The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-31 00:00:00

RONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business to-day on the Stock Exchange is not 83 active, but prices did not give way in the least de gree. Consols, however, maintained their closing prices; and in the transactions that took place a firmness was exhibited that give indication of a successful commencement of the new year. Consols are now at 921 to 921 for money ; ditto, for Account, 921 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 92 1; New Three per Cents, 921 2 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 2 die. ; June, par to 5 preen. ; ditto /100, £2OO, and .£5OO, 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, 119 i ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 4 per Cent., 911. The solid character of the subscriptions for the new Turkish Loan is denoted by the fact that, not withstanding the tightness of the money market incidental to the turn of the year, about one-fourth of the amount allotted to this country has already been paid in full. These payments can be made on two days in every week. In France payments in full can be made any day, and it is expected that the instalments on the portion of the loan allotted , in that country will be met in advance to even, a larger extent than here. About 20,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the Bank for North America. _ _ In the Foreign Market Argentine are 884 to 89*; Brazilian, 872 to 881; Egyptian (1868), 801 to 802 ; Viceroy's Nine per Cents., 96 to 961 ; ditto Seven per Cents., 832 to 84/ ; Italian, 561 ; Mexican, 131 to 131; Peruvian, 831 to 832, ex drawing; Spanish (1867), 26 to 261, ex div.; ditto (1869), 24k ex div.; Turkish Five per Cents., 451 to 451; and ditto Six per Cents., 681 to 69. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 861 to 861, and the Ten-Forties 822 to 831; Eries, 161 to 17 ; and Illinois, 1001 to j. In Railway Shares prices are well supported. Great Northern is 109 to 110 ; Caledonian, 76 to 761; Metropolitan, 814 to 812 ; South Eastern, 781 to 781 ; Midland, 1222 to 1231; London, Chatham, and Dover, 15 to 151 ; Great Eastern, 381 to 381 ; Great Northern (A), 109 to 110 ; Great Western, 571 to 58 ; Lancashire and York shire, 1271 to 128 ; London and Brighton, 47 to 471; London and South Western, 92 to 94 ; and North Eastern (Berwick), 1254 to 126. Lombardo-Venetian remain at 21 to 214, and Great Luxemburg 12i to 13. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance are at 331 to 331 ; Anglo-American, 192 to 20 ; French Cable, 162 to 174•; and Atlantic Eight per Cents., 2k to 22. In Bank Shares Imperial Ottoman is 22 to 3 prem. ; London and Westminster, 58k to 598 ; London and County, 48 to 49 ; Imperial, 16k to 162 ; Chartered Mercantile, 30k to 31k ex div. ; and Alliance, 128 to 131. In Miscellaneous Hudson's Bay is quoted at 121 to 122 ex div. ; National Discount, 112 to 114 ; International Finance, 21 to 11 dis. ; General Credit, to 1 dis. BRITISH FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK. UOVERNMENT IUNDB. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, Jan. 6 92f f 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 • — Do. 5 per Cen Jan. 1873 .. — &nnuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1810. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequc. - .r Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. March Da. 3 do. Juni Do £lOO, £200 1 31 £5OO pm Bank of England Stock, 4i per Cent Da. opening — Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — n ter-Cohmial Omnium INDIAN dOVERNMENT bEClJitiiit.b lndi i 4 Lock, 101 per Cent., April 1b74... Shut Do. Opening,.fcir Account — D .. o per Cent. July, 188 U Do 4 per Cent . . Oct. 188 oo..Enfaced Pap.. 4 per CAut...... 9l} 00. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .... .... — Do. 5i per Celt. May 1879 — DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Doi:. 1872... 'Jo do 1e ,7 , — Do. do. 1882 — &L. Deb. b per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bond ' e s 4 per Cent., £I,UOO 00. under .£I.OOU — FOREIGN FIINDS--TWO O'CLOCK. ir4ontine Republic, 6 per Cent ... .. — Do. Account - Aultrian Boucle 5 per cent . Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent 30. 44 per Cent. 1852 7sf Do. do 1858.... Do. uo 1860 — Do. do., 1863 75 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 o‘.. Account B..enos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. - Oailian 6 per Cent ''o. 4f per Cent..„ 76 Do. 3 per Cent~ Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per cotit. 1867 —:. C lo LawLii, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Danutdan Principalities, 7 I,er Cent — s )o. Account - Du 8 per Cent., 1867 — Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent liAntiau, 7 per Cent Bll Do Sewed issue — Do. £5Ol. Bonds — Do. 1864 — Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. AlOO Bonds Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ..• B Ol.l Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 80/ Government Railway Debentures Greeg 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Coupons Oa ttemala:s per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p.,Ct., all pd 7 Do. Acc..unt - Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 -- Do. Account .• . -- Do Maremmana Railway 57 blexicaL 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 5 per Cent. Anglo-French gontevideau 6 per Cent. 1,. Meerish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada l7l Do 3 per Oen Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Pecuvian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account .• •• g Do 4} per Cent. (Ui•barren) Do 4i per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do 6 per Cent.,1862 — Portuguese 3 per 0t.,1853,'6, 7,'9,'60,'2,' 034 44 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 L iar Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent 1850 - Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1809 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do :do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Londe., Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do.. 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do do Do Nicolas Railway Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cell . Do. Account — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Passive ..... Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 — Do do, IS6B Turkish 6 per Cent .. .., Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account 691. Do £lOO Bonds 7oi Do. 5 per cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 — Do. Account 1 — DJ I per Cont., Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable iu 1,,n.t ,, 1 Austrian o pm . Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 GO „ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Eentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italiai• 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f D 0 Account 564 TWO O'CLOCK. Jonsole, Money Do. Account, Jan. 6 „ 92i ad .11,11:1; 111. -WIN AEA zikIAILES AND STOCK& raid • closing a in, Ines' Railways. Price. arras. et IS:IstJI Ind Exeter ...... 