The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The improvement observable yesrerd ly on the Stock Exchange has been checked by the news ficm Paris, and Consols must now be quoted I I- lower than the closing prices of yesterday. The fag has extended to the Foreign Market, and most of the Continental securities are to be had at a trifle less than their former quotations. There has been a favourable movement in Telegraph shares, and Sub marine and Construction shares are now quoted a fraction higher than yesterday. The settlement is going on, but in rather a languid manner. Con ola are now at 911 to 92k for money ditto, for Account, 92i ; Three per Cent. Re. duced, 914; New Thee per Cents, 911 2 ditto Red Sea Telegraph, August, 1908, 104 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 1 dis. ; June, par to 4 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, prem. ; June, 3 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent., 237. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1111 1 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 1; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., —. In the Foreign Market there is a trifling decline. Egyptian (1868) are quoted 80 to 801, Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 83 to 831; Italian, 56 to 561 ; Mexican, 131 to 131 ; Peruvian, 84 to 841 ; Brazi lian, 871 to 881 ; Russian (1866), 901 to9ll ; Orel, 821 to 821 ; Charkof, 801 to 81; Spanish, 271 to 271; Turkish Five per Cents., 45 to 45+ ; and the Six per Cents., 681 to 681. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 851 to 86+, being an improvement of 1 ; Erie Shares are 1 better, at 171 to 181 ; and Illinois are 1 lower, at 99} to 100. In Bank Shares there is an improvement of * in Imperial Ottoman, the price being 2i to 2i prem. The' following are some of the principal quota tions :—Agra (A), 10i to 111; Alliance, 121 to 131; Anglo-Austrian, 11 to 13 prem.; Chartered Mercantile, 32 to 33 ; Consolidated, 4 1-16 to 4 3-18 ; Imperial, 161 to 161 ; London and County, 48 to 49 ; London and Westminster, 58/ to 591 ; Oriental, 41 to 42; London Joint Stock, 31k to 321 ; and Union of London, 37 to 38. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance opened without change, but have since advanced it, the present price being 36 to 36/. French Cable is also s better, at 161 to 161 ; and Anglo-American at 19/ to 19f. In Railway Shares prices show a slight decline, except in Great Northern and Metropolitan. The former is I higher, at 109 to 110 ; and the latter 1, at 814 to 81 ; London and Brighton is now 47 to 47f ; North Eastern (Berwick)* lower, 1231 to 1251 ; Midland an f lower, 1221 to 1231 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover 4., at 15 to 15f ; Caledonian, 761 to to 761 ; Great Eastern, 384. to 38f ; Great Eastern, 381 to 38f ; Great Northern (A), 109 k to 110; Great Western, 562 to 571 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1274 to 1272 ; London and North Western, 1231 to 1232 ; and South Eastern, 781 to 78i. At Mark-lane to-day the attendance was Mode rate. The suiplies of English produce light - , those of forvign fair. Engl'sh wheat firm at Monday's advance of I.s. per quarter. Foreign also firm at a similar improvement for best qualities. Grinding barley very firm. 'Malting steady in valne with moderate inquiry. Flour the turn dearer for both sacks and barrels. Beans and peas the turn dearer. There were no gold operations at the y Bank yes terday. The arrivals of specie from abroad included a sum of £11,660 by the steamer City of Brooklyn, from New York ; and a small parcel, value £2,718, by the Syria from Alexandria. The traffic receipts of the Metropolitan Railway show an increase of f. 503. The traffic of the Metropolitan and St. John's-wood Railway exhi bits a decrease of £4. The receipts of the Metro politan District Railway represent £738. A de grease is exhibited in the case of the South- Eastern of /731. The decrease of the Brighton is £491. . . It is stated in reference to the affairs of the Atlantic and Great Western liailway that, accord ing to a private telegram, Air. M'llenry and the other directors of the railway have been suspended by order of the Court. '1 he llionehester Courier stat•:s that Mr. William Alfred Packer, cotton spinner, Alma Mills, Old ham, has called a meeting of his creditors, which will take place immediately. The liabilities are not large. The liabilities of Mr. James Potter, Paradise Mill, Oldham, prove to be £9,300 ; assets about £BOO. The creditors have accepted a deed of assignment. Messrs. Neroutsos and Co. thus describe the state of trade at Manchester by telegram : " Market steady, but business not yet actively resumed, and transactions insufficient to tes`. prices fairly." In the Mincing-lane markets business is inter rupted by the holidays, but there has been an active inquiry for cotton, resulting in sales of some ex tent at stiffer prices. A prospectus has been issued of a company for promoting emigration, to be called the Emigrant and Colonists' Aid Corporation, with a nominal capital of £250,000, in shares of £l. By the selection of poor families of good character for settlements on lands to be obtained by grants or purchase, and taking engagements for repayment, with adequate interest, of passage-money, and other advances, it is hoped to make the scheme commercially profitable. The following relates to the degree of scrupulous ness manifested respectively by Prussia and Austria in dealing with the holders of their public debts " THE ANGLO-AUSTRIAN DEBT. " Council of Foreign Bondholders, 18, Palmerston-buildings, Dec. 28. "Sir,—lt has been announced that Prussia had proposed a law converting the 4 per cent. Prussian Consolidated Bonds into a 4i per cent. debt, and suspending the sinking fund thereon for the present. " Although the Prussian debt is an internal debt, this arrangement is not compulsory, but left to the free choice of the holders, who are offered the pre mium of 1 per cent. on their freely accepting the proposal. " This honourable and statesmanlike proceeding of the leading German Government contrasts forc ibly with the suicidal conduct of Austria, the other leading German country, which decreed a compul sory conversion of the Austrian debt, including even the public loans contracted in England, compelling the English holders thereof not only to convert their bonds into an internal debt, but inflicting a 16 per cent. income tax, without adequate compensation, and abolishing the sinking fund altogether. "May Austria at last learn from the prosperous finances of her rival that honesty is the best policy! " Your obedient servant, " HYDE CLARKE." The recent agitation both at home and in the Colonies, with reference to the wool trade, has re sulted in plans for reducing the warehousing charges, which amount to a not inconsiderable per centage on the value of the wool. New warehouses arc to be opened in February at Millwall Docks, to consist of a ground floor only, capable of showing upwards of 10,000 bales, and to lot all the wool offered for sale on one day. The eleventh half-ye,,rly report of the National Bank of Australasia shows au available total of £50,873, and announces a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per anutuu, with a bonus of is. per share, equal to 21 per cent. per annum, leaving, after au appropriation of £3,000 to the reduction of premises account, £4,623 to be carried forward. The half-yearly meeting of the London and Creen wich Railway Company is called fur the 11th J - ,t,uaiy, when a hall-yearly ,;ividend of ,£.l 7s. ld. per cent., or ss. sd. per share, clear of income-tax, via be recommended upon the ordinary stock. With reference to the conversion of the Exten- sion stock of the Metropolitan Railway Company it is intimated by the company that " the Exten sion stock during the period of the Ist January and the re-opening of the bo_ks of the company after the half-yearly meeting, however described in transfers, can be treated by ua only as Extension stock in proc, ss of conversion." An extraordinary general meeting of the Royal Sardinian Railway Company is to be held on the 7th January. BRITISH FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT YENDs. 