The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-02 00:00:00

INGS. "diggings ;hrough some rland estate. j unction wi th neighbouring re situated on ;rounds have a sheepwalk gs," and the The place is a goldfield, vliether the ill be veil of Inver dd from the iggcrs up the hem. These pect, and are ere is some land and Mese pointi A if the ations. Tio for the expe" n the way of Sutherland the reign of me amusing y which have of fishwomen th spades in ng they had e by baskets Ts been most A intervals. of the gold nit all night Es." .tes :—"Th e I KilkennY of persever - Parliament. led in plain hem. TheY n the faith of n that theY through the failed, their to their loss e Reduction se a pro P er ness on th e the extent le Court ei • The late ober of Pen' 6nk, ordered hard O'C( led that th e lid, and ex• Gladston!, tice to this i on to thle ct that the do justice urging the adopted it, 'hers to 0 1 : itlerosse an d to re-agitate , who twin redress' I he did not ppeal to the er Willien ] the murder L. June Is sl, before the ates. ;iabam, a nd ' ln 185 11 kuovi St. George 'g Ld had solve unfurnished .lidsumreer. clog on elmas 0 1 ' s furnitu re About 51'L 1,1-e--e-atne to c evening 11y. It s' .3° house then, ce to ct uj. ng in King" rect a fe ll E. ecn her e night irst female r.O. ape wo- 6 1 Mice to ql the Se cOli c o m e: e s tcreaci I given ani a .d he wool in rather . f the la,ge 0 th of Feb.' fl uck VBs re' -Jd to be 39, he Clericel Tabernacle' irs. B a tsoti t know th e an living in ice. Aly rootliq ing out' t ours , rls. Du r , lll : b la °. roe 10 I out to I. it ivis til° Df CottiDg• Shewarto vas a ligh t " er saw he f t n I bo"", 11 ,, ye after "" ressing °lf tried 013°' ,nd 810 1 . 4 it. ev idenc e ' 9 Y l2ll arse • JO 5 i 41 you 0 i n evidence 11 any ;itor, gala' r aefeoc i , wade - 3 't thin k l y ObSerir r on ze s on .-6 , renla4 11116°1" 1 death Band :0 j; j v iog port' .vit b, o ut 0 11 11 An d 17,e Apr -- wits o ci w orse , ied P : 4O time. e t if tb° To , ips o r „t )u dai- e be oc c° o the b° , fr , e st of r e. for 13- " cs fr o° d a re ieetio, to Fr' se a to agr ee wiu i 4 ie o ic tor 1. be enter MONEY-MAR AND COMi\IERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLooK. There has Leen an active business to-day ; foreign stocks, however, claimed the most atten tion, owing to the pacific intelligence from abroad. Consols have improved 1, but Egyptian Bonds have gone down 1. The rate of discount is still 21 to f. ecCin7 1 ; Consols 94 1 for money ; ditto, for Ac- Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 f ; New Tkree per Cents, 93a g ; Exchequer Bills £ l ,OOO, 21 per Cent., 15 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Ceut., 2421. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 213 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 12 ; ditto 4 per P Per Cent., O ct., 1883, 10 4 1 ; ditto Enfaced a per) 4 per Cent., 921 ; ditto Debentures, 5 per Cent., Aug., 1873, 1041. In the Foreign Market Ital:an Bonds of 1868 have improved 1 per cent. ; ditto of 1861, !;1°86r2 I i e 1, -Vitebsk, ; Russian of 1866, ; Turkish ditto of 1858 and li 1865, ; Charcow rementechug, 4; and Peluvian of 1865, S ubjoined are the quotations :—Brazilian 1 865, f at 801- to 811 ; Chilian of 1867, at 93 1 to 941 ; Egyptian of 1861, 87 to 89 ; ditto of 1868, at 731 to f ; Italian of 1861, 55f , to ; ditto th e T o b acco L oan, 5 to 1 prem. ; gexican, 151 to 16 ; Peruvian of 1865, 761 to ; Russian of 1866, 911 to 921 ; ditto Nicolai, 67 tol ; ditto O re ], 811 t o 82 ; di t t o M oscow 791 to 80 ; ditto Charkof-Azof, 801 to 81 ; Chareow lirementschug, 801 to 1 ; Spanish of 1867, 31 to ; Turkish of 1858, 65 to ; ditto 1862, 64 to 1 ; and ditto of 1865, 398 to 40. In the railway market a decline of 8 per cent. has taken place in Great - Western, South Eastern, and Metropolitan, and a rise of in Midland and G l3ri ghton. Lond on an d N or th W es t ern , 1181 t o f ; Great Western, 53f ; Midland, 118 to 1 ; London and South Western, 89 to 91 ; Great Eastern, 421 to 4 ; Brighton, 528 to a ; South Eastern, 84 to 1 ; ketropolitan, 1098 tog ; Great Northern, 112 to 113 ; ditto A, 1121 t o ; Caledonian, 791 to 1 ; a nd London, Chatham and Dover, 178 to 18. American 5-20 Bonds are quoted 741 to 76, e t s b h , e a n w tu i r n es g a rise o f 1 ; E r i e R a il wa y shares, 26+ t o i ng 1 better ; Atlantic and Great Western De , (401 to 1 ; and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds, 43i to 44. At the Bank yesterday about £41,000 in bar gold was withdrawn for abroad. The Sta r o f P eace has arr i ve d f rom G ee l ong w i th £34,500 in gold, and the Virginia, from New York, With £8,500. The Douro, for the West Indies, takes £lO,OOO In silver and £6,000 in gold. At the meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of E gypt the dividend declared for the half year was at th e rate of 10 per cent. per annum, in addition to a bonus of £1 10s. per share. At the meet i ng of the Ocean Marine Insurance C om pany it was d ec id e d t o p a y s s . p er s h are inte est and per share bonus, in addition to the At distributionthe e of ss. in July. meeting of the shareholders of the Eng -1811, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 7 per cent. Per At the annum was declared. meeting of the Anglo American Telegraph C °lnpany a dividend of 5 per cent., or 103. per Share for the quarter ending the 31st ult., was de clared. . The directors of the British Land Company (Limited) have declared a further dividend of 5 per c ent., and a bonus of 10 per cent. A meeting of the Italian Irrigation Septennial bondholders is called for the sth instant, , 4 for the consideration of questions affecting the future interestsM the bondholders and the value of their securities." The half-yearly meeting of the General Steam N avigation Company will be held on the 23d 1118tant. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this Week an increase of £1,651 over last year. The traffic return of the Great Western Railway or Canada for the week ending the 29th ult. shows an increase of £3,546 over last year. It is stated that the Duke of Richmond, as arbi trator, has given an award of £200,000 against the London, Brighton, and South Coast Company, in , th e case of the dispute between this company and t he Surrey and Sussex line. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures ha ve fallen considerably, a dispute having, it is Stat ed, arisen between the managers of this line ,a.nd the Erie C ompany, w i t h re f erence t o th e nego `'a•tinns lately commenced fur a lease of the under taking. With reference to the proposed new laws to be Introduced for the completion of the Austrian net /s'erk of railways, the plans have been definitively _settled and laid bef ore th e Mi n i s t ry . Th e c hi e f Q t b ject is t o g i ve material help to promote the con and ru ction of those lines that, both from a political industrial point of view, are of greater national !Izportance than the local ones. The former are : 0 be ass i sted by a subvention or guarantee of divi :Y &e., from th e G overnment, w hil e t h e latter, 4 this privilege conceded to them, eac h burde ns e having to b e allowed a very considerable reduction of bu r d ens as income, stamp, and other similar t axes. 1, It is understood that the adverse turn in the c 'ench r a t e of exchange which has lel to the re :allt withd rawals of gold from the Bank was mainly t i , lise d by hea v y sa l es on account o f one o f t h e for eign establish men t s o f E g ypti an an d o th er p r i ei g n e tnekS last week in our market, where the r were higher than at Paris. ve - tbe followi ng not ifi ca ti on respec ti ng th e Go , r „. ) 1111 1e nt dividends, &c., has been issued : I: e l "J'eban.k of E ng l and, February 1, 1869.—Notice is deY given, th a t , i n or d er to prepare t h e divi ti , d , B due on th e s t h A pr il , 1869 , t h e b a l ances b th e several accounts i u the following funds will 0 struck o n t h e n i ght of Monday, the Ist March, 1869)x3 viz.