The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-24 00:00:00

THE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK he usual weekly meeting in the Bank parlour to clay has terninated without any alteration b ing made in the official rate of dis. Consols are firm at the advance of yesterday, and in the Foreign market a further use of 1 has taken place in Peruvian an 1 the Egyptian Debentures, and the Viceroy's Seven Per Cents. ; and in Spanish, Italian, and Brazilian. In railways Brighton and - Metropolitan shares are drooping, and for American and Telegraph shares t he demand is very dull. There have been a few trans actions in Banking and Miscellaneous shares, but the prices paid have been no improvement on those al ready quoted. The rate of dis. is now generally 3 per cent. for first-class bills. Consols are now at 94 to 938 for money •, ditto, account, 938 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 1 ; New Three per Cents., 911 1 ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per cent., shut. Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per cent., March, 4 P r em. ; ditto £lOO, £3OO, and £5OO, —. India Stock, 104 per cent., April, 187 4 , ; ditto 5 p er cent., July, 1880, 113 i 1121 ; ditto 4 Per cent., Oct., 1888, 100 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 Per cent., 1031 ; Corporation of London, 44 per cent., 1001. In the Foreign Market prices are now quoted : Brazilian, 884 to 881 ; Egyptian (1864), 93k to 941; ditto Raih ay Debentures, 991 to 1001 ; ditto Nine per Cents., 1001 to 1011 ; ditto Viceroy's Loan, 86 4 to ; ditto (1868), 811 to 82 ; Italian °sl' to 551; Peruvian (1865), 821 to 831 ; Argentine, 5 01 to 91 ; O re l, 87 t o 871; Nicolas, 69 to 69}; Mosco w , 84 to 84k ; Charkof, 824 to 831 ; Spanish, 27 1 to 28 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 451 to 46 ; and ditto Scrip, 21 to 24 prem. In the Railway 'Market the prices are now : Caledonian, 774 to 78 ; Great Eastern, 371 to 371 ; Great Northern (A), 118 to 1184 ; Great Western, 67+ to 671,; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1254 to 126 ; London and Brighton, 43f to 44 ; London, Chatham, and Dover 15 to 15 London and North Western, 12 ' 31 to 1231 ; Metropolitan, 791 to 791 ; Midland, 1241 to 1244 : South Eastern, 741 to 741 ; and ditto Preferred, 1091 to 1091. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 171 to 171 ; French Cable, 151 to 151 ; China Submarine, 11 to 1 1 dis. ; British India Submarine is flat at 114 to 12 ; and Falmouth at 91 to 94. Construction and Maintenance quiet at 374 to 374 ex div. ; Hooper's at to 1 dis. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 90 to 901 ; the 29 Ten-Forty Bo n ds, 86 to 864 •, Erie Shares, 21 2 ii ; and Atlantic and Great Western Bonds, 28 to Lombardo-Venetian Railway Shares are 191 to 20 ; Great Luxemburg, 12} to 124. In Bank Shares London and Westminster are Quoted 59} to 60} ; London and County, 474 to 485 ; tn ill iion of London, 36k to 37} ; Imperial Ottoman, 34 4 1 preen. ; and Alliance, 13 to 13} • Agra (A), 114 ' 1 ° , 12 ; ditto (B), 41 to 4; ; Anglo-Austrian, 18} to er7ii Preen.; Chartered Mercantile of India, 32 to 33 ; — tY Bank, 11 to 114 ; Consolidated, 5-16 to 7-16 Preto. In Misc e ll an eous Shares Credit Foncier are 24 i 9 3 ; General Credit, dis. to par; Interna tonal Financial, 14 to 14 dis. ; Berlin Water Works, Italian 14i ; Hudson's Bay Company, 124 to 121 Ge neral Irrigation Six per Cents., 63 to 64 ; London ];neral Omnibus Company, 2} to 24 ex div.; National St 'aeount , 11 to 118; Peninsular and Oriental + e atn, 424 to 434 ; and Royal Mail Steam, 55} wo 564, t ti l ! l €; gold. operations at the Bank in the week since the last return there has been an influx of £48,000. t . A ccording to the Frankfort advices the subscrip -I,°a for the Turkish Railway Lottery Loan has not e en favourably received in that city. The issue of fiv e million d o lla r s of Russian mortgage bonds by the li a ,thechilds, 5 per cent., at 814, has been successful, I ,l' l they command a premium of 21 per cent. ; e the recent Russian-English Five per e at• Loan sells well at 4 premium. Austrian ta gage bonds are in good demand, and lions of stock sent for sale from Vienna are freely t il e ake n. Credit shares have risen, the bank having a tracted f or some more ne w railway and preference e rr es. Austrian, French, and Lombard Railway th a e res are i n b e tt er d e m an d, as there i 9 a revival in s corn trade which may increase their traffic. t Pauish has also been in good request, the sales of he contractors of the last loan having ceased, the ewhole bang reported to be disposed of. The foreign e le hanges remain high, and money as plentiful as c li e r• The Obers:thuriche Railway Company pay a v idend of 134 per cent., Breslau-Fribourg 8 1-3 d Per cent. r ' , ne dire c t ors o f the Agra Bank (Limited) have r,„ i e ca nnnended a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. r annum for the half-year ended the 31st December, t nak 7 i ng, with the ad interim dividend, at the rate of i m v,er Cent, pe r annum previously declared, a distri e;'lon for th e y e ar o f 54 per cent. on the paid-up account, The sum of £6,000 is carried to reserve - Tunt, and £690 i s carr i e d forward. th r- Lhe annual meeting of the certificate holders of he 7 Foreign and Colonial Government Trust will be ' A d on the 30th inst. A / 4 ' 4 a meeting of the creditors of Messrs G. and R. taortimer, manufacturers, held at Leeds, the credi aapresent resolved to accept a composition of 13s. %In the pound. b' l Petition for the winding up of the London v i Ansitory Company (Limited) is to be heard before A ee 'ehancellor James on the first petition day in Prii next. is 'Wi th reference to the Varna Railway Company, it tli e , °t ' fi ed that the informal meeting convened for th io tast inst., having for its object, among other h e h a, the removal of the present director will not A Z , 1 11 ., e followi ng official memorandum relates to the to ; ,rArgentine Company (Limited) :—" The direc ' ni n r at e aire to gi v e notice to Scrip