The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARX AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CUT, Two O'CLOCK. Business to-day was very flat, but prices in some instances for Foreign securities were improving. Consols have not been so good, but the decline has not been to any serious extent. Telegraph shares were in demand, and Railway shares steady. 'Consols are now at 91k 2k to 92 for money; ditto, for Account, 921 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 92 1 ; New T.:ree per Cents, 91 4 a 2 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 5 preen. ; June, 2 7 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, preen. ; June, 6 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent., —. . . . India Stock, 10f per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1111 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 100: ; ditto Eufaced Paper, 5 per Cent., 1951. _ _ . In the Foreign Market Turkish Fives have im proved to 44} to 44 ; Italian 551 to 551 ; Egyp tian (1864) Bonds are 87 to 88 ; and the 1868 INBI to 781. Spanish are 271 to 27f ; Charkof, 81 to 821 ; Orel-Vitebsk, 82} to 821 ; Peruvian, 831 to 841 ; and Mexican, 131 to 13}. In Railway Shares Great Northern (A) is higher, 109 j to 110 i ; Great Western, London and Brighton, 56 to 561 and 471 to 481. Caledonian, 781 to 791 ; Great Eastern, 37i to 88i ; Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 15 to 15} ; London and North Western, 121 i to 122 ; London and South Western, 93 to 94 ; Metropolitan, 82} to 83. American Five-Twenty Bonds are firm, at 851 to 86i ; Eries are 191 to 201; and Illinois are 99} to 100. Lombardo-Venetian is 201 to 211 ; and Great Luxemburg, 121 to 121. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Shares arc 35} to 35; ; French Cable, 15f to 154 ; Anglo- American, 194- to 19i ; and Atlantic Eight per Cents., 11 to 2. In Bank Shares Imperial Ottoman are 2f to 2i prem. ; London and Westminster, 581 to 59f ; Oriental, 41 to 42 ; London Joint-stock, 30f to 3l I ; and Union of London, 37 to 38. In Miscellaneous Securities Iludson's Bay is 124 to 13 ; General Credit, lf to 1 (ha. ; and Na tional Discount is 104 to 11i. A sum of £48,000 in bar gold was sent into the bullion office of the Bank yesterday. The Somersetshire, from Melbourne, has brought £49,592. About £25,000 in bar gold, recovered from the wreck of the Carnatic, has been handed over to the underwriters at Lloyd's. Mr. Gladstone, of the firm of J. Thomson, T. Bonar, and Co., has just arrived from Constanti nople, having settled the guarantee on the £2,000,000 capital of the Varna Railway. A circular has been issued announcing the sus pension of Messrs. Jorss and Co., woollen mer chants and exporters, of Leeds. The liabilities are supposed to be about £50,000. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Nicholls and Co., of Leeds and Morley, has been convened to receive a statement of the affairs. in this case the liabilities are esti mated at £40,000. At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Charles Vidal and Co.. commission agents, of Manchester, the liabilities were stated to amount to £16,294 3s. 6d., and the assets to £4,833 12s. 10d. An ad journment was agreed to with the view of making further inquiry. From a statement of the affairs of Messrs. Pim and Co., corn merchants, of Dublin, London, and Liverpool, whose failure was recently announced, it appears that the estate shows a dividend of about 95., the liabilities being £50,250, and the assets £23,723. A special general meeting of the Equitable Life Assurance Society was held yesterday for the pur pose of considering the decennial statement of the value of all . the different assurances now existing as determined by a computation of the value of every policy. This statement, in which the assu rances are all classed under ages, exhibits the sums assured, the bonus additions which have been made, and the premiums now payable under all the existing policies, with their respective present values, each separately stated. From. these data it is ascer. tained that the net value of all the existing assur ances amounts to £2,778,550 lls. id. ; and that the surplus fund, after providing for all these liabilities, amounts to no less than £1,741,019 4s. 10d. It was resolved unanimously, in accordance with the recommendation of the Court of Directors, to make a further addition to the sums assured by existing policies of £1,591,476, the present cash value of which is £1,155,339, and to reserve £585,670 for the benefit of the present and future assurers. It is said that a Russian line of steamers from the Black Sea to Bombay, via the Suez Canal, is about to be established, with cJatracts already made by one house at Moscow to ship 4,000 bales of cotton per week. The Metropolitan Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £1,291 over last year ; the Metropolitan and St. John's-wood an increase of £l5 ; and the Glasgow and South Western an in crease of £528. The directors of the Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal Company (Limited) have declared an interim dividend of 10s. per share, payable on the 28th instant. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ordered that the Second Preference Debentures of the Northern Railway of Canada shall be inserted for quotation in their daily official list. A meeting of the London and Manchester As surance Company will be held on the 22d instant, " for the purpose of passing an extraordinary reso lution, and other business, fully set forth in the circular to shareholders." A special general meeting of the Vale of Llan gollen Railway Company will be held on the 31st inst., when a resolution wiil be proposed in favour of raising the sum of £5,000 by the issue of new 5 per cent. preference shares of £lO each. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT rUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, Jan. 6 921 8 per Cent. Reduced ... 92 If New 3 per Cent ~.. 911 2 Now 21 per Cont. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Con J an. 187 3 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yre, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. March Da. 3 do. June De £lOO, £2OO & £5OO 6 pm Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent - De. opening • _ _ Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds later-Colonial Omniura INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India, 5 Lock, 10* per Cent., April 1874 Shut Do. Opening, for Account — Da. a per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 Do. Cortificatea — Do. Eufaced Pape. 4 per Cent..,,,.. — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5} per Cent. May 1879 Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Dote. 1872.. — Do do. Itivm,., Do. do. 1882 — Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ...„ Do. Bond; 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Aegentino Republic, f; per Cent EGI I luitriam Ronde 5 per cent .. Do. 1856 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. q per Cent. 1852 Do. do 1858 — Do. no 166) 7l 1)o. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Ik. account .. . B tenor Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. Ouilian 6 per Cent — f o. 4f per Cent — Do. 3 por Cent., — Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 por cont. 1867 99i f 0 lombian, 6 pot Cent. Dauisu, 3 per Cent., 1825 Dan"bian Principalities, 7 par Cent B5 l'o. Account Do 8 per Cont., 1867 — Ecuador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent... Po Secoad Issue .. — D0..£506 Bonds Do. 1864 — +~ Do. Account D. .£.500 Bonds Do, 410 G Bon is Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 . Do. £lOO Bonet Government Railway Debentures 991 Ureek 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups . _ Do. Coupong Do. Account G.l itemala:s per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Loan„ 10 p.,Ct„ all pd Do. Aces ant It3iian 5 per Cent, 1865 — Do. Account . Do /11.‘rommana Railway — Ilexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Auglo-PreLch — doutevidsan 6 per Cent. ..... ..... llocrish Imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada l7l Do 3 per Cen. — Do. Defer►ed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 por Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 81 3} Do 4} por Cent. (Ul:barron) Do 4} por Cont.. 1862 -. — Do Account... Do 6 per Cent..,1862 Portaguese 3 pur Ct.,1853 '6 7 '9 '69 33f ~ , . 1867' Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 t ier Cent., 1822, St Do 4i per Cent 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do :do, Scrip Do. Anglo-Dutcb, 1864, £lOO Boucle 921 Do. do. £B4 los. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 92 Do. do • £B4 155. do — Do Nicolas Railway 66 Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Con ... — Do. Accc,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Passive Do. Cora. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do /100 Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account 67 Do £lOO Boucle 69 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 Do. Account' 65; Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4-1 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2} per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil „ /51 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates B6 French lientes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. ltglian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. %M. Do Account 551 IWO 04111 CO OK. Cdoneols, Money Do. Account, Jan. 6 921 1 xd PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. TUESDAY. The proceedings against the press formed part of 3 es terday's discussions, and M. Haentj ens expressed his sur prise at the inconsistency displayed by the Government. M. de Forcade replied that the Government had allowed absolute liberty during the three months which suc ceeded the amnesty, but it was obliged to have recourse to the tribunals to prevent the circulation of attacks upon the Sovereign. The Liberte assails the Minister of the Interior with some severity for his language on this occa sion. " Nous n'avons pas voulu," said M. de Forcade, in referring to the suspension of press prosecutions. So then, exclaims M. de Girardin, the Government can at pleasure prescribe or prohibit these prosecutions! It can at pleasure interfere with the ordinary course of law on the pretext of giving the country political experience. Never, he continues, was a more imprudent, and a more impudent avowal made. And it necessitates the abrogation of the repressive laws against the Press, if the law and the magistrates of Franco are to preserve any moral prestige. MM. Ernest Picard, Glais- Bizoia, and Rochefort took part in the brief debate, all complaining of the arbitrary and uncertain restrictions put upon the public sale of certain journals. M. Picard declared that such official interference was especially oppressive with regard to the provincial journals of the Opposition. At Montpellier, for instance, there were two journals in whose behalf he protested against the prefectoral restriction of public sale. The restriction was removal from one, but maintained in regard to the other, a distinc tion he denounced as purely arbitrary. M. Rochefort created some surprise by declaring that from his experience, the journals actually profited by these restraints. The Rappel, the sale of which is forbidden by the Government, has the largest circulation, and his own journal doubled in circulation as soon as the authorisation of sale was removed. Being asked the ground of his com plaint, lie said that the restriction was unfair to the news paper vendors, and that all papers which paid the same duties should have the same rights. M. Guyot Montpayroux closed the discussion by declaring that the Ministers, after having the courage to enter upon a noble path, had stopped half way. "You had but this merit," ho ex claimed, " and this you are losing,"—a sentiment which was loudly applauded by the Left. Upon this a cry was raised for the Order of the Day, which being supported by what M. Jules Favre calls "la majorite muette," the debate conveniently closed. The financial report of M. Magne has been on the whole well received, and is favourably spoken of in financial and commercial circles. It remains to be seen what effect it will produce upon his political position. The Constitutionne/ thinks M. Magne will have the eternal honour of attaching his name to the close of the era of deficits and of periodical loans. The &We considers the Minister's estimate of the political situation far too favourable. Six episcopal seats are now vacant in France. A diffe rence of opinion prevails between the Holy See and the French Government with respect to the appointments at Martinico and Agen. The religious world is becoming uneasy on the point, as the nominations of the French authorities are not ratified at Rome. Troppmann has not yet made his appeal, but it is not likely that, in any case, the trial will be delayed beyond the 28th, because the Court of Cassation would hold an extra sitting, in order to take the appeal at once. Tropp mann was apprized of this determination, and it has probably deterred him from carrying out his scheme. The Archbishop of Munich addressed a pastoral letter to the clergy of his diocese prior to his departure for Rome, in which he declared that the Council would come to no decision which would interfere with popular liberty and /he rights of nations. It would not seek to extend the power of the Church, for the present position of affairs could not sanction such an attempt. STATE OF TRADE. CARDIFF, 13th.