The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-09 00:00:00

s, a son of the or to the 7 imes, e Victoria Hall, tertain er. Mr. Ith in Australia ave gone before on of a London )gramme is well oicest composi- I from what we reader, a most ipated. 'BERNIA. ERS SAVED. in the Mersey, ;tmas-day, the which signalled passengers and the would pro- 7 his Day. ET. E R.S.—ThomaS '6athbone-place, Porter-street, Ir. Knox, on a to sums of 455. Morgan, as 1, pawnbroker, i-square. Ldance. Pawnbroker's . on the part of r to prosecute ❑ing money by ing on one of bery he might that had been The prisoners er of tankards ;rted the Hall cle on the rim pledged them Id go into one emand. los. A. Robin treet, said that me to his era- Age the tan- it. ile re not silver, [all mark, say weighed Boz.-- advanced the tat it was base n let in, being r. On the 4th with another ,o lend 455. on er, and he said at first, Little weighed 9ca t :e told Little n before, and ras my partner his name was , said it cost ards. lie had so of spurious the prisoners' and had them proved taking was surprised, In him, as fol.- ' and English d platers, &c., vork whitened said that oil aid it was no he mugs were Birmingham. ndence he in- Lir. Knox re- at the system ping on to a ',:les, including cod by pawn that about 40 ) prisoners at E NOTORIOUS 7 years, Thos• were brought Log suspected et and Rose rpose of coni :barge against violence, on St. George- first heard. could not s the person d him of his thief. There [l's statement, is to commit id discharged )ery. It waS I Foster, de ce, that the ing gang of 'any daring f them had ial servitude, d of despera lommitted for saulting Mrs. close-square, dacarthy had one occasion isonment and watched by night. They rs, and would vley had not . The third fellow, who itil assistance ion with the and said the !mons, sailors lawless eon- I thieves. 110 1 vagabonds, ed for three wave fire oa ses of Messrg. aral implement f the building vas destroyed the largest ih Whisky is re once to French use or export*: Luvillo and Co• Lon irmitar. ORNE, Jan. 8. ice Leopold and Lady Churchill, in the grounds cess Beatrice. ;ndon arrived at onour of dining Lily. and Mrs. Tait, id the Dean of ay. /ER. NEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. We had a very dull business to-day, but unfor tunately that has been the case for a considerable period of time. At one time an improvement begins to show itself, and then something invariably occurs to impede the favourable movement, and prices go down to their old level. Consols this morning are slightiy better than yester day, but notwithstanding the general aspectof . affairs seems of a downward tendency. Sales, of course, at this particular period are preponderating as the fortnightly settlement commences on Tuesday next. The demand for money is moderate, and it can be obtained at a rate slightly below the Bank minimum. Consols are 92i 4 for money ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 928 3 ; New Three per Cents, 928 3. India Stock, 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 k ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1021 1. In the Foreign Market we have to note a rise of 1 per cent. in Orel Vitebsk and Turkish of 1865, and a reduction of 1 in Brazilian of 1865 and Egyptian of 1868. The quotations are as follows :—Brazilian of 1865, 781 to 7o ; Chilian of 1867, 93 to 94, ex div. ; Egyptian of 1864, 85 to 86 ; ditto of 1868, 731 to 741 ; Italian of 1861, 531 to f, ex div. ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 1 to 11 prem., ex div. ; Mexi can, 151 to 1 ; Peruvian of 1865, 751 to 1., ex all ; Russian of 1866, 891 to 901 ; ditto Nicolai, 66 to z; ditto Orel, 80 to ; ditto Moscow, 76/ to I ; ditto Charkof-Azof, 701 to 1 ; ditto Charcow-Krementschug, 11 to 01 dis. ; Spanish of 1867, 30i to 1 cx div. ; Turkish of 1858, 621 to 631; ditto of 1862, 611 to 621 ; ditto of 1865, 398 to 408, In the railway market there is very little doing. The quotations are as follows :—London and North Western, 1124 to 113 ; Great Western, 471 to 48 ; Midland, 1131 to 113 i ; London and South Western, 17+ to 881 ; Great Eastern, 41+ to ; Brighton, 49+ to 1 ; South Eastern, 791 to ; Metropolitan, 107; to 1 ; Great Northern, 1061 to 107.1 ; ditto A, 1071 to 108 ; Caledonian, 761 to 77 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 17 to 171. United States 5-20 Bonds and Erie Railway Shares are 8 to I per cent. higher, at 741 to 754 and 261 to 8, respectively. Illinois Central, 951 to 96 ; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 41+ to 4; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 44 to I. In Banking and Miscellaneous Shares we have no alteration to make in yesterday's quotations. A sum of £6,000 in bar gold was sent into the Bullion Office of the Bank yesterday. The Ceylon, from Alexandria, has brought £2,575. The Pera has left Southampton to day with the mails fur the East and specie to the amount of £100,096, of which £5,095 is in gold, and £68,000 in silver for Bombay; £823 in gold for Madras; £ 2 4,688 in silver for Hong Kong ; and £1,500 in silver for Foo-chow. In their annual bullion circular Messrs. Pixley, Abell, and Langley give the following statement of the imports of gold from Australia and America last year and during the nine years preceding. The total for 1868 amounted to £15,507,577 against £10,585,685 in 1867 ; £15,609,211 in 1866, £ 9 ,130,580 in 1865, £9,891,503 in 1864, £ 13 ,038,931 in 1863, £16,176,110 in 1862, £ 6 ,557,901 in 1861, £15,336,894 in 1860, and £24„ 391 006 in 1859. • _ _ _ _ Bar silver was offered to-day at ss. ojd. per ounce, without finding buyers. A large supply of dollars, estimated at £500,000 is expected at St. Nazaire by the packet about the middle of the month. There is at present no demand for gold for export purposes. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Colonial Bank was held yesterday, when the report of the directors was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 14 per cent per annum declared. At a special general meeting of the shareholders in the London and Provincial Telegraph Company (Limited), the board were empowered to make terms with the Postmaster-General for the sale of the un dertaking of the company ;within the authority of Telegraph Act, 1868. The directors of the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company (Limited) have decided to re commend at the annual meeting of the shareholders to be held on the 27th instant a divided of 2s. per s hare, making, w ith th e i n terim dividend paid the Ist of July, 4 s. per share, or 10 per cent. per annum, and i n ad di t i on to a b onus o f 4 s . per s h are , in all a payment of 20 per cent. for the year on the capital of the company, leaving £60,000 to be added to the reserve fund. The report of the Peel River Company, to be presented on the 15th instant, shows an avail able total of £8,421, and recommends a distribu tion cf 11 per cent., making a total 2 4 3 -, for the year. This payment will absorb £7,500. English tin has advanced £2 per ton, and blocks are now 112 s. The joint traffic return of the Galedonian and North British Railways shows this week an in crease of £3,958 over last year. Mr. Paul Margetson has been elected to the seat at the board of the City Offices Company (Limited) rendered vacant by the retirement of Mr. Edward Warner. Italian stock went down yesterday owing to the continued opposition in Italy to the " Grist" tax. The French Minister of Finance has prolonged until the 28th February the time allowed for the exchange of the silver coins lately demonetised. It is expected that Belgium will also extend the time to the same date. The Brazilian advices mention that a reduction in the receipts of the San Paulo Railway during November, as compared with the corresponding month of last year, was owing to the lateness of the Coffee crop, coupled with an unusual period of wet weather. The total shipment of wines from Oporto for the past year was 36,725, of which 27,683 were taken by Great Britain and the colonies. The correspond ing totals for the year 1867 were 34,679 pipes and 25,553 pipes. The principal shippers were—San deman and Co., 3,537 ; Cockburn and Co., 2,786 ; Martinez and Co., 2,120 ; Olney and Co., 1,570 ; R. J. T. de Carvalho, 1,522; W. and J. Graham and Co., 1,445; A. F. Meneres, 1,366 ; Clode and Baker, 1,356 ; Hooper Brothers, 1,123 ; T. G. Sandeman and Sons, 1,072; and 1). M. Feuer heerd and Co., 1,104. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS.; 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 2 per Cent. Reduced 921 3 Now I per Cent IS* I} per Coot. Jan. 1894 'De• 6 per Cent. ran. 1873 ......... ~ — .A.mroltiet, 60 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —l Do. for 80 yrs, expire sth Aril 1885 — Do (Red Sea Tolei r raph), Aug., 1908, Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ot 3 Do. £5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO — Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent Do. accoult Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds lo4f l ater -Colonial Cranium :Pm INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock 10f per Cent., April 1874 Do. Op en ing, for Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 pec C en t ., O c t . 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i per Cent. May 1879 — DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — D.. Deb., . 5 Per Cent, Aug. 1873 ~ — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Ar2;entine Republic, ti per Cent A.uitrian Bonds 5 per cent . o. 1859 — . 13 ruilian D 5 per Cent (30 li per Cent., 1852 —• Do. do. 1858.... Do. d o* , 1860 Do. do., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account B ,ienos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3er Cent ) 52} C uba, 6 per C ent. p ialie. O" — --.• 6 per 00 zitersinumettlesettemtoPM 7' no. 4} per Cent.... 7l Do. S per Cent., — to. 6 per co •t. 1867 — Po. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo nbian, 6 per Cent. Dan.sti, 3 per Cent., 1825 Danabian Principalities, 7 par Cent 731 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ... 801 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent — Do Second Issue Do. £SOC Bonds — Do. .£lOO Bonds ..... 83 i Do. 1864 - Do. Account De. .£5OO Bonds Do. 4100 Bonds B7 -1 English Scrip, - 1868 . — Do do. £45 pd — die Government Railway Debentures GreeK 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Acc...3nut 3 tatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 86 lt4lian 5 per Cert., 1865 Do. Account ~ Do 7dAremmana itailivay 55 ylexicaL 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do A per Cent. Angle-French 'ontevidcan 6 per Cent. .. — vloorish Imperial 5 per Cent 4:,ss• Granada l5 Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) 1 — Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 761 51- Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41- per Cent.. 1862 -. — Do Account - P,rtuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'; Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. h'crip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4} per Cent , 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Dos per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 . .... 861. Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., 90 Do. do. £B4 15s. do. ... 89 Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9Ol Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 66 1 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen .: — Do. Acc , .,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account t 3O Do. New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Cony. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, scrip — Pit Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account . 824 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 631- Do 5 per Cent. 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 6O 59* Do 1 nor Cent., Guaranteed -- Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 23f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail,. 574 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. DJ Account CLOSING PRICES. Consuls, Money 92►l Do. Account., Feb. 4 92t BoURSE, Jan. B.—Thri closed as follows : ;e o'clock.—The market 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 por Cent End of month 7O 40 Credit Mobilier 282 50 End of month 283 75 Credit Foncier 1550 End of month — Bank Shares 3105 Ital'an Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan 24 25 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 82 25 Home Debt — Deferred Cash Orleans ... 922} =,, Northern ... 3lBO ..,,,.. Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 5731 Western Eastern • • 567} Sardinian Austrian Lombard 446 North of Spain Saragossa Roman 5l RAILWAY 111A1?KE7 S- 2 /HS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January 9.—Sales probably 20,000 bales. Market 'COVENT GARDEN. buoyaut. We are still very quiet here, no changes having taken place that would cornmadd attention. The only article rather more in request is Kent cobs, which realise 95s per 1001 b. Fruit and vegetables are abundantly supplied, and prices barely kept up. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET. Mr. Charles James Easton reports trade at the following prices :—Prime clover, £6 to .£6 lOs ; inferior ditto, £4 Os to £5 ; prime hay, £5 lOs to £6 Os ; inferior ditto, £4 5s to £4 15s ; and stra , x, £1 6s to £1 18s. Foreign Nail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton. .... Jan. D. Ditto, via Y . Arseilles ..... .........Jaa 25 Ditto, via Po.anza ........ ........ ......... ...Jan 28 Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Feb. 3. Ditto, by French packet . Jun. 22. Cape Verds, by Brazil paoket ...... ....... - ...... Feb. 3. Cape of Good Llope, Ascension, and St. Helena.... Jan. 12. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.. Jan. 16. Gibraltar, via Southampton Jan 9 India, via Southampton . . ..... ....Jan. 9 vitto, via Marseiles Malta, Og,ypt, &0... ....... ......... .............. Jan. 9. Ditto, Marseilles Jan. 8 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Scutharai ton Ditto, Marseilles ~ Jan. 13 Jan 13 Newfoundland .. ....... . Portugal ... ... . Fen. 3. United States, lanada, California, &c., by British packet Ditto, by Canadian packet Jan 15 Ditto, by L cited States packet Ditto ditt c (Baltimore) West Coast of Africa, Madeira. and Teneriffe Jan.l7 West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baba mu) Jan 13 Fa*land Islands ....... Feb 3• FOREIGN CATTLE.—In the four months ending on the 2Gth of Deecmber last 1,818 head of cattle, chiefly from Spain, were landed in Cornwall. STRIKE OF CONTINENTAL WORKMEN.—A strike has just taken place at a large cotton mill at Hodiment, near Verviers, in Belgium, belonging to MM. Garot Brothers. The cause of the suspension is a dispute between the trade society and the masters of that firm respecting some matters of detail. Order is maintained in the streets by gendarmes. The working dyers of Bale have also struck The swiss employers are seeking fresh workmen at Lyons. THE PLYMOUTH PANTOMIME. —The lessee of the Plymouth Theatre Royal owes a debt of gratitude to Col. Pearson. Since the advertisement of that establishment contained in the orders of the day of the Royal Marine Barracks the audiences have nightly increased, and on Monday evening the house was one of the most crowded and brilliant that has been seen for several seasons.— Western 11 orniny News. THE SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY IN MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING ESTABLISHMENTS.—it is reported that Mr. Tyrwhitt, when imposing a penalty a few days ago on a theatrical dressmaker, for employing women after half-past four on Saturday, stated that after the Ist of January, 1869, employment must cease at two o'clock on Saturday. The magistrate, it correctly reported, has overlooked one of the prominent exceptions under the Workshops Regulation Act, which legalises the employment of milliners and dressmakers till 4 o'clock on Saturdays,pro vided they do not begin work before 8 o'clock in the morning. If work is begun at six on Saturday mornings, then it must cease at two ; if at seven, then at three ; if at eight, then at four. No work is permitted after four o'clock on Saturdays, "except in cases where not more than five persons are employed in the same establishment, and where such employment consists in making articles to be sold by retail on the premises, or in repairing articles of a like nature to those sold by retail on the premises ;" and also " where the occupier of any workshop is a person of the Jewish religion, and it is his custom to keep such workshop closed on Saturday until sunset, it shall be law ful for him to employ young persons or women on that c'ay from after sunset until nine o'clock at night." THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS.— A most interesting and instructive little work, describing briefly but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and clock Luskin , has just been published by Mr J. W. Benson, of 25, Old Bond-street, 59, Westbourne-grove, and the City Steam Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a purchase without visiting the above establishments or consulting this truly valuable work. By its aid persons residing in any part of the United India, or the Colonies, are ena bl e d to select for themselTensgtdhoemWatch best adapted for their use, and have it sent to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the appoint ment to the Prince of Wales, sends this pamphlet to any address on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too ettengly TOG:4==d it to tlatutice ci PN. !ntpdisiPlardwiF, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1869. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY 813ARRS AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Business ibare Railways. rrioe. dens. at Bristol and Exeter 100 75 77 j 7(1 at Caledonian l, 0 761 77 at Cambrian 2) Cornwall all 3 31 et Dublin & Belfast Juno lO9 77 79 at Dun„Perth, & Ab. June WO 76 72 21 East London. all 7 9 20 Do 15 2) Do 10 et Glasgow &S. Western lOO 50 51 at Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7 8 st Great North of Scotland lOO 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 106 107 1071 at Do. A stock at Do. B stock lOO 124 116 at GtS. and W. of Ireland lOO 95 97 at (it. Western —Original lOO 481 45 tt. Do. South Wales lOO 55 58 a . Do. W. Alld.—Oxforo lOO 24 26 at Do. Newport lOO 28 31 et Lanoashire & Yorkshire lOO 128 1204 at Lon., Brigh.,& S.Coast lOO 491 ao 491 I 10) Do Scrip ....... . ' all st I on., Chat., and Dover lOO 17 171 17 it Do. sletrop. Ex. A.— lOO st Lon. A North Vl , estern— 100 1121 1131 1131 124 '1 Lon. & South Western lOO 87 59 68 st Sian., She., & Lincoln lOO 47 471 it At etriwolitan ..... .10G 1061 107 1071 Eh st Do Extensi 10 Uo. Nem rd lu 10 1 1 at Me vopolitan District. all 10 Metrop. St. John's)", 00. l 6 - st M.thautl st Uo, Sirmin. A Derby lOO 81 03 at N British st Do. Ed., I'th., & Dun... 100 st n3 , r. Nastern—Berwiea.. 100 lh , l 1001 1011 25 Do. G. N.E purchase-16.13.1 at Do Leeds at Do York et Do Carlisle .... at Do Stoc c. & Darling lOO 117 ;29 128 at North Lon ton 10 Do New 1858 . 2 11 2 p at North Staffordshire.... 100 55 67 5i at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 155 10 Do New £lO shares 7 at Rhymney at Shropshire Union lOO 65 51 at South Devon .. et South Eastern l5) 794 801 20 Staines, Wok'ham,& Wok all 11 12 at 'tan Vale .0 Do. C at Waterlord & Kilkenny lOO -- .0 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 SS st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... .., at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lO ... ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOl ... at D's. do. Ordinary lOO 78 50 at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gee all ... ... st. Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 .., st Do. Ist Class preferone3 . 100 ... ••• at Glas. & S.W. gua. S per ct lOO ... ••• at (It. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 10 98 101 at Du do N 0.2 100 97 100 st Do do 6 per cent 100 103 108 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 10 st Do do B 6 do. 100 ... _ at Do do 0 7 do. 100 .. • st Do do No. 1, 8 p.c. 100 100 103 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1816 10 ... ... st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... ... at Groat Northers, 5 per cent 10 . ... ... st Du 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pin. 100 at Do 45 do do du 100 ... ... 100} st Do b do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... ... 107 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... ... st, Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... ... at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st G t.West.—Orig.& Jut:Rent chg., per gue..s p.c lOO 102 104 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c 100 95 100 st Do do 4 1 per cent. 1850 lOO 80 88 st Do do 4 do do at Do do 5 per cent. redem 100 93 95 at Do do Birmingham gua lOO 68 72 st Do du do pref 100 ... ... st Do do Chester g u a lOO ... ..st Do do do sper cent lOO 150 160 at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... st Do do 44 p.c lOO ... _ at Do do 4i 1859 lOO ... ... at Do do b at Do West Mid. Oxford I st g IOJ 107 169 at Do do 2d gua lOO 106 108 at Do Newport, let g. 5 p.c lOO 88 92 st Do do 2d do 100 100 103 st 1)o gm,. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... ... 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ... ... st Lancash. & Yorksh. 8 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Do Barnsley, £5 Os 10d p.c. 100 ... ... at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 100 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 93 102 st London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ... ... 102 st Do b per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO ... ... at Do 6 do do lOO ... at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO ... ... at Do 7 per cent lOO ... ... at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 ... ... at Do 4 do 1859 lOO ... ... at London, Chatham, & Dover i per cent lOO ... ... st London and N. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 • 91 st Do Shrewab'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 at London and s.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 143 146 28.6 d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 256 d) all ... ... at Mau., Shef., &Liueln. t; p.c lOO 1113 117 6 Do £6 all par 1 pro st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 85 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 ... ... at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 at Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c lOO 1.0 133 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 9i stj Du 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 9) at Do Leicester &I.tchn,4 p.c lOO 80 91 st North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO ... ... at Do E. &U.4p.c. S. &. D lOO ... ... ... ... at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t IOU . .. ... at Do Border Union, 54 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern--Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 83 25 Do York, H.& S. st Do 41 per cent. redeem.-- 100 95 97 st Do Stcktn &Drling. A ' p.c a l t 7 D D ..: ) \ B v e l w a i Hartlepool H. a l l I. 1,12 ' d R lOO 10 57 1 :1 r l ... o r. rt a h v S oa taffordshire 1 at Do O.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO purchase lO 1 1 0 3.4. iiii lOs Do Tavistock Auns.,loo 108 110 1.0.6. S. East. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) Annuities, a a a l l l l 2 0 0 4 2 10 1 4 2 10 0 s at Waterford &liillientlY, 108 Do Fixed 41 per cent all 22 23 lOs all 9 10 all 8 9 st Do 41 per cent lOO at Du Fixed 41 per •.• ••• 6pe 100 41 43 at Taff Vale NO l cent 100 ... 100 145 150 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing. Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 114 121 i 0 Do B lO 41 1 4 50 Albion. . 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 17 18 20 Anglo-Hangarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 7 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 '2O Do issued at 2 pm....., 6 ... ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lira. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 33 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, end China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 29 30 30 20 City lO 11 121 100 Colonial 25 40 4t 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, line 60 East London, lim 6 Is 01 20 English and American, lins 18 ... ••• 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. line lt ld pr 20 English, :coltish, and Aus , tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all . •.