The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-31 00:00:00

THE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The weekly meeting to-day in the Bank Parlour has not resulted in any alteration of the official rate of discount. Consols are steady ; and in the Foreign Market there has been an improvement in Spanish ; and in railway shares an improvement has to be noted for Caledonian. Banking and Miiscellane ous shares show no alteration. Consols are now at 931 to 93a for money; ditto, account, 931 1 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 91/ ; New Three per Cents., 91/ 2 ; ditto Annuities, 1885, 11 ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per cent., —. Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per cent., March, 5 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £3OO, and £5OO, June, 4 prem. India Stock, 101 per cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per cent., July, 1880, 113 / ; ditto 4 per cent., Oct., 1888, 100 1 1 100 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per cent.,—. In the Foreign Market Stocks are dull. Spanish are 28 to 281, better ; Danubian, 67 to 88. Tur kish Five per Cents. are 47 to 471; Egyptian, 811 to 811; Italian 551 to 551; Peruvian, 84* to 841; and Chiliao, 974 to 981. In the Railway Market Metropolitan are now quoted 771 to 781; Caledonian, 78 to 781; Lanca shire, 1261 to 1261 ; Great Western, 671 to 671; Great Eastern, 371 to 38 ; Great Northern (A), 1171 to 1184 ; London and Brighton, 43 to 431 ; London and North Western, 1221 . to 1231 ; Mid land, 734 to 74 ; and South Eastern, 731 to 74. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 90/ to 901 ; the Ten-Forty Bonds are 861 to 87 ; and Erie Shares are 211 to 211. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are 171 to 171 ; British Indian, 9 to 91 ex new ; China Submarine, 1/ to 1/ dis ; Falmouth, 9/ to 91; and Construction and Maintenance 351 to 36. The America, from New York, has brought £B,lOO for London. According to letters from Falmouth the experi ment of importing live cattle from the River Plate, although successful as regards the safe transport of the animals, has had a pecuniary re sult which, unless it can be accounted for by some exceptional reasons, must preclude the hope of a continuance of the system. The cargo brought by the Ariadne was sold yesterday. The oxen, of which there were 175, brought, it is said, only an average of about £5, the highest price given in any single instance being £9. Six cows brought about £4 10s. each, five calves £1 each, 200 sheep 10 8 . 6d. each, and six horses £ll 10s. each. As the price paid for the oxen at Monte Video is believed to have been about £4 each, a heavy loss Must, it is apprehended, have been sustained from the adventure. A prospectus has been issued of the Victoria Han som and Brougham Company, Limited, with a capital of £lOO,OOO, in shares of £2, to provide " a superior olasS of vehicles at reasonable fares." Subscriptions have been invited by Messrs. Turner Brothers for poo,ooo fist mortgage 7 per cent. bonds of the Indianapolis, Bloomington, and West ern Railway of Indiana and Illinois, at the price of £l6B per $l,OOO. At the meeting of the Bank of !Scotland the avail able total was stated at £68,776, from which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, with a bonus of 1 per cent. In connexion with the suspension of Messrs. Joseph and Edward Lumsden, shipbuilders, &c., of Sunder land, it is stated by the Liverpool Journal of Com merce that the liabilities will reach £26,000. The Land and Mortgage Bank of Victoria (Limited) have declared a dividend at the rate of 1 0 per cent. per annum, which is now payable to the shareholders on the London register. At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. R. and S. Brear, of Bradford, the liabilities were stated at £10,395, a❑d a composition of 10s. in the pound was accepted, payable in four instalments, in three, six, and twelve months. According to the Leeds Mercury, a first meeting of the creditors of Mr. Samuel Campbell, who held the contract for the execution of the works at Sefton- Park, was held on Monday, when the statement showed liabilities for £13,820, and assets (including an item of £13,594, "balances in hands of the Cor poration of Liverpool, and plant and material in Sefton-park"), £16,198. At the meeting of the Cana'la Company the direc tors' report was agreed to. It referred to the in creasing activity in the company's disposals of laud and collections of money. The amount divided as dividend in 1869 was 10s. per share, and a further 8111 11 of £2 was returned to the proprietors in repay raent of capital. The dividend declared at the meeting of the Mutual Tontine Association was at the rate of 3} per cent. per annum for the six months. The annual meeting of the Royal Mail Steam racket Company will be held on the 27th of April. A petition for the winding up of the Great Oceanic Telegraph Company (Limited) is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor Malins on the 22d of Messrs. Debenham, Storr, and Sons, of Covent Garden, announce by circular that Mr. Puttick, auctioneer, lite of No. 47, Leicester square, joins their fi rm as partner. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. n GOVERNME N T EUND S. 3 Per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account 93 8 per Cent. Reluced 9l* i ••• New-3 per Cent ..... ,„. 91i 2 Now 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894 D o. 0 p er Cen Jan. 1873 A.auuities, 30 pre, expire sth Jan., IbB o — Do. f or 30 yrs, expire sth April 188 Z, .11 Do (Red Sea Telebraph), Aug., 190 k — Exchequor Pills, 41,000, 2-/ p. Ct. 5 Do DO. 2k d o . June — £lOO, 4200 & £5OO 4 pm Bank of England Stock, 4} per Cent De. opening — Cinacla 4 per Cont. Bonds later-Colonial Cranium INDIAN dOVERNAINNT ISECURITIEb. India Stock, 10* per Cent., April 1874 De. Opening, for Account...,. • • ••• Do. o per Cent. July, leBo ***************** Do. 4 per Cent. Oct. p lB ol. BB onti ... i • : 11, 3 0 lOO D 3. Enlaced Pape, 4 D). 5 per Ceet., Jan. 1872 . •••.,:“ ****** D ). 5i per (lent. May 1879 .. .." - " " ......... •- .. --- Do. 5 per Cent., Rnp. Dal% 1872.