, be superannuated." A case of suttee (self-immolation of a widow) oc !lined lately at Jounpore, India. The relatives of the leceased, who encouraged her to commit the horrid rite, nave been sentenced to seven years' imp risonment ; and she villagers who looked on to three years' imprisonment. The Hon. and Rev. Adelbert Anson, M.A., is the E ie a w rl vi o f c car Li o c f h fi D e i u d d a l Duey. He m H a e j i r s a.Ayoun g erAnson, m nmarried to a Birmingham Post understands) ab out to be . p br ., ot e he d r o is f (t t h h e e laughter of the Biohop of Rochester. It is expected that the new Bishops of Ch the Bishop of St. Asaph will em li H i a c yo h u. e sT s e t h e oe r i i be without a seat for the present. BishopodrdSs t a s . e A sf juniorcahp i h ehpe will srte el b ar et wille c , e n s e c takerat e h d i s o n s e t e h t e n s t t o h f L Whilst a party of quarrymen were engaged on Saturday in blasting a rock near the railway station at Belleek, a village in the county of Fermanagh, they came a s secured t e r theirond a Monday u r a e r t v l e e r : apon a skeleton which is supposed to be that of a woman i t r t h a h p e a i d v E l e y, , and most of the corps , c t v ii h d o e d e is u a m pp n e e ar t h ed e ftrroaTecthe neighbourhood many years ago, it Brighton r The agr he t preparations otno atraekepar part prog ressing f. in r Hopes are entertained that the Prince of Wales will be resent at the revie w, in com p any with t h e Duke of Cambridge. UORED BY A BULL.—A gentleman was killed by a bull the other day at Henley. A beast driven from the Reading cattle market to Henley became quite unmanageable, and on. reaching Duke-street it knocked down a child. In the market place it fell ex haused, but sliortly afterwards rallied, and made a charge at the persons nea r . D r. D ence , who was about 70 years of age, was close by , and being unable to escape, the infu riatedh m . f theo for upwards It then ground h t oe h un e n d tossed o onf stomach . hisfitvh five minutes, bmlVa unfortunatecli nk r u . tD withe s e , n n c a e o the shoulders of the beast, and was al fa b e u e t e te n ont e h d roughout the market place. He feilwitahnilfs thusforce oerneteei o c e tmm a h r apa r i tnl e e; d tvewa s a l yh few ho setafuer y indl a r n ds lay one daring to approach to render assistance, as the mad dened beast was pawing the ground, apparently watching for any movement from his victim in order to renew the attack. Mr. Dence died the following day. A UHECIC FOR THE SCIENCE AND ART DEPART.. Buclunaster, of the Science and Art Depart ment, South Kensington, delivered a lecture in Marl borough, on Wednesday, on " The Advantages of Ele mentary Science," and explanatory of the Go vernment scheme of promoting the same by means of evening classes. At the conclusion of thelecture Mr. Buck master hoped that, as this was the third time he had visited Marlborough, it would have its proverbial charm by stirring up the inhabitants to co-operate with the Go vernment. It was then stated that a drawing-class had been previously formed, and all the Government require ments acceded to ; 50 per cent. of the pupils had passed the examination, and been marked " excellent," but on application for the grant, as a remuneration to th e teacher, who was duly qualified, the reply was given that it .was not " satisfactory." Repeated application was made, but it never could be ascertained how an examination could be " excellent " and yet not " satis factory." Mr. Buckmagter appeared perfectly dumb foundered. and promised to make inquiries. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, world-wide celebrity b y y Mesas. DUNVILLE & Co. , wh o have g ained n ocealelbgsyhforristthileieirryll2n, e old Irish whisky, is to be called HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening TrEsDAY 40 min past 4 50 min past 4 WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 40 miu past 5 0 min past 6 FIUDAYM..mt ~,,,,,,,, tslslllin past 6, 1 1,1, 40 min Pad 6 RECEPTIONS It is always a great relief to discover that there are stages of incapacity and of inferiority below our own. The Spanish poet who thought himself the most miserable person in the world discovered another poet making tea out of the tea-leaves which he had just thrown away. The hare in the fable was reassured by the flight of the frogs at his approach, and so by analogy we may hope and even believe that somewhere or other there exists a class of entertainments which are more ill-managed than what ure called English " receptions." It would be interesting, though dangerous, to discover their locale, for undoubtedly, after ascertaining in what point she could deteriorate, the first impulse of the English hostess would be to act upon the knowledge thus acquired. In other branches of study, if we have not made any progress we have at least been subject to