The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-28 00:00:00

THE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoCK. The commencement of the settlement to-day has t ° some degree checked business, but Consols have maintained their closing prices. In the Foreign market there has been some limited sales, but no im provement can be quoted in the current rates. In Ilailways there has been a decline in Lancashire and I :°r4hire, and an advance . in Great NV esterni. Telegraph Ehares are flat, and for miscellaneous shares the prices remain as last quoted. The charge for discount is 3 per cent., and the demand is active. . Consols are now at 931 1 1 for money; ditto, a ccount, 931 ; Three per Cent. Reduced , ; N ew Three per Cents., 911 2 ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per cent., 236 ex div. for opening. Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per cent., March, P re ni• ; ditto £lOO, £3OO, and £5OO, June, 4 pram. India Stock, 101 per cent., April, 1874, 2091 ; ditto 5 per cent., July, 1880, 1131; ditto 4 Per cent., Oct., 1888, 1001; ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per cent., —• 11 1 the Foreign Market Brazilians are 881 to 881; I )ilian (1867), 971 to 981 ; Danubian Seven per i . e4 t., 851 to 861 ; Egyptian ( 1854 ), 94 1 to 94 1 ; ditto Viceroy's Loan, 861 to 861 ; ditto (1868), 811 t ° 824 ; Italian, 551 to 551 ; Tobacco Loan, 89 1 to 901 ; Peruvian (1865), 841 to 85 ; Portu rese, 321 to 331; Russian, 86i to 87 ; Orel, 87 to 4 ; Nicolas, 69 to 691; Moscow, 84 to 84 1; Cha l'ak°l, 821 to 831 ; Spanish, 28 to 281 ; Turkish Six per Cents (1865), 691 to 70 ; and ditto Five per Cents. (1865), 46 to 461. Ia Railway Shares Caledonians are 771 to 78 ; Great Eastern, 371 to 371 ; Great Northern (A), 117 1 to 1181 ; Great Western, 671 to 68 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1251 to 126 ; London and Brighton, 42 1 to 431 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 14 1 to 15 i ; London and North Wes tern, 122 1 to 1231 ; Z iletropolitart, 77/ to 781 ; Midland, 1231 to 124 ; South Eastern, 74} to 741 ; and ditto Preferred, 109 1 to 1091. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 90+ to 901 ; Ten -Forties, 86 to 861; and Erie Shares, 201 to 21+. Lombardo-Venetian is 19+ to 20i; and Great Luxemburg, 121 to 13. _ . In Bank Shares Alliance is marked 13 to 14 ; .Agra (A), 10+ to 104 ; Anglo-Austrian, 17 to 19 prem. ; Imperial Ottoman, 3i to 4/ prem. ; London and Westwiuster, 59 to 60 ; and London Joint Stock, 32 to 33. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 1.64 to 17;1 Falmouth, 91 to 9+.; British India and China 11+ to 11i ; French Cable, 15+ to 15i ; Construction and Alaintenance at 34k- to 35 India Rubber, 46 to 48. The corn market is firmer on the cold weather ; is w ore is asked for English wheat, whereby business rs checked. It is stated that Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Gold- Viniidt, in conjunction with the Franco-Egyptian Bank have just completed negotiations for a large financial business with the Viceroy of Egypt. The transaction is in connexion with the Daira or perso nal estate of the Viceroy, and not with the Egyptian Government. Advices from Vienna mention that the Anglo- Vistrian Bank has acquired the banking busin ss of Zinner, one of the oldest and most respectable ' T ins in that city. 't is notified that through the insufficiency of the n umber of shares deposited in the time fixed by the 1 1 : ; t ;ltes, the general meeting of the Royal Portuguese aY Company, convened at Lisbon for the 23d A ',",lt•is postponed to the 11 th May. s the subway under the Thames from Tower - hi/Ito e a ll thwark,which is to to be inaugurated onWed nes- Yi would have been opened some weeks ago but for Un expected time consumed in erecting the lifts and Propelling machinery, the tunnel and shafts having bee n finished before the commencement of the year. decision of the directors, from further experience t Ve the p ro b a bl e traffic, to increase the power of e machinery so as to convey three times the num• b et of passengers originally estimated has likewise operated to cause delay. f c l lle report of the Gas Light and Coke Company is -r th e h a lf- year en di ng D ecem ber 31 last has been : U V. The directors recommend out of the balanc. a vailabl e a dividend at the rate of 8 Fer cent. per an num. s V !oe-Chancellor Malins has made an order con ',2aulg the call made by the liquidators of the Im perial Land Company of Marseilles (Limited), and 'llrther ordered that the same (together with all i rre ars) should forthwith be paid, with 5 per cent. ate rest. " A mong those who are now most anxious to pro re th e abolition of the sliding scale for duties on l ees are the merchants connected with the Cape of Hope. The Anglo-Italian Bank have announced that the v 4 ds, series K, drawn for extinction, and the half 181r,IY-coupons of the Italian State Domain Loan of " 0 , due Ist April, will be paid at their offices on a nd after that date. I t is stated that the new arrangements for the reor ganisation of the Atlantic and Great Wester n Railway, on the terms submitted to the various credi tors by Mr. James WHenry, are making satisfactory p ro gress. A telegram has been received, via the new Red Sea ab le, from Sir S. Fitgerald, congratulating. the vo ," rr nala of the company on the completion of the a l '''. The telegram only occupied three hours and half in its transmission from Bombay. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Per Cent. Consols 934 1 a bi tto for A ccoun t New Ce n t . R educed V I W 3 per C en t 6 1 7 2 } per Cent. Jan. 1894 .". 5 per Con Jan. 1873 -.nullities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — 1)0. T for 30 yrs, expire sth April 188 i, — ~,, D o (Red Sea elebraph). Aug., 1 908 — -uxchopil.r Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. CIL March — Pm Do. 21 do. June — m Do par 4P m 8 D of England4lSot 00,0,£.2040i per& 236 xd D 0 - ~,1 • 013011117 g t ... . k , nada per Cent. Bonds Inter.,Colonial Ornmum J 4 UN iNRIAN ~.i 'E BUNT SEOURITIEb. itta ia Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874..... 209} D111c• Opening, for Account . ". 0 per Cent. July, it 80 J-'O. 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 D.). Enlaced Pape' 4 per Cent......... • P s ). 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ~... ..... ... D0•1-' ). er Cent. May 91872........ e Der Cent., Rup. Deo, _ do 18' 7 ...m.. Do. do. 1882 — Da. