The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-24 00:00:00

MORE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Business on the Stock Exchange to-day was as is invariably the case at this period of the year, far from active, but prices were fully kept up. The preparations for the settlement, commencing on Tuesday next, have begun, and it is fully expected to be of a satisfactory nature. Prices of Foreign Securities keep up; and where alteration in prices are made in Telegraph shares, it is in favour of the sellers. Consols are now at 92k to 92 for money ; ditto, for Account, —; Three per Cent. Re duced, 911 ; New Tkree per Cents, 911 2 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 4 prem. ; June, par to 5 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, prere. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent., 237. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 11/ ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 92. In the Foreign Market Tui kish Five per Cents. are 441 to 45k ; Six per Cents., 67/ to 681 ; Spanish, 271 to 271 ; Italian, 55k to 56k ; Argen tine, 86 to 861 ; Egyptian (1868), 79 to 791 ; Mexican, 131 to 13/ ; and Peruvian, 83/ to 841. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 851 to 85k ; the 1865 Bonds, 841 to 841 ; the 1867 Bonds, 84 to 4 941 ; and the Ten-Forties, 821 to 83. Erie Shares are 17 to 171 ; and Illinois, 991 to 100. In English Railways prices are well supported. Great Northern (A) I lower, :at 1091 to 109/ ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and London, Chatham, and Dover higher, at 127 to 1271 and 151 to 15; respectively. Midland is f better, viz., 121 to 1211; South Eastern, 771 to 78. Great Northern is 1 lower, at 108 to 109 ; and London and North Western 1 1, at 122 to 1221. Caledonian is steady, at 761 to 77 ; Great Eastern, 371 to 37/ ; Great Western, 55/ to 56 ; London and Brighton, 461 to 47 ; London and South Western, 92 to 94 ; and Metropolitans, 82/ to 83f. Lombardo-Venetian are 20k to 21. Great Luxem bourg Shares are 124 to 12j. Bank Shares have improved. Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 21 prem. ; Alliance, 121 to 13{ ; Anglo- Austrian, 11 to 13 prew. ; Oriental, 41 to 42 ; London Joint-Stock, 31f to 321 ; Telegraph Con struction and Maintenance, 351 to 351 ; and Anglo- American, 181 to 181. Miscellaneous Securities are marked--Iladson's Bay, 12,E to 12i ; General Credit, 4 to dis. ; In ternational Finance, 2; to 11 dis. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance is higher, at 35/ to 35i ; and Anglo-American at 181 to 18k. French Cable is unaltered, at 15i to 154 ; and Atlantic Eight per Cents., 1i to 2. At Mark-lane this morning the attendance was meagre, but supplies of a:1 kinds of grain being light, the tone was firm. English wheat could be bought only at the full terms of Monday. Foreign nominally unchanged. Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Malins has con firmed the appointment of Mr. William J. White, as official liquidator of the Waterford and Pazsage Railway Company. The China Submarine Telegraph Company have given the order for the manufacture of their cable, to be laid between a station in the Straits of Malacca and Hongkong. The official liquidator of the Contract Corfora tion (Limited) has announced a further dividend of is. in the pound. The colonial produce markets this week have not experienced any alteration, and business for the year is almost closed. Public sales are not to be resumed until Tuesday, the 4th of January. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. It was understood that arrangements have at length been made to test the power of the English shareholders iu the Erie Railway to obtain redress in the Courts of the United States. The Brazilian advices indicate that the Govern ment are able to avail themselves of the state of their home credit in place of appealing to foieis 6 n markets, a sum of about 1:1,600,000 or £2,000.000 having just been t.dvaneed on bonds issued to the Bank cif In relation to the question as to the proteztion of English trade-marks in France a satisfactory deci sion has at last been gi% en by the Civil Tribunal of the Seine at Paris in the case of " Christy v. Daude." Messrs. Christy, conformably with a clause in the French Treaty of 1860, duly registered their trade-marks, which has enabled them to obtain a verdict. The decision compels a surrender of the counterfeit trade-marks, the payment of costs, and the insertion of the judgment in three French news papers. _ The Stock Exchange will, as usual, be closed to morrow, Christmas Day, and on the Monday following. The Produce Markets closed yesterday, and will reopen on Tuesday, the 4th of January. It is stated that on the first day of Hilary Term an injunction will be moved to restrain the direc tors of the European Assurance Society from pay ing certain annuities granted to Dr. John Watts, of Manchester, the chief agent of the society ; to Mr. Henry Brinsley Sheridan, M.P. ; to Dr. Power, of the Reform Club, and others, in consi deration for services to certain companies or socie ties affiliated with the British Nation and other offices now amalgamated with the European As surance Society ; and also to restrain the directors from granting to Mr. henry Lake, late general manager of the society, a retiring pension of £2,000 per annum, or any other sum, until a proper actu rial valuation of the liabilities and an investigation into the market value of the securities and assets of the European Society shall have been made and reported on. Mr. Arnphlett, Q.C., and Mr. J. Napier Higgins have been retained on behalf of the plaintiff. The Dundee Advertiser states that rumours were current in Dundee, on Tuesday, of a failure in Aberdeen for upwards of £70,000. It is understood that a private settlement will be effected. The return from the Bank of England for the week ended the 22d of Dec. gives the following results when compared with the previous week :-- Rest PuLlie deposits Other deposits 17,319,112 lucrease ..„ 79,605 On the other side of the account : Government securi ties £13,811,953 ... No change. Other securities 18,088,159... Increase —.1,510,278 Notes unemployed 10,662,410 ... Decrease ... 