The Sun. — London, England, 1869-09-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. - - The Bank returns show rather a weaker condi tion than that of last week, not only to the bullion and reserve, but in respect also to the relation of effects to liabilities. With the exception of an im provement in Foreign Stocks, the market for secu rities is dull. Consols are now at 924 to 92i- for money ; ditto, for Account, —; Three per Cent. Re duced, 91 ; New Three per Cents, 91f ; Lxchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem. ; June, 8 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, prem. ; June, 7 10 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., shut. India Stock, 10} per Cent.,'April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 114 f 4 ; ditto Per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1004 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., 105} ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 28 Prem. Stocks, upon is generally a better feeling in Foreign upon the opinion of the Paris papers that the chances of a collision between the United States a nd Spain is diminishing. The following are the prices :—Spanish stock is 1 better, at 271; Turkish Ive per Cents. (1865), 41i to 411; and the Six Per Cents., 651 to 651 Russian Railway Guarantees a re better in the case of Charkof, which are 801 to 81 ; Orel, 841 to 851; Peruvian (1865), 79 to 79 4 ; and there is a further advance of 1 in Mexi can, at 12/ to 121 ; and Egyptian (1868), at 754 to 761. The Railway Market is flat, and a decline of ha s taken place i n Midl an d, M e t ropo lit an , Brighton, and Great Eastern, and 1 in Cale donian, Great Northern (A), London a n d No rth Western, and South Eastern. The fol °wing are the prices :—Caledonian, 82; to 83/ ; Great Eastern, 361 to 361 ex div. ; Great Nor thern 104 to 1021 ex div. ; ditto (A), 99 to 991 ex div, ; Great Western, 531 to 54 ex div. ; Lancashire an d Yorkshire, 1231 to 1241 ex div. ; London an d Brighton, 441 to 441; London, Ch a th am , an d ' lo ver, 161 to 161; London and North-Western, 11 4 to 116 ex div. ; London and South-Western, 89 to 91 ex div. ; Metropolitan, 841 to 84/ ex , div • ; Midland, 1151 to 116 ex div. ; North- Eastern (Berwick), 1131 to 1141 ex div. ; and South Eastern, 751 to 76 ex div. American Securities are dull at the lower prices current last night. The Five-Twenty Bonds are 82 1 to ; Erie, 281 to 271 ; Illinois, 94 to 911 ; Atlantic and Great Western Bonds, 281 to 291 ; and the Debentures, 291 to 301. There is no recoveryfrom the decline of 2 per cent. Which took pl ace i n P en i nsu l ar an d O r i en t a l St eam Shares upon the loss of the Carnatic being an nounced. T he Old Stock i s 441 to 451, and the 41 "? 34 to 31 dis. Joi nt - Stock Bank Shares are dull, but the varia tions are con fi ne d to a dec li ne o f 2s. 6d. i n I mper i a l ottoman, and ss. in Agra (A). Co ntinental Railways Lombardo Venetian are 20 to 20 1, and Great Luxemburg are not so good, at t o 111. a -C rencli Cable Shares are offered upon the traffic, 5 , 11 ,1 the quotation is lower, at 161. Construction - 7,1 4 Maintenance are flat, at 201. JA other respects Shares are without change. T he gold operations at the Bank comprised a withdrawal of £ll,OOO in bar gold. The mail s t eamer C a l a bar has arrived at Liver pool .4 1,. from the West Coast of Africa with the usual i ' il ea') mails and 242 ounces of gold dust, value r fn st erling about £968, and the steamer Bangalore °4l Alexandria, with remainder of the Bombay aj ,, B , has br oug ht £10 , 191 i n spec i e . in T he following railway traffic returns show an e ., r ,, ea ce :—That of the Caledonian an increase of £6 73 ; that o f th e M anc h es t er an d Sheffield of t ' 771 • that o f th e L ancas hi re an d Y or k s hi r e o f 2 68. h _The corp orat i on of the c i ty of Ham i lton, Canada, : i v . e forwarded to the City Bank the usual re 'lances to provide for the coupons maturing on Ti e lit proximo upon their sterling debentures. bonds are of two classes, the Water 'Works re d Ordinary, bearing interest at 4-1- and 4 per cent. It 4Pe , e , t ively, increasing to 6 per cent. per annum. the '"I be remembered that in 1861 the coupons on b: co rporation's original 6 per cent. debentures a ll ea i ' l e unpaid, and so remained until 1864, when Actt6 of Parliament capitalised the old bonds and 4 - accrued interest thereon, and created the exist %ft iss tle• It is considered satisfactory to note ma d ."ce the arrangement above referred to was yided th fo e . coupons have been most punctually pro !tr • jyto understood that Mr. Gladstone, in very c'ree terms, has offered baronetcies to Mr. R. Gov rawford, the member for London and present kao c s reor of the Bank of England, and Mr. Alder co24h.al°leons, the member for Greenwich, in re her, 41,1 0 , 1 of the position they have each so long d „ Wor cl i 1 . 11 the mercantile, financial, and political hag been - ` - 'Y Mr. Crawford, however, the honour .w. declined. th e l izi t h reference to the recent discussions as to Ir taw route to China, it is stated that the eo ta ", a `lY Flotilla and Burmese Steam Navigation sav e p an t of Glasgow and Rangoon, who have for rat Of q ov Years had the contract for the conveyance Np a d d ernment mails and passengers on the Irra be b Y .lhave lately contracted for two steamers, to tha n on the Clyde, larger and more powerful Th."lllY hitherto employed on the Irrawaddy •iqe 11 1 , 1 ,„, steamers are for the service between : o ° ° ll and Mandalay, and it is the intention of eic a ti e n VanY at once to establish a regular commu tiott . 11 between Mandaly and Bhamo in connec- Wi th ' Th. their present service. w eeL • return from the Bank of England for the 44 ceded the 15th of Sept. gives the following Pest Wh en , compared with the previous week y .... q•lic dep0 5it...... ... £3,686,011 Increase ... _4,0 , 84 qer ,/_ o.e ...... 4,949,239 ... Increase 3,9,266 „ ` o `°P aits ......... 17,563,245 ... Increase ~. 15,302 40,4'4 other aide of the account : it s nl nlent I ..... SOOUri. k`_'?sr la _ ... ... ...... £ 14,339,928 ... No c h ange . tss ,44(111 itiex ...... 14,801,827 ... Increase ... 467,736 t he aro, ii2l3loyed... 11,133,760 ... Decrease ... 21,975 4 ein e ° tint °f notes in circulation is £23,267,135, 141 14 04 4 . dec rease of £117,760 ; and the stock of a d oer in both departments is £20,405,220, showing Pre 4 " of £196,830 when compared with the ed,_ 40.tuff return. the j u °l4e d ia a comparison of the present position ap d . viank of England and the prices of Consols lit r ' v e ren ch Itentes with the corresponding week of ar s ame Week At Present. last Year. r lttlli 20 775,992 /t e , °l3, ............... £20,405,220 ... £ 12 , 130,M7 14 ..nt er s /s ....... .... . 1' 12,138,085 ... 3 ' 645,455 m: - in eirgulatio. ... ... 23,267,185 ... 2 2 ' cent. 04_40f discount •••... •.. 2} per cent. •.. - p er 94it tilt llowing 1 ,41 oi l . 921 iltia ,g. ia..t._.; ........... , • 701. 45c. Th e zt ' e e ........ r Of. 15c. for tki bil l ;_ cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house is the o ffi cial return of the cheques /reek ending Wednesday, Sept. 15 : Tlzursda £8 442,000 t ri ,,_ . y ............................... ~, , ,,,,,, „ n n ;1at'izza,:...................................... iv2,z2i4uovo6 .11tilday-: ................................................ 11,674,02 la% .............................. .21,2,0.0 ..u'eeclaY ............................ 10,4,9,000 £73,400,000 11/tlTigj pumul—TWO O'CLOCK. 3 . ( ' , ovtitNN. . . per ( je , -11 NT I,IINDS.; t 4)4 4) ;It• 00)18018 521 i Nary ti:J.tec.ount, Oct. 6 91: i 11 0 : per c,7l:teed ni i . 