The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-09 00:00:00

over do Bona - )cureur c!licitcd: m monly s of the Leliver 3 Pftschal prince of Pe - Lilted in Ind re accour Prince Allengo ount of cc-mats ITlrio iou 11a 3 Ls have, inane about •y red Ice of rvation ;Under 7, day', le, an failed rator' 3 - 1, 295, ruary, w ellor .ferred Stort• in the w into Intiff's state ik the 0 and l o cal m ate- The 1 il l ; vaS O. ion to He were refore who XO.NEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK Business on 'Change to-day is quiet, with an ave rage business. Consols are steady at yesterday's c loning prices. In the Foreign market Turkish and Spanish are offered, but Italians are firmer. The decline in gold at New York makes American bonds firmer. Illinois and Grand Trunk have advanced, and Telegraph shares, with the exception of Anglo- Mediterranean, are steady. Consols are now at 921 to 921 for motley; ditto, for Ac.;ount, 92i ; Three per Cent. Ite duned, 911 4 x l ; New Tkrce per Cents, 911 >} 3- ; d itto 5 per Cent., 1873, 1021 ; ditto Annuities, 1885, 11. Exchequer Bills ,£l,OOO, March, prem. ; June, 1 preen. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, ; Ju ne, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent., 2 2. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1871, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 122 111 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 93. xd ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 Per Cent., 921. In the Foreign Market Spanish are 27 to 271 ; It alian and Egyptian are also dull, at a decline of • bein g 551 to 551, and 791 to 791 respectively. Turki s h , ' 46 to 46i. ; Peruvian, 81i to 814 ; Argon tine, 88+ to 881 ; Mexican, 14 to 144 ; Itussitn Orel Railway, 861 to 87/ ; do. Charkof, 824 to 831 eX div. L the Railway Market prices generally are higher. Caledonians are now quoted at 77 to 77 1 ; Great Eastern, 37 to 38 ex div. ; Great Northern, 1131 to 114 ex div. ; ditto (A), 1161 to 118 ex div.; Great Western, 66 to 661 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1251 to 1251 cx div. ; London and Brighton, 431 to 44} ex div.; London, Chatham, and Dover, 141 to 151 ; Loudon and :North Western, 123 to 123/ ex div. ; London and _ S outh Western, 89 to 90 ex div. ; Metropolitan, 79 to to 791 ex div. ; Midlan 1, 125 to 1251 ex div. ; forth Eastern (Benviek), 1261 to 127 ox div. ; and South Eastern, 75 to 751 ex div. Lombardo-Venetian is quoted at 19i to 20 1 1 ; and Great Luxembourg at 131 to 14. The demand for Grand Trunk Securities con tinues, and this morning there is an advance of 1 per cent, in the First Preference to 671 to 681. The Ordinary Stock is 16/ to 161. Great Wes tern of Canada Ordinary Shares are better, at 171 to 171. An advance of I- per cent, has taken place to-day in Virginia Bons, to 62 to 63, and in Louisiana Bonds at 61k to 62k. A dividend is payable on the latter at New York on the Ist May. American Five-Twenty Bonds are better, at at 90 ; Ten-Forties, f, at 88 ex div. ; Erie s , are dull, at 21f ; Illinois, have risen to 114 ; and Atlantic and Great Western Bonds, 29. In Telegraph Shares Construction and Mainte- Il anee are higher ; they are now marked 404 to 41 ; India Rubber is 58 to 59 ; British Indian and Fal 111°1'th, are also each k better, the former being 'lated at 1 111 to 121, and the latter at 4 to k prem. An g l o - American, 17 to 1711 ; Anglo-Mediterranean, 1 7 to 17i . In Miscellaneous Shares Credit Foncier arc 211 to ° ; General Credit, to k dis. ; Berlin Water Works, 4 i to 14 1 1 ex div. ; Hudson's Bay Company, 12} to ' Italian Irrigation Six per Cents., 631 to `:41;3 • London General Omnibus Company, 21 National Discount, 11 to 11k ; sular and Oriental Steam, 43i to 44 ; Royal Mail Steam, 55k to 56k. t . A dvice from Paris mention that the subscrip ,.n for the great Ottoman Railway scheme will Pe n on th e 15 t h i ns t ., an d t h at t h e b on d s a ill b e 400 f., bearing interest of 12f. per annum, to be ; 411 ed at 110 f. Th ere are to b e s i x annual draw 'ngi, th ree of which will include prizes of 600,000 f., a'"cl three will include prizes of 300,000 f. At the s i xteent h annua l general meeting of the sh arehold ers of the North British and Mercantile Insur a nce Company, nallra noe Company, held at the Edi n bur g h office, the 7th inst., the following results of e P P a st year's bu s iness were r e p o rt e d :—The fire u l ' el l ii utns amounted to £505,429, bei ng a n i ncrease ath i) " the preceding year of £89,881 ; the fire losses C °u ut to £197,434 ; 863 new lif e po li c i es were : sti ed, ins ur i ng £ 9 33 , 3 01, the premiums on which ri ' illa unted to £30,P2 ; the fire reserve finds a°lv a mount to £593,251 ; the total an h4l in come of the company is £901,567 ; 4 the total accumulated funds amount to t ,„ 31091 ,91.0. A dividend of 20s. per share, or 16 cent. on the paid up capital was declared, pay able on the 25th iust., free of income tax. It was the Ivel that in future the dividends be paid half- Fii l Y, the next f a lli ng d ue on th e 25th Septe m b e r. r ' John Flemsng, of the firm of Messrs. Smith, ij llli ng, and C o ., was e l e cted a director on the (Inclon board. th 11 0 Liv erpool Journal of Commerce sta t es th a t A t e illispenslon has been announced by telegram of eh e : 4l.B . Ashbridge and Co., commission mer- T h -ut 'l of New Orleans, with a branch in Liverpool. ° liabilities in New Orleans are believed to be hea vy, h but it is stated that those of the branch , 11 1, 8 e Will not exceed £5,000. Iku he suspension has also been announced of ataa will r l: 3r s• Thomas Postlethwaite and Co., cotton li i : 3 '. erB ) of Liverpool. It is expected that the rea virrprove favourable, but much depends n the way i n w hi c h sun d ry sp i nners pay up, to a,„ ° , 111 t hoY are u n d er a d vances , it i s sa id, t o up -4,,-T4B of . 4 .30,000. The total liabilities are believed ar '' to be very large, and the difficulties of the firm arrival cotton. 11/At an adjourned meeting of the creditors of Ai eB3 rs. Pauw, Schneider, and Co., merchants, of heapaoheater, it was agreed that all goods and yarns L ut , by the firm for third parties should be returned 'he creditors. Au offer of 3s. 4d. in the pound tt °Y f the firm was accepted on the understanding that toturther Bum of 3s. 4d. should be paid to the credi eachea_B, by Pauw, by annual instalments of £l,OOO Year for five years, out of property settled on Lo . :ife in her own sight. At the meeting of the Legal and General Life Assurance Society the new premiums for 1869 were state d to have been £9,131, assuring £245,975. The tot al incom e i s £2 12,000, of which 170,625 is from In terest on investments, and the total assets are 1,580,000. An annual meeting of the Commercial Union Assurance Company has been held, and a dividend Ras declared at the rate of 10 per cent., free of income tax. A. second distribution of the assets of the Bank of Bombay, in liquidation, at the rupees per shar e , was payable at rate of 25 Bombay on the 25th ult. A petition for th e w i nding up of the Teian mouth Pier Company (Limited) is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor Malins on the 18th inst. A. general meeting of the Anglo-Romano Gas Company will be held on the 6th of April, at Rome, to declare a dividend. The Metropolitan Railway traffic return shows t his' week an increase of £507 over last year ; the Metropolitan and St. John's Wood, an increase of £3l ; the Metropolitan District an increase of £165 ; and the Glasgow and South Western an in crease of £BBO. Oa adjourned meeting of the Great Northern the,ol is called for the 16th inst., for elk:ctiou of an auditor. FOREIGN FUNDS-TWO O'CLOfl. a 3 ill`, 4te7poi;NAcmo:cu,,,:it'uNDs. 92/ Per Cent R 1 ed N. . . euc ... o; 1:::11231t11 etti,:eirrse°ooevunttrs.,J an. 1894 1021 6 . --(4 . 