100 74 76 75 at Camionlan lOO 761 77: 7ei st C....nisi - lan . lOO 10 lli - - 23 Cornwall all 2 3 at Dubin & Belfast June lvo - - rt Dun,.l.'erth,& Ab. June ioo 70 72 2., East London all 5 7 20 00 io - - 2 J Do 10 - - et Glasgow &S. Western lCv 105 107 at Great Eastern ... ‘Ou 371 38 33i i at Do. .5. Angl. iSo. 2 lOO 11 71 at tircatNorthol Scotland lOO 10 1! at Great Northern lOO 109 110 at Do. A stock et iio. 13 stock lOO 12/ 129 at GtS, and W. of lreiand lOO k 8 lOU at (it. Western -Original lOO 561 561 57/ } et Do. South Wales lOO 07 59 st Do. W. .1.11d.-Cialorti lOO 31 46 at Do. Newport lOO 32 34 at Lancashire .a 1 otashirs lOO 1261 274 at Lou., Brigh., & S.Coast lOO 462 474 - Do Scrip .... - - at Lon., Chat., and Dove!" ton 15 151 et Do. Aletrop. Ex. A l6O 11 13 et Lon. V .:. °WA Wvsteci lug, 1.11 2.1 123/ at Lon. at South Western lvy 34 t 4 Man., Shei., & Lincoln lOO 53 531 531 at Metropolitan ... . lOO b 3 b3l nil / i at Do ESIOLISLI II .. 6 Do. New rd .. - - at Metropolitan District. all 30 32; 10 Metrop. St. John's 1 ,1 ood 6 - - at Midi aud st D 9, Sirmin. & lilrbj lOO b 7 65 at N.ir .14 British at 0• . Sd., rth., & Put- 10v - - st Nor hastern-Berwie l6O 1211 2' 126 51 25 D, G. N.E pun:alma-1C.11,1 - - at 1), Leeds lOO 79 80,E ss at D oYork lOO 1181 WI 1:.; 1 at D oCarlisle .. . . - - it 1) °Stock. & Darling ll.O 168 I(0 at North Londou .. lOO 119 .21 10 Do New 1868 . . 4 11 2 p st North Staffordshire . . 100 61 63 st North ano ii. W. Junction 100 99 101 10 Do New .610 shares 7 ... .. at lEo , :ininey at lahropshire Union lOO 594 cOl at South Devon'.. at South Eastern lOO 7:3 771 78} at Staines,Wok'harn,& Wok all, 13 14 at 'tan Vale iu , , 154 158 -- Do. C - - - II nicriord A. liilacnny llO - lli Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 - - HALLWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS., at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 "88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st 1.) , ). do. Ordinary lOO 76 82 st Du. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 3 per cent gins all stg Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lo* at (Las. & S.W. gua. 5 por et lOO at (4t. Eastern, E.G . Ex. No.l 106 93 J st Do do N 0.2 IVO 147 99 st Do du 6 per cent 100 11* 113 at. Do East Anglian Ap. c. 100 ... st Do B 6 do. 100 ... at Do do C 7 du. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 68 72 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1346 100 at Do do 5 p.c.WaT.Val.lB47 100 st Great Northern, 5 per cent 100 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Do 44 do do du 100 at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, C per cent at Ct. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pt 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 9,1 93 at G t.W est. —Orig.&Jnt.-Itent chg., per guJ,.5 p.c lOO 106 118 Do. Orig. (B. & 11. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 Do do 41 per cent. 1850 lOO 90 . Do do 4 do do Do do 5 per cent. redem lOO 97 149 Do do Birmingham gnu lOO 68 72 Do do do pref IOU Do du Chester gua l,lO 81 1 Do do du 8 per cent lOO Du do "do 5 do 100 01 101 Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 Do do 44 p.c lOO st Do do 44 1859 lOO at Do do 5 st Do West s.lid. Oxford Ist g lO,/ 110 118 at Do do 2d gua lOO 1:3 115 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 16 98 st Do du 21 do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 186:3 100 ..„ 00 Lancaster & Uarlislo 41 p.c. ail st Luncash. & Yorksh. G p.c. 100 1 a us st Do Barnsley, .C. 5 3s 101 p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 to at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 93 100 at London & Brighton, 5 p. c. g uaranteed, No 1 lOO et; lb 5 per cent. gnu, Nu. 2. 100 at Do 6 do do lOO st Do . 5 do NJ. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 do (W.E. & 0.1 1 ) st Da 4 do 1850 lOO st Loudon, Chatham, & Dover S per cent lOO ... ..• stl Loudon and ILW., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 118 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Do Shrewsb'y & Welcup'i lOB • at London and o W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 150 a Do (Portsm.perpans 2s6d) all a Mau., Shof.,&Linclu. 6 p.c. 100 Do .E 6 all par • Do 31 per cent lOO 64 06 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 at Mid. Consolidated, 6p. c lOO 130 135 a Do Bristol& Birm., 6 p.c lOO 1 3 135 a Do 41 per cent. redeem lO6 s 8 10u • Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 96 lUi a Do .Leicester & li'chu,l p.c 10U 89 01 901 at North 13ritish, 5 p.c. No. L lOO at Do E. &G.4p.e. S. & D lOO st Du N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ceu.t.. 100 at Du Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern—Cuns. 4 p.c IOJ 87 tie at Do 41 per cent. reducal WO 07 1.19 at Do 0 N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Larwick capital 3.13.4. Do York, U.& S. purchase. 10 10 101 Do &clan & Drliug. A 5 p.c. 100 107 100 st Do W, Hartlepool H. and 11 100 86 88 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 10s 8. Devon Annuities, Lis— all 11 10 10s Do Tavistock Anna., 10s all 81 91 10a Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81 10.6. S. East. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... at Tall Vale No.l lOO 154 153 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENOE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on tho Proats of each separate year st Caledonian 41 p e gua. at Do Scot. Ceu. win. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p irredoem all st Do 4p c con., issued at 80 65 •,, at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 at Do New 5 du, 1863 lOO 8 88 st Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 83 88 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. lOU ••• .•• tit Do Permaneatl per cent. 100 at Do Boston & Sleald, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. 31id1., 5p c 100 st Do Joint porpe. 5p c, 1865 100 88 8t 96 at Do do 6p e Wed., 1866 DI 110 112 20 Do Vale N eath peril. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York NCNV 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 • 1 1p et Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1818 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• ••• at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 et Do do 41 do, 1863 100 ..„ et Do do b do, 1865 100 ..• at Do No. 6 .5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 Ido st Loud , Chat., ac., 2d, 6 p.c lOO at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do du 6 p.c at Loudon & N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 at Loudon& S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 95 10 plan. Sher. & Lin., 5 pc, 186,5 all 9 91 at Metropolitp , u 5 per cent lOO 100 104 at Midland, n 1 per cent pref. 100 107 109 do 100 107 109 t .13 1 13 Do 1p c opt. too Ord. Stk., Sept cony, t .1, 1863 all 20 21/ 18 Do Incouv. New Snares ull 19 191 22 Do 5p c con, into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 1/ 2113 at North British, E. and G No. 1, b per cent ... 