The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-06 00:00:00

,vr y r., ‘ „ .. to ESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 5. by Princess Beatrice out yesterday after rington and Colonel ad Mrs. Grey had the Queen and the Royal ince and Princess Teck noes at the Theatre Roy al ]LI4 [GEMS EGRAMS.) MADRAS, Jan. 2. his evening, and met MADRID, Jan. 5. ies is ill. z has been raised. HAVANA, Jan. 4. for Spain. PESTI; Jan. 6. , upon the invitation imittee, to come for• for the Chamber of Lions has commenced , Slovak, and Croa irty of Deak is in Roumanian and Ser' 3.re the strongest. party in the Diet ill ATHENS, Jan. 2. ived here confirming he Cretan volunteers , 3r Petropulaki, vib° o Syra by a Turkish sTA MAILS. MESSINA, Jan . 6. 11 Company's steame r ;traits of Messina Marseilles. clock.—The marke' k Shares 3150 , an Loan nd of month — 1 ican Loan 24 25 o. Bonds nish Threes 33 ome Debt eferred Cash ... 920 2021 970 573 f 6331 566; 491 6621 441 k 63f olf APT AIN TV ILMS' 3 court re-assernb le4 ras composed o f the lay. Tas recalled, and er ,e. Ills evidence 0/ )f the Bremensis ;20, and so enteredlli o the prisoner the dei ,he withdrawal of e l ; would have injure' .go could hare be ell )our. On one day s >loyed on the vireo' ton—worth betweeii ed. Had all the 03ts ~f e e thought the grett.ow; we been saved. P he y purchaser a t' , 'ilmshurst. Capt iiir 4 d bness that the wet for and the prone' ts. irst lieutenant of it el d and examined. i 4r A the crew of the Flov I°lll were marle d ° . on the island. P A ; .shurst to send ab oP he 19th of Auglit e them, and sil l* . ved orders to sur ge) and her cargo a t tl O e corroborative e fi ,,; to the cond itiv m on returning f tc l should be sold, ° /1 1 tbour was avail sll) ft the surveying - 0 0 0 more labour CO hi he was afraid t" with what had ace of which (*ja i l g sale of wreck :ed the prisoner 5, officer) to be the reason 1 01 , vb e e o which he rein° received o rder o om the ship w 0 4, and four mar il3 : 3 l I all the Flora's St ,Ivage was to be 1 the prisoner, witne.4os excepting the e r g on the wreck to tv 3 soon as the i d with sound oot O wreck. The 00: that the reason 110 111 amount of OW 3 the underwrite o l ess was contin ue rial was elicited. a lur o'clock till 13111 nomenclature I tit ' v o:i the London Co llegy of r as the designatioo,4l Registrar-General '0 ioners are reque ste3 j Registrar-Gener al ever in the it will be o' lje fe r—typhus, e n t e r i c ' d s.—The Medical Pv ,TIES AND CLOC -0 e work, describing I' ft 01 .1 td progress of watc - i , v 1 by Mr J. W . )30001;," •ove, and the Ca e el ee l book, w hich is proftio? e various kinds of vto# e should make a p ut tip'" its or consulting thiOf siding in any part ° fot are enabled to seles:001 their use, and have' FAY n, who holds the All, p am phlet to any' 060011 wo cannot too 00 a4pa4mer MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL t Nnt i. l, t 3 CITY, Two o'CLocK. The business to-day was not of an important character, yet the prices of yesterday were well maintained. In foreign stocks Turkish improved slightly, but other securities remain as last quoted. The only move in the railway mkrket was in Me tropolitan, which went up "I. The demand for money continues steady. Consols are 924 4 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 92i a ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 924 j ; New Thee per Cents, 924 a ; ditto Red Sea Tele graph, Aug., 1908, 204 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 2411. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, 211 10 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; litto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1021 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 20 prem. In the Foreign Market Greek Bonds have re ceded I, to 11i 12 ; and Turkish Five per Cent?. and Italian Five per Cents. are 4 higher, at 40a and 54a ex div. respectively ; New Spanish re main steady at 401 4 ex div. ; Mexican at 144 15i; and Peruvian Five per Cents. of 1865 are 76i 77 ex all. Egyptian Seven per Cent. Loan of 1868, 74 ; and Honduras Loan, 86 87 ex coupon. In the railway market Caledonians are 1 better, Great Western i f, Great Eastern 3-16, Lanca shire Metropolitan f, ditto Extension 1, Brigh ton I—all better. North British are lower. Caledonian, 771 ; Great Western, 481 9 ; Great Eastern 411 1; Great Northern, 106 7 ; ditto A, 108 1 ; Lancashire, 129 1 ; Metropolitan, 1071 4 ; ditto Extension, 1011 21 ; Midland, 114 1 ; Shef field, 47 1; Brighton, 50 1 ; North British, 331 ; North Western, 113 ; North Eastern, 99/ 1001 ; South Eastern, 791 ; Chatham and Dover, 17a 1. Great Indian Peninsular Railway Four per Cent. Debenture stock is 49, 95. American Five-Twenties are 741, 741; the Bonds of 1865 73k, 731 ; and the Ten-Forty Bonds, 711, 72. Anglo-American Telegraph shares are firm at 914 4 ; the Eight per Cent. Preference shares are 1-16 lower, at 3 41-16 3 13-16 ; and the Oriental stock is 29 31 ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are firm at 41i 424 1 and the Consoli dated Mortgage Bonds at 44 444, showing a rise of on the former. Eries are dull at 254 16, and Illinois Central stock is 4 lower, at 954 96. In Banking and Miscellaneous Shares we have no alteration to make in yesterday's prices. The sum of £24,000 in gold was taken to the Bank of England yesterday. Permission has been given by Marshal Valliant to Mr. Henry Stead of Old Bond-street, to exhibit the model of the proposed railway bridge between Calais and Dover in Paris. It is announced that the subscription list of the Seven per Cent. Loan of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company will be closed on the 11th inst. The whole of the shares lately offered to the pub lic by the Britannia Fire Association having been taken up, the directors have commenced business in conjunction with the Briton Medical and Gene ral Life Association. It is understood that application has been made to the Committee of the Stock Exchange for inser tion in the official list of the quotation for the ex coupon of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Bonds. The directors of the Birmingham Joint Stock Bank (Limited) have resolved to declare the usual dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum free of income tax, carrying the balance of the year's profits to reserve surplus fund. A general meeting of the shareholders of the Im perial Bank (Limited) is convened for the 19th inst., to receive the half -yearly report and balance sheet, and to declare a dividend. The directors of the Union Bank of Liverpool announce a dividend for the half-year of 15s. per share, or at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum. At the meeting of the Union Marine Insurance Company (Limited) of Liverpool and London, the directors will recommend the payment of a divi dend of 121 per cent. The half yearly meeting of the Fore-street Ware house Company (Limited) will be held on the 19th inst., when a dividend will be declared. Vice-Chancellor Giffard bas fixed the 10th in stant for the appointment of the official liquidator of the Utrera and Moron Railway Company (Limited). A petition for the winding up of the Hercules Insurance Company (Limited) is to be beard be fore the Master of the Rolls on the 16th inst. The Spanish Minister for the Colonies invites tenders for the laying of a submarine telegraph cable " between the islands of Cuba or Porto Rico, Canaries, and the coasts of the Peninsula, in the port of Cadiz, or its neighbourhood." A telegram has been received from Havannab, dated yesterday, which announces the arrival of General Dulce. Few samples of the new sugar crop had yet come forward, and prices were nominal. A prospectus has appeared inviting applications for bonds of the first division of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (State of Minnesota). The amount of this further issue is $6,000,000, the first issue being $3,000,000. The price of issue for each bond of $l,OOO, or £2OO sterling, is £l4O. Subscriptions are