The Sun. — London, England, 1868-04-15 00:00:00

s ZIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The stock markets are firm this morning in every esPect. This feature is partly in consequence of the betted tone of the Paris Bourse yesterday. The t it nglish funds have been higher, Consols standing for arNovhile at 93g to 93k. Foreign Government securities itaiiLtti active, but the changes are no t cons id era bl e . are naw 47k, and American are rather higher. E ng li s h ra il ways have not varied a l _ ll ' ll , but the t one is firm, and prices have a upward tendency. The traffics of the past week continue to show a considerable increase, and the prospects of the dividends for the current half- Year are considered good. In joint-stock shares, Ira- Per_l i l Ottoman B an k h ave d ec li ned ss. Where is full average demand for discount in the open. market at 1 to I'4 per cent., with large s upplies. The Liverpool cotton market opened firmer but no advance is telegraphed. The corn trade is steady. money 'mu ar e we ll supported at 931 to 931 for money 'mu account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 92 to 92 k ; India 5 per Cents., 114 to 1141 ; Bank Stock, 244 to 246 ; Exchequer Bills, ll." - s to 20s prem. There is a good business doinr , in the leading de scriptions of forei gn Government Securities, but the Iprices current a re very muc h t h ose o f l as t n i g ht . talian (1861) are 47R to 47i. ; Mexican, 15i- to 151 ; Greek, , 1 24 to 13 ;.New Spanish, 354 to 36 ; Turkish ' s 3:i . ''' to 3 , 4 ; Egyptian Railway, 89 to 90 ; ai to 73, and the Seven per Cents., 881 toViceroy, 8 11_ 4 ; and Brazilian (1865), 744 to 75. _ American S ecur i t i es are fi rm. - U n it e d St a t es Fi ve - Twenty Bonds are .1- higher, at 721 to 73 ; Erie shares st ea d y at 46 to 47 ; Illinois are enquired for at 93 to 94, being an improvement of i. _, English R a il way Shares are f i rm, and a good ueraa h nd prevail s f or most d escr i pt i ons. G rea t N or th ern, ° , Never, is 1 Great Eastern are lower ' at 102 to 103 ; ditto A stock, well at . 1) 9 8 . 9.9 i ; k and London, better, aanghton, and South Coast a further k. The followin a g rel t2hekrotations :—L ancas hi re an d Yorkshire, 125 Midland, o 1051 to 106 ; South Eastern, 74/ tG 7 q i London and N or th Western, 1141 to 115/ ; °t eat Western, 501 to 51k ; Manchester, Sheffield, and L incolnshire, 44 to 445 ; Metropolitan, 113 to ! l3 i. ▪ Caledonian, 724 to 73 ; North British, 33 to 'A ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 181 to 19/. Lank Shares are in moderate request, but prices are generally without change except Imperial Otto alan, which i s k l ower, at ' -i to / pretu. Agra (A. ,Elares) steady, at , 9i to 10i ; Alliance, 13 t o 12 ''s.; An,glo-Austrian, 4i to 41 prem. ; Chartered Me rcantile, 28 to 29 ; Consolidated, 4i , to 4i- ; Lon io4lllnstaenr: 6 and County, 7 51 to 52 ; London and West -4 to 684. Foreign Mi n i ng Shares are without change. St. J elin. i del R eys are quo t e d at 224 to 23 i ; P ort P hili p, ' 4. t° 1 ; Chontales, 3:1 to 4. Misc ellaneous Securities are quiet. Anglo-American Telegraph is i better, at 23 to 231 ; Atlantic Tele graph 8 per cent., 5* to 5/ ; Hudson's Bay steady, at 14i to 141- About 4 :400 in bar gold was sent into the Bank :Ye sterday. The ilstrainader has arrived at Lisbon from the t razilB with £30,000 in specie -,and the City of L oston has brought £1,500 from New York. The directors' of the Pacific Steam Navigation e ' l "Pany have made a call on the bonus shares of X 5 10s per share, payable on the Ist May. Th e half -yearly meeting of the London Corn Ex el einge has been called for the 28th inst. T• he annual weeting of the Imperial Ottoman Bank has been convened for the 17th June to receive the r eport of the di rectors and to d ec l are a di v id en d . lst of app li cat i ons f or s h ares i n th e S ao I \e relite Mini ng C ompany w ill c l ose f or L on d on on f p ed : neS( laY, the 221 inst., and for country and ° '•rl applieittkns the list will remain open till aturday, the 25th inst. It is stated, in letters from Paris, that if the re port of th e f i nancial commission be ready for presen "on to the Corps Legislatif on the 20th inst. the tht7w French loan will be brought out in the course of e first week in May. It is, however, also reported 'mat there may be a further adjournment if the gs7erment insist, as is expected, upon any con- f t . . i eriable augmentation to the minimum amount o is -e '` 1 " 1.1 , £17,400,000. The Government are, it a dded, per sua d e d t h at a l oan f or £25,000,000 exrif3. 4°,111,1)0 ,0( . _(),000 could b e raised as easily as one for a f ', - "0, notwithstanding the continuance of T he of distrust as to the maintenance of peace. for..ttiiiee traffic receipts of the Metropolitan Railway Past week show an increase of £438 as com -I:red with the corresponding period of last year, the s ' ot ,', l , l b eing £4,710. Wa y • extraordinary increase in the traffic receipts of v i- Great Luxembourg Railway continues. For the leek e nding the 12th instant the gross earnings ahaainted to £6,197 19s 2d, and the increase to X 1427 la ; 8 1 e Ille rollo-xinc 4 are the rates of continuation, &c., p itrr ent at th e fortnightly settlement now in progress:— 't ! edi'llia l , , 1-16 to 3-16 back ; Great Eastern, 2s to i) ; Gre a t N orthern, even to i ; ditto A, 1-16 to 3-1 E North ; Leeds Stock, k back to even ; London and v9rtb Western, 1-16 back to 1-16 contango ; Great I\r este r ll , - k to i. co .tanrio; Midland, 1-16 to 3-16 back ~,,ottile:tkitrofidol:,talll,l6l.-16 to 3-16 back ; Dovers, even to * to i contango ; North British, 1-1 t Bro 1-16 contango ; Great Western of Canada, 6Bd !i-s ditto ; Gra n d T run k o f C ana d a, 6d t o is ditto , &lA, 1- 16 to 3-16 ditto. In ''''''• Sam Mendel thus describes the Manchestet ~ lrets under date of April 14th :—" The position of t_illetus market is searcely altered since the 7th inst., the itituieand has been very limited, yet prices have shown to weak hess. There is a slightly better feeling prices with more disposition to place orders at inters' not materially under spinners and manufao ters prices." BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. . _ erGrERNMENT FUNDS. V,. Cent. Consols .. Motto for Account 93f Ipper Cent. Reduced 92i 2 + i a ir'' , 3 per Cent 1:17, 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 At i , ..° Per Cent.., an. 1873 %ties, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 DO. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — zek ° (Ited Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 — 00 uoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ot l6 20 pm bo. .£5OO £lOO & £2OO — 11.1 /3 11 1' of England St oc k , 4i per C en t 246 4 0. Account , Inn,- ~ andi a •••••,‘ UOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Do.„ostock, 101 per Cent., Aprill874 • Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 os' e . 4 Pee Cent., Oct. 1888 ~O. Certificates ',-;_•• flfaced Paper 4 per Cent BB DO ?. per Cent., Jan. 1872 D°u 9 Per Cent., May 1879 lOBl 1 " "Per Cent., Rup. D e b . 