—The movement in the demand for coal is beginning to extend to all branches of the trade, tolerably regular employment being afforded at many of the collieries, and there are now but few complaints of depression in business. From the French, Mediterranean, and other foreign mar kets favourable advices are being received, and buyers, although the end of the year is so near, have not reduced their purchases as usual, which indi cates that there is a decided improvement in the inquiry, and that stocks are considerably reduced. The exports in November showed an increase of 52,131 tons, as compared with the corresponding month of last year. House qualities demand an increasing sale, the fortnight of severe weather hay ing added materially to the consumption. The shipments coastwise last month reached 75,088 tons as compared with 63,137 tons in November, 1868, being an increase of nearly 12,000 tons. In the iron trade about the same degree of vitality is evinced as reported last week, operations at the works being characterised by the usual regularity, and at some of the establishments more hands could now be employed. The exports during November were 20,008 tons, of which New York took 852 tons, New Orleans 4,048 tons, Mobile 4,857 tons, and Galveston 1,000 tons. The sale of tin plates continues slow. The Overend and Gurney trial was resumed to day, but the interest in the matter with the general public seems to have died out. The verdict is not expected for tho next four or five days. BREAKFAST.— EFPS's COCOA.— GRATEFUL AND COM -I'olln:cu.—Thu very agreeable character of this prepata tiou has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette remarks :—" The singular success which Mr.Epps attained by his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap plication of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc tors' bills." Made simply wit's boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled JAMES EPPS and Co., lioraceopathic Chemists, London. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1869. SNARL L 157. ~ o iNT-STOCK BANKS. ORDINARY SLIARNB AND STOCKB. Closing IButtint Railways. Paid. p rin. dens. at S, ist i 1 and Exeter 100 73 7 et Caledonian 0.•••••••• •• • 100 781 791 et Cambrian 20 Cornwall all 2 3 it Dublin & Belfast June.— 100 et Dun„rerth,& Ab.J nue 3OO 70 72 21 East London all 5 7 AO Do 15 2J Do 10 et Glasgow &S. Western lOO 105 107 et Great Eastern .. .00 37 38/ et Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO t 1 71 et lircat Northol Scotland lOO l 0 13 at Great Northern ... 100 107 tOB 1071 et Do. A stack lOO 10,1 101 at Do, listuck lOO 127 1,29 at UtS, and W. of Ireland lOO i 8 100 et Ut. Western —Original lOO bt,/ 56 56 / st Do. South Wales DA) 37 32 at Do. W. id.id.—Oxford lOO 33 15 at Do. Newport IOU 32 4i at Lancaishire& Torkahira lOO 26/ 27 et Lon., Brlgh.,& S.Cuast lOO 47 471 171 8 00 Du Scrip at Lon., Chat., and Dover lOO 14/ 15/ 151 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 11 13 at Lou. .¢ North W eaten lOO 1211 122 it Lou. At South Western lOO 93 55 94 Man., Sltel., & lee El 531 1 , 3 i at Metropolitan et Do Extension 5 Do. Now rd all st Metropolitan District, all 50 .2 10 Motrop. 6t. John's ood 6 - at Mull awl et 1)43, air/min.& Uerny et North British 10U 33 31 et 1) -.Ed., Yth., & Dun lO9 et Nor Eastern--Berwiel.. 100 120 121 121/ 26 D_ G. N.E purchase-16.13,4 et 1), Leeds .... 100 73 79 79 et 13 ',York et D oCarlisle .... et 1) oStock. & 100 126 108 160 et North Loudon 10 Do New 1808 .. 4 1/ 2 et North Staffordshire l6u 61 G 3 621 et North a& d.-W. Junction 100 tti 101 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... at Itl% i tnuoy - at Shropshire Union lOO 621 004 et South Devon'.. at South Eastern lOO 761 77 at Staines, Wok'hani, & Wok all; 10 14 st Tan Vale -- Do. C %Fait:Hord .t Kilkenny IGO 10 VVAtt_rloo 14 Whileha,l 6 ItAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHAKES AND 4T0C1K.5..... at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian tea., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scut. N.E., 41 per ccut lOO at Dv. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c AO ••• ••• at Do. du. 7 per emit lO, ... st D. do. Ordinary l5O 78 82 at Do. Midland at Du. Dinah) and Arbroath 100 ~„ 20 Cornwall, i per cent zits all ate Dundee, Yard', and Aber deen J unction lOO 105 107 at Du. let Class preference lOO ,„ at Glas. S.W. gua. I per et lOO „.• „, at 41t. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 as 10J at Du de N 0.2 100 97 09 at Du du G per cent 100 Ili 113 at Du East Anglian A 4 p. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 10 ,„ at Do do C 7 do. 100 ••• at Do do No. 1, 4 p.c. 100 at Do E. Uuiun 4 p.e. gua. 100 US 72 at Do Norfolk 1,.e.1,',x.1616 100 ••• at Do do 5 p.c.Wa.r.Va1.1847 100 „, at Great Nut thorn, Spar coot 100 „, at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. e. pm. 100 ,„ Do 4/ do do do 100 ••• ••• at Do 5 do at sp. c. jwt 100 „, at Dv Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 „, „, at Great South. and Western (irelaud) 4 per cunt lOO 66 08 at Gt. West.— 9rig.&J in.-Bent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 106 11 . 8 et Do. Orig. (B. S: H. 1s j. 5 p.c. 100 95 100 at Du do 4: ; per coat. 1850... 100 L 2 at Do do 4 do do lOO 80 82 at Do do 5 per cent. redem 100 P 7 90 at Do do Birmingham gua 100 68 72 at Do do do prof... 100 ••• •• at Do du Chester gua B5 at Do do du 8 per cent. 100 at Do do du 5 do 10 95 1;4 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 4A p.c lOO at Do do 4, 1850 lOO „, at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 116 118 at Do du 2d gua lO 1!3 116 at Do Newport, lat g. b p.c lOO 1,8 98 et Do do 2d do 100 •.. •• at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster ,St. Carlialo 41 p.c. all at Laucash. York - sh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 1 . :30 at Du Barnsley, .65 3a 101 p.c. 10 at Du 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 10 130 1J . 