The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1868.

SHARE LlST.—This Day.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Closing Businesa
Share Railways. Paid.:
1 Price. done.
at-Z
rilarorand Exeter ... 100 81 93
at !Caledonian lOO 71 73 72 11 21 11 2
at it:a:lll)l.Jan
- Cork and 8and0n.....- - - -
20 ;,Cornwall all 3 4
st (Dublin & Belfast June lOn 75 77
at Illun„Perth, & Ab. June 1 100 70 72
- 'L. London, scrip Ceti all -
100 - -ti
st Glasgow AS. Western 100 102 104
et Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 100 3.1 3131 34 34
at Do. E. Aug!. et. No. 2 100 6 8
st Urcat North of Scotlang 100 I.i 64
at Great Northern
at D. A stock • 110000 102
96 11(83
91063 1
' _l4
i
st Do. B stock lOO 121 125
at Do. New, is. at 25 pm 10J - -
at Gt S, and W. of Ireland 100 94 95 95
at Gt. Western -Originali 110 48 44 4! 1 419
it Do. S. Val. Rail gua. lot - -
t Do. South Wales
at Do. W. Mid.-OXIOrU 100 25 30
at Do. Ncwpoit
at i/o. Hereford.-. 100 - --
st Lancaehire Yorkshir:.! 100 1251 ;26 1251
at Landon and Blackwatli lou -
at Lon., Brigh.,44 S Coast; 10u 5'13 51 1 51. I
at I•on., Chat., and .DJver, 10.) it 191, 12 1 191
at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 12 15
at Lvn. A North Western 100 114; 1.41
at Dm. A South Western 100 8 . 1
at Man., She)., A Lincoln Wu 421 13 411
at getropolitan.
st Do. New - -
at Do. Extension all 107 118 181 71
st Metropolitan District all 73 75 ?II 33 5
•10 t Do. do. do. 10 - -
10 Do. and St. J ohn' s 'u 6 - -
at Midland
- Do. L 9 Share 7 - -
at Do, Birmin.. A Den)) 100 73 73
- did Kent -
et North British
at Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun lO9 - -
et Nth. Eastern---Berwick 100 k 10.) 101
25 Do. G.N•E purchase ;6.13.1 - -
et Do. Leeds ..... 100 58 60
st Do. York lOO 53 91
at Do. Carlisle
at Do. Stook. & Darling. all 129 131
25 Do. do. 1860-61 lB - • - p
et North London
st Do. do. 1861 5 ....., 10 -
Do. do. 1866
10 North Staffordshire
at N. &S. W. Junction
st Scottish Central -
- Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 -
Scot, Mid. stook lOO - -
- -
Shropshire Union
st South Devon lOO 43 15
et South Eastern
20 Staines, Wok., A Wok all 9 10
at fall' Vale lOO 143 145
10 Do. C 5 -
- V ale of I,.ielath -
-
- Waterford & Kilkenny 100 -
10 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 6 - -
West Cornwall
BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
100 Atlantic A St. Lawrence all • 64 66
at
I Rom.,l3aroda,ACen.ln. 100 1021 1031 ,031 1
gm. 5 per cent..
10 Do. F shares l6 41,
201 Ituffalo A Lake Huronr all 3 4
10 Do. Preference
Buff. Brant & Goderich
100 6i. '
e. 1872 100 68 71
st Calcutta AS. E., lint lOO - -
at Ja.i.e Town A Dock, g-u lOO IS 52
00 Demerara, 7 p.o. per. p all 99 102
at East Bengal, go., sdo 100 1041 1151 1051
st East Indian, pis p.o. 100 109 116
40 Do. J Extension - -
st eirandTrunkof Canada 100 15/ 161
lop Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds
1 charge 6 p.o all 78 62
100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 41 45
100 Do. do deferred - -
100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds all 33 35
100 Do. do. deterred - -
WO Do. 3d Pref. stook all 27 29
100 Do. do. deferred -
100 Do. 4th Pref. stock
100 Do. do. deterred - -
at .3 t. India Pen. gua. sp.e lOO 109 110 109
13 10. Gua. 5 per cent lB 11 2 p
40 Do. New gua. sp. o 6 11 2/I 94
et dt. South of India
gua. 5 per cent
at Do. 44 per oent lou 94 96
st Do • 2 - -
201 great Wes. of Canada all 164 164 154
201 Do. New ._... -
00 Do. 6p. o Wes. pay. 1873 all 98 100
00 Uo. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. all 91 91
at Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 102 1024
at Do. 41 do lOO 93 /5
at Do. 41 do lOO 89 91
20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 -
3lelb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 - -
60 Mel. dt Hobson's Bay all - -
at N.12.1.C'da.6p0 Ist pi.ba 100 83 85
at Gude & Ithiik'nd, g. 5 /no 100 103 101 104
st Scinde 100 100 101
at Do. Delhi j d 100 1004 1014 1014
20 Do. do . 15 4 1p
at Do. Punlaub.... n.l 100 10J 101
at Do.lndus St.Flot blO 100 87 89