100 •.• at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ••• Do E 2d, 4pc 100 ••• st Do E.& G, No. 2, 5 p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ••• st Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c ... 100 ... at Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 4 s p e 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 99 ICO et Do Stock. et Dart., D at North Loudon, 41, per cent __ _ Was. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ..,, ..,, st South Eastern, 41 p it, 1850 100 ... ... st Do 5 do 1861 100 ... ... st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 .. st Do 6 du, 1364 ... ::: st Victoria St.& Pintlico, 41 pc 100 ... ... RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, at Birkeukaad lOO 91 93 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 96 100 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54l 6 at Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. • 100 11C 11 2 at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stoat Valley at East Lincoln, gua. op. c lOO 13 . 2 1:37 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all , a Gt. Easa., Nowm., &c., 5 p.c 100 .. ~. B Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 '.... .. at Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 , ",-. at Gt. West, W. Mid., Here: 100 97 9; 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 220 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 st Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Coat., 3, - ,c. 41 p c lOO ... ... at Do. Cum. Fund , 5 du 100 ..... ..., at London and Greenwich al Do. do Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 i:i 85 at Loweatoft,gua 4 per cont lOO 79 81 st Do. ti - 6 do .. 51 blanch., 8t..... Ala all ••• ••• st Midland, Branford, Prof lOO 92 iii 10 Mid Kent Cray Liz) .. so Northerui: East,, 5 per cent all 53 ic, bo Do, do. 32 do. all ... ... st N. Eastern —Hartlepool ... 100 ... ... st N.West. A porp. prof, 5p c. 100 IU7 109 S t Do B iniuitnuni 14 p.c lOO .. ... ,t IS otting. 6: lirantli R. & U lOO 91 53 25 Pres ton and Wyro. all 41 46 .. R u y,ton, Hitch., and Shep. 100 132 13 4 Bt. hICIN S , • bbury d o and Hereford 100 132 134 Her 8 2 2 1 0 DO ti S. I 0 rlish• a nd River Dun 100 97 Vy 4 p U 4 per cent pa... 10: 74 80 ,-. ~-, du ... all 08 100 st Viet. Station and Pimlico— 100 •_ _ st West Cornwall ............... WO 5‘ 5i 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all ... ... Si Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et East and WeaLlncl;l. 109 I'4 E.G' London an.l St. Katherine 100 i• 0 52 100 1) oDeb. stock, 41.),r cent all ... •-• Illillwall Freehold Land et Dock 0 4 31 et Southampton lOO et surrey COlll/23.1*ViAl THE SUN LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Businea Share NAME. Paid. Price done I() Agra Limited, A all 11 111 11 i 9 Do B lO 4f 61 110 Albion l5 10 8 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 22 224 p 221 20 Anglo-Hungarian 3 1f 21 20 Anglo-Italian 1356, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm.... , 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bauk of Otago, Ihn 25 Bauk of South Australia all 31) 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 151 101 10 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, sad China all 25 Chartered Mere. of India 17 18 London, and China all 20 City lO 100 Colonial 25 10 Couaolidated, lira. 4 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, urn 5 20 English and Amorican, lint 10 20 English Bank of Rio do Ja neiro, lint 31 32 31 19 11 1 43 41 21 11 pr 1p 20 English, :,-cottish, and Aus • traliau Chartered 28. Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 264 Do new lll 100 Imperial, lim 2O 20 Imperial Ottoman lO z 5 lonian all 25 Do new 5 Laid Mortgage of India, lim 4 100 Do bp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 100 London Bank: of Mexico and South America, lira. 20 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 20 Do new 71 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart. of Australia all 20 London and County 2O 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 London Joint Stock London and South African al 100 London &S.-Wcstern, lint, 20 50 London & Venezuela, lint l2l 100 London and Westminster 2O 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 10 Metropolitan, line. all 00 Midland, lim 2O 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint l5 00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 10 Do . 42 50 National. 3O 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 1i 30 Provincial of Ireland '2s 10 • Do new. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint '25 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 25 Union of Australia all 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London l5 161 161 36 38 4 6 14 16 2k 2f 18 22 6 3 31 31 ;6 160 5 4 ;:g 5 4 11 13 11 2 p 23/ 24/ 491 501 49 1 31 3I 32 8 9 13 11 47 681 61 64 71 7f 11 I 41 43 42 61 5 4 90 92 84 14 13 8 6 46 43 471 37 :13 A MENAGERIE IN A FLY. Mr. Edmond's menagerie appears to have got into an awk ward fix in the alternating frosts and thaw of Wednesday morning. The Liverpool Courier says Mr. Edmonds had an nounced that ho would make his appearance at St. Helen's yesterday. A start was made from the precincts of the Monument soon after closing time. The ascent from Liver pool to the Old Swan-road bad taken four or five hours, and the procession was a most melancholy one. The heavy vans had to be dragged, as it were, up an incline of ice, and the horsei were of no . more use in the ordinary teams than so many kittens. They stumbled and fell in a heap at almost every step, and the elephants and camels were not of the slightest use in such an emergency. They had no shoes to be "roughed," and their broad fat feet sprawled and elided about on the stippery sur face—the animals being evidently in considerable ten-or. The only way to get on at all was by yoking the horses twenty or thirty in a team to a single van and hauling it some distance. Nearly an hour and a half was thus taken up in getting over half a mile of ground to reach a blacksmith% forge at Old Swan, where a general halt was made that all might take a rest, and the horses have their shoes "roughed." hA , 11 t 1 " . HER MAJESTY. OsBoRNE, Dec. 30. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louise, drove out in the grounds Lis morning. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, and Princess Christian went out in the grounds this morning. LATEST INTELL IGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Dec. 30. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 119 i; the highest quotation dur ng t h e day was 1201; the lowest, 119 k. Sterling Exchange on London lOB4. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1124. " 1885 ll2k. " 1867 ll4l. 1084. TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 3 4T - T.i . " -- igio-American lei:, lim all N 21 i 9 s 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 171 18 14 118 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 13 IC 144 st Do. S per cent. Id B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim DM 178 183 et Electric & Inter. Telegraph 104 260 265 10 Do. New 8 12 Up 25 Indo-European Tel., Rm..