The Sun. — London, England, 1868-03-20 00:00:00

• -= .. . - -.....- .- -•...--,. .. - - ' - 'T. -....-. • . • THE SUN, /...e........, ........., .............mmm VI VII. mirrairarrit .............•••••• .... ON.BY .M.ARKET ~ Guatemala -- "Nowasi 5 per Cent . I Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p - AND SHARE LIST.-This Day. Itiiiau 5 per Cent., 1865 - _... Do, Account - ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. ~ dill s! cO/kIMEROIAL FA TELL ityic tznii. Do. Maremmana Raiway , luxictu. '3 per Cent - , CITY, Two o'CLocK.S h are Railways. ; Paid.. Price. dance Ditto for Account - I I —.--. .0- Do. 1864 I Cloaing I Business at rißtrilandlxeter .... 100 02 li , 61 4.ituouga tne DlllllOll and reserve of notes and coin Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French - at Caledonian lOO 62 83 SI both show e' an increase that can scarcely be called in- llontevidsan 6 . per Cent. . - at canabrian Nloorish Imperial 5 per Cent - - Cork and 8and0n...... - - - ecot.isiderable, the return in other respects bears to iCernwall all 3 1 archevidence of an increased demand for money. There New Sipes Ganada _ at ifiublln At Belfast JUnc. 100 75 77 yesterday is a Do large falling off in the private deposits, indicating Do. DeferrM - , at IDuri„Pertli o k Ab.Junc. 100 70 72 - &London. Scrip Ceti. all - - by their that there is more employment for money in the open Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do. too - -d' I rinse Leo- - market ; and the private securities have enlarged, Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 - st Glasgow &S. Western 100 1(2 104 indicating that the Bank has itself felt the effect of D D . () Account_ , 77} I - I at Great Eastern,ord.stk. 100 31 311 311 4i per Cen,. (Uri barren) Cent, (U •b - at Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 100 6 7 the. additional inquiry. The chief cause of the acces- Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 - at Urcat North of Scotlan.l 10) 15 6 d Princess at Great Northern WO 104 1(5 1041 10u to the reserve is the influx of reserve payments ; Do Account . at Do. A stock .. 100 100 101 100 1 to Alder- ,and the reserve cannot be considered high, regard Portaguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'8 391 1 st Do. II stock being had to the approaching payment of the public Do. do., 1'67 - at Do. New, is. at 25 pin 100 - - and Miss and the Bank dividends. The following are the Drill , Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £Si s_ p m. at . 3-1 WS, and W. of Ireland 100 94 16 c ipal changes sinc e th e p rece di ng returns : at Ut. Western -O r i g i na l 1 ( 0 46 is 461 Do 41 per Cent. 1850 - - Decrease in Ci r c u l a ti on Do 4+ per Cent., 1860 , - at Do. W. 511d.-Uxtord 100 25 au Increase in P u bli c D epos it s apt. Ellis, Decrease in other Deposits 588,476 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 - - Increase in Government Securities 4, 083 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds._ - st Lancashire 4 Yorkshin. 100 1251 125. 12 . 4 4 Increase in other Securities - - tended by Increase in Bullion - . 101,807 Do~ 1866, £IOO Bonds it Ton., Chat., and Dove] 100 18 Ist 181 Increase in Rest - st Do. Metrop. Ex. A.. 100 12 15 Increase in Reserve - st Lon. At North Wester]: 100 14 1 113 1111 15 Day. Bullion in both Departments . 21,281,427 Spanish 3 per Cen . Do Acc(Aint - at Lon. .1z South Wester], 100 8 . 17 4 Reserve of Notes and Coi n 13 , 253 , 802 37} i it Ran., Sties., Lincoh, 100 424 13, Circulatio n , i nc l u di ng B an k P ost Bil ls 23, 495, 470 st Metropolit an .- - ..... all 1 11 1 5 111 Do Now Deforreu - 10 C. Th e return of paid clearing for the week endin D o A ccoun t - - Do Passive st Do. Extension. -- all 107 lei 10 31 Wednesday, March 18, as certified by Mr. Geo. g Do Accrunt - - 10 ( Do. do. do. 10 - - V. MANN. Derbyshire, chief inspector, is as follows :-- Do Coin, Cert. of Coup. not funded ... - •10 Do. and St. John'e Irt. 6 - - Or services March 12, Thursday - at ttidland - Do. £9 Share 7 - - March 13, Friday - 20,965,000 Tu-kish 6 per Cent. - it Do, Birmin.. it Dart)) 100 74 70 tdant, who Do Account -- March 14, Saturday - et - - Tau (Li- March 16, Monday - at Nor t h British Do Account - - t Finance March 17, Tuesday Do £lOO Bonds at Nth. Eastern-Benda, 100 1014 1024 100/ March 18, Wednesday ... 8,859,000 25 Do. U.N'E purchase 16.13.4 - - a the Na' Do 6 per Cent., 1862 atter com- --- Do Account Total £72,845,000 Do £lOO Bonds 64 6 at Do. York lOO 5 3 91 defendant Thi s are ate is affected by the Stock Exchange Do. 1863 - at Do. Carlisle ..... .... 1 0 0 124 132 at Do. Stock.2l, Darling. all IA 132 -- io was one settlem ent at the close of last week. But, making Do 5 per Cent., 1865 - IS Do. do. 1860-4 i l4 - -I , .t Finance allowance for this disturbance, the return, as a whole, Do Account 5 4 iil at Do do. 1864 5 . lO - - defendant confirms the belief that is now prevailing of an Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed ••• - Do. do. 1866 • 10 North Staffordshire improvement in domestic trade. Venezuela, 3 per Cent. st S c 21; S. W. Junction with the The Money Market is firm, at 1i to 2 per cents Do 6 per Cent., 1862 - et Scottish Central - - e charged; Do 6 per Cent. 1864 - - Scot. N. E ,Aber. stock 100 - - The Corn Market remains dull. - 00. soot, Mid. atook.. lOu - - k in ques- The Liverpool Cotton Market is quiet. Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... - Divideuas on the above payaule in London. - Shropshire Union .... 100 56 LS ed to stay Consuls are a shade lower, at 93 to 93i for more at South Devon lOO 43 15 y French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. it south Eastern and account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., to itaines, Wok., 4 Wok all 0 to Austrian a par Cent. Ex 10 Florins ... - called his 914. to 92 ; India Five per Cents. are unaltered Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. - et Vail . Vale lOO 143 145 at 114 to 114 ; Bank Stock, 249 to 251; Exchequer Dutch 2+ per Cent.. Ex. 12 Guil, - to Do. C - -liquidator 'Bills, Ils to 1 - 6 s prem. Do Account - - Vale of Neath Italia], 5 per Clint. 1831, EL.. zsf. - - Waterford /v. Kilkenny feu - -- The Foreign Stock Market is firm at previous prices. Do. Account 47i I i to Waterloo & Whiteha i ..... 6 ....- _- Nest Cornwall been done Mexican is quoted 154- to 16A- ; Greek, 12i te 13 ; THREE O'CLOCK. )r. There I\ Tew Spanish, 351 to 36 ; Italian (1861), 47/ to 47i ; Consols, Money 93 I .01,01` , 114LL U 0 VERNAIENT SECURITIES. der which Turkish (1865), 334 to 33F; ; Portuguese, i to I prem.; Do. Account, March .. 93 I- Minn. SA to AO • i'lt•ol VitatQl, 73.21 to 7k4 • Vcvn . f The Corn Market remains dull. The Liverpool Cotton Market is quiet. Consuls are a shade lower, at 93 to 935 for money and account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 914- to 92 ; India Five per Cents. are unaltered at 114 to 114 ; Bank Stock, 249 to 251 ; E xc h e quer Bills, 113 to 1 - 6 s prem. The Foreign Stock Market is firm at previous prices. Mexican is quoted 154 to 165 ; Greek, 125 to 13 ; New Spanish, 351 to 36 ; Italian (1861), 47 to 475 ; Turkish (1865), 33 to 33F, ;Portuguese, sto / prem.; Chitin, 88 to 69 ; Orel Vitetsk, 785 to 781 ; Egyp tian (1864) 87 to 88 ; Railway Loan, 90:k- to 91 ; Viceroy's 7 per cents., 735 to 74 ; ditto 9 per cents., 894 to 90 ; and Peruvian, 77,- 0 ,- to 78. The Foreign and Colonial Trust has been welt received, and the quotation is 1 to 12 prem. There is no particular feature in Railway Shares, Yesterday's closing quotations being current. Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 1254 to 126 ; Midland, 105 to 1055 ; South-Eastern, 725 to 73 ' • London and North I Vestern, 1141 to 1151; Great Northern, 1045 to 1051; ditto (A\, 99 to 100 ; Great Eastern, 315 to 311 ; Great Western, 465 to 47 ; Brighton, 48k to 48 1 ; Sheffield, 424 to 43 ; Metropolitan, 114 to 1144 ; New District, 1k to 11 prem.; Caledonian, 815 to 82; North British, 331 to 34/. Business has been done to-day in Metropolitan District Railway Issue of £400,000 Debenture Stock at 1 to 14 prem. Foreign Railways are without movement. Loin ,.sardo-Venetian is quoted at 15/ to 155 ; and Luxem burg at 84 to 9. In American Securities United States' 5-20 Bonds are lower, at 72 to 721 ; Erie Shares are 1 better, at 47 to 48 ; and Illinois f, at 895 to 905. Bank Shares continue to attract but little attention, and not a single variation h a s occurred in prices. Agra, (A), 10 to 11 ex div. ; Alliance, 14 to 13 dis. ; 4 , nglo-Austrian 35- to 4 'prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 285 to 295 ; Consolidated, 4a to 4 ; Imperial, 17 to 17.4 ; Imperial Ottoman, dis to par ; London and County, 515 to 525 ; London and w estininster, 674 to 685 ; Oriental, 42 to 43 ; London Joint Stock, 315 to 325 ; Union of London, 33 to 34. Voreign mining shares are rather dull. St. John del Rey remain at 19 to 195 ; Port Phillip, 11 to 15 ; Chontales, lower, at to if lower. Miscellaneous Shares are steady. Anglo-American Telegraph, 225 to 22R- • Atlantic Telegraph Eight per ,nt., 55 t o 5 g ; Credit Foncier, 3 to 35 ; Hudson's 15 aY, 145 to 14 ; London General Omnibus, 11 to 2. The sum of £4,000 in sovereigns was withdrawn trona the Bank yesterday for Egypt. It is reported that Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Gold- Schmidt, of Loudon and Paris, are about to introduce a Spanish colonial loan for £2,000,000. The city o f Li ege h as i ssue d i ts prospectus f or a loan of 11,870,000 fr., nominal capital, bearing three per cent. int eres t, re d eema bl e in fifty-eight years, ny half-yearly drawings, the first drawing to take Place in May next. The price of issue is 92fr. 50c. A steam packet service has been decided upon between Venice and Ancona, under the designation of the Eastern Adriatic Steam Navigation Company. 411 e company receive a subvention of 336,000 fr. for a w eekly service between Brindisi and Venice, with a b runch to Venice, the municipality of which con tribute 40,000 fr. towards the subvention. Four steamers will be employed in the service. It is ex- Dec l .ed that the same company will undertake the s ervice to Trieste. The annual general meeting of the Alliance British eld Foreign Life and Fire Assurance Company h as b een called for the Ist of April. The subscription list of the Metropolitan Railway closes to-day. The applications are understood to be autnerous, and to a large extent to consist of paid-up su bscriptions. The traffic receipts of the Bahia and San Francisco Railway Company for the week ending February 8, show an increase of X 1,849, as compared with the cor responding week of last year. The following is from Helmuth Schwartze's wool circular dated London, March 19th :—" The following quantities have up to to-day been sold in our public sal es :-30,268, Port Phillip ; 12,908, Syd ne y ; -,, 45 ,001, Ad e l a id e ; 2,668, N ew Z ea l an d ; 792 , V an u iewan's Land ; 544, Swan River ; 28,191, Cape ; and 738 s un d r i es —t o t a l, 91,110 b a l es, leaving 25,000 ales still to b e di s p ose d of. There was last - week a ' Ol l in the spirit of the sales, which were less n umerously attended than at the commenc tient of the series. During the last few $ da ys, however, the f o r mer ac ti v ity has re turned. Some more buyers have arrived from the I C o n n t t 3 iii l i v e ih n li t c ,iind the sales pass off bri s kly. As hereto fore, the principal purchases are made for the Conti ie it' the present rate be continued, will Vie from 5 to 3-sths of th e w h o l e quantity offered. 'ices show no change. Capes are Id and greasy Australians Ad higher than in November ; washed f t-n stralians, on a par with November. This will be 13 und correct in the majority of cases ; in single instances the difference is often greater, often less, Feat irregularity having urevailed throughout the urse of this series." ti ttropolitan District Railway, issue of £ 400,000 de benture stock, 1 to lf prem. ie order of and of the he work of stiff would ;British Columbia, e per, I cent De 0.31, 1872... ! 100 ,Can.Gov.6.p.o.Ja.6:J 1877-81 IDo. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug I 1,0 93 100, • sp. c. Mar. 2e Sept! 100 98 101 100. sp. o. Jan. t Julyl 100 86 93 VI Do. sp. u. Inscribed sal 100 t 5 67 Cape G.Hope. 6 p. 0.1873 100 1(4 106 D0..41.&0ct . 1990-19001 100 109 110 DU. do 1830-9 v 100 107 109 Do. Jan..tJuly, 1890-V. 100 106 108 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 98 106 Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6p. c 100 lit 111 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Stauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1378 . /o. 1882, Mayls, Nov 5 100 107 109 Dl). 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 11.6 108 Natal , 4ov. 6 per cent lOO N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 99 10 N. S.W. Gov.s ire., 1866 100 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1821 to 1870 100 98 99 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 186 100 954 964 981 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 102 104 Queensland Gov. 6p. e , 100 103 105 - " 6 * Au6 • l4°Y • 6 P.0.1868-9' 100 Do. 1878 & upwards ll'o 11 0 11 1 - , Vic,Gov. 6p.o.Ja.JtJuly 100 - Do. do, April & Oct ; 100 110 112 1121 BILITISII rOSSESSIOXS. 0) A.tiantio& St. Lawrence all Al 46 Rom.,Baroda, & Cen.ln. 100 1024 1031 1931 I gu. 6 per cont... 20 Do. F shares lO 4 4p 404 Buffalo t Lake Huron all 3 4 10 Do. Preference all 5 6 100 Butr.,Brant,&Goderich it p.c. 1 00 68 71 at c.;alcutts. (12 5. E., lim lOO ,'a l e Town 4SL Dock, gu lOO 18 62 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi all 99 102 st teat Bengal, gu., sdo 100 4044 4C54 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. 100 109 110 110 40 Do. J Extension at '.randTrunkof Canada 100 15/ 164 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.a all 78 62 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 43 45 100 Do. do deferred ail 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds., all 83 35 100 Do. do. deterred 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th fret. stook 100 Do. do. deterred at t. India Pen. gua. sp. e lOO IC9 110 1021 o. Gua. 5 per cent lB 14 2pi 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 14 2 0 at it.. South of India gun. b per cent at D. 11 per cent lov 94 16 81 Do 204 !;rest Wee. of Canada all 161 161' 16 204 Do, New . .00 Do. 6p. pay. 1871 all 98 100 91 100 Jo. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 all 91 93 at Atadras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 103 103 at Do. 41 do at Do. 41 do lOO 89 91 29 Do. Filth Extension 5 at Alelb. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100 SO ‘ti Elobsoc's Bay all at ; N.ll.l.C'da. ape lstpt.ba j 100 83 65 It 'Dude Ithiik'nd, g. 5 p.O `OO lui 105 1031 at seinde 100 tuu 101 at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do l5 v st Do. Puniaub.... as lou 101 101 at !Do-Indus St.Flot ' 4 " 31e. e 7 89 ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. - .., ____ HUDDERSFIELD. Yesterday morning the poll was opened with great spirit on both sides. At 12 o'clock Mr. Leatham, the Liberal candidate, had received 981 votes ; M r. Sleigh, the Conservative candidate, 688. The poll closed with the following result : Leatham ••• ••• 1,112 Sleigh... ... ... ••• 785 Majority ... •• • --327 BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols .u o • a • Account, April 2 tsiPer Cent. Reduced 9ll 2 l l ' 3 per Cent 921 11. 2 7 , 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 75 4 . 4-I °. 5 per Cent. d an. 1873 Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 - xd ~,uO. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 - E u ° (Red Sea Telegraph), Au,.,„ 1908 - Elcequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct. - pm Do £5OO ll pm g Do. £lOO & £2OO - pm 1 ,,,11k of England Stock. 41 per Cent Shut ''-' O . Account 1,,,,, INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIE. "`",,ia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 6 215 16k ' - ',., 0 • A.ccount D ° • 5 per Cent. July, 1880 "„0. 4 pe?: Cent., Oct. 1888 0. Certificates t u ., o . Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent - r-,°. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 - /- 1 -° . 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 - --() 5 Cent., per Rup, Deb., 1872 - Do, do. 1877 - DO. D do. 1882 '- -•• nob 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ 11)0 . Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO 1)0. under £l.OOO - pm Pin A r r °REIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. . A _ ,entine Republic, 6 per Cent. - )3rilttrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 ;Milan 5 per b .) * 4 / per Cent., 1852 - i i ° o : do., 1858.... , _ 18'W - D ° do., D ° do., 1863 - C• per Cent, 1865 - li ti 0 Account 721 11 - i ftios Ayres 6 per Cent - 0 "b 4 2 her Cent.' (Deferred 3 per Cent ) - O'A 6 ~l i il Per Cent. - U l an 6 per Cent - 1) % 4 1 per Cent 67 b ° . 6 per C en t. , B . - b ., 1867 1..) 