The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-11 00:00:00

ONLY M.A_REEi AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Consols are 93 2/ for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 I ; New Three per Cents, 93i 1 ; ditto Annuities, April, 1885, 12; ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 242. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per per Cent., Oct., 1888, ; ditto Enfaced 10 P aper, 5 pe r C ent., 1051 ; ditto 5 per Cent„ 1882, 5, In the Foreign Stock Market the general course of prices was favourable, owing to addition purchases, both speculative and bona fide. Brazilian of 1865, Danubian of 1861, Turkish of 1858, and Egyptian of 1864 left off higher ; Turkish of 1862, 4 ; ditto Six per Cents. of 1865, ; Greek and New Granadian, "ex all," 4 ; and Spanish of 1867, . On the other hand, Venezuelan of 1862 and 1864 fell 1 per cent. ; the Viceroy of Egypt's Seven per Cent. Loan, i ; and Italian of 1861, I. ,The transactions in Bank Shares were upon a moderate scale, but London and Westminster and Union of London improved 10s., and Agra (A) ss. Ou the other hand, Bank of Egypt declined £l, and Imperial Ottoman 2s. 6d.—viz., to 2i to 21 prem. • The market for Miscellaneous Shares showed a favourable tendency. East and West India Dock stock improved £1 10s. ; London and Glasgow Engineering and Royal Mail Steam, £1; Peninsular and Oriental, 10s. ; and Anglo-Mediterranean Telegraph and Otago Investment, ss. Berlin Waterworks, ss. Merchant Shipping were excep tionally flat, and declined £l. United States 5-20 and 10-40 Bonds were in re quest, and improved to / per cent. ; but Atlantic and Great Western Railway De.bentures and Con solidated Mortgage Bonds fell I. Apart from a trifling decline in International financial shares were without change. Prices closed as follows :—General Credit, 1 13-16 to 1046 dis. ; International, 1 7-16. to 5-16 dis. ; Credit Foncier, 31 to 1 per share; London 22 to 20 di s . Atlantic Cable Shares were unaltered. Anglo- American were:quoted 221 to ; and Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference at 4 1-16 to 3.46. Heaton's Steel and Iron shares were quoted to 1/ prem. ; and Nictheroy Gas, / to / prem. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The t o t a l w i thdrawals during this week knce the date of the last return have been £164,000. It is announced by the Board of the South- Eastern Railway Company that the accounts show ---subject to audit —an available balance adequate ceto the payment o f a di v i dend at the rate of 4 per nt. per annum upon the ordinary stack, after pro viding for all preference charges, and leaving a balance to be carried forward, or otherwise dealt with as the proprietors may decide. The directors of the Salisbury and Yeovil Rail way Co mpany have agreed to recommend a dividend on the ordinary shares at the rate of 7 per cent. per a nnum for th e balance o f Z 1,906. foll owing returns relating to cotton have :ust been issued from the Board of Trade. Cotton In stock D ecember 31, 514,568 bales ; imported tiri ng January, 227,075 bales ; forwarded from mland towns to ports, 500 bales ; total, 2,416,517 k wt s• Cotton exported during January, 90,205 ual ; forwarded i n l an d for consumption, 256,941 es ; total, 1 ,188,701 cwts. Cotton in stock Jan uary 31, 1,22 7,816 cwts. It is understood that Mr. H. G. Gordon, who aB t week resi gne d hi s position as chairman of the Oriental Bauk, y es t er d ay res i gne d hi s connect i on with the Union Bank of London, of which prosper ous establishment he was one of the oldest and most efficient directors. The failure of Messrs. Parkinson, Baguley, and b' Cl ' a small manu f ac t ur i ng fi rm a t Bl ac kb urn, h as een a nnounced, with liabilities for £lO,OOO. T he Liverpool Financial Association is to be Wound up. At the fifth annual meeting, held yes day, it was agreed by a majority of 37 to 29, " That, i n t h e opinion of the shareholders present, it is desirable to wind up, voluntarily, the affairs Of the Liverpool Financial Association (Limited) ; and the directors are hereby requested to call an a extr aordinary general meeting of the shareholders t as early a period as may be convenient, for the Purpose of carrying this resolution into effect." , A correspondent suggests the introduction of a °di, during the ensuing session of Parliament, to „ImPpress the practices of the advertising money lenders in entrapping youths just entering the mili jail' and other professions. But the common law L 3 sufficient for the purpose, provided the bargain be induced by corrupt means, and any additional measure therefore must simply aim at checking ta ° exercise of free will by limiting, in some way, the c l o d conditions on which an agreement to borrow o , ° , 4e Y may be made. This was the object of the to usury laws, which, like all efforts of the kind, W w i ere found to favour the operations of rogues, to t , Q°lll 7 in fact, they left an undisputed field, since fAct of honest men being debarred from grant - l oans at. exceptional terms brought all such trLsact ions solely w ithi n the scope of those who Would devote their ingenuity to the easy task of old the l etter of the statute. Moreover, the th difficulty would still remain of preventing oc e f olly which is shut out from one mode '• exerci se t from finding forthwith another. Pro tectionagainst imprudence is like protection in rade . If you try to make men wise or virtuous by prohibitions, the system must extend over the whole r ange of life. The only mode in which the low moneylenders can be checked is by their being publicly hounded down upon all occasions, and also by the exercise of vigilance on the part of juries *whenever a claim is tried in which a taint of their Proceedings can be d e t ec t e d . Th e c i rcu l ars o f these P eo ple Carry their own condemnation, and if those Who reaeive them will from time to time take steps to have them published the position of their authors Would soon become intolerable. BRITISH FUN)!!