B.RITISII MINIM
ipam. Coneol. Gold, Um. 1
Chiverton
Clifford Amalgamated SO 54 61
Devon G. Cons. (Tavlet 1 140 460
Drake walls 2.1,0 4 1
East Bassett (Illogan) 294 10 12
East Caradon 2.14.n 4 5
East Carn BrPa 3l 2 24
East Grenville
Lost Gannislake .. 8.3.0 4 4
Ettat Loved 3.0.0 8 9
1%7'1 itussell (Tayistk 11.7.6 14 2
t.4-am.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 b
4 ilreat L txey, limited.. all 164 174
Great South 'reigns.... 1.4.0
Gnat Wheal basy..... 14.9.6
.1. Wheal Vor (flehit.n: 40 18 19
;renville 9.0.6 11 la
:lerod's Foot .. 8.10.0 38 40
llingston Downs 5.10.0 24 21
11;:rgaret (liny Lelant 13.17.6 6
ifurkc Valley 4.10.6' 6 61
4 tiwyudy Iron Ore, lltu 3.‘ 24 14
ew S ton
forth :oak ear I 381 5 7
Bassett(lilogab. 1.4.0
North Crotty 1 2.13.0 2 3
Crosper 8.11.0 2 24
- IS.
Uny Lelau (11 1.6.7 25 27
Caradon (St. Ulcer) 11 380 400
-(outh Coudurrow i.2.0
'i.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 374 421
'3tray Park . 35.15.6 4 6
Pin Croft 9 14
Vigra and Clogan, lint all
West Bassett la 4 14
W. Caradon (Ltakeard, 1: 10 12
West Chiverton ll 61 66
—. West Seton
Wheal Bassett (Mogan 54 75 80
Wheal Buller (itedruth' 16 16 10
Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 21 23
Wheal Seton I 584 84 874
Wheal Trelawney (Lis ' 5.17.0 6 8
on.O.NIA.L VEttz.,..u.ENT shOUItITIE6.
British Columbia, 6 per
cent., Dec.3l, 1872 lOO
Can.Goy.6 p.c.Ja. & July
1877-84
Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug 1t..0 9a 100
Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept' 100 98 100'
Do. sp. 0. Jan. & July 100 86 88 87
Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 85 67
capu G.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 100 104 106
Do.Apl.&oct. 1890-1900 100 109 110
Do. do 1880-90 100 107 109
Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 106 105
Do. 5 per cent. 15 April
and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 98 100
'Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6 p lOO 110 in
Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107
Mauritius, 6p. a, 1873,
Jan. and July
Do. 1878 .
1882, Mayls, Nov lb 100 107 104
DO. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. 100 1(6 08
Natal cioy. 6 per cent.. 100
N.B.Goy.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 99 10
N. S.W. Gov.s p•c.,1860 100 99 101
Do. 5 p.c. 183 to 1876 100 98 90
Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1806, 100 154 961
New Zealand, 6p. cent i 100 -
Do. 5 per cent.... ... 100 974 984 984
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c
sterling, 1875 l9O 102 104
'Queensland Gov. 6p. C lOO 103 105 1034 3
;S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,0.1 868-0 100
- I Do. 1878 & upwards lOO 110 111
6p.o.Ja.&July 100
- Do. do. April & Oct lOO 1114 112 i