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ..... Do. Bond; 4 per Cent., £l,OOO • .••••• Do. under £l.OOO — pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 7, Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Do Account Austrian Bonds 5 per cent o. Brazilian D 5 1859 per Cent — Co. 4} per Cent. 1852 Do. d o 1858..... — Do. g u , 1860 — Do. do., 1863 ' 801 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 "" .. 884 Do. Account .. .................. Cent. . .................. Do 2 per Cent. (D e f erre d 3 per Cent.'... Cuba, 6 per Cont. ................ Callian:6 per Cent .................... ( 4). 4i per Cent..., - .............. .... ................ " i - 6 . 4 Do. 3 per Cent., _ ___ .. ......... . .......... : .. Do. 7 per Cont.; 1866 Do. 6 per cent. 1867.....,. .... ********* 0 lonibian, 6 per Cent. ................ .... Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825....... :' - Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent,,,,,,,,,'ii-Gi i Do Account Do 8 por Cent., 1867 . ... 95! Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent ..„ .__ ;Yptian, 7 per Cent no Second Issue — Do. £S(IC Bonds — Do. . 1864 Do. Account .. — Do. £5OO Bonds — De. 4100 Bonds Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .. ... uo. Account Do. £lOO Bones... 0 G ovenamcnt Railway Debentures ... I.ooi .0 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — v., Coupons , -- he he r3r, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1870. Ga Lternala 5 per Con aondurasGov Rail.Loay.,lop. Ct.,all pd — Ace.unt 5 per Cent., 1865 Aiimy Do. Account . -- Do M xremman a. Railway... — eaicaL 3 per Cent ! l9! Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-Frencl•... [ nt...idqau 6 per Cent. corish imperial 5 p:-.T Cent . I Canada 27i Do 3 pct . Con Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Rectal es) .. ... Weruriau 5 per Cent. 1.865 • 81 1 Do Account -- Qo ti ver Cent. (1312:arren) ..... ... Do 4 per Cent.. 1862 Port:-guess 3 per Ct.,1853,'6, 7, 9,'4ii),'2. ... -- Do. do. 1867 -- -7 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Raisian 5 e ar Cent., 1822, £ St - Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ........... ........ Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bon& 941 Do. du. £B4 15s. do Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 94 Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 691 I Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Accffunt Do. 1867 . 2B Do. Account Do. New Deferral Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded — ..... 27i Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 — Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account ••• Do £IOC Bonds • Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account '9O £lOO Bonds 7ll Do. 5 per cent. 1865 46 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1 865 Do Account D ~ 1 por 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 London. A.ustrtan 0 per Cent Ex 10 Floriue Belgian, 4k per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Relates 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per dent. 1851, Ex. 25f Do Account CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money Do. Account, April 7 931 POLICE INT ELLIGEN C E—(T nis DAY). MARLBOROUGH STREET. Owen Sullivan, a costermonger, was charged with gamb ling on Sunday, in Broad-street, Golden-square. The pri soner was in the habit of going to a particular part of the street named, taking with him a basket of oranges and then inducing the little boys to toss for the fruit, two or nothing for a halfpenny. The magistrate said it was very disgraceful conduct, as it eventually led little boys to become dishonest. He was sent to prison for a month in default of paying a fine of 40s. WESTMINSTER. A young man named Porter was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a watch, the property of a female named Bailey. After giving the young man in charge the woman refused to attend. It turned out that the prisoner was a respectable person, and altogether a person most un likely to commit a robbery. The magistrate said it was most essential to have the matter cleared up, and he should allow the accused to go at large until that day week, when he would compel the person who had made the charge to attend the court. THAMES. Thomas trussey, a boy engaged in the office of Messrs. Merton and Owen, was charged with stealing a letter con taining a cheque for £t 17s. It appeared to be the duty of the lad to carry the letters arriving by the post into the cashier's office, and in performing this du t y on Saturday he kept one of the letters back which contained the cheque. He then, in a most blundering manner, pasted over the endo sem ent and having written another name over the paper so pasted, endeavoured to obtain cash for the cheque, but he was at once given into custody. The prosecutors wished the pri soner to be dealt with leniently, but the magistrate said be had no alternative but to commit the prisoner for trial. ART AND LITERARY GOSSIP. A new polar expedition is being got ready at Bremen. — An attempt is being made to cultivate the Japanese tea plant in California. Twenty-seven thousand trees have been imported.—The returns from the departments of Eure et Loire and l'Yonne point to a dreadful prevalence of infanticide. About 60 per cent. of the illegitimate children are murdered.—Recent analyses shew that the standard of the Pope's silver is inferior to that of France by 'OO3. In consequence of this discovery, the Pattie demands that public essays be made of the Belgian, Swiss, and Italian coinage, in accordance with the convention of 1865.—We hear. tlAt a new work byMr. Matthew Arnold will soon appear.—We hear of a curious specimen of a species of literature that we had hopedwas extinct; Mrs. Beecher Stowe is one of the authors of a new book intended to teach the " proprieties " to young ladies !