48„1)01. per . °exit. yan....786.4: ii , Per oeu Ja..1873 1),. re SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1860 — by f or 0 0 ___ pi re 4'o (4 e , ~ Yiml expire sth April 1885 — " " Et itogA z " r i t ) .B I elevaph), Aug„ 1908 — s,s3 ~ ` 0 1 ' . 1 8, .£1,000, 2/ p. Ut. March nu. Do. • do. Juno 8 ilk of England lOO, £2OO & £5OO 7lO Pm LA Stock, 4il per Cent C 'ttti,Atiiii lig .. 14tr.0l Per con..i.. ii:)11(is. . 41)020i:dal Uranium %di a tAN UOVERNMENT SECURITIzb. t. L ocktr,2lo4 per Cent., April 1874 — Do'6;:; YPelling, for Acc•ount 12, Por tient. July, '1880 ~(I,:),z,E.__liit)., Oct. 1888 0 o, ~,,.a , "'I-L...8 11 0 . 5 --,,, °43 u , rais u 4 por Cont, Do Arr Dent Jan 1872 1054 • •••ii per ..._ • ..... , taro - - . alay_lB7P - Da 5 per Cent., nup. Deb. 1872 — )Jo do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Ang. 1873 ...„ — Do. Bonds, 4.per Cont., £l,000 Do. under .£l.OOO — FUNICION iiiiiDid— TWO.OTLOWL. Argentine Republic, t per Cent 1 u itrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 por Cent — Do. 4f per Cont. 1852 — Do. do 1858 _ _ __ . • Do. uo 1860 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. Ouilian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent 73 Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Ccut., 1866 Do. 6 per coat. 1867 0 loadnau, 6 per Cent. DaniJu, 3 per Cent., 1825... Dan" bian Principalities, 7 per Cout — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 lquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. Egyptian, 7 por Cent — Do Second Issue Do. 15u(, Bonds Do. LlOO Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .... Government Railway Debentures 97i Greea 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ox Coups -- Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Gu demalass per Cent .. . — Honduras doY Roil. Loan., 10 p..0t., all pd It9lian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account ~ — Do Maremmana Railway 541 Ilesican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — aionterideau 6 per Cent. . — Moorish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Cen• — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 79 i Do 41 por Cent. (Ut;harren) . _ __ _ . . .../ 1/. , ••••• Do 41- per Cent., 1862 - Do Account — Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'3 Do. do. 1867 34f Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 ~ar Cent., 1822, .£ St Do 4} per Cent . 1850 Do 41 per 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 -- Do. „ do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 6B 3- Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen . — Do. Account — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Account —. 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.! •• ....... 00000 ••••• Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account 651 ... _..._ .._ Do £lOO Bonds 6B Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 b — Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent.: — Do. Acc. ant Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Do Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull., — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Rentos, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f. — Do Account 524 i TWO O'CLO OK. Jonsols, Money Do. Account, Oct. 6 .. 92i 3 PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. THURSDAY. All seems going well with the Emperor, and, notwith standing the very unfavourable state of the weather, he has been able to pursue his ordinary occupations. He has received Lord Clarendon, which is satisfactory in many respects. Some excitement was produced the other day in consequence of the visit of M. Petetin, the director of the Imperial printing press, and reports were circulated to the effect that an Act was to be drawn up about the Regency. The Moniteur explains the meaning of the affair by declaring that the Emperor is engaged, during his retirement, in the prosecution of his work of Julius Caesar. It seems that the Empress is most unwilling to give up her voyage to Suez. One reason which has been given for the abandonment of the scheme is the encumbered state ._of the civil list. It does not seem probable that the Prince Imperial will accompany her Majesty in any case. The particulars of General Prim's interview with the Emperor have not yet been made public, but there is every reason to believe that the result was satisfactory. The General was with the Emperor for more than an hour; he will probably leave Paris for Madrid on Saturday. To night and to-morrow there will be grand dinners to cele brate his visit. The Gaulois gives full details of the Ministerial Council held yesterday at St. Cloud, under the presidency of the Emperor himself. The Empress was present, and the regency was the subject of discussion. On his next birth day, March 16th, the Prince Imperial will bo 14, and will consequently have reached the ago at which Charles V. decided that kings attain their majority. The Prince of Wales arrived here yesterday, and starts this evening for Wildbad, where he will rejoin the Princess. The Russian Government displayed the other day how far it had advanced in toleration. M. Stchapoff was summoned before the tribunals of St. Potersburgh for having published a translation of M. Louis Blanc's letters. He was acquitted, and the administration of the press was ordered to restore those copies of the work which it had confiscated. The Libertt, in recording this event, remarks that it is not only at Berlin that there are judges. The first detachment of riflemen coming from Dover, has arrived at Ostend. They were received by the bttrgo master and the civil authorities. The political atmosphere is not very tranquil. It is dis turbed alike by incessant, and often inaccurate, rumours of the imperial and official movements of the day, and by the abstract speculations of theoretical reformers. La France quotes a sentence attributed to the Emperor, which is as follows :—" It is now nearly seventeen years since my Government pursued a policy purely monarchical;_ it is time that for the future it should have a dynastic policy." Emile de Girardin seizes this opportunity to indulge in his wonted plain speaking, and tells the Em peror that if his words have any meaning, they point to the immediate formation of a thoroughly Liberal Ministry, the dissolution of the Chamber and the election of a now Chamber by genuine universal suffrage. Without a general election, the Liberal intention of any Cabinet will, in M. de Girardin's opinion, be neutralised by the opposition of the majority of the Chambers elected under the influence of official pressure. If we are to believe an account from Guhet, dated Sep tember 11, we are a long way from such Ministerial mag nanimity. Several schoolmasters have been removed to inferior posts because they had given offence by their conduct during the elections. They were efficient in their duties, one of them having obtained a prize at the Congress of Schoolmasters, and their removal is in direct contravention of the rule by which such changes aro only to be made in the interest of the school or the teacher. One of the most necessary reforms, and one of those most immediately expected, is a change in the personnel of the prefectures. The Government is understood to have this in contemplation, and it was even stated with confi dence that the subject was discussed at the last Cabinet Council. The Patric and the Constitutionnel both deny this, and argue that a matter of so much importance must await the decision of the full Cabinet. The Paine repeats its emphatic assertions of the perfect unanimity of the Ministers' assertions, in which I should advise you not to put much faith. A Conservative banquet, attended by Sir E. Lacon, M.P., Major Walpole, M.P., and Mr. Oorrance, M.P., was held at Great Yarmouth, on Wednesday. Nine hundred persons sat down, and tho utmost enthusiast, reigned throughout the proceedings. - • For some time past the papers have been giving news more or less contradictory on the subject of tho Em press's visit to the East. The Paris, a paper usually well informed on fashionable matters, states that, according to her Majesty's own words, nothing has yet been decided on. The Town Council of Bolton has approved of a memorial to the Government praying the adoption of some effective measures for the Sunday closing of public and beer houses. The Southport Town Council has also passed a similar resolution. RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE. SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. ,ouise, ed by again fall IG. leraa- 30 al' SUN, LONDON, IiftIDAY EVENING, SgPTEAIBEII 1 INO. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 111 10 Do B lO 3-1 41 CO Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 111 221 p 221 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 ; ;4 40 Australasian ......... all 5 1* ;55 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 13 20 Do issued at 2 pin....., 5 5 4 2.5 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 23 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 151 161 50 British North American 20 Chartere,l of halt, Austra lia, end China 25 Chartered More. of India, London, and China, 20 City 100 C010nia1........ 25 10 Consolidated lint 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, lint ....... 20 English and Auto:it:an, lint 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. 1int......... .. 20 English, Scottish, and Aus tralian Charterod ...... ~ all 281 Hong liong and Shanghai Bank Cor poration all 281 Do new........ . 111 100 Imperial, lint 20 Imperial 0tt 0man , ,,,,, 10 25 lonian .................. ...... ........... all 25 Do new Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 100 Du sp. c. D e b s. lB 64, 30' all 76 100 London Bankl of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 20 Do new 71 100 London 8t River Pl a t e, li nk 40 25 Do nosy ii 20 London Chart. of Australia all 20 London and C0unty,,,,,,,.. 20 50 Do new, is sat 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 London Joint 5t0ck......... London and South African al 100 London & S. - Western, lint, 20 50 London & Venezuela, lim... 121 100 • London and Westminster 2O 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm..,,,,., 2O 100 Merchant, lim ......... 26 10 Metropolitan, 1int................ all 00 Midland, 1im...... ............. 20 5 National of Australia - 4 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 10 Do . 42 50 National.. 3O 20 New South Wales . all 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint lO 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do new, all 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 100 Do issued at 6pm le 25 Union of Australia all 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London IS 19 32 34 10 11 101 i SG 37 1 1 21 11 pr 113 38 38 4 5 15 16 21 z 121 19 22 6 3 31 31 76 150 7 6 20 27 5 41 6 8 11 2 p 11; 2JI 211 221 49} bOl 494 311 :321 8 9 13 11 671 .551 SLR 61 64 71 7i 2 11 I 3d ip ... ... 41 41 43 IL 42 42i 3 6; 61 OU V 2 11 1 8 8 46 48 451 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-2Ais Day. -0-- BOW-STREET. TILE DOG NUISANCE.—Mr. Thomas, japanner, residing next door to the police-station in Bow-street, waited upon Mr. Vaughan to complain of the horrible annoyance caused to himself and family by the howling, whining, and bark ing of dogs all night long, and every night, in the sta tion yard. Superintendent Thompson, at the request of the magi& trate, attended to hear the complaint. Mr. Thomas said the nuisance had become beyond al endurance. Stray doge, it was well known, were now de legated to the care of the police, and these animals, were brought in night after night, at all hours, and were the most disorderly of all the prisoners under their charge. Be had entreated and remonstrated but to no purpose, and unless the Court could realise the sufferings of a whole family deprived of their rest after the day's toil it would be hope less to convey any notion of the real extent of the nuis ance. Superintendent Thompson admitted that the dogs were a sad nuisance. They used to be sent to the George street Station, and as many as 20 at a time would be con fined in the cells there till the place became " a perfect pandemonium." The neighbours complained, very natu rally, but the question arose what were they to do with them? They were bound to keep them three days some where, and the dogs' depot being at Holloway, was in accessible. Mr. Vaughan suggested that the King-street Station being surrounded by stables, .&c., might be a better place, for them, and requested the Superintendent to represent the fact to the Commissioner of Police, in order that some more suitable place might be found for them. A farciful person in court suggested that they might be left in a barge attached to the Thames-police boat, and moored into the middle of the river. The applicant trusted that something would be done at once. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. A CABMAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING A CONSTABLE. —James Wells, a cab. driver, badge 3,557, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Police-constable Weedon 150 C. The constable said about one o'clock this morning he was on duty by the Regent-circus, and saw the prisoner loitering about with a Hansom cab, and on asking him for the number of his badge he made use of a disgusting ex pression, and whipped his horse and went off as fast as he could. He ran after the prisoner, and on coming up with him, took hold of his reins, when he flogged him with his whip, and struck the horse over the head so as to mako it back against the railings. A sergeant then came up and he took the prisoner to the station. In answer to Mr. Knox, the constable said the prisoner was not in liquor. The prisoner said that he never used the expression, was not in the habit of using bad language, and that he neither struck the constable nor his horse. Mr. Knox said he did not believe the prisoner, and fined him 408. or a month. The prisoner hoped the magistrate would do something , for his wife and family, as he had left them without a half penny. TELEGRAPH COM PAN IL. 10 AZIM-AlTtericaTTCl,llrul all 201 201 204 k 10 Anglo Mcditer Te1.,1im.... 10 1 0 4 17 St Atlantic Telegraph lO 17 18 st Do. S per cent. St B. and 1. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 163 168 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 25: 257 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO ld pr 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lim all 34 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 4 1p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 61 74 74 25 Reuters Telegram all 78 7S 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all 16: 17 161 4 i i Fit Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all ll 2 1 15-16 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., bra all y 74 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 4; 5p 9} MISCELLANEOUS. - - lU Auilo-Mexican Mint all 15 154 141 161 16 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Laud and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 3 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lira all 141 15 10 Do. New all 111 15 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lint. 5 Do. New 4 11 id 50 British American Land 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, him an 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l ... . 