The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-28 00:00:00

irtnha NE, Jan. 27. 3e Leopold and ,ady Churchill, nds this morn ce. rnislied his house [nb waiters don's c: "What's this? ell, that's a g ood to wait two hours lico inquiry there ty, when a witness the alleged mad 7, without even raid of hopeless ing now ? nbankment won't ted? r communication tilway? made and used? ,ved? can be dealt with is 2,3, 4,5, 6, we t or fearful crisis mbers of a stand• npionship of the r-mill? - minute is very ; First Lord, Mr• change, the most ho has hired a i called him ' the me h e's had for the ke a respectable RE, PEDES." s to attend the le Public Press. 12 now in the in markable for the ide Public Press. CORTilf.-A free EXT.—When the 6tive blotto—" .6' i to be thorougblY eedles in his foot , I insist on your of have asked for is so big, ma?" ok so big." rho at the time ig office declared .en aware that ha 3enwich. ;ed ten, holyg of a rheumatic; up Good Words he north wind , Id not a mustard MMITTEE. sses the position uittee, which 1 110 important the !cision on what rmy and 1 10 /' there must he crs. In the last cide on each pa r f a changing ° in. lance, and at the fixed committee worked was 9 ' 9 f his brain befor e for consideration discussing t h e .,. the Master. ne the business 09 ght under th e considered the new grievance nary committee But that WO committee Wll9 iTn hands. Bu t it in 1855 had to ne rs being r emov ed A the committee.. fished because 01 ;ee, the disag ree. tence of som e s ' con vinced of the new committee forming a I le " importance is" committee 130 , ers of ar tillerY; 7 s t or es for la na t k,val officer rou e lions are Pa r" such as the e vl , l ; Joint the ficreA`" this—whet l ! er► 1, or 3f the questions whatever 1, io h while to m a % ,od to ensure ono from all bran ch % e case. There is sma ll econoll4' EYED IN 2t colliery, Gre et.° terrible disaster' cu tting off 0 .0 my-eight menu ring a nother. ng ram was fi ll % rards long' , W he c i t directions, 3"ivi 3. The to •Tr belonging Liddleof Oldbod. e bounded of opposite a th own. wa g of age, 0 a 1 s 100 ion he t be ng towards art of the b lately aftervia., of the build' _ 617. 0 him to e sci Te ;he efforts of t'a the imPr is°ll D e ot 'e got out ; a dilator" °Pit y used at the to as at once Piz; oc i of the Merl tll5 c not equal t t ° , o , o o onger, a nd fu r gb n the 'le' a re' 3nt has ba, bo rc -ewtova •- is r esj _Lord ii a, 7, 13 : 01 ° t 0 11 •dshiP W a s - t o 10 distant, 00 e of the lega Is s ear, 1133 ey ed ip was eol fagraiii an d the MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocs. Business is firm to-day, and the usual meeting of the directors in the Bank parlour has not led to Any alteration in the rate of discount. Consols are 931 e a for money ; ditto, for Ac count, —; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 ; New Three per Cents, 938 8 ; ditto 23. per Cent., Jan., 1894, 751; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per Cent., 14 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 10 Prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent. 212 e 4. India Stock, 10e per Cent., April, 1874, 2113 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1124 x ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct , 1888, 1028; ditto Bonds 4 per Cent. £l,OOO, 24 preen. : ditto under £l,OOO, 24 pr,:m. in the Foreign Market, Italian Five per Cents.. Mexican Bonds, and Turkish Five per Cents. rose ; and New Spanish Three per Cents. 1-16; Italian is 541 .2-; Mexican, 1511 16 ; Greek, 111 12: New Spanish, 31 311 ; and Turkish, 38e 38i. Egyptian 7 per Cent. Loan of 1868 has gone up to 72i 73 ex div., and the Honduras Loan is 86 88 ex coupon. The Italian Tobacco Loan is now 22 3 prem. ; and the last Russian Railway Lcan is dis., par. Great Indian Peninsula Railway New Four per Cent. Debenture Stock is 90 91 ex div. American Five-Twenties show a fractional de cline, at 75-a 751 ; the Bonds of 1885 are lower, at 73;.3 74 ; and the Ten-Forty Bonds remain at 72/ 724. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben tures are firm at 414 421, and Eries have improved to 26 26k. In the railway market Great Westerns have im proved 4 ; Great Northern, ; Metropolitan, 1 ; North British, 1 ; and ,South Eastern, 1 ; Metropolitan Extension, lower. The prices are as follows :—Caledonian, 79 i ; Great Western, 52:1 ; Great Eastern, 421 a ; Great Northern, 108 9 ; ditto A, 109.1 101; Lancashire, 1301 ; Metropolitan, 109/ s ; ditto Extension, 1043 5 ; Midland, 116 i 1 ; Sheffield, 48 1 ; Brighton, 521 4; North British, 351 4 ; North Western, 1171 1 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 103 k 41 ; South Eastern, 82 4 1 31 ; Chatham and Dover, 171 4. In banking and miscellaneous share prices are as last quoted. The sum of 35,000 sovereigns was withdrawn yesterday for Brazil, and £45,000 in bar gold for the Continent—the latter to pay for recent pur chases of silver. The operations of the week since the date of the last return have resulted on balance in a withdrawal of £57,000. The Ballarat left Auckland on the 6th of Novem ber for London, with £BO,OOO in gold. Additional shipments of gold from New York for Europe are announced to the extent of £llO,OOO. The Post-office authorities notify that no mails will be made up on the Ist of February for Sydney and New Zealand, via Panama, in consequence of the Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Company not being able to furnish a steamer. It is understood that the service of the company has ceased, owing to various difficulties, chiefly in the colonies. It appears that several of the Greek firms are again taking up ships for the consignment of goods to Constantinople, a circumstance tending to con firm the impression that all danger from the Eastern Complication is at au end. The second instalment of £lO per cent. upon the New South Wales Government loan for £1,000,000 (negotiated last October by Messrs. Rothschild and the Bank of New South Wales) becomes payable on Monday next. It is stated in the Levant Times that the Porte has recently abolished a number of taxes which pressed heavily upon the population in the pro vinces, without bringing any profit, to the Im perial Treasury. Among them were the tax upon slaughtering cattle for food, on travellers for the guards employed on the passes, on dealers at fairs, on ealendering, ou coffee-crushing, and on hawkers. According to the last letters from Rio de Janeiro, the fire at the Custom-house in that city hal oc curred in the quarter where the German and French goods were :principally stored, and the loss was estimated to be less than £30,000. it is under stood that in the quarter where the English goods are stored there had been no damage except by Water. Strong suspicions were entertained that the fire was the act of an incendiary, to prevent expo sures in connection with the recent Customs' frauds. The following letter from Mr. J. 0. Lever, late M.P. for Galway, refers to the affairs of the At lantic Royal Mail Company, and the evidence re cently given by Mr. Edwards. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SUN. (Overend, Gurney, and Co.) SIR-My name having been mentioned in the late inquiry in connection with the affairs of the Atlantic Royal Mail Company (Galway Line), of which I Was the founder, may I ask the favour of the inser tion of these few lines ? When I and my friends left this concern in June, 1 860, it was perfectly solvent ; its management then remained in the hands of Mr. D. W. Chapman and Mr. E. W. Edwards. During the first two years while I was connected With the management about the same number of "voyages were made by the company's vessels as during the subsequent management. In the former period a profit was made, without subsidy, which Was not then due, and a sum of £220,000 was offered for the contract and goodwill of the line by another company. In the latter period, notwith standing a subsidy of £91,000 per annum, which had then become available, the loss incurred appears to have been £840,000.