The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-04 00:00:00

Z WA TEIN exham, in honour W. Wynn a° °ll6 mbigh. The pre scription, and the The chairman, even ing in a mo st justice to the Ho reminded ynn bad been , and that man/ ortune to Wale ° I/ :entatives of De n ' it W. Wynn l eid ,d t o the re ,' nner in wh ic " e scu p when h io last memento i everything sos treat satisfact ion• ct of their ruining ;hat took place in Lt credit was thi e :luded by 6aY i l r.iod they folic f to be th eir ed M.P., proP °° ,, the toast lynn' -ho respected the ,0 course of hi ° loverntr ant, a nd in making e c : clerks, atT, 'y for the b onen' two thousan ds : se of Commons', Mr. Gladstone he Liberal pall' Id not loag cling to the toast, re epresented W ag hatever that it ne, and it 10 110 >0 long as the re as at presen t ifficulties of th e cod, and agreed fore the a England and intimidation. with " W"," L judges. F 11 1,„ ackburn is tuB lekers, a t'l.l:A" iein re ° that at - Labourers were hey were 0 1 , c1 _ was first 1 119 ' ela also a story d o women 311 Jose to part ake. drink for ring' too, beer was ,ocl that tbos ej ng with which bias only i nsb hat, according fe re recordn a , t Lbert Green ` at that returo3 ylands, by hit eating, an d 0 . eculiar allea Y tendered, nail, but they into account" iome evidence enengaged e l and who 1113 „1 insequenCe e grievance at their wast e ' D vote for 3 11 ;; ) f " gue threat ji. ( 9l came on. Web was er, w to for Pll i P P ! Other case' The twenty-eighth annual general meeting of the members of this association was held last evening at the London Tavern, I 3 ishopsgate-street. The meet ing was presided over by Mr. Richard Henry Jones, the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The advertisement convening the meeting hav ing been read, Mr. IV. T. LINFORD, CIO secretary, read the re port, which was as follows : The Board of Directors have the pleasure to present to th 3 members their 2 3th annual report. The new propo sals received during the year were 1,522 for £237,500, of W hich were accepted and completed 1,261, for £231,850, bein g upwards of £38,000 in exc e ss o f the bu s i ness o f th e Previou s 1 2 months. The remaining proposals wore de ferred, declined, or withdrawn, or are awaiting c)rupletion. The new annual income thus created is £6,192 14s. 11d. The total income for 1803 was—From premiums, £01,044 17s • 9d•; interest on investments, £16,200 7s. ld. Total, £77,250 4s. 10d., and after provision for all claims and ex- P e usns the b a l ance carried to capital account was 4:42 3 82 1 is. 3d. being upwards o f 55 per cent. of the gros s income. The sum of £4,874 18s. has be en received in purchase of immediate annuities. One h undred and twenty policies, assuring with bonuses the a sum of £21,103 19 9d., have become claims by death. a his amount is less by upwards of £B,OOO than the claims of the previous year. The assets of the association, after Payment of £19,100 Os. sd. on account of the bonus divi sion, amounted on t h e 31st of December last to £375,318 i Is ' 31 The directors retiring bv rotation are—Mr. Wm. St anhope Sawtell Mr. George R. - Birt, Mr. Richard Price, l o bo being eligible' are proposed for re-el e ctio n . The ful wing gentleme n' duly qualified, are proposed as auditors for the ensuing year:—Mr. James Richard Lloyd, Mr. Prannis Frederick Toole, and Mr. Charles Woolley. The bßoard desire to direct th 3 especial attention of the mem- , rs to th e fi gures exhibited by the late bonus division. ene rgetic develop men t o f it s resources , by wa t c hf u l an d judicious investment of funds, by the utmost care in the selection of lives, the Provident Clerks' Association w as e nabled t o show,' as the result of the past five years' king,a clear ash profit divisible among its members n.l £51,970, producing to the individual assurers a rover 81(41arY bonus gr ea t er b y 124 p er cen t . t h an any hitherto declared by the Association. Satisfac to.ry as this r esu lt i s th e B oar d l oo k f orward With as to still further progress. This, however, , Can enlv be att a i ne d if t h e great b o d y o f the mem b ers numbe ring now up war d s o f t en th ousan d p ersons, w ill , on strengthen the hands of the Board by their their pa r t hearty and united co-operation ; and, judging from the Past, the Board look with confidence for that assistance.in Protno ting still furth er th e we lf are an d pros p er it y o f t hi s valuable association. The CHAIRMAN, in rising to move that it be re ceived and adopted, said the meeting had heard the report and balance sheet read, and as he thought it contained such full and concise information on the state of the affairs of the association for the past Yea r it rend ere d i t qu i te unnecessary for him to hi s them f or any length of time, even supposing In s health would permit him to do so. It was, how ever, exceedingly satisfactory to know, even sup- P°sl ng anything was wanting, that they continue to op roc eed surely an d stea dil y i n a progress i ve manner. he new busi ness f or t h e l ast year excee d e d t h at f the precedino. by 215 polices, and by £38,250 I amount, p ro d uc i ng a new i ncome o f £7 O O ° ver that of the preceding year. (Hear, hear.) Th ey had also a ga i n un d er anot h er h ea d, as th eir clai ms duri ng t h e last year ha d b een £B ,OOO less than those eir paid the y ear b e f o re. With respect t o i nvesttnents, they now produced them £4 13s. 'id: per c ent., W pz ith which he thought they would agree , sum was a n exce ll en t re t urn f or th e i r money . "eY bad i n t h e year ' just closed pa i d no less than £19,00 0 i n the way of cash bonus amongst the mem bers,, yet n o t w i thstanding that pleasing fact, they I 'M been enabled to add £25,000 to the capital, making their investments amount to the sum o f £ 3 75,000. H e was sure there were many cft hena who had been associat e d w ith hi m i n t he society since its commencement that must feel the greatest pleasure when they recollect the Position they then held, and compared it with that they at present occupied. (Hear, hear.) They then no doubt looked forward hopefully, but when t hey compared it with their present position it roust, he thought, occasion feelings of amazement. They had gone on year by year increasing in pros- Perity, and he fervently hoped they would continue to do so. There was one paragraph he could not help adverting to in the report ; he had always referred to the circumstance at previous meetings, and be would do so at the present, and that was the assistance of the members in increasing too business. it, I—a ~.---- Batisfactory no doubt, but they must recollect that t hey had no less than 10,000 members, and if each of t hoie were only to introduce one new member, se e what an amount of pro fi t t h a t wou ld bring to the m. Indeed, on one occasion they had gone the length of passing a resolution pledging themselves do so and although it had led to good results, yet it did no t come up to t h e expec t at i ons o f the the irectors, as many failed to carry out the spirit of vote, He begged to urge upon all present the consideration of the good effects of increased acti /IV) because it was to the great body of assurers tgenerally that the directors looked to enable them t e s h go on in the prosperous and successful manner „ e Y had hith er t o d one. (Hear, hear.) I t was t h roug h 4raerci fulProvidence that he was amongst them that 1118 ht• (Hear, hear.) He was thankful it was so, be because it would have been trying to him to have t o absent f rom them on that ;the 28th time he haul th e p l easure of meeting them ; they had always fell ad p le asant assemblies, because union and good °781 4 invariably prevailed at their proceedings i(hear, bear)—and he strongly hoped that such hetthe future would always be the case. lie would h isot trouble them further on that occasion, because a ° felt the excitement would be too much for him, Mitted ucl) therefore, he would resume his seat by formally 111( . 