The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-11 00:00:00

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Ir. 114 ` t n 8 1, gr•_ : „; haply MONEY MARKET AND COMAIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business was rather dull to-day, but in the trans actions that took place in British and Foreign Securities lower prices were not submitted to. Railway Shares were falling, and the prices of Tele graph Shares were not so good as yesterday. There was rather an active demand at the Bank for dis count, at 3, but for short loans only 2i is asked in the open market. Consols are now at 92i to 921 for 'rnouey ; ditto, for Account, 99-1 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 91i 1 ; New 'PAree per Cents, 91! 1 ; ditto Annuities, 1885, 111. Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 1 dis. ; June, pretn. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 1 dis. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4.1- per Cent., 2 0. India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 122 111 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 99.1 ditto Enfaced Paper, 54 per Cent., 1094. In the Foreign Market Argentine Sixes are 881 to 884; Brazilian Fives, 874 871 ; Egyptian Se.rn per Cents., 1868, 85 to 851 ; Italian Five per Cents., 1861, 554 554; Mexican Three per Cents., 14 141; Peruvian, Five per Cents., 1865, 814 82 ; Spanish New Three per Cents., 1867, 27 3.16 27 5-16 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 1865, 454 454 ditto Six per Cents., 1865, 69 69; ; Grenada (New), 40 414 ; Ditto deferred, 11 114; Nicolai, 684 69 ; Orel Vitbesk, 87 874 ; Moscow Jaroslaw, 83s1 84 1; Charkof Azof, 824 831; and Honduras Loan, 84 85. Railway shares are dull, and prices are giving way. Caledonians are now quoted 781 to 781 ; Great Eastern, 375 to 371; Great Northern, 115 to 116 ; ditto (A Stock), 1191 to 119} ; Great Western, 664 to 66! ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 125 to 1251 ex div. ; London and Brighton, 431 to 434 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 145 to 151 ; London and North Western, 1235 to 1234 ; London and South Western, 895 to 90 ; Sheffield, 511 to 514 ; Metropolitan, 80 to 801 ; Midland, 124/ to 125 ; and Dovers, 75 to 751. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 904 to 91; Tee-Porties, 871 to 87/ ; Eries, 21 to 211; and Illinois, 1134 to 1145. An glo - American Telegraph Shares are now 171 to 17 T 3 i Anglo-Mediterranean, 175 to 18 ; Fal mouth, 101 to 104 ; French Cable, 161 to 161 ; India B ubber, 565 to 574 ; British Indian Subma rine T elegraph, 124 to 12/ ; and Construction and Maintenance, 414 to 41 4. In Bank Shares Imperial Ottoman is now 34 to 4 P r em. ; London and Westminster, 60 to 61 Alliance, 13 to 14 ; Agra (A), 111 to 11/ ; and Londo n and County, 48 to 49. In Miscellaneous Shares Credit Foncier are quoted 25 to 3 ; General Credit, to 5 dis. ; Berlin Works, 144 to 145 ex div. ; Hudson's Bay C o mpany, 121 t o 124 ; Italian Irrigation Six per Cents., 634 t o 645 ; L on d on General Omnibus °I4 PanY, 2 9-16 to 2 11-16 National Discount, 41i t o lg. 13 111 Burn of £20,000 was withd rawn f rom th e Gaudsa he yesterday in sovereigns, for the Cape of u opo. Th e followi ng no t e suggests that the ru l e appli le3able to sha res i n banks—that the numbers should e given at th e ti me of sale—m i ght b e extended to t eleg raph r shares. But the circumstances are dif f rent ' By heavy sales of bank shares, coupled with the circulation of disastrous rumours, a run , could easily be crea t e d su ffi c i en t t o cause t h e stop nag 'ae of au esta b l i shment, or, at all events, to essitat e heavy sacrifices. In the case of tele graph and oth er s h ares no such danger exists. eitber railway lines nor submarine cables can thus be holdersthe acts of the notor i ous crew who, in and out of Stock Exchange, make a trade of attacking ono conz.orn afte r anot h er, must b e regarded as the n atural p rey of these parties, and as entitled duly to such sympathy as is accorded to ordi nar y pes " London, March 9. Sir,—lt may be fairly assumed that the exces 'live fluctuations which have lately occurred in 111113inarine telegraph lines are principally due to inlthe operations of speculators for a rise or a fall .° the pri ces o f the shares in these undertak uul'lnge. The successful working of the new line ela ting to B an k s h ares, wh i ch necessitates the I:lumbers of such shares being given at the tee of sale, suggests the advisability of ex g the operation of the law. If some Ill ' e lber of the House of Commons, connected with e 2re " m erce, could secure the extension of the opera 1e 7" of this l aw t o transac ti ons i n te l egrap h s h ares, would confer a great benefit on the thousands of "commercial holders of these securities, and pre vent th e d espondency and anxiety which they must die on findin g th e i r s h ares quo t e d a t a h eavy -igeount one week, while the quotation was a Proportionately heavy premium the previous week. "tam, Sir, y our o b e di ent servant, y. 71 T he advises from Frankfort state that on the Bourse of that city it appears as if there is to be a revi val of the speculative mania of last year. New issues of securiti es are ma d e a l most every day, and the y and all subscribed for in confident reliance on a prerniore. Thus, for the 5 million marks banco of the llaraburgh Commercial and Discount Bank, the applications were fo r 685 m i l li ons, 127 i mil lions cuminshares g from F ran kf or t a l one, and the Mor a re quoted a t f our prem. T h i s i s the e remarkable as there is nothing to pre- O ther parties from starting similar con cerns. 1- 4 1 1 the present case, however, the promo ters are o f t h e f i rst respectability. The subscri ptions for S even per C ent. M ortgage Bonds of the Michigan Peninsular Railway, $1,700,000 at 70 i, and of $ 2 ,500,000 Seven per Cent. Chicago and South Western, have been beyond the re quired amount, and only 15 per cent. could be allotted. A.t a m eet i ng of the Surrey Commercial Dock pan Year o f ‘ -; ° ll2 y a divid en d was declared for the half £,3 per cent. At the annual meeting of the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company a dividend of 15s. per cent_ was declared. Ths ordinary general meeting of the British American Land Company is called for the 28th instant. The return from the Bank of England for the week ended the 10th March gives the following rosults when compared with the previous week : - Rest £ 3 ,631,780 ... Increase ... £784 PuLlic deposits 1 0,907,699 ... Increase ....1,114,3,072 Other deposits 16,762,453 ... Increase ... 512,318 On the other side of the account : Government securi- ti.s £13,831,314 ... No Other securities 19,648,672 In alteration. cre ase 156 Note. unemployed... 11,836,085 ... Ittereaee 397'355 34 The amount of n o t es i n circulation is £22 ,298,5 ,5 45 being a decrease of £360 ,915 ; and the s t ock o f bullion in both departm en t s i s £ 20,085 ,619,5h0wing an increase of £56,164 when compared with the preceding return. Subjoined is a comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols and French Rentes with the corresponding w ee k of last year : At Present. Same Week last Year. Bullion Reserve Notes in circulation 22,298,545 ... 