to be received from the 6th to the 9th inst. at Amsterdam and Rotterdam, and also iu London by Messrs. Robert Benson and Co. and Messrs Surgery and Pickering. A correspondent points out that the information with regard to the mission of Daoud Pasha to Paris and to " a Turkish loan of 125 million francs" is believed to be confused between the Roumelia Railway question and the loan lately concluded with the St4iete Generale at Paris. Daoud Pasha is the Turkish Minister of Public Works, and he is charged with the business of the railway ; but the loan, extending to some such amount, has already been concluded with the Societe Generale ; and the Turkish Government appear to have imposed the condition that it should not become a public loan, but should be treated as a temporary advance, se cured by Treasury Bonds, renewable at the expira tion of six months. With regard to the practice of certain firms at Vienna and elsewhere who style themselves " bankers," and send allotted shares iu the Austrian State lotteries to persons in England, it appears that the Austrian Government have no power to interfere with them, as they are not in any sense agents of the Government, or in any official connection with it. Our own Government, indeed, seems more to blame in the matter than that of Austria, since, although the attention of the Treasury has been formally called to the fact that illegal advertise ments of these lotteries are constantly inserted in English provincial newspapers, they take no steps to put a stop to them. These advertisements are headed, " Imperial Austrian Guaranteed State Loans," " A fortune for a trifle—£2sooo fo" Bona fide money spaeulation," &c., and it may be presumed that a number of dupes are found sum- render the trad e profitable. cient to BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. (DVERNMENT FUNDS.; 3 per Jent. Consols Dito for Account, 3 percent. Reduced 921 i is New 3 per Cent Now per Cent. Jan. 1b94 . . Do. per Cent. d an. 1873 .41 , 1nuies, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do,or 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Doßed Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908_ 20; Exchquer Bills, .£l,OOO, 2 per Ct - -I Dc .f5OO Di £lOO Jc .£2OO — pm B.trof England Stock, 4 per Cent 1) account Capia 4 per Cent. Bonds — let'-Colonial Cranium LNDIA.N UOVERNMENT SLCURITIEb Intl stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 2ll 10 1. Opening, for Account — A. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 ). 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 o. Certificates o. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — o. 5 per C ent., J an. 1872 . — PO. 54 per Cent. May 1879 lO9/ ).) 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 .—. D,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 — Do, Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under .Cl.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... . Do., Scrip £45 paid .. Austrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 62 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 4 per Cent., 1852 Do. do. 1858.... — Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 — Do Account 79 81 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont ) Cu'ot, 6 per Cent. — °when 6 per Cent — no. 4f per Cent......... ....... . ......... Do. 3 per Cent., . l'o. 6 per co t. 1867..... 1 o. 7 ger Cent., 1866 .. C lo ibian, 6 per Cent. Dan :ti 3 p.r Cent., 1825 Dan ihiau Pridcipalities, 7 I.er Cent 734D , 8 per Cent., 1867 — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent !!, 4 y titian, 7 per Cent .. )u Seeolld 1 3382! ••• Do. £5 ii. Bonds — Do. .£lOO Bonds • D •••• o. 1864 -- - Do. Account D^. £5,111 Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds B6i f English Scrip, 1868 Do do. £l5 pd — Government lt%ilwav Debentures Greek 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Co u p ons Do. Account -- • T.iluateinala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., all pd lb liau 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Ilaremmana Railway Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — loutevidcau 6 per Cent. .. — goorisb Imperial 5 per Cent ew Granada — Do 3 per Cent, — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) I — Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 77 61 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) ....... ,... Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 Do Account Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'; Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. S cr i p, £ 2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent . 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 . ..... ... 86 51 Do. Anglu-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds.. . Do. du. £B4 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9O 891 Do. do £B4 15s. do _ Do Nicolas Railway 66 Sar !Mimi o per Cent Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Acctaint Do. 1867 Do. Account f 3ll 1 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 Do do, Scrip 1 Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862........,..,.•,..... Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 621 3 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 6 41 3. 1 . Do Account i r Do 6 per Cent., 1860 Elf 1 Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed ........ .. ..... Venezuela 3 per Cent. .. . Do. Account —_ Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 -- - - - 93} 190} Dividends on the above payable in Lone 0 Austrian o psr Cent. Ex 10 Florins — Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2} per Cent. Ex. 12 Gun., Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Routes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 2 5f Do Account Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 45f........, Do. Account s4} T'ff• O'CLOCK. Consuls, Money 92 x d Do4Account, Feb. 4 92j. xd THE PROSECUTION OF 7HE DIRECTORS OF 0 VEREND, GURNEY, AND COMPANY (LIM1711D). THIS DAY. The further heating of the summons taken:again& the directors of this company on the application of Dr. Thom, which charged them with conspiracy to d efraud the public of £5,000,000 stetliug, was proceeded with this morning before the Lord Mayor and Alderman Gabriel, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Guildhall. The court was crowded in every part. The first witness examined was Mr. Sevine, the secretary to the Committee of the Stock Exchange, who proved to the fixing of a settling day in the shares of Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), in August, 1865. The prospectus and deed of trans fer of the old company to the new was received in the usual manner. The capital of the new com pany was set down at £5,000,000, in 100,000 shares of £5O each, £2 to be paid on allotment. Mr. Slater said he was a member of Lloyd's, and at the request of Mr. Gordon he was direct to hold himself in readiness for an appointment. He was eventually ca lied upon to act as temporary secre tary of the new company, and be attended after that in that capacity. N•o minute book was kept between the 12th and 20th of July, and no entries of any description of business transacted was made between these two dates. He distributed a bundle of prospectuses to the public, and he bad no doubt all the defendants attended at the offices of the com pany. He recollected a meeting of the directors at which be was not allowed to be present, a resolu- tion was passed, but it was entered in a book kept for special purposes. The resolution was not en tered in the ordinary minute-book. He was directed to withdraw very frequently from the board-room by the directors. He knew the seal of the company was affixed to three deeds, but he only saw that sent to the secretary of the Stock Exchange. The witness said he could not tell the number of shares held by each of the defendants. The fact ought to appear on the allotment sheet. He ceased to be secretary in January, 1866. All the shares were allotted at that time. Mr. Boyce was then