The Sun. — London, England, 1868-03-19 00:00:00

itching ntin gs lur, of hosts be, and iology. ,ndom, ending deeds Itants. .rec tly rat en- .rbaces derous ;ht be impas er, the y with [t with 3cially, nirably icident quence uthral ;es de extra- r Mr. plot, records iugular .ly sus iself is nixture robabi- 3 he ia trough rs, and Vulup ly, and alp, all royal, Medes, : there is the ly with l aj es tic shapes is the ;titer of ies, the leech ; er with Abdo ►ce the G foe of the de- Ahab, Senna - L, and a flume- Les, and Baby creeds, like the enter- vast in , eopled, whole, nessive le in- passion, is but books, irrative uniaous 1 with a e great leserip- , cuitni of tha tentous closed , to the Lines of it; dark acker— aud ,g, ant p 1111 SO, till oue ap- is in his of the t of the '0 giver of Si- t heart,— eap, ►rtes, is ' of the ed ss re- aew agth, I shook acriptioa ;,-., from a reciatioa ad in itS o soothe-- j e w long Lis Poeo that the s ,he work ; in the d wholly poetiO l r of his A 'rho romance on the ise to th e )t," to b l 5 t Days P a ntoes ; tic fruit d to hi rli ; he Fail of our Evr ea t, Os Fu el man's A u tlioo su e ists is s. ]IO i IYIAkLKET AND coXMEROIAL INTRLI,IIIAmoI , ‘ CITY, Two O'CLOCK. to Amencan securities the only feature is an ad vance of / in Erie shares, which have been inquired for at 46 to 47. Illinois unaltered, at 89/ to 89/ ; United States' 5-20 Bonds, 72A- to 721. Colonial Government Securities are quiet, and prices are without variation. Canada 6 per Cent. is quoted at 100 to 101 ; Mauritius 6 per Cent., 104 to 106 ; New South Wales 5 per Cent., 99 to 101 ; New .Zealand 6 per Cent., 105/ to 1061 ; Queensland 6 per Cent., 1021 to 1031. In Railways Caledonian and Great Eastern are steadier, and Chatham and Metropolitan are scarcely so good. The quotations are :—Lancashire and York !shire, 1251 to 126 ; Midland, 105 to 1051 ; South Fastern, 72 ii- to 72 ; ; ; London and North We s tern, 114 / to 115/ ; Great Northern, 104,- to 105 ) 3- ; ditto (Al, to 1001 ; Great Eastern, 31/ to 32 ; Great Western, 46. to 47/ ; Brighton, 481 to 49 ; Sheffield, 43 to 431 ; Metropolitan, 114 to 114 i ; Caledonian, 821 to 83 Chatham, 181 to 18/ ; and - North British, 33/ to 34/. Foreign Railways are without change. Lombardo -Venetian i s quo t e d at 15/ to 15 / ; and Luxemburg at 81 to 9. The dealings in Bank Shares are very limited, and the only change in prices is an improvement of in Imperial Ottoman, which is quoted at 4- dis. to Prem. ; Alliance, 14 to 13 dis. ; A gra (A), 10 to 101 ex dir. ; Anglo-Austrian, 3, to 4 prem. ; 17 to 171 x; London and County, 51i to 521 $ - ; Lon don and - Westminster, 67 to 681 ; Union of London, 33 to 34 ; London Joint Stock, 31i to 321 ; Oriental, 42 to 43. Foreign Mining Shares are firm. St. John del Rey show s an advance of A, at 20 to 21, and Chontales at to # dis. ; Port Philip steady at l to 1-k. Miscellaneous are steady. Hudson's Bay is better, at 14 to l 4 ; Anglo-American Telegraph unaltered at 22i to 22$ ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent., 5} to 5g ; London General Omnibus, 11 to 2 ; and National Discount, 101 to 11k. Business has been done to-day in Metropolitan District Railway Issue of £400,000 Debenture Stock at Ito 1 prem. Including a withdrawal yesterday of £25,000 in coin for the Cape of Good Hope, the bullion operations at the Bank for the week show a balance of £ll,OOO against the stock held. The steamer City of Antwerp has brought £lO,OOO gold from New York, and the French mail steamer I mperatrice Eugenie has arrived at St. Nazaire with £128,000 specie from Vera Cruz. The ordinary general meeting of the Credit Fonoier CL Mauritius has been called for the 26th instant, for the purpose of receiving the directors' report and to declar e a dividend. The directors of the Fender's End and Enfield Gas and Coke Company have called the ordinary general meeting of shareholders for the 26th inst., to receive the report and declare a dividend. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Alamillos Company has been convened for the 26th inst., for the transaction of the ordinary business of the company. The biddings for £200,000 in bills on Calcutta and Madras were held yesterday at the Bank of England. The amounts allotted were to Calcutta £185,000, and to Madras £1,500. The minimum price was fixed at is lld on both presidencies, and tenders at and a b ove 1 3 s 1l id w ill b e a ll otted in full. No tende rs on Bom bay were invited. These terms correspond with the I)revious state of the market. The h a lf- year l y meet i ng of the Linares Lead Mining Sa 011 :ipany will be held on t h e 26 t h i nst., for the tran ction of the general business of the company. The proprietors of the Fortuna Company will hold their half-yearly meeting on the 26th inst., for the Purpose of receiving the directors' report a nd state tient of accounts. According to the official return of the Imperial °4 otuan Bank of the receipts and payments effected for the Turkish Government on account of the foreign loans and general debt, there was a balance ;If 1 92,500 liras to the credit of the Treasury on march 13. A meeting of the Mexican bondholders has been Convened for the 27th inst. to receive the report of the Provisional committee and to appoint a permanent co mmittee. The Manchester papers report that it was resolved Yesterday afternoon by a number of the large spinners and manufacturers of Blackburn to summon a meet log of the trade on Wednesday to discuss the propriety Of goin g at once on short time. The spinners and nia nufacturers of Darwen will also hold a meeting on the sane day for a similar purpose. The following official intimation has been issued by t he North B r i t i s h R a i lway Company :—" The directors have gone over the revenue accounts for the the dsurplus available for division will admit of divi 27ends being declared at the half-yearly meeting on the th inst. on a ll th e company ' s preference stocks, wn to an d i nc l us i ve o f t h e N ort h B ritis h 1863 Pre erence Stock, and also a dividend to the extent of 4k Per Cent, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow 5 per Cent. Preference Stock, No. 3. The present circumstances ?f the company necessitate these dividends being paid V deferred warrants." The following is from Messrs. E. F. Satterthwaite's „ w eekly circul ar : I n t h e L ondon market for American .ecurities there has been a fair amount of business S ince our l as t, w i t h a ten d ency to increased firmness. nunited States Five-Twenty' s h ave i mproved about II Per cent. the 1862 B on d s c l os i ng 72k to 72±, and the ll 186 5's 71 to 71±. The in qu i ry f or Ten-Forty Bonds k i continues, and all offering are readily taken at e_Urrent rates ; the last price is 66k to 66i. Illinois hares have been remarkably quiet and steady, but Erie s t h ere h as b een a very large business ; from ti 49 fr th e y d roppe d yesterday on continued lower quota ns by t e l egram f rom N ew York to 45i ; but even 1. this p r i ce t h ey are relatively higher than the New a ark market. For the last few days there has been Strong demand for Atlantic and Great Western i lo nsolidated Bond s , an d, a l t h oug h , since our last they 'lave been forced down to 27±, they close very firm ttt . 0— 2 9 i. The i nqu i r y f or Vi rg i n i a Six per Cents, has ulevvhat subsid e d, b u t th e pr i ce remains steady at 14 to 35 . tiliAt a meet i ng o f t h e Great Wheal Vor United es, held ye s te r d a y, G eo. N oa k es, Esq., in the chair, iltoe n accounts made up to thi s d ate show a balance in ',your o f the mine of £5,326 45 3d, out of which a i. s vidend o f 7s 6d per share was declared, equal to 4 ,215 103, carrying forward to the credit of next t g . ecolint the sum o f £3 ,110 149 3d. The reports t e4 cl were considered hi g hl y sat i s f actory, and the o spects of the mi ne o f a most cheering character. l ock tin sold. 16th March, 56 tons 12 cwt. 1 3,1 86 6s 7d. Chancellor Malins has a p po i nted Mr. Snell, a L V the ice firm of Fredk. B. Sm art an d S nell, account )ol, 38, G res h am - s t ree t, li qu id ator of the Tamar —4ll k Granite Company (Limited). 411%. Thomas Ba r in g , M.P., has res i gne d the chair. 