2.) Canada Company all 63 id 10 Canadian Loau and Invest ment, lim 2l .. ... 20 Ceylon Company, lint. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 6 __ ..... 25 City of Loudon Real Pro perty, lim 9 51 415 30 City of Milan Improv. lint, all 6 - 4 ., 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all . 50 City Offices, him 25 23 22 a 50 Colonial, lint. Do. .. 50 Commercial Union (Assai) 6 p r t . p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 24 25 21/ 25 Copper Miners of England, 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London 13onds, 1877, 4t per cent. all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1870, 41 per cent. all 1044 1054 100 Do. 1682, 4 per cent. all 103 104 10 Credit Fon. of England, litre. all 21 2i 50 Credit Fou.of 'Mauritius lint lO 31 21d st Crystal Palace lOO 20 22 st Do. Preference lOO 32 97 st Do. 6p. c Peipetual Deb lO'J 105 110 20 Darjeeling, lim. 10 Eastern Assam, lint 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, 20 Fait India Irriga. & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lhn. 100 Egyptian 0 per cent. V'roy by Egypt. Gov all 27 98 974 20 Egyptian Coin. it Trail. lint s 3 Lug. S Austral. Copper, inn 24 i 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 4 34d 100 Lug. and Seot. IJariue, Ern 8 It) Fair/mini Engineering 5 3 2/1 20 Fore-street Warehouse,lhu l2 1 2 p 100 For. 4; Col. Cloy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at Xlis all 90 91 50 Gellivara, lim 10 General Credit & Dis., liin 71 11 ld 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 80 Home &Col. Marine In. lim 5 21 2,1 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 12 13 124 /13 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 20 Interna.Financial Soc. lint 5 2 17 3 20 Intorua. Land Credit, lint, 6 6 it 50 Italian Land 5 ld 2O Italian Irri. (Ca na l C avour) all 3 31 p 3 4 4 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90.,,,,,,,,,,E all 67 69 67 9 8 60 Land Securities, 21 lid 25 London African Trading lO 7 4 d , 25 Lou. & Caled. M ar i ne, line 6 ... 10 London County Land and Building, Jim..,,,,,,, 4 ••• •••d 60 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 22 21 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Colim. all 2 21 21 60 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 id pr at Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. sp.c. by India Gov. 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 60 Merchant Shipping, Jim— all 32 37 60 Millwall Iron Works, line l2l ••• 10 Natal Laud and Colonisa tion Co., lim. 25 National Discount Co., lim 5 14/ 1 1 4 25 National Prey. Marine, lim. 4 ••• • • 10 National Steam Ship, Jim all 94 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 34 3 d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim. 3 14 1 1 ,1 5 New Quebrada, lint.... ..,4.8.0 .41 4 1 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer • cantile Agency,lina ........ 94 4 IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, Jim........,. lint. 5 / 1 1 10 Northern Assam Tea, 5 7 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 48 03 60 North Brit. & Dlercten. In 64 l 9 191 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 14 18 1 1 50 Oriental Financial, lien ll ••• tt• 5 Oriental Gas, lim 5 Do. New . .................. 1 1 P 10 Otago and Southland In• vestment, 1int,.,,,,,,,,, 15 ill 5 Ottoman Gas, Jim 10 Panama, Now Zealand, and Australian It. Mail lim 5 Do. do. et Peel R. Land & Miner', li m 100 31 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 648 471 61 6 6 60 Do. Now 1867 l9 2d 71 60 Rhymney Iron i Do. New ........ all 61 7 2 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,line. all 18 l9 171 Do. Gas, lim all 21, 24/ 100 Royal Mail Steam Co 43 6 45 Scottish Aust. Invest., Jim lOO 78 33 Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref lOO Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO 7 6d Societe Gen.de J'Empire Ot 8 21 34 50 S. African Mort. &Inv., lim 6 25 South Australian Land ,riumn .. e 33 all 29 2 :4 1 2 2 12 0 0 : T T hr (Insurance), an TelegraphdeeoasdanpCdeM Petroleum, 0186 r. lint u M e m y a 51 , i D I dmo a r3l 10 Trust &Agency a u. A . u c s a ” n li a m d . 3 5 1 1p 20 Trust & Loan Co., t IP 50 Union Marine L'poo l, 41M 5 b p 20 Union Steam Ship, line all 22 24 li a 2 sine 6 9 11 4 2 44 7 :4P 84 10 Upper Assam Tea, per 13210:05 Vau UUV a evt n erDeo4 t r . iyseD ( am3liolliMocProa'tEusgr Lend Cp e n( )°: jaLP47o7al lint . • 50 Warrant Finance, line. c ..• ••• 2 6 0 0 wWwce Steam, s s at t Lreoh l nuoi India Warehouses and y e P sa and 1f l c 2100 5 3 t,'OLONLa.L GOVICRNMS:NT SXCU 1 ITIIOS D ocUe. 0110"1:118807:5:.:1:::"S Aug ePt lO Olll 1 ------ — O . -- 2 104 British Columbia, 6 per —..— Can.Gov.6 p.0.Jan. , 2; July 1877-84 100 104 4 UN Nal pP: o. 0 Jan. idar. St J uly lOO 1 9 0 2 2 4 1 04 34 —: E ij i ) ... 5 5 p. o. Inscribed ek 100 90 92 Cape G.llope, 6 p. 0.1873 100 102 101 ••• Do.AplatOOt 18904900 100 111 113 1)0. do 1810-90 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 lOO 108 1141 Do. 5 per cent. lb April and 16 Oct., 190 C lOO 98 100 Ceylon, Nov 1878,6 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO los 10, Mauritius, 6p. 0, 187 1 , Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. ..... . Do. 1882, May an . i lic‘ Do. 1845, Feb. & Aug lO 106 108 Melbourne Corporate., 1867-75, 0 per cent lOO 100 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.o.JA.tJuly lOO 103 104 Natal 6 p ct, Apt& Oct OO _ - 1104 Do 6p c. May & No v I CO lcC 105 N. S. W. 5 p.c., '!1 to 76 lOO 99 lel Do. 5 p.o. 1881 to 1806... 100 to 100 991 i Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 N.Zealand, 6p, ct. 1891 lBO _ _ Do. 5 per cent. .. - DoJan, Aprl, July, Oct lOO P 1 02 92411 Do 6p c. filar ,9 Sept '9l 100 10 8 110 Do June .it Dec, 160 1 •• • • 100 109 ill - iDo Prov. of Auckld. 1 180 , ........—... Q t uaDe k n0 c ed r n i j5i e 8:1 3 :1 1 3 : ,961 2 78 , r.7 1 .5. 8 .C 9 : 5 , .. 8 . 2 .... b. 1:0000 111000074 1:000783 - Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jan Do 1886.. ... . -- Do 1891 ...,... . lOO It 7 ICB Tasmanian 6 par e.. 1895 .. 106 107 Victoria C rer cent: 1891.. 100 015 116 Do. April and 00 /...... 304 L ll2 113 1114 THAMES. KNOCKING A EYE OUT.—A boy, aged only sigh years, who gave the name of Henry Buggelue, was brought up on remand from a workhouse, where he had been under detention for a week, charged with " knocking a girl's eye out.'' The charge was so stated by a police constable. The prisoner, a more child in appearance, and other boys were engaged in the dangerous and stupid practice of stone throwing in New-street, at the back of the Loudon Hos pital, when a stone thrown by tho prisoner strucl. a girl, named dune Logsden, on the eye, and she fell and was stunned. Her eyo was frightfully cut, and her father said the sight of it W a s gone. He did not consider it of any use to prosecute so young a boy as the prisoner. Older boys ought to be prosecuti d for throwing stones. It was a most dangerous practice and ought to be put down. Mr. Benson quite agreed with Mr. Logsdon. He wa; surprised that people did not seize boys throwing stones and bring them before the magistrates at the police courts. He would punish them severely if cases were made out. lie quite agreed with the father of the child, that it wok, useless to prosecute the boy. He gave him a severe lec ture and discharged him. LIFEBOAT SERVICES. BIDEFORD, Thursday. A. Gosset, Esq., the collector of Customs, and hon. secretary of the Bideford Branch of the Na tional Lifeboat Institution, states that the ship Avonmore, of Bristol, 1,158 tons, W. R. Corfield, master, bound from Cardiff for Monte Video, with coals, was driven ashore on the 13th inst. at Morwenstow, six miles north of Bade. Fifteen of the crew were saved by means of the rocket apparatus from Bude, under the direction of Mr. IV. Simpson, the chief officer of Coast Guard, but seven men were unfortunately washed overboard after the vessel struck. Captain Cor field reports that he was about 30 miles W. of Seilly,when the hurricane burst quite suddenly on him on Saturday evening. lie states that it was the most severe one he ever experienced. The ship being very much disabled through loss of sails and spars, was bearing up for the British Channel, when she was driven ashore at Morwen stow, at about noon on Monday. She was a splen did vessel. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Sept. 16. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account:— DEBTOR. Sept. 9. Sept. IG. fr. o. fr. c Capital of tho Bank.... 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857 ) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105 750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro- PertY 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation . Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 4 3,357,033 33 44,175,693 29 Treasury account cur- rent creditor 195,033,816 14 192,447,935 09 Current accounts, Paris 317,451,093 88 325,809,722 18 Do. branch banks 44,925,701 44,483,344 Dividends payable....,. 1,530,661 1,447,657 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months 991,660 88 991,660 38 Surplus of receipts not distributed - Sundries Total CREDITOR. Sept. 9. Sept. lb. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis- counted, not yet due 296,061,643 25 293,489,107 76 Do. branch banks 244,769,387 255,876,799 Advances on deposit of bullion 17,661,600 17,478,900 Do. branch banks 7,231,100 —7,174,20 - - Do. on French Public Securities 17,605,300 17,658,600 Do. by branch banks 7,260,350 7,309,830 Do. on railway shares and debentures 38,617, . 100 39037700 -- Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches 1,110,200 1,154,400 Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re- serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Routes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 1C0,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed propezty branches 9,135,000 9,136,016 Expenses of manage ment 1,158,401 05 11,208,307 85 Sundries Total Certified by the Senator . -Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) RoULAND. MARKE7S-2MS D.4Y. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Sopt. 17.—Sa1os probably 8,000 bales. Tbe market SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The oratorio per formances of this society will recommence at Exeter Hall as usual about the last week in November. Sir Michael Costa, who is now in Italy in perfect health, will leave for England to resume his professional labours early in the ensuing month, taking Statgardt and Berlin, where his oratorios are to bo performed under his direction, on his route homowa:ds. The Spiteful (paddle-wheel steamer), Com mander Morrell, having discharged her powder yesterday, WEIS placed alongside the dockyard jetty at Portsmouth. To-day she will be inspected by Vice-Admiral Sir J. Hope, K.C.8., and afterwards dismantled. She is to be paid off on tho 23rd inst. Tn.E SHAL'E LIST. oItDINAILY 811.Aitina AND STOCKS. ihare Itallways. Paid. Clueing Business Price. dens. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 at Caledonian ... 100 521 83 8.42 et Cambrian 20 Cornwall all 21 3 at Dublin & Belfast June lOO 74 76 at Dun„Pertli, & Ab. June lOO 70 72 2J East Loudon all 7 8 tO lie, 15 21 Do 10 at Glasgow S. S. IVestern.. 10u 104 106 1C•5 4 1 at Great Eastern ..: :00 31$ 37 34 at Do. E.'Angl. No. 3 lOO ... ... at Groat North of Scotland lOO 16 16 at Great Northern lOO 102 103 103 1 et Do. A 5t00k.... lOO 00 100 1191 1 at Do. B stook lOO .. ... at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 14 s 6 at Gt. Western —Original lOO 531 51 131 st Do. South Wales lOO 00 08 at Do. W. Mid.—Oxford llO 31 23 st Do. Newport lOO 3 ) 32 at Lancashire& Yorkshire lOO 1 . 243 .25 1241 4 st Lou., lirigh. o ,ll. S.Coast leo 4* 45 ~. 00 Do Setip - at Lou., Chat., and Dover lOO 16 17 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 10 12 at Lon. & North Western lOO 116 1161 1161 at Lon. do South Western lOO 69 1/0 Man., Shot, & Lincoln lOO s':l 531 Lai 4 at Metropolitan ..., et Do Extension 5 Do. New rd all - - st Metropolitan District. all 31 3 3 10 Metrop. St. John's oo 1 6 - - at Miutand at Do, Birmin. & Diaby at North British ... lOO 15 46 at Do. 11;(1., Pth., & Dun lOl - - at Nor.Eastern-Bervnuk lOO 111 116 25 Do. Cr. N.E purchase-16.13 , i - - at Do Leeds ....... ....... 100 73 74 st Do York lOO 110 111 1091 at Do Carlisle .... - - st Do Stoce. &•Darling lOO 144 146 st North London 10 Du New 1808 at North Staffordshire . . 100 56 57 at Northanii Jnnotion 100 101 103 10 Do New .610 shares 7 at Rl , :yinney st Shropshire Union lOO 183 513 at South Devon' at South Eastern lOO 76 761 751 at Staines, Wok'hanioX Wuk tall 12 13 st Tail Vale lot, 153 156 -- Do. C - Waterford & liilkcnny lOO - - 10 Waterloo & Whitehall 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., 4) per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary l OO 78 82 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ~, 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ~, at! Dundee, rerth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO „. ~„ at Glas. & S.W. gus.. 5 per et lOO ~, at tit. Eastern, E.G Ex. No.l 100 97 100 at Do do N 0.2 100 96 99 at Do do 6 psi' cent 100 107 HO st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 ~, at Do do B 6 do. 100 ~, at Do do C 7 du. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 68 72 at Do Norfolk 5 p.e.Ex.1.846 100 ~, „.. • at Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lBl7 100 ~, at Great Nu' Meru, 5 per cent 100 ~, at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ~, Do 41 du do du 100 ..• ••• a t D o 5 do at ti p. c. pm. 100 „. at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ••• •.. st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf lot./ a t Great South. and Western ••• (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 97 99 at' t.West.—Orig.S:Jut.-lteut chg., per ' -ua. 5 p.c lOO 101 106 1 0 51 at Du. Orig. (B. s: IL Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 • st Do du 41 per cent. 1850 lOO 87 89 at Do do 4 do do at n o do 5 per cent. retlem 100 04 96 at Do do Birmingham gua IOU 66 70 at Do do du prof 100 at Do du Chester gua lOO 85 9 J st Do do du 8 per cent lOO st Do do do 5 do 100 95 . 1 . 4 4 0 at Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 4 4 p.c ••• *** at Do do 4 4 1859 l OO ..• at Do do 5 st Du West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 11 . 112 at Do du 2d gua. 100 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.e. 100 00 12 at Do do 2 d du 10 0 07 l oo st Du gua. 51 per cent. ISGi 100 00 Lancaster A: Carlisle 41 p.c. al l at Laucash. Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 CO . at Du Barnsley, .65 is 100 p.c. 100 d ot Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 140 n 5 at 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 a ti London & Brighton, 5 p.O. V 6 10 0 . guaranteed, No 1 lOO at! Du 5 per cent. gua. Nu. 2. 