-1 am, sir, yours, faithfully, Brighton, Jan 27. J. ORRELL LEVER. At the meeting of the New Zealand Trust and Loan Company a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum was declared. At the meeting of the Lancaster Banking Com pany, a dividend and bonus, together equal toy per cent, for the year, were declared. A dividend of £5 per share has been declared by the directors of the Birmingham and Midland Bank for the past half-year. The directors of the Birmingham Joint Stock Bank (Limited) recommend a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum. The report of the Lion Brewery Company (Limited) recommends a dividend for the six months at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. The report of the Birmingham Financial Com pany, Limited, recommends a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. The London and North Western Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £7,735 over last year; the Midland an increase of £9,873 ; and the Great Eastern an increase of £1,145. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. A. Winter bottom, in the stuff trade, held at Manchester yes terday, the liabilities were stated at £49,337, and the assets at £28,061. It was decided to accept a c omposition of 10s. in the pound, payable in instal nlents extending over 15 months. BILITISH FUNDS—TITO O'CLOCK. CiOTERNMENT FUNDS. ° por Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 8 per Cent. Reduced 934 i New 3 per Cent 2 1 per C en t. J an . 1894 .. A nnuitie s , 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1680 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — E no (Rod Sea Telef,raph), Aug.. xchcquer Bills, £1;000, 21per Ct. 1908 — . Do. £5OO Do. £lOO St £2OO 2 -tuk of England Stock, 4 psi. Cent Canada Do. account 4 per Cent. Bonds — Later -Colonial Uranium I .INDIAN GOVEUNMENT 6ECURITLES nita Mock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2lll D o . • Opening, for Accou n t - o 5 pe Cent. Jul, 1880 Do. 4 pe r Cent., Oc t 1888 Do. Certificates Do.Enfacod Yap. 4 par ()Ant — 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ",-,°• 5 4 per Ozzt. May 1879 + , O 5 p6Z cent, Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do, do. 1877 — Do, do. 1832 — IL Deb., 5 ner Cont., Aug. 1873 ~.... Do.. Bonds, 4'per Cent., .£l,000 Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Do., Scrip £45 paid .. A.uitrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 63k Brazilian 5 per Cent — `)o. 4.1- per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858 . — Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account ....... .... — B .eros Ayres 6 per Cent. 1)o 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cu')a, 6 per Cent. o.,i,an C per Cent. — ,),.. 11 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., 1 o. 6 per co . t. 1867 — , o. i per Cent., 1866 C lo al,tan, 6 per Cent. Dan -41 3 p,r Cent., lt 25. . Dan I:,i,n Principalities, 7 ter Cent 76 5f D , 8 per Cent., 1867 — Equador New Consolidated, 1 pc.r Cent Fi.),01 7 7 per Cent ... L k, :,, - 0,:(1 Issue 10.../.5 , t. Bonds B2l Do. .£lO6 Ponds ..... 845 Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £soo Ponds Jo. £166 Bonds 9;) English Scrip, ;1868_ 72; 3 Do do. 415 pd Government Railway o c ,i )outure ,: 96 31 Grocit 5 per Cet., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account .•• '3-qatemala. 5 per Cent .. Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., all pd 111;ian 5 per Cert., 1865 Do. Account ~. Do Mxremmana Railway Vlexicaz 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Bl Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — :Jontevidvau 6 per Cent. . tic Drish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l5 Do 3 per Gen — Do. Deferred Peruriztu 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Acco un t ~ .. Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 par Cent., 1862 -, — Do Account. E'Jrtziguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60, '2.': , 36f Do. do. 1867 364 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent , 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cout., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 .. 861 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondc.,„, Do. du. £B4 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 914 Do. do £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway — Sar illlizal o per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . • Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com.. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1861 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 .£IOC Bonds Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Lho.d Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. .cc. ant Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Divideuus on the above payable in London Austrisu o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Bel 4f per cent., Ex. 251. - -.., Dutch zt per Ccmt. Ex. 12 Gail, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account -- French Reutes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. ltaliat, 5 per Cent. 1851, Ez. zsi. DJ Account 541 TITO O'CLOCK. C _mso!s, Money 93/ i Do. Account, Feb. 4 .. .93k i POLICE .INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. POLICE EVIDENCE.—A CASE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE.—Mr. Richard Lord, journalist, of No. 10, Notting ham place, St. Marylebouo, was charged before Mr. Knox with behaving in a disorderly manner in Regent-street. Police-constable Squire, 31 C lf, said—This mulling, just before two o'clock, I saw the defend , ut standing at the top of the Haymarket with fo me prostitutes. 1 re quested him to go away, mud he did so. The prostitutes took him by the arms and walked along with him down Piccadilly, the prostitutes laughing and making a great noise. The females wanted to go away, but he would not let them. I told him that if ho did not go away I would take him into custody, and he then said that ho knew more about police duties than I did, and knocked off my helmet with his umbrella. I picked up my helmet, and then took the de fendant into custody. The defendant had been drinking. The Defendant said—l had been to the Raleigh Club to sea a friend, and while waiting for a moment, consider ing whether 1 should take a cab or walk home, I was first annoyed by one prostitute and then by another, and as soon as I had got rid of them the constable came up and said in an offensive manner, "Walk off." I told him to be steady, and ho then pushed me. I said I would take his number, and he then pushed me again, but I never at tempted to strike hint at all. I have a gentleman present whom I had been with, and he will state that I was per fectly sober, and at the station the inspector said that I was not intoxicated, as the constable wanted to make out. The constable has been guilty of gross perjury and of a downright lie. He pushed and dragged me because he said that 1 had my pocket-book in my hand and that I was taking his number, which I have here written down, the straps of my pocket-book being broken, and because he said that I meant to report him—which I certainly intended to do this morning—he thought he would take the bull by the horns and charge me. I again say that he has been guilty of perjury. Mr. Horace Mayhew, of Lancaster-gardens, West, said —I left Mr. Lord a few minutes bcfcre the time spoken of, and he was perfectly sober, and not in the least degree under the influence of drink. Ho was quite collected in his manner, and I can speak with the greatest confidence of knowing him to be perfectly con,elous of the danger of interfering with the police. Mr. Knox—The defendant is discharged, and let the case be reported to the Commissioners of Police. Mr. Lord, you have two remedies. You may either take out a sum mons at this court or apply to Scotland-yard. The Defendant—l should like to charge the constable with perjury, and I certainly intend to proceed in the matter. WESTMINSTER. A TICKET-OF-LEAVE-MAN AND HIS PROSPECTS.