The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-21 00:00:00

THE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CeocK. Business to-day in the Stock Exchange was ex tremely quiet, but in the foreign market some ex citement was apparent owing to the unfavourable L evi's from Spain—the stocks of the country declined tln rail wa y s th e d eman d was li m it e d, an d f or banking, miscellaneous, and telegraph shares there tas little or no demand: Consols are now at 921 to 93 for money ; ditto, , ac count, 938 ; Th ree p er C en t. R e d uce d, 913 Stock, Three p er C ents ., 911 ; Bank of England etock, 44 per wet, 2371. Exche quer Bill s £ l,OOO, 2 + per cent., M arc h , I' di r :a• 4 ; ditto £,lOO, £3OO, and £5OO, par. -India Stock, 181 per cent., April, 1874, ; per cent., July, 1880, 113 + 12+; ditto 4 A P e r cent., Oct., 1 888, 92+ ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 1, Per cent., 921 ; Corporation of London 41 p er Gen t. Bonds, 1886, 1001. 4 ,1 n the F ore i gn M ar k et th ere i s a d ec li ne i n S pan i s h , "'',.e price now b e i ng 2 '7l to 271 • Turkish Fives are '')6 to 47+ ; ditto Si x p er C e nt s ., 69 to 691 ; Italian, O. to 554. ; Egyptian (1868), 80+ to 81; ; Viceroy's I.ln v ett per Cents., 85+ to 861 ; ditto Ni ne p er C en t s ., cf to 100 1 ; Brazilian, 871 to 88 ; Portuguese, 321 ii' ; 33 ;.Russian (1862), 861 to 86+ ; Orel, 87 to 871 ; c h ' e°l aS, 69 to 691 ; Moscow, 83+ to 841 ; and ltrkof, 82i to 831. In th e R a il way M ar k e t th e present pr i ces are n4„follows :-Caledonian, 772 to 78 ; Great Eastern, 4 to 38 ; Great Northern, 115 to 116 ; ditto j , ) Stock, 1171 t o 118 ; G rea t W es t ern, 66 to 66 1 ; 4 cashire a n d Yorkshire, 1251 to 125+ ; London Do 'Brighton 44 3 to 44i; London, Chatham, and iser, 14+ to 151 ; London and North W es t ern , 14‘.:1 to 1231 ; L an d on ' an d S ou th W es t ern , 88 t o 89 ; t ropolitan, 791 to 79+ ; Midland, 124+ to 124+ ; • li o , t,4"1,4 astern (Berwick), 1281 to 129 ; South Eas -41)' Ir► 7 E 4a to 75 ; and ditto Preferred, 1091 to 1092. Aieri4ca.n Five-Twenty Bonds are 901 to 902 ; sen-Portv Bonds, 86a to 871 ; and Erie Shares, ` 1 (. ., 1 to 22" " 4 C r eat Luxemburg are 13 to 131 ex div. ; and oalb ardo-Venetian, 191 to 19+. shg lo -American and China Submarine Telegraph Sh an are lower, being quoted at 171 to 171 and I to• 1 812 dis. respectivelS. British India Submarine t to 1 21; French Cable, 4 15a to 16 ; Falmouth, to 3.9 9 + ; and Construction and Maintenance, 37 I '1 ex di v . 111:.):A.iaBllannkceS, Shares Agra (A) are quoted at 111 to 13 to 14 ; Anglo-Austrian, 16 to 18 ; London and Westminster, 591 to 601 ; and p e dal Ottoman, 3+ to 48 prem. to Miscellaneous Shares Credit Foncier is 2+ tc p , s 2 ; General Credit, 4 dis. to par; I n te rna . 14 Financial, 1 3 to 1 3 dis. ; Berlin Water Works, 1 1 , 4 „ to 141; Hudson's Bay Co m p any, 12 1 to 122 ; C il an Irrigatio n Si x per C ents., 63 to 64; London b e ) l eral Omnibus Company, 21 t o 21 ex di v.; N at i onal t i ,: e°lll l', 11 to 111; Peninsular and Oriental fO s rl) , 421 to 431; and Royal Mail Steam, 551 6 1. the Tanjore, from Bombay, has brought £6,040. th e " New Fr e i e P resse o f V ienna men ti ons t h at on telilsth instant the day of the opening of the sub terP,;'„ons for the Turkish Railway Loan, applications Of 7 !,, 0 )000 obligations, out of the entire total bl N.v,000, were made at the Anglo-Austrian Bank tz eh ie nna, and that transactions took place on the fili at ,, a nge at 4 to 5 per cent. premium. The tie ) ;% llim of the Anglo-Aust r i an B an k h ave a l so expe 'eu a sudden advance from 358 florins to 373 e pall, report of the Great Northern T e legraph Com -41,17;10f Copenhagen, to be pres en t e d on th e 2d o f 4r at `.,at Copenhagen, sho ws th a t the profits for the if 6 : 4 " months' working will admit of a dividend aft er 66 . per share:eq ua l to 8 per cent. per annum, t ese carryiu g 10 per cent. of the n e t receipts to bo o rv e fund. D ur i ng t h e per i o d some o f the cables cok n f i ng to the company were on ly i n course o f seciePtetion, but they are now all in perfect working It • Q tie Is stated that the cable for the Jers e y an d and t 'Bey Telegraph Company is expected to be laid 4 9 Pened between the isla n ds i n th e course o f a the 1 011 , weather permitting. The materials for and lines have been shipped. r(ailitrr latest advices from Buenos Ayres describe the mi ens of the tour just completed by Pr. sident Sar thle 1 .,° through the interior provinces of the Argsn tett, i ' l ePublic, during which he visited the various toh,lenients rapidly rising into importance in that tet7t With the exception of the British Minis -44, l ie was accompan i e d i n h i s trip by all the repre -I.ratives of the foreian Powers, including those of t o lice and t h e United States, and the result seems pb, ave created general satisfaction. The c'aief leact of Pre s id ent Sarmiento was " to study for poi elf personally the great field of colonization It a i i in course of d evelopment by English, Swiss, tii )tt a .) and Germans," and his most sanguine a frielPatiODS are said t o h ave b een surpasse d . To the ,: n ; 1 he wrote In the 19 colo n i es -, some of shi.,-A(2 square miles i n extent—l found the greatest (4: ti ance. In that of E s p eranza, near Santa Fe 4 0 : 8 , in ), the p res id en t o f th e mun i c i pality made an trip i l rarely; if ever before, heard in any co - Pro Ita t Y Here, Senor, we are all rich.' The tame hri'Pe r ity reigns in the others. In Frayle Muerto esiP B young Englishmen have commenced to 4p l e z ae the Pampas with the greatest success, kh,,Prtg to it steam ploughs and the most perfect ttj'lol agricultural machinery. Many of them op et "'N rich, and they propose extending their (10„, 4 'ions." In the settlement of Canada de ti 4 „ -Q , 4 on lands belonging to the Central Argen be,;:tt'ailway, similar progress was found to have kid raade. An instance is