0 ,:' 7 Psr ,Cent., 1866 0 ".) Scrip £32 paid' - t), Jnbi,in, 6 per Cent. - 1);,, - "'ll 3 p Cent., 1825 - ~;til,ii,n Pr;ncipalities, 7 per Cent - -uo g .o, li , , Per Cent., 1867 tl -4 ` - `°r New Consolidated, 1 per Cent gYptie L - - ') ' '', i per Cent ••• - D ,• kSecoad Issue - I ) °. 410 C Bonds - bo It o. 1864 a • 45 ' , 0 Bonds B7l 8 q 0(• £ l OO Bond s ~... 874 ot ot ,P r i rerre-rit Rail way Debentures .... -- .u m ' , 5 per Ceut., 1824-5, ex Coups - 11 ,; Account - le • Cou pons - ('' Account THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1868. BRI7ISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The annual general meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the offices, 4, Queen-street Place, Southwark Bridge. William lover, Esq., the chairman of the com pany, presided. The usual routine business having been disposed of, the CHAIRMAN said the first thing for the meeting to hear was the result of the operations of the past year. Mr. SUTTON GOVER, the managing director, read the re port, which was as follows « The past year has been the most prosperous of the company's existence, the policy-holders generally having invited their friends and neighbours to insure in the company. 3,889 new policies have been issued, assuring £661,997 ; the now annual premiums thereon, amounting to .£20,303 ; au amount of business equalled by very few of the most prosperous institutions in the kingdom. The rate of mortality has been very low, both as compared with the tabular provision and the satisfactory expe rience of past years. Sums assured and bonuses amount ing to £15,874 have been paid during the year under 110 policies, making the number of claims paid since the commencement of the company 509, and the amount, including bonuses, £80,321. The s►un of £768 has been paid fur the surrender of policies during the past year, a small sum, considering the number of policies in force with the company. The loans granted by the company on its policies have enabled numerous policy-holders to keep up the provision for their families during a period of general commercial depression. Tho remainder of the capital of the company has been issued at £5 per share premium. The sum of £29,367 has been added to the accumulated fund during the year, which now amounts to £155,345. The auditors have carefully examined the securities of the company. The continued ill health of Mr. Joseph War mington, one of the original directors of the company, having for some time prevented him front attending the meetings of the directors, he felt it his duty in the course ' of the year to place his resignation in the hands of the board, who passed a vote of thanks to him for his long and excellent services to the company, and elected Mr. William George Lemon as a director in his place. The Board have appointed in his room, until the annual meeting, Mr. Wm. Smith. The company has also lost an old and staunch friend by the death of the late Dr. Tidman, the veteran Secretary of the London Missionary Society, an active policy-holder of the company. The remarkable growth of the com pany is striking evidence of the value of the principle of true mutuality as practised by the British Equitable As surance Company. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said their manager always on such occasions favoured them with a few additional remarks, therefore he had now to ask him to proceed. Mr. SUTTON GOVER then addressed the meeting as fol lows :—lt is eminently satisfactety that in a year of such general commercial depression and distress there should have been effected a much larger increase in the company's business than in any former year. The new policies issued during the last three years have been as follows :—Reported in 1866, 2,073, £353,700; 1867, 2,845, £501,175; 1868, 3,889, £661,997 ; total, £1,516,872. We have now 14,474 policies in force assuring £2,454,896. At our tenth annual meeting the business in force was 7,860 policies, assuring £1,312,970. At the end of the thirteenth year it is 14,471 policies, assuring £2,434,896, so that the business has increased nearly as much in the last three years as in the prior ten years. The amount of death claims and bonuses paid in the year 1866, under 67 policies, was £14,199 ; in the year 1857, under 110 policies, £15,874. The sum paid for death claims and bonuses from the commencement of the com pany under 509 policies is £80,321. The direc tors having determined to close the capital of the company; the whole of the original shares wore issued at a premium of £5 per share, being 50 per cent. of the amount of the call with scarcely any expense, and in about a month from their intention to do so, so that the whole of the capital of the company is subscribed, and the 10 per cent. call thereon and premium paid, with the ex ception of about £2,300 in course of payment. The Accumulated Fund has been increased during the year by £29,367, making the amount laid by in the last three years £75,678. It now amounts to £155,315. It was with much regret that the directors accepted the resignation of Mr. Joseph Warmington, one of the original directors of the company, on account of continued ill health. Tbis resolution, having been emblazoned on Tel- lum, was presented to him. It was unanimously re solved that the board of directors hereby express their deep regret that Joseph Warmington, Esq., one of the original directors of the company, feels it his duty to resign his office, because his continued failing health precludes the possibility of his attendance at the board, &c. ; they desire to express their deep sense of his diligent and faithful discharge of his duty as a director of the company from its formation, and the groat value of the services he has rendered, which have so materially con duced to the growth and solid establishment of the com pany. Nor can they part with their honoured colleague without stating how much his kind and urbane manner and wise counsels have premoted the harmony and efficiency of the executive of the company, and they trust that his health may be improved and his valued life long spared ; and they further tender him their cordial remembrances and good wishes." The board elected in his place, until this meeting, Mr. William George Lemon, whose influential connections, energetic business habits, and capacity for hard work, peculiarly fit him for the office of director. We have lost by death, Dr. Tidman, who gave on several oc casions numerous introductions to his influential circle, with a view to extending the business of the company ; numbers of our policy-holders have done as much. I wish they would all feel it their duty to do so. Life assurance is one of the most benevolent forms of the application of association, co-operation, and brotherly love, and is doing much to lessen pauperism. Possibly pauperism is preventible. The causes of pauperism are ignorance, sloth, folly, vice, and calamity. 'There need be but little pauperism in this country besides that which is the result of errors. Almost every form of calamity, so far as it tends to produce pauperism, can be defeated beforehand by societies of mutual assurance. A. useful illustration of the philosophy of saving is put in the mouth of Mr. Micawber by Charles Dickens' "Annual intone twenty pounds ; annual expendi ture, nineteen, nineteen and six; result, happi ness. Annual income, twenty pounds ; annual expen diture, twenty pounds, ought and six ; result, misery." Levasseur, who, at the instance of the Empress, has lec- tured to the working men of Paris on Life Assurance, says " Saving is the mother of capital, and capital is the fund with which wages are paid, the indispensable instrument of all production, and everywhere the material foundation on which is seated our modern civilization. We cannot too much recommend two virtues, which, when they are united with instruction in a free country, are all powerful for the prosperity of nations, as for the well being and the independence of individuals ; the labo rious activity which creates the saving that preserves." Life Assurance is doing much good. Millions are paid by the life offices every year under policies which avert so much pauperism. Probably 20,000 families receive the sums assured. How much better it is for the head of a family, that instead of vying with his neighbours in un necessary expense, ho should spend less and asuro more. Industry and thrift aro the father and mother of good luck. Saving is the parent of wealth, and life assurance saving the defence of families when their Heads are no more. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the recurrence of their annual meeting was always a great happiness for him, because it invariably fell to his lot to have to congratulate those present on having ex ceeded their former year's results. Ho had never had to come before them with apologies. (Hear, hear.) They were always pleasant meetings, but he must confess that there never had been such good grounds for congratula tion as on the present occasion. The past year had, ho regretted to say, removed from them one of their directors, Mr. Joseph Warmington. He was a gentleman of the kindest disposition, and one whose greatest desire was to increase in every way the prosperity of the society with which he had boon so long and inti mately connected, He could not express the deep regret he felt at the loss, but in his successor, Mr. Lemon, he thought they had secured a gentleman every way qualified for the duties so ably and honourably fulfilled by his predecessor. In reverting to the business of the last year he had to say they, that day, brought their good ship into port, presented her papers— (cheers)—and they spoke for themselves. (Loud cheers.) The present was the harvest day for their agents ; they doubtless had had battles and conflicts, but the grand re sult of their exertions must be particularly cheering. The society was much indebted to their agents for the energy and perseverance they had evinced in furthering its use fulness; and it was indeed a gratification to know that no society was better represented in different parts of the coun try than the British Equitable. The increase in their con nection was an unmistakable evidence of prosperity,because an increase of business in a society like theirs developed life—because no one liked to be connected with a deadly lively thing—(laughter) ; and another matter of importance was that an increase of business improved the average of the lives of those assured. It was putting so much new blood into the society—(hear, hear)—and that important process could but result in strengthening and invigorating it, a circumstance which gave, he was sure, unmixed pleasure and delight to every gentleman present. (Cheers.) He had great pleasure iu formally moving the adoption of the report. Mr. E. DUNN said he rejoiced to be present to-day when such a successful report was presented. Their agents had evidently worked hard, but that success had resulted from those efforts must be particularly gratifying to them. (Cheers.) The statement of the managing director was also so satisfactory that it hold out groat encouragement for future exertion. (Cheers.) The report was then adopted unanimously. Mr. F. J. Hartley and Mr. W. S. Gover, the directors retiring by rotation, having boon re-elected, both gentle men returned thanks for the confidence reposed in them. Mr. W. G. Lemon was then proposed as a director in the place of the late Mr. Warmington, and Mr. W. Smith as an auditor. Both gentlemen were elected unanimously. A vote of thanks was then awarded to the auditors, which was acknowledged by Mr. OBBARD, who bore his testimony to the admirably clear and understandable manner in which the accounts wore kept. A similar compliment was also awarded to the Managing Director, the medical officers, and the agents, and the proceedings were brought to a close by a cordial vote of thanks to the Chairman for the manner in which he had fulfilled the duties of tho day. The CHAIRMAN thanked the meeting for the kind re cognition of his services, and again said it was oue of the pleasures of his life to be present at their annual meet- ing. S DAY. SES.-Mr. appeared int of the cruelty to ,reated by lan in his .h cruelty iociety for s, proved h was at- d noticing lnd found standing, n, and on that his worked the ) said that r surgeon , -yard, and. I.s and and n had said )rse. per recora- horse in veterinary tion. The ike a long stance, but 3ased fore k disease of If ten led to 3h pain in should be ound. Ile leiley, bad .'s were ill lin, would only order a would bo Mr. Joh° Ls charged i t:Lea p:4W 'ottenhaur A— L a st ie Totten' 1 stopping AD custody' ) on will b° ) glasses ° night 'WO have been and w SOMe °n°. g? .eluctantly' i behal f ? I Dr a ee r" ; treat was.' gh-terraea; houses t t 7, 1 0 WO: . of ell e3 Z, i n to- h a t all the ea th grant t rstood th% l forth 0 'RENTI CE ',, r ac hbrOO: a aPP ee: , ' i s Lae whe r `; aier, as 4 13.1 00 vee aY b at rentiee, .40 L ,warci 1 0 : et lira' o'l ,hearvio hee p he had 1 ago, "00 Din a ' ~4 d a dine h 0 D i ng tO L 913 o IA , i\jr• o tio s tay ' n 5 0 le, and i, , tig c3s, 1151 i0 oNIY ~e lb o dotibt' i t t # aOO5 if e 3 ng it, sc EA ST KENT. The vacancy about to be created in the repre sentation of this division of the county by the ele vation of Sir Brook Bridges to the peerage is ex pected to lead to a severe contest. The Liberal party having strengthened their position very much upon the last register have determined to bring for ward Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, the member for Sandwich, and the chairman of the East Kent Liberal Association, and a meeting is to be held for this purpose on Saturday next. The Conservative candidate is Mr. Edward Leigh Pemberton, jun., a barrister, and a nephew of the late Lord Kingsdown. He has issued his address, in which he expresses his opinion that any attempt to displace the present Ministers before they had an opportunity of com pleting the large measure of Reform which was com menced during the last session would be unfair, and any change during the short remainder of the exist. ence of the present Parliament would be inconve nient, and contrary to the general feeling of the country, and that the Irish questions ought to be disposed of by members elected under the new Re form Bill. He has confidence in Lord Stanley's administration of foreign affairs, and should rejoice if the report of the committee upon the malt-tax and the state of our finances should be found to warrant the removal of a burden which weighs unfairly on land. COVENTRY. Mr. A. Staveley Hill, Q.C., the Conservative candidate, and Mr. S. Carter, the Liberal candi date, addressed the electors on IVednesday night, —the former at the large Corn-Exchange, which was crowded, and the latter at the Castle Hotel, the headquarters of the Liberals, and where a large muster of that party welcomed their candidate as a man belonging to the town who had come forward to enable them to show that the liberal portion of the constituency was not " corrupt," as the Con servatives had endeavoured to make out in unseat ing Mr. H. M. Jackson, the late member. Mr. Hill said he is for upholding the Constitution, while removing all abuses. He holds it to be the duty of the State to give every child the opportunity for education. He would endeavour to remove the burden and vexation caused by the ratepaying clauses of the Reform Act. He is opposed to all the so-called philosophical tampering with property in land in Ireland. He condemned the French treaty, to which he attributed the distress among the silk weavers of the city, and in conclusion pledged himself to be a faithful advocate of the city's rights and wrongs if returned to Parliament. Mr. CARTER, who describes himself as an ad vanced Liberal, approved of nearly every sentence in his opponent's address, but thought some por tions vague and unmeaning. He came forward to vindicate the character of the constituency, which the other side had maligned by their petition, and called upon the Liberals to clear themselves from the villanous charges made against them by sending him to Parliament by a pure election. 1 1 1ARKETS—(This Day.) CORN. The trade continues quiet, without much change in prices, but buyers having occasionally the advantage. At Mark Lane to-day there was a light supply of Eng lish wheat, which met a slow sale at about the rates of Monday last. Foreign wheat, of which there were good arrivals, was purchased sparingly, but sales were not pressed at any decline. Since last market arrived cargoes of wheat off the coast hove sold pretty freely at 6d less 11 oney. Berdianski, 66s 9d; Odossa Ghorka, 64s 6d to 665; Danubian, 60s to 625, cost, freight, and insurance. The numbers on offer are re duced to 63. Flour shells in limited quantity, and in some instances on slightly easier terms. Malt is unchanged is value. Malting barley steadily held. Grinding sorts purchased more sparingly, easier rates having been taken off the coast, and some cargoes expected to land. Peas and Beans aro unaltered. Oats, in consequence of increased arrivals, are pur chasable at 6d, and in some cases is, under Monday's rates. Dutch are most depressed. Seeds are unaltered. TALLOW. The market is steady, at 42s spot; 42s 6d to 42s 9d, April to June ; 44s to 448 3d, June ; 44s 9d last three mouths. PROVISIONS. BUTTERS—For all descriptions a steady moderate de mand has prevailed at late rates. For the best Friesland, 122 s to 126 s is quoted this morning. BACON is still very scarce and sustains its value. CHEESE of good quality moves off steadily at fall rates; inferior sorts are dull. Lard is in moderate request. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. MEAT. —The weather being favourable there was a better demand in the dead meat trade to-day, and rates, though not quotably higher, tended in an upward direction. Beef 3s 4d to 4s 2d, mutton 3s Gd to 4s 4d, veal 3s 8d to ss, pork 3s 8d to 4s Bd, lamb 63 8d to 7s 4d per stone of 81b by the carcase. COTTON. LivEliron, March 20.—Sales to-day probably 10,000 bales. Market quiet and unchanged. DESTRUCTION OF THE AERATED BREAD COll - FLOUR MILLS BY FIRE.—The flour mills belonging to the Aerated Bread Company, situate in South-street, High-street, Wandsworth, were fur the most part de stroyed by fire last evening. The fire appears to have originated in the upper part of the mills, and was not dis covered until the flames had actually burst forth from the roof-. The local engines were soon brought to the spot, and every possible effort was made to stop the flames from spreading, but ineffectually, until three of the upper floors were entirely destroyed, the roof burnt off, and the rest of the mills and contents severely damaged by fire and water. ERITISII MINES. cant. consul. Bold , iilY . 1 Cnivertan Clifford Amalgamated 3O 54 64 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 431 415 Orakewalls 2.1.0 East Bassett (Illogan) 294 10 12 East Caradon 2.14.0 4 5 'East Corn Brs.a 3l 2 24 Nast Grenville 2.14.0 11 2 East Gunnislake .. 8.3. e 1 East Lovell E. W'l Russell (Tayletk 11.7.6 14 2 Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 5 4 ‘ireat Imxey, limited., all 17 16 Great South Tolgus.... 1.4.0 Great Wheal hazy. 14.9.0 G. Wheal Vor (Relst,.o 40 18 19 19 Grenville 9.0.6 14 14 derod's Foot 3B 40 ilingstou Downs , 5.10.6 21 21 Margaret (Uny Le1ant13.17.6 6 8 Murat: Valley I 4.10.6 6 64 4 Iwyndy Iron Ore, Ihn 31 21 11 e:v 6 ton ..... 56/ 60 70 North loskear 3Bl 5 N.Wh Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crotty 1 2.10.0 2 3 Prosper United I 8.11.0 2 24 Providence ,Uny Lelant' I ).6.7 25 27 - IS. Caradon (St. Cleer) 11 180 400 South Condurrow Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 374 421 Stray Park Tin Croft l4 15 Vigra and Clogan, lim all - - West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard 11 10 12 West Chiverton . . 11 61 66 —. West Wheal Bassett ( Mogan 51 75 80 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 16 19 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 21 23 Wheal Seton Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 6 PREFERENCE SR MIES. Great Northern, 5 per cent. rd. at 5 per cent. pm., 1051 FREFERENUE Si:LANs. AND STOCKS London and S.-Western 44 per cent., 89 LINES LEASED AT - FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 119 London and Blackwall, Sl4 South York. and River Dun, 95 YORE/ GN RAIL WAYP. Great Luxembourg, 8 ; San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent.,l7l FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, 10 Din PeUro, North Del Rcy, 21 Port Phillip, 11 St. John del Rey, lien , 191 DOCKS East and West India, 123# Ditto, Debenture Stook. 50 OA IN IN S. Agra. lim., A, 10 Ditto, B, 7j Imperial Ottoman, 10 London and Couuty, Ditto, new, 31# London Joint Stock, 32 Oriental Bank Corporation, 422 aiIbUELLANICOUb. Anglo American Telegraph, 22 1 1 Atlantic Telegraph, 55 6 Ditto, ti per cent 1031 Bombay Gas, tim., 4 Co , .,mercial Union. Insurance, 5j Credit Fonder of England, lira., 31 3 Crystal Palace, .._ Ditto, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 1084 Egyptian ii per Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gua. by Egypt. GOT, 01 Gen. Credit and Discount, inn.. 6 1 nucleon's Bay, 14 international Financial Society, lim., 51 London Financial Association. lira., 5 National Discount Company. 10; 11 Peninsula and Oriental 5Si Dito, new, 1887, 6; 6 Rio de Janeiro City linprovements, 16 Viceroy of Egypt 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan, 731 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day (By Telegraph.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, March 20—Souvenir, steamer, from Caen ; Berlin, steamer, from Hamburg ; Diana, steamer, from Amsterdam ; Ranger, steamer, Rotterdam ; Sir Robert Peel, and NOVI', steamers, from Dunkirk ; Cologne, steamer, from Boulogne; Hendrika, from Emden ; Lena, from Tuticorin; Alfred Louisa, from Port Rio : Restless, from Molgast ; Only Son, from Dorcum; Scandia, from Porsgrund. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Meg Merrilios, from London, for Kurrachee ; Sterling, from London, for Cardiff ; E. A. Sonder, bark, from the North, for the West. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAsr EVENING, THE REFORM BILL. Mr. J. 'WHITE moved, that in the opinion of the house it was expedient that no such Reform Act of 1867 as made occupiers liable for poor rates instead of owners, in re spect of premises to which the system of compounding had been applied, ought to be repealed ; that the name of every occupier ought to be put on the rate book, and that payment of rates by the owner, under the compound ing system, ought to be deemed payment by the occupier and entitle him to the franchise. The hon. member took the opportunity of entering at some length into the many hardships such an arrangement entailed upon those who came within its harsh provisions. He denied that the compound householder was such an objectionable per son as had been stated, and when it was said that the com pounder was extinct in England, he denied that such was the fact. The compound householder was the creation of Parliament, and it was only when he was turned out of doors by his parents that ho made any outcry. It was unjust to make the offspring responsible for the stupidity of his parents —(laughter, and hear, hear) —and with all due deference to that important personage, Mr. Dudley Baxter, who felt himself quite competent to give a full description of "the anomalous and portentous animal called a compound householder," he (Mr. White) thought he was quite as much entitled to his position being fully recognised by Parliament, as any other class of her Majesty's subjects. The right honourable gentleman had stated on a very interesting occasion that one half of his life, viz., for 31 years, he had had the honour of a seat in that house, but he begged to ask him with the greatest respect, whether during that long period he had once raised his voice against the compounders befcre he came to the conclusion that the whole system of compounding was most objectionable? He denied that the compounder was a being desirous of voting without paying his rates ; but he bogged to say that, in his opinion, the compounder not only paid his rates, but he thought he paid more than his fair propor tion. From the obloquy that hid been thrown on the compounder, it might be believed that compounding was a matter altogether unknown to the law, but if any gentleman would only take the trouble of referring to the statute book he would find it crowded with such propositions. In Ireland compounding was by no means unknown, and in a debate that took place on the income-tax, compounding there was fully and freely recognised, but the only com pounders who were not to be acknowledged - who were to have the full pound of flesh exacted from them, were his un fortunate clients. The Reform Bill had been talked about as a measure of public good ; but he thought that it was a bill of pains and penalties for hundreds of thousands. Was it nothing that 500,000 people were to be hunted and harassed and deprived of their rights because they refused to be mulcted according to law. He would not refrain from expressing his disgust at such an arrangement. In Brighton there were 6,000 compounders, about 2,000 of whom will now have to pay between 30s. and 40s. per annum if they wished to continue to vote, whilst another class would have to pay at least 265. per annum in addition to the usual outgoings if they wished to enjoy the luxury of a vote for a member of Parliament. Mr. C. FORSTER seconded the resolution, and dilated on the ill-feeling which would be engendered between landlord and tenant by the new system, the additional burden to the tenant, and