The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-29 00:00:00

'NE.RAL-SHIP serting among the o amalgamate the rt branches of the miral Mends, inti f the dignity of the ed to the extent of !Director-General be the title of the 3ar he is the repre ust be the profes that concerns the • of no secondary s the protector of I in that service. ie practice that be one of the s of the depart f educated men We concur with proposed changes highest medical superiority over is he would have a that of a senior navy will receive 1. We sympathise sibility of further eve shall anxiously irst Lord of the promises to make position through 3rs who have the r hands—trusting .te farther, and to officer who is the d Navy.—British rPON PABO VEN. sent to the Times The following, his scheme : be worked, and es of benevolence, wk can be and is • by the managers number of visits aount of money manager receives and visits the notice. If the t is either aban• be closed for anY or the clergyman, lerintendent have the clergyman is ted by controver• ame class as those rintendent might he effect desired• stand each other nce with domestic is furnished hi )0 (a portion of it )r of 130 mission Pork with six mir %mounted to £B5. 7 is a very note. 1 to say : " The ear. The clergy' portion of this f the case. The van's salary and ;he advance loans listrict increases• was only £lB O . employment of A 15, Cockspur ramed where s° ;ure. Those who 7man or district F which is closed , the patient po table, perhaps no the transform 90 the same class of a, order, industry, hristian kindness st Suffolk, Lord r, M.P., wero ea r friends and sup- —A Liverpool Liverpool stipea' , ock one case of ked " dangerou s kind which has Igistrates, a Witi• anquet is to be emaBo/18' TaValls litY. The Right will preside. 14 ' on the clay fol• )n with Wales failure of the nued through tyro districts. At the 3 1 and a ument. An 00 ock " keening" of ;treets, but no die Manchester and sday as a lugg 9 g e t was that before gine caught thena a of twenty y arde ) horse w, S found art and gears were 'l'l who sat in di. scaped with e Trade, had o il r Chamber of Cons' in took place with out the intentions y the Government aloes under which regard to the ulti• )ferred also to the he revision cf th e alleged inaccurad /Orough sessiolo ision of the lien' he said he vras no temptation to 3r was freq./10a other even more aural thirst. lit°us systeni pt h e ed to analys t ' , Id in every been On proof of aei Id be inflicted . 'insOn, who ago, has died fro 3 fifth case of the luring the last fol announcement of report that a rat° tten three chi ldren l e animal into the °Y it, were bitteo 1 other dogs in the .0 prevent furthor "re been enter' Icbration of tbeir they tuight and COuflscatioa Y the stepping"' H oman Catholicti. I was the ChUrell English Churell. nust retain tlie Ish Church De" o f the Choreli L n that, theY °II/5t ~ vished to g uar a Ld Protestautisra• ixty had dinned changed to Pr ble iu I.lld. b e better A would have is a br a Government old arse patriotio r e bectunelatiii otioiyAiii 140 MONEY MAR KET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business was quiet but steady to-day ; the prin eipal operations, however, were in arrangement for Payments and deliveries, this being the last day of the settlement. The rate of discount keeps firm, at 21. Consols are 931 1 3 4 for money; ditto, for Ac count, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 1 ; New Dare° per Cents, 93-a + ; Bank of Eng land Stock, 4 per Cent., 244. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 213 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per per Cent., Oct., 1883, 102-3-4 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 1 per Cent., 921 ; ditto 51 per Cent , May, 1879, 109 8. In the Foreign Market Turkish Five per Cents. receded 1, to 381 381 ; Mexican Bonds 1, to 151 15 1 ; and New Spanish Three per Cents. are 1-16 lower, at 301 21 ; Lathan Five per Cents. re main at 54 541 ; and Greek Bonds at 111 12. Egyptian 7 per Cent. Loan is 73 731, ex div., and the Honduras Loan is 86 88 ex coupon. The scrip of the Italian Tobacco Loan is 21 3 prem., and the last RussiAn Railway Lean is 1 dis., par. in the railway market prices wre as follows : Caledonian, 79i to 791 ; Great Eastern, 421 to 43; Great Northern, 109 to 110; ditto A, 1101 to 1104 ; Great Western, 53 to 531; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1301 to 131; London and Brighton, 521 to 531 ; London, Chatham and Dover, 171 to 174 ; London and North Western, 1171 to 1181 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 48+ to 4 ; Metropolitan, 1091 to 109 - ; ditto Extension, 104 to 105 ; Midland, 1171 to 1181 ; North British, 354 to 3 6/. In miscellaneous shares the quotations were : Hudson's Bay, 13 9-16 to 13 11-16 ex div. ; Lon don General Omnibus, 2 to 21 ; National Discount, 11! to 121 ; Royal Mail Steam, 39 to 41 ; Berlin Waterworks, 13! to 141; Fore-street Warehouses, 1 to 14 prem. ; Mexican Railway, 4 to 41; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 48 to 49 ; Telegraph Con struction, 18i to 19 ; City of Moscow Gas, 21 to ; Crystal Palace, Original, 19 to 21; ditto Preference, 91 to 99 ; the 6 per Cent. Perpetual Debentures, 105 to 109 ; City Offices, 231 to 221 dis. ; United Discount, 1 die. to par. A further sum of £74,000 in gold was taken from the Bank yesterday for the Continent. The Atrato, from the West Indies, has brought £220,590 ; the City of New York, from New York, £29,400 ; and the City of Brussels, £B,OOO. The Bank of France return this week shows a further increase of £24,000 in the stock of bullion. The return of paid clearing for the week end ing 27th January is as follows ; Thursday, Jan. 21st, £8,692,000; Friday, 22d, £11,349,000; Saturday, 23d, £11,605,000 ; Monday, 25th, £9,527,000 ; Tuesday, 26th, £10,019,000 ; and Wednesday, 27th, £8,724,000 ; total, £59,916,000. . . . Viscount Monck, late Governor-General of Canada, has accepted the position of Chairman of the Societe du Cable Transatlantique Frangais (Limited), resigned by Mr. Lowe when taking office as Chancellor of the Exchequer. With reference to the paragraph which has ap peared respecting a company about to be intro duced for laying a submarine cable between Suez and Bombay, it appears that it is not the only one un der consideration, as another company will be ad vertised in a day or two, with a very first class board of directors. The directors of the Dublin Trunk Connecting Railway Company—a concern which has already achieved some notoriety—have adopted the extra ordinary step of advertising in the public journals the names and addresses of shareholders who have failed to pay their calls. Letter; from Hamburg mention that Mr. John henry Schroder, of that city, has—on the occasion of the celebration of his " golden wedding," at the age of 84—had the title of baron conferred upon hini by the King of Prussia. A good deal of speculative attention has been directed during the last few days to Confederate cotton bonds, owing to a hope that the holders Will be able to establish their claim upon the pro cee Is of the cotton originally hypothecated to them, and which have been paid into the United States Treasury. It is said that the liabilities of Mr. Michael Ben jamin, whose failure has already been referred to, are below the sum originally stated, and do not exceed in all about £BO,OOO, of which about one fourth is secured. The half-yearly meeting of the North London Railway Company is fixed for the 25th February and that of the North and South Western Junc tion Railway Company for the 26th. _ _ _ A call of £4, making a called, is to be paid on the £l6 Five per Cent. Preference Shares of the Midland Railway Company by the 25th of February. It is said that the Great Eastern Railway Com- Pany will be in a position to pay a cash dividend for the past half year, and that the minimum amount Will probably be 1 per cent. per annum. The directors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company have decided to recommend at the next meeting a dividend at the rate of 6! per cent, per annum, less income tax, for the half year. At the annual meeting of the Halifax Joint- Stock Bank a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent. was declared. At the meeting of the East London Bank, held Yesterday, Mr. C. S. Butler in the chair, a dividend of 5 per cent. per annum was declared. The Birmingham Financial Association have declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum ; the Staffordshire Joint-Stock Bank a divi dend at the rate of 15s. per share ; the Railway Rolling Stock Company a dividend at the rate of 12 per cent, per annum ; and the Birmingham and Midland Bank a dividend of £5 per share. _ _ The return from the Bank of England for the 'week ended the 27th of January gives the following 'cults when compared with the previous week :-- Xest .48,320,524 ... Increase £8,192 titLlto deposits Other deposits 19,956,158 ... Decrease 217,950 0 4 the other side of the account : •evernment sesuri- tie* - A 15,184,710 Decrease ... 