23,204,915 Rate of discount Consols Preach Renter The following is the official return of the cheques and bills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for the week ending Wednesday, March 9 : Thursday £15,837,000 Frid ay 14,K5,000 Monda y 'Sat ur d ay 12,431,000 Tuesd ay Wednesd a y 11.913,000 11,562,000 £77,297,000 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. UOVI MNMENT FUND& $ Per C ent= Consols -Ditto for Account 92 1 921 N 8 : )er.t. Reduced New 21 por Cont. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen J m 1.1873 Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 ll} Do (Rod Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24;p. Ct. March 2 d Do. 2/ do. June Do £lOO, £2UO & £5OO 2 d Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent De. opening — Canada 4 per Cont. Bonds — Inter-Colonial Omniutn INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES IRMA Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Opening, for Account — D 3. 0 por Cent. July, 1880 Do 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 Do. Enlaced Pap e , 4 per Cent..,.., — Do. 5 por Cort., Jan. 1872 „.. — Do. 5} per Cent. May 1879 lO9l 03 5 per Cont., Rup. Dab. 1872. Do do 1817 Do. do. 188 — Lk,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Au;;. 1873 .„ — Do. Bond; 4 por Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO — PLA FOREIGN FUNDS—OLOSING Pl3-ICES. irgoutins Itepubile, 6 per Uent Do Acoc.mut A.u)trian Bonds 5 per coot — Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — 00. q per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858 — Do. Cu 1860 — Do. do., 1863 — ___ - Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account ,enos Ayres 6 por Cont. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferrod 3 per Cent ) Ouba, 6 per Cent. o•_Lilian 6 per Cent O. per Cent _ . Do. 3 per Cent., , Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per cent. 1867 C) lombian, 6 per Cont. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825......... — Dan' , bian Principalities, 7 per Cent B6l Do Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 li'cuador New Oonsolida.ted, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent.... Do Second Issue — Do. MC, Bonds Do. 1864 . Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 Dn_ Account -- Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 79 Government Rail way Debentures 9I A Greet sper Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Coupons . Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd 831 4 Do. Account Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account ~. - Do Msremmana Railway 551 ilexicaL 3 per Cent Ditto for Account — Do. 1864 -- Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-Frouch — aiontevidean 6 per Gent. . — Ilocrish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada 24 f Do 3 per Con _ Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. Do 4} per Cent. (Ul:harren) Do 4} per Cent.. 1862 Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2.'b Do: do: . 1867.. ' ' ' . Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 ear Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 4} per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 - i Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds 9 31 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — . 1 Do 1866 , £lOO Bonds ..... Do.' ' do £B4 los. do — Do Nicolas Railway 69 Sardinian 5 per Cent. Spanish 3 per ()en . — Do. Account — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Doferrea — Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan —. Do Government, 1864 — Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent ~.,.. .. — Do Account . _ Do 6 per Cent. 1858 661 3 , Account Do .£lOO Bonds -- Do 6 per Cont., 1862 , 691 I Do. Account — Do £lOO Bonds — Do. 5 per cent. 1865 45 i Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 69i 81 ; Do Account Du 4 por Cent., Guaranteed — Do do, Scrip — Venezuela 3 per Cent. lOl Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent.,1862 2 14 Dividends on the above payable in _London Lustrian 0 per Cent Ex 10 .Florins Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 rer Cent. Ex. 12 GO 55-1 Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates .... French lientes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. zof Do Accuun' CLOSING PRICES. Jonmols, Monoy 92i ad Do. Account, April 7 92i 3 zd LIBERAL AIEINIBEE,S AND EDUCATION., ' THURSPAY., A party of Liberal members of the House of Commons held a meeting this afternoon, at which it waa agreed, on the proposition of Mr. Vernon Harcourt, that an amendment should be moved on the second reading of the Government Education Bill, to protest against the religious question of education beinrenaittecl fc6 the deck. slqa a the Local BePti,.. TEE GREAT WILL CASE,—A verdict has been given in the Court of Probate in the case of Orimstone v. Timms. It will be remembered that the testator Mr. Hutley began life in an impoverished condition, but by industry and careful investment in the provision trade, he amassed the sum of £120,000. When ho was sixty-one years of age he married a Miss Wilkins, who was some thirty-five years his junior, and within a week of his death she accepted Dr. Timms, the medical adviser of Mr. Hutley, as her husband, and they were married with in three months. Diriectly after his marriage, the testator, Mr. Hutley, had made a will, leaving £50,000 to his wife, and on behalf of the next of kin, who reside in Australia it was now sought to upset the bill. The case has lasted six days. Many witnesses have been called, some declaring the testator to be sane, and some that he was insane. The jury found that M r . Hutley, at the time he made his will, was of unsound mind. A LOOPHOLE IN THE NEW BANKRUPTCY LAW.—In the case of Turner, draper, Mile End, the Chief Judge of the New Court of Bankruptcy stated that if the bank rupt, who had absconded, did not appear before the rising of the court, he must " take the consequences, whatever they might be." It is a noteworthy and remarkable fact that no express provision appears to be made in terms under the new Act to meet, as in this case, a question of non-surrender, the old provision of outlawry having ex expired. It ill be a matter of much curiosity to know what " consequences " the Mile End draper will have to meet. LARGE BUILDING SPECULATIONS.—In the new Court of Bankruptcy, Daniel Tidey, a bankrupt, who has carried on very extensive business speculations in various parts of London applied to be allowed to pass his last examina tion. The accounts filed shewed a total of indebtedness to secured creditors of £341,136, and to wise cured creditors of £20,578. The bankrupt estimated the value of the surplus upon the secured property at £267,000, consisting of finished and unfinished houses, all of a very large Lima., but tl.c. resent m0rL8. 6 00., with the fact before them, that it would cost many thousands of pound s t o complete the buildings, did not consider their security to be of more value than the amount lent. The available assets were stated at £2,200 and £5OO, mortgage on fixtures. No opposition being offered, his lordship allowed the bankrupt to pass his last examination. BREACH OF PROMISE AHD BANKRUPTCY.