The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Consols are 93 1. 2/ for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 1 ; New Tlaree per Cents, 931 ; ditto 21 per Cent., 1891, 744 ; Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent., 3 dia. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 3 dis. ; Isauk of England Stock, 4 per Ceut., 244. India Stock, 1.01 per Cent., April, 1874, 111 ; ditto 5 pe r C en t ., J u l y, 1880 , 1121 1 ; ditto 4 per C ent.,Oct.,Ot 1888, 1021 1 ; ditto Eufaved Paper,. per Cent., 93 ; ditto 5 per Cent., 1041 ; ditto a Per Cent., 1114 ; ditto Debentures, 5 per Cent., 1041 4 ; ditto Bonds under 21,000, 12 prem. There is no great change to notice in the depart bent for Foreign Bonds. Italian are 3-16 better ; Turkish of 1865 are 1. Eg,3ptian are good. Nicolai Bonds are 661 to 67 ; Orel Vitelkk Bonds, 821 to 831 ; Moscow Jaroslaw Loan, 801 to 80 ; ; oli nduras Bonds, 85 to 87 ; Chilian Six per Cents. of 1867, 941 to 95 ; Egyptian Seven per Cents. of 1 864, 881 to 89. The following is the business transacted in the Railway Share Market :—Brighton, 511 to 511; Caledonian, 771 to 771; Great Eastern, 381 to 38 1 ; Great Western, 52 to 521 ; Great Northern, "A," 1121 to 1124 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to 129; ; Metro' olitan, 105 to 106 ; Midland, 1211 to 122. Colonial Government Securities are quiet. Canada Six per Cents., 1041 ; ditto Five per Cents. Consolidated Bonds, 934 94 ; New South Wales Five per Cent. Bonds, 1875, 1004 a ; ditto 1888 to 1896, 984 991. Bank shares are firm. Chartered Mercantile, 30 to 31; Consolidated, 4 to prem. ; London and County 51 to 52; London Joint Stock, 324 to 334 ; London and Westminster, 644 to 654 ; Oriental, 44 to 45 ; Union of London, 364 to 375. Miscellaneous Shares are steady at prices : Anglo-American Telegraph, 22/ to 22.1 ; Atlantic Eight per Cent. Preferential, 4} to 4; ; Hudson's Bay, 131 to 1 3i . Business is moderately .active in the market for American Securities this morning, and prices are generally steady. Letters from Dundee announce the failure of Mr. It S. Jamieson, corn merchant and flour The liabilities are stated to amount to £ l O,OOO, and the estate is expected to yield ss. or 6 8. in the pound. Mr. H. G. Gordon has resigned his seat at the Board of the Ceylon Company (Limited), the direc tors of which, on accepting the resignation, ex pressed their " unabated confidence in his honour and integrity." At the meeting of the General Steam Navigation Co mpany yesterday, Mr. John Wilkie in the chair, the usual dividend of 145., being at the rate of 10 Per cent, per annum, and a bonus of 2s. 6d. were declared. The di rectors of the Telegraph C onstruc ti on an d Maintenance Company (Limited) recommend the payment of 21. per cent., the balance of interest on capital, and 5 per cent. dividend (free of income t ax), making 10 per cent. for the year. The death is announced of Mr. George Robert Smith, the head of the firm of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, the bankers, of Lombard-street. The e vent took pl ace at E aton - square y es t er d a y morn ing' lie has left a large property, and only two Bona to inherit it. We are i n f orme d t h at, up t o M on d ay , F e b r u ar y 22, 2 ,012 miles of the French Atlantic Cable bad been manufactured and certified by the engineers. The Manchester Examiner says :—" We under stand that the state of the cotton trade at Over Darwen grows more gloomy every day. Some mills are entirely closed, some are on short time, and others are on short time with a large portion of m achinery entirely stopped." The directors of the Metropolitan Railway Com pany have issued the following circular to the ,shareholders The Vice-Chancellor, Sir Wil liam James, having granted an injunction upon the second motion of Mr. Salisbury, referred t 0 in the directors' report, the company arc restrained for the present from dividing the £ 4 2,600 received for the past half-year from the C ontractors. The course contemplated with refer ence to that sum being, as the directors considered, strictly in accordance with the spirit of the arrange taenta entered into in 1865, on the creation of the extension shares, with the settle tlent of last year, and with the legislation which thereupon ensued, they propose, if so ad vised by counsel, to obtain the decision of a higher tribunal upon the true construction of the Act of last session. Should the judg ment of the Vice-Chancellor be upheld, they will, With the sanction of the shareholders, avail them selves of the opportunity of the company's bill, now before Parliament, to bring up a clause enacting, in direct terms, that the £42,600 in question shall b : applied, as heretofore, to the purposes of divi u,eia The directors recommend the proprietors to oeelare at the meeting an interim dividend at the r ate of 6 per cent, on the Preferred, 3 per cent. on th e Deferred, and 4i per cent. on the Extension a nd Ordin ary S toc k , l eav i ng t h e £42,600 to abide the result of th e appea l or f ur th e r Parliamentary ena ctment, as the case may be. Savannah advices of the 10th inst., published in Neer York, state that on the previous evening a mee ting of plante rs was h e ld at the Palace, by W hom a resolution was adopted guaranteeing with IO Per cent. of their property the issue of a loan of 73 f In :1 . 0 . 0 0,00 in no t es b y t h e S pan i s h B an k, 5 per cent. e taxes to be devoted annually to its redemp tion. At the time when the necessity of adhering to ne edful, principles of business is more than ever and has been severely impressed by the s e r , B3 " B of experi ence , it i s n oticed with surprise that " 1:413 . of the A us t ra li an b an k s h ave b ec ome shippers peaimporters of wool, thus competing, it would ap tr) 'with merchants both in the colonies and in b: Ild ° 11 . That banks in adopting this course must t a ssuming responsibilities and risks never con hinPlated by their shareholders seems obvious, and e question ar i ses w h e th er suc h t ran sactions can come Within the scope of charters or deeds of settle er,ut• It is understood that other banks strongly ePeee the measure. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. (40,4RNMENT FUNDS. __ _ I) Cent Consols 1 Ditto for Account, liPerw Cent. Redu ce d 931 I li e 't 3 per Cent Do. 2 i per Cent. Jan. 1894 4,,„ 2 5 per Can , an. 187 3 - T,'" ll ities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — E-yNo for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 l2f ' 0 (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 19 0 8 3 clis 4encquor Bills, £l,OOO, 2i per Ct. Lo, 3 £5OO Do. 3 .119.,, t , 4;100 & £2OO - ‘ , :f England Stock, 4 Per Cent • 244 kt b er 0 0. account I 444(14 4 per Cont. Bonds — C elonial Omni - tun Itur-141nAlt GOVERNMENT SECURiTiEs. nt tock 10f Ceut April 1874 2ll 1:: ) ,„ , per ~ Li u: Opening, for Account - D 0.4 per Cent Oct. 1888 kin. Certificates_ _• 93 ne• Enlaced Pape. 4 per Cent °. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 , lO6l 1.10 k 114 D • •jt per Cent. May 1879 3 u Per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 D o do. 1877 — to do. 1882 — Do jk ' ? Deb 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ...... _lO4 l) Bnde r oni ti, £l. 4 per Cont., £l,OOO 12 b• UOOO 4r. FO REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING _PRICES. 801 1 i n tine llepi):1e, t ror Cent ... A su ° I Scrip 4.43 paid . arias bonds 0 per cent 13,4. DO. 1859 — than 5 por C ent — 1 . ) 4 4 Per Coot D's 2 — 0 0 --° ' . do. 18 . 58 — bo. d * . 186 ' de D o . 5 o , 1863 , per Cent., 1865 u : , 0 A ccount lecos Ayres 6 per Cent i .,, 1 :!0 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont :: ~' )11 , 3 per Cent. •,,,Illan per Cent 1:; ° ' 4 i Per Cent.. 0. 