800,000 Other securities 16,920,136 ... Deoreaae 159,709 Note■ susemployed 9,234,395 Increase ... 618,170 Tits amount of notes in circulation is £23,514,880, being a decrease of £464,855 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £18,826,097, showing au increase of £121,920 when compared with the Preceding return. Subjoined is a comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols mad French Routes with the corresponding week of less year It Present. same Week last Year. 13I‘llion Reserve Rotes in eiroulation 33,514,880 ... 23,474,330 jute of discount ( Delwi n Irreit•li Estates BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. . 0 0VERNMENT FUNDS. 931 1 3 1 3 • Per Cent Consols 93 Ditto for Account, 1 i Per ()ant. Reduced 93 ," 3 per Ce n t New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen J an. 1873 A.unuities 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — 1)0 . for ' 3O yrs ) aspire sth April 1885 - Do (Red Sea Tele6rap), Ip Aug., 1908 ....-- Pn Exchequ or Bills, £l,OOO, h 2ier Ct. Do. .£5OO Do. Bank of England Stock, 4 por Cent Do. aeceuat ' n ada 4 per Cent. Bo n ds — luter-Colonial Onitilurn. , IN I ) IAN dOVERNMENT 6ECIJRITIEIS "Ilia. Mock, 10i per Cont., AprilllB74 213 DO . Opening, for Account Do. 5 per tient. July, 1880 Do. Certificates — Do. Do. Eufaced Pape. 4 per Ceut 921 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 0 , 0 . 5 1 per emt. May 1879 llOl 9i '''') 5 Per Cent., Rap. Deb. 1872 — Do, do. 1877 — J 3.;.. Do. do. 1882 — . Deb., 5 per Cent. O. Bonds, 4 pe r Cent., , .£l,O Aug.g. 00 1873 .„... 25 pm under £l,OOO A .FOREIGN FU NDS — CLOSING:PRICES. •itgeatille liepublle, 6 per Gent. ..... •• um 74 i Do., Scrip £45 paid .. Auttrian Bonds 5 per cent ..- — Do. 1859 6l Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4i t per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858..... — Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account Bo} B.:enos Ayres 6 per Cent. DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cu')a, 6 per Cent. C•rilian 6 per Cent — `lc , . 4. per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., 1 o. 6 per co t. 1867 9l} l'o. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo ,ibian, 6 per Cent. Dan sit 3 per Cent., 1825 — Dan Irian Principalities, 7 i.er Cent 7,31 D . 8 per Cent., 1867 Bll Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent I , _•gyptital, 7 per Cent •.• Du Socoad Issue .. 90. £s't(. Bonds --- Do. £10) Bonds ..... -- De. 1e64 Do. Account D. , . fbim Bonds English Scrip, - ,1868 80. 1106 Bonds 73f Do do. £1 3 pi — Government Eli] wav riet.t.nt ures Grecti - 5 per Cost., 1821 - 5, ex Coups t )o. Accc.:unt 1)o. Coupone - Do. AccDuut 3- laten•ah. 5 per Cent .. Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., all pd It, iiau o per Curt., le6b .00. Account .. Do Me.renirnana Railway qexicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account ___. Do. 1864 Do % per Cont. Anglo-French yloLlttsv i d 6 , a u 6 per Cent. VI c orish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l4l Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account •• Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarron) Do 44 por Cont., 1862 -, — Do Account Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,': 364 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent . 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 544 Do 5 por Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds — Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9ll Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 67 Sar Arnow o pbr Cent Spanish 3 per Cen . Do. Acc , ,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrea Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent. •• Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds _ Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 64 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 6l*. Do 4 per Cont., Guaranteed Do Lana Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cont.. Do. Ace. ant Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian a psr Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2* per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account French Relates, 3 per Cent., Ex. 23f. ltdian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. z5l. Do Account CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 93 * Do. Account, Feb. 4 .. 93 * LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE CASE OF OVEREND, GURNEY, AND CO. Mr. Sergeant Parry applied to the Court this morning for a writ of certiorari to remove any in dictment that might be found at the ensuing session at the Central Criminal Court in the case of the direc tors of 0 verend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), who had been committed by the Lord Mayor for trial for conspiracy to defraud. The caso of the defendants was one of considerable importance, and it was very desirable it should be tried by one of the judges of the superior courts, as several points of law would of course arise upon the terms of the second deed. The feeling was very strong in the city against the defendants, and it was, under all the circumstances, most desirable that the trial should take place where the whole of the evidence would be considered with the greatest coolness and deliberation. The learned sergeant was about to enter into the facts of the case when _ The Lord Chief Justice said ho fully anticipated the course the learned sergeant was about to take ; there was no necessity at all for h:m to go at any length into the details of the case, and from the excitement that showed itself during the time the defendants were under examination, it was most desirable that the trial should take place where the evidence could be fully and deliberately considered. The Court therefore granted the application of the learned sergeant. The trial therefore will not take place at the Old Bailey. In the event of the grand jury finding a true bill, the case will be at once transferred to Westminster for trial by a special jury. PHILLIPS V. EYRE-JUDGMENT. The Lord Chief Justice this morning delivered judgment in this case. His lordship said—This was an action for assault and false impris )nment, and other personal In juries of a very grievous character, committed by the defendant on the plaintiff in the island of Jamaica. The plea on which the present question turned was the act of indemnity passed by the Legislature of Jamaica, and afterwards assented to by the Crown, of which act of indemnity the de fendant claims the protection in bar of this action. Afer going at great length into the case his lord ship said the Court was of opinion that the judg ment on both demurrers must be for the denfen dant. Judgment was accordingly entered for the de fendant. FEMALE THEATRICAL DRESSES. CIRCULAR BY THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN. The following circular has been addressed by the Lord Chamberlain to the managers