regularly appointed secretary. He could tell more of the management than he (witness) could. Mr. Barkeley left England in his own yacht in July, and did not return until the following August. Mr. Barkely was down for 1,000 shares, and he paid the £l5, but he did not know whether he had paid the two £lO calls. At this point the Court adjourned for re freshment. On the re -assembling of the court the witness was further examined as to the money due from certain of the directors upon the shares they were set down as having subscribed for, amounting in value to about £250,000, and was asked whether he could find any entry in the banker's pass book of the company as to the payment of any money on those shares of the defendants. He said he believed a sum of money was so paid, but he could not find an eutry to that effect in the book referred to. He knew that some of the directors did not get the shares they set down their names for on account of the demand for them by the public. Mr. Rennie he perfectly reollected did not get his 500 shares ; he waived his right to them at the solicitation of his brother directors. Mr. Howell, the accountant, was then called, and his deposition which he made on Satur day was then read over to him. At its conclusion he was cross examined as to many of the items set down, but the witness only went I further into detail with respect to the accounts of the new com pany after the stoppage, but the effect of his cross examination was merely to strengthen the state ment he had already made. At the rising of the Court the further hearing was adjourned till Friday. 111ARKE7 S-2 HIS DA Y. MARK LANE. The attendance in the early morning was thin, even for a Wednesday, but factors Were very firm in their de mands, and English wheat sold at rates quite equal to Monday's quotations. Flour was rather more inquired for,prices. Oats were harder to buy..owiug to shorts ;fullply. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January 6.—Sales probably 12,000 bales. Market etevdy. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1869 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Businesi Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 12 121 111 i 9 Do B lO 41 54 t I 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Auglo-Egyptian, lim all 17 14 171 1 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 7 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 31) 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, ,nd China all 20 21 21 26 Chartered Mere, of India, London, and China all 29 30 291 20 City F) 11: 121 100 Colonial '2s 40 44 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and London lint 50 East London, lint 5 1y 01 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ••• 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lint lO 1d pr 20 English, , cottish, and Aus • tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ... 281 Do new 5l 4 I -100 Imperial, lint 2O 17 16 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 11 11 114 .5 lonian all 21 29 25 Do new 5 pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 3 1 3 1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all ,76 78 b 2 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 31 32 20 Do new 74 6 4 5 4 100 London &River Plato, lint 40 7 9 25 Do new 10 11 11 111 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 231 23 50 London and County 2O 60 51 504 20 Do new. iss at 20 p tn, 16 pd ll ... • - 50 Loudon Joint 5t0ck........, 1 35 36 20 London and South African al 1 . 12 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ... 50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 0 . , 67 6'l 6 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 621 63 1 62 4 100 Merchant, lim 26 7 k 10 Metropolitan, Una all ‘64 74 7 1 100 Midland, lint 2O li pr 1,1 S National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l6 3 1 d 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... "' 10 Do 60 National. 34 64 54 20 New South Wales all 42 46 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 461 42, 1 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint lO 6 54 100 Provincial of Ireland 26 91 93 10 Do new. all •.. ..• 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Akfrias., lint 25 14 12 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 48 49 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Unioa of Loudon l 5 37 38 38/ MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., am, all 211 211 214 10 Anglo-Blediter. Tel., lim 10 1 ;p 101 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 16 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 26 28 311 at Do. 8 per cent. lOO 73 76 721 8) 25 Australian Agricultural 204 15 17 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lien, 9 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim. all 131 14 10 Do. New 6 3 81 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 3 0 3 8p Bombay Gas, lim. 6 Do. New 4 II 1 5 ) British American Land 44 16 18 1 et B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lien lOO 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lien. „ a ll 21 81 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 24 21 14d 20 Ceylon Company, 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, Jim 6 41 81 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lien , 8 41 31d 30 City of Milan Improv: J im all 11 10 211 City of Moscow Gas, lien all 2 8 50 City Offices, lien 25 211 231 d 50 Colonial, lim o. (Assur) ip 50 Co D mmercit4 union 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lira. all 17 1 18 d 171 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cont. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 104 1051 100 Do. 1882, 48 per cent. all 1 031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 18 21 2 1 50 CreditFon.of Mauritius lira lO 3 2 d st Crystal Palace lOO 12 21 201 st Do. Preference lOO 98 98 at Do. 6 , p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 102 107 20 Darjeeling, lim. ••• ••• 10 Eastern Assam, 6l ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gila. by Egypt. Gov all 88 89 901 / 20 Egyptian Corm& Trad. lim 6 41 4d at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 243 10 Do. New 8 10 12p ',..19 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim; 21 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 6 4,1 100 Eng. and Scot. M arine, lim. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 11,1 20 Fore-streetWsrehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 131 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at 1:85 all 838 841 841 50 Gellivara, lim. '2o ••• ••• 10 General Credit & Dis., lim. 71 2 11 5 11-16 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 Hollis & Col Marine In. lien. 5 41 31d 10 Hong Kuno. and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 131 131 131 1 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 Indo-European Tel., lien— 10 20 Interns. Financial Soc. lien 5 20 Internee. Land Credit, lim 6 50 Italian Laud 5 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued SO all 50 Land Securities, lie 5 25 London African Trading lO 25 Lott. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 10 Loudon County Land and Building, lien. 4 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lien all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 50 Lond. Financial A.sso., lim 30 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 40 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, hill 25 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 at Madras Irriga. & Canl. 5 p. c. by India Gov. lOO 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, .. ll 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim. alt 150 Merchant Shipping, all 50 Miliwall Iron Works, lim. 