The Sun. — London, England, 1868-03-30 00:00:00

fil:=W w ' - MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLooL tortnicfhtly seitietnent is largely engaging the attention oriperators, anu until after its completion (to-morrow afternoon) ract market will be subject to conflicting Influences trom mis source. The principal movements are in foreign stocks and railway shares. Caledonian opened exceedingly heavy upon speculative sales, the fi s t. price being o per cent. lower ; there has since been a sliant recovery. Great Northern continue to declints, out Great Eastern and some others are firmer. Egyptian, among foreign stocks, have chiefly fluctuated ibis market is altogether unsettled for the hue siiareb are flat The demand for money is scarcely so active as it was during the early part of last week, and excep ti ons ; busines3 :6 done at 1-T per cent. The supply has in. creased. The Liverpool Cotton Market f§ very excited, at an advance of d The sales are expected to be 30,000 bales. Edglish "Wheat in good demadt, gt an advance of is per quarter. Consols are steady at Saturday's prices, being quoted at 93 to 93),- Tor money and account ; New and Reduced Three per cents., 91i to 92 ; India Five per Cents. are firm at 114 to 1145, being f better ; and Exchequer Bills, 1 per cent. higher, at 7s to 12s prem. The market for Foreign securities is unsteady. The principal movements are in Egyptians, which are again lower. The 1864 and the Railway Loan are both -k lower, being marked at 85i to 86k and 88k to 89k respectively, and the Viceroy Seven per Cent. Loan 1 worse at 88/ to 88k. On the other hand, the Nine per Cent. Loan is I t better at 72k to 72k ; Greek are firm, at 12k to 13, being 1 higher ; New Spanish Three per Cents., flat at 354 to 35a Italian, steady at 48 to 48/ ; Turkish (1865), 33f to 33k ; Peruvian (1865), 78 to 7:9; Portuguese, k to 1 prem. ; Mexican, 15k to 16. The certificates of the Foreign and Colonial Go vernment Trust are quoted 1 to 11s prem. The New Honduras Loan is steady, at I to 1k prem. In American Securities United States 5-20 Bonds are k lower at 71i to 72k ; Erie Shares firm, at 47 to 49, being 1 per cent, higher ; while Illinois are lower, at 89 to 90. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures lave receded k, to 26 to 28 ; but the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds have further improved 1, to 30 to 30k. Caledonian Railway shares opened at 72, being a further fall of 5 per cent. since Saturday's close. The present price is 72k to 73, being a slight recovery. Great Northern A are 1 lower at 97, but the Original stock is without change at 103. There is a fall of k in Sheffield at 42k to 43k ; and of * in Lancashire and Yorkshire, at 125 k to 125 k ; in South Eastern, at 73 to 73k ; in Great Western, at 48k to 481 ; and in Brighton at 491 to 501 ; Midland are quiet at 104 k to 105 ; London and North Western, 114/ to 1141; Great Northern, 102 k to 103 k ; and Metropolitan, 114 to 114 k. The new Metropolitan District Stock is 2 to 3 prem. In Foreign railways, Lombardo Venetian Railway higher, at 15 to 15k ; Luxemburg quiet at 9 to 9/. Bank Shares are rather dull, and in some cases prices are lower. Chartered Mercantile is k worse, at 28 to 29 ; and London and County, and Union of London, also each k lower, being quoted 501 to 51k, and 30k to 31k respectively. Ou the other hand, Imperial Ottoman is k better, at k to# prem. ; Agra (A) steady, at 10 to 10k ; Alliance, 13k to 14k dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, 4 to 4k prem. ; Consolidated, 41 to to 4i ; Imperial, 17 to 1715; London and West- Minster, 67 to 68 ; Oriental, 42 to 43 ; London Joint Stock, 31 to 32. In Foreign Mining shares St. John del Rey is better, at 20 to 22 ; Port Philip steady, at lf to ; Chontales, 4 to 4 dis. Miscellaneous securities are quiet, and prices generally are without change. Anglo-American Tele graph, 21i to 22k ; Atlantic Telegraph, 5i to 5/ ; Fore-street Warehouse, 21 to 2/ dis, ; Hudson's Bay steady, at 14k to 14 ; London General Omnibus, 11 to 2. The Board of Trade returns for the month and two months ending February 29, were issued this morning. The declared value of the exports for the month was £14,340,979 against £14,446,072 in February, 1867, and £15,116,063 in February, 1866. For the two months the respective values . are £26,593,667 in 1868 ; £27,232,914 in 1867 ; and £29,470,811 in 1866. The imports are only given for the month of January, and they were to the value of £9,477,083 in 1868 ; £10,063,066 in 1867 ; and £10,394,413 in 1 666. During the two months the import, of specie amounted to £4,040,908 ; and the export to £4,178,224. The Douro has arrived with .£110,12) in specie from the West Indies. The Pera, from Alexandria, brings £3,119 in specie. United States' gold coin to the va!no of £3,000 Was; withdrawn from the Bank on Saturday. The annual meeting of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company is called for the 29th of April. A. remittance of £3OO 18s 10d has been received on account of Ecuador dividends, and of £10,400 on account of New Granada dividends. The committee of administration of the Atlantic and Gre., Western Railway have received by this Morning's mail the opinions taken in America on the question of the relative priority of the Certificates of Debenture and the Consolidated Bonds. The autho rities consulted were the three leading lawyers of the States of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, viz , Mr. O'Conor, Judge Black (late Att orne y-G enera l , United States), and Judge Ranney, and their several opinions affirm most decidedly the view originally taken by the committee, that the Certificates of Deben ture create no lien upon the property ; and that, *xcept so far as these are secured by the Divisional 11 . °lids deposited at th e B an k o f E ng l an d , t h e Conso lidated Bonds have priority over them. A full state ment will subsequently be pacle to all classes of cre ditors. The dividend of the Great Western Railway Com- Pany of Canada for the half-year ending with the 31st of January is announced at the rate of 4/ per cent, per annum, leaving £3,000 for renewal of ferry steamers, 41 -id £2,725 Os 5d to be carried forward. Alter payment of all preference and guaranteed interest the net balance of the Great Luxemburg Ilailway Company for the six months ending for the Post half year amounts to £21,032 13s Bd, out of which a dividend is declared of 3s 6d per share. This will allow of £1,048 12s ld being repaid to the Belgian Government, and of £2,484 is 7d being carried forward. The calls due in April, as far as the particulars have transpired, amount to £660,510. A dividend of 31. in the pound is announced to be Payable on the 31st inst. to the creditors of the late Linking firm and naval agents of Strahau, Paul, and Fates, of the Strand. The following are some of the rates of continuation current in the settlement now in progress :—" Cale tlonian, to / back, closing /to ; Great Eastern, Is t i o 2s contango, closing even to is ; Great Northern, to ditto ; ditto A, 4- to ditto, closing /to con tango ; Leeds Stock, even to / back, closing about even ; London and N or th-W estern, /to contango, closing 1-16 to 3-16. contango ; Midland, even to / tontango, closing 1-16 to 3-16 ditto ; Metropolitan, e ven to back, closing k to f back ; Dovers, to contano.o • Shelfields, 1-16 to 3-16 cont ango ; N orth 1- ' l6 back, to 1-16 contango ; Great Western 9Canada, 6d. to 9d ditto ; Gra n d T run k o f C anada, O to is 3d ditt o ; B r i g ht on / to f ditto ; Great Vestern, to contango." The officially reported exports of specie durinr , the W eek ending the 25th instant amounted to £358,144, and the imports to £326, 368, showing a small balance °f £32,076 against the stock held. , The folloMarcwing mining di v id en d s h ave b een declared gil r i ng h:— Per share. Amount. ""at Laxey ----- £0 10 0 — £7,500 0 0 ; evou Great Consols 4 wYndy Iron 0 2 0 4 ... teat Wheal Vor Vneraft cr p i .o tnpet Consols 0 10 0 @a eal Mary Ann ........0 17 6 t P oo l 5 0 0 640 0 0 bath Frances . 