The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-09 00:00:00

THE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK The attendance on change to day was small, and the busitiess transacted very limited. Consols gave Ivey a shade in pricQ ; in Foreign Securities the re was also a downwad. tendency, but in Railway Shares an I mprovement has to be . .noted in Great Northerns, Iyhieh advanud 1 per cent. Te'egraph Shares are a trifle better, but in Banking and Miscellaneous no changes have occurre I. Consols are now at 931 1 1 for money ; ditto, account, —; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 2 ; Xew Three per Cents., 911 21 ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per cert., 235. Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per cent., March, 1 4 Prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, June, prem. India Stock, 101 per cent., April, 1874, ; ' ditto 5 per cent., July, 1880, 1131 13 ; ditto 4 per ce nt., Oct., 1888, 1001 1 ; ditto Enfaced Paper 4 per cent., 921 ; ditto 51 per cent., 1101; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 25 prem. In the Foreign Market Brazilian (1865), are now qoted 88 to 881; Chilian (1867), 971 to 981; yptian, 891 to 90i ; Viceroy Loan, 841 to 85; Italian, 541 to 551; Orel, 87 to 871 ; Charkcf, 83 to 83 1 ; Spau 4 sh, 271 to 281 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 461 to 471. In the Railway Market Great Northern his ad vanced 1, and are now quoted 118 to 119 ; the A share are better, viz., 1241 to 124/ ; bliiland , 125 to 1251; Caledonian, 781 to 781; London and North Western, 125 to 1251; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to 129 ; Great Western, 69 to 691 ; London South Western, 88 to 89 ; London and Brightous, 45/ to 451; South Eastern, 76 to 761. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 901 to 91 ; ditto, 1865 issue, 901 to 901 ; Erie Shares, 201 to 211; Illinois Central, 114 to 1141; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 32 to 321 ; ditto Con solidated Bonds, 281 to 281; and Virginia Six per Cents., 57 to 571. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 171 to 171 ; Anglo Mediterranean, 171 to 171; Atlantic 12 to 14; ditto Eight per Cent. Preference, 11 to 21 ; British Australian, 2 to 11 dis.; British Indian Sub marine, 9/ to 91 ez New ; British Indian Extension, 2 i to 11 dis. ; China Submarine, 11 to 11 dis. ; Fal mouth, Gibraltar, and Malta, 2 to 11 dis. The Ceylon, from Alexandria, has brought " .5 ,650 in specie. The steamer Massilia took out to-day £22,500 in specie for Bombay, of which £12,000 is Silver and the rest gold. The amount of specie "gaged for the Brazils by the' Douro, which will sail to-day, is only £1,200. The Council of India will receive tenders on the 20th instant for bills on Calcutta and Madras to the amount of £400,000, being £12,500 above the total draw, on the last occasion. The Anglo-Austrian Bank has published its annual report for 1869, showing a balance of profits of r 8 , ,81 5,416 florins. From this sum has to be deducted 08 1023 florins for taxes and s tlaries, and 1,6 22 ,801 fl'u rina amounts written off and general expenses, 4leaving a net profit of 7,192,615 florins, Austrian c urrency. The mode of distributing this large profit 1711 1 be explained by the Council of Administration at the general meeting of shareholders. It is in tended to augment the capital by the issue of new shares. The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance alpany have notified that the manufacture of the Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta Telegraph Corn- Pmy's cable was completed yesterday, and that the ste amship Scanderia, with 11.3 r portion of the cable, P aves the Thames for Malta on Monday, to be shortly f„ lowed by the eteanaili:ps Edinburgh and Ilib,rnia with their respective portions. It is also stated that the Gre it I!:;astern left Men on the 7th jest., all well, for Liverpool. The Committee of the Stock Exthanue have granted a quotation for £200,000 Erie Railway 6 per cent. Sterling Bonds, being part of the autho rised loan of £1,000,000, of which only £BOO,OOO, , 4811 ed by Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co., in Sep l'elzber, 1865, have hitherto been officially quoted. The interest on these bonds has been paid regularly ! Jai l - yearly in March and September, and the whole l ean of £1,000,000 will be repayable at 100 on the Lit of September, 1875. The letters of allotment of the St. Louis Bridge C ompany has been sent out. The applications are considerably in excess of the amount proposed. The subscriptions for the Alabama State Loan, troduced by Messrs. J. H. Schroder and Co., are ;.Ikewise stated to have been numerous, the London list closing to-day. The River communication is now generally opened on the Danube and the waters of Southern Russia, „ all( ' shipments, of course, are in active p r o gress . Sev eral steamers are loa ling at Konigsberg, but th e de stination of m)st of them are France and Belgium. 'roach advices agree in reporting the growing crops as healthy. The telegrams from Alexandria state that the new Dairy Loan for £5,000,000 will be issued on the "rival of the general bond in London, probably next Wee k. The issue price will be about 75, and the n et Cost to the contractors 66, not 70, as previously Stated. In the colonial produce markets this week there 413 been little alteration, supplie3 being moderate. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 8 GOVE R NIKtNT .N'UNDS. Per Cent. Consols ..... 9 34 4 4 ; D itto for A ccoun t l per Cent. Re luced t ie _ 0 per Uent ew 914 24 D 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894 o 5 g per Coo ,Jma.1873 lo uities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1680 — O. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 188 i: — t Do (R e d Sea Telegraph). Aug., 190 f• tebequ-r Rills, .£l,OOO, 24 p. Ut. 1 4 plu Do. 24 do. June — D 1 £lOO, £2OO & .C5OO — Pl 3 b _ iIa WC of Eriglairl Stock. 44 per Cent o i ; openin g . _ — 1 -ttaet er-u ' - ',.,,a 4 per Cent. Bonds — olonial Onunum 1 10 .ui.art davit.u.NmErrr SEcuitinue. 'la Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 — D a • OPening, for Account —Do 1131 13 D°• • 0 per Cent. July, :t 80 T I °• 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 - 1 1 Ei,. Per' P 4 Cent llOl ced Pale, per 4 • , 5 per Cent., Jau. 1872 ...,...... •••••• a ► • ul per 09nt. May 1879 — 0. 5 per Cent • Rup Del. 1872.... D I •• do 18'"..., — I) Do. • do. 1882 — , '• Deb., 5 p er C en t ., A ug. 187 3 `0 Donde, . under .£1 4 per 000 Cent., £l,OOO ° Ar a FOREIGN* FUNDS—CLOSING' PRICES. 8--utlue Republic, 6 per Cent ik u „_ ° A c e^ , lol. zit: Bonds 5 per cent .. — Br . 13 0. 1859 ••• 5 per Cent 1 o c ' 4 4 per Cent. 1852 — !)O•°• do 1858 — .1860 — , 1)° • " eo. l_ D o R 1863 '" Per Cent 1865 ..te, A . ••• IL _ q..co• -mum, ...... .. _ ..e o nOB Ayres 6 p er C olt. . •••••••._ ~, D 2 ~ .H t. , per C ent. (Deferred 3 per Li r,111),t, 6 Per Cent. _ ° " - ark 6 per Cent De.4f per Cent..,... ........ ... - ..... _.... _— Do. p sr Cent., ..... no. 7 per Cent., 1866 •••• _ Do. 6 per caul, 1867 _ a lo ebnin, 6 per Cent. ••• _ D aniNn . 3 per Cent. 1825 . 90 N.,n"httn Principantien, 7 lar Cent "O ACCO'atit ............................. _— Do 8 per Cent., 1867 tc.uador New Oensolidmed, 1 p e r (Jen, t typtian, 7 p er 0 unt...,. D0..