The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-22 00:00:00

MONEY Di a a AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Stock Exchange, as elsewhere, has an in creasing holiday appearance to-day. Consols are dull at yesterday's decline. Turkish Stocks, owing to the success of the new loan, met a better inquiry. No change in American Securities. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance shares have further recovered ss. Conso's are now at 92 to 928 for money ; ditto, for Acyount, 921 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 911 ; New Three per Cents, 91i 2 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, par; June, 2 6 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and .000, March, prem. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent., 237. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1111 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 101 ; ditto Eufaced Paper, 51 per Cent., —. Tile Foreign Market Turkish Five per Cents. arc 411 to 451 ; the Six per Cents., 671 to 68 ; and the Nev, Scrip 1 to 1 prem. ; Spanish, 27} to 281; Italian, 551 to 56 ; Egyptian, 784 to 79 ; Peruvian, 831 to 84 ; Argentine, 86 to 86} ; and Portuguese Bonds, 33k. American Five-Twenty Bonds arc 8:5! to 86 ; the 1865 Bonds, 844 to 85 ; the 1867 Bonds, 811 to 85 ; the 1867 Bonds, 831 to 84 ; and the Ten Forties, 82k to 83. Erie Shares, 17; to 171; and Illinois 991 to 100. In the Railway Market prices are as follows : Caledonian 764 to 77 ; Great Eastern, S7l to 371 ; Great Northern, 108 to 110 ; ditto (A), 109 to 110 ; Great Western, 554 to 564 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1264 to 1274; London and Brighton, 474 to #74; London, Chatham, and Dover, _l5l to 154 ; London and North Western, 1214 to 1224; Loudon and South W estern, 92 to 91 ; Metro politans, 834 to 834 ; Midland, 120 to 1201 ; North Eastern (Berwick, 1224 to 12 . 2,4 ; and South Eastern, 774 to 78. For Bank Shares the prices are as follows : Agra (A shares), 104 to 11 ; Alliance, 124 to 134 ; Anglo-Austrian, ,11 to 13 prem. ; Imperial Bank, 164 to 164 ; Imperial Ottoman, 24 to 24 prem. ; Loudon and County, 48 to 49 ; London and Westminster, 584 to 591 ; Oriental, 41 to 42 ; London Joint-Stock, 314 to 321 ; and Union of London, 87 to 38. Telegraph) Construction and; Maintenance are now 351 to 351; French Cable, 141 to 141; Anglo- American, 181 to 18} ; and Atlantic Eight per Cents, 1i to 2. Great Luxembourg Railway Shares are firm, at 121 to 121 ; but Lombardo aro not so good, at 201 to 21. The Corn trade is firm, but quiet. There were no gold operations at, the Bank yes terday. The City of Rio de Janeiro, from Brazil, has brought £57,000. The tone of the financial accounts from Paris is favourable, and seems to promise well for the new year. Money is extremely abundant, " and confi dence is entertained in an era of peace under a Liberal Government." From Italy, also, the financial advices are satis factory and hopeful, founded on the reports re ceived from the various parts of the kingdom. The Manchester markets this week have opened with increased dulness. A bill has been introduced into the Aastrian Parliament empowering the Minister of Finance to fix a date for the last payment of interest on the bonds which are to be converted. It also provides that the bonds remaining unconverted after six months shall be forfeite(l. The directors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland recommend a dividend at the rate of 4 per cant. per annum on the paid-up stock for the past half year, and also an extraordinary dividend of 30s, per share on the £lOO, and 12s. on the £lO, shares. A telegram from Lisbon announces the arrival of the Patagonia, of the Liverpool Pacific Steam Company's line, with later dates from Valparaiso, Buenos Ayres, and Rio. The rate of exchange at Rio was firm at 191 d., and the only news from Paraguay was that Lopez and his few remaining followers were in a state of demoralizaqon and in want of food. According to the latest letters from Brazil the prospects of the various crops this season on the province of San Paulo are especially good. At one tituc apprehensions vt, ere entertained from drought, but these had been entirely removed, and it seemed likely that the constantly-increasing traffic of the San Paulo Railway would experience throughout the coming year a further remarkable development. The traffic receipts of the Metropolitan Railway show an increase of £1,169. The Metropolitan and St. John's Wood return exhibits an increase of only £l3. The return of the Metropolitan District Rail way for the week is £724. At the forty-fourth annual meeting of the National Bank of Scotland, it was resolved to pay a dividend of 13 per cent., free of income tax, and to carry the surplus (£11,494), to the bank's rest. Messrs. Neroutsos and Co., of Manchester, thus describe the state of trade :—" There is a tamer feeling in the ma-ket, prices not quotably changed, but the tendency in buyers' favour. At a meeting of creditors of Mr. George Gled hill, cloth merchant, of Leeds and Morley, the statement of affairs showed liabilities for about £5,500, with assets valued at £GSO, and it WAS agreed to accept an assignment. A circular has been issued to the creditors of Dir. G. W. Russum, of Church-street, Manchester, cloth agent and merchant, calling a meeting, at which a statement of his affairs will be submitted. At a board meeting of the London and River Plate Bank, Mr. G. W. Drabble was unanimously elected chairman for the ensuing year, in the room of Mr. liackblock, who retires on account of ill health. iiessrs. Crawford, Colvin, and Co. have an nounced that they have received the usual re mittance to provide for the half-yearly interest on bonds of the Bombay Municipality, due 31st inst. BRITISH FUNDS —TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT r vNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, Jan. 6 94 B per Cont. Reduced 9lk New 3 per Cent 14 ow 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 Du. 0 per Con .1 mi. 1873 &unuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (lied Sea Telet„raph), Aug., 1908 — Exchogirpr Hills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct.3,larch par Da. 3 do. June Do £lOO, £2OO & £5OO PM Bank of England Stock, 44 per Cent Do. opening Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — n ter-Colonial Oinnium INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECITRITIEb. t 104 per Cent., April 1874 Shut De. Opening, for Account De. o per Uent. July, 1880 Do 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 , look Do. Enlaced Pape,. 4 per Cent..,.. — Do. 5 per Ont., Jan. 1872 Do. 5* per Cent. May 1879 Da , 5 per Cent., Rap. Dar. 1872.. Do do . Do. do. 1882 De. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bond; 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under . .£l.ooo FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 por Cent . ...... Do. Account Au - Arian Bonds 5 per cent . Do. 1g59 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 44 per Cent. 185 9 — Do. do 1858 — Do. au 18Gri — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account .131zenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 por Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. — °Aaiun 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent..., 744 Do. 3 per Cent., — Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per cont. 1867 — C , loalbitin, 6 per Cent. Damian, 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do. Account' • Do 8 per cent. ... , law ,„.., 5...., —• ' 44 k Ecuador New Coniolidated, 1 pc,r Celli, Egyptian, 7 per Cent .... 