The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-23 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. nu iiness was active to day, for prices in nearly all securities, railways included, advanced a trifle. Consols ars 94 j for money ; ditto, f r c hant, 93i ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 94 i; New Tkres per Cents, 93i ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 4 preen. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 4 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cenv., 2421. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto En faced Paper, 5f per Cent., May, 1879, 110; ditty Bebentures, 5 per Cent., 104 i ; ditto Bonds, £ l ,OOO, 22 prem. Egyptian 7 per Cent. Loan is 72k 72; ex dir. ; and the Honduras Loan 86 87 ex coupon. In the railway market the following are the quo tations :—Caledonian, 781 4 ; Great Western, 49/ 5 0 ; Great Eastern, 42k ; ; Great Northern, 107 k 10 8 k ; ditto A, 108/ 109; ; Lancashir, 129 k 30 ; Metropolitan, 108; ; ditto Extension, 103 4 ; Midland, 1141 15 ; Sheffield, 471 8k ; Brighton, 511 524. ; North British, 34 k ; North Western, 1151 16 ; North Eastern, 103 k 4k ; South Eastern, 81 k ; Chatham and Dover, 17; }. In the Foreign Market Italian Five per Cents. are 53} 531, and Greek Bonds at Ilk 12; New Spanish Three per Cents., 31 31k ex div. ; Turkish Five per Cents., 384 381; Mexican, at 15} 15} ; and Confederate Cotton Loan is called 81 9. Lombardo-Venetian Railway L Shares have risen to 19k 19i. American Five-Twenties are 75} to 75f, in the Bonds of 1885, 73:1 74. Eries remain at 26 261, and Illinois Centrals at 92,i 931. Great Indian Peninsula Railway New Four per Cent. Debenture Stock is 90 91 ex div. The report of the National Bank, to be presented on the 26th inst., states that the directors will re commend the usual dividend of 8 per cent. per annum. The report of the New Zealand Loan and Mer cantile Agency Company, to be presented on the s th of February, proposes a dividend of 10 per cent, for the year. The report of the East London Bank (Limited and Reduced) to be presented on the 28th instant, States that the directors will recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The report of the directors of John Crossley and Sons (Limited), to be presented at the:general fleeting, recommends a dividend of 15s. per share (le,s income-tax). At the annual meeting of the British and Irish Steam Packet Company, a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. 'per annum was declared. At the special meeting of the shareholders of the Great Western Railway of Canada Company, a resolution approving the proposed arrangement made with the Colonial Government for settling the advances made to the company was unanimously adopted. It is stated that the directors of the London, Chatham, and ,Dover Railway Company, in the report to be presented at the half-yearly meet ing next month, will give as full an explanation as possible of the present position and pros- Pects of the company ; that in the meantime an offer has been made to the Finance Companies to refer all matters in dispute with them to arbitra tion, and that every effort is being used to press forward the decision as to the " priorities," which depends entirely uron the time Mr. Church, the Chief Clerk, is able, with his numerous engage ments, to give to this intricate question, without which decision, it is considered, no disposable funds c an with any safety be made available for division am ong the various clai m a n t s . It i s a ffi rme d a l so that no" " can deprecate more earnestly than the directors the unnecessary litigation that is being carried on by parties over whom they ha v e n o con trol whatever." Under this explanation it would a ppear that in a great degree the ruinous continu ance of confusion and delay is chargeable to the Court of Chancery. , The bill fil ed i n Chancery against the Metropo litan Railway is by Mr. Salisbury, of Chester, for kerly M.P. fo r th a t t own, on b ehalf o f h i mself, a lar ge holder of the d e f erre d s h ares, an d ot h er share holders. The bill a r i ses ou t o f transac ti ons b etween ' l casrs. Kelk and Co. and the railway company, tt f ticl its petition is that the company be restrained „ r°r ° applying any portion of capital in payments allowances on account or otherwise to Messrs. kelk and Co., for the purpose of payment out of Sai d capital of dividend on the Extension Stock, tt ' ac i that the agreement between Messrs. Kelk and 4 ° ' d the railway company be declared illegal so 1 ‘ a asn regards said payments or allowance. de to te l egrams convey i ng news from Ri o e : Janeiro v i a Gibraltar, much alarm had been used at Rio by a great fire at the Custom-house. 44 itiess was at a standstill. at telegra m , d a t e d Li s b on yes t er d ay even i ng, `Les that the politic a l cr i s i s i s over , th a t t h e "iaisters previously in office have resumed their olve°d' - 1 08 and that the chambers are to be dis . j . , 11 ° contract for the principal portion o f th e new ot : 4 S to b e erected by the Chartered Gas Company their land near Barking Creek has been taken Aird and Sons, of Lambeth. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. S„ 0 rE RNMENT FUNDS. 0 It ent. Co nso l s i +Atte for A ccount, f htr,oos4t. Red uce d I 99 If " ° per. Cent Z . i per Cent. Jan. 1894 .1873 or sth April 1885 —B r ° Yrg, "P i h. 1908 — t(Red Sea Televap /, Aug., , 4 keti... • Hu 2 1 Pper Gt. Pm be-Iner Bills, .£l, , 21 4 D %,,,2. £5OO £lOO & £2OO 4 242 i Pm Fj‘ of England Stook. Nll:.4eccount 4 per Cent leit, -44 4 Per Cent. Bonds NCelonial Cranium 111,11114b1AN dOVERN MEN? SECU .. itI_TIE 4 b ,_... 11, 4 tock, 10§ per Cent., April 18/ b' Opening, for Account 112 f i °• 5 per cent. Oct 1 8 80 b ° ' 4 Pe:. Cent., Oct. 1888 r,°. Certificates •to. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cent ('' ,Per Cent., Jan. 1872 110 ti,j 71 per Cent. May 1 879 ~ _ " Per Cent., Rnp. Deb. 18,2 De. do. 1877 — p Do. do. 1882 — I 104, ~',Oeb., 5 per Cet., Aug. 1873 ~.... 22 Pm D 0; uonds, 4 per Cent., .£l,OOO _ `J. tlnier Xl.OOO +tri, I'OREIGN FUNDS , etto Republic, 6 per Cent —CLOSING 7 P S R I I I CES. 2 1 ‘tilZ*4 ' C riP £45 paid .. _ h g 4 Honda 5 per cent . 62f ,51t411. to. 1859 _ 1 ; 4 , 5 per Cent u : '1 Per Cent. , 1852 ljo do. 1858.... bo. do., 1860 _ Do. 5 o, 1863 b Per Cent. 1865 t .en 0 4ecount ' BO } 08 A - ,b, ) 2 I Yres 6 per Cent. glib Jier Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) v 4 1 1 4" Per cent. r 10.44,6 Per Ce n t — D o. 3 Per Cent... — L o. 1) 0 6 Pgr Cent., to9B} i., ? per P,r Le ' t ' 1867 I)4,rebi" 6 n 1 b Ina h 3 , per Cent kit ) ? Per Cent., 1825 ,t o en Prin cipalities, 7 Far Cent — nnaq,Per Cent., 1867 F .. ••• '4 Pti - a r .. New Co nsolidated, 1 per Cent i, ',it Per t .. 0' 4eo " t. .ad Issue ° t6,,t, ,NO, .......... • 831 °' tlOO . 1 - 1 " ' 8 84i Do . oriels ........................ • . ••• Do, 1 . 1864 _ b O - : ks{),) Account __ 1 1 ,1() e 11 014: oliah s . . : .... . .................... 7_ll i die 1p cr IP, 1868 (I 0 qr ov„rilir .f.-1,5 pd e Nt 6 .ent ailßway Deb,-ntures . Nl),. A Per Cent 1 824 - sex Coup! — t. ~ tecl int . .".... . • Ilgo. Li:411,011s ................................ . ittett.°l•lnt .................. ........... ..• ho, lt ° , O dur,,,-, Per Cent 4'4.0 R-'°vßo.il.Loan. 10 Ct all pd 87 h 4-clef Cet t., 1865.: *Jo k i , a , "lit • , ..................... ......... • tiit e t f to 37etnr aeneanittailway ter Acco u nt ........................ 41-. oh f), litt 104VR hc ,,_ , 1864 ....................... ~ f ,-,ollt. Anglo-French ........... "seori 'eau 6 -, 5i11,,, .pet Cent. ....... Perlai 5 per Cent New Grana3a, l5 Do 3 per Con Do. Duferred Peruvian. 5 per Cent. 1665 Do Account .. 761 f Do 4 . i . per Cent. (Uri barren) Do 41 1 per . 1862 - Do Account Cont., P irtNguese 3 per Ct.. 1853, '6, 7,'9,' io,'2.': , i Do. do. 18t 7 — Do. do. Scrip, X2O pail — R.issian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St Do 4} per Cent . 