The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-16 00:00:00

NON NY MARKET AND 0913I11'FERCIAL ENTELLIGENOB, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There is very little change in the Stock Markets, Mt little or no business in any department. The hinds remain stationary at yesterday's prices, the in flux of gold not being sufficiently appreciated to counteract the effect of the public abstaining from investments. Railways are a little better than at the close of yesterday through the firmness of holders. The statements put forth with respect to the South- Eastern Railway are favourably regarded. In the discount market business is very quiet, at 2 Per cent, for first-class short bills, and there is no im nae.rliate demand on the Stock Exchange. The Funds are very quiet, and prices show no variation. C onso l s are quo t e d a t wi t to 94i for money, and 924 to 93 for account. New and Reduced Three per Cents., 921 f to 93 ; India Five per Cents., 115/ to 1161 ; Bank Stock, 1 per cent. better, at 246 to 248 ' • Exchequer Bills, 7s to 12s pretn. The Foreign Stock Market is very quiet, and the only change i s a littl e l ess s t ea di ness i n Egyptian. Thquotations are—Mexican, 15;1 to 15i ; Greek, 13 to 131 ; New Spanish, 35i to 35/ • Italian ( 18 61), 48f to 481- ; Turkish (1865), 3411' to 34i ; Chilian (1866), 102 to 103 ; ditto' (1867), 95i to 9614; gYPtian (1864, 80i to 81i ; ditto Railway De bentures, 91 to 92 ; and Viceroy's 7 per Cents., 71i to 72. The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem. Egyptian 9 per Cent. Bonds are firm at 90i to 91. American Securities are rather dull. united States' 5-20 Bonds, 70# to 70k. Erie Shares, 45k to 45g. f lower, at 94 to 95. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have receded / to 28/ to 291 • and the Consolidated Mortga ge B on d s i t, to 32 1 to 32g.2 In Foreign railway shares, Great Luxembourg are better, at 10i to 11i ; Lombardo-Venetian, 14i to The Railway Market is a little firmer, but there is not much business doing. South Eastern have ad vanced upon the report that the company have arranged to replace all their debentures with deben ture -stock. The present prices are 75i to 751, being an advance of f. There is also an advance off in Lancashire and Yorkshire, at 1274 to 128 ; and in Sheffield, at 425 to 43 ; and of t in Caledonian, at 74i to 741 ; in Great Western, at 53,E to 531 ; and in Great E astern, at 33-4 to 34 ; Midland are steady, at 106/ to 107 k • London and North Western, 115 to 115 1 ; Great Northern, 102 to 103 ; ditto ( A), 964 to 975-; Brighton, 534 to 54 ; and Chatham, 184 to 181. In Bank Shares rather more business is doing, and prices are in some cases firmer. London and West minster and Union of London each improved 5, the former being quoted'at 705 to 715, and the latter at 345 to 355; but Lo n d on Joint Stock is lower, at 34 to 355. Agra steady, at 95 to 104 ; Anglo- Austrian, 4/ to 51 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 7 t028 ; Consolidated, 44 to ; Imperial, 18 to 19 ; Lou don and County, 52 to 53 • Imperial Otto 'nu) to 1 prem. •, Oriental, 414 to 425. Foreign Mining Shares are scarcely noticed, and the only movement is a fall of in Chontales, at 24 to 2 4. St. J o h n d e l R ey, 165 to 174 ; Port Phillip, 14 to lg. Miscellaneous shares are very quiet, and prices are Without change. Anglo-American Telegraph is quoted at 224 to 22 ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent., to 55 ; Hudson's Bay steady, at 151 to 154 ; London General Omnibus, ,1.4 to 24 ; National Dis °°l.lnt, 105 t o 11. Bar gold to the va l ue o f £50 , 000 was sent i nto the Junk yesterday. it The Virginia has arrived from New York with . c . 17,000 in specie, and the Java with £141,000. The outgoing mail steamer to the East, the Tanjore, takes„, £26,300 in gold and silver. „ -uhe Auglo-Mediterranean Telegraph Company is a "evr project, d es i gne d t o per f ec t telegraphic connuni e'atien with Alexandria, with more than the u sua l pro spect of success. The route will be to Sum on the rench f ront i er b y t h e or di nar y means. From this p l ace to Si c ily t h roug h I ta l y i t i s proposed to purchas e the land-lines and privileges of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company. A working re al lgetnent has been made with th e M e dit erranean tension C om p an y f or th e use o f t h e i r li ne f rom Sicily to Malta. From Malta to Alexandria it is J rposed t o l ay a d eep-sea cable, the present ~,Dtore- l ine to be abandoned under an indemnity. ' t he cost o f acqu i r i ng t h e I ta li an l an d li nes an d of 4constructing the new cable, with every expense, is 4245,0 W, and the proposed capital of the company is ....',60,000 in fully paid-up £lO shares, the bulk of eh has been promised. ; E lle traffic receipts of the Great Central of Bel rn Rail way , f rom th e 11th t o th e 20th A pr il , " increase of £404 as compared with the corm- Potiding' an period of last year. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a ( ZOTERNMENT FUNDS. p e r Cent. Consols Di tto for A ccoun t, J uno 4 l'isrr`7 Cent. Reduced 92; 3 ND3 per Cent 2 i per Cent. Ja n . 1894 A °. per Cent,. al an. 1873 k 4tuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 — tc 4 for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — t x ° (Bed Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 — D"°Dquer Bills. £l,OOO, 2 per Ct 5 pm . £5OO t , o. £lOO & .£2OO IA Ilk oo of g n En 1 'Stock, - d 4iper Cent 248 6 . Acco ut 11.171,.... •.. fiec eat 1 4d NbIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 411. t•oc0. Accok, 10unt f per Cent., April 1874 '-', E• 5 per Cent. July, 1880 6 1 , 0° : 40 elt t i ; 6 4 Oct. 1888 1,0. E nlaced Paper 4 per Cent B9l j- I ° . 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 1) - " ° ' 5 4 per Cent., May 1879 lO9 —° 5 por Cent , Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do. 1877 ___ Du Do ; d o . 188/ .1.) • b., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 B I) °lids, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO O . under £l.000 A r ,, F OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.: .frk,,ietntine Repli, 6 per Cent _ br,,1 . . 4,1 1 Bonds, 5 per Cont. 1859 i;;),' 11 ,0 5 per Cent — xd j) - ' l / per Cent., 185/ L O. 1858 — 1)o. do., do., 18-30 — 1) 0 do., 1863 66 , _ per Gent., 1865 )1 ‘.O O O Account 751 61 , b " Ayres 6 per Cent. — (,!„,) 2 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) fa ,lr'i ttn 6 , ,Per Cent. D o. A ,1' per Cent _ t) 0 ;2 Per Cent 4 . , b per Ciitnt., 1.3 — )41 1267 b O , 7 Per ,Cont., 1866 — 0 )!, ~,'',B e riP £32 paid batif; u ian, 6 per Cent. D 4 , 4? 3 p'?,r Cent. , 1825 b 0 ell P rincipaities, 7 per Cent 714 121 1!:0o,,, Per Cent., 1867 79 k,,,,„"„°r New Consolidated, 1 per Cent ll 0 4 '"a 0 , 7 per Cent DT,: Sec ond issue t.. R 5 0 0 B onds o ' 4 106 Bond s _ 126 _ D 4 b o. 0 - cl o• 41 0 0 Bonds Account b 4500 lionris tirotrrernrnent Railway Debentures . : ::: ;71 I), , 5 Per Cent., 1824 1 5, cx Coups — b o • ' l ee -cunt • A Ull Pons q,,,°. Accou n t fond 10t11 a 5 per Cent .. — It',, Ur ae Gov. Rail. Loan. 10p. Ct., £25 p DO,. Per Cent., 1865 ' ,D O, I''',.°eount ilf) xl e ' La 'aiznaan'a' Raiway Ditt o for 3 Per Cent — 0 for Account — D° be, 1864 _ 11110436.43411.00,!It. Anglo-French — N °orio,,,,llo.per Cent. . — DOBV9 g,. ' l mPerial 5 per Cent D 3 `anada 141 o. h Per c ell, h 1),-, r uofo n . ,--,. ..,F,,..," W arrants 0 1 , i ~ W (Hectares) Do 4. 5 Per c b°.6o Ac count ant. 1865 821 3 2f g Per C ent 1 ,4 i . „ o ,_ t (Uribarren) A.o A o ' r Cent.. 1862 • ° rtil ile ° , 2nt • t o. a° 3 Per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 401 11 4 a bo. (I °•7 1e67 4Ol • eiat i 5 , do., Scrip, £2O paid 4 p) , io i I Ni , p 0e , f(0 ., , e: C itit xi : , i t . Its 70 22, £ Si : 53f .00 6 per c _ ~ 18:?9 831 4 31 41 ti 0 :413, g i 0.. ,r, 1462 b o Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds... 87- i - I) ', 1 8 6 G do . £Bl 15s. d 0.... 