3 per Lent. Consols Ditto for Accoui , t, Jan. 6 '''d per Cent. Reduced 9lf New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. Itql4 Do. o per Cen Jr.i.n.167:5 innuitieg, SO vie, expire Sib Jau., ltibt , — Do. for 3o yrg, expire 51. h April 18( 4 5 — Do (lied Sea Telekraphl, Aug., fl.oB , 191 . IxcLequ.:r Wils, £l,ool', 21 p. Ct. March 1 dis Da. 3 do. Juno D 3 £lOO, ..£2obgtt £5OO 3 pm Outik of England Stock. 41 per Cent D.:. opening — Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — nter-Colouial Onunum — INDIAN LIONERNMENT SECURITIEe. lndi t Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1'74„ Shut Dc. Opening, for Account — D ~ a per Cent. July, 1680 Do 4 per Cent. 'Oct. 1888 Do. Eufaced PareL 4 per Cent.... — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ..... „,,. — Do. 51 per Cent. May 187 P — DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Date , . 1872.. — Do do. 181 7 7 -- Do. do. 1882 — U;,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO ...... Do. under £l,OOO - — FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. irgentine Republic, 6 per Cent B7i 71 Do..Ace,ount Aultrian Bonds 5 per cent .. — Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4} per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1838.... Do. as, M) — Do. do 1863 _ ~ ,,1.• , Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Dc. Account Baenos Ayres 6 per Cent. DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. °Lillian 6 per Cent — t 0. 4} per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per cent. 1867 991 0 lombian, 6 per Cent. Danisu, 3 per Cent., 1825... Dan ,, bian Principalities, 7 per Cent B6l Do. Account Do 8 par Cent., 1867 — Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent — Pa Record issue •. — Do. .£sot. Bonds — Do. 1864 — Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds — Do..ilOG Bonds Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ~ .. Do. £lOO Bonds Government Railway Debentures 991 i Greeir b per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Coupons Guttemala:o per Cent .. Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p.. Ct., all pd 851 Do. Ace , tint lt , iian 5 per Cent., 1865 -Jo. Account _ Do Maremmana Ilailway ... — )1 exican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account — Dn. 1864 — Do 13 per Cont. Anglo-French — A outevideau 6 per Cent. ..... .....• llocrish Imperial 5 rer Cent — 'New Granada l7l Do 3 per Oen, — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 par Cont. 1865 Do Account • .. 834 Do 44 per Cent. (Ui:liarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 .. — Do Account Do 6 per Cent.,1862 — Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'Zi Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 181 i, £ Si Do 44 per Cent 1850 - Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do :do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds., 901 Do. do. £Bl 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9Ol Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway — Sar litian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Accf,unt ..., — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Deferred -2 -4 Do. Passive — Do. Com. Curt. of Coui . not funded Do. Account wedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do dc, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent • • 6...4. • Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do XIOC Bonds — Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do. Account 69 Do £lOO Bonds 7O Do. 5 percent. 1865 451 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Accounts 6Bl 1 1 D, 1 per Cont., Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 - — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian 5 per Cent. Ex 10. Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. - Lai Do Account 56 f TWO O'CLOCK. ad Oonsole, M0ney............ Do. Account, Jan. 6 , :22 11 COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS. The annual meeting of the supporters of this in. stitution was held yesterday at the London Tavern, under the presidency of Mr. George Moore, the treasurer. The secretary, Mr. Henry Lendon, read the report, which stated that the income for 1869, derived from the ordinary sources, showed a falling off of £759 ss. 11d. from that of 1868. This, however, could not be considered as unsatisfac tory, as the income of 1868 included a large amount contributed for building a new wing. The general health of the children for the past year h been good, and the favourable progress made in the educational department of the institution was very satisfactory. Four boys had been sent to the Oxford middle-class examination, and thus had passed : one in the first divisio❑ of the junior classes, and two in the second. The late Mr. John Underwood, of Wood- street, had be queathed a legacy of £3OO. The value of this institution was shown by the large number of applicants for the benefits of the schools, which increased every half-year. The results of the simultaneous collection on the "orphans' day" (October 20th) had been £1,116 14s. 10d., which sum bore a fair comparison with that of the previous year. The annual dinner in aid of the funds of the charity would be given to-day (Dec. 29), so as to give the large number of the subscribers which were at present in town an op portunity of being present. The balance-sheet showed that the income for the year from all sources amounted to £12,319 10s. 4d., and the expenditure, including a deposit of £2,000 at the bankers and a purchase of £2,423 10s. railway stock, had been £11,955 15s. 5d., leaving a balance of £363 16s. 11d. The report was adopted, and Mr. IL S. Way moved :--‘, That, with a view to the further edu cation and advancement of boys who while in the schools have displayed unusual intellec t ial ability, and have given promise of future eminence in literary and scientific pursuits, the board of management be empowered, at their dis cretion, to make provision from time to time for sending stult boys to the City of London or other public school for three years after leaving the in titatiou." The motion having bee❑ seconded, a I)ur , di.eussiJn followed, which resulted in Mr. Way withdrawing his proposal, so that the sub s.e:ibers might have au opportunity of considering the question. The treasurer and committee were re elected, and the election of 14 boys and seven gir:s oat of a list of 4 t candidates was proceeded with. THE WELSII FASTING GIRL.