The Sun. — London, England, 1869-09-30 00:00:00

Tdoint**"-Cli ranYtwl. HER MAJESTY. • BALMORAL CASTLE, Sept. 27. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Christian, and attended by Lady Churchill, drove out to-day. Her Majesty gave a ball in the evening. ZONE Y MARKET AND COAIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The settlement of the account principally occu- Pies the brokers to-day, and business is conse quently very inactive, but prices are maintained ' w here any sales have been effected. Foreign Se curities remain unaltered, but there is some ques tionable speculation going on in the Metropolitan Railway Shares. Consols are now at 921 to 93 for money ; ditto, for Aczount, 921 3 ; Three per Cent. Re uced, 911 ; New Three per Cents, 91 1 ; , zehequer Bills £l,OOO, Marcb, par ; June, 7 Prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, Prem. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 238. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 2104 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1141 14 ; ditto 4 , Per Cent., Oct., 1888, 100 4 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, • Per Cent., ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 23 Prem, ' In Foreign Stocks prices are now as follows : Argentine, 811 to 811 ; Brazilian, 83 to 84 ; Egyp tian (1864), 89 to 90 ; ditto (1868), 76 to 76} ; vi ceroy's Seven per Cent., 80 to 801 ; ditto Nine Tobacco Cent., 97 t o 98 : Italian, 52+ to 52+ ; ditto ibbacc o Loan, 84 to 86 ; Peruvian, 79 to 79f ; Portuguese, 33 to 34 ; Orel, 84 to 841 ; Nicolas, 67 1 to 67 ; ; Moscow, 83 to 831 ; Cbarkof, 803 to 80 1; Spanish, 27f to. 274; and Turkish Five ver Cents., 411 to 41+. -121 Bank Shares Imperial Ottoman have ad- Tbced 2s. 6d., and London and Westminster, 10s. prices quoted are as follows :—Agra (1) snares, 1I to 111; Alliance, 124 to 13i ; An glo-Austrian, 12 to 15 prem. ; Chartered Mer cantile, to 33i ; Consolidated, 41 to 41 ; Impe -21 Bank, 16 to 17 ; Imperial Ottoman, 21 to prem. ; London and County, 49 to 50 ; London and Westminster, 57 to 58 ; Oriental, 42 to 43 ; nclon Joint Stock, 30 to 31 ; and Union of Lon don, 35 • d 5 to 36. ler Rail way Sh ares p r i ces are as f o llows :..... onian, 894 to 831 ; Great Eastern 361 to 36 1 ; Great N or th ern , 103 to 104 ; ditto (A), ‘, `, 9 ±, tto 1001 ; Great Western, 531 to 54 ; Lanca shire and Y or k s hi re, 1234 t o 124; ; L on d on an d r i ghton, 431 to 44; London, Chitham, and Dever, 16 to 161 ; London and North Western, 115 1 to 116 ; London and South Western, 891 to vi ' Met ropo li tan , 88 to 88i ; Midl an d, 1151 t o *l6 ; North-Eastern (Berwick), 1131 to 113; ; a nd South Eastern, 751 to 754. I n American Securities Five-Twenty Bonds are . ;`, ° : 7 8 3 to 831 ; ditt o (1865), 821 t o 83 ; ditt o 4 :1° 67 )) 811 to 891 ; Ten-Forties, 75 to 751; Erie -‘444lroad Shares 2 . 11 to 231 ; Illinois, 93 to 94 ; Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Bonds, 2° 2 8; and Debentures, 29 to 30. -111 Miscellaneous Shares Anglo-American Tele graphs are 201 to 201 ; Atlant i c Ei g h t per C ents ., t . t° 2 i ; Fren c h C a bl e , 161 to 161 ; Construc ts:4l and Maintenance, 281 to 284 ; National Dis e°eht, 101 to 111; and Hudson's Bay, 131 to 131. te T here were n o go ld operat i ons a t t h e B an k yea rrclaY• The movements s i nce th e d ate o f t h e l ast erturil have consisted on balance of a withdrawal ° ' 16 6,000. T he Oneid a h as l e f t Li s b on for Southampton, With the Brazil mails and £179,472. Lab iittUeU Zvi 24 ) 0 00. :the directors of the Credit Foncier of Mauritius (Limited) have issued the warrants to the share holders for for the payment of a dividend at the rate of per cent. per annum. Ad vises from Lisbon state that a concession has f bee n gra nted for laying a submarine cable between ll g l and and Portugal. The tariff for a telegram 20 words is to be 7f. tjhe intelligence of the disastrous fire among the g at Bordeaux has occasioned a good deal of t e l , --kne es in the minds of those commercially in ...ehl-e zesetetilt dein the locality, but no very exact details of of damage done were received up to the t i °s e cf the usual business hours. It was stated at b rs e Yds that sixteen vessels were ascertained to have elea totally destroyed. The names were :—Tourny, Li p a „ tl elnagne, Ariel, Morse, Chemiste, Pionnier, pit' tenant Bellot, Harmonie, Ulysse, Chomyn, aa , i at na, Mary, Charlotte, Unico, Joseph and Marie, ae..' Christine. Four of these were loaded, and i ala v , s el l were partly loaded. Several of them were of tees ed at Ll oyd ' s and among the marine insurance Th L oy e a ccounts from Scotland respecting the twe.eat are stated t o be ve r y f a vourable. About b eela thi rati of the entire acreage have already t he secured, and the remainder will be got in by is riddle of October. The present fine weather La Z gest.reatlY accelerating the conclusion of . the lleZclotirs have been current, since the recent a b .et ,,, ° , f the termination of the Paraguayan war, of it, l oan being contemplated for Brazil. Thus far ati 4 b. cert a i a there have been no negotiations on the eck i je . " ' a nd in well informed circles it seems to be vitt tder e d not improbable that the Government I na ,. P re fer to r a i se at h ome w h a t ever sums th e y f t at Present require. 1 1041 f ,,, i131 st ated that the Per uv ian Government have 2,0, 30 ' a combination of French and German houses th y 11 1 0 00 tons of guano, about half of which quan sigae al l Europe or on the way. The present con grati's will sell th e guano in Europe until the ex on Of the ex i st i ng contract, wh i ch, i n the case 1872 . e English contract, is the 31st of October, th e 1 , Subject t o th e fi rs t mor t gage i n f avour o f ,Of ad eruvi all 5 per cent. loan, and the repayment htly e ,... an ces due t o th e p re sent consig n ee s , th e 04 air of the 2 ,000,000 tons will have a mortgage tal e; th e guano in Europe and the proceeds of Thi a abcl also on all the guano deposits in Peru. pubi;_ecrabination obviates the necessity of any %w: lo an. The net amount which the Peruvian ko nth n i sl ant will realise for the 2,000,000 tons, by tlo nstalments, is calculated at about : 1 ? °0 1000. ge ad * Peak vices by telegram from New York still ofW all. the excitement in the neighbourhood of .street. se ripti , The fluctuations in the speculative r eali se Such as Erie, &c., were of a ch a r acter reali se ; b b.. ` ll a . t . the operators were compe ll e d . to Of se tae , there was a decline in the quotations :1444:0 of io the best, indicating the existence of a o f the eonfid eeting o e f nee. The continued adjournment the " gold board " was viewed as li sted thing, _ atm because it was unquestionably be business h eav y failures have occurred, and that 4cl iasti ne wa s suspend e d t o a ll ow facilities for an adop ted : I t- Aft er t h e reckless proceedings lately quite probabl e en d eavours w ill b e 11 : e f fe is ale to t cati on of a compromise, and avoid the publi- Doaed in te res t in The names. the City with regard to the pro , extension ofthe - W _:1" t o th _ Metropolitan District Rn f a atib:aalanSiOn House, and the construction eh a . Y thence to the Royal Exchange, is t ads co uld Nyh a , only be appreciated by th e multi 111c,ot ' e important avocat i ons centre in that f eetl nci i t i s understood that a memorial , tier- Of • unprecedented • its az in the character and weight feet f or ' gna tilres, has been prepared on the sub- Works, tra nsMissio u to • the Metroplitan Board of A ccord . It ilttib lag to the Russian Exchange Gazette, M. togethearri)_4..merchant of Odessa, is now engaged, in taak ,_ with the Governor-General of that town, 'ug preparations for the construction of a ;day, Arthur ?,-court, with aagistrato of anonymous Young' mans Lrough which d if he aid ould take his advertised urther parti changed, the ssed raark i. 73e was he case and on ) sons, w ere fraud. Th e ns as errand robbed the ILBFT. ...