200,665 The amount of notes in circulation is £22,654,940, being an increase of £254,630 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £19,233,617, showing an increase of £66,508 when compared with the preceding return. Subjoined is a comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols and French Rentes with the corresponding week of last year : At Present. Sarno Weeklast Y.,ar. Bullion Reserve _ 11,578,677 10,351,436 . , Notes in circulation 22,654,940 ... la Rate of discount Consols French Routes 22,940;183 3 per cent. jai 70f. —c. The following is the official return of the cheques and bills cleared in the Banker& Clearing -house for the week ending Wednesday, Dec. 22 : Thursday £12,613 000 Friday B:Lturday. Monday 11,089,000 Tuesday Wednesday 8,750,00e £67,135,C00 BRITISH FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK. UOVERNNIENT I'UNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols liitto for Account, Jan. 6 — 3 per Cent. Reduced tni N , ,w 3 per Cent li olv 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 Du. S 'por Cen Jan .187 3 Annuities, 130 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (lied Sea Tolehraph), Aug., 1908_ I Exclacqu7r Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ut. March Da. 3 do. Juue Do 4100, £201! .£50 0 ‘ 1. ,,,. -- VII / / 1 Bank of England Stock, 4i per Cent — D. 4. opening — Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds ator-Colonial Onamuna INDIA.N OOVERNMENT SECUItITIEc ladi t stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 Shut Des Opening, for Account 207 D .. a per Cent. July, 1880 Do 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 Do. Enlaced Pape. 4 per Cent....... Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 Do. 54 per Cont. May 1879 -- .... ._. ... _ - DJ Cpir Cont., Rup.l)n?t, 187 x..., Do do. le l — Do. do. 1882 Lk.. Deb., 5 per Cont., Aug. 1873 Do Bondf, 4 per Cent., £l,000 no. und3r .£l.OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS -TWO O'CLOCK. 1 irgentine Republic, F per Cent ... Do. Account - Au =jail Bonds 5 per cent .. — Do. 1859 — Brv.iliau 5 per Cent — Oa. 44 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858.... ............. -. Do. uu 1660 ....... . — Do. do., 18 Fq . 1)0. 5 per Cent., 1865 D.-. -lecount 11 .euus Ayres 6 per Cont. Du 2 per Cent. (DoferrNl 6 per Cent — Cu .,, i, 6 per Cent. 0,1:MI 6 pot- Cent , — ' o. 14 per Cent..., — Do. 3 per Cent., - , u. 7 per Cent., 18(.6 • a. 6 per ce-t. 1867 _ 3 lo 0i , ...u, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 p•!,- C en t. 1825......•• Dan %limn Principalities, 7 ler Cent — 110. Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ......... .....« Ecuador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent.... — on Second Issue •• •• Loo. Xbul. Bonds Do. 1861 Do. Account Do. .4500 Bonds De. A. 106 Bonds 9of Do. 7 per Cont., 1868 . .. D0..£100 Bonds Government Railway Debentures GreeK 5 per Coat., 1824 b, ex Coups. — Du. Coupons , . Gm aetnala per Cent . — Hoe lurasdov Rail. Lose., 10 p..Ut., all pd Do. Ace. out — tte,ian 5 I:ar Cert., 1865 — .." , o. Account - Do Ilsrenurana Railway Ilexican 3 1 er Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1863 — Do ti per Cont. Anglo-French — dontevidvan 6 per Cont. • ..... Vic r_ rish Imperial 5 rer Cent — New Granada Do 3 per Con — 1)o. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian b per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 84 f Do 44 per Cent. (Ut:` - barren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 . •••• Do Account Do 6 per Cent.,1862 ...... • ••• Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2•': 331 Do. do. 11467 — Do. do. Scrip, .£2O pail — Russian 5 ~ar Cent. ' 1822, .E St Do 44 per Cent 1850 - Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do :do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, .£lOO Bonds. Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9 1 ,, Do. do .£B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 654 Sar :Mien 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen . — Do. Account 284 Do. 1867 Dividends on the above payable in• London Austrian 0 per Cent. Ex 10 Florins — Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2 per (lent. Ex. 12 Guil, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... B6} 6 French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, E. Zsf Do Account 56 4 • TWO O'CLOCK. Jonsols, Money Do. Account, Jan. 6 824 4 xd TAXES PAID IN ADVANCE. Mr. Lowe, states " that there is no arrangement that we are to pay our taxes in advance " on the Ist of January next. This announcement might be very gratifying but that, unfortunately, Mr. Lowe goes on clearly to explain nature of the arrangement the existence of which he denies. No question, he says, can arise as to whether the widow of a taxpayer who dies in February, having paid his income tax in the month of January, can claim repayment of the amount overpaid by her husband, because the taxes which fall due in January, 1870—the land tax, the house tax,and schedules A, B, and D of the income tax—are imposed in re3pect of the year beginning April, 1869, and ending April, 1870. Of this year," he continues, " nino months will have expired before any portion of these taxes is demanded." Very true, but it is none the less true that the taxpayer may himself expire on the 2nd of January, having on the Ist of that month paid these taxes in full fa. the current financial year, ending the 30th cf March, 1870, or, in other words, paid them one quarter in advance ; his last moments having also been embittered by paying in advance for the whole year, ending the 31st of December, 1870, assessed taxes on hii faithful dog and other animals and articles, which certa!nly looks like "an arrangement that we are to pay our tames in advance." It is just possible that the bereaved widow might, in the innocence of her heart, think herself entitled to a return of at least that portion 'of the income tax paid by the deceased for the unex hausted quarter ending the 31st of March next. At the same time she ought, as Mr. Lowe kindly points out, to :remember that in consequence of this arrangement, which does not, yet does, exist, the corn duties have been repealed, and the taxes on locomotion have been remodelled, to which she owes the great reduction that has taken place in the price of bread, and the great reduc tion that is to take place in cab fares. Perhaps when she discovers the former and hears a rumour of the latter, she will be better able to appreciate the consolation offered by Mr. Lowe, and to understand his explanation.