—James Butler, a ticket-of-leave man, was charged with violating the conditions upon which he had been set at large. Inspector Arnold, B division, said that on the 10th of September the prisoner was allowed a license from Mill bank Prison. He was convicted of felony on the 31st of March, 1864, and sentenced to five years' penal servitude. On the 11th of September, 1868, he reported himself to me at this station, giving his address at Reading's lodging house, Great Peter-street, Westminster. I read his license or ticket-of-leave to him, and gave him a copy of this form after having read it to him. The form stipulated that ho should report himself monthly to the police of the district where he resided, and also notifying any change of abode to them. Mr. Arnold —Which offence is he charged with ? Inspector—He might be charged with both. Mr. Arnold—How did he got into custody? Inspector Arnold—He was apprehended in Wales as an escaped convict? Mr. Arnold—When did he last report himself ? Inspector—Not since September. Mr. Arnold—l see ho was convicted of robbery, with violence to the person. Inspector—His term would have expired this March. He was sent from Dartmoor here to Mil'bank to receive his license. _ . . Mr. Arnold (to prisoner)—What have you to say to the charge against you ? Prisoner—l could got no work in this town when 1 had got my ticket. I could not live upon nothing, and it was no good staying here to starvo. Mr. Arnold—You did not report yourself when you went away, which you were bound to do. Prisoner—l went away to see what I could do for my self. Prisoner was remanded. THAMES. A QUIET DAY IN CoußT.—Mr. Paget took his seat on the bench at 10 o'clock precisely with his usual punctua lity, and it would be very beneficial to the public if all other gentlemen of the worshipful bench imitated his ex ample. There were a few night charges of not the slightest public importance, and these were disposed of in half an hour. He then heard numerous applications, and at 11 o'clock the _remanded cases (four in number) not being ready, in consequence of the non-arrival of the prison van, he directed the court to be cleared, and adjourned for an hour. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1869. SHARE LIST. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 10 Agra Do Limited, A all 11% 12% B 5O Albion lO 15 6 41 51 4 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo -Austrian 20 Anglo- Egyptian, lim a ll 17 18 20 Anglo- Hungarian 8 2 3 20 Anglo-Italian 186 G, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 1, '2O Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 ... ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Au s t ra li a a ll 31 zo 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 3V 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of In dia, A ustra lia, ,nd China all 20% 211 25 Chartered Me re. of India London, and China all 29 30% 20 City 100 Colonial 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, lim 5 1 1 01 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ... 21 English Bank of Rio de Ja noir.). lim 20 English, , c,Atish, and Aus tralian Chartered 28; Hoag Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ... 281 . Do new 5l 1 t 10U Imperial, lim 2O 17 16 171 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 1 li _5 lonian. all 27 29 25 Do new 5 pr ip .i 0 Lnd Mortgage of India, Bin 4 3 ; . 3 1 100 1/..) sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 75 7 i 30 Loudon Bank of Slexico and South America, liin. 20 6 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 28 20 Do new 7% 6 1 5 3 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 7 0 2:5 Do new 19 1% 1% 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 201 23 5U London and County 2O 491 501 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.ru, 16 pd ll ... 50 London Joint 5t0ck........, 1 33 36 33 2% 20 London and South African al 11 12 100 London &S.-Western, dim, 20 ... ••• 60 London & Venezuela, lim 12% ... 100 London and Westminster. 20 63 64 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 61 62 GI 100 Merchant, lim 25 6 4 10 Metropolitan, lim all 6 1 7% 71 100 Midland, lim 2O id pr 5 National of Atistralia 2:5 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3 1 d 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... "' 136 10 Do ..... • to National 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation alt 421 431 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 6 5% 100 Provincial of Ireland 2:5 89 91 10 Do new.. all ... ... 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 45 47 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Tel., lint all 22 221 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 121 14/ 111 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 151 161 Atlantic Telegraph lO 33 35 351 Do. 8 per cent. lOO 81). 85 86/ Australian Agricultural Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira. Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 9 7 Berlin Water Works, lint. all 131 141 Do. New 6 3 31 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. Bombay Gas, litn Do. New 4 British Ametican Land 44 16 11 18 Id B. and L Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 166 171 British Indian Tea, lint. British Ship Owners 7l Canada Company all 64 63 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint. 2l 21 115 Ceylon Company, lim Do. A shares City Discount, lim 5 41 31 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 8 41 81d City of Milan Improv. lim all blO City of Moscow Gas, Rm all 2 3 City Offices, lim 25 21 23 d Colonial, lint. Do. Commercial Union (Assur) 5 I ip Company of African Mer chants, lim. 3 p Continental Union Gas, lint. all 18 19 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 Do. 1879, 4 per cent. all 104 1051 Do. 1882, 44 per cent. all 1031 1()41 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 21 21 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 31 213 Crystal Palace lOO 19 21 201 Do. Preference lOO 91 99 Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 10.5 10.4 Darjeeling, lint. Eastern Assam, lint Bl ...d East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, lint. East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 911 921 92 Egyptian Com. &Tmd. lim 6 41 4d Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 24 Do. New 8 10 12p d t rat. Foreign C opp Crediter , 1 7 2 5 1 5 A . F E E E u u nn i g g g r l .. b i a &s a n h i r A d a d uas Scot. Engineering a r ,1 m . 8 5 .• lsl Fore-streetWarehouse,lim. 12 pr 1p For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 831 841 871 Gallivant, lint. 2O General Credit & Dis., lint. 71 General Steam Navigation 11 28 29 Home &Col Marine lu. lint 5 41 31d Hong Kong and China Gas all Hudson's 131 Hudson's Bay all i 3 13. Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lien. Indo-European Tel., lim IU Interns. Financial Soc. lint 5 11 1 Interna. Laud Credit, lint 6 6 4 , 1 Itai ia,n Land 5 14 la Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 4 4 Do. 6 p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 6 3 (15 Land Securities, lim 5 31 213 London African Trading._ 10 7 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim. 6 •••". London County Laud and Building, lim. Loud. Provincial Tel. lim all 31 31 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 1 IP Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 23 221 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 11 2 Lend. and Glaug. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 22 173 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 13 pr Madras Irriga. & Cani. Qua. bp.c. by India Gov. lOO 104 105 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, . Mediterra. Exten. Tel., all 4 41 Merchant Shippin g , lin t all 32 37 Millwall Iron Works, lint 12/ ••• Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. National Discount Co .lint lint 5 11/ 125 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 3 d National Steam Ship, lint, all 81 95 Nerbudda Coal& Iron, lint. 6 4 3d New Consolidated Dis, litu. 3 14 13 ew Quebrada, lim. 4.4.0 41 3 4 New Zealand Loan & Mer cantile Agency,lint. New Zealand Trust and Loan, 1im........,. . 5 11 11 Northern Assam. Tea, lam. 5 7 5 Do. B North Brit. Austral., `" lint_ 100 48 53 , 0 , North Brit. & Mercan. In 6/ 19 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15/ Oriental Financial, lint ll ••• (1 Oriental Gas, li nt , all • 71 71 Do. New ......... 