the increased labour thrown on the parochial officers. _ _ Mr. AYRTON informed the house that the committee recently appointed to inquire into the assessment of local taxes had that day determined to make the operation of the act of last session their first subject of inquiry. It would therefore be premature to agree to a resolution pledging the house to any particular opinion. Moreover, he maintained the house could not make any alteration in the system without having before it a bill which would explain how the numerous difficulties and complications surrounding the question were to bo dealt with. Mr. DIXON was of opinion that there was sufficient in formation before the house to enable it to decide on the principle involved in the abolition of compounding, and narrated the numerous difficulties which had been expe rienced in Birmingham under the now system. A system of composition, he argued, was necessary to put the assess ments of the poor and the rich on the same footing, and he particularly dwelt on the injustice done to female occu piers and servants of the Crown, who had to pay larger rates and got no vote for it. Mr. HENLEY showed how, by a compounding system, poor people had been compelled to pay rates who never ought to pay, and the rich occupiers wore proportionately relieved. The abolition of compounding, he reminded the house, had not come from the Government, but from the Opposition, and he pointed out that Mr. White's resolution would in many cases give power to the landlords to dis franchise their tenants. Mr. GOSCHEN replied that the landlord had just as much power under the act as it stood, though he did not believe it went so far as that, and urged that the exemp tion of the poorest classes ought to be regulated by an ac of Parliament, and not left to the discretion of magistrates and overseers. Lord HENLEY maintained that with the small ex perience of the operation of last year's act this resolution would be premature, and he showed that the present system had worked better at Northampton than the old one. Mr. HARDY reminded the house that Mr. Hodgkinson's amendment abolishing compounding had been received last year with general assent, and that Mr. Gladstone had declared its acceptance would remove his objections to the new franchise. Considering that we had only the ex perience of one rate, I hat many towns had been for years collecting their rates without compounding, and that a committee had been appointed to inquire into the mode of collecting local rates, ho trusted the house would not agree to the resolution. Mr. GLADSTONE, though of opinion that the present Session should not pass without some proceeding on this matter, recommended Mr. White to withdraw his motion, as it was being investigated by a Committee, and depre cated the introduction of politics into it. Mr. Goldney, Mr. Sandford, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Warner made some observations ; and Mr. WHITE withdrew his resolution. Lord ELcuo and General DUNNE made 4ome inquiries as to the progress of our fortifications, complaining that the works in many cases had not been carried out according to the original designs and specifications, and that recent ex periments on the Malta and Gibraltar shields had not been fairly conducted. Sir 3. PAICINGTON replied that all variations from original designs Lad been made solely with a view to im proving the efficiency of the fortifications, and that the completion of the iron shields had been delayed till the experiments were concluded. The house was about to go into committee ou the Army Estimates, when Capt. VIVIAN appealed to Sir J. Paking ton to postpone his usual statement, alleging the thinness of the house and the lateness of tho hour—a quarter to 10. There wore at the time more than 100 members present, which is by no means a thin house on such occasions, and at an earlier period of the evening a promise had been given that the estimates should not be brought on later than 10 o'clock. Sir J. PAKINGTON complied with ho request on con dition that he should be allowed to take a vote on account; but Mr. Ayrton objected to this, and in the end the Army Estimates were postponed altogether. Votes, horovir, were taken in committee of supply for 67,120 men and boys for the Royal Navy, and for £2,000,000 on account of the Navy Estimates. The Sea Fisheries and the Fairs (Ireland) Bills were read a third time and passed, and the Consolidated Fund Bill was read a second time. THE IRISH REFORM BILL. The Earl of MAYO brought in the Irish Reform Bill. He announced at the outset that no change would be made in the county franchise, which now stands at £l2 rating; but the borough franchise would be reduced from £8 to £4, and then by the peculiar rating arrangements of Ireland (each tenant over £4 paying half the rates) every man who paid rates would have a vote. This would add 9,313 electors to the borough constituencies, bringing the whole number up to 40,000. The provisions as to residence and regis tration would remain unaltered, but there would be a lodger franchise and a Boundary Commission. Passing to the re-distribution scheme, Lord Mayo analyzed mi nutely the population and property returns of the boroughs and counties of Ireland, from which he drew the conclu sion that the counties were under-represented, in compa rison with the boroughs, and particularly the four largest counties—Cork, Tyrone, Down, and Tipperary. To give them adequate representation thebill proposed that Do wn patrick, Dungannon, Bandon, Kinsale, and Cashel should yield their seats to new divisions of Down, Tyrone, Cork, and Tipperary counties respectively. In none of those cases would the locality of representation be removed, but Portarlington would be called on for a greater sacrifice, as she would be asked to give up her seat to furnish a third member to Dublin City, who would be elected on the mi nority principle. By some confusion or misunderstanding leave was given to bring in the bill without any remark, but Col. French moved the adjournment of the house to give an opportunity for discussion. Mr. BRADY complained that no reduction was made in the county franchise, and demanded vote by ballot for the Irish tenants ; Mr. Bagwell objected to the elimination of the urban representation, and pointed out that the change was in favour of the territorial influence; Mr. Lav, son (Portirlington) denied that the largest counties had been fairly chosen for increased representation, and asked why the third member was not given to the coun ties, as well as to Dublin city, on the minority prin ciple. Mr. Reardon also made some remarks in con demnation of the bill, and Mr. O'Beirne (Cashel) com plained of the attack on his borough in violation of the principle of the English and Scotch bills that no place should be disfranchised. Mr. GLADSTONE, admitting that there were one or two good principles in the bill, reserved his opinion on the details until the plan was in print. But he regretted that the Government had not seen their way to a larger increase of the Irish constituency, and pointed out that the merging of boroughs into counties would make it more difficult to retain the county franchise at its present figure. . _ - Mr. M. TORRENS obtained a committee to inquire into our Extradition Treaties. Some other business was disposed of, and the house ad ourlaCd at a quarter to 12 o'clock. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. NOTICE. The Third Edition of The Sun of last night, containing the Latest Betting and Races at Warwick, was pub lished in time for the country post and for delivery in town at 7.15 pm. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Central Cornwall Railway Bill road a socond time. Lord STANHOPE said that he understood that the right of giving proxies was to be abolished, and he would ask the Lord Privy Seal what course was to be pursue 1. The Earl of MALME3I3URY said that he was only waiting to propose a question until more peers were in town, then, probably next week, he should lay a statement before their lordships. REGULATION OF RAILWAYS BILL. The Duke of RICHSICND;;,;i the second reading of this bill, and said that he believed that the enterprises of the executives of railways were most important, and that the premium on railway property during the past year had been over £38,000,000, almost approaching what might be called the interest of the national debt of this country. It was of the utmost importance that the general public should have the opportunity of knowing what was the actual state of various companies of which they were shareholders, and to know that there was £138,000,000 which, although authorised, bad not been yet paid up. He wished that such a regulation of accounts should pre vail that there should be an uniform system of accounts in all railway companies, and one which would enable any shareholder to understand what would be the ac couuts in every railway company. (Hear, hear.) It was an astonishing fact that it was far more dangerous to walk about London, according to the railway statistics, than it was to travel on railways. He hal therefore thought it better to bring in a small measure to deal with the salient points than to bring in a much more comprehensive bill. He would move the second reading. Lord REDESDALE opposed the bill, but he thought that no securities given by railway companies should be legal unless registered. no spoke also as to the position of auditors, and thought that there should be some regula tion as far as they were concerned. He approved of all regulations which could ameliorate the condition of rail way travellers, and also the vehicles in which they tra velled. [LEFT SITTING} HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THE IRISH CHURCH. Mr. GLADSTONE gave notice that on Monday next he should lay on the table the precise terms of a motion he intended to move with respect to the Irish Church. Before he made the terms of his motion he should like to know what arrangement the Government could make, in order to give him an early day on which ho could bring forward his motion. If he did not receive a favourable answer to his request, then he should have to make the best arrangement open. to him as au independent mein, ber. (Cheers.) THE BASUTO COUNTRY. Mr. MILLER asked the (Secretary of State for the Colonies if there was any truth in the report contained in the daily press that the Government had extended British protection to the Basuto country adjoining the Cape of Good Hope and Natal, and whether it was intended to annex the territory ; and, if so, was it to be annexed to the colony of the Cape or Natal ? *Mr. ADDERLEY said it was not intended to extend British protection over the Basuto Territory, but the Go 7ernor of Natal had been empowered to negotiate the an nexation of that territory to Natal, provided the tribe agree to be governed by the same laws as the colonists. The object of the arrangement was to bring to a conclu sion the question of boundary between the Basuto coun try and the Orange Free States, a matter that had given rise to much inconvenience. He should be quite prepared to give the correspondence immediately it was completed. Mr. CRAUFURD asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether his attention had been called to a meeting held at the Red Lion Hotel, Cambridge. on Saturday last, for the purpose of inaugurating the Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely, and Town of Cambridge Conservative Registration Society, which was alleged to have been summoned and presided over by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Cambridge, the Earl of Hardwicke, and at which he was reported to have made the following, amongst other obser vations, "Some shortperiod of time has elapsed —two months —since I felt it my duty to take the chair at a preliminary meeting which was called for the purpose of forming a Tiwn and County Registration Society. . . . I take the chair to-day as a Conservative. I look forward to the necessity for such a society as this for the purpose of guid ing those persons who in future will have to exercise the Parliamentary franchise, and of leading them to their posi tion on the register. . . . I hope I shall be able, with my influence, to establish a Conservative Registration As sociation in the county," and whether her Majesty's. Go vernment were prepared to sanction and approve such an interference in electoral matters on the part of a poor of the realm ? M.t. DISRAELI said he did not know upon what prin ciple the hon. gentleman objected to the conduct of Lord Hardwicke. There was an ancient resolution which pre cluded-peers from interfering in the election of members of Parliament, passed, he believed, in the year 1641, but ho did not think that could be c ,nstrued to extend to regis trations. (Laughter.) It would be more convenient if the hon. gentleman felt it desirable that the house should express its opinion on the matter for him to bring the subject forward in a more precise form, in order that the sense of the house might be taken on it. His own impres sion was that all efforts to promote registration in the new constituencies ought to be encouraged, and so far as his own feelings were concerned, he was in favourof everything calculated to increase the general body. The conduct of Lord Ifardwicke did not appear of a character to surprise him (Mr. Disraeli). He naturally took great interest in the county in which he resided, and no doubt he exerted himself amongst his neighbours to promote registration — (laughter)—in order th a t th ey m i ght b e i n a position to take advantage of the great boon that Parliament had con ferred upon them. (Laughter.) PARTY PROCESSIONS (IRELAND.) Mr. O. LANYON asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he intended to recommend during this session the repeal of the Party Processions Act ; or, if not, whether he intended to recommend any alterations in the said Act with a view of removing all doubts as to the interpretation of said law, and of satisfying the public mind that an im partial administration of the same will, as far as possible, be secured in all parts of Ireland ? Earl MAYO said he did not intend to postpone the repeal of the act, but he thought it was more than likely that something would be done to remove any misapprehension that might exist on the subject.. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. Mr. VERNER asked the Secretary to the Treasury for what reason the outgoiag Australian mails were now arranged to start the day before the arrival of the incom ing, and thereby cause most serious inconvenience, and also expense to correspondents with those colonies ? Mr. SCLATER-I3OOTH said the opportunity of an swering letters by the Australian mail, as now arranged, extended to five days, via Marseilles, at an increased chaige of only 4d. The present dates of departure had been fixed after the greatest consideration, and he did not think they could be altered to meet the views of the hon. member. He thought that the facilities afforded vie Marseilles quite compensated fur the increase of the pox tage. THE INDIAN FINANCES. Mr. CRAWFORD asked whether it was true that the Government had received, by telegraph, the heads of the stat mont made by the Financial Minister in India ; if so, whether he zould state to the house if they were of a fa vourable character. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said it was quito true that he had received the heads of the statement made by Mr. Massey, and that they were of a very favourable character. (Hear, hear.) The surplus, a ft er a ll c h arges, h a d b een met, exceptirrigation. There was no new loan or Lew taxa tion, and the income tax was to be reconsidered and im proved. (Hear, hear.) ALLEGIANCE TO THE QUEEN. On the motion for the house going into !committee of supply, Mr. W. E. FOSTER called attention of the house to the effect of the law regulating the allegiance of the Queen who had emigrated to foreign countries, and especially to the United States of America, and asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether he did not think the time was inopportune for attempting to arrive at a mutual understanding betweer! her Majesty's Government and the Government of the United States re specting the right of expatriation. Sir J. COLLIER followed the hon. member with some remarks on the same subject, and was of the opinion that the laws of both England and America required revision. [LEFT SPEAKING.] 'his Evening. ~. 11 18} ... 12 ; .. 12 ... 25 37 ~. 25 37* 13 10 25 22* 25 35 .. 25 35 .. 120} .. 11 85 11 85 a2i 6 271 .. 481 481 28 85 28 85 28 85 28 85 28 85 28 85 51 51f COURSE OF EXCHANGE-T Amsterdam Short ... 11 18 Ditto Rotterdam........ — ... 11 19 ~ Antwerp — ... 25 32i. Brussels Ilamburgh — ... 13 9 Paris Short ... 25 12 ~ Ditto Marseilles.... .•• ... 25 30 .. Frankfort-on-the-Main ... ... 120} ~ Vienna — ... 11 .80 .. Trieste — ... 11 80 .. Petersburg Berlin ... ... 6 261 ~ Madrid — ... 48i . Cadiz Leghorn _ ... 28 75 Milan... Genoa — ... 28 75 Naples Palermo .... . ... 28 75 Messina Lisbon Oporto ..• o 4 . EXTRAORDINARY FISHING IN DERWENTWATER LAKE.