The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-12 00:00:00

]IONEY MARKET . AND s COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two oCLocir. English securities are dull, and have declined 1-16 to * per cent., but the demand for money is active. Consols are 92+ 3 24 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 93+ 1 ; New Tkree per Cents, 93} 1 1 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 244. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 'per Cent, July, 1880, 1121 1 ; ditto 4 per per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1024 ; ditto Bonds under £ l ,OOO, 23 prem. In the Foreign Market the prices were :—Argen tine, 7 91 to 4 ; Brazilian of 1865, 831 to f ; Chilian of 1867, 941 to 95 ; Egyptian of 1864, 871 to 881 ; ditto of 1 868, 734 to 8.; Italian of 1861, 56+ to + ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 51 to prem. ; Mexican, 15 tO l ; Peruvian of 1865, 76/ to 1 ; Russian of 1866, 92 4 to 938 ; ditto Nicolai, 67 to 1 ; ditto Orel, 821 to ; ditto Mosco w , 80/ to / ; ditto Charkof- Azof, 811 to 4 ; Charcow-lirementschug, soi to 81 1 ; Spanish of 1867, 30+ to 31 ; Turkish of 1858, 66 1 to 67; ditto of 1862, 65} to 66; and ditto of 1 865, 40/ to 41. ' In the railway market prices are as follows : London and North Western, 1201 to 1 ; Great Western, 53 to 1 ; Midland, 1211 to 122 ; Lon don mad South Western, 91 to 93 ; Great Eastern, 42 + to 4 ; Brighton, 51/ to 52, ex div. ; South Eastern, 821 to * ; Metropolitan, 114 to 8 ; Grtat Northern, 1131 to 4 ; ditto A, 112+ to 4 ; Cale donian, ,79i to 4 ; and London. Chatham, and Dover, 171 to I. American 5-20 Bonds are 771 to I, and Erie Railway - 'shares 241 to 8. In Bank and Miscellaneous shares prices are unaltered. About 10,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for Bombay, and the £87,000 in Australian gold by the Agnes Rose was taken for abroad. The steamer Neva has arrived from the West Indies with £165,500 in specie. At the general meeting of the London General Omnibus Company (Limited) a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum will be declared for the half-year. The directors of the Salisbury and Yeovil Rail way Company recommended a dividend on the ordinary shares at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. Two vocancies in the direction of the Bank of Australasia have occurred by the resignation of Mr. Cattley and the Right Hon. Hugh C. E. Childers, M.P. The return of paid clearing for the week ending 10th February is as follows :—Thursday, Feb. 4, £13,332,090; Friday, sth, £10,741,000 ; Saturday, 6th, £ 11 ,739,000; M on d ay , B t h, £10 , 376 , 000 ; Tuesday, 9,h, £10,317,000 ; and Wednesday, 10th, £8,838,00 0 —total, £65,343,000. The British Indian Submarine Telegraph Com pany have given an order to the Telegraph Con struction and Maintenance Company to proceed with the manufacture of their cable from Suez to Bombay, via Alen. The length, 3,600 nautical Miles, is to be submerged during the next cold sea -8013, and the work will be taken in hand immedi ately on the completion of the Franco-American ca ble, Which is of exactly the same length, and . is to be laid in the course of the coming summer be tween Brest and the United States. The Great Northern Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £2,197 compared with the corresponding puled of last year ; the Great Western an increase of £1,619 ; the Great Eastern an increase 'of £1,639 ; the London and South Western a decrease of £296 ; the London, Chat ham, and Dover (including the Metropolitan Ex tension and branches), an increase of £283 ; the M etropolitan Extension (separately), an increase of £482. Mr. Chatteris, the official liquidator of the Hum ber Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company (Li mited), has applied to the Master of the Rolls for leave t o di v id e t h e money now in hand, some U O ,OOO, among the creditors who had proved their cl aims. After hearing all particulars, the Master of the Rolls decided that the unrealised assets of th e company would be sufficient to meet any claim th e assignees might establish, and he ordered the olEcial liquidator at once to pay a dividend to the Creditors of 65., making, with previous dividends, 12 3 , 6 d. in the pound. Notice of appeal against the Order was given. Discussion is again beginning to be raised on t he question of the purchase of the telegraphs by t he Government. The principle being adopted, - an d a cert a i n rule laid down, i t w ill not be pos sible for the Administration to recede from the Principles of the contract. The Honourable %ben Grimst on i n hi s ad d ress at t h e mee ti ng th of the Electric and I n t erna ti ona l Company on e sth i nstant, pertinently remarked , To illustrate more forcibly the fallacy of the argu tnellt of the Edinburgh R ev i ew e r , financially *Peaking will assume that Mr. Scudamore's eetimate of £ 6 ,000,000 for the purchase of the know n i s th e correct one. It is very well "own that the Government would have no diffi culty in raising £ 6 ,000,000 at 3} per cent. per an 411e1, which would a moun t to £210 , 000 a year . Now I have only to refer you to the printed ac ants ' 3 f this co mpany, and of the British and Irish 3118g ne tic Comp any, for the year ending 31st Dec., I, net 68, to prove that th ese t wo compan i es a l one s h ow profit available for dividend of £171,843 xta.BB. 11d, and £65,582 ss. 91 respectively, and o:3_at these u two sums added together amount to ',426 Bd., a sum sufficient to meet the whole _'`.t.he interest incurred in raising the £6,000,000 eesuti.rnated to be necessary for the purchese of the telegraph 1 7ides leavin- system of the United Kingdom, g a handsome surplus (some £27,000) q ". 4 7 of profit on the transaction. 44e report of the Anglo-Italian Bank (Limited) tat % 844 it that the business for the past year has re ho e d in a net profit of £17,569.• Having regard, v i o we rer, to the old contingencies mentioned in pre deetllB reports, the directors think it inexpedient to 1 , 4 ,, re a divid en d on this occasion. re turn from the Bank of England for the r es 4 u k ii l ided the 10th February gives the following Rear wh en compared with the previous week ................. £8,367,742 ••• Increase ••• I _ l, B / 9 0 Oth er PPos.its ...... 4,728,745 Increase ... let 71,0 alts ........ 17,491,957 ... Decrease ... 243,808 cove ii tra other side of the account : tia, 4re etit seeuri other ............. ...... £ 1 4,026,537 ... Decrease ... £173 Iqote. %cadges ...... 16,511,757 Decrease ... T jui • unemployed... 8,938,630 ... Increaso 3 48 10 4 5 7 9 69 5 b ein 41 Aount of notes in circulation is £23,332,685, 4 dec re k..„,),.g dec rease of £489,005 ; an d th e s t oc k of a la both d epartments is £18,408,510, showing lo Pre e A . of £102,665 when compared with the skung return. 6 ab . of th, is a comparison of the present position and Bank of England and the prices of Consols lu t Ye re ns: 3 h Renter with th e corresponding week of a,r Same Week At Present. last Year. NI L .ft cni ............... ... £lB 408 540 ... £21,605,960 e_l'v.e .................. 10:075:855 ... 13,102,645 i t. ,iva in cireulation 23 332 685 ... 23,503,315 (3 41 45 of di s „ u t , ' 2 per cent. 0a,,015 u ...... 3 per cont. ... 93i ........ 93 ......... PRICES. -- -DRI.TISII FUNDS —CLOSING 2 (IOVZRN;NIBNT rITNDS 921 3 21 8 " Per Cent AConsols .. 4....................... 03 . Ditto fu; Account, ......... 93/ I . vis per Cent. liedUced +low 2 ~.. N , , - per Cent ............................ UJ o a w 21 per Cent. inn. 1894 D o , - _ A •.°. 