1 0 0 trbk ato i 1 l asi ort rivaru na w es - ot al 433,630 10 0 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES I „ QOV E RNMENT FUNDS. V .„ 43 ' ()eta. Consols l' er -. Acc oun t, April 4 Cent. Reduced 9lk 2 11 Nei 3 per Cent 9li 2 li 761!0- 5 21. per Cent. Jan. 18_9 . 1 — A per Com. can. 18,3.. i,"ities, 30 yrs, expire sth J a n., 1880 — a d 11 - ' O . fo r 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — 4 . 2 (Red Sea Tel eva ph), Au,., 1908 — -- oquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct. Do £5OO Bl2 pm 114 hi ,Do. ZlOO St £2OO Bl2 pm . I) . ' 0 1 England Stock, 4 2 1 - per Cent Shut 0 . Account 1 -174,1: 1- NbtAN GOVERNMENT bECURITIE6. took , 10,1 per Cent., Aprill874 1:1 °. Account 0. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 12 1 % 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 t o. Ce r tifi cates — o°. Enl ace d P aper 4 per Cent BB n % 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 , r , 6* p er v eut ., May 1679,,mts tttttttt """ Do 5 per Cont., Rup. Dob., 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — D,,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,000 _FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICI S. routine Republic, 6 per Cent 731 Au3triau Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 - Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cont., 1852 — Do. do., 18,";8..... — Do. do., 18 , i 0 Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 7 9 f 11.- 21 Buenos Ayres 6 por Cent — Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. C.:than 6 per Cent — Do. 41 I.er Ceut — Ow 6 per Cent., B • Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1806 .... ............. .... Do., Scrip £32 paid .. 0 inbi.i., 6 per Cent. )•tuisti 3 p ,r Cent., 1825 D .nui , ian Br'ncipalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ii ador New Consolidated, 1 pc:r Cell' — 'Aim., 7 per Cent — ')o. co oud Issue — D,. 15 In Bonds ... "'— Do. 410(.; Bonds — 1 ), . 1864 `)o. 1 5 in Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds Government Rail w,v Debenture, .... 89 1 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons . Do. Account .. --- Guatemala 5 per C en t .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p 1 It iiiiii 5 per Cert., 1865 — Do, Account . Do. Mannar:nuns Raiway... &I ricar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — ilontevidcau 6 per Cent. kloorish imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada l3l Do 3 per Oen — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) -- Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 78 i 81 i it i Do Acco un t •.7 i i Do 41 1 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent.. 1809 • — Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,' 391 I Do. do., 1867 — Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid —Pm Russian 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 por Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., -- Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds B7l 1 Turkish 6 per Cent. — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 59/ I Do Account - Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 por Cent., 1862 631 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 661 Do. 1863 — 911 151 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 33} Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 s6} } Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 - Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...., — Dividends on the above payable in London. French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian. 4} per cent., Ex. 2sf. Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil — Do Account Italia/. 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 4B} THREE O'CLOCK, Consols, Money 93 Do. Account, March 93 The Earl of Enniskillen, who had been so seriously ill that his life was despaired of, is now better, and it is hoped will soon be restored to good health. THE KEBLE COLLEGE.—It is arranged that tho first stone of the Keble College, Oxford, shall be laid on the 25th proximo by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Tho execution of John Mapp, who has been sentenced to death at Shrewsbury for the murder of the girl Catherine Lewis, will take place on the 9th of April. Mr. Corry will bring forward the navy estimates immediately after Easter. No inconvenience will be suffered by the public service from this delay, as a sum of two millions has already been taken on account. The return of the registrar of births, marriages, and deaths spews that the number of emigrants who left the various ports in Ireland for the three months ending the 31st December last was 13,227, being 333 in excess of the number for the corresponding quarter of 186 G. Mr. Johnson has found sympathy in a - quarter where be could not have expected it. " The treatment of Mr. Johnston," says the In:simian , " is simply atrocious." It adds that " he is suffering because it is inconvenient to our English masters that Orange processions should now take place." BURIED ALIVE.—A man named WilliaM Godfrey was buried alive on Saturday evening in the ruins of a house in Bucklersbury. He was engaged with other men in removing the buildings which stand on the site of the new street which is to go from the Thames embankment to the Mansion House. NEW TIIEkTRES IN LONDON.—The letters which appeared some few months since advocating the erection of w new theatre in the western portion of London appear to have borne fruit, for we learn that Brompton has been selected as the site of a new house. Further steps have also been taken towards the erection of places of entertain ment in Leicester-square, already indicated as being amongst theatrical projects. Mr. Tufton, the Liberal candidate for East Kent, has issued an address to the electors, in which he says My opponents are industriouslycirculating a report that lam a Roman Catholic. This is entirely false. M 3 father and I are, and always have been, members of the Protestant Church of England. I trust to your sense of fair play not to allow such unfounded reports to prejudice you against my candidature." As the time approaches for the decisive struggle on tho Irish Church, every little occurrence which by any possi. bility can be supposed to give an indication as to the issue of the contest is eagerly seized upon. The tone of the Ministerial papers seems to be almost as changeful as the temperature of this fickle climate, for confidence and dis trust appear to have succeeded each other almost with the rapi , lity of the ebb and flow of the tide. Now they are jubilant, then they are crestfallen; to-day they are sure of victory, to-morrow they speculate on the conse quences of defeat. The latest phase of the Standard's argument is just this :—Supposing that the House arrives at the conclusion that the Irish Church must be re duced to the level of the sects in the first instance, and plundered of her revenues in the second, the mischief does riot end here. The Irish Church, stripped and starving, will be the model upon which all other established and endowed Churches must be fashioned. The Esta blished Churches of England and Scotland are worth plundering, and why are they to escape the doom