100 st Do 6 do do lOO at Du 5 do No. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 do (W.E. C.P.) 100 st Da 4 do 1859 - lOU at London, Chatham, it Dover 5 per cent lOO at) Loudon and /1.W., C. and - Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 112 st Do Bedford &Cambridge- lOO et Du Shrewsliy &We 10, at Loudon and 6 W. 7 p,e late Id shares, - 100 140 150 • Do (Portant. peril aus 2stid) s Mau., Shef., &Linelu. 6 p.c lOO Du a Do 31 per ecut lOO 60 65 1 Do redeem. 6 percent. 5 at Mid. Consolidated., t; p. c luu 130 he • Du Bristol& Birni., 6p. C lOO 1.12 13 t a Do 41 per cent. redeem lO6 Vt. 101 a Do 41 per cent. irredeein IOU in 101 a Do LeleCatCr & &elm, I P.C. 100 80 1 4 1 st North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO st Do E. &U.4p.c. S. & I) lOO ••• st Du N. 8., No. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, 5, , p.c lOO • at N.-Eastern—Cons. 41.° lOO S 7 at Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 97 99 at Do G N.E. 4 per ceut., lOO ..• 17 Do Lerwick capital Do York,ll.& S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stektn &Driing. A 5 p.c lOO 107 100 at Do W, Hartlepool 11. and It 100 87 so 20 North Staffordshire lOs S. Devon Annuities, lea.., all 9 10 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 pi lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81 1 0.6. S. heat. (Read. Anne., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO ... at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... at Taff Vale Nu. 1 lOO 150 155 st Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 43 45 at (11/.odunian 41 p c gua. at 1)0 Scot.Cen. min. 7 p c lOO ... at Do 45 p irredeem all at Do 4.p c con., issued at 80 65 ... at Great Lastern 45 per cent. 100 77 80 at Do 5 du, 1862 lOO 86 88 at Do New 5 do, 186 J lOO 81 88 864 at Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 84 SG at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston & Sleald, 41 pc lOU at Great West., W. Slid!., 5p c lOU at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 92 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 1011 108 20 Do Vale Neath peril. 5p c all It) 20 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO „. 1,5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1p at LOnd., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 45 do, 1861 100 at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ... at Do No. 7 5 do st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do Cti p.c at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 110 112 st London &S. Western, 41 p e 100 23 95 10 Mau. Shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 81 81 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 107 100 at Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 211 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 19 1911 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 21p at North British, E. and U No. 1, 5 per cent lOO ... itt, Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P., & Dun., Id, 4pc 100 at Do E. &G , No. 2, 5 p.c lOO st Do N. 8.. b per cent, 1862 100 et Do K & 0., No. 3, 5 p.c lOO ~„ at Do E. & 0., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 99 st Do Stock. & Darl., 100 112 114 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 4 1 pc, 1859 100 • st Do 5 do 1861 100 •.. at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 • at Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St.&Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenficad 1 0 .5 91 u%; 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 98 100 et Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 56 et Do. 5,1 per cent. et Do. 5 do. ..., lOO itc na at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ~,, ... st Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 132 131 20 Gloster and Dean Forest., all ... ... a Gt. Easki., Newm., &e., 5 p.c 100 ... ... B Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ... at Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 ~, „„ st Gt. West, W. Mid., fferef 100 96 93 60 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 216 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 at Do. 41 per cent lOO ... ... st London, Chat., &c. 4! p. c lOO ... ..„ at Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 ... ... at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference,, lOO ... ... at London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 85 at Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 79 81 at Do. do. 6 do. ~ 100 ... 5l Manch., Buxton, & M „.. atlk all ••• ... at Midland, Bradford, Prof.., 1 00 92 91 10 Slid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East., 5 per cent all 53 56 6U Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern—Hartlepool ... at N.West. A perp. prof, 3p c lOO 107 109 st Du B minimum 4 p.c lOO . . at Nutting. & Granth. B.& C lOO 25 Preston and Wyre.. .., Royston, Hitch. ' and Shep lOO 132 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 132 134 10 Do do 8 2 gyp t S. Yorksh. and River D un 1 00 97 99p t D o 4 per cent gull loi 78 80 et Do 6 du 93 100 at Viet. Station and Pimlico lee st West Cornwall 100 all 67 58 20 West Loudon, Class A....,, 13 14 20 Do do B all ••• ... 20 Do do C all at Weymouth and Portland._ too ... ... s t Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and WeE;Llndia lOO 118 121 London and St. Katherine lOO 13 60 100 1) oDob. stock, 4 per cent., all blillwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 27 32 st Southampton lOO 08 70 at Surrey coinuaoreial SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC jOURITALI3. The Times observes that the Revivers of British Indus •try, as it appears the Neo-Protectionists style themselves assert that Free Trade is answerable for the reduction of one in every twenty in the population to pauperism, and they declare that the present want of work is the result of the same "gigantic mistake." Mr. Ashworth meets the first charge by showing that for several years prior to the adoption of a Free Trade policy one man in every eleven was a pauper. In answer to the second he adduces figures which prove that in the last twenty-one years the quantity of cotton consumed in Lancashire has been doubled, and that our export trade altogether has doubled in the last fourteen years. The result has necessarily been an enor mous increase in the demand for workmen, and a vast general impetus to industry. We do not believe Free Trade a delusion, notwithstanding all that the Revivers of British industry have to say against it. The country at large ought to have benefited by it, and it has benefitted. It is possible to argue that tho fact of the acceptance of the principle of Free Trade and the immense development of British industry aro not cause and effect, but independent effects of some unknown cause. But their injunction is fatal, at all events, to the view that Free Trade is incom patible with a prosperous condition of industry, and the co-existence of two such facts would generally be con sidered to warrant, further, a belief that there is a certain necessary connexion between them. Nevertheless, cases are conceivable in which there may be good reason for charging Free Trade with having proved injurious to some particular class or interest at some given time. Coventry can hardly be said to have come scatheless out of the change from a system of Protection. In other cases, there may bo plausible, though not really substantial grounds for accusing Freo Trade. The whole manufao- turing interest, workmen as well as masters, would, doubt less, suffer from the restoration of a system of thorough