0 , , £lOO 80nd5..... B7 1 1).r.,' ) 1 I\ licol a (1 ` ) £B4 15s. do — 8, lui tt , ~ Railway 631% " li iiq ' ' ' Per Cent Do A l. d Per ° en ue li ee(44 nt -- • — D U .em , . 000000000000000000000000 371 h A c u tferr e o p, c ount t lO t lec.„ 0000 ..• T... 0 onl. .4 ,I f ue ...A A4 cif i u :.r. ti . ( J .. : .......... ~. ............. : funded . .......... I k iqt" ' lt ....... ' oo 4ee p er c 0.,. ................... _ 6 612,:ru„tit 1) . 0 A coot rut. 185 8 _ 1 )0 flop littottui ............................... i t to AZ o r C ow. : i...t.i.G. 100 Vt ........ 63 2;- 0 .„ ,s ...................... -..._ 4., 3 D 0 5 0. utt .... ... 1) 0 A Per ri 1863 ....... 1) ' - eeo ' en t., 1865 - - e 6 tint ............. . , Por c ............ I ;. ei l ' 1 Por 6 el 't-, 1865 4 1151 4 , 3 nt., Gnarl, ' .... ...... Ci ....... - P e r Ce4t, .................. simi •-• mbt , May 15. a Christian, !d with her ug, acconi- ENCE. ALA. ar ITheodorus the chiefs of .ations were )untain. It and gone mination to %ns, except move, were nian troops quickly as ale shelling, by the 2d ring party Lffieult, and at the first behind by Efeeted, and e 331 were I about 150 11 chiefs of is Engedde, s only five !ought to a e open field and safe in id Magdala ding in the tys we hope :n the expe eeisful eon- tails of the he captives, SINIAN April 12. Prideaux , 7n, Mr. and a four Ger- rening, sent r. Flad, re- remainder zer children le whole of afternoon , in of 1lons• a from tho .vening)• pectcd back mgary hay s >untry, and resent here, ;vening)• horised the the floating count to be out of the hl especial dolll3illo. May 1 6 . Lns, against nding, was those in" !jail Legion the parties _ . d ay . It 13 for several 'vening)• ;, a motioo Lt a Parlia' ses, shoul d lment ba t ' )nsider tl je of want of )ton, in b i , ° , writes a ll E assizes t° the judg e° 50, S. 8) ' owances to (7 Geo. ` for pegl ee 15, s• 12) i learanee ° ie is lit' bie indictme nt and 23 returns ° f Aso of P er ; ( 34 and a Crown fe.f, circuit ;1P n ant, c ol36tl e is also h be criwi l3a , et as ec lit' ;n. 8, C. 24' lief J 113"e : last Ye a s elieve, is „ has bee aniau vacs Lust be to o. t o be Pe r 0, s are g eti o o and ier]; the c " til e vice ° LI , praet l3l o f i n cas e be thoug h t b e as 11191 of iowle cl g e • n g p as ha ce rtai a ,0 0 a thes e Of ' 'disPr°l3 dal loos -, 11 ill 3x. bi bitioo t A LI elogo' ho ia. Afore I P ' s o 0 -t, t, t a those lie 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...., Dividenas on the above payable in London. Belgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch . 2l per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil — . _ Da Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 2M. Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Italian; 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 4Bl I CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 94 } Do. Account, 4th Juno 92i 5 SHARE LIST. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per oent., Deo. 311372.... Can.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. 0. Feb. & Do. 5 p. o. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. o. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed st Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.4kOot .1890-1900 I Do. do 1880-9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 i Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 16 Oot., 1900 - ,Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 0 p.c I Do. 1872, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... Uo. 1882, Mayls, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug., Natal Gov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&J ulj N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t, Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 New Zealand, 6 p. °cut Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. 0 sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. .S.Aus.G-ov. 6 p. 0.1868-9 Do. 1878 dc upwards Vlo,Gov. 6p.0.Ja.& July Do. do. April & Oct 190 100 100 ICO 100 100 WLDINARY SILARIGS AND ISTOCAb. Railways. KAM and gketer Qatedonian U.tnibrian Uork and Bandon...—. Uornwall. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. IC.London, scrip Coal. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Aug'. et. No. 2 Great Northot Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock .. Do. 11 stock Do. New, is. at 25 p GtS. and W. ol• Ireland Gt. Wertern Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. /Dd.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford...... .. Lancashire& Yorkshiri, London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S. Coast lon., Chat., and Dovet Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lyn. 4t North Western Lon. 4 South Western Man., Slid., A Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John's IV 'o Midland Do. LSO Share _ . Do, Biriniu.. dL Lrerb) I ktid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. th. Eastern— Ber WAOh Do. 11-.N•/4 pun:has , Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle . .... Do. Stock. St ...Hug. Do. do. 1860-61 ..... . North London ........ Do. do. 186 t 5 . . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire S. AL S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N. E ,Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stook Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok 'Taff Vale Do.o Vale of Meath Waterford & Kilkenn} Waterloo .if Whiteha West Cornwall Pail (Noising I Businese Price. done. 711 74f 74f 2u Su 3 4 75 77 70 72 - 0 lt;2 101 31 31) 7 8 15 6 102 103 96 122 146 91 •6 as 63i, 66 AS 30 35 30 33 12711 128 6 14 111/ It4l 114 WO 92 42} 121 1114 112 ieS 166 79 fit 106 106; 75 77 Me 34 102 104 54 59 94 95 130 131 lel 133 ill 119 II 114 57 59 1 0 6 108 57 58 43 45 71i 711 1 0 11 143 146 75 i I 6 BBITISH YOBBEBBIONB. 100 Atlantic& Bt.Lawrence all 54 66 et;Bom.,l3aroda, do Cen.ln. 100 104 105 1051 gu. 5_ per cent........ 20 Do. F shares 4 16 p 201 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 3 4 10 Do. Preference all 5 7 too Batf.,Brant, &Goderich LO O O 68_ 71 Cal a o P uta lB & 72 B -3 . st Jaye Town & Dock, gu. lOU 18 52 .00 Demerara, 7 p.o. per. pi all 99 102 at Last Bengal, gu. , sdo 100 1041 IG5¢ 1071 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 109 110 111 4 I 40 Do. .1 Extension at Urand Trunkot Canada 100 15) 102 151 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bond. 1 charge ti p.o all 78 82 100 Do. let Pref. Bonds all 43 45 100 Do. do deferred 100 Do. 2d Fret. Bonds all 33 33 100 Do. do. deterred all - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Frei. stock all 18 19 100 Do. do. deterred et tit. India Pen. gua. sp.e lOO 109 110 109) 90 t:o. Gum. 5 per cent lB 11 2IA 40 Do. New gua. sp. 0 6 I) 21. at tit. South of India .„„ gua. 5 per cent at Du. 41 per cent loo 94 96 et Do ..... . ...... . - 201 cheat Wes. of Canada all 161 16) 14) 201 Do. New 00 Do. 6p. 134.5. pay. 1873 all 98 100 981 00 Do. 5¢ do. pay. 1877-8 all 9 t 93 at Madras, gua. 5 p.O st Do. 42 do tOo 93 95 at Do. 41 do ........ 29 Do. Fifth Exten sion 3 at Melb. Cor. 6p. c. finds. 100 50 Mel. & Hobson's Bay all at N.lll.C'da.opc let pf. bs 100 83 55 at Dude & Ithilk'nd, gr. spm 100 1034 1044 st Seinde ..... . 100 10 t ) 1124 at Do. Delhi ...... fl v s 100 101) 102¢ 103 20 Do. do . 4, 2 p et Do. runjaub.... ' 100 101 102 at Do.lndus St.Flot b il " 100 87 80 11.111T1SLI • Cam. Consol. Gold, Um. 1 Chiverton ............ 84 21 31 Clifford Amalgamated. 30 5 64 Devon G. Cons. (Tavi s t. 1 44 0 16) Drake walls 2.1.0 — East Bassett (Illogan) 291 10 / l2 East Caradon 2.14.., 4 5 East Carn Brea 3l 2 24 East Grenville ..... 2.14.0 14 2 East Gunnislake .. 8.3. t, # 4 East Lovell 3.J.0 8 9 E. WI Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 14 2 4 u , am.