—A couple of weeks ago we gave a story of the late Dr. Duncan, of Edinburgh. A correspondent sends us another instance of the worthyman's strange forgetfulness. He was engaged to officiate one Sunday for the minister of Culter, near Aberdeen ;. and left the latter place in good time, mounted on a " sheltie." Being a great snuff-taker, he frequently had recourse to his " mull " on the journey; and arriving at a turn of the road where the wind blew right ahead, he turned his nag about to enable him to take a pinch more easily; having done so, he forgot to turn his " sheltie " again, and rode into Aberdeen, discovering only when too late that the people of Culter had had no service on that day. —Athenceum. The following laconic art-notes are from the columns of the Philadelphia Evening Star Tennyson likes venison. Offenbach has three operas on tee.. Olive Lorgan is snorting . through the West. Dickens is expected to give readings at Paris. Kellog exhibits her pannier for 350 dollars a night. There are nearly 15,000 lost women in this city. Carlotta deigns to warble to New Orleans this week. A Brunswick, Me., dentist, has an office over a hatter named Toothtaker. —The Era informs us that "there is a rumour that two popular composers of music are to have the honour of knighthood, viz., Mr. Brinley Richards, the composer of the well known and popular piece `God bless the Prince of Wales' and Mr. J. P. Clarke, a military com p oser, for his new national chant ' Hail to the Duke.'" We are further assured by the same authority that "the Germans have showered great praises upon it (namely Mr. Clarke's song) as one of the grandest national chants of modern times," Perhaps it is in consequence of this shower that the knighthood is to be conferred—a sort of heraldic um brella.—Mr. Strange, of the Alhambra, is said to have taken the Folies-Bergeres in Paris, with the view of establishing a palace on the model of that in Leicester Square.—A new comedy, "M. P.," from the pen of Mr. T. W. Robertson, has been read at the Prince of Wales's Theatre. It will be produced immediately, all the old. favourites appearing in it.— Orchestra. A. RAILWAY TRAGEDY.— A fearful crime wa3 committed on Sunday night, on the Paris, Lyons, an I Mediterranean Railway. In the train which left Lyons at 10.45 p.m., and due at Marseilles at 6.33 a.m. on Monday, a traveller entered a first class coupe. Either at Lyons or some subsequent station, another person must have entered the carriage, for on the arrival of the train at Montelimart the door of an empty com partment was found to be open. Upon the officials looking in they found that although there were then no occupants, there were evidences of a dreadful struggle of which it had recently been the scene—there being splashes of blood on the cushions, and also on the step of the carriage. A search was made along the line, and at some twelve kilometres' distance from Montelimart towards Valence there was found lying on the line at the foot of a slope the dead body of a man, apparently of about 30 years of age. A judicial investi gation was at once commenced, and it was evident that robbery had been the motive of the murder, as the corpse had been stripped of money, rings, and every kind of valuable. A telegram to the Gaulois on Tuesday announced that the murdered man had been identified as a respected merchant of Lyons, named Alphonse Lubanski. It was also stated that the presumed assassin had been arrested near the Saulce station, he having been injured by leaping from the train. This line of railway has become somewhat noted for murderous attacks, the case of Dr. Constantine James having heen followed about a fortnight since by an attempt at assassination p a in nirsys c te o m me tinuous girder, and robbery, which, happily, was not , as in this last Instance, completed. A. new arrangement railways, says The Builder, w,,, shortly for be A for s e in t g h l e e p r u o b w lic of un p d il e e r s th ca e rri tit e l s e a of .e tll n s . * on which the train runs, the carriages hanging on each side to within a very short clis down tance of ti:;. inequality o;,S;g4nd. The carriages are so arranged that will not affect the on one side to the extent of a ton action. The small quantity of land re quired, cheapness of construction f _mid speed, are advan tages claimed for inventing in h (tt an Alr. Samuel, C.E„ has taken the , _ 7 SHARE LIST. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Paid. Name. Quotations. done. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 77 79 St Caledonian 100 771 7$ 771 St Cambrian lOO 15 20 20 Cornwall all 21 31 St Dublin and Belfast Junction 100 . . ... St Dun, Prth, and Aber. Junc 100 7 . 0 72 20 East London . all 4 6 20 Do 20 Do St. Glasgow and S.Western - 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 371 38 371 St Do East Anglian, No. 2., 100 61 71 . St Great North of Scotland 100 15 16 St Great Northern 100 114 115 • St Do A 100 119 1191 111- St Do B 100 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (lreland) 100 98 100 St Great Western Original lOO 67 68 671 1 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 711 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45 St Do do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1254 1251 St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 431 434 St Lond, Chatham, and Dover 100 144 154 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 • 9 11 St London and North Western 100 124 1231 123 24 St London and South Wastern 100 881 891 881 8 St Manch, Shef, and Lincelnsh 100 51 511 514 St Do New issued at £5O dis 30 ~ ..• St Metropolitan lOO 791 80 781 St Do Preferred... lOO ... ... St Do Deferred 100 10 Do Redeemable all 91 1 . 01 St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 38 St Midland lOO 1241 125 1231 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 94 St North British. lOO 34 35 331 St Do Edin, Perth, and Dunde.loo 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick lOO 1261 1271 St Do Leeds • 100 841 i 871 St Do York St Do Stockton and Darlingta 100 169 171 St North Loudon 100 116 118 10 Do New, 1868 6l 14 11 St North Staffordshire 100 59 61 St North and So. West. Junct 100 102 105 St Rhymney lOO 52 51 St Shropshire Union 100 62 63 St South Devon 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 741 75 1 St Do Preferred ...100 1091 1161 St Do Deferred... lOO 41 411 St Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok'g. all 121 131 St Taff Vale 10 Do 0 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 ... ... 