The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-20 00:00:00

NEY HARK AYD in quotations. Five-Twenty Bonds are I lower, at 854 to BG, and there is a decline of 8 in Erie to 17. Lombardo-Venetiau are 1 higher, at 211 to 211 ; and Great Luxemburg is dealt in at 121 to 121. There were no goldloperations at the Bank on Sa turday. The India and China mail steamer Poonah has taken out £120,504 for Bombay. With reference to the return of the acceptances of Mr. James Hunter, of Belfast, it is stated on authority that his house is only temporarily incon venienced by the suspension of Messrs. James .Pim and Co., that his estate shows a large surplus, a point on which his principal creditors in Belfast have satisfied themselves, and that it is not antici pated that there will be any interruption in his business. The suspension has been announced of Messrs. Bradley, Brothers, and Leedham, wholesale ware housemen, of Great Carter-lane. The books have been placed in the hands of Mr. W. J. White, but the amount of liabilities has not transpired. It is stated from New York that the Michigan Central Railway and the Great Western cf Canada have arranged for the consolidation of their through traffics for the next two years as a preliminary to a more complete identity of interests. The first ordinary meeting of the Metropolitan Street Tramways Company will be held on the 12th of January. The first ordinary meeting of the Pimlico, Peck ham, and GrLenwich Street Tramways Company is called for the 12th of January. The Board of the European Assurance Society have passed a resolution in accordance with the opinion expressed at the general meeting of the shareholders, held on the 18th November, to the effect that the stun of £lO,OOO shall be forthwith set apart as a special fund to meet guarantee claims as they may arise, and that this sum shall be an nually increased till it reaches the amount o. £50,000. Lord Romilly ordered the petitious presented on Saturday for a compulsory winding up of the Arthur and Albert Average Associations to stand over, pending the fulfilment of certain arrange ments entered into for the payment in full of the petitioners' claims. A special meeting of the Great Central Gas Consumers Company will be held on the 7th of January, when a bill will be submitted authori,ing the company to raise capital for further works, " and to provide for the loss occasioned by certain fauds committed upon the company, and for other purposes." The liquidators of the Accidental and Marine Insurance Corporation (Limited) have requested the opinion of the creditors with reference to an offer made by them of 10s. in the pound from a large body of the alleged contributories of the cor poration, as past members, with a view practically, of terminating the pending litigation in connec tion with their disputed liability. The circular mentions a feature which illustrates the extent to which the ruin from Joint-Stock disasters may be attributed to the Court of Chancery. "Some idea," it is stated, "of the expensive nature of the proceedings and the likelihood of their lasting a considerable time may be gathered from the fact that one affi lavit submitted to the Court, compri sing the necessary accounts and statements of debts, in respect of which the liquidators were seeking to make calls upon the past members in no less than 784 folios in length. And it seems likely that if a compromise be not agreed to, the liquidators will have to face a prolonged dispute upon many of the questions of law and fact intended to be raised by the opposing shareholders." The manufacture of the cable for the British Indian Submarine Telegraph, 3,600 nautical miles in length, to be laid from Suez to Bombay, was completed at Greenwich ou Saturday, the 11th inst. The outer covering of this cable was commenced at Greenwich on the 23d of June last; it has therefore been exactly five months and 18 days in course of manufacture, equal to 147 working days, which gives an average speed of manufacture of 24i nautical miles per diem. Vice-Chancellor James has had before him two petitions for the winding up of the Medical Invalid and General Life Assurance Society—the one that of a shareholder, the other of a creditor. After hearing counsel for the various parties interested, his Honour gave the order for winding up on the petition of the shareholder, represented by Mr. Awphlett, Q.C., and Mr. Higgins. This is the chief of the many companies amalgamated with the unfortunate Albert. BRITISH FUNDS -TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT lUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for. Account, Jan. 6 S per Cont. Reduc e d O2 - No ,:- :-1 per Cent -. New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen J an. 187 3 Lunuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i p. Ct. March Do. 3 do. June 2 Do £lOO, £2OO & .£5OO 6 pm Bank of England Stock, 49 per Cent De. opening .. — Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — 1 later-Colonial Onnumn INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES India:,cock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 , Shut Do, Opening, for Account — COMMERCIA.L INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The rumour that France had proposed to the Continental powers " disarmarcrtnt," has pro duced a feeling of activity in the Stock Exchange, but the brokers generally looked . upon the matter as a circumstance " too good to be true." Until something more definite is known quotations will not materially alter. In the foreign market the prices are giving way, and the same tendency is felt in railway securities. At Mark-lane this morning the prices of corn were steadier, but we have no alteration to report Consols are now at 928 to 921 for money; ditto, for Ac 928 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 92 ; New Tree per Cents, 922 2 ; Exchequer .Bills £l,OOO, March, 5 prem. ; June, 2 7 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, prem. ; June, 6 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent., 237. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 100 1 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 51 per Cent., 1101 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 25 prem. In the Foreign Market there is a downward tendency. Prices are as as follows :—ltalian are higher, at 558 to 55:1. Turkish Five per Cents., are -1 better, 44 to 444 ; Egyptian, 784 to 78 : 1, being a decline of f. Other descriptions are with out particular feature. Th English Railway Shares are tolerably well supported, but businessis rather limited. Metropo litans are 831 to 832 ; Caledonian, 77f to 78 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 151 to 154 ; South Eastern, 772 to 78 ; London and Brighton, 47 to 472; Great Northern, 108 to 109; Great Northern (A), 1091 to 1094 ; Great Eastern, 37i to 378 ; Great Western, 552 to 56 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 12q to 1271 ; London and North Western, 1218 to 122 ; Midland, 1194 to 1201 ; and North Eastern (Berwick), 122 to 1222. A fair business is doing in Telegraph Shares, and with the exception of Anglo-American, which is 1 lower, at 188 to 188, prices are firm. Construction and Maintenance opened at an improvement of 8, and have since further advanced to 351 to 35k. French Cable is steady at 14i to 15 ; and Atlantic Eight per Cents, lf to 2. There is very little business doing in Bank Shares, and prices are without change. Agra (A) is quoted at 101 to 11 ; Alliance, 122 to 13k ; Anglo-Aus trian, 11 to 13 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 31i to 32k ; Consolidated, 4 1-16 to 4 3-16 ; Im perial Ottoman, 22 to .24 prem. ; London and County, 47f to 488 ; London and Westminster, 582 to 591 ; Oriental, 41 to 42 ; London Joint- Stock, 312 to 322 ; and Union of London, 37 to 38. j 4 i D. o per Cont. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 Cartificatea ..,...„... ... *** ..• ~• Do. Enlaced Yale, 4 per u , ur...... — Do. 5 per Cart., Jan. 1872 .... .... — Do, 5} per Cent. May 1879 llOl Do 5 per Cent., P.lrp. DI& 1872,,,,. — Do do ier7„.„ — Do. do. 1882 thi. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 . Do. Bonde. 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. irgentlne Republic,.6 per Cent Do. Account Austrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858..... — Do. au 156() — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Of. A.cclunt B .enos Ayres 6 per Cont. Do 2 per Cent.. (Deferred 3 per Cont ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. 9 uqian 6 per Cent `'o. lf per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per cent. .1.W.37 9O :.! lo , teilii, 6 p , .:i Cent. Danish. 3 per Cont., 1825 nair , :Awl Principalities, 7 p&r Cent B6 • o. Acccmit Do 8 per Cent., 1867 93 ''cualor Nov,- Consolici;. tea, I per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent...,. — I'c Second Issue •• !Jo. 450!, bonds Do. 1861 Do. Account Do. .£3OO Bonds Do. Al O's; Bon ls ... B9l 9 Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .. ... Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 99 1 Government Railway Debentures ..... Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Coupons Guatemala:s per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail.Losn.,lop.,Ct., all pd Do. Account B5l 6 lt9,ian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account ~ • Do Mum:arum:, Railway — Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account 1)o. 1864 — Do 8 per Cont. Anglo-French — ilont6vid,sau 6 per Cent. ..... ..... Itc .7ri.311 Imperial 5 p*r Cent Yew Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants ( i rectal es) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 831 4 Do 4} per Cent. (Ut:' , arren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 , — Do Account Do 6 per Cent.,1862 — Portaguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,':: 331 Do. do. 1867. Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St - Do 4} per Cent 1850 Do 41 por Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do :do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO bonds.., Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9ll Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 6 31 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Oen ... — Do. Account — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrea — Do. Passive — Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 — Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent ~,, Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do. Account 671 61 Do £lOO Bonds 691 8i Dividends on the above payable in Lonuon Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2f per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail„ — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 por Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 65f Do Account 551 k TWO O'CLOCK. Oonsols, Money Do. ccount, Jan. 6 921 1 xd PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. SUNDAY. The French clerical journals publish a new decree of Pius IX. relative to the excommunications latae senterdie. The decree is worthy of the Syllabus, being to the full as rigorous, as despotic, and as confirma tory of the maintenance of a pure theocracy. It is promulgated "of the Pope's own accord, of his certain Inowledge,and in the plenitude of his apostolic power." His anathemas are directed against all who hinder directly cr indirectly the exercise of ecclesiastical jurisdiction, whether at the tribunal of conscience or the tribunal of man, as well as those who give such orders to the civil tribunals and those who publish them ; all who make laws or decrees interfering with the rights or liberties of the Church; all who have recourse to the civil power to counteract the letters or other acts of the Holy See, and who impede their promulgation; all who usurp or hold the jurisdiction and the properties belonging to ecclesiastics, who inter fere with the estates, rights, and properties belonging to the Roman Church; and finally all who appeal froth the decisions and orders of the Roman Pontiffs to a future universal council, as well as those who support and en courage them in this appeal. Judged by this decree few of the Catholic crowned heads of Europe would escape excommunication. Is the new Ministry yet constituted? Such is the ques tion of the day, and I cannot give you a definite answer. Yesterday it was believed in the Chambers that all was arranged, and several papers announced particulars in the evening. Tho Presse states confidently that M. 011ivier was charged with the task of forming a Cabinet, of which M. de Forcade was not to be a member. The objection of the deputy of Var to the Minister of the Interior as a colleague is known to be pretty well insuperable, the Empress herself having vainly endeavoured to bring about a coalition. The Presse observes that the entrance of M. Daru into the new 011ivier Cabinet was uncertain and, according to the ilioniteur Universel, the fact is that M. Daru, when summoned to the Tuileries, laid the conditions upon which he would accept office before his Imperial master, which conditions being refused, he declined to enter any Ministry. The great difficulty with respect to an 011ivier Cabinet is the divergence which has taken place between that statesman and the Left Centre, which has hitherto voted with the Lcft in all the contested elec tion divisions. M. Buffet and his friends will not join M. 011ivier without some very clear guarantees as to their future course. Some stir has been made about the elevation of M. lc Vicomte de Richernont to the dignity of senator, with its corresponding emolument of £1,200 a year No one knows any claim to distinction on the part of M. de Richemont and the only possible explanation is that M. de Foreado desires an electoral vacancy for Marmande and Villeneuve d'Agen. The constituents will be able to console themselves for the loss of a deputy whose abilities they failed to recognise, by being represented for the future by an ex-Minister of the Interior. The Peuple Francais remarks on the persistency with which several journals have declared that the prosecutions against the press were undertaken at the instigation of the Empress. The decision of the Council of Ministers was taken in consequence of an article in the Rappel "The Two Parias," which appeared on the 4th of December, when the Empress had not returned to Paris. The effect of this explanation is somewhat marred by the prosecution of the Paris Journal for an article called " The Letter of the