£5( • ••• D o Second Issue ................. .. 4 Bonds .................... 90i 89! De. 1864 .............. ..,, Do. Account 410, 4400 Bords ........... m ........... m — rkab!e d, has )f Mr. i their r worth s, tra- ', novr ipated I and keen rdly a of the on the It him D e the rough ions - at the certain efiued Istinc- etrical which tt New borne emenl .d now ent in " Free t once, faring ad- ortant than r even flood t in its s been 7 and dimly ierings the of it, )f two Doe of uched with 11 )encil. D each )ut of holag, s seen , is no r parts 1 from 1 the inter as to adiant s, the n belie ►peri d lance h maY rpical, ran.ce. 3xqui- ,matic While olume. looks im at, but ly the the itry is gdiDg n has id any 0 have 'oreign )issent- r eyo°• a bust `ore it. 1 none I have !Collect tt there ieving ngs, in 3lics of , is fool 8 Inas" Greek this Iss and sin. ' 6 " drilledt ed into perfect, rotecto ent in when late at ion Act wentr pantie lasantB• epar sta easanta fact as d vary' to Ws ° ' o niled tmento. a uusrf fs lit o wing Wars) lumes , cora' ) utelf tglish rtunes US, 8° a flatt per oGgir sa,m© pOj' Lirinc a TeC THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1870. SHARE LIST. A. CHIEF SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND. The report of the Commissioners on the Scotch Civil Departments, published yesterday morning, does not recommend the appointment of a Chief Secretary for Scotland. The words of the Commissioners are : " It does not appear to us necessary or advisable . appoint for Scotland an independent, and hig,hly paid officer answering to the Chief Secretary for Trelend. The alleged defect of the present system is the want of au oalcer whose presence would ensure the con.r_;idera tion of every question from a civil, as well as from legal point of view, and whose opinion should Le am equipoise to that of the Lord Avocate, in cases of difference of view.. A Chief Secretary would be virtually independent, and would supersede rather than act to gether with the Lord Advocate, while the G overnment of Scotland would be removed from the Home Secretary If not independent, it is hard to see why a chief secret ar y should be appointed to perform duties which seem more properly to belong to an under-secretary." It was also held by many of the witnesses, that if the boards were cmsolidated under the authority of a chief secretary, a Nrmanont secretary also would be required in 1;&- burgh. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS, Oc AIN non ds Do. 7 per Cent.,. 18:38 I io. Account Do„ £lOO Boni's... •• .• Government I - kW-A-ay Debentures areem sper Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups —. 1;o. CouporE Gaiternftla 5 per ( ou t .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Lot+ v., l 0 p. °Lull pa... 81 ` - 3-4- Do. Ace. ant ta•itin 5 pc: cur . t., let3s ?c. Account . - - Do MArommana Itaiiwa ... ..... ...- ........ . , i , xi..mr. 3 per lent Ditto fcr Account ' .. Do. 1864 Do g pAr Cent. Anzlo-Frouci .... — M ot,:vid,. , an 6 per Cent. decrish imperis: 5 p.r Cent Veu:. Granada — • Do 3 per Can — Db. Deferred Do Land Warrants( Rect.] em,) ...... Pe. - urittn 5 per C0nt.1665 -Do Aecoun. .... Do 4i per Cont. (th:`)arren) ..... ... .... Do 4i per Cent.. 1862 .... PortNguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6 , 7, 9, , 60, , 2.• ... Do. do. 1867, — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — 13.1.isian 5 L iar Cent., 1822, .£ St ...... Do 41 per Cent 1950 DI 4i per Cent., 1860 D.l 3 per Cent., 1859 541 D 7 5 per Cent~ 1862 Dc Inglo-Dutch, 1864, .£lOO Bond; — Do. do. £B4 15s. do. Do., 186 C, £lOO Bonds ' 9ll Do. . do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway Pi 1 -;ardiuian 5 per Cent — . . Spanish 3 per Cen . Do. Ace , Junt ... Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrou Do. Passive — Do. Cora. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account S wedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 — Do dc, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent Do Account. Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds •• D i 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account n o £lOO Bouds Do. 5 per cent. 1865 471 7 Do. Account - Do 6 per Cent., 186 b . Do Account D ) 4 por Cent., Guaranteed............. Guaranteed.............— Do do, Scrip — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent. 1864 - — D J 6 per Cent.,1862 — Dividends on the above payable in London. Elustrtau e per Cent Ex 10 Florins Belgian 4+ per cent., Ex. 2sf. Dutch ril per Cant. Ex. 12 Guil„ 561 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per ent. 1831, E. 25f 541 Do Account — CLOSING PRICES. Consots, Money Do. Account, May 4 93i THE COMPULSORY PILOTAGE ABOLITION BILL. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY. The Select Committee of the House of Commons again resumed its inquiry into the expediency of abolishing compulsory pilotage. Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, again presided. Sir Frederic Heron, deputy master of the Trinity House, continued his evidence. He said he did not think the abolition of compulsory pilotage would lessen the number of pilots, because the exigencies of navigation would compel shipowners to take them. Under any circumstances, there must be a licensed corps of pilots ; none other should be allowed to navigate vessels. There should be a regula tion price between pilot and shipowner; and there should also be power to limit the number of pilots. There would always be plenty of men ready to undertake the duties of a licensed pilot, and this fact would keep the licensed pilots up to the mark of efficiency. At present the charges for winter and summer season were alike, but he thought they should be greater in the winter than the summer, because of the greater hardships which had to be undegone in the former season. As to compensation to pilots, in districts like the Thames and Mersey there wo u ld be no compensation for loss of business, but in some of the outports easy of access there might be more' pilots than were actually re quired, and these wouldbe entitledto compensation. Then, in such a case as the Mer s ey, w h ere th e pilots had boats of their own some compensation would have to be gi ven them. It might be that a shipowner might send a badly found ship to sea without a pilot. He admitted that there were many losses from badly found ships ; but he did not think the tendency of shipowners would be given an im pulse to in this direction. The committee adjourned. A CLERICAL SCANDAL. Yesterday, in the Court of Arches, before Sir R. Phillimore, the case of Martin v. Jackson was heard. The prosecutor is Mr. John Martin, whe prefers charges of adultery and gross familiarities against th e R e v. John Jackson, rector of Ledbury, Herefordshire. Sir Travers Tiviss (Queen's Advocate), Dr. Tristram, and Mr. C. Browne appeared for the promoter; and Sir John Karslake and Mr. Charles for the rev. defendant. The Queen's Advocate, in opening the case cited the various charges in the articles, and asked the court to deal with the defendant in accordance with the jurisdiction exercised by that court. He went into the particulars of adultery, of the gross. familiarities between Elizabeth Parry and the defendant from February to June, 1868. On the 16th of June,lB6B, Elizabeth Parry left defendant's service, but on the Ist of October of the same year, with the sanction and at the instance of the defendant, she returned to his house, and was there confined of a child, of whom she alleged Mr. Jackson was the father. Then, again, similar misconduct was carried on between Mr. Jackson and another servant named Elizabeth Lane, between the months of January and April, 1868. The defendant admitted his orders as a priest, and his collation to the rectory of Ledbury ; but he set up a history of himself which might be shortly stated as giving himself a good character in the various offices of curate, vicar, and rector held by him.