5 at Do 41 (Blackburn purc,h). 100 US 100 ati London E Brizliton, 5 p.c. guaranteed, No 1 lOO _ _ ... ... Isti Do a per cent. gua No. 2 100 ... ... st Do 6 do do to, ... st Do 5 do No. 4 lOO ". st Do 7 per coot WO ••• •• st Do 6 do (W.E. & CA') Iva ... ... st D 3 4 no 1859 lOO at Loudon, Chatham, & Duyer S per cent lO9 ... ... stj Loudon and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 118 112 it Do Bedford st Cambridge l6O ... ... at Do Shrewsb'y it Weleina io •• ••• st London and S W. 7 p,c late td shared, lOO 145 150 a Du (Portsm.porpaus 2,61) all ... ... a Man., Shef.,6:Lmelu. 6 p.c. 100 ... .. Do a Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 percent at Mid. Consolidated., Gp. c, lOO 130 1;;,5 B Du Brietol&l3irm., 6p. c lOO 1 3 a Do 41 per cent. redeem lOl Us 100 a Do 44 per cent. irredoem llO 96 a Do Leieester& li'ehu,4 p.c 100 81) 21 at North British, 5 p.c. N 0.1.., 100 st Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOe et Do N. 8., N 0.2, /5 per ceu.t lOO st Du Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 85 et Do 41 per cent. redee.n lOO 97 1)9 st Do U N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Du Lerwick capital Du York, 11. &S. purchase lO It) IUI Du Stcktu & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 107 100 at Do W, llartlepoul aim it 100 80 88 8$ 20 North Staffordshire lOs S. De!on Annuities, I/I all 9 10 lOs Do Tavistock Anus., 108 all 81 91 10a Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81 1.0.6. S. East. (head. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO ... at Do Fixed 41 por cent lOO et Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 153 et Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENOE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year at Chledonian 41 p c gee. at 1)o Scot. Ceu. min. 7 p C lOO et Do 41 p irredeent all „. st Do 4p e con., issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 st Do 6 du, 1862. 100 87 90 at Do New b do, 1863 lOO 80 88 at Do do 6 do, 1864 lOO 84 86 at Great Northern, 5p e irred. 100 ..„ „.. at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boatuu Sz Slcatd , 41 pc PA at (areal West., W. Ilia, 5p c 100 st Do Joint porpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 iO/ at Do du 6p c irred., 1800 100 110 112 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... Lanc. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 I* st Loud., Brig &C., 41 pc, 1858 100 et Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• et Do do 41 do, 1861 llbO st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 et Do do 4 do, 1865 100 •., et Do No. 6 do, 1666 100 ... at Do No. 7 5 do at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrup. B 6 p.c 100 ..• Do do C 6 p.c et London & N Western, 5p c 100 103 110 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 v 3 95 10 Man. bhef.& Lin., 5 pc,1865 all V 81 et Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 et Midland, A 5 per cent prof lOO 107 109 et Du do 104 107 109 13 Do p l c opt. to cony. to Or Stli., Sept. 1, .1.69 all 201 21} 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 19 19} 22 Do b p c con. into Old .... _ -- Stk.,Aug. 31,1872 - 8} 14 wt North British, E. aud No. 1, 6 per cent lOO ... ..• et Do .£l, guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E &Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ... ..• et Do E. &U. , No. 2, 5 p.c lOO •.• ••• at Do N. 8.. 6 per cent, 1862 100 ..„ at Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c 100 ..• at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p a 100 . • at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 09 at Do Stock. & Bari., D 100 112 113 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 4/ pe, 1859 100 ..„ at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 6 do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS; il 4 i rper cent. Prefer all OS 100 _________ 100 91 92 Buckinghamshire -----!6totl Birkenhead and Holyhead lOO H ; 6 a t Do. 14 per cent. at Do. I do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... ... at Colchester Stour Valley ,„100 et East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lO6 137 i lii 20 Gloater and Dean Forest all ... ... o Gt. Easn., Newm., ice., 5 p.c 100 ~ ..; a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ~, ... et Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 ~ 1.,. st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Hera 100 96 50 Hull and Solby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 21G at London and Blackwall lOO 112 95 at Do. 44 per cent lOO .., .. at London , Chat., 2.:c., 44 p. c lOO ... * at Do. Com. Fund, 4 do 100 .., .*: at London and Greenwich at Du. do Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South 106 83 86 at Lowestolt,gua 4 percent lOO 79 81 st Do. ti^ . 8 do ...., lOO 14 Mauch., Bb-, )Ma all •.• ••• at slidland, Ilragford, Prof lOO 92 04 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East.,s per cent all 53 a 10 Do. do. U do. all ... ... at N. Eastern—Hartlep00l at N. West.A porp. pret, 5p c lOO 107 109 at Du B minimum 11 p.c lOO ... . at Nutting. &Uranth 11. et C lOO 01 ;;; 25 Preston and IVyre.. all 44 46 , Royston, Hitch., and Snap. 100 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 104 132 134 10 Do do 8 2 gap a S. Torksh. and River Dun 100 67 tia D 4 per cent gua 10) 73 80 4- i do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lO4 . _ st West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all „, ... st Weynio tali and Portland., lOO ... ... at Wilts and Somerset DOOE:S. t East and WeAt India lOO 1:3 145 London and St. Katherine lOO 40 100 D olleb. stock, 4 per cent all Freehold Land st Duck lOO 23 23 st Southampton lee 72 75 st Surrey Qvutmercial lOO 08 110 Closing Bnaines Eharei NAME. raid. Price dono to Agra Limited, A all 101 11 101 10 Do B lO Oi 4 4/ 50 Albion l5 10 8 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lien all 22 221 p 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1868, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 !3 20 Do issued at 2 pm.... , 5 5 4 '25 Bank of E g y p t 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 52 924 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 154 164 50 British North American 20 Chartered 01 India, Austra lia, and China all 17 IS 25 Chattered Mere. of India. London, and China all II 22 20 City lO le 11 100 Colonial 25 1 41 10 Consolidated, lien. so Delhi and Loudon, lien b 0 East Loudon, lien 5 24 14 20 English and American, lien le ... '2O English Bank of itio do Js - nein) lien le pm 1p 20 English, Scottish, and Aus tralian Chartered .a, all 164 16 4 284 Hon , ' Kong and Shanghai Bulk Corporation all 36 38 281 Do new lll 4 4 100 Imperial, lien lB 18 20 Imperial Ottoman le 24 21 1 4 25 lonian all 19 22 25 Do new 5 6 3 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 34 34 100 Do sp.e. De 05.1864, 3e all 76 16 40 100 Loudon Batik! of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lira. 45 35 30 20 Do new 74 4 41 100 London &River Plate, lien. 40 11 13 25 Do new 10 14 2' p 20 London Chart. of Australia all '231 244 20 London and County 2O le; 001 474 1 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 ... "'— London Joint Stock 3ll 321 Loudon and South African al 8 9 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lim 124 ... ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 47; 684 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, 1ien.,,.,, 25 61 56 10 Metropolitan, lien..., all 7; 74 84 00 Midland, Inn.. 5 National of Australi a 25 National of Liverpool, lien l5 3d 1p 00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do 50 National.. 20 Now South \Vales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 414 10 Provine. Bank. Corpo., lien lO 61 51 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 00 $.12 891 10 Do new.. all ... ... 351 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lien '25 14 1 i 100 Do issued at 6 pin lO 8 6 25 Union of iustralia all 4ti 43 471 100 Union of Ireland, lien .. ... ... 50 Union of London TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. „„ _ _ ---- - --- Wngi — Ao-Americau lei., lien all 101 201 191 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., lint.... 10 171 . - 17 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 141 1:,1 et Do. 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Victoria 6 per cent.lB9l lO6 114 115 114: f Do, April Oot w as Imit 111 112 111 R. JOAN STUART MILL UPON THE aIIINAMEN IN .AMERICA. Mr. John Stuart Mill, in a letter to a gentleman in San Franciso, has expressed his opinion that if the Chinese immigration to the States attains large dimensions, it must be injurious' .to the present population, in that it will diminish their wages and reduce them to a lower physical state of comfort. On general principles, this state cf things, were it sure to contive, would, Mr. Mill thinks, justify the exclu sion of the immigrants, on the ground that, with their habits in respect to population, only temporary good is done to the Chinese people by admitting part of their surplus numbers, while a permanent harm is dcne to a more civilised and improved portion of mankind. At the same time,Mr. Mill urges that the Chinese may not be unsus ceptible of improvement, especially when brought in contact with the institutions of the 'United Stat Os—" the most potent means that have yet existed of spreading the most important elements of civilisation down to the poorest and most ignorant of the labouring masses." He also thinks, as the Chinese do not come in families, the immigration can hardly reach a magnitude requiring force to stop it. He denounces, in conclusion, the Coolie system, under which the Chinese aro contracted to the service of par ticulp.r persons, as a form of compulsory labour—that is, slavery. THE WILL OP .TI7E LATE BISHOP OP .EXEl'Ell. The will of the late Bishop of Exeter has been provec and is sworn under £60,000. He directs the sum of £lO,OOO to be paid to the Dean and Chapter of Exeter for the en dowment of a theological college in conjunction with that body. He givei to his son Henry £lO,OOO, which deceased had covenanted to pay for certain uses, to be paid out of moneys to be raised from the insurances in the Equi table, Rock, Law, and University offices, the residue of the policies to be sunk in his residuary estate. His executors are to pay to each of his daughters, Mary Stevens, widow, and Sybellit du Boulay, the annuity of £lOO during life, the latter free from marital control; and £2,500 to Charlotte Cassandra Cherry, his:daughter, wife of Benjamin Cherry, of Brickindon, Herts, but any advances made in the lifetime of the deceased to be stopped out of the legacy. The sum, as settled by deed in 1865, of £18,500 is to be divided between his four married daughters and his sons, 'Charles Edward and John Scott Phillpotts, in pursuance of marriage settlements. He bequeaths his real and residuary estate to his three sons, William John, Henry, and Arthur Thomas Phillpotts, absolutely three equal fourth shares—the remaining fourth share to be hold by trustees for Georgina Lukin, widow of his late son, Edward Coplestone Phill potts, rector of Lezant (near Launceston); to enjoy for her life, or during her widowhood, with remainder to her children. In regard to' the action of quart inipedit brought against the deceased by the Rev. Mr. Marshall respecting the living of Tregony, against which the deceased hld appealed to the House of Lords, and the appeal was then pending, the testator directed that in the event of his dying before the buit was terminated, considering the importance to the Church that the points involved should be decided, the executors were to prosecute the suit to a definite termination. LOR.D JOHN _MANNERS, 111. P., O.Y _POLITICAL TOPICS. A crowded meeting of Conservatives was held on Mon day in the Temperance Hall, Leicester, under the auspices of the Leicester Working Men's Conservative Association, Mr. C. Brooke, of Enderby Hall, presided, and the four county members and the leaders of the party in the town and neighbourhood were present. Several resolutions, proposed and seconded by working men, embody ing the principles and intentions of the Conserva tive party in the future, were carried, amidst loud cheers. In the course of the evening the county members addressed the meeting. Lord John Manners spoke at some length on the duty of Conservatives in the present crisis. After passing a high eulogium on the character of the late Lord Derby as a statesman and an English gentleman, and contrasting his conduct for consistency with that of the present. Premier, the noble lord went on to refer to the principal topic occupying public attention at the present time. He denounced the Government for disestablishing the Church in Ireland, contending that it had tended to produce anarchy instead of good order in that country, and congratulated'the meeting upon the good results