The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. .Business to-day on the Steck Exchange was by I no means brisk, but prices of Consols remained firm, and if anything were the turn higher. Ame rican stocks have been again depressed. In the Foreign market Italian was receding, but otherwise prices remain steady. Telegraph shares are not in such active demand as yesterday. Consols are now at 92f to 921 for money ; ditto, for Ac •ount, 921 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 92 ; New tee per Cents, 92 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 5 prem. ; June, 2 7 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, 5 prem. ; June, 4 prcm. ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent., 238 41. Canadian 4 per Cent. Bonds, 1903, 104. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 100 j ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 92g. The Bucharest Railway Loan is in request at to premium. American Five-Twenty Bonds are now quoted at 85}, a decline of since last night. Erie Shares are 1 lower at 20 to 20i ; and Illinois are quiet 94 to 100. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance are now quoted at 931 to 931 ; Anglo-American, 191 to 191 ; and French Cable, at 15/ to 151. In the Foreign Market business has become dull. Italian are 54, being a decline of 1. Turkish (1865) are 441 to 441. Egyptian (1868) are77l t 0771. Argentine, 85 to 86 ; Mexican Five per Cents., 131 to 13!; Peruvian, 831 to 841 ; and Spanish New Three per Cents., 271 to 271. In the Railway Market stocks are firm. Prices are as follows:—Great Eastern, 371 to 371; London and Brighton, 461 to 461 ; Metropolitan, 841 to 841 ; Great Western, at 56, show an advance of 1 ; Midland, 119 to 1191; Caledonian, 78/ to 791; Great Northern (A), 1081 to 1091; London, Chatham, and Dover, 151 to 151 ; London and North Western, 1211 to 1211 ; and South Eastern, 761 to 77. In Bank Shares there has been a fall of 10s. in Union of London, the price being 37 to 38 ; Anglo- Austrian, 10 to 12 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 31 to 32 ; Consolidated, 4/ to 41; Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 24 prem. ; London and County, 47 to 48 ; London and Westminster, 581 to 591 ; Oriental, 41 to 42 ; and London Joint-stock, 31 to 32. In Miscellaneous Securities price are nearly sta tionary. Hudson Bay is 121 to 121 ; National Discount, 11 to 111 ; General Credit, 1 to 1 dis. ; and International Finance, 2 to 11 dia. At Mark-lane to-day the attendance was meagre, and the trade dull for all kinds of grain. English wheat hung on hand, and the tendency was in favour of buyers, although quotations remained 408 to 42s for white, and 37s to 40s for red. Foreign wheat met only a retail sale, which left quotations nominally unaltered. The sum of £59,000 in gold was taken to the Bank yesterday. 'The City of Washington, from New York, has brought £6,200. The Manchester markets this week have opened with a declining tendency. The subscription list of the £435,520 Danubian Railway Loan (Bucharest to Giurgevo) closed last evening for London, and will close to-night for the country. The applications received have been largely in excess of the amount required, and are expected to reach a total of £1,000,000. Price to 1 prem., with an active business doing. Captain R. B. Oldfield, of the Royal Navy, an experienced officer, has been granted leave by the Admiralty, and has proceeded on behalf of the Te legraph Construction and Maintenance Company to Siam and the Malay Peninspla for the purpose of exploring certain routes by which that company proposes to establish a telegraph communication from Burmah, the Tenasserim Provinces, and Siam with Penang, so as to throw the traffic upon the British Indian Extension Company's cable, which will be laid next year between the S.raits of Ma lacca and Ceylon. Mexican dollars, which are scarce, are in demand for China, and were dealt in yesterday at 4s. hid. per ounce, showing an improvement of id. At a meeting of the Bank of Braid' North America a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. for the half-year was declared. The General Agency Limited have received a telegram from their correspondent in Turin to the effect " that the drawings of Canal Cavour ' obli gations will be made on the 21st and 22d instant." this announcement, ii confirmed, tends, it is consi dered, to prove that the Italian Government are loyally determined to fulfil their obligations towards the company, as defined by the Convention of the 7th of March, 1869. A circular has been issued by the Ecuadorian Commission of Agency, stating that after suspen sion of payment of interest on the debt of that Re public had been notified, they had addressed to the representatives of the various States of South and -Central America a memorial, requesting the good offices of each with the Government of Ecuador. A copy of the memorial, which points out the dis. estrous effects to all the neighbouring States of conduct so injurious to South American credit, is also annexed. At the 17th annual meeting of the Conservative Land Society, the report stated that the receipts for the year amounted to £161,136, and the grand totals to £1,450,082. Six per cent interest and bonus was declared. The Bradford Telegraph announces the stoppage of Messrs. Falconer Brothers of New York, with heavy liabilities, including £lO,OOO due in Brad ford. The Birmingham Post states that Messrs. James Toy and Co., manufacturers, of Spring-hill, have placed their books in the hands of an accountant. The liabilities are computed at £16,000. Inquiries have been induced lately for Great Eastern Railway Stock, in consequence of its being understood that a large reduction has been effected in the working expenses, such as coal and coke, and in the amount of train mileage for the half- Year. It further appears that a large part of the Bum supposed to have been at stake, in the recent failure of the company's carting agents at Leeds, had not yet been collected from the traders, so that the loss arising from that event will not be so large as was expected. It is believed also that some of the extraordinary expenses charged against revenue last year—such as the sutn of £15,000 for condemned rolling stock, and £9,000 expenses in floating debenture stocks, and the ex cessive amount then charged for compensation— are not likely to be repeated in the forthcoming accounts. The ➢letropolitan Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £1,407 over last year ; the Metropolitan and St. John's-wood, an increase of 44 ; and the Glasgow and South Western, an in crease of £348. A petition for the winding-up of the Brampton and Longtown Railway Company is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor James on the 18th inst. BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. GovEnsmENT I'UNDS. 3 Per Cent. Consuls - Ditto for Account, Jan. 6 a per Cent. lieduced ll2 New 3 per Cent IN olv V A per Cent. J an. 1694 Do. 5 per Con J an. 187 3 .. tiannities, SO pre, expire sth Jan., iebe. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — , Do (lied Sea Tolew - aph), Aug., 190 f, — Xxelicqus,r Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. Idarch pn Do. ii do. June I?, -- £lOO, £2OO & £5OO 4 pu %ink of England Stock, 41 per Cent 233 40 a,,. opening — canada 4 per Cent. Bonds lO4l 4 uter-Colunial Oruunnu , INDIAN CIOVERNMENT tiliCt )1!I PP. 14, 1il 5 tuck, lUf per Cont., April 1879 Do. Opening, for Account — D.,. a per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 Do. Cartitizates Do. Enlaced Pape, 4 per Cont., , 92} Do. 5 par Cert., Jan. 1872 .... ~„, — Do. 5i per Cent. May 1879 — • Do 5 per Cent., Itup. Dob. 1872 — Do do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882... — ' o u . Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 — Do Ronde ; 4 per Cent., £l,000 flo. under £LOOO FOREIGN FUNDS— TWO O'CLOCK. A.egentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... %a itrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1869 - BrutHan 5 per Cent — h. 4i per Cent. 185 V ~.••. _ 1) , 09. do Uo. au " - ............. lal Do. do., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Dc. Account Bllenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. Outlian 6 per Cent — a. 4i per Cent...." ......... 741 Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1666 Lo. 6 per cent. 1867 — l lo.ubian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Dan , abian Principalities, 7 i.ar Cent — )o. Acccuto Do 8 por Cont., 1867 ............ "cuador Now Uon3olidated, t per Ceut Egyptiuu, 7 per Celli... 41 SoLoud issue D0..£501, Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account ... Do. A5OO Bonds De 4100 Bonie Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ••• 77i Do. £lOO BondS ••••• Government Railway DeLewin-et, 99} GreeK 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups 1)o. Cjurons . • --- Do. Account Go%tamale:6 per Cent . lioudurasGov Rail.'Loen.,lUp;Ct.,ullpd 861 ltelian 6 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account ~. •. Do Mxrommana Railway — Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — Anntevideau 6 per Cent. • • „•••••• --- Mocrish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (ftectat es) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account ._ .. 844 Do 4} per Cent. (U1: 1- terron) Do 4} per Cent.. 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 1 9,'60,'2, 1 1 - Do. do. 1867 331 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 e ar Cent., 1b22, £ St Do 4} per Cent 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ... 86 Do :do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondi., 924 Do. du. £B4 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 13s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 651 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con ... Do. Account — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Account — Do. Passive — Do. Cora. Cert. of Coui . not funded — Do. Account — Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 — Do dc, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent D J Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £IOC Bonds 72 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account 66/ 7 Do £lOO Bonds -- Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 — Do. Account Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25 f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil„ — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentos, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per °out. 1861, Ex. 25f. — Do Account 541 4 1 IWO O'CLOCK. Jonsols Money - xd Do. icoonnt, Jan. 6 921 xd NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday orders were received at Aldershot to hold the Ist Battalion 12th Regiment, under the command of Colonel 11. M. Hamilton, in residence to proceed to the northern district to-morrow even ing. The strength of the regiment is two field officers, four captains, six lieutenants, four ensigns, Ere staff officers, 48 sergeants, 20 drummers, 573 rank and file, 70 women, 112 children, and five horses. The regiment has been stationed at Alder shot since the beginning of the year, and the con duct of the men in the town and in quarters has been unexceptionable. Yesterday orders were also received at Alder shot to hold the 35th Regiment in readiness to proceed to the northern district to-morrow. The regiment is commanded by Colonel Atkinson, and its strength is about 625 non-commissioned officers and privates. PARIS CORRESPONDENOE. TUESDAY. The process of verifying the elections in the Corps Legislatif has not lost its interest. Yesterday a very animated debate took place respecting tho election of M. Viellard-Migeon, deputy of the Haut-Rhin. Long be fore the sitting it was known that the extreme Right intended to revenge upon M. Viellard-Migeon the defeat which they had sustained in the case of M. de Sainte-Hermine, and, accordingly, there was a full atten dance in the galleries as well as in the Chamber itself. The audience was all the larger as it was expected that M. Thiers would speak. This expectation was not ful filled, but there was an exciting scene. After the arguments against the election had been read there was considerable disturbance, and one speaker plainly declared that the Right wanted a scapegoat, and had chosen the deputy of Haut-Rhin for that office. The charge against the new member was that he had presented himself under his commercial name, Viellard-Migeon, instead of plain Viellard ; also that on twenty-six voting papers the name of his opponent had been erased, and his own inserted. You will perceive that the Parisian idea of parliamentary honour is assum ing very exalted proportions. M. Viellard, who is 66 years of age, has never spoken in public before. However, the insinuations and intemperances of the members of the Right called him to the tribune, and he spoke with all the straightforward honesty of a man who is sure of his own cause, if not with much trace of the Parliamentary orator. M. Emile 011ivier summarised the dispute very briefly. " Party passion," said he, " can alone induce the annulling of this election." The result of the division was favourable alike to the prospects of the Liberal party and to the political ' position of M. Viellard, whose election was affirmed by 110 to 94. The Liberti records with triumph the addition of ten fresh names to the manifesto of the 114, and looks forward with confidence to the transformation of 114 into 218. The same journal thinks it impossible that M. de Forcade will hold the portfolio of the Interior after the end of this month, the belief being perhaps influenced by the wish to see M. 011ivier in the Cabinet. Certainly ho would be an improvement upon the Ministry we are at present favoured with. I hear that M. de Forcade is indulging in the belief that the Liberal programme, which is engaging so much attention, is nothing more serious than an expression of pious wishes, and need create no apprehension whatever. Certainly this gives point to an anecdote told of the Chamber. A lady visitor in the galleries, astonished at the melan choly spectacle presented by the silent and embar rassed Cabinet, asked her neighbour whaler the bench they occupied was reserved for the deaf and dumb? "Yes, madame," interposed the Prussian Secre tary of Legation, smiling, " and what is sadder still, its occupants are also blind." M. Forcade's opinion of the Liberal manifestoes would seem to justify the satire of Count Bismarck's envoy. The Empress has returned in good health and spirits. Tier Ma jc sty has become slightly embrowned by the sun of Africa. She expresses herself delighted with her voyage. The recollection of her visit to Venice a pp ears t o hold a prominent place in the impressions of her tour, There is some talk of her publishing a journal of her travels. France has not sent a special representative to the Roman Council, and the other Powers have followed the example. The Gazette de France states that from the month of April next, new coin will be 1 - sued from the Paris Mint, bearing the effigies of the Emperor and the Prince Imperial side by side. Tho authorities have resolved not to wait any longer for the promised confession of Troppmann, but to proceed to the administration of justice. Tropp mann will be charged before the Court of Assize with assassination and theft. It is said that M. Itechefort intends to propose that the Chamber shall have the right to open and close its sessions without haying recolyso to an Imperial decree. 