—TWO O'CLOCK. , GOVERNMENT FUNDS. ° per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 111 per Cent. Reduc e d 931 1 New 3 p er C en t liew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen J 111.1873 Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1881' — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 l2l b Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 Do ' lc elneque.r Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct. Do. £5OO I Rnk of England Stock, 4 per Cent , 00. account I,nnada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Anter-Colonial Omniurn x„,, . INDIAN GOVERNMENT !SECURITIES 41`,.,1tt took, 10f per Cent., April 1874 — '-`,°. Opening, for Account - ;;°. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 ''',°. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ?4'o. De Certifica tes — ).. &dace(' Pape. 4 per Cont — u° °. 5 per Cain., Jan. 1872 . lO5l D') Si Per Cent. May 1879 Per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — do, 1877 80. do. 1882 lO5 1) -. Bob., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 • uonds, 4 per Cent., 41,000 n 0• tinder 41,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO 79 f 81 9 O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent _ Do., Scrip £45 paid .. _ Aultrian bonds 5 per cent 63 Do. 1859 trAzilian 5 per Cent 1, 1)3 ' q Per Cent., 1862 'Jo. do. 1858.... . Do. do., 1860 _ 1)0 do 1863 _ Do. 5 per ' bent 1865 .1 83 } 1)0 Account _ 1,1 •etlos Ayres 6 per Oen% DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent , C4I)R, per Cent. (Lilian 6 per Cent ~1)0/ )o . 4 4 per Cent...—. ....... .... -- . 3 per Cent., .......................... r, uo', o . 6 per cent. 1867.. ..................... . 7 per Cent., 1866 ..................... ,J lolabian, 6 per Cent. DeDan'sh. 3 per Cent. 1825 ...... ... Dan ilioan Pri ncipalities 7 Or Cent-- 771 8 per Cent., 1867. .. LgyptEquador New Uonsolidated, 1 per Cent ian, 7 per Cent ....................... Lo kincond Issue ............... .. .. Do. £SOC Bonds — Do. XlOO Bonds, - Do. 1864 — Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. 410 C Bonds 9O- 89} English Scrip, 1868 73} I Do do. £45 pd — dis Government Railway Debentures Greek 5 por Cost., 1824 - 5, ex Coups — ... Do. Acocunt - Do. Courone - Do. Acchnt `.l astema la 5 per Cent Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Gt., all pd . 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account . Do Maremmana Railway 57 4 itgxicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 5 per Cont. Anglo-French — oilievidi.au 0 per Cent. .. — klc xish imperial 5 per Cent .ew Granada — Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 76} Do 44 per C en t. (U r ib arrou ) ...... „.. Do 41, per Cont.. 1862 -. — Do Account P ust%guese 3 per Ct., IST,3 , '6, 7,'9';;0,'2.' Do. do. 1^67 Do. do. RussianDDD 0 0 0 4 4 53 pp i p s oe ) e err per ec C c ee e e nu C n n tt t e t.. ::., Do— -1862 87 04 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bondi., 82i Do. do. £B4 15s. d0..._ Do., 1866, .£lOO Bonds Do, do t11:8,88°5051corz;, £.l:2(s) L P ai d £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 67 Sar linian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Ceti .... -- Do. Account ... Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — 1 3 r. 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 654 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1869 64 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent.: — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Austrian o psr Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account French Rentes, 3 por Cent., Ex. 25f. — Jtalian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f. — Do Account 554 TWO O'CLOCK. Oonrols, Money 924 3 I 'Do. Account, March 4 93 4 .ee o'clock.—The market Bank Shares ~ 3035 Ital'an Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred BOURSE, Feb. 9.—Thri closed as follows : 41 der Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7l 171 Credit Mobilier End of month 293 75 Credit Foncier 1592 50 End of month — RAILWA Cash Orleans ... 9479 Northern •••• 7185 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 6l6k Western Eastern • • 575 Sardinian Austrian 670 Lombard 4P2 North of Spain • Saragossa 90 Roman 49 NAVAL AND MILI7ARY INTELLIGENCE. On the breaking up of the Woolwich Division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, au order was received from the Admiralty at Chatham directing nine of the companies at Woolwich to be attached to the Chatham Division, the remainder being divided between Portsmouth and Plymouth, the former having six additional companies and the latter ten. At present there are 25 companies attached to the Chatham Division, five of which are to be absorbed by the other companies, leaving four additional companies to be attached to the Ist Division. A number of workmen are now em ployed in removing the block of buildings at the Royal Marine barracks formerly occupied by the subalterns, and used for pay-offices and grand divisional offices, preparatory to enlarging the parade-ground to accommodate the additional num ber of officers and men who are to be quartered at Chatham. _ _ . One of the two caissons to be attached to the Bermuda Dock was launched yesterday from the iron shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Campbell and Johnstone, of North Woolwich, who had the execu tion of the Admiralty contract for the dock, suc cessfully completed in August last. The caisson will be taken into the basin at Woolwich dock yard to receive ballast, and when the other is ready, which in all probability will be let off the slip in a day or two, they will be taken down the river to Sheerness, where the Bermuda Dock still lies. It was yesterday announced at Chatham that 11 second-captains of Royal Marine Light Infantry are to :be at once placed on half-pay, a corresponding reduction being, at the same time, made in the other officers of the corps. The annual distribution of medals and gratuities by the Admiralty to the nou-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Chatham, for long service and exemplary conduct, has been made at the divisional head-quarters. The following were the non-commissioned officers and privates to whom silver medals and gratuities were presented :—Colour-Sergeant Michael Manser and Armourer-Sergeant Thomas L. Lilley, each a medal and gratuity of £lO ; Sergeant John Matson, Pay-Sergeant Henry Kilby, Drummer Wm. Rose, and Private John Willis, each a medal and gratuity of £5. The following non-commissioned officers of the Chatham division were at the same time awarded medals, without gratuities :—Colour-Sergt. Richard Magee, Colour-Sergeant Joseph Peeks, and Ser geant John Elliott. The medals were presented at m a en general the parade division by o f the c wholeco Col.