King of Ivetot to the Empress Eugenie.' An important meeting of snore than 5,000 people, mostly weavers, has come off at Lyons in favour of a Free Trade policy. The gathering adopted some resolutions to the effect that the commercial arrangements in the Treaty of 1860 should be still further extended and carried out. The Empress has presented Princess Metternich with some valuable presents from the Levant, and various objects of Oriental costume, in remembrance of her journey. This act of friendliness puts an end to the rumours which had prevailed with respect to a coolness that had arisen between the Tuileries and the Austrian Embassy. M. Degouno Demnicques has presented a petition to the Senate, in which he demands the abrogation of the laws that pronounced perpetual exile against the two branches of the Bourbon family who reigned in France. A former petition of the same character, which M. Degouno Demnicques presented in 1867, was rejected by the assembly. In both petitions the hon. deputy quotes the words of the present Emperor when he returned to France in 1848, and declared that, having known the bitterness of exile, ho would rejoice to see the day when all civil disorders should terminate, and there would be no neces sity for political exiles. The Journal des Debats, in referring to the American President's Message, points out the inconsistencythat is to be observed between the opinion of the President on the sub ject of Cuban recognition, and the views expressed by the Washington Cabinet as to the recognition of the Southern States as belligerents by the English Government. It adds that the Foreign Secretary might profit by this assertion in the next argument that takes place on the Alabama question. rim SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1869. JOINT.STOCK BANKS. TILE VOLUNTEERS. Closing Businea Shares NAME. Paid. Prico 10 Agra Limited, A all 101 11 10 Do J 3 lO 41 51 41 151 60 Albion l5 10 8 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 22 224 p 224 20 Anglo-Ilungarian 8 If 21 7 20 Anglo-Italiau 1866 , li m i ted 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 13 90 Do issued at 2 pm.— , 0 5 4 25 Bank of E gypt 20 Bank of Otago, lira. 25 Bank of South Australia, all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 101 164 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, end China all 17 18 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all 31 32 20 City .......... 100 Colonial 25 143 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, lint 5 21 14 20 English and Ant , :rioan, lint 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Riu de Ja neiro, lint 20 English, cuttish, and Ans tralian Chartered •• all 161 161 281 Hung lions and Shanghai Bark Corporation all 36 33 281 Do now lll 4 '6 100 Imperial, lint 2a 16 16 20 Imperial Ottoman lO '24 24 121 15 lonian .......................... : '25 Do n ew i 6 3 Lnd Mortga ~,-, of luilia lint 4 34 3 1 4 100 Do sp. c. DeL.lBql, 3t all 76 76 80 100 Loudon Bank; of Mexico and South America. lint. 20 5 4 100 Loudon and Brazilian, lint. 45 35 30 20 Do new 71 544 100 London & Inver Plate, lint. 40 11 13 25 Do Re W 10 11 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 234 241 20 Loudon and County '2o 494 504 471 83 8 50 Do new, iss at 20 p. m,16 pd ll ... .. London Joint Stock 3ll 321 314 2 London and South African al 8 9 100 Loudon &S. - Western, Inn, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lint l2l ... ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 571 584 54 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pra 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 61 51 10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 74 84 00 Midland, lint.. 5 National of A ustralia 26 National of Liverpool, lira l5 3 d 1p 00 National Provinc. of En;ed 42 ... ... 10 50 NatioDnal. o ...... .. ...... _42 ... ... ..... 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 10 6 51 30 Provincial of 1re1and .. , ,.,,, 25 90 92 10 Do new.......... all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 11 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 8 6 25 Union of Au5tra1ia..........., all 46 43 100 Union of Ireland, Um . ...... ... 50 Union of London "' "'............ 15 37 38 done TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. la Anglo-American lei., lim aTI L.) 101 191 1 10 Anglo Alediter Tel., Jim._ 10 17.1 171 Ili st Atlantic Te1egraph............ 10 121 131 st Do. 8 per cent.......... 100 3i 43 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim. 100 178 183 st Electric Ss Inter. Telegraph 100 253 263 10 Do. New ............... 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., 10 id pr 6 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 31 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 1 1p 10 Meditcrra. Exten. Tel., lim. all 61 71 25 Reuters Telegram ............ all 79 61 20 Societe Trausatlant., lint.., all 15 151 st Submarine Telegraph ...... 100 245 255 1 Do. 5crip........... all 11 11 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lira, all 7 71 5 Do. 10 per cent. Prof. all 41 5 p MISCELLA.4EOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint........, all 14; 144 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 151 161 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance. lim. 5 15 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 3 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 14/ 141 10 Do. New all ——. 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 30 13 15 5 Bombay Gas, lim. Do. Now 4 14 id 5U British AranicanLand 20 British Indian' ea, Jim..., all 21 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, Um 24 20 Ceylon Company, Jim lO 31 215 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, Jim . 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 9 51 415 30 City of Milan Improv. Jim all b 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 60 City Offices, Jim 25 23 22 d 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 6 pr p 5/ 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 23 27 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. ......... all E 7 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1011 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent, all 1011 1051 100 Do. 1882, 4i per cent. all 103 101 10 Credit Fon. of England, Hui. all 21 21 60 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lien lO 31 211 st Crystal Palace lOO 21 23 st Do. Preference )00 93 100 st Do. Gp. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 112 20 Darjeeling, lim. 10 Eastern Assam, lim 6l ... ... ...d 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all .. .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Cana. by Egypt. Gov all/ 91 15 95/ 20 Egyptian Cum.& Traci. lim. 6 3 Eug. &Aus t ral. Copp er , E . Ern 21 1 .. 4 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 41 311 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, li m . S . ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineeri ng 5 3 21 20 Fore - streetWarehouse,lina l2 12 p 100 For. & Cul. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at .CSS all IS 20 92 50 Gellivara, Hui 10 General Credit & Di e., lim 71 14- 1 1 15 General Steam Navigation 11 27 29 50 110711 s it CUI Marino lu. liar. 5 24 ad 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 14 13 121 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seines, lim. 20 luterua.linan c i a l Soc. lim 5 . . 