& StAubyn(G wen. 46 4 5 Great Laxey, limited all 163 171 Great South 'reigns 1.4.0 Great Wheal Basy 14.9.s dr. Wheal Vor (Heist.** 40 15 17 Grenville 9.0.6 15 14 derod's Foot .... 8.10.( 38 0 Uingston Downs 5.10.6 24 24 Margaret (Uny Lelant 1 2 -17.6 d 8 4 Marke Valley 4.10.6 6 64 iwyndy Iron. Ore, lim St 21 i t New S ton ...... 561 60 70 North loskear N.Wh Bassett(lllogan 1.1.0 North Wheal Crotty 2.13.0 2 3 Prosper United 8.11.0 2 21 Providenoe,UnyLelant. I 1 .6.: 25 27 _ Caradon (St. Clcer) l4 380 400 South Condurrow 1.2.0 S.V . Vheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 374 424 41 14 15 . - 61 ; ti i rn g a r yC a rP an ort d k Ulogan, lim 3 5: 1 5 1.6 ll —. 6 _ West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard 11 10 *2 WcstChiverton ll 61 66 —. I West Seton 471 200 210 !Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 51 75 Si . I Whtal Buller (Itedruthl 22 5 0 11 !Wheal Mary Ann (Men.! 6 21 23 Wheal Seton 1 581 771 821 Wheal Trelawney (Lis 1 5.17.0 i 7 9 PREFERENCE SRAIIES. Great Western, 4 per cent irred. 73 Mid Consolidated, CS per cent. stook, Ditto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 132 North Eastern, Cons., 4 per cent., - - Ditto, 4i per cent. rd., 151 rtiEFEILENCE bliAtiNti AND STOCKS. Great Western, 6 per cent., irrd., 7886, Oli FOREIGN RAILWATEg. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 I tam^ and San Francisco, tin., pm. 7 pet cent., 15 Great Luxembourg . , tl South Austrian And Lombardo Venetian, iq 15 FORD IGN MINXS. Chontaleg Gold and'Sllver Mining, lint., 2 I St. John del Key. lien , 17} United Mexican, Lim.. li Vancouver Coal,. 4 DOCKS Willwall Freehold Land and Dock, 31 LIANAS. Anglo Fgyptian, urn., 1911 Consolidated, lim., If English and Ain do Janeiro, lirn., 8 I imperial Ottoman. It London and County, -- Ditto, new, 351 London and It estmlneter, 71 bitto, Scrip, 47i 8 Union or Australia, 4 Union of London, :is MISCELLANEOUB. Anglo American Telegraph, 23 2/ Agio-Mexican Mint, 16/ Atlantic Telegraph, 53 4 Ditto, init. cent , 100 City of Moscow Gas, Bin., 51 I East India Irrigation and Canal. V/ 16 Egyptian <ii per Cent_ Viceroy Loin, Sus by Egypt. Gov., 90t Gcnei al Steam Navigation, 271 H udson's Bay, 15.1 1 Ocean It arine insurance), 10/ Peninsula and Oriental steam, 531 Di to, new, 1867, i I/ Submarine Telegraph, 73/ Telegraph Construct. and 31a1atenitnee, 11/ Upper twain Tea, Bin , The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 80 days' sight Is about 1101 per cent. At this rate there PI a trifling profit on the importation of gold from the United States. 10 101, 93 100! V 8 10 85 156 85 67 104 106 109 110 107 109 100 108 INS 100 110 111 105 107 104 106 166 LOS 107 10Y 106 108 Y 9 10 0J 101 08 92 115 i 00 97i 98; 102 xO4 103 105 110 111 1114 112 s 1031 I 1081 931 nrit i 53 a i I TILE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1868. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. A special general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Paddington Station—Sir D. Gooch, M.P., in the chair. 111 r. F. G. Saunders, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders on the improved position of their affairs. They had now plenty of money, which was mainly brought about by the shareholders helping themselves. The amount of the 5 per cent. debenture stock issued was £1,700,000, out of which £1,100,000 had been paid up, leaving £600,000 to come in as and when required. He might eate that their great difficulty now was not as to the issue of the stock, but from having to refuse it to people who were most anxious to take it up. They could only issue the debenture stock to the amount necessary to replace debentures falling due. With regard to the 6 per cent. pre ference stock, they had alrealy issued £1,600,000, leaving about £1,000,000 still available to be issues when necessary. (Hear, hear.) This was a Wharn cliffe meeting, and the first resolution he had to submit was the approval of the Great Western Rail way (Dividends) No. 2 Bill. It was a bill to con firm the issue of stocks and shares of the Great Western Railway Company in payment of dividends to the holders of stocks or shares in the company. Mr. A. Woon seconded the motion. Mr. C. LEGG said he thought it very satisfactory that they had been enabled to issue so large an amount of debenture stock, and hoped it would be sufficient to completely relieve the company from its recent difficulties. He thought it might be sa tisfactory to know at what rate they were now renewing debentures. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know the scope of the bill. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to those and other ques tions, said that ,the Dividend Bill removed all doubt as to the legality of the debenture stock and prefe rence shares already issued to the proprietors in lieu of dividends. As to the debentures falling due, they were now freely renewed at 44 per cent., and the directors could get as much money as they wanted. Their debenture stock was now at a con siderable premium, and he hoped the company had now got all the money they required. They would not issue any more of the 6 per cent. preference stock at par, because be thought it well worth a premium. He trusted they would never have occa sion again to issue stock in place of cash dividends. (Hear, hear.) The bill was then unanimously approved. The next was a bill to authorise the Bristol and North Somerset Railway Company to deviate from the authorised line of their railway at Bristol. It enabled that company to make a more convenient junction with the Great Western Railway. It would be an advantage to them and involve no liability. Mr. YOUNG, the solicitor, explained that there were arrangements - between the two companies, and the clause merely extended them to the de viated line. Mr. WOOD seconded the motion approving the bill, and it was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN said the next bill he had to sub mit was a bill for conferring additional powers on the London and North Western Railway for the construction of new works, and in relation to their own undertaking and the undertakings of other companies. The bill contained powers to make a junction at Hereford between their line and the Brecon line, for the joint working of boats at Bir kephead, the working of the West London Railway, and the laying down of the narrow gauge between Hereford and Gloucester. Mr. A. WOOD seconded the motion approving the bill, and it was carried. The CHAIRMAN said the meeting would be ad journed to the 25th instant, to consider the Great IVestern Bill for conferring further powers on them for the construction of works, and in relation to their own undertaking and to the undertakings of other companies ; also to consider the Kingston and Eardisley Bill to abandon portions of the railway. He did not think they would have to submit the Cambrian Bill. Mr. C. LEGG expressed regret at the great loss of Mr. E. Smith, one of the directors, since the last 'meeting, and wished to know who was elected in his place. The CHAIRMAN said they all regretted the loss of Mr. Smith, who was a most efficient director. ➢lr. Micklethwaite was elected to fill the vacancy. The meeting then adjourned to the 25th inst. SPORTING PROPHECIES. THE BATH AND SOMERSET MEETING. Sportsman.--Sixteenth Biennial Stakes : St. Ro nan. Beaufort Cup : Julius. Seventeenth Biennial Stakes : Da Vere, Miss Foote, and Martyr. The County Members' Plate : Moonbeam, Muezzin, and Mr. Briggs. Bath Handicap : Naivete and Gooje rat. Somersetshlre Stakes : Gomera and Plough boy. Bell's L l / 4 .—Sixteenth Biennial Stakes : Phoebus and Tympanum. Bath Handicap : Tremble, The Parson, Goojerat, or Naivete. County Members' Plate : Leases, Mr. Briggs, and Sister to Vedette. Two Year Old Biennial: Miss Foote. Beaufort Cup : Julius. Somersetshire Stakes : Vortigern or Puff. Dyrham Park Handicap : Steamboat or Mr. Brayley's selected. Welter Stakes : Steamboat or Douro. Weston Stakes : Hilda and Badsworth. B Arninton Stakes : Liddington. Sporting Gazette.