The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY E VENING, APRIL 19, 1860.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Share Railways. Closingrice.
Paid.) k usiness done

too 'Atlantic &St Lawrence
Stk t Bom.,Barod a& Cent. Ind
gu. 5 per cent
L 8 Do. Do.
:04 I Buffalo and Lake Huron
:04 Do. New
LO Do. Preference
a 5 Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich
6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 18;2
10 Do. do. 1 July, 1873
16 Do. do. 1 June, 1874
5 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim.
Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.)
ICapeTown & Dock Scrip
Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c
74 Demerara
Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c
ik East Indian, gu. 5 p.
Do. F Shares Ext.
Do. Jubbulpore
Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs
,ock, Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864
G eelong& Melbourne
Geelong Corporation 6
per cent. Bonds
ocli !Grand Trunk of Canada
Do. 6 per cent. Pref
Do. 6 per cent. Debentr
Do. 7 per cent. 1862
Do. do. 1867
I Do. do. 1872 '
Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e
Do. New, gua.s per cent
Gt. South. of Ind.Lim.—i
guaranteed 5 per cent.
Gt.W. of Canada Sharesj

all
1100
134
all

84 86
97 98
id id
41 isid

all
all
leo
100
100
1. 3 0.

6f 71
78 82
70 75
68 73
par }p

11 d
d

S tool

Id is
1014 102
par ip
$1)341 101
100 101
204 214

33 34
90 92
89 71
80 84
78 72
70 72
99i 99i
id f d
1} ld
12 13i
71 71 d
97 99
97 99
97 99
90 93
88 90
Pg 99
91 93
1 Id

Do. New
Do. Bonds pay. '76,with
ept. till '6O
Do. do. '73 till '6O
Do. do. '73 without opt
Do. 5} p. c. do. '77 do
;lc Madras, guar., 4 p. c
.k Do. do. 5 per cent
Do. q p. o. Extension
'Do. Fourth do:
Do. do. _
Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds
Newßrunswick&Canda.l
Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pcl
Class ACapitl.Share
Do. do. Land do 1
Do. do. B. Capital do
Do. do. Land do..
I
(Limited) • I
oak Scinde
Do. New
Do. Puniaub g`"
k Do. Indus. St. Flo. ta,g'l
St. Andrews & Quebec A
Trinidad(Limited)Scrip

1 all
all
all
all
100
100
100

5 7

6 7

99 101
Id d
d
94 96

Stool

I Id

102
10 *
IN
101

MeN
92
701 70

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FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 43 41
20 Ardennes all p
20 BalL&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 7 id par
5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1
26 Beziers to Graissessao all
10 Buen.Ayres& S. Ferndo 24 23 21 is
6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 23 23
100 Copiabo
10 Ditto Extension all 1 14d
20 Dutch Rhenish
20 Eastern of France
20 Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c 6
20 Do. do.
20 Great Central of Francs all
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she all 6; 73
20 Italian Junction all
20 Lake Constance & Bale all
20 Lierre and Turnhout all
20 Lombardo Venetian lO 13 11p
20 Lyons and Geneva all
334 Maria Antonia all
10 Do. do. New
20 Namur and Liege all 8 83
20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 19 19
16 Northern of France all 38 39
20 Do. New Shares
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 9
20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 37 874
20 Paris and Orleans . all 53 65
m
so j Recife& S. Fran. (Per) 113 11 lid 111 1
j gua. 7p. et. (Lim.)
20 Riga and Dunaburg lO
10 Rome and Frascati
20 Royal Danish all 13 15
5 Royal Swedish
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. all
20 Sambre and Meuse. all 53 63
10 De. 54 per cent. Pref.
20 San Paulo (lim.) g. Zp. e 2 1 3 d
20 Southern of France all 20 21
83 West Flanders all 51 6
10 Do. 53 p. c. Preference
20 W. & N.W. of France all 22 23
20 Western of Austria
20 Western of Switzerland all
6 Wiesbaden
6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all
$0 Zealand
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
- Can.Gov.6 p.c..) a. & July 100 114 116 1141
Do. 6p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 109 111
Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 110 112
Do. 6 per cent. 1879 109 11111
Do. 6 percent. 1880 100 -
- Do. 6 per cent. 1882 lOC -
- Do. do. Scrip 26
N. 8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &uly 100 107 109 1083
Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100
N. S.W. Gov. sp. 0. Deb. 106 99 100
D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1876 100 99 100
Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 ' 99 100 993 1
NovaScot4aGov.6 p.c. St.
• Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 107 109 1073
S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 110 112
Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100
- Do. do. April & Oct. 100 105 106 1053 4
MISCELLANEOUS.
10 Anglo-Mexican Mint
1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all
25 Australian Agricultural 19 32 23
19 Berlin Water Works ... all 43 5
50 British American Land 40
50 Brit. & IrishMag%Tel.A. all 137 39
20 • Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 20 22
20, Do. C
100 Canada Land 324 'l2O 125
10 IChan. Islands Tel.(Lim ) all 6 8
Stock 'Cop.MimotEng.&Smltgl all 25 30
25 Do. Preference 74 per ct , all 244 254
Stock Crystal Palace. lOO 274 30
5 Do. Preference al 99 101
Stock Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb lOO 103 106 1041
Stook Electric Telegraph lOO 106 108 1061
25 Do. New
5 English ic Amt. Copper all 24 23
15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14
1 Great Ship (Limited) all 3 3
20 ,Indian & Aust. Telegr. 2s.
5 London District Telegr. 2 1 3d
20 London Discount 5 13 1 d
4 iLond.Gen. Omnibus Co. all 13 11 13
$0 I Madras Irr. and Canal 1 23 23
10 I Mediter. Electric Teleg. all
10 Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4
25 ,National Discount Co 5 1 3 d
10 'Netherlands Land all
6 IDo 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis. all 3
100 ,N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 10 15
1 ,N.B.Australasian(Lim ), all
1 'Oriental Gas ' all
I 1 Do. New Shares lss. 14 par
10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 6
10 Ditto B
10 Ditto C 2s. -
Stock Peel River Land & Min lOO 49 51
50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 7$ St
50 Do. New l5 13 16 30
20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 174 id fp
50 Rhymney Iron
15 Do. New all 53 63
100 Royal Mail Steam
stock 'Se,ot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ), 100 120 130
25 South Australian Land.' all 343 353
1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all
1 I Do. do Registered all • 1 3
$0 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can ; 5
100 ,Van Diemen's Land

