The Sun. — London, England, 1870-02-16 00:00:00

IVI7I I tile men :dings of y to the ;bus per re saints hrow a b inquirer the me- w York thew a ep-dyed thieves, n, auda- be pro :ed with isk any ports of in some ye been scarcely is at its de now greater )untry v get- Coin well as tprofit- i in the headed sented disap n with 3 from with essor'i And crazy, gold, 3 COlllO ,y the ricken b their lemma chant, r. Al- I with iat no ratter o tell Their 'LD lie justi lidual ars to trd of tllows skill com- erally )f the e and LI the et at then trong MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (ITY, Two •'CLooK. The business on 'Change to-day were mere numerous than yesterday, ani the p! ices realised were a shade in favour of sellers. Consols wire firm at the closing quotations, and in the Foreign market there was not a very extensive business doing, but quotations were firm. In Railway share s there seemed to be rather a desire to realise Metro• politans, and the same may be said as regards Telegraph shares. In Banking and Miscellaneous there was scarcely a transaction to report. Consols are now at 92i to 921 for money; ditto, for Account, 922 ; Three per Cant. Rc dsood, 93 2 / 1; New Tree per Cents, 93 2i ; Exchequer Bills 11,000, March, par to 5 ; June, ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and 1500, March, 3 prem. ; June, par; Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent., 242. India Stock, 10i per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto b per Cent., July, 1880, 111 f j ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 104 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 1879, ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 25 prem. In the Foreign Market Turkish Fires are 44} to 44/ ; the New Scrip, to j. prem.; and the Six per Cents., 674 to 68. Russian Scrip, 2i prem. ; Charkof, 844 to 854 ; Orel, 854 to 86 ; Peruvian, 78k to 79 ; Mexican, 14 to 144 ; Italian, 54e to 54' ; and Spanish, 274. In the Railway Market, the prices are now : Caledonian, 771 to 78+ ; Great Eastern, 381 to 381 ; Great Northern, 1161 to 1171 ; ditto (A), 1171 to 1181 ; Great Western, 63/ to 64+ ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to 129 ; London and Brighton, 4 3+ to 431 ex div. ; London, Chatham, and Dever, 141 to 115 ; London and North Western, 1241 to 1251 ; London and South Western, 93 to 94 ; Metropolitan, 78: to 784-i ; Midland, 124 to 124+ ; North Eastern (Berwick), 1281 to 128/ ; and South Eastern, 771 to 771. In American Securities the Five-Twenty Bonds are 87k is 871; Ten-Forty Bonds, 83 to 83f ; Eries are 20i ; Illinois, 109} to 1101 ; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 31 to ; and the Bonds, 30. The Lombardo-Venetian is 20 1-16 to 20 1-16 ; and Great Luxemburg is 134 to 13f. In Bank Shares Agra (A) are 11i to 12 ; Lon don and Westminster, 59i to 601; London and County, 48 to 49 ex div. ; London Joint Stock, 32 to 33 ; Union of London, 36 to 37 ; imperial Ottomam, 21 to 31 prem. ; and Chartered Mer cantile, 32 to 33. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are marked 17i to 18} ex div. ; French Cable, 171 to 171 ; British Indian Submarine, 14/ to 15 ; China Sub Marine, dis. to prem. ; Falmouth, 2 to 3 prem. ; India Rubber, 63 to 631 ; Construction it nd Main tenance 43 to 434 ; and Hooper's Telegraph Works, 21 to 21 prem. In Miscellaneous Securities Hudion s Bay is 12 4 to 12k ; General Credit, 1 to 1 dis. ex div. ; I nternational Finance, 11 to 1i dis.; and National Discount, 11 to llf. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The Bank of Holland has reduced its rate of discount from 5 per cent., at which unusual point It had stood from the beginning of November las', to 4 1- per cent. he Bank of Prussia has made a reduction to 4 per cent., charging 5 per cent. for Advances on merchandise and securities. The Manchester markets this week have opened with firmness. While proposals are entertained based on the advantage of increasing the marketable character of the public funds, it may be useful to direct at tention to the recent and striking instance furnished by the Met ropo lit an C onso lid a t e d L oan o f p ro p e rty being depreciated by a neglect of such considera tions. This loan was brought out in November last for £2,500,000, and the Board have power to increase the total to £10,000,000 in exchange for other liabilities. It is a3l per cent. stock, and the Izinitnutn price of issue was fixed at 94f. A sum of about! .1:700,000 was at once taken at and above that point, including one large subscription at £96 38 ., and the remainder was absorbed in the course of a week, a large portion by the Bank of England. Since that time, however, the price, even including the accrued dividend, has fallen to £93 55., while the other funds have been steady. The cause is con sidered by the Stock Exchange dealers to consist solely in the fact of a stamp of 2s. Gd. per cent. b eing required on each transfer. But for this, ac cording to general impression, the stock would be at lea st 2 or 3 per cent. higher. To a permanent inves tor the charge would, of course, present no material co nsideration, but it destroys the value of the stock as a security on which temporary loans could at any time be raised, or which could pass from dealer to dealer until purchased by the public. The fact of it s being liable to the stamp was not pointed out in t he prospectus, and such of the original subscri bers as were unaware of it feel that in that circum stance they have, perhaps, an increased ground of complaint. The amount to be annually derived trona the tax is of course entirely insignificant c larapared with the loss it will inflict, not only on th °se who have subscribed for the £2,500,000, b ut also on the Board of Works, or, in other Words, the taxpayers of the metropolis, when they na aY desire to raise the remaining seven or eight The report of the Spton Dock C, to be p resente d on the 23d outham instant, shows, withompany a P r evious balance of £1,130, an available total of £ B ,BBB, and recommends a dividend at the rate of 4 Per cent, per annum, which %sill absorb £7,207 4 tal leave £1,681 to be carried forward. The report of the English and Australian Copper F °l4 Pany, to be presented on the 22d inst., shows a he avy loss both on the operations of the year and ( 2 11 the valuation of the copper on hand, but which is regarded as attributable to exceptional circum stances which are not likely to recur. The reserve fund, after deducting £6,000 for the losses of the Year, stands at £6,754. The directors of the Commercial Union Assurance Company have resolved to recommend a dividend of 10 per cent., and to carry £30,000 to the reserve fund. They also propose to take power to declare henceforth an interim dividend. ahe Master of the Rolls has appointed Mr. G. H. E. Brown (of Messrs. Payne and Brown), to be offi cial liquidator of the London and Manchester As surance Company (Limited). Messrs. Stern Brothers have intimated to the holders of shares of the Italian Tobacco Mono poly Company that the Council of Administra tion of the Company in Florence have made a cell of 100 Italian lire per share, which will be Payable in London from the Ist to the Bth of March. At the meeting of the Mediterranean Extension Telegraph Company (Limited) the directors' report, Which announced a dividend at the rate of 8 per e k e at• per annum, less income tax, on the preference sua res, was adopted. At the meeting of the proprietors of the London and South Western Bank (Limited) the directors' report was ad o pt e d, an d a di v id e nd declared at the r ate hi of ss, per share, free of income tax, for the e V - Year. It was mentioned that the board do not lia bility it ad v i sa bl e at present to reduce the bility on the shares of the undertaking. o f C all of £2 is to be paid on the ordinary shares t he Lion Brewery Company (Limited) by the 11th March. l ie thi s Metropolitan R a ilway traffic returns show Week an increase of £153 over last year; the ties toutan District an increase of £64; the Met •• • x ic vontan and St. J o hn' s W o od au i n cr e a s e of and the Glasgow and South Western an in crease of tiler Ci4l . a pproaching annual meeting of the Coin- Will Pro Union Assurance Company the directors Pe t „, pose a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. to the and, in addition, £30,000 will be carried r eserve fund. It is further notified that the directors are about to take power to declare in terim dividends iu future. A t the meeting of the Dagenham (Thames) Dock Company a resolution was passed in favour of a bill to be introduced into Parliament for the sus pension of legal proceedings against the under taking, and for authorising its transfer. BRITISH FUNDS—MO O'CL9OX. (.4 OVERNMEXT rUND 5. 