— Three Year Old Biennial Speculum or Tympanum. Two Year Old Biennial : Julius. Bath Handicap : Naivete and Ligurian. County Members' Plate : Mr. Briggs or Birdseeker. Sporting Life. —Three Year Old Biennial :.lym panum. Beaufo r t C up : A c hi evement. Si xteenth Biennial Stakes : St. Ronan and Cock of the Walk. Two Year Oil Biennial Stakes : Miss Foote. Bath handicap : Birdseeker or Goojerat. County Mem bers' Plate : Mr. Briggs or Moonbeam. Somerset shire Stakes : Ploughboy and Mariner. Era.--Beaufort Cup : Achievement. Sixteenth Biennial Stakes : Speculum or Cock of the Walk. Seventeenth Biennial Stakes : Miss Foote and Martyr. Weston Stakes : Martyr and Badsworth. Somersetshire Stakes : Puff and Ackworth. Bad minton Stakes : Liddington and Athena. Sunday Times.—Sixteenth Biennial Stakes : St. Ronan and Cock of the Walk. Beaufort Cup : Julius. Seventeenth Biennial Stakes : Miss Foote or The Standard Bearer. Weston Stakes : Ililda. Somersetshire Stakes : Mariner and Ploughboy. Field.—Beaufort Cup : Achievement. Sixteenth Biennial Stakes : St. Ronan or Cock of the Walk. Seventeenth Biennial Stakes : De Vero or Miss Foote. Bath Handicap : Goojerat and Arabia. County Members' Plate : Moonbeam and Lily. The Somersetshire Stakes : Ploughboy and Ackworth. Dyrlaam Park Handicap : Vampire and Demon stration. Welter Stakes : Douro or Steamboat. Weston Stakes : De Vere and Martyr. Badminton Stakes : Athena and Electricity. Sporting Z inies.—Beaufort Cup : Achievement or Knight of the Garter. The Sixteenth Biennial Stakes: Tympanum and Cock of the Walk. The Seventeenth Biennial Stakes : Martyr or De Vere. Weston Stakes : Hilda. Somersetshire Stakes : Ploughboy—Puff for place. • Tue Scurry Stakes (handicap) of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for all ages. Red House in. fir R. Porter's Haymaker, by Leamington—Village Maid, 3 yrs, Est 121 b •(S. Mordiva) 1 Lord Westmorland's Ulphus, 5 yrs, 7st 31b ...(Kenyon) 2 Nix J. Wood's Beauty, 3 yrs, Bst Chitloner) 3 Captain Mitchell's Out-and-Outer, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (Custance) 0 Duke of Newcastle's Nike, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (J. Daley) 0 Mr J. P. Craven's Dutch Admiral, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Cameron) 0 Mr Gilby's Skysail, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Cradook) 0 Batting-2 to 1 agst Out-and-Outer, 100 to 30 agst Hay maker, 4 to 1 agst Beauty, 7 to 1 agst Ulphus. The latter got away with a slight lead of Haymaker and Out-and-Outer, Beauty being last off, with au indifferent start. No change occurred till rounding the bend for the straight, when Haymaker headed Ulphus, and Beauty ran into third place. A good race home ensued between the leading trio, but Haymaker, having always the best of it, won cleverly by a neck ; Beauty, never being able to get up, was beaten by a length ; Skysail was fourth, Dutch Admiral fifth, Out-and-Outer sixth, an I Nike ht.sL the Chesterfield Handicap of 100 sovs, a tiled to a Sweep stakes of 5 sovs each. One mile Sir C. Legard's Vespasian, by Newiniuster —Vets, 5 yr. 94 Mr East wood's Evelina, 3 yrs. Gat 716 (Cradoek) 2 Mr C. Percy's Russian 11,ar, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Hammond) 3 Batting-11 to 10 on Vespasian, 7to 1 agst Russian dear, 5 to 2 agst Evelina. Vespasian ma le the running for a short distance, but was soon headed by Russian Bear. At the bend, however, Vespasian again took up the ruuning, and won easily by a length and a half ; a neck only separating second and third. Thel orporation Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added. Red House in. Hr Crastou's Albatross, by Buccaneer—Miss Conyng ham, 3 yrs, 7st 91b Mr Bromsgrove's f, by Skirmisher —Buckeuhant's dam, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Jeffrey) 2 Mr J. P. Craven's Paleface, 3 yrs, 7st 91b.....(Cameron) 3 Mr. Page's Thermometer, 4 yrs, 9st 71b ...... (Coslett) 4 Duke of Newcastle's Zuleika, 2 yrs, sst 111 b (Wilson) 0 Mr. Williams's Esmeralda, 4 yrs, 9st 41b ...(Whitehead) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst the Buckenham's dam filly, 3to 1 each agst Thermometer and Zuleika, 8 to 1 agst Albatros , . Zuleika and Esmeralda being fractious were left at the post. Buckenham's dam filly made the running, attended ny Albatross., and the other pair in close order, till within the half distance, when Albatross drew away, and won by a neck; Paleface was a bad third; Thermometer close up. I'ho Yorkshire St. Legor of 3 soya each, with 50 added, for hunters. SL Leger Course. Mr J. Danby's Rap, by Rapparee—Lanky Bet, 4 .yrs, list 131 b (Mr G. S. Thompson) 1 Mr T. Wilkinson's Scarrington (h b), 5 yrs, 13at 21b (Mr T. Spence) 2 Sir George Cholmeley's llexgrave, 5 yrs, 12st (Mr C. Boynton) 3 Ur J. Newsome's Corkey, by Crotou Oil —Carlotte, 5 yrs, 12st 21b (Cattle) 4 Mt Brookes's Empress (h b), ago 1, list 131 b (Mr Brockton) 5 Betting-9 to 4on Rap, 4to 1 agst Scarriugton. Hex gave, as soon as they settled down, showed the way, with Corkey close up; the favourite, Empress, and Scarrington following in the order named. Rounding the far side Scarrington improved his position slightly, and Corkey dropped into the ratir ; a length separating each. On approaching the band Scarrington and Rap drew away, but at the half distance Rap shot out and won by three lengths ; Hexgriive was a bad third ; Corkey and Empress were together in the rear. Free Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, with 40 added. Two miles and a half. Hr. Welfitt's Turmoil, by Commotion—Oulton Lass, 4 yrs, list 31b (inc 71b ex) (Mr. Brockton) 1 Hr. Cheese's Advertisement, 4 yrs, lOst 21b (Rous) 2 Hr. Cliff's Troubadour, 6 yrs, lOst 91b (H. Taylor) 3 Mr. Wolfitt's Nothing More, 6 yrs, list 71b (inc. 71b ex) (Waddington) 0 Mr. Welfitt declared to win with Nothing More. Betting-5 to 4on Nothing More, 7to 4 agst Trouba lour, sto 1 agst Turmoil. Troubadour with a long lead :nada play, followed by Advertisement, Nothing More, And Turmoil, and little material alteration occurred till eoming towards the straight, when the lot took close • .irder, and all appeared to make a race of it. Before clear ing the last hurdle, however, Turmoil and Nothing More ' left the others, but the favourite fell at the obstacle and , was thus thrown out. Turmoil, therefore, won easily by six lengths. Troubadour was not able to get up to Ad vertisement, who received second honours. SALISBURY RACE MEETING—FRIDAY. There was to-day a mare numerous attendance than yesterday, and a continuance of the same glorious weather Lnd interesting sport, which was to-day, however, dead tgainst backers, who dropped a lot of the money , they won Thursday. Old Historian won the Handicap Plate very cleverly, the favourite Muezzin sustaining defeat from both the Woodyeates horses and Cork Jacket. An iwn sister to Molly Carew—Antias—won the Long boat Stakes in hollow fashion from her two oppo- . cents, neither of whom could make her gallop. A ;rest favourite in Cock of the Walk was upset in ,he Salisbury Cup, which valuable prize fell to Lord Durham by the aid of the Nymph colt, who de feated the Danebury " pot" very cleverly. Thinefa.7,tor, mother representative of Woodyeates, won the Wilton Park Stakes, defeating Sea Breeze and Minnie Truil, the .utter of whom, when meeting Sea Breeze at level weights, ,ustain,d defeat from the vanquished of the previous day. Cho Selling Stakes was another facer to backer:, they en uniting their money to the Voucher colt, who rau a dead .teat with Victress. In the decider the youls one had the call, but Mr. Payne's mare scored an easy victory. .Ir. Payne hal another Nv:nuor iu Clavion, who won the Longleat Stakes. In the Queen's Plate Fair Star, who ,vas second to Philosopher on Thursday, defeated Ma riner very easily, and put the finishing stroke to the backer's ill fortune. Particulars of the racing will be foucd below : Handicap Plato of 50 sous. Three quarters of a mile. Sir F. Johmtone's Historian, by Stockwell, aged, Bst 121 b (Parry) 1 Mr. Woolcott's Cork Jaket, 3 yrs, Tat (Bugler) 2 lir. Hope's Leading Suit, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (inc. 51b extra) (Haidment) 3 Duke of Hamilton's Muezzin, aged, Bst Glb (inc. 51b ex.) (Hartley) 0 Mr. Brook's Lucotta, 3 yrs, 7st (Hibbern) 0 Ar. E. Brayley's Redbourne, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (D. Kitchener) 0 sir. E. Edywn's Englishman, 3 yra, 7at 31b...