4 . Per Ceti iau.1873 expire sth Jan., 1880 t i °. for 30 Yrs, expire sth April 1885 —ll L 4 ° (lied Sea elevaph), Aug., 1908 — -"24111:4. liilla, 41,00, 21 p. Ut. March 8 12 0 Do. 21 do. Juue 4 0- 4100, 4200 & 4500 — •of England Stock, 41 per Cent lic4 , 4:lu ZistTPuing ~,4 ' Per Cont. Bonds -- '—‘-'ol94ild 01111211tha INDIAN lIDTERNMENT SECURITIES. Smck, 101 o,mt., April 1874 Dc. Opening, for Account DJ. a per Cent. July, 1880 Do 4 per Cent. Oct. 188 h Do. Enlaced Pape., 4 per CAut.. 00. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 Do. 5f per °vit. May 1879 DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Da;). 187'1 do . Do. do. 1882 Deb., 5 per Cont., Aug. 1873 Do BondE, 4 per Cont., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Irgentine Republic, 6 per Cent . 1. ) o AceAttnt lu itriltu Bonds 5 per Cent .. Do. 1859 — Brizilian 5 per Cent — 13. 4 per Cent. 1852 7 -- Do. do 1858 — Do. no 15.;0.,......,_ — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Gent., 165 ' Po, At_toant •• — B .enos Ayres 6 per Gettt. Do 2 per Cent. (Defemd 3 per Gent — 1 11')..., 6 per Cent. C 4 , 1 tirt 6 per Cent — 'o. li per Cent , Do. 3 per Cen t ., .._. . . . Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 l'o. 6 per ce ,, t. 1867 3 lo unian, 6 per Cent. Danisti 3 per Pent. , 1825........ Danr , tian Principalities, 7 I.or Cent Do A ,C0'..1131 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 cualor New Consolidated, 1 par Gout iian, 7 per Cent..... Do Second Issue ........ ....,.... .£5Ol, Bow's Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £SU'J Bonds De. .4.liG Bongs 9117} Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 Do. Acceunt D0..£100 Bonds Government Railway Debentures 9,q Greet( sper Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Coupons Guatemala 6 por Cent .. - ionduras Gov Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 81} } Do. Account iiian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account ~ . -- Do Mamma - lane Railway A.ixicaL 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 -- Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — dontevidimu is per Cent. sic crish imperial s,pez Cent Now Granada. 24 i Do 3 per Cone — Do. Doferrod Do Land Warrants (lleetKrod) Uoruvian 5 per (Jour. 1BGS Do Account .. Do 4} per Cont. (111:`)arreu) Do t per Cent.. 1862 Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7, 9,'tu,'•l.': Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — R Issian 5 e ar Cent., 1822, £ SL Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 4i per Cent., 1660 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cont., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondt., 921 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 15s. do — .... Do Nicolas Railway 69 Sardinian 5 p4fr Cent 7li Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Accriunt Do. 13G 7 Do. Account Do. New Deferrea Do. Passive Do. Cora. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account 6 wed's!) Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do dc, 1668 Turkish 6 por Cent. . Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 661 Account #lOO Bonds Do 6 por Cent., 1862 Do. Account Pb .£lOO Bowls 7ll I Do. 5 per cent. 1865 461 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 a 614 1 Do Account D ) 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Do do, Scrip Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Gent.,1662 Dividends on the :wove payame ia London. Austrian o per Cent Ex 10 Florins 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch "i 4 per (lent. Ex. 12 Gni', - • Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates.... . — French ltentes, 3 per Cent., E. 251. It a li a n 5 p e r lent. 1851, 251 Do Account CLOSING PRICES. Jonsols Money 921 xd Do. Account, April 7 NAVAL AND MILITARY IN7 ELLIGENCII. VALETTA, March 2.--" Iler Majesty's Indian troopship Serapis, Capt. Soady, arrived here on the 26th of February from Portsmouth and Queens town, in 1 as than eight days from the latter place. She has on board a wing of the 66th Regiment, and draughts of other regimeuts for India, as well as some naval supernumeraries. Owing to a violent gale, a hich sprung up about noon on Monday, she was detainel here until the following day. Her Majesty's ironclad ship Royal o.ik, Captain H. S. Hillyar, C. 8., arrived at Malta on the 27th of February, at 11.30 a.m., from the Piraeus, which port she left on Wednesday, the 23d, after being relieved by her Majesty's ship Caledonia, ironclad, Captain I'. Cochran, on the previous evening. On Saturday, the 20th of February, their Majesties the King and Qieen of Greec honoured Captain Ilillyar with their presence at dinner and a dance on board. The Royal Oak brought from the Piraeus 16 distressed British subjects, the crew of the British ship Oregon, Captain A. Riddle, of Newcastle, official number 33u75, which vessel was wrecked on the 7th of February, on a rock called Cournanisi, near Cape St. Angelo. Capt. Riddle remained at Athens, in the hope of recovering something from the wreck. Her Majesty's screw gunboat Trinculo, Lieut.-Com mander F. de V. Saunders, was inspected on the lath of February by Flag-Capt. Brandreth, and reported to be in a satisfactory and creditable state. She left to-day for Gibraltar, calling at Sardinia, to be stationed at the former place. The Wizard, screw gunboat, Lieut.-Commander J. C. Sinai], has already left Gibraltar for Malta, and was passed on the 27th February off Cape Bon, stand ing for this island, by the Peninsular and Wien ta Company's packet Bangalore, which arrived here on Monday morning. We. learn by this opportunity that the Cruiser was still at Malaga and the Enter prise at Cadiz, all well. Lieut. Davies, Gunnery Lieut., arrived by the Bangalore to join her Ma jesty's ship Bellerophon. Advices have been re ceived from the Levant, announcing the arrival of her Majesty's screw corvette Rapid,3, Comm ander the Hon. P. L. Wood, at Alexandria from Malta, on the Bth of February, having visited Candia, Rhodes, and Adalia, cif which last-mentioned coast she experienced very heavy weather." Yesterday orders were received at the Aldershot Camp to prepare quarters far tho Ist Battalion 4th (King's Own -Royal) Regiment, whiil will be moved from Dover to that station at an early date and attached to the Ist Infantry Brigade. Yesterday Major-General Lysons, C. 8., com manding the Ist Infantry Brigade at Aldershot, received orders to hold the 2d Battalion 3d Buffs iu readiness to move from that station to Shorn cliffe early in the ensuing month. Commanding officers at Aldershot have been re quested to for Ward to the superintendent school masters of their divisions the names of non-com missioned officers, men, and children whom they propose to brin g f,r ward at the examinations by the of Arts on the 22d, 231, and 24th inst. for the higher and lower grades respectively. chroniccomp! mentor the best unsintanevalenta Ai ain s, health ts : but Du Barry's delicious health-restoring . 111 4—Avoid Medicines they always aggravate sbtic,:leraot:ssda, y w es hi s 'c o h ii yi ni 'e e l s ds its th e r o e s e t itr other e t r he re n m ou edi ris e h e: gulari and invariably r ry's Food. e 68 tract a few out ofth y lung y liver, perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound ty ane one ve , r ,t Pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional re —The health of the :lot:re:est disordered or enfeebled. We ex abandoning all other r by Du Bar ,000 curee ;—" The Pope's health restored No. 63,413.