The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-11 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. At the Stock Exchange to-day there was little doing except preparing for the Share Settlement, which begins o❑ Monday. The tone is firmer, and the changes are favourable. In the Foreign Stocks there is a good demand for Italian, which is about the only feature. Railways are steady. Telegraph Shares are animated. Cons, is are firm at yester day's closing prices. There is a slight decline in Construction and Maintenance Company. Consols are now at 921 to 924 for money; ditto, for Ac:ount, —; Three per Cent. Re duced, 92 ; New Tkree per Cents, 92 1 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 5 prem. ; June, 2 7 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, prem. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 44 per Cent., 238 40. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 111- 12 ; ditto 4 per Cent-, Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Eufaced Paper, 4 per Cent., —. The Foreign Market continues firm, but prices show no particular change. Italian is stronger, at 541 to 54i ; Spanish New Three per Cents. are quoted at 271 to 274 ; Egyptian (1868), 541 to 544 ; Mexican, 131 to 14 ; l'eruvian, 83.1 to 84i Turkish Five per Cents., 441 to 441 ; Argentine, 87 to 88 ; Russian Railways are steady ; Orel is marked at 821 to 83 ; and Charkof, 81 to 811. The Railway Share Market is comparatively quiet, and the changes in prices are few and unim portant. London, Chatham, and Dover is better, at 15 to 151 ; and South Eastern, at 77i to 77; ; but Caledonian is lower, at 78; to 79. Other de scriptions are steady. Great Eastern is now 37 to 37; ; Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; ditto (A), 1081 to 109 ; Great Western, 551 to 56 ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 1261 to 127 ; London and North Western, 1211 to 122 ; London and South Western, 93 to 95 ; Metropolitan, 834 to 84f ; Midland, 119,1 to 1201; Midland, 119 i to 1201 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 120 to 1201. Continental Railway Shares are in fair request, and prices are firm. Lombardo-Venetian is 1 better, at 201 to 201 ; Great Luxemburg unaltered, at 121 to 121. The market for American Bonds keeps firm. The Five-Twenties are quoted 851 to 86 ; the 1865 issue, 841 to 841 ; the 1867 issue, 86 3 . to 861 ; and the Ten-Forties, 821 to 83. Erie Shares are 20 to 201, and Illinois 994 to 1001. The transactions in Bank Shares are unimport ant, and the only movement in prices is a decline of 10s. in London add County, the price being 461 to 47i ; London and Westminster is steady, at 58 to 591 ; London Joint-stock, 31 to 32 ; Union of London, 37 to 33; Imperial Ottoman, 2a to 21 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 31 to 32 ; Anglo- Austrian, 10 to 12pretn. ; Alliance, 121 to 131 ; and Agra A, 101 to 10. A considerable demand continues to prevail fur Telegraph Shares, especially Construction and Maintenance, which have again advanced. The bargains were again at 31:1 to 35 ; but have since become less strong, and now quoted at 344 to 341, being an improvement of 1 since last night. French Cable is 1 higher, at 151 to 151 ; Anglo-Ameri can is also firm, at 191 to 19-i. Falmouth is dealt in at fl to 1 prem. ; British India, 21 to 31 ; and Anglo-Mediterranean, 271 to 171. A. fair business is doing in Colonial Government Securities, and prices are well supported. Canada Five per Cents. are quoted at 961 to 971; New Zealand Five per Cents., 934 to 944 ; Queensland Six per Cents., 934 to 94; ; Queensland Six per Cents., 110 to 111 ; and Victoria Six per Cents., 114 to 115. Mifcellaueous Shares are quiet. Hudson's Bay is steady, at 12k to 121 ; National Discount, 11 to 111 ; General Credit, 11 to k dis. ; and Interna tional Finance, 21 to 11. . The half -monthly settlement in shares and foreign stocks will begin on Monday (" continuation day") and end on Wednesday. The amount of gold sent into the Bank yester day was £77,000. The Silesia, from New York, has brought £5,638 in specie. The steamer Bangalore took out to-day £79,365 in specie for the East. Annexed are the particu lars, viz., for Alexandria, gold, £lO,OOO ; Aden, gold, £80; Gallo, gold, £1,320; Bombay, gold, £26,600; and silver, £lO,OOO ; Madras, gold, £5,585 ; Singapore, silver, £23,800; and Shaughae, silver, £1,980. A communication, forwarded to the Stock Ex change by the managing director of the East Indian Railway Company, states as follows :—" I beg to inform you that it is the intention of the board, at the ensuing half-yearly meeting, which will be held during the present month, to recommend, in addi tion to the usual guaranteed interest, the payment of a dividend on the stock and share capital of the company at the rate of ss. per cent., the latter free of income tax." We are informed that Mr. John Watts, of Man chester, has been appointed manager of the Euro pean Assurance Society, at a salary of £1,200 per annum, in the place of Mr. Henry Lake, resigned. A petition for the winding up of the Oaker thorpe Iron and Coal Company (Limited) is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor James on the 18thinst. The prospectus was issued yesterday afternoon of an undertaking which is full of importance to our great commercial interests in the East. The China' Submarine Telegraph Company (Limited) proposes to extend to China the great system of submarine electric telegraphs which will shortly reach, through the medium of the British Indian and British In dian Extension Companies, to the Straits of Ma lacca. At that point the China Submarine Tele graph Company will take up the system, and by means of a cable about 1,640 miles in length will carry the communication to Hong Kong. The second section, about 1,000 miles in length, is intended to be laid from Hong Kong to Shanghai, touching at one or more of the other Treaty Ports. An ultimate extension to Japan is contem plated. With reference to the affairs of Messrs. Mitchell and Phillips, tin and metal brokers, who failed about a fortnight ago, with unsecured liabilities to the amount of about £30,000, and whose estate, it is said, shows only about 2s. in the pound, it ap pears that a meeting of the creditors is proposed to be held at the Guildhall Tavern on Wednesday next. Letters from Birmingham announce that a peti tion in Bankruptcy has been filed by Mr. Edward Michelson, of the Upper Priory, woollen ware houseman. His liabilities are stated at £15,000 to £20,000. The failure has been caused by the de pression of trade and losses upon consignments abroad. At the meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company a dividend was de clared of 3 per cent. for the half-year, free of in come tax. The chairman, Mr. Allan, remarked that, although the rate of freight has lately been considerably below that which prevailed some time since, yet the increase in the quantity of goods carried enables the company to show very satisfactory results. At an extraordinary meeting of the Irrigation Company of France (Limited) resolutions were passed in favour of the voluntary winding up of the undertaking ; the transfer of its business to a French concern, yet to be formed ; and the ap pointment of Mr. Cave, M.P., and Mr. A. Young as liquidators. The Bond and Debenture Holders' Committee of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, of which Mr. David Chadwick, M.P., is chairman, yesterday issued a circular or report to those interested. It recites the proceedings which have been taken by Mr. Chadwick in America, as pre viously announced. The committee add :--" Mr. Chadwick is now engaged in important negotia tions, which have their entire approval, and which, if successful, will be such, your committee believe, as to commend them to all classes of creditors." The report then goes into a controversy with the committee with which Mr. Huxley and Mr. Rida- ~~ dale are connected, and it concludes with an appeal to all for a vigorous support. BRITISLI FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT ruNDs. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, Jan. 6 per Cent. Reduced 92 Sew 3 per Cent New 2k per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. o per Con Jf.tn.1873 Annuities, SU yrs, expire sth Jail., 1880. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Tole&raph), Aug., 1908 — ':xchoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. March Pal D.. 3 do. June 7 £lOO, £2OO & £5OO pm dank of England Stock, 41 per Cent 238 opening Cauada # per Cent. Bonds Inter-Colonial Uranium INDIAN GOVERNMENT bECURITIES. Judi V took, 104 per Cent., April 1874 Shut Do. Opening, for Account Do. 3 pur Cent..fuly, 1880 Vu. 4 pec Cent. Oct. 1888 DJ. Certificates Do. Eufaced Pape, 4 per Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 • Do. 51 per Ceut. May 1879 Do 5 per Cent., Rup: Dar. Do do 18r47. Do. do. 1882 Du. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do Bonde ; 4 per Cont., £l,000 Do. under .£l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent B6l tuitrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 18 . 59 — Braiilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1838....• — Do. au 1860 72 Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per bent., 1865 Dr. Account Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. Oudiau 6 per Cent — f 'o. 41 per Cent 741• Do. 3 per Cont., Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per cent. 1867 991 0 lorubian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Dann bian Principalities, 7 par Cent B5l l'o. Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent• Egyptian, 7 per Cent — 1;c1 Secolid Issue Do..CSW, Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds De. 410 C Bonds Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 Do. £lOO Bonds • • ••• Government Rail way Debentures — Greek 5 per Cent., 182 i 5, ex Coups. — Do. Coupons Do. Account Gultemaleo . por Cent .. — Honduras dov Rail. Loan., 10 p.,Ct., all pd 85 1 ltaiian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account . — Do Maremmana Railway 5Ol 11.,xican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account D o . 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — dontovideau 6 per Cent. .. — )r1 c _rich Imperial 5 per Cent Ne w Granada — Do 3 per Con., — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account .. 841 31 Do 4} per Cent. (Ui:harren) ••• Do 4f per Cont., 1862 •.. Do Account Portaguese 3 per Ct., 1853, 'B, 7,'9,'6u,'2.': 311 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 par Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4} per Cent 1850 - Do '1 per Cc lit., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 'do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds._ 911 Do. dv. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9ll Do. do £B4 las. do — Do Nicolas Railway 651 1 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Dcforrou Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account :,wedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 pQr Cent ., .. . — DJ Account Do 6 pr Cont. 1858 — Jo Account Do £lOO Bowls — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account 67 i Do £lOO Bonds 69- I Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 — Do. Acc. ant D 1 por Cent., Guaranteed.... Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do 6 por Cont. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil„ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes 3 por Cont., Ex. 25f. ! Wien 5 por dent. 1851, Ex. 25f. Do Account 5ll I CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money Do. Account, Jan. 6 9 2 4- xd 771 E LATE MR. PEABODY. The remains of the late Mr. George Peabody were taken out of the temporary tomb in West minster Abbey at seven o'clock this morning in the presence of Dean Stanley, Canon Nepean, Mr. Peabody Russell, and Sir Curtis Lampson and Mr. Chas. Reade M.P. (executors). The coffin was con veyed in a hearse to Waterloo Station, where it remained until 12 o'clock. It was then conveyed by train to Portsmouth, where it will be placed, at 3 o'clock this afternoon, on board the Monarch. The vessel will leave Portsmouth this afternoon on her voyage out to America, accompanied by the American man-of-war Plymouth. LA TV INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council heard to-day the appeal of Currie and Company T. the Bombay Native Insurance Company, from the Court of the Recorder of Rangoon. That learned judge dismissed with costs a claim preferred by the appellants for 40,000 rupees due on two policies of insurance on the cargo and disbursement of the ship Northland. 'lhe question at issue is whether there was a total loss of freight, or whether the cargo might not have been forwarded. Their lordships having deliberated for a consider able time, Lord Chelmsford said their lordships would take time to consider this case. Sir R. Palmer and Mr. Grantham appeared for the appel;: lants, and the Solicitor-General and Mr. W. Williams for the respondent. Vice-Chancellor Stuart, in delivering judgment to-day in the case of " Pulbrook v. the Universal Banking Company," commented in strong terms on the delays that take place in winding up companies, which he described as " a disgrace to the court and the country." In the Court of Queen's Bench to-day, Sir George Honeyman applied to have the Overend and Gurney case taken out on Monday next, and in the course of observations between his lordship and the learned counsel the Lord Chief-Justice said he was not yet sure that the Overend-Gurney case would be tried. He had made inquiries with a view to the arrangement of the business of the Court, and all be could find was that one learned counsel had been retained. If that learned gentleman had been instructed as well as retained, he thought he would have been in formed of it. It afterwards transpired that a brief had been delivered in the case of Mr. M'Rae Moir, one of the four learned gentlemen mentioned to-day as Wing retained for the prosecution. A further reduction in the number of workmen employed in the shot and shell foundry and factory of the Laboratory Department of the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich has been made this week by the dis charge of 50 more skilled workmen. These con tinued discharges from this branch of the depart ment are causing great surprise, as it is well known that there is a very inadequate store of common and shrapnel shells for the many hundreds of wrought-iron and converted cast-iron G4-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns, and a still greater paucity of Palliser common and shrapnel shells and Palliser shot for the large number of 7,8, 9, 10, and 12 inch muzzle-loading rifled guns which have been manufactured. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1869 LIST. tiliAttEb AND STOCSis JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Busing Share& NAME. Paid. Price dome 10 Agra Limited, A all 101 11 101 /0 Do B lO 31 4 41 50 Albion l6 10 6 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 22 221 p 221 20 Anglo-litmgarian 8 14 21 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 19 8 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 13 '2O Do issued at 2 pm._ ~.. 