holders that a president i nteresting letter has been received from the se en id ent of the Argentine Republic, which can be Ra _ at the company's office. Printed copies of the T h u a_e will be forwarded to registered shareholders. t h: directors desire to impress upon the scrip holders a 0,7 necessity for registering some portion of their to ? in order that the directors may be in a position f er :!vvard them any information received with re ference to their property. The London and North Western Railway traffic b te a t . u !, 4 shows this week an increase of £6,478, com -I'l_7a...with the corresponding period of last year ; aatAlidland, an increase of £5,750 ; the London, Extensionban) and Dover, including the Metropolitan e and branches, an increase of £1,238 ; the Metropolitan Extension, separately, an in crease, decrease of £463 ; the London and South Western, creneerease of i. 935 ; the Great Eastern, an in crease of £2,065 ; the Great Northern, an increase " £ ' 3, 4 09 6 6 4! , and the Great Western, an increase of BRITISH FI 7 NDS—CLOSING PR ICES. GOVERNMENT ILIND S. a par Cent. Consols ......................... 931 f 3 Ditt o for Account .......................... 934 per Cent. Iteluced ........................... 9 I i Now 3 per Cent .............................. nil I Now 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 .................... - -4 IF Do. 5 per Con J5n.1873 ...................... Annuities, 80 yrs, expi re sth Jan.,. 1i.80..,. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1 885 ..... . Do (Rod Sea Telebraph). Aug. ; 1908 . —...... ___ t toboluer Bills, £l,OOO, 2t p. Ct. March... 4 Do. 21 do. June... Pin Do £lOO, £2OO & £500......... "auk of England Stock, 4} per Cent ...... Shut r , Do. opening 'tnada 4 per Cent. Bonds — int er -Colonial Omni= INDIA N JOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Rtock, 10+ per Cent., April 1874 D_ 0. Ope ng, for Account 1151- 12i 1 . 1 0 . 0 per Cont. July, 18 80 r, ° ' 4 pet - Cent. Oct. 1888 Dlo3i' ). Enfaced Pape' 4 per 0Ant..,.....• • ); 5 por Cert., Jan. 1872 . ......:: .. :: I) • 54 per Cent. May 1879 °. 5 per Cent., Rap. Dafl. 187' ) — D ' do 18 -- -• H..-- D Do 1882 — do. ti _b., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ..... °'l) ° , nds ; 4 per Cent., £l,OOO under 1 000 — Pm A t F OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. r ° ati no Republi c 6 per Cent 41 tria la b o 4 Actountnd ' s 5 per cent - b racil a , s l) °. 1859 °. ti ' 5 per Cent _ D o. I' Per Cont. 1852 — o.i) do 1858 . — N . ( Au MO Do, 5 d e', 1863 B Ol 11. b e, It. Per cent., 1.866 .., BEq f , 4 408 ril Li s t ...... .. .............. . . 0 121 0 2 p e Y ' e 6 Per Cent nba, 6 r Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont.' — Pe r Cent. ................. 'II, Catlian:,6 per Cent — Do. 4} per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per cent. 1867 lo , nbian, 6 per Cent. Danistt, 3 per Cent., 1825.. Dan , hian Principalities, 7 ler Cent B6f Do Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — Elualor New Consolidated, 1 per Cony ... E ;Whin, 7 per Cent . ... 851 Jo Secood Issue Do. .£51.0, Bonds ... Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £501) Bonds Do 1116 Bonds 95 Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 110. Account Do. £lOO Bonds ... ••••• Government Railway Debentures . ,lreeit 5 per Cent., 1821 5, ex Coups — Do. Coupons ... — thirvemala 5 per Cent .. — liondurasGov Rail.Losn.,lop. Ct.,all pd Bl Do. Acc. ant ltgiian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Aocount ~. - - Do Ifitremmanft Itailwa) — doxicar. 3 por Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 -- Do 6 per Oent. Anglo-French — If intevideau 6 per Cent. — dccrish imperial 5 psz Cent New Granada Do 3 per Oen — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian b per Cent. 1865 Do Account — Do 41 per Cent. (131:harren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 Portsguese 3 per Ct.,1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2,'1 334 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ........86i Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bo n d s 934 4 11 4 Do. do. £B4 15s. do. ..... Do.. 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway 694 4 Sar.linian b per Cent Spanish 3 per Can . Do. Account — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Passive — Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan -... Do Government, 1864 — Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent Do Accoiint Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 : .. 71} Do. Account no £lOO Roads 72-1 11 Do. 5 per cent. 1865 44 61 E f Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 691 .1 Do Account Da 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do do, Scrip Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent.,1862 Dividends ou the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. I t‘itati 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f Do Account CLOSING PRICES. Co Jew's, Money 43} i Do. Account, April 7 931 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1870. ADELPHI THEATRE. Last evening a new drama, by Mr. H. J. Byron, in four acts, entitled " The Prompter's Box, a Story of the Footlights and the Firesile," was produced here with complete success. The piece, as its name implies, is a mixture of professional and private life, the principal part being that of a certain Mr. Frank Bristow, formerly an officer in the army, but now the prompter at a provincial theatre at Snaggleton. The plot bears a resemblance to that of " The First Night," the heroine in both cases being a young debutante under the protection of an aged father, who is nervously anxious for her advancement. But the situation of the young laly of Mr. Byron's play is heightened by one of those generous self-s tcrifices, for the sake of screeni,.g a profligate member of the family, which are so familiar to frequenters of the theatre. In brief, the poor but proud prompter's daughter accepts from the hands of her lover's father a consi lerable sum of money, as the price of renouncing the