The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-22 00:00:00

MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocE. Business has at last shown symptoms of improve- Meat, and both English and foreign securities were firm. The railway market participated in the im provement. The rate of discount is 21 to 1. Consols are 93 / for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 931 3 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 I ; New Three per Cents, 931 1. Canadian 4 per Cent. Bonds, 1903, 105. 1 1 11 dia Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 213 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 12 ; litto En faced Paper, 51 per Cent., May, 1879, 1091 101. In the Foreign Market Turkish Five per Cents. have improved to 381 381 ex div. Italian per Cents. remain at 531 531 ; Greek Bonds at 111 12 ; Mexican, at 151 151 ; and New Spanish Three per Cents. at 311 311 ex div. Egyptian 7 per Cent. Loan is 714 721 ex div. ; the Honduras Loan 17 87 ex coupon ; Italian Tobacco Scrip 1 11 prem. ; and the last Russian Railway Loan 1 dis., par. In the railway market Caledonians are 1, Great Eastern 1, Brighton 1, North British 1, North Western 1 better, while Midlands have fallen off .1. The quotations were as follows :—Caledonian, 784 to 791 ; Great Western, 49f 60 ; Great Eastern, 421 1 ; [Great Northern, 1071 1081 ; ditto A, 1084 109 ; Lanca shire, 129+ 301 ; Metropolitan, 1071 8 ; ditto Ex tension, 1021 31 ; Midland, 1141 15 ; Sheffield, 47 1 81 ; Brighton, 52 1; North British, 32 ; North Western, 1154 161 ; North Eastern, 1031 4 1; South Eastern, 81 1; Chatham and Dover, 171 1. American Five-Twenty and Ten-Forty Bonds remain firm at 751 to 1 and 721 1 respectively. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben tures are 42 42/ ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 46 464. Eries have improved 1, and Illinois Central stock is 1 better at 921 93} ex div. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The Bank of France return this week shows a recovery of £53,000 in the stock of bullion. The large amount of Mexican dollars brought by the French packet Washington has been disposed of at 591 d., showing a rise of Id. from the last Price. Bar silver is firm, wish a moderate demand for India at 600. to td. The return of paid clearing for the week ending 20th January, issued from the Bankers' Clearing house, is as follows :—Thursday, January 14th, £ 20 ,412,000 ; Friday, 15th, £13,599,000; Saturday, 16 th, £12,276,000 ; Monday, 18th, £11,237,000 ; Tuesday, 19th, £11,424,000 ; and Wednesday, 2 0th, £9,555,000 ; total, £78,503,000. The report of the Brighton Railway, to be pre sented on the 2d of February next, was issued Yesterday, and shows that, after paying the pro- Posed dividend of 12s. 61 per cent., which will Absorb £42,750, a balance will remain of £5,982, Ind that the sum really available would have been £62,400 but for an amount of interest payable to the Union Bank in settlement with that establish ment. It i s propose d to per f ora t e th e postage stamps With the initials of the persons using them, which Will render the stamps useless except to the owners, and prevent the sale of them to stamp dealers, as the most effectual means of preventing the fraudu lent removal of postage stamps. Advices from Manchester announce the failure of Mr. A. Winterbottom, who has been largely e ngaged for many years in the stuff trade. The lia bilities are estimated at from £30,000 to £40,000. The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway traffi,t return, including the Metropolitan Extension, shows this week an increase of £1,324, compared with the corresponding period of last year. The ordinary general meeting of the Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company (Limite.l) will be held on Feb. 12. A general meeting of the East London Railway Company is convened for F eb. 5, to receive a report from the directors. Our letters from Frankfort state that the Bourse has been in an uncertain state during the past week, from the contradictory influences of the reports from Vienna and Paris. Lottery shares are flat, the market having been flooded with them from all parts. The Italian Tobacco Loan "is now quite naturalised in Germany and bought for invest /4"V' The Hungarian Northern Railway is said to have been sold to an Anglo-Belgian Company f or 1 1 millions, the Government guaranteeing an i nterest of 7 per cent., and the line is to be con ti,illued from Salfo-Targan to join the Raschau :"lerberg Railway. The Cologne-Minden Railway if building a railway from Stade to Cuxhaven, f liatnburg and Prussia will guarantee jointly an Interestz of 4i per cent. The Petersbou - g Borsen t j it ung now announces th a t no new con cession for 4 'e Constructi on o f R uss i an ra il ways w ill b e given for some time. The retu rn f rom the B an k o f E nglan d f or th e r 4 i / ended the 20th of January gives the following 14et ti when compared with the previous week Pytl l 43,322,232 Increase £56 ,386 Oth ir a t•Posita *po s it s 20,174,108 ... Decrease 943, 789 fi l ti le other a id e o f th e accoun t : ti rraent se o uri °Ms; ............ N ot es s ocurities 'tits Itzleraployed 8,616,225 increase ... 207,41 c b e i t amount of notes in circulation is £23,979,735, litag decrease of £145,625 ; and the stock of a n I . °ll in both departments is £18,704,177, showing pr e iner eas• of £95,853 when compared with the I:letting return. Subjoinedof thi ., is a comparison of the present position In d ß ank of England and the prices of Consols likkt Year re nch Rentea w ith th e cor responding week of Sme Wk At Present. l as t Year ee . 4, 4 e n ............... £18,704,177 ~. £22,200,903 Note 9,724,442 ... 13,332,033 It o TI in circulation 23,979,i 35 23,868,870 0,7 Vadiscount 93 1,4411 ante* 7of. 15c. 68f. 60c. PRICES. LOSING 13RITISII FUNDS—C q 1 `TOrERNMENT FUNDS. 93 i 3 l Der Cent. Consols 93} 3 7 a ~.itto for Account, 98} i 1,1" r ()att. Reduced 93i I ? 3 per Cent _ - it* 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 1880 — Do, 6 per Cent J an. 187 3 T tlttunities, 80 yrs, expire sth -11.885 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth Apr, ,„„ 8 _ ~„ Do, Mid Sea Teleh,raph), Aug;, "" P ut tehequer Bills, 41,000, 2 per (it Do, £5OO Pm IA Do. £lOO & £2OO ._.. 44 :kutito.oef.etcongliland Stock, 4per Cent 105 `janada 4 per Cent. Bonds inter-Colonial Ornnium 216 INDI.OI CiOVERNIIENT SECURITIES• . I • ' ttclla toek, 104 par Cent., April 1874 _ Do. Opening, for Account 1121 12 40 . 5 per Cent. July, 1880 uo. 4 per Cent Oct. 1888 O. CertificatesCer Do' cdPap e 4 per Cent 12Iho. 5 per Cent , Jan. 1872 . — 4 101- 109 * 6 l per Ce.u.t May 1879 Da Per Cent., E. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 _ is D. do. 1882 , 11041 D~• bob., 5 er Cent Aug. 187- ...... 22 pm N. Bonds, 4Pper Cent.,. £l,OOO 17 Do ' under, .£l.OOO A roßtbcni FUNDS —CLOSING -4rOntine Repubbc, 6 per cent _ A bc., Scrip £45 paid .. .. 7 P o R t TES. _ 'tiltrian Bonds 5 per cent _ nraztr, . . Do. 1859 han 5 per Cent .....- 2°. 4,4 per Cent., 1852 `,',°- do. 1858 D o _ "0. do. 186 n 1)0 do.' 1863 _ /3 uc,. 3 per bent , 1865 i Account .................................... D n Ayres 6 per Cont. u%) 2 per Cent. (Dsferrtd 3 p er Cent ) 1 1)4. 0 0 ,:-, ~ per Cent. '`„ 1,1 141 6 per Cent .......... .. '13°,"0. 44 per Cent... ...... ........... t . per Cent., ... D o 6 v• Per ce t• 1867 0 ~,o. 7 per Cent, 1866 1.; locabian, 6 per Cent. vanish, 3 per Cent., ' 825.. .... ta.nabiati Principalities, 7 par Cent 7, „t„e,„B Per Cent., 1867 ............... >., .... ..: e't t"a`Lor New Con4olidated, 1 per Cent tuYptian, 7 per Cent ........................ r‘o.Second issue 450 t. Bonds 'Jo. 4101) Bonds • ........................ t Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. I,lod Bonds 9O English Scrip, - 1868„ 7l/ i Do do. £45 pd — dis Government RAU way Deb.,ntures Greek 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons . . Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd It4itan 5 per Cent., 1865 — ;)o. Account . Do Meremmena Railway — • “xicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 1 4 per Cent.. Anglo-French — ,ontevidvan 0 per Cent. .. — ,loorish iinperial 5 per Cent New Granada 7._ Do 3 per Con 351 Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account 76! Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4} per Cent., 1862 • Do Account 1 3 ,,rt3guese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7,'9,'6U,'2.': 36 Do. do. 1867 361 Do. do. Sc: - ip, £2O paid — 11assian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St _. . .. -... Do 4} per Cent , 1850 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 - tier Cent.; 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds 9ll Do. do. £B4 los. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 67 6} Sar Tinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Con .' Do. Acc•funt * 33 Do. 1867 - Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — I'll': Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do .0100 Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do .£lOl Bonds 64 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 . 601 1 Do I por Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the aboTo payable in Lou'.,. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Salgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch zA per °Aut. Ex. 12 Gail 57/ Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates .... . BBl Do. Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Lx. 2M. — It , thrui 5 per Cent. 1851, AM. Do Account 531 CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 93 i Do. Account, Feb. 4 0 VEREND, GURNEY, AND COMPANY. ---~ FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE DIRECTORS THIS DAY. The case for the prosecution was further proceeded with this day. Mr. Harding, one of the ( flicial liquidators of the limited firm, was placed in the witness box, and the evidence he had given on the former occasion was read over. He explained to the Court for his own justification the reason why he did not make any inquiry respecting the Greek and Oriental Steam Company, who appeared in the books of the limited company as debtors to the amount of £144,000. It appeared to have been written off as a bad debt to December, le6Z ; at least it was only stated to be likely to realise £7,000. Mr. Lewis said that, notwithstanding this fact, the debt had been previously passed over to the limited com pany as a good asset. Mr. Harding said this was so. In answer to questions put by Mr. G. Lewis, Mr. Harding said that a debt of £27,028 due by A. G. Gordon and Co was written off in March, 1865, as a bad debt. The firm had failed at this time, and the debt was considered and treated as worthless by the old firm, but it was handed over as an asset to the new company. The same thing, in point of fact, was done with the debt of £144,000 owing by the Greek and Oriental Company. When the limited company closed its doors the debts of the direc tors were stated at £2,970,000, and ho estim.►ted the total claim of the limited company against the directors of the old firm at the present time at £1,027,000, the amount having been increased by bills of exchange that had sinco become due and had been dishonoured. The losses of the limited company during these nine months of trading, irrespective of the losses by the old firm wore £1,400,000. (Sensation.) They made no profit at all if the losses were debited. In cross•examination by Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Mr. Harding admitted that the business of the old firm (dis counting principally) was a very irofitablo one, generally speaking, and the losses that had occurred arose from ad vances made for shipping and other such securities. The great panic compelled the new company to close its doors, and after that smaller firms went, and the securities in many instances hold by the new company in a great measure became worthless. The stability of the company was no doubt affected by the circumstances becoming known that the estates of the directors were being realised. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You have found it necessary to make another call of £5 upon the unfortunate share holders. Is there any hope that that money will ulti mately be returned to the shareholders ? Mr. Harding—Yes. We hope to be able to return the money. There are certain assets which have yet to be realised, and we hope with a favourable result. I may say we never anticipated the necessity of making that fresh call, and I hope when the securities are realised we shall be able to return the money we are now com pelled to call for. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine-1 hope your anticipations will In) realised. Mr. Harding—l hope so too. The case occupied his lordship unil four o'clock, when it was again adjourned. MARKE7 S-IHIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January 22. Sales probably 15,000 bales. The market is firm and advancing, Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. %netralla and New Zealand, via Southampton Jan. 30. Ditto, via YAraeillea Ditto, via Pat-area ........ ......... ........ Jan 28 Brasil. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Feb 3. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde, by Brazil packet Cape of Good Hope. Ascension, and St. Helena.... Jan. 27. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Bouthampton..Jan.. 3o . Gibraltar. via Southampton Jan. 23 India, via Southampton -• • -•••••• • • 23 uitto, via Marseilles .... Feb. 1. Malta, Egypt, ......... Jan.j23. Ditto, Marseilles Jan. 22 Matritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Bentham' ton • . • Ditto, Marseilles Jan. 22 Newfoundland Portugal ..................... Fob. 3. United States, Canada, California, Ac., by British packet _......Jan 23 Ditto, by Canadian packet Jan 12 Ditto, by 1. nited States packet Ditto ditto (Baltimore) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffa Feb. 16 West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) Jan 23 Falkland Islands Cuba and Mexico Bermuda, via Halifax Bahamas, via New York Jan. The coarse of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' eight was on the last date about 1.9 i percent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United States. 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In tins, at Is. 111 d.; 1 lb. 2s. 9d.; 2 lbs. s. 6d.; 5 lbs, lls.; 12 lbs. 225. ; 24 lbs., 40s.—Also Du BARRY'S REYALENIA ARAB ICA CHOCO LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at 25., for 24 cups at Is. 6d., for 48 cups at es., for 288 cups at 305., for 576 cups at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 30s. and 55a tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order.—BAßßY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, Lon don; and all Grocers and Chemists. SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1P69. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11; 121 10 Do B lO 41 61 4.1 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim allj 17 1, 1:1 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 0 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Vo issued at 2pm , . 6 ... ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 81 33 60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 17 31 37/ 10 Bauk of .yew Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China all 201 211 26 Chartered Marc. of India, London, and China all 29 301 20 City 100 Colonial 26 40 42 10 Consolidated, lim. 40 Delhi and London, lien i 60 East London, lint 6 1 0 20 English and American, litu 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lira lO Id pr 20 English, z•cuttish, and Aus • tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... 281 Do new ki i 1 100 Imperial, lim 3O 17 16 20 Imperial Ottoman lO li 11 ••.6 lowan. all 27 20 25 Do new 6 pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 at Ili 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 75 76 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, Kin. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lira. 45 32 28 20 Do new 71 01 1 100 London &River Pl a t e, li m 4O 7 9 25 Do now 10 11 11 20 London Chart, of Australia all 221 231 60 London and County 2O 401 601 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 ... —4 1 i 50 London Joint Stock 1 36 36 20 London and South African al 1 / 12 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ... ... 60 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 65 65 64 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 62 I 6 : .1 100 Merchant, lira 10 Metropolitan, lim. 100 Midland, 1im...... 6 National of Australia 25 National of Liyerpool, lim l6 1 1 d 100 National Proyinc. of Eng'd 42 .... " 10 Do • ..... 42 ... ... 59 National. 3O 40 43 20 New South Wales all 42 48 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 481 421 3 60 Proyinc. Bank. Corpo., inn. le 9 61 100 Provincial of Ireland 26 80 01 891 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 26 13 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 46 1 401 461 . 1 100 Union of Ireland, lim 60 Union of Lonlou l6 361 371 371 SHARE LIST. )IWINAIZI siletcNS AND STOCKS. glare ttailways. Paid. Closing Business Prioe. Soil& at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 56 ;8 at Us, lejoazan ... 103 70 74 In 9} ▪ U. nbrlan 23 Cornwall. all 3 at Dublin & Belfast June lOO 79 81 st Dun„Perth,& Ab.J unc "s,oo 70 72 2s East London. 20 uo 15 2J Do 10 ▪ Glasgow &S. Western lOO 95 07 st Great Eastern .. .0u 42 42} 42} at Do. X. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7 9 at Great Northol Scotland lOO 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 107} 108} 107} tit Do. A stock at Do. B stock lOO 125 la at GtS, and W. of Ireland lou 98 100 a: (it. Western —original lOO 495 5 } 50} at Do. South Wales lOO 57 58 a- Do. W. Mid.—Wilord lO3 1:5 27 • L Do. Newport lOO 28 11 at Lancashire A; Yurkshuo lOO )105 134 at Lou., Brigh.,& S.Coaet lOO 511 521 5212 OJ Do Scrip .... at I on., Chat., and Dovti too 17 17, 171 at Do. Aletrop. Ex. A lOO at Lun. & North Western lOO 1151 16} 1151 at Lou. & South Western lOO Ss 90 891 at Man., Shel., & Lincoln lOO 471 48 ~47} at Metropolitan ...,. lOO 108} 0:81 1971 st Do Extousi 10 Do. New rd 10 10 14 st Me zopolitan Dlstriet. all 00 61 10 Metrop. st. John's 11 oo 1 6 at 5.1.12.5ud at Do, Birrain. & Darts) st N inn British ...... 100 .8 15 at Do. lOd., r th., & Dun lO9 st Nor.Eastern—Berwick.. 100 138 106 103} 25 Do. G. N. 16 purchase-16.11.4 st Do Leeds. ...... ....... 100 16 18 58 st Do York lOO 90 95 94 st Do Carlisle . lOO 125 120 st Do Sloe ti Darling lOO 129 131 at North Lon ion 10 Do New 1868 at North Staffordshire...... 100 55 57 55} it North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 at Rhymney at Shropshire Union llO 57 53 at South Devon at South Eastern l9O 811 815 511 at Staines, Wok'haan,& Wok all 12 13 st ail Vale Do. C ... 5 3 4 Waterford & Kilkenny.. 100 10 Waterloo & Whitehall.. 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOOLS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO et Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... et Do. do. Ordinary lOO 7 1 I 1 at Do. Midland et Do. Dundee and Arbroath 150 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at; Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 154 117 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO at (It. Eastern, E.O. Ex. No.l 101 1.1 101 at Do do N 0.2 100 97 10U at Do do 6 per cent 110 156 158 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 std Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do du C 7 do. 100 ... et Do do No. 1, p.c. 100 100 101 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 101 at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 st Great Northern, S per cant 11 et Do 5 p.c., rd at lo p. c. pin. 100 ... sti Do 4; do do do 105 ... at Do 6 do at Sp. c. pm. 100 ... at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... et' Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... at; Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 at] Gt.West.—Orig.&JM.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 103 105 st Do. Orig. (B.& li. Ex). 5 p.c WO 55 IUJ et Do do 4; per cent. 185 J lOO 87 59 at Do do 4 do do et Lo do S per cent. rodent lOO 94 91 et Do do Birmingham gua lOO 68 73 at DJ do do pref lOO et Do do Chester gua lOO et Do do do 8 per cent 153 150 100 at Do du do 5 do 100 95 100 at DJ South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 „. at Do do 4; p.c, 10) st Do du 4 ; 1650. 100 at Du do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford let g 10) 107 109 at Do do 2tl gua lOO 106 103 at Do Newport, let g. 5 p.c lOO 88 92 et Do do 2d do 100 lot) 103 et Do gua,. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c ail ... at Laneash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 1 135 at Do Barnsley, £5 3s 10d p.c. 103 ... et Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 et Do 41 (Blackburn perch). 100 98 102 et London 5t Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ... at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 et Do 6 do do lOO ... at Do 5 do No. 4. 100 at Do 7 per cent at Do 6 do (W.E. & 0.P.) 1)0 at Ds 4 do 1850 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ... et Loudon and /LW., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 et Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 91 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 at London and z.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 143 116 2a 6d. Do (Portent. perp ens. 2s6d) all ... at Man., Slid., &Linda. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do par Ipm et Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent 6 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 at Do Bristol & 13irra., 6p. c lOO 1 2 135 131 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 95 at; Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 99 at Do Leicester & li.' elm, 4 p.c lOO 80 91 et North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO ... et Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOO et Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cond lOO at -Do Border Union, 54 p.c lOO ... et N.-Eastern--Cons. 4 p.c IUO 36 83 et Do 41 per cent, redeem__ 100 95 97 at Do G.N.E. 4 per cent 17 Do Berwick capital 8,13.4. ... 25 Do York, H. &S. pur c h ase lO 10 101 et Du Stcktu & Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO 108 110 st Do W, tiartlepool li, and R lOO 87 83 20 North Staffordshire 10a S. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 104 t D Do o 4 44 per pe r lUs Do Tavistoek A nus., 1 0s all 910 lOs cent t t lall 8 9 e t w Do 44Waterford rf percent era& itkenny, 6pc 100 41 4 3 1 0.6. S. East. (he a d. Anus., 1.0.6 ) a ll 22 23 22t t 100 a ••• it Taff Vale Nu. 1 100 145 150 s RAIL WaYS. — PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOGIES. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 44 p c gua. at Do 41 p irr e d eem all .., st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 ••• at Great Eastern 41 p er cent. 100 77 81 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 %.0 92 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 90 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 84 83 at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO . at Do Permanent 5 p er cent lOO at Do. Boston & Sleafd, 44 pc 100 •• 92 at Great West., W. p c 100 86 90 st Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 92 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 105 23 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all 191 201 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 at Loud., Brig., &c., 44 pc, 1858 100 ... at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ..... st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 d o, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 d o, 1 866 100 . at Do No. 7 6do at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 *:: Do do C 6 p. c ••• ••• at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 103 110 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 94 96 10 Man. bile. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 881 at Metropolitan b per cent lOO ••• ..„ at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 100 10.3 18 st Do B 5 do 10 0 103 103 Do 5 p c opt. to COOT. t o Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lip 201 18 Do Incony. New Shares 1i # fp 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872..•.., 81 1 lip at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ... • lOO t at D D 00 ,L E . 1 , O p g . u & a D r % ti n t e 2 d a , 1 4 8 p 0 61 1 1 0 0 0 0 at D o E. G , No. 2, 5 p.c st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 a t Do E. & N 0 . 3, 5 at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 44 p c 100 sti 5 . 7 at North Eastern, 44 per cent 100 47 99 971 a t Do Stock. & Dar., D at North London, 41, per cent (Max. a per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 Do 5 do 1861 100 at st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 10 0 at Do b do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 44 pc 100 .. BAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED ZENTALS at irkenhet 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 108 a t Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 114 66 at Do. 51 per cent. lOO 118 12$ at Do. do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colcheater Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 133 135 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all a Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6) 72 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Herd 100 95 97 60 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21i 213 at London and Blackwell lOO 03 95 at Do. 4f per cent at London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO at Do. Corn. Fund, sdo lO9 at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO ... at London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 t 0 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Mauch., Buxton, &2.1.1at1k all 0 54 t Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East., 5 per cent all 53 66 52 Do. do. 6 do. all et N. Eastern —Hartlep00l at N. West. A perp. prof, sp. c lOO 103 110 at Du 11 minimum 11 p.c lOO st Notting. & G mutt. It. & C IOJ 92 94 25 Preston and yre. ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep lOO 133 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 In 10 Do do 4 21 2, p at S. Yorksh. and Myer Dun 100 96 100 at Do 4 per cent gua lO 79 01 at Do 0 du t Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 D3O ut Weut Cornwall b 5 t. 7 20 West Loudon, Class A all 14 14 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all 61 7; at Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 119 st London and St. Katherine 100 51 53 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ... ... Millwall Freehold Land Dock lOO 11 32 at Southampton IQ 7t at Surrey Commercial J.., A. 4.11 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 211 21f 22 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lira to 111 121 121 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all it 16 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 32 it 341 51 st Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land aid Finance, liii. 10 Baugarah Tbs. Estates, lim 0 7 id 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 131 14 10 Do. New 6 8 04 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lira. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. Do. New 4 11 Id 45.) British American Land 44 16 18 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira. 101 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lira all g 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 64 06 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint 24 21 14d 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, li n 6 44 3i 24 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 8 41 31d 20 City of Milan ImproT. lim all s 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lino all 2 3 60 City Offices, lim 2i 21 23 ti 7 40 Colonial, lint. Do. 60 Commercia: Union (Assai) i 2 . 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lien all 1. iv 28 Copper Miners of England, _ pref 7l per cent. 100 Corporation of London. Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent, all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 4i per cent, all 104 105/ 100 Do. 1882, 4I per cent. all 1031 1041 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 2t 21 2k t 60 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 31 21d et Crystal Palace lO9 In. 21 of Do. Preference lOO 93 08 et Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 IS4 108 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, lim 60 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, Jim. 20 East India 'Trigs,. a Canal all 17 IS 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, Jim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gus. by Egypt. Gov all 911 97, 92 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad, lim 6 41 4d at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 24 i 10 Do. New 8 10 12p 3 Eng . & Austral. Copper, hut 21 z 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 6 43 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lin'. 8 ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 if lid 20 Fore-streetWsrehouse,lhn l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Coy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £BB all 331 841 50 Gellivara, lim 2O ... .. 10 General Credit & Dis., lim. 71 2 j 11 15 General Steam Navigation 14 23 29 50 Home & Col Marine lu. Bin. 5 41 311 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 20 II udso.is Bay all 131 13i 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, hut. 25 Indo-Europeau Tel., Jim 1(.? 20 Interna. Financial Soc. Um 5 11 11 2 1 20 Interim. Land Credit, lim 6 6 44 50 Italian Land 5 14 id 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 34 4 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 20 all 63 06 50 Land Securities, lim 5 31 2I 25 London African Trading lO 7 54 25 Lon. & Called. Marine, Jim 6 ... - 41 10 Loudon County Land and Building, lim 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lim all 31 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 1 iP 50 Loud. Financial Asso., line 30 23 221 7 4 Lo n d.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 14 2 10 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 22 174 20 Lend. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr 1 / at Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 104 105 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim.. ..... .. . ... . 