of their Irish sister? It is only a question of numbers, and the moment the census returns shew that the Roman Catholics and Dissenters are in excess of the Establishmentarians, the precedent of Ireland will be quoted with unanswerable logic, and the cry will be Delenda est- The Hcred, which for several successive days last week distinctly threatened a dissolution should the Government be defeated, does so no longer. According to our contem porary the Irish Church cannot be abolished except by an Act of Parliament, which nobody supposes there is the rlightest chance of passing this session or the next, and the Government, as a matter of course, will not advise the Sovereign to accept an address from a House of Commons which has placed upon record its own incompetence to speak in the name of the nati on as a guide to her action. The House may pass Mr. Gladstone's resolutions, but the Government wit regard the Irish Church as no more affected by them than it was by the resolutions passed against the same Establishment thirty years ago. It will not suspend the exercise of Royal patronage ; the livings and the higher dignities will be duly filled up as vacancies occur; and the Reformed Parliament will not find itself preju diced i i its conclusions upon this question in the z,lightest degree by any vote which the "hungry hunters after dace " mr , ,y snatch. It must be confessed that this language is scarcely con. si:;teu t with the following paragraph, to which prominence is gi►•en in another part of the same paper :—" The return to town of her Majesty at this moment is opportune ; as it will considerably facilitate matters should an appeal to the country be deemed necessary." At the same time, very few outside the Herald office believe in the possibility Of a dissolution. The Times thinks Mr. Disraeli may, in accordance with the practice of the Constitution, deny that the present House of Commons expresses the opinion of the country, and may claim to retain his present position until the issue can be submitted to the new constituencies. 'What is important is that the House of Commons shoulx? give an earnest of the legislation of the future, and offer ; pledge to the Irish people by declaring at once the neces• city of abating the Irish Church Establishment ; nor can any member - refuse to join in it, whatever pretence 01 explanation he may suggest, without being convicted of indifference to wrong, of unx:_eadinvist 4014 iq MoMillg SHAR ORDINARY SHARh'S AND STOCKS. Share I Railways. st and Exeter . st lealedonjan at Cambrian Cork and Bandon...— 20 Cornwall at Dublin & Belfaat Juno at Dun„Verth, & Ab.Junc - .E._Lo p ndon, scrip Certi Ii st Glasgow it S. Western at Great Eastern, Ord. s tk. st Do. E. Angl. St. No. 2 st Great North of Scotland st Great Northern st D. A stock st Do. B stock it Do. New, is. at 25 pm it GtS, and W. of Ireland it Gt. Western it Du. S. Val. Rail. gua. t Do. South Wales it Do. W. Alid.—O:iord it Do. Newport it lit). ficreford st 11.41104slure& Yore:star, st !LJad ult on awl Blwali st 'Lon., Brigh.,4 S Count it 1•on., Clint., and Duvti st Do. Mctrup. llx. A at Lun. North Weiteri it 'Lon. South Weston., st iiau. , She)., 4: Lincoln' at .Metropolitan..... st Du. New st Du. Exten.!•ion it Jletrupolitau District. IC t Do. do. do. LO Du. and St. John's Iloc it Midland Do. .£9 Share it Do, tiirmin., ett Derb) did tient . . it North .British It Do. Ed. ' rth., & Dun it Nth. Eastern—Berwict e 5 Do. 11.N•E purchase t Do. Leeds at Do. York st Do. Carlisle ..... st Do. Stook. & Darling. 25 Do. do. 1860-61 et North London .. st Do. do. 1864 5 . Do. do. 1866 10 North Staffordshire st N. &S. W. Junction et Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stools Do. Soot, Mid. stock liropsnire Union st South Devon it South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok st raff Vale 10 Do. C ....... Vale of Neat!). Waterford & Kilkenny 0 1 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 West Cornwall Paid, Closing Business Priee: dine. 81 13 72 73 20 SU 3 4 75 77 70 72 IC2 104, 3fi 311, 0 8 15 64 102 104 26 18 121 125 94 96 4d id 48 18 25 3 , 1 25 28 t2ti 'th; 72,1 31 51/ 51 11/ lJp 12 15 , 1141 115 ti 87 I 42i Ci 111 154 107 It 8 73 73 105 105 7S 75 33 35 101 i 102, 58 60 93 91 123 132 129 131 BRITISH rUSS.h:S 100 Atlantic Sz St. Lawrence Rom., Baroda, Cen.ln. st gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. le shares 20f Buffalo Sz Lake Huron 10 Do. Preference 100 u ff., Bran t, & Go derich I I 6 p.c. 1872-3-4 .. at Calcutta & S. E., st Jai,e Town & Dock, gu. ,00 Demerara, 7 p.o. per. p: at East Bengal, gu., sdo at East Indian, gu. p.c. 40 Do. J Extension .. at lirandTrunkof Canada 00 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o 00 Do. let Pref. Bonds 00 Do. do deferred 00 De. 2d Pref. Bonds 00 Do. do. deferred 00 Do. 3d Pref. stook 00 Do. do. deferred 00 Do. 4th Pref. stook, 00 Do. do. deterred et t. India Pen. gua. 6p.c PO Do. Gua. 5 per cent 40 Do. New gua. 5 p. o et ul t. South of India gua. 5 per cent at Do. 4f per cent 10... at Do 2 Zof (beat Wee. of Canada all 104 Do. New )0 Do. 6p. o IX& pay. 1873 all )0 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 all st Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 ;t Do. 44 do lOO it Do. 4; do lOO 10 Do. Fifth Extension, 5 it Helb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds.l 100 10 Mel. & Bobson's Bay all it N.Rl.C'da,6polstpf.bs , 100 it Dude& Rhiik'nd, g. 5 p.o 100 it Solnde d 1g: it Do. Delhi * Do. do .3 i. 15 , t Do. Puniaub.... 0 100 t Do.lndus St.Flot 80 I 100 all 100 16 all all 10 100 100 all 100 100 114 116. I lio 57 t 106 108 DO D/5 43 IS 71 74 9 iu 143 145 , 810178. 51 45 1021 103 i 'I 3 4 5 7 68 7 18 62 99 102 1041 105, 109 110 151 16; 78 82 43 45 33 35 27 29 18 19 109 110 1i 2 0 l a 2 PI 102 103 L 4 £5 16 10 98 100 91 93 100 104 93 85 89 91 83 85 103 104 100 101 100 i 101 i 10J 101 87 89 BRITISH MINES. Cam. Coneol. Gold, lint. -- Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist -- Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) -- 'ast Caradon -- 'ast Carn Brea N: as t Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. WI Russell (Tavlstk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 4 Great Limey, limited Great South Tolgue. • Great Wheal BLasy G. Wheal Vor (Helstou Grenville Ilerod's Foot •••• Hingston Downs Margaret (tiny Lelant Marke Valley 4 Alwyndy Iron Ore, lim ..- A e's S ton ........ .. North toskear N.Wh Bassett(lllogan North Wheal Crotty , Prosper United(..., , PrJvidenee kUny Celan t' S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow IS.Wheal Fran. allogau - 'stray Park ' fin Croft ligra and Clogan, !im West Bassett (Mogan V. Caradon (Liskeard - VestChirertCn ....... Nest Seton ..... - Wheal Bassett ',Mogan Wheal Buller (Itedruth - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. - Wheal Seton - Wheal Trelawney (Ids 4.30 LONIAL GO V/4 tt - British Columbia, 6 per oent., Deo. 31, 1872 - Can•Gov.6 p.o.Ja. & July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug , . Do. sp. a Mar. & Septl - Do. sp. o. Jan. & July - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk - Cape G. Hope, 6 p. 0.1873 • Do.Apl. &Oct, 1890-1900 - Do. do 1880-9 u - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 . Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1 9 00 • Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6 p.l • Do. 1872, do • Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873 , Jan. and July • Do. 1878 ... 10) 101 , 98 100 1 98 100 86 88 85 87 104 106 109 110 107 109 106 108 DB 100 110 111 105 107 104 106 166 LOS 107 109 166 103 Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.15 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal , lov. 6 per cent N.8.G0v.6p.0.J a. &July N. S.W. Goy.s 186b 1 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876! Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896' New Zealand, 6 p. cent; Do. 5 per cent.... .., Nova Scotia Gov. 8 p. o sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 6. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c. 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards V13,00v. 6 p.c. Ja &July! Do. do, April & Oot 99 10 99 10! 98 99 554 95a 97i 984 190 100 100 1(0 100 100 102 104 103 106 110 sit 11th 1121 PREFERENCE SRA.RES. Great Western, 5 per cent., rd., London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gus. N 0.2, Ditto, 6 p r cent., Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., &lid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di , to, Bristol and Birra., 6 per cent., 1 30 1 Ditto, 4i per cent. irrd., rittCirElitt;NCE tiliAttES AND STOCKS. If orth London 41 per cent. (Max. 5 per cent.). VA LIVES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Blackwall, 88 FOREIGN RAIL WAYP. 'outh Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 15} FOREIGN MINES.: Cape Copper, f 9 Chontaleg Gold and Silver Mining, Um., 39 Don l'enro, Nor. Del Itey, 2 St. John del Rey, 11m , 2)4 DOCKS London and_Sl. Katharine, 19i BANKS. Agra, Um., A, Ditto, B, 7 Alliance, lint., 12 Anglo-Austrian. 1 0 i Bank of Egypt, 3'i City, 12 Consolidated, lira., 44 Imperial Ottoman. 101 Land Mortgage Bank of India, 11m., 1 1 16 1 London B.alk of Mexico and S. America, lim., 11 London and CouLty, Ditto, new, 331 London Joint Stock. 3111 London and 11 esttninstcr, 61 8 Ditto, Scrip, 46 Midland Bank, lint., 19 1 National Provincial of England. 1311 Oriental Bank Corporation 42, Provincial of Ireland, 89 Union of Loudon, 311 MISCELLANEODO; Anglo American Telegraph, 211 2 Atlantic Telegraph, 53; Ditto, 8 per cent 1031 ' Australian Agricultural, 15; Credit Fonder of England, lint., 3 Crystal Palace, 23 East India Irrigation and Canal. 171 Eicypi:an 9 per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gin. by:Egyp t. Coy., 831 etric aria International Telegraph, 16'4 Pore-street Warehouse, Um., 1.2 .1 udson 'a Bay, 14; Madras lrr.gation and Canal (guaranteed 5 per cent. by Government), 103 Upper A seam Tea, lira.. 41 Viceroy of Egypt 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan, 72j The Price of Gold. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 80 days' sight is about 109; percent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United States. lhe 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 of Ls lig. Did. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold ill about Que-tentb, clearer L Paris than in London. . 21 . 31 5 61 440 460 10 1 i 2 4 5 2 21 11 2 i i 8 9 11 2 4 5 164 17/ 18 19 1} lo 38 40 2} 21 6 s 6 6} 21 1/ 60 70 5 7 2 3 2 24 25 27 380 400 i I 37e 42i 4 6. 14 15 10 12 64 46 185 195 75 8 16 19 21 23 824 874 6 8 i T SECU THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1868. is Day. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. SPOR7ING NOTES. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Brougham). IN RE 11. J. BYRON, THE THEATRICAL MANAGER AND AUTHOR. This bankrupt was described as of 27, Doughty street, London, and of Liverpool, and he is a well known dramatic author and burlesque writer, having recently taken three theatres at Liverpool, the failure having arisen through his carrying on those establishments. The total liabilities are about £5,000. The bankrupt was adjudicated upon his own petition on the 4th March. Messrs. Lawrence, Plews, and Bowyer were attorneys to the plaintiffs, and some debts were proved, but no creditor was willing to accept the responsibilities of trade assignee, and so the choice stood over till May 4th instant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SCENE IN COURT.—Eliz,tbeth Keefe, a young woman, was charged before Mr. Tyrw hitt with being drunk and disorderly. Sergeant Smith, 1 0, said that on the previous evening the prisoner took her mother (an inmate of St. James's workhouse, and who had been on a visit to her) back to the workhouse in a cab. On the mother getting out of the cab she fell on the pave. ment helplessly drunk, upon which the prisoner set to abusing her in violent terms because she would not get up and go into the workhouse. Having taken the mother into the workhouse, she returned to the street, when the prisoner set to abusing him in such a manner that he was obliged to take her into custody. The prisoner here took off her boot, and threw i with great violence at the sergeant, but it fortu. nately missed him. Mr. Tyr w hitt asked the prisoner whether she was marri ed. The prisoner said she was not. £%lr. Tyrwhitt—What a fortunate chance it will be for the man who should ever be blessed with you. You are a violent woman, and will have to pay 20s. or 14 days. The prisoner said she would serve seven years for the sergeant. ROBBING A CONSTABLE'S WIDOW.—John Hen ning, a surly-looking lad, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with picking the pocket of Mrs. Char lotte Simmonds, the widow of a constable of the E division, of a purse containing money. The prosecutor, who has only lost her husband a few, weeks, was walking from one door of the chapel in Marshall-street to another last night when she felt the prisoner's hand leaving her pocket, and :she then missed her purse containing Bs. She gave an alarm, and the prisoner was stopped and taken to the station, and subsequently the purse was found down an area on which the prisoner was standing when taken into custody. Thomas Goley, a lad, proved seeing the prisoner drop something down the area. The prisoner said the last witness was a liar, and that he would give him a smack in the eye. West, 54 C, proved taking the prisoner into custody, and afterwards finding the purse down an area. Gordon, 33 C, said there were convictions against the prisoner, and he could not have left prison more than two or three days for stealing a watch. The prisoner told the constable not to tell lies. Gordon said the prisoner had also been twice before at that court. The prisoner asked that the matter might be settled at once? Mr. Tyrwhitt said that he could not deal with the case. The prisoner asked to have one more chance, bir Mr. Tyrwhitt committed him for trial. THAMES. THE FEMALE BARMAN.—EXTRAORDINARY CASE. Mary Walker, aged 38 years, who was in male attire, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with placing herself in a public thoroughfare called Cable-street, Whitechapel, for the purpose of ask ing and collecting alms. The prisone o r has figured at several police courts and other places as the female barman. She once paid her addresses to a young woman to whom she promised marriage, and was ultimately committed to prison fora month for robbing her master, a licen,:ed victualler, when she officiated as barman. Her adventures in male garb, as John Walker and John Turner, have been very extraordinary. She was once a stoker on the Cunard line of steamers be tween this country and America, and her sex was not discovered. She obtained a situation as porter on the Great Western Railway by means of forged certificates and letters, and there is at the pre sent time a warrant forher apprehension at the suit of the railway company, but it was stated this morning that the company would not prosecute. On Saturday night the prisoner was singing in a dark part of Cable-street. Connor, a police-con stable, No. 35 I - 1, suspected that the prisoner was a woman, and took her into custody, not for assuming male attire, but for soliciting alms. In