The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1868,

SHARE LlST.—This Day.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Railways.

I I

Closing Business
Price. done.

•ristoi and Exeter .
!Caledonian

Cambrian
Cork and 8and0n......
Cornwall
Dublin & Belfast June
Dun„ Perth, & A b.J unc
'E..London, ncrip CPrii
1)0.
Glasgow & S. Western
Great Eastern, Ord. stk.
Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2
Great North of Scotlane
Great Northern
Do. A stock
Do. B stock
Do. New, is. at 25 pw
t S, and W. of Ireland
Gt. Western -Original
Di. S. Val. Itail. gua.
Do. South Wales ....
Do. W. Mid. —Oxford
Do. Newport

Do. Hereford
Lancashire et Yerkshirk.
London and Blackwall
Lon., Brig,h.,t% S Coat,t
Lou., Chat., and Dove'
Do. .3letrop. it. A
Lon. eit North %Wester',
Lou. it South Wester'.
6hel., Lineou,
Metropolitan....
Do. New
Do. Extension....
Metropolitan District.
du. do.
Do. and St. John'sW'u
Midiand
Do. E.. 1 Share
Do, Binnin.. Dila))
mid Bent .
North British ....... .
Do. Ed., rth., tt Dun.
Nth. Eastern—Berwick
Do. ti.P.;•l: purchaat
Do. Leeds ......
Do.. York
D 4. Carlisle .....
Do. Stook. ..IL Darling.
Do. do. 1860-61
North London ......
Do. do. 1864 5
Do. do. 1866
North Stagordshire
v. & S. W. Junction
6cottieh Central
Scot. N. B ,Aber. stock

uo. Scot, Mid. stuck.
Shropshire Union
South Devon
,South Eastern .

Staines, Wok., & Wok
Vale
Do. C
Vale of Neat!).
Waterford & Kilkenny
Waterloo & Whiteha I,
Vest Ct.:rnwall

100
all
100
109
100
16.13.4
lOu
100
100
all

100
100
100
all
100
100

all
all
100
100
100

100
1.100
15
100
100

81 83
20 30

T SECUI

98 ICC
100 102
100 1021
88 87
85 b 7
103 105
107 1(9
108 108
1(5 107

D 6 e 7
110 111
103 107

103 105
105 107
107 1W
109 11l
IC4 )06
89 10.

98 119
isj Hi

93 99

102 104
103 1(5

64 66

103 101
P iP
3i 4
5 6

68 71

18 62
99 102
1041 106,
109 110

151 16;

8C 21$1 2

29a i

104

127 i 2

1181 t
85
42 2}
104 01

1076 I

72 1f

:ITli s.

99i 2

95i 6
931

1031

1031

1034 [

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CaIgEBFONDENOII PROtt Plata

(rnou OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, TUESDAY, Feb. to
One official paper follows another in repudiating the
idea that any organic change in the Government is con.
teMplated. The Pays smartly rebukes the journals whist
usually support the Government, with having spokin d
measures of which nobody has any idea, and the propaga•
tion of which could only disturb Imperial institutions,
This is specially intended for the France. M. Piel, in the
Constitutionnel, is equally indignant with his quos ego,
"At a moment, he says, when everybody admits the
talent and authority with which the thought of the
Emperor is interpreted to the Corps lAgislatif, people
speak of changes in the Government, and of projected
modifications, I know not how vague, in our institutions.
Go to the source of these rumours and you will find they
have no object but to draw attention to the journals that
Produce, them." The definition which this passage gives
of a French :Minister's function is worthy of ' ce—" to
interpret the thought of the Emperior." It is eui.,,ms that
isimilar promises of extended freedom have prevailed in
Algeria, and they have been contradicted with equal
emphasis. Parisians, notwithstanding, persist in half
,reediting the rumours;
The French Government rewards its supporters in the
press by ii monopoly of judicial advertisments. This sub-
ject gave rise to a long debate. M. Berryer moved an
unendmeutt with a view to consult simply the public
interests in making the announcements required by law.
Practically, the rule he would enforce would oblige the
tribtinats to designate for the receipt of the advertise-
the journal or journals of the arrondissement or
department interested in the subject of the announce-
ment. He was defeated by 125 to 101 votes. The result
was certain beforehand when the Ministers opposed the
metien, but a minority of 101 is, on such a subject, worth
uotin .
The military law, although so recently promulgated, is
eing actively put into operation throughout Franca in
the formathin of the moveable National Guard. This is
not the only indication of the determination of the
tniperor to be ready for any event. The arsenals, the
establishments for provisioning the army, and the
clothing depots are centres of extraordinary activity.
All this, of course, creates surprise, and if ex-
ternal politics were not so eminently favourable
for peke, it would create commercial embarrassment.
The papers which support the Government proclaim that it
is acting on the Roman maxim, "Si via pacem para
helium ;" but the apology is transparent. The public
attribute the military urgency to the alarm produced by
the battle of SadoWa. No sooner had that occurred than