—New £3 per Cent. Annuities, Reduced Per Cent. Annuities, Annuities for Thirty c YesMl Annuities for Terms of Yea rs , I n di a £4 p er 413 1 0 1 e t. Stock. On Tuesday, the 2d o f M arc h, t h e t he divid en d funds will be tr ans f era bl e w i t h out st e dividend d ue on the sth April next. Bank rt„ c :„ ck _, : Shut, Wednesday, 17th March, 1869 ; open, - -ktay, 6th April, 1869." 4 24fortiltItislm'EtINSTUrFvUxD.Isisll. 31 3—TWII O'CLOCK. rr Cent. Consols 93k leper4Jito for Account, 931 11 1 Cent. Reduced 93i if WA' 3 per Cent e y \ v '' 4 per Cent. Jan. 1894 A "''' C '' 6 per Con Jan. 1873 .. D..ktinuiies, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Doe. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —t, (Red Sea Telehraph), Aug., 1908 — Pm '''bequor Bills, 41,000, 21!per Ct. bo. £5OO De. 8 £lOO & 4200 242- 1 Pin AI IIC of En land Stock, 4 per Cent Do g ~, • account ~a ro In, s` tt 4 Per Cent. Bonds ter-Colonial Onaniurn 141,1',NAN GOVERNMENT SEcuxtmee poa. tock,. 101 per Cent., April 11874 213 u • upening, for Account - - 1121 12 D 0 . 5 per cent. July, 1880 O. 4 Pec Cent., Oct. 1888 r) o. Certificates D o 921 „ • Enfaced Papei 4 per Cent •. 0 • 6 per Cert., Jan. 1872 Do 5 ,1 Per C.lr.ut. May 1879 Do— -3 0 per Cent., Bap. Deb. 1872 1877 — do. , Do, 1882 do 104 f ."11•%. Deb., 5 per Cen . t., Aug. 1873 ...... - 0. n .- Pill ~ onds, 4 per Cont., 41,000 •,0• Under 41,000 Bepubhc per Cent ... .) 0 . ... . ) . 4, -Li ip 44u paid .. ... — Itrian 13ends 5 per cent Br a m B - 1859 63/ 1 41 lan 5 per Cent 3. l i Per Cent 18 - 2 ifp,°• do ", ? . 18:,.8 ... -0. do 1861. 11-;°• do.' ..., 0. 5 *, 1863 , per Ccut., 1865 B vo Account ... Si i 3 ~008 Ayres 6 ..... ' Fel; .. .. ... 2......::. — 6'1n.,.../,) 2 per Cent. (Deferrtd ..3 . Per Cent.) ,T'M..e., 6 per Cent. ............ ................ •• 6 per Cent D°ll. 41 per Cent..., .... .. .............. '- : 63 per ceoe,nt.t.,le.6 ...7 n °. 7 per Cent 1866 ................ 1001 ..Lga l bi ~ ..................... 2 an g ' v Per Vent. Danish, 3 per Cont. 1825 , — Datritian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 .. 83 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent It;6yptian, 7 per Cent — Do Second issue B3l Do. £s'it, Bonds B3 Do. £lOO Bonds ' Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds — D0..£100 Bonds Bl English Scrip, 1868, 73 1 1 Do do. £45 pd — d's Government Railway Debentures 951 Green 5 per Cent., 182475, ex Coups — Uo. account - Do. Coupons -- Do. Account - 3 tateruala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd ltl 'Attu 5 per ccr t., IStio — .)o. Account . — Do Ihretntuana Railway — Uf,xican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1804 — Do q per Cent. Anglo-French — .1 ontevidt:au 6 per Cent. . — Slc orish Imperial 5 per Ceut Vow Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferral Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 761 1 Do 44 per Cont. (Uribarren) Do 4f per Cent., 1862 - Do Account P.irtsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'6,,,'2.' 36* Do. do. 1.67 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — Russian 5 per Cent., 182 z, X bt Do 4i per Cent. 1850 Do 4f per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Boucle 92 1 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway — Sar Julian o per Cent — Spanish 3 per Ceti . Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferroa Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cont. 00 Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 66f Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account .. 64 Do £lOO Bonds 65 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 624 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent.: Do. Acc.ant Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. A.ustnau o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins ..„ -_ Belgian. 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex 2sf. — It.ilian 5 per Cent. 1851, E. zSf. Do Account 554 TWO O'CLOCK. o.3nsols,'Money 931 Do. Account, Feb. 4 931 1?01' AL LIOLBORN AMPHITHEATRE. The lessees of this very attractive place of amuse ment last evening submitted an almost entirely new programme to their patrons, notwithstanding that the old one continued to call forth the highest admiration. The change was rendered necessary in consequence of the vast number of novelties th ey have undertaken to produce within a given time, and not because any fresh inducement was necessary to keep the house well filled. The energetic proprietors have already introduced entertainments to the public that far outrival anything ever produc e d i n the palmy days of horsemanship, and have com pletely revived a taste that was fast disappearing from " scenes in the circle." The engagement of the talented Carr() troupe has been an immense success, because the perfection to which they have trained their splendid animals has called forth unbounded admiration and delight. One of the great novelties last night was the introduction of six splendid highly trained, thorough-bred bloods that pranced and played around Herr Oscar Carre like so many kittens. The exquisite symmetry and silken coats of the horses called forth the highest admiration, and when they were lut through their performances, untouched by whip, and perfectly free of leafing rein, their intelligence was really surprising. Marching, waltzing, galloping alter nately, merely at the word of comtnaad, s.!em2d a thing qiike natural to them, and, finally, their concluding performance was a perfect wonder. The performances of Messrs. A. Bradbury, Carre, and A. Salamonsky, as the three Olympians, i 1 a mar vel of horsemanship ; anl Mdlles. Montero and Salamonsky are two of the most accomplished artistes that have ever appeared. The clowning of Mr. Burgess was highly humorous, without being vul gar ; and altogether a more attractive entertain ment, both for old and young, we know not of than at the Royal Amphitheatre. MARKET 8-2 HIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. February 2.—Sales probably 12,000 or 15,000 bales. Market very firm. BILIDFORD ELECTION PETITION. (ET TELEGRAPH.) BRADFORD, Tuesday. Mr. Baron Martin has declared Mr. Forster, M.P., not guilty by himself or agen's of corrupt practices, and will report that ho was duly elected and returned. Costs to follow decision. LA IF INTELLIGENCE-7his Day. COURT OF EXCHERUER. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL Y. BRADLAtiGIL Tnis was a prosecution against Charles Bradlaugh, at the instance of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue. The matter resolved itself into a question of law, viz., whether the National Reformer was a newspaper within the moan ing of the statute. Mr. Bradlaugh contended that as the main object of the publication was not to give general news of recent events, it was not a newspaper within tho meaning of the act. Baron Bramwell held that the publication was a news paper, but said, as the question was ono involving some doubt, ho would give the defendant leave to move the court above. A verdict was then entered for the Crown, with two penalties of £3O each on the first and fourth counts, two penalties of £2O each on the third and sixth counts, and a verdict for the defendant on the second and fifth counts. CRIMINAL COURT--(This day). EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT. John Henry Payne, 35, a gentlemanly-looking young man, pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling divers sums of money, amounting in the aggregate to more than £2OO. . . . . . The Recorder sentenced him to be itnprisoded and kept to hard labour for eighteen mouths. NOVEL CHARGE OF FORGING A HALL )(ARIL Charles Redgrave, 31, chaser, a respectably-dressed man, was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering the hall mark of the Goldsmiths' Company to some silver plated mugs. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but sentence was postponed as there are other charges of a similar nature to be disposed of. EXTRAIRDINIRY CASE OF BURGLARY, Eenry Grady, alias Lanson, 22, and William llardcastle, alias Neale, 18, pleaded guilty an indictment which charged them with a burglary in the dwelling-house of the Rev. Mr. Abdy, and stealing a quantity of silver plate and other articles, Lis property. Evidenco was subsequently adduced to show that both prisoners had been previously convicted of felony, and they wero called up for judgment, and Grady was sen tenced to ten years' and llardcastle to seven years' penal dor vitude. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and suito honoured the performance at the Theatre Royal Adelphi, last evening. PAUPERISM AND EMIGRATION.—At the last meet ing of the Medway guardians, a petition, signed by about 40 inmates of the workhouse, was read, asking to bo sant to Canada, the petitioners stating that they saw no means of improving their condition in this country. It was state!l, in the course of conversation, that the guardians had, at different times, sent away from this country up wards of 350 paupers, and that if some of the present in mates were not soon sent out of the houso a new wing would be wanted. The subject was oiroutuany refund to a committee. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1.69. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 12 111 il Do B lO 4 5 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 14 19 183 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 1) 12 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 ... ••• 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia._ all 31 31 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 ; 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China all 201 211 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all 29 301 20 City 100 Colonial 25 4U 4: 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, Bin 5 11 0 i 20 English and American. lira 10 ••• ••• 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lint lO Id pr 20 English, .- sottish, and Aria Milian Charterod 18, Ilona; Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all • ••• 281 Do n ew 5l • I I 100 Imperial, lim 2o 17 18 20 Imperial Ottuin in lO 1 11 111 I .5 lonian all 25 27 25 Do new 5 pr 1p 20 Lad Mortgage of HALL, Inn 4 3 ! 3 1 100 DO sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 73 7 i 30 London Bank of alexico and South America, lim. 29 6 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 28 20 Do new 71 6 1 51 100 London & River Plate, lim 4O 7 9 25 Do new 10 11 1 1 20 London Chart, of Australia all 221 23} 50 London and County 2O 01 50 1 20 Do new iss at 29 p.m, 16 pd ll ••• ••• 50 London Joint Stock 1 3: 33 31 1 20 London and South African al 1 , 12 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ••• ••• 50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ••• '•• 100 London and Westminster 24 6 1 63 63 I 100 Do Scrip, isa at 10 pm 2O 59 61 100 Merchant, lim 25 6 4 10 Metropolitan, lim all 6 1 7 1 7 1 100 Midland, 1im..., 2O ld pr 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3 1 d 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ••• *** 10 Do . 42 ••• ••• 41 50 National.. 3O 46 48 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 11 100 Do issued at 6 pin. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 45 47 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of Loudon SHARE LIST. ORDINARY ditAlckai AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Closing Business Paid. Pi roe. dyne. at Bristol and Exeter ...... IN 77 79 at Caledonian lOO 791 80 791 1 at Cambrian lOO 18 23 2) Cornwall.-- ....... at Dublin & Belfast June lOO 79 81 st Dan„Pertli,& Ab.JunC lOO 70 72 2J East London. all 7 9 10 Do 16 - Do 10 - - et Glasgow &S. Western lOO 96 98 at Great Eastern .. 'OO 121 43 421 at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7 9 st Great North of scotlau6 lOO 15 6 st Great Northern lOO 112 14 1121 et Do. A stock lOO 1111 il 1 1121 4 13 it Do. B stock st GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO. is 10J 8- (I t. VVentern -Original lOO 52 53 531 et Du. South Wales a‘ Do. W. Mid.-Uxtore lOO 18 z 9 et Do. Newport lOO 2>t 01 et Lanoashire as l orkshir.e lOO 131 301 1304 1 st Lon., Brigh.,& S.Cuast lOO 52 4 32i 01 a 0., Do Scrip ....... - - et Lon., Chat., anti Loy l7 17, 18 it Do. Metrup. Ex. A lOO - - et Lon. A North Western IVO 1.8 1181 113 f 174 Lon. Si South 11' esteri, lOO 19 9 1 9 at Man., Slid., A Lincoln lOO -1)1 47 461 St illeltrotkOlitsll it Do Exteusi 10J 1 5 1 u 1"54 5 10 uo. Lvew rd 10 10 1 1 11 it Me.:ruuoittan District, all 43 6 . 10 Metro') ot. John's V, 00 1 4 - st M a.a.d st .ho, lsir,iu. A :rtis .. 100 •i 4 t 8 85 st N h - ta British st Do. 1.0 d., I'th., & Dun... 109 - - st Nor. , :astern-Berwici... 100 103 1(5 25 Do. '3. N.E purchase..l6.l3.l - - st Do Leeds . lOO 56 08 st Do York lOO 90 91 93 st Do Carii.le . st Do Stool. & 100 la 131 st North Lon lou 10 Do New 1868 it North Staffordshire."... 100 hi 37 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... st Rhymney at Shropshire Union li 0 57 5i st South Devon .. st South Eastern lOO 811 82 841 at Staines, Wok'hani,42 Wok all 12 13 st r ale lOO 145 150 • - Do. C - Waterford & Kilkenny lOO 10 Waterloo & Whitchaa 6 - - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., , q per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua— all st Dundee, Berth, and Aber deen J unction lOO 105 107 st Du. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... st (It. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102 st Do do N 0.2 100 99 102 101} at Do do 6 per cent 100 108 108 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 st Do do B 6 do. 100 ... st Do do C 7 do. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ..„ st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1817 100 st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 • st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... st Do 4 r do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at' Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 sti Great South. ant Western (Ireland) 4 por tient lOO 96 97 st, G t.We - st.— Orig.& Jnt.-Itent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 102 104 103 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 3 p.c 100 95 100 at Do do 4r per cent. 185) lOO 87 ~89 st 1)o do 4 do do st Do do 5 per cent. redom 100 9.3 97 st Do do Birmingham gua lOO 64 72 st Do do do pref lOO st Do do Chester gua lOO at Do do do 8 per cent lOO 110 160 st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 41 p.c lOO at Do do 41 1859 lOO at Do du 5 • ... st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 10) 107 109 st Do do 20 gas lOO 106 108 lit Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 88 92 at Do do 2d do 100 100 103 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 4! p.c. all ..„ at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 115 at Do Barnsley, £5 Is 103 p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 4) (Blackburn purch). 100 98 102 st London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lO9 at Du 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do No. 4 IOU ~„ st Do 7 per cent 1 0 at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 at Da 4 do 1859 lOO •.. ••• st Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO at London and 1L W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent-- 100 109 110 st Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO 9 91 st Do Shrewsb'y & ‘yelehjil.. 10J 83 91 et Loudon and - .t..-W. 7 p,C late 3d shares lOO 141 146 2s Cd. Do (Portsm.perpaus. 2 s 6 d) all ... ... st Mau., Sher.,.: Linelu. 6 p.c lOO 11 i 117 C Do £6 all par i put et Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do re•ieem. 6 percent 5 ... ... st ➢lid. Consolidated., 6p. c 100 139 135 st Du Bristol& Birm., 6p. c 100 1 z 135 st Do 41 per cent. redeem 100 97 y e st Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOU 97 91 st Du Leicester &11'chn, 4p c 100 89 91 st North British, 5 p.c. No. 100 st Do E. & Gr. 4p.c. S. 3 - , D 100 st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t 100 ... st Do Border Union, 51 p.c 100 ... st N.-Eastern—lions. 4p c 100 86 86 st Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 95 97 st Du u N.E. 4 per cent., IUO ... 