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

s TIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The stock ma r k e t s are fi rm th i s morning in every t e _ s ,Peet- This f eature i s p artly in consequence of the _etter tone of the P ar i s B ourse yesterday. The aEnglish funds have been higher, Consols standing for arenile at 93i1 to 931. Foreign Gov ernmen t secur iti es Italian are but th e c h anges are not cons i dera b le. 4tLahliati are now 47k, and American are macehigher- English railways have not varied but th e tone i s f i rm, and prices have an upward tend ency. T he traffics of the past w e elz continu e t o s h ow a considerable increase, and the prospects of the dividends for the current half- Year are considered good. In joint-stock shares, Im perjTaherlOettoman Bank have decli n ed s s . is full average demand for discount in the °p en en market at 12 to i per aent., with large _ ,Tlie Li verpool cotton market opened firmer but up auyxance is tel egrap h ed. The corn trade is steady. Consol s are well supported at 931 t o 931 for money and account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 9 2 to 924 ; India 5 per Cents., 114 to 1141 ; Bank S tock, 244 t o 24 6 ; Exchequer Bills, to 20s prem. There is a good business doing in the leading de scriptions of foreign Government Securities, but the prices current are very much those of last night. Italia n (1861) are 47 3 to 47,i ; Mexican, 151 to 152 ; Greek, 14- to 13 ; New Spanish, 351 to 36 ; Turkish (1884), 34 to 34. 1 2 ; Egyptian Railway, 89 to 90 Viee raY's, 721 to 73, and the Seven per Cents., 882 to 89t . and Brazilian (1865), 741 to 75. American Securities are firm. United States Five -88 Bonds are hi g h er , a t 722 to 73 ; Erie s ares steady a t 46 to 4 7 ; Illi no i s are enqu i re d f or a t 9 h 3 to 94 , being an imp rov e m e n t of 1. , English Railw a y Sh ares are fi r m, and a good ?ereand prevails for most descriptions. Great Northern, Il owever is 1 lower, at 102 to 103 ; ditto A stock, well at 98 i to 99f; Great Eastern " are _ s t •better, and London, rignton, and South Coast a further The following areithe quotations :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1252 to ' k; Midland, 105 k to 106 ; South Eastern, 74i t 2 Londo n an d N ort h Western, 1142 to 1151 ; Grea t Western 502 to 51k ; Manchester, Sheffield, an d Lincolnshire, 44 to 44k ; Metropolitan, 113 to 34 1 13 '1 . _i Caled on i an, 721 to 7 3 ; N or th B r i t i s h, 33 t o ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 182 to 19k. Bank Shares are in moderate request, but prices are generally without change except Imperial Otto- In an, which is I lower, at 1 to 2 prem. Agra (A s hares) steady, at , 91 to ltA ; Alliance, 13 to 12 tlis•; Anglo-Austrian, 4k to 42 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 28 to 29 ; Consolidated, 4 to ; Lon don and County, 51 to 52 ; Loudon and West- Minster, 67 to 68.. Foreign Mining Shares are without change. St. John del Revs are quoted at. 221 to 23k ; Port Philip, to 11 ; Chontales, 32 to 4. Miscellaneous Securities are quiet. Anglo-American T elegraph is B better, at 23 to 231 ; Atlantic Tele graPh 8 per cent., 5k to 51 ; Hudson's Bay steady, at 14i to 141. About X 4,000 in bar g o ld' was sen t i n t o th e B an k Vesterday, The Estrainader has arrived at Lisbon from the B oston with £30,000 in specie ; and the City of • u nston has brought £1,500 from New York. The dire c t ors of the Pacific Steam Navigat i on C O„flipany h ave made a call on the bonus shares of 4 0 10s per share, payable on the Ist May. d i Th e half -yearly meeting of the London Corn Ex ange has been called for the 28th inst. The annual meeting of the Imperial Ottoman Bank r as been convened for the 17th June to receive the l re p o rt of the directors and to declare a dividend. Vic ente li st of applications for shares in the Sao Mining Compan will close for London on n fesday, the 22 ; 1 ins y t., and for country and g e 'gn pplicthea2sthij-us inst.the list will remain open till atand tiy, It i s stated, in l e tt ers f rom P ar i s , th a t if there-- i t )o rt atton of the financial cotirmissi , n be ready for presen to the Corps Legislatif on the 20th inst. the new French loan will be brought out in the course of tgTiloaetfirtsbteNri,e week in M a y. I t i s, h owever , a l so repor t e d may be a further adjournment if the aidvernient insi s t, as i s expec t e d , upon