The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-21 00:00:00

HONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocx. Console are now at 92/ to 92 for money ; ditto, for Account, 921 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 11; New Titree per Cents, 921 lf ; Exchequer Bille £l,OOO, March, par ; June, 2 7 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, prem. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent., 235 G. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 111+ d ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 100+ ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 51 per Cent., —; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 25 prem. ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 25 prem. Rather less business is doing in English Railway Shares, but prices, with one or two exceptions, continue firm. London and South 1V estern is 1 higher, at 92 to 94 ; Great Northern 1, at 109 to 110 ditto (A Stock) 1, at 1091 to 110 ; and Caledonian f, at 771 to 771. On the other hand, North Eastern (Berv,ick) is 1 lower, at 122/ to 122.1 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover f, at 151 to 151. Great Eastern is steady, at 371 to 8711; Great Western, 551 to 561 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1261 to 1271; Loudon and Brighton, 471 to 471; London and North Western, 1211 to to 1221 ; Metropolitans, 83+ to 831 ; Midland, 120 to 1201; and South Eastern, 771 to 771. The Foreign Market is quiet, but still steady. Brazilian Bonds have risen 1, to 861; and Argen tine are firm at 86 to 861. Egyptian (1868) Bonds have fallen 1, to 79. Turkish Five per Cents. are a shade easier, at 441 to 441 ; the Six per Cents. ; 67 to 68, and the new loan has advanced to 1 prem. on the loan, proving a greater success than was an ticipated. Italian are firm at 56 ; and Spanish at 271 to 274. All United States Bonds are 1 better on the New York quotations. The Five-Twenties are 86 to 861; the 1865 issue, 85 to 851 ; the 1867 issue, 81 to 841, and the Ten forties, 821 to 831. Erie shares are also 1 better, at 171 to 171. Illinois are firm at 991 to 1001. Canadian Railway Shares are dull. Grand Trunk is f lower, at 141 to 15+ ; and Great Western of Canada 1-16th, at 161 to 161. Continental Railway Shares are well maintained. Lombardo-Venetian is dealt in at 211 to 211; and Great Luxemburg is 121 to 121. The only_feature in Bank Shares is an improve ment of 10s. in London and County, the price being 48 to 49 ; London and Westminster is steady, at 581 to 591 ; London Joint-Stock, 311 to 321 ; Union of London, 37 to 38 ; Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 21 prem. ; Alliance, 121 to 13f ; and Agra (A), 101 to 11. Telegraph Shares are quiet, and prices generally are without movement. Anglo-American is quoted at 181 to 181 ; French Cable, 141 to 15 ; Atlantic Eight per Cents, 1+ to 2 , and Construction and Maintenance, 341 to 351. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The Weser, from New York, has brought £17,284. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamers Ripon and Delta will bring £128,500 in Australian gold. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the night of the 24th instant, and the latter at Southampton about the Ist of January. The allegations frequently made by persons connected with our merchant shipping as to the very large number of foreign seamen in that ser vice appear to be disproved by a return moved for in the House of Commons last Session, which has just been issued. According to this the re spective numbers of British and foreign seamen so employed in the year 1868 were : " British seamen employed in British ships registered in the United Kingdom, 177,239 ; foreign stamen em ployed in British ships registered in the United Kingdom during the same year, 20,263 ; appren tices employed during the same year, 4,975." In the year 1864 the number of foreign seamen em ployed was 21,900. At an adjourned meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Halliwell and Son, at Bradford, it was re solved to accept the amended proposal of the firm to pay 9s. in the pound, in four instalments, the last to be guaranteed. The desire is in every direction manifested to keep the Christmas holidays from Friday to the Tuesday morning. A large number of the whole sale and retail houses have effected their arrange ments accordingly, and the announcement once made will be followed out by the leading estab lishments in each department. It is quite possible to limit the attendance on Monday at even the banks and the discount establishments in such a degree as to make the holiday on that day harmonise with the general wishes of the com mercial community, who year by year appear to recognize the proposed slight extension of the system. The Stock Exchange will be closed from Friday to Tuesday, the Committee having latterly notified that the house will not be opened on Boxing-day. The movements in the position and prices of Colonial and Foreign Railway Stocks by compari son with those at the close of last week were not of a material nature, but pointed rather in the better direction, there having been at the same time a more extended business than of late. In the Mincing-lane Markets transactions have been on a moderate scale in the principal descrip tions of produce, with rather firm prices. The seed oil market has shown increased firmness, tallow increased dulness. The Frankfort advices describe some return of animation, and state that all kinds of speculative stocks have improved, although the upward ten dency has been checked by the demand for money usual at the .lose of the year, when banking and other establishments have to draw in large sums in preparation for the dividends due on the Ist of January. Lombard shares especially have been in good request, being supported by a powerful syndi cate at Paris and Berlin. American descriptions, it is said, " have lost the favour of many capitalists, since it appears to be really intended to reduce the interest, which was the only inducement of the majority of holders." The new Bavarian 4i per Cent. Loan has been allotted to Von Erlanger and Sons, at 90 13-16ths, and as the amount is only 19 millions of florins, it will not be brought out for subscription, but sold privately in Bavaria, where it will be absorbed in a short time. The subscription for the 6 per Cent. Turkish Loan has not, at Frank fort, met with success. Early in January there will be a new issue of Russian railway bonds, and a great many new issues of other bonds, shares, and preference shares are advertised in the Ger man papers. Forged French crowns, bearing the date 1797, have been discovered ; the outside is good silver, but they are filled with lead. As they appear old, the trick can only be discoverel by strict examination. BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT rUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, Jan. 6 8 per Cent. Reduced 921 1/ New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cont. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen Jan. 1873 knnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. March par Da. 3 do. June 2 Do £lOO, £2OO Jr £5OO Bank of E ng l an d St oc k , 4} per C ent Do. opening — Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — rater-Colonial Oninituu INDIAN UOVERNMENT SECURITIES loth , ;:tock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 Shut P. Openi ng , for Account — D 5. a per Cent. July, 1880 Do 4 pot Cent. Oct. 1888 U3rtia 3 &tog Do. Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent"... — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent. May 1879 -- DJ 5 per Cent., Rnp. Dsr. 17L 'Jo do 181 7 T..... — Do. do. 1882 — Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 p er Cont., .