18aaship of Lloyd' s , h av i ng h e ld th a t pos i t i on since k.." ) `-'• A requisition is in course of presentation to 11 ;' Goschen, M.P., so li c iti ng th a t gent l eman to eePt the office. 0 toe markets are less active than they were yester- V', but th e a d vance d pr i ces reac h e d aro maintained 40 animati on o f t h e l ast d ay or t w o has chiefl3 aris e 11 from speculative purchases for a rise di the public, though doing more than the) d are still comparatively inactive. For the resent railways are neglected, and attention if buefly directe'd to Foreign Government Securities. t e Punds keep firm. Italian are scarcely so high, bne Egyptian are p er cen t. b e tt er , an d P eruv i an k. shares :financial descripti ons k ee p fi a t. H u d son ' s "Y are firmer, and St. John del Rey are lOs better. for t he money m ar k e t i s firm, with the minimum rate the best miner g ner cent. Uotton L 9 quiet. Consols are steady at yesterday's prices, at 93ir to a. e't for delivery and 93,E to 93a tor account ; New I 'l Reduced Three per Cents., 92 to 92i ; India dN ve Per Cents. are flat., at 114 to 114±, being a E i Q i "ne of ; Bank Stock, 249 to 251; Exchequer 1 ,' 4- • to 15s prem. 11 'he changes in foreign stocks are confined to a rise of a f rt ~ to a t- in Egyptian (1864) at 871 to 88i ;in the Vice the 9 per Cents., at 89i to 90± ; and in V ice Railway Loan, at 91± to 91/ ; of * in the :eroy s 7 per cents. ; and of k in Portuguese, at to 1 prem., and Peruvian (1865), at 771 to ; e zican are quoted 15k to 16k ; Greek, 12± to 13 ; 1 7 e , * Spanish, 35-4 to 36 ; Italian (1861), 41 to . 7 „1; Turkish, 33g- to 33*; Orel Vitebsk, 78± to ` 4 l ; and Chilian,B9 to 84 Me tropolitan District Railway, issue of £400,000 debe nture stock, Ito 1 prem. d Ac cording to R eu t er ' s t e l eg ram from Paris t o 4): ‘ , the French Three per Cent. Rentes were 69f. Firm. BRIT'S li I , UNDIi —'l: WO O'CLOCK. a h OVEittiMENT FUNDS. eir _; ' , 931 i 1 Do eat. Consul , . 1 , ° Account, April 9 N'''' eent. lieductid ti,. 3 92 -1. tif.) Per °out t / i v ,. 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — At t '''.', per Cent. dap. 18/3... — I,tlttities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 P. x l . :I '''. for 3u yrs, expire sth April 1885 --__ t 0 (lied Sea Tele6raph), Au,,., 1908 l6 pm `'iteluer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct. 1/ 0 £5OO — pm 11 1 ,".1) ti cl uO. 41 00 & .£'2oo Apm ii's of Eng' Stock. 4i per Cent — q• 4ee otiat ito• I''TH4lkr ..:{OVERNMENT SECURITIEt.. D o Atoek, 10A per Cent., April 1t 474 I)° • -...ecount- C f : , 4 yor Cent. July, 1880 I Pet' cent, Oct. 180 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 Do 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 188') — D,-. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ...., — Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 0 per Cent 72 14 Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent -- )3. 44 per Cent., 185? Do. do., 18: - .8.... Do. do., 18,-le . Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. C..,ilian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent -- Do. 6 per Cent., B . Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip £32 paid C . rubbin, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 p,i• Cent., 1825 D nubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 69 4 , !(-1 . I ador New Consolidated, 1 par Cen — Euptior, 7 per Cent — • )o. Second issue 824 D ~ .1.5 , 10 Bonds Do. .£IOC Bonds Do. 1864 Do. £5,0 Bonds D0..£100 Bonds ..... 881 9 Government Railway Debentures .... 91 4 4 904 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account ..• G.iateinala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., ..£25 p Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account • , Do. Maremmana Raiway — &lexicon 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — d.ontevidcau C per Cent. Iloorish imperial 5 per Ceut New Granada , l3l Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account 7 74 4 i Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 Do Account - — Forts guest) 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'fiti,'2,' Do. do., 1 - 67 391 Do. do., Scrip, .£lO paid 4 Put Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St — Do 41 per Ceut. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1r:62 Do. Anglo-Dutcb, 1864, £lOO Bonds.. Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0..,, Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do. £B4 15s. do 854 Sardinian, 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cen . — Do Acc , Junt .. . Do New Deferred — Do Account - . • Do Passive — Do Acc. ant Do Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent. — Do Account -• Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds -- Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £IOC Bonds 654 5 4 Do. 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account - 4 Do 6 per Cent., 1865 . 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 Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil 874 Do ACCC;unt Italian 5 per Cont. 1861, F. 25i. Do. Account 47/ } i TWO O'OLOCK. Consols, Money 93/ I Do. Account, March .. 93* * MARKETS—(This Day.) METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of stock to-day was fair, with the trade dull except for pork. Of beasts there were 520 on sale, 33 being foreign. The demand was sluggish, and prices depressed. Of sheep there were 6,740, including 1,910 from the Continent. The trade ruled heavy, and quotations were lower. The number of calves at market was 222, of which 157 were from abroad. The veal trade was steady, and rates mai n tai n ed. quotatious-13.3ef, 3s 4d to 4s 10(1; mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 2d ; veal, 3s 4d to Gs ; pork, 3s to 4s 41 per stone of tilb sinking the offal. POTATOES, &c. Consumption has diminished in consequence of the mild weather, and with large arrivals of best regents and flukes, in addition to the continued full supplies of French and Dutch, trade has become dull, prices declining 10s to 20s per ton. The long prevalence of low and unremunerative prices, and the losses in many instances incurred, have at length deterred growers from sending up their produce so freely, and this morning the supply was shorter. A clearance was consequently more readily effected at higher prices. Greens, 6d to is per dozen bunches ; summer cabbages, 6d to ls, and savoys, 9d to is per dozen heads ; broccoli, French, 2s to 38; English, is 6d to 2s ; Jersey, is to is 6d per dozen heads ; broccoli sprouts, 6d to is 9d per sieve ; turnips, is to 2s ; carrots, 2s to 45 per dozen bunches; loose, 40s to 80s per ton ; onions, £6 per ton ; turnip tops, is 6d to 2s per sack. HAY. Supplies of liaystuffs at Smithfield and Whitecbapel to day were only moderate, but quite adequate to the demand, and prices remained without quotable changes. Meadow hay, 60s to 81s ; clover, first cut, 80s to 100 s; second cut, 50s to 84s; straw, 30s to 34s per load. TALLO W. Market steady, at previous quotations. COTTON. LIvERPooL, March 19.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and firs. Gladstone entertained at dinner yesterday, at their tesidence in Carlton-house-terrace, the Duke of Cleveland, the Earl of Meath, the Countess Cowper and Lady A. Cowper, the Countess (Frances) Waldograve and the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, Lord and Lady Frede rick Cavendish, Lord Charles Russell, Lord Ronald L. Gower, the Hon. 0. Lytteltou, the Right Hon. Charles P. 'Villiers, Hon. Locke Sing, Mr. and Mrs. Ellice, &c. After dinner Mrs. Gladstone had a reception, which was very numerously attended. ALLEGED INHUMANITY.--It will be recollected that at the time the bark Superior, of South Shields, was run into and sunk by the steamship Lena, of Hull, in the Channel, it was charged by the survivors of the Superior that two men belonging to that vessel were allowed to sink and drown in that vessel by the default of Mr. Leonard Jackson, the master of the steamer Lena, and his Channel pilot. By instructions from the Board of Trade, the Local Marine Board of Newcastle-on-Tyne went fully into the matter during the past two days, and had all the evidence before them; and as regards allow ing the two unfortunate seamen belonging to the Superior to drown, the master and pilot of the Lena were acquitted of all blame, and the master had his certificate returned to SCENE ON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.