— all 23 21 231 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 21 31 1 • Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 1 1p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 6 61 25 Reuter's Telegram all 78 Se 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all 16/ 17 171 1 16j at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 11 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 71 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all s 1 51 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 1140-Mexican Mint all 141 141 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and k'inance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 3 55 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 111 141 10 Do. New all ——• 100 BolckOw Vaughan, li112. 5. Bombay Ghs, limn. b Do. New 4 1} #(1 50 British American Laud 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, limn all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l 21), Canada Company all to Canadian Luau and Invest went, lim 2l 20 Ceylon Company, Lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, liar 5 25 City of London Beal Pro perty, limn 9 51 4 30 City of Milan Improv. limn. all 5 5 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 50 City Offices, limn 50 Colonial, Lim (;4 ba Do. 50 Commercia; Union (Assur) 5 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 25 37 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 7i per cent. Bank of France. PARIS, Dec. 30. 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. 30. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, Juno 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the 'Bank and its branches Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight 45,881,189 53 46,271,819 62 Treasury account cur- • rent creditor '210,725,935 42 231458,259 57 Current accounts, Paris 374,167,210 13 361,350,028 85 Do. branch banks 46,0i31,119 43,650,081 Dividends payable 10,931,393 791,076 Discounts and sundry Doc. 23. 182,500,000 - 22,10.5,750 14 22,105,750 14 _ interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 428,093 54 96,425,516 67 1,305,522 15 991,660 38 6,639,643 89 8,827,320 79 Total CREDITOR. Dec. 23. fr. Doc. 30. c. fr. THE MORETON WILL CASE. Very strong feeling is expressed in Liverpool respecting the Moreton will. It will be remembered that the late Samuel Holland 3loreton left by will his whole estate to the Rev. Dr. Goss, Roman Catholic Bishop. of Liverpool. His widow, who had brought him a consider able sum of money, not only had no share in her husband's property, but was deprived of her own as well. It was said that Mr. Moreton made his will just before he died, that he was away from his relatives in a lonely house in Islington, and fell under the influence of a Roman Catholic priest who visited him. His estate was valued at about £40,000. Mr. Moreton was a Catholic but was not supposed to be sufficiently zealous to dispose of his money in such a manner. His 'widow, also a Catholic, at first intended to dispute the validity of the will, but afterwards made a compromise and accepted an annuity. The Crown entered a caveat against the will, but it does not seem to have been proceeded with, several persons having put forwitrd their claims as heir-at-law, and the tenants on the estate have been served, and coun ter notices given, so that they pay no rent at all. At the Liverpool Police Court, on Wednesday, these difficulties came under notice. The occupier of a house in Was wick s treet, belonging to the late Mr. Moreton, first re ceived a notice from Bishop Goss to pay the rent to him alone; then one from Messrs. Snowball and Cope man, " solicitors acting onbehalf of the widow and heir at law of the late Mr. Moreton," to pay to them alone; then another came from Bishop Goss announcing that the widow had withdrawn her claim; and finally there was a notice from Mr. John Godfrey, " solicitor for the represen tatives of the late John Bell," making a peremptory demand for the rent. Mr. Bell's attorney made a seizure of the goods of ono of the tenants to enforce payment of the rent, and the tenant on Wednesday applied to the magistrates for an order compelling the auctioneer to deliver the property on the ground that the question of ownership was in abeyance. Pending the decision of the Chancery Court, restitution of the goods • was ordered. .REVOLTING CRUELTY TO AN IDIOT BROTHER. .4. A shocking story comes from Ancoats. On Wednesday a man named Thomas Lightfoot, a grocer, carrying on business in Every-street, Ancoats, was taken into custody on a charge of confining his brother in the cellar of his house and generally neglecting him. The moans of the confined man, who is blind and idiotic, attracted the attention of tho policeman on the beat, on Tuesday night ; but, the window of the cellar being boarded up, he was was unable to discover whence they proceeded. The house was entered on Wednesday and searched. In the cellar, in which there was no fire, a man, about 60 years of age, was found lying in a corner, in a most filthy condition, with nothing to cover him but an old horse rug and some rags. He was shivering from cold, and judging from his appear ance, his clothes had not been changed for years. His hair, which was thick and bushy, hung matted over his shoulders, and his beard and whiskers, which had recently been worn long, were shaved off one side of his face. He was so bent and weak that he was unable to walk, and the officers had to carry him out of the cellar and con vey him to the police-station. When given food ho ate ravenously, although those who had him in charge say he was regularly provided with three meals a day, and that previous to Monday there was a fire in the cellar. The neighbours say that the unfortunate man, whose name is Samuel Lightfoot, has been confined in the same place for six years, but that previous to his becoming unable to walk he was allowed to go out into the backyard. It is within the knowledge of the police that ho was in the keeping of his brother five or six years ago, but for a long time they had lost sight of him. His father, who was in easy circumstances, left him an annuity. The money was paid to his brother quarterly by the executor, who always understood that he was in good health and comfortable. 11'.1LL OF A HOUSE IN LIMERICK.—At six o'clock on Thursday morning a house fell in John-street, Limerick, during the prevalence of a storm,,by which five persons were killed and several were injured, some of whom are not expected to recover. About 300 brigands confined in the fortress of Bzegedin, in Hungary, are now awaiting the sentence of the High Court of Pesth, which was specially appointed to tr) them. The charges against these brigands are of the most varied character. Nature states that bonzol has been applied to a somewhat novel purpose. If poured on a piece of ordinary paper, immediate transparency is produced, to such an exteat as to enable one to dispense entirely with tracing paper. On exposure to air, or, better, a gentle heat, the liquid is entirely clissipated,the paper recovers its capacity, ind the original design is found to be quite uninjured. WASHINGTON'S ONLY JOKE.