-Commandant a t n h d e a n o t ffi G c e . r Lam brick, d b r Sub-Lieut. c u k b , _a L i e e l; t. Lord v d e_camp t lm. B. p o the Queen. hippa was yes terday appointed to the Helicon. 7AIVITI/0R771 ELEC7ION PEIITION. ATTEMPT OF A WITNESS TO POISON HIMSELF. TAntwount, Thursday. The inquiry was resumed this morning before Mr. Jus tice Willes, acid further evidence in support of the alle gations of treating was given. It is reported that ono of the witnesses subicenaed on behalf of the petitioners attempted to poison himself last night by swallowing laudanum. His name is Radford, and ho is landlord of the White Lion Inn at Fazeley. When it was known that he bad taken poison remedial measures were taken, and the man is said to be still alive, although in a very precarious condition. MARIE'?,-1111,S DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. February 11.—Sales probably 12,000 bales or more. Market steady. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The number of beasts is small, and the quality but middling. Trade is not very brisk, yet Monday's quota tions aro well maintained. TALLOW. The market is flat• Town tallow, 44s ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 46s Bd ; March, 46s 3 ; April to June 465; October to December, 465. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. ei.nstralla and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 27. Ditto, via Y r useilles Feb. 22 Ditto, via Pia ama ..•••••• Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Mar. 7. Ditto, by French packet Feb. 22. Cape Vords. by Brazil packet ....• Cape of Good [lupe, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. 12. China, Penang. and Sing.tpore, via Sonthampton Feb. 13. Gibraltar, via Southampton • Feb 13 India, Via Southampton ...... .......... vitto, via Marseilles Malts, Egypt, ite. .. ......... .... Feb 13. Ditto, Marseilles ~ Itb. 16 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUAR Y 11, 1869. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. • share Railways. Paid. Closing Busin s. ess Prim den et Bristol and Exeter ...... 103 78 82 st Caledonian ............ 100 821 t 3 811 'it Cambrian lOO 18 2.3 20 Cornwall all 21 31 .t Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO 79 81 at Duu„l'ertli,& Ab. June lOO 70 72 2) East wndon all 7 9 20 Do 15 -.- 24 Do 10 - - it Glasgow AS. Western lOl 98 100 it Great Eastern .. .00 421 43 421 1 at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7 9 it tircat North of Seotlanal lOO 15 )6 it Great Northern lOO 1121 1131 at Do. A. stock at Do. B stock lOO 125 1 at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 1.7 t 9 st (it. Western -Original lOO 53 53 4 st Do. South Wales lOO 53 6) at Do. W. itlid.-Oxiorii lOO ;.8 ',9 it Do. Newport lOO =3 11 st Laucashire& Yorksh•ro lOO 251 30 it Lou., Brigh., Is ,`_.Coas 01 Do Scrip ... la/ - it I Olt., Chat., and lAri , el.. 100 171 ;7; lit 4 Do. Mctrop. Ex. A.... 100 - ,t Lon. & 01 Lit Wester r... WO 1191 20 11 1 ,t Loa. .1z sotiiti Wtrler: .. tee 9 93 it Man., 6114., & Lincoln.. 11.;0 4,1 19: 101 it At:, ro,-,,,litnn •... ...... 1.110 11 1 1 1. st Do I, xicusi :a - .. 100 1 4 161 1061 10 Do. New r d .. .. 10 Li 1 1 at MO trooolitan District. alt Si 57 1) itletrup. .5 t.dolin' dN\oo 1 6 - - et id, a .asaii st 00, Uir tr)) u. Al. ) 41 - 1) J st N ~.tit British st Do. Ed., rtli., & Dun - - st I"' or. 'ilastern-Lerwick 25 Do. G. J.E purch,..s, - st Do Leeds . ...... st Do York 1 0 1.51 9,1 961 st Do Carli.le, .... . ItO Iks 100 st Do Sloe :. & Darling 1:.0 It 3 132 st North Lon ton .. lOO 123 125 10 Do Now 158 . • ... 2 11 2 p at North Staffordshire l3O 13 60 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... .. at Rhymney . 'oll 11 53 st Shropshire Union lOO 59 60 at South Devon .. at South Eastern lOO 821 83 811 st Staines, Woleham, & Wok all 12 13 at Tan Vale lOO 146 110 • - Do. C. . . 5 3 4 --Wateilord e & Kilkenny lOO - - 10 Waterloo & Whitehml 6 - - RAILVTAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... at Du. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... st, Dundee, Perth, anti Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... at (It. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102 st • Do do N 0.2 100 99 102 at Do do 6 per cent 100 100 108 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 st Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do 0 7 do. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 St Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 at Do do 5 p.c.Was.Val.lB47 100 ... at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 • _ st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 „„ at Do 41 do do do 100 ... at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO „, at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cont lOO MI Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at! Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 at) G t.West.—Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 103 105 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c 100 95 100 st Do do 41 per cent. 1850 lOO 88 9) st Do do 4 do do st Do do 5 per cent. redem 100 90 97 at Do do Birmingham gua 100 65 79 at Do do do pref 100 at Do do Chester gua lOO 72 70 at Do do do 6 per cent lOO st Do do do 5 do 100 95 105 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 _ „ st Do do 44 p.c lOO at Do do 41 1859 lOO _ ,„ at Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford lst g. 10) 115 116 at Do do 2el gua. 100 110 112 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 92 95 st Do do 2d do 100 100 103 st Do gua. 53 per cent. 1863 100 ,„ 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ,„ at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 st Do Barnsley, .C 5 3s 108 p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 93 102 st London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO _ „, at Do 6 do do lOO _ st Du 5 do No. 4 lOO ,„ st Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 do (W.E. & 0.P.) 100 at Do 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent at London and C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 10 11l at Do Bedford &Cambridge- lOO „, „, at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO „, at London and b.