The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-11 00:00:00

ONLY MARK;T AND . COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Console are 93 21 for money ; ditto, for Ac "lilt, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 93+ ; l‘iew Three per Cents, 93i + ; ditto Annuities, April, 1885, 121. ; Bakik of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 242. India Stock, 10f per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112+ ; ditto 4 per Per Cent., Oct., 1888, ; ditto Enfaced 05 e r, 5 per Cent., 105+; d i tto 5 per C en t „ 1882, In the Foreign Stock Market the general course of P r iees was f avoura b le, ow i ng to ad di t i on purc h ases , both speculative and bona fide. Brazilian of 1865, Danubian of 1864, Turkish of 1858, and Egyptian of 1864 left off higher ; Turkish of 1862, ; ditto Six per Cents. of 1865, ; Greek and New Granadian, , g ex all," 4 ; and Spanish of 1867, On the other hand, Venezuelan 0f,1862 and 1864 ell 1 per cent. ; the Viceroy of Egypt's Seven per Cent. Loan, ; and Italian of 1861, I. :.,The transactions in Bank Shares were upon a Moderate scale, but London and Westminster and Union of London improved 10s., and Agra (A) ss. On the other hand, Bank of Egypt declined £l, and Imperial Ottoman 2s. 6d.—viz., to 21 to 21. prem. The market for Miscellaneous Shares showed a favourable tendency. East and West India Dock stock improved £1 10s. ; London and Glasgow Engineering and Royal Mail Steam, £1; Peninsular and Oriental, 10s. ; and Anglo-Mediterranean Telegraph and Otago Investment, ss. Berlin Waterworks, 58.- Merchant Shipping were excep tionally flat, and declined United States 5-20 and 10-40 Bonds were in re quest, and improved to per cent. ; but Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures and Con solidated Mortgage Bonds fell I. Apart from a trifling decline in International financial shares were without change. Prices closed as follows :—General Credit, 1 13-16 to 1046 dis. ; International, 1 7-16 to 5-16 dis. ; Credit Foncier, 31- to k per share; London 22 to 20 dis. Atlantic Cable Shares were unaltered. Anglo- American were - quoted 221 to ; and Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference at 4 1-16 to 3-16. Heaton's Stet' and Iron shares were quoted Ito 1 prem. ; and Nictheroy Gas, 4 to .1 prem. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The total withdrawals during this week Since the date of the last return have been £164,000. It is announced by the Board of the South- Eastern Railway Company that the accounts show subject to audit—an available balance adequate to the payment of a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum upon the ordinary stock, after pro viding for all preference charges, and leaving a balance to be carried forward, or otherwise dealt With as the proprietors may decide. The directors of the Salisbury and Yeovil Rail way Company have agreed to recommend a dividend on the ordinary shares at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum for the past half-year, carrying forward a bala nce of £1,906. The following returns relating to cotton have ust been issued from the Bard of Trade. Cotton in stock December 31, 514,568 bales ; imported during January, 227,075 bales ; forwarded from inland towns to ports, 500 bales; total, 2,416,517 bales Cot ton exporte d dur i ng January, 90,205 Dales ; forwarded inland for consumption, 256,941 ba les; total, 1,188,701 cwts. Cotton in stock January 31, 1,227,816 cwts. It is understood that Mr. H. G. Gordon, who last Week resigned his position as chairman of the Oriental Bank, yesterday resigned his connection with the Union Bank of London, of which prosper ous establishment he was one of the oldest and most efficient directors. The failure of Messrs. Parkinson, Baguley, and C o.) a small manu f ac t ur i ng fi r . n a t Bl ac kb urn, h as been announced, with liabilities for £lO,OOO. The Liverpool Financial Association is to be w ound up. At the fifth annual meeting, held yes terday, it was agreed by a majority of 37 to 29, " That, in the opinion of the shareholders present, I it i 8 desirable to wind up, voluntarily, the affairs O f the Liverpool Financial Association (Limited) ; and the directors are hereby requested to call an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders at as early a period as may be convenient, for the purpose of carrying this resolution into effect." A correspondent suggests the introduction of a bill, d ur i ng the ensuing session of Parliament, to b u ll, the p rac ti ces o f t h e a d ver tising money lenders in entrapping youths just entering the mili tary,_ and oth er pro f essions. But the common l aw 43 sufficient for the p urpose, prov id e d the bargain be induced by corrupt means, and any additional illeasure therefore must simply aim at checking t he exercise of free will by limiting, in some way, the conditions on which an agreement to borrow 3110 neY may be made. Thi s was th e o bj ec t o f the old usury laws, which, like all efforts of the kind, were found to favour the operations of rogues, to who m, in fact, they left an undisputed field, since the fact of honest men being debarred from grant ing loans at. exceptional terms brought all such transactions solely within the scope of tho se w h o Would devote their ingenuity to the easy task of evading the letter of the statute. Moreover, the difficulty would still rema i n o f prevent i ng ofe f ollY which i s s h ut out f rom one mode t ex ercise from finding forthwith another. Pro tection again s t i mprudence is like protection in trade If you try to make men wise or virtuous by Prohibitions, the system must extend over the whole ra nge of life. The only mode in which the low money -lenders can be checked is by their being Publicly hounded down upon all occasions, and also b y the e xerc i se of vigilance on the part of juries whenever a claim is tried in which a taint of their Proceedings can be detected. The circulars of these People carry their own condemnation, and if those Wh o receive them will from time to time take steps In have them published the position of their authors W ould soon become intolerable. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. , G ovEnsmExT FUNDS. 0 Per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, per Cont. Reduced 934 4 New 3 per Cent Now 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. b per Cen Jan. 1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885,,, 121 Do (Red Sea Telc6raph), Aug., 1908,,, Exchcqu= Bills, £l,OOO, 24 per Ct. Do. £5OO Do. £lOO k .£2OO sank - of England Stock, 4 per Cent Do. account — , 'Anada 4 per Cent. Bonds — int er -Colonial Ommuna INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'Mitt stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 — D o. Opening, for Account - Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. C ert i f i cates — Do. Enfaced Papel 4 per Cent — 1 :;(). 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 1 I °. 5 1 per Cent. M ay 1879 — D 1: ,; () . 1: ,; () . ,. 5 per Cent., P•Deb. ' Rup. l B -2 D. do, 1877 — Do, do. 1882 lO5 D.). Deb., 5 per CCent..ent , Au £1 ,o g. 00 1873 ~ — D o. Bonds, 4 per Cen t Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. i Ar.;entitte Rep t.ltc, 6 p er C ent ..._. Do., Scrip £45 paid _ Aultrian Bonds 5 per cent . 