-. ... ' Di do 18'" ~... Do. do. 1882 . . ... ....... ...- D ~ Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ..... _ 1)0: Bolide ; 4 per Cent., .41,000 ......•,... ___. Do. under £l.OOO — Pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRIOES. 4 Argentine Republic, 1; per Cent Do Account — Aultrian Bonds 5 per cent — Do. 1859 .............. ~.. . ...... Brazilian 6 p er Cent ilo. 4i per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858— , 1)0. cto 1860 Do- do 1868 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 D. Account .Isnenos Ayres 6 per Cent. .. ... Do 2 p er C en t . (D e f erre d 3 per Cent.' — (11101 1, 6 per Cent. e rillan 6 per Cent no. 4* per Co/1L.... ....... ••• Ipso. 3 p er C ent., ~s . " O . 7 per Cent., 1866 a uo. 6 per cen t. 1867. ........ ....... ~s lotribtan, 6 per Cent. I,anisu, 3 per Cent., 1825 e• Oaniq)ian Principalities, 7 per Cent — DoA.ccount - -, 8 e per Cent., 1867 uador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 'Plan, 7 per Cent B5 i 0 Second I ssue .. "0. £ so (Bonds ••• — Do. 1864 Do, Do Account ~,• 4500 Bonds 1 ) ). 4100 Islands °' 7 PeC Cent., 1868 .r.,• Bll 1 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1870. Do. Account Do. £lOO Bon , :s •• -- Government Railway Debentures lOO fireeK 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Coupons Guatemala 5 per Cent .. Flonduras Gov Rail. Loa n.,10 p. Ct., all pd... 841 Do. Acc.unt itsiian 5 pa: eclat., 1865 Do. Account Do Nlxremmrina . 4exicaL 3 per Cent Ditto for Account 'Dn. 1864 De R uer Cent. Anglo-French... 11 ntw% Wm , : 6 per Cent. ►ioorish imperial 5 per Cent Nev.' Granaitt 241 51 Do 3 per Oen Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Heetaree) Peruvian b per Cent. :865 Do Account — Do 41 per Cont. (ITl:')arren) ..... ... ...., Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 Portsguese 3 per Ct.,1853,'6, 7, 9,'60,'2.' ... 331 3 Do. do. 1867„ — Do. do. Scrip, .£2O paid ...... Russian 5 ~ar Cent., 1822, £St ....... Do 41 per Cent 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 D. 3 3 per Cont., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do inglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondf Do. do. £B4 15s. d0......d0...... Do. 1866, £lOO Bonds 944 Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 691 Sardinian b per Cent — Spanish 3 per (Jen . 2B Do. Ac c i~unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred ••• • — Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of, Coup. not funded — Do. Account S wedish Provincial Mortgage Loan -•• Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent B7i Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account . • ... .. Do £lOO Bonds ..• .. Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do. 5 per cent. 1865 47 i Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 b . 7O Do Account Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed - ••• Do do, Scrip — V•3nozuela 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent.,1862 2ll Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrlsn D per Cent Ex 10 Florints Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2} per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. — Ittliau 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. Zsf Do Account — CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money n3l Do. Account, April 7 o3j LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This DAY) SHERIFFS' COURT. BAKER V. HEARN. This action, in which judgment was allowed by default, was heard before Mr. Under Sheriff Burchell and a jury, at the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion. square. The damages were laid at £5OO. Both plaintiff and defendant were 22 years of age. She lived with her brother and sisters at Lutton, and was in the straw bonnet business. The defendant, who had been a shoemaker with his father, was now a baker at Essenden, Hertfordshire. There was no imputation on the young woman's character. Mr. Under Sheriff Burchell told the jury the question was not whether the defendant cou'd pay, but what loss had the plain tiff sustained. '1 he jury awarded £75 as damages. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(THIS Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Thomas Softly, horsekeeper, was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and driving a cab, to the common danger of the passengers in Tichborae street, and also with driving without a license and without the owner's consent. Podce-cons'able Bes sey, 17 E C, eaid that shortly before 12 o'clock last night he saw the prisoner corning down Rupert-street driving a Hansom cab at a furious rate, another man standing on the spring at the time. He called after the prisoner, but he took no notice, and while passing the London Pavilion nearly ran over s nne persons. The prisoner went on till he got to the top of the Haymarket, where he was sopped. He had the badge of the proper driver ; the man on the spring at the time was drunk. The prisoner was then taken to the station and charged, as was the other min, who was also drunk. Mr. Knox fined the prisoner £5 or a month. David A. New badge 13,448, the driver of the cab, was charged by Mr. James Buss, the proprietor of the cab, with permitting Softly to drive the cab without his (Mr. Buss's) consent. Mr. Knox fined him for the offence. MARYLEBONE. ROBBERY BY A PUGILISTIC AND BETTING M AN. James Tyson, a pugilist, and John Sadler, betting agent, were charged with highway robbery, with violence. John Palmer, a labouring man, said last night he was on his way home, when Sadler rushed upon him and knocked him down. Tyson then knelt upon him and took 7s. from his pocket. Both prisoners, ran off, and he gave information to the police. William House, detective D division, apprehended Sadler, and, on searching him at the Station, a Free masons' gold medal was found, inscribed on it, " The most noble Augustus Frederick Duke of Leinster, Grand Master of tho Order in Ireland. Dated 3d January, 1848." Also a gold locket with a ruby heart in the centre; and nine pawn tickets relating to valuable gold and silver watches, and. gold Albert chains. Also several watch bows that had evidently been broken off. Both prisoners were frequenters