The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-06 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND liv COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The transactions to-day on the Stock Exchange have been very limited, but Consols have recovered the slight fall experienced yesterday. Foreign Se curities are dull, but Railway shares are improving. The rate of discount is 2-} per cent. Consols are 93 8 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, *93 I ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 93j ; N ew Three per Cents, 93; 3 1 1113- ; Exchequer Bills £ l ,OOO, 21 per Cent., 10. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 213 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 1; ditto 4 per per Cent., Oct., 1883, 10 9 4 ; ditto Debentures, 5 per Cent. Aug., 1873, 1041 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 21 26 prom. in the Foreiom Stock Market Italians and Turk have receded 1, while Brazilians have improved i• Prices are :—Chilian of 1867, 94 95 ; Egyptian of 1 864, 87 to 88 ; ditto of 1868, 73 to 1 ; Italian of 1 861, 551 to 1 ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 41 to 5 Prem. ; Mexican, 151 to I li; Peruvian of 1865, 76 to 764-i ; Russian of 1866, 92 to ;`,- ; ditto Nieolai 67 to 1 ; ditto Orel, 811 to 4; ditto Moscow, 791 to 801 ; ditto Charkof-Azaf, 801 to 4 ; Charcow-Krementschug, SO to 1. In the railway share market there has been a rise of - per cent. in Great Northern A, viz., to 1 14 to 112. London and North Western are 119 i. to 120 ; Great Western, 53i to k ; Midland, 119 to 4; London and South Western, oo 92 ; Great Eastern, 421 to a ; Brighton, 52 toU ; South Eastern, 8 9 1 to 4; Metropolitan, 1101 t o ° I; ; Great N or th ern, 1111 t o 112 ; C a l e donian, " °1 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 17i to American 5-20 Bonds are 764 to but Erie Railway shares have improved 11 per cent., the present price being 254 to -a. Illinois Central, 931 t o 9 4; Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures, 37 to 38 ; and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds, 391 to 40. Banking and miscellaneous shares are without Variation, in the absance of dealings of importance. There was no bullion operations at the Bank yes tOrday,, but £41,000 rece i ve d f rom A us t ra li a by th e Lightning was purchased for the Continent. The steamer Massilia took out yesterday £126,717 1111 Peeie fo r th e E ast. The part i cu l ars are as fol -1 For Ceylon, gold £2,934; Bombay, gold, 3 ,900 ; and silver, £Bl,OOO ; Madras, silver, f c . 2 ,,! ° °° ; and gold, £1,195; Hongkong, silver, .640,68 8. 8 T he Neth er l an d s T ra di ng C ompany ' s first coffee a le of the year is not yet announced. T he holders o f th e b on d s o f th e It a li an T o b acco Loan are to exercise the option between Monday n ext and the 20th i ns t. o f t a ki ng one s h are o f 500 lire wit h every 5,000 lire obligation. A t the meeting of the Credit Foncier of Eng land (Limited) th e repor t o f th e di rec t ors was unanimously adopted, and they were authorised to effect ' a settlement with the former directors of the c °repany. At the meeting of Canal Cavour Septennial bond holders to-day the report of the retiring committee was adopted, and a permanent committee was ap pointed to watch over the interests of the bond holders. Th e report of the Australian Agricultural Corn- Oily, to be presented on the 9th inst., recommends an, in crease of 2s. 6d. p er s h are i n th e i n t er i m divi dend. The following dividends have been declared : T he General Credit and Discount Company (Limited), a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum ; the New Ze a la n d L oan an d M ercant i le Agency Company (Limited), a dividend of 10 per cult. for the past year ; the Telegraph to India C ompany, a dividend at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum ; the Electric and International Telegraph C ompany, a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was declared. The following are the dividends on the North- Eastern lines :—Berwick, 6 per cent. per annum ; York, 51 per cent. ; Leeds, 31 per cent. ; Carlisle, 8 per cent. ; Darlington, 8 per cent. ' Au extraordinary meeting of the Metropolitan District Railway Company will be held on the 18th instant. The half-yearly meeting of the Great Eastern Rai lway Company will be held on the 26th inst. The balf-yearly meeting of the Midland Railway Company is called for the 22d inst. A bill for the appointment of a financial agent in foreign countries, who will have the function of disbursing all expenditures on account of the United States on the continent of Europe, and for the support of the American navy in the adjacent s eas, Upon c on di t i on that he s h a ll di s b urse t h e f un d s ' l3r such expenditure without expense to the United Sta tes, is under consideration at ‘Vashington. With regard to the Nictheroy (Brazil) Gas Com pany, it is st a t e d that the concession for lighting t he City of Ni c th eroy with gas, though only granted for 20 years, has at the expiration of that period to be r _ o newed, or the works must be purchased by the .*nver nment at a valu a ti on t o b e fi xe d b y arbitra tion. In thi s, as in all its conditions, the conces sion is near] (Limited) y identical with th a t o f th e Ri o G as The Lan cas hi re papers express dissatisfaction at h t he fact th at the recent frauds at the Rio Custom _°ase, in which some English firms are believed to have b een implicated, appear to h ave b een compro d without the names of the parties being made Public, and suggest that the matter might be use uly takennlerc e, up by the Manchester Chamber of Com- BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. , 40YERN3TENT FUNDS. 93 1 0 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 931 ' . 1 Newper Cent. Reduced 931 f New 3 Per Cent _ 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 A 3) °- 5 per Con J an. 187 3 vAtlnuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., I . BB e — bo. for 39 yrs, expire sth April t , Do (Red Sea Teleh,raph), Aug., 1908 — Do,lo Pin 3/41e40,1113r Bills, .£I,OOU, 2-flper Ct. Do. £5OO £lOO & £2OO _ t. ___. Ititßanffof Enunt gland Stock, 4per C en t _ . Do ac co ada 4 p er C ent. Bonds Ir- Colonial ° minium .19.,. lubiArt IiOVERNNIENT SECURITIES _ ,1a t.oek, 10 A . f per Cent., p• 1)o. Opening, for Account - -il 11874 213 1121 Po. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 L' o .l p er Cent., Oct. 1888 102 /Jo. Certificates Do. Enfaoed Paper 4 per Cent. Do. 5 per °ext., Jan. 1872 bo. 5i per oz. May 1879 41/3 Doer Cent., Rup. Bob. 1872 — do, 1877 Do. do. 1882 — DO. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 2 01 i Do. Bonds, 1 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. tinder .£I,OOO FOREIGN FIINDS—CLOSING PRICES.. 4r Onti bo tie Republic, 6 per o,3rit A Scrip .t aid _ -441triati Bonds 4s 5 p per cent Do 1859 631 D razilian per Cent _ ,°. 4/ Per Cent., 1852 'l,O. do. 1 858....• — " 0 . do 1860 ~..,1)°. do .' 183 ..1) 5 ". 5 per Cent., 186 821 13_1)0 Account 4eooo Ayres 6 " er Cent. ,„, Da 2 p er Cent. p (Deferred 3 per Cent ) b %) 6 per Cent Cuilian 6 per Cent _ Do 4i per Cent _ Do. 3 per l'Cent,, ...... 911 4 ,o. 6 per co:.t. 1867 1001 , , 1 0. 