3yi ng " That the report and balance-sheet sub by the directors be received and adopted." I n eheer s.) Of course he should have great pleasure - ' n ewering th e ques ti ons an y g entleman prese n t might feel disposed to put. t T he resol u ti ons hav i ng b een secon d e d , were pu t ° ,.. 0. t he meeti ng, and carr i ed unan i mous l y. t. RANDALL then moved the following resolu :34:4"" That the best thanks of the meeting be °ea to the directors for their exertions during the :t est Year." (H ear, h ear. ) Th ey h a d on l y t o l oo k t he balance-sheet to see the ca r e that had been ex ercised In over the funds, and the advantageous way Which their capital was invested. Their accounts a 'Wer e well a n d c l ear l y k ep t , t h e i r c l a i ms h a d b een : 1 , 41 1 whi c h b ore s t rong ev id ence o f t h e grea t care lich must have been exercised in the selection of rr es to b r i ng about such a favourable result. He ho ped they wou ld pass t h e reso l ut i on unanimously. to PACE seconded the resolution, which was put Xle meeting and carried unanimously. li Cu:annuls said the directors felt much ob ged for th e unanimous vote that had been passed i t heir fav our. H e would now, with their permis -si°ll) move the re-election of the retiring directors, Mr. Sawtell, Mr. Burt, and Mr. Price. T he nam es were put to the meeting seriatim, and each., g e ntleman was unanimously re-elected. oh ;fr- 131111. said, personally he was very much Aarlged to th em f or the i r conf i dence, and on the Part fo of his colleagues he also had to thank them ve r the kindness extended to them. They were all b Y g r atified at the manner in which they had eeo re-elect e d . ret l . ll .e Cilasitsfast then moved the re-election of the leviring auditors, Messrs. Lloyd, Toole, and Wool ieach of whom were unan i mous ly re-elected. .418 ?olleagues 111 "r• LLOYD said he was very much obliged for 1.8 re- election, an d h e h a d to say th e same f or whom, he regretted to inform the x t e : t ing, Were unfortunately absent through illness. w un ght at o nce say t h e wor k o f au diti n g acc oun t s v a hl s , generally heavy, but the admirable way in liKl~te the accounts of that association were kept ned the duty very much. The details were a l l ~Yell worked out, and he and his brother auditors wit :Ye went th rough the accounts with p l easure. I t ( he 11 ° complim en t to say the b ooks wore we ll k ep t. hear )—they, as provident clerks, ought to th ' e eP their b ooks well. (Hear, hear.) However d o re were m any things that many people ought to f o ti Wi nch th e y di d not, and therefore when they f air uci w hat ought t o b e d one, done wel l , i t was b ut Thle.ecine recogniti on s h ould b e made. ( H ear, h ear. ) u b us . r luids w ere i ncreasing, and so was their fa ct aessf, and that was ent i rely ow i ng to t h e the that their basis was sound and solid ; and the ease was w 4B res ult that usua ll y followed when th i s perfect and complete sac -1 BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 3 per Cent. Reduced 9 34 1 4 New 3 per Cent New 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Con Jan. 1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exc.:hop= Bills, .£l,OOO, 2i!per Ct. Do. £5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO — Bank of England Stock, 4 por Cent Do. account ... ..__ . Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds Inter-Colonial Omnutin INDIAN GOVEKNMENT 6k:enltlTlE.6. India dock, 10f per Cent., April f 1874 — Do. Opening, for Account - Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 pee Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaoed Pape. 4 per CAnt Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 54 per Cleat. May 1879 • Do 5 - piir Cent., Rup.Deb. 1872 — Do do, 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — D.:. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ - - Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 ( Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, F per Cent 761 Do., Scrip £45 paid Auitrian Bonds 5 per cent . Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — 30. 41. per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858.... Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 7l} i Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account B2} li B ;epos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cuba, 6 per Cent. o..alian 6 per Cent . Do. 4i per Cent..., — Do. 3 per Cent., .1_ o. 6 per co t. 1867 9ll. Po. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo übian, 6 per Cent. Dan.sn, 3 per Cent., 1825 .. . Dan tbian Principalities, 7 ter Cent 76 f Do 8 per Cent., 1867 . Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 13 Ngyptian, 7 per Cent Do Second Issue Do. .£slq, .V•OLViS B3} Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 84± Do. * 1864 Do. Account ' Do. £5OO Bonds Do. 110 C Bonds 94 1 English Scrip, 1868 73 i i i Do do. £45 pd dia Government Railway Debentures .... 95f 61 Greetc 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ox Coups Do. Account Do. Coupons - Do. Account - 3 iateinala 5 per Cent . Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd It3liau 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account . Bl Do IdAremmana Railway id exican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1861 Do S per Cent. Anglo-French doutevideau 6 per Cent. .. Ilc orish imperial 5 per Cent Ne w Granada — Do 3 per Con Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account . 751 6 Do 41 per Cont. (Uriburreu) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 - Do Account PJrtuguese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7, '0,'60,'2,'3 361 1 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — ttussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ $t Do 41 per Cent . 1859 Do 3 per Cent., 1809 Do 5 por Cent., 1862 Do. Auglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO BondE 92 I Do. do. £B4 13s. do. _ _ Do., 1866, £lOO B on d s _ 92} Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 67} Sar Tinian b par Cent — Spanish 3 per (Jen .:.. Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent. 5..... Do Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cont., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 66 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Da Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 621 3 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent.: Do. Ace/runt Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., E x . 25f. Dutch 24 per Cont. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per Cont. 1851, Ex. 25f. Do Account ss} CLOSING PRICES. Oonsols,!Money 93 Do. Account, March 4 93} THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE cess. Ile would earnestly ur g e upo n all those balance of £4,199 13s. 11d. be carried to new ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. present the duty of furthering the beneficent effects account." of life assurance. (Hear, hear.) Instances of its The British Indian Submarine Telegraph Coin good were continually occurring, and one instance pany (Limited) have allotted the shares of their of it had just occurred within his own knowledge. capital. Mr. George Garden Nicol, chairman of A person had but a few days previous to his de- the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, parture to Australia insured his life, and he had but and China has joined the board. just arrived in that colony, when he was unfortu- Tue Brazilian Street Railway Company's (Li 'lately drowned. The money was at once paid, and i naited) receipts for the month of December last he believed that the amount of his policy amounted to milr. 26,2065800 (about £2,620), as was the only asset left to his survivors. (Hear, compared with milr. $21,265,540 (about £2,126), hear.) There was nothing that could give a man for the corresponding month of 1867. Receipts to so much pleasure as the trouble he took in further- January 14 about milr. 15,000. ing life assurance. (Hear, hear.) The directors of the Metropolitan Railway Com- The CHAIRMAN said all the labours of the direc- pany have made a call of per share on the new tors would be neutralised without the assistance of ordinary