love of his son, and after suffering the imputation of mercenary motives through two long acts is at last cleared by the confession of the forger, and finally happily married to the man who had so long misunderstood her. The part of the old fond fath , r was admirably acted by Mr. B. Webster ; and the character of his daughter, Florence, was most pathetically rendered by Miss Furtado. Mrs. H. Mellon has a telling part, an envious third-rate London star,which she represented with great effect. The most marked character in the drama was that sustained by Mr. Byron, De Lacy Fitzaltimont, the leading tragedian of the company, and the rendering of it will add fresh laurels to those already acquired by the author as an actor. His melancholy look, the conventional stage walk, the at titudes, and the make-up were all the efforts of a tho rough artist. In the progress of the piece Fitzaltimont becomes a lecturer to a tribe of exhibiting Carraway Indians from the centre of Africa; and, finally, he ex pands into a flashy comic singer, who advertises him self on gigantic posters as "Maximillian, the Mammoth Comique." Mr. Byron was most happy in hitting off the peculiarities and vulgarities of the class, and the applause his efforts elicited was enthusiastic. The drama has been well put upon the stage, and from the favour with which it was received it will keep its place in the bills for a considerable time. The house was crowded in every part before the rising of the curtain. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-([HIS DA.T). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Henry Faking, a carman employed at the Steam Mills, Acton, was charged before Mr. Knox with working a horse in an unfit state. Police-constable Harding, 53 0, saw the defendant driving a horse attached to a van laden with bales of linen, and on examining the horse, which was very lame, he found that it had a large sore under the collar, and a gentleman com plained to him of the horse having been ill-used by being ►hipped severely in Pall-mall. George Young, en officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said he had examined the horse at the Greenyard, and found that it had a large wound on th• withers, very lame in both fore legs, and much bent over. The defendant, who was admitted to bail, was remanded for a week, to ascertain whether rest was all that the horse required. THAMEM NOVEL AND EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF FRAUD.—Police- Sergeant Dillon, No. 19 K, reported that an immense num ber cf persons had been defrauded by a man calling himself George Shaw, who had been in the practice of calling upon tradesmen and representing that he was sent by their scale maker to adjust the weights and scales which were defec tive. The mischief done by this scoundrel is very great. In one instance the county inspector discovered some de fective weights which Shaw bad left in tho shop, and sum moned the shopkeeper in whose house they were found before the petty sessions, who fined the alleged offender 205., and ordered the false weights to be confiscated. In some instances Shaw and his confederates had represented themselves as inspectors of weights and measures, examined the weights and measures, and pronounced them to be short or defective, and imposed penalties, which the tradesmen we retoo glad to p a y to p revent th e ex p osure w h ich was thr ea t ened . ce Shaw o bt a i ne d money f rom li r. W oo l ven, abnudt lift h r , tiwbad n the M onesi le- e b n e d h - i r n o d a . d , o t o n o k this way chargetw just li o r. u weight s shng ton had remanded the prisoner until Tuesday next , and Mr . Dillon wished it to be made known to the public throughl the . medium of the newspapers when the prisoner would be brought up again that his numerous victims might be able to identify him. suffer from I ADVERTISEMENT. 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St Bristol and Exeter lOO 77 79 St Caledonian 100 771 78 772 ; St Cambrian lOO 15 '2O 20 Cornwall all 2 31 St Dublin and Belfast Juuction 100 ... ... St Dun, Prtb, and Aber. Jnnc 100 70 72 20 East London.. 20 Do 20 1)o St Gla.gow and S.Western 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 374 38 374 St Do Eat Anglian, No. 2 100 6+ 74 St Groat North of 6cotland 100 13 16 St Great Northern 100 111 115 St Do A 100 119 1194 1184 St Do B. lOO 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (Ireland).-100 98 100 St Great Western— Original lOO 67 68 674 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45 St Do do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1 . 254 1254 St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 434 434 1 + St Load, Chatham, and Dover 100 144 154 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 1234 123+ 1234 St London and South Wostern 100 884 894 884 St Mauch, Shef, and Lincelnsh IMO 51 514 St Do New, issued at .£5O dis 30 . St Metropolitan lOO 794 80 794 84 St Do Preferred 100 ... 4 6 St Do Deferred 100 10 Do Redeemable 9k St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 89 St Midland lOO 1241 125 124 f f St Do Birmingham aid Derbyloo 92 94 St North British. lOO 34 35 St Do Edit], Perth, and Dunde 106 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick lOO 126 127 134 lf St Do Leeds 100 84 85 St Do York St Do Stockton and Darlingta 100 169 171 176* St North London lOO 116 118 116 10 Do New, 1868 6* St North Staffordshire 100 59 61 50f St North and So. West. Junct 100 102 105 St Rhymney lOO 52 54 St Shropshire Union 100 62 63 St South Devon 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 741 751 St Do Preferred ...100 109 110 f St Do Deferred... lOO 4 41* St Staines, Wok'ham, Wok's. all 12* 131 St Taff Yale 10 Do C 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 I Waterloo and Whitehall MISUEL LANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 204 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L 5 4d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 5 5 Ditto, New 4 pr Ipm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 24 34 27 Canada Company all 78 80 79 84 