7 par Cent., 1866 _ Danish- Innibin, 6 per Cent. _ ~ 3 per Cent.. 1825 77 '-'antibn Pri ncipalities, 7 per Cent _ DO 818 per Cent., 1867 tquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 831 LP ta nn, 7 p er C ent 0 Seeoud Issue _ • D o. .£s(n, Bouos _ Do. £lOO Bond • Do. •••• 85 1864 _ D°. £SOIOC 00, Account D o . Bonds 4. Bond English Scrip, 1863 73 Do do. £45 pd — Elio r, Governnaeni Railway Debentures -- 96 week 5 per Coat., 1824 5, ex Coups — I°.o. Account ........................... v . . • q. Youpons ............................. . •,. • , °' 4CCOUt ~ utlernala 5 per Cent . t'tonduras G ov.Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct.4l pd 861 AtAlk -- " 11 6 Per ()out, 1.t30 witummeto Do. Account ... — Do larommana Railway — IlexicaL 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 3 per Cont. Anglo-French Aontevideau tli per Cent. .. — Moorish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 por Cen. — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarren) • Do if per Cent. ; 1862 - Do i!CcCount Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'3 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent . 1850 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 3 per Cent~ 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864-, £lOO 80nde.,,, 921. Do. do. £Bl 15s. do. .., ~ Do 1866 , £lOO Bonds -- . - - - Do. . do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 671 Sar linian o per Cent 73 Spanish 3 per Con Do. Acc',unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deforroa Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coui•. not funded.., Do. Account Swedish Provincial .lortgago Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1858 Do do, Scrip — pu. Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds — Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cont., 1860 621 / Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent.: — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cont., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Do. Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex 2M. Italian 5 per (lent. 1831, Ex. z5l Do Account ssi CLOSING PRICES. Consols,lMoney 93 _ Do. ACcounf, March 4 931 TOTAL DESTRUCTION OP THE HULL THEATRE ROYAL. Scarcely had the excitement, consequent upon the great conflagration at Messrs. Hodges oil mill a few nights ago subsided, than the town was startled by a report, at first received with incredulity, but which was unfortunately confirmed by the fact that the Theatre Royal, Humber street, was on fire. The rumour rapidly spread through the town, and though just upon the stroke of twelve thousands uJon thousands were seen hurrying to the spot, all or more less exhibiting that peculiar state of ex citement which is caused by a fire. The -cone - which was presented to the view of the spectators at half-past twelve admits of no description. It is impossible to give even an approximate estimate of the damage. Very little pro perty was saved from the flames. The old Theatre Royal was destroyed by fire in October, 1859. It is strange, but true that it was a common saying in Hull, that the Theatre Royal was doomed, that it would never pay as a dramatic establishment, or that it would be burnt down. The latter prognostication has been unfor tunate verified. Various rumours are, of course, prevalent, as to the ex tent of insurance on the building ; but we are in a position to state the North British and Mercantile Insurance Com pany (represented by Mr. F. B. Grotrion) is liable to the extent of £2,000. MARICE 7 S-2HIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. February 6.—Sales probably 15,000 bales. Market firm and advancing. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET. Prime clover, from 115 s to 126 s ; inferior do, 90s to 100 s prime bay, 107 s 6(1 to 115 s; inferior do, 90s to 100 s; straw 30s to 365. TALLOW. Tho market is firm. Town tallow, 418 Od ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 46s 3d ; March, 46s 3d to 46s 9d ; April to June, 45s 91 468; October to December, 46s Gd. COVENT GARDEN. The supplies generally have been more equal to the de mand, being influenced a great deal by the late boisterous weather. Strawberries have been selling at 38 per oz Very tine onions from. Bordeaux, at 12s to 14s per cwt. Potato trade is dull, except for best samples, of which there is a scanty supply. THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL IIIEMS. At Mr. E. T. Smith's benefit, at the Lyceum, on tho 11th and 12th inst., Mr. and Mrs. IL Vezin will re-appear. " Mario Antoinette" is to be produced at the Princess's next Thursday. "Not Guilty" is to be produced at the Queen's on the 11th inst. Mr D. Coyne has finished his late father's drama, the "Home Wreck," and it will shortly be produced at the Surrey. Mr. Sims Reeves is about to commence a dramatic tour. Mrs. Howard Paul appears on the 22d at Drury Lane, on which occasion she will double the parts of Hecate and Lady Macbeth. Mrs. Stirling has been playing with great success at Liverpool. She is to read Shakespere's "Midsummer Night's Dream" at Brighton on the 24th. (Front the Musical Standard.) Wagner's "Master Singers of Nuremburg" has been produced at Dresden. Madame Lucca is now said to bo recovering from her late serious illness. Miss Agatha States, a Now York lady, made recently a first (and successful) appearance on the lyric stage in Boston in the opera of " Trovatore." For singing 250 times at the Paris Varieties, during last year, Mdlle. Schneider received (according to the Continental Gazette), 90,000 fr. To this amount may be added 40,000 fr. received in the provinces during her vaca tion, making a total annual income of 130,000 fr. A short time ago the congregation of Christ Church, New York, gave a series of tableaux vivants at the Lyric hall. The elite of New York Society attended, and the attempt was considered highly successful. The pecuniary bonefit of the church was the object of this very curious soiree. 11dIle. Schneider has been succeeded at the Varidtes by Mdlle. Silly, in "La Roulette." She appears in the character of Chinchilla, and wears a costume in the third act, of which it may be said that it was invented for tho display of plastic beauty. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and tae short exchange on London is 25f. 150. per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of .C•J 1 s. 10Id. per ounce f'or standard gold, it appears that At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the Mail cd States. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' ei^ht was on the last date about 1091 percent. gold at the above price is abut I.loth per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. A.ustralia and New Zealand, via Son thainptoa.....Feb. 27. Ditto, via D'Arseilles •......•.. ..... Feb. 22 Ditto, via Plaisma ••.. • .. ....... ...Feb —. Brasil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Vtdeo .......... Mar. 7. Ditto, by French packet .. ............ Feb. 22. Cape Verde, by Brazil packet Cape of Good Hype. Ascension. and St. Helena.. —Feb. 12. China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton Feb. 13. Gibraltar, via Southampton .. ........... Feb 6 India, via Southampton ..„ ..........Feb. 6. ditto, via Marseilles Malta, Egypt, &O. Feb. 6. Ditto, Marseilles Feb. 16 Hacritlus, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal. via Southampton Ditto. Marseilles Feb. 16. Newfoundland ...... ....... ........ ••Ft b to . Portugal .... United States, Canada, California, &0., by British packet Ditto, by Canadian packet . Ditto, by 1. nited States packet Feb 3 _ _ . . . Ditto ditto (Baltimore) .. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. •• • •Feb. 16. West Indies and Pazilie (except Mexico and Babe- mas) Feb 13 Falkland Wanda Mar. 7. Cub t and Mexico ..... .........Mar. 1. Bermuda, via Ha1ifax.......... Bahamas, via New York Feb. --. GnEENWICII HosrlTAL.—The Greenwich Hospi tal pension of £BO a-year, vacant by the death of Colonel T. D. Fosbroke, of the Royal Marines, has been awarded to retired Major-General James Clarke. The lablet states that Mrs. De Burgh, the wife of the vicar of West Drayton, has joined the Church of Rome. LONGEVITY. —ln four adjoining tenements at St. Buryan, iu the Land's-end district, there aro living nine persons, whose average ages mnowliat exceed sey,ity iyur yogi. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1869. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY EIHARJAS AND STOWELL Fad. Closing BustAM Share Railways. Prloe. dens. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 et Caledonian ............. 100 79; 8J soi j i t Cambrian 23 Cornwall.-- ....... st Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO 79 81 st Dun„Yerth, & Ab.J um.— 100 70 72 21 East London all 7 9 20 Do 15 21 Do 10 at Glasgow &S. Western IOJ 100 102 st Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Angi. No. 2 lOO 7 9 it Great North of Scotland lOO 16 16 it Great Northern lOO 112 113 it Do. A. stook lOO 111; 112 1111 it Do. B stook lOO 125 1:7 st GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 98 100 tel si; Ut. Western —Original lOO 531 51 531 i it Do. South Wales lOO 57 58 s; Do. W. Md.—Oxford lOO kS k 9 29 st Do. Newport lOO 28 01 st Lancashire .¢ Yorkslitru lOO 13) 1301 it Lou., Brigh., it 8. Coast lOO . 521 521 52 01 Do Scrip it lon., Ch:ic., and Dover lOO 171 181 171 it Do. Aletrop. 10x. A lOO -- it• et Lou. tz t.se °rill Wesieri I ,A 118 iltl 1191 1 et Len. JZ South Western lOO 9 $ 92 8c lan., Shei., :t Lincoln lOO 171 471 471 st Metropolitan . . . lOO 11/ 1, 1 1101 1 st Du Extensi in. .. 10 I'o. New rd .. st Metropolitan Dittrict. all 53 57 10 Metrop. St. John's Ni oo 1 6 - st II wand it 00, Birmin. A 1./..i bj lOO 55 t 7 st North British st Do. Ed., I'th., & Dun— 103 st I or. itlautern--Berwick.. 109 1011 1051 15j 1 25 Do. 13. N. 1!: purchase-16.111.4 st Do Leeds . • ••••• 100 57 69 st Do York lOO 94 9i 96 1 st Do Carlisle .... . lOO 125 130 st Do Sloe c. & Darling lOO 1 , 3 152 st North Lon ion 10 Do New 1888 . 2 11 2 p st North Staffordshire lOO 57 59 571 st North and S.-W. Jnnetion 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares, 7 ... .. st Rhymney st Shropshire Union lto 5/ GU st South Devon .. st South Eastern lOO 831 81 821 st Staines, Wok'ham, et Wok all 12 13 st 'ran V ale lOO 145 150 -- Do. C•• • 5 3 4 Waterlord & Kilkenny lOO 10 Waterloo Sr, Whitehall 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 4. per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at! Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Was. d S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102 1011 at Do do N 0.2 100 99 102 at Do do 6 per cent 100 106 108 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 st Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 st Do Norfolk .5 p.c. Ex. 1816 100 at Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val. 1847 100 st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 41 do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and • Ilalifax, 6 per cent lOO _ _ stl Gt. Nrth Of Sgotland, Ist pf 100 stj Groat South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 stj t.West.—Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 102 104 1"4 st Do. Orig. (B. ,t IL Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 st Do do 41 per cont. 1850 lOO 87 89 st Do do 4 do do st Do do 5 per cent. rodem lOO 93 97 st Do do Birmingham gua lOO 66 70 st Do do do pref lOO st Do do Chester gua lOO 72 76 st Do do do 8 per cent lOO st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 44 p.c lOO ••• ••• st Do do 41 1859 lOO st Do /do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 10J 11 . 1 116 st Do do 2(1 gua. 100 110 112 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 y 2 91 st Do do 2d do 100 100 103 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1.0 136 st Do Barnsley, L 5 3s 10d p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 102 st London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 __ lOO st Do — 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 ... 103 t Do 6 do do lOO ... ... 1211 st Do 5 do No. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent lOO ... st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 1 0 0 st Ds 4 do 1 859 lOO ... st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent 1100 st London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 10) 111 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO st Du Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO ..„ st London and S.-W. 7 p,c late 3a shares, lOO 145 . 150 2s 61 Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2860) all st Man., Shef.,&.Lincln. 6 p.c lOO 11 k 117 6 Do £6 all par Ipm at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. e lOO 135 110 st Do 13ristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 1.3 136 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 10) 102 at' Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 100 102 st Do Leicester & I3'chn,4gp.c. 100 90 92 t North British, 5 No.l lOO ... at Do E. &U.4p.c. S. & D lOO st Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO St Do Border Union, 1 - .4 p.c lOO ... st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 a p.c lOO 86 Si st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOl 95 97 st Do G. N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 1:3.4. 25 Do York, H.& S. purchase lO 10 101 st Do Stcktn & Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO 108 110 st Do W, Hartlepool H. and It lOO 87 84 20 North Staffordshire 10s S. Devon Annuities, 1 a all 91 101 lOs Do Tavistock Anus., 108 all 910 108 Do Fixed. 41 per cent all 8 0 1i0.6. S. .ast. (Read. Anns., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 per cent lOO st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 at Waterford & liiikenny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. st Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Ceu. Will. 7p c 1U0 ••• at Do 41 p irredeem..- all at Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 • , • at Great Eastern 41 per cont. 100 77 bl st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 83 90 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 84 83 st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO ..• st Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. Midi., 5p c 100 86 90 st Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 92 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 101 103 1041 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all 191 '2Ol st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO •,. 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 1 at Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... 