850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do ö per Cent., 1862 86 1 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bolide , Do. do. £B4 15e. do. .. 1)o., 1866 , £lOO Bonds 91 Do.' do £B4 158. do — Do Nicolas Railway G6i Sarliniau 5 per Cent 72 Spanish 3 per Con Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Coln. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cont. Account _ _ 31} Do 6 per Cent. 1856 Do Account Do XlOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do .£lof Bonds Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 6Ol Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Acc.unt Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 186 - 2 Dividends on the above payable in Lono., Austrian b per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4-} per cent., Ex. 25f. 62 64 Didch z Fer CAnt.. Ex. 12 Guil„ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Reutes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ems. 25f. DJ Account CLOSING PRICES. CJnFols, Money 93} Do. Account, Feb. 4 93} 0 VEREND, GURNEY, AND COMPANY. This case was resumed this morning. Mr. Edwards, the official assignee of the Court of Bank ruptcy, was recalled, and he stated that during the year 1864 he did not do any business for the firm of Overend, Gurney, and Co., but he believed the Atlantic Royal Mail Company was working in that year ; but it came into liquidation in July, 1864. The written agreement entered into by the witness with the firm was then put in. It was to the effect that the partners in the old firm agreed to pay him £5,000 a year for five years in consideration of doing all the ser vices that might be required of him in connection with the business of the company and its accounts. The Lord Mayor—And under that agreement the wit ness was paid £lO,OOO for two years services that had been performed, and .£lO,OOO for two years in advance. By Mr. Lewis—'Phis agreement was only signed by Mr. David Ward Chapman, but all the other directors acted upon it. He was principally consulted by Mr. Johu Henry Gurney i❑ reference to the Millwall works, but he could not state what was the subject of the consultations. He should say that they related to advances, but he only spoke from an idea, and not from recollection. Sergeant Ballantine said he hoped his lordship would take notice of this statement by the witness, that he only spoke from an idea. (A laugh.) The witness went on to state that he commenced act ing for the firm in 1862. He could not recollect what particular business he did for the firm in 1863. He re membered acting as umpire on a business matter in 1863, but he could not say whether Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co. were interested in the matter. Mr. Lewis—You were receiving £5,000 a year from the firm, and these are matters of very great importance ; do pray be frank with us, Mr. Edwards. Witness—l wish to be so. (He then said that Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co. were no doubt interested in the result of the arbitration ; but he did not recollect whether he made any affidavit in the matter.) Sir T. Gabriel said it was extremely unfortunate that he could not recollect anything. (Laughter.) The witness said he had a very bad memory. (Renewed laughter.) Sir T. Gabriel—Well, but surely you can remember these important matters. Mr. Lewis—Can you tell us what you did in 1863 and 1864? Witness—l cannot remember. I have no recollection upon the subject. I cannot s:ty whether it was so early as the year 1861 that 1 acted as umpire in this matter. It was not so late as 1866. Sir T. Gabriel—You cau surely recollect something more upon these important matters? Do tell us the truth, Mr. Edwards. Examination continued—He was aware that the At lantic Mail Company owed Overeud, Gurney, and Co. £BOO,OOO, but he did not remember having any conversa tions with the defendants upon the subject. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor—Why, you were a director of the At lantic Royal Mail Company, and you say you were watch ing the affairs of the company, and were aware they owed £BOO,OOO, and do you mean to say that you did not have any communication with the defendants upon the subject ? Witness —He knew that Mr. Birkbeck accused him in rarher coarse terms of having been the cause of a certain loss. He was paid £2,000 commission for negociating the sale of two ships from Overend, Gurney, and Co. to him. He acted as the agent for Overend, Gurney, and Co., and was paid £2,000 commission. (Laughter.) Sergeant Ballantine —And at this time he was receiving £5,000 a year from Overend, Gurney, and Co., for giving them good advice. The witness, in answer to questions put by Sir T. Gabriel, said that although the £20,000 nominally stood in the books to his credit, to be withdrawn at four teen days' notice, there was an "understanding" that he should not withdraw the money for a certain time. He said he could not recollect the exact terms of this " understanding." (A laugh.) He was to be paid six per cent. interest by the old firm, but the limited company would not pay him higher interest than the bank rate of four and a half per cent. The old firm agreed to pay him the additional amount to make up six per cent. • At the rising of the Court the case was again adjourned MARKETS-71118 DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January 23. Sales probably 12,000 bales. The market unchanged ; quieter. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 19} ... 11 191 Do - ... 12 1 Rotterdam — ~. 12 11 ... 12 1 Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 40 Brussels — ... 25 35 ... 25 40 lia m burgh — ... 13 10 ... 13 10 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 120} Vienna — ... 12 25 ... 12 30 Trieste — ... 12 25 ... 12 30 Petersburg Copenhagen — 5 . 9 20 ... 9 24 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa .. Naples Palermo . Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York - ._ 47 ... 48 _. 484 27 0 ... 27 0 .. 27 5 _. 27 5 ... 27 0 _. 27 5 27 5 27 5 ... 27 5 ... 27 5 27 0 ._ 27 5 52 _. 52 ~ 52 .62f The hearing of the case of Mrs. Lumley in the Court of Criminal Appeal has been postponed until next term. REPRESENTATION OF NORWICH.—NoRwicn, Fri day Night.—At a late hour this evening Mr. Edward Warner issued an address as a candidate in the Liberal in terest for the vacant seat for this city. Mr. Warner for merly represented N orwich. CONSERVATISM IN SCOTLAND.—A large and en thusiastic meeting was held at Glasgow on Wednesday night, when steps were taken to organise a Working Men's Conservative Association. Sir James Campbell was appointed president.—Edinburgh Courant. AN EMPTY TRAIN.—On the arrival of the morn ing train from London at Warrington on Thursday, rather late, it was found there were no passengers going on to Liverpool, and therefore the train did not proceed. The London papers arrived in Liverpool about 3.30. The delay caused some alarm. TIIE MILD WINTER.—I cannot conceive what is coming to the weather. I suppose the clerk thereof is in disposed, and cannot attend to his work. Warm Januaries like the present are by no means desirable. During the present month the temperature has been unusually hieh. The thermometer marked at Vienna, on the 7th of December, 15.6 centigrade (GO Fahrenheit) above zero. So high a temperature at this period of the year has not been observed in that city since 1775. Warm Januaries have, however, occurred before. We read that the January of 1662 was as warm as the middle of May or June, so that a fast was proclaimed, and prayers read in the churches for more seasonable weather. Apples were growing at the time. My own opinion is that the Gulf Stream has got into a kink, as the sailors say, somewhere. —Frank Buckland, in Land and Water. PRE SITN,LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1869. SHARE LIST. JEDINABY zilAuliai AND STOCKb. Share italiways. Paid. Closing Sulneiss Price. done. st Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 st Caledonian ... 