2 11 20 Interna. Laud Credit, lim 6 6 4c 50 Italian Land 5 11 p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 3 1 100 Do. 6p. c. BCIR., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 67 1,9 60 Land Securities, lim -21 11 25 London African Trading lO 7 5(1 , 25 Lou. & Caled. M arine, lim 6 a• ••••-, 10 London County Land and Building, lim 60 Loral. Financial Asso , lim 30 22 21 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.CU.lim. all 2 21 50 Lund. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, la n 25 21 164 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 tal pr st Madras Irriga. & Can!. Guts. sp.c. by Indi a Gov lOO 104 108 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1im...„. 50 Merchant Shipping, lim all 32 37 60 Millwall Iron Works, lim l2l ... ... 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., Jim, 25 National Discount Co., lim 5 25 National Proy. Marine, Jim. 4 10 National Steam Ship, Inn. all 20 Nerbudda Coal; Iron, Jim. 6 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 5 New Quebrada, Inn 4S 0 25 New Zealand Loan & 9ler, cautile Agency,lini 2l 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim. 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim 5 10 Do. B .. all et North Brit. Austral , liin lOO 50 North Brit. & Merean. In 64 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) I 60 Oriental Financial, lim ll 5 Oriental Gas, lina 6 Do. New ....... .. 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, Hui 5 Ottoman Gas lira 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim a Do. do. st Peel R. Land & Miner], lim 100 60 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 60 Do. New 1867 lO 60 Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New 2 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lita all Do. G as, lin t al l 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO Do. 6 p. c. Guar, Pref lOO Societe Fin. d'Egypte, Jim lO Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim 6 25 South Australian Land 20 Telegraph Con. &Main.,lina all 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Una 2 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim,,, 81 cent.eacesr India and Pacific' 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lina. 1 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 15 United Discount Corp., lim, g 801 Eli 20 Universal Marineau.), lim, 5 10 Upper Assam Tea, 1im......, all 30 Van Diemmaoart'sgaLgaen)dzo...... a2lBll a oy n ( t of Finance, Egypt lim 7 . . .. per. . 1650000 Warrant Steam, lim 2O 5 3 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO 5 1 4 0 4 1 0 4 Ili 91 th 31 3d 1 lid 4j 4k At the close of the distribution Lord Erxxo an nounced that next year they would have another prize to be shot for—the Emperor of China's silver hunting flask, which had been taken by Major An son, as aide-de-camp to Sir Hope Grant, and which his gallant relative intended to be given for volley firing. Ensign Younger had also presented a mag nificent ram's-head snuffbox for the use of the corps. (A laugh). The noble lord also mentioned that an other kilted corps was about to be formed if a suffi cient number of men were willing to join it. Sir HOPE GRANT said he had great pleasure in congratulating them on the excellent appearance they had made to-night, which was in a great de gree to be attributed to Lord Elcho—(cheers)— who had managed and commanded them so well. His only regret was that Lord Elcho did not belong to the regular army, to which he would have been an honour. He proposed three cheers for Lady Elcho. Three cheers having been given for Lady Elcho, Lord am, in acknowledging the compliment, observed that it was not the custom of the London Scottish to cheer when under arms, but if there was any want of dicipline in doing so, he hoped the public out of doors would remember that the pro posal had come straight from the Horse Guards—. (a laugh)—at the instance of the Quartermaster- General of the British army. He would, however, so far adopt the innovation by calling on them to give three cheers for their honorary colonel. 1 11 11 7 5 9 8 48 53 ly 191. 13 14 7 i 2 1p id ip 12 22 E 1 34 48 I S d 27 29 gi 7 18 19 18i 24 251 48 So 47 6 78 83 7 6d 4 3 33 34 321 331 351 I 1 21 3 4:r i ip h jp 41 6 p 22 24 3 1 2 P Ei 9 8 7 _ - Three cheers were then given for Sir Hope Grant, and one cheer more for the army, of which he is the Quartermaster-General. This terminated the proceedings. 4.;0L0N14L GOVNItN?dENT SECURITIEe _ _ _ 1 1 , 0 0 0 1 1: 0 0 1 9 0 0 2 1 9 0: Can.Gov.6 p.o.Jan.,& July - 6 per 1877-86 r ov i e t on l . a t i C i55 0 79 1 25 u .. m ... b . 1 . 4 . , - Do. 6 p.O 7eb. &Aug-••• 100 102 /04 - - Do. p. 0. Jan. & 100 924 931 87 DD:SS pp 00 Ic Inscribed, a r 8 18 e8 7 jPk : t i... 100 102 10 Cape HoP P - 1)o.Ap1.16001 1690-1900.. 10 0 111 113 - Do. do 1880-90.• 100 107 109 - Do. Jan.&July, 1891 .... 100 106 Its - Do. b per cent. 15 April and 15 Oot., 1900 .. 100 98 100 - Ceylon, Nov 1878,0 p.c.. 100 108 110 - Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 107 - Naurltiva, 6 p. o, 1871,.. - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 ... l OO 105 106 - In.lBB2,lday and NCI OO 106 106 - D 0.1895, Feb. & Aug lv loc - Melbourne Corporatn., - 1867-75, 6 per cent.. • - N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&.lu!y lOO 103 104 - Natal 6 p ct, Apl & Oct OO Do 6 pc. Slay & Nov 1(0 1(6 10E - N. 5.W.5 ire., '7l to'7s lOO 4,9 101 101: - Do. 5 p.c. 1808 to 18 , 20... 10f.. :+9 100 109 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'l to'7s - N.Zealand, 6p. et. 1891 lOO Do. 6 percent.... DoJan,Aprl,July,Oct lOO 91 92 94 - Do 6p c. Mar &Sept '9l lOO 108 110 -Do June & Deo., Im9l 100 109 111 - fDo Prov. c 1 Auckld. 2 CO - s(rie3 1 &2, 1805... - Nova Scotia 6p. c.Jan... - and July, 1876 ...... 190 Do 1.'6.. . ..• . 300 16 Qu-enalnd. Op. C. '62 C... 100 507 1084 110 - Do 1891 ..... 100 107 1984 - Tasmanian 6 per c. t 896.. ~ 107 109 - Do tho - 97 . ~..• 100 , -)8 109 - Victoria 6 per cent.lB9l.. 1uG .,.14 115 r• j)9, .April and I,OQ 111 112 itichards lately entertained the whole of the officers and non - commissioned officers at dinner at this 1 , hall, a cou rse h e annually adopts. THE LONDON SCOTTISH. The annual inspection of the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers, by the honorary colonel, Lieutenant- General Sir Hope Grant, G.C.8., was made on Saturday evening, in Westminster-hall, when : the prizes were distrib u t e d b y L a d y E lcho. There was a very numerous attendance of ladies and gentle men. Among those on the platform, which was placed at the upper end of the hall, were Sir Hope Grant and Lady Grant, Lord and Lady Elcho, Major Anson, the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., and the Misses Kinnaird, the Prussian Military Commissioner and his lady, Dr. Rae, the Arctic Explorer, &c. The prizes, consisting chiefly of valuable pieces of plate, were arranged conspicuously on tables oc cupying a large portion of the platform, and ex cited very general admiration. The inspection having been completed, Lord ELCHO, who