3 pur Cent. Consols Milo for Acoount 921 3 per Cent. He laced 93 2.1- Now 3 per Cent N ow 21 _per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Com J stn. 1873 kohttitios, 50 yrs, expire sth Jam., 1280 — Do. for SO yrs, expire stit April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telsvaph), Aug., 1908 — Ezell° luz , r Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct.llarch -- Da. 2f do. Juue Ds £lOO, £2OO a £5OO 3 pm /33.uk of Euslani Stock, 41 per Cent Dca. opening C mania 4 per Cunt. Bonds — Inbsr-Golunial Ornunun INDIA-1 a IVEILIMENT 313MT/1.11186 10.38 A Stock, 10I'por Cant., April 1874 —. De. °posing, for Acooust — 1).o. o per Cunt. July, 1888 Do 4 per Cont. Oct. 1888 Do. Educed Papu, 4 per °Aut..... — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ....,.... — Do. 54 por Cent. May 1379 — DJ 5 per Cont., ftup. Dc i 3. 1872... — Do do um -,..•.• --- Do. do. 1882 ... 04. Dob., 5 per ( ' pant., Aug. 1,873 ~.... Do. Bolide, 4 per Coat., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO ... 25 in... YORRIGN FUNDS—VtiO 041.0C1E. %Tontine Republic, 6 per Cant ... . 1)o Account Augtrian Bonde 5 per cent — Do. 1359 — Brielian 5 per Cent — 10. If per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858.... Do. Cu 1160 — Do. do., 1843 — Do. 5 per Cent., 11165 Do. Account lilideoos Ayres 8 per Cent. De 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ' 041ba, 8 per Cent. Cutßan 6 per Out f )4". 4} per Cent — De. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1366 Do. 6 per cent. 1367 0 lo übian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1325~ Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — _ Do Account . _ Do 8 par Cent., 1167 — Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 par Cent• Egyrtian, 7 per Cent B6l Da Second issue — Do. ON, Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds — Dt..£106 Bonds — Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ~ Do. Account • Do. flOO Bonds ..... 74 Government Railway Debentures 9Bk Greets 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Coupons Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Los n., 10 p..0t., all pd Do. Acc r mat lt4:ian 5 par Cent., 1165 — Jo. Account . — Do Maresamana Railway ssi )lexicaL. 3 per Ceut Ditto for Account Do. 1864 - -- Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — slontevidaan 6 per Cent. .. — Ile crish Imperial 5 per Cent Kew Granada 231. 2f Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account . .. 784 4 Do If per Cent. (Ui:' , arren) Do 4f per Cent.. 1862 • — Do 6 per Cent.,1862 — Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2.% , 32/ Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — R iisian 5 par Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent 1830 Do 44 per Cont., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Boucle., 91} Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds... Bll I Do. de £B4 los. do — Do Nicolas Railway 684 74 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Account .... — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. 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 — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account 684 Do £lOO Bonds 6oi 701 Do. 5 per cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 e — Do. Account D )1 per Cent., Guaranteed - Do do, ' ' Scrip — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian o per Cent i Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch if per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull 544 Do. 4 per Cent. Certifice.tes ..... — French Rents's, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — 'Winn 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f — Do Account 544 TWO O'ILOOK. Jonsols, Money Do. Account, March 9 13 14 Id Prince Arthur' has presented Ms portrait to Lieut.. Col. Brunel and the officers of the 10th Royals. The inquiry into the Welsh fasting girl case has commenced by the Government solicitor. Great excite ment exists amongst the committee. A telegram from Rotterdam says :— ,6 Ostend har bour is frozen over. The Queen of Holland is unwell, and her arrival at Torquay will be delayed." The boat of the Sea Queen, of London, has been washed ashore at Caistor. The vessel and crew are be lieved to be lost. The bodies of the crew of the Victoria have been washed ashore at Qorleston. The Archbishop of Paris has written a letter to his clergy, dated Rome, 2nd of February, in which he declares it to be his intention to return to his diocese, to assist in the great solemnities of Easter. He adds that the Council will probablyrbe adjourned to the month of December. Mr. James and Mr. Henry Dundas, belonging to the clerical staff of the Secretary's Department at the Admi ralty, have been recommended to the Treasury for retire ment. We believe (says the Globe) we are correct in stating that these two gentlemen are the first instances, in the re duction of the Admiralty offices, of selection for compulsory retirement having been resorted to. The London correspondent of the Freeman's Journal, writing on Saturday, says —" I am informed, on authority on which reliance may be placed, that it having been reported that O'Donovan Rossa had been guilty of in subordination, he was lately subjected to corporal punish ment, having received ten lashes of the cat-o'-nine tails." The Rev. Dr. George Smith, secretary to the Con gregational Union of England and Wales, died on Sunday last, at his residence at Poplar. Dr Smith was the authorof several theological works. He recently visited the Dominion of Canada in his official capacity as a delegate to the Congre gational Churches. Both the Army and Navy Estimates are to be moved on the same night. Mr. Childers is obliged to post pone b ringing forward the Navy Estimates from the 24th to the 28th of February ; and it is notified that the Army Estimates will be moved by Mr. Cardwell in the House of Commons on the 28th inst. The health of Mr. Bright (the Birmingham Post states) has improved since his removal to Upper Norwood, as evidenced in a letter dictated by the right hon. gentleman himself to a f r i en d i n Bi rm i ng h am. M r . Bright, however, it is added, is Compelled to abstain from any kind of mental labour, and though the attack, having been taken in time, may be expected to pass off in a comparatively short period, he will not be able to return to the House of Commons for come weeks to come. The Globe publishes a statement to which it seems to attach some importance : - "The Edinburgh Courant reports a clever arrest of three burglars on Saturday morning. A policeman saw a man busy sawing through the iron stan chions The opened,aanndmthaedepooliffee, e b n u t t e r n w as , of a shop window. The tewauoi3thuten Onthe werefosihmodP on the premises. They had allowed themselves to be locked in the shop with the intention of committing robbery, and then making their escape by a companion sawing through the iron bare of the back window." • THE FISHERMEN. S OTRIXE AT RAMSGATE.