of all theatres under his jurisdiction : "The Lord Chamberlain presents his compliments to the manager of the -- has learned with regret, from observations in the press, and from other sources, that there is much reason to complain of the impropriety of costume of the ladies in the pantomimes, burlesques, &c., which are now being performed in some of the metropolitan theatres. He has noticed for some time past that that this evil has been gradually on the increase, but he has been most unwilling to interfere in a matter which he considers ought more properly to be left to the discretion and good taste of the managers themselves. Now, however, that the question has been taken up by the press, and public opinion is being expressed upon it, he feels himself compelled to call the serious attention of the managers to the subject ; for ho cannot but remark the discredit that now justly falls on the stage, and the objections which are being raised against it by many who have hitherto frequented the theatres, but now profess them selves unwilling to permit the ladies of their families to sanction by their presence such questionable exhibitions. The Lord Chamberlain, with every anxiety to promote the interests of the stage, trusts that he may confidently appeal to the managers to assist in abating the evil com plained of, which threatens to become a public: scandal. He has purposely addressed these observations in the form of a circular to the managers of all theatres under his jurisdiction, without imputing blame to any in par ticular, and will gladly receive from then any observa tions or suggestions which they may wish to offer on the subject. Lord Chamberlain's office, Jan. 28, 1869. A new bass, Mr. Joseph Lander will make his first appearance at the performance of "Judas Maccabeus," at Exeter Hall, on Wednesday next. Mr. G. W. Martin speaks in the highest terms of Mr. Lander's voice, both as regards quality and compass, which is from double 0 to treble G. The whole of the 286 imprisoned miners in the eldwirke mine have been rescued, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1869. SHARE LIST. RDINAILY .3.lle.tcsS AND STOCKS. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAMB, Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 12 1 0 Do B lO 4 5 f5O Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 1i 19 181 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 1e 12 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 ... ••• 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lira. 25 Bank of South Australia all 3I 31 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, •ml China all 201 213 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 29 301 3) 20 City 100 Colonial 25 40 4 403 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and London, lint .50 East Loudon, lint 5 1l Uj 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim lO Id pr P 1 20 English, ,coltish, and Aus tralian Chartered 28,i Hong Rung and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ... 233 Do new 5l 3 3 100 Imperial, lint 2O 17 18 '2O Imperial Ottoman lO 1 II 111 ..5 lonian all '27 29 25 Do new 5 pr 1p to Lud Mortgage of Imlia, lint 4 3 : 3 s 100 1)0 sp. c. ll,;bs.18131, 30 all 76 70 75 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 6 4 100 Loudon aud Brazilian, lint. 45 32 28 20 Do new 71 6 1 5 1 100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 7 9 25 Do new 10 11 13 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 231 23 50 London and County 2O 499 503 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... ••• 50 London Joint 5t0ek........, 1 32 33 311 20 London and South African al 1 . 12 100 London 6; S. - Western, lim, '2O ••• ••• 60 London & Venezuela, lint , 123 ... 100 London and Westminster. 20 61 63 59 t 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 59 61 6 0 1 100 Merchant, lim 25 6 4 10 Metropolitan, lint all 6 1 7 3 100 Midland, lim . . 2O ld pr 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3 1 d 100 National Prov inc. of Eng'd 42 ... ''' 10 Do ..... .. . 42 ... ••• 4 1 50 National.. 3O 46 48 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western '25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland ...... 10 Do new.. all ••• ••• 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 15 1 1 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 45 47 46 100 Union of Ireland 2 , lim 50 Union of London •Thare Railways. raid. Closing Business Prim dens. at Bristol and Exeter 103 77 79 st • Caledonian lOO 791 791 791 L CaliLb:IB.LI 23 Cornwall. all 3 11 et Dublin & Belfast June lOO 79 81 at Dun„l'erth,StAb.Junc 'loo 70 72 2 East London.... 20 Du 15 - 21 Do 10 - - st Glasgow 3; S. Western lOO 96 08 at Great Eastern .._ .03 421 43 421 at Do. E. Augl. No. 2 lOO 7 9 at Great North ot Scotland lOO 15 16 at Great Northern lOO 1081 1091 1081 81 Du. A stock HO 110 .11 1101 at Do. 11 stock st (it s. anti W.. 31 Ireland lOO 98 100 a , tit. I.Vest..:rn. -Original l4O 52 53 .52} st Do. South Wales 8 Do. W. 3114.-ok:ore lOO IS '49 22 si Do. Newport LOU 28 21 St Lancashire& lot - Ice:lnn-- 100 13) .34 at Lou., Brigh.,a S.Cosat lOO 52, 521 521 31 0) Du Scrip - - at Lon., Chat., and Dovci luu 17 171 171 st Do. Iletrop. Ex. A IOU - - at I,vn. A urth Wester:— 100 1171 1174 1171 181 at Lou. c South Westeri) luu t 9 91 at Man., 6110., do 110 471 481 471 7 at . luo 1081 01 st Du Exteusi)u 100 1 3 1 4 1011 10 .Nev. rd 10 1 at 2.l.y.rodolitan District. all Li 6) 10 3letrod. . - 31..John' aV. 001 at - - at M a.aull st Jo, i1ir.u.n..%;.• U; 1(.0 8 • 85 st Nu' r) - 3 British at Do. Ed., rth., 6.. Dun.- 140 - - at "or. -:astern-lierw 100 1(3 1(5 144 25 Do. 4. ii.f6 purehart . ...6.13.1 - - at Do .Leels at Do York st Du Carli ale .... • llO Iks st Do Stoc {. do 0 1.9 ill st North Lon tou 10 Do New 1868 . 2 11 2 p et North Staffordshire lOO 55 67 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... st Ehymney st Shropshire Union 1 0 57 5.1 at South Devon .. • 100 43 45 45 at South Eastern lOO 811 82 831 at Staines, Wok'hain, Si Wok all 12 13 at Tau vale lOO 145 150 - Do. C •• • . Waterford & Kilkenny.. 10u lo Waterloo & Whitelia,l.. 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. '2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 4) per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... . . st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... at Was. & S.W. gua. 5 per cr lOO ••• at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102 st Do do No. 2 100 9i 10l at Do do 6 per cent 100 106 108 110 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 160 103 st Do do B 6 do. 100 ... st Do do C 7 do. 100 ... at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 10U 103 99 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1847 100 ... at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 ••• •.. at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... at Do 4 1 do do do 100 ... •.. at Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 at G t•West.—Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 104 103 172 j at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c 100 95 100 st Do do 4 1 per cent. 1850 lOO 87 89 st Do do 4 do do at Do do 5 per cent. reclaim 100 96 97 94 f at Do do Birmingham gum 100 68 72 st Do do do pref 100 st Do do Chester gua lOO at Do do do 8 per cent lOO 150 180 at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 44 p.c lOO ••• ••• at Do do 41 1859 lOO at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 107 109 at Do do 2d gua lOO 106 108 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 88 92 st Do do 2d do 100 100 103 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all . . . at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 st Do Barnsley, £5 Is 10d p.c. 100 ... at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 98 102 st London •sr Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No.l lOO ... at Do 5 per cent. gas. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent 1 ,.0 at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.Y.) 160 st Da 4 do 1859 lOO st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO at London and rZ.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 at Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO 8 91 st Do Shrewsb'y 100 83 91 at London and - s.-W. 7 ne late 3d shares, lOO 143 146 2s 6d. Do (Purtsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all st Man Shef., &Lineal. 6 p.c IOU 111 117 6 Do st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 ... st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 13U 135 st Do Bristol& Birm., Gp. c lOO 1.2 135 st Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 9J st Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 92 tit' Do Leicester & IPchn, 4 p.c lOO 89 91 901 st North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO st Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t IOU st Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 Si at Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 95 97 st Do G - N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ... 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.1. 25 Do Yurk, H.& S. purchase lO 10 11)1 st Do Stektn & Drling,. A 5 p.c lOO 103 110 at Do W, llartlepool if. and It lOO 87 8J 20 North Staffordshire lOs S. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 10 4 lOs Do Tavistock Arens., 10s all 9 10 108 Do Fixed 41 per cent , all 8 9 Ip.e. S. Last. (Read. Aims., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 per cent lOO ... st Do Fixed 41 per cent .. 100 st Tall Vale No.l lOO 145 150 st Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 R AILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOOKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO st Do 41 p all st Do 4p e con. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO ... st Do Boston & Sleatd, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. Midl., 5p c 100 86 90 st Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 v 2 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 104 100 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all 194 201 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York. N ew 41 per "' cent till July, 1871 2 f 1 st Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 ... st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ... st Do No. 7 sdo st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p. c st Do etrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C s p.e 100 . st London& N. Western, 5p c 100 105 110 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 94 96 10 Mau. chef. & Liu., 5 pc, 1865 all 881 st Metropolitan a per cent lOO st Midland, A 5 per cent prof lOO 10; 11( . 1 1091 at Do B 5 do 100 108 110 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1863 all 11 lip is Do Inconv. New Shares 16 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 1 s t North British, E. and No. 1, 5 per cent s t Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 .. at Do E., P., & Duu., 2d, 4pc 100 fi t Do E. &G , No. 2, 5 p.c t Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 lOU : t Do E . & G., No. 3, 5 p.c t E . & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 55 5 7 t 8 Do s N or th Eastern, 41 per cent 100 1 .7 4 , 2 Do Stock. & Danl., D st t North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 ... st Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 do, 186 4 100 Do 5 st s t Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc lOU ... ... .•• ••• 77 81 87 90 01 83 90 84 83 RAIL WAYS. -LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. st Birkenhead lOO as uo - 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire lOO 92 91 at Chester and Holyhead 100 54 56 at Do. 51 per cent. lOO 118 120 st Do. 5 do. lOO 111 113 at Clydesdale, guaranteed 100 „, at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gus. 6 p. c 100 133 135 20 Gloater and Dean Forest all ..• a Gt. E a sn., Newm., p.c 100 s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6/ 72 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 100 95 97 • 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle 100 211 213 at London and Blackwell lOO 93 95 at Do. 4} per cent st London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO at Do. Com. Fund, sdo 100 at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO _ ,„ at London, Tilbury, dt South 100 78 80 at Lowestoft, gum 4 per cant 100 79 83 at Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, & Matlk all 5 51 at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 93 96 95 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 NOrthOrll t East , per cent all 53 56 SU Do. do. 6 do. all „, t N. Eastern—Hartlepool st N.West. A perp. pr el, s p. c. 100 103 110 at 110 B m inimum 11 p.c lOO „, ..„ at Notting. &Urantn. It. atO lOO 92 94 25 Preston and yre.. Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 133 135 at Shrewsbury and Hereford , 100 133 135 10 Do do 8 21 2, p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 100 at Do 1 per cent gua lO , 79 81 st Do 5 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 at West Cornwall ............... 100 55 67 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B• 20 Do do C all 61 7; at Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somer set DOCKS. et East and Westlndia lOO 117 119 st London and St. Katherine 100 49 5 L 100 D (Web. stock, 4 per cent all Freehold Land st D0ck...... st Southampton lOO 71 76 et Surrey Gertuziercial MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Tel., lien all 221 221 621 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lien 10 14/ 141 141 1.4 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 151 16/ Atlantic Telegraph lO 37 39 Do. 8 per cent. lOO 85 92 $74 84 Australian Agricultural Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 .5d Berlin Water Works, lira all 131 14/ 14 Do. New 6 3 34 Bolckow Vaughan, lien. Bombay Gas, him Do. New 4 11 Id British American Land 44 16 18 d B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 166 171 British Indian Tea, line all 2 3 British Ship Owners 7/ ... ... Canada Company all 64 66 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lien 2/ 21 iv Ceylon Company, lim. Do. A shares City Discount, liin • 5 41 31 City of London Real Pro perty, lien 8 4/ aid City of Milan Improv. lien all sio City of Moscow (las, lim all 2 3 City Offices, lim 25 231 2213 Colonial, Jim. Do. Commercial Union (Assur) 5 I p Company of African Mer chants, lien. 3 id p Continental Union Gas, lien. all 18 19 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 101 105 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1041 105 f Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 24 21 2 7 -18 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lini lO 34 2i d Crystal Palace lOO lsi 21 Do. Preference lOO 94 93 Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 10.5 10.0 Darjeeling, lim. Eastern Assam, lim East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lien. East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 18 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Goy all 92 93 92 1 Egyptian Com. & Tract. lien 6 41 43 Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 241 246 Do. New 8 10 12p Eng. & Austral. Copper, lien 2 4 i !- English and Foreign Credit 71 3 4 a Eng. and Scot. Marine, lien. 8 .. ..., 4 Fairbairu Engineering 5 11 10 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p For. & Col. Gov. Trust and .. Loan Scrip, issued at £35 all 86 88 Gellivar3 O l e i t & Die., d7l 11 If 51 General Steam Navigation 11 25 29 Credit 2O General Homo & Col Marine In. hue. 5 41 ;31 1 Hong Kong and China Gas all all 1J lai I.