FREF.ERENCE SHARES.
London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent., 41

rbit:FtaMNLIE tit:LA.lMb AND STOCKS.
Midland A and B a per cent., 1031

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
South York. and River Dun, 94
OaIC 1 G N KAALWAY:,.
Bahia and San Francisco. 11. n., gna. 7 peroent., 15
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 15

FOREIGN MIN
Frontino and Bolivia Gold, lim., 9-1,3
Peatarena United Gold, llm., 2i
Scottish Australian, lim., 1 3-16
St. John del Rey, lim, 23i
United Mexican, lint.,

DOCKS

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

CITY OF LONDON COURT.
(Before R. M. Kerr, Esq.)
CAB PROPRIETORS AND LUGGAGE.-DIERDON V.

WARD.

This was an action to recover £l7 10s., the
Talue of a portmanteau and its contents, which had
been stolen from the top of the defendant's cab.
Mr. Dowse, for the plaintiff, stated that on the
morning of the 26th December last, Mr. Dierdon
hired the defendant's cab and gave into the care of
the driver the portmanteau in question. It was
stolen from the roof of the cab in the Southwark-
bridge-road, and a person was now undergoing a
sentence of five years' penal servitude fur being
concerned in the robbery.

His honour aske I how defendant could be made
liable.

Mr. Dowse stated that the case of Powles v.
nyder, 20 and 25, Law Journal, was a case in point,
and it was there laid down that the owner of the
cab was the person to be sued for . negligence.
His Honour wished to know on what legal grounds
defendant could be made liable at all.
Mr. Dowse contended that there was a contract
between plaintiff and defendant for the safe carriage
of the luggage, and the defendant's driver had
charged 2d. for. the portmanteau.

His Honour replied that what he wanted
to arrive at was whether any negligence could
he traced to the defendant's deiver. There was
a case of Ross v. Hill, second Common Bench
887, where it had been decided that the
cab proprietor was not a common carman
within the meaning of the term, and that the
only obligation on him was that he should use
ordinary care. It was for the plaintiff to show that
there had been negligence.

Mr. Dowse then called evidence to show that the
cab was provided with a guard and chain. The
guard had been put up, but the cabman admitted he
had not used the chain, as he was not obliged to do
so. He had been desired to take care of the port-
manteau, and he had taken ordinary care. The
fact was that the morning of the 26th December
was a very foggy one, and some thieves connected
with the " thieves' bazaar," which had been
recently discovered, had stolen the trunk
from the top of the cab. He (the cab-
man) could not help it, as it was so dark at the
time. He had never lost anything before this. He
had driven for 32 years.
It having been urged for the defendant that a
cab proprietor was not liable, under the act, as a
common carrier, •

Mr. Dowse quoted the case of Morley and Dunt,
reported in the Law Times, which laid down that
the owner of a cab was liable for any loss
of property occurring through negligence, and his
honour said he should take time to consider his
judgment, and to read the case of Ross v. Hill,
which bore very strongly on the present case.

POLICE DITELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A PENNY FlNE.—Catherine Quick, a young
woman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with
wilfully breaking a pane of glass, at No. 28, Saville-
street, Foley-street, the property of William 'Wood,
rustic-worker.