—At a quarter past eleven o'clock on Monday night, when the footways on Westminster Bridge were still thronged with passen gers, a young woman was seen to rush from the road to the eastern parapet, and, giving one wild shriek, to throw herself over into the river beneath. The purpose was so suddenly executed that none of those who witnessed the deed were able to prevent it. For a few moments the body was seen floating ou the water before it was curried away by the tide and lost to sight. A respectable woman who was on the bridge, accompanied by her son, a boy of about twelve years of age, was so extremely agi tated by the thought that by quicker movement she might possibly have prevented the suicide, that the lad, under a dread that she too would throw herself over the bridge, screamed with horror, and at length fell into co avulsions, and while in that state he was sent in a cab with his mother to the hospital. Nothing is known of the young woman who jumped from the bridge except that she was without a shawl, and that her bonnet flew off as she ran to the parapet, and remained on the footpath. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—At the evening meeting on Monday next—Sir E. I. Murchison ; Bart., pre sident., in the chair—the paper to be read will be " A Jour ney to Shasa and the Source of the Brshinaputra. By a Pundit, under the direction of Captain T. G. Moutgotnerie, R.E." DIVIDEND OF THE NOP.TIE BRITISH RAILWAY COMPANY. —The following official intimation has been issued by the North British Railway Company :—" The directors have gone over the revenue accounts for the half year ending 31st January last, and they find that the surplus available for division vi ill admit of dividends being declared at the half-yearly meeting on the 27th instant on all the company's preference stocks, down to and in clusive of the North British 1863 Preference Stock, and also a dividend to the extent of 4- per cent. on the Edin burgh and Glasgow 5 per Cent. Preference Stock No. 3. The present eircuaistutees of the company necessitate these dividends being paid by deferred warranty." .PREFERENCE :SHARES. treat Northern, 5 per cent. rd. at 5 per cent. pm., 1( London, Chatham. and Dover 5 per cent., 45 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Blat,kwall, b 7 Nottingham and Grantham It. and C, 921 South York. and Wirer Duu, 97 10itid UN RAIL WAY e. Dutch Rhenish, _ Ditto, all, — Ditto, new. 5} G mboutt4. ottonfan (Smyrna to Aidin), 3 A , ur A UM , /' *all ,4 Lombardo Venetian. 151 Western and North-Western of France, 22 FOdkatiN Don Pedro. North Del Rey, 21 Pm St. John del hey, Inn , 20 BANt S. Alliance. 11.11. 1 711 i Australasia, 60 itarceteo Oani: of India, Australia, sad Claim, 18 COusolidated, iirn., 4 Imperial Ot °Loan, IU LO:oloit Chartered ouritt of Australia, 23 .uatiou and Count), ~O tolou Joint 6tOCk„ 311 OUdOll and bt editullit,e'k, 68 uitto, scrip, 47} National l'roviucia! of England. Ditto. a and Issue, 37f Union or A110,1'4113, 50 1111SUICLLANIGOUti. Anglo American Telegraph, 22 1 / atlantic Telegraph, o 3 Ditto, n p..:r cent IUS 2i Canad.. Viinpany, 18 ,eylou Couipany, Ditto, A shares. 2 4 City of Mo>cow Gas, dm., 81 Credit o: England, Ilm., 3 Egyptian per Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gua. by Egypt, Goy., 89 tore-street Warehouse, Inn., lvi nudson's Bay, 14 I , nternational 3 3-16 National .:iseount (Ampany, 1 / 11 ceuinau.a and Oriental Lao, new, Rio de Jaoeiro City improvements. 16 Viceroy of Egypt 7 per cent. tll.lortgage) Loan, 74i 31 • ANOTHER SUICIDE AT BRIGHTON.—On Tuesday evening an inquest was held at Brighton on the body of George Solinger, a tailor, aged 38. Deceased had been in the habit of drinking to excess, and on Tuesday morning he went into a tap-room, where several men wale convers ing about the suicide of Mr. Dalrymple. Deceased joined in the conversation, and said he must be a strong-minded man who would dare blow out his brains. In a second or two afterwards he put a loaded pistol to his face and fired it, the explosion carrying away nearly the whole top of his skull, and scattering particles of his brain and bits of flesh over the bystanders. Either the ball or a pieoo of the skull (the latter is thought the more likely) hit one man close to deceased on the temple with ',Alen force as to came blood•to flow freely. A verdict of "Temporary insanity" was returned. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Mrlrch 18. Tire Queen drove out yesterday, awompanied by the Dowager Duchess of Athole and Miss Macgregor. The Queen walked in the grounds thin morning, and drove, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise. Princess Beatrice rode in the Homo Park. The Prince of Wales, attended by Capt. Ellis, rode out yesterday. The Princess of Wales drove out, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen. THE PRINCESS LOUlSE.—Yesterday, being the 20th anniversary of the birth of her Royal Highness Princess Louise, her Majesty the Queen arranged that Dr. Elvey, attended by Messrs. Adams, Mil.ehell, Knowles, Barnby, Dyson, Marriott, Tolley, Brig gs, Hunt, and Bridgwater, choristers of St. George's Chapel, should serenade the Princess. They reached the Castle at half past seven in the morning, and stationed themselves under the window of her Royal Highness's roam ; they sang a selection of appropriate music. In Windsor the day was celebrated by an exhibition of flags, by the ringing of church bells, and in other ways. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCEI 19, 1868. SHARE LlST.—This Day. 011DI1ARI a 4 b ANL; STOCKS. ttattwayd. Pafd.~ (;being I'. ? of•. 4:S[riSt4l and ,zeter .... 1 'Caledonian cant urtau Cork and Bandon 'Cornwall Dublin & Belt stst J unt..l Dun„l'erth, & Ab.J une.l E.London, Scrip Ce:u.l Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Orn.stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotlans: Great Northern Du. A stock • • Do. B stock Do. hew. is. at 25 pail CitS, and W. 01 Ireland (it. IVe►tern -Uriginai ! Dv. S. V4l. Rail gua, Do. South %Vales Do. W. Mid.—Oatoru Do. Newport. on. liereford Lancashire. Yorkehtrt London and Blackwiiit Lon., 13righ.,.k. 6 Coart iron., Chat., and Loves' Do. Aletrop. Ex. A 'Lyn. A: North Wester', Ikon. & South Wester', Mn., l t SheL, Lineoi, Metropolitan Do. New Do. Exten:ion Sletropolitau Dietriet. Uo. du. .10. Do. and bt. John'a Ni Slidtaud Do. LY Share Do, riirnain.. tk. Dell) ) did lient . . North British Do. Ed., rth., it Dun. Nth. Eastern - - Ber Do. ti...VE purabab, Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle • •• Do. Stock..st. Darting Do. 10. 186 U-81 North London Do. do. 186* 5 . . Do. ao. 1866 North Stallordahirt N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock 1,0. Scot, Alia. *Lock 6tiropanire Union south Devon Eastern Staines Wok., Wok tall Vale Do. C Vale of Neuth Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha .Vetct. Cornwall 82 i 3 b 2 63 24) 30 3 4 75 77 70 72 - - 112 104 3! 31, 6 7 15 6 111 1(5 lOU 101 121 125 91 96 1t i 8 46 18 25 3o 25 28 12 i'4s 474 44 4 18 186 12 lb ►.46 a. , 8, t 7 426 13 11 1.5 07 liB 105 IC$ 74 76 33 34 lUli 1011 60 61 L 3 91 126 132 I,so 132 311 2 49 81 isi loq 7 i Se 130} Businehr d"Lte. :05a I 10 a 115 lit 8g 1111 it 105 5 tl4 11i 2 liP sti cif,: jU6 108 66 68 13 15 7t 73 io lu 143 145 7n 3 OLONIAL IiOVtiatNNIENT SECUItITIE:S. Columbia, o per ueut.,vee.31,15;2.... ,Can.Gov : 6 p.e.Ja.&July 1877-64 Do. 6 p. o. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. it Sept Uo. 5 p. c. Jan. Sc July Do. 5 p. u. inscribed sh. Cape U. Hope. 6 p.c. 1t47:3 Do. Apl. Oct 161/0-1104' 00. do ltsiiu-9 , , Do. Jan.itJuly, IDo. 5 per cent. 15 Aprii anc(ls Oct., WOO - Ce3lon, Nov. 1878, 6 p., Do. 1872, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 167;i, $ an. and July Do. 1678 1 .0. ►BB2, Hay 16, Nov. •: I Do. 18V5, Feb. & Aug i Natal , iov. 6 per cent ,N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&J ul) N. S. W. Gov. 5 p - c.,18t.t. Do. 5 p.o. 18;1 to 187, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 18',6 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 f.zueensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p,c.lBtiB-v Vo. 1878 a upwards Vlo,Uov. 6 p.o. a &July Do. do. April & Oct 10 1011 gd Y 8 luu 86 86 r 5 67 Lt.! 106 1(.