The Sun. — London, England, 1868-04-01 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL lIATIALLIGENCE, Cur, Two O'CLOCK. thr as foreign stocks are concerned, the market this morning is animated. The success which has attended one or two of the recent loans has en couraged the introduction of others, and upon the growing belief that prices are in the ascendant, there are large purchases of all the leading securities, otherwise the markets are dull. The funds are very quiet, and in spite of the accruing dividend there is no movement. Railway Shares are likewise offered, the public continuing to abstain from purchasing. Among the minor shares there is a further improvement in Imperial Ottoman Bank, in sympathy with the rise in Turkish Bonds. The Money Market is supported by a fairly active demand for discount at 2 per cent., with exceptional business at 1 p er cen t. Th e su pply is moderate. The Liverpool Cotton Market opened active and aavancing. Corn is quiet, but firm. The English Funds are without change. Consols are quoted at 93 to 93 for delivery, an d 931 for the May account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 912 to 914 , ; India Five per Cents., 1132 to 1141 ; Exchequer Bills, 7s to 12s prem. The Foreign Stock Market is very firm, at an ad vance of /to per cent. in the leading low-priced descriptions. Italian (1861) are 4 2 - better, at 491 to 49 ; and there is an advance of /in Mexican, at 151 to 161 ; in Greek at 121 to 13 ; in New Spanish, 354, to 364, ; in Turkish (1865), 334, to 344, ; and in Orel- Vitebsk, at 80 to 81 ; and of k in Portuguese, at to 1 prem. ; Egyptian are steady ; the 1864 Bonds are 82 to 83 ex. div. ; Railway Debentures, 89 to 90; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 722 to 73/ ; and the Nine per Cents., 882 to 89/. The Spanish Colonial Government 8 per Cent. Loan has been favourably received, and is dealt in to-day at 1, U prem. The New Honduras Loan is steady at 2 to 1± prem. In American Securities United States 5-20 Bonds are steady, at 714, to 72A- ; Erie Shares unaltered, at 48A to 49. Illinois k better, at 89i to 90. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures remain at 26 to 27, and. the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds at 31 to 311. Home railway shaies are mostly flat. As comparea with last night's prices, Caledonian are 1# lower ; Great Northern, ditto A, Great Eastern, and Sheffield, I each ; and London and North Western, and Metropolitan, each. On the other hand, Midland are k better ; and Lancashire and York shire, South Eastern, and Great Eastern, * each. The quotations are : Lancashire and Yorkshire, 125.5 to 126 ; Midland, 1042 to 1051; South Eastern, 722 to 73/ ; London and North Western, 114/ to 1142 ; Great Northern, 1021 to . 103 k ; ditto A stock, 961 to. 971; Great Ra.stern, 33 to 33 7 g ; Great Western, 48 to 49 ; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 50k to 502 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 43i to 44±; Metropolitan, 1122 to 113 f ; Caledonian, 70/ to 702. In Bank shares there is not much doing and prices are little altered, the only changes being a decline of in Chartered Mercantile at 28 to 29, and a further improvement of 1 3 / 4 - in Imperial Ottoman. Consoli dated, 4 a to ; Alliance, 13i to 124 dis. ; Anglo- Austrian, 4to 41 prem.; Imperial, 17 to 171 ; Agra (A Shares), 10 to 10k ; Oriental, 411 to 42k; London Joint Stock, 31 to 32; London and Westminster, 67 to 68. In Foreign Mining Shares the dealings are unim portant. St. John del Rey's are quoted at 23 to 25. Port Philip, to 1. Chontales lk to 1 dis. Miscellaneous Shares are steady, the only feature being an advance of k in Anglo-American Telegraph, which are quoted at 224 to 24. Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cent., sto 51- ; Hudson's Bay, 14k to 14 ; London General Omnibus, 1/ to 2. The traffic receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, for the month ending March 14, show an in crease of £1,178, as compared with the corresponding week of last year. The liquidators of the English Joint-Stock Bank, Messrs. C. F. Kemp and Henry Chatteris, have issued proposals to the creditors, offering promissory notes for the remaining four shillings, payable in July and January next, on condition that all further interest is given up. The Investigation Committee of the shareholders In the late Birmingham Banking Company have de termined to call a meeting of the holders of the last issued shares, to consider the propriety of taking action against the members of the late board who assented to that issue. The sum of £4,000 in bar gold was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday. The steamer L:t Place has brought £31,000 in specie from the River Plate ; and the Hermann X 9,000 from brew York. At the ordinary general meeting of tilt) Cliartorp.d Bank of India, Australia, and China, to be held op the 22d inst., the directors will propose a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the half-year ended the 31st of December last. The following is Messrs. Mocatta and Goldsmid's bullion circular :—"After the date of our last circular the silver market was very inactive, the demand for India not being renewed in consequence of the receipt of lower exchanges, but the quotation continued nominally GOO for some days. On the 27th inst., however, a small amount was disposed of at 600, which was the rate previous to the sudden rise. The market is now firm, and as the latest telegrams from India report the exchanges again improving, it is pro bable that a slight advance may be obtained for the silver just arrived by the West India steamer. The dollars by the French. Mexican packet were sold on the 20th inst. at 590, but the price subsequently de clined to 59. We anticipate, however, a slight im provement in correspondence with bar silver. The arrivals of gold have been very trifling, and some portion of them has gone into the Bank, there being little or no demand for export." _ _ _ Messrs. Frichling and Goscherd notify that the coupons of the Egyptian Government Loan of 1864, due Ist April, and the Bonds drawn for redemption, will be paid at their offices, 12,. Austinfriars, on that date, and on every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons. The w traffic return of the London, Brighton, and zouth Coast for last week shows an increase of £4,100, as compared with the corresponding period of last year ; the Metropolitan shows an increase of £405, and the Glasgow and South-Western an increase of £333. The traffic receipts of the Great Luxembourg Rail way for the week ending 29th March shows an increase of £1,162, as compared with the corresponding week of last year. The subscription list of the Foreign and Colonial Government Trust will close on Thursday next, the 2d inst , for London, and Friday, the 3d inst., for country applications. The following, dated Manchester, March 31, is Mr. Sam Mendel's report of yesterday's market : "A very marked advance in cotton has served to force up prices in this market much above the prices of last Tuesday, and in so far check business, yet there is a strong disposition to give out orders for goods at not very much below the rates that would most propably be accepted. In yarns there are sales at prices quite equal to the recent advance in cotton, but the general demand cannot be called active. The market is fully stronger since morning, with more disposition to give out orders where some moderate concession can be got from the full quoted prices." Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. have an nounced the divirlend (due 15th April next) on the Four and a Half per Cent. Swedish Government Loan of 1864 for £2,223,000 sterling. BRITIS a FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per ()out. Consols Do. Account, April 9 a per Cent. Reduced 9ll New 3 per Cent 9ll 1 New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent,. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — T Do (Red Sea elevaph), Au,..., 1908 — Eschoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct. Do £5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO lO Bank of England Stock, 4} per Cent — Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India tock, 10f per Cent., April 1874 Do. Account - Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent BB Do. 5 per Cont., Jan. 1872 , 119 - 5 i per Cent., May 1879 lOB ; -1 -' 0 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 187 9 Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — D.. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 por Cent., £l,OOO Do. under .£l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bond s , 5 per Cent. 1859 — Bruilian 5 per Cent 9B 00. 41. per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 18.;8 — DO. do. , 18 ln Do. do., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 00 Account 7l li Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cullen 6 per Cent •i 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent --- Do. 6 per Cent, B .. 671. Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip £32 paid C ~. mbian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 p u- Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — isited tuied Do 8 per Cent., 1867 73 elluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cont — Egyptian, 7 per Cent — Do. Se.:ond Issue D. .£5OO Bonds — Do. £lO5 Bonds B2l Do. 1861 D0..£5 )0 Bonds B2 3 Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 841 31 Government Railway Debentures ..... Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups. — Do. Account - Do. Coupons - Do. Account Gaatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p Itliiau 5 per Cert., 1865 — Do. Account ~ 74 31 5 Do. Maremmana Raiway — Nlmxicar, 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 9l Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — dontevickro: 6 per Cent. . — qoorish imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada l3','- Do 3 per Con 3ll Do. Defern..l Do Lii.io Warrants Meet:Ares) - - Periiviat: 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account .. 78 9 Do 41 per Cent. (Uri barren) .. Do 41 per Cent., if 62 • — Do Account Pol. , zueso 3 per Ct., 185 s, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,': 391 Do. do., 1 67 — Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid — 11 :ssiau 5 per Cent., 18:;2, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1, 1 62 . 811 5 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds., Do. - do. £B4 13s. d 0.. ., Do., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds „ Do.' do. .£B4 15s. do. — Sardinian, 5 peer Cent Spanish 3 per Cen Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account. Do Passive Do Account Do Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do Do Account Tuckish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds' 67 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 631 Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds 661 Do. 1863 -- Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 571 7 1 - • Do I 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 Relates, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian. 44 per cent.., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail Do Ac - cC)unt — Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. zsi. Do. Account 491 1 1 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 93 I Do. Account, March 93 * TILE COLISSEUM AT ROME. The following beautiful description of the Coils• seum is taken from a recently published book o travels, written by William Smith, jun. : On the very spot where we stood, how many thousands had been "butchered to make a Roman holiday." Around us rose the vast amphitheatre which, 1,800 years ago, was occupied almost daily by countless thousands, anxious to witness the exciting spectacle which ferocious combats between man and beast could furnish. A short description of this immense ruin cannot fail to be interesting to my readers. The Colissoum was built by the Emperor Flavius Vespasianus on his return from the war in Judea, on the spot occupied by ponds in the gardens of Nero, and nearly in , the centre of Ancient Rome. It was dedicated by Titus' and the games celebrated at its dedication lasted 100 days during which 5,000 wild beasts and several thousand gladiators were killed. The form of the Amphitheatre is oval ; its height 52 yards, and its circumference out side, 550 yards, but to obtain a correct idea of its size it is necessary to ascend the first or second story of the porticoes. The arena, so called from the sand that covered the ground, had one princi pal entrance to the east, the other to the west, and formed an ellipsis of two hundred and eighty-five feet long, one hundred and eighty-two wide, and seven hundred and forty-eight in circumference. It was surrounded by a wall to prevent the beasts from rushing on the spectators: by doors and passages closed with bars of bronze ; through these passed the gladiators and animals. Above the arena rose the seats for the audience, on which there was room sufficient for 87,000 persons, and on the terrace for 20,000 persons. On the outside walls in the cornice of the building wore bo‘orw whh bronze, to which was attached the awning that sheltered the spec tators from the rays of the sun. A solemn stillness pervaded the place, and fur a con siderable time we stood and gazed upon the stupendous edifice, with its arch upon arch, seat above seat, its ruined corridors and lofty walls, and realised the truth of Byron's lines : A ruin—yet what a ruin ! from its mass Walls, palaces, half-cities have been reared; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass And marvel where the spoil could have appeared. In the centre of the arena stands a large black wooden cross, planted in the very soil which once had been deluged with the blood of Christian martyrs. A notice is affixed to this cross, which interpreted, reads thus :—" Whoever kisses this cross shall obtain ab solution for the sins of two hundred days." Several peasant females and one or two children came up, whilst we were endeavouring to decipher the inscription, and reverently kissing the wooden symbol departed with an air of self-satisfaction. Having found the custodian of the place, we made known our desire to explore the build ing more fully. Ile readily accompanied us until we had climbed to the highest accessible point. It was a never to-be-forgotten ramble. As we ascended we found that it was only from such