10 Waterloo and Whitehall MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 204 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 54 5 Ditto, New 4 pr pat 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 24 34 27 Canada Company all 78 80 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6d 30 City of Milan Irnprovment L all 4 5 , 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Limited 2O ld pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 10 Com of African Merch, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L all 261 274 23 Copper Miners of Brugland, Pref 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 4 1 per cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 4i per cent 10 Credit Fonc o England, L all 24 34 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L lO 111 St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 91 99 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 106 111 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 274 104 10d 100 Egypt 9 p et Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov all 1004 1014 1014 4 20 Egyptian Com and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 24 4 4 15 Eng and Foreign Credit 74 4 3d 10 European Gas ... all 17 18 10 Do, new 5 4 44 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 31 41p 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per et Bonds all 97 96 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 7 4 4 -Id 15 General Steam Navigatio n l4 29 3L 50 Home and Col Marine Ins, L 5 id p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and 00. of Adventurers of Eng trading . into) all 12 121 121 50 Imperial Continental Gas 434 134 136 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L 45 57 59 47 10 International Finan Soo, L 5 14 lid 20 Italian Irrigation Canal Cav all 44 44 .00 Ditto, 6 per cut Bonds, red all 1870 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 ld 25 London African Trading.-- 10 50 Loud Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 114 4 Loud Gen Omnibus, Limd all 24 21 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 34 44 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 114 114 10 National Steamship, Limd all 131 141 1 Nerbudda Coal Sr In, Ld 6s 6d 4 4 10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 44 41d 25 N Zealand Lu & Mere, &c 24 .4 4p '25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 14 lip 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 5d 10 Do, R I d St N British Austral, Limited...loo 60 70 50 N British & Mercan lusnee... 64 23 234 25 Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 184 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 1 , 1 4p 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited zll 2 24 St. Peel Riv Lnd & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 43 45 50 Do., New, 1867 lO 3) . 2jd 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do, New all 8, 84 25 Rio Janeiro City lm., Lmtd all 191 204 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited all 2 94 3 04 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 2 1 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General de I'Empire O 8 24 31 Ottoman 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lim and reduced) all 391 391 341 51 20 Thames & Mers Mn Ins, L 2 24 24p St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trust and Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCoof Up Ca nada 5 ip 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 61p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 6 2 id 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 44 54p 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 4 1 30 Van Diemen's Land LOO Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 854 864 864 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited 20 4 3d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 pc, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 1051 105 i . Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept lOO 1051 1064 Do, 5p c, Jan and July . .... lOO 941 951 964 Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1903 lOO 951 961 Cof food Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 100 111 113 111 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90.100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 1021 1031 1024 Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6 p a 100 109 111 Do, 1872 100 103 105 Do, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6 p c,1873, Jan & July 100 102 104 Do, 1878, Jan and July 100 106 108 Do, 1882, May 15 and Nov 15 100 107 109 D 0,1895-6, Feb and Aug 100 111 113 Natal Gov 6p c, April & Oct 100 108 110 Do, 6p c, May and Nov 100 107 109 New Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and July 100 104 105 N. S. Wales Gov 5 p c, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 1004 1014 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 101 102 Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875 100 100 1011 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1001 1011 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981 Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1891, Juno and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p a sterling, 1875, Jan and July 100 1021 1031 , . Do, 1886 lOO 1041,.1051 1054 Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July 1 00 1081 1091 108 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1084 1091 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 1144 Do; April and Oct, 1883-5 lOO 1134 1144 1)0, 5p c, Jan, and Ju1y,1894,,,100 1011 1021 1021 REPUBLICAN PLOTS IN ITALY, The Official Gazette of Florence says that the Italian Government, being in possession of clear evidence of shortly intended Republican movement, have forewarned the authorities of those towns where either disorders are probable or strikes going on. The paper proceeds to report on the known facts which have occurred at Pavia, and further states that the same night at Piacenza a crowd of one hundred rioters appeared before the barracks, shouting seditious cries, asking the soldiers to open the gates, and even trying to force an en trance. In this they failed, and took to flight, when two of their number were arrested. The tom , is tranquil, and much indignation prevails against the disturbers. On Friday morning, the paper adds, seventy individuals formed themselves into a band at Brisighella, near Faenza, and marched in the direction of Bologna. Advices from the latter place speak of the existence of a plot to collect a large assembly of young men, with arm: in that city, but the precautionary measures taken caused their designs to be abandoned. A few arrests were made. The townspeople themselves were ignorant of the intended outbreak, and tranquillity has not been dis turbed. QUEEN ISABELLA AN]) THE POPE. Queen Isabella of Spain has sent a letter to the Pope by the Prince of Asturias. She rejoices that " one of the most vehement desires of her soul" is fulfilled, and her son is to receive the promised Sacrament from the hands of the Pope, and prays Heaven