any con therable augmentation to the minimum amount of e i s 'Pn, £17,400,000. The Government are, it auded, Persuaded that a loan for £25,000,000 Z 7 X3 , ° '•( 1 ,000 could be raised as easily as one for a i„' - ' 1: (1f),()0 (), notwithstanding the continuance of of distrust as to the maintenance of peace. fo 'le traffic receipts of the Metropolitan Railway the Past week show en increase of £438 as coin red with the corresponding period of last year, the total being 4, 10. th e ble ex traordinary increase in the traffic receipts 01 wee, Great Luxembourg Railway continues. For . the ohle tc ending the 12th instant the gross earning' • A tint ea to 4:6 197 19s 2d, and the increase to ,-47 1 . 4 ,, 81 , 111, f 0 o- .vin , alt : of continuation, ti,,,f.rtni g htly settlement now 3 .• " 1 " 11 , 1-16 to 3-16 back ; Great Eastern, 2s to b :, Gr eat Northern, even to f ; ditto A, 1-16 to 3-1€ ck ; Leeds s toc k - H. 4 . 61 d, toLondon and •llOrtli. Western, 1-16 back to 1-16 contango ; Great _v_estern, -A- to eo.. tango; Midland, 1-16 to 3-16 back Aste_ropolitan, 1-16 to 3-16 back ; Dovers, even to ir e b ac i i ii 3Olds, 1-16 to h contango ; North British, 1-1 tto_s di 1 -16 contango ; Great Western of Canada, 6d r.ghton ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 6‘.1 to is ditto , 1-16 to 3-16 ditto. n) : sl r- Sam Mendel thus describes the Manchester hiskets under date of April 14th The position of market is scarcely altered since the 7th inst., the e nd has b een very li m i te d , yet pr i ces h ave shown t (La Wealtuess. There is a slightly better feeling i r j e _aY, with more disposition to place orders at tutees' not materially under spinners and manufao prices." D RITIBH FUNDfril 8 (:YrEit..NMENT FUNDS. —TWO O'CLOCK. 931 ,er Cent. Consols 931 3 1)44) for Account Nrr U eut• Reduced 92 2 1 923 2 Isi e ''' 3 Per Cent I:jv 2 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 44,, ° ,.,, Per Cent. d an. 1873 -....i11e5, SO vrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — o - 1 1 ) ) 0 . for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — .. h (Red Sea Tele6raph), Aug., 1908 16 — 20 pm 1 .,-;'‘ -o(luer Bills, 41,000, 2 per Ct -.Jo. D o £5OO I It • ZlOO & £2OO 246 4 II of ngland Stock, 41 per Cent 4)0. Account ,T htiiill GOVERNMENT A t clz tte _ e _ ou : SECURITIES' ~.,..t, 4 toclr, 101 per Cent., April 1874 111 14" ~5 Per Cent. July, 1880 _ b • I Pet- Cent., Oct. 1888 be. Certificates ... -- 88 t?,* Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent U° Per 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do 6 ,1 per C ent., May 1879 1081 ') Per Cent Rup. Dob. 1872 — D Do, .) P. do. 1877.. — D o , r, • do. 1882 lO3l N . _ n ueb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 32 27 pm 0e• - uends, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO 32 27 pm Under El.OOO PORICIGIT YUNDS _ tgentine Republic, 6 per Cent _TWO CLOCK. 621 3 tr Itrian Bonds 5 ner Cent. 1859 azili an 5 , Cent .r- D% per _ • li Per Cent., 1852 _ d0.,1858..... _ b°' do., Do. 1 1860 64 t o. , do., 1863 74 u ' Per Cent., 1865 74i 5 .t 0 A.ccount •utie ll 1 , Oe Ayres 6 per Cent 0 '',_,) 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) - 1 101, , 6 , 0 . per Cent '"la n 6 p er Cent _l2l P t — 0. 4 per Cent Ue b per Cent., B •„))0., 1867 • 90 891 ...., 0 7 ~, per ,Cent., 1866 0_',•:0., Scrip £32 paid D 1)`) ',lnbian, 6 per Cent. t tl iela 3 per Cent. 1825 o,1:111bian Pri ncipalities, 7 per Cent - illo-4)._ 8 Per Cent., 1867 731 eador mew Consolidated, 1 per Cent Ptiati r Cent — D O . Second issue — 0..£500 Bonds — ue• 410 C Bonds _ . 1 ., Do, 1864 ,0. 4500 Bonds Bll •,-)0..£100 Bonds B3 %Goernment Railway Debentures . ..::. I 0 891 T, se lc 5 per Cent 1821-5, ox Coups — D°,-"°. Ac '' 1 ) , . mat . ~ Uoupons , .. 51 ii,,,, ACCOnnt tOdftTeroala 5 per Cent . uras Gov.R,a Loan., 10p. Ct., £2sp r , 0, Account .. 1 ;j a il 5 per Cent. 1865 _ Ist,'"„?. Alareirtrattna Raiway 5Ol I;.'eat per Cent __ it to for Account , D o 1864 4 ° 7 6 .Pier Cont. Anglo-French tto tevulvatt 6 . per Cent. Ori 99 N e sli Imperial 5 por Cent r , \ lr Gran a d a t' l° 3 Per Con e• Defon.ed ...... Pe r , °l-140 Warran . ts . (Hectares) !.-0 AcCesupnetr Cont. 1865 801 80 -',O 41 Per Cent (Uribarren) -r,_ per t., .),, ~ , liu. do., 167' 4O Pi Do do., Scrip, £2O paid 1 o'• 4 'a 5 per cent., 1822, X Si _ t o i 4 4 per Cent. 1850 o' c, 1 1 Per Cent, 1860 D ° 3 , Per Cent., 1859 r‘'`kuglo-Duth, 1864, £lOO Boucle —4l 44 9. do. 484 1. do — Turkish 6 per Cent. — Do Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 ... 