—" Rome, July 21, 1866. oly Father is excellent, especially since a plateful at every Esca .t i a : to Du Darry,s Rovaionernedies, he has confined himself entirels Octal effect on his health, a Ar lt abies. Foed, of which he consume'. and his produced a surprisingly bane I',inn the holiness cannot praise this excel No. 58,216, of the Marchionessed" lent food too highly. Gazette du Midi, July 25 Cure digestion, nervousness, with a nervous gitaniiocrstant sleeplessness, and complaint, wasting away, debility,e Brehan, of seven years' livel io r,i Lieu ralpitation all over, bad di nervousten a ant of Waterford, of many years' Cura No. 1,771; Lord S the t n a mostr t d e intolerable e el s , dyspepsia. No 49,832: " Fiftv years' indescribable ae•ory from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthm a ., cough, constinatie ' spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—itiaria J jd - , 1 , 1, flatulency, y. Cure No 46,270: Mr. James RoLerts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deaf et ts. Important Caution.—B eware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations t o which, • h wit out authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. In tins, at s ,d; Ilb 2s 9d ; 2 lb is 6d; slb ils ; 12 lb 225, 24 lbs 4 5.—..1 lso t U BAany's RIINALEN TA HABICA CHOCOLATE POWDER. is packed in tin canisters: for 1: cups at 2 e , f or 24 cs at 3s 6d , for .8 cups at Gs, for 268 cups at 30s, for 576 cups at 55 ap s —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and t'.ss tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order.._ Altar Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, 'London ; and all °rovers and Chemists. THE SUN, LONDOv, WEDNESDAY EVE \ING, MARCH 9, 1870. SHARE LlS2'. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Bhsiness Share NAME. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A ... all 111 124 1 ' ) Do B . 10 44 5 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptiau, line all 241 25 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 18G6, limited li 3 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 1.5 16 20 Do issued at 2 pm._ , 5 31 21 2.5 Bank of E4ypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 331 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia '25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand! all 15 10 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, ttud China all 181 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India. London, and China all 32 31 20 City lO 11 111 00 Colonial l5 41 43 10 Consolidated, Lim. 10 Delhi an .1 London, Urn 50 East London, limn 20 English and Anu•-ican, limn i 0 .. 20 English Bank of Rio do Ja noir°. lim lO 20 English, Scottish, and All 3 traliali Chartered - . all 1:I 181 261 Hung Kong ati.i Shanghai Bank Corporation all 27 C 9 281 Do new lll 44 51 100 Imperial, Bin 2 ,.) 3 2 20 Imperial Ottoman lO Y . 4 3 *.el lonian all 2 1 22 24 Do new Lnd Mortga-,e of India, Hui 4 i 3 1 100 Do p. c. Der,5.1•331, 30 all 76 76 80 100 London Bank of Ofezico and South America, lint. 2) 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, Um. 45 20 Do new 71 5 41 100 London & River Plate, lint. 40 II 13 23 Do now 10 If 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 23 1 25 i 2 3 1 20 Loudon and County 2O 401 501 48 5U Do now iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ••• London Joint Stock 3ll 321 32& Loudon and South African al 100 London &S.-Western, lint, 20 13 11 50 Loudon & Venezuela, lint l2l ••• ••• 100 London and Westminster 2O 60 61 60k 100 Do Scrip, iss at lOpm 100 Merchant, lint 25 61 64 10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 7# 00 Midland, lint 25 1d 4 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint l5 3d Ip 00 National I'roviuc. of Eng'd 42 ... 10 Do 4° ... 50 National.. BO 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 41 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., 11m lO 61 51 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 85 87 10 Do new. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 14 14 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 8 , 25 Union of Australia.s all 46 45 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London l5 351 361 57 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 29 Anglo-American Tei., Inn all 1t) 101 1 1 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 18 201 21 18 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 14 10 et Do. 8 per cent. et B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 180 130 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 262 267 10 . Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., Um— all 22 25 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lira all 3 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all ... .. 10 Mediterra. Exton. Tel., lim all 0 10 71 25 Reuter's Telegram all 12 13 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all 16 161 151 it Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 11 6 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 8 I Do. 10 per cent. Pref al! 41 51 POLICE IMELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY BEGGING CAREER.—William Hardwick, a man about 60 years of age, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with begging. Binstead Webb, a constable of the C division, saw the prisoner begging in Grosvenor-square, and knowing him to be an old band he took him into custody. The following convictions by 14 different magis trates, most of whom are now deceased—the first conviction taking place as far back as November,• 1836—were proved by Mr. Horsford, chief ollic3r of the Mendicity Society. Three times to three months', once to two months', ten times to one month, twice to fourteen days, three times to seven days. The prisoner has also several times been taken before different magistrates and discharged. Mr. Tyrw•hitt committel the prisoner for three months' with hard labour, stating that on the next occasion the prisnner was brought before hint he would send hint to the Sessions. COWARDLY ASSAULT.—MichaeI Thompson, a blacksmith, living in Langley-court, Lacester square, wai charged baote Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting a little girl named Anne Selina Procter, living with her parents in the same house as the prisoner. The complainant was about entering the house, having an infant in licr arms, when she asked the prisoner not to close the door after him, upon which he turned round and gave her a severe kick in the lower port of her stomach. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner was a cowardly, brutal fellow, and committed him for two months with hard labour. .q.DJAAKY t3fiAtikB AND STOCIS. ttailwaya, raid Closing isusint. a Price. clone. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 78 8 at Caledonian -.... 1(0 7t; 77 771 at Cambrian.. 20 Cornwall. at Dublin Belfast June 100 - - et Dun„ Perth, Ab.Junc 100 70 72 2) Last London all 4 6 20 Do 15 - - 2J Do 10 - - at Glasgow •1; S. Western lOO 107 109 it Great Eastern .00 371 371 381 at Do. E. Angl. No. h lOO 61 71 at Grcat Northol Scotland lOO 15 11 et Great Northern lOO 1171 118 1171 1 at Do. A stock. st Do. B stock l4O 127 119 st GtS. and W. of Ireland lOO i 8 100 99 st Gt. Western -Original lOO 631 631 631 1 4 A Do. South Wales at Do. W. id.-Oxlord lOO 40 42 at Do. Newport lOO 3i Si) at Lancashire:. 1 orkbhirv l4O 128 12 , 1 st Lon., Brigh., s.Coart l6O 44 441 42/ - Do Scrip . - - st Lon., Chat.. &IA Dover lOO 15 .151 111 bt Do. Metroo. e:x. A lOO 11 11 at Lon. t North Western.: 100 123: .211 1241 I at Lou. di South Western lco 03 03 Man., Shel...tt Lincoln lot 511 52 49, 4t, Al.trocolitan . st Do Extcusi.in 100 iBl is 5 Do. INew rd all - - at Me ',nicht:in Dlbtrltt. *II 35 36 35 10 Mctrop. tot 10 - - at Mi.,lsnd st 1.0 ilirzuln. Ovrt,; lOO h ii st North Britabh st l'th., A, Don... 100 - - et Nor Eastern -13erwia lOO 127 128 1281 25 D .. G. N.E purchase 16.13,1 - - st D Leeds .. 