— Meetings of both the owners and the crews of the Rams-,_ gate fishing vessels have been held daily, but up to on Tuesday no settlement had been arrived at. There are now more than one hundred smacks in the harbour, but the men will not consent to re-ship until they have gained their point, Their conduct while on strike has been most orderly. PHE SHARR. 11.,51. SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1870. JOINT-S POCK BANKS. THE BRITISH INDIAN TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION. His Excellency the Governor of Bombay tele graphs from Malabar Point, 14th January, 7.30 p.m., as follows : " Laying of cable most prosperously commenced. Please to communicate the following to Captain Sherard Osborn : Splices completed at 5 p.m. Under weigh and paying out. All going well." Captain Osborn is indebted to the courtesy of the Ui.der Secretary for India for the above infor mation. Captain Sherard Unborn received the following telegram from Captain Halpin : " Steamship Great Eastern. Noon, February 15th. All going well. Latitude 18.35. Longi tude 71.11." ‘KDINA.ItY .1144.KP1S AND STOCKS. Paid. Clovitstg 13.tuvfnes a &ail way's. Atone. at bit .1 and Exeter ...... 100 78 80 801 et Caledonian l6O 74 77 8t Cambrian *3 Cornwall - ‘ll 21 31 21 st Dublin A Belfast June... 10 9 - - at Dun„rertinitt Ab.J nue... 100 70 72 21 East London all 4 6 SO Do 15 - - 27 Do 18 - at Glasgow S. Western lOO 107 IC9 it Great Eastern .. .00 371 371 at Do. E. Augl. No. 2 lOO 61 71 at Ureat North of Scotland lO6 Is 18 at Great Northern lOO 1171 118 117 et Do. A stock. at Do. Batock lOO 127 120 at GtS. and W. of Ireland lOO 78 100 at Gt. Western -Original l4O 621 631 641 •1 Do. South Wales at Do. W. )11.1d.-Oxiord lOO 46 42 et Do. Newport lOO 3.1 06 at Lanctshlre it Yorkshire lOO 128 124 at Lou., Brigh., S.Coast lBO 44 441, 43 - Do Scrip ... - - at Lon., Chat., and Dover lOO lb 151 15 st Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 11 13 at Lon. A North Western lOO 1201 1241 st Lon. ls South Weatern lOO 93 94 2.41 Man., Slid., A Lincoln lO6 61} 42., At Metropolitan . lOO 781 781 TV 81 at Do Extension 100 ;81 74 5 Do. New rd all - - et Metropolitan DiLtritt. all 34 34 10 Metrop. St. John's W °lid 10 - - at Mtalitud at 1)9, Birmin. A Derby at North British at Uo. kld., Yth., A Dun lO2 - - at Nor Eastern-Berwick lOO 127 128 1281 8 25 D.. G. N. E purohase 16.17.4 - - at 1) Leeds at D o York . 100 12 , 1 1211 127 st D oCarlisle .... • lOO - - at 1) oStocx. & ICO 187 169 171 701 et North London 10 Do New 1868 at North Staffordshire lOO 61 63 st North anii is. W. Junction 100 tad lel 19 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... at Rl.:,nney at 'Shropshire Union iro 591 001 it South Devon'.. at South Eastern lOO 701 74 771 at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 13 11 at 'tau Vale -- Do. C - Waterford A Kilkenny 1(0 - - 10 Waterloo Whiteha,l 6 - - FLAILWAYS-PREFER 'WOE SHAD /.16 AND STOWCA. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cont. 100 87 82 tit Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO et Do. Scot. N.E., 46 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 S 2 et Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, b per cent gua all st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st 20. let Class preference lOO et Glas. & S.W. gua. b per ct lOO ... st Gt. Eastern, st Do E d d. 0 00 6 E p x o . r ICN c °° e n 2l t 1 09 0 90 0 1 99 1 1 0 9 1 90 1 1 3 991 et Do st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 st Do du 13 6 do. 100 st Do do C 7 do. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... st Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 68 72 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 St Do do 5 p.c.WaT.Val.lB47 100 st Great Nor thorn, 5 per cent 10) st Du 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pin. 100 Do 41 do du du 100 s t Do 5 do at sp. c.tun 100 et Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, (; per cent lOO st Gt. Nrth or Scotland, let pf 100 t Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 93 98 it CitlNVost.—Orig.e.:Jut. - Rent chg., por gua.s p.c lOO l ed 108 Do. (B.& 11. Ls). b p.c. 100 95 10. Do du 4) per cent. 1850 100 90 92 02 Do do 4 do do lOO 80 82 Do do 5 per cent. redcm. 100 57 90 1:11 Do do Birmingham gua 100 6$ 72 Du du do pref 100 Do do Chester gua IA 85 J Do do do 8 per cent lOO Do do do 5 do 100 Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 103 Du do 4i p.o lOO ... st Do do 4 ) 100 at Do do 5 st Du West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 110 116 st Do do 2kl gua. 100 113 121 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.e. 100 l 98 at Do do 21 do 100 ... st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1833 100 ... 00 Lancaster S. Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Laneash. & Yorksh. 9 p.e. PA 1 3 134 at Do Barnsley, Lb Is 10,1 p.c. 103 ..• at Du 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 110 ion 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 98 100 at Loudon & Brizlitou, 5 P.C. guaranteed, No 1 lOO at Du 5 per cent. gua No. 2. 100 at Do 6 do di, lOO ••• ••• at Do 5 ClO N. 4. 100 ••• •, st Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 do (W.E. & O.P) 100 st Da 4 do 1859 lOO ••• •• st Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lO9 at Loudon and N. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lO3 118 112 st Do Bedford 6; Cambridge lOO ••• st Du Shrewsb'y & 10d st London and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, • 190 145 130 a Du (Portsm.perp tills 200 d) all ... a Man., Shef.,& Liuelu. 6 p.c lOO Do £8 all par Ipm a Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Du redeem. 6 percent. 5 at Mid. Consolidated ,6p. c lOO no 135 • Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 119 125 • Do 41 per cent. ro.leem lO4 Sod 109 a Du 41 per coot. irredeem lOO So 1113 • Do Leicester 6; IPchn, 4 p.c 100 SU 1 , 1 at North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO at Du E. &U.4p.e.S. & D 1 u 0 at Du N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO ••• ••• at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Easteru—Cous. 4 p.c l6O 87 95 at Do 41 per cent. redeem l6O 97 99 at Do O N.E. 4 per cent., l9O 17 Do Lerwick capital 8.13.4. Du York, 11. &S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stcktn !Ming. A 5 p.c lO5 107 199 et Do W, tiartlepool li. and it 100 86 88 29k 20 North Staffordshire 10s h. Devon Annuities, 1 all 9 10 10s Do Tavistock Anns., 10s all 84 v lOs Do Fixed 44 per . . 1 &6. S. Last. (Read. Anna., 1. 0 . 