(G. Sopp) 0 Botting-7 to 4 agst Muezzin, 100 to 30 agst Cork Jacket, 4 to 1 each agst Historian and Leading Suit. Cork Jacket got away in advance of Historian, Loading Suit, and the favourite, but after going about a couple of iuudred yard; Leading Suit took a slight lead, which ho naiutained till crossing the road, when he dropped back, And Historian, with Cork Jacket on his loft, came away, but the old horse shook off his opponent at the half dis tance, and won easily by two lengths, the same distance oetween second and third; Englishman Fourth, Muezzin fifth close up fifth, RodbJurne next, and Lucetta last. ['he Longford Oastlo Stakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, for two yr-olds. Half a mile. Sir T. Morgan's Antias, by Prime Minister—Alma, Bst 61b (Marsh) 1 Sir J. Pownoy's Blucher, Bst 101 b (C annon ) 2 ,ir F. Johnstone's c by Man-at -Arms Miss Lavinia, Bst 71b Betting —5 to 4 on Antias, 6 to 4 agst Blucher, 10 to I agst the Miss Lavinia colt. Antias made the whole of the running, and won in a canter by two lengths ; bad third. The Salisbury Cup, value 200 sovs, by subscription of 10 soya each. The straight mile. Lord Durham's c by Thormanby—The Nymph, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Wyatt) 1 Mr J. Day's Cock of the Walk, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Prangle) 2 Mr Stephenson's Socrates (lat.e Philosopher), 3 yrs, Tat 12Ib Ono 71b extra) (T. Cannon) 3 Flig .t's Th.) Shrew, 3 yrs sst 7W (Weston) 4 Mr J. Powney'a Mr Briggs, 3 yrs, Est (Deakin) 5 Marquis of Hastings's Cuckoo, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (Butler) 6 Betting-9 to 4on Cock of the Walk, 100 to 30 agst Socrates, 6 to 1 agst the Nymph colt. Cuckoo, on the loft, made the running, closely followed by Cuck of the Walk on the right, and the Nymph colt in the centre, Socrates wide on the right, and The Shrew lying off for nearly a duster of a mile, when Mr. Briggs took the lead, having, however, the Nymph colt and the favourite in close attendance until half the distance had been traversed. Lord Durham's colt thou assumed the command, Cock of the Walk attending on him, Socrates Simultaneously taking the third place next the rails. Though Pranglo made every effort on the favourite he was never able to overhaul the Nymph colt, who gradually drew away, winning cleverly by three-quarters of a length; a length separated the second and third, The Shrew was a bad fourth, Mr, Briggs fifth, and Cuckoo last, beaten some distance. The Wilton Park Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds. T.Y.C. (three quarters of a mile) Sir F. Johnstone's Benefactor, by Adventurer—Pru dence, Bst 10Ib .. (Cannon) 1 Mr. Ruff's Sea Breeze, Bst 101 b (J. (...4oater) 2 Mr. Graham's Minna Troll, Est 101 b (J. Adams) 3 Mr J. H. C. Wyndham's Glencoe, Bst 101b...(Maidment) 4 Mr G. Payne's Sagas, Bst 101 b (T. French) 5 Mr W. Day's Benbow, Bst 101 b (I. Sadler) 6 Mr E Brayley's Saraband, Bst Glb (H. Day) 7 Betting-2 to 1 agst Benefactor, sto 2 agst Minna Troll, 100 to 15 agst Glencoe, 10 to 1 each agst Benbow and Sea Breeze. Glencoe made play, followed closely by Minna Loll, Benbow, Sea Breeze, and the favourite to the distance, when Sea Breeze took a slight lead, but was deprived of it at the stand by Benefactor, who had gradually come through his horses from the distance, and won after a fine race by a head ; two lengths intervened between the second and third, Glencoe was fourth close up, Sagax fifth, Ben bow sixth, and Saraband last. A Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added. Three quarter• of a mile. Mr Payne's Victress, by Lambton—Raund's dam, by Scroggius (.£2O), 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Maidment) f 1 Mr Graham's c by Vedette—Voucher (C2U), 2 yrs, sst 101 b (F. Webb) f 2 Mr G. Jones's Resistauce (.£50),-2 yrs, sst lotb (car. Est 11b)(Butler) 3 .• Capt. G. Day's Judge (£2O), 2 yrs, sst 101 b (Cox) 4 Mr IL Goatees Miss Bagot (..£29, 2 yrs, sst 71b (car. sst 131 b)..... (Wyatt) 5 Mr Hope's Lillie (CM, 4 yrp, Bet 91b s wi m s (J. Ac lftins) 6 Betting-7 to 4 agst Judge, 3to 1 agst the Voucher colt, 6 to 1 agst Victress, 100 to 15 agst Resistance. Resistance made the running, with a slight advantage of Miss Bagot and Judge, until half the distange had been covered, when Victress got her head in front of Miss Ba got and Resistance. At the distance Miss Bagot retired, and the Voucher colt coming with a rush got level with the other pair, but Resistance dropped back slightly at the Stand, and the Voucher colt and Victress rau a dead heat. A length in rear of the pair Resistance was third, a head only in front of Judge. Miss Bagot was fifth, and Lillie last. Deciding Heat —6 to 5 on the Voucher colt. The Voucher colt held a slight lead till just outside the distance, when Victress passed him, and won in a canter by two lengths. The winner was sAd to Mr. Stephenson for 100 guineas. The Longleat Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 added One mild and a half. Mr. Payue's Citron, by LeaminAlon—L3lnonaile's darn, by Don John, 3 yrs, Est 11111 Mr. W. Day's e, by Vettett.:—.Ntnry Sunsliihe's dam, :i yrs, 7st 3ib ..". ('P. Sadler) 2 Mr. E. Brayloy's Douro, 5 yrs, Bst alb (Caldron) 3 Betting-13 to Bon Citron, 3to 1 agst Douro. Douro held a clear leaf of tha Merry Sun.hine's thin colr, the favourite, un ler waitiag orderA, lyin; i« tha rear until a. quartor of a mile froai home, when Douro dropped away, an Citron j ,wing the 313rry. dam colt at the half-distance, the pair ran a due race hone, the favourizo winning very clev:rly by a neck; Douro was a had third. The Queen's Plato of 100 guineas. Throe miles. lir W. Day's Fair Star, by eapa Flyaway—L +gorti•ini Lin, 3 yrs, 7.st 811) (G. Sopp) 1 Mr Brayley's Prince Itcgeut, 3 yrs, let 610 (ear. 7st 1 Lib) (Galan )) 2 Mr. Hope's Leading Suit, 4 yre, 9st 71b (M tidinent) 0 B .tting-2 to 1 on Prince Regent, 3 to 1 ag,st Fair Star. Pair Star was in front throughout, and won iu a canter by a length and a half. Leading Suit did not pass the post. PRIVATE THEATRICALS AT CORNWALL 110 USE. Among the numerous operettas prepared for chamber used, suggested by the success of Mr. G. A. Macfarren's "Jessie Lea " at the Gallery of Illustration, the " Rival Beauties" of M. Alberto Rindegger is one of the most agreeable, and though performed, if we remember rightly, at the Crystal Palace some three or four years ago, de served a more permant existence than it then met with. The present taste for private theatricals has extended itself to operatic performances of this cabinet class, and several notable experiments of the kind have been made by certain leaders of fashion during the present season, but in hardly so remarkable a manner as on Wednesday evening, when the above-mentioned opera by M. Randegger was' given under the auspices of Mis. Freake, of South Kensington, whose magnificent mansion was thrown open to upwards of four hundred of the beau monde, including many distinguished members of the world of literature and art. The spacious music room was fitted up with a prettily-decorated prescenium and stage, andprovided with an orches