The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1E69.

SHARE LIST,

OILDINAILY altAti,SS AND STOCKS.

share Railways. Paid. Itg Clos Raallies•
Price. dens.
at Bristol and Exeter...... 10) 77 79
at Caledoniau lOO 74 781 784 1
sk U....Lerma
20 Cornwall ... all 24 34
it Dublin & Belfast Juno... 100 77 79
• Dun„rerth, SI Ab.J 'AM 70 72
/ East London—.
40 Do - -
2) Do 10 - -
at Glasgow Si S. Western lO2 06 93
st Great Eastern ..
et Do. E. Aug,l. No.
at (irzitt NOrtllol Septllll4.:: lOO 16 6
st Ureat Nortlicru lOO 106 IOS 1064
st Du. A. stock
at Do. I: :V.A.Y.:‘. lOO
st and IV. el freialid 101) 9y 7
a li L. Western ILO 41 491 4.31
t 110. 6uatu Wales
et Do. W. A/Ad.—DJ:ton,— 110 25 27
• Do. Newport
at Lancashire 0 1 ericshir.... 100 12 1 •-..31 123 24
at Lou., llrihil., v ,!3•Coast.. :4
• Do :Scrip .... • ...... all
it 1 on., ClIaL., and tee 171 174
•1 Do. Me.tfup. E.X. A .... It/0
• Lua. 1:1 eater', .. 100 1151 i 154 115 1
A Lou. ti South Western.. 41.0 57 59 tB4
• Mau., Bnei., & u 16 161 56
at MPIX(.,i O itatt
at Do Exteusi 100 10J 1 1
10 Do. New rd id Ip
st Metropolitan District. all 45 50
10 Metrop. at. John's V% 001 tl - -
st Slictaud
st Do, tiir.uin. Sr Dvrby iuo 12 84
at North British ...... 100 15 16., 1:5
st Du. do Duh lOO - -
at Nor. klastern-13erwlei:.. 100 1021 1(84
25 Do. N.E purolmse BUS, -
st Do Leeds. ......
at Do York lOO 934 141
st Do Carli.le . luo 122 125
st Do Stoc c. Sh. Darling 1,.0 131 131
at North Lou ion
10 Do New 16(8
st North StalTorashire .
at North and S.-W. Junction 100 93 100
10 Do New £lO shares 7 ••• • •
at Rhysnucy
at Shropshire Union it 0 57 58
st South Devon'..
st South Eastern lOO 764 77 741 3 1
st Staines, Wok'hani,& Wok all 12 13
at 'Cal ale lOO 148 1t,3
- De. C
Waterford it. Kilktuuy llO
10
Waterloo Sa Whiteha.l ri

RAILW_LYS-PREFERENCE SIIA.RES AND STOCKS,

et Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88
st Caledonian Qrs., No. *, lOO ...
st Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent 100
st DO. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c 100
st Do. do. 7 per cent 100 ...
st D. do. Ordinary 100 81 8:1
st Do. Midland
st Do. Dundee ant Arbroata 100
20 Cornwall, 5 per cent '' ...
st; Dundee, Verth, and Aber-
deen Junction lOO 105 107
st Do. lit Class preference lOO ...
st Glas. &S. W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ...
st tit. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 9ti
st Do tlo No. '2 100 96 93
st Do do G per cent 100 103 110
st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 ...
st Do do B 6 do. 100 ...
st Do do 7 do. 104
st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ...
st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 7u 75
st Du Notfulk p.c.Ex.1816 100 ...
st Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lB47 100 ...
st Great Not thorn, 5 per cent 1J
Fit Do 5 p.c., rd at 101). c. pin. 100 ...
st Do 4; do do du 100 ...
st Do 5 do at sp. c. put lOO
st Do Leeds, Bra:110rd, and
Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ...
stl Gt. Nrtb of Scotia:lid, let pf 100
st. Great South. :ti.ll \‘',:steru