1872 — do. 1877 — 1) - ii n p° ' do. 1882 lO3l Do: 14 , 5 per Cont., Aug. 1873 1 ., 0 _ onds, per Cent., £l,000 "• ander tI,OOO tillotirltr.abauoe,llsßeEPlGlsi FuNDS-:-CLOSING PRICES. ti3 p r ub o l e i n c, t t per Cent — 1 3r • 4 160 4d5, 5 per Cent. 1859 4 0. 4 121 _ 1 per Cent., 1852 _ - ' do I)° ' d., 4 1858... be 0., 1860 — D°.s do., 1863 O4l 13117,-,_ per Cent., 1865 4 Account 741 5 Dol AYres 6 per Cent _ elitbooltipiprpeeCrreconeetnn.t(tDeferred 3 per Cent ) 0 4 ii$ ° Per Cent. N . ' ) Per Cent., B — , , _ 1867 90 891 -..`6Z: ?Spey ,Cent., 1866 0 o! n 1 b . er g ) £32 paid I) aniat i lan, 6 per Cent 1) t „,_, ~a3per Cent., 1825 ....... 330140 per Pr incipalities, 7 per Cent — 1 0 , s . u a Per Cent., 1867 731 k. S i r New er ° „yptutn, 7 Cent — 0 _ cued Issue — ~,, • £5OO Bond ue• 4100 Bond s — -Do 1864 _ N o 04 B onds 811 - 1 6 • £lOO Bonds ~... 83 Qr,„?_vornment Railway Debentures .... 1,0 891 JD ' o '' . f . ) per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups. — I), 4 e°Unt .8 --. 4t), • l,ouporis , . 51 ~?• Account tieia'rlala 5 per Cent . It.,iialiurassCl,ovllail.Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p Do A PA C ent., 1865 _ ),) ~,,...ccount at ~i • amremmana Raiway soi ear. 3 Ditto f or °Account Do A ' 1864 M ollt , p(r Cent. Anglo-French koerFvldcan C par Cent. Now iclltralnitutdpaorial 5 per Cent 99 b )° 3 Per Cen 00. _Defeo -ad b- r .-'w-t Warrants (Hectares) U° A c 5 Per Cent. 1865 • _ 801 80 1)0 i.i.ccount .. -- d. ID ? !I por Cent. (Uribarreu) • __ i,` - ' li Per Cent.. 1162 • _ pu7teli,Account .. . ........... Lo ' u ese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 , D o do., 1‘67 411 Si • do., Scrip, .£ - 2() p aid 1 I) all 5 por Cent., 18z , , £ ‘-t. '— i- ) ° , ) 4 Per Cent. 1850 - ' — D'„ 4 1 Per Cent., 1860 b:; '.., per Cent., 1859 b„:', Per Cent. 1862 buo.4ngle-Dutch, 1864, £lOO 13 on d s ., — do. £B4 15e. do. .. o Turkish 6 per Cent. — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1856 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 63, Do A ccoun t, Do £10( Bonds Do. 1863 6 l; Do 5 per Cent., 1865 3 ll - 1 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Dividends on the above payable in French Renter, 3 per Cent>, Ex. 251. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins 51 Belgian. 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil,. Do Account Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. Zsl. Do. Account 471 4 8 CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 931 Do. Account, sth May .. 031 COAST AND HARROW: DEFENCE. About 18 months ago the Dutch Government decided to construct a fleet of armour-clad vessels; some to be of a light draught of water for the navi gation of their shallow inland waters, canals, and harbours, others with great speed and good sea going qualities, to render them available, when necessary, for the defence of any portion of their sea-board. The construction of several of these vessels was intrusted to Messrs. Laird Brothers, Birkenhead. One of these, the De Steir, was suc cessfully launched at Messrs. Laird Brothers' works at Birkenhead, on Thursday. The De Steir is a twin screw ironclad steam-ram, carrying one turret on Captain C. P. Coles' principle, armed with two 300-pounder 121-ton rifled guns. After being launched• the ram was taken into one of Messrs. Laird's adjoining docks, and this vessel is of the same class as the PeruviLin turret vessel 1-luasear, built by Messrs. Laird Brothers. She is a vessel of 1,325 tons burden, length 200 ft., breadth 38ft., and depth 19ft., and her extreme draught of water when completed for service will not exceed 15ft. 6in. She is armour-plated with 6-inch plates, from 3ift. below the water-line up to the gunwale, for the greater part of her length, the plates tapering slightly towards the ends. The armour rests on a backing of 10-inch teak, and this again on an inner skin of one inch, supported by the framing of the ship. Her turret, which is cylindri cal, and constructed on Captain Cowper Coles' prin ciple, ,is protected all round by armour-plating, which in no place is in thickness less than 8 inches, increased to 11 inches round the ports, the plates resting upon a teak backing of 13in., with an inner iron skin of one inch. As we have said, the turret will carry two 300 pounder rifled guns, having a range of fire from ten degrees of the line of keel forward and six degrees aft, so that she can in rapid succession deliver her fire at almost all points, while the facility with which her twin screws will enable her to turn will make her very handy in action. Her port sills are arranged at a height of six feet six inches above water. The turret, in addition to the usual apparatus for working by hand, is fitted with steam gear, for more rapid movement if necessary. On the main deck is a shot-proof pilot tower, and a poop and forecastle, fitted with supplementary cabins, in addition to excellent accommodation for officers and crew below the main deck, under pro tection of the armour. By an ingenious arrangement of hatchways, carried above the main deck, excellent light and ventilation for the below deck cabins is abundantly secured ; and ample accommodation is reserved below the water-line for magazines, store-rooms, coal bunkers, &c. The ram stem is of iron and of great strength, projecting about five feet at such a depth under the water as to enable her to strike an enemy's ship below her armour plating. This formidable weapon of offence is built solid into her framework, and is so constructed as to resist the shock of the collision. Her machinery, which has been made at the same works, consists of two pairs of surface-condensing direct-acting en gines, each of 175 horse power, giving 350 horse power collectively, and are so arranged as to work to a very high indicated power, each pair of engines driving a screw under the counter of about 12ft. Gin, diameter. Her boilers are fitted with super heaters, and the machinery generally is made in accordance with the new Admiralty specifications for engines of this class. The engines and boilers will be placed on board in the course of this week. It is expected that her speed will be 13 knots. Messrs. Laird Brothers have also recently launched for the same Government two of the light draught of war vessels of the monitor class, which are now receiving the machinery and fittings in the same dock as that in which the Be Steir has been placed. They are named the Panter and Krokodil, each carrying one turret on Captain Coles' principle. The dimensions of the vessels are—Length, 180 ft., breadth, 44ft., depth, lift. Gin., and draught of water when ready for service, Bft Gin. They are armour-plated with si-inch plates, from three feet below the water to the gunwale, reduced at ex treme ends to 4i inches. The armour rests upon a backing of solid teak, 10in. thick, strengthened by longitudinal webs of iron, and there is an in ner skin of iron plates one inch thick. The deck is secured against the crushing-in effect of a plunging fire by beams of great strength placed very close together, and covered with wrought