The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-14 00:00:00

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Not- ses were Dg, ins - lave lost norning ire resi- e o'clock itory for .atus for l by the ;tepee of building was cl.a- 'less da - Lbout an Wight ered by Parlive health. chester r when t direct ry bugY with a w rites, covered pities piqulso o f - mt. ides for ept in ni ght, ) Truro before eks and :otlancly . stately Regi• sent to was IC-°- nt tint t of the [ME MONEY MARKET AND CWOIFRCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There was a firmness in business to-day on the Stock Exchange. Consols maintained their quota .tions, and the Continental Securities were, in some instances, the turn better. Turkish has improved, so likewise has Spanish. American Shares are better than generally, but the demand for Telegraph Shares has been but limited. The Settlement has not been accepted as perfectly as could be desired ; the inconvenience, however, has been very limited. The Stock Exchange will ba open on Saturday, but business will not become general until about Tuesday morning. Consols are now at 941 to 931 for money ; ditto, account, —; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92/ 8 ; New Three per Cents., 921 1 ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per cent., 231 31. Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per cent., par to 5s preen, - ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, —. India Stock, 101 per cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per cant., July, 1880, 113 8 ; ditto 4 per cent., Oct., 1888, 1001; ditto Enfaced Paper 4 Per cent., ; ditto 51 per cent., 1879, 110/ ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 24 prem. ; ditto under £l,OOO, 2 5 prem. ; Corporation of London, 41 per Cent. Bonds, 1882, 1121. In the Foreign Market Argentines are 904 to 91 ; Brazilian, 89 to 891 ; Egyptian (1868), 801 to 801 ; Italian (1861), 541 to 55 ; Mexican, 141 to 15 ; Peruvian (1865), 851 to 861; Spanish (1867), 28 to 281 ; Turkish (1865), 47 to 471 ; ditto Six per Cents. (1865), 701 to 701; Grenada New, 40 to 41 ; ditto Deferred, 11 to 111; Nicolai, 691 to 691 ; Ovel Vitebsk, 87 to 871 ; MoScow Jaroslaw, 851 to 851 ; Charkof Azof, 831 to 831. In the Railway Market Caledonians are 751 to 751 ; Great Eastern, 401 to 401 ; Great Nor thern, 119 to 120 ; ditto (A) Stock, 126/ to 1261 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1291 to 1294 ; Great Western, 691 to 70 ; • London and Brighton, 461 to 461 ; London, Chatham, and Dover,. 161 to 161 ; London and North Western, 1271 to 1271 ; London and_ South Western, 90 to 91 ; Sheffields, 511 to 521 ; Metropolitan, 781 to 781 ; Midland, 1251 to 1261 ; South Eastern, 771 to 781; South Eastern Preferred, 110 to 111 ; and Dovers, 771 to 781. Lointardo-Venetian Railway are 171 to 171 ; and Great Luxembourg, 13 to 131. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 881 to 881 ex div.; Ten-Forty Bonds, 851 to 861 ; Erie, 201 to 201 ; Illinois Central, 1121 to 112; ; and Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 311 to 321. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are quoted 171 to 171; Anglo-Mediterranean, 171 to 171 Atlantic, 12 to 13 ; British Australasian, 21 to 11 dis. ; British Indian Submarine, 91 to 91; British Indian Exten si°'?) 11 to 11 dis. ; China Submarine, .11 to 11 dis. ; French Cable, 151 to 151 ; and West India and P anama, 73 to 8. In Miscellaneous Shares Credit Foncier are now 24 .to 2 4 ; General Credit, 1-16 9-16 prem. ; Interna tional Financial, 11 11 dis. ; Hudson's Bay Com rany, 121 128 ; London Financial Association, 101 11 ; to London General Omnibus Company, 21 to 21; National Discount, 11 to 111; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 421 to 43i ; and Royal Mail Steam, 52 to 54. The allotment letters of the State of Alabama LO " 11 were posted yesterday evening. About £20,000 in bar gold vas bought by the Bank yesterday, making a total of £45,000 since the date of the last return. The Shannon, from the West Indies, has brought £ 1 . 0 1,500 in specie ; the Rhein, from New York, ; and the Bonny, from the W es t C oas t o f Africa, £2,000. The total is £125,500. The Frankfort advices state that the recent eager ness for American railway bonds is fast passing aIV ay, and that the suc c e ss o bt a i ne d b y t h e Oregon- Californi a issue has been the last. These are now Belling at 2 per cent. discount. The issue of Port Royal bonds has signally failed, and others projected are without the shadow of a chance. An issue of four millions of the Lottery Loan for regulating the Nuube has been successful, but the time for such subscriptions is over for the present. The premium ° l l the shares of the banks recently started has rdwindled away, and nothing more is heard of them. ; r ile Wurtemberg Government are raising a new' lean of eight million florins for railway purposes. Later Brazillian advices state that the two sons of Lopez are said to have been killed. By the death of L opez the pacification of Paraguay has been con 6uatrnated to an extent th a t cou ld never o th erw i se h ave: bee n acccompl i shed, since, whether in exile or i n3 Priseument, his existe nce wou ld h ave b een a cease less terror to all who might have committed them selves to th e new or d er of affairs. He was in his 39th year, and the war began in the autumn of 1864. Fr om Buenos Ayres accounts have been received o f a hurricane on the 9th of March, which caused great damage and the loss of several lives. The steamer Cavour went down in the harbour, and two steamers were driven ashore, while 54 other vessels, the va rious sizes, suffered serious damage. Owing to e news of the death of Lopez, Argentine National ha d had ad vance d t o 67 , an d th e ra t e f or money 41 declined from 12 per cent. per annum to 9 per cent. o T he New Y or k S upreme C ourt have set aside f ei ge Barnard's injunction stayin g th e p rocee di ngs Mr. Ramsey, of the S usque h anna li ne, aga i nst ea u's. Gould and Fisk, and that consequently the a - t at t a gainst them will be c arr i e d on b y M r. R amsey "at r t ," same time as by Mr. Burt. - the Roy a l M ail Steam Company have announced s, after consideration of the accounts for the ear 1 869, the directors have decided to recommend h a P a yment of £2 a s h are t o t h e propr i etors f or the w O 4 Year ended th e 31 st o f D ecem b er l ast. For the „„,,rresPonding half of 1868 there was no dividend TM h eyer. e est Internation a l B an k o f H am b urg, recently ablished under th e aus pi ces o f th e pr i nc i pa l mer cm,4ll. ts of that c it y, h ave appointed Mr. Herman ri,";_ nne r , manager o f th e i r L on d on agency. vo 'ue failur e h as b een announced of Messrs. bl'Ewan, os °llen manufacture rs , a t Crieff, with liabilities esti r:ted at a b out £20,000. Nothing has yet transpired g a rding the assets. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. 3 (VERNSIENT t'UNDS -941 3 1 1 Par Cent. Consols 3 011 10 fur Account 921 413" Ce nt. Ite luced 921 New 3 per Cent e i ) ` l ? 2 1 Per Cont. Jan. 1894 — 4 c) . 5 per Cen Jin.1873 10Uities, 80e sth Jan., 1880 — ~°. fer 30 yrs, expi r e sth April 1885 — /, " (Red Sea Televaph). Aug., 1908 — \.inza- 11112, £l,OOO, 2 1 p. Ct. D. 1., £lOO, £221 sr do i 500 June — tank,7.of Ensland Stock. 4i per Cent. 2- 1 21 0 Lll-'1 ° P e n ll l2,' •.- .......................... r„, a a 4 per Cent. Bonds '4L3r-C o ! o a i a 1 Otnniuni LA: t`4,pia'a .I.)v.su.n.Esrr SEcn limn:, Ala toclr, 104 per Cent., April 1 874 — D., • e• 01)aing, for Account _ 1) 0 per (lent. July, 1180 .1)°- 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 ............. , , eufaced l'ai ei 4 per Cont.. ..... -,' 5 Pr-r Cent , Jan. 1872 - ...: '• 5 t per .t May 1879 .. ..... ... :4 ) 0. 51)er Cent.,*Rup."Dals. 1-8F2..- ...... I) , do IS - - . ..... - D do. 18 82...... . .nob ~ 5 per Cent.,lB7B ..... ,-;A) Bonds ; 4 per Cent , .Cl,OOO 11°. under ; 4 * . 25 .......................... .. "'rAe A rOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. ontine R epublic, 6 per Cent ... " Acc1unt • ................... b . ..... lulirian Bonds 5 per cent .. Do. 1859 ere 0000000 Brazilian 5 per Cent 9n. 41 par Cent. 1852 Do. do 1858.... Do. at., 1860 Do. do., 1863 Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 De, Account .. B -.er.os Ayres 6 por Cur • . Do 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent.'... -- 0 lba,:6 per Cent. Dannbian Principalities, 7 par Cent..., B9 Do Account Do 8 per Cont.. 1867 ... Ecuador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent E:yrtimu, 7 per ............. ..... 851 Po Seco,id Issue •. ••• • ..... Do. £soi, Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. Al 0G Bonds Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ••• Do. Acccunt Do. XlOO Boni's • •••• Government Railway Debontures Greek sper Cont., 182 i 5, ex Coups Do. Coupons Guatemala S per Cent .. Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., allpd 841 4 Do. Account ltsiian 5 pc:: Cent., 1865 B6 • Do. Account . - - Do Maremmana Railway 554 *dexican 3 per Conti Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 Do G per Cont. Anglo-Frond' oatevidwau G per Cent. Ito crish Imperial 5 psi Cent New Granada 254 Do 3 per Con Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Jledal - us) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 41 per Ceut. (1. 1 1: 1 )arren) . .... ..... Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 . . Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2.'. Do. do. 1887 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid Russian 5 * tar Cent., 1822, XSt . . Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1882 ........... 861, 71 luglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO B on d s — Do. do. .£B4 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Dn. do £B4 15s. d 0......... d 0..... ... .— Do Nicolas Railway Sardinian 5 per Cent 72 Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Account Do. 1867 •• Do. Account Do. New Deferrou Do. Passive Do. Com. Curt. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 . Do dc, 1868 'Turkish 6 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Dv G por Cent., 1862 Do. Account no £lOO Ponds Do. 5 percent. 1865 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 ... . 704 Do Account D 4 per Cont., Guaranteed ••• ..... Do do, Scrip Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent. 1864 , 2Bl I 10P; 471 I Do 6 oor Cent.,1662 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent Ex 10 Florinti ... .. Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. !Wiwi 5 per ent. 1831, Ex. Xsf 55 Do Account — CLOSING PRICES Consols, Moneyl 93i 4 Do. Account, May 4 94 i BANKRUPTCY COURT. Mr. Hill, from the office of the solicitor t) the assignees under the bankruptcy of Benjamin Higgs, to-day applied to the €2ntirt to fix a day for hearing several additional summonses which had been taken out against various parties alleged to be either in debted to the bankrupt's estate or holding possession of property belonging to the assignees. The assignees have a considerable sum in hand applicable to a dividend, and it is expected, after the next examina tion of witneszes, that a dividend meeting will be held. The court appointed the 23rd of this month for a further sitting to examine the several parties summoned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(Tins DAY). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. William Cameron and William Bresney, both well known to the police, were charged with assaulting and robbing Mr. George R. Lavers of his watch and chain, of the value of 17 10s. The prosecutor said that shortly after 12 o'clock last night be was gOing along Brewer-street, and when near Golden-square two men rushed down the street and knocked him down on his back in the gutter, and instantaneously he felt the men on the top of him and his watch and chain gone. He called " Stop thief," and then went to the station to give information, and found the prisoners were already there in custody of the police, who had heard his cries of " Stop thief." Joseph Curtis, 30 C R, stated that hearing a cry of " Stop thief" be went to Brewer-street, and saw the prose cutor and Cameron on the ground and Bresney standing by the side of them. The prisoners ran in different directions, and he pursued Bresney and lost sight of him for a moment in Swallow-street, and directly after saw him in custady of Beechey, a de tective, and Cameron was taken into custody by another officer. 