The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-10 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Consols are 93/ 3 k for money; ditto, for Ac count, 938 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 ; New Three per Cents, 93* 1 -A-; ditto Red Sea Tel egraph, Aug., 1908, 10k ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 4 per Cent., —; dtito £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 5 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 242 4. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 213 11 , ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per per Cent., Oct., 1888, 102 k ; ditto Enfaced `per, 4 per Cent., 921 ; ditto Bonds, £l,OOO, 20 prem. ; ditto under £l,OOO, 25 prem. lu the Foreign Market the quotations are as fol lows : — Brazilian, 1865, 83 2 ; Chilian, 1867, 934 94 1 ; Egyptian, 1861, 871 88 ; ditto 1868, 738 1; 1861, 551 to : 7 ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 5 51 prem. ; Mexican, 151 to 1 ; Peruvian of 1865, 762 to 4 ; Russian of 1866, 92:1 to 934- ; ditto Nicolai, 67 to ; ditto Orel, 8i to -k ; ditto Moscow 794 to 801 ; ditto Charkof-Az )f, 80/ to I ; Charcow-Krementschug, 801 to ; 4 1 ; Spanish of 1 867, 301 to 31 ; Turkish of 185 S, 66 to 67 ; ditto of 1862, 6451 to 65/ ; and ditto of 1865, 401 to The railway market is firm, and Midlands have improved ; 4 1 - per cent. ; Metropolitan, ; Brighton, ; aid Great Western and South Eastern, 1 1-. The prices are as follows :--London and North Western, 1198 to 120-k ; Great Western, 53 8 to b ; Midland, 120/ to ; London and South Western, 91 93 ; Great Eastern, 421 to it ; Brighton, 52/ to A 8 ; South Eastern, 82,1 to 83 ; Metropolitan, 111 i to 4 ; Great Northern, 111; to 112/ ; ditto A, 1114 to 112 k. American 5-20 Bonds have risen i f per cent., and are now 761, 77e. Erie Railway shares, 24; to 25 ; Illinois Central, 931 to 94 ; Atlantic and Great 'Western Debentures, 38 to 1 ; and the Consoli dated Mortgage Bonds, 401 to 41. In Miscellaneous Securities National Discounts are 11f to 4 ; General Credit, 18 to 1a dis. ; Inter national, 18 to 18 dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 131 to ; Telegraph Construction, 174 to 18 ; Atlantic Tele graph Eight per Cent. Preference, 4 1-6 to 3-16 ; and Anglo-American, 22; to 1. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday, The New York, from New York, has brought £46,500. The traffic receipts of the London and Brighton Railway show an increase of £1,970. The traffic return of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada for the week ending the 23d ult. show an increase of £4,112 over last year. The annual meeting of the British Colonial St eamship Company (Limited) is convened for the 25th inst. A general meeting of the Tower Subway Com pany is fixed for the 26th inst. The half -yearly meeting of the Metropolitan Railway Company is convened for the 24th inst., and will be made special "for the purpose of rais ing, under the powers and provisions of the Metro- politan and St. John's-wood Railway (Extension to Rampstead Act, 1865), the sum of £lOO,OOO, supply the money already subscribed and paid towards the 5 per cent. preference capital of that conipany. , 7 The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Limited) have notified that the ac counts, although not yet finally audited, show a balance sufficient to allow a further dividend of 7i per cent., making a total for the year of 10 per cent. The report of the Land Securities Company, to be presented on the 17th inst., shows a steady in crease in the business of the past half year, and re commends a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, which will absorb £2,050, and leave, after • an appropriation of £5OO to reserve, a balance o f £1,190. At the meeting of the English and Foreign Credit Company (Limited) the directors' report was adopted, and the usual dividend of .ss. per share for the half-year declared, leaving £4,199 to be carried forward. At the half-yearly meeting of the Australian Agricultural Company, a dividend of 10s. per share was declared. The usual dividend at the rate of 10s. per c ent. was declared at the meeting of the London and Blackwall Railway, and a resolution was agreed to for raising X.=)0,000 for alterations and improve ments on the line. The first drawing by lot of Certificates of the Orei gn and Colonial Government Trust has taken Place. The C er tifi ca t es ( amoun ti n g to £11,000) 7,, a wa are t o b e pa id o ff a t par on th e 3d o f March. The next series of sales of Colonial wool will ce'reinence on Thursday, the 25th instant. The arr ivals to the present date are only 83,574 bales, viz., 6,490 New South Wales and Queensland, 43,128 Victoria, 356 Tasmania, 15,621 South Aus tralia, 1,478 New Zealand, an d 16,500 Cape of G ood Hope. California advices mention that the wheat crop 1 . 4 that State will this year be sown earlier than In 1868, and extend over a large breadth of ground. t is prop ose d i n a circular from Messrs. D. Chadwick M.P., and Thomas Dickins to hold a _7, ee ting on the 18th inst., for the formation of a supply association on a basis analogous to that of the Cott on Supply Association. It appears th a t t h e receipts for internal revenue in the United States were last year $191,180,000, v a g ts . i ast $265,920 ,000 iu 1867, showing a falling off r " I ch) if recko ne d i n sterling instead of i n cur "'V) would be equal .to nearly £15,000,000. l u the case of " Salisbury versus the Metropoli tan Railway" Vice-Chancellor James has dis thissed t he application for an injunction to restrain Pa directors of the company in the matter of the a Yeaent of the forthcoming dividend, without , ea ring Sir Roundell Palmer on behalf of the com ray, declaring that Mr. Salisbury had made out se ° ease for the interference of the Court, and ob thrviog that that gentleman must be a great philan thropist to concern himself so much in the affairs regentmpany iu which he possessed so small and so a stake. I3BITISII FUNDS—TITS O'CLOCK. 2 UOVERNNIENT FUNDS. 931 3 I - Per Cent. Consols k ~ Ditto for Account, / 1 tPer Cent. Reduced 93i -1 i i s ieW 3 Per Cent _ ; N W 2 / per Cent. Jan. 1894 JJ _.... A ° -.5 per Con i an. 1873 'Jollities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 18"' E Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April x l3 O (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 , 11 4 choquzr Bills, £l,OOO, 2-1 per Ct. Do, Do, £5OO 3 tam>£loo & £2OO 242 4 England Stock, 4 per Cent ci N. keeollll t .... f igla clo 4 per Cent. Bonds nter-Colonial Oniniutu 1...,..1iqui•0r GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. elia tock, 101• per Cent., April 1874 213 11 _ - D°. Opening, for Account 1121 R°. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 102 k V:'• 4 pez• Cent , Oct. 1888 O. Certificates. Do ii. , A 4 )21 „ • A•iniaced Pape. 4 per Cent ';-)'l3. P er Cent, Jan. 1872 Do 5 i Per Cent. May 1879 '-) 5 per Cent Rup Deb. 1872 — D°e • D o do, 1877 . do. 188') — n°'lL'. Deb., 5 per Cent Aug. 1873 ~ - 2 - o• Cent., Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO 25 o. Under .£l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Ar • gelatine Republic, 6 per Cent D o s .•- _ A , ? ci p 3 paid .. _ ....0 .trian Bonds 5 per cent r , . Do. 1859 .nroat_ilian 5 per Cent 63 D 0..• 41 per Cent , 1852 _ , do. ". 1 858....• — D o " 0 . do. , 1860 _ . do., 1863 _ 1 2 0 - 5 per Cent., 1865 B uo Account 83 , 1 :,os Ayres 6 per Cent r ., lio 2 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) r," 113 N 6 Per Cent. '''llien 6 per Cent 0 0. 41 per Cent 7ll Do, 3 per Cent., .. - D o R 1),..• ‘' Per oe't. 1867 .. 931 41 _ . ........... Do. i per Cent 18i 0 Cl O i_.• ~ J Danish tw, 6 per Cent. , 3 per Cent., 1825 ........ Danubian Pri ncipalities, 7 per Cent 76/ 4. 1) '''' 9 8 per Coat., 18 6 7 / 1 , ........... rt 5,,, ,« 82i Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent, hlgyptian, 7 per Cent — Do Second Issue Do. .£s!)t, Bonds — Do. .£lOO Bond .,... 