The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-10 00:00:00

fHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVE\ TING, MARCH 10, 1870.

SHARE' LIST.
o{LOITAILY 811AILES AND STOCKS.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Share NAME. Closing
BuainE. Paid. Price done s
10 Agra Limited, A all 11/ 121
lu Du ' B lO 41 5
50 Albion l5 10 8
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 244 25
20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 3d fp
• 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 3
90 Australasian ... .. allj 55 57
20 Bank of British Columlia.3 all 15 IR
20 Do issued at 2 pm.. ~.. 6 Si 2i
26 Bank of Egypt
29 Bank of Otago, lint
23 Bank of South Australia all 3'l oe3
50 Bank of Victoria. Australia 25 37 Su
10 Bank of New Zealand
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, Pnd China all IS3 19
25 Chartered Marc. of India
London, and China all 82 31
20 City lO 11 111
00 Colonial' 25 91 43
10 Consolidated, lim.
50 Delhi and London, lint
50 East London, lim
20 English and Ame-ican, lim 10 .. ...
20 English Bank of ltio do Ja-
neiro. lim lO t 'lp
20 English, Scottish, and Aus-
tralian Chartered •, all 173 181
281 Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all 37 t 9
281 Do now lll 91 51
100 Imperial, lim 2O 3 2
20 Imperia.l Ottoman lO 2 3 3
25 lonian all 2.) 22
25 Do new 5 8 3
Dad Mortgage of India, Ulu 4 31 31
100 Do sp. c. Dcbs.lB6l, 30 all 76 711 8U
100 London Bank of Mexico

and South America, lim. 20 5 4
100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 35 .?9
20 Do new 71 5 41
100 London &River Plato, lim. 40 11 13
25 Do now - 10 11 2 p
20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 20 cat
20 London and County 2O 491 504 48
50 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pi ll ...
London Joint Stock 3ll 321 :32:
London and South African
100 London &S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11
50 London & Venezuela, lint_ 121
100 London and Westminster. 20 G.) 81. CO:
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pin 2O
100 Merchant, lint ,25 61 51
10 Metropolitan, lim all 74 74
00 Midland, lim 2O 1 d 1
5 National of Australia
2.5 National of Liverpool, lira l5 3d 1p
00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42
10 Do . 42
50 National.. 3O ...
20 New South Wale,
20 North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 41
50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 61 51
30 Provincial of Ireland 25 85 87
10 Do new. a11...
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, Hai '25 11 11
100 Do issued at G pin lO 8
25 Union of Australia all 43 43
100 Union of Ireland, lira
50 Union of London

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

I 0 Anglo-American Tel., lieu all 11)i iu I k
10 Anglo Meeliter Te1.,1im.... 10 201 21 281
st Atlantic Telegraph lO 14 10
St Do. S per cent. lOO 42 46 45
st •B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim. 100 18J 1.80
et Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 262 267
10 Do. New 8 12 Lip
25 Indo-European Tel., dm— all 23 25
5 Loud. Provincial Tel. Inn all 3 4
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all ... . „
10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lim all 5 10 71
25 Renter's Telegram all 12 13
20 Societe Trausatlant., Rm all 16 16; 151
St Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all 11 lf
5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 8
5 Do. 10 per cent. Prof all 44 :•4

P.ENIAN CONVICT O'DONOVAN
Il ('SSA.

La Iliarseillaisv of Tuesday evening was pub-
lished as a special number exclusively devoted to
contributions from political prisoners. Among
them was one from O'Donovan Rossa, which it
was stated had been with difficulty c.nveyed to
his friends. The following is a translation of the
letter :