- 011 ' e IThivers 2t I ,eth Scho° l9 ' fiber of be o k 9 £l7O a Ye ar had bees at Le time Pas t attached to cheap book, lost books) led to th e ig eigbti .3r wn. Fol 4 r )risoner iLow.—T h° Hounslow' r. Diplock, eil whether ' s a ccuse d them, Wil en Ling that it emitted for. returned pith, under ieir 00 10 witting the sSOCiati°: , at "C i l l ' ie o Clio bePC Icor over 6e ` be ig rgesl glinlll4 The len. ruing Yoc seNe s. f Coal' 0 :I,aven 0 ,1 A.ct, Y s ,Lou ports A 00 nee— no Of 0, On" 00 the ;61. 0 . on • T o e . raern oro, „tins7e rgA re celi weetior Me ai p c4 Fall, -Ai: 30 tere d a to b $ a i l , 06 .11. 0, .0 0 00- , ' Vela C pd Übl ie $ Or ° ;c b i r e• to P r ti a',' v9 c adof tio ° f l • t elf Deog Lod th a P ar air po °acs 11 re_r , 60' „ 3 0 cit• 0, 001 . 1 010 'ooo° c A t ha ° 15 , 1 6 i4 see ° t lio in 1 989 1, to 01°,5,151 submarine telegraphic cable from Odessa to Con stutinopla. BRITISH FLUIDS-TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT rUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, Oct. 6. i per Cent. Reduced 9ll New 3 per Cent Now 21 ) per Cont. Jan. 1894 Do. o per Cen .'an.1873 A.nnuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red lea Telegraph), Aug„ 1908 — !;xelicqurm Bills, £1,005, 21p. Ct. March Do. 3 do. June 03 £lOO, £2OO & £5OO — Pm Rank of England Stock, 41j per Cent Da. openhig Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial (Minima — INDIAN UOTERNMENT SECURITIES fndia. :tack, 101 per Cent., April 1879 2lo} Do. Opening, for Account — Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Pape. 4 per Cent....,. — Do. s,por Cert., Jan. 1872 .... .... — Do. 51 per Cent. May 1879 — DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 ...... i.),. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 443er Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO 2I FOREIGN FUNDS— TWO O'CLOCIi. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent tuitrian Bonds 5 per cent .. — Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — 03. 41 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858.... Do. no 1860 — Do. do., 7 18 63 731 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account B4 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. %Man 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent..., 74 Do. 3 per Cent., — Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per cent. 1867 93 0 lo nthun, 6 per Cent. .. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Dane Han Principalities, 7 per Cent 79 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 „.. 90} Iquador flow Oensolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent..... — Do Secoud Issue •• •• . — Do. £5Ol Bonds — D0..£100 Bonds ..... 83/ Do. • 1864 Do. Account .. — Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £lllO Bonds — Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 . .. Government Railway Debentures 9B 71 Greet( 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups. - Do. Account - Do. Coupons De. Account easternala:s per Cent .. — ffondurasairr Rail. Loa a.,10 p.,Ct., all pd 80 Its:dan 5 per Cert., 1865 - 2 , 0. AoCount ... — Do Maremmana Railway — lexica& 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — De 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — tiontevideau 6 per Cent. .. — lifocrish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Cen 36 i I Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. Do 4i per Cent. (Ui:')arron) Do 4f per Cent., 1862 Do Account Port•dguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,': 33} Do. do. 1867.. .--- Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 ear Cent., 1822, £ Sc Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 4f per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 „. 87f 8 Do 'do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bona., Do. du. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, .£lOO Bonds 94} Do. do £B4 15s. 'do Do Nicolas Railway 671 Sariiniau S per Cent 72} Spanish 3 per Con .... — Do. Acci,unt ..., — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrea Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cort. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account — Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 — Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent.: ,..,. Do Account Do 6 por Cent. 1858 Do Account i'n 6 or Cent., 1862 Do. Account 661. Do £lOO Bonds 6Bl 9 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 651 f Do I por Cont. Guaranteed - - Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Vonozuela 3 por Cent. Do. Acc. wit Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do 6 per Cent. 1664 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 (RIR „ l4l Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — 'Wien 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f. — Do Account 521 i TWO O'CLOCK. Oonsols, Money . . .............. 92/ Do. Account, Oct. 6 ........................ 92i POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-7Ais Day. MARLBORO UGH- S TREET. ROBBERY IN ST. GEORGE'S BARRACKS.--James Foster, described as a porter, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a pair of Blucher boots, of the value of 10s., de scribed as the property of her Majesty the Queen. Robert Ritchie, a private of the Scots Fusilier Guards, said that he left a pair of boots under his bed in St. George's Barracks, and on his return he missed them. He went into the canteen, and saw the prisoner there with a soldier named M'Donald, and having spoken to his sergeant he stopped the prisoner with the boots in his possession. Colour-sergeant James Carter of the Scots Fusilier Guards said that on being spoken to by the last witness he went into the canteen and saw the prisoner with a soldier named M'Donald. He asked M‘Donal l who the prisoner was, and he said "A friend." He told M'Donald that he was a suspicious-looking one, and on examining the pri rdoeon.mie,danhdavgianvge t t h h e em pr . ino H ne e r s in en to t pri soner found a bout under each of his arms , although he answer to Mr. Knox, •M' to to the guard- The witness said, in all probability; M'Donald stole the boots, and gave them to the prisoner to carry out of the barracks, as anything a soldier carried out had to be exa mined, and that the prisoner was going to sell them, either for himself or for WDonald. On stopping the prisoner he seemed very much astonished, but said nothing. Mr. Knox said the mere fact of the prisoner's sneaking out of the barracks, and when 'stopped saying he knew nothing, about the boots, showed a guilty knowledge. The prisoner said he stood four pints of beer, and M'Donald gave him the boots. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. WESTMINSTER. THE LAW OF LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.—A very re spectable-looking man, residing in the King's-road, Chel sea, applied to the magistrate under the following circum stances He said that he had many years kept a very respectable house, and let a part of it. He had unfortunately got a tenant, paying 4s. per week, who quarrelled with his wifo and knocked her about; and the most unpleasant part of the business was that some ill-natured neighbours put down the noise to the wrong cause, and a report was circulated that he (applicant) caused the disturbance by boating his wife. It was very painful to be unjustly ac cused of such a thing, and he therefore wished to know what ho had better do. Mr. Self e—Get rid of your lodger. Applicant —That is what I 'want, but I cannot tell hoW. Mr. Selfe—Give him notice to quit.. Applicant—And if he don't go, what am 1 do ? Mr. Selfe—Applications like yours are being made regu larly, day by day, and yet people still seem to be ignorant of the course they are to pursue. It is the AB 0 of a landlord and should be known by everybody. Give your tenant notice to quit, then if he does not go give him no tice to appear here, and than an order will bo made upon him to quit, and possession given you of your premises. This should be known, It is a very simple course, which is open to every one. The tenancy mu3t nut exceed £2O per annum. A pplicant thanked the magistrate and retired. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris Is about at par, and t .e short exchange on London is 25t. 153. per £1 sterling. on Comparing these rates with the English Mint price of ils.loid. per ounce tor standard gold, it appe.rs that gold at the above price is slightly dearer in Paris than in Lotolor. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at G 0 days' sight was 107.;-per cent. on the 20th inst. At this rate there would be a loss on the transmission of gold from the United States. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1869. SH.4RB LIST. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share; NAM Closing Businooo E. Paid. Price done 17 D o , 10 lt.) Agra Limited, A all 11 111 111 B 3l 41 60 Albion, 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, link all 211 21P 20 Anglo-llungariau 20 Anglo-Italian 1866 , li m i ted 10 5 4 40 Australasian .. 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm.... 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lira. .. . .... 10 6 4 25 Bank of So u th Australia_ .. all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia. 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand....,. all 151 161 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, 'nd China. 25 Chartered Mere, of India London, and China, all 32 34 20 City 100 Colonial 25 36 37 10 Consolidated, 50 Delhi and London, lira 25 ... ••• 50 East London, lira 5 21 1 1 20 English and American, inn 10 20 English Bank o f Ri o de Ja neiro. 1hn.... ........ 20 English, ocottish, and Aus tralian Chartered .....a all 161 16 1 281 Hon. , Kong and Sha ng h a i Bank C0r p0rati0n......,,. all 3G 33 281 Do new lll 4 100 Imperial, lim: 20 Imperial 0tt0man,,,,,,..... 10 21 24 121 1 k 5 lonian. 25 Do new Lnd Mortgage of India, lira 4 31 31 I' 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 76 tO 100 London Bank: of Mexico and South America, Hui. 20 7 6 100 London and Brazilian, liar. 45 30 '27 20 Do new 71 541 100 London &River Plate, link. 40 6 8 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 23j '241 20 London and C0unty.,...., 2O 401 501 60 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 •• London Joint 5 t0ck....... • 3141321 301 London and South African al 8 9 100 London & S. - Western, lina, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lira.. 121 ••• 100 London and Westminster. 20 571 581 571 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm.. ....... 20 ... 100 Merchant, lim .................. 25 61 5 10 Metropolitan, lim. ............ all 71 71 00 Midland, lira ............ 20 11 1 5 National of Australia ...... 4 .. 25 National of Liverpool, liar. 15 3d 1p 00 National Provinc of Eng'd 42 lO Do 50 National. 3O "' 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Book Corporation all 41 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., Rua lO 61 Li 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 90 92 10 Do new, all ••• ••• 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lira 25 11 1 I 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia, all 46 11 100 Union of Ireland, lira 50 'Union of London TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. eric"Trlefr an 0.,1in11 20 24 201 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 161 17 161 171 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 15 17 at Do. 8 per cent. lOO 52 5 5 st E. and I. Magnetic Tel., Ern. 100 163 163 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 251 259 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lira lO id pr 5 Lend. Provincial Tel. lint all 31 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lira all 61 71 25 Reuter's Telegram all 79 8 1 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all 16 1 0 Idi at Submarine Telegraph Do. Scrip all 11 2 5 11. Kingdom Tel. Co., lien all 7 71 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 11 5 p AIISOELLA, 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all lb 151 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 3 stl 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 141 15 10 Do. New all 141 15 100 Bolekow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 4 18 id 5J British American Land 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 2; 31 20 British Ship Owners 7 .. 29 Canada Company all ci ;.. 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l •• •. 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 6 ..... 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 9 51 41d 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 6 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 50 City Offices, lim 25 23 22 d 50 Colonial, lim Do. . i .. 30 Commercial Union (Assur) 6 p r p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 24 24 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 4i per cent, all 103; 1011 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1011 105 3 100 Do. 1882, 4f per cont. all 103 104 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 2sl 211 15 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lint lO 31 211 st Crystal Palace lOO 22 24 23 2 at Do. Preference lOO 92 97 st Do. 6p. c Pei petual Dob lO9 103 110 20 Darjeeling, lim. 10 Eastern Assam, lim. 6l ... ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit menced by the Liberal Government was not solely their policy. "In speaking cf that subject I should entirely de sire to avoid any ttpi earance of taking credit which ought not to belong to the present Government ; and I have no doubt that if our predecessors had remained in office they would have done something towards a reduction of the public expenditure. Indeed, I em bound to say that, as regards the department in which I have the honour to serve, the course of reduction had already commenced when I had entered upon my office' In the matter of army reorganisation, one of the great objects the Government had in view was that of consoli dating and uniting the scattered forces of the empire, so as to render the regulars, the militia, and the volunteers one homogeneous force. "But, in doing this, the very first step naturally was to recall and bring home a portion of the forces ; and some people have told you this is an indi cation of a new policy towards the colonies—a policy of indifference which may tend ultimately to dissociate the colonies from us and enfeeble the general strength of the country. If it were so really, that would be a very serious objection. England is not only a great nation in herself, but it is our boast that she is a mother of nations, which are already growing to be strong and powerful nations like herself. Well, towards those colonies there are two policies. The first policy, which not many years ago was abandoned, was the policy of patronage. We sat to bonduct their govern ment in London—to do, as they say on the other side of the Atlantic, their thinking for them; but they very and Finance, lim. .... 8 51 41d 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and C op,!,Ant "- _ 271 114 101 d 161 by Egypt. Gov all or es 074 7 20 Egyptian Coin. & Tra.f: llm 6 3 ling. & Aust ra.l. Copper, lieu 23 i 15 Euglisli aud Foreign Credit .73 43 l:341 100 Eng. and Scot. 31 aline, lint 8 10 Fairbairu Engineering 5 3 2(1 20 Fore-streetWarohouse,lim l2 1 2 p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at XB5 all 83 20 50 Gellivara, lim 10 General Credit & Dis., lint 71 14 1.1 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 50 Home & Col Marino In. lim. 5 24 zd 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... 20 Hudson's Bay .............. . 20 Imperial Land. Co. of Mar seilles, lint l2l ..