100 71 791 7ta 100 18 43 20 Cornwall. . . all 3 ; it Dublin & Belfast June lOO 79 81 at Dun„Yerth,& Ab. June 'WO 70 73 2, East i..._ , ndon 20 Lio 15 Do 10 Glasgow &S. Western lOO 93 07 it Great Eastern .. et Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7 9 st Great North ol Sootiantl lOO 15 , G it Great Northern lOO 1071 1081 108 at Do. A stook it Do. 13 etock lOO 126 la st LitS, and W. 01 lreian l lOO ;8 100 it (it. Western —Original lOO 491 6 3 491 et Do. South Wales lOO 17 i 8 s Du. W. Mid.—Uxtord lOO 16 27 21 ,it Do. Newport WO 20 31 it Lanoashire Yon/snipe lOO 1291 t3Ol 180 291 it Lon., Brigh.,& S.Uoaat lOO .614 522 52 OJ Do Scrip st 1.0 n., Chat., and Dover lOO 17 179 at Do. Aletrop. Ex. A lOO it Lon.. North Western I.JO 1151 1161 116 151 at Lou. a South Western ltAt be 90 at Man., Shet., a Lincoln lOO 171 48 at Metropolitan . lOO 1081 1(431 108 1 it Do Extension 100 1. 3 104 10 Do. New rd 10 10 1,4 at Metropolitan District. all 0.) 61 10 Metrop. St. John's Vt oo 1 6 - et Aliaasud st Do, Birmin. Dsirtrj lOO 8i 16 it North British at Do. Ed., Yth., & Dun... 109 st Is or. 4astern—Berwiou.. 100 103 105 104 25 Do. U. N.E. purchase..l6.l3.4 at Do Leeds . ..... 100 56 68 at Do York lOO DO 9 i st Do Carlisle . st Do Stoe t. & Darling l6O Iz9 131 at North Lon ion 10 Do :New 1868 . 2 11 2 p it North Staffordshire lOO 85 57 at North and S.-W. Junction iOO 108 115 10 Do New £l9 shares 7 .. nt Rhymney st Shropshire Union l, 0 57 be it South Devon at South Eastern lOO 811 811 it Staines, Wuk'ham,& Wok all 12 13 121 au vale - 110. C Waterford & Kilkenny lOO - 10 Waterloo & Whitehall 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOQIS. at 13risibl mad Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 43 per coat lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOl at Do. do. 7 per coat lOO at D'. du. Ordinary lel 71 II at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 2u Cornwall, 5 per cent gun all at, Dundee, I'ertk, and Aber deen Junction lOO Di 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Ghia. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lllO at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. So. 1 11l 98 111 at Do do No.l 101 97 100 at Do do 6 per cent 10 106 108 at Do East Anglian A6p. c. 100 lot) 113 tl Do B 6 do. 100 ... at Do do C 7 do. 101 ... at Do do No. 1, i p.c. 109 1113 101 at Du E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 61 71 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1646 110 at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Va1.1347 100 at Groat Northern, 5 per cent 10 ... at Du 5 p.c., rd at lop. c. put. 101 ... at Do 4, du do du 100 at Doi do at sp. c. pin. 100 ... at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Gat pf 100 14 Great South. and Weitern (Ireland) 4 per cent lO3 96 97 at 0 t.West.—Orig.&Jut.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 103 105 at Do. Orig. (13. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 58 103 st Do do 4 ; per cent. 1350 lOO 87 69 at Do do 4 do do Loat do 6 per cent. rodent lOO 94 9i at Do do Birmingha,or gun lOO 66 71 st DJ do do pref 100 st Do do Chester gua, lO2 at Do do do 6 per cent 193 110 Lie at DJ do do 5 do 100 95 AI at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 4) p.c lOl at Do du 4, 1859 lO3 at Du do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g IOJ 107 1. 9 at Do do 20 gun lOO 108 103 at Do Newport, Ist g. 4 p.c lOO 88 91 st Do do 21 do 100 lvu 101 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 101 ... 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ... at Lanco,sh. & Yurksh. 6 p.c. DJ 1 0 1::5 at Do Barnsley, L 5 3s 100 p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 140 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 98 152 at London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ... at Du 5 per cent. gua. Nu. 2 lOO ... st Du 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do N 0.4 lOO st Do 7 per cent st Do 6 do (W.E. S C.Y ) at D 3 4 do 1859 lOO ... ... at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent • lOO st London and W., C. and Nuneaton, 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford ,t; Cambridge lOO 8 01 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welehp'l lOO 83 1/1 at London and 7 p,c late 3d b hares, - 100 141 146 id. Du (Portsin.perp anc2s6d) all t Man., Slier., & Linelu. 6 p.c. 100 114 117 6 Du .46 all par pin Du 31 per cent lOO 60 65 ) Do redeem. 6 percent 5 , Mid. Coneolidatod., 6p. 100 130 13.5 Du Bristol& Birm., 6p. e lOO 1 2 135 ; Do 4; per cent. redeem lOO 97 9v Do L 4l e i p e ez t c e e r lt. n ir e re h ;. n le , e i n p i :c lO OlOO 9 8,0 7 V i North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO Du E. & (.1-. 4 p. c. S. & D lOO Do N. 8., Nu. 2, 5 per ceu.t lOO ... Do Border Union, 54 p.c lOO N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c Du 86 Si Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 95 97 Du G.N.E. 4 per cent., WO Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. ... Do York, U. &S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stcktu & Driiug. A. 5 p.c lOO 106 110 Do W, Hartlepool if. and It DO 87 8J North Staffordshire Devon Annuities, 1 s all 94 104 iDo Taristock Anne., 1.03 all 910 Du Fixed. 41 per cent........, all 8 9 S. cast. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 Do 41 percent Do Fixed 41 per cent.,,....., 100 Taff Vale Nu. 1 lOO 145 150 Waterford & Kilkenny, 6po 100 41 43 10e 1 0.6. et et st ut RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. -- With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. it Caledonian 41 p c gua. ...... 10U it Do Scot. Ceu. win. 7p c. 100 st Do 41 p irredeem..... all st Do 4pc con. issued at 8U 65 it Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 it Do 5 do, 1862... 100 at Do New 5 do, 1863... 100 it Do do 6 do, 1864... 100 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 st Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 it Do. Boston & Sleald, 41 pc 100 st Gres tWest., W. Slid!., ip o 10U EiG it Do Joint perpe. 5 p e,1865 100 88 92 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 105 20 Do Vale Nea.th peril. Ap c all 191 201 it Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B , 100 Lanc. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 ......... 2 st Lund., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1853 100 st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 it Do do 41 do, 1863 100 i t Do do 5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. G 6 do, 1866 100 it Do No. 7 sdo ..... 100 m " • . st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c ... 100 it Do Me trop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 Do do C 6 /Le 100 "' Man. .shef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1 865 all $ it London &N. Western, 5p c 1 00 1.08 . 11 . 6 i t Loudon &S. Western, 41 p c 100 84 96 10 it Metropolitan o per cent ...... 100 it Midland, A S per cent pref. 100 106 108 1$ et Do B 6 do 100 1041 103 DO bpcopt. to Cony. to Ord. stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lfn , 19 Do InconT. New Shares is Do 5p e con. into Old I 11 3 22 lit North Stk Brit ish., Aug. , 31 E , 13 and 72 ... G . 8 1 1 lip 10 . N o , 1, 5 per cent le. st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 101 Do E. P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 10 0 st Do ". at u, No. 2, 5 p.c 100 "' „ t Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 E . & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 4 3 e,; Do E. & No. 3 , 3 1 3 . c lOO - t - Do l it North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 a 7 99 at Do iitock. & Dart., D lOO 111 113 North London, 44, per cent it (Max. 6 per cent) it North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 4 1 pc , 1839 100 72 1 st Do 5 do 1861 100 at do (Ch. Croaa) 100.bo 100 5 yl —0 it Do b do, 1864 i t Victoria St.