851 Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds 9Ol English Scrip, 1868 Do do. £45 pd — die Government Railway Debentures 9G 1 Greek: 5 por Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Acccunt - Do. Coupons - • Do. Account quatemala 5 per Cent , , — Honduras G ov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 861 lt3linu 5 per Cert., 1865 — :to. Account .. — Do Mnremmana Railway — %lexical; 3 per Cent Ditto for Account - Do. 1864 , 7l Do q per Cont. Anglo-French — aontevidvan 6 per Cent. . ilc prish imperial 5 per Cent New Granola ls} Do 3 per Con Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do Account .. 761 1 Do 41 per Cent. (Uri barren) 0,) 4! i per Cent.. 1862 - )o Accoun. ' Purviguese 3 per Ct., 1851 , '6 , 7 1 '9 1 '60 1 '' '' "'' 9 ,1 - . . 4. Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail Russian 5 per Cent., 18' , / X . - S t Do 41 per C en t . 1830 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 D Do o. ? ).A.n l ) ) ge e r t l ' o Cei Cent. , 1859 .1 ~ D o., , % en u t tch l , -8 1 6 86 ) 1, £lOO Bonds 8 -- (ili Do. do. £B4 15s. do ,_ Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 3 Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 661 Sar .inittn 6 per Cent — Spanish 3 p er C on .' - Do. Acc,,unt Do. 1867 - Do. Account - Do. New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — Pit 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 66 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 Do 1 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud 'Warrants (Hectares) .. — Venezuela 3 per Cent.: — Do. Acceant Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Du 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 por cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per .Cent. Ex. 12 Gnil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates BBl Do. Account — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. `251.....,, Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 2sf. Do Account TITO O'CLOCK, Jonsols, Money 93 1. Do. Account, March 4 93 1 MARKE7 S-IHIS DAY. MARK-LANE. Notwithstanding that the receipts of wheat from Essex and Kent were limited, the demand was inactive for both red and white parcels, and prices were barely main tained. With foreign wheat tho market was fairly supplied. In all descriptions sales progressed slowly, at about pre vious quotations. TALLOW. The market is steady. Town tallow, 44s ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 46s 6(1; March, 46s 6d to 47s ; April to June, 45s 9a to 465; October to December, 46s 3d. BOROUGH HOP. Messrs. Pattenden and. Smith report a fair amount of business doing in hops of all descriptions at late quo tations. LIVERPOOL COTTON. February 10.—Sales probably 12,000 or 15,000 bales. Market firm. DEATH OF MR. BELL, M.P. We regret to hear of the death, last evening, at the age of 64, of Mr. Charles Bell, M.P. for the City of London, and ono of the partners of the house of Thomson, Bonar, and Co. The proximate causes of Mr. Bell's decease were enlargement of the heart and bronchitis. He was originally a director of the Ocean Marino Insurance Company, but left that office some time ago and joined the Universal Marine Insurance Com pany. M. Bell was well known upon the Continent, especially in St. St. Petersburg, which he somewhat fre quently visited in connection with the business of his firm. LA TV INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. SAURIN T. STARR The hearing of this remarkable trial was resumed this morning for the seventh time. Mrs. Star, the defendant, said she was formerly the Mother Superior at Hull and Clifford, but had ceased to be so since July, 1867. Miss Sarnia entered the convent in Bagot-street in 1860. She broke the rule of silence frequently. .in April or May Mrs Kennedy told me she had a great deal of trouble with her in Hull. In 1858 she was house keeper, and had needlework to teach as well as a junior class in the night school. She did not observe the rule of silence, but spoke to the school girls—the children of the schools—unnecessarily. Unnecessary talking to children is a breach of the rule, disobedience of orders, but the par ticular circumstances I cannot recollect. The Lord Chief Justice—Can't you toll us the particu culars of the disobedience ? Defendant —I cannot call them to mind. I noticed want of sincerity in her. I supplied her with the calico, and she ought to have returned it to me instead of appro priating it to her own use. The Lord Chief Justice—Did you take it away or did she give it up to you ? Defendant—l think she did. The Lord Chief Justice—Then she did not apply it to her own use. Defendant—She may have done so. The Lord Chief Justice—But she did not. Be certain in what you state. Defendant—One of the sisters lost a devotional book, " Devotions to Jesus." Plaintiff knew I had given it to the sister. I found it secreted amongst her clothes in a cabinet in a cell. I asked her why she had taken the book, because she knew I had given it to the other sister. The book had been given to Mrs. M'Owne. In that year she also took a pair of boots belonging to Mrs. Ken nedy, at the time of Cardinal Wiseman's visit, with out permission from me. On going into the pantry one day I saw plaintiff standing before me holding a ham. I asked her a question, but she could not answer me, her mouth was so full—(laughter)—and all the lower part of her face was besmeared with grease. (Loud laughter, in which his lordship joined.) When she saw me turned quite pale, and appeared almost fainting for a few mo ments. The case is likely to occupy several days yet. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 27. Ditto, via YArseilles •••••• Feb. 22 Ditto, via ama .-......... ..Feb Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Mar. 7. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde, by Brazil packet . . Mar. 7. Cape of Good Hope. Ascension, and St. Helena.... Feb. 12. C h i na , Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton, .Feb. 13. Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Feb 13 Indla,via Southampton - Feb. 11 vat°, via. harseilles Malta, Egypt, So. Feb. 13. Ditto, horseflies Feb. 16 Slauritius, Cape of Good lope, and Natal, via Scuthami ion Ditto, Marseilles ~ Feb. 13. Newfoundland . F. b 0 Portugal ...• • • Mar. 7. United States, t anada, California, &a., by British packet Ditto, by Canadian packet .... ...... ...„. Ditto, by L bited State s p acket Feb 10 Ditto ditt ( (Baltimore) .. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Feb, 16 West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) Falkland Islands Cuba and Mexico OOOOO •••—••••Mar. 1. Bermuda, via 11a1ifax.......•.. Bahamas, via New York A CALIFORNIA. MILLIONAIRE.—A letter from San Francisco, speaking of the richness of the White Pine mining districts of Nevada, says there is now in that city a middle-aged man who a year since was at work by the month as a mechanic, and not worth a dollar. To day ho is worth at least 1,000,000 dollars in hard coin, and his income from one mine alone in White Pine is over 51,600 a day. Ile is investing his money in real estate in San Francisco. The other day a friend was jok ing him on the subject of marriage, remarking that he could now marry any young lady in San Francisco, to which he replied : " Well, I knew a gal out West who was willing to marry me when I hadn't a cent, and now I'am able, I'm piPE tQ parry lag." THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1169. SHARE LIST, ORDINARY stiA;tES AND STOCKS. ihare Railways. Paid. Closing Business Price. done. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 78 82 st Caledonian —.... 100 81l 824 €2 3 st Cambrian. • . lOO 18 23 20 Cornwall all 2 3} at Dublin & Belfast June lOO 79 81 et Dun„l'erth,&Ab.Junc lOO 70 72 2) East London all 7 9 20 Do 15 2) Do . 10 at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 98 100 at Great Eastern .. .00 421 43 421 I at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 t 0 7 9 at Urce.t North of Scotland lOO 15 16 at Great Northern lOO 112 113 113 at Do. A stock lOO 1111 112 ~.1.111 at Do, B ;took lOO 125 1:7 Bt GtB, anti W. 01 Ireland lOO 98 109 a: (it. Wet , tern -Original lOO 5 0 4 51 53 4 & at DO. Soot:t !Vales ti Do. W. Mid.