100 79 8 , 87 61 at 13 ()York at D oCarlirle .... • lt.o - - at 11 oStocC & Darling l4O 167 149 1711 at North Lou Jou 110 122 24 10 Do New 18,18 4 11 2 p 8 at North Stafforashire l4O 01 G 3 at North anti :4. W. Junction 100 0:1 101 10 Do New .010 shares 7 ... at Rh: v muey at :Shropshire Union l4O 591 601 at South Devon'.. at South Eastern lOO 751 761 761 at Staines, Wok'hain,& Wok all 13 If st 'tat! Vale -- Do. C . 6 - Wateriord & hi.kenny.. 1430 - 10 Waterloo at Whlteha,L. 6 - - RAILVIA.YS-PREFE It ENCE SEA RES AN 1) STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 87 81 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, g,us, 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 73 82 st Dd. Midland st Do. Dundee an•l Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen J unction lOO 105 107 st 30. Ist Class preference lOO at Glas. d S.W. gua. r, per ct lOO at '4t. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 93 100 st Do do _ N 0.2 100 97 99 at Do do 6 per cent 100 110 113 st Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 ... st Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do C 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 63 72 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1816 100 at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10J at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Do 44 do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... 109} at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 _ st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 93 98 at G t.W est.— Orig.& J nt.-Bent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 106 108 Do. Orig. (13'. - S; U. Lx). 5 p.c. 100 95 100 Do do 44 per cent. 1850 100 DO 92 Do do 4 do do lOO 80 82 Do du 5 per cent. rodem. 100 97 90 Do do Birmingham gua 100 68 72 Do do do prof 100 ••• ••• Do do Chester gua 1".,0 85 9,1 Do do do 8 per cent lOO ... ... Do du do 5 do 100 ••• Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... ..„ Do do 44 p.c lOO ... ... st Do do 44 1850 lOO ... „. st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 116 118 IA Do do 2d gua lOO 110 121 st Do Newport, lst g. 5 p.c lOO 16 18 st Do do 2d do 10J ••• .. st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... ... 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. ad ... ... st Lancesh. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 130 st Du Barnsley, L 5 3s 10d p.c. 100 ... ... st Do 6 p.c. (East. Lancashire) 100 100 145 st Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 98 100 St; London £ Brighton. Sp. c. guaranteed, No 1 lOO ... ... St DJ 5 per cent. gua No. 2. 100 ... ..„ st Do 6 do do lOO ... ... st Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO ... .., st Do 7 per cent lOO ..., .. st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P ) 100 _. st Do 4 do 1359 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent ICO et London and N JJ., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 114 st Do Bedit , rd 6, - .,atinbridge 100 et Do Shre,vsb'y & Welettpl 10d •• ... et Loudoa and S W. 7 ne late 3,1 shares lOO 145 130 s Do (Purtsm. pc:Fp ans .2s6d) all • Man., Shef., &Liucln. 6 p.c. 100 Do X.; all par 1 pal 61 • Do 31 per cent lOO 64 61i 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 ... st Slid. Consolidated, 6p. c lOO I.to 135 s Du Bristol & Birm., 6p. c lOO 1:3 135 133 a Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO VS lOU s Do 41- per cent. irredeem lOO 91 I ) a Do Leicester & p.c 10U 6J 111. st North British, L p.c. No. L lOO ... at Do E. &G. 4p. c. S.& D lO9 st Du N. 8., No." I per cen.t lOO ..„ st Do Border Union, 31 p.c lOO ..„ at N.-Eastern—Cous. 4 p.c Jou 87 85 st Du 41 per cent. redeem._ 100 07 09 at Du 1.) N.E. 4 per cunt., lOO 17 Du Larwtek capital Du York, IL &S. purcuase lO 10 1t) Do Stcktu & Drlino• A 5 p.c lOO 107 100 at Do W. liartlepuol ii, ant it 100 30 38 S , Ol 20 North Staffordshire lOs S. Devon Annuities, IJs:.• ail 0 in lOs Du Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 i#l los Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 8i 1,0.6. S. &nat. (Road. Anna., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Du 41 percent lOO ~, ~, at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 153 st Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 .. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS. With Dividen.la contingent on the Pra lt3 of ouch separate yea /AUllitill 41 p c gua. at Do Scut. Can. min. 7 p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeein all at Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 ... at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 at Do 5 do, 1362 lOO 87 90 at Do Now 5 do, 1313 lOO 84 68 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO tiS 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO at Du Permanent 5 per cent lOO at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W Midl., 5p c 100 et Do Joint pope. 5 p c,1865 100 83 92 st Du do 6p c irrod., 1836 100 115 120 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c alt „ at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ..„ Lome. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 ip at Lorl., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1853 100 ..„ at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1361 100 et Da do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ... 1171 at Do No. 7 5 do st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.e DO do C 614. c at London & N Western, 5p e 100 10 110 at Loudon& S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 95 10 Man. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 9 91 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 st Midland, t► 5 per cent pref lOO 107 101 at Do B 5 do 100 107 102 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1169 all 20f 211 18 Do IncouY. New Shares all 19 191 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bj If 21p at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent 100 ... st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ... st Do E.StG, No. 2, 5 p.c 100 st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... st Do K & (1., No. 3, 5 p.c lOO ... st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p e 100 .. st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 9) 1. 0 0 st Do Stock. & Darl., D lOO 113 115 st North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 18.59 100 ... st Do 5 do 1861 100 ... et Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 •. st Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenhead lOO 93 95 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 9d 100 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54; 6 at Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. lOO.. 11C 11 at Clydesdale, guaranteed 100 st Colchester Stear Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lO9 132 134 29 Gloster and I.?ean Forest all ... s Gt. Ease., N6WM.,.&,c., 5 p.c 100 ... s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c lftt at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 .. at Gt. West, W. Mid., Beret 100 97 99 60 Hull. and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 911 et Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Chat, &c., 41 p c lOO at Do. Corn. Fund, 5 do 100 st London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference * 100 ... at Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 83 i 5 st Lowestoft i gua 4 percent lOO 7g 81 at Do. 4• 6 do 100 51 Manch., Bt.