81 33 occ Secoad lame .. — Jo. ..£s . o', Bcuo.s Bl3 Du. 1164. Do. Acc..) , llt, Do. X 560 Bonds De. .£ I ~ I`,.', Bon ls , 9Ol i Do. 7 per Cent, 1868 ~... Do. £lOO Bonds ~,,, 78 Government Railway Debantures Greett 5 per Ctlnt., 1821 5, ex Coups — D o . Coupora G 1 Lteinala - 5 per Cent .. — liondurasOov Rail. Loon.,lUp..Ct., all pd Do. Ace. ant 14,1dau 5 pel Cert., 1865 — .)o. iocetiut ... , Do MArenimana Railway .. . nexic.tt. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Ito. 1861., . — Do s per Cont. Anglo-French — .J ono,vidieati 6 per Cent. ..... ....in, ‘lc:risti ttuperial 5 per Cent N2e %V Granada — Do :i per Otto — vo. Def,tr.ed Du Laud W:irrants(l-toctare , ) Po:al - int. 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. t• -, 3,i Do 'hi per Cent. (Ui:`.arron) Do 'lt per Cent., 1862 • — Do Account '>o 6 per Cent., .mi 2 — [ 'or h''' gu ,, st ;h per Gt., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2': 34 1. Do. do. 1567. — Do. do. Scrip, £2O pai,l — Itus,inu 5 e er Cont., 1822, £ St - Do 12, per Cent 1850 - Do .111 per Cent., 1860 Do :1 per Cent., 1859 - Do 5 per Crnt., 1862 Do 'do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO liond., Do. do. J.:81 lbs. do — Do.. 1866, £lOO Bonds ' 9l Do. do £B4 lbs. do — Do Nicolas Railway — Sarlioiau 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferroa — Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Tnrkish 6 pa- Cent . Do Account 80 1 Du 6 per Cont. 1858 — Do Account Do £10( Bonds .. . Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account 674 4 no £lOO Bonds 7O Do. 5 per cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 Do. Account I D , 4 per Cent., Guaranteed.... — Venezuela 3 per Cent.... Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Divideucts on the above payable in hondo, Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per (lent. Ex. 12 Gull„ — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Bentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. — lhlian 5 per Gent. 1831, Ex. 25f Do Account 554 i TWO O'CLOCK. Oonsols, Money Do. Account, Jan. 6 POLICE IN7 ELLIGENCE.-7his Day. THAMES. TOO QUICK FOR Ilim.—Henry Williams, aged 33 years, a general dealer, of 11, Driver's-buildings, Mile-end-road, was brought before Mr. Lushington charged with stealing a grey jacket, value £l, the property of Mr. Moritz Werner, the chief mate of the ship Ferdinand Broom. Yesterday afternoon the prosecutor saw the pri soner come on board the Ferdinand Broom. He watched him, and saw him go into the cabin, from which he soon emerged looking much stouter than when he entered. The prosecutor followed the pri soner and gave him into the custody of Peter Neilson, a dock watchman, who searched him and quickly reduced him to his proper dimensions. The prisoner was wearing the prosecutor's sea jacket, which he had taken from a chest hi the mate's own cabin. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said it was his first offence. Mr. Lushington-1 am afrail not. You are sentenced to two mouths' imprisonment and hard labour. MAELBOEOLTUII STREET. CHARGE AGAINST A RAILWAY rolaEa.—Samuel Morgan, described as a railway porter, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with having in his possession a three branch candelabra, two rugs, au Indian scarf shawl, several pairs of ivory earrings, brooc'aes, crosses, a quantity of cotton prints, and other pro perty supposed to be stolen. Charles Butcher, a detective of the D division, said that about one o'clock that morning he went, accompanied by Beechey, another detective, to No. 40, Great Windmill-street, the bottle being kept by the prisoner as a coffee shop, and found the prisoner in bed. lie told the prisoner he was going to search the house. The prisoner said he was welcome to do so, and on searching the house he found 8 plated spoons, '29 plated forks, a quantity of bed ticking, two tankards, 11 pots of Liebig's extract of meat, 3 tins of mustard, a gr,!en and black plaid scarf, and 25 duplicates ; ome railway wrappers, the property enumerated in the charge, and a large quantity of the property of a miscel laneous nature ; also a stone bottle containing about four gallons of sherry. Wm. Beechey, detective of the C division, said that seeing the prisoner's . wife while they were searching the place, move a box, he opened it and found it to contain a large quantity of ivory ar ticles, chains, crosses, &e., which the prisoner's wife said were left her by a woman, who owed her money. Ile also found a quantity of plated spoons and forks with the marks partly erased, which the prisoner's wife said she had bought of a barman. lie believed if the prisoner were remanded he should find owners for some of the goods. Mr. Tyrwhitt reman led the prisoner. WESTMINSTER. PAUPERS AND SPECIAL PLEADING. -- Three paupers, named Egerton, Barton, and Hart, all creditable looking men, driven by their necessities to the labour yard of St. Margaret's and St. John's, Westminster, were charged this morning with ne glecting to perform their work. John Legg, assistant-]abourmaster. said that the defendants had 51bs. of oakum given to each to pick yesterday morning. None of them did their work. One of them wa3 31b. short. Mr. Arnold—Have they picked the same quan tity before ? Legg—Oh, yes, and can well do it. We only give them 51bs. to pick. We can give them Gibs. Defendant (Egerton)—The oakum was so bad we could not pick it. It was in long plaits or knots, and was great rubbish. Barton—l would have done my work, and was willing, but I say no man could pick it. I told them what rubbish it was when I took it. Slack—lt is quite true what they have said, and I have more to say. I have not committed any offence •against the law. If I picked the oakum I was to receive food and money. When they f-,a n d fault with me I refused to take eithit:, so I can 't have committed an offence. I t is not as though I had had the food and Inoney first. They call it relief. I can't—lt's earnings for what I have dont; and if I 0.. - Jn't take the payment I can't see what offeP.;:e I commit. Mr. Arnold—Are they paid afterwards? witness—Yes; they have their relief after the work is done. The labour master said—When the policeman was sent for he put the relief down. He took it at first. Mr. Arnold—Dil he take it away with him ? Labour niasta—No, he left it. Mr. Arnold considered Slack's argument sound, and discharged the prisoner. After a further investigation the other men were discharged with a caution. The naval pension of £5O a year, vacant by the death of Captain James Underwood, has been granted to retired Captain James Gillian. Retired Commander 1). B. Dawes has been ad vanced to the £3O Coastguard Retirement List, vice Jackson, deceased ; and Retired Commander W. T. Newnham to the £2O list, vice Dawes, advanced to the senior list. RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year TEL SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEINIBER 22, 1869. SHARE L 157. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Buena' Sharei. • NAME. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A all 101 11 IO - Do B lO 4/ 51 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, dim all 22 2 2 4 p 221 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of Briti s h C o l um bi a all 12 t 3 20 Do issued at 2 pm._ , 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 21 Bank of South Australia_ all 30 3. ' 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 131 181 181 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, ~ nd China all 17 18 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all 31 32 20 City lO 10 11 100 Colonial 25 1 41 10 Consolidated, lint. so Delhi and London, lint SO East Loudon, lint y 21 11 20 English and Amy'-ican, lint 10 ••• ••• 20 English Bank of Ulu do Ja neiro. Bin . le pr 1p 20 English, z,sottish, and Ans. tralian Chartered ,.• all 161 164 281 Hung Hong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 281 Do mew ll4 4 6 Ulu Imperial, lint 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 21 s 3 lonian all 18 22 21 Do new Lint Mortgage of bulk, hat 4 3 : 3 3 i 100 Do 11). e. De 1..1 364, 3o all 76 to 60 100 London Bank of ilexice and South America, inn. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, bin. 41 L 5 30 20 Do new 71 5 4 1 100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 11 13 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 20 Loudon Chart.of Australia all 231 211 20 London and County 2O 405 101 be Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 ••• • - London Joint Stock 3ll 821 London and South African al 8 9 100 London &S.-Western, lint, 20 13 11 30 London 5; Venezuela, lint... 121 ••• ••• 100 London and Westnaiuster. 20 514 581 5 3 8- 5 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm......... 20 ... ••• 100 Merchant, Btu .................. 25 61 34 10 Metropolitan, lint. ............ all 15 15 00 Midland, Bin.— ............. 20 11 1 b National of Australia ...... 4 .. .. 25 National of Liverpool, lint, 15 Sd 1p 00 National I'rovinc. of Eug'd 42 ... ... 10 Do ....... .. 42 ... ... 50 National..... 20 New South Wales all 41 48 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 30 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., Lim. 10 61 51 30 Provincial of Ireland '2s 11J VC 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 14 13 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 40 46/ 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 'lli Anglo-American - Tel., lint - ill D 191 181 I 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., lint.... 10 171 171 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 121 131 st Do. 8 per cent. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 17S 183 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2W 2i3 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lint lO Id pr 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 31 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all . 4 1p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 64 71 25 Reuter's Telegram all 79 in 20 Societe Transatlant., lira all IS 154 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 1 / S 11. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 7 7/ 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all if 5 p PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. TUESDAY. The Senate and the Corps L6gislatif are preparing new regulations. Among the changes proposed by the Com mission, it makes the presence of the senators at the sit tings comyulsory. No one may absent himself without having first obtained permission to do so. The offices of senator and deputy will in this case be no sinecures. The report that M. Thiers had been summoned to the Tuileries, and had taken part in the negotiations arising out of the Ministerial crisis, is emphatically denied in several quarters. No more credence, I understand, must be attached to the rumour that the illustrious historian and orator was about to start a journal. The Journal Offieicl, of to-day, announces the installa tion of the municipal council of Paris which took place en the 3rd. The council itself has but a temporary existence in awaiting the proposed legislative changes. The prefect of the Seine, M Haussmann himself, made a speech eulogis tic of the authorities. He deplored the advent of thousands of workmen in Paris from the provinces, who voted in the elections at the dictation of socialist clubs. The Jratrn«l des Pebats, in commenting on this passage, ren i•ris the Prefect of the Seine that it was l►e who brought these pro vincial thrsnLzs to Paris. N. Haussmann paid most flatter ing compliments to " the city of all Frenchmen, the fo'us of all intelligence anti activity, the soil of France," by way, I presume, of consoling his Parisian hearers for some less pleasant phrases. "All the acts of the Parisirn Administration affect," he said, "the Government, the nation itself, or interests of such import ance that they are mixed with public interests. The body entrusted with the regulation of the affairs cf the city would not, therefor:, bo properly qualified if it only represented the results of a purely kcal election. The intervention of public authority in the institution of the municipal magistrates can only. be a passing necessity. The exception proves the rule.' So speaks M. Haussmann, who has revolutionised our city in an architectural sense at least, and his words have been severely criticised. 111. Rochefort is bestirring himself in the Chamber, and the Left are evidently anxious to mark very distinctly the line between his principles and theirs. The Libel te, in referring to the recent passage of arms between the Irre concilable and the Minister of the Interior, satirises their rival spectres of the Revolution on one hand, and the coup dieter! on the other, spectres which they evoke almost daily. . The Independance Beige states that the Anti-Council at Naples was suspended because it had advocated a Republic in France. When it endeavoured to meet the next day the people, who were influenced by the clergy, shelved such decided hostility to the free-thinkers, that the autho rities were obliged to come to their assistance. Cardinal Mathieu's return to France has been made the subject of many commentaries, but the caus3 of his return was that his presence was rendered absolutely necessary in his diocese. During the sitting of the council more than one prelate will probably find it necessary to request leave of absence for a similar purpose. Great dissatisfaction has been expressed at the prosecu tion of the Paris Journal on account of the article that was written about the Empress. The trial will not, it is said, be continued. " Marshal Bazaine in Mexico " is the name of a new work which is announced for publication. It is intended as a vindication of the General's policy, and of the Army of Expedition in that country. Two days after the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia had exchanged civilities, on the occasion of the pr33entation of the Order of St. George, M. Werther, the Prussian Ambassador at Paris, called on 31. do la Tour &Auvergne, and assured him of the friendly feelings of his Government. He is supposed to have taken this step, in order to counteract any evil impression that might have been made by the remarks of the Sovergigng. +111)INA1 Y tifiAliES AND STOCKS. raid. Closing business ztauways. _Nylon. done. at Brist)l and Exeter ...... lOu 74 76 75 f at Usieuonl-An .......... 100 76y 77 762 & et Cambrian. ....... 