—Pall Ga:ette. The infant Princess of the Prince and Princess of Wales was christened yesterday. _ _ The Rev. Dr. F. G. Lee is much better, and there is now every hope of his recovery. Mr. John Rhys, of Jesus College, Oxford, was yesterday elected a Fellow of Morton College. John Ford, a Birkenhead marine-store dealer, has been fined £5 for purchasing ropes from two boys, and £lO for not entering the purchase in his booke. The first part of the last detachment of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men belonging to the Royal Artiilery for India this season will leave headquarters Woolwich, on Thursday, the 30th inst. A commencement was made at Cork on Tuesday of swearing in military officers to act as magistrates In the same way as was done during the height of the former Fenian disturbances. Colonel Harding, of the 22d Regiment, was sworn in. It is reported that the expenses incurred in re coveting the remains of the late Mr. Thomas Powell, who with his wife and others met their death in so sad a manner while on a hunting expedition in At , yssinia last spring. amount to more than £15,000. An order has been issued by the Admiralty that no civil servant in that department shall receive any remunera tion, or enter into any agreement to receive remuneration. for work done in any other department of her Majest—' Go- vernment until ho has received permission f ...0il her Majes ty's Treasury. Several members of tho...a. nglican communion (says in consequence of the rec e nt de the Church Herald) br: .(o, cision in the 11 . .... c - xonochie , case, sought refuge in the Rom an Church, 1 ,,,t the Roman clergy are in no hurry to re ce i ve and in several cases have refused to do so until the candidates have had sufficient time to cons'der the steps they wish to take. On - Wednesday an accident occurred at the Hull Borough Gaol by which seven men were injured. They were engaged at a considerable elevation in the erection of a, treadwhoel, when the set:ffolding broke and throw them to the ground. One was so much hurt that it was found impossible to remove him, two were taken to the l ifirmary, and the others were attended to by the prison surgeon, Who was fortunately in the building. The Paraguayan war case before the Edit:burgh Court of Session was brought to a close on 'Wednesday. On the first issue a majority of the jury wero in favour of the plaintiff, and on the second issue a special verdict was en tered, by agreement of the parties, which leaves it for the court to decide whether the defendant was bona fide the bolder of the bill. The Irish Poor-law Commissioners have issued a circular to boards of guardians pointing out the "grave ob jection" that exists to boards passing resolutions "inviting the united action and co-operation of beards of guardians in pressing on the into Minister the adoption of a peculiar li ne of policy in the governmen t of the country." Th ey a d d that "the lot oduction of genera l politics into a uni on b oard-room, avowedly f or th e pur p os e of political agitation, is a proceeding so entirely foreign to the business of relieving the poor, and so likely to interfere with the proper conduct of kluit business, a tb' t kho 9oininiB- #91.4113 4ta cbJig4 to moo Pak clisapprgyalvi THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1869. SIIARE LIS7. JOINT-STOCK . BANKS. Closing Blaine. Share) ' 1114tX. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A all 101 11 10 Do B lO 44 51 60 Albion l5 10 8 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 22 221 p 221 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 11 24 20 Anglo-Ital!an 1866, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 50 522 50 1 20 .Bank of British Columbia .. all 14 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm..., ~., 5 5 4 25 Bank of E g ypt 20 Bank of Otago, lira. 25 Bank of South Australia_ all 30 32 60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 125 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 141 181 60 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, i , ncl China all 17 18 25 Chartered Mere, of India, Loudon, and China all 31 32 20 City is 10 11 int 100 Colonial 25 1 4 1 10 Consolidated, lira. 50 Delhi and London, lira .., 25 50 East Loudon, Rm. ..... . A 20 English and m , :rican, litre 19 ..• 20 English Bank or Rio de Ja neiro. lira .... ii pr 1p , 20 English, ::cottish, and Ls. tralian Chartdred ..... 04 - all 161 161 281 Hong Long and Shanghai Bank C0rp0rati0n......... all 3 8 38 281 Do new......... 114 4 , 5 . 100 Imperial,lim .......6 ......... 20 1 5 1 20 Imperial Ottoman ... ..,,,... 10 21 21 1 I 46 lonian. all 19 22 26 Do now 6 6 3 _ _ Lad Mortgage of Luba,hut 4 8 1 3 1 ............. 100 Do 5 p.c.Debs.lB64, 3 U all 7 6 16 b 0 .00 London Bank; of M ex i co and South America, litn. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, hill. 45 : 5 : 9 20 Do now s 71 h 44 100 London &River Plat e, lim. 40 11 13 25 Do now 10 11 t p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 2 11 20 Loudon ant County 2O 491 401 60 Do now iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll •• • • • London Joint 5t00k....... „ 311 421 London and South African al 8 9 100 London & S.-Western, lint, 20 1 3 11 50 London &Venezuela, liar l2l ••• 100 London and Westminster 2O 671 s ti 5 ) 1 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm,..,,,,, 2O ••• 100 Merchant, lim 10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 7 4 00 Midland, lim 2O 11 1 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint, lb 2d Ip 00 National rrovinc. of Enz'd 42 ••• ••• 10 Da . ...... 42 ••• 50 National. 3O 20 Now Solth W. 1.. -,.. -- tin 41 42 V} 1 20 North-11 ostorn 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 50 Provine. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 61 61 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 90 VC 10 Do new, all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 11 13 114 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 20 Union of Australia all 45 4 ; 100 Union of Ireland, lim 60 Union of London l5 g 7 3s 37e TELEGRAPH COMPAN I ES. 11l Anglo-American Tel., limCiir, "iii DI. is i i 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... .0 17i in at Atlantic Telegraph lO 10 12 tei at Do. 8 per cent. lOO 35 41 39 at B. 311(11. Magnetic Tel., lim. 100 178 le3 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 •A;) 265 10 Do. Now 8 12 Lip 25 Indo-European Tel., lim all 28 2l 5 Long. Provincial Tel. lim all 21 xi 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all i i p 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lim all 6 61 25 Renter's Telegram all 78 1 .. 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all it} Li, isl f at Submarine Telegraph - 1 Do. Scrip all ii ii SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 ; i b Do. 10 per cent. Pref all , I i 5 p MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 14a 111 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance. aim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 3 .1 10 Berlin Water Works, aim all 111 141 10 Do. Now all —-. 