63 ~ Do. 1859 ..._ 11r4ilian per Cent _ 2 1 . li per Cent., 185') ____ 1-.). do. 188 1)0, d o , 1860 ___ bo• do . 1863 ~ Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 83 4 Do Acco uut _ IS ;epos Ayres 6 per Cent. 1) 0 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) C O% 6 per Cent. O.n lian 6 p er C ent n — o. 44 per Cent.... .......... . Do. 3 per Cent., 1 0. 6 per cot, 1867 ro. 7 per Cent., 1866 . C lo tibian, 6 per Cent,. i lot 3 per Cent., 1825.......• Datvildan Pr incipalities, 7 Icr Cent 7 7 } Do 8 per Cent., 1867 .............. . Equador New Consolidated 1 per Cent 'BY ti 7 per Cent ........................ Do second Issue ............... .... Do. £591, Bonds — Do. .£l.od Bowls Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £s. io Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds 9O; 891 English Scrip, 1868 731 1 Do do. £45 pd — die Government Railway oobentures Greets 5 per Cent.; 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account s i ,tenaala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov.Re.il. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd Itloa,u 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account . — Do Maremmana Railway 57 1 al.)xican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — vionteyideau 6 per Cont. • . — We orish imperial 5 per Cent dolnv Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferral Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 761 Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4} per Cent.. 1862 • Do Account P ottiguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,': Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent , 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 8 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds B2l Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 67 Sarimian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen .' Do. Acc',unt - — Do. 1867 Do. Accou n t Do. New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Passive — r Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account — Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — pm: Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account ... 661 Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do 4100 Bonds 65/ Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 64 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed -. Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent., — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in l.ondou Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian 4 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 4 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex 23f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, E. Lsf. Do Account 551 CLOSING PRICES. Oonso!e, Money 92i 3 [ LDo. Account, March 4 BOURSE, Feb. 9.—Th closed as follows : 'ee o'clock.—The market 41- per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7l 17i Credit Mobilier '293 75 End of month 293 75 Credit Foncier 1592 50 End of month — - RAILWAY Bank Shares 3035 It&P.an Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 32 Home Debt.. Deferred s. Cash Orleans Northern ... ...... 1185 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 6l6i Western Eastern • • 575 Sardinian - Austrian 670 Lombard 4P2I North of Spain 63 Saragossa Roman . 49 NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. On the breaking up of the Woolwich Division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, an order was received from the Admiralty at Chatham directing nine of the companies at Woolwich to be attached to the Chatham Division, the remainder being divided between Portsmouth and Plymouth, the former having six additional companies and the latcer ten. At present there are 25 companies attached to the Chatham Division, five of which are to be absorbed by the other companies, leaving four additional companies to be attached to the Ist Division. A number of workmen are now em ployed in removing the block of buildings at the Royal Marine barracks formerly occupied by the subalterns, and used for pay-offices and grand divisional offices, preparatory to enlarging the parade- ground to accommodate the additional num ber of officers and men who are to be quartered at Chatham. ;,One of the two caissons to be attached to the Bermuda Dock was launched yesterday from the iron shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Campbell and Johnstone, of North Woolwich, who had the execu tion of the Admiralty contract for the dock, suc cessfully :completed in August last. The caisson will be taken into the basin at Woolwich dock yard to receive ballast, and when the other is ready, which in all probability will be let off the slip in a day or two, they will be taken down the river to Sheerness, where the Bermuda Dock still lies. It was yesterday announced at Chatham that 11 second-captains of Royal Marine Light Infantry are to :be at once placed on half-pay, a corresponding reduction being, at the same time, made in the other officers of the corps. The annual distribution of medals and gratuities by the Admiralty to the non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Chatham, for long service and exemplary conduct, has been made at the divisional head-quarters. The following were the non-commissioned officers and privates to whom silver medals and gratuities were presented :—Colour-Sergeant Michael Manser and Armourer-Sergeant Thomas L. Lilley, each a medal and gratuity of £lO ; Sergeant John Matson, Pay-Sergeant Henry Kilby, Drummer Wm. Rose, and Private John Willis, each a medal and gratuity of £5. The following non-commissioned officers of the Chatham division were at the same time awarded medals, without gratuities :—Colour-Sergt. Richard Magee, Colour-Sergeant Joseph Deeks, and Ser geant John Elliott. The medals were presented at a general parade of the whole of the officers and men of the division by Col.-Commandant G. Lam brick, aide-de-camp to the Queen. Sub-Lieut. Lord Wm. B. Phipps was yes terday appointed to the Helicon. 7AMWO.R7'H ELEC7ION PETITION. ATTEMPT OF A WITNESS TO POISON HIMSELF. TAMWORTH, Thursday. The inquiry was resumed this morning before Mr. Jus tice Willes, and further evidence in support of the alle gations of treating was given. It is reported that one of the witnesses subpoonaed on behalf of the petitioners attempted to poison himself last night by swallowing laudanum. His name is Radford, and he is landlord of the White Lion Inn at Fazeley. When it was known that ho bad taken poison remedial measures were taken, and the man is said . to be still alive, although in a very precarious condition. MARKETS-2 HIS DAY, LIVERPOOL COTTON. February 11.—Sales probably 12,000 bales or more. Market steady. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The number of beasts is small, and the quality but middling. Trade is not very brisk, yet Monday's quota tions are well maintained. TALLOW. The market is flat• Town tallow, 418; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 46s 3d ; March, 46s 3 ; April to June 465 . ; October to December, 465. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 27. Ditto, via IvArseilles Feb. 22 Ditto, via Pal sum . •• . ...Feb -. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Mar. 7. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde. by Brazil packet ...... Cape of Good Elupe, Ascension, and St. Helena..... Feb. 12. China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton Feb. 13. Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb 13 India, via Southampton ...... .......... ..... Feb. 11 vitto, via MarseiLes Malta, Egypt, Sao. •••• Feb. 13. Ditto, Marseilles Feb. 16 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1860, SHARE LIST. ORDINARY sail F S AND IiTOCK6. Rare 'tall:vit.) , a. raid. Closing 8113111 C W, Price. Quite. t Bristol and Exeter ...... 10) 78 82 st Caledonian l9O Bcl 811 fBll at Cambrian 20 Corn rvall all 2Z 31 st Dublin & Eeltast Juno— 109 79 81 fit Ditn.„ Perth, &Ab.Junc 'WO 70 72 2) East London c 0 t)o 15 Do 10 st Glasgow &S. Western lO.l 98 110 at Great Eastern . 'OO 4:1 42 f 421 at Do. E. Angl. 1 . `.1e). 2 lOO 7 9 at Ureat• North oi Scotland lOO 15 :6 at Great Northern at Du. A stock at Do. .13 stunk lOO 125 la at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO la s 9 st Gt. Western—Original lOO 53 531 et Do. South Wales lOO 58 61 at Do. W. Mid.—Oxford lOO Ic9 s Do. Newport lOO 28 31 at Lancashire ft Yorksinre lOO 1291 30 st Lon., Brigh., & 160 5C 521 521 I 0) Do Scrip at lon., Chat., and Dover lOO 171 17} 17; st Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO st Lon. & North Western lOO 1191 20 11 at Lon. di South Western lOO 9, 93 at Man., Shel., & Lincoln lOO 501 5.1 501 st etrooolitan at Do Extension 100 Mt 1071 1061 6 .10 Do. New rd . E st Metropolitan District. all 3.3 57 10 bletrop. St. John's 1f 001 6 st M uLs,ud st Do, Birmin. & Dwrby st North British . ..... at Do. Ed., rth., & 100 st Nor. Eastern—Berwick llO 106 1061 25 Do. G. N. 14 purchase —1613.4 st Do Leeds ...... at Do York lco 051 94 961 at Do Carli.le st Do Stoc t. & Darling lOO 13 133 at North London • lOO 123 115 10 Do New 1868 . 2 11 2 p at North Staffordshire lOO 58 60 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 . . et Rhymney at Shropshire Union lOO 59 60 at South Devon .. at South Eastern lOO 82 81. 81} et Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 12 13_ at 12ati Yale tuo 145 130 -- Do. e Wateriord & Kilkenny lOO • 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO at DO. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all atj Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... at (It. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102 • st Do do N 0.2 100 99 102 st Do do 6 per cent 100 106 108 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 st Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do 0 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 1 1 0 0 0 0 s at t Do po d N o o s rf p o .c lk .W s a P v .c .V .E at llBB4467 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 41 do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm 105 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO sti Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 m ati Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st,i t.West.— Orig.& Jut:Rent chg., per gus..s p.c lOO 103 105 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 100 at Do do 43 per cent. 1850 100 88 9J at Do do 4 do do lOO 78 80 79 at Lo do 5 per cent. redem. 100 94 97 st Do do Birmingham gua.. 100 63 70 at Do do do pref... 100 at Do do Chester gun lOO 72 70 at Do do do 8 per cent lOO st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 44 p.c lOO at Do do 4 1 1859 lOO at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g 10) 11a 116 at Do do 2d gua lOO 110 112 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 92 v at Do do 2d du 100 100 101 at Do gun. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c all at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Do Barnsley, 45 3a 10d p.c. 100 .„ at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 93. 102 at London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do ]oo at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent l,O at Do 6 do (W.E. & C. 1 ).) 100 at Da 4 do 1859 it.— 100 at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent ICO ••• •.. at London and C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 10 111 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO .„ at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO at London and 0.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 15) 2s 63. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all at Man., Shef., &Litwin. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do 46 all par Ipm at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 135 140 at Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 1.3 136 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 103 102 sti Do 41 per cent. irrecieein lOO 100 1,2 at Do Leicester St ll'ehn, 4:p.c lOO DO 99 t North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO at Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOO at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO ••••• ..••• • st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 83 4 st Do 41 per cent, redeem— lOO 95 97 at Do G N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 102:58 S. Do W, Devon York, 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.4. ••• at Do Stcktn & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 108 110 1 a all 91 10 20 North Staffordshire all 20 21 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 9 10 5 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent..t. 10.6. 8. Last. (Read. Anna. , 1.0.6) . all 22 23 st Do 41 per cent at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ••• ••• rilAtl:e&npuoSoi.tliPenUr:ClLaSiet: 11000 it 67 Si 100 st Taff Vale No.l 100 145 150 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 RA ILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. st Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Cen. win. 7p c lOO st Do 41 p irredeern...,, all st Do 4p e eon. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 at Do 6 do, 1862 lOO st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO at Du Permanent 5 per cent lOO et Do Boston St Sleard, 4/ pc 100 at Great West., W. 31id1., 5p c 100 st Do Joint Derpe. 5 p c,1865 100 Mat Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lanc. and York. New 41 per 90 t 3 80 01 84 8i 86 1,1, 105 107 100 Ci 19 20 cent till Jul: 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 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 sdo at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Es., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c st London &N. Western, 5p c 100 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 10 Man. Shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all st;, Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO at Do B 5 do 100 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 18 Do Inconv. New Share s 1 6 2.2 Do 5 p c con. into Old British, per E e . en a t oc .1.. 100 Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 .... . . 81 Rt llorthNo. 1 at Do £l O guaranteed, 1861 100 st Do E., P., & Dun., 2 d, 4pc 100 at Do C.+ , No. 2, 5 p.c 100 st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 P.c 100 at Do E. G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 st Do Stock. & Danl., D 100 at North London, 41, per cent (mAx. 6 per cent) st North Stau..a.hire A p ion st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 1 00 Do 5 do, 1864 a s t t Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 I 1 10,5 16 94 96 8 84 10s 114 108 110 lf lip I 1 Up a E; V 7 09 11111 i 102 104 RA ILWAYS. -LINES LEASED AT FIXED------ RENTALS st Birkenhead lOO 93 ~," 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire s t Chester and Holyhead 54 lOO 53 at Do. 51 per cent. st Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO .. at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13:3 135 20 Gloster and Deewman. et Fos p.c rest 100 all ." a at. Easn. N., c., ... "' a Do. E. 