The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-05 00:00:00

btONEy MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. , Besine - .3 to-day Was as usual on Saturdays very lit nited in extent. Consols are firm at their quo tations; and in Foreign securities there was rather more then the usual demand for Spinish at better Prices. Railway shares were in very little demand, and for Banking, Telegraph, and Miscellaneous Shares there was little doing. Conso's are now at 922 to 92} for money; ditto, for Account, ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 911 11xd ; New Tkree per Cents, 911 k ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem. ; June, "Prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, --; J un e, 3 prent ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per te nt., 2 0 2. I ciia Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —; d itto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 114 12 ; ditto 4 per Ce nt-, Oct., 1888, 991 x d ; ditto Enfaced P a per, A Per C en t, ; ditto 5 per Cent., May, 1872, Q IC/ ai - ; Met r op o lit an B oar d o f W or k s , 3} per Cent. 93' • 7 2 • In the Foreign Market Brazilian Fives, 1865, are 8 7i to 872 ; Egyptian Seven per Cents., 5568) 791 to 791 ; Itali an Five per Cents., 1865, 1-16 to 55 3-16 ; Mexican Three per lggsl4k to 15 ; Peruvian, Five p( r Cents., i ' °6s 7 80} to 81 ; Spanish New Three . per Cents., 18 67, 27 3-16 to 27 5-16 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 1865 , 451 to 452 ; ditto Six per Cents., 1865, 69k to 69 k 3 ; Grenada New, 23} to 24; ditto Deferred, 11 to 1 14 ; Vitepsk, 86k to 87k ; Nicolai, 68k to G 9 Moscow Jaroslaw, 832 to 841 ; Charkof Azof, 82 2 to 831 ; Lombardo-Venetian, 19 13-16 to 19 1 5-16 ; and Honduras Loan, 83 to 83f. In the Railway Market Caledonians are now Quoted 771- to 771 ; Great Eastern, 37k to 374 Great Northern, 1131 to 1132 ; ditto (A), Stock, 115 1 to 1152 ; Great Western, 652 to 66 ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 125 to 125 k ex div. ; London a nd Brighton, 43i to 431 ; London, Chatham, a cd Dover, 141 t o 15 ; London and North Western 1221 to 123 f ex div. ; London and South Western, 89k to 90 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 50 to 501; Metropolitan, 791 to 791 ex div. ; Midland, 124 k to 1241 ; and South Eastern, and Dover, 75 to 751. American Five -Twenty Bonds are 901 to 908 ; ditto (1865), steady, at 891 to 891; ditto (1867), 8 8i to 881: Ten-Forty's, 86 to 86f ; Eries, .121 to 214 ; and Illinois, 110 to 111. Lo mbardo -Venetian is 121 to 121 ; and Great L uxembourg, 131 to 14. In Telegraph Shares India Rubber are 57k to 581 ox div.; Construction and Maintenance, 411 to 111 An glo - American, 168 to 161 ; French Cable, 151 t° 1 6 ex div. ; British Indian Submarine, 121 to 12 1 ; China Subniarin, 11 to 1 dis. ; and Falmouth, 1 to 4 prem. At the Bank about £19,000 iu bar gold *as sent la yesterday. The steamer Pera to-day took out £110,935 in specie for the East. Subjoined are the particulars : embay, gold, £5OO ; Madras, gold, £1,365 ; ° cg Rung, silver, £850; and Shanghai, silver, £1 08,220 . I he question which has actively recurred at in= i erv als during th e p as t 20 y ears a s t o w h e ther there B L rea lly any practi ca ble p a ss for a ship canal across the Isthmuslsthmus of Darien may now, perhaps, be defi nitively 1.111. f solved in the course of a few weeks. The L ed States G overnm ent expedition, which ar rived at Aspinw a ll a b ou t a fortni g ht back, would Seance commence the exploration, and the ex so has been held out by Professor David :, of the Coast Survey, that it might be effected thi rty days, carrying across a line of levels, t:" fan c'a, and courses. The vessels employed co nvey the surveying party from New York A spinwall were the gunboat Nipsic and s he storeship Guard, and among the boiy wei e .geolog,ist, a botanist, and a telegraph operator, :t'tith eighty miles of wire, and all necessary in 'cients. Full sets of army and navy signals for been furnished, and also a supply of presents place d the ludians. Great reliance, it i 3 stat !d, is ' t ac ed on the advantage to be derived Emu tele 'olrr.aPi'Y in preventing the possibility of any such s pay as befell the ill-organized and misma (4,4ecl expedition of Lieutenant Strain about 15 - 1 14.3 a go. "They starved," it is remarked, " within entirely 'esv miles of assistance, because they cut loose horn the colst, and had no means of corn 'uciea.tion or any way to make their situation LZ n ." In case the present survey should esta- Ch-" the fact o f a f av o u rable route, the point will en h ave to be decided as to the grant of a eon ri I t is stat e d that about 7,000,0001 b. o f t h e spu ta°,llB and filthy tea described in the recent sani- W 7 report of li r. L et h e b y i s b e li eve d t o b e on it s 'y from China.' T he , annual report of the Surrey Commercial re e " * C° c 3 Pany, to be presented on the 10th inst., °l:amends a dividend of 3 per cent. p 44 t a meeti ng o f th e C rown P reserve d Coal Com bs' ( L imited), a dividend was de c l are d o f 4 s . per are for the half-year. 1„: me eting has been c a ll e d o f th e cre dit ors o f M r . e r Jackson ol , manufacturer, of Ancoats, Man i2eai(7. The liabilities are said to be about ' °°, of which the princip a l portion falls in orkshi re. ofThe appeal by Mr. Salisbury against the decision vic e - chancell or J ames , w h o h a d refused to grantl4 a n in junction to restrain the directors of the 0 . as 'ropolitan Railway Company from distributing t o dividend a parti cu l ar sum , ,s t a t e d t o be "p r ofit tsurplus lands," has been heard before Lord Jus 2:n Gifford. His Lordship dismissed the appeal, with costs. fro4eeiording [to a telegram re ce i ve d y es t er d a y n 't 1 avre the estimated stock of cotton in that P, P0rt0,..11 the 3d inst. was 65 , 3 30 bales, of-which 'uu were American and 10,500 East Indian. an was c omputed that 41,600 bal e s o f A mer i can 1,819 of East Indian were afloat from the Dort. 10 M essrs. Al exan d er Coll i e and Co. send the fol -127 l ug from Manchester :—" The market is qui e t, a 7t at a s h a d e below the rates quoted by pro ucers ; several large offers have been made." BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSJNG PRICES. QOVERNMENT .N'UNDS. a Per Cent: Consols D itto for A ccount..... 92 1 ; .... a_W ~t)per Cont. Reeed i vf 3 po r Cent ......................i "iovr 21 per Cent. J an. 1894.. ... .• 91 i Do. 5 pe r C on i5n.1873 ........... _— Annuities, 50 yrs, exp i re sth Jan., 1880. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sou Televapli), Aug., 1908 — t xchequ.lr Bills, £l,OOO, 21- p. Ct. March —. Do. 2i do. June D 1 £lOO, £2OO & £500..,.,, uauk of England Stock, 41 per Cent DO. opening — anada 4 per Cont. Bonds l ater -Colonial Omnium I,,,INDIAN GWERNMENT tiECURITIES - ',\UA RtOCk, 10i per Cent., April 1874 — De. Opening, for Account 111 f 12 ,"0. o per Cent..fuly, 1880 991- " 0 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 DDo. Enfaced Pa 4 per Cent..... o. , _ ~, 0,,, ....... lo3f 4 , per cert., Jan. I °' ' o c. 5 4 per Cent. May 1879 'I per Cent., Rup. Doi . o. 1872.>,. bo do 18`7....., — bl/4 Do. do. 1882 — '. nob., 5 per Cent.,1873 ~ — T -, 0 tonds, t per Cent., £l ° ,ooo •'o.lan'der .£I.OOOI 1. rORBIGN FUNDS--CLOSING; :PRICES. 414tiue. Republic, t; per Cent 1 'it ° • c(f)llit — rl47altqnde 5 tier cent .. lir i , Di b.e. 1859 1.11 0 . 79 `) I. 4 ' , Per Cent D 1 per Cent. 1852 — 4 0 ° 1 do 185 8.... b o. 00 1860 1) do. 180 BB o. 5 , t)„ A Per Cent. 1865 1.1 , ,ccoon. ' — .e n os ~a ... .. n b o 2 'Yr.'z i % 6 per Cent. Cuba': GP" por tent (Deferred 3 per Cent — i Cent. 14 1 6 per Vent be. i. , ................ , u. :i P•tr Cent .... ... ......... ... _ Pe Cent _ o. 7 Pe r ~.. ~ ...... h o r r cent., 186 1 .; OT, 1 0 4 1 1 ) 02' co . Dt. 186 7 ;,' 4 lTh iti ;", 6 per Cent. +Jati,,lija°l,f). Cent., 1825 ...... DO A Prtneipalities, 7 per . . Cent T6I Dog ---0 0unt P Cent., 1867 ' o .cualor New ConsolidAted, 1 por Cent. E4Nrctian, 7 per 0cut....,. - Do Snood Issue - Do. £sot. :Jowls B5 • Do. 1864 Do. Account ... — Do. 1500 Bonds Do. il 96 Bon 3s Do. 7 per Cont., 1868 ...., - 80 Do. Acocunt Do..£ WO Bonds .