100 15 to 20 Cornwall .. all 2 3 st Dublin & IlellaLt June... 100 et Dun„l'crtll.4 Ab.J nue... 100 70 72 2, East tiondon all 5 7 20 Do 15 - - 2J Do 10 - - et Glasgow d; S. Western lOU 105 107 et Great Eastern ..: lOO 371 33 374 st Do. E. Angl. No. 100 61 71 64 at Great North of SOotlanel lOO la 16 St Great Northern lOO 109 lid 1011 at L)u. A stock.... leo leg 111 st Do. 11 stuck' ILO 12/ 1.:2 st GtS, and. W. of Iretaad ice 4.3 DU at (it. Western -Urigluai lOO 5A 56 54i et Do. South Wales st Do. W. Alid.-01.1ord llO 31 36 31 Do. Newi.ort at Lancashire ti itiritshirs lOll ;261 st Lon., 11righ.,22 n.Uuast lOO 471 40 174 Lu Scrip - - et 1.0 n., Uhat., and Dover too 15 151 .1 Do. Aletrop. k:x. A lOO 11 14 et Lou. tt North 1N eete,u IOU 1.11 22 1:14 it Lou. at bunth 11 esteru lOO U: t 4 1.34 Shui., Liueuin lOO i 3 571 et Metropolitan •• • • lo'4 b 4 (4t st Do Extension .. 110 62 43 4 Dv. ivea r d s - - et Metropolitan Diettict. ail 30 2 34 lu 3/ea - op.ol. John's V. 00 i 6 - - st 3.1“4.00i0 st l 0, :knout. b 7 st N.d.01 British ...... 100 :Ai , 51 st 1.) rth., Dub — st ;.• or I.la.itern--Berwica llO 1214 ,22j 23 U. .`l.l' putolo.s, -16.13.4 - D Leeds. luu 79 60 st 11 0, York at Li oCarliele - - st D eStoeg. 1,0 156 teo st North 1,01I.I•JU 10 Do New itioS . 4 11 2 y st North Staffordshire . . 100 61 63 61 at North an,i r.. W. Junction 100 VJ 101 10 Do New £lO shares 7 •• st Itfrininey st 16hropshire Union lOO 501 (01 st South Devon'. st South Eastern lOO 7 7ii at Staines, Wuk'harn,d; WW2 all, 13 1 i St . I.uu V ale -- Do. 4.; ... 6 - stvrlord dt ktikacucy llO lu Waterloo & Whiteha.L 6 - - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.eent. 100 86 68 at Caledonian Qrs., Nu. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scut. N.E., 43 per cent lOO ;.. st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c llO st Do. do. 7 per cent lll at D 9. do. Ordinary lOO 74 42 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundoo and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Du. Ist Class preference lOO st Lints. 6; S.W. gua.s per et lOO st , 4t. Eastern, E.O ±x. No.l 110 04 at Do do N.. 2 IV, 47 00 at Do do 6 per cent 100 11V 113 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. e. 100 ... st Do do 11 6 do. 100 st Do do C 7 do. 105 ... st Du do No. 1, 5 p.c. 105 st Do E. Union 4p. c. glut. 100 64 72 at DuNutfulk p.c.Ex.1646 100 ... at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Va1.1447 101 9$ at Great Nut thorn, Spur cent 105 ... at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 101 Do 4 1 do du do 104 at Do b do at sp. c.pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ,„, at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 45 13 st chg., per gua.. p.c lOO 108 8 _ t (8.6: 1;..x). p.c 100 v 5 100 MI . do 41 per cent. 100 9) 52 at Du do 4 do do lOO 80 52 s t D D o u. st Du do 5 per cont. rodent. IVO 57 90 st Do do Birmingham gua 100 68 72 at Du do do pref 100 at Du du Cheater gua lOO 65 0 J st Du do do 8 per cent. 100 at Do do do 5 do 104 55 lab at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 41 p.c lOO st Do do 41 1559 lOO st Do do 5 at Du West Mid. Oxford Ist ,g. lOU HO 11S at llu do 2d gua. 100 1:3 115 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 56 NS at Do 1 per cent. 1863 100 ... do 2d du 100 st Do gua• 00 Lancaster Carlisle 11 p.c. all at Laneash. s, Yurksh. 6 p.c. 104 1 3 133 st Do Barnsley, £5 3s 10.1 p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 115 at Do 41 (Blaekburu parch). 100 US 100 sti Loudon & Brighton, S P.C. ruarautezd, No I lOO MI Du 5 per cent. gua Nu. 2. 100 st Do 6 do du lOO at Do 5 do N 0.4 lOO st Do 7 per cent toe at Do 6 du (W.E. St CA') 100 at Do 4 du 1850 lOO st London, Chatham, 3; Dover 5 per cent lOO at' London and /LW., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 112 at Do liedl ,, rd &Uambridge IOU at Do Shrewab'y .Y 4 Welcup'l lod at Louden and W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 115 150 a Do (PortsuLperp aus 216 d) a Mau., Sliel.,64Lineln. t. p.c lu Do Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 percent. 5 st Mid. Cuosolidated., 6p. c ICI 130 1:35 s Do Bristol& Bina., ti p. e lOO 1.3 13.5 a Do 41 per cent.. redeem lO4 1.8 too 1004 a Du 41 per cent. irredeew lOO Ve lie tUO s Do Leicester Wenn, I p.c WO so PI at NurLa I_Sraish, p.e. No.l l9O ~„ at Du L. 6.: 4p.e.S. & D lO9 • at Do N. 8., Nu. 2, 5 per cend lOO at Do Border liuluu, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Easteru—Uuus. 4 p.c.._ 140 61 84 at Do 44 per Cent. redse.o ... 100 57 51/ at Du N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Larwlek capital Do Yuri:, 11.6* purenase l4 1.0 104 Do :itelittl prlind,', A 3 p.c WI 167 100 at Du W,ltartiopooi ii, :tan ke lOU 86 88 20 North Sz.aaurdsuire los Devon Annuities, 1 1 all 11 10 lus llu l'artstoei.: Anus., los all 81 01 lot Du Fixed 411,er twat all 8 84 1.0.6. S. Latst. (Itead. Anus. , 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Du 41 percent lOO at Du Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No.l IOU 154 158 at Waterford 3;l3:liken:ay, 6pc 100 at Caledonian 41 p e guy. at Du Scot.Ccu. lain. 7 p c 10) at Do 41 p irredeein all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65... at Great Eastern 41 par cent. DO 77 SU at Du 5 do, 1864 los 87 100 at Do New 5 du, 186) 100 8t e 8 st llu do a do, 1864 lOO 83 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Peraia.nent 5 per cunt. 100 at Do Boston &Slcatd, 41 pc 10$ at Great West., W. 11idl., 5p c 100 at Do Joint perpe. 5p c, 1865 100 88 P 2 It Du do 6p c irred., 1886 100 110 118 20 Du Vale N eath perp. 5p c all„. st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York New 41 per • cent till July, 1871 2 ip st Loud., Brig &c., pe, 1858 100 st Do do 4 do, 1800 100 at Do do 41 du, 1861 119 st Do do 41 do, 186:1 10U at Do do 4 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 du, 1806 100 at Do No. 7 5 do at Load, Coat., &c., 21, V p.c st Do Motrup. Lx., 13 6 p.c lOO Do du C 6 p.c 101 st Loudon& .5 IVestern, 5 p 100 108 113 112 at Londu &S. Western, 41 p C 100 a) 95 10 Mau. bhel. d Lin., 5 pc, 180 all b 91 at Idetropuritau 5 percent lOO 100 104 at Michaud, It 5 per cent prof. INO 107 108 at Do B 5 do 100 107 108 18 Do 5 p e opt. to cony, to Ord. Stir., Sept. 1, BO all 20i 21i 18 Do Incony. New Slntre3 all 10 19i 22 Do 5p c cull. into Old Stk., • Aug. 31, 1572 -- 81 If 21F at North Britisti, E. said U No. 1, i per cent 100 at Do £lO guaranteed, 18U1 100 Du E.,l'7,&Duu., 2d,4pe lee st Do E.& li , Nu. 2, 5 p.e lOO ...• ... st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1662 100 ... ... st Du E. & t. 1., N 0.3, 5 p.e lOO ... ... it s t N D o 1 o • t h E G Eastern,. i A 4 \i 1 4 ip7e) 4 r C e P n et 0 100 9 Iro 100 st Do Stock. et Dart, 1) lOO 113 115 st North Loudon, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 3p e to* ... ... it South Eastern, 41 pc, 1359 lue ... ... it Do 5 do Mil 100 ••• ••• st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1364 100 et Do 5 do, 1864 •• ••• s t Victoria St.etl'iralico, 41 pc ice ... ... ... RAIL IVAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED lIENTALSj s lt r ly e head 1‘.!..1 01 i 6 1 .i.1 93 at Birkenhead l'a rl per cent. . 5 do. 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 18 101 101 pl 93 It Culchoer Stour Valley . 0 100 : i tttt t C CB ly lauppe t e l l'inoos e t s :.e d rg ale, g'.laranteed ... It Ff.., Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 18*; 1:17 '.• Gloster and l: can Forest._ all ... e Gt. Easa., U. Harwich, 6 p.c 100 ... ... 0. s Do. B. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 101 at Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 1,... 0 , .._ st Gt. West, W. Mid., Ho- .- 1 00 .. .: _.,,t 92 00 Hull and Soil ,- O7 st Laneasi , : . and 'Carlisle lOO all HO 113 217 222 at 1 :',,ndon and Blackwall at Do. 41 per cent lOO . ... 95 at London, Chat., 6tc., 41 p. C. 100 .. ... at Do. Corn. Fund, 6do 100 „ 0 , st London and Greenwi c h ~, 109 62 64 et Do. do Preferonvo, lOO at Loudon, Tilbury. A: South 100 83 tf..i at Loweatuft,gua 4 percent lOO 72 81 at Do. .I - 6 do 01 51ancit., Bt.. Ma all . . at 51illand, Bradford, P re f lOO it . 94 is Mid Kent Cray Liz.) .•• 1) Northern% East.,i; percont all LY 66 Si Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern—Hartlep oo l ...... ... at N. West. A porp. pret, 5p c. 100 107 109 at Du B minimum 11 p.o lOO . 0 . 0 at Notting. •s:Grauth It. 0s O lOl 91 93 25 Preston and Wyro.. ......... all 41 16 Boyatun, flitch., and Stiep. 104 132 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 106 132 134 10 Da du 4 2 21p a S. Yorksh. and River Dun 190 97 99 D . 4 per cent gait— 14 , 75 8 0 st Viet. Station and Pimlico l eg 98 100. _ at West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 21 Do do B all ••• ••• 20 Do do C all ... ... at Weymouth and Portla n d lOl at Wilts and Somerset "' . 0 100 t-2 sk DOCKS. et East and We:itindia lOO 123 125 Loadou and St. Katherine lOO 12 51 51 100 1) oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all 3E11%1%111 Freehold Land Bt Duck - .0.) 23 at Southampton lOO 72 at Surrey Genutiorcia 08 10 MISCELLANEOUS, 10 Anglo-llexican Mint all T4l 141 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 6.1 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 111 141 10 Do. New all 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay Gas, lint. S Do. New 4 11 15 50 British American Land 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lint all 2/ 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 64 06 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, li:n 2l 20 Ceylon Company, lint. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 6 _ 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 9 51 415 30 City of Milan ImproY. lint all 6 g 25 City of Moscow Cias, all 50 City Graces, lint 25 23 22 d 50 Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Coramercia; Union (Assur) i pr y a p 10 Company of African Mer chants lint. a 2 1 d 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 2,l 27 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 74 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent. all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1011 1051 100 Do. 1882, 44 per cent. all 103 101 10 Credit Fon. of England, lira. all 21 2/ 50 CreditFon.of Mauritiuslim lO 31 21,i et Crystal Palace lOO 21 23 st Do. Preference lOO 95 100 et Do. Gp. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 112 20 Darjeeling, lint. 10 Eastern Assam, lint. 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, line. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, Ulu. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Una. by Egypt. Gov allj 91 95 20 Egyptian Coin. et Trail. lint e 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lila 21 1 15 English and Foreign Crodit 71 41 34,1 100 Eng. and Scot. el :trine, liul. 8 ... 10 Fairbairn Engineerin'• 2.) Fore-street Warehouse,litn l2 1 2 p 161 100 For. & Cu!. Gov. Trust and Luau Scrip, issued at .cdr, all 83 30 931 50 Gollivara, lint 2O 11, General Credit & Die., line 71 1/ 14 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 23 50 Horn?. & Co! Marino In. Wm S 25 cd 10 Hung Kong and Cnina Gas all ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 12/ 13 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar sallies line. 20 Internit. ' FinancialSue. lien • 5 2 1/ 20 Interua. Land Credit, line 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land 6 1d p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Carom) all 3 3 4 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1370, issaed 90........, all 67 5 9 50 Land Securities, line 25 London African Trading,,, 10 7 5 d 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, h im 6 ...d 10 London County Laud and Building, line. 50 Loud. Financial Asso., line 30 22 21 3 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.li m . all 2 2 1 50 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, 20 Lond. & Provincial Marino 1 jd pr at Madras Irriga. & Caul. Una. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 104 108 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1im...... 50 Merchant Shipping, litn, „. all 32 37 60 31illwall Iron Works, lira, 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., line. 25 National Discount Co., line b 104 115 25 National Prov. Marine, line. 4 • • 10 National Steam Ship, Wu, all 31 10 1 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, line. 6 3 4 3 d, 10 New Consolidated Dis. line. 3 14 144 5 New Qu ebra,da, 4.8.0 41 41 25 New Zealand Loan & her cantile Agency,lim ^l 4 iP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, 1ine,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 5 1 1 1 / 10 Northern Assam Tea, lien. 5 7 5 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., Hut_ 100 43 51 SO North Brit. & Mercan, In 6l I ? 195 , 25 Ocean Marine (Insura nce) b 14 50 Oriental Financial, - S Oriental Gas, lien • ........ all 7 i Do. New 10 Otago and Southland vestment, line id 4p S Ottoman Gas 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint Do do. ............ • at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lieu 100 31 34 50 Poninsu. & Oriental Steam all 6 43 SO Do. New 1867 lO 14 4d SO Rhymney Iron ............... all 27 26 1 Do. New .............. all 6 1 7 2 Rio do Janeiro City Im.,lila. all 18 19 Do. Gas, line all 21 261 100 Royal Mail Steam ...... ! Scottish Aust. Invest., liin lOO 70 83 Do, 6 p. 0, Guar, Pr o f, 100 . Societe Fin. d'Eggtptr, lira. 10 7 ' de Societe Oets.ll.3l'Enipire Ot. 1 21 35 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., line. 6 ... 23 South Australian Land all 33 34 20 Telegraph Con. & all 321 331 351 1 20 Thames and Mersoy Marine (Insure.nce), lin i 2 2f 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lint 1 1p 10 Do do, do, all 20 Trust &Loan Co, U. Canada I 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 41 a p 20 Union Bttsti line.,,, all 22 24 15 United DiSeonut Corp., lim it 14 41 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lim 6 3 4 p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 14 2 30 Van Dieman's Land ...... 281 0 7 100 Viceroy of lilgypt, 7 per ofmt,otortgage) Loan all 8 , 1 621 110 Warrant Finance, lina. l2 10 bd 50 West Itidia and radii° 20 5 :n es Wharves and W Fi lv e I : a t L a : :ohn' coLOffIAL UOVEUZIM/CNT SketltlTlE6 British Uslutubthe S Per 100 1)0. 18105....•....., .1 190 •••• (.lanAlov•6p:o.Jait•'&July 100 No 1071 - Do. 6 to. 6 1 2eb, & Aug 100 102 lot Do. sp. u. Star, & Sept 100 102 104 - Do. p. 0. Jan. lc July Ho 921 931 911 - D o . sp. a. Inegribtd ski 100 gO gg Cape 41, Elope, 9 p.c.18?0 100 102 101 Do.Apl,&001 189 0- 19 00 * 100 111 113 gbi Do. do 188040 100 114 100 Do, Jin.aJuly, 181 too 108 lit Do. b per omit. 15 April and 15 Oct., 100 OS 100 Nov 1878, 6 p.c 100 106 ilO De. 1872, do 100 106 16? 5/surlttue, 6 p. 0, 1878, Jan. and July .. l OO 104 104 Do. 18M ..• •,. 