The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-02 00:00:00

AND COMMERCIAL : NT IL (4 - CUT, Two O'CLOCK. The half -yearly report of the Palace and Bur lington Hotels Company (Limited) to be presented on the 12th inst. shows an available total of £5,327, including a previous balance of £1,599, and re commends a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, together with a bonus at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, which will leave £7BB to be car ried forward. The Lombard Exchange and News-room, a capa cious and well-arranged establishment, with all the conveniences of a commercial club, was opened yes terday. It has already more than 1,000 subscribers s including several of the leading firms, and the metal trade held change there this afternoon at 3.30, in lieu of at the Royal Exchange —an alteration they propose to continue. The following relates to the debt of Venezuela : " Consulate of the United States of Venezuela, 35, Ring-street, E.C., Dec. 31. " Sir,—l have received advices from my Govern ment relative to the advertisement inserted in the London Gazette of the 30th of October last re specting British claims against the Republic of Venezuela, and am instructed to inform claimants that the mixed commission now in session at Caracas for their adjustment have nothing to do with the arrangement of the bonds issued in this country. With reference to the foreign debt of Venezuela, the Government is now occupied in effecting a set tlement of the same under favourable conditions for its due and faithful fulfilment by the Treasury. —I am, sir, your obedient servant, FRAS. L. DAVIS, Consul." e Na pecial The annual meeti ng of the proprietors of th tional Bank will b e h e ld on the 26th inst. Special the ar e a l so convened for the same day and the 27th, to consider a recommendation of some of the shareholders in favour of a general n being held in J u l y i n each year in addition to meeti the g annual meeting in January, and of the repeal of such portions of the clauses and provisions contained in the deed of settlement as authorise the appoint ment of managing director. The half -yearly general meeting of the share holders of the Consolidated Bank (Limited) will be held at the City Terminus Hotel, Canon-street, on the 14th inst., when the report will be presented and a dividend declared. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. CiOVERNMENT FUND!.' i per Cent. Console 92 i 1 Ditto for Account, 92* S per Cent. Reduced 92* New 3 per Cent . .............. 921 * 1 New 2* per Cent. J an . 1894 — De. I per C ent. d an. 187 3.............. . ........... —.— Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan.,. 1889. Do. for 80 yrs, expire sth Ap r il 1885 Do (Red Sea Telet„raph), Aug., 19N Exchoquer Bills, .£1,060, 2 per 0t I Di. • £5OO — De. £ leo & £2OO — I .Anlc of England Stock, 4 per Cent 2411 Do. accouat ... lit Canada 4 per Cent. lionds ................... ter-Celonial ()mama ..................• INDIAN OOVEENMENT • SECURITItb India Stock, 10* per Cent., April 1 874 Do. Opening, for Account — Do. 5 per Own. July, 1880 ll2 i Do. 4 pea- Cent., Oct. 1 888 ........ Do. Certificates • Do. Enfaced Pape, 4 per Ceui ▪ gi ~ j Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 . ___, 4. Do. 5i per Cant. May 1879, . ' 109; i D 3 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — De. do. 1577 — Do. do. 1882 ......... D-.,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. la, „ Do, Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO 2o Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICE S Argentine Republic, t; per Cent ...... ...... 741- Do., Scrip 445 paid .. .. — . Austrian Bonds 5 per ceit o. Brazilians per Cent lB69 00. 4f per Cent., 1852 72f Do. d o . 1858.... DDo. do., 1860 Do. do., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 o Account B .;enos Ayres 6 per Cent. CDo 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ouha, 6 per Cent. ....litua 6 per Cent ................ Dno. 4i per Cent.... ........... . Do. 8 per Cent., ........................... o. 6 per cec.t. 1867 ....................... DP. 7 per Gent., 1866 Imiltiottomms.• "" ti[Osi in Ait K T Consols are 921 f for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 921; Three per Cent. Reduced, 921 1 ; New Three per Cents, 921 1 1; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 2411. India Stock, 10/ per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 I ; ditto En- Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent., 911 2 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 20 prem. The Stock and Share Markets opened without any material alteration, but the tone was good. Foreign Bonds show strength, and, for Satur day, there is a large butiness being transacted, the pacific aspect of the Emperor's Speech induc ing purchases. Turkish of 1865 are 3-16th better, the Six per Cents. of the same date I, Russian Orel Bonds Nicolai -I, Peruvian 1. Italian of 1861 are good, at 53i to 53k; Nicolai Bonds, 634 to 651. In Railways not much doing. Caledonian, 75f to 76 ; Great Eastern, 40f to 401 ; Great Northern, 106 to 107 ; Great Northern A Stock, 1071 to 108 ; Great Western, 474 to 44. Bank Shares are for the most part unchanged. Chartered of China, 20/ to 21 ; Chartered Mercan tile, 29f to 30 ex div. ; Consolidated, to s prem. ; London and County, 49f to 50f. Miscellaneous Shares are quiet, as follows : Anglo-American, 214 to 21i ; the Eight per Cent. Preference, 3 9-16 to 3 11-16 ; Credit Foncier, 28 to 2f ; Hudson's Bay, 13f to 134 ; Telegraph Con struction, 161 to 16i. There is very little alteration in the market for American Securities this morning, and business ie dull. The Frankfort advices confirm the statement telegraphed a day or two back, that the cvacession for the Moscow-Smolensk Railway to Sulzbach Brothers had been sanctioned by the Emperor, with the condition that no preference shares or bonds shall be issued befoye 1870. With regard to the ordinary shares, which amount only to five million roubles (about £830,000), it appears that the whole have been allotted at Frankfort and St. Petersburg to parties who are bound to deposit them for 18 months in the hands of the committee, so that they cannot dispose of them individually or privately. The markets will, therefore, be free from these se curities for a considerable time. In the colonial produce markets this week the transactions have been restricted by the holidays. Sugar attracts some attention. A few floating car goes of foreign have been taken for the United Kingdom. Low brown descriptions have been steady. The coffee market is firm. An inquiry prevails for the lower qualities of white Bengal rice. Saltpetre is quiet. White pepper has advanced slightly, the stock being chiefly held by speculators. In the tea market there is dullness, and the business has been limited. Cotton shows some furfher re covery. Messrs. R. W. Benson and Co., the London agents of the Illinois Central Railway Company, have received instructions to notify that the pro posal to issue sterling redemption bonds in exchange for the 6 per Cent. Construction Bonds will remain in force till the Ist of April next, when the Con struction Bonds thus received must be stamped " surrendered," and transmitted to the treasurer at New York. The section of shaieholders of the Credit Foncier of England (Limited), who have acted as a com mittee in urging certain views with regard to the management of the company, have yesterday issued a rejoinder to the recent circular with regard to them, issued under the signature of three of the directors, preparatory to the general meeting to be held on the 6th inst. The chairman of the Committee of Shareholders in England of the Kumaon Iron Works Company (Limited) has requested a meeting to be held on Tuesday, the sth inst., at 27, Great George street, Westminster, to take into consideration the forma tion of a board of directors in London and other matters. lo übian, 6 per Cent. Dan'sh, 3 pt - tr Cent., 1825........, Dan ibian Principalities, 7 par Cent 73 Do 8 per Cont., 1867 BO Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. Egyptian, 7 per Cent Do Second Issue -Do. £sot. Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds 824 Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. 4100 Bonds English S orip, "1868 741 Do do. £45 pd Government Railway Debentures Greetc 5 per Cent., 1824 . 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account tatemala. 5 per Cent .. Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 85 6 Ulna. 5 pro Cert., 1365 ?o. Account • . Do Maremmana Railway exicar. 3 per Cent ...... Ditto for Account .......- Do. 1864 .......... D0 per Cent. Anglo-French....., uoutovidvan C per Cont. ......... ....... Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada Do 3 per Con Do. Deferred Do Lauci Warrants ()lectures) I Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Port h guest) 3 per Ot., 1853,16 7, •• 364 Do. d o . 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 18zz, £ St Do 44 per Cent . 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., Do. du. £B4 15s. dc -- Do., 1866, £lOO B on d s 894 Do. do £B4 15s. do BB4 Do Nicolas Railway 664 Sar ituian per Cent Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 - Do Account ••• Spanish 3 per Cen 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 de, scrip Turkish 6 per Cent" Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 6B Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 684 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent.: Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1864 23 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London Austnau o per Cent. Ea 10 Florins Belgian 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Do Account Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. zsf. Do. Account 534 4 CLOSING PRICES, Consuls, Money 9 21 xd Do. Account, Jan. 5.... 141 30 1 I ad POLICE .11V TELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH- STREET, ROBBERY AT AN HOTEL—Mary Lawley, a char woman, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing two damask tablecloths, of the value of £4, the property of Lewis Schilt, proprietor, of the Albe marle Hotel, Albemarle-street. Mr. Schilt said the prisoner was employed by him as a charwoman. He missel two tablecloths, of the value of £4, and those produced were the same. Charles Lockyer, assistant to Mr. Dobree, of Gilbert-street, Oxford-street, produced the two tablecloths, and said that they were pledged on the 30th December by the prisoner. Police-constable D o d s well, 91 C, said that on taking the prisoner into custody she said that the tablecloths were given to her by the laundry maid. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. THAIIES. A MYSTERIOUS PAUPER.—James Johnston, an able-bodied pauper, was brought befJre Mr. Paget, charged with tearing up his suit of clothes in the casu d ward of the Workhouse of St. George-in. the East. Mr. Newcombe, superintendent of the ward, said that the prisoner had a night's lodging, and two rations of bread and gruel, and refused to do any work this morning. He then tore up his clothes, and he provided him with a parish suit. The pri soner destroyed them also, and said they were not fit for a " gentleman" to wear. He was compelled to provide for another suit for the pauper gentleman, and marched him to the station house. The prisoner said he came from Belfast, and would walk all the way to Liverpool and-take ship for his own country if the magistrate would discharge him. Mr. Paget said the prisoner was an idle and de structive fellow, and deserved a more severe punish ment than he was about to inflict. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one month. BANK OF FRANCE. ---4-- PARIS, Dec. 31 The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Dec. 31. Dec. 24. Capital of the Bank.... Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur- 182,500,000 - 182,500,000 7,044,776 2 7,044,776 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 84,580,980 70 32,460,25 93 • rent creditor Current accounts, Paris Do. branch banks Dividends payable Discounts and sundry interests' Rediscounted the last 180,122,347 89 282,599,462 - 48,205,977 - 8,867,435 - 183,100,414 78 260; 487, 407 78 4006;297 684;423 765,324 13 8,230,815 37 six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 933,790 85 703,152 4 6,345,387 02 8,496,978 92 Total CREDITOR. Cash in hand an d in Dec. 31. Dec. 24. fr. c. fr. !Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 368,835,035 78 Do. branch banks..: 272,134,755 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) Government Stock ro serve Do. disposable Routes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 1C0,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bbnk and landed Mpropez ty branches Expenses of manage ment Sundries Total 582,301 88 221,386 83 256,363,107 14 236,923,822 - 39,411,100 - 3,648,100 - 38,668,000 - 3,316,800 - 12,779,500 - 7,156,400 - 12,051,600 - 7,021,100 - 37,417,000 - 28,503,500 - 37,241,500 - 28,331,400 - 976,400 907,000 - 963,700 - 913,400 - 60,000,000 • 60,000,000 - 12,980,750 14 80,633,437 21 12,980,750 14 80,633,437 21 1 00,000,000 8,961,075 - 8,970,059 - 3,174,05 - 15,618,872 - Certified b .............. 2,160,879,680 80 2 ,042,806,961 83 Y t he Senator-Governor o f th e B ank of France. (Signed) RoULAND. RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR SHEFFIELD. —There was a somewhat serious collision on the Sheffield and Rotherham branch of the Midland Railway on Thursday evening. As a coal train was being shunted on to the siding leading to Messrs Vickers's works, it was run into by a train from Rotherham. The passengers were very much shaken, considerable damage was done to the rolling stock, and some time elapsed before the Hue was cleared• TH SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1869 ORDINARY dIIA.u.SIS AND STOCKS. 'hare Railways. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 at Caledonian ............. 100 st Cambrian. 2J Cornwall all at Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO at Dun„Perth, 64 Ab. June lOO 21 East London all 20 Do 15 2J Do 10 st Glasgow &B. Western lOO 00 01 at Great Eastern .. st Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7 9 at Great North ol Scotlaus lOO 15 6 at Great Northern IOU 106 107 St Do. A stock lOO 107 It 8 F i)(), B cock.... lOO 124 1.:6 st GtS, and W. of Ireland lot, 50 97 s, (I t. Western -orlginal -140 471 181 48 A Do. South Wales hi) a* ad a Do. W. Alid.—Ualort lOO 7, 4 td 25 di , Do. Newport WO us it :4 Lancashire .3z, X urkahirv lOO .271 .261 18, st Lon., Brigh.,4 S. Coast lOO 491 50 4../ 101 Do Scrip .... . . st Lon., Chat., and Dove:— toe %t Do. bletrop. Ex. A luu at Lon. .k ,s.orth Westeri, WO 1111 1.2 112 t Lou. A South Western IOU b 7 et/ st Man., Shel., k I.IIICOIII IOU 171 4$ 4S; st Metropolitan ..... lOO It3l .1.4 104 st Do Exteasi .n .....90 98 1 0 10 Do. rlev. rd .. .. 