11 Do ISA•wick. capital 25 Do York, H.& S. purchase. 10 10 101 st Do Stektu &Drling. A. 5 p.c. 100 108 111 st Do NV, tiartlepooltd. aril It lOO 87 8J 20 North Staffordshire lOs S. Devon Annuities, 1 s.„ all 91 101 lOs Do Tavistock. Anns., lOs all 910 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent ...... 1p.6. S. east. (Read. A.Uns., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 per cent... at Do Fixed 41 per cent loo at Taff Vale No.l at Waterford (liars 100 41. 43 BAILWaYS.—PIiEFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. bt Caledonian p c gua. st Do Scot. Ceti. min. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 st Do 5 do, 1562 lOO 87 90 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 8.1 90 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 84 88 st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO at Du Permanent 5 per cent lOO .0911 ••• at Do Boston & Sleatd, 41 pc 100 ... st Great West., W. 5p c 100 86 9U at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 v 2 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 104 100 20 Do Vale N oath peril. 5p c all 191 201 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 A st Lund., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 18.33 100 ... a.. st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 *" st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... st Da do 41 do, 1863 100 :as at Do do 8 do, 1865 IUO 114 141 at Do No. 6 b do, 1866 100 ... st 110 No. 7 bdo ...... 100 st Load Chat,, &c., 20, 6 p,c 100 011 at Do Metrop. Ex., 6 - - le S tot LoudonL m o , , I :n u ilon h t it e fs N . d a. . 6 1, 1 S ei n ' e:s . t . t . e t ' 6 e ( i r r nl 6 ) u: 1 . 1 ;5 ) . ; ec B p pu : : .c . .: 1 1 1 1 0 0 00 10 0 00 1 1 0 0 . 1 1 151 1 . :i i li e ; 10 " ; 117) 108 110 stst Metropolitan s pe p r er ce c u en t percent..,.,, 110000 1 4 8 ) ) ( o ) o .s rd p . i s c t i , p ., t. s t e o p :!o l i t iv ls . a t 90 1W il 18 Do Incunv. Ne ,o w ie: S 7t2 h . 1 1 0 :04 1 -- a 1 1 Op 22 Do 5p c con. into Old i 1 ) st Nort S N li t o k li . " l r A , it s i u s g h p . e , o r l E. and (.4 lb st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ••• „,, st Do E., P., &Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 s t Do E. & 1.1 , N 0.2, 5 p.c , 1 00 ••• ••• s t Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1861 100 •" *** st Do E. & (1., No. 3, 5 p.c lOO ••• ••• St D o E.& C 4., (Ordiry) 41 p e 100 ,&:; • 5 . 7 st North Emstern, 41 per cent 100 107 99 st Du Stock. & Dad., D ..,. 100 111 11 i st North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ... .. st South Eastern, 4 1 pc, 1559 100 • ... . ' st Do 5 do 1 . 551 100 ... " .. st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1500 100 ... ... st Do 0 do, Mit .-• .6. et Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 100 „..„ RAIL WAYS,-LINLS LEASED AT FIXED RENT LS st Birkenhead lOO v 4 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer... 100 1 92 1 9k st Buckinghamshire lOO 92 ok st Chester and Holyhead 100 54 ag st Do. 51 per cent. st D o . 5 do. 100 111 113 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ,„ et Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p: e:::; 100 139 1 • 4 6 133 20 Gloster and Lean lori+st.., .;; 13 Gt.1413.1t,i NtWill:ote , i s pe 100 a Do. 11. U, Harwich; 4pc 100 69 TS et Do, do, Woodbrgi do: 100 09 T o et Gt, West W. Mid., Dlftf WO 95 or 50 Hull and elby • • '''' all 109 111 et Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • 100 219 243 at London and 131aekivalliinit 1110 e 3 §3 *7l. 7 st Doi 414 et , Mit lOO ..• at PAlden, Cnat.; &c:, 41 pc: 100 ;:: Bt Do. Com. Fund} ,5, de , 4 st LondOn In Rid g 4 et #4O. l' exerence lOO ..; ,i; It London, Tilbury, & South 100 y 8 to st Lowestoft, gua 4 percent::: 100 79 / 43 st Do. do. 6 gr , 104 • ii 51 AI antot,, /111X 1011 , & atlk.:: all 5 51 nt 91101an1.1, Bra:Buhl, Pref.:: 100 93 93 % o it 10 Mid Kent era.y Line) . 611 10 Ncttittfr.3,,RAtt, rtiA' tieitt #0 DO. do. • 6 do. all st N. Eastern—Hartlepool st N.West. A perp. prof, sp. c lOO st Do B minimum 14 pd lOO .; st Notting, & Oranth, &G lOO 92 o i 25 Preston and all 44 40 Royston, titid tbMp, 101) 111 ..• Bhrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 lu l l 10 Do do 3 21 , st S. Yorksh. and R iver Dun 100 es id' st Do 4 per cent gua lO , 79 81 st Do 5 do st Vict. Station and Pimlico." 100 175 180 st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do Do do B all do C all • 6 • ••• 4 ;•; stW e y m outh and Portland lOO ~, st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 119 st Loudon and St. Katherine lOO 49 51 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ,„ . 10 Mill wa ll Freehold Land St Dock lOO 31 32 321 st Southampton lO9 71 7 i tt §turey cvlu2ielck4l AO ~, MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 221 221 224 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 141 141 131 1 10 Auglo-Mexican Mint all 154 161 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 37 00 st Do. 8 per cent lOO 85 9 ) 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 131 141 10 Do. New 6 8 3/ 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay G is, lim. 5 Do. New 51 British American Land 44 16 18 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 166 1 7 1 177 i 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 61 6 9 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 24 11d 20 Ceylon Company, Bin. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 41 31 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 31d 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 6 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim 2 all 2 3 50 City Offices, lim 5 231 221'1 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all is 11 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 74 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 4t per cont. all 1044 101 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1034 1044 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim. 10 81 24d et Crystal Palace st Do. Preference lOO 94J99 96 at Do. Gp. c Perpetual Deb lO9 1 0 5 10, 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, Ihn. ...d 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gala. by Egypt. Gov all 92 03 t 3 20 Egyptian Com.it Trad. lim 6 4 4 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 241 246 10 Do. New 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, Bin 24 i 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 5 41 100 Eng. and Scot. 31arine, lim. 8 ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 lid 20 Fore-street Warehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 121 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 86 88 50 Gellivara, lim. 10 General Credit & Die., lint 74 11 11 15 General Steam Navigation 14 25 29 50 Home &Col Marine In. lira 5 44 341 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 131 131 131 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, Bin. 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO ••• 20 Interna. Financial Soc. Bin 5 I 20 Interim Laud Credit, Km 6 6 44 50 Italian Land 5 II 4 4 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 1 4 100 Do. 6p. c Bds., redeem 1570, issued 90 all 63 65 50 Land Securities, lim 5 34 243 25 London African Trading. 10 7 5 . 1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint. 6 —• 10 Loudon County Land and Building, lira.•s Loud. Provincial T e l. li m all 3 1 3 i 41 ii 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all t IP 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 23 221 9 f 4 Lond.Gou.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 1 1 2 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iran Ship, lint 25 22 17d 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 Id pr at Ma p. lrriga. Gus. 5 c. by India Gov. 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, Bin-- ... . 