iron plates 1 inch thick amidships and # inch at the ends, the deck itself being of teak planks 4fin. thick. The turret is protected by plates Bin. thick, increasing to llin. at the ports. It carries two 300- pounder rifled guns, which can be fired in line of keel forward and within four degrees aft. The monitors have also twin screws, and each will be fitted with two pairs of direct acting engines, each of the nominal horse-power of 70 horses, working collectively to 140-horse power. The Panter is far advanced towards completion, and she will pro bably leave Messrs. Laird's dock in a few days for her preliminary trial trip, after which she will re , turn to receive her gun-slides and guns. The Kroko dil is also well advanced, and will be completed some time this month. The speed of these vessels, when fully equipped, will be about eight knots. They are rigged with light pole masts, for signaling rather than for any practical purposes, as they are not intended to carry sails. Both vessels are fitted with light falling guard-rails, which, in action, will lie flat on the deck. It is believed that these monitors, by being able to keep close in shore, will be found to be most formidable to any anta- gonists approaching the coast, for, with small size, presenting but a small object to the enemy, and a light draught of water, they are able to carry guns equal to those for which vessels of the largest class are pierced. These two vessels may be considered as improvements on the Brazilian turret-ships Bahia and Laria Barros, built by Laird Brothers, and both of which have been employed in the River Plate, the former as the flagship at the recent attack on Hu mail a. In one of Messrs. Laird's adjoining docks H.M. turret-ship Captain, of 4,200 tons, is making rapid progress. She is plated with 8-inch plates on a solid teak backing, will carry two turrets on Captain Coles' principle, each armed with two 600- pounder rifled guns. She will have twin-screws, and will be fitted with powerful machinery, giving her a high rate of speed. In another dock, nearly completed, is a composite (wood and iron) gun boat, the Teazer, which is to be armed with two 7-inch 6i-tons guns. She is one of eight gunboats which are being specially constructed for service in the Chinese seas. In No. 3 dock, just laid down, is the lower framework of her Majesty's broadside frigate Vanguard, of 800-horse power, one of the four ships of the Invincible class, orders for which have recently been issued by the Ad miralty. The Messrs. Laird have been corn mis,doned to build the Vanguard, in consequence of having furnished the best competitive plan for an ironclad of any class, in competition with six other private shipbuilding firms. To insure rapid progress with the work a shed is being erected over the dock, so that the men may not be interrupted in their work by the weather. The same builders are just completing in the Birkenhead Dock a large river steamer of 800 tons, and 180-horso power, named the Arary, for Brazil. She was launched on the 27th ult., and is expected to be completed by the end of the present month. They are also con structing a small screw steamer for service as a water-tank and anchor-boat on the south -coast of America. She will be fitted with engines of 70 horse power, a powerful steam windlass, winches, and fire-engine.—Liverpool Albion. • ts.re Railways qll - S r tbi and Exeter Usledonian Oork and 8and0n...... Lublin & Belfast J nut:. Dun„Per.th, & Ab.june. 1141. London, bcrip tt. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Urd. stk.' Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2' Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock • • • Do, B stock.... Do. New, Is. at 25 pc, GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. We*tern D. S. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Outoru Do. Newport. Do. fierjford•••••••• Laucaehire si Yorkainft, Landon and illackwall Lou., 13righ.,ya S Cuae.t I•on., Chat., and Dove/ Do. Mctrup. Ex. A Lun. Z.,orth Westen Lou. South Western Mau., Slid., & .Lineoln Aietropolitan..... Do. New Do. Extension.- .11etrupolitsu District. Do. - do. do. 0,. and St. John's NV 't 1 Midland Do. L 9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derb3 fld Kent .. . North British .. Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. N th. 11:astern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stook. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-151 North London Do. do. 1863 5 Do. do. 180 !North Staiiordahire N. At S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., Jz Wok Pali Vale Do. C V ale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo Whiteha West Cornwall j TOSSES:HONS. 100 A.tlantic & St. Lawrence all 54 46 Itom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. 100 1026 1036 104 1 gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. F shares l6 i its 206 Buffalo do Lake Huron all 3 4 10 Do. Preference 100 Buff Brant eirGoderteb I p.c. 1872-3-f .. 100 68 71 st Calcutta SD S. E., lim.. 100 at Jai.e Town Sc Dock, gu. 100 18 52 100 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p. all 99 102 at East Bengal, gu., sdo 100 1 01 4 105 6 at East ludiau, gu. 5 p.c. 100 109 110 11C1 20 Do. .1 Extension .. 15 at irand Truukot Canada 100 151 162 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bond' 1 charge 6 p.c all 78 02 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 43 45 100 Do. do deferred • all 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds all 13 3 5 _ 100 Do. do. deterred - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 18 19 1.00 Do. do. deterred et Jt. India Pen. gua. sp.c lOO 109 110 , 0. Gua. 5 per cent lB 11 2 40 Do. New gua. Lp. c 6 •16 2 e at 1. South of India gua. 5 per cent at Do. 44 per cent loo 91 96 st Do • 2 206 ire at Wis. of Canada ail 164 164 204 Do. New ... 00 Jo. 6p. o 13(..5. pay. 18731 all 98 lOU 00 Jo. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. all 9/ 93 at ftadras, gua. 5 p.c 100 100 102 at Do. 44 do lOO 4/3 95 234 st Do. 44 do lOO 69 91 20 Do. Filth t xtensiou 5 st Ilelb. Cor 6p. c. Bnds. 1 00 50 .11e1. .t. Dobson's Bay.. all at N.Rl.C'da,6polstpf.ba 100 83 95 at Oude Rhiik'nd, g. 5 p.c ,00 1026 103 st 100 100 101 st Do. Delhi j 5 1 6 110 U 1004 1014 102 20 Do. do 4, 15 i st Do. Punjaub.... o.is 100 10) IUI st Do.lndus St. Flo L ' l, 100 b 7 89 ISINTISII MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, 1 Chiyerton Wilford Amalgamated SO 54 6 4 Devon G. Cons. (Tayist 1 440 46) Urakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) 294 10 12 East Caradon 2.14.0 4 5 East Cara Brea 3l 2 24 14.;ast Grenville East Gunnislake a.:,t Loved 13.0.0 8 S. WI Itussell (Tovistli 11.7.6 1/ 2 ..ktm.tt StAubyn(U wen. 66 4 5 4 heat Laxey, limited all 161 174 tlreat South Tolgus...• 1.4.0 (Jrcat Wheal isasy 1 1 . 0 .10 r. Wheal Vor (lleist , ut 40 18 10 .4renviltc . 0 0.0 'll 14 ticrod's Foot ;•10' , 40 Lliugston Downs 5.10. 61 2# 24 Margaret (Uny Lelantl 3 . l7 4 Clarice Valley 4.10.6 6 64 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, Lim 31 21 It ew ton ...... ...