1 4 'r Cen ian.1873 . uities SO yrs, expire sth Jan., IZ4"' E o. for itu yrs, expir e .sth April 1885 — Le be D o `Rd liieu Televkpli), Aug , 190— Pm zequar Bills, 41 ,000, 23 per Ct. , 4500 k • £2OO ~, Do, 4100 k .4200 Pm 46.tui -244 ~". of England Stock, 4 per Cent r , 'Jo. account I ila,,anach 4 per cent 1; r thir ........... ter- Colonial Otrinittjtn . 1 — iNbIA.N GOVXItNNEHNT SkeTJRITLEs. n lia F ' t deck po• Opening for Account Do. 5 per Ue'nt. July, 880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct 'lB6B .. 102 i ph°. Certificates ............. . ...co. Enlaced Pa pe & 4 per C'ent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5} per Q:nt. May 1879 — • D.) 5 per Cont., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do, 1877 — Do. do. 1882 lO5 D.,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 .„ — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cont., .£l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Ar.;entine Repubtic, 6 per Cent ... . ...... 79 1 80 Do., Scr p £45 paid ... ...... ......... Au &in) Bonds 5 per cent . Do. 1859 — Bei..ilian 5 per Cent — ;Jo. 11 per Cent., 185? — Do. do. 1858 — Do. do., 186 1 ' — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account... l , B . enos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont.) Ca'n, 6 per Cent. 0 .ittan 6 per Cont — Do. 41 por Cout — Do. 3 per Cent., 1 o. 6 per ce ,t. 1867 1 o. 7 per Cent., 1866 ~ C lo übi 111, 6 per Cent. Dankh, 3 p,r Cent., 1825 .. ....... .. Dane dan Princ , palities, 71 or Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 4 ,. 831 Equaiur New Oinsolidated, 1 per Cent 131.- Egyp Liam, 7 per C en t ................. .......... oe Sneoud Issue Do. £sot. '.Son is - Do. £lOO Bonds . .... 854 Do. ' 1864 — Do. Do. £ 5 OO Bonds Account 88 Do. #lO6 Bonds — English Scrip, 1868 734 4 Do do. £45 pd Government Railway Debentures . ••• 961 Groot 5 por Cont., 1824 - 5, ox Coups Do. Coupo ns 7razi,temala 5 per Cent .. Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., all pd -- Itelian 5 per Cent., 1865 - Do M%rommana Railway — Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do g per Cont. Anglo-French — A ontevideau 6 per Cent. New Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Poruyian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account .. 74-6 1 4 Do 41 por Cent. (Uribarron) ,..... Do 41 per Cent., 1862 -. — Do Account Portilguese 3 per Ct., 185:3, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'5 361 iDo. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 181.2, £ St Do 41 per Cent . 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.,, 93/ Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds _ 91} 10'2 .Do.' . do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 67* * Sar linian 5 per Cent 73 Spanish 3 per Con .' —_ Do. Account .... — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrou 3o* .1 Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Corn. Cert. of Coui . not funded .„ - Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan .. Do Government, 1861 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Tuncish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858. — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1662 --- Do Account ••• 66-1- Do .£IOC Bonds 67 I Do 5 per gent. 1865 — D 3 Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 641 i Do 1 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Laid Warrants (He_:tares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Acc•unt ....- 91- Dividends on the above payeblo in Lonio4. - Austrian 0 par Cont. Ex 10 Florins 52 Belgian, 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch it. per Oen:. Ex. 12 Guil ___ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Do. Account French Rontes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italian 5 par Cent. 1831, 1 , 1;:. 45i DO Account .. Si CLOSING PRICES. Jansols, Money J2 3 Do. Account, March 4. POLICE .1A 'FEW GEN CE— 77as Day. WESTMINSTER. ROBBING A POLICE3fAN.—Thomas Ford, a private of the Coldstream Guards, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a policeman's um Lrella. Police-constable 343 B raid that ho was in plain clothes last evening on leave of absence, and went into the King's Arms, Warwick-street, Pimlico, about six o'clock, to gut some refreshment. Ile sit in ILo tap-room, nod while there the prisoner and another soldier came in and called for something. Prosecutor had occasion to leave the room for two or three minutes, and on his return missed his umbrella, which he had left by his side. Ho went out and saw prisoner going down the street, accompanied by his comrade. Prisoner had the umbrella in his hand, and whsn prosecutor charged him with stealing it he ran away and climbed over a number of walls. Prisoner said that another civilian, who was in the room, kindly lent him the umbrella, and told him how ho might return it him that evening. Ho was going along when the constable came up and said it belonged to him, at which prisoner was surprised. Ho was going to the hos pital in Vauxhall-bridge-road. The constable said he went in a contrary direction. The case was adjourned for the attendance of the se cond soldier. THAMES. DARING STREET RoßßEny.—William East Trick, aged 21 years, described on the police-sheet as a baker, of 15, Gloucester-street, Commeicial-road, was brought before Mr. Paget charged v‘ith stealing a silk umbrella, value 18s. Gd., from the person of Mary Ann Teyfriend, a young lady, residing at No. 19, Sidney-place, in the same road. Miss Teyfriend was passing along tho west-end of Com mercial-road with her sister when the prisoner approached with a companion. He advanced towards Miss Teyfriend, and his friend said "Don't, don't." The prisoner said "I will ;" and snatched the umbrella from Miss Teyfriend and ran away with it. Foster, a police-constable, No. 207 H, was going home and met the prisoner, who looked straight at him. Foster had hoard of the robbery, and thought the conduct of the prisoner suspicious. Fos ter then followed him, the prisoner commenced running, and a cry of " Stop thief" was raised. A man shoved the prisoner into a door-way, and he was captured, and the young lady's umbrella was found upon him : It was urged that the prisoner was not a regular thief, that he had been drinking to excess yesterday; and that he was very sorry for what he had done. His parents were said to be very respectable. He pleaded guilty, and Mr. Paget, who at first thought of sending him for trial, sentenced him to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SYSTEMATIC ROBBERY.—George Anderson, porter in the employ of Mr. Sparrow, brushmaker, of No. 89, Pic cadily, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a quantity of wash leather, the property of his employer. Mr. Sparrow said that having missed a quantity of sponges for some time past, and being informed that some wash leathers were secreted in a coal cellar, he went after the prisoner on leaving his premises and brought him back, telling him he would tell him what he wanted him for presently. On following the prisoner back to his shop, he took out of his pocket the leathers produced, and on accusing the prisoner of having been in the practice of robbing him, he admitted it, and said he was in the habit of selling leathers to cabmen. Police-constable Burgess, 27 C R, proved finding some sponges concealed in Mr. Sparrow's coal cellar. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was committed for six months with hard labour. MARICE 7 8-21118 DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. February 12.