£I,COO Do. under £LOOO 25 FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. rKoutine Republic, 6 per Vent Do. Account Austrian Bonds 5 per cent — Do. 1859 — Br‘y.ilian 5 per Cent — Oa. 41 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858..... • Do. ao 1860 73 Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Dr. Account B _ienos Ayros 6 per Cont. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cont. — Ouilian 6 per Cent — ?'o. l per Cent.., 751 Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per cent. 1867 C lo tibial), 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 p3r Cent., 182 5 Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — ho. Acccunt Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent ••• oo Second Issue Do. £5Ol, Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account . Do. £5OO Bonds De. 41 It'• Bon Is 9O Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ..... Do. £lOO Bonds • •••. Government Railway Debentures ..... Greek. 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Du. Coupons G t ttemala:s per Cent .. — liondurasGov Rail.Loon.,lop.,Ct.,allpd Do. Acc•unt itaitan 5 per Cent., 1865 — Jo. Account . — Do Maremmana Railway Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — dontevidean 6 per Cent...... ....• — liccrish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granad a — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferved .• Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .• 84 Do 4} per Cent. (Ur:barren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do 6 per Cent.,1862 Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'5 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. S cr i p , £2O paid — IZussan 5 e er Cent., 1822, £ St - Do 4i per Cent 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do S per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 'do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, .£lOO Bonds., Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9ll 2 Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway — Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Account — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Deferred — Do. Passive — Do. Cont. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 — Do dc, 1868 Tnrkish 6 pvr Cent ...... . 853 -} Do Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 Do Account Do £lOl Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account • , o £lOO Bouds Do. 5 per cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 Do. Account I _671 Da 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in Londi. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Routes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f Do Account ss'k 6 TWO 0 'CLOCK. Cionsols i Money Do. Account, Jan. 6 924 4 xd 44 BUDGET OF PEI:SONAL.—Edwin Forrest's engage ment at the Walnut-street Theatre, just closed, was ono of the most successful of his life.—Senator Patterson of New Hampshire, Senator Spencer of Alabama, and Re • presentative O'Neill of Philadelphia had left New York for Washington.—Louis Reille, the commander of the insur gent forces in the " Winnepeg war," is a young French man, aged 24.—The guardians of John C. Bigelow, the boy who was injured in the Carr's Rock Railroad disaster, have obtained a verdict of $15,000 against the Erie Com pany, in the Orange County (New York) Supreme Court -Father Hyacinths and Henry Ward Beecher met at the house of the Rev. Dr. Henry M. Field, at Now York, Nov 30, in accordance with the wish of the former, whore they spent three or four hours in conversation, Mrs. Field act ing as interpreter. The pore returns to Europe, Dec. 15. -- Chief Justice Dillon, of the lowa Supreme Court, will be nominated United States Circuit Judge for the District iu which lowa is comprised; and T. J. Durant, of New Orleans, will be appointed Judge for the Fifth Judicial District, including Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.—Gen. Sheridan is slowly recover ing Lis health, though still confined to his bed.—Prince Satsuma and suits from Japan were to arrive in Chicago on Sunday, N0v.28, and remain there a day or two before proceeding eastward. —Mrs. General Custer goes with her husband on Indian campaigns, and is a good shot with th 3 rifle.— General Hooker, who spent most of the sumnier in Cincinnati, has returned to Now York to spend the winter.—Father Hyacinthe left New York last Saturday for France in the Pereire.— The General Rawlins' family fund collected in New York now amounts to sl3,2oo.—Thomas H. Talbot, of Maine, has been appointed by the President Assistant Attorney- General, to succeed Mr. Dickey, resigned.—Gen. Custer is designated as the " blonde" cavalry man by Western papers.— Thurlow Weed will spend the winter in Florida. —Ex-President Johnson has declined the nomination for delegate to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention from Greene County.—We learn from Mrs. Ellet's book, "The Court Circles of the Republic," that " Miss Louisa Cathe rine Johnson —who became the wife of John Quincy Adams —was born, educated, and married in London. She was the daughter of Joshua Johnson. In advanced age her children were accustomed to call her 'Madame,' and their father 'the President.' The utmost deference was systemati cally paid to both parents. In person she was petite, with lively manners, very fluent and brilliant in conversation."— Ex-Minister Harvey (to Portugal), whose salary Congress stopped, has received back pay to the amount of $21,000 gold.—D. D. Sprague, charged with perjury in a divorce suit, was arrested at Buffalo on the 20th Nov., and taken to Connecticut on a requisition from the Governor of that State.—Dr. Albert Day, superintendent of the New York State Inebriate Asylum at Binghampton, was stabbed by a patient 26th November. Tho wound is severe, but not considered dangerous. General Burnside has arrived in Europe, and is in London at the Langham Hotel.— Jeff. Davis is to get $15,000 a year salary from that in surance company over whose fortunes he is to preside.— Dr. L. R. Waring, who died recently in Richmond, Vir ginia, is said to have given away in charity all his earn ings during 20 years, amounting to half a million dollars. The 17th anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell, of West Concord, Vermont, was to be celebrated with a pearl wedding Dec. I.—Thomas W. M'Elrath, the old Tribune publisher, received a $6OO gold watch from his subordinates on giving up his position as appraiser in the Now York Custom-house, Tuesday, to General Geo. W. Pahner.—Nathaniel Lord was knocked dawn and robbed in Peabody, Massachusetts, on Saturday evening, Nov. 27. He has since died, and two of the men have been arrested.—The New Orleans Times says that General Twiggs was for many years the wealthiest general officer in the United States Army.—Yerger, who shot Colonel Crane, is in prison at Jackson, Mississippi, guarded by tho military. He belongs to a prominent and wealthy family, who will exert every nerve to save him.—Cornelius Vanderbilt, jun., publishes a card, saying he has reformed, and asking the public to forget the wild oats ho has sown. He says:—" lam striving to remove the false impressions of the public regarding my character. The smallest molehills have been made mountains and false reports concerning me have run over the city like wildfire. Because nature made me the eon of a wealthy father—one stern and stolid as iron, but certainly kind and just —my acts are scrutinised and vilified as if I were some distinguished character."—The Rev. Dr. Justin Perkins, for 36 years a faithful and successful missionary to the Nestorians, is seriously ill.—Professor Alpheus B. Crosby, of the Dartmouth Medical College, has received the ap pointment to a. professorship in a western medical college. —Rev. Dr J. B. Bittinger of Burlington, Vermont, has de clined the Presidency of Washington and Jefferson Col - lege at Washington, Pennsylvania. David M'Farland, who shot Mr. Richardson, has been removed from the assistant-assessorship of Internal Revenue of New York, and Edward R. Ryan has been appointed in his place.