—During the debate in the Continental Congress on the establishment of the Federal army, a member offered a resolution providing that it should never exceed 3,000 men; whereupon Washington moved an amendment that no enemy should ever invade the country with a force exceeding 2,000 men. This joke was perfectly successful, and the laughter which it excited smothered the resolution. An investigation is taking place respecting the death of an inmate of the Lancaster County Asylum, who was found, at the post-mortem examination, to have 12 ribs fractured, the result, as the medical testimony states, of some one kneeling on the chest of the deceased. The attendants positively deny having used any violence, and say they never saw any of the other patients ill-use the man. The inquiry is adjourned, the visiting justices expressing their determination to have the matter thoroughly inquired into. At a meeting of the British and Colonial Emigra• tion Fund Committee a proposition for amalgamating their society with tho National and the Workmen's Emigration Societies was considered. The feelirg of the meeting was decidedly against amalgamation. Mr. Henry Kingscote said that. their funds must undoubtedly decline if they took such persons as Mr. George Potter and Mr. Edmond Beales upon the committee. Sir George Grey and Sir James Law rence both expressed the opinion that amalgamation would not tend to promote the cause of emigration. A resolution to that effect was unanimously passed. - We heard a good story the other day of how a reverend Lancashire lecturer was "sat upon" in the south by one of those " voices " which sometimes put such ugly queries when least expected. The speaker was proving that doers of good were always in the minority, and, by parity of reasoning, that the Conservatives were worthy of all support and admiration, being fewer in number than their opponents. Pro ceeding to illustrate his argument, he said : "Paul was in a minority, but who was right? Peter was in a minority, but who was right? Christ was in a minority, but who was right ?" But the lecturer was literally " sat upon " [when a " voice " in the gallery bawled out, "Judas Iscariot was in a minority, but who was right ?" The effect was indescribable. The lecturer was dumb, and for some minutes he could not utter a word. The audience, on whom some effect had previously been made, literally roared.— Warrington Guardian. Jritical theologians have contended that Christ was not born on the 25th of December, but probably in the autumn, when harvest and vintage were over. In the fourth century some celebrated it in January and others in April and May. The Greek Church continues to ob serve it in February. The time, as we observe it, was fixed by Popo Telesphorus, and was subsequently adopted by the Protestant Churches. The Puritans, averse to Romanistic practices, abjured all their festivals. A search tract, published in 1648, informs us that on Wednes day, December 22, 1647, "The Crier of Canterbury, by the appointment of Master Maior, openly proclaimed that Christmas Day and all other superstitious festivals should be unknown, and that a market should be kept on Christmas Day." Among the single sheets preserved in the British Museum is an order of Parliament, Dec. 24, 1652, directing that no observation shall be had of the 25th day of December, commonly called Christmas Day, nor any solemnity used or exercised in churches upon that day in respect thereof. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvGments for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUNS - ILLE & Cu., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their tine old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." LHIGLI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening. FRIDAY ...20 min past 12 ..... .50 min past 12 SATURDAY 12 min past 1 40 min past 1 SUNDAY li min past 2 28 min past 2 MONDAY .....50 min past 2 15 min past 3 TVESDAY„, , x ,,. 37 Will past 3 56 min past 3 Cash in hand and in Branch banks___ 1,266,842,696 14 1,217,125,675 13 Commercial bills over- due Commercial bills dis- 227,669 23 2G0,931 37 counted, not yet due 310,082,089 19 335,546,411 35 Do. branch banks 287,276,214 292,125,580 Advances on deposit of bullion 22,577,300 Do. branch banks 1,725,900 Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,740 14 Do. disposable Rentcs Immobalisees 22,457,800 - 1,699,880 - - 22,410,100 - 9,099,900 - 22,642,700 - 9,051,800 - 39,380,1',,0 - 32;94070 - 1,118,200 -- 1,127,900 - 1,131,800 - 1,293,000 -- 60,000,000 - (Law, June 2, 1857) 160,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and lauded propel ty branches Expenses of manage ment S undries 9,055,892 - 9,048 897 - 2,948,103 50 2,554,010 93 6,873,525 63 9,995,002 42 Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of Frat, ee. (Signed) ROULAND. The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 4th of Dec. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir •ulation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the Ist of Dec. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : N,. T. 6, i Dec 4, 1869. 1 1869. 1 llncrease.iDecrcase. - 1 Bank of England... 23,940,947123,181,190 L 759,757 Private Banks 2,585.44 2,751,719 133,721 Joint-stock Banks 2,425,07: 2,3 8,739 16,333 . ---- Total in England. 29,241,459 1 ; ',8,301,618 948,411 Scotland 4,871,3 81 5,287,453 41",110 Ireland 7,381,180 7,351,163 27,017 United Kingdom 41,503,957/ 40,913,269 416,110 976,823 And as compared with the month ending the sth of Dec., 1868, tho above returns show a dscrease of £363,505 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £105,946 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation:— The English private banks are below their fixed issue ... £1,290,907 The English joint-stock banks are bet 1: j flied issuu low t: aew 569,901 Total below fixed issue in England ... .£1: 4 360,808 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2 ti 38,187 he Irish banks are above their fixed issue ... 992,669 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month eudingjlst of Nov was £18,413,206, being a decrease of £388,284, as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £71,692 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie kohl by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 6th of Nov.:— Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... £3,179,767 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ... 2,744,884 £5,921,651 being an increase of £518,118 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of £321,393 when compared with the correitouding period last year. 23 22 3 Id pr i 10-40 lllinois l32k. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2slc. Petroleum—Standard White 29ic. Flour, extra state, $5.30e. to $5.90c. Corn, old axed, sl.loe. FRANCE. PARIS, Dec. 31. The Official Journal, which appeared rather late this morning, does not contain the names of the new Ministers. It announces the nomination of three Bishops— M. Freppel, for Angers ; M. Cutteli, for Ajiccio ; and M. Reyne, for Guadeloupe. The sentence of death passed upon Trauppmann yesterday, the closing day of his trial, called forth an outburst of applause among the spectators, which was, however, speedily suppressed. The con demned himself did not show the slightest sign of feeling. Ile bowed to the jury unaffectedly, and was silent on his way from the Court to the Con cierget ie. Upon re-entering his cell he did not dis play the same gaiety as on the previous evening, and could hardly stifle a certain emotion. Ile took no nourishment, with the exception of a glass of wine. BOUItSE, Dec. 30.—Three o'clock—The mark t closed as follows : li per Cent. End of month— -- Ital'an Fives 56 60 3 per Cent End of month 72 45 Ottoman Loan ... 833 Credit Mobilier Transatlantic 220 Spanish Threes ... 26} Credit Foncier 1722 50 Home Debt — Paris Gas 1640 Deferred — - RAILWAYS, Cash. Orleans Western Northern ... 1125 Strasburg • • 590 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 59 2f Sardinian Austrian Lombard 525 North of Spain 46 Saragossa Roman 44 f, INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. DEC. 31. The Peninsular and Oriental Company'ssteamer Delta, with the above mails, having reachel Gib raltar w►th damage to her machinery, the com pany have despatched the following. telegram to their agent at that port : " Delta to await arrival of the Tanjore (the next homeward steamer), then to transfer her mails, specie, cargo, and - passengers (if they wish it) to Delta then to come home with one 'anjora. engine." The Tanjore is expected at Gibraltar on Sunday he 2d, and at Southampton about Saturday the Bth January. ROUMANIA. BUCHAREST, Dec. 30. M. Buulanf, the Austrian diplomatic agent, has announced to the Government of Prince Charles that Austria had proposed to the Porte the recog. nition of the title Roumania, instead of the Danu bian Principalities. In the Roumanian Chambers an exciting debate arose on the interpellation in reference to the Jewish question, and the Government declined to adopt any measures against the increasing numbers of the Jews, but left it to the Chamber to bring forward some proposition on this subject. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The magnificent pantomime prodUced at this theatre by Mr. A. Harris demands more than a passing notice, because it is, without doubt, one of the most brilliant spectacles that has ever been placed on the metropolitan stage. To those who recollect the splendid productions of the late Madame Vestris, both at Covent-garden and the Lyceum, this assertion may create sur prise, but gorgeous and magnificent as were, we readily admit, all the productions of the man agement referred to, yet still we come to the settled conclusion that "The Yellow Dwarf " is the most extraordinary specimen of stage illusion ever seen. The scenery is of the utmost splendour ; the dresses of a richness that has certainly never been equalled ; in fact, the mounting altogether is remarkable, as everything, down to the most trifling particular, has been well and admirably done. The great monstrosities that attend the evil genius of the pantomime will create surprise, and the masks of the various characters are the very perfection of comic productions. The ballet has now become an indispensable adjunct to a Christmas pantomime, and here again the taste and talent of Mr. A. Harris are most conspicuous. " The Haunt of the Houris" at one time is looked upon as most beautiful, but the dance of the Furies of the Steel Castle and Cupids is one of the most ex traordinary specimens of ballet arrangement it has been our privilege to witness. A bevy of young ladies, all clad in glittering armour and Cupid's volunteers, whose uniform is most piquant, perform a mazourka, which, when lit up by the lime light, is a picture of itself quite enough to secure the success of any ordinary pantomime. I'he transformation scene we have already alluded to as a wonderful production, and another great fea ture in the pantomime is that the' comic business" is really humorous and laughter-moving. The re presentation of the grounds of the Crystal Palace during the Foresters' Fete, and the evolutions of the velocipedians, all make up a pantomime which for beaaty, taste, and magnificence has never been ap proached, much less equallocl. WOODIN'S EN7L7?7,IINMEN7. The attractive little temple of amusement at the Egyptian Hall, 'Piccadilly, in wLich Mr. W. S Woo lin is the sole and prevailing genius, has, during the week, been crowded by the holiday makers. The fact is a pleasant one to record, as it shows that the power of our great English poly phonist and mimic rLmains as attractive as ever. For a number of years Mr. Woodin has annually given us one of Lis entertainments and each one has invariably exceeded its prede cessor both in wit, fun, and humour. The " Carpet Bag and Sketch-book" have been ruo6t profusely furnished and illustrated, and whether we have Mr. Woodin as the crusty old traveller, the romantic houSemaid, or the gushing ball-room belle, he is invariably the most amusing of entertainers. The various amusements now afforded to the public are exceedingly numerous, .and that the pretty saloon of Mr. Woodin should be so cio xded every day and evening performance proves that his enter went is looked upon as oue of the best in London. POLICE IN7ELLIGENC'E.-7hts Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A NARROW ESCAPE.—THE STREETS OF LONDON. John Welsh, a carman in the employ of Mr. Hig gins, of Westbourne-park-road, was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and furiously driving a pair of horses attached to a van. Police-constable Kittle, 8 E it, said•that yester day evening he was in Earl-street, Seven-dials, when he saw the prisoner driving a pair of horses attached to a van, with a load of two tons, at the rate of eight or nine miles an hour. He went after the prisoner and saw him drive against a pony and cart, the driver of which to save his life threw him self out of the'cart, and on taking the prisoner into custody he found him to be very drunk. • The prisoner said he had no questions to ask. Mrs. Bell, of No. 9, Smart's-buildings, High Holborn, wife of Herbert Bell, a general dealer, said that her husband, who had to jump out of his cart to save his life, was unable to attend, having been obliged to be taken to the Charing-cross Hospital, and the pony had been a good deal in jured. _ Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner, and declined to take bail till it was ascertained that the injured man was out of danger. .