The Sun. — London, England, 1869-10-28 00:00:00

Re.lq4.o.4tedk troth LE, Oct. 25. hioness of Ely acess Beatrice, I, went to the :GENCN tK, Oct. 27. Lny's ateaMer St. David at r for Europe uotation dor !9i. 1081. 120 k. 119#• 117. 108. 1388. 30g. 261 10 • 340. c. Coro, 014 D, Oct. 21 . embers of th e le question o f y of the Fro . :e of Gen° 6 e other ha nd ' Ike of I‘ lo °' took place. i, Evening• Ambassa dcit a and Fri° .:e. of in honou r acht ache 0 in the Yac bt rs having cin at ConstAll. He stays 6 t f the 6vr eet his AO' tile _ _ on the OW ,1, numbe ri°g , comm ittee °h or welcorlell3o A, Oct. 27‘ ,..,, 3ied LI fr" lay. msalarJarir MALIAN t, Oct. 21 er iny , s stoa l33- 0 n pton,l tit t of th e 11' 'ec l inst., arov t an d lef t II s, Oct• 2 h at s tates :onsiderAtl°o, ) ointrae lit free Prini°l' Vols. 006 e te a e i v g er -C ro Ot o.oU filetU io 4 iu g h Ye a ,, jo • :11: ) °,, T . 0 6 I ' 0 0 1 ' . 71'1° A 1 0 to. iu alt 5 ploi P:st 0 11111 ill MONti' - RARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE CITY, Two o'CLocK In the Stock Exebange to-day the settlan - erit Claims a large share of attention. Consols remain Unaltered. In the Foreign Market the encouraging lama from Mexico has caused a recovery of a i❑ Mexican Stock. The Railway Market is also Consols are now at 931 to 93i fer money ; ditto, for Account, —; Three per Cent. Re duced, 91i 2 ; New Tkree per Cents, 91i 2 ; Lxchequer Bills £l,OOO, Marcb, prem. ; June, 6 Prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, prem. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 i per Cent., 237 9. India Stock, 10i per Cent., April, 1874, ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1143 15 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 Per C en t., The Foreign Market maintains the firm tone w hich prevailed yesterday afternoon, especially for Mexican and Peruvian. The Railway Market is decidedly stronger, and the prices are as follows :—Caledonian, 804 to 801 ea div- ; Great Eastern, 37 to 374 ; Great Northern, 107 to 109 ; ditto (A), 105 f to 1051 ; Great /Western, 56/ to 57 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 124 f to 125 ; London and Brighton, 43/ to 44 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 16/ to 17 ; Lon don and North Western, 1181 to 119} ; London and South Western, 90 to 91 ; Metropolitan, 841 to 851. In Bank Shares there was very little doing, but P r ices are steady. The principal descriptions are quoted as follows :—Agra (A) Shares, 10/ to 111 ; Alliance, 123- to 13/ ; Anglo-Austrian, 9 to 11 ex new prem. ;IChartered Mercantile, 328 to 33}; Con- S olidated, 4t044 ; Imperial Bank, 16 to 17 ; Ira- Aerial Ottoman, 21 to 2k prem. ; London and County, 48 to 49 . Telegraph Shares are in fair request, and prices are well supported. French Cable is / higher, at 16 1 to 161 ; Anglo-American is firm, at 20/ to 2 „,91 ; Atlantic Eight per Cents., 204 to 20/ ; and C onstruction and Maintenance is rather dull, at 3 2/ to 32i. Miscellaneous Securities are quiet. Hudson's 13 aY is unaltered, at 131 to 14 ; National Discount, Pi to 108 ; General Credit, 11 to 1/ dig. ; and International Finance, 2/ to if die. Continental Railway Shares are well supported. Great Luxemburg is dealt in at 121 to 12/ ; and 1-4 on abardo-Venetian at 201 to 21. I n American Securities the Government Bonds are firmer, and there is some improvement in Erie shares, while Illinois, and Atlantic and Great ,INeatern are lower. The present prices are :- -"ye-Twenty Bonds, 818 to 82/ ex div. ditto 8 3 6 5), 814 t o 81/ ex di v . ; ditt o (1867), 82/ to 1; Ten-F o rti es , 751 to 76f ; Erie Railroad Shares, 22 to 223 ; Illinois, 97 to 98 ; Atlantic and isGreat W estern Consolidated Bonds, 24 to 25 ; and uebentures, 25} to 26f. f T he sum of £14,000 in gold was withdrawn j° l3 a the B an k yester d ay. Th e genera l transac ,'°4B of th e wee k s i nce th e d a t e o f th e l a st re t urn 840 W an influx on balance of £28,000. '4 e City of Washington, from New York, has brought £6,500. 1. 4 Paris l e tters state that the £2,400,000 Ital ian loan o n th e ecc l es i as ti ca l p ro p er ti e s w ill be Introduced on the sth of November. Madrid a d v i ces state t h at t h e l oan o f £2 , 000 , 000 wh ich Was rep or t e d t o be under negotiation with b i3a nk of Spain and some French financial esta “lurnents is simply on a number of the reserved ;° i ' d s of the l a st l oan au th or ised by the Cortes, and to n ot, therefore, to be regarded as a new transac v°". Acco r di ng to t h e C orrespon d enc i a o f Mad r id th e a ffair is adj us t e d. h e directors o f th e E ng li s h B an k of Rio de lJaneiro have declared a dividend on account of 4 per c ent. (Bs. per share), free of income-tax. A furth er re di stri b ution of 12s. per share w ill b e made ,, on November 5 to the propri e tors of shares ogilt them, Soci e t e Fi nanc i ere d ' Egypte, having £lO paid tetil l 'em, makin g , w ith th e prev i ous paymen t, a x 6 ' ll of £4 4s. per share. The shares with only paid on th em h ave b een canciled by decree of the trench Law Courts. a; a meeting of the Regent's Canal C o mpany a di At of 9s. per share was declared. general court of the Hudson' s B a y C o mpany "il be held on the 23d of November. Pe titions for the winding-up of the Waterford 44 1, (1 Passage Railway Company and the Chubwa b e e f 4 C ompany of Assam (Limited) are to be hoard I NT °II Vice -Chancellor Malin on the sth of ov ember. 44 4 : 1 Petition f or t h e w i n di ng - up o f "J o h n K ing Co. (Limit e d)" i s to b e h ear d b e f ore Vice- Chancellor Stuart on the sth of November. St at th e ,half yearly meeting of the Royal Mail d ivi ' d u l Packet Company it was resolved to pay a he . en d of £1 10s. instead of £1 per share out of 0 , „ I nsuranc e f un d , as recommen d e d i n t h e repor t ',lote directors. 4 meeting of the Delhi and London Bank a I . e 2end at the rate of 2f per cent. for the past half was declared. 4,111-telg.e directors of the English Bank of Rio de t e4 .. l , r ° have resolved to pay a dividend, on ac ke of the past half year, of Bs. per share, free of ° toe taxl i" . reaobred-cderstood that vigorous steps have been th e A uPon in the interests of all the creditors of as Atlenti of t , c and Great Western Railway, as well reso rt 'a shareholders in the Erie Railway, for a th e ci .0 every means that can be found either in o r of v or criminal law of the State of New York Justi ce m e United State s to obtain some measure of ti * A most experienced and influential legal /I jilthave received the requisite instructions, with of 'lllation that they are to listen to no pretence kitt 4 t tl er l if e . recl compromise, but are to carry the th ere 0 Its f Sr legitimate end. The question whether e any methods by which the property of from 84 in America can be protected or rescued t est, tPOliation, will thus be brought to a definite f.ti ° the ad vantage o f a ll w h o may f or th e % - a t z : t e r l y sa thrown into financial relations with that Th e • rePort of the Great Central Gas Consumers' tee 4 ,,_" . Y 1 to be presented on the 29th inst., recom '4 the accustomed dividend of 10 per cent. i (4 IttITISII FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. • „ - ovt,.„ ver 0 m,04.V.5-r ulips.; bi, 014. Consols 4., to t o mktple,r2ueperr ueecnotunt, Nov. 4 931 1 ut* a zit. R educed 9 li 2 91i 2 ( t ba, i Per Cent. Jan. 1894 _ _ h i lai,P e r Oen J m 1.1873 7; 0 . 1, - ) ;." 38 0 Yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — t ` 4o (lt ec yrs, expire sth April 1885 —..... k elio n „ Sea Televaph). Aug,, 1908.- h l'3r b ills 41 UOU 2} p. Ct. March P m ta - el b t 13*. 1 ' ' Juno 5 144114.4aollonaiaR1 4100 £2OO .t .