—Mr. Edward Kepple Hall has arrived in London, and is at the Langham Hotel. When last we came across his name it was in the register of the Hotel d'Amerique, Naples, where by the way Mr. and Mrs. A. Bigelow were stopping, as were Mr. and Mrs. Winslow.—General Rosecrans from California, and Senator Ross from Kansas, have arrived at St. Louis, Missouri. BREAKFAST.— EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COM PORTING.—The very agreeable character of this prepara tion has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette remarks : —" The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by his honweopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by auy experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap plication of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc tors' hills." Mathe simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled JAMES Errs and Co. LiQraceopathic Chemists, London. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1.69. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. :Bushes■ near. TELEGRAPII COMPANIES. 17 Aigi -erican lei., lim all 10 191 18 1 I 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... l 0 171 171 171 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 121 134 at Do. 8 per cent. at B. and L Magnetic Tel., Um lOO 176 183 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 25s 2 6 8 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lim l5 Id pr 6 Loud. Provincial Tel. lim all 31 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all i 1 p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim. all 61 71 25 Reuter's Telegram all 79 81 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all 15 154 15 it Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 11 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 71 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 1 1 e, p Closing Basins. Share; ' NAME. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A all 101 11 i 0 8 10 44 54 50 Albion l5 10 8 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo - Egyptian, lint all 22 22/p 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia.. all 12 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm.... ~.. 6 6 '25 Bank of E g y pt all 19 41 20 Bank of Otago, lint lO 6 4 25 Bank of S out h Australia all 30 32 60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 3 7 3 v 10 Bank of New Zealand all 151 161 50 British North A merican 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China 25 Chartered Mere. of India, Loudon, and China 20 City 100 Colonial 10 Consolidated, 80 Delhi and London, lim 25 ••• ••• 30 East London, .......... 5 21 14 20 English and American, lint 10 ••• ••• 20 English Bank of Rio do Ja neiro. lim ..................... 10 pr 11) 20 English, Scottish, and Ans. tralian Chartered ..... all 161 161 281 Hong liong and Shanghai Bank C0r p0rati0n......... all 56 38 281 Do f1ew......... 114 4 6 100 Imperial, lim ................. 29 16 20 Imperial 0tt 0 man.......„ 10 24 21 121 26 lonian. ............................ all 10 22 23 Do new ......... 3 Lt ul Mort, of Indi a , lint 4 31 3 1 100 Do sp. c. Derm.lB64, 30 all 76 i 6 co .00 London Bankl of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 6 4 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 35 30 20 Do new 74 9 4 # 100 London tt River Plate, lint. 40 11 13 25 Do now 10 11 2 p 121 20 London Chart.of Australia all 231 231 221 20 London and C0unty.......,, 20 491 601 401 50 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 •• London Joint 5t 0c k ....... • • 311 321 London and South African al 8 9 100 Loudon &S.-Western, lint, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lint... 121 ••• ••• 100 London and Westminste 20 671 584 5 84 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm...,,... 20 ••• ••• 100 Merchant, lim ...................... 25 61 49 10 Metropolitan, ........ all 71 74 00 Midland, lint.. ................. 20 11 6 National of Australia ...... 4 .. 25 National of Liverpool, lint. 15 id 1p 00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 10 Do • ... 42 ••• 50 National.. 3O 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 24 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 60 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 10 61 if 31 30 Provincial of 10 Do new, all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 14 13 1/ 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 21 25 Union of Australia all 46 43 4 3 1 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London SHARP, LIST dilAkihS AND STOCIEb. Paid. Closing Price. at arid Exeter ...... 100 74 76 754 at Caledonian lOO 771 771 77 6, at Cambrian. 20 Cornwal1.. et Dublin ek Belfast dune lO9 at Dun„Perth, Ab. June lOO 70 72 2J East London all 5 7 20 Uo 15 22 Do 10 at Glasgow . S. Western lOO 105 107 st Great Eastern ..: 00 1171 38 114 at Do. E. Angl. No. 2.... 100 61 71 at North(/' Scotland.. 100 18 16 at Great Northern lOO 107 ivy st Do. A stock...—. lull 10 110 10 et 116 stock lOO 12/ 129 at GtS, and W. 01 Ireland lOO 05 DU at (it. Western —Original lOO 6 :1 46 at Do. South Wales ha 57 09 58 et Do. W. gild.—Uxiord lOO 31 36 at Do. Newport mu 32 at at LILLICILSi/Ire Yorkelnr, lOO 126: 271 1271 at Lon., Brigh.,a, S.Cuast lOO 471 18 071 Do Scrip ...... el lon., Otott.. and Dover lut) 11 154 3t Do. AleLrop. /ix. A lOO 11 13 et Lon. as North Weetern lO4 1.11 21 1414 at Lou. South Weaturu luo 8z 04 Man., Stet., a Lincoln l4O hi 101 at Metropoilthu . at Do Extension .. 100 82 83 83 Do. A el% rd all st Metropolitan District. ati 3 0 32 311 10 Motrop. st. John'e 11 001 6 st 3I,u! and st 1,0, ifirmin. at; D. loj at N.. 4 .11 British lot 1/ ..E.1.,1.111...1. DUI lO, at I , or Nasttru —fletwica IOU 25 D,„ ti. N.E puroh.ev 6.13.1 st D, Leeds. •• • ICU 79 80 st D ',York at D oCarliele at D o Stock. ik Darling 1(0 158 ICO st North London 10 Do New 1868 at North Staffordshire...—. No 61 03 st North anti 6. W. Junction luu tid 101 10 Do New £lO shares 7 st 111.5,niney at Shropshire Union lOO 591 601 at South DCTOU . . st South Eastern lOO 7.4 774 st Staines, Wolehani,& Wok all, 13 11 at vale -- Do. (1 .• • 6 llaterlorda, Kiikenu) 1(0 10 Waterloo 3; WhitehiLl 6 hallways. 1213 1221 I:2} st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent l9O ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lee st Do. do. 7 per cent lee st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 S 2 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, I per cent gua all et, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen J unction lOO 106 107 at Do. Ist Class preference... 100 at Glas. & S.W. gua. I per et.. 100 .. at Gt. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 110 fo3 10.1 at Do de N.. 2100 37 09 at Do do 6 per cent 100 110 113 1111 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 101 at Do do B 6 do. 100 ... at Do do C 7 do. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p. c . 100 ... st Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua . 100 68 72 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 ... st Du do 5 p.c.War.Val.lBl7 100 st Great Nor thorn, .5 per cent 100 at Dos p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 10 0 „, Do 4i de do do 100 ..„ at Do 0 do at sp. c.pm lOl at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 30 VS at . Gt.West.—Orig.&Jut.-ltent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 106 108 at Do. Orig. (B.&1!. L' x). p.c luU 35 100 at Do do 41 per cent. 1850 10) 90 92 at Do do 4 do do ... 100 SO 82 st Do do 5 per cent. rodent. WU la Us/ at Do du Birmingham gua.. 100 GS 72 at Do do do prof... 100 st Du do Cheater gua lOO bs y ▪ j at Do do do 8 per cent. 100 at Do do do 5 do 100 15 jot, at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 40 p.c lOO et Do do 41 1859. 