• ••• 20 Interna.Financial Soc. lint 5 2 11 3 20 Interns. Land Credit, lim 6 • 6 44 50 Italian Land 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 Si 3 3 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90.,.,,,,,,,x• all 67 r 9 50 Land Securities, 1im........ 21 11d 25 London African Trading _lO 7 s d, s &c g ia . c E la n mni g Gun e a e r 2 id pr 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 ••• •••' a. 10 Loudon County Land and Building, lim. 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lira 30 2;, 21 4 Lond.Gen.Orunibus.Co.lim. all 2 21 21 L L loan ni & a s n ipr d rr lo G gv and Iron Ship, lim 25 21 16d 8 5 2; sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 104. 108 1081 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1im...... ........ . 50 Merchant Shipping, H a " a ll 32 37 60 Millwall Iron Works, lim. 121 •••• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. ......... 25 National Disco un t C o., 6 114 114 25 National Prov. Marine, lim. 4 ••• • • 10 National Steam Ship, Jim. all 9 1 1 2, " 4 20 Nerbudda Coal& I ron, lim. 6 31 3d 10 New Consolidated Di a. lim. 3 14 5 New Quebrada, Jim..,,. - A.BO ail 4 1 25 New Zealand Loan &Mer. cantile Agency,lizn ........ 21 I IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 7 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., 100 43 51 50 North Brit. & Mamma. In 64 19 194 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 144 50 Oriental Financial, lirn ll 5 Oriental Gas, li nt all 7 8 5 Do. New .................... 1 1p 10 Otago and Southland In, vestment, lim .......... 4d ip 5 Ottoman Gas, 1i m ,, ,. 21 10 Panama, New Ze a l and, and Australian R. Mail lim 5 Do. do. et Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 31 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental st eam a ll 6 43 50 Do. New 1867 . l 9 21 50 Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New ........... all 61 7 2 Rio de Janeiro City Do. Gas, 100 Royal Mail Steam Scottish Aust. Invest., lint 100 78 83 Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 ••• ••• Societe Fin. d'EgYPt e, li m. 10 7 6d Societe Gen.de l'Empire 01. 8 24 31 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 ••• 25 South Australian Land all 33 34 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim. all 29 19, 281 1 20 Thames and Mersey Marine • (Insurance), , lim 2 24 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim.- 81 10 Trust & Agency of Aus,lim. 1 x 1p 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada • k ip 50 Union Marine L'pool, bin 5 41 5 p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 1 4a 20 Universal Marineau.),lim •. 5 3l p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 11 2 30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl o 7 100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Lean-. all ;9 a 791 80 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 11 104 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lint 2O 5 3 20 West London Wharves find 10 Warehouses 3)..±13,413r ra-nr,T r e.a. - - ama, sa do _their own Unniang fox..th, 4. u.0 in the right. They said what one of cur own poets has put into our mouths— " We must be free or die Who speak the tonguo that Shakespeare sick;, The faith and morals bold that Milton held." Well, then, the policy of governing from home was a total and entire failure, and it deserved to be. We had substi tuted for it the policy of doing whatever lies in us to encourage them in the development of their own power, in the increase of their own resources, in the continual engendering and stimulating among them of that spirit of self-reliance which is the prerogative of Englishmen and the cause of their success. Well, that natually implies that the apparatus of Government in ordinary times should also be furnished by themselves. The one is a corollary of the other. This, I contend, is the true policy, not only for their benefit but for ours. If we had adhered to the former policy they would have been very much like what branch railways have unfortunately been to the parent trunk. They would be suckers, not feeders. But adopting the latter policy, they are sources of strength and of honour—they are gems in the diadem of our common Monarch, and whenever the time comes that we have to meet and confront danger, then the power ful mother country will call for the support of powerful colonies, and there will be a confederation such as perhaps the world never saw under a single Sovereign." The right hon. gentleman concluded by a few remarks on the ballot. " I think the objection urged against the ballot that in places where there is a small number of voters it would act unfairly towards the majority is to a certain extent greatly diminished by the changes which have been made in the law of parliamentary representa tion. (Hear.) But any objection I have always told you I felt to the Ballot was, not that I want to perpetuate either intimidation or corrupt influence, to both of which I am sure you know no man is a more firm opponent than I am, but it is because I have not been so sanguine that the ballot would be a remedy for those evils which its advocates claim for it. My intention is when I see the conclusions of the committee, and the evidence upon which they found their conclusions, I mean to arrive at the best conclusion I can for myself as to what is right to be done under the circumstances, and I shall take the first opportunity of this kind, or in my place in Parlia ment, to make known what the conclusion at which I arrive is, and I may add I shall be perfectly prepared to defend it." It is propovd holding an aggregate meeting of the Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce to discuss the " Protec tion" question. The meeting will be held in Bradford Ex change, under the presidency of Mr. Jacob Behrens, the rresident of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce. MASTERSHIP OF THE MINT.—It is stated that Dr. Lyon Playfair is a candidate for the Mastership of the Mint, vacant by the death of Dr. Graham. In the event of his obtaining the appointment, a vacancy would neces sarily occur in the representation of the Universities of Edinburgh and St. Andrews, for which Sir William Stir ling Maxwell would be brought forward in the Conserva tive interest. We believe there is no foundation for the report that the hon. baronet intended to contest the vacancy in the sister Universities of Glasgow and Aber deen.—North British Mail. A CHURCH SEIZED BY BAILIFFS.—On Tuesday evening it was the intention of the opponents of Mr, W. Grant's claims to the possession of St. Andrew's Church, Ramsbottom, to hold a meeting in the church, but Mr. Grant interdicted the meeting, but promised them the use of Dundee School for the purpose. Mr. Grant on Sunday obtained possession of the church, which possession he maintains by the assistance of about eighty bailiffs, who are located in the church and in a cottage at Nuttall-lane. A number of police went down from Bury in anticipation of a fight. No disturbance, however, took place. About seven o'clock in the evening a number of the congregation, deacons, and elders of the Fresbytcry went to the church gates, which were locked, and behind which were a number of bailiffs, who refused them admission. THE HOME SECRETARY ON IRISH QUESTIONS.- At the Liberal amonstration at Blackburn, on Monday, t'ie following letter was read from the Hon. H. A. Bruce: Dear Sir,—l much 'regret that I ain unable to attend the soirée by the Cob Jen Club at Blackburn cn the 27th September, with the view of celebrating the triumph of religious equality in Ireland. The success Of a measure which, giving the appearance of just and equal treat ment, will carry satisfaction and contentment to the hearts of that large portion of the Irish people, which has long suffered under laws, mitigated indeed as compared with the odious severity of former legislation, but still stamped with the mark of inequality and injustice, is a subject of serious consideration to every true Englishman as to every honest lover of justice; and I heartily hope that this peaceful victory may be worthily celebrated at plaekburu,=l P4U, dear kir, yQuo, 3}itucuP COLONIAL GOYXIINMNNT SECUItITII:6 Britivb Columbia, 0 per 0ent.,1872...