• •• Croveranptnl RIAI way Debentures Greet sper Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Coupons Guttemala 5 per Cent .. — liondurasGov Rail. Lot, n., 10 p. Ct., all pd 851 4 Do. Account ltilian 5 por Cert., 1865 — Do. Account . - Do MAremrnana Railway — .11:3xican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1804 -- Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — dontavideau 6 Per Cont. .. — A o crish imperial 5 pax Cent Vow Granada 231 i Do 3 per Con. — Do. Def.m.ved Do Laud Warrants( ll.mlta. - es) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1365 Do Account .. Do If per Cont. (Ch:')arren) Do 4} per Cent.. 1862 Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1.853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2.% 321 Do: do: Via — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — B t:.mian 5 ear Cent., 1822, £ St - 'Do 44 per Cent .1850 • 4 Do 4 per Cont., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do .5 per Cont., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds.,, 921 Do. do. .£B4 15s. do — Do 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 los. do — Do Nicolas Railway 63 Sar Tinian 0 per Cont. 72 Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Acc‘Junt ... Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deforrou — Do. Passive — Do. Coin. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent BO -.... Do Accotint Do 6 per Cent. 1858 66} Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds 7l I Do. 5 per cent. 1865 . 451 Do Account Do 6 per ()ant., 1863 691 1 Do. Account DI 4 per Cent., Guaranteed... Do do, Scrip Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent.,1862 Dividends on the above payable in I ol Austrian o per Cant Ex 10 Florins 49 Belgian, 4} per cent, Ex. 25f. Dutch 2f per Cont. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... B7f French Routes 3 per Cent.. Ex. 251. Italian 5 per dent. 1831, Ex. Zsi Da Account 55 CLOSING PRICES. Jonsols M oney Do. Account, March 9 92- a xd POLICE IN 7EL LIG ENC . ? E—This Day. M ARLBO ROUG 11-STREE P. NARROW ESCAPE OF A LADY.—RACING IN THE STREETS. --Mr. Henry S. Fenton, commercial tra veller, of Manor-street, Chelsea, was charged before g Mr. Knox with lning drunk and furious driving. Neil Jackson, a constable of the E Division, said that last night he saw the defendant driving a light cart along Oxford-street at a furious rate, racing with another man, and on stopping him and asking his address he gave the name of John Smith, Manor-street, Chelsea. The defendant then asked him for his number, and he gave it to him, and the defendant then got out of the cart, and as he staggered about, being very drunk, and gathered a crowd round him, he took him- to the station. In answer to the defendant, the constable said the defendant was going at the rate of 12 or 14 miles an hour, and that he had to take hold of the horse to stop it. The defendant said he wa3 not drunk nor was he driving furiously. Mr. Charles Cook, of No. 2, Poland-street, Oxford-street, said he saw the defendant and another rac'ng at a frightful pace, and saw a lady nearly run over. The defendant called witnesses to prove he was merely going at the ordinary rate. Mr. Knox said he believed Mr. Cooke, who had no interest in coming forward, and fined the defen dant 40s. or a mouth. WESTMINSTER. SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS IN I3ROMPTON. —Charles Roberts, James Christie, and Henry M'Kay were charged with being suspected persons and lurking about the neighbourhood of Onslow-square Brompton. En consequence of the robbery at Lord Napier's and other mansions in Brompton, the Scotland-yard detectives have been posted round the neighbour hood, and last night at half-past six Sergeants Campbell and Gibbs were patrolling the ground, when the three prisoners were discovered coming from Pelham-street to Old Brompton. As their manner was suspicious the sergeants watched and followed them across Onslow-gardens into Swan-lane,-where they suddenly disappeared. The sergeants watched for their return, and at about a quarter to eight they returned and were looking about them with no apparent object, when the sergeants stopped and questioned them; their answers were evasive, and they were taken to the stat . on, where they gave confused accounts of how they knew each other and had met, and it turned out that Christie had been before con victed.. Mr. Selfe remanded : . ,he prisoners. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENOE SHARES AND STOOKS. With Dividends contingent on the ProMs of each separate yea THE MISSING STEAMSHIP. No news has yet been received of the missing steamer City of Boston. There is still strong hope of her safety, as it is stated that there are about 500 vessels off the west coast of Ireland homeward bound, unable to make headway, owing to heavy eastealy gales. Bank of England Returns. An Account, pursuant to tl cap. 32, for the week ending ISSUE DET ho Act 7th and Bth Victorig, Wednesday, March 2, 1870. Notes issued £34,098,200 Governmt. Debt..£11,015,10 , Other Securities.. 8,984,900 Gold Coin and _ _ Bullion Silver Bullion .C 34,098,200 £34,098,200 BANKING D. Proprietors' Capi tal X14,553,000 Rest 3,624,6)6 Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Bank; Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 9,793,327 Other Seven Deposits 17,274,771 Day s other Bills 447,832 .tPARTMENT. Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weiglit Annuity) .... £13,831.314 Other Securities 19,492,317 Notes 11,438,740 ()old and Silver Coin £45,693,626 £45,693,626 THE FRENCH FUNDS. According to Reuter's telegram this afternoon the Rentes clos e d at 74f. 40c. Undecided. According to Messrs. M o ff att Davidis and Co. ' s report, the receipts of cotton at all ports for the week have been 73,000 bales, and since the Ist of September 2,200,000 bales. Shipments to England, 37,000 bales; to France, 8,000 ; and to the Conti nent 9,000 bales; and since the Ist of Septem ber, 1, 9 25,000 bales. Stock, 570,000 bales. Mid dling upland, 30i cost and freight per steamer. Kelley will accept Sadler's challenge to row any man in the world, with the exception of James Renforth, from Putney to Mortlake, for a stake of £2OO aside. Kelley desirous that the race should come off on the 30th of May, while Sadler would prefer the fixture a fortnight earlier. The Vaudeville Theatre in the Strand is now rapidly approaching completion. The building will pass into the hands of the decorators in, a few days, and it will positively open on April ICtli. THE SUN, LaNDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1870. SHARE LIST. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. • Share 7.4.5. 51 E. Paid. Cl r os r i i n e f , Bu d s o in n e:s 10 Agra Limited, A all 11i .21 t 9 Do . B 50 Albion l5 10 8 00 Alliance. Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, Inn all 241 25 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1363, limited 10 3 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Colutn)ia all 15 l 6 20 Do issued at 2 pin._ , 5 31 21 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 321 331 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 119 10 Bank of. New Zealand all 13 16 50 British North.A.merican 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, pnd China all 181 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India. London, and China all 32 31 20 City le 11 111 00 Colonial 25 41 43 10 Consolidated, lien. . 4 I l! 4 1 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, liin 20 English and Ante -lean, lint 10 .• •• • 20 English Bank of Rio &Ja neiro. lim lO 1 'l,) 20 English, Scottish, and Aus tralian Chartered •, all lri 13 i 281 Honglioug and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 37 ' 9 281 Do new lll 41 51 - 100 Imperial, lim 2O 3 2 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 3 25 lonian all 2 , 1 22 25 Do now 3 (S 3 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 34 3 1 100 Do r, p. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 76 80 100 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 5 4 100 Londonand Brazilia.n, Um. 45 35 Z'9 20 Do new 74 5 41 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 11 13 25 Do new • 10 11 2 p 20 'London Chart. of Australia all 231 241 231 20 London and County 2O 491 50 4 48 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m,16 pd ll. ... • - London Joint Stock 3ll 321 :321 London and South African al, .--4 100 London &R.-Western, lim, 20 13 it 50 London & Venezuela, Rm , 121 ... ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 6) 61 601 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O• 100 Merchant, lim 25 61 51 10 Metropolitan, lien all 71 74 00 Midland, lira • 20 1d • 1 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 35 1p 00 National rrovinc. of Eng'd 42 ... • ... 10 Do . . 50 National..... 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 75 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 41 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., inn lO 61 • 51 30 Provincial of Ireland '2s 85 Si. 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 11 14 100 Do issued at 6 pin lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 16 43 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of Loudon l5 35 1 30 37 .., • 4 TELEGRAPH COMPANI ES. I 0 Anglo-American Tei.,liin all iii liii 147 10 Anglo Meditcr Te1.,1ia1.... 10 2ot 21 181 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 14 15 st Do. 8 per cent. st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 180 12 2 0 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 '262 267 10 Do. New 8 12 l'3p 25 Indo-European Tel., lint all 23 25 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 3 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all ..„ .. 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint all 11 10 71 25 neuter's Telegram all 12 '3 20 Societe Transatlant., lint all 16 163 151 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 i 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 7 8 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 41 :,1 3117T1sY A 7 IVOULWIC,W. There was a serious disturbance among the troops at the Military Train Bat racks, Woolwich, yesterday. As already announced in The. Sun, transfer has been made to the Army Service Cori s of all the volunteers froM the blifitary Train. Those who have not volunteered, the med:cally unfit, and lad characters were detained, awaiting the orders for their discharge. - Since the men have learnt that they are to be discharged a feeling of evident discontent and insubordination has been growing among them, which culminated in opeti mutiny yesterday morning, when neatly the wholeof the Military Train men refused to do any work, some of them breaking out of barracks. The officers endeavoured to prevail upon them to return to their duty peaceably, but they declined, and no course vas left but to send for the Military Police. Upon hearing this the mutineers became outra geous, returned to their rooms, and at once com menced smashing basins, plates, and any article of crockery they could lay their hands upon, at the same time hurling them out of the windows and along the corridors of the barracks. Some of the more desperate seiz Al their carbines and sword bayonets, threatening with violence arty one who attempted to interfere with them. The Military Police, in charge of Provost-Marshal Richey, Royal Artillery, having arrived, very soon suc ceeded in getting the greater portion of the men into the barracks, after which they took pos session of the barrack gates, messengers having in the meantime been despatched to the Comman dant's-office for additional aid. Upon receipt of the intelligence Captain Pearse, Royal Artillery, Brigade Major, immediately communicated with Major-General Sir David Wood, K.C.8., Com mandant of the garrison, who at once ordered 100 men of the Royal Artillery, in command of Capt. J. M. Vibart, 7th Brigade, to proceed to the scene of the disturbance. Upon their arrival the bar racks were searched all through, and 20 of the malcontents were quickly apprehended and brought out on to the parade strongly guarded. The officers having satisfied themselves that there were no other rioters Idling in the barracks, the 20 prison ers, surrounded by the_men of the Royal Artillery, were marched up to the main guard room of the Royal Artillery Barracks, laughing and uttering exclamations of &flamer: all the way. The .Mili tary Police have been searching the town for the men who broke out of barracks, and have suc ceeded in capturing nearly the whole of them, the total number in the cells at the guard room at roll call laat night being 27. The prisoners will, no doubt, be tried by court-martial. The War Office has been communicated with, And although the mutiny may now be considered completely quelled, -great excitement prevails among the whole of the troops in garrison. The main cause of the dis turbance has, we believe, reference to the stoppage of a portion of their pay, but no doubt the case will be fully inquired into by the autbori•ies. dIE WEEKLY PRESS. THE ENFANT TERRIBLE OP THE GOVERNMENT. Mr. Lowe, like Mr. Bright, says the Saturday Review, g ;florally endeavours to impress upon deputations that Vier° is as use at all in their coming to him. But, in stead of soothing, he adopt rather an irritant treatment. He lets it plainly appear that he thinks them fools, and h ; even endeavours to open their own eyes to that un welcome fact. He essays to prove to them that they aro imorant of everything, even of their own ignorance. Mr. Lowe puzzlin- , a deputation and reducing it to confusion blends curiously the Socratic method with the manner of an Old Bailey lawyer. His treatment of deputations re veals a remarkable side of hie character. Though now not far from being a sexagenarian, he has many of the qualities of a clever lad. He is disputatious and fond of c mtradiction. He likes to puzzle people, . and to place them in intellectual dilemmas. The triumph which a sharp and disagreeable boy manifests when he asks a question or suggests a problem which his victims cannot answer or solve, Mr. Lowe in similar circumstances, en joys to the fullest extent. Air. Disraeli; who is happy in hitting off character in a single phrase, did not skew more felicity when he designated the late Sir Robert Peel as the ()Teat parliamentary middleman, than when he cl , l:7cribed Mr. Lowe as a kind 'of inspired schoolboy. Mr. Lowe is the enfant terrible of the Government. lit. delights in shocking the feelings of his chi f and of - his colleagues, and in sheaving the world how little respect he entertains for them. During the last session of Parlia ment, Professor Fawcett, not without go9d ground, eulo gised the intellectual democracy of the great 'English Uni versities, in which the race is always to the swift, and the battle to the strong. Mr. Lowe, without expressly nam ing Trinity Hall, retorted that Fellowships in the smaller colleges, were the refuges of second-rate men, .who would be beaten into fits in open competition. Mr. Fawcett's University career was sufficiently distinguished to allow him to feel indifferent to the compliment, which was not, however, the lees graceful or well-designed. An unfor tunate deputation once took refuge behind a statement of Mr. Gladstoee's, which seemed to promise them some shelter from the pursuer. Mr. Lowe bluntly avowed that he could not make head or tail of it, and added that Mr. Gladstone's object probably was to say nothin g at all, and to please everybody. "Laught er , i n w hi c h Mr. Glad stone joined," was the reporter's sequel to this recital. The Prime Minister's lauNhter was probably as cheerful as if it had been wakened in the jaws of death. Doubtless ho " grinned horribly a ghastly smile," at the frankness of his right honourable friend. Mr. Lowe may have smirked with conscious self-approval, and possibly felt disposed to cry with little Tony Weller, when he hears his misdeeds narrated, "That was me, that was." OILDINARY dili110:S AND STOCRB. Railways. r am. Closing Bustin:. ti Paid. Closing st Blist Amid Exeter ...... 100 78 SD et Caledonian tua 7el 77 771 st o , tinorisu 23 Cornw411. . at Dubliu 3t Belfast June lOO st Dun„Perth,. Ab. June ioo 70 72 2) East London all 4 6 20 Do 15 2) Do 10 st Glasgow it S. Western lOO 107 109 et Great Eastern . ' ...... st Do. E. Aug'. ko. 2 lOO 61 71 at li-rtatNorthot Scotland lOO 15 18 st Croat Northern ... 100 1171 ,18 1171 at Do. A stook...—. lOO lle 119 sr Do. B stook 11)0 127 120 st GtS. and W. Of Ireland lOO r 8 100 99 st Gt. Western :-Original lOO 631 631 631 1 4 tt Do. South Wales leo Gt 66 67 * at Do. W. Mid.—Oxford lOO 40 42 at Do. Newport lOO 31 :36 at Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 128 121 at Lou., Brigh.,4 S.CoP.st lOO 44 441 421 Do Scrip .... at Lon., Chat., and Dover lOO 15 151 11/ ,t Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 11 13 st Lon. Si North Western lOO 12$ .241 1241 st Lou. .k South Westeru lOO 93 14 93 4 Mau., shet., Lincoln l OO 51 1 52 491 at .510,r000litau st Do Extenshm 5 Do. New rd all Metropolitan District, all :15 36 35 10 llotrop. St. John's Vi 00,1 10 at 11,,, i and st DO liirinin, dt D‘rbj lOO 89 st North British at rth., At Dun lOO at Nor ' , Astern -Berwies.. 