an elevated position that we obtained a correct impression of the colossal size of the ruin. Ever and anon we paused to look over the city itself and away into the country beyond. Here and there, where the re lentless hand of time has removed vast masses of the ori ginal structure, Nature has filled up the chasms, and whore once the rank and fashion of Rome, as represented by its noble dames, gazed upon the scenes in the arena, flowers of various kinds and rich tufts of verdure spring up. The whole ruin is overgrown with grasses, wild flowers, and shrubs, springing up everywhere Irons out of the yawning crevices, creeping up the broken arches, and presenting a rare scene of varied and beautiful vegetation. Naturalists have counted nearly 300 plants of different orders, w hi c h assist to decorate the ruins of the vast pile. Our steps were continually arrested by new views of the ruins, and ere we bad finished our surveywe were satisfiedthat even inßome itself Ivo should fail to find any other object of equal sub limity. And yet nothing that we afterwards saw pro duced within us so sad a feeling when we remembered the terrible history connected with this one unrivalled build ing. Beautifully has Dickens embodied what I mean, when he writes of the Colisseum, "Its solitude, its awful beauty, and its utter desolation, strike upon the stranger like a softened sorrow, and never in his life, perhaps, will he bo so moved and overcome by any sight not immediately connected with his own affections and afflictions. It is the most impressive, the most stately, the most solemn, grand, majestic, mournful sight conceivable. Never, in its bloodiest prime, cin the sight of the gigantic Colisseum, full and running over with the lustiest life, have moved one heart, as it must move all who look upon it now, a ruin—God be thanked a ruin." MARKETS—(This Day.) CORN. The tone of the trade is firm. From the country markets the reports bring full prices, to is advance for wheats. From Paris the reports wore rather better. At Mark-lane this morning there was a moderate at tendance, and the trade opened quiet, but with prices well maintained. Very little English wheat fresh up, and taken off on fully Monday's advance. Fair supplies of foreign on offer, and purchases made sparingly, but rates steady. Two floating cargoes sold off the coast yesterday. Fine Odessa Gherka at 68s Gd, and Marianople at 60s 3d per 4921 b, c, f, and i. Only 14 cargoes now remain on sale. There have been no fresh arrivals. There is no alteration in the value of flour. Malting barley continues firm. Grinding sorts sell at occasionally easier rates. Beans and peas tend against buyers. In addition to the arrivals reported at port, a steamer is in this morning with about 2,000 qrs. of Swedish, but the quantity on stands is much reduced, and prices are firm with a steady sale. Maize is quiet without quotable change in value. TALLOW. The market is steady, at 43s 6d to 43s 9d spot; 43s Gd 43s 9d April to June, 43s 9d to 44s June, and 44s 9d last three months. Cochineal—Public sales, offering a good assortment of Tenerife grain, have opened with a good demand. Silvers realised very full prices, blacks selling rather dearer. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, April 1. —Market active and advancing. Sales probably 25,000 bales or more. CROOK HUNT STEEPLECHASE.-ThiS local meeting is fixed to bo held on Monday, May 11. The stakes, amount ing to upwards of 80 sous, are the same as last year. The committee have been successful in obtaining a new course, which, while near the town, is much better adapted for steeplechase purposes, and will be found to be inferior to few in the north of England. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN . LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CITY OF LONDON COURT. DIERDEN V. WARD.-IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. This was an action to recover £l7 1.15., the value of a portmanteau and its contents, which had been stolen from defendant's cab last Boxing-day. It was stated yesterday that the portmanteau was put on the top of a cab, and the guard was set up to pro tect, the cabman admitting that he had not chained the portmanteau, although he was provided with a chain, but he was not compelled to use it. His Honour gave judgment this morning, and said he had looked carefully into the law, more especially into the case of Ross and Hill. There was no doubt that, so far as the public were con cerned, a cabman or a cab proprietor was a bailee for :hire, and he was liable for negligence, though not to the extent of a common car rier. It was for the plaintiff to show that the cabman had been guilty of negligence, and he had deposed that proper care was not taken of the lug gage. It was not denied that the cabman had a chain for the purpose of chaining up luggage, and ih Jugh there was no act of Parliament which com pelled a cabman to use the chain, the as sumption was that it was placed on the cab for some purpose. It was not likely that a cabman would carry about a chain for pleasure, and the mere possession of it disclosed tlit the cab proprietor was well aware of the dangers of the street. As the cabman had not used the chain his Honour must hold that he had been guilty of such negligence as to render defendant liable for this loss. As some of the property had been recovered, the damages would be reduced to £l5. Mr. Dowse, for the plaintiff, asked for costs, which were granted. Verdict for the plaintiff with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. :N G, APRIL 1, 1868. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF LONDON. NEW YORK, March 21. The Senate has passed the bill sent up from the House of Representatives abolishing the revenue tax on domestic manufactures, with an amendment imposing a tax of two dollars upon every thousand dollar's worth of articles manufactured above ten thousand. The House has passed a bill providing that in case of the death or disability of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Senior Associate Justice shall act as his substitute until a regular appoint ment can be made. The House of Representatives has resolved to attend in a body at the Senate during the impeach- merit trial. General Hancock has arrived at Washington. It is reported that General HaHeck will be as , signed to the command of the Fifth Military PlB. trict. The California Assembly has rejected the consti tutional amendment changing the national basis o the suffrage. The elections in several Pennsylvania towns show Democratic gains. The Inman Royal Mail steamer, City of London, from New York, on the 21st, arrived at Queens town at 4.30 a.m. to-day (April Ist), with £l,OOO on board. She landed mails and passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 5.20. All well. NEW YORK, March 19 (Evening.) Mr. M'Culloch has addressed a letter to the Finance Committee of the Senate, stating that the bill passed by the House of Representatives, and now before the house, for removing the internal tax upon domestic manufactures, would reduce the revenue over $100,000,000. He fears that if the bill becomes law the revenue for the next fiscal year will be insufficient to meet the in terest on the public debt and the current expenses of the Government. The House of R.Tresentatives has passed a bill continuing the Freedmen's Bureau one year from July next. The bill providing impartial suffrage in all the States has been called' up in the House. Governor Brownlow has notified to Mr. Stanton that the Tennessee Militia are amply sufficient to protect Nashville and the State Archives in case of a rebel attack. The New Jersey and Michigan Republican Con ventions have declared in favour of the nomination of Grant for the Presidency. Advices from Hayti state that Salnave has been defeated and his army dispersed near Cape Hay tien. The French Admiral has demanded the arrears due to France from the Haytian Government. The North German Lloyd's steamer Hermann, from New York on the 20th instant, ar rived at Southampton to-day (March 31st) with 107 passengers for that port, Havre, and Bremen, 48 sacks of mails, $45,000 in specie for Landon, and a large cargo for Bremen. SHARE LlST.