of race courses and were well known to the police as ma , ..:smen" and welshers." Mr. Mansfield re manded them for a week. THAMES. George Sherry, aged 17 years, and Phillip Max well, 19, were brought before Mr. Lushington on remand, charged with stealing five fowls, value £1 10s., the property of Mr. John Newland, 5, Mary's row, Bow Common-lane. It appeared from the evi dtnce of Daniel Elliott that he had the care of the prosecutor's fowls in a yard attached to the Great Central Gas Works. They were all game fowls of great value and rarety. He lost three a few days ago, and also missed four hens and a cock. He heard some thing which induced him to give Sherry into cus tody, and told him he was charged with stealing fowls, to which the youth replied, " Have you got anybody else ?" He • told him he had not, but he knew who they were. The prisoner then said we took them, but there was more with me. "We sold the fowls in Hare street, Bethnal-green, for 145., we divided the money." The prisoner Sherry was the captain of the Bow banditti, which was nearly broken up by the police. The magistrate committed both prisoners for trial. THE POLICE IN IRELAND. The Cork Examiner reports a curious case heard at the Westport Petty Sessions. Two peasants named Moran, father and son, and a young man named Duffy, a baker, were charged with having arms in a pro claimed district. The witnesses were three police-con stables, Bruce, Irwin, and Anderson, the former of whom found the barrel of a gun in the thatch of Moran's house, and in another part the stock with a piece of a cotton handkerchief tied around the lock. On entering the house they found Duffy sleeping with the Morans, and Bruce pro ceeded to search his coat, in which the missing portion of the handkerchief was found. The gun was identified as one stolen a few nights before from Mrs. Hunter's steward. The circumstanceswe seemed conclusive against the prisoners, _h n one of tbe policemen sub-constable Irwin, on being sadsnhivniuttiehie:Andkerchief, and asked if he knew anything about it, said at first that it was like one of his, and afterwards he could not say . t it was his handkerchief, that he had it a to the effect that ewviheousheaadees, before they came to Moran's house, but lost it Irwin then made other statements Bruce anxious to get a conviction against evidence iin Duffy, pr a nd th wartedth a t a ta money o a n t teeymhpatdt been procureeen pa i d on a former occasion either for the purpose of obtaining testimony.emanded nuffyand refrz-- 1 Strange to sa y, after this c ex posure, suppressing th the magistrates arnpnt - The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messi s. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their flue old Irish whisky, is to be sailed "The Royal Irish " istillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening THURSDAY... ............. 5 miu past 2 24 min past 2 FRIDAY ...... ........... 40 min past 2 56 rain past 2 SITURDAY..,.. ............ 10 min past 3....,v 25 miu past 3 SUNDAY 4O min past 3 55 min past 3 MONDAY 10 min past 4 24 min past 4 TrroDAT,„. .„ 40 Mill pad 4 o 0 min past 4 SHARE LIST. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Paid. Name. Quotations, done. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 77 79 764 71 St Caledonian 100 774 78 781 8 St Cambrian lOO 15 20 20 Cornwall all 24 34 St Dublin and Belfast Juuction 100 . . St Dun, Pill), and Aber. Jnnc 100 70 72 20 East London. all 4 6 20 Do 20 Do St Glasgow and S.Western 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 371 38 371 St Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 61 74 St Great North of Scotland 100 13 - 16 St Great Northern 100 114 115 1144 St Do A 100 119 1194 118 1 St Do B. lOO 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100 St Great Western- Original lOO 67 68 671 84 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 '44 45 St Do do Newport..loo 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire OG 1254 1251 St Lond, Bright'o, and S.Coast.loo 43 434 431 St Lond, Chatham, and Dover..loo 141 151 St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11 St London and North Western 100 1231 1234 1231 St Loudon and South Western-100 tisi 894 88i St Manch, Shef, and Lincolnsh.loo 51 514 511 St Do New, issued at £5O dis 30 St Metropolitan lOO St Do Preferred... lOO St Do Deferred 100 . . • 10 Do Redeemable St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 384 St Midland lOO 1244 125 124 St Do Birmingham and Darbyloo 92 91 St North British. lOO 34 35 St Do Ediu, Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick 100 126 1 1274 1331 St Do Leeds 100 84; 854 884 St Do York St Do Stockton and Darlingta 100 178 180 180 St North Loudon 100 116 118 10 Do Now, 1868 St North Staffordshire 100 59 61 59 St North and So. West. Junct 100 102 105 St Rhymney ...100 52 54 St Shropshire Union 100 62 63 St South Devon 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 743 751 731 4 St Do Preferred ...100 1094 1104 1093 St Do Deferred... lOO 41 414 St Staines, Wok'ham, Wok'g. all 124 134 St Taff Vale 10 Do C 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cont. Ireland 100 ••• 10 Waterloo and Whitehall •.• 791 80 77 THE NEW SENATUS CONSULTUM. The new Senatus-Consultum, regulating the privileges of the Senate, which M. 011ivier introduced on Monday to the Senate itself, contains seven articles. It provides that henceforward the Senate shall share legisla tive Tower with the Emperor and the Corps L6gislatif. It retains the right of initiating all laws; but taxes must be voted in the first instance by the Corps L6gislatif. The number of Senators, exclusive of Senators by right, may be raised to two-thirds of the Lower House, but the Emperor may only nominate twenty per annum. The constituent power conferred on the Senate by the Constitution of January 1852 is abolished and the constitution of the empire is formed by the pl6biscites of December 1851 and November 1852, the people alone, on the suggestion of the Emperor, having the right to modify it. All articles and paragraphs opposed to the present senatus consultum are abrogated. The measure is to be debated in the Senate on Friday next. Its introduction by M. 011ivier was looked for with much interest, and the hall was thronged. In the galleries, and especially in the press gallery, there was scarcely room to move. The Senate Chamber itself was filled, very few Senators being absent from their posts, while the court was crowded with carriages. M. 011ivier, it was noticed, appeared for the first time in uniform. MISOELLA.NEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexicaa Mint 25 Australian Agricultural. 