which had followed the /passing of the Reform Act in 1867, in which he laid claitri to a share. The change that had taken place he looked upon as full of hope and encouragement for the future. Working men would find the country party to be their best friends at the present crisis, as they were in the days when the Ten-hour Factory Bill was passed. ladical policy had had just the oppositd effect to that which the Liberal party had professed it would have. The trade and commerce of the country had been injured, foreigners were beating us out of the market, and even in the town of Leicester there wore at least two establishments where German fancy- hosiery goods were sold. Being interrupted by the cry of " Free trade," the noble lord went on to argue that up to the present time we had not had anything of the sort; what we had had was the system of free imports. Years ago Lord George Bentinck prophesied that such a system would fail to satisfy the public mind, and that the reaction would come, not from the agricultural classes, but from the manufacturing operatives. Although that eminent statesman was in his grave, the pro phecy was now fulfilled, for it was from Manchester itself that the cry had now come for a change. Referring to colonial questions, Lord John denounced the conduct of the Radical Government for the apathy which they had shewn towards the wishes of the colonists to remain a part of the empire. He then touched, at some length, upon the state of Ireland, insisting upon the misery, mis government, assassinations, and other evils which Ireland was at present suffering from, and which, he said, wore in the main caused by the do-nothing policy of the Government, who allowed disloyal people to have their own way, instead of protecting those who were faithful to the Crown. Under the Conservative Ministry Ireland was making good progress, but it was his belief that she would not do so under the present regime. Mr. Gladstone's policy had proved a thorough failure. Finding that Ireland was going from bad to worse under their rule, and that they could not con trol the people by peaceable means, the Govern ment now talked of suspending the Habeas Corpus Act, and had actually ordered to the island ships of war from Portsmouth, and regiments from Aldershot. Out, he would say, on such hypocrisy, which was the natural result of having previously truckled to the Fenian element. Turning to the question of national education, the noble lord made some severe observations on the efforts of the National Edu cation League to introduce secular education, and quoted statistics to shew that the present denominational system had been of immense benefit during the last quarter of a century. That it had defects he did not deny, but let those defects be remedied by legitimate means. He hoped never to see the day when religion should be divorced from the State. As regarded the land question, ho would only only say he did not know what the provisions of the Government measure might be, and he thought the Government were in the same predicament. He concluded by referring to Conservative working men, who, he said, were not "phantoms,* as described by the Quarterly Review, nor "phenomena," as described by the Times. If they were phantoms they were clothed in flesh and blood, and if phenomena they were very well worth studying. CABINET COUNCIL.--At the Cabinet Council held in Downing-street on Tuesday, there were present : The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord Chan cellor, Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Earl of Kimberley, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, the Earl of Clarendon, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Hugh Childers, the Right Hon. J. Bright, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, the Marquis of Hartington, and the Right Hon. C Fortescue. THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION.—MICIdaIId, the distinguished geologist, one day gave a dinner, after dis secting a Mississippi alligator, having asked a good many of the most distinguished of his classes to dine with him. His house and all his establishment were in good style and taste. His guests congregated. The dinner-table looked splendid with glass, china, and plate, and the meal commenced with excellent soup. "How do you like the coup ?" asked the doctor, after having finished his own plate, addressing a famous gourmand of the day. " Very good indeed," answered the other; "turtle, is it not ? I only ask because I do not find any green fat." The doctor shook his head. "I think it has somewhat of a musky taste," says another ; " not unpleasant, but peculiar."—" All alli gators have," replied Buckland; "tho cayman peculiarly so. The fellow I disseseted this morning, and which you have just been eating —" There was a general rout of guests; every one turned pale. Half a dozen started up from tho table ; two or three ran out of the room, and only those who had stout stomachs remained to the close of an excellent entertainment. " See what imagination is," said Buckland. "If I had told them it was turtle, or ter rapin, or bird's-nest soup, salt-water amphibia, or fresh, or the gluten of a fish from the maw of a sea-bird, they would have pronounced it excellent, and their digestion would have been none the worse. Such is prejudice."— "But was it really an alligator ?" asked a lady. "As good a calf's head as ever wore a coronet," answered Buckland. CENTRAL CJUJiI NA L CO URT.—This . Dar (Before the Common Sergeant.) THE LIBELS ON SIR JOSEPH HAWLEY. Dr. Shorthouse, the editor and proprietor of tl:e Sporting Times, surrendered to answer an iniict, went charging him with wilfully and maliciously publishing a defamatory libel on Sir Joseph Hawley. Sergeant Ballantine appeared for the prosecution, the defendant conducted his own case. Sergeant Ballantine stated the case against the defendant, which, it will be recollected, was a libel published in an article appearing in the Spurting inics, commenting upon the conduct of Sir Joseph Scratchawley in milking -the public by scratching the two favourites, Siderolite and Blue Gown, for the Liverpool Autumn Ilandic:iy, and winning the race with Lic:or. Mr. Geor b e Lewis, the solicitor, having proved the purchase of a copy of the paper at the defen dant's office, Sir Joseph Hawley was called, and in answer to questions put to him by Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, said—l am the owner of race horses. I had three horses, named Sider°lite, Blue Gown, and