100 t D o do S at Du West Mid. Oxford Ist g IOU 110 1▪ 16 at Do do 21 gua, lOO 113 115 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 96 98 at Do du 21 do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 iuu 00 Lancaster & CarEsis 4 p.c. all , at Lancash. & Yurlish. 6 p.c. 100 143 .1.35 at Do Barnsley, £5 Is 101 p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn pureh). 100 06 100 atj Loudon & Brighton, 5 p.c. guaranteed, No 1 at! Du 5 per cent. gua No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lro ... at Do 5 do N.. 4 lOO at Du 7 per cent lOO •• at Do 6 do (W.E. U.l? ) 100 ••.. at Di 4 do 1859 lOO at Loudon, Chatham, &Du rer S per cent lee et) Loudon and IL W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 112 at Do Bedford &Cambridge IOU at Du Shrewsb'y I Welchp'l lO4 at Loudon and 6 W. 7 p,e late :;,.1 shares, lOO 145 150 a Du (Purtsm.perp aux 2861) all a Mau., Slid., &Lilian. 6 p.c lOO ... Do Li all par Ipm a Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 percent 4 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c llO 140 145 a Do Bristol& p.c lOO 1 3 4.3,5 Du 41 per cent. redeem._ 100 t 8 100 a Do 4,1 per cent. irredeeni lOO Da IU O a Do Leicester& Ireii, 4 p.c 100 82 01 at North British, 5 p.c. No. l lop st Du E. &G.4p. c . S. & D too ~„ st Du N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ce u .t lOO ••• at Do Border Union, 51 p.c... IUU at N. - Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c.... itio 87 89 at Do 41 per cent. redeem-- lot 07 00 at Du 4 per cent., lOl ..„ 17 Do Lerwick cap i ta l 5.13.4. Do Yurk,ll. &6. 10 l , Du Stektu & 510. e. 101 107 1 , 4 at Du NV, Ilitrilepuul If. and It DO so 88 20 North Staffordshire lOs 6. Devon Annuities, 1 all It 10 los Du faviatuel: Anus., 10s all 8i 04 10a Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 1 1.0.6. S. r,ast. (!lead. Anus., 1.0.6) a ll 22 23 at Du 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 150 st Waterford & iiilkenny, 6pc 100 .• RAI LWaYS.—PREFERENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS. With Diyitlends contingent on the Profits of each separate year at (.'aledouian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Con. iniu. 7p c lOO et Do 41 p irredeein all ...... st Do 4p e con.. i ssued at SU 65 et Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 SO at Do 5 do, 1862 lO9 87 90 88 Bt Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO So eti 861 at Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 83 86 at Great Northern, 5 p cirred lOO at Du Permauent 5 per ceut lOO at Do Boston &Sleafct, 44 pc 109 st Great We s t. , W . hid!., . . p c 100 • „.. at Do Juinti.erpe. 5 p c,1365 100 88 Vt st Du do 6p e irred., 1886 10J 110 112 2u Do Vale Neatli perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and Yore; .New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 j l at Loud., Brig & c . , 41 pc, 1858 100 p st Du du 4 do, 1300 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 10 , 1 at Do do 41 du, 1863 100 st Do do do, 1845 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 100 at Du Nu. 7 sdo at Luna , Chat., &c., 20, p.c ..• 103 at Do Metrop.Ex.,l36 p.c ... 100 Du do C 6 it.c 100 ••. ••• et London & N Western, 5p c 10U 108 110 112 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 1,3 95 10 Mau. Sher. & Liu., 5 pc, 1665 all y SI st Metropolitan 5 per ceut ...... 100 100 104 st Midland, 2i 5 per cent prof. 100 107 109 at Do B 5 do 100 107 LO9 15 Do Sp c opt. to COLIT. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 188) all 20/ 211 18 Du lueouT. New Snares all 19 134 22 Do bp c con. iutu Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872...... 8 1 14 at North British, E. and (4 No. 1, S per cont ..... 100 et Do £lO guarant ee d , 1861 1()0 Do E ,P., &Dun., 2d, 4pc Of st Do E.& G , N 0.2, 5 p.c 100 st Do N. 8.. .5 per coat, 1862 109 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c et Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p s 100 ... at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 90 1 o at Do Stuck. & Data, D .., 109 113 115 113 j st North Loudon, 41, p er ceut (Max. 5 per cent) .........101 103 105 at North Staffordshire c p ... 109 „.. et South Eastern, 41 pc, 1319 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 ••• st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 IVO et Do 6 do, 1564 at Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 100 . RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS) at _Birkenhead lOO el 93 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all Vs 109 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 122 st Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. 101 11C 112 at Clydesdale, guaranteed.,,.,, 190 at Colchester Stour Valley .., 199 at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lO9 13 . 2 131 29 Gloster and ean Forest all a Gt. ELBA., Ne &c., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 109 at Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do 101 at GHull t. West , WSelby W. Mid., Heimloo ll 07 , V 0 981 59 and llO 1 at Lancaster and Carli s l e....,, 100 217 22 12 2at London and Blackw a ll lOO 93 95 at Do. 41 per cent......... 100 at London, (Amt., &e., 41p, c. 100 at Do. Coin. Fund, ido 100 at London and Greenwich lO9 .2 64 at Do. do Preference 100 at London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 tsb at Loweatoft,gua 4 percent 109 73 81 st Do. 4 - t; do 109 51 Manch., Bt..- Ma all at Midland, Braltord, Prof 100 V▪ i 04 I. Mid Kent Gray Liza) all II Northern& Eant.,s per cent all 53 56 50 Do. do. I; du. all at N. Eastern—Hartlepool lOO st N. West.A peril. prof, 5p c 100 107 .109 at Do B minimum 11 p.c 109 at Notting. & Urauttt 11.. t U 100 . 9▪ 1 9:1 25 Preatou and ‘Vyre.. all 4 4 46 Royston, Bitch., mut Shep 100 132 134 at Shrewsbury an d Hereford 1 00 132 10 Be d o a 2 13k 1321 S. Yorksh. and Ri ver Dun 190 97 99 p 4 per cent gua 10, 78 80 do all 98 100 St Viet. Station and Piinlico 109 - at West Cornwall lO9 57 58 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 29 Do B all 400 ••• 20 Do do C all ... at Weymouth and Portland lOO st Wilts and Somerset IUU t 2 Si DOCKS. et East and Weallndia lOO 123 125 1251 Loedon and St. Katherina lOO 42 51 60i 100 D °Deb. stock, 4 por cont all Freohold Land st Dock lOO 23 18 at Southampton lOO 72 jai 8t Surrey chnnularGl4l IQ 08 114 It A LLWA S -PREF Elt ENCE SHAKES ANA MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 14; 141 25 Australian Agricultural ..• 204 151 161 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint S 641 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 141 141 141 10 Do. New al— l-100 Bolckow Vaughan, lira. ••• 20 13 15 5 Bombay Gas, lirn. 6 Do. New 4 1/ Id 50 British American Land 44 lo 17 20 British Indian Tea, dim all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 61 t 6 It 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, Jim 6 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 9 51 41d 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all S G 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim... all 50 City Offices, lim 25 23 22 el 50 Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 6 10 Company of African Mer chants, Jim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 28 27 25 Copper Minors of England, prof. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent. all 1031 1011 100 Do. 1879, 4j per cent. all 1011 1054 100 Do. 1882, 4i per cent. all 103 101 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritiuslim lO 31 244 st Crystal Palace lOO 21 23 st Do. Preference lOO 95 100 st Do. Gp. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 il2 20 Darjeeling, lint. I 0 Eastern Assam, lien. ...ti 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cant. V'ruy Gua. by Egypt. GOT all/ 94 85 951 20 Egyptian Coin. & Trad . lieu e.