• 281 Do new 5l i 1 100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 18 17! 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 11 11 11/ e 5 lonian all 27 29 25 Do new s pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lira 4 :1 3 4 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 78 82 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lira. 45 35 32 20 Do new 7i 6 1 6 4 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 7 t' 25 Do new 10 14 If 20 Loudon Chart. of Australia all 221 231 221 50 London and County 2O 50 51 5./ 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m,16 pd ll ... ••• 50 London Joint Stock 1 3 5 34 20 London and South African al 1 , 12 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ... ••• 50 London & Venezuela, Ern_ 121 ... ••• 100 Loudon and Westminster. 20 65. 67 644 100 Do Scrip, is satlo pm 2O 621 611 100 Merchant, Ens 25 7 b 10 Metropolitan, line all 31 7 4 100 Midland, lim 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool lim. 15 8 1 d 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... 10 Do 50 National. BB 54 34 20 Now South Wales all 42 45 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431 30 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lB 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 11 33 10 Do new all ••• • 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lin 25 14 12 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 43 49 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London lb 37 33 MISCELLANEOUS. THE HON. O. L. WOOD ON THE CHURCH. The flon. C. L. Wood presided on Thursday over a meet ing of the English Church Union at Leeds. He delivered an address which expressed his conviction that the Union might be of great service to the English Church, its object being to maintain unimpaired the discipline of the Church. After reviewing the position of the Church abroad, Mr. Wood proceeded to discuss matters at home, and freely admitted that all was not so satisfactory as might be. One of the most painful features of the English Church just now was the presence of those who signed formularies, but misconceived her character, and therefore they, as de fenders of the faith, had to contend against open enemies and the desertions of friends. The President complained of the neglect shown in too many churches of the prescription of the rubric, and alluded to the heretical doctrines maintained by some wl.o professed to be Churchmen, urging upon his hearers the importance of unity among all true believers. did not put reliance in any political party or statesman, but counselled patience and trust in Providence. He concluded by impressing upon the meeting the importance of being prepared for great changes, and of steadfastly upholding the principles of the English Church. THE BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER ON THE ellureell CRLSI - The consecration of Emmanuel Church, in College-roan, Clifton, took place on Thursday, after which there was a luncheon, and among those present were the bishop of the diocese (Dr. Ellicott) and Bishop Anderson. In respond. ing to the toast of " The Bishop and Clergy," Bishop Elli cott spoke of the effects of the late judgmen t on the Church. " The law," he said, " has now spoken. There will be much anxiety, I suspect, about that law ; but, whatever may be our private ways of thinking, as Englishmen we all respect the law, so that when we have a clear knowledge of what the law is, I believe all sides will agree, and that there will not be any in the Church of England who will not loyally bend to the majesty of the law. All of us, in a friendly way, must bear and forbear, remembering that a certain degree of laxity has prevailed, and we must allow our brethren who have gone to a certain degree to return to the central position. We must welcome them, not with notes of triumph, but as men who have erred and strayed, but who have not done so with any bad intent ; we must clasp hands with them and claim their hearty brotherhood. 'There may be others who have fallen short of the required standard, but they mayplead, and rightly plead, that things were left in an uncertain state ; but now that things are settled and brought home to them, they will join the great and grand army, and we shall go forward, in a hearty, united, tranquil, and rejoicing spirit, and I believe in the future the Church of England—and this is not merely an after-luncheon utterance—this temporary cloud having passed away, will appear before her Master more tranquilly lustrous than perhaps she ever did before. They tell us there are questions in the far-beyond—that there may be separation of the Church of England from the State—but Ido not now accept these auguries. I believe we are simply passing through a time of transition and anxiety, testing our courage, faith, and moderation ; but that time will pass over. We shall see the Church of England not only in her present position, but even in a better position—dearer unto the hearts of all—Noncon- formity drawn, perhaps, a little more in. MR. E. A. LEATHAM; M.P., ON EDUCATION At a soire4 given at the Marsden Mechanics' Institute, Mr. E. A. Leatham delivered an interesting speech on education. He observed that nearly ten years had elapsed since he had last presided at a similar meeting, and he congratulated them on the great strides which had been made since then towards solving the problem of national education. If mechanics' insti tutes had answered one good end, it had been to keep before the people an interest in their own education, for no national scheme of education could be successful with out the co-operation of the people. He thought no one could doubt that the denominational system, how ever excellent it might be, was inadequate for the completion of this stupendous task. At the present rate, and with the present system, fifty years must elapse before education could be diffused throughout the nation. But they must remember that upon the existing system a great amount of labour and of capital had been expended. He thought it would he hardly honourable for the State to draw back from her promised assistance to schools so long as the managers performed their contract, but where the work had failed the State ought surely to step in. But how were they to pay for this? He hoped that they would nat adopt the system of local rating. In the very districts where schools were most wanted the ratepayers were least fit to manage and control them. The roads in such districts were a shining example of rural local management. Were the schools to resemble the roads? And how were these schools to be upheld? They bad in Germany a compulsory law, but that would not do in England. No doubt we should have less crime, less pauperism, and a great deal more propriety if we would surrender ourselves, bound hand and foot, to the inspec tion and interference of a paternal Government ; but the price to be paid would be too high. Mr. Leatham thought it would be far better to make education gratuitous, and let the school-doors stand open like the church-doors. The people would pay for their education through the taxation of the country, and they would feel that the schools were theirs, and not the squire's nor the parson's. He wanted the people to have an honest pride in their schools, as they had in America. Education was free and universal there, and so it should be in this country. The change would no doubt demand a vast popu lar effort, like those which had resulted in free trade and in household suffrage, but when the effort and the sacrifice had been made they would be amply repaid by the esults. RAILW AYS. -PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. st Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Oen. min. 7p c lOO ... at Do 41 p irredeem all.. at Do 4p e con . . issued at 80 65 ... at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 L I at Do Ne w b do, 1863._ 100 63 50 st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 84 81 et Great Northern, bp c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 ... at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 ... ••• 93 it st Great West., W . Midl.,i p c 100 86 90 at Do Joint Derpe. 5 p c,1865 100 85 90 st Du do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 105 101} 23 Do Vale Nea,th peril. 