3 per Cent., " 0 r, 6 Per Co* t. 1867 9 41 5 .0. 7 D , per Ocnt., 1866 b, l ' n sti . , 3 Cent., 1825 ~,,nntnon gr incipalities, 7 lor Cent 7(l' 4) 0 8 per Cent., 1867 ... 84 tirgr. ! b. 23. LOUi Sei I MOW attend ed NC b. 24• Gover n : ❑ister Of ;portan t Nlesias. 23. v Y o rk, with tli° v york, ge French ~ 94. L 5 3.1"" lenge°' 1 well. Por t " )ylc at Sbe x i for ri arle t Equator Now Ocnsolidated, 1 per Cent, It:ayptian, 7 per Cent.... — "c Second Issue Co. .£SOC Bonds B5l Do. .£10t) Bond s p ..... 86i- 6 Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £sno B on & — :M. .4.10`e. Bonds 9O 1 English Scrip, 1868 751 61 Do do. £45 pd — dig Government Railway Debontures Grey 5 por Chat., 1824 - 5, ex Coups Do. Ajccunt Do. Coupons - Do. Account 1 3lateruitia. 5 per Cent .. Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all ltliian 5 per Cert., 1865 Account N Do M.tremmana Railway -- iencar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 . per Cont. Anglo-French .10111(A - idea , : 6 per Cent. ilc:zish Imperial 5 per Cent Vow Granada lsi 4 Do 3 per Cen 361 Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 7z41 4 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 - Do Account Portsguese 3 per Ot., 1853, '6, 7, '9;60;4% , 361 !Do. do. 1567 O, ..- Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid...— — Wissian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent . 1850 Do 44 por Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds , 931 4 Do. di,. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 931 Do. do £S4 lee, do — Do Nicolas Railway 67 Sar Tinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . Do. Acce,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred 323 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 674 74 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 6B i Do 5 per Cent. 1865 421 i DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 e Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Ladd Warrants (He3tares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1864 - — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in Lou,i, Austrisn o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent. , Ex. 25f. Dutch z 4 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gni , Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Do. Account — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italia,. 5 per Cent. 1831, E. 25f. ~... 321 1 Do Account ...a. a.... CLOSING PRICES. 1. 3ou,n's, Money l;2 3 93 1. Do. Account, March 4 GREAT WESTERN RAILIVAY-THIS DA Y. - • SPECIAL MEETING-T HE DIVIDEND. A special meeting of the proprietors was held to-day at the Paddington Station, at which the consent of the meet ing was given to two bills for further powers now in Parliament. In reply to a Proprietor, The ChAIRMAN said the acc,onnts for the half year had not yet been completely audited, yet he thought he might announce the proposed dividend. (Hear, hear.) Th e South Wales dividend would be at the rate of X 3 52., the Great Western Stack X 1 10s., the Great Western and Newport 175., and the Great Western and Oxford 155., carrying over X 17,0.00. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. GRAvEsEND, Wednesday Morning. _ _ Arrived, Feb. 23.—Norfolk, from Melbonrne ; Chal grove, from Foe-chow ; Sverre, from Frederickstadt Hero, steamer, from fit. Michael's. Arrived, IFeb. 24.—Waterloo steamer, and Mountain Ash, both from Rotterdam ; Moselle, steamer, and Princess Royal, steamer, both from Antwerp ; Cologne, st,amer, and Giraffe, steamer, both from Boulogne; Flecha, steamer, from Ghent; Hebrides, from Drobak ; Samuel, from Siva tore ; Provincie Trenthe, from Groningen ; Johan, from Landscroua ; Stayperayder, from Guernsey Holland, steamer, from Ostend; Blanche, steamer, from Dunkirk; Argus, steamer, from Calais. Sailed—Sir Robert Peel, steamer, fOr Dunkirk; Sea bird, for Jersey; Chloe, steamer, for Calais; Vigilant, steamer, for Rouen. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind W., moderate. Passed, Feb. 23.—S wanley, for Jamaica; Fredon and Cerbe o, both for Cardiff; Ernie, for Madeira ; Undine, for Liverpool—all from London ; Gibraltar, screw steamer from Cadiz ; Crested Wave, from Falmouth—both for London. 111ARKE7 S-2 HIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. - - - February 24.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market quiet, and unchanged. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English wheat were only moderate, and the condition of the samples was inferior. Trade ruled very dull for both red and white descriptions, but prices remained without alteration. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251.15 c. per £1 sterling. On comparing, these rates with the English Mint price of tia. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it a pp e.rs that gold at the above price is abut 140th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight was on the last date about 1 81 per oevt. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the MAI cd states. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. &uetralta and New Zealand, via Southampton ..... Feb. 27, Ditto, via 1r Areeilles . .... ..... ,lur. 22 Ditto, via Pa.i.ama Feb --• brazil. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Mar. 7. Ditto, by Frenoh packet Mar. 22. Cape Verde, by Brazil paokct . _.....Mar. 7. Cape of Good [Lips. Ascension. and St. Helena.... Feb. 27. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Feb. 27. utbraltar, via Southampton Feb. 27 India, via Southampton unto, via Marseilles Malta, Egypt, &o. Feb. 27. Ditto, Marseilles Feb. 28 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Sc uthami ton Ditto, Marseilles Mar. 19 Sewfoundland F. b 24 Portugal Mar 7. United States, Canada, California, &0., by British packet Ditto, by Canadian packet _ Ditto, by L Lited States packet .Feb 4 Ditto - Mt( (Baltimore) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife 5 West Indies and ra3iii(3 Lexcept Mexico and Ba ha- mae) Mar 1 Cub, and M ..— ....Mar. 1. Bler. 10. exico Bermuda, via Halifax. . . Blhamas, via New York . Feb. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evemng. Short •.. 12 ••• 12 Amsterdam 3 Ms. . 12 114 12 11 Do 12 12 14 Rotterdam - 25 ... 25 40 Antwerp Brussels - 25 33 ... 25 40 ilamburgh l3 10± 13 10} Paris Ditto ....... • 3 Ms. ... 2') 32f 25 374 25 32f ... 25 371 Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ..• 1 1 9 i ... 120} Vienna l2 35 12 bU Trieste l2 35 ... 1 2 50 3 Petersburg 9 2U 9 24 Copenhagen Berlin - 6 261 ... 6 27 484 •48k Madrid. Cadiz 4Bl 4FI Leghorn Milan - 2 6 6 . 3 3 ( 0 ) 2 1 4 4 0 0 Genoa, .. — ••• - 26 30 26 40 Naples Palernio 26 30 ... 26 40 Messina Lisbon 521 ... 52k Oporto 1 52 4 52 Rio Janeiro ao• Ne w York TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.—On Sunday afternoon, as a young man named Thompson or Turner was taking a little exercise on horseback his horse took fright and the rider attempted to jump out of the saddle. In doing so his foot caught iu the stirrup, and he was dragged a distance of fifty yards. He was found shortly afterwards, but was quite dead. His body Iles waiting an inquest at the Queen's Arms, Bamber Bridge. The deceased was 25 years of age. SIMRS" LIST. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ssji_NAUY AND STOCSJ. n. az- e italiwayb. r, td. Cioaing Ziaaleak rrice. none. at Brtc - Lel an: - 1 Exete: ...... iti 79 81 • 81 1,41.eU1a/:441 ........ :•,, 78 79 754 a t...; v..ilutlii.... 2 , Cornwaii • . Ali 21 tit •t Duthin ar Bel:tial .1 um: .. ILlio iJ bl e - t, 1 / 1 114.1.'erfil. in, A b... 1 tote... 