'William Beechey, a detective, picked up the watch and chain in Swallow-street. Philip Shrives, divisional detective, said he should be able t) prove that both prisoners had been previously con victed. Mr. Knox committed the prisoners for trial. WESTMINSTER. James Ormand, a powerful young man, was charged with the following cowardly assault Ram Dennison, a weakly young man, whi) stated that he had given the defendant no offence of any de scription, said that last night he was passing into Regent -street on an errand, when the defendant came up stealthily behind hits, and, seizing him by the throat, struck him four or five violent blows in the face. Defendant said he had heard that com plainant had threatened to strike his sister. Mr. Arnold—Had he struck your sister? Defendant— No, he had not. Mr. Arnold—lt would have been time enough to have interfered if you found he had ill-used your sister. He fined him 50a., and ordered him to find bail for three months. THAMES. Alice Jameson, an unfortunate woman, dressed in a good deal of tawdry finery, was charged with attempting to commit suicide. A police constable saw the prisoner at three o'clock this morning in great trouble, and crying and groaning, near the canal bridge, in the Mile-end-road. He asked her what was the matter with her, and she said she was tired of her life. He remonstrated with ber and advised her to go away, and to go home and forget her sorrows. She said she was determined to end her existence. At last he persuaded her to leave, and she went towards the canal. He intercepted her, and made her go the reverse way. He saw her go away from the canal. He remainei about the spot for some time, and the prisoner returned and got upon the parapet of the brilge. She was about to throw livr.,elf off into the water, when he seized her, and dragged her away from the spot. A woman in the court, with whom the prisoner had been living four pars, cffered to take her home ani look after her, as she had been drinking. The magistrate said the wretched women of the street, calling themselves unfortunates, were always drinking,to excess. The prison r, wha was in a deplorable condition, and labouring under delirium tremens, said she had no friends in London, and knew no rela►ive except an uncle at Backs in Suffolk. Remanded. • THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1870 S H S T, RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS Closing Business Paid. Name. Quotations. done. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 77 79 78 St Caledonian 100 751 761 75 St Cambrian lOO 15 20 20 Cornwall all 21 31 St Dublin and Belfast Junction-100 ... St Dun,..Prth, and Aber. Jnnc 100 70 72 ' 20 East London all 4 6 20 Do 20 1)0 St Glasgow and S.Western 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 371- 391 39f St Do East Anglian, N 0.2 100 6 - 1 71 St Great North of Scotland 100 13 16 - St Great Northern 100 119 120 120 St Do A 100 126 127 1264 St Do 8....,. lOO 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100 St Great Western— Consolid 100 681 69f 691 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45 St Da do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1254 1271 1291 St Loud, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 431 46k f St Lond, Chatham, and Dover 100 14f 154 161 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 1261 1271 127 k St London and South Western-100 883 894 901 St Manch, Shef, and Lincolnsh.loo 51 51k 52 St Do New, issued at £5O dis 3O St Metropolitan lOO 791 80 781 St Do Preferred... St Do Deferred 100 ... ... 10 Do Redeemable St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 St Midland lOO 1244 125 1264 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 91 St North British. lOO 34 35 844 St Do Ediu, Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick lOO 1264 1274 1351 5 St Do Leeds 100 844 8: - Ii St Do York St Do Stockton and Darlingtia 100 178 180 1811 St North London lOO 116 118 10 Do New, 1868 6l 14 14 St North Staffordshire 100 59 61 St North and So. West. Junct 100 102 105 St Rhymuey lOO 52 54 St Shropshire Union 100 62 63 St South Devon 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 764 774 784 St Do Preferred ::100 1094 1104 111 St Do Deferred. lOO 41 411 St Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok'g. all 124 134 St Taff Vale 10 Do C 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 1 0 Wate r lO o an d Whi tehall . ... COMIC PAPERS (From Punch.) A PROBLEM SoLvED.—We have found out at last where the Horse Marines serve when afloat. It must be in the "Horse Latitudes." A FINANCIAL TlTLE.—Should the Chancellor of the Exchequer be made a Baronet, he would naturally take the title of Sir-plus Lowe. MISCELLANEOUS. DE LIIWATICO CONFRINGENDO.-It is expected that the Commissioners in Lunacy will immediately enter on an inquiry as to the nature of the connection which is found to exist between fractious Lunatics and fractured Ribs. They will probably find that the fractures of the ribs are caused by muscular action. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 25 Austn Mort Laud and Fin, L d pr 10 Baugparah T ea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 51 5 Ditto, Now 4 p I pr m 50 British American Laud 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 21 31 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 Improvinent L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Limited 2O 1(1 pr 50 Commercial Union (Also) 5 11 21p 10 Com of African Merch, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L all 26/ 21/ 25 Copper Miners of England, Prof 71 per cent all 5 7 00 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent all [OO Ditto, 1879, 41 par cent [OO Ditto, 1882, 4 per cent 10 Credit Font of England, L... all 2i 31 50 Credit Vonc of Mauritius, L 10 21 lid St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 94 99 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 108 113 50 E India Land Credit & Fiu L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 271 101 10d .00 Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov all 1001 101 f 101} 20 Egyptian Corn and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 1 i 15 Eng and Foreign Credit 7l 4 3d 10 European Gas all 17 18 _ 10 Do, new... 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 14 p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 31 41-p 00 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds , all 97 96 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71 I -111 General Steam Navigation l4 29 31 Home and Col Marine Ins, L 5 ld p Hudson's Bay (Governor and - Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 12} 50 Imperial Continental Gas 43k 134 136 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L.: 45 57 59 10 International Finan Soc, L 5 11 11d 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 41 41 00 Ditto, 6 per cut Bonds, red all 180 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 Id 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 11 4 Loud Gen Omnibus, Limd all 21 21 50 Lond & Glasg Engie, 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 31 41 25 National Discount Co, Lim... 5 llf 11/ 10 National Steamship, Limd all 131 141 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d f (0 Now Consolidated Dis Ld 4 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 41 41.4 25 N Zealand Ln & Mere, &c 2/ / 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 1/ 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 lnsnce ci 23 231 25 Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 1 , 1 f 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited a ll 2 2 i St. Peel Riv Lnd & Min, Lim lOO 31 83 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam.., all 43 45 421 50 Do., New, 1867 lO :31 214 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do, New all 8, 25 Rio Janeiro City Ina., Lmtd all 191 20 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited all 291 30 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General de l'Empire Ottoman 8 21 31 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lim and redaced) all 36 361 37 20 Thames & Mors Mn Ins, L 2 21 21p St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trust and Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr Sr Ln Co of Up Canada 5 ip 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 61p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd... 6 2 ld 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 4f sfp 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd ... all / 1 30 Van Diemen's Laud 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 851 861 84/ 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited SOLD IN QUANTITIES.—The Solicitor-General for Ire land hopes before long to introduce a measure into the House of Commons on the subject of the Sale of Poison in that country. Meanwhile, let us hope, the Peace Preser vation Bill, with its newspaper clauses, will have a wholesome effect in regulating and diminishing the sale of a poison which has now for come time past been rather too extensively prepared for public consumption in Ireland. 10 lo 50 20 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 1051 106 Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 1051 1064 'Do, 5p c, Jan and July . .... lOO 941 951 97 Do, 5p c, inscribed stock - lOO 94 96 - Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1903 _lOO 951 961 951 Cof Good Mope, 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, 1 880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO - Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 1021 1031 Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 100 103 105 Do, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 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 Jr 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 . ....... .100 1001 1011 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, .... and July Do, 5 p c, red by nun d raws, from 1867 to 18/5 ICt 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 100 974 981 971 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 103/ Do, 1886 lOO 1041 1051 Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and J lOO 1081 Do, 1891, u J ly an and July 100 1 0 8 4 10911091 S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-92 100 Do, 18:)3-1908 100 110 111 Tasmanian, 6 p c, 1895, Jan and and July 100 108 110 Do, 60 c red, 1893 to 1897 lOO 108 110 Victoria Govt, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO 113 114 Do, April a nd Oct, 1883-5 lOO 1131 1141 110 f Do, 5p c, Jan. and Ju1y,1894 100 1011 1021.102 i SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE WORK OF THE SESSION. The Times abserves that the House of Commons sepa rated for the Easter Recess in a mood of anything but self-satisfaction. Sir Wilfrid Lawson started the general chorus of regrets and reproaches •by complaining of the postponement of the .Licensing Bill. What, it was asked, is to become of the University Tests Bill, the Ballot, and the Trades Unions Bill ? When Sir John Pakington rose, at the close of the conversation, and ex pressed his " earnest and anxious hope " that nothing would be allowed to interfere with the progress of the, Education Bill, it must be concluded that th.i' exigency is grave indeed. There is no public body like the House of Commons for doing business when they mean to do it. Whenever we see a measure hanging fire, as in this case, and mere dis putation getting the better of business-like argument, we may be pretty sure there is some wavering of the will, some secret though unexpressed doubt in operation. The progress of a great bill like this depends entirely on the motive power at work. Is that power failing in the present case, and are there any circumstances to account for the failure ? We must own these questions are some what elucidated by such telegrams as we have published from Ireland. On Wednesday, we had to announce " another agrarian Murder, caused by the eviction of some tenants." It is not a landlord, but the " caretaker" of an estate, and, to judge by his name,'himself a thorough Irishman, who is this time the victim. OnThursday wehear of a tradesman in Derry being shot by his nephew, and that some dispute about property is th e alleged motive. We ask, in all sadness, whether it is not the continued prevalence of these atrocious crimes which increases the hesitation of those who are already inclined to waver in the course to which the country is pledged. If men were satisfied that the Land Bill would remedy the evils of Ireland, it would be passed, in spite of every dislike, as rapidly as the Church Bill. But as "remedial legislation " progresses, the Irish offer more and more apparent reason for the suspicion always entertained by the sceptical. The Irish question, in short, lies like a dead weight upon the Legislature, •and the dead weight of the Irish question is found in the Irish themselves. We :than go on with our task ' • but measures for ex p e diti ng public business a ft er th e EaSter recess must be applied, not in the House of Commons alone, but on the farms and :the'llillsides of Ireland also. The Standard thinks it is high time that the Govern ment and their outspoken friends should arrive at a dis. • tinct understanding among themselves as to the position taken up by the Conservative party in regard to their Land Bill. There is a kind of conspiracy on foot in the House of Commons and out of doors to bully the Opposi tion into passing. the bill almost sub silentio. It may be quite as well to state at once that any projects of this kind will inevitably recoil upon those who favour them. There is every disposition on the part of the Opposition to aid the Ministry in passing a measure which will redress the substantial grievances of the Irish tenantry, and give a generous consideration to the peculiar circumstances under which land is held amongst them; but neither justice nor political wisdom make it imperative upen them to pass, without ample deliberation and discussion, a scheme, the fundamental purpose of which is to revolutionise the law as it affects the tenure of land in Ireland, such law being identical with that which prevails in England and Scotland. The Govern. ment have gone their own way to work. They started with a crowded programme, and what with their bad management and their vacillation they have not