to grant that the boy " may inherit the religious piety ever felt by his mother now that she cannot expect that he will inherit her for tune." As for the throne, which belongs to her of right, she does not, she says, aspire to preserve it foi herself, but to transmit it on the best mid most fitting occasion to the Prince. She therefore wishes that he shall be educated in such a manner that if the nation needs him, he may go to perform his labour without ex citing the hatred or opposition of any of the numerous factions into which bpain is unfortunately divided, " for he will have learned that the good Kink, fo Spain must not belong to any party, but to all the Spaniards, and that God has given the Kings for the peoples, and not the peoples for the Kings 0 that so much blood had not been shed for his mother, innocent as she was of it. If, during our civil war, I had been found in the state of reason of which my infancy de prived me,. I would not have wished to reign at so much cost. I wish not now that my boy should mount a throne erected upon tears and misfortunes. I do not desire the throne for him if he is not raised to it by the legitimate hopes and general love of the mople." TRADE AN P FIN AN OE. SATURDAY EVENING. There has been no' prominent feature in the money market duringt he past week. The effect of Mr. Lowe's new financial arrangements has been to cause a large influx of public money into the Bank, which has somewhat reversed the natural order of things in regard to the respective positions of Lombard-street and the Bank directors. For some time past the value of money, out of doors, has been m excess of its value in the Bank parlour, and the applications for assistance to Threadneedle-street, have accordingly been numerous. On the payment of the dividends, however, this will be rectified, and a very considerable a mount of capital will then be transposed from the Bank to the open market. We pointed out, in April last, that the method of collecting the income-tax would have the effect of largely swelling the Government balance at the opening of the year, and gradually diminishing it towards the close. Some com pensation will be afforded by the quarterly payment of the dividends, and the proposed manipulation of the savings-banks funds, but the tendency will still be in this direction. The prospects of the money market have undergone no important variation ; and any upward movement in the rate is probably still distant. Nevertheless, prices of nearly all commodities—except wheat—are rising, and trade shews signs of a healthy expansion, so that a gradual rise in the value of money may be anticipated as the year advances. The singular rejection of the foreign clause in Mr. Sherman's Funding Bill by the United States Senate has led to a great deal of discussion in commercial circles. This clause was introduced in the bill brought forward last year as well as in that now under consideration in the States, and proposed to make the interest on the United States debt payable in Europe as well as at Washington. Tha popular feeling inAmerica against this is very strong, but appears to arise chiefly from a •sentimental notion of entire independence of Europe. The advan tage to European holders from the concession would be great, as it would obviate the necessity of forwarding the Coupons for collection in Washington, and so incurring loss by exchange. As the quotations for the Bonds would rise in proportion, and as it is or should be the aim of the United States Government to so improve their credit as to get their bonds quoted considerably above par, Preparatory to the funding of the debt at a lower rate of interest, it would ap pear to be equally to the interest of the latter to make the concession. No doubt this is the view taken of the matter by the Cabinet, and especially by Mr. Bout well, the able Secretary of the Treasury, and we have hopes of seeing the clause restored by the House of Repre sentatives. But the popular opinion—in which we regret to see many of the leading journals of the States concur — appears to be that the debt of the United States is a home debt, and was raised • amongst the Americans 'themselves, thus placing the Five-Twenties, in this respect, on a par with Consols, and retaining the power of taxation in American hands. Theoretically this is so, but prac tically about four hundred millions of the United States' debt is held in Europe, and for this loaned capital the United States have been willing to pay handsomely, and have gained considerably by the transaction. The great discrepancy which frequently arises between theory and practice was never more completely illustrated than in this case, and it would be the height of folly to ignore the practical effect of the heavy investment of European capital in Five -Twenty Bonds, by refusing to consult the convenience of holders in so small a matter as the pay ment of the interest in the European monetary centres. Mr. Morley, M.P., for Bristol is said to pay in annuities to old workmen in Nottingham no less than . £2,000. The Irish emigration season has opened. The Aleppo, of the Cunard Line; left Queenstown on Wednesday, with 200 passengers on board. Two more steamers left on Thursday, and one was announced to sail on Friday. THREE MEN BURIED ALIVE.—While three men were engaged on Friday digging a bed for a water-wheel on a farm at Newdeer, Aberdeenshire, the sides gave way, and they were buried alive. Their names were M`Donald. Stelling, and Bruce. Three other men were injured. THE LOST MAIL PACKET NORMANDY.—The mail for Jersey, picked up on Tuesday, and forwarded to its destination on Thursday, was found to contain news papers only, and many of them were in such a condition through the action of the sea water that the addresses of were either obliterated or washed off a large portion them, while a quantity were almost reduced to a state of pulp and rendered totally worthless for any purpose. A relief fund has been organised in Jersey for a ssisting the widows and,' orphans of the sufferers by o Normandy. T H E CITY OF BOSTON.—The New York papers refer to the report that the steamer sighted in mid-oce quotesan by the Mary Johnston was the City of Boston, and the opinion of the owners on the probability of the steamer in question being the missing vessel. The Inman line authorities in New York state that the funnels of their ships are not marked in the manner described in the ac count of the Mary Johnston. The locality given is tpreh cisely where the City of Boston ought ro h b ee t i L a t - th e date given. While the agents are of oplmon e steamer was one of the Allan Portland line, theyadmit the possibility of its being the Boston. CUBAN AFFAIRS.