The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-08 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

3.lo;:ninir. Evening
FRIDA 7 ;
SAT UItDAY
Sum)Ay 10 mit, past 8 52 min past 8
MONDAY 35 min past .9 90 min past 10
TUESDAY 2 min past 11 42 min past 11

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(RE UTE R'S TELEGRAMS.)

FRANC

PAnis, April 8.

The of journal of this fawning publishes the
names of the committee charged with the delibera-
tion and subsequent proposition of measures for
facilitating the participation cf French exhibitors
in the International Exhibition in London, 1871.

BOURSE, April 7.—Three o'clock—The marl et
closed as follows :

11 per Cant.
per Cents, 73 85
End of month— 73 63
Credit Mobilier 270
Transatlantic 192 50
Foncier _1260
Paris Gag 1780 •
Suez Canal 265
RAILWAY

Bank Shares 2815
Itr.lan Fives 9O
Austrian Fives
Ottoman Loan -
Do. Debt 47 23
Spanish Threes 28 25
Homo Debt —
Deferred —
• Cash
1005
6471
11824
620
▪ 1030
▪ 6221
800
4(;71

Orleans
Western .
Northern
Strasburg
Lyons and Mediterranean
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North 'of Spain
Saragossa
Roman

A US fit lA.

VIENNA? April 7.

In to-lay's sitting the Upper House of the
Reichsrath rejected a motion for passivg the order
of the thy over Baron Szhnierling's resolution in
favour cf the continuance of a strong central
power.

The resolut7on of Baron SelrneiEng was finally
adopted by a large majority.

INDIA. -
; (By British S.lbmarine Cab'e.)
CALCUTTA, Ap:il 7, Evening.
In to-day's sitting of tho Legislative Council the
Income Tax 8.11 wa3 pas el on the ground of abso-
lute necesity, but not without considerable opposi-
tion.

The Council a'so pas3ed the bill raising the limit
of investments on the part of the Currency Depart-
ment in Government Semti ies.

Thy Budget. is being severely criticised, and the
iTss una3i!nously coniernn it.

iIO3IDAY, April 8, Morning.

Telegrams from Ceylon announce that his Royal
Highness the Duke of Edinburgh has met with a
most cordial welcome in the island.

The suspension of General Gordon clnt;nues
create some excitemen`. it is Letieved to have arisen
from a most trivial cause.

AMERICA.
(Per FreLoh Atlantic Cable.)
NEW YORK, Apil 7.
COMMERMAI, INTELLIG'EIsICE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Goad closed at 112 ; the highest quotation during the day
was 1;21 ; the lowet,t, 111*.
Sterling Exchange on Loudon
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882
1885
1807
10-40 „ • 10"t
11Heels
Erie

Cotton—Mid.uplaud -
Petroleum—Standard White
Flour—Extra State, 6t 50e. to $5 10c. Corn—Oh
nixoj, $1 9e,

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

SOUTITAMPTUN, April 8.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship
Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the above mails,
has-arrived here. She brings 160 pasongerA, £55,650
in specie, and :ilk valued at £140,000.

The British barque Intreiide, of Padstow,
!oundered on the 28Lh ult.
Gibraltar Exchange on London, 50.

PORTSMOUTH, April 8.
The Indian troopship Crocodile, Captain Watson,
arii‘.-ed here this morning with .troops, military in-
valid's, and time-expiied men from Alexandria.

The bequest of the late Mr. Samuel Bailey,
amounting to nearly £120,000, to the Trustees of Sheffield,
is to be disputed. The next-of-kin has served a notice
upon the executors warning them against disposing of any
property, &c., pending the result of a suit in Chancery to
test the validity of, the bequest.

It is said to be the intention of the University
aquatic authorities to take an early opportunity of coming
to a clear understanding with the Thames Conservancy on
the subject of the steamers, and for keeping the river
clear on practice days on future occasions, failing which it
is their intention to remove the race elsewhere.

The Figaro announces that on Monday afternoon
Prince Pierre Bonaparte was still in Paris, and that, in
fact, he drove along the Boulevards from the Madeleine
to the Boulevard Poissonniere in an open carriage. The
Prince did not appear to be recognised, but passed un-
noticed.

AN AWKWARD INCIDENT.—The Pall Mall
Gazette tells a singular story. A few nights since a ball
was given at Trieste at one of the theatres, under the
patronage of the Italian Consul-General. The proceed
were to be devoted to the aid of the distressed Italians in
the city. No sooner was the company assembled than some
Italians tore down the imperial arms which decorated the
principal box, and substituted the Italian tricolour. Riot
and disorder ensued, many Germans present resenting the
insult. The police replaced the arms, some of the better
class of Italians eagerly assisting, but the incident left a
Painful impression.

SELLING WIVES BY AUCTION.—In 1803, one
Smith took his wife from Ferrybridge to Pontefract, a
distance of 20 miles, and put her up for sale in the market-
place. The bidding was started at twelvepence, and she
Was knocked down at 11s., the spirited purchaser leading
his bargain away by a halter, amid showers of mud and
snow from the spectators. A fellow at Tuxford let his
wife and child go for ss. ; and in 1859 a similar scandalous
exhibition took place at Dudley, when the wife
was put up by auction at three-halfpence,
and sold to the highest bidder for sixpence. In
the above cases the wives seem to have fallen to
chance buyers ; but generally the affair was a pre-arranged
one between the buyer, the seller, and the sold, who
seemed to have salved their consciences
_by going through
the ceremony of a mock auction. On Valentine's Day,
1806, a man named Gawthorpe exposed his wife for sale in
the market at Hull, at one o'clock in the day; but the
mob interfered with such effect that he was obliged to with-
draw her. However, in the evening he again brought her
out, and sold her for 20 guineas to a man man who had
lodged at his house for some years. Not so successful
in their arrangements were another couple, whose disap-
Nointment was made public in the Stroufcrd Mercury of
ovember 26, 1853 :—" On Monday a disgraceful exhibi-
tion—the attempted sale of a wife—took place in front of
a beer-house at Shearbridge Little Horton, near Brad-
ford. The fellow who offeredhis wife for sale was Hartley
Thompson. She was a person of prepossessing appear-
ance. The sale had been duly announced by the bellman,
and a large crowd assembled. The wife appeared with a
halter, adorned with ribands, around her neck. The sale,
however, was not completed ; the reason for this being
-that some disturbance was created by a crowd .from a
neigbouring factory, and that the person tp whom it was
intended to sell the wife was detained at his work beyond
the time. The couple; though not long wedded, have led a
very unhappy life, and it is said they and their friends were
so egresiously ignorant as to believe- they could secure
their lezal separation by a public sale." In 1863 a work-
man at the Cyfartha, Ironworks sold his wife to a fellow 7
workman for £2 les. in cash, and I.os. to he spent in drink.
The wife appeared more amused than pained by the per-
formance, and went home with her pnrchaser, -after
eniqing her share of the beer. One fickle wretch was
deservedly punished. Having parted with his spou.ns for
a quarter of a guinea and a gallon of deer, he was dis-
gusted to hear, a few weeks afterwards, that she had, by
the death of a relative, come into a little fortune of
£2oo.—Chamberes Journal. •