'U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 69 :5 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West, W. Slid. , Heref lOO 95 , 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 215 223 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 98 at Do. 41 per cent lOO st London, Chat., &C., 41 p c lOO ... '7 st Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 ... ... at London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO ... at London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 a; at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cont lOO 79 83 st Do. do. 6 do. lii Manch., Bux ton ; & Matlk all 5 , a t Midland, Bradfo rd, Pref lOO 93 95' 10 Slid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern Eas t., 5 per cent all 53 56 b 0 Do. do. 6 do. all ... 7 * st N. Eastern — H artle p ool st N.West. A pe r p . p ref, sp. c. 100 10; 110 at Do 13 nituiutuut 11 p.c lOO „. at Nutting. tt Urantli. lt.oz 0 lOO 92 94 25 Prestou and ‘ yre. ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop lOO 133 135 at Shrewsbury an Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do du 8 2# 2.p st S. Yorksh. and liver Dun 100 98 100 st Do 4 per cent gua lO , 79 81 Fit Do 5 ' do st Viet. Station and Pimlico.— 100 1 55 18 0 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all . Gi ... 7/ st Weymouth and Portland lOO „, .. at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 116 120 st London and St. Katherine 100 48 oo 100 D oDeb. stock , 4 per cent all Millwall Freehold Land ••• OI• at Dock lOO 32 31 st Southampton lOO 7i 7d tat Surrey Commercial S Ai • • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business share NAllik. - Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 111 11) 10 Do B lO 4 44 50 Albion l5 6 4 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo - Egyptian, lint all 1 , 19 181 20 Anglo - Hungarian 8 2 3 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 1) 1! 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 25 Bank of E gypt all 39 4l ' '2O Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 81 31 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 33 3 1 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, :nd China all 201 211 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and. China all 29 301 20 City 100 Colonial ... -. . 10 Consolidated, lim 50 Delhi and L ondon, lint 50 East Londo n, l i nt 6 11 .01 20 English and American, lint 10 ••• 20 English Bank o f Ri o de Ja- ..• neiro, lint lO Id pr 20 English, z - cuttish, and Aus • tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ..••• 2 8 4 Do new 5l .1 • 4 100 imperial, lim ...... ....... 20 Imperial Ottoman 10 1 14 1221 25 lonian. 25 Do ne w 5 pr 1p 20 Dad Mortgage of India, li nt 4 3 4 3 4 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 75 76 30_ London Bank of Mexico and South America, Um. 20 6 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 28 20 Do new 74 6 4 5 1 100 London & River Plate, lint 4O 68 25 Do new 10 14 1 4 20 London Ch ar t, o f Australia all 221 231 50 London and County 2O 491 50/ 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll •• 50 London Joint Stock 1 • • 32 83 324 20 London and S outh African al 1 . 1 12 100 London &S. - Western, lint, 20 ••• 50 London & V enezuela, lim l2l ... •••••• 100 London and Westminster. 20 61 63 631 3 1 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 5 9 61 100 Merchant, lim 10 Metropolitan, lim. 100 Midland, 1int........ ...... 20 id pr 5 National of Australia • 4 2 3 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3 1 d 100 National Provi nc. of Eng'd 42 ... '" 10 Do , 42 -. ••• 80 National. - ..... . ...... . ......... 30 46 48 20 New South Wa1e5........... all 42 43 20 North-Western 7l ... ••• 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 411 421 50 Provinc. Bank. Qorpo., lint. 10 6 51 100 Provincial of Irelsald 2.5 88 90 10 Do new., all . . . 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 1: 1 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 45 47 46 4 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London l5 35 86 35/ MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., line all 221 224 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim SlO 12/ 131 14 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 83 35 at Do. 8 per cent. lOO 80 81 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, line 9 7 6 ,,1 10 Berlin Water Works, line all 131 148 • 10 Do. New 6 8 34 100 Bolckow Vaughan, line. 5 Bombay Gas, liln• all 31 4 5 Do. New 4 11 la 5J British American Land 44 16 18 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., line lOO 166 171 20 British Indian Tea, line— all 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 74 29 Canada Company all 6 4 is 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, line 24 24 15,1 20 Ceylon Company, line. lO * 3d 61 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, line 5 41 31 25 City of London Real Pro -8 3041 31d of Milan Improy. lina. all 610 25 City of Moscow Gas, line.., all 2 3 60 City Offices, line. Cityperty' line 25 231 2211 50 Colonial, line. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 5 I ip 10 Company of African Mer chants, line. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all is i t , 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation 'of London . Bands, 1877.41 per cent. all, 104 105 100 Do.. 1879, 41 per cent. all 104/ 1051 100 Do. 1882, 45 per cent. all 1035 1041 10 Crcdit Fon. of England, line. all 21 24 21 7-16 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius line •10 31 21d at Crystal Palace lOO 1) 21 at Do. Preference lOO 94 39 at Do. 6p. c Pexpetual Deb lO9 105 10.) 20 Darjeeling, line. ... ... 10 Eastern Assam, lien. 6l ... ... d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, line. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 18 245 265 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, line. 274 114 111 d 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. um ,. by Egypt. Gov all 925 925 934 4 48 4d, Do. New 8 10 12p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 24 4 a 2 lto o E EF ee p tr t l ia c n a c l o n m te . r & . T T e r l a e d g . r i a im ph . 100 6 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 6. 4(t 100 Eng. and Scot. I , arine, line. 8 .. .. d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 3 if 15d 20 Fore-streetWarehousedim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 86 88 83 50 Gallivant, lien 10 General Credit & Die., line 75 11 if 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 Home &Col Marine In. lim 5 41 31d 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 131 1.31 134 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, Hai. 25 Indo-European Tel., line lO ... ... 