.EPSOM RACES (THIS DAY).

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGAEH.)
LONDON-BRIDGE STAKES.

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Weatherbound
Fi avebt
Eight ran.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

:Sittings in Banco before the Lord Chief Justice and Jus-
tices Willes, Bylas, and Keatind.)
OYE AND HUGHES.

Mr. Bovill moved, on the part of the defendant, for a
rule calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why there
should not be a new trial on various special grounds. The
action was brought by Mr. Gye to recover the sum of £5,000
and various other items in respect of the breach of an agree-
ment in respect of her Majesty's Theatre. The case was tried
in London, before the Lord Chief Justice, when a verdict
was returned for the plaintiff, with £6,72oldamages. The
circumstances of the case were, that Mr. Hughes had ob-
tained a writ of Elegit against Mr. Lumley, and had ob-
tained possession of the premises, and then entered into an
agreement with Mr. Gye for the possession of the theatre,
at the rental of £5,000 a year. it, however, turned out
that Mr. Hughes had no legal power to demise the theatre,
and therefore the sums paid to him had been improperly
obtained. The defence being, that Mr. Gye knew well all
the circumstances, and merely engaged the theatre to shut
it up, and increase the interest of Covent-garden.
The Court granted a rule to show cause.

CIiARACTE.RS TO SERVANTS.

The following observations have been forwarded
to us for publication :—" The giving a character to
a servant is one of the most ordinary communications
which a member of society is called on to make, and
as the learned Mr. Starkie observes, is a duty of
of great importance to the interests of the public ;
and in respect of that dutya person offends grievously
against the interests of the community in giving a
good character where it is not deserved, or against
justice and humanityin either injuriously refusing to
give a character or designedlymisropresenting 'one to
the detriment of the individual.' The following
rules are suggested for the consideration of masters
and mistresses not acquainted with the law in such
cases : Rule 1. No magistrate has any jurisdiction
touching the character of a domestic servant, and
the common threat of a master or mistress being
summoned for not giving a character is absurd.
Rule 2. It has been clearly decided that a character,
honestly and bona fide given by a master or mis-
tress to any person making the usual inquiry, is a
privileged communication, and unless inconsistent
with truth, or actual malice can be proved by evi-
dence, no damages can be sustained. But it must be
carefully borne in mind that, however truly or ho-
nestly the character may be given, an action at law
can be brought against the master or mistress, and
the ladies of the family put to the anxiety and
trouble of appearing in court, as well as the lady to
whom the character was given. And, although the
servant may be immediately defeated, and the case
stopped by the judge, you will find yourself some
£5O or £6O out of pocket by your victory. Rule 3.
The only safe course, when a master or mistress
cannot in sincerity and truth recommend a servant,
is to decline answering any questions on the subject,
and the following form of written answer may prove
useful Mrs. A presents her compliments to Mrs.
B, and in reply to her note requesting the character
of Ann C, trusts she will kindly excuse Mrs A de-
clining to answer any questions on the subject.'
Address and date. A copy should be kept. In the
case of Carrol v. Bird, the courts of law have decided
that neither master nor mistress is bound to give a
character, and that no action will lie against them
far refusing. The cases of Taylor v. Hawkins, and
Somervill v. Hawkins, aro well worthy of notice.
It must, however, be repeated that both justice and
humanity claim from a master and mistress their
kindest care and consideration for the character ofl
their servants, more particularly female servants ;1
but it is confidently believed that if the above rules
were better known and more generally acted on all
good and honest servants would be the gainers."—
Times.