• Benjam Tees, William Williams, William Caley, and Charles Cross, all cabmen, were . charged with being drunk while in charge of their horses and cabs, in one or two instances it being shown that they were recklessly driving on the pavement. They were fined 10s. or seven days each. TILUIES. CHARGE OF ROBBERY AGAINST A Charles Sweeney, aged 35 years, the steward of of the ship Chilwell Castle, was brought . before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing five towels and two bottles of brandy. A dock-constat , le, named Stocks, stopped the prisoner as he was leaving the East India Dock, yesterday tiftanoon, and on opening his chts', discovere 1 five towels and two bottles of brandy. The pri4outr admitted taking the things from the ship. Mr. Pelham, solicitor for the defence, made au ingenious defence, and said that packing up his own things, in a large chest, the two bottles of brandy got intermixed. Mr. Paget would not admit the defence, and said as the chief mate of the ship had identified the towels and brandy he should commit the pri soner for t►ial. Mr. Pelham said he wou'd plead guilty for his client, who had been steward of a ship for many years, and had hitherto maintained a good charac ter as a diligent steward and a respectable, honest, sober man. Mr. Paget said he had no power to deal with the case summarily. Mr. Pelham combated this view, and said the Criminal Justice Act did not except robberies in docks from the summary jurisdiction of the magis trate. Mr. Paget entertained a different opinion, and said the case must go before a jury. STEALING A BOTTLE OF GlN.—Michael Hag gerty, a labourer, who had been employed on board the ship Medusa in the East India Dock, was charged with stealing a bottle of gin, which was found in his pocket yesterday afternoon by a dock constable, named William Wells, to whom the pri soner said he found it in a pile of kentledge. This case was introduced to the magistrate, as one of unlawful possession, and Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to two mouths' imprisonment and hard labour. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 11 181 ... 11 19 Do - ... 12 1/ Rotterdam — ... 12 1; ... 12 11 Antwerp — ... 25 371 ... 25 421 Brussels Hamburg h — ... 13 101 ... 13 11 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-tho-Maiu ... 1201- ... 1201 Vienna Trieste ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Petersburg Copenhagen — ~ 9 18 ... 9 22 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 49 ... 491 Leghorn Milan — ... 26 75 ... 26 77 Genoa — ... 26 75 .., 26 771 N aples Palermo — ... 26 75 ... 26 771 Messina ... 26 75 ... 26 771 Lisbon — ... 51/ ... 52 Rio Janeiro — ••• -- ••• Now York ......« — ... ..• -- ••• 511 ••• 52 Oporto BREAKrAST.—Errs's COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND CoM- F ORTINO,—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette' re marks:—" The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a deli cately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled "JAMES EPPS and Co., Hoinco pathic Chemists, London." In the Senate on the 17th December the landing of the Ocean Telegraph Cables was discussed. Senator Sumner called up his bill for regulating the landing of telegraph cables, when Senator Thurman moved that it be referred to the Judiciary Committee, as legal questions were involved as well as the rights of Massachusetts, which raised Mr. Sumner's ire, and the Ohio Senator was told that had ho been an older member he would have known better. Mr. Conkling suggested that the proposed amendment would interfere with the privileges accorded to cable telegraphs already in existence, whose rights had therefore become vested. Nothing further was at the time accomplished; but by telegram we learn that Secretary Fish has, by direction of the President, sent a circular to the Ministers accredited to Maritime Powers, instructing them to propose the participation of those Powers in a Convention in the form of a treaty relative to ocean cables. He suggests as bases reciprocity of con cessions, protection of cables during war, and immunity of despatches from Government espionage. The report that Mr. William Orton, President of the Western Telegraph, had proceeded from America to Paris to procure the con solidation of the Cable Companies and the land lines over which he presides, is, we understand, untrue, but there appears to be something in 01.3 rumour that Mr. Cyrus W. Field has come to Europe on business relating to the con solidation of the Cable Companies. After the foregoing exposure of a Republican State Senator of New York, it is but fair to turn to Pennsylvania for a Democratic specimen of that State, and, by the way, wo may remark on the reticence of the Standard's New York correspondent when discussing the painful intelligence of the ruin of a reputation of an " emi nent, amiable, and accomplished man, a lawyer cl great learning, and lately one of the counsel of Jefferson Davis, a former diplomatist of ability, a litlerateur of no mean rank, the friend of Thackoray." There was no extenua tion or withholding of names in the Radical Richardson's case, and we would suggest to that journalist that what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. The story is that William B. Reed, grandson of the renowned revolu tionary leader, General Joseph heed, holding a high social and public position in Philadelphia, has, it is alleged, em bezzled 530,000, either the money of Europeans or of Southern gentlemen residing in Europe, and it was an nounced that he had fled from Philadelphia after he had been placed under arrest. Mr.l.teed was Minister to China under Mr. Buchanan's Administration, but was better known for his controversy with Mr. Bancroft on the sub ject of his grandfather's share in the struggle for revolu , tionary iudepeutlcnce. S FORTING U TELLIGENjE— his D4l CITY BETTING.—Turs DAY. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. sto 1 agst Lord Lurgan's nomination (talon') 100 to 6 agst Mr Brocklebank's nom. (taken): 20 to 1 agst Mr Blanshard's nom. (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr Bland's nom. (taken) 25 to 1 agst Dr Richardson's nom. (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 6 agst The Limb (taken and offered) 1000 to 40 agst Q.O. (token) 1000 to 30 agst Pearl Diver (olli rod) TWO THOUSAND. 425 to 100 agst Kingcraft (wanted) RACING FIXTURES--1870. FEBRUARY. Lincoln l5, 16 I Derby Harrow 17, 18 I Nswton . • 2b, 26 MARCH. Nottingham l, 2 I West Somerset l6, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 1 Warwick 22, 23, 24 Pontefract . .14, 15 I Epso m 29, 80 Cambridgeshire ......14, 15 I Bromley 31 an d April 1 APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 West Drayton 7, 8 Thirsk 7, 8 Kingsbury lB, 17 Durham lB, 19 Newmarket Craven 18 to 22 Abergavenny 21, 22 Lewes Croydon. 28, 29 Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5 Chester. lO, to 13 Winchester lO, 11 Salisbury l2, 13 York 17, 18 Doncaster 19 , 20 :AY. I Harpenden 20, 21 I Bath 24, 25 I Stamford 26, 27 Croydon 26. 27 ! Epsom. 