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, Jim , all 32 37 10 Millwall Iron Works, lim 124 ... 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. 25 National Discount Co., lim 4 111 121 114 25 National Proy. Marino, lint. 4 4 3d 3 4 10 National Steam Ship, lim. all 81 2 1 20 Nerbudda Coal& Iron, line. 6 4 3d 10 New Consolidated Dis. Rm. 3 11 Id 5 !New Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 44 si 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. cantile Agency,lint 2l i IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 10 Northern Assamiee., lim. 5 7 6 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., lim llO 48 53 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l 19 191 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15# 50 Oriental Financial, lint ii ... ...d 5 Oriental Gas, hi m , g Do. New .................... n 1 i 11 , 10 Otago and Southland I , vestment, him.,,,,,,... 2 id IP 5 Ottoman Gas, line all 11 21 10 Panama, Now Zealand and Australian R. Mail ' liar all 11 11 5 Do do at Peel R. Land & Mi nerl, lim 100 30 32 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 43 5) 481 9 50 Do. New 1867 lO 21 114 25 Reuter's Telegram all 69 60 1 SO Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Int~m li 29 Do. G as, l i ne all 231 241 241 a1 54 111 6 9 i 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 4's 45 of Scottish Aust. Invest., lisa lOO PO 100 1 - 0 at Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref lOO ..• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lira lO 7 6 d 20 Societe Gen.de "Empire 01 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 ... 25 South Australian L an d at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip,,,,,, , all 1 1 1 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim. all 161 17 161 20 Thames and Mersey Marino (Insurance), Jim.,,,,,,,,. 2 2 1 2 1 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lira._ 81 . alp 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,li m . 1 1 10 Do do. do. all .. ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Ca na da 5 • id p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 4 4 44p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 11 144 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all st 61 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all at 3 0 20 Universal Marine(lu.), Jim 6 1 lip 10 Upper Assam Tea, line all 21 31 30 Van Diomau's Land 2Bl 7 $ 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. ( Mortgage) Loan.., all 741 754 74 4 / 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 104 50 West India and Pacific; Steam, Jim 2O 21 11 20 West London Wharves aid Warehouses lO COLONIAL GOVZILNKENT SICCURITIXS British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.............. 100 - uo. 1895 l9O - Can.Gov.6p.o.Jan.'&July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug lOO 195 1t.7 - Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept lOO 104 106 1051 - Do. IS p. 0. Jan. .8 July lOO 93 i n 94 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk lOO 90 in - Cape (}Hope, 6 p.c.1873 lO9 102 104 - Do.Apl.&Oci 1890-1900 lOO 111 3 13 - Do. do ISSO-90 lOO 107 109 - Do. Jan.&July. 1891 •••• 10 0 108 lire - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 - Ca ion , Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 1 1 8 - Do. 1872, do lOO 105 loy - Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873, - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 .. - Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 - 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 08 - 31 .bourne Corporatn., 1467-7. i, 6 per am •• 100 - - N.13.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July lOO 102 104 - Natal 6 p ct, Apl & Oct lOO - Do 6p c. 314 & Nov lOO 106 108 - N. S.W. 5 p•c. '7l to 100 99 101 - Do. 5 p .c. 9 10 rd. '67 c. 148 to to '75 lOO 3 1896 lOO 99 109 1 9.if - N.Zealand, 6p. ot. 1891 lOO _.... • Do. 5 per cent.... . . DoJan,Ap - 1,.1u:y, 0 t lOO 974 984 934 - Do 6p c. Mar & sept '9l 1(0 108 110 --- Do Jurle & Deo , 1,91 - IDo l'roy.. 1 Auctld.l 1, 0 -t i(rie 1 &2. 1396 .. - NOVA Scotia 6p. - and July. 1575 - Do 16-6.. ... . - Queenslnd. 6p. c. 'B*: 5 - Do 1891 . 100 1054 too l - Do. 1891 6,) 100 - Do. do. A ...... 100 108 110 - Do rd. 1893 ....... 103 107 108 •••• VictOria9p.O. 100 100 107 INVESTITURE OF THE PRLYCE OF WALES WITH THE ORDER OF THE BLACK EAGLE. BERLTN, JAN. 20.—Yesterday afternoon, at ball-past two, a chapter of the knights of the Order of the Black Eagle was held in the royal palace to invest his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with the insignia of the order. The investiture:took place in the Ritter Saal (hall of the knights), in the presence of the King, the royal princes, and the other knights of the order, all wearing the robes, and attended by the officials, pages, and heralds. His Majesty having taken his place upon the throne, Count Stillfried, the chief master of the ceremonies,was commanded to introduce the Prince of Wales. Thereupon, preceded by the heralds and conducted by Count Stillfried, the Crown Prince of Prussia and Prince Adalbert proceeded to the Brandenburg Chamber, and there received the Prince of Wales and accompanied him to the steps of the throne. The two princes remained as sponsors by the side of the new knight until the conclusion of the cere mony. The King expressed to the Prince of Wales the pleasure he felt in receiving his Royal Highness into the order, and snore especially on that day (18th January), the anniversary of its foundation. The Prince then took the customary vow, and was invested with the mantle by his sponsors, after which, again approaching the throne, the Grand Master placed round his neck the knightly chain and bestowed the accolade. As the King of Prussia placed round the neck of the Prince the chain, his Majesty said that he experienced great pleasure in thus bestowing upon the Prince the same chain, which his illustrious father, the Prince Consort, had formerly worn. After the investiture the King and the knights of the order, preceded by the pages, went to the Chapter-room of the order. The Ministers and all the Court officials were present at the ceremony, as well as the suites of the respective princes, and a special invitation had also been sent to Lord Loftus, the English Ambassador, who, together with the members of the Embassy, attended the investiture.—Beuter's Express. ELECTION EXPENSES. The following are some of the amounts returned as expenses incurred in election contests :-Sunderland : Mr. Gourley, £4,652 ls. ; Mr. Thompson, £3,321 3s. 6d. ; Mr. Candlish, £4lO 19s. Id. Newcastle : Messrs. Headlam and Cowen (joint expenses), £997 6s. 4d. North Northumberland : Earl Percy, £4Bl 28. 