the Government set itself to work to fill up the gaps left
by the administration of Marshal Bandon, and replace all
the material of war reduced by the expedition to Mexico;
and at this moment of peace it is preparing for war as
VigordUSly as if it were at hand.
In connection with French politics, a prize is offered for

the best essay on a curious subject. Two thousand francs
will be awarded to the writer "who shall trace the best
line of conduct for the French people to follow in order to
guarantee the enjoyment in the elections of complete
legislative sovereignty." The manuscripts must be sent
'n, before the Ist April, to Deputy 11farie.
The Monde expresses some anxiety about Admiral

Farragut's fleet visiting Florence, Naples, and Caprera,
find, indeed, about its presence in the Mediterranean at
all. The Arenir National remarks that the United States
have hid a Mediterranean squadron for fifty years.
Admiral Farragut's fleet cruises in the Mediterranean by
the same right as the French fleet cruises in the Gulf of
Mexico, and the fact has no more significance.
si:. Creppo, 'a French deputy of old, has just been ar-
rested at Lille after crossing the frontier from Belgium, on
charge 9f attempting to introduce prohibited books.
They leave produced, At the Od6on, Alexandre Dumas
" Kean." The piece was by no means well received. In
the ent'ractes the audience lustily cried out for Victor
Efugo's " Ruy Blas"—forbidden fruit being of course most
tempting. One of the scenes was no doubt supposed to be
specially illustrative of English manners. Kean is intro-
duced boxing a professional pugilist, whom he places hart
it combat. A constable, witnessing the performance,
khongratulates Kean on his " science." La police in France
iloes not patronise boxing, and the audience greeted this
English peculiarity with the cry of I, me tc, polio
Anglaise."

The belief that the Emperor of the French intends to
►ubstitute Ministerial responsibility for personal govern-
ment gains ground in Paris, notwithstanding the contra-
dictions of the official press. A correspondent of the Nord
relates that last Wednesday M. Roaher told the Emperor
plainly that unless Ministerial responsibility were restored,
he should feel it his duty to resign his portfolio. This is
probably a daring canard, but it is significant that the
tours e of events should suggest it.

The T,ibetle announces among its latest intelligence that
a new Convention, more strictly defined than that of the
lsth September, bet Ween the Governments of France and
[ta'y, is under consideration. This proposed Convention
would not restrict itself simply to guaranteeing the
temporal power of the Pope, but would also "guarantee
Italy against any risk of dismemberment by which it
might be menaced." The Cabinet of Florence would thus
be enabled to reduce its military forces to the lowest figure,
nand soavoid deepening the abyss of annual deficit; already
deep enough.
A very large emigration from Italy to the States in
La Plata has been going on for the last few years.
The total for 1867 amounted, it is believed, to
about 16,000. The bulk of the emigrants are

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males, who go to the Republic of Buenos Ayres ; but a
rood many are to be found in Uruguay and the Argentine
Republic. In Buenos Ayres there'are 70,000 Italians, and
In Monte Video 12,000. The Genoese are the leading mer-
chants, shipowners, and traders of these places. The
emigrants generally seem to do well. It is calculated that
they remit to friends at home sums amounting to two-and-
►-half million francs. these facts explain the importance
which is attached to the treatment of Italians in the
Argentine provinces, on account of which they are pre-
paring a naval expedition to the Itio de la Plata.