—Oxlortf lOO '4B - 9 at Do. Newport ,CO 1:8 '4l tit Lancannire & l'erlishirf) lOO 30 30 4 at Lon., Brigh.,& 6.t.10a5.t ll2O 514 52 / 52} i 0) Do Scrip - at lon., Chat., and Dover.. Ivo 174 18 st 1./0. Metrop. Ex. A.... 100 at Lon. A North IVesterz:.. 1120 1;1)4 2 0 2t Lou. A South IVeatern.. 100 9. 93 92 at Man., SW., 12 Lincoln.. 11,0 4 . c. 49 494 i at Metropolitan ..... ..... 1120 11 41 1 11 112 at Do ExtensiJa .. .. 100 1 , .51 1' ('.l 10 t/). iNetv rd .. .. 10 10 1 4 10 st Metropolitan District. alt 53 57 10 Metrop. St. John's NI co 1 6 - at M,..,24.0 at uo, ilirmin. A D4rbj IOU 85 ES st N )rth Britian st Do. Ed., 1 2 th., A von .. 10 . .) at 7 or. Slastern— Berwitit.. 110 103 1001 16 I 25 Do, 1. N.E purelthst .. :6 13.4 - at Do Leeds .. ....... ILO 19 Cl st Do York st Do Carlisle .... • 1(0 125 130 at Do Stood. & Darling llO 1(3 132 st North London 10 Do New 1808. ... 2 11 2 p at North Staffordshire...". 100 53 60 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... . . at R hymney st Shropshire Union lOO 59 60 st South Devon .. at South Eastern lOO 821 83 824 • at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 12 13 at 'tau Vale lOO 145 150 • - Do. 4.; .. • . 15ateriord & Kilkenny lOO -- 10 Waterloo & Whiteha,l 0 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHAKES AND STOCKS. , . st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., Nu. 2 lOO ... .., st Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO ... ..• st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... ... st 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 ... ... sta Dundee, rerth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO ~. ... at GOas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... ... st Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102 st Do do N 0.2 100 99 102 st Do do 6 per cent 100 106 108 st Du East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 st Do do B 6 do. 100 ... ... at Do do 0 7 do. 100 ... ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 ... ... at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Va l . lB47 100 ... ~. st Great Not thern, 5 per cent 10 , ... ... st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... ... st Do 4 1 do do do 100 ... ... st Do 5 do at sp. c. pin. 100 ... ... St Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... ._ ati Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... ... sti Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 06 97 at] Gt.West.—Orig.&Jnt. - Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 103 105 st Do. Orig. (B. IH. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 100 st Do do 41 per cent. 1850... 100 87 89 78 st Do do 4 do do st Do do 5 per cent. redem. 100 93 97 st Do do Birmingham gua 100 63 70 st Do do do pref... 100 ... ... st Do do Chester gua lOO 72 73 at Do do do 8 per cent lOO ... . . st Do do do ti do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... ... st Do do 43 p.c lOO ••• ••• st Do do 41 1859 lOO ... ... st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 114 116 st Do do 2d gua, lOO 110 112 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 92 91 st Do do '2d do 100 DO 103 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... ... 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 4,1. p.c. all ... ... st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 st Do Barnsley, £5 Is 10d p.c. 100 ... ... st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn perch). 100 vs 102 st London I Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ,„ .„ at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO ... ... st Do 6 do do lOO ... ..,, st Do 5 do No. 4 lOO ... ... st Do 7 per cent lz,o ... „. st Do 6 do (W.E. I Cr.) 100 ..„ ... at Da 4 do 1859 lOO 440 ••• st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ..• ... 47 st London and 11. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 10 I 111 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO ... ... st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO ... ... st Loudon and S.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 150 2s 6d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all ... ... st Man., Slid., / Lilian. 6 p.c lOO 11 a 117 6 Do £6 all par Ipm st Do 31- per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 ... ... st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 135 140 st Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 1.( i ; ; f ; at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 100 102 st; Do 4.1 per cent. irredeem lOO 100 1 , 2 st Do Leicester &ffchu. 4W.c lOO VO 92 at North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO ... „. Si Do E. &G.4p.c. S. I D lOO st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ceti.t lOO ... ••• s i t t N D i! -E B a oLL e l e r r n—c Union, oitHa. 1 5 4 1 1: p . e . c 10 01,)0 . . 8 ; , .. ; 8 . .. 1 at Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 95 97 : 8 2 1 0 : 0 7 s ._,DD D D .,: o o li ßerwi r e llA . t k i.: c up p a to e s w x u e - 0,,,N,rik....E,. . . .. . 2 s ot NorthD o Stc k t n Staffordshire D r l Hartlepool Annuities, iegeus. cent., purchase.s' ( p ts . . 1 c .t 8 1 1 1 a 0 0110 8 1 0 7 003 .1 4. 10 8 1 9 8 0 ; t 8 1 1 . 1 .( 3 1i1 , a a l l l l 20 9 2 10 1 0 . , 1 0 1 . 0 G s . I:: t. T a a: t iis ( : t o: a l: I: Az: , 10a lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent 1.0.6) all 8 23 8 ' tt Waterford : e t a :: •rdee&nlit.inzenny, 1 1 0 8° 0 8° 14 r.; 1a 0 : at Do Fixed 41 per cent 6pc 100 41 43 et Taff Vale No. 1 RAI LWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. • -- - ---- With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO st Do 4i p irredeem all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 L 0 911 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 81 90 st 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. Midl., 5p c 100 st Do Joint perpe. 5p c,1865 100 86 80 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 105 107 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 194 201 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 45 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 I 1 st Loud., Brig., &c., 44 pc, 1858 100 ... st Du du 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 • st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ••• ••• st Do No. 7 sdo st Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 ... Do du C 6 p.e ... st Loudon& N. Western, 5p c 100 108 110 st London &S. - Western, 41 p c 100 91 96 10 Man. Shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1665 all 881 st; Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO ... 103 st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 104 HO 13 st B 5 du Do spc opt. to cony. to 1 00 108 110 Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lip 18 Do Inconv. New Shares 16 1 fp 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872..,,•, 81 1 11/3 101 st North Britten, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent 100 st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 at Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 st Do E. &G , No. 2, 5 P.o ..• 100 st p st DD D 00 0 EB N && B G . .5 r.: tn( o r 4. da. i c i3nr cent, t rpD4 , el l e B ep. . 6 n. ..o 2 t 11 11 00 0 00 5:1 159.1 : ,73. • 5t 511 at h st 102 104 Northst N po(Max.roitStuck. u o a s c n sk p t d e. e o r n c , e 4 . 4 i) per cent 100 st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO D E o astern, 5 41 pdeo, 1861 1 1 0 0 0 0 ••• st Do J Do 5 do, 1861 st do (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 8'8! South Vii r a St. &Pimlico, 44 pc 100 RAIL WAYS. -LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS! st Birkenhead 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 1 03 at Buckinghamshire ~„ s t Chester and Holy head lOO at *,to st Do. 5 1 p er cent. st Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO .•• st Colchester Stour Valley s t East Lincoln, gua. 6 p . c lOO 13:3 135 20 (}luster and Dean Forest all ... sG t. Easu., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 69 7i st Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West, W. Mid., Ileref 100 96 07 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 215 227 st London and BlacklvaAl lOO 96 , s st Do. 41 per cent lOO s t London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO ... st Do. Corn. Fund, sdo 100 ... ."' st London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO ... st London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 b 3 st Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 79 84 st Do. du. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, & Matlk all 6 7„. s t Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 94 95 . 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northeruk East.,s per cent all 53 ,56 SO Do. do. 6 do. all ... .. st N. Eastern—klartlep00l ... ... st N.West. A perp. prof, sp. c. 100 los iia st Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ~, . . st Notting. &Granth. R. & C.— 100 92 94 '25 Preston and Wyre , all 4.1 46 ... Royston, flitch.' and Shep IOU 133 136 s t Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 136 10 Do do 8 21 2, 0? st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 100 st Do 4 per cent gua 10) 79 8 1 st Bo .5 do st Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 st West Cornwall lass ................100 55 57 20 West Lyndon, Class A all I'3 11 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all 61 7-. Z st Weymouth and Portland ... st Wilts and Some rset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 116 120 st Loudon and St. Katherine lOO 48 50 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all Itlillwall Freehold Land st Dock 1 st Southampton at Surrey c9alzercivil OO 776 O. • • J(NT-STOCK BANKS. - - Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A. all 11 111 111 f 10 Do B. lO 4 41 50 Albion l5 6 4 100 Alliance, Limitel 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian,lim all 14 19 20 Anglo-Hungaria l 20 Anglo-Italian 1816, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian ....,.... 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 1: 20 Do issued at lpm ~.. 5 ... -•• 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 31 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zeeland all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, tnd China, all 201 211 25 Chartered INlerc. of India, London, and China all 29 301 20 City 100 Colonial 25 3'J 41 10 Consolidated, limn. 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, lint 5 11 03 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ••• 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro limn lO ld pr 20 English, .7-coltish, and Ass tralian Chartered 181 Hong Kong and Shaughtti Bank Corporation ...... 281 Do new .. 54 1 1 6 1 100 Imperial, limn 2O 17 14 20 Imperial Ottoinan ......... .5 lonian all 25 21 25 Do new 5 pr lit 20 End Mortgage of India, limn 4 34 3 ,1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.l46l, 30 all 76 71 78 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lit. 20 6 4 100 London and Brazilian, Ito. 45 32 28 20 Do new 71 6 1 100 London &River Plate, lira. 40 6 8 25 Do new 10 n It 20 London Chart, of Australia all 2 2 4 23 1 50 London and County ... 20 491 50t; 20 Do new is sat 20 p.m, 16 pl. 11 ... ••• 50 London Joint 5t0ck......... 1 32 33 3 . 2; I 20 London and South African al 1 m 12 100 London & S.-Western, lint, 20 ... ••• 50 London & Vene zue l a; lim... 121 ... • • • 100 London and Westminster 2O 61 63 63 I 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm _2o 53 61 100 Merchant, lint 25 6 4 10 Metropolitan, limn all 6 1 7 1 100 Midland, 1im..... ........... 5 National of Australia 25 National of Live r p ool, /him l5 3 1 " 100 National Proviue. of Eng'd 42 ... "' lO Do ...... 10 National. 3O 46 48 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 411 421 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 10 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90 10 Do new. 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 48 47 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London l5 341 351 35 1 COLONIAL GOVNIMMAINT SECURITIES Britiob Columbia, 0 per 0ent.,1872.... •••••••••• 100 Do. 1895. ...... • 110 - . _ - Can•Gov.6p.c.Jan.w&July 1877-84 ...... • lOO 1054 1064 1051 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug lOO IC4 1(6 - Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 104 106 Do. sp. 0. Jan.. July lO9 954 Do. sp. e. Inscribed sk lOO 00 92 Cape (4.110pe, 6 p.c.1573 lOO 102 104 Do.Apl.&001 1890-190 0 lOO 111 11 3 Do. do 18E10-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July. 1891 .••• 100 108 11e Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 110 - -Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 - Mauritius, 6p. 0, 18 73 .- -- Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1896, Feb. & Aug lO 106 108 Melbourne Corporate 1867-75, 6 per cent ..-.• 1(0 100 100 N.13.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&.luly .• 100 101 105 1041 Natal 6 p et, Apl & Oct—. 100 _ Do ap c. May & 1 0 106 108 - N. S. W. 5 p .0., '7l to '74.. lou 99 1 , 1 Do. 6 p.o. 1888 to 1896 lOO yo 108 99 4 9 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75.. - N.Zealand, 6p. 0t.1891.. 100 - Do. 6 per cent.... - DoJan,Aptl,July, 0 t... 100 931 044 93/ 'Do 6p c. Mar Sz Sept '91.. 1(0 108 110 Do June & Deo , 1.91 •• • • ILO 109 ill Do Prov. of Auck Id. 1.0 - c rie 31 &2, 1890.. - Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jan... . and Jnly. 1876 Do 1886.. •••• Qneenalnd. 6p. c. 'B2 100 106 107 1061 Do 189 L . • . Do. 6 p 0.1869.. Do. do. A 2 .... 100 108 110 Do rd. 1E93 ... ••• •• • • •• • • 100 107 108 Viotorl6 6,P•0• 1 b 91 •••. , * 100 111 713 LIBERAL BANQUET AT CROYDON. The Liberals of Croydon feasted themselves on Tuesday to the number of 400. There were present Lord Hough ton, Lord Stratheden, the Right Hon. T. E. Headlam, Mr. P. J. Locke King, M.P., Mr. C. Buxton, M.P., Hon. Captain Egerton, M.P., Major Johnstone, M.P., Mr. C. W. Dilke, M.P., Mr. J. Hinde Palmer, M.P. Mr. M'Arthur, M.P., Sir P. O'Brien, M.P., Mr. Julian Goldsmid, Mr. Leveson Gower, Sir C. W. Dilke, Mr. Guildford Onslow, M.P., and Mr. C. Robarts. Sir C. W. DILKE related how he had been converted into a supporter of the Ballot. In canvassing Walling ford, which, though called a borough, was really an agri cultural district, the answer he got from at least one-third of the whole district was, " I votes as master votes." That was not a satisfactory answer to one who thought he was canvassing for principle. More than once he asked, "Have you no principles?" and the invariable response was " None at all ; if I don't vote as master votes, master gives me the sack." He (Sir C. Dilke) had been a Radical all his life, though lie had never been in favour of the Ballot until he canvassed an agricultural constituency. lie now fi-lt that the Ballot was absolutely necessary, and that they should have made no progress by the measure oC last year until they obtained the Ballot. Mr. HEArm i ur, M.P.-, asked for indulgence for the Government if they did not come quite up to expectation. They had many difficulties to overcome. Among other topics which must necessarily occupy their attention were education, the devolution of landed estates, the adminis tration of the poor, the repression of crime, the laws which regulated the sale of intoxicating drinks, and, greater than all, the question of the Irish Church. The present Parliament would make its mark in history, Mr. LOCKE KING, M.P., spoke very bitterly against Mr. Disraeli and the late Government, but thought he done quite right to resign. Mr. BUXTON, M.P., on the other hand, eulogised the present Government. We had now a Government borne to power by the irresistible will of the whole people—a Government imbued with the spirit of the people; a Government that would really express their mind and judgment in its policy. One remarkable characteristic of our present Administration was, it did not contain one or two middle-class men, merely allowed to creep in under the wing of their superiors, but the popular element was its paramount and commanding element. Never was there a time when harmony between the Government and the nation was more essential. With regard to the Irish Church, Mr. Buxton remarked : At a meeting of Conservatives last week a hope was thrown out that the House of Lords would step forward and snatch the