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim 25 National Discount Co., lim 6 25 National Prov. Marine, Jim. 4 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 10 New Consolidated Dis. him 3 5 New Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer • eantile Agency,lim 2l 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lien 5 10 Northern Assam Tea, lira 5 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral lOO 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll 5 Oriental Gas, lim 5 Do. New 10 Otago and Southland In, 1 1 1 1 3 11-16 6 4(1 11 Ft 31 4 63 65 3f 2141 7 5:1 it al al 23 # 22& fP if 1/ 2 22 17d ld pr 105 107 Id 4 41 33 38 Sf 21d 12 121 12 4 3d 81 9 3 2d 11 ld 41 31- I iP 11 11 7 5 1 2 47 5: 19 20 141 16 191 & 71 7f I ip d fp lf 2} vestment, liiii ----- 2 4 Ottoman Gas, lim all 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian It. Mail lim all 21 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lira 100 30 32 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 49 51 49/ 50 Do. New 1867 lO id d 25 Reuter's Telegram 24 27 30p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im,,lira all 17 18 20 Do. Gas, lim all 211 241 100 Royal Mail Stearn 6O 44 46 443 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO ; 107 112 at Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref lOO ... ... 20 Societe Fin. d'E gypte, lim lO 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire OS 8 3 4 P 50 S. African Mort. cfc Inv., lim 6 "' 25 South Austr a li an L and at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 3 14 20 Telegraph Con. k Main. all 165 17 161 20 Thames and M erse y Marine (Insurance), lint 2 21 25 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim B4 ... 10 Trust (ft Agency of Aus.,lim 1 5 ip 10 Do do. do. all ... ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada i id p 5 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 4 45p 10/ 20 Union steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 11 03d SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., him all 64 6 a Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 3/ 31p 20 Universal Marine(lu.), Una. s 1 1p 65 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 24 3i 30 Van Dieman's Land 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. ( Mortgage) iioan.„ a ll 75 i 763 7a 74 50 Warrant Finance, Inn. 60 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 4 sd 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses C 0 LOP 4 IALL (1t) YARN ME " British Columbia, 6 per ----- 0ent.,1872.... •—• lOO _ Do. 1895.. l3O Can.Gov.6p.c.Jan. ° &July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug lOO 105 lt 7 Do. sp. o. Mar. do Sept lOO Ito "106 Do. p. 0. Jan. & July lOO 63 94 Do. sp. c. Inscribed Ek ICO 90 92 Caps allope, 6 p. 0.1873 lOO 102 104 Do./41.&001 1090-1900 lOO llt 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do.J„,,sonly, 1891 Do. 5 per cent. 16 April and 16 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Csylon, Nov 1878.6 p.c lOO 108 Ile Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 • lOO 106 108 Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 108 Melbourne Corporatn.,.. 1467-75, 6 per cent..... 100 - N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July Natal 6 p or, Apl & Oct... 100 Do 6p 0. M•iy A Nov••••• 100 106 108 -- N. S. W. 5 ro., '7l to 'N.. 100 99 101 1011 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896.. 100 99 100 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75.. 100 99 101 N.Zealand, 6p. ct. 1801.. 100 • Do. 5 per cent.... ..... 100 974 984 DoJan, A p , l,Ju!y, 0 t... 100 974 984 911 Do 6p c. Mar &Sept '91.. ICO 108 110 107 -- Do June & Dec, 1 , 91.... 100 109 111 Do Prov. , Auct Id• 1(0 k(riei 1 & 2, 1608 .. Nova Scotia 6p. c.Jan... - and July. 1875 DO 1506.• Queenslnd. Op. C. 'B2 5 loo It 8 IC9 D o 1891 . 8. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 lOO Do 1878.12 lOO 108 110 Do 1893 1900. lO3 107 108 Tasmanian 6p o, 1393 lOO 106 107 Do rd. 1893 to 1891 lOO IE7 108 Victoria 6p.0. Ja.&July lOO Do. 1891 lOO 112 113 1; 0 9. d 9. ADM di (Mutt 100 10e 110 113 SHARE LIST. ;RDINARY StiAtiNS AND STOCKS. mare Railways, Paid. Closing Bullies. Price. done. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 103 ;3 177 at Caledonian ........... 100 77 771 771 1 1 at Cambrian .. . lOO 20 39 20 Cornwall...-. ....... ... all 3 74 at Dublin & Belfast ...... 100 77 79 st Dun„Perth,& Ab. June... 100 70 72 2! East London all 7 9 20 Do 15 - - 2) Do 10 - - et Glasgow &S. Western lO4 90 01 it Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7 b • at Great North ot Scotland lOO 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 108 107 107 st Do. A stock lOO 117 11 $ a Do. B stock lOO 124 136 at GtS, and W. 01 Ireland lOO 96 97 s (it. Western -Original l4O 181 49 481 - t Do. South Wales llO 50 58 a. Do. W. Mid.-Oxloro lOO 21 26 at Do. Newport lOO :8 21 st Lancashire a; I orkshirv lOO 128 12e1 128 k 91 st Lou., Brigh.,32 S.Cuast lOO 491 00 54 .40 1 10i Do Scrip - - at Lou., Chat, anu Dover 10..) 17 17 1 st Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO - - .t Lon. ot North Westerh lOO 1124 131 113 1 st bun. A South 14'esterb NO b 7 E 9 83j 8 at Man., She!., .t Lincoln ll3O -7 471 at mo•tro.,ulitan ... . .100 1061 .17 1071 11 1 st Du Extensi 3n .. .. 100 1 , 1 1 2 111 2 10 Do. kleV. rd .. at Mezropolitan District all - -6( 1 10 Metrop. ot. John's V . , 00 1 6 - - st al ~:...d st u.), dirmiu. a Darby at N orto British at Do. Ed., Yth., CI 0ut,... 104 at I , or. , :astern-Berwieli- 100 '25 Do. 3. N.E purchase-10.12.4 - - st Do Leeds. ...... ....... 100 54 23 at Do York lOO b 7 83 st Do Carlisle .. . at Do Stoca. ok Darling lOO 1.7 129 st North Lon ton .. 100 1'22 121 123 10 Do New 1868 . ... 2 11 2 v at North StaffurdaLiire...... Mu 56 57 st North and S.-W. Juuction (00 103 103 10 Do New .1:10 shares 7 ... - at Rhymney st Shropshire Union ll'o 53 33 at South Devon at South Eastern lOO 791 801 ni 20 Staines, Wok'hamot Wok, all 12 13 at . u.“ %, ale lOO 115 15C .0 Do. C ... . at Waterford & Kilkenny lOO 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 tr;,' ►OOf Mt RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 4/ per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gun 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lll st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 71 80 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all 54 Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction.. lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preferenc) lOO at Glam. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... st Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 98 101 st Do do N 0.2 100 97 100 at Do do 6 per cent 100 118 108 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 st Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 tit) 104 st Do, E. Union 4p. c. gun. 100 69 71 at Do Norfolk 5 p.e.Ex.1846 190 ..„ st Do do 5 p.e.Way.Va1.1647 100 ••• ••• at Great Northern, b per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 4 / do do do 100 at Do b do at bp.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO stj Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 54 Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 37 at 3 t•West.—Orig.&Jnt.-Bent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 102 104 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 10J st Do do 4 / per cent. 1850... 100 83 86 st Do do 4 do do ... 100 76 78 at Lo do 5 per cent. redem. 100 91 95 at Do do Birmingham gua.. 100 68 72 et Do do do pref... 100 at Do do Chester gua lOO st Do do do 8 per cent lOO 110 100 at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 4/ p.c lOO at Do do 4 / 1859 lOO st Do do b at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g IOJ 107 lu9 at Do do 2d gua lOO 106 108 et Do Newport, Ist g. b p.c lOO 38 92 st Do do 23 do 100 100 101 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 4$ p.c. all st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Do Barnsley, £5 Is 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 102 st London & Brighton, S P• c • guaranteed, No. 1 lOO st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO „., st Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO •• ••• at Do 7 per cent l.O at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 at Da 4 do *V lOO ••• ••• at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ••• 1.11 at London and DI. W., C. and Nuneaton S per cent lOO 108 110 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 91 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 at London and 0.