The relations of Prussia and Rome seem to he growing
more and more friendly. A foreign telegram states that
the Pope is disposed to send a Nuncio to Berlin.

The Paris papers publish a favourable telegram from
Madrid. In view of the distress prevailing, the munici-
pality have taken measures to afford employment to 4,000
persons, on works of public utility. In consequence of
these measures, and of the efforts of private liberality, the
condition of the populace is, according to the telegram,
"far from being so dangerous as certain journals have
described it." These efforts to content the people of
Madrid have probably some connection with the rumours
of Carlist movements in different parts of the country.
A. correspondent of the indepenclance Beige, writing from
Constantinople, states that since the commencement of
tbls month the strife in Crete has been renewed with
fresh intensity. According to letters from the island,
1;9 Turkish soldiers had been guilty of outrages upon
ficorn and children, which had roused the Christian
population to the last degree of exasperation, and they were
preparing for a supreme effort to rid themselves of their
oppressors. The Mussulman population was a prey to
continual alarms, the new administration had failed, and
the situation generally was further from a pacific solution
than ever. It must be remembered, however, that this
account is Cretan.

It will be a considerable satisfaction to the public to
learn that Lord Derby, although very much shaken by the
affects of the late severe attack of gout, is now better.
The noble earl is weak and exhausted ; still, he is making
satisfactory progress, and, according to the Herald, there
is even some prospect that he will be able to resume his
duties at no very distant date. The remarkable leader in
Tuesday's Times, in which the Premier was definitively
written off the roll of-life, hat attracted much attention.
It was curious to read of the veteran Minister only in the
past tense, Melancholy te learn that Lord Derby " was "
not only a classical Scholar, but read and wrote well
More than one modern language ; that he " had "
qualities which are popular. amongst the mass of Eng-
lishmen; and that " was " fond of racehorses and
the amusements in which horses are concerned.
This funeral sermon over the still living Prime Minister
(011 owing so speedily after the leading journal had uncere-
Moniously killed Mr. Justice Shee, has drawn down much
ridicule upon the conductors of that paper. The Telegraph,
of course, loads not the opportunity of having its bark at
the Times. In its moat gushing style of writing, it
assures Lord Derby that " his career is not ended, nor will
his character be in the hands of history till it shall please
God to call him." It is hoped that the Telegraph is regu-
oew will
fromi
the regu-
larly taken in at Knowsley, otherwise
muchhi his
like lordship n
lose
comforters
assuranceftorers of Job.
which reads very

present intentions
go,T wheitph
reub glianrciliftaoilthsetactheasrtahcatetrs9O.ffatr:eBlrish Reform Bill,
it is not intended, so far, to alter the present franchise in
Irish counties. It id intended to adopt the household
Tating franchise for boroughs ; but as no occupier is liable
be rated if 148 holding be not valued at a figure above
£4, the practical minimmn franchitig figure will not be
below O. It is not intended to group boroughs; but
*henever the
owtitueng 9f a borough admits of being
increased by, extending ith boundary to a circle of houses
immediatelY conterminous with it, that course will be
adopted. small boroughs not capable of such extension
will be disfranchised, and their representatives thrown
into the county in which they are situated. The condition
giving freehold, in addition to occupation votes, which
now belongs only to counties of cities or towns, will be
Pll4 tr.) 4114 that 444 be PriOcE*ll

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF DIVORCE.

(Before the Right Hon. Sir J. P. Wilde and a
Common Jury.)
WOODWARD V. WOODWARD AND SMITH.

This was a suit instituted to obtain a dissolution
of marriage on the ground of adultery, and damages
were also claimed.

