The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1869.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS

Closing Business
Share . NAME. Paid. Price. done
10 Agra Limited, A...., all 104 10:
I'J Uo B lO 21 2:
50 Albion
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 1141 '2Ol 201 !
20 Anglo-Hungarian
20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 41
40 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columhia all 11 13
20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 5 4
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Outgo, lint.
25 Bank of South Australia ull 30 32
.50 lank of Victoria, Australia 25 .37 39
10 Bank of iN ew Zealand all 151 1 I
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
ha, nd China all 13 19
25 Chartered Mere. of India
London, and China all 301 31
20 City la 111 121
100 Colonial 25 38 40
10 Consolidated,
50 Delhi and London, lint
50 East London,ling ..2
1
20 English and American, lint 10 ...
20 English Bank of Ilio de Ja-
nciro. lint .............
20 English, ;cottish, and Aus-
tralian Chartered ..... , all 161 17%
18; Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank C0rp0rati0n,,,,,,,,, all 36 38
254 Do new.......,, 54 21 2
100 Imperial, lint
20 Imperial 0tt0man...... 10 2 k 1 121
lonian
25 Do new
20 Lnd Mortgage of India lint 4 3 31 1
100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 73 78
30 Londop Banki of Mexico
and South America, lint. 20 61 51
100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 70 27
20 Do new 74 51 4!
100 London S; River Blade, lint. 40 9 11 401
25 Do now 10 21 2ip 121 1
20 Loudon Chart. of Australia all 241 25
20 London and C0unty,,,,,,,,. 2U 60 41 501
50 Do new, is sat 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11
Loudon Joint 5t0ck....... 1 311 324
London and South African al 81 01
00 London & S.-Western, lint 20 13 11
150 London & Venezuela lint.'. 121 •••
100 London and Westminster. 20 611 624
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10
100 Merchant, 1int...... 25 25 51 41 194
10 Metropolitan, ............ all 74 74
100 Midland,
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lint l5 ld 1 p
100 National I.'l'oN-inc. of Eng'd 42 lO Do ...... ...
......... - ...
50 Nationa1...
20 New South Wales ............ all 41 43
20 North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 121 431 411
50 Proviue. Bank. Corpo., lint. 10 6 5
00 Provincial of 1re1and......., '25 88 90
10 Do new.. all
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint '25 15 1
100 Do issued at 6 pin. 10 8 6
25 Union of Australia all 47 43 471
100 Union of Ireland, lint
50 Union of London

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

10 Auglo-American Tel., lint ull 22 22}
10 Anglo Mediter Tel., Rm.... 10 121 13
st Atlantic Telegraph lO 22 .4
st Do. 8 per cent.
st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., Um lOO 158 163
st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 230 210 23 /
10 Do. New 8 9 lip
'
25 Indo-European Tel., Inn—. 10
...
...
5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 21 3
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all pr ip
10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint all 31 3i
25 Renter's Telegram all 45 00
30 Societe Transatla,nt., lint_ 14 2 11 is
st Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all 1 1;
20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,liin all 17 17i 17j
SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 5; i
5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 3 5 p
DiIkELLANEoTh------