£5OO — o.4bi.oolpttioiglsud Stock , i 4} per Cent • er.o Per Cent. Bonds ()Tamura — 110 41 %1 h itt tot UOVERNMENT SECURITIES. --- 0, op e c : . ? 1 01 per Cent., April 1874 — o. 5 t , King, for Account — i • 4 Pe t C ent. July, 1880 /30 . Or r . C ent, Oct. 1888 00. , rt4catee — p ° . l)„ '4lfaced i. e pe r aput 4 per Cent..,.... -- h. 61 at., J6n. 1872 ...., — ua 6 a Per Cent. May 1879 b P o er e6 et., Rup. Deb. 1872 U bo. do 1877 _ h". I) h do. 1882 — i)° u 11064-a,it'Aper () out., Aug. 1873 . '444 ; 'Per Cent., £l,OOO Or •El,OOO At .., rOitt in ,, a t phti 4e , LTA FUNDS —CLOSING,',I:RIpEs. 'triee ,:boPublic, ti Per Cent IL hd t. ()--- ` 8 0 per cent • fq• 1)0 r) I gm, 5 ' 159 0 0 , s !Tr Oeut. 185" ii Per Cent b 0 40 A. bo . (4, 1858..... 186 1 1 — I. e 5 d o., 1) Per 1863 — /a, ° Ac. eat , 1865 L en ° c "litit .. " I) a Ayr e ! c, 44 . ) 2 Per 8 n Per Cent -- f '' l ' 4 u°llt *( l- - ) ef d 3 Cent ) ,),,,,6..ii 4, per o ew.. erre per ..... ~, p er ca._ .................. b o , i l i pe r 0,,, tE. e , , par 0,... 4 ,‘ 2... ........... - i p.„.. i-N-.L .......................... 6 bbs'4lbil";o per 0net.n1tk18.61782.5... 99} - -... 44 c , , 6 Per „en ......... ••• ••••01 le.) NCE. Datribian Principalities, 7 Far Cent B2 - Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ......... 931 Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent — .. c Secoed Issue — Do. £5Ol. Bonds --. Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. 1500 Bonds De. 4106 Bonds Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ..... 761 i Do. £lOO Bonds • .„. Governmont Railway Debentures ..... 3recit 5 per Cent., 1824 5, es Coups -- Do. Account v . Do. Con' ®Ls Do. Account tin Ltemala"s per Cent .. — Ronduras dov Rail. Loan., 10 p.,Ct., all pd 83 2 lti ian 5 pet rent., 1865 — .Do. Account ~. - - Do Mann:miens Railway 541 YexicaL 3 per Cent Di k Ditto fcr Account Do. 1864 — Do 1 per Cont. Anglo-French — tiontevideau 6 per Cent. .. — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada lBi i Do 3 per Con 39 Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants ('lectures) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. Do 41 per Cent. (111:` , arren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 . Do Account Portaguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,': Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 18'22, £ St Do 41 per Cent . 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ... 89 Do No, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds 921 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9ll Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 6Bl Sardinian 5 per Cent 73i Spanish 3 per Con . — Account Do. 2B* .._ _ _ Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred 261 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 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do ££loo Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Po £lOO Bonds 7ll 1 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 421 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrtsu o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgiau 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch if per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil. Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates . French Routes 3 per Cent.. Ex. 23f. I tg,lian 5 per dent. 1851, Ez. 25f. Do Account 531 1 CLOSING PRICES Jonsu!s Money Do. Account, Nov. 4... 93f 1 see o'clock—The market BOURSE, Oct. 27.—Th closed as follows : Bank Shares 2787 50 Italian rives 53 65 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 43 50 Spanish Threes Home Debt 221 Deferred ...... 9. Cash. Orleans ... f:4O Western Northern Strasburg • • 6OO Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 615 Sardinian Austrian 755 Lombard 5281 North of Spain 52 Saragossa Roman 4rl If per Cent. End of month— 3 per Cent End of month 7l 52f Credit Mobilier 207 50 Transatlantic 247 50 Credit Foncier _1675 Paris Gas 1570 RAILWAI POLICE lIV TELLIGENC'E.— 77.4 Day. MARLBOROUGH. STREET. AN EX-SERGEANT OF POLICE IN TROUBLE.—James Kay, formerly a sergeant of police, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Victoria do Langle, a French p:ostitute, with whom ho has for some years past been cohabiting. Mr. Sayer, from the office of Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the complainant. The complainant said that the defendant, with whom she had been living fur some years, keeping him on her prostitution, came home that morning about one o'clock, and broke the things, insulted her, and struck her, not withstanding that she had done all she could for him. In answer to the defendant, she said she did take out a bottle of brandy, but that it was her own. She did not pull open th• defendant's waistcoat, and take up a knife and say "I'll stab you." She called "Police" because the defendant took up a knife to stab her. Staines, 123 C, said that hearing cries of " Police," he went to No. 12, Rupert-street, and saw the complainant, who was bleeding from the mouth, had her dress torn, and appeared to have boen illtreated. The defendant said the complainant had attempted to stab him, but the com plainant said it was the other way. The defendant said he was sorry to find himself in such a predicament. The complainant was a wicked woman, and took up a knife to stab him, and in parrying the blow his finger was cut. If his worship would forgive him he would keep away from the complainant, as he was afraid if he did not do so something bad would come of it. Mr. Knox said whatever the complainant might be, it was well-known that he (defendant) had been for years living on her prostitution. The defendant would have to find one bail in £25 for three mouths. THAMES. JEALOUSY.—SIX MONTHS AFTER MARRIAGE.— Charles Biggs, of No. 2, Edward-street, Limehouse, who, it was stated, worked at and attended upon steam cranes, was brought before 3.1 r. Paget, charged with assaulting his wife Mary Ann, to whom be has been married six months. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, appeared for the com plainant. The magistrate recommended an arrangement, and the solicitor said he was most anxious the parties should be reconciled, and that all Mrs. Biggs required was protec tion from injury. Tho defendant declined any compromise, and the case proceeded. Mr. Young said the parties were married on the 9th of May, and the defendant commenced ill-using his wife on the sth of June. Although she was a well-behaved, de corous, and faithful wife, the green-eyed monster jealousy took possession of her husband's soul, and there was no happiness afterwards. Last Saturday week, the 16th inst., the defendant came home at half-past 11 o'clock. The complainant was sitting by the fire. The defendant wanted to send for a pot of beer. Complainant said a pint would be enough. The landlady of the house fetched a pint of beer, and the defendant afterwards fetched a pint of beer. The complainant went into her bed-room, and pre pared to go to bed. She was undressed, and her husband came in and would not go to bed, but laid down on the floor. The wife pulled his cheek coaxingly, and urged him to go to bed. Ho refused, and abused her and went into a front room and sat on a chair. The complainant seated herself on a chair alongside cf him, and he suddenly turned round and struck her a brutal and violent blow on the mouth, knocking her over, chair and all, and cutting her lip, which for a short time bled profusely. The defendant then struck her on the head several times. The injured wife ran down stairs, and the landlady locked her in her bed-room. The defendant said " l'llhave her out," and was extremely violent and noisy. He ultimately turned his wife out of the house, aad without any clothes on. She was again admitted by the landlady, got into bed, and her husband beat her again. This was only one of many outrages olearly proved. The prisoner, in his defence, imputed infidelity to his wife, for which there was not the shadow of foundation. The magistrate sentenced Mr. Biggs to two months' im prisonment and hard labour. 