204 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L h 4 d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 64 5 Ditto, New 4 pr 4pm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 24 34 27 Canada Company all 78 80 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6d 30 City of Milan Improvment L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Limited 2O ld pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 10 Com of African March, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L 264 2i4 25 Copper Miners of Itngland, Pref 74 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 44 par cent 100 Ditto 1882, 44 per cent 10 Credit Fonc of England, L all 24 34 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L.. 10 24 14d St Crystal Palace lOO 20 22 St Do, Preference lOO 91 99 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 108 118 113 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 274 101 10d 100 Egypt 9 p et Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov all 1004 1014 1014 20 Egyptian Com and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 24 1 4 15 Eng and Foreign Credit 74 4 3d 10 Earopeati Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new..._ 5 4 45 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 34 44p 17/ 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds... all 97 96 Gen Credit and Discount, L 74 4 id General Steam Navigation l4 29 31 Home and Col Marino Ins, L 5 ld p Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all' 12 124 50 Imperial Continental Gas 434 134 136 50 India Rub, 'Celg Works, L... 45 57 59 48 74 10 International Finan Soc, L... 5 14 14d 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 44 4-3- ,00 Ditto, 6 per cnt Bonds, red all 1870 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 id 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 4 Lond Gen Omnibus, Limd all 24 21 50 Lond & Glasg Engin, Limd 25 18 16d 20 London and Prov Marine St Madras Irrig & Canal, guar 100 spc by India Gov lOO 103 105 50 Merchant Shipping, Limtd all 32 37 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 34 44 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 114 11 I 10 National Steamship, Limd all 134 145 1 Nerbudda Coal & In Ld 6s 6d 10 New Consolidated D is Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 44 44d 25 N Zealand Ln & Mere, &e 25 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 1} 15p 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 Od 10 Do, B 111 d St N British Austral, Limited 100 60 70 50 N British & Mercan lusnee... Ci 23 234 25 Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 fd fp 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 24 St. Peel Riv Lud & Miu, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam , all 43 45 50 Do., New, 1867 lO 31 2id 50 Rhymney Iron .... all 27 284 15 Do, New .ll 8,8/ 25 Rio Janeiro City Ito., Lintd all 191 204 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited all 294 304 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 51 - • St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General de ]'Empire Ottoman 8 24 31 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance (lira and reduced) all 391 394 344 51 20 Thames & Mors Mn Ins, L 2 24 'lip St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trust and Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCoof Up Canada 5 * 50 Union Marine Liver pool, _ Ld 5 6 6 4p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 44 54p 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 4 1 30 Van Diemen's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 854 864 864 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6(.1 50 WI & P Steam, Limited 10 15 50 20 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan and July ,1877-84 100 104 1051 105 Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 1051 1061 Do, 5p c, Jan and July lOO 94f 951 961 Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1903 lOO 951 961 Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 [OO 111 113 111 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90.100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 102 f 103 k 1021 .„- Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 - 111 Do, 1872 lOO 103 105 Do, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6 p c,1873, Jan & July 100 102 104 Do, 1878, Jan and July 100 106 108 Do, 1882, May 15 and Nov 15 100 107 109 D 0,1895-6, Feb and Aug 100 111 113 Natal Gov 6p c, April St Oct 100 108 110 Do, 6p c, May and Nov 100 107 109 New Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and July lOO 104 105 N. S. Wales Gov 5 pc, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 100} 101} Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 18:16, Jan and July 100 101. 102 Do, b p c, red by ann draws, frotnlB6 7 to 1875 100 100 101} Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 100} 101} New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 97} 98} Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1891, dune and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jau and July lOO 102} 103} Do, 1886 lOO 104} 105} 1051 Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July 1 00 108} 109+ 108 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 108} 109} S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-92 100 Do, 1893-1908 100 110 111 Tasmanian, 6 p c, 1895, Jan and and July 100 108 110 Do, 6p c red, 1893 to 1897 lOO 108 110 Victoria Govt, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO 113 114 1141- Do, April and Oct, 1883-5 lOO 113} 114} Do, 5p c, Jan. and Ju1y,1804.,,100 101+ 102+ 1021 THE FRENCH PRESS AND THE TRIAL OF PRINCE PIERRE BONAPARfE. The Siecle declares that the acquittal of Prince