shares, payable on the Ist March. an efficient staff. Ile therefore had to move a The half-yearly meeting of the Southampton vote of thanks to Mr. Linford, Mr. Stubbs, and the Dock Company is called for the 24th inst. other members of the staff for their efficient services A general meeting of the London and Lisbon during the present year. (Hear, hear.) Cork wood Company (Limited) is convened for the The resolution was put to the meeting and car- 11th inst., " for the purpose of considering a state, rigid unanimously. ment of the company's affairs." Mr. LiNFoRD returned thanks for the kind re cognition by the meeting of the services of the staff. He felt an additional pleasure because the vote was moved by the Chairman, who knew the work that had been done, and therefore could tes tify that the vote had been fairly earned. For himself, he could say that ho did not believe any life assurance office possessed a more able and zea lous staff than they did. There was one point in connection with the growth of their income to which he desired to call their attention. The premium charged upon young lives were extremely moderate, and the result was that while £230,000 of new policies produced only £6,200 per annum in their office, a similar sum in another office whose report he had that morning read produced £9,600. This showed that the office in question had either assured much older lives or charged much higher premiums —probably both of these elements contributed to the result. If, however, their income grew with less rapidity it was quite evident they would receive the pre miums for a longer period, their lives being younger, and they would have more chance to compenEate them. (Hear, hear.) He could give another instance to that mentioned by Mr. Lloyd, which also occurred within his own knowledge. An old member, who had effected an insurance on his life, was accidentally killed only a day or two since, in walking home from his office, having to cross a rail way, and had it not been for his prudence and foresight his wife and three children would have been penniless. Fortunately his life policy would be the means of alleviating in a great measure the sorrow his death occasioned. (Hear, hear) He begged again to thank them for their kind recognition of their services. Mr. LLOYD moved a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman, at the same time expressing the great pleasure he was sure .they all felt at seeing him amongst them, and their fervent hope that he might long be spared to preside over the manage ment of their affairs. (Loud cheers). The vote was enthusiastitally carried, and the chairman having briefly acknowledged their com pliment, at the same time stated that the business for the present year, from the Ist of January, already amounted to 11G poli c i es for x, (Hear, hear.) The proceedings then terminated. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY IWENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1869. Closing Business Share .NA3,IE. Paid. Price. don, 10 Agra Limited, A 1 all 11 111 11.1 10 DJ B ll 4 31 4 50 Albion 120 'Alliance. Limited 20 Auglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 1 19 181 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 1 i II 20 Do issued at 2pm 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 3 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 32 1') Bank of Aew Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Clia : tei ed of India, Austra lia, ad China 25 Chartered Mere. of India, Loudon, and China 20 City ............... 1) 11 121 100 Colonial 25 3:1 41 4" 4 10 Consolidated, Inn. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, lim ............ 5 1, u, 2') English and American, liin 10 ... ... '2O English Bank of llio de Ja neiro. Ihn '2O English, c e o tti s h , and Aus traliau Chartered ........ all 161 171 171 18,1 Bung Kong and Shanghai Bank C 0rp0rati0n......... all ... ... 281 Do new......... 51 1 1 100 Imperial, lim ................... 20 17 18 20 Imperial Ottoman ............ 10 1 11 111 1 2 s 5 lonian all 25 2/ 25 Do new.........., pr 20 Lud Mortgage of I n di a, lim 4 8: 9j f 100 Du sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 75 76 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint 20 6 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 28 20 Do new 71 61 51 100 London &River Plate, lint 40 6 8 461 7 25 Do new 10 11 11 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 '231 50 London and County 2O 491 501 20 Do new iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... ... 50 London Joint 5t0ck........, 1 32 63 82 14 20 Loudon and South African al 1 / 12 101 100 London & S.-W es t ern, li m, 20 .., 50 Loudon & Venezuela, li nt ,. 121 ...... ~. 100 London and Westminster 2O 61 62 61 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pin 2O 59 61 100 Merchant, lim 2.5 6 4 10 Metropolitan, lim all 61 71 100 Midland, lim 2O ld pr 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3 1 d 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 . 10 Do . 42 ... ... 40 10 National. lO 46 48 . 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 74 2.5 Oriental Bank Corporation all 411 411 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90 10 Do now.. all ... 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, Bin 25 ii 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 43 47 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London all 20; 211 MISCELLANEOUS. CRIMINAL COUR2—(This day). THE GREAT DENDY WILL CA9E. The trial of Mr John Hedges Harris for perjury in con nection with tho above extraordinary case was resumed this morning, and was not concluded when we went to press. POLICE 11VTELL1GENCE— Vas Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. S wallow - street, pi e _ Walter Langdon , w ho g ave his a ddress at Duffield, Y or k s hire, was charged before M r. Knox with st ea li ng a wa tch and chain of the valu e of £6, the property of H e n r y Cross, a seaman, st a y in g at No. 9, ca dilly. The prisoner was commit ted for six mo nths with hard labour. THAMES. AUDACIOUS ROBBERY.—EIIen Newman, a young w oman, was charged with stealing a bale of carpeting from the shop of Mr. George Emery, a draper, in the Commercial road, Stepney. The prisoner was remanded. 111ARKE7 S-7 MS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. February 4.—Sales probably 20,000 bales. Market buoyant and advancing. Bank of England .Heturns. An Account, pursuant to the Act ith and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1869. ISSUE DEP •RTMENT. Notes issued .....£32,41t),725 Govenimt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Cuin and 17,449,725 Silver Bullion £32,449,723 BANKING I), .132,449,725 ,:PARTMENT. Governnit. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... 4 :1A,026,710 Other Securities 16,996,526 Notes 8,628,033 Gold and Silver Coin Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,0 00 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts Other Deposits.. 17,735,765 Seven Days and other 8i115..... 489,588 X 40,712,731 G-Eon £40,712,751 x Fouss, Chief Caviller. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira all 221 221 221 1 ..,-, 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 13 131 Lai 1 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 161 171 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 34 36 st Do. S per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, Um 9 7 &I 10 Berlin Water Works, link all 131 141 141 11 10 Do. New 6 8 31 100 Bolckow Vaughan, link 5 Bombay Gas, link 5 Do. New 4 11 ld 5i British American Land 44 16 18 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 166 171 20 British 1 ntlian Tea, lira all 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 64 6ei 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 21 115 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, liui 5 41 34 25 City of Loudon Meal Pro perty, lim 8 41 31,1 30 City of Milan Improv. lint all 5 10 23 City of Moscow Gas, Urn... all 2 3 50 City Offices, lim 25 211 2,1 1 50 Colonial, link Do. 50 Commercial Union (A.ssur) 5 I i p 10 Company of African Mer chants, link 20 Continental Union Gas, lira all ld 19 Di 4 25 Copper Miners of England, prof. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Binds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 187 s, 4 i per cent. all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1832, 44 per cent. all 103/ 1041 10 Credit Fun. of England, link all 21 21 2 5-16 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lini lO 31 21d st Crystal Palace lOO 12 21 et Do. Preference lOO 94 39 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 105 109 I' 9 20 Darjeeling, Him IS Eastern Assam ... , link 6l ... „. d 50 East _ Indian Land Credit and Finance, Um 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 13 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lira. 271 111 Ilid I'f 00 Egyptian 9 per cent. v"roy, Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 921 931 t3l 20 Egyptian Com. I Trad. lim 6 41 4 I st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 255 265 10 Do. New 8 10 12p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 / 15 Eugtish and Foreign Credit 71 5 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. al urine, lint. 8 ... ...d 10 lairbairu Eugineeriu ,, 20 Fore-street Warehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 134 100 For. & (Jul. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at 1:65 all 50 Gellivara, Jim 2O 10 General Credit & Dis ., lim. 71 11 General Steam Navigation 14 50 Hums & Cul Marine fn. lint 5 10 Hoag Kong and China Gas all 20 lialsou's Bay all 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar -20 Interna. Financial Sue. lint. 5 20 luterua. Laud Credit, lint 6 50 Italian Laud 5 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Du. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 187 u, issued 90 all 50 Land Securities, lim 5 25 Loudon African Trading lO 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 10 .London County Land and Building, lint. 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lim 30 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Colim. all 50 Loud, and Glaeg. Engineer and Iron Ship, 1int....,,,,,. 25 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 st Madras Irriga. &Canl. Gua. 5 p. c. by India G0v...., lOO 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., Jim all Merchant Shipping, lim all 40 Millwall Iron Works, lim l2l 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lint 6 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 10 National Steam Ship, lint, all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 10 New Consolidated Dia. lim. 3 5 New Quebrada, lim ...... . 4.4.0 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer cantile Ageney,lim ........ 21 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim. 10 Northern Assam Tea, Rm 5 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 50 North Brit. & Merean. In 6l 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 50 Oriental Financial, 1ien...,,, 11 5 Oriental Gas, lien 5 Do. New 1 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim 2 5 Ottoman Gas, lim all 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail line all 11 1 5 Do. do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lint 10 0 34 3 I 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 47 49 471 50 Do. New 1867 lO 21 11d 25 Reuter's Te1egram..........., all 61 66 50 Ithymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lim all 17 18 20 Do. Gas, Jim all 231 241 24 100 Royal Mail Steam st Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 83 88 st Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref lOO 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 8 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Lax., lim 6 25 South Australian Land st Submarine Telegraph llOO 100 110 1064 1 Do. Scrip all ; If 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 171 184 18 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 24 44 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl 10 Trust &Agency of Aus.,lim 1 f 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 4d p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 1,1 p SU. Kingdom Tel. Cu., lim all 51 61; 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 31 31p 20 Universal Marine(ln.), lim 5 1 lip 64 10 Upper Assam Tea, Jim. all 21 31 21 30 Van Dieman's Land 2B/ 7 8 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 78 79 78 71 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 10(.1 50 West India and Pacific 86 s 3 L; 5 , 1 I 2si 29 41 dl,l 14j I. 131 11 1,3 i 6 4d I# id 31 4 63 65 3} 214 7 5(1 3# 3.1 I fp 22 20J 9 li 2 2 3-15 22 17d Id pr 104 105 108} I 4(1 4 44 32 37 3 1 21d 4 11/ 121 111 4 3,1 8f vi 4 ad 14 ld 44 ;tti. I iP 11 7 5 1 2 47 52 5) 19 20 141 15 7 1 7i I iP id ip it 24 Steam, lim 2O 21 11 20 WestLoudon Wharves and Warehouses COLOMAL CIOVZRNMENT SECUUITIk;6 British Columbia, 6 per 100 1815 l9O - Can.Gov.ls p.o.Jan.'& J uly 1877-84 Do. 6p. a. Feb. & Aug lOO 114 106 104 I Do. sp. a. Mar. & Sept lOO 114 118 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July lOO to 96 951 Do. sp. c. inscribed sr lOO 90 94 Cape (1.110pe,13p.c.1873 lOO 102 104 Do.Apl.&Oot 1890-1960 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 1)o. Jan.&July, 1891 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 16 Oot., 1900 lOO 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 8 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 j Mauritius, 6 p. a, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 1 0 ltti 108 108 Do. 1862, May and Nov 1)0 106 108 Do. 1835, Feb. & Aug lO 106 19 , 4 blelbourn,! Corporatn 1867-75, 6 per ctn . 1 0 100 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&Jul) lou 101 its 1041 5 Natal 6 p at, Apl. Oct._ 10) . Do 0pc.51 y & Nov 1 0 Its 108 N. S. W. 5 Ira. '7l to '74.. 1:11, f 9 1 --Do. 5 p.c. 148 to 1896 l,O 19 1 s 99 1 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75.. N.Zealand, cp. at. 1801.. 1(0 Do. 5 per cent.... Do Jan, d p 1, J u y, 0 .. 100 93) 14; 931 • Do 6p c. Mar scpt '9l ICO 103 ttu - Do J u..e & Dec , 1-91 .... 110 101 - Do l'rov. , 1 At.ctld. 1 0 - htrie, 1 & 2, 1096 Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jan... and July, 1875 Do 16t6.. Queenslnd. 6p. c. 'B2 5 lOO 106 107 1061 Do 1891 Do. 6 p c. 1860 lOO do A 2 .... 100 108 110 - Do rd. 1* 9 : 3 •—• Victoria Sp.°. 100 111_111 MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocir. The bank parlour meeting has not resulted in any change in the rate of discount. Consols maintain their yesterday's prices ; but the improvement no ticed yesterday in the foreign market has not been maintained. American securities have again re ceded. Consols are 93 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 93i ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 ; New Three per Cents, 93;i.: a ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per Cent., 8. India Stock, 10/ per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 k ; ditto 4 per Der Cent., Oct., 1883, 1021. In tile x °reign iiicsi.e.cu vw Cents. receded I, at 30i 304 ; in Greek Bonds, at 11/ 12 ; and / iu Mexican Bonds, at 151 1% 1 ; Italian Five per Cents. remain firm, at 55i 551, ; Turkish Five per Cents. are unchanged, at 39i 39/ ; and the last Russian Railway Loan is 80 804. The Honduras Loan is firm, at 86 88 ex coupon ; and the Egyptian Seven per Cent. Loan is 73; ex div. in the railway share market Great Westerns are ; Great Northern A, ; Metropolitan, k ; ditto Extension, k ; Midland, / ; North Western, ; and North Eastern (Berwick) 1 better; Lan cashire's are ; Caledonian, k ; Sheffield, / ; and Brighton, k lower. The prices arc as follows : Caledonian, 79k 80 ; Great Western, 53 k. American Five-Twenties have improved to 76k 76i ; the Ten Forties, 73 to 734 ; and the Bonds of 1885, 74k 74/. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben tures have fallen to 37 39, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 41 44—a fall of lk and k per cent. respectively. Eries have given way 1 dol., to 24k 24/. Great Indian Peninsula Railway Fours are 93 94 ex div. ; Atlantic Telegraph Original is marked 33 35 ; the Eight per Cent. Preference Shares 4 4k ; and Anglo-American Telegraph 224- 22k. At the annual meeting of shareholders of the London and County Bank, held this day, the re port was adopted, and a dividend of 6 per cent., as recommended in the report, was declared for the half-year, with a bonus of 2f per cent., both free of income tax, making the dividend for the whole year 16k per cent. A further sum of £70,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday, making a total of £259,000. . The Swiftsure, from Melbourne, has brought £129,000. The Great Eastern Railway Company have given notice to the Board of Trade for an inspection of the Dunmow line, with the view to its being opened in the course of a few weeks. The advices from Havannah state that the par ticulars had been received of the defeat of the in surgents at Bayamo, and their flight to the moun tains. They are alleged to have sacked the city before setting it on fire, and the conflagration is stated to have lasted three days. The Diario says that the rebel General, Jesus Perez, has offered to surrender with all his followers providedlan uncon ditional pardon be granted, and that the Spanish general at Santiago has conceded these terms. At the meeting of the City of London Brewery Company yesterday, Sir James Duke in the chair, the profits for 1868 were stated at £64,166. Of this sum £3,000 has been written off the leasehold properties, £4,125 has been added to reserve (making that fund £50,000), and £20,528 was paid as an interim dividend in August. Oat of the balance of £38,813 a dividend of 6} per cent. was now declared, making a total distribution of 10 per cent. for the year, and leaving £6OO to bo carried forward. The report of the English and Foreign Credit Company (Limited), to be presented on the 9th inst., shows an available total of £ 7 , 1 89, and re commends a dividend of 53 . per share, which will leave £4,199 to be carried forward. At the meeting held yesterday of the shareholders of the City of London Brewery Company (Li mited) the accounts of the directors for the past year were accepted, and a dividend at the rate of Gk per cent. declare]. The retiring directors and auditor were re-elected. A meeting of the shareholders of the English and Foreign Credit Company is announced to take place on Tuesday next, the 9th of February, when the following report will be submitted :—" The accounts which the directors have now the pleasure of sub mitting to the shareholders for the half-year end ing 31st December, 1868, show a net profit (includ ing the balance brought forward from the preceding half-year) of £7,189 13s. lid. The directors recommend that out of this amount tho usual dividend of ss. per share be declared, and that the Sll ARE LIS7'. wiDINARY dliAlTbai AND STOCKS. 4h re Rallwzyn Clotang 13ustriest Paid* rrille. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 103 ;7 ;9 st Caledonian ... ..., luo 74 a , 4 8) 8 4 at Ca inurlau • ....... 2) Cornwall all 24 )f st Dublin 4.1, Be!last June lOO 73 81 at D un „ Pertli,&Ab.Junc lOO 70 72 2, East l_eindon c 0 1)0 15 - - 2) Do 10 - - et Glasi.:ow &S. Western 10) 11.0 IL2 at Great Eastern .. JO.) 424 43 42, /4 3 et Do. E. Aug). No. 2 lOO 7 9 at (ircat North ol Scotland lOO 15 /6 et Great Nor than l2ll 112 113 1'24 at Du. &stock lOO 1114 ill, 1114 4 it Do. 16 stoet lOO 123 1.7 st CitS, and W. of Ireland lou 88 100 et Gt. Western -Original WO 831 It 381 4 4 at Do. South %Vales 8. Do. W. Mid.-Witor, lO3 18 00 at Do. Newport toil 28 el ~t Laueashirea lorleiiiro lOO I 3) .1204 1104 at Lou., lirhsli.dt S.( . ;,. fla st.„, 100 821 524 124 41 1 0) Do Seri,' - - et I ou., Chat., and Dover.. Lou 174 18i 174 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A .... luo - -- et Lon. & North Westerl... 100 I 8 111.4 118 17 184 et Lon. Ji, South Western.. 100 9r 92 al -4 at Man., Stmt., & Lincoln.. 110 .74 Cif 44 4 at Metropolitan ...... lOO 110 Itf 110 4 4 at Do Exteusi in .. .. 100 It s l 14 1 0 .4 6 10 Do. New rd ~ . 10 10 1 , 4 1, at Metropolitan District. all 63 57 6,12 10 Metrop. St. John's II 00l 6 - - at M.daand at Uo, Ilirmin. & Darby lOO E 5 1.7 st NJrth. British . .... at Do. Ed., rth., & Dun lOl - - at Nor. E astern-Berwia lOO 104 1(51 lif 2.5 Do. U. N.E purchase 16.13,4 - - at DO Leeds...... at Do York ... lOO 94 9, 834 44 st Do Carli,le ~. at Do Stoe L. & Darling ICO 1 3 1" at North Lon ton 10 Do New 18t8 . 2 14 2 p st North Staffordshire . . 100 57 59 57 ; at North and S.-W, Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New 1;10 shares 7 ••• • • at Ithymney • 100 51 63 st Shropshire Union p 0 bo GO at South Devon at South Eastern lOO 6 3 4 81 83 1 4 at Staines, Wok'hain,& Wok all 11 13 1 I at 'Lail Vale ... 100 lib 150 • - Do. C .. - IV aterlord & iiilkenuy lOO - - lc, Waterloo & Whitelia.l 6 - - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 Bis 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO .., ~, st Do. Scot. N.E., 4i per cent lOO ~, ~, st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ~, st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st D. do. Ordinary lOO 80 81 st Do. Midland at Do. Dtunlee and Arbroath 100 ... ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all "' "'st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO „, „ st Was. 6; S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO . St Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 10 - 2 at Do do No. 2 100 99 109 st Do do 6 per cent 100 106 103 at Du East Anglian Asp. c. 100 LA 103 st Do do B 6 do. 100 ... ... st Do do C 7 do. 100 ... ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 at Do Norfolk .5p.c.Ex.1846 100 " • st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 lOU ... st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 .. .... at Do 5 p.c., rd at lop. c. pm. 100 ... .. .. st Du 4 1 du do du 100 • sit Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 "' et Do Leeds, Bradford, and ••. ••• Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, I st pt 100 .. .., Bt . Great South. and Western „, • (Ireland) 4 per coot lOO 96 97 st, ot. West.— Orig.& Jut.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 102 104 at Do. Orig. (B.& H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 1 0a st Du du 4, par cent. 1850 10) 87 89 st Do do 4 do do st Lo do 5 per cent. ralem. 100 9 4 , 7 , 6 et Do do Birmingham gas 100 61 79 64 st Do do do pref... 100 st Du du Chester gua lOO i i* 0 st Do do do 8 per cent. 100 ... st Du do do 5 do 100 95 i•,..)0 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. lOU at Do do 41 p.c lOO ••• ... ••• at Do do 41 1 859 lOO •" ~. st Do 'do 5 ... .., st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 10.1 111 116 st Do do 20 gua. 100 110 112 at Do Newport, lstg. 5 p.c. 100 1 ,2 9i st Do do 2d do 100 1 , ,50 L 0) st Du gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... ... 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. a ll . st Laucash. S; Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1() 135 st Do Barnsley, £5 Is 100 p.c. 100 „ st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 13 5 at Do 4i (Blackburn parch). 100 :is l iz at Loudon & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO st Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do N . J. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent 1 0 st Do 6 do (W.E. 6; C.P.) 100 st Da 4 do 1859 lOO at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover .5 per cent ;ICO st London and N. W., C. and ••• ••• Nuneaton 5 per cent-- 100 101 111 8t Do Bedford &Cambridge 100 et Du Shrewsb'y & Welehp . l 100 1 • et London and 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 15) 2s Gd. Do (Ports m. perp ans. 2s6d) all st Mau., Sher., & Litwin. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do Asti all par 1 pin st Do 31 per cent lOO GO 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 ... st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 135 110 st Du Bristol K; Birm., p. c IUU 1 3 131; it Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 101 102 it Do 41 per cent. irredeem IOJ 100 102 fist Du Leicester & Wain, 4 p.c lOO 10 12 st North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 „ 100 ••• ••• st Do Border Union, 51 p.c„, 100 ••• ••• st N.