5p c all 194 201 et Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO L 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 st Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 101 ... st Do do 4 do, -1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 101 at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 ... st Do do b do, 1865 100 ... • - at Do No. do, 1866 100 .• at Do No. 7 "'5 do at Lond , Chat., &c., p.c lOO ... et Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 10U ... Do do C 6 p.e st London &N. Western, 5p e 100 108 110 st London Ot S. Western, 41 p c 100 94 96 10 Man. bhef. &Lin., 5 pe, 1865 all 381 st Metropolitan 5 per cent , 100 ... at Midland, A i per cent pref lOO 116 108 s t Do B 5 o is Doi p d opt. to COIIT. to 1 00 108 188 Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lip 18 Do IneonT. New Shar es 16 iP 23 Doi p a con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1812 .... . . 81 1 Up at North British, E. and GJI No, 1, b per cent ... 100 £lO guaranteed, 1361 151 att Do Do po 52c1p.e. ,4p at N. 8.. 5 per cent, 186 2 100 at E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.e G., (Ordiry) 41 p a 108 a 67 at Do 10110 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 4 • Do A a a. Eastern, par cent 101 97 WOE. Dani ” D "" at North Staffordshire p a, 1859 100 st South Eastern, 5 do 1161 100 Do BS 5 do (Oh. Cross) 1363 100 at Do - 1864 at Do Pimlico, pe 100 t North p (m o ax L . o4npdeorn, cent)4l , 5 per p cent c .. . 100 .• ••• at Victoria St do , Est North RAIL-LLNES LEASED AT FIXED RENTA.LSJ st Birk.enhead lOO 9 z y i 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire lOO 92 91 941 4, at Ckester and Holyhead 100 64 56 st Do. it per cent. lOl 116 120 at Do. 5 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOl st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gun. 6p. c lOO 133 135 28 Gloster and Dean Forest all ~„ „,. s Gt. Easn., Newm., ke., 6 p.c 109 s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.e 101 6J 72 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 100 95 97 MI Hull and Selby ............... all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle...... 100 211 213 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 05 st Do. 41 per cent lOO m st London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO at Do. Com. Fund, 6do lOO at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference- lOO st London, Tilbury, d; South 100 78 ItO st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 st Do. do. 6 do. 110 ,„ 51 Manch., Buxton, & Matlk all i 61 at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 22 94 18 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Nortkernt East., 4 per cent all 43 66 60 Do. do. 6 do. all „, st N. Eastern—Hartlepool st N.West. A perp. prof, sp. c lOO 10$ 110 st Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ct Notting. & Graoth. R. et 0 lOO 92 94 25 Preston and Wyre all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop lOO 133 135 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 102 133 136 10 Do do i 21 2. p at S. Torksh. aid ltiTer Dun 101 98 100 st Do 4 per cent gun lll r 79 gj . at Do 5 do at Vict. Station and Pimlico- lOB 175 ISO at West Cornwall 211 West London, Class A all 13 14 21 Do do B all 20 Do do C all 61 7 t at Weymouth and Portland lOO st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 119 119 18 it London and St. Katherine lOO 03 65 100 oDeb. stock, 4 per cent liillwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO it 82 st Southampton 1007! 76 Surrey Quagatrcisa 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira all 211 211 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel.,llm 10 4 4p 101 2 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 16 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 26 28 st Do. 6 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finalgce, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 9 7 bd 10 Berlin Water Works, lire all 131 14 10 Do. New 6 1 gi 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, Urn. 5 Do. New 4 11 01 5) British American Land 44 16 13 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 31 20 British ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lira 2l 21 lid 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim S 44 31 1 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 31d 30 City of Milan Improv. Ihn all b ig 26 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 2 8 50 City Offices, lim 26 211 23d 80 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 6 g. /I, 5 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 17 18 16 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1875, 41 per cent. all 104 1051 100 Do. 1882, 44 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 11 21 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 3 2(1 st Crystal Palace lOO 19 21 20 et Do. Preference l5O 93 98 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb l O O9 102 107 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, lira 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, line. _ 8 6 4d 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 11 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. Vroy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 88 89 901 i 20 Egyptian Com. & Traci. Inn 6 41 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 243 10 Do. New 8 10 12p r. 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lint. 8 ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 If Ifd 20 Fore-streetWarehouss,lim l2 pr 1p 181 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 831 841 50 Gellivara, lim 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lim 7l 2 14 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 29 50 Home & Col Marine In. lim. 5 41 34d 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ••• 20 Hudson's Bay all 131 131 134 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 Indo-European Tel., 10 • 20 Interns,. Financial Soc. lim. 5 n 14 Si 20 Interns. Land Credit, Um 6 6 48 50 Italian Land 5 11 Id. 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 1 4 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 6 3 115 50 Land Securities, lim 5 35 '2A 25 London African Trading lO 7 6d 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lira 6 ••• ..' d 10 Loudon County Land and Building, Btu. 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lira all 31 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all I if' 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lim 30 23 221 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 14 2 2110 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 22 17d 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr at Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gua. sp.c. by India GOT. lOO 105 107 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim. . 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 4 41 30 Merchant Shipping, lim all 33 38 80 Millwall Iron Works, lira l2l ••• ..• 10 Natal Land and Colonise, tion Co., lira. 25 National Discount Co., lim 5 12 124 1 2 4 25 National Prov. Marine, lim. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lint, all SI 3 4 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 3 2 d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 11 14 § jsiew Quebrada, lim 4.4.1 41 34 25" New Zealand Loan &Men cantile Agency,lim ' 21 5 IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 5 15 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 7 5 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., Jim._ 100 47 52 50 North Brit. & Nieman. In 65 19 20 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15 30 Oriental Financial, lim ll ...d b Oriental Gas, lim 5 Do. New 1 1 fp 10 Otago and Southland In• vestment, lim ' 2 Id Sp 5 Ottoman Gas, lim all 15 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lima all r 21 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Miner!, lim 100 30 32 40 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 49 51 301 30 Do. New 1867 25 Reuter's Telegram '24 2 7 30 P 40 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Ins.,lim all 17 18 20 Do. Gas, lira all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 44 40 st Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 107 112 et Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref lOO ... ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, Rm lO 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 3 4 P 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lima. 6 •••, , 25 South Australian Land at Submarine Telegraph i Do. Scrip all 4 1 1 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 161 17 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 21 20 Trinidad Petroleum, Jim.— 81 ... ... 10 Trust & Agency of Aus„lim. 1 i 1p 10 Do do. do. all .. ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada .5 Id p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lire 5 4 4 1P 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 11 014 6 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 61 6 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 31 31p 20 Universal Marine (In.), Jim 5 1 lip 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 21 31 30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 7 a 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 751 761 711 60 Warrant Finance, lint l2 12 104 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 4 3d 20 WestLond on Wharves aid Warehouses COLONIAL GIOVNBNIIINNT SECURITIIGS British Columbia, a per 0ent.,1872. 100 - _ - Do. 1895.. lOO Can.tiov.6 p.c.Jan.v&July 1877-84 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug lOO 105 117 Do. 6p. o. Mar. & Sept lOO le4:106 Do. sp. o. Jan. & July lOO 93 - 94 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk lOO 90 92 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 lOO 102 101 Do.Api.&Oot 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 - Cvylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. a, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 106 Melbourne Corporatn., 1867-71, 6 per cent lOO N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July lOO 102 104 ^ Natal 6 p et, Apl & Oct lOO - Do 6p a. May & Nov lOO 106 108 N. S. W. 5 ire., '7l to '75 lOO 99 101 Of 4 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1890 lOO gn 106 93 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 lOO 811 101 N.Zealand, 6p. et. 1891 lOO Do. 5 per cent.... Do Jan, Apri, July, Oct lOO 974 984 914 Do 6p c. Mar & Sept '9l lOO 108 110 Do June & Dec~ 1,91 SDo Prov.4l Auotld. 1(0 —— i series 1& 2, 1896... Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jan... and Jnly, 1875 - Do 18e6.. Queensind. 6p. a. 'B2 5 . 100 1C8: 109 1054 5 Do 1891 Do. 1891 62 0.1869 lOO ..._ Do- do. A ...... 100 108 110 Do rd. 183 to 918 lOO 107 108 :vi c tor-4A me m oo. 104 AO7, LAW AND POLICE. DANGERS OF RAILWAY TRAVELLING.-At Worship- Areet, Alexander Smith, an engineer, was charged with a robbery in a railway carriage. It seems that the prose cutor was travelling on the North London Railway, fro-a Broad-street to Homerton, between eleven and twelve at night, in a second-class carriage, when he was suddenly attacked by all the other men in the ccmpart rnent. He was afraid they would throw him out, but they contented themselves with robbing him of some silver. Two of them got out while the train was in motion, but the prosecutor succeeded in detaining one of his assailants. The prisoner was remanded for a week. ACTION AGAINST MR. SIMS REEVES.— A case which vill excite some interest came on for hearing in the Chel tenham County Court lately. The action was brought by Mr. George Hodson, lessee of the Cheltenham Theatre, against Mr. Harrison, the agent to Mr. Sims Reeves. It was said that Mr. Hodson arranged that a concert should be given at the Royal Old Wells Theatre, Cheltenham, on the night of the 17th December, at which the chief singers were tp be Mr. Sims Reeves, Miss Bankes, Madame Patey-Whytock, and Mr. Patey. Mr. Reeves came to Cheltenham, and, as was alleged, stayed at the Plough Hotel. But when a large and fashionable audience had assembled, and all were on the tiptoe of expectation, Mr. Harrison, the agent, had to come forward and announce that the great tenor was suffering from bronchitis, and was too ill to sing. Next night, it was said, Mr. Reeves sang at Worcester, and it was contended, therefore, that he was not ill. Hence the action. It was now stated that the bailiff of the court had been unable to serve Mr. Reeves with a subpcsna, in consequence of his uncertain movements. The case was adjourned that a special bailiff might be em ployed. EXCISE PROSECUTIONS.—Two prosecutions against the keepers of refreshment-houses in Panton-street, Hay market, have been undertaken by the Excise, for selling wines, spirits, and tobacco without a license. In both cases the offence was fully proved by constables who had visited the houses in plain clothes, and had been supplied with all they asked for. Mr. Knox said he believed this sort of thing had been going on for a long while, and he should inflict the full penalty on both offenders—£so for spirits, £5O for tobacco, £2O for wine, and £2O for refreshments. AN IMPOSTOR.-At Tunbridge Wells Police-court, a man was charged with feigning to be deaf and dumb. It was shewn that he called at several houses and wrote on a slate that he could cast nativities. He was sentenced to three months' hard labour. THE BOARD OF WORKS.—At the Bow-street Police court Edward Hughes, the chief accountant of the Metro politad Board of Works, was charged on remand with em bezzling £2,005. The evidence was chiefly gathered from the prisoner's own private pass-book. The prisoner was again remanded. The 111anchester Guardian notes that while the Reform League as a body has decided to memorialise Parlia ment in favour of secret voting, ono of its members, Mr. Holyoake, has proposed an independent and highly origi nal course. Mr. Holyoake justly enough nfl ms that many quiet people are often scared from the polling bootho by the scones of violence which constantly disgrace our contested elections. This ho calls'' enervating decency" and " deplorable propriety," and ho desires to see a law passed which shall compel every elector to record his vote, thus "enforcing among electors recklessness of personal sacrifices and a manly spirit of fighting and fearlessness." Our informant thinks if Mr. Holyoake had had a little ex perience of an election mob, say in Ireland or Blackburn, he would alter his opinion about "the manly whit oyht _ and fearlessnem" _ THE FUTURE OF THE IRISH CHURCH The pamphlet which Archdeacon Stopford has just issued has not been hastily concerted, but is the result of diligent observation. Its publication was suspended until after the elections, but it was completed by May last. The archdeacon considers that the decision of the elections may be looked upon as final, and regards it as useless for anyone to ignore the fact. The archdeacon is a stedfast friend of the Establishment, and a zealous advocate for internal reforms, and his views are therefore well worthy of attention. He is opposed to the sudden capitalization of all life-incomes, but as regards those who hold tempo rary positions in the Church the main question is whether or not they shall have compensation. He advises the friends of the Church to look at the question like men, and meet it with dignity and earnestness. "Is is desirable," he says, "that Mr. Gladstone should intro. duce a bill so carefully and liberally drawn that we might accept it in this session with such amendments as we can reasonably claim ; Or is it desirable that his measures should be so ill drawn as to give grounds for a party fight, not on principles, but on details, extending perhaps far beyond this session? In my opinion it would be wise for us to do all that may be in our power to obtain the former alterna tive." The A rchdeacon thinks it a matter of great importance that they should be allowed to make their own future arrangements unfettered by the State, and he therefore abstains from any discussion of what should " afterwards be settled by ourselves alone." Above all things, he would avoid the danger of subjecting the Church to the tyranny of a majority of the House of Commons, in place of its present constitutional relation to the Crown. He considers that a disestablished Church will need a system of administration similar to that established in colonial Churches. The archdeacon emphatically