631 Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds 66 I Do. 1863 '.6i- Do 5 per Cent., 1865 344 1 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Dividends on the above payable in L0t,,it,... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Austrisn o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 48 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 28 per Cent. Ex. 12 GO, — Do Account — Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, E. 25f. Do. Account 47/ I 8 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 93/ i Do. Account, sth May 93/ ?a, COAST AND H. 11113001? 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 12i-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 Peruvian turret vessel Iluascar, 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 NIL 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, his 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 au 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 boars ut me course or tnis week. It is expected that her speed will be 13 knots. Messrs. Laird Brothers have also recently launched for the dame 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 De 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 6in. 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 itrhoenepuldast,esthle deckincli itthsieclfk haeminigdsohfiptesskanpdlal,nksine4hiiaut. thick. 'rho turret is protected by plates Bin. thick, increasing to 11m. at the p orts. I t 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 d oc k i n 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 The ill hspeed about t f these eig ht vessels, knots. when fully some time this month. w 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 Lana 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 maita. 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 61-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 com missioned 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-horse 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 anehor-boat ou 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. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1868. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Raliwayks, Paid, , 7 1311M1 and Exeter ....1 Caledonian .. wbrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Bellaat June Dun„Pertb,As Ab. June INl.London, borip 81 83 72 74 20 SO 3 4 75 77 70 72 Glasgow t S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Aug]. st. No. 2 bireat North of Seotlano Great Northern 102 104 34 35 7 8 15 102 104 97 99 121 125 Do. A stook... Do. B Block. Do. New, is. at 25 pin' GAS. and W. of Ireland WeFtern -Original Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Alid.—Oxiora l l Do. Newport 94 96 5) 61. 5) E 5 3) S 5 30 3.: i)0. Hereford ..,,. Lancashire 5. Yorkslan London and lilackwall Lon., Brigh.,& 8 Uoa6t Chat., and Lore: Do. Metrop. Ex. A L9u. 41. Aorth Webtcri Lon. & Boutik Weatert Man., She.f., & Lincoln stetropolltan.... Do. New 125 i 126 501 51 I'd lUg 12 15 1144 115 8. 87 124 13 ; 112 114 Do. Exteut.iou Iletrupolltan tio. du. du. Do. and :it. John'aWV'o Midland 105 100 74 70 105 10 Do. £9 Share Do, Birmiu.. dt Derb) Ilid 'lent .. 74 76 North British DO. Ud. ' I"th., & Dun 1 ch. Eastern—Berwie Do. ti.A•E purohbsc Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 . . 33 35 10 , 101 57 5 . 1 9Z 93 12S 132 129 131 115 /17 Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire. N. S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union South Devon South Eiilotern 11 11i 57 59 106 108 56 58 43 45 13 75 Staines, Wok., Sc Wok Vail Vale 10 143 195 Do. C Vale ofr Neath Waterford & Kilkenny %Vatterloo & Whitelfa.l tVe6t. Cornwall • 514 } 1,) Closing ; Business , Pelee. done. 1 51 15 7 I(6i 6 BRITISH. "'OBSESSIONS. (no Atlantic& St. Lawrence all . 64 66 it, Bom.,Baroda, a. Conan. 