Protection, and it profits from a system of thorough Free Trade. But by picking out a fragment of Free Trade hero and rejecting one there, one or both sections of the manufacturing class might call up before its imagination a phase of Protection which would seem very conducive to its own personal comfort and profit. To be allowed to buy bread in the cheapest market, and yet have no French, or Belgian, or Prussian competitor underbidding them when they raised the price a their cotton or iron goods in their own home markets, would be pleasant to the feelingP of most manufacturers. This relief of their own special industries from foreign competition is probably ajj that is understood when a cry is raised, as now, tor Pro tection. The Standard says that whether trades unions are good or bad institutions on the whole is a question on which very divergent opinions may be held. '„` Whether the good which they may be capable of achieving can out. weigh the evil which they certainly may bring about when they grow tyrannical, as at Sheffield, is a question which cannot yet be regarded, at all events, as proved conclu- sively in the affirmative. But the British Legislature has always been deeply reluctant to circumscribe individual liberty in any way, and trade unions are still permitted to form themselves and beguile their members only too frequently into courses of action by which they are bitterly the losers. Apart from the objects of mutual assurance, which could be ful filled equally well by societies which were indifferently composed of workmen belonging to all trades, the assis tance which societies may sometimes render to small bodies of men over whom particular capitalists, taking ad vantage of local circumstances, may attempt to tyrannise may be healthily exerted for the protection of the weak It does not follow by any means that a society must always be in the wrong because it supports a strike. Masters have no monopoly of wisdom or justice, and may sometimes try on their part, to overthrow the balance of supply and demand in their own favour. In such cases a trades union may be doing good service . in supporting men, who, if left unaided, might be compelled by poverty to submit to wrong: Such support might bring an unjust and overgrasping master to his senses and restore the balance of the labour market at a smaller cost in suffering than it would be ultimately re-established in any case by the operation of the laissez-faire principle. Mit the power of trades unior never ought to bo exerted except in cases of this nature and when it is exerted not only to force masters int( granting certain terms, but for the further and wholly different purpose of forcing men to refuse them, the leader* who thus misuse their functions are guilty of an act which is detrimental to the true interests of all classes concerned ; hostile to the welfare of society at large, and which, ie closely examined, will be found to differ in degree only, and not in kind, from such outrages as those which were revealed at Sheffield. The Daily News quotes Mr. Helps, saying that " tbt careless cruelty in the world almost outweighs the rest r and the truth of the remark will be obvious to anyone familiar with the habits of the lower classes. It would seem as if they took delight in the misery or destruction of the inferior animals—as if pity for bird or insect were looked upon as maudlin and effeminate sentimentality The humane man dis - glisted 'with sights of cruelty in the streets of the City and in country lanes will naturally remon• strate with the aggressors, but the look of blank stupidity or the shout of insensate laughter with which his remon• strance is received shows him but too plainly the hopelessness of interference. Humanity is assuredly not inherent in the race; gentleness and sympathy are virtues to be gained only by special training, but the want of this training in England, although chiefly con spicuous among the uneducated and ill-educated, is not confined to them. While pigeon matches are so cruelly conducted as at present ; while men of rank and education can join in the wholesale slaughter of game and call it sport ; while the epicure can allow of the slow torture of animals in order to please his palate with an expensive rarity; while men can be found who for mere pecuniary considerations will subject domestic fowls and domestic animals to protracted torment, it is idle to say that inhu manity is confined only to a section of the community What, then, is the remedy for an evil so prevalent I Men are often restrained from cruelty by the fear of punishment, and the Society for tht Prevention of Cruelty to Animals deserves a far larger share of public support than it has hitherto received. But although a cruel nature may be in some measure restrained by the dread of exposure, it is obvious that neither punishment nor the fear of it will eradicate the taint. What is moat needed is a better state of feeling, and this can only to produced by special education. If "pity for the meanest thing that breathes" be not a natural sentiment, it can certainly be taught, and we think that Miss Burdett Coutts has done great good ser vice by suggesting in the columns of a contemporary that there should be "systematic education for the humane treatment of animals." In this inculcation of humanity some of the best English poets hold a distinguished place and there are passages in the works of Shakspere, o r Cowper, Wordsworth, and others, which might be taught with advantage in all our public schools. The Telegraph thinks that the shore-loving cynic who said that a ship was " a floating prison with a chance of being drowned," ought to have lived in these days of petroleum, paraffin, nitro-glycerine, and other diabolical compounds, which would have added a new horror to his definition of the perils of landsmen afloat. Ho should have read the account given by a passenger of the voyage made by the steam-vessel Lady Wodehouse, on Saturday last, from London to Portsmouth: In the interest of a public resigned to drown at sea when Heavens so wills, but decidely reluctant to be burned alive there, we should like to know who shipped these diabolical goods, and whether the conductors of the vessel were aware of their character. The fact that the casks and boxes were placed upon the deck, instead of being stowed below with the rest of the freight, might make tts suppose that the authorities of tho Lady Wodehouse did know what the tubs and boxes contained. ' If that be so, they lie open to the very gravest censure ; and the incident will help to shew that, for the sake of freightage, steam companies do not hesitate to carry the most dangerous commodities. If the combustibles were shipped without proper information, the owners of the vessel are bound to proceed against the merchants who, by such -an infraction of the law, nearly consigned a number of their fellow-creatures to a ghastly and cruel death. The fault must be fixed in one of these two quarters ; for one party or the other is guilty of exposing the passengers and crow to frightful peril, and it must be discovered where the blame lies. The law is already sufficiently clear and strong against those who put inflammable or explosive material on board a vessel without describing the consignment. It is certain, however, that other regulations are systematically disre garded, and that either the law itself or the practice of shipowners, affords room for the gravest criticism. The case which we have cited is but one out of many, and the whole dread subject imperatively challenges the attention both of Parliament and the country. It is not very long