only been compelled to begin the slaughter of their innocents in April, but they have gravely . compromised the fate of the four measures which alone it would have been possible to carry through. But upon them alone rests the responsibility. :There is hardly the. smallest chance of getting the' Ballot Bill or the Tests Bill passed - into law. It is barely possible that they may carry the Education Bill as well as the Land Bill, but neither of these measures mu s t b e scampe d . If the Education Bill had been introduced in the Upper House, it might have . been sent dow n t o th e C ommons b y t h e time the Land Bill was ready for the Peers. Mr. Gladstone, however, ~prefers to treat the hereditary House as effete and incom petent, and the consequence is that both bills have come 'to a dead-lock in the Commons. It is unfortunate, but the Ministerial blunder cannot be repaired by the clumsy device of forcing both measures through the House with out discussion. " Silence in the ranks " may do for the " independent " Liberals, but the Conservative party will neither forego their rights nor neglect their duty, be Mr. Afundella ever so vituperative and. Mr. Gladstone ever so imperious. THE CITY OF BOSTON. The Daily News says that the City of Boston has been written off Lloyd's list among the " lost." What a world of misery and mourning there often is in a dry 'and formal entry in a ledger ! With what a weight of tragio and sorrowful destinies that one little word " lost " is charged ! We had all hoped against hope that the City of Boston was drifting about disabled somewhere on the wide ocean, or making the best o f h er way h ome under canvas, and that she might turn up somewhere off the Irish coast some morning, or that some ship, meeting or overtaking her, might bring news of her through her passengers. But in these days no vessel that has reached any port on the map can be many weeks or days unheard-of at Lloyd's. Whether the City of Boston was crushed by an iceberg, or whether, having lost her steam and steerinr , power, she foundered in a hurricane, or sprang a leak and went down slowly, and without help in that immense wilderness of waters, who shall tell? The constant famili ar ity o f th e passage, the certainty and • ease with which it is' performed, as regularly as the, rail ' way journey from Euston Station to Holyhead, obscure from the public imagination the dangers which may be escaped or overcome, but which, especially in the winter months, must always count among the possibilities of an Atlantic voyage. Nor is the reck lessness which is one of the chief national characteristics of Englishmen, and especially of English seafaring men, and which in contract mail steamers is apt to take the shape of excessive punctuality in the delivery of mails .of a nature to diminish the inevitable risks. It is a melan choly satisfaction to be assured that the City of Boston was not overloaded, and that there was no defect in hersteaming apparatus when she left harbour for the last time. But these calamities ought to make the public insist upon • some precautionary guarantees for the safety of ships and passengers besides the well understood interest of the shipowners. Wind and water are still, in spite of meteo rological science, incalculable enemies ; but even a Legislature can undertake to secure the seagoing public against risks which are due to the imprudence or im. patience of men, and not at all to th e " v i s i tat i on of od." BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. The Telegraph declares that a suspicion is very gene- rally entertained by practised politicians, that if all the small constituencies which are habitually addicted to . bribery were disfranchised, there would not be many left. Before Parliament rose for the recess, the Attorney. General obtained leave to bring in bills takinc , Beverley and Bridgwater out of the list o f represented' boroughs, and disqualifying a large number of the electors at Nor wich. Are those places much worse than their fellows? The question is, in principle not unlike` that a s k e d on a memorable o ccas i on with reference to the tower of Siloam—which crushed certain Galileans, not because they pre-eminently d eserve d su dd en death, 'but because they happened to be under the tottering walls. The fatal fault of Beverley, Bridgwater, and Norwich is, that they have been found out. A large population cannot conspire to defeat or evade the law without being de moralised by the effort. We shoUld be both unwise and unjust in attributing all the blame to the candidates, as it is the fashion to do. If they are willing to buy, the venal electors are much more anxious to sell. It is clear from the vast mass of evidence produced before the Commissioners, that the venal voters are incapable of any intelligent political thought or action • and if the pecuniary value o f th e su ff rage ceases, they will' either cease to exercise their right, or will be actuated by the most contemptible influences of prejudice and personal caprice. Where the raw material is so bad, attempts to improve it are merely. hopeless. . There are yet thousands of honest and intelligent men in England who have no votes; many thriving industrial towns do not enjoy the franchise; an d while they rema i n ou t s id e the .pale of the Constitution, there need not be much pity for the boroughs which for feit the exercise of their long-abused privileges. THE DISSENTERS' BURIAL BILL. The Post remarks that the public will look to the Select Committee to remedy the defects of the Dissenters Burial Bill. For instance, the bill provides that Dis senters may dispense with the services of the parochial minister, and have the burial ceremony performed by a minister of their own. But vast numbers of Dissenters have no ministers. In settling who may officiate at a Dis senter's funeral the question must arise, what isa Dissent ing minister ! We all know what a Church minister is. But who shall define a Dissenting minister? Are we to call these men ministers? Are they ministers in the sense of the bill ? Farther, a considerable number of congrega tions are ministered to by women. Are these to be authorised to officiate in the graveyrds of the Esta blished Church ? The select committee must deal with questions of this kind, or the scandal and confusion which will follow the paising of the bill will be a greater evil than that which it is proposed to remedy. CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT IN FRANCE. The Pall Mall Gazette thinks it is an enormous misfor tune for France that this experiment in constitutional government should be so brief and •so hollow. For there can scarcely be A doubt, we suppose, that the play is over. A.little while ago M. Daru - declared in the Corps Ldgis latif :that the Cabinet would stand or fall together. We do not yettknow how far this saying has been made good by the retirement of . other members of the Govern anent besides M. Daru and M. Buffet ; but, whether or no, that is of no consequence. The Administration has ceased to exist s to all intents and purposes whatsover. - M.. 011ivier may remain, but he is not in office—he is -in service. M. 011ivier counts for nothing in fact and he being set aside, the withdrawal of MM. Daru and Buffet brings the existence of the Governinent to an eiid, "M. 011ivier may now re tire too—it is of no cOnsequence.