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lim 5 1 4 1 1 20 Interns.. Laud Credit, Rm 6 6 4d. 60 Italian Laud 5 11 Id 20 Italian Irri. (Cana! Cavour) all Si 4 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 20 all 63 115 50 Land Securities, lien 6 38 21d 25 London African Trading lO 7 5 , d 25 Lou. & Caled. %wine, line 6 ..• •-d 10 London County Land and Building, line. d 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. line all 34 3 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 4 fl) 60 Lond. Financial Asso., line 30 22 20 4 Lon d . Gen.Omnibus.Colim. all 14 2 50 Lond. and Gla sg. E ngineer and Iron Ship, li ne 2 25 at Madras Irriga. & C an l . G ua. sp. c..l?y• India Gov. lOO 104 105 10 Mauritius La n d , Credit, and Agency, 1ien...... ll 4 id 10 Mediterra. E aten. Tel , line. all 4 41 60 Merchant Shipping, line , all 32 37 212 d 17a 20 Lond. & Pro v i nc i al Marine pr 24 60 Millwall Iron Works, line. 125 ••• •" 10 Natal Laud and Colonisa tion Co., Jim. .. . ........ ' 9 3 1 21 , d 25 National Discount ... , lieu 5 114 12; 25 National Pr ov. Marine, line. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, line. all 84 n B , l 20 Nerbudda C oa l & Iron, lien. 6 31 ''' 10 New Consolid ated Dis. lira 3 li ld 5 New Quebrada, line 4.4.0 4 4 3 i 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer • cantile Agencydim 2l 1 LP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, line ... 5 11 11 1 0 Northern Assam Tea,, 1111. 6 7 5 10 Do. )3 all 1 2 st North Brit . " Aus"•tra" •. .1, . lim". .• 50 North Brit. & Blercan. In 5 2 0 5 Oriental Financial, F ar ins, ine neP a l 61 19 20 10 Otago and Southlalimnd-1.n., 5 Oriental G - as, lim. 5 Do. New .. 1 11 11 3 , surance) 5 141 15 vestment, line ... 2 kd /I) 5 Ottoman Gas, 1im .".... "" . all 14 31 11 ... ...d 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail line all 11 1 5 Do. do. at Peel R. La u d & Miner! line 100 33 88 50 Penitusu. & Oriental Steam all 48 49 484 50 Do. New 1867 lO 25 11d 25 Renter's Telegram all 61 66 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New .. . ~,,,6 25 Rio de Janeiro City .. .... * lira m., 20 Do. Gas, Inn all 23/ 244 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 40 41 42 st. Scottish Aust. Invest., line lOO 83 88 85 8 at Societ Do. Fin .p c.'E Guar. Pref. 100 ..• ••• 20 edte, lien. 10 7 6 d 20 Societe Gen.de l'E gyp mpire Ot. 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., line, 6 •••"' 25 South Australi an Lan at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 20 Telegraph Con. & Alain.,lim all 174 18 4 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), line 2 24 21 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lien_ 81 .. ... 10 T.-....,,,e, A o..••• - •‘, • Cif AIM lim. 1 0 ' , 10 Do do. "de. all .. ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 id p 50 Union Marine L'pool, line. 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, line all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim '6 1(1 p SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., Jim all 51 61 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 81 3fp 20 Universal Marine(lu.), Wu 5 1 lip 10 Upper Assam Tea, line all 21 31 30 Van Dieman's Land 284 7 3 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 78 781 7 54 74 50 Warrant Finance, lien l2 12 10d 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 20 West London Wharves and 20 24 11 Warehouses lO ... COLONIAL UOVERNkIENT SECURITIES britisb Columbia, 6 per •••••••••• • • 100 owe Do. 1895 loo Can.( 0v.6 p.o.Jan.'& July 1877-84 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug lOO 1( 4 its - Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 104 106 Do. 6p. o. Jan. & July lOO 95 96 91f 5 Do. sp. c. inscribed sk lOO 90 92 Capu ti.liope, 6 p. 0.1873 lO9 102 104 Do.Apl.&Oot 1890-1900 lOO 11/ 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1591 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 —: Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 187 S ... Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1:49.5. Feb. & Ana .. •• 10 106 ma - M?:bourne Corporatn., . 1 , 367-75, 6 poi' cAnc .... 1( 0 1 00 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.0.J8...tJu1y.. too 101. 115 Natal 6 p ot, Apl .1; Oct.. • 103 _. Do 6p c. 31ay & N0v..... 1 0 11 G 103 Do. anp.dc., N. S. W. 5 p•c., '7l to '74.. lio 9 9 1, I c. '— Do. sp. 1888 to 1896.. 130 9t`] 994 091 i '.6e;t.i t 07 51 - N. .. 1(0 Do. 5 percent.... ..... 1(0 - -DoJan,Ap 1, .1114, 0 t... 100 93 il 934 i t Do 6p c. Mar & crept '91..:00 1 08 110 Do J tine .1; Deo , 1 , 91 .•.. 100 109 t il •••• fDo i'ruv. 1 Aucad. 1 1 i l rd. 6 i) - ( •crie4l.t 2, 1096 .. j ' 0 Nova Scotta_6 p, o.Jan... - and Jrdy. 1875 Do 160.. .. . Queensind. 6p• 0.:82 6- 100 106 107 ICei f Do 189. .. • - Do. 6 p 0.186 P... -- Dn. do. A 2 lOO 108 110 Do rd. V. 93 •..... .•• .... 10J 107 108 --- Victoria 6 p.O. 1b0 1 ..,.•. •• 100 112 113 1121 BT. AIDAA" 05 COLLEGE. St. Aidan's College, at Birksulisad, whom failure was recently announced, ig, ng WAS tillikipittgl, to bon: opened as a diocesan collego. Mr. libb,it aigiutoo, of Manchester, has offered to ativattoo moitoy enough to free the institution from debt, and tho flifietkel being warmly taken up in Livotpool, A gutmo/iption i§ being commenced, is intended to #'o 6h 40450 i the amount required. The Duke of kr4il69l'oo head§ 08 list with a donation of 2000, and tboraix.# Olga promised by the Earl of Harrow /3y, litany 0124- stone, and Mr. Robert Glilds4.sllo fe.§l,6o**. Bishop of Chester's name is down for ZOO, A NEW PROTEST OE RITUALISM f. A protest against the judgment in the St. Alban's case has been drawn up and signed by twenty-six clergymen of the English Church. It states that the judgment tends to dissociate the present Church as by law established from the prze-reformation Church, and by consequence from the Primitive Church; that if the principles of the judg ment are strictly applied, the due administration of the Holy Sacraments and the celebration of Divine service will be impracticable, not impossible (sic) ; that the judg ment curtails the reasonable liberties and lawful rights of Churchmen of one school of thought in a manner and to an extent unprecedented, while it lays upon another school burden of observances which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear. Under these circumstances, 26 clergymen in question protest against the judgment and the penalties imposed. The following are the signatures:—(ln London) : J. M. Rodwell, St. Ethelburga, Bishopsgate ; Dr. Evans, St. Mary-le-Strand ; C. J. Le Geyt, St. Matthias, Stoke Newington; Dr. F. G. Lee, All Saints' Lambeth; H. D. Nihill, St. Michael's, Shoreditch ; Bradley Abbott, Christ Church, Clapham ; R. K,N. Browne ;Robert Gwynne. (Pro vincial) : F. G-. Godolphin Osborne, Elm, near Frome ; J. Edwards, Prestling, Cheltenham ; Dr. Oldkuow, Bordes ley ; T. A. Maberley, Cuckfield, Sussex ; J. Purchas, Brighton ; W. F. Chambers, N. Kelsey, Lincoln shire ; W. G. Parks Smith, Torquay ; E. Hutt, Little Cawthorpe, Louth; Geo. Drury, Claydon ; C. H. V. Pixel], Skirwith Penrith ; J. Powell, High Deverill, Wilts; G. Shipton, Great Barlow ; T. Hutchinson, Kim bolton : F. B. Low, Farnborough, Bath ; W. J. Cope, Falmouth ; A. Wood, Castlenewton, Tewkesbury; R. Hammond, Jesus College, Cambridge : and E. Husband, Atherstone. THE COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) "Are you aware, madam, that this a smoking compart. meni ? ' " Yes, yes, I know ! Pray go on ! We always travel in smoking compartments—to avoid contagion." HERESY.