— The learned advocate said he would call Elizabeth Parry, and the woman (Mrs. Brooks), who delivered her of the child ' • the woman present at the deli very of the girl Lane, and her mother, and this evidence coupled with the letters of 'Mr. Jacksom, would prove, how ever painful it might be, that this rev. gentleman had been guilty of the charges brought against him.— Elizabeth Parry was then called, and stated that she was 33 years of age. In 1865 she entered the defendant's house as housemaid. Mr. Jackson had one son, a tutor, and he had several men servants whilst she was in his service. She then went into details of the charges. The case was not concluded when the court rose. GREAT FRAUDS ON A YORKSHIRE MANUFACTURER. A case has been investigated at Leeds which has excited great interest. Joseph Warburton wars charged with having confpired with his brother and another man to defraud Samuel Cunliffe Lister to the extent of more than £lO,OOO. Mr. Lister said that Mr. Joseph Warburton was . for merly his partner, the partnersip continuing up to the close of 1863. They had several places of business in Yorkshire for the manufacture of silk, flax, fibre, and wool. the establishments having distinit capitals and manage. ment. They had also a place of business in Germany. In 1864 a new partnership arrangement was made by which Mr. Warburton was to have half the profits of the German concern, and the wool spinners establishment at Addington, the patents and other pro perty belonging to Mr. Lister. Mr. Lister said he had the greatest confidence in Mr. Warburton and his brother, who had assisted in the management of the German establishment. He gave the following explanation of the eventual discovery of the fraud. " Balance-sheets were sent over from time to time chew ing the position of the Uebigen silk-spinning concern. James Lister wrote demanding that the partnership should be closed, because of the Austrian and Prussian war. Finding the name of Pepy in the balance-sheet for £.3,000 or £7,000, my suspicions were excited, such a thing having never occurred before. In August, 1867, I went to Uebigen, and sought explanations from Pepys, who was only a gas manager at Cologne. I found the ledger written only in one hand, and all at one time. I then sent for Mr. Cowling,my clerk. Pending his arrival, I saw Mr. Pepys at Cologne. I and my clerk found that the entries in the ledger began before the book was made. From day to day after that I questioned Jamee Warburton. The concern was advertised to be sold on the 10th of August, but the day before the intended sale it was seized by Mr. Pepys for a mortgage of which I knew nothing. I had noticed James Warburton frequently looking into a desk, and I conceived that the whole plot was in that desk. On the Saturday . morning I had a `jemmy' made, and forced the desk and seized the papers. Joseph Warburton has been two and a half years waiting his trial in Saxony, and we have been unable to.get the trial on." The letters which were seized in the manner above described contained most in criminating evidence. The Warburtons had made Mr. Massey, Mr. Lister's manager at Manningham, their instrument in the first, step towards these frauds, and he parted with wools (for their ma terial), not knowing that they were held to James Warburton's order. On the 7th of April, 1864 James wrote to Jos e ph W ar b urton :—" So to this end I shall sell year by year and bit by bit, and fob the tin,"evi dently sheaving that a robbery of the principal (Mr. Lister) was going on. The letter continued : " Get Hulwell to buy wool and to sell it quick to secure it, and I will put it in my book when I like All must be mine or he can make us pay." On another occasion, James Warburton wrote to his brother : "Do him (Mr. Lister) I can and will, if you will will only push the right way and help. When you get this do not spare a bottle of wine. . . . Many a hundred pounds could I nab, Joe ; but you o n ly l oo k a t things when you getA . ... Closing Business Paid. Nama. Quotations, done. St Bristol and Exeter - 100 '77 79 •St Cab donian 1.00 774 78 St Cambrian 20 Cornwall ill 21 32 St Dublin and litdfast Junction..loo St Dan Pith, and Aber. June...loo 70 72 • 20 East London ^ll 4 6 20 Do 20 Do St Glasgow and S.Westeru 100 111 113 • St Great Ea4ern lOO 371. 38 394 -St Do East Auglian, No. 2 100 64 74 St Great North of Scotland 100 15 16 St Great Northern 100. 114 115 1171 1 St Do A •••,• • 100 119 119 2 L-32 St Do 11 100 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (lreland) 100 98 100 St Great Western -- Consolid 100 6F/ 694 69/ 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 1254 1274 1281 St Lond,llright'n, and S Coast 100 4.3 434 454 St Loud, Chatham, and Dover 100 141 154 154 St Do Metrop Extension A 100' 9 11 St London and North Western 100 1234 1234 1251 4 St London and South Western 10Q 881, 891 884 St Manch, Shef, and Lincolnsh 100 51 - 511 52 St Do New. issued at £5O dis ,30 St Metropolitan lOO 791 80 78 71 St Do Preferred... lOO ••• •.• St Do Deferred 100 ••• ••• •10 Do Redeemable all 91 104 St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 38 4 St Midland lOO 1 . 242 125 1251 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 94 St North British. lOO 31 35 341 St Do Edin, Perth, and Dunde 106 13 15 St North Eastern—Barwick lOO 1264 1271 135 St Do Leeds 100 844 831 90 St Do York " lOO 1244 129 1321 St Do Stockton and Darlingta 100 178 180 St North London lOO 116 118 10 Do New, 1868 6l 14 14 St North Staffordshire 100 59 61 St North and So. West. Juuct 100 102 105 St Rhymney lOO 52 54 St Shropshire Union 100 62 63 St South Devon 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 741 754 St Do Preferred lO9/ 1101 1101 10 St Do Deferred... lOO 41 414 43 St Staines , Wuk'ham, 3t Wok'g. all 124 131 St Taff Vale 10 Do C 6 3 6 • St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 . 10 Waterloo and Whitehall MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 2ok 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin L o id pr 10 Baugparah Tea E s t a t e , Lim: all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 5i 5 Ditto, New 4 pr Ipm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 2i 3i 27 Canada Company all 78 80 78 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 25 City of Loudon Real Prop, LlO 7 6d 30 City of Milan Iniprovment L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Limited 2O ld pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 10 Corn of African March, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of linglancl, Pref 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent all 7- ..... 