711 E DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S BANK RUPTCY. This morning the petition as to the adjudication of bankruptcy against the Duke of Newcastle came on before Mr. Commissioner Winslow for judgment. The learned commissioner said that the Legislature intended persons having the privilege of Par liament to be free from arrest or bankruptcy, and therefore the petition must be dismissed with costs. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.— GRATEFUL AND COM FORTING.—T ho very agreeable character of this . prepara tion has rendered it a general favourite. The Cava Service Gazette remarks :—" The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by his homcoopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap plication of the hue properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Eppa has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled JAMES Errs And Co., Uomceopathic Chemists, London. THE SUN, LONDON, TEWRSDAY EVENING, OCTOBIR 28, 1►869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share; NAM Closing Businesi E. Paid. Price; clone 10 Agra Limited, A all 104 114 10 Do B lO 34 44 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limit e d 20 Anglo Austria n 20 Anglo-Egyptian lim all 234 244 p 21 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 b 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of B r iti s h Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm._ , 6 5 4 25 Bank of E g y pt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia., all 30 32 60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 151 161 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China -all 18 19 25 Chartered Mere, of India Loudon, and China all 32 34 321 20 City 100 Colonial ...... . 10 Consolidated, lim, 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, liin 5 :ii 14 20 English and Ain , !^ican, liin 10 ... ••• 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro lim lO pr 1p 20 English, .'.cottish, and Ans. tralian Chartered , all ICI 161 2.31 Hong Kong and Sha ng h a i Bak Corporation all SS 33 281 Do new ll4 4 6 100 Imperial, lim ...... . 20 ImperialOttoma.n lO 24 2f s 5 lonian 25 Do new .. .. . Lnd Mortgage of ...... lim 4 31 34 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 78 76 80 100 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 7 6 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 35 30 20 Do new 74 641 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 6 6 25 Do new 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 241 23 20 London and C0unty,,,,,,,, , 211 491 601 45 10 Do new, iss at 20 p .m, 16 p. 11 ••• • London Joint Stock..... ... 314 324 London and South Afri can • can al 1 9 13416 100 London & S.-Western, liin, 20 13 11 50 London & Vene zue l a, lim 124 ••• ••• 100 London and Westminster. 20 671 551 584 71 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm.. 100 Merchant, lina 10 Metropolitan, 1im......... all 74 71 00 Midland, 1im......,, . . 20 11 I 5 National of Australi a 4 • • • 25 National of Liverp ool, lim li 3d •1 p 00 National Provinc. of Enid 42 lO Do • .... .42 ••• ••• 50 National.. 3 0••• •••... .. 20 New South Wa1e5..........,. all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporatio n al l 41 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lira, 10 61 61 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 9J 92 10 Do new., all ... ... 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 11 13 100 Do issued at 6 pin lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 43 100 Union of Ireland, lim •• ••• .•• 50 Union of London* l5 361 371 37 igi ---- TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. IrMilgicr/11Ifttica — n — rel., - Tun all 20f 24 20f 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., lint.... 19 17 118 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 15 17 at Do. 8 per cent. et B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 163 168 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 108 255 259 10 Do. New 8 12 12p 25 Indo r European Tel., lim l9 ld pr 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all 31 t 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent a ll ip 10 Mediterra. Exteu. Tel., Bin all 61 if 25 Reuter's Telegram all 79 81 20 Societe Transatlant., lira all 10 161. 161 at Submarine Telegraph 1 D o . Scrip all If 2 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint a ll 7 7i 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 11 5 p 21 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint iT.ii — irTEr 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 3 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 13/ 11} 10 Do. New all 111 15 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. ..• 30 9 10 5 Bombay Gas, Urn. 5 Do. New ' 4 11 id 50 British American Laud 44 IS} 17d 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 62 bd 10 Canadian Loau and Inv,,st lucid, lim 2l . 'ltd 20 Ceylon Company, lint. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 _ _ 25 City of London Real Pro perty, Bin 9 51 41d 30 City of Milan Improv. lini all , 6 25 City of Moscow blas, lint all 50 City Offices, lint 25 23 22 4 50 Colonial, lint. Do. .. 30 Commercial Jnion (Amur) 5 p r i . p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 28 27 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 109 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 4, per cent. all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1041 105/ 100 Do. 1882, 4f per cent. all 103 1 0 4 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 22 10 CreditFon.of Mauritiuslim lO 31 24d st Crystal Palace lOO 22 24 st Do. Preference lOO 92 97 81 Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 105 110 20 Darjeeling, lim. 10 Eastern Assam, lim. 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, liui. 20 East India irriga. & Canal all .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lira 100 Egyptian 9 per cant. V'roy. Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 98 99 Oil 20 Egyptian Cone. & Trail. lint 6 .. 3 Eug. & Altai ral. Copper, Inn 21 1 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 41 30 100 Eng. and Scot. 3,1 urine, lint, s 10 Fairlinirn Engineering 5 3 3d 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,litn l2 1 2 p 100 For. & Col. Goy. Trust 111.1t1 . . Loan Scrip, iesued at £S. all 83 20 50 Gellivara, lira. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lien 71 11 ld 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 22 50 Home &Col. Marine lu.lim. 5 21 2cl 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 14 13 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lim l2l 20 Interna.FinancialSoc. li m ... . 