—Mamma: " You know who built the Ark, George ?" George (promptly) : " Noah, 'ma." Mamma: "And what did he build it for?" George (dubiously): " For little boys to play with, 'ma !" LITERARY ANECDOTE.—" How came to you insert tnat story f' said the spirituel X— to the sparkling Z— (editor of the brilliant ****). "You couldn't believe it." " My dear fellow," said Z---, " don't confuse matters. Editing 's one thing, and crediting 's another." "Ah !" said X—. (Mom Fun.) The con,; of the Neted Herrirg fall." -" Let me like a Soldier NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.—Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., has subscribed £5O to the Bristol Cathedral Nave Restoration Fund. Bravo, Mr. Morley ! Better spend your money on that Bristol nave than some of the Bristol (k) naves your opponents lavished coin on. SWEET VOICES.-Sir R. Glass, ex-M.P. for Bewdley, is a member of the party which most loudly condemned Mr. Mill's proposition for the enfranchisement of women. But Sir B. Glass's agent —though denying that he had employed the ladies—admitted that the women of Bewdley had sent in a bill which was no doubt substantially an account for screaming at the nomination. This looks rather like a " screaming farce." If women are to be allowed to use their voices at elections it should be to talk sense, not to scream. We suppose Sir B. Glass's colours were " true blue—and yeller." (From Judy.) A FIAT CONTRADICTION.—SeIf -denial ! ANYTHING FOR A CHANCE.—Matnina : " Where is papa? Why he has gone to town, of course, to earn some more bread-and-butter." Young Lady of the Period: " I wish he would earn buns sometimes, instead !" KNOTTY QUESTIONS FOR THE TRINITY BOARD. Would a Welsh captain " eat the leek " if his ship were to spring one at sea? Are deceased sailors usually batted in the shrouds of their ship ? Are the dead-lights of a ship similar to " grave candles ?" Does a ship wear her mainstays round her waist? Does a ship ever get tired of her own company? Does water shipped through the portholes taste of red wine ? What would you do to " ease " the commodore should he get " tight ?" Is "scurvy " treatment equivalent to lime-juice and vegetab:e diet? The Commissariat Department of the army will cease to exist as a separate establishment after the Ist of April. Thirty of tho present staff of officers are placed on half -pay from that date. The consecration of Dr. Wordsworth, as Bishop of Lincoln, Dr. Hatchard, as Bishop of Mauritius, and Dr. Turner, as Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, takes place at Westminster Abbey on the 24th inst. Lady Murchison, wife of Sir Roderick I. Murchi son, Bart., K.G.8., died on Tuesday at her residence in Belgrave-square. She was the only daughter of General Hugonin, of Nursted House, Hants, and was in her 81st year. Colonel Kingscote, one of the members for West Gloucestershire, has had one of his legs broken in the hunt ing field, while riding with the Beaufort hounds. The accident occurred near Tetbury. Another disaster was reported in Liverpool on Tuesday —that of the destruction at sea by fire of the ship Beilcarig, whilst on a voyage from Sunderland to Bombay, with a cargo of coals. The crews are reported all safe, The Bellcarig was a 909-ton ship, built at Quebec, and owned in Liverpool by Mr. M. Williams. In the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Tuesday, Mr. Butt moved, on behalf of Lady French, for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up her daughter, the Hon. Maria Margaret French, at present in the Loretto Convent School, Rathfarnham. The young lady was now over sixteen years of age ; that she wished to reside with her mother, who was now living apart from her husband on the Continent, but that she had been placed in the convent school by the direction of her father, Lord French. The deponent had frequently written letters to her daughter, but they had all been returned unopened. Being over 16 years of age, it was clearly her privilege to say whether she wished to remain in the convent or join her mother, and hence he suggested that, when the return to the writ was his lordship should examine the young lady as to her wishes, and dicide accordingly. His lordship granted the application. On Tuesday afternoon a meeting of the subscribers to the testimonial proposed to be given by the inhabitants of Huntingdon to General Peel was held at the Fountain Hotel, Huntingdon, the mayor in the chair, to consider a letter which had been received by the Earl of Sandwich from the general. The purport of the letter was that the General desired that the fund, amounting to £9OO, should be handed over to the county hospital. The General added that there was no danger of his ever forgetting his friends, and by adopting this plan the poor and afflicted and others in the borough would per petually be reminded of him. It was agreed that the General's wish should be carried out, and that a list of the subscribers to the testimonial should be inscribed on vellum and presented to him at a pUblic banquet in Huntingdon, at which the Lord Lieutenant of the county should be requested to preside. The hospital authorities will probably invest the money, and use it as a separate fund, to be called "The Peel Testi monial Fund." THE ALABAMA CLAIMS TREATY.--A petition to the Senate of the United States, signed by the Hon. G. B. Upton and others, aLlainst the confirmation of the Alabama claims treaty, has been placed at the Merchants' Exchange, Boston, for signatures. The petitioners say : " This so-called treaty proposes to put upon the same footing the claims by British subjects, which have arisen under a d'sagreement in regard to ordinary forms of neu trality, and claims of our own citizens, upon the British Government for piracies cpmmitted by British built, British manned, and British armed vessels, by vessels and armament which left British ports under the pro tection of the British flag, and burned American ships upon the high seas without taking them into port for condemnation, and without any action being taken upon the part of the said British Government, when these atro cities were laid before it, to prevent the same, but, on the contrary, these pirates were everywhere received with rejoicings when visiting British ports ; and when the notorious builder of one of them boasted of the same in the British Parliament, of which he was a member, he was received with cheers and expressions of satisfaction. Elie chews, in the opinion of your memorialists, the .animus of the British Government toyards Govepk [tint of the Vaited States:li - • DRURY LANE THEA7Ri. Last night, dramatic performances being pro hibice.l, Mr. Chatterton gave a grand muiical fes tival, which attracted an overflowing house. Thu programme was of unusual proportions, and em braced, in addition, a large body of vocalists, the names of,Mr.Phelps, and Mr. Sketchley, the . former reciting selections frotn " Athalie," and the latter detailing an account of Mrs. Brown's visit to to the play at " Queen Victoria's own Theatre Across the Water." The opening part of the con cert was devoted to selections from various cele brated oratorios, but the only solOs that called t'ot any remark were the " Cujus Animana," by Air. Cumming, and "He was despised," by Miss Palmer, both of which were excellently rendered. The chorus was not