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market quiet. COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN STAFFORDSHIRE. -- On ------ - Wednesday night an explosion of firedamp occurred at the Woodshutts Colliery, Talke-o'-th'-Hill, Staffordshire, be longing to Messrs. Cooper and Haslope, in the neighbour hood of the pit at which 90 men were killed in December 1895. There were two men killed instantly ; two others were so severely burnt that they only lived a short time after the explosion, and others were more or loss injured. The deceased men were named James Griffiths, William Smith, Thomas Cooke, and Joseph Haines. Besides the loss of human life some horses have been killed. Had the explosion occurred earlier, when there were more of the men at work, the loss of life must have been enormous. [ADVERTISEMENT:I—HoIIoway's Pills are the only uni versal medicine of the present day. No combination of drugs can excel it in cooling, purifying, regulating, and apoi Hive qualities. The sun never sets upon the scene of its beneficial influence. No part of the globe fails to re cord its voluntary testimony to this medicine's merits. In lands both civilised and savage it is the medicine of the million for the internal complaints of the human frame. This famous medicine gives tone and vigour to a debili tated constitution, and immediately restores health to tho-o who suffer from sick headache, loss of appetite, im purity of the blood, or in f a c t an y of the internal diseases that are utterly beyond the roach of Litman aid. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1869. SHARE LIST. ---,.._..0..._.........-.. ORDINAIIy &Hi:LK - IGB Arm STOCKS. share Railways. Paid. - Cloainz Business Prior. done. at Bristol and Exeter...... 10) 78 82 et Oaledonian e.i.riortau at Dublin & Belfa s t .... st Dun„Pertb,& Ab.Junc lOO 70 72 2 East Landon 20 Ito 15 2) Do 10 • Glasgow & h=. Western lOO 98 ICO at Great Eastern .. .00 421 44 423 st Do. E. Augl. No. 2 lOO 7 9 st Great North of Scotland lOO 15 :8 st Great Northern lOO 1121 'l3} 11.3 at Do. A stock lOO 112 114 1121 it Do. Bat pet lOO 125 1.7 at (RS, and W. 01 Ireland loo i 7 9 s! Gt. Western -Original li3O 53 535 6t, Du. South Wales . 100 OS et Do. W. Mid.—Oxlorc lOO 18 19 et Do. Newport lO3 11 et Lancashire .h Yorksli re lOO 124 30 et Lou., Brigii.,& S.Coas 0) Do Scrip at l on., Chat., and Dover lov 171 171 171 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO at Lon. & North INestert lOO 1191 20 1203 3 at Lon. & South Western lOO 9 t 93 1)3 at Man., Shel., & Lincoln lOO 501 5 1 801 at Metropolitan ..... lOO 11 IDI 1113 3 at Do Exteusim .. 100 1t,61 1u75 10 Do. New rd at Metropolitan District, all 83 57 10 Metrop. St. John's 1i oo 1 6 - at Mtuiand st Do, !limb). & Dart,' lOO 89 91 st North British . ..... at Do. lid., Yth., & Dun lOO at Nor. !Eastern—Berwick IEO 106 1061 1053 25 Do. G. N.E purchase 16.13.4 st Do Leeds . ....... ;00 59 61 at Do York . 955 9.4 981 st Do Carlisle st Do Stock. & Darling lOO 13: 133 133 21 at North Lon lou 10 Do New 1898 . . 2 15 2 p at North Staffordshire...." 100 58 60 at North and S.-W. Jnnetion 100 103 105 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 st Rhymney at Shropshire Union lOO 59 69 st South Dev0n... st South Eastern lOO 82 811 321 / st Staines, Wok'hant, & Wok all 12 13 , 4r 'ad Vide lOO 115 150 • - Do. C ~. li 3 1 Waterford & Kilkenuy lOO 10 Waterloo & Whitoha.l 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cont. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qra., No. 2 lOO ~. at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cont lOO at do. Ordinary lOO 80 84 t Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all „, st i Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen J unction lOO 105 107 t Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO at (It. Easter; E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102 at Do eo N 0.2 100 99 102 at Do to 6 per cent 100 106 108 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 at Do du B 6 do. 100 at Do do 0 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 103 104 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 09 71 et Do Norfolk p.c.Ex.1816 100 m ,„ at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. lB47 100 „, at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 ,„ at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ,„ at Do 4 1 do do do 100 ,„ at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO „, at; Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at, Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 stj GEWeat.—Orig.&Jnt. - Rent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 103 101 st Do. Orig. (3. &H. Ex). 5 p.c 100 95 101 et Do do 4, per cent. 1850 100 88 91 st Do do 4 do do IOJ 78 81 791 at tlo do 5 per cant. rolein. 100 9.; 97 at Do do Binning:lam gun 100 63 70 st Do do do pref... 100 at Do du Chester gua lOO ; 2 71 at Do do ' do S per cent lOO st Do do do 5 do 100 95 14)0 • at Do South Wales, gin. 4 p.c. 190 ,„ at Do do 41 p.c lO3 ,„ at Do do 4 ; 1850 lOO ,„ et Do do 5 at Do Ws:11301A Oxford Ist g. 10, lilt 116 at Do do 2,1 gua. 100 110 112 at Do Newport, lat g. 5 p.c. 100 vs at Do du 21 do 103 110 103 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ,„ too Lancaster & Carlisle 44 p.c all at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 10 135 at Do Barnsley, 45 33103 p.c. 100 ,„ at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 45 (Blackburn pureh). 100 ps 102 at London & Brighton, 3p. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ••• ••• at Du 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO ,„ at Do 6 do do lOO ,„ at Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO „, at Do 7 per cent 1 0 ,„ „. at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 1)0 at Da 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ~, at London and IT.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 10 111 at Do Bedford &Cambridge 10) at Do Shrewsli'y & Welchp'l lOO „, at London and 7 p,c. late 3d shares, lOO 145 15) I. Do (Portam. perp ans. 2s6d) all ,„ Man., Shef.,&Lincln. 6 p.c 100 111 117 Do £6 all par 1 pin Do 35 per cent lOO 60 65 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 „, Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 135 140 Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c 100 1 3 lid Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 101 102 Do 41 per cent. irredecm lOl 100 1 2 Do Leicester & Welin,4;p.e lOO 00 92 North British, 5 p.c. No. 1. 100 „ Do E. & G. 4 p. c. S. & D lOO ••• Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO • Do Border Union, 51 p.c... 100 NEastern—Uons. 4 p.c 100 C; Bs .d .- Do 44 per cent. roduem..... 100 115 U 7 Do G N.E. 4 per cent., lOO Do Berwick capital 813.4. ••• ••• Do York, IL& S. purchase lO 1 . 6 14 Do Stektu &Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 108 110 Do W, Elartlepool if. audit lOO 87 8) North Staffordshire 1.0.6) all 20 21 S. Devon Annuities, 1 a a ll 9 1 101 Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 010 Do Fixed 41 p e r cen t all 8 9 S. East. (Read. A nna . all 22 23 Do 41 percent 1 1 . ( 0 ):: 41 41 Waterford &Kilkenny, c • Do Fixed 4/ p er cent lOO ..• ••• Taff Vale No.l 100 145 P" 10s 1 0.6. RAIL WAYS ,- -PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. st Caledonian 41 pc g lOO et Do Scot. Can. min. 7p c. 100 at Do 4i p irredeem all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 6.5 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 et Do 5 do, 1862 100 et Do New 5 do, 1863 100 et Do do 5 do, 1864 100 et Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 st Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 st Do Boston & Sleafd, 44 pc 100 st Great West., W. Midl., 5p c 100 et Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 et Do do 6 p c irred., 1866 100 2) Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B 100 5 Lanc. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 st Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 et Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 sdo st Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 et Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 Do do C 6 p.c 100 et London &N. Western, 5p c 100 et London &S. Western, 41 pc 100 10 Man. ihef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all et:, Metropolitan 5 per cent. at Midland, A. 5 per cent pref lOO st Do B 5 do 100 is Do 5p c opt. to cony, to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 18 Do Incony. New Shares 16 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 .... . . 84 st North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ... 100 at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 at Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 st Do E. & (.1 , No. 2, 5 p.c .. . 100 et Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do 5 Ile 100 et Do (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 L.g at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 la 06 et Do Stock. & DarL, D .... 100 111 Ili at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO 5 p do 1861 100 ... •. et South DEaostern, 41 • st Do sdo (Oh. Cross) 1863 100 st c, 1859 100 00 l et B p 64 inalico, 41 pc 1 1 00 .. st Victoria Vi D ct o ori daa 9J i 8 89 92 84 83 86 ,;(, 105 107 19 20 1 1 16 110 94 98 8 84 101 110 108 110 li lip i 0 1 lfp BAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL; 01'130 5 1 9 3 1 st 1:U11.4311W:m" 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer ln st Buckinghamshire 100 9 1 9 „ st Chester and Holyhead lOO 64 5 ; st Do. 51 per cent. st Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO .. s t Colchester Stour Va lle y st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 133 133 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... s Gt. Easn., Newm ., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... "' s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 69 5 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West, W. Mid., Herof 100 95 97 60 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 215 22) at London and Blackwall lOO 94 93 at Do. 41 per cent lOO st London, Clint., &c., 41 p c lOO ... at Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 ..„ 7' st Loudon and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO .., st London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 e 0 at Lowestoft, gua , 4 per cent lOO 79 83 at Do. do. 6 do. lOO .., 51 Mauch., Buxton. &Matlk .... all 6 3, at Midland, Bradford, Pref l OO 9 3 95 ' 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northernk East., 5 per cent all 53 6 . 6 bo Do. do. 6 do. all ... , st N. Eastern—iiartle 00l p ....: st N.West. A peril. pref, sp. C. 100 103 110 st Do B inininunn 11 p.c lOO „. . at Notting. &Cirantli. lt. & C lOO 92 ! ji 25 Preston and 1r yre. all 45 45 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 133 13.1 st Shrewsbury and. Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do do 8 21 2, p tit S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 100 st Do 4 per cent gua lOl 79 81 at Do 5 do st Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all .. .. 20 Do do C at Weymouth and Portland IOJ ... ... st Wilts and Somer set DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 110 120 st London and St. Katherine Ixll 48 60 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 por cont all ... ... Millwall Freehold Laud st Dock lOO 32 34 st Southampton lOO 7 76 st Surrey Common:La AO • • Closing L-usiness Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 114 t'.) 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Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 75 7 3 • 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 6 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 28 20 Do new 71 61 0 5 / 100 London d; River Plate, lim 4O 6 ' 25 Do new 10 14 1 1 20 London Ch ar t, of Australia all 221 23} 50 London and County 2O 494 504 20 Do new, iss at '2O p.m, 16 pd ll ... •• 5O London Joint Stock 1 St , 3 , 3 20 London and S outh African al 11 ia 100 London &S. - Western, lint, 20 .•• ••• 50 London & Venezuelal2l •• ••• 100 London and Westminster 2O 6 1• 6 ,1 / , 64 100 Do Scrip, i ss at 10 pm., 2O 51 "i• 100 Merchant, lint 10 Metropolitan, lina. 100 Midland, lim.. ... 20 15 l ir 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3 1 d 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 .. —lO Do .... • 50 National.... .... .................. 30 . 4 3 4 ' 20 New South Wales Wales, all all 41 43 20 North-Western ............... 71 .. ••• 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 414 424 50 I'rovinc. Bank. 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A shares 10 City Discount, line Pro- 41 4 1 31 25 City of London Real Peo party, lieu all 101 105 20 4 3 5 3 0 0 C C o it l y on o i f: l i i l w an ImproN l . i . n l i i . m 2a a 51 8 1 1 1 234 4 5 : 2:f 3 „ ( 1 1 ` 1 221 5 2 0 6 C C i i pt t y y : of ffi Al ce o s s , c l o im w Gas, ... 50 Commercia: Thelon (Assur) 5 1 I:, 6 10 Company of African Mer chants, line. 20 Continental Union Gas, line, all lti i t/ all 5 7 1879, 4 l per cent all 1011 1051 12005 CorporationC o p p r p e e f r 7 M i l i p a s 0 e : r ; :oof 41 p er cent. p eurg cen t . land London, 110000 Do. 1882, Bonds, 1882,_4i per cent. all 103. 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, Rm all 2 1 ,„ ~, 10 1:1 at Crystal Palace lOO at Do. Preference 100 94 31 , f 6 1136 . 311 10 2211 : 1 zi all 50 Credit F p o . n . .o p f Ala e ; t i u ti a u i s p li e m b .. ... 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lien 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 2 l a g t EasternDaDrlDarje e ling, ngi Assam; li m lien. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and 100 Egy pti Coal,an 9 lim. per cent. V'ro 2 71 111 111;) y Gua. by Egypt. Gov 10 an Com. & yrad. lim 64i 4d Do. New 8 10 12., 3 Eng. & Aust rat. Copper, lim 21 / i at 2o Electric Egpti & Inter. Telegraph 100 75, 5 2 , 4 10 Fairbairn Engineering .5 1 1 ,?, 100 14 E En ng g l . 20 • Fore-atreet Ww•ehouse,lim. 12 pr ' l i d English Scot. ndFo r o e a ig r 11 1Ae, Credit im. 8 71 .. 5 . ..4. L. 100 For. & Col. Gov. 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L and Gov. lOO 10 Mauritius , Credit, and 8 51 0 00 i .1 31e l A l d i Merchantl g w tee a n c r l cr l o y , : Iron Sl l Ei tha hnixi Pt e. : Works, P.4 l l.n..Shipping, iin lint , : lin . l 4: 21l all 1212105050 NorthernNatalNNeNationala wti o n La n d al ZealandDsA itßes inL:() Colonisa tiontaThneeiao&p. ..,,.11ien. m . 5 20 Nerbudda Coal & I ron, lien. 25 National Prov. Marine, line. 4 all B 10 New Consolidated Dis, lint. 3 5 ' New Quebrada, lien. . . ... .. 4.4.0 cantile Agency,lim . 24 25 New Zealand Tr ust .. and Loan, line ......• .. . 5 10 Do. B ... at North Brit. Au . 5q . ra ... 1 . ., . 17;;;Z: 100 all 50 North Brit. & Alercan. 1n... 61 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 5 Do. New ........................ ........................... 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll 5 Oriental Gas, Rm. all 10 Otago and Southlald .In 5 Ot v to e m st a ni n en G t' as lini , ... 2 a l ll 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim all 11 1 5 Do. do. ... . at Peel R. Land & Aline;l:lim 100 33 36 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 48 49 481 9 50 25 Renter's Telegram .. 50 Rhym p ne 15 Do. New . ..... . 25 Rio de Janeiro City I ... lim all 17 , 100 Royal Mail Stea.. ...... :. Gas, 3 , tn., 20 Do. lim all 231 243 y New 1867 1867 .. 