& Pimlico, 4 1 pi 190 77 81 $7 i yo 84 83 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at Birkenhead 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire 100 92 81 st Chester and Holyhead lOO 64 66 at Do. bl per cent. at Do. 6 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gun. 6p. c lOO 133 135 'lO Gloster and Dean Forest all a Gt. Easu., Newm., Sc., i p.c 100 I Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6.0 72 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Heref 100 95 97 90 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21 213 st London and Rlackwall lOO 93 95 at Du. 41 per cent at Loudon, Cuat., 41 p c lOO at Do. Com. Fund, 5 do lOO at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Prefereuce lOO at London, Tilbury, 5; South 100 71 so st Lowestoft, gus, 4 per cent lOO 79 53 at Do. do. 6 do. 100 _ 51 Mauch., Buxton, &Matlk all i si at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 11 Mid Kent Cray Line) 90 Northern& East., Apar cent all 53 50 SU Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern—Hartlep00l at N. West. A peril. prel, ip. c lOO 103 110 at Do B minimum 11- p.c lOO at Notting. it Urauth. 11.66 C lOO 92 94 25 Preston and 5% yre, ... Royston, hitch., and Shep lOO 133 135 at Shrewsbury and Hereford lOU 143 1;14 10 Do do 6 21 7. p at S. Yorksh. gad River Dun 100 93 100 at Do 4 per cent gua lO 79 81 at Do i do at Viet. Station and Pimlico— 100 174 180 ini at West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do . do C all at Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. 64 7; st East and West India lOO 117 112 it London and St. Katherine 100 51 5$ 50 10e :1) oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all . ... ... Millwall Freehold Land it Dock lOO 31 32 321 3 st Southampton lOO 7i 7,i it Surrey Ccauinercial Closing Share NAILB. Paid. Price. 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 10 Do B lO 41 51 41 60 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 17 1, PI 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1566, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 26 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim 25 Bank of South Australia all 60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 26 10 Bank of .`ow Zealand all 40 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China all 25 Chartered More. of India, London, and China all 20 City DM Colonial 25 10 Consolidated, Hai. 50 Delhi and Loudon, lin:, SO East London, lira 6 20 English and American, ina 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim lO 20 English, ..,cottish, sad Aus tralian Chartered 284 Hong Bong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 281 Do now if 100 Imperial, lim II 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 25 lonian all 25 Do new i 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lira 4 100 Du 5 p. c. De b 5.186 4, 30 all 76 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 100 London and Brazilian, Um. 45 20 Do new 71 100 London &River Plate, lina. 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart. of Australia all 50 London and County 2O 20 Do new iss at 20 p m,16 pd ll 50 London Joint 5t0ck......... 1 20 London and South African al 100 London & S.-Western, lira, 20 60 London & Venezuela, lim l2l 100 Loudon and Westminster. 20 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lilt 26 10 Metropolitan, lim all 100 Midland, lim 2O 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lira l5 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... 10 Do .... . 42 ... ... 4) 40 National.,.... SO 40 41 20 New South Wales all 42 46 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431 41 2! 50 Provine. Bank. Corpo., lira. 10 I Se 4, 1 100 Provincial of Ireland ...... 10 Do new, all 100 stand. of Brit. S. Afrioa, lira 26 19 Is 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australis, all 48 I 491 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London 38 4 1 6 4 it 33 37 L) 17 13 49 61 20/ 211 20 SOf 11, 40 46 1 11 •, lel pr 9! 14 1T # f 17 1$ 1 It 27 29 pr 1p $ it 75 76 fl 7 $2 28 6/ fl• 7 9 11 11 22/ 231 22 49 401 601 Si ZS 35 10 12 91 65 66 62i 631 7 e 6i it ld pr 2 1 1 d MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 211 21f 221 g I 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., Inn.— 10 it 12# 12, g 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 16 at Atlantic Telegraph lO Si it S 4 1 st Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 26 Australian Mort. Land aid Finance, lira. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim * 7 ad 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all Lit 14 10 Do. New 6 II 8/ 100 Bolckow Vaughan, Inn. I Bombay Gas, lim A Do. New 4 11 Id 11.) British American Land 44 16 3 et B. and 1. Magnetic Tel., lira lOO 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lim all * a 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 64 OS 10 Canadian Loan and InTest lIICM, lim ll 21 11d 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint ö 41 Si i 26 City of Loudon Real Pro perty, lint 8 41 Sid SO City of Milan Improv, lim all 6 1 0 25 City of Moscow Uas, lint all II I 50 City Offices, lint 26 84 23 d 60 Colonial, lint. Do. .. i AO Commercia... Ilaion (Assur) 4 1 i , Ai 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint. 20 Continental Union Oats, lint all 18 1., 25 Copper Miners of England, prof 74 per cent, 100 Corporation of London Banda, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 10i 100 Do. 1378, 4 f per cent. all 104 1051 100 Do. 1832, 41 per cent. all io3i 104 1 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 24 21 24 a 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO Si 24c/ at Crystal Palace lOO 1 i 81 of Do. Preference lOO *3 08 at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 164 108 20 Darjeeling, lint I 0 Eastern Assam, lim. fi ... ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim 20 East India Irriga. k Canal all 17 13 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lira. 2 71 13; 12fd 1i 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Gua. by Egypt. Go♦ all pii 92 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. tim 6 41 41 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2:38 241 10 Do. New 8 10 12p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, hut 21 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 4 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lira. 8 ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 PI lid 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 121 100 For. & Col. Got. Trust and Loan Scrip,issued at £B5 all 831 041 50 Gallivant, lint 10 General Credit & Die., lint. 71 2 If 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 23 50 Hoint & Col Marine Iti. lint 5 41 31d 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 131 131 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 25 Indo-European Tel., Um lO ... 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lint 3 11 11 20 Interns. Land Credit, lint. 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 31 4 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1970, issued 90 all 68 65 641 1 50 Land Securities, lint 6 31 244 25 London African Trading._ 10 7 3d 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint. 6 ... ..,.d 10 London County Land and Building, lint ... . 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 34 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all 1 IP 50 Lond. Financial Asso., Una 30 23 221 4 Lond.Gen.Oinnibus.Co.lim. all 18 2 2 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, 1int,,,,.,., 25 22 17d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 Id pr at Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. p. c. by India Gov, 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1im...... ...... 11 Id 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint, all 4 41 60 Merchant Shipping, lint. 50 Millwall Iron Works, lint l2l ... 