The Sun. — London, England, 1869-11-18 00:00:00

itio°' ita l to ei ,i to edia thal ) 4 P er to 11 Aso' ro left MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. To-day's business was better on the Stock Ex change. Consols have advanced, and Spanish has risen 1, upon the improved prospects of the mo narchy in Spain. Turkish, Indian, and Egyptian are also higher. American Securities being in more request are firmer. :There is also a continued de mand for Telegraph Construction and Maintenance shares, which opened at 34, then went lo 33f sellers, and are now 333- buyers. Consols are now at 934 to 931 for money ; ditto, for Account, 938 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 4 ; New Tkree per Cents, 921 1 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 5 press. ; June, 9 press. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 1 per Cent., 239. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 213 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 115 ; ditto 4 Per Cent., Oct., 1888, not ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872, 1051; ditto, 1877, 1041 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 25 prem. ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 25 prem. In the Railway Market Caledonians are now 801 to 801, a rise of I. Metropolitans are now 841, a rise of 8. Great Eastern are 361 to 361 ; Great Western, 551 to 551 ; Brighton, 431 to 44; London, Chatham, and Dover, 16 to 161 ; London and North Western, 1191 to 120 ; South Eastern, 761 to 77 ; Midland, 118 to 111 ; Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; and the A stock, 107 to 108. Grand Trunk of Canada is 158 to 16 ; and Great- Western, at 151 to 151 ex div. In the Foreign Market Stocks Spanish have im proved since the opening, and are now f higher, at 27. Most of the leading bonds are also better. Turkish Five per Cents., 43f to 431; ditto Six per Cents., 65 to 651; Italian, 531 to 531; Egyptian (1868) Loan, 77 to 771; Peruvian, 83 to 831; Oriel, 80/ to 81+ ; and Charkof, 80 to 80}. Lombardo-Venetian is firm, at 191 to 191; and Great Luxembourg is steady, at 12 to 12i. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 83k to 831 ; Erie Shares, 204 to 20i ; and Illinois, 994 to 991. Anglo-American Telegraph is steady, at 20 to 204 ex div. ; French Atlantic Cable, 16i to 16j. In Bank Shares there has been an improvement of 10s. in Chartered Mercantile, the price being 32 to 33. Anglo-Austrian are 8 to 10 premium ; Consolidated, 43 to 41 ; Imperial, 161 to 17 ; Im perial Ottoman, 21 to 21 prem. In Miscellaneous Securities prices are not much altered. Hudson's Bay is flat, at 131 to 131. General Credit, 11 to 1 dis. ; and National Dis count, 11 to 111. The aura of £5,000 in bar gold was sent into the Bank yesterday, making, on balance, a total of £19,000 sent in siuca the date of the last return. Of the tenders for 1200,030 in bills on India received at the Bank of England, the amounts allotted were :—To Calcutta, i',182,500 ; and to Madras, £17,500. The minimum price was fixed as before—viz., at Is. 11d. on Calcutta and Madras. Tender's on those presidencies at ls. will receive about 29 per cent. ; above that price in full. These results are the same as those noticed on the last occasion. The Manchester Courier says :—" It is under stood that the stoppage announced in the Liverpool corn trade yesterday is that of the firm of Clunie and Kemp, Talbot-chambers, Fenwick-street. They were principally engaged in the American grain trade, and their failure is attributed to the recent successive falls in the market. Their liabilities are variously stated at from £22,000 to £35,000. The London and North Western Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £4,315, com pared with the corresponding period of last year ; the Midland an increase of £5,495 ; the Great Northern a decrease of £1,040 ; the Great Eastern an increase of £ll5 ; the Great Western an increase of £1,950 ; and the London and South Western an increase of £1,611. We are officially informed that the directors of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Com pany (Limited) have decided to convene a special general meeting of the shareholders at the end of the month to authorise the return of £8 per share of the capital— X 4 to be paid this year, and the balance " as early as practicable." At the meeting of the Soci6te du Cable Trans atlantic Francais (Limited), the directors' report was adopted. The meetings of the company are in future to be held alternately in London and Paris. An extraordinary general meeting of the Metro politan Railway Warehousing Company (Limited) is convened for the 25th inst., to confirm the re solutions passed on the 4th instant for a voluntary Winding up. The first annual report of the directors of the nercules Land, Building, and Investment Society states the gross income for the year at £3,728, the advances on freehold and leasehold securities at £3,277, and the gross profit of the year at £225. Creditors of the London Artisans' Club and Trades' Hall Company (Limited) are required to send the particulars of their claims to the liquidator by the 21st December. We notice that the first general meeting of the members of the London Chamber of Commerce—a body which is being formed under the auspices of the Associated Chambers of Commerce—is called for the 14th December, when the president, vice-presi dents,and other members of the council of the cham ber will be elected. BRUTISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. G O V ER NMENT rUNDS.; • per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, Dec 1 931 8 per Cent. Boducod 92i 1 New 3 per Cent Now 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. b per Cen Jan. 1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — EXchoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i p. Ct. March Do. 3 do. June 9 1)0 £lOO, £2OO & £5OO pm Bank of England Stock, 4i per Cent Ds. opening — Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Later-Colonial Uranium INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES india Stock, 10f per Cent., April 1874 213 Do. Opening, for Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enlaced Pape, 4 per C0nt.. , ... Do. 5 per Cellt., Jan. 1872 Do. 5} per Cent. May 1879 DO 5 per Cent., Ru pp . Deb. 18 72 — Do do 1877 lO4l Do. do. 1882 — a). Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4per Cent., £l,OOO 2O pm Do. under Xl,OOO 25 FOREIGN FUNDS— TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, i per Cent 1 unrian Bonds 5 pof cent Do. 159 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858....• — Do. no 1860 — Do. do. 1863 721 00. 5 per Cent., 1865 ~. Do Account B 3l 1 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. ( Lilian 6 per Cent Do. 4i per Cent... 76 Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per colt. 1867 0 lorubmn, 6 per Cent.. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do. Acccunr Do 8 per Cent., 1867 931 Ecuador New C;ousolidated, 1 per Cent EKyptian, 7 per Cent... — Do Second 155ue............................ — o. 1501, Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. 