^t4Hudson's Stay Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. Indo-European Tel., Jim lO Interna. Financial Soc. lim 5 11 11 Interns. Laud Credit, Jim 6 6 4d Italian Land 6 31 Id Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 34 4 Do. 6 p. c. Bits., redeem 1570, issued 90 all 6 3 1 1 l Land Securities, lint 5 at 215 2/ London African Trading lO 7 " Lon. & Caled. Marine, Jim ti •••" London County Land and Building, Jim. Loud. Provincial T e l . li m all 34 3 4 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all 4P Loud. Financial Asso., lim 30 23 224 10 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Colim. all 1 4 2 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, Lond. & Provincial Marinei '2 id pr Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. sp.c. by India Gov lOO 104 105 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, • ld Mediterra. Exten. T e l ., li m al l 4 41 Merchant Shipping, Jim all 32 37 Millwall Iron Works, Hut 124 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. .............. 9 34 245 National Discount C o. 5 114 124 National Prov. Marine, Bun. lint. 4 4 3d National Steam Ship, lim. all 81 94 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, Jim 6 4 3d New Consolidated Dis. lim. 3 14 ld New Quebrada, lim ....... A. 4.0 44 3 4 New Zealand Lo an & Mer cantile Agency,lin t New Zealand. Trust and Loan, lint Northern Assam Tea, lim 5 7 5 Do. B North Brit. Austral., Um_ 100 47 52 North Brit. & Mercan. 64 19 20 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15 Oriental Financial, 1int,,,,,, 11 ••• Oriental Gas, lint. Do. New .. . Otago and Southland In vestment, lint Ottoman Gas, Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim all 1 4 1 Do do. Peel R. Land & Alinerl, lint 100 34 3 s Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 48 5) Do. New 1867 Reuter's Telegram all 6 1 ' 36 Rhymney Iron Do. New Rio de Janeiro City Itn.,lim all 17 18 Do. Gas, lina Royal Mail Steam Scottish Aust. Invest., lira lOO 73 85 Do. 6 p. e. Guar. Pref lOO Societd Fin. d'Egypte, lint lO 7 65 Societ6 Gen.de J'Empire Ot 8 3 4 P S. African Mort. & Inv., him. 6• South Australian Land all 354 381 Submarine Telegraph Do. Scrip all 4 1 4 Telegraph Con. & Main., Jim all 184 19 184 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Jim........ . Trinidad Petroleum, lint_ 84• Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 I I P Do do. do. all Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 id p Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 4 41p Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 United Discount Corp., lim 6 Id p U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 54 64 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 34 alp Universal Marine (Ii?.), lint 5 1 14p Upper Assam Tea, lim all 21 34 Van Dieman's Land 284 7 8 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 78 79 78 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 10d West India and Pacific Steam, lint. 2O 24 14 WestLond oil Wharves and Warehouses COLOXIAL GOVBICNAINNT SEUURITIE6 British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.• • • _ • • 100 UO. 1895.. lOO Can.(lov.6 p.o.Jan. 9 & July 1877-84 Do. 6p. o. Feb, It Aug lOO It 6 ICB Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 104 106 Do. sp. o. Jan. it July lOO 93 91 95} Do. sp. C. Inscribed Bk.• 100 90 y 2 Cape ',}.hope, 6 p. 0.1870.: 106 102 104 - Do.Apl..tOot 1590-1900 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 toy Do. Jan.&July, 1891 •••• 100 108 lle Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 16 Oct., 1900 .. 100 100 102 Ctylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.e•. 100 108 110 Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 107 Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873,.. Jan. and July Do. 1878 •. •.. 100 106 Los Do. 1882, May and Nov... 100 106 108 1)0.1895, Feb. & AuZ..•• 100 106 108 Melbourne Corporatn.,.. 1807-75, 6 per cent...... 100 - N.11.G0v.0 p.o.Ja.&July 100 102 104 108} - N atal 6 p at, Apl & Oct... 100 Do 6p0.51 y & N0v..... 100 106 108 N. S. W. 5 ire. ' '7l to '73.. 100 99 101 Do. 6 p.c. 1888 to 1896.. 100 99 100 c9} 9 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75.. 100 gy 101 N.Zealand, 6p. ot.1891.• 100 -- Do. 5 percent.... ..... 100 974 98} DoJan,Ap-I,July, 100 974 98} 931 Do 6p o. Mar &Sept '91..:00 108 110 -- Do June & Dec, 1,91 ...• ICO 109 1 Do Prov..lAwild. } 1 -t( ries 1 & 2, 1896 ) I.ova Scotia 6p. o.Jau... and July, 1875 - Do 16!..6.• . Q„ en e n d, 6 /4. e. 'B2-6 lOO 1( 5 • 106 103 } Do 1891 Do. 6 p 0.1869. - Do. do. A 2 ...... •• Do rd. 1093 • lO3 107 ICB ••• ir101,0:159p.0. MA« u.• 100 100 2u7 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALJEc 1 CONSERVATISM IN TILE MIDLANDS. The Times observes that the Chancellor of the Exchequer may be said to have broken the silence of Ministerial pre- , paration at the Gloucester meeting. The course of retrenchment indicated is a necessity which Time may be said to have created. It is Time, however, not in the sense of development, progress, and improvement, nor yet as the parent of perpetual novelties and increasing oppor tunities. We may be thankful that we have the opportunity of withdrawing from some points what we want at others. What we have to do is to change our front, so to speak, as Time, with his inexhaustible budget of change, encounters us, taking always his own ground and choosing his own occasions. But, as late philosopher used to say, the decay of one system is the generation of another. We must be always reconstructing and renewing our esta blishments, and for this purpose clearing away the old materials. It is always easy and pluvant to do that which is new ; always difficult and disagreeable to get clear of the old or to settle it satisfactorily. But that is the work entailed upon Government by the enterprises and the neg-7ects of its predecessors. It has duties to the living and to the dead. It has to wind up and to execute, as bankruptcies are settled and estates are administered. A Government that comes into office with but a few months' lease of power will select work more suited to the transient sunshine ; but when the policy of a whole generation is to be inaugurated it must be on wiser, though perhaps sadder principles. The very figures of national revenue and expenditure before us, the ugly comparison with previous years, warn us that our expenditure has to be measured in the scales of pru dence and truth. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has not to take his financial principles from the commercial spirit of the age, whatever it may happen to be. He has not to traffic with the national credit, as others have with credit once believed hardly less solid and enduring, He has to set the commercial tone of the age, to teach rather than wait to be taught, and to set that example the place of which is ill supplied by results full of the most signifi cant warning and instruction. The Post takes a survey of the recent inquiry at Guild hall, and believes that the examination that will take place in the Queen's Bench will enable the public to under stand the affair better than they can at present. One im portant phase, however, of the history of the house of Gurney stands out already with sufficient clearness. It is evident that it is to the extravagant extent to which, under the stimulus of the Limited Liability Act, the deposit system was carried, that Gurney and Co. owed their first false steps and their ultimate downfall. If a banking establishment accepts from the public deposits to any amount, with an undertaking to pay interest at rates varying from two to three-and-a-half per cent., or even a fraction more, it is manifest that they must employ it themselves in such a mode as to realise a rate considerably in excess of that which they give, and that, moreover, they must keep their deposits in continual movement. They cannot afford to let them lie idle even for an hour. Under the pressure which this necessity imposes, a pressure which increases in a geome trical ratio as the deposits increase, a very large pro portion of our banking firms involved themselves by advances at high interest in speculative enterprises, which legitimately they had no business to so much as touch with a pitchfork. In the development of this great mischief, as exhibited by the history of the Gurneys, the public and the Legislature ought to find a lesson capable of teaching them how the law that has been the means of bringing it about should be amended, and the system created by it modified. The Daily News comments upon the speech of Mr. Lowe at Gloucester, and thinks that the right hon. gen tleman is adding übiquity to his other accomplishments. It is with him as with the versatile barber of Seville, Figaro qui, Figaro lti--a phrase which we may translate, "Lowe here, and Lowe there." The Chancellor of the Exchequer is in Gloucestershire to-day, in Surrey to-morrow, and elsewhere the day after. He is the political diner out, or rather he is a sort of travelling bachelor of the Cabinet, sent abroad to complete his education by seeing the world. Mr. Lowe may profit by the opportunities of information which are thus presented to him. His one great defect as a statesman up to the present moment has been that he knows too little of his countrymen, and they reciprocate the ignorance. Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright are sufficiently well acquainted with the people of England, who know them in return. They do not need, as Mr. Lowe does, to be brought into harmony with the popular feeling and intel ligence. If the Liberal symposia in which he is the chief guest help to dispel the mutual ignorance and distrust which have hitherto prevailed, that great institution, the political dinner, will justify itself anew. The personal confidence and liking of the country are great helps to a Minister ; and in Mr. Lowe's case it is not sufficient that he should possess this advantage vicariously through the mediation of Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright. Their sur plus of popular goodwill cannot be transferred, like works of supererogation or over-abounding merits, to make up for his moral deficit. The Telegraph makes some remarks upon the pecu liar position of those members of the new Cabinet who found themselves without a seat when they assumed the responsibilities of office, and observes that though the letter of the Constitution does not bind the Queen to select the members of her Government from either legisla tive House, the business of the country could not be carried on for a single week unless the members of the Government were present in the Lords or the Commons to answer questions, offer explanations, vindicate official acts, and take the foremost part in debate. To an English Minister debating power is almost as important as administrative capacity. Since the full formation of our parliamentary system, the chief political rank has been held by no English statesman who did not possess oratorical as well as governing skill. Chatham was a consummate orator. Fox was the prince of British debaters. The younger Pitt has never been excelled as an official declaimer. Canning's brilliant eloquence still lingers on the ear of those who heard it. Peel was a master of that matter-of-fact oratory which acts more powerfully on practical Englishmen than bursts of Ciceronian fervour. Palmerston;though not an orator in the scholastic sense, had a power of suggestive talk which placed him in the first rank of debaters; and his wonderful speech on the Don Pacifico case shewed that, under the influence of strong conviction, he could equal the efforts of the chief Parliamen- tary rhetoricians. Not the least cogent reason for deeming the present Cabinet one of the most powerful which has been formed in recent times is, that, in Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bright, and Mr. Lowe, it contains the three foremost orators of the Lower House. Since the power of debate is so essential to an English Government, it is all-important that Ministers should be present in the Lords or the Commons Chamber to defend the acts for which they are responsible, and to explain the schemes with which they are entrusted. But, if they belong to the Lower House, no political rank can save them from the risks of the great election battles. The Star, in paying a well-deserved tribute to the valuable reforms effected in the administration of our criminal law by the late lamented member for Dumfries, remarks that Mr. Ewart's earliest as well as his latest labours are associated with the reform of our penal code. When he took this question in hand our criminal law was still hugely disfigured by some of the worst relics of barbarous times. It was he who, in 1832 — only four years after his entrance into the House of Commons—succeeded in passing a series of measures which abolished capital punishment for the crimes of horse-stealing, sheep-stealing, cattle-stealing, and stealing in a dwelling-house. It was he who, a year or two later, removed the death penalty from the offences of returning from transportation, stealing letters from the Post Offise, and sacrilege. But his crowning achievement in the cause of criminal reform was his Prisoners' Counsel Act. Incredible as it may now appear, it is nevertheless true that, until Mr. Ewart's bill passed into law, prisoners who were charged with felony were not permitted to be heard by counsel in their own defence. Counsel might examine and cross-examine witnesses—he might split legal hairs on any technical points which either his judgment or his imagination might raise— but his mouth was closed against making a speech on the evidence which had been submitted to the jury, and how ever valuable the arguments or suggestions on behalf of his client which he felt himself able to offer, the law sternly imposed upon him the cruelty of silence. Mr. Ewart's Act remedied this great evil ; and it is impossible to conjecture how many innocent men owe their safety to the humane exertions which were successfully put forth by this enlightened philanthropist. Arrangements are in progress for entertaining Mr. Reverdy Johnson at a public banquet on the occasion of his approaching visit to Glasgow. It is intended that the banquet shall take place on Wednesday, the 10th of February, in the Corporation Galleries, which have been kindly given up for that day by the directors of the Insti tute of the Fine Arts, and the Lord Provost will preside on the occasion. MEMORIAL CHURCH AT OXFORD TO ARCHBISHOP LONGLEY.—The promoters of this movement have issued a circular in which they say Cowley was the first scene of Archbishop Longley's pastoral labours. It is proposed to erect in this district, within a few paces of Magdalen Bridge, a church which shall be worthy to be a memorial to the late Archbishop, and an ornament to the University of which he was so distinguished a member. Accommo dation will be provided for at leastl,ooo persons. Probable cost £15,000 to £20,000. Archbishop Tait, his successor, and the Bishop of Oxford have both promised their sup port. The eubscriptiona promised already . o,lncupt to A Conservative association has been inaugurated ai West Bromwich. The chair was taken by the Earl of Dartmouth, who delivered a long address. He did not believe that the course they had taken would impede legis• lative progress, or further the cause of intolerance and oppression ; but he thought that every man had a right to entertain his own political opinions, and to express. them at every legitimate opportunity. He would call attention to the fact that all those who put themselves forward in the cause of the disestablishment of the Irish Church were considered to act in a legitimate manner, while the actions of those opposed to the measure were Called into question. He considered the policy about to be pursued towards the clergy of the Irish Church to be most unfair, and it was bard to impose sacrifices on them when they had done their duty to the Crown and the Constitution, Justice to Ireland ought not to be confined to one form of religion, but all men should receive equal toleration. The noble earl concluded by saying that the Conservative party ought to prevent, so far as they could, any spasmodic legislation. He vindicated Mr. Disraeli from the various charges that had been brought against him, and declared that lie had faithfully served the interests of the country and benefited his party.