6 ) all 22 23 et Do 44 percent lOO ... et Do Fixed 44 por cent lOO ... at Taff Vale No.l lOO 134 1U et Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pe 100 .. RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHADES AND STOOKS. With Dividends contingent on the ProMte of sack separate yea bt Clalodonii.n 41 p c gua. it Do Scot. Cen. min. 7 p 0 lOO et Do 41 p all it Do 4 p con.. issued at 80 86 it Great /Astern 41 per cent. 100 77 i u et Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 99 et Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 8d 88 et Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 83 86 it Great Northern, 5 p cirred lOO it Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO it Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pe 100 s ot t Gr D ea o t J W O j e o s t t i, ., o W ll rpo.s id p l. c , , S lo p s e s 1 1 0 0 0 0 88 pt it Do do 6p c erred., 1666 100 115 120 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 6p c all st gent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1p sitt D Loud., od Brigo 4 d &c.,41 poc: 1860 0 1858 1 1 00 0 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 et Do do 41 do, 1863 100 it Do do 8 do, 1865 100 it Do No. 6 b do, 1866 100 ••• ••• it Do No. 7 sdo it Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 108 at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c it London& N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 et London &S. Western, 41 p e 100 99 95 10 Man. Sher. & Lin., 6 pc, 1865 all 9 91 it Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 it Midland, A 5 per cent prof lOO 107 109 at Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 De 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 011 18 Do Incony. New Shares all 19 194 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1572 Bl 11 21, et North British, E. and No. 1, 5 per cent 100 ... ••• at Do £lO guaranteed, 1661 100 ... Do E, P. & Dna. 2d, 4pc 100 ... et Do E. &G , No. 2. p.c 105 it Do N. 8., 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... et Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c et Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 9) 16 , 0 1021 it Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 118 115 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) et North Staffordshire 5p c lOO et South Eastern, 44 pc, 1889 100 ..• ..• St Do 5 do 1861 100 ". it Do 6 do (Oh. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 et Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 .".: RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at Birkenhead lOO ga 96 00 Do. 4} per cent. Prefer all 98 100 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 i 0 at Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. lOO.. 1111 14 at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... ... at Colchester Stelr Valley ... ... at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 132 Da 20 Gloster and Dean Foreet all ... .. a Gt. Eael. Newm., &c., 5 p.e 100 ... ..: e Do. E. tr. Harwich, 4 p.c lee ... ... a t Do.do.Woodbrg.Lx., do 100 .. .. at Gt. West, W. Mid., Mere! 100 97 99 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 at London and Blackwall III 94 95 94j at Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Chat., &c., 41 p e lOO at Do. Com. Fund, 6 do 100 at London and Greenwich et Do. do Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & Scuth 100 :51 81 at Lowestoft,gus, 4 percent lOO 79 81 st Do. t 6 do 51 Manch., Bn.:. Ma all at 1.1 idland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 19 Mid Kent Cray Lli.a) 50 Nortkern&East., 5 per cent all 53 a 55 is Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern—Hartlep00l st N.West. A perp. pref, 5p c. 100 147 109 at Do B miniumm 11 p.c lOO ... st Notting. & Grauth IL & 0 lOO 91 i:i 26 Preston and IVyre all 44 48 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop. leo 132 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford iO6 132 1114 10 Do do 8 2 gip a S. Yorksk. and River Dun 100 100 1115 D 4 per cent gua lO3 7s kw r - 5 do at riot. Station and Pimlico lOO . _ at West Cornwall 20 West Loaders, Class A all 18 14 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do 0 all ... ... at Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... st Wilts and Somerset Closing Ettestaesa Share NAME. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 111 19 4.0 Do B lO 45 5 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 24 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 215 2 6 24 3 20 Anglo-Hungarian 26 Auglo-Italian 1366, limited 10 3 .. 1 40 Australasian 20 Bauk of British Columbia all 15 16 20 Do issued at 2 pm._ , , 5 31 21 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, Um. 25 Bank of South Australia all 321 331 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 14 16 50 British North American ~ all 51 52 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, tnd China all 181 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 32 31 20 City lO 11 114 100 Colonial 25 41 43 .IA) Consolidated, im. 50 Delhi and London, Hun 50 East London, lint 20 English and Ant , :rican, lint 10 • • ••• 20 English Bitak of Rio de Ja neiro. lint lO 1 :tip 20 English, Scottish, and Aus transit Chartered ... all 175 13f 28,1 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation ... all 57 ' 9 285 Do new lll 41 51 100 Imperial, Lim 2O 3 9 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 2i 3 125 25 lonian. 23 Do new 5 6 3 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 35 3 1 100 Dub p. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 70 80 100 London Bank of Mexico ... . and South America, lim. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lien. 45 i; 5 Z 9 20 Do new 71 h 41 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 11 13 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 20 London Chart. ef Australia all 281 264 234 20 London and County 2O 491 504 but 50 Do new. iss at2o p.m,l6pd ll ••• ••• London Joint Stock 3ll 321 London and South African al 100 Loudon &S.-Western, lien, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l .. • •. • 100 London and Westminster 2O 6) 61 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm... 100 Merchant, lint 25 63 5 1 10 Metropolitan, lien all it it 00 Midland, lieu 2O fd 1 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, line l5 3d 1 p 00 National Proviuc. of Ened 42 ... ... 10 Do 50 National.. 3O ... .. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 48 44 50 Provine.Bank.Corpo., lim. 10 Cf 54 30 Provincial of Ireland l5 84 87 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, Bin 25 14 13 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 1150 8548 366.1 56 Union of Australia all 45 43 46 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. gto-Al=iTierican ei., liin - 17n ---- Thnir --- 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 204 21 211 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 14 18 at Do. 8 per cent. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 18u 110 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 110 282 267 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., Um all 23 25 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 3 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all . .. 10 Mediterra. Even. Tel., lim all 9 10 26 It outer's Telegram all .. .. 20 Societe Transatlaut., lint all 17 181 17 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 11 S U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 8 5 Do. 10 par cont. Pref all 41 :1 DOCKS. et East and Feat Lindell and St. Katherine 104 49 61 100 D oDeb. stack, 4 per cent Freehold Land et Deck lOO 20 33 t Southampton l lO 72 75 It Surrey Comm at cut lOO lt 0 111 MISGEL LANEOLrS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 25 Austn Mort Laud and Fin, L 5 1d pr 10 liaugpara.h Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 54 5 Ditto, Now 4 pr Ipm 50 British American Laud 20 British Indian 'roll, Limited all 21 54 27 Canada Company all 61 6,) 20 Ceylon Company, Limited.., 10 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares '25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6(1 30 City of Mi!ab Improvinent L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited ...... 