—The Treasury ;Authorities contemplate taking tin) Welsh fasting - girl's case into their hands and instructing codusel to conduct 1) prus cutiou at the assizes. _ A necdiewom,ln, aged 70 years, was found dead on 111 19fil of December, Lt 11, Elorcstau-streA, Mile-cud Old-town ; " want of sufficient nourish fiLlit, and from other privations." (Inquest.) DOCIiS. St Ells: ankl We:.,, India lOO I'l 14 l.oDlou and St. liatherioe 100 L 0 52 WO D oDeb. stock, 1p r cent ail Freehold Land st Dock 0 :4 3 i st Suuthamptua st I:;urrey Closing Share NAsnt. raid. Price 10 Agra Limited, A all 101 11 'll • Do • 13 lO 44 54 50 Albion l5 10 S 00 Alliance, _Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lin' 20 Anglo-Hungarian • 8 1/ 21 20 Anglo-Italian 1863, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia - all 19 'a 20 Do issued at 2 pm.— , 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Austialia 25 3 7 314 10 Bank of ;New Zealand all 151 161 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, A ustra lia, k, lad China all 17 18 17 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all 31 32 20 City l5 10 11 100 Colonial 25 1 4; 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and Loudon, lift SO East London, lim 5 21 14 2o English and American, lint 10 ..• 20 English Bank ltio & .Ja neiro 1int...... 20 English, ;-..euttisli, and Aus tralian Chartered i all 164 163 171 281 Hung Esing and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 35 38 281 - Do new lll 4 5 100.. Imperial, lim 2O 15 16 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 24 14 4 a 6 lonian all 19 '22 25 Do new 5 6 3 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 34 31 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 16 160 100 London Banki of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 35 ::') 20 -Do new 71 5 41 100 London &River Plate, lim 4O 11 13 25 Do new 10 11 2• p 20 London Chart, of Australia all 231 241 20 London and County 2O 991 504 431 4 50 Do new, issat 20p.m,16pd. 11 ... .. London Joint Stock 3ll 321 London and South African al 8 9 100 London & S.-Wcstern, lim, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lim.,. 121 ... ~. 100 London and Westminster 2O 571 581 WO Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 61 51 10 Metropolitan, lim ' 00 Midland, lint 2O 11 1 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, Hai l5 3d 1p 00 National Provinc. of Enz,''d 42 "' "' lO Do . 42 ... ... 60 National...... 3O ... .. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western - --- 95 nr;...,,..1 ii,,,,,aa e.,,,0,,i0.4.1uu all 41 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., Sm. 10 64 51 30 Provincial of Ireland '2s 90 92 10 Do new all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 14 13 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 43 100 Union of Ireland, Hui 50 Union of London l5 37 38 TELEGRAP II COMPANIES. Tt AnZio-Aineriean fel., arl 181 IS/ i9l 10 Anglo Meditcr i 0 17/ Ilt 171 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 12 14 et Do. 8 per cent. lOO 4) 45 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., him. 100 178 I:i3 et Electric tt Inter. Telegraph 100 2GJ 265 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lint all 23 21 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all 21 3i 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 1 1p 10 Mediterra. Exteu. Tel., lim all 6 61 25 Reuter's Telegram all 78 60 20 Societe Transatlant., lira all 16 161 lei at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 11 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., him all 7 n 5 Do. 10 pe: cent. Prof all p MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Auglo-Mexican Mint , ail 111 ii -t 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. . 4. i id 10 Baugarah Tea, Estates, Inn 3 5.1 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 111 141 10 Do. Now all _ .... (00 Bolckow Vaughan, litre. 5 Bombay G. lint. 5 Do. New 4 It i,d 5.) British American Laud 4l 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, Inn— all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 10 Canadian Luau and luvzst mont,litn 2! 20 Ceylon Company, lint. 20 Do. A ultarci 10 City Discount, Btu .5 25 City of London Beal Pro perty, lint 9 51 4 30 City of Milan lmprov. lint all 5 6 25 City of Moscow Uas, litre.., all 50 City Offices, lint 25 21 22 50 Colonial, lint. Do. ... ... i 50 Commerciai Union (Assur) 6 pr i 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint. a 20 Continental Union UttS, lint all 25 27 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 64 I 6 Yd SUNDAY TRAFFIC IN 7HE METROPOLIS. Last night a meeting was held in the Baths, Lambeth, to cousidcr what steps should be adopted to stop the existing Sunday traffic. Mr. Thomas Chambers, Q.C., M.P., occupied the chair. The Chairman, in opening the meeting, said he had taken a deep interest in the Sunday traffic ques tion, and his opinion was still the same as it was many years ago, that the working man should en joy a day of rest. Last year he had the pleasure of introtlucing a large and influential deputation to Mr. Gladstone for the purpose of pressing the question on the attention of the Govern ment, and almost immediately after they left another deputation was introduced to the Premier in support of the other side of the ques tion. He (the chairman) took occasion, when the Sun lay Trading Bill came before the House of Commons, to state that it was his belief the great mass of the working men of the metropolis were in favour of keeping the Sabbath rest. Ho thought, if the Government were satisfied the public spirit favoured the clo s i ng o f s h o p s on S un d ay, t h ey would take up th e question. When their bill was brought into Parliament last year he did not think that it met the requirements of the case, and he therefore put upon the paper a long series of verbal amendments. But there was a hostile minority against whom they had to contend in the House, who brought serious objections to the bill being discussed at a late period of the Ses sion. After he had got two or three of his amend ments passed, he found it impossible to get the bill through, and it had, therefore, to be abandoned. This year care had been taken to provide against objections. He was sure that the Government would take up the matter, and the Home Secretary was in favour of it, though he did not pledge the Ministry to introduce a measure. He held that the working men must take up the question them selves, and they were deeply interested in maintain ing a day of rest. On the Continent the working men wero endeavouring to recover the day of rest which had been taken from them. He did not put the question on religious grounds alone, but he put it on the social aspect of the matter, and every class of working men should bestir themselves in the hour of danger. He did not re quire to tell them that there was a hostility be tween the interests, arising out of the