answer to Mr. Benson, the constable said the ballad which the prisoner was singing was about a soldier, love, and war, Mr. Benson asked if the Great Western Railway Company intended to prosecute. Inspector Holloway, of the H division, said the prisoner required medical treatment. She had been examined by a surgeon, who said she was very much out of health. A FRESH MAN. Mr. Benson questioned the prisoner. He asked her why she degraded herself and her sex by assum ing male attire, to which she replied that seven years ago she left her native village in Bedfordshire and indulged in the foolish freak of changing her clothes. The desire to act the part of a man and to adopt the garb and condition of the sterner sex grew into a passion. She rent on board ship as a sailor, and her sex was discovered by her ship mates. She would not, however, be disappointed of her taking for the sea, and her desire of seeing foreign lands, and was engaged in a Cunard steamer, and afterwards as a barman. Mr. Benson—Why not obtain a situation suit able to your sex ? The prisoner —Who will employ me as a female servant ? Connor—She was once in the Elizabeth Fry Refuge at Hackney. Th 9 Prisoner said she left the Fry Refuge because she was worse fed therp than in prison, and th e other inmates made her uncomfortable. Mr. Benson—What makes you affect a condition and garb that don't belong to your sex ? The Prisoner—l don't know, indeed. Mr. Benson—Have you any friends? The Prisoner—Yes, sir; if they can be so called. They have all repudiated me. Mr. Benson—Have you been used to hard work ? The Prisoner—Yes : at the Great Western Rail way I worked very hard indeed. I hope you will not send me to the Elizabeth Fry Refuge—l fared very badly there. Mr. Benson condemned the conduct of the pri soner in degrading herself as she had done. She had not the vigour or the strength of a man, and now was in a lamentable condition for want of proper food and exposure. Ile remanded her to the House of Detention for a week, and she would be attended to in a proper manner. SHEEP AND LAMBS.—From a return just pre sented to Parliament it appears that nearly all the sheep and lambs imported into this country come from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, and Holland. In records compiled for the year 1864 it is stated that 7,407 sheep were imported from Belgium, 30,633 from Denmark, 1,264 from France, 189,371 from Germany, and 247,609 from Holland. The total number of lambs imported during the same year was 17,896-6,102 of which came froin Denmark 11,537 from Holland, and the rest from other countries; The largest imports of sheep occurred in the month of December, and of lambs in August, none of the latter being imported in January and February, and only 1,107 of the former during the first month of the year. PARLIAMENT AND ITS WORK.—The House of Commons, adjourning for the Easter recess on Friday next, will have sat only on 32 days in this year, or only on 30 if two sittings are not counted at which no buoineos was dyne, th 9 NTT 1444 try n ktilig gprapletitch aair_ I The Northampton Meeting will take place on Tuesday next, and the Stand Plate looks like going to MANTON, as it is not likely that Vespasian, Mr. Pitt, Orion, Goojorat, or several of the other hotter class animals engaged will put in an appearance. The acceptances for the Delapre Han dicap will not be declared until to-night, and meanwhile it is a matter of guess to select anything, but ZrscA ought to give a good account of herself, and to her or EAU DE VIE I shall leave the race. Some twenty runners will probably face the starter's flag for the Great Northamptonshire Stakes, and I shall only comment on those animals which are at all likely to be hoard of or distinguish themselves in the race. There can be no question if Squire Heath cote's mare comes fit and well to the post she will take an extraordinary amount of Loafing, still I cannot stand her at the weig,ht. The F:ndon lot consist of Romping Girl. Thalia, Proserpine, Sister to Vedette, and Demon. The Guddcss of Comedy, efrer her unsat'sfactury exhibitions at Epsom, will not, I fear, emerge from the clouds and win on the present occasion, and I have a very indifferent opinion of Proserpino and Sister to Vedette's merits; con sequent!y, if Lord Westmorland is to get back the money he invested on his ja ly mare last week, it must be by the aid of Romping Girl or Demon. Both of them will stay over the cour3e, and the fires-named mare, who is nicely weighted, is likely 'to be very troublesome to the winner. Christmas Carol will, to my notion, find the distance too far for him. Tormentor will have been made a few p muds better than when she ran second at Warwick, and ought at least to obtain a situation. I think it is any odds on her beating Ackwortb, although the latter will prove good enough to win a handicap before the year is out. Wolsey has been heavily backed, but I cannot believe in his pre tensions to attract the judge's notice over this long and and difficult course. He may win, but surely the St. Liz Handicap, over a shorter course, will suit him much better. Lucifer, who is said to be very fit and well, should not be overlooked, as he is " turned loose," and will stay every yard of the way ; indeed, he possesses an outside chance second to none in the race. Ido not believe in Ailosbury, Feodor, Roquefort, Stephen Langton, Jezabel, or Nine for vuo wasou or other, Which it is not necessary to recapitulate. Lord Hastings has been supported by Fobert's stable for " heaps of money," and has always been remarkably firm in the market since the betting commenced. The form he displayed last year would not be good enough to win a race of this de scription, but it is not a fair test, as 1 am persuaded he never was made thoroughly fit, besides he has most as- euredly made great improvement since that time, and under the impression that he and Fervacques are one and the same animal, I consider this event is almost reduced to a certainty. The latter, at any rate, could not be beat, if he were in with 7st. It looks any odds on Blueskin and Kettleholder, beating the other three-year -olds. Mr. Saville's horse is almost as well in with his penalty as when ho won the Metropolitan, and will take an immense amount of beating; still I doubt his being quite good enough to win. I mention Kettleholder because ho is sure to improve on the form he displayed for the City and Suburban one of these fine days, and . should not be lost sight of whenever he runs. There may bo several other competitors, but I see nothing to interfere with the chances of Romping Girl, Lucifer, Lord Hastings, and Blue skin. Of these I have the greatest faith in LORD HASTINGS, who will, I think, have no difficulty in winning, and my recommendation is LUCIFER and LEAP YEAR for situations. The Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for 2-year-old; will go to HILDA, and the Whittlebury Stakes will certainly be Wan by LADY COVENTRY, if she runs. The previous day's running will materially affect the chances of several of those horses which are engaged for the St. Liz Handicap. At present I prefer the chances of Wrolsey, Python or Kettleholder, Lady Coventry, Grey Stocking, Ligurian, and Cotytto, and whichever represents Godding's stable, PYTHON or KETTLEHOLDER will be about winning. Of the forty-six nominations left in for the Earl Spencer's Plate my preference is for Mr. Pitt, Vespasian, Orion, Moonbeam, Zisca, Alruna, Syceo, and Laird of Scotland. Most horses run better over one course than another, and as the two first named animals have previously travelled successfully over this very course, I think it feasible to suppose, especially as