5 2 11 ; CENTRAL CRIMINAL CUURT—(7his Day. THE MURDER IN SOUTHWARK. Charles Martini, 45, boot finisher, was placed at the bar to take his trial for the murder of Mary Ann Wright. Ile was also charged with feloni ously attempting to kill and murder himself. Mr. Straight appeared for the postponement of the trial to the next session, in order to afford an opportu nity for an inquiry into the state of mind of the prisoner. The application was granted. H.AIR-DI.ESSING IN THE LAS 7 CENTURY The extravagance of fashionable hairdrestattl n the eighteenth century has been amusingly exiatitsit . by a writer in Cassell's Magazine. The wildest absurdities of savage nations were left far behind by the grandes dames of the period. Matters began gently. The hair was simply raised at first over a cushion seven or eight inches in height, and shaped like a cocoa-nut. After a while this head-dress began to rise higher and higher. All sorts of objects were sought to be imitated in coiffures. Here a lady is represented with her hair dressed upright in the form of a lyre. There a second has hers arranged like a .string of cherries on a stick. A third lady luxuriates in a huge mass rolled over pads, surmounted by a double fan of lace and artificial flowers. Another carries about an imita tion of a dove, the size of life, perched on her head. A jar diniere full of gathered flowers loads another belle, as if she were a market woman hawking her wares. A rival beauty absolutely supports the model of a vessel in full sail, two feet long at least, on the top of her head, while her hair is dressed out behind to float it, and represents a mimic sea. Others have profusion of flowers, feathers, ribbons, scarves, and bats to crown them. An immense deal of false hair was used, and the mass cemented with a hard pomade of hog's lard and marrow, liberally used. After dleising, the whole was well powdered. As these che velures took a long time, and were costly to arrange, it was not considered possible to re-make them often; there fore one dressing usually sufficed for at least a month. Previously to any grand ball, ladies' heads were often dressed a week, and even a fortnight in advance. To have it dressed a night or two bafare was nothing. The lady sat up and slept in a chair in the interval, full of terror, lest, during her fitful slumbers, she should damage her coiffure. Her pallid looks mattsred nothing. Paint and washes were in vogue. SHARE LIS7. )KDINARY SHARMS AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Busing. Price. dens. at B, tat A and Exeter ...... 100 70 72 at Caledonian. lOO 80 bO/ at Catubrian 23 Cornwall. . all 2 st Lubiin & Ilellast June lOO at Dun„l'erthodr.. b.J une lOO 70 72 2, East London all 61 71 e 0 Do 15 21 Lo 10 st Glasgow d; S. Western IOD 103 105 st Great Eastern ..' lOO 34 37 st Do. E. Angi. 2 lOO et lircat Northot Scotland lOO 15 10 st Great Northern IOO 1071 iOBl st Do. A 5t0ck...... lOO 104 1061 lttlf • Do, 11 siocX lOO .. at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO fl V et Lit. Western —Original lOO 50 5C4 361 et Do. South Wales lOO 57 et Do. W. Alld.—Oxford lOO 34 00 at Do. Newport luO 32 :14 et Lancashire& iorliehire lOO 1241 35 et Lon., Brigh.,.le S.Cuast lOO 43/ 44 00 Du Scrip et Lon., Chat., and Dover lOO 161 171 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO lu 12 st Lon. d; North Western lOO I.Bf .19k 1181 st Lon. South Western l,u 8a et v,.5 Ital!ways. Mau., Slid., J; Lincoln 100 531 34 5:36 at Metropolitan ..... lOO 81f fs} 8640 at Do ExtensiJu lOO Si $3 83 fr 5 Do. New rd -- - at Metropolitan District. all 34 36 341 10 Metrop. at. John's NS , ood 6 - - et Midland et Do, L3irmin. & Dsrby 100 b 7 81 st North British . . lOO 13 11 at Uo. 10., rth.,431, Dun lOO st Nor.V.astern-Berwick lOO 25 Do. G. N.E purchase 15.13,1 - - at Do Lceds ....... ....... 100 77 78 771 f at Do York lOO 111 116 1151 15 at Do Carliile - - at Do Stoer. eic Darling lOO 151 153 151 at North Lon too 10 Do New 1868 at North Staffordshire lOO 56 61 571 at North ant , 6.-W. Junction 100 V/ 101 10 Do New £lO shares 7 at Rl , :imnoy st f3hropshire Union lOO 581 6 at South Devon;.. at South Eastern lOO 76 761 at Staines, Wok'hamot Wuk all; 13 11 at Vale luu 154 1. , 8 -- Do. C .. • ... 6 - Waterford & Kilkenny.. 100 - - 10 Waterloo & Whitehall.. 6 - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND IiTOCLS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ..• at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ••• at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 82 st Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent guts all ••• stj Dundee, Forth, and Aber deen J unction lOO 105 107 et Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Glee. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO et lit. Eastern, E.G Ex. No.l 100 93 100 et Do do No. 2 100 90 Shl at Do do 6 per cent 100 110 113 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do C 7 do. 100 ••• at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 63 72 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 ...• at Do do 5 p.c.WaT.Val.lB47 100 et Great Northern, 5 per cent 100 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 109 Do 4i do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp. c. pin. 100 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 94 Pi) at Gt. West.—Orig.& Jut:Bent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 104 108 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 1 04 at Do do 4i per cent. 1850— luo 87 89 at Do do 4 du du 100 78 80 at Du do 5 per emit. rodent. 10J y 9 ys et Do do Birmingham gua.. lOU 68 70 at Do do do pref... 100 st Do do Chester gua lOO 85 y at Du do do ts per cent lOO at Do do do 5 do 100 95 101 , at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 49 p.c lOO at Do do 41 1650 100 ••• st Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g IOJ 112 115 at Do do 20 gua lOO 107 111 at Do Newport, lst g. 5 p.c lOO 90 92 at Do do :id du 100 97 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. ad at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 g 13 a at Do Ila,rusley,Xs Is 101 p.c. 100 at Do G p.c. (East Lancashire) WO 18U 1.35 et Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 98 100 at) London & Brighton, sp. c guaranteed, No 1 lOO eti Du 5 per cent. gua No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do IVO et Do 5 do No. 4 lOO ••• ••, et Do 7 per con' lOO at Do 6 do (W.E. & U.P.) 100 st Da 4 do 185 U lOO et Loudon, Chatham, &Dover ••• ••• 5 per cent lOO eti Loudon and 11. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 11Z et Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Do Shreweb'y & Welchp'l lOO at London and 6 W. 7 p,c •• •• late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 a Do (Portam.porp gua 2560) all a Man., Shef., & Liuuln. G p.c l6O 120 Do • Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 1 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 et Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 13u 135 e Do Bristol& Birm., 6p.e lO 1.1 1:13 a Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO 1.8 Wu 190 j a Do 41 per cent. irredeein lOO 98 100 • Do Leicester & Irchu,4 p.c 100 89 91 at North British, 5 p.c. No.l too at Do E. &U.4p.c. S. & I) lOO at Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, 51 p.c IOU at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 89 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 99 at Do Ci N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital Do York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stektn & Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO 107 109 st Do W, Hartlepool liana It 100 87 80 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 10a S. Devon Annuities, Ls all 0 10 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 9i los Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 8, 1 0.6. S. East. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO et Tall Vale No.l ••• ••• 100 150 155 at 'Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 43 45 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO ... st Do 41 p irredeem all ... at Do 4p c con., issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 4/ per cent. lOU 77 80 at Do 5 do, 1362 100 87 90 871 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 86 e 8 at Do do 5 do, 1864. 