(Irelan.l) 4 per ecut
st; Gt.West.—')rig.&Jut.-lteut

chg., per gua.s p.e 1)0 10 103 1021
st Do. Orig. H. Ex). 0 p.e 10) 95 1,:0
et Do (10 4, ptr teat. 1850_ 10) 87 Si)
st Do du 4 do do
St Do do 5 per cont. to leas 10) 15 J 7
st Do do Bamingii,a gal- lOO 60 70
St Do du do prof lOO
St DJ do Chester gill lOO au 83
at Do do do S per cent lOO
st DJ do do 5 do 100 'O5 100
st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100
st Do do 4. p.c lOO
at Do do 4, 1850 lOO ...
at Do do 5
St DJ We2t Mid. Oxford lit g. 10) 1l 1 110
at Do do 20 gnat. 190 107 111
st Du Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 10) 10 1,2
st Du do 2:1 do 100 97 [us)
st Do gua. 51 per cent. 180:1 100
00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. nil
st Laueash. & Yorksh. 0 p.e. 100 1 3 135
st Do Barnsley, £5 Is 100 p.c. 100
st Du 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1)3
st Do 4) (Blackburn purer). 100 08 100
St, London & Brighton, 5 P.C.
guaranteed, No 1 lOO
at Do 5 per cent. gua. Nu. 2. 100
st Do 6 du do lOO ...
tit Do 5 do Nu. 4 lOO ...
st Do 7 per cent l,O
st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.V.) I.s)
st Do 4 nu 1.859 lOO
st London, Chatham, S; Dover
5 per cent lOO ...
[AI London and .11.‘.47., C. and
Nuneaton 5 per coat lOO 105 110
st Do Bedford &Cambridge- lOO ...
st Do Shrewsb'y it Welchp'l lOO ...
st London and s W. 7 p,c
late 3d shares, lOO 140 15)
Is 60. Do (Portsui. perp ans. 2.16,1) a 11...
st Mau., Shef., & Linelu. 0 p.c lOO 111 117
6 Do k 6 all par Ipm
st Do 3) per cent lOO 60 65
10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 ...
et Mid. Coueolidate,t., 6p. c lOO 130 135
st Du Bristol& Birni., 6p. e IJJ 1:2 134
st Du 4), per cont. redeem- lOO 5,18 10)
st Do 41- per cent. irrecieem lOO 518 100
st Do Leicester. Lreha, 4 p.c lOO 80 91 50
at North British, 5 p.e. No. 1 WO
st Do E. it G. 4p.c.S. & D lOO
st Do N. 11., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO
at Du Border Union, 5)- p.c lOO
at N.-Eastern—Coal. 4jp.c lOO 87 80
st Du 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 95 07
st Do if N.E. 4 per cent., lOO
17 Do Berwick capital S 11.4. ...
Do York, H.& S. purchase lO 10 10/
Do Stcktn it Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO 106 108
st Du W, Hartlepool H. and It 100 84 86
20 North Staffordshire
lOs S. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 9 to
10s 110 Tavistock Anus., los all SI 91
lOs Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81
1,0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 g
st Du 41 percent lOO
••• •.•
at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO
st Taff Vale No.l lOO 14 s 153
st Waterford &Kilkenny, Gpe 100 41 43

RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.

With Dividends contingent on the Proilts of each separate year.

it Caledonian 41 p c gaa.
it Do Scot. Con. win. 7p c lO3 ~,
it Do 41 p irredeem all '
st Do 4 p con. issued at 80 6.5
st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 78 ,
st Do b do, 1862 lOO 86 t,B
it Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 85 68
it Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 62 86
it Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 ~,
st Do Permanent 5 per cent. 10J ~,
et Do Boston & Sleald, 41 pc 104 ,
st Grea t \Veit., W. Midl., 5 p
c 100 ~,
it 1)0 Joint ',ape. 5 p c,1835 100 88 9z
it Du do 6p c tired., 1866 100 103 103
23 Do Vale N eath perp. bp e all 19 20
st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO
5 Lane. and York. New 41 per
cent till July, 1871 2 I ip
st Loud., Brig V., 44 pc, 1858 100 ~
it Do do 4 do, 1860 100 •••
st Do do 41 do, 1361 100 ~,
it Da do 41 do, 1863 100 ~,
it Do do 5 do, 1865 100
st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ~,
it Do No. 7 sdo
st Load , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c
it Do Metrop. EL, B 6 P•c 100 •••
Do do C 6 p.c
st Loudon &N. IVestern, 5p c 100 103 110
st 1,011(1011 &S. Western, 41 p C 100 V 2 94 91 3
10 Man. bhef.& Lin., 5 pc, 1365 all 884
at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102
at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 108
st Do B 5 do 100 106 103
13 Do 5p c opt. to conv. to
Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 204 201
18 Do Incouv. New Shares all 181 191 Di
22 Do 5p c con. into Old
Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 13 2114
it North British, E. and G
No. 1, 5 per cent
it Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100
Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100
at Do E.& G , N 0.2, 5 p.e
it Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 .„
st Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c
it Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 .
it North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 V,5 97 f6}
it Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 111 113
it North London, 44, per cent
(Max. 5 per cent)
it North Staffordshire 5p c lOO
***
it South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100
tit Do 5 do 1561 100
it Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100
it Do 5 do, 1564
at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100