694 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 41 do, 1813 100 ... st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sdo st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do du C 6 p.c 100 st London &N. Western, 5p c 100 103 110 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 94 06 lo Man. Slid. & Liu., 5 pc, 1865 all 881 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO .„ st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 10S 110 18 at Do 13 3 do 100 108 110 Do 5p c opt. to cony, to Ord. Stir., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lip 201 18 Do Inconv. New Shares 16 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 .... . . 81 1 I.lp st North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ... - 100 s t Do tE X...l ,a o pu g . , u , " a ND r a ou n .n t 2. e : e 2s d ap , , .1 1 7 . l llO O O O OO .... .. ..: a s t t Do llo at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 iii. " 7l . 10 1 1,3 * st Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c lOO ... ". k 3 t Do E.& Ci., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 5 . 5 . i; st t t No p r o th s ta c s k te . r a n, p lia . e , r o ce . n . t . 1 1 0 1 st North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ... „ 4 at South Eastern, 4,-1 pc, 1859 100 ... ..• ... st Do 5 do 1861 100 ... a t Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 ... .. ' at Do 5 do, 1 864 st Victoria St. &Pimlico, 4,1 pe 100 ... ... RAILWAYS.-LL.NES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS! st Birkenhead lOO 93 96 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 56 at Do. 51 per cent. a t Do. 5 do. 2s a a ot t t E C ao Glostersl Clydesdale,cthe Lincoln,sat e n r i Sgvtogeuuarraa.Nn. Forest guaranteed lOO Valley t. ... 133 .. .. 13 1. .. 5. .. st t G t DD . E a oo .. do.stn. . , 1 iu N v. o e o w d m br . , g &. Harwich,tc. x , 4 5 . , p p .. co 1 do. 100 0000 669; ,i 7 i at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Herd 100 95 97 60 Hull and Selby all 109 11l st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 216 229 at Loudon and Blackwall lOO 93 93 97; at Do. 41 per cent lOO ... ... at London, Chat., &c., 41 pc. 100 .., ... st Do. Com. Vuud, 5 do 100 ... „. at London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 75 80 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all 5 51 at Midland, Bradford, Pref IOU 93 95 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) s2a, 365:5tt0u Shrewsbury o,... o \rDety : : : os t iewtan k t. osietntnb.r. Eastern—Hartlepool ii:duyilEi peril. er a , ciinphl s ,da. t .yt, . rphH , rat s r6.3. 1 nee; p dfrp e ,o. €o,s r :ifzo c hp.oir e e. do n . pc. t 111 a 0a0000 1 01 1 1 1 i , 5 0 ... i 3; 110 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO 13 4 3 4 , 4 3 6 .5 100 0 0 11 133 135 10 Du p st S. Yo , :ksh. and River Dun 100 984 10 0 p st Do 4 per cent glut lO ; 79 81 at Po 5 do , all 97 99 at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Du do C ••• •.• all 61 71 at Weymouth and Portland lOO st Wilts and Somerset — 100 bi 83 DOCKS. st East and West India looa 116 120 121 •st London and St. Katherine lOO 48 50 100 D eDeb. stock, 4 par cent all ... ... Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 32 34 st Southampton lOO 71 75 R 6 Surroy chmaulerciAl ".? "I JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. 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Africa, lim 25 15 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 45 47 451 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira all 221 '225 22: 1 5 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 13 131 131 13 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 161 171 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 34 36 321 3 st Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Australian Mort, Land Agricultural and ..• 201 161 171 25 Finance, lira. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 0 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 131 14/ 141 10 Do. New 6 a 31 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim• ••• 30 7 10 5 Bombay Gas, bin. 5 Do. New 59 British American Land 44 16 18 st B. and L Magnetic Tel., lira lOO 166 171 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 7l ... ... 29 Canada Company all 64 68 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint 2l 21 11d 20 Ceylon Company, lira• 2U Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lira 5 4/ 31 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 3;d 30 City of Milan Improv, lim , all blO 5205 City Cit o City of m M ee o s s , c i o im 25 231 2214 w Gas, lira.., all 2 3 60 Colonial, Rm. Do. .. i 60 Commercial 'Union (Assur) a i v 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 18 19 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 108 105 100 Do. 1879, 4l per cent, all 1011 1051 100 Do. 1882, 44 per cent, all 1035 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 21 2 5-16 1 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 31 21d st Crystal Palace lOO 10 21 st Do. Preference lOO 94 99 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 105 109 109 20 Darjeeling, lim IO Eastern Assam, lim• 6l ... ... d 60 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lira 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gila. by Egypt. 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Marine, lim 6 ••• -•`' 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all 31 Si 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all 1 11 , 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lim 30 22 20 i 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Colira. all 1/ 2 '2 5-15 50 Lend. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 22 17d 20 Loud, & Provincial Marine 2 ld Pr et/ Madras Irriga, & Canl. Gaza sp.c. by India Gov, lOO 104 105 1031 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lira._ ll 4 Id 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel , lim all 4 4; 50 Merchant Shipping, lira. 60 Millwall Iron Works, lim l 2l *** '" 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co. lint lint 6 111 121 25 National Prov. Marine., lint. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lim. all 61 9 4 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 4 , 8 1 8 a d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint. 3 ''i - at 5 New Quebrada, lira 44 0 n -. 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer candle Agency,lim 2l 2 liP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint ...... 5 11 1 5 10 Northern Assam Tea •, lam.s 71 1 10 Do. 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(Mortgage) • 771 781 774 1 50 Warrant Finance, lim . 12 12 10d 60 West India and Pacific W are h o uses ... 20 W S te a m,e st L o rlo hn n .1.Vh....a.r-v-e's...a.n-d 2O 25 15 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES British Columbia , 6 per 100 0ent.,1872...• ••••••••• • • • —* Do. 1895.. Can.(lov.6 p.o.Jan "Jul y 100 .. 1 8 7 7-84 lOO MI 1661 Ips/ 6 Do. op. 0. ..... & Aug 100 1 04 106 104 1 Do. 6p. 0. slar. & Se p t 100 IC4 166 Do. sp. 0. Jan. & July 100 06 96 951 Do. sp. c. 1873 100 102 101 Inscribed ak 100 00 92 cap , a. Hope , 6 p.o. •••• D0.Ap1.31031.1690-1900 100 111 113 Do. dO 1880-90 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, Is9l lOO 108 1111 Do. Is per cent. lb April and 16 Oct., WOO • 100 100 in Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c.. 100 108 110 Do. 1872, do.