9d ; Mr. M. W. Ridley, £534 13s. sd. South Northumberland : Mr. W. B. Beaumont, £293 17s. ; Hon. H. G. Liddell, £2BB 17s. sd. Bridgwater : Mr. King lake, £2OO 13s. 9d. ; Mr. Vanderbyl, £166 3s. 9d. ; Mr. Westrop, £l9l Os. 8 d. ; Mr. Gray, £195 13s. 3d. Bury St. Edmunds : Mr. Greene, £248 ; Mr. Hard castle, £2lO ; Mr. Bunbury, £174. The cost of the Sheffield election was more than £10,280, the expenses of Mr. Price, the Conservative candidate, being greatly in excess of those of the two gentlemen returned. Mr. Mun• della, one of the successful candidates, has the least bill, £1,603 ; that of Messrs. Hadfield and Roebuck being £4,283 ; and that of Mr. Price, £4,397. An abstract of the ex penses incurred by and on behalf of Mr. Tite, M.P., and Mr. D. Dalrymple, M.P., and also of Colonel Hogg, the defeated (Conservative) candidate at the late election for the city of Bath was published on Thursday. The expenses of the members (Liberals) amounted to £1,161 13s. 10d. ; the items making up that sum are-Election agents, dis trict secretaries, and clerks, £265 4s. ; messengers, door keepers, printing, hire of rooms, stationery, bill posting, postages, cab hire, &c„ £627 6s. ld. ; Mr. Tite's personal expenses, £56 7s. 9d. ; Mr. Dalrymple's personal expenses, £53 13s. ; proportion of returning officer's expenses, £159 3s. Colonel Hogg's expenses are set down at £1,204 14s. 2d., divided as follows :-Agents, secre taries, clerks, and canvassers, £425 172. Od. ; printing, ad vertising, stationery, messengers, committee-rooms, fly hire, postages, and sundries, £6OO Bs. 8 jd. ; Colonel Hogg's personal expenses, £lOl 18s. 9d. ; proportion of returning officer's expenses, £76 9s. A return has also been published of the expenses incurred on behalf of the four candidates for the representation of Canterbury. The total amount is £1,623 10s. 9d., being proportioned as follows :-Mr. H. Butler-Johnstone (returned), £536 9s. 7d. ; Captain Brinckman (returned), £370 7s. ; and Messrs. Huddlestone and Lee-Warner (unsuccessful), £716 14s. 2d. The items for printing and advertising are respectively 1219, .£6B, and £207. The separate and joint expenses of Mr. Charles Seely, jun., and Mr. P. W. Clayden, the Liberal candidates for Notting ham at the last election, have just been issued. It will be remembered that towards the close of the contest a coalition took place between the two candidates, so that separate accounts have been printed. The joint expenses were £1,491 17s. Bd. Stationery, advertising, and print ing are set down at £457 13s. ; committee-rooms, mes sengers, canvassers, polling staff, refreshments to clerks, and petty expenses, £767 2s. 4d. ; sheriff's charges, £267 2s. 4d. Mr. Seely's separate expenses were £1,542 Bs. 7d., made up thus :-Stationery, advertising, and printing, £928 4s. 10d. ; messengers, committee-rooms, clerks, hotel expenses, &c., £202 12s. sd. ; legal agents, £4ll 11s. 4d. Mr. Clayden's separate expenses were only £139 6s. 9d.: Stationery, advertising, &c., amounting to £lO5, and other expenses to £34. The returning officer for Cheltenham has just published a statement of expenses of each candidate at each election. The totals are as follows :-Mr. Samuelson, the Liberal member, £2,389 2s. 9d.; and Mr. Agg Gardner, the defeated Conservative, £2,716 7s. 2d. We are enabled to say that the Council of the Church Association have come to the determination of paying their own costs in the recent suit, and consequently will not attempt to recover them from Mr. Mackonochie. —Church Times. They have a good joke on a rising young lawyer of Troy. His eloquence has cleared a chap charged with uttering counterfeit money, and the grateful man gave him fifty dollars for his services ! He tried to use some of the money after the fellow left the town, and found that every dollar of it was counterfeit.—Toronto Globe. Thursday was fixed for testing a new shell patented by Mr. Fitzmaurice Palmer, at Shoeburyness. Considerable interest was manifested in the experiments, the result of which is expected to be of a very important nature. Elaborate arrangements were made for ascertain ing the merits of the invention, but after three rounds were fired it was discovered that the ordinary service fuse was unfitted for the shell. The experiments were there upon adjourned, to afford the inventor an opportunity of fitting the projectiles with suitable fuses. Admiral Elliott and several other gentlemen were present. The subjoined (says the W arr i ng t on G uar di an ) is an exact copy of a written card suspended in the shop window of a tradesman in Horsemarket-street, Warring ton. One can conceive the amount of provocation under gone and the indignation felt by the honest purveyor of mouse-traps before he penned the document :—" Notice I dont keep 12 hole mouse trap nor penney ones what i keep I sell to respectible people not to impudent Boys Hand Bad Girls that comes to robbed me and annoy me and has Bad parents those that comes into my shop shalt be severely beat and put into the teller and took before the magistrates those that comes in to a shop and ask for article that is not made they must come to steal." EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF MENTAL ABERRATION. The Clonmel correspondent of the Irish, Times says : " Lord Strathnairn, commanding the forces in Ireland, arrived at Clonmel on Monday morning, and inspected the troops in garrison. During the inspection of the hospital his lordship passed from bed to bed. On arriving at the bed of a dragoon labouring under what was believed to be an incurable aberration of mind, his lordship inquired his ailment, and the surgeon, knowing the man's inability to account for himself, was proceeding to explain the case, when, to the astonishment of all present, the man, fixing his eyes on his chief, suddenly became conscious, and reason having, as if by magic, resumed her sway, be ex- plained how he had been injured, which to that moment was not known, even to the surgeon. The man's recovery was so sudden, and so complete, that his lordship said he could not believe his ailment to have been as stated were It not vouched for beyond a doubt by the surgeon." A POLICE SUPERINTENDENT " DONE " By A WOMAN.—The police in the town of Sierputov, in Russia, were the other day made the victims of a curious swindle. A lady, handsomely dressed, came by train from Moscow, and, accosting the director of the police, who happened to be at the station, asked him to take her to the nearest hotel, as she wished to speak to him on important business. When they arrived at the hotel she told the unsuspecting director, who was, doubtless, accus tomed to such announcements, that she belonged to the secret detective police, and had been sent to discover the manufacturers of some forged bank-notes which had been largely circulated at Moscow, and were found to have come from Sierputov. On hearing this the director immediately sent for the other high police officials, and a consultation took place. The lady said she was on the trace of the forgers, and had no doubt she would be able to convict them of their guilt, but for this pur• pose she must be provided with a few hundreds of roubles to enable her to get some of the forged notes into her possession. The roubles were at once paid, and the lady then took leave of her guests, promising to meet them on the following day at a village near the town, where the forgers were supposed to reside. The police officials were punctual at the rendezvous, but the lady was not there. After waiting for some time, they sent messages all over the town and its vicinity, but in vain. The lady and the roubles had disappeared, and have not been heard of • pine. 1 1 ; 1I RD E riO,N NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun." of last Eve Ling was published in tim3 for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTEL LIGENO2,—This Da VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THIS DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Sycee (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lady Coventry (taken) 20 to 1 agst Cheltenham (taken) 20 to 1 agst Knight Errant (taken) 20 ti 1 aget Islam (taken) 20 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Sawyer (taken) 100 to 3 agst George Osbaldeston (taken) 100 to 3 agst Formosa (taken) CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Blue Gown (offered-1000 to 80 (t) 1000 to 70 agst Paul jones (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Robespiere (offered) 1000 to 30 agst St. Mungo (offered—take 40 to 1) 1000 to 30 agst Palmer (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Knight of the Gartlr (offered) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 7 agst Fan (offered, 100 to 6 taken) 22 to 1 agst Tathwell (taken) 22 to 1 agst Colonel (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tennyson (offered) 28 to 1 agst Globule (taken) 28 to 1 agst Huntsman's Daughter (offered) 33 to 1 agst Alcibiade (taken and offered) 33 to 1 aget Captain Crosstree (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lord Ronald (offered—take 33 to 1) 33 to 1 agst Pear] Diver (offered); 40 to 1 agst Sea King (taken) 1000 to 20 agst The Earl (offered) LIVERPOOL GRAND / CH. NATIONAL STEEPLE- Age at lb Pearl Diver a 12 7 Philosopher ... a 12 3 The Doctor ... a 12 3 The Lamb... ... a 11 11 Steamboat... 