50 Colonial, Limited 2O 10 pr 50 CJinmercbal Union (Also) 10 Corn of African March, L - lid 20 Continental Union Gas, L i } 23 Copper Miners of England, l'ref 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 4 par cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 44 par cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 41 per cent 10 Credit Fonc of England, L all 2} 31 3 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 21 114 St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 93 98 96 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 106 111 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 44 32 Ebbw Vale 271 101 914 100 Egypt 9 p et Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov all 971 981 981 20 Egyptian Corn and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 2 1 1 + 15 Eng :till Foreign Credit 7 4 3d 10 Ear)pean Gas al 17 18 I() Do, new.... 5 4 41 6 Fairbairu Engineering 5 10 p '2O Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 51 41p 100 Foreign and ('ol Gov Trust and Loan 6 per et Bonds all 97 99 10 Gen Credit and Discount, I, 7/ 1 1 , 1 7 5-16 4 15 General Steam Navigation._ 11 20 50 50 Home and Col MariLe Ins, L 5 1d p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 124 50 Imperial Continental Gas 431 134 156 50 India Rub, Toll; Works, L 45 57 59 631 821 10 International Fivan Soc, L 5 11 lid 20 Italian Irrigatou Canal, Cav all 41 41 100 Ditto, 6 per cnt Bonds, red all 1870 50 Laud Securities, Limited._ 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim BO 18 17d 4 Lond Gen Omnibus, Limit 50 Lond & Glasg Engin, Limit_ 25 18 164 • 20 London and Prov Marine St Madras Irrig & Canal, guar m loo spc by India Gov lOO 103 105 50 Merchant Shipping, Limtd all 82 87 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 3 4} 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 11t 11 11} 10 National Steamship, Lund all 13+ 14 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6o6d 1 1 7-16 10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited..,.., 4112 4} d 25 N Zealand Ln & Mere, &c 25 N Zealand Trust k In, Ld 5 I ,*" 1 1 P 10 North Assam Te a , Limit e d 7 7 " 10 Do, B all —d St N British Austral, Limited 100 60 70 50 N British & Mercan lusnce 6} '23 234 25 Ocean Marine Insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago k South Invest, Ld 2 4 P 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 2 St. Peel Ely Lad & Min, Lim ~ 100 81 83 50 Peninslr & Orient a l Steam all 45 47 41} 50 Do., New, 1867 lO 3 4 2 } d 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do, New all 8 25 Rio Janeiro City I m ., L m td all 19 30f 20} 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 55} St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited ~ 10 0 -- -- 20 Societe General de l'Empire Ottoman 8 24 3 4 25 South Australian Laud - 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lion and reduced) all 891 301 48} 4 81 20 Thames & Mere M n I ns, ( 4 2 24 2}p St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan).,, all 3 6 88 10 Trust and Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr kLnCoof Up C ana d a 6 * 11 3 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 64P 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora , _ Lmtd ... 6 2 14 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 4 hp 10 Upper Assain Tea, Lmtd all } 1 30 Van Diemen's Land ... 2B} 7 9 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Lo. all 80} 81} 81} 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 64 60 WI & P Steam, Limited ... 20 4 3d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIEB. Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1877-84 100 104 1051 105 Do, ti pc, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept lOO 1051 1061 Do, 5p c, Jan and July lOO 941 95 1 . 95/ Do, 5p c, inscribed Block lOO 94 96 a- Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1803 lOO 951 961 Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 } Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 l OO 111 113 1121 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 iii - Do, 6p c, Jan and July; 1891 l OO _ ...... Do, 5 p c, April 15 r..nd Oct 15, 1900 . 10 0 102} 1031 Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 10 0 109 111 Do, 1872 lOO 103 105 Do, 1882 and 1883 10000 102 112 110144 1121 Mauritius, ' 187%, Jan 6c, a i n B d 73 jlfly 10 0 108 108 a n 't j u Iya Do, 1882, May 15 and Novls 100 107 109 D 0,1895-6, Feb and Aug 100 111 113 Natal Gov 6p c, April k 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 1001 1011 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 101 102 1011 1 Do, 15 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875 100 100 101 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 100/ 1011 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 lOO 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981 971 81 Do., 6p c, 191, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p et, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July lOO 1021 1031 Do, 1886 lOO 1041 1051 Queensland 6 per et, 1882-85, Jan at.d July 1 00 1081 1091 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1081 1091 S Aust alien (.I,,verLmoLt, 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, 6p c red, 1893 to 1897 lOO 108 110 Victoria Govt, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO 113 114 113} Do, April and Oct 100 113/ 1141 Do, 5p c, Jan. and July 100 1011 102/ 101} 2 THE BANK OF HOLLAND. AMSTERDAM, Feb. 15. The Bank of Holland has reduced its rate of dis count to 4i per cent. BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAIL. GIBRALTAR, Feb. 13. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera leaves at five this afternoon for Southampton. All well. She may be looked for early on Friday morning, the 18th inst. LA W INTELLIGENCE.--This Day, DIVORCE COURT. TIM MORDAUNT CASE. The trial of this case commenced to-day. It was a suit for a dissolution of marriage sought by the husband, Sir Charles Mordaunt, of Walton Hall, Warwickshire, by reason of the alleged adul tery of his wife (Harriette Sarah, one of the daugh ters of Sir Thos. Moncrieffe, Bert) with Viscount Cole and Sir Frederick J. W. Johnstone, Bart. The petition was filed on the 27th April, 1869, and charged Lady Mordaunt with adultery at Walton Hall and Chesham-place (the town and country residences of Sir Charles Mordaunt), and at the Alexandra Hotel, Knightsbridge. An issue is to be tried as to whether Lady Mordaunt was sane or not, and her father, Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, has been appointed her guardian upon that issue. The court was densely crowded this morning. Mr. H. Searle opened the pleadings, and said that Sir Thomas Moncrieffe pleaded that at the time of the service of the citation, the respoudeat, Lady Mordaunt, was not of sound mind, and had never since been so. Dr. Deane proceeded to address the jury. lie said the fact of there being a suit of divorce pend ing, though it gave rise to the present proceed ings, had not anything to do with the issue, which was purely whether or not Lady Mordauut was in a sound st.ite of ruin 1. The learned doctor sketched oat the medical evidence which he intended to call, and made statemews to her ser vants and dependants which he (Dr. Deane) would not venture to name. It was a sad story, and bad enough whichever way they decided, and the ques tion was whether she had been able to deceive eight or tea of the wisest professional men in the kingdom, or.was in reality of unsound mind. The evidence was then proceeded with. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. THE AGRt AND MASTERMAN'S BANK. The Chief Judge gave his decision this morning on an application on behalf of the Agra and Master man's Bank to prove a claim to the extent of £16,000 against the estate of Messrs. James, Bar ber, and Co., in relation to certain bills which had bean accepted and paid by the bank. his lordship thought the claimants to be entitled to be admitted as creditors against the estate of Messrs. Barber and Co., in respect to the damages they had sustait.ed by reason of the non-fulfilment by the Sitnla Tea Company of the contract of which Messrs. Barber and Co. had guaranteed the full performance. VICE-CLIANCERY. Vice-Chancellor James this morning heard a motion for decree in the case of M'Craw v. Jones, to which the defendant demurred. The defendant was the proprietor of Roaherville Gardens. The plaintiff agreed to accept an engagement from the defendant to manage the gardens from October, 18t37, for a period of three years, for a certain remuneration, including one-fourth of any profit over £4,000 a year. Shortly after the plaintiff entered on his duties he was surprised by a notice that the staff engaged at the gardens were to c onsider their engagement terminated. Plaintiff wrote to the defendant stating that he would accept three months' notice on condition of the payment of £5OO for his services and one-fourth of the sur plus profits. He also applied for an account of re ceipts of the gardens, which he was unable to obtain. The defendant, in his answer, said plaintiff had grossly mismanaged the business. His Honour de cided that the defendant should pay the £5OO within fourteen daye, and render the accounts required by the plaintiff. POLICE IiV7ELLIGRNCE—This Day. MAILBOROUGS-ISTREET. A SYSTEMATIC WIFE BEATER PROPERLY PUN ISIIED.—John Bowden, a carpenter, of No. 7, Bennett's-buildings, Crown-street, Soho, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assault ing his wife, Maria Bowden. The complainant, whose eyes were blackened, face swollen, and lips cut, said the prisoner was her husband, and for three years he had treated her with the greatest cruelty. This morning she had to pledge her little girl's boots to pay the rent, and on her coming back he threw her on the bed, knelt on her, and struck her several times with his fist. He has beat her repeatedly, and was seldom free from black eyes. Mr. Tyrwhitt sent the fellow to prison for four months. THAMES. ROBBERY OF COALS ON THE RivEn.—John Hart, aged 15, who said he was the son of Mr. Hart, the proprietor of the Raglan Music Hall, Holborn, was brought before Mr. Lushington charged with steal ing coals from a barge on the river, off Union stairs, Wapping. The prisoner was in a dirty and deplorable condition, with only a few rags upon him. Inspector Peckman, of the Thames Police, and his boat's crew were on duty last night at half-past eight o'clock, and saw the prisoner amongst the coal barges at Union-stairs, and after watching him some time, he came on shore with a bag containing 541bs. of coals, valued at Bd. The boy was arrested imme diately, and he told the inspector that he was the son of Mr. Hart, proprietor of the Raglan Music Hall, in Holborn, and that his father paid one of the waiter's to keep him from home because he had a stepmother. The boy said he had been away from home two years. The magistrate remanded the boy in order that certain inquiries might be made. WESTMINSTER. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON TIIE POLlCE.—George Benson was charged with assaulting Thomas Fauce, 8 TR, in the execution of his duty. It appeared that on the night of Christmas-day a window was broken in Arthur-street, Chelsea, and the owner wanted to give four men, one of whom was the prisoner, into custody. Witness told them he could not take the four, and said he was a con stable, whereon one of the four named Raim knocked him down and kicked him. Ile was pur suing the pr:soner when he was knocked down again, and brutally kicked and beaten by the prisoner and all his companions, some women taking part in the affair. Three of the prisoners had been sentenced respectively to six months, 14 days, and seven days' hard labour for the assault, and a warrant was issued on the 31st of December. The prisoner was remanded. THE LAND BILL. The Pall Mall Gazette palishes an analysis of Mr. 01aa.- ;tone's Land Bill, in which the most prominent parts of the measure are noted. The proposal is divide'. :nto eight portions :—That relating to loans ; that to jud! :lel machinery; the different classes of holdings; dr.: damages for eviction ; the improvements ; the leases ; the notices to quit ; ani the county cese. LOANS TO OCCUPIERS AND LANDLORDS. Loans of public money will be given (L) To inibie tenants to purchase cultivated land in their actual occupe tion, provided the landlord 'be willing to sell his rights. If the occupiers of four-fifths of the prc perty are anxious to buy their holdings, the remaining fifth may be bought by other persons than occupiers. (2.) To enable landlords to pre pare waste lands for cultivation, by making roads, erect ing necessary works and buildings, &c. (3.) To enable persons to purchase such reclaimed lands, on condition of adequate security being given for the money advanced. (1.) To enable a landlord to defray the charge of improve mints when a tenant voluntarily retires from his holding. These loans will be under the management of the Irish 'hard of Works; and the repayments will be by annuities, as under the Drainage and other Acts. JUDICIAL MACHINERY. The judicial machinery for the administration of the purposes of the Act will be twofold :—(1). A Court of Arbitration, to be chosen by the parties, whose decision shall be final and without appeal. (2.) A Civil Bill Court, consisting of the civil side of the sessions court, in which Vie Assistant-Barrister alone is judge. The Assistant- B arrister will be at liberty, if he think fit, to reserve a caie for a higher tribunal, or to give parties, if they are wiTlinry an amicable hearing in his private room. His judgment will be subject to appeal. The Appeal Court will consist of two judges of assize, who may, if they choose, reserve a case for the Court for Land Cases in Dublin, to be composed p ar tly o f equity and partly of common law judges. If necessary there will be three assize judges. In trying cases the court will be. guided by certain principles of land tenure set forth in the bill, but will have, under the " equities clause" a discretionary power to take into consideration the conduct and circumstances of the parties. DIFFERENT CLASSES OF HOLDINGS. The bill is limited exclusively to a_ , Yricultural holdings, of which there are four categories :—Ulster custom ' • other customs analogous to that of Ulster ;, tenancies at will ; and leases.