mentioned of a square 14 having been cultivated, sown, and reaped the ' el l Months, the produce of which covered of p t ire cost of the purchase. In th e p rov i nce la4,,e'aata Fe the colonists, it is offi c ially re p or t e d, th e epaid within three years every dollar fakir outlay expended on them, although each Plon,lwas furnished with 80 ac r e s o f land, a house, I lley") Yoke of oxen , an d p rov i s i ons f or a year, an d ob ßep a re all now independent. "One of these people," 11 44b e a. the President, sho wed me a stea m mill he 1 1 :,lit at a cost of £lO,OOO sterling, and boasted hil e lg arrived with only £5 in his pocket." Bat, t , c 1,1411'" settlers of each nationality seem to be I ,` 4 ose ,Prosperous, the most popular immigrants are "agr o from the north of Europe, and especially 4r e th i-lr ien." Small farmers from the rural districts ' 4 )54 class preferred, and there is no encourage- Th e ° r the idle or inefficient. tte otl failure of a broker in the Stock Exchange was „la ti li eeed this morning, with limited liabilities. He ~``erabi!,r Bt ood to have operated for a rise to a consi vf lst e ' L extent in telegraph shares, the fall in which Th e h as been very important. mea t firm in the flax trade which stopped pay -1•;,010114"„linclee a few days ago is that of Messrs. pay -001 at and Co., but their liabilities are only l th D ; ',ol.llicil of India will receive tenders on th e ‘ 4 101 1 , - ? l ntto for bills on Calcutta and Madras to the £ 3 87,500. vomb'Lureetors' report of the North British Railway I tar,), l l ' 3 ' has been issued prior to the meeting of hstelders, to be held at Edinburgh on the 31st J r di v i o t shows that the balance of revenue available t a. is £178,763 11s. 2d., inclusive of £129 Thepreught from last half year. Inarket opens very dull, with a tone of depres ur wheat., but without change in spring corn. 4 (3. 1,13,, . lII TISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. et t (1 ) • -.NILENT EUNDS. .4 k , wit. Co nso l s Ilipt,',;? f or Account 93- ti d t ; 3ent. Re luced .......... 91i 1 °ltr 9 , Per Cent ...... 911 1 doe 7 per Cent. Jan. 1894 ,;;'), per Cen Jim. 1873 . . h lies SO yrs, expire sth Jan., IbBo — 0 (:). ' ox iro sth April 1885.... 06 t ' r , 3 2 Y r ,,; 1 P h) Aug., 1908 Lti,„ au Sea Telegraph' . . 1)1'.. , .r Hills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ut. March._ b Do, 2i do. June — i! ‘ ) 41t • £lOO, £2OO & £5OO par 14:111:ti.giani Stock, 41 por Cent ... Lkth,CPent lag - • 4 4_7,4 per Cont. Bonds — l i, I,i'elottial Otnnittin h ti 11'", 14, 14 G . 2. VERNMENT SECURITIt, 7, 0 .ek, IOA per Cent., April 187 , 1 • _— ,‘",,,Pening, for Account P'Jo, I Par Cent. July, 1880 - 121 • ti,- Cent. Oct. 1888 ,), ,'.,tteod Pal.e. 4 per Cent.. ~.... •••• L i)t,r Cert., Jan. 1872 .... ...... - ')- ,' Per 0,, -it. May 187 4 — Cant., finp. Dal,. 187"... — I) ) is' thi 1) 4 do. 1832.......... 1) 0 11 01: iy per Cent : A ut.t. 1873 • 4 t i„': Per Cont. £l,OOO 41,000 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1870 SHARE LIST. RAILWAYS-ORDINARY' SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Paid. Name. Quotations. dnue. St Bristol and Exeter lOO 79 81 St Caledonian 100 78 781 771 St Cambrian lOO 15 20 20 Cornwall all 24 34 St Dublin and Belfast Junction 100 . . . . St Dun, Pith, and Ab e r. Jn nc 100 70 7 . 2 20 East London. all 4 6 20 Do 20 Do St Glasgow and S.Western 100 111 113 St Great Eastern lOO 374 38 St Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 64 71 St Great North of Scotland 100 15 16 St Great Northern 100 114 115 115 St Do A 100 119 1191 1174 St Do 8.....- 100 126 128 St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100 St Great Western— Original lOO 67 68 664 4 St Do South Wales 100 68 70 St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45 St Do do Newport 100 36 38 St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1254 1254 St Loud, Brighen, and S.Coast 100 43 434 45 41 St Lond, Chatham ' and Dover 100 141 15f St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11 - St London and North Western 100 123 1 1231 1234 f St London and South Western 100 881 894 884 4 St Manch, Shef, and Lincelnsh.loo 51 511 St Do New, issued at £5O dis 3O .. . 31 St Metropolitan ICO 74 BU . 791 St Do Preferred... lOO ... ... St Do Deferred 100 . 10 Do Redeemable St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 40 1 St Midland lOO 1244 125 121 4 St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 94 St North British. lOO 31 35 344 St Do Edin, Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15 St North Eastern—Berwick lOO 1261 1271 1291 304 St Do Leeds 100 811 851 854 St Do York St Do Stockton and Darlingte 100 169 171 173 St North Loudon lOO 118 120 10 Do New, 1868 St North Staffordshire 100 59 61 St North and So. West. Juuct 100 102 105 St Rhymney lOO 52 54 St Shropshire Union 100 62 63 St South 'Devon 100 46 48 St South Eastern 100 744 751 751 St Do Preferred —l6o 1095 1104 110 St Do Deferred . 100 41 411 St Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok'g. all 121 134 125 St Taff Vale 10 Do C 6 3 6 St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 ... ... JO Waterloo and Whitehall lIER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Marti 20. Tier Majesty and the Royal Family and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (R E UTE R'S TELEGRAMS.) F RANCE. PARIS, March 19 A telegram received from Rome, dated to-day, confirms the news that the Marquis de Banneville left yesterday for Paris. PARIS, March 21. The Marquis de Banneville arrived hero las night. Tons, March 21. Prince Pierre Bonaparte and the witnesses who have been summoned to give evidence at the trial arrived here last night. The Princess and her children are also here. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, Argentine Republic, 6 per Dent Do Account Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent -- Do .Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 9 61 Ecuador New Oonsolidated, 1 per Coot ... Egyptian, 7 per Cent De Second Issue — _..~. Do. .£SOC Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £509 Bonds Do. £l9O Bon is Do. 7 per Cont., 1868 ~... Do. Account D0..£100 Bonds Govorntmni Railway Debentures . — Greeir 5 per Cent., 1821 5, ex Coups... ..... .. Do. Coupoi. 6 - Unatemala 5 per Cent . — flondurasGov Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd Bl} Sf Do. Acc.unt — :Wien 5 poz Cent., 1865 — Do. Account ... - - Do Maremcaana Railway ')6 11exicaL 3 per Cent Ditto for Account — _ _ Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-Frencb II mterideau 6 per Cent — 11 ocrish lmpprial 5 paz Cent Now Granada ... ..... 26} Do 3 per Cen. — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account — .._ ... __ Do 44 per Cent. (Ol:barren) Do 4} per Cent.. 1862 . •••••• --- Portaguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2.' ... Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Rissian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo -D utch, 1864, £lOO Bon& 94 Do. du. £Bl 15s. d0....,.d0...... Do.. 1866, £lOO Bonds 931 Do. do £B4 15s. do .. Do Nicolas Railway 69f } Sardinian 5 per Cunt — Spanish 3 per Con ... Do. AcciJunt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account — Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 — Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 661 D 3 Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account no .£l.OO Bonds 7l f Do. 5 per cent. 1865 4.4 6 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 691 Do Account D , 1 per Cont., Guaranteed............. Do do, Scrip — Venezuela 3 por Cent. — Do 6 per Cont. 1864 Do 6 per Cent.,1862 Dividends on the above payable in. London. Austrian o per Cent Ex 10 Florin, Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail,. — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 45f ....... ..... Do Account — CLOSING PRICES. Oinsols, Money Do. Account, April 7 93 1 • POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(Tuis DA y). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. AN UNGRATEFUL RETURN FOR KINDNESS.—James O'Neill, described as a waiter, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting his brother, Mr. Michael O'Neill, landlord of the White Horse, Rupert-street. The complainant said that the prisoner, who was his brother, called upon him yesterday, and he treated him with the greatest kindness, and the return he made for it was, late in the evening, to smash open a window and strike him a severe blow in the face. He had had once before to have a warrant against the prisoner at the Southwark Police Court, and he was then sentenced to two months' imprison ment for a similar offence. The prisoner said it all aroso out of the. complainant refusing to send their mother, who was ill, a bottle of wine. The complainant said he would have sent tho wine had ;he prisoner been in a fit state to have taken it. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the prisoner 40s. or a month, and ordered him to find bail at the end of that term for two months. The complainant said That he had not previously men ioued it, but thare had been damage done to the amount of a guinea. MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 Austn Mort Land and Fin, L 5 1d pr 10 Baugparah Tea E s t a t e , Lini all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 51 5 Ditto, Now 4 pr pm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 81 27 Canada Company all 64 66 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto ' A shares 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 6d 30 City of Milan Improvnient L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Limited 2O id pr 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 10 Coni of African Merch, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of Bngland, I'ref 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 4 1 par cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 4i per cent 10 Credi t Fonc o England, L all 2/ 31 21 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 106 111 110 50 E India Land Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 271 101 10d 100 Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian (Icy all 97} 98} 20 Egyptian Corn and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 1 1 15 Eng and Foreign Credit if 4 3d 10 European Gas all 17 18 10 Do, new... 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ld p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 31 41p 171 100 Foreig n and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bands— all 97 96 94} 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71 1 Id 15 General Steam Navigation l4 20 30 50 Home and Col Marine Ins, L 5 ld p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) till 12 12} 50 Imperial Continental Gas..., 43/ 134 136 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L 45 57 59 51 10 International Finan Soc, L 5 1- lid 31 20 Italian Irrigation Canal, Cav all 4/ 41 100 Ditto, 6 per cnt Bonds, red a ll 1870.. all 63 65 50 Land Securities, 25 London African Trading lO 50 Lond Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 4 Lond Gen Omnibus, Limd all 21 21 50 Loud & Glasg Engin, Limd 25 18 16d 20 London and Prov Marine 2 par 1p 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 3/ 41 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 111 111 10 National Steamship, Limd all 14 141 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d f 1 10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 4} 4 1 d 25 N Zealand Ln & Mere, &c 21 1 IP 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 1/ 1 p 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 5d 10 Do, B all d St N British Austral, Limited 100 60 70 50 N British & Mercan lusnce 6l 23 231 25 Ocean Marine Insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 fti fp 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 2f St. Peel Riv Lnd & Min, Lim ~.100 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 43 45 42 50 Do., New, 1867 lO 31 2 8 Id 61 50 Rhymney Iron ... 