variations. London, as Macaulay said, has its periodical fits of morality, " Once in every six or seven years our virtue becomes outrageous." If the fashions of dress are absurd, at least the absurdities attract notice to different portions of the human body. But in the character of receptions but one feature is per ceptible—a gentle but persevering decay. We use the word receptions, instead of parties, with the view of atin vestin?; the subject with a little majesty and solemnity while it is still open to discussion ; for it is quite possible that some garrulous person will, during the next century, relate with zest how she had seen a woman who remem bered being taken to see her grandmother dress for a poli tical reception, and then this heterogeneous institution will acquire that amount of interest which antiquity gives to all things which are no longer capable of being produced. One of the causes at work is doubtless the be lief of society, with Dogberry, that "to read and write comes by nature," and, we may add, the knowledge of most arts. Man is born able to dance, the result of which apophthegm and the belief in it may be found in the infliction of a long series of kicks upon the unhappy partner of the escaped undergraduate or Eton boy, till the suffering uncle regrets the existence of vacations and holidays. Grammar is self-evident, and the consequence is the production of those strange vul garisms In the letters of writers of all classes, with examples of which the newspapers teem. Special phrases may be deemed slang, but a misuse of ordinary verbs and a complete ignorance of concords can hardly merit that appellation. Every child knows French, yet by some strange infelicity there• are' not above ten Englishmen living who are able to talk the language fluently and cor rectly. Conversation, indeed, is perfected, unless by chance the object in view be the interchange of ideas, and not the expressions of assent and dis sent. Therefore, perhaps it is no wonder that decade after decade sees the gradual extinction of the salon that one generation appeals to Holland House, another to Cambridge House, but no one has the courage to quote any existing specimen ' • there is a faint confession that the race has almost passed away, and yet in the midst of cries for the employment of women an obvious outlet for some superfluous ability is opened. All possible arts and sciences are ingredients in the making of the ideal hostess ; and even these would be useless had the fairies at her birth withheld the gift of tact, which disposes and applies them. It would be something if even a few attempts were made. But what takes place at the present moment is hardly to be dignified with the name of an attempt or a failure. One might as well call a modern portrait a failure, which never in any state suggested the conception of a picture. A failure implies an original, a standard, an attempt, and is only second to success. What the hostess of 1870 is pleased to call an evening party almost baffles definition. A few salient facts may be glanced at, but there is little that is tangible. The common type seems to be the result of an accident, and that not a happy one. We cannot imitate Continental manners, and the repugnance of Englishmen and Englishwomen to being introduced to one another is an insuperable objec tion to attempts of this kind. In proportion, too, to the smallness of the numbers is the difficulty of egress, for which every facility ought to be afforded by the English hostess. On the other hand, some degree of sympathy must be felt for her. Nothing can be more impos sible than to make a silk purse out of the constituents of an ordinary party. The motives which urge them to leave their houses are varied in the extreme. The three following classes always have a certain number of repre sentatives—young men who wish to make acquaintances; women who, having two or more unmarried daughters, will brave the most cruel of east winds, and go anywhere at any time ; and lastly, a small number of persons who can think of no other way of spending that difficult hour which intervenes between a dinner and a ball. For them the present supply is good enough, and nothing better can be expected. Competition might effect something, for the attention paid by the roturierswho burst upon society to the suppers at their balls is of great use in raising the general standard. The blasé man in one of Disrael's novels gives as an excuse for dining at a country inn that he "is so tired of good wine." He could not complain of such a state of things at the present day. In the absence of all other merits the character of the food becomes an important item, and any improvement must be hailed with satisfaction. To sum up, what is most wanted in this matter is a confession of incapacity ' • a sense of shame would be an invaluable auxiliary. The neglect of ordinary