Pierre Bonaparte hag revived the painful impression which was' created by the first intelligence of the death of Victor Noir. The principle of civil equality is daily violated in France, but the blow which has been struck by the trial at Tours has inflicted an irreparable injury. The contrast which may be observed in the tone and the manner of the magistrates when they are dealing with an ordinary criminal and when they are in presence of the Prince is the more offensive, because nothing in the antecedents of the accused called for the consideration which was shewn. Victor Noir was a simple citizen, and that was the reason why the High Court considered it was sufficient for the Prince to pay his family an indemnity of 25,000 francs when he receives each year from the civil list a sum amounting to double the fine. In spite of the Revolu tion of 'B9 there remains a great difference between a simple citizen and a prince. The prejudices and respect which men of the ancien Hjime entertain for high birth are represented in modern society by men placed at the head of great institutions, and this accounts for the con. tinuance of the revolutionary sentiment, and may some times justify its existence. Such is the moral which can be drawn from this trial. The Patric declares that the Prince's trial has not engaged so much attention as had been supposed, but that public opinion will now have a far worthier subject of contemplation in the new Senatus-Consultuni. Per sonal strife and violent recriminations will disappear, and give place to serious studies, which will result in the welfare of the country, so that gradually and without any sudden shock, France can enter a parliamentary regime. The Temps has neither time nor inclination to discuss the verdict which was given by the jury at Tours. All it can say is, that in their place it would not have arrived at the same conclusion. Even according to the most in dulgent interpretation of his conduct, Prince Pierre gave way to the most violent temper, and the result was that a homicide was committed. It is possible that a jury constituted after the ordinary manner might have returned the same verdict, but the consequence would have been better for the Prince. It was believed that a privileged jury '*ould have exercised higher authority, but the effect has been spoiled by the manner in which the procedure of the trial was arranged. The custom of having a special 'court to judge certain persons cannot possibly survive the trial of. Tours. The Prince has been acquitted, but the system has been killed. • The acquittal of Prince Pierre, says the Constitv,tionnet, is not an event so unforeseen or so fortunate that we nee d greatly rejoice over it. We acknowledge that this judicial anou,ement leaves us unmoved. The verdict of the jury in no way repairs the misfortune that has happened. It does not undo the facts, the shedding of blood, the death of a young man, the popular excitement respecting the murder, the surrender of the name of Bonaparte to the most violent passions, and the intemperate apostrophes of the prosecutors. To have made us rejoite the past must have been undone, and a relative of the Emperor should never have mixed so painfully in the affairs of the democracy. As for the magistrates they appear to have done their duty, and we, like others, have been struck by the unremitting effort's they made to preserve strict im partiality. The error of the defence and of the greater part of the witnesses at Tours, was in supposing they could treat the Palais de Justice as they would the Paris clubs, and instead of appealing to the touching features of the case, the youth of the victim, his future hopes and kindred points which might have moved the jury, they startled them by invectives. Their manner of speaking and acting might have sufficed to decide the acquittal. The Republicans have made the most unfa vourable impression, and it is to be hoped they will see in the judicial denoument of the Auteuil drama the inevitable result of all those excesses of word and pen in which they have indulged. The provinces have chosen the first opportunity to manifest their repugnance to such conduct. Is it to be hoped that the irreconcilables will profit by the lesson, and be .henceforward more calm and more modest?" The learseillaise (Rochefort's paper) is, as might be ex pected, in a state of virtuous indignation. The result of the trial is conveyed in the following words, printed in immense letters : " Pierre Bonaparte is acquitted ; Victor Noir is in the tomb; 'Ulric do Fonvielle is in prison ; Paschal Grcussct is in the same position Henri Rochefort also ;as well as Millie/0, Rigault, Bazire, Dereure. Pierre Bonaparte is acquitted." The Procurcur-Gen4ral, the writer argues, is bound to prosecute M. de Fonvielle, since the High Court, by acquitting Prince Pierre, has virtua ll y declared on acquitting guilty of rerjiirv. CONFERENCE OF CHURCH AND DISSENTING MINISTERS. --- A conference on education has been held at Salisbury, and presided over by the Bishop. Five hundred invi tations to attend the conference were sent out, and the Dissenting- m i n i s ters of the diocese were asked, as well as the Church of England clergy. The Bishop, in opening the proceedings, said the system of education they already had, admirable and excellent as it was, had been a system of encouragement. It had done a mighty work, for which might God give His blessing upon the heads of those who had been so active in doing it ; but he must say he thought the system of encourage ment had nearly reached its end. He did not think further encouragement, larger grants, or anything the Government could do in the way of en couragement, would go far towards dealing with that indissoluble residuum which the system of encouragement had hitherto failed to reach. The system of encouragement, and encouragement only, had he be lieved, reached its term. It was his own personal opinion —and he might be wrong about it—but he thought if people were to be educated some system like that proposed by the Government was inevitable—some system which should, as it were, begin at the other end, and, he would not say turn the stream—God forbid that it should turn the stream—but fill up all those parts which the stream had not by encouragement entirely reached. The bill, he must say, appeared to deal with the present system fairly, honestly-, and truly. THE UNIVERSITY CREWS AND THE THAMES UON SERVANOI BOARD.