100 105 106 - D0.1882.3,tay and Ntr , j.. 00 no ios 107 D 0.1895, Feb. & Aug,. iv 194 Melbourne CorpOratit 1807-73, 6 per cent..... in) 100 100 N.8.G0v.6p‘0..11.&Ju1y.. too 103 194 Naval 6 p et, & Oat... 00 • Do 6po.lyllp & N0v..... 1 0 Ir 6 100 N, 5.W.5 ire., '7l t0'75.. 140 i s 9 1 01 Do. 5 p.a. 1888 1890... 1)u 99 100 102 j Do. 5 p.c. rd.'o7 to '75.. N.Zealand, 6r. 0t.18J1.. 100 _ Do. 5 per ..... 100 DoJan, Oat... 100 91 92 941 4 Do 6 p c.Mar &Sept '91..100 10S 110 Do June & Deo., 1191 100 log L ii IDo rrov. Auctid. ItO serici 1 & 2, 1:,15... NOVI, Sootia 6p. o.Jan... and July, 1875 Do 1836.. . 100 10 Qucensind. Sp. e.. '82.C.. 100 tO7 10S1 _- Do 1891 Tasmanian 6 pet 3,1 695 . 1.1 10) 110 Uo 1893.97 Victoria 6 per cant, 1891 196 114 115 ▪ DQ L iMe 111 112 INSTI7UTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. The annual general meeting of the members of this society was held on Tuesday evening, the 21st inst. ; Mr. Charles Hutton Gregory, president, in the chair. The report of the Council stated that there were 22 ordinary general meetings during the past session, when 15 papers had been read. The discussions at these meetings still continued to be a prominent feature of the proceedings. The labour and ingenuity displayed in the original communications had led to the award of Tel ford medals and Telford premiums of books to Messrs. Jules Gandard, W. Shelford, T. N. Kirk ham, J. Ellacott, and D. T. Austed, F.R S. ; of a Watt Medal an 1 a Telford premium of books to Mr. Z. Colburn ; of Telford premiums of books to Messrs. W. II Wheeler, J. It. Mosse, I. Bell, J. Milroy, S. P. Bidder, jun., and C. J. Chubb; and of the Manby Premium of Books to Mr. M. lieu derson. In addition to the ordinary general meetings there were six supplemsutal meetings, for the reading and discussion of p..pers by students of the institution. For these papers Miner Prizeat Gad been awarded to the following students : Messrs. E. Bazelgutte, F. 11. Mort, T. J. Ellie, T. R. Gainsford, C. H. G. Jenkiuson, and G. H. Ro berts. It was stated that during the past year up wards of 700 volumes and pamphlets had been added, either by presentation or by purchase, to the library, which now contained about 5,800 volumes and 4,300 tracts, on every branch of civil engineer ing, and in many different languages. A portrait of Mr. Fowler, the late President of the Institution, painted by Mr. J. E. Millais, R.A., has also been received, and from Mr. M'Clean, M.P. (t'ast Pre sident) 72 engraved copper plates, which had been used to illustrate an early edition of Smeaton's Re port,. During the last session one honorary member, 30 members, and 82 associates had been elected, while 29 students had been admitted. The numbers of these several classes on the books on Nov. 30, 1869, were 16, 655, 920, and 148 respectively, making a total of 1739, as against 847 12 years ago. The decrease announced since last annual me ing had been 16 per 1,000, and the resignations and erisures front the register had been more numerous than in previous years, so that the increase in the numbers had been only at the rate of 3.45 per cent. iu the last twelve months. The ordinary receipts fit the past year had amounted to £7,032, being only £l4l less than they were in 1868, notwithstand - ing the loss of dividends due to the sale of stocks necessary to meet the outlay upon the new build ing. The expenditure in the same period (exclu sive of the new building) had been £3,786. There had been paid on account of the new building and its accessories a sum of £18,210. This outlay had been entirely defrayed out of funds of the iustitwion—viz., £10,246 by the realisation of investments, £2,210 from the Locke gift and be quests (which had been received too recently to be invested), and the balance of £5,754 from the sur plus income of the last two years. The nominal or par value of the several funds under the charge of the institution on the 30th of November last was 1, general funds, £7,656 Is. Bd. ; 2, trust funds, £12,119155. 82. ; and, 3, cash-balance, £268 95.9 d., making a total of £20,04475. id., as against £29,835 18s, two years ago, when they were at their maxi mum. This showed a decrease in the interval of £9,798 10s. lid., but, as previously stated, iu that period a sum of £18,210 2s. 42. had been paid on account of the new building. Reference was then made to the measures which the Council had re cently taken to vindicate the honour of the profes sion, which had been unjustifiably assailed by the Government of India in a notification, the plain intention of which could only be to charge civil engineers with recognising as legitimate the receipt of commissions from others than their immediate employers, and in addition to their salaries, where so remunerated. The Secretary of State for India had put on record " that lie regards with implicit confidence the indignant repudiation by the institution of the recognition of I any such i nctice as that referred t o, and that he General in Council would call upon too (govern.,.-- which led for an explanation of the cfscuenstseces . to the issue of the notification in question. A an,.. cient time had not yet elered fvr an answer to be received from India to the remonstrances of the irritutilan, but in the meantime the council felt assured that the steps they had taken would meet with cordial approval. The following gentlemen were elected to fill the several offices on the council for the ensuing year :--Charles Blacker Viguoles, president ; Joseph Cubitt, Thomas Elliot Harrison, Thomas liawksley, and George Willoughby lle mans, vice-presidents ; James Abernethy, William Henry Barlow, John Frederic Bateman, Joseph Bazalgette, Nathaniel Beardmore, Frede rick Joseph Bramwell, James Brunlees, John Mur ray, George Robert Stephenson, and Edward Woods, members ; and Edward Middelton Barry aad Lieut.-Col. A. Clarke, , P. 13 R.. associates N ..,.., 4 GIRL OF ELEVEN POISONING A BABY Me Court of Assizes of the Aube has just tried a girl imed Gauchot, aged scarcely 11 years, on a charge o f poisoning a child of eight months, which she hall been hired to mind. The infant died in July at, after three days' illness, and in great agony; a post mo. -tern examination shewed that death had been caused by p hosphorous, and suspicion falling on the girl Gauchot, she vb" as questioned, and confessed that she had given the child I n cifers to suck, to see whether it was true that they w ere poisonous, .and in order that h er emp l oyers might be' tngry and rend her home to - her parents. A medical man, who had examined the accused as to her mental state, declared that she possessed an i n t e ni g mce superior to tha'of the majority of children of her age. She had already been ' . in two situations, but in one she re. mined only a week, and in the other but two days. Sho .'ppears to have left her parents with regret, and is each ea. 