100 127 128 1281 4 25 D G. N.E puroitsse 16.11.1 - at D Leeds ....... - ----- ....... st 1) ()York 'CO 12 i • 2ii Ig-.1 et D °Carlisle .... . . st 1) oStoet. & Darting lOO 167 159 171 k st North London ...... .... 100 122 21 10 Do New 18t'8 at North Staffordshire IC 0 81 63 at North al° , ;:l. W. Jnnetion 100 9J 101 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... .. st Rl , :ininey at IJhropshire Union 1( 0 59 60. et South Devon'.. st South Eastern lOO 75Z- 76} 761 at Staines, Wuk'ham, & Wok all .13 H ... et Viile -- Do. C Watealord &liiikcnny lvo 10 Waterloo & Whlteba.l d RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 87 8) st Caledonian Qrs., No. '2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... St Do. do. Ordinary lOO 76 62 st Do. Midland st Do. Duudse and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 3 per cent gua all st Dundee, Perth, aud Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Eo. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO at 4t. Eastern, .E.O Es. No.l 100 DS 10J st Do do N 0.2 100 07 DJ st Do do 6 per cent 100 110 113 st Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 st Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do 0 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 68 72 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1.346 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Wa.v.Val.lBl7 100 at Great Nor thorn, 5 per cent 10) ..„ st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. put. 100 Do 43 do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... 1091 st Do Leeds, Bradford, and llalifax, 6 per cent lOO ..„ . . st Gt. IsTrt4Of 3(.otlathl, Ist pf 100 ••• st Great Suutit. and Western (Ireland) 4 pef !..!ent .. lOO 0 DS et chg., per gus.s p.c lOO 10a 103 Do. jrii. (1;.07.11. Lx). 5 p.c. 100 . th ) Do do 41 per coot. 1.550... 100 9) VI . Do do 4 do do ... 100 80 63 Do do 5 per Cent. rodeni. 10 v 7 tij Do do 13Lniugliain gua.. 100 US i 2 Do do do - pier— 100 ... ... Do do Chester gua I 'JI) as '.1.1 , Do do do 8 per eeni, 100 ... ... Do do do 5 do 100 •.• Do South Wales, gas,. 4 p.c. 100 ... ._ Do do 4i p.c lOO ... ... st Do do 4 1 1350 lOO ... ... st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 116 118 st Do do • 2•1 gua lOO 1 0 121 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.o lOO 16 03 st Do do 2d do 100 ... .. st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1803 100 ... ~,, 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 45 p.c. iiil ... ..: st Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 190 1 3 1.3 st Do Barnsley, £0 3s 103 p.c. 100 ... ... st Do 0 p.c. (Bast Lancashire) 100 130 1.15 st Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 98 100 at. 'London & Brialiton. 5 P.C. guaranteed, No 1 lOO ... ... st Da 5 per cent. gua No. 2. 100 ... ... st Do 6 do do lOO ... ... at Do 5 do Ni. 4 lOO .., .., at Do 7 per cent lOO ... st Do 6 do (W.E. & O.P ) 100 .• ... .. st Da 4 do 1859 lOO ~, st Loudon, Ohatham, - & Dover .. 5 per cent lOO ... ..' st London and 17 . W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 114 of Do Bedford &tsanabricige 103 st Do Shreweb'y & Welchpl 106 St London and 6 W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 150 e Do (Portsm.pcipans 2sod) • Man., Shef., &Linelu. 6 p.c llO Do a Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 ... at Mid. Consolidated, 6p. c lOO 10 135 s Do 13ristolit Birin., 6p. c IUO 1.3 1. , ;5 133 a Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 98 10U s Do 41 per cent. irredeent lOO 06 I'o a Do Leicester& 11'chu, I p.c 11)0 811 $1 at North 13ritisli, 5 p.c. NJ. 1 lOO at Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOO st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per een.t lOO st Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern—Con& 100 87 8 st 1)0 41 per cent. redeem lOO 17 10 at Do 1 1 N.E. 4 per cent., lOO „., „, 17 Do Lerwick capital 3.13.4. Do York, 11. &S. purchase l - 10 101 Do Stclait & Drliug. A S p.c. 100 107 lui st Do W, Llartlepool if. audit 100 88 88 00,1 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 10s S. Devon Annuities, Ls all i 10 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 v 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 8 1 1,0.6. S. East. (Bead. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 per cern lOO ... ... et Do Fixed 44 per cent lOO ••• .. st Tall Vale No.l lOO 154 158 st Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 103 .. .. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Ceu. min. 7 p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem... at Do 4p c con., issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 8i 88 st Do do 5 do, 1854 lOO 83 86 st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO ~, st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO at Do Boston & Sleafd, 4/ pc 100 st Great - West., W lidl., 5p c 100 at Do Joint porpe. 5p c, 1865 100 83 Vt st Do do 6p c erred., 1866 100 115 120 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 4 I p st Lond., Brig &c., 41pe, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• st Do do 41 do, 1861 PM et Do do 4/ do, 1863 100 st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 1171 at Do ,No. 7 sdo st Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at London & N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 st London &S. Western, 41 p e 100 113 95 10 Man. Shef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 9 91 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 103 at Midland, A 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 Inconv. New Shares all 19 191 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 21p et North British, E. and (1 _No : 1, 5 per cent at Dc;£lo guaranteed, 1861 100 ... Do E ,P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ... at Do E. &G , N 0.2, 5 p.c lOO ... at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... at Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c lOO at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 .. at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 90 ICO at Do Stock. & Darl., D lOO 113 115 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) et North Staffordshire 5p a lOO ... at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 *** ••• st Do 5 do 1861 100 ••• at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 •• ••• a t Do do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 BAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenhead lOO 93 95 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all , 98 100 100 91 93 atl Cheßuckinghamshir e sterand Holyhoad lOO 51; 6 st Do. 51 per cent. st Do. b do. lOO.. 11C 11 at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... . . at Colchester Stour Valley a t East Lincoln, gua. 6 p. c lOO 132 131 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ~. „. a Gt. Basil., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 . .. s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ..: ~.- a t Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 .. .. st GL West, W. Mid., Heref ' 100 97 99 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 st London and 131ackwall lOO 93 95 911 st Do. 41 per cent lOO a t London, Chat.; &c., 44 pc. 100 ... ..: at Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 103 ..", • - st London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO . . s t London, Tilbury, & Seuth 100 83 8 - 5 st Lowestoft,gua 4 percent lOO 79 81 at Do. (1.• 6 do 55 Manch., BT.— Ma all ... ... s t Midland , B r a liord, Pref lOO 92 91 10 Mid Kent Cray Lir.9) so Northernt East., 5 per cont all 53 a so Do. do. 6 do. all ... ... at N. Eastern — Hartlepool - ref st N.West.A peep. p, 5p c 100 107 109 at Do B at Notting. &G nth R. ~,:. 0 lOO 91 93 25 Preston and Wyre. all 44 4G Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 132 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 132 134 10 De do 8 2 2lp s S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 100 105 1) 4 per cent gua JO ) 78 80 5 do at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO . st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all ~. ... at Weymouth and Portland lOO .., ... st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et East and Wee. London and St. Katherine 100 49 51 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent . all Millwa.ll Freehold Land Dock lOO 10 33 Southampton lip 72 75 2 Surrey - Comulaiolal 3IISUEL A.NEOLTS. 