Lictor, entered for the Liverpool Cup, and on the Monday previous to the racy I scratched the first two. 1 had backed Lictor to win the race to the amount of about MO. I have not been guilty of the dis honorable actions imputed to me by the libel. Sergeant Ballantine-1 don't, Sir Joseph, pro pose to ask you whether you have been guilty of all the charges that have been made against you. Cross-examined by Dr. Shorthouse—Mr. Lewis purchased the copy of the Sporting 'limes at the office on the Monday following its publication about five o'clock. I had then taken out the summons. I had been to the office of the "Man about Town.' The summons was granted on my evidence, but not before I had possessed myself of copies of the paper. I had had copies supplied me in the first instance by my newsvcndor. I have not indicted him for selling the libel. I come to the conclusion that you printed and published the libel because I see your name at the top of the paper as editor. I have no evidence that you printed and published the libel—that I leave to my solicitors, as I am not up in the law. When I saw Farrah he was told that proceedings would be taken against the editor for libel. Dr. Shorthouse—Do you know when the sum mons was served ? SirJ. Hawley—No, I d 3 not. Don't you know that it was not served until the Wednesday following the Monday 2--. No, I do not. When did my letter of apology arrive ?—On Wednesday. Don't you think that my apology was written before I heard of the 6111111110LIS?—No, I do not. Then you did not think it was sufficient ?—I did not go for an apology at all. You knocked me down and I went for redress. I roust say I believe the aro!ogy was written through fear. You have not suffered much in consequence of the libel.—l think it most offensive, and, tuerefure, I am determined to resent it. Your friends have not turned you up since its publication ?—No. They have rallied round you in greater numbers, have they not don't sec that. Have you not been urged to this proceeding by others?—No ; I thought it was so grave that it was right for me to go on. ➢ly friends thought the libel was a most infamous one. I have never seen any pleasant criticism of my conduct in your paper, fur I seldom read it. I hate reading libellous papers as they annoy me. I have seen sur:h expres,ious as "Thank God, we hope Sir Joseph will not win ;" that's not pleasant. (Laughter.) I do not read your paper much, I tell you that fairly. Did you not on one occasion object to a Derby winner, Pretender, and stop the. settlement ? I heard some rumours relative to the owner of the horse, and I wrote to the stewards of the Jockey Club to postpone the settlement until the rumours were enquired into. How long bas your turf career extended?— Twenty-seven years. Have you ever been criticised, berfore ?—Oh, yes ; no doubt about it ; but never like the com ments that appeared in your paper. his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, in reply to Sergeant Ballantine, said he had no doubt that the articles about Sir Joseph Sk:ratchawley related to Sir Joseph Hawley. Is it not quite in accordance with the rules of the Jockey Club, and the practice of honourable men, to scratch horses for certain races when more than one is entered for the same race?—Yes, certainly. What does your grace understand by the term " milking" ?—Swindling. Dr. Shorthouse—And has your grace come to town merely to tell us that milking means swind ling?—No, I came to answer any question that might be put to me. I never saw a slang dic tionary. I take milking to mean laying against your own horse and then scratching it, that I call swindling. What is the difference between honourable and dishonourable scratching ?—lt may happen that an owner having three or more horses entered for a race might not have an opportunity of trying their respective merits until a short time before the race, and after that he would be perfectly justified in scratching any of them. Did your Grace not have the number of a certain horse, Lord Ronald, on one occasion put up and then withdrawn ?—Such a circumstance did occur, but it was done without my knowledge. Imme diately I saw the number up I galloped up and had it taken down. Such a proceeding is a finable offence. The matter was inquired into by the Stewards of the Jockey Club, and they were perfectly satisfied with my explanation of the matter. lam not a newspaper proprietor, but I have a share in one called the Sporting Gazette. The Common Sergeant—Then if a horse was scratched after the entry all bets would be lost.— Yes, that is so. Sergeant Ballantine—lt is in fact just as bad as cheating at cards. General Peel—There is nothing irregular in scratching two horses where three of the same owner's are in the same race. Milking a horse would be an act of dishonesty. If an owner bets against his horse and then scratches it it is most dishonourable. The libel having been read, Sergeant Baliantine said that would be the case for the prosecution. Dr. Shorthouse then addressed the jury, and said no one more regretted the publication of the libel than he did. It appeared without bis knowledge, and he was so horrified when he read the first two paragraphs that ho at once set down and wrote a letter of apology to Sir Joseph before he heard a word about the summons. Witnesses were then called to show that Dr. Shorthouse did not write the article in question. The Common Sergeant, in summing up the evi dence, said there could be no doubt but that the article in question was a most scurrilous one, and the question for the jury was, had the defendant exercised due care and caution before the libel was published. The jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty of not exercising duo caution. Sergeant Ballantine said there was another article in the paper on the queen and Mr. Pea body, which showed that the publication was a most scurrilous one, and ought to be suppressed. The Common Sergeant, after consulting the judges, sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of £5O, and to be imprisoned for three months. The defendant was removed from the Court in custody. Frederick Farrah pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with publishing the newspaper con taining the libel. The judge ordered him to enter into sureties for £2OO to come up for judgment when called upon. Gilbert Robins pleaded guilty to publishing a libel on Sir Joseph Hawley in a newspaper called the Man A bout Mwn. The judge sentenced him to pay a fine of £25. At the weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works on Friday last, Mr. Arthur Allow, of Parlia ment-street, was appoiut‘d. Deputy-Surveyor of the dis trict of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and St. Ann, Sobc , We6t minster, in consequence of the illness of Mr. lieuo.4ll. S PORTING INTELLIGENCE This D ay BROMLEY WINTER MEETING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LAST SELLING PLATE. liatloc . - Sister to Scottish Chief. Primula. 