was received with loud cheers, addressing the members of the London Scottish, said, the funds of the Association were very prosperous. They had recovered the defi ciency of the previous year, which amounted to near £2,000, and they had now a good round sum of £7OO at their credit, as would appear by the annual balance-sheet. (Cheers.) Upon the whole the regiment appeared in a most satisfactory state. Of their discipline he did not speak. Sir Hope Grant would b-ar him out when he said he did not believe there was a better disciplined regi ment in the Volunteer force. Their only weak point was in the number of recruits as compared with former years. To keep up a regiment properly they required something like 100 recruits. The recruits this year numbered only 64, as against 107 last year. He could not tell the cause of the deficiency. He did not know whether the feeling that the Go vernment was not favourable to the Volunteers— which he believed to be a perfectly mistaken idea —had thrown a damp on the enlisting of men, or whether it bad so happened that the number of proper Scotchmen who had come to London this year had been smaller than in former years. But what he wished to impress on officers commanding companies, and officers and non commissioned offi cers in companies, was this —that it was by indi vidual, personal exertions, by getting their friends to come and join —that they could effectually keep up their numbers. The London Scottish was a great Scotch club. They had a golf club, a cricket club, and the best shooting ground in the metro polis. They bad many social attractions ; but, above all, he firmly believed that among Scotchmen there was that strong feeling of patriotism, and that abid ing sense of public duty, to which they must mainly look for the maintenance of the force. (Cheers.) With regard to the capitation grant, his impression was that the present Minister of War was most favourably disposed to the Volunteer force, but he wished carefully to inquire into its condition before making any proposition to Parliament with a view to its increased efficiency and permanence. Re turns had been made out and sent in, and a com mittee of different arms was to meet at the War office on Tuesday next to consider the subject. If he were to judge of the feeling of the Government with regard to the Volunteers from the speech made by one of its highest members—the Lord Chancellor —they must be deeply sensible of the importance of maintaining the force and doing whatever was necessary for that purpose. The Lord Chancellor, in presiding at the distribution of prizes to the Inns of Court, boasted that this was the only country in Europe which rested ita defence solely on volun tary enlistment, and he praised very much the patriotic feeling of the country which sustained the army, militia, and Volunteers without a conscrip tion. Now to criticise anything which so high an authority said, especially in 'Westminster Hall, would no doubt appear somewhat presumptuous, and might perhaps even expose him to the vague, but most - formidable of all penalties of which they had beard so much—the penalty of prmaiunire—(a laugh)--but after all there did appear to him not a little of what the Americans called bunkum in this boast about no conscription ; for the fact was that whenever, as in the Indian Mutiny or the Crimean War, non -conscription was tested by the rough us • age of war ; our army was some 5 . ),000 be:ow the standard voted by Parliament. He was satisfied that the nation, the Parliament, and Government must accept the fact, and act upon it, that by the ancient constitution of the realm every Englis,unan was liable to the home defence of his country, and the only way of escaping from compulsory sere ice, if needs be, was by volunteoring. lie saw near him a distinguished Prussian officer, who represented his country at our Court as a military commissioner, and he might say, without having a system of mili tary conscription, such as existed in Prussia, they could under the existing law so modify their system as, without bearing hardly upon any one, bind up the armed manhood of the country in a way that no other scheme could possibly accomplish. In con clusion, the noble lord congratulated them on the friendly relations which subsisted between all the officers and members of the regiment, and, as he should not have another opportunity of addressing them this season, he begged, on his own part and on the part of Lady Elcho, to wish them all a merry Christmas and a happy new year. (Cheers.) The prizes were then handed to the bUCC essful competitors by Lady Elcho. THE 7TH SURREY RIFLES. On,Saturday the 7th Surrey Rifles assembled at the great hall of the Cannon-street Terminus Ho tel, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, to witness the presentation of prizes to the successfu competitors at shooting and drill. Col. Beresford, commandant, commenced by congratulating the regi ment that in the last Volunteer year the efficiency of the corps had been well maintained, for whereas in 1868 they had a percentage of 95, the percentage in 1869 was 96, and each man had undergone on the average thirty drills. This high condition of ef ficiency had been a gradually increasing one, for i 1867 the efficiency was 91 per cent., in 1868 it was 95, and, as he bad stated, it was 96 in 1869, the Volunteer year ending the 30th ult. Ile congra tulated the corps upon this, and also upon the fact that General Sir Francis Wheeler had consented to become the hon. coloncl. The Lord Mayor sail that of late he hal been frequently c died upon to take part in proceedings like the pre_eat, and the more he saw of the various regiments the more im portance he attached to the service, and he thought it a most important one for the country. It gave confidence to the nation, and it strengthened in no slight degree the hands of the Executive power. He thought, therefore, that all encouragement and, especially th a t t h e use should be given to it, of the rifle should be encouraged, for no enemy would dare to think of attacking a country in which a rifleman might be found in every cot tage. The prizes, which were very numerous, and many very costly, were then distributed, and the Lord Mayor caused much amusement by par titularly inquiring into the circumstances attend, ing a prize winner's repeated appearance for some new evidence of his skill in particular matches. Private Roper, who had been fortunate in winning the two battalion prizes allowed, as well as com- pany and " challenge" prizes, was subjected to a good deal of good-humoured banter by his lordship, who did not seem to value highly the skill of Mr. Roper's absent comrades. Captain Porter, Pay master Collins, Private Bristow, Private Allen, • Paymaster Collins, Quartermaster Gauntlett, Ser. geant Andrews, and Privates Austin, Hart, Ross, and Smith were among the prize winners. A pre sentation was made on behalf of the corps to Dr. Jones, the hon. surgeon, iu the shape of a hand some case of valuables, and a gold watch was pre sented to Quartermaster Gauntlett by the regi ment. The proceedings closed with the usual com plimentary speeches and votes. ) NOTICE.