—At the Lon don Court of Bankruptcy, John Alexander Richardson, a clerk, came up t o pass his last examination. He attri buted the cause of his bankruptcy to his precocity at the age of 18, when he fell in love with Miss Emma Yule, who was seven years his senior. After six years' court ship he committed the breach of contract and in an action for breach of promise damages were given against him for £ 6 OO. On being cross-examined, touching his not having paid this amount, and not being able to shew satisfactorily that he could not have done so, his Honour adjourned the examination in order that he might file a cash account. TIM PROPOSED ABOLITION OF THE HOME CIRCUIT. — The grand juries of Essex, Herts, and Kent, have severally made presentments to the presiding judges, that .ibtjheci: opinion the proposed abolition of the Home uircuit is likely to be detrimental to the interests of justice.us At Maidstone Mr. Justice Keating, in receiving presentment declined to express an opinion on the but Promised to. forward the document to the Home Office. WARDER —John P M G A O N u S r L I a /7 CHARGE --. Years been en i i Gaol, and who 1.)) oyed as a warder in Middlesex County aged rlnß 53 A . , G W A h IN O Wr has A for PRlSON several at the Maidstoneeals a very good character, has been charged The woman died asizes with the manslaughter of his wife. but the Prisoner lastwas December of softening of the brain, by violence. lie I : l, a s d charged with accelerating her death worse for drink, and a returned home on Boxing Day the woman having left, nurse_ e in attendance on the sick alone with his wifel remained in the house morning she w as found nil night. Th e n e xt her eyes been blackened, and hern a dreadful state head injured in various ways. The prisoner's stepdaughter him, but his counsel contended g tha 'e evidence against ill-feeling in the family against him. Therethere was an evidence to prove that he had assaulted his wife was no direct l, and she might have received the injuries accidentall y. after some deliberation, returned a verdict not he k rY ' RAILWAY COMPENSATION. —A man, named Lambert,Y. has brought an action, at the Maidstone Assizes, t recover compensation for injuries received at Aylesford. The company, however, contended that he was asleep when the train stopped, and being aroused just as it was starting again, he jumped out an fell, receiving the injuries complained of. The jury f oun d , a Ytact 4014 1 4 the goI I IPPAYILOUtOIIt I 94. '•:.- 1 ' THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1870 SHARE LIST. ORDINARY SIIA.REB AND STOCKS; Railways. rad. Closing Bu slaw dam at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 78 80 at Caledonian —..... 100 764 77 774 at Cambrian. 20 Cornwall...-. .... . ... all 21 24 at Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO at Dun„Perth,&Ab.Juno lOO 70 73 2) East London all 4 6 • 20 Do 15 20 Do 10 et Glasgow &S. Western lOO 107 109 at Great Eastern . ' lOO 374 37 i 381 at Do. E. Angl . No. 2 lOO 61 71 at Great North of Scotland lOO 16 16 at Great Northern .. 100 1171 118 1174 at Do. &stock...—. lOO 118 119 at Do. B stock lOO 127 129 st GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 58 100 99 at Gt. Western —Original lOO 634 631 634 1 4 at Do. South Wales lOO 61 60 67 st Do. W. Mid.—Oxford lOO 40 42 at Do. Newport lOO 34 36 at Lancashire & Yorkshirv lOO 123 1281 at Lon., Brigh., B S.Coast l6O 44 441 421 Do Scrip .... at I•on., Chat., and Dover.. 109 15 151 114 et Do. Atetrop. Ex. A.... 100 11 13 at Lon. & North Western.. 100 1231 3244 1244 4 at Lon. 2c South Western.. 100 13 11 93 Man., Shut., & Lincoln.. 100 511 82 494 st Metropolitan ... at Do Extension .. 5 Do. New rd at Metropolitan District. all 35 30 35 10 Metrop. John's N% cod 10 at Miulaud at Do. tiirrnin. & Derby lOO 89 Cl st North British at DO. Ed., Pth., & Dun lOO at Nor 14astern—Berwict lOO 127 128 1281 1 I 25 D N.E purohase 16.13.4 - at D - Leeds ....... at D oYork lOO 12"1 • 211 1264 at D °Carlisle .... . lOO et 11.) oStocc. & Darling lOO 167 169 1711 et North Lon lon 100 122 •28 10 Do New 1868 ... 4 14 2 p 8 st North Staffordshire lOO 61 63 at North and 6. W. Junction 100 92 101 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... at Rh;:imney st lihropshire Union lOO 531 601 at South Devon - .. st South Eastern lOO 754 764 764 4 at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 13 18 st Tail Vale -- Do. C ... 6 Waterford & Kilkenny.. 100 10 Waterloo B Whitehall.. 6 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share' NAME. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11/ 12/ 10 Du B lO 41 5 50 Albion l5 10 8 00 Alliance, Limited 20 - Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 211 25 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 id 4p 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 3 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia ' all 15 16 20 Do issued at 2 pm.... , 5 31 21 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim 25 Bank of South Australia all 321 331 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 14 16 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China all 181 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all 32 31 20 City lO 11 111 00 Colonial 25 41 43 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, Inn 5 ... ••• 20 English and American, Inn 10 .. ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim 20 English, Scottish, and Aus• _. tralian Chartered a• all 171 181 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 37 79 281 Do now lll 41 51 100 Imperial, lim 2O 3 2 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 3 el lonian all 23 22 25 Do new 5 6 3 Lud Mortgage of India, lim 4 34 31 100 Do 5 p. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 76 80 100 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lira. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 35 :0 20 Do new 71 6 41 100 London &River Plato, lim. 40 11 13 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 214 234 20 London and County 2O 491 501 48 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 ... ... London Joint 5t0ck......... 311 321 :321 London and South African al 100 London &S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ... ... 100 London and Westminster. 20 60 61 601 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O ... ... 100 Merchant, lim 25 61 54 10 Metropolitan, lim all 74 74 00 Midland, lim 2O Id 1 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3d Ip 00 National rrovinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do . 42 ... ... 50 National.. 3O ••• • • 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 74 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 44 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., MU. 10 64 54 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 85 87 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 14 14 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 a 25 Union of Australia all 46 45 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London l5 351 301 37 THE IRISII SOLICITOR-GENERAL. The Irish Solicitor-General is a good common lawyer and a clever man. But it is raid he somewhat exceeded his instructions in trying to satisfy Irish landlords that the seven years' rent permitted by the bill to be given as compensation to an outgoing tenant might be diminished at the discretion of the local judge to one half-year's rent. A shrewd but silent supporter of the Government said, when praising other portions of his speech : " If be thinks so he had better have kept that piece of information to himself." RAILVTAYS-PREFERENCE SHAILES AND STOWS!!. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cont. 100 87 89 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... at Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO 4... st Do. Abordoen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 82 at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 20 Cornwall, . per cent gua all at Dundee, l'erth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 et Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... at Gla.s. &S W. gua. I per ct lOO ... et (it. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 98 100 at Do do No. 2 100 97 99 at Do do 6 per cent 100 110 113 at Do East Anglian A 5.p. c. 190 at Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 100 ... at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 68 72 at Do Norfolk 5 p.e.Ex.1846 100 ... at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... et Great Northern, 5 per cent 182 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Do 41 do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... 109} at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 t Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 98 st t.West.—Orig.&Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 10 C 108 Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 Do do 4i per cent. 1850. 100 90 92 Do do 4 do do Do do 5 per cent. redem lOO 97 91 Do do Birmingham gua lOO 68 72 Do do do pref lOO Do do Chester gua I'A 85 9 Do do do 8 per cent lOO Do do do 6 do 100 Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 Do do 44 p.c lOO st Do do 44 1859 lOO at Do do 5 st Do West llid. Oxford Ist g lOO 110 118 at Do do 2d gua lOO 119 121 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 06 08 st Do do 2d do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 113 13* st Do Barnsley, £5 3s 105 p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 08 100 MI London & Brighton, 5 p.c guaranteed, No 1 lOO at Da 5 per cent. gua No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 do (W.E. 0.1 ) ) 100 at Da 4 do 185 Y lOO st Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO at London and /I W., C. and. Nuneaton 5 per cent lOl 110 11 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO et Do Shrewsb'y & Weichp'l lOB st London and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 145 150 a Do (Portsm.peipans 2s6d) all ... • Mau., Sher., &Litwin. 6 p.c 100 Do .£6 all par fpm 61 a Do 31 per cent lOO 64 96 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 at Mid. Consolidated, 6p. c lOO 130 185 a Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c lOO 133 135 133 s Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 98 100 • Do 4 per cent. irredeem lOO 98 101 • De Leicester & Ifehn,4 p.c 100 80 VI at North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO at Do E. & Cr. 4p.c.5.& D 1 u 0 st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO ... st Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 89 st Do 11 per cent. redeem__ 110 97 99 st Do 0 N.B. 4 per ccut., lOO 17 Do Lerwick capital 8.13.4. Do York, H.& S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stektn & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 107 109 ...... .. et Do W, LlartlepoolTl. moan 105 StS 83 90j 20 North Staffordshire 10s S. Devon Annuities, De— all 9 10 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 9} 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81 1 1 0.6. S. East. (goad. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 et Do 41 percent lOO ... ... et Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... ... et Taff Vale No.l lOO 151 158 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pe 100 .• .. BAILWAYS.—PREFERENOE SHARES AND STOOKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate yea et Caledonian 41 p c gua. et 1)o Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeeni all at Do 4p c con.. issued at 80 60 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 84 88 t Do do 5 do, 1861_ 100 83 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W p c 100 ~„ at Do Joint perpe. 5p c, 1865 100 8 . 8 92 et Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 115 120 20 Do Vale Neath perp.s p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per Cent, B lOO ... 5 Lane. and York New 41 per • cent till July, 1871 2 ip et Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 et Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 1(v) at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do b do, 1865 100 et Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 1171 at Do No. 7 5 do et Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ez., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at London& N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 at London& S. Western, 41 pct 100 93 95 10 Man. Shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all V 91 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 at Midland, Li 5 per cent pref lOO 107 109 at Do B 5 do 100 107 109 Is Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 211 18 Do Incony. New Shares all 12 121 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 21p et North British, E. and Gi_ _ _ No. 1, 5 per cent ...... 100 ... at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... Do E ,P., &Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ... at Do E.& G , No. 2, 5 p.c ... 100 ... at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... at Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c ... 100 ... at Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 94 100 at Do Stock. & Darl., D ... 100 113 115 at North London, 41, per cent - (Max. 5 per cenir --- 100 103 105 St North Staffordshire s p o. 100 at Qouth Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 ... ... st Do 5 do IS6I 100 ... ... at Do sdo (Oh. Cross) 1863 100 .. ... st Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 p c 100 ... ... RAILWAYS. -LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at Birkenhead lOO 93 95 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 98 100 at Buckinghamshire at Cheater and Holyhead lOO 54 6 at Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stour Valley 100 at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 132 131 29 Gloster and Dean Forest all ..• a Gt. EaBEL, Newm., &c., 5 p.c 10 0 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Hera 100 97 99 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 et Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 at London and Blackwall at Do. 41 per cent lOO et London, Chat., &c., 41 p. C. 100 at Do. Com. Fund, sdo 100 . at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO ... at London, Tilbury, & Scuth 150 83 85 at Lowestoft,gua 4 percent lOO 79 81 at Do. de . 6 do 51 Manch., Bra. Ma all •• • ••• ••• at Midland, Bradford, P re f lOO 92 91 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) , all 50 Nerthern&East., 5 percent all 53 5G 50 Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern—Hartlep00l at N.West. A perp. prof, 5p C. 100 107 109 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ..„ at Notting. & Granth R. & C lOO 91 9;1 25 Preston and Wyre.. Royston, Hitch., and Snep. 100 131 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 132 131 10 De uo 8 2 21p a S. Yorksh. and River Dun 109 100 105 D 4 per cent gua lO3 78 SO do at rict. Station and Pimlico lOO . at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all at Weymouth and Portland lOO st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. East and West London and St. Katherine 100 49 51 D oDob. stock, 4 per cent Millwall Freehold Land Dock lOO 30 33 Southampton l)3 72 75 2 Surrey Con:o4M cls/ 100 109 111 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 191 191 1.1 10 Anglo Mediter Te1.,1im.... 10 201 21 181 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 14 16 st Do. 8 per cent. st B. and L Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 180 lido at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 262 267 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lim all 23 25 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lim all 3 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all . .. 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., Rm all 9 10 71 25 Reuter's Telegram all 12 13 20 Societe TransatlanL, lim all 16 14 151 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 11 5 11. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 8 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 11 81 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexicaa Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L 5 1d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 51 5 Ditto, New 4 pr I pm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 21 31 27 Canada Company all 64 66 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 Corn of African March, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of Bingland, Pref 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of .London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent ail 100 Ditto, 1879, 41 par cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 4i per cent 10 Credit Fonc oEngland, L all 2/ 31 321 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 21 lid St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 93 98 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 106 111 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 271 101 10d 100 Egypt 9 pct Viceroy's Loan ... g— ua - by Egyptian Cloy 20 Egyptian Com and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 1 15 Eng and Foreign Credit 7l 4 3d 10 Ear )pean Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new 5 4 41 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 34 4fp 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds all 97 96 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71 f 1d 74 15 General Steam Navigation l4 20 3U 50 Homo and Col Marine Ins, L 5 ld p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 12k 50 Imperial Continental Gas 434 134 130 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L 45 57 59 57 61 10 International Finan See, L 5 14 11t1 1 20 Italian Irrigator Canal, Cav all 41 4f 100 Ditto, 6 per cut Bonds, red all 1870 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 ld 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lend Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 4 Lend Gen Omnibus, Limd 50 Lond & Glasg Engin, Limd 25 18 16d 20 London and Prov Marine St Madras Irrig & Canal, guar 100 spc by India Gov lOO 103 105 50 Merchant Shipping, Limtd all 32 37 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 31 4/ 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 11 1 11 11} 10 National Steamship, Limd a l l 131 14 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d 10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 41 4 d 1 25 N Zealand Ln & Marc, &c 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld.: 5 1 4 1 p 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 bd 10 Do, B all d St N British Austral, Limited 100 60 70 50 N British & Merc an insnce Gf 23 231 23 Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 id fp 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited a l l 2 2/ St. Peel lily Lnd & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Poniuslr & Oriental Steam all 43 45 50 Do., New, 1867 lO 3 1 t id 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do, New a ll 8 25 Rio Janeiro City lin., Lmtd all 191 20 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited • all 291 30 100 Royal Mail Steam ............. 60 52 54 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General de l'Empire Ottoman 8 24 34 25 South Australian Land all ... -- 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lim and reduced) all 89i 394 414 1 20 Thames & Mers Mn Ins, L 2 2 2fp 54 St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trustand Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) ......... 1 1 1p 20 Tr &LnCoof Up Canada 5 iip 50 Union Marine Liverpool, L d 5 6 64p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd... 6 2 ld 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 41 54 p 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd 30 Van Diemen's Land ... 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 801 814 85 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited ... 20 4 3d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan and July ,1877 -84 100 104 1051 Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p a, Mar and Sept 100 105/ 1061 Do, 5p c, Jan and July lOO 941 931 95! Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1803 lOO 95} 961 Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 100 111 113 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO _ Do, 5 p a, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 1021 1031 Ceylon, Nov, Do, 1872 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 100 103 105 I Jo, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6p 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 ...... lOO 111 113 1191 Natal Gov 6 p c , Ap ril & Oct 100 108 110 Do, 6p c, May and Nov 100 107 109 New Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and Jul lOO 104 105 N. S. Wales Gov 5 pa, 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 , from 18 ' 67 to 1875 100 100 1011 Do, 2 per c, annual draws , 1872 red by ann draws to 1898 100 100} 1011 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981 98 Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1891, June and Dee 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July 100 1021 1031 Do, 1886 lOO 1041 1051 Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July 1 00 1081 1091 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 108 1 1 091 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 1141 Do, April and Oct, 1883-5 lOO 113 1141 111* Po, 5p 0, Jan. and A117 7 1894 ' 00 IQ l i 1021 011 THE: EDUCATION BILL. A deputation, consisting of the Central Execu tive Committee of the National Education Union, accompanied by peers, members of Parliament, and others, waited on the Premier, the Lord President of tie Council, and the Vice-President this after noon, generally to support the Education Bill, but to urge upon her Majesty's Government the adoption of amend,netits, in accordance with the tenor of resoludons passed by the Union. When the second reading of the Government Education Bill is moved, Mr. Dixon will propose that no measure for the elementary education of the people can afford a, permanent and satisfactory settlement of the question which leaves the ques tion of religious instructien to be determined by local authority. POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. TIIE SMOKE NUISANCE ACT.