3 Niuo ran. STEEPLECHASE PLATE. Skirmish.. Bix ran. CITY BETTING.—Tins Dar. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. sto 1 agst Lord Lurgao's nowication (offered) 20 to 1 agst Mr Spinks's now. (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 300 to 100 ag4 Sunlight and Kingcraft coupled (t.) 100 to 80 agst Kingcraft 1,2, 3 (taken) DERBY. 18 to l agst Bridgwater (taken to ..£75) 25u0 to 5 agst Astollo winning the Two Thousand and Cymbal the Derby (taken) BROMLEY RACtS-YaTERDAy. HANDICAP PLATE. Nightjar Brasenoso 2 Veda Eight ran. SELLING HURDLE RACE. Sapling Charon Yanina Eight ran, BICKLEY STAKES. ••• • 1 Trifle Contempt Theodore BECKENHAM STAKES. Henrietto Dairymaid f Two by Honours Zen rau. OPEN HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE Skirmish Lord Waldograve Aurifora Six ran. HURDLE RACE PLATE. Lady Annie Bliss Aiutreo. Niue ran. RACING FIXTURES-1~ ,- u. FEBRUARY. Derby 10, 11. I ISewcou 25, 26 Harrow 17, 18 MARCH. Nottingham 1, 2 Epsom 29, 30 Liverpool B, 9, 10 13romloy '3l, A pril 1 Warwick ''2, 23, 21 APRIL Northampton 5, G I Lewes .. 26, 27 \Vest Dray tun 7, d I Croydon 23, 2J NOWM:trket Gra Yell 125 to 21 I MAY. Newmarket Ist, S 9 to 5 1 Chester lO to 13 Winchester 10, 11 I Salisbury l2, 13 York 17, 16 I Doncaster I.•#, 20 Ilarpoaden 9 0, 21 Bata 24, 25 Stamford 2U, 27 Gro.ydo,i 26, 27 Ep , o.n. . 3l to Juue JUNE Croydon.. 8, 9 Nowton 22, 23 Mauchoster s, 9, 10 I Hampton... 23,2-1 At , eut Windsor 21, 22 I St ,clibridga...3;), and July L JULY. Newmarket 'to 3 West Drayton ......... 14, 15 Nottingham l2, 13 I Huntingdon lll, 20 Chellubtord ..- l2, 13 ICingstm.y 21, 22 I Reading 12, 13 Goodwood 20 to 29 AUGUST. Brighton 2l 3 I Brighton Club 4 Lewes Al l:: ' 6 I E um l9 'indsor 11, 12 Bromley 16, 17 1 Stockton 17 to 19 Oxford Is, 19 York 2 23 to 25 Plymouth 25, 2) Dorby Weymouth 30, 31 UPTEXIBEII. Warwick .... a, 7 I liiclnnond 2O, 21 Abingdon 8, 9 1 Western Met. (Ayr) 21, 23 Doncaster 13 to 16 I liendon 22, 23 Hampton 2 0, 21 i Newmarket Ist uc:..27 to 30 OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 1 Newmarket 2a 0et..10 to 14 Leicester 6, 7 j Cholteulutu Bromley , . 43 7 I Newmarket to 21 .N 0 %TEM 14 Ell. Liverpool 8 to 11 I Shrowsbury 14 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 I Harrow Derby 10, 1] Newton 25, 26 _ MARCH. Liverpool 8,9, 10 13c0in1ey......31 and April 1. West Sumers Warwick 22 to 24 I APRIL.; Aldershot 7,.8 i Kingsbury AUSTRIA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) VIENNA, Dec. 14. In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of tho Reichsrath, Herr Haiserfeld was elected President, and Herr Hoffen and Franz Grosz were elected Vice. Presidents. The Minister of Finance, Dr. Breste, laid be fore the Chamber the financial statement for 1870, which shows an increase in the expenditure of 16,000,000 florins and an increase in the revenue of 7,000,000 florins. The Minister stated that not withstanding this deficit the expenditure for 1870 would be covered without having recourse to any loan. He further promised to lay before the House the completed accounts for 1868, which will be of a favourable character. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. BY THE QUEEN.-A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA, R.—Whereas our Parliament stands pro rogued to Monday, the 10th day of January next, We, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, hereby issue Our Royal Proclamation, and publish and declare, that the said Parliament be further proroguod, to Tuesday, the Bth day of February next ; and We do hereby further, with the advice aforesaid, declare Our Royal will and pleasure that the said Parliament shall, on the said Tuesday, the Bth day of February next, assemble and be holden for the despatch of divers urgent and important affairs; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and c o mmanded to give their attendance acco.tdingly, at Westminster, on the said Tuesday, the Bth day of Feb ruary next. Given at our Court at Windsor, this 11th day of Decem ber, in the year of our Lord, 1869, and in the 33d year of our reign. __ _ GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 11. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on Joseph Causton, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of the City of London, and Sheriff of the County of Middlesex. The Queen was also pleased to confer the honour Of Knighthood on James Vallentin, Esq., Sheriff of the City of London and County of Middlesex. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 10. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George H. Butler as Consul-General at Calcutta for the United. States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Otto Borchardt as Consul at Liverpool for the North German Confederation. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. John Gibb as Consul at Dublin for his Imperial Majesty the Sultan. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr Rudolph Kumrnerer as Consul at Sydney for his Majesty the King of Wurtemberg. __ WHITEHALL, DEC. 11. The Queen has been pleased to grant to tho Rev. Charles Merivale, D.0.L., the Deanery of the Cathedral Church of Ely, void by the promotion of Doctor Harvey Goodwin, late Dean thereof, to the Bishoprick of Carlisle. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 14. BREVET. Paymaster and honorary Captain Henry A. Be:ry, 26th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. Paymaster and Honorary Captain Thomas C. Brown, 13th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. • - . Lieutenant B. Lovett, Royal (late Bengal) E'ngineere, to have the honorary rank of Captain while employed in Persia. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 11. The following promotions, to date the 10th inst., have been made at the Admiralty : • To bo Captains in her Majesty's Fleet.—Commanders Georgo llacres Bevan, Arthur Morrell, James Henry Bush nell, Charles Edward Stevens, George Strong dares, Francis Grant Suttie, and Alexander Buller. 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