100 1024 1034 103 k 1 gu. 6 per cent.. 10 Do. shares l6 f 1p Buffalo & Lake Huron all 3 4 10 Do. Preference all 5 7 too Bull.,Brant, &Goderieb p.c. IVO 68 71 st Calcutta &S. 8., lira lOO st Jape Town & Dock, gu lOO 18 52 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 99 102 st east Bengal, gu., sdo 100 1046 1G 5 4 st East ludiau, gu. 5 p.c. 100 109 110 116} I 20 Do. J Extension 15 st urandTrunkof Canada 100 151 162 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 78 62 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 43 15 100 Do. do deferred 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds all 33 35 100 Du. do. deterred - 100 1)o. 3d Pref. stook all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 100 Do. 4th Pref, stook all 18 1 ) _ 100 Do. do. deterred st Vt. India Pen. gua. sp.e. 100 109 110 90 o. Gua. 5 per cent lB 14 2 V 20 Do. New gua. 6p. o 6 1 4 2 st , it. South of India gua. 5 per cent et Do. 41 per cent lou 94 86 st Do 2 206 3reat Wcs. of Canada all 16/ 206 Do. New ....- - - 00 Do. 6p. o Bt.s. pay. 1873 all 98 100 00 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 all 91 93 bt Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 102 st Do. 41 do lOO 93 95 986 st Do. 44 do lOO 89 91 29 Do. Filth Extension 5 st Melb. Cor p. c. Ends. 100 50 Mel. & Ilobsor.'s Bay all -- "- st N.Rl.C'da.opclstpf.bs 100 83 65 st Oude &Rhiik'nd, g. 5 p.O 100 103 104 tt .'einde 100 100 101 st Do. Delhi 20 Do. do )mod j 15 t 1 P St Do. Puniaub .es I 100 10J 101 st Do.lndus St.l lot 60 100 b 7 89 BRITISH. MINES. - 'cam. Consul. Cold, 111 n. 1 - Chiyerton - Clifford Amalgamated SO 51 61 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 440 46') - Drake walls .. - East Bassett (Ilcogan) 291 10 12 - East Caradon 2.14.e 4 5 - East Carn Brea 34 2 21 - East Grenville - East Gunnislake - East Lovell 3.0.0 8 9 ( 8 : 1. a W m . t S t u ru e b i y i T ( G a v w l s e t u k I 1 . 6 7. 1 5 25 4 Jreat L.ixey, limited all 163 171 r r e e a a t t rhtehaiTisolrys.... 1.4.0 - . 14.9.6 - (I, 9 411 6 11 10 (Ireuyille .O. - 1I erod's Foot - Ilingston Downs - Margaret (Uny 1653..111°0.0 6 7.6 11 128 6 1 24 8 02 - Mare Valley. 4 Ilwyudy Iron Ore, lim 5.1 21 1 1 - hew S ton . 56; 60 70 - North Loskear - r. Wll Bassettallogan 4.4. 0 - - North ,Vheal Crotty 2.13.0 2 3 - Prosper United 8.11.0 2 2 5 - Providence ,UuyLelant 11.6.: 25 27 - IS. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 380 900 - South Condurrow 5.2.0 1 - :S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 374 426 - 3tray Park - lin Croft 9 14 15 - Vigra and Clogan, lim all - %Vest Bassett (Mogan - W. Caradon (Liskeard! 12 10 .2 - West Chiverton ll 64 66 -. West Seton - Wheal 13asseit, 'Mogan 51 75 8) - Wheal Buller (itedruth 16 16 19 - Wheal nary Ann (Men. 8 21 23 - Wheal Seton - Wheal Trelawney Ibis 5.17.0 6 8 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT St:CUBIT'S:b. - itiritish Columbia, 6 pert cent., Dec. 31, 1572 lOO - - 'Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. a. Feb. & Aug 1 leo 93 100 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept; 100 98 100 - Do. sp. o. Jan. & July 100 86 88 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 85 87 - Cape G. Hope. 6 p.c.1873 100 104 103 108 - uo.Apl.BtOot 1890-1900 100 109 110 - Do. do 1880-90 100 107 109 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9. 100 106 108 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 98 100 100 - Cap lon, Nov. 1878, 6p. t lOO 110 111 - Do. 1872, do lOO 101 107 - Mauritius, 6p. a, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1878 .. - )o. 1882, Mayls, N0v..5 100 107 109 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 11.6 108 - Natal , iov. 6 per cent lOO N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 99 10 - N. S. W. Gov.s p•c.,1860; 100 99 101 - Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 18731 100 98 90 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896? 100 956 961 961 51 - New Zealand, 6p. cent' 100 - Do. 5 per cent—. - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. o sterling, 1875 l9O 102 104 - Queensland Gov. 6p. C. 100 103 105 1041 - S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.a. 1868-9 100 - - - Do. 1578 & upwards lOO 110 111 - Vio,Goy. 6 p.c. da.&J alp 100 - - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 1111 1126 1091 FOttEIGN MI Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, Bt. John del Hey, lim , 23 tin., al f BANES. Agra, lim.,.A, Ditto, 13,8 1-16 Anglo- ustrian, 101 Imperial Ottoman, 14 Loudon Joint Stock, 31} National Provincial of England, Ditto, .!d and 3d issue, .59 Oriental Bank Corporation, 43 MISCELLA.NICO Ul3. Anglo American Telegraph, 23/ Credit Fonder of England, Um., 3 Egyptian 0 per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gua. by Egypt. Goy., 'B9i Eltetric anu international' elegraph, 165 Ditto, new, 13) Eludson's .Bay, 14 International Financial Society,lim., New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim., 6 3-16 Ocean uarine Insurance), 10k Telegraph Construct. and Maintenance, 13/ Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per oent. (Mortgage) Loan, 74 21 Foreign Mail Packet List, MAILS DUE. &winlia and New Zealand, via Sonthampton.....Apvil 25. Ditto, via Marseilles ..."