'n to have done something to be dismissed. She was now ora...yed to remain in a reformatory institu tion until she had eGnrpleted her 16th year. TILE PANTIN MURDERER. Troppmann, says Galt:gnaw; still manifests as great indifference to his position as foimerly. He appears to have no fear of the scaffold, and has made to his fellow prisencr3 the remark : "If I am condemned to death I shall not be executed, as I possess means of committing suicide which no one could prevent me from employing; I am sure of escaping any watch that may be set on me." Whenever he refers to his crime, he does so in a careless manner without any signs of remorse, and speaks of it as of an affair which did not succeed in consequence of a defective execution. He admits that he de rived little profit from the murders—a few thou sand francs only. " I wanted the money," he said, "to construct a new weaving loom, which would have been the commencement of my fortune ; I should have invented other machines, and then I should have become rich, very rich. I should have travelled, and there is not a corner of the earth that I would not have visited." He might have been seen on Saturday from some of the windows at the Palace of Justice taking his recreation in the small triangular courtyard of the Conciergerie, and playing at chuck-penny with his gaolers, or amusing himsolf,without any apparent anxiety, in jump ing over chairs and performing other feats of agility.—The Rappel states that a physician, who has made disorders of the mind his especial study, is to visit Troppmann to examine his mental state. A GHOST STORY FOR THE SEASON. A correspondent of a contemporory, referring to the appearance of the shadow of an axe in the Tower, says, in a letter to the editor of that journal, "You are perhaps not aware that one of the best authenticated ghost stories A this century belongs to that fortress. Mr. Edmund Lenthal Swifte, who is still living, was in 1817 keeper A the Crown jewels in the Tower of London. He lived in the jewel house, and on a certain Saturday night in October, 1817, was in his sitting-room. The door was closed, the windows shut, and heavy curtains excluded the air. It was about midnight. Two candles were on the table. The rest I give in his own published words I sate at the foot of the table, my son on my right hand, his mother fronting the chimney-piece, and her sister on the apposite side. I had offered a glass of wine and water to my wife, when, putting it to her lips, she paused and exclaimed, Good God, what is that?' I looked up, and saw a cylin lrical figure like a glass tube, seemingly about the thick aess of my arm, and hovering between the ceiling and the table. Its contents appeared to be a dense fluid, white and pale azure,like to the gathering of a summer cloud, and incessantly rolling and mingling within the cylinder. This lasted about two minutes, when it began slowly to move before my sister-in-law, then following the oblong shape of the table before my son and myself ; passing behind my wife, it paused for a moment over her right shoulder (observe, there was no mirror opposite to her in which she could then behold it). Instantly she crouched down, and, with both hands covering her shoulder, she shrieked out, " Oh, Christ! it has seized mo." Even now, while writing, I feel the fresh horror of that moment. I caught up my chair, struck it the wainscot behind her, rushed upstairs to the other children's room and told the terrified nurse what I had seen. . . Neither my sister-in-law nor my son behold this appearance. . . . I am bound to add that shortly before this strange event some young lady residents in the Tower had been, I know not wherefore, suspected of making phantasmagorical experiments at their windows, which, be it observed, had no command whatever an any windows in my dwelling, An additional sentry was accordingly posted so as to over look any such attempt. Happening, however, as it might, following bard at heel tho visitation of my household, ono of the night sentries at the jewel office was, as he said, a:armed by a figure like a huge bear issu ing from underneath the door. Ho thrust at it with his bayonet, which stuck in the door, even as my chair dinted the wainscot. He dropped in a fit, and was carried senseless to the guard-room. His fellow sentry declared that the man was neither asleep nor drunk, he himself having seen him the moment before awake and sober. Of all this I avouch nothing more than that I saw the poor man in the guard house prostrated with terror, and that in two or three days the fatal result, bo it of fact or fancy, was that he tiled." To this it is only necessary to add that the boy was 7 years old. He did not see the ghost. The sister-in law likewise did not see it, and attributed it to the joint hallucination of her sister and brother-in-law. rho soldier died, as stated, whether after trial by court martial, as recorded by Dr. Gregory in his "Letters on Animal Magnetism," or not, I do not know. Dr. Gregory received his account from Sir David Brewster, and it is incorrect in many particulars, or rather it differs from Mr. Swifte's, which was the result of personal ex _ pericnce., MARKETS.-7his Day. LIVERPOOL COTTON. Dec. '22.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. no market steady. The paddlewheel steam-sloop Salamander, 2 guar, Staff-Commander Swain, having conveyed stores and supernumerary seamen to • the squadron in the Tagus, returned to Plymouth Sound yesti r day afternoon, and has gone up Hatnoaze to coal. Further important changes and reductions are to be made in Chatham dockyard. An order has been received from the Admiralty giving direc tions as to some of these. As had been ex pected for some time past, the workmen are henceforward to be superannuated at the age of 55—several years earlier than has been the prac tice. Returns are being prepared of the ages of the men, with a view, it is belived, to the speedy carrying out of the order. The office of inspector in the various departments of labour in the yard is in future to be abolished, the senior inspectors are to be superannuated, but ten years will be added to their service so as to increase their retiring pensions. In future the salaries of foremen of the yard will commence at £l5O per annum, rising £lO every three years until a maximum of £2OO has been at tained. Hitherto these officers have commenced with a salary of £2OO. The order also directs that henceforth the annual gratuity of £5O given to one of the foremen of the yard shall be abolished. There are rumours of the reduction in numbers or re moval from this yard to Sheerness yard of the rig gers; a portion of these artisans would be dis charged under the new rule on superannuation ; and from the change in the shipbuilding at Chat ham there is not the work for riggers that there was formerly. Other changes at Chatham yard are expected to be announced. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty : —Lieut. Pelham Aldrich to the Lord Warden, and Lieut. W. Y. C. E. Robinson, to the Black Prince. C HRIST MAS PRESENTS. —The Christmas festi v iti es call forth very eiegant displays in some parts of the metropolis, but none can compote for splendour and taste with that made by Mr. Rinunel in the Strand. The vario us b ea utiful trifles ho this year offers to his patron eutviein beauty any he has hitherto produced, and his exertions will doubtless be duly appreciated. He has contrived tho most -- surprises for the ball-room, dining-room, and the . • narty ; boo bons in every conceivable juvenile evenui t , `.fining flowers, articles of dress, shape, size, and colour, cou— perfumes, '-corations for Chri , t - Sce., &c., and as for the .... catering mae trees, his toys are really exquisao. a , not and inventing for the young, Mr. Kimmel has - forgotten those of more mature growth, and for them he has produced the most exquisite articles, aifoegst others being the delicately perfumed surprise fans, glove boxes, scent caskets, bouquets, perfume fountains, &o.; so ho w.uld be Lard to please who did not find exactly what ho wanted at Mr. Rimmel's