—The Anglo-American limes for this week, issued on Friday, will contain a Supplement giving the full text of the President's Message to Congress, the Reports of the Secretaries of the Treasury, of the Interior, ' the Postmaster-General, and of the Commissioner of In ternal Revenne. Next week, the Navy Report, the War Report, Report of the General of the Army and of Gene ral Sheridan. Price, 4d. 15, Catherine-street, Strand, London.—Early application necessary. Copies can be obtained at The Sun Office. LEicEsTER, rith.--Trade remains excessively dull. A great many hands have been thrown out of work of late, and prospects for Christmas are very dis spiriting. The near approach of Christmas has caused a little dulness in the wool market, but, though transactions during the week have been very nume rous, where they have been effected it has been at very firm prices. Worsted yarns are a very dull inquiry, and many mills are already closed for the Christmas holidays. The demand for lamb'd-wool hosiery underclothing has almost entirely ceased, and there is no prospect of any revival before the new year. Many hands are out of employment in this branch. Not much immediate demand is experienced for fancy cotton hosiery in this district, but nianufac. turers are making to order for delivery in January, and hands are tolerably well employed for the time of the year. Her Majesty's ship Monarch, Capt. John E. Commerell, V.C., C. 8., and the United States screw corvette Plymouth, Capt. Macomb, remained anchored at Spithead up to sunset yesterday, as did her Majesty's ship D. negal, Capt. W. Hewett, V.C., at St. Helen's-roads; all three detained by the continued violence of the weather. Her Majesty's screw troopship Simoom, Captain Lethbridge, arrived in Portsmouth harbour on Sa turday, on her return from Ireland. The troops and naval supernumeraries brought to England on Frid iy by her ALtje,ty'd screw troopship Serapis, Capt. John Soedy, from Alex andria and Malta, were disembarked at Portsmouth dockyard on Saturday. The C Battery of the 14th Brigade of Royal Artillery were forwarded to Plymouth, and the remainder of the brigade to head-quarters at Woolwich. The time-expired scldiers were sent on their regimental depots, the invalided soldiers to the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley, and the naval supernumeraries to the flagship in Portsmouth harbour. The Serapis has commenced coaling for her outward voyage, on the 30th inst., to Alexandria. The long-delayed draught of the 83d Regimen, under orders from Colchester for Gibraltar, is to leave Colchester to-morrow for Portsmouth, where it will embark on board the Simoom. Captain James, 83d Foot, will take charge of the draught on board the Simoom. The Quartermaster -General has notified that the draughts from the Ist Bat talion 6th Regiment and the 41st Regiment, under orders for India, have been transferred from the ship sailing on the 30th inst. to that sailing on the 6th of January. The draughts will embark at Ports mouth. It is stated that the Government have in con templation the issue of a new equipment to the in fantry regiments of the service. Among the regi ments to be first supplied are the Ist battalion of Grenadier Guards and the 4ch Foot. The A, 8., D, and G batteries, 14th Brigade, Royal Artillery, arrived at Woolwich from India on Saturday afternoon, and are now stationed in the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich. The F battery, 14th Brigade, Royal Artillery, is expected to arrive at Portsmouth about the 24th inst. in the Indian troopship Crocodile. When Fort Clarence, on the Maidstone-road, in the city of Rochester, shall cease to be a military prison, which it will do before long, it is expected that the fort and the extensive buildings in connec tion with it will be converted into barracks for the accommodation of a body of troops. Captain Percy Smith, R.E., who has been for a time attached to the School of Military Engi neering at Chatham to go through a course of instruction in the new system of military tele graphy, has completed his course and left the establishment. [ADVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Better than a Fortune.—The study of disease, its causes, and a perpetual search for its remedies, have anxiously engaged the attention of philosophers, from time immemo rial, yet this grand discovery was reserved for Holloway. His purely vegetable extracts can be safely and effectually used by all persons suffering from external or internal ail ments. 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[AnvEnrrszmENT.]— Dyspepsia (Indlgestion), Constipation, Debility, Consumption, and all nervons, bilious, stomach, and liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and accele rated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless, such as —cough. asthma, also diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphthe ria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheu matism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irrita bility, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few:—Tho Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. 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Midland '2O Cornwall, 5 per cent gusall "'. at, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen J unction lOO 103 107 "at Do. Ist Class preference lOO "'st Was. I; S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... at tit. Eastern, 8.0 Ex. No.l 100 08 100 st Do du N 0.2 100 97 19 at Do do G per cent 100 110 113 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 ... at Do do B 6 du. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 100 ... at Du do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. IUO 68 72 at Do Norfolk 5 p.e.Ex.1146 100 st Do do 5 p.c. Way.Val.lB47 100 . at Great Northern, 5 per c en t 100 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. C. pni. lot) Do 41 de do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp. c. pin lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 90 28 at Gt.West.—Orig.&Jnt.-pent chg., per g us. S p.O lOO 106 108 at Do. Orig. (B.& H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 st Do do 4j per cent. 1850 IOU 90 92 at Do do 4 do do lOO 80 82 at Do do 5 per cent. redem 100 9.7 211 st Do do Birmingham gua.. 100 68 72 at Du do do pref... 100 at Do do Chester gua lOO 85 at Do do du 8 per cent lOO st Do do do 5 do 100 15 let, st Do South Wales, gua. 4 P.C. 100 st Do do 44 p.c lOO at Do do 41 1859 lOO at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 110 118 et 1)0 do 2d gua lOO It 3 115 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 16 18 99 at Do do Id do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancash. & Yurksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 106 st Do Barnsley, £5 Is 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 08 100 at; London A Bri4htou, r 1 p. c guaranteed, No 1 lOO stl Du 5 per cent. gua No. 2 lOO et Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent lOO st Do G do (W.E. & C.P ) 100 at Do 4 du 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO stl London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lO3 110 112 st Do Bedford &Uambridg,e lOO at Do Shreweb'y & Welchp'l 10,./ et Loudon and 6 W. 7 p,e. late 3d shares, lOO 145 150 a Do (Purtsm.perpans 2s6d) all a Man., Shef., A Lincln. 