'ioo 70 72 2: East Dwidon. .. 40 00 15 - - 21 Do 10 - - .t Glasgow & 1*.3. Westerr lO, 93 100 it Great Eastern .. .0, 371 371 384 4 tt Do. E. Aogl. No. Z LLO 7 9 it tirc.itNottliol Seotiau, lOO 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 1121 1131 113/ 121 at Dv. A stock at Do. B ati,eic Leo 125 I_7 127 at ( tit 8, aud W. 01 lreiana lO4 r 7 •• 9 9 5 4 a .4 L. Western -origtuai lee 50 5, 1 5 4 1 it Do. South Waiits a. DO. VY. Aiid.-.jxio.e lOO 27 29 a, , Do. Newport ,OO 29 31 29 at Laciuttallirezt Y orkshiru lOO .274 281 at Lou., 1.1r1g1., Es b. tiOltat WO 51 511 51 1 0 , Do Scrtp - - at 1 on., Clint., sou Doves lve IGI 171 I'4 st Du. Aletrop. Ex. A lOO - - at Lou. & Aorta Weatertu WO 1,8 181 1131 1 .t Lou. & South Western l.,t) 9 t 94 91 1 1 at Alan., Shel., .z Lincoti, IL9 341 55 L4l i at At.?tropoiltau. ,•.. • luo 1011 1 106, 41 01 at Du Exteusi)u .. 10 Du. Ae% rd .. at Metro,lolitau District. all 49 St 10 Aletrup. st. Johu'a 11 oo 1 6 - - at 11.1.n.aud at Do, Bimini. 40 Dsrl4 at NJf cD. BritJah ...... .... 100 13 36 at Do. Ed., Yth., & Duu lO4l - - at Nor. Iliastern-Berwielt.. 100 106 107 1.761 25 Do. 14. N.E purohluse 16.13.8 - - et Do Leeds lOO 60 61 at Do York lO3 07 93 at Do Carlisle .... . . lOO 125 130 at Do Stoc u. At Darling ICO 131 i 34 at North Lon lou 10 Do New 1848 . 2 11 2 p s at North Staffordshire lO4 68 60 at North and S.-W. Jnnetion 100 103 103 10 Do New .£lO shams , 7 ... .. at Rhyhtney st Shropshire Union l. 0 53 5J st South Devon .. st South Eastern lOO b 2 8:1 82 111 at Staines, Wok'haln,& Wok all 12 13 • at caa vale lOO 148 152 150 - .. _ - Du. 11.; •• • .. 5 3 It 6teriord & Kilktnuy .. lOU lo Yaierluo & Whiteha.l.. 6 THE SUN, LONDON, WRDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1869. IdPERIAL PARLIA al EN i HOUSE OF COMMONS.—This DAY. The SPEAKER took tho chair at 12 o'clock. ANNUITY TAX (EDINBURGH). Mr. MiLAREN asked leave to bring in a bill to abolish the Annuity Tax, or ministers' money, in the parish of Canongate, within Edinburgh, and to make other provi sions respecting the stipend of the minister in that parish, and of the ministers in the city parishes. Sir G. MONTGOMERY deprecated any interference with the legislation of 1860. After a few remarks for 111‘LanEN, leave was given. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND). Mr. MIIA LION obtaiu3d leave to bring in a bill for the assimilation of the law for the relief of the poor in Ireland to that of England, by substituting an union rating for the present system of rating by electoral divisions. 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 et Do. Aberdeen, gnu 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st D. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath luJ 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all st. Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. I per ct lOO et Qt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102 st Do do N 0.2 100 98 100 93 et Do do 6 per cent 100 10J 112 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 „, et Do do 13 6 do. 100 st Du do C 7 do. 10J it Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 10J st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 71 73 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... et Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 1081 s t Du 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 1 00 st : 11 Do , do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp. c. pin. 100 „. et Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO et; Gt. Nrth Of Sjotland, Ist pf 100 st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st G t.West.— :Mg.& J nt.-11eut chg., per gua.s p.c l3O 103 10) st Do. Ong. (B.& H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 103 at Do du 4, per cent. 1650 lO3 88 93 at Do do 4 do do st Eo do 5 per cent. rodent 10) 93 97 st Do do Blrinillgil4ll l gait lOO 63 70 st Do do do pref lOO st Do do Chester gua lOO ; 2 75 st Do do do 8 per cent lOO st Do do do 5 do 100 93 103 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ,„ st Do do 44 p.c lOO .„ at Do do 4, 1850 lOO ,„ st Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g IOJ 11 116 at Do do 2.1 gua lOO 110 112 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 90 91 st Do do 28 do 103 1.0 103 et Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 „, ,„ 100 Lancaster 8 Carlisle 41 p.c. all .„, ,„ at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 10 135 at Do Barnsley, £5 35 108 p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 145 st Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 98 102 at London an teed, 5 P.C. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO „, „. at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 „, at Do 6 do do lOO „, „, at Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO ... at Do 7 per cent at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 at Da 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover .5 per cent ICO st London and C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 10) 111 st Do Bedford & (3ambridge lOU st Do Shrowsb'y & Welchp'l 100 .„ st London and s.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO -145 153 :s 6d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all _ st Man., Slid., &Litwin. 6 p.c. 100 111 117 116 6 Do. .E 6 all par Ipm st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 133 110 at Do Bristol& Birm., Gp. c lOO 1.1 136 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 100 102 atj Do 44 per cent. irredeem lt)U 104 1,2 at Do Leicester &Irchn, 4.p.c lOO 90 92 at North 13ritish, 5 p.c. Nu. 1 too „. at Do E. &U.4p.e. S. & D lOO _ at Do N. 13., No. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO _ st N.-Eastern--Oons. 4 p.c lOO 86 86 st Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 95 97 at Do CI N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.4. 2 Do York, 11. (lc S. purchase lO 10 101 a Do Stcktn & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 103 110 at Do W, Hartlepool /I. and it lOO 87 8J 20 North Staffordshire all 20 21 10s S. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 e: W Do ate 4i rt percent or r a e & en K t i 108 Do Titvistock Anus., 10s all 9 10 103 Do Fixed 44 p er cent a ll 8 9 . 1;0.6. S..e...ast. (Read. Anu s . , 1.0.6) all 22 23 100 * 100 41 43 at Do Fixed 44 p er cent lOO . . at Taff Vale No.l ....... .**** 100 145 150 s BAILWAYS.-PItEFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c guii. at Do Scot. Cen. min. 7 p C lOO st Do 41 p irredeem all *„**, ,-, .* st Do 4p c con. issued at Su 65 ... ... st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 ... . 81t st Do 5 do, 1362 lOO 88 se at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 87 81 st Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO tit 80 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 .., „, st Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 ... .., at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 ... ,„ at Great West., W. 11131., 5p c 100 ... ... 100 .. at Do Joint I.erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 86 v 3 92 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 100 108 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 19 '2O at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... ... 