0 di THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1869. AsIIARR LIS7. ORDINAILY SHAILICB AND STOOLS. Fiud. Closing . s liastness Railways. rsioe. done. et Bast)l and Exeter ...... 103 73 75 t Usleaoniaa lt:0 79 79i at UstinOrlan 20 Cornwall all 2 3 at Dublin & Beliast - - st Dun„l'erth, & A. 6.0 one ioo 70 72 2J East zondon all 6 7 .20 110 15 - - 2) Do 10 - - at Glasgow d 6 S. Western lOO 104 106 et Great Eliatern .0) 30 37 371 at Do. Z. Angl. 2 lOO tit 7 at Great Northui Scotia:loi lOO la 16 at Great Northern ... 103 107 leB at Du. A 510e*...... lOO 10&j 1081 1081 9 et Do. 13 stool lOO 126 1.8 at GtS, and W. of iI6 100 at Ut. Western -Original 1.,0 551 16 051; 6/ t Do. South Wales l,e 87 8) at Do. W. Micl.-Uxivlo Lt..O :10 56 345 at Do. Newport lO6 32 31 at Lainmetilte 100 1261 161 1..61 at Lou., Brigh.,46 luu 451 455 161 Os Du Scrip - al 1 on., 1a.t.., and DnVei luu 151 16 181 at Do. meth'''. 1 , .X. A we lo 12 at Lon. a Acu Westerz l6O 1.1 42 1 1211 it Lon. a south Western lOO t 3 Yr 52 5 44 Man., Shell., J; Linoolu l3 /31 131 at Metropolitan . WO 01 (31 Bsk at Do Exteusial ;!1 11 nl 6 Do. NeW rd all - - st Metropolitan•Diatriet. •fii 811 521 705 10 Metrop. bt. John's ‘1 ood 6 - - at All,l and st L 9, dirniin. Darby et Nrr.h liriWah st U . & lot - - st Nor v.a,stern-Berwica lOO 113 115 1204 Di 25 D .U. purchase i 6.13,6 - - at 1/1., Leeds .... 100 761 771 ab L MorkloU 116 131117 st D oearliole - - at 1) oStock..ic Darling lOO 116 118 at North Loudon 10 Do •New ltitB . 4 11 2 p at North Staffordshire ICU 57 In 65 41 st North ain , 0.-W. Junction 100 30 101 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... •• at Rl.:onney at Shropshire Union lOO 601 COl st South Devon' at South Eastern lOO 761 77 et Staines, Wok'hain, t Wok all; 13 11 at Tan t ale -- DO. e • 6 - 11 attitOrd & Kilkenny ICU - lb Waterloo & Whitehall 6 - - RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHAMS AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits or each separate year st Caledonian 41 p c gua. 8t Do Scot. Coo. min. 7 p c lOO ... at Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 05 ... at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 7; 80 at Do 5 do, 1802 lOO 81 Vo at Do New 5 do, 1803 lOO 86 IRS at Do do 5 do, 1801 lOO SS 80 st Great Northern, 5 p clued. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston et Sleaxd, 4/ pc 100 at Great West., W. 1141., Lp c 100 at Do Joint i.erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 85 92 941 at Do do 6p c irred., 1800 100 lto 112 1111 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, s lOO S Lune. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1p at Loud., Brig 6;c., 41 pc, 1834 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 leg st 1)3 do 41 do, 1863 100 ... 821 at Do do 4 do, 1865 IVO at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sdo at Loud , Chat., &e., 2d, r p.c 100 at Du Metrop. B 6 p.e 19. Do do C 6 ice at London& N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 at London tt S. Western, 41 p c 100 v 9 95 10 Man. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all V 91 at Metropolitans per cent lOO 100 106 at Midland, 11. 5 per cent pref lOO 107 10) at Do B 5 do 100 107 109 lb Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk . ., Sopt. 1, 1668 all 201 211 18 Do Inconv. Now Shozeki all 18 19/ 22 Do 5 p c con. into Old Stk., - Aug. 31,1372 - 81 11 2fp at North British, E. and No. 1, 5 per cent at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E. & , N 0.2, b p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cenit, 1862 100 at Do E. & (1., No. 3, 5 p.c 100 at Do E.& U., (Urdiry) 4i p c 100 at North Eastern, 4A per cent 100 in ga at Do Stuck. & Dart., D 100 112 113 at North London, 4f, per coat (Alax. 5 per cent) et North Suaturdetnre 5 p 100 at South Eastern, 41 pe, Isss 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 et Do b do, 1364 at Victoria St.& Pimlico, 4A pc 100 ~, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share] NAME. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A all 101 11 10 1 1 AO Do B lO •34 4 50 Albion l5 10 S 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim 20 Anglo-liungario.n 3 14 21 7 0-1 G 20 Auglo-Italian 18GG, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all' 12 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm.... ,••• 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 . Bank of South Austreia all 30 52 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 5 7 32 10 Bank of New Zealand all 164 16 1 50 British North American 20 Chartered of Inilia,Austra lia, and China all 17 15 25 Chartered Mere. of Indio London, and China all El 32 3 11 4 20 City le 10 11 101 100 Colonial 25 36 37 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and London, lint ••• 25 ••• ••• 50 East Loudon, lint. 5 21 If 20 English and Aini•-lean, lint 10 ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lint is pr 1p 20 English, .tcottish, and Aus.. tralian Chartered s; all 191 164 281 Hong lion and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 86 38 281 Do new lll 4 5 100 Imperial, lim 20 imperial Ottoman 25 louiau all Id 22 25 Do new Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 31 3 1 100 Du sp. e. Debs.lB64, 80 all 76 76 00 ;00 London Bank, of .Mexico and South America, lint. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, 11m. 4:5 35 30 r 20 Do new 74 fi 4i 100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 11 13 26 Do newlo 11 2 p 20 London Chart.of Australia all 231 2if 20 London and C0unty.,,,.,,,, 20 494 40 1 46 50 Do new iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 ••• Loudon Joint 5t0ck......„ 311 321 32 Loudon and South African al 8 0 100 London &S.-Wester; lint, 20 13 11 50 London &Venezuela, lint l2l - -- 100 London ant? Westminster 2O 571 534 401 100 Do Scrip, iss at to pm......., 2O ... ... 100 Merchant, lim 10 Metropolitan, lint. . • 00 Midland, lint.. 5 National of Australia 25 National sf Liverpool , um, is 3d y ip 00 National I'rovinc. of Ened 42 ••• ••• 10 Do • ... 42 , ... ... 50 National.. 20 New South Wa1e5.,...,,. JO all 41 43 20 North-Western ............... 71 ... ... 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 50 1 rovinc.l3ank.Corpo., hut. 10 61 54 30 Provincial of 1re1and........ 25 90 82 10 Do new., all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 11 13 100 Do issued at 6 put lO 4 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 43 471 100 Union of Irelattd, lint 50 Union of London THE UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE. The annual meeting of the Lomton Auxlliary Society was held on Tuesday night in the lower-hall, Exeter Hall. Dr. Brewer, M.P., occupied the chair. The hall was quite filled. The secretary submitted the report for the past year, which stated that during the year 170 meetings had been held, and 29,020 signatures obtained from residents in Lon don in favour of the Permisslve Bill. In many districts it was found that the occupants of whole streets readily at tached their names in its favour. The pecuniary state of the funds showed that £O3O 4s. qd. had been collected, and £728 9s. had been expended, leaving a deficit of £-19 3s. sid. The chairman, in opening the proceedings, said that the Alliance did net belong to any party. It had Leon said in the lobby of the House of Commons, when it Wilfrid Lawson's Bill was introduced, that the Alliance