100 Boleteow Vaughan, hill. 6 Bombay Gas, li:n. CityCCC e l i p p t t y Y e lo r o o D o . t u r f : BA : C m cLsoo i hmu liralnaanpdnrt Company, shares aim nymp Realr lira.o y . P i : I : a 1 1 5 6 5 Do. Now 4 1 4 ,1 50 British American Laud ll 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, Ihn all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 14 at; 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lini 2l .. . 10 a 1 aid 5 3 a a 220 32 10 5 : 6 _ _ 9 51 414 25 City of Moscow alas, aim all 50 City Offices, lien 23 2.1 32 il 50 Colonial, lint. Do. ... ... 50 Commercia. Juion (Assur) 5 p r 0 p 10 Company of African Mer chants, aim. 20 Continental Union Gas, Ifni all 23 27 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 7f per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1011 100 Do. 1879, 4i per cent. all Jolt toss 100 Do. 1882, 4; per cent, all 103 104 10 Credit Fon. of England, Bin. all 21 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim. 10 31 .24a at Crystal Palace lOB at 24 et Do. Preference lOO 95 100 at Do. 6p. c Pezpotual Dob. 109 107 il2 20 Darjeeling, Rua 10 Eastern Assam, lint 6} ... ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim. 20 East India Erriga. & Canal all .. .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 100 Egyptian 9 taw cant. V'roy. Gat, by atryin. Gov— _all; fit ! I 9:4 8 20 Egyptian (Ann.& Tea: t. inn. c I Eng.& Aubt ral. Copper, Hai 24 0 i 14 English and Foreign Credit 7-, , , 44 30 100 Eng. :Ina Sent. Marine, lini. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairiniirn Engineering 5 3 2d 20 Fore-streetWareaouae,lina 12 1 2 p Lou For. & Col: Gov. Trust and Le an Scrip, issued at 1:85 all 83 20 92 50 Gallivant, aim 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., liar 71 11 1 1 6 1 3 -1 6 15 General Steam Navigation 14 21 29 50 Roma & Col Marine In. li:n. 5 2 1 - d 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 20 Hudson's Bay 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 20 Interna. Financial Soca aim ' 5 2 15 20 Interns. Land Credit, Lim 6 6 4, 50 Italian Land ...................... ld P 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 3 1 100 Do. 6p. c. Ms., redeem 1870, issaed 90 all 67 69 50 Land Securities, 1ira.,,,,,,.. 21 11 25 London African Trading,,, 10 7 5d 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, Bn. 6 ••• ••• 4 10 London County Land and • Building, lira. 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lira 30 22 21 4 Lond.Gen.Oninibus.Ce.lini. all 2 24 80 Lend. and Gllasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lint 25 21 164 20 Lond, & Provincial Mari n e 2 14 pr at Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua r Sp.c. by India Gov, op 104 108 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lima.... 150 Merchant Shipping, aim all 32 37 60 Millwall Iron Works, lim l 2l ••• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co_., lint. .. 25 National Discount Co ~ liin 5 Vii 11 4 25 National Pro,. Marine, lint. 4 ... • 10 National Steam Ship, lint. rn 9 1 10. 4 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron I lint. 6 34 , 3 ( i!. 4 10 New Consolidated Dis, Jim, 3 T ' 4 ' 5 New Quebrada, llin 4.5.0 44 41 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer candle Agancaaliin:., l4 4 iP 25 New Zaftlattd Train odd ',dad, lini 1 8 if 10 Northern Assam Tea, aim, 5 7 6 10 Do. B et North Brit. Austral., lam lOO 48 53 50 North Brit. & Moreau. in . 61 il 114 25 Ocean Marino (triattritileo) a • L ' 80 Oriental Financial, lira ll ... ... 5 Oriental Gas, Jim 8 Do. New 10 Otago and Southland' In vestment, lint .......... ..ai 4 1 1 4p '5 Ottoman g-A.3 llnAn taiiiiist 14 24 10 Pittlatilta OW Zealand, and Australian R. Mail aim ...1 • 5 Do. do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl Bra 100 ' 31 31 50 Peninsn. & Oriental Stettin all i e 4i 6 1 1 / 50 Do. New lafir aa , aa p It A d be Rhynintly Iftql. H., ........ 1 fin. New 2 1110 do Janeiro City Im.,liin. all •18 19 Do. Gas, aim all 21 254 100 Royal Mail Steam MI 46 50 Scottish Meat: lIIVOat a 11tH: 100 ;it 83 WI; 6 lt qiChlati: Pre: 109 O. %II 00di8td Fifa d'Bl/Ypili, Illal. 18 7 6d 4430100 OM& Ptatipira Ot. 8 24 31 80 S. African Mort; & Inv., aim. 6 ... ... 25 r gth Adatiallan :and . - ttki 13 34 10 ti t l i iliti4i,:ti q N.: Ili Mitiii: OS till dii Oh M A 21 ...mites and Aieipey marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 3 41 1 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl ..' 10 TruF , t &Agency of Aus.,llin 1 1 1p 10 dr", (4., 4,. TrtiiiikLicatido:,thditiriait I ill 50 5 44 8 fi i 0 Slap;Ali 0. 5 g 1 id 20 tniverial Marine(ln.), lint 5 3 4 p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 4 2 30 Van Diemap'a Land 2Bl 6 7 100 Viceroy of Egrefl Load, T phi 0411,a1l 1101 Ell 821 I 50 Val:lain 12 to 84 50 Wlist anti PaCi2e. Siegi 4 i; ........ • .... 10 8 g 90 WbOti4r-iiolOnOliatafi and Warehouses lO ••• •.. t;OLON.L/LL 00VBENALSNT SECUILLTIr. L 411103 AKtlinhios, Il 1Y 0ent.,1V19...• i6O _ pc ) . 1855' • ' • 110 - LlathSiOvi6llo.l. l4 . lll ' ,l6 Jtily isnuet amAist•Lilt /1 100 WI Ict - Do. 6p; 0 7eb. & Aug leo Do. sp ; 0; !Jar. tt Sept:: 100 10i 104 Do: S; j 61 1: 100 911 g3l Do: 5 :et Ititibribed sk:: 100 90 91 - uou ,111itti bp:OB73H 1 0 19 102 1 0 + Do.Apl.3toel 150490.. j)1 Do. do Ib Bo-00 .• 100 lu7 109 Do. Jan..tjuly, l?')1 100 lOS Ile Do. 5 per colt. 11 April and 16 Oot., 1900 .. 100 98 .00 Ceylon, Nov 1878,0 100 108 11C Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 107 111aurittur.4, 6p. 0, 1873,- - Jan. and July Do. 1378 ... lOO Its LOG Do. 1882,31ay and tic' ;,. 00 105 108 I)c.. 1S 5, Feb. ‘t Aug lu 1o& 3Libourne Corporate., 1067-75, 6 per cent leo 100 100 N.11.G0v.6 100 103 104 - N atal 6 p et, Apl it Oct - Do 6p e. ez Nov l.O lt 6 101 N. 8.11.5 we., '7l to '73 lOO 00 10 1 Do. 6 p.c. 18f , 13 1816... 100 09 IUO 102 Do. 5 p.e.rd.'i; to '75 - N.Zenland, 6F. et. :891 lOO - -- Do. 5 per cent.... - Do.)(in, A prl„lu;y, Oct lOO 91 92 Do 6p c. liar ,t 6ept '9l lOO 108 110 Do June (1. - Dee., 1 , 91 100 lu9 tll - Do l'rov., 1 ALetld. n ttriei 1 2, M 1... ) -- Nova Scotia 6p. r.J an and Jnly, 1876 ..... 100 19 - Qty , ensind. sp. C. 100 '('7 1081 - Do 1891 . lOO 107 leoil Te;;tnanian 6 per 3 . 107 109 Do' (193 97 ~.. 