15 Do, New 01 8, 25 Rio Janeiro City Im., Lmtd a ll 191 20/ 20 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 51 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General do l'Empire Ottoman 8 21 3} 25 South Australian Land 20 Tel ConstrUc & Maintenance (lira and reduced) all 891 391 371 20 Thames & Mere Mn Ins, L 2 21 2ip St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 86 10 Trustand Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCo of Up Canada 5 1p 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 61p 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd ... 6 2 ld 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 41 51p 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd ... all 1 30 Van Diemen's Land ..... 281 7 9 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln. all 851 86} 86 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited ... 20 4 3d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT Canada Government, and July ,1877-84 100 104 105/ Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 1051 106 k Do, 5 p c, Jan and July _. .... lOO 94/ 951 Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 96 951 Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1903 lOO 951 96} Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p a, .April and Oct, 1890- 1900 100 111 113 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 1021 1031 Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p a 100 109 111. Do, 1872 100 103 105 Do, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6p c, 1873, Jan dr 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 a. April & Oct 100 108 110 Do, 6p c, May and Nov 100 107 109 New Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and July 100 104 105 N. S. Wales Gov 5 pa, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 1001 1011 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 101 102 101 i Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875 100 100 1011 101 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1001 1011 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 97 98 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981 98 Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p at, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July lOO 1021 1031 Do, 1886 lOO 1041 1051 Queensland 6 per at, 1882-85, Jan and July 100 1081 . 1091 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1031 1091 S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-92 100 Do, 1893-190 g 100 110 111 Tasmanian, 6 p c, 1895, Jan and and July 100 108 110 Do, 6p c rod, 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 1131 1141 1141 Do, 5p c, Jan. and Ju1y,1894 100 1011 1021 101 f ITALY. ROME, March 20. The reply of the Vatican to the French note has not yetbeen forwarded. From expressions which have fallen from . the Pope on this subject, it is believed that his illoiness is resolved not to admit the repre sentative of any Catholic Power to the Council. GERMANY. FRANKFORT-ON-MAINE, March 21. Advices from Berlin state that Prussia completely shares the views of France respecting the Schemata to be submitted to the. (Ecumenical Council, and also is agreed as to the measures which the approval of the Schemata might require the Government to adopt. SPAIN. MADRID, March 20, An ex+raordinary scene occurred in the Cortes at two o'clock this morning, on the vote being taken on the Unionistas' amendment to Figuerola's new Loan Bill. The Alinistry had made it a Cabinet question, and Prim cxpressed astonishment at the opposition of the Unionistas, concluding thus :-- "Radicals who respect me, follow me to the vote. Since the Union Liberals give us battle, let us defend ourselves." Terrific Radical applause followed, many of the Deputies shaking Prim's hand, and others embracing him. The Unionistas laughed, and the Republicans were silent, while Topete 1 ft the Ministerial Bench amid applause. The Unionistas' amendment was re jected by 123 to 117. The retirement of the Regent is thought probable. PORTUGAL. LISBON, March 19. The Government is actively engaged in fitting out an expedition, consisting of 300 men, to proceed to Macao and Timor to restore order in those colonies. PORTSMOUTH, March 21. The Himalaya troopship, Captain Piers, arrived at Spithead with troops from Alexandria and Malta this morning. AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, March 19. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1111 ; the highest quotation during the day was 112 f ; the lowest, 112 k. Sterling Exchange on London 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1885 1867 105 k 140 25 233 2Gc 10-40 Illinois , Erie Cotton—Mid. upland Petroleum—Standard White Flour—Extra State, $4 70c. to $5 30c. Corn—Old mixed, $1 3c, PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. Whe third reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill comes on to-day, and the Peace Preservation of Ireland for its second reading. The House of Commons also goes into committee on the Irish Land Bill, so Ehat Ireland will probably be the topic of the night. A number of questions are also on the notice of motions, ono of which asks the Postmaster-General whether any reason can be given for a telegram having taken seven hours to go from London to Belfast. Innumer able amendments await the Irish Land Bill. On Tuesday Sir ,George Jenkinson moves for a bill to altei and amend the law relating to the present system of the revision and commutation of 'capital sentences. Mr. Callan moves for a select committee to inquire into the actual treatment of the political prisoners. On Wednesday the Burials Bill, and two relating to married Women's Property come on for their second reading, and the Coroners' Bill and the Mortgages Bill in committee. The next day, Mr. J. Lewis will ask Mr. Gladstone whether he will be