quite up to the mark, but then we must make some allowance for the hasty manner in which they had to be got together. In the second part Mr. Cumtning again carried off high honour by his singing Sheild's celebrated ballad, " The Thorn." Miss A. Trafford made a most promising debut, and sang the polacca from " Puritani" with great brilliancy and effect. Mr V. Collins performed a violin solo, and Mdlle. de Beauvoisin executed Benedict's " Erin" on the pianoforte, but we cannot say in a faultless manner, as during the performance she twice got into difficulty, and hal a great deal of trouble in recovering the right notes. Hal this lady not been a " professional" we should have passed the matter by, but she would hardly thank us for complimenting her for committing that which she would well know was absolutely a fault. Mr. Wilbye Cooper sang very sweetly a ballad, " Tell hey I'll love her." Miss D'Alton sang the well-known brindisi from "Lucretia" very carefully and well, and the staters Doria each contributed some excellent singing during the evening. The names of Miss Edith Wynn, Mdlle. Liebhart, Miss Poole, Miss Julia Elton, and Mr. George Perrin figured in the programme. The entertainment altogether was a great success, and the vast audience was highly pleased at Mr. Chatterton's "Lenten Entertainment." POLICE .INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. LOAN SOCIETIES.—The following letter has been re ceived by the magistrates at at this court :-- "Friendly Societies Office, 28, Abingdon-street, S. VV. "Dear Sirs,--I wish to call your attention to the opera tion and working of the Loan Societies Act, 3 and 4 Vict., c. 110, under which I am obliged to certify the rules of loan societies. "Those societies are generally got up by a publican, at whose house they aro held, with a scamp who is appointed secretary. Iconsider these societies as perfect swindles, and from the daily complaints made to me by members, their widows and children, I a.n sure that it would be very desirable to repeal the Act which authorises them to be established. It is my intend= to apply to the Govern ment to repeal the Act of Parliament, so as to abolish the establishment of these societies. " May I ask you, therefore, to say whether from observation in cases come before you you will agree with me as to the mischief arising from their establish ment.—Yours faithfully, J._TIDD PRATT." Mr. Tyrwhitt said that he quite concurred with Mr. Tidd Pratr, and had had plenty of experience of the evils of these societies, there being frequent complaints made of them at that court. Mr. Knox said be cordially concurred with the contents of Mr. Tidd Pratt's letter, and had abundant proofs before him, and more especially so of late, of the mischief and misery caused to persons who had anything to do with such societies. TILE FLOWER CiIRLS AND THE OXFORD-STREET TRADES MEN.—Four women, named Jane Gough, Amelia Curtis, Ann Curtis, and Hannah Tobin wore charged before Mr. Knox with causing an obstruction in Oxford-street by sell ing flowers. The evidence of Tyler, 65 C, and Smith, 63 C, was to tho effect that they saw the prisoners yesterday, with several others, selling flowers on the pavement in Oxford street, running after ladies and gentlemen, entering shops, and causing a great obstruction with their baskets of flowers. Mr. Ware, of 232, Oxford-street, said that there wore generally five or six flower women on the kerb in front of his shop all day, and through the annoyance persons re ceived from being importuned iu all directions, customers were driven from his shop. He had warned the women time after time, but to no purpose, they took possession of the frontage of his shop, and as soon as respectable per sons came up they were surrounded and pestered by the women. Mr. Knox said he sympathised with Mr. War?, as he had no doubt that what be complained of was a shocking nuisance ; at the same time it was a most unpleasant thing to deal with the prisoners. The constable said some of the prisoners had been at the court before for causing an obstruction at the same place. Mr. Knox said Mr. Ware was entitled to the protection of the law, at the same time it revolted against one's feel ings to punish such girls. Mr. Ware said he would not mind if the women would disperse themselves, but they stood before his shop six or seven at a time, and no respectable person could enter in consequence of the annoyance received. He did not wish to be hard with the prisoners, it was with the greatest toluctance he appeared against them, and he had no wish to prevent them getting a living. Mr. Knox said ho was grieved to do anything to the prisoners, and if there had been anything short of a down right nuisance ho would have been loth to punish them ; but Mr. Ware was entitled to protection at his hands. Tobin would have to pay 55., or seven days, and the others 1.05., or seven days, and if Mr. Ware suffered any further annoyance and came to the Court , he (Mr. Knox) wou ld see what could be done. THAMES. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—David Gourloch, a youth, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with stealing an overcoat valued at 505., from the person of Mr. Robert Davis, a shipmaster of 209, Salmon-lane, Limehouse. The prosecutor was passing along the Commercial road, Limehouse, with a coat across his arm yesterday evening, and the prisoner made a snatch at the coat and ran away with it. He was immediately pursued, and a cry of "Stop thief" being raised he threw the coat over t h e railing enclosing Limehouse Church-yard. The prisoner was soon afterwards stopped by the assistant relieving officer of the Stepney Union. The coat was recovered. Numerous witnesses made out the case aga i nst the pri soner, and a former conviction for felony was also proved against him. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SALISBURY AND YEOVIL. The directors of this company have agreed to recommend a dividend on the ordinary shares at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum for the past half year. eftrrvinct 1 -- I Qnno SOUTH-EASTERN. The accounts of this company for the half year ended the 31st of January, 1869, were yesterday handed to the auditors, subject to the consideration of the Board and to the audit. Mr. J. Shaw, the secre tary, was authorised to state that the accounts showed an available balance adequate to the pay ment of a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum upon the ordinary stock, after providing for all preference charges, and leaving a balance to be carried forward or otherwise dealt with as the pro prietors might decide. DUNABURG AND WITEPSK. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the month of December last amounted to 91,717 . 75 roubles, against 75,841 roubles for December, 1867, showing an increase of 15,875 . 75 roubles. The total traffic receipts for the year 1867 amounted to' 895,292.24 roubles, and those for the year 1868 to 1,006,283.75 roubles, showing an increase of 110,991.51 roubles, or 12.4 per cent. RAILWAY BILLS. The Examiners of Standing Order Proofs held their respective Courts yesterday. Mr. Frere post poned the case of the Ryde Tramways Bill till the 3d of March. Mr. Palerave, in the case of the Holyhead Docks and Warehouses Bill, considered that the standing orders were not complied with, but the case was postponed for the further conside ration of one question. olloway'sPills.