10 21 lid at Scottish Aust. I nvest. .Hen. lOO 83 88 ~, at Do. 6p C. uuar. Pref. 100 ... ... w all 1 4 9 0 2 4 1 1 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte line. 10 , 7 , , 6d „ 20 Societe Gen.de l'Enepire Ot. 8 • 'Y 50 S. African Mort. & Inv, lira. 6 , .4.te 25 South Australian Land ~. all 3 5 1 i• at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip ... , „ 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.Thlm, all 17 1311 88f 4 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim ........... 2 21 24 20 Trinidad Petroleum, rim... 81 ••• 10 Trust & Agency of Aus ,lim. 1 11p 10 Do do. • do. all ... ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., 11. Canada 5 ,id P 60 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 2 4 1P 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 Id p Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 31 31p 5 5 U. Kingdom Tel. C o., li m . all 5 ; 61 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lint 5 1 144 10 Upper Assam Tea, line all 21 Zll 30 Van Dieman's Land 00 Viceroyeent( (Mortgage) rt E ga gy ge l,E o 7 per Loan all 78 781 7 8 i 3 50 Warrant Finance, lien. l2 12 100 60 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2 20 West London Wharves rind 20 21 14 Warehouses lO 1 1 . 171 28 29 41 aid 6 4,1 U 3 4 G 3 65 2tl 7 3,1 I fP 22 20 li 2 22 17d Id pr 104 105 Fa 4 4k 32 37 31 2FI I) 4 Id 9/ 31 3d ld 413 i I IP lf 11 7 45 1 2 47 62 19 20 141 15 ...d 71 71 I IP id 11) 1f 21 COLOSIA.L 41JOYBUVAINNT SECUIZITIX3 liritiab Columbia. 6 per 0ent.,1872.... .•••••••• • • 100 ..... ... -- Do. 1895 .. 190 ..... ..... Can.Gov.6 p.o.Jan.'&J Illy 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. do Aug lOO 1(4 1(6 Do. SP. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 104 106 gs 96 ... Do. sp p . c. inscribed e t 1420 90 in Jot if G Cape .Hope, 6 1: 1 • 0 • 167 • 1 •• 10 8 102 104 Do.Ap1.&0 0 1 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 lOO 108 lie Do. 5 per cent. lb April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Cej lon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 116 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 —: Mauritius, 6 p. 0,18 - — Jan. and July Do. 1878.• • •..1 )0 10 6 108 Do. 1882, M ay and Nov... 100 106 198 Do. 1895, I'eb. & Aug.... 10 106 106 Alelbourne Corporate.,.. 1867-70, 0 per et nt...... I'o 100 100 N.12.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July .. 100 101 1(5 Natal 6 p ot, Apt& Oct... 10 ) Do 6pc. M •y at N 07..... 1 02,;11 6 108 1081 N. S. W. 5 p v., '7l to '76.. 100 99 1, 1 Do. 6 p.o. 1888 to 181)6.. 100 984 991 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 Do. 5 percent.... ..... 1( 0 N.Zealaud, 6p. tit. 1891.. ICO —.— DoJan, Ap. I,July, 0 t... 100 93 9 4 94 • Do 6p c. Mar & Sept '91.. 100 108 110 -- Do June & Deo , 1-91 .... ICO 109 111 - IDo Prov. lAt o:14.1. 1 0 .... ( .krie 1& t, 1.L'0.. Dion. Scotia 6p. c Jao... and July, 1876 Lo 1.3 A.. .... Queenslnd. bp. c.:82-5 lOO 106 107 104 4 Do 180; ....... Do. 6 p 0.1868.. Do. do. /12 .... 100 108 110 Do rd. 18 93 ... „ • •••• um 107 108 Victoria 6 p.c. 1691....... 100 112 113 112} CAPTTURE OF A BRITISH 'SCHOONER OFF CUBA. Intelligence from Havanna, dated January 28th, says that the Spanish man-of-war Vcnanditto, after a sharp chase, captured, near Romana Key, an English schooner hailing from Nassau. A party of twenty-two native Cubans were found on board the vessel. They were on their way to join the insurgents on this island. It is reported that during the chase the men on the schooner, seeing that capture was inevitable, threw overboard a quantity of arms and ammunition. Spanish accounts continue to represent that the insurgents in the eastern department in large numbers are presenting themselves to the authorities and claiming the benefits of the amnesty proclamation. The wrecking schooner Arrieta, seized on suspicion, has, after investigation, been released, there being no evidence that she was engaged in carryingsupplies to the rebels. THE LICENSING SYSTEM. ELECTION PETITIONS. WESTBURY.—A second address has just been issued by Mr. C. P. Phipps, of Chalcot, brother of the unseated member for this borough, Mr. John Lewis Phipps, the Conservative candidate, asking the suffrages of the electors, and expressing his determination to contest the seat with Mr. Abraham Laverton, the Liberal candidate, on independent principles. Mr. Phipps will not pledge himself as to the Irish Church, although expressing him• 133 favourable to an adjustment of the question. lie is in favour of a seduction of the public expenditure. DUMFRIESSHIRE.-At a crowded and enthusiastic meet. ing, of the electors of the county, the following resolution was carried unanimously :—" The Liberal electors of Dumfriesshire having been informed that the petition at the instance of Major Walker has been withdrawn, and that, in consequence, Sir Sydney 11. Waterlow is duly elected and returned as member for the county, desire to express to Sir Sydney their assurance of their continued confidence and support, and request him to maintain his rosition as their representative." CITY OF LONDON.—The Globe says :—" Calculating the results of the last election, and estimating the probabilities of a single-banded contest, the supporters of the distinguished baron entertain little or no doubt of his success. The Conservatives and Con stitutionalists of the City of London must not be idle. The struggle is well worthy of their noblest and best exer tions. At the recent election the party asserted its repre sentative importance, and evinced its strength. Strong and united action will be needed to justify the promise given on that occasion. There is not a moment to be lost; if it be intended to retain the seat, immediate steps must Ile taken to secure it." THE TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. The New York Nation publishes on the Alabama Claims Treaty au article, which may be taken as a fair expr Nation notices, moderato American opi n ion on the subj e ct. The notices, first, that whilst there are heights of national indignation and depths of national feeling for which 'here is no remedy but war ; yet when once a nation agrees to arbitration it passes out of the domain of feeling into that of reason, it lays down its wrongs and goes Into court. Hence the spirit of the English nation dui ing he war, or the moral complexion. Laird's share in the de struction of American commerce ought not to affect the national judgment on the convention. Further, it is nothing against the proposed tribunal that it will not, under any circumstance; award the full amount of damage the United States has sustained at sea,or take from England the full amount of the gain which has accrued to her through the rebellion. " There is no human mode of exacting of everybody who participates in or instigates a great war the proper amount of retribution. No court is adequate to any such task. Nobody can say exactly who is responsible for a great war, or to whom it was owing that it was attended with such and such atrocities or did not end at such and such a time. We might as well attempt to put the Demo cratic party on its trial for the rebellion." As it appears to the Nation the Convention does contain one great fault, flagrant and patent, and that is the mode of appointing the umpire who is to decide in case the commis sioners cannot agree upon the same person. This umpire is to be chosen by lot out of two previously selected by both parties, so that even the question of Eng land's liability might be decided at the outset by an Englishman or a pet son selected by Eng land. If the arbiter may be chosen by lot under such cir cumstances, the whole question might as well be decided at once by tossing up a cont. The object of the commission is not simply to give a