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 15) 2s 6d. Do (Portam. perp ans. 2s6d) all at Man., Shef., &Lincln. 6 p.c lOO 115 117 6 Do £6 all par Ipm at Do 33 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 135 140 at Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c lOO 1 3 136 at Do 43 per cent. redeem lOO 10) 102 stj Do 43 per cent. irredeem lOO 100 1.2 at Do Leicester & 'Paha, 4:p.c. 100 90 92 st North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO ... *** at Do E. &G.4p. c. 13. & D lOO *** st Do N. 8., No.', 5 per cea.t 10) st Do Border Union, 53 p.c lOO .-E st Nastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 88" st Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 95 97 at Do G.N.E. 4 per cent st Do Stektu 17 Do Berwick capital i s O t D l.l o o T W a , vi ll t r o t e l k o A 5 p.c 1 01 3 ).4. 1:) 14 25 Do York, H. &S. purchase IU 1.1) 103 s D North oxe a Staffordshire4l per e rcet P A OII B. . a 103 87 8) all 20 21 , lOs 1 0.6. S. r.ast. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) all i l 2 9 2 3 10s S. Devon Annuities, 1 9 10 I D v o at 4 e l rf p o o r r d c a en ul t iikei L , sa 2 l : o o s 2 10 3 1 all 8 9 61,0 1 1 0 0 0 0 at Do Fixed 43 per coot lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 15t) RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. bt Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do 41 p irredeem.. - all ... at Do 4p e con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent lOO 77 81 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 10 911 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 8 I 90 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 84 83 at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO at Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 ... st Great West., W. p c 100 ... st Do Jointi,erpe. 5 p 0,1865 100 86 80 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 105 107 1091 20 Do Vale Neath peril. 5p e all 19/ 201 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 8.., 100 ... 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 1 at Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 • ••• at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... st Da do 41 do, 1863 100 ... st Do do 5 do, 186.5 100 ... st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 sdo at Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c st Do Metrop. Ex., B p. c • Do do C 6 p.e •at London& N. Western, 5p e 100 103 110 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 ,94 96 10 Man. Slid. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 881 st„ Metropolitan 5 per cent. ... . . 100 . a t Midland, A 5 per cent pr e f. 100 10 * ; 110 18 at D 0 B 100 108 110 Do 5 p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 1/ 11p 18 Do Ineony. New Shares 16 I fp 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 .... . . 81 1 1413 at N or th British, E. and No. 1, 5 per cent ... lOO a t Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 7 . a t Do E. P., & Dun., 2d, 4pe 100 a t Do E. &G , N 0.2, 5 p.c 100 ' ••• ••• Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 B a t t Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c s t Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p e 1 00 5g b; st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 s- 7 99 st Do Stock. & Danl., D at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 por cent) 111888656319 1100 st 0 0 0 0 s 1 10 0 102 104 at South st North Staffordshire at D o sdo loh • Cross) o P ) c do Do 5 do, 18 64 a t Victoria St. & Piml i co , 41 p c 100 D E o aste 54ss BAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED REXTALSI st Birkenhead lOO 5 3 , c , 100 Do. 4) per cent. Prefer all 101 103 st Buckinghamshireloo 91 , 6 at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 56 at Do. 51 per cent. st Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... '" at Colchester Sto ur Valle y at East Lincoln, gua. 6P. c lOO 133 1:35 20 Gloater and Dean Forest all ~, a Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6) yi st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West, W. Mid., Here! 100 95 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 215 220 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 93 at Do. 41 per cent lOO ... ... at London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO ... at Do. Corn. Fund, sdo 100 "' ... ..„ at London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO .., .. st London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 1 5 0 st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton. & M atlk all . 5 . 51 st Midland, Bradford, Prof lOO 93 95 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East., 5 per cent all 53 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all .., .. " st N. Eastern —Hartlepool C. 100 103 110 100 ... .. at N.West. A perp. prof, sp. at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO at Notting. &Granth. R. &C lOO 92 9 . 1 25 Preston and l i'yr e Royston, Hitch., and Shep lOO 133 135 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do do 8 21 2.. p St S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 93 100 st Do 4 per cent gua lO • 79 81 st Do 5 do st Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 st West Cornwall 'lO West London, Class A all 1 3 14 20 Do do B all „, ... 