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 at Loud., Brig., &c., 4/ pc, 1853 100 I I at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• ... at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 44 do, 186:3 100 *** -* at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 *** st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 sdo at Lond Do . Chat., dc., &c., `2d, 6 6 p p.. c e at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c . • . ..... . • .: st London& N. Western, 5p c 100 16; 110 at London &S. Western, 41 p e 1 00 94 96 10 Man. shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all Bbi at Metropolitan 5 per cent at . Midland, A. 5 per cent pref lOO 10; 110 is at Do B 5 do 100 108 11 0 Do 5 p C opt. to cony, to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1860 all 2l# 211 is Do Incony. New Snares 16 , ii 22 Do 5p c con. into Old lp 191 Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 st North British, E. and GSA N o , 1, 5 per cent ... at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 *** "' st Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 *** "' a t Do E.& 0 , No. 2 , 5 la.c s t Do N. 13.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 *** "* li t Do E. & (1., N 0 . 3, 5 p.c -. 100 *** "' $ t Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 4 4 p c 100 63 ,"; at North Eastern, 11 per cent 100 s , 7 - a t Do Stock. & Dar 1., D itui at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO „„ .. South D Ea o stern, 41 p d c o , 1361 100 "' 1350 100 „„ : at 5 at t Do sdo (Ch. Cross)lB63 1 1: 0 0 ::: ::: :i Do 5 do, 1864 ... „ • - st Victo ria St.& Pimlico, 44 pe itAth wAys.—LLNES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS bt Birkenhead . DU t 3 95 10 0 Do. 1 1 pe r cent. Prefer all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and H ol y head lOO 53 '55 at Do. bi Per cent. at Do. 5 do. ... st Clydesdale, guaranteed l OO . .. at C o lchester Stour Valley 100 . i t East Lincoln, gni), 6p. c lOO 18: 1.36 2 0 Gloster and m ean Forest all ... s Gt. Easn., Newm.,.&c., 5 p.c 100 ... a Do. H. U. Harwich, p.e 100 6) 7 '.: 1 st Do.do. WoodbFg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 a so t G u t. u N i V i eaantd, WseibMyid., lleref 100 95 97 all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 215 22) st London and I3lackwall lOO 9 ) 91 at Do. 41 per cent lOO ••• ••• st London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO ... st Do. Com. F und, sdo 100 ... . s t London an d Greenwich s t Do• do Preference lOO ... st London, Tilbury, it South 100 78 8 6 st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton; & M . atlk all 5 .5i at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 93 95 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Nurtheruk Last. , 5 per cent all 53 56 Si) Do. do. 6 do. all ... ... st N. Eastcra —Hartlepool at N.West. A perp. prel, sp. C 10) 103 no at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ... ... at N utting. & Gr.mta. B.& C lOO 92 9t •::5 P rea t u n and IS yre. all 41 43 ... Royatun, Hitch., and Snep. 100 133 144 st Shrewsbury and Hieefurd 100 133 135 10 Do er u 8 21 p at S. Y o rksh. and R Dun iver 100 93 100 at De 4 per emit gua lO 9 SI at Do 5 do at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 ISO at West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 1,1 14 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all 64 7. st Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... st Wilts and Somerset ----- DOCKS. Et East and West India lOO 120 143 Et London and St. Katherine 100 49 51 1 , 100 D °Deb. stock, 4 pkir cent all ... ... Miliwall Freeho:d La ud a 100 31 33 t Dock at Southampton lOO 70 78 at Surrey corinuercial : .. .. 110 k Closing Business Share NIUE. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 124 .0 Do B lO 41 5 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, Hui • all 1 19 191 4 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 11 24 ,20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 19 12 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lien. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 3 t 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 87 30 10 Bank of :New Zealand all 17 13 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China all 21 22 214 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all Eso 31 20 City l ,l 113 121 100 Colonial 25 39 41 10 Consolidated, lint. 4 1 1 50 Delhi and London, lint ~. 25 ..... 50 East London, lim 20 English and American, lim 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim ...... . 20 English, ncottish, and A.us. tralian Chartered ..... 1.8; Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 281 Do new Li 4 100 Imperial, lim 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 2 , 1 121 t 5 lonian.all 25 27 25 Do new............ . 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 3 1 3 1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 75 7 s 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 6 4 100 Londonand Brazilian, lint. 45 32 28 20 Do new 74 61 64 100 London & River Plate, lint, 40 6 8 25 Do new 10 2 3 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 '231 50 London and C0unty.,,,,,,,, 20 491 501 514 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 ... 11 LLondon Joint Stock 1 al 33 tlk London and South African al 1 • 12 100 London 8; S.-Western, lint, 20 ... ... 50 London & Venezuela, Km._ 121 ••• ;•• 100 London and Westminster. 20 61 63 65 4 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm „ 2O 59 61 100 Merchant, 1int....,,,,,,,, 25 6 4 10 Metropolitan, lim 100 Midland, 1im...... 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint, 15 3 1 d 100 National rrovinc.of Eng'd 42 ... ... 1371 10 Do 60 National.. 3O 46 48 20 New South Wales e all 42 43 20 North-Western 74 250 r Orientalrovi e.Ban Bank n Corporation k.corpo ,liuLlo 6 all 41 } 4 44 1 441 4 5 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 83 96 10 Do new. all ••• ••• 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 15 1 i 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 46 47 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London l5 361 371 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 225 225 225 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., 1im....1 10 12 4 13 134 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 83 35 st Do. 8 per cent. lOO 81 84 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 5 , 1 10 Berlin Water Works, Um all 144 14} 111 10 Do. New 6 81 4/ 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay ats, lim. 5 Do. New 4 1/ Id 5) British. American Land. 4l 161 d at B. and I. M ty,netic Tel., lim. 100 165 170 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 2 8 21 20 British Ship Owners 75 ... ... 29 Canada Company all 60 65 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 24 24 1 .0 20 Ceylon Company, lim 20 Do. A shares 5 .. 3 2 d 10 City Discount, lim 25 City of Loudon Real Pro perty, lira 8 41 2.1 d 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 6 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 2 3 50 City Offices, lint 25 235 24.1 74 50 Colonial, lim. 20 34 2 Do. ' 221 ... 50 Commercia:. 'Union (Assur) 5 1 . 14p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 25 C c o ep u p ti e n r en nin tal e U r n s i e o f n E G n a g s, la lt , all 18 19 pref 74 per cent. 100 Corporation of London 1 1 8 8 7 7 7 2, , 4 41 }per r cent. a cent. allll 1 01 105 100 1011 1054 100 Do. 1832, 41 per cent. all 10 34 1044 Do.Be Bonds, 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 24 25 21 50 Credit Fou.of Mauritius lim lO al 244 at Crystal Palace lOO 1J 21 at Do. Preference lOO 91 99 at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 106 11J 20 Darjeeling, lim. ... .. 10 Eastern Assam, lim 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, Um. 6 4d 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, list. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Uua. by Egypt. Gov all 94 95 911 4 20 Egyptian Com. & Traci. lim 6 45 4d at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 250 263 252 6 10 Do. New 8 12 14p 3 Eng. & Aust rod. Copper, lim 25 1 2 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 5 4: 100 Eng. and Scot. M arine, Um 8 10 Fairbairn Engineering 8 if Ifd 20 Fore-atreetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and -- - Loan Scrip, issued at X. 85 all 88 S 9 50 Gellivara, lim. 2O ••• ••• 10 General Credit & Die., lint- 7 4 11 1: 5.1 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all .7:-. :•.• all I JA i* 20 'lnds-T.)ll's Bay 20 Imperial haul Co. of Mar seilles,ls General St, 121 ••• "' 50 II uim&: C u I a l: riUeL Navigation 1 5 4 . 241 ; 2 j 9 11 lira. 20 Indu-European Tel., lint : 10 ••:, ;', 2 sLid 20 Interns.. Financial Sue. lint 5 1 1 ' A 20 Interim. Laud Credi t, lint 6 6 41 50 Italian Land 4 11 1 1 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 931 34 ric , ttnsy. i 100 Du. 6p. C. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 20 all 6 2 " 63 * ......................... Trading l9 7 51 5205 Land London 2 1 5 0 L Lon. o ß u u tl i o & l i n u e n a C a l , o e l u d i n u . 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lim all 31 sl 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per ceult. all 1 IP 50 Lond. Financial Asso., Um 30 22 20 4 Lon d.Gen.Onmibus.Cu.lim. all 11 2 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, Hui 25 22 17d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 Id Pr at Madras Irriga. &Card. Gus. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO ,104 105 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency,lim...... I 51 10 Mediterra. Ext on. Tel., hurl. all ii 4 371 5 0 Merchant Shi pp i ng, Tim all 32 50 Millwall Iron Works, lint. 121 ••• "' 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. .. 25 National Discount Ce . , 25 National Prov. Marine' Rm 4 4 3 . 4 , 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 81 ',,,§ 20 Nerbuthia Coal & Iron, Hai 6 31 3 ,u, 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 11 .'',t t 5N ew Quebrada, lira 4.4.0 4 4 "s 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. . cautile Agency,lim 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, Tim. 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 7 } 5 1 10 Do. B ............ .. . a ll 1 2 st North Brit. Austral, Rm IOO 47 52 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l 19 20 5 5 0 0 0 1;1 Oriental l G F i a n s a , n u t al ~.1.in...1 25 Ocean Marine (I nsurance) 5 121 13 1 ii—, -4 1 all 7 1 " 5 Do. New 10 Otago and Southla ... In , vestment, lim 5 Ottoman Gas, lira 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim all 14 1 5 Do do. st Peel It. Land & Minerl, lim 190 33 38 so Peuinsu. & Oriental Steam all 49 51 49 g 50 Do. Now 1867 25 Renter's Telegram 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Itu.,lim. all 1 7 18 191 20 Do. Gas, lim all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam . 60 47 49 at Scottish Aust. Invest , lim. 100 83 88 st Do. 6p c. Guar: pref. 100 -•— 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte lim. 10 7 61 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 8 3 41 ' 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 25 South Australian L and ~, al l 354 3 61 at Submarine Telegraph I Do. Scrip all i ll 20 Telegraph Con. &Main.,lim all 1 8 1 194 19 184 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 2f 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl ••• -• 10 Trust &Agency of Aus.,lim 1 1 IP 10 Do do. do. all ..• ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 id 50 Union Marine L'pool, Lim. 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, 11w all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., ll m 6 ld p 5 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 51 61. Prof a Do. 10 per cent. 6 all 31 31 . p 20 Universal Marine(ll9, lim I 11p 64 10 Upper Assam Tea, lam all 24 3} 30 Van Dieman's Laud 2 Bl 7 8 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 pe r cent. ()lortgage) Loan.. , all 784 78f 781 94 30 Warrant Finance, lim l2 12 101 50 West India and Pacific Steam, Rm. 20 West London Wharves and 10 Warehouses COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES -- Ilritigh Columbia, 6 per 0ent,1672 100 .... - - Do. 18u5 lOO -- Cati.(lov.op.c.Jam o dauly 1877-61 ..... .... lOO 1 051 1,61 .0000 Do. p. o. Feb, & Au g 100 R - l , 6 -- Do. sp. o. Mar. . Sept 100 00 107 110087 4 11 .., 1 ( 14 106 Do. sp. c. JUL 451 July 10 0 95 116 901. Do. SP. c. Inscribed sic 100 90 92 Cape (I.liope, 6 p• 0 •187 3•• 1 06 102 10 4 Do.Apl.&Oot 1890-1900 100 11l 113 = l o ro o. . jan.l d j o wl. l i ti tp Bo l -9 . 1 ....• 1 . Do. 5 per oeut. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900..•..•• 100 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c.- 100 108 110 Do. 1872, do• ••• 100 105 107 —: Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July l lO 104 100 Do. 1878 ... ..... llO 10 0 LOS Do. 1882, Slay and Nov NOO 106 Los 1)0. 1895, Feb. & AuLt..•• 10 106 1% 31,-:bourne OJrporatn., Iriti7-i, 6 pec i.n.', •-•• 1 (0 tro 100 N.1.1.G0v.5 p.o..la..tJuly lOO 101 1 5 Natal 6 p c', AO a Oct 101 . Do 6pc. M y & No/ 1 0 1(6 108 N. S. W. 5 p.c., '7l to . 74 lOO 99 1 , 1 Do. 5 p.c. IbSB to 1 , 4 1 6 OO 9e..1 09 99 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'6; to ' 75 N.Zealand, 6p. ot.1891.• 100 _ „,_ Do. 5 per cent.... DoJan, A p I,July, 0_ t-•• 100 93 94 93f Do 6p c. Mar . sept '91...00 108 LIO Do J une & Deo , 1.91 ..•. 100 109 (Al iDo Prov. 1 Auclld. ( 1 0 ( .crie, 1& 2, 1296. Nova Scotia 6p. c.Jan... and July. 1875 1.10 Is: 6.. .... [:6 100 100 1 0 : 103 103 4 Quecnslnd. fp. C. '8 . 4- . 45-• 100 106 107 Do ISO . Do. 6 p 0.188%. - Do 0 5 Az .. 100 108 110 Do rd. 19.3 ..... Victoria 6p.0. 1591..,.... 1(10 112 113 OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS (IRELAND). The O'CONOR DON moved fora r,•tnrn of all the offi cial appointments made by the late Government in Ireland from the Ist to the 10th day of December,lBoB, In tabular farm; the names of the persons appointed; the na'ure and salaries of the offices; the dates of the several appointments; the names of the previous holders of these offices ; how the vacancies were created; and, if caused by resignation, the date of the resignation.—Granted. Mr. DODDS moved an address fur copy of the judgment delivered by the Special Commissioners for English Fishe ries at Wokington on the 10th of December, 1868, relative to Lord LonsdahA fishing coops in the river Derwent, and affecting the right to weirs in the non-navigable portions of salmon river sin England.