— Ma all ••• ••• at Midland, Braitord, Pref lOO jg . 91 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 North:wilt East.,s per cent all 53 .5U SO Do. do. 6 do. a ll at N. Eastern—Hartlepool at N.West. A perp. pref, 5p c lOO 107 105 at Do B minirutun 11 p.c,,,,-100 at Notting. &Granth R.& C lOO 91 * ; * l 25 Preston and IVyre. all 44 46 Royston, Hitch., and Shop. 100 132 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 105 132 131 10 De do 8 2 2fp • S. Yorksh. and [liver Dun 100 100 105 4 per cent gas lOl 78 90 5 do st Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO . st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class all 13 11 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all st Weymouth and Portland lOO st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. East and Weal Loudon and St. Katherine 100 49 51 D oDeb. stock, 4 per coot Minivan Freehold Land Dock 10) 30 33 Southampton l,O 72 73 2 gurreY COmmtvix/ • 109 11:0 111 311SCELLANEOUS. lU ATiglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 161 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L .5 1d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay G a s, Li m it e d all 5 5 5 Ditto, Now 4 pr Ip m 50 British American Laud 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 21 31 27 Canada Company all 64 66 701 1 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 63 30 City of Milan Irnprovment L all 4 5 50 City Offites, Limited 50 Colonial, Limited 2O ld pr 19} 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 10 Corn of African Merch, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L all 261 271 25 Copper Miners of Bngland, I'ref 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 41 par cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 4 per cent 10 Credit Fonc o England, L all 2i 3} 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 21 11d St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 93 98 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 106 111 50 E India Laud Credit & Fin L 7 5 43 32 Ebbw Vale 271 10} 10d 16, 100 E..rypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gun by Egyptian Gov all 97} 981 100 } 20 Egyptian Com and Trading L 4/ 13 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 15 Eng aad Foreign Credit 7l 4 8d 10 Ear ipean Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new... . 5 4 41 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p4l 20 Fore-street Warehouse L 13 34 44p 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds all 97 96 91 10 Gen Credit and Diicount, L if 1 1.1 74 15 General Steam Navigation l4 2U eu 50 Home and Col Marine Ins , L 5 ld p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 124 iio Imperial Continental Gas 434 134 134 50 India Rub, 'Celt; Works, L 45 57 59 58 10 International Fivan Soc, L 5 14 lid 34 20 Italian Irrigatun Canal, Cav all 41 4f 100 Ditto, 6 per cut Bonds, rod all 18;0 - all Ca C 5 50 Laud Securities, Limited 5 2 Id 25 London Af r i can Trading lO 50 Loud Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 173 4 Loud Gen Omnibus, Limd all 21 24 24 50 Lund & Glasg Engin, Limd '2s 18 lbd 20 London and Prov Marine St Madras Irrig & Canal, guar 100 spc by India Goy lOO 103 105 50 Merchant Shipping, Limtd all 32 87 10 Natal Land and Col Co_, Lim all 31 41 25 National Discount im 5 ilk 11 1 11 1 10 Nation a l St eams hip, Co, 'Limd all 13$ 14 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d 1.0 New Consolidated Die Ld ..• 4 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4/12 41 413 J 5 N Ze a l an d L n & Marc, &c 2 4 11) '25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld ltP 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 , 7 bd 10 Do, B all d St N British Austral, Limited 10 0 60 70 60 N British & Mercan lusnce Gi 23 231 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 4 St. Peel Riv Lnd & Min, Lim lOO 31 83 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 43 45 44 50 Do., New, 1867 lO 3 1 2 5 1 0 R 55 Rio lipycannNeeeyi Janeiro iron ci t . Lmtd all 1 2 98 7 1 2 2 08 8 . 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited all 291 30 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 51 St. Scot. Aus Invest, Limited ..,10 0 20 Societe General do I'Empire Ottoman 8 24 34 25 South Australian Laud - 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lina and reduced) all 89f 394 41i .4 20 Thames & Mers Mn Ins, L 2 2 4 2 41 ) 5 4 St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 90 1U Trustand Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr & Lit Co of Up Canada 5 6 * IP 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 4P 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Pis Corpora, Lmtd... 6 2 Id 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 4} S IP 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 4 1 30 Van Diemon's Laud 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Lo all 801 81} 85 SO Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 60 WI & P Steam, Limited COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 p a, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 1051 105 f Do, 6 p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6 p c, Mar and Sept l OO 105} 106 f Do, 5 p c, Jan and July lOO 941 95f 951 Do, 5 p c, inscribed Block lOO 94 9; Do, 5 p c, Dominion of, 1803 lOO 951 961 0 of Good Hope , 6 p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p a, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 WO 111 113 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO _ _ Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 102} 103} Ceylon, Nov, 1878, r r_„ 100 109 111 Do, 1872 100 103 105 Do, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6 p c, 1873, Jan *July 100 102 104 Do, 1878, Jan and July' lOO 106 108 Do, 1882, May 15 and Nov 15 100 107 109 D 0,1895-6, Feb and Aug 100 111 113 Natal Gov 6 p c, Apsil it Oct 100 108 110 Do,. 6 p c, May and Nov 100 107 109 New Brunswick Gov 6 p a, Jan and July. lOO 104 105 N. S. Wales (loy 5 p c, 1871 to 1876, Jau and July lOO 1001 101} Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896 , Jan and July 100 101 102 1011 Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 18 75 100 100 101 f Do, 2 per a, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1001 1011 1011- New Zealand 6 p c, 1891 1 00 107 109 Do, 5 p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981 97} Do., 6 p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p et, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c aterlini, 1031- 1875, Jan and July lOO 1023- • Do, 1886 lOO 1041 1051 Queensland 6.por et, 1882-85, Jan and July 1 00 1081 1091 1081 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1081 1091 S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-92 100 Do, 1833-1908 100 110 111 1091 Tasmanian, 6 r c, 1895, Jan and and July 100 108 110 Do, 6 p c red, 1893 to 1897 100 108 110 Victoria Govt, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO 113 114 Do, April and Oct, 1883.5 lOO 1131 1141 114 i Do, 5 p c, Jan. and July,lBK,,loo 101 i 102 i 101 i The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messes. DIINVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their duo old Irish whisky, is to be called •"The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening WEDNESDAY 10 min past 6 20 min past 6 THURSDAY... .......... ...SO min past 6 10 min past 7 FRIDAY... 36 min past 7 5 min past 8 SATURDAY 42 min past 8 . 