—Mr. W. M. Benson and Mr. J. H. W. Goldie, the presidents of the respective crews, write to ex press their regret that they are unable, in consequence of the action of the Thames Conservancy Board, to fur nish accommodation to all their friends who desire to witness the race. They also add, that in making the arrangements for next year the discourtesy of the Thames Conservancy will be taken . into consideration, and if, in consequence of the race being moved elsewhere, or being rowed privately, the public are debarred from seeing it, they must lay the blame on that body. UANINE SAGACITY. —A remarkable instance or canine sagacity is reported from Worksop. Mr. Scott, fa rm bailiff to Mr. Wainman, who has just left the Castle Farm, at Worksop, removed about a week ago to Whitley Manor, near Newport , Shropshire, with his master, taking a favourite shepherd dog with him, Mr. Scott, a few days afterwards, had to return to Worksop to attend at the valua tion of the farm, leaving his favourite dog at home. On Monday night the dog was missing from home. A letter was sent to a daughter residing at Worksop, who at once went to the Castle Farm, and there she found the faith ful animal ? He had actually walked a distance of eighty one miles in search of his master, having to pass through Newport, Stone, Derby, and Mansfield to Worksop, an entire stranger to the road. The dog was sent back by rail. Mr. Scott had returned toNewport before the dog arrived at the Castle Farm. RUSSIAN RAILWAYS.—The Government Railway Committee, now sitting at St. Petersburg, has decided to postpone the consideration of the Siberian railways until it shall have been decided whether the broad or narrow gauge is to be adopted. The course of the line from Orenburg to Viasma is, however, settled. The line from Krementchug to Charkoff is proceeeing rapidly, and will, it is thought, be ready for traffic in the autumn. A return has been published of the rolling stock which has been obtained for the Russian railways from foreign manufacturers during the past three years. The total number of locomotives furnished during this period was 1,203, from 15 different factories. The during of these is that of Schneider and Co., of Creuzot, which supplied 229 locomotives. Herr Borsig sent 217, and Sail and Co. 183. The number of goods and pas senger carriages was 15,915. The average cost of each of the locomotives was £2,500 ; of each pa ssen g er -carriage, £3OO, and of each goods waggon, £l3O. THE SAN DONATO COLLECTION.—EngIis h mil lionaires have been playing a prominent part at the San Donato sales in Paris. It will be remembered that during the sale of the paintings, fabulous prices were given, for some specimens of the old French school, while the works of the great masters were comparatively unnoticed. In the sale of the artistic objects, China, clocks, bronzes, &c., now going on, the English milords have again come forward. Earl Dudley,' the Marquis of Hertford, Mr. Dawes, and other wealthy Englishmen, are re presented, while Barons Rothschild, Selliere, and other Frenchmen, compete closely with them. A (linnet service in Sbvres porcelain, consisting of 162 pieces, fetched 255,000 f., although the workmanship was by no means extraordinary. It bore the cipher of the Prince de Rohan, however, and belonged to the time of Louis XV. Two large China jardinieres sold for 39,000 f. Two rine rock crystal chandeliers were sold for 110,000 f., and a pair of wardrobes for a similar som, the latter being part of the decorative furniture of the Louis Quortorze period. Other small pieces of decorated furniture and of old China went for equally high prices. There are to be two other sales, and already Prince Demidoff is congratulated on receiving three times as much #9r hi artlitio 4omureo ass could hFO DOOD, expected. THIRD EDITION-. The Third Edition of The Sun of last Evening was published iu time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPLRIAL PA ULIA AIEN HOUSE OF COMMONS—TiIIs DAY. The speaker took the chair at tour o'clock. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Airedale Gas Bill; Great Eastern Railway (general powers) Bill ; Great Eastern Railway (Metropolitan Railways, &c.) Bill ; Great Northern Railway Bill ; Hyde Local Board Bill ; King's Lynn Gas Bill ; London, Blackwall, and Millwall Extension Railway Bill ; North ampton Corporation Markets and Fairs Bill ; and Shipley Gas Bill. THE (METRIC SYSTEM. Mr. BAINES presented a petition from the Working Men's Institute in favour of the Bill for the adoption of the Metric system. THE PUBLIC GALLERIES. Mr. LOCKE presented a petition in favour of the open ing of the British Museum and public galleries on Sundays. Mr. C. REED presented a similar petition. HARBOUR LOANS. Mr. BoLcnow moved for a return of applications for loans under the provisions of the Harbours and Passing Tolls, &c. Act, 1861, which have been decided on by the Public Works Loan Commissioners, with the result ; and stating the amount of the loan applied for and granted. the rate of interest charged, and the nature and object of the works in each case, made up to the 31st day of December, 1869. The return was ordered. MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS. Mr. COGAN gave notice that on — the hon. member for North Warwickshire, nominating the select committee on this subject, he (Mr. Cogan) should move that the order for appointing the said committee be discharged. CHURCHWARDENS' ELIGIBILITY BILL. Mr. MONK gave notice that on the motion for the second reading of this bill, he should move that the bill be read a second time that day six months. LIGHTHOUSES. Mr. Pue asked the Secretary to Board of Trade why the recommendation of Professor Tyndall, for the further encouragement in Ireland of the system of illuminating lighthouses with gas instead of oil, as given in, his report to the Board of Trade on the 29thTJune last, has not been acted on ; and whether it was the fact that the Commis sioners of Irish Lights