100 53 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 et Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston &Sleafd, 4/ pc lOU ... at Great West., W. 5p c 100 ... at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 Y 2 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 109 11l 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all „ „ et Kent Coast, 6 per cent, id— 100 b Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 I 1p at Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1458 100 ..• at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• et Do do 41 do, 1861 100 st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1365 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 et Do No. 7 sdo at Loud, Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at London& N Western, 5p c 100 103 110 et London &S. 'Western, 41 p c 100 v 3 95 10 Man. bile. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 9 91 et Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 101 at Midland, 11 5 per cent pref lOO 107 109 at Do B 5 do 13 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to 10 0 107 109 Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 204 211 18 Do Incony. New Shares all 10 Is/ 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1 872 B4 1} 21p et North British, E. and (1 No. 1, b per cent et Do £l9 guaranteed, 1361 101 Do E ,P.,&Du u ., 2d , 4pc 100 ..•... at Do E. &G , No. 2, 5 p.c 100 et Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 a t Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c 100 a t Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 199 97 98 99 e t Do Stock. & Darl., D los 1 12 111 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5 p c.., 100 et South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 101 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 I A Do 5 do, 1864 ••• et Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RALLWAYS.-LLNES LEASED AT FLYED RENTALS at Birkenhead ----'- i 7—"--------- "'" -*— ' fi --- 91 aa 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all lid 100 st Buckinghamshire at Cheater and Holyhead lOO 51 50 at Do. 54 per cent, at Do. 6 I S ii t , o g u u r a.6 Valley p .e 1100 1 . 3 .:. , 1 . 3 . i do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed l OO ati ECoa 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... ... s Gt. Eusie., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... .. a Do. L. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ... ..' Colchester t h Lt e co r st Du. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 .. ' 50 Hull and Selby at Gt. West, W. Mid., Herd 100 96 i; all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 216 217 st London and Blackwall lOO og 95 at Do. 44 per cent lOO ... ..„ st London, Chat., &c., 44 p. c lOO „. ... et Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 ... ... st London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO „. ... at Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 83 85 at LoWestoft,gua 4 per cont lOO 79 81 st Do. do. 6 do. ... 54 Mauch., Buxton, & Matlk all ••• ~,„ at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 94 94 10 Slid Kent Cray Liza) 50 Northern& East., 5 per cent all 53 56 80 Do. do. 6 do. all ... ... st N. Eastern—Hartlepool at N.West. A perp. pref, 5p c lOO 107 109 at Do B minimum If p.c lOO ... ... at Notting. a Urauth. It. & U lOO 91 93 25 Preatou and Wyre. all 44 46 if ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 132 131 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 132 131 10 Do do if 2 Zip at S. Yorkah. and River Dun 100 97 lia t Do 4 per cent gue lO i 78 80 at Do 5 do ••• all 98 100 at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO at West Cornwall 20 West London, Claim A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do 0 all *** ''' at Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et East and Weatind.ia, lOO 118 121 London and St. Katherine lOO 10 61 100 D °Deb. stock, 4 per cent all Millwall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 27 S 2 at Southampton lOO os 70 at Surrey commercial NO 1081 108 THE ALLEGED MURDER AT HOUNSLOW. William Smith, 49, was indicted for the wilful murder of Sarah Ann Smith, his wife. Ho was also charged upon the coroner's inquisition with the manslaughter of the same person. Mr. Cowper conducted the prosecution with Mr. Biron ; Mr. Littler defended. The jury returned a 'verdict of 4 6 manslaughter." Sentence deferred. THE DEPTFORD MURDER. Joseph Welsh, 27, painter, ---- -- w as charged with the wilful murder o f J o h n A b ra h am . The prisoner was a carpenter, a n d h a d b een employed by the deceased. As dispute arose between them as to the payment for the work. A summons was taken out in the County Court, but was dismissed. The deceased offered to pay all that he fairly owed the prisoner, but the prisoner was not satisfied, and appeared to be very angry. After some alterca tion had taken place, he stabbed the deceased, in. flicting a fearful wound, from which the bowels protruded, and death took place shortly afterwards. The jury returned a verdict of " guilty," with a recommendation to mercy, and sentence of death was passed in the usual form. 7HE EDIIIVIVDS' CASE. Before the Court of Arbitration to-day, Mr. Napier Higgins called Mr. Leonard Edmunds, who said that in 1834 he was appointed clerk in the Registrar's Office in Chancery. Was appointed Reading Clerk at the table of the House of Lords in 1848, with a salary of £ 1 , 5 00 per annum. In 1833 the office of Clerk of the Patents became va cant, and witness was named thereto by Lord Chancellor Brougham. The witness then pro ceeded to detail the working of the Patent Office generally. MARKEY S-21118 DAY. MARKET. market firs:l:. 28.....LIsVatRaPpOroObLabC13,01T0,T000014 bales. Bank of Engla..cl Returns. An Account, lursuant to tl cap. 32, for the week ending the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1869. P kRTNENT. Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion ISSUE DE Notes issued £32,879,995 £32,879,995 BANK C 1 D. £32,879,995 Proprietors'Capi- tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (includingEs chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts Other Deposits.. 17,852,909 Seven Days and other 8i115..... ?:PA-RTMENT. Governnit. Secu rities(ineluding Dead Weight Annuity) £14,511.953 Other Securities 11,847,905 Notes 9,319,053 Gold and Silver Coin 570,045 £39,588,714 Cizoiv 439,588,714 [z FOuzze, Chief Cashier. CURIOUS CHARGE OF ARSON. Mr. Justice Lush had before him on Wednesday a most extraordinary case at the Central Criminal Court. Charles Holden, a labourer, was indicted for feloniously setting fire to three stacks of wheat, the pro perty of Matthovi Newman. It was proved that the pri soner was near the place just before the fire, and was found afterwards with one of his eyebrows singed, and was wet from top to toe, having fallen into a pond. When apprehended he did not deny the offence or admit it, simply saying that it was better to be in prison than starve. The damage done amounted to nearly £5OO. The jury found a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. A man named Whitehood, who had given himself into custody on the same charge, and had pleaded guilty on the previous day, was brought before the learned judge and ordered to remain in custody till the next session, so that the state of his mind might be examined into. OBTAINING PRIZE-MONEY BY FRAUD. At the Old Bailey, on Wednesday, William Bird, a ship's steward, and Charles Lake, a clerk, wore indicted, the former with personating and assuming the name of John Campbell, a person entitled to receive prize money, and the latter with assisting in the felony. Mr. Forsyth, Q.C., and Mr. Poland prosecuted on behalf