The complainant, an elderly man, said that he
waa a married man, but had had the indiscretion to
visit the prisoner, but was now anxious to discon-
tinue the connection. Yesterday between four and
five o'clock, the prisoner knocked at my door
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Then your wife has found out
what has been going on ?
The complainant said she had, and the prisoner
scratched him, broke the window, made a great
disturbance, and threatened everybody.
The prisoner said the complainant the night
before that kept her out all night. He had lived
with her after she left her situation, and was the
cause of all her misfortunes.

Mr. Tyrwhitt told the prisoner that she must not
act as she bad done. She would have to pay the
damage, but under the circumstances only a penny
fine.

THE STREETS TRAFFIC ACT. —George Smith,
carman to a coal merchant, and George llarris,
carman to a brewer, were summoned before Mr.
Tyrwhitt, under the Metropolitan Streets Traffic
Act, the first named for unlawfully delivering coals
in Pall-mall, and the other beer in New Bond-street
at a time within the limits of the Act.

Smith pleaded guilty.
The case having been proved against Harris,

A person stepped forward and said he represented
the defender Harris's employers, and that they had
no wish to infringe the act, but at the same time
they the commissioners of police might have given
them notice before summoning them.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said that as they were the first
summonses under the new act, he should only i a-
pose a fine of ss. in each case.

him a violent blow with his fist on the mouth,
which actually dislodged one tooth and broke another.
The two constables immediately collared the pri-
soner, who entered into a long and desperate struggle
with them. It required four men to secure him,
and remove him to the station-house.

The prisoner denied having struck Dewell at all.
Mr. Benson—Who did strike him ? Look at his
mouth, which is cut, and ono of his teeth gone.
George Birch, No. 267 K, confirmed the state-
ment of Dowell.
Mr. Benson said there was no doubt whatever the
prisoner had committed a savago and malicious
assault on the constable because he acted
the part of a peace-maker, and prevented
the prisoner killing his wife. •lle was considering
whether he ought not to commit the prisoner for
trial fur this brutal and unprovoked outrage. He
could not punish the prisoner for this outrage as he
ought to be punished. lie sentenced the prisoner
to be imprisoned fur two months and kept to hard
labour, which was the heaviest punishment he could
inflict.

THE B' ix-KEEPER NUISANCE.