„ 1 564 60 70 North loalt ear I 38/ 5 1 N.Wh Bassettallog,ani 1.4.0 North Wheal Crotty Prosper United , 8.11.0 2 24 Providence iUnyLelaiiii I 1.6.7 25 27 1 5. Caradon (St. Cieer) ll 330 400 South Condurrow 5.2.0 Fran. (Mogan 18.18. v 374 424 Stray Park . 35.15.6 4 6 . rin Croft v 14 15 Vigra and (Mogan, lim all - West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard 14 10 12 West Chiverton .. 11 64 66 West Wheal Basses(' (Mogan 54 75 83 Wheal Buller (Itedruth 16 16 19 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 21 2:3 Wheal Seton • 584 844 874 Wheal Trelawney Ibis 5.17.0 6 8 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per) I cent., Dec. 31,1572 I 100 Can.Gov.s p.o.Ja.dt July 1877-81 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug luo 93 100 Do. sp. 6. Mar. & Sept 100 98 100 Do. sp. o. Jan. & July 100 86 88 Do. sp. a. Inscribed sk 100 85 137 Cape U.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 100 104 108 108 Do.Apl.&oot 1890-1900 100 109 110 Do. do 'lBBO-90 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 106 108 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 98 100 100 Ceylon, Nov. 1878,6 p.e 100 110 111 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 11aurittua, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... lOO 106 109 Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.15 100 107 109 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 108 N atal tlov. 6 per cent lOO _ N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 99 10 N. S.W. Gov.s irc.,1866 100 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 100 98 99 Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 18961 100 961 961 961 61 N ew Zealand, 6p. cent 100 Do. 5 per cent... . 100 971 981 981 Nova Scotia Goy. 6p. o. sterling, 1875 p.. 190 102 104 Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 103 105 1041 .8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,0.1868-9 100 Do. 1878 & upwards.. 100 110 111 Vic,Gov. 6 p.o.Ja.&July 100 - Do. do, April & Oot.. 100 1111 1121 100} FICEFERENCE SHARE:- AND STOCKS Midland A and B £5 per cent.,lo4l LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Brkenhead, 92i liullitnd Selby, 111 Shrewsbury stud Hereford, 132 FOICIIIIUN ALINES.: Chontales Gold and SllTer Xining, lhn., 31 St. John del Key, lien , 23 DOCKS London and St. Katharine, 47_8 Ditto, Debenture Stock, 844 BAN II Agra, lira., A, et,,•;Ditto, B, 8 1-16 Anglo-A.ustrian. 1O Imperial Ottoman, i London Joint Stock, 311 National Provincial of England. -- . _ Ditto. d and 3d issue. 38 Oriental Bank Corporation, i 3 MISCELL A.NICOUiII; Anglo American Telegraph, 231 Credit Foncier of England, lira., 3 Egyptian 9 per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gua. Egypt , Electric and International Telegraph, 165 Ditto, new, 134 Eludson's 13ity,714 International Financial Society,lira., 31 Land Securities, lira., 14 New Zealand Trust and Loan, Um , R 3-16 Ocean marine Insuraucc), Telegraph Construct. and Maintenance, 1.3} Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan, 731 21 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southamptot.....Aprll 25. Ditto, via Marseilles .........April ;0 Ditto, via Panama April 23 drazli, Buenos Ayres, awl Monte Video May 4. Ditto, by Vreneh packet .....April 23 Cape Verds. by Brazil paeicet Jape of Good Hope. Asoensioa. and St. Helena— May 13. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—April 21. Ditto, via Marseilles ..... . Falklawl Islands aibraltar, via Southampton barna, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil es . ••••• .....April le. Malta, Egypt, Sac... ......... April IF. Ditto, Marseilles April 14. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton Di tt ), Marseilles . April 18 ewf owl dlu nd Vor tug 41. ... Lay f, Ditto, by pro.r.le ship to Oporto ... Ditto i itto to Lisbon United States, t_ anada, California, Sze., by British peoket THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1868. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ROBBERY AGAINST A BETTING MAN. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY jilA E AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Price. S 2 - V4 72 74 2 30 3 4 75 77 70 72 1(2 104 31 3) 7 8 15 6 102 104 98 VS) 121 125 9.1 ua 43 55 3) 35 30 3.: i 2 i 26 511 54 lv 194 12 15 (is} 11: 1 t 6 E., 44 f 5 112 114 1045 10G 74 76 105 ICO 7+ 76 33 35 10.1 101 :03 21 91i 511 al 514 I 10 1151 lb t 7 l(51 6 57 6) 92 91 123 132 129 131 Businebb d&ne. 115 Ili 11 114 57 59 IOG 108 56 58 43 45 73 75 9 10 143 145 (THIS DAY.) John Hamilton, a fashionably-dressed man, who described himself as a betting man, residing at Vine Cottage, Albert-road, Peckham, was charged at Bow-street this morning with assaulting and rob bing Ali Suave, a Turkish gentleman, on the 7th of April, in a railway carriage on the South-Eastern Railway, and stealing from his person a purse con taining six napolecns, a Bank of England note, and a cheque for £2OO. On the person of the prisoner, when searched by the police, the following property was found :—A gold watch and chain, £7 105. in gold, a Bank of England note for £5, 324 napoleons, 1000 franc note, two diamond rings, a railway pass for the South-Eastern Railway, a subscription ticket for the Beaufort Club, a bunch of keys, and some mems in a leather bag. Mr. Abrams appeared to defend the prisoner. The prosecutor could not speak a word of Eng ish and was examined through an interpreter. Ali Suave said he resided when in London at 20, Langham-street, Portland-place. He was the editor and proprietor of two Turkish newspapers. In the early part of the present month he was in London, but had occasion to go to Paris, and accordingly he left on the 7th instant by the South-Eastern Railway. When he arrived at the Charing-cross station to go to France he met the prisoner, and entered into a general conversation with him, and asked the best house he could go to in Paris. The prisoner told him, and they both entered into a general conversa tion. It was the ordinary morning train, and there were no other persons in the carriage but themselves. Prisoner asked witness wherehe was going to in Paris, and witness gave him his address and also the place he lived in Loudon. The train moved on, and on its first stoppage three other gentlemen got into the carriage, and soon after the train had again started one of the gentlemen produced some bank notes and playing cards, and entered into a conver sation with the prisoner. After a few words had been exchanged, which witness did not un derstand, the prisoner rose from the seat he had previously occupied, and seated himself opposite the man with the notes and cards. They began play ing, when the prisoner bent the corner of one of the cards, and, showing it to witness, told him if he wished to play he must chose the card he had marked and he would win. The prisoner offered to lay 1,000 francs or 500 francs against the man who was losing, or pretending to lose, his money. Soon after this the other two persons who had en tered the train after it had started, with the other men, began to play, and asked witness to take a hand with them