1500 B o nds po•hin Bon is B7l Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .... Do. £lOO Bonds .... Government ItAilwav Debentures..... ri "",°!qc 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups - "Jo. Coupoue • • Do. Account Ultemala"s per Cent .. — li ondurasdov Rail. Loan., 10 p.,Ct., all pd 841 - Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 — ;P s ci• Account " 0 Marenunana Railway . — t 71.1. 17. opOld y !fit out visited iCF) a dur. al , old 12. * clad° deflu i ' 11 bear j u kiug 110 113 - be re" , c ured ;13iefil rorki° s from D get 01 in,g• o pre os i, 3133 inces; rs an d •t an d j tb o thei r ) f the rrive cl al b 3° ougli- place' ted to M 3 ' l e ster' font" as the o ,tiont i occur' Vil lell :0 bad 11 and Coo' Ls Ail/ lOU stocl Idexican 3 per Cont . Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — doutevidxtu 6 per Cont. 110 crish Imperial 5 1-5 r Cent Now Granada — Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred - Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 831 Do 4/ per Cont. (th:')arren) ,. ... Do 4/ per Cent., 1862 - Do Account Por tsguose 3 por Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.': 32 } Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O pAiil — Russian 5 ~ar Cent., 1822, X. St Do 4} per Cont 1850 Do le per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do :do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., 911 2-1- Do. du. £B4 15s. do. Do.. 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 los. do — Do Nicolas Railway CSI I Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen ... Do. Acc , Junt — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrea — Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded _ Do. Account — Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 — Do do, 1868 Tnrkish 6 per Cent ' ...... ....... .... Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account ... 661. Do £lOO Bonds 72f Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account — Do £lOO Bonds 6Bf 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., 1862 — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Dividends ou the above payable in London Austrian o psr Ceizit. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — I tg.liau 5 per ent. 1861, E-2 - :. 25f. Do Account — TWO O'CLOCK. Jonsols, Money .. Do. Account, Dec. 1. 931 931 i; 0 URSE OF EXCIIAN GE. Amsterdam , Short ... 11 18 ... 11 181 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 1 ... 12 11 Antwerp --••• 25 35 ... 25 40 Brussels Hamburgh — ••• 13 11 ... 13 llt Paris Short ... 25 121 ... 25 221 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 1 . 204 Vienna — ... 12 55 ... 12 60 Trieste — ... 12 571 ... 12 621 Petersburg Copenhagen 9 20 ... 9 4 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz - ... 485 ... 49 Leghorn Milan — ... 26 771 ... 2C 85 Genoa — ... 26 771 .... '26 8.5 Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon — ... 515 _. o 2 ; Oporto - ... 515 ... 52 Rio Janeiro - ••• -- • •• - New York ......- NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Teazer, 4, twin screw, compozite -built gun - vessel, 464 tons, 120-horse power, rigged and stored for commission in the first-class of the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth, has been selected by the Admiralty to fill the place of the Thistle, dis abled by the recent rupture of one of her boilers at Sheerness, and of which the Teazer is in every respect a sister vessel. The Teazer has been placed in dock at Portsmouth for the necessary examination of her valves and other matters below her water line, and on leaving the dock again will be navi gated round to Sheerness under steam to receive Commander Richard M. Blomtield, the officer ap pointed by the Admiralty to command the Thistle, and her other officers and crew. The Glasgow, 28, unarmoured wooden-built screw frigate, 3,087 tons, 600-horse power, having been rigged and completed ready for commission at Portsmouth, was yesterday officially inspected and handed over to the Steam li,e.serve Department for a berth at the harbour reserve moorings. The Glas gow is one of the last and handsomest of our 50- gun wooden frigates. Rumour some time since destined her for a flagship in the Pacific. Rear-Admiral Arthur Forbes ha 3 been appointed Senior Officer at Queenstown, vice Rear-Admiral Frederick Warden, C. 8., deceased. Lieutenant the lion. E. S. Dawson, Flag Lieu tenant to the late Rear-Admiral Warden, C. 8., has been promoted to the rank of Commender from th 11th inst. The officers and men employed in the Chatham Dockyard have commenced a subscription in aid of the fund now being raised for the widows and orphans of the men who perished by the explosion on board the Thistle at Sheerness. _ _ "PARIS CORRESPONDE. WEDNESDAY. The &veil publishes Ledru-Rollin's address to the electors of the Third Circumscription, in which he with draws his candidature. He says that were it not for his ardent desire to revisit his country he might well be satis fied, for it has been al un lantly shown that if he would take the oath his elect ion would be secure. He has refused the condition became he prefers the freedom of the suffrage to his own personal interest. The abolition of the oath is a question which has now gained sufficient adherents to make its way, and will, art he believes, give the final blow to the Empire ; but as a py of the e believe that the division of their majority will give the Government a chance of success, ho withdraws his candi dature. When time is wanting, the most pressing danger must be the first thought of, and he charges those of the electors who share his views to reflect that it is best to unite all their forces against the common enemy. The Sijcle calls this " a patriotic letter," and looks with real disfavour on the candidature of M. Pouyer-Quertier, who was a candidate at Rouen at the last election. The Siecle gives a list of the reasons why Rouen rejected M. Quer tier —reasons which it evidently considers conclusive why Paris should follow the example, and pay the candidate a similar compliment. Among them is included the vote of M. Quertier in favour of the law of public safety, and his approval of the expedition to Mexico and the second occu pation of the Roman States. The antecedents of M. Quertier are, in truth, too reactionary to allow him much chance of success. M. Carnet's friends are sanguine in the First Circumscription, and the favour with which the manifesto of the Left has been generally received proves that the moderate and temperate politicians are likely to be the most popular among the rational classes. Such meetings as those addressed by M. Pyat and M.Rochefort do not, happily, altogether represent public feeling. M. Gambetta, has succeeded in provoking the dire displeasure of the extreme school of politicians. They de clare that he accepted the doctrine of the mandat imperatif at his own election, and now condemns it. The Charivari has had an amusing satire on this latest bugbear. The deputy speaking on the tribune is moved helplessly hither and thither by a winch in the hand of the elector. Notices respecting the all-important days of election are affixed to the walls of