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6d 30 City of Milan Improvment L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 59 Colonial, Limited 2O ld pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 5 If 2 4 p 10 Corn of African Merch, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L all 264 274 25 Copper Miners of llngland, Pref 7i per cent all b 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 4' par cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 44 per cent 10 Credit Fonc o England, L all 24 34 24 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 24 lid St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 94 99 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 106 111 50 E India Land Credit Sz Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 274 104 104 100 Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian UOT all 1004 1011 1014 j 20 Egyptian Com and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 24 1 I 15 Eng aid Foreign Credit 7 4 3d 10 Earopean Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new.... 6 4 44 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 34 41p 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds all 97 96 951 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 74 4 4d 74 15 General Steam Navigation l4 29 31 50 Home and Col Marine Ins, L 5 ld p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 124 50 Imperial Continental Gas 431 134 136 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L 45 57 59 51 501 10 International Finan Soc, L 5 14 14d 34 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 44 44 100 Ditto, 6 per cut Bonds, red all 1870 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 ld 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim SO 18 17d 4 Lond Gen Omnibus, Limd all 24 24 24 50 Lond & Glasg Engin, Limd 25 18 164 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 llf 114 10 National Steamship, Lind all 134 144 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d f tO New Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 44 44d 25 N Zealand Ln & Mere, &c 2i ip 25 N Zealand Trust & In , Ld 5 li lfp 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 5d 10 Do, B all d St N British Austral, Limited 100 60 70 50 N British & Mercan lusnce 64 23 234 25 Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 4 , 1 fp 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 i St. Peel Riv Lnd & Mim Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr Oriental Steam all 43 45 424 50 Do., New, 1867 lO 34 2id 64 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do, New all 8, 25 Rio Janeiro City Im., Lmtd all 191 20 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 51 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General de l'Empire Ottoman 8 24 34 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lim aid reduced) all 394 39f 371 4 20 Thames & Mere Mn Ins, L 2 24 21p 54 St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 90 10 Trust and Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 1p 20 Tr &LnCoof Up Canada 5 -I ip 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 64p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 6 2 ld 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 44 54p 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 4 1 30 Van Diemen's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 851 864 864 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 60 WI & P Steam, Limited COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 pc, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 1051 Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept lOO 1051 106 i Do, 5p c, Jan and July . .... lOO 94f 95f Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 951 ]Do, 5p o, Dominion or, 1903 .„100 95} 96f oof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 100 111 113 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 1021 1031 Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 lOO 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 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 lOO 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 1 Do, 5 p c, red by ann draw s , from 1867 to 1875 100 100 1011 101 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1001 1011 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 lOO 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 931 98 Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July lOO 1021 1031 Do, 1886 lOO 1041 1051 Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July 100 1081 1091 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1081 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 1141 r Do, April and Oct, 1883-5 lOO 113/ 1141 114 Dol 5 p c 7 Jan. and JulY1 1 894.1•100 101 i 1021 101 SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE COMING BUDGET, The Times considers that Mr. Lowe's surplus is beyond a doubt, and that its dimensions will probably not disap point the expectations of either the Department or the public. We can wait for the ultimate disclosures of the year with the agreeable conviction that, whatever may be the particulars of the forthcoming state ment, the result is sure to be satisfactory. Mr. Lowe has certainly not overrated his Income nor underrated his outgoings. He provided for a surplus, and a surplus he will have ; but what will be its exact amount we can as yet only conjecture. The elementary truth, moreover, should be borne in mind that a large income, though a desirable thing for an individual, is not so for a State. It is satisfactory to find the income of the nation greater than was estimated, because that chews the resources of the country were more productive than had been presumed ; but, otherwise, the smaller the income the better for the people. In private life a man calculates his receipts, and then adjusts his outgoings; but in the public accounts we first fix the rate of our expenditure, and then provide, by means of taxation, the income to support it. The proposal, therefore, of a large income for a given year expresses only the