—(l.) Ulster tenant-right, including compensa tion for improvements and good-will, shall receive legal sanction in Ulster, and in Ulster only, Subject to the following conditions :—(a) Where a landlord has, by a de liberate and formal arrangement with an occupier,. bought up the Ulster tenant-right, it shall not be pleaded against him. (b) Where a tenant has proved the existence of the Ulster custom, and obtained compensation accordingly, either from the landlord or incoming tenant, he shall not be en titled to compensation under any of the other clauses of the Act. (2.) Customs analogous to Ulster tenant-right shall be legalised subject to the following restric tions :—(a) A tenant may claim a customary right only when distufbed in his holding by an act of the landlord. (b) A tenant shall not be allowed to claim the benefit of any custom if evicted for non-payment of rent, but the court shall have a discre tionary power to consider the circumstances of his case, and award a sum for compensation if it think fit. (c) A tenant shall not have the benefit of custom if he sublet or subdivide his holding, after the passing of the Act, with out the consent of the landlord, except for the purpose of providing cottages for labourers. (d) All arrears of rent and damages to the farm may be pleaded by the landlord as a set-off. (e) A landlord may bar the pleading of a custom if he gives a tenant a lease of not less than thirty one years. DAMAGES FOR EVICTION. A scale of damages is prescribed for evictions subject to the foregoing limitations as to customs other than Ulster tenant-right. In the case of all holdings above £5O the parties may contract themselves out of this part of the Act if the landlord will give and the tenant accept a lease for not less than twenty-one years, the landlord con tracting to execute improvements. The judge in making his award shall be bound to have regard to the improve ments effected by the tenant at his own cost and the degree of loss involved in his ejectment. The fol lowing scale of maximum damages is given for his guidance :—Holdings valued at £lO, seven years' rent ; at £lO to £5O, five years' rent ; at £5O to £lOO, three years' rent ; at £lOO and upwards, two years' rent. These damages are subject to the equitable jurisdiction of the judge, and are exclusive of what he may see fit to award for perma nent buildings and reclamation of land. Among the " equities " of the case he may consider the refusal of a tenant to pay a just increase of rent, or to accept another holding in exchange for one in his occupation, &c. IMPROTE3IEXTS. The definition of an improvement under the bill requires that it shall be such as to add to the letting value of the holding, and further that it is suitable to the character of the holding. The existing rule of law presuming all improvements to be the landlord's shall be reversed, and henceforth they shall be deemed the tenant's, the proof that they are not resting on the landlord. Com pansation will be allowed for past improvements subject to three conditions :—(a) No claim to be allowed for any improvement made more than twenty years before the passing of the Act, unless in the shape of permanent buildings or reclamation of land. (b) Or by a tenant under a lease or contract by which he is excluded from compensation for 'improvements. (c) The court will take into consideration the time for which, and the terms on which, the improvements have been enjoyed by the tenant. —The rules as to future improvements are as follow : (a) No claim to be allowed for improvements contrary to any contract, and not required for the due cultiva tion of the farm. (b) Or for any valuable consideration when the landlord underlets the farm on the understanding that the tenant shall make improvements. (c) Or for improvements by a tenant if the landlord has undertaken himself to make them, and has not failed in his under taking. When an incoming tenant has paid to an out going tenant any sum with the sanction of the landlord, he must be allowed the benefit of it. LEASES. A landlord may exempt his lands from being subject to any custom, except that of Ulster, or to the scale of damages, if he agree to give a tenant a thirty-one years' lease, leaving at the close a right to the tenant to claim compensation for improvements under three heads :-Ist, tillage and manures; 2nd, permanent buildings; 3rd, re clamation of land. Further, the lease must, in regard to rent, terms, and covenants, be approved by the court. Where the landlord undertakes improvements, a twenty one years' lease will suffice to exempt him from the customs. Every man is to be held absolutely responsible for every covenant into which he enters. NOTICES TO QUIT. Notices to quit shall be for twelve instead of six months, beginning from the last gale day on the estate, and must bear a stamp duty of 2s. 6d. COUNTY CESS. This tax is to be paid in equal parts by landlord and tenant ; in old tenancies under £4 the occupier is to be at once relieved. RUMOURED CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE FRENCH EMPEROR. There are rumours in Paris of an extensive conspiracy agamst the Emperor. "It appears to be beyond doubt," says the France, " that the arrests effected during the last fortnight have not been exclusively caused by the disturbances at Belleville, several of them are connected with the discovery of a plot against the public peace and the life of the Emperor." The Temps, in referring to the numerous rumours in circulation concerning the conspiracy which the police are said to have discovered, says that there is great variety in the reports. Some speak of a plot against the Emperor's person, others only of compromising docu ments-found at the houses of those arrested. The Temps observes that, in the face of such conflicting statements, it becomes more and more a matter of regret that the Government does not give some explanations. If the examination of the accused was public as it would be in England, and other really free countries the silence would be less objectionable. The Temps adds that the relatives and friends of the accused have not been allowed to see them, although Prince Pierre Bonaparte was permitted to receive his family and friends. The Gazette des Tribunaux believes that the object of the recent machinations was to overthrow the Government now estabished, and excite the citizens to civil war. Another paper, the Sol:2', admits that forty individuals have been arrested within forty-eight hours, but maintains that they were only implicated in general political manoeuvres, and had no plan of violently instituting a new form of Government. The Francais gives yet another version of the affair, and refers to a statement that several officers have been cashiered. The rumour was current that traces had been discovered of a great military conspiracy, in which fifty officers and subalterns were involved. The conspirators, it was said, had numerous adherents in the Imperial Guard. The Constitutionnel gives a specific denial to this statement, and maintains that no officer has been censured for political misconduct during many weeks. The same journal alludes to a story told by the Reforme of three soldiers who found themselves in the midst of the rioters on the 7th February, and were treated with fraternal kindness. The Constitu tionel affirms that so far from being treated with kindness, the soldiers were roughly handled. Two of them contrived to escape into the barracks, but the third less fortunate, was deprived not only of his arms, but of his watch and money ! Several public meet ings which were to have taken place at the Salle Moliere and elsewhere, have been postponed by order of the Government. The Liberte says that there has been some talk in Paris of revolvers being fired at some sergents-de villa. On Saturday night it seems that three indi viduals, belonging to the commercial classes, who were a little excited by drink, came down the Rue Mon sieur le Prince singing loudly the " Marseillaise." Two police agents advised them to be quiet, when they shouted " A mort et It bas les Bonapartistes." After a brief resistance, the agents succeeded in capturing them, but as they led them along, one of them drew a revolver, from under his paletot, and pointed it at the agent who held him. A struggle ensued ; other agents ran to the rescue, but two of the persons arrested escaped, and the third, who had not fired the revolver, was carried off to the police station. The other two were arrested the next morning at their houses, and it is said that a quantity of arms and of compromising papers were also found there. The 66th 11.1,7inient is now under orders to embark for Bombay, as follows : —The left wing, under command of Major Galbraith, on the 18th inst., and the head-quarters and right wing, under Lieut.