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. ............ 9 31 21d 25 National Discou n t Co., lint 5 Ili 124 25 National Prey. Marine, lint. 4 4 ad 10 National Steam Ship, lint, all 81 9/ 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 4 ad 10 New Consolidated Dis. Um. 3 11 id ew Quebrada, hal ...... ... A. 4.0 41 38 25 New Zealand Loan & Dien. eantile Agency,lim 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint. 10 Northern Assant Tea, lima 5 7 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., lint l3O 48 48 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l 19 194 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) S 141 154 191 50 Oriental Financial, 1int,,,,,, 11 ...d 5 Oriental Gas, 1int..~,,. Ai Do. N0w........ ....... In 1 f 10 Otago and So u thl and vestment, ....... S ........ 2 41? Ottoman Gas, 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lima all 11 11 S Do do. .. at Peel R. Land & Mi nerl, lim 160 30 32 SO Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 43 5 1 60 Do. New 1867 ......... 24 11d 26 Reuter's Te1egram,,.,..,,.,.. all 68 63 SO Rhymney Iron ............... all 111 191 15 Do. New ..... ...... all 34 25 Rio de Janeiro City lan., litn. all 17 18 20 Do. Gas, 1int,,.,., all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam .. 6• 43 45 at Scottish Aunt. Invest., that 100 03 100 st Do. 6 p. C. Guar. Pref. 10$ 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypt e, lint. 10 .7 6d 20 Societe Gen.do l'Empira Ot. 3 3 4 P 30 S. African Mort. & Izv., lint C... 25 South Australian Land. .., all 854 36 1 at Submarine Telegraph .... 100 92 97 34 1 Do. 5crip,.,,,.... all 1 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. &Main.,lina. all 161 17 104 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim ............ 2 21 21 20 Trinidad Petroleum, 81 10 Trust &Agency of Aus.,lina. I 1p 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust &Loan ,TT (limn Act a Ad P 40 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 11 045 , all 210066 U. Upper Dinog A . Universal l ia pT r e T i er n: et( eC , l n li n ot m . l ) , Plr lint ienif all 2 1! 14 3 1 36 ip P 30 Van Dieman's Land 231 7 $ 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 744 784 754 50 Warrant Finance, Rm. l2 12 10d 60 West India and Pacific Steam, lint 2O 21 11 20 West London Wharves aid Warehouses t;OLONI.eLL GOVZILNIIISNT SECURITIIO, tritiala Columbia, o per cent.,1672.... lOO Do. 1895.. l9O Can.Gov.6 p.c.Jan. , &July 1877-81 Do. 6p. a. Feb, & Aug loo 195 h 7 Do. sp. 0. Mar. . Sept lOO 104 10 6 lobi Do. sp. C. Jan. & July lOO 93 94 94 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk lOO 90 02 Cape C. )lope, 6p. c. 1873 lO3 102 lel Do.Apl&Oct 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 1)0, do 1880-90 lOO 107 100 1)o. Jan.&July, 1891 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and is Oct., 1900 lOO 103 102 - Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 100 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 18)5, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 FA 1 1 ,, bourne Corporatn 1867-7 s, 6 per mi., . 10) - N. l 3.Gov.ti p.0.Ja.&..1u1y lOO 102 101 a' al 6 p cr, Apl 4; Oct Do 6pc.51 y At Nov lOO 136 108 N. S. W. 5 p•c., '7lto '75 lOO 09 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 lOO 19 100 0 4 1 Do. 5 p.o. rd.'67 to '75 lOO 09 101 N.Zealand, 6p. ot. 1801 lOO Do. 5 per cent.... -- Do Jan, A prl, J uly, o.t lOO 976 984 91f Do 6p o. Mar & oept '9l lOO 108 110 -- Do Juoe 0 Dec~ 1,91 —J Do Proy. t Auctld. i 1 0 t tcriei 1.C2, 1+.396 ) Nova Scotia 6p. c.Jan... and July. 1875 - Do 18215.. Qtteenslnd. 6p. c. 'B2-5 • lOO 1( 5 106 1051 Do 189. Do. 1+391 6.9 o 1860.... 100 - Do. do. A ...... 100 103 1109 Do rd. 1091 100 107 ltB - YlOtOrla9p.o. .... 100 006 107 CORBESYONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY, January 22. The papers wear a dismal appearance. The Conference has relapsed into one of the " slowest" of political ques tions, and, with the exception of the liveliness in Turkey and Greece, .the world is absolutely stagnant. Endless columns of extracts from the Blue-book—the report on the position of the Empire—take the place of readable news. The book is mostly devoted to foreign affairs. That portion treating of the internal condition of the country contains some remarks on the press laws and the new statute on public meetings, announcing that the first trial of these measures has not been wholly free from excess. It regrets that the public meetings have not been greatly devoted to questions from which benefit might be derived, but that communism, socialism, and other doctrines which under an enlightened despotism ought never to be men. tinned, have frequently been brought into court. The law of 1864 on coalitions has produced good results. The free discussion of wages has led to excellent arrangements between masters and men, and agree ments by mutual concession have become far more common ; strikes much less frequent. Then comes an immense expose of foreign affairs in their relation to France. Some of the comments consist merely of empty wishes and dreamy hopes, but one or two im portant notifications are made. It will be interesting to your readers to learn officially that the works which France, Russia, and Turkey have undertaken for the reconstruc tion of the cupola of the Holy Sepulchre are completed. "We mention with pleasure that the monument raised over the tomb of Christ will remain as a proof of the senti- ments of concord and tolerance which inspired the arrange. meat agreed upon by the three Courts, whose perseverance has produced a result so satisfactory to all Christian com munions." The Government announces its inten tion of neglecting no effort to secure satisfaction to French creditors from the Tunisian Government. With regard to the war on the River Plate, the French as well as the English Government has pre served neutrality, taking care only to preserve the river free to French commerce. Lastly, and most important of all, the book contains absolutely no allusion to Germany ! Whether this is a favourable or an unfavourable sign is a question respecting which the journals here are sure to quarrel. The exposé contains a great deal about the army, but I need mention only the active army numbers alto gether 448,771 men, and that the whole of the forces on a "peace" footing make up an aggregate of 1,028,980. M. Gamier-Pages has announced to his friends that on account of the state of his health he will not present him• self at the approaching elections. 31. Darimon also intends, it is said, to withdraw from the representation of Paris. The loss of both will be felt in the Corps L6gislatif. The Opposition will find much difficulty in replacing the former ; its numbers are already meagre enough. The presence of journalists in the Corps Legislatif has been decided at length in the affirmative. The press is to have a special desk. En passant I hear that none of the laws— they are few—which are to be presented to the Corps L6gislatif this session are yet ready. M. Emile 011ivier is about to publish a book which will command a widespread sale. It will be in the form of a memoir, and will contain a political history of the period since the Revolution of 1848. M. 011ivier has obtained permission to publish some letters from the Emperor to M. Rouher. The rabbit's tenure of existence under civilised life is becoming very precarious. English farmers will he delighted to hear that the Imperial Court of Lyons has just decided in favour of classing rabbits in warrens as noxious animals. Proprietors who have suffered from them are permitted to hunt them with ferrets at all seasons. The rabbit and the agriculturist never agree. In England the animal is a nuisance, and in Australia it is deemed tl most destructive of vermin. M. Wilfred de Fonvielle has publi s h e d a wor k entitled "La Science en Ballon." The