anticipation of a heavy outlay, and Mr. Lowe, it may be hoped, will reduce considerably the demand for £68,500,000, which was not thought too great in the spring of 1869. The difficulty, of course, will consist in apportioning the reductions which the new Budget will allow. If less than the old income is wanted while more has been coming in, the difference is available for the relief of the taxpayer, but the selection of the taxes to be lightened is Mr. Lowe's own secret. Perhaps, however, in a few years' time even that part of a Budget may be a mystery no longer, and, just as we now learn precisely what has been spent and received, so may we be able at some future day to discern, without prejudice and with general accord, what taxes should be abolished and what retained. SIR ALEXANDER GALT. The Standard says that Sir A. Galt has stated, in the Canadian Parliament, that the views which he holds as to colonial independence are precisely in accordance with those which are in favour at the Colonial Office ; that he is satisfied that " the policy of independence has been arrived at by the Imperial Government," and that, in so far as his loyalty was concerned, " he stood upon the same ground as the Ministers of the Crown in England. In deed, Sir A. Galt leaves us to draw the still further con clusion that he has been promoted and honoured not in spite of the views he holds, but expressly because of those views. As this story confirms all the worst suspicions which have been entertained as to the secret desire of Mr. Gladstone's Ministry being to shake off the colonies, we hardly think that the country will be satisfied with the explanation tendered by Mr. Monsell on Monday night. Mr. Monsell's statement of Sir John Young's belief that the confederation of the North American provinces would ultimately lead to a separation of those colonies from England is quite pointless, unless we are to suppose that the Ministry at home share in the belief. At any rate the idea is quite new, and has been adopted by the Government since the Confederation Act was passed into law ; for we must remember that one of the arguments which had most weight with the British Parliament in consenting to that measure was that it would tend to promote the loyalty of the Canadians and the integrity and safety of the empire. If there is any information in possession of the Government tending to shew that this belief has not been realised, and that the real effect of confederation has been to encourage the hopes of the separationists, it is high time that Parliament insisted on violating the confidences of Lord Granville, and on having a true and full history of this extraordinary transaction. ECCLESIASTICAL WEDNESDAYS. The Daily News thinks that if Wednesday Is not an important day in the ecclesiastical calendar, it is at least an important day in the ecclesiastical legislation of Parliament. Ecclesiastical questions are almost the only questions on which private members can get up lively debates, force large divisions, and carry important bills ; and they are the only questions on which the House debates and divides with the old party zeal and enthu siasm. On such questions, too, Liberal Governments have usually lagged behind the Liberal party ; eccle siastical reforms are therefore left to private members, the Huse is kept up to its work by the very effectual whip of the constituencies themselves. Last Wednesday's debate and divisions exactly reproduced the ecclesiastical 'Wednesdays with which the country has long been familiar. Mr. Osborne Morgan's Burials Bill was debated during nearly the whole of the morning sitting, and between five and six o'clock two divisions were taken upon it amid almost as much excite ment as though the fate of a ministry or the destiny of an institution hung upon them. In fact, the chief objec tions to the bill seemed to be based on the assumption that the Burial Service of every denomination would be a stumbling-block and an offence to every other denomina tion. Yet, as Mr. Bruce reminded the house, these expected scandals never take place in other countries ; and in our own country there is in the cemeteries of all the large towns just that freedom which this measure would establish in our churchyards. Yet no scandal of the kind antici pated has ever risen. We hope that the Government will nominate on the Select Committee on the bill only mem bers who have accepted its principle. That principle is the admission of other services than those of the parish clergyman and the Prayer-book into the parish burial ground, where the parishioners divided in life are united in death. We have long established the comlZetest free dom of religious worship, we have now to carry that free dom to the last scene of all, and allow mourners to carry their own religious teachers and their own religious come lations with them when they render the last sad service to their friends. THE E3fEEHOR'S LETTER. -- - The Telegraph, in discussing the Fr ench Em p eror's letter to M. 011ivier, says that to everyone in the Emperor's councils who had, with any earnest and honest purpose, adopted the constitutional regime, it must have appeared simply impossible that the right to guard and alter the Constitution should rest exclusively in the hands of a non - popular body, in whose elec tion the people had no voice. It is no secret that of late a certain section of the Senate has shewn unmistakable symptoms of discontent at the prospect of the impaired position which the reforms of July would thrust upon that brilliant Chamber, and that the muffled yet menacing oppositi on has found an energetic voice in the Imperial Cabinet. Nor is it any more a secret, that, since M. 011ivier assumed the reins of power, the E m peror's advisers have, with himself, devoted especial study to the principles and practice of English Constitutionalism—less, of course, with a view to transplanting English dictates and usaf es into France than to catching and assimilating the spirit of our slowy growing institutions. When the new Senatus-Consultum shall be an accomplished fact, the Constitution