-Colonel Watson, on the 25th inst., from Queenstown. IMPERIAL PAIILIAALIN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TIIIS DAY. The SPEAKEIL took t he enair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Tbe following bills were read a second time :—Black burn Corporation Improvement, Cobham Railway, Dart mouth- Water, Inuiakiilen Borough Improvement, Bali az , Vater, &c., Ilobden Bridge Gas, Lincoln City Commons, London, Worcester, and South Wales Railway; PriLon Charities cf London, &c., and Yeovil Impro.ement. THE LICENSING AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. CARTER asked the Secretary of State if ho was able then to name a day for the introduction of this bill? Mr. BRUCE said he was not in a position to do so at that time, but in a few days be hoped to be able to state the pre cise date on which the measure would be introduced. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER BILL. Mr.T. CHAMBERS, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that, as he 'had trespassed at considerable length last year in bringing forward the measure, which had now been before Parliament for 20 years, and as the House had on former occasions expressed its approval of the pro visions of the bill, which had but one object, he would coo. tent himself, as his motion was not to be opposed, by simAy moving the second reading of the bill. Mr. M‘LAREN gave notice that in committee he should move the omission of the words applying the Act to Scoh land. The bill was then read a second time. . WOMEN'S DISABILITIES BILL. Mr. JACOB BRIGHT obtained leave to bring in a 1,111, the object of which was to enable women to vote at the elections of members of Parliament, whore they may be poi• sassed of the necessary qualification. JURIES. Viscount ENFIELD obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the qualifications, summonies.' Attendance, and remuneration of. spociftk COMM* juries. The House the.; gdjeumed. " SOUTIIWIIRK ELECTION. The polling for this election is taking place to day. The following are the states of the poll which have reached us : TEN O'CLOCK. Beresford (Conservative) Oilgcr (Liberal) Waterlow (Liberal) ELEVEN O'CLOCK 1,344 1,473 1,247 Beresford 1,775 Waterlow , 1,532 Another account gives the following as the eleven o'clock return : Beresford Odger Waterlow 1,779 Mr. Odger's return at one and two o'clock is as follows : Beresford . Odger IVaterlow . 2,981 2,628 2,256 Two O'CLOCK. Beresford . Udder Waterlow . 3,534 2,611 THE GALE.—LIFEBO.II' aI HVICLS. RA3ISGATZ, Feb. 14. The fishing smack Bethel, of this .port, while making for the harbour this evening, during a strong gale from the east, struck very heavily, and drove on to the rocks to the westward of the East Pier Head, where the sea broke heavily over her (reports Captain Sha►w). The lifeboat Bradford, and har bour steam-tug Aid were quickly taken to the spot, when the crew of five men were rescued and safely landed. CARNAHVON, Feb. P. The Llanddwyn lifeboat John Gray Bell, belong ing to the Lifeboat Society, was launihed yesterday morning, during a strong e.isterly gale, is reply to signals of distress from the schooner Lewis, of this port, which was at anchor inside the banks of the bar, at the entrance to the Menai Straits (saysjohn Jackson, Esq.). Owing to the force of the gale and the ebb tide, the lifeboat at first failed to re,:ch the vessel, and had to reurn, but shortly afterwards she was again taken out and then succeeded in get ting alongside the schooner, when she took off from her a woman, who was a plusengcr, and the crew of three men of another schooner—the Scotia —also belonging to Carnarvon. It appeared that the three men had taken refuge on board the Lewis on their vessel dragging her anchor. • The Scotia drifted out to sea a derelict, and on the afternoon she was observed by the coxswain of the Por,.h dinllaen lifeboat, which else belongs to the Na tional Institution, and as she "appeared to be in distress the • lifeboat Cotton Shepherd was taken out to her. Finding the was abandonel six of the crew of the boat were put on board, sail was mad©, and she was got safely into Porthdinllaen this morning. NEWQUAY, CARDIGANSHIRE, Feb. 14. A smack was seen in the offing this morning, apparently in distress (states Mr. Jas. Barry, the chief officer of Coastguard), and the lifeboat Forester, belonging to the Lifeboat Society, was accordingly launched, but on arriving alongside she was found to be abandoned. She was apparently a barge belonging to Aberdovey, having about a quarter of a ton of railway iron in her. She was taken in tow by tne lifeboat and successfully brought into Newquay this afternoon. Mr. Barry states that he cannot speak too highly of the life boat's behaviour in the heavy sea. SPORTING INTEL LIGENOE. WATERLOO COURSING MEETING. The Committee of Management mot yesterday at the Waterloo Hotel, Liverpool, and at three o'clock issued a notice to the effect that the drawing for this event—in eonsequence of the then state of the weather—was post poned till to-day (Wednesday). CITY BETTING—YESTERDAY. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 3to 1 agst Lord Lurgan's nomination (offered -100 to 30 taken and wanted) LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 3 to 1 agst Royal Rake (7 to 2 taken and wanted) 5 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (offered—take 7to 1) 10 to I aget Vagabond (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst King Victor:(taken) 100 to S aget Benbow (offered) 40 to 1 agst 'lncas (offered) 10 to 1 agst W. Day's lot (offered) 50 even on Royal Rake, Van Amburgh, Queen of Hearts, and Sycee agst the, field (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Glenfallocb. (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Perry Down (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 1000 to 80 apt Walter (offered) 15 to 1 agat Sabinus (offered) 50 to 1 agst Ashfield (offered) 2000 to 100 aget Douglas (taken) 1000 to 15 aget Queen of Hearts (offered) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 7to 1 agst Doctor (off-15 to 2 tkon and wanted) 7to 1 agst Colonel (off-8 to 1 tken and wanted) 15 to 1 agst Tathwell (taken) 100 to 6 agat Honolulu (taken) 100 to 6 agst Q.C. (t. and offered) 20 to 1 eget Oriatal (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Alcibiado (offered) 1000 to 20 aget Little Rogue (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Kingeraft (offered) sto 1 apt Sunshine (offered) DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Alaric (offered) 40 to 1 agst Cymbal (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Tabernaclo (offorw.l-1000 to 5 taken and wanted) The committee of the Chatham Dockyard S nip Kitchen, having a balance in hand, and having been liberally asskted by Capt. Chamberlain, the Captain-Superintendent, on Mondayaf tcrnoon gave an extra meal to 300 poor children. The various depots which are to leave Chatham Garrison to be attached to corps oa home service have now received orders to hold themselves iu readiness to leave Chatham. The depot of the Ist Battalion of the Bth Regiment will be attached to the 2d Battalion of that corp, at Bury. Score depots will remain at Chatham till accommodatiou can be found for them elsewhere ; they are the de pots of the Ist and 2d Battalions of the 14th Regi ment, the Ist Battalion of the 15th, and the 30th Regiment. euipt .tted, ether pro ient, t the usol- lebti urof ases, tno ❑ies, iild deed ve all 7ous the ong ►re- Ire ng a )le A ug in