Paris, informing the curious that the ballot boxes will be open at eight o'clock on the morning of Sunday, the 21st, being closed at six in the evening ; to re-open the next day at eight a.m., and being finally closed at four p.m. The inspection will begin immediately, and on Thursday, the 25th, the names of the deputies elected will be proclaimed at the Hotel de Ville. M. Rochefort has given the name of the . ilfarseillaise to the new journal he has established. The Liberti advises him to take case that the " Marseillaise " may not be for him a farewell song. The Cologne Gazette states that the nomination of General Fleury to the Court of St. Petersburg has been the signal for the Russian press to attack Prussia. The 21Thscow Gazette asserts that the appointment of General Fleury was made to alienate Prussia from Russia, and to bring about an ehtente cordiale between St. Petersburg and Paris, so as to settle the Eastern question and the disarma ment question also. If Vienna and Florence were induced to join with them, Prussia, left to herself, would be forced to yield. The preparation of a colonial scheme for the Senatus- Consults= has engaged the attention of the Council of State and the Minister of Marine. As yet the abolition of • arrest for debt, and the law relating to the Press have not been promulgated in the colonies. The partisans of colo nial reform are signing a petition to the deputies of the Left, in which they call upon them to make known their intentions towards the colonies. TIM SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1869. £157. OKDINA.B.Y SUAIIISS AND STOCKb palms Closing Business BailWaye. '._t _3 eriee. done. et Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 71 72 et Caledonlan , --......... luo 71 791 79 t at Cauturian , . . lOO 15 Zu 20 Cornwall. all 2 3 et Dutilln & Delimit Juno... 100 st Dun„l'erth. & Ab.Juuc... .00 70 72 21 .Cast London. all 6 7 tO 00 .5 2J Do 10 et Glasgow &S. Western.. 100 101 103 et Great Easteru .., OO 30 37 et Do. E. Aug!. AS o. z.... 103 ... ... at tircat North of Sootlauet.. 100 15 14 at iireat NUr Meru lOO 100 108 I'6l 7 at Do. A. ritoeit ..... lOO 1061 101 07 1 at Do. 11 stout ,11/0 120 1-8 1274 at GtS, and W. o 1 lreiaud lOO .8 100 at Gt. Western —Original IUO 5. 1 55 VI I i :t Do. South Wales luU 57 5J st Do. W. Mid.—Oxiorci ll/0 31 16 at Do. Newport lOO 31 33 st Lancashire ac I:or...shire lOO 1251 .14 st Lou., iiri t .:ll.,& S.Coant lOO 431 44 OJ Du Scrip at Lon., Chat., au,. DOVel lea 161 16Z 161 st Do. Metrop. r,x. A itiu 10 12 st Lun. & North 11 eaerll IOU I.b: 11: i 1101 20 at Lou. a South Wester.," lto bu 91 90 Man., Sliel., a Lincoln l6O 021 53 at Metropolitan .. st Do Extousbu .. 5 Do. New rd .. at Metropolitan District. all 34 34 31 10 Metrop. St. John's 11 oo 1 6 st Matt and st 1. 0, dirmin. a Darol lOO /Ai OS at N,n la British at 0 0.10 d., fth.. & Dun lO9 at Nor Eastern—lierww NO 11:1 .181 1181 25 D.G.N. E p hi - chase 16.13, • - st D; Leeds ... 100 7 6 1 771 st D °York lOO 1151 1161 110 st D °Carlisle .. . st D oStoez. & Darling 1.,0 153 145 1511 st North Lou ion 10 Do New 1868 . at North Staffordshire...." 100 57 59 et North and , S.-W. Junction 100 90 101 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... •• at 111.:onney , lOO 52 64 at Shropshire Union lOO 581 5 1 et South Devon'.. at South Eastern lOO 761 77 77 64 et Staines, Wok'ham, a Wok allj 13 14 at '1441.1 V ale luu 164 148 -- Do. 0 .. Waterford Sc Eilkenny 101) 10 Waterloo & Whitelia.l 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENOE SIIARES AND STOOKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cont lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 76 62 st Do. Midland at Do. Demise and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class priiterence lOO at Was. d S.W. gua,. 5 per ct lOO at (U. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 98 10.1 at Do do N 0.2 100 96 99 st Do do C per cent 100 110 113 st Do East Anglian A 5 p.c 100 at Du du B du. 100 at Do do 07 du. 100 ,„ st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100• at Do E. Union 4 p.c. ,gua. 100 68 72 st Do Nuif ulk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ,„ st Do du 5 p.c. WaV.Val.lBl7 100 st Groat Noithern, 5 per cent 103 ~, ~„ at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pin. 100 ~, Do 41 du do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO „, „, at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO „, at Gt. N nth of Seotland, Ist pt 10U ,„ ,„ st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 94 94 st G t.West.—Orig.&J nt.-ltent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 101 106 st Do. Orig,. (B.& 11. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 1/5 100 at Do do 41 per cent. 1850 lOO 87 8J at Do do 4 do do at Lo do 5 per cent. redem lOO 96 93 at Du do Birmingham gua IOJ 6y 70 st Do do do Prof— 1 0 0 st Do do Chester Jul IOJ b 5 9 at Do do do 8 per emit lOO st Do do do 5 do 100 let st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 „, st Do do 41 p.c lOO ,„ at Do do 41 1659 100 „, st Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g JOJ 114 115 at Do do 2d gua. 100 101 111 at Do Newport, Istg. 5 p.c. 100 90 92 st Do do 2d du 100 91 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all „„ st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 130 at Do Barnsley, £5 3s 105 p.c. 100 ,„ at Du 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1745 at Du 41 (Blackburn punch). 100 98 100 std Loudon it Brighton, 5 p. c. guaranteed, .Nu 1 lOO ,„ tit' Du 5 per cent. gua, Nu. 2. 100 st Do 6 do do loo at Do 5 do N 4 lOO •• • • • at Do 7 per cent luo st Do 6 do (W.E. & 100 st Do 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, &Do ver 5 per cent lOO sti London and 11. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 par cent—. 100 110 114 st Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO st Shreweb'y & Welchp'l lO3 at Loudon and 6 W. 7 p,(5 laid 3d shares, lOO 140 150 B Do (Portsm.perp ans 296 d) all s Mau., Shef.,&Linclu. 6 p.c. 100 ... Do xs all par 1 pin 0 Do 31 per cent lOO 64 u 6 1 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 1:15 B Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 1.1 133 Do 41 per cent. 10,1043111 lOO 4,8 100 s Du 4 per cent. irredeeni lOO 96 100 a Do Leicester & Wenn, 4 p.c We 99 91 at North 13ritish, 5 p.e. Nu. 100 ... at Do E. it U. 4p.e. S. D l oo st Du N. 1.1., Nu. 2, 5 per ceu.t lOO ••• st Do Border Union, 5 1 p.c 104) „•••, st N.-Eastern—Cuus. 100 97 89 at Do 41 per cent. redeeal lOO 97 99 at Do O N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ••• ••• 17 1)o Lerwick capital 1)o York, 11. &a. purcuaso. 10 16 114 1.)o Stektu Dr0u,, ,, . A. 5 p.c. 100 107 10 st NV, Ilartlool JAM it 100 87 80 _ _ 2U Nurth 10s b. Devon Annuities, 1)5 all 0 1U lOs Do Tavistock Anus., IL/s all 81 ill 103 Du Fixed 41 per cent all 5 8) 10.6. S. Mast. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO ... ... st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... ... at Tall Vale Nu. 1 lOO 100 155 st Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 43 45 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year at C&ledonian 41 p c gee. at Do Scot. Con. min. 7 p c lOO ... st Do 41 p irredeem all at Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 ... at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 et Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 86 88 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 83 86 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 st Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 ... at Do Boston & Sleafd, 4t pc 100 st Great West., W. ylidl., 5p c 100 ... at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 94 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 OJ 111 4. 1101 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... b Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1p st Lond., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 • at Do do 41 do, 1861 190 ..„ st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 •, st Do do b do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 : at Do No. 7 5 do at Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c st London& N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 at Loudon &S. Western, 41 p c 100 £3 95 10 Man. Shot &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 9 91 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 104 at Midland, A 5 per cent pref. 180 107 109 at Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ortf. stiL, Sept. 1, 1869 all 204 21} 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 19 19} 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., - Aug. 31,187 . 2 Bl 11 2lp et North British, E. and l+ No. 1, 5 per cent at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... Do E ,P., & Duu., 2d, 4pc 100 st Do E.& G , No. 2, 5 p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & (1., N 0.3, 5 p.c at Do E. & G., (OrdirY) 4 1 P c 100 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 09 et Do Stock. & Dart., D at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1850 100 et Do 5 do 1861 100 ... st DO sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 100 „. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Busineoo Share NAME. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A Lall 101 111 it) Do B lO 3I 41 3 13-16 50 Albion l5 9 7 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 231 241 p 241 4 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 11 2/ 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 '3 20 Do issued at. 2 pm—. , 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 sO Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 B) Bank of New Zealand all 151 161 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, p.nd China all 18 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 32 34 20 City lO 10 11 101 100 Colonial 25 36 57 10 Consolidated, lin'. 60 Delhi and London, Bin 60 East London, lint 5 20 English and American, lint 10 20 English Bank of Ltio de Ja neiro. lim 20 English, ,teuttish, and Ans. tralian Chartered 4 all 161 16; 151 28; Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 281 Do new lll 4 5 100 Imperial, lint 2O 15 16 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 4 25 lonian all 19 22 25 Do new 5 6 3 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 31 31 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 70 1)0 100 Loudon Bank; of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 7 6 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 35 30 20 Do new ' 71 5 41 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 6 8 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 241 23 20 London and County 2O 491 501 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... London Joint Stock 3ll 321 London and South African al 8 9 100 London & S.-Western, Bin, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, Jim._ 121 ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 571 581 5)1 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 61 54 10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 7 1 00 Midland, lim 2O 11 1 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverp oo l , Ji m l5 3d ip 00 National Provmc. of Eng'd 42 ••• ••• 10 Do ... • . 42 ••• ••4 50 National. 3O ... .• 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 42 50 rrovinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 61 51 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 90 92 10 Do new.. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 15 11 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 4; 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of Loudon l5 361 371 21 11 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Anglo-American "lei., lira all 201 .20k 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., lira.... 10 17f 17k 171 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 15 17 st Do. 8 per cent. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira lOO 163 168 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 251 259 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., Um— lO ld pr 5 Loud. .Provincial Tel. lira all 31 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all i u p 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lira all 61 71 20 Reuter's Telegram all 79 8f 20 Societe Transatlant., lira all 16 161 161 1 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all it 2 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., inn all 7 71 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all .1 :, p MISCELLANEOUS, 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 13 151 151 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, btu 3 5:1 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 13 , 3 111 111 10 Do. 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Marina, Bin 6 10 London County Land and Building, lim 50 Lond. Financial A.sso., lim 30 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.litn. all 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim. 25 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 st Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. 5 p. c. by India Gov. lOO 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim.. ........ 11 ...... 50 Merchant Shippi ng, all 60 Millwall Iron Works, lim. 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. 25 National Discount Co., lim 5 25 National Prov. Marine, Um. 4 10 National Steam Ship, lim. all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron lim. 6 10 New Consolidated Da. lint 3 5 New Quebrada, lim 4.8.0 25 New Zealand Loan & Men candle Agency,lim lll 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 10 Do. B ............. ....... all st North Brit. Austral., 100 50 North Brit. & Merean. In 6) 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 50 Oriental Financial, Um ll 5 Oriental Gas, lim ..... all 5 Do. N e w........ 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim 5 Ottoman Gas, lira 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim 5 Do. do. Lit reel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 50 Do. New 1867 lO 50 Rh y n m o n . e y N I r e own all all 2 Rio de Janeiro City Ira, limn. all Do. Gas, lint all 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref lOO Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lam 10 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 8 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 25 South Australian Land all 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), limn 2 20 Trinidad Petroleum, Um._ 8) 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim. 1 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. 