all 11 I 514
a_
10 Anglo-Mexican Mint
•25 Australian Agricultural.- 201 153 161
25 Australian Mort. Land a
Finance, lint.
10 Berlin •
6 3 4
10 Do. New
lim. ..• 30 91 1
100 Bolckow Vaughan,
5 Bombay Gas, Ithl• all 31 141
10
Berlin
5 Do. New 4 11 id
•.' •an Laud 44 15 17
5 . British Aut,i it, .
Indian Tea, Inn all 21 31
'2O British
71 „
...
2J Canada Company
_nvest_ all 66 7u
10 Canadian Loan and I 2
Water Works, Estates,Wurks lim all
meut, lint i 2 1 4
10 430
20 Ceylon Company, line.
20 Do. A shares
4 ......
10 City ' Discount, lint
Real Pro-
-25 City of London 9
perty, lint
2o British Ship Owners
41 3d
30 City Nan Improv. lim. all 5 6
of 1%
25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all
.
50 City Offices, lim2s 26 25,1
50 Colonial, lim.
Do.
...
..
•
50 Commercia„ "'Mon (Assurer) 5 I p
10 Company of African M -
chants, lint.
20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 11)1 20 Id P
25 Copper Miners of England, 1
prof 71 per cent.
100 Corporation of
cent Londonall
I Bonds, 1877, 41 perl 1031 1011
100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all
100 Do. 1532, 410 ti 1054
i per cent, all 1031 1041
10 Credit Fon. of En,gland,lint. all •
-._ 4
50 Credit Yu/I.°f Mauritius ii.n lO 3; 2 w
at Crystal Palace lou 1) 21
st Do. Preference lOO 9'. 10 )
st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 108 112
20 Darjeeling, lim.
•••
I 0 Eastern Assam, lien.
...8
3
50 East Indian Land Credit
8 and Finance, lint.
5 3tl
20 East India Irriga. & Canal all
..
..
32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and
Coal, lint. , 271 111 1018
100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V ruy
Gus. by Egypt. tiJv
20 Egyptian Cont.& Trad. lim t;
3 Eng. & Aust r.tl. Copper, lita 21 • .
i /
1,5 English and Foreign Credit 71
Lou Eng. and Scot. It ariue, lim. 8 44 3_,,d
•
10 Fairbairn Engineerin ...d
g
ld
20 Fore-street Warehouse Aim l2 1 11p 13
100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and
Loan Scrip, issued at .685 all 87 88
50 Gellivara, lim.
10 General Credit & is., lint 7l li 14
15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 30
50 Home &Col Marine In. lim. 5 2 4.}d
10
20 Hudson's Bay.,, all 124 124
20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar-
HoseniglliCe-os,nligtLnd„ . China
..
.
20 Interim. Financial Soc. Hirt 5 14 1 I
20 Interns. Land Credit, lim 6 6
48 50 Italian Land .....
100 .... .
20 Italian Irri. (Canal ...... .... Ur) all 3 34
Do. 6 p. c. 13c15., redeem
1870, issued 90
50 Land Securities, lirn
25 London African Tra;dlg lO 7 8,,d
25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, I'm 6 ••• "-
10 London County and and
Building, lint.... , 4 ••• •-11
50 Loud. Financial /1. ..... . , . inn 3O 22 21
4 Lond.Gen.Omuibus•Co.lim all 2 21 21
50 Loud, and Glasg. Engineer
and Iron Ship, Lim. . 25 21 16.1
20 Lond. & Provincial 111 ..
t.r.i
at sladras Irriga. & Cant. Gua
sp.c. by India Gov.
10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and
Agency, lin-L....
..
60 Millwall Iron Wor'ks, lint l2l
10 Natal Laud and Colouitta- •••
Lion Co., lint. 9 51 418
25 National Discount Co. , lint 5 111 1,1,.4
v.
25 National Pro 51arine, lint. 4 4 '''`
10 National Steam Ship, lint, all 91 104
20 Nerbudda Coal& Iron, lim, 6 34 3,_,d,,
10 New Consolidated Die. lim. 3 14 '4‘.
5 Now Quebrada, 1ien.,,,... 4.4.0 41 4
25 New Zealand Loan &Mer •
cantile Agencylim
25 New Zealand Trust and
Loan, 1im.......... . . 6 1 1
10 Northern AssamT.e.t..7,..litn 5 7 '
10 Do. B
...... all 9 8
st ' North Brit. Austral , lint— 100 48 51
50 North Brit. & Merca..n. In_ 64 P 184
25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 12 1
50 Oriental Financial, lint
6 Oriental Gas lim. all 7 8
5 Do. New
............... 1 i 116
10 Otago and Southland In.
vestment, Rut • 2 Itl 41) 5 Ottoman Gas, Ii ........ ▪ all 11 24
10 Panama, New Zealand,
5
Aust
Doralian R. Mail 11m all :7:
do.
at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim WO 31 34
50 Peniusu. & Oriental Steam all 48 50
50 Do. New 1867
60 Rhyniney Iron.
.... all 22 24
15 Do. New
25 Rio de Janeiro Cit all 61 7
20 Do. ' Ina• ,un i•. all 181 19
Ga.s, lim all 24 6
100 Royal Mail Steam
.... .
at Scottish Aust. Invest., litn lOO 83 8I
at Do. 6P. c. Guar. Pref lOO •2• •••
20 Soci6te Fin. d'Egypte, lint lB 0 7 4
33
68,
20 soniete Gen.de l'
50 S. African M Empire Ot. ort. & Inv., lina. 6 ... •••
25 South Australian Land ..• all 34 36
20 Thames and Mersey Marino
(Insurance), lirn
20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl .. ...
10 Trust &Agency of Aus.,lina. 1 41p
10 Do do. do. all
••• ..•
20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 i IP
50 Union Marine L'pool, lira 6 41 5 p
20 Union Steam Ship, Ilm
i 24
15 Unite
dd Discount Corp., Rm 6 1
20 Universal Marineau.), um. 5
10 Upper Assam Tea, 1im.,,,,,, 11 2 p
all
Laud ..
30 Van Dieman's Egypt, 7 per
4 1 6 7
00 Viceroy of
Loan.,,tgage)
cent. (Mor ..all 774 754 704
50 Warrant FinanCe, inn. .. ,
W t India and Punk)
50 es