decision, but to give a decision which both parties are likely to respect, and a decision arrived at, even in part, by blind chance would command nobody's re spect, and probably would not be enforced. But then the Senate is at least as likely to see this, as well as other weak points of the convention, as anybody out of doors, and we may feel rosured that it will be satisfactory in any form in which it issues from their hands. Evan Mr. Seward's great point, the submission to the commission of the propriety, in point of timo, of the concession of belligerent rights to the insurgents by Great Britain, would hardly give troubl; even if England had refused to agree to it, because nobody has ever been able to see how that, or any other notorious fact, could be kept back from the consideration of the commission." From this it will be seen that the Nation assumes the reference of our recognition of the Southern blllligerency as a matter of course. Two women were committed for trial yesterday at Bow -street for a daring burglary. They broke into a house In Bedford-place, and stole plate to the value of £5O. A fearful story is told of the sufferings of the crew of the barque Cadet, which left Liverpool for Philadelphia. She was provisioned for thirty-five days, but being driven out of her course by violent gales, the men were reduced almost to the point of starvation. Their provisions were reduced to ten pounds of fi u when they fortunately spoke a vessel and obtained a small supply of food, which enabled them ultimately to reach Philadelphia. But for this timely assistance they must have all perished. At the annual meeting of the Nottingham Ragged School, Mr. Mundella, M.P., trusted that the time was at hand when there would be no need for ragged schools as they now existed; but in the present states of our educa tional system they filled a most important void. It was the duty of the State to educate the neglected chil dren of the poor, and he hoped it would do so soon. In Manchester alone there were 6,000 neglected children about the streets, and be did hope that Christian men would deal with the question of education in the right spirit, and not allow theological differences to stand in the way. At the annual meeting of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce Mr. Baines, M.P., was present, and spoke at some length on the prospects of commercial legislation. 2lr. Baines said that he hoped the Bankruptcy Bid would have a good chance of passing this year. Ho thought there had been a needless delay in obtaining the returns, which were called for a year ago, respecting the amount of machinery and the number of hands m loyod iu the factories of the country. Mr. Baines touched upon several other topics connected w:th commer cial reform, including the Austrian and American tariffs and the registration of partnership, and expressed himself favoural le to the establishment of courts of concillati6n. RITUALISM'.—The Rev. Charles - Voysey, vicar of Healangb, in the diocese of York, propounds a simple and ready cure for ritualism. It is that an Act of Parlia ment should be passed abolishing the ceremony of conse crating the elements at the Holy Communion. Mr. Voysey thinks this "slight change" would be accepted to Parliament, because, among other reasons, the proportion of communicants in time Church of England, as eon.pared with the number of her members, is absurdly small. His ctxraordinary proposal appears in the form of a letter to the Yorkshire Gazette. The fey. S. A. Steinthal read a paper on the amend ment of the licensing system, at a meeting of the Man chester Statistical Society. He said that the first point upon which the advocates of restriction were agreed was that uniformity was required in the law. At the present time a man could go and get a license for the sale of wine and beer, although the magis trates and inhabitants of a district concurred that no such license was needed ; and the applicant for a magistrate& certificate had, when refused, the power to appeal to the quarter sessions, where he might obtain a certificate in the teeth of all local opposition. He recommended the formation of a licensing board, the members of which be annually elected by the ratepayers, to whom they would be responsible, and who would send the members of whose actions they disap proved back into private life. Having only one special duty to perform, the board would be able to do that duty well and efficiently. It was his conviction, founded on more than twenty years' study of the question, that when every possible amendment had been intro duced into the licensing system, the resuit would still prove unsatisfactory in removing drunkenness and its attendant evils ; for, so long as the public sale of drink was allowed, so long a proportionate amount of intern perance would afflict the community. Mr. Steinthal coif- I eluded by expressing his approval of the measure pro moted by the United Kingdom Alliance. SPIRIT OF THE irOiiLIO JOURNALS. the country ; and the country lias returned au answer as clear. To give effect to that answer, Mr. Glad- stone and his colleagues have been carried into power. Mr. Gladstone, as his speech last night showed, feels keerly and solemnly the oblization w hich rests upon him. He does not disguise the arduous nature of • the task he has undertaken. He and his colleagues have put their hands to the plough, and will not look back. Without hesitation or delay, but with prudence and consideration, they will apply themselves to the work which the nation has committed to them. If there are many obstacles to be overcome, there are great helps and encouragements. The Telegraph declares that the Prime Minister could not have been expected to describe his policy with anything like minuteness of detail. A disquisition on the difficulties of disestablishing the Irish Church, and the precise means by which the obstacles must be overcome, would have been completely out of place. What provision should be made for the government of the Church, what amount of property should be left in its hands, and to what use the balance should be put—these are questions which must be discussed in the House of Commons. But though Mr. Gladstone kept away from the technical points of the subject, be indicated in general terms how he and his colleagues meant to act. The difficulty, he said, could not be overcome in a day, or by a single bill. Not one, but many measures, lie added, might bo requisite to carry out that policy which was shadowed forth in the three Resolutions. Tbis is a most signi ficant announcement. For the first time Mr. Gladstone has formally declared that the process of disestablislunent and disendownient cannot be achieved at one stroke, but must result from a series of efforts. When the question was first mooted the more ardent Reformers fondly fancied that the Irish Church, as a State institution, might be brushed away at ono sweep of the legislative broom. A deeper study of the question has shewn that the task bristles with difficulties which must be conquered one by one, and which it may take more even than a single session thoroughly to overcome. THE SOLIVAY JUNCTION .RAILTV AY. hope to see the compl e ti on of l o n ne a lof'etrY few weekshegreat we may achievements of modern engineering p great viaduct across the Solw a y, w hi c h i e s n t t o e enterprise. The rilsn adirect line of railway between the south of Scot ' land and the west coast of Cumberland,is progressing rapidly, though the difficulties in the way of construction have been great. There is an unreclaimed moss on the Cumber land side, over a mile and three-quarters of which the line has to pass, and the task of draining this moss and laying the