„ „. 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, Jim 21 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 41 3/•1 100 Eng. and Scot..il urine, lim. 10 Fairbairn Engineering i 3 2d 20 Fore-street Warehouse,liin. 12 12 p 100 For. & Col. Our. Trust anti Loan Scrip, issued at £l3 all 83 30 92 50 Gallivant, lim. 10 General Credit & Die., linl 71 14 14 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 50 Home & Col Marine In. lim. 5 24 24 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... 20 Hudson's Bay .............. . ... all 121 13 121 20 Imperial Land Co. of M ar seines, lien. ................ 12 1 "' 20 Interua.FinaneialSoc. .. 5 2 11 20 Interua. Laud Credit, lieu . 6 6 48 50 Italian Land ..................... 5 p 20 'ltalian Irri. (Canal Caroni.) all 3 3 4 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1370, issued 90..,.,, all 67 09 50 Land Securities, 1ien..,,,,,... 21 11 23 London African Tradin g... 10 7 5,1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, Ide al 6 ... ...d 10 London County Laud and Building, lim. ............... 4 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lina 30 22 21 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lini. all 2 24 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, 1ien........,. 25 2 1 164 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 id Pr at Madras Irriga. & Caul. Guar p. c. by India G0v....... 100 104 108 10 Mauritius Land, Cr e di t, and Agency, 1im...... ............ 11 11 1 d 50 Merchant Shipping, lila__ a ll 32 37 60 Millwall Iron Works, Hui. 12/ ••• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. ............... 9 61 441 4 25 National Discount Co., lira 5 194 111 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 ••• 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lira, 6 34 3,1 10 New Consolidated Dis. lira. 3 14 1 44 5 New Quebrada, lint..,. ~.4.8.0 4 4 41 25 New Zealand Loan & Idler cantile Ageucy,lint ....... 21 1 IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim. ................... 5 1 1 1 1 10 Northern Assam Tea, him 5 7 S 10 Do. B ..................... 9 S st North Brit. Austral., Ern._ 100 48 63 60 North Brit. & Mercan. 1n... 64 19 19 1 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 14 SO Oriental Financial, ...... 11 - -•• S Oriental Gas, inn ............ a n 7 8 SDo. New ..................... 1 1 Ip 10 Otago and Southland I n . Vestment, 1ien,.,,,,,,, id iP 5 Ottoman Gas 1ieu,,,,,.,..... If 24 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lira 5 Do. do. ....... et Peel R. Land & Minerl, lien 100 31 34 50 Poninsu. & Oriental Steam all 648 50 Do. New 1867...,,,,,, 10 11 Id 50 Rhymuey Iron ............... all 27 '29 1 Do. Now ........... . all 64 7 2 Rio de Janeiro City Itn.,lhaa. all Hi 19 131 Do. Gas, ...... all 24 251 100 Royal Mail Steam ........ 60 48 50 17 6 Scottish Aust. Invest., li nt, 100 711 83 Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 ••• ••• Societe Fin. d'Egypt o, li m. 10 7 64 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 2 4 4 3/ 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint. 6 25 South Australian Land all 33 24 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 321 331 354 f 1 20 Thames and Mersey Marino (Insurance), lim 2 21 3 44 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl JO Trust & Agency of Aue.,linl 1 1p 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 b SO Union Marine L'pool, lien 6 44 6 p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., l llll 6 11 44 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lien j s 4 ei 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 11 2 r 30 Van Dieman'a Laud 2Bl 6 7 100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per ) Loan all 801 811 550 Nveeiat. d rra n t A n t og i n r a t an a e g e e , llm. l2 11 104 0 West and r Beim, Pr i p 6/ Steam, lim 2O s 3 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO .._ AMONIAL GOVICKNMNNT SNICUItITIEes British Columbia, 0 per ----------- 0ent.,1572 100 .... _ Do. 1895 l9O ..., Can.Oov.6p.c.Jan. , &July __ 1877-84 ... lOO 104 1 107} Do. 6p. 0 2'eb. &Aug.... 100 102 loi Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept.. 100 10 2 104 Do. p. 0. Jan. & July.. 100 921 931 97 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk.. 100 9 0 92 Cape G. HoPe, 0 P• 0 •187 3-• 10 0 102 101 Do•Apl • &Oct 1890-1900.. 100 11/ in Do. do 1880-90.. 100 107 10J Do. Jan.&JUly, 1891 .... 100 10 8 lit Def.!, per cent. 16 April and II Oot., 1900 .. 100 98 100 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 0 p.c.. 10 0 108 110 Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 106 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 187 3 ,- Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. .• 100 106 106 Do. 1882, May and Nc• L. 00 106 108 D 0.1896, Feb. & Aug lu 1 00 1 , j6 Melbourne Corporatn., lao7-75, 6 per cent lOO 100 100 10J N. 8.(30v.6 p.o.Ja.&July lOO 103 104 Natal 6 p ct, Apl & Oct OO _ Do 6g o. May & Nov 1."0 ICC 101 - N. S.W. 5 p•c., '7l to '76 lOO 99 101 101! : D p o o: 5 6 p p : : : r l - N.Zealand, 6p. et. 1891 lOO _ - Do. 6 per cent. .. - DoJan,Aprl,July, Oct lOO 91 92 91 d 8 .8. 817 " t01'87956.... 100 99 100 Do 6p c. Mar &Sept '9l lOO 108 uo —Do June & Deo., 1,•91 jDo rrov.. 1 Atiekld. i 1( 0 - ( series I.¢ 2, 1895... nova Scotia 6p. c.Jan... and Jnly, 1876 Do 16e6 lOO 10 Qn Do 189 i ^cnsind. El p. C. 'SI G lOO ' ,0 7 1081 110 . • .. •• 107 11981 0J Do £BO3 97 . ..... Victoria 6 per cent.lB9l lO6 114 115 -,.. D 9, April and9Gt Lt.... LO9 111 119 '''' ay. THE GOVERNMENT INQUIRIES FOR TICE IRISH LAND BILL. A now set of inquiries sent by the Irish poor-law autho rities to land agents and others, with a view to obtaintlg information for a Land Bill, contains the following amoi tg other queries :—" To what extent have the dwellinr houses, offices, fences, roads, reclamations, works c f drainage, fencing, plantations, largo or small in extent, humble or important in character, now existing upon the estates, and, in fact, constit'.ting the farms as distinguished from waste land, been created by the present or former tenants, or by the present or former landlords respectively ? Whether the Ulster tenant-right custon is in existence—that is to say, whether any payment is made to the outgoing tenant with or without the consent of landlord, for disturbance or goodwill, irrespective of compensation for improvements actually made by the tenant or preceding tenant? If such a custom exists-1. Whether it is confined to tenants holding at will, or ex tends only to lease-holding tenants ? 2. Whether it can 1.0 defined, and a value set upon it, at so many years' rental, or at so much per acre? 3. Whether the custom, if it eTists, is spreading or gaining ground?" RELICT OF TIIE METROPOLITAN POOR. The guardians of the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the Evangelist, taking the initiative on the minute recently issued by the Poor-law Board, convened a meeting in the Westminster Palace Hotel yesterday of the representatives of the various charities in these parishes, with a view to organise a plan of harmonious action for the relief of the poor. The chair was taken by Mr. J. G. Talbot, M.P. There were present a considerable number of those invited to attend, including Lord A. Churchill, the Earl of Lichfield, Mr. W. 11 . Smith, M.P., the lion. Wm. Warren Vernon, Mr. H. Griffith, Mr. Corbett, Mr. Spooner, and a num ber of the district clergy and Dissenting ministers. The CHAIRMANSaid that the question of combined action beween the Poor-law authorities on the one hand and the charities on the other, was open to many considerations. First of all, as every gentleman knew, there was an enormous amount of money annually expended for the relief of the poor. Without venturing upon detail. d figures, he believed that