10 Id I / 91 st Metropolitan Distriet. all tO 10 Metrop. at. John's VOO 1 6 st 1I.u,anti st Liu, Siropu. a Da, bj IOU 7S tl st N mtU klnu41.l st Do. Ed., I'th., & Dun iuo at ;\ or. klastern—Berwice lOO 26 Do. G. N.E purehast st Do Leeds ...... at Do York lOO b'T 83 st Do Carlisle .... st Do Stoc :. A Darlin 1(0 1:.17 :20 at North Lon tou .. lOO 122 121 10 Do Jew 1868 . 2 11 2 p st North Staffordshire loo ab 67 it North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 106 10 Do New £l9 shares 7 ... .. at Rhymnay at Shropshire Union 1 0 45 50 at South Devon st South Eastern IN 79 7.1 20 Staines, Wok'haai, k Wok all 12 13 at tan Sale lO., lib 150 .0 Do. C.. at Waterford 2i Kilkenny .. 10u .0 Waterloo & Whiteha.l.. 6 76 77 76} 7d 76, 20 SO 3 71 77 a 70 72 7 0 I6* l7f 1 .9,1 too st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 SS st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., por cent ID at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per coast lOO ... st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 71 SS at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroatk 100 ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gas.., all at, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 117 at Do. Ist Class preference., lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO .. at Gt. Eastern, E.O. Ex. No. 1 100 98 101 st Do do No. 2 100 97 100 at Do do 6 per cent 109 108 108 at Do East Anglian Aop. c. 100 100 103 st Do do B 6 do. 190 at Do do C I do. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, p.c. 100 100 103 . at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 ISO ... at Do do i p.c. Wa v.Ve.l. 1847 100 ... at Great Northers, i per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 •• ••• at Do 4 1 do do do 100 at Doi do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO al Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 st, Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 par cent lOO 96 97 atj t.West.—Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua. i p.c lOO 102 104 st Do. Orig. (B. &H, Ex). 5 p.c 100 05 100 st Do do 4, per cent. 1850— 100 Ii 18 at Do do 4 do do lOO 73 78 771 04 at Do do a per cent. redem 100 1103 95 at Do do Birmingham gust.. 100 68 72 at Do do do pref... 100 at Do do Chester gua lOO at Do do do 4 per cent lOO 160 169 st Do do do 5 do 100 95 190 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 .„ "'st Do •do 43 p.c lOO at Do do 4 1 1859 lOO st Do do I at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lO,l 107 109 at Do do 23 a lOO at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p. gu 106 c lOO SS 92 106 at Do do 2d do 100 100 103 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 _ 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Du Barnsley, .E.O Os 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1,15 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 99 102 st London & Brighton, 5 p.c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO at Do i per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do X*. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent l.O at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 at Do 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover I per cent lOO at London and K.:V., C. and Nuneaton a per cent lOO 108 110 at Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO 8 91 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 83 al st London and s.-W• 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 143 146 25.63. Du (Ports m. perp ans. 256 d) all st Man., Shef., &Lincln. 6 p.c lOO 11 k' 117 6 Do XL; all par 1 put at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 at Do 13ristol&13irm., 6p. c lOO 1 u 133 st Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 ad at Do 41 per cent. irredeem.., 100 97 at Du Leicester & ifehn, 4 p.c. 100 89 91 st North British, i p.c. No. I lOO at Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOO ...... st Do N. 8., No. 2, i per cen.t lOO ct Do Border Union, 51 p.c 100 at N. - Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c 100 86 8 i st Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 V 5 97 at Do U.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ••• l7 Do Barwick c a pit a l 13.4. . 25 Do ICA.lrtr, pur.iaaeo lO 10 101 at Do Stcktn & Drliug. A. 3 p.c lOO 103 Ilu at Do W, Ilartlepooi li. and R lOO 87 81 20 North Staffordshire all 20 21 10s s. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 10s Do Tavistock Anns., 10s all 910 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 3 9 1.0.6. S. Last. (head. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 per cent lOO at Do F ixe d 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 143 150 s t Waterford &liiikeuny, Gpc 100 41 43 ... •• 1.9 RAIL Wa.YS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. et Caledonian 44 p c min. e t Do Sc o t. Cen. min. 7p c. 100 st Do 4/ p irredeein..... all •st Do 4p c con. issued at So 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 et D o 5 do, 1862... 100 at Do New do, 1403._ 100 stt Do do 5 do, 18 64... 100 st e Great Northern, i p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 p er cent. 100 at Gre Do Boston & Sl ea fd , 4/ pc 100 ... at ... st West., W. Midi., 6p • 100 86 90 Do Joint porpe. 5 p c,1865 10 0 86 90 st Do do 6p c imed., 1866 100 1 03 105 20 st Kent D Vale N eath perp. op all 195 20/ o Coast, 6 per cent, B e ... 100 Lane. and York. New 4 cent till July, 1871 .per . . ... 2 at St Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 185 . 8 108 Do at do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do du 41 d o, 1861 100 st Do do 41 d o, 1603 100 st Do do do, 1865 100 DO No. 6 i do, 1 866 100 at Do No. 7 6do ...... 100 at st Load , Chat, &c., 20, 6 p .c ... 100 Do Metrop. Ex., B p.c ... 100 Do do C 6 p.c 100 ... . . at London& N . Western, 5 p 100 108 110 at London &S. Western, 41 p o 100 94 96 at 10 Metropolitan a Mau. shef. & Lin., ip, 18 65 all 55 per cent .... . . 100 atDo • • ••• at Midland, A 5 per cent prof. 1 01 100 108 18 Do OB 5 do 100 10d les p c opt. to cony. go Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 168, all 18 Do Inconv. New S, am 16 22 Doi p e con. into 01.1 Stk., Aug. 31 U 72.", st North Britian, E. mg No. 1, per ( eat ... ••. at Do £lO guarau cog 18ti1 100 Do loo at st Do .N.. E . " & P Ii " N D 1. 1 e 0 • 0 s t Do N. 8.. per cent, 186 18 . 0 100 •.• •• at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.• 100 at Do E. &G., (Ordiry) 4/ p • 100 66 67 ;at North Eastern, 4/ per cent 106 to 97 st Do at North Lonk. oploc & Dart., D 100 111 113 don, 41, per cent (Max. per cent) ...... 100 1 02 104 at North Staffordshire p c... 100 • au , ttt B oppo oo t h Eastern, isdd 00, (105h64 4 C. I r. .o p . s ........ 1110000: ,„ „ at 5 do 1561 100 at Victoria St. & Pimlico , 41 p. 100 77 81 17 I 83 90 84 83 I 1 1 1113 i tp 8 1 10 BAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT at Birkenhead 100 y z " 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and liolyhead at Do. SI per cent. st Do. 0 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lO6 st Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 133 136 20 Gloster and Lean Forest all a Gt. Kam., Newm., &c., 6 p.O 100 ••• ••• a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 Wo 7.1; st Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Hera lOO 05 97 00 Hull and Selby all 109 111 et Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21, 213 st London and "Rockwall lOO 93 at Do. 41 per cent lOO 86 et London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO et Do. Corn. Fund, 6 do lOO at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South 100 at Lowestoft, gnat 4 percent lOO at Do. do. 6 do. 01 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 60 Northern& East., 6 per cent all OS Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastora—Hartlep00l .