wished to dictate to the working classes; Lut it turned out on positive proof that it was the working men themselVes who asked to control the sale cf liquors in certain dis tricts ; and when there was a wrong, a nation's Legislature was bound to interfere, and remove it if possible. He held liberty abused was liberty lost. The Rev. John Mor gan moved That, in the opinion of this meeting, peculiar encouragement is afforded by the remarkable effect of the Alliance agitation upon public sentiment, and by the growing recognition on the fart cf the leading statesmen and the public press of the right of the people to deal effectively with the liquor traffic." Dr. Jab ez Burns seconded the motion, which was agreed to. sir Robert Brisco moved the next resolution, which was in effect that those members of Parliament who supported the movement in the House of Commons receive the cordial thanks of the meeting, which was also agreed to. Mr. Chambers, M.P., supported the resolution at some length, maintaining that the day was not far distant when the desired object of the Alliance would be granted by the Legislature. Other resolutions were proposed, and the proceedings were brought to a doz.: by a vote of thanks to the chairman. THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. The number of visitors at the Agricultural Hall by twelve o'clock on Tuesday was sufficiently large to render locomotion in the main avenue of the building a matter demanding discriminating care, and, as the afternoon wore on, anything approaching to an easy peregrination was an absolute impossibility. The attractions presented by the'cattle far exceeded those offered by either the sheep or the pigs, and any beast above whose head appeared the announcement by ribbon or writing that it had obtained a prize became at once and continuously the centre of an admiring and rib-poking crowd. That the pigs were not capable of awakening more than a transient interest in the majority of visitors to the show may he accounted for by the circumstance that they belong to a genus not noted. for fragrance. A quarter of an hour in the piggery at the Agricultural Hall, though made as pleasant as it can be, is a period of life never to be forgotten. The sale of stcck has been tolerably extensive already, though the notices attached to various stalls and pc ns, to the effect that the occur ants of the same are in the market, denote that many exhibitors are more anxious to take to their homes the value of their several entries than the entries themselves. The Earl of Aylesford's beast, the winner of the £3O prize in its class of shorthorns, of the silver cup value £4O, for the best steer or ox in any of the classes, and of the plate, value £lOO for the best beast in the show, is at pre sent unsold. The live weight of this animal is 19cwt. 2qrs. 231 b. The shcrt-horn of Sir Walter Trevelyan, of Wallington, Newcastle-on-Tyne, which .took the silver cup, value £4O, for the best heifer or cow in any of the classes, is also still on sale. Its live weight is 19cwt. Oqrs. ltlb. A few of the Devons have already found customers, amongst them the one bred and exhibited by her Majesty the Queen, which obtained the 3rd prize in Class 1. The galleries and side avenues of the Hall are this year occu pied with an unusually large and efficient supply of agricultural machinery, implements, and produce. II'CENDI.4RY FIRES AND THE WAY THE MAGISTRA PES ACT IX THEM. The recent incendiary fires in the neighbourhood of Kanturk have given some exciting work to the local magis trates. On Saturday several young men were charged with assaulting and obstructing the policemen on duty at one of the conflagrations, and there was a display of feel ing on one side and the other on the part of the bench not over creditable to the administration of justice. The pro ceedings opened with an unpleasant squabble for the privilege of presiding. Mr. O'Brien moved that the senior magistrate present take the chair, but the senior magistrate declined. Mr. O'Brien was then asked to take the chair himself, and on his refusing, Mr. Moriarty, the stipendiary magistrate, assumed the - post of honour uninvited. Upon this Mr. O'Brien became very angry, and there was quite a scene, but Mr. Moriarty remained in possession of the chair. Beaten by the stipendiary, Mr. O'Brien avenged himself on the sub inspector of police, to whom ho administered a sharp reproof for interfering in a case in which an absent sub-constable was the complainant, and then compelled he unfortunate officer to leave the bench and take his seat amongst the policemen in the body of the court. The humiliation of the officer was highly enjoyed by the auditnee. The cases for hearing were then proceeded with, and the magistrates returned all the defendants for trial at the assizes, accepting bail for their attendance. In one of the cases the decision caused much surprise. The defendant was charged with striking a policeman named Casey on the head with a stick. Casey did not see his assailant, but another policeman saw the blow given, and the assailant caught by Mr. Gullaher, a magistrate. Mr. Gullaher was of opinion that the prisoner was not the person he caught. On the other hand, three respectable witnesses swore that the defendant had been most active in extinguishing the fire, and that he could not by any possibility have been the person who assaulted the policeman, as he was seen on the burning rick the moment before. These witnesses stated that a considerable number of the people assisted to extinguish the flames, and that, though there was some abuse to an unpopular policeman, there was no disorder. Mr. Moriarty strove hard to get an admission that the " mob," as he called them, shewed a disposition to obstruct the police, who, by the way, were stated by all the witnesses to have given no assistance whatever in extinguishing the fires. The witnesses, however, expressed rather the contrary opinion. Mr. Moriarty then insisted, against the wish of two of the magistrates, on taking fresh evidence with respect to the demeanour of the " mob " and two gentlemen were examined, but though their evidence was less favourable to the people than that of the other witnesses, they did not bear out Mr. Moriarty's impression on the subject. At the close of the proceedings Mr. Moriarty refused to grant a licence to a farmer to keep a gun, on the ground that it was unsafe to giant licenses for arms in the present dis turbed state of the country. It is proposed to hold a great meeting in Dublin on the 14th inst., under the presidency of Mr. Butt, Q.C. : to reorganise the Irish Tenant League. Circulars have been issued to the local farmers' clubs in the South, and they have offered to co-operate. Dean O'Brien, in his reply to the circular, observes that the people are beginning to become bewildered, aid that they must be got out of their " muddle." The assizes have commenced at Chester. Mr. Baron Martin is the judge, and in his charge referred to the disputed point as to whether it was necessary or not, under the. Habitual Criminals Act, to insert in the in dictment against a prisoner the charge of any offences which he might have previously committed. The learned judge himself inclined to the opinion that it was not neces sary, but, pending a decision by the Court of Criminal Appeal, ho recommended that the clerk of the peace should bo directed to make the insertion. A telegram from Edinburgh says :—On Monday evening the passenger shed of the new Caledonian Railway station at the Lothian-road fell in with a loud noise. Tho shed had been completed with the exception of the work to bo douo by the slaters on the roof, and during the day about a hundren men had been employed upon it. When the accident occurred all the workmen had left with the exception of four, who wero in one end of the ; but fortunately they escaped uninjured. Thu build ing, which was constructed chiefly of wood, was fully 400 ft. in length and between SOft. and 90ft. in breadth. The cause of the accident has not been ascertained, but it is supposed some of the iron girders had given way. Tho damage is es!imated at about £1,200. CHINA. GRASS.