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel ,Rm all 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, lint_ all 32 37 50 Millwall Iron Works, lint. 121 ••• "' 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., nut 5 llj 121 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 6 .1 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 8 1 a 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron Jim. 6 4 "- 10 New Consolidat e d Dis, lint 3 1/ lti 5 IS ew Quebrada, lint 4.4.0 -. 4i ai - 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer cautile Agency,lim 2l I 11) 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, Jim........ 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint. 5 • - 10 Do. Ball 1 2 Pt North Brit. Austral., lint._ 100 47 52 Si) North Bra. & Moreau. In 6l 19 20 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 1 4 1 15 , 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll ••• •••" A Oriental Gas, lint, all 7 1 71 APe: New ......... . id dlegt• 004 Roothiand la vestment, lltti .......... ••••• 2 Id 411 5 Ottoman Gas, lint 10 Panama, New Zealand. and Australian R. Mail lint all 11 1 , 4 Po do, ..,i at Ptiel ft: Land et Mitten, lint 100 3 ' " 48 50 reliihritt: & Oriental stc ba i all 48 51 s 50 Do. New 1157 2.5 Reuter'a Telegram An 61 69 00 Rhymney IrJn 15 Do. New 23 MO de Janeiro City I l' all 17 18 m., un. all 231 241 24 Do. Cian, lint :ta 43 45 40 1 100 Royal Mail Steam • vv ' 74 pi 4 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lien lO4 ' " at Do. 6p. c. Guar. I'ref. 100 "' 20 Socidtd Fin, d'Egypte iiin, 10 7 6d 20 Socidt6 Genale "Empire Ot. 8 3 4p 50 S, African Mort. & Inv., lint. 6 ••• ••• 25 South Australian Land at SUbmarlue Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 1 4 20 Telegraph Con. &Main.,llm. all 181 19 18 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurt.nce), lint 2 21 21 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl ••• 10 Trust & Agency of A us .,lina 1 i 1p 10 Do do. do. all ... ... 20 Trust &Loan Co., U. Canada 5 ial p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint. 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 21 15 United Discount Corp., Him 0 1 , 1 p lU. Kingdom Tel. Co., HILL all Of tit , B Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 3 1 air . 20 Universal Marine(ln.), lint. 5 1 11. p 10 Upper Assam Tea, bin all 21 31 60 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 7 8 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 78 70 7 „, 1 8 50 Warrant Finance, lira. l2 12 104 yi 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lint. 2O 21 11 20 Went London Wharves and 10 Warehouses ••• ••• t;QtioxiAL (40YZENMSLiT SECUILITIE6 - Britivh Cdltlmbis, 6 p, B !- 0 f oeitt;,lB72;;:i ;:i.....assa 100 L. 184:8 • Can.U0V.613.6.44 11 .'tt 1877-84 - Do. 6p : o:Feb, & Aug.. 1.0 1(0 it; v a Do: f 1 0 • ; VAC 6e"ptl; 10 0 It 4 L. 6 D.B: 1: 1 Al i i A 1" °Z 0 1 0 6 i ti Do, sp. c. Inaoribed 8 .• p 0,1 CaPO U. Hope. 6 p.c.1873 WO 102 104 - Do.Apl.&001 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 Da: d•hi * t l BBo-90 lOO 107 109 Do. .1116,t7i1i*/ 1881 Ma 100 109 lit` Do. 5 bet cedt: 15 Apni and !i1,t18t.4 1880 . .ld 100 100 -11102 - Cat 0 .1 Itti* 10816 p.c Do 1 08 110 D 01 4 1 f+Ri.• ,• 100 105 107 - Maurititts, 6p. 0, 1873, Jali; rata JUisr Da. 1873 t. j; . 1 0 106 108 Do. 1882, May an t ' { 1,0 *.5• I'o 106 toe D 0.1895, & Aug lO 106 I' Mei qUitte 16‘ , 751 0 ton c• t•• •• • • 1.0 100 100 N. B.G 0v,6 p.o.Ja.&J aly 100 102 11.4 Natal 6 p at e Apl & OCt 10) Do 6 p May & NOT 1:0 106 18 IC7 S. W, 8 pp,'7l 0'73 lOO 90 101 •—• Do. 6 pl.. 1881 1 to 1890 .• 10 0 99 L.,8 Do. 5 p.c. 6 td.'67 1891 to 1 7/ ICO N.Zenland , p. 01 Do. b per cent.... Do tine, A prl,J uly, 0 t lOO 974 984 - D..) 6p c. Afar & Sept '9l lOO 108 110 Do June & Deo , 17:91 •••• 100 109 111 IDo Prov. ( . 1 Auoltld. i 0 . - atriel 1 & 1e96 .. Nova South op. c•Jau• • • and Jnly. 1875 - Lo 16.6 lOO 101 103 Queenalnd. 6p. C. 109 1(6 • 106 103 - 7 - Do 1891 • • . lOO 1115 i 106 1 Do. 6 p 0.1869.. 100 _ Do. do. e 2 • /00 103 110 Do rd. 1E93.... ..... 1c) 107 108 - Ylutorta 1000 111_214 CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS: (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY. February 1. the interpellation respecting the right of public meeting commences to-day. Whether the debate be of real import ance, or whether it be strangled at its birth, like that on the It6union affair, I can safely predict that the subject, and others arising out of it, will occupy the attention of France for some time to come. This law respecting public meetings has revived the old Communist theories. The law has been clearly overreached, for the license shewn at these gatherings, the extravagance of language, and the violence of denuncia tion are wholly new under the Second Empire, and were never contemplated when the measure now producing such ill effects was introduced. A night or two ago one of these meetings was held at Belleville. The rights of property were first assailed ; then the person of the Emperor was made the subject of con siderable abuse, and finally the leader, warming to his work, brought forward a singular proposition. lle urged that the two secretaries of the Commissary of Police, whJ were engaged in taking shorthand notes of the speeches, should be expelled. Ile founded his reasoning on the provision in the law which declared that a place should be reserved for the adminis trative authority, stenographers being no representatives of such authority. Of course the reporters stayed ; but the speakers did not seem much embarrassed by their presence. They continued their diatribes as if their words, instead of being taken down, were uttered to the winds. As I have before mentioned, the law of public meetings was a concession in the interests of liberty which cannot be too highly valued, but this species of meeting is decidedly a deplorable abuse of it. The Minister of State, during the recent memorable contest in the Corps L4gislatif, expressed his opinion that an interpellation should be clear, explicit, and fully defined. The Temps undertakes to furnish him with an interpellation of this character. It notes that twice in the Chamber of Deputies has Count Bismarck announced that Europe was on the verge of a war which was prevented only by unforeseen circum stances, and it wonders why no member of the Corps L4gislatif puts forward a demand of interpellation in the following form :—" What were the circumstances which gave rise to this danger of war last year?" This, adds the Temps, will be explicit enough. There is every reason to fear that the question would be burked, as most unplea sant questions are; but there can be no doubt than an answer would he both interesting and valuable. It would chew what is the real value of the rumours which periodically agitate France and re-act upon Europe, and especially the amount of identity between the report and the fact. The French press is noticing your raid upon the inde cency of theatrical representations. Amongst other things they comment upon the extreme moderation and courtesy exhibited in the Lord Chamberlain's circular. "What authority," exclaims one of the papers, "this dis cretion and moderation give to the acts of the Government! When will our officials learn to adopt a similar style ?" The the Parisians, however, are not a little annoyed to find that indecency of costume now common on the English boards is attributed by the press to the invasion of French customs and tastes. But they do not assert that the charge is unfounded. One London theatre, it seems, has inserted the following as part of its programme : " The Cancan, French National Dance." This has given infinite displeasure to the French journals. The Tcmps gets into a state of enthusiastic diatribe about the sanglante elo quence of these five words. Is it likely, then, that this national indignation will be followed by practical resu:ts ? Unfortunately not. England might perhaps wake up and indulge in one of its periodical fits of virtue if it was found that English theatrical representations were taken as a model of indecency all over the world, but the French Government is not, likely to meddle with the morality of its subjects. The respectable public are disgusted at " the French National Dance," and so may be the Government, but it will not interfere. It has enough to do to take charge of its subjects' politics, with out troubling itself about their morals. It is too glad to permit the French to please themselves in all affairs of life, provided that it retains for itself the control of the political domain. Saturday was the 269th anniversary of the day on which Henry IV. commenced planting the Tuileries gardens. Amongst the chesnut trees still existing, three or four are believed to date from that period. A singular accident has just occurred at Riom, in the Puy•de•Dome department. An elderly woman went to bed leaving a brasier alight. While she was asleep some coals fell on the floor and burnt it to such an extent that the deceased fell through into the cellar, where she was found almost completely carbonised. THE 'WEATHER T.4BLE.