Not so much on account of the amount extorted
as the annoyance accompanying the demand is this
grievance at our theatres, justly complained of in a
letter from a correspondent iu a late issue. At the
same time, we must point out that if civility is to be
an article of price, it is manifest he or she who pays
the higher will obtain the greater quantity. For
instance : if A gives sixpenc?, he will not only not
receive the same attention as B, who gives a shilling,
but not anything approaching that accorded to C,
who gives half-a-crown, the extent of a box-
keeper's extortion, and seldom parted from except-
ing for lack of smaller change. Now, we are going
to say that no fees should be allowed on any pre-
tence whatever, and we hope to succeed in their
abolition with the assistance of the play-going
public. But if they are to be perpetuated by any
self-willed manager, at least the sum expected
should be distinctly prescribed, and change be
always ready in the hand of the box-keeper to be
offered, not asked for. The cabby dodge of never
having change ought neither to be permitted by
the management nor put up with by the public. A
very good plan for limitation of an abuse of this
description has been adopted at the new opera-house,
Langham-place, where a printed notice—" Sixpence
charged for custody of coats, &c."—is placed at the
entrance. Such a plan in the box lobby would
insure equal civility to all where " the tyrant .cus-
tom " is persisted in, and prevent the vulgar knaves
who do the "date oblatum"from imposing on—if not
insulting—ladies who visit places of amusement with
their daughters, unattended by a gentleman, which
is too often the case where the fee is not to their
liking or, inevitably, where one is refused altogether.
Now, can such abuses as these be tolerated longer,
or will they be persisted in by managers? The
answer to the second question is easy :—Yes, if it is
their interest, and it manifestly is, if they make
money out of it by letting the box-lobbies at so
much per week. But what if the attraction be equal
at two houses, and the extortion system be pine-
Used at one and gratuitous civility be the order of
the night at the other? Will not the manager of the
second find it his interest to adopt the latter plan
if the public support be larger ? Certainly; and as
certainly it would be. But the difficulty is to con-
vince all parties concerned.
The enlightened policy pursued by Mr. Webster
at the Adelphi "strikes fiery off indeed " in con-
trast with that of other managers, and the quiet,
unobtrusive attention of his female staff in front of
the house is a model to be imitated and extolled.
Since the abolition of crinoline women can (and
should) be employed, with advantage, in many ca-
pacities instead of men: first, at less wages; second
(as a rule) with more reliance; third, insuring more
civility. There are not so many occupations
open to females that one of such should be allotted
to men ; and we commend, therefore, female box-
keepers to all the managers in the metropolis and
provinces, both those who do, and those who do
not, intend to abolish the "hateful system of ex-
tortion." The change will be of the greatest
advantage alike to the management and the
public—
" The drama's laws the drama's patrons give."—
Therefore, the public have the redress of all such
grievances as these in their own hands. Let them
resolutely refuse all gratuities in places of public
amusement, whether they be to box-keepers or
coat-tenders—and two annoyances will be done
away with that mar their pleasure and spoil their
temper. The coat-keeper nuisance is little less
tolerable than the box-keeper, inasmuch as the
visitor is almost denuded merely to find an excuse
that a fee may be paid to the assiduous lynx at the
stall, who ejaculates, " Leave your coat, sir !"
" Leave your shawl, marm !! ;" " You can't go in
with that bat, sir !! !" " Not admitted in bonnets,
Miss !! !" to his or her utter disgust and discomfi-
ture, if at all a nervous or retiring individual. We
say, " reform it altogether," and let the acceptance
of a fee in a theatre be a cause of instant dismissal.
Let a proper polite " Arbiter Elegantiarum " be
posted at the lobby entrance of the boxes. Let him
supervise and direct the movements of the box-
keepers, as well as judge the hue of costume ad-
missible, and the occupant of the boxes will be
subject to no more persecution than " the meaner
sort of people who frequent the pit," or " the
groundlings ' as Shakspeare designates them—
who are not pestered and mulcted because they know
how to protect themselves, and will not permit it.—
Racing Times and Amateur Dramatic Chronicle.

111 A RKE7'S--(77tis Day.)

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE.

617 GAR —Refined sugars are firm, with a moderate in-
quiry. Dutch crushed is quoted rather stiffer, at 29e 10id
to 30s for B, and H No. 1. Deliveries of raw sugar con-
tinue very good, and have further reduced the stock to
52,400 tons against 65,400 tons last year. The market on
the spot is steady, with only moderate supplies offering.
COFFEE.—The advances are well kept up, and an increase
of last year's at this time, but recent heavy imports have
increased the stock to 15,250 tons, being 6,400 tons more
than was held at this time in 1867. The market is firm,
with a fair demand for both colonial and foreign coffees.
TEA.—Small public sales have opened this morning,
with good competition at previous rates.
RlCE.—There is not much passing, but rates are main-
tained. At auction, of 703 bags Bengal, only one lot sold,
at 13s Gd for good middling.
Rum.—The late advance is well maintained, but the
activity in the market has subsided. The clearances are
large, but are exceeded by the imports, and the stock is
increased to 22,810 pus. against 25,750 pns. last year.
SALTPEItII.I.—The quantity warehousing is about equal
to the deliveries, and stock remains without any material
alteration.

JUTE meets a steady inquiry at firm rates.
HEMP.-The market for Manilla is firm but quiet ; 2,000
bales come to auction to-morrow; Clear St. Petersburg is
quoted £3B per ton.

OIL.—For all descriptions the market is quiet with very
little change in prices. Linseed offered at 36 6d on the
spot. English and foreign brown rape, 36s ; pale, 38s to
89s ; cocoa nut, Ceylon, 49s to 49s 6d ; Cochin, 54. s 6d to
555.