100 Ditto, 1879, 44 par cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 4i per cent 10 Credit Fouc of England, L all 2,1 3f 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 2/ lid St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 94 99 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 108 113 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 271 10k 10d 100 Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov all 1001 1011 1001 20 Egyptian Com and Trading 1,1113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 1 : 8 1 - 15 Eng and Foreign Credit. 7l 4 3d 10 European Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new. . 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 34 4p 181 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per et Bonds... all 97 96 95 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71 1 Id 7 15- General Steam Navigation l4 29 31 50 Home and Col Marino Ins, L 5 ld p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 02/ 121 50 Imperial Cotitineutal Gas., 43 134 136 50 India Hub, Tell; Works, L 45 57 59 10 International Fivan Soc, L 5 1/ 11d 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 41 41 • 100 Ditto, 6 per cut Bonds, red all 16; 0 50 Land Securities, Limited... 2 Id 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 11 4 Lond Gan Omnibus, Lin' I 50 Loud & Glasg Eugin, Linid 25 16 Hid 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 .Disemlnt Co, Lim 5 11} 11/ 10 National Steamship, Limd all 131 141 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Lc' tO New Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited -- -41 12 41 41d 25 N Zealand Lu & Mere, &c 21 113 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 lk lip 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 5(1 10 Do, B all —d St N British Austral, Liinited 100 60 70 50 N British & Mercan lnsuce 6l 23 231 281 25 Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 Id Ip 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 21 St. Peel ltiv Lad & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam.., all 43 45 50 Do., New, 1867 lO :31 21d 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do, New .11 8f git 25 Rio Janeiro City Itn., Lmtd all 191 201 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 51 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General de I'Empire Ottoman 8 21 31 25 South Australian Laud 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (litn and reduced) all 36 361 371 20 Thames & Mors Mn Ins, L 2 21 21p St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 86 10 Trust and Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCoof Up Canad a 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 41 51p 91 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 1 1 30 Van Diemen's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 851 8613851 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited 20 4 3d • COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 pc, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 1051 Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 1051 1061 Do, 5p c, Jan and July . .... lOO 941 95f Do, 5p c, inscribed stock ....-100 94 96 Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1903 _lOO 951 961 Cof Good Mope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900.. 100 111 113 1114 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 100 104 105 N. S. Wales Gov 5 p c, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 1004 1011 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 101 102 1014 Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875 ICt, 100 1011 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1004 1014 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 lOO 107 109 Do 5p c Do , Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 984 974 Do., 6p e ' 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 11 0 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 1044 1054 Queensland 6.per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July 100 1081 1091 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1081 109/ 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, G p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO 113 114 Do, April and Oct, 1883-5 lOO 1134 1141 1104 .00, 5p c, Jan. and Ju1y,1804„,190 2014 1024 1024 LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. The Atheneum gives the following :—Mr. Disraeli's 11'3 . 77 novel, " Lothair," will be published on the 2nd of May. The event .has excited considerable interest. It is reported that a proposal was made to the author of ten thousand pounds, and another of four thousand pounds, for its use in a periodical.—We learn, as the public will learn, with pleasure, that the last word about Miss Mit ford and her times has not been spoken. Her hitherto unpublished papers have been found to yield a rich crop of literary anecdotes and literary history. These will appear in the autumn, under the competent editorship of the lady's friend, Mr. H. F. Chorley.— The Cantata to be written for the Birmingham Festival by Mr. Barnett, has for its subject Moore's "Paradise and the PeH." Schumann and Dr. Sterndale Bennett have treated the same theme, but there are several ways of looking at a thing, and Mr. Barnett's Music is not at all likely to resemble that of either of. his predecessors. —A project for erecting in Paris a vast concert hall has been started by M. Guy de Charnace, with the primary intention of devoting the building to the performance of choral works on a large scale.—" Frou-Frou" is now being played at two New York houses—the Fifth Avenue and Park theatres.—At the Brooklyn Academy of Music Mr. Fechter appears as Claude Illelnotte.—The death is announced, from Paris, of M. Auguste Lireux. formerly manager of the Oddon, and for many years editor of the Revue et Gazette des Theztres.— .According to the Auysburger Zeitung, there is a prospect that a new building will soon be erected for the Univer sity goingof Vienna.—A remarkable sale has been on during the present week at Boston (United States), namely, that of the historical library—books relating chiefly to the literature and history of North and South America—once the property of the late Henry Stevens, founder of the Vermont Historical and Antiquarian Society. The collection numbered about 5,000 volumes and MSS., some of which belong to Mr. Steven's heirs, who confess, in a quaint preface to the catalogue, that they prefer the money to the books.—Mr. James Lenox, who is favourably known on this side of the Atlantic as one of the most ardent and liberal of American collectors, has presented his important and valuable library to the city of New York. The collection is very rich in ancient Bibles and in works illustrative of the early history of the United States. It includes also a Shakspere collec tion of some importance—the four folio editions and seve ral of the quartos. In addition to the gift of the library, Mr. Lenox offers an endowment of the large amount of $300,000. The Graphic says that a new journal is about to appear in Paris, the object of which is to guard French interests in the East. This organ has for title France in the East. —A distinguished painter has just died, at the a d vance d age of eighty-three years. Schnetz was the pupil of David, of Gros, and of Gerard. and was three ti mes pl ace d at the head of the Medici School, in Rome.