-W. 7 p,e late 3d shares, lOO 141 146 25.63. Du (Ports m. perp ans. 2s6tl) all at Man., Shef., & Linda. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do £6 all par 1 pin st Do 11 per cent lOO 60 10 Du redeem. 6 percent at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. e 100 130 135 :as s a tttt t t DDNI j D j 1E01G. N.E. 84134t Border 1111:0 ▪ 10000 000 0 0 1 : 9 7 : 133 0 62 a s t t D D o o L N e .B ie . e , s N te o r . H'ehn, 4 p.c. 100 33 91 er cent., at Do E. &G. 4 p. B c p . e S r . & co D n:t l l O O OO 8 at tt D N O .- te s k te tti rn— a o .ur o li n u s g ..4 A p s . 1 1 ( 0 )0 0 10.8: 110:74 2sst y 4 l or pe k, r H e . et s ..redeem lOO 17 Do Berwick capital purchase , 1 0 3.4. 1 .. ) Do 20 North Staffordshire * all 20 21 :8100: DbFixed HartlepooleDevond l A 4 n n per i t i ise cent a l uct s • 1 0 00 1 l 8103 5 ••• 4 87 10s Do Tavistock Anne., 10s all 910 1.0.6. S. East. Rea 4} percent st Do Fixed( at Waterford &lid' N4tpideAnnr cents 1 0 6 ~ . ) all 22 8 23 225 at Do 100 kenuy, pc 1001(10 1 4 : 1 ; 1 4 : 3 0 st Taff Vale RAILWAYS. —PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonia- 41 p C g un. 0 st Do Scot. Cert. min. 7p C. 100 at Do 41 p irredeem all ... ... it Do 4p c con. issued at SU 65 ... ..• at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 at Do b do, 1862 lOO 87 1 , 0 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 85 90 at Do do 5 do, p , 1864 lOO st Great N orthern, 5 c irred lOO 84 88 ... ... st st DDo Permane nt 5 per cent lOO ..• o ston & Sleal ... d, 4/ pc 100 ... ... st Greatßo West., W. l iidl., 6p o 100 86 90 st Do Joint Ferpe. 5 p c,1865 100 84 90 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 105 201 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 6p a all 191 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B IOU ... ... 0 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 at Loud., 13rig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 .. ... st Do do 4 do, MO 100 ... st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... ..• st Do do 41 do, 1363 100 ... ... st Do do 4 do, 1865 100 ... ... st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ... • st Do No. 7 sdo st Loud Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c a t Do Metrop. Ex., 136 p.c ••• 100 . ... Do do C 6 p.c st London &N. Western 5p c 100 105 110 110 st London &S. Western, ' 4l p c 100 04 96 10 Man. bhef. L in.,&L 5 pc, 1865 all 881 st Metropolitan per tout lOO ... st Midland, A 5 per cent pref 100 106 108 st Do B 5 do 18 Do 6p e o p t , to cony. to 10 0 100 108 Ord. 18 Do ILLCOUT. gtk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lip New Shares .2 . j 16 1 ip Do S p c con. i nto Old Stk., Aug. 31, 18 79 ...... at North British, E . and (.1-., 8 1 1 1/p No. 1, 4 per coot ... •10 ... ... a t Do £lO guaranteed, 18 . 61 100 ... ... E., P., & Dun., 20, 4pc 100 ... .. at Do 1100000 5 5 5 . ; ~.t Do ••• . 1 911 t 1)0 N. 8.. s a i I ) ° L E.* :: ; o bi .C 1 . 4 ,: ( perN O N d.. cent ,2 i 3 r ' y sa ) PP 4 • 1 1. aeB p .6. :I C 1 100 st Do E. ..at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 96 97 Stock. & Dart., D .... 100 111 113 . at Do North London, 41, per cent at (Max. 6 per cent) ..... c... . 100 1 02 104 at North Staffordshire 4 p 1 00 ... ... Eastern, 41 P 0, 1859 100 ... . . st South 5 do 186 1 100 • D 0 et 100 at Do Do 5 do (Ch. Cross) 1863 .. ... St. st 100 _ ... at Victoria &Pimlico, 41 pe 100 ... 5 do , 1864 RAILWAYS. —LINES LEASED A T 1 ------- 7 - ---------LIZED isF a isizu 4si st Birkenhead loo _ ~ u , 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer ! 101 10; at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO ul wi 66 at Do. 5i per cent. 100 118 120 at Do. 4 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO .. at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO fii i yi 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all a Gt. Easn., Newm., Lc., b p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 d; F.: at Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 69 7 3 at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Heref 100 95 8 7 be Hull and Selby all 109 iii st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 211 213 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 31 at Do. 41 per cent lOO st London, ()nat., &c., 41 p c lOO at Do. Com. Fund, 6 do lOO „ 7 at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO .., at London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 b 'i at Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 79 83 at Do. do. 6 do. 61 Manch., Buxton, &Ms.tik all , ••;, st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 9 , 5 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Nurtiaernt East., 6 percent all SI :,',; 50 Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern—Hartlep00l at N.West.A perp. prel,lp. c lOO 10; . 110 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO , . at Notting. 6; Urantn. B.& O lOO 5 . 2 o ' 4 : 26 Preston and 11 yre. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop. 100 133 133 at Stirowsbury and Hereford 100 133 116 10 Do do $ 21 2 n at S. Yorksh. and Rirer Dun 100 9s we st Do 4 per cent gua lO . 79 31 at Do b do at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 171 189 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do du B all , 20 Do do C all .. 64 - it at Weymouth and Portland lOO xt Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et East and West India lOO 117 110 et London and St. Katherine 100 63 65 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent al, Millwall Freehold Land et Dock lOO 31 32 st Southampton lOO 71 76 et Surrey (ifaumer:9l6l . ttttt THE SCOTCH METHOD OF COURTING The Royal Commissioners who have been considering the laws of marriage had some evidence on the subject of courtship and matrimony . in Scotland. A medical man of forty years' experience informed the com missioners that among the agricultural working classes the ordinary time for courtship is in the middle of the night. Farm servants got out of the house when everybody is in bed, go to a neighbouring farm house, and rouse a young woman in it by making a noise at her window. The girl comes to the window, and if she knows the young man, or, after a little parley, and if she does not know him, she either admits him into her bedroom, or comes out and goes with him into an outhouse for courting. There is no courtship in any other form. The fathers and mothers will not allow their daughters to meet a young man in the daytime, and the young man never visits the family ; but the parents quite allow this. They have done it themselves before. If the father knows it is going on, he lies com fortably in his bed, just as a father in a higl er rank of life would shut his eyes to his daughter f._ , ,oing- - out for a walk with a young man. This medical witness says that he has remonstrated with parents when ill consequences have followed, but they say their daughters must have hus bands, and there is no other way of courting. Marriage follows, perhaps, in two-thirds of the cases; and frequently the expectation of thus securing a husband leads a young woman more easily to fall. The witness states that in attending midwifery cases among the work ing classes he notices that it is very rare to find the first child born so long as eight months after marriage. The general feeling among these classes is that if they are afterwards married, and any previous offspring thus legitimised, there has been no tin, as in fact there is no scandal, no shame, no disgrace. A NEW PROBATE COURT SENSATION. The Solicitors' Journal understands that a case, which may probably in public interest rival the Yelverton cause, is approaching trial at the