24 min past 9 SUNDAY ; 6 min pant 10 50 min past 10 MONDAY 80 min past 11 SO min past 12 TUXODAYttt • •wvittislQ Min rant Unmet ( ) Pala past 12 WESTMINSTER. IMPORTANT TO THE CAB TRADE. —Mr. John Fribble, a cab proprietor, of 65, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, appeared to an adjourned sum mons charging him with plying for hire with a carriage, not being licensed or bearing the distin guishing Stamp-office place appointed by the Com missioner of Police. Mr. Frederick Gamble, cab proprietor, and secre tary of the Westminster, Pimlico, and Chelsea Hackney Carriage Association, said that on the 19th inst. he saw the defendant ply for hire on three distinct occasions in the Brompton-road in a cab deficient of the required plate. Inspector Usher said he had examined the cab, and found it had not been licensed tor this year. Mr. Berry Hutchinson, whose defence at first was that the defendant had committed no offence, now urged that the complication of the Hackney Carriage Acts was row such that the defendant had acted in ignorance, especially as a paragraph in the Law Times of Jan. 1 had been shown him, and he with other masters was led by it. Mr. Usher said defendant knew the law well enough. He had been convicted and fined £5 under the Hackney Carriage Act. Mr. Arnold s•;id the defendant understood the law better than he did, for there were about eight Hackney Carriage Acts and two sets of Regulations, and how the defendant could be expected to com prehend their meaning, much less a lawyer, he could not understand. He should order defendant to enter intorecognizances for judgment when called upon. THAMES. CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—NARROW ESCAPE OF A PRISONER.—Auguste Guemal, aged 24 years, of 54, Pell-street, St. George's-in-the-East, was brought up on remand, charged with feloniously cutting and wounding Henri Benden, a tailor, of No. 23, Arch-court, Bridgewater-square, Bar bican. The parties are Germans, and it appears were unknown to each other until a few days since. The prosecutor and another young man were is ti~ ell close-square, and the prisoner, without any Provo• cation, came up to Benden and challenged him to fight. The prosecutor refused and tried to get away from him, on which the prisoner took a shoe maker's knife from his pocket and stabbed the pro secutor on Lis kft shoulder, inflicting a severe wound, from which the blood flowed profusely. Mr. Ashley William Barrett, house surgt.on, saw the prisoner for the first time on Thursday last. There was a wound on his left shoulder 31 inches iu length, and the same in depth. He thought the wound was inflicted with soma violence, and there was a degree of clinger about it. The muscular fibres were severed. Hugh Andrews, a p )lice-constable, arres'ed the prisoner, ycsterdny, nudEr very peculiar circum stances. lie h"ard ho was in a house in Well close-square, and went after him. The prisoner fled, went over the roofs of three houses, and fell from the roof of a three-storied house, more than fifty feet high, in:o the yard below it. He thought he would have been killed, but the prisoner's fall was broken, and he went through theiroof of a wash house, acd alighted in safety on the ground within, and without any injury except a few bruises. The prisoner said he did strike the prusccutor, but did not intend to hurt him—if ho had he should I have killed him. Mr. Lushiugton committed the prisoner for trial. The murder of Mr. Voorhees by Chambers in Brooklyn,following so close on the murder of Town send in New York, both singularly aimless and un provoked, has excited the greatest indignation, and the New York papers are writing furiously on the subject. The Citizen pronounces a death sentence on Reynolds without further trial or reference to any evidence, winding up with the statement that Reynolds must die. The Evening Telegram does the same kind office for Chambers, and will listen to no extenuating circumstances. If the man be mad, so much the greater necessity for hanging him. That no injustice may be done the Evening Telegram, we give its own words f rom it s i ssue o f the 17th Feb. :—" One of the obscure city papers is trying its best to prove that Chambers, tht. scoundrel who so brutally murdered Mr. Voorhees, in Brooklyn, on Sunday night, is a lunatic. If he is a lunatic, the best way to get rid of him is to bang him at once. These fellows, who are sane enough every day in the week to carry on a lucrative busi ness and manage their affairs successfully, and then become lunatics after drinking a few glasses of wine on a .!-..unday, should be dealt with far more rigorously than the common prow lers who would murder a man for a ten-cent stamp. A person has some chance for his life when he meets a man whose appearance betrays his brutal instinct, but he has none whatever when a gen tleman' meets him as a friend to talk with him pleasantly while sober, and murder him if rum happens to get the best of him." • AMERICAN II UMOUR.—Whittier being asked for an autograph the other day, complied by penning: "The name is but the shadow, which we rind Too often larger than the man behind ! " JOHN J. WHITTIER." —The death of another "Old Defender of Baltimore" being announced, the Nets York Times says, " We surely do not wish these ' old defenders any harm, but certainly the supply seems equal to the severest demands which death tan make upon them."—Brooklyn has a new Woman's Club. A broomstick was the old one. Wilmington Commercial.— The Boston Post thinks most of our American statesmen could solve the Chinese puzzle, could they only get a queue.—A Mrs. Norton, who danced with the Prince last week, is described by a New York reporter as presenting at the time a " panorama of smiles and flowers and dia monds."—The Boston Journal writes of a return to specie payments that, "Economy, retrenchment, and the aboli tion of the income tax aro the three specifics which will bring us back to 'mint drops.' "—The Wisconsin Legisla ture has enacted that pages shall not play leap-frog in the Assembly Chamber, or throw wads of masti ca t e d paper where they aro likely to bit the heads of mem b ers. Henry Ward Beecher says: -"I heartily believe in judicious flagellation ;" but he considers the rod a " choice dainty, and, like kissing, to bo used rarely, and then heartily laid on."—A lady of New York, to whom Mrs. Stowe sent her "Vindication" with the compliments of the author, returned the volume with the indorsement : Life is too short—excuse mo."—A correspondent wants to know when the "refuge for homeless dogs" is established in this city whether "husbands who live a dog's life" will be admitted.—The term " Hoo Duo" is given by the Montana papers to the Legislature of that Territory, and the ques tion is raised whether the title is complimentary or other wise. From the eccentric proceedings of that Legislature it is thought to be "otherwise." EDITION SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPERIAL PAULIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS DAY. The hpeaker took the chair at ten minutes past twerir% NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE IMPROVEMENT BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill. Mr. EITSTACE SMITH said he was induced to take the somewhat exceptional course of objecting to the second reading of a private bill ; he was induced to do so because it was an attempt, under the guise of a private bill, to perpetrate a great public injustice. The bill professed to be a bill for the improvement of the Town Mocr, a place which had for a very long time been uzcd as a place of recreation of the public, the freehold being in the corpora tion. The bill professed to give power to set aside a por tion of the Town Moor for purposes of a public park, but it npreared to him to be an attempt to get in the thin end of the wedge, to curtail the liberties and privileges of the public. Whenever it was sought to appropriate the property of the public it was always