they are both leniently weighted, they may do so again and I shall, therefore, leave the race between SYCEE and MR. PITT. At the came time I expect to see LAIRD OF SCOTLAND run into a place. My fancy for the Sulby Handicap is the FILLY BY VEDETTE OVT OF CAPUCINE. If CURIEUSE is brought out for the Althorp Park Stakes I shall stand nothing else, but I expect to see Mr. Merry's Sunflower filly run better over this course than she did at Epsom, as the distance now is a quarter of a mile less. S 7 UD NEWS. At Sheffield-lane Paddocks, ou the 10th inst., Mr. John stone's Huppickor, by Orlando, a bay colt (brother to Cor poral) by Rataplan ; the mare was attacked with violent inflammation 24 hours after foaling, and died on the 12th inst. ; she was the dam of Hop Merchant, Farnham, Hop vine, &c., and was 19 years old. On the 14th inst., Mr. Townley-Parker's Anxiety, by Knight of Kars, a bay or brown colt by Macaroni ; on the 17th, Mr. Crowther- Harrison's Astonishment, by Stockwell, a brown filly by Gladiateur ; on the 18th, Mr. Watt's Souvenir, by Chan ticleer, a bay filly by Thormanby ; on the 19th, Mr. Crow ther-Harrison's Aline, by Stockwell, a chesnut colt by Gladiateur ; on the 22d, Mr. J. Jackson's Lady Abbess, by Surplice, a bay filly by Thunderbolt. Arrived: Mr. H. A. Harrison's Timandra, by Voltigeur, barren to New minster ; the Rawcliffe Company's Vesta, by Stockwell (dam of Vespasian), barren; Mr. W. Sadler's Leah, by St. Albans, out of Jerusalem, by Jericho, maiden ; Her Majesty's The Arrow, by Slane (darn of Cambuscan), in foal to St. Albans; Her Majesty's Lady Melbourne (dam of Lady Florence), in foal to St. Albans ; Her Majesty's Lady Palmerston (dam of Lady Patroness), in foal to Orlando or St. Albans. All the above mares are to be put to Adventurer, excepting Lady Abbess, who goes to Colsterdale, to whom has also arrived Mr. Townley- Parker's Eleanor de Montford, in foal to him. Several more subscriptions are still open to this horse. At Low-street Stud Farm, on the 12th inst., Mr. Ash ton's Desire, a bay colt by Nottingham, and will be put to Lambton ; on the 17th, Mr. R. Osborne's Fair Agnes, a chestnut colt by Cathedral, and will be put to The Miner ; on the 20th, Mr. Godfrey's Norma, a bay filly by Not tingham, and will bo put to The Miner ; on the 22d, Mr. Harrison's Bandy mare, a bay colt by Dundee, and will be put to Lambton, to whom the following mares have arrived :—Mr. Cookson's Kilbride, barren ; Mr. M. Clark's Tarquin mare, barren ; Mr. W. E. Hobson's Stella, in foal to Nottingham. To The Miner : • Lord Ailesbury's Beatrice, barren ; Mr. Dunhill's Come rosa, in foal to Lambton ; Mr. W. E. Hobson's Tiny, in foal to Colsterdale ; Lavinia, in foal to Adventurer ; Mr. Chil ton's Rosamond, in foal to The Marquis ; Lady of the Tees, in foal to Loiterer ; Mr. Cowan's Ceres, in foal to Lord of the. Soil. At Boynton, on the 10th inst., Sir G. Cholmley's Meg, by King Carados, a chesnut filly by Hubert, and will be put to Orpheus ; on the 12th inst., Romans., by Pyrrhus the First, a chestnut colt,by Theobald, and will be put to Hubert ; on the 13th, Jetty, by King Caradoc, a bay colt ; and on the 18th, Miss Club, by Yaxley, a chestnut filly by Hubert, to whom both mares will be put. Colonel Towneley's brown filly by Kettledrum out of Haricot (dam of Caller Ou), and Mr. Milner'a Lambda (dam of Xi) have arrived to Hubert. At Knockhaney Stud Farm, county Limerick, the fol lowing mares have arrived on a visit to Stockmar :—Mr. Delamere's Maggie Lyle, by Bryan O'Lynn, barren; Mr. Holland's Try Back and mare by Great Unknown out of Hetty ; Mr. Bouchior's Rosalia, by Zouavo out of Sala mander's dam ; Capt. Croker's Tidy (Aster's dam); Mr. Bevan's Relish. Tho following will also bo put to him: —Confidence, by Mickey Free ; mare by Planet out •of Relish; The Dwarf, Red Wine's darn, The Spell, Sister to Druid, and mare by Oulston out of Amberwitch, by Clarion. At Yardley Stud Farm, on the 21st inst., Messrs. Gra ham's Gretna, by Stockwell, a bay filly by Oulston or Stampede ; on the 21st, Mr. Gretton's bay Knight of Kars mare, a brown filly by Oxford; on the 21st Mr. Graham's mare by Sweetmeat, dam Ventre a Terre, a dark brown filly by Oxford ; on the 26th, Mr. T. E. Walker sent his two mares, Flapdoodle, by Flatcatcher, in foal to Oxford, and &vie, maiden. All the above mares will be put to Oxford. At the Stud Farm, Enfield, on the 23rd inst., Mr. Ward's Spitfire Kitty, a bay colt by Diophantus, and will be put to him again ; on the 24th, Signal, by Alarm, a chestnut filly by Diophantus,:and will be put to him again. The following mares have arrived to Diophantus :—A bay filly by Dundee out of Fidgetty Gal; The Doe, by Loup Garon out of Grillade's dam; Tama, by Windhound, in foal to Diophantus. A t Fairfield Stud Farm, near York, on the 21st inst., Peasant Girl, a bay filly by Blair Athol, and will be put to Neptune ; on the 22d, Mr. Blenkiron's Entremet, a bay filly by Weatherbit ; on the 23d, Lord Feversham's Cor della, a bay filly by Lambton ; both mares will be put to Blair Athol, to whom Mr. Surtees's Thais, with a filly by Dundee, has arrived. Mr. Browes's Bird of Eva, in foal to Amsterdam, has arrived to Neptunus. At the Stud Farm, Croome, on the 25th inst., Lord Coventry's La Maudite, a bay colt by Tim Whiffler, and will be put to him again ; also the following additional arrivals:—Mr. Watkins's Longboat, maiden ; Baron Roths child's Breeze, with a filly by Parmesan ; and his Her. mioue, in foal to Tim Whiffler; and Mr. J. G. Watkins's Mac,a,ria, with a colt by Tim Whiffler. On tho Bth inst., Mr. Keary's Nora (dam of Dora), a brown Colt by Outcast ; and on the 17th, Mr. T. Connolly's Miss Tom, a brown colt by the same sire, which is uow the third to his credit in the Produce stAkoN. s'l k 114) I VI Si 1041 5/ 103 i 3 16f 105 k i llvi 103 21 3i 101 i 2.1.0 29é 2.14.01 2.14:0 8.3.6 3.9.0 11.7.6 all 1.4.0 14.0.6 , 2 * () 1 18.18.1 35.16.81 581 5.t7.0 ai.EN :1T11145. 981 i 1031 3 THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocE, IMPERIAL PARLIAZIENT HOUSE OF LORDS—THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his But on the Woolsack at five o'clock. PETITIONS. Lord LONGFORD presented petitions from various portions of Ireland, praying her Majesty's Government not to disestAblish the Church in Ireland. In these pe titions his lordship entirely concurred. HOSTILITIES ON THE RIVER PLATE. Lord LYVEDEN moved fur returns of the accounts of hostilities which had recently taken place on the River Plate. In reply, the Rill of MALMESBURY said it was very difficult to ascertain what, or if any Eng listitnen were detained in Lopez's cuing. They had confined themselves to give &Bivalves to the Minister at Buenos Ayres to inquire into the state of the Eug meu mem - co./L:od. All therefore they cuu'd du at present for those English subjects was to make these efforts. Th e sulij.xt then dropped. • RAILIVA YS (EXTENSION OF TIME) BILL. `The amend►nents on tips bill were reported. LEGITIMAC/ DECLARATION (IRELAND) BILL This bill was read a third tin - hi and passed. INDIAN RAILWAY COMPANY BILL. This bill was read a second times. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. On' this bill the following committee were appointed : The Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop o f Y or k , the Lord Privy Seal, the Duke of Somerset, Earl Stanhopa, - the Earl of Carnarvon, Earl of Harrowby, Earl Granville, Earl Russell, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, Lord Redesdale, Lord Somerville, and Lord Lyveden. The Poor Relief Bill was committed and passed. The Sea Fisheries Bill was read a second a time. The Non Traders Bankruptcy Bill was read a third time and passed. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS EVENING The SPEAKER took the Chair at four o'clock. There was a very full attendance in the galleries this evening, and amongst the strangers present were Chief Justice Whiteside and Judges Keogh and Fitzgerald. The gallery set apart for the peers was fully occupied. The Lord Mayor of Dublin presented a petition praying for the foundation of a Royal Institution in Dublin similar to that at South Kensington. Mr. AYRTON presented a petition from nine of the jury who trial John Wiggins for the murder of Ann Oakes. The'petitioners stated that although a verdict 8/ guilty had been returned and the man executed, yet they now were of opinion that the man had suffered innocently, and they prayed that inquiry might be made into the cir cumstances for the satisfaction of the relations of the un fortunate man. A great number of petitions were presented on the sub ject of the Irish Church, both for and against its disen dowment. FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASTJRES. In reply to Lord EUATACE CECIL, Mr. HARDY said he was unable to say when the re port of the commission on this subject would be pub lished. ROYAL ACADEMY. In reply to Mr. COWPER, Lord J. MANNERS said he was afraid the new build ing was not sufficiently advanced to enable the Royal Academy to vacate the premises they at present held in Trafalgar-square by the next year. THE IRISH CHURCH. The Acts relating to the Irish Church having been read, Major STEWART KNOX moved that the fifth article of the act for the union of Great Britain and Ireland be road. (Cheers.) The CLERK then read the article, which was as follows: —"That it be the fifth article of union that the Churches of England and Ireland, as now by law established, be united into one Protestant Episcopal Uhurcb, to be called the United Church of England and Ireland ; and that the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government of the said United Church shall be and shall remain in full force for ever as the same are now by law established for the Church of England; and that the coutienance and preservation of the said United Church as the Established Church of England and Ireland shall be deemed and taken to be an essential and fundamental part of the union; and that in like manner the doctrine, worship, discipline, and govern ment of the Church of Scotland shall remain and be pre served as the same are now established by law, and by the acts for the union of the two kingdoms of England and Scotland." The reading of the above was received with loud cheers by the Ministerial side of the house. Mr. TREFUSIS then moved that the act setting forth the coronation oath taken by her Majesty should be read. This having been done, Mr. GLADSTONE, amid loud cries of "Hear, hoar," rose to move the following resolutions : "1. That it is necessary that the Established Church of Ireland should cease to exist us an establishment, due re gard being had to all personal interests and to all indivi dual rights of property. " 2. That, subject to the foregoiag considerations, it Is expedient to prevent the creation of now personal interests by the exercise of auy public patronage, and to confine the operations of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Ire land to objects of immediate necessity, or involving indi vidual rights, pending the final decision of l'Arliament. "3. That au humble address be presontid to her Ma j.c.sty, humbly to pray that, with a view to the purposes aforesa . d, her Majesty would be graciously pleased to place at the disposal td Paniaineut her interest iu the tem poralities of the archbishopric-, bishoprics, and other ecclesiastical dignities and benefices in Ireland, and in the custody thereof." The right hon. gentleman said it then became his duty to move that the house now take into consideration the acts affecting the Irish Church, and in doing so he was glad that the other hon. members had interfered, because it showed that they were about to enter into the consideration of a question upon a broad basis, and that they were not to have a warfare of trick and contrivance—(loud cheers)—but on the con trary it was to be considered on both sides of the house in a spirit whi c h befitted the magnitude of the issue. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord opposite had to his (Mr. Gladstone's) motion moved an arneud•nent raising the entire merits of the case, and it cast upon him the responsibility and luty to state the general nature of his resolutions in antagonism to the amendment of the noble lord. In acquitting himself of this duty, he had to show that the time had come when the Church in Ireland should cease as an establishment (Hear, hear.) For thirty years there had been no sincere desire shown by the Liberal party to open up the question of the Irish Church. (dear, hear.) He had on various occasions given votes in committee and partial motions oa the sub jects, and these votes he was willing to repeat. (Loud laughter from the Opposition.) The Liberal party, 1 in his opinion, was not open to a charge of de laying the consideration of the question, because they were not called upon to enter upon the question until the time had arrived when there was a prospect of carrying their views to a successful issue. (Cheers.) He had made no secret of his opinions on the subject, and the cause of his not being able honestly to say he was against all interference with the Church as an establish ment lost him) his seat for the Oxford University, and he now sat in the house for Lancashire. It was not the object of the motion to take away all the revenues of the Church in Ireland ; it was not, however, proposed to give o the bishops and clergy of that church, for doing nothing, thoP.e incomes they had received for doing something. (Hear, hoar.) They would still be called upon to exercise the duties which they had had to perform, and so they would continue to do so for the remainder of their lives after the Church had been disestablished. lie felt that the great fears that had been expressed at the result of his motion were not grounded on any solid basis. (Hear, hear.) At present the Church as an establishment held its ,ion amongst an estranged and alienated population. :Hear, hear. He felt that the result of the course ,he adopted would be that the Irish Church would hold its own, respected by all, both in this country and in Ireland, and that freedom which was so highly prized by other denominations would not be an evil to the Anglican Church in Ireland, but that by its own internal energy it would maintain a position such as it had never occupied before. (Hear, hear.) It was said that if his motion was carried it would damage Protes- tautistn, and prove most injurious to the interests of the Church of England, but he entertained no such fear ; and on the ground of the common good he asked the house to agree to his proposal for the disendowment of the Esta blished Church in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) Much had been said on ono side of the question ; but could any one prove that the maintenance of the Anglican Church in Ireland had been beneficial to Protestantism— hear, hear)--that was a material point to show, and it would be for those who opposed his proposition to state clearly the good to be devised from keeping that Church as it at present existed in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) In his proposal he asked the house to do two things— first, to make a declaration ; the other was to ask for an arrost of all episcopal appointments, and ha did not soo ,hat any great evil would result from the latter rrrauge ___. men (LEFT SPEAKING.) Foreign Mail Packot List, MAILS DUE. &tiaralit and New Zealand, via Southampton....