tra of 25 instrumentalists from the Royal Italian Opera House. The principal characters of the ope retta were undertaken by two ladies well knovin in polite circles as skilled amateurs—viz., Miss Harriet Young and Miss Cordelia Mitchell ; while the other parts were filled by Mr. W. H. Cummings, Mr. Lewis Thomas, and Mr. C. Barraud. The plot, we may remind our readers, turns upon the con trivances of a certain lady, Edith Carleton, to escape marriage with Sir Percy Ringwood, whom she has not seen, but to whom she has been betrothed. Sir Percy, however, has been exiled for some political cause or other ; but, with the connivance of one Tom Deloraine, a smuggler, he comes over clandes tinely to England to claim his bride, and lands at the same village in Kent where Lady Elith has do miciled herself in the house of Stephen Lynn, a miller. Accidentally made aware of his coming, she asks the miller to let his daughter Alice pass for her,- to which the miller is nothing loth, as he hopes, by judicious manceuvring,to secure Sir Percy for himself as sou-in-law. The latter, however, fs more fascinated with the miller's pretended daughter than with the pretended lady, who acts her part with due extra vagance, and disgusts him with her airs and vani- ties. The real Lady Edith, in the meanwhile, dis covers that she has made a mistake in proposing the exchauge.of positions, and would willingly reinstate herself as regards Sir Percy, with whom, having seen him, she is now in love ; but S.r Percy, natu rally enough, hesitates to believe her. Other ex pedientq, therefore, have to be resorted to, and with the connivance of Toni I)eloraine she proposes to dre,s herself up as an officer arrived from Lon don to arrest Sir Percy, while her confederate, Tom, undertakes to pass as a Chancery official empowered to detain the fictitious Lady Edith. Meanwhile Sir Percy, in a spirit of honour, has ten dered his hand to the miller's daughter, and,of course, has .been accepted ; but the arrangements are in terrupted by the execution of Lady Edith's plot, when an amusing imbroglio is brought about, but which is presently terminated by the disclosure of the real facts of the case, and the restoration of the " rival beauties" to their respective positions. Thus Lady Edith, by this means, recovers Sir Percy —much to his satisfaction—for herself ; and that Alice, thereupon, is content to marry the smuggler, may be taken for granted. Of M. Rendegger's music much may be said in praise. Although light and fluent it contains repeated evidences of well ap plied scholarship, the tunableness of the general character not being the only appeal that it makes to the sense of enjoyment, inasmuch as the instrumen tation, although unobtrusive, betrays to the attentive ear a graceful commrnd over the resources of the orchestra, and a just and felicitous use of them. M. Randegger, we believe, is an Italian, but his musical proclivities are so far German as to induce him, when suitable opportunities offer, to employ the most elaborate forms of writing, and to resort to those colourings which are the aim and the delight of technical experience. The two acts are diversified with the usual songs, duets, and concerted pieces. The first are of more or less interest, but they are all cast in an original mould, while those who arc simply sentimental are as tasteful in design as they are expressive in effect. The duets are gay and sprightly, and certain of them are tinctured with a genuine comic gusto, indicating a buffo vein, which, under larger circumstances Of develop ment, might be still more profitably worked. The two quartets and the quintet —an especially well constructed morceau—are in each case skilfully laid out for the voices, while the two finales, brief as they are, are descriptive, and terminate the acts with freshness and spirit. Miss Young, the repre ' seutative of Alice, sang the soprano music with showy brilliancy, but her special qualifications are histrionic, and her portrait of the pretty rustic, who is suddenly converted into a fine lady, and in a spirit of vulgar assurance aspires to be thought one, was replete with genuine stage ease and the finesse of the practised actress. Miss Cordelia Mitchell, who filled the role of Lady Edith, possesses a contralto voice of rare beauty—rich, sonorous, and exqui sitely true in tune. Nothing could be better adapted than one or two of the incidental songs of the operetta to exhibit it, and this, superadded to an intuitive taste, did everything for the music we apprehend, could d es i re . that the composer, In the duets and concerted pieces the value of a singer so highly favoured . by nature was sensibly felt, and did much for the physical charm of the ensemble. Mr. Barrand, a baritone, embodied the Miller with considerable humour. Of M r . W. H. Cummings and Mr. Lewis Thomas little need be said beyond the fact that they sang with all their well-known ability. We have only to add that the operetta throughout was received with the liveliest satisfaction by the audience, and that the singers were called before the curtain, and loudly compli mented at the end of each act. M. Raudegger himself conducted, and of course shared largely in the glory of the demonstra:ion.---The Standard. I DEATH OF A TRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT. —We regret to announce the death of Mr. Jas. Cooper \Varner, correspondent of the New York Tribune, in Panama, uf malignant fever, induced by exposure. Mr. \Varner was formerly chess editor of the Spirit, auil ono of the best players in the country. He was but twenty-three years of age, but had risen to a creditable profession for ono so young. His residence in Panama was of brief duration scarcely six months - but in that time he made many warm and attached friends. The 'United States Vice-Consul General Hoff, at whose house ho died, surrounded him with every comfort and attention, and his last moments were soothed by the most unremitting kindness and sym pathy.— Wilkes' Spirit. During a quarter of a century Horniinan's Teas have had an immense sale, and as they are nowSd per pound Cheaper, in consequence of the Reduced Duty, the demand will doubtless b 3 even further extended. Sold, secured 'in Packets; genuine are signed ilornOan and Co, Lcalpn. NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Evening, con taining the Latest Betting, and Races at Doncaster and Salisbury, was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Dad• LATEST WEST END BETTLNG. DERBY. 11. to 4 agst Lady Elizab3th (taken) 13 to 2 agst Itie!crucian (taken) 17 to 2 agst Speculum (taken) 10 to 1 agst Blue Gown (offered) 13 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken) 13 to 1 agst Orion (taken) • 25 ;0 1 agst Suffolk (taken)! 30 to 1 agst Utica , (taken) SPORTING Ja- VICTORIA. CLUB BE 17i\ G.-MIS DAY, SOMERSETSIIIRE STAKES. 4 to 1 on the field (offcrod) DEU]fl. 3to 1 nest Lady Elizab2tb (taken to £1,000) 6to 1 agst Rosicrucian (offered, after 100 to 15 and 9 to 1 had been taken) 10) to 12 agst Speculum (offered—take 9to 1) 10 to 1 agst Blue Gown (tali - tit and offered 100 to 8 agst Paul Jones (taken and offered) 13 to 1 agit Orion (taken) 100 to 7 agst Torn Bowline colt (taken) 20 to 1 agst Suffolk (offerel) 25 to 1 agst Uucas (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Green Sleeve (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Tympanum (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Pace (taken) 1000 to 10 agst St. Ronan (taken) 500 to 5 agst See Saw (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Liar vector (offered) 3000 to 500 ags: Blua Gowu with a start PLACE BETTING. Even on Lady Elizabeth (taken) 2 to 1 ags, lbsicrucian (taken) sto 2 agst Speculum (taken to £500) 3to 1 agst Orion (taken to £300) 4to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken to £400) 9 to 2 agst Uncas (offered—wanted sto 1) 10 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (taken to £200) 20 to 1 agst Paco (taken) 50 to 1 agst Harvester (offered) MISCELLANEOUS PLACE BETTING. 