The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-31 00:00:00

rriE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1870

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

. .
It Anglo-American ici., Lim in 19; 191
10 Anglo Mediter Tel., lira—. 10 201 21 221
st Atlantic Telegraph lO 15 17
st • Do. 8 per coat.
at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lien lOO ISO l',o
at Electric & later. Telegraph 100 262 267
10 Do. Now 3 12 13p
25 Indo-European Tel., lien all 23 25
5 Load. Provincial Tel. lint all 3 4
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all ... ..
10 Mediterra. Ellen. Tel., lim all 0 10 9
20 Renter's 'telegram all 80 t,:,
1) Societe Trausatlant., lint all 18 18
at Submarine Tel egrapk
1 Do. Scrip all 11 li
b U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 7 8
5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all li .'i

MISUELLANLOU6.

10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 144 15
25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17
25 Austn Mort Laud and Fin, L S 4d pr
10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 4 5
10 Berlin Water Works, Lint all 111 151 151
5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 Of 54
5 Ditto, New 4 pr 4pm
50 British American Land
20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 1 2
27 Canada Comrany all 63 65
20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d
20 Ditto, A shares ......... 5 2 ld
25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 6 bd -
SO City of Milan Improvraent L all 4 b
City Offices, Limited
50 Colonial, Lin.ited 2O 4 2d
50 Commercial Union (Asso) 5 2 2ip 7
10 Com of African March, L
20 Continental Union Gas, L all 264 274
25 Copper Miners of England,
Prof 71 per cent all 5 7
100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877,
41 par cent all
100 Ditto, 1879, 44 par cent
100 Ditto, 1882, 44 per cent
10 Credit Fonc of England, L all 2/ 24 34
50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 -24 14
St Crystal Palace
St Do, Preference lOO 91 99 95
St Do, G per cent Perp Debentloo 105 110
50 E ludia Laud Credit & Fin L 7 5 4
32 Ebbw Vale 271 10 94 18 171
100 Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan
gua by Egyptian Gov all 97 98 971 81
20 Egyptian Com and Trading 1/41 13
3 English and Austr Copper, L 24
6 Fairbairn Engineering p
20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 31 41p 161
100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust
and Loan 6 per ct Bonds... all 96 97 971 8
10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71 1 4d 7/ 1
15 General Steam Navigation... 14 20 30 291
50 Homo and Col Marine Ins, L 5 ld. p
20 Hudson's Bay • all 12 121 11.1.
50 India Rub, Telg Works, L... 45 57 59
10 International Finan Sec, L... 5 1/ lid
20 Italian Irrigaton Canal, Cav all 41
100 Ditto, 6 per cat Bonds, red all
18;0
SO Land Securities, Limited... 5 2 ld 114
25 London African Trading lO
Lond Financial Assoc, Lim., 3O 18 17d 13
4 Loud Gen Omnibus,. Limd
50 Loud & Chug Engle, Limd 25 18 164
20 London and Prot, Marine
St Madras Irrig & Canal, guar 10U
spc by India Gov lOO 103 105
50 Merchant Shipping, Limtd all 32 37
10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 34 41
25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 111 11/
10 National Steamship, all 134 141
1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d 1 /
10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 4
5 Now Quebrada, Limited 4112 41 414
25 N Zealand Lu & Mere, &c 24p
25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5ll IcP
10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 bd
10 Do, B all -
St N British Austral, Limited 100 CO 70
50 N British & Mercan lusnce 64 23 231
25 Ocean Marine Insurance 5 15 16p 201
5 Oriental Gas, Limited
100 Otjfgoo, ScNSeow
uth-
Invest, Ld 2 141 1p
5 Ottoman Gad, Limited all 2 24
St. Peel Riv Led & Min, Lim lOO 31 33
0:
50 Peniuslr Oriental Steam all 45 47
50 Do., New, 1867 lO 31 2f d
50 Rhymney Iron .
. . all
2015 Rio p Janeiro nNee;o- Gas, Limited all 294 274 2 3
8
all 84
25 Rio Janeiro City lin., Lmtd all 191 20.1
100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 51 531
St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO
25 South Australian Laud
20 Thames & Mers Mn Ins, L 2 24 '2
4p
St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88
10 Trust and Agency of Austra-
lasia, (Limited)
20 Tr &LuCo of Up Canada 5 ip
50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 Cfp
15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 6 2 lit
20 Uuiver Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 41 61p 104
10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 4 1
30 Van Diemon's Land ...
100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 801 814 81
50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d
50 WI & P Steam, Limited

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECLRITIEB.

Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan
and July, 1877-84 100 104 105
Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 105 k 106 k
Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept lOO 105 106
Do, 5p c, Jan and July lOO 94 95
Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 93 95
Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1803 lOO 95 96
Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 103
Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890-
1900 . lOO 110 112
Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90.100 109 111
Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO
Do, 5 p e, April 15 and Oct 15,
1900 lOO 102 k 103}
Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c lOO 109 111.
Do, 187-2 lOO
Do, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114
Mauritius, 6 c, 1873, Jun & July 100 102 104
Do, 1878, Jean and July 100 106 108
Do, 1882, May 15 and Nov 15 100 107 109
D 0,1895-6, Feb and Aug 100 111 113
Natal Guv 6p e, April & Oct 100 108 110
Do, 6p c, May and Nov 100 107 109
New Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and
July 100 104 105
N. S. Wales Gov 5 pc, 1871 to
1876, Jan and July lOO 100} 101}
Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and
July 100 101} 1021-
Do, 6 p c, red by ann draws,
front 1867 to 1875 100 100 101
Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872
to 1898 100 101 102
New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109
Do, 5p c 100 96i- 971
Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 97 97
Do., 6p c 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110
NoDyoal,Bsp7cs, J
co tt , i
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and lo,: J, t6tupe
July
aon ds
teDri ci
nc .g ;1100
02
0 1107 i
11
00391
Do, 1886 lOO 104 105
Queensland 6 per et, 1882-85, Jan
and July 100 1081 109 f
Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 108} 109
S Australian Government, 6 p C,
1869-77 lOO
Do, 1878-92 100
Do, 1893-1908 100 110 111

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day.

The adjourned January session commenced this
morning before the Lord Mayor and the civic autho-

rities.
The Common Sergeant, in charging the grand
jury, said, considering that four weeks had elapsed
since last seision, the number of prisoners was below
the average. There were no charges of manslaughter
or murder, but there was one charge of a remark-
able character, and it had been the first of the kind
that had been tried within the last thirty years.
The charge was that of impairing the gold coin of
the realm, and the offence was committed by means
of a very elaborate process, which the prisoner was
enabled to carry out by the knowledge he had at-
tained in his business as an electro-plater. They
would give this case the most careful attention
as it was one for which several persons had under-
gone the extreme penalty of the law. The Common
Sergeant afterwards referred to the charges against
Francis Brown, a fishdealer at Gravesend, and a
lad named James Terry, for committing a series of
ingenious frauds upon marine insurance offices.
The only remaining case which called for attention
was a charge of conspiracy against three persons,
and the object was to foist upon the prosecutor the
illegitimate chill of a young woman as a child born
to him by his own wife; the prosecutor was called
upon to suppose a child his which was in reality not
his own. The defence was that the deception was
practised in order to ploasejthe husband, but if they
were satisfied of the fact it would be their duty to
return a true bill.
After a short time the trials in both courts com-
menced. In the Old Court the case taken was that
of a charge of infringing the bankruptcy law. The
defendant was a boot and shoe maker, named Fell-
man, and carried on business in Hackney-road, and
the offence imputed was that he on a certain date
had represented himself as perfectly solvent and
obtained goods, whereas at the time his position
was quite the reverse. The case was not concluded
at the rising of the Court.
In the Nex Court the trial of the man Clifford
and his dtughter, charged with feloniously and
mAliciously defacing the coin of the realm, took
place. This was the case referred to by the Com-
mon Sergeant in his charge, but the facts have al-
ready appeared at length in The Sun. The pro-
secution was then withdrawn against the female,
and the jury found the male prisoner guilty. He was
sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard
abour.

PRICE OF GOLD:

The quotation of gold at Paris Is about at par , and
tie short exchange on London is 25f. 15e. per LI steriii4.,
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
tie. 10;d. per ounce for standard gold, it appeders that
gold at the above price 10 slightly dearer iu Paris than in
London

PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.