Dr. Spinks, Q.C., and Mr. Searle appeared for
the petitioner, and Dr. Swabey for the respondent.
It appeared that the parties were married in 1860,
and resided in the Old Kent-road at first, but after-
wards went to Drury-lane, where they kept a coffee-
house. The conduct of the wife was dissipated ;
and it was alleged she had formed an adulterous
connection with the correspondent Smith, who- WAS
a lodger in the house.

Mary Anne Clayton said that she was the sister
of the respondent, and was present at her marriage
in November, 1860. They lived in Dover-road at
first, and afterwards at 125, Drury-lane. She had
never visited them, and only saw them when they
came to visit her parents. They used to live at
Silbourne-grove, Old Kent road.

Walker said that in 186 G he had apartments
at No. 105, Drury-lane, and Mr. and Mrs. Grant
lived in the next room. He always saw Mr. and
Mrs. Woodward together. He had occasionally
seen respondent intoxicated. He was generally at
home on Sunday.

Mr. Grant said that he was a currier, and that
he lodged at 105, Drury-lane, and had done so two
years. His wife assisted in the business. When
he was first lodging there Mrs. Woodward was
sometimes there. The sister was assisting then,
but subsequently went away, and Mrs. Wood-
ward came back. Her habits were intempe-
rate. They occupied No. 4 room, that was a
back room. No. 6 is on the same floor. Joseph
Smith occupied that room. He was a journeyman
currier ; be could make about 50s. a week. He
remembered Mrs. Woodward about 2 o'clock, one
Sunday in April, 1866, coming up to his room.
She was the worse for liquor. Mr. Woodward was
below. She stayed sometime in their room. She
then went into No. 6 and he went with them,
and Smith and he and Mrs. Woodward hal a drop
of gin on the bed. When he first went in, Mrs.
Woodward embraced Smith. He fetched the gin.
He saw nothing indecent, only rolling on the bed.
All the evening they were either in his room or
Smith's. They stayed in Smith's room about an
hour, or perhaps two hours. He frequently saw
her and Smith together in No. 4 ; that was his
room. Mrs. Woodward grumbled, because she
said Mr. Woodward neglected her.
Cross-examined—There was nothing the matter
with him this morning. They had lodged in Drury.
lane two years last January.
The wife of Grant corroborated this evidence,
and stated that she concealed the matter from the
petitioner until she had been grossly insulted by the
respondent, when, in the presence of the respon-
dent's brother, she revealed all. Her son also con-
firmed the statement.

The defence was that this evidence was not cre
dible, and that it was given through spite.
The jury returned a verdict in favour of the peti
tioner, and gave £lO damages.