and play. As soon as the four began playing he perceived what his friends had told him about travelling in railways and meeting card sharpers. Before the train reached Dover witness saw the prisoner hold in his hand what appeared to be a great quantity of gold coin, and, putting it upon the cards, said, " See this is gold." When the money was so placed, one of the other players, seeing the corner of the card was bent, straightened it without taking the slightest notice to either of the other players. When that was done the priso ner lost, and then more solicitations were made to the witness to join the play, but he again refused. The prisoner invariably lost, and after some time he appeared to become excited at his losings, and turned to witness and told him it was all his fault, and finally seized witness and demanded payment of a share of his borings. The prisoner then took witness's purse from his waistcoat pocket, which contained six napoleons, and then he took a pocket book from his breast-pocket, and took out of it a Bank of England note, and also a number of papers from a courier bag which lie had across bis shoulder. As the train stopped, before it did finally at Dover, all four of the men got out, and witness followed them. Before witness lef t London he intended to draw on his banker, and he had partly filled up a cheque upon Martin and Co., Lombard -street, and that was amongst the papers taken by the prisoner from the courier bag. Witness went to the station he had before referred to, and wished to telegraph to his bankers with respect to the cheque. Witness could not write the telegram to London, as he could not write it in English. Mr. Vaughan--Did you give information at once to the guard of the train of what had occurred ? Witness—No, sir. Mr. Vaughan--When you got to Dover, did you? Witness—No, sir. Mr. Vaughan—When did you then ? Witness—l went off by the boat, and when I got to Amiens I met a gentleman by whose help I was enabled to send a telegram to my banker. Witness proceeded—When he got to Paris he re ceived information that the cheque, which was for £2OO had been presented, but payment of it was re fused as the signature was informal. He returned to London on Saturday, and yesterday he saw the pri soner at the Cannon-street station. He never called out when the money was being taken from him,because he was frightened. He thought all four were asso ciates, but when he got on board the boat he told the whole circum s t ance to t h e ca pt a i n . He had brought the subject f orwar d as the matter was, he believed, an every -day occurrence. Mr. Vaughan—lf such a system is going on it is most disgraceful. Detective Sergeant Shaw said there was another Turkish gentlema n i n Court w h o h a d been robbed on the 4th inst., under similar circumstances, by the prisoner, and he was present to prefer a charge against him. Mr. Vaughan (to witness) —Why did you not complain to the p art i es at D over ? Witne3s—Because he was a stranger to the law of England and everything connected with it. Sergeant Shaw said he went last night, in com pany with the witness, to the Cannon-street railway station. On the arrival of the mail train from Dover, about six o'clock, the prisoner got out of the carriage and walked down the platform. The prosecutor at once pointed him out as the person who had robbed him some days before. He spoke to the prisoner, and told him he was ajpolice officer, and that it was his duty to take him into custody for assaulting and robbing a gentleman on the South Eastern Railway about a week ago. The prisoner saw the prosecutor, and then said, " I went to Dover with him a few days ago, and he's a wicked man to say that I've robbed him, He played with me and my friends at cards. I lent him £lOO first, which he lost. I then lent him another £lOO, which he also lost, and he promised to give me a Dover we went t o th e telegraph office, where the gentleman w ro t e th e c h eque, c w he h q e u n e for wereached ac theh ed amount when we reac h e d D over. which he did very badly, and I gave the cheque to my solicitor, in the Ne w Kent-road, to get it cashed. I s h a ll b e a bl e to prove his signature, as he was seen to write it by the telegraph boy and all the porters. I went with him afterwards to breakfast at a cafe." He first was in structed about the robbery from Inspector Thom son. He had known the prisoner for years as a man who frequented the railway train to play cards. He knew the prisoner had been sent to the sessions, but he did not know whether he had been convicted. Ile didn't know him as a betting man, but he did as a card-sharper. Ile was connected with a gang who hold season tickets solely for the purposes of plunder, He knew of four more cases of gentlemen who had left the Turkish Embassy, all of whom bad been victimised. Mr. Vaughan—What ! as well as the other gen tlemen in court ? Witness—Yes, sir. They a re a ll rea d y to come forward, if necessary. Mr. Vaughan—And to pr ove a case aga i nst the prisoner ? Sergeant Shore—They have not yet had an op portunity of seeing the prisoner. Mr. Vaughan—l will have this case fully inves tigated, and therefore I shall remand the prisoner to give time for inquiry. Sergeant Shore—Will your worship grant a sum mons for Mr. Wood, of the Kent-road to attend? Mr. Vaughan—Yes, certainly. , Mr. Abrams—Will you take bail for the prisoner ? He is able to give substantial security for his ap pearance. Mr. Vaughan—No, certainly not. The prisoner was then. removed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. BOW-STREET, THE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF TOBACCO.--William Ryley and William Murphy were again placed at the bar, charged with stealing 30 bales of tobacco, the property of the Great Western Railway Company. The tobacco, it will be recollected, was stolen Torn a quantity entrusted to the railway company `or delivery. The prisoners were fully conunittecl for trial. - WEST:MINS FE ELEMENTS OF POLITE PARLANCE.—Henry Wal brook, a young man, was charged with assaulting John Petet, a waiter at Mr. Brown's, the Royal Standard Pavilion. Complainant, in a very abbreviated dialect, in formed the magistrate that defendant came iu with two others last night, and was served with a pot of beer, but being found drunk and noisy, Mr. Brown took the beer away and gave him his money back. He was then told to go and would not, and was put out, when defendant struck complainant. Mr. Arnold•—What did he do in the house? Witness—Gov'ner saw Noisy wanted to go up stairs. Gov'ner wouldn't let him. Wanted him go away, but would'nt. Mr. Arnold—l don't know that ever I heard a greater economy of syllables. Joseph Tanner was called for defendant to show that there was no absolute assault, but a sort of general scuffle. Mr.. Arnold thought he remembered his having been there as a witness before, and that he did not then describe himself as now—an omnibus con ductor. Witness—l'll bet you a pound to a shilling I did. Mr. Arnold continued—What do you say ? Witness—l'll bet you a pound to a shilling I did. Mr. Arnold—That is not a proper way to ad dress