JOINT-STOCK BANK S.

Closing TiU,ili.l
Share NAVE. Paid., Price. done
10 Agra Limited, A all 11 12
s) Do B lO 24 31
50 Albion
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 20 21 204 I
20 Anglo-Hungarian
20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 4140 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13
20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 5 43
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lim.
25 Bank of South Australia.., all 30 32
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 3)
10 Bank of Nets' Zoala n:1 all 17 13
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, A llEtra-
lia, .nd China all 20 21
25 Chartered Mere. of India,
London, and China
20 City li i 12 121
100 Colonial ,5 39 40
10 Consolidated, lint.
50 Delhi and Loudon, lim
20 English and American, lint 10 ...
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro Urn lO pr 1p
20 English, :coltish, and Ans.
tralian Chartered
284 Hong Emig and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all 38 28
281 Du nets 54 114 2} S
lot) Imperial, lim 2u 16 17
20 Imperial Ottoman lO 2 <1 124
..5 lonian - all 21 26
25 Do new 3 11 iP
20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lira 4 31 31 1
100 Do sp. c. Dens.lB64, 30 all 76 75 76
30 Loudon Bank! of Mexico
and South America, lim. 20 61 41
100 London and Brazilian, lint, 45 au .17
20 Do new 71 si• 44
100 London d. River Plate, lim. 40 9 11
25 Do new 10 2: 'lip
20 London Chart. of Australia all 2t125 20 London and County 2O ttl 51
50 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11
London Joint Stock 1 . ILI "I
Loudon and South African al 81 91
00 London &S.-Western, Um, 20 13 11 71 $
150 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ...
100 London and Westminster 2O 63 64 63 1
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O
100 Merchant, lint 25 6 4
10 Metropolitan, lint all 74 n
100 Midland, Um 2O 11 1
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 Id IP
100 National Provinc. of Eu-'d 42 . .
10 Do ...... ....... .42 ••:,0 National.
20 Mew South Wales all 41 43
20 North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 411 • ---- ._ 80 Brovinc. Bank. Corpo., Urn lO 6 5 44
00 Provincial of Ireland.. .....
10 Du new.. all ... ...
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 15 1 t 121
100 Do issued at 6 per lO 8 6
25 Union of Australia, all 47 43
100 Union of Ireland, lim
50 Union of London

TELEG HAP II COMPAN I ES.

15 Anglo-Ameriean Tel., lira all 2.4 22f :Cif
10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 111 12; 11f 12
et Atlantic Telegraph lO 21 26 24
st Do. 8 per cent.
st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 160 165
st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2.0 241
10 Do. New 8 9 lip
25 Indo-European Tel., lint lO ... „.
5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all a si
1 Do. Profs:. 10 per cent. all
10 Mediterra. Exteu. Tel., lim all 3:P
25 Reuter' 4 Telegram all 10 44
'..0 Societe Transstlaut., li.n l4 4 3 154
st Submarine Telegraph
...

1 Do.
Scrip all 1 ii
20 TelegrapliCon.&Main.,lim all 11 nt 17/ 1
5 11. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 51 G 61
5 Do. 10 per cent. Prof all :31k 4 p
Prof_ all_

MISCELLANEOUS.