several millions sterling were annually expended in the relief of the poor ft the metropolis in one shape or other; and, on tl other hand, there was the fact, which was a dis grace to a civilised community, that cases were fre quently occurring, and were reported in the news papers, of death from starvation, and, besides that, the relapsing fever undoubtedly had its origin in the same cause. So that they had the two facts, first, an enormous sum given for the relief of the poor; and, secondly, that notwithstanding this re lief, lives were shortened by destitution. It there fore became every one to do what he could to re move a great scandal. The board of guardians of this parish, after the minute of the Poor-law Board, a month ago, appointed a committee of their own body to investigate the subject. They proposed to get copied lists of persons relieved by themselves, so that all persons in the parish representing charitable bodies might see who were receiving relief ; but, unless they met with a corresponding amount of sympathy by those administering the charities, their action would be one-sided, and there would be no encouragement to continue it. One or two misapprehensions it was desirable to cur rect. It was not intended that all the funds should have one common purse out of which doles should be given to the poor. Nor was it pro posed that all relief should be administered on the same principle ;. nor was it proposed that the deserving poor should be deprived of one form of relief because they were receiving another. It was not proposed that any one who was assisted by the poor-law should not be relieved by the charities, or that any one relieved by the charities should not be relieved by the poor-law. One of their objects was to have a central office in the parish, to which ail casual cases could be referred ; but their great aim was that all should know what was done by all. He believed that in this parish, where there were so many lodging-houses, many persons who got relief from the church went afterwards to the non-con forming body, then to the poor-law, and were, per haps, afterwards found begging in some of the fashionable parts of the West-end, and so got relief four or five times over. It was to check such persons as these that an agency like the present was re qaired ; and he hoped that the result of this meeting would be the establishment of a central office, with a proper paid officer. He noticed the salutary effect of the ticket system at Blackheath, and, in conclu sion, suggested that some resolution on the subject should be arrived at. The Rev. Mr. PAGE rose to move " That a com mittee be formed, with power to add to the num_! ber, for the purpose of promoting between the charities and the board of guardians of the parishes of St. Margaret's and St. John's, 'Westminster, co-operation in the administration of the future relief of the poor." Having had great experi ence in the relief of the poor, he confessed that even now the difficulties were so great in distin guishing those who were deserving from those who were not, that he could not feel any confidence on the subject. He did not think much of the cases of which they heard, of death from destitution. There was no reason why any one should die of destitution in this metropolis. It was his own fault if he did. They would not apply to the poor-law or to persons who were anxious to give them relief. It was, no doubt, very sad that a single case should happ en ; but, when they looked at the enormous po pulation of the metropolis, there was really very few who died of destitution, and if they had the best possible system for the relief of the poor such cases would occur, owing to the wilfulness of the panics themselves. Lord ALFRED CHURCHILL, in seconding the pro position, said there was no doubt a large number cf impostors trading on the sympathies of the public, and it was in a great measure to counteract their action that this conference was caled. The ticket system at Blackheath had done a large amount of good, and had diminished to a large extent the number of applicants for charity. In the Poor -law minute Mr. Goschen stated that the guardians were forbidden to redeem tools in pawn or topurchase tools, therefore he thought there was room for the opera tion of the charities without interfering with the national responsibilities of the guardians, while protecting charitable societies from relieving the same person three or four times over. Mr. JOBSON, approving of what had been said, was of opinion that more than 20 per cent. of the relief given is forced by actual extortion. Ile be lieved an association of this kind would stop pau perism to a great extent by exposing impostors to the danger of being found out. The Rev. SAMUEL MARTIN, as representing a large Nonconformist congregation, expressed his willingness to co-operate with this committee to the fullest extent . in his power. (Hear.) He had been at work for 30 years in relieving persons of all denominations, and had been greatly discouraged by the number of cases of imposture. The Rev. Mr. SHEPHERD, curate of St. Stephen's, suggested that the register should be confidential. The Rev. J. W. FESTING, curate of Christ Church, stated that a most important consideration in the administration of charity was that of cha racter, and if they published remarks on that head they might become liable to actions for libel. Mr. W. H. SMITH, M.P., said that the charities and the poor-law were to some extent responsible for that loss of self-reliance and miserably de spondent condition to which a large portion of the poor were brought, and he earnestly hoped that some effort would be made to put an end to the in ducements to pauperism which were offered to all around them. (Hear, hear.) Mr. SCUDAMORE would leave the poor-law to do its duty, and would let the charities do what they could. If the public were so indis;riminate as to give to persons of whom they knew nothing, he did not see how any union with the parish autho rities would have the slightest effect. After remarks by Mr. Borrowdaile, Mr. Bingley, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Corbett, a committee was ap pointed, consisting of the Rev. Canon Conway, rector of St. Margaret's ; the Yen. Archdeacon Jennings, rector of St. John's ; Lord A. Churchill, Mr. Talbot, Mr. Borrowdaile, Mr. Jobson, R ev , Mr. Lambert (Roman Catholic), Rev. Samuel Martin, Mr. Hooper, Rev. J. W. Festing, and the Rev. Mr. Covington, the last five representing the charities and the first four the board of guardians On a vote of thanks to the Chairman, The Earl of LICHFIELD remarked that it was necessary that the charities should first organise themselves, and then invite the guardians to co operate with them. That mum° had been success fully pursued in Mary lebone ; but they had gone further than that, and had discussed with the guar dians the nature of the cases to be relieved by the poor-law or by the guardians. He believed there were many cases which it would be better to relieve entirely by charity, and there were other cases which it would b e d es i ra bl e f or t h e charities to hand over entirely to the poor-law. (Hear, hear.), The vote of thanks concluded the meeting. MARICETS.-7his Day. LIVERPOOL COTTON. Dec. 21.