100 198 100 Victoria 6 per cent.lB9l.. 106 114 115 Do, April and IJJQ 011 112 110 IRISH PRISONS; The Governffient Of rreiand is Said to be drafted, alid Will be laid beta 'tar lisinent at an early period of the Session. The main features of the bill (according to the frEsh. limes) will be the abolition of the bounty; cols and the substitution instead of district prisons Under the more immediate supervision of the Government: Those gaols which will be maintained and expanded into district prisons Lave been decided oil, and two questions—their central positien, and the facilities they present for the adap , teflon of the separate system—have weighed hi their selec tion. The gaol building to be abolished will be sold, and those governors and other officials not absorbed will be allowed to retire with gratult!e3. The post of local inspector will cease to exist, and instead, district officials will be ap pointed, the whole system being under the supervision of the two present' admittedly Inspectors-Gonoral—Mr. Lontaigne and Mr. Bourke. THE FATIIIM'S EVIDENCE ABOUT HIS FASTING CHILD. itl. The evidence of the father, Evan Jacob, given on Thurs day before the Coroner who is investigating the case of the Welsh fasting girl, did not explain anything about tl:e child. He told the same story he has given for months. He said he had a wife, seven children, and a .-rvant man at Lletherncud. Tne eldest girl was 18 years of age. The deceased was the third daughter. The second child was a girl of 15, and Farah was 12 years old. She was a very healthy child until a change occurred last February. Two years since she was at school, and one morning she complained to her mother that she spat blood, and was ill. For three days they thought it was a cold. She was up the first three days. Then she got worse, and took to bed for the next three days. On the third day she became worse, and Dr. Davies wavent for. The girl was crying and complaining of a pain in the side. The doctor gave her medicine, which eased the rain that night. They sent next day to Dr. Davies to get some medicine, according to arrangement, and the doctor gave a bottle of medicine, which brought no relief. The week after the pain inside became more acute, and Dr. Davies thought she had worms and treated her accordingly. He attended her for ono month, and then confessed his inability to understand her complaint. At the end of the month he said he could not relieve her. There was no cure but the Great Doctor, God Almighty. Dr. Davies withdrew, and said they might go to other doctors, but that it would be of no use, and that they would only spend money. They called in Dr. Hop kins, who said if they had called him nine days sooner there would have been a chance of a cure. Now there were no hopes, as she had inflammation of the brain. This was in April, 1867. Dr. Hopkins only came once and gave two pills. She could not take them, she was too ill. Dr. Davies was again sent for, and came. He said there would be some change before Sunday. On the following Sunday it was thought she was going to die. She called in a faint voice for milk. She had not taken food before for months. They used to moisten her lips and the inside of her mouth with weak table beer, but she did not swallow any. There was no excrement. She took a small quantity of wine, and had a clyster. Up to the following August she took six cupfuls of rice and milk. Her bowels did not act regularly, and there was no passage for a week or eight days. The only food swallowed came back with froth and blood. From August to September she did not wish those about her to give her food. Between the periods named she had fits, in which she threw her arms about. She was weak, and remained in bed constantly from September to October. She took a little apple dumpling some week or two afterwards. In the end of the month she took a little apple in a spoon, and about the size of a pill, morning and evening. She passed water every other day. The neighbours then came to see her. She was not very thin, but she was looking ill in the face, and suffered pain in the left side. From the Leginning to the end of October, 1867 she never took food. From that time until her death they moistened her lips with water several times a day. Three weeks after she ceased to take food she had motions every day for a week, and very largo stools. The excrement was very hard, and she passed water in middling quantity during the same week. At the end of the week a stool was very large. She had no stool afterwards till the time of death. Three weeks after the end of the week when she had her last stool she continually every morning at five o'cluch passed water of the usual quantity girls of her age might be expected to pass. From that time, the end of December 18C7 to December 1863, he was quite sure she passed no water, as she remained in bed to the time of her death. There was a utensil in the room under another bed in which he and his wife slept, but there was none under hers. She could not have used that utensil, as she could not move. Neither he nor his wife ever observed water in that or any other vessel which they had reason to believe cans from her. lle was sure of that. She was Fen s:ble, except when in a fit. Soznetimes she had a fit several times in a day, and it sometimes lasted a quarter cf an hour; then there was an interval of about a quarter of an hour, and afterwards again another fit for a quarter of an hour. This did not last during any day, except when she slept frem about eleven at night to eleven in the morn ing. The fits enly occurred at night time when awake. This state of things only went on a few weeks. Ho was quite sure about the water, because he always made the bed in November 1867, when his wife was confined. Since then he made the Led. He never saw stains of urine on the bed. From August 1867 to December 1363 the deceased never made water, and then for three consecutive days the witness made the bed and counted spots on it. She was unconscious of passing water. The first time strangers came was in the spring of this year. He commenced to dross her in the manner desciibed when she ceased to take food. The shopkeepers gave the riband, and she had a crucifix before she was taken ill. Hundreds came to see her, and many put a sixpence or a shilling on the girl's chest. Ho could not say how much they left. One reason why ho made the bed was that the mother could net make it so well or so smooth. It was made every other day. The special reason for discharges of urine was something on her mind. Last year she passed water because her grandfather died. She made water because she was watched by strangers. At the fiat watching she did so. Last summer she did the same thing because the cow died. She could cry like another child. When he consented to the watching he hal no reason to think she took food. He was never hold by the doctors that his daughter's life was in peril from the commencement of the watching until the morn ing of the day of her death. Dr. Davies sent John Daniel, his brother-in-law, to tell him that the child got a'ofge: What passed between him and Dr. Davies was that he said, "You do not like to give her a dose of brandy and water?" and he said ho did not. 110 had not offered anything for two years. She always