+9 iu7 lug 106 luB P 8 100 11u 111 105 107 104 106 106 LO 107 101 li6 108 99 10 vv 101 v 8 19 954 984 974 98i 102 104 103 10 110 .11 110 112 ez r,g t-V4i r ant LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) IN RE SIR S. Id. PETO, BART., M.P. BETTS, AND CRAMPTON. These bankrupts were the well-known con tractors, and to-day was 4ppointed for the last examination and order of discharge. It was arranged that the proof should stand over until the 25th inst. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.-Mr. George Simpson Mackennal, a money lender, of No. 27, Avenue-road, St. John's-wood, and No. 61, Piccadilly, was charged before Mr. Knox on a warrant with obtaining by false pretences the sum of £9 from George Bestal Jerrani with intent to defraud him of the same. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough street, appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Geo. Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, for the defence. On the case being called on, it was stated that the prosecutor was not in attendance. Mr. Knox ordered the information on which the warrant was obtained to be read, and it was read as follows : " I, George Bestal Jerram, o f N o. 5 , G reat Queen-street, Westminster, on oath, saith : On the 9th January I called upon M r . M ac k enna l for the purpose of procuring a loa n £2,000 upon mortgage for the Trowbridge Water Supply Com pany. I called in consequence of seeing an adver tis,!ment in the Telegraph, representing that the said Mr. Mackennal bad larg e sums o f money to advance, and stating that the said Mr. Mackennol was in a position to give banker's reference. That the said Mr. Mackennal amongst other things stated that he sh ou ld h ave to make inquiries at Trowbridge, and if the same were satisfactory he would advance th e money. H e told me he would require £9 for the purpose of such inquiries, and, after a good deal of conversa tion, I gave him the £9. That th e sa id M r. Mac kennal has since declined to advance any money to the said company. That lam informed and believe that the said Mr. Ma c k enna l h as never instituted any inquiry as promised. 'That at the time of obtaining the £9 from me he had no means wherewith to make an advance of £2,000, and that he neither kept nor does he now keep a banker's account, and that at the time of obtaining such sum of £9, as agreed upon, he h a d no inten tion of advancing any money to the said company." Mr. Knox said he would hear what the officer, who took the prisoner into custody, had to say. Charles Butcher, a plain clothes officer of the C division, said that a warrant was placed i n hi s hands for the arrest of the prisoner for obtaining the sum of £9 by false pretences, and he arrested the prisoner last night at 10 o'clock. The prisoner said the matter was a' long time ago, and that he was surprised a magistrate should have granted a warrant, and that he thought a summons would have done. He also said he had been shown up in the papers, but that no one could do anything to him. He admitted that be bad no bank account. He went-to the prisoner's office and found about a cartload of letters from persons all over the coma• try in reference to money matters. He (the officer) had for a l ong t i me b e en engaged in making inquiries respecting the prisoner in the country, and he had to report on the matter, there having been numerous complaints from gentlemen of similar conduct to that in the present case. Mr. Knox said that in the discharge of his public duty, although there was no prosecutor in attend ance, he could not discharge the prisoner, and there must be a remand. He did not consider himself justified in discharging the prisoner. Mr. G. Lewi s sa i d he waa prepare d t o s how th a t the prisoner had advanced many thousands. The charge was for obtaining the sum of £9, that sum being charged by the prisoner for inquiries, and there was nothing not been made. to show that the inquiries had The prisoner bad advanced £30,000 within the past 12 months. Mr. Knox said that looked to him very much like putting the criminal law into operation to recover money, and then quietly settling the matter. Mr. G. Lewis said that he could prove that the prisoner was what he rept., seated himself to be. Mr. Knox asked Mr. Lewis whether he meant him to understand that the prisoner carried on a bona fide business as a money lender ? Mr. Lewis said he did, and also that of an agent. Mr. Knox said he would take bail, the prisoner in £5OO, and two in £250, and he would issue a summons for the attendance of the prosecutor. WESTMINSTER. DOUBTFUL CHARGE. Sarah Jane Simmons, married, was charged with feloniously receiving a vast quantity of plate, glass, &c., well knowing it to have been stolen. Robert Pettier, 98 M, said—Last night, from information I received, I went in company with another constable to 42, Hatfield -street, Lambeth, where the mother and father of the prisoner resided. The prisoner had lived at West -street, Pimlico, but her husband is in trouble, and she was staying with her parents. I told the mother I was a police constable, and should search her place for stolen property, taken from Gore -ge, Kensington, and 19, Onslow-square, Brompton. Mr. Arnold—What authority bad you to search ? Witness—None. I thought We could search in cases of felony. Mr. Arnold—You were acting illegally and with out authority ; the father and mother would re jus tified in expelling you, and use force in doing so ; it is a violation of duty. Witness—The mother showed me the box, and I found many of the articles produced. Prisoner came in and began to cry ; I asked h er h ow t h e things came to Hatfield-street. She said they were brought there last Saturday week by the landlord's son from West-street. She is a married woman. Mr. James Holbert Wilson, of 19, Onslow-square, said he thought the prisoner was to be pitied. Her husband's brother was in his service as butler, and must have stolen the things and taken them to his mother. A short time ago the husband had com mitted a forgery on Coutta' Bank, and he and his brother were now awaiting their trial at the Cen tral Criminal Court; they had stolen a circular letter and forged the name of his nephew. John Marsh, 92 M, said he went and took the prisoner and asked her where she got the property from. Mr. Arnold said he could not hear what she said. The constable bad no business to ask her questions. He doubted whether it would be safe to commit on the evidence, as the husband was undoubtedly the receiver, and should be proceeded againbt by an in dictment at the sessions. lie should allow her to go on her own recognianote till that day week, THE NOMINATION AT HUDDERSFIELD. The nomination of a candidate to serve in Parliament for the borough of Huddersfield, the representation of which is vacant through the death of Colonel Crosland, took place yesterday in front of a large crowd, and amid the excitement which Usually attends electioneering proceedings. The candidates were Mr. Edward Aldam Leatham, banker, and M.P. fur Huddersfield from April 1859 to July 1865, and Mr. William Campbell Sleigh, barrister, Conservative, and Liberal candidate for Lambeth in 1562. The two gentlemen shook hands on their appearance on the hustings—the usual preliminary to a fight, whether at an election or in the prize ring. Mr. Leatham, as the candidate first in the field, enjoyea priority of nomination. He was proposed, amid the customary noise and interruption, by Mr. C. H. Jones, and seconded by Mr. Daniel Sykes. Mr. Slciel was proposed by Mr. Charles Brooks, ana seconded by Mr. L. B. Starkey. . . Mr. LEATITAM, On coming forward, w as rece i ve d with applause from the right side of the hustings, and groans from the left. He reminded the constituency that he was not an untried man. He had served them in Parliament for six years, and he confidently appealed to his conduct while in the House of Commons as a guarantee for the future discharge of his trust as a repre sentative, should Huddersfield again confer upon him that honour. Mr. Leatham did not fail to take advantage of his oppor! unity to make some caustic observations on the political inconsistencies of his opponent—at first too Radical for the Liberals, and then a Tory. Mr. SLEIGH then made a speech which occupied forty minutes in delivery. He expounded his views at great length, and defended himselt from the charge of having been politically inconsistent. He asked whether a man might not change his opinions and be honest notwithstanding ? If returned he would give a cordial, though an independent, support to the present Government. He approved of its domestic policy, and highly extolled the manner in which the Foreign Office had been conducted under the wise administration of Lord Stanley, of whom he spoke as the most successful Minister who ever held the seals of that department. There was a crowd of between 10,000 and 12,000 persons in front of the hustings, and on the whole the proceedings were good-humouredly conducted. Of course the inevit able baker and the irrepressible sweep were represented. Each received a bonneting, and with great difficulty dis appeared. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Leatham, and a poll was demanded by Mr. Sleigh. There are about 2,300 voters on the register. THE MANCHESTER TRADES UNION OUTRAGES REPORT. The report of Mr. Pickering, Mr. Barstow, and Mr. Chance, the commissioners appointed to inquire into trades union outrages in Manchester and its neighbour. hood, was issued on Wednesday morning as a parliamentary paper. It is addressed to the Chief Commissioners now sitting in London. The examiners commenced their inquiry at Manchester on the 4th of September last. They found that the mem bers of several of the unions of brickmakers and bricklayers throughout the district had destroyed their books contain ing the accounts of their expenditure and the minutes of their proceedings. In one case five chests containing books were broken open by order of the commission, but all documents relevant to the inquiry had been removed. They then proceed to give an account of the cases brought under their notice, commencing with the Stockport Operative Brickmakers' Union. Various accounts are given pointing to acts of intimidation, out rage, and wrong, promoted, encouraged, connived at, and committed by the unionists. These statements were pub licly made at the time, and fully reported in the papers. Manchester, Oldham, and Bolton were' the other places dealt with. The commissioners find that within the past ten years no intimidation or outrage has been committed in the district by any association of employers. All the outrages recorded were instigated and sanctioned by the several trades unions. They were deliberately planned and executed in furtherance of a system which had for its objects the subjection of both masters and men to the rules of the union, and the destruc tion of the freedom of labour. When a master had ren dered himself obnoxious a meeting of unionists was held, and if either a resolution or a tacit understanding was come to that an outrage should be perpetrated, the mea sures for carrying it out were left to the officers, and the funds of the society were available for the purpose. The largest sum which the examiners found had been paid was £2O, and the share which generally fell to the lot of each man engaged in the transaction was £l , though the amount varied, and was often more. As already stated, many books belonging to the unions were destroyed, but in others the money paid for outrages was frequently entered as "certain expenses," and in others a sum total was put down without any expla nation whatever. These modes of making up the accounts seemed to be so well understood that the auditors never objected to them. The books were always open to the inspection of members of the union, and the examiners have no doubt that the expenditure of the money and its object were well known. They considered that the out rages had been perpetrated and the union money spent in the promotion of a system which they sanctioned and upheld. FUNERAL OF THE REV. MR. PLOW. On Tuesday the bodies of the late vicar of Todmorden and his infant daughter, two of the victims of the convict Miles Weatherill, were interred in the consecrated ground attached to Christ Church, Todmorden. The inhabitants of the parish took the opportunity of shewing, in a very unanimous manner, the respect which the late vicar's earnest labours had won for his private character. The mills were closed, and every shop, public-house, and beerhouse in the town was closed from ten o'clock until noon, when the ceremony was completed. The morning was cold and wet, with occasional hail and rain storms of extreme violence; but the weather did not seem to have any effect in lessening the numbers of the crowd, who took possession of the avenues to the church, and almost every point from which a near view of the proceedings could be obtained. A considerable number of policemen were on duty, but the crowd was so orderly and well-behaved that their position Was almost a sinecure. Shortly after ten o'clock a procession was formed at the door of the vicarage, and proceeded up the short pathway to the church. The procession was headed by clergymen in their surplices. The choir of the church immediately preceded the two coffins, which were covered with rich palls and wreaths of flwers. The chief mourners were the Rev. H. A. Plow, rector of BraOley, Hants, father of the late vicar ; his brother, Mr. E. Plow; Miss Plow; Miss Bridges, sister in-law to the deceased clergyman ; and the Rev. Dr. Molesworth, vicar of Rochdale, the stepfather of Mrs. Plow. Miss Bridges is a member of a religious sisterhood at Coatham, Redcar, and she wore the gray serge dress peculiar to her order. The members of the family were followed by a large number of Sunday-school teachers and scholars, in whose welfare Mr. Plow had always mani fested the warmest interest. The large crowd in the church was visibly affected when the coffins were carried in, and many seemed quite over come with emotion. The coffins were placed in front of the communion table, a hymn being sung meanwhile ; and Dr. Molesworth read a portion of the service for the burial of the dead. The Rev. R. L. Page, incumbent of Coat ham, lledcar, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Plow, celebrated Holy Communion. The rite was 'preceded by the singing of the hymn commencing " Brother, rest ; thy toils are over." The chief mourners, together with the members of the late vicar's household and a few of the the parishioners, partook of the Communion. 'Whilst the bodies were being removed from the church the organist played the Dead March in " Saul." The interment was accomplished amidst a furious storm of hail and rain, which compelled the crowd to disperse rapidly. As soon as Mrs. Plow, who is now believed to be out of danger, can be removed, it is intended to take her to the south of England in order to complete her recovery. The vicarage, which has been the scene of one of the saddest tragedies of modern times, will then be ready for the reception of another incumbent. THE IRISH QUESTION AND THE REFORM LEAGUE. At a recent meeting of the council of the Reform League, Mr. Beales in the chair, the chairman called attention to the speech of Mr. Gladstone with reference to the state of Ireland. He said no doubt a crisis had arrived with respect to the Irish question, and not only that, but with respect to the Liberal party itself. The speech of the right hon. gentleman had placed that question and that party in an admirable position, and it should be the duty of the council of the League to back him up by all means in their power. If Mr. Gladstone took his stand, as no doubt he would, as the leader of the Liberal party, that entire party wou'.d co-operate ss ith him, not alone in carrying out his declared Irish policy, but also in giving effect to the enlightened views upon most general subjects which he was known to entertain. The chairman expressed his gratification that The O'Donoghue had again resumed his position as president of the Irish Reform League. Mr. Whitford moved, and Mr. Bubb seconded, a resolution to the effect that a series of meetings to discuss the Irish question should be held in Trafalgar-square. Mr. Cremer urged upon the council the de: it bkness of being cau• bore in their action, less. they might, by a st cedure, place the Liberal party in a dilemma. Meis,, 0 lg _r and Cooper approved of the resolution, which carp iO, rUSSESti/ON;1. Atlantic /a St. Lawrence 'tom., liaroda, s Cen.ln. gu. 6 per cent... Do. } shares Buffalo .1; Lake Huron Do. PreterenCe &Goderich 5 p.c. .87 . 