6 11 11 The Nuu (h b) a 11 9 Helice a 11 9 Astrolabe ... ... a 11 8 Tally-ho a 11 8 Scarrington 6 11 71 Lysander ... 6 11 71 Benazet a 11 71 Pretentaine 11. 6 11 7 Tribune ... 6 11 7 Mario ... a 11 6 ' Tennyson ... ... a 11 4 Fortunatus ... 6 11 4 1 8 hakespere ... a 11 4 Polestar ... a 11 4 Ace of Trumps ... a 11 4 Alcibiade a 11 2 Orne ... 5 11 2 Pensioner ... a 11 2 The Robber ... a 11 21 Said ... a 11 2 Havelock ... a 11 01 Northern Light ... a 11 0 Valentino a 11 0 Beadle a 11 0 Moose ... a 11 01 Bramah a 11 0 Ni 6 10 12 Globule ... a 10 12 Royal Irish Fusilier 5 10 12 ' Hall Court ... a 10 12 Lawrence a 10 12 Tathwell ... a 10 12 Marche-mal (late Silly) ... a 10 12 Sultan ... ... a 10 12 Comus a 10 10 Harcourt ... a 10 101 Itedan ... 6 10 10 ' Flatcatcher 6 10 10 Tusculanum ... a 10 10 Anglo-Saxon ... a 10 9 Q C... ... 5 10 9 Despatch (II ... a 10 8 Goldfluder... a 10 8 Juryman ... ... 6 10 8 Huntsman's Daugh. a 10 8 Capt. Crosatree a 10 8 Lord Burghersh ... 5 10 8 Needle Gun ... a 10 8 Fitz-Ivan ... 5 10 8 Age st lb IGleaner ... 6 10 8 Endsleigh ... a 10 8 Brick ... a 10 7 Colonel (h b) ... 610 7 Bannockburn ... a 10 7 Lord Ronald ... a 10 7 Fertullagh (h b) ... 5 10 7 Liston .. a 10 7 Gardener ... ... a 10 7 Oddfellow ... 5 10 7 Kiloreen ... 5 10 7 Planet ... a 10 7 Fan... a 10 6 Surney a 10 6 Bristles ... ... alO 6 Whitehall a 10 6 Belmontine 6 10 6 Columbia ... a 10 6 Malvern ... alO 6 Knight of Trumps a 10 6 Danebury 6 10 6 L. Wellington (h b) 5 10 6 Vanguard ... ... a 10 6 Domino ... ... 610 6 Sea King .. a 10 6 Fairy Land (h b)... a 10 5 Summertime ... 5 10 5 C , ::unt Horn ... a 10 4 Black Princ3 ... 6 10 4 *Laura (h b) ... a 10 4 The Plover ... a 10 4 Ada... ... 5 10 4 Little Ben... ... 5 10 4 Roving Maid ... 5 10 4 Bishopton a 10 4 Stouton a 10 4 Kangaroo (h b) ... a 10 4 Kiugswood a 10 4 Leases 5 10 4 Clansman ... a 10 4 *Alberta ... 5 10 0 Bragstock a 10 0 Guy of Warwick... 5 10 0 L.S.D. a 10 0 Redcap a 10 0 The Earl a 10 0 Soot •.• 6or a 10 0 Salamanca... ... 5 10 0 Artesian ... 6 10 0 Plumcake 6 10 0 Gipsy Girl (h b) 6 10 0 Priority ... 510 0 Billy Gladstone ... 5 10 0 Barbarian ... 6 10 0 Dick Tuipin ... a 10 0 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. FEBRUARY. Sudbury 2, 3 Lincoln l6, 17 Harrow lB, 19 Mansfield 18 MA - - Pontefract lB, 19 Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chelmsford.... 25, 20 Derby Spring 25, 26 LWI'. Liverpool Spring 2,3, Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Downpatrick 9 Warwick. 9, 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 \Vest Drayton lB, 19 Baldnyle First Spring 18, 19 Margate 20 Beverley 2O Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, 31 Abergavenny l, 2 Bromley 1 . 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge 1, 2 ..... Thirst ... - 6 7 Hungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cambridge 7 8 Croxton Park .. 8 Streatham B, 9 Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Springs 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...In, 16 Wiud6or 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragh 22, 23, 24 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, ttc. Carlisle 6 7 Pontefract 9, 10 Hondo l2, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 AUU Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes -6, 7 Egiiarn lO, 11 Wolverhan'pton lO, I 1. 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 ..... 2l, 22 OCY Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7, 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9, 20 Kelso 19, 20 NOV. Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow . 2; 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 STEEPLECHA: FEBII Wolverhampton - Ti Carmarthen 3. 4 Edgeware .. 4, 5 Tenby.. . 5 Birmingham 8, 9 Chippenham 10, 11 Streatham 11, 12 Nowbridge 15 Lincoln l6, 17 MA Liverpool 3 Shrewsbury ..... 5, 6 Alalton Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 Kingsbury 12, 13 Ne wrnarket Craven...l2, &c. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 9 0 21 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon . 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring_ : 16, &c AP.. Aldershot 1 I 2 Bromley 1 , , 2 Abergavenny l, 2 Lichfield ..6, 7 I Southdown Hunt ..7 Cambridge .... 7, 8 Cheltenham 7, 8_ Doncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 IBath 18 , 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 1 21 Epsom summer .....25, ezo, Harpenden NE. Newcastle 22, 23, 21 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Suttou Park ,,,,,29, 30 LY. Southampton 18, 14 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 1 Stamford .. s '.!, 23 I Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 80 Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth ...............16, 27 Scarborough ......... ..30, 31 Derby Summer ..,31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury Sep. 1 West Somerset 15, 16 York 17 Crewkerne lB, 19 Chepstow 29, 30 IIL. Streatham B, 9 Royal Artily., Woolvvich...B Knighton Ludlow l5, 16 Teubury... 2l Croydou 22, 23 Co. Louth & A.rdee 27, 28 Limerick Hunt 4 I St. Albans . • 13 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 West Drayton....... 17 Kingsbury , St. Albans JULY. 9 AUGUST. 17 OCTOBER. Bromley 7 f West Drayton 2l, 22 - NOVEMBER. Harrow 2, 3 i Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Worcester 3, 4 Liverpool 9, 10, 11 St. Albans 5, G i Shrewsbury ..... l5, 19 COURSING FIXTURES. JANUARY. Baldock Club, llerts 20, 21. Spelthorno Club (Ashdown Park) 9 1, &c. Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire 25. Ridgway Club (Lytham), Lancashire 27, r kc. Creagh Open, Ireland 27. FEBRUARY. Powderbam liverleigh Club, Wilts 2, 3 Raiford Open, Lancashire Cardington, Beds Wenvoe Castle 3, 4 Ludbam, Norfolk 11, 12 Brampton, Cumberlaud ll, 12 Waterloo (Altcar), Lancashire l7, (to 3IL. UST. MBER. Hampton 21, 22 Western (Ayr) 22 , 23 Hendon 23, 24 Monmouth... 23, 24 Newmarket ; st &c. Lanark... 29, 30 , B ER. Cheltenham l9, 20 I Ourragh l9, 20, 21 ; West D ray t on 2l, 22 3 Hereford 2l, 22 . Monmouth 23, 24 1 Newmarket H'ton ctn. 'EMBER. Shrewsbury 15, &c. Leamington Hunt 23, ,E FIXTURES. ARY. Morton-in-Marsh lB Harrow lB, 19 Pontefract 18, 19 Boston Windsor 22, 23 St. Albans 23, 24 Derby . 25 13aschurch 26 ',CII. 11.1.. LutisON GAZE fTE-T-lIIS WAR-OFFICE, PAI L:3fILL, JAN. 22. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Quartermaster-Corporal- Major John. Henry Stuart Reid to be. Quartermaster. Bth Hussars—Carnet Edward G. Paley to be Cornet. 12th Lancers—Lieutenant C. Wilkinson to be Captain ; Cornet Wm. H. Pawso:i to ba Lieutenant ; George "Al. Martin, Gent., to be Cornet. 16th Lancers—Lenten:int 11. 1. Mailiard to be Captain. 1&h Hussars—Corn' t Edward Alexander na , er to be Lieutenant; Cornet Richard George Kennedy to In Lieutenant ; Ensign Harold Paget, from the 10th Foot, to be Cornet. 20th Hussars Gent'.em•:u Calet Frau ,- ;is J. Graves to bi Cornet. 21st Hussars—Gentleman Cadet Thomas 11. M. Kelly, to be Cornet. 