• March 23 Ditto, via Marseilles „~.. Ditto, via Panama Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Maate VII o .......... April 6 . Ditto, by Prenoh packet . April 2? Cape Verde, by Brazil packet ...... Cape of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. Helena— March 291 China, Penang. and Sing►pore, via Southampton March qs. Ditto, via Marseilles. .... , . April 5. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton March 28 India, via Southampton DU% Till Alllll44Hfri ti 040 rs_v_iint .9 ta two. ~ • ' NM% 88, TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING, NORTRAMPTONSIIIRE STAKES. 4to 1 agst Lord Hastings (taken and offered) 6 to 1 agst Purveyor (taken) 100 to 8 agst Blueskin (offered) 100 to 6 agst Tormentor (taken) • 100 to 6 agst Thalia (taken) 100 to 6 agst Lucifer (taken) 20 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (offered) 20 to 1 agst Wolsey (offered) SPENCER'S FLATE. 7to 1 agst Ironmaster (taken) 20 to 1 agst Reindeer (taken) 20 to 1 agst Moonbeam (taken) Leouie reported to be scratched. CHESTER CUP. 1,000 to 20 agst Romping Girl (taken) 500 to 6 apt Beeswing (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 3 to 1 agst Roiierwzian (taken and off.) 7to 1 agst Formosa (offered) 7 to 1 agst Pace (offered) 9to 1 agst Typhocas (taken) 20 to 1 agst Yale Royal (taken) DERBY. 1000 to 75 agst Puce (taken) 15 to 1 agst Speculum (taken) 16 to 1 agst Suffolk (taken) 2!) to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken) 2000 to 25 cast llest:tution (taken) ARRIVALS AT NORTHAMPTON. Manton, Mariner, Prince Regent, Vermicdlli, Slap Bang, Bliss, Rhine Wine, Zisca, Citron, Picnic, Marshal Ney, Brother to Knight of the Crescent, Skipjack, Yardarm, Feodor, Sycee, Rampant, Milton, Out-and-Outer, Cornet, Weather Isle, Charnwood, Laird of Scotland, Redivivus, Little Daddy, Thalia, Eau do Vie, Star, Wokey, Cotytto, Veni, Leases, Festival, Brontia, Provider, Witchcraft, Rio, Lozenge, Leap Year, Blueskie, Roquefort, Reindeer, Rajah, Curieuse, Louis, Nemea, Sister to Veda, Sister to Hermit, Blinkhoolie, Vespasian, Carlotta, Brother to Poleaxe, Python, Montagnard, Beauty Kettle 'older, Landlord, Purveyor, Miss Havelock, Runaway, Caroline, Cater, and Lady Coventry, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTLNG—Trus DAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. sto 1 agst Lord Hastings (taken) 9to I agst Purveyor (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst Wolsey (taken aad offered) 10 to 1 agst Blueskin (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Lucifer (taken) 100 to 7 aget Montagnard (taken) 100 to 6 agst Leap Year (taken) 100 to 6 agst Christmas Carol (taken) 100 to 6 aget Ailesbury (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Tormentor (taken) 20 to 1 agst King Alfred (offered) 25 to 1 agst Ackworth (offered) 100 to 1 agst Beeswing (taken and offered) 700 to 100 agst Blueskin with a start (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 13 to 2 aget Tibthorpe (taken) 9to 1 aget Leonia (taken) 10 to 1 agst Yespasian (taken) 10 to 1 agst Ironmaster (taken) 12 to 1 agst Sycee (taken) 100 to 8 agst Belphegor (taken) 100 to 7 agst Wolsey (taken) CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 aget Thalia (taken and off.) 100 to 1 agst Beeswing (taken and off.) TWO THOUSAND. 100 to 30 agst Rosicrucian (taken) 7 to 1 agst Formosa (offered) 25 to 1 agst Rabican (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Blue Gown (offered) 25 to 1 agst Banditto (taken) 1000 to 30 aget Restitution (taken) DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Speculum (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Suffolk (offered) 25 to 1 agst The Earl (taken) 25 to 1 agst Rabican (offered) 30 to 1 agst Orion (offered) 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. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868. APRIL. Newcastle Spring Edinburgh Spring Bromley Spring 6 Lewes Spring Durham Newmarket Craven .... 13 Curragh April 2l Hendon l3 Croydon Spring Knighton l4 1 Liverpool Hunt Lichfield Spring l4 i Newmarket Ist Spring 27 Abergavenny ..... 16 I Cardiff Bath Wye Croydon lst Summer Harpenden Epsom Summer Paris 3l NE West Drayton 1 I Newton Croydon 2d Summer ... 3 Hampton Manchester 3 Newcastle 23 Ascot Summer 9 1 Bibury Club 23 Beverley,' Hull, and 1 Stockbridge East Riding lO I Alexandra, Park BO Windsor Summer Chester Egliuton Hunt Wiachostor York Spring Donc,aster Spring Salisbury JU JULY. Chelmsford W I orcester Summer ... 2 Odiham l6 Carlisle Newmarket July 7 I Radcliffe .... 2O Hungerford I . Pontefract Reading Down Royal Corp. AUGUST. Deauville Leek 3 Oxford Brighton Brighton Club 6 Canterbury I Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 Egharn l7 Hastings York August -5 Derby Summer Weymouth Ipswich p7 Lichfield Tuuloridgo Margate 3l SEPT Baden Warwick September Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster September 8 Brecon Richmond Hampton Autumn l5 Kelso IZ, OCT( Bedford 1 Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October 5 Lanark 8 Chelmsford Autumn Cheltenham l3 NOVE. Shrewsbury Autumn Leamington and Warm Ealing Newmarket Houghton 19 Bromley Autumn Worcester Autumn..,, 27 Lincoln Autumn 2U :MBER. Hendon l7 Monmouth .. l7 Newmarket lst October 22 Walsall 23 Edinburgh West Drayton 29 Royal Caledonian Hunt and Western M IBER. ;11BEK, 9 rickshire Runt l7 MARKETS—(This Day.) CORN. The general tendency of the trade is to increased firm ness and advanced prices. From the country markets reports speak of a better de mand, and prices in some cases is higher for wheats. From the shipping ports of the Continent, the advices are that sellers aro willing to meet exporters at the full terms of last Wenesday's floating market here. The number of wheat cargoes now off the coast for dis posal is 24, and holders are very firm. At Mark-lane this morning there was a fair attendance, and an improved inquiry prevailed, the general tendency of prices being againt buyers. English wheat was in short supply, and cleared off at is per quarter advance on the rates of this day week. There were some fresh receipts of foreign wheat, which, with the samples left over from previous markets, make a fair supply. Factors were very firm, and the sales effected were at the extreme of late rates to is advance. With moderate arrivals of flour, stiffer rates had _to be paid for both English and foreign. • Malt sold at firm rates. Malting barley realised rather more money. Grinding sold at steady rates. Beans in moderate request, and quite as dear. Peas moved off in small lots on full terms. Maize steady in value. Oats in good demand, at full prices. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was abaut an average supply of cattle, and rather an increased number of sheep on sale to-day. The accounts from the dead meat market being dull, the trade proceeded somewhat slowly, but prices ruled firm. 0 beasts there webs 50 from Scotland, 2,415 from the various pastures of England, 20 from Ireland, and 615 from abroad—total, 3,430. Tlis demand was steady, and rates firm for best qualities. Of sheep there were 22,540, including 286 from abroad. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. SUGAR.—The market is quiet, but arrivals are light ; supplies on offer small, and quotations firm. COFFEE.—Peuding the auctions, which commence to morrow, the demand is quiet. COTTON. LIT POOL, March 30. Sales to-day probably 30,000 bales. Extensive demand. Large speculative inquiry. higher. 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