—This Day. iharei EAU-Nays. 74 iSrist,o - i and Exeter .... at 'Caledonian at Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... 20 L'orn wall et Dublin ek Belfast June at Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc E.London, scrip Do. st Glasgow dr S. Western at Great Eastern, Ord. stk. at Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 at Great North of Scotland at Great Northern at D.,. A stock st Do. B stock at Du. New, is. at 25 pm at (its, and W. of Ireland et Gt. Western —Urigivali at 1),. 6. V.si. Rail. gun. Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.—Oxforul at Do. Newport at Uo. Hereford. at Lancashire Yorkshutri at !I...ninon and BlackwalV at Brigh., S Coast' at ,1 on., Chat., and Dauer ' it I Do. Iletrop. Ex. A at .1r North Westeri, at !Lon. 4 South Westeri, at Slats., Shel., Lincoit, st at Do. New at Do. Extrusion at .4etropolitan District 10 l Du. do. do. 10 Do. and 6t. J 'et 15 0 4, 1 at Aid:and Do. £) Share at Do, Birinirt.. liarb did Kent . at North British at Do. Ed. ' 1111., Dun '! ! at N th. Eastern—lierwicsl 25 Do. G.N•E purohas, at Do. Leeds ..... at Du. York at Do. Carlisle ..... at Do. Stock. & Darling. 15 Do. do. 1860-61 at North London at Do. do. 1861 5 Do. do. 1866 . 10 North Staffordshire at N. do S. W. Junction et Scottish Central Soot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stook Shropshire Union at South Devon st south Eastern . 10 Staines, Wok., & Wok at Vale 10 Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford da Kilkenny 10 Waterloo & Whiteha I West Cornwall 81 83 71 73 20 30 3 4 75 77 70• 72 102 14 3 , i 3J 8 8 15 6 il 102 1(3 96 18 ; 321 124 100 1 7 100 all 100 100 100 H 5.13.1 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 71j 70 331 1 97 6 1s 1 1251 51 141 112 i 13k 1011 I Pad. Closin g I ne ' Price. Bus de in e.s s BtttPtSH I'USSESi all I 100 Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. 1 shares Buffalo & Lake Unroll Do. Preference Buff., Brant, & Goderich 5 p.c. 1872-3-1 .. Calcutta & S. E., lim.. ;al e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p• east Bengal, gu., 5 do blast Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Uo. J Extension .. 'rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. lst Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Du. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred ; t. I udi:t Pen. gua. sp.e o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c it. South of India gua. 5 per cent 4f per cent Do , treat Wes. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6p. c Bets. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. :Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 41 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor 6 p. c. Ends. Mel. & llobson's Bay.. N. ltl.C`da,6pc lstpf.bs Dude & Mai k' nd, g. 5 p.o Scinde . Do. Delhi Do. do . 6.1 Do. Punisub.... 'Do-Indus St.Flot b 0 i Q 4 9 16 1 ) 47 49 25 au 25 28 - - 1254 126 5 , 4 51 1..1 12 15 114) 115 8. 67 424 133 1 113 1 5 117 IVB 73 73 WI, 105 7S 75 _ - 33 35 10i 101 58 60 93 91 128 132 129 131 114 Ilti 1 lip 57 69 106 108 56 58 4 3 45 It 74 B lu 143 145 ,SIONS. 64 66 104 1034 iv 3 4 5 7 68 71 18 62 99 102 :046 IG6, 109 110 151 161. 78 82 43 45 33 35 27 29 18 1) 109 110 lb 2 i 1# 2 i 102 103 V 4 16 16k mil 98 100 91 91 100 102 93 85 89 91 83 es 103 104 100 101 104 104 * D 10J 101 ts 7 80 BRITISII Cam. Consol. Cold, lim 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated SO 51 6 4 Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 440 160 Drake walls 1.1.0 4 1 East Bassett (Illogall)-• 291 10 • 12 ;East Caradon 'East Cara BrPa East Grenville .... -• • • 2.14.0 2 24 11 2 Mast Gunnislake. East Lovell 3.9.0 8 9 E. %VI Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 11 2 StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 5 4 ,3 rent Laxey, limited all 161 174 Great South Tolgus 1.4.0 ir( at Wheal 11.9. h srueai 10 lu . 9.9.6 11 14 derod's Foot 8.1u.0 18 40 Illugston Downs 5.10.6, 24 24 slargaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.0 1 6 slarke Valley 4.10.6 6 64 4 , Iwyudy - Iron Ore, Ilm , 1 21 S ton North loshear I 384 5 .1% - 11 Bassett(lllogau 1.4.0 Forth Whe.sl Crotty x'2.1:1.0 2 3 t'reeper 8.11.0 2 24 - I.'r..videnoe Coy Lelant 1 1.6.7 25 2 7 Caradun (St. Cicer) I 11 380 400 I,iouth Condurrow 1.2.0 4 1 ~Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 374 424 I stray Park 35.16.6 4 6 Croft V 14 15 Vigra and Clogan, lim all - - West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (1418keard 11 10 12 West Chi yertOn ll 61 66 —. West Wheal Bassett (Mogan 54 75 80 Wheal Buller (Itedruthi 16 16 19 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 21 23 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 6 8 COLONIAL GO YE tiN Al ENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., De 0.31, 1872 lOO - Can.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.& July' 1877-81 llOO 10) 101 ;Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug lOO 93 100 Du. sp. 0. Mar, & Sept, 100 98 10. 100. sp. o. Jan. & Julyl 100 86 68 I Do. sp. e. Inscribed sk 100 85 67 I Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1673 100 104 106 1051 I D0.Ap1.36001. 1890-1900 100 109 110 Do. do 1880-90 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 106 108 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 98 100 Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6 p.e 100 111 111 1)o. 1872, do lOO 103 107 .slauritium, 6p. 0, 1873, J an. and J uly Do. 1878 . so. 1882, Mayls, Nov. lb 100 107 109 Do. 1805, Feb. & Aug.. 100 le6 103 Natal qov. 6 per cent.. 100 -- -- - N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 99 10 N. S.W. Gov. 5 lye., 1866 , 100 ' 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 18761 100 18 140 Do. S p.c. 1888 to 1816 100 154 964 981 New Zealand, 6p. cent, 100 - - Do. 5 per cent.... ...I 100 974 98} Nova Scotia Cov. 6p. o sterling, 1875 lOO 102 101 iQueensland Gov. p. c lOO 103 105 1034 4 , S.Aus.Gov. 6 p. 0.1868-9 100 - - Do. 11378 & upwards lOO I 110 ill Vlc,Uov. 6 p.o.Ja &July 100 Do. do. April & Oot , 100 1111 114 108 k PREFERENCE SRARES. Great Western, 5 per cent., rd., Si North Eastern, Cons., 4 per cent., Ditto, 4! per cent. rd., 931 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 101 ritKIeMIiENUN SHAN II;IS AND STOCKS London, Brghton. Scc., 41 per cent., ISSB, Ditto, 5 per cent., 1865, 87 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Chatham, .11Lc., 43 per cent., 65 FOSIGIGN BAIL WALTZ'. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 31 Recite and San Francisco, lim., gua. 7 per cent., 9 outli Austrian add Lombardo Venetian, 1 i Foubuun Kuno, Cape Copper, 10 Don Pedro. Nord' Del Rey. 2 i St. John del Rey, li.m , 24} 5 United Mexican, lim., j rontino and uolivia Gold, lira., 9-Itl Pestarena United Gold, 11m., 2; Scottish Australian, Um., 1 3-18 DOCKS Southampton, 73 BANNS. Agra, lim.. A, 101 Ditto, B, 74 Anglo- Austrian, 101 Australasia, 53 Alliance, lim., 12k Anglo Egyptian, iim., 19 Imperial Ottoman, 101 Land Mortgage Bank of India, 11m., 1 London and County, 51} London Joint Stock. Sit London and South African, 101 London and 1% estminster, 6;2 8 Ditto. Scrip, 46 National rrovincial of England, Ditto, , d and 3d issue, 381 Union of Loudon, 301 MISC MLLANICOua; Angle American Telegraph, 221 Atlantic Telegraph, 5,1 Ditto, is p.m cent 103 5 Credit Fonder 01 England, lira., 21 Crystal Palace, Ditto, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 110 Gen. Credit and Discount, tim.. 6 1-16 Egyptian 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gua. byjEgypt. Goy., 891 Eleeuric ana International Telegraph, 1641 International Financial Society, ii m., 31 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 21 Landon tiencratOmnibus Compati Dm, 1 13.16 Madras Irr.gatioa and Canal (guaranteed 5 per cent. by Government). 10 Nerbalda Coat and Iron, Ilm., 44 I'eninsu!a and Oriental steam, • Dito, new, 1607, 111 Royal M ii Steam, 601 Viceroy of Egypt 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan, 72/ STEEPU AP. CHASES. Grand National Hunt (Bedford) lioy. Artillery (Wool wich) 3 Bromley Aldershot Hendon Knigkton Abargavenny Hainbledon Kildare Hunt Croydon Spring Rothbury MARLBOROUGH-STREET. WORKED TILL THE LAST.—CAUTION TO CAB PROPRIETORS AY]) DRIVERS.—John Goodall, a cab driver, badge 14,526, was charged before Mr. Tyr whitt by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with cruelty to a horse by working it in a totally unfit state. Inspector Temperley, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said that about half-past eight o'clock last night he was in Picca dilly, and saw the prisoner driving a grey horse attached to a four-wheel cab. The horse could scarcely get one leg before the other, and the pri soner was flogging it. Seeing that the horse ap peared to be much distressed he stopped it, and found that it was suffering from disease of the fet lock joint of the near foreleg, and an injury to the staple joint of one of the hind legs. The horse, which sweated very much, was about 20 years old, and quite unfit for a - work. The prisoner said that he had the horse out from ten in the morning, and that he was going home with it. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l suppose because it could go no longer. Inspector Temperley said the prisoner told him that he was obliged to whip the horse to get it along. Mr. Tyrwhitt—That is not at all unlikely. Inspector Temperley said that the owner of the horse was present and willing to have it killed. He wished to add that he saw several marks on the horse apparently the effect of the whip. The prisoner. said that the horse did not want the whip. Mr. Tyrwhitt—To treat horses in such a manner is a cruel and cowardly action. There was a class of persons who got everything they could out of horses, and whipped them to the last. The pri soner would have to pay 20s, or 14 days, and there would be a summons against the owner. WESTMINSTER. Arthur James Williamson, described as a jockey, was charged with stealing two sets of harness, value £7, the property of John Roth, cab proprietor, Strutton-ground. He was also charged with steal ;n6 ...U.... oot 7 tho proporty of oomo poraoii uu known. Police-constable 313 said ho saw the prisoner about half-past two this morning in the liorseferry road, carrying a large bag upon his back. Prisoner, upon seeing witness, turned down a yard. Witness followed him and met him in the yard coining back without the bag. He asked him what he done with the bag. Prisoner said, " You have got the wrong address ; what do you mean ?" Witness took him into custody ; and upon going back to the yard, after he had taken prisoner to the station, with a lamp, he found the bag, in which was a set of har ness. Ile found two other sets of harness in diffe rent yards close by. _ _ Mr. Roth and another witness in his employ identified two sets of harness, and stated that the prisoner lived next the stable. Prosecutor had of late lost a great deal of property from his stable, and for some time had suspected the prisoner. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner, in order that the police might find the owner of the third set. THAMES. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—Mary Mooney, an Iri s h woman, aged 32 years, was charged with s t ea li ng two pairs of boots, value 9s. the property of Mrs Frederick Reeves, a shopkeeper in the Commercial road. Alexander Gregory, shop-boy, stated that at five o'clock yesterday afternoon the prisoner came into the shop under the pretence of buying a pair of boots, and while his back was turned for a few se conds she took a pair of boots and put them in her pocket. She then turned round again and took another pair of boots, which she put up her back. She then said the boots she had examined did not suit her, and left the shop. He followed her and gave her into custody. Joseph Soaper, a police constable, No. 310 11, said that he took the prisoner in charge and found a pair of boots under her shawl and another pair of boots in her pocket. He searched her lodgings in Rutland-street, Stepney, and then discovered a large number of pawnbrokers' duplicates, relating to every description of property. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. ROBBERY IN THE LONDON DOCK.—John Hazel grove, aged 28 years, a labourer, of 8, Wentworth street, Whitechapel, was charged with stealing a coat and other property from an office in the Lon don Dock. The prosecutor in this case was Mr. Joseph Ewell, a contactor for the supply of labour in the London Dock. Last night he threw his coat on to a setae in his office in the dock. There was a pocketbook containing duplicates, a handkerchief, and gloves in one of the pockets. Those produced were his property. He missed the coat the same afternoon. From information received, he went to a pawnbroker's shop and saw his coat, which had been pawned there. His pocketbook and gloves had been found in the prisoner's lodgings. Th e prisoner was in his employ. of No. 5, Bale-st re et, St e p ney , w h pass out of the L on d on D oc k w i t h a coat n o ' n Saturday last, at 15 mi nu te s past hta ten on prisoner l s. n f so armn h e morning. James James Floyd, 199 11, said that he arrested the prisoner at the London Dock, and told him he was charged with taking a coat out of the London Dock. The prisoner denied the charge, but soon afterwards admitted that he took the coat and pawned it with Mr. Jones, a pawnbroker. He afterwards went to the prisoner's lodgings where he found the prosecutor's pocketbook, gloves, and a pawnbroker's duplicate relating to the coat, which was restored by the pawnbroker. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. Two MEN SUFFOCATED IN A WELL—TWO men, named Child and Spencer, were suffocated by foul air in a well at Messrs Taylor and Hartley's sanitary tube manu factory, Whitwood-mere, near Castleford, on Saturday. Child was the first victim, and Spencer lost his life in en deavouring to rescue his fellow workman. A third man named Briggs narrowly escaped sharing the fate of the outer two unfortunate men. 54 .031 i STRANGE M URDER. Joseph G. Clark was murdered in Worcester, Massachusetts, on the 28th February. He was a professional gambler, and was about to start for New Hampshire to bat on the election. Although married, and with a son, it appears that he main tained an improper intimacy with Mrs. Eaton, whom he left after drinking tea at her house that evening. She followed him to his rooms about seven o'clock, where she heard sounds which led her to believe he was at home, although the door was locked. Angry and jordouo on failing to gain admittance, atic determined to watch. Shortly after nine o'clock two men came from the room, and hurried down stairs. She at once entered, and, in the sleeping room, saw Clark lying on the bed, which was wrapped in flames. On her alarm the fire was extinguished, and Coroner Rice and the police sum moned. In thQ sitting-room two spats of coagu lated blood and brains were discovered, showing that Clark had been struck down, strangled, carried to the bed, of which the clothes were saturated with kerosine oil, and set on fire. A large sum of money was stolen, together with his watch, diamond pin, and other jewellery, but $1,400 in Government Bonds lay untouched in the drawer of his faro table. Two men of bad reputation, companions of Clark, were suspected and arrested, Silas and Charles T. James, the former at the Bos ton and Albany depot that night, when he exclaimed that Joe Clark was the best friend he ever had ; and the latter in Providence, with $9OO and Clark's pin and watch upon his person, who confessed he proposed the plan to his accomplice. While Clark's attention was attracted by the one for whose main tenance he was at the time paying at the hotel, the other struck him with the axe. Clark was known for great generosity of disposition, notwithstanding his gambling propensities. An instance is told of a young man who had lost his last dollar in Clark's rooms receiving back from him the full amount, under a solemn promise never again to enter a gambling den. Frank Leslie gives the following extraordinary story :—The following is well authenticated, and Mr. Barnum cannot better redeem his burnt-out fortunes than by the capture and •exhibition of this feminine Orson : " In the Grand Cane neigh bourhood in this country, a short time ago, a gentleman in the depths of the forest suddenly came upon a woman as wild and almost as fleet as an untamed deer. After a brisk chase of some distance, the gentleman on horseback overtook the wonderful creature, when she halted, and he found her to be a medium-sized, middle aged, well-formed woman, with long, dark hair, and clear blue eyes. She was in a state of nudity save a girdle of grey moss about her loins. Her body and limbs were covered with a beautiful coat of hair about four inches in length. She was much frightened, and seemed unable to talk, but must have comprehended signs, as in reply to motions of the gentleman by which he sought to induce her to accompany him out of the wood, she constantly pointed to her own forest home. Finally, the gentleman endeavoured to compel her to go the way he desired, by getting before her, and by threatening gestures with his gun, and she becoming enraged, seized a club, and turned upon him with the fury of a demon, and it was only the speed imparted to his steed by a liberal use of the spurs that he kept out of her way. After driving off her pursuer, she re sumed the direction she had so constantly pointed, and was soon out of sight. The gentleman fol lowed, and after going some distance, came upon her home. Three trees, standing near each other, in a triangular form, with the spaces between them walled up with brush and moss, made her moss bed between them secure from the rude blasts of winter, and comparatively secure from the pitiless rain. The only stores that were discovered were a few nuts and some four or five bushels of acorns. Very wild stories of this wild woman have been rife in the upper part of the county for some time, but she was believed to be a myth by all except those who claimed to have had glimpses of her. Now, however, her existence, description, and the vicinity at least of her whereabouts, are esta blished beyond controversy. Her early capture may be regarded as within the range of probabi lity, as a concentrated effort is being made to that end." THE TEA DUTY IS REDUCED. —Horniman's Pure Tea:is sold Bd. per pound Cheaper. This interesting fact will, when fully known, even further increase the demand for these Choice, long-aNroved Teas. They aro not sold loose, but only in Packets, signed " Horniman," Leaden. TILE UNIPERSITT BOAT RACE. PU'TNEY, Wednesday. A trial rowed by the Cantabs this morning has raised the hopes of their partisans, and that justly so, that the odds of 7 to 4 which are freely laid, are as freely accepted. Cambridge backers, however, will not accept less odds. The Cambridge boat was rowed up by William Asplin, the University waterman, and IV. W. East, foreman at Style's boat-yard, where she is housed in the Leander Club shed. The Cantabs got in her at the Ship at Mortlake, paddled up, drifted down to the Ship, and started on a moderate ebb with no wind ; the time to Barnes at 37 strokes per minute was 3 min. 25 secs. ; and sustaining the pace, the crew indifferently steered, did good time to Hammersmith, but fell off slightly after wards ; their time thence to Putney Aqueduct being 8 min. 55 secs., and the whole course in 21 mins. 20 secs. The coxswain's voice was raise 1 to the middle men all the way from Hammer smith, and those of whom the call-boy ex pecte 1 most rowed decidedly bad. It must be borne in mind, however, that the crew do not require hard work, and that the weather was hot this morning. The Oxonians left the boat yard to row a scratch eight of University men, but nothing of note had transpired when our report left. SPOR.TIN G IN rEL LIGENCE. NORTIIAMP FON RICES. TUESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 addel ; three yr olds 7st, four Bst 91b, five 9st llb ; six and aged 9st 31b. One mile. Mr L. C. Clayton's Lozenge, by Sweetmeat, 6 yrs, 9st 31b (Daley) 1 Captain Machell's Out-and-Outer, 6 yrs, 9st Bib (Custance) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Lozenge. The nou-favourite, with a clear lead, made play into the bottom, when he was headed by the favourite, who came on in advance, and won easily by three parts of a length. The Stand Plato of 50 sovs (Handicap); winners of any handicap after March 27 (at tea a.m,) 51b extra ; one mile. Mr. &adman's Yardarm, by Buccaneer, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Peppier) 1 Mr Warner's Grand Duke, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Parry) 2 Mr Heene's Dunoon, 3 yrs, 6st The following also ran :—Cornet, Secondhand, and Manton. Butting-2 to 1 agst Grand Duke, sto 2 agst Yardarm, and 6to 1 agst any other. Won by a length. The Northamptonshire Cup Stakes of 10 sovs each; three year olds 6st 91b, four Bst 71b, five 9st 11b, six and aged 9st 41b ; the winner to be sold for 500 sovs if demanded ; two miles; 14 subs. Mr Savae's Wallow, by Skirmisher, 3 yrs, Est 91b . . - . (Hammond) 1 Mr Mackenzie's Rampart, 3 yrs, Gst 91b (Butters) 2 Mr Thellusson's Leases, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (F'ordham) 3 The following also ran :—Slap Bang, Princo Regent, and Viridior. Betting-6 to 4 agst Rampart, 3to 1 agst Leases, and 6 to 1 agst Wallow. Won by a head. A Sweepstakes of 10 sows each, 3 ft, with 50 added, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst :lb ; winner of any race 31b, if of 200 sovs value 51b, of 300 lib extra ; having started twice without winning allowed 31b, thrice or more 51b; Althorp Park Stakes Cuurso. Half a mile. 20 subs. Count F. do Lagrange's Curious°, by lionarque, 9st (in cluding 71b) (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Chaplin's Sister to Veda, Bst 21b (carried Bst 31b) (Fordbam) 2 Batting-5 to lon Curieuse. Won easily by a length and a half. The Great Northamptonshiro Stakes of 100 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 15 sovs ft; two miles. 95 subs., 40 of whom declared. Mr. E. Brayley's Mariner, by Lifeboat, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Hudson) 1 Mr. R. Eastwood's Lord Hastings, 4 yrs, 7st (04meron) Lord Westmorland's Thalia, 5 yrs, 7st 4113....(H. Covey) 3 The following also ran :—Miss Havelock, Tormentor, Lord of the Dales, Lucifer, Feodor, Roquefort, Montag nard, Leap Year, Purveyor, and Kettleholder. Botting-100 to 30 agst Lord Hastings, 4 to 1 agst Roquefort, 9 to 1 agst Lucifer, 10 to 1 each on Purveyor and rormentor, 100 to 7 each on Thalia and Montagnard, 100 to 6 agst Mariner, and 20 to 1 agst Kettleholder. Won in a canter by three lengths. The Pytehley Stakes of five sovs each, with 40 added ; two year olds 7st 101 b, three 9st 101 b, four lOst 101 b, five, six, and aged list ; mares and geldings and maiden four year olds and upwards allowed 3lb ; the winner to be sold for 300 sovs, if entered for 250 sovs allowed 31b, 200 71b, 151 121 b, 100 171 b, 60 241 b, and 30 Spouoor Plato gtraiglit. Mr Lincoln's Vermicelli, by Mlcoaroni, 2 yrs, 53t, 71b (no) (Bissell) 1 Mr Saxon's Hagar, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Barnard) 2 Mr G. Aug-011's Landlord, 5 yrs, 9st (-CM)... ..... (Parry) 3 Tho following also ran:—Voui, Caroline, Cater, and The Star. 132tting —5 to 2 agst Vermicelli, 3 to 1 ag,,t, Landlord, 5 to 1 agst Ungar, 6 to 1 agst Thu Star, 100 to 15 agst Cater, an 18 to 1 agst Veui. Won by a length and a half. 'rho ‘Vhittlebury Stakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 ad led ; two year olds, 6st 81b, Uinta Bst Sib ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b; a winner of a sweepstakes amounting to 500 sovs with ten subscribers 71b, win ners of a 200 sovs sweepstakes with ton subscribers 51b, all other winners of plates or sweepstakes to the amount of 100 soya 31b extra ; weights not accumulative ; three year olds which have started three times without win ning allowed 51b. About throe-quarters of a mile straight. 31 subs. Mr J. Wood's Beauty, by Knowsley, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b (hi. 51b ex (Jarvis) 1 Mr Padwiek's Athena, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (in. 71b ex) _ _ (C:innon) 2 Betting _4 to lon Athena. Won by a head. The Delapre Handicap of 5 sovs each in case of accept ance, with 50 sovs added : the winner to be sold for 100 sovs if demanded; winners of any handicap after March 27 (at ten a.m.) 51b extra; Althorp Park Stakes Course (about half a mile). Acceptances to be declared on Mon day evening, March 30, by eight o'clock. Mr. M. Douglas's b.m. Zisca, by Prime Minister, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b (11. Clark) 1 Sir F. Johnstone's b.m. Flying Jib, 5 yrs, Bst 311) _ . (Parry) 2 Mr. J. Aston's br. f. Chateau Margaux, 3 yrs, 7st llb (Peppier) 3 Mr. S. Thellusson's Festival, 3 yrs, Gst 131b...(Morelan) 4 Bitting-7 to 4 agst Flying Jib, 2to 1 agst Festival, and 4to 1 agst Zisca. \Von by three lengths. Match. Mr. W. D. Manning's f. Wild Weed, by Ugly Buck, dam by Acrobat, 2 yrs, Bst 51b • • (Grimshaw) 1 Mt. West's c. Gay Lad, by Coast Guard—Midnight, 2 yrs, Bst Mb (Custanee) 2 Betting-6 to 4at last on the winner, who made all the running, and won in a canter by five lengths. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868. APRIL. Newcastle Spring I Edinburgh Spring - 2e Bromley Spring 6 Lewes Spring I Durham Newmarket Craven .... 13 Curragh April 2l I Hendon l3 Croydon Spring Knighton l4 Liverpool Hunt Lichfield Spring l4 Newmarket Ist Spring 27 Abergavenny ..... 16 Cardiff Chester 5 Eglinton Hunt 7 Wiachester York Spring Doncaster Spring Salisbury Bath I Wyo Croydon Ist Sammor I Harpenden Epsom Summer I Paris INE West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer „„ 3 Manchester Ascot Summer 9 Beverley, Hull, and East Riding lO Windsor Summer Jll. Newton Hampton Newcastle 23 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge Alexandra Park 3O Chelmsford Worcester Summer Carlisle 7 Newmarket July 7 Hungerford Pontefract Reading Down Royal Corp l5 i AUG Deauville Leek 3 Brighton Brighton Club 6 Lowes Summer Wolverhampton ll Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 Egharn Hustings York August I Liverpool July M. Wiliam l6 Stamford I Radcliffe . . 2O I Iluutingdou 2l Nottingham July Southampton I Goodwood UST. Dover Oxford ScArborough 24 Canterbury Great Yarmouth 25 Derby Summer Weymouth Ipswich O7 Lichfield Tunbridge Margate 3l SEPT Badon Warwick September Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster September 8 Brecon l4 Richmond Rampton Autumn l5 Kelso. ' Hendon l7 Monmouth .. Newmarket Ibt October 21 Walsall Edinburgh West Drayton 25 Royal Caledonian Runt and Western 31 OCT , Bedford 1 Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October 5 Lanark Chelmsford Autumn 13 Cheltenham l3 , BER. Ealing Newmarket Boughton 19 Bromley Autumn Worcester Autumn 27 Lincoln Autumn 29 kBElt, NOVE Shrewsbury Autumn Leamington and Warrnafilure Jiunt l7 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. NORTHAMPTON RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE• 9 to 2 agst Ironmaster (taken) 9 to 1 agst Tibthorpe (taken) 10 to 1 agst Wolsoy (taken) 10 to 1 agst Vespasian (taken) 12 to 1 agst Sycee (taken) ROTUNDA CLUB AND COMMISSION EXCHANGE Three Doors from Blaekfriars Bridge, Surrey Side, IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Annual subscription, Five Shillings. Applications for membership should be made to the Secretary, 3, Black-- friars-road. LONDON COMMISSION EXCHANGE, FAlitaxaDoN-RoAD, E.C. E:tablished Nov. 1, 1867. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION - FIVE SHILLINGS. IV. 11. ROCHE, Seerotary. lIYEPERIAL PAR,LIANTIN HOUSE OF COAISIONS.