SUNDAY,

There is reason to hope that so far from the cause of
free trade suffering from the present commotion, its prin-
ciples will be more generally understood and more widely
appreciated. Yesterday, before the debate fairly opened,
M. Lefebure suggested that the commission should con-
sider not only the commercial treaty with England,
but the custom duties between France and other countries.
specially with regard to the wine trade between France
and Germany. A duty of 20f. virtually closed the German
market to French wines. M. Tochard, in sup-
porting the motion, stated that German wines
supplied the French districts on the Rhine bor-
ders, while French wines could not enter Germany.
M. Estancelin hereupon exclaimed that the wine growers
were now complaining, in their turn, but M. Louvet, the
Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, disposed of the
question by showing that treaties, while in force,
must he religiously repectod. If the inquiry showed that
important modifications wore necessary, the Government
would endeavour to obtain them at the expiration of the
treaties. If it showed that some changes were urgently
required, the Government would have to consider whether
it might open negotiations to obtain them. The
French are beginning to recognise the mischievous
effects of protective duties on trade as exhibited in
other countries. On the order of the day being proposed,
M. Estancelin observed that in his opinion the commission
of inquiry should not be nominated until the whole
of the iriterpellations on economical questions had
been discussed. The commission should in fact draw its
inspiration from those debates. The only point which had
been thoroughly debated was the English treaty. The
mercantile marine, whose importance demanded a special
debate, had only been referred to incidentally. M. Jules
Simon had said they wore unanimous with regard to the
inquiry itself, but there were several minor points to be
considered such as the mode of nomination, the number of
members, and the day to be fixed for their nomi-
He was himsslf in favour of the
nomination being made in the public sitting of
the Chamber, not by the bureaux. It was necessary
that the commission should possesss two qualities, compe-
tence and impartiality, and to cbtain these it must be
chosen from the full Chamber. The general opinion
seemed to be in favour of this view of the question, but
there was some perplexity respecting the extent of
the commission's powers. M. Thiers said he had
no doubt whatever on this point, the commission ought to
have the same powers as the Chamber itself. (C'est
evident !) We wish, said M. Thiers, to introduce the
customs of those countries where there is parliamentary
rdyinte, of which countries England is the typo. Well, then,
in England the commissions of inquiry are invested with the
full powers of Parliament itself. There had been two great
Parliamentary commissions in France. He had formed
part of Loth, and had arrived at the conclusion that to
produce any result a commission must have the full
powers of the Chamber.
The proposal for a commission of inquiry having
been agreed to unanimously, and it having been decided
that the members should be nominated in open
session, it was then determined that it should con-
sist of thirty-six members, and the duration of the inquiry
was the next problem. It was feared by many
members, including M. Estancelin and M. Picard,
that the inquiry would be interminable, and as
the question of the treaty must be decided next
year it was absolutely necessary it should be concluded by
the Ist of December at latest. M. Estancelin, when this
proposal was rejected, exclaimed that the industries of
France would see how their interests were cared for in
that Chamber. On being requested by the President to
explain his words, he declared that in his soul and
his conscience he believed the vote just given was the
ruin of their industries. M. do Jouvensel added "It is
the interment of the inquiry I" When this commotion
had subsided, the question whether the sittings of the
commission should be public produced fresh excitement.
The point was vehemently debated, some demanding
daily reports, some open sittings, and at last M. de
Forcade interposed. The transactions of the Commission
must, he said, be made public. Those of the inquiry of 1860
had been plishod in six large volumes. He did not know
ii they had been much read. Several voices hereupon
exclaimed,— " That is just it 1 They are too large
They came out too late ! " After examining the pros and
cons of the question, M. do Forcmle advised them to
suspend their decision as to the open sittings and the
public right of assisting at the inquiry. While M. de
Forcade spoke he was listened to with attention,

nation.