• •• 100 105 107 —I Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873,.. Jan. and July D o. 1878 ... ........ Do. 1882, May and Nov 1)0 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. .ic Aug lO 106 108 Melbourne Coro ,• 1667.76, 0 per cent 1(0 100 100 -- N.8.G0v.6 p.0.Ja.&..1u1y lOO 104 1(5 1041 5 —Do 6 p c;bitty St Nov 1 0 IC 6 108 N. S. l c 8 p.c., '7l to 73 lOO 00 1 1 Natal 0 D or, Apl & Oct 10) .. Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 lOO 99 1.3 09 1 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 N.Zealand, 6 p. 01.1891 l6O Do. 6 per o ent. • •• Do Jan, APri• - Do 6 0. liar &13ept 91 lOO 108 110 —Do J u ne & Dec., 1' , 91 (Do Prov. et Auokld. 1 1(0 ( scrie3l & 2, 1e66... Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jan... and July, 1875 Do lbe6.• •••• Queenslnd. 6p. C. 'B2 5 100 106 lon 1061 Do 1801 .. ••-•• • . 100 1054 1004 Do. 6 p 0.18 02 .• - Do. do. A 2 . 100 108 110 •—• Do rd. 1693 .....••••• •••• 103 107. 108 ... V1(301116 6,01._1 8 9 1 0.a.!. NO 111.:,11i THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK ON WORKING MEN. The Archbishop of York has just delivered an inte resting address to working men at Sheffield. Referring to the fact of the great power of Christianity, he shewed what the world was at the time of the coming of Our Lord. The whole world was in subjection to one State—Rome. Many other States were distinguished for one thing and another, but Palestine was famous for nothing. It laboured under many.disabilities, and was not renowned for lite rature; yet from a little place called Nazareth, a town scarcely more than a village, there came forth a young man who spoke words that made the great Roman world, with all its power, • shake to the founda tions ; who spoke words that before a hundred years were over had put the very Roman Empire, as it were, under his feet. There is no case like this, because the great victory was not gained by force of arms, hut by telling all men that they were sinners. The gospel which was preached last week at Oxford is the same gospel which was preached to these people, and we must not call that small now which was so great anl exercised so vast an influence in the time of tiro Emperor Trajan. The Archbishop then went onto shew that the spirit of hide- Pendence might lead men wrong as well as right, if they were not careful of the direction which they took. From determining not to be coerced, they sometimes came to the conclusion that they would not be taught. The two things were in reality very different, because the man who has a true religion can stand better on his feet as regards this world than the one who has not. REGISTRARS' NOTES ON HEALTH. The returns made by the local registrars of England continue to indicate the large amount of preventible disease and mortality. In the returns for the last quarter of 1868 the registrar of Cawthorne, Yorkshire, reports deaths from measles, scarlatina, andlfever, and adds : "Nearly all occurred in one part of my district where drainage and sanitary improvements are not regarded." In 1867 the continued epidemic of fever in the little town of Winterton, in Lincolnshire, caused the Privy council to instruct Dr. Thorne to inspect the place, and he reported " the cause of all this terrible sickness and mortality was evident at a glance—it was the merest question of filth ; " and now, at the end of 1868, the registrar has to report : "In the last two years I have had 400 cases of typhoid fever under my care alone ; I have never had less than five ; at the present time I have twenty ; the death-rate in the parish of Winterton in 1868 (population 1,780) has been twenty-six in a thousand." The death-rate in the small town and country parishes of England averaged between nineteen and twenty in a thousand in 1868 ; so Winterton added a third to its share. The registrar of Hessle, Yorkshire, reports epidemic diseases considerably on the decrease in a portion of his district, where there is an open sewer, full and stagnant, and he believes the bad sani tary state of the place to be the principal cause of such iisease. Deaths from scarlatina and typhus in two cottages at Moulton, Lincolnshire, ate reported, with a note that there was a cesspool against the door of one and against the window of the other. The registrar of Gloucester, South Hamlet, mentions that there are newly-built houses there loadly supplied with water, and almost totally destitute of drains and sewers. The registrar of Bramham, Yorkshire, notes as a pretence of improvement the substitution for old surface drains of underground dra'ns with no means of flushing them, and in which the sewage is allowed to decompose, and the collected poisonous gases escape through open gratings before the houses and through entrapped sink pipes into the houses. On the other hand, such returns as the following are equally instructive: — Howard-street Sub-district, Liverpool.—" Deaths 163, being 116 less than the average of this quarter of the year; the decrease is accounted for by decrease of population and by sanitary improvements, such as regulations to pre vent overcrowding and the closing of cellars." Car narvon.—" Deaths considerably below the average ; last year the authorities brought a plentiful supply of pure water to the town, and also thoroughly drained the town and removed all nuisances." Of smallpox we have such reports as these :—Eccleshall, Bierlow, Yorkshire.— " Eighteen deaths from smallpox of persons of whom fifteen are known to have been unvaccinated." West Shef field.—" Nine persons died of smallpox, seven of whom are stated to have been unvaccinated." The returns from Dudley tell of hundreds of empty houses owing to the bad state of trade and a high rate of mortality thought to be partly attributable to scarcity of work and want of sufficient food ; but from Redruth, Cornwall, we learn shat " there has been considerably less emigration, owing to the improved prospects in mining and other employ. ment." The registrar of Braunton, Barnstaple, reports the death of a woman at Georgeham a hundred years old ; and the registrar at Balmer, Suffolk, a death " at the vie (as stated) of 1.00." ELECTION PETITIONS. Mr. Baron Martin's protest at Bradford against having to try election petitions has attracted some attention. The Times has a leaderupon it, but does not think it willdo much to influence public opinion. But in one point, says our contemporary, everybody n ill sympathise with Mr. Baron Martin. He is in this painfully anomalous position, that what he does is as telling an argument as any antagonist need be at the trouble to produce against what he says. He protests against the present system as unsatisfactory, while he is himself acting upon it in such a way that everybody is satisfied. Indeed, " satisfied " is far too mild a word to use. The way in which Mr. Baron Martin and his brother judges have discharged their new duties has won for them the admiration and gratitude of the country. Mr. Baron Martin is, indeed, a touching instance of the half-cruel, half-sportive irony of fate. If it is hard to have to carry out in your own person a system you cordially dislike and disapprove, what must it be to feel that under the iron pressure of duty you are carrying it