1 IP Otago and Southland In vestment, ... Ottoman Gas, lam all 11 21 Panama, New Zealand and Australian R. Mail 'litre all 11 !I Do do. Peel It. Land & Minerl, lim 100 3 3 32 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 48 5 Do. New 1867 lO 21 11d Reuter's Telegram......,._ all 60 65 Ehymney Iron Do. New ....... all 51 6 Rio de Janeiro City 1ut...,.11;. all 17 18 Do. Gas, lint all 231 241 Royal Mail Steam 6O 45 45 Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 75 85 Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref lOO ••• Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint lO 7 6d Societe Gen.de l'Empire 01 8 3 4 1? S. African Mort. & Inv., lint 6• South Australian Land all 351 361 Submarine Telegraph Do. Scrip all 1 14 Telegraph Con. &Main.,lim all 16 1 17 18/ Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lira 2 21 21 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl ••• Trust & Agency of A us.,l i m 1 1p Do do. do. all d p Trust & Loan Co., U. C ana d a 5 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 4 4 1P Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 21 United Discount Corp., lira 6 id p U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 51 6/ Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 34 31p Universal Marine(ln.), lint 5 1 11 p Upper Assam Tea, lira Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 7 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 77 78 771 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 105 West India and Pacific Steam, lint. 2O 21 14 West London Wharves and Warehouses COLOVIAL GOVigIiNJUNNT SECUIUTIE6 British Columbia, 0 per 0ent.,1872.... - 100 Do. 1895 lOO ..... - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Jan. , & July 1877-84 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. &Aug.• •• 100 105 10 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept lOO 104 106 Do. sp. o. Jan. & July— 100 93 1/1 951 5 Do. sp. c. inscribed Bk lOO 90 92 Cape. G.llope, 6 p. 0.1873, lOO 102 101 Do.Apl.&Oct 1890-19 00 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-90.• 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 •••• 100 108 lle - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1000 . 100 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878,6 P.c - 100 108 110 Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July. ........ 100 104 106 Do. 1878 .. • .. 100 106 108 Do. 1882, May and Nov... 100 106 log Do. 1895, Feb. .>r Aug• •• • 100 106 1 08 Melbourne Corporate.,.. 1'357-75, 6 per colt 100 _ N.13.(10v.6 p.c.Ja.&July •• 100 102 104 1081 Natal 6 p cr, Apl & 00t... 100 _ Do 6p c. M-y & LOO 106 108 -- N. S. W. 5 p.c., '7l to '7• ) 100 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1800.. 100 99 103 09} Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '7/.. 100 99 1 01 N.Zealand, 6p. ct. i 891.• 100 -- -- Do. 6 percent.... ..... 100 971 986 Do Jan, A p - 1, July, O. t... 100 976 986 931 Da 6p C. Mar & Sept '91..:00 108 110 -- Do Jupe & Dec ,1 91 •••• 100 109 1.1 Do Prov. Auctld. / 1 _ 0 ( btries 1$ 2 , 1 0 96 Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jaa... and Jnly, 1875 Do 1 8.. (ti ueeuelnd. 6p. c . 'B.-5 Do 189, . • • -- Do. 6 p 0.1869 100 _ Do. do. A 2...... •• •. 100 103 110 Do rd. 1593.......... •••• 10.) 107 108 !•-• V1Oar1A8p.9•188.1“, •.• 100 lot) 107 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOCREALS. The Times observes that the preliminary inquiry into the charge of conspiracy brought against the directors of Overend, Gurney, and Co. has terminated in the only way which was possible after such disclosures as it has elicited. It admits that it is quite possible the directors may have believed their embarrassments to be but temporary, and that shareholders could not lose by joining a business like theirs, which could, they imagined, right itself whenever its managers chose. Be it so. Yet nothing is clearer than that men are not justified in deceiving others because they think these others will not lose in the end. The acts of the directors were, there can be little doubt, fraudulent in equity ; and the line of distinction which separates such conduct from fraud at law must be, if any there be, very fine. The gravest article in the charge is the suppression of the real character of the £4,213,000 of bad, or at any rate very doubtful, del is reserved a 3 such for the old firm itself to try to collect. But grant that the intention of these gentien;en was u-t malevolent—that they did not desire to inure any one in the end. Nevertheless, this is nothing to the point if it appears that they did desire to deceive others, conscious!y betraying them into taking a risk which the directors knew the public did Lot mean to accept, and had no right to sus pect was even being offered to its choice. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine himself seems unable to dispute that this was the truth, so far as the shareholders were concerned, and that at any rate they were deceived. We arc reluc tantly forced to the conclusion that a prin u f facie case abundantly sufficient to justify a committal for trial has been established against the directors as a body, and that they have not in the least disproved the charge of having acted in a way from which the law cannot but infer an intention to defraud. The proof of the absence of moral sensibility is stronger as against some of them than as against others. It is strongest against those who were partners in the old firm, and there is a difference in degree among the rest. nut all were directors alike, with equal means of knowledge. The sooner the dangerous fallacy is exploded that a person can accept the rank and emolu ments of a director, and evade by mere negligence respon sibility for breaches of trust committed by his brother trustees, the better for the public interest. • The Telegraph, in alluding to the important trial of the directors, declares that on Wednesday a scene that is happily unusual in City experience was enacted before the chief magistrate at Guildhall. After an inquiry which has been protracted over weeks, and amid boisterous and ill-timed manifestations of satisfaction on the part of the audience, the Lord Mayor committed for trial, on the charge of conspiring to defraud, six gentlemen whose names had been for years familiar to City people as house hold words, who had gone in and out among the walks of business the reputed possessors of ample wealth and unblemished renown, who had been the heads of prosperous institutions, the supports of credit, the admired of every shareholder, the trusted of every depositor, whose word was never doubted, and •to whose opinion less experienced men clung with confidence of safety amid the stormy vicissitudes that beset our commerce. The good name of our merchant princes has been a thing of pride to every Englishman ; it was the common posses sion of us all. What, then, has become of that priceless treasure, the heritage of a noble race—that pure integrity which once shone as a diadem on the brows of the British trader, so that even the desert Arab would swear " by the word of an Englishman "—when individuals who were the very impersonations of our good faith have their probity called in question? Was the traditional belief nothing but a pleasant dream, or has the " quality of justice " been unexpectedly strained. We must have more daylight thrown on these mysteries of finance ; and were it for no other reason than the partial accomplishment of this end the Lord Mayor's decision is to be welcomed. The Daily News declares that the Lord Mayor has dis charged a painful duty by committing the directors of Overend, Gurney, and Company (Limited) to take their trial for conspiracy to defraud. Strong as the disposition of the public has been to hope favourably of men who had long been respected in high positions, the conviction has grown within the last ten days that such a course was inevitable. That the defendants may be able to offer a good defence is earnestly to be hoped ; but that their conduct should undergo the strictest investigation before an august tribunal is most necessary, after the revelations made at the Mansion House. Although the proceedings before the Lord Mayor have extended over many days, the general result may be briefly stated. The defence of the accused amounts to thig—that if they erred they were self-deceived ; that they had no guilty intent ; that, however grossly they may have blundered, they are not chargeable with a crime. It is difficult to take a dispassionate survey of a case involving so much suffering to those who placed reliance on the correctness of a prospectus and the integrity of long-trusted and honoured names. Yet all parties should be animated with the desire that even-handed justice should prevail, and the law be administered without partiality or fear. The question still unanswered is the legal guilt of the accused: Although com mitted for trial, they may yet succeed in proving that in the eye of the law they are innocent. Nothing is more difficult to determine than the length to which reckless