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 23 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 87 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 151 161 181 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China all 17 18 17 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China a ll 31 32 20 City lO 10 11 100 Colotiial 25 1 43 10 Consolidated, Bin. st) Delhi and London, lint SO East London, Bin 5 23 11 20 English and American, lim 10 ... 2U English Bank of ltio de Ja neiro lint 20 English, Scottish, and Aus traliau Chartered , all 161 16 4 281 Hong Kong and Sha ng h a i Bak Corporation all 36 33 281 Do uew lll 4 i 100 Imperial, lint 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 24 21 121 z 5 lonian all 19 22 25 Do new 5 6 3 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 84 Si 100 Do 5 p.c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 76 t 0 100 London Bankl of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 35 30 20 Do new 71 5 41 100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 11 13 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 124 20 Loudon Chart. of Australia all 231 244 22 20 Loudon and County 2O in 501 47 1 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. it ... • London Joint Stock 3ll 321 311 London and South African al 8 9 100 London & S. - Western, lint, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lint_ 121 ... ••• 100 London and Westminster. 20 671 561 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O ... 100 Merchant, lint 10 Metropolitan, lint.., all 71 74 00 Midland, lim.. 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3d 1p 00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do 50 National.. 3O ... .. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 39 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint lO 61 81 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 VO 02 $94 10 Do new. all ..• ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 14 11 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 43 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of Loudon l4 37 '.-.8 374 TELEGRAPII COMPAN I ES. 477 - 1" ... 1 rlg o7American lei., lint ali — 194 201 ivi 10 Anglo 3lcditer Tel., Bin.— 10 171 174_ et Atlantic Telegraph lO 14i 151 et Do. 8 per cent. lOO 4:4 46 at B. and L Magnetic Tel., lim. 100 178 183 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 258 263 10 Do. New 8 12 Lip 25 Indo-European Tel., lim li ld pr 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. but all 3 I 4. 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 4 1 p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 11 71 24 Reuter's Telegram all 79 81 . 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all 15 154 151 et Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 14 11 6U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 71 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all i i p MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 141 15 141 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mum Laud and Finance, lila 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, km 3 5,1 10 Berlin Water Works, Hui all 1t; iti 10 Do. New all -- 1(10 Bolckow Vaughan, Inn. 5 Bombay Gas, lilt. 5 Do. New 4 11 id 4 5,1 British AniericauLaul 4l 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lint all 21 31 20 British Ship Owuors 29 Canada Company all 63 L 6 10 Canadian Loan and Inv,st- 21 .. ... 20 Ce n 3, l .l c o n n t, C li o in inpany, lint. d2O Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 6 - 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 9 61 41d 30 City of 31ilan ImproY. lint all 6 6 24 City of Moscow Cat, Jim a l l 60 City 011iees, lint 2O 23 22 d 50 Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Commercial IJuiou (Astor) 6 pr i p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Llas, lim all 23 27 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation - _ of London _ _ -- 13nds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 4 i per cent. all 1011 1051 100 Do. 1882,1 i per cent. all 103 101 10 Credit Fon. of England, lira, all 21 2} 60 CreditFon.of Mauritiuslirn lO 31 21t1 st Crystal Palace lOO 21 23 at Do. Preference lOO 95 100 at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 112 100} 1 20 Darjeeling, Liu. 10 Eastern ASS/1111, lion. 6l ... ...d 60 East Indian Land Credit - and Finance, Um. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all • • •• 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lira. 100 Egyptian per cent. Troy. . - Gua. by Egypt. (1 oT alli 94 9i 7r 41 1 20 Egyptian Cum.& Trad. liw. e 3 Lug. Austral. Copper, Hat 2. 1 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 41 31,1 100 Eng. and Soot. Marine, Hui 8 10 Fairlasirn Engineering 5 3 2tl 20 Fore-street Warehouse,lim Li 1 2 p 16j 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loau Scrip, issued at all 83 30 50 Gellivara, lim. 10 General Credit & Dis., lint 71 1: 14 6 1 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 50 Home & Col. Marine In. lint 5 21 24 10 Hong Kong and China G as all 20 Hudson's Bay all 12; 13 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seines, lira. 20 Interua.FinancialSuc. lina 5 '2 11 3 20 Interns. Land Credit, link 6 6 44 50 Italian Land 5 14 p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 3 a 100 Do. 6 p. C. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 67 AO 50 Land Securities, lim 2l 11 25 Loudon African Trading._ 10 7 5 d 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, Inn. 6 •••d 10 London County Land and Building, lira. 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lint 30 22 21 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 2 21 24 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 21 164 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 id pr at Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gua. p. c. by India Gov. lOO 104 108 10 Mauritius Laud, Credit, and Agency, 1im...... 50 Merchant Shipping, H ill , all 32 37 50 Millwall Iron Works, lint. 1 2 4 ••• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lira. 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 10 4 114 11 25 National Prov. Marine, lim. 4 10 National Steam Ship, Jim. all 0 1 10 1 20 Nerbudda Coal& Iron, lint. 6 3 1 a d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim. 3 14 l id 5 Now Quebrada, lim 4.8.0 4} 41 25 New Zealand Loan & Mar cantile Agency,lim 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint. 5 7 5 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., Inn_ 100 48 Si 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l I 0 101 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 14 50 Oriental Financial, lira ll 5 Oriental Gas, lint 6 Do. New 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, 5 Ottoman Gas, lira 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim 5 Do. 10. at Peel R. Land & Miner', lim 100 31 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 648 491 50 Do. Now 1867 lO 1 1 1 , 1 50 Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New ......... .... all 61 7 2 Rio de Janeiro City Ita,,ika. all 18 19 Do. Gas, li m all 24 251 254 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 48 59 Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO 78 83 Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim. 10 7 64 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 8 2: 31 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 ... 