of France will cease to be a mere paper code ; it will become, like our own, a part and parcel of hourly political life, insepa rably interwoven with every public act and resolve of the State powers, taking its shape and colour from the exigen cies of every day, and introducing that intelligent and independent harmony which form the secret of Eng land's political success. When the full scope of the new reforms is u nderstood, there can be little doubt of the re sponse which France will give to the Imperial letter. Cynical Paris may sneer at a fresh concession that comes so pat upon the trial at Tours, and seems so well calcu lated to place angry revolu tiomsm at a discount ; while some will perhaps discover , in the tardiness of the an nouncement, a proof that the Emperor has only yielded to the importunities of his Premier the complete fruits of the promised Constitutional system. But, his if the lette Em peror calculated ever so craftily the time of r— even if he gave way to theurgency of M. 011ivier sooner than his own cautiou s spirit prompted, the great fact re mains : the letter has been written—the Imperial promise will be kept. • 0 ' PATENT RIGHTS. The Pall Mall Gazette says that it is customary among the opponents of patents for inventions to give them the ugly name of monopolies. But they are nothing of the sort. A monopolist commands .the market, while a patentee has no m eans of compelling the public to pur chase what he produces, and is liable at any moment to be ousted by a more successful competitor. If there were no patents we should find ourselves hemmed in, as our ancestors were, by trade secrets. In this way multitudes of inventions would be lost to us, as they were to them, and the progress of the arts would be retarded to an extent which one cannot foresee. At the same time we ar e ready to acknowledge that our Patent Law is a t present far from perfect. It is complicated, deceptive, and ineffectual. It needlessly hampers the freedom of the manufacturer, and surrounds the path of the patentee himself with innumerable legal pitfalls. But In Yrance and Belgium, and in.r. ..peoiallY e r w m i than degreean as e n c o o f ur su agi cc n e g ss . in the United States,. they have managed almost wholly th to efface these blemishes from the system which they t r borrowed from regarded from otherwise We may learn . much from them and turn it to good account. But it is only when the Patent Law is proved w°l44einhacilaYnnboo to be incapable of amelioration that we shall assent to its being swept away. THF, CITY OF BOSTON. The Post thinke the City of Boston, in all probability, encountered the fearful storm of the 29th of January; and it is to be observed that the course of the wind in this hurricane at least would have blown the ship either to the north-west or north-east, and not to the south—a fact of some importance against the theory that the City of Boston has been driven by northerly winds to the south. Most probably,, it must sadly and re luctantly be admitted, it was in this hurricane that the missing steamer foundered. One of the ships of the Cunard Line, which left New York on the day after the City of Boston, encountered this hurricane, and it was with the utmost difficulty that she rode out the storm. It is probable, nay, it is almost certain, that if the City of Boston survived the storm of the 29th of January she soon afterwards fell in with icebergs. Add to this the fact that violent gales have prevailed, almost without intermission, during the whole of the time that has elapsed since her departure from Halifax, and the conviction is irresistible that to further entertain hopes of her safety is unreasonable. It is reported from Florence that at a recent Council of Ministers, presided over by the King, the greater part of the Ministers were in favour of a dissolu tion of the Chambers in the event of the rejection of the financial scheme ; but the King' did not think it would be desirable to take such a step unless a considerable minority pronounced in its favour. THE COSTS IN THE MOBDAUNT CAUSAL—IIi Chamber the junior counsel in the Mordaunt cause have applied to Lord Penzance to settle the order as to the costs in the suit. The following order was made :—" Order for costs as between party and party, from the commencement of the suit to the intervention of the guardian ad litem, and from the intervention of the guardian to the present time." No order was made as to the expenses in main taining Lady Mordaunt for the three months she wm under the care of Sir . Thomas Mokcrieff THIRD EDITION. The Third Edition of The Sun of last Evening was published in thno for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLock. MPERIAL PARLIAMEINT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tnis DAY. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock, SUNDAY TRADING BILL. Mr. LOCKE presented a petition from Bermondsey in favour of this bill. PROPERTY OF MARRIED WOMEN. Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY presented a petition ngainst the Number 2 bill on this subject. PAYMENT OF MEMBERS. Mr. TAYLOR presented a petition from Northampton in favour of payment of members of Parliament. EDUCATION. A great many petitions were presented in favour of the bills now before the House, but praying for certain al terations with regard to religious teaching. NAVAL ARCHITECTS. Mr. LUSK moved for a copy of any communication or report from the Institution of Naval Architects to the Board of Trade in April, 1867, respecting the construc tion, equipment, and free-board of ships. The return was ordered. COMMON OR OTHER LAND. Mr. STEVENSON moved for a return of all boroughs, cities, and other places in the United Kingdom possessing common or other lands in respect of which the freemen of other privileged inhabitants claim any exclusive right or property or use ; and distinguishing those places in which such privileged inhabitants claim any parliamentary or municipal franchise, or any immunity from tolls or dues paid by other inhabitants. The return was ordered. NAVAL CADETS. Mr. RYLANDS moved for returns of the number