22 1 55 0 . AA A 1. 1 1 ss g tt l ui o a - ml it i : ni x . utatiulal • 2 1 , 1:.1 , 12f 1111;417 164 d pr 10 Bac:Tar:Lit Tea Estate, Lint all 3 5 10 Berlin Watir Works, Lint ... all 15 151 5 Bombay Gas, LituttA all 5 55 25050 Britisht u:Americanesu Tea, Land Limited 4 4 1 .15 17 2t :4 27 Canada Comiany all 61 6.i 701 1 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6(.1 30 City of Milan Improvinent L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited ...... 35 23 22d 50 Colonial, Limited 2O ld pr 191 50 Commercial Union (Also) 10 Cont of African Merch, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of Haglund, I'ref 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 41 par cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 41 per cent 10 Credit Pone of England, L., all 21 34 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 21 11d St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 93 98 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 106 111 50 11 India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 271 104 11.1 d 164 100 E . 4-ypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan • guts by Egyptian Gov all 971 981 100 1 20 Egyptian Corn and Trading L 4113 3 Engiish and Austr Copper, L 21 15 Eug and Foreign Credit 7l 4 3d 10 Ear ipean Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new 5 4 41 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 44 2i Fore-street Warehouse. L 13 31 45p 100 Foreign and rol Gov Trust and Loaa 0 per ct all 97 93 91 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 74 1 5d 71 15 General Steam Navigation l4 20 30 50 Home and Col Marine In,, L 5 Icl p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eug trading into) all 12 121 50 Itnperial Continental Gas 431 134 133 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L 45 57 59 53 10 International Finan Sac, L 5 1 4 lid 3 5 20 Italian Irrig a t o n C ana l, Cav all 41 42- 100 Ditto, 6 per cnt Bunts, red all a curities, 50 Land id 25 London Afric an Trading . 50 Loud Fin a n c i a l A ssoc , Lim 3O 18 17d 4 Loud Gen Omnibus, Limd all 21 24 21 50 Loud & Glasg Engin, Limd 25 18 16d 20 London and Prey Marine 2 par 4p 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 34 45 25 National Discount Co Lim— 5 114 111 114 10 National Steamship, all -131 llf 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Lc' tO New Consolidated Dis Ld 4 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 45 44d 25 N Zealand Lu & Marc, &c 24 I IP '25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 1 5 1 4p 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 bet 10 Do, 11 all d St N British Austral, Limited 100 60 70 50 N British & Mercan insane 64 23 231 25 Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 1 , 1 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 21 St. Peel Riv Lud & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 43 45 44 50 Do., New, 1867 lO a} 24d 50 Rhymney Iron 15 • Do, New :di 81 84 25 Rio Janeiro City lan., Lmtd all 191 205 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited all 291 301 100 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 Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lim and redaced) all 89 4 394 414 I 20 .Thames & Mors Mn Ins, L 2 21 21p 55 St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 90 10 Trust and Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr & .Ln Co of Up Canada 5 uP 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 6p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lnitd... 6 2 1(1 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 44 sip 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 4 1 30 Van Diemen's Land ... 2 84 7 9 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln. all 801 815 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 105 1 Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 1051 106/ Do, 5p c, Jan and July lOO 94f 951 952 Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1803 lOO 951 961 Cof Good Hope, 6p c, De, 1873 100 103 105 ,Do 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 Do, 6p c, Arid and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891.,,100 _ Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 1021 1031 Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 100 103 105 110, 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 A u g 100 111 113 Natal Gov 6p c, Avoid & Oct 100 108 110 Do, 6p c, May and Nov 100 107 109 Now Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and July 100 104 105 N. S. Wales Gov 5 pc, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 1001 1011 • Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 101 102 101 l Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, front 1867 to 1875 100 100 1011 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 100; 1011 101 f New Z-alaud 6p c, 1891 ' lOO 107 • 109 Do, 5p c Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 97/ 981 97/ Do., 6p c, Ix9l, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1891, June and Dec 100 IQ7 109 Nova Scotia Guy, 6 p c ster lin g , 1875, Jan and July lOO 102 1 103 1 Do, 1886 lOO 10-1 1 1 051 Queensland 6 per ct, 1 882-85, Jan 100 1081 1091 and July lOBl Do, 189!, Jan and July 100 1081 1091 S Australian Government, 6 p c,1001869-77 Do, U7B-9 - ) lOO Do, 1893-1908 100 110 111 1091 Tasmanian, 6 p c, 1895, Jan attd 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 1141 1141 Do, 5p c, Jan. and Ju1y,1894 100 1011 1021 101 f THE DUKE OF RICHMOND. The Spectator declares that as a debater, no one would pretend that the Duke of Richmond had the slightest pre tensions to the post he has accepted. He is slow, unready, difficult of speech. His notion of retort is clumsy., con ventional, dismal. He does not often attempt it, and when he does their lordships smile as the man smiled in 2Esop's fable when a certain creature, not fitted for it by nature, took upon him to gambol like a lap : dog, under the impression that such manoeuvres were winning without reference to the qualifications of the performer. When the Duke wanted to quiz the Liberals for leaving the Irish Church question so long untouched while they were them selves in office, he had recourse to the time-honoured quo tation of every session for the last. fifty years or so,— " As bees on flowers alighting cease their hum, So settling upon office Whigs are dumb." —which he accompanied with the unfortunate sug gestion that the quotation might prove prophetic as well as descriptive of the past Whig character, and that no more might be heard of the Irish Church Bill after the accession of the Liberals to office. When he wanted to defend Lord Derby against Lord Russell for passing a Reform Bill founded on household suffrage, he had nothing happier to suggest by way of scoff than this immemorial taunt against Lord Russell " I cannot say that I ever had the honour of visiting Pem broke Lodge, but I can almost fancy that were I to do so, I should see this inscription over the door, ' Russell, sole patentee and inventor of Reform. None genuine unless signed by me. Imitators beware ! '" Very hippopotamian playfulness indeed !: The Duke should leave that sort of thing to Mr. Disraeli. On the whole, we should augur that his success will depend on his power to keep Lord Salisbury and Lord Carnarvon at his side without alienat ing Mr. Disraeli. The less he tries to be original, the better. STATE MIGRATION. The John Bull asks if the task of transporting starving nen from a country where their labour is not wanted to a country where there is abundance of room for all of them, and more than all, is beyond the capacities of English statesmen? We should be loth to say that it was. We would rather hope that no means of fulfilling the task has been discovered, because hitherto statesmen have not applied themselves to it. Other tasks seemed impossible at first. Year after year attempts were made to solve the land question in Ireland. Yet it is only this year that the solution has been found. We can scarcely be expected to do that which our legislators have failed to accomplish. Yet they are one or two suggestions which may be made. In those colonies where there are Crown lands—unfortu nately, owing to the disastrous mistake of surrendering those