me. Another witness declared that something was said about laying a " quid" upon some passing event, and the word " quid" was explained to be a sovereign. It was further deposed that when Mr. Brown took the beer away he told defendant and his fiicnds that if he came the next day he could "lush " him to a pot, which was duly interpreted to mean a " treat." Mr. Arnold commented upon those flowers of eloquence, and acquitted the defendant of an inten tional assault, but fined him ss. for being drunk. THAMES. DARING HORSE AND CART ROBBERY. —John Davis and William Dooley, mere lads in appear ance, and Henry John Beckley, a notorious re c Aver, aged 40 years, whose bill-heads described him to be a dung dealer, dry salter, and bankrupt stock-dealer, of No. 14, Kydon-street, New North road, Islington, were brought before Mr. Benson, charged, the two first with stealing, and the last with feloniously receiving, knowing to be stolen, a horse and van, 20 loaves of refined sugar, in weight about 2201b5., and 18 bags of other sugar, about 18 cwt. The horse and cart robberies, with loads of refined sugar, coarse sugar, tea and coffee, have been hitherto generally committed in the course of the dark days of the year, but latterly they have com menced, or rather revived, with the light days, and a large amount of property has been stolen from the neighbourhood of Whitechapel and the London and St. Katherine Docks. On the 26th of last month a carman, named Lewis Smith, was driving a horse and van in Denmark-street, St. George-in the-East, and was on his way from a sugar house to the South Devon Wharf. The van contained 20 tillers, large sugar loaves, and 18 cwt. of sugar in bags. Ile saw the prisoner Davis hanging about Denmark-street and the sugar house for some time. Davis here interrupted the witness, and said Are you sure it's me ?" Witness—Yes, I am. Davis—Alight not others take the horse and van and sugar as well as I did ? Mr. Benson—lie didn't say you stole the horse and van. The Prisoner—How was I dressed ? Witness—You had an overcoat and a leather apron on. The witness then proceeded to state that he was sent back to the sugar house after he left it with his load, and upon his return the horse and van were gone. He discovered his team again the same night without the sugar in the neighbour hood of Islington. Edmund Jackson said he knew Davis and Dooley, and saw them in Church-street, Mile-end New town, with a horse and van loaded with sugar on the 26th of March last. Peter William Dunaway, a police sergeant, No. 11 11, stated that in consequence of information he went yesterday to No. 1, Hale-street, New North-road, and in a shed in the rear of the pre mises he found nine bags of raw sugar, which the witness Smith believed were those stolen from his van. The shed was in the yard of a cow-keeper named Liddiard., He sent a man to No. 14, Rydon street, the prisoner Beckley's dwelling, and saw him knock at the door. Beckley answered the knock, and he went towardshim. The prisoner immediately shut the door, got over a wall at the back, got over a fence and ran into a back street, where he was run down by a police constable named Foster, No. 207 H, he had stationed there. After he bad searched Beckley, who was only half dressed, he wished to return to his house to finish his toilette, to which witness replied, "No, no, Mister Beckley', I will not let you stir an inch from me till you are locked up. You should have dressed before you lef t home." Mr. Benson—You did perfectly right, Dunaway. Mrs. Sophia Liddiard, of No. 1, Hale-street, Islington, said she was the wife of Henry Liddiard, a cow-keeper, and said the prisoner Beckley rented the shed where the ten bags of raw sugar were found, and that the prisoner deposited them in the shed. Mr. Benson —What is Beckley ? Dunaway —A noted receiver of stolen goods. Mr. Benson remanded the prisoners until Wed nesday next. MARKETS—(This Day.) CORN. The tone of the trade is firm throughout. From the continental shipping ports the reports bring firm quotations, and also from the French consuming markets. _ _ _ The country markets throughout are firm, and at Liver pool yesterday rather stiffer rates were obtained. At Mark-lane the attendance was moderate, and, with fair arrivals, trade was steady. Englibh wheat moved off quietly at the rates of Monday last. Foreign wheat hold for quite as much money, and in fair domand. Off the coast 30 cargoes of wheat aro on sale, and held for stiffer prices. Malting barley in steady request and firm ; grinding sorts rather weaker. Beans and peas unaltered. Maize quiet at late rates. Oats in moderate request, and clearing off steadily at late rates. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. MEAT.—Trade is dull, and supplies, though only mode rate, are quite equal to the demand. Any increase would depress prices. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. SUGAIL—Tho market opened firm, with only light sup plies on offer, and a steady demand prevails, but transac tions so far have been light. COFFEE.—Tho public sales brought orward to-day `•ere light, and there being no parcels of plantation Ceylon of any extent, there is some inquiry for this description pri vately, full terms being paid. TEA.—There is a fair inquiry. Goad common Congou is now quoted at is 3d to is 3kd per lb. On.s.—Linseed continues firm at 345, and English brown rape at 36 on the spot. TALLOW. The market is steady at 45s 3d spot, 15s Gd June, and 45s Gd to 45s 9d last three mouths. COTTON. LivErtrooL, April 15. —Sales probably 1,000 bales Market firm and advancing. C MMENCEMENT O 1 IER3E--- 7 his Day. The Lord Chancellor entertained her Majesty's Judges this morning at breakfast, on the occasion of the commencement of term. After the break fast the Judges, attired in their state robes and attended by their clerks and trainbearers, went in procession to Westminster, to open their respective courts. There were a great number of persons present in the ancient hall to witness the arrival of the Judges. TilE PRISONER ANN JUS7ICE. ". -- The following letter has been addressed to the Secretary of State for the Home Department : " 38, Red Lion-square, 11th April, 1868. " Sir,—lt is, I think, most necessary that you should be informed of the position of Ann Justice with reference to her defence against the charge of being in some way mixed up with the explosion in December last at Clerkenwell. It is generally sup posed, so I gather from the newspapers, that she is adequately and properly defended; while the fact is that such supposition has no fair foundation. My own connection with the business is simple and short enough. About a fortnight ago I was re quested to undertake the defence. Being then in London, and likely to remain so, I consented to this. That is, I consented to be the prisoner's attorney, and to do the work which an attorney is permitted to do, preparing briefs, taking instructions from the prisoner, examining witnesses, conferring with counsel, and attending to the general conduct of the defence. Nothing was said to me about money, the payment of fees to counsel, expenses of