connnerclal men may go in the path which leads to their own enrichment at the expense of the ignorant and the confiding without committing a criminal offence, It is for the advantage of the public that this legal boun dary line should be marked out with precision. When the late directors of Overend, Gurney, and Company are placed in the dock of the Central Criminal Court, the law of England will likewise be put on its trial. The Post, in dealing with the question of bribery, declares that it is a mistake to think that everyone would give an unbiassed vote if left alone, for too many are quite indifferent to the principle of the thing. Look at the witnesses and culprits brought with so much circumstance before a judge in ermine. How can it be hoped that they will not be influenced by beer, or a pound, or ten shillings, or five shillings? They are not politicians, they are consumers—eaters of beef and drinkers of beer ; while even those who have political feelings possess them only derivatively, ar,d identify them, not with the policy of Mr. Gladstone or of Mr. Disraeli, but with some colours of local establishment, attach ment to which they have inherited with the family clock and kitchen dresser. Wherein are such poor things good but to taste beer and drink it? And how can any man with common sense expect that they will form or act upon abstract political ideas ? Such petty delinquencies as these beer-drinkings and half-crown inducements to vote might surely be dealt with much more efficiently at the moment of commission by a magis trate sitting in a police-office than by a judge of a high court in wig and ermine. We treat these petty offences with too much dignity and give them too much importance. A month of bard labour would have far more effect in repression than any deprivation of the power of voting, whether by suspension or by absolute abrogation. The Standard says that twice already within the last twelve months has Lord Russell delivered himself upon the Irish question ; and now there is a third letter upon the same subject. It is highly characteristic of the Whig Mentor that each of these performances differs widely from every other, and that they are all of them almost equally impracticable, if not equally foolish. In the first letter Lord Russell gave many weighty reasons, drawn from universal history and Whig policy, why the Irish Church should not be altogether disestablished. He was decidedly in favour of equalising the revenues of the three religions. In his second epistle he withdrew all these proposals, and declared that nothing short of a total separation of the Church from the State would satisfy the necessities of the occasion and the sentiment of true Liberalism. And now there is a third set of proposi tions, differing materially from the other two, but equally fortified by the inevitable references to universal history and to Whig tradition. Of these present proposals it is enough to say that they will not satisfy the hopes which the Government have raised among the Irish people, and that if they do satisfy the Irish people they will certainly not content the British Parliament. In the first place, we have Mr. Gladstone's express pledge, on the strength of which he won his late majority at the elections, that under no circumstances would he consent to any endow ment of the Roman Catholic Church. In the second place, even if we can suppose Mr. Gladstone is able to get Yid of this slight obstacle, and to discover some means of satisfying his conscience that he has a right to do to morrow that which he positively pledged himself not to do yesterday, there would still be a large section of the Liberal party, including all the Scotch and the Dissenting mem bers, to be converted to this scheme of Papal endowment. In the third place, which ought in itself to be a sufficient objection, the Irish Roman Catholics have declared, through their only legitimate voice, the priesthood, that they wi 1 not accept any support from the State. In the face of these three obstacles it seems a waste of time to go into any further examination of a plan, one conspicuous feature of which is, that the surplus of the Irish Fund, after endowing the three Churches, is to go towards a I national system of drainage. THE NATIONAL INCOME-TAX ASSOCIATION. —At Leamington, on Wednesday, James Martin and Edward Crofton, two of the agents of the so-called National In come-tax Association, were committed for trial on a charge of obtaining several sums of money by false pre• tenccs. THE BALLOT SociETY.—At the weekly meeting -.I the committee on Tuesday last, it was determined Oa' circular then submitted be isqled to the loading friend, i the Ballot throughout the United Kingdom, soliciting lubwriptiont to n fund o at least £l,OOO for the wiergetle prosputien et the Ballet nievelueol ll th9Aer , entritil ntDINARY dLIAAAI:B AND STOCKS. raid. Closing Business inare Hallways. Prioe. done. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 10) 76 78 st Caledonian ........... 100 79 791 st Cambrian 20 ....... all 3 Si A Dublin & Belfast June lOO 79 81 st Dun„Yerth,&, Ab.J 100 70 72 2.' East London, all 7 9 40 Do 15 Do 10 Glasgow &S. Western lO3 96 98 A Great Eastern .. .0J 424 43 421 •t Do. E. Angl. No. t lOO 7 9 at Orcat Northol Scotland lOO 15 16 st Great Northern lOO 1071 1084 1081 st Do. A stock fit Do. 13 stock lOO 125 1.1 et tS. and W. 01 Ireland lOO 95 100 st lil. Western -Original lOO 511 5 1 52 st Do. South Wales itiu 8- DJ. W. 100 50 a 8 271 at Do. Newport luU 28 '4l st Lancitshlre u i orksiiir, lOO t 3 ) 30 4 at Lou., Brigb., Coast lOO 52 1 523 521 0 , Do Scrip it Loos., Clint., thin 17 171 .t Do. Inetrop. 1I:X. A.... Lou • - •t Lon. worth 100 1171 1171 1174 t Lon. .14 South Westt:ro,.. 01 6i:eh, w Loncann.. Ito W; 484 t rooolitau at Do Extensi 100 1 0 1 - 11) ...pi). :Nes rd 10 1 at Me ;ropolitau District. all 00 01 10 Metrop. t. b 00 1 6 - st Si at )o, 73iriniu. al/411)y" 100 81 55 at Britian at Do. Ed., rth., & Doti .. 109 at Nor...lastern —Berwics 100 103 105 1 . 3 25 Do. N.E purchase.. 16.13.4 st Do Leeds. lOO 56 53 53 at De York st Do Carlisle • ILU L. 5 1.0 at DO Sloe:. & ICO I'4 131 et North Lon ton 10 Do ,New 1868 . ... 2 11 2 p at North Staffordshire . . 100 55 57 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 st Rhymney st Shropshire Union l .O 57 53 st Soutil Devon .. st South Eastern lOO 814 82 st Staines, Woleham, et Wok all 12 13 st eau •. ale WO lib lbC • Do. C Waterlern & Kilkenny.. 100 - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l.. 6 RAILWAYS-PREFER ONCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 85 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO .. st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 st 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 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... st (Has. & S.W. gua.s per ct lOO ... •.. st Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 99 102 st Do do No. 2 100 93 101 st Do do 6 per cent 100 106 108 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 Ivo IU3 st Do do B 6 do. 100 ... st Do do C 7 do. 103 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 10U 103 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 st Do Norfolk b p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... •.. st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 ... at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... st Do 4 , do do do 100 ... st Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st (3 LW est.— Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 101 103 st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 1U st Do do 4 ) per cent. 1850 100 87 89 st Do du 4 do do lOO 78 80 at IJ° do 5 per cent. redem. 100 96 97 st Do do Birmingham gua.. 100 68 72 st Do do do pref... 100 st Do do Chester gua lOO st Do do do 8 per cent lOO 150 150 st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 44 p.c lOO ... ... st Do do 41 1659 lOO st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lO3 107 109 et Do do 2d gua lOO 106 108 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 88 92 st Do du 2d. do 100 100 103 at Do gua. Si per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 44 p.c. all ... st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 st Do Barnsley, £5 3s 10d p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1.35 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 VS 102 st London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ... st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO st Do 6 do do lOO ... st Do 5 do No. 4 lOO ... —— - - st Do 7 per cent l,O st Do 6 du (W.E. & C.P ) 100 ... st Da 4 do 1859 lOO st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ... st London and U.