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April aud Oct . , ........ till BEVERLEY ELECTIOIV COMMISSION. --.>- The Beverley Election Commissioners, Mr. Serjeant O'Brien, Mr. Barstow, and Mr. Hamertham Cox reas sembled cn Wednesday morning in cne of the committee rooms of the House of Lords. • • Mr. Rose attended, and was examined. After having expressed his regret that he had inconvenienced the Commissioners on the previous day by not appearing, he said that from 1853 to 1859 he was the recognised parliamentary agent of the Conservative party. Had nothing to do do with the election fcr Beverley in 1857, but had to do with the petition presented afterwards when. Mr. Wells claimed the seat. His firm appeared for certain electors on behalf of Mr. Glover to oppose. The recog nised leader cf the party instructs 1g his firm was Mr. Wreighitt. It was in May 1857 that Major Edwards first visited his office, The second election of 1857 took place in August. Two petitions were presented after the first eleetien--ene against Mr. Dennison and one against Mr. Glover. Major Edwards assisted the electors of Beverley with funds to prevent Mr. Wells getting the seat on petition. An ac count of £221 13s. 2d. sent to him (the witness) by Messrs. England and Bayton, was paid by Major Edwards. Exa mined as to the first election of Major Edwards, the witness detailed the circumstances of his inter view with Mr. Cronhelm, and expressed a strong opinion that Major Edwards did not know of £2,000 being spent in the election. The Chief Commissioner remarked that it would be better for the witness not to express any such opinion; perhaps he did not knoNiall the facts that the Commissioners did. The legal expenses of Major Edwards were £422 3s. ld. As to a bill of £143, which witnsss paid by order of Major Edwards, he did not examine the items. Many of them he saw to-day for the first time. The interview which witness had with Mr. Cronhelm left a very painful impression on his mind, for it convinced him that Cronhelm had been personally guilty of great indiscretion. The Chief Commissioner : That is to say, money was taken into the market-place, and votes were actually bought there. Mr. Rose said he knew nothing of that. There were cross petitions after the election of 1859, and witness acted for Mr. Walker against Mr. Walters and defended Major Edwards' seat, and was successful in both instances. Some correspondence between Mr. Cronhelm and witness having been read, Mr. Rose stated he had nothing to do with the election of 1860, and knew nothing about it. He attended the committee on a petition presented after the election of 1859, but did not get up the case. Referring to the papers in the hands of his firm, he found that the expense of the petition in 1860 was £6OO. Mr. Cooke was one of the counsel origi nally engaged on that petition, but it being supposed that he would have to be called as a witness, ho returned his brief. Nothing was paid to Mr. Cooke on account of the loss he thereby experienced. ' By Mr. Humersham Cox ; Did not remember the exact circumstances attending the retirement of Mr. Cooke. The Commissioners then adjourned, and will, in all pro bability not meet again to examine witnesses. TIIE ST. P.A MBAS WORKHOUSE AGAIN. On Wednesday Dr. Lankester, the coroner for Central Middlese, opened an inquest at Camden Town touching the deaths of Jane Harvey, Jane Gardiner, J. Watts, Elizabeth Ramsay, Elizabeth Draper, Catherine Desmond, Elizabeth Ansell, and Mary Flynn, who died, six of them inside the St. Pancras Workhouse, and two outside it, whose deaths had nothing to do with the workhouse. When the jury were sworn, The first case taken was that of the death of Jane Harvey, aged 35 years. _ _ _ The body having been identified by the husband of the deceased, Dr. Ellis was examined, and deposed that the deceased was admitted to the infirmary, on the 9th, and died on the 11th. She suffered from inflammation of the lungs and side. She was placed in the 25 ward. There were four beds when she was there. The room was a small one, and now there were seven beds in it. There were windows in the room, but there was always a kind of stench in it. There were ventilators which had not been used, but the cold air came down from them on the heads of the patients, who complained very much of it. The stench, he thought, came from the water-closet. the whole workhouse is full of stenches. The insufficient ventilation and bad stenches accelerated the death of this woman. In reply to the jury, Dr. Ellis said that no effectual steps were taken until last week to remedy the stenches. The wards now stunk as badly as ever. Louisa Turner, a patient in 25 'Ward, deposed that she had been one month in that ward. The smells in it were frightful. They caused her throat to get dry, and gave her diarrhoea, and made her vomit. Since the extra beds had been put in the stenches were worse. They all had to go to 24 ward across a stone pas sage to ho water-closet. She had been in 24, but the stench was co bad there she asked to be put into 25. Only last night the patients had to remove from the fire-place in 25, the stench which came up by the side of the fire was sp bad. Margaret Kane, paid nurse of 24 and 25 Wards, deposed to the abominable nature of the stenches and smells coming from the water closet, which was closed without being cleansed. Ellen Petts, the infirmary night nurse, said the smells in every ward of the infirmary were abominable. She had complained of them so far back as the 18th of March last, but nothing was done to correct the smells until last week. In spite of what had been done the smells remained as bad as ever. The deceased said to witness, "Dear, dear, what sort of a place is this ? If the window is open I catch a draught, andif it is closed I am suffocatedwith the stench.