The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-15 00:00:00

NEY MARKET CO3l AND MERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocs. Business was by no means brisk to-day. Consols, however, have maintained their prices ; and the same may be said generally of foreign securities. There has been a trifling business stirring in rail ways, and the Metropolitan Extension Stock has advanced 1 per cent. Consols are 92 3 4 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 921 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 93 2i ; New Three per Cents, 92i 3i-; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 212 4. India Stock, 10i per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 f 12 ; ditto Debentures, 5 per Cent., Aug., 1873, 101;. In the foreign Market Turkish Five per Cents. have risen 1, 37-a 37i ex div., and Italian Five per Cents. are better, at 53 53+; Mexican Bonds remain at 15 -4 f51, Greek at 111 12, and the New Spanish at 30} 30i. Italian Scrip is at 1 prem., and the last Russian Railway Loan is 1 dis., por. Egyptian Seven per Cent. Loan of 1868 is now now 70i 702 ex div. The Honduras Loan remains at 85 87 cx coupon. In the railway market there has been a trifling Improvement, and quotations are asfollow :—Caledo nian, 771 8 ; Great Westerns, 49 a ; Great Eastern 421 k ; Great Northern, 107 8 ; ditto A, 1081 4 . Lancashire, 1291 30 ; Metropolitan, 1091 4 ; do . Extension, 1041 51 ; Midland, 1142 113 ; Shef field, 471 4 ; Brighton, 511 ; North British, 331 4 ; North Western, 1142 15 ; North Eastern, (Ber wick), 1032 4 ; South Eastern, 79i 4 ; Chatham and Dover, 17 I. Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per Cent. Debenture Stock is 90 91 ex div. American Five-Twenties have improved a, to 741 7a ; the Bonds of 1885 remain at 731 731 ; and the Ten-Forty Bonds at 72 72i. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben tures are firm, at 414 424, and the Consoli dated Mortgage Bonds at 46 461, showing a rise of a in the former. Eries are 4 better, at 261 264, and Illinois Central stock is unchanged at 922 93 1 1 - ex div. The prices of Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re main unaltered. At the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the United Discount Corporation, held this day at the London Tavern, the report and accounts were adopted, and a dividend of 3s. 7d. per share, free of income tax, was declared payable on and after the 19th inst. At the third ordinary general meeting of the Metropolitan Bank, held to-day at the London Tavern, the report, after a short discussion, was agreed to unanimously, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, was declared. There were no gold operations at the Bauk yes terday. The steamer Panama, from Liverpool for Rio, has taken £20,000 in specie. The return of paid clearing for the week ending 13th January, issued from the Bankers' Clearing house, is as follows :—Thursday, January 7th, £ 9 ,830,000; Friday, Bth, £11,533,000; Saturday, 9 th, £12,337,000 ; Monday, 11th, £10,973,000 ; Tuesday, 12 th, £10,761,000; and Wednesday, 13th, £ 9 ,857,000—t0ta1, £65,291,000. It was announced yesterday afternoon that the project for a new railway to Brighton had been a bandoned—at least for the present. Advices from Manchester report that the New York firm referred to as having failed for a large sum, owing to unsuccessful transactions in cotton, is Messrs. Neilson and Neilson. The liabilities are stated to exceed £BOO,OOO. It is asserted that the partners were large operators for a fall in cot ton, which has experienced a considerable rise of late. A petition for the winding-up of the Penryn Granite Quarries Company, Limited, is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor Malius on the 22d inst. The report of the Alliance Bank, Limited, to be presented on the 21st inst., shows an available total of £14,992, and recommends a dividend of 7s. 61. per share, being at the rate of 3 per cent. Per annum. The directors of the London Joint-Stock Bank have resolved to declare, at the meeting on the 21st Inst., the usual dividend at the rate of 12f per cent. per annum. The directors of the City Bank have decided to declare a dividend at the meeting on the 19th inst. at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. The report of the directors of the Victoria Station a nd Pimlico Railway Company, to be presented at the half-yearly meeting on the 18th inst., states that the revenue shows a balance available fir the Usual dividend of 9 per cent. per annum. The directors of the Universal Marine Insurance C ompany (Limited) have resolved to recommend a payment of ss. per share, making with the 2s. 6d. raid in July last, 7s. 6d. per share, or 7} per cent. the paid-up capital of the Company for the year 1868. The report of the National Discount Company to 1 , 3 ,e presented on the 20th inst. recommends a divi uend at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum. At the meeting of the Westminster Brewery Colll pany (Limited) the net profit during the past twelve months was stated at £6,056, and a dividend of 2 per cent. was declared for the last half-year, Ing a total distribution of 5 per cent. f o r th e Yer 1868. The directors of the London a n d St. K a th ar i ne t Mils Company will recommend at the approaching M eeting a di v id en d on the company ' s Ordinary stock of £1 ss. per cent. for the half-year, making, I jith the dividend declared in July last, 2/ per cent. for the year. At the meeting of the Nerbudda Coal Company Yesterday, Mr. H. Haymen in the chair, the pro 1308al of the board to divide the capital into ' 1 : 1111r es of £1 each, with Os paid, was not adopted, , 11 `i in consequence the chairman immediately re ihgned. With reference to the Mexican Three per Cent. ' b onds of 1864, Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. announce that, pursuant to the recent decree of the the : Ice- Chancellor, they will beprepared on and after 2 5th inst., to pay a dividend of 1 per cent. on prese ntation of the coupons due the Ist July. 1866. -'ertiticates will be issued representing the u n p a id bala nce of those coupons. lThe num b ers are published of bonds amounting X 12,300 o f t h e S we di s h Government Four-and aalf per C en t. L oan of 1864, f or £ 2,223,000, ,vlicia were drawn by lot on the 2d i nstan t, a t 'tockholm, and are to be paid off at par. The return from the Bank of England for the ; 454 64 k end e d the 13th of January gives the following It i tl when c ompare d w i t h t h e prev i ous wee k ...... , , , ••• £3 265 846 Increase ... £78012 Publicl:pos.its 0 d posits 21,117,897 ... Increase .. 1622,092 0 4 he+ other side of the account :- 7•rnrasnt securi -0,,1a 6............. I securiti es l7 707,005 ... Decrease ... 2,939,491 In employed 8,40,8750 Decrease ... 3,805 13 : a mount of notes in circulation is £24,125,360, Ing an increase of £100,865 ; an d t h e stoc k o f a.nullion in both d e p ar t me nt s i s £18,608 ,324, showing prn inc rease of £88,963 when compa re d w i t h the " e cling return. of Subjoined is a comparison of the present position ko the Bank of England and the prices of Consols Prench Rotates with the corresponding week of Yaar At Present. Same Week last Year. Pr 1. 131 : 11 11. 6 u Relates ......... 70f. 40c. 681. 77c. 1" .ilct 50R 324 £22,086,213 r ••. ........... _ . v!3 .................. 