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 91 st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 st London and W. 7 Ae• late 3d shares, lOO 143 146 2s 61. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 266 a) all st Man, Shot, &Linclu. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do £6 all par 1 pin st Do 33 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 st Do Bristol& 13irm., 6p. c lOO 1 2 135 135 st Do 43 per cent. redeem WO 97 as) st Do 41 per cent. irredeeni lOO 97 tIJ et . Do Leicester & Ilchu, 4p c lOO 80 91 st North 13ritislY, 5 p.c. Nu. 1 lOO ... st Du E. &U.4p.c. S. & 100 st Do N. 13., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO st Do Border Union, 53 p.c IOU st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 Si st Do 41 per cent. reticent lOO 95 97 st Du U LE. .4 per cent., lOO ... 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4, 25 Do York, U. &S. purchase lO 19 101 k it Du Stcktu & Drling. A. 5 p.c lOO 108 110 st Do W. tlartlepool H. and it lOO 87 8J 20 North Staffordshire all 20 21 lOs 6. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 lOs Do Tavistock Anns., 10s all 9 10 108 Do Fixed 43 per cent all 8 9 1j0.6. S. Last. (acad. Anns., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 per cent lOO st Do Fixed 41 per coot lOO ... st Taff Vale No.l st Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 R AILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledoniai,. st Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c IOU at Do 41 p irredeem... st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 44 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, 44 pc 100 st Great West., W. uidl., 5p c 100 st Du Jointt.erpe. 5 p c,1835 100 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 23 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 st Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do b do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sdo at Lonci , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c st Do Dletrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 Do do C 6 p.c 100 st London& N. Western, 5p c 100 st London &S. Western, 41 p c lUU 10 Man. ohef.& Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all at Metropolitan 5 per cent t Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO St DO B 5 do 100 is Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 18 Do Inconv. New Shares 16 22 Do 5p C con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ... st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 st Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E.& , N 0.2, 5 p.c lOO a t Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c 100 at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 st Do Stock. & Darl., D st North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 do c 1859 100 Do 6 lB6l 100 at st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 st Do 5 do, 18 64 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 44 pc 100 77 81 87 to 8 , 3 go 84 83 86 90 v 2 104 106 14 20 8 s 10 110 ll.rB 110 1/ lip iP 1 lip L 17 go 111 113 102 104 RAID` Ays.—LINES LEASED AT F IXED RENTALs. at Birkenhead lOO 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO at Do. 51 per cent. st Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO a t Colchester Stour Valley lOO at East Lincoln, guar 6 p. c lOO 20 Gloater and Dean Forest all a Gt. Easn., Newm. , &c., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 100 1 50 Hull and Selby all at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO at London and lllackwall lOO at Du. 41 per cent lOO at Loudon, Chat., &c., p c lOO at Do. Com. Fund, sdo 100 at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South 100 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO at Do. do. 6 do. 51 DI anch., Buxton, &Malik._ all at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East. , h per cent all Su Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern —Hartlep00l at N.West. A perp. prof sp. c lOO at Do B minimum p.c lOO at N otting. & Urantli. E. at 0 lO Ol 25 Preston and %s y re al l ... 11.0 y Stoll, Hitch., and Shop lOO at Shrowabury and Hereford 100 10 Do do 8 at S. Yorksb. and River Dun 100 st Do 4 per cent gua lO at Do 5 do st Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all at Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset a 8 J 5 tid 101 103 92 6k 81 56 118 120 111 113 133 185 6) 72 62 72 95 97 109 111 21, 213 93 05 62 6i 78 to 7V 83 6 61 92 9-1 95 LI. 17j 103 110 02 04 41 46 133 135 133 135 98 # 100 2,p 79 81 07 99 175 ISO 55 t,7 13 14 6 1 7; t 1 83 DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 119 st London and St. Katherine 100 49 61 49 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all .., „.. Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 31 32 st Southampton lOO TI 73 at surrey Commercial 1 1 103 110 94 99 MR. LOWE AT GLOUCESTER, The Chancellor of the Exchequer's response to the toast of " Her Majesty's Ministers," at Gloucester, was one of his happiest speeches. On the question of the . Irish Church he said little that was new, observing that whilst depriving the Church of Ireland of its connection with the State, the Government would not impose upon it any fresh fetter whatever, but leave it to determine in the freest manner possible its own destinies. - The right hon, gentleman spoke decisively in favour of peace, urging hat it was ridiculous for persons to call themselves the friends of peace when they indulged in puerile sympathies and antipathies, and allowed themselVes to be hurried into support of unworthy causes by schoolboy recol lections and prejudices picked up from a state of things which had vanished thousands of years ago. Naturally encrigh, however, the chief attention of the right hon. g,entlen . au was given to matters of finance. lie said that on the cptestion of economy the laurels of the Government were all to "My friends the Secretary !or War and the First Lord Of the Admiralty are dili gently endeavouring to cut down whatever is superfluous In the establishments over which they re-eside ; but I am sure it is not the ai=li of the Government, any more than it would be necessary, to mar the efficiency of the service. The princip'e on which they ate going, and which has my c urdia! approbation, if I may describe it in one word, is that of concentration—that of drawing our forces together to that one point where they will be rendered most available for the defence of the country, instead of being scattered and rendered useless by being distributed all over the world. With regard to the navy, the principle on which we pr4pose to act is to con centrate the expense upon fewer dockyards, and save the expense which would be occasioned by keeping up smaller and less efficient establishments. How far these plans may succeed remains to be seen. We must be jtu 7 geJ, not by our words, but by our acts, and to those acts I must refer you in regard to these matters. Perhaps you expect that I should say a few words about my own department. Gentlemen, the late Mr. Cobbett said that for £5OO be was willing to undertake the task of Prime Minister of England ; but every man. thinks he can be Chancellor of the Exchequer without any salary at all. I have been endeavouring to gain instruction in the duties of my office from the numerous gentlemen who favour me with their correspondence every morning, and the result of their correspondence is very different from what I think any of you would expect. You may suppose that I should be overwhelmed with applications for the removal of taxes. Not at all. That is the least view which is taken. The view of the British public is that it is the whole duty and busi ness of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to devise the imposition of new taxes, for almost every letter that is received by him is not a request for the repeal of old taxes, but a suggestion for the imposition of new taxes. It appears to me that the amount of atten tion devoted by the mind of England to this subject is perfectly portentous--it forms part of the people's daily