400 to 200 agst Rosierucia,u, 1,2, 3, ;with a start (taken) Even 100, Sir J. Hawley's lot, 1,2, 3 (taken) 6to 4 on Speculum agst Paul Jones (taken) 3to 1 on Sir J. Hawley's lot (offered, take 4to 1) 500 even on Mercury agst Pace (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868. MAY. Bath Croyduu Ist 6 ummer 21 Epsual bummer .. 26 Newark JUNE West Drayton Croydon 2d Summer Manchester 3 Ascot Summer Beverley, Hull, and 9 I East Itiding lO Windsor Summer Newton liztnipton .., ..,. lB Newcastle 23 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge Alexaudra Park 3O JULY. Chelmsford Worcester Summer ... 2 Odiham l6 Kingsbury and Hendon 6 Stamford Radcliffe Carlisle 7 f Nottingham July • 21 Newmarket July 7 1 Chesterfield 23 Hungerford Pontefract Down Royal C0rp....... 14 1 Sudbury and Ealing Reading Spilaby STEEPLECHASES. OCTOBER. Bromley 1 Ealing DECEMBER. St. Albans Kingsbury 8 I POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SETTING FIRE TO A HOUSE.— William Hayes, a man about 65 years of age, was charged before Mr. Knox with attempting to set tire to the house, No. 13, Charlton-street, Marylebone. Mrs. Millard, a general dealer, 13, Ciilrlton street, said that about 12 o'clock ou the night of Thursday last, after she had closed her shop, she heard a knock at the door, and on opening it foun 1 the prisoner there quarrelling with one of her cus tomers. The prisoner, after quarrelling with her husband, said lie would burn the lot in the house. Nothing further took place till about three o'clock in the morning, when she was aroused by hearing the prisoner's wife calling out to him to put out the fire, the horse then being full of smoke. Mr. Knox, after hearing some further evidence, committed the prisoner for trial. MIDLAND. A special meeting of this company was held yes terday at Derby ; Mr. Hutchinson in the chair. The following bills now before Parliament were submitted :-1, a bill for conferring additional powers on the Midland Railway Company for the raising of further capital and the construction of new works ; 2, a bill to confer further powers on the Midland and London and North-Western Rail way Company for the construction of works in connexion with the Ashby and Nuneaton Railway, and for other purposes; 3, a bill for conferring ad ditional powers ou the Loudon and North-Western Railway Company for the construction of new works, in relation to their own undertaking and the undertakings of other companies. In moving that the first bill be approved, the CHAIRMAN said that the subject had been so fully discussed at the meetings iu December and in January last that it was unnecessary for him to oc cupy their time. The bill proposed to confer upon the company power to raise £5,000,000; £3,750,000 by the creation of new shares, and the remainder on mortgage debentures. Of the sum proposed to be raised £2,130,000 was required for the comp le tion of the Bedford and London line and stations, £1,350,000 for a junction with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, the Cudworth and Barnsley line, and several smaller work a, and the remainder was required to replace the rolling stock of the company. Mr. LEWIS seconded the motion, and after some discussion it was carried, only four persons voting against it. Mr. O'BRIEN then demanded a poll. (Loud cries of " Shame.") Mr. HADLEY seconded the demand for a poll. Mr. BAINES asked Dr. O'Brien to withdraw his motion, but the latter declined to do so. Ou a poll being taken the numbers were :—For the motion, shareholders present 192, representing £525,170 ; proxies 183, representing £1,297,049 total, £1,822,219 ; against the motion, persons pre sent representing £3,236. There were no proxies recorded against the motion. The second and third bills were then approved, and the Chairman stated that the three other bills on the list had been with drawn. The proceedings then terminated. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 171 ... it 171 Ditto Rotterdam — ... 11 19f ... 12 Antwerp — ... 25 371 , ... 25 42f .dr..ssels Hamburgh — ... 13 9: ... 13 101 Paris Short ... 25 lo ... 25 25 Ditto 3 Ms. ... 2) 35 ... 25 37f Marseilles ... ... 25 . 35 ... 25 4,) Fraukfort-on-the-Main ... ... 1201- ... 120} Vienna — ... 11 85 ... 11 90 Trieste — ... 11 85 ... 11 90 Petersburg Berlin .. ... 6 '261 ... 6 271 Madrid — ... 481 ... 48f Cadiz - ... Cif ... 484 Leghorn Milan... Genoa — ... 28 25 ... '2B 30 Naples Palermo — ... 28 25 ... 28 30 Messina.. Lisbon. Oporto ... ... ... 51f ... 51f THE HOP PLANTATIONS.—ROCHESTER , May 15. —Under the influence of the recent warm days and nights the hop bine has male rapid growth, while at no former period have the young plants looked so forward at this sea,zou of the year. Throughout the district poling and tying are completed, while in many of the gardens the biue is more than half-way up the poles. The plants generally look clean and healthy, although in some of the arden3 the fly Las made its appearance. The first heavy showers—which are now much needed—will, however, clear the plants of the vermin. It is calculated that up wards of bO,OOO acres are under hop cultivation this season. STUD NEWS There are at present seventy mares at Hurstbourne Park, on a visit to Fitz-Roland, Sydmonton, and Ather stone, including Lord Portsmouth's own lot. His lordship has a dozen foals this season ; and although there has been a crying complaint amongst breeders in general of " nothing but fillies," the colts predominate in his case in the proportion of ten to two: The Duke's subscription is full. At Hasketon, Captain Barlow's Nebula, a brown colt b) Surplice. _ _ _ Al Upper Lambourno, May 5, Ur. Saxon's Countess (by Stockwell), a bay or brown colt by Defender ; and has barn put to him again. . _ _ _ During the York meeting Mr. Blenkiron secured six subscriptions to Adventurer, for 1869, and ten others had previously been taken by Messrs. J. Watt, Clinch, Hay ward, and others. This horse's fee will be considerably raised next season. Mr. Blenkiron has had the misfortune to lose two foals at Belhus Park, where their dams had gone on a visit to Amsterdam. They were a filly by Ely out of Scylla, and a colt by Amsterdam out of New Victoria, the former of whom ran against a hurdle, and dislocated her shoulder, whilst the colt died of paralysis. At Sheffield-lane paddocks, on the 11th inst., Mr. John stone's Charity, by Melbourne (dam of Gratitude and Limo sine), a bay filly by Colsterdale ; on the 11th inst., Mr. J Singleton's Balsam, by The Cure, a bay colt by Cramond: Both mares will be put to Adventurer, also the three year old filly by Stockwell out of Bracey. The following mares have arrived at High WycomLe to be put to Young 1 rumpeter : M argaret, b y Chanticleer,, with a bay filly by Caractacus ; Gossip, by Idle Boy, barren ; L'ivertissement, by Grosvenor, barren ; Anticipa tion, by Acrobat, barren ; and Leda, by Weatherbit, will. a colt by Man at Arms. At Yardley, near Birmingham, April 24th, Measrs Graham's Cort-iea, by Newminster, a chesuut colt by Ox ford, and put to Knight of the Crescent ; Mr. Bennett': Sultana, with a brows filly by Knight of St. Patrick, ha, arrived to Oxford ; and Mr. Bulling's Chillianwallab, by Newminster, to Knight of the Crescent ; May 7th, Mossy, Graham's Wild D a y re l l mare (sister to Almack,) a IA ow.. Oxford, and put t o him again. Thr3e foal, following o by P. E llard ' s E c h o ; M r J . Ch a d w i ck ' : maros have arrived at Friarsli , ld, Tip mare by Brian B orn, with a colt by Joco ; Mr 11. C. Tip perary, t Joco Croker's Teapot, with a filly by Sussex Stag; Mr Ellard ' t Mary Adelaide, with a colt by Joco ; Mr 11. Barber's mare by Suns(); with a filly by Joco; Mr St. George Manserglf, Souvenir, with a colt by Joco, also his Lamienne, with a colt by Joco; Mr B lacknaore's Nelly Blythe; Mr Thomp son's grey mare, with a colt by Joco; Mr C. Chadwick': Casey, with a cult by Joco. At Hartlebury, Worcestershire, Mr. Watson's mares foaled as follows : --My Niece, a filly by Blair Athole, and covered by Rataplan ; Lizzie, by Tbeon, a colt by Rata plan, and covered by him again ; Stitched Up, a colt by Claret, and covered by R Et t ap i tua ; Heiress, by Teddingtou, a colt by Lord Clifden, and covered by Rataplan ; Lalage, barren, and covered by Macaroni ; Chatuade, a filly by Newminster, and covered by Macaroni ; Selina, by Dc Clare, a filly by Lord of the Isles, and covered by Ma caroni;by Lifeboat ; -i-1 "u; by Orlando, a colt by King e t G a filly by Lord of the Isles, and cov ere d Ti.unlp Pet s.a Lamb ndcov , ered by St. Albans ; Ess Bouquet, by Orlando, a filly by Rataplao, and covered by St. Albans; Miss hawthorn, by R ing Tow, a filly by Dundee, and covered by Newminster. FILENCIL—At Montgeroult, May stb, Monsieur de Bray's Nomade, a bay colt by The Flying Dutchman. At Cher bourg, Monsieur Bonfils's Ladybird (dam of Pompior) a filly by Vandermulin. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.—FItIDAY If the opening day at the e Bellinger town" was charac terised by dullne ss , certainly the concluding day was even more marked in this respect, and ever since the abandon ment of steeplechasing at this meeting fears have been openly expressed that the fixture will collapse, and there would seem to be good grounds for the assertion. The majority of turfites who saw the settlement of the Don caster Handicap left the eourso immediately afterwards for the south, and thus the good meeting at Salisbury so thinned the attendance here that speculation was reduced to the narrowest range. The Subscription-rooms were not very well patronised, and the only business transacted was the taking 6 to 1 about Rosicrucian fur the Derby, at which price the colt left off firm. The weather complain of along the route t o fine, the dust bAng the t only s course . ina gcoani nv elniiheenrcee beautifully to complain eeight events on the card for de cision; and as the first was a walk over, there was plenty of time for speculation had the spo r ti ng sp i r it b een t h at ner s ven ix sho we d no co l ours, but by the prop r i e t ors o f th e way inclined. Half a dozen were co l oure d on the card betting-rooms, o e r tt t i - c r o o u o p m l e s of and p othgio ponies only a pair went to the post, the Duke's clever filly op posing the North Country youngster, who won the Trial Stakes recently at Durham. There was no d ou b t as to the upshot, as the daughter of St. Alb ans won j ust as site liked, Mr. Cowen's filly having no ch ance th roug h out, although she appeared to come up pretty well within the half-distance, after being smartly roused. Vespasian again displayed his aptitude for carrying weight by win ning the Chesterfield Stakes easily with 9st. The remain ing events were of an unimportant character, and do not call for remark. Details of the day's running aro ap pended : The Clumber Stakes of 20 sovs each, h ft, for two-yr-olds. Half a mile. Duke of Newcastle's Zuleika, by Ivan—Zoraide,_Bst 51b (J. B tley) w.o. The Betting-room Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds. RA House in. Duke of Newcastle's Lure, by St. Albaus—Aingzon, 2 yrs, 7st ................................................ (Cradock) 1 Mr W. Cowen's (Marionette, 2 yrs, Est 111 b ...(Nl'ilwen) 2 Betting-9 to 4on Lure, who wade tho whole of tho running, and won easily by a length. The Juvenile Stakes of 5 sous each, with 40 added, for two-yr-old colts. Half a mile. Ur Barlow's Valeutia, by Vedette — Capucine, Est 61b (S. Mordan) 1 Mr Williams' Hailstorm, by Neville, B s t 101 b (Rous) 2 Capt. Machell's Curiosity, Bst 101 b ............... (Castance) 3 Betting---5 to 2on Valentin, 3to 1 asst Curiosity. The favourite, iu the centre, mad e p l ay, after a long delay at the post, closely attended by H a il storm on the outside and Curiosity next the rails. At the distance Hail storm was beaten, and Valentia, pulling double, ran in an easy winner by a length ; Hailstorm in tho last fifty yards defeating Curiosity by half a length for second place. The winner was sold for 160 guineas to Mr. S. Marks. Curiosity was bought for 24 guineas by iirg Clarke. THMD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocK. WESTMINSTER. A " LARK." —Mr. Charles llamilton, 45, Char lotte-street, Fitzroy-square, was charged with wil fully damaging a window-blind to the amount of 108., at a coffeehouse, 3, Cremorne-road, Chelsea. Geo. Pratt, 209 T, said that at half-past one this morning! was on duty at Cremorne-road, and saw the prisoner with others ; he was drunk. He jumped up at the blind of 3, Cremorne-road, tore it down, and with it the stick, which was broken. I took him into custody, and he said it was merely a lark. Mr. &lie fined him 10s. and 20s. damages, which was imtnediatelypaid. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The number of persons who visited the British Museum in 1867 was 445,036, a larger number than in any other year since the Exhibition year, 1862. If we add the 103,469 visits of readers to the read ing room, and also the admissions to the print rootn, coin-room, &c., and to the galleries of sculp ture for the purposes of study, the total becomes 556,317. It is estimated that 1,256,860 volumes were consulted in the reading-room, or 4,304 per day for the 292 days on which the room was - open ; and as the average number of readers was 354 a day, the number of books consulted averaged over 12 books for each reader per day. Among the noteworthy acquisitions of the department in the year is a collection of nearly 200 volumes of Spanish plays and poetry, mostly of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, presented to the Museum by Mr. Chorley. Among the additions in the de partment of maps is a Japanese map of Japan, made by the Japanese Government, and presented by the Deputies of the Tycoon to Mr. Kingdon, by whom it was presented to the Museum. Many valuable acquisitions have been obtained in the department of manuscripts in the year, and prepara tions have been made for commencing a general catalogue of all collections in classes of subjects. The acquisitions in all the departments have been numerous and important. The department of coins and medals has secured some ancient and some mediaeval coins, and has not omitted to obtain more modern specimens thlt may become scarce —a gold coin (22 pesos) of Maximilian, late Em peror of Mexico ; a £3 gold piece of George IV., A.D. 18 9 4 ; a silver coin struck at Lucknow, by the rebels, in 1857 ; a complete set of notes of the paper currency of the United visited lite thedStates during the Civil War. 10,587 persons Blacas collection of gems in 1867. Professor Owen and 813 to 0f 1867 to the department 9,156 togeology, orefpo zoology,r reports 81228additio t n_ i s ia i t n that of mineralogy. The department of prints aud in e s r e a t t e of f a m th o e ng its Royalacq A u c is a i d ti e o m ns y in e a t t h a a_ dr a a r w a in g perfect year n u gues from 1769 to 1849, illustrated with upward s o f 2,000 prints and etchings, prese n t e d b y M r. A n d e rdon ; also a full-length portrait of Q ueen fe Elizabeth in State dress, by William Rogers, a contemporary artist, no other impression of which is known to exist ; and many other engravings and drawings of great interest. The vote for the Bri tish Museum this session is to £99,380, an increase of £3,934, the item for retired advances being trans. ferred to another part of the Civil Service esti mates. Half the vote is for salaries; a fourth, £24,305, for purchases and acquisitions; the resi due for bookbinding, printing catalopes, furniture repairs, and 4144441 expenses, iharel 107 1