_
10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 151 161
25 Australian Agricultural ..• 201 I'4l 101
25 Australian Mort. Land and
l'inattce, lim.
10 Baugarah Tea Estates, Um 5 7 5,1
10 Berlin W.ticr Works, lint all 11 141
10 Do. New 6 3 4 11j
100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. ••• 30 9 14
5 Bombay Gas, lim.
5 Do. Now 4 ]i .4.4
Si British Am.!rican Land 44 15 17
20 British Indian Tea, lint all 21 31
20 British Ship Owners
..
29 Canada Company all 6,-; it)
10 Canadian Loan and Invest-
ment, lint °l 2 1 d
20 Ceylon Company, lint.
20 Do. A shares
10 City Discount, lint i _
25 City of London Iteal Pro-
perty, lint 9 41 3:15
30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 5 6
25 City of Moscow Gas, Ihn all
50 City Offices, lint 25 26 25d
50 Colonial, lim.
Do.
...
50 Commercia;llnion (Assur) 5 1 ip 51
10 Company of African Mer-
chants, lint
20 Continental Union Uas, lim all 1111 201 20.1
25 Copper Miners of England,
pref. 71 per cent,
100 Corporation of London
Bands, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105
100 -Do. 1579, 4, per cent. all . 1041 1051
100 Do. 1882, 4-f pet cent. all 1031 1041 • -
10 Credit Fon. of England, lint, all '2l 3 21
50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 31 21LI
st Crystal Palace lOO 1) 21
st Do. Preference lOO 95 ]0)
st Do. 6p. e Petpetual Deb lO9 107 111
20 Darjeeling, lim.
I 0 Eastern Assam, lim.
50 East Indian Laud Credit

and Finance, lint.
le
el,
132020:2
EEESantgbg:3lyrouiwpa:ttli.in,:aicbianiity,'
Sl,ig:tet•trey:i
Iron,
ar.
11914.• i
ll
inn. 6
I Eng. & Aust r. I. Copper, lint 21 I
15 English and Foreign Cre-lit 71 41 3,t1
100 Eng. an.l Scot. ..!arine, lint. 8 ••.(1
10 Fairliairn Engineering 5 2 ld
20 Fore-street WAreheuse,lint l2 II:
100 For. & Cot. Gov. Trust and
Loan Scrip, issued at .1..:35 all 80 87
50 Gellivara, 1int..,,, 20 .
i 2O ••• •••
D
10 General Credit & s., lint. 71
15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29
50 Home & Col Marino In. lint. 5 3 20
10 Hong Kong aud Chiaa Gas all •••
20 Hudson's Bay
20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar-
seilles, lint.
20 Interna. Financial Soo b .°I 20 Interna. Land Credit, lint 6 64d
.50 Italian Land
100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem
1870, issued 20
50 Land Securities, lint .••,,,,,'
'ff 25 London African Trading •
10 7 bd
25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint. 6 ••••• —ll 10 London County Laud and
Building, Um.
4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co..lina all 2 2/ 21
50 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer
20
d.
st
Mauritius
nu(npl
Clis Iron Ship,
Provinciali
La India
ilp&i
a,
e I
ec
cn(.l
it n 25 21 161
• • ▪
1020 1::1104rr I°3
10 d
Agency, lint._
50 Merchant Shipping •
all 33 :38 30 Millwall Iron liuy 121 10 Natal Laud and Colonist.,
tion Co., lint. ............... 9 51 4111 31
25 National Discount Co., lint 5 111 111
25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 34
10 National Steam Ship, lim. all yl 101
20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 31 3d
10 New Consolidated Dis. btu. 3 11 ~,,‘
5 hew Quebrada, .......... 4.4.0 41 4
25 New Zealand Loan It Mer.
cantile Agency,lim 2II IP
25 New Zealand Trust and
Loan, lim
5 ‘lO Do. B
st North Brit. Austral., lint lOO 48 5;
50 North Brit. & Mercan. 61 920
25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 12 1 ;
50 Oriental Financial, lina
.
5 Do. New ........... ........... a
..... 1 1P
10 Otago anti Southla ...
nd In ,
vestment, lim ............... 2 1d IP
5 Ottoman Gas, 1int.,,........ all 11 2
10 Panama, New Zealand, and
Australian R. Mail lim all
5 Do. do.
st Peel R. Land & Minerldlm 100 31 34
50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 49 50
50 Do. New 1867 ......... 10 01
50 Rhymney Iron ••
all all 22 24
15 Do. New
.........,
nu all 61 7
25 Rio de Janeiro City Im 1* • all 181 19
.
20 Do. Gas, 1int...... all 24 6
100 Royal Mail Steam ............ 60 41 "
at Scottish Aust. Invest., lint. 100 8.5 90
at Do. 6p. c. Guar. I'ref. 100 ••• •••
20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, Um. 10 7 6d
20 Societe Geu.de l'Empire Ot. 8 2! 31
50 S. African Mort. &Inv., lira. 6
25 South Australian Land all 34 36
20 Thames and Mersey Marine
(Insurance), lim ............ 2 21 3
20 Trinidad Petroleum, Wu... 81
10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,llm.
IP
10 Do do. dn. all
20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 4 in
50 Union Marine L'pool, Inn 5 4.1 gyp
20 Union Steam Ship, Inn all 22 24
10
30 .1\771e 13u15 U
tnpucenpile.
evieerporotdr.
iyAse(Damusllo.
(Mortgage)
,:natigr3l, ntgyeLac, Corp.,
Lit
n.O/71:111.lip.mi
.ne.
:251861:
:1:61
822:: p
00
r
40 Warrant Finance, lint. c 12 12 10d
50 West India and Paci 11
Steam, lim 2O
2
20 West London Wharves and
10 Warehouses