• at N.West. A perp. prei, up. c. 100 10.> 110 at Do B minlaium 11 p.c lOO at Notting. & Granth. 0 lOO 92 9 . 4 25 I'restou and vt yrs.. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop. lOU 133 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 13e 10 Do do o 24 2 . ,p at S. Yorkah. aid River Dun 106 98 10 st Do 4 per cent gua 10 71/ 01 at Do 4 do .. all 97 99 at Yict. Station and Pimlico.. De 174 180 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A....., all 10 14 ze Do do B all 20 Do do C all 61 7i at Weymouth and Portland lOO • •• ••• at Wilts and Somerset '6 '4 e . 6 i 710 $3 . . .. .. f 61 92 94 63 ,i 6 DOCKS. et East and West India lOO 117 11d st London and St. Katherine lOO 13 a 5 100 D c.)Deb. stock, 4 per cent all liillwall Freehold Land „, it Dock at Southampton lOO 71 74 at Surrey caparcißl _ #. Closing Business Price. done. RAILWAYS-PREFERLI;NCE SIIA.RES ♦ND fiTOCKS. CAIWIF ELL WV PUBLIC Airli'Alle,S, It cannot quit its place of birth, It will not live in other earth but, as it strikes its roots deeper, and acquires a firmer hold upon a broader stratum of the community, we have reason to hope that in the same proportion it will extend its branches higher, and contribute more and more to the happiness and prosperity of the country. The last change which has taken place is due, not to the party with which I have the honour to be connected, but to our opponents in the senate ; and, in my opinion, in some respects this has been attended with solid advantage to the country. I will not pretend that I can altogether congratulate them on the result, because if the object was, as we are told, to turn a minority into a majority, the result has not been exactly correspondent with the expecta tion. With regard to the mode in which it was done, I shall only say this, that it appears to me that finding they could not bring the majority to their opinions, they thought the best course would be to carry their opinions to the majority. Thus, I say it is most fortu nate that this great change has taken place without • severe struggle, and that, SLOW that the contest is over, all parties can combine without any painful recollections, or any remembrance of conflict, and can all co-operate together in the new phase of the institutions of the country on which we are about to enter with one sincere and harmonious desire to make them work for the general benefit of the whole people—and that we can do that in such a way that there shall be no distinct tion between those who have been added to the con stituency and those who possessed the franchise before, but that the whole body of the English people shall con sent to a tribunal of appeal to which all questions con cerning their welfare may be referred." After discussing what was to be the proper use of the new power given by the extension of the franchise, Mr. Cardwell turned to Ireland, observing : " What I wish to say about Ireland is this. We are told sometimes that her grievances are sentimental grievances. My answer is, that there cannot be a worse grievance than a sentimental grievance. There is none so deep seated ; there is none to which it is so• difficult to apply a remedy ; there is none which it is so difficult to know and examine. During the last century the griev ances of Scotland were perhaps to a great extent senti mental grievances, but Lord Chatham made Scotland loyal by enlisting the sentiment of Scotland on his side. In India the greased cartridge was a sentimental griev ance, but it nearly lost us our Indian empire. In Ireland the people have long felt that they have not been treated as equals, but as inferiors ; and I venture to say that you never can govern and never will govern any people within the pale of a free constitution unless ycu can eradicate the sentiment and impress them with the belief that you regard them as equals with yourselves. Now what has happened ? They feel at last that they will no longer be treated with indignity. They cannot imagine now that the English people entertain towards them sentiments of dislike or disregard. They have seen one Government outvoted ; they have seen an appeal made to the country in order that the voice of England and Scotland might be expressed, and that under a new Goverr ment measures may be introduced for the purpose of doing what they believe to be justice to Ireland, and eradicating the sentiment which has rendered Ireland hostile to England. Perhaps I may be permitted to say that when you succeed in infusing into the Irish mind the belief that you regard them as yourselves, and that whatever interests them will interest you, as if it were a question relating to England and Scotland—when that day comes, and I perceive that it is coming, you will have overcome Irish grievances, you will have reconciled an alienated people, and you will be able, having laid the foundation, to build up a superstructure of wise and judicious policy based upon the corner-stone equal justice to all. Une nunared and seventy pounds have been sub- Abed for the purpose of raising funds for inserting a Memorial window into Christ Church, Todmorden, in memory of the Rev. A. J. Plow. MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The attention of the Secretary of War having been directed to the large expenditure incurred by the military and civil departments of the army in telegraphic messages, an order from the War De partment has been issued directing that the utmost caution be observed in the recourse to this mode of communication, which should be adopted only in cases where the delay involved in a letter by post would really prove prejudicial to the public service. At the meeting of the Chatham Local Board of Health yesterday they had under consideration the necessity which exists, both in connection with the military and naval establishments as well as for the public in general, for an electric time gun to be fired daily, as in the case at many of the other large military and naval stations, in order that correct Greenwich time may be notified. The Board unani mously decided to apply to the Government on the subject, and a deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Rochester, the High Constable of Chatham, and other persons, was appointed to wait on the autho rities to request that the necessary arrangements might be made. The following detachments of the Royal Artil lery—namely, two officers and 86 men from Wool wich, six men from IVarley, one officer and 79 men from Maidstone, and two draughts of men from Sheerness, are under orders to proceed to Ports mouth on the sth instant to embark on board the steamer Helvetia for conveyance to Bombay, via the Overland route—the two former detachments to join the 14th and 18th Brigades of Field Artillery and the latter the E Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery. The Crocodile troopship was appointed to take out these detachments, but hay ing broken down in her machinery the Helvetia has been substituted. The number forming the draught for the 14th Brigade is 56, namely, 42 rank and file, 8 women, and 6 children ; and that for the 18th Brigade, 35 rank and file. The detachments will he under the command of