got ill when ho offered her anything. lle gaid he might offer it, and was perfectly willing. Dr. Davies went to try her,and whenite came back the witness asked him if ho offered her any thing. He said that he was afraid ; as she had done so long without food it would choke her. Dr. Davies told him on Thursday night she was better than on the previous night, and there was no danger. All her brothers had access sometimes to her bedroom. He could not say whether they could take food into her room, but he believed she could not take food ; it made her ill. None of the doctors told him tho child was dying for want of food, nor did the nurse. Dr. Hughes and Dr. Davies asked him on Thursday evening if be should like to get rid of the nurses, and hesaid he should not, bccauie he did Rot !tee her getting worse, and he did nothing for her, as she had remained lo long without food If he knew the child was dying of starvation he certainly would not have refused. The candle was put out at night When ahe went to sleep. He once found a scent bottle in the bed-clothes. He never found things concealed I before. The coroner, in summing up, said ho could not under stand how any rational person could believe the story of the girl's fasting. Urine and excrement must have come from somewhere. Tho doctors were not to blame. They Were deceived by the father. There could be no question that if there had been starvation, the responsibility fell on the father. By law the father was responsible not merely to provide, but also to induce his child to take food. There had been criminal negligence on the part of the father, and the only question was one of degree. The father had on oath that day endeavouscd to impose on the jury with a hideous mass of nonsense, and ho should ask if it was easier to believe the natural laws reversed or Plat the father was stating falsehoods. The life of the girl I )2 , 4 been itteriticod t and the question arose if the offence manslaughter. The cases cited anm i .ttcd was murder 6: _ Iseemed to skew that it was manslauginCi:. The jury deliberated for a quarter of an hour, au." returned a verdict that tho child died of starratin negligence, and that neglect to induce the child to talc food en the part of the father constituted manslaughter The father was admitted to bail. The title of Mrs. Stowe's new book is " The True Story of Lady Byron Establi.lied." It contains about 300 pages. The Manchester Examiner, referring to the rumcur of a threatened attack upon Salford by Fenians, says there was no foundation for it. The removal of the arms to the safe.t place for them was a mere mr.tter of military routine, and is so regarded at the larraclis. The police authoritk of Manchester and Salford are satisfied that no attack was meditated. The information of the movements of the tenians in the district shows that they are i n no 'ma 'a m attempt any entegrse of th? kind, an that there is 49 ittßaTaYliffiriZODY:U.ol4,4l94ll Itsinctin the FOREIGN NOTES. AUSTRIA AND THE CECUMENICAL COUNCIL, The Vienna correspondent of the Eastern Budget denies the report that the Austrian ambassador at Rome las r4ceived fresh instructions fr( m Count Beust relative to his position with regard to the CEmmenical Council. So long as the action of the holy See is confined to dogmatic and religious questions, the Austrian Government cannot interfere, as the Constitution ensures perfect freedom to all religions. The Austrian representative is accredited to Pius IX., not as Pope, but as Sovereign. If any resolutions should be raised at the Council encroaching on the rights of the laity, the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy would inter fere, but not through the medium orCount Beust. Count Trautmansdorff would in that case receive his instructions through the Ministers of Religion and Home Affairs. t3ki11l.11:8 AND STOCX itattwaya. Otoaing linslnet Price. done. st Bristol and Exeter...... 10u 74 76 et Cateuontan lOO 77/ 77/ at Oatübrian 20 CornW4ll-..... ....... all 2 st Dublin A I.lellast June lOO at Duit„rerthols Ab. June lOO 70 22 2J East London.. all 5 7 ./0 Lo 15 21 Do 10 at Glasgow S. Western lOO 105 107 .1 Great a;astern. 37/ 48 st Do. E. Angl. 100 tit 73 at OrcatNorthot Sootlaut4 lOO to 16 et Great Northern lOO ICII ilO 1081 at Du. A 5t00k...... lOO 1(W 110 104 at Do. 11 atoor. at and W. of lrelAnd lOO s 8 100 at Weatern -Original lOO 5:4 LI; 65,1 Do. South Wales ILO 57 5J at .Do. W. .5114.1.—Uxtorti lOO 31 36 st Do. Newport lOO 22 31 it Lancashire& Yoraabira lOO 176/ 274 127 st Lon., Brigh.,a, b.Coaat lOO 46) 474 161 Du Scrip .•.• • • L;1.14t., nue Dot et Lou 15 151 154 1 a Du. Atetrop. roi. 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The complete independence of the Ministry against any interference of the Imperial Chancellor; 2. The concession to the Cisleitham Ministry of the admini,tration of the secret funds of which the c'taneellor now disposes, and the transfer of the direction of the police fre m the Chancellor to the Austrian Ministry. According to the re.qh Cerreepondence the question of Fi tme is nearly adjusted. The port on the Adriatic gives it iml , ( rtanee, and the city itself is situated in Croatian territory. The Croatians, therefore, claim its incorpora tion . 1; ith their country, while the Hungarians demand fie maintenance of its old privileges as directly under the Government of Pesth. Count Andrassy, President of the Hangarinn Ministry, has succeeeded in reconciling those differences by proposing that Fit me should be governed by a governor having a scat in the Hungarian Diet, where all affairs affecting Hungary and Croatia alike should be decided, but that in matters of local concern Fiume should eajoy a complete autonomy. COMMERCIAL TREATIES. The naval expedition sent by Austria to promote its c , mmercial influence in the East, has been eminently suc cessful. Treaties have been concluded with Siam, China, and Japan. In the latter country all the principal ports are opened to trade—silk, silkworms, eggs, tea, cotton, camphor, wax, copper, wood, and dried fish being among the Japanese exports mentioned. RECRUITING IN rOLAND. The conscription in Poland is to be unusually severe Viis year, and a numi , cr of young mPn have crossed the frontier to avoid it. The Rust ian Government, on learn in; this, has imposed a fine of 40 roubles (E6O) on the communes for every member absent when the recruiting lists are opened. Ono commune has thus had to pay 4,00 roubles. THE SULTAN AND TILE KHEDIVE. News from Constantinople c'atcd the 15th states that the intelligence of the pacific solution of the Turco-Egyption difficulty has been received in that capital with the liveliest sail ;faction. Ali Pacha, in