'II have told you of the hypocrisy of these Eng-
lish masters, who, after having placed inc in a
position that compelled me to rest upon my knees
and elbows in order to take my food, half starve
me, deprive me of light, and give me chains and
a Bible. I make no complaint of the penalties
which my masters require me to endure—
my fate is to suffer; but I maintain that I have
the right to aevaint the world with the treatment
to which I am subjected, and that it is illegal to
suppress my letters which speak of that treatment.
The minute precautions taken by the pri_on autho-
rities to prevent me from writing letters are as
ridiculous as they arc abhorrent. The most
outrageous proceeding was to strip me naked
once a day during several months and to exa-
mine my arms, legs, and all parts of my body.
This occurred at Millbank every day in February
and up to May, 18.67. One day I resisted, and
then there came five officers who assailed me with
blows and tore off my clothing. Once I was en-
abled to send outside a letter and that procured me
a visit from Messrs. Knox and Pollock, two police
magistrates. What a mockery it was to send two
Government officials to ascertain the truth concern-
ing English prisons! These gentlemen refused to
take note of what I had of importance to tell them.
When I approached a subject which did not suit
them they stopped me by saying that with the dis-
cipline of the prison they had nothing to do. Is
not this true, Messrs. Pollock and Knox ? When
I told you that I had been forced to bathe in the
.water that. had already been used by half-a-dozen
English prisoners, did you not refuse to take notice
of my complaint ? At Chatham a certain quantity
of oakum was given to me b pick, and I was told
that I would have to fast if I had not completed
the task by a certain hour. ' Perhaps,' said I,
you will punish me in the same manner if I do
complete my task ; that has already occurred to
me at Millbank." How was that ?' asked the
Governor. Then I related to him how, on the 4th
of July, having finished my task ten minutes More
the fixed period, I took up a book. The officer saw
me, accused me of idling, and I was sentenced to
bread and water, and was confined iu a dark cell
fur 43 hours. One day I perceived my friend
Edgard Duffy. He was very pale. Soon after-
wards I heard it said that Duffy was seriously ill,
and that he had eapressed a desire to see me (we

had been very intimate in Ireland). I solicited
from the Governor of the Irison permission
to visit him. lie Italy refused. That was
about Christmas, 1867, and some weeks later
a prisoner told the in a low One, tiro:lli
the grating of my cell, ' Duffy is dead.' If such
a thing had happened in Russia, what a pathetic
story the English would have considered it! If
Mr. Gladstone had ben present at such a death
at Naples what a picture he would have fainted
of it. Ah ! smooth-spoken Pharisees, trafficking in
hypocrisy, the Bible on your lips, the devil in your
belly. I owe a word to the memory of John Lynch.
In the mouth of March, 1866, 1 found myself with
him in the ex.2reise-yard. We were so closely
watched that he could hardly say these few words
to me, The cold is killing me.' But these
English, what did they do ? They removed us to
Loudon the day before Christmas. Arrived at
the prison we were deprived of our flannel:, and
we were left for mouths shivering with cold
in our cells. Yes, they cannot deny it; they assas-
sinated John Lynch, but at the inquiry, neverthe-
less, there was no lack of officers forthcoming to
prove that Lynch and Duffy had been very tenderly
treated. The lying of our English rulers exceeds all
the limits of tin igination. If lam to die in prison I
conjure my family and my friends not to believe a
word which these people say about me. Let it not be
supposed that lam influenced by any per,onal rancour
against those who have pursued me with their false-
hoods. I accule only the tyranny which renders
necessary the maintenance of such a system. Many
times c:rcuinstances have reminded me of these
words of Machiavelli, thlt tyrants have au csp,c.al
interest in the circulation of theßible, in order that
the mars of the people may learn its precepts and
submit to pillage without resisting the brigands.'
IVhile a slavish people practises the morality and
obedience which their prie3ts preach to them,
tyrants will have nothing to fear. If this
letter should reach my countrymen, I
have a right to demand that they shall
raise their voices to insist that justice should
be done to their sufferings by others. May thes3
words stir the blood which now curdles in their
veins. I have been harnessed to a small cart,
with a knotted cord round my neck. The knot
was connected with a long pole, and two English
prisoners were ordered to prevent the cart from re-
bounding, but they released their hold, the pole
sprung up in the air, and the knot gay way. If
the knot had held tight I should have been a
dead man. I affirm that it was not right to place
me in a position where my life depended upon the
acts of others. A ray of light penetrates through
the bolts and bars of my prison. It is the recollec-
tion of a day past at Newtonards, wjere I met
with Orangemen and Ribandmeu who had forgot-
ten their bigotry.

" O'DONOVAN ROSSA, Political Convict."

PRINCESS'S 2IIEA7RE.

Mr. Boucicault's two new dramas, entitled respec.
tively " Paul Llfarge " and " A Dark Night's
Work," affords abundant scope for. Mr. Belmore's
humour in the part of a mercenary miller, who sells
his claim to the hand of a village maiden, and
passes through numerous awkward scrapes in con-
vquence. Miss Rose Leclercq performed the part
of the village bride, Paquita, with much vivacity
and humour, while the part of Philip is performed
with spirit by Mr. W. Rignold. The performances
Commenced with Mr. Morton's farce, " Your Life's
in Danger," in which Mr. Edmund Coles, an actor of
moderate capacity, sustained the character of John
Strong.

_ .
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Sales probably 8,000 bales. The market dull.

Mr. W. Storey, proprietor of the Chicago Tines
was, on the 24th February, publicly' cowhidcd by Lydia
Thompson and Pauline Markham.