of the War Department. Mr. Walpole, a clerk in the India Office, deposed to Bird coming and saying that his name was Campbell. Ire answered all questions put to him in a satisfactory manner, with one exception, and that was with regard to the ship Campbell came heme in. This aroused witness's suspi cions, and after some further cenversation the prisoner was given in custody. Re then said that the other pri soner gave him the letter, and told him that his (Lake's) name was Campbell, and that person was taken into cus tody in St. James's Park. The prisoners, who were unde fended, were found guilty, and Lake was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. A like sentence was passed on the other prisoner, but the Judge remarked that as ho had been incited to commit the offence by the other prisoner, there would most likely be a remission of part of the sentence. THE BISHOP DESIGNATE OF EXETER. The difficulty as to the voting of the Chapter of Exeter in the matter of Dr. Temple is at an end. Bishop Trower, who was the commissary of the late Bishop Phillpotts, claimed to vote in the election as sub-dean. The minor chapter having considered the question, disallowed his claim, and also the claims of the prebendaries. Forth with the Bishop declared his intention of applying for a mandamus in the matter to the Court of Queen's Bench. Dean Boyd thereupon took counsel's opinion. It was favourable to the rights of the larger chapter. The hon. canons were, according to it, legal voters, and Bishop Trower'a claim a proper one. The Dean and Chapter, under this advice , have intimated to his lordship that his vote will bo allowed. It may be added that Dr. Trewcr will probably lead the opposition to Dr. Temple. It is rumoured that ho intends to propose Mr. Mackarnoss to be returned in answer to the Quem's cong,! THE AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIP - -----♦- . _. The anticipated arrival of the Tynesiders to-day to complete their training on the river on which the first of the two great contests between the North and the South is to be rowed next week tended to increase the interest anent the event. This feeling of interest will be materially intensified when the men of the Tyne actually put in an appearance on the Thames, which, it is hoped and expected they will do on Friday. As regards their opponents, all that it is necessary to say is that, though their practice has been on some days interfered with by the lumpy condition of the water, they have taken their spins with sufficient regularity, and are in singularly good condition as far as health is concerned, and exhibit admirable form. From now till the day of the race, November sth, they will probably do little more than gently keep up their practice. The Northerners make the Duke's Head their quarters, their opponents being settled at the Star and Garter. When an opportunity has been afforded the critics of witnessing the relative doings'ofthe crews on the same reach of water, it will be possible to say some thing more definite than can be said at present as to the way the betting is likely to rule. THE COMIC PAPEI?S. (From Punch.) LORD DERBY. BORN, 1799. DIED 1809. Withdrawing slow from those he loved so well, Autumn's pale morning saw him pass away : Leave them beside their sacred dead to pray, Unmarked of strangers. Calmer memories tell How noble Stanley lived. No braver name Glows in the golden roll of all his sires, Or all their peers. His was the heart that fires The eloquent tongue, and his th e eye w h ose a i m Alone hath quelled his foe. He struck for Power, (And power in England is a her o ' s p r i ze ) Yet he could throw it from him. Those whose eyes See not for tears, remember in this hour That he was oft from Homer's page beguiled To frame some "wonder for a happy child." HIIRRA !SO IT OUGHT.—It is believed that the proposi tion which has been made for a "Temple Bar" in the Cathedral City of Exeter, will end in utter failure. HEIGHT OF EXTRAVAGANCE.—Getting yourself run over by a railway van, just after you have bought your diary for 1870. STANDING v. Srrurro.—The row between the Beverley Commissioners and Serjeant Sleigh may have been un seemly, but it was only natural. As they insisted that the learned Serjeant had no locus standi, he attempted to prove he had by refusing to sit down ! DON'T PICK ME UP BEFORE I FALL DOWN.—A country journal, which, having mislaid it, we fear to miscall, makes merry over the following lapsus penny by a London journal which we shall not name :—" The Empress was very nearly receiving damage at the hands of a soldier's runaway horse.!' But where is the mistake? INre don't see it. Perhaps it was a horse of sixteen hands. No have seen such creatures. Critics should not bo hasty. (From Judy.) An !—Why are the police like a squad of soldiers at bayonet exercise!—Because, to effeot their object, they stick at nothing. SERVE RIGHT.—The Marylebone vestry, Judy sees, are prosecuting the tradesmen who stencil their advertise ments on the pavements. They accuse them of dishonour ing the British flag. A Cabinet Council has been summoned for Satur day next, at the official residenco of the First Lord of the Treasury. The Marquis of Salisbury, who possesses a large estate in tho neighbourhood of Liverpool, chiefly about Childwall, is now on a visit of inspection to the property This is his lordship's first visit to his Liverpool estate. The great Lurgan open coursing meeting, entitled the Waterloo, opened on Wednesday for the present season at Ranglan, near Lurgan, and afterwards there was a dinner In the Town-hall, Lord Lurgan presiding. There are coursers present from all parts of the three kingdoms. The meeting will last three days—Wedaesday, Thursday, and Friday. _ _ _ 117 118 TIIE GRESHAM LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY: ANNUAL MEETING—THIS AFTERNOON. The twenty-first annual meeting of this society was h€l,l this afternoon at the head office, 37, Old Jewry ; the chair was occupied by W. IL Thornthwaite, Esq., chairman of the board of directors. The CHAIRMAN, in commencing the proceedings, called upon the actuary and secretary (F. A. Curtis, Esq.), to read the directors' report, which was as follows : The directors have great pleasure in presenting to the members their annual report of the twenty-first financial year, terminating on the 30th of June, 1869. During the last session of Parliament a bill was presented to regulate the method in which life assurance companies should, in future, furnish their accounts, and the directors Lave con sidered it desirable to make their report as nearly as possible according to the manner contemplated by the bill, as amended in committee of the House of Commons. The. directors think that the Parliamentary form of stating the accounts is not in all particulars the best calcu lated to give the most precise and intelligible information to the public, they however adopt it in substance, adding some explanatory detail which they deem advisable. Among the provisions of this bill, it was required that all items of account should be stated in gross ; that the amount of the assurance fund should be stated without particulars; that the invested funds should be stated in detail; and, that at the period of the valuations, extracts from the valuation sheets concerning the policies should be furnished. The directors take this opportunity to place such statements of the society's business before the members. During the financial year ended the 30th June, 4727 pro posals were made for assuring the sum of £1,972,214, of these 569 were declined and 31 postponed, for assuring to gether £296,461, and 4,127 were accepted for assuring the sum of £1,675,783, with a corresponding premium income of £64,213 9s. 7d. per annum, and policies were issued ac cordingly. Tho accession of these policies raised the number of the assurance and endowment contracts to 22,479, for a total sum assured of £8,618,943105., exclusive of bonus additions. The balance of the debits and credits of the premium account of the year indicates a premium in come of £335,726 14s. Bd., including £56,640 17s. 2d. fur new premiums. The claims by death which have been paid during the year amounted to £109,735 10s. 10d., of which £1,278 19s. Bd. was re-assured with other offices, and paid by them (a list of these claims is appended to this report) During the year 79 endowment and endowment assurance policies completed their term, and the sum assured, amounting to £10,038 17s. 3d. was paid. The sum of .