....April Ditto, via Panama Ap►il 23. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video May 4. Ditto, by French packet Caps Verde, by Brazil pactet . , May 4. Cape of Good Hope. Ascension, and St. Helena May 13. China. Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton—April 21. Ditto, via Marseilles ... . April 20 Fattliutd Islands ...... May 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton India, via Southampton dpril .8 Ditto, via MaraeiLes ......• . • •..April le. 31alta, Egypt, dm April 18. Ditto, Marseilles April 14. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, acid Natal, via Southampton Ditto, Marseilles ~ April 18 Newfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Oporto Ditto ditto to Lisbon United States, l auada, California, &c., by British packet Ditto, by L cited States packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto 'New York) Ditto ditt( (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet April 17. West Coast of AfriLa, Madeira, and Teneriffe May 6. West facies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) Cuba and Mexico ....April 23. Bahamas, via New Yor& April 2:. a Drmudst VA Halifax, .. _ _ t , Buy 6. Kb.: EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ROBBERY AGAINST A BETTING MAN. (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 10s. in gold, a Bank of England note for £5, 321- napoleons, 1000 franc hote, two diamond ring, 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 lish and was examined through an interpreter. Ali Suave said he resided when in London at 20, Langham-street, Portland-place. lie 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 be left on the 7th instant by the South-Eastern Railway. When he =lived 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 persona in the carriage but themselves. Prisoner asked witness where he wasgoing to in Paris, and witness gave him his address and also the place he lived in London. 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 bad told him about travelling in railways and meeting card sharpers. Before the train reached Dover witness saw the prisoner hold in his band 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 losings. 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 he bad across his shoulder. As the train stopped, before it did finally at Dover, all four of the men got out, and witness followed them. Before witnessleft 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. Vaughau—Dia ynn eive 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 ? itn ess— 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 be got on board the boat be told the whole circumst ance to t h e ca ptain. 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 gentleman in Court who had been robbed on the 4th inst., u n d er s i m il ar 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 ar ti es at D over ? Witness—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 a:police officer, and that it was his d u t y t o 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 cheque for ,the amount when we reached Dover. When we reached Dover we went to the telegraph office, where the gentleman wrot e th e c h eque, which he did very badly, and I gave th e cheque to my solicitor, in the New Kent-road, to get it cashed. I shall be able 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 café." 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 bad been sent to the sessions, but he did not know whether he had been convicted. He didn't know him as a betting ma; but he did as a card-sharper. He was connected with a gang who hold season tickets solely for the purposes of plunder , He knew of four more cases of gentlemen who all of whom had h be a e d n l v e i f e t ti t in h i e se T d u . rkish Embassy, Mr.me Vaughan--What ! as w e ll as th e ot h er gen tleninaunnguhratn? IVitness—Yes, sir. They are all rea d y t o come forward, if necessary. Mr. Vaughan—And to prove a case against 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 thou reamed, POLICE LATTELLIGENCE.