Steam, lim2o
20 WestLoudon Whams and
Warehouses lO

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Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept lOO ...2 IL4
Do. 6p. a. Jan. & July lOO Eus2 1,(%.,4
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Do. do 1810.90 lOO 107 109 °SI
Do. Jan.&July, 16pi
Do. 5 per cent. 15 April
and 15 Oct., 1900 .. 100 93 no
Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 P-0•• 100 108 11t
Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 10/'
Maurltius, 6p. 0, 1871...
_ Jan. and July
Do. 1678 . • •• 110 106 ins
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Do 6p c. Mar & ;Dept '91.. 100 108 110
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Do. April and Oct
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CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

On Thursday an important meeting was held at the
metropolitan residence of Mr. Mitford, M.P., in
Cavendish•square, of members of Parliament, eminent
medical men, clergymen, and gentlemen interested
in the Health Laws to confer respecting the
extension of the Act of 1836. Among those present
were Lord Charles Bruce, M.P., Sir John Simeon,
M.P., Mr. Waterhouse, M.P., Mr. Mitford, M.P., the
lion. Percy Wyndham, M.P., Sir Henry Thompson, Dr.
J. E. Folluek, Dr. Mouat (Inspector-General of Hos-
pitals), Mr. Ernest Hart, the Rev. E. Wyatt-Edgell, Dr.
Myers (of the Coldstream Guards), Mr. Berkeley Hill,
Mr. J. Brandon Curgenven, Mr. G. G. Gascoigne, Dr.
T. Fox, Dr. B. F. M`Dowell (ef Dublin), and Ur. James
Lane. The hon. secretaries, Mr. Berkeley Hill and Mr.
Curgenven, reported that letters had been received from
rectors of parishes and from the mayors of different towns,
stating they were prepared to urge forward the measure
advocated by the association. A meeting had been held
in Birmingham under the bishop and leading clergy of
the diocese, advocating this purpose, and the movement
was proceeding in Bristol, Reading, Newcastle, Dublin,
Gloucester, Manchester, Gravesend, Bath, and Chelten-
ham, and letters in support had been received as well from
most of the large ship companies over the kingdom. The
Mayor of Liverpool, the rector, and others of the Muni-
cipal Council of that town, offered to attend with a depu-
tation on the Ministry to urge the adoption of the Act, and
the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, and othersof a like
character were also with the association. Many influential
persons had sent in their names to be added to the com-
mittee, among whom were Lord Lifford, Bishop Smith, of
the Colonial Church, and several rectors of towns.
There had been an increase of between fifty and sixty
members of the association, which was satisfactory; but
he regretted to say that one of the religious societies had
taken au opposition view, and had sent papers to members
of Parliament urging that no compulsory measures should
be taken. The society, however, gave no facts in answer
to the statistics given by the association.—Sir J. Simeon
said he should use his exertions to extend this Act, as he
knew the populations of the large towns would be bene-
fited, and the immorality decreased. The chief
obstacle to be overcome, he said, was the " flying-in-
the-face-of-Providence" argument, and he assured the
meeting that he knew some of the chief dignitaries of the
Church who were in favour of the association's views.—
The vast good the Act had done was referred to by Lord
Charles Bruce, Dr. T. Fox, Dr. Myers—who stated that
Colonel Michael Bruce, of the Coldstreams, was in favour
of the Act—and by other gentlemen, who declared that
while they held the "continental system" in utter abhor-
rence as far as regarded licensing, still they had found
that compulsion had worked most successfully.

THE STATE OF IRELAND.