—Sztlen probably 10,000 bales. The market steady. A VERY TICKLISH POINT. ventured to think and act for himself, the consequences which befell him involved him in ruin, and served as a warning to others not to imitate his rash example. In short, the Constitution was monopolised by a class. The result of this was that nothing was done for the popular cause, except at long intervals, by spasmodic efforts and under excitement that could not be sustained. Suddenly public opinion has veered almost to the other extreme of deprecating interference with electoral freedom under any pretext, and a Press daily in the hands of millions is both the apostle and the guardian of political liberty. What every one in a certain station once did openly, and, as a matter of course, none can do now with,ut incurring universal odium or personal danger. We arc frst approaching the point when the political opinions cf the individual will be considered as in violable, and treated with a respect scarcely less inferior to that which the common consent of civi lised men accords to religious belief." In this position,The O'Donoghue appeals to his countrymen to uso modera tion, and to let it clearly be understood what it is they require, and that whatever measure a majority of their representatives agree to support, the House of Commons will pass, if it be inherently just, no matter how novel are its features or how violent the opposition it has to encounter. Tax LEGAL VACATION.—The Chancery vacation commences on Thursday and will terminate on the 6th January. At common law the chambers will bo closed from Friday to the following Thursday morning. The Lancashire tenants of Lord Derby intend to add a side chapel to Knowsley Church, in which kill be placed a recumbent monument of the late earl. It is ex pected to carry out this project for a sum of about £2,000. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.—The Levant Times of the 10th says that the following telegram was recently received from Galatz :—" Aground aganem ipswich chipp was blank delane ardella alteration compani agony orumana elsnarth arrival ona ergo anna." The Levant Times gives it up. A ITALL FOR THE FORESTERS.—The long-talked of hall for the Ancient Order of Foresters is about to be erected. The site is at the end of Wilderness-row, on the Charterhouse land, recently sold. Hitherto the Order, the second only in point of numbers and amount of funds in their possession, of the great benefit societies, have had no general hall.—City Press. Recent accounts of the Carnatic state that the vessel is lying in tho clearest of water, every ror e and port being as visible as before she went down. There lies, just as he was pinioned coming out of a deck cabin, the body of an officer of the ship, his head and shoulders clear out, but his legs and body fast within. Who that officer is no one knows; perhaps it is better that no one should know, but his is the only body that has been seen; and it will, if possible, yet receive becoming burial. " FIASCO."—Ono of the French papers gives the following 'account of the origin of the expression " To make a complete fiasco." A German one day seeing a glassblower at his occupation, thought nothing could be easier than glassblowing, and that he could do it as well as the other. He accordingly commenced operations by blowing vigor ously, but could only produce a sort of pear-shaped balloon or little flask (fiasco). The second attempt had a similar result, and so on until fiasco after fiasco had been made. Hence arose the expression. AN ADVENTURER WHO WON.—Photography has played an important part in many affairs of the heart, but it is questionable whether it was ever more implicitly relied upon than in the case of a young German in Cali fornia, who, while visiting the house of a married lady of that country, observed the portrait of her sister, a Miss Rowe, then living at an hotel in St. Austell. Struck with the charms of the shadow, but conceiving the substance would be even more worthy of admiration, he wrote to the young lady to that effect. Receiving an encour raging reply, by which his lo a was stimulated and his faith confirmed, he promptly remitted to St. Austell a sufficient sum to ray her expenses to California, adding that should she, on arriving, be unfavourably impressed he would not hold her bound by either law or honour to accept his hand. Miss Rowe journeyed to the far country, was there met by her suitor, and a letter has just been received by her mother at St. Austell, announcing that the nuptial knot has been tied.— Western Morning Fem. . THE NEW OPERA HOUSE AT PARIS.—The ceiling of the immense new Opera House in Paris will ho as remarkable for novelty as some of those comlinations of architectural ideas which distinguish the façade and have excited much hostile criticism. It will be composed of a vast number of plates of copper screwed one to the other in such a way as to be easily put together and taken to pieces again. Part of the advantages of the plan is said to be that the ceiling can thus be raised or lowered at will. The whole is divided into several sections, which are now being painted with allegorical representations of the Hours of day and night, mono than a hundred figures being included in the whole. The place in which M. Lenepvuo, the artist, carries on his labour is situated in the grand cupola over the pit, and forms an immense rotunda, 120 feet in dia meter and G 5 feet in height. Probably no artist ever before possessed such a studio—its size, as has been romanced, being sufficient to accommodat e half a dozen atAnzion3 of ATe_oto;:cie higb, A curi,us question has arisen with reference to the ChanceEor of the Exchequer's arrangement, by which on the let of January we are to pay our taxes in advance. Suppose a professional man who makes £5OO a year has paid his income tax for the year in the month of January and dies in February, will Mr. Lowe return the amount overpaid ? We think he will not, but at the same time the widow has her remedy. There is Downing-street, and there is the knocker and bell at the Chancellor of the Exchequer's door. Four or five hundred widows knocking and ringing until they get a satisfactory answer must prove a great nuisance to Mr. Lowe, and if they persevere, the probability is that some thing will be done. What that something will be we cannot say—so much depends on the effect this noise may take on the right honourable gentleman. He may bo very much touched, and if his sympathies are roused he will possibly put his hand into his pocket, or rather into the national pocket, and restore his ill-gotten gains to the representatives of the lamented taxpayer. But on the other hand he may lose his temper; he is not a man to be trifled with, and though, in what is called the " recess," he rides on a bicycle, he can ride a very high horse at other times, and he might just possibly give all the widows into custody for making a disturbance. Therefere, although we point out a course which may be pursued, we do not recommend it—it is a matter which must be left entirely to the discretion of those who have lost a husband and several months' income-tax at the beginning of the year.—. Pall Jfall Gazette. THE O'DONOGHUE ON IRISH LEGISLA TION. The O'Donoghue, M.P., writes a very temperate and judicial letter on English legislation for Ireland. He begins by expressing the belief that the unconstitutional ascendancy of the higher class no longer prevails in the House of Commons, and those sectarian and national prejudices which were formerly irresistible have lost much of their power. " Two or three years ago I could not conscientiously have spoken of the House of Com mons as I now speak of it. The change which has come over the minds of Englishmen and Scotchmen with reference to the policy which ought to be pursued towards Ireland has been so sudden and contrary to all experience and tradition that the Irish people, so far from having realised its scope and tendency, as yet question its reality." At the same time, great changes cannot be brought about by Englishmen alone, and legislation for Ireland, which is not also the work of Irishmen, must be necessarily defec tive. "In Ireland, as I have already observed, the people are advancing in intelligence and independence, and are rising superior to the influences which have made the parliamentary representation of this country a mockery, a delusion, and a snare.' Hitherto, the electoral body, as a general rule, not daring to use their constitutional privileges for their own benefit, have been marshalled in two opposing camps and driven hither and thither without the smallest regard being paid to private views. If an individual TAT rE.ISALL'J—Last Evening.. WATERLOO CUP. sto 1 agst Lord Lurgau's nomination (taken and offered) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 1000 to 60 agst The Lamb (taken) 25 to 1 agst Q.O. (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tathwell (taken) 33 to 1 agst Globule (taken) 33 to 1 ,:gst David Copperlield (taken) 40 to 1 agst New Oswestry (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 4 to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken and offered) 9to 2 agst Sunshine (taken) 11 to 1 agst Astolfo (taken) 1000 to 70 agst Bridgwater (taken-1500 to 100 laid once) DERBY. 