—The sale of the celebrated drawings of the Holy Land, by David Roberts, the property of the late Earl of Ellesmere, realised £7,300. There were several pictures sold at the same time, which fetched high prices. Among these may be mentioned the "Francesca da Rimini," by Ary Scheffer, £1,921 10s. ; " Imogen before the Cave of Belarius," by F. E. Poole, R.A. 1535 10s. ; Gainsborough's port r ait o f Miss Anne Ford , £525 ; W. Muller's picture of the Salmon Trap in Glen Lleddr, North Wales, £1,333 10s. ; another picture by the same artist, the " Grand Canal, Venice," 2577 10s. ; Mr. T. Linnel's "Storm in Harvest," held to be the painter's finest work, £1,423. This picture has never been exhibited. Nature states that energetic steps are now being taken in the matter of the expedition to view the approaching eclipse of the sun ; and believes that Mr. Lassell, the president of the Royal Astronomical Society, will call attention to the subject at the meeting of the society this evening. The Orchestra observes :—We have to record the death of Mrs. Henry Vandenhoff, a well-known member of the Drury-lane company, who, at the time of her death was en,,,,n-aged at the Queen's Theatre, where only a few nights before she had sustained the part of the Duchess of Noifolk, in Mr. Taylor's play of " Twist Axe and Crown."—Miss Augusta Thomson leaves the Olympic Theatre at Easter and joins Mr. Russell's opera company as prima donna. English opera buffa gains much in acquiring her.—Within the last few days the death has taken place of Mrs George Thomson, the mother of Mrs. Hermann Vezin, lady who expired at the age of seventy. The deceased was one of three daughters of Mr. James Cooke, for many years a bass singer at Drury-lane Theatre, and .was, with her sister, the late Mrs. Leman Rede, a member of the Drury-lane company at the time of Edmund Kean's first appearance at that establishment. RESTORED TO SIGHT.—A narrative is forwarded to the Weekly Register to the effect that a blind man named Victor Fleming, after being deprived of sight for two years and two months, has been suddenly restored to sight at Hal. After trying physicians in vain, he says he prayed to the Virgin Mary and St. Ignatius, when his prayers were immediately answered and his sight re stored. 13noicEns AND JOBBERS.---It has been suggested, says the Financier, that every member of the Stock Exchange shall decide, at the time of his becoming a member, whether he comes into the Stock Exchangeas a broker or as a " jobber." It is argued that this would give the members a better opportunity of checking speculation on the part of young mem bers beyond their means. With regard to the different businesses of broker and " jobber," some prefer one and some the other. The broker, if he has a good connection, has a tolerably- certain business but he must stick to it, or his client will forsake him. The " jobber " has a less certain business, but is more independent. CERTIFICATES FOR FISHING VESSELS.—A. peti tion, addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been numerously s i g ned and extensively circulated at Ostend by shipbuilders and other interested in the mari time fisheries. They are anxious that every captain of a fishing vessel shall be compelled to furnish a certificate of capacity, and to pass an exam ination under the direction of a competent commission. They think this measure highly necessary, as on the ability of the captain the safety of the whole vessel, the lives of several men, and a large amount of capital often depends. They consider, moreover, that such a measure would be highly beneficial/ as it would raise the intellectual condition of the maritime population, who are at present extremely ignorant. SUDDEN DEATH OF A RAILWAY COMPANY'S SECRETARY. —Yesterday morning, about a quarter past 10 o'clock, Mr. W. E. Johnson, secretary to the Crystal Palace Railway Company, fell down as he was entering the Rolls Court, Chancery-lane, and shortly after wards expired. He was immediately picked up, and placed in a room inside the courtyard, and Dr. Mumford, of Fetter-lane, was promptly in attendance, but found the deceased ?entleman fast sinking, and all efforts to revive him unavailing. Mr. Johnson was summoned to attend the Rolls' Court, in his character of secretary to the company, in a snit that was to be heard before his lordship, and was entering the courtyard for the purpose, when he fell. The cause of death was supposed to be from an affection of the heart. The deceased gentleman resided at Beckenham, from which place he had but just arrived. OPENING OF A NEW SYNAGOGUE.--A new central synagogue in Great Portland-street, London, was conse crated on Thursday by the Chief Rabbi, the Rev. Dr: Adler, assisted Chief Rabb i, the Rev. Dr. Artom, theßev.C. Ascher, and the Rev. S. L_yons. After the aft ernoon serv i ce at the synagogue in Old Portland-street, the Chief Rabbi, with the Rev. Dr. Artom, the dayanim, the wardens, and other honorary officers of the synagogue, ca me bearing a number of scrolls of the law to th e door of the new synagogue, in which about 1,000 persons were assembled. Dr. Alder in the words " Open unto me the gates of righteousness ; I will enter them and d r aise the Lord," demanded entrance ; upon which the oors were opened, and the procession moved seven times round the central platform of the synagogue, while seven psalms wore chanted. Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., drew aside the embroidered curtain of green velvet, an d opened the doors of the ark in which the scrolls were deposited, after which Dr. Adler preached a ser mon, alluding to the history of his nation, especially in modern times, and afterwards uttered a p ra y er , dedicatine the house to the service of God. He conc l u d e d by an elo quent supplication for a special blessing upon the Queen, parliament, nd nation of England, in which His people enjoyed such liberty, and for hastening the day when a central temple should be erected in Zion. The service concluded with a magnificent Hallelujah, which was sung by the ministers and choir. - . . NEW PROJECTS FOR OCEAN LlNES.—Several new steamship projects for ocean lines are now being put forward in the 'United States, in the hope of gaining the support of the Washington Government. One of these, "The Mediterranean and Oriental Steam Navigation Company," is for a line between the Southern StateS and Port Said, vitt the Suez Canal. Another, the Com mercial Navigation Company, wants a subsidy of half a million dollars per annum. for conveyance of mails between New York, Bremen, and Southampton, or New York, Liverpool, and Queenstown. Another line is proposed between New York, Bremen, and Southampton, which asks, instead of an annual sub sidy, a gift of five Government steamers. There are two American steam navigation companies, one being dis tinguished from the other, by the prefix of North." These are both to run from New York to European ports. The New York and Copenhagen Steamship Company propose to touch at Southampton, making 25 trips a year. They want a loan of 1,500,000 dollars to construct their vessels. General Wa3hbotume proposes the establishment of four lines from Boston and New York to Northern Europe, from Baltimore t Bremen, and from New Orleans to Hai 18143 b9Ol