• _ 100 - Uo. 1895.. lOO - Van.Grov.6 p.0.Jan.".% July 1877-84 ... . . ••-• • l OO I(4' 1061 Hp - Do. 6 p.o 7eb. &Aug lOO It 2 104 - Do. sp. o. Mar. £ Sept l OO 102 104 - Do. p. c. Jan. & July lOO 924 on - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk lOO 90 92 - Cape G. Hope, 6 p. 0.1 873 lOO 102 10} - D0.Ap1.&004 18904900 lOO 111 113 -• - Do. do 1 880-90 lOO 107 109 - Do. Jan.&July, 1 891 •••• 10 0 108 lie Do. 5 and i 5 Oct., 19 00 lOO 98 100 - Ca ton, Nov 1878, 6 p. 0 •• 100 1 08 110 - Do. 187 2 , do lOO 105 10T - Mauritius, 6 p. o, 18711, •• per cent. 15 April - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 .. ........ •• 100 1(5 t o, - Do. 1882, May and NC, •• 00 106 108 - Po. 1805, Fen. Jc Aug lO 106 198 - M.lbourne Corporatn., - 1t167•75,6 per cent •-•• 100 100 100 - N.11.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July•• 100 103 11:4 - "SAW 6 p ot, Apt Oct- • 00 __ - pc. 11. y Sz Nov .•••• 1.0 1( G 105 - N. S.W. 5 ire., '7l tO 7.i• • 110 99 1 , 1 -- Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1800._ 10 3 so , 100 - Do. 5 p.c. rd. 6: to '75 - N.Zealand, 6p. ct. 1891•• 100 - Do. 5 percent.... - DoJan,Apil,July, o t•• 100 91 92 911 - '9l 100 108 110 - Do Ji.ne J: Deo , I'o l •••• 1 00 109 141 - (Do t'rov. , I Aucirld. i I,A - st riei 1 &'2, 1e.98.• ) - - Nova Scotia 6p. c.Jan • and July. 1875 ...... 100 - Do 1860. ..... 1i ,. 0 10 - Qtmnsincl. c. 1 8 .24-. 100 lt7 1033 103 - Do 1891 . - Tasmanian 6 pe t e 1895 1,7 109 Do at 93 , 118 109 Victoria G ior cent. 1691.. lu 0 - Dc, 4pril and Oct J. 9•1 MR. CARDWELL ON LAND TENURE, TILE ARMY. AND NIB COLONIES. Tho Right Hon. E. Cardwell, in conjunction with i ernon Harcourt, addressed a largo meeting of their con stituents at Oxford on Wednesday evening. After the usual review of the labours of the session, which Mr. Card well estimated very differently from Mr. Henley—regard ing it as one of the most laborious he had ever known, the right hon. gentleman passed by natural gradation:2 from the Irish Church Bill to the land question:—" Permit me to say to you in a few words what that question is, and how it happens that the same law which in England pro duced the best results should in Ireland be attended by so much dissatisfaction and injury. Well, the nature:4 causes are something of this sort. Ireland has not been, like England, a country settled for many centuries. It , settlement is comparatively new. Ireland is not, like England, a vast commercial and manufacturing country, wealth continually overflowing the land. Ireland has had n population until a very recent period singularly dis proportionate to its extent. There has been the keenest competition for the possession of land, and a practice has arisen quite different from that which prevails in this coun try. In this country, as you know, the landlord furnishes the fixed capital, and the tenant brings with him only the movable capital, which, when he goes away, he can at once remove and carry with him. And I speak to those who know when I say in England it is as great an object to a landlord to keep a good tenant as to a tenant to keep a good landlord, and if the tenant goes away he carries with him that which he brought, namely, his movable pro perty. But in Ireland it has been the practice for the permanent improvements—that is, the houses, drains, and fences to be done not by the landlord but by the tenant. Accordingly, if the tenant is sud denly dispossessed, he goes away, leaving behind him for the landlord's benefit that which is the result of his own labour or his own expenditure. That is the cause why the same law applied to a different state of things is productive of the consequences of which you hear so much, Now, the natural results are these :—First, in every such case there is a great injury to the man who is so dispossessed ; secondly—and this is of far greater im portance—there is generally a pervading sense of injustice about such a state of things which is very adverse to the current of contentment and good government through the country; thirdly, it is a great discouragement to improvement altogether if a man is not certain of obtain ing reward for his expenditure, labour, and improvement It is our bcunden duty to endeavour to solve this question, and in endeavouring to solve it we must be careful that we do not jump from one injustice to another, not to do injury to one set of men in order to redress the wrongs of another set of men. We ought to make equity and justice the pole star of the course we shall pursue, and endeavour to reconcile with careful regard the security of property and the just rights connected with it. I think I see a dis position on one side to make concession, and I hope that those who are the guides and leaders of the Irish people will shew the same disposition to induce the Irish people to accept that which equity and justice will ' give, and not to demand that vv hich no Parlia ment and no Government can impose cf themselves.' Cothing to his own department, Mr. Cardwell wished to say that the policy of reduction which had been com- ORDINARY BHARBB AND BTOCRI3. 'hue Railways. Paid. Closing Business Prim den*. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 70 72 et Caledonian ... 100 53 83} at 22 Cornwall . all 2} 3 it Dublin & Belfast J una.. 100 74 76 s t Dun„Yerthot Ab.J unc... 100 70 73 2 East London all 7} 8 20 Do 15 - Do 10 - - at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 105 107 at Great Eastern .00 30} 361 361 at Do. E. Aug]. No. 2 lOO ... at Great North of Scotland lOO 15 13 st Great Northern lOO 103 101 104 at Do. A stock lOO 100 101 100 k at Do, B' tock lOO .. at Gt 6, and W. of Ireland lOO 17 19 t (it. Western -Original lOO 54 53.1 131 st Do. South %Vales lOO 55 57 at Do. W. Slid.-Oxford lOO 31 13 at Do. Newport lOO 30 32 at Lancashire& lorkshirs lOO WI .k. 4 121 at Lon., Brigh., & S.Coast lOO 48} 44 01 Do Scrip - - at Inn., Chat., and Dover lOO 1G 161 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 10 12 at Lon. & North Western lOO lisl 16 116 at Lon. & South Western lOO 89 91 Man., whet., & Lincoln lOO 54 53 at Metropolitan . lOO 18} 90 83/ 91 at Do Exteusian 5 Do. New rd - - at Metropolitan District. all 81 33 10 Metrop. st. John's 11 ood 6 - - at 111:thaud at Do, liirutin. & Derby lOO b 4 86 at North British ..... 100 31 35 34} at Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun lOO - - st Nor. Eastern-Berwick.. 100 118 111 113} 13} 25 Do. G. N.E purchase-16.13 ,1 - - at Do Leeds ....... ....... 100 72 74 at Do York lOO 109 111 at Do Carlisle .... • - - at Do Stoes. &Darling lOO 148 150 I.o} at North London 10 Do New 1808. 4 1} 2 p at North Staffordshire." lOO 54 56 at North.antl S.-W. Junction 100 101 103 10 Do New £lO shares 7' •• at Rhy , mney at Shropshire Union lOO 57 58 at South Devon',.. st South Eastern lOO 75} 751 75} at Sta.iues,Wok'hani,& Wok alll 13 14 at 'rail Vale -- Do. C . 6 - - - Waterford & Kilkenny - 10 Waterloo & Whitehmi 8 - - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOOKS, at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO it Do. Scot. N.H., 41 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 0 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO it Dc. do. Ordinary lOO 78 82 it Do. Midland st • Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all stl Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO at tit. Eastern, E.O Ex. No. 1 100 97 101 at Do do No. 2 100 96 99 st Do do 6 per cent 100 107 110 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 at Do do B G do. 100 st Do do 0 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 110 63 72 et Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 it Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 100 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 10E1 Do 41 do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm 100 st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, lit pi' 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 94 96 et; C t.West.