witnesses, &c. But I was under the belief—at all events I permitted myself to believe—that suffi cient money would be forthcoming from friends, or a subscription, or from some fund applicable to such purposes. But as day after day went by my belief and hope became much qualified. Ann Justice has no means whatever of her own. Strictly speaking she cannot, being married, have any means. Her husband is away—his residence unknown—he has sent no money. The woman indeed is so poor that she has been obliged to content herself as to food with the prison allowance. It is right, however, to add that she makes no complaint of this ; and also that the stringency of the ordinary prison rules has been relaxed in her favour. For the prisoner's de fence counsel of weight, courage and influence, and also of learning and experience, will be required. Her case is peculiar. It is an absolute necessity for her protection that she should be tried alone, so that she may have only to contend against the evidence that relates solely to herself. To insure a separate trial will be attended with much difficulty. Counsel who could easily be put down, or frightened, or led away, or who were not of large experience in cri minal courts, would not only be unequal to the work, but they might, notwithstanding their zeal and talent, do harm instead of good. Of course I have in mind the fact that an apparent faci- lity is, in cases of importance, granted to pri soners by the judge who presides assigning coun sel for their defence. But this so-called mercy of the law is in truth a miserable deception. It is absurd to suppose that counsel can be expected, any more than others who work for their living, to give their labour, industry, and anxiety to a business which gives them nothing in return. The work of reading and thinking—of comparison, ana lysis, and study—entail heavy labour where the ser vice required is to be done faitllf ally. And where there is no payment the real work of a defence is often put off and avoided. Counsel may not be themselves aware of this, but attorneys are painfully sensible of its truth. The end of such defences— where all the gain is the honour of being assigned by the judge at the request of the prisoner —is usually a flashy speech, after an indiscreet cross examination. No talent in the world will compen sate for the want of that knowledge which only industry and refleztion can give. Talent and readi ness are indeed sometimes successful. But it may be safely asserted that no prisoner was ever fully defended by counsel whose only payment for his work was the ' honorium' which, a long time ago, was spoken of by the inexperienced as a suffi cient substitute for money. Permit me, then, to ask you to give a favourable attention to what I have written. I have waited till now in the desire not to trouble you if I could avoid it, and in the hope that I might obtain aid from other sources. But that hope is gone. The only friend I have seen of the prisoner is her brother, who is nearly as des- titute as she is. He can do nothing. lle has fur nished me with shillings enough (perhaps, for I am not certain) to procure a copy of the indictments and that is all. " I beg therefore most respectfully to ask for such assistance as the Treasury may feel it right to give. The prisoner is a woman, weak in health, with no money, married, her husband away, with no friends. If you grant my prayer I pledge myself to use honestly for the prisoner's defence, and under what ever directions you may give, whatever you may think fit to trust to my discretion. The trial will probably be on in a few days. Nu counsel are as yet retained ; but I have spoken to Mr. Montague Williams. That gentleman kindly made an appli cation in the prisoner's favour a few days ago.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient ser vant, " W. P. ROBERTS. " To the Right Hon. the Secretary of State, Whitehall." PROGRAMME OF NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. THURSDAY. Subscription Plate of 50 sous ; three year olds 7st 51b, four Bst 12, five and upwards 7st 41b; the winner o be sold for 300 Boys, if for 150 allowed 71b. D.M. 7 furlongs 210 yards. Handicap Plate of 50 sovs, for three year olds and upwards. A.P. 1 mile 2 furlongs 73 yards. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, for three year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 51b ; winners of a two year old stake amounting to 400 sovs 61b, of two suoh 101 b extra ; maidens at starting allowed 51b. R.M. 1 mile 17 yards. 4 subs. F by Knowsley—Miss Whip, Lady Coventry, Specu lum, and Lictor. The Aske Produce Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for hree year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; 31b allowances. D.M. 7 furlongs 210 yards. 4 subs. Rosee, Queen of Beauty (31b), Warrington (31b), and Molinaro (31b). Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, Is ft, for three year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b ; winners of a two year old stakes, value 200 sovs 51b, of two such, or one of 500 91b extra. P.M. (7 furlongs 210 yards). 4 subs. Northerner, Helvellyn, Warrington, and Discord(dead). Sweepstakes of 100 each, h ft, for three year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b. D.M. (7 furlongs 210 yards). 7 subs. Ninth Newmarket Biennial Stakes of 10 cove each, with 100 added, for four year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 6lb ; horses having started for this race in 1867, and not been placed first or second, to be allowed 41b, and maidens before starting allowed 10Ib, if they have never received 50 BOYS as second horse; the winner of the Derby or Doncaster St. Leger 71b extra; the second to receive 10 per cent. on the whole stake, and the third 5 per cent. D.I. (2 miles 150 yards). 73 subs. Compound Householder, f byNewminster—lrish Queen, Eglamour, Bus in Urbe, Beauclerk, Caucasus, Vauban, Taraban, Wild Wind, Stolen Kisses, Silence (dead), Anti podes (dead), c by Wild Dayrell—Kiltneny, Wroughton, The Hermit, Ruthven (dead), Coldstream, Redbourne, Milan, Lord Hastings, Rejoinder , Waltan, Godefroy, Dia dem:Debut, Nunquam Dormio , Glengarnock, Lord Brown, low, Fakir, Silenus, Julius, King's Cross, Cauthleen, Sweet Home, Airol, La Dauphine, Breach of Promise, Catherine, Tempest, Marmite, Mayflower, c by Thorman by—Rogerthorpe.s dam, Helter-skelter, La Puco (paid), Liveryman, Littleport, The Rake, Pussy, Will Scarlett, Haidoe, f by Kingstown —Miserrima (dead), Middle Park, Falkenstein, Ravioli, Moleskin, D'Estournel, Lambourn Lass, Nursery Girl, Sir Oliver, Siiankos, Kidderminster, Warcop, f by Wild Dayrall—Rupee, Land Tax, Strad broke, Scipio, Foresight, Lavistor, c by Promised Laud— Breastgil th, Gilead, f by Promised Land—Queen of the May, c by Dundee —Agusta Arundel. The Abingdou Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for two year olds ; fillies B.st 71b each ; 3lb allowances ; winners 51b extra. Last half of Ab. M. (3 furlongs 217 yards.) 10 subs. The Claret Stakes of 200 sovs each, h ft, for four year olds, colts Sat 101 b, fillies Bst 51b ; the second to save his stake. D.I. (12 miles 105 yards). 