25 South Australian Land 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 324 331 331 4 1 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 3 31 20 Trinidad Petroleum, gi 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim. 1 . 1 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust &Loan Co., U. Canada 5 ip 50 Union Marine L'prol. lim 5 41 p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim . 15 United Discount Corp.,lun 6 , 20 Universal Marine(ln.) , inn 5 Id_ 10 Upper Assam Tea , lim all 2 p 30 Van Diemac's Land 2Bl 6 7 100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cen t. (>forigage) Loan all soa ell 811 50 Warrant Finance , lim. 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 5 3 20 WestLond on Wharves and Warehouses lO ••• - - COLONIAL GOVZIINkINNT SECURITI Brithh Columbia, 0 per 0ent.,1972.• • • ••••••••• • • 100 .-Uo. 189 5 .._ _ _ 190 n 8 Sept julY 100 102 104 10 0 0 0 1 10 04 2 1 1071 04 1061 : Can. 1 Do. 7 6 67 p - p ° !:,: i . . 6 7 P iu . e c b a j , r & a . A u .. . . - D D O . . s p. o. Jan. it July 100 921 031 261 Do. sp. c. Inscribed 111 c 100 90 92 _ Cape (},hope, 6 P. 0 .1873— 10 0 102 101 Do.Apl.&001 1690-1900 100 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 100 107 100 Do. Jan.&July. 1891 lOO 109 Hi Do. 5 per oent. 15 Apr i l and 16 Oot., 19 00 . lOO 98 100 Ceylon, Nov 1878 . 6 p.c 10 0 108 110 Do. 1872 , do 100 105 101 2_ .. M j a D u aon. r . 1 tlaisun76B4, July 6 .p . . 100 102 104 0, 1 871 ,• • .. 100 105 106 Do. 1882, May and Nc' 1.. 00 106 108 1)o.1895, Feb. 3c Aug.... 1 0 106 1 9d Melbourne Corporate.,.. 1857-75, 6 per cent...... HO 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 106 — 7 D N N . o a g t s c . Glp:6ov.p. May6o P t Al a l 1 0 0 j v. u c . t i . Y . ...... :0 0 0 0 0 0 i — c 6 1 01 N. S. W. 5 p•o., '7l t0'76.. 100 99 101 Do. 6 p.c. 1888 to 1896... 100 99 100 102 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'l7 to '7s_ N.Zcalaud, 6p. ot. 1891.. 100 _ _ Do. S per cent.... ..... 100 - DoJan,Aprl,July, Oct... 100 91 92 931 4 Do 6p c. Mar &Sept '91.. 100 108 110 - Do Juue AD Deo., 1,91 ..... 100 109 111 fDo Prov. , 1 Auokld. i ICO .... ( *criel 1 Ac 2, 1893... IN ova Scotia 6p. c.Jan... and July, 1876 Do 18t6.. ... .. .. .. , l6O 10 Qty!enalnd. 6p. c. 'B2-C- lOO ;07 1081 .... Do 1801 Tasmanian 0 pes.'&l. 895 . 107 109 Do [893 97 . ~... Victoria 6 per cont.lB9l lOO 114 115 114} - Do. April awl Oct i ~... ' 1 .09 111 112 PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. FILIDAY. The process of verifying the disputed elections still goes car, and has already consumed a good deal of time. M. Emile de Girardin manifests considerable impatience at the tedious task, and takes the epportunity to pass some additional strictures on the French electeral system. M. de .Forcade's speech the other day is still the prevailing topic, and has undoubtedly strengthened the Ministry in some quarters. In others it has produced an tact not altogether favourable to the Emperor. The 3linister of the Interior; while declaring that the Government will uphold liberty, discusses the question a little too much de Lent en has to satisfy those who believe the country to have well-nigh achieved its constitutional enfranchiSement. The Government, in M. do Forcade's estimation, is still strong enough to assign Liberty her place in the political system, instead of recognising her as the iresitling gc,ddess. The vote of yesterday no doubt confirmed him in this conviction, for I hear that he accepts it as consti tuting a Ministerial majority, and that he has decided to keep in power as parliamentary Minister. The Emperor of course will not withhold his consent from such an arrangement, and has a ready excuse to offer for retaining M. de Forcade's services, in the desire to have his assistance in the forthcoming debates on the Treaty of Commerce. We have yet to see how far the new political parties will accept this decision. As for the constant denials of Ministerial modifications, past, present, or to come, in the official journals, there is no need to put. much faith in them. M. Emile 011ivier has again been summoned to the Tuileries within the last day or two, and I am told ho expressed his willingueSs, on the formation of a new Cabi net, to accept any portfolio which others wore reluctant to take. . The Liberti is especially anxious that too much impor tance should not be attached to the Ministerial majorities on the electoral divisions. It was expressly stipulated in the various political gatherings that these questions should be left open, and no party movement made upon them, as ties of friendship, interest, and association are involved. The Liberal press is extremely suspicious of the attitude assumed by the Ministry. The' maintenance of M. de Forcade in office, says the Siecle, means nothing less than the confirmation of personal power, and the Empire is retreating with hasty steps towards a policy of resistance. The Siecle sees little to regret in any change which simplifies the situation, and shews parties in their true colours. The Temps declares that the country is heartily tired of political intrigues and party manceuvres, and asks how it is possible to accept with gratitude and confidence a few Liberal expres sions from the Minister who is especially respon sible for the abuse of Ministerial power displayed in these election inquiries ? Certainly, the facts revealed in the daily reports of the discussions in the Chamber do not quite accord with M. de Forcade's language, unless his conversion has been a very sudden one. If Mr. Gladstone had been personally concerned in the transactions at Beverley and Bridgewater, he could not have denounced bribery with much effect in the House of Commons. Perhaps the Emperor and his Minister think the French more credulous. It has been said that. M.de Forcade alluded to the possible termination of the system of official candidatures. This is incorrect. He said that in future elections it might, in common mith other reforms, be pos sible to introduce mcdifications into the manner in which Government candidates were supported. This language certainly does not indicate what France requires ---the im diate and total abolition of such candidatures. The Blue and Yellow Books were distributed to-day among the members of the Legislative Body. The Blue Book explains the nature a the Senatus-Consultum. Tho Temp points out one passage as significant. It is that which refers to the responsibilite collective of the Ilinisters---an expression not met with in the St natus-Cousultum. This is the first time the Covernment expressly recognises that the Minis ters should henceforth form a responsible Cabinet. The Yellow Book contains some interesting particulars with respect to the (Ecumenical Council. It says that most of the questions which will be discussed' at the Council coo not come under the jurisdiction of the political Powers, and therefore the Emperor has relinquished the traditional privilege of the Sovereigns of France, and resolved not to send an ambaSsador to that assembly. A letter from Madrid to the Vitivers contains a passage relating to the Crown jewels of Spain, which endeavours to shield Queen Isabella and her mother froM blame. It says that Queen Christina only carried away what she had paid for; and Queen Isabella has been accused of appro priating what was legally her own. „. Closing Business Railways. r, •” Price. it Elia )1 and Exeter ...... 