20 Do do C all 6.1 7; st Weymouth and Portlan lOO . at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West Inclia lOO 116 120 st Loudon and St. Katherine lOO 18 60 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all Mill wa ll Freehold Land ... ... at Dock lOO 32 34 at Southampton lOO 71 76 et Surrey ComoierCial i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ' - Closing Itusiness Share NAME. Paid: Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A - all 11 111 111 AS Do B lO 4 41 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 1 i 19 1 8 1 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 2 3 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 19 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 ... ,•• 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 3/ 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 3 i 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 60 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, ,nd China all 201 211 25 Chartered Mere. of India,. London, and China all 29 301 20 City 100 Colonial 2.5 39 41 10 Consolidated, lira. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, lira 6 1i 0 , 20 English and American, lim lO ... .- 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim lO 15 11 , 20 English, .....cottish, and Ana tralian Chartered • all 161 in 1 7 1 28,:, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all . 254 Do new 5l 1 i 100 Imperial, 1ira.~,, 20 Imperial'Ottoman lO 1 11 1 1 1 1 5 lonian all 25 17 25 Do new 5 pr I,P 20 Lnd Mortgage of Indi a' lim 4 31 ;'S 100 Do 5 p. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 75 73 75 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 6 4 160 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 28 - t 20 Do n ew 7 1 69 u § ~, 100 Loudon &River Piate Um, 40 6 8 25 Do new 10 11 14 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 2 3 1 50 London and County 2O 491 50 1 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 p 5 ll •-• ••7 5O London Joint Stock 1 34 .!3.; 4,1. '-' 20 London and So u th Af r i can a l 11 1, 100 London &S.-Western, lim, 20 ." ••• 50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l 100 London and W es t m i nster 2O 61 63 63; " 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 59 61 100 Merchant, lim 25 6 4 10 Metropolitan, lim all 6 4 74 100 Midland, lira .....• 2O 1,1 Pr 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 3 1 d 100 National I'rovinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ''' 10 Do to National, , 3O 46 43 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 411 421 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., Rm lO 6 51 100 Provincial of • Ireland 25 88 90 10 Do new.. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lira 25 15 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 - ... „. 25 Union of Australia all' 45 47 100 Union of Ireland, lim ' 22 ... .., 50 Union of London MISCELLANEOUS, 10 Anglo-American Tel., lint all 221 224 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lint 10 121 131 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16/ 171 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 34 36 st Do. 8 per cent. lOO 80 81 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 1100 Berlin aarwah tarter Works, Tea Estates, al 9 l 1371 41 10 Do. New 6 a 34 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay Gas, lint. all 31 4 5 Do. New 4 11 ld 44 16 18 20 British Indian Tea, lim. s s t ) B . and ßritish lMagnetic Am . erica nL T a e n l. d ,lint lOO 166 171 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 64 63 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint 2l 21 11d 20 Ceylon Company, lim 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 5 41 31 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 31d 30 City of Milan Improv. lint all b 10 3 M 231 2213 50 Colonial, lint. 5 2 0 5 C C i i t t y y OoffaMeeoes,cloimw Gas, lim all 2is Do. 221 „. ..i 50 Commercial Union (Assur) b I v 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint. 20 Continental Union Gas, Han all is Iv 25 Copper Miners of England, prof. 71 per cont. 100 Corporation of London 1 1 8 0 7 7 7 0: 44/ perper eceenntt allall 1 1 04 04 4 1 1 0 0 5 5 1 100 Do. 1 1 0 0 0 c rDßeedoni.:lB:olBoBf2F,,i4lmrditint: a a l l l l 10 2 31 111 2 11 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lint lO 31 1 21 d at Crystal Palace lOO 1J 21 at Do. Preference lOO 94 39 p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 105 10J all 21 7-16 •.• 20° 1 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, Jim. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 Eastern Darjeeling, i) 6 Assam, li m lint. m . 61 ...a 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 271 111 1113 100 Egyptian 9 E p g e y r p c t e . n a t e . r V'roy. 20 Egyptian Com. & Traci. Um 6 41 4d a l l 92 1 931 931 4 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 255 265 Gua. by 10 Do. New 8 10 12p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lint 21 i k 1.5 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 4(1 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim. 8 .. ... d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 11d 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 86 88 881 50 Gollivara, lim. 2O ... ... 10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 71 11 11 5 3- 6 15 General Steam Navigation 11 23 29 50 limns &Col Marine In. lint. 5 41 31d 10 Hung Kong and China Gas all •••• ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 13,1 131 131 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 Indo-European Tel., lim : 10 ;, •;', 20 Interns. Financial S oc . lira 5 ' 3 ' 4 20 Interns. Land Credit, lim 6 6 43 50 Italian Land .5 11 1 , 1 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 1 4 100 Do. Gp. c. Bds., redeem IS7O, issued 90 all 63 a ` s • 50 Land Securitie s , li nt 6 31 2 4 3 23 London African Trading lO 7 5 ,1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 ••• -- 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 5 Loud. Provi nc i a l T el. lim all a, 3 ,1„ 1 Do. Prefer. 10 p er cent. all 1 ''' 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 22 20 81 4 Lo nd.Glen•Oinnibus.Co.lim. all 11. 2 50 Loud, and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lint 1221225010005550 NorthernNNNNNMleaaaetai r it ittiw u oiiibooow r nunnn i Land,t ozi i iod u lliloaa s ppl rienvao.iul alivn C arto r rr ile e o: d onie. i : t , , Ililint lira.nu: and. . 