— Orig.& Jnt.-ltent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 104 106 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). S p.c. 100 93 100 at Do do 4 1 per cent. 1850... 100 87 81 st Do do 4 do do ... 100 78 80 at Do do 5 per cent. redem. 100 96 us st Do do Birmingham gua.. 100 66 70 st Do do do pref... 100 st Do do Chester gua lOO rd it Do do do IS per cent lOO et Do do do 5 do 100 95 14 it Do South Wales, gua.. 4 p.c. 100 it Do do 44 p.c lOO it Do do 4j 1859 lOO ~, at Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 114 1 st Do do 23 gua lOO 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c IVO 00 92 st Do do 23 do 100 97 LOO st Do gua. 5. , per cent. 1803 100 - 00 Lancaster & 4 Uarlisle 41 p.c. all et Lancaeb. & Yorksh. 0 p.c. 101 1 1a at Du Barnsley, £5 35101 p.c. 190 at Do p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 1 : ,;(; I:js st Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 98 100 at: London & Brighton. sp. c. guaranteed, No 1 lOO ••• ••• sti Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 IOU (W.E. & C.Y.) 100 st Do 6 do do lOO st Do 6 do N. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent lOO ••• 100 st London, Chatham, &Dover ••• Batt DoDo 46 d d 0 .185, 5 per cent lOO at Loudon and H.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO He 114 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Do Shrowsb'y & 10d at London and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 1.30 a Do (Portsm. perp ans 2s6d) all • Man., Shcf.,&Lineln. 6 p.c lOO Do s Do 31 per cent lOO 80 65 1 Do r redeem. G per cent 5 il t P• c•,•-.1% 1 s Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO VS we • Do 43 per cont. irredeem lOO 98 IJJ s Du Leicester p.c lOO So rt it North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO at Do E. a'r. U. 4p.c.S. & D lOO „„. st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per con.t lOO st Du Border Union, 53 p.c lOO it N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 85 st Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 97 99 st Du t 3 N.B. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital Do York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 1 . 01 Do Stcktu & Drliug. A. 5 p.c lOO 107 101 st Do W. llartlepool ill. and It 100 87 89 SI/ 2() North Staffordshire all 20 1 211 10s S. Devon Annuities, Ls all 9 10 108 Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 9/ 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 84 1 0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO ... ... st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... ... at Taff Vale No.l lOO 150 15$ st Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 43 45 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. st Clgledonian .41 p c gua. et Do Scot. Con. min. 7p c lOO ... et Do 4f p irredoem all ... st Do 4p c con. issued at SO 65 ... st Great Eastern 4f per cent. 100 77 Su st Do b do, 1862 lOO 86 el 3 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 86 e 8 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 83 86 et Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 ... et Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 st Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 at GreatWeet., W. Midi., 5p o 100 ..„ et Do Joint porpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 lit et Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 105 108 20 Do Vale Neath peril. 5p c all 19 28 et Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York New 4f per cent till July, 1871 - - 2 : 1p a Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... ... et Do do 4 do, 1860 100 •• • ... at Do do 41 do: 1861 leQ at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 et Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 et Do No. 7 5 do 100 at Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.e lOO at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.e lOO Do do C p.c 100 et London &N. Western, 5p c 100 108 110 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 y 95 10 Man. Shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1665 all y 91 at Metropohntn 5 per cent lOO J 104 at Midland, Lk 5 per cent pref lOO 107 100 at Do B 5 do 100 107 WV 18 Do 5p c opt, to cony. to • Orel. Stk - Sept:lLlB6 - 9 all 214 21/ 18 Do Ineonv. New Shares all 19 191 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 ... . 8 1 2fp st Nort h British, E. and (; DD 00 N tE o ,a l p , G. , 5 per NDou n c 2. 7 2 : dp . . 4e . c 1 1 10 0 00 0 0 st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ." st st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., N 0.3,5 p.c lOO st Do E. & (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 By North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 ;; st Do Stock. & Darl., D lOO 112 114 st North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ,„ 8 : st Eastern, S 0 D U o t h sD E o a d s o te (ch rn,. 5 4 c 4 ro p das c o) , 1 1 88 85 663 9 1 1 1 10 00 000 st Do 5 do, 1864 s t Victoria & Pimlico, 4i pc 100 .7: jAILWAyS•-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st 13irkeuhead - all e 93 00 Do. 44 per cent. Prefer.., all 96 100 at Bucking hamahire at Chester and Holyhead lO6 51 .56 ' at Do. di per cent. et Do. 5 do. 100 116 442 tt t CEacliodisetehLsedisnatelceor,isngt,uegauurraavn. 6 t a e l e ple d .ye.::: 11100000 v 1.12 13.7 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... s Gt. Easa., Newm.,.&c., 5 p.c 100 s Do. E. U. Harwich , 4 p .c 100 . 7 . st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 •• • • st Gt. West, W. Mi d., Heref 100 96 vs 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 2t6 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 st Do. 41 per cent l OO st London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO st Do. Corn. Fund, 5 do 100 at London and Greenwich st Do. do Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 85 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 81 at Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all at Midland, Brxiford, Prof lOO 92 04 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East., 5 per cent all 63 56 So __Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Easters— Hartlepool lOO ... ... st N.West.A porp. pref, Ap c 100 107 109 st Du B minimum It p.c 100 ... ... st Notting. &Uranth. IL& C 100 91 93 25 Preston and VI - yr°. ... Itoyston, Hitch., and Shep lou 132 134 st Shrewsbury auHereford 100 132 I:11 10 Do du 8 2 24p st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 97 99 t De 4 per cent gea— I 0 , 78 30 st Do L do st Via. Station and Pimlico lOO : t West Cornwall I! U West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all ••• .... st Weymouth and Portland lO ... .... st Wilts and Somerset • DOCKS. st East and We.lLlndia lOO 118 121 Loudon and St. Katherine lOO ju 51 100 I) cUeb. stock, 4 per cent all ~.. . Ilillwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 27 '4 st Southampton WO 68 70 at burrey c 01.1111Pircial COMB O PAPERS. (From Punch.) , BOTHERATION -On the Irish Lini question everybody is—of course—at sea. Then they should try to promote the Irish fisheries. The author of "time 'Homo " succeeds Canon Kingsley in the char of .44liern. History at Cambridge. Lord Shaftesbury is as vorell as can be expected, and Archdeacon Denison is so much recovered that no further bulletins will be issued. OPENING ON A SCENT.—The Times, in a city article, mentions "as an illustration of the devices used by the European Assurance Society to entrap the unwary," that in one of its pamphlets it said that " favourable notices of the report and meeting appeared in the Times." "It is hardly necessary," adds the writer of the City article, "to say that no such notices were inserted." Not necessary, but very desirable, because here is indicated a means of getting at somebody. Somebody must have written the pamphlet. Where is the manuscript ? Where is the printer, to prove whence he got it? And then—where is the nearest police court? (From Fun.) " Fux " PROPOSES A TOAST.