out in such a way as to make everybody else delighted with it ? Mr. Justice Wiles had rather a curious point to decide at Westbury. It was admitted by the respondent that an employer of labour in the town had used his influence unduly amongst his workmen. But it was argued that such an act would not vitiate an election. As Serjeant Parry put it in his address to the judge, "The act of a single man among the people employedwithin the walls of his own factory, and without the knowledge or sanction of the sitting member, was not an act upon which his lordship was necessarily bound to void the election.' , It seems, too, that several of the cases thought by the betitioners to be cases of bribery were merely matters of usiness, having nothing to do with the election. Then 111 r. Justice Willes has to decide also what amount of rioting and intimidation would upset an election. One case of bribery, it has been laid down by Mr. Baron Martin, would void an election ; but Mr. Serjeant Parry contended that this would not be the case with reference to treating or undue influence. In the cases of intimidation heretofore decided by committees, the proof had usually been that there.had been riotous and disorderly proceedings, or, as in some of the Irish cases, denunciations by priests addressed to large numbers. Surely his lordship would not say that the act of fifteen or twenty persons surrounding and intimidating a voter would be enough to void an election ? In answer to this query his lordship said : "That is a question of law which would have to be decided. I may say this, that I shall struggle to maintain a svell-conducted election, unless I aria con vinced beyond any conceivable doubt of an act which does not of itself affect the result of the poll, but which techni cally destroys the transaction." Notwithstanding the arguments of the learned serjeant, the judge decided for the petitioner, voiding the election. He declared that the intimidation by Mr. Harrop on the employer was suffi cient to make the election of no effect. This, however, neither affected the character of the sitting member or the character generally of the town. No order was made as t costs. Some remarks of Mr. Justice Blackburn on the Wal lingford petition may be interesting. He agreed with Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Wiles that the statute meant that treating with a corrupt intent would void the election ; and that , as one of them bad said, if a single thimbleful of liquor was given with a corrupt intention, it would be enough to void the election. But if only a thimble. ful had been given, no man would find it out as a fact. Therefore it was a question of amount and degree. If this case stood alone, no one would think it was done with a corrupt intention. All the things must be taken together. Again, his lordship defined corrupt treating. Drink or entertainment given in such a way as to influence the election, considerable entertainments to gain popularity or to avoid unpopularity, would come within the statute ; but it was a question of degree. His impression was that it was clearly settled by the previous decisions in election petitions that an election was void where an agent had, even contrary to the wish of his employer, been guilty of a corrupt act, provided it was done by colour of the agency. Where money had been given to an agent csith an intimation that no inquiry would be made as to its application, or where the agent was able after the election to ask to be repaid money he had expended, there would be sufficient to invalidate the election. At the Derry election, bribery having been attempted to be proved, a letter was put in from Mr. Serjeant Dowse, M.P., who won the election in which he said to his agent, " One thing we must all bear in mind, that no ex penditure that is legal w ill be wanting. Anything beyond that I will nev er in an y manner sanction.". The Bishop of Bath aDd Wells has collated the Ri g ht Rev. J. Chapman, D. 13., late Bishop of Colombo, to the kreys4d4l talk 91,Nis Cathe: kg; SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Saturday Review thinks that London ought to feel a little more secure than it does at present. It ought not to be possible that, in a long, populous, and frequented street, houses should be entered by means of ladders between six and eight in the evening, two or three rooms stripped of their most valuable contents, and the thieves get away with the same ease, safety, and celerity with which they entered. It ought not to be possible for a man to go up to a gentleman's house and carry off a pet dog in broad midday ; and that a policeman patrolling close to the scene of theft, when appealed to by a spectator, should calmly plead his instructions as an excuse for not interfering. It ought to be impossible to point out showy shops owned by respectable ratepayers, whose principal traffic noto riously consists in the purchase and sale of stolen jewellery. It ought to be impossible to point out in body of skilled artisans one or two men—" intelligent operatives" and electors of the British Parliament, who are known to combine the profession of crime with their other industry. But these things, which ought to be impossible, are far from being infrequent. They happen, not rarely and exceptionally, but at least every week. Most people are convinced that even without an Act of Parliament something more might be done than is now done for repressing the criminal expert. To effectually deal with the ticket-of-leave man, to deter him from going on with his profession, to keep him from corrupting others and to keep others from associating with him, requires a special knowledge and experience. Such a knowledge is possessed by Colonel Henderson. He knows the convict, from the virgin Wickedness of his Australian nonage to the full-blooded depravity of his ticket-of-leave maturity. He knows the reclaimable and the irreclaimable ; those in whom some spark of virtue still lingers, and those who have lost even the grace of hypocrisy. This knowledge will be of use, whether t he police be anted with new powers or left only to a wider use of their present powers. And it will be one of the most important duties of the new chief to suggest to the Government such changes in the law as, without offending the prejudices of the people, may empower tht police to act efficiently, not only for the arrest of detected criminals, but for the prevention of meditated crime. The Spectator, in considering the working of the new Bribery Act, renders ample justice to the ex-Premier for the part he played in the transaction :—" We do not think that Mr. Disraeli has had sufficient credit for the Act which transferred this duty to the reluctant judges—an Act which will, we suspect, do more for the English electoral system than any other reform we have either conceived or carried out for years. We believe, too, that Mr. Disraeli proposed what he did with a clear understanding of its result, and a sincere desire to bring that result about—a clear understanding which does no less credit to his intellect than the desire to effect it does to his political sincerity. As we have never shrunk from expressing our generally very low opinion of Mr. Disraeli's political morality, it is more than ever our duty to do the fullest justice to him on an achievement like this, which was