-Mr. Leon Trothier, of No. 315 A, Oxford-street, confectioner, was summoned before Mr. Knox, by Superintendent Dunlap, of the C division, for using a funnel not constructed so as to consume its own smoke. Mr. Sandison, the Government engineer ap pointed under the Act, having proved the case, Mr. Knox fined the defendant 10s., and ordered him to pay 31s. Gd. costs. Mr. Durrant, baker, of No. 32, Broad-street, Golden-square, was fined 75., and ordered to pay 235. costs ; as also was Mr. James Cross, baker, of No. 11, Frith-street, Soho. WESTMINSTER. INTIMIDATING A PROSECUTOR.—Patrick O'Keefe, an old Irishman, was charged with assaulting Ellen Hayes. It appears that, on the 4th of February, the son of the prisoner robbed the prosecutrix of her purse and lie. 6d., and for that he had been sentenced to six months' hard labour. The prosecutrix deposed that on Saturday night the prisoner came to her and asked her the amount of her loss ; she told him, but instead of saying anything further he struck her in the mouth and knocked her down, hurting her very much. Prisoner said he only pushed her ; and a remand was ordered for the production of a witness. THAMES. SHAMEFUL CRUELTY TO A PONY.—The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals prosecuted two men, Joseph Thorpe, carbon cutter, of Charles-street, Wandsworth-road, and John Stannard, a carman, from the same locality, for cruelty to a pony. Simon Ralph, a police sergeant, saw the prisoners in a cart drawn by a wretched pony in the Com mercial-road. The prisoner Stannard was flogging the poor animal unmercifully. It could scarcely move, its bones were protruding, and every rib could be counted. The mob following the cart shouted and laughed derisively ; and there were cries of " Shame," " Take the bones out of the shafts," " What do you call the animal ?" which certainly looked more like a half-starved calf than a horse. The pony, for such ho believed it was, was cruelly flogged by the prisoner Stannard, and it stopped from sheer exhaustion. There was more derisive laughter and plenty of satirical remarks, and the prisoners were advised to take the animal to the bone boilers. The flogging of the animal was re newed, and at the request of the indignant mob ho took the prisoners into custody and the animal to the station-house yard. Mr. Paget—You carried the animal here ? Policeman Ralph said—l assisted the animal to walk here. Thorpe said that he engaged Stannard to convey some goods, about two cwt., and consisting of 2,500 carbon plates, to Sil vertown, North Woolwich, and he was surprised at such au animal being yoked to the cart. Stannard said that ho had been in the practice of proceeding to Silvertown once a fortnight with goods for Mr. Thorpe, and that the horse ho gene rally drove, being laid up with an attack of influ enza, he used the pony as a make-shift. Mr. Paget said he had had much to do with horses in his life time, and he never saw any animal so wretched and thin as the pony. lie was in doubt what the animal really was for some time. it was scandalous and cruel to work such an animal. It could not look worse. Both prisoners were in the court, and he should fine each 20s. Roche, the gaoler of the court, asked what was to be done with the remains of the animal ? If it was sent to the Green-yard it would eat its head off in twenty-four hours. Mr. Paget—l doubt whether it has eaten any thing for twenty-four weeks.—there is no flesh on it. Stannard said he would take the animal to a knacker, and have it killed immediately. lie had no money with him to pay the fine. Thorpe was in the same condition. Mr. Paget doubted whether any knacker would take the trouble to kill the poor worn-out, expiring animal. He would postpone his decision until next Thursday. The pony had better be under cover on its way to the knacker's yard, or its appearance would excite popular indignation. (Laughter.) Her Majesty held a Levee to-day at Bucking ham Palace. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the Princesses Louise and Beatrice, will, it is understood, leave Buckingham Palace to-morrow for Windsor Castle. We are glad to learn that Mr. Glyn's health is steadily improving, but he will not be able to return to the Houso of Commons until after the expiration of a few days. Miss Braddon is busily engaged upon a novel, the title of which will be "Fenton's Quest." It is un derstood that the opening chapters will appear in the forthcoming number of Belgravia. in reverence to .oir. unnaersl3 soaeme or naval ro- tirement, a correspondent points out that it is important for officers to know that if they do not exercise the option which has been given to them, either to remain on the activo list or elect to retire on or before the 21st inst., it will be deemed that they have elected the new regulations laid down in the retirement scheme. According to an official return just published, th e estimated number of inland letters ( ca culated on the returns for the year 1868), exclusive of official correspondence, during the present year, was 752,000,000. The amount of postage received was £3,488,188, the estimated number of inland book packets was 55,000,000, and the amount of pos tage £408,792. Patterns and samples, 8,000,000 ; amount of postage, £41,458. The death of a naval veteran is announced—Rear- Admiral Thomas Vernon Watkins. Ho entered the navy in 1815, and served in various p arts of the wor ld i n the St. Vincent (Sir Thomas Foley), the Asia (Admiral Hyde Parker), the Victory, the Britannia, &c. He obtained the rank of commander in 1837, and served on the West India and North American stations, and afterwards in the Pacific. He obtained his post rank in 1847, and flag rank (rear-admi ral, Retired List) in 1865. He was in his 77th year. At the Manchester assizes yesterday two actions for damages were brought against the Lancashire and York shire Railway Company. In one case a Mr. Kenyon sued for damages incurred by an accident sustained by his wife in a collision at Clifton Junction. The jury returned a ver dict for £2OO in favour of the plaintiff. The same company were sued in another action by a tailor for damages sustained in an accident, and damages to the amount of £550 were awarded. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all reeent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messis. DITNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening FRIDAY.. SATURDAY 42 nun past 8 24 min past 9 SUNDAY 6 min past 10 50 min past 10 MONDAY 30 min past 11 0 min past 12 WVE§DAYmisiem.„ ~,,, ts l Q Pad 12 4m1,49 1 D past 12 THIRD EDITION The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocs. IMPERIAL PA ULIA MEN T lIOUSE OF COMMONS—Tors EVENING. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. THE BOROUGH OF BEVERDEY. A petition was presented by Mr. Clay from the inhabi tants of the borough of Beverley with reference to the report of the commissioners, and praying for an inquiry. It was read by the Clerk at the table. DEGREES FOR STUDENTS. Mr. CHARLES REED asked the First Lord or the Treasury whether his attention had been called to a certain provision in reference to the terms of residence for degrees for students of the privileged clas3 at the University of Oxford, and whether the Government would introduce a measure which would place students, without respect to rank or birth, in an equal position with regard to terms of residence required, before pro 'ceeding to the degree of Bachelor or Master in Arts, Medicine, or Civil Law. Mr. GLADSTONE answered that the same regulation was in force in the University of Cambridge. He was not prepared to give any pledge on the part of the Govern ment to take the matter up. SPURIOUS TEA. MR. STAPLETON asked the Secretary to the Board of Trade, whether his attention had been called to the impor tation from China of large quantities of adulterated or spurious tea, stated by Dr. Letheby, by whom it had been analysed, to consist of re-dried leaves of exhausted tea in a state of putrefaction. Whether he was aware that it was used for the adulteration of genuine tea, and that it was in such demand that its price had risen from 2d. to s t d. and whether the Board of Trade were taking any mea sures to protect the public from the increase of adultera tion indicated by this rise in the price of re-dried tea leaves. Mr. SHAW LEFEVBE was understood to say that the fact was as stated. INDIAN RAILWAYS. Mr. RODEN asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what number of miles of railway the Government proposes to construct in India, and the estimated rate of construction per year. Mr. GRANT DUFF said a sum of three and three quarters of a million was proposed to be voted for those railways. FEVER CARRIAGES. Mr. Jourr TALBOT asked the President of the Poor Law Board whether it was true that the carriage used for fever patients in the Westminster Union was usually drawn by paupers, and whether the Poor Law Board had any means of putting a stop to such a practice. Mr. GOSCHEN replied that the carriage was drawn by paupers. There were always more volunteers for the ser vice thau were required, sheering that they liked the six pence and the outing which they got for the service. And he understood that exhaustion had never occurred. but sometimes fatigue had. MILITIA OFFICERS. Colonel CORBETT asked the Secretary of State for War whether he considered that by the Act 42 George 111., c. 90, s. 170, officers of militia were exempted from serving as parish officers ; and if they were not, whether he would take steps to include them in the exemption. Mr. CARDWELL answered that he took it that the feel ing of Parliament was against, rather than for, increasing exemption. SCOTCH VACANCY. Mr. CRADFURD asked the- First Lord of the Treasury whether it was the intention of Her Majesty's Govern ment to fill up the vacancy in the Court of Session occa sioned by the decease of Lord Barcaple. Mr. GLADSTONE said the vacancy was proposed to be filled up, but the person appointed would have to abide by any rules and regulations which Parliament might see fit subsequently to e nact. THE ARMY REGULATIONS. Major WALKER asked the Secretary of State for War whether he had considered, and was prepared to remedy ; the heavy increase of mess and band subscriptions which would be entailed on regimental officers by the proposed reduction of their numbers, and by the discontinuance of promotions from the rank of Ensign or Cornet to that of Lieutenant. Mr. CAUDWELL said he was not prepared to propose any measure for the increase of the pay of the officers to meet such expenses. PROMOTION IN THE ARMY. Mr. SINCLAIR ATTOUN asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in carrying out the proposal to give twenty five unattached Lieutenant Colonelcies, fifty Majorities, and one hundred Captaincies, a; mentioned in his speech on the estimates, to meet the claims of officers, and stimulate the rapidity of the absorption on the reduction of the army, it might be understood that it was intended to give such promotion according to length of service from the date of first entering into the service, in con formity with the precedent established in 1866, when Parliament santioned a similar distribution of a certain number of unattached commissions. Mr. CARDWELL replied in the affirmative. The course to be taken would be similar to that taken in 1866. His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief considers the professional claims, and acts accordingly. (LEFT SITTING•) 1 FRANCE AND ALGERIA. The French Chambers have been engrossed during the last few days by a discussion on Algeira. It is proposed to grant the colony a new constitution by means of a Senatus Consultum, and there is considerable agitation on the point, Ohe party wishes to give the colony a separate and individual existence, believing that Africa differs too widely from France for the successful establishment of similar institutions. Another party demands the complete assimi lation of the colony with France, arguing that it is too near at hand to require or profit by a separate administra tive organisation. Count Le Hon, whose interpellation in the Chambers gave rise to the debate, belongs to the latter party, and claims for Algeria the extension of civil institu tions, and most especially the admission of Algerian depu ties to the French Chamber. There are . 122,000 French men in Algeria, who are unrepresent e d. C oun t L e H on , who made a long and powerful address, argued that the military regime had lasted long enough. Algeria was finally conquered, and a new path of progressive assimilation should be at once entered upon. He was listened to with great atten tion as having been at the head of the Algerian inquiry, he was thoroughly acquainted with his subject, and as he does not belong to the regular opposition, he was not sus pecteci of political motives. General Le &But on the part of the Government, refusedto enter fully into the question because a Senatus-consultum would shortly be laid before the Senate. On the second day the debate was still more animated. It was opened by M. Lefebure who said that the programme traced out by all the eminent men con nected with Algeria,, from Marshal Bugea r d d own t o Mar shal M`Mah on h a d never been realised. Three great objects had been in view—To maintain the rights of the natives; to constitute a great European population, and to fuse together the two elements. Ho summarised the history of the colony, and the defects in its government. The colonists had made great efforts, the army tract done won ders. How theu were they to explain the little progress made. M. Le Hon attributed it to the defects of the military system ; but M. Lefebure thought they should take the blame on them selves. They had .tried every regime in Algeria except that of liberty. They could see in Algeria the fatal effects of an excessive centralisation. They had left the least possible scope to individual enterprise, which was the secret of the colonial prosperity of England. After so many victories which had secured for them the conquest of Algeria let them at last transform that noble territory by a victory gained over themselves. M. Lefebure was followed by the Baron Jerome David, who called forth loud applause from the Centre and the Left, by a speech in whi c h h e d ec l ared h i mself a convert from the military to the civil system, and said that he was now convinced that in politics as in many other things, liberty and common right were the best auxiliaries. lq. li - 4ratry, whose name was so often before the public in connection with the famous 26th October, strongly denounced the excessive taxation of Algeria, and demanded the abolition of the Arab bureaux, and the disarmament of the natives who were now allowed to carry arms while the