—May education spread, but never let it enable a cabman to count his horse's ribs. No MISTAKE.—Tne Standard the other day spoke of a notorious insurance company as the " Alhert." This was not a misprint by any means. The mistake was in not spelling it All-hurt. TARE A LESSON FROM THE PARTRIDGES.—That admi rable institution, Guy's Hospital, is about to be enlarged. Now is your opportunity, holders of long purses or stray sovs. ; imitate the " birds," and come out strong on "the wing." (Front Judy.) GOLDER FOOD.—A roll of bank-notes. A Very " Deep " Dive—the Khe-dive of Egypt. After the late Macmillan affair, nothing that is hidden ought to be described as Stowe-d away ! CoLoYTAL.—Why is a sleeping child like the method adopted for procuring labourers from the Sandwich Islands? Because it is kid-napping. THE IRISH QUESTION AGAIN.-At a meeting held near Limerick, to petition for the liberation of the Fenian prisoners, a resolution was agreed to, which ran thus : " That the farmers of Ireland will not accept of any tenant right until the prisOners are first liberated." The Irish question is thus made a mere matter of lease and release. IHE ELEC7ION FOR LORD MAYOR. THE POLLING—Two o'CLocK. The following is the result of this day's polling BESLEY'S CO3I3IITTEE. Besley Lord Mayor 399 Wilson w 360 The polling is going on very languidly. The Lord Mayor's Committee did not issue any return of the numbers polled; in fact, it seemed as if his lordship's proposers had given up the contest as hopeless. All the activity in the contest is being made by Alderman Besley's Committee. EXCITING SCENE AT A FIRE. This (Thursday) morning a fire, which caused an un usual amount of excitement, happened iu Beat-yard, Clare-market. The premises belonged to Mr. Simmons, a carpenter and builder, and ware about 40 feet long, coa t dui:3g a large quantity of work, some finished and some partially so. Upon the stock in trade becoming ignited the fire assumed a very threatening appear:Luca. Under Mr. Simmons's workshop and around it were nu:nerous stables, cart and waggon houses, an 1 a row of houses let to poor families. When the discovery was mad: an immense con course of people assembled ou the spot, and they broke open the doors of the stables and sot the horses loose, and they galloped about the place in terrible confusion. Waggons, carts, and costermongers' barrows were also wheeled out, and the narrow approaches to the scene of the conflagration were in many cases blocked up, and at the same time the occupiers of the surrounding houses were either throwing their furniture into the street or running about almost in a state of nudity, carrying in their arms their children. At the same time a man driving a cab had his vehicle overturned by striking the kerb, and a person, supposed to be named Martin, was so seriously injured that he was removed to King's College Hospital bleeding profusely and quite insensible. Mr. Bridges, and En gineers Hutchins, Paul, Gerrand, and other officers, attended with numerous engines of the Metropolitan Brigade and the London Salvage Corps followed. The firemen, in less than half an hour, managed to allay the fears of the neighbours as to any extension of mischief, but the flames could not be subdued until serious damatre was done, not only to Mr. Simmons's premises, but several others adjoining. The origin of the fire is unknown. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam ito l ti?mda in — ... 12 21 ... 12 3 Antwerp — ••• 25 42} ... 25 471 Brussels — ... 25 424 ; ... 25 47 Haul burg u — ... 13 111 ... 13 111 Path , S hort ... 25 15 ... 25 22± Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Mai u ... 121 ... 1211 V ienua — ... 12 571 ... 12 65 Trieste — ... 12 57k ... 12 65 Petersburg Copenhagen... — ~ 9 22 ... 9 24 Berlin Madrid.. I, __. Uadiz ... 4St ... 49 Leghorn Milan ... 26 60 ... 26 70 Genoa — ... 26 60 .., 26 70 Naples Palermo — ... 26 60 ... 26 70 Messina ... 26 60 ... 26 70 Lisbon — ... 51f .._. 511 Oporto — ... 511 ... 511 Rio Janeiro — ... ... New York The people of New York are in a state of great excitement on the question whether any one has a right to keep crowing roosters in his back yard to i ob his neigh bours of their morning rest. The Springfield Republican of September 11 gives this condensed account of the terrible colliery disaster in Pennsylvania:—" One of the most appalling accidents that ever happened in this country occurred at the Avon dale Mine, owned and operated by the Delaware, Lacka wanna, and Western Railroad Company, at Plymouth, Pennsylvania, on Monday, Sept. 6. A fire broke out in a flue at the bottom of the only shaft to the mine, and soon the whole breaker and out-buildings were in flames, the hoisting apparatus, the only avenue of escape for the miners, was destroyed, and finally the whole structure fell, partly filling up the shaft, while 200 men or boys were in the mine, where they had gone in the morning to work. Of course the scene at the mouth of the mine was soon heart-rending, the families and friends of the incarcerated miners being gathered there, in faint hope of their being rescued alive, while from all the region round many others flocked to render assistance. Prompt efforts were made to enter the mine, to discover the fate of the workmen, but the first two men who went downthe shaft were themselves killed by the foul air, and it was not till Wednesday morning that entrance was finally effected. Then the worst fears were realised, for all the miners were huddled together and dead, having vainly erected barricades with a view to keep out the foul damp and smoke till assistance could arrive. The work of bringing up the bodies at once commenced, and the funerals were held on Thursday and Friday. The families of the dead, numbering 600 in all, are left much worse off than they would have been had it not been for the long strike, during which their former earnings had been spent, and it is likely if it had not been for the strike that the accident would not have occurred. Being unused, foul gases had gathered in the mine, and the building over the shaft had become dry as tinder ; instead of having an iron floor as it ought to have had, it was of woud, and quickly fell in, shutting off all the means of escape for those within the mine. Indeed, no precautions whatever for safety seem to have been used, and during the three months' strike the mine and buildings were neglected. The men only went to work last week, Thursday. The New York board of brokers has subscribed $5,000 for the suffering survivors, Asa Packer gives $2,500 and Gover nor Geary $1,500; and smaller subscriptions will make in the aggregate a much larger sum. Work has, of course, been suspended in all the mines in the vicinity, and will not be resumed for some days ; and if the miners would refuse to go to work at all till greater provision is made for their safety, it would be a strike in which they would have the sympathy and support of the public." Du I3AltnY's Delicious Health Restoring Revalenta Ambica Food, which contains three times the nourishment of the best meat, saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, re freshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the mos -, enfeebled, removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dys pepsia), habitual constipation, diarrho3a, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sort throats, catarrhs, colds, influenza; noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, head ache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, sinking fits, coughs, asthma, bronchitis, incipient consumption, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach, between theshoulders, ttc. We quote a few out of sB,OOO cures : —The Pope's health restored by Du Berry's Food, Cure No. 18,413. ' Rome, July 21, 180. -The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica F. Oll , of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has Produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From the Gazette du Midi, July 25. Cure No. 9,832: "of Fifty piars' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, eonstipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting. Maria Jolly. Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk. Cure ho. 47,121: Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits. and nervous fancies. Important Caution —Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imita tions to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is m_st audaciously attached In tins, at 1 s lid; 1 lb 2s 9d; 21bs 4s 6d ; slbs lls; 12 lbs 22x; 21 lbs 40s. - Also 130 BARRY'S REVALENTA ARIBICA CHOCOLATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at k El, for ti cups at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 cups at 30s, for 576 cups at 55s —being about one penny per cup. The 308 and 55s tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post-Office° , ier.— Blau Ir DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; and all Grocers and Chemists _ ,~ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day NEWMARKET FIRST OC TUBER MEETING. QUEEN'S PLATE. Blueskin.. Mysotis SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS. Macduff..., Verity— ~ Seven ray. LATEST BETTING. CESAREWITCEI. 9 to 1 agst See Saw (taken) 500 to 15 agst Birth&ly (taken) Very little betting. The Palmer is reported to have broken down. CLIT BETTING.—Turs DAY. CESA RE WITCH. 10 to 1 agst See Saw (taken) SO V) 1 agst Cecil (taken) 203 to 2 agst Marquis of Carabas (taken) 100 to 1 agst Palmer (offerod) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 8 ngst Prior (taken) NEWMARKET RACES—YESTERDAY. BIENNIAL SWEEPSTAKES. Duke of Beaufort.. 17.0. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES, 15 SOVS. Brocklesby Recruit Moonstone 3 Eight ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES, 20 SOVS. Monkshood Nightjar 2 MATCH. Parva beat Aftenr ath. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Jersey Succession Damages... .., t Zerlina t 21sT TRIENNIAL PRODUCE STAKES Martinique Toison d'Or Islam . 3 Five ran. £5O PLATE. Vortigern Anemone f Ajax Sr. LEGER STAKES. Midsummer . Boulogne 2 Typhon 3 1 Seven ran. GRANBY STAKES. Whea tear Cassiopo colt.. Bruce.: Five ran. LATEST BETTING. CESAREWICH. 11 to 1 agst See-saw (taken) 100 to 7 agst Starter (taken) 100 to 7 agst Lady Evelyn filly (taken ) 100 to 7 agst Miss Peddle colt (taken) 100 to G agst Cherie (takco) 100 to 6 agst Goa lolier (taken) 23 to 1 agst John Davis (taken) 25 to 1 agst Cecil (taken) /13 to 1 agst Toby (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lopez (taken) 1000 to 25 agst Vacuum (taken) RACING FIXTURES. OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 1 Kelso 19 20 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 i Cheltenham l9, 2,1 I Leicester 7, 8 Curragli l9, 20, 41 13romley 7 8 West braytun .........20, 21 Newmarket 2d Uct...11, &c. Newmark non _2 5 , Ltc I Chelmsford l9 20 NOVEMBER. Harrow ...2, 3 Eglinton Hunt G Worcester 3, 4 I Liverpool St. Albans 5, 6 Shrewsbury l5, 6 LIFE ASSURANCE IN MASSACH USETTS. -v-_--_ The Boston Daily Advertiser says :—" Life insur ance in Massachusetts, according to the commis sioner's report just published, has had another year of extraordinary prosperity. Of the 59 companies now doing business in this State, the oldest dates back no -•„_ • - • than a biliiou antiot insurance represented in this report is the growth of less than half a genera tion. It is one of the very few great interests which among us have known no fluctuations from the be ginning, but it has grown steadily in war and in peace till it is without a parallel in the annals of corporate enterprise. Since the official valuation of policies was begun in 1858, the number of com panies had increased from 14 to 56 at the beginning of the present year, the number of policies out standing from 40 thousand to more than half a mll lion, the amount insured from 117 millions in round. numbers to 1,567 millions, the annual income from 5 millions to 77 millions, and the computed premium. reserve from 11 millions to more than 140 mil lions. Much of this large increase is due unques tionably to an increasing appreciation of the benefits of life insurance, and much also to the energetic competition which since 1865 has made the business of insurance one of the most active as well as one of the most fruitful in the State. The novel methods of insurance lately brought into vogue, which, though somewhat be wildering to the common mind, are nevertheless made in the hands of skilful agents to appear at. tractive, have led many of late years to invest in. this way, with the expectation of living to reclaim their own with usury. Not even the scepticism excited by the failure of many old companies in Great Britain, certified by the best names in the realm, nor the exaggerations and extravagances with which some new companies have brought discredit/ upon life insurance, nor the difficulty of understand ing the process by which the continued solvency. of any particular company is assured, have pre vented the most sagacious men from contributing to swell the immense pecuniary interest which this branch of insurance represents. The policy-holder is made to feel secure, not so much by the strength of the names which give eclat to his particular com pany, or to the representations of its enterprising agents, as to the searching and thorough tests to which it is liable under our laws, made in accord ance with the judgment of accomplished actuaries, and with the best light they have been able to throw on the science of insurance. The report now before us shows with what labour and fidelity these tests have been applied in this State, and with what good results. The tables are full and compre hensive, and cover every point which has been brought into controversy in connection with the busi ness of life insurance. Upon the strength of these tables the commissioner deprecates the multiplication of companies and the tendency to extravagance of management on the part of companies newly launched. Ile also introduces a timely caution to applicants for insurance against the new-fangled plans which have come into use. These secure large and quick returns to agents, and secure to the com panies the control of large capital to compensate for the remote liability. But they are speculative in their nature and aside from the legitimate pur poses of life insurance. The old-fashioned whole life policy, or, better still, the endowment-insurance policy, to provide against the possibility of depend ent old age, is commended as by all odds the cheapest and best form of insurance for those to whom life assurance is a necessity, and who cannon afford to deal with the company except upon the best terms for themselves." MARKE7 S-2 HIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Sept. 30.—Salos probably 5,000 bales. The• market downward tender cy. LITERARY NEWS.—Ale.isrs. Hurst and Blackett announce the following new works for appearance its October and. November. The second volume of " Ifs r Majesty's Tower," by Hepworth Dixon, dedicated by express permission to the Queen. "The Unkind Word, and other Stories," by the author of " John llalifux 2 vols. " The Life and Remains of Robert Lee, D.D.," minister of Old Groyfriars, and chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen, by H 11. Story, with an Introductory Chapter, by Mrs. Oliphant, 2 vols. "Noblesse Oblige," by Sarah Tytler, author of " The Huguenot Family," &c., 3 vols. "Francis the First, and other Historic Studies," by A. Baillie Cochrane, 2 vols. "Debenham's Vow," by Amelia B. Edwards, author of "Barbara's History," &c., 3 vols. " Guy Vernon," by the Hon. Mrs. Woulfe, 3 vols.: and a cheap edition of "Robert Falconer," by George Mac- Donald, LL.D., price 55., forming the Now Volume of Hurst and Blackett's Standard Library.