of Naval and Navigating Cadets in each of the years from 1859 to 1869, both inclusive ; and of the number of sub lieutenants at the end of every such year. The return was ordered. STEERING SHIPS. Mr. GRAVES moved for extracts of official reports made to the Admiralty on the application of steam and hydrau lic steering gear for ships of Her Majesty's navy during the last f our years. The papers were ordered to be produced. FOREIGN CATTLE. Mr. C. HEAD moved for a return of the regulations ap proved by the Lords of the Privy Council, relating to the landing of foreign animals in ports in Great Britain, and to their inspection by the officers of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs. The return was ordered. WORKMEN'S EXHIBITION. Mr. HINDE PALMER asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce a bill (similar to the Pro tections of Inventions Act, 1851) to give protection to persons exhibiting new inventions at the forthcoming Workmen's International Exhibition. Mr. BRUCE said such a bill would be introduced by the Vice-President of the Board of Trade. THE EDUCATION BILL. Dr. LYON PLAYFAIR asked the Vice-President of the Council whether it was arranged that on the motion for going into committee on the Elementary Education Bill an opportunity would be given for the discussion of the educational principles of the Bill. Mr. FORSTER said the motion for going into committee would be taken at such a reasonable hour as to admit of a full discussion taking place if required. THE 51ST REGIMENT. Colonel STUART Ksox asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention had been called to a letter in the Times of the 21st instant, headed " Military Mis management," in which it was stated that " the 51st Regiment embarked on the 2d instant at Portland for Cork in her Majesty's ship Orontes. That although they were entitled by the regulations to convey baggage to the measurement of some 4,000 cubic feet, the captain of the Orontes, after some 2,076 cubic feet of said baggage was put on board, refused to take more, alleging that his baggage room was full. That the baggage thus left behind belonged principally to the married men, and that uo less than forty unfortunate women, and sixty-five children have been existing for a fortnight or more with only the clothes they had on when they came on board, and also whether he considered the conduct of the naval authority could be justified. Mr. CARDWELL said he had made inquiry at the Quartermaster -General's office and the Admiralty, with respect to this motion, and although there was some difference in the different reports, both admit that a larger amount of luggage was sent than was allowed by the regulations, and it was also sent without notice. That circumstance would partly account for the length of time in its transmission, and then the correspondence as to who was to pay the carriage of the excess of luggage would account for the rest. An inquiry was being made, and, pending that, he did not think it would be right to impute blame to the officers of the Orontes. Colonel KNOX asked whether, in fairness to the regi ment, an inquiry would be made at Waterford? Mr. CARDWELL said he had already stated that a full inquiry was being made. FIELD EXERCISES. Mr. BATHURST asked the Secretary of State for War when the new field exercise for the army would be pub lished, and whether the militia was to be drilled, during the approaching training, according to the present edition, which appeared to be out of print. Mr. CARDWELL said the exercises would be published shortly, but not in time for the militia going out to drill. Full particulars, however, would be transmitted to the militia officers of any changes or omissions. DANGEROUS BUILDINGS. Sir EDWARD COLEBROOK asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he would lay before the House any correspondence that had passed between the Home Office and the justices of the peace for the county of Lanark relative to the refusal of a license for the erection of a gunpowder magazine in proximity to the Steps Station of the Caledonian Railway, or any corre spondence with the parties promoting the erection of the magazine ; and whether he would state if such licence had been since granted by the Government for its erection. Mr. BRUCE said a license had been granted. With respect to correspondence, it was very voluminous, and if the hon. gentleman thought any public good would be done by its publication, after he sent he should have no objection to its being printed. a dr TURNPIKES. " Lord GEORGE CAVENDISH asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he intended to bring in a bill during the session relating to turnpike roads in England and Wales ; and, if not, what he proposed to do in reference to the trusts named in the fourth and fifth schedules of the Turnpike Act Continuance Bill of 1869. Mr. BRUCE said he did not propose to introduce such a bill. With respect to the second part of the question, with respect to the expiration of certain trusts, they intended to adopt the recommendations of the committee which sat last year on the subject. THE CENTRAL HALL Mr. ARTHUR GUEST asked if there was any objection on the part of the Government to state the course they intend to adopt with regard to the completion of the Central Hall. , , Mr. GLADSTONE said there would be no objection to state the course to be adopted as soon as ever it was fully decided what was to be done. It would be but to wait until the estimates were under consideration, when the particulars would be fully stated. THE NAVAL RETIREMENT. Mr. HANBURY-TRACEY asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether in framing his scheme of retirement he had taken into consideration the case of the reserved commanders M N, who appear to have been reserved under the same conditions and by the same Order in Council as the reserved captains F G ; and if he would state what difference existed between the two classes. Mr. CHILDERS said that consideration had been given to the claims of all officers before the scheme of retire ment was decided on. ALLEGED RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES IN NEW ZEALAND. Mr. MAGNIAC inquired whether the statement were true that hostilities had been i-enewed in New Zealand. Mr. MOIibELL _replied that the_ Goyernipent had received no such'information, grid that thO latest dispatches were favourable. THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE COLONIES. Mr. MACFIE inquired whether when the subject of the relations between the United Kingdom and the Colonies came on for discussion there would be a full discussion. Mr. GLADSTONE said it would entirely depend upon the discretion of the hon. member who had made the motion. He should be sorry if anything on the part of the Govern ment happened to induce them to place any impediment in the way of a free discussion. PEACE PRESERVATION (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Colonel S. REED intimated that he should support the measure as one rendered necessary by the" felonious conduct" of the Government with regard to the Irish Church. The House then went iuto committee on the bill. Clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to without discussion. Clauses up to 7 were agreed to, with a few verbal amend ments. On clause 7 an amendment was moved to limit the punish ment for carrying arms in a proclaimed district to one year with hard labour, instead of two years, as set out in tho bill. The committee divided, but the amendment was rejected by a large majority. (LEFT SITTING•) SPORTING IN TELLIGENOE-7 HIS DAY. WARWICK SPRING MEETING.—THIS DAT. (BY YLECTREC TELEGRIPI.) STAND HANDICAP. Chan3paga• Charlie.. 1 Brambridge •• 2 Veda . 3 Five ran. CLAIMING STAKES. Void. HANDICAP PLATE OF 50 SOVS. 1 Parma.. Grasshopper f Zerlina HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Marshal Ney 1 Pompeii 2 Bombastes THE GRAND ANNUAL. Tuscalanum • Hippoly to Knockany Seven ram. HUNT RACE. Daylight Frolicsome Susanne Eight ran. HUNT CUP STEEPLECHASE. Shropshire 1 Ada Penelope Caprice Four ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Veda . Bismarck 2 MATCH. Rosa Horrors LATEST BETTING. CITY ♦ND SUBURBAN. 5 to 1 agst Sabinus (offered) 100 to 15 agst Miss Dayrell (offered) 100 to 8 agst Benbow (offered) 100 to 8 agst Gertrude (offered) 1000 to 70 aget Claudius (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blue Bell c (taken) 20 to 1 agst Oxonian (taken) 25 to 1 agst Simplon (taken) 25 to 1 agst Geant des Batailles (taken) 25 to 1 agst Douglas (offered) 25 to 1 agst Myosotis (offered) 40 to 1 agst Chamade c (taken) 50 to 1 agst Syrian (taken) 66 to 1 aget Cbawbacon (take*) CITY BETTING.—'Tits DAT. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 9to 2 agat Sabinus (offered—take sto 1) 7 to 1 agst Miss Dsyrell (taken) 12 to 1 agst Claudius (taken freely) 12 to 1 agst Gertrude (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agat Benbow (taken and offered) 22 to 1 agst Simplon (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Douglas (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agat Myosotie (taken and offered) 33 to 1 *get Asbfield (offered) 33 to 1 agst Lelia colt (offered) 33 to 1 eget Syrian (taken and offered) CHESTER CUP. 100 to Bon the field (offered) 33 to 1 agst Siderolite (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 7 to 1 agat Sunlight (taken) 40 to 1 agat Bridgwater (offered) 40 to 1 agst Claudius (taken) DERBY. 500 to 15 agst Bridgwater (taken) 25 to 1 agst Macgregor (taken to £100) 1000 to 10 aget Claudius (taken three times) HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. March 17, at noon., Duke 11., out of Grand Prix, Paris. March 18, at 9 a.m., All Prince Soltykoff's horses, out of Warwick engagements. March 18, at 11.10 a.m., New Zealander, out of Warwick engagements. March 19, after 2 p.m., Oporto and all Mr C. Head's horses, out of Warwick engagements. March 21, at 9 a.m., Ampleforth, out of Hurdle Race at Croxton Park. March 21, at 0.10 p.m., Summertime, out of Warwick engagements. March 21, at 1.25 p.m., 6implon and Cruiskeen, out of Warwick engagements. March 21, after 6 p.m., Limerick, out of Warwick engage ments. March 21, after 6 p.m., Billy redder, out of engagements in Mr. Beadman's name. March 21, after 6 p.m., Maiden's Blush, out of all engage ments. March 22, at 9 a.m., Elaine, out of Union Hunt Cup, War wick. March 22, at 1.20 p.m., Warlike, out of both Hurdle Races at Warwick. March 23, at 9 a.m., all Mr. E. Green's horses out of St. Albans engagements. March 23, at 9 a.m., Lady Superior, out of City and Su burban Handicap. The following name has been given :—Mr. Coham's b. f. Crater, out of Wild Rose, 2 yrs-.-Fleur delis. The following assumed name has been registered.—Mr. Musafir. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. THIS DAY. The Oxford crew arrived at Putney shortly before four this afternoon. They were in fine health, and were accompanied by Mr. Willan, the distinguished oarsman, who is training them. They soon donned their flannels, and went down to their boat house, rowing up to Chiswick, Mr. Wil iam riding on the towing path. The style of the crew was great—it is what may be called thorough Oxford, and gave, as far as we could see it, great satisfaction. The other crew at the time of their taking the water were also going for another pull. The Oxford crew rowed in the last year's boat. ITALY. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ROME, March 23. The reply of the Vatican to the note of the French Government is now on the way to Paris. Since the Congregations have resumed their sittings the (Ecumenical Council have been discussing the sche mata upon modern philosophy. The third public session for the promulgation of the result of the discussion of the Council will not take place before Easter Monday. WURTEMBURG. STUTTGART, March 24. A Royal decree has been issued to-day proroguing the Chambers without fixing the day for their re assembling. The chief estimates on the budget are not to be brought forward at present. CAPE MAILS. PLYMOUTH, March 24. The Union Company's mail steamer Roman, with the homeward Cape mails, arrived here at 1.30 p.m. to-day.