Court of Probate, London. About the (year 1830 a youthful scion of a respectable Irish Catholic family became enamoured of the blooming daughter of a well-to-do Clare farmer, resid ing not far from Lough Derg. He wooed and won, was married, and lived for some months happily with his wife and her father, then left home to push his fortune, and never returned. A son was the issue of the marriage. No tidings were heard of the absentee for above twenty years, but at last he was found to be in lucra tive business and opulence in London. Ho had married thrice after the abandonment of his Clare bride— first, the daughter of an eminent stockbroker, and sister of one of the leading physicians in the metropolis : again, the daughter of a Cambridge squire ; and lastly, the daughter of an Irish J.P. The second and third reputed wives had families. At last the delinquent died, and a marble monument in an English seaport records his many virtues. His wife, who still lives, was silenced with a pension in his lifetime ; his fourth reputed wife and widow obtained administration, and stepped into possession of the property. This fact reached the ears of the son of the first marriage, who had been honestly earn ing his bread as a confidential clerk in a merchant's office in Dublin, and a suit is now pending in the English Court of Probate to set aside the administration to his father, on the ground that the administratrix is not a widow to the deceased, and that all the later marriages were bigamous and void. They can only be sustained on the ground that the deceased, before his first marriage, had abandoned the Roman Catholic faith and embraced Pro testantism ; and in this consists mainly the interest of the suit. Many of the witnesses being very aged and infirm, we understand that the English court has ordered the examination of witnesses by commission in Ireland, THE IRISH ELECTION PETITIONS. In the case of the Wexford petition an order has been made on an application to Mr. Justice Keogh, allowing a special case to be laid before the court, the parties on both sides admitting the facts, and the only question in dispute being whether the election was void, and if so, whether Mr. Matte, the petitioner, was entitled to the seat. It will be remembered that the alleged infor mality arose in consequence of the withdrawal of the petitioner from the contest after being declared duly elected by a show of hands, and the demand and appointment of a poll. In the London derry case his lordship has made an order directing that three days before the hearing particulars of the alleged bribery and corruption should be furnished by the petitioner. In the Galway case an application was made on the part of Sir R. Blennerhassett to take the petition off the file on the ground that it had not been pre sented in time. Ile contended that the " return " was made when the writ was sealed in open court by the sheriff, and that the twenty-one days should run from that time. His lordship ruled against this view. The application was then pressed on another ground —that the recognizance had not been stamped. Judge Keogh decided that that was a l o:nt to be settled before the Master, and refused the motion with costs, In the Limerick case Mr. Macdonogh, Q.C., applied on the part of Mr. F. W. Russell for an attachment against four persons for contempt of court. The hearing of the motion was adjourned tntil Monday next, in order to afford time to the persons ac cused to file affidavits. An application was made to take the petition off the file on the ground of Insufficiency of the recognizances, which were joint, instead of separate. There were two members petitioned against. Justice Keogh ruled that the objection, though a fatal one, ought to have been made before the Master, and refused the motion, with costs. In the Athlone case, counsel on behalf of the sitting member appealed against an order of the Master permitting the petitioner to remove objections to his recognizance by lodging 21,000. The court refused the motion with costs. The Magyar .29ag of Pesth publishes a letter from Kossuth, in which the ex-Dictator attacks the Government on the subject of the arrangement lately entered into between Austria and Hungary. The writer declares that he will not return to his native country until the monarch shall have restored to Hungary its political autonomy. He expresses the hope that circumstances will arise to lead to that result. THE LICENSING LAW.—A committee of the West Riding magistrates have drawn up a report in favour of an amendment of the law of licensing, which is to be submitted to their brother magistrates at Sheffield on Friday. They would have the hours of closing and the management of licensed houses placed more directly than at present under the same authority. The question has also been discussed at the Lancaster Sessions, the chair man, Ur. Cross, M.P., stating that the question for deci sion now was whether the present jurisdiction of the magistrates was to be diminished or increased. Complaints having in several instances been made that largo expenses on account of postage and stationery are entailed on Volunteer corps, whilst al lowances granted to the adjutants of such corps for the special purpose of meeting these expenses remain to a very great extent unexpended, Mr. Secretary Cardwell has this morning issued a circular to commanding officers, directing that the allowance of £4 per company per annum shall be expended under the orders of commanding officers, and that adjutants are to tender an annual account of how the money has been expended. The corporation of York have passed a resolution nstructing the town clerk to proceed against ono of their fellow citizens for the recovery of the fine of .£5O for non acceptance of the office of alderman, to which he bad been elected. The majority of the members of the corporation of the city are Liberals, but they have on one or two occa sions selected members of the Conservative party as alder men, expecting that a gentleman es chosen would, when his turn arrived, accept the office of chief magistrate. Mr. J. F. Taylor, who is a Conservative, has been chosen an alderman, but declines to qualify on the ground, it is under stood, of his wish not to be elevated to the dignity of Lcrd Mayor. A strike amongst the operative tobacconists has takenplace at Chesterfield. A short time since Mr. Mason, one of the largest manufacturers, introduced into his establish ment a machine to spin Irish roll tobacco, and intimated to those in his employ that he should reduce the pay for making this article at the rate of id. per pound. A meet ing of the Operative Tobacconists' Society was held, and the men were agreeable to take asmall reduction, but not to the extent required by Mr. Mason. lie refused, however, to alter his decision, and the men have now turned out, and circulars have been sent throughout the country warning the opera tive tobacconists of the state of affairs at Chesterfield, and some fresh men who have been engaged have none back to the place from whence they started. The Constitutionnel says that a distinguished foreign diplomatist recently asked the Emperor whether ho was in favour of the candidature of the Prince Carignan for the throne of Spain, and that his Imperial Majesty replied in the following words :—" I know the Spanish character too well to ever commit the fault of recom mending one candidate more than another. Whatever chances of success he might have it would be sufficient that he was supported by Franco for Spain to reject him. For these reasons I have directed that positive orders should be given to my representative at Madrid, to abstain from all advice, and even from all insinuation of a nature to engage in any way whatever the responsibility of France, and f 9 merely confine himself to the assurance that no one wishes mode sincerely than I do that Spain may pass 09. wmanlls tht,,iit,ar nrbasiat (triode)/ POL ICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. AMBASSADORS' SERVANTS' PRIVILEGES.