Life, and is associated with their most intimate convictions and ideas. If a child burns its finger with a lucifer match, the father at once writes a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and suggests that an adhesive stamp should be applied to lucifer matches. If a gentleman on whose birth Venus and the Graces have not happily smiled finds in a photograph his features depicted in a manner more truthful than flattering, he writes off to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and suggests that an adhesive stamp should be applied to photographs. If a man has a neighbour who plays upon the pianoforte when he wishes to go to sleep, he suggests a heavy duty upon pianofortes, commending it with the remark that the duty will be easily collected because they make such I row. Now, gentlemen, my business is to be guided • by public opinion, but I must frankly tell you that this opinion does not agree with mine. Every man has his beau-ideal of what he would like to do, but my beau-ideal of a happy Chancellor of the Exchequer is a man who does not like to impose new taxes, but to take off old ones. In the present highly developed and completely finished state of the science of taxation, I should as little think of taking credit for inventing a new tax as for inventing a new torture ; that Is my ideal, my aspiration, but I dare not say it is my intention, for I can assure you my wings are very closely clipped indeed, and I must tell you not to form on these expressions of mine any hopes or wishes which may lead you very far from the fact. We are indebted to Abyssinia for the carat with which we weigh our gold ; that country has rot only taught us how to weigh our gold, but how to spend it. There is a small bill in this matter which will prevent me from gratifying the philanthropic inspirations with which I have been endeavouring to gain credit with you. I fear that you must be content with these expres sions of my good will, which I fear will not go far. I will only say that I am of opinion that all highly-refined and complicated financial operations avail very little, and that there is only one secret to insure prosperity, and that is, to spend much less than you receive. I will endeavour, as far as I can— and perhaps there is some little that I can do in that way—b) watch the expendilpre of the country, and to throw the weight of my office in the scale when retrenchment is pursued in any part of the public service ; that I will promise you faithfully to do. A tendency is growing up iu the country to make the Govern ment do everything. If there is an enterprise to be performed the benefit of which is for some local community, the first thing is to come to tl.e Government for a guarantee, and, if they can't get a guarantee, for a grant pound for pound for what they will suscribe. I strongly disapprove this proceeding. I think it is is not just to the general taxpayer, and I sincerely hope it may be in my power to restrict the province of the Government to what I conceive to be its legitimate duties, and to prevent it from embarking in a'l enteip:ises fcr which any person thinks fit to invoke its aid. I can't say much as to my hops of a prosperous administration, but these two things I will do, and if I can save any money it will give me heartfelt pleasure to give you the benefit of it in the remission of taxation. Before I sit down I ought to notice, though very briefly, certain very .hard things which have been said of us, or rather of our leader ,in this county, by a person of great weight and distinction in it.. Mr. Gladstone has been denounced as unscrupulous and insidious, as not being a straightforward Englishman, as a man actuated by the meanest feelings of revenge, as a person who said he would destroy every country gentle man he saw, and kept his word (which, I am happy to I say, can hardly be literally true), and who, having been expelled the University of Oxford, wishes to disestablish the Irish Church out of sheer spite. I can't pretend to enter into these charges except so far as this— that I should like the eminent person who made them to state, the next time ho feels inclined to address a meeting on such a subject, where and to whom Mr. Gladstone said he would destroy the country gentlemen, or that he would avenge himself by the dises tablishment of the Church of Ireland. If that noble person is not able to give that information--and I think he would have given it before now, for. the matter has not passed wholly unobserved, if he had been able to do so —I would venture to offer to his consideration, with great humility, -me remark. The French say noblesse oblige, which I take *o mean nobility is bound, not only to k ee p th e peace, b ut at any rate to observe the decencies and proprieties of life. The characters of illustrious public men, and I may also say of great noblemen, are not things to be lightly sported with. The public has an interest in them,, and if they do not respect them f or th e i r own sa k e, ' they ought to do so for the sake of their country. Men of -nark and distinction are not to be accused in this manner without some proof being furnished of the truth of the ' charges which are made; the only truth, so fax as I know, in this matter being that Mr. Gla,dstone—whether wisely or not it matters not—thought fit in the execution of his duty to impose a succession tax as countervailing to the tax already put on probate to wills, so that land and personal property might be placed on the same footing. That may be a wise or unwise law, but it deserves none of the epithets which have been applied to it ; and as to its not being straightforward or scrupulous, there is not a man who knows Mr. Gladstone who does not know that if he has a fault it is that his conscience is too tender, and if he has a weakness it is that if he thinks he has made a mistake (as in what he said about the Southern States of America) he cannot help letting all the world know what he thinks of them. In proposing- " Success to the Liberal Party," Mr. Low, made a second lengthy speech, entering at length into the causes which had led to the Liberal triumph at the last election. He said : If we are to wish success to the Liberal party, what success are we to wish it? I tell you very plainly that the first wish that I have for us is that we may keep the Tories out ; and I will tell you why. Of course the Tories or some kind of opposition is a greet good and a necessity in this country. It is not desirable that we should all be on one side, even if it were possible. The presence of a powerful Opposition—of an Orpo sition powerful in intelligence, if it can be procured — moderates the insolence which is apt to be enßn• dered by too great prosperity. Its criticisms point I out the weakness which may otherwise remain unobserved, and the fear of its taking advantage of errors binds the party together and perfects its discipline. It Constitution is part of the working of the E n g lish there should be such a thing , a nd therefore, so long as the Tories are out, they are not only very good fellows, but But, very useful people. ut, gentlemen, how is it when they come in? That is what. I want to consider. lam sitting judicially on the question, totally uninfluenced by the fact that I happen to be in off:co myself, and I pronounce this verdict, that although the `Tories are very good people when they are out, they are very indifferent people when they come in. These are general words, but are they not borne out by the facts ? You know what happened with respect to Roman Catholic Emancipation. It was declared to be the ruin and destruction of the constitution and the country; and the Duke of Wellington came in and carried it. You know what happened with respect to the corn laws. Parliament was dissolved, And Sir Robert Peel came in and repealed them. You know what happened with respect to the emancipation of the Jews. lt was announced that it would unehris tisnise the Legislature, until Lord Derby had to choose between going out of office or sacrificing his principles. And you know what happened with respect aura rAtoa until Lord Derby i wbek - • • • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This DAy BENTINCK CLUB—Tars DAY. WATERLOO CL P. 6to 1 agst Lord Lurgan's nomination (taken) 14 to 1 agst Mr. Blanchard's nomination (taken) 15 to 1 agst Mr. Paterson's nomination (t. and off.) 25 to 1 apt Mr. Croft's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Jones's nomination (taken) LINCOLN HANDICAP. 