—Mr. S. Lloyd pro posed one of the resolutions, and rejoiced at the spread of the principles of Conservatism. These aimed at securing the greatest good to the greatest possible number of man kind ; but the 4treme Radical theory was that the Creator had created men with equal rights to govern each other. He concluded his remarks by observing that in all well governed countries there must be two parties, and the benefits that had accrued from a good Conservative Opposition were considerable. The Conservative members for West Stafford have been entertained at a banquet at Brierley-hill. Sir Smith Child, in returrang thanks, said that their meeting on that occasion bore more reference to the triumph of the prin ciples of their pitrty than to the personal success they had met with. By the term Conservatism he did not mean an opposition to tht amendment of abuses, and he considered that there was no aristocracy in the world so demo cratic, and no democracy so aristocratic as were those of England. Mr. Meynell Ingram said that though their party was now in a minority the wealth and intelligence of the country were on the Conservative side. He was decidedly opposed to Lord - Russell's propositions with respect to the revenues of the Irish Church. Among the other questions for Parliament to deal with he might mention the poor laws and the treatment of professional criminals. A PICTURE OF LIFE. An inquest held at Cubitt-town, in the Isle of Dogs, has brought to light a terrible picture:of existence at the East-end of London. The inquiry was held into the cir cumstances attending the death of a woman 34 years of age and her infant child, both of whom had died from starvation. The deceased woman was the wife of a labourer, who, previousls to the commercial crisis of 1866, earned about 14s. a week. Since that date, however, they had been in a state of destitution. The house in which they lived was occupied by five other families, and in all the landlord received ss. Pd. a week for rent. " All were badly off for food," according to the witnesses, who added that " the deceased did not want more than they did." The husband applied to the guardians for relief, and was ordered to the stone-yard. As, however, he was prevented from earning more than Bd. a day he did not go. At length, all their scanty stock of fur niture gone, their broken windows boarded up to exclude, if possible, the wind and the raim'and with no hope of relief, the mother and the infant died within a few hours of each other, the last meal of the former having been a piece of salt, with which she had vainly endeavoured to appease the pangs of hunger. The husband had since become insane, but as there was no room for him in the asylum, "it being crowded with mad people," he had been taken into the workhouse. In accordance with such facts as these the jury returned their verdict. LAW AND POLICE. THE ROYAL BANK OF INDIA.—In the Court of Chancery the case of the Royal Bank of India has been heard before the Lords Justices. The Royal Bank appealed against a decision of Vice-Chancellor Stuart, which fixed the bank upon the list of contributories of the Asiatic Banking Corporation. At the date of the order for winding-up that corporation 605 shares were registered in the name of the Royal Bank. It seems that these shares were taken among others as security by the Royal Bank for advances which they had made to certain customers. After they had done this, one of the Indian courts decided in a case tried before it that when shares deposited as security remained in the name of a depositor, they must in the event of his bankruptcy be taken to be still in his order and disposition. This decision alarmed the direc tors of the Royal Bank, and it was resolved that shares taken as security should be transferred to the name of the bank or its manager. The mode of the transfer was somewhat informal, but the bank received dividends on the shares, sokl some of them, and received the purchase money. The rest were left standing in the name of the bank when the winding-up order was made. Lord Justice Selwyn decided that the whole transaction was within the scope of ordinary banking business, and that the directors had only acted with common prudence in making the transfer. The informalities in the transfers were imma terial, as they had been accepted and acted upon. The Royal Bank was therefore rightly placed on the list of contributories, and the appeal must be dismissed with costs. THE " SPORTING LIFE."—In the Vice Chaneellor's uourt, another suit arising out of dealings with the news paper the Sporting Life has been heard. In the suit of Kelly v. Hutton, the plaintiff succeeded in establishing that, subject to a mortgage for £2,000 to the defendant, M`Murray, on the whole newspaper, and a lien of £51.2 to the defendant John Hutton, he was entitled to the rwnership of the moiety of the newspaper. While the *proceedings in chambers for ascertaining the balances were still pending, the defendant William M`Murray served a notice on the plaintiff that he had sold the news paper, and the plaintiff's solicitors discovered that a declaration had been filed that James Hitchins was • the sole proprietor. The plaintiff prayed to have the sale set aside, and to have the property sold under the direction of the co ur t. Af ter some arguments on both sides , Vice-Chancellor Stuart said that until the accounts were taken it was impossible to ascertain what was due between the parties. He there fore directed the appointment of a receiver and manager until the further order of the court, commenting severely on the course taken by the defendants, who, he said, had done their best to bailie the course of justice. Ma. ELLisoN's CASE.-At the lost Old Bailey sessions Mr. Ellison, a City merchant, was tried for having pub lished a libel on the directors of the Ottoman Railway Company, but as the jury were unable to agree, he was discharged. On Thursday preliminary proceedings were taken in the Court of Queen's Bench to obtain a writ of certiorari for the removal of the trial into that court. The application for a rule was based up on t wo ground ' s—that the case was essentially one to be tried by a special jury and that an important question of privilege had been raised in the defendant's plea of justification. The court granted a rule calling upon the defendant to show cause why the writ should not be issued. They say that Mr, Burlinghame's attach6s— mandarins with long tails—are greatly astonished when they go to a theatre to hear the coughing and sneezing which the tardy and almost unexpected advent of cold weather has made common. They think it a breach of good manners for anyone with a cold to appear in public, because nothing would be easier than to cure himself at once by taking a drug which they call to quian ?dim?, and assert to be a certain specific for a cold.—Daily News. THE DISTRESS AT POPLAR. —The prevailing dis tress at Poplar will be partially relieved, some of the large shipbuilders having received orders for the con struction of vessels for the Turkish and other Govern ments. Messrs. Wigram are about to lay down two passenger steam-vessels for the Portsmouth and Ryde Steam Packet Company, to be ready for traffic during next slimmer. They are to be named respectively the Duke of Edinburgh and the Princess Alice. RABBITS. —On and after Tuesday next the tenants on the estate of Mr. Price, a large landowner in Merionethshire, will be permitted to destroy rabbits on their own farms. The permission is extended beyond the tenant himself, and includes one of his yearly servants. The rabbits destroyed are to be the property of the tenant, and the privilege is clogged with no other con dition than that " traps, ferrets, and purse nets shall be the only means of destruction engaged, the traps to be placed in burrows twelve inches from the surface, and not elsewhere." A HINT TO INCOME TAX ASSESSORS.