lands, the number of such colonies is very few—emigrants might be employed by the Govern ment at wages, with the understanding that when brought into cultivation the land culti vated shall belong to the cultivator, less a pay ment for his passage, and for whatever small sum it may be thought desirable to charge for the aforesaid lands. In those Colonies where the waste lands belong to the local Govern ments, we believe that it will often be found possible to make an arrangement whereby the Colonies themselves will defray the passage money, making a similar arrange ment with them as our own Government makes where the lands belong to the Crown. These arrangements need not in any way check private benevolence. We maintain that State aid and private aid may go on simultaneously. And we would remind our readers, in conclusion, that while the chances are that every shilling which they give to street beggars will be worse than thrown away, every shilling which they give to the existing emigration funds is twice blessed—it blesseth those who go, by takinc , them to a land of plenty ; it blesseth those who stay, by s:curinc , that there shall no longer be three applicants for work which is enough for only two ; but that every man eluol have a fair day's work and fair wages for doing it. THE NAVY ESTIMATES. The Economist thinks it is clear from the statements ooth of Mr. Childers and Mr. Baxter, that after a short interregnum, during which the Secretary had better be despotic, it will be necessary either to appoint a purchasing " Lord " directly res p ons ibl e to Parliament or a pur chasing Board ; but there is one feature in the statements with which we are nct quite satisfied. It is possible, out of zeal for economy, to push the diminution of stores too far. The demands which at the outset of a war must be complied with are, we believe, very often astounding. The peace estimates have become valueless, huge stores are emptied in a day—for example, the medi cine stores—and the trade, aware of the depletion, claims in one transaction profit enough to make up for the mode ration of years. We should like to know more accurately the principle on which the Admiralty calculates its needs; why it believes a stock of 2;000 anchors so absurdly large for a fleet like ours ; or why, having too many, it is con aidered expedient to sell Dui article which does not suffer very much from time, or would not if properly taken care of ? The example of the United States chews that economy in stores may be pushed into the wildest extra vagance—the powder Bill for the first two years of the Civil War, for example, was amazing—while we ourselves always suffer from economy in transports. We trust, before the 'debate is over, Mr. Childers will be asked to explain thoroughly the views of the departmerit about transport, and its means of carrying troops and steins without hiring vessels at Abyssinian or even Crime; , ..• r.. • AIRT, LITERARY, AND SCIENTIFIC NOTES. The Anexruni has the following :—_,The number of 'lames already entered for matriculation at Keble Collego in October next amounts to about thirty. As far as nuM• hers are concerned, the new College seems to have every prospect of. success.----Dr. Newman's new book, " The Grammar of As:-.. , ent," is fnil to Lace cost the author more time and labour than anyof Ids prep ions works.—Piro gentlemen who we2.e appointed to inqure into Mr. Melle.r's story as to the present I.esting-place of the bones of King Al red, scene to have made a report. A Hampshire paper states that " Mr. Mellor was shewn to be an Ignoraiays . . . the plates he mentioned having been fabricated ingeniously from tea-chest lead, by ;Mlle individual.'' M r . Mellor, perhaps, thought lie Paw the plates which Leland once saw at Hyde, inscribed with Alfred's name.—lt is now definitely announced by the German papers that " Janus " is not the Work of Dr. Dollinger, but of Prof. Hither, who has been long known in Munich 113 a strew' opponent of Papal claims.— The commission for the Faraday memorial statue to be erected in the hall of the British Museum, has been placed in the hands of Mr. Foley.—lt is rumoured in Paris that M. Hugo will shortly permit the performance of the two un-acted dramas that are known to lie in his portfolio. " Torquemada, " has, it is said, been received at one of the theatres, and will be put in rehearsal in August and acted in October. — Letters from Vienna announce the death of Professor Unger, of 0 riLtz, who was found dead in his bed on the morning of the 13th of February. The Ordteetrai speaking of Mr. T. IV. Robertson's seri ous illness, says it is a malady which has left his friends but too grave grounds for concern. He is suffering from ossification of one of the arteries. Nature is informed that her Majesty's Government has determined to issue a Royal Commission to inquire into the present state of science in England. This step (says our contemporary) will be hailed with the liveliest satis faction on all sides, and much good will. certainly follow from such an inquiry, especially at a time when the ar rangements for the prosecution of science in this country are acknowledged on all hands, not only to be " chaotic," but positively detrimental to the national interest. We learn that some of the com missioners have already been designated, but as their number is not yet complete we withhold the names.— The Food Committee of the Society of Arts had recently before them a specimen of meat treated by Professor Gam gee's process. A joint of mutton—stated to be part of a sheep slain on December 28th, and to have been, since the 'treatment, simply hung up in Professor Gamgee's premises ----was roasted and tasted by the Committee, who pro nounced it very satisfactory; but the Committee considered that a test over a longer time and at a warmer period of the year, was necessary before any decided opinion as to its success could be given. Another joint—from a sheep slain on 22nd December—was ordered to be placed in charge of the secretary, to be tested at a future time. Mr. Tallerman also exhibited specimens of meat imported from Australia, and shewed it both cooked and uncooked. H o explained the plan he had adopted, by means of which cheap dinners were prepared froth it fur the use of the people. Specimens of raw meat irons Australia, preserved in tins by Manning's process, were brought before the Committee. The meat consisted of beef steaks, which were cooked and tasted by the Committee. The meat, though sound, was not considered satisfactery in flavour, UU U D RU AN 1) TIE (ECUMENICAL COUNCIL. The Times has published extracts• from two letters of Count Daru, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, to one of the French prelates in attendance on the Council. The first is dated the 18th January. " I have seen with regret," says the Count, " that certai n thi ngs h ave come t) pass, and yet I can hardly believe that the Court of Rome has been guilty of imprudence. No one can be so blind as to suppose that our troops can possibly remain a city after the dogma of Infallibility lure been pronounced. If we wished to leave them in Rome, We could not do so. There would be an irre - iistible expression of opinion in France, which it would be impossible to disregard. Me Holy Fa }.11::. _dust certainly know all this, see it, and. ..eve it, ra wiil, 1 tru e t, li s t en t o the moderate els of __.at iflustriou members of the Church of The eeei)nd letter is d a t e d F e b ruary 5 , an d i s al l " 'll'hank you, Monsieur, for the informa- Lrer you have been plea ed to give me. I fear that platy whieh has a major:ty i ainciliilikelytoabusese ire advantage 2, and that it to carry oat its par pve with a high hand. 1:,:i us pa:sions are still more diflicult to control than 1,1:tioal ones. I honour th e c mrse pnrsned. by the:i -!ops in the minority, and I support it with all my p )wer. I have frequently sent in..tructions I. de Bannevdie, who leceps me an cd.zra2d of affairs, arid. through him I have told Cardinal ! Antonelli the truth. It is evident that- all may again be unsettled by the c mdoet of the Italian, Spanish, and mis simary prelates and Apostolic Vicars, who seem to live ; in a !. , orlil of their own. It is certain that they can make it impossible for us to keep a garrison at Rome, as well • as to arrange the' affairs of the Holy See, which I • was so willing to undertake. They can also invalidate the engagements of the Concordat, of which the