6 p.c lOO Do a Do 31 per cent lOO 61 60 1 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. e lOO 110 135 a Do Bristol & ep. c 100 1;3 135 1331 a Du 41 per cent. redeem lO6 V 8 100 Du 41 per cent. irredeem lOO sd IJi Do Leicester & LUchu, I p.c 100 80 J 1 DI at North 1- ..:ritish, 5 p.c. No. 1.. • 100 at Du E. &U.4p.c. S. & D... 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Shef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all V 94 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 st Midland, a. 5 per cent pref lOO 107 109 st Do B do 10(1 107 119 18 Do spc opt. to cons'. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1861 all 201 214 18 Do Ineouy. New Shares all 19 194 22 Do 5p c con, into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 ...... 84 14 24p at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ... 100 ... at Do .£lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ... st Do E.& G , No. 2, 5 p. c ... 100 at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c ... 100 it Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p ... 100 .- . st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 9i) 1 • 0 994 at Do Stock. & Danl., D ... 100 113 115 111 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) et North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Do 6 do 1861 100 ..„ st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 st Do f do, 1864 st Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS; st Birkenhead lOO 91 93 00 Do. 43 per cent. Prefer.., all 98 100 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 6 at Do. 51 per ce n t. 119 st Do. b do. st Clydesdale, guarante e d lOO at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lO9 15 . .:.; 134 20 Gloater and Dean Forest all a Gt. Easti., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 1 0$ "' at Dodo. Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 st Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 100 97 yo 38 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 2 0 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 56 at Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Chat., &c., 41 p. c lOO at Do. Com. Fund, Id o 100 "' st London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO ••• ••• st Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 83 85 at Lowestoft,gua 4 per cent lOO 73 81 at Do. ti• 6 do 100 51 Munch., Bt.— Ma . all at Midland, Braltord, Pref lOO VZ 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Lir.s) 59 Northern& East., b percent all 53 56 SO Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern—Hartlep00l at N.W est. A peril. pref, 5p c lOO 107 109 at Do B minimum 14 p.c.... 100 st Notting. &Urauth 11. & C lOO 91 93 25 Preston and Wyre. all 44 46 Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 D 2 134 st Shrewsbury and liereforti 100 132 734 10 Do do 8 2 2A p a S. Yorkth. and Ri ver D un 100 D 7 9u D 4 per cent gua..• 10 so st Viet. Station and Pimlico... 100 • all 98 100 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all ••• •.• ••• st Weymouth and Portl an d los ••• ••• ••• at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et Z East and Wee.l India lOO 173 125 London and St. Katherine lOO IV 51 49i 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all DSillwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 23 28 st Southampton lOO 72 ;5 tit tlrrey corattnrcial ... , 100 08 1D) THE 37TH MIDDLESEX. On Saturday evening the 37th Middlesex, one of the corps standing highest on the War-office rolls for efficiency, held its prize distribution at the large hall of the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street. The first presented was the Duke of Bedford's challenge cup, value £lOO, the winner of which for ' the year receives £5 and a photograph of the cup, has his name inscribed on it, wins tha Bedford badge, and becomes entitled to the honour of competing for the Queen's prize at Wimbledon without further challenge. The winner was Ser geant Miller, wbo made 62 points in the seven rounds at each of the Queen's ranges. The squad prize for drill, a challenge cup presented by the same noble donor, with a sum of £4O from the funds of the corps, formed the incentive for seven full companies to compete, and the winners in order were known to their captains, the first three win ners being Capt. Maakelyne, Captain Lyon, and Captain Stedall. Colour Sergeant Gould, Colour Sergeant Bewick, Quartermaster Sergeant Hayes, Sergeant Saunders, Corporal Tuppin, and Colour Sergeant Gatfield were prominent names among the prize winners. The prize donors were Mr. T. Tay lor, Mr. Stephen Smith, Mr. James Patrick, Mr. J. Turner, and the awn of the company, Major I FRANCE. S PORTING IN TELLIGENCE— This Da CUT BETTING. —,Tuts DAT. WATERLOO (COURSING) OUp . 5 to 1 agst Lord Lurgazes nomination (offered) 100 to C ag s t M r Brocklebank's nom. (taken) DERBY. 1000 to CO agst Stanley (offered) 1000 to CO agst Bridgewater (offered) 2500 to 100 agst llawthorndeu (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Macgregor (LikeL) 1 RACING FIXTURES -1870. FEBRUARY. Linc01n...... ll5, 16LI Harrow erby ...... • . ............ 22, 23 17, 18 I Nswtou ..... .......... ...20, 26 MARCH. Nottiughtun... 1, 2 I West Somerset ......... 16, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 11./ I Warwick .............. 22, 23, 24 Pontefract 14, 15 I Epsom .................... 29, SJ Cambridg, shire l4, 15 1 Brumley 31 and April 1. APRIL. Northampton 3, t I Newmarket Craven 18 to 22 West Drayton 7, 6 I Abe rgavenny 21, 22 ............ Thirsk Kingsbury lB, 19 I Croydon. ........................ 28, , 24 Darlia.n lB, 19 . 1 - IiAY. Newmarket let 5p....2 to 5 I Harpenden ............... 20, 21. Chester. lO, to 13 I Bath ........................ 24, 25 Winchester lO, 11 1 Stamford ................. .26, 27 Salisbury l2, 13 ; Croydon .................. 26. 27 York 17, 18 1 Epsom 31 to Juno 3 Doncaster 19, 20 _NE. JUNE. Croydon 8, 0 1 Newton ..................... 22, 23 Manchester ............ t, 9, 10 I Hampton .................. 23, 24 Ascot 14 to 17 1 BiburClub .................. 29 Wludsor 21, 22 1 Stockoridge...3o, and July 1 JULY. Newmarket sto 8 I West Drayton ..... .. 14, 15 Nottingham 12 , 1 3 I Huntingd0n................... 19, 20 Chelmsford 12, 13 1 Kingsburyl, 22 . Beading l z, 13 I Goodwood ............... 