7to 1 agst Kingcraft (tak,en and offered) 100 to 6 agst Stanley (taken) 100 to 6 agst Katherine Logie c (taken) 40 to 1 agst Alaric (taken) 5000 to 75 ugst Exciseman (taken) RACING FIXTURES --1870. FEBRUARY. Lincoln l5, 16 I Derby ...... .. 22, 23 Harrow 17, 18 I Nswtou ..... 9 5, 26 MARCH. Nottingham... 1, 2 I West Somerset l6, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 1 Warwick ' l 2, 23, 24 Pontefract 14, 15 I Ep som '29, 30 Cambridgeshire l4, 15 1 B romley 31 and April 1 APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 I Newmarket Craven 18 to 22 West Drayton 7, 8 I Abergavenny ............ 21, 22 'l'hirsk ........... 26, 2/ Kingsbury 18,19 I Croydon. 28, 29 Durham lB, 19 I _ IIAY. Newina r k e t ISt Sp i . 6 :111 2 t0720 ; 0111 18f 11,1: 1 Esi3C ,Harpendentparaotsmyloimdfoorad Chester. 24, 25 Winchester 9 6, 27 Salisbury 2 . 27 York3l to June 3 Doucaster 1., 20 1 JUNE. ... _ Croydon 8, 9 N ewton 22, 23 M I Manchester e, 9, 10 Hampton 93, 24 Ascot 14 to 17 Bibury Club . 29 I Windsor 2l, 22 Stockoridge..,3o, and July 1 JULY. . 5 Newmarket to 8 I West Drayton 14, 15 Nottiugham 11, 13 1 Iluutingdon 19, 20 Gholinsturd l2, 13 'Ki ngs b ury 9 1, 22 IteAdiug 12, 13 1 Goodwood 26, 29 AUGUST. - - - Brighton 2, 3 I Brightou Club 4 Lewes Egham 9, 10 Windsor ll, 12 Bromley l6, 17 1 Stockton l7 to 19 Oxford is , 19 York ''3 to 25 Plymuutla Derby 3O, 31 Woytnouth 3U, 31 SEPTEMBER. Warwick 6 7 I Richmond 20, 21 Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Meet (Ayr) 21 to 23 Doncaster 13 to 16 Hendon 22, 23 liampton 20, 21 I Newmarket Ist Oct. 21 to 30 OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 i Nowantrket2n:Oet..lo to 14 Leicester Bromley 6, 7 I Newmarket liot'n...2i to 29 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —,This D CII'Y BErIING.--TIIIS DAY. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. sto 1 agst Lord Lurgatt's nomination Offered take 11 to 2) 100 to 7 agst Mr Spinks's nom. (offered—take ICO to 6) 200 to 6 agst Mr Legh's nom. (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 6 agst The Lamb (taken) 25 to 1 agst Q.C. (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered—tako 9to 2) 9 to 2 agst Sunshino (taken and offored —9OO to 200 taken) 10 to 1 agst Astolfo (taken an 1 offered) 100 to 8 agit Sunlight (taken) 100 to 7 agst Stanley (taken) DERBY. 1000 to 30 agst Katherine Lurie c (taken) NOVEMBER. Liverpool 8 to 11 I Shrewsbury. 1.1 to 18 STEEPLECILVSE FIXTURES-1870. FE URUAR V. Birmingham 8, 9 I Harrow Derby 19, 11 Newtou 25, 2 Baua - of elance. DEBTOIt. Dee. 1(l. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,309,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) Reserve of the Lank Dec. 9. 182,500,000 - 7,014,776 02 7,011,776 02 and its branches—___ Reserve of lau,:ed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 1,315,919,050 . : 1,359,527,529 Banknotes to orderand receipts payablo at sight Treasury account cur- 22,103,750 11 22,105,750 11 47,335,101 95 46,833,692 41 rent cioditJr 219,870,15G 42 218,758,1e8 GC Current accounts, Paris .1,3.5.i,747 3.51,1:,: , ,u3t 7U Do. branch banks 44,554,9Y.1 45,7711,806 Dividends payablo 825,001 851,473 Discounts and r,uudry interests Rodiscounted the last six mouths Surplus of receipts not 9,365,15 j 71 8,826,378 39 931,630 38 991,600 38 distributed - Sundries 9,317,127 95 9,703,511 69 Total CREDITOR. Dee. 9. Dec. 16. Cash iu hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 319,067,353 94 302,625,803 Do. brunch banks 285,933,929 292,125,580 Advances on deposit of bullion 21,616,000 Do. branch banks 1,803,080 Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foneier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, Juno 10, 1857) Government Stock re- 22,457,800 -1,6J9,880 22,619,100 — 8,8a5,700 22,6.12,700 - 9 7 051,800 - 39,380.1:,0 - 32,916, 170 - 1,131,909 - 1,131,800 - 1,299,100 - 3,209,000 - 60,000,000 - 60,000,000 - 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 80,595,187 21 80,595,187 21 serve Do. disposable Routes Immobalis6es (Law, June 2, 1857) 1C0,000,000 -- 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed propez ty branches Expenses of manage- 9,057,684 - 9,048 897 - went Sundries `2,511,841 43 2,554,010 93 7,116,007 57 9,995,002 42 Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) Ro WAND. Theobject of the Conference of all the branches of the Evangelical Alliance in Christendom at New York next autumn will be " to manifest and increase Christian unity among believers, and to devise measures for extending a common Christianity, with regard to denominational dis tinctions, throughout the whole world. It will thus bo without any special effort or design, the most satisfactory and efficient protest and offset to all devices and efforts to promote mere denominationalism and formalism." RAILWAY NEWS.—Railroads in Georgia.—Track laying on the Brunswick and Albany Railroad is progres sing at the rate of about a mile a day, and it is thought that 69 miles of the road will be in running order by the Ist Jau. A thousand men are working on the uncom pleted portion of the Macon and Augusta Railroad between Milledgeville and Macon, a distance of thirty miles ; a thousand tons of iron are on the way from Europe, and eight miles from Milledgeville will be laid as soon as it arrives. The Cincinnati, Wilmington, and Zanes ville Railroad was sold on the Ist of December to satisfy claims of foreign bondholders. It was bought by L. Jewett, president of the Pan Handle Rcad, it is sup posed, for the Pennsylvania Railroad.—The employ6s on the Utah division of the Union Pacific Railroad-200 miles at its west end—have organized a secret society, to which nearly every man belongs, whose object is to rid the sta- tions and the road of the thieves; gamblers, and murderers who now infest the line. Ou Sunday week several of the head villains at Promontory were informed that they Emit "get or dangle" before night, and they "got."—The Euro pean and North American Railroad Company in Maine has purchased the " Vengie" or Bangor, Oldtown, and M 1- ford Railroad, to take effect the lat of next month. ADVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Dis ,:ses of the most formidable and chronic character have been cured by Holloway's remedies, after the usual external and internal treatment has signally failed. Ulcerations which have proved themselves incurable by any other known means have healed kindly under the purifying and regenerating influence of this excellent oint ment. Sprains, stiff joints, contracted muscles, and glan dular swellings can be most safely and effectively treated by Holloway's ointment and pills, which can do no harm under any circumstances. Neither of these medicaments has anything deleterious' in its compos Lion--both aro essentially purifying and strengthening in their nature. While the ointment reduces sores to that hehlthy condition preparatory to healing, the pills improve the digestion and expel PAras, Dec. 16. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures.of the previous account:— 339,784 37 2,869,741 74 1; ; "~ i.: , ,, , - :.,i : I. si