competition of business and the working men, and the unwill ingness of employers to allow that the labourer should have a day of rest. There had been an effort made by some well-disposed persons to put the old Act of Charles 11. into force, but the magistrate fined the party a penny without costs; that was, to his mind, bringing the Act of Parliament into contempt. No Act of Par liament could make people go to church or chapel, but it was for them to command that the day of rest should not be infringed upon. The Rev. Thomas Nolan, 8.D., moved the first resolu tion, which sat forth a recommendation to the working classes to refrain from making their pur chases on the Sabbath, but rather buy their goods on Saturday, so that all the metropolitan trades men might enjoy a day of rest. The Rev. John Mongan seconded the motion, and stated that from the published reports of the London City Mission, he found that there were in 1869 36,888 shops open in the metropolis on Sunday, and there were on an average not less than 70,000 servants employed in these businesses. If each shop had only 12 customers they had close to 500,000 people engaged in trade. The evil was on the increase, and they should therefore put a stop to it. Mr. Dickson supported the motion, which was put to the meeting and adopted. Judge Payne moved the second resolu tion, which was, in effect, that as there were 70,000 shopkeepers employed on the day of rest, they be askel to desist from the practice. In supporting the resolution, he said that the keeping a day of rest created wealth, preserved health, and was the means of avoiding stealth. The Rev. Mr. Murph y seconded the motion, which was pat to the meeting and agreed to. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the roeudings. The following deaths of two persons who were killed by horses or vehicles in the streets were re gistered :—The son of a farrier, aged 15 years, " fractured skull and compression of brain ; knocked do;r•n by a cab in Piccadilly when riding a bicycle." Died on the 12th December in St. George's Hospi:al. (Inquest.) A man, aged 50 years, " frac',ured pelvis; knocked down by a horse and cart." Died on the 18th December in the Lon don Hospital. (Inquest.) TUESDIT, The long-looked for change has come. Ministers aro bold ing office only until their successors are appointed, and the chief of these successors is M. Emile 011ivier. The Liteete, in publishing the Imperial let ter calling upon the favoured deputy to form a Cabinet, declares it to be exemplarily pf;r. liam entary, leaving no doubt that it has been dictated by per solinl sincerity, and must facilita to the task which M. 011ivier has undertaken. Where is the politician, asks M. do Girardin, who, after the insertion of this letter iu the -Journal Officiel, would not regard it as an honourable duty to assist by the formation of a homogeneous Cabinet in the loyal application of parliamentary reform? A refusal, adds the writer, would be a rejection which could only injure its author, as. whatever increases the difficulty of M. 011ivier's task, increases also the glory of his success, without diminishing the probability. This phrase would seem to hint that the editor of the LiberU is doubtful about the willingness of politicians to serve under the banner of the Deputy of Var. The Journal Its Debats is a little doubtful of the issue, and thinks that the Ministerial crisis may last longer than is expected. It is led to this conclusion by the report that M. 011ivier intends to await the nomination of the Bureau of the Chamber to.morrow, in order that he may judge of the temper of the House, and also by the fact that the two Centres were to hold a meet ing last night, with the view of arriving at some common standing ground. The Constitutionnel accepts the Imperial letter as a sign that we can no longer go backwards, but must march resolutely forward on the path of progress, and believes that the Emperor is thoroughly imbued with tha spirit of the new regime. The Siecle is less sanguine. The letter, it says, is carefully worded, the mission of M. 011i vier is rigidly circumscribed. His task is to designate to the Emperor those who can form a homogeneous Cabinet, but there is not a word about the presidency of the Council. The Emperor defers to no one, to M. 011ivier even .less than to others. Napoleon the Third, therefore, intends to preserve that privilege, and in deliberating with his new Ministers he does not mean to resign what nursing to him of personal power. The Siecle mercilessly analyses the relative strength of parties in the Chamber, awl skews that M. 011ivier to secure a majority must detach some members from the Centre Left and from the Right. In the latter direction ho may succeed; in the former, success is improbable. The extraordinary session, which has just closed, has in its second division numbered twenty-three sittings. Nine drafts of measures, twelve demands of interpellation, one demand of bringing Ministers to trial, one draft of amend ment have been brought forward. Nino questions have been put to the Ministers, some of which tltcy answered, others they found it more convenient fo defer to a later opportunity. The extraor dinary session brought its labours to a close by an act of unexpected severity, which, if not undeserved, was at least inconsistent. After verifyin,gtbe election of M. Justin Durand, it has annulled that of M. Isaac Pereire, which might net unreasonably have been weighed in the same balance. M. Rouher and M. Forcade have been received at the Tuileiies. Arc they to form part of the new Cabinet? If we arc to judge from the votes given in these election disputes they would not inaptly represent the majorik , inutile of the Chamber. The arrival of the Crown Prince of Prussia is regarded as :in event of diplomatic importance. He will be received to-morrow at the Tuileries, on which occasion he will be accompanied by two English princesses. In returning the visit the Emperor will, it is exp.2cted, have a private !nterview with the Prince. There was a fall of snow during the whole of the 27th :111 , 1 for a great part of the night. The snow was much :nose plentiful here than it was in England, although the change in the weather was first felt there. niE S IJN, LONDON, W,GONESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1869 SHA JIB LIST . JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ruslnea done PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. oIiDINAILY SPAKES AND STOCX: hall ayi:. raid. Closing ilusine.s rrioe. tleUe. st IL Ist,il and Exeter ...... 74 76 St Usteuoniau l5O 761 ;7 st Cambrian 2) Cornwall alt 2 5 st Dublin 13ellaut J 19 9 - -- et Dun„rerth, uw Ab.Junc 7O 21 East .London all 5 7 20 - 2J Do 10 - - at Glasgow AS. Western lou 105 107 tt Great Eastern ..• :00 371 33 st Do. Aug). No. 2 lOO o 71 st (treat Northot Scotland lOO l a lo of Great N on:tern ... 