able before the Easter holidays to state to the House what intentions the Government has respect• ing the promised University Testa Bill. On Friday, in committee of the whole House, the Home Secretary will move for leave to bring in a bill to amend 019 kyr Or licensing the sale of exciseable liquors.._- council CO L L o E f G t E h s Oc corporation o P r a R t E i o C n E P w T a O s The diploma of associate was granted to Miss Bateman, Miss Lumsden, Mr. L. Cloak, Mr. B. Lister, and Mr. W. A. Mackin tosh.RhSe.l—d on A Saturday m eeting last. o and Mr. A. freak, of The Wick, Brighton, were elected The Right Rev. the Bishop of Exeter, Dr. W. Smith, members of the council. The 26th inst. is the clay now fixed for the final abolition of the Ist and 2d Depot Battalions at Chatham Bat talion, under the command of Col. W. Rickman, at present e o a f it h e - a r s e e s s t o w r i h n i g e h t h e a v d a 1e beennt a Garrison, and the formation of the new General Depot commanding the 2d Depot Battalion. (ADVERTISEMENT.' Consumption, and all nervous, diarrhoea, all gastric bilious, stomach, ani liver complaints in every stage are only aggravated and acc3l3rated by drugs of every description, but S s n ti d p hs ation, asthma, s e rt r ah f bm o I . ca t a l y Fo cu d , consumption,se pb prov ed v h abitual tyu ß a t hi t oc a uo v sna ' considered hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), derangements, htemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, ner vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritabili ty, sleepless:- nese, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sink ing fits, bronchitis, scrofula, ththtness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few: -The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413—"R0me, July 21, 1866. The h ea lth of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all o th er remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic& Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From the " Gazette du Midi," Jul Frimley 25. Cure No. 46,270.—M r . J ames Roberts, timber m erchant, of y, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs s pitting of blood, liver derangement, and parti a l d eafness. Cure N 0.1,771. Lord Stuart de Denies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford. of many years dyspepsia.—No, 49,83'. "Fifty years' indescrib able agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, con stipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.--.llaria Jolly " Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. In tins, at is lid; 1 lb 259 d; 2 lb is 6d ; 5 lb 115; 12 lb 225; 24 lbs 4 le D u BARRY'S REvALENTA A RA.BICA CIIOOOLATE PoWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 cups at 30s, for .576 cups at 558 —being about ono penny per cup. The 30s and f-5s tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. llntur Du Many and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; and all Grocers and Chemists. 1 ADVERTISEMENT. I —Holloway's Pills.—Nervous Debi lity.— Persons who feel weak, low, and nervous, may rest assured some serious ailment is looming in the distance against which instant action should be taken. Holloway's Pills present the ready means of exciting energetic action on the liver, liberating accumulated bile, and lifting at once a load from the spirits, and expelling a poison from the body. Tho simple and natural method of remedying the first tendency to disease, gives present ease, and ensures future safety. The pallid, and all those who are losing flesh, should try these Pills, which are specially maul when the digestive and other functions are imperfectly performed and demand immediate correction, or in after years neither mind nor body will be developed. THI D EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPERIAL PARMA ‘IEN HOUSE OF COMMONS—TiIIs DAY. The speaker took the chair at four o'clock. BROUGHTY FERRY POLICE COMMISSIONERS BILL, This bill was read a third time and passed. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Mr. TORRENS presented a petition from Finsbury in favour of opening the British Museum and other public buildings on Sikaday. DUTY ON SUGAR. Viscount BITTY presenea a petition from Antigua praying for the equalisation of the duty on sugar. INEIV WRIT. On the motion of Mr. GLYN a new writ was ordered to be issued for Bristol, in the room of the late Mr. F. H. Berkeley. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE. Mr. JAMES WHITE asked the Secretary to the Treasury, when the return of public income and expenditure, ordered by the House on the 24th July, 1866, and presented on the 11th March 1867, would be issued. Mr. STANSFELD said the return, with that for 1868 would be laid on the table as soon as possible. DEATHS IN THE METROPOLIS. Mr. JOHN TALBOT moved for a return of the number of deaths in the metropolitan district in the years 1868 and 1869, and in the months of January and February, 1870, upon which a coroner's jury have returned a verdict of " Death from starvation" or " Death accelerated by pri vaton ;" specifying in each case the amount of out-door relief (if any) which the deceased had received, also stat ing whether admission to the workhouse had been de clined by the deceased. The return was ordered. LIVERPOOL IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. CHARLES FORSTER moved that the minutes of the evidence taken before the committee on the Liverpool Improvement Bill, in session 1867, be referred to the com mittee on the Leeds Corporation Gas, &c., the Leeds Cor poration Gas (Purchase, &c.), and the Leeds Gas Bills. The motion was agreed to. PRESERVATION OF PEACE (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. .3,100 RE gave notice that on the motion for the second reading of this bill he should move that it be read a second time that day six months. THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. Mr. JAMES WHITE asked the Secretary of State for War