have asked the consent of the Board of Trade to apply the gas to the lighthouses at Mino Head and Hook Tower, and that that consent had been withheld by the Board of Trade. Mr. LEFEVEE said that in consequence of the report mentioned, the subj ect had been referred to the Northern Lights Commissioners, but as there appeared to be a great difference of opinion with respect to the use of oil or gas it had been thought best to have some experiments made which were now going on, and until those experiments were concluded no alteration of the pre sent system would be made. It was quite true that the two applications had been made and refused, but it was because the experiments he had referred not had been completed, SALE OF POISONS- Mr. AGAR-ELLIS asked the Solicitor General for Ireland whether there was any law in Ireland for the prevention of the unlimited sale of poisons ; and, if not, whether it was the intention of Government to bring in a measure for that purpose, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for Ireland said their was an Act regulating the sale of arsenic in Ireland, but the provisions of the Pharmacy Act did not extend to that country. After Easter he proposed to introduce a short bill for extending that Act to Ireland, (LEFT SITTING WEST AFRICAN MAIL. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, March 31 The West African mail steamer Mandingo, with 27 passengers and a quantity of specie, has arrived here. Among the passengers are Lady and Miss Kennedy, from Madeira. The general state of health on the West Coast was good. Trade wai at a stand still at Bonny.. The gold trade on the coast was bad, owing to the war between the n.atives and Dutch. A tremendous fire had occurred at Congo, in which several factories were destroyed. The loss i 3 esti mated at £12,000. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. (THIS DAY.) PUTNEY, Thursday. Although the water was very low the Oxford crew went out directly the flood began to show. They were in their old boat, but the weather being much more genial than heretofore, with very little wind, the water was very smooth, and the new boat, small as she is, would have done very well. They pulled at about 38 strokes per minute up to the Crab Tree, and then turned round. They row freely and well in their old boat, which enables them to lay out their strength to the fullest advantage. There are many who think it almost a pity that they sought to row in a smaller boat than the one they had been used to merely because their crew were a trifle lighter. Mr. Morrison was out this morning with part of his crew at pair-oared tub-boat practice. The crews will be out this afternoon, and will probably go over the whole course. The Oxonians are going to try another new boat. LATEST PARTICULARS. PUTNEY, Thursday Afternoon The wind chopped round this afternoon to the westward, and making an agreeable change the tow ing path was early crowded with spectators. The Oxonians launched their old boat at a little after two, and rowing down to the Aqueduct, started up to Mortlake at 37 and 38 strokes per minute, vigo rously pulled fore and aft. Their boat went very fast, but, compared with the new one, looked very large. They continued at a rattling pace through out, and, after a rest, rowed their boat down to Putney. Cambridge also rowed down to the Aqueduct, and resembled their rivals in their form of starting, with the difference of a stroke or two per minute. It was admitted on all hands that their rowing was much improved, although it was still open to amend. ment. The boat slipped along very fast, and when they had finished the distance, so close were they in time with each other that their friends hardly knew which had the advantage in speed. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. An Account, lursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 82, for the week ending Wednesday, March, 30,1870. ISSUE DEP &RTMENT. Notes issued ~....04,896,705 Governmt. Debt 11,015,19 A Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £84,896,705 f 34,896,705 BANGING D APARTMENT. Proprietors'Capi tal Rest Public Deposits (including E xchequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts , „. 11,298,341 Other Deposits 17,162,332 Seven Days and other 8i115..... 362,081 Governmt. Seen rities(iucluding Dead Weight Annuity) .... t 12,882,460 Other Securities 21,104,847 Notes 12,142,945 Gold and Silver Coin ... 969,456 £47,019,208 £47, 049,208 There is but little doubt now that the projected match between the Tyne Champion Four and the New Brunswick crew will be duly ratified. The race is to be rowed the last week in July, for £5OO aside, the Tyne crew receiving 4200 to defray expenses to the Dominion. 3 FORTIN G IN , E-3 HIS DAYS BROMLEY SPRING MEETING. -THIS DAY DIY ELECTRIC T ELEGRAPH.) WELTER CUP. • I Baron' Abbotsford Pauua Six rau. SELLING HURDLE. ..... 3 Fleetwing Madame St. Germains . . 2 BROMLEY PLATE. Breach of Promise . Bliss.— ...... —...... Capsicum...... , ' 3 Seven ran. TRIAL STAKES. (Mere et Belle Deceitful Golden Hair Four ran. RAILWAY STEEPLECHASE. Saturnalia 3 Tempest • 3 Gentleman Eight rau. SPRING CUP. Sir Robert Carlos 3 Abbotsford •••• 000 Eleven ran. BICKLEY S fAKES. Athens beat Repose. RACING PLATE. Elungerford 1 • Feemy 3 Robert Laundrie Eight ran. CITY BETTING.—TuIs DAY. CHESTER CUP. 3to 1 agst Sabinus (offered -100 to 30 taken) 400 to 200 agst Sabinus with a start (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 11 to 2 agst Astolfo (offered) 10 to 1 agst Stanley (taken and offered): 1000 to 80 agst Camel (offered) 100 to 7 agst Normanby (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst King o' Scots (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Claudius (offered) DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered) 20 to 1 agst Macgregor (taken and offered) e 5 to 1 agst Claudius (taken) 2000 to 50 agst Palmerston (taken) Bto 1 agst Claudius 1,2, 3 (taken) HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. March 25, at 9 a.m., Una, out of St. Albans engagements. March 25, at 9 a.m., Sulphur, out of City and Suburban Handicap. March 26, at 9 a.m., Veda and Rho, out of Bromley en gagements. March 26, at 2 p.m., All M. Shicirler's horses, out of City and Suburban Handicap. March 26, at 2 p.m., Badsworth, Jersey, and Linsey Woolsey, cut of Epsom engagements. 