9,472,964 ... 12,46 , 1, , 44_ 0 3 Notes in ci rculation... 24,125,360 ... 21,3L4,‘ o' 4 ' l ' B of discount ...... 3 per cent. ... 2 per cent. ,sitsos ........ 921 921 BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. tiOTE RNME NT FUNDS.; - Per Cent. Consols Ditto ' 924 1 . or ,iecount, .... ~.per Cent. Reduced 93 2-k 3F, New 3, per Cent 92i 3 Do. 2 y Per Cont. Jan. 1894 '-'°' Per OVAL o an. 1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. — I Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 Do (Red Sea Tele6raph), Aug., 1908 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per (it Do. £5OO Do. £lOO & £2,00 — pill Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent Do. account Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial Cranium INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES India 7 Lock, 10i per Cent., April 1874... 2111 13 Do. Opening, for Account -- Do. 5 per Cent..fuly, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Eufaced Papei 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5 per 0 ,, 0t. May 1879 — Di per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 lO4l Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — D,.. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 _ lO4l Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO r)o. wider £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. A.r ;entitle IZepub'tc, $ per Cent Do., Scrip £45 paid .. . Au ;triAn bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 621 Br tailian 5 per Cent — )o. 11 per Cent., 1852 Do. do. 1858 — Do. do., 180 1)o. do., 1863 Do. 5 per Cont., 1565 Do Account 7Bi i B .er.os Ayres 6 per Cent. De 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ; Cu a, 6 per Cent. o.:iliati 6 per Cent — no. 4t per Cent...,,,, — Do. 3 per Cant., — ro. 6 por co' t. 1867 93 Po. 7 per Cont., 1866 C lo nbian, 6 per Cent. Dan'sn 3 per Cent., 1825 Dailabian Principalities, 7 ler Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Esyptittn, 7 per Cent — Do tiecoud Issue — ••••• Do. .4.5!i(, Bonds B2k Do. £lOO Bonds ••••• Do. 1854 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. 4100 Bonds 9O 89* English Scrip,:lB6B; 7l Do do. .£45 pd — di Government Railway Debentures Greets 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups. — Do. Aeccunt Do. Coupons Do. Account 3-latent:tin, 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd lti tian 6 per Cent., 1865 — .)o.Account ~. — Do MAremmana Railway 55 , imxicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do g per Cont. Anglo-French — outevidvan 3 per Cent. . — oorish Imperial 5 per Cent vow Granada Do 3 per Cen 3s} Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) I — Peruvian 5 per Cont. .1.665 Do Account 761 7 Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren) per UOLIL. k t., A .----- Do 44 2 . Fer Cent.. 1862 -. — Do Account - Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'iio,'2.': , 36 Do. do. 1867... 351 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4i per Cent, 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 por Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., 91 Do. do. £B4 los. d 0...„ Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 lOs. do Do Nicolas Railway 661. i Sar iiuiau o per Cent 7q Spanish 3 per Cen . Do. Account Do. 1867 30i I Do. Account Do. Now Deferrou Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 63f 3 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent, 1860 • 6O 59/ Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. A.cchant Do 6 per Cent. 1864 G per Cent., 1862 Divideuns on the above payable in Loadou. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian. 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch *i , A- per Cent. Ex. 12 Gui!,. Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .......... — Do. Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 23f. Dalian 5 per Cent. 1831, E. Zsf. Do Account 531 f 3 CLOSING PRICES. Consuls,lNloney 924 Do. ,Account, Feb 4 924 BANK OF FRANCE. !PARIS, Jan. 14. 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. Jau. 14. Jan. 7. fr. c. fr. c. Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 182,500,000 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 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation ... 1,376,344,00 1,371,732,250 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 34,760,967 22 33,737,411 82 Treasury account cur rent creditor 152,566,46ft 39 154,393,196 14 Current accounts, Paris 252,235,127 17 270,906,508 91 Do. branch banks 42,332,096 45,016, 196 4 Dividends payable ,132,402 6,411,112 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries Total CREDITOR. Jan. 14. Jay. 7. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. 0 Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis- counted, not yet due 326,688,351 03 326,675,327 09 Do. branch banks 292,898,012 301,365,105 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 3,955,700 4,038,100 Do. on French Public Securities 13,354,000 13,t51,900 Do. by branch banks 6,851,300 6,873,700 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 60,000,000 Government Stock re- serve 12,980,750 14 12 , 980 , 750 14 Do. disposable [lentes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 --- 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the 13t.nk and landed property branches 8,956,414 8,956 , 249 Expenses of manage ment 23,086 32 722,115 Sundries Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. MARKE7 S-1 HIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January 15.—Sales probably 15,000 or 20,000 bales. Market strong. MABK LANE. In Mark-lane to-day the market is very flat. The prices are as yet without quotable change, but less would have to be taken to effect sales. _ SMITHFIELD AND LEADESHALL. The dead meat trade is rather heavy, and prices aro slightly lower. - - Under the imtnediate patronage of Col. Gallway, director of the Royal Engineer establishment, the first of a series of theatrical entertainments, con certs, readings, &c., was given in the lecture theatre, Brompton barracks, last evening. This place was crowded. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Co., ilolfast; or 4, 132.aufort-builiiDgs, Strand, London Terti5.1226333, T E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1869. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY a/1A.11103 AND STOCKS. .)are ,dallways. rad. Closing Business Prise. gene. st Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 ;5 77 st Caledonian lOO 774 78 771 8 at Cambrian 20 Cornwall all 3 34 at Dublin .1t Belfast Juno lOO 78 81 at Dun„ Perth, & Ab.Junc lOO 70 72 2) East London all 7 9 tO Do 15 Do 10 tt Glasgow (St S. Western lOO 93 95 at Great Eastern .. .00 424 43 421 et Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7 8 at tirc.at N ortli of Scotland lOO 15 6 st Great Northern ... 100 107 ICB 1074 at Do. A 5t0ck...... lOO 1071 its 1081 iv. Uo . B mock lOO 124 146 120 st GtS. and W. of Ireland lou 90 97 sr lit. Western —Original lOO 44 104 40 st Do. South Wales l,O 5i 58 s 1)o. W. Mid.—Odort s Lo. Newport lOO TS 11 st Lactc!tshire 1 ors.,iiiru" 100 MI: 30 1294 at Lon., S.Uuafit l9O 514 1 Do Scrip .... it I on., Chat., and Dov iv.) 17 17, at Lie. Aletrop. Ex. A toe - at Lou. Westeri lOO 13: .44 1144 at Lun. & South Wester u lOO t b 110 tOl at Kau., Shel., a 100 474 4;4 :7, at Awirooolitan . lt)0 It 91- st Do Extcusiin .. 