* The next night saw the deceased, who had a bad attack of diarrhoea, screening herself from the draught of air. The poor woman came in on the 9th, and died on the 11th instant. In reply to Mr. Watkins, a guardian of St. Pancras, the witness said she was not aware until last week that there were ventilators in the window sills of the wards. When they were open the stench was still worse. When they were open the patients complained of the draught, and tied up their heads to keep it from them. She did not tell any one that Dr. Ellis had ordered her to shut down the window. Mr. Watkins tendered himself for examination, to rebut the evidence of the last witness. The Coroner said, it 'Mr. Watkins was prepared to swear that all the evidence about the smells was false, he would hear him; but he could not hear him in defence of the Board of Guardians, who were not before the court at all. Dr. Lockhart Robertson was then examined. He said he was at present superintendent of the Sussex Lunatic Asylum, and was previously a surgeon in the army, and had a long medical experience. On Monday last, at twelve o'clock, he visited the St. Pancras Workhouse Infirmary. He found the wards fright fully overcrowded. In the whole of them there was a close sewage smell, and that was so in spite of an amount of window and door opening which was dangerous to persons suffering from acute diseases. The water closets were beastly to a degree. The patients in Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum were like princes compared to the patients in the wards. It was a mockery to carry on medical treatment in the wards. He saw two cases of continued typhus fever, which might spread to the nurses and others. He thought it was almost consigning people to their graves to put them in these wards. The death of a woman suffering from the same disease as the deceased had:would be accelerated by the condition of the wards. It would be impossible to make the building a proper hospital. The Jury found the following special verdict :—"We find that Jane Harvey died from inflammation of the side and lungs, and that the said death was accelerated by the want of sufficient sanitary precautions in the ward in which she died in St. Pancras Workhouse Infirmary." The Coroner said he should assuredly make a representa tion, as suggested by the jury, to the President of the Poor Law Board about the case. In the case of John Watts, Dr. Ellis said deceased was admitted to No. 6 Ward on the Bth October, and was found dead on November 8. He died of congested apoplexy, and his death was accelerated by the state of the ward—in fact, the state of the ward brought on the attack. A verdict similar in terms to the last one was given, the jury stating that the death of the man was accelerated by the foul atmosphere of the ward in which he died. The inquests were shortly afterwards adjourned. A REFRACTORY PRECENTOR.—A steno was wit nessed in South Leith parish church on Sunday evening which has been freely commented on by the parishioners and others. Mr. Duff was the officiating clergyman, and Mr. Wilson occupied the precentor's desk. After the initiatory part of the service the rev. clergyman read a Psalm, and intimated that it would be chanted to a tune named by him. The precentor roso, but instead of adopt ing the tune named by the minister, commenced another. The minister, indignant, rose and asked the pre centor to cease singing, but the latter would not do so, and the minister,becoming impatient,de sc ended the pulpit stairs, confronted the precentor, and in an earnest, if not angry, tone, demanded that the chanting should not be proceeded with. Not a few of the congregation laughed, while others went out. The altercation having come to an end, the minister took his place in the pulpit and delivered an impressive sermon. Towards the close of the service Mr. Duff intimated that, owing to the conduct of the precentor there would bo no more singing that evcning.- 6coisman. RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FrXRD RENTALS et Birkenhead lOO 91 93 00 Do. , li per cent. Prefer.., all 9S 100 fit Buckinghamshire St Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 16 et Do. 41 Per cont. st Do. 4 do. lOO 111 112 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ~, St Colchester Stour Valley ••• 100 . ": a t East Lincoln, gua. 6 p. c lOO 132 1 . 1, 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ,„ .• e s t: ti t LL Londono o/s p wn o o ,01 , ; os d i :: g a Gt. 1'1613, Newm.,•te., 5 p.e 100 D o , D. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 S ••• ... St Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 ~ _ et Gt. West, W. Mid., Here! 100 96 I) ; 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 et Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 216 et Loudon and 131s.ckwall too us ,3 st Do. 41 per cent lOO et Loudon, Chat., .te., 41 p. C. 100 C and o In (1 . .Fund, cen,, s i e h d . u llOOOO : 6 . 2 1 .. ( ii Preference lOO Tilbury, & South 100 8 .. .; 8 - 5 . ua 4 percent IVO 7!) Si Bt D o. ti• . 6 du 51 Mauch., Ba._ 4 , 5: , Ilatlk all ... ... et Midland, 13ra , liord, Pref lOO 1)2 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 NortherntEast.,s percent all 53 . 56 SO Do. do. . 6 do. all ... ,„ st N. Eastern--Hartlepoul .., ... st N.West.A perp. prof, 5p c lOO 107 109 st Do B lllillillll.llll It p.e lOO ... lit Notting. 6,..Granth.ll. •5.: C lOO 01 93 25 Preston and Wyre. all 44 43 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop. 100 132 111 st Shrewsbury andllerefurd 100 132 131 10 Do do 8 2 21p s S. Yorksh. and Liv er D un 1 00 97 9.0 D 4 per cent gull,— 10) 73 SO 5 du st Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO • st \Vest Cornwall — LA) 57 Si 20 West Louden, Class A all U 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all ... ... st, Weymouth and Portland lOO •• st Wilts and Somerset s.z. 81 DOCKS. st East and Wre,;,:ndia, lOO 113 12 London and St. Katherine. 100 9 u Cl lOU I) oUch. stock, 4 per cent all Freehold Land st Dock IOU L 7 32 st Southamptou ioo 68 70 st Surrey Uwalup)reiad 104 108 1.1 id 32 37 51 41d l@l 111 111 91 10} 31 3d li lid 41 41 * IP 21 TO THE EDITOR OF "THE SUN." Sir.,—The report of my death having been very extensively circulated, 1 should esteem it a great kindness if you would permit me to avail myself of the publicity of your columns to inform my many friends in England and America that I am still in the enjoyment of sound health, and that my facul ties are still sharp and my sympatbie3 acute enough to read with concern tbi3 anti-dating of my demiae. —I am, sir, faithfully yours, HENRY RUSSELL. 74, Kensington Gar Jon-square, Bayswater. Nov. 16, 1869. LA IV INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. -••--- VICE-CHANCERY. The action against the President of the Poor law Board (Fielden v. Goschen) was resumed this morning before Vice-Chancellor Stuart. His Ilonour, in delivering judgment, said he had heard all the evidence which the plaintiff had to produce in support of a claim of lien as vendor, but he could discover no analogy between the case of the concession and the agreement be tween Sir S. M. Peto and the plaintiffs, and that of an ordinary case of vendor and purchaser. There being a total want of evidence that Sir S. M. Peto acted as agent for Mr. Goschen, the case must be dismissed. Bill dismissed accordingly. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. MADDICK V. BEETON. To-day Mr. H. James, Q.C.,sho wed cause against a rule calling upon the defendant to show cause why he should not answer certain interrogatories by way of an appeal from the decision of Mr. Justice Willes, who had refused to make an order for their being answered. The action was for misrepresentation, to the defendant's knowledge, in the sale of the Mustnated Sporting and 'Theatrical News, that the circulation at the time of the sale averaged 8,500 per week, and the advertisements £l3 per week. The learned counsel contended that the interrogations should not be allowed, on the ground that the plaintiff could prove as well as the defendant whether the statement was made to him. The Lord Chief Justice said it might be that the defendant would not go into the box. Mr. James —And it might be that the plaintiff did not wish to give evidence. The Court, however, made the rule absolute for answering the interrogations ex cept the one asking when, if at all, the defendant purchased the copyright, of whom, and what he gave for it. POLICE INIELLIGENCE.