-TAIS DAY. - - - AIETT:01:01 ( CJ(AL I:F.FORTF. „Extreme S! Tuesday, 1 F. Feb. 2, B. r. W. 1 toj F. A W it. 8 a.m. 12 1 1 Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields ..' 5Fr. 138 36 t N. V. 4 5 W S.W. r.o Scarborough 19r. !40 33 N. N. E. 5 7 1 N.N.IV. c role 4! Yarmouth Heider _ I Cuxhaven —-1 _ CI3IIWII : Ardr ossan 36, 33 E. 2 5 N.E. c.m '0 03. Green castle 59'63r. 37 36 N.N. W. 1 6 N.N.E. r.c. 0 48, Holyhead Liver pool Valentia 29'65r. 42' 41 W.N.W. 3 5 N. r.c. o'l2 Cape Clear — Roches Pt. 29'64r. 41 40 Z. 0 6 N.W. c.b. Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 1 '...9•67r. 47 45 V.N.N. 1 6 I S.W. O.C. o'o7l Portsmouth! 2'J'64r. 45 43 W.N.W. 8 W.S.W. r.c.!0'41; London „ 29'53r. 44 41 W. 6 9 S.W. o.rc' 0'271 C'peGrisNexl 29'53r. 46 46 W.N.W. 9 11 W. r.c. (I'ol Brest L'Orle nt Hoch e fort Biarritz 30'06r. 5.) 48 W.S.W. 7 7 W. S . W . m. o'oB Corunna — Brune Park Strasbourg — _ Toulon 2 Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) 1 ZXPLA NATION 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. Thermcmeter exposed in shade. Extrcine Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds. detached ; f.- fog ; h.—hail ; I—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r.— rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARICS. During the past twenty-four hours pressure has increased generally, and to a remarkable amount in the north and west of our islands. The readings in the north of Scotland are almost an inch higher than they were yesterday, but the rise is only about three-tenths at Yarmouth. Pressure is generally uniform, but higher in the S.W. of France than elsewhere. Thrc increase of pressure ha; been accom panied by a general fall in temperature ; also greatest in the north (11 deg. at Nairn). The gales of the past few days have now dis appeared from our own coasts, and moderate north-easterly wind exist at all northern stations. In the southern part of the kingdom light W.N.W. winds are reported, but strong S.W. winds continuesin the Bay of Biscay. Rain has again been general, but not very heavy. The sky continues overcast, with fog and mist in places ; and the sea Is moderate. The sudden oscillations of pressure and temperature seem to indicate that the weather is very unsettled. funeral of Miss Nelly Moore took place at Brompton Corns:. tery on Monday morning. The Irish Times says has been definitely arranged that the Prince and Princess che Woos will vifit Ireland during the ensuing spring. The statement made by some of the :apera that it is settled that the Easter volunteer review lit not to be held at rort.mouth this year is premature, as the sub-committee have not vet made their report to the general committee of commanding officers. A gang of thieves broke into a silver plate manu factory at Sheffield on Saturday, and stole 150 ounces of silver. Tho burglars distirguished the silver from the plated goods with great accuracy, in no case removing any of the latter. Two young mil, named Doyle, buyers for a com mercial house in an Iri-h country town, have been soot for trial by the Dublin magistrates for uttering seditious languago in the canteen of the constabulary depot of the Phcenix Park. They were admitted to bail in their own recogn's *aces of £lOO each, with two sureti s in £5O. Mr. Muir, formerly merchant in Glasgow, has left X 15,000 for the poor of the town. This money is divided into font fends; but Mr. Muir makes an eminently Presby terian reservation. lle protidcs that no Papist, no Puseyite, no Tractarian, no Socinian, no Arian, nor any man who is known to defend or to propagate the principles of these sects, shall be allowed to be a director or trustee. Four men received severe injuries on Saturday by the giving way of the foundations of a building in the Hunslet-road, Leeds. The heavy rain of the last few days is supposed to have wealzen«l the foundation, and the building fell, burying iu the ruins the men who were en gaged working at the time. _ _ _ On Saturday a green flag, with a harp and with out a crown, the Fcniau flag in fact, was hoisted et Kings town above a new building. The police interfered, and ordered the flag to be taken down, but the workmen de clined to lower it. The foreman of the works was compelled to remove it himself. - - The Bishop of Salisbury still remains very ill. On Saturday last the right rev. prelate was removed to his brother's residence in Grosvenor-street. Yesterday the fol lowing bulletin was made public to his friends:—" The Bishop of Salisbury is going on well, but the doctors C 39 not wish him _to Ino nn; body for ,tht 1144t_t1T9 oF thrlo BFLECIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times is not without hope that we may after all yet solve the problem how to gratify the general public by 11,4jng more money for metropolitan improvements, and at the same time pacify the ratepayers by falling in with theirlheory as to the urgent necessity of paying less. The difference in results between such a yearly sum as £3,000,000 spent well and spent ill would effect this solution. As the worst feature of the present system is its confusion, so the best, perhaps, of the system suggested would be its simplicity. We assume that the seven or nine municipalities into which it is proposed to divide London would be on the whole, of uniform pattern, with similar powers, privileges, and forms of procedure, and separated on some simple principle, such as that suggested by one of the deputation. It is further proposed to establish, ns soon as the various municipalities had got into good working order, a " General Municipal Council, composed of one representiktive for each of the separate municipalities, and formed something after the pattern exhibited in the United States." This plan, if it succeeds, will add something of the unity and comprehensiveness belonging to centralisation to the vastly•increased flexibility and energy which we may hope to get from a judicious system of localisation. If any proof were necessary of the want of flexibility in our present cumbrous and overgrown system, we need only consider the difficulty which the Metropolitan Board of Works has found in giving London a proper supply of gas, and, we may add, of water. There 1 has been no want of will, but the mere magnitude of the task has made it too much for them. And as Loudon grows the evils we have been discussing grow with it. More and more money is wanted, while, owing to waste and confusion, less is forthcoming. The prospect is not a pleasant one for Londoners, but, happily, this condition of things does not seem likely to last much longer. The Home Secretary has declared himself in general accord ance with the views put forward by the deputation, and has promised that Government shall take them under its consideration without further delay. • The Standard thinks that the New Zealand colonists would be no more anxious to have another European army in their midst than we should be to send one. In other ways it is possible to give them material assistance. What the colonists may fairly ask for--what we believe that they have a right to ask for and to expect without any derogation