MLitt"; vouching at SoqtAgppton. THE WEEKLY PRESS. PAYMENT OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. The Saturday. Review thinks that to pay members of Parliament in the present day for laying themselves out for office in the Government would be no revival of the spirit of ancient practice. Members are still paid, though to a smaller ext en t th an i n f ormer times, by the social . position which th ey s h are w i th their most' favoured col leagues. In their own districts, and even in London, they enjoy a kind of honorary precedence in various peblic bodies, and it unluckily happens that they enjoy a preference in the choice of directors and of similar fuee temaries. As the supply of candidates greatly exceeds the demand, there is no urgent necessity for additional inducements to enter Parliament. It is already difficult enough for members to maintain their independence against the importunity of factions in the constituency. Au irresistible temptation to subserviency would be offered by the knowledge that the livelihood of a member, as well as his political career, depended on his compliance with the caprices of the electors. There is in truth nothing to be said for the scheme except that it might supply the House of Commons with humbler aspirants to political success, and perhaps with more genuine levellers than some of those who now affect the advocacy of popular claims. Mr. Rosman, who three or four years ago was One of the most eloquent opponents of Parliamentary Re form, thought fit, in the debate on Mr. Osborne Morgan's motion, to complain that the horse of proprietary right had of late been ridden rather too hard. It has not been generally thought that the provisions of the Irish Land. Bill are extravagantly favourable to landlords ; and pro bably Mr. Horsman would scarcely be prepared to confer on English or Scotch tenants a portion of .the fee simple of the soil. Mr. Taylor's paid members will be unbiassed by prejudice or by personal interest in property ; but the present House is quite sufficiently tolerant of in- • vidious and dangerous rhetorical contrasts of the rich with the poor. • • THE TRIUMPH OF TENANT RIGHT. The Spectator remarks that the debate of Monday night cleared some of the fog away, and parties appeared in their natural position. the kind of armed peace which had been proclaimed, the war of hints and inuendoes, the hypocritical majorities of 400, the explosions of suppressed hatreds on the most trifling occasions, and all these things stopped business a great deal more than good honest fight ing in the open. There was not the slightest attempt either to disguise or to deny the grand issue, to depre ciate its importance, or to explain away the clear meaning of the third clause of the bill. The Opposition declare that eviction is not an oppression, the Government declare that in the circumstances of Ireland it is one, and as far as hey can they prevent it by the grant of a compensation. That compensation originally took the form of a thirty one years' lease, but that clause is to be withdrawn, and the compensation, therefore, be comes a b so l u t e ,— a distinct acknowledgment that the occupier as well as the owner has a rightful interest in the soil. Upon this issue, thus em phatically raised, the House of Commons pronounced by a vote of 296 to 220 in favour of the Government. We doubt if a vote of such supreme importance to Ireland has been passed by the House of Commons since the Union. It re scinds the policy of two hundred years. It acknowledges in the most formal manner that on the great question in dis pute between Ireland and England, the tenure of Irish land, England has been in the wrong and Ireland in the right, that history has there given the occupier a beneficial right in the soil. The precise limits of that right must be settled by arrangement, by arguments, by the collection of facts, and ultimately by the body of legal decisions to which this bill must give occasion ; but the right itself, so strenuously denied, so fiercely maintained, the right which has been defended with the revolver, the right which has been the plea of every assailant of our rule, is at last definitely acknowledged by a House in which five men in six are not Irish, and nine men in ten are per sonally interested in refusing justice. We beg our Irish friends, who sometimes cry that they rhall never be understood in Great Britain and never obtain sympathy from her, to think for a moment what it is that their English allies have at last made up their minds to grant,— what an infinite mass of prejudices, of antipathies, and even of arguments have been overcome in the desire to do themt right. If English landlords and millionaires and economists have an interest, it is the right of eviction without reason. - If they have a prejudice it is in favour of the absolute ownership of land. If they have an economical conviction, it is in favour of free contract. Yet a House led by the greatest of living economists, filled to suffocation with millionaires, and governed on points absolutely by landlords, has abandoned these pre judices, conquered these antipathies, disregarded these arguments, in order that Ireland might enjoy what she deems her own. THE MONEY MARKET AND LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. The payment of the dividends, says the Economist, has confirmed. the criticism which we last made on Mr. Lowe's Budget. In defence of the accumulation of funds in the Bank of England it was said that it did not matter ; that whether the money was in the Bank or in Lombard-street was immaterial ; that the quantity of money had not varied ; and that its distribution was of no importance. • But the payment of dividends has now, as usual, made money considerably easier. The Bank of England, which does not pay interest for any part of its money, does not care about lending it as much as the bill-brokers, or the joint-stock banks, who, taken together, pay an interest for a large part of what they hold. Consequently, the rate of discount is higher when money - is in the Bank than when it is out of it—the quantity of money and all other circumstances remaining the same. We have heard it said that the accumulation of money in the Bank of England his raised the rate of disconnt per cent. on an average during the last three months. We do not wish to bind ourselves to that or any other exact figure; we only say that theory led us to expect that last year's Budget would in the spring make money somewhat dearer, and ' unquestionably it has male it clearer. Mr. Lowe will probably say that. anyhow this is only a temporary learn ps, counterbalanced in the end by an equivalent cheapness—that in the autumn the Bank will be made poorer by his Budget ; that Lombar•l-street will be made richer ; and that the rate of interest will then be raised just as that rate is lowered now. And this is true. But then comes the danger of which so much was said last year. The autumn is pre-eminently the panic season —the season of unfavourable exchange. As the Bank of England holds the sole banking reserve of the country applicable to an unfavourable exchange, it is very desir able that it should be able to keep that reserve unimpaired with as little difficulty as possible. But the po'verty in flicted on it by the Budget of 1869 will be a heavy diffi culty in Novetaber. ' The• price of an article is not so easily determined by a small holder as by a large holder. The autumn cheapness of money therefore is no equivalent for its spring dearness, since that cheapness may entail on the mercantile community much anxiety and much dis quiet during a panic. unnecessarily aggravated and artifi cially prolonged. • • Some arms were seized on board the Liverpool steamer on its arrival at Cork on Friday. They were addressed to a hardware merchant. Tho JVestern Morning News states that the Rev. C. J. Wilkinson, rector of St. Thomas Birmingham, has accepted an offer made to him by tie trustees of St. Andrew's, Plymouth, to become vicar of that parish. A case came on for trial at the present Monaghan Assizes in which it was discovered that a brother of one of the prisoners in the dock was serving as a juror. Judge Keogh commented on the fact, and in strong terms cen sured the want of care shewn by some of the persons responsible for the due administration of justice in the county. EASTER, TEmr.