—At a conference with the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Secretary Fish, gave a vory full statement of the whole Cuban question, and said that there was much exaggeration in the reports of the ill-treatment of American citizens by Spaniards. The Secretary deprecated any action being taken by_ Con gress at present, because the Governments of the United States and Spain were on friendly terms. He trusted that a satisfaxtery solution would shortly be arrived at if no hostility took place.— The murderer of the American Isaac Greenwaldth, has been executed. A great effort was made to Captain his life, and the Foreign Consuls wero appealed to. General de Rodas kept to his word, and insisted on the sentence of the law being put into execution. A. DOG'S SCENT OF A STORM.—On Saturday morning, as the steamer from Barrow was coming into her berth at Donegall Quay, a rush was made to the edge of the wharf as if some person had fallen overboard. On looking, it was observed to be a dog. A boatman suc ceeded in getting the animal into his boat. The dog is of the Newfoundland species, is very sagacious, and much attached to his master. When the ship is at sea t it is his custom to stay on the bridge keeping a look out when he sees a light ahead in the distance, he will raise a tremendous howl to warn his master of the approach of danger. If what the sailors call a dirty night is getting in, the dog will walk ashore a few minutes before the sail ing of the steamer.—Belfast News Letter. AN EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—On Friday morn ing, a woman named Baker, wife of a bargeman at Ro chester, while temporarily employed as charwoman at a beershop, killed herself by a fearful blow on the head with a hatchet, inflicting a large wound on the top of the skull, exposing the brain. She had talked and behaved in a strange manner earlier in the morning, and a girl in an adjacent house saw her flourishing the hatchet. An in quest could not be held at once as the city coroner was absent in London. The deceasedwas supposed to be about 36 years of age. The Echo is informed that the rumours to the effect that Mr. Baxter would be transferred from the Ad miralty to the War Office are without foundation. It is understood that Sir Henry Storks is standing for New ark, with the expectation of obtaining one of the Parlia mentary offices to be created under the War Office Bill. Mr. Mundella is spoken of for-the other. • The 'porting Gazette says that Uaptain Nugent will continue the mastership of the North Staffordshire Hunt which has been put upon a firmer basis than ever. The Duke of Sutherland has promised to continue his annual subscription of £5OO, besides providin„,_ , stables and kennels ; and the Earl of Shrewsbury will also continue hirdib cr4l support tO. the tiunt. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocs. PAHLIAME_NT, HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS DAY. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex attended, and presented two petition, but the nature of which did not reach the reporters' gallery. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Fosdyke Bridge Bill, Gunthorpe Bridge Bill, 'Wrexham Gas Bill. _ . _ The following bills were further considered, and ordered to be read a third time :—Airedale Gas Bill ; East London Railway Bill ; Great- Eastern Railway (General Powers) Bill ; Great- Eastern Railway (Metropolitan Railway &c.) Bill; Great-Northern Railway Bill ; Hyde Local Board Bill ; King's Lynn Gas Bill, London, Blackwall, and Milwall Extension Railway Bill ; Northampton Corporation Markets and Fairs Bill ; Shipley Gas Bill. The following bills were read a second time : Abbot's Wood (Dean Forest) Enclosure Bill ; Callander and Obun Railway Bill. ELECTORAL DISABILITIES OF WOMEN. Colonel SYKES presented petitions from Aberdeen in o,vour of the bill. MARRIED WOMENS' PROPERTY BILL. Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY presented petitions in favour of ;he bill introduced by himself on this subject. EDUCATION. A number of petitions were presented in favour of the bill introduced by the Government but praying that amendments be made in the religious clauses of the measure. PAYMENT OF MEMBERS. Mr. TAYLOR presented a petition from Sheffield in 'avour of payment of members. THE IRISH LAND BILL. Mr. MORRISON gave notice that in committee on this bill he should move certain clauses for the purpose of in troducing Judge Longfield's scheme for regulating matters between landlord and tenant. COLLISIONS ON RAILWAYS. MAJOR ALLEN asked the Under-Secretary to the Board of Trade, why the return moved for on the 26th of July last, in reference to collisions on railways, where the block system was and was not in operation, and which was promised to be furnished by the. President of the Board had not been laid upon the table of the House. Mr. LEFEVRE said the reason was that only about half the company returned answers to the circular, but the attention of the railway companies had been directed to the motion, and he thought he should be able to produce the return in a short time. KILMAINHAM HOSPITAL. Sir JOHN GRAY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether it was true that an order had been issued to the effect that no more pensioners should be admitted into the Kilmainham Hospital, Dublin, and, if so, was that order to be taken as an indication of the intention of the Go• vernment to abolish that national institution. Mr. CARDWELL was understood to say that certain in 4uiries were going on, but pending that no vacancies would be filled up. EMIGRATION. Mr. MACFIE asked the Under Secretary of State for the colonies whether any or all of the leases referred to in the secretary of State for the Colonies' letter to the Secretary of the Emigrant and Colonists' Aid Corporation, dated March 2, of land in Western Australia were terminable an short notice for the purpose of being enclosed and oc cupied as agricultural farms. Whether the portion of the eight million acres referred to in that letter which had been sold in Western Australia, and the twelve million acres there said to have " been granted to a popu lation not exceeding sixteen thousand souls " in Natal, was held under any conditions favourable to emigration ; and whether the Secretary of State for the Colonies, with a