what duties formerly carried on by the departments at present placed under the control system are now performed by the Royal Engineers ; and, if it be the case that those duties are satisfactorily performed, and have entailed no increase in the superintending staff of that department, what reduction had been made, in consequence of those diminished duties, in the number of officials under the con solidated system of the new Control Department. Mr. CAr.DWELL was understood to say that duties now performed by the Royal Engineers, would for the future be placed under the direction of the Control Department. RETIREMENT FROM THE ARMY. Mr. GOURLEY asked the Secretary of State for War if it was correct that field officers of the army who had retired on half-pay, leaving the full value of their commis sions in the hands of the War Office, subject to the right of selling out before reaching the age of GO years, have had the said privilege withdrawn irrespective of length of service. Mr. CARDWELL said that in 1861 a regulation was issued, allowing officers to sell their commissions, as long as any mony remained in the fund, but in consequence of the reduction of the army, the fund had not been in a condi tion to admit of its being continued. TAX ON REAL PROPERTY. Mr. FELL asked the First Lord of the Treasury whe. ther, in case the funds as at present raised by local taxa tion were further burdened by the Legislature with charges for elementary education, her Majesty's Govern ment intended to take any and what steps to ascertain, and, if necessary, to remedy any inequality that may now exist, or may from the proposed school rate arise, in the distribution of taxation on real and personal property re spectively. Mr. GLADSTONE said the question of taxation was at present under consideration, but with respect to what might become necessary, he could not say. THE TELEGRAPHS. Mr. WILLIAM JOHNSTON asked the Postmaster General whether there was any reason why, during the week end ing 12th March, a telegram should have taken seven hours to go from London to Belfast. And how soon there was a prospect of the present irregularity and delay in the transmission of messages to and from Belfast being terminated. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said the delay bad been occasioned in consequence of the wires connecting with that part of Ireland having been cut. He was sorry to say further delay would doubtless arise, as an accident had occurred to the wires between Haverfordwest and Wexford. They were remeding the defect with the utmost speed. SALE OF SHIPS. Mr. MELLor. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if the following paragraph recently inserted in the news papers was correct, viz. :—" We have a curious little item of dockyard news, the Mutine, a wooden corvettee pierced for seventeen guns, and described in every way fit for service, was recently put up for sale by auction, the highest bidding was £6,000, but there was a reserve price put upon her of of £8,600, and she was therefore bought in. It is now stated that the gentleman who offered £6,000 has obtained the ship, by private arrangement, for £4,500, not the mere hull and standin^• gear, be it •remembered, but sails, spars, stores, engine, and, in fact, everything that was on board when she was paid off." Mr. BAXTER said the report was altogether incorrect. The ship had been put up for sale, and, as a bid of only £4,600 could be obtained, it was bought in. An offer of of £6,000 was afterwards made, but withdrawn by the party making it. On the ship being again put up for sale only £3,900 was obtainable, whereupon an offer of £4,500 was accepted. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. In reply to Mr. BOUVERIE, Mr. GLADSTONE said they would not be able to go into committeo on the Navy Estimates before the 11th of April ; and, with respect to the Easter holidays, he could not say when the House would adjourn, but it would re-assemble on Easter Monday se'nnight. REGULATION OP MINES BILL. Mr. BRUCE said he could not proceed with this bill until after the Easter holidays. PRESERVATION OF THE PEACE (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. G. MOOUE rose and moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. (LEFT SITTING.) FRANCE. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. PARIS, March 21. The French Cabinet are unanimous upon all home questions and also upon the line of policy to be adopted towards the cEcumenical Council. The members are actively engaged in the consideration of the constitutional faculties to be transferred to the Corps Legislatif, in order promptly to submit pro posals to the Senate. NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION. BERLIN, March 21. In to-day's sitting of the North German Parlia ment the Bank Note Bill, which suspends the right of single States to issue bank notes, was read a second time. The motion to extend the law also to Treasury Notes was withdrawn. THE FRENCII FUNDS. According to Reuter's telegrams the French Relates to-day were quoted 73f. 60c. Flat. t• Late of the Convict Service" writes to the Globe confirming the statement of the Government, that O'Donovan Rossa's complaints of treatment in prison aro untrue. " O'Donovan Rossa has, I know, often deserved a flogging, but he has not had it ; he has been confined in what are called ' irons'—merely means to prevent him committing further acts of insubordination when under the away of his ungovernable temper. WESTMINSTER. EXTRAORD:NARY CHARGE AGAINST A MAJOR—WITH DRAWAL—George Holland, 47, a major in the army, was charged with stealing a cheque jot £6O, the moneys of the Emigrants and Colonists Emigration Aid Society, 5, Queen square, Westminster. Colonel Francis Cornwallis Maude said—l live at. Queen square, Westminster. From information I received I thought it my duty to give the prisoner into custody on Saturday evening for misappropriating a cheque with which I had entrusted him. I made all the inquiries I could, and on Tuesday evening at half-past eleven I found I had been misinformed, and came down here at once to bail the prisoner, but it was too late to do so, and I attend here now to withdraw from the charge and make any apo logy he may desire, which shall not prejudice any proceed ings be may take in the matter, and I have to express my regret I did not take proceedings without consideration and reasons which may have to be explained in another place. A gentleman for the prisoner was about to address the Court, when Mr. Dayman said it was quite unnecessary, and at once ordered his discharge. THAMES. A PROTECTION ORDER REFUSED.