The correspondent of the Daily News, inquiring into the
outrages in the south of Ireland, dates his latest commu-
nication from Clonmel. The following case, which he
details as occurring near Bansha, between Tipperary and
Clonmel, will illustrate strongly the feeling that animates
the people on the question of land tenure. A widow fell
into arrears of rent, and the landlord thought it was
time to eject. He took proceedings accordingly,
and the widow's farm was given to another—a rela-
tion of the widow, who offered her some compensation.
This was indignantly rejeeted, and the widow came to
reside in Bansha. The new occupier never made his ap-
pearance in the town that the widow did not pour
down on him abuse, reproaches, curses, and even
filth. He complained, and the woman was re-
monstrated with, but in vain. She had lost her home,
and people thought that she had lost her reason.
One cold morning a report arrived in Bansha that the
house of Fanner A. was in flames. So it was, and with
the house there perished some half-a-dozen head of stock.
On investigation a box of matches was found outside the
house, which proved that it was the work of an incen-
diary. The ejected widow was out of bed that night, and
though no one could prove any act done, no one has any
doubt as to the perpetrator of the arson. The farmer got
compensation from the county, but he says he feels no
security as long as the widow is alive.
The same correspondent gives a story of the brother of
Mr. William Scully, who was shot some months since.
A woman owing £6O for three years' rent was requested
to leave, and was offered £4O and the back rent to do so.
She refused, and was forcibly ejected. The agents of
the law had scarcely disappeared when Mrs. Tobin took
possession of an outhoust. When requested to leave by Mr.
Scully's bailiff, she refused, adding that "if he put a leg into
the place she would see him for it sooner or later.'
The next charge brought against her was for wilful and
personal trespass, and using threatening language. Even
now she was offered a remission of the three years' rent
due, -£6O from the incoming tenant, and £4O from Mr.
Scully, making an allowance of £l6O. Still she refused,
though pressed to accept the terms offered. She was
bound over, herself in £5O, and two sureties in £2.5 each,
to keep the peace for twelve months. It was apparent,
from the course of the proceedings, that the widow Tobin
had a public opinion outside the court, on which she relied
for sympathy. On the other hand, the Daily News
correspondent heard the remark made that the
concessions of Mr. James Scully would prove
store pernicious than the rigid adherence of his
brother William to the absolute letter of the law, What
inference will the tenantry draw from the case but that
rent is robbery? Here is a woman actually offered what
would be equivalent to an eight years' purchase in the
Landed Estates Court, on condition that she would leave
a house and farm to which she had no legal title. Some-
body else may say, " I shall pay no rent at all ; I possess
and I till, why should I share with one who does not possess
and who does not till ?" Nor is this an extreme case.
There is a tenant of Colonel Purefoy who owes several
years' rent, under ejectment, and who has been offered
£3OO or £4OO to give up possession ; but he refuses the
money, and holds the land. It would be a dangerous
thing probably for anyone to succeed the actual possessor
in the present temper of the people. By the bye, Colonel
Purefoy is one of the landlords who has recently left the
country and gone to England.

The correspondent calls attention, on the other hand, to
what Sir William Osborne did some years back. He built
for a ragged man a cabin on the untilled mountain aide,
and gave him land there at a small rent. The man,
before poor and miserable, succeeded, and became well-to-
do. Sir William soon had others applying to him for the
same privilege. He gave them what they asked ; and
they also soon rose above their poverty, discontent, and
Whiteboyism. They really worked day and night because
they worked for themselves. " Suppose (it is asked) that
Sir William Osborne was a strict economist and purely
selfish man, and that he said to these tenants, ' You have
made this land very valuable, but the land being mine,
everything that you have put into it is mine also. Your
labour inheres in my property, and cannot be disassociated
from it. I need not allow you to remain on the land
at all, but I shall not exercise my full legal rights.
You must, however, give me three-fifths or five•sixths
of the produce. If you do not agree to this you
must go ; there are others who will accept my proposal.'
Would you blame the tenantry if they grumbled at a
contract of this kind, and would it not rather be an
abuse of terms to call such a proposal by the name of a
contract ?"

Summing up the information he has received, the
correspondent says :—" I cannot but think it is the
bounden duty of the Legislature to interfere, without loss
of time, between these extreme pretensions on one side
and the other. At present the great mass of opinion lies
in the middle ; but the longer a fair bill on the question
of land tenure is delayed, the greater will be the difficulty
of dealing with it."