-TILIS 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 from a quantity entrusted to the railway company for delivery. The prisoners were fully committed for trial. WESTMINS rE R. 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 in 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. Arnold--What did he do iu 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 Tanne: 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 decJared that something was said about laying a "quid" upon sonic 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 friends that if he :lame 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. —J ohn Davis and William Dooley, mere lads . in appear ance, and Henry John Beckley, a notorious re ceiver, aged 40 years, whose bill-heads described him to be a dung- dealer, drysalter, and bankrupt stock-dealer, of No. 14, Itydon-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. He 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—Might not others take the horse and van and sugar as well as I did ? _ Mr. Benson--He didn't say you stole the horse and van. Th© Prisoner—T-Inw was I dresigorl 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 LI, 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 towards him. 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 11, he had stationed there. After he had 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 left 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 wore obtained. At Mark-lane the attendance was moderate, and, with fair arrivals, trade was steady. English wheat moved off quietly at the rates of Monday last. Foreign wheat held for quite as much money, and in fair demand. Off the coast 30 cargoes of wheat are 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 LEADEN-HALL. 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. SUGAR.—The market opened firm, with only light sup plies on offer, and a steady demand prevails, but transac tions so far have been light. COFFEE.—The public sales brought forward to-day were 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. Good common Congou is now quoted at is 3d to is 3id per lb. Oms.—Linseed continues firm at 345, and English brown rape at 36 on the spot. TALLOW. The market is steady at 45s 3d spot, 45s 6d June, and 45s 6d to 45s 9d last three months. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, April 15.—Sales probably 12,000 bales Bluket Erna and advancing• COMMENCEMENT Of TERM--This 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. THE PRISONER ANN JUS? ICE. 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. ➢ly 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 sutli cient money would be forthcoming from friends, or a subscription, or from some fund applicable to such purposes. But as day after thy 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 faithfully. 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 reflection 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. He has fur nished me with shillings enough (perhaps, for I am not certain) to procure a copy of the indictment, 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. No 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. 44 To the Right lion. the Secretary of State, Whitehall." L'iNDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING. WHITEHALL, APRIL 11. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting - the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Groat Britain and Ireland to the following persons , and the respective heirs =Jo of their bodies lawfully begotten : The Right Honourable Sir John Trollop°, Bart., by the . name, style, and ti t l e o f B aron K esteven, o f C asew i c k, in the county of Lincoln. Sir John Benn Walsh, Bart., by the name, style, and title of Baron Ormathwaite, of Ormathwaite, in the county of Cumberland. Sir Brook William Bridges, Bart., by the name, style, and title of Baron Eitzwalter, of Woodham Walter, in the county of Essex. William O'Neill, Clerk, by tho name, style, and title of Baron O'Neill, of Shanes Castle, in the county of Antrim. . _ ADMIRALTY, APRIL 11. Commander David Aird has been this day promoted to be Retired Captain, under the provisions of her Majesty s Orders in Council of Ist August, 1860, 9th July, 1864, and 24th March, 1866. APRIL 13. The following Flag Promotions to date the Bth instant, consequent on the death of Admiral Sir Henry Ducie Chads, G.C.8., have this day taken