—Agreed to. THE DUMFRIESSHIRE ELECTION. Mr. T. CHAMBERS nominated the select committee to inquire as to the alleged Parliamentaay disqualification of Sir Sydney Hedlew Waterlow under the statute 22 George 111., c. 45: the Lord Advocate, Mr. Thomas Chambers, Mr. Brand, Mr. Headlam, Mr. Gathorne Hardy, Mr. Henley, and Mr. Pemberton. Powers to send for persons, papers, and records ; five to be the quorum ; That the committee have leave to hear counsel upon the matter referred to. —Agreed to. POOR LAWS. Mr. CORRANCE moved for the returns of the number of married persons a3ed 60 years and upwards who may have occupied common apartments within any union house, in pursuance of the Act 10 and 11 Vic., c. 109, s. 27, during 1867 ; of the total number of pauper children receiving education under the Act 22 and 23 Vie., c. 29, s. 111; and of the comparative number of paupers re lieved in the borough and county union houses since the Acts 24 and 25 Vic., c. 55, and 28 and 29 Vic, c. 79, a. 8; exclusive of the metropolis. Agreed to. The house adjourned at 12.45. NAVAL AND lIIILI7ARY INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday there was a grand divisional route march of the whole of the troops at Alder shot, under the command of Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B. The Cavalry Brigade, with two batteries of Royal Horse Artillery, marched to the vici nity of Bagshot, taking up a position near the Golden Farmer, with pickets oa the right and left of the road. The 3d Brigade and a battery of Artillery marched to Frimley-grove, and oa ar riving there threw out an advanceAcet towards Bagshot, communicAting on the right with th,! Ist, or Major Gen. Renny's Brigade. The latter bri gade, with a battery of Artillery, marched by the North Camp station to Friinley-green, where i: halted and detached a regiment to the right of the Wind mill, communicating with Gen. ilorsford's Brigade on the left. The 2d Brigade, under Major Gen. Carey, C. 8., with a battery of Royal horse Artil lery, crossed the canal at the Commissariat-bridge, and recrossed it at Mitchett-bridge. They then occu pied a position extending from the sign-post on the Guildford-road on the right, overlook iug Henley-park, to General Renny's Brigade, near the Windmill, on the left. The infan try were supplied with five rounds of ammunition per man. The whole were in position at 11 o'clock, and about that time General Scarlett inspected the disposition of the force. Shortly before 12 o'clock the firing of the artillery announced the approach of a supposed enemy, upon which the outposts fired and retired, and the 2d Brigade delivered two or three volleys, which appeared to have the effect of checking his advance. The troops returned to quarters shortly after two o'clock. The 98th Regiment, now stationed at Aldershot, is under orders to leave camp as follows : —Head quarters and four companies to Newcastle, three companies to TynemDuth, and three companies to Sunderland. The 98th will be relieved by the 35th Regiment, from Portsmouth. A board of officers has been assembled at the Royal Marine Barracks, Woolwich, to verify the services of such men as are about to be transferred to Chatham. This will be, the first portion to leave the garrison. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty: —W. V. Miller, paymaster, additional to the Valiant; and Arthur Chance, midshipman, to the Royal Alfred. HORACE GItEELEY ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN. On the 3d instant Mr. Horace Greeley delivered a lecture on " Personal Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln," at the Cooper Institute, New York. He re marked that no biography he had seen of Abraham Lin - coln conveyed to him his idea of the man. He was not the supernatural genius his eulogists represented, but better in intellect and heart than his detractors were willing to admit, and more suited than these idealized creations to instruct, inspire, and stimu late the young men of the present day. The entire employment of his youth and,manhood was devoted to laborious manual pursuits ; his instinctive thirst for knowledge, his greedy acquisition of such infor mation as came in his way, led him to study surveying, as a means to enable him to continue the study of law and other branches. Here Mr. Greeley suggested the inquiry —How much real importance to the accomplishment of a successful life is what is termed a common school educa tion ?" Jackson, Harrison, Benton, Corwin, and others received less than this ; yet Henry Clay, at the zenith of his life, appeared in no wise inferior to the educated men who surrounded him, in cul ture, information, and educational taste. The effect upon Lincoln, a raw boy, born and bred almost beyond the confines of civilization, must be con jectured of his two trips down the Mississippi river to New Orleans. They taught him much, and sug gested much more. Mr. Greeley .then traced Mr Lincoln's political career from his first nomination as member of his own State Legislature in 1831 till chosen its speaker in 1840 when he was acknow ledged the leader of his party in his State. Thence he was sent to the House of Repre sentatives, and after serving one term returned home, and was little observed beyond his State till the Kansas-Nebraska Bill brought him forward as its strong opponent. Then he engaged in the Senatorial contest with Mr. Douglas, which Mr. Greeley considers one of the most remarkable and important events of its kind ever witnessed in America. Mr. Lincoln lost that contest, but ob tained through the remarkable abilities displayed the nomination of the National Convention for President and his election to that office. The lecturer traced Mr. Lincoln's steady advancement first to his entire fealty to his party, being its firm, steady, earnest advocate ; and secondly to his logical powers, which enabled him instantly to perceive the value of an argument, and at the same time to pre sent it to an audience in the most forcible and con vincing form. His apparent apathy during the first few months of his administration while the rebellion was gathering ahead, arose from a belief in the im possibility of a civil war in America. When the truth was forced ou him he met the emergency with all the energy of his nature, and was ever ready to meet any proposition that would stop the blood shed. His sole aim was to restore the Union and secure the country. If the Union coull be restored by retaining slavery, slavery should be. retained ; if it could be restored by destroying slavery, then slavery should be destroyed. This le I him in the early days of the rebellion to veto the efforts of different military commanders to free the slaves in their charge, and later in the war to proclaim a general emancipation. 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 cxporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co. Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, Loudon W.Q —[Ad Tertisemeut. SPIRIT OF TEE PUBLIC jOURNALS. The Times is inclined to regret that the Uovernment should have taken upon itself the burden of the official inquiry into the incidence of local taxation. In declaring that the Government would undertake the subject as soot as their hands were freed from the great task they bar( set themselves to accomplish, Mr. Gladstone added that, had they desired ease or delay, nothing would have suited their purpose better than to assent to the motion of Sir Massey Lopes. The reference of the question to a royal commission would result in shelving it for half-a•dozen years. This seems to be an exaggerated estimate of the time that would be absorbed in inquiry and consideration, but everyone must applaud the industrious spirit of the Ministry in taking the investigation into their own hands. We have seen too much of late of govern ment by committeecs and commissions, and it has almost come to this—that the responsible administration has been absolved from all tasks of more than ordinary difficulty. Yet, while we recognise the enthusiasm of the Government for work, we cannot but feel some hesitation whether in this especial business despatch would not have been more certainly secured by the inquiry of an indepen dent body receiving and sifting evidence in a manner almost public. When the incidence of local taxation is closely analysed, questions of extreme nicety and difficulty arise, such as are not easily solved by persons immersed by their daily occupations in masses of details. But we do not wish to discourage the ardour of the Ministry. They are strong, they are energetic, they arc able, and, moreover, they have a certain number of followers loosely attached to particular offices who are ready to be turned to any work. Let them take up their self-assumed task. When they shall have