7 subs. Maid of Maahatn c, Wrought o u, Dragon, Opopo nax (paid), Friponuior, Sir Oliver, Pirate Chief. NORTHAMPTON RACES.—It has been determined by the committee of management to g ive a piece of plate, of the value of 200 sovs, to be run for at the next meeting in 1869, and called tho County Cup, under usual Cup con ditions (two miles). The piece of plate will be manu factured by an eminent West-end firm, and will be mo delled from a subject connected with the history of the county. THIRD EDITiON • SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. NOTICE. The Fourth Edition of " The San" of last evening, con taining the Latest Betting, and Races at Newmarket, Hendon, and Durham, was published in time for deli very in town at 8 p.m. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NEWAIA.RKET RACES—Tots DAY. SWEEPSTAKES 25 SOVS. Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft ; three year olds 7st 81b, four Bst 111 b, five and upward; 93t 21b ; mans and vld • lugs allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs, if for 100 allowed 71b. Criterion Course (six furlongs). 4 subs. Paris w.o PLATE OF 100 SOVS. Plato of 100 SOTS, for two year olds which have never won 100 sous ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies 8s; 71b. Last half mile of Cocoa Nut 2 Sister to Citiguou Eleven ran. COLUMN STAKES. The Column Stakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for three year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; 31b and 51b allow ances, R.M. (1 mile 17 yards). 7 subs. Phoebus Booty Maesllwch 3 SWEEPSTAKES 25 SOVS. Sweepstakes of 25 sous each, for two year olds; colts Sat 71b, fillies Bst 51b. Last half of R.M. 6 subs. Brother to Poleaxe Lure Peckwater Four ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for three year olds and upwards. D.M. (7 furlongs 210 yards.) Vespasian Python ... 2 Clairon • . Nine ran. LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND ouncEls. 7 to 2 on the field (offered) 100 to 15 agst Formosa (taken) 9 to 1 agst Pace (taken) 10 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (taken) SO to 1 agst St. Ronan (taken) 100 to 1 agst Typbcous (offered) DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken) 18 to 1 agst Pace (taken) FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7.45 Y.M. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE—This Day. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM'. NEWMARKET RACES —Tins DAY. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst ilb ; 41b allowances. T.Y.C. 5 fur longs 140 yards. 5 subs. Pear Heather T horsgill (Fordham) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Pearlfeather, who made all the run ning, and won in a canter by two lengths. SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Subscription Plate of 50 soya; three year olds 7st 71b, four Bst 121 b, five and upwards 9st 31b. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs .140 yards). Laneret (Fordham) 1 Suffolk • . (Covey) 2 Bismarck (Daley) 3 Vertumna f (Maidment) 0 Glamis • • (Arnull) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Suffolk, 7to 4 agst Laneret, 7to 2 agst Bismarck. Laneret and Suffolk lay in front throughout, the former winning in a canter by two lengths; bad third. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three year old fillies, Bst 101 b each ; maidans at starting allowed 51b. T.Y.C. 5 furlongs 140 yards. 7 subs. The Sphynx (French) t 1 St. Angela (Daley) t 2 Pyrenees (Mann) 3 Betting opened at 5 to 4 ou and closed at 6 to 4 agst St. Angela, 5 to 4 on The Sphynx. St. Angela held a slight lead till within a hundred yards of home, when The Sphynx got up in the last stride, and made a dead heat of it ; bad third. Deciding Heat— Sphynx won by three quarters of a length. SWEEPSTAKES 10 SOVS. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; throe year olds 7st 71b, fon Bst 111 b, five and upwards 9st 41b ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs. T.Y.O. (5 furlongs 140 yards). Dr. Gray (Goodwin) 1 Bagpipe (Riordan) 2 Miss Euclid (Kenyon) 3 Betting --6 to 4 agst Miss Euclid, 7to 4 agst the winner, 2 to 1 agst Bagpipe. The three lay together to the half distance, when Dr. Grey came away from his horses, and won cleverly by a length; two lengths between second and third. MATCH. Betty (Kenyon) 1 Sister to First Flight SO (Challoner) 2 Betting 5 to 1 on each respectively. Won in a canter by five lengths. LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 2 agst Rosicrucian (taken) 11 to 2 agst Formosa (taken) 6to 1 agst Green Sleeve (taken) Bto 1 agst Pace (taken) 12 to 1 agst See Saw (taken) 20 to 1 agst St. Ronan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Harvester (taken) TYrumys.—This horse was scratched for the Guineas at 11.15 this morning. THE DERBY. 4to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken) Bto 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken) 8 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (taken) 16 to 1 agst Pace (taken) 40 to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken) 50 to 1 agst Harvester (taken) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tins Der. CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agat Dalby (offered) 100 to 8 agst Beauty (taken freely) 100 to 7 agst Viridis (offered) 25 to 1 agst Stradbroke (offered) GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 100 to 8 agst Fortunio (wanted) 100 to 8 agat Geant de Battailles (offered ; take 100 to 7) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 2 agst Rosicrucian (taken and offered) 6to 1 aget Formosa (offered—take 100 to 15) Bto 1 agst Green Sleeve (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Typhoeus (offered after 100 to 3 had been taken) 6 to 1 agst Moslem, 1,2, 3 (taken) DERBY. 7 to 2 agst Lady Elizabeth (offered) Bto 1 aget Speculum (offered—take 9 to 1) 33 to 1 agst Orion (taken) 50 to 1 agst Typhcous (off.) 2 to 1 agst Speculum 1,2, 3 (off., take 250 to 100) 175 to 50 agst Green Sleeve and Rosicrucian, coupled (taken) BETTING AT tHE COMMISSION BX- CHANGE. (THIS DAY.) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Rosicraciam (taken) 7 to 1 agst Formosa (taken) 10 to 1 agst Pace (taken) 10 to 1 agat Green Sleeve (taken) 20 to 1 agst Br. to Knight of the Crescent .._.--- ROTUNDA CLUB AND COMMISSION EXCHANGE, Three Doors from Blackfriars Bridge, Surrey Side, IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Annual subscription, Five Applications for membership should be made to the Secretary, 3, Black - friars-road. LONDON COMMISSION EXCHANGE, F Altai N G D ON-ROAD, E.C. Established Nov. 1, 1867. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION—FIVE SHILLINGS. W. It. ROCRE, Secretary. The Price of Gold. The quotation ot gold at Paris is about at par, and tie short exchange ou Loudon is 251. 17;c. per Xi sterling. On c3mparing these rates with the English Mint price ot 44 Gs. 100. per ounce for standant gold, it appedxs that L gold is about the same pri ce in Paris and in London. 1 r a the ;a tlit ;tl° t~ ,ve 11 1$ led e 0 tecl icii 1 .11 ,, 1 SO AD