place :—Vice-Admirals on the Reserved Lists : The Lord John Frederick Gordon Hallyburton, G.C.H., Robert Contart M'Crea, Michael Quin, John Balfour Maxwell, and John Rivett Carnae to be Admirals on the same Lists. Vice-Admiral Thomas, Earl of Lauderdale, K.C.8., to be an Admiral in her Majesty's Fleet. Roar-Admiral Henry Kellett, 0.13., to be a Vice-Admiral in her Majesty's Fleet. Captain John Walter Tarleton, C. 8., to be a Rear-Admiral in her Majesty's Fleet. Retired Vice-Admirals : William Slaughter, K.H., Thomas Gill, Robert Gordon, to have the rank of Retired Admirals, under the provisions of her Majesty's Order in Council of 7th May, 1858. The following promotions to date the 9th inst., conse quent on the death of Rear-Admiral Thomas Harvey, have also this day taken place :--Captain the Lord Frederic Herbert Kerr to be a Rear-Admiral in Her Majesty's Fleet. Retired Captains Henry Harvey (a) and Louis Symonds Tindal to have the rank of Retired Rear-Admi rals, under the provisions of her Majesty's Orders in Council of Ist August, 1860, 9th July, 1864, and 24th March, 1866. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 18 ... 11 18i Ditto Rotterdam — ... 11 194 ... 12 f Antwerp ... 25 35 ... 25 421 4 rirtissels - Ilamburgh — ... 13 9- ... 13 10f Paris Short ... 25 12i ... 25 221 Ditto Marseilles.... ~.. Frankfort-on-the-Main ... ... 1204 - ... 1204 Vienna — ... 11 95 ~. 12 U Trieste ... 11 75 12 0 Petersburg Berlin 6 .261 —. 6_27i Madrid — 481 48i Cadiz 7 Leghorn - -. 28 A -. 28 90 Milan... - -. 28 70 _. 28 90 Genoa - -. 28 70 -. 28 90 Naples 2B 70 ... 28 90 Palermo 2B 70 ... 28 90 _ . Messina 28 70 28 90 Lisbon Oporto NORTHAMPTON RACES.-It h been determined by the committee of management to give a piece of plate, of the value of 200 sovs, to be run for at the next meeting in 1869, and called the 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 ocanty. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—TI - is Day. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NEWMARKET RACES--THIS DAY. SWEEPSTAKES 25 SOVS. Paris W.O. PLATE OF 100 SOUS. - - • Cocoa Nut 1 Sister to Chignon Eleven ran. LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 2on the field (offered) 100 to 15 agst Formosa (taken) 9 to 1 agst Pace (taken) 10 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (taken) 30 to 1 agst St. Ronan (taken) 100 to 1 agst Typhcous (offered) DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken) 18 to 1 agst Pace (taken) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING-THIS DAT. CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst 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 agst Geant do Battailles (offered ; take 100 to 7) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 2 agst Rosicrucian (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Formosa (offered—taka 100 to 15) Bto 1 agst Green Sleeve (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Typhoeus (offered after 100 to 3 had, been taken) 6to 1 agst Moslem, 1,2, 3 (taken) DERBY. 7to 2 agst Lady Elizabeth (offered) Bto 1 agst Speculum (offered—take 9to 1) 33 to 1 agst Orion (taken) 50 to 1 apt Typhoeus (off.) 2to 1 agst Speculum 1,2, 3 (off., tako 250 to 100) 175 to 50 agst Green Sleeve and Rosicrucian, coupled (taken) ROTUNDA CLUB AND COMMISSION EXCHANGE, Three Doors from Blackfriars Bridge, Surrey Side, IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Annual subscription, - Five Shillings. Applications for membership should be made to the Secretary, 3, Black - friars-road. LONDON COIIIIISSION EXCHANGE, FARRINGDON-ROAD, E.C. Established Nov. 1, 1867. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION—FIVE SHILLINGS. W. it. ROCHA Secretary. RACING FIXT( AP RES FOR 1868. tIL. Abergavenny ..... 16 Catterick Bridge l6 Eastbourne Lewes Spring T hirsk Curragh April 23 Croydon Spring Liverpool Hunt Newmarket Ist Spring 27 Cardiff Chester 5 Eglinton Hunt 7 Winchester York Spring Doncaster Spring Salisbury Bath Wyo ICroydon Ist Summer .., 21 Harpenden , 22 Epsom Summer I Paris INE JU, 1 3 3 9 West Drayton Croydon 2d Summer Manchester Ascot Summer Beverley, Hull, and East Riding lO Windsor Summer Chelmsford Worcester Summer Carlisle Newton Hampton Newcastle 23 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge Alexandra Park JULY. Newmarket July 7 Hungerford Pontefract Reading Down Royal Corp. l5 AUG Deauville Leek 3 Brighton Brighton Club 6 Lewes Summer 7 Wolverhampton ll Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 Egham l7 I Hastings York August • -: Liverpool July M. Odiham l6 Stamford Radcliffe ..... 