Lieut. Shortland, R.A. Another draught is under orders to proceed from Sheerness to British America, but the date of their departure is not yet fixed. Her Majesty's screw unarmoured frigate Are thusa, 35, 3,141 tons, 500 horse power, Captain H. Coote, has returned her shot, shell, guns, and most of her War Department and other stores into the Ordnance establishment and dockyard, and has been dismantled by her crew previously to being put out of commission in the tours) of a few days, and placed in the fourth division of the steam re serve in the Medway. The arrival of her Majesty's Indian troopship Jumna at Bombay on the 31st ult. has been an noun(;ed by telegratu. The following list of British subjects embarked on the 9th of November, 1863, at Angostura, River Paraguay, and brought to Buenos Ayres on the 14th of November, has been received at the Foreign-office:—Dr. John Fox, M.D., Mrs. Nesbit, Miss Nesbit, infant child Nesbit, Mrs. Shoot, Harriet Shoot, and Maria Shoot, chil dren ; Alfonso Cambridge, Mary Ann Cambridge and Margaret Cambridge, orphan children ; John Wright and Emily Wright, orphan children ; John Trudgeon, aged 16 years ; and William Chartres and Mary Ann Chartres, orphan chil dren. Some British subjects who might have be kiguglit off preferred to remain iu rttrastuty. Mr. Cardwell, who was present at the anniversary dinner of the Ancient Order of Druids, at Oxford, thus delivered himself on public affairs :—" The first thing that strikes me when I think of the year 1868 is that it has closed that series of Parliaments which commenced with the year 1832, when I was living what I think Paley called the happiest period of any man's life—the life of an undergraduate in the University of Oxford—in which series of Parliaments, by your favour, I have had the honour of sitting for a very large portion of time as one of the representatives of this city of Oxford. That calendar has been an honourable calendar, and I think we ought not to let it pass without notice at this time. That Parliament began with the abolition of slavery and with the extension of the franchise ; they abolished taxes upon food and upon the prime neeessariel of life. They have set free the press, and they have passed a list of useful measures unprecedented, I believe, - in the history of any representative assembly. The reflection that occurs to us, when we see how various changes take place in our Constitution, and how, after these changes, they have not the effect in any way of impairing their vigour or diminishing their efficiency, but, on the contrary, that after such changes greater efficiency and greater vigour are exhibited—it nrtkes us reflect that, after all, possibly it is not so much in the institutions themselves as it is to the national character to which those institutions are applied that we must look fur the great advantages we enjoy. Endeavours have frequently been made to extend these institutions to other countries, but almost always without success. It may be said of our Constitution, in the words of the poet, that— Closing, Business Share Nem:. Paid. Price., done 10 Agra Limited, A all 12 121 121 10 Do B lO 41 51 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 17 14 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 1 2 20 A.nglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 7 6 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~- 5 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lion. 25 Bank of South Australia all 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 26 10 Bank of New Zealand all 60 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, , nd China all 26 Chartered Here. of India, London, and China all 20 City 100 Colonial 25 10 Consolidated, lim. 60 Delhi and Londou, lion 50 East London, lion 5 20 English and American, lint 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lino lO 20 English, ;cuttish, and Aus tralian Chartered 284 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 281 Do new s (r 100 Imperial, lim 2O 20 Imperial Ottoman lO .5 lonian all 25 Do new i z 0 Lnd Mortgage of India, lino 4 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, So all 76 30 London Bank o f Mexico - and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lion. 46 31 1 32 20 Do new 74 64 al 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 7 9 25 Do new 10 11 14 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 231 60 London and County 2O 60 61 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... ... 50 London Joint Stock 1 lib $6 20 London and South Arican al 1) 12 100 London & S.-Western, lion, 20 ... ... 60 London & Venezuela, Jim l2l ... ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 65.: 67 100 Do Scrip, ism at 10 pm 2O 6 2 4 63 1 100 Merchant, lino za 7 6 10 Metropolitan, lim all 6 1 7 4 7 4 7 100 Midland, lim.. 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3ld 131 100 National frovinc. of Eng'd 42 "' ... 10 Do 50 National.. BO /4 56 20 New South Wales all 42 44 20 North-Western 7l ... -. 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 414 43 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lira. 10 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 24 91* 08 10 Do new. all 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lim 24 14 12 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 48 49 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London l5 37 1$ SS 40 6 4 $0 22 $7 SJ 17 19 21 13 24 21 20; !9 30 30 24 111 12 40 4: 1 4f 1; 02 ld pr 164 lii 17 15 n 1 lii 2/ 29 Fr 1p 13 Z:2 6sa MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., all 21 i 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 0 / 1p 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 16 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 26 28 at Do. 3 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 201 16 17 26 Australian Mort. Land aid Finaace, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 0 7 6d, 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 131 14 10 Do. New I 0 41 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. Bombay Gas, lim. 6 Do. New 4 11 Of 5) British .American Laid 44 16 18 it B. and I. Magnetic Tel., list lOO 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lim. all 11 61 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint ll 21 lid 20 Ceylon Company, lint. le 11/ 2fd 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 6 41 01 26 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 8 41 81d 30 City of Milan Improv. lint, all 610 25 City of Moscow Gas, all 11 I 50 City Offices, lint 25 111 230 60 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 6 I fp 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint.f Id 20 Continental Union Gaudin. all 17 1814 25 Copper Mixers of England, pref. 71 per text. 100 Corporation of Londoi Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 104 1051 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1081 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all a k 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 3 1 d at Crystal Palace lOO D 11 at Do. Preference lOO 93 98 it Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 102 107 20 Darjeeling, lint. IO Eastern Assam, lim. 6l ~, 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 271 131 12fd 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. rroy. Gus,. by Egypt. Gov all 88 89 89 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 41 4d st Electric dc Inter. Telegraph 100 238 24.1 10 Do. New 8 10 12p $ Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 6 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lira. ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 11 11d 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr ip 13 100 For. & COL Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued?,t £B5 all 831 841 50 Gellivara, lint. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 71 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 Home &Col Marine In. Ihn f 45 81d 10 Hoag Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 131 18. 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 25 Indo-European Tel., lint lO 20 Interns. Financial Soc. lim 6 11 la s 11-16 20 Interns,. Land Credit, lint I I 41 60 Italian Land 6 I Id 20 Italian Irri. (Canal C a vour) all 3 1 4 d 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 9 1 / 4 ) all 63 65 50 Land Securities. lint 5 3/ 21d 25 London Africaa Trading lO 7 ad 25 Lon. & Caled. Ilarine, lint 6 ... ...d 10 London County Land and Building, lint. 4 .. . ...d 5 Loud. Provincial T e l. li nt all 31 if 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 1 IP 50 Lond. Financial /luso., lint 30 23 221 01 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 1/ 2 2 60 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lint 25 22 17d 20 Loral. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr 1 11-10 st Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gus,. p. c. by India Gov. lOO 105 107 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, aid Agency, lint. 10 Mediterra. Eat en . T e l ., H ill a ll 4 41 50 merchant Shipping, lim all 23 3S 60 Millwall Iron Works, lint l4 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint 3 !sew Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 26 New Zealand Loan & Mer cantile Agency,lim 2l 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint S 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., 100 60 North Brit. & Mercan. fn 6l 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 6 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll Oriental Gas, lint. 5 Do. New 10 Otago and Southland In 111 21d 12 121 4 3d 84 91 3 2.1 11 ld 44 3,1 11 11 7 8 1 2 47 St 18k 191 19 141 15 71 71 i il) vestment, lim 2 i Ottoman Gas, lim all 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lira all 5 Do do. it Peel R. Land & Miner', lim 100 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 60 Do. New 1867 lO 26 Reuter's Telegram 24 60 Rhymney Iron 16 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lina all 20 Do. Gas, lint all 100 Royal Mail St eam 66 it Scottish Aust. Invest., list loo' at Do. S p. c. Guar. Pref lOO 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO 20 Societe Gentle l'Empire 01 S 50 S. African Mort. & Lay., list 6 26 South Australian Land at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (insurance), Rol 2 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lin Si 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust &Loan Co., U. Canada 6 60 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 15 United Discount Corp., lim II 6 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 6 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 20 Universal Marine(ln.), lim 6 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. ( Mortgage) Loan all 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 SO West India and Pacific id IP n 21 1 1/ 21 le 38 32 49 61 50 /d di 27 30p 184 191 61 8 17 18 231 24/ 44 46. 1 44 107 112 7 Cid S 4p 351 U! 92 97 92 16! 1 7 1 ltil 21 2.1 t fp --- -.. id p 4 4ip 22 24 1/ Old ii G g 1 3f13 1 lip 21 31 _ - Steam, lim __ 21 20 West London Wharves sad Warehouses lO 7 i 7bi 761 12 10,1 4 3 a COLONL&L okut, - British Columbia, 6 per 100 -- Uo. 1895 lOO - Can.Gov.6p.c.Jan.•&July 1877-84 lOO 107 10$ 10 - Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug l6O 165 1t,7 - Do. sp. 0. Mar, Sept lOO It4CIC6 - Do. sp. o. Jan. & July lOO 113 94 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed Ft lOO 90 92 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p. 0.1873 lOO 102 104 Do.Ap1.&001 169 0- 19 0 0.• 100 111 113 - - Do. Do. Jan.&Jul d 1880-90 lOO 107 100 7. 11391 - Do. 5 per vent. 15 April and 15 Oot., 1900 . 100 100 102 - Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c.. 100 108 110 - Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 103 107 - Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873,.. - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 ... - Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 108 - Melbourne Corporatn., 1667-75, 6 per cent lOO - N.S.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.&Juy l6O 102 104 - Natal 6 p ot, Apt& °Ct lOO - - Do 8p c. May it NO7 l6O 103 108 N. S. W. 5 p•e., '7l to '73 lOO 99 101 101/ - Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1800 lOO 99 100 - Do. 5 p.0.rd.',57 to '75 lOO 91 101 - N.Zealand, 6p. at. 1891 lOO - Do. 5 per cent.... DoJau,Ap-I,July, 0 t... 1 0 0 976 981 91 - Do 6p c. Mar & sept 'Ol.. 100 108 110 107 - Do June & Deo , 1-91 .... 100 109 111 -r Do Pro's. 1 Auckld. 1,0 - - j scrie3l &2, 1896. - Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jan... and Jnly, 1875 Do 1866.. . . • Queenslnd. Op. o. 'B2-5 lOO 108 109 - Do 1891 ...... • B. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 lOO - - Do 1878.92 lOO 108 110 Do e 931908 • Tasmanian pc, 1895 lOO 106 107 • Do rd. 1803 to 1891 lOO It 7 10$ • Victoria 6p.0. Ja.&July lOO - Do. 1891 lOO 112 118 Dth do, Aprl4o 901.. ti 100 196 40_ 113 THE PROSECUTION OF 7HE DIRECTORS OF 0 VEREND, GURNEY, AND CO_IIPANY (L 1.4117 AD). In cross- examination by Sergeant Ballantine the witness said he had no communication with Mr. T. A. Gibb before he took the shares. He had filled a bill in Chancery against the defendants, and on Sergeant Ballantine aFking what instructions he gave his solicitor, the question was objected to, and led to a lung discussion. Mr. Giffard said Mr. Rennie, one of the defer dants, had given a complete answer to the bill, and he should resist all attempts to get the contents of the charge with the answers given being made pub lic at the same time. The Lord Mayor said he thought the question ou g ht to be answered, because the more of the facts of the case that were made known the better it woul d be for all purposes. The witness said he desired his solicitor to put the matter as favourable to himself as possible. the object of his suit, which was stated in Chan cery, was to recover from the whole of the defen dants the money he had lost, as be alleged, by their false statements. Mr. T. Clarke; of Adelaide-road, Haverstock hill, said in August, 1865, he purchased 40 shares in Overend, Gurney (Limited). He paid 18 pre mium. He held them down to the failure, and had paid since the failure over £6OO upon them. He had paid in all over £BOO on the shares. He ap plied in July, 1865, for 60 shares, but he could not get them at the offices ; he bought them in the market. Mr. Howell, accountant, said he was appointed by the Court of Chancery on the 30th of August, 1865, to assist the shareholders in the investigation of the books of Overend, Gurney, and Co., and 0 verend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited). At the time of the transfer of the old company the liabili ties stood, according to the general ledger, on the debtor side, the amount of " loans on securities" was £8,978,000. He had examined the nature of the item, and in the " loan ledger" he found it set out at length. The