I'HE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY COMPANY'S
DIVIDEND.—JUDGMENT.
Judgment was given by the Lord Chancellor in the snit
f Bloxam v. the Metropolitan Railway Company. The
;ppeal was from a decision of Vice-Chancellor Wood, who
tad restrained the defendants from treating certain Di4,-
nents made in respect of expenditure of the company, as
nade out of capital and not out of income, and also
rom applying for the purposes of dividend sums of
noney payable by the contractor of one of their extension
ines as interest on the capital for the construction of the
ine. The effect of the Viee-Chancellor's injunction was
hat a dividend of only 5i per cent. was declared at the
ate meeting of the company. The court was, crowded,
ind amongst the audience were a number of the members
4 the Stock Exchange, the decision being looked upon las
me of great importance, and materially affecting th4ALra-
.ent value of the company's shares.
Sir Roundell Palmer, Q,C., Mr. Giffard, Q.C., and Mr.
Bristowe appeared for the appellants. Mr:"Amphielt,
and Mr. Turner for the respondent.
The Lord Chancellor, in giving judgment, premised
;hat he had not to pronounce an opinion on the merits of
;he case, which would have to be decided at the hearing,
mit he had to consider whether or not the questions raised
were of such a doubtful character that the operations of
;he company in the way of p Lying dividend ought to be sus-
?ended by injunction while the whole matter was before
;he court. The points to be adjudicated upon were,
whether the directors', auditors', and office expenses were
)roperly charged in the accounts ; whether the interest
?aid on debentures ought to be charged to capital ; and
whether money received from Mr. Kelk, contractor, was
ightly employed in paying dividends. The second ques-
;ion, his lordship remarked, did not appear to him to be so
!ree from doubt as the Vice-Chancellor had supposed.
there was nothing in the Act of Parliament for-
?idcling the course pursued by the directors ; but
;he 120th and 121st clauses of the company's Act
mplied that dividends could only be paid out of
profits actually earned. It was true that there had
'ieen no direct payment of dividend out of capital, but if
the directors had indirectly made the payment the provi-
;ions of the Act were still applicable, and the question
must be settled at the hearing. Referring to the action
taken in connection with the-extension line, the Lord
Chancellor remarked that if it could have been shewn that
the money received from the contractor was really divided,
snd would not at a future time have to be repaid, the
course pursued by the directors would not have been a
wrong one ; but the plaintiff undertook to say that the
amount must eventually be refunded. Upon the point
that the action taken by the directors was entirely a matter
of internal arrangement sanctioned by the shareholders,
and that therefore the court should net interfere, his lord-
ship remarked that it was clear, and, indeed, had been
admitted, that this observation could only extend to what
was not ultra vices. As to the statement that the cer-
tificate of the creditors was a sufficient authority and
proof that payments were rightly made, he could
not construe the section of the Act as asserting this
His lordship said no one could approve of the manner
in which the plaintiff had introduced himself to the com-
pany. However, he had an actual interest, though he
might he, as the late Lord Justice Knight Bruce said of a
plaintiff in another cause, " a person who made himself a
shareholder simply for the purpose of instituting the suit."
The fact that he had once acquiesced in the acts of the
directors would not prevent his complaining of the course
they pursued afterwards. Having referred to the injury
which it was stated on the one side would he sustained by
continuing, and on the other by dissolving the injunction,
and remarked that if the dividend were paid it would pro.
bably never be recoverable, the Lord Chancellor held that
the injunction must be continued until the hearing of the
cause. No order as to costs.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—This Day.

(Before the Assistant Judge.)

Robert Walter Morris, 23, describing himself as
fencing master, was convicted of robbing a gentle-
man of his watch and chain, value £29, and was
sentenced to ten years penal servitude.

MARKETS—(I his Day.)

CORN.

The general tendency of the trade is firm, whilst without
much activity. At Liverpool yesterday advanced prices
were realised, and from most of he provincial markets the
reports quote full terms.

At Mark-lane this morning the attendance was mode-
rate, and advances of all kinds of grain, excepting maize,
were light, giving support to prices.
English wheat taken off slowly at the full terms of Mon-
day last, but samples tending in favour of sellers.
Foreign wheat on stands firmly held, but purchased
sparingly. For floating cargoes, stiffer rates asked, and
several buying orders from the continent in the market.

Flour remains as quoted on Monday.
Malt unaltered in value or demand.
Barley, beans, and peas maintain their previous value.
Oats in good steady request,, and with nominal arrivals
the market is very firm.
The increased supply of maize causes buyers to act
cautiously, and to sell easier rates would have to be
taken.

TALLOW.
The market is dull, at 41s 9d to 42s on the spot, 42s
April to June ; 43s 6d last three months.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
MEAT.—There is not a large supply of dead meat on
sale, and prices are upheld ; but owing to the weather the
demand is not so good, and the market is not cleared.
Monday's quotations may be reported.
Pouvrr.Y.—Pigeons have advanced in price from is to
is 3d each ; wild rabbits are cheaper, at 10d to is 2d ; other
poultry remains as before.
WILD FOWL in fair supply. Ducks, 2s. 3d ; widgeons,
is 3d to is 6d ; teal, is 9d; snipes, is 6d ; woodcocks,
4s. 6d. to 55.; golden plover, 2s. to 2s. 6d. each.