100 109 ttO st Do. A stock lOO El 110 st Do. II stocx luo 12/ 1.0 at GtS, anQ W.Ol lreiand lo t, i 3 lut) st 010. Western -Origins Ph 061 001 t Do. South Wales ht. 07 5J et Do. WW. ILO ;i* 16 so Do. Newport toe 32 31 st Lancashire .1 otisnir, lOO 11:451 1:i st Lon., Brigh., A b.Cuabt Mt: 404 Ca - Do Scrip - - so Lon., Chat., and Dower lO4 15 151 st Do. ,error. ra. A lOO 11 13 at Lou. St North W eateru lOO it Lon. .sz South Western lOO 01 14 Man., Shot., dt Lincoln lOO 63 831 st Metropolitan st Do Extension 100 81 3:4 Do. New rd all - - st Metropolitan Dietriet. all 30 52,.; 10 3tletrop. St. Joules ood 6 - - at I.Lutand st LO , tlirinin. A thorhy 07 bu at Nor .11 British at U • . SO., t'th., A Dun... 101 - st !Nor Nasttru-Iterwies lOO 1211 i22y 25 D.,. G. N.E p urch,sse - st D, Leeds .• • 100 79 89 at 1) olCork at D oCarlLle .... - - at 1) °Stock. do Darling - llO 158 ICO at North Loudon 10 Do New 18t8 . 4 11 st North Staffordshire lOO 61 03 at North anr , 6. W. Junction 100 0, 101 10 Do New £lO shares 7 • • at 11.1 , 54uney at 6hropshire Union iCO 0:1 tOl at South Devon'.. at South Eastern lOO 771 774 et Staines, Wok'hanu, A Wok all 13 It at 'Cali V ale lu.; 104 158 -- Do. C - -- - Waterlord hilacnn) l6u -- Waterloo & Whitehall 6 - - RALLVT.I.YS-PREFER ENCE SHA IC Eli AIN 1) STOCKS. Dristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 66 66 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 4. per cent IOU st Do. Aberdeen, guu. 0 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Du. do. Ordinary lOO 76 12 st Do. Midland st Do. Duudwe and Arbruatu 10U 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... st, Dundee, Verdi, and Aber deen J unction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st LI las. S; S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO st git.Easteru, 1;.0 Ex. No.l 100 DS 102 st Do do N 0.2 100 17 19 st Do du G per cent 100 110 11 3 as Do East Anglian A Op. c. 100 st Do du 13 6 do. 100 ... stDo do C 7 du. 100 at Do do No. I,a p.c. 100 ... at Do E. Union -1 p.c. glut. 100 Os 73.! st Du Norfolk 5 p.e.Ex.l3-16 100 ... st Do du 5p.c.Way.Va1.1517 100 st tireat Nut thorn, 5 per cent 100 at Du 5 p.c., rd at lu p. e. pm. 109 Du 41 do du du 100 st Do 5 du at sp. e. pan. 100 ... at Du Leeds, Bradford, and _. . Halifax, G per cant lOO ... ... st Gt. N rth IA Scotland, hit pr 100 ... ... st Urcat South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO o 13 s t at. West.— 9rig.&Jut.-Iteut . chg., per goi‘.s p.c lOO 106 1( 8 Do. Orig. (B.& H. Fix). 5 p.c la) 95 100 Do du 4; per coot. lOU 91 t 2 Do do 4 do do Do do fi per coot. rodeo! lOO t 7 99 Do do Ikriniugh.ou goo lOl ti 72 Du du do pref WO Do do Chester gua lOl bo 9 Du do du 8 per cuui lOO Do do do a do 100 Sd 101. Du South Wales, gue. 4 p.c. 101 Do du 4; p.e lOO ... st DC do 4 4 1330 IJO s st Du 1) 11 0 0 West d M o id. ox s 10rd lots a() riS st Do do 2il gua 100 1 3 115 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c 100 - I'6 OS st Do du 2:1 du at Do gua. 5y per cent. 1563 luo 00 Lancaster 1 Uarlisiu p.c. ail ... st Laueash. iurksa. ti p.c. 100 1;; 130 at Du Barnsley, £5 do 101 p.c. 100 st Du p.e. (Last Lancashire) 104 1)0 LA st Du 44 (Bla.elthurn puree). 100 06 100 at Londou it Brighton, .5 p.c guarautead, No 1 lOO ... sti Do 6 per cent. gua Nu. 2 lOO at Do 6 du do lOO ... st Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO • ... at Do 7 per eout lOO ... at Do 6 du (W.B. ) 100 st Do 4 du 1550 lOO at Luaduu, OnvalLaul, &Du ver 5 per cent lOO at Luudua and aL.,I Nuneatuu 5 per eeet lOO 110 Ili at D o Bedford &Cambridge lOO ... st Du 6hrewsliy tOO at Loudon and a W. 7 p,e. late 31 soarer,loo 115 150 a Do (Portsui.perpaus 2063) all s Mau., Sect., .st ',Lucia. 6 p.c llu £C all par 4 pal s 1)0 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent I st Alta. Cousolidated ,6p. e WO 140 14. 5 s Do Bristol& 11rui., 6p. c lOO 1 3 1.4 y D o 4: 7 per emit. redeem- lOO Is 100 .6 Do 4i per cent. irredeem lOO Du Leicester& p.c 100 dlt r 1 st North Uritisii, 5 p.c. No. 1 IAI st DoE.KsG. 4p. c. S. a D.. 1 00 at Do N. 8., Nu. 2, 5 per ceu.t IOJ st Do'Burtler Union, 5 1 p.c lOO st N.-Easteru—Uuus. •ep.c lOO 87 89 st Du 41 per coat. redeem-- 100 97 99 st Do 1 1 N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Lerwick capital 8.13.4. Do Yurk, H. dr. 6. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stektu Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 107 100 st Du W, Liartlepuul il.aul ii IUU 80 SS 20 North Staffordshire all 20i 211 108 8. Devuu Annuities, La all 9 10 1.6 s Do Tavisteek Anus., 1O 108 Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 84 1,0.6. S. East. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent • lOO et Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ••• ••• et Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 158 at Waterford cL Kilkenny, Upc 100 .. RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year st Chledoniau 41 p c gua,. st Do Scot. Ceu. min. 7 p c lOO ... st Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c con. issuedat 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 88 88 st Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 83 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 et Do Permanent b per cent. 100 st Do Boston &Sleafd, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. lEdl., 5p c 100 st Du Jointi-orpe. 5 p ;1865 100 88 Pt st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 10J 110 112 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... b Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1p st Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 st Do Jo 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 11`4/ st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do b do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 5 du •.. st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c ino ..• at Do Mc troy. Lx., 1i 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c lUU st London & N Western ' 5p c 100 108 110 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 ea 95 04 10 Man. Shot &Lin., 0 pc, 1865 all 9 91 st Metropolitan 5 percent lOO 100 102 st Midland, Li 5 per cent pref l9O 107 109 st Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do_ 5p c opt. to cony. to - Ord. Stk:, Sept. 1, 1869 all 20i 211 18 Do Inconv. New Shared all D 19. 22 Do bp c eon. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 1 Zip at North British, E. and (.1 No. 1, 5 per cent at Do £lO guaruuteed, 1861 100 ... Do E ,P.,&Dun., 2d,4 pc 100 ... st Do E. & , N 0.2, 5 p.c lOO ... st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1332 100 st Do E. & U., N 0.3, 5 p.c lOO ... st Do E.& (1., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 .. st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 911 LO st Do Stock. & Dart., D lOO 113 115 st North Loudon, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North StalTordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do 5 do (Ch. Cross) 1865 100 st Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAIL%VAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenhead lOO 91 93 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 98 100 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54; 6 at Do. I'4 per cent. at Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Steer Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lO, 131 134 20 Gloater and Lean Forest all a Gt. Easu., Ne vrm., Sc., b p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 at Do. do. Wood brg. Ex., do DO at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Here( 100 97 99 b 0 Hull and Solby all • 119 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 '222 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 93 a t Do. 41 per cent lOO ••• •• at London, Cuat., Vic., 43 p. c lOO at Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 st London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 8 . 