witness then proceeded to go through a perfect labyrinth of figures to prove the opening statement of Air. Lewis, when, at three o'clock, the case was adjourned until Wednesday. The following appeared in our Latest Edition of yesterday evening:— To-day the directors of the late company, known as Overeud, Gurney, and Co. (Limited), Lombard street, appeared before the Lord Mayor to answer a summons charging them with conspiring to defraud. The names of the defendants were J. 11. Gurney 11. E. Gurney, R. Berkbeck, Henry F. Berkeley, W. Rennie, H. G. Gordon, and T. A. Gibb (deceased). The defendants were all represented by counsel. Mr. G. Lewis, in opening the case, said it was of the highest importance to the commercial com munity, and one that he was afraid would reveal a state of things that would surprise his lordship. The defendants were formerly the principals in the large banking and discount house, known as Over end, Gurney, and Co., and that the fraud arose out of the transfer of the business of the bank to a public company. In 1865 steps were taken to transfer the business of the bank to a limited com pany, and as the bank had a great name in the city the scheme was looked upon with great favour. Of course it was represented that the bank was one of enormous magnitude and enormous profit, and that everything was in the most prosperous condition. The whole of the splendid concern was to be sold to a united company for the sum of £500,000, and unfortunately the transfer took place, and instead of a successful business it was soon discovered that the firm was one that was hopelessly insolvent, and that at the time of transfer the concern was in a bankrupt condition, with liabilities to the extent of over £3,000,000. On the Gth of July, 1865, it was never for one moment suspected that Overend, Gurney, and Co. were in solvent. The great and important secret was only known to the defendants, and it was clear that their great desire was to transfer their liabilities to a limited company, without one thought of the ruin and misery such a proceeding would entail. Before proceeding further he felt it only right to acquit Mr. T. A. Gibb from any criminal charge ; and having made that statement he would proceed with the charge against the defendants. On the 11th of July, 1865, the transfer was made and completed, and thus one of the greatest frauds ever imagined was perpetrated. The articles of association were dram up, and agaQug Ober thin 64 it THIS DAY. The further hearing of the summonses, charging the directors of the late limited company of Overend, Gurney, and Co., with conspiracy to de fraud, was proceeded with before the Lord Mayor, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Guildhall. Alder man Gabriel, Carden, and Dakin, occupied seats on the bench. Mr. Frederick Lewis was the first witness, he said he was clerk in the Joint Stock Registration Office. lie produced the official copy of the ar ticles of association of the limited company of Overend, Gurney, and Co. Tile deed was regis tered on the 12th of July, 1665. The names of the parties to the deed were 11. E. Gurney 4,000 shares, J. 11. Gurney 4,000 shares, R. Birkbeek 2,000 shares, S. Gurney 600 shares, 11. Berkeley 1,000 shares, IV. Rennie 500 shares, 11. G. Gordon 200 shares, and T. A. Gihb 1,000 shares. The above persons were also to be the first directors of the new company, and £5OO per annum was to be paid to the managing directors ; the other directors were to receive £5OO per annum. The winding up order was dated 23 June, 1866. There was no list of shareholders filed as required by that Act. Dr. Thom, of 90, Gower-street, the prosecutor, said—On the 13th of July, 1565, he saw the pros pectus of the company, and afterwards purchased 60 shares at £5O each in the concern at 21 premium. Up to the 15th of November he had paid in £9OO irrespective of premium. He had since that been called upon to pay £1,200 on the shares since the stoppage of the company. He was present at a meeting after the stoppage, when Mr. Rennie said the directors were all large shareholders and deposi tors in the company. He was chairman of the com mittee of investigation. In cross-examination the witness entered into a variety of minute details, and also gave an outline of a meeting held after the failure, at which it was shown that separate estates of the Messrs. Gurney were under lien to the new company to an unlimited amount. Ile did not know that Mr. Gordon had paid £7,000 for his shares. Mr. W. Peck, jun., said he resided at Sydenham. In 1865 he saw the prospectus of Overend, Gurney, and Co. in Liverpool. He purchased 2,000 shares in the company at an average of nearly 7 prem. Before the stoppage he had paid to the company on these shares nearly £44,000, and since that he had been called upon to pay £40,000 on them —the payment in all of about £84,000. Mr. Lewis--What induced you to take those shares? Sergeant Ballantine objected to the question, but it was ultimately answered by the witness, who said he was induced to take the shares upon the statements contained in the prospectus. Mr. Sergeant Parry said it was most important to prove how and by whom the prospectus was issued. Mr. Lewis then called Mr. W. Turquand, on his subpoena, but he did not answer. This led to a little angry discussion between Mr. Lewis and Ser geant Ballantine, after which it was found that a gentleman named Boyce attended on the part of Mr. Turquand. Mr. Lewis, on being made ac quainted with the fact, then called for a printed copy of the prospectus, which was at once handed to him. lle was about to place it in the hands of the witness, when Mr. Sergeant Ballantine objected to the witness answering the question without it was proved that one of the defendants was acquainted with the contents of the document. The Lord Mayor asked the learned Sergeant whether he really objected to the production of the document. The learned Sergeant still persisted, and the Lord Mayor said he thought it would be better to prove the contents of the proctus be• fore it was referred to. lie should like to know for what the £500,000 was given to Messrs. 0 verend, for . their business for the six years prior to its sale had never made a profit indeed, it had now become known that instead of a profit there had been a loss of over £600,000 a year for the period he had mentioned. Ile should call evidence to prove the statements he had made, and then he should ask that the defendants might be sent before another tribunal for trial. At the close of Mr. Lewis's statement the further hearing of the summons was adjourned until to morrow, each of the defendants entering into sure ties of £3,000 for their attendance. LuNDON GAZETTE--LAST EVENING. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 1. 3d Dragoon Guards—Cornet George Moore to be Lieute nant; Edward Paley to be Cornet. 10th Hussars -Veterinary-Surgeon WM. Appleton, from the Military Train, to b 3 Veterinary-Surgeon. 12th Lancers—Cornet Cecil Stephens to b 3 Lieutenant; Mountcharles Williams to be Cornet. 16th Lancers—Frrncis Drummond, Gent., to be Cornet. 21st Hussars —Ensign NVilliam Watt to be Cornet. Grenadier Guards—Captain the lion. William Nest to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel ; Ensign and Lieut. Henry Ulick to be Lieutenant and Captain; Lionel Ames to be Ensign and Lieutenant. 3d Foot—John Stratford Collins, Gent., to bo '' by purchase ; Staff-Surgeon John N o b e Shipton to be S urgeon. 