set out that the proceedings proposed were for the benefit of the public of the place in which the property is situated. The proposition was to the effect that the promoters of the bill were going to give 35 acres of the Town Moor for the formation of a public park, but considering the in clemency of the weather and the smokiness of the atmo sphere there were great doubts whether the object could be carried out with anything like success. But they had already a public park of 1,2:30 acres, and therefore they did not want one of only thirty-five acres. It was said that the remainder of that moor was to be left to the public ; but that appeared to be very doubtful, because the bill gave its promoters the power to make roads and do other things, which, he presumed, would in the end result in a great curtailment of the liberties of the public. The moor was frequented not only by the people of Gateshead, but by those of North and South Shields and other places for the purpose of re creation, and if, in the end, it was perverted from the purpose for which it was now used it would be inflicting a great and irreparable injury upon a very large body of the population. JD, might be told that the proper course for him to pursue was not to ob- ject to the second reading, but to allow the bill to pass the stage to enable it to go before a com mittee, where the objectionable details might be expunged. But in answer to that he had to say that for the bill to pass its second reading, would be to affirm its principle, and in committee he might be told that as the House had given its assent to the principle of the bill, all the committee had to do was to consider the details. He considered the measure as one whose real object was to extinguish the rights of the public, and as a native of Newcastle, he might almost say a resident, he protested against the House legislating on the subject until the views of the people of Newcastle were known with regard to it. (Hear, hear,) There had been but one meeting with respect to the bill, and at that meeting it was resolved that the Town Moor should be expunged from the operation of the bill, and therefore any legisla tion in that direction was totally uncalled for He ob jected to the bill also on the ground that it gave the cor poration the power of spending money in a manner and upon a proposal that was not within its power to sanction. They were the custodians of money received as dues, and for 16 years they had not expended that money in accord ance with the trusts under which it was received. He therefore hoped the House would not sanction the second reading of the bill The motion having been seconded, _ _ _ Mr. LIDDELL objected to the amendment, as, if carried, it would controvert the spirit of legislation which had already been sanctioned by the House, and also he thought the hon. gentleman had not shown sufficient grounds to justify such a proceeding. Mr. HENDERSON objected to the proposition that the whole of the coal dues should be spent in the paving and lighting of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne. He thought they ought to be placed in the hands of the Tyne Com missioners, and that being his opinion be should give his vote in favour of the proposition of the hon. member for Tynemouth. Mr. COWAN said his name was on the back of the bill, but when he gave his assent to its being placed there ho thought the measure was one solely for the improvement of the town of Newcastle-upon-Ty-no. He had no idea that it gave the power to cut up the Town Moor or of mortgaging the coal dues. Mr. STEVENSON supported the proposition for the rejec tion of the bill. Mr. HEADLA3I hoped the house would not throw out the bill without due consideration. It had been ordered to stand over until thrse who were interested in the matter had expressed their opinion, and a meeting had been held, and it was the opinion of a majority of the Town Council to go on with the clauses which affected the Town Moor. The corporation and freemen of Newcastle had presented a petition in favour of the bill, and therefore he thought the House ought not to stop the progress of a measure, which he did not think would curtail, but, on the contrary, improve the town moor, which would be quite as open as ever, and no one, he thought, would be preju diced. (Hear, hear.) With respect to mortgaging the dues, he thought the matter had been altogether. misrepre sented. It would, in his opinion, be a great injustice to reject this bill on its second reading. Mr. LEFEVRE said if the bill only only dealt with the coal dues, tho Board of Trade had great objections to such propositions, but there were other considerations connected with the improvement of the town which had been thought by the board worthy of consideration. A division was called on the proposition of the hon. member for Tynemouth, but it was not persevered with, quad the bill was read a second time without a division. NE WRY WATER BILL. Mr. JOIINSON moved a second reading of this bill. Mr. linucmovedthatthe bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. FOWLER supported the amendment. Dr. BALL said he opposed the bill because ho thought it would entail an amount of expense and vexation entirely overbalancing any advantage that would accrue. Mr. CoLLINs suggested that the motion for the second reading should be withdrawn, and _Mr. CAMERON supported the second reading. Mr. SHERLOCK deprecated the expense that would result from reading the bill a second time. The motion for the second reading of the bill was then withdrawn. HORSES AND PUBLIC CARRIAGES. Sir HENRY HOARE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was true that the services of the Veterinary Surgeon of the Metropolitan Police, whose duty it was to inspect the horses in public car riages and examine as to their fitness for use, were to be discontinued in future : and if so, for what reason. Mr. BRUCE said it was quite true that the services of the person in question had been discontinued, because it was the opinion of the late Sir Richard Mayne, with which the present authorities entirely agreed, that the work could be done much better by an arrangement laid down, and which was now in force. CHURCH RATES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. D. MEAnnx moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to make the payment of rates voluntary in Scotland, precisely in the same manner as was followed in England. It might be said that there were no church rates in Scotland, but there were church assessments, which he contended were the same, but only in a more aggravated form, and if the bill was read a second time he should not object to the title of it so altered. He denied that the abolition of the rate would be to relieve landed property from its just burden, and he could not agree with those who looked up on the passing of this bill as obtaining an improvement by making a present to the landowners of a large sum of money for the repair of parsonages. The hon. member then proceeded to trace the origin of the imposition of the rate, the abolition of which he now sought, ancleoncluded by saying that the present proposition was but a begin ning of the end. They might refuse to read the bill a second time ; but he felt certain the time would come when the bill, however much it might be objected to now, would receive the approval of the House of Commons. Mr. GORDON moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He did not think that there was any occasion for the passing of the bill as there had scarcely been a petition complaining of the operation of the tax presented to the House. He could not agree that the case of the collection of the rate in Scotland was looked upon at