-71as Day. BOW-STREET. CA TION TO PUBLIC-HOUSE P U RCITISERS.-Mr George Wells, a licensed victualler, was summoned by the Board of Inland Revenue, for selling win, without a license. Tin Excise officer, la wing proved the purchase of a small portion of wino at Mr Wells's houi3, and also that the dt,fendat.t ha I not a lie us. for the sale of wine, Mr. Wells said he certainly had said the wine, but had nut the slightest idea the license lie hold did not empower him to do so. Ile had lately purchased the public-house, the first one he had ever had, and when the transfer was made and the money paid, he thought he had paid all that was necessary. With respect to the wino there certainly was a few bottles amongst the stock he had taken, and finding it there he naturally thought the right to sell it was included in the license attached to the house. The article was one of little or no demand in th 3 neigh hood, and until the Excise officer came in and bought some, he had never been asked for it. Ile was but an im perfectly educiiteti man, and ho really had never read the papers ho bad received on the completion of the house to know what he was entitled to do. Sir T. Henry said ho thought it would havo been better had ho done so, as he would thou have known that his _ _ license did not entitle him to sell wino. To do that a separate license was required. Mr. Wells—l urn quite sure there aro hundreds of pub l'eans doing the thing 1 am summoned here for. They don't know the licAise dues not allow them to sell wine. When I took the hous . ., finding a few bottles of wine there, I thought it right to sell it. I don't, of course, deny selling the wine, but I declare I did so under the belief that I was doing no wrong by sAling it. Sir T. Henry-1 can't agree with you that hundreds of publicans are selling wino without a license. Mr. Wells- lam quite sure there are a great many who lon't know that a separAs license is necessary to do so. Sir T. lleLry —The penalty for selling m ine as you Lave douo is £25, but as you state you have acted under ignorance I shall only inflict the mitigated penalty of X‘• Mr. Wells—Well, I suppose I must submit, although I think it a very bard case. Mr. Joseph Allen, a licensed victualler, at Stepney, was summoned for the same offence, but he said he had acted entirely from ignorance. There was not enough call for wine in his neighbourhood to make it worth his while, now that he knew tho state of the law, to take out a wine license. The officer came into his house, called fot a glass of sherry, having a bottle of that wine in his house, he sold him a glass, and for that he supposed he sheuld have to pay a fine. Had he known that his spirit license did not authorize him to sell wine, he should not have done so. Sir T. Henry said ho had no alternative but to inflict the same penalty that he had done in the former case viz., £5. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE FOG.—T brae boys named Richard Mahoney, George Cooke, and Wm. Burgess were charged before Mr. Knox with throwing lighted torches, to the common danger of passengers. Cantler, 196 C, saw the three boys last night about ten o'clock in Windmill-street throwing lighted torches at passers by, and took them into custody. One of the boys said he merely picked up a piece of a torch dropped by another lad. Another constable said he saw the boys flashing lighted torches in the faces of persons who complained of them, and having cautioned them, but without any effect, they were taken into custody by him and Cantler. Mr. Knox fined the boys ss. each. WRONGFULLY IN CUSTODY.—Mary MOM; a good looking, well-dressed young woman, was brought before Mr. Knox on the charge of stealing a £5 Bank note from Mr. T. Inglis I'Anson, trainer, of Hungerford House, Mallon, Yorkshire. On the case being called on, Boyce, 55 E, said there was no prosecutor in at tendance. Mr. Knox said he should like to know something of the case. Boyce said that on the previous night he was called upon to take the accused into custody for stealing a £5 note, and she was taken to the station and charged. He afterwards asked Mr. I'Anson, the person who charged her, to let him examine his pockets, and on doing so found the £5 in his breast pocket. Mr. Knox said the young woman appeared to be a very ill-used person, and was entitled to compensation. She was discharged, and he would advise her to consult a re spectable solicitor. THAMES. THE TABLES TIIENED.—The tables were turned on a woman named Margaret Andre, wife of Antonio Andre, who had sworn on a previous day that a respectable woman, named Johanna Green, had stolen a gold crucifix from her on Thursday last. Green was remanded on bail until this day, and she came to the door of the court in a cab, and was too ill to be re moved. Andre, who is an acknowledged prostitute, did not appear, and Mr. Benson ordered her immediate dis charge. Mr. Lazarus, clerk to Mr. B. J. Abbott, solicitor, then applied for a summons against Mrs. Andre, as she called herself, for wilful and corrupt perjury. Mr. Benson said he was afraid there was an awful amount of perjury committed in that court daily, but diffi cult to assign it, and that people ought to be very severely punished who tampered with the solemn obligation of an oath. He granted a summons. Directly afterwards Mrs. Andre came into court, and Mr. Benson said—l have discharged the prisoner, and have granted a summons against you. It is statad that you had your crucifix attached to your chain on Thursday night last when you stated that Mrs. Green snatched it from your chain ? Mrs. Andre—Very well, your worship. The Donegal, screw line-of-battle ship, 3,246 tons, 800 horse power, is expected to be formally commissioned at Portsmouth this morning by Cap tain William N. W. llewitt, V.C., for special Ser vice to the Pacific, where Captain Hewitt will re commission the present flagship, the ironclad Zea lous, for the flagship of the newly-appointed. Com mander-in-Chief ou the station, Rear-Admiral Far quhar. The officers and men at present serving on board the Zealous, under the flag of Vice-Admiral Hon. George F. Hastings, C. 8., will return to England in the Donegal. In the Royal Gun Factories, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, the men have commenced working five days every week instead of four, which has been the maximum since the .reecnt reductions in the establishment were made. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This D sy SURE IV SD UltY AUTUMN MEETING. Gladness.. Baroness Pericles (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LONGLEArE HANDICAP. Eleven ram WHITE HALL WELTER. Provider David Copparlield E: arts Seven ran. w J SURE WS B URY RACES-YESTERDAY. SHREWSBURY CUP. Ecarte ttompiug Girl Cocoa Nut Foul teen rau. ACTON BURNEL STAKES. Leoville Zerliba .... Lollypop HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SON'S. Vibration Crown Pieco • Seven ran. ONSLOW HANDICAP. Seringapatam... 