particular, appears to rejoice in being set fr:e from the embarrassing situation. Server E fendi was to receive some special token of d'itineion on his return, and in fact the Turquie of six d.tys later date announces that he had been decorated with the Order cf the Medjidie of the first class. It is thought prol able that the Khedive will shortly visit C mstantinople. Several changes are in contemplation in the diplomatic relations of the Porte, the most important bring the (r - eion of an Embassy at St. Petersburg, tidar Effendi, the Turkish Minister at Vienna, being tratsferred to the new post. MR. SEWARD IN MEXICO. The Hon. W. Seward and Marty arrived in Mexico on the 15th of November, and ware received at the station by President Juarez and his Canna, and the notables of the City. On the 18th the United States Mini sser at Meal%) rave a banquet, at which Mr. Seward stoke and disclaimed all personal interest in coming t Mexico. His sole object was to inspire the Ameridan people with a thorough understanding of the destinies of the continent. He expressed his opinion that, sooner or 1 Lter, Mexico must be made entirely independent of foreign control and of every form of despotic government. Great enthusiasm prevailed, and a large crowd of people assem bled to see Mr. Seward. AMErICNN CANAT.c. The success of the Suoz Canal seems to have given fresh impetus to engineering enterprise in America. Thelsthmus o' Darien has always offered a favourable site fur the pro j'ctors of such a scheme, and the advantages which it will c-nfer arc too r :Arable to be overlooked. The scheme of a ship canal which shall unite the two great oceans has l.ttcly been resuscitated, and no less than nineteen routes 'hive been surveyed. One of these is theTelmantepicree te, one the Honduras, four are across the Isthmus of PAtanta, and five are caled the Darien Isthmus. r ; three others follow the San Juan. river to Lake M nagna, fire follow it to Lake Nicaragua. Some of the r.)utes bare been condemned as impracticable on account 0'.7 their length and of the outlay which they demand, but saveral others aro under consideration. No new line, it is Viought, can be eiicovered, the country having been therough s y eel I irel. Another ship canal of a much loss f anit'a'.le character is being talked of in the North American Continent. an 1 being beset with no such diffi culties as lie in the way at Darien, will be shortly c)mmeneed. A canal through the narrow strip of land s , parating Buzzard's Bay from Cape Cod Bay in M ,ssachusetts, will render unnecessary the long voyage round Cape Cod and enable vessels from Long Island Sound to proceed North without facing stormy seas and passing rocky coasts. The water way of this canal is to be 300 feet wide and 24 foot deep at low water. CUBAN AFFAIRS, The adoption of General Cameron's resolution in thelTnited States Scnate,which called upon the President for such infor mation as he might have in his possession with reference to the war in Cuba, is regarded as a sign in favour of the insur gents. The Vice-President presented a communication from the South Carolina Legislature asking Congress to recognise t'►e independence of Cuba. President Grant's Message gave great satisfaction to the Spaniards in Habana, but the Cubans were greatly disappointed by it. It is stated that numerous letters have been received by citizens of Habana from General Goicoura asking money for the insurgents. They were handed over to the Spanish authorities. Incendiary proclamations, bearing the date of Now York, have been circulated throughout the city. Cespedes has issued a prcclamaticn calling on all patriots to destroy their sugar and tobacco crops in order to deprive the Spaniards of these means of revenue. Mr. Hamilton has presented a petition to the House of Representatives, signed by 72 ; 000 citizens of the State of New York, asking Congress to accord belligerent rights to Cuba, and to acknowledge her independence. FATHER HYACINTHE. In a lecture on •` Charity" at New York a few days ago, Father Hyacinthe declared that the American race was destined to be the foremost nation of the globe, for there was no distinction of nationality, religion, or colour under the Constitution. In the principle of self-government and freedom of speech and thought lay the root of all the prosperity of the American people. He wished it was like that in Europe. On his return he would speak to the people there and tell them that to be free they must follow the example of America. The Father's lecture was in French, so that the audience• were not much the better for it ; but it is said that they wore m greatly imnressed by his voice and gesture." THE SCENE AT THE CLOSE OF THE OVEREND, G URNEY, AND CO CASE. The scene at the close of the Overend, Gurney, and Co. ease, when the verdict had been given, was most exciting. The moment the verdict was announced the most enthu siastic cheers burst from the crowded audience. In vain the Lord Chief Justice hold up his hand, and the officers of the court shouted for silence. Peal after peal of cheers succeeded, and the whole scene was one of the wildest excitement. The cheers were caught up by the vast crowd without, waiting for the verdict, and the echoes of the cheers seemed to arouse fresh enthusiasm in the audience, and they broke out into cheers louder than before. Meanwhile the scene in court was most impressive. The effect of the verdict upon tho defendants and their friends was almost electrical. Some started to their feet and shook each other's hands warmly, and uttered exclamations of joy and delight, which, however, were inaudible amid the thunder of those frantic cheers which drowned all other sounds. Some ,:Atne4 overwhelmed with emotion, and more than one • --st into tear". The leading counsel present ; the Solici tor-Generat .." 4 Sir J. Kerslake, had their hands seized and warmly pressed by -CLIS_Ir grateful clients, and all this all upstanding and being observed by the vast - crowt. — cheering—only added to the excitement, arn: : efted ill s.t. - louder bursts of cheering. At last the vio lent exca.: ment so far calmed down that the cheers ceased, only to be renewed outside, however, when the defendants appeared; and they then received an ovation strangely contrasting with the howls of execration which were heard at the Man sion House when, amid much popular excitement, they were committed. The verdict was received in the City with intense satisfaction, not only as a termination of a proceed ing which has been the most prominent among the baneful influences that have weighed during the past year or two upon English credit and enterprise, but as entirely confirming the view of the case taken by the large majority of the leading merchants and Ipli4eys . of London fr9D l •itk Welk, SPORTING INTELLIGENO I his CITY BETTING.