duties, so far from rising to the dignity of originality, falls to the level of commonplace stupidity. The use of names is to distin guish, not to confound the owners of them. Society does not mean the aggregation of individuals. Though we do not live to eat, at any rate we do not eat to live. Such are some of the simplest rules for the guidance of those who with good intentions practise wild civility, and who inveigle human beings into their houses under false pre tences. We appeal to anyone who is conversant with the salons of even small • Continental towns whether we gain by comparison with them, and whether animal spirits do not sink to zero upon entering the half-lighted London drawing-room, in. order to be a frac tional part of what the hostess is pleased to call " small and early "—strange epithets, which apply to the house as much as to the character of the entertainment. The first sensation of pleasure is probably due tohe discovery of a back staircase, down which a perilons escape may be effected. Yet society should not consist in hairbreadth adventures. The tendency is to hurry everything. If some great singer cannot be induced to come, Punch.and Judy supply his place at the last moment. The sensation of thinking and the labour of talking must be destroyed, and an evening party may in time resemble the stage pro cession of a company of ill-dressed supernumeraries. Perhaps even this hypothesis of its future . existence mar seem to some the result of a to o sanguine m—Baturday Review. The TOWS Is authorised to contradict absiately ..he statements which have appeared as to the reasons for the present closing of the Guards' Club-house. The total liabilities are said to amount to one-tenth only of the yearly income. The lerench Prime Minister is a candidate for the eat in the Academy vacant by the death of Lamartine. ft is stated, however, that pleading the official demands pon his time, M, 011ivier has not followed the course, aitherto regarded as indispensable, of calling personally ipon. each member of the Academy and soliciting his vote. The National Union of Conservative and Consti mtional Associations has arranged to hold its annual .inference in York on Wednesday in Easter week, when relegates from the numerous Working Men's Conserva .lve Associations in the kingdom are expected to be ,resent. The Earl of Feversham is to be President of :he Conference. Mrs. M‘Farland keeps - very secluded at her house in Massachusetts. Reporters are constantly endeavour ing to interview her, hut she hides herself in the garret, while her mother does battle at the front door. The strike at Creuzot seemed at one time to be decreasing but it has since assumed formidable propor tions, and great violence has been displayed. The women have taken a prominent part in the affair, arid reproach their husbands, brothers, and sour; for the tame manner in which they have acted. The men on strike have con signed their powers to seven delegates who demand that the miners shall receive five francs a day. A squadron of Lancers has arrived, and more troops are shortly ex pected. M. Schneider will, it is said, receive the delegates from the men on strike. Too BAD.—The Daily News says that a practical joke of a harmless kind has been played off in Wales. It being known that the bishopric recently vacant would pro bably be filled up by the appointment of a Welsh clergy man able to hold an ordination in his native tongue, every local Boanerges, from Holyhead to Cardiff, became at once agape. And no doubt, if the ability to take a conspicuous part at an Eisteddfod were all that was wanted in a Welsh bishop, many of these gentlemen had a very good claim. Some of them, however, who were indiscreet enough to express their disappointment at the fact that the piece of preferment in que stion had not been awarde d as they themselves could have desired, have received by post d a lawn pocket-handkerchief, with a deep mourning borer, and in each corner a bishop's mitre reversed, with the motto. " Paradise Lost." encircling it. A Bristol paper says that a variety or rumours are current respecting the petition against the return of Mr. Robinson. One is to the effect that the effort to obtain evidence has proved so fruitless that a 21,000 cheque, given by " a lady," as the secnrity, and now held by a prominent mover in the matter, is to be returned forth with, and the proceedings abando i d Another is to the effect that a section of the party loos upon the movement so coldly that it has been deemed desirable not to proceed. The Freeman's Journal says that a crucial test is preparing for all parties with reference to the Land Bill, which will at least develops the animus of the Govern ment„ if it do nothing else. Having refused to extend the Ulster custom to the rest of Ireland, the Government will be asked to allow such Irish gentlemen as may desire it to