• Or he may remain, and serve with M. la GueronniZze. He may do anything .or nothing ; but all the same the Government is broken up, and there seems little probability , that any such Ad ministration will ever be formed gain in the lifetime of the Emperor. By which we mean, any such Adminis tration as it was supposed to be, and. as it might have been had the Emperor been as loyal as he tried hard to seem. He is now once more at the hFad of his troops-- defiant, and doubtless easy as to the immediate future. And we are of opiaion that his confidence is justified. CALL. To TIIE BAR.—Miss L. Burkalow wits ad mitted to the Bar of Missouri on the 25th of March (Lady Day). She was a student of the St. Louis law school. THE CONVICT RUTTERFORD.—AIthough this con vict has been reprieved, uothiii, ,- ; definite appears to have been yet d ec id e d on as to his future disposal. When the news of his reprieve was communicated to the convict he put his hands over his head and exclaimed, "Thank God," two or three times. (Front Judy.) _ • LIBERAL GENEROSITY.--(A group of discharged work men addressing Mr. Lowe.)—Spokesman of sufferers by Liberal economy: " Beg pardon, sir, but hearing you've bof more money than you know w h a t t o d o w i t h , we make old to ask 'for a trifle, considering you've got your sur- plus at our expense."—Chancellor of the Exchequer : H'm ! lia, ! yes ! You ought to have some advantage, certainly. Well, as you've lost your incomes, I'll pro bably take a penny off the income tax." • (From Fun. ) A Conscientious Cabby, who rashly attempted to under stand the New Cab Regulations, is now in Colney Hatch. [Don't tell Mr. Bruce.] HARD ON THE MAJ.OR.—Jane : " Please 'm, Major Poonah is below, and "—Mist ress : " L e t hi m s t op there then, the old bore. I'm not at home ! " [Bliss of Poonah, who has followed Jane upstairs.] THINKING ALOUD.—Little Fitch : "This, sir, is my picture that was in the Academy last year."—Possible Patron (with bad habit of thinking audibly) "Ah, indeed. (To himself, aloud). What could make the hangers put such a thing as that on the walls ? He must have offended them in some way." A LONG SHOT.—This is, of course, from an American paper :—A projectile has been invented at Monroe, in the United States, which consists of a ball of 200 pounds ; inside this ball is a species of cannon, which contains a ball, and when the first ball has gone five miles the cannon fires off an interior ball, which goes another five miles." The only objection we can see to the scheme is that the original ball of 200 pounds might so alight as to turn the " species of cannon " in the direction whence it came. That might be awkward. A BISHOPRIC FOR ZULULAND. A bishopric for Zululand, in "onnection with the "M`Kenzi e F un d Mi ss i on to Zululand and the tribes towards the Zambesi River," has been established, and the Rev. J. E. Wilkinson, M.A., of Jesus College, Cam bridge, curate of Rickinghall, Suffolk, has been appointed Bishop. The mission was commenced in 1860, and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel now supports two clergymen, a St. Augustine's student, and a native catechist, at a cost of more than £5OO per annum ; but no bishop has, until the present time, been appointed. Bishop M`Kenzie was to have been the first Bishop, and. Was cominp; to England w ith a v i ew t o conse cration, when Bishop Colenso expressed a wish to exchange Natal for that post, and Bishop M`Kenzie then accepted the office of Bishop of Central Africa. The country is the coast line beyond Natal, stretching up to Delogoa Bay. Two powerful tribes chiefly occupy the country, one the Zulu nation, under the King Panda, the the other the Asnaswati. The people are of the same race as the native population in Natal. The capital required for the bishopric, £5,000 has been raised, and funds are now wanted for the mission staff. IMPERIAL RAT-KILLING. " Our lively neighbours " at Paris are really becoming such Anglo-maniacs that we quite expect to hear of their endeavouring shortly to import London fogs to the banks of the Seine, and to replace M. Chevreau by Sir John Thwaites. Not content with introducing horse-racing and pigeon-shooting into France, they have lately opened a rat-killing establishment in the Champs Elys4es, where MM. les petits era* are enabled to see rats slain with the greatest skill and rapidity by small boule-terriers. As usual, they have improved o n English ideas in Paris, an d th e pit in which the unfortu nate rats are put to death is surrounded by mirrors so ar ranged that the victims are enabled to see the last of them selves before giving- up the ghost. On Thursday th e P r i nce Imperial honoured the newly-opened institution ,wtih a visit, and expressed great delight at the exploits of a small English terrier named Coquette, which destroyed twenty-eight rats in a minute. But, id spite of the Impe rial patronage, the 43ociete Protectrice des Animaux attempted on Saturday to. stop the much-admired ratting sports, Having appealed to the Minister of Justice, they were referred by him to the Prefect of Police, who gravely informed the deputation that there were a great many million rats in Paris, that the said rats did an immense deal of damage in the sewers, &c., and that really killing such noxious animals was a very meritorious act. And with this answer the Soci6t6 Protectric3 was obliged to content itself. As, however, all the rats used for the de light of the Parigian public are first caught in the sewers, and thence brought in traps to the Champs Ely§des to await their fate, it might have been thought Viet it would them o ie n the head at once wi be t s h im ea p t l t e h r e to in h t a e -terriers.