196:25 25 . 22 173 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 at Madras Irriga.. & Caul. Gua. sp.c. by India. Gov. Agency, lint l4 1 1d 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel. lint. lim. all 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, lim. ::. ..: 1 : 14 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion New o.. B a. D n.e i . is p at :. :3l. l l i i i im m e n n. a 3 5 l l 1:1:a : 1 7 1; 11322- 5 :: 121: i 5 New Quebrada, lint 4.4.0 44 3i cantile Agency,lim 2l I 1 1 3 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim .... 6 11 11 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral. lim lOO 47 52 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In Gi 19 20 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll •••d 5 Oriental Gas, lint 5 Do. New ... 1 f IP 10 Otago and Southland . In vestment, lint 2 Id fp 5 Ottoman Gas, lint , a ll 11 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all 11 1 5 Do do, st Peel R. Land & Alinerl, lintloo 34 3 I 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 47 4 9 50 Do. New 1867 lO 21 lid 7 1 2.5 Renter's Telegram all 61 66 50 ithymney Iron 15 Do. N ew 25 Rio de Janeiro City Itn.,lim all 17 18 20 Do. Gas, lira all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 40 41 42 11 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO 0 88 at Do. 6p. C. Guar. Pref. 100 ••• ••;,,, 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint. 1 0 . 7 , i n " 20 Societe Gen.de l'Enapir 8 " -.• 50 S. African Mort. & Inv elm. 6 V i *Wgl 25 South Australian Land at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all it 1 1 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 174 181 18 174 181 • 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lint 2 21 21 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl .•• ••• JO Trust & Agency of A us .,lhn 1 • 4 11) 10 Do do. de. all ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 Id P 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lfin 6 13 p SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 51 61 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 35 31p 20 Universal Ilarine(li?.), lint 5 1 lip 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 21 31 30 Van Dieman's Land 2 Bl 7 8 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per • cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 771 731 771 71 50 Warrant Finance, lint. l2 12 10d 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 21 11 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO ••• ... COLOffifiL GOVXIMAIENT SECUItITIXS - _British Columbia, 6 per cent., lOO o. 1895 - tla - D n. Gov.6p.O.JanNLJuly DO 1877-84 - Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug• • li3 IC4 106 - Do. sp. 0. friar. & Sept lOO 104 106 - Do. 6p. c. Jan. & July lOO 95 96 95 - Do. sp. o. Inscribed et lOO 90 92 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p. 0.1873 lOO 102 104 Do.Apl.&001 1004900 lOO 111 113 - Do, do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 - Do. Jan.&July, 1891 lOO 108 lie - Do. 5 per sent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 ..... - Ce3lon, Nov 1 878 , 6 p.c lOO 108 116 - Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 - blaurltlus, 6p. 0, 1873, - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 .. •• • 1 ; 0 ioo too - Do. 1882,May and Nov 1)0 106 108 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lO 106 Da - Melbourne Corporatn 1607-75, 6 per cent..." •I( 0 100 100 N.8.G0v.0 p.o.Ja.or.luly lOO 104 105 Natal 6 p ct, Apl& Oct- 10) - Do 6p c. Stay SOV 1 0 1(6 100 w - N. S. VV. 5 e., '7 l to 76 -• 1 0 0 :9 1. 1 Do. 5 p.o. 18S8 to 1896 lO3 VI) 1 ocq - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '7l - N.Zealand, 6p. et. 1891 lOO _ - Do. 5 per cent.... - DoJan, A prl, Ju!y, Oat Do 6p c. gar &Sept '9l lOO 108 110 - Do June & Dee , 1,91 100 109 1 1 - Do rrov. , I Auckid. - ( t tee, 1& 2, 1 106 v - Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jan... - and Jnly, 1875 - Do 15t6.. .. lOO 101 103 - Queenand. 8p o 'B2-5 100 106 107 1061 - Do 1891 .. • • • • - Do. 6 p 0.1869.. - Do. do. ,A 2 .. 100 108 Ho -- Do rd. If 93 ... ... ••• •••• 10) 1 07 108 r-Victoria p.o. .• 100 112 113 1121 ST, AID-41V'S COLLEGE, St. Aidan's College, at Birkenhead, who Mum was recently announced, is, as Wes anticipated, to Dom opened as a diocesan college. Mr. Bebert 01§4§tono, of Manchester, has offered to Advance mate i enough t° free the institution from debt, and the mak, i§ being warmly taken up In rilvemeol, A &JAC/it - Aka IS being commenced, wilieh is landed to fettgii sti49oo, lei amount required. The Duke of Itfaibototigh hem the list with a donation of ZOO, and the own& otoie. tag been promised by the Earl of Ifaricrorby, Mt ifuffay OM-- stone, and Mr. Robert Glacistono taiwtivelf, :.9-14t3 Bishop of Chester's name is down for R,lOO, A NEW PROTEST OF RITUALIRT3, A protest against the judgment in the St. Alban's CARO has been drawn up and signed by twenty-six clergymen of the English Church. It slates that the judgment tends to dissociate the present Church as by law established from the pm; .refdrin ation Church, and by consequence from the Primitive Church; that if the principles of the judg ment are strictly applied, the due administration of the _Holy Sacraments and the celebration of Divine service will be impracticable, not impossible (sic) ; that the judg ment curtails the reasonable liberties and lawful rights of Churchmen of one school of thought in a manner and to an. extent unprecedented, while it lays upon another school burden of observances which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear.. Under these circumstances, 26 clergymen in question p:otest against the judgment and the penalties imposed. The following arc the k i; , natures:— (In London) : J. M. Roclwell, St. Ethelburga, Bishopsgate ; Dr. Evans, St. Mary-le-Strand; C. J. Le Geyt, St. Matthias, Stoke Newington; Dr. F. G. Lee, All Saints' Lambeth; H. D. Nihill, St. Michael's, Shoreditch ; Bradley Abbott, Christ Church, Clapham ; R. EL N. Browne ;Robert Gvvynne. (Pro vincial) : F. G. Godolphin Osborne, Elm, near Frome ; J. Edwards, Prestling, Cheltenham ; Dr. Oldknow, Bordes ley ; T. A. Maberley, Cuckfield, Sussex ; J. Purchas, Brighton ; W. •F. Chambers, N. Kelsey, Lincoln shire; W. G. Parks SMith, Torquay; E. Hutt, Little Cawthorpe, Louth ; Geo. Drury, Claydon ; C. H. V. Pixell, Skirwith Penrith ; J. Powell, High Deverill, Wilts; G. Shipton, Great Barlow ; I'. Hutchinson, Kim bolton : F. B. Low, Farnborough, Bath ; W. J. Cope, Falmouth ; A. Wood, Castlenewton, Tewkesbury; R. Hammond, Jesus College, Cambridge : and E. Husband, Atherstone. THE COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) "Are you aware, madam, that this a smoking compart men! ? ' "Yes, yes, I know ! Pray go on ! We always travel in smoking compartments—to avoid contagion." HERESY.