-A respectable middle. aged woman, named Harriett Isabella Lynch, wife of James B. Patrick Lynch, residing in Bow, applied to Mr. Paget, under the Matrimonial Causes and Divorce Act, for an order of protection against hrr husband. It appeared from their joint statements that Mrs. Lynch was married on the 17th of June, 1859, at the parish of St. Mary, Southampton. The husband left his wife in October, 1866, and she has never heard of him since. In answer to questions from Mr. Paget she said he went to sea as purser of a ship in the British and Oriental Company. She received his half-pay for three months, and it was then stopped. She went to the office of the company to make inquiries, and was informed he was dis missed for drunkenness, and the people at the office did not know what had become of him. She knew that her husband took to drinking in a most fearful manner. She believed that after his dismissal from the British and Oriental Com pany he joined the service of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, and that he died while in their service. Mr. Paget—Died ? Then you don't want a protection order. Yon are a widow. A solicitor said that undoubtedly Mr. Lynch was dead, but there was a chance of his turning up. The woman had acquired some property by the death of her mother, and he (the solicitor), one of the executors of the will, wished to pro tect that property. Mr. Paget—l certainly cannot give you a protection order. The Solicitor—The family of Mrs. Lynch have not heard of him for four years. It is not conclusive he is dead. I believe he went away with the intention of not returning. Mr. Paget—The fact of a man sailing on a long voyage is not desertion. I must decline to grant the order. REPRIEVE.—The Governor of Newgate, on Satur day afternoon, received an intimation that the sentence of death passed on Jacob Spines, for the murder of a woman in a hotel near Finsbury-square, would bo commuted to one of penal servitude for life. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.—The Oxford crew leave Oxford on Thursday morning, and will have their first row on the London water in the afternoon of the same day. The Oxford boats leave Oxford in the care of Timms, the attendant at the Oxford University barge, on the previous Wednesday, by road. The race, it is expected, will take place between half-past five and six o'clock on the day named Wednesday, April 6th. Odds of 6 to 4 are freely current on Oxford. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messi s. DIINVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine bld Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." 111Gli WATER AT LONDON— BRIDGE. Morning. Evening MONDAY 45 ruin past 4 8 min past 5 TUESDAY '-'0 min past 5 50 min past 5 WEDNESDAY lO Damn past 6 35 min past 6 THURSDAY... ..... ........ 0 min past 7 30 min past 7 FRIDAY.. ..... l e ...,,,...40 rain past 8 OUTING IN TELLIGENUE-1 lil3 DAY. TATTERSALLS*--TErs EVENING. . CITY AND SUBURBAN. sto 1 ngst Miss Payroll (offered) 100 to 12 agst agst Sabinus —(take 9 to 1) 100 to 8 ngst Gerund() (taken and (offered) 100 to 8 agst Benbow (taken and offered) 1000 to 80 agst Walter (take 100 to 7) 100 to 6 agst Blue Bell c (takou and offered) 20 to 1 agst Douglas (offered) 2J to 1 agst Lades (offered) 10 to 1 agst Vestminster - (take 22 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Myosotis (offered) 25 to 1 agst Border Knight (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Geant des %tallies (offetel) 25 to 1 agst Lelia e (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Vagabond (offered; 40 to 1 agst Captivator (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Chawbacon (offered) 50 to 1 agst Oxunian (offered) 50 to 1 agst Syrian (offered—take 1000 to 15) 1000 to 15 agst Newsman (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Robespierre (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Violet (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Vandenhoff (offered) 309 to 2 agst Carita (offered) 300 to 2 agst Starter (offered) 800 to 100 agst A. Taylor's lot (taken) 10 to 1 agst W. Day's lot (taken) 20 to 1 agst Hodgman's lot (offered) CIIEST ER CUP. _ _ _ 100 to 7 agst Starter (offered—take 1000 to 60) 20 to 1 agst Sabinus (taken and wanted) 20 to 1 agst Cherie (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst St. Mungo (iaken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Vintner (taken) 33 to 1 agst Siderolite (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lopez (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lord Hawthorn (taken) TWO TIIOUSAND. 11 to 4 on the field (offered) 100 to 25 agst Bridgwater (taken) DERBY. Bto 1 ngst Kingcruft (offered) 9t) 1 ksst Camel (taken and offered) 16 to 1 agst Stanley (offered) 25 to 1 agst Macgregor (offered) 2000 to 50 agst Palmerston (taken) 50 to 1 agst Coutts (taken) 1000 to 10 azst Captivator (taken six times) ARRIVALS AT WARWICK. Knoclany, Bismarck, Hastings, Castanette f, Champagne Charlie, Marshal Ney, Knight, Sunlight, Symmetry c, Ben Nevis, BomLastes, Skirmish, Grasshopper f, Cauldron, Ch:l - Moose, Ecarte, Midshipman, Lisette, WhiteLall, atd Fan. CUT BETTING.