Irish Church from the fangs of the Liberal party. They might depend upon it that the Lords would not be so misguided as to adopt that sage advice. If they did so, what must the result be ? It would be like the gallant attempt made by an elephant in Ceylon to stop a train by putting his head down and going full butt against it. The hon. gentleman expressed his cordial approval of the reduction policy of the Ministry. The people of this country during the last two years had felt what might almost be called the pinch of poverty. Trade was still stagnant. Vast num bers of persons in every rank of life were out of work. The profits both of commerce and agriculture had been seriously curtailed. Local taxes had grown terribly oppressive. Never would a relief from taxation be more welcome than now, and yet he much feared that an increase instead of a reduction of our burdens was before us on account of the Abysinian war, the bills for which were now coming in, and he lamented to say that instead of £5,000,000 so repeatedly promised by the Conservative Government as the outside ofita cost, it would amount to little less than £10,000,000. "MINISTERS OF ALL DE.NOMINATTGNS" AT FISHMONGERS' HALL. The Fishmongers' Company has been 'entertaining the bishops, and ministers of dissenting bodies, at the Fish mongers' Hall. The guests included the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of London, Oxford, Hereford, Ely, Gloucester, and Peterborough; the Rev. Dr. Binney (Independent), Archdeacon Hale, the Rev. Dr. Brock (Baptist), Lord Bury, M.P., the Rev. Mr. Osborn (Yes• leyan), Sir Robert Montgomery, Sir 'Thomas Hare, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., the Hon. W. Brodrick, M.P., Mr. Campbell, M.P., Mr. IT. Edwards, M.P., Lord G. Hamilton, M.P. The Archbishop of Canterbury was absent through the death of one of his relatives. There were speeches given in reply to toasts by the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of London, Oxford, and Peterborough, Dr. Binney, Dr. Brock, and Mr. Justice Lush. The Archbishop of YoRK, in the midst of some other remarks on the House of Peers, said : I think any Government might make more use of the House of Lords than is at present made, for there is a class of cases, lying a little on one side of the hurry and rush of politics, to which that House is always ready and able to give grave consideration. Questions connected with the welfare of the poor, whether in regard to the welfare of the pauper class or the education of the class immediately above it, always seem to me to be handled in the House of Lords in a wise and statesmanlike manner, and the reason why we are so idle, if I may use the word, is that instead of giving us the initiative upon these questions, the Govern ment of the day prefers that everything should originate in the House of Commons, so that the hills come up to us ready to pass, and in that state we have to view them for the first time. But even then the bill often receives very salutary treatment. It would be easy to mention many measures which have been transformed or improved in the House of Lords by that second consideration we are able to give them there. The tree of liberty, under which we so contentedly bask in this country, has grown up by degrees, slowly and cautiously. We have never shrunk from change on the one hand, but we have never shrunk from caution on the other. The impulse towards change comes naturally from the people ; the scrutiny of it comes naturally from the House of Peers. I do not claim for them a mere negative position —a position of veto. On the contrary, I believe that although our share is the less showy, and makes the less impression, it is an element in all sound legislation; and, whether we be Liberal or Con servative, we ought to be most anxious to do nothing to impair the efficiency of either House of Legislature. After referring to the possibility of some change in the House of Lords under the present Parliament, the Archbishop con cluded :—I, for my part, have no hesitation as a bishop of the Church in this country in returning thanks for the House of Peers, and I have no objection to say a word in vindication of our position there ; and in presence of this distinguished company I say I do not expect that upon general political considerations we shall be asked to retire from that House. We are, in fact, the truly liberal element therein. We are the only life peers ; and, moreover, the country stands by while we in the Church of England have the great bulk of the religious teaching and educa tion of the country in our hands, so that we are not only life, but in a great measure representative peers. There fore, standing in the House of Lords, representing great and popular institutions, whatever the future may be, I hope that no changes that may befall will ever weaken the efficiency of the House of Lords as a substantial element in this great and glorious constitution. The Bishop of OXFORD, in responding for "The Bishop and Clergy," thought there never was a time when the ministers of the Church of England wcrked harder. The clergy were working with all their might. And as to the episcopate, from the Primate clown to the youngest bishop, they were labouring as hard as men could work, from the purest and most conscientious principles, and deserved the kindly feeling which they uniformly expe rienced from their fellow-citizens. The time had passed when men could mistake the clergy for the Church. The clergy were the ministers of the laity for Christ's sake, and the body of the Church must always be the laity. In giving " The Ministers of all Denominations," the PRIME WARDEN begged pardon of his right rev, guests for thanking God that there would be no distinction between archbishop, bishop, Wesleyan, Independent, or Baptist in heaven. Dr. BINNEY, in a humorous speech, declared there were denominations—schools of thought—in the Church of England as well as out of it, and went on to say : Three young men commenced their careers in the Isle of Wight together, and their names were Walter Farquhar Hook; Samuel Wilberforce, who was a nice-looking, promising young man, who made a good speech at one of his (the speaker's) Bible meetings ; and Thomas Binney, One had become a dean, the other a bishop, and the other was on what some would call the shady side of the hedge ; but ho did not regret it. (Loud cheers and laughter, in which the Bishop of Oxford heartily joined.) The Rev. Dr. BROCK told the bishops that they could not get rid of the Nonconformists, nor the Nonconformists of them ; they were all "in f or it," an d the coming changes hat were so much talked about would affect the one as much as the other. His belief was that they were all not only " in for it," but fit for it. Mr. Justice Lusu, representing the judges, congratu lated the judges and the public on the way in which his learned brethren had carried out the Bribery Act. The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH referred to Ireland iu his speech. He likened Ireland to an old woman in the Dublin hospital. She was " bad in her inside," as Ireland was said to he now, and saw with dismay all the students, note-book in hand, round her bed. Turning to the head physi cian, she said, "Och, yer honour, shore all thine boys are not going to dhoctor me at once I" He hoped any remedial measure s wou ld begin, like hom ceopathy, with the smallest dose. His idea of legislation for Ireland was summed up in the words of the man who went about the country with a happy family of birds and beasts. "What," said a gentleman, •• are the rules upon which you govern them?" The man answered, " Well, sir, you see what I does is this : fust of all I treats 'em well ; then I feeds 'em well; then, sir, if they fights, I wallops 'em well." It VW very much to be questioned whether these three ()per bons had not Jutinzlo INP , very Wr".4/-44Y MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira all 221 221 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lint 10 13 131 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 161 171 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 34 36 st Do. 8 per cent. lOO go g i 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lyn 9 7 5 d 10 Berlin Water Works, Um all 131 141 10 Do. New 6 3 31 100 Bo lckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 4 11 I d 5) British American Land 4l 16 18 17 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., Um lOO 166 17 t 20 British Indian Tea, lint all 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 61 64 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint 2l 21 11d 20 Ceylon Company, hut. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, Run 5 41 31 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lira 8 41 314 30 City of Milan Improv : Um all 5 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lun all 2 3 50 City Offices, lim 25 231 2214 50 Colonial, Urn. Do. ... 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 5 I ip 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. . 3 id p 20 Continental Union Gas, hm all 18 19p 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1377, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 4 t per cent. all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1332, 44 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 2/ 21 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius hm lO 3A 2,d st Crystal Palace lOO 15 21 st Do. Preference lOO 94 99 st Do. 6p. c Pexpetual Deb lO9 105 10) 1)(1 20 Darjeeling, lim. .. ... 10 Eastern Assam, lim. 6l ... ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, Bin 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V , roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov 20 Egyptian Corn. & Trad. lira 6 41 e ct st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 255 265 10 Do. New . 8 10 12p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lint 21 i k 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 44 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lira. 8 .. . d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 114 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and ._ ..„ -...., —.. ........ _ . Loan Scrip, issued at 1,34 all 86 88 831 50 Gallivan., lint. 2O ••• •.• 10 General Credit & Dis., lim. 74 1/ 1: 5 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 23 50 Iloin3 & Col Marine In. lhn. 5 41 315 10 2200 Hudson's I Hong nt el,ieiri tillonaasltlLiii,a:an3.,t(tid Co. C h l o u t a Mar asG a a l l i l is 4 izi 25 Indo-European Tel., lint—. 10 •._ ••• . 20 Interim. Financial Soc. lim 5 11 1 A 3 20 luterna. Land Credit, lint 6 o 4d 50 Italian Land 5 1 1 1d 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 1 4 100 Do. 6 p. c. Bills,, redeem 1870, issued 90 ''' '6" 1 -- all 63 " 50 Land Securities, lim 5 34 2i'd 5,1 25 London African 'Tr a di ng lO 7 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 ••• - A 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 5 Lond. Provincial T e l . li nt a ll • 31 3 1 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 1 1P 50 Loud. Financial Asso., Bin 30 22 20 9 1 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lira • all li 2 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, Inn 25 22 17d 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 15 pr st Madras Irriga. & Canl.Gua. 5 P.c. by India Gov. 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, anti Agency, 1int...... I i d 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel lint all 4 d' 50 Merchant Shippi ng, ii m. 50 Millwall Iron Works, bin l2l .- '" 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim 25 National Discount Co , lira 5 11i 121 '25 National Prov. Marine., lint. 4 4 3 1 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 81 3d'i 20 Nerbudda, Coal & Iron lint. 6 4 10 New Consolidated Dis. , lint 3 11 15 5 New Quebrada, lira 4.4.0 4 / 3 i 25 New Zealand Loan & Mar cantile Agency,lim 2l t 11 ' 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint ....... .. 5 14 11 6 4 546 10 Northern Assam. . Tea 10 Do. B ........ .• all 1 - R st North Brit. Austral ~ • m lOO 47 52 50 North Brit. & Merca.. . . n. In 64 19 20 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll ••• •••d .5 Oriental Gas, li m. 10 Otago and 5 Do. New...,, 1 4 11 3 .......... . Southland. .... In vestment, lira 5 Ottoman Gas, lint all 11 21 10 Panama, New Zealand and Australian R. Mail 'lint all 11 1 5 Do do. st Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 34 3 i 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 47 49 474 50 Do. New 1867 25 Reuter's Telegram all 61 66 50 Rhymney Iron Mail il p Steam'ir.oarle. ita. Gus : Ill.:, nar vn. : l ri me. f la 6 oo a :11l 19 21 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lim all 17 18 Roya D Dl o oxt. . Gas lim all 231 241 st Scottish Aust. Invest litn 100 10 2 0 0 ~ . at 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint 10 7 • A6u 4 •. 0 : 20 Societe Gen.de TEmpire OL 8 3 ' ll 25 50 South A ut f h ric l.u n s 3 t Scrip all 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lira all I'4 181 st i. Submarine We Telegraph .... 100 100 354 110 364 105 184 8 1 1 4 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 24 41 20 Trinidad Petroleum, him._ 8 1 ••• 10 Trust & Agency of A us .,li m . 1 t 1 1 ) 10 Do do. do. all • icl .. p 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 4 4 1P 9/ 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 id p 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 51 64 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 31 31p 20 Universal Marine(lu.), film 5 1 11p 7 1 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 21 31 30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 7 3 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan.., all 771 784 771 8 4 50 Warrant Finance, lint l2 12 10d. 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim. 20 West London Wharves anti Warehouses lO ... ... SPIRIT OF TUB PUBLIC jOILBITA: LS. The Times, in alluding to the trial now going M n at the t Queen's Bench and its amazing disclosures, has to wish to prejudge the cause either way, but thinks t hat quite sufficient has been elicited to sbew the character c f...convent life. The lessen should not be lost on those yelling ladies who, at seventeen or twenty, see in a convent tile only means of a sublime life. :It is well that they shout d know henceforward what they choose. The oiltivaa d and elementary idea of a convent is most charming. With its " Superioress," its degrees of offices and ,i•ariks, its sisters and lay sisters ; its guardian bishop, chtiptain, and confessor ; its " discretes," and other persona; esanore or less behind the scenes ; its habit, its hourly" services, its rules and " distributions ;" its angelic chants ; its fasts and penances ; its intimate communion with the Pope, and its guavded intercourse with us poor " externs" of the outer world, it must be a heaven upon earth, and a Para(lise that even. the. Evil One may not disturb. We worldlino-s have to cos Tess with pain and shame that this secular sphere,tloen.not provid e suilicient positions and opportunities anlfields of uscfnl nes, to the ever-increasing number of young-women brought up with the habits and tastes of ladies. If they fail o f what seems their. natural destination, 4.ir early reenil from it for one reason or another, what are4they to do ; what aro they to be ; where are they to go:; how are they to I live? The constitution of Enulish, and as it,seems also of I Irish society, is hard upon them. Men sin;le out the best, call themselves lucky or discerning, and leave the rest to their fate. But all this is the spontaneous result of causes beyond any man's control. If we try to get to the bottom of them, we may possibly find ourselves at the gate of a Providence wiser than ourselves. What we have now before us is a great man-made scheme for meeting the difficulty—nay, more than meeting it, and for converting all this female waste into a glorious fabric meet for the heavenly Jerusalem. As it is one of the ways of meeting a difficulty which all sides confess, it should at least be thoroughly known and well considered. The trial which has occupied the Lord Chief Justice and a Middlesex jury for a whole week throws much light upon it, and will enable young ladies to compare convents