-Eastern--Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 Si t Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 95 97 st Do ti N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ..• ••• 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.4. ... •.. 25 Do York, U. &S. purchase lO 10 101 st Do Stcktu & Drlin,g. A 5 p.c lOO 103 1 10 st Do W, Hartlepool H. and R lOO 87 8 20 North Staffordshire 10s 5. Devon Annuities, 1 s.„ a ll 91 101 10s Do Tavistock Anus , 10s„, 9 10 108 Do Fixed 41 per cent........ all 8 9 10.6. S. East. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent st Do Fixed 41 p er cent .. 100 ••• st Taff Vale No.l ...... . 100 HS 150 st Waterford &Kilkenny,. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SLIARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on tho Profits of each separate year. bt Caledonian 41 p e gua. at Do Scot. C on . min. 7p c lOO • ••• " at Do 41 p i rredoem all ••• ••• at Do 4p e con.. i ssued at 80 65 .... at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 8. at Do 5 do, 1862._ 100 87 9 ° at Do No w 5 do, 1863 lOO 83 v 0 at Do d o 5 do, 1864._ 100 84 83 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 ••• '" at Do Perman ent 5 per cent. 100 ••• .••at Do Bost on & Sleaftl, 41 pc 100 ••• at Great West., W. Midi. ,s p c 100 86 90 at Do Joint perpe. 5p c, 1865 100 88 v 2 at Do do 6p c i rred., 1866 100 104 106 20 Do Vale N eat h perp, sp c all 191 201 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ••• "' 5 Lane. and York . N ew 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 I 1 at Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pe, 1858 100 ••• •" st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... ... at Do do 44 do, 1863 100 ••• st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ••• ••• at Do No. 6 5 od, 1866 100 ••• •" at Do No. 7 sdo at Loud , Chat., & c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 108 110 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 64 . 96 , 10 Man. chef. & Li n., 5 pc, 1865 all 8 °IF at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO ••• at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 108:110 at Do B 5 do 100 1 1 0 4 8 110 18 Is Do 5p c opt. t o cony. to Ord. Stk., S ept. 1, 1869 all 18 Do Incony. New Shares 16 i IP 22 Do 5p e con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 1 1 41 , at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ... lOO ••• "• at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ••• ••• at Do E., P., & Dun. 2d, 4pc 100 ••• ••• at Do E. &G , No. 2, , 5 p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ••• ..• at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 55 57 6) at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 ill •9 at Do Stock. & Dart., D lOO 111 111 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 4 5p c 100 ... at South Eastern, c, 1859 100 .. i p. : st Do 5 do 1861 100 ". ". at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 18 63 100 st Do 5 do, 1864 ... at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ... ... RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS] :It Birkenhead loli3 95 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire' lOO 91 ~,A ti} st Chester and Holyhead l OO 14 iZ st Do. 51 per cent. st Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 133 13.; 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all 8 Gt. Easn., Nowm., &•c., 5 p.c 100 ... s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6 0 7 1 at Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Heref 100 96 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 216 22 st London and Blackwall lOO 98 9s st Do. 4/ per cent lOO at London, Chat., &c., 41 pc. 100 ... at Do. Corn. Fund, 5 do 100 . "• at London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO ••• ..„, st London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 b 0 st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cont lOO 79 83 St Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, & Malik all Z •i i st Midland, Bradford, Prof lOO 93 9,. 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Nurthorat East , 5 per cent all 6Lt 56 60 Do. do. 6 do. all . et N. Eastern —Hartlepoo l st N.Wost. A perp. prof, sp. c lOO lo; i ' lo at Do B miutinualti p.c lOO ... St Notting. & Urauth. it. & C lOO 92 97 23 Preston and %I yro all 44 46 . Royston, Hitch., and Shop lOO 133 1 35 et Shrewsbury and Horefurd 100 133 135 10 Do do 8 21 2 p St S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 93 1 ,6 st Do 4 per cent gua••• 10 79 31 A , Do 5 do ..• all 97 99 st Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 14 14 20 Do do B all , 20 Do do C all st Weymouth and Portland- lOO ~ • ••. at Wilts and Somerset G 1 i 4 DOCKS. et East and West India lOO 116 120 120 st London and St. Katherine lOO 48 60 481 100 D °Deb. stock, 4 por cent , all Mill wa ll Freehold Land •.. ••• st Dock lOO 32 34 st Southampton lOO 71 7d at Surrey commercial CITY OF LONDON 3rIDDLE-CLASS SCI-1-00L. Middle-class schools —proprietary or otherwisee-are now coming into existence all over the land. Some particulars of the Middle-Class School founded some time since in the City of London, may therefore be interesting, as showing how these matters are dealt with in the metropo lis, where the best wits are supposed to live. The Daily News supplies some facts. If the educated reader, says our contemporary, subtracts the years ho spent in acquir ing Latin and Greek from his course of youthful study, he will readily understand how much practical instruction can be imparted in a school in which those two subjects are tabooed. It is upon this principle that the Middle class School contrives to include such a vast variety of subjects in its course, and to turn out its pupils so thoroughly prepared for the active busi. ness of life. None of them remain there after 15 years of age. There is no rule to this effect, but City clerkships, with salaries of £3O a year to start with, are easily obtain able then, and the money is too valuable to be refused. Accordingly the lads have to be educated, not merely up to ' reed-winning point, but thoroughly, in a far shorter time than has hitherto been deemed practicable in our English systems of study. The practical character of the instruction is seen even during the most cursory inspection of the school, and it is impossible to visit it without being struck with the influence it is evidently destined to exercise upon the scholastic institutions of the country. It is now three years since a meeting was held at the Mansion House to discuss and devise a scheme for the establishment of a system of middle-class education in the metropolis. Through the energy and liberality of the merchants and bankers of the City more than £40,000 was subscribed-- chiefly in donations of £l,OOO each. It was then decided that a school should be opened with as little delnyas possible in the centre of London; that the education should be such as should prepare the scholars for the industrial and commercial work of life, and that the charge for such education should not exceed 4s. per annum. Tempo rary premises in Bath-street, Finsbury, were accordingly opened at Michaelmas 1866, and the results from that time till this have been eminently satisfactory. There are now more than 700 boys at the school, and, were there necessary accommodation, this number could readily be Increased to 1,000. This enlargement will not be practi cable, however, until the new schools in course of erection are completed. The boys now receiving education are drawn from a stratum of society ranging from the lower section of the middle-class to the upper portion of the artisan class—in short, from the section of society which nas furnished pupils to the numerous " private academies for young gentlemen," down to that which had been driven to seelc its highest education in the national schools. In addition to obtaining at an almost nominal charge an education far more solid and substantial than can possibly