—Mamma: " You know who built the Ark, George?" George (promptly) : " Noah, 'ma." Mamma: "And what did he build it for?" George (dubiously) : " For little boys to play with, 'ma !" LITERARY ANECDOTE.—" How came to you insert that story?" said the spirituel X— to the sparkling Z-- (editor of the brilliant ****). "You couldn't believe it." " My dear fellow," said Z—, " don't confuse matters. Editing's one thing, and crediting's another." "Ah !" said X—. (From Fun.) The Song of the Netted Herrirg —" Let me like a Soldier fall." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.-Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., has subscribed £5O to the Bristol Cathedral Nave Restoration Fund. Bravo, Mr. Morley ! Better spend your money on that Bristol nave than some of the Bristol (k) naves your opponents lavished coin on. SWEET VOICES.-Sir R. Glass, ex-M.P. for Bewdley, is a member of the party which most loudly condemned Mr. Mill's proposition for the enfranchisement of women. But Sir R. Glass's agent —though denying that he had employed the ladies—admitted that the women of Bewdley had sent in a bill which was no doubt substantially an account for screaming at the nomination. This looks rather like a "screaming farce." If women are to be allowed to use their voices at elections it should he to talk sense, not to scream. We suppose Sir E. Glass's colours were " true blue—and yeller." (From Judy.) A FLAT CONTRADICTION.—SeIf -denial ! ANYTHING FOR A CHANGE.—Mamma : "Where ill papa? Why he has gone to town, of course, to earn some more bread-and-butter." Young Lady of the Period: " I wish he would earn buns sometimes, instead!" KNOTTY QUESTIONS FOR THE TRINITY BOARD. Would a Welsh captain "eat the leek" if his ship were to spring one at sea? Are &ceased sailors usually breed in the shrouds of their ship? Are the dead-lights of a ship similar to' " grave candles?" Does a ship wear her mainstays round her waist? Does a ship ever get tired of her own company? Does water shipped through the portholes taste of red wine? What wsuld you do to " case " the commodore should he get "tight?" Is "scurvy" treatment equivalent to lime•juice and vegetab'e diet? The Commissariat Department of the army will ceaso to exist as a separate establishment after the Ist of April. Th:rty of the present staff of officers are placed on half-pay from that date. The consecration of Dr. Wordsworth, as Bishop of Lincoln, Dr. Hatchard, as Bishop of Mauritius, and Dr. Turner, as Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, takes place at Westminster Abbey on the 24th inst. Lady Murchison, wife of Sir Roderick I. Murchi son, Bart., K.C.8., died on Tuesday at her residence in Belgrave-square. She was the only daughter of General Hugonin, of Nursted House, Hants, and was in her 81st year. Colonel Kingscote, one of the members for West Gloucestershire, has had ono of his legs broken in the hunt ing field, while riding with the Beaufort hounds. The accident occurred near Tetbury. Another disaster was reported in Liverpool on Tuesday— that of the destruction at sea by fire of the ship 'Bellcarig, whilst on a voyage from Sunderland to.Bom bay, with a cargo of coals. The crews aro reported all safe. The Bellcarig was a 909-ton ship, built at Quebec, and owned in Liverpool by Mr. M. Williams. In the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Tuesday, Mr. Butt moved, on behalf of Lady French, fer a writ of habeas corpus to bring up her daughter, the Hon. Maria Margaret French, at present in the Lorotto Convent School, Rathfarnham. The young lady was now over sixteen years of age ; that she wished to reside with kg mother, who was now living apart from her husband on the Continent, but, that she had boon placed in the convent school by the direction of her father, Lord French. The deponent had frequently written letters to her daughter, but they had all been returned unopened. Being over 16 years of age, it was clearly her privilege to say whether she wished to remain in the convent or joia her mother, and hence he suggested that. when the return to the writ was made, his lordship should examine the young lady as to her wishes, and dicide accord'ngly. His lordship granted the application. -- On Tuesday afternoon a meeting of the subscribers to the testimonial propozed to be given by the inhabitants of Huntingdon to General Peel was held at the Fountain Hotel, Huntingdon, the mayor in the chair, to consider a letter which had been received by the Earl of Sandwich from the general. The purport of the letter was that the General desired that the fund, amounting to £9OO, should be handed over to the county hospital. The General added that there was no danger of bis ever forgetting his friends, and by adopting this plan the poor and afflicted and others in the borough would per petually be reminded of him. It was agreed that the General's wish should be carried out, and that a list of the subscribers to the testimonial should be inscribed on vellum and presented to him at a public banquet in Huntingdon, at which the Lord Lieutenant pf the county should 133 requested to preside. Tho hospital authorities will probably invest the money ' and use it as a svarfr4 - 0 fund, to b 3 called " Tho Peel Testi monial Fund." THE ALABAMA CLAIMS TREATY.