Propaganda scenes to take no heed, and destroy the compact which unites us. I have warned the Cardinal of this, and I shall not fail to represent to him -the dangerous position in which he is placing himself and . : 113 ; but Ido not feel sure that these warnings will be ! listened to, for people forget to reason, and allow them selves to be led away by excitement at the mo ment. If the minority can possibly gain time, it will be the most it can hope for just now. - The revolu tionary party, which is in activity here, is giving us some ; little trouble. It is in conspiracy, and seems disposed to act shortly. How blind they are at Rome not to see that - they are giving arms to this power, and that therein is the danger, that to break up the Conservative force in face of - such peril is a senseless act, that to compromise religion by the promulgation of the Syllabus is to play .the game of those who openly attack it every day in their words and writings. Ido not believe these revolutionary efforts will succeed. I think their plans can be frustrated, but they are a sign of the public feeling, and Rome ought to take note of it." 1:11ow3 THE WILL OF AUGUSTE COMTE. A curious action has just been brought to a close at Paris concerning the will of the great Positivist, Augusta Comte. At his death Comte left a voluminous will, the execution of which he commiteed to thirteen trustees, under the direction of M. Lallitte. The substance of the document has reference solely to the publication of csrtain works written by M. Comte in support of the Positive philosophy ; and the author's widow objected to their publication en ;the ground that their effect would be to overthrow the system they are intended to strengthen, and to destroy the authority of its founders. Madame Comte, according to the Pall Mall Gazette, is a woman of high intelligence, and for a long time sh are d h er h us b an d' s l a b ours and studies. In 18.12, however, a separation took place be tween them, though they still kept up a correspondence and interchange of ideas. Shortly after the separati6in the philosopher made. the acquaintance of a Madame Clotilde de Vaux, also a person of considerable ability, who was married to a convict. Her painful position appears to have au kened the philosopher's sympathy, for a most intimate connection was established between them. Comte bestowed upon her the name of " Saints Clotilde," and was in the habit of submitting to her all his schemes for the development and improvement of the human race. She died soon afterwards, however, leaving a deep impression upon the minds of Comte and his disciples ; .so much so that even now her portrait faces that of the philosopher on the walls of the room in the Rue de Monsieur le Prince where his followers are in the habit of assembling. It must not be forgotten that shortly after his marriage M. Comte was attacked by mental disease and placed under the care of M. Esquirol, whose treatment and attention he so much abused in 'his correspondence. What Madame Comte wanted to prove was. that in the latter part of his life M. Comte was insane, and that, in consequence, his will should not be carried out. She demanded the return of all the MSS. which remained after her husband's death, basing her claims on the fact that many statements in them were defamatory to herself. There was, moreover, a sealed packet con taining the revelation of some mystery regarding herself, to the publication of which she greatly objected. 2he Court after four days' sitting, came to the conclusion that the claims of the philosopher's • widow were unfounded as regards the works and reputation of the deceased, but that they were just concerning all things relating to her self. They retuned a verdict according to which all the wishes of the deceased are to be executed and his MSS. published, on condition that all passages in them detri mental to Madame Comte are omitted, and that the sealed packet containing the mystery is given up to her or her advocate. DR. LIVINGSTONE. In a letter, dated January 18, addressed to Sir Edward Sabine, President of the Royal Society, by Sir Thomas Maclear, Astroonmer Royal at the Cape of Good Hope, occurs the following passsagc :—" I am very anxious for news of Dr. Livingstone. The last was from Ujiji, dated in May. Ujiji is seated near the north-east border of Lake Tanganyika. He had been robbed of the supplies forwarded to him irom Zanzibar ; and the chief of the place refused the assistance he needed, or to permit letters f rom hi m to b e conveyed to Zanzibar. He had written some forty letters while slowly recovering from illness, which he wished to forward. Some of these, no doubt, were records of astronomical observations made at particular localities. He attributed the hostility of the people to their suspicion that he would expose their slave dealings. His old friend, Dr, Kirk, who i s ac ti ng pol i t i cal agent at Zanzibar, will make every possible effort to relieve him ; but, unfortu nately the influence of the authorities at Zanzibar does not reach the remote position of Uiiii. A thoup,.... _ . Small-pox continues io be excessively fatal in Paris, 79 deaths having occurred from that disease last week, and 83 in the week preoeding. We learn (says the Lancet) that foot-and-mouth disease has lately broken out in its most virulent form in Dovcn, and that a flock of 500 sheep, besides numerous bul locks, are at present suffering from this contagious disorder. A. despatch from Munich states that by a royal decree the Bavarian Parliament has been prorogued until the 12th of April. This adjourinnent is intended to expe dite the solution of the Ministerial Crisis. The Belfast Whig has information from the best authority tliat the Government have it in contemplation to amend the causes relating to the county cess in Ireland, especially with reference to the question of laud taken from the tenants for the purpose of making roads. The Lord Chancellor has reported that the rights of Edward Henry Churchill Crofton, Baron Crofton, and of Robort Edward King, Earl of Kingston, Viscount Lorton, t...) vote at the election of Beilesentativo Peers for Ireland, btv , been e,tabli.he Ito his satisfnctien. THE CASE OF. CAPTAIN lIAMILTO.N.—A. letter from Captain B. Hamilton to the Secretary of State for India in reference to the inadequate retiring compensation awarded him as captain of the late Indian navy has been published. The gallant officer complains in the first in stance that no notice has been taken of the letters on the subject addressed by him to the Duke of Argyle. He now says that finding himself unjustly treated, he went to the actuary of an insurance office, and had the compensa tion due to him calculated on - the principle of a life assurance. The award was that he was entitled to his guaranteed pen,ion of £360 per annum, and £l,OOO for the lose of his full pay. Captain Hamilton says the Act of Parliament, Vie. 21 and 22, guarantees the Indian naval officers their pay, pensions, and privi leges. The Indian naval code, he contends, proves his pay to be £240, and his pension £l7O more than the junior commissioners. Finally, he demands to be com pensated by the fixed rules according to his rank or length of service, and that the same justice should be meted out to him as to any officer of the late Indian Navy junior t? hlm - F .1.- 0 1 . 11) . )1\ k 'CE le Elition of "- The Sul' of last Evening was pnblislie, in timo for 41,.:ivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'o.cm -Ilii') _LAY CUT BE rriNui.—ruis DAY. LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 9to 2 agst Doctor (offered-5 to 1 tiken) 9 t) 1 agst Primrose (taken and offered) 9 to 1 agat Colonel (- ffured —lO to 1 taken) 10 to 1 agst Cristal (tzik.o and oared) 10 to 1 agat Q.C. (offered-12 to l taken and w) 100 to 7 agst Survey (offered-100 to 6 taken) 1000 to 60 agst Moose (offered —2O to 1 taken) 1000 to 00 agst Tathwell (offered) 18 to 1 agst Guy of Warwick (offered —2O to 1 - taken and wanted) 18 to 1 agA - Gardener (offered -20 to 1 taken) 200 to 7 agst Alcibiade (offered —..AI to 1 tak :n) 30 to 1 agst ['earl Diver (taken) 500 to 15 agst Cinna (offered) 1000 to 30 agat Fan (offered - 40 to 1 taken) 1000 to 5 agst Elk (offered) 1000 to 4 agst Lord Raglan. (offered) 10 to I agst Brayley's lot (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 10 to 1 agst Waltor (offered-11 to 1 taken) TWO THOUSAND.' 5 to 2 agst Kingeraft (offered) ST. ALBANS RACES.