be gained at either of the representative establishments quoted, the boys at the Middle-class School enjoy the advantage of being under a master who is independent of parents' whims, and whose object is not to make things smooth and pleasant, and at the end of every half-year to dismiss each scholar with a prize, but who has the strongest inducements to render his scholars really efficient, and thus to win a name for his school. The sub- jects taught are English, reading, writing, arithmetic, geometry and perspective, history, geography and elemen- Ary astronomy, algebra, technical instruction, including mechanism and practical architecture, drawing, French, physical science, physiology, botany, and music. comprehensive Est proves what can be done with boys' time and founders' money when those expensive luxuries, the classics, are dispensed with. Nor is this omission the only innovation sanctioned in the Bath greet schools. The time-honoured, but otherwise unsuitable text-book of geometry, Euclid, has been publicly discarded, almost for the first time in England, though for years it has on the Continent taken its place among the good but obsolete authors of antiquity. On the other hand, great attention is paid to drawing in all its branches. As in many art schools, the study of it is made to go hand in hand with that of writing. Free hand, object, and geometrical drawing are first taught. To these arc subsequently added model drawing, shading, drawing from memory, prospective and architectural drawing ; and thus the study is at once made a mental exercise and a manual practice. INSUFFIENCY OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE. A deputation, consisting of about one hundred gentle. men connected with the local government of the metro polis, waited upon the Right lion. H. A. Bruce, the Home Secretary, to present a memorial, respecting the inefficiency of the metropolitan police, adopted at a recent meeting Mr. Harvey Lewis, M.P., Mr. John Locke, M.P., and Mr. liolms, M.P., introduced the dt putation. Professor MARKs having addressed the Home Secretary at some length in support of the memorial, The Homh SECRETARY said that in receiving the depu tation he was rrepared to hear a discussion and to profit by it. He had heard statements and considerations w e ll under the immeamae .. It was not expected, lie supposed, that he sliould eldsi:6lY an opinion then upon each of the points raised. The memorial had stated many defects in the metropolitan police which really existed. There was a great deal of exaggeration in them owing to misconception. - One of the charges was that the force had assumed too much of a military character. That was quite possible. No one would deny the necessity of a certain amount of drill, in order to enable men who were called on to act in great numbers, to act with that cohesion which was so valuable in dealing with a mob. But there was a great misconception as to the amount of time devoted to this matter. He had made inquiries, and found it did not amount to more than one hour a week, at certain seasons only. Last year, for 19 weeks there was no drill at all, whilst the remainder of the year the maximum was one hour per week. With respect to one suggestion made as to the gentleman to suc ceed Sir Richard Mayne, all he would say was, that the choice would be directed by the conviction that the gentle. man who was best acquainted with the habits of criminals ' was best able to guide the detection and suppression of crime, and best able to preserve the public peace. Sug. gestions had been made as to the mode of dealing with crime. One of them was that a piece of land should be purchased to be used solely as a depot for criminals. He doubted very much whether the 'gentleman who made the suggestion was at all acquainted with the horrors of a penal settlement. It would be an improvement to have a system by which the convicts would be trained to join the ranks of honest labour at the end of their term. Transportation, under these circumstances, had been not only an advantage to the country, but to the man him self ; but transportation without any hope of joining the ranks of honest men at the end of the period of confine ment would be a very different thing. He thought, there fore, they would perceive the inexpediency of renewing transportation, except to colonies where the majority were persons of good character. They had to see what was the best discipline to expose criminals to, in order that they might prove the least possible injury to society. He believed that during the last few years the ticket-of-leave system had been conducted with great wisdom and with a regard to its real object. He considered the system itself a good one. It inspired a hope in the convict that by good beha viour he might shorten his period of confinement. Their speaker had adverted to the measures taken, and about to be taken, for the prevention of juvenile crime, and he quite agreed with him that it was a very important ques tion. It was not, however, merely an affair of police, it arose mainly from the defective state of national educa tion. It was alleged that there was a great in crease of crime. If, however, they looked back thirty or forty years, they would find that, when the population was one-third less than at the present time, the amount of crime was as great as at the present day. There had been no real increase of crime. Crime was on the the decrease. For instance, he found that with respect to vagrants, thieves, and receivers, whilst in 1867 there was an increase of 141 as compared with 1866, if they compared 1867 with 1865 they would find a decrease in favour of 1867 of 2,473. Since 1865 the number of known thieves and receivers had decreased by 369. At the same time no one could deny that there was an enormous amount of crime in the country, and the attention of the Govern ment was directed to it. They had already under their con sideration the best means to make the police force more efficient and of making the laws more stringent and more effective. They were not inclined to shew fal se humanit y to the criminal classes, as theyknew that it would be false not only to society but to the criminals themselves. He trusted, therefore, that the deputatio n would sus p end their judgment for a few mouths, until the . Government had arrived at some conclusion on the stn,ject. Another fatal explosion near Newcastle is re ported. A boiler explcded yesterday at Usworth Colliery, the property of Mr. George Elliot, 31. P. A man named William Benjamin waslltd, and four others seriously in jured. Benjamin was Mown over a joiner's shop, a distance of sixty yards. PAUPERISM AND CRIME IN THE METROPOLIS.— An important conference will be held ou Thursday next, under the auspices of the Association for the Prevention of Pauperism and Crime in the Metropolis. Persons interested in the administration of London charities, official and private, are invited ; and the conference will take place in the rooms of the Society of Arts. The Archbishop of Canterbury has consented to preside. The object of the conference Is not to find fault with what Inv have been clone or not done In the puts but to take frlvnillY °mod Pig to futuro immoytuitut. 1 1 1 - 11111) E_DITIO.N, NOTICE. The Third Elition of " The Sul" of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocff. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Dayl VICTORIA CIAJI3 BETTING—T m i" s DAY. LiNCOLNSIIIILE HANDICAP. 100 to 7 agst Silonus (offered —lOO to 6 taken) 100 to C agst Sycee (taken) 20 to 1 ags t F r id ay (taken) •' i 20 to 1 agst Georgo Osbaldestnn (offered) 25 to 1 agst Van Amturgli (offered) S 3 to 1 agst Drummer (offered—takio 40 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Lady Coventry (taken) 40 to 1 agst Uncas (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 12 to 1 agst The Colonel (taken) 100 to 7 agst Fan (offered) t! 100 to 7 agst Globule (offered) 20 to 1 agst Harcourt (taken) 30 to 1 agst Q.C. (taken) CHESTER CUP. i 9 to 1 agst Paul Jones (offered) 100 to 7 agst Palmer (offered) 20 to 1 agst St . INlungo (offered) THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. BY TELEGRAPH.