-- Bad health made good.—Thousands—H died during the last two months in ex cess of the average because they had neglected to purify th e blood after the late long winter. Every invalid should be ac quainted with the virtues of Holloway's inestimable pills; their purifying, regulating, and strengthening, and aperient qualities should be tried by all persons in a delicate or precarious state of health. These pills expel all noxious humours from the system. improve the appetite, amend the digestion, promote the secretion of healthy bile, and regulate the bowels. Holloway's Pills act admirably as a tonic to frames whose nerves h ave b een shaken by protracted indisposition, or whose brains a h u a lg v e e ne b e e . en over wrought by study or depressed by excessive WATEftLO 0 & WHITE HALL RAILWAY - COMPANY. - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SEVENTH ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the Share holders in this Company will be held at the Offices of the Company, No. 7, Westrnin . ster Chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster, on FRIDAY, the 26th day of February, 1869, at One o'clock p.m., to receive a Report from the Directors. and for the ordinary business of the Company. The Ti-ansfer Books will be Closed from the 19th inst. until after the meeting. By order, • - EDWARD BELLAMY, secretary. Offices, 7, Westminster Chambers, Victoria street, S.W., Feb. 11, 1869. p aRD EDITION NOTICk... The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day STREATHAM RACES —Tills DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NORBURY STEEPLECHASE. Domino . King of Spades Novice 2 3 Five ran. Won by two lengths. STEEPLECHASE SWEEPSTAKES. Licymnia Beaudesert Nimrod.. 1 2 ..... Six ran. SPRING STEEPLECHASE. Roving Maid __ ___ 1 Tom C0ke..... 2 Rippolyte .. . S Lord Waldegrave .. 4 SURREY HUNT CUP. Wade 1 Panther Zingyni 3 Five ran. I3ENTINCK CLUB.—Tins DAT. The greater majority of the members were absent at Streatham, and the following comprise all the quotations, mostly distinguished by a strong run on Formosafor Lin coln : LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Sycee (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Formosa taken freely and wanted) 20 to 1 agst Vacuum (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Anlaco (taken) 20 to 1 agst Choral (taken) GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 23 to 1 agst Alcibiade (taken) 83 to 1 agst Brick (taken) VICTORIA CLUB—Tics DAY. WATERLOO CUP. Bto 1 agst Lord Lurgrin's nomination (taken) LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Sycee (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (offered) 10 to 1 agst Drummer (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Silenus (offered) 100 to 8 agst Formosa (tak - en) 100 to 7 agst George Osbaldoston (taken) 100 to 6 agst Vacuum (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Islam (taken) 20 to 1 agst linens (offered) 25 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (taken) 25 to 1 agst Hatchment (taken) 50 to 1 agst Honesty (taken) 50 to 1 agst Anlace (offered) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 20 to 1 agst Tathwell (offered) 20 to 1 agst Harcourt (offered) 20 to 1 agst Alcibiade (offered) 20 to 1 apt Globile (taken) 30 to 1 agst The Nun (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 8 agst Romping Girl (offered) 20 to 1 agst Palmer (offered) 30 to 1 agst /Egeara (taken) 60 to 1 agst Vestminster(taken) TWO THOUSAND. 600 to 200 agst Belladrum (taken) DERBY. sto 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken t0'.£250) 6to 1 ag,t Wild Oats (offered) 7to 1 agst Belladrum (taken to £700) 1000 to 70 agst Pretender (taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst Tonedos (offered) 40 to 1 agst General Peel (offered) RACING- FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. Lincoln l6, 17 Nottingham Spring.. I Harrow lB, 19 Chelmsford.... Mansfield 18 I Derby Spring Pontefract lB, 19 .28, 24 ..25, 26 ~.25, 26 .0 H. Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Downpatrick 9 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 West Drayton lB, 19 Baldoyle First Spring 18, 19 Margate 20 Beverley 20 Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, 81 AP Abergavenny l, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk 6, 7 Hungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cambridge 7 8 Croston Park Streatham 8 9 11 Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 Newmarket araven...l2, Sze. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21. Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring 26, dm 1 Doncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester 19, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 Harpenden 2l I Epsom Summer .....25, &o. NE. Croydon 2, 3,4 Newton '2, 3, 4 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragh 22, 23, 24 Newcastle 22, 28, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 80 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, eec. Carlisle 6, 7 Pontefract 9, 10 Hendon ..... 12, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 Southampton 13, 14 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford .. 22, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 80 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Eg Liam lO, 11 Wolverhampton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 181 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT: Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 A 1-s; „ o•fi " " Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 19 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCTI Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 NOTE Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow 2, 3 f Liverpool 9 , 10 , 11, 12 1 [ST. Oxford 19,120 York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 26, 27 Scarborough 30, 31 Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury 31, Sep. 1 lIBER. --- Hampton .....21, 22 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 23, 24 Monmouth... ~ _23, 24 Newmarket Ist Oct 28, &c. Lanark 29, 30 )/3ER. Cheltenham l9. 20 Curragh l9, 20, 21 \Vest Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarket irton ...25, &a. iMBER. Sh rews b u ry 15, etc. I Leamington fitutt 23, etc. Bank of England Rotuma, An Account, pursuant to t] cap. 82, for the week ending I ISSUE DEP Notes issued ~..X32,271,31 5 I £32,271,315 RANKING D , Proprietors'Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 4,728,715 Other Deposits.. 17,491,957 Seven Days and othor Bills., 472,765 £40,614,149 GEORI he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1869. P AIITMF2i T. Governmt. DebLXll,Ol5,lOO Other Securities.. 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion -- 17,274315 Silver Bullion .... .G 2,271,725 sPARTICENT; Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) 41.4,026,537 Other Securities 16,514,757 Notes 8,938,630 Gold and Silver Coin ... 1,137,225 £40,014,149 Fs Foßms, Chief Cashier. DUNVILLE ',and Co., Belfast, bare the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re , commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports, tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dun Till. and Oe., Belfast; cr 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London WA) —[Ad vertisement.)