3d Foot —Gentleman Cadet W Conquest Howarth to bo Ensign. 4th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Richard Hawes M'Carthy to be Ensign - Gentleman Cadet Richard Hall Green to be Ensign ; dentleman Cadet Frederick M. G. Hutchinson to be Ensign, 6th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Denman C. Murray to be Ensign. 9th Foot—Lieutenant E. W. Forester Leighton to be Captain ; Ensign Frederick Woodhouse James to he Lieutenant • John Gordon, G en t., t o b e E ns i gn . 10th Foot—Harold Paget, Gent, to be Ensign. 15th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Francis William Snell, to be Ensign. 17th Foot—Major David Latoucho Colthurst to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, Captain William Dalrymple Thomrs'm to be Major, Lieutenant Thomas Braddell, to be Captafn, Ensign Matthew W. Brock to be Lieutenant, Win. A. Berwick, Gent., to be Ensign. 19th Foot—Lieutenant Augustus Mourant Handley to be Captain, Ensign William McClintock to be Lieutenant, Edward Brice to be Ensign. _ _ 20th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Edward T. Dickson to be Ensign. 22d Foot—Lieutenant John Thomas to be Captain. 34th Foot—John Drummond to be Ensign. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Nesbit Wallace to be Captain, Ensign James Price to be Lieutenant, Ensign Francis Wood to be Lieutenant, Nicholas Edward Fenwick to be Ensign. 67th Foot—David Briggs to he Ensign. 69th Foot—Harry M'Leau to be Ensign. 81st Foot—Charles Edward Sawyer to be Ensign. 97th Foot—Ensign Dacres Belgrave to be Lieutenant, Thomas Arthur Campion to be Ensign. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 19 1 .... 11 19 1 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 11 . 12 11 1 - Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 40 Brussels Hamburgh — ... 13 10 ... 13 10i Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 1201 Vienna — ... 12 25 ... 12 3U Trieste — ... 12 '25 ... 12 30 Petersburg Copenhagen Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 48 ... 48i Leghorn Milan — ... 27 5 ... 27 5 Genoa — ... 27 0 ... 27 5 Naples Palermo — ... 27 5 ... 27 5 Messina Lisbon — ... 52 ... 521 Oporto — ... 52 ... 521 Rio Janeiro — .. ••• -- New York - POLICE INILLLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. ASSAULT AT THE ALHAMBRA PALACE.--GeOrge Henry Ebers, waiter, No. 11, Weston-place, Yolk road, King's-cross, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Thomas Palmer, constable, at the Alhambra, and also with being drunk and disor derly ; and Henry Ebers, his father, a coffeehouse keeper; and Joseph Overton, a pointsman, of No. 11, Weston-place, were charged with being drunk and attempting to rescue the first-named defendant from the custody of the police. Mr. Sayer appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Ricketts for the defend. Mr. John Reeves, superintendent of the Al hambra, said that about eight o'clock the previous evening the three defendants presented themselves for admission, and Weston and Henry Ebers being drunk he refused to admit them, and an al tercation then took place, and there was a good deal of chaffing. He took hold of the defendant Henry Ebers to put him out, when George Ebers came up to him and tripped him up, and then struck Palmer, one of the constables, on the face with a stick. He then called "Police," and gave the defendant, George, into custody, Palmer's face bleeding very much at the time. In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness said Reeves took no part in the assault. Mr. Ricketts put several questions to the witness with the view of showing that the defendant, George Ebers, had three tickets for admission, and that he went back to get his money back, and also that he had advised his father to leave the place without any bother. Thomas Palmer, a constable of the Alhambra, proved being struck in the face with a silver knobbed stick by the defendant, George Ebers, and gave similar evidence to the first witness. Neil nanny, 172 C, said that on attempting to take defendant, George Ebers, into custody, the other defendant tried to rescue him, all the defen dants being drunk. Palmer's face was bleeding, and the defendants treated him (witness) very roughly. Mr. Francis Bebey, of No. 16, St. Martin's court, said the complainant came to him with a contused wound on the face, and he dressed it for him. In answer to Mr. Ricketts, the witness said that the injury might have been inflicted with the stick produced. Mr. Knox said the most serious part of the charge was against George Ebers. Mr. Ricketts addressed the magistrate on the de fendants' behalf, stating that they had tickets for the Alhambra, and felt much annoyed at being refused admission. He was instructed that the defendant George Ebers went back to get his money returned on the other defendants being refused ad mission, that an altercation then ensued, that there was a scuffle, and that Palmer's face was injured in the course of it ; but that the defendant George Ebers could not have struck Palmer, as he had not the stick i❑ his possession at the time. Mr. Knox said that he should impose a fine of 10s. each on Overton and the elder Ebers (Henry), and he would take Henry Ebers's recognizance for his son's appearance in a week. Subsequently it was stated that the defendant George Ebers had settled the matter with Palmer by compensating him, and he was then discharged. THAMES. IDLE PAUPERS.--Henry Clover, aged 23 years, Wm. Bell, 31, James Young, 32, Edward Murray, 17, John Mitchell, 20, and George Thomas, 35, were brought before Mr. Benson charged with re fusing to perform a task of work in the casual ward of the Ratcliff Workhouse, to which they were ad mitted last night. Before they went to bed they had the usual rations for their supper, and a break fast this morning. On being asked to pick 21bs. of oakum, they all said they could not do it. On being asked to make an attempt and try what the could do, they refused to do anything. Mr. Benson said the prisoners were able-bodied, lazy fellows, and ought to be ashamed oT themselves. He should send them to a place where they would be compelled to work, and that very hard too. He committed them to the House of Correction for 21 days and kept to hard labour. WRECKS.—On Sunday rnorninga French schooner and the brig Thomas, of Poole, were driven by a heavy gale of wind on the Padstow Bar, Cornwall, where they went to pieces. The crews:were rescued by the lifeboat. A meeting of artists, including painters, sculp tors, architects, engravers, photographers, ehromo-litho graphers, and others, was held, Dec. 30, at the studios of Messrs. Macdonald, Marshall, and Wilson, No. 697, Broad way, New York, for the purpose of taking step , ' to secure better protection for the rights of artists in their works. SUICIDE OF A SA LESMAN.—Yesterday Mr. Thos. Butler, a meat-salesman in the New Market, committed suicide, at his residence, by cutting his throat. He is re ported to be in affluent circumstances. Mr. Butler WAS an elderly man, and no reason can at present be assigned for his committing this rash act. THE MARKING OF GOLD CHAINS.—At a quarterly meeting of the Birmingham Assay Masters, it has been re solved "that the guardians see no reason for departing from the present practice of the Birmingham Assay-office in the assaying and marking of gold chains—namely, to assay only such gold chains as are of such fashion and make as to allow of their being satisfactorily assayed and marked on every link; the bars, the swivels, and the i links are assayed separately, and the standard mark s struck upon every liuk as well as upon the bar and swivel.' This decision will be a great security, so far as the public is concerned.