100 73 7 it Caledonian _..... 100 79 791 74 st Cambrian. 20 Cornwall all 9 3 st Dublin di Belfast June IOU it Dun„Perth, Ab.J nut IQO 70 72 2) East Loudon all b 7 5i 6 /0 uo i 5 Do 10 et Glasgow dr S. Western lOO ILS 107 it Great Eastern .. st Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 61 7 st Great North 01 Scotland lOO 10 16 it Great Northern lOO 107 (08 1' , 71 st Do. A 5t0ck...... lOO 103 109 ISi it Do, 11 stuck luo 120 LS it GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO lS 100 at (it. Western —Original lOO bti 061 54 at Do. South Wales leo b 7 53 st Do. W. AWL—Oxford lOO 33 15 it Do. Newport lOO 39 3i it Lancashire& Yorksliffv lOO i2Ol 37 127 st Lou., Brigh.,Z2 S.Coast lOO 47 471 17 1 00 Do Scrip it I on., Chat., and Dover lou 14; 14 at Do. Meirop. Ex. A st Lon. A ,North Wcattri luU 1.11 22 122 10 it Lou. 4 South Western lOO s 3 Man., shut., 3 Lincoln loe 03 031 it bletroiniitsu . it Do Exteusiun 100 811 sin 5 Do. New rd • all st Metropolitan District. all 30 32 10 hletrop. at. J ohn's 11 ood 6 st Midland at DO, diruliu. S. D‘i bj st N‘ir ill British st U id., rth., di Dun lOO st Nor it:astern—Berwick l6O 119 12) 1201 j 25 D., U. N.li: purchase-16.13,i st D, Leeds ....... at 1) u York lOO 116 1143 1171 at D oCarlhle st 1) °Stock. Lig 10 116 108 LA at North London 10 Do New 1808 at North Staffordshire lOO 61 63 04 st North an 6 b.-W. Junction 100 99 101 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... .• at 111;n2 nay -- .. -- 100 62 54 at lihropshire Union lOO 699 i.. 04 at South Doron!.,. st South Eastern lOO 761 77 at Staines, Wok'harn,& Wok allj 13 14 at Tall Vale -- Do. C .• • 6 - -1% ateriord & Kilkenny ICU -- 10 Waterloo & Whltehail 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 46 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 12 at Do. Midland st Do. Duudoe and Arbroath 180 _ 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all stj Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 167 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ..„ at 14t. Eastern, E.O Ex. Nu. 1 lOU Ps 100 at Do do Nu. 2 100 97 99 at Do do 6 per cent 100 11l 114 at Do East Anglian A sp. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 du. 100 IA Do du No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 68 72 at Do Nutfollt 5 p.e.Ex.1816 180 st Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lB47 100 „,, st Great Not thern, 5 per cent 100 _ st Duo p.c., rd at 1U p. c. put. 100 Do 4# do do du 100 st Do 5 du at sp.c. pm lO4 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO _ st Gt. N rth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 90 DS at GI. West.— Jnt.-heat chg., per gua. 5 p lOO 106 1 8 at Do. ()rig,. tll.o.; 11. 1:x).5 p.c lOO 05 10,.• st Do do 4 ; per cont. 162)J IOU 93 12 s t Du do I do do at Du du 5 per cent. rodent lOO t. , 7 94 at Do do Biratiuguain gua lOO 68 72 at Du do do pref lOO at Du du Chester gua lO4l aO V at Do du du s per cent. 100 st Du do do 5 du 100 90 lot at Du South Wales, gua. .I p.c. 100 at Do do 4) p.e lOO ••• ••• at Do do 4 1 1850— too ..„ ,„„ a t D o du 5 at Du West .did. Oxford lath. 160 116 118 at Du do 2d gua. 100 1 o 115 at Do Newport, lstg.s p.c. 100 16 s s at Do du 20 do 101) at Do guy 5i per cent. 186'1 100 00 Lancaster II Carlisle 4 p.c. at Lancash. Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 I 4 137 st Do Barnsley, 1:5 3s 10.1 p.c. .10:1 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 145 at D o 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 96 ion ati Loudon & Bri;:hton, sp. e, guaranteed, No 1 lOO ,„ ati Du I per cent. gnu No. 2. 100 ,„ st Do 6 do do lvo at Du 5 do No. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent lOO •• a t Do 6 du (W.E. & ) 100 „ at DJ 4 do 1859 lOO ••• at London, Chatham ; & Dover 5 per cent lO9 „,, at, Loudon and C. cud Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 112 at Do Bedford & Cambridge iee ~„ at Du Shrewsb'y It Welchp'l loo „. at Loudon and 6 W. 7 p,e late 3d shares, lOO 145 150 ▪ Do (Portsni. perp aus 210 d) all ••• a Mau., Sher., &Lineln. 6 p.c lOO Do a Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 1:10 too a Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c lOO li2 134 a Do 41 per cent. redeem lO6 ;8 100 • Do 4) per cent. irredeem lOO 98 10 , 901 a Du Leicester & Irehn, 4 p.c WU 89 VI at North 13ritish, 5 p.e.Nu.l lOO at Du E. &U.4p.c.S.a; D I. oU at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per een.t lOO at Do Border Union, 5. 1 p.c IOJ at N.-Eastern—Con.. , ep.c lOO 87 sa at 1)0 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 97 99 at Do U N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Lerwick capital ... Do York, H. &S. purchase. 10 10 101 Do Stcktu & Drling. A 5 p.c. 100 107 1011 at Do W, Hartlepool U. and It 100 8d 88 20 North Staffordshire all 20i 211 lOs S. Devon Annuities, los all 9 10 lOs Do Tavistuck kilns ~ In all 84 gi lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 86 40.6. S. East. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... at Taff Vale Nu.l lOO 154 153 at Waterford& Kilkenny, 6pc 100 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year at Cialedouiau 41 p c gua. at Do Scot.Ceu. min. 7p c lOO ... ••• et Do 41 p irredeoin all ... at Do 4p c con., issued at 80 60 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 et Do 5 du, 1362 100 87 90 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 86 s 8 at Do du 6 do, 1861 lOO 83 86 et Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 ... ••• at Do Permaueut 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston & Sleatd, 41 pe 100 at Great West., W. Midi., 5p c 100 ... st Do Joint i.erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 92 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 110 112 20 Du Vale N eath perp. 5p c all .. st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ••• 5 Lanc.and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1p 5 at Loud., Brig 6:0 4 41 pc, 1833 100 st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• at Do do 41 do, 1661 leg at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do• 8 do, 1865 100 et Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ••• GOO at Do Nu. 7 5 do at Loud , Chat., &c., 20, 6 p.c at Do Illetrop. Ex., B 8 p.c • 100 ~ Do do C 6 p.c 100 ••• ••• at London& N Western, 5p c 100 103 110 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 95 10 Man. Shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all v oi st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 at Midland, n 5 per cent pref lOO 107 109 at Du B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1602 all 201 214 18 Do Lamm Now Shares all 12 194 22 Du 5 p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31,1872 8 n at North British, E. and (1 No. 1, 5 per coot 106 • ••• at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 •• ..• Do E ,P., Duu., 2d, 4pc 100 ••• et Do E. &U , N 0.2, 5 p.c lOO ... st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & 0., No. 3, 5 p.c st Do E. & (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 09 st Do Stuck. & Darl., D 100 11l 113 st North Loudon, 41, per coat (Ilya. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1852 100 „.. st Do 6 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Oh. Cross) 1863 100 at Do i do, 1861 st Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 109 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL.% at Birkenhead lOO 91 93 00 Do. 4/ per cent. Prefer all tod 100 st Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 64 ; 6 at Do. 51 per cent. st Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Steer Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13:1 131 20 Gloster and 1: can Forest all s Gt. Eass.., Net WM., ite., 5 p.c 100 s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 st Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 „. at Gt. West, \V. Mid., 96 floret 100 it; 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 216 st London and Bla.ckwall lOO 93 95 at Do. 4/ per cent lOO st London, Chat., Se., 41 p. c lOO st Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 st London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, tt South 100 83 b 5 st Lowestoft,gua 4 percent lOO 79 81 at D o . t l• . t, do 100 51 Munch., 13th.... It Ma all at 3lidlaud, Br. Atord, Pref lOO 92 94 93 10 Mid lient Cray Lie) 50 Northerut East.,s percent all 53 56 50 Do. du. 6 do. all t N. Eastern—Hartlepool wt N. West. A peril. pr', 5p c. 100 107 109 st Do B minimum 1/ p.c lO9 at Nutting. 3,:lirauth. It. t% C lOO 91 03 25 Preston and Wyro. all 44 46 Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 132 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 104 132 134 10 Do do 8 2 Zip 6, Yorksh. and River Dun 100 97 99 1) 4 per cent gua 10) 75 89 4-5 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO at West Cornwall `2O West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do C all at Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset 100 81 81. DOCKS. st East and Weatlndia lOO I.'l 12S London and St. Katherine 100 sto 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all Dill!wall Freehold Land It Dock lOO 23 23 22} st Southampton lOO 72 75 it Surrey Goiuwqroiel THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. Yesterday was the closing day of our great metropolitan show of fat cattle, and before the doors finally shut out the public last night close on 120,000 visitors had passed the turnstiles and paid for admission, thus realising the fact that this annual exhibition has not only not lost any of its wonted popularity of former years, but on the con trary has, since the year of the cattle plague in 1855, been continually increasing. Last year the number paying for admission was in the aggregate 110,000. This year the five days have been repre sented by the following numbers :—Monday last, ss. day, 785 ; Tuesday, 23,597 ; Wednesday, 38,789 ; Thursday, 31,789 ; and last night, up to eight o'clock, 13,974 had passed the turnstiles, and as the money-takers did not cease their voca tion for another hour, the absolute return thus not being made up, the low estimate of another thousand would bring the day's figures up to 15,000, giving a gross total of 117,059 visitors to the show. It is a remarkable circumstance, notwithstanding the enormous concourse of persons the Cattle Show attracts, that there are so few mishaps, and scarcely ever any police or other charge arising out of its various ramifications. One exception, how ever, is worthy of remark. During yesterday hun dreds of spurious tickets were handed about and sold to respectable people, who innocently pre sented them at the Barford•street entrance. These consisted of an ordinary piece of card the size of an address card, coloured with lake on one side. They are all in the same handwriting, having at the top the initials " S.C.S. Admit two, J.W.G. Grand entrance. 10-12-69." Mr. Superintendent Green, of the N division, and the police had been endeavouring to trace out from whence they ema nated during a great portion of the day, but with out success. The most curious part of the business is that they had been sold to, generally speaking, most respectable people. The general arrangements have given the greatest satisfaction, and reflect much credit on the direc tors, Mr. J. Clayden, chairman, Messrs. Seeds, Druce, Banister, Giblett, and Comfort, who, with Mr. Laird, the assistant secretary, in the absence of Mr. Sidney from serious illness, have been inde fatigable in looking after the comfort and conveni ence of the public. There can be no question of the fact, too, that notwithstanding the crowded state of the building at times, and more especially after the gas was lighted, the free distribution of Sir William Burnett's disinfecting fluid, rendered the atmosphere perfectly pure and wholesome. The Smithfield Cattle Show not only has the effect of bringing a vast concourse of persons as well as animals from all parts of the kingdom, but it operates largely in causing a vast amount of benefit to the neighbourhood, irrespective of those who become exhibitors in the various departments. The tradespeople of Islington owe the establishment of the Agricultural Hall a great debt, and its pecu liarity is that it is adaptable to almost any pur pose. It is about again to assume at Christmas its premier position as the most gigantic circus in the world, but on the ensuing occasion under a different management from that which has occupied its vast arca after the Cattle Show for the last three years. On the forthcoming occasion the mantle of the Messrs. Sanger will fall upon Mr. William Holland, the well-known and highly-respected proprietor of Canterbury Hall. Mr. Holland's repertoire is to in clude Blondin, Niblo, and other astounding speci mens of the order gymnast. The circus is to have several novelties, and there are to be bicycle races and evolutions by French ladies, French wrestlers, accompanied by the most powerful brass band in Europe. These are amongst the few sensations in store for the Christmas fo:k at the Agricultural Hall. Under such management, and with such aid as Messrs. Spiers and Pond can afford in the catering department, success is assured. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is Pit. 151 per £1 sterlin On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 lis.lo4d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above price is slightly ,dearer in yaris than in London. 2 HEAMICAL AND MUSICAL MS3IS. The drama of the "Streets of London" is to be revived at the Princess's next week, with Mr. G. Vining in his original part of Badger. OnPaturday next Mrs. F. W. Lauder, the Aineri can tragedienne, will make her first appearauce at the Lyceum as Queen Elizabeth. The Christmas . " novelty , at the Globe will be a burlesque by Mr. Byron, eutitlel "Lord Bate man." It is said that the proprietors have refused to sanction the performance of Italian opera at Drury lane next season. Mr. Roberts' benefit takes place on Monday next at the Princess's. (From Maaical Standard) In consequence of tho ill.health of Liu;lff, the conductor, the Grand Opera Concerts at Paris have been discontinued. Another lady violinist has appeared : Mdlle. Charlotte Dekner, a Hungarian, has recently arrived in Paris, where she has been cngaged by M. Pasde loup to play at his concerts. Mr. Wood has engaged at Paris the new sin er, Mdlle. Marie Roze. She will make her debut at Drury-lane as Marguerite in " Faust" during next April. Mdlle. Lewietski, a Russian singer, has also been engaged. Grisi's remains have been deposited in the family vault at Pere-La-Chaise, Paris. The body was enclosed in three coffins, viz., of crystal, oak, and lead ; the outer one was enriched with costly bronze and other ornaments, valued at 15,000 fr. A sad event took place at the Theatre Angouleme a short time since. Just before the performance the stage-manager fired a pistol at an actress (a singer), who. ied almost instantaneously. The car penter to the theatre