UOLOMILL UOYZUNMStIT SICCUICITIE6

Britt

lb Coll

imbia, 8 per

------------ . -
0ent.,1872.... ••••• lOO ...
.... Do. 1805.. lOO ... -"
....
Can.blov.6 p.o.Jan.•& July
1877-84
Do. 6p. 0 :cab. & Aug lOO 102 1,4 ~
Do. sp. 0. Mar. £ Sept lOO 102 104
Do. 6p. c. Jan. & July lOO 93 94 93
Do. sp. 0. Inscribed 5k lOO 90 92 i
Capo o,llope, 6 p.c.1873.• 100
102 104
Do•Apl.&Oot Is9o-1900 lOO Ili 113
Do. do 1660-90 lOO 107 log
Do. Jan.&July, 16121
Do. 5 per cent. 15 April
and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 101 102
0 p.c lOO 108 gle
Cea-lou, Nov 1878.
Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107
Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873,-
Jan. and July
Do. 1878 ... ....... . 4 1)0 116 108
Do. 1882, Hay and NC OO 106 ios
Do. 1895, Feb. O Aug lO 106 19,3
51.:lbourne Corporate.,
1667-75, 6 per col,: ...• I'o 100 100
Natal 0 p ct, All & Oct Ol __ .
N.8.C10v.6 p.o.Ja.&July
1061
. Do 6 pe. 34,y & Not 1 0 116 108
N. S. W. 5 re., '7l to '7i lOO i,9 i, 1
Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to isue • 1)3 11.1 „,,i
Do. 5 p.c. rd.'o7 to '75
N.Zcalaud, 6p. (3.1801 ICO _
Do. 5 per cent....
DoJan,Ap•l,July, OA
Do 6p c. Mar & Bept '9l ICO 108 110
-- Do June & Dec ,1 91
fDo l'ruv. lA6.° ld. i I. o
( terie• 1a 2, 1:1i6 ..
IN ova Scotia 6p. c.Jau...
and July, 1875
Do 1506.. ....
Queens:rid. tip. c. 'S. 0 lOO iCC 1071
Do 1891 ....• ...
Tasmanian 6 per c. 1805 .. 1061 1071 Ace
Do a 0,,-'97 . .....
'Victoria 6I er cent. 1891— it 0 113 114
-••• Do. April and Oct