from their independence, or any injury to their sense of self-reliance—is simply one or two disciplined regiments to meet the present emergency, to serve as the nucleus of a colonial system of defence. If only to garrison the larger centres of population, suchas Auckland, Taranaki, and Wanganui, while the colonial levies are acting in the field against the insurgents, the presence of one regi ment skilled in Maori warfare—say, for instance, the old 58th, or the 14th, now distributed, for no purpose what ever, through the Australian capitals—would be a most material help to the colony. It would undoubtedly tend to save many valuable and innocent lives of those who have settled in the island upon the faith of the gua rantee of the Crown, as implied in the British supre macy. It is idle to remind us that the English settlers capable of bearing arms iu the Northern Island are as numerous as the Maories. Ultimately there can be no doubt that they will be able to overpower the Hau-hau savages. In the meantime, it is certain that they are not their " superiors in military power," and that the attempt to meet the insurgents in the field and at the same time to garrison the towns will be attended with much disaster and loss of life. For reasons which will be obvious to all those who know what life in a colonial settlement is, the mass of the colonists have neither the inclination nor the capacity for bush-fighting. There is, besides, a financial as well as a military aspect of the case. Although it is not right that the colonists should be left entirely without military protection, and although they have a clear right to help, even in the shape of a regiment or two of English soldiers, it is unquestion ably true that the best permanent help we can give them is in the shape of money --that is, in helping them to raise money. While the credit of the mother country stands so much higher than that of the colony, there is no good reason why we should not make use of it to relieve the necessities of the New Zealand Government and to relieve ourselves as well of our imperial obligation. Let the home country guarantee a New Zealand loan, to be raised in England, at the ordinary rate of Imperial secu rities. This would be, perhaps, the most effective, as well as the cheapest way of helping the colonists in their present troubles; and that it is a legitimate way no one can deny. The Daily News supposes that very few English member of Parliament have any traceable resemblance to Corio lanus, but we may presume that most of them have at least one sentiment in common with the noble Roman. lle Lad a rooted objection to canvassing, and he certain.y made a very lame hand at it. Canvassing has always been disagreeable, and is now becoming dangerous. But ono of the most remarkable phenomena which the late trials have brought to light is the pure and unsuspecting character of the gentlemen who aspire to seats in the House of Commons. The white robe in which the Roman candidate solicited the most sweet voices of his fellow-citizens is but a poor symbol of the spotless innocency in which English politicians are clad As With a garment. These gentlemen care very little fur their money—they give it with a profuse and unin gttiring generosity which makes no conditions and asks fur no-information; but they are jealous of their reputations. They are ready to cry out that he who takes their purse takes trash ; but the man who filches from them their good name commits a robbery at which they raise the shout of " Stop thief." Honest Ingo was, if we recollect aright, the author of the virtuous comparison to which we have alluded. But it is strikingly suitable in the mouths of those candidates who have spent their £7,000 or £lO,OOO in contesting elections on purity prin ciples. They declared over and over again that they would not countenance corrupt or illegal pro. ceedings ; and what more could they do? If their agents did not believe them, whose fault was that? They protested that if they heard of anything unlawful they would retire from the contest, and they did not hear of anything unlawful until petitions were presented against them. Since the time of King Herod there has been no such massacre of the innocents as that which is taking place under the ruthless eyes of Mr. Justice Blackburn, Mr. Justice Willes, and Mr. Baron Martin. But the victims have one consolation, that of conscious virtue ; and they may gain something by their disasters, namely, ex perience. The Herald refers to the charges of conspiracy against the Overend and Gurney directors, which came before the grand jury at the Central Criminal Court on Monday, and were commented upon by the learned Recorder of London. The facts which his lordship sketched in outline were of course identical with those of which the public have heard so much already, nor was any single adverse feature in the sad and sorrowful story withdrawn from the consideration of the assembled jurymen. Butfor the first time since the inquiry began the public have been informed, on high judicial authority, what the charge against the ex directors really is, and what the substantiation of that charge involves. The enormous business the old firm did, the high reputation it bore, and the unlimited public confidence which it enjoyed, were told in a few well-chosen words, as was also its unhappy entrance upon business of a new and dangerous character, with the consequent lock-up of four millions and its ever-augmenting embarrassments. That the introduction of new capital had become an absolute necessity was stated without reserve or qualification, and that to this feeling the formation of the limited company was due is an obvious inference. Again, the jury were told that whether it was a fraudulent act to appropriate half a million for the goodwill of a concern involved it unfortunate circumstances was of itself an important sum. • consideration. In short, the l ea di ng f ea t ures point tos to r the prosecution were b roug ht f orwa rd Of the case .. its conductors could have desired. as prominently Recorder particularly impressed But what the learner l upon the grand jury was' precisely that of which the applauding crowd at Guildh.... ll were probably unaware, and which not a few among temporaries have been but too ready to ignore. It is that b. he charge is one in which intent is everything. The defent..ll4.B may have been over-sanguine ; may have believed too 1 ,-npbcitly in the power of a great name, and the recuperative e,.!'s7 o f a discount business which bad no superior. But this is not enough. The charge is not of erroneous judgment, or carelessness, or even of recklessness. The defendants are accussed of critne, and hence the grand j ur y were toldes tha t before they could find -a bill, " they must be l s 3 l affirmatively that ti,,z directors had been actuated a fraudulent intention.' The Star makes some remarks u pon the discussion that took place the other day at S ion U Church question, and declares that th:ilspe o on the Irish ai.: d ers addressed themselves to the subject as if it had not been Pubmitte n by them. Any to the people and d e ermined . . departure from the progtramme to the country would not be inu widt‘lPi w hich the party went . . ation It would be ° wou ld never r a nk treason and cowardice. Mr. co mmit It to bolster up a k wea f it wth a great Gladstone and is not likely to be guilty v e o Administration, had a memorable majority at his back, example of the effect of. policy _ of moderation in Did the studied parsimony 1830, on the Reform questiou of the measure then offered t lavbattehco, th e s. contrary, re pelled while The interest it seemed to o f f i e t tl t ie o Ti e bl c i o c n ‘ f w e e r r r e ed, by the smallness of the b e nefit faction throve upon that could not nourish opinion out of doors. The C o nservatives, inflamed with eagerness r office , • 'tlted successfully the attitudes and actions of patriots fear ful of chan g e, and the Liberal leaders lost the control of a majority whi ch could only have been bound to gether by the ties of princ iple and progress. The same result would follow if the Minister were now to hesitate fur a moment at the threshold of the new policy. If Mr. Gladstone were to deliver on the first night of the session such a speech on the propriety of continued endowment as Sir Charles Trevelyan is reported to have made at Sion College, the heart of Mr. Disraeli would rejoice. He would at once see his opening for sowing tares among thewheat. With a less skilful pilot we might have felt some fears, as the participators of unjust privileges are sleepless in their efforts to thwart justice, while the people confide their cause to their chosen champions, and resume wish veils! ze§lll3tWakSittYerY-clas , • -- • - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day SUDBURY RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Colonel P Sweet Boy Four ran. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—This DAT. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 100 to 8 agst Typhm:is (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Lady Coventry (taken:and offered) 20 to 1 apt Silonus (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Bessie Dixon (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 12 to 1 agst The Colonel (taken) 1000 to 70 agst Pan (offered) • 20 to 1 Harcourt (offered, take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Huntsman's Daught .1. (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tathwell (offered) 30 to 1 agst Jtyyman (taken) 1000 to 30 ass: Lamb (offend) 49 to 1 agst Nun (t'tken) 40 to 1 agst Guy of Warwick (taken) 40 to 1 agst Alcibiade (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Dick Turpin (taken and offered) 1000 to 15 agst Pensioner (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Brick (offered) 1000 to 10 a,;st Bristles (taken) 10011 to 20 agat Planet (4 , ffe.red) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken and offered) 1000 to 80 agst Palmer (offered—take 14 to 1) DERBY. sto 1 agst Pero Gomez (offered—take 11 to 2) 7 to 1 agst Belladrum (offered) BENTINCK CLUB—THIS DAY. SUDBURY TRIAL STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Little Coates (taken) 3to 1 agst Sweet Boy (taken) SUDBURY HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Poleaxe (taken) LINCOLN HANDICAP. 15 to 1 agst Typhoeus (offered) 100 to 7 agst Sycee (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 5 agst St Mungo (taken) LIVERPOOL' GRAND NATIONAL. 22 to 1 agst Sultan (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Guy of Warwick (taken) TAT TERSAL LS—LAST EvINING. LIN COLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 100 to 7 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken) 100 to 7 agst Sycee (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 11 to 1 agst Colonel (taken) 100 to 7 agst Globule (taken) 25 to 1 agst Harcourt (taken) 1000 to 20 agast Surney (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Pensioner (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Robespierre (taken) 40 to 1 agst /Egean (taken) THE DERBY. 11. to 2 agst Pero Gomez (wanted) 6to 1 agst Belladrum (offered—take 7 to 1) 8000 to 120 agst Thorwaldsen (taken) 2000 to 80 agst Ladas (taken) 2000 to 30 agst Brother to General Pool (taken) RACING FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. Sudbury 2, 3 Pontefract lB, 19 Lincoln l6, 17 Nottingham Spring... 23, 24 Harrow lB, 19 Chelmsford.... 25, 26 Mansfield 18 Derby Spring 26, 26 MARCH. Liverpool Spring 2, 3, 4 West Drayton lB, 19 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 I Baldoyle First Spring 18, 19 Do w npat rick 9 Margate 20 War wick 9, 10, 11 Beverley .. .. ..20 Hendon l2, 13 Durham 29, 30 West Somerset 15, 16 Epsom 30 31 N or thampton 16, 17 , UL. Abergavenny l, 2 Brumley 1, 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk ... 6 7 Hungerfurd 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cambridge 7 8 Croxton Park .. 8 Streatham 8, 9 Newmarket craven...l2, &e. Knighton... 1.3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l3 Lewes 2U 21 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring i 6, ago Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 NVinchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 2ud Spring 11, 12 6t Albans 1 , 14 Salisbury l3, 14 Doncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 1 Bath 18 , 11 Manchester l9, 2U, 21. Croydon 19, 21 lllarpenden 2l Epsom Summer .. _26, &a. NE. Croydon 9 , 3, 4 Nowton 2,3, 4 Ascot ....8, 'J, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windbor 15, 16 Hampton ...17, 18 eurragh 22, 23, 21 Newcastle 22, 23, 2i Oldham t „ • 22 iiibury Club 13 Stockbridge •)4, 2.5, 26 Chelmsford Settuu Park .....29, 86 Worcester Newmarket July 6, &c. Car 6 7 Politef , aet 9, 10 llenuou l2, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 AUU Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egtiam lO, 11 Wolverhairpton lO, II Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT: Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon ....9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh ...6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d Uet...11, &c. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 li OVJ Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow 2, 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 STEEPLECILt FEBR Wolverhampton 9 Carmarthen 3 4 Edgeware 5 Teuby Birmingham Chippenham 10, 11 Streatham 11, 12 Newbriitge 15 lo 17 Lincoln Liverpool 3 Shrewsbury ..... 5, 6 Malton Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 Kingsbury 12, 13 AP: Aldershot 1, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Abergavenny l, 2 Lichfield .6, 7 Southdown Hunt ..7 Cambridge 7. 8 Cheltenham 7, 8 LY. Southampton 18, 14 lt , iadiug 11), 16 liuntiugdou 2O, 21 Stquiford ... Lioud% voci 27, 28, 29, MI I ST. Oxford 24, 25, 26 Pl,)4outti .......26, 27 Scai.borough .. . . ...30, 31. m Derby Sumer 3l,•Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury Sep. 1 IMBER. Hampton 21, 22 Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Hendon Monmouth... -, 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, &c. Lanark... 29, 30 BER. Cheltenham l9, 21 Curragh l9, 20, 21 West Drayton 9 1, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth ... 23, 24 Newmark“ li'ton ..,25, &o. :MBER. Shrewsbury... 15, tic. Leamington hunt 23, cte. E FIXTURES. JARY. Morton-in-Marsh lB Harrow lB, 19 Pontefract 18, 19 Boston Windsor 22, 23 St. Albans 23, 24 Derby .. 25 Baschurch 26 MA: IC 11. West Somerset 15, 15 York... 17 Cre w kerne lB, 19 Chepstow 29, 30 RIL. Streatham B, 9 Royal Artily., Woolwich...B Knighton Ludlow l5, 16 Ten bury 21. Croydon 22, 23 Co. Louth it Ardeo 27, 28 NAY. Limerick Hunt .. ...4 I St. Albans Eglintun Hunt 6 , 7 1 West Drayt0n........ 17 JULY. ~. Kingsbury AUGUST St. Albans 17 __ OCTOBER Bromley 7 West Drayton .. 21, 22 NOVEMBER Harrow 2, I E g linton Hunt 6, 7 'Worcester .................. 3, 4 Liverpool St. Albans 3, 6 Shrewsbury l5, 19 COURSING FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. powderham Everleigh Club , W ilts 2, 3 R a if o rd Open, Lancashire 3. . B, &a Cardington, Beds Wenvoe Castle Ludham, Norfolk • 3, 4. B ram pton, Cumb erland 11, 12 Waterloo (filtcar), Lancashire ll, 12 17, ate MARCH. Ashdown Park, Herts 2 &c. Fourth S. Lancashire (Champion) County Louth (Champion), Ireland 18, &c Scottish National Open, Lanark OCTOBER. Amster and Willoughby, Lineolll3l.l4 . e 5, 6. Ormobby 19, &o. Huntingdon Club.. 9 6, 27. NOVEMBER. Sundorne, Salop Cothan and Eat0n...... '2, 3. 9, &,3 THE LEADER OF THE lIIGII thruncri PARTY. — On the assemblage of Parliament it is positively affirmed that Lord Westbury will act as the leader of the high church party in the House of Peers, and . that his lordshi will take his seat on the cross benches. INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE STAI4IPS.—It is stated that a proposition has been made whif', in all probability, will be accepted, that all the European Governments who have signed the International Currency Convention shall also adopt international postage stamps.