100 1 1 1 11) Uj. .Yew rd AU 1J 1 st Mo,rupolltau Distriet. All 6i 61 10 - -Nlotrop. fit. John's 11 oo 1 6 st XL,thaud st Do, Hirmin.a. ilurLJ lOO 82 t 4 st N,rta . ..... 100 .ii .4 st Do. Ed., I'th., iSt Dun st P•or..tlastern—Berwia lO9 2. Do. G. N.E puren.,ne— 16.13.4 _ _ L 3 105 st Du Leeds . . 100 56 28 st Do York lOO t 9 . Kt Do Carlisle .... st Du Stoct. & Darling lOO 1'49 131 st North Lon lou 10 Do INew 1808 . 2 11 2 p st North Staffordshire lOO 05 57 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New .010 shares 7 st Rhymney . .Ol 4 52 st Shropshire Union lOO 54 54 st South Devon .. st South Eastern l6O 791 791 79,1 20 Staines, Wok'hain,& Wok all 12 13 st Tau V ale .0 Do. C st Wateriord & Kilkenny lOu so Waterloo & Whitelia,l 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent llO at Do. do. Ordinary lll 7$ 80 at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gee all ... st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 115 11l st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO st (It. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 at Do do N 0.2 100 at Do do 6 per cent 100 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 st Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 103 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 lel at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p.c. pm. 101 at Do 4 I do do do 100 at Do S do at sp.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO stj Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at; Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO st, G t.West.—Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 at Do do 4 4 per cent. 1850... 100 st Do do 4 do do ... 100 st Do do 5 per cent. redem. 100 st Do do Birmingham gua.. 100 at Do do do prof... 101) st Do do Chester gua lOO at Do do do 8 per cent lOO at Do do do 5 do 100 at Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 41 p.c lOO st Do do 44 1859 lOO st Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 10J at Do Ito 2d gua. 100 at Do Newport, Ist g. S p.c. 100 st Do do 2d do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cont. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 st Do Barnsley, £5 3s 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 st Loudon & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do Na. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent l.O st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 at Do 4 do 1859 lOO st Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO st London and /LW., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 91 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 at London and a.-W. 7 p,e late 3d shares lOO 141 116 2s 6 1. Do (Purism. perp ens. 2s6d) all st Mau., Slief.,&Lineln. 6 p.c. 100 111. 117 6 Do £6 all par Ipm at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 st Do Bristol & Birin., 6p, c lOO 1 0 133 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lO3 97 list at, Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 93 at Du Leicester & ll'elm, 4p c lOO 89 91 at North British, 5 p.e..No. 1 lOO at Do E. &G.4p.c. 8. & D lOO ... st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO :t Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO ... at N.-Eastern--Cous. 4 p.c lOO 86 88 st Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 95 97 at Do U.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. ... 25 Do York, 11. &S. purchase lO 10 101 at Do Stektu & Drliug. A. 5 p.c lOO 103 110 at Du W, Hartlepool H. and It lOO 87 8J aa a li l 2 ,9 0 2 1100 1 1 11120°°0s83 North Devonr' k ik hai Staffordshireei s a t °4ek Annuities,er °3B 1 0.6. S. Last. (Read. Ann05.,.1.0..6) Fixed st rfr (1 4 ,t 1 e i r i k . c e t ri i 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 .. - 3 3 st .at i a i l ) e er N c o e . n i t ...... at 150 9 :a0a0011(! 228. 209 141 93 1.1 97 100 103 108 100 113 96 97 102 104 95 10) 84 88 76 78 93 95 68 72 150 160 95 105 107 109 106 103 38 92 100 103 1 • 135 130 135 93 112 RAILWAYS . — PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian st vo Scot. Cen. min. 7p c. 100 at Do 4/ p irredeem...., all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 st Do 5 do, 1862_ 100 at Do Now 4 do, 1863... 100 st Do do 5 do, 1864... 100 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 st Do Boston & Sleatd, 4/ pc 100 st Great West., W. Slid!., 5p c 100 at Do Joint perpe. 5p c,1865 100 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 2U Do Vale N eath perp. 5p e all st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 8... 100 L 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 ........ 2 at Loud., Brig., &c., 4/ pc, 1853 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 4i do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1565 100 at Do No. 6 8 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sdo .... 100 at Load , Chat., &c. , 2 d , 6 p.c 100 at Dv Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c ... 103 Do do C 6 p.c ... 100 at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 10 Man. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 a ll at Metropolitan 5 per cent ...... 100 st Midland, A 5 per cent prof. 100 st Do B 5 do 100 13 Do Sp c opt. to cony. to Ord. gtk., Sept. 1, 1869 all is Do InconY. New Shares 16 22 Do 5p c con. Into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 ...... 84 st North British, E. and . No. 1, 5 per cent lOO a t Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 109 at D o E., P., & Du n ., 2d , 4pc 100 at Do E. & No. 2, 6 p.c .. . 100 at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do K & G., No. 3, 5 p.c ... 100 st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 "st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 at North Loudon , 4 1, per cent at Do Stock. & Dart, D .... 100 77 81 87 L • 8d 90 84 83 86 VO 85 v 0 103 105 1031 19/ 201 i 1 (Max. 5 per teat) lOO st North Staffordshire 5p e 100 st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 18th Do St Do 5 do (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 st Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 4i ps 100 106 Ili) 94 96 8 bf 166 los . 106 163 li lb Pi i ip 1 lb S 5 5 .. ; SS 97 111 111 102 101 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL; at Birkenhead 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 56 at Do. 51 per cent. at Do. b do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 133 135 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all a Gt. Easn., No wm., kc., 5 p.c 100 Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6) 72 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West , W. Mid., Here! 100 95 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 211 213 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 9.5 961 at Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO at Do. Com. Fund, b do lOO at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, it South 100 78 2.0 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, Matlk all at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northernt Ev.at., 5 per cent all 53 56 30 Do. du. 6 do. all at N. Eastern—Hartlepool st N. West. A perp. pret, sp. c lOO 10.3 110 t Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO at Notting. Granth. R.