view to the stream of voluntary emigrants flowing .owards British settlements, was corresponding with the governors of the aforesaid colonies and with the Govern .uents of the self-governing colonies, in order to learn what arrangemens could be made for occupation of waste and by agriculturists from England. Mr.MoNsELL said the land in some of Australia was held some under short and some under eight years' leases, in Western Australia, the particular portion referred to, was .seld under no restriction. In Natal it was held also with mit restriction, except in some cases, an account rent was ?aid, and as long as that was paid the land could not be vouched. With respect to the question of emigration, a zircular had been addressed to the Governors of Canada Lad other colonies with a view of ascertaining what were :he prospects for emigrants arriving in those parts. HYDE PARK. Sir FREDERICK HEYGATE asked the First Commissioner A Works whether the roadway and equestrian ride lead. mg from the west end of Rotten Row to Queen's Gate ixe intended to be permanently closed to carriages and riders ; and, whether the gravel which was now being :emoved from the surface of Hyde Park to the depth of four or five feet, was to be replaced by black mud and :lay taken from the Serpentine ; and if he considered inch a proceeding conducive to the health and comfort of the public. Mr. AYRTON said in consequence of the great increase A houses in the neighbourhood, it had been found desi rable to make a new thoroughfare from north to south. xnd that did cut off the corner of the ride ; but in place of that a new road had been made, and the xround had been laid out with shrubs. With respect to .he other question, it was intended to put the mud into :he place from which the gravel was taken ; but the place would be re-turfed, so that no one would be aware of the 'lhange. (Laughter.) UNION RATING. Mr. KAVANAGH asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, whether he intended to move for the select committee on anion rating before Easter; if not, whether he could say how soon after Easter he would make that motion. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said he should not proceed with the dubject before the Land Bill had gone through committee PATRONAGE. Mr. HENNIKER-MAJOR asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether the office of stamp distributor at Lowestoft, recently vacant by the death of Mr. Robert Morris, had been or was about to be conferred upon a Mr. Chater, a solicitor, who already had the office of registrar of the County Court in the town. Mr. GLADSTONE said he was quite aware of what had been done, and approved of it. The Inland Revenue department did not think the appointment of a solicitor a . all improper. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.. 1000 1000 2500 1000 Mr. ROBERT FOWLER asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he had any objection to lay upon the table the despatch of Lord Granville to Sir Philip Wodehouse, which had been presented to the Cape Parliament in regard to the establishment of responsible Government at the Cape of Good Hope, and the with drawal of troops from that colony. Mr. MONSELL said he had no objection to the papers being produced. St'ORTING IN IE-11116 DA. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 5 to 1 agst Sabinus (taken and offered) 6 to 1 apt Miss Dayrell (taken and offered) 100 to 12 agst Oxonian (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Douglas (offered —take 11 to 1) 10 to 1 agst Gertrude (off,:red-12 to 1 taken) 11 to 1 kist Claudius (offeted) 20 to 1 agst Grant de Batailles (offered) 25 to 1 apt Benbow (taken and offered) 1000 to 40 agst Rosirrncian (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Vestmioster - (offered) 1000 to 40 agst‘Vagabond (offered) 25 to 1 apt l3lue Bell colt (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Lelia colt (offered) 1000. to 30 agst Simplon c offered) 1000 to 30 agst Myosotis (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Border Knight (offered) 45 to 1 agst Muster (offered) 1000 to 15 agst El Dorado (offered) 1000 to 9 agst Paganini (offered) 6to 1 agst W. Day's lot (offered) Scratched—Ladas and Ashfield. DERBY. to 1 agst Macgregor (taken and offered) to 25 agst Palmerston (taken) to 15 agst Captivator (offered) to 25 agst St. Guthlae (taken) to 10 agst Douglas (taken 10 times) CITY BETTING.—TuIs DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. sto 1 agst Sabinus (taken and offered) 6 to 1 agst Miss Dayrell (offered—take 100 to 15) Bto 1 agst Oxonian (taken and offered) 13 to 1 agst Claudius (taken and offered) 13 to 1 agst Gertrude (taken) 20 to 1 agst Benbow (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Douglas (offered —take 25 to 1) 22 to 1 agst Geant des Batailles (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blue Bell colt (taken) 25 to 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken) 30 to 1 agst Lelia colt (offered) 33 to 1 agst Vagabond (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Vestminster (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst El Dorado (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Muster (taken and offered) 1000 to 10 agst Vintner (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Lily (taken ten times) 1000 to 10 agst Paganini (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 7 agst Sabinus (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 20 to 1 agst the Prince of Wales (taken) ARRIVALS AT EPSOM. Syrian, Geant des Battailes, Falkland, Lightning, Thor, Briton, Douglas, Perambulator, Neuchatel, Lady Blanche f, Border Knight, Electricity, Lord of Misrule, Oast Off, Miss Dayrell, Play, Gertrude, Cherie, Lelia c, Little Drum, Blue Bell c, Violet, Rainbow, Mortlake, Allbrook, Paganiui, Ben bow, Darkie, Oxonian, Lady Clifden c, and Albatross. HYPOTHEC. Mr. CARNEGIE asked the Lord Advocate whether it was his intention to bring in this session any measure on the Law of Hypothec in Scotland. The LORD ADVOCATE said he regretted he should not be able to introduce a bill on the subject during the presen* session. IRISH LAND BILL. Mr. 1111AnoN did not persevere with his motion, but on he question that the Hcuse go into committee, Mr. KNIGHT rose and moved the House go into committee that day week, in order to allow him an opportunity of making a few observations on the state of Ireland. He thought what was required was not a Land Bill, but a good law of settlement. (LEFT SITTING•) BRISTOL ELECTION.