—THIS DAY. There has been lunch said and written about the chances of their being a withholding of the usual challenge for the Oxford and Cambridge boat race, but tho matter is now set at rest. Agreeably with previous notices there was a full meeting of the Cambridge University Boat Club officers last night, when the matter was duly con sidered, and notwithstanding the eight successive defeats sustained by that University, it was, however, resolved that the usual challenge be imme diately given to Oxford, and the president, Mr. An derson, was requested to forward it forthwith. So little doubt was there about this matter that the decision was come to unanimously. Mr. G. Harrison, who has been at Cambridge during the last term, will immediately take charge of the crew, which how numbers three of last year's men—Messrs. Anderson, Pinckney, and March mount. CONSERVATIVE BANQUET AT CARDIFF. On Tuesday evening the Cardiff Constitutional Asso. ciation gave a banquet to Mr. Hardinge Gifford, Q.C., the defeated Conservative candidate at the last election for Cardiff. The promoters of the gathering had hoped to have been honoured with the company of one or more of the leaders of the Conservative party, and Mr. Disl•acli, Lord Stanley, and Mr. Gathorne Hardy were freely mentioned as among those who were to have graced the top table with their presence ; but they couldn't come. Latterly, the only prominent member of the party whose presence was looked forward to with anything like hope was Lord John Manners. The gentleman who was to preside was Colonel Hill. The company consisted for the most part of Conservatives of Cardiff and the neighbourhood. The walls of the spacious hall were decorated with wreaths of evergreens enclosed in crosses, stars, and other devices of varied character. Over the presidential chair were the arms and motto of the Constitutional Associa tion—a crown, sceptre, and bible, with the inscrip tion, "Defence, not defiance." On the east side of the hall was a temporary orchestra; which was occupied by the Cardiff Artillery band. Over it was the motto, " Our . faith, our country, our Queen." The front of the orchestra was decorated in blue and white, and bore the inscription "Gifford for Cardiff." Around the walls were inscribed the names of the leaders of the Conservative party— Derby, Disraeli, Hardy, Corry, Beaufort, Carnarvon, Stanley, Salisbury, Cairns, Rutland, Malinesbury, Marl borough, Walpole, Northcote, Exeter, Buckingham, Peel, Pakington, and Abercorn. Mr. Howel Gwyn, M.P. for Brecon, responded for the House of Commons, and Mr. Giffard replied to the toast of his health. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. _' -- 4 In its money a r ti c l e , th e Ti mes pu b lishes a letter in which the writer calls very loudly for Parliament to take steps to compel joint-stock companies to publish full accounts. Reviewing this letter, the writer of the money article says : " People want to enjoy the 8 or 10 per cent. dividends of these establishments, and at the same time the security of Consols. But it is no function of the Government to touch such affairs, and it has never done so without creating mischief. There is no compulsion either for the trading or investing public to use joint-stock banks. It is a matter for their own discretion, and the interference of Efif liffle,sittpadls_courage the vigilant exercise and cultiva the development of the commerce of the country and tile intelligence of the community. The post office, the tele graph system, the legal tender currency, and the highways of the kingdom, including even railways, are all contri vances to which every man is compelled to resort, and as in these cases there is no option for the community, they are fairly subjects which the community through their representatives are entitled to take in hand for themselves ; but where individuals are per fectly free to choose their mode of action we want no meddling, and, indeed, no protection, except such as is afforded by the common law. When ever Governments interfere in a matter of business with out assuming its entire control, they simply constitute themselves traps for the unwary, and play into the hands of astute schemers who know how to comply with the letter of the law and entirely evade its real intention, while the public—fancying that the established guards are fully sufficient—indolently cease to exercise their faculties of observation. All the elaborate returns' and affidavits which individuals not acquainted with the daily current of mercantile and financial life usually consider would put an end to the possibility of mistakes or malver sations, would have no effect except to be hurtful precisely in proportion to the extent to which the public might be incautious enough to rely upon them. As regards joint-stock banks, this is, perhaps, more especially the case than in any other form of adventure. Upon the character of the bills under discount' the whole safety of every such establishment depends, and the question is—what is to be gained by any return under this head which merely deals with figures and does not vouch anything on the question of solvency? Such bills ought in a well-managed establishment to be equal almost to cash, and any leading man of experience in the City by looking over them would at once be able to estimate the nature of the business that was going on. Indeed, in commercial circles there is a kind of free masonry which causes all such matters, in a majority of cases, to be well understood. It is only the inexperienced that for the most part suffer, and if these classes will, under the temptation of high rates of interest, invest their means where they have no natural facilities for the exercise of judgment, they must take the consequences. By experience alone can they learn any thing, and until they shall have received its hard lessons, even if it were in the power of Parliament to protect them from one description of folly, they would forthwith run into another, so that the Legislature would find that if such people are to be protected, control must be taken of every monetary transaction—home, colonial, and foreign—that may be introduced on the London Stock Excbitnge• The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Faris is about at par. and the short exchange on London is 25f. 15a. per .£1 sterling. Oneomparing these rates with the English Mint price of lis. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that At this vte there is no profit on the importation of geld from the - United States. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 110 days' eight was on the last date about 1( 91 percent. gold at the above price is about 1-ioth per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. DEATH OF MR. KEELEY.—.Mr. Robeat Keeley, ono of the most distinguished comedians of the present century, died at a quarter past four yesterday after noon, at his residence, 10, Pelham-crescent, Brompton, aged seventy-four. He had been for some time past in feeble health. CANTERKTRY,Thursday Morning. —The enthrone ment of the Most Rev. Archibald Campbell Tait, D.D., D.C.L., Primate of All England and Metropolitan, 92d Archbishop of Canterbury, took place this morning in the Metropolieal Church of the Province, in the presence of a vast number of persons, who assembled to do honour to the new Primate. Messrs. A. Stephen and Sons, of Kelvinhaugh, have contracted to build for Messrs. Haudys:de and Hen derson a first-class screw of 2,200 tons, as an addition to the " Anchor line" of Transatlantic steamers. The Hon. Denims Barnes, M.C., is a name used to frank a cirollar inviting dealers who have goods on commission to send invoices without delay. For this the Tribune vouches, and sass—" Mustang liniment and Heave sirup may be highly important to the health of the body politic, but we don't think the whole people ought to be taxed to advertise thorn." The reports of the New York coroners show that during the past year there have been 98 suicides, 48 homi cides, and 39 infanticides. Of the suicides 48 were Ger man, 24 American, and 10 Irish. This