& G' lOO 92 94 25 Preston and ‘i yre ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop lOO 133 13.5 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do do 8 21 2 , p st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 93 100 at Do 4 per cent gua lO ) 79 81 at Do 5 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all at Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset 6 51 92 94 61 1 DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 111 st London and St. Katherine 100 .53 .55 LOO 7,1) oDeb. stock, 4 par cent al., Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO II 32 st Southatuptou lOO 71 70 st Su rrey' CQZUUerC44I A ._ _... COLONIAL GOVEILNMENT SKCURITIES British Columbia, 6 per cent.,1872. ........ 100 - Do. 1895............. 130 Can.Gov.6p.c.Jan.i&July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug lOO 105 107 • Do. 6p. o. Mar. & Sept lOO 104 1063 • Do. sp. c. Jan. & July— 100 93 91 933 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk lOO 90 92 - Cape (;.Hope, 6 p. 0.18 7 3.• 10 9 102 104 • Do.Apl.&oot 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 - Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 • Do. Jan.&July, 1891 • Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 ...... . 100 103 102 • Ceylon, Nov 1878, CI p.c lOO 108 110 • Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 • Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, • Jan. and July • Do. 1878 . lOO 106 tot • Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 • Do. 1895, Feb. & AuZ•••• 100 106 I')d • Melbourne Corporate, 1867-75, 6 per cent l OO • N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July lOO 102 101 • Natal 6 p ot, Apl & Oct lOO • Do 6p c. May & Nov lOO 106 118 • N. S. W. 5 p•c., '7l to '75.. 100 99 101 • Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 lOO 99 109 93 • Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '7 5 .• 100 99 101 • N.Zealand, 6p. et. 1891.. 100 Do. 5 percent.. .. ..... 100 97/ 08 ( • DoJan,Ap-I,Juy, 0 100 973 983 9.11 • Do 6p c. Mar & dept 'Ol.. 100 108 110 • Do J uqe & Deo , 1 , 91 •••• 10 0 109 1,1 Do Prov. t Auokld. j 1, 0 t,crie. 1& 2, lell6 ) Nova Scotia 6 p. o.J and Jnly. 1875 Do 15)6.. . . Queenslnd. 6p. c. 'B2 5 100 1( 5 106 Do 189: Do. 1991 6? 0.1863 lOO _ 1)). f:o. A ...... .• Do rd. lf 03 101 107 1(8 watortop.o. se 200. 100 107 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 114 12} 10 Do B lt) 41 55 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 17 13 18 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 8 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 10 Bank of New Zealand all 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China all 25 Chartered Merc. of India, London, and China all 20 City 1) 100 Colonial '2s 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East Lond , m, lint 0 20 English and Arn ,, rican lint 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lint lO 20 English, , c,,t tish, a irl Aus tralian Chartered .;.8. Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ... 281 Do new s} 5 } 6 i i 100 Imperial, lint 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 11 11 5 lonian all 27 '25 20 Do new 20 Lnd Mortgage of ludia ' lint 4 3: 31 100 Do sp. e. Dcbs.l36l, 30 all 76 75 7 i ;7 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 40 31 12 20 Do new 74 64 54 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 7 9 25 Do new 10 1} 1} 111 1 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 234 50 Loudon and County '2o 491 30/ 20 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll '... ... 411 50 London Joint Stock 1 35 36 311 5 20 London and South African al 1 . 12 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 . ... 50 London & Venezuela, Um l2l .. ... 100 London and Westminster. 20 63 6.5 61} 4 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pna.. 100 Merchant, lim 10 Metropolitan, lint 100 Midland, 1im..... 5 National of Australia ~ 4 2 3 25 National of Liverpool lira l5 3 1 d 100 National I'rovinc. of I ng'd 41 .. - 10 Do CO National. 3O 46 48 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim l9 6 5} 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 89 91. 10 Do new, all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 19 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 481 491 47} 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of Loudon 83 40 6 4 81 83 87 39 17 19 49 51 204 214 29 al 111 124 40 4.!, 4 1 11 Oi Id pr 1G 171 171 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lint allj 211 211 10 Anglo-Moditer. Tel., lint 10 1 fl 3 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all lb 16 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 29 31 et Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 0 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 131 14 10 De. New 6 3 44 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay Gas, lint S Do. New 4 11 ld 5./ British American Land 44 16 18 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lint all 8 3 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 61 68 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint 2l 21 11d 20 Ceylon Company, lint. lO t 3d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint b 41 31 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 Sid 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all b 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, Rm all 2 3 50 City Offices, lint 25 21 23 d 50 Colonial, lien. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 5 1 1p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint. : id p 20 Continental Union Gas, lint. all 18 19 25 Copper Miners of England, prof. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 44 per cent. all 104 1051 100 Do. 1882, 4t per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 24 21 2 9-11 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 31 214 st Crystal Palace lOO 1 o 21 st Do. Preference lOO 93 9s at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 102 107 20 Darjeeling, lint, IO Eastern Assam, lint 6l ,„ ..4 80 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 91 92 911 1 1 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lira 6 41 44 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 241 10 Do. New 8 10 12p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 Ifl 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 4rl 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim 8 „,d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 11,1 20 Fore-street Warehouse,lim l2 pr 1,., 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at 1.:35 all 834 844 50 Gellivara, lim. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 71 2 13 I f 15 General Steam Navigation 14 23 29 50 Horn & Col Marine lu. lint S 41 31d 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 131 131 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 Indo-European Tel., Jim lO 20 Interns. Financial Soc. lim 5 14 11 20 Interna. Land Credit, lint 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land 5 11 Id 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 33 4 100 Do. 6 p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 50 Land Securities, lim , 5 si 2.1 , 4 25 London African Trading.., 10 7 5,1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marino, lim. 6 ... ...d 10 Loudon County Land and Building, lim. . ..... . ... 