12 to 1 agst Sycee taken and (offered) 20 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Lady Coventry taken and wanted) 20 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (offered) 20 to 1 agst Islam (taken and wanted) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 12 to 1 agst Colonel (offered) 15 to 1 agst Fan (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst sultan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Globule (taken and offerd) 23 to 1 agst Futtunatus (taken) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THis DAr. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 100 to 8 agst Sycee (offered) 20 t...) 1 agst Lady Coventry (taken) 20 to 1 agst Typhoeus (t iken and offered) 22 to 1 agst George Oshaldiston (taken) 50 to 1 agst John Leech (offered) CUES TElt. CUP. 20 to 1 agst St..bdungo (taken and offered) 1000 to 40 agst Vagabond (offered—take 1000 to 30) 1000 to 40 agst Pa:mer (offered —take to SO) 200 to 6 agst Mandrake (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 1000 to 400 agst Wild Oats (offered) 3to 1 agst Belladrum (offered) DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Pero Gomez (offered) 6to 1 agst Belladrum (offered) 1400 to 200 agst Wild Oats (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 9 agst The Colonel (take 100 to ti) 100 to 6 agst Globule (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tathwell (offered) 25 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Despatch (off—take 28 to 1) 33 to 1 agst Clansman (taken) 40 to 1 agst Fairyland (taken) 40 to 1 agst Brick (offered) 50 to 1 agst Surney (offered) 66 to 1 agst Beadle (offered) RACING I FEBR FIXTURES. Sudbury 2, 3 Lincoln l6, 17 Harrow lB, 19 Mansfield 18 Pontefract lB, 19 Nottingham Spring-23, 24 Chelmsford,.., 25, 26 Derby Spring 25, 2G .CH. Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Elpring 5, 6 Downpatrick 9 Warwick. 9, 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 West Drayton lB, 19 Baldoyle First Spring 18, 1$ Margate 2,1) Beverley 23 Durham 29, SO Epsom' 8(1, 81 Abergavenny l, 2 Bromley 1, 2 I Aldershot l, 2 I Cat terick Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk . . 6 7 Hungerford 6, 7 Lichfield Cambridge 7 8 I Croxton Park . 8 Streatham B, 9 I Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Knighton ..... 13, 14 Ludlow 1E), Eastbourne ..................19 Lewes 20 21 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon. 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring 26, &o MAY. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 1 Doncaster 13, 14 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 ! West Drayton l7, 18 Winchester ll, 12 1 Bath 18, 19 York 11 , 12 Manchester 19, 20, 21 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 Croydon 19, St St. Albans 1, 14 Harpenden 2l I Salisbury l3, 14 Epsom Summer .....25, &e. JUNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 2 Newton ,3, 4 Oldh am 22 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Bibury Club 2a Liverpool Summer ~.15, 16 Stockbridge 24, 25, 2G Windsor 15, 16 I Chelmsford Hampton l7, 18 Sutton Park .....29 311 Curragh 22, 23, 24 i , Jli LY. Worcester l, 2 j Southampton 13, 14 Newmarket July 6, &c. I Reading 15, 16 Carlisle 6, 7 1 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Pontefract 9, 10 1 Stamford .. 12, 13 I Goodwood 27, 28,129, 23 3 Hendon ..... 4 Nottingham l3, 14 AUOUST. Brighton 3, 41 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egliani lO, 11 Wolverhan-pton lO, 11 I Windsor 12, 13 1 St. Albans l7, 18 1 Stockton lB, 19, 20 I Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Ply mouth 26, 27 Scarborough 30, 31. Derby Summer —3l, Sep. 1. Weymouth 31, Sep. 1. Canterbury ..... 3l, Sep. 1. SEPTEMBER. Warwick... 7, 8 I I:l!impton .....21, 22 Curragh (Royal) 7, e; 9 I Wesiern (Ayr)........24 1 23 Abingdon 9, 10 I Ilendon 23, 2 i Doncaster 11, 15, 16 : 17 Monmouth.. • • 23, 24 Richmond 21, 22 I Newmarket st 0ct....28, ctn. Lichfield OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 Cheltenham l9, 20 Edinburgh 6, i, 8 I eu:Tagh • 19, 20, 21. Leicester 7, 8 I West Drayton 2l, 21 Bromley 7, 8 i Hereford 21, Newmarket '2d 0et...11, Zte. Chelmsford IJ, 20 I Kelso 19 , 20 , its Moumouth 23, 2; Newmarket Irtou ...25, &o. STEEPLECIix FEBR SE FIXTURES. UAItT. Wolverhampton 9 I Morton-in-Marsh lB Carmarthen 3. 4 Harrow lB, 19 Edgawara .. 4, 5 Pontefract 18, 19 Teuby.. 5 I Boston Birmingham ', 9 Windsor 22, 2:3 Chippenham 10, 11 I St. Albans 23, 2% Streatham 11, 12 Derby • • 25 liewbriclge 15 Baschurch 26 I Lincoln l6, 17 ANOTHER CHARGE AGAINST DIRECTORS MANSION-HOUSE-THIS DAY. At the Justice Room of the Mansion-House to-day Mr. Richard Stuart Lane and Mr. James Childs, directors of the Merchants Company (Limited), appeared before the Lord Mayor to answer a summons charging there with having, ou the 25th May, 1866, published a circular accompanying a call upon the shareholders, they well knowing the same to be false in a material particular, with intent to defraud. The summons was issued at the instance of Mr. John Land, of Litchureh, in the county of Derby. Mr. Straight, the counsel for the prosecution, explained the specific charge imputed to the defendants, which was h it they, while directors of the Merchants Company, h a d issued to the public a false prospectus, is which they stated that the business of Lane, Hankey, cud Company, of which the defendant, Mr. Lane, was the principal partner, was in a per fectly solvent condition, and had not made any losses, and was, in point of fact, in a flourishing condition, and the effect of which was that the public were induced to take shares to a large amount, and a very considerable loss was incurred. It will be unnecessary to go into details of the particular facts relied upon to support the charge, as they were nearly the same as had been adduced in sup port of the charge against Mr. Lane, Mr. Chapman, and Mr. Helbert. The prosecutor in this case was a gentle man named Land, residing at Derby. The learned counsel proceeded at some length to detail the particulars connected with the position of the different houses that had done business with Lane, Hankey, and Co., and the Merchant Company, whose estates were sub sequently wound up, causing considerable loss to the latter, with a view to make out the charge of fraud, and called witnesses to bear out his statement. The hearing was adjourned. TWO 11 UNDRED ANDEIGH7Y-TWO MEN IMPRISONED IN A MINE. The Aldwarke Main Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Waring, Shaw, and Co., and situated at Rawmarsh, about two miles from Rotherham, was yesterday the scene of a fearful boiler explosion, which, though not of a fat a l character, has yet been attended with disastrous conse quences. The drawing appa ratus at the pit mouth was of a somewhat extensive nature, and worked by a powerful en. gine, which was fed with steam by three large boilers, 36ft. by bjft., lying parallel to each other alongside th e eng i n e-house. Early yester da y morning 282 out of the 350 miners employed at the colliery were lowered into the mine as usual, and all went on well until a few minutes before twelve o'clock, when the boiler nearest the engine-house burst with a fearful report, which was heard several milers away. In a moment the engine house became a mass of ruins, and the gearing at the pit mouth was blown away, bricks and timber flying about in all directions. There was great alarm as to the 282 miners in the pit below, cot:walnut cation with whom was found to be impossible till nearly 5 o'clock, when the first batch was brought up, a tempo. rary apparatus, worked by hors:: and manual labour, hay ing been fixed. It was estimated that it would take all the night to rescue the whole of the men. 111,11:KE7 S-2 IHS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January 28. Sales prolably 10,000 bales or more. Market steady. MADAME TUSsAUD'S. —NV e have much pleasure in calling special attention to the bosts of visitors who aro daily flocking to the memorable wax-work exhibition in Baker-street, to the numerous life-size portrait models which are being continually placed in tho Hall of Kings, of the most renowned personages of the day. An evening may be well spent in viewing the great curiosities relatwe to bye-gone days which ass therein deposited. MA ~