The seventh anniversary of the wedding of the
Prince and Princess of Wales will bo celebrated at Sand-
ringham to-day with the usual festivities.
THE TRIAL OF PRINCE BONAPARTE.—We learn
that the Prince will arrive at Tours on the 19th. For the
same day rooms are engaged for M. de la Princesse Bona-
parte at the Hotel d l'Univers. The Archbishop of Tours
at present at Rome, has, through the Mayor, placed his
palace at the disposal of the members of the High Court,
for whom, according to law, the municipality is obliged
to provide lodging.

Her Majesty's Indian troopship Jumna is tele-
graphed to have left Suez for Bombay on the 7th
inst.; all well.

A telegram has been received from Malta re-
porting the arrival of her Majesty's Indian troop-
ship Crocodile at that island on the Bth inst., and
that she would sail again for Alexandria on the
10th inst.

her Majesty's Indian troopship Malabar arrived
at Suez oli the Bth inst. ; all well.
RECOVERY OF £l3O.—A relieving officer at Hall-
ff.x, last week, left on a scat in a room of the railway
station the sum of £l3O iu £5 notes, and for some days no
trace of the money was discovered. On Thursday, how-
ever, a distressed-looking man offered a note in payment
for a coat at a clothier's shop in Rochdale, and paid
another note at a second shop, where he had
bought a pair of trousers. The owner of the
second shop went to his brother clothier 'for change, and
suspicion was thus excited that the notes were dishonestly
come by. The man Joseph Keogh was taken into cus-
tody, and subsequently admitted that he " found " the
£l3O at Halifax. He showed the officer where he had
concealed the remainder, and nearly the whole sum was
thus recovered. Keogh was removed to Halifax, where
he has been examined before the magistrate, by whom,
after a suitable reprimand, he was discharged.

A letter has been received front the Rev. New-
man Hall, dated Al,3xandria, Feb. 19, in which ho states ho i 5
already baiter for the change.

IMPERIAL PARMA NIEN r.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—This EVENING.
The speaker took the chair at four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER,

Mr. Bernal Osborne, on takinj the oath and his seat
for the city of Waterford, was introduced by Mr. W. U.
Gregory and Mr. Bagwell, and was saluted with loud
cheers.

NOTICE OF AMENDMENT ON THE IRISH

LAND BILL,

Mr. M'CULLAGH TOERENS gave notice that in committee
on the Irish Land Bill he would move an amendment on
Clause 2 by giving power to the Landed Estates Court in
Ireland, and to the Court of Chancery in Ireland, to
grant to solvent tenants leases of 31 years.
THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION BILL.
Mr. DIXON gave notice tliat on the second reading of
this bill he would move that no system could be permanent
or satisfactory which left the support of the schools to be
letermined by local authorities.

UNION RATING.
Mr. 111`MAHoN asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
what course he proposed to take with regard to union
rating.

Mr. FORTESCUE said he proposed a select committee.

SCOTCH GAME LAWS.
Mr. ITARDCASTLE asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, whether the bill for the amendment
of the Game Laws, to be brought in by the Government
would include England as well as Scotland.
Mr. REUCE said the bill euly referred to Scotland, but
there was no reason why it should not extend to England.

KENSINGTON GARDENS.
Mr. EASTWICIC asked the First Commissioner of Works
if he had observed that a number of elms, oaks, beeches.,
and plane trees in Kensington Gardens and St. James's
Park had been maimed and decapitated so as to have
become a deformity instead of an ornament in the public
parks ; and whether he will give orders to prevent this
process in future, and replace the mutilated trees with
young plants.

Mr. AVITON said the policy of the Commissioners waa
when a tree exhibited decay to lop off the branch, rather
than cut the whole tree down.

THE CHANGER TN THE ARMY.
Lord EUSTACE CECIL asked the Secretary of State for
War whether his attention had been called to a paragraph,
page 21, of the report of the royal commission appointed
to inquire into the system of purchase in the army, and
whether, with that report in existence, the authorities at
the War Office or at the Horse Guards could, in his opinion,
be said to have been or to be officially ignorant of the fact
that officers in all the purchase corps of the army had
been in the habit of paying over regulation money for
Lheir promotion ; and whether it was true that circulars
ilad been lately sent round to officers commanding cavalry
regiments, requesting them to send bade a return of the
n.-nount of money they bad paid for their commissions

the, regulation yr:co.
IMr. CARDWELL was aware of the large pecuniary
interest involved in the over-regulation prices. Ire justi-
fied those prices on the ground of expediency, and said ha
hid not heard anything at the War Offiee or the Hone
Guards with reference to the circular.