1 Juanita 2 Annie Stewart 3 Ten ran. MONKNIOO4 HANDICAP. Masterman . . Chanoinesse. Lady Sophie Seven rau. CALDECOT N U ItER Y HANDICAP. Squib Princess Blue &II Eleven ran. ANGLESEY NURSERY. 1 Ptarmigan Fanny Grey f Magdala Diono.. Candour Sallie Six ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 3 SON'S. Seven ran. RACING FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Derby 10, 11 I Newton °5, 26 narrow 17, 18 MARCH. Nottingham 1, 2 I Epsom 29, 3C Liverpool B, 9, It)! Bromley 31, April 1 War wick 22, 23, 21 I APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 I Lewes .. 26, 27 West _Drayton 7, 8 I Croydon 28, 29 Newmarket Craven lo to 21 MAY. Newmarket Ist S 2 to 6 i lIarpon(lon 9 0, 21 Chester l3 to 13 , BJ.til 24, ' , 5 Wituene,stur LU, It 1 6tamfocd ' , i, 27 Salisbury l2. 11 , 0:oydo. .:•,, 27 York 17, 16 I Ep.0.0 i 1 to JULIt3.., DOLlettA•ir i' , , 23 1 JUNE. Croydon 8, U ! .Newtou '22, 23 MauclAebter 6,9, .0 I llanytua -.;, '1 Ascot W I iudsor 1 1, 22 SOckbeiJgc...3o, and Jul . ,' 1 JULY. Newmarket 7- - to 6 West Dra.) ton ll, 15 I Nottingham l2, 13 ltuntingdoa l9, 20 Chelmsford l2, 13 Kiugsba,y 21, 22 Reading 1 4 I, 13 Goodwood to 29 AUG US T. Bt ightou '', 3 Staektoa 17 to 19 Brightou Club 4 I Oxford 1 , , 19 Lees ', 6 i . York *)3 to 25 Eglutut 'J, 10 I Plymouth 2 ,, 1) Windsor 11, 12 i Derby 30, 31 Brumley 1(i, 17 I Weymouth 30, 31 SEPTEMBER. Warwick Abingdon .. Doncaster l 3 to 16 Hampton 20, 21 I Richmond 9 '), 21 Western Meet. (Ayr) 21, 23 I - Loudon 22, 23 Newmarket lst Loa) OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2EI 0ct..10 to 14 Leicester ,6, i j Cheltenham lB, 19 Brumley ..43, 7 j Nuwruark•.t to 29 ti CiVEMBER. Liverpool 8 to II I Shrewsbury 14 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FE IIRUAR Y. Birmingham S, 9 I Harrow Derby 10, 11 Newton 25, 20 M A MI 8,9, 10 8.0:u10y......31 and April 1. iVt , st Soine: - sA 16, 17 I OheitJutiani.. 31 and April 1 Warwick /2 to 24 BOMBAY MAIL. MESSINA, Nov. 19. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Nyanza passed through the Straits of Messina at 4.30 this morning en route for Marseilles. MALTA, Nov. 19. The Poonab, with the heavy portion of the Bom bay mail, left at 8 this morning for Southampton, where she may be expected about the 26th inst. The Syria, from Southampton Gth inst., arrived at Malta on the 16th at 4 a.m., and left at 9 a.m. for Alexandria. The steamer Stonewall, Captain Scott, with 258 persons on board, 270 animals, 800 tons freight, left St. Louis, Oct. 26, for New Orleans. Next evening at 6.30, a little below Neely's Landing, 125 miles from St. Louis, and about 45 above Cairo, a candle ;some passengers were using for a game of cards, set on fire a bale of hay, of which there was a deck load, and the ship was soon in flames. With extraordinary speed the fire spread, and the panic created prevented the crew from using whatever means were at hand to extinguish it or even to lower the boats. The pilot attempted to run the, steamer ashore, but struck on a gravel bar in five feet of water. The rush was to the bows, where the water was but.two feet deep, but the crowd pushing behind thrust those in front over board, and unfortunately at the end of the bar thera was a slough, where the larger number were drowned. Some attempted to swim, and others threw over the (bales of hay and floated on them, but the current [was so swift that nearly all who made these attempts were drowned. There were 89 cabin passengers and 60 of the crew; 11 women were on board, three of whom were saved. Mrs. Gregg, of Texas, and Miss Caben are among the missing, and at one time it was reported that Miss Cozzens, niece of Captain Scott, was lost, but fortunately she missed her passage. The entire number saved will hardly reach 60, according to the latest account. The Belle of Memphis came up three hours after the accident, and the people ; Neely's Landing, who saw the light, hastened to assist. One with a skiff saved 16, and had it not been for such aid few indeed would have been saved. Sixteen swam ashen , and sixteen got ashore on planks. Captain Scott was last seen floating down on a spar. One gentleman succeeded in bringing a lady to the bank on his back, and nearly perished in the attempt to save her child, for which he returned. Only six of the crew, among whom were the pilot, engineer, and carpenter were saved. The chief loss was due to the panic, the crowd pressing to the forecastle, where on the flames approaching those behind were driven on those before, who fell overboard, and, clutching, drowned each other. Mr. Fulton attempted to swim ashore, but the mules around compelled him to seek shel ter on the paddle-wheel ; suddenly the steam-pipe burst, and turned the wheel three times, but he tenaciously held on and was taken ashore in the skiff. Some give the distance from the bank on which the steamer grounded at two hundred yards, others as one hundred. Ten minutes is the the time in which the vessel was in a sheet of flames, so that in that period the fate of a quarter of a thousand human beings was settled. The latest account gives the follow ing as among those known to be missing :—Mrs. Gregg of Texas, Miss Caben, Captain John W. Doty of Rapids larish, Louisiana; Captain Thomas Cott of St. Louis, Milton C. Elbert, first clerk, and William Chicks, second clerk, of St. Louis, William Beebe, first mato, of St. Louis, Isaac Mooney, stoker, Henry Bowen, steward, Joshua Lester, barkeeper, of St. Louis ; John Hever, barkeeper, of St. Louis, John Garrelt, watchman, of St. Louis, C. B. Divenny, wife and two children, aged 6 and two years, John M‘Tee of St. Louis, Owen Daily, John W. Black burn, conductor Hiss R. R., Charles Brennen. It is, how ever, to be feared that very few, except those ascertained, have been saved. It is expected that the Suez Canal will be ready for inauguration next Wednesday. An Alexandria tele gram states that Captain 31.9iillup, of the Egyytian navy, returned to that port on the 13th ult. with two Uoverumeu t ships which he had been taken as far as Ismailia, and had found the depth all the way between there and Port Said to be from 24 to 26 feet in the centre of the canal. The dredgiugpower was being concentrated on the part between Ismailia and Suez, and it was expected that that portion would be so far completed by the loth instant as to allow the passage of the Viceroy's yacht, which draws 21 feet of water. All accounts at present received lead to the con ' elusion that the inaugural ceremony will not be a mere formal affair, but that the canal will be really ready for use. The festivities in connection with the inauguration of the Suez Canal will commence at Port Said on Tuesday. On Thursday there will be a ball at Ismailia. The iupu guration of the monument to Lieutenaut Waghorn, the originator of the overland route, will take place at Suez on Friday. The Empress Eugenie is expected at Cairo to , day. :.~-~ . 17. ,picll9 lu estf ill be too° , goer wa° i P e i° t ate- d 0 7 , 00 0 3,000 !W I% ar l;e - ' 0 3 c,— ) ,', ; L 51 3 , BS. vg 11