—A petition to the Senate of the Unitt.'d States, signed by the Hon. G. B. Upton and others, avinst the confirmation of the Alabama claims treaty, has been placed at the Merchants' Exchange, Boston, for sigoatures. The petitioners say : " This so-called treaty proposes to put upon the same footing the claims by British ,subjects, which have arisen under a d'sagreement in ream tl to ordinary forms of neu• trality, and claims of our own \citizens, upon the British Government for piracies cm mitted by British built, British manned, and British a-, 7ned vessels, by vessels and armament which left Briti: di ports under the pro section of the British flag, and Zburned American ships upon the high seas without taking them into port for condemnation, and without any acti, an being taken upon the part of the said British.Govermrtent, when these atro cities were laid before it, tu, prev ut the same, but, on the contrary, these pirates we4cvm -ywhere received with rejoicings when visiting British p arts ; and when the notorious builder of one of them ba sstecl of the same in the British Parliament, of which he wa3 a member, he was received with cheers and exprea\ions of satisfaction. rills ahem!, in the opinion of you r .m emorialists, the minium . of the British Governat% N WAldailASE2Veru• 6ftifiLthe :Craw titateiv DRURY LANE THEATRE. Last night, .dramatic performances being pro hibited, Mr. Chatterton gave a grand musical fes tival, which attracted an overflowinc , house. The programme was of unusual proportions, and em braced, in addition, a large body of vocalists, the names ofiMr.Phelps, and Mr. Sketchley, the former reciting selections from " Athalie," and the latter detailing an account of Mrs. Brown's vifit to to the play at " Queen Nrictoria'psarOt of the ßmT con , Across the Water." The opening , cert was devoted to selections from various cele brated oratorios, but the only solos that called for any remark were the " Cujus Animarn," by Mr. Cumming, and " lle wa , despised," by.- Miss Palmer, both of which were excellently rendered. The chorus was not quite up to the mark, but then we must make some allowarte::! for the lrtsty manner in which they had to i.e got together. In the, second Fart Mr. Clnntning again carried off honour by his singing Sheild's celebrated ballad, •= The Thorn." Miss I, afford trind ,- 3 a most premising debut, and slug the polacca from "Puritani" with great brilliancy and eff.;c% Mr V. Collins •perbrtne I a violin solo, and Mdlle. de 13.3AuvoWn executed Benedict's " Erin" o n the pianoforte, but we canno`, say in a faultless manner, as during' the performance she twice got into didicul•.y, and hal a great deal of trouble in recovering the right notes. Had this lady not been a "professional" we should have passed the ,natter by, but she would hardly thank us for complimenting her for committing that which she would well know was absolutely a fault. Mr. Wilbye Cooper sang very sweetly a ballad, " Tell her I'll love her." Miss D'Alton sang the well-known brindisi from "Lucretia" very carefully and well, and the s'sters Doria each contributed some excellent singing during the evening. The names of Miss Edith Wynn, Mdlle. Liebhart, Miss PoOle, Miss Julia Elton, and Mr. George Perrin figured in the programme. The entertainment altogether was a great success, and the vast audience was flighty pleased at Mr. Chatterton's "Lenten Entertainment." POLICE fiVTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. LOAN SOCIETIES.--Tho following letter has been re ceivad by the magistrates at at this court : "Friendly Societies Office, 28, Abiugdon-street, S. W. "Dear Sirs,—l wish to call your attention to the opera tion and working of the Loan Societies Act, 3 and 4 Viet., c. 110, under which 1 ant obliged to certify the rules of loan societies. "These societies aro generally got up by a publican, at whose house they aro held, with a scamp who is appointed secretary. I consider these societies as perfect swindles, and from the daily complaints made to me by members, their widows and children, I a.n sure that it would be very desirable to repeal the Act which authorises them to be established. It is my intentiaa to apply to the Govern ment to repeal the Act of Parliament, so as to abolish the establishment of these societies. " May I ask you, therefore, to say whether from observation in cases come before you you will agreo with me as to the mischief arising from their establish ment. —Yours faithfully, J. ,TIDD PRATT." Mr. Tyrwhitt said that he quito concurred with Mr. Tidd Pratt, and had had plenty of 'experience of the ovils of these societies, there being frequent complaints made of them at that court. Mr. Knox said he cordially concurred with the contents of Mr. Tidd Pratt's letter, and had abundant proofs bofore him, and more especially so of s late, of the mischief and misery caused to persons who had anything to do with such societies. THE FLOWER GIRLS AND THE OXFORD-STREET TRADES MEN.—Four women, named Jane Gough, Amelia Curtis, Ann Curtis, and Hannah Tobin wore charged before Mr. Knox with causing an obstruction in Oxford-street by sell ing flowers. The evidence of Tyler, 65 0, and Smith, 63 C, was to the effect that they saw the prisoners yesterday, with several others, selling flowers on the pavement in Oxford street, running after ladies and gentlemen, entering shops, and causing a great obstruction with-their baskets of flowers. Mr. Ware, of 232, Oxford-street, said that there wore generally five or six flower women on the kerb in front of hie shop all day, and through the annoyance persons re ceived from being importuned in all directions, customers were driven from his shop. He had warned the women time after time. but to no purpose, they took possession of the frontage of his shop, and as soon as respectable per sons CAIIIO up they were surrounded and pestered by the women Mr. Knox said he sympathised with Mr. Ware, as he had no doubt that what ho complained of was a shocking nuisance ; at the same time it was a most unpleasant thing to deal with the prisoners. Tho constable said some of the prisoners bad been at the court before for causing an obstructio3 at the same place. Mr. Knox said Mr. Ware was entitled to.the protection of the law, at the