declares that to remain unpre pared for the worst would be the greatest danger that could befall the Irish Church, and he appeals to the laity to act promptly in the matter. If revolution is to proceed by hasty steps " we have still left the force of superior intelligence, of energy and of resolution, and we will use it as we may." MR. GLADSTONE ON AMERICA. A Mr. Lester, of Third Avenue, New York, has nad a correspondence with Mr. Gladstone as to his opinions on the American war. He seems to have forwarded to him for his perusal a work entitled " The Glory and Shame of England." Mr. Gladstone's reply as follows is published in the New York Times : " 11, Carlton-house-terrace, August 8, 1867. " Sir,—Your letter of November 30, 1866, arrived in London while I was on the continent of Europe. I did not receive it till the time when the session of Parliament began, and I then postponed replying to it in the hope that by a careful perusal of the work you were so good as to send me, on " The Glory and Shame of England,' I might qualify myself to show, that if not worthy, I was at least sensible, of your kindness. I have not yet completed that perusal, in consequence of the heavy pressure of public duties on my time. But I have read a good portion of the work, and with great interest. I am quite satisfied of the justice of its intention toward my country. lam not so satisfied of the uniform justice of its execution. But I am aware that arrogance and self-confidence are among our national faults ; that we require to he taken down—so to speak— by the estimates that others form of us ; that the more plain-spoken those estimates are, the better for us ; and that even if they occasionally err on the side of severity, we shall not seriously suffer by the error, while we may and ought greatly to gain by the criticism in general. All such criticisms should help every English man individually who is called upon to discharge public duties in forming a strong and earnest resolution to discharge them with the aid of the Almighty to the best of his feeble powers. For this help, I, on my own part, sincerely thank you. I must also thank you for the favourable and friendly tone of all such notices as I have met in the work. They are much beyond my desert. With respect to the opinion I pub licly expressed at a period during the war, that the South had virtually succeeded in achieving its independence, I could not be surprised or offended if the expression of such an opinion at such a time had been treated in your work much less kindly than the notices I find at pages 529-533. I must confess that I was wrong, that I took too much upon myself in expressing such an opinion. Yet the motive was not bad. My sympathies' were then where they had long before been, where they are now--with the whole American people. I, probably like many Europeans, did not understand the nature and working of the American Union. I had imbibed, conscientiously if erroneously, an opinion that twenty or twenty-four millions of the North would be happier, and would be stronger (of course assuming that they would hold together) without the South than with it, and also that the negroes would be much nearer to emancipation under a Southern govern ment than under the old system of the Union, which had not at that date (August 1862) been abandoned, and which always appeared to me to place the whole power of the North at the command of the slaveholding interest of the South. As far as regards the special or serarate interest of England in the matter, I, differing from many others, had always contended that it was best for our interest that the Union should be left entire. Forgive these details on a matter which has now lost its interest. I have only to conclude by renewing my thanks, and by expressing my most earnest desire that your country, already so great, may grow, prosper, and flourish more and more, for its own benefit, and for the benefit of the world.—Believe me, sir, yours, &c., " W. E. GLADSTONE," At Glasgow, a house proprietor has been con victed of giving in false statements to the city assessors as to the yearly value of certain houses belonging to him. He was fined by the sheriff in the penalty of £5O, or, failing payment, imprisonment for three months. THE NEW YEAR. —lf Europe could be but thoroughly satisfied that peace rests upon a firm basis, and that capital might securelylend itself to great undertakings, spring would probably usher in a revival in the commercial as well as the natural world. Most of the potentialities of a properous time remain with us. The generel impression seems to be that we have passed the worst stage of stagna tion. To go forward with courage born of faith is our highest wisdom. In this spirit we m a y we l come w i t h hearty and hopeful greetings the new-born Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-nine.—lllustrated News. A threatened strike amongst the colliers of South Yorkshire has happily been averted. The Council of the Trade Association against, it is said, the general feeling of the men, have come to the conclusion that in view of the de pressed state of trade throughout the country it cannot re commend the members of the association to take any further action to obtain the advance. It directs, therefore, that the question shall be allowed to rest for the present, in the con fidence that when trade revives the coal owners will return the 5 per cent. in the same spirit in which it was conceded by the men in May last. This resolution the secretaries have communicated to the masters. HEIRS WANTED. —The Scotsman mentions the death of one David Patullo, a native of Scotland, who emigrated to New York many years since, and died a few weeks ago, leaving a fortune of three-quarters of a million dollars. Mr. Patullo made his fortune by selling whisky at a place called Cobweb Hall, at six cents a glass. He is not known to have any relatives, and the public adminis trator is about to take steps to appropriate his estate to the commonwealth. One of the peculiarities of the deceased was a superstitious reverence for cobwebs, with which his premises were literally festooned, and none of which he would suffer to be removed. SONG AND SERMON. —lt is noted that the obser vations by Dr. Vaughan respecting the Established Church, a few days since, had a curious peroration. The occasion on which they were delivered was an annual congregational tea for all classes of the parishioners, of St. George's, Doncaster, at which ecclesiastical parish matters are enlivened between the speeches by solos and madrigals from the choirs. Dr. Vaughan, according to his usual custom, made the speech of the evening, reviewing in detail the parochial events of the past year, and diverging towards the end into the remarks which have been so much quoted respecting the possible decease of Church Establishments. At the close of the proceedings the local journal relates with unconscious gravity, " The choir then sang ' Who killed Cock Robin ?' after which Dr. Vaughan closed the meeting by a few seasonable observations on the uncertainty of human life." THE LATE SIR HERBERT EDWARDES.—The fol lowing resolution was passed by the Secretary of State for India in Council on Thursday last :--" Resolved by the Secretary of State in Council (nonine contradicente) that the death of Major-General Sir Herbert Edwardes, K.C.8., K.C.5.1., has closed a career of great usefulness and of great distinction. his earliest 'achievements twenty years ago, secured the special recognition of tl.e Court of Directors of the East India Company and of her Majesty's Government. His last services deserve no less signal an acknowledgment. The Secretary of State for India in Council, in deploring the loss of so devoted and tr) valued a public servant, feels it a duty to signify his sense of the ability, daring, and resource which Sir Herbert Edwardes displayed in times of great difficulty and of great peril. He desires further, by the creation of a monument to the memory of this most distinguished officer, to attest his high appreciation of the example which Sir Herbert Edwardes has left to all the servants of tialanni4_l44§,'" Man./I ENTRIES FOR THE SPRING HANDICAPS. The following appeared in oar Latest Edition of yesterllity evening:— GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES, Romping Girl, Leybourne, Blueskin, Skirmisher, Brad_ gate, Robespiere, Nyanza, c by Lambton out of Miss Peddie, Fitz-Adam, Waffles, Birthday, Izaak Walton, Mexico, Our Mary Ann, Sandboy, Birdseeker, John Davis, Clemenco, Miss Havelock, Flying Scud, Aggravator, Ac ton, Acaster, Crown Princess, Professor Anderson, Vent nor, Choral, Workman, Provider, Ploughboy, Ben Nevis,„ Ackworth, Planet, Redcap, The Laird, The Parso , a, Lady Morgan, The Rescue, Wellington, Arbaces, Catlino, Benefactor, Kings land, Clovis, Friday, Musician, Knight Errant, The Special. The Mariner, Stokeley, Arlington, The Duke of Beaufort, Redivivus, Gipsy King, Nogra, The Spy, Archduke, Chatsworth, Cecil, Ladoga, Legisla-, tor, Cap a Pie, Belfast, Tertullus, Cattie, Ecarte, Spurgeon, Lord of the Valley, Herald, Beeswing, The Prov , ,st, Furious, Marquis of Carabas, Fortunio, Viscount, April Morn, *Cocoa Nut, Vansittart, *Make Haste, Glengartrack. * Those horses marked thus (*) having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be, struck out at the time proscribed, unless specially ordered to re main in. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. Bradgate, Brother to Rivioli, Nemea, Gondolier, o...tra gan, Lady Ilenriette, Lord of the Valley, Make T Aaste, Citron, Punishment, See-Saw, Attack gelding, Conster nation, Knight of the Garter, Robespierre, Vauban, Chang, pagne Charlie, Vespasian, Border Knight, Columbine, Turco, Birthday, Vagabond, King Cophetua, S. to Ved,3tte, John Leech, Cocoa Nut, Hermitage, Atonement, Th e Special, Redivivus, Arlington, Stokeley, Michel de lasso, Anlace, Vacuum, Our Mary Ann, Bonnie Katie, Formosa, The Drummer, Conrad, Carita, Bel Giorno, Lucifer, Al penstock, La Belle Helene, Bribery, Choral, Provide- 4 Wrestler, Good Hope, Sunstroke, St Mango, Ladyllorg- a n, The Parson, The Sawyer, Hermit, Pace, Poinseitia, Redcap, Pontus, Chivalry, The Returned, Geoptiobe, Gourbi, Kingsland, Thirlestane, Lady Rosehill, Acorn, Troy, Benefactor, Giantess, Eastley, Lumley, Buxton, Walmer, Allbrook, Clemenco, Albania, The Baroness, Queen Esther, Lady Coventry, Pimpernel, Silenus„ Head Centre, Van Amburg, Laneret, Cock of the Walk, Cherie, Teeswater, Miss Theo, Badsworth, Emilia, Friday, Knight Errant, Grituston, Cardinal York, De Vero, Dryad, Tregeagle, Charnxvood, Warrington, Cap-A-pie, Dick Turpin, Athena, Kaupai, and Evohe. THE GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES. Gipsy King, Blueskin, Bradgate, Skirmisher f, For-. tunio,Vansittart, Fit-Adam, Robespierre, King Cophetua, Vagabond, Vedette g, Atonement, The Special, Redi— vivug, Arlington, Stokeley, Our Mary Ann, Vacuum, The Drummer, Alpenstock, La Belle Helene, Bribery f, Choral, Provider, Workman, Ploughboy, Aggravator, Planet, Baeswing, The Laird, Kingsland, Tertullus, Be— nefactor, John Davis, Clemence, Miss Havelock, Arch— duke, Teeswater, C 2 Mine, Clovis, Friday, Warrington, Legislator, Ladoga, Cap-a-pie, Ligurian, and Belfast. THE GREAT WARWICKSHIRE HANDICAP. Slowman, Pevensey, Sportsman, Midwife, Benefactor, Vedette c, Osprey, Silenus, Miss Havelock, Flying Saud, John Davia, Clemence, Baden, Warrington, Legislator, Hilda, Pladda, Aggravator, Smut colt, Knight of the Garter, Robespierre, Border Knight, Vauban, Barnabo, Barumite, Cheltenham, Sis to Vedette, Tertallus, Vacuum., Make Haste, Dalby, Anlace, Arlington, Beeswing,Stokelcq, Tribune, Lady Morgan, Redivivus, The Special, Vedo Royal, Python, Vortigern, Ajax, Romping Girl, Cecil. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Phantom, b h by Toxophilite —Miss Sarah, Mist Whip f, Cattle, Giantess, Vortigern, The Laird, Pladda, Arbaces, Kingsland, Geant des Battailles, Silenus, Flying Scud, John Davis, Clemente, Sandboy, Cork Jacket, Archduke, Friday, Knight Errvnt, Eastern Prince, Warrington, Le-. gislator, Ladoga, Cap-a-Pie, Belfast, Benefactor, St. Agnes g, Cecil, Leybourne, Bradgate, Vanicha, Buckenham's dam. filly, Blueskin, Nemea, Gondolier, Ouragan, Nelusko, Res— titution, Nyanza, Little Treasure, Blue Gown, Pero Gomez, See Saw, Attack g, Punishment, Paul Jones, Vixen g, Cocoa Nut, Furious, Marquis of Carabas, Blue Peter, The Mariner, Stokeley, Alpenstock, The Provost, Choral, Wrestler, Provider, Workman. NOMENCLATURE. The following assumed names have been registered Captain Atkins—Mr Glenville. Mr Cramsay—Mr More. ton. Mr A. Cristo—Mr Rouse. RACING FIXTL FEBR HIES FOR 1869. ,VARY. Streatham 11, 12 Lincol❑ l6, 17 Harrow lB, 19 Mansfield 18 Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chelmsford..,. 25, 26 Derby Spring 25, 26 MA. Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Kingsbury l2, 13 Northampton l6, 17 .CII. AP. Bromley 1 . 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge 1, 2 T hirsk 6 7 Streatham 8, 9 West Drayton lB, 19 West Somerset 18, 19 Margate 28 Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, 31. tIL. Newmarket Craven...l2, eco. Eastbourne lat Lewes 20 21. Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring_ Chester l, 5,6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 St. Albans Salisbury l3, 14 Doncaster 13, 14 '2 - 8, /co Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2 3, 4 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 1 West Drayton l7, 1S ! Bath 18, 19 1 Manchester l9, 20, 21. Croydon 20, 21. Harpenden 2l. I Epsom Summer .....25, & NE. Newcastle 22, 28, 2t Oldham 22 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Kingsbury .. 9, 10 Pontefract 12, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 Bibury Club 26 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 Wolverhatrpton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 19 St. Albans Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT: Warwick... 7, 8 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster l4, 15, 16, 17 Richmond '2l, 22 Lichfield OCT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, Sze. Chelmsford l9, 20 OVI Worcester 2,3, 4 Liverpool 9, 10, 11. 12 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 2/. Southampton 211 23 Stamford 22, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 UST. Oxford Canterbury ...... 24, 21i York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth ...16 Windsor August l2, 13 Derby Summer ..,31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 ,M.BER. Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Kingsbury 23, 24, Monmouth... 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, &c. )BER. Cheltenham l9, 20 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 28, 2t Newmarket Irton ...25, &o. ;AMER. Shrewsbury 15, Ito Leamington Hunt 23, &o IRISH. MARCH. Baldoyle First Spring 18,1= MAY. Baldoyle Second Spring -- ll, 3 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 I H arro w lB, 25 19 Lincoln l6, 17 Derby .. APRIL. Aldersbo , l, 2 I Croydon 22, 23 Bromley 1, 2 1 MARCH. Liverpool 3 I Cambridgeshire M 18 19 18 Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 West Drayton .. , Kingsbury 12, 13 Crewkerne lB, 19 MAY. St. Albans JULY. Kingsbury 9 AUGUST. St. Albans 17 OCTOBER• West Drayton . 2l, 22 LONDON OiZETTE-LAST rollope, e l.! A e r L a I L c , h J a A r x i e . s 8 T . 0 L r - 14 - C.8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General William G. 53d ReWgimAeßn-tOofFFTt!:MI;Aj Gold, deceased. R o yal Hospital , Che lsea—General the Hon. Sir Cherie' Gore, G.C.8., to be Lieutenant - Governor, vice Field. Marshal Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, G.C.8., deceased. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 7. Lieutenant Cuthbert Robert Buckle h as b een promote 4 i to be Commander ti her Majesty's Fleet from the Ist inest. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short 11 191 12 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 1 ... 12 1* Antwerp ... 25 371 25 42* Brussels — 25 374 25 424 1R 101 1" Hatnburgh - A - - - •• • 13. 10; ... 13 K Pariq Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 1201 1 , ieuna — ... 12 20 ... 12 25 Trieste — ... 12 20 ... 12 25 ... --- -- Petersburg Copenhagen ... .. 9 20 ... 9 21 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 48 ... 481 Leghorn Milan — ... 27 ... 27 10 Genoa — ... 27 ... 27 10 Naples Palermo — ... 27 ... 27 10 Messina ... 27 ... 27 10 Lisbon — ... 511 ... 52 O porto — ... blf ... i 2 Rio Janeiro , 0" 1. , . ...... 1 New Yak ...... Asa ". 09 "s*