—TIIIS DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. sto 1 agst Miss Dayrell (offered--t 4103 11 to 2) 9to 1 agst Sabiuus (taken) 12 to 1 agst Benbow (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Gertrude (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agt , t Ashfield (offered) 15 to 1 agst Walter (offered—take 100 to 6) 20 to 1 agst Blue Bell colt (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Goant des Bataillos (offered) 20 to 1 agst Lades (offered—take 25 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Lelia colt (offered—take 25 to 1) 200 to 9 agst Myosotis (offered) 25 to 1 agst Captivator (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Vestminster (offered—take 200 to 7) 1000 to 30 agst Oxonian (offered) 50 to 1-agst Syrian (taken and offered) 1000 to 10 agst Claudius (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Newsman (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Annie Wood (taken) 0 ESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Sabinus (offered-25 to 1 taken) TWO THOUSAND. 5 to '2 agst Kingcraft (offered) 5 to 1 agst Astolfo (offered) 15 to 1 agst Stanley (taken) DERBY. Bto 1 agst .Kingcraft (offered) 10 to 1 agst Sunshine (wanted) 15 to 1 agst Bridgwater (offered) 20 to 1 agst Stanley (taken and wanted) 1000 to 15 agst Captivator (offered) VLNCENNES RACES. PARIS, March 20, livening. The Races at Vincennes were run this afternoon with the !calming results:— Prix de St. Mirde. France 11.. 1 The others raused. Prix des Barns. Porte Monnaie Le °rider° 2 Pence 3 Prix de la Marne. Czar .. 1 Valentino EA Houssoye 8 Prix do la Pelouse. Mdlle. de Varavillo . 1 Boston.. Menelas RACING FIXTURES-1870. MARCH. Warwick. 22, 23, 24 Bromley 81 and April 1 Epsom 29, 30 I APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 I Newmarket Graven Vito 112 West Drayton 7, 8 I Abergavenny 11, 97 Thirsk 7, 8 I Lewes .. 26, 99 Kingsbury lB, 19 I Croydon. 98, 19 Durham l9, 19 I MAY. Newmarket Ist Sp, 2to 5 I Harpenden ft, 11l Chester. lO, to 13 I Bath 24, 96 Winchester ....J0, 11 Stamford 26, If Salisbury l2, 13) Croydon 36, 2) York 17 , 18 1 Epsom 61 to Juno I Doncaster 19, 20 I , XIABLIISPENCER AND WIMBLEDON COMMON.•-irhe Ilti freeo oetween Earl Spenc e r a n d th e copy h olders and or f de l l of the man or o f Wimbledon has come before Justice Gifford in the Court of Chancery. The suit was first entered i n th e name o f a copyholder, named Peek, but leave had been obtained to add the name of the Rev. Edward Huntingdon, of Wimbledsp, as co-plaintiff, and to make other amendment s . L or d S pencer o bj ected, and the Lord Justice decided that the name of the co• plaintifi should be removed, but gave Mr. Peek liberty to amend the bill. A CLERGYMAN /1.1 'ME DlVerta COMW.- 1 ' MODOfillen v. McDonnell " has been heard before Lord PORZSDEO. This was a suit on the _part of a cl erg y man o f t h e Ch urc h of England fo r a dissolution of his marriage by reason of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent. The petit tioner, it appearei was a native of I re l an d, but was ordained in London i n 1858 and obtained a ooracy at All Saints' St. John's Wood , and afterwards at Wait worth. He st a t e d that 'his wife had been in the habit of pledging his credit to a great extent, and this had led to a great deal of unhappiness. The co-respon• dent had broughtfan action against him for goods supplied, and the matter was submitt e d t o ar bit ra ti on . Th e awar d was given in favour of the petitioner and afterwards It was shown that the wife had co h a bit e d with the co-respon- dent atvarlous places. The Court granted a deer , * ottai with costs. TILE WINE AND 13EnnnousE ACIT.—At Wandsworth ft deputation, consisting of Mr. IL Hudson, Sir johit Thwaites, Col. Beresford, M.P., and other members of the bench, has drawn Mr. Dayman's attention to sec. 19 of the Wine and Beerhouse Act, passed in July last. The Clerk of the Court said the object of the justices was to ask the magistrates when complaints were made by the police against beerhouse keepers to endorse the convictions as required by the Act, which provided that in the event of two convictions, the houses should be brought under the notice of the licensing justices as new houses. Mr. Dayman said the safe way in future would be to endorse all the convictions, and leave the justices to use their discretion. Mr. Hudson said they were much obliged to him with regard to the future, but could Mr. Dayman give them any assurance for the past i Mr. Dayman said he was afraid he could not. -- TEE WHOLESALE ROBBERY OF WATCHES.--Jacob lAA and his wife, who were charged with the whole sa le ro b. bery of watches, have been tried at the Middlesex Sea* sions. The prosecution withdrew the charge against the woman, and the man was allowed to go at large on his own recognizances. The detective, Wakefield, who recovered the greater pat of the missing property, was granted a reward of £2. Sir H. Stracey, the unseated Conservative mem. ber for Norwich, has paid to Mr. Till e tt' s solicitors £583 17s Bd, which has been accepted as payment in full of the proportion of the costs which the respondent was ordered to pay to the petitioner in the late Norwich elec tion petition =miry. ISUILDNO ON UNWHOLESOSIE LAND. The Waned Times and Gazette Bays that one of the points brought before the Home Secretary by the deputation of medical offi cers of health which waited upon him with reference to the Metropolitan Building Act,were the practice of erect. ing buildings upon deeply excavated ground which had been previously filled in with rubbish con taining unwholesome decomposable materials. It also complained of the practice of building upon wet and undrained land. Instances were mentioned in which the surveyors of the metropolitan district boards, contenting themselves with the plan for house drainage, took so little further interest in the matter that builders either put no drains in at all, or made a pretence of putting them in without any communication with the sesver, or departed from the plans devositzd, from oily QI econown. 1114 • 11144, Vol. een, all, the ies ed 313,