5 at Lowestoft,gua 4 percent lOO 79 81 at Do. d 6 do 100 53 Manch., Bi Ma all at Braqi ard, Pref lOO 92 Di 10 Mid Rent .:)ray I.lLp) 10 Nortnuru EabL.,spureout all 1J Do. du. ti du. all st IV. Eastora --Hartlepool lOO st N. West. A perp. pret, 5 p c 100 st Do IS mini:num 1i p.c 100 t Notting. &Grauth 11.6:U 100 91 93 Prcstun aua ti yro. all 41 4 , 3 ... Royston, Litton., and Situp. 100 132 134 st Shrewsbury - and Hereford 104, 132 134 10 Lo do s 2 'lip 8 S. Yorlish. and River Dun 100 97 99 .1) 4 per cent gua 10. 78 30 du all 98 100 st Viet. Station and Pimlico_ Lou st West Curawall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do 13 all •l 0 Do do U all _ 33 Lii 107 -169 s t Weymouth and Portlaud lOU st Wilts awl Soluez - st:;, THE WEATHER. On Monday the various metropolitan parks were visited by large numbers of people, in the expectation that the hard frost of the two previous days would have enabled them to have indulged in the amusement of sliding and skating ; but although the Ornamental Waters in the parks were generally frozen over, the ice was too thin and weak to bear any weight, and the park-keepers, ice men, and police on duty, were actively employed in pre venting persons from going upon it. In St. James's-park, however, a considerable number of boys and lads got upon the ice, on that portion of the Ornamental Water near the bridge, and although repeatedly warned off by the park keepers, they persisted in remaining on it until upwards of a dozen broke through, and got immersed up to their necks, the water being at this spot from four to five feet deep. Nothing of a serious nature took place, but the occurrence acted as a warning to the othors, and the ice was speedily cleared. As the frost continued through the night, thousands of persons went to the various royal parks yesterday for the purpose of skating and sliding. The ico is now an inch thick in some parts. At eight o'clock yesterday morning the thermometer at Ardrossan registered 11 degrees below freezing point; and the thercmometer at Plymouth stood at 22 degrees, or 10 below freezing point. London is the next coldest place in the kingdom, being but two degrees warmer than Ply mouth. A hard frost prevails -more or less throughout the kingdom. The meteorological report says that "snow has again been heaviest on our east coast, but the sky has cleared a good deal yesterday. The sea is nearly calm." On Monday a very heavy fall of snow took place throughout Staffordshire and other portions of the West Midland. The traffic upon both the Great Western and the London and North-Western lines was much impeded. The same remarks apply to nearly the whole of England and Scot land. In Dublin on Monday it snowed heavily. HINTS TO SKATERS. It is freezing, and freezing, to a very large and re3pecta ble part of the community, implies skating. To avoid acci dent, people in charge of the ice, and those who adventure themselves upon it should remember the possibility of stratification in the process of freezing. The Regent's Park calamity was caused by this untoward circumstance. The surface of the ice looked fair enough, but under the crust that met the eye were serious flaws. Not air bubbles or fissures skinned over, but hori zontal faults. The history of the formation of an ice table supplies the only key to its integrity and bearing powers. A slight frost will cover a pool pretty equally, or, at any rate, the strongest part will be in tho centre, as it should be. If the frost ceases before the frozen mass is thick there will follow, especially if any weight be thrown on the ice, a bending of the layer on the surface of the water. , It becomes convex, or per haps concave. Another frost succeeds, and a new layer is formed in contact with the first layer, below or sometimes above it. Occasionally a third interval in the freezing process and other changes in the ice occur, and again a third layer is formed, In the case of the Regents Park ice there were several such strata. When weight, especially a mov ing weight, comes to bear upon ice so constructed, the bent layers give under the pressure, the new layers are sud denly strained, and, unless very compact indeed, aro shattered into a thousand fragments partly by the force of the diffused weight acting on many points at the same instant, partly by the jerk caused by a crack in some of the strata. The moral of this reflection is that the history of ice, not its appearance, should be employed as the test of its bearing powers. Many a fair-looking table is treacherous by reason of its formation in strata which have been bent under weight, or by influence of the sun, or of their own gravity in a thaw, just enough to soften without breaking up. On the other hand, a thin but compact layer of ico floating upon the surface of the water—not held in suspension by the banks around it—will exhibit surprising powers of support if it bo the product of a single continuous frost, or a succession of freezings, the intervals between which have not been sufficiently long to bond it. Bending is worse than breaking.--Globe. The disturbances at Rochdale parish church con tinuo. The magistrates have granted afiummons against the vicar for assaulting a parishionir. The Duke of Somerset and Sir L. Palk have de clined to attend the banquet to be given on Thursday to Dr. Temple at Exeter, The Bishop has consented to distribute the prizes to tho students of the Plymouth School of Science at an early day. ,1 • . ste. .-. The disarmament canard," as it is styled in the continental papers, has now, been'cOnadicted fro n' L all sides. Count Bismar c k's organ, the lgord-Deutscha mine 'kitting, declares in its issue of Thursday evening that no correspondence of any kind has taken place between the Powers on the subject of a disarmament. In the Belgian Chamber a Ministerial statement was made to the cffezt that nothing was known of the project. Lieut. F. Ward, and a detachment of non-com missioned officers and men, from the depot of the 31st Regiment, left Chatham yesterday for Ports mouth, to embark on board the Serapis, 3, Indian troopship, Capt. J. C. Soady, for conveyance to Malta, to join the service companies at that stat'on. AMERICAN NEWS.