way over it has been a formidable one. The scheme originated in a desire to revive the diminished trade of Annan, and Mr. Brunlees, of London, is the engineer in-chief. This gentleman was consulted resp ec ti ng a smaller plan, but at once sa w the importance of carrying a line across the Solway to accommodate the mineral district of West Cumberland, by opening up a more direct and cheaper route to Scotland. The scheme was taken up and a company formed, but so sceptical were the people of the neighbourhood, that it was not until they saw the viaduct fairly compl e t e that they would believe so gigantic an und er t a ki ng could be carried out. The journey is not a very long one, as the total length of the new way laid down is not more than eighteen miles. Starting from the Kirtlebridge Station, the line takes a southerly direction, and reaches its summit 230 feet above the level of the Solway, near Lockerbie. Directly after this it descends to the Solway, at a gradient of lin 90. Here begin the difficulties and the cuttings, and embankments continue at intervals to Seafield, where the viaduct begins. At the point where the railway crosses the Firth the distance from shore to shore is 2,544 yards, of which nearly 600 yards are composed of sea embankment, and the remaining 1,950 consist of the iron viaduct. The banks have occa sioned great anxiety, as the spring tide rises 21 or 22 feet, The north bank has been completed for some time, and the south bank is now nearly finished. The construction of the viaduct is very simple. It is built of wrought and cast-iron. The levels of the foundation piles vary with the bed of the Solway, the lowest being in the English Channel, where the top of the foundation piles is within 18 inches of low water at spring tides. It was originally intended to use screw piles for the foundation, but after six months' fruitless trials it was decided to adopt driving. The bed of the Solway is composed of stony, coarse gravel, covered with constantly-shifting- sand, so that screw piles were got down more than 12 feet. The driving, although more successful, was a work of great difficulty, and had to be carried on night and day, as the tide allowed, in specially-constructed barges. On one occasion two of these barges were lost in a storm. The total weight of cast-iron in the viaduct is 2,892 tons, and of wrought iron 1,807 tons. The whole of the superstruc ture was erected without scaffolding. It is thought that the total cost of spanning the Solway and forming the sea banks will not exceed £lOO,OOO. That the - work has been well done is shewn by the viaduct having borne unshaken the passage of the heavy waggons carrying over the material for the southern bank. There have been, too, some heavy gales and some very high tides since it was first undertaken. Conslilering the importance of the work in a commercial point of view, and the difficulties with which the engineers have had to contend, its successful completion is a matter of public congratulation. The Royal Commissioners on Ritual hold a sitting on Thursday, at the Jerusalem. Chamber, West- minster. A memorial is about to be presented to the Com mander-in-Chief from the Woolwich Local Board of Health, requesting him to prolong the stay of Major- General E. C. Warde, C. 8., ILA., whose period of office of commander of the garrison will expire in June next. The major-general commanding is highly valued by the inhabitants for his kindness to them, and they have expressed a hope that amid nil the painful changes which are so suddenly occuring among the Government officials, he, the commandant, at least may be permitted to remain at his post, as one who knows so mucheaibi outthetowonn ma y h e lp to mitigate the fe ar f u l di s t ress which at present ra exists, owing to the immense numb er of discharged teductim fro; the Viovernracut Works. - The Ti nos observes that the Fishmongers are the chief of Liberal companies, afid if proof were wanted it may be found in th e f act that they have forestalled all the world in entertaining the Ministry as a Ministry. It might be supposed to follow naturally that they who had been most prompt in hospitality would be the first to receive the con fidence of the Ministry. Mr. Gladstone recognised the anticipation, but it seems probable that many Fishmongers left their hall yesternight with a feeling that, after all, they had not learnt much of the intentions of the Cabinet. The Premier pledged himself that not a moment should be lost in maturing measures which, when produced and explained, would gratify to the full the sentiment of public curiosity, and with this he begged to be excused from any further immediate reveation. There are many excel lent reasons for this reticence. It might be plausibly urged that the first statement of their policy must be rendered by the Ministers of the Crown to Parliament. Another reason may be discovered in the promise that the necessary measures of the future shall be matured as quickly as possible, since it follows that they are not matured at present, and it would be plainly premature to discuss a scheme of legislation, the details of which are not yet completed. As it was, Mr. Gladstone reaffirmed the principles of national action upon which the Government entered office, and promised that they should be prosecuted to success. The policy approved by repeated majorities in the House of Commons, approved still more decisively by the tribunal recognised by all parties , asthe tribunal of last appeal, remains the paramount object of the Ministry. Religious equality in Ireland, and a union not merely of law, but of sentiment and affection, between the two countries are the objects to be attained. Mr. Gladstone, however, did not conceal the difficulty of the task to which the Government has devoted itself ; and it may even be that he somewhat depressed his hearers by the careful way in which he spoke of the future. But the difficulties attendant on the Ministerial policy, undeniable as they are, ought not to hamper the progress of a Government commanding the majority Mr. Gladstone has at his command. Let the Ministerial plans be clear and unwavering and in faithful correspondence with the resolutions of last session, and the rest is simple. A. Ministry carried into office by the acclamation, as we may almost affirm, of the nation, and supported above all, as Mr. Gladstone rightly claimed for them last night, by their own conviction that the cause to which they are devoted is the cause of justice and public weal, could not fail to overcome obstacles infinitely more serious than any besetting the path of the present Government, and to carry their counsels to perfection. The Daily News, in commenting upon the same subject, says that the most sanguine Fishmonger could scarcely have expected that the Prime Minister would last night anti cipate the Queen's message and the usual announcements to Parliament, and inform the brilliant company which welcomed him of the measures which her Majesty's Government has in preparation. But Mr. Gladstone's speech last evening was not confined to eloquent gene ralities or festive compliments. It was a manifesto, and a very timely one. It was well suited to combat the misgivings and scepticism which have been sedulously fostered as to the intentions and conduct of Ministers. Mr. Gladstone reminded his audience of that of which he himself, we doubt not, never loses recollection —the circumstances in which he and his colleagues have acceded to office. An issue bad been dis tinctly raised and met ; it was clearly submitted to Lap t ure.. Patcham.. Gatmymede ..... VICTORIA CLUi—Tres DAT. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 8 to 1 agst Sycee (taken) 9 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (offered) 100 to 9 agst Drummer (taken) 100 to 8 agst Silenus (offered) 100 to 8 agst Formosa (taken) 100 to 7 agst George Osbaldeston (taken and off.) 100 to 6 agst Islam (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Uncas (offered) 20 to 1 agst Choral (offered) 20 to 1 agst Friday (offered) 25 to 1 agst Warrington (taken) 25 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (taken and offered) 25 to 1 eget Mr. Pitt(taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Anlaco (taken) 40 to 1 agst Bessie Dixon (offered) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 11 to 1 agst Colonel (offered) 100 to 6 agst Tathwell (taken) 100 to 6engst Fan offered) 25 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (offered) 28 to 1 agst Despatch (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Dick Turpin (taken) 83 to 1 agst Fortnnatus (taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst Bishopton (offered) 40 to 1 agst Guy of Warwick (taken) 40 to 1 agst Brick (taken) 50 to 1 agst Sultan (offered) 50 to 1 agst Billy Gladstone (taxon and offered) 50 to 1 ngst Bristles (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Juryman (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Clansman (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Malvern (offered) CHESTER CUP. 22 to 1 agst St. Mungo (offered) 25 to 1 agst .gear: (taken and offered) TWO THOUSAND. Bto 1 agst Belladrum (offered) 10 to 1 agst Ethus (offered) TUE DERBY. sto 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken) 7to 1 agst, Belladrutu (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Drennus (taken) BENTINCK CLUB.—Tms DAY. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 8t) 1 agst Sycee (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Drummer (taken) 100 to 8 agst George Osbaldcston (taken and off) 14 to 1 apt Formosa (taken) 23 to 1 agst Warrington (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Pitt (taken) GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 25 to 1 agst Dick Turpin (taken and offered) WATERLOO CUP. 25 to 1 agst agst Jones's, nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Crawford's nomination (taken) LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING ADMIRALTY, TED. 9. Commander Frederick Ililde6rand Stevens has been promoted to be lt,tired Captain under the provisions of her Majesty's Orders in Council of Ist August, 1860, 9th July, 1864, and 24th March, 1866, from the 10th of January last. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 191 ... 12 f Do Rotterdam... — ... 12 1 ... 12f If Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 40 Brussels - ... 25 35 ... 25 40 llamburgia — ... 13 10 ... 13 101 Paris Ditto Marseilles - ... '25 371 Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 12Uf Vienna — .. 12 27 ... 12 32 Trieste - -. ••• 12 27 ... ]2 32 Petersburg Copenhagen... ...... .• Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 481 ... 48f Leghorn Milan — ... 26 35 ... 26 45 Genoa — ... 26 35 ... 26 45 Naples Palermo Messina - Lisbon 591 521 Oporto Rio Janeiro - . ::: 5 : 24 •.... 521 • New York — .. —.— TVESTIIIINSTER ALEC 7 10 y PETITION. THIS DAY. The inquiry into this case commenced to-day, at 10 o'clock, in the Westminster Sessions Court, before Mr. Baron Martin. The petition is that of Mr. James Beale, who charges Mr. Smith with being guilty, through his agents, of brihery and treating. Mr. F. Stephen opened the case for the petitioners. Ho said the ground of complaint against Mr. Smith, as set forth in the petition, was, that he had been guilty, by his agents, of bribery and treating. The expenses in curred by Mr. Smith in 1865, when he was a candidate for the representation of Westminster, amounted to £5,000, whilst his expenses on the occasion of the last election were, according to the official return, no less than £8,909 17s. 7d. Of the constituency of Westminster which Lumbered about 18,000, 7,648 votes were recorded for Mr. Smith, thus leaving on an average the sum of £1 3s. 3d. as the expense of each voter. The expenses of Captain Grosvenor and Mr. Stuart Mill on the occasion of the last election were only £2,300. It appers that a sum of £6,500 was expended under the four following items, viz., central committee expenses, £1,463 10s. 11d. ; district committee expenses, £6,599 15s. 3d. agents. £1,747 19s. ; and for advortistng, £689 2s. Of the sum of £6,500, no less than £2,500 was either not vouched for or imperfectly Ivouched for. There was a sum of no less than £1,226 9s. 6d., for which there were only for what he (the learned counsel) could call colourable vouchers. In theee wards, namely, those of St. George, Knightsbridge, and St. John's the sum of £1,131 18s. Bd. was expended, and those expenses have not been vouched for, or had bees improperly vouched for. One of the items of expense was £209 to Mr. Henry Edwards. On the part of this man Edwards, who was a farmer at St. was Alb a ans, c h o e nl ( i l e f t r e . d St a e nd phen p ) ro d fe id ssi n o o n t al b esi briber.tate to Onesay tohfatthhee principal supporters of Mr. Smith at the last election was the Hon. Mr. Grimston, who resided at Watford, which was not a great distance from St. Albans, and Edwards and that gentleman had been seen together on several occasions. Mr. Stephens then proceeded to refer to the cases of colourable treating, and men tioned the names of several persons who were paid 7s. a week for exhibiting a board with Mr. Smith's electioneering address pasted on it, outside their shop doors. The sum of £209 had been expended in this way, and he should be able to prove that Edwards had committed bribery by colourable payments to those per sons. There were three cases of treating, the first of which was at a public-house called the Merlin's Cave, where, at a meeting held in support of Mr. Smith's canvass every body present partook of drink without paying for it. That was followed by a more serious transaction in the course of a few days. Mr. Smith went personally to the Merlin's Cave, held a meeting, and addressed a considerable number of persona. At that meeting not only did every pbreotpwr e i eteit,nnofci; including a tr h gn o suo u a s n e t a y n o d f a c f t h e a r m a p s a l i g o ia r e t body have what he pleased, b u t M r. S m i th went to Mr. or c l On a v ik e e r r :at t io h n e wl a , d i c o b i e t e layp persontLc, ther observations,m p i e t 1 1 on partook. ai da n After d o some fie f Mr. Stephen proceeded to call his witnesses. ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY.—On Wednesday Mr. Hugh Cameron and Mr. It. I'. Ross were elected Academicians, in room of the late Mr. John Stevens and Mr. W. B. Johnstone. PROVINCIAL BANKING.—The net profits of the Bradford Banking Company for 1868 amounted to £39,785 ; out of this sum the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 19 per share, absorbing .£47,b11 The Union rank of LivGrpocl pays 10 per cent. for 18GP ; the total Fronts of the year were £57,G20. The reservea " surplus fund w a s i ncrease d f rom £ lB9, 3113 to £200,712 during 1868. THIRD E NOTICE, The Third Edition of " The Sun " of hit Evoaing was published in timD for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. SPORTING. INTELLIGENCE—This .la,/ - - STREATHAM RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MITCHAM HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. No race. SUBURBAN PLATE. Vivandiere King of Spades Rod in Pickle Seven ran. Winner objected to, Lut overruled, and Vivandiere gets the stakes. II UNTE RS' STEEPLECHASE. Wade......... Kingfisher.. . 2 Four ran. SEL•LI\'G ILINDICAP. W.O. SELLING STEEPLECHASE.