—The forthcoming Easter Term. is expected to be a busy one. The new act on the juris diction of the Judges will be enforced, and two divisions of either of the three common law courts may be sitting at one time in banco. It is further provided that any "number of Judges may at one and the same time hold a sitting at Nisi Prius either in London or Westminster, as may be deemed expedient by the Court." Some idea may be formed of the present activity of pianoforte manufacture in the United States by the assured fact that the great firm of Steinway manufactured 2,200 of these instruments in 1869, representing a sum of considerably over a million of dollars ; while the total re presented by the twenty-six chief houses of New York, Boston, and Baltimore amounts to more than $5,000,000, or a sum exceeding one million sterling.—Musical Stan dard. BARBARITY IN IRELAND.--We recently had occa sion to refer to a disgraceful outrage perpetrated near Cappawhite. We refer to the attack upon the house in which a man named Roughan lodged, who was in atten dance upon the tenant farmer, Edward Hynes, then lying almost at death's door from the effects of the pitch fork wound he had received some time before. This attempt to terrify persons from rendering the unfortu nate man medical assistance was not enough. It has just been stated that Dr. Cahalan, of Tipperary, the chief at tendant, has received a threatening letter of the vilest character, warning him against continuing further. isHitoswto. Hynes. Barbarity could scarcely proceed hisv How ever, we are happy to learn that the missive has not had the desired effect, and under continued surgical treatment the wounded man is recovering.--C/onmet Chronicle. COURT-MARTIAL ON A SURGEON.—A court martial has been held at Devonport for the trial of DI. Monteath, assistant-surgeon of her Majesty's ship Royal Adelaide, on a charge of drunkenness. Prisoner alleged that the incapacity for duty proved in evidence arose from taking morphia as a remedy for neuralgia. He was found guilty, and sentenced to be dismissed his ship, and to lose two years seniority. He was acquitted on a second charge of taking a bottle of gin into hospital. tiREAT STRlKE.—Contrary to expectation, about a thousand colliers in the Rhondda Valley have struck work. By this step eight pits are temporarily stopped, and the results will prove very disastrous to the locality in which the strike has occurred. The cause of the cessa tion of work is the refusal of the masters to grant the required advance of 10 per cent. before the Ist of May. SLAVERY IN TURKEY.--A. letter in the Augsburg Gazette states that a Turk lately purchased from a slave dealer at Varna a whole Circassian family. One of its members hastened to make a protest to the Cadi, and promised to indemnify to the buyer, in several pay ments, the amount which he had given. In spite of this, and although the Turkish judge could not deny that an Imperial finna n had abolished slavery throughout the Enapire, he confi rme d th e sa l e. Th e f oreign A m b assa d or s at Constantinople are said to have sent in a protest. VICTOR Noin's COMPANION.—The term of ten days' imprisonment to which M. Ulric de Fonveille, the companion of Victor Noir when the latter was shot by Prince Bonaparte, was sentenced for contempt of the High Conrt at Tours, expired on Tuesday, and at ten o'clock on that morning he was released. After a brief festivity with a number of Republican spmpathisers, M. de Fonveille left for Paris, en route for Lyons, in order to commence .in person the contest for the vacant repre sentation in the department of the Rhone to which he aslgie& . - - , 111111 D ED - ITIoN The Third Edition of The Suzy of last Evening was published iu time for &livery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, G o'Crock. 6i; 0 IZTIEG IN TEL C., Ili II: NIX. 13ETTING-.—TUIS DAY. • CITESTER CUP. • 3to 1 agst Sublime (offered) 10 to 1 gat Shie:olite (offered) 100 to 6 agst Formosa (offered— take 20 to 1) 100 to 0 ag,_.t Starter (of:mod—take 200 to 100 to 6 agst Giet:fatloch (offered) 100 to 6 agst Socrates (offered - take 20 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Thorwadsen (offered) 1000 to 2U agst Recorder (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 11 to 4 agst Kingcraft (taken and. wanted) 7to 1 agst Sunlight (offered) 8 to 1 agst Astolfo (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Normanby (offered) 1( 0) to 60 agst King o' Scots (taken end wanted) 20 to 1 :get Ilawthornden (offered) 1000 to 40 agst Claudius (offered) DERBY. . Bto 1 agst Sunshine (taken and offered) 100 to 12 agst Kingcraft (taken) 100 to 8 agst Camel (offered) 20 to 1 agst Sunlight (offered) 20 to 1 agst Captivator (offered) 28 to 1 agst Palmerston (taken) 1000 to 45 agst Macgregor (offered) 30 to 1 agst Astolfo (offered) 1000 to 30 agst King o' Scots (offered) 40 to 1 agst Claudius (taken and offered) 3000 to 30 agst Blue Bell colt (taken) THE WAILWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. A meeting of the subscribers to the Warwickshire hounds has just been held. The arrangement under which the pack has been hunted—Mr. Lucy hunting the county two days a week and the huntsman the other two days has not proved satisfactory ; and Mr. Lucy now proposed to engage a first-class huntsman, and in future hunt the country on four days a week; in order to do which an extra sum of £3OO, was required. The proposal was agreed to, and Lord Willoughby de Broke and Sir Charles Mordaunt promised to increase their subscriptions by £lOO each. FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT. - At the West Retford pit on Thursday, while working near the furnace drift of the mine, several men were ren dered insensible by a sudden rush of gas. Four were rescued, but two sinkers, named George Hall and Benja min Chappell, were found dead at the shaft bottom. The former was married and leaves a widow and three children. The latter was a single man. The other men injured are doing tolerably well under medical treatment. The pit was on fire in September last, and was filled up with earth, &c. The gas thus imprisoned occasioned this accident upon being liberated by clearing the shaft. A ELF-ACCUSATION.