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all IP 60 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 23 221 7 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 1/ 2 2116 30 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr st 111 adras Irriga. & Caul. Gila. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 105 107 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency,lim.. ..... .. . 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lim all 4 4i st) Merchant Shipping, Ji m a ll 33 38 Millwall Iron Work s , li nt l2l ... 10 Natal Land and. Colonisa tion Co., IJm. .. . .... 9 31 21d 25 National Discoun't lint Ilf 121 113 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 ad 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 81 91 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lira. 6 3 2d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim. 3 11 Id 6 'New Quebra,da., lim 44 0 41 si 25 New Zealand Loan & Mar cantle Agency,lim 24 Z IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint. 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint 5 7 .5 10 Do. B ............. st North Brit. Austral., 100 48 53 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l 19 191 19} 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 14: 15f 304 20 50 Oriental Financial, Jim ll 5 Oriental Gas, lim. 6 Do. New 1 11 , 2 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim 2 Id IP 5 Ottoman Gas, Jim , all If 21 10 Panama, New Zealan, and Australian R. Mail list all 14 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lint 100 30 32 60 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 48 5J 49 181 50 Do. New 1867.,,,,, 10 2 14d 25 Reuter'a Te1egram..,......, 24 27 30p 50 Rhymney Iron. 15 Do. New ..... all 5 4 6 25 Rio de Janeiro City I m . ,tim. all 17 18 20 Do. Gas, 100 Royal Mail Steam st Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO 107 112 at Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref lOO 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint lO 7 6 d 20 Soci6te Gen.de ,'Empire Ot 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint 6 25 South Australian Land all 351 361 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 161 17 13 163 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 24 44 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl ... 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 ip 10 Do do. do. all ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada S id p 50 Union Marine L'pool, Inn 5 4 44p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 11 Old SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 51 6 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 3} Sip 20 Universal Marine (In.), lim 5 1 hp 61 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 21 31 30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 7 8 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cenC(Mortgage) Loan all 74 75 71/ 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 10d 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 4 8,1 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses THE PROSECUTION OF 7HE DIRECTORS OF 0 VEREND, GURNEY, AND COMPANY (LIMI7 LD). THIS DAY, The further healing of this case was pro. ceeded this morning before the Lord Mayor and Alderman Gabriel, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Guildhall. A considerable time was occupied in reading over the evidence of Mri Howell, the accountant, given on the last examination. Mr. Thomas Howard was the first wirness called. He said he was a gentleman, and did nothing for a living. (Laughter.) They made him a bankrupt in 1866, and he obtained his discharge. In July, 1865, a debt of £331,000 was transferred to the new company as a debt of his owing to the old film, but in reality he only owed them a small sun, Lolling like that amount. He shoud say it was about £200,000. Messrs. Overend and Gurney had discharged him from all liability previous to the transaction refet red to. He was not able to pay Gurney and Co £331,000 on the 31st July, 1805. Ile attributed all his ditlicul• ties through being security for Mr. Lever, of Gal way. Ile did a deal for Mr. Liver, over £300,000, but he handed all Lis property and s. curities over to Messrs. Gurney and Co., and they released him. Mr. Cock, whose name stood amongst the secu rities of the old firm for a very lare sum, was examined as eo the transactions he had had with thh old and new companies. Mr. Lewis, asked the witness whether he could give any explanation as to the large sum that appeared to have been paid to him by the new company after the t:ausfer. lie said he could not ; he certainly had not received anything like the amout represented. Mr. Sergeant Parry said the name of his witness was merely a representative one he had conducted and arranged business for the firm, and the pay ments set down to his name did not imply that he had received the money. He acted for Mr. Gor don amongst others. Mr. Lewis, in reply, said Gordon bad failed in 1862, and yet the debt of Mr. Cock increased £90,000. Mr. Sergeant Parry remarked that was very unfair to put it in that manner the letters " P. D. and 0," placed under Cock's name showed that it was placed on behalf of a certain railway in Ireland. Mr. Cook said when Gordon stopped the Messrs. Overend held certain shares in some unfinished railways, and the Gurneys' advanced certain money to complete those railways. In that matter he (Mr. Cook) acted as their agent. The firm always held shares nominally of a larger amount than the sum advanced. Mr. Lewis—You mean that if the rail way shares turned out well the parties who ad vanced the capital got back their money, if not they lost it. (Laughter.) Mr. Cook said he believed that instead of being a debtor to Messrs. Overend, he should be a creditor to a very large amount, and that he should have to hand over to them some valuable securities after his guarantees had been realized. Mr. Lewis, clerk in the Joint Stock Registry Office, produced the articles of association of the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Shipping Company, which was registered on the Bth of October, 180, and wound up July 18, 1861, and also the articles of association of the East India London Shipping Company Company, which was registered Decem ber 19, 1860, and wound up by order of the Court of Chancery, August 3, 1864. Mr. Ernest Robins, a clerk in the Bankruptcy Court, was called to prove the dates of the bank ruptcy of various persons whose liabilities had been handed over to the new company as " good." He read over a number of names, one of whom had presented no less than four petitions to the court. Mr. Lewis said he presumed there was some limit to the number of petitions one man might present to the Bankruptcy Court. (Laughter.) The wit ness caused a renewal of the laughter by replying that he was not aware of any such limit. At the rising of the Court the case was again adjourned. THE .ME7ROPOLI7AX POLICE. -O. A general meeting of the delegates appointed by the several metropolitan vestries and district boards to consider the present condition of the police force and its inefficiency, was hell at the Court-house, Marylebone, yesterday. Professor