—THIS Dar. The SPEAKER took the Chair at 12 o'clock. RELIGIOUS SITES BILL. Mr. HADFIELD moved the second reading of this bill, which was substantially the same as that ho introduced last year. No opposition was offered to the bill, and it was accord ingly read a second time. LIBEL BILL. Sir C. O'LOUGHLIN moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to make the utterer of the libel responsible instead of the publisher. There wore certain provisions calculated to protect tho publisher of true and faithful reports. Mr. HENLEY said the subject was full of difficulty, but he was not averse to the bill going into committee, in order that those difficulties might be considered. The bill was road a second time and ordered to be com mitted on the 20th of May. ARTISANS' DWELLINGS BILL. The house then went into committee ou this bill. rLEFT SITTING.] THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MISR CHURCIL The Government, if possible, wish to bring the debate on the Irish Church to a close to-morrow evening, and the division therefore will be taken upon the Government amendment first, which it is fully expected will be rejected by a majority of over 30. The intention of the Government, in the event of the House going into committee, is a secret which will not be disclosed until Friday, when the Premier will state the course of the Government previous to the house going into committee. LONDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING. FOREIGN OFFICE, MARCH 27. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Hezekiah G. Wells as Consul ut Manchester for the United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. 11. Reinhold as Consul for the Presidency of Bangal,.to reside at Calcutta, for his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 24. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus, her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia, to be hor Ma jesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the North German Confederation. FOREIGN OFFICE, liAncir 12. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Fre derick Gtenuie, Esq., her Majesty's Consul at Mexico, to be her Majesty's Consul for the Provinces of Galicia and the Asturias, to reside at Corunna. WHITEHALL, MAitex 31. - The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend James Rankin to the church and parish of Muthill, in the Presbytery of Auchterarder, and county of Perth, vacant by the death of the Reverend James Walker. DO WNIN G-STREET, MARCH 30. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Horatio James Huggins, Esq., to be Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court of her Majesty's Settlement of sierra Leone, on the Western Coast of Africa, and George Phillippo, Esq., to be Queen's Advocate for that Settlement. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 31. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-General Richard John Stot herd to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Lewis Alexander Rail, deceased. 6th Dragoons —Surgeon Lancelot Armstrong, M.D., from the 13th Hussars, to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major John Sheldon Furlong, M.D., who exchanges. 7th Hussars—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Arthur Seudamore, C.V., has been permitted to retire upon half-pay, receiving a portion of the former dif ference between Cavalry and Infantry. 13th Hussars—Surgeon-Major John Sheldon Furlong, 31. D., to be Surgeon. 15:1 Hussars—Captain Bryan Burrell to be Major; Lieu tenant Joseph Norton to be Captain; Cornet IVilliam White to be lieutenant ; Eosigu Henry rife, the 17t h Foot, to be Cornet. _ 17th Luncers.—Captain W. Jesser Coope, from half-pay, late 64th Foot, to be C iptain ; Lieutenant H. Augustin Robinson to be Captain, by purchase; W. Trovelyan Somerset Kevill• Davies, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase. 21st Hussars.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Corbet, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon. RJyal Engineers—Captain Edward Belfiold to b 3 Lieut.- Colonel ; Second Captain Alexander Dirom to be Cap tain ; Lieutenant Richard Warren Stewart to be Second Captain. Military Train—Lieutenant Edward William Henry Webb to be Captain by purchase; Ensign Walter Crawford Roes to be Lieutenant by purchase. Grenadier Guards Lieutenant and Captain Edward Smith Bridges to be Instructor of Musketry. Ist Foolit—Staff Assistant-Surgeon James Davis Gunning to be Assistant-Surgeon. 3d FooL—Ensign Ashby Pochin to be Lieutenant, by pur chase; Ensign Charles Butler, from the 19th Foot, to be Ensign 9th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Charles Jackson, to be Ensign, by purchase. 10th Foot—Staff-Surgeon Thomas Jerrain Orton to be Surgeon. 17th Foot—William Henry Fife, Gent., to b 3 Ensign, by purchase. 19th Foot— Gentleman Cadet George Burridgo Rogers to be Ensign, by purchase. 36th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant John Bryant to be Quartermaster. 37th Foot—Ensign Henry Beauclerk Bethune to ba Lieu tenant, by purchase; Gentleman Cadet Arthur Reginald Hennell, to by Ensign, by purchase. 41st Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Mathew Moriarty Gallwey, M.D., to be Assistaat-Surgeon. 48th Foot -Lieutenant Pulteuey Edward Bowlby to be Instructor of ➢Musketry. 49th Foot—Staff-Surgeon Robert Beale to be Surgeon. 96th Foot—Ensign Herbert Charles Marrayat, from the 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase. Half-Pay—Captain and Brevet-Major John Osborne Bur ridge to be Major, without purchase. MEDICAL DEPARTIKENT.—Surgeon James Hannan, from the 49th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon; Assistant-Surgeon Nathaniel Norris, from the 41st Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. (BY TELEGRAM() GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, March 31.—Ernest, From Galatz ; Carl 15th, steamer, from Gothenburg.. Arrived, April I.—Velocity, steamer, frcm Boulogne ; Triton, steamer, from Ostend; Faith, from Guernsey ; Alert, from Antwerp ; Eliza, from Trinidad ; Sans Souvir, Waterloo, steamer, and liatavier, steamer, from Rotterdam. Sailed, March 31—Zebra., for Guernsey. Sailcd, April I—Sir B. Pool, steamer, for Dunkirk Holland, steamer, foriOstend ; Cologne, steamer, for Bou logne ; Forth, steamer, for Havre. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. No arrivals. Bank of England Returns, An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending DET the Act 7th and Bth Victoria Yeaneaday, March 25, 1868. 'tIiTMENT. Notes issued ....X35,099,805 Governmt. Debt.£ll,ols, loo Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion X35,0U9,803 BASILLNG D. Z 35,099,805 Proprietors'Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (includitigEx- Fhequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts ..... 7,287,476 Other Deposits.. 1.9,502,22!l Seven Days and 437 ~13 other 8i115..... EPARTMENT. Governrnt. Seen rities(includiug Dead Weight Annuity) .... £13,272,1 Other Securities.. 19,089,8 Notes ............... 11,761,9 Gold and Silver Coin ... 1,838,2 X 45,415,218 Fn. £45,415, ,SK MAY, Deputy Cashier. The Price of Gold. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 109 per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the Importation of gold tro•n the United States. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on Loudo►► is 25f. fte. per XI literiing. 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