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS. MONDAY, April 26,

•
The Marseilles journals have another poisoning case to
report. The story is mysterious, and, of course, has been
rendered highly scandalous; reflecting on. a member of the
priesthood. A young woman, the wife of a labourer,
was in the service of an abb(i. The husband, who
wai previously in perfect health, died suddenly.
The occurrence was so unexpected that a SUB.
picion arose that he had been poisoned. The wife was
arrested, and confessed the crime,,but added that she was
urged to it by the abbe. Both arc in prison, and Will
shortly be tried. Here is ttn outline which will probably
be filled up with another collection of domestic details.
Dr. Epstein, who was accidentally wounded whilst per-
forming a trick at the Cirque Napoleon, is likely, accord-
ing to Dr. Nelaton; to recover.
fhe EZentlard has died at last, but not the death of the
righteous. Its Saturday's issue contained this notice :
" The Etenddrel, succumbing to the consequences

of the preventive arrest of its chief editor, notwith-
standing the efforts of its provisional administration,
is obliged to suspend its publication from this day."
The Taillefer affair is being actively inquired into by M.
de Turcy, the examining magistrate. No doubt if every-
thing be disclosed the story will prove a remarkable one,
for in its present aspect it is entirely unintelligible. We
are told that the greater part of the £32,000 received
by M. Pic as his share of Taillefer's frauds was
spent upon the Etendard, and yet this astonishing journal
has been in existence but a short time, and received
during its brief career all the Government advertisements.
The public will be slow to believe that all this money was
absorbed by the inglorious Etendard.

The public meeting orators seem to have definitely
taken the place of the newspaper writers as the favoured
objects of Imperial wrath. The Correctional Tribunal
has just been dealing with five of the heroes who delight
in being the centre of attraction at Belleville. A terrible
accusation—inciting to hatred and contempt the Govern-
ment, provoking disobedience of the law, resisting the
agents of the public force, &c.—was followed by the
inevitable conviction. All five were sentenced to a fine of
113, and imprisonment for terms varying from three to
six months.

M. Varin, a popular dramatic author, has just died at
the age of 70. He was the writer of about 150 pieces,
mostly played at the Vaudeville, Varidt4,s, and Palais-
Royal Theatres, among the best known being the
" Saltimbanques," in which Frederick Lemaitre obtained
one of his greatest successes, the," Chamber h Deux Lits."
the " Rue de la Lune," &c.

The Emperor drove to the Bois de Boulogne on Satur-
day, and walked on the Margin of the lake for a consider-
able distance. He seemed in capital health. His Majesty
attends tolerably closely to State affairs, as well as to
matters of less importance which interest him. Commu-
nication between Calais and Dover seems to be his espe-
cial hobby. He is yet undecided, I am told, whether to
give his weighty aid to the project of a bridgeor a tunnel.
Plans are being prepared, and experiments made with the
bridge, but the tunnel is not forgotten. The. Emperor had
a long interview on Saturday with Lord Richard Grosvenor
on this subject. On the same day his Majesty
gave another audience respecting a much less agreeable
question. M. Frere-Orban had a long private conversa-
tion touching the Belgian affair. What passed, of course
nobody knows ; but it is rumoured that the Emperor
specially desired the extension of M. Fr4e-Orban's stay
in Paris in order that the negotiations which have termi-
nated so badly might be reopened. This request, it appears,
has been acceded to, and the Belgian Minister has made
the concession, which, if the Independence Beige be correct,
will settle the business. The Belgian Government offers
to buy the Luxembourg line and lease a portion of it to
the East of France Company. This ought to settle the
difficulty, for it is a virtual surrender of nearly all that
France demanded.

This is the last 17ay of the session. The law respecting
1 the pensions to the old soldiers of the Republic and the
Empire comes on to-day, and a large number of these
worthies are gathering on the benches set apart for the
use of the public. Some of them have determined,
apparently, to impress the torpid deputies with
sentiments of historical pride, for they are dressed in the
uniforms similar to those in which they fought the battles
of the First Napoleon. It is expected that M. Rouher
will defend the law for granting these veterans a
pension. Hence a good many ladies have gathered
on the diplomatic and Minibterial tribunes. Every-
thing is ready—except the deputies. M. Schneider
has taken his seat, and looks blandly at the, vast
hemicycle of desert before him. A few of the representa-
tives of Frapce have at length crawled in, and the
business'commences by M. Gujroult with a speech on the
new opera buildings. He has promised to be short and
not ask for money, and therefore they are learing him.
The Government has apparently resigned itself to
allowing several of the Third Party to slip into
the next Parliament. In several places candi-
dates of this shade of politics are left in undis-
turbed repose, an un,►,Ticial candidate having no
chance against them. But this action of the 'Govern-
ment is from necessity, and not choice. 'Wherever there isa
prospect of beating the Third Party an Imperialist has
been put up. The next Corps Legislatif will be more
numerous than the one which gives up the ghost to-day.
In 1852 the number of deputies was 261; in 1857, 267; in
1866, 272—Savoy and Nice have been added. This year
it will be 283. Two departments—the Seine and the Var
—are to have one deputy less, and thirteen are to have
one snore—balance, eleven. The two who are to be cut
off in their sins behave badly ; but the thirteen destined
to exaltation have behaved well.