2O Huntingdon 2l Nottingham July Southampton Goodwood Doter ... Oxford Scarborough 2l Canterbury Great Yarmouth 2b Derby Summer Weymouth Ipswich b7 Lichfield Tunbridge Margate Bl. Hendon l7 Monmouth .. Newmarket let October 22 Walsall 23 Edinburgh West Drayton 29 Royal Caledonian Hunt __ ;ItBER. SEPT Baden Warwick September 1 Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster September 8 Brecon l4 Richmond Hampton Autumn l5 Kelso OCTOBER. Lad Western M Bedford Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October 5 1 Bromley Autumn Lailark ... 8 I Worcester Autumn Chelmsford Autumn ... 13 I Lincoln Autumn Cheltenham NOVEMBER Shrewsbury Autumn 9 Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt l7 STEEPLECHASES. APRIL. Croydon Spring OCTOBER. Bromley DECEMBER. St. Albans Kingsbury 8 1 FROGRA3IME OF NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. THITRSDAY. Subscription Plate of 50 sovs ; three year olds 7st 51b, four Bst 12, five and upwards 7st 41b ; the winner to be sold for 300 BOWS, if for 150 allowed 71b. D.M. 7 furlongs 210 yards. Handicap Plato of 50 sovs, for three year olds and upwards. A.F. 1 mile 2 furlongs 73 yards. Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, for three year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst slb ; winners of a two year old stake amounting to 400 soya 61b, of two such 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 sore each, h ft, for three year olds; colts Bst I.olb, fillies Bst 71b; 31b allowances. P.M. 7 furlongs 210 yards. 4 subs. Rosee, Queen of Beauty (31b), Warrington (31b), and Molinaro (31b). Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b ; winners of a two year old stakes, - value 200 sous 51b, of two such, or one of 500 91b extra. D.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. Herald, Sir David Gam (31b), Grandee Lady Edith (31b), Sunbeam colt (31b), Hevellyn (31b), and The Laird (late Tartan). Ninth Newmarket Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for four year olds ; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 61b ; horses having started for this race in 1867, and not been placed first or second, to be allowed 41b, and maidens before starting allowed 101 b, if they have never received 50 soya 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 by Newminster—lrish Queen, Eglamour, Bus in tTrbe, Beauclerk, Caucasus, Vauban, Taraban, Wild Wind, Stolen Kisses, Silence (dead), Anti podes (dead), cby Wild Dayrell—Kilmeny, Wroughton, The Hermit, Ruthven (dead), Coldstream, Redbourne, Milan, Lord Hastings, Rejoinder, Walton, Godefroy, Dia demoDebut, Nunquam Dormio, Glengarnock, Lord Brown, low, Fakir, Silenus, Julius, Kings Cross, Cauthleen, Sweet Home, Airel, La Dauphine, Breach of Promise, Catherine, Tempest, Marmite, Mayflower ' c by Thorman by—Rogerthorpe's dam, Helter-skelter, La Puce (paid), Liveryman, Littleport, The Rake, Pussy, Will Scarlett, Haidee, f by Kingstown—Miserrima (dead), Middle Park, Falkenstein, Ravioli, Moleskin, D'Estournel, Lambourn Lass, Nursery Girl, Sir Oliver, Siiankos, Kidderminster, Warcop, f by Wild Dayrell—Rupee, Land Tax, Strad broke, Scipio, Foresight, Lavister, c by Promised Land— Breastgirth, Gilead, f by Promised Land—Queen of the May, c by Dundee—Agusta Arundel. .The Abingdon Stakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for two year olds; fillies Bat 71b each; 31b allowances ; winners 51b extra. Last half of Ab. M. (3 furlongs 217 yards.) 10 subs. ii a b, Queen of the V a l e pipes, Armada (31b), (31b), Coup de Grace , Miss Evelyn. Hermit, Juanita, Bag- Chimes (31b), Lady Stan l e y (Blb), B s t 101 b, fillies libt 51b ; the second to save his olds, colts The Claret Stakes o f 200 sovs each, h ft, for four y ear stake. D.I. (12 miles 105 yards). 7 subs. Maid of Mwham c, Wroughton, Dragon, Opoponax (paid), Fripounier, Six Oliver, Pirate Chief. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 2M. 170. per sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price et £3 lie.lOad. per ounce for standard gold, it lipped!' that gold is about the same price in Paris and in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bill at 80 days' sight is about 10Pi per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold trout the United Otter:. ST. le 1p le ihare I '