26, 29 The Licensed Victuallers' Almanac for 1870 has just reached us. It is completed with its usual excellence, and in addition to a vast amount of information relating to the excise, wines and spirits, and other matters interest ing to the trade, it embraces a diary for daily entries which cannot fail to be a matter of great convenience and utility. The Kingsclere Analysis of the Derby, Two Thousand, and One Thousand for 1870 has just appeared, and will afford the sportsman some interesting informa tion previous to the commencement of the racing season LIST FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO 271 E METROPOLIS. MUSEUMS. Antiquarian—Somerset House. Admission by application to the secretary. Botanic—Royal Botanic Society of London. Regent's park. Admission daily by orders from fellows. Royal Gardens, Kew. Open daily, 1 till 6, free. British—Great Russell-s root. Open free on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Frida s, 10 to 4; summer months 10 tilt 7. Closed lat till 7th January, Ist till 7th May, and Ist till 7th September; al o ou all thanksgiving days. City—Guildhall. A collet on of antiquities, &c. Daily, 10 till 5. Geological—Jermyn street. Open daily (except Fridays) free. India—lndia Office, Charles-street. Asiatic natural his tory, antiquities, &c. Open free on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, and vu Thursdays by orders. King's College -Strand. Anatomy and curiosities. Daily 1v till 4. Patents—South Kensington. Models and inventions. Open free daily. Royal Institution--21, Albemarle -street. Various objects. Daily, 10 till 5. Royal Military Repository—Woolwich. Models of forti fications, cannon, and warlike appliance& Daily, 10 till 4. Royal Polytechnic Institution-309, Regent -street. &len • tific, with lectures. Open daily, till 10 p.m. ls. Seane's-13, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Antiquities, curiosities, and pictures. Open %Vella:3days, Tilursdays, and _Fri days in April, May, and Juno; and Wednesday; from February to August. Admission on application to the Curator Society of Arts—John-street. Adelphi. Invention; pic ture; curiosities ezt;. Daily: admission by member's order. South Kensington—Cromwell-road. Open on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Saturdays, 10 till 10, free; on other days 10 till 4,5, or 6. td. Tower of London—Ancient armour, &c. Open daily, 10 till 4. Is. (REUTER'S TELEGRAILS.) an , Dec. 18. The Gaulois of thi s morning say PARIS s that indi vidual has been arrested at Mornas (Department Vaucluse), supposed to be the person who t tempted to murder Dr. Constantin James while travelling by an express train from Marseilles to Paris. PICTURE GALLERIES. Bridvw,,ter Gallery —Cie vlauu-squ;re. Cards to view m ty be obtained 11 . 0 11 Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond -street. Bri Usti Artists —6 affe ic-stree t. April to July. is. British L.stititLiuu--52 ' Pall•malt. Pictur es by B r i t i sh Arti,ts, in February, March, aud April ; and by Audent Masters, Juno, July, and August. is. Buc%ingliain Palace Pictures. —May be viewed by an order from the Lord Chamberlain. Cartoons of Raphael —South Kensington Museum Mon day, Tuesday, Saturday, free • other days, 6d. Cr —Sydenham. Vudern Pictures a nd S cu l p . Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemi s h an d D utch lure. Is. F i ala ce Pictures. Open free daily. ex,ept Friday. Flaxinan Gallery—Uuiversity of London, Gower-street. Foundling hospital—Guildford -street. °pelt Mouduys, 111 fill 1 Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall. ls. Greenwich Painted Hall —Greenwich. Mondays and Fri days Free : other days, 4d. Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the ball keeper. Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries are open free daily, except on Friday. Monument—Fish -street Hill. Every day. 6d. National Gallery—Trafalgar-square. Open free, Mondays 'Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. National Portrait Gallery-29, Grea. Veorge-street. free, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of lighthouses, &c. Daily, 10 till 4. Tussaud's Waxwork-58, Baker-street. Open daily tit 10 pan- ls. SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT. Cremorne Gardens—Chelsea. is. Crystal Palace ?ark—Sydenham. Open daily, ls. ; Satur days, 2s. 6d. Greenwich Park—Greenwich. Onen ree Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily. Highbury Barn and Gardens—Highbury. 6d. and is by refreshment tickets. Kew Gardens—Kew. Open free, daily at or.e o'clock. Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily. Rosherville Gardens—Gravesend. Open daily. 6d. Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by members' order. Windsor Great Park—Windsor. Open free. Wiudsoi Castle may be visited on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fri days, by tickets obtainable at the Lord Chamberlain Office, in the Castle. The Commissioner of Mining Statistics shows, in his forthcoming report to be submitted to Congress, that the product of gold in California for the year will certainly 'all below that of last year, on account of the extraordi nary drought which put an end to the placer and hydraulic mining of the northern counties very early in the season. Another temporary cause of decreased production was the stoppage of several important mines in the foremost quartz mining district of the State —Grass Valley —on account of a miners' strike. In Nevada the yield of the Comstock mines has been largely:reduced by the exhaustion of various old workings upon which some of the companies have been relying, but especially by the disastrous fire in the Crown Point, Kontuck, and Yellow Jacket, which has interfered with the production of those important mines. This year's product of bullion from Nevada will probably not fall far behind that of 1868, the deficiency from Washoe being made up by the greater yield of White Pine. On the whole the prospects of the State have improved, especially in view of the late discoveries iu depth on the Comstock lode, the completion of the Pacific Railroad, and the gradual introduction of cheaper labour, particularly (of Chinese into the mines. In Oregon the product of gold during the past season has been unusually small, since very little quartz mining is now carried on in the State, and the placer and hydraulic mines have stoad still nearly all sum mer for the lack of water. In Idaho the same causes which have affected the placer mines of Oregon will render this year's product of gold comparatively small; but the re sults of the quartz mining in the Owyhee and other dis tricts will probably not fall short of last year. The drought has also extended into Montana, and a decrease in the yield from the hitherto so productive gulches is anti cipated. The Commissioner is of the opinion that Colorado i 3 destined to advance henceforth with great rapidity to wards wealth and power. The yield of the mines for 1869 is highly encouraging in view of the fact that it is the product of steady industry, and not the first fruits of speculative activity, which might be expected to die out Le to dge the report of th e at a w n vi e s a c rl o y N d s a iN y..- - P A hi cc ia o de r /p di l ng day.—Philadelphia Secretary of State of Wisconsin, the financial condition of the State, for the year ending September 30, 1867, is as follows : —Receipts, $1,333,925 ; expenditure, $1,383,800 ; balance it: Treasury, $125. The State debt amounts to $2,252,057, of which $2,147,200 is in the form of certi ficates of indebtedness, and $104,800 in bonds. There has been no decrease of the debt during the year. The school fund amounts to $3,193,695, being an increase of 109,878 dollars over 1868. The number of acres of land belonging to the State, which have been sold during the year, was 18,396,085. The returns of the assessors show that the value of the real and personal property owned in Wisconsin amounts to $427,6 7,356. From the published statistics it appears that there are owned in the State 270,059 horses, 670,189 cattle, 4,601 mules, 1,203,022 sheep, 413,887 hogs, 145,461 waggons, 46,554 bank shares, 19,803 watches, and 7,293 pianos and InelOdians. 1: 4 1 I ' 1;1 ' ~ 1 1 I - . i i I ';~ Li 11