-YESTERDAY. LOCAL HUNT CUP. Miss Fanny Black Bess Mrs Brown - 2 Six rar. SELLING S FEE PLECHASE. Kingfisher Acrobat.. Slaughterer Nine ran. RAILWAY PL .1T E Hungerfol - d Equorry T hreo ra . SELLING HU all LE. Silk Relloctiou Cliaroa • Four ran. STEEPLECHASE PLATE Peg Woffingiott Teasdale Kingfisher Seven ran. OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Skirinkl Captain Cro3streo Goncral Bixio Six rau. RACING FIXTUIZES-1870 M ARC IL Liverpool S, 9, 10 . West Somersot l4, 17 l'otitefract ..............1.1, 1., i IVarw;cl; •92 :'l, .. , 1 Cambritig, shire ......14, to 1 Epsom "9, :;‘, I Itroulloy 11. :Awl A pril I APRIL. Northnnipton \Ve,t. Drayton 7 8 I Abergavenny '2l, J Titi rs k 7, 8 , Lewes 4 1i, '47 Kingsbury lB, n I Croydon. Durham lB, 19 I MAY. Newmarket Ist Sp ...2 to 5 1 Harpenden 9 0, 21 Chester. lO, t;) 13 I Bath 24, 25 Winehoster lO, 11 i St:mile:l 26, 27 SithAntry l2, 13 : Cru,yden 24. 29 York l7, IS . Epozu 31 to June 3 Doncaster 19,20 NE. Croydon 8, 9 31:Inchoster 9, 10 Ascot 11 to 17 Windsor 9 1, 22 Newton 22, 23 II:onpton ' 1 .3, - 24 Ilibury Club Vi Stockbridge...3a, and ,j,.1,, 1 I.Y. Newmarket sto 8 West Drity!on 14, t 5 Not t inghttm 12, 13 j Huntingdon 19, 20 Chelmsford l2, 13 Kingsbury ' , I, 22 Reading I', 13 1 Good wo 0.1 • 6, 29 AUGUST. 13riglIton 9 , 3 Stooktc . 17 to 19 BriAtoa Cl;iii 4 Oxford _ . 18, 19 - Lewes 5 6 . York 9 3 to 25 Etrlitim "1 it) I Plymouth 'Windsor ll, 12 Durby 3O, 31 Bromley l6, 17 1 Wovenoutn 3O, bi Sf.',PTENIIiER, Warwick G, 7 1 Ric:limo:Al °t 2l Abingdon 8, 9 I NVestern Moot (Ayr) 21 to 2 i Done•istor 13 to u; 1 Hendon 9/, :! . 3 Hampton 20, 21 I Nowtuarkot Ist Oct. 21 tt) 39 THE SUEZ CANAL. Messrs. C. Cadoret and Co., of Alexandria and Pori! Said, have issued a report upon the condition of the Suez; Canal at the beginning of February. They say the canal may be consid ere d as h av i ng actua ll y at i ts s h a ll owes t) points a depth of six metres, corresponding to 23 English! feA. But this is not considered sufficient for vessels ofj very large size, and the company's contractors are! still at work, dredging those shallow parts which! were discovered at the inauguration, blasting the! rocky bottom existing at the point called the Serapeum ( ,,l and also wideni ng those parts where the curves were tool sharp. All th ese wor k s are carried on without interfer ing with the traffic, and they are to be completed on the Ist April next, at latest. Then no portion of the Canal I will have less than 7 metres, or about 27i English feet of; water. All vessels whose draught of water is below 241 feet can and do pass actually; and within less than; two months hence a good and safe passage will have been made for vessels of a still superior draught, up to; about 27i feet. Small mail steamers ply daily between! Ismailia and Port Said. Several large steamships are to be observed proceeding through the canal with the ut most facility. " Nee have heard (continue Messrs. Cadoret), it is true, that sev era l vesse l s h ave partially' grounded, on either bank, and that similar trivial acci-' dents might still be expected to occur. But it must be borne in mind that these accidents, when they happen,; are not attended with the least damage to the vessels ? ! owing to th e so ft nature of the banks which are composed! only of sand an d earth. Vessels which have thus partially' grounded are got off, without the least difficulty, by small! stow-boats, whi c h the company always keep in readines for that purpose, and the only inconvenience consists in.; the short delay (of a few hours at most) 'which they are subjected to until those boats can et to the spot where th e y are wanted. A good staff of pilots has been formed by the company, and when they become sufficiently experienced, such small accidents will; every day be more more unlikely ; they have been causedl in almost every case through bad steerage at points wherel curves occur. There are no sand-drifts of any important to be feared in any part of the canal, the banks holdin remarkably well, in spite of their soft nature, 9,n the few that might occur, would soon bed removed by means of the dredges that willal always be left on the canal for that purpose. The firmness) of the banks is due principally to a proper declivity havingi been given to them by the Company's engineers. Thal voyage through the entire length of the canal (86k can be accomplished in seventeen hours ; the company/ having given instructions to the effect that vessels shouldi not go at a speed exceeding five knots an hour. We are opinion that the canal, as it now is, is availabksl for the greater part of commercial steamers, and that within two months hence, it will be so for the largest vessels.i We have heard that already some of the principal navi-) gation companies, such as the Austrian Lloyds, the Mes.• sageries Impdriales, the Brindisi Company, and others ? ! are going to use the canal for their regular service, and.; that their first voyages will take place towards the latter , part of this month, or the beginning of the next. Already) many commercial steamers (among which are some of large; size) have passed through, and we see by the public jour"i nals that many more are fitting out for that purpose from the principal ports of the Continent and the United Xing dom." Three fishing smacks from Scheveningne, driven by stress of weather, endeavoured three days back to,' put into the port of Vlieland, but the wind and waves' were so great that two of them were capsized, and the crews, consisting of fourteen men, drowned. Although the thit d boat was greatly damaged the mon on board: were saved. Relapsing fever has (the Lancet states) in itself in Now I ork somewhat unexpectedly. Dr. • eanitare superintendent of the city, has publishot 166 cases verified by the medical officers of the Health. We gather that the same defect exists in tary organisation of New York as we have to lam' namely, the absence of returns of sickness ; for it ", the disease has existed in the city for weeks uususpe In the matter of the Wicklow Peerage' order has been served upon Mrs. Howard by the the House of Lords, ordering her to attend at ships' bar on Monday next, to be examined as In connection with this case an advertisement has this morning to the effect that the two ladies wht the child of ono Mary Best., from the Liverpool w Su August, 1864, aN3 earnesly requested to comm . once with a firm of solicitors in London. Sir Henry Light, K.C.8., formerly Go British Guiana, died at Falmouth yesterday. Ifi in 1783, and was educated at Rugby and Wool entered the army in 1799, and served in the Boys: until 1824. In 1836 Ito was appointed Lieutenant of-Antigua ' d and in 1838 Governor and Command of British Guiana, holding that office until 1841 retired. lle was created K.G.B. (civil) in that Henry married, in 1819, the daughter of Mr. Rich of Wai (i4l, Berko, and whose death on the 2i announced yesterday. Sir Henry Light was the s,ver4l buoks of travel, the principal Leing " La) p!," Views in Sicily," &c. • The Bristol Liberals bell a meeting last Colston Hall, to receive the report of the a - dpaintecl by the Liberal Registration Associ to select a candidate for the representation of There is no vacancy at present, but the ma prompted by the serious illhess of Mr. Berke Kirkman Hodgson, director of the Bank of In; a partner in the house of Baring Brothers, was date selected by the committee, and he add at some length, explaining his opinia coincided with Mr. Berkeley's. It suggest preliminary ballot should be taken to decide be rival Liberal candidates for a borough not yet v. e n o dn a Bara n no i rl f aii eS srs,d.t t toe ' in tho sa nont hero is said t ispectcd. Claim officers their for a witues tts appear ho adopt workhou tuutticato wernor re was ho dwich. - a 1 Artillet L t-Goveruo 18, when t year. Si hard Parr 2d hist. o author Travels night connni f the oveme :eicy.. 1f,43 the Iresse )118, sted etwee' ,-acaut. ick at thout etders that veva, StaY" y the largo AT our fear in the of the mit to would 3(.1 for think Tha .atom the free ously o the ~vcr, 'ever, >rnier city Ho thus, g the aught me of 0 llters iday • the c i to 3ruce T e to f his here (iota 3ham nera - m on seat such ence. t the the [in/S - Wa.s 1 hi 3 wag from arles the ) r un The ,er of eigir ; for otter ,o ,nder Mr. 4, for Is it her (-rood .and ttion. jokey e pic) wa s Lona the Nor ghed vhel n ot Lfess a lug NIT 3.3 I lige ,ord the ;ace at. his Tea Nvo do