—Pall Mall Gazette. Gazette. inter vention el k it il i o o c n k o e f d the OMINOUS SYMPTOMS IN THE LIBERAL RANKS. The Globe has reason to believe that the ingenuity of the managing members of the Liberal party is just now sorely burdened to discover a new force of political cohe sion. The symptoms of approaching decomposition which are appearing in the organism which has been' consti tuted of elements so incompatible as Radicalism and Whiggism, become alarming, and give rise to much solici tude and many misgivings. In the localities of South wark, Newark, and other places ; we understand the disintegration is very extensive. lo the existence of this secret evil the party attributes its recent reverses. We have reason to believe that a solemn conclave with closed doors was held at the Reform Club a few days ago, to take the whole subject into v ßa e r ry n d seriousaresaid t consideration. assisted rati A the consultationonalriGlynntnd had the advantage of other advisers no less influential and equally official. We can easily understond how much uneasiness the deplorable condition of matters to which we refer must occasion the chiefs of the party. Would it not be well to test the entire organism as to its fundamen tal combinations? It is always better to know the real )iture and extent of a malady. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DA E Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. lifarkst quiet. The Rev. W. R. .13owditch, in a lecture on Uhurch Property, remarked, " It mayastonish many to learn that the cler of England pay out of their own pockets more than £4 00 ,000 a year, or £B,OOO a week, to curates f“' Msictance rendered to the people of their parish." Mr. 0 Donovan Rossa has given a reading in the Town Hall of Waterford. Such a crowd attended that numbers had to remain outside. The opening chorus "Let Erin remember," was sung by twelve little boys, I?rotestants and Catholics in equal numbers. Dr. H. Charlton Bastian, after stating the facts if some experiments he has made, asks Professor Tyndall to suspend his judgment on the germ theory of disease, and, above all, not to attempt by his influence to inspire the public generally with a belief in such theories when these are dependent upon evidence of so doubtful a nature that they may at any time be thoroughly abandoned. A woman named Susan Rice, who was in receipt of is. 6d. per week, 41bs. of bread, and a little tea and sugar, from the Homerton parish authorities, has died of starvation. The room she inhabited is said to have been little better than a pigstye. A post-mortem examination shoved that the stomach of the deceased was empty. The verdict of the jury was that the woman died of starvation, and that her death would not have occurred had she been visited by the relieving officer and removed to the work house before she was in a dying state. The applications of photography are becoming mon th by month more vari ous . Th e last that we have heard of is the Dallas-type process, named after its inventor, Mr. Duncan C. Dallas, of Gray's-inn-road, who claims for it, besides the power of doing all that the graphotype process can, the following advantages : That the artist can choose his own material and instrument; that every detail and touch can bo rendered in perfect f at -simile, without destruction of the original ; that the design can be reduced or enlarged without loss of detail ; that by anyone accustomed to the . use of the etching needle, old engravings may be roproduced ; and lastly, that by letterpress printing photographs from nature be reproduced, with every gradation of light and colour.— aardian. SUICIDE OF A PROFESSOR.—The Independance of Brussels says :—" One of the most learned historians of Germany, Dr. Jaffe, has just committed suicide atWittem burg with a pistol. He was born in 1817, of Jewish parents. After having passed his degrees in medicine he devoted him self to the study of the' history of the Middle Ages, and became one of the principal contributors to the work en titled ' Monumenta Germanize Historica. He afterwards p u blished the Regesta Romanorum Pontificum ' and the 'Bibliotheca Rerum Germanicarum.' His great merit caused him to be nominated professor at the University of Berlin, he being the first Jew to whom such a post was confided in Prussia. Two years ago he embraced Chris tianity, and was subsequently so harrassed by the calum nious attacks of his former co-religionists that a profound mqhineholy took possession of his mind, and led him to vut an end to his life." The American Anti-Slavery. Society was to In::: its last meeting, a commemorative jubilee, in Apollo Hall, New York, on the 9th of April, and the society to be dissolved on the same evening. Repiesentative aboli tionists from all parts of the country were expected. A NEW ROUTE TO INDIA.—It is proposed to establish a new route to India which will rival that via Brindisi. A railway is to be built connecting the Austrian lined with the harbour of Santi Quaranta, Epirus, via Dalmatia, Bosnia, and Albania. It is 760 miles nearer Alexandria than Brindisi, and ships using it for the Indian traffic would avoid the dangerous naviga tion of the Areliiiielagat• ' % i; It DI k - 1; I lON The Third Edition of The Sun of last Evening was published in Limo for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocic. THE LEDBURY SCANDAL CASE. The arguments in this case, which has occupied the attention of the Deal of Arches for some time, concluded to-day, and , Sir R. Phillimore sa'd as it was a case of great importance both to the defendant and the Church, in order that he might fully consider all that. had been placed before him, he should postpone giving judgment for a few days. THE NEW CROSS RAILWAY ACCIDENT. In the Sheriffs' Court to day the jury awarded Miss Johnson £3OO damages for the injuries she re ceived by the accident which occurred to the train returning from the Licensed Victuallers' fete at the Crystal Palace. S PORTING IN TEL LIGENCE. YORK SPRING MEETING. Acceptances for the Great Northern Handicap of 200 sovs in specie, added to Sweepstakes of 29 sovs each. Two miles. Age st lb Tabouret 5 8 12 Argyle ... ... 4 8 4 Ploughboy ... 6 • 8 2 Blacklock 5 8 0 Adolpl_us 4 7 13 Tarat , aa 6 7 13 Paul Jones ... 5 7 12 Acaster ... 4 7 11 Clemente... 5 7 6 Cap 5 7 5 Poison d'Or ... 4 7 5 I ado st lb Young Fenton 4 7 3 Socrates 5 7 2 ltdalite ... 6 7 2 Wild Flower 4 7 1 Pinnacle ... 4 6 7 Torreador ... 3 6 7 The Bobby ... 3 6 3 Fearnought .., 3 6 3 Swansea 3 5 13 Lord Harewood 3 5 11 HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS. April 11, at 9 n.m., Camel cut of 2000 Guineas Stakes. April 11, at 5.15 p.m, night of Athol, out of all engage ments. April 12, at 9 a.m., Albania (dead) out of all engagements. April 12, at 9 a.m. Warlike, out of the Croydon S:eepla chase • Plate. April 12, at 11.30 a.m., Winifred, out of all engagments. April 14, at 9 a.m., Vausittart, out of all engagements. -April 14, at 9 a.m., Duchess of Athole, out of Durham engagements. April 14, at 10.40 a.m., Swansea, out of the Monmouth shire Handicap; Abergavenny. T h e following names have b en given :—Mr t.icbwartz's bI c (late Burgundy) by Claret, out of Just in Time, 3 yrs— Shilling a Dozc,n. Mr G. A. 