accomplished the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church, they will have proved such capacity for applying great principles and re ducing an infinity of details into order that the re-settle ment of the local taxation of England will be child's play for them. The Daily News refers to the question raised by the I landed interest on the subject of local burdens, and says that Sir Massey Lopes wishes for a royal commission to inquire into the amount and the incidence of local taxa tion. His object seems to be to put a good part of this taxation on the universal back. He and those who sup port him have cast longing eyes on the Consolidated Fund, and they think that if iu this way town and country joined in paying the county taxation, and town continued to pay its own, they should have arrived at something like rural felicity. Sir Massey Lopes thinks that the landed interest has never been compensated for free trade, and that its burdens are grievous to be borne, and he is certain that inquiry into those burdens would result in such a case of suffering as would make an ungrateful nation, which will not now touch them with one of its fingers, take them on its own all-enduring shoulders. Mr. Goschen cannot see the need of inquiry, and we think the country will agree with him. What the counties really want is, not to shift their burdens on the back of the country at large—this is an old and exploded device of the landed interest—but to bring their whole expenditure under responsible control, This is the true direction in which to look for the adjust ment of county burdens. The establishment of financial boards, as proposed by the Government, and the eventual readjustment of the whole system of poor law rating, will enable the ratepayers to do something to help themselves, and that will be far more effectual than these vain calls for help to the Jupiter of the Consolidate,' Fund. TheStundarJ,after remarking thatlast yearßethnal-green paid 3s. lid. in the pound for the relief of the poor, while Bd. was paid by Hanover•square, says that under such circumstances change must coma. gr. Hardy has heralded it by his co union fund. What has now to be done is to establish a common basis. The poor of London should be maintained by the ratepayers of Loudon, without distinc tion as to parish. But with such comprehensive measures to debate upon, we may expect that further questions will arise. To use the ordinary phrase the question will be " ventilated," and public attention will be drawn to points hitherto overlooked. Principles will be laid hold of, and the further application of these principles will be demanded. The propriety of an assess ment based solely on rental may be disputed. The ques tion is one of personal ability. The real principle, it will be urged, is not merely what a man's house is worth, but what he is worth himself. A nobleman may pay no more rent than a tradesman ; a man with a fortune no more rent than a professional man whose fortune has to be made. Why should real property be burdened and per sonal property escape ? Two hundred millions of income going free from a host of charges which properly belong to all alike will scarcely be tolerated. However, these further questions ought not to delay the correction of ad mitted errors, though we have not the least expectation that the passing of these two bills will bring us to per fection, even though we take them in conjunction with an equalised metropolitan poor rate. But it is enough to know that the present course of things is in the right direction, so far as this subject is concerned. The Star refers to the proposal made by Lord Bury to the House of Commons with respect to the re-election of Ministers of the Crown, and says that the house of Com mons would none of it; and the little bill for abolishing the statute of Anne was not even permitted to be brought as far as the bar. The inconveniences alleged to be expe rienced are not great while the advantages of the practice are considerable. It is well that at the moment of taking office Ministers should be called upon to put their princi ples before the country in a popular shape. The know ledge that this must be done beneficially affects the choice which a Premier makes of colleagues ; and occasionally, as in a case recorded by Sir Robert Peel, compels a Minister to dissolve, who otherwise might take office without consulting the feelings of the people. Moreover, at the hustings on which Ministers present themselves for re-election, the public questions of the time are thoroughly popularised. The House of Commons does well to guard everything that secures the free play of popular opinion on the conduct of every member of it. Not only is it bound to protect against all possibility of royal intrusion the rights which it exercises under the Constitution, but it is bound to.guard that exactitude and freshness of representation which the people have a right to demand against any proneness on the part of the House itself to govern the country autocratically. This, at least, is no chimerical fear, for it is not long since the rights of the people had to be secured by a complete bouleversement of a House or Commons, in which even many Liberals claimed the pri. vilege of governing, and disavowed all real responsibility to the people. Against all such dangers the new House of Commons does well to provide, and it has begun well in preserving the statute of Anne. The Post is afraid that although the Solicitor-General will find it easy enough to prove his case in proposing his University Test Bill, he will find that his opponents will be able to impede its progress. The controversy on the subject is worn to rags ; the arguments on both sides are exhausted. It has been shewn, beyond all doubt and Ml dispute, that these tests are prejudicial alike to religion and education ; that they contravene the rights of conscience, and are hostile to the interests of the universities ; that they present a temptation to duplicity, and impose a penalty on honest convictions. The axiom that it is not wise to retain laws which it is neither proper nor convenient to execute, has become, as it were, the handwriting on the wall. Still, truths which could not be denied have been evaded, and the opposition which it was impossible to maintain on the open ground of principle has shut itself up in the stronghold of prejudice. But the lesson of history, as it relates to the question, is that exclusive laws are the weakness, not the strength, of the institution that has the misfortune to be embar rassed with them. It has been well said that they differ only in degree from the dungeon and the stake ; that they are just the maximum of persecution the age will submit to. Indeed, the utmost they can do is to make a sort of time-bargain, to reduce enemies to a state of apparent acquiescence, and to restrain them, for a time, from overt acts of antagonism, and in doing that they intensify the opinions and feelings which are really pregnant with danger. The Telegraph takes credit to itself for its recognition of Lord Mayo's merits when he was unjustly assailed. When the Earl of Mayo was appointed Indian Viceroy,„nearly all our contemporaries set up a howl of wrath—it was " disgraceful," "shameful," he was " entirely unfit," be must be recalled. The Times, the Spectator, the Saturday Reticle, the Pall Mall Gazette, and the Economist, all shouted out their horror and their wrath ; and the Indian newspapers, borrowing their ideas from London, echoed the shriek. We said at the time, " Give Lord Mayo fair play ; he may not be a man of genius, but in Ireb2;nd he was cool, sensible, well bred ; and lie may mcace a very good Governor-General