—The Indian Government have latey instituted inquiries into the cultivation of the rhea plant, better known as China grass, and have offered two prizes of £5,000 and £2,000 for the two best inventions of machinery for EeTarating the fibre from the plant and pro wring it for manufacture. 'flu y have also appointed Mr. Montgomery, owner of the China-grass plantation in the Kangra Valley, to the charge of a Government planta tion. It appeals that the China -grass plant produces, when p ,, opeily manipulated, one of the strongest known vegetable fibres, fully three times as strong as the best Russian hemp ; while very inferior preparations of the fibre yield a material equal to the best hemp. The r e i s a great demand for good qualities of the fibre in the Eng lish and American markets, if it can be obtained with regularity at pr'ecs varying from £3O to £BO per ton. A vast extent of country is available for its cultivation in TOIL as WIN very hardy, and sulteil ti;„ 91inlate, The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all r,2cent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wilt celebrity for their flue old Irk.h whiskY, is to be cane.' "The Royal Irish Distillery." RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHIRES AND slums. et Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 $l3 at Caledonian gra., No. 2 lOO ... ..• at Do. Scot. N.E., 14 per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 76 82 st Do. Midland • lOO „, at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ,„ 20 Cornwall, i per cent gua all ..„ atl Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 100 107 et Do. lit Class preference lOO at Olas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lid st /41. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 PS 10J at Do do N 0.2 100 S 7 00 et Do du 6 per cent 100 110 113 at Do East Anglian .4 sp. c. 100 ... at Do do 116 do. 100 ... at Do do 0 7 do. IUO st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... at Do E. Union 4p. e. gua. 100 63 72 at Du Nulfulk p.c.Ex.1616 100 ... D 5 at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Va1.1347 100 at Great Not thorn, 5 por'eent 10J at Do 5 p.c., rd at lup. c. pin. 100 Do 1 4 de do do 100 et De 5 do at sp. e. p.n lOO et Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, if per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Seutland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO ea 9 at. Gt.West.—Orig ua.s .&:Jnt .-ltent 100 104 106 chg., per g p.c st Do. Orig. (1%.W.11. Ex). 5 p.c IUO 95 100 at Do do 4 4 per cont. 1350 led at Do do 4 do do at Lu do 3 per cent: releni lu4 97 9•J it Do do Btriiiingitain gua lOO 68 et Du do do pref WO at Du do Chester gun lOO 63 SJ at Do do do S per cent lOO at D o du do 5 do 100 05 ;Of/ at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 m at Do do 4 6 p.c lOO „, at Do do 4,1 1859 lOO „. at Do do b at Do West Mid. Oxford I st g lOO 116 at Do do 20 gun. 100 1 3 115 at Do Newport, lst g. 5 p.c. 100 56 98 at Du du 2d du 100 ••• • • et Do gua. 51 per cent. 1833 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. ail ••• 102 a t Lancash. & Yorkali. 6 p.c. 100 lii 13a at Do Barnsley, £5 Oa 101 p.c. D l / 4 1 ,„ a t Do 8 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1.35 et Do 44 (Blackburn perch). IUO 03 100 at, London & Brighton, I p.c. gu arauteal, Nu 1 lOO st iDo 0 per cent. guy. No. 2 lOO ;:: st Do 6 du do lee ..„ at Do 5 do N.. 4 lOO a il Do 6 7 pe d r o cent lO (W.E. 0.1? ) 10 0 0 at Do 4 do WO lOO st London, Cuathain, & Dover S per cent lOO ••• ••• MI Loudon and LI.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 114 112 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO st Do Shrewsb'y & Imo at London and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 146 150 p Do (rortion.parp aria 2s6d) • Mau., Shel., &Liuclu. 6 p.c. 100 Do .E 4 all par 1 pin ▪ Do 31 per coat lOO 04P 06 1 Do redeem. 0 per cent 6 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. C lOO 134 135 a Do Bristol St 'krill., 6p. c lOO 1:2 I;i4 a Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO i.B Lou a Do 41 per cent. irredeein lOO as It)) a Do Leicester & 4 p.c 100 86 E 1 st North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO at Do B. & Cr. 4p.c.S. & D lOO at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.i lOO at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO ..„ at N.-Eastern--Cous. 4 p.c 10) 57 80 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO VI as at Do l 4 N.B. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Du Lerwick capital 5.13.4. Du York, IL& S. purchase II 10 105 Do Stelitu &Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO 107 100 et Do W, Hartlepool 11. and tt 100 813 88 87 20 North Staffordshire all 20P 211 10a 6. Devon Annuities, 1.5..• all 9 It) 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 0/ 108 Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 83 10.6. S. Bast. (Read. Anus., 1.0.0) all 22 23 at Do 45 percent ' 100 at Do Fixed 41 por cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 156 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 .• RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXFD RENTALS st Birkenhead lOO 91 92 00 Do. 44 per cent. Prefer all vs 101 et Buckinghamshire it Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 ; 6 at Do. 11 per cent. it Do. I c lO . s t Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO it Colchester Stour Valley 108 a t East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 132 144 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ,„ s Gt. Easa., Iv a vrru., &c., 5 p.c 100 • Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 et Do.do.Wootibrg.Ex., do 100 . et Gt. West, W. Mid., Herot 100 96 vs 60 Hull and Selby all 110 112 it Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 2i6 at Loudon and Blackwall lOO 92 95 054 a t Do. 41 per cent lOO at Loudon, Coat., Sx., 4: p. c. 100 st Do. Coln. Fund, 5 do 100 at London and Ureenvrieh at Do. do I'referonc9„, 100 „, „. st London, Tilbury, a Souta 100 83 8 - 5 at Lorrestuft,gua 4 percent lOO 79 51 st D o . 6 do 100 5: Munch., Ma all at idlaud, Bra'llord, Prof— 100 92 91 10 Mid Kent Cray 60 Northern& East., 6 percent all 53 66 40 Do. do. a do. all st N..Easteru—Hartlepool ... 100 it N. West. A porp. prof, 5p c. 100 107 109 it Du B minimum 14 p.c lOO at Nuttina,rti U runth. IL 6 4 U••• 109 91 94 25 Preston and W %Tu. , . all 44 4G ltuystoll,ll4o4, ° , 4244 loy 144 at Shrewsbury and Hereford loft 144 184 10 Do du 8 2 01p s S. Yurksh. and River Dun 100 97 99 D 4 per cent gua... 10i 73 3U do .. all 93 100 at Viet. Station and Phnlico.... 100 st West Cornwall 0 Li 5i , it? West London, Class A lO all 1J 14 20 1J 1 9 13 all 20 Do '!:t at Weymouth and Purtlaial Too I, T It! st Wilts anti Somerset DOOM, st East and WeaL India lOO 111 125 London and St. Katherine lOO iv 50 100 1) oriel,. stock, 4 per cent all Mina - all Freehold Land st Dock lO,l .3 , a st Southampton WV 72 15 51 *arrey 0)14w - int:Wl TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. b Anglo-American lei., Aim alj` ok 10 Anglo Meditor 10 171 17# 13 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 141 151 • et Do. S per cent. st B. midi. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 17S Is 3 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 223 20 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-Europeau Tel., lim lO Id pr Loud. Proyincial Tel. lint all 21 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all I i p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 65 74 25 Reuter's Telegram all 79 t 3( 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all 15 151 151 1 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 1/ sU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim ull 7 7/ 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 41 p MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 141 15 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and •• Finance, lint 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 5 5,1 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 111 141 10 Do. New all _ WO Bolekow Vaughan, litre- ••• 30 13 1 5 5 Bombay Gas, lint 5 Do. New 4 11 id 51 British American Land 4l 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lint all 21 21 20 British Ship Owners 7l .. .. 29 Canada Company all liii ti 6 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lies 2j .. ... 20 Ceylon Company, lint. 20 Do. A shares • 10 City Discount, lim 5 _ _ 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 9 51 41d 30 City of Milan Improv. lies, all e 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lint all 50 • City Offices, lint 25 23 22 d 111 12 50 Colonial, lint Do. . i . 50 Commercia;. 'dnion (Assur) 5 p r p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lins. 20 Continental Union blas, lint all 2d 27 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 109 Corporation of London Bends, 1877, 41 per cent. all 103 j 104 j 199 Do. 1870, 4; per cent, all 1011 103 j 100 Do. 1882, 4f pet cent. all 103 loi 10 Credit Fon. of England, litn. all 21 21 50 Credit Fon.of 11auritinslim. 10 3j 2;01 st Crystal Palace st Do. Preference lOO 95 100 st Do. op. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 112 20 Darjeeling, litre. 10 Eastern Assam, lint. 6l ._ ._d 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, Um. 20 East India Irriga, St Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lien. 27 111 101,1 100 Egyptian) Per cent. V'ruy. Gus,. by Egypt. GOT 94 55 94 20 Egyptian Cum. & Trad. !jun 6 .. 3 k;ug...t Lust nil. Copper, lira 21 g g 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 41 3411 100 Eug. and Scot. .lJariue, Hut 10 Fairbairu Euginceriug 5 3 2,1 20 Fore-streetWlrehouse,lim l2 1 2 g: lug 100 Fur. & Cul. tko , r. Trust and _ Loan Scrip, issued at .tiS5 all SS 'JO 50 Gellivera, litu. 16 General Credit & Die., lira 71 1} 1 , 1 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27. 29 L9l 50 Home Col Marine lu. line 5 2 3 25 10 Hong Kong and China Gus all 20 Hudson's Bay all 14 13 20 Imperial Land Cu. of Mar scales, lint. 20 Interna. Financial Sue. lien 5 2 14 20 Interns. Laud Credit, lien , 6 6 4 a 50 Italian Land 6 ld p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 3 1 100 Do. 6 p. c. Bds., redeem 1170, issued 90 all 67 W 50 Land Securities, lim. 25 Loudon African Trading._ 10 7 Id 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, lien. 6 ...d 10 London County Land and Building, 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lien 30 22 21 4 Lond.Gen.Onmibus.Co.li m . all 2 2 1 2 1 50 Loud, and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lien. ~,,,• 25 21 165 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 Id pr et Madras Irriga. Cant. Gua. sp.c. by India Gov. 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 50 Merchant Shipping, lien, a ll 32 37 40 Millwall Iron Works, lien. 121 ••• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lien 5 11i 115 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 ••• • • 10 National Steam Ship, lint all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron lie. 6 31 3 d 10 New Consolidated Die. lien. 3 14 135 5 Now Quebrada, lim ......... A. 8.0 4 1 4 3 25 New Zealand Loan & 11er. . cautile Agency,lim 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lien 10 Northern Assam Te a, lie n. 5 ' 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., line lOO 45 44 SO North Brit. & Moreau. 61 IV 191 221 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 14 50 Oriental Financial, lien ll •-•• Oriental Gas, lien 5 Do. New 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, Urn 5 Ottoman Gas, 1ira......, 14 21 10 Panama, New Zealandand Australian R. Mail 5 Do. do. et Peel R. Land & Minerl lien 10• 31 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 6 49 4 9 50 Do. New 1867 lO 11 Id 40 Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New 2 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,llin. all 18 la Do. Gas, him all gi 4 21 g i 474 100 Royal Mail Steam Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 78 83 Do. 6 . p. o,Guar. Pref. 101 Societe Fin. d'Egypte,lim -- 18 7 td Societe (}en.de !'Empire Ot 6 24 34 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim 6 ... ... 25 South Australian Land all 23 34 20 Telograph eon. & Main.,lim all 321 231 84 31 20 Th.rraoo and litoruoy m,....i.ute (Insurance), lint 2 24 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim B4 .. 10 Trust S.• Agency of Aus.,lim 1 10 Do do. do. all 1 .. ip li Loan 20 Trust & Loan Co., 17. Canada 5 i 50 Union Marine L'pool , li m 5 44 tl) 20 Union Steam Ship , lim all 22 24 P 15 United Discount Corp. , lint 6 ... . 20 Universal 3lariue (In.) , lim 6 V 1 , 1 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 14 2 p 30 Van Diemor's L and 2 Bl i 7 100 Viceroy of Egypt , 7 per cent. (3l ol* tg Finance,itg 12 80 1 214 814 50 Warrant 11 1,4 50 West India a nd Pacili c Stout, UM 2O 5 3 20 Wo r tLondou Wharves and Warehouses o li in all 10 COLONIAL GOVNIINBINNT SEOURITIK.; 1110:0; 11- -09(121 11:7-3141 941 - taithdi Columbia, 6 per .9u 100 107 109 100 1877-84 . 11"an.'j6julY 100 104 9 tc,74 1 • lOO 108 111 .. : 7 Cl i o : ... . i I PP : : I : : 6 : l J ‘ c a b n ' . 4 A A J u g u 1 . y . .. - pC. Up 6 1 ) WO 102 Itii I id , o ° t De . O il ' S t p " . . 1 [ 1 0 5 : 71121 ; 1 : 8 ; :11& . :81les Sept •.: •:IC 0 9u 0 2 - Do. 5 per colt. 15 April and 15 (Jot., 1900 .. 100 93 100 _ c, j ion, Nov 1878, 0 p.c.. 100 108 lIC - Do. ....: 12 ), ; ( ) 30 ,..A j p a l n .4: s6d 0 jo o u t i 1872, d 0.... 100 105 Iv y1:111988089019"*. I" 111 /13 - Mauritius. 6 p. 0, 1873,.. - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 .• S . luo 1i,5 (06 - Melbourne Cqrporatn.,.. - Dlloo..llBB3,L,llreaby. a l nd A N ue r ... ,..: iu oo 19 1 r 1, , ,,,0s - 1407-7 5 , 0 per cent... i, 1( 0 100 100 :--: N.11,40ir, 6 p,0,Ja.,0 01) ~ lOU lU3 1104 - Natal 6 p ct, Apt& 00t... 00 __ - 1031 D o 6 p (3. tiny ..1r CY 01••••• 1 0 1 G hi& - N.Zealand, 6r. et. 18J1.. 100 _ _ - . 1 N.1):00.765.pp5.1...cr1:db.4,17:0tt001;79,1t1:1 . Ij f ' j, 1; / ; I' o l o me - Po. 6 percent.... .... l eo DoJan, A p•I•Ju:y,() 1.... 100 VI 92 i3' 1 - Do 6p c. Mar & Sept '91.. 100 108 no '''. • - l io 4 ro,fi ii 4:0 , isql •1 ..; 100 ttra di - (1.1211;ov. , 144044.1 L , 0 _ ... i ..11031 42, 1•19`1. ~ ) -- Nova Scotia 6 p c.Jan... - an./ July, 1576 _ j,) OA.. .. ..... -- tau-cnsind. 6p. 0. '3.1... (CO '.07 1081 -.: D 9 t Tasmanian6 .. p . e . :•.; CM., 10 . 0 1 1 , 0 7 7 1 1 0 '' ) s' _ Do ,19,1 97 . , ... .... 100 : 1 08 109 - Victoria. 6 per cent. 1391.. 100 111 115 Do. April and Oct , t „,„,,,,, lon 14 112 1114 WRECK OF THE SPINDRIFT. .-.._.....-..... Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Pattmon, the magis trate, and Captains Harris and Hight, nautical assessors, a►ttended at the Greenwich Police-court, for the purpose of giving judgment with re spect to the inquiry directe 1 by the Board of Trade into the circtunstaucJs attending the strand ing and subsequent wreck of the above vessel on Newcombe Bank, of Dungeness, on the morning of the 21st ult. Mr. Slield (instructed by Messrs. Green and Allin) attended on behalf of Captain Natsford, and Mr. Bewley, solicitor, for Mr. .Mar in, the pilot in charge of the vessel at the time of the wreck. The Court having been some time in consulta tion, on returning the following judgment was read by Mr. Boustred, the Chief Clerk : " The first question which arises appears to be the following :—ls the master to be held respon sible for this loss while a duly licensed Trinity house pilot was in charge of the vessel in compul sory pilotage, and within the compulsory district? In considering this question it is expedient to state at the outset the legal enactments, and the gene ral proposition of the law laid down in the text books applicable to such cases. By the 338th sec tion of the Merchant Shipping Act, 17th and 18th Victoria, cap. 101, under which Act this Court is constituted, it is enacted That no owner or master of any ship shall be answerable to any person whatever for any loss or damage occasioned by the fault or incapacity of any qualified pilot acting in charge of such ship, within any district where the employment of such pilot is compulsory by law.' By this enactment (says Mr. Abbott, in the 10th edition of his work on Shipping,' edited by the late Mr. Justice Shoe), the law, after mach variety of decisions, is finally settled in conformity with the construction put upon the compulsory section of the former Act by Dr. Lushington in the case of the Protector. It was decided by that learned Judge on the 6th, 14th, and 58:11 sections of George IV., cap. 125, that the exemption from liability provided by the Act was limited to the case of vessels having a pilot on board, that the owners were protected only in those cases where the pilot was the sole author of the injury, and that if the misconduct of the master or crew were contributory to it the owners continued liable.' Mr. Abbot goes on to say, 'Cases may arise in which it is not only the master's right but his duty to resume the autho rity if the. pilot should be plainly incompetent through intoxication er other c tuses, and should the vessel be end tngert.d by his mismanagement the master is hound to interfere.' The attention of this Court was directed to the decisions of the Admiralty Court with regard to the respective , responsibilities of the pilot and of the master. The principle which appears to be es'ablished by these decisions may be expressed in the records of Baron Parke, ic pronouncing the judgment of the Judicial Committee or the Privy Council in the apreal in the case of the Christian (reported in 7 Moore's Privy Council Cases). Speaking of the special duties of the pilot, he said, ' The pilot un questionably has the sole dir.Ttien of the vessel when his local kno a ledge is presumably required —the direction, the course, the manoeavring of the vessel when sailing.' 'These,' says Mr. Train, in commenting on this very case—and I need scarcely say his judgment in then: matters is entitled to the highest respect—' these are the especial and exclu sive functioas of the pilot, with which the master cannot interfere, so long as the pilot is not disabled' from the performance of his duty by any temporary or permanent cause of disability.' Now, from the evidence adduced iu this case, it is impossible for the Court to affirm that the pilot was incompetent from intoxication. Ouly one witness, the steward (against whom, it must be renicnib....red, a counter charge of drunkenness is brought by the pilot, and corroborated by the master's statement), speaks on this matter. He says that the pilot's manner was odd ; and that it appeared to him that he had been drinking. The second mate, however, who seems to have been the most active man on dec:i . , says in his evidence, I saw much of the pilot during the night. Ile was competent to perform his duties, and was attentive and sober.' On the first ques tion, the Court is of opinion that the captain is by law entitled to be exempted from all re sponsibility. The only other question for the consideration of the Court is—does the conduct of the master during the time the vessel was under such compulsory pilotage show any act com mitted, or any duty omitted, which contributed to the loss of the vessel? On this point the law seems to be equally clear and decisive. If the direc tions givenby the pilot appear manifestly improper, the master may no doubt, and indeed it would be his duty to, give his advice; but beyond this in such matters he is bound, as a rule, implicitly to obey the pilot's commands. With regard, however, to such matters as are connected with the ordinary managing of the vessel, irrespective of local know ledge or local circumstances, the master's duty, as commanding the vessel, and his responsibility for any wrongful act or default causing loss still remains. Is there any evidence to show that the master had any reason whatever for doubting the judgment of the pilot? It must be borne in mind that the master had been constantly on deck till midnight, when, according to the evidence, ha turned in for two hours. The vessel when he went below was, it is admitted, on her right course. The night was clear and fine, the moon was at its full, and the wind was off shore. Shortly after 2 a.m. of Nov. 21 the master came on deck again. He called the attention of the pilot to a light, asking him if it was not the Dungeness Light. The pilot answered it was a star above the port house. The master, trusting to the long experience of the pilot, again went below, and in a few minutes afterwards the vessel ran ashore. The Court, after anxious con sideration of the second question, has arrived at the conclusion that, under all the circumstances of the case, and bearing in mind the many years' expe rience of the pilot, of which the master was fully aware, the master had not sufficient reason to justify him in interfering with the pilot, who was then by law in sole command of the vessel. The court, however, deems it right to notice the fact, though it did not contribute to the loss of the vessel, that there was considerable laxity on board. No watches were set, and no orders whatever seem to have been given by the master or chief mate. Everything seems to have been left to chance. It is true that there was at least one man on the look-out; that the second mate was on deck for nearly the whole time ; that a boy was placed in the waist of the vessel to pass the word from the man on the look-out to the pilot ; that a leadsman was iu the main chains, and took the soundings; and that there was a man at the wheel. But none of these were, so far as the evidence goes, sent to their respective positions by the orders of the mas ter or chief mate, and for this state of affairs the court feel bound to express their opinion of the want of caution on the part of the master. IVith respect to the conduct of the pilot in this case, as this court has no jurisdiction over him under the Merchant Shipping Act, it is to be no further noticed than as it is necessary to ascertain whether there was a de fault in the navigation of the vessel for which the m aster can be held responsible. With these ob servations the certificate of Captain Nutsford is re turned to him." The legal gentlemen on both sides severally thanked the Con t for the manner in which the inquiry had been conducted, and the procee:lings terminated. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MORNING. EVENING WEDY. E,DAY 10 min past 5 30 niin past 5 TnunsDAY .. . 5.5 min past 5 ' ) 0 min past 6 FviDAY 40 min past ( 5 min uast 7 SATURDAY 30 win past 7 0 min past 8 SUNDAY 35 min past 8 12 miu past 9 MoNDAY 46 min past 9 15 min past 10 TUESDAY . 5O win past 10 20 win past 11 Lisctto Kingfisher Meerschaum Aer01ite.......... La Sorrentina.. Head ()antra .... COURT OF CHANCERY. TOPHAH V. THE DUKE OF PORTLAND. There were two appeals from the decision of Vice. Chancellor James, both of which had reference to appointments made by the present Duke of Port land as joint trustee with his brothers of a fund of £32,000 and an annuity of £2,000 a year, left by the late duke for the benefit of his daughters Lady Harriett Beutinck and Lady Mary Topham. The latter was not married until after the decease of her father, who was averse to her union with Sir William Topham. Lord Henry Bentinck and the late Lord George Bentinck were joined in the trusteeship with the present Duke. The trust was subject to certain restrictions, the object of which was to prevent the marriage. The Lord Chancellor went through the proceedings be fore the Lords Justices and House of Lords, theresult of which in the latter was to set aside the appoint ments previously made by the Duke, who then made two other appointments in favour of Lady Harriett, from which an appeal was now made. It was contended in support of the rights of the dake to make the appointments now in dispute that ho was merely giving effect to the wishes of his father, the donee, in reference to Lady Mary Tophaw. Their lordships decided to-day that the duke's ap pointments were invalid, and dismissed the appeal with costs. RING'S LINN ELECTION. POLLING THIS DAY. ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Mr. Young (L) Lard C. Hamilton (C) .., 795 ..: 745 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CROYDON RACES—YESTERDAY. SELLING HANDICAP HURDLE RACE Wild Blood Charon Thr©e ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Four ran. CROYDON CUP. Gardener HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Fourteen ran. MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE (yesterday).—Mr. Morgan ob jects to the winner, Droxford having won a cap value 20 guineas before tho time of entry. RACING FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Derby IU, iii Newton ..25, klarrow 17, 16 LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Da!i) 11.18 111. Nottingham l, 2 1 E.,,,50in.. 23, EC Li vorpool B, 11, IU 1 li,uthlry 31, A pril 1 War w lob:. ....... ....22, 23 . 2 I 1 A P.RIL, Nortlitoupton 5, a Lowes West lira; tun 7, is I Croydon Newnwri,:t enotou IS to 21 MAY. Newmarket Ist S 2 to 5 1 Harpenden 20, 21 Mester . to t...) 13 I Ilan 24, 25 Winchester 10, 11 1 Stamford 9 f ,; , 97 Salisbury l2, Ii 1 0,1/y - doe ''ti, 27 York 17, 1:11 Epsom J 1 to Junei Doncaster lii, 2U 1 JUNE. Croydon B, 9 -Newton q.) , 23 Manchester 8,9, 19 Hampton 23, 24 Ascot ll to 17 I 13ibury Club 29 Windsor 21, 22 Stiekbridge.„3o, and July 1 JULY. Newmarket R to 8 I \Vest Drayton l4, 15 Nottingham l2, 13 i Huntingdon l9, '2O Chelmsford 12, ,13 I Kingsbury 21, 22 Reading 12, 13 1 Goodwoo.t 9 6 to 29 AUGUST. , Brighton 2, 3 I Stockton 17 to 19 Brighton Club 4 1 Oxford 1 ,4, 19 Lewes '), 6 i York 23 to 25 Egham 9, 1 1 ) I Plyni 'mit 25, 23 Windsor 11, 12 1 Dorhy Bromley 16, 17 1 Weymouth 30, 31. SEPTEMBER. Warwick .... I:, 7 I Richmond 2J, 21 Abingdon .. B, 9 I Western Ileet. (Ayr) 21, 28 Doneasts.r l3 to 16 i Ilendon • , P, 28 liamplou 4 0, 21 1 Newintrkot Ist 0ut..27 to 30 OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2ndOct..lo to 14 Leicester Brumley ti 7 I Newmarket 1i0t'n...24 to 29 .NOVEMBEIi. Liverpool 8 to 11. I Shrewsbury 14 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 Harrow I Derby 10, 11 Newton 25,16 _. . _ M A RCH. Liverpool 8,9, 10 1 11: 0ru10y......81 and April 1 %Vest Somerset 16, 17 1 Cheltenham—al and April 1 Warwick 22 to 24 1 APRIL.' Aldershot 7, 8 I Kingsbury lB, 19 LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. WHITEHALL, DEC. G. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to: be paved under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto James Clarke Lawrence, of Westbourne-ter race, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., one of the Alder men, and late Lord Mayor of the City of London, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 6. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Rear-Admiral Charles George Edward Patey (Administrator of the Government of her Majesty's Settlement on the River Gambia, on the Western Coast of Africa), to be Go vernor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Saint Helena. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 6. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George nor nidge, Potter, Esq., M.D., of Meath Hospital and County Dublin Infirmary, and ox-President of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, to be one of her Majesty's Surgeons in Ordinary for Ireland. ADMIRALTY, DSc. 6. William Thomas Mainprise, Esq., C.i3., has this day been placed on the Retired List, with the rank of Captain, from the sth November, 1869, under Order in Council of 26th June, 1867. IJARKETS.-7 his Day. LIVERPOOL COTTON. Dec. B.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. The market steady. NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND.—At a meeting of the committee on Saturday last it was stated that Mr. G. Tomlino, M.P., has had engraved Murillo's picture of the "Pool of Bethesda," and has presented the plate to the society. It is intended to devote the proceeds of the gift to a fund to be called the " Tomlin° Fund." At the meet ing two cases of distressed members were investigated, and a liberal grant was made in each instance. One of the most attractive stalls in the Agricul tural Hall at the present time is that of Mr. Van Stan, who exhibits such a beautiful display of alumni= gold jewel lery that scarcely one admirer passes it without making a purchase. Mr. Van Stan has long supplied the public wi% the most beautiful articles at the Polytechnic Insti tution, and his success has called up a number of imita tors, but his productions still outrival all others for taste and elegance. The United States' screw corvette Plymouth, 18 guns, Capt. W. 11. Macomb, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Marseilles, and on Monday went into Portsmouth at high water to fill up with coals. In steaming up the Solent from the Needles, in charge of a local pilot, the Plymouth took the ground twice off Newtown, owing to the thick weather prevailing at the time, but she remained on the ground only a short time, and sustained no damage. It had been understood that the Ply mouth was to sail in company with her Majesty's ship Monarch for Madeira and the United States on the morning of the 9th inst., but her present sailing orders are for the 11th inst., and then it is thought probable she may return to the Mediter ranean, in Iku of accompanying the Monarch, as had been original) , arranged. During the recent journey of the Empress of the French to the East her Majesty paid a visit to the Indian relief screw troop transport Malabar at Suez, and was c inducted over the ship by her commander, Captain Frederick D. Rich. As an acknowledgment of Captain Rich's attention on the occasion the Empress has presented that offi cer with a handsome scarf pin, set with diamonds and black pearls. The jewel is at present in the possession of the Commodore of the station, Sir Leopold heath, pending the arrival out of the permission of the Admiralty for Captain Rich to accept it. I .1