'Wheeler's b f by Mug John, out of Christina (late Queen Anse), 2 yrs Ophelia. Mr W. Bevill's b c by Thortnauby • - Blue Bell, 3 yrs— Barford ; b f by Cambu,can, cut of Tabitla Bramble, 2 yrs—Dewberry; y( arlegs: ch c by Newcastle, Sis or to Stafford Tyne mouth ; b f by Prime Minster, out of Nimble—Activity; b f by Cambuscan, Tabitha Bramble—Nl'ait-a-bit. FORFEIT LlST—Bright Weather's forfeit has been pail. STELFLrCIIASE FORFEIT LlST—Domino's forfeit, 1868, has 11,1 en paid. CII'Y BETTING. —Tit is atr. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Even on Sabinus (taken) .5 to 1 agst Wildbad (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Blue Bell colt (offered) 3to lon four (offered) CHESTER CUP. 3to 1 agst Sabinus (offered-100 to 30 taken) 10 to 1 agst Glenfalloch (offered) 100 to 7 bar two (offered) 20 to 1 agst Socrates (taken) 25 to 1 egst Paul Jones (taken freely) TWO THOUSAND. 250 to 200 agst Kingcraft (taken) 7to 1 agst Sunlight (offered—take Bto 1) Bto 1 agst King o' Scots (offered) Bto 1 agst Stanley (offered) 9to 1 agst Astolfo (offered)—take 9to 1) 20 to 1 agst Alexander (offered) 500 to 15 agst Asterope (taken freely) s'o to 15 agst Prince of Wales (offered) 40 to 1 agst Claudius (taken and offered) DERBY. 7to 1 agst Sunshine (offered) Bto 1 agst Kingeraft (offered) 15 to 1 egst Macgregor (offered--take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Camel (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Bri.lgwater (taken and offered) 1000 to 40 agst Captivator (offered) 1000 to 45 agst Palmerston (taken) 30 to 1 egst Astolfo (taken) 1000 to 39 agst Exciseman (taken) 50 to 1 agst Alexander (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Claudius (offered) SPORTING NOTES. Bell's Life, in an article on " Coming Events," observes that the scratching of Camel for the Two Thousand Guineas, though it surprised some, is not, after all, a surprise to persons who for some time have noticed the way things were going. Now that Bridgwater is also out of the race, Kingcraft will probably come to a very short price ; but, adds The Lif e, l e t hi m come to the post as h e may there are many good judges who will doubt his success ; but, as matters now stand, it is bard to see from whence his conqueror will spring. From - Nobleman and Goldsborough the writer of the article seems to fear but little, and proceeds to say:— Since the clever victory gained by King o' Scots at Northampton, those who should know his cap a bilities ap pear to hold him in high esteem, but it is doubtful whether he will be able to stay well, or to get home at all in first-class company. The wisest course that can be pursued for the present with regard to Mr. Merry's lot will be to leave them alone altogether, but their not very distant neighbour, Hawthornden, is not unlikely to see a shorter price. Normanby continues to find some admirers, Stanley is evidently held in good esteem by those who know how he has wintered ; but it will require stronger proof than at present exists to lead to the belief that he is likely to follow in the footsteps of Pretender. As to the Thousand Guineas it is not likely that Sunshine will be - a starter, and if such be the case, Hester, Asterope, Atlantis, Frivolity, Mahonia, and Cestes alone read. like p ossess i ng any chance of' gaining thii valuable prize. The only fear that the friends of Vespasian would have for success in the Chester Cup, is the fear that he might take it into his head to jump out of the course. Socrates is a wonderfully good horse, and if the horse he was three years ago, has all the appearance of doing good business. Concerning William Day's string, it may be as well to keep silent yet awhile, and, despite the nibbling abo u t C a p-h.-Pie of late, it is quite possible that the unfashionable st a bl e i n w hi c h he is trained 'pos sesses a better representative. In _an article on the crack three-year-old fillies, the special commissioner of the Sporting Life comments on seventeen'of the most distinguished fillies engaged in the One Thousand, the Derby, the Oaks, an d th e St. Leger. The commissioner considers Sunshine decidedly the best of her year, and therefore if she comes well to the post, " I prefer her chance for the Derby and Oaks to any other. Hester .has done so well latterly that I must place her next in order to Mr. Merry's filly for the Oaks, whilst to Gamos I shall award third pl ace. Th e One Thousand should be won by Frivolity, if she is all right and in her old form ; but it' not, I think Hester will be found good enough to beat Mantilla and the others." - FLOGGING GAROT TER S N ENVGATE. Yesterday the well-deserved castigation of the lash was . administered to fi ve pr i soners in Newgate, con-. victed at the Central Criminal Court of robbery with violence under aggravating circumstances of bruis tality. The p r i soners ;were Joseph Buck, George Hurley," John Bryan, Daniel Magan, and Thomas Sherwood—all young men, powerfully built, with previous bad charac-. tens from the police. It appears that a short time ago s young gentleman, the son of a Dr. Budgett, was assulted' in the public street, about one o'cfock in the morning,' knocked down, brutally treated, and robbed of whatever, valuables he possesied. For this crime the jury at the Old Bailey found the five prisoners guilty, who were sen-; tenced to different terms of penal servitude,' ranging from four to fifteen years, besides being awarded by the Judge the salutary and deterrent punishment of flogging-25 lashes to the first -named three, and 20 lashes to the two last prisoners. Calcraft was the operator, and the hearty goodwill and vigour with l which he carried out the operation showed that the old man had lost none of his pristine power for awarding criminals their due. Sheriffs Sir J. Causton and Paterson,' Under-Sheriffs Crossley and Bayliss, Mr. Gibson, the surgeon, and Mr. Jonas, the G overnor of the gaol, wit nessed the proceedings. The rascals writhed and yelled lu a fearful manner, and piteously begged to be spared. THE FRENCH FUNDS. According to Reuter's telegrams the French :enter to-day were quoted 731. 60c. The subscriptions for defraying the expenses c: the proposed inquiry by the Committee of the British Association on the Treatment and Utilisation of Sewage do not, as was affirmed, amount to f:12,0W. The suns subscribed at the present time is somewhat short of £1,300, and although this amount has been deemed sufficient to justify the proceeding with the inquiry, the committee hope that many more tywns will yet take part in contri buting, and enable it to carry out to a thoroughly prac tical end the important duties which its memberk undertaken gratuitously in the public behalf.