£24,135 17s. 9d, was expended in the pur chase of the society's policies from those desiring to sur render them. The amount of bonus paid to policy holders was £8,447 15s. 10d. During the year, £21,588 13s. 4d. was received by the society as purchase money for annuities, and £19,735 Bs. 4d. was paid by the society to annuitants. The amount received for inte rest on the invested funds amounted to £12,408 15s. 6d., which, added to the premium income, makes a total gross income of £378,135 10s. 2d. After payment of the foregcing, and all other charges for the year, the realised funds of the society were increased by a sum of £150,081 2s. 10d., of which £128,798 14s. Bd, was invested in public funds. The directors, agreeably with the plan proposed in the bill before Parliament, sub mit (in an appendix hereto; extracts from the valuation sheet of 1867 concerning the policies then in force, divided into classes, both with profits and without profits, grouped in present ages, and showing the number of the policies, the amounts assured, the otlice premium, the value of t'-te sum assure 1, and the value of the offi.:a premium. Tue graud totals contained in thu summary following these extracts are introduced in the balance-sheet for the 30th June, 1869, showing the position of the assurance fund at that data. The general balance-sheet has been duly audited by G. H. Ladbury, Esq., the public accountant, and by Win. Whitelock, Esq., a shareholder (ou the part of the shareholders), and by William W. Venn, Esq., the Notary Public (on behalf of the policy-holders) and may be had on application at the office : BALANCE-SHEET FOR JUNE 30, 1859. DR. —Assurance Fund—Value of gross sums assured and bonus amounting to £7,479,190, as pm v.daition in 1867, £3,590,461 19s; value of gross premium income amounting to £291,374 p.m annum, and re-assurances as per valuation in 1867, £3,401,463 ss. ; difference, £188,998 14s. Prospective balance of general balance-sheet of assets and liabilities for 31st July, 1867, £565,591 12s Bd.; gross assurance fund, £851,590 Gs Bd.; less bonus distri buted, £60,000 ; reserve accumulated in realised assets up to 31st July, 1867, for assurance and endowment policies, £794,590 6s. Bd. ; ditto for annuity policies, £100,723 145.; surplus accumulated in realised assets since 31st July, 1867, to this date, £323,705 4s. 4d. ; making the total as surance and annuity reserve fund at this date £1,219,019 ss. Shareholders capital, fully subscribed £lOO,OOO, and paid thereon, £21,712. Claims admitted, waiting settle ment (including bonus), £29,759 ls. Other accounts ad mitted and waiting settlement in due course, $5,125 4s. 10d. Grand total, £1,275,615105. 10d. Cu.—investments (of which particulars are given in the printed reports distributed amongst the members) — Government funds, Railway Debenture and Preference Bonds with Government guarantee, and Mortgages, amounting in all to £1,275,615 10s. 10J. It will be se,_‘n by this statement that the fund wholly available fur the assurance and annuity contracts amounted on the 30th Juno last to .£1,219,019 os. As £38,821 10s. 6d. (the amount received since July 30, 1867, for the grant of annuities) has been very nearly balanced by £35,216 ls. Bd. (paid since that time by the society to annuitants), the reserve now required for the annuity fund cannot differ much from the sum reserved for that class of contracts in 1867. The addition to be made, if any, to the amount of £100,723 14s. reserved for annuity fund in 1867, could scarcely exceed the difference be tween the sums received and the sums paid since that date. Therefore, assuming that the annuity fund now requires an increase of say £l,OOO, thus zaising the total annuity fund to £101,723 145., it follows that £1,114,295 lls. would be wholly available for the assur ____ ante and endowment policies. The directors have always bestowed much thought and care on the investments of the Society; these are fully stated in the general balance sheet. Being of opinion that some portion of the funds of the society should be invested where the assured ro- side, on the Continent of Europe, the directors have, of ter consultation and mature consideration, selected for invest ment some of the very best securities to be found in their respective countries. The whole of the securities or docu ments representing these investments have been recently verified by the directors, and attested by the auditors. In consequence of the amount of labour involved in the examination and audit of the voluminous accounts and documents required forsuch a detailed statement as the foregoing, rendered more and more intricate by the ramifications of the society, the directors recom mend the shareholders to take into consideration some suitable increase to the honorarium allowed to the auditors. It is with deep regret that the directors, while making their report of the occurrences of the past year, so satis factory in all other respects, should have to announce the death of two of the members of the board—George Lowe, Esq., Felliw of the Royal Society, and William Tabor, Esq. Both these gentlemen had been connected with the society from the very commencement, Mr. Lowe having been first auditor and then director, and Mr. Tabor hay in held the position of chairman from the very foundation of the society to the day of his death, an uninterrupted period of more than twenty years. Their uniform integrity of purpose and untiring devotion to the interests of the society, together with their personal worth, gained for them the respect, consideration and esteem of every mem ber of the board. The directors, after mature considera tion, have, in the room of the late Mr. Lowe, elected A. Hutchison Smee, Esq., who represents the interest in this society of the late William Smee, Esq., of the Bank of England, one of the original Trustees of the "Gresham," and who was one of its chief supporters in early years. The directors have also elected William Trego, Esq., one of the original and largest shareholders of the society, to be a director, in the room of the late Mr. Tabor, his former partner. The directors recommend these appoint ments for confirmation by the shareholders. The directors retiring on the present occasion are—W. H. Thornthwaite, Edward Say, F.R.S., and J. L. Hancock, Esqrs., who, being eligible, are recommended by the board to constitute the list for re• election. The auditors —G. H. Ladbury, William Whitelock, and William Webb Venn, Esqrs., retire, and again offer themselves for elec tion. The directors refer with much gratification to the result of the arrangements which they have made from time to time for the gradual development of the resources of the society, and which, up to the present, have fully answered their expectations. The directors anticipate that the extensive and valuable organisation which has been consolidated by them at the cost of much time, thought, and labour, will yield its legiti mate fruit