3larch 26, after 6 p.m., St. Mungo, out of Chester Cup. March 28, at 9 a.m., Ladas and Panopticon, out of Epsom engagements. March 28, at J a.m., Rattlopate and Ashfield, out of City and Suburban handicap. March 28, at 9 a.m., Ashfield, out of Prince of Wales's Stakes at Epsom. March 28, at 9 a.m., Elferon, Tit-bit, Filou, and Gondolier, out of Epsom Spring engagements. March 28, at 9 a.m., Orne, Ada Penelope, and Iron Mask, out of Cheltenham Handicap Steeplechase. March 28, at 9 a.m., Nuage, out of all engagements in 1870. March 28, at 1.55 p.m., c by Claret, out of Fox, Taber nacle, and Cocoa Nut, out of the City and Suburban Handi cap. March 28, at 1.55 p.m., Betty, out of tho Stamford Plate at Epsom. March 28, at 3.20 p.m., Vandenhoff and Van Amburgh, out of the City and Suburban Handicap. March`2B, at 3 25 p.m., Dr Wilson, out of the Hurdle race (first day) at Bromley. March 28, after 6 p.m., Flying Scud, out of Bromley en gagements. March 29, at 9 a.m., Consternation, out of City and Subur ban Handicap. March 29, at 9 a.m., Albania, out of the Great Metropli tan Handicap and Chester Cup. March 29, at 9 a.m., Salliet, out of the Heathcote Plato, Epsom. March 29, at 9 a.m., Keystone, out of the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Cheltenham. March 29, at 9 a.m., Double Event, out of Wost Drayton engagements. March 29, at 0.10 p.m., Prince Imperial, out of the Spencer Plate at Northampton. March 29, at 2.37 p.m., Captivator, out of the City and Suburban Handicap. March 29, at 4.15 p.m., Captivator, out of the Great Me tropolitan Handicap. March 30, at 1.50 p.m., Lifobuoy, out of Granby Handi cap, Croxton Park. March 30, at 3.20 p.m , Vandenhoff, out of tho Chester Cup, 2,000 gs Stakes, and Epsom Derby. March 30, at 3.20 p.m., Van Amburgh, out of all handi caps for which the weights have been published. The following names have been given :—Mr. Hugh O'Beirne's ch yearling filly by Master Richard, out of Rose bud, by Roebuck, Pauline ; Mr. Caush's br c by Dundee, out of Perfection, 2 yrs, Dunkeld. FLAT RACIY Croxton Park 1 Northampton 5, 6 West Drayton 7, 8 T h i f s k 7, 8 Liverpool Hunt 9 Durham 18, 19 Lichfield .. .... lB, 19 1 FLICTURES. IIL. Knighton 19, 20 Newmarket C 18 to 22 Catterick Bridgo 21, 22 Abergavenny 9 1, 22 Eastbourne ............. .......25 Cardiff 26, 27 I Croydon 2B, 29 A NEW TROPPMANN. The Court of Assizes in Hainaut has just concluded tfie trial of Dessous le Moustier, a criminal who rivals Tropp mann in the character of his offences. He is charged with five murders and numerous robberies and forgeries. The in dictment against the prisoner sets forth that the three brothers Thirion, residing in the Belgian Luxemburg were partners, and trading in cattle. All three were at the inn of St. Barbe on March 12, 1868, and left on that day. 4 Two of them disappeared from that time and the third came back on the Ist of April to the suburb of ifavre,in Mous, andleft on the 3rd. He, too, was missed from that day. The Procureur du Roi was informed of the affair, and inquiries were made in all directions, but in vain. The police of France, Holland, and Belgium were applied to but with! no success. The truth was that Dessous le Moustier had murdered them, and the bodies of two of them were in the old well in the yard of his house. The third was in a holel by the wall of his sheepfold. The prisoner had had some money transactions with the brothers Thirion, and had ; evidently murdered them for the purpose of becoming possessed of their property. His next victims were his , wife and his father-in-law, whom he feared because they knew of his crime. He administered poison to . his wife, who gradually sank, but not before the suspicions of the doctor were aroused. His father -in - law had died the preceding winter, and the poisoning of the wife having . excited the suspicion of the magistrates, his body was disinterred and arsenic, was found. Therefore Jacques Dessous-le-Moustier, alias' Charles, was accused-Ist, of having at Hornn, on the 13th of March, 1868, wilfully murdered Nicholas Thirion, and; robbed him of certain valuables, among them of a sum of ' £6O ; 2nd, of having, at Hornn, on the 15th of March, 1868, wilfully murdered Gustave Thirion, and robbed him of certain valuables, among them a promissory note of • £6 • 3rd, of having, at Hornn, on the 4th of April,.lB6B, wilfully murdered Pierre Joseph Thirion, and robbed him of certain valuables, among them about £2OO in gold and notes; 4th, of having, at Hornn, in December, 1868, wil fully murdered 3. B. Havrez by the administration of arsenic ; sth, of having, at Hornn, in October, 1869,1 wilfully murdered his legitimate wife, born Florence; Havrez, by the administration of arsenic ; 6th, of having forged a promissory note for £4O, dated Ath, October 1869, bearing the forged signature of Louis Loisselet, and ' discounted that forged note in October, 1869. On Monday the trial was finished. The jury were of opinion that the crimes were premeditated. They did not believe the pri soner guilty of poisoning his father-in-law. The prisoner . received his sentence with a smile. The court pronounced judgment, and sentenced Dessous-le-Moustiet to death, and condemned him to pay the costs of the trial. The prisoner left the court laughing. Mr. James Ashbury, the owner of the schooner yaciip Cambria, has written another letter to the Times on the subject of the challenge which Mr. Douglas, the owner of the Sappho, gave to all England. Mr. Ashbury has offered Mr. Douglas the choice of six series of races, and Mr. Douglas has accepted three races of 60 miles dead to windward and back in the Channel; no Adition or time allowances. Mr. Ashbury remarks that the question at issue is not which vessel, American nr English, is best off the wind. but which is the best on a wind, and the series of races to windward on and about the Ist of May will probably settle this point in a eon elusive manner, nothwithstanding his disadvantage and the disparity in size between the Sappho and the Cambria—the former being from 380 to 400 tons, as against 188*