Marks presided. After some discussion, a memorial to the Home Secretary was adopted. This memorial states at Considerable length the opinions of the delegates as to the present condition of the police force, and contains many statistics in support of those views. It sets forth the changes in the num bers and cost of the force, and supports a charge of inefficiency by showing the increase in the number of criminals and in certain classes of offences. The memorialists " recommend that the law which obtains with respect to the police force in the City of London, and in all the borough towns of England and Wales, should be made to apply to the metropolitan police, and that the control and the finances of the latter should be also under the supervision of a representative board. That by such a change the several parishes contributing to the police rate would be represented, and many evils which are now acutely felt would cease or be mate rially alleviated." The following quotation contains the other suggestions made :—" With respect to juvenile criminals, your memorialists in vite consideration whether the abolition of impri sonment is not desirable for those who are under 14 years of age, and whether the child criminal should not be at once removed to an educational and industrial reformatory. Your memorialists strongly urge that no appreciable diminution of crime is to be looked for until more strin gent measures are taken to bring to jus tice the receivers of stolen goods, through whom, and by whom, the thief lives and prospers. They, therefore, venture to suggest that all keepers of marine stores, refiners, and others who might afford facilities to the thief to dispose of his plunder, should be obliged to take out licenses, to be renewed from year to year, and that their places of business should be subject to the supervi sion of the police; that, whilst pointing the law against criminal capitalists, it should be strength ened against the operative criminals, and that landlords should be able to eject tenants known to the police as criminals, and not having any legitimate occupation, by an easy and inexpensive process ; that all persons knowingly letting their houses to thieves and receivers should be indictable ; that, in case a house be proved to be a nest for criminals, the magistrate should be able to authorise the police to take pos session pending an inquiry ; that the names, &c., of all offending persons should be made public ; and that the law shall be so amended that when the overt act or intention to carry out a crime be fully proved, a conviction should take place, al though the offence had not been completed. That with the view of effectually repressing crime, your memorialists urge that the ticket-of leave sys tem be abolished. That, whilst calling atten tion to the punishment meted out to criminals, your memorialists . venture to think that, if corporal chastisement were inflicted for all outrages accompanied by violence, crimes of that class would diminish in the same proportion as the crime of garotting has diminished since it has been visited by the lash." It was resolved to ask for an interview with the Secretary of State, and to request the co-operation of all the parlia mentary members for the districts concerned. Votes of thanks to Professor Marks for his talented ser vices, to the Marylebone Vestry for facilities afforded, and to Mr. Greenwell, the vt stry clerk, for the able and laborious services he had rendered the conference, terminated the proceedings. THE NORWICH MURDER.—It is stated that the destruction of the flesh in the remains disinterred this week in connection with the investigation now proceed ing at Norwich into the mysterious murder committed in that city in June, 1851, is due to the action of lime. It does not at present appear how it has happened that re mains which were supposed to have been preserved in spirits of wino have suffered from the presence of lime. The circumstance seems to increase the difficulties of an already complicated i•u 103 69 71 4 15-16 RUMOURED RETIREMENT OF MR. TREVEL YA N. It is mentioned that there is a report current in official circles that Mr. Trevelyan is to be forced to retire on account of his use of the following expression in his recent speech :—" Those who were at the head of the War Department had a terrible task before them. They had opposed to them two tremendous influences—the influence of the aristocracy and the influence of the Court. He would not speak against any member of the Royal Family, whom they all affectionately esteemed, but he maintained that it was not right that a royal duke should be placed permanently in such a position as that of Com mander-in-Chief." A Liberal contemporary declares that "to Mr. Trevelyan such martyrdom would be in every sense a gain, but a fatal error on the part of Mr. Glad. stone. Probably our early reference to the report will cause the subject of his dismissal to be recon sidercd, and we venture to warn the Government against the extreme unpopularity which would follow such an unjustifiable act. In cur opinion, 3.1 . . r. Trevelyan, by his imprudent speech, has done more to pr-nnote, army reform than Sir John Pakington accomplished in two , cars at the War Office." LORD HALIFAX 0. - NT MIDDLE-GLASS P_IRLI.I_IIENTS. A banquet was given to Lord Halifax in the Town Hall at Halifax on Wednesday. The noble lord, in acknowledging the compliment, alluded to public affairs in general, and de clared it to be for the advantage of the country that those of independent position should take part in its Government. The middle-class Parliaments had ceased to exist, but their name would always be found, for they had secured civil and religious liberty and destroyed class legislation. They had put a stop to the reign of protection, and this conferred great benefits on the people. One thing they had failed to do— to deal with the question of the Irish Church. Lord Russell had long ago recognised the claims of the working men to the franchise, and he and Lord Halifax had been very active in proposing a franchise which would have satisfied the Liberal party, but the Government of 1 that year (1852) were not strong enough to carry the measure. The reform bills of those days failed more on account of the lukewarmness of the Liberals than from the efforts of their opponents. Referring to the measure of 1867, Lord LTalifax declared that he was glad the bill had passed, but be was sorry for the manner in which it had been passed. He had never feared the consequences of that " Democratic measure," but he thought the mode in which it had been carried had changed the character of public men. The reputation of these men was public property, and it was a matter of painful regret to him when they ceased to command the respect of the country, whether they entertained the same political opi nions as ha did, or were opposed to him. The Conservatives had not realised the advantages which they had expected from the Reform Bill, but he thought that Mr. Disraeli had acted wisely in withdrawing from office without testing the vote of an adverse ma jority. By such a course the late Premier and his colleagues had prevented all angry and acrimonious feeling, and left themselves free to act with the Govern ment that had succeeded them. He believed that the result of the political change made would be to increase the power of the people to govern themselves, but he thought the task of legislation had been more difficult since the passing of the first Reform Bill. Much difference of opinion now existed upon public questions, even among those who were most friendly. ELECTION PETITIONS. WINDSOL—The inquiry into this petition was resumed on Thursday. The petitioner's case was brought to a close sooner than had been anticipated, and Mr. James asked for a delay till Friday for his reply on behalf of Mr. Eykyn, but his lordship could not consent, being pressed for time, and Mr. James accordingly replied to the evidence which had been given in support of the petition. He appeared to succeed so far in spewing the unsatis factory character of the evidence which had been given, and his lordship was of the same opinion in some of the cases. At the conclusion of Mr. James's address the court adjourned. NORWICH.