—A re spectable-looking young woman applied to Mr. Tyrwhitt for an affiliation order against a servant of the French Ambassador. Mr. Tyrwhitt told the applicant that the man complained of being the servant of an ambassador she had no remedy, ambassadors' servants being privileged, and not to be touched. He considered it a shameful thing that it should be so, but that was the law, However, if the applicant got a me morial drawn up asking the Ambassador's permis sion that proceedings might be taken against his servant it should be forwarded to him, as he con sidered that it was a case in which a m ister ought, to interfere. He had tried the matter with other ambassador:, and it had been of no use, but the ap plicant might be more successful. Mr. Tyrwhitt requested Welsh, the office keeper, to assist the applicut in her object. 11' ESTMINS FER. A NONSENSICAL CumiGE.--Robert Watson, a hard-working wan, was charged with stealing a scarf-pin, value £3 10s., from the person of Henry Day, described as a gentleman, of 168, Cambridge street, Pimlico. Prosecutor said he met the prisoner last evening at a public-house. The prisoner asked him to treat him, and he did so, and left the public-house, but prisoner followed, and again importuned him, and while he was looking at a photographer's shop, pri soner came and snatched his scarf-pin. He gave him into custody. From the statement of the prisoner it appeared that the prosecutor got drunk in four public-houses at Knightsbridge, and finally went into the Alex andra Hotel bar and called for a pint of beer, for which he had no money to pay, and left the place ; the barmaid asked for the money, and prisoner went after the prosecutor to ask him to pay; he overtook him at Hyde-park-corner, and then pro secutor charged him with stealing the pin. The police sail the pin was not found. The pri soner was drunk. Mr. Selfe said it was a nonsensical charge. Pro secutor was drunk, and no wonder he lost his pro perty if he indiscriminately mixed with persons in public-houses. He discharged the prisoner. THAMES. STEALING IEA IN THE DOCKS. —Thomas Smith, a labourer, was charged with stealing Blbs. of tea, the property of the London and St. Katherine Dock Company. Morton Fernyhough, a dock constable, stated that he saw the prisoner about to pass out of the St. Katherine Dock, and he appeared to be very bulky. He stopped him and discovered tea in his pockets, and a large portion was tied up in his linen under his clothes. There was Blbs. in all, and it was worth 16s. Mr. Mumford, superintendent of the Dock Com pany's police, said that robberies of this description had been very frequent, and if the magistrate thought proper to commit the prisoner for trial counsel would be retained, and the prosecution conducted at the company's own expense. The pri soner was not in the company's service, but he must have been in concert with people who were employed by the company. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said he was tempted to steal the tea when he saw so many thou sand packages in the dock warehouses. He was out of work. The magistrate sentenced the prisoner to four months' imprisonment and hard labour. Another labourer, named John Williams, was charged with stealing 10 pounds of tea in the London Dock. Yesterday afternoon, a gate-keeper saw the pri soner jump into the back of a light-cart with a large parcel in his hand. The horse and cart were being driven towards the western entrance and gateway.lOn arriving at the gate the officer stopped the horse and cart, arrested the prisoner and took from him the parcel, which contained Nibs. of tea. The prisoner, who is not employed in the dock, was reinarpied for a week for inquiries to be made about him. TERRIFIC EXPL',SIONS OF GAS. Only four fires, including a false alarm, occurred in London from six o'clock a.m. yesterday, until six a.m. this (Wednesday) morning, but two were of a serious character, an 1 oae, it is feared, will be attended with fatal consequences to a highly reipected gentleman, the owner of house property in Brixton, and other parts of Surrey. It appears that last night a strong smell of gas was experienced in the private residence of Mr. W. Taylor, situate No. 3, Valentia-road, Brixton. The circumstance having been communicated to the proprietor of the building he incautiously took a lighted candle to seek for the leekage in the fittings. Unfortunately, the moment he entered one of the rooms with a light in his hand a terrible explosion took place, with a noise resembling some convulsion of nature, blowing out at the same time the windows both at the back and the front of the house, and de molishing the ceilings, as well as causing dense clouds of dust to obscure for a few minutes the atmosphere in that immediate locality. The inhabitants, apprehensive that a fire had occurred, sent off for the engines, and in a space of time al most incredibly brief numerous laud engine-) by Shand, Mason, and Co., attended, but the fire by that time was extinguished. Mr. Taylor, the pro prietor of the establishment, was found covered with the debriA, and burned in a fearful manner by the action of the blazing sheets of gas, which were were too strong for ally one to avoid with safety. Medical aid was obtained, but the unfortunate gentleman, who is sixty-four years of age, ou being found to be so seriously burned, his removal to the hospital was recommended, and which was accordingly done. From inquiries made this morning there appears very little chance of the sufferer's recovery. The building and con tents, which were so severely shaken, were insured. Another explosion happened in the same way as the above in the premises of Mr. E. Snell, No. 2, New terrace, Alderney-road, Mile-end Old Town, which was attended with considerable damage, but fortu nately no one was injured. The sufferer in this ease was insured in the Sun Fire Office. WRECK OF A TYNE STEAMER.—In reference to the loss of the steamer Thomas Gillespie, which was re ported from Gibraltar under date of December2B, a further telegram was received in North Shields on Monday, stat ing that the third engineer, the cook, and a Swedish sailor had been drowned. The cook was drowned in attempt ing to jump from the wreck to the lifeboat which went to the assistance of the crow. The Thomas Gillespie was wrecked, 17 miles south of Cape Spartel, on the 22d ult. ATTEMPTED MURDER.—An extraordinary attempt at murder is reported from Kilmarnock. On New-year's day a man named James Drummond bought half a puund of gunpowder. He went home, told his wife he would give her three minutes in which to prepare for death, and at the expiration of that time he threw the gunpowder into the fire. The consequent explosion threw Mrs. Drum mond to the other side of the room, and severely burnt her. The man escaped with only a slight scorching. The neighbours, hearing the explosion, came in and rendered assistance to Mrs. Drummond, who is now recovering. Her husband is in custody.—Scotsman. THE THAMES EMBANEMENT.—The planting of trees on the Thames Embankment (north), as recom mended some few weeks since at a meeting of the Metro politan Board of Works, has been commenced, nearly 50 trees being now in the ground. The trees are placed at intervals of about 20 feet fro n each other, and already nearly half the line of ground between Westminster bridge and Hungerford is ornamented. The throe new piers now in course of construction on the river—at Hun gerford and Waterloo -bridges and the Temple—ate fast approaching completion, and it is anticipated will all be opened in the course of a short time. It is reported that Whelan will have a new trial, with venue changed to Toi oeto. The ,S'pringfield Republican says that James Fisk, sm., father of the Erie manipulator, formerly worked in a factory at South Adams, and conniencod his business career by peddling calico remnants from the North Adams print works. _ _ DuNvILLE and Co., Belfast, arc the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Co. Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildine, Strtuad,_Loncion TertillCHlN SPORTING INTELLIGENOE: LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY, MARCH 2. Nominations for the Grand National Steeplechase of 300 sovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 soya each ; winner of any steeplechase after the weights are pub lished 101 b extra. About four miles and a quarter. 110 subs. (Corrected List. Artesian, Archimedes, Astrolabe, Ace of Trump; Anglo-Saxon, Ada, Alcibiade, *Alberta (by Trumpeter), Benazet, Billy Gladstone, Black Prince, Bannockburn, Belmontino, Beadle, Brick, Bristles, Bishopton, Brigstock, Barbarian, Brahma, Clansman, The Colonel (h b), Coot Columbia, Count Horn, Comus, Captain Crosstzee, Dane bury, The Doctor, Despatch (h b), Domino, Dick Turpin, Eudsleigh, The Earl, Fertullagh (h b), Fan, Fairy Land (h b), Flatcatch.,r, Fort unatus, Fitz-Ivan, Guy of War wick, Goldfiuder, Gardener, Globule, Gipsy Girl (h. b), Gleaner, Harcourt, Helice, Hall Court, Havelock, Hunts man's Daughter, Juryman, Kingawood, Knave of Truzips, K,l,lsaroo b), Ly , auder, The Lana), Leases, Littl., Ben, L.S.D., Lawrence, Liston, Lord Burghersh, Lord. Ronald, Lady Welliegtor. (late Mamma) (b. b), Malvern, Marche- Mal (late Silly), Mario, by Cull:ng wood, Moose, The Nun (1 1 b), Needle Gun, Northern Light, Orne, Oddfellow, Priority, Polestar, Planet, Piume.ike, Pretentaino IL, Plover, Philosopher, Pearl Diver, Pensioner, Q. 0., R. I. Fusilier, lied Cap, Raving Mail, The Robber, liedan, Sea King, Salamanca, Surney, Steamboat, Shakspero, Sultan, Said, Summertime, Searriugton, Stanton, Tathwell, Ten nyson (h b), Tribune, Tusculauum, *Tallyho, Vanguard, Valentine, Whitehall (h b), Xi, Kilcreen (by Rattle), and *Laura (h b). Those horses marked thus * having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to re main in. CHESTER MEETING—TUESDAY, May 4. Nominations for the Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sous in specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 sous each; certain penalties. About two miles and a quarter. 125 subs. [Corrected List.] Arlington, Atonement, Ajax, by Si Albans, Archimedes, Alicia, The ./Egean, Aggravator, Ackworth, *Actwa, *Abergeldie, Bracken, Birthday, Birdseeker, Blue Gown, Blacklock, Bonnie Katie, Beeswing, Buxton, Cork Jacket, Cock of the Walk, Consternation, Cocoa Nut, Clemence, Cecil, Chivalry, c by Netherwood, by Scandal—Rambling Kate, *c by Kettledrum—lmperatrice, Derventio, Dalby, Fair Wind, Fervacques, Falstaff, Fidelia, Fan, *Fortunio, Good Hope, Giantess, g by Romulus—Attack, Goodwood, *Gritnston, George Osbaldoston, *Gondolier, Hymen, by Hammerton, Honesty, Izaak Walton, Jerry Haw thorn, King's Cross, Knight of the Garter, Kingsland, King of the Fairies, Lord Hawthorn, The Lamb, Lady Morgan, Lumley, Lady Coventry, Legislator, Ligurian, Lady Raglan, *Landscape, Limerick, Lionel, Lopez, The Laird, Moldavia, Minster Bell, Mandrake, Messrnan, Master Robert, Mariner, *Make Haste, Nogara, Powderham, Percussion, *Purveyor, Paganini, Perfume, Paul Jones, Ploughboy, Phantom, Pomfret, Rcmping Girl, Russian Bear, The Rescue, Robespierre, Redcap, *The Rescue, The Spy, Standard Bearer, Slowman, See-Saw, St. Mungo, Stokeley, The Special, Tormentor, Tabouret, Tribune, Tertullus, Taraban, Tradewind, *Tornado, *Tynedale, Viridis, Viscount, Vestminster, Velocity by Van Galen, Vauban, Van Amburgh, Vortigern, Vansittart, Weather Star, Warrington, Wellington, Walmer, Whin yard, Xi, Our Mary Aun, Benefactor, and Vagabond. Sir R. W. Bulkeley, Mr. H. Chaplin, Mr. Palmer, and Mr. Stephenson, are subscribers, but did not name. Those horses marked thus * having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the time prescribed unless specially ordered to remain in. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. FEBRUARY. Streatham 11, 12 Nottingham Spring... 23, 24 Lincoln l6, 17 j Chelmsford...• 25, 26 Harrow lB, 19 Derby Spring 25, 26 Mansfield lB j MARCH. Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 1 West Drayton lB, 19 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 1 West Somerset 18, 19 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Margate 29 Kingsbury l2, 13 Durham 29, 30 Northampton l6, 17 Epsom 3U, 31 APRIL. Bromley 1, 2 Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. A ld ers h o t l, 2 I Eastbourne l9 Catterick Bridge 1, 2 1 Lewes 2U 21 Thirsk ... 6, 7 Croydon... 22, 23 I S trea tham 8, 9 Newmarket Ist Spring 26, Jrc. _ _ _ MAY. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 1 Wost Drayton l7, 18 Wi nc h es ter ll, 12 ! Bath 18, 19 York 11, 12 Manchester l9, 20, 21 St. Albans Salisbury l3, 14 Harpenden 2l Doncaster 13, 14 1 Epsom Summer .....25, &c. JUNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 A scot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Wintsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Eibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Kingsbury 9, 10 Pontefract 12, 13 Nottingham 13, 14 Itoading .. 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Southampton 22 23 Stamford ... 9 2, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Eguatn lO, 11 Wolverhatrpton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans Stockton lB, 19, 20 UST. lOxford Canterbury 21,... 25 York. Plymouth ...26 I Windsor August l2, 13 Derby Summer —3l, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 SEPT: Warwick... 7, 8 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCTI Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, itc. Chelmsford l9, 20 N OVE Worcester 2,3, 4 Liverpool 9, 10, 11. 12 'MBE& Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Kingsbury... 23, 24 Monmouth—. 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, )BER. Cheltenham l9, 20 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarket H'ton &c. MBER. Shrewsbury 15, &o Leamington hunt 23, etc) IRISH. MARCH. 18, 19 Baldnyle First Spring _ MAY. Bakloylo Second Spring 11, 12 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. .1,1,•-••• • a • Birmingham .. J. , N, 9 Harrow l B, 19 I Lincoln 1 (, 17 Derby MARC EL Liverpool 3 Cambridgeshire M... 18 Rugby (Uritud Mil.) 8, 9 West Drayton lB, 19 Kingsbury 1 9 13 Crewkerne -, 18, 19 APRIL. - - - - Aldershot 1, i iiJroydon 22, 23 Bromley 1, 2 MAY. St. Albans JULY. Kingsbury 9 AUGUST. __ St. Albans _ _. 17 OCTOBER. West Drayton 21, 22 LuNDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 2. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Sir John Young, Bart., G.C.8., G.C.M.G., to bo Governor- General of the Dominion of Canada, and Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Prince Edward. WHITEHALL, JAN. 2. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom appointing William Milbourne James, Esq., ono of her Majesty's Counsel, to be a Vice-Chancellor, in the room of Sir George Markham Gifford, Kt., resigned. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 1. The Queen has boon pleased to approve of Don Felix Garcia Rivera as Consul, and of Don Luis ()aural as Vice-Consul, at Cardiff for Spain. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening, Amsterdam Short ... Do 1 Rotterdam — •.• Autworp — ••• Brussels - ••• Ramburgh ••• Paris Ditto . 3 Ms. ... Marseilles FrAnkfort-on-the-Main ." '.. Vienna 11 19i 12 0 12 1} ... 12 1 12 1-1 ... 12 1 25 37k ... 25 42 25 37k 25 42k 13 101 ... 13 10k 25 15 25 25 25 35 ... '25 40 25 35 '25 40 120 k ... 120; 12 20 12 30 Trieste ... 12 20 12 30 Petersburg Copenhagen • ••• 9 9 21 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — 48 481 Leghorn Milan — ... 27 20 ... 27 27 Genoa — ... 27 20 27 80 Naples Palermo 27 20 ... 27 30 Messina Lisbon Oporto slf ... 62 ltio Janeiro New York The iron paddlewheel steamer Lizard, 2, 150- horse power, Lieut.-Commauder S. G. Price, in dock at Chatham, having undergone a thorough survey at the hands of the officials connected with the master shipwright's department, an order has been received at the dockyard directing that the contemplated repairs are not to be carried out, the vessel being found to be in too unsatisfactory a con ditiosz to witratut the proposed outlay. - -1