—On Tuesday Mr. Anthony Dixon, accompanied by Tom Moore, the well-known boatman, was successful in capturing a fine salmon, in splendid condition, which weighed 181 b., as well as several pike.—Cumberland Pacquel. Messrs. Caird and Co. have just launched on the Clyde a splendid iron steamship for the Hamburg Ameri can Steam-packet Company. She was named the ilolsalia. Her dimensions are as follows :—Longth, 350 feet ; breadth, 40 feet, depth, 26 feet. Her burden is 2,800 tons. She will have accommodation for 90 first-class, 130 second class, and 520 third-class passengers ; will carry 1,000 tons of cargo, and 1,100 tons of coal. Her engi nes are bein g supplied by the builders. The Holsatia will be commanded by Captain H. Chlers. Another steamer of similar dimen sions, to be named the Westphalia, is in courso of building by Messrs. Caird for the same company, and is in a forward state. Both those vessels will be placed on the station Dstwevn l3aDlbllYg o §iNtlonaptop, aucl ;5197( "Ica. LATEST WEST-END BETTING. TIIIS DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 16 to 1 agst Ininkhoolie (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Nemea (taken) 100 to 8 agst Parson (taken) 100 to 8 agst Abergeldie (offered) 14 to 1 agst Captain Kidd (taken) 100 to 6 agst Kettleholder (offered) 20 to 1 agst Stradbroke (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Nyanza (offered) 20 to 1 agst Knight of the Garter (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mayflower (offered) ROTUNDA CLUB AND COIISIISSION EXCHANGE. Three Doors from Blackfriars B►idge, Surrey Side, IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Annual subscription, Five Shillings. Applications fot membership should be made to the Secretary, 3, Black friars-road. RACING FIXT 'RES FOR 1868. Croxton Park Northampton MA. Margate Epsom Spring Meeting 24 Newcastle Spring Edinburgh Spring Bromley Spring 6 Durham Newmarket Craven Hendon i 3 Knighton l4 Lichfield Spring l4 Abergavenny 1 31, Chester 5 Eglinton Hunt 7 Wiachester York Spring Doncaster Spring Salisbury Catterick Bridge l6 I Eastbourne Lewes Spring I Thirsk I Curragh April 2l Croydon Spring Liverpool Hunt : Newmarket Ist Spring 27 Cardiff • AY. Bath Wye ICroydon Ist Summer Harpenden I Epsom Summer Paris 3l NE. West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer Manchester 3 Ascot Summer 9 Beverley, Hull, and East Riding lO Windsor Summer JU Chelmsford Worcester Summer Carlisle 7 Newmarket July 7 Hungerford Pontefract Reading Down Royal Corp. l5 Newton Hampton Newcastle 23 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge Alexandra Park 3O I Liverpool July M. Odiliam Stamford I Radcliffe Huntingdon I Nottingham July Southampton I Goodwood UST. Dover Oxford Scarborough Canterbury Great Yarmouth Derby Summer IWeymouth Ipswich I Lichfield Tunbridge Margate Deauville Leek Brighton Brighton Club 6 Lewes Summer 7 Wolverhampton ll Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 Egham l7 Hastings York August SEPT Baden 1 Warwick September 1 Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster September 8 Brecon Richmond Hampton Autumn l5 Kelso l‘s :MBER. Hendon l7 Monmouth .. l7 Newmarket Ist October 22 Walsall 23 Edinburgh West Drayton 29 Royal Caledonian Huut and Western At OUT BER. Ealing Newmarket Houghton . 19 Bromley Autumn Worcester Autumn 27 Lincoln Autumn 29 Bedford 1 Bromley Autumn Newmarket td October 5 Lanark Chelmsford Autumn Cheltenham l3 NOVE Shrewsbury Autumn Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt l7 iliBE It STEEPLECHASES. kIARCII Grand Military l6, 17 I West Somerset 24 War wick l7 Cheltenham .• . 26 Chertsey 2O Southdown Hunt I Margate 23 Cambridge A PHIL. Grand National Hunt I Knighton (Bedford) 2 Abergavenny Roy.Artillery(Woolvrich) 3 Hambledon I Bromley Aldershot Hendon OCTOBER. Bromley DECEMBER. St. Albans 1 Ealing 2B Kingsbury LuNDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAnut 20. 2d Life Guards —Cornet and Sub-Lieut. Arthur Arkwright to be Lieutenant; Sir Archibald Lamb, Bart., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant. 7th Dragoon Guards —Major Robert Clarke to be Lieut.- Colonel ; Captain William B. Armstrong to be Major ; Lieut. Richard D'Olier George to be Captain; Richard P. Rees, Gent., to be Cornet. Gth Dragons—Asheton 'tongs, Gent., to be Cornet. Bth Hussars—Captain William Mussenden to be Major; Lieutenant A. C. Wood to be Captain, by purchase ; Cornet Roderick Mackenzie to . be Lieutenant, by pur chase ; Gentleman Cadet Charles 0. Gould, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet. 12th Lancers—Cornet George John Barry to bo Lieute nant; Thomas Richard Pearoth, Gent., to be Cornet. 18th Hussars—Lieut. Walter Yeldhain to be Captain ; Cornet James Stuart to be Lieutenant ; Cornet Charles D. W. Cammell, from the Gth Dragoons, to be Cornet ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon John A. Anderson, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon. Ist Foot—Gentleman Cadet Robert Megaw Ireland, to be Ensign. 12th Foot—Captain Robert John Stansfold to be Captain. 32d Foot—Lieutenant Frank A. Berridge to be Captain ; Ensign Francis Anthony Garden to be Lieutenant ; Gentleman Cadet Loftus Edward Coore Inglefield to ho Ensign. 36th Foot—Lieutenant H. E. Stopford to be Captain; Ensign F. L. Harford to be Lieutenant. 38th Foot—Captain W. If. Crawhall to be Captain. 43d Foot—Lieutenant R. M. Tod to be Captain. 48th Foot—Gentleman Cadet D. D. C. M'Cay Id`Donald to be Ensign. 76th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Le Breton Butler to be Captain ; Ensign William Gillilant to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Duncan Donald Charles McCay Macdonald to be Ensign. 80th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Edward Halo to be Ensign. 94th Foot—Lieut. IL W. Dlollis to be Adjutant. 9Sth Foot—Lieut. G. B. Wolsoley to be Captain. 99th Foot—Staff Assistant Surgeon P. Shepherd to be Assistant Surgeon. Rifle Brigade—Lieut. F. J. R. Sheridan retires. Foreigu Laii isacxet MAILS DUE. Australis. and New Zealand, via► Southampton..... March 23 Ditto, via Marseilles ... 22. Ditto, via Panama drazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video April 6. Ditto, by ierenoh packet Cape Verde. by Brazil paotet April 6. tape of Good Hope. Ascension, and St. Lielena March 29. China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton March 21. Ditto, via Marseilles ••• March 22. Falkland islands.„.... April G. ,iibraltar, via Southampton March 2 1 - • - - Ditto, via Marseilles Malta, r:gypt, Sco. ...• .. March 25. Ditto, Marseilles.. March —. Mauritius, Cape of Good Llope, and Sada!, via So uthamp ton Ditto, - , . April 18. Newfoundla Portugal .... • ..... • • Ditto, by p r v+.l ship to Oporto ............ Ditto t Otto to Lisbon United States, lanada, California, &o.,by British packet Ditto, by 1. aited 6tates packet Ditto ditto 'New York) Ditto ditto 'New York) .... Ditto ditt& (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet .......... 2). West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe April 18. West Indies and Pa3ilio (except Mexico and Baha mas) March 16. Cuba and Mexioo ...March 30. Bahamas, via New Y March 25. Bermuda, via Halifax .. . April 8. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris] is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f. 15c. per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price ct lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appe,ws that gold is about one-tenth dearer in Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 109; per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United States. CONVICTIONS FOR DOG FIGHTING.—On Tuesday at the Salford Town Hall, a beershop keeper named Jack son and his wife were charged with keeping a place for the purpose of dog fighting, and the following defendants wero charged with aiding and abetting in a dog fight : —lsaac Harrison, carter; James Moran, paraffin oil dealer; James Aitken, tailor; Joseph Thorpe, tailor; William Unsworth, traveller; James Muscroft, beer retailer, Manchester ; Jabez Smith, moulder; John Wilson, bricklayer; Alfred Parkinson, moulder; William Scyte, beer retailer; and Lee Seddon, labourer. The police got into Jackson's house on Saturday, and in a pit in a cellar found two dogs much torn and mutilated. All the prisoners, with the exception of Harrison, were identified as having taken part in the proceedings. He was accordingly discharged. Jackson and Muscroft, who had boon previously convicted, were ordered to pay £5 and costs; the other defendants were fined CM. Itad mtg. AUG