author was one of the passengers in the famous voyage of Nadirig balloon, the Geant. He is an experienced aeronaut, and some of his remarks are exceedingly interesting. The most im portant of his arguments is to the following effect. There is one point which admits of no dis pute, viz., that if the aeronaut cannot direct his balloon horizontally at pleasure, he can at least change his altitude at will: he is undisputed master of the vertical, within the limits of the size of his vehicle and the ballast he has at command. Instead, therefore, of seeking contrivances for directing the balloon, all of which have hitherto failed to accomplish their object, M. de Fonvielle is of opinion that, for the present at least, all the attention of aeronaut, should be turned to the great object of improving the means of rising and descending along the vertical, whereby the traveller may be enabled to find, at some altitude, a current that will convey him in a desired direction. The writer mentions several contrivances which have this object in view. It is notorious that when gas is let out of a balloon its tendency is to descend ; but then the gas which has once escaped cannot be got back. The ascending power of the apparatus is crippled to the extent of the gas which is lost. The writer suggests that the gas, instead of being allowed to escape, should be with drawn into a condenser by a tube, so that it can be used again and again at pleasure. THE TrEATHER TABLE-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. Extreme Sea Saturday, F. 0 Jan. 2,3, E. T. 1 ;1 ) . W. Ito F. D. WE.to 8 a.in. 12 Nairn Aberdeen 30'10f. 36 35 S.W. 1 2 N.N.W. 0. o'ls 2 Leith Shields Scarborough 30•24 f. 33 32 S.S.W. 2 2 S. 5.0. 2 Yarmouth 3o'29f. 32 S.E. 4 6 E.S.E. c.o. 3 Helder _ Cuz haven _ Skud esnles _ Ardr ossan 3012 f. 37 34 E. 2 2 N. E, f.r. o'o2 2 Green castle 30'02f. 32, 38 N.W. 1 1 S.E. orm o'o2 Holyhead 30'11f. 41 39 S.S.E. 6 2 E.S.E. m.O Liver pool . • 30'17f. 37 35 SE. 2 S.E. 0. 2 Valentia 291)0f. 45 44 S. 5 5 S. o.cr o'l6 4 Cape Clear 29 89f. 46 44 W.S.W. 5 3 S.E, c. o'll 4 Roche sPt 2995f. 46 44 S. 6 6 S. c. 4 Plymouth Weymouth 30'20f, 41 28 E.N.E, 4 4 EN. E, o. 3 Portsmouth 3022 f. 35 33 S.S.E. 4 3 E.S.E. m.o 3 London .. • • 30'27f. 32 S.E. 3 3 E.S.E. cmo C'peGris Nez 30'31f. 21 E. 5 4 E. c.o. 2 Brest L'Orie nt 30'18f. 30 E. 5 4 E.N.E. 0— 2 Roch e fort Biarritz .. • Corunna — Brussels.. Strasbourg Toulon Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) ZXPLANATION Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f, falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; fog ; h.—hail ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r.— rain ; B.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. There is considerable change in atmospherical conditions since yesterday. Pressure has decreased more than four-tenths in the west and three-tenths in the north, and the fall has extended to all stations during the night. Readings are now lowest in the west : that at Cape Clear is o'24in. lower than that at Cape Gris Nez. Temperature is lower this morning on our east coast and in the south-west of France ; but at western stations a recovery of 6 deg, is reported. The winds, while remaining easterly on the south-east and French coasts, have veered to S. in the west, and are blowing fresh in the south of Ireland and the Irish Sea. In Scotland they are light, and variable in direction. Snow has fallen in the east, and still falls at Shields. A little rain has fallen in the west. Overcast and cloudy skies are general, with haze in places. The sea has gone down at Scarborough, and is not rough at Valencia. PRESENTED AT THE VATICAN. A letter from an English lady who has been staying for some weeks at Rome gives the following interesting account of the presentation of herself and her husband to the Pope :—" January 10. We have just returned from an audience with the Pope. We had received an order (which came through Archbishop Manning) for us to be at the Vatican at 11.30 this morning ; so I dressed in black silk, with a veil, and W. in evening costume, and we drove to the staircase indicated. Two or three chamber. lains were in attendance, who took W.'s hat and my shawl; and then we waited, with about 600 other people, in one of the ante-rooms. Presently, at a quarter to twelve, the door opened, and we were ushered into a room where the Pope was sitting in a chair, looking very kind and patri archal. As each person advanced, a chamberlain announced the name and took the invitation paper. On reaching the Pope each person knelt, and the Roman Catholics kissed his foot, and the Protestants a ring on his finger. We all then retired, and made a semi -circle, and his Holiness addressed us (as near as I can remember) in these words, in French :—` My dear friends, I wish to say a few words to you this morning. When our Saviour was a little boy, the Blessod Virgin and St. .Joseph lost him, and when they went to look for him they found him—not in the drawing-room, or in the theatre— but in the Church. And to all of you, whether you be Catholics or Protestants, I would say, you must seek your Saviour, or you will never find him. And it is not in places of amusement, but in the Church—the true Church that you will most surely find him. Some of you are just beginning life, and some, like myself, have nearly run the appointed course. I desire to bless you all during y .ur journeys here, but more especially for the great journey of life which begins at our birth and ends in immortality." We then retired, and the ceremony was over, it having lasted about twenty minutes. A day or two before this the Pope drove in a carriage and four through the Corso, and as he passed the people knelt to receive his blessing, which he gave with outstretched hanille Oti 31 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WESTMINSTER. COMMENCING BUSINESS EARLY.— Henry Long and Geo. Smith, two boys, 14 and 15 years of age, were charged as follows: Mary Powell, 8, Qireen's-road, East Chelsea, said— Prisoners had lodged in that house, where she was servant. On Thursday night her bonnet was safe in their bedroom, and on the following morning she missed it. Yesterday they were spoken to, and denied all knowledge of it. Pic tures and other things were missed from that room, which was always kept locked. Sergeant Lucas, 1 B, said that he was called to the house to take the prisoners into custody. They would not agree to be searched. On their way to the station wit ness thought Long walked lame, and on feeling his legs discovered a silk umbrella in each leg of his trousers with the trade marks still on them. Prisoner Long—l found the umbrellas in the King's road. Mr. Benson—Ob, yes; they grow there, I suppose. What's known of those boys ? sergeant Lewis—They are lodging together, and there's no doubt about what they are. They work, as they pre tend, at a wood-cutter's, at Brantford, live at Chelsea, and get up at 9or 10 in the morning to go to work. There were a great many halfpence found upon them, which is doubtless a till robbery, and there were handkerchiefs and other things found upon them, for which we may find owners. Mr Benson—There is very little doubt about their being thieves. They are remanded for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. As AMATEUR DETECTIVE.