—A corre spondent writes : —"At a time when London did not con tain much more than half of its present population, the late well-known Mr. Alderman Waithman kept a very large drapery establishment at the south-east end of Fleet-street, fronting also to New Bridge-street. I was personally acquainted with the alderman, and frequently saw him in the shop. There was a man, apparently in a state of absolute destitution, who swept and had for many years swept the crossing to Ludgate-hill. Miss Waithman, out of pure compassion to this man, was in the freq uen t, if not daily habit of supplying him with soup and other weans of sup port. At length the poor man died, leaving her £7 ) 000 These fade were well kno'wn at the time and I have no . doubt a tpraa re §Ltil within the recollecti o n o f 1...t."411464 " THIRD EDITION NOTICh. Tho Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocx. LuNDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING, DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 28. Tho Queen has been pleased to appoint Commander Edward Wingfield Shaw, RN., to be Lieutenant-Governor - of the Town and Fort of Malacca and its Dependencies. Paolo Volta, Esq., LL D., to be one of her Majesty' s Judges for the Ishtuti of Malta; and Charles Fitz william Cadiz, Esq., to ho .A.qorney-General for the Island of Tobago. CoWISE OF EXCHANGE—This Evenzng. Amsterdam Do Roti erd a m ... 12 1! 12 1 A ut werp • 25 33 25 49 Brussels 25 35 2. 40 wburgu ••• 13 10 ... .13 10i Parib Ditto Marseillos Frank fort- on-the-M a i u • 119 ... 120 37 Vienna "'l2 25 ... 12 35 Trieste • 12 25 ... 12 35 Petersburg Copenhagen.. ....... . 9 2U ...... 9 Berlin - 6 261 •... Madrid.. (Judi/ Leghorn - 2 Milan 6 90 Genoa .. - 26 90 Naples 26 90 Palermo 26 90 Messina Lisbon 521 Oporto 52-1 Rio Janeiro New York 24 2GI 48 ••• 4z4 . ... 27 o • 27 01 ••• 2 7 0 ••• 27 0 27 0 ... 27 0 •.. 521 •.. 52i '" SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day BENTINCK CLUB—Tires DAY. Business, though showing increased signs of activity, is still confined but to moderate investments, and backers and layers both exercised great caution in all their trans actions, the only special feature requiring notice being the increased desire to back Globule for the Grand National. LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 8 agst Colonel (offered) 16 to 1 agst Globule (offered-20 to 1 taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Sultan (taken and offered) sto 1 aget Globule--1, 2, 3 (taken freely) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 8 agst Paul Jones (offered) 22 to 1 agst St. Mungo (offered) 33 to 1 aget Fairwind (taken) LINCOLN HANDICAP. 12 to 1 agst Sycee (offered) 20 to 1 agst George Osbald9ston (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lady Coventry (wanted) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tms DAT. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 100 to 8 agst Sycee (offered) 15 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (offered) 20 to 1 agst George Osbaldiston (taken and off.) 20 to 1 agst Typhceus (offered) 20 to 1 agst Lady Coventry (offered) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 11 to 1 agst The Colonel (taken) 100 to 7 agst• Fan (offered, (take 15 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Globule (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sultan (offered) 25 to 1 agst Tathwell (offered) 25 to 1 agst Huntsman's Daughter (offered) 28 to 1 agst Despatch (offered) 1000 to 30 agst:Fortunatus (offered) 1000 to 30 egst Captain Crosstree (taken) 500 to 15 agst Juryman (taken) HO to 15 agst Lamb (taken) 2000 to 80 agst Surney (taken) 1000 to 25 agst Barbarian (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Arne (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Philosopher (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Fairyland (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Tribune (offered) Bto 1 agst Mr. Brayley's lot (offered) 12 to 10 on GloInk) starting (offered—after an eveD. 20 had been laid) CHESTER CUP. 2000 to 160 agst Paul Jones (taken) 100 to 6 agst Robespierre (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Palmer (taken) 25 to 1 agst Knight of the Garter (offered) 25 to 1 agst Blacklock (offered) 40 to 1 agst Vestminster (offered) DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Pero Gomez (offered) 13 to 2 agst Belladrutn (taken to .£75) 2e. to 1 agst Ryshworth (taken) 100 to 3 agst 'Penedos (offered—take 40 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Brenus (offered) 40 to 1 egst Crocus (offered - take 1000 to 15)! RACING F IXTURES. GARY. FEBIt Sudbury 2, 3 Lincoln l6, 17 Harrow lB, 19 Mansfield 18 Pontefract . 18, 19 Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chehnsford 25, 26 Derby Spring 25, 26 .CII. M A Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury spring 5, 6 Downpat rick 9 Warwick ...9, 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 West Drayton lB, 19 Baldoyla First Spring 18, 19 Margate 20 Beverley 2O Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, 81 Abergavenny l, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge 1, 2 Thirsk 6 7 Hungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cambridge 7 8 Croxton Park Streatham B, 9 Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 2O 21 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket lst Spring 26, &o, Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Al bans 1, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 Doncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 1I!!, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 I Harpenden 2l. 1 Epsom Summer .....25, &a. rNE. Croydon 2, 3, 4 Newto❑ 2,3, 4 A soot ....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 'Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragtt 22, 23, 24 Newcastle 9, 23, 24 Oldham 22 13ibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 36 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle 6, 7 Pontefract Hendon . ... l2, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 LY. Southampton 18, 14. Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford ... t.:, 23 I Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes Egliam lO, 11 WolverhanTton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton 18, 19, 20 UST. ' 1 Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 26, 27 Scarborough .BO, 31. I Derby Summer —3l, Sop. 1. I Weymouth • 3l, S.p. 1. I Canterbury .........31, Sep. 1. SEPT] Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield ',MBER. Hampton 2l, 22 Western (Ayr) 22, 2& Hendon 23, 21 M on mouth... 23, 24 Newmarket let 00t....28, &c. Lanark... 29, 30 )BER. Cheltenham l9, 20 Curragh l9, 20, 21. West Drayton 2l, '23 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarket li'ton ...25, &o. OCT , Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 , Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7, 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11 1 , (to. Chelmsford l9, 20 Kelso , 20 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. Wolverhampton : I Carmarthen 3 Edgeware • • 4, 5 I Tenby 5 Bi r mingham 8, 9 Chippenham 10, I 11 Streatham 11, 12 Newbridge 15 Lincoln Morton-in-Marsh ..........18 Harrow lB, 19 Pontefract 18, 14 Boston 14 Windsor 22, 23 St. Albans 9 3, 24, Derby • • 25 Baschurch 23 MARKEIS-1111S DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January 29.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. steady. Market ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH CO3l. PANY.-At a meeting of the Board of Directors of this company, held this day, it was resolved to recommend a dividend at the rate of £lO per cent. per annum for the last half year, and a further dividend at the rate of £1 10s. per cent, on account of back dividends, both free of income) tax. 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