—The A nglo-American Times this week and last, with Supplements, contains the Names and States of the Members 41st Congress; The President's Message; Reports of the Treasury, Interior, Post-office, War, Navy, &c, , &c. Documents all must read who would ;learn the Progress and Present Condition of the tilted States. Price 4d. —l5, Cathoriuc-street, Strand. Loth copies, posted, 10d. 111 E PUBLIC IIEA LTII. The following is the weekly return by the Registrar-General of births and deaths in Loudon and in 13 other large towns of the United Kingdom : General Register-office, Somerz et- house, Dee. 27. In the week that ended on Saturday, the 25th of December, 4,050 births and 3,095 deaths were registered in London and in 13 other large towns of the United Kingdom. The annual rate of ' mortality was 25 per 1,000 persons living. The annual rate of mortality last week was 22 per 1,000 iu London, 27 in Edinburgh, and 25 in Dublin ; 29 in Bristol, 26 iu Birmingham, 25 in Liverpool, 29 in Manchester, 24 in Salford, 30 in Sheffield, 16 in Bradford, 22 in Leeds, 23 in Hull, 23 in Newcastle-upon=Tyno, and 36 in Glasgow. Iu Paris the annual rate of toot tality in the week ending last Saturday (December 25) was 27 per 1,000. Iu London the births of 993 boys and 950 girls, in all 1,943 children, were registered last week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1839-68, the average number, corrected for increase of popula tion, is 1,856. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,357. It w,:s the 51st week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,569. The deaths from zymotic diseases were 340, the corrected average number being 341. Five deaths from smallpox, 31 from measles, 123 from scarlet _ . fever, 7 from diphtheria, 65 from whooping -cough, S from typhus fever, 14 from enteric fever, 1G from simple continued fever, and 14 from diarrhcea were registered. Of the 31 deaths registered from measles, 14 oc curred in the South districts. One hundred and nineteen persons died frum phthibis, 185 from bronchitis, and 87 from pneu monia. The corrected average number of deaths from phthisis is 167, from bronchitis 214, and from pneumonia 104. In the preceding week, which ended December 18, the deaths from these diseases were 157, 208, and 103 respectively. One hundred and forty-six persons died from d seases of the brain and nervous system, and 59 from diseases of the organs of circulation. The deaths of 2 nonagenarians were registered during the week, and the widow of a farmer died on the 22d of December in the Aged Pilgrims' Asylum, Camberwell, at the age (as stated) of 100 years. The deaths of 7 infants from syphilis, of 3 per sons from drunkenness, of 3 children and 2 adults from burns or scalds, of 6 infants and one adult from suffocation, and of 7 persons who committed suicide were registered. The daughter of a horse-dealer, aged 2 years, died on the 18th of December, at 10, Great York mews, Marylebone (rectory sub district), from " relapsing fever (10 days) ; typhus fever." The following deaths of 4 adults and 1 child cc curred in the London Fever Hospital :—A female, aged 70 years, from Rose and Crown-court, lslieg ton, died on the 12th of December, from " relaps ing fever; bronchitis." A male, aged 28 years, from 2, Bedford-street, S.rand, died on the 15th of December, from " relapsing fever ; albumenuria ; coma." A boy, aged 6 years, from 2, Henrietta-street, Marylebone, died on the 16th of December,' from " relaps ing fever; pneumonia; and pleurisy." A. char woman,- aged GS years, - from Woolwich, died oa the 16th of December, from " relapsing fever ; pleurd pneumonia ; fatty liver and kidneys." A female servant, aged 26 years, from 7, Granby-place, Drury-lane, died on the 17th of December, from " relapsing fever ; o3lcma glottidis ; sudden." (Post-morte►n.) A female hawker, aged GG years, died on the 18th of December in the Union Workhouse, Battersea, from " relapsing fever." The waters supplied by the metropolitan coin patties during the month of December contained (according to Professor Franklaud's analysis) in 109,000 tons foreign solid matters amounting to 28 tons in the Chelsea water, 27 in the West Middle sex, 28 in the Southwark and Vauxhall, 28 is the Grand Junction, 29 in the Lambeth, 29 in the New ,fiver, 29 iu the East London, and :10 in the Kent. 100,000 tons of the Chelsea water contained 19 ton 4, the West Middlesex 23 tons, the Southwark and Vauxhall22 tons, the Grand Junction 23 tons, the Lambeth 19 tons, the New River 25 tons, the East London 25 tons, and the Kent 30 tons of carbonate of lime, or an equivalent quantity of other soap destroying ingredients. A sample of Thames water taken on the Bth of December, at Loudon•bridge, in mid -stream at low water, and filtered, contained on analysis, in 100,000 tons, foreign solid matters amounting to 34 tons, awl 25 tons of carbonate of lime, or an equivalent quantity of other soap-destroyin g in gredients. Professor Frankland remarks :—" The water drawn from the main of the Lambeth Company was very turbid and unfit for domestic use without previous filtration. The Chelsea Company's water was moderately turbid, while that of the East London Company had brownish particles suspended in it. All these waters contained living organisms. The rest of the companies delivered perfectly clear and transparent water. The water supplied by the New River Company contained the smallest pro portion of organic elements. The West Middlesex Company delivered water of much better.quality than supplied by any other company drawing from the Thames." At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.488 in. The barometrical reading increased from 29.15 in. at 1 p.m. on Sunday, the 19th of December, to 29.85 in. on Friday, the 24th of December. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 38.2 deg., which is 0.3 deg. below the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean temperature of Sunday, December 19, was 6 dog. above, while that of Saturday, December 25, was nearly 7 deg. below the average. The highest day temperature was 52.5 deg., on Sunday, the 19th of December. The lowest night temperature was 29 deg., on Saturday, the 25th of December. The en tire range of temperature in the week was therefore 23.5 deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 42.7 deg.; that of the lowest was 40.5 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was .1.3 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 85, complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0.86 in., of which 0.77 in. fell on Tuesday, the 21st of December. The general direction of the wind was N.N.E., N., W.S.W. The amount of ozone was one half of that in the preceding week. According to returns furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the daily average quantity of sewage pumped into the river Thames at Crossness was 292,685 cubic metres, and at Barking 187,431 cubic metres, equivalent to about as many tons by weight. (A cubic metre is equal in volume to about 35 cubic feet, or to 220 Imperial gallons, and weighs 2,2001 b.) NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE The various draughts from depots at Chatham which are about to leave that garrison to strengthen the service companies in India (for.ning alto gether a considerable body of officers and men) were inspected yesterday by Col. J. W. S. Smith, 0.13., commanding the Ist Depot Battalion, who is in temporary command of Chatham district during the absence on leave of Major-General Freeman Murray, the Commandant. The draught3 for the 2d battalion of the ht Regiment, Ist battalion of the 33, Ist battalion of the Bth, the 38th, 45th, and 109th Regiments; they left Chatham today for Portsmouth. They will embark in the Indian troop ship Crocodile, 3, Capt. G. W. Watson. The service compani.s arc stationed in the three presi dencies. A telegram has been received from Bombay stating