all in the same light as it was in England, and as to the bill relative to Church rates, which was passed in the House in 186 S, for England, it was set out in the preamble that there was great difficulty in collecting the rate, but in Scotland lie knew of no parish in which there had been a difficulty in levying the rate. There might have been a case or two in which some disagreement Lad arisen, but then it was entirely a money question—a disagreement as to the amount of the burden, but when that was settled no further difficulty arose. He did not see there was the slightest occasion for such a bill as that now brought for ward by the hon. gentleman opposite, and therefore he hoped the House would refuse to give its assent to the second reading. LOrd GARLIES seconded the amendment. He thought the hon member for Edinburgh, in bringing forward the measure, hacicliscovered s a mare nest. !rea:4'..14,A.. Captain CArNEGIE thought Than - luting the observations of the hon. gentleman '(Mr. Gordon) he should have heard some arguments to shew why it was neces sary to maintain a law enacting the compul sory payment of Church rates in Scotland, and to pass a bill making the payment of those rates voluntary in England—(hear, hear,)—but he hail not been so fortunate, and thought the right hon. gentleman had gone into a very minute argument of some of the pro visions of the bill, but had entirely overlooked the most important part. (Hear, hear.) He must say he c ou ld no t _ see the justice of maintaining church rates, or, if it was thought more correct, church asses:lnents, in Scotland when those rates were not levied in any other part of the country. It was said that the property in Scotland ought to pay the rate, because it had been bought liable to the burden ; but had not property been purchased in England under precisely the same circumstances ? (Hear, hear.) It was said that there was no grumbling on the part of the landowners with respect to the imposition of those rates, but experience led him to a different conclusion because in any case in which he had had a conversation with any one interested in the matter, he had always fonnd it to be quite the contrary. (Hear, hear.) He hoped the House would give its assent to the second reading of the bill. Lord %TORN IIANNEn3 said those imp , : itions as they were called were the result of having an established Church, and if it was the desire of thchon. members representing that country that tl at Church should no longer contin se they ought to come forward and say re, as that was, in his opinion, the legitimate issue they had to try that after noon. If that course were to be adopted there would be an end at once and for ever of such questions as Church-rates and annuity taxes, which they had now to discuss on Wednesday afternoons. (Hear, hear.) He was not then prepared to vote for further disestablishment, and therefore he should give his vote against the second reading of the bilL Mr. GRAHAM thought that no law was just that inflicted an injustice upon him because he had, by industry, self denial, and intelligence, amassed a certain amount of property. It was a great hardship to make the payment of these rates compulsory in Scotland, whilst they were voluntary in England, and therefore he should cordially support the motion of the hon. member for Edinburgh. Sir E. COLEBROOKE thought that it would be well to consider whether the grievance could not be redressed by some other means than that proposed by the hon. member for Edinburgh. He thought it would be highly desirable that some inquiry should be in ti uted as to the nature and amount of the tax in the same way as bad been done in England prior to the abolition of church rates. He wrs not prepared to consent to any measure looking towards the disestablishment of the Church of Scotland, but it was the interest of those who were subject to the tax that its present uncertain and irregular inci dents should by commuted for a fixed and regular charge. Mr. CANDLisu supported the bill. Mr. MAx‘iELL and Sir It. ANSTRUTHER objected to the bill. Mr. CRAWFORD supported tho measure. The LORD ADVOCATE strongly objected to the bill, be cause he felt certain that it would disendow the Church of Scotland to a very largo extent. Mr. M`LAREN having replied, The Houso divided, when there appeerod_ For the second reading lOB Against it 225 Majority -117 The House adjourned at ton minutes to six. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE-1 HI; PAY LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) AINTREE PLATE. Honesty... Candour Duchoss of Athol Leases.. La Mousse Giantess Four ran. WELTER HANDICAP. 2 Six ran. THE GRAND NATIONAL. Colonel.. Doctor... Primrose.. 3 Twenty-three ran. LATEST BETTING. GRAND 'NATIONAL. 4 to 1 agst Doctor (tnkel)) 6to 1 agst Color:el (takon) 10 to 1 apt rr:rnrose (tnkcn) 12 to 1 ngst (Z. C. (Wien) 12 to 1 ngst Ctistal (taken) Tlinlaisius scratch:A at 10 o'c - o:k thin d,y. FOURTH E DITION. SU\• OFFICE, 7.30 P.M. LIVERPOOL RACES—'lots DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES. Parma Deceitful Truth .. 3 Threo ran. HURDLE 11ANDICAP. Warlike . Pretty John Ada Penelope 2 Salliet Perambulator Four ran. SEFTON HANDICAP. Fuzee 3 Five ran. MARCH STAKES. Sovereign „. HURDLE PLATE. Lconci110.. Flootwiog Verulam .4 I. Four run. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. The ma' dull. Bank - of France. PARIS, March 3. The following is the return of the Bank of Fra• for the week ending to-day, together with the responding figur3s of the previous account:— mm.on. Feb. 24. March 3. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, Juno 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,014,776 Reserve of the Think and its branches Reserve of landed pro- 182,500,000 perty Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur- rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 2 Do. branch banks Dividends payable Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed S uudrios Total CUE Cash in hand and in Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 2 Do. branch banks 2! Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Fonder Bonds Do. branches Do. to tho State (Con veutiun, June 10, 1837) 6 Government Stock re- sorve Do. disposable Reutes Innnobalisdes (Law, Juno '2, 1857) If aotol and furniture of the Bbuk and landed propel ty branches Expenses of manage- nient S undries Total Ceitifted by the Senator-Governor of the B. of France. 1 our N MARKET.—(THIS or 10,000 bales. The mark;' Of France. PARIS, March 3. 4. return of the Bank of FranO -day, together with the cnr, he previous account: — 'Enron. March 3. Feb. 24. fr. c. fr. 182,500,000 182,500,000 ". 7,044,776 02 7,014,776 , 22,105,750 22,105,750 4,000,000 4,000,000 •1 414,459,200 1,418,520,40 0 s' 43,570,149 82 41,921,322 2 158,513,830 25 153,480,915 I F ' 294, 81,573 16 303,425,453 6- 46,158,669 49,256,499 -- 1,871,511 2,129,145 -- 3,560,574 60 2,937,133 32 1,305,522 15 1,305,52 2 15 • 8,231,462 19 73,339,522 27 187.815,039 33 2,193,993,868 91 EDITOR. March 3. Feb. 24. fr. c. fr. c. 247,518,098,,,71 1,235,514,821 88 812,236 61 123,719 19 294,855,193 07 292,759,689 61 190,866,997 282,802,571 — 10,P56,900 12,116,800 1,462,500 1,662,100 19,219,300 18,941,60 0 7,019,750 7,775,950 39,412,600 39.421.5: , 0 32,448,650 31,031,550 1,154,500 1,140,100 1,249,100 ],211,000 60,000,000 60,000,000 12,930,750 14 12,980,750 14 80,595,187 21 80,595,187 21 00,000,000 100,000,000 9,082,030 , 9,082,89 1 275,673 40 47 4 ,888 6,293,471 :33 8,297,81(3, 187,815,039 33 2,195.993,868 tor-Governor of the Ba (Signed) ROULAI D ation 41.nk -0,000 oo DO in ether ty to Lbted rhich legal 1111 3 con- arY, icen , for his .0 13 lllip uer. stet to eeu ide. ild lie 2er ere