of India." Now the tables are turned ; the Indian papers speak enthusiastically of Lord :Nlayo's popularity, the c orresponder.;;s of English papers follow suit, and everybody aliticipates good results from the appointment :,nce all but univer• sally decried. I3ut why did a a ll nd ou n r ot ee: e i a t r e ,3 :n ey i x o c r k a irt r iie i n e w agree to bark down Lord Mayo? The answer—sum 'l e d by 1)r. Johnson—is, ' sheer ignorance." totliing whatever of bini personally or as a statesman. a m: g n i : a n i s: ...ibxecycliiieasd• aoll:(llYff•oeiand t F h l e n s ' e le sle b :l 2 ( l l g er materials th a t a.s c ai tr e i d id ty v lenounce:l him. Surely the press can hardly expect` .' mstain its own influence, when statesmen find thatlsoine! and other toti,rll,iiiiiceioapfle—rsooilii personal the n d b o r t li c j l i ' amen their wisest acts are those mos l t lo bittiT : l : 3, reckless writers. On certain topics, doubt, :an judge as well as a ethl u ae public laws, ')a( facts of ,cti c s of subordinate administrators are reuaitlsylavlbo obrveiiogints questions politics, t 1 ; le o butp l o t l i u lt t l . ,, appeal vh n e l n v to those who come into immediate contact. wilhotremo,--Oi hlottivve that Disraeli "knew , t i l: i nf a (: %n r idi y a T i r l s e .. w l‘ 'o l r a sr ill an unjust - they were il'• contemporaries nominated \ l v J e o r r e d that our impetuous informed. THHtD EDITION. NOTICh. The Fourth Elition of " The Suez " of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.30 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. INDIA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BOMBAY, Feb 5 (via Brindisi). Ameer Shere Ali made a triumphant entry into Cabul on the of January amid great rejoicings. A telegram from Cashar states that the Govern ment has taken measures to prevent further depre dations by the hill tribes, and is about to send troops to pursue thew. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 23. An official notification has been published here to-day, which states that the Porte and Greece, having accepted the declaration of the Conference, and diplomatic as well as commercial relations be ing on the point of resumption, the Sultan has ordered all the measures alopted against Greek subjects and shipping in consequence of the ulti. matum to be annulled. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day NOTTINGHAM RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FOREST HANDICAP. Astracan Pompeii LITTLE JOHN STAKES. Sister to Veda Countryman Phantom Lass ..... Ten ran. SELLING STAKES. Lady Kew ..... I Lady Lotty f 2 Flying Jib 3 Five ran. NEWCASTLE PLATE. Chapel Royal 1 Veda Eagle Eye 8 Five ran. GREAT HURDLE RACE. Colonel I Ada Penelope 2 Icicle .. i HUNT CUP. Primrose Sir Walter JUVENILE SELLING STAKES. Lacydes f.... Lady Kew... Lilly Lye c.. Six ran. LATEST BETTING. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 12 agst Despatch (taken) 9to agst Co!oucl (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Pau (takr•u) 160 to ugst Tathwell (taken) 100 to 7 agst Guy of Warwick (taken) 15 to 1 agst Fortunatus (taken) 15 to 1 ug4 Pearl Diver (taken) 2000 to 60 agst Gardener and Brigstock coupled (tkn) 7 to 1 agst Mr. Brayley's lot (taken) VICTORIA CLUB--THIs DAT. GRAND NATIONAL. 8 to 1 agst Despatch (taken) 9to 1 agst Colonel (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Pearl Diver(offered) 13 to 1 agst Tathwell (offered) 14 to 1 agst Fortunatus (taken) 100 to 70 agst Alcibiade (offered) 13 to 1 agst Fan (taken and offered) 18 to 1 agst Q. C. (offered) 25 to 1 agst The Nun (taken and wanted) 25 to 1 agst Brick (offered) 33 to 1 agst Havelock (taken) 33 to 1 agst Dick Turpin (offered) 40 to 1 agst Sea King (offered) 50 to 1 agst Billy Gladstone (offered) 50 to 1 agst Barbarian (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Summertime (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Hall Court (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Knave of Trumps (offered) 4 to 1 agst Despatch and Colonel coupled (taken) 100 to 15 agst Pearl Diver and Fortunatus coupled (taken) 9 to 1 agst Tathwell and Barbarian coupled (off.) CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 agst Paul Jones (offered) 15 to 1 agst /Egean (taken and wanted) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 agst Belladrum (offered—take 4to 1) DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Pero Gomez (offered) RACING FIXTURES. MARCH. Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Downpatrick 9 Warwick. 9, 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 West Drayton lB, 19 Baldoyle First Spring 18, 19 Margate 20 Beverley 20 Durham 29, 31 Epsom 30, 31 AP Abergavenny l, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk ... 6 7 Ilungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cambridge 7 8 Croat= Park .. 8 Streatham 8, 9 Newmarket Craven...l2, /co. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 1.5, 16 F.Aqtbourne l9 Lewes 2O 21 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring i 6, dm Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 Doncaster 13, 14 I \Vast Drayton l7, 18 1 Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 I Harpenden 2l Epsom Summer .....25, eco. rINTE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 1.1 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragh 22, 23, 24 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, Stc. Carlisle 6, 7 Pontefract 9, 10 Hendon .... . 12, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egham lO 11 Wolverhair pton 10: 11 Windsor 12, 13 I St. Albans l 7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 I SEPTE Warwick... .........7,...... 8 Curragh (Royal) ......7, 819 9 Abingdon ................., Doncaster ...... 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond ................ 21, 22 Lichfield .... 2l, 22 OCTO Bedford ..................... 5, 6 Edinburgh ...........6, 7, Leicester .................. 7, I 8 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 NOV] Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow 2, 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 Southampton 13, 14 Reading 15, 16 lfuntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford 22, 2$ Goodwood 27, 28, 29, at I.JST. Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 26, 27 Scarborough .30, 31 Derby Summer —3l, Se 1 31, Se p. 1 Weymouthp. Canterbury 3 l, Sep. 1 ;MBER. Hampton .....21, 22 Western (Ayr)........22, 28 Hendon 23, 24 Monmouth... 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0et....28, &c. Lanark... 29, $0 ,BER. Cheltenham l9, 20 Curragh l9, 20, 21 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarkbt H'ton ...25, &o. :MBER. Shrewsbury 15, Ito. Leamington limit 23, &o. STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. MARCH. Liverpool 3 West Somerset 15, 16 Shrewsbury .... 5, Mahon Rugby (Grand Mil.) 4, 9 I Chepstow ....29, 80 Kingsbury 12, 13 AP Aldersho' , 2 1 Bromley 1 9 Abergavenny . l, 2 Lichfield . 6, 7 Southdown Hunt .7 Cambridgo . ... 7, 8 Chelte nham 7, 8 .IL. Streatham B, 9 Royal Artily., Woolwich...B Kuightoa Ludlow l5, 18 Teubury. . 2l Croydon 22, 2d Cu. Louth & Ardeeu 27, 28 'MAY. Limerick Hunt Eglintou Hunt 4 Lit. Albans . ...... 13 6, 7 I West Drayton.....—... 17 JULY. Kingsbury AUG UST. -- St. Alb ans ..- _. 17 Bromley.. OCTOBER. 7 I West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. Harrow , 2, 3 Egliutou Hunt 6, 7 I Worcester 3, 4 Liverpool St. Albaut4. p 5, 6 Shcowsbury l5, 19 LY. )0 8 0 )i _ ;3 •ta pO l Olig rt ro g r. 014 r into sine ( ' ,astvr :loo t 1 - 15 St° OSt et ;1% 11 1 .40,1 , the WO I. ° ughS Ail ° Lion o ver. Fa of [ste t! , the Os 104 I