that her .111:.jesty's Indian tro)pship Euphrates arrived at that port on the afternoon of the 24th init from Suez. WE TRIAL OF TRAUPPMANN. The following appeand in our Latest Edition of yesterday evening: PARIS, DLc. 28. The trial of Trauppmann, for the .murder of the Kinck family, cot/In-lA - lee l this morning. An immense crowd •assembled at the Court. The bill of indictment was read. There arc 63 witnesses to be examined. Trauppmann listened almost with indifference while the bill of indictment was being read over ; however, when the indictment recited the plots laid to inveigle the Muck family to Paris, Trauppmarn became evidently agitated and Crew pale. When that part of the indictment giving the de tailed account of the murders was read, Traupp maun exhibited no signs of emotion. Trauppwann, on being interrogated, persisted in asserting that Kiuck senior was concerned with him in the forgery affair, and that Jean Finch was poisoned by one of their accomplic:s. The court is crowded INDIA. CALCUTTA, Dec. 23. Her Majesty's ship Galatea, with the Duke of Edinburgh on board, arrived here yesterday even ing. His Royal Highness immediately lauded under a royal salute from the batteries, and ac companied by the Viceroy, together with the Governors of Madras and Bombay, the civil and military Officers and the principal native chiefs, proceeded in State to the Government House. The reception of his Royal Highness was grand and imposing, and most cordial. A large number of all classes of Europeans were present. The crowds_of natives assembled in the streets were immense. The Prince and the Viceroy afterwards attended .he Opera in State. PRINCE. PARIS, Dec. 28. In to-day's sitting of the Legislative Body M. Schneider was elected President, having received 190 out of 230 votes. M. Serous obtained 7 votes, M. Jerome David 2, and 23 were blank votes. A us nuA. VIENNA, Dec. 28. Advices have been received here from Cattaro stating that yesterday the insurgents of the district of Braciani gave up their arms to the authorities,aud swore allegiance and loyalty to the Emperor. The meeting with the disaffected of the Krioscianidistiict, which was to have been held at Greben, for the purpose of negotiating terms of submission, could not take place on account of the inclemency of the weather, only twelve persons being present, and General Prince Auersperg postponed the meeting tlll another time. • LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. -0-- FOREIGN OFFICE, DEc. 27. The Queen has been ploased to approvo of Mr. Jam( 8 It. Wheeler us Consui a; Kingston, Jamaica; and of Mr. Samuel D. Pace as Consul at Purt Sarnia, fur the United States of America. WHITEHALL, Dec. 27. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Rev. Flank Robert Chapman, 111. A., the Archdeaconry of Sud bury, in the Cathedral Church of Ely, void by the promo tion of the Roy. Arthur Charles Hervey (commonly called Lord Arthur Charles Ilcrvoy) to the See of Bath and Wells. The Queen has been pleased to present tho 11.verend Richard Burgess, 8.D., to the Rectory of llornings Heath with lekivorth, iu the county of Suffolk, and dioct , se of Ely, void by the promotion of the Reverend Arthur Charles Harvey (commonly called Lord Arthur Chulles Hervey) to the See of Bath and Wells. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, DLC. 28. BREVET'. Lieutenant-Colonel William]. Roberts, sth Fout, Laving completed the qualifying service with the rank of Lieu tenant-Colonel, to be Colonel; under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 3d February, 1866. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 24. Lieutenant Leicester Chantrey Keppel has Leen pro muted to be a Commander in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority from the 30th Septetnber, 1.869, in the haul-down vacancy of Admiral the Hun. Sir H. Keppel, K.C.8., lat Commauder-in-Cuid on the China Station. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING 'FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Lincoln 15, 16 I Derby Harrow 17, 18 I Nswton . . 25, 26 MARCH. Nottingham 1, 2 1 West Somerset l6, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick • , 2, 23, 24 Pontefract ..14, 15 I Epsom 29, 30 Cambridgeshire ......14, 15 1 Bromley 31 and April 1 APRIL. , Northampton b, 6 I Newmarket Craven 18 to 22 West Drayton 7, 8 I Abergavenuy 21, 22 Thirsk 7, 8 1 Lewes ''6, 21 Kingsbury lB, ) I Croydon. 2B, 2 . 3 Durham lB, 19 I MAY. Newmarket Ist Sp 2to 5 I Harpenden 2O, 21 Chester. lO, to 13 I Bath 24, 25 Winchester lO, 11 I Stamford 26 27 Salisbury l2, 13 ; Croydon 26. 27 York 17, 18 ' Epsom 31 to June 3 Doncaster 19, 20 I JUNE. Croydon 8, 9 I Newton 22 , 23 Manchester 8,9, 10 Hampton 23, 24 Ascot 14 to 17 Bibury Club 29 I Windsor 2l, 22 Stockuridge...3o, and July 1 JULY. Newmarket 5 to 8 I West Drayton 1.4, 15 Nottingham 12, 13 I Huntingdon. l9, 20 Chelmsford l2, 13 1 Kingsbury 2l, 22 Reading 12, 13 I Goodwood 26, 29 AUGUST. Brighton 2, 3 Stockton l7 to 19 Brighton Club 41 Oxford .18, 19 Lewes • ••••• • •• • 6 , 61 06 I 1 1 : l o y r m k until Egham 24, 25 Windsor ll, 12 1 Derby 3O, 31 Bromley l6, 17 I Weymouth 30, 31 SEPTEMBER. Warwick 6 7 1 Richmond 20 21 Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Meet (Ay r ) 21 to 23 Doncaster 13 to 16 1 Hendon 22, 23 Hampton ... 20,21 I Newmarket Ist Oct. 27 to 30 OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2n 0ct..10 to 14 Leicester 6, 7 1 Cheltenham 18, 19 Bromley 6, 7 I Newmarket H 0 tt a... 2 4 to 29 NOVEMBER. Liverpool 8 to 11 I Shrewsbury. 14 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 I Harrow l7, 18 Derby 10, 11 Newton 25, 26 . . MARCH. Liverpool 8,9, 10 8r0m1ey......31 and Ap r il 1 I West Somerset 16, 17 Cheltenham...3l e.nd Aprll 1 Warwick '22 to '24 I APRIL. Aldershot 7,' . 8 1 Kingsbury lB, 19 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RIGA AND DUNABURG. The traffic receipts on this company's line from the Ist of January to the 30th of November last amounted to 285,873 roubles for passengers, to 13,532 roubles for luggage, to 19 999 roubles for military, to 767 r ou bl es f o r carriages, to 986,416 roubles for goods, to 5,209 roubles for cattle, to 14,775 roubles for mails and telegraph messages, and to 17,281 roubles for suudries—total, 1,343,855 roubles, or about £167,982. SMYRNA AND CASSABA. The traffic receipts on this company's line, 61 m il es i n l en gth, for the 24 weeks ending the 12th inst., amounted to £35,638, and for the correspond ing period last year to £36,264, showing a de crease of £626. NORTHERN OF BUENOS AYRES (LIMITED). The traffic receipts on this company's line from the Ist of January to the 24th of October, on 19 miles, amounted to £37,251, and for the corre sponding period of 1868 to £31,528, showing au increase of £5,726. ILLINOIS CENTRAL. The financial statement of this company Lir the month of November showed that in the land de partment 4,173 acres of land were sold during the month for $43,329 ; and that the cash collected in this department amounted to $226,661. In the traffic department the total receipts on the com pany's railways for the month of November amounted to $683,924, and for the same month in 1868 to $583,788, showing au increase of $100,137.