Lord Stanley of Alderley is said to be in a fast
sinking condition.

The petition which Sir Sidney I'Vaterlow's friends
thought of bringing against the return of Major Walker for
Dumfriesshire has been altogether abauloned.

Mr. J. Lotbrop Motley will leave New Yolk for
England on the 19th of May, and Mr. Washburue, for
France, on the Ist of May.

The Colonial Prisoners Removal Bill, brought from
the Lords, has just been printed. It authorises the removal
of prisoners from one colony to another for purposes of
punishment, and provides that all such removals hitherto
made shall be valid for all purposes.
The question which has been raised between the
Sheriffs of Middlesex and the landlord of the house lately
occupied by Benjamin Higgs, at Teddiugton, was again
adjourned at Judges' Chambers on Monday. It will come
before Vice-Chancellor James again in a few days.
Lord Chief Justice Bovill, who had been prevented
for a week from performing Lis judicial duties by illness,
on Monday took his seat upon the bench in the Court of
Common Pleas, and proceeded with the hearing of cases in
the special paper.

On Sunday, at the Victoria Theatre, the well-
known Richard Weaver was engaged to deliver a farewell
sermon, and a most motley but enormous concourse of per-
sons attended. Unfortunately the crush was so great that,
amongst other accidents, a young child was dragged out of
its mother's arms and trampled under foot.
The Dublin Court of Common Pleas has ordered
Mr. Barry, Mr. Weguelin's solicitor at the Yougbal election,
to show cause to-day why he should not be suspended

from practising as an attorney for his recent speech im-
pugning the conduct of the judge who tried the election
petition.

The Yorkshire Post is authorised to state that the
report that the family of the late Captain Edwards have re-
ceived £25,000 as compensation from the London and
North-Western Railway Company for the loss cf that
gentleman and his son in the accident at Aborgele is untrue,
the executors of Captain Edwards not having received any
compensation whatever from that company.

A man named Wm. Thompson, a lodging-house
keeper in Queen-street, Blackburn, purchased a number of
bottles at a sale on Thursday, and three of them, apparently
containing water, were placed on a large teapOt by Thomp-
son, and left on the footpath near his house door. Two
boys, aged about four years, sons of Thompson and Henry
Sharpies, grocer, saw the bottles on Friday evening, and
they drank some of the contents. Both wont frightfully
burned, the liquor turning out to bo vitriol. On Saturda%
their case was considered beyond Lope.

Some correspondence between Mr. Murphy and the
Ilonie-office is published. Mr. Murphy in a very long letter
con plains that his lecture at North Shields was prevented.
Ho sets forth that he is loyal to the laws and religion of the
country ; that ho does not denounce her Majesty no.
abuse her Ministers ; that he calls nobody heathen or heretic
Ile admits, however, that he is excitable "as an Irishman,'
but denies that he has used langu:qo ted to pronto:.
a breath of the I ()ace. lie punts out that the law nude
which Lis '.eetme was .stopped is obsolete, and with an air o.
suppressed triumph, declares that it was directed against ;
Burnish conspiracy of 179'.). Ile concludes by asking for
interview, lu the short, curt, official letters with which a,
many correspondences are quashes', Mr. Murphy is informN:
nit " Mr. Bruce must decline to comply with your an
pll a.ion."

By another official correspondence we are inform&
that the action against Mr. Bradlaugh on account of his publi
cation of the National Reformer, is btayed. Mr.Bradlangh pro-
tests that a Liberal Government ought never to have carrfec
on the action. The point raised was not that the paper war
blasphemous, tut was an atttmpt, in a to chuical point, tt
ruin the secularist and overkhrow his journal by a side
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