81 to June 8 . . JU Croydon 8, 9 Manchester e, 9, 10 Ascot 14 to 17 Windsor 2l, 22 J II 'NE. Newton 22, 28 Hampton 23, 24 Bibury Club 29 Stockbridge-30, and JPly 1 SLY. Newmarket 5 to 8 Nottingham 12, 13 Chelmsford 12, 13 Reading 1?, 13 AU Brighton 2, 3 Brighton Club 4 Lewes ERham 9 , 10 I West Drayton ' 14, 15 I Huntingdon 19, 20 I Kingsbury 21,12 I Goodwood 9 6, 29 'UST. Stockton 17 to 19 Oxford 18, 19 York - 23 to 25 Plymouth Windsor ll, 12 Bromley l6, 17 SEPT Derby BO, 31 , Weymouth 30, 31 EMBER. Warwick 6, 7 1 Richmond. 20, 21 Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Meet (Ayr) 21 to 23 Doncaster 13 to 16 I Hendon 22, 22 Hampton 20, 21 I Newmarket Ist Oct. 27 to 80 OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2n: 0et..10 to 14 Leicester 6, 7 j Olieltenham 18, 19 Bromley . 6, 7 I Newmarket H0t'n...24 to 2$ NOVEMBER. Liverpool 8 to 11 1 Shrewsbury 14 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 I Harrow l7, 18 Derby 10, 11 I Newton 25, 26 MARCH. Liverpool 8,9, 10 I 8r0m1ey......31 and April 1 West Somerset 16, 17 Cheltenham...3l and April 1 War wick 22 to 24 APRIL. Aldershot ' 7,.8 ( Kingsbury Bank of Ens, Lad Retuins. An Account, turtinant to t' cap. 32, for the week ending ho Act 7th and Bth Vidal in, ►'deduosday, Doe. '29, 1869. '4.IiTMENT. ISSUE DE Notes issued £33,23;6.10 Governint. Debt-C.1,015,1C0 Other Securities 3,98.1,904.1 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver .E:i3,288,610 533,288,610 BANKING I►jPARTME\T, Propriotors'Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 8,385,215 Other Deposits 18,201,657 Seven Days and othor Bills.. Greverrant. Seen ' rities(ineluding Dead Weight Annuity) 113,811,953 Other Securities 19,781,988 Notes 10,889,690 Gold and Silver Coin ... 907,982 445,490 £14,8 1,613 £44 3 691,613 TILE TRAGEDI AT EWELL. 4 To-day Mr. W. Carter, Coroner for East Surrey, resumed the inquiry at the H op-pole Tavern, Ewell, respecting the death of Thomas lluggett, aged 31, which occurred in connection with the explosion that took place on the morning of Wednesday last, at a house belonging . to Mr. G. Stone. The facts have been already fully reported. It was stated this morning that Spooner, the tenant of the house, who was seriously injured by the explosion, is not expected to live. The Evidence having been concluded, the jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict, " That Thomas Iluggett committed suicide while in a state of unsound mind." LIST FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO THE METROPOLIS. MUSEUMS. Antiquarian—Somerset House. Admission by application to the secretary. Botanic—Royal Botanic Society of London. Regent's park. Admission daily by orders from fellows. Royal Gardens, Kew. Open daily, 1 till 6, free. British—Great Russell-s reet. Open free on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Frida s, 10 to 4 ; summer months 10 till 7. Closed Ist till 7th January, Ist till 7th May, and Ist till 7th September; al o on all thanksgiving days. City—Guildhall. A collet on of antiquities, &c. Daily, _ . .. fi.) till 5. tkological—Jermyn street. Open daily (except Fridays) free. India —lndia. Office, Charles-street. Asiatic natural his tory, antiquities, &c. Open free on ➢iondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, and on Thursdays by orders. Ring's College— Strand. Anatomy and curiosities. Daily i 16till 4. Patents—South Kensington. Open free daily. Royal Institution--21, Albemarle-street. Various objects. Daily, 10 till 5. Royal Military Repository—Woolwich. Models of forti fications, cannon, and warlike appliances. Daily, 10 Models and inventions. till 4. Royal Polytechnic Institution-309, Regent-street. Scien • tific, with lectures. Open daily, till 10 p.m. ls. Soane's-13, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Antiquities, curiosities, and pictures. Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fri days in April, May, and June ; and Wednesdays, from February to August. Admission on application to the Curator; Society of Arts—John-street. Adelphi. Inventions, pic tures, curiosities &c. Daily; admission by member's order. South Kensington—Cromwell-road. Opon on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Saturdays, 10 till 10, free; on other days 10 till 4,5, or 6. 6d. Tower of London—Ancient armour, &c. Open daily, 10 till 4. Is. PICTURE GALLERIES. Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards to view may be obtained from Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street. British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. ls. British Institution-52, Pall-mall. Pictures by British Artists, in February, March, and April ; and by Ancient Masters, June, July, and August. is. Buckingham Palace Pictures. —May be viewed by an order from the Lord Chamberlain. Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum Mon day, Tuesday, Saturday, free ; other days, Gd. Crystal Palace—Syclenhain. Modern Pictures and Sculp ture. is. }Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch Pictures. Open free daily, except Friday. Flaxman Gallery—University of London, Gower-street. Foundling Hospital—Guildford-street. Open Mondays, le till 4. Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall. Is. Greenwich Painted Hall—Greenwich. Mondays and Fri • days Free : other days, 4d. Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the Ind keeper. Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries are open free daily, except on Friday. Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. 6d. National Gallery—Trafalgar-squars. Open free, Mondays Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. National Portrait Gallery-29, Gres. Seorge-street. free, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of T u l i s g s , 1 1. 1 u t h d o , s u s N e v s Baker-street. Open daily til 10 p.m. is. 1 till I. S U B URBAN PLACES OF RESORT. C remorne Gardens Chelsea. ls. Crystal Palace ?ark — Sy denham. O p en dail y , ls. ; Satur days, 2s. Gd. Greenwich Park—Greenwich. Chen free Hampton Court Gardens. — Open free dail y . Iliglibury Barn and Gardens -llighbury. Gd. and is by refreshment tickets. Kew Gardens—Kew. Open free, daily at ot_e o'clock. Hichnioud Park—Richmond. Open free, daily. Roshorville Gardens—Gravesend. Open dairy. 6d. 'loyal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by members' order. Windsor Great Park—Windsor. Open free. Windsot Castle may be visited on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fri days, by tickets obtainable at the Lord Chamberlain s Office, in the Castle. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT.—In had legs, scrofulous sores, and glandular swellings, this ointment operates very gently, but very surely, and with a rapidity that resembles magic. it should bo rubbed into the parts affected after they have been fomented with lukewarm water. The purifying and curative power of this marvellous unguent have never been disputed by any one who has given it a fair trial. It contains not a particle of any sub stance of a noxious nature, nor is there a case on record in which it has done the slightest harm; while there are authentic reports of innumerable cures effected by it in all countries. It is as mild in its action as it is powerful tkrul beneficial in its effects. ;