received a s2cond shot in tended for the lady, and was killed upon the spot. The young lady was only 27 years of age. We hear that the Norwich Musical Festival is to be held in future every second year, instead of triennially, as at present. The organ and harp now seem to afford a favour ite combination. They have been heard together in Westminster Abbey (and St. Andrew's, Well street, if we mistake not). At a recent organ per formance, too, Mr. Hallett Sheppard, one of our most talented organists, had the assistance, at an organ recital he gave, of Herr Oberthur's perfor mance upon the many-stringed instrument. MI?. DISRAELI PORTRAYED Mr. Newdegate, M.P., at the Rugby agricultural dinner, on Thursday night, said he was not satisfied with the way in which the Opposition was led. M. Disraeli seemed to think it enough to move amendments.withott discussing the main principles of the Measure to which his friends were opposed. He took amendment after amendmem, without troubling by argument to enforce them on the House. He sat there after he left office, the image of re iignation seated on a milestone. During the last session the task which would have been undertaken by the Radicals of ell fell into the hands of the representative for North Warwickshire. He (Mr. Newdogate) had to defend the right of freedom of assembly and - freedom of speech in the House of Commons. CLERICAL CENSORSHIP OF THE PRESS. The Derbyshire Advertiser contains a correspondence oetween the editor and proprietor of the paper, Mr. Hobson, and the clergyman of the parish in which that gentleman resides, the Rev. E. H. Abney. An article on the Twelve Days' Mission ap peared in the Advertiser, charging' the pro moters of that movement with being actuated by a desire to extend the principles of Ritualism. Moreover, their practices were spoken of as "mummery and religious masquerading." Mr. Abney, upon reading this article, thought it his duty to write to the editor a letter of rebuke, in which ho says :—" I cannot consistently with my sense of duty towards you—as a parishioner, an office-bearer in my church, and a guide of public thought -forbear admonishing you (no priestcraft thereby affected) that the tone and spirit of the article referred to, are scarcely in accordance with the prayer to which you so constantly give expression, that you may be • delivered from envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness.'" The rev. gentleman asked Mr. Hobson to publish his letter, which he has done, accompanied, of course, by a protest against clerical dictation as to how he shall conduct his newspaper. BIBLES FOR SPAIN. So soon as liberty of worship was proclaimed in Spain, the Bible Society (says the Pall Mall Gazette) sent out four magnificently bound Bibles, in English, to Prim, Topete, Serrano, and Zorilla. It was quite immaterial to the society that, being Roman Catholics, these gentlemen could not use the Protestant version any more th i 4n our Queen or princes would use the Douai ver sion, if sent to them by Antonelli or the Pope himself ; still more immaterial that, being Spaniards, they probably could not understand a word of the English text. The use of the gift count, d for nothing; " bearing testimony," at the cost, say, of £5 a Bible, was all they cared for. We are sorry, says the Pall Nall Gazette, to grieve these zealous proselytisers by in forming them that not ono of their Bibles reached its ultimate destination—the private house of the Minister. They were taken to the respective offices over which these gentlemen pre3ided, and left there as a monument of English sagacity. Prim gave his to an English lady, who has it now in Lon don—a gorgeous affair, all crimson and gold, which had lain at the Spanish War office as an occasion for the ridicule of the employes, till an orderly cantered with it through the streets of Madrid, and so caused it to be returned to the place and the people whence it had come. "THE NO.REIT DEVON SAVAGES" Three members of a strange family in North Devon, known by the above title, have been brought before the Chuhnleigh magistrates. The family are a terror to the neighbourhood, the son being a bold and determined poacher, at present in the county gaol, and having been convicted eight times ; the various members of the family have been convicted for different crimes and misdemeanours twenty-nine times. The father, Christo pher Cheriton, is possessed of a small freehold farm of about forty acres, at Nymet Rowland. The house ho has allowed to fall to ruins, and the place is a complete wilderness. It appears that he once set his affections upon a young woman who refused to become his wife. He then fell into abandoned habits, and now lives in a barbarous style. Himself, his mother, son, and three daughters, a "lodger," named Bradford, and several illegitimate children, herd together in one room. Bradford is married, as he says, to one of the daughters, and b e and his " wife " lodge at night in a hayrick. The police went to the house to arrest Bradford and the son, when they were assailed, being covered with mud by the daughters, Eliza and Matilda Cheriton, who were sen tenced, the former to six weeks' imprisonment, and the latter to four weeks' imprisonment. Christopher Cheriton, the father, and Eliza his daughter, had to pay £1 and costs for assaulting a man who assisted the police in the execu tion of their duty. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, Down ing-street. An extra edition of the Dublin Gazette contains a proclamation from the Lord-Lieutenant, placing those portions of Londonderry not included in the pro clamation of May last under the Peace Preservation Act. A telegram from Sheffield informs us of another rattening case in the saw trade. The premises of Messrs. Askin and Co. have been entered and wheelbands stolen therefrom. The Chief Constable offers a reward of £lO for information concerning the offenders. The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, at a meet ing held in Dublin on Thursday, expelled Mr. M. R. Dalway, M.P. for Carrickfergus, from the society, for supporting Sir Shaft° A lair, the Liberal candidate at the lato County Antrim election. Mr. Johnston, M.P., opposed his ex pulsion. A terrible railway accident is reported from Crad!ey, by which three persons have been killed. As in so many of these affairs, the cause was a collision between a passenger and a goods train. The fast train from Birmingham to Worcester and South \Voles ran at full speed into a goods train on the same line. The Duke of Argyll arrived in Glasgow on Thurs dzty, and immediately loft for Inverary—the illness of the Duchess, who has been residing at the Castle since last week, having recalled him from London. Sir James Simp son had been sent for; and his grace had the satisfaction on reaching Carlisle, of learning by wire that the Duchess was somewhat better. ' SPORTING INTEL LIGENOB. KINGSBURY RACES—YESTERDAY. HYDE HURDLE HANDICAP. Red, Whit., and Biu Lady Annie Bliss.. 8 Four rau. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Casse Tete Poleaxe...., 8a1der...... S Seven ran. MAIDEN HURDLE STAKES. Limerick Hammerton. Aerolite... Elevou ran. GREAT METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE. Whitehall Lytniugton 2 tievan ran. SELLING- lIANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Meerieliaum .. Faint Heart Domino Six ran. SELLING HURDLE RACE. Satanella 1 Ilungerford Yanina Fourteen ran. HUNTERS' S rEEPLECHASE. Gipsy Jane Pelican 2 Six ran. RACING FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Derby 10, 11. I Newton ..23, 2 Harrow 17, 18 I MARCH. Nottingham 1, 2 1 Epsom. 