4th Foot—Lieut. Herbert C. Borrett to be Adjutant. Lieut. Christopher M. Davidson to be Instructor of Musketry. 13th Foot—Limit. William Oldham to be Lieutena n t. _ . 21st Foot—Lieut. Edward Lingard to be Captain, Ensign Arthur Pollock to be Lieutenant ; Taylor Dalrymple Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign. 27th Foot—Lieutenant William Herring to be Captain, Ensign James Buxton to be Lieutenant, Ensign D m ville Taylor to be Lieutenant, and Thomas John A. 'Hoban, Gent., to be Ensign. 44th Foot—Ensign William Wood to be Lieutenant. 46th Foot—Major Charles Catty to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Captain and Brevet-Major James Clarke to be Major, Captain and Brevet-Major Albert Nicholas to be Major, Lieutenant Richard Brookes to be Captain, Lieutenant Frank Grieve to be Captain, Lieutenant James Lovakiu to be Lieutenant, Ensign Charles Pearson to be Lieu tenant. 52d Foot —Lieutenant Richard Pulteney to be Adjutant. 56th Foot—Ensign Thomas Prickett to be Lieutenant, Henry Thomas Deane- Drake, Gent., to bo Ensign. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Poole to be Captain, En sign Philip Quirk to be Lieutenant; James Connellan, Gent., to be Ensign ; Lieutenant Robert Jarvis to be Adjutant. 77th Pout —The surname of the Ensign promoted from Colour-Sergeant of the 36th Foot, on the 2d September, 1868, is Fenton, and not Verner, as then stated. 91th Foot—Lieutenant Stanford Nairne to be Adjutant. 9Gth Foot—Ensign Cecil to be Lieutenant; Francis Dor ling, Gent., to be Ensign. 97th Foot—Lieutenant John Tweedie to be Captain; Lieutenant George Upperton to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Charles Partridge to be Lieutenant ; William Bowden, Gent., to be Ensign. 101st Foot—Staff Surgeon James Jardine, M.D., to be Surgeon. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. austral: , and New Zealand, via : .. 4 onthanapton..,..Jan. 2. Ditto, via .? irt;ein e , Jnn 25 Ditto, via rt., ama Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video J Au. 4. Ditto, by French packet Vcidr. by Lirazil packet o,pe ef Good Ripe. Ascension. and St. Relena Jan. 13. Uhina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Jan. 2. '..iribraitar, via Southampton Jan 2 I adia.via Southampton ..... . ...• ••••.....—••••Jan. 2 i• 'tie, via llarsetl.ee...... ........ Jan. 5 . I.lV.tn, Egypt, Stc. .......• .• .• •.... Litt°, M.trseilics J.tn. 8 Aila. Tidos, C , pe of Good Ripe, and Natal, via Scuthamltou Pitt), MhtFefileti Jan. I.Q. Scwfoandlary et:rtuaal Jan. 4. United States, t anada, CAllfornia, &a., by British packet Ditto, by Canadian paclet Jan 1 Ditto, by Lited states packet Ditto ditty (Baltimore) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffa 4. Kett Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) I' aikland Islands Cuba and .11esioo 13sha.nas, via New York Jan. Bermuda, ylaLlallfax o . .... 2_k_q&A! laid down that the defendants were to be the first directors of the new limited company, and such a proceeding at once prevented the great secret of the hopeless bankruptcy becoming known. Two of the defendants, Mr. J. H. Gurney and Mr. Birk beck, were to be the managing directors of the concern, with a salary of £5,000 a year, and every.. thing made to appear that the whole concern was one of the most prosperous in the city. But the real fact was quite the reverse. The bank was rotten to the core. Nearly the whole of the capital had been lost, and the cash at command, in a bank with mil lions, set down as capital, was scarcely £125,000. He (Mr. Lewis) could hardly imagine a greater fraud than that wnich had been perpetrated —per petrated, he contended, by the defendants with a full knowledge that they were all ruined beyond Lop of redemption without other parties could be found on which their enormous deficiencies might be cast. That the position of the bank w‘is well known to the firm there could be no doubt, because previous to the transfer and registration of the limited company he had a letter, written by one of the Gurneys in'ere,ted to a very large extent both in the London and in the Norwich houses, dated the 4th day of July, widch containe 1 words to the effect that if the catastrophe became known he and his family would become nearly, if not utterly, destituto, and this was the person wno was to be the chairman of the new and supposed wealthy company. Some of the purchase money of £500,000, it was to be ex pected, would at least have been forthcoming when the crash came, but that, like all the visionary mil lion, had melted away, and nothing wa s left for the unfortunate shareholders but misery, and to many ruin. The proper course for Overend, Gurney, and Co. to have taken when they became aware of their insolvency was to have pulled up as honest men should have done, but this they did not do; but, on the contrary, sought to escape from ruin themselves by shifting their lia bility on others, and this furnished the key to the whole transaction. They concealed everything that could give the least idea of their utter worthless ness, and succeed by secrecy in concocting a fraud which, he contended, had no parallel in the annals of any other commercial country in the world. The point he wished the counsel for the defendants to clear up was why there were two deeds executed to effect the sale of the business, because it appeared to him (Mr. Lewis) to be a matter of the most ordi nary character. By one of the deeds the situation of the bank was set out, but by the other the share holders were to take over the debts of Overend and Gurney, as cash, and as a specimen of what those securities consisted, he would just quote a few for the information of his lordship. There was a mail steam shipping company, now in liqui dation, which stood in for £85,000 ; a Mr. Howard was set down for £310,000 ; a Mr. Leopold Lewis for £314,000 ; the Millwall Iron Company £510,000, and various others, making in all £4,000,000 of securities, as they were called, which were utterly and entirely worthless owing to the failure of the parties, and which by the second deed were to be taken over by the limited company as good debts, and worth 20s. in the pound. The second deed was never even mentioned in the prospectus, and, that only one deed was sup posed to be in existence, he would state there was a gentleman in court who had taken shares to the extent of £lOO,OOO in the concern,who never would have done so had the second deed been known to be in existence. He wanted to know who had kept the secret deed until the crash came, but come to light it did, and that just when it was wanted. He would ask his lordship, if he thought it was likely that men of the most ordinary intelli gence would go into a concern where it was openly set out that such worthless securities as he had quoted were to be taken over as cash. With re spect to two of the defendants, Mr. Rennie with drew from the funds of the limited liability com pany, within a week after it was formed, a sum of no less than £57,000, which, had he wanted but a week before, he would have had to be contented with about as many sixpences as Overend, Gurney, and Co. were utterly unable to meet such a de mand. lie might have wanted the money, but that did not alter the fact that at least one of the de fendants put £57,000 of the shareholders' money into his own pocket. Mr. Gordon was a profes sional director ; he was to get £5OO per annum for four attendances during the year, and the others were to receive solid benefit, and all was to come out of the money of the unfortunate shareholders.