create a parliamentary tenant-right, such as that suggested by Mr. Gregory in his speech on the second reading, and embodied in amendments by Sir John Gray in some of the notices already published. James Lowe, a convict at Melbourne, has confessed to a murder committed at Bridgnorth 27 years ago. He informed a fellow convict that he shot Wiggins, and threw the gun into the hole under the shearing bush in the river Severn. He was arrested for the offence at the time, and committed to gaol, but escaped at the time. In commu nicating these circumstances to the Police authorities at Whitehall, the Chief Commissioner at Melbourne asks to be informed whether the evidence now available renders it expedient to proceed against the alleged offender. The Echo says it is generally reported that when Lerd Clarendon appears for examination as a witness before the Diplomatic and Consular Services Committee, he will be pressed with the question which was put to Mr. Hammond as to the disposal by the Foreign Office of the Secret Service Money. "Ifhe is asked whether any portion of it is ex pended in pensions, we do not see how he can be tho roug,+dy justified in refusing to give an answer. NATa believe that a portion of the money is spent in this way, and there is an obvious impropriety and no bcmfil iiitAteyer in allowing such patronage to be secret," OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACK; (THIS DAY.) PUTNEY, Tuesday, Noon.. We are on the eve of the great boat rt tce, and opinions vary ro as to the probable result that we long ,for the finish at Mortlake, and set at rest the doubts and fears that take possession of some of our minds. The Cautabs are certainly being heartily backed for genuine money, but the Oxford trial seems to have given great satisfaction to those in the secret; and however confident the supporters of the light blue may be, the backers of Oxford must have more if they lay 6 to 4 and 11. to 8, as they are doing now. To-day is the day of rest for the crews, who only have taken some geatle exercise, while Putney is in a state of commotion, and all along the line of con test barges are being moored, stands erected, and every preparation made to accommodate sightseers. At Putney, Mr. Lord, the surveyor of the Thames Conservancy, is busy at work, and the police, under Mr. Inspector Hayes, of the V Reserve, are barri cading the tow-path, so as to do away with the in tolerable nuisance of equestrians annoying and injuring the foot passengers. Both crews are quite well and very sanguine. Although Oxford have won for the last nine years, and many persons think that a Cambridge victory will be a kind of " Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno," . _ a sort of prodigy, we are not so sanguine as they. Oxford has become a household word with them, but we must give the Cantabs their due; they have worked hard, and very many who for years found fault with their rowing have now come forward among the number of their supporters. Theweights remain unaltered, and the start will take place about a quarter to five from off the Star and Garter. . PUTNEY, Monday Afternoon. . • Both crews have been Out this afternoon, the Oxonians, under the care of Mr. F. "Milan, as far as Hammersmith," and the Cantabs, half an hour later, under Mr. Geo. Morrison. The Oxford crew went at racing pace, about 39 strokes per minute, and on the way home against the last of the flood were eased several times, and ex- hibited better form than ever ; the same too must be said of their opponents, who rowed more leisurely at about 36, their trainer evidently thinking they were in capital trim without more hard work. Cambridge partisans are very sanguine, and are picking up all the 6 to 4 bets they can get hold of. There will be no hard work to-morrow, being the day prior to the race. Betting 6 to 4 and 11 to 8 on Oxford, taken freely. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—LAST EVENING. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 100 to 30 agat Briton (taken) 7 to 2 agst Midsummer (taken) 9 to 2 agst Douglas (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Falkland (offered) 10 to 1 agst Free Trade (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Clemence (offered) 30 to 10 agst Douglas with start (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 100 to 15 agat Orphan (taken) 7to 1 agst Douglas (offered —take 8 to 1) 100 to 8 agst Albuera (taken) 100 to 8 agst Catamaran (taken) 100 to 6 agst Sunflower (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tripthong (taken) CHESTER CUP. 3to 1 agst Sabinus (taken and offered) 1000 to 60 agst Siderolite (taken and offered) 18 to 1 agst Glenfalloch (taken to £150) .33 to .1 agst P.ho3bui(taken) 40 to 1 agst John Davis (taken) 40 to 1 agst Wild Plower (taken) BOAT RACE. CO to 50 on Oxford (taken and offered) _ • • TWO THOUSAND. sto 2 agst Kingcraft (offered) 9to 1 agst Astolfo (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Stanley (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Camel (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Normanby (offered) 1000 to 60 agst Claudius (taken and offered) 1000 to 60 agst King o' Scots (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Asterope (taken) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Kingcraft—(taken to £200) 10 to 1 agst Camel (taken) 16 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered) 100 to 6 agst Stanley (offered) 20 to 1 agst Captivator (taken) 25 to 1 agst Astolfo (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Exciseman (taken and offered) 2000 w 80 agst King o' Scots (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bridgewater (taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst Palmerston (taken) SCRATCHINGS.—Benbow, Anlace, Ladas, Panopticon, and all Mr. Gilby's horses, out of Northampton engagements. The following are the " tips" for to-morrow : W EDNESDAY.--6T. LIZ HANDICAP,—BeII's Life, Field, and Sunday Times—Miss Dayrell or Thor. Sporting Life —Miss Dayrell or Jewel. Sporting Gazette—Miss Dayrell or Scarboro'. Sporting Eimes—Dunbar, Thor, or Lady Blanche filly. Era—Miss Dayrell or Adelaide. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.—Bell's Trip thong, Orphan, or Douglas. Sporting Life—Plttd or Douglas. Sporting Gazette—Douglas, Prato, or Salliet. Add—Bosworth, Orphan, or Sunflower. Sporting Times —Anlace or" Mount Pleasant Sunday Times—Orphan, Douglas, or Patti. Era—Vex or Me. ALTHOEP PARK STAKES (Handicap, for three-yr-olds). —Sorting Gazette—Newsman, Algeria, or Simplon.— Field—Cruiskeen'or Algeria. Sporttng Times—Simplon. Sunday Times—Newsman or Algeria. Era—Newsman. WAKEFIELD LAWN STAKES.—BeII's Life—Lord of the Valley or April Morn. Field—Knutsford or April Morn. Sporting Gazette—Badsworth. Sporting Times—April Morn. Sunday Times—April Morn or Bachsworth. _ - _ AUSTRIA. The following appeared in our Third Edition of yester day:— VIENNA, Apkil 4. The newspapers.of this morningnnziounce titat the entire Ministry have resigned on account of re fusal Of the Emperor to dissolve those ,prolincial Diets the Deputies from which have left the Reichs rath. Count Potozki, the former Minister of Agriculture, has been entrusted with the formation of a new Cabinet. ABSCONDING MANUFACTURERS.— k remarkable scene was witnessed at Batley, near Dewsbury, on Satur day night, the occasion being the bringing back in custody , of two brothers, Edward and Joseph Gale, who, having defrauded their creditors to a very large amonnt, fled to the United States. The brothers carried on business as woollen . manufacturers in Batley up to February last, their operations being on a tolerably extensive scale. H' axing resolved upon flight they got in all the accounts they , could, made excuses to pressing creditors, and got large advances upon bills of sale executed upon the machinery in the mill they rented and their household furniture. On. the 10th of February they gave cheques in payment of some of the largest accounts they owed, but dated them two days forward, and then, having drawn out their balance at the bank, they levanted together, and were not missed for a couple of clays, when, on some of the cheques being - presented at the bank, the cashier answered that there were "no effects." On inquiry being made at the vari ous ports it was ascertained that the brothers had em barked at Liverpool in the Palmyra, for Boston, under as sumed names. Warrants were obtained for their appre hension, which, by sending a message through the Atlantic cable, was effected on the arrival of the vessel. A West ' Riding police inspector was also despatched after them, and on Saturday he brought them back to Batley. An im mense crowd avaited the arrival of the- culprits at the railway station, and hooted and yelled at them vigorously. A. large sum of money estimated by the brothers at. £573, and by the creditors at more than twice that amount, is missing. The prisoners say it was taken out of a carpet-bag when on board the Palmyra. THE EXTRAOADINATIV"CHARGE OF PUTTING OFF A CHILD. —At the Central Criminal Court, the Recorder., for Mr. Justice Byles, passed sentence on William and Sarah Skeppelehorn, man and wife, who were convicted for conspiring together to put off a child. The prosecutor was a man named Ironsides, who was particularly anxious that his wife should bear him a child. Mrs. Ironsides, knowing this, pretended to be enceinte, and the two prisoners obtained a. child for her, and by this means the prosecutor was deceived into the belief that the child was his own. At the trial the two prisoners were found guilty; but their counsel raised some points of law which, however, have been decided against them. The accused were now sea teilectd tit three inoghs' imprisonment.