-THIS DAY ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Hare ... ... ... 00. 4,451 Robinson ... ... ... ... 4,319 TWELVE O'CLOCK. Hare ... , ... Robinson .. ... 5,197 ... 5,173 CLOSE OF TIIE POLL. (Liberal return.) Hare ~, •,• -. 7,047 Robinson .10 ite 7,812 OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. (THIS DAY.) PUTNEY, Monday. Invigorated by a day's rest the crew returned this , morning to their training with renewed spirit. It was a cold frosty morning, and the men took a " breathing" across Barnes-common before break fast, and none of thein apparently a bit the worse for exposure to the pitiless pelting of the storm on Saturday. The renowned John Phelps, of Fulham, a waterman of bygone days, took the Cam , bridge coxswain at 10 o'clock up to Chiswick to show him the best steerage of that portion of the course. On his return Mr. Mapleson had the crew out five times over the course up to Mortlake. They started at two or three minutes past 12, about three quarters of an hour before high water. They went away at thirty-seven strokes per minute, and continued it with a trifling increase. The men went well forward, and their rowing was very clean and much admired by many present. The business of the Oxford men was taken up, and rowed without going any very great distance to lay their new boat, which came from Oxford this morning, and has been expressly built for the race. She looks a fine craft. The usual dinner of the crews will take place on the evening of the race. Members of either Univer sity can obtain tickets by applying to Mr. J. H. Rid ky at the Star and Garter, or to Mr. S. H. Wood house at the White Lion—the hotels at Putney. LATEST PARTICULARS. PUTNEY, Monday Afternoon. The Cambridge rowing this morning up to Mort lake has given their friends great hopes. They performed the distance in 21 minutes 45 seconds, which is very fast time, considering that the tide under them was not very good. The rowing was somewhat sharp, but they followed their leader with great care, and there was a great deal of ease as well as rapidity of motion. They rowed from 36 to 38 strokes per minute, and cleared their oars well. The rowing was altogether good. Oxford launched their new ship, and proceeded up to Chiswick on the top of the ebb. Some neces sary alterations are suggested in the boat as the result of the trial, and are now being carried out. It would, of course, be unfair to criticise the boat or the rowers upon their first getting into her, but she seems small. They will go out again in her in the evening, and she may suit them well. Cambridge will not go out again to-day. THE FRENCH FUNDS. According to Reuter's telegrams the French .enter to-day were quoted 74f. 12c. Heavy. There is a rumour that another cavalry regiment is to be sent to Ireland, and that the Scots Greys will be sent out in detachments to small towns and outposts in the west and other disturbed parts of the country. The minority of 56 which . voted for Mr. Bou verie's amendment on clause 27 of the Peace Preservation Bill—a clause affecting the press, comprised several Eng lish Liberals and seven Co i servatives. The latter are— Captain Arc li dall, and Me ssrs. Assheton, Stavely Hill, Johnston, Mellor, Newdegate, and W. H. Sinith. Amongst the English Liberals were Mr. Jacob Bright, Sir C. W. Dilke, Messrs. Cowen, Carter, Denman, Few* , sett, Leatham, Muntz, White, Sir W. Lawson, &c. The twenty-second Report of the Ecclesiastical. Commissioners, just published, shews that in the lasii three years lands and tithe rent-charges of the value of more than £l2, 000 a year have been assigned to rectors and, victors, and withdrawn twin the management of the board. Also that upwards of £300,000 a year has been appropriated to the augmentation of poor livings. Grants are proposed to be made during the current year of the, capital value of £300,000. It is said that the Royal Academicians have deter mined to institute practical scholarship for the benefit of the abler students, to endow the posts for a limited period, and employ the holders, who will be required to compete for their honours, in decorative works of the higher and, pictorial order on the walls of public buildings. The authorities at South Kensington have invited the Royal Academicians to use the walls of part of the new build ings of the Museum for this purpose, and the invitation has been accepted. The terrible:disaster at the Lundhill colliery, near Barnsley, by which 189 boys and men lost their lives, occurred in 1857. More than £12,000 was subscribed far the families, reduced to destitution. The whole of thta sum (says the Leeds Mercury), excepting 2230, having been disbursed, the committee by whom the responsibility of paying the recipients of the public bounty has been dis, charged, a few days ago met to wind up the affairs. Originally there were 92 widows and 220 children depend , ent upon the fund, but all except 16 are now otherwise provided for. It was decided to go on raying these long as the funds lasted. A Correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette sayt that the affiance between the Unionists and Progressists in. Spain is at an end, and serious eon - sequences may be expected. Rumours are current now that the Regent is by no means satisfied with political matters in general; and his own position with regard to them in particular ; so a Council of Ministers is to meet. The present un satisfactory state of affairs will then be discussed, and sr_ attempt made to settle matters. It is very likely that Serrano will exact something decisive, and a King or Republic may be declared, HOWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL —The case of Rowland v Breidenbach has been brought before the Rolls Court, an application being made to dissolve the injunction restrain ing the defendant from advertising and selling imitations of the plaintiff's macassar oil, kalydor, and odonto. The defendant moved for the dismissal on the grounds of long usage and acquiescence. The Master of the Rolls dis- , solved the injunction, without prejudice to any applica tion hereafter as to damages. TRAINING CHILDREN TO BEG. —Two cases in which ' children had been sent out to beg by their parents have, been brought before the metropolitan magistrates. The Marquis Townshend was the prosecutor at the Mansion' House, and- the children charged were girls of 10 and 11. They were sent to the workhouse.--At South wark, a middle-aged woman was charged with teachinir children to beg, and was ren_ipaded,