—A man named Oxley has been charged at Worship-street with setting fire to his sown dwelling-house, persons being therein at the time.' He charged himself with the offence, but when brought before the magistrate, declared. The fire was an accident, and his confession was false- He had been drinking hard, and had had a few words at home. The vrisoner was remanded. Uladstone, on behalf of the Crown, ltaa nomi nated the Rev. Thomas Matthews, 8.D., of St. David's College, Lampeter, formerly vicar of Kilycani, to the vicarage of Llandidgat, Llandovery, vacant by the eleva tion of the Rev. Joshua Hughes to the Bishopric of St. Asaph. The curacy is in the gift of the Bishop of St. David's, but the pretent nomination falls, according to custom, to the Crown. The Northern Bally Express states that a large number of tradesmen and others at Consett have met to cousult about the best possible means of effecting the re lease of Mr. Henry Brown, sentenced to nine mouths' imprisonment for the part he took in the Newland riots as agent of the " Countess of Derwent:water." Applica tion to the Secretary of State, praying for his libAtation. was acioptca. The law Times learns from authority that unless much modified in the Lords, the High Court of Appeal 13111 will be strenuonsly opposed in the Houseof Commons, on the ground of its retention of the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords, which, it is generally agreed, will no longer be needed when a Letter tribunal has been constructed. The Rev. W. G. Minor, Curate of Rushall, 'sued Messrs. rickfurd ad in the Walsall County Court yesterday, for damages C0.,0r injuries Eustained by him in fal iug over a pulley which the servants of defendants had left on the pavement whilst removing some casks from a waggon. The jury awarded A:2CO damages. The Indo .European Telegraph Company's wires have now been permanently completed, and a staff of English clerks provided all through from this country to India. Messages are now arriving every day in from four to six hours, and are accurate besides, which formerly *as not the case. THE STRIKE AT CREUSAT.—The trench journals say that the news from Creusot can afford no definite hope of the termination of the strike. There is a disposition on the part of most of the miners to resume work, but at the same time the agitation in the neighbourhood has not subsided. A public meeting of miners is to take . place, According to an account from Creusot, some emissaries from Paris have distributed money to those on strike. CHARGE AGAINST AN ENGLISHMAN.—The Levant Herald states that a serious charge is impending against an Englishman, the keeper of a tavern in Galata. He was returning home drunk, and a watchman Anflea.voured to assist him, when he drew a revolver a 7 -1 shet him. The watchman died two days afterwards, and the .Unc,,iish man ha Leim arrested. flo will be tried at tLo strand Zaptich, Stamboul. THE NEW CIS-LEITHAN INISTRY. ThB North East Correspondence of April G states that the language of Czech journals is far from encouraging with regard to the new Cis-leithan Ministry. A change of the per sonnel of the Ministry is not, they contend, sufficient. A thorough change of policy is necessary, and every Cabinet who wishes to maintain one Constitution for the whole of Cis-leithania will find them in opposition. The Naradin List:, says that if Count Potocki, the new Minister, fails to satisfy all the demands of the slaves his Ministry will be the last in Austria. LISCOVERIES IN ROME.—The recent reparations at the Austrian College of the Anima have brought to light a magnificent monolith column, nearly as large a.. 1 that found at the Emporium, and valued at 15 000 f. Th.". collegiate authorities have presented it to the Idoly Father for the adornment of the city. The Commendore di Rossi announces some most interesting discoveries at the catacombes of Santa Priscilla. The excavations in the Pon tifical side of the former are proceeding rapidly, and with great success, some beautiful columns and cornices having been discovered near the Mamertine prison. Great results are expected from the restorations of the port of Octia, and the necessary removal of ancient remains of, the constructions. • INTERESTIN4 DISCOVERIES AT NEWCASTLE.—. The workmen engaged in the excavations near the Black Gate, Newcastle, have discovered a curious subterranean passage, at a depth of about twelve feet from the surface. The passage extends underneath the ancient gateway, awl is, like the baseMent of that ancient building, in a wonder , ful state of preservation. A few days ago Alessrs. James Hall and Robert Cooper discovered at low water a large canoe deeply embedded in the sand of the river Tyne. After much trouble this relic of the past was raised and taken on shore, when it was discovered that the canoe was one solid piece of oak, which had evidently been burnt out in n H finished t h o e r E w l s th i c boat- h o o f ; s fl e i , n w t he l re t was the centre, placed a b n y d m t h r e . pi , i pe r y remains. Several recently brought antiquaria n s to r 1 light h h t a : v have and ins although g t h h i t n h s wa r great difference of opinion exists as to the date in which it had been in use, the majority are inclined to believe that its age muss be srmething over 1,000 years. THE FIEF:SHIRE MURDER.—Sono further par, titulars of the remarkable Fifeshire tragedy are to hand. The deceased man Wyse, with his wife and family, re sided at Prinlaws, several of the latter being employed at the works there. On coming home to dinner, on Tuesday, one of his sons was surprised to find the door locked- He suspected that something was wrong, and the door was immediately forced open, when a berrifying spectacle met his view. On an armchair by the fire lay his mother, lifeless,with a gunshot wound through her breast; while her husband lay on the floor in a pool of blood pro ceeding from a wound in his left side. The unfortunat‘ man still grasped a,ramrod, while a gun lay by his side. Three reports, as if proceeding from a gun, were heard by iss ci noi t e m o rry f the n eighbors nleitghhebohtoirusse , ab t o h u e t y t\ w ve e l r v e e b o e 'clock e; to o u h t a a y s e ther pro ceeded from the blasting of stone, and no further notice was taken of the circumstance. The gun was a double barrelled one, and on being examined one of the barrels was found loaded. It would appear that after keying discharged the fatal shot at the unfortunate wife, he had missed the aim at his own head, as the contents of one of the barrels was found in the ceiling. It is supposed that he again loaded both barrels, and presenting the muzzle to his side, discharged it by pressing the trigger with the ramrod. His body was fearfully mangled, and death must have been instantaneous. The unfortunate man for the last few days had been labouring under vreat nervous ex citement, and his family, though seeing in him some slight symptoms of insanity recently, had not the slightest idea of such a terrible calamity arising from the troubled state of his mind, thinking that in a day or two he would be all well again. 'Wyse was a rabbit catcher, and was 54 years of age, his wife being two years older. It may be added that when the door was forced open the house was full of smoke. It is supposed that the wadding of one of the shots had become ignited, and falling on a rug at the door had ignited it, and charred a large part of th§ Eog i - • Two