in an increasing amount of new business. It must be borne in mind that the company has steadily progressed from year to year, and arrived at its present magnitude and sound financial position without amalgamation, or transfer of the business of any other company wha.!soever, and solely by its own effort and methodical coins() of action from that to last. Every one of the 52,602 proposals made to the society up to the 30th June, 1869, has been the subject of careful examination and separate study; of these proposals, 9,782 have been declined as not being suitable risks for the society to undertake. The board have instructed the actuary to investigate the rate of mortality amongst the members assured in the Gresham Society from its commencement. This investigation, when complete, will elicit very important information. From observations made by the actuary, of 11,913 years of life exposed to risk, it appears that the Gresham mortality was represented by 176 deaths; whereas, according to the office experience rate of mortality upon which the tables of this company have been calculated, the deaths to be expected should have been 203, a result which shows that the risks themselves are of au excellent character. The actuarial investigation of the policies for the purliosOOf _Airdw.ft awarding bonus, is now made triennially, and the HSU of the next valuation will be declared at the annual meeting in 1870. The directors have already ordered the valuation to be commenced, and it is now in progress. The unqualified confidence of the directors in the finan cial strength of the company; in the excellence of the in surance risks undertaken; and the integrity, loyalty, in telligence, and industry of its executive at home, and throughout the continent of Europe, determine them to persevere in the course which has hitherto led to such marked success, and they rely for support upon the hearty co-operation of every member of the society. (Mere fol'ew extracts from the valuation sheets of the Gresham Life Assurance Society, 31st July, 1867, at a rate of mortality in accordance with the experience of the seventeen offices, and 4 per cent. as the rate of interest on investment.) The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the members upon the satis factory report which they had just heard read. It would be observed that the form of the report varied from the condensed model which the directors had hitherto adopted, but the present, like all for, mer reports, showed the same prosperity that hid year by year been the distinguishing feature of the society. The balance-sheet appended to the pre sent report has been drawn up to meet the require ments set out in a bill before Parliament last year, and although the directors did not en tirely agree that the calling upon all life associa tions to give reports in one uniform way, he thought it right on the present oczasion to adopt the plan, and thus anticipate the good results. The report was so full, it contained so much detail, that it would become tedious in him to occupy their time in pointing out any particular item con tained therein. They would see that they had dur ing the year received no less than 4,727 new pro posals for the sum of £1,972,244, every one of which had been most rigidly examined ; and the result was, the directors had declined 569, post poned 31, and accepted 4,127, assuring theosum of £1,675,783. Thus they would see that, though the directors were laudably anxious to increase their business, they did not do so at the expense of pru dence. The gross income of the society from pre miums only amounted to no less a sum than £335,726, of which £56,640 was for new premiums. (Hear, hear.) They had very greatly increased their investments during the year, and, putting aside the shareholders capital and every known ac count, there remained a fund of no less than £1,219,019, which he thought was enough to thoroughly satisfy the most ardent amongst them. (Hear, hear.) He could not resume his scat with out referring to the great loss the society had met with by the death of Mr. Tabor and Mr. Lowe, both of which Iwere gentlemen who had devoted the NI hole of their energies to the advancement of the society, and he was sure the regret be felt was shared in by every gentleman amongst them. He then formally moved the reception of the report. Mr. ALFRED SMEE, in seconding the motion, said their gross income of £335,000 tor premiums had been achieved by single policies, not by taking masses. (ileac, hear.) Ti n y had always set their faces against taking over large masses of business ; they bad invariably considered each life separately, and their present position was the result of that wise precaution. lie did not believe that a given nuuiuer of lives would always obey the average, and those who thought differently would iu the end discover they had been following a danger ous fallacy. As he said before, the Gresham well examined every life, and were governed by the result, and not at all by what was popularly called the average rate of mortality. The carrying out the principle they had started with bad brought them great success, and that success they might rely upon would not be interfered with. They had struck out the right course at first, and to that they had hitherto, and would for the future, steadily adhere. They did not want to take over business that did not pay. (Hear, hear.) They could secure enough of that which was safely remunerative, and the large bonus they had paid had, in fact, been a return of the capital invested four or five times over, and the nothingness that remained of theirs in the society, if he might so call it, was worth £3 in the open market. (Cheers.) They had had the gratify ing intelligence communicated to them that the new income this year amounted to £56,640 ; but they must not think that that bad been accomplished without incessant labour and thought on the part of the board ; that he was sure would be at once conceded. (Hear, hear.) lie could only urge upon all to impress upon their friends the importance of not delaying the duty of life assurance, and he was sure they would see the Gresham offered them a safe and solid security. Their growth had been unprecedented, and whilst they adhered to the policy which had animated them at starting, their success, he felt quite certain, would go on increasing. (Cheers.) The report was then put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. On the motion of Mr. Toulman, seconded by 1.4-. Tyler, the retiring directors and auditors were re-elected. A cordial vote of thanks having been awarded to the chairman, the directors, and the actuary and secretary, the proceedings terminated. THIRD EDITION. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Eveming was published in time for delivery iu town at 7.16 p.mn. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —Ibis Day NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 15 SCATS. _ _ _ • Rosalie Flighty Placid f 3 Four ran. NURSERY lIANDICAP. Palmerston Newsman Hush Money Ten ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Midshipman Wild Flower Br. to Ravioli.. 3 Six ran. lIANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES, 15 SOVS. Miss Day r01l Vex 2 Neuchatel 3 Eleven ran. MAIDEN PLATE. Mrs Wood c Semolina • 2 Saus 3 Eleven run. TROY STAKES. Sunshine SIVEETSTAKES OF 10 SON'S Arcanum 1 Roxana 2 Stumps 3 Four ran. FREE HANDICAP. Cardinal York Border Knight Pero CTOIIieZ 8 .. Four ran. MATCHES. Sylva against Coup de Urace—Off. Alpenstock receives. Lady Evelyn f beat Ostorius. The races were postponed one hour on account of the snow, and the last three races on to-day's card will be run to-morrow. 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