—Ims DAY. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. sto 1 agst Lord Lurga•u'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 Legli's nom. (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 6 aget The Lamb (taken) 25 to 1 agst Q.C. (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered—take 9to 2) 9 to 2 agst Sunshine (,taken and offered - 900 to 200 taken) 10 to 1 agst Astolfo (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agit Sunlight (taken)• ; . 100 to 7 agst Stanley (taken) DERBY. 1000 to 30 agst Katherine Logie c (taken) RACING FIXTURES-1870. F EBRU A ICY. Line°ln . 15, 111 1 Durby .. 22 28 Harrow 17, 18 I Nswton . MAliGlf. -- - Nottiugliarn 1, 2 1 West Somerset l6, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 1 Warwick. 'P2, 23, 24 rook:Ai - act 14, I.`, 1 Epsom - 29, 30 Cambriogrshire l4, 15 i Bromley 31 and April 1 A VEIL. Northampton 5, 6 I Newmarket Cniven 18 to 22 West Drayton 7, 8 1 Abergavenny ''l, 42 Thirsk 7, 8 , Lewes ln, ::1 Kingsbury Durham lB, 19 I .... fiA Y. Newmarket. Ist 5p....2 to 5 j Harpenden 2O, 21 Chester. lO, to 13 I Bath '4, 25 Winchester lO, 11 I Stamford 26, 27 Salisbury l2, 13 ; Croydon 2o. 27 York 17, 16 1 Epsom i 1 t o J uno 3 Doucaster IV , 20 - JUNE. Croydon 8, 9 I Newton 22, 23 Manchester t, 9, 10 Hampton 23, 24 Ascot 14 to 17 13ibury (Nub .. 39 Windsor 2l, '22 I Stockuridge.-30, and July 1 JULY. Newmarket 5 to 8 I West Drayton 14, 15 Nottisiglism 12, 13 Huntingdon..... l9, 20 Chelmsford l2, 13 'Kingsbury 2l, 22 heading it, 13 j Goodwood 6, 2 AUGUST. Brighton 2, 3 I Stoeitton l7 to 19 Brighton Club 4 I Oxford lB, i 9 Lewes ............5, 6 , York ' , 3 to 26 Egbam 9, 10 Plynk•Juth Windsor ll, 12 Derby Bromley l6, 17 I Weymouth 3U, 31 SEPTEMBER. Warwick 6, 7 I Richmond 20, 21 Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Meet(Ayr) 21 to 23 Doncaster 18 to 16 1 Hendon 22, 23 Hampton 20, 21 I Newmarket Ist Oct. 27 to 30 OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 J Newmarket 2n 0et..10 to 14 Leicester Bromley 6, 7 . Newmarket n0t'a...24 to 29 NOVEMBER. Liverpool 8 to 11 1 Shrewsbury 11 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 1 Harrow l7, 18 Derby 10, 11 1 Newton 25, VI MARCH. Liverpool 8,9, 10 I 8r0m1ey...... 31 and April 1 We•st Somerset 16, 17 Cheltenham...Bl ".ud April 1 Warwick 22 to 24 APRIL.! Aldershot 7,:8 I Kingsbury lB, 19 THE (ECUMENICAL COUNCIL. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ROME, DLC. 23. The fourth sitting of the General Congregation will be held on the 28th inst. After the election of the Committee appointed to consider the question relating to Religious Orders, the Assembly will probably enter upon the discussion of certain pro posals regarding dogmas of faith. SPAIN. Senor Alozaga, the Spanish Ambassador, intends leaving Paris to spend the Christmas and New Year holidays here. Bank of Eng: An Account, lursuant to cap. 32, for the week ending ISSUE DE Notes issued £33,317,350 A 33,317,350 JUNKING I) Proptietors' Ca pi- X 14,553,000 3,u2A894 Public Delosits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners • of National Debt. and Div. Accounts „ 8.013,647 Other Deposits 17,319,112 Seven Days and other Bills 500,136 .£13,47789 MADRID, Dec. 23. [a-el Returns. le Act ith and ittli Victoria, Wednesday, Due. 22, 1t369. P kIITMENT. Goveriunt. Debt-E1t,01h,1.00 Other Securities 3,Uti4,JUU Geld Cuin and Bullion Silver Baltic,. 6PARTILEXT. Uoverunit. Seen rities(ineludiug Dead IY. iglu Aunuity) 1:13,811.958 Other Securities 18.088.169 Notes 1t1,602, 110 Gold and Si, vet Coin £43,478,789 4,),317,36 - 0 STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Dec. 23.—We have had a very quiet market this week in cotton yarns and cloth, and rather an easier feeling as to prices prevails. Spinners and manufacturers who are well supplied with orders continue to demand the full prices of last week, but buyers are able to place orders for which deliveries are not very pressing ou lather easier terms than on Tut slay. There is not much business doing, however, and the disposition among the generality of per:ons holding orders is to wait for a more favourable opportunity of placing them. BRADFORD, 23d.—A more cheerful tone pervades the wool market to-day. There is rather more dis position to do business, and some transactions in most classes of wool have occurred. Under the better.influeuce some staplers have been enabled to realise rather better rates, though they are only re luctantly yielded by spinners. Anticipations 4.f a revival of business iu the New Year are generally entertained. The same improved tone is apparent in both worsted yarns and pieces, though the actual busi ness done is not appreciably increased. In the former branch, especially iu the export depart ment, there is certainly more inquiry and more dis position to operate in some classes of yarns, notably in two-fold yarns, particularly in 40's, and a gradual approximation to the rates of spinners, notwithstanding they are obliged to harden their quotations as wool becomes stiffer. In the latter branch there has also becu a fair inquiry, particu larly on home account, and prices are very firm. orriNGualt, 22d.—The lace trade has been very quiet durieg the past few days. In silk goods there is very little doing, laces and most other fabrics being a slow sale. The market for the taw ma terial is dull at late rates. In the cotton branch there is about an average amount of business doing in fancy goods. The plaiu net trade is as a whole quiet, a rather better feeling, however, pervading brown goods. Lace yarns are firm, and tate prices are maintained. There is no improve ment in the hosiery trade. Tee demand for the home market is below the average, and the shipping business is quiet. Hosiery yarns maintain their value, with a rather better inquiry. MARKETS.-7his Day. LIVERPOOL COTTON. Dec. :Z4.—Salcs probably - IV,vOO bales. The market =cad y. 81711'1'1X6' lATELLIGILA'CR. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived—Ali-xander, horn Dantsie ; Seine, steazer, from Ostund ; Florence, steamer, from Rotterdam. Sailed—Seine et Tamise, st,ainer, for Paris; lane, steamer, for Boulogne; Sea Bird, for Jersey; A tier, steamer, fur BrEmen ; Aleeste, steamer, for Antwerp; Argos, steamer, for Calais; Edith Moore, for Calcutt.. DVAL, Frida Mortin y g. No arrival'. Dorothy, from Tutio3rin, for London, Las run to leeward. THE LNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGII.—Dr. John der of the Sanscrit Chair in tho University of dinb g as increased his original endowment of th• chair dition of il,ooJ.—Ocotough