colonists were forced to obtain a licence to do so. He was followed by Jules Favre, who presented an address signed by 3,640 French inhabitants of the province of Constantina, asking for legal representation and the civil regime. In the course of a long and powerful speech, Mr. Favre asked where was the necessity for a Senatus Consultum? A special constitution for the colony would only separate it still further from France when the inhabitants sought a closer union. On this point they ought to know the opinions of the Government. The Ministry was responsible to tho Chamber, it could do nothing without their consent. They had then a right to demand an answer. Tho destinies of Algeria were united to those of France, and the Ministry could touch neither without the consent of the Legislative body. It was useless to refer to the Senate. If the Ministers wished that Algeria should be represented by deputies let them say so. only for the satisfaction of Algeria, and for the dignity of power those deputies must enter the Chamber not by permission but by the authority of tlie law. If Algeria was to be reconstituted it must be done by the national sovereignty. If the Ministry refused to reply they would be imitating a precedent which they had often blamed. He had no right to address a summons to the Ministry. He had the right to judge them and he used it. But they would be wanting to the Chamber and to public opinion if they remained silent. M. 011ivicr, upon this, rose and said the Government had no intention to remain silent. ' They were only waiting for the close of the debate for the full expression of opinion. M. Favre thanked the Premier for his explanation, and withdrew his words. The ' debate continues. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Palo probably 8,000 halve. The market dull. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY CITY BETTING. --Tuts DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 9 agst Miss Dayre (offered—take 12 to 1) 10 to 1 agst Walter (offerel—take 11 to 1) 500 to 35 agst Sabinus (taken) 100 to 6 agst Ashfield (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agat Gertrude (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Myosotis (taken) 20 to 1 agst Benboiv (taken) 20 to 1 agst Douglas (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blue 801 l c (taken) 25 to 1 agst Rosicruciau (offered) 40 to 1 agat Dunbar (taken) 40 to 1 agst Virtue (offered—take 50 to 1) 50 to I agst Chawbacon (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Robespierre (taken and offered) 1000 to 15 agst Birthday (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Tim Weaver (taken) TWO THOUSAND. to 2 agst Kingeraft (offered) 100 to 13 agst Sunlight (offered): DERBY. 1000 to 70 agst Sunlight (taken twice) RACING FIXTURES-1870. • MATZOH. Pontefract 14, 15 i Warwick 22, 23, 24 Cambridgeshire l4, 1.5 Epsom 29, 30 West Somerset I'6, 17 I Bromley 31 an d April 1, - - APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 I Newmarket Cr a v en 18 t o 22 West Drayton 7, 8 I Abergavenny 21, 22 Think 7, 8 1 Lewes 26, 2, Kingsbury l B, 13 1 C roydon. 2s, 2, Durham lB, 19 j MAY. Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5 1 Harpenden 2O, 21 Chester. lO- to 13 I Bath 24, 25 Winchester lO. 11 I Stamford 26, 27 Salisbury l2, 13 j Croydon 26, 2? York 17, 18 ' Epsom 31 to June 3 Doncaster 19,20 I Croydon 8,9 Manchester 8,9, 10 Ascot 14 to 17 Windsor 2l, 22 NE. Newton 22, SA lia ptou 23, 24 Bibury Club 21 Stockbridge...3o, and J"J 1 -LY. Newmarket 5 to 8 Nottingham 12, 13 Chelmsford l2, 13 Reading 12, 13 I West Drayton 14, li Huntingdon 19, 20 I Kingsbury 2l, 22 I Goodwood 26, 29 COBER. 00' Bedford 4, 5 Leicester 6, 7 Bromley 6, 7 I Newmarket 2n 00t..10 to 14 I Cheltenham 18, 19 I Newmarket 1i0t'n...114 to 29 LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening, INDIA-OFFICE, Mancn 9. Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the following promotions amongst the Officers of the Staff Corps, and of her Majesty's Indian Military Forces made by the Govern ments in India : BREVET. TO BE COLONELS. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Jackson, Bengal Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel Weedeuhall Queiros Pagson, Bengal ufantry. TO BE MAJORS. Captain William Atherton Park, late 3d Bombay Euro pean Infantry. Captain Francis Whitworth Russell, late 3d Bengal Enropean Cavalry. Major (now Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel) John Alexander Mathew Macdonald, Bombny Staff Corps, to b. Lieutenant-Colonel, in succession to Major-General Sir H. B. Edwardes, K.C.8., K.C.5.1., Bengal infantry, de ceased. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 10. The undermentioned officer has this day been pro moted to tho rank of First. Class Assistant Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet:—Mr. William James Crockford Brown, with seniority of Ist March. FIRE IN TILE CITY _ROAD.—(This Day.) This (Friday) morning, at a few minutes before 4 o'clock, a fire, attended with a considerable de struction of property, and almost fatal consequences to the iLmates, took place in one of the lofty estab lishments, numbered 171, City-road, in the tenure of Mr. E. Hatch, a milliner and silk mercer. The flames commenced in the basement, and speedily rushed up the staircases as far as the top of the third floor, and then penetrating the roof, but strange to say it passed the shop and parlour with out doing any material damage. Some hours, how ever, elapsed before tie conflagration could be con quered and a serious amount of property was de stroyed, which is thus officially returned by Captain Shaw, to the Board of Works ;—No. 171, City road, Mr. E. Hatch, milliner, &c.—A house of 12 rooms—front ba=ement burned out ; the first, se cond, and third floors and contents seriously da maged by fire . arid part of roof off. The front shop and parlour damaged by water, &c. No. 173 ditto—Mr. J. Abrahams, window glass merchant— Building and contents damaged by water. Bank of France. PARIS, March 3. Die following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account:— DEBTOR. March 3. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,509,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 43,570,119 82 Treasury account cur- Feb. 21. fr. 22,105,750 - rent creditor 158,553,830 25 Current accounts, Paris 294, 81,573 1G Do. branch banks 46,158,660 Dividends payable 1,871,511 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last 3,560,574 60 six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 1,305,522 15 8,232,462 19 Total =EDITOR. March 3. Cash in hand and in Branch banks Commercial bills over- due e Commercial bills dis- 342,286 61 counted, not yet duo 294,855,193 07 Do. branch banks 290,866,997 Advances on deposit of bullion 10,856,900 Do. branch banks 1,h62,500 Do. on French Public Securities 19,219,300 Do. by branch banks 7,919,750 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Fonder Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock ro- 1,154,500 - 1,249,100 - serve 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Inunobalisdes (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage- 9,082,030 - went Sundries 275,678 40 6,293,471 35 Total Certified by the Senator-Governol of France. (Signed) COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam,.. 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