establishment. Here in the greatest abundanc e is to be found all the novelties from Paris, and in such profusion that paterfamilias can not confer a greater troaton those "home for the holidays' , than to give them a sight of the Christmas display of Mr. Rinamel, to produce which it wokild seem as if he had had the magic was]. of Prospero, 711 E OYEREND AND GURNEY TRIAL. SUMMING UP OP THE JUDGE. The Lord Chief Justice summed up the evidence to-day. Having drawn attention to the counts in the indictments, the clause of the Act upon which a portion of them was framed, and as they affected the different defendants, his lordship said that Mr. Barclay must be acquitted on 'the first six counts with regard to the issuing of the prospectus. But when they come to the counts for conspiracy the case stood otherwise, and therefore it was he could not consent to the application of his learned counsel at the close of the prosecution to dis • miss lane from the case. Mr. Barclay, like the other defendants, were liable to be convicted on the conspiracy accounts. Besides the conspiracy counts to cArinit the statutory offence, there were other general counts and conspiracy, wi li the exception of one or two of the defendants, to w..ich they related, could nut be maintained. Tere was, however, a general count for publish mg a false prospectus with intent to cheat and de . rand, and setting f“rth tlic particulars. That count really CJll'a:ned the substance of the citt.rges ma le igainst the defendant on the other count. The count was in substance that the business o. 0 vet.- .tnd, Gurney, and Co., was hopelessly insolvent . tnd worthless, and that, knowing that fact, the defendants conspired to induce persons to take ~,hares in the new company, to whom the busi ness was to be transferred, with the view of defrauding and cheating those who took shares, of the money they would have to pay for them. If they believed in the end that sun a conspiracy did, in point of fact, exist, and that the old rirm dispos:el of the business, knowing it to be worthless, with intent to defraud the intending shareholders and others, there could be no possible doubt that they had committed an offence against law. There could be no doubt that by the general law of the land a conspiracy to defraud and cheat by false pretences was an offence of a very serious character, and it was not the less an offence because it was directed against society iustea d of against particular individuals. We shall give the verdict, if possible, in our late e Eden. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE— Th's ray CITY BE no G.—Tics DAY. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. sto 1 agst Lord Lurgau's uomivation (offered — take 11 to 2) 100 to 7 agst Mr Spinks'e nom. (offered—take ICO to 6) 200 to 6 agst Mr Logh's nom. (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 6 agst The Lamb (taken) 25 to 1 agst Q.C. (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 apt Kingcraft (offered—take 9to 2) 9 to 2 agst Sunshine (taken and offered-900 to 200 taken) 10 to 1 agst Astolfo (taken and offered) 100 to 8 sgit Sunlight (taken) 100 to 7 agst Stanley (taken) DERBY. 1000 to 30 agst Katherine Logie c (taken) RACING FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Lincoln l5, 16 I Derby .. 22, 23 Harrow 17, 18 I Newton .... 25, 26 MARCH". Nottingham . 1, 2 I West Somerset l6, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick 22, 23, 24 Pontefract 14, 15 I Epsom 29, 3U Cambridgeshire ......14, 15_1 2 13rotulti 31 and April 1 _ APRIL. _ Northampton 5, 6 1 Newmarket Craven 18 to 22 West Drayton 7, 8 I Abergavenuy 21, ..:.2 f hirsk 7, 8 i Le wes 26, 27 Kingsbury Dar 11 a:u lB, 19 I .. . __ ......_ . MAY. Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5 I Harpenden 9 0, 21 aester. lO, to 13 I Bath '4, 2..1 Winchester lO, 11 I Stamford •26, 27 Salisbury l2, 13 ; Croydon 16 , 27 York 17, 18 ;Epsom j 1 to June 3 Doncaster 19,20 JUNE. Croydon 8, 9 I Newton Manchester e, 9, 10 Hampton 23, v 4 Ascot 14 to 17 Bibury Ulub Windsor 2l, 22 I Stuelturidge...3o, and J uJy I. JULY. NewmarLet sto t 1 West Drayton 11, 15 Soitiugh.ort l.!, .........111, 2J jtielit,thor4l .Lattflog .1 , Utiodwood A UG usr 9 , 3 I Btocatoa l7 to 13 %I 4 Oxford Izl, LJ kie; tituu Club ..5,6,wca . . L!l.4ll:titi ' l , 1;.; I Irlyln..ui.n. Windsor II, I.:' I I/ •rOy -,./, 41 droinley l6, l'i 1 iVoyinuutit du, 31. SEPTESIBEft, ,Varwick 6, 7 i 11.einuoud 20 I 21. .. Al) ug lon t 4, 9 I Western aoct,(Ayr) 21 :u 23 doucaster 1S to 16 I lienihni 2:1, 23 Liziniptuu ... ... ......... 2 , ), 21. I NOWnutrk.4 181. Oc.. 2; to 30 OCTOBER. . i3edford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2n 0ct..10 to 14 Leicester Itromley 6, 7 I Newmarket Liot'u...2l to 29 IS 0 VEMBER. Liverpool 8 to 11 I Shrewsbury 14 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIX CURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, Harrow l7, 13 I D er by 10, 11 Nowtoa 25, MARCH. Liverpool 8,9, 10 I B..ornley 31 and April 1. West 6omerset 16, 17 I Cheltenham-31 and April lit Warwick 22 to 24 I APRIL.' Aldershot 748 1 Kingsbury ITALY. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ROME, Dec. 20, Evening. The third general congregation of the CouncilWM held to-day. The election of 11 out of 24 ecclesi astics who are to compose the committee on matters of faith is notified. The principal members are the Archbishops of Cambray, Utrecht, Posen, Malines, and 'Westminster, the Bishops of Poictiers, Jaen, Sion, and Paderbour, the Primate of Hungary, and the Armenian Patri:►rch. The assembly has elected 21 members as a com mittee on questions connected with discipline. The Apostolic Bull " Sedis," dated the 12th of October, which, out of consideration of the spirit of the age, reduces the number of cases reserved for ecclesiastical censure, was promulgated to-day. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. WAR-OFFICE, PALL, DEC. 21. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant Charles Robert, Lord Carington, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Francis George Augustus Faller, who retires; Cornet Henry Lane Fox to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord Carington. BREVET. Colonel Edward John Lake, retired full- pay, Royal (late Bengal) Engineors, to ba Major-General, the rank being honorary only. Brevet-Colonel Charles Wkl ion Moore, who retires upon a pension as Lieutenant-Colonel 108th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major-General. Bank of France. PARIS, Dec. 16. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Dec. 16. Dec. 9. fr. o. fr. Capital of the Bank 182,509,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, J 7044776 02 7,044,776 02 June 9, 1857) , , Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve of lauded pro perty 4,000,000 4 , 000 , 000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur rent creditor 219,870,153 42 218,758,168 GO Current accounts, Paris 30,355,717 90 351,199,1)34 70 no. branch banks 44,554,989 45,779,1108 is payable 825,004 851,473 ' sundry 9,365,453 74 8,826,878 89 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 47,335,401 95 46,835,692 41 Discounts ans. interests Rediscounted the last six. m onths ............ p)1,660 38 991, 660 33 Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries ......- 9,347427 95 9,703,54 1 69 ___-- Total Certified by tie Senator -Governor of the Bank of France, (Signed) Bouwatv. - f• ~. F