unquestionably his achievement—unquestionably effected with an intelligent conception of what he was about, and which has still more unquestionably stood the test of trial. It is worth while noting, however, how im measurably more important the change of method has been, in trying the corrupt practices, than the change of penalty for these corrupt practices. In no case, we believe, as yet, has the law of last session been put in force for bribery. Almost all the legal questions of the various election trials have been legal questions under the olci, Acts, and not under the new. The g reat and only great` alteration has been in the method of procedure, and that has been everything. Had the nolo episcopari of the judges been listened to, and the old procedure left un changed, no good would have been effected at all by the mere increased severity of penalty." Lord Byron, says the London Review, accused Braham, the singer, of pronouncing the word " enthusiasm" as if it were written " entoosymoosy." The London Revieu holds that it would be a good thing if such a word were recognised by our dictionaries, as distinguishing the coun terfeit from the real article. There are plenty of people in the world the whole of whose creeds and tastes are second-hand. Their religious opinions are determined accidents of personal proximity ; and as for pictures and music, they go about in the most barefaced manner, asking those whom they consider experts what is the propel thing to admire. And then they admire it. Nor is that the end of the puzzle ; for, apparently unconscious of the fact that their own entoosymoosy is only of yesterday, and quite a borrowed article, they will look down upon and abuse others who are not entoosymoosyastical in the same directions. This power of gettin e up feeling is probably in some way connected with queer ideas of moral duty ; for you will often find it in conscientious people. Yet, do they deceive themselvesl Does the honest gentleman who has got up entoosymoosy about a poem, a picture, or a sonata really and traly fancy that his second-hand feelings have become incorporated into his own very being, like the victuals he ate yesterday: If he does, it Janet be because entoosymoosy is a thing of crowds. It cannot exist without society, or, if it does, it drives its subject crazy. Take old books, take articles of vertil, take snuff-boxes, take Shakespeare and the musical Masses —what a world of entoosymoosy there is afloat in the world about Shakespeare ! The same about Chaucer. The same, again, about Shelley. But if we would all of us learn to feign nothing, to express no more than we feel, and to proportion our beliefs to the proofs of them, we should find—at first—that our lives were made a little more difficult, and that some of the accustomed flutter and fuse were missing ; but there would be the comfort of feeling that such beliefs as we really cherished were solid, and that when we did get excited, it was with enthusiasm, and not with entoosymoosy. The John Bull thinks that the game of "Beggar my Neighbour" is sometimes played by statesmen, anc curiously all the tricks change, and the Court cards shift backwards and forwards. At present the game is more interesting than usual, for it concerns Ireland and hes Church. The popular cry, now, is all for complete equality ; that no one Church or creed should in any wa y find favour mo re than another ; in fact, that you should not favour what you believe to be right, any more than that you believe to be wrong. Not only this. You are asked to take away the lawful and time-honoured revenues of your own Church—not in order to give them to another claimant, but simply that your Church should be no better off than the poorest sect in the United Kingdom. You are asked to take them away from the Anglican Church in Ireland, because the mass of Irish people are Roman Catholic and because the Church of Rome is said to have a prior right to them. But are the people to be absolved from paying the amount of their rates and tithes, or arc they to be given back to the Church of Rome? By no means. They are to be collected and disposed of by ,Government, probably to promote " secular education." How this is to relieve the people, or satisfy the "prior claims" of the Church of Rome, it is not easy to see. The Saturday Review draws attention to the difficulties of Mr. Cardwell's position, and trusts that he is making up his mind to do the work of reform in earnest. It does not believe that he will find it so impossible to deal with the Horse Guards as some imagine that he will. In the near relations which exist between the executive head of the army and the throne it has been supposed that any reformer would find a grave source of embarrassment; but this is an entire delusion. No appeal would be needed to the sound constitutional principles which have always governed the conduct of her Majesty, for no one who ever held the command in chief has acknowledged more frankly than the Duke of Cambridge that the War Minister ought to be supreme, and that the proper function of the Commander-in-Chief is to act as his principal adviser in military matters. The Horse Guards plotters are much more zealous for soldier-supremacy than the head of the Horse Guards has ever shewn himself to be. That the time has come for the reorganisation of the War Department, with an unflinching regard to sound principles of administration and to nothing else, we are profundly convinced ; and if Mr. Cardwell appreciates the importance of the crisis, it is no wonder that he should pause to mature his plans before committing himself to definite action. If, on the other hand, he shrinks from the plain duty before him, and limits his aspirations to that heaven of feeble Ministers —a plausible compromise sufficient to last his time—he may well hesitate before choosi n g between conflicting schemes which differ only in being more or less ephemeralof and inefficient. Still there are modes and degreesith meretem porising, and a Minister who is content b w one course ly , staving off the day of d ecisive action may, formidable than he found it himself, t ran smit the difficulty to his successo e it almost successors while by by muchan o m t e r r e n. re mediless except he may so aggratvabtye,tlrieefcoormnfulistiotlne a sh s o t r o t o l f e a r v ero •law The Conservative ladies of Burnley have grace fully recognised the services which Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir J. Y. Scarlett had rendered at the recent elec tion, by contesting the borough on Conservative principles, by presenting to Lady Scarlett a magnificent silver-gilt vase, which bad cost £360, and which had been entirely subscribed for by the ladies themselves. STRIKE OF SEAMEN AT NEW YORK.—The seamen of this port are on a strike for higher wages, and a pro cession of about 1,200 of them paraded the lower streets yesterday. A meeting was afterwards held, and several against speeches shippingwere rs The d s t b r oar d n s g intended tooperate se keepers, ep erswho are demanding, a heavier commission for It . rAILM Jima 26. s hip ing c;4Ym— SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day VICTORIA CLUB--Tars DAT. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 100 to 12 agst Sycee (offered—take 9 to 1) 160 to 9 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken) 100 to 7 agst Lady Coventry (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Silenus (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Friday (taken) 100 to 6 agst George Osbaldeston (taken) 20 to 1 agst Typhceus (taken) 20 to 1 agst Anlace (offered-25 to 1 wanted) 25 to 1 agst Hatchment (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Blacklock (offered) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 9 to 1 agst Colonel (offered-10 to 1 wanted) 100 to 8 agst Harcourt (offered) 100 to 6 agst Fan (taken) 25 to 1 agst De , patch (offered —take 30 to 1) 30 to 1 agst (taken) 33 to 1 agst BiAlopton (taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst Sultan (offered—take 500 to 10) 35 to 1 agst A !ribiade (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Pensioner (offered-1000 to 15 witted) 1000 to 15 agst Bristles (offered—take 1000 to 10) 1000 to 15 agst Billy Gladstone (taken and wanted) CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 70 Palmer (offered) 100 to 6 Romping Girl (taken) 20 to 1 agst St Mungo (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Gondolier (taken and wanted) , L 0 to 1 agst Viridis (offered--take 60 to 1) TWO THOUSAND. 9 to 4 agst Wild Oats (offered—take sto 2) 9to 1 agst Pretender (offered) THE DERBY. 15 to 2 agst Belladrum (taken to £100) • 13 to 1 agst Pretender (offered) 25 to 1 agst Thorwaldsen (offered) 25 to 1 agst Martyrdom (offered) EDGWARE RACES-FRIDAY WIIIICHURCH. PLATE. Black Prince .. ...6 ... 1 Triumpher • 1.. 2 Susan .... 3 Five ran. SELLING HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Panther Wade Frailty Four ran. OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Ace of Trumps 1 Broughton •• 2 Flippolyte Seven :an. SCURRY CUP. Kingfisher ••••• Three ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE PLATE. Owen Swift I • 1 Gannymede . 2 Five ran. NICE STEEPECHASES. THE GRAND PRIX DE NICE. Astrolabe Druse Flatcatcher 3 Won by a neck. RACLNG FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. Lincoln l6, 17 Nottingham Spring... 23, 24 Harrow lB, 19 Chelmsford 25, 26 Mansfield 18 Derby Spring 2b, 26 Pontefract lB, 19 MA Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury spring 5, 6 Do wnpatrick 9 War wick 9, 10, 11 lien don l2, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 Off. West Drayton lB, 19 Baldoyle First Spring 18, 19 Margate 20 Beverley 20 Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, 3d. Abergavenny l, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk .. 6, 7 B.ungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cambridge 7 8 Croxton Park .. 8 Streatham B. 9 Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Knighton... l3, a Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring 16, .!so THE FUIURE OF THE OPERAS. Perhaps there was never a time of greater inte rest in regard to the destinies of the Opera than the present. We make no exception for any period during the past fifty years. The circle of events reminds one of this same eventful time last year, when gossip, with its innumerable tongues, was busy with the operatic future over all the country. It is now exactly a twelvemonth since that a mag nificent operatic speculation was given to the world on paper in the form of a " United Limited Opera Company," wills the usual apparatus of directors and lofty promises, involving impossibilities to thoso who are acquainted with the management of Opera houses, to which boards and committees have al ways proved ruinous. Tile public felt relief, and the friends of Opera in this country rejoiced when this Stock-Exchange scheme was relegated to that limbo to which all ill-digested designs, sooner or later, revert. The government of Opera is strictly monarchical. Di vided counsels never prosper with it. In thil " United Opera" speculation, as there was no sin gle responsible head, the enterprise Must have ended in contradictory objects, the attempt to amalgamate which would very possibly have termi nated in the general upset. But although the design on the whole could nob prosperously be carried to market (to use the mer chantable figure), it does not at all follow that there were not some very excellent ideas com prised in the scheme. Prominent in this regard. is the fact that we should have secured the union of all the operatic talent in one establishment. A source of inevitable disappointment has been, the fact that since the formation of a rival. opera the great talents have been divided be tween the two houses, that the operatic stars (as was natural under the circumstances), could never be brought to shine in the same hemisphere, or under the same cope or roof. For years and years Her Majesty's Theatre and the Royal Italian. Opera, Covent Garden, have been labouring to un dermine, and eventually to remove, the ground from under each other's foundation—to speak the fact mildly—not simply to pronounce the plain word— destroy. Now, the question may be fairly asked, is it really necessary that London should have two Opera Houses?—that is, in rivalry. Lit indispensable that nightafter night they should follow suit, merely outof opposition, in playing the same operas? It ha often happened, and it was conspicuously the case during last season, that the same opera was being played at both houses on the same evening, with some special point at each of extraordinary attrac tion in which the other happened at the moment to be notoriously deficient, and which was therefore placed at a great disadvantage. Perhaps a greab artiste was heard to-night in a particular character, and the same night there would be an equally great artiste to be heard at the opposite establishment. One time a celebrated opera has been pre pared at enormous expense for one operatic esta. blishment, which in the lapse of a very few days has been offered at the other. Now amidst all this dealing out of the self-same cards, and the staking of the trumps—perhaps of equal value at the rival establishment, the experienced operatic eye has dis tinctly seen that the real interest of " art" in its totality is completely overlooked—that strife and contest are robbing the opera of its possible single. ness and completeness ; and that simply b e• taultaelrl to be. s u t v c ause two great places are doing battle, that the magnificent forces oa either side are being sacri ficedes ought a m l not na t y dely in alternatelygr n e t a oh t, ant b e u et t ah as is t u ou tdone, charges. Now we speak in the interest of r arteiong e when rs ewe say there is should be persisted in any l onger soor,yst rn It would surely be better to conquer the publio approbation under one flag than under two —with one operatic company than two independent ones. NOT what a splendid cast for any of those tran swcoernlcdlelnvtoummusbiceapol w ss o ib rk le s in w h t h i cehhahnadvse ofd etlhieghmtaendagthee. went that could make the choice in filling-in with the great names from both Operas. We can only imagine the irrepressible eagerness of the crowds, titled and untitled, who night after night wouid fill the fortunate theatre where all the great Bingen!' could be heard at once--each in his or her best character, and in the Opera, and in the part, that is the talk of the world. We can imagine, in the public interest, what such a representation would! be, and what an era would be created in the annals of Opera.