29, 3C Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Bromley 31, .A pril 1 War wick 22, 23, 24 I APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 I Lewes .. 26, 27 West Drayton 7, 8 I Croydon 28, '29 Newmarket °raven 18 to 21.1_ MAY. Newmarket Ist S 2 to 5 I Harpenden 20, 21. Chester lO to 13 I Bath 24, 25 Winchester 10, 11 I Stamford 26, 27 Salisbury l2, 13 , Croydon 26, 27 York 17, 18 I Epsom... 3l to June Doncaster 19, 20 1 JUNE. Croydon 8, 9 I Nowton 22, 23 litauchester 8,9, 10 I Hampton 23, 24 Ascot ll to 17 I Bibury Club 29 Windsor 21, 22 1 Stockbridge...3o, and July 1 JULY. Newmarket sto 8 I West Drayton l4, 16 Nottingham l2, 13 Huntingdon l9, 20 Chelmsford ..., 12, 13 Kingsbury 21, 22 I Reading 12, 13 Goodwood 26 to 29 AUGUST. Brighton 2, 3 I Stockton 17 to 19 Brighton Club 4 I Oxford. 18, 19 Lewes • 5, 6 I York 23 to 25 Eghatu 9, 10 P!ymouth 2.\ 27 Windsor 11, 12 I Derby Bromley 16, 17 I Weymouth 30, 31 SEPTEMBER. Warwick .... I:, 7 I Richmond 2O, 2! Abingdon B, 9 I West.cru Meet. (Ayr) 21, 23 Doncaster 13 .4) 16 1 "Loudon •)), 23 Hampton '2O, 21 1 Nowntarkot Ist Uc.:..27 to 30 OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2nd 0e.t..10 to 14 Leieubt er Is, 19 Bromley . #; 7 I NovrtuariceL Ilut'u...2i to 2V r.OV Ell BER. Liverpool 8 to 1l i Shrewsbury. 14 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1670. FERMJA.RY. Birmingham S, 9 I Derby 10 : 11 f Isiutvi,ou _l7, 18 -1 1 .5, 26 Liverpool 8,9, 10 I 8r0ru1ey......3 1 and April 1. w es ,, Bo - nerse , ; it;, 17 Uttel.dunam...3l , tud Aptil 1 War wick to I LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. CROWN UFFICE, DEC. 1. The Queon has been pleased to approve of Mr. Do mingos Montbrum as Vice-Consul in the Island of Trinidad for his Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves. CROWN OFFICE, DEC. 7. DIEMEERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PREoENT PARLIAMENT. County of Chester—The Hon. Norman Grosvenor, in the room of Hugh Lupus (commonly called Earl Gros venor), now a Peer of the United Kingdom to whom a writ of summons bath been issued summoning him to the Upper House of Parliament. DEC. 10. Borough of King's Lynn.—Claud John Hamilton (com monly callod Lord Claud Hamilton), in the room ul the Right Hon. Edward Henry Stanley (commonly called Lord Stanley), now a . Peer of the United Kingdom to whom a writ of summons hath boon issued summoning hlm to the Upper House of Parliament. \VAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Dec. 10. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel Robert Myddleton Biddulph, Royal Denbighshire Militia, to be one of he: Majesty's Aides-de-Camp for the Service of her Militia Force. ADMIRALTY, Dec. 7. John Rolfe Nelson, Esq., has this day been promoted to the rank of Stuff Commander in her Majesty's Fleet. The failure of the New York dry goods house of Messrs. Falconer, Brothers, indicates the strain . r,-hich the fall in gold has placed on extensive importers. The Brad ford Telegraph, which announces the suspension, states that in that English town a loss may be sustained of £lO,OOO in sums of £2,000 to £lO,OOO. We may mention that the manufacturers of Bradford insist upon the pro visions of the Chinese Treaty being observed by Chinese officials, of whom the Bradford Chamber of Commerce complain of being lax in their international duty, but they are careful to state that they wish moral suasion alone to be used. _ In these days of starvation the transport of cheap meat from countries where it so abounds as to run to waste is a subject of great importance, and wo have noticed with pleasure the successful efforts made to bring meat dinners within the means of the very poor. Doubtless both the process of bringing the man to the meat and of bringing the meat to the man should be carried on together, nor is there anything, as some writers suppose, antago nistic in this. Indeed every device should be brought into practice to relieve the distress now prevailing in England, and let the believers in each system do their best to show what they advocate to be the meat effective. Among these plans is the Australian preserved meats, which is proving a manifest success. Some restaurants have, we believe, been opened to cook this meat at a low price It is sold in tins of all sizes, and in excellent preservation and quality, by the West-end agent of London, who, we be lieve, is the wholesale and retail grocer, Albert Fincham, 55, Charing-cross. What has been effected in thus pre serving Australian meats can bo done on the Pampas of South America, and the prairies of Texas. A fleet of steamers, we are informed, are being constructed to convey live cattle from Buenos Ayres to England, but this appears to us to be a clumsy process, and we feel assured that some inventor will discover the means of transferring beef and mutton as when killed, from the place where meat abounds, to where it is scarce. The following address was presented to Mr. Fer. dinand do Lesseps, President of the Suez Maritime Canal Company, on the inauguration of the enterprise :—" The undersigne f citizens of the United States of America present to you their congratulations upon the success which has attended the inauguration of the maritime canal across the Isthmus of Suez. The people of the United States are interested in evety enterprise which promotes the free intercourse of nations and enlarges the commerce of the world. The work which has been com pleted under your direction is eminently of this character. It removes one of those barriers which, interposed, are said to make enemies of nations. It fosters hopes of universal peace. Opening the way to a freer exchange of commercial products, it will increase the wealth and prosperity of nations; and, beyond this, it unites by closer ties the Eastern and Western Empires which have been so long separated by the isthmus, now happily int ur sected. Religion, civilisation, commerce, and enlightened government ought to be promoted thereby. In this aspect we regard it as one of the most important which in any ago has been initiated by individual enterprise, and with es full recognition of that which is duo to you, and those associated with you, and a profound respect for the (3o vernments which have rendered assistance, we present our congratulations upon the complete success, and trust it may realise all the a ntici p ations which have animated and sustaivad the company under whose auspic3s it has been completed.-Cairo, November 22, 1869.- (Signed) N. P. Banks, Dr. Thos. \V. Evans, George Eustis, Edward A. Crane, Scipio L. Leslie, Nathan Appleton, Lysander Dickenson, Richard Corbin, H. W. Harkness, Howard M. Ticknor, Win C. Hunter, Julian Lavising, S. C. Ewing, F. Billing, W. J. Valleutine, and W. li. Carver." At the recent exhibition of textile and other fabrics held in Boulogne, under the auspices of the Due . logne branch of the Society of Agriculture, the salvor medal of the society was awarded to C. F. Dennet, Esq., of Boston, U.S. (now resident in 1loulo4ne), for his exhi bited specimens of " Ramie." Mr. Dennet propos, , ,s to in troduce into France this new textile fibre, which is now grown in considerable quantities in the United States, at scarcely any outlay. The new steamer City of _Brussels, of the Inman line, has just completed a wonderful voyage across the Atlantic westward. The passage from Queenstown to New York (quarantine) was performed iu 8 days 1 hours, ap parent time. y I I i 1 . • t ' 4 "a