remarks the Post sinco Westminster Abbey opened to receive all that was mortal of one of the most illustrious statesmen of our time ; and it is a singular coincidence that the next claimant for its honours, in virtue of qualities which birth can assist but cannot confer, is the wife whose love sustained her husband's ambition with the devotion woman can alone supply. They were both octogenarians when death severed them , but there was no decay in their affections, and no failing either in the ambition of the husband —though it was not an ambition after the common stamp—or in the desire of the wife that it should be crowned. In all the varied his tories of this land of ours there are few pictures more affecting than thatvd - The venerable lady who, night after night, watched for the return of her husband from those politi cal contests, in which ho 1.1 to encounter the intellectual virility of men much younger than himself, but in which ho almost always came off victorious. Hope must many a time have sat anxiously in her heart. Wo can imagine few things more touching. They now meet again in the repose of death. But whenever Lord Palmerston is men tioned as ono of the English, worthies of this century, it will not bo forgotten how much ho owed to the love and to the abilities of a wife in whom, as the personal beauty of youth kded, the more lasting vigour of thq mind took its place. SPORTING INTELLIGNNOIC-Thhi DIY DONCASTER RACES—Tans DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) WESTMORLAND STAKES. Fichu ! Roxana. DONCASTER STAKES, Pero Gomez ... 1 Pretender 2 Typhon Six ran. N URSERY PLATE. Camel.. Newsman Enfield Eighteen ran. ciry BETTING.—Tuts DAY. CESAREWITCH. 12 to 1 agst Tramp (taken) 13 to 1 ngst Seo Saw (taken) 14 to 1 agst Ch6rie (taken) 25 to 1 agst Royal Head (taken) 25 to 1 agst John Davis (taken) 40 to I agst Our Mary Ann (taken) 40 to 1 agst Vallation g (taken) &0 to 1 agst Starter (taken and offered) 100 to 1 agst Paul Jones (offered) 100 to 1 agst Storm King (offered) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 20 to 1 agst Royal Head (taken) 20 to 1 agst Cocoa Nut (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Royal Rake (takon) 40 to 1 agst Rod Rice (taken) 40 to 1 agst Juanita (taken) 40 to 1 agst Bosworth (taken) DONCASTER RLCES—YETrzaDAT. ZETLAND STAKES. Do Yore. w.o BADMINTON HANDICAP. Argyle Vagabond Dryad 3 Eight ran. The winner objected to on the ground of foul riding, and Vagabond gets the stakes. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOPS. Stanley 1 Torreador... Gertrude Seven ran. :JUVENILE SELLING STAKES. Zerlin a Zaccheus Duchess of Devonshire 111ATCH. President Lincoln Lictor PORTLAND PLATE. Argyle -- Minnie Warren Lady Zetland Nineteen ran. SCARBOROUGH STAKES. Rupert Goad Hope. Dryad EGLINTON STAKES. Camel Agility W hite Slave Five ran. LATEST BETTING. CESAItEWITCII. 9to 1 agst Tramp (taken) 100 to 7 agst See Saw (taken) 26 to 1 agst Royal Head ( taken) RACING .E IXTURES. SEPT. Hampton 21, 22 Richmond _2l, 22 Lichfield Western (Ayr) 22, 2E :MBE& Hendon Monmouth... 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, &o. Lanark... 29 3C , BER. Kelso 19 20 Uheltonhatu l9, 1 0 Curragli l9, 20, 4 West Drayton 21 Newmarket H'ton ...25, &a. OCT , Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0et...11, Arc. Chelmsford lO 20 NOV Harrow ...2, 3 Worcester 3, 4 St. Albans 5, 3 :MBER. Egliuton Ilunt 6 / Liverpool 9, 10, 11 Shrewsbury l3, 16 THE AUTUMN HANDICAPS. A C OEP TANCES FOR S TA Age st lb The Palmer ... 7 5 9 3 See Saw ... 4 8 13 Cecil ... 4 8 9 Rosicruoia 11 4 8 9 Kidderminster ... 5 8 9 Cock of the Walk... 4 8 8 Taraban 5 8 7 Paul Jones ... 4 8 4 Cap-a-pie ... 4 8 4 Goodwood... ... 5 8 4 Duke of Beaufort... 3 8 0 Fair Wind ... 5 7 11 Gondolier 4 7 11 Sycee ... 5 7 9 Robespierre 3 7 9 Starter ... 3 7 8 Morns ... 3 7 8 Nancy 6 7 8 The Laird 4 7 8 Siderolite ... 3 7 7 Clemence 4 7 7 Legislator 4 7 7 Marquis of Carabas 4 7 6 The Special a 7 6 Etoile Filante ... 6 7 2 Birthday ... 3 7 0 Myosotis 3 6 12 John Davis ... a 6 12 Adrastia 3 6 12 Robin Rover ... 3 6 10 Tasman ... 3 610. ACCEPTANCES FOR ST. Age st lb Knight of Garter... 5 10 7 Vespasian ... 6 10 6 Blue Gown ... 4 9 12 Friponnier ... 5 9 9 See Saw ... ... 4 9 7 The Palmer ... 5 9 6 Laneret ... ... 6 9 5 Rosicrucian 4 9 2 Sienna ... 5 9 0 King Alfred ... 4 9 0 Saladin a 8 12 Plaudit ... ... 5 812 Cecil ... 8 10 Xi 6 8 10 Charnwood ... 4 8 8 Typhoaus 4 8 8 Nelusko ...4 8 6 Duke of Beaufort... 3 8 5 Goodwood... ...4 8 4 Cornet ...4 8 4 Osbaldeston ... 3 8 4 Van Amburgh 5 8 3 Morna 3 8 3 Taraban 5 8 3 St Ronan ... 4 8 0 Vagabond 3 8 0 Viscount ... 4 8 0 Bel Giorno 4 8 0 Historian ... a 8 0 Perry Down ... 3 713 Lady Zetland 4 7 12 Cardinal York ... 3 712 Starter ... ... 3 711 Clemence ... 4 7 11 Robespierre ... 3 7 10 Ladas 710 Islam ... 3 7 9 Dualsak 3 7 9 Epworth ...4 7 9 Heather Bell ... 3 7 8 La Maladetta f 3 7 8 John Leech 4 7 8 Stork 3 7 7 Fair Wind... ... 5 7 7 Nancy 6 7 6 Benbow 3 7 6 Virgule ... 4 7 6 Border Knight ... 3 7 6 Brambridge ... 3 7 4 Skipjack 5 7 4 Etoile Filante ... 6 7 4 Michael de Basco° 4 7 2 Mdlle. de Fligny f 3 7 1 Adrastia 3 7 THE CESAREWITCH KES. Age st lb Phantom ... 4 6 V Tramp ... 8 6 9 Conrude 3 6 9 Prouesse ... 4 6 8 Our Mary Ann ... 4 6 7 Vaniclika ... 3 6 7 Ladas ... 3 6 7 Lopez ... 3 .6 6 Stork ... 3 6 5 Dodona ... 3 6 5 tied Cap ... ... a 6 4 Peabody 3 6 a Provider ... ... 3 6 2 Gardener .. a 6 2 Atonement 3 6 0 Vallation g ... 4 5 13 Red Rice ... ... 3 5 12 Royal Head ... 3 5 12 Vladimir ... ... 3 5 12 Crown Princess .. 3 5 12 Storm King ... 3 5 11 Assineboine b 5 10 Miss Peddie colt ... 3 5 9 Lady Evelyn filly 3 5 9 Vacuum ... ... 3 5 8 K. Alfred's dam f... 3 5 7 Cherie ... 3 5 7 Lamlash 3 5 7 Toby ... 3 5 7 Aubade ... 3 5 7 rHE CAMBRIDGESHIR g RES. Age at lb Numa Pompilius ... 5 6 13 Prior ... 3 6 12 Phantom .. 4 6 12 Standard Bearer 3 612 Robin Rover ... 3 6 12 Toison d'Or ... 3 6 12 Chanoinesse ... 3 6 10 Miss Day rell ... 3 610 Bosworth ... 3 6 9 Lopez ... 3 6 9 Pompeii ... 3 6 9 Macduff 4 6 9 Anthee 4 6 8 Tramp 3 - 6 8 Defender ... 3 6 8 Curieuse 3 6 8 Cocoa Nut... ... 3 6 7 Far Away ... 3 6 7 Anlace ...3 6 7 Royal Rako 3 6 7 Neuchatel... 3 6 6 Chatelherault ... 3 6 6 Atonement ...3 6 Bertha 8 6 6 Peabody 3 6 6 Teeswater... ... 3 6 6 Dodona 3 6 4 Jove ... ... 3 6 4 Provider ... ... 3 6 Herennianus ... 4 6 Vestminster ... 3 6 4 Winifred ... ... 3 6 3 Royal Head 3 6 2 Vacuum ... 3 6 1 Red Rice ... 3 6 0 Vladimir ... 3 6 Wanderer ... 3 6 0 Allbrook .. 3 6 0 Vallation g 4 5 13 The Returned 4 5 12 Kaupai a 5 10 Juanita ... 3 510 Lady Evelyn f 3 5 10 Turret ... 30 Assineboine 5 5 10 King Alfred's dam f. 3 5 9 Antietam ••• 3 5 8 Lamlash 3 5 7 Di Spanker ... 3 5 Cherie 3 5 7 3 5 7 Toby • • • Aubade Grasshopper " 3 .3 5 5 77 Bank of Englaild Returns. An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the wook ending 1 ISSUE D: Notes issued ....X34,400,895 .£34,400,895 1 DANICING D . Proprietors' Capi tal .£14,553,000 Rest 3,686,012 Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts Other Deposits Seven Days and other Bills 4,949,239 17,50,245 523,344 £41,279,840 GEOlti ho Act 7th and Bth Victoria Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1869. P 411 T MENT. Governmt. Debt C11,015,l On Other Securities 8,984,W0 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion X 34,400,896 tPARTMENT. Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... C 14,339.928 Other Securities 14,801,827 Notes 11,133,;60 Gold and Silver Coin £41,279,840 iz FoltzEs, Chief Ova Lien 111: dur - ►la. 4c. , old h e re Lgero that ede d iro3o i') ere° i t to Pr e• it j kiSh ,eoie 00 reS the ,rth er' 130 *d ° , het