—WiIIiam Crane, a young man, was charged before Mr. Knox with picking the pocket of a female. Mr. Thomas Butler, of Lupin-stieet, Birmingham, said that while being in the Alhambra Music-hall, Leicester square, with some friends, he saw the prisoner several times push against a lady, and suspecting that he was attempt ing to pick her pocket he watched him, and saw him take something from her pocket and then run away. Re followed the prisoner, and when near the enclosure seized him and took from his hand some money, and at the same time noticed that the prisoner made a movement of his hand, as if he threw something into the enclosure. On a oonstable coming up he handed the prisoner over to him. Mr. Robert Warde, of Constitution-hill, Birmingham, a friend of Mr. Butler's, gave somewhat similar evi dence, and proved picking up an empty purse inside the enclosure in Leicester-square, near where the prisoner was caught by Mr. Butler. Police-constable Portch, 28 C 13, said that on the way to the station the prisoner said he did not think the - were watching him. The prisoner made no defence. Mr. Knox, in committing the prisoner for six months with hard labour, remarked that Mr. Butler had done great service to the public. THAMES. DARING ROBBERY AT A RAILWAY Rae, a lad about 16 years of age, was charged with steal ing about £2 11s. from the Limehouse station of the Blackwall Railway Company. The same station had been robbed of money three times, and the prisoner is supposed to have been the leader of each adventure. The case having excited much alarm cud ex:itement, In spector Russel of the railway company's police, and Inspector Bride; 12 division, were directed to make inquiries, and elicited the following facts: - Mr. Saunders, the booking-office keeper and money taker, at the station, is very infirm. He has had occasion to have his station without charge several times, and on each occasion his off ,:e had been enterel and money stolen. Last Monday afternoon he was absent about three Minutes only, and in the course of that time the prisoner and two other boys closed the outer doors, shut out the boy who sells newspapers on the line, and while two of the boys secured the doors and prevented any ono from entering, Rea got over the counter in the office, and took ail the money he could find. He then came out, and the crew dispersed. Mr. Saunders came back immediately afterwards, and, on discovering his loss, was so much affected that he took to his bed, and was afterwards removed to the London Hospital, whore he now lies in a precarious style. An operation has been performed upon him, and he is not expected to lire many hours. Mr. Paget, accompanied by Mr. Pyer, chief clerk, having taken the depositions of Mr. Saunders in the hos pital, returned to the court, the prisoner was put into the dock, and a shoe-black boy named Geo. Durrant, who was in the secret of the whole plot, gave evidence againt the prisoner briefly. He also said, I have seen the prisoner since ; he asked me if I had been with the police, and said keep quiet or you will get us all transported. Inspector Briden —I expect to have the other two boys in custody shortly. Mr. Paget—l shall remand the prisoner for a week. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Jau. 22.—The market for yarn cloth has been very quiet. Owing to the conti nued activity in the cotton market, neither buyers nor sellers of manufactures can make much pro gress with business. This applies to both export and home trade yarns, for which prices are very firm. Sellers of cloth are asking very full rates, but they are perhaps hardly so inflexibl e as t h e holders of yarns. CARDIFF, 21st.—The change that has occurred in the weather will in a few days afford an oppor tunity to vessels entered outwards to arrive at the docks; and, as there are several orders on the books of merchants and shippers awaiting execution for the mail packet stations, French, Turkish, and Mediterranean ports, a continuance of fair winds may be looked upon as the only essential requisite to place the steam coal trade in a more satisfactory position than it has occupied for the last two months. Orders from the Continental markets are about the average, but from some of the Mediterranean and Turkish ports there is a slight increase in the demand. The favourable change in the weather will, it is expected, have an equally a favourable effect on the house coal trade, the l a t e gales having prevented the arrival of coasting ves sels bound to this port. Tho iron trade is unques tionably in a more healthy state than it was at this time twelve months, as the hands engaged at the leading iron-making establishments are now work ing full average time. Tin plates command a fair sale, and the prices determined upon at the quar terly meeting are being, as a rule, obtained. LEICESTER, 22d.—The absolute amount of busi ness doing is not large, but a more cheerful feeling pervades the whole of the trade in this locality. There have been very few sales effected in wools, owing to spinners holding a fair stock, and buying simply to meet present requirements. Rather more has been done with the growers, but the prices asked are mostly higher than the dealers can at present afford to leave any profit. Prices continue firm. A moderate demand prevails for worsted yarns. The inquiry for worsted yarns is still of a retail character, although a slight improvement is notice able. The extreme mildness of the season operates to a great extent against this branch of manufac ture, preventing the usual demand from the re tailers, many of whom have large stocks. A good and steady trade is maintained for cotton hosiery, while at Hinckley manufacturers are very busily engaged, particularly in the circular branches, and orders continue to be placed at moderately advanced rates. The elastic web houses are but indifferently employed, the orders to hand being of a meagre description, and, as a consequence, in many cases short ti me h as to b e resorted to. Al though a few orders have come to hand, there is not much doing in the boot and shoe trades, and as the leather market is still firm, manufacturers are very indisposed to effect sales at old prices. The difference is chiefly felt on heavy goods, on which a considerable advance will shortly be made. SHIPWRECKS.—On Thursday morning, during a thick fog, the screw steamer Scotia, from Glasgow, while making for the port at Tynemouth, ran ashore at Castle Point. The spot is very rocky, and, owing to the fog land was not sighted until the ship struck. There was a dead calm at the time, but the sea rose soon afterwards, and the vessel soon filled with water. The cargo, con sisting of spirits, ale, iron, &c., was got off in lighters ; it is expected that the ship will become a total wreck. On the night of the 18th instant, the Lord Coke, laden with firebricks, struck on the Sizewall Bank, which the captain had mistaken for Orfordness. The sea was running very high ; and in less than five minutes there were seven feet of water in her hold. The crew, with the captain, Mr. N. Muttitt, took to their boats, and were subsequently rescued by the Soutliwold lifeboat, having saved nothing but the clothes they stood in. THE POACHING AFFRAY NEAR SWANSEA.—The inquiry into the charge against the three brothers, David, William, and Joshua Samuel, and the man Jones, for committing a murderous outrage on the keepers in the employ of Mr. T. D. Llewellyn on the Penllergara estate, near Swansea, proceeds but slowly, owing to the number of witnesses to be examined. On Thursday the prisoners were again brought before the magistrates at Swansea, Mr. Clifton, of Bristol, appearing for the brothers Samuel, and Mr. Price for Jones. The wh o l e o f t h e day was occupied in the cross-examination of Rees and Hughes, two of the injured keepers, and the examination in chief of Superintendent Matthews, who deposed to the appre hension of the several prisoners, not one of whom said a single word that would in any way criminate himself. The hearing of the case was further adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LONDON BETTING—YESMDAT. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Sycee (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lady Coventry (taken) 20 to 1 agst Cheltenham (taken) 20 to 1 agst Knight Errant (taken) 20 ti 1 agst Islam (taken) 20 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Sawyer (taken) 100 to 3 agst George Oabaldeston (taken) 100 to 3 agst Formosa (taken) CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Blue Gown (offered-1000 to 80 (t) 1000 to 70 agst Panl Jones (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Robespiere (offered) 1000 to 30 agst St. Rung° (offered take 40 to 1) 1000 to 30 agst Palmer (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Knight of the Garter (offered) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 7 agst Fan (offered, 100 to 6 taken) 22 to 1 agst Tathwell (taken) 22 to 1 agst Colonel (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tennyson (offered) 28 to 1 agst Globule (taken) 24 to 1 agst Huntsman's Daughter (offered) 33 to 1 agst Alcibiade (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Captain Crosstree (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lord Ronald (offered—take 33 to 1) 83 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (offered); 40 to 1 agst Sea King (taken) 1000 to 20 agst The Earl (offered) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. FEBRUARY. Sudbury 2, 3 Pontefract lB, 19 Lincoln l6, 17 Nottingham Spring...2B, 94 Harrow lB, 19 Chelmsford. 25, 26 Mansfield 18 Derby Spring 25, 26 MARCH. Liverpool Spring 2,8, 4 1 West Drayto n l B, 9 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Baldoyle First Sp r i ng 18, 19 Downpatrick 9 Margate 20 Warwick. 9, 10, 11 Beverley 20 Hendon l2, 13 Durham 29, 80 %Vest Somerset 15, 16 Epsom 30 31 Northampton 16, 17 , Abergavenny l, 2 Bromley 1, 2 I Aldershot l, 2 I Catterick Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk .. 6, 7 Elungerford 6, 7 Lichfield Cambridge 7 8 I Croxton Park . 8 Streatham 9 7 9 I ' Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 1.5, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon 22, 28 Newmarket Ist Spring 6, &c MAY. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 I Doncaster 13, 14 ligßaton Hunt 6, 7 ; West Drayton l7, 18 Winchester ll, 12 Bath 18, 111 York 11, 12 M anc h ester 19, 20, 21 Baldoyle 2nd Spring, 11, 12 C ro yd on 19, 21 St. Albans 1 14 Harpenden 2l I Salisbury l3, 14 Epsom Summer .....25, &o. JI rNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newcastle 22, 23, 21 2 Newton ,3, 4 Oldham 22 Aseot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Bibury Club 23 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Windsor 15, 16 Chel:nsford Hampton l7 , , ..... 18 Sutton Park C urraL ii 2 l', 23, 24 1 Jl. Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, Sr.c. Carlisle Pontefract • 9, 10 !tendon ... . l2, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 Brighton 3, AU 4 G Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egnain lO, 11 1 Wolverhatr p ton lO, 11 1 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 , Southampton 18, 14 1 I ltJading 15, 16 Huntiugdon 2O, 21 1 8 tAmford ... !".11. 23 1 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 UST. Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth £6, 27 Scarborough _3o, 31 Derby Summer ..,31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury 3l, Sep. 1 SEPT. 8 Warwick... Curl agh (Royal) 7,8, 9 A biugdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richinoul 21, 22 Lichfield OCT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7, 8 Newmarket 2d Uut...11, dec. Chelmsford l9, 20 Kelso 19, 20 N OVJ Worcester, 2,3, 4 Harrow 2, 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 STEEPLECHA, FEBR Wolverhampton 2 Carmarthen Edgeware Ten by.. 5 Birmingham st , 9 Chippenham 10, 11 Streatham 11, 12 Noxvbricige 15 Lincoln l6, 17 MA. Liverpool 3 Shrewsbury 5, 6 Mal ton Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 Kingsbury 12, 13 , AP. West Somerset 15, 113 York 17 Crewkerue lB, 19 Chepstow 29, 30 R.IL. Aldershot 1, 2 I Streatham B, 9 Bromley 1, 9 Royal Artily., Woolwich...B Abergavenny l, 2 1 Knighton Lichfield ..6, 7 1 Ludlow l3, 16 Southdown Hunt ..7 Tenbury... 2l Cambridge 7 8 Croydon 22, 28 Cheltenham 7, 8 Co. Louth & A.rdee...27, 28 MAY. Limerick Hunt 4 1 St. Albans .. 13 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 1 Weit Drayt0n.......... 17 JULY. Kingsbury 9 AUGUST. St. Albans 17 OCTOBER. Bromley 7 1 West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. Harrow 2, 3 1 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Worcester 3, 4 1 Liverpool St. Albans 5, 6 1 Shrewsbury ... l5, 19 COURSING FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. Powderham Everleigh Club, Wilts 2, 3 Rufford Open, Lancashire Cardington, Beds . 3, &c Wenvoe Castle 3 4. Ludhana, Norfolk 11, 12 Brampton, Cumberland ll, 12 Waterloo (Altcar), Lancashire l7, dm MARCH. _ . Ashdown Park, Hert s Fourth S. Lancashire (Champion) County Louth (Champion), Ireland 18, ikc Scottish National Open, Lanark 3O, &c. OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6. Ormesby 19, &a. Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27. NOVEMBER. Suudorne, Salop Cothan and Eston LoNDON GAZETTE—LAST EVENING• WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MILL, JAN. 22. st Regiment of Life Guards—Quartermaster-Corporal- Major John Henry Stuart Reid to be Quartermaster. Bth Hussars—Cornet Edward G. Paley to be Cornet. 12th Lancers—Lieutenant C. Wilkinson to be Captain ; Cornet Wm. H. Pawson to be Lieutenant ; George M. Martin, Gent., to be Cornet. 16th Lancers—Lieutenant R. T. Maillard to be Captain. 18th Hussars—Cornet Edward Alexander Fraser to be Lieutenant; Cornet Richard George Kennedy to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Harold Paget, from the 10th Foot, to be Cornet. 20th Hussars —Gentleman Cadet Francis J. Graves to be Cornet. 21st Hussars—Gentleman Cadet Thomas H. M. Kelly, to be Cornet. 3d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Wm. Conquest Howarth to be Ensign. 4th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Richard Hawes M'Carthy to EnsignE bensig u ; G ; Gentleman Gentleman nt lo an C Cadeta d F e tr RicM. e d er h i a c r k d Green uu t h in o b s on e to be Ensign, 6th Foot—Gentleman Cadet .Uenman C. Murray to be Ensign. 9th Foot—Lieutenant E. W. Forester Leighton to be Captain ; Ensign Frederick Woodhouse James to be Lieutenant; John Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign. 10th Foot—Harold Paget, Gent., to be Ensign. 15th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Francis William Snell, t(Z) be Ensign. 17th Foot—Major David Latouche Colthurst to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, Captain William Dalrymple Thompson to be Major. Lieutenant Thomas Braddell, to bo Captain, Ensign Matthew W. Brock to be Lieutenant, Wm. A. Berwick, Gent., to be Ensign. 19th Foot—Lieutenant Augustus Mourant Handley to be Captain, Ensign William McClintock to be Lieutenant, Edward Brice to be Rinsign. 20th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Edward T. Dickson to be Ensign. 22d Foot—Lieutenant John Thomas to be Captain. 34th Foot—Johu Drutuinom , to be Ensign. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Nesbit Wallace to be Captain, Ensign James Price to be Lieutenant, Ensign Francis Wood to be Lieutenant, Nicholas Edward k'enwick to be Ensign. 67th Foot —David Briggs to be Ensign. 69th Foot—Harry APLean to be Ensign. 81st Foot—Charles Edward Sawyer t o be Ensign. 97th Foot—Enslgn Dacres Belgravo to be Lieutenant, Thomas Arthur Campion to be Ensign. THE RABBIT QUESTION IN FIZANCE.—The Impe rial Court of Lyons has delivered a judgment which will be well received by persons engaged in farming. By this decision rabbits iu warrens are:classified as noxious ani mals, and such proprietors as have sustained damage from thorn are permitted to hunt them with ferrets-at all seasons. MBER. Hampton 21, 22 Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Hendon 24, 2 Monmouth... 23, 24 Newmarket 'at 0ct....28, &o. Lanark... 29, 30 B ER. Cheltenham l9, 20 Curragh l9, 20, 21 West Drayton 2 2 1, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 21 Newmarket li'ton ...25, dm. IMBER. Shrewsbury 15, &c. Leamington Hunt 23, &c. 1E FIXTURES. A RY. Morton-in-Marsh lB Harrow lB, 19 Pontefract 18, 19 Boston Windsor 22, 23 St. Albans 23, 24 Derby Baschurch 26 EtCH . . done