-Mr. Baron Martin opened the commission on Thursday. His lordship was received by the sheriff (Mr. W. J. Robinson), and will - sit in the County Shire Hall instead of the Guildhall, which would afford very inadequate accommodation. The petitioner is Mr. J. IL Tillett, the unsuccessful Liberal candidate at the late election, and the respondent is Sir H. J. Stracey, who was returned for the constituency in the Conservative interest. BOSTON.—In the Court of Common Pleas, Mr. Collins, M.P. for Boston, moved in person to set aside the petition against his own return, on the ground that it was a joint petition against himself and Mr. Malcolm, and security for £1,030 only had been given. Rule nisi granted. GLOUCESTER.—In the Court of Common Pleas, Mr. J. 0. Griffits, on behalf of one of the sitting members for Gloucester, also moved to set aside the petition on a similar ground, and also on the ground that the petitioner had entered into the security for part of the £l,OOO. Rule nisi granted. A STRANGE STORY- A contemporary tells a rather queer story, which must be taken, however, for what it is worth, as it really came to nothing in the end. It is an account of "an extraordi nary case " of firing a revolver at a social party assembled in a tavern at Holborn. Shortly after eleven o'clock, a night or two back, four or five friends were sitting in the bar parlour of the Robin Hood Tavern, Holborn. They were chatting over their pipes and beer, when a tall, powerful looking man, something over 40 years of age, well-dressed, gentlemanly appearance, and perfectly sober entered the room, and almost immediately invited the company to join him in a game of draughts. The invitation was declined, which the staanger attributed to nervousness. Some chaff followed, and, in the midst of it, the man drew from his breast pocket a five-barrelled revolver, and, resting the muzzel on the table, pointed towards the others, asked, " How would you like a taste of that ?" He was asked in return whether he usually played with such toys as that, and he replied, " I deal with them in earnest sometimes, and I know how to set them in the right direction when wanted." He was then told that a man who would shew a weapon so unceremo niously would not have the moral courage to do so if it were loaded. Perfectly cool and collected, he rose from the table and went into the yard, and returned in minute or so, flourishing a bowie-knife in his hand, and asked those before him if they preferred that sort of thing to the other. Having threatened to hide the knife in the body of one of the company, he was told that they were not at all alarmed. Up to this time those in the room had no suspicion that the man meant any harm, but here, for the first time, he became slightly excited, and rapidly replacing the bowie -knife in his pocket, drew out the revolver, and saying that he could, if he wished, put the contents of one barrel through the centre of the clock, fired in the direction of the four or five men. A good deal of confusion naturally ensued, the landlord rushed in to ascertain the cause of the report, and, favoured by the smoke and the confusion, the stranger slipped out of the room and gained the street. No bullet was found, but it is believed the man went into the yard to load the revolver. No pursuit was given. The favourite conjec tures are that the man was either a crack-brained Fenian, or an escaped lunatic. Mr. Antonio Brady has had an interview•with the Right Hon. the Vice-President of the Council at the Privy Council Office, on the subject of the East London Museum of Science and Art. DECEIVING A BEGGAR.—The other night a pro fessional beggar solicited the privilege of warming himself at the Worksop police-office. The officers complied with the request, and also gave him supper. In addition to this they locked him up, and next morning took him before a magistrate, who committed him for seven days as a rogue and vagabond.—She f field Telegraph. A BREECHES LAW.—A communication from Mexico says :—" The Mexicans of the provinces are not so attentive to their dress as might be, and they are fond of walking abroad in warm weather without their trousers, wearing only their shirt, and a pair of calzoneillas, which are white cotton drawers of a very primitive fashion. The Legislature of Zacatecas has taken this matter in hand, and has enacted the fcllowing law in the interests of civilisation and decency:'—` Art. 1. 'I he use of eal zoncillas externally is hereby prohibited throughout the State. Pantaloons or closed breeches most be substituted therefore. Art. 2. If after two months from the publica tion of this decree its provisions are not complied with, offenders shall pay a monthly fine of 2133. (Is. 01(1.) to he applied for the benefit of the public Treasury.'" THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A LADY IN LIVER rooL.—An inquest has been held at Liverpool on the body of a widow lady named Clara Jane Lindo, who was found dead in a claypit in a brick field at Kensington, Liverpool, on Saturday, It appeared from the evidence that about ten o'clock on Saturday morning the body of the deceased was found, with her face immersed in some mud, and quite dead. Investigation did not shew that she had been in any way subjected to violence of any kind. the medical testimony establishing clearly that she had died from suffocation in the mud, a considerable portion of which was found in her stomach. After hearing and carefully considering the evidence, the jury returned an openerdio) . the egeet that the deceased w "F d • __ •- - Q ll4 THJILO EDIT ON NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. DOWNING STREET, JAN.I4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Wel lington Cairns, Esq., to be Lieutenant Governor of tLe Island of Saint Christopher and of the Island of Nevis. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 13. John Fletcher Rees, Esq., has this day been promoted to the rank of Retired Commander in her Majesty's Fleet, under 1:,•r Majesty's Order in Council of 2tith June, 1867. MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, JAN.I2. The Queen has been pl ease d t o appo i n t the Honourable FredeEck John Bruce to be Page of Honour to her Ma jesty, vice the Honourable Speuccr Fredetic'zJecelya, n— s;Lrliod. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Short 11 19} 12 Do - ... 12 1} o.lt!erdam Antwerp ... 