but when he sat down, fresh confusion began.
When the votes at last were taken, several members
declared they bad not understood the terms of tho pro-
posals, and wished to have them taken over again. The
President, who had had quite enough of the turmoil, ex-
plained that they lad committed themselves to nothing
but a simple adjournment, and the matter could not be

reopened.
' There has been some excitement respecting M. 011ivier's
c3nduct with respect to the oilici'd candidatures. His
triumph has cost him dear, for he has always been so
strenuously opposed to the present system, but
ho has been obliged to declare that the actual
majority faithfully represents the opinion of the
country. Such a step was inevitable under existing cir-
cumst,,nces. M. 011ivier has also gained a victory over his
own Cabinet, who were inclined to adopt a centrary course.
The Patrie considers that M. 011ivier has met with a
striking success, not only as an orator, but as a statesman
and a politician. His ascendancy over the Chamber is
now complete. He has gained its entire confidence ;
we can count henceforth on the support of the majority.
He remains in the Government, and before the public as
master of the situation. He has put a stop for some time
to the manoeuvres of those who were always raising
vexatious questions against the Ministers, and seeking to
complicate matters.
The Libert4 says that the Eclipse has been seized
because it published a representation of M. Ulric de Fon-
vielle, coming out of a well in the form of Truth. M. Ulric
de Fonvielle
,has not yet been confronted with Prince
Bonaparte. It was stated that M. d'Ores had reserved
their meeting for the close of the inquiry, which is
an unusual course to pursue when the accused
are to appear before the Court of Assizes. M. de
Fonvielle has not yet been consulted upon the plan, which
is said to have been drawn according to his statement.
The funeral of the Due de Broglie took place yester-
day, at St. Clotilde, in the presence of a large assembly.
The pall was carried by MM. Thiers, Guizot, Count Daru,
and others. The ceremony was attended by a crowd of
notabilities, and was carried out with great pomp and
solemnity

FEROCITY OF A UKAIEKEEPER.—The Iron&rWge
Weekly Journal relates that on Sunday morning, a game-
keeper, named Hickman, in the employ of Lord Forester,
was in a coppice, accompanied by a very large ferocious
dog, which was muzzled and secured by a strap round
his neck. To this was attached a cord, the end of i
which was held by the keeper. On passing up
the drive through the coppice the keeper saw a
boy named Leo, who was a short distance off
the road, getting a stick. Without speaking to the boy,
he slackened the dog's muzzle and pulled the cord
from the collar, and set the dog on the boy. Seeing the
dog coming towards him, the boy lay clown on the ground
upon his face, and placed his arms around his neck to pro-
tect it from the animal. The dog seized him by the back
of the head, which he tore in a frightful manner, and then
bit the boy about the hands and arms. The keeper called
the dog away, but he had to be beaten off. The same
ferocious dog had worried 1, farmer in a frightful manner
a short time ago. On Monday the noble lord sent L 5 to
the mother of the boy.

A. COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL Cliußcll.--The
good of comprehension in a national Church is that the
larger and more various the body of members, the
more elements of power and life the Church will con-
tain, the more points there will be of contact, the more
mutual support and stimulus, the more growth in per-
fection both of thought and practice. The waste of
power from not comprehending the Puritans in the national
Church is measured by the number and value of elements
which Puritanism could supply towards the collective
growth of the whole body. The national Church would
grow more vigorously towards a higher stage of insight
into religious truths, and consequently towards a greater
perfection of practice, if it had these elements ; and this is
why we wish for the Puritans in the Church. But, mean-
while, Puritanism will contribute to the common growth,
mainly because it believes that a certain set of opinions
or scheme of theological doctrine is the gospel; that it is
possible and profitable to extract this, and that Puritans
have done so; and that it is the duty of men who, like
themselves have extracted it, to separate themselves from
those who have not, and to set themselves apart that they

may profess it purely.---. From "Puritanism and the
Church of E,wlaiul." in the Cornhill 3Thuazine for February.

Nearly £:600 has been subscribed for the benefit of
tho widow and children of the late 13. B. Woodward, who
was librarian at Windsor Castle. Tho Queen has granted a
tension of £BO tier annum to Mrs. Woodward. _

The recent action of the Archbishop of York in
ordering the removal oi,the chancel screen, altar cross, 47e.,
from the church at Sloilichl, together with the attempt of the
Bishop of London to get rid of certain adornments in St. Chad's,
Haggerston, and St. Laurence Jewry, are events, says the
Time; calculated at first sight to disturb the minds of Church-
men. "We are happy to be abbe to say," our contemporary
goes on, "that the conduct of the two Bishops turns out to
have been entirely illegal. In the case of the two London
churches the Bishop has been compelled to give way, and
has left the churchwardens to bear the responsibility of

the removal of the decorations, should this be attempted."