with such other alternatives as accept ing reasonable " offers," schooling and governess-ship, boarding-houses, watering-places, accompanying emigrant friends, small literature, and ordinary old maidhood, with its dullness, its weakness, its vicissitudes, and its want of just estimation in this vulgar world. They are all bad enough ; perhaps a convent may be as bad, or even worse. The difference is, they all come by divine ordinance ; this by human institution. The Standard thinks if we are to have a genuine reform of the army we must have a little more military know ledge in its chiefs. If the affairs of the army are to be conducted well, and with a view to the real interests of the nation, they should be arranged by men who know what are the wants of the army, what it must have, and what it can do without ; not by mere clerks and accountants. It is perhaps Utopian to hope for the day when the Secretary of State for War will always be a soldier. Debaters and keen party politicians are nut often found in the ranks of the army ; but if we must have a civilian who knows nothing on earth about war at the head of the War Office, let us at least have soldiers to do the practical work under his control. The absurdity of an army governed by civilians is too great. Sir Francis Head draws a humorous comparison between our War Department and that of our neighbours over the Channel, in his latest work, which we commend to the party in favour of civil government of the army ; and we wonder it has never struck those who complain so bitterly „of our small army in comparison to our large expenditure that it may possibly be the result of civilian control, and that it might be well to try agitation for a strong military ruler at the head of the whole establishment. The Daily News, after weighing the relative advantages of the two rival sites proposed for the new law courts, decides in favour of Carey-street. It is large enough for the concentration of all the courts and offices in one area, and is capable of unlimited expansion should the growth of business require it. It is, of course, a serious question whether the wsthetic advantages of the Embankment site do not counterbalance some disadvantages, but those who pay the cost of the building have a right that their con venience should be consulted before the taste of a public which does not bear the burden. Those aesthetic advan tages are unquestionably great, but great incon veniences would attend them. From Essex-street to Waterloo Bridge every avenue from the Strand to the river would be closed, except a tunnel under the building. It would stand on ground with a rise of between thirty and forty feet from front to back, with the noisy Strand in rear and the bustling Embankment in front. Nor would there be any fear of not worthily filling up the Embank ment space if the building were erected on the present site. There is ample opportunity for the erection of noble buildings along the river front of the metropolis, and a site so noble need never long stand waiting to be nobly filled. The law courts themselves erected on the higher ground, with a fine opening before them down to the Embankment, would form one of the grandest views the Embankment offered. Stand;ng thus far back, and viewed as filling the end of a wide street, they would add to the splendour of the river front the suggestion of still greater splendour behind. Either way, therefore, the building will be one of the noblest ornaments of the metropolis, and the plea of the lawyers against further change and further expense and further delay is, to say the least, one well worthy of all the weight their knowledge and authority can give it. The Telegraph refers to the meeting which took place at Lambeth Palace when the Irish bishops appeared before the Archbishop of Canterbury to consult as to the most advisable measures for securing the future interests of the Church in Ireland. In alluding to the opinion of the Archbishop on the subject, it remarks that it is very generally believed that since he has assumed the primacy his Grace is still more gravely impressed with the neces sity for reconsidering the whole subject of the status of the Irish Church. The admirable speech made after his enthronement at Canterbury the other day was the lan guage, not of an impractical ecclesiastic, but of a thoughtful Christian statesman, and the very fact that the Irish prelates in their hour of need take counsel with such a man justifies a hope that the pending political question will be discussed with a view to a satis factory settlement. In view of the contemplated action of Parliament, it has been thought desirable that a more particular consideration should be given to Irish affairs; and for the first time, as we are informed, the Metropolitans and all the suffragans of the provinces of Armagh and Dublin have resorted to London that they may consult the English Primate. On all sides, if we may believe the indications, even the most steadfast and earnest supporters of the Establishment are beginning to think that possibly after all Mr. Gladstone is not so far wrong ; that perchance a free Church, acting in her own strength and relying on her divine mission, may do more for the cause of Christianity in Ireland than can be done by a department of the State teaching religion according to Act of Parliament. The Morning Herald refers to the Conservative losses in the recent inquiries that have taken place before the judges, and says that although it is most unfortunate that, so far as the election petitions have as yet been tried, the majority of the decisions should be against the Constitu tional candidates, it cannot but be matter for congratula tion that in no single instance has the unseated member been condemned for complicity in the prac tices which led to his defeat. And we can only hope that experience, bought at so high a Price as the Conservatives have already paid for it, will induce the subordinate agents of the party to conduct all future con tests in such a manner as will not render the candidates by whom they are employed, or volunteer to serve, the victims of their indiscretion. Meantime there can be no use in regretting past mishaps or indulging in recrimina tions. The Conservates of Dublin must prepare for the coming contest, and endeavour to regain the position they have lost through the imprudence of some friends and the treachery cf others professing their political prin ciples. The Star says that Mr. Cyrus Field predicted some months ago that a time would come when all the depen dencies of Great Britain would be brought into telegraphic communication with this country, and that there is no reason to fear that this dream will not be realised. In reference to India it declares that the line which will shortly be laid betwen Suez and Bombay—which will cross the muddy bottom of the Arabian Sea in the track of H.M.S. Hydra—meets, so far as they can be met, all the requirements of an Anglo-Indian telegraph, and promises to ensure that despatch sod certainty of communication without which the electric wire may fail us at the verymoment of our greatest need. Competent authorities are of opinion that the objection suggested by the comparative high temperature of the water is just as absurd as the chimeras which were constantly started in the early days of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. In laying the cable the two seas which separate Suez from Bombay have an immense advantage in their singular freedom from storms at certain seasons of the year—an advantage which the proverbially tempestuous Atlantic never will possess. There are, therefore, good grounds for the public confidence in the result of the proposed direct submarine telegraph line—whatever antics Stock Exchange bears may play; and if at some future time the cable knits detirtelecmt reenitast,ioJnavwai,thanldnAdivastarnadliaE,uarnopde,alcloamre: t o gether, as it may do, the principal ports of Chi na , Si am, the rou S g t h r t a Straits into merce and civilisation will benefit by the telegraph to an extent of which tho h2ooL gilt at e thug . '" . " 7l ' • ki Dom UORTING, INTEILIGENCE—This Baty VICTORIA CLUB.—Tius DAY. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Sycee (offered-15 to 2 taken) Bto 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (take and offered) 10 to 1 agst Drummer (offered —lOO to 8 taken) 100 to 7 agst Silenus (taken) 100 to 7 agst Islam (taken) 100 to 6 agst George Osbaldeston (offered) 20 to 1 agst Friday (offered-100 to 6 taken pre,. viously) 20 to 1 agst Anlace (offered) 20 to 1 agst Typhoeus (offered) 20 to 1 agst Choral (offered) 33 to 1 ngst Formosa (taken) 33 to 1 agst Bessie Dixon (taken) GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 11 to 1 asst The Colonel (taken) 15 to 1 agst Harcourt (offered—talc() 100 to 6) 100 to 6 agst Fan (offered) 22 to 1 agst Alcibinde (offered) 25 to 1 asst Despatch ((offered) 33 to 1 agst Tathwell (taken and offered) 3:; to 1 asst Barbarian (offered) :31 to 1 agst Pishoptown (offered) 33 to 1 agst The Lamb (of f ered) 3.3 t 9 1 agst tiny of Warwick (offered) 40 to 1 agst Pensioner ((ifered) rm to 1 a g st. Redan (taken) 100 to 13 ngst Surney (offered) 1600 to 1. - ) agst Sultan (offered) 100 U to 15 apt Clansman (offs red) 1000 to 15 agst Juryman (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Orne (offered) 1000 to 5 agst Fairyland (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 9 to 4 agst Wild Oats (offered) 3 to 1 agst Belladrum (offered) _DERBY. sto 1 agst Pero Gomez (offered) 700 to 100 agst Belladrum (taken and wanted) 1000 to 40 ag:t Martyrdom (offered) BENTINCK CLUB.—Tins DAY. WILTSHIRE COUNTY CUP. 3to 1 agst Roedeer (taken) 4 to 1 agst Chance (taken) 4to 1 agst Contraband (taken) 5 w 1 agst Broughton (taken) LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 8 to 1 agst Sycee (taken) 11 to 1 agst Silenus (taken) 11 to 1 agst Islam (taken) 500 to 30 agst Typhceus (taken) 500 to 30 agst George Osbaldeston (taken) 20 to 1 agst Friday (taken) 25 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (taken) 40 to 1 agst Formosa (taken) CHESTER CUP. 9 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken) 14 to 1 agst Romping Girl (taken) 25 to 1 agst Dulby (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 33 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (taken) BIRMINGHAM RACES-YESTERDAY. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PLATE. True Heart Flying Scud Merry Horn _ , .. 2 ... a Seven :an. BIRMINGHAM GRAND ANNUAL. Meanwo3d Greenland , Robber Fourteen ran. FARMERS' CUP. Nebswortli Collier t Titterg Six ran. CRAVEN CUP. Benazot 1 Lord Ronald .. 00000000000000 2 Three ran. SCURRY HANDICAP. Christmas Fare 1 Teesdale *r OOOOOO 2 Little Ben Four ran. A SCULLERS' RACE FOR £2O. A scullery' race for the above amount took place last evening between Joseph Hill, of Larobeth, and William Burgoyn', of Pimlico. Toth had long been known to the rowi g world, although Hill had only rowed one public race, which he won, while Burgoyne had never figured in a match for money. Tim day wog very rpugn, but a large numb :3r or people attended, betting; lieirg 5 to .1 on hill, who lost th, toes at Putney, whore they rowed to nortial:e. Hill took the lead, but Bur goyne the bitter ::culler and much heavier man was soon post him, and, being steered much the bast, won easily by SOO yards. The Price of Gold. Tfie quotiti in of gold at Paris is itbout at par, and t'ie short exeliang - e on London is 251. 151 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £1 lie. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it aiiptiv - s Vt3t gold at the above price is abut 140th p.r cent. dearer in Paris than in London. The coarse of eichauge at New York ou London for bilis at 00 days' sight was on the last date about 1091 per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the Unit rd states. VIRGINIA ENTERPRISE, December 3d.—A cor respondent writing from Belmont thus de scribed the base metal range at White Pine : Opposite, to the west, is the higher summit of White Pine, called the " base metal range," and here the metallic substance is more massive, but contains lead in abundance as well as other metals, with considerable silver. I have no daubt that, souse day not far distant, the base metal range will. be the pro►ninent feature of IVlnte Pine, but at pre sent it is only prospected slightly; and yet I have seen assays from its rock which, three years ago, would have created a stir in mining circles. Iu short, there is at White Pine abundance of ore from the " pure stuff" which only needs smelting down, through all the grades of silver ore, to that which is so near pure lead that it will not pay in any way that silver ores are worked in America. Another correspondent writes : About 60 miles south of White Pine, on the White Pine range, nearly due east from Belmont and Hot Creek, new districts have been discovered in slate forma tions. The matrix is a fine quality of white quartz; the ore is greenish and yellowish in the pay streaks, and the white Fortion of the quartz is injected, or shot, with spots of metal resembling molybdinite. Several assays show silver from $lO to $1,300 per ton. These new districts will be fine ones, if they prove to be rich and durable, as they are in close proximity to the finest range of building timber now known east of the Sierras, with abundance of water-courses. INSTRUCTION IN THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS. —A prac tical philanthropist in Massachusetts has founded a free industrial institution, to provide instruction for young men in branches not taught in public schools; and for this purpose there are clepartme nts of farming, mechanics, engineering, architecture, metallurgy, chemistry, mining, taaching, Sc., &c. Several hundred thousand dollars are already provided, and one generous donor has given spacious machine shop, completely fitte d and furnished. —San Francisco Scientific Press. _ _ - Brooklyn, tl Inmanhe bu il ' by Messrs. Tod and M‘Grego i r a , arrived tho Mersey on Thursday Steamship Company, ' The new screw steamer 2911 tons, customs new measure ' from the Clyde. She is , workedorn the Clock,toithe Cumbraes, horse power, and the run bow, o C f it glas o,-f oN B v, was made in 59 minutes d on the port with the win rate of 13i knots per hour. Sho and a half, being at the . _ C. by with the tide in her ment, with engines which fr to upwards of 2,300 38 seconds. three minutes and favour in A very novel iron brig, to carry molasses, in launched in Boston. She is 130 feet long, bulk has been ran the measured mile off Crosby and will register about 356 tons. The bold. depth of hold, 140 feet on deck, with 27 . feet breadth of beam, 11 feet is l e ft entirely free for cargo, all her crew a n d o ffi cers' nceo r nmodation being on deck. She has seven circular tanks secured on an iron platform, and braced from the sides—these are all connected with one another in such a manner that they can. either be united or discon nected at pleasure. Their combined capacity is 90,000 gallons. On the top of each there is a turret to allow for expansion, and also over each there is a hatchway, so tint they can be examined around, above, and below, at all times. She has a po wer f u l steam pump, by which' to discharge, and it is estimated that in six hours her cargo can be pumped out. At the place where she will dis charge in Boston there is a tank to receive her cargo. Be side the tanks she has considerable space in the wings and in the ends to stow any outward cargo that may be required to ballast her. Iler name is Novelty. The Central Pacific Railroad is completed to a point 21 niPes beyond Elko, and 481 miles east of Sacra mento. The pay-roll of the Paymaster of the Central Pacific Railroad contains the names of over 1,200 em ployes in the workshops of that company in Sacramento alone. As the proportion of population in any city or town is about five for each labourer employed in produc tive industry, it follows that six thousand of the popula tion of that city is sustained by these workshops. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, pare the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re. commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Co., Belfast; cr 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London W.Q.—[Acl Migeznont.]