25 3.) 25 4U 25 35 25 40 Ilarnburgn ......... ... 13 101. ... 13 10} Paris Ditto -- ... 5 40 Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 1 . 201 Vienna — ... 12 22 ... 12 30 Trieste — ... 112 221 ... 12 30 Petersburg Copenhagen.. . ~ 9 2u ... 9 24 Berlin ... 6 26i ... 6 27 Madrid.. Cadi7 — ... 48 ... 481 Leghorn Milan — ... 27 5 ... 27 121 Genoa — ... 27 5 ... 27 121 Naples Palermo 1 ... 27 5 ... 27 121 Messina Lisbon — ... 52 ... 521, Oporto — ... 52 ... 521 Rio Janeiro — •.• -- ..• New York - ••., — SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: LINCOLN SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY, FEB. 16. NomTnations for the Lincolnshire Handicap of 100 soya; added to a sweepstakes of 15 sovs each; certains winners extra. One mile. Ajax, Atonement, Anlace, Arbaces, Acaster, Amity, Bel Giorno, Bordor Knight, Benefactor, Brunehat, Ben Nevis, Brother to Chattanooga, Blackloc£, Bessie Dixon, *Bonnie Katie, Carita, Cocoa Nut, Honesty, Chel tenham, Choral, Ceres, Conjuror, Cock of the Walk, Dryad, The Drummer, Eastley, Buckenham's dam filly, Fairfax, Fitz. Adam, Friday, Fairwind, Falstaff, Formosa, *Flora, George .osbaldeston, Venation g, St. Agnes g, Glen Rosa, Hatchment, Historian, Head Cents, Harvester, Hammerton, Islam, Jenny, John Leech, Kaupai, King Richard, Knight Errant, Lady Zetland, Lady Coventry, Lady Rosehill, Last Rose of Summer, Make Haste, Mount Palatine, Mr. Pitt, Midwife, Monarch of the Glcn, Mocco letto, Mexico, Our Mary Ann, Provider, Perfume, Redcap, The Returned, *Sagittarius, Sister to Vedette, Seleucus, Sycee, Silenus, The Sawyer, Slowman, Typhoeus, Troy, Uncas, Vortigern, Verity, Vanichka, Veda, Vacuum, Van Amburgh, Viridis, Weather Star, Wrestler, Walmer, War ington, Yarmark, and Queen of York. Mr. H. Renwick is a subscriber, but did not name. Tho:o horses marked thus * having been entered with out the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the time prescribed unless specially ordered to remain in. Nominations for the Grand Steeplechase (handicap) of 10 sous each, with 100 added ; certain winners extra. About four miles. *Ace of Trumps, Ada, Bannockburn, Barbarian (h. b.), *Captain Crosstree, Chevy Chase, Fortunatus, Flatcatcher, Funny Man, *Globule, Greenland, Helice, Hippolyte, L.S.D., The Lamb, The Lion, Meanwood, The Nun (h b), Nelly, *planet, Reporter, *Redcap, Surney, Snowstorm, Tennyson, Tally-ho, Wings of the Wind, Zingyni, Little Ben, Juryman. Those horses marked thus (*) having been entered without the knowledge of their owners will be struck out at the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to remain RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. FEBRUARY. Streatham 11, 12 Lincoln l6, 17 ll:trrow lB, 19 Mansfield 18 Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chelmsford.... 25, 26 Derby Spring 25, 26 Liverpool Spring 2, 3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Warwiel - I), IU, 11 Kingsbury l2, 13 Northampton l6, 17 C H. • B rom l e y 1 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridg - 0... l, 2 Thirsk . 6. 7 Streatham 8 9 West Drayton lB, 19 West Somerset 18, 19 Margate 29 Durham 29, 30 Epsom 3U, 31 M. Newmarket Craven...l2, clre. Eastbourno l9 Lewes 20 21 Croydon... 22, 28 Newinarkt.t Ist Spring_ Chester .l, 5,6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 rork 11, 12 St Albans Salisbury l3, 11 Doncaster 13, 14 iG, Jrc Croydon 2,3, 4 .Newton 2 3, 4 Ascot , ...8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer _l5, 16 IVindsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 West Drayton l7, 18 Batt► 18, 19 Manchester IV, 20, 21 Croydon 20, 21 Harpenden Epsom Summer Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Kingsbury .. J, 10 Pontefract 1 9 13 Nottingham 13, 14 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 lOldham 22 iiibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 2G Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 LY. AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 Wolverharrpton lO, II Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT: Warwick... 7, 8 Abingdon 9, 10 Doucaster l4, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT , Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Newmarket 2d Uct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9, 20 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Southampton 22 23 1 Stamford ... l:2, 23 1 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 UST. Oxford Canterbury ...... 24, 25 York 24, 25, 26 IPlymouth ...26 Windsor August l2, 13 IDerby Summer ..,31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Cheltenham l9, 20 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 21 Newmarket Ifton ...25, ctn. :FIBER. Nov: Worcester 2,3, 4 Liverpool 9, 10, 11. 12 Shrewsbury 15, eco Leamington Hunt ...,23, dto ;EYING—FEB. 17. A.licar.) . the Earl of Sefton. ,600 in specie, by subscription winner to receive £5OO, and WATERLOO M: (Over Patron-Right Hon The Waterloo Cup, value £l, of .£25 each ; 64 subs; the the second £2OO. 1. Mr C. F. Allison 33. Mr J. Ingleby 2. Mr J. F. Armistead 34. Mr R. Jardine 3. Mr J. Bake 35. Mr F. Johnston 4. Mr W. J. Barden 36. Mr J. Johnston 5. Mr F. Bartholomew 37. Mr H. B. Jones 6. Lord Binning 38. Mr W. J. Logh 7. Mr J. Blackstock 39. Mr S. C. Lister 8. Mr J. S. Bland 40. Mr J. Lonsdale 9. Mr G. Blanshard 41. Lord Lurgan 10. Mr W. G. Borron 42. Mr S. Mallabey 11. Mr T. Brocklebank 43. Mr C. E. Marlleet 3 1 3 2.. A js i f r r B R. B r . u c n a d r i r i u t 14. Mr C. J. Chesshyre 46. don. C. C. Molyneux 15. Mr W. H. Clark 47. Mr T. Neville th e r 4 4 4 5 ' . Sir r C W ..M ll o . ly M n a e s u s x ey 16. Mr E. Croft 48. Mr R. Paterson 17. Mr J. Cunningham 49. Mr I'. L. Reed 18. Mr W. D. Deighton 50. Dr Richardson 19. Mr James Dunlop 51. Mr J. Savage 20. Mr J. Evans 52. Mr N. Saxton 21. Lord Garlies 53. Lord Sefton 54. Mr T. Smith 22. Mr J. Gibson 23. Mr W. M. Gilmour 55. Mr J. Spinks 24. Col. Goodlake 56. Lord Stair 25. Mr A. Graham 57. Mr E. W. Stocker 26. Mr T. Green 58. Mr S. Swinbur ne 27. Mr C. A. Halley 59. Mr G. A. Thom pson 28. Capt. Hathorn 60. Mr It. Todd 61. Mr B. W. T r i n d er 29. Mr J. Hay - wood 62. Mr It. C. Vyn er 30. Mr J. Hodson 31. Mr J. Hole 63. Mr R. 11. Williams 32. Mr J. Hyslop Q 4. Capt. Wyndham The Waterloo Purse, value £260, in specie, taken from the Cup Stake, for the 32 beaten dogs in the first round for the Cup; the winner to receive £lOO. The Waterloo Plate, value £lOO in specie, taken from the Cup Stakes, for the 1G beaten dogs in tho first ties for the Waterloo Cup. Tho Great Waterloo Cup, 64 subscriber; at £25 each the money £1,600 -to bo divided as under :- L Winner to receive 1. Second ditto ••• 2. Dogs to receive £5O each... 4. Ditto ditto 30 ditto... 8. Ditto 20 ditto... 16. Ditto 0 ditto.. ... £5OO ... 200 ... 100 ... 120 ... 160 ... 160 1,240 The Waterloo Purse and Waterloo Plate 360 £l,OOO The jury at the Old Bailey this morning, in the alleged libel on the Ottoman Railway Company, had not arrived at a verdict when we went to press. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Oue Shilling Day, Thurs day, Jau. 14..-Admissions by season ticket; 2,151; ditto gia paynapt, 4,582; tptig yiaitvro, 6,733. 1 M BER. Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Kingsbury... 23, 24 llouinoutb... 23, 24 Newmarket ist 0ct....28, /cc. BER.