2-3-t Calcutta & Li. E., lim ai e Town & Dock, gu demerara, 7 p.o. per. p .ast Bengal, gu., 5 du. East ludiau, gu. 5 p.e. Do. J Extension ,rand Trunkot Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bondy I charge h p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred ... De. 2d Prd. Bonds ou. do. deterred Do. td Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th ?rel. stook Do. do. deterred ;t. _lndia Pen. gua. o. Gua. 5 per cent.. 00. New g,tia. 5 p. o t. South of India qua. 5 per cent 41 per cent , treat yy (a. of Canula Do. New .. • Do. 6p. o 11(.6- pay. 167:i Do. 54 no. pay. 16.77-6.. Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4a do Uo. 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Wheal Vor (heist, • 40 18 19 - - iterod's Foot N. to., ~8 40 - 4lingston uowne S.Iu.6 21 21 - .iargaret (Uny Lelant:l3 17. c 8 8 _ ttarlie Va11ey......, 4 .10.1 6 6, i , Iwyndy Iron ',ire, a; 26 1, e7v d ton - North Welt ear ........ ss, 5 7 N,Wh Bassettallogan i. 4, - North Wheal Crofty 2.13. t., 2 3 - Prosper United........ 8.14.0 2 24 - l'r midence Uny Want 27 264 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. 16 ,1:30 400 - South Condurrow i . 2 .0 4 f B.Wheal Fran. ,1 llogan 18.18.9 376 421 ,tray Park 1 15.15.6 - Fin Croft.. .L 14 i 5 144 -Lira and CLig - an, lint alt - - West toussett(lltos,au 1. 14 W. Caradun Luskeardl 1- 1J .2 - West Cincerton ll 61 06 65 - West Seton _.Wheal Bast•ett 'Mogan 56 75 8 . 3 - Wheal Buller (Bedruthi 16 16 14 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men.! 5848 21 8 2 7 3 4 - Wheal Setou Tr.-lawnev 'IAB 1 17.0 6 8 96 i I SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, WARWICK RACES—THIS DAY. BY .ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. HANDICAP PLATE. A Handicap Plate of 60 sods ; winners after the weights are out 61b extra; five furlongs. Mistletoe Exceller Adsmanthea Three ran. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—This DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 9to 1 agst Blinkhoolie (offered) 100 to 8 agst Nemea (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Stradbroke (offered—take 15 to 1) 100 to 6 agst Parson (taken and offered) 100 to 6 ag,t Abergeldie (offered) 20 to 1 agst Nyanza (offered) 20 to 1 agst Cheltenham (offered) 20 to 1 agst Kettleholder (offered) 33 to 1 agst Mayflower (taken and offered) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Thalia (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Lord Hastings (offered—take 100 to 9: CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Abergeldie (offered—take 30 to 1) 33 to 1 agst 0 wain Glendwyr (taken) 33 to 1 agst Stradbroke (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 11 to 2 agst Itosierucian (taken and offered) 9 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (offered) 1000 to 70 agst See Saw (offered) 20 to 1 agst Vale Royal (taken to £150) DERBY. 6to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (off.—take 100 to 15) 9 to 1 agst Rosicrucian (offered) ROTUNDA CLUB AND COMMISSION EXCHANGE, Three Doors from Blackfriars Bridge, Surrey Side, IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Annual subscription, Five Shillings. Applications foi membership should be made to the Secretary, 3, Black. friars-road. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING, The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. SALE OF LIQUORS ON SUNDAY BILL. A great number of petitions were presented both in favour and against the bill, the latter being the most numerous. Mr. BRIGHT presented several petitions from Birming ham, both for and against the bill, amongst the latter being two of very large proportions, ono bearing 23,000 signa tures, representing the feelings of the licensed victuallers of Birmingham ; and the other, with 32,000 signatures, corning from the retailers of the borough. Mr. ROEBUCK also presented petitions from Sheffield, signed by many thousand persons, against the bill. Mr. J. ABEL SMITH then rose to move the second reading of the bill, and said in doing so he was actuated by but one feeling, and that was of improving the con dition of his fellow-creatures. No one felt more than himself the responsibility that he had taken in dealing with a subject which affected so I:rge a body of traders as the licensed victuallers of the country. He felt that all would agree with him that the present system of licensing was the very worst that could be persevered in, and the sooner it was taken into the consideration of the Legisla ture, with a view to its improvement, the better. He did not approach the task he had to perform in any ascetic or exclusive spirit - (hear, hear)—but, on the contrary, he was actuated by the belief that the passing of such a bill as he then had the honour to submit to the considera tion of the house would greatly enhance the social con dition and powerfully contribute to the improvement of the working classes. He was not actuated by any desire to compel a large mass of persons to observe the Sabbath in a manner distasteful to themselves, but with an honest de sire to arrest that great source of misery and destitution which had become an obstacle to all improvement, both moral and social. The house had, on a former occasion, taken upon itself to regulate the hours during which pub lic-houses might be opened in England and Wales, and he felt no one would deny that the best results had followed the adoption of the measure. The present regulation was that public-houses on Sunday should not be opened until one o'clock in the afternoon, and that they should only remain open until 11 o'clock at night, and that on other days the hours of trading should be limited, except in very special case; from four a.m. until one a.m. Now the bill he wished the house to adopt provided that all public houses in England and Wales should be shut up on Sundays as far as drinking on the premises was concerned, except during the hours between half past twelve to half past two in the afte . rnoon, and from eight to ton in the evening. It might be said such a regulation was an interference on his part with the rights and privileges of the public, but he did not think it was. He thought the object that would be obtained by the passing of his bill would result in a diminution of drunkenness, the great cause of misery, de gradation, and crime. The four great points upon Welch he took his stand were that drunkenness was in proportion to the facilities offered for its attain tnent, that all restraint upon the sale of liquors on Sundays had been productive of beneficial results, that the wishes and feelings of the great body of working men were in favour of his proposal ; and, finally, that it SW indefensible both in theory and policy to keep open public-houses on that particular day, when the effects of doing so were so obnoxious, and that it was unjust to make exception in favour of the licensed victualler when all other traders were compelled to close their shops by law. The hon. gentleman then wont on to show from statistics that drunkenness in great places, such as Liverpool, was pre valent to an extent that was hardly credible, and he fur ther stated that he felt certain that in the event of the true feelings of the working classes being ascertained, it would be found that the great proportion were favourable to the bill now before the house. (Hear, hear.) The petitions presented with re spect to the measure wore very significant, and one had been laid on the table bearing the signatures of over 500 licensed victuallers in the metropolis, who stated that the passing of such a measure as that under consideration would be one of the greatest blessings that could be ex tended to them. Another that ha thought was deserving of serious consideration was that presented that day boar tug the signatures of 5,000 women. They felt that nothing could so benefit their social condition as the closing of the public houses on Sunday, and waen it witi known that upwards of .£15,000,000 was annually spent at the different public houses of the kingdom, he thought that good could only result if some at least of that enormous sum was put into the bellies aad on the backs of the children of those who so wasted their moans. An other startling fact was, that there had been in Liv.:rpool no less than 143 infants suffocated through the di uakia efts of their parents; and, what was still in Ire extra ordinary, 3-4thsof the cases hadoccurred between the Satur day night and Monday morning. He concluded his task by asking the house to help him in overcoming the enemy of humanity, and also the great obstacle to all improve ment, moral, social, and religious. Mr. LOCKE, as an amendment, moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He thought the honourable gentleman who brought forward the measure would not give him the same credit that he (Hr. Locke) freely gave to him (Mr. Smith). He denied th tt he had waited until he had ascertained which was the strongest side of the question before he expressed a decided opinion, but he had always been of opinion that all attempts to make people sober, by Act of Parliament must necessarily fail. He did not mean to deny that drinking was a great vice, that was admitted on all hands, but he thought the selec tion of Liverpool as an illustration was most unfortunate, because it was a place where such peculiar circumstances prevailed that rendered it altogether an exceptional cas3. His hon. friend had not quoted one instance to show that drunkenness was on the increase, and therefore he had a right to assume that it was on the decrease—(hear, hear) —and he could not help thinking that the working classes would not feel that any great compliment had been paid them by the bringing forward this bill. (near, hear.) They did not want the protection the hon. gentleman was so anxious to impose upon them. (Hear, hear.) The working classes were not such children—(hear, hear)—as some of their great friends would lead the house to believe. (Hear, hoar.) What would the hon. member for Lambeth, who was so great a friend to the working classes, say it an act of Par liament was introduced by them to close his club on a Sunday. He would soon express his opposi tion to such a proposal. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The hon. gentleman also said that it was unfair to give the licensed victualler a privilege over all other people who were compelled to cease trading by Act of Parliament. Was that so ? Were there no cabs, no omnibuses, no eating-houses, or tobacconists ? (Hear, hear.) The bill, it was true, was a very short one, as it only contained one clause, and was one of the most impracticable that had ever come under his attention—(hear, hear)—and all legislation on the subject had nearly always resulted in the most objec tionable manner. Why, in 1854 the hon. member for North Lancashire brought in a bill, which received the sanc tion of the house, limiting the hours during which public houses should be opened, but what was the result of that measure ? Why, in the very next session it was found necessary to repeal that bill altogether, and if the present act was sanctioned the same thing most certainly would have to be done. (Hear.) That drunkenness existed was, he admitted, a misfortune, but it did not follow that the working men were the persons who spent all their money in gin. There was a class of persons whose misery and misfortunes drove them to drink to drown their cares, that large class ought not to be passed over silently, but ho denied that the working man earning wages, and a well-to-do person, was the man who wasted his means in drunkenness. Experience showed that suck wig not the tut, blow the dna kard class was nearly entirely confined to those poor, ill clad persons who barely could hold body and soul together—(hear, hear)—and because unfortunately that was the case was a well-conducted person to be incon venienced by such troublesome and unnecessary legisla tion as that submitted to the house by the hon. member for Chichester? The only person who was not interfered with by the proposed bill was the bona fine tr aveller —(laughter) —that celebrated person was not interfered with—(hear, hear)—but if the present bill was accepted a move would soon be made in another direction, viz., the stoppage of all trains on Sun days, and then where would be your bona fide traveller? (Hear, hear, and laughter.) With respect to the bill being a step in the right direction, he did not believe it. (Laughter.) Why it compelled, according to one of its provisions, a person to drink during his meals—(laughter)—why had anything ever been heard of so tyrannical? (Laughter.) Why, here was an act of Parliament compelling the doiug of that which that eminent medical man, so celebrated for his prescribing a blue pill—(Loud laughter)—Dr. Abernethy, said ought no; to be done. (Laughter.) That great authority said never drink with your meals—if you want to preserve your health, never drink at your meals. (Loud laughter.) Savages, as ho was told by an hon. friend near, savages in Australia did not drink with their meals, and there was note more healthy class, he believed, than they. (Loud laughter.) However the bill told the people what they were to do, but Dr. Abernethy told them what not to • do. The latter said, take a glass of ale or beer after dinner, if it do not disagree with you—(laugh ter)— but to wine drinkers he said, drink your wine after dinner, and a very pleasant good old English custom that was. (Loud laughter.) He thought it right and rational that a man should be allowed to do as he liked provided he didn't hurt anybody else--(laugther) —and he felt certain that the working men didn't want the solicitude and care of a certain class of persons, who went about telling what they ought and ought not to do. (Hear.) They were not such children as it was endeavoured to make them out. (Hear, hear.) He looked upon the present bill as a libel upon them, and therefore he moved that it be read a second time that day six months. Mr. LABOUCHERE seconded the amendment. Ho considered such a proposal as that contained in the bill altogether unnecessary, and he did not think the public interest would be served by the closing of putlic-houses on Sundays. The hon. gentleman said ho did not in pressing forward the bill do so on religious grounds, but he (Mr. Labouchero) thought that without ho did he could not :show any necessity for his bill. He though; however, that some alteration was required in the licensing laws, and he felt certain that if the licensed victualier was taken into council as an ally and not treated as an enemy much good might doubtless be effected. He contended that the licensed victualler's in- terest was bound up in sobriety. (Hear, hea,r, and oh, oh.) H thought a little reflection on the matter would prove what he said. Take for instance the case of a man with the sum of £l,OOO at his command ; he wished to take a public-house, but the sum required was £5,000. He went to the brewer, told him of his intention, and asked him to lend him £3,000 on a first mortgage of the house. He then went to the distiller and wine merchant and ob tained tho promise of the other £l,OOO. They all made inquiry into the character of the borrower, which being favourable, the money was advanced and the man went into the house. Was not that man's interest bound up in the manner in which ha con ducted the house? (Hear, hear.) Would he not lose his license if he permitted drunkenness, and served drunken people in his house —(mar, hear)—and did not the with drawal of a license entail ruin ? (Hear, hear.) There fore the proposition ho had put forth was quite true. He looked with great dislike upon such officious interference with the rights of the public as the present bill proposed, and he hoped the house would refuse to sanction its principle. - Mr:HIBBERT would vote for the second reading of the bill, as he thought the time was propitious for some alteration in the excise laws. He thought it would not be very unwise to consider the propriety of issuing what he would call six-day licenses, at a deduction on the ord;- nary charges exacted by the Excise. The matter worked well with cabs, why should it not with public-houses? He, however, felt the best course for the hon. member to pur sue was to allow the bill to b. 3 referred to a select com mittee. Mr. GLADSTONE thought it would be as well for the house to read the bill a second time, in order that the equity of proposing soma alterations in it might be con sneered. He was unwilling, paradoxical as it might appear, to do good to the working classes against their own will -(hear, hear)—and he ha a satisfaction in back ing up the suggestion of the hon. member for Oldham for a six day's license. (Hear, hear.) He thought that the measure was worthy of further consideration. Mr. ROEBUCK objected to the bill, the great object of its promoters being to bring about the introduction of the Maine Liquor Law in this country. (Mr. Glaestone ex pressed dissent.) He knew that that was the grand object of the bill. He did not mean to say that the right hon. gentle man the member for South Lancashire was animated with such a desire. He was too wise, too far-seeing, to en tertain for one moment such a stupid notion—but it was the feeling of a great mauy of the ascetics who pressed forward this bill. (Hear, hear.) With respect to what a man might do on a Sunday was a matter of much diver sity of opinion. He was one of those who thought the industrial and well-disposed man who preferred to spend his Sunday in the open country, admiring the works of nature and his God, rather than doing as some of his great friends wished him, did not think that man violated any divine law in doing so. (Hear, hear.) The man takes his wife and children with him to spend the day in the fields. They take their provisions, but forget the bottle of beer. Is that man to be prevented from getting a drop of malt liquor because he should not. get drank? He ob jected to such ridiculous legislation as that now proposed. If they dallied with the present proposal at all, they would be certain to land themselves on the barren rock of the Maine Liquor Law. The Government, he thought, ought at once to say out boldly yes or no whether they would support the bill. It was cue that would not touch gentle men - (hear, hear)—but if it should pass a second reading he (Mr. Roebuck) would move that it be extended to the clubs—(loud cries of "hear, hear") —in order that the working class may know that we are but a hollow people, and making political capital out of them. (Loud cheers.) Mr. HARDY could not look on the bill in any favour able light, because, if it was to receive the sanction of Parliament, it would result in a re-action. (Hear, hear.) However, there was one matter which seemed to be parti cularly clear, and that was that some alteration was re quired in the licensing system. (Hear, hear.) That had been brought about by the alteration that had, in the first instance, been mado in the regulations for the sale of beer, and latterly by the reduction that had been made in the wino duties. (Hear, hear.) There was a principle con tained in the bill he could never agree to, and that was a difference being made between London and the country. (Hear, h ear.) With respect to the prohibition to drink upon the premises except at certain hours, he thought that might lead to great excess in another quarter and that it would tend to increase an evil quite as great, if not greater, viz., secret drinking. (Hear, hear.) After the fullest consideration ho came to that conclusion, and if his hon. friend the member for Chichester pressed forward his bill with a view of ultimately entirely closing public houses on Sundays, ho should give it his decided opposi tion ; but if he pressed it forward in order that there might be that which has never yet taken place, viz., au im partial inquiry - (hear, hear) -leaving the committee to deal with me bill iiidependeutly and impartially, he was prepared to give his vote in savour of the second reading. Mr. POWELL was in favour of referriug the bill to a select committee. He hoped teat full consideration would be given to the suggeetiou of a six day's licence, and that the adoption of sucha proposal would be of far higher value than the trifling difference there would be in the cost of it comp trod with the charge for an annual licence. (dear, hear.) It would teed to give a day's holiday and rest to a great limey people, leen use not only w .uld many licensed victuallers avail themselves of it, but owners of large le opertiee doubtless vi ould adopt it. . Mr. MELLY teitueht the bill was one that ought to re ceive the sanction of Parliament. A great deal had been said during the debate about drunkenness, but the obe-ct of the bill, as he viewed it, was not so much directed to prevent that—which was almost hopeless—as to the pre vention of excessive drinking on Sunday. (Hear, hear.) He assured the house that he had seen wives sad children on their knees to their husbands at the doors of publie houses begging their husbauds to come home on Sundays, instead of wasting the whole of their week's wages iu the purchase of drink. Mr. HENLEY thought not only that the bill, but the whole subject, must be thoroughly examined in committee, and therefore he should not consider himself bound to any measure emanating therefrom. Ho could not have voted for the second reading of the bill as it stood, because it was most vaguely drawn, and he was very averse to have one law for the country and another for the metro polis. Mr. OSBORNE thought, instead of sending the bill to a commission up stairs, it was the duty of the Govern ment to take the whole circumstances connected with the licensing system into consideration with a view to its thorough) improvement. Mr. HUGHES said there was a great deal of difference between a public-house and a club. In one women and children and everybody else could go into, whilst into the other only gentlemen who had been carefully selected could enter. (Laughter.) The bill before the house had the approval of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Manning, and the clergy of every unitedse that t y d a oyf to de denomination, and, in opp os i t i on to that there licensedciae to victuallers, which side and they it w w a as s fo t i h - e theho would go. He denied that the bill was • unjust and oppres sive, or that it was in the slightest degree • • an infringement of the liberty of the subject. Every twenty-fifth person that was to be met with at the present time was a pauper, and that state of things, ho contended, had been brought about solely by drunkenness. He ridiculed the idea that had been got up that the bill was a step towards the introduction of a bill analogous to the Maine Liquor Law. Such an assertion was ridiculous. The bill was brought forward to bring about a public good, and he hoped the bill would receive a second reading. Mr. A. SMITH assented to the proposal of the bill being referred to a select committee. He was quite will ing for it to be fully considered, and perhaps destroyed; but he was not prepared to go into committee upon a general question of licensing, weich perhaps might last for years. A discussion here ensued between Mr. H. Lewis and other hon. members, as to the matters that were to be considered by the select committee to which it was to be referred. Mr. Roebuck wished that the committee should have power to inquire into all subjects connected with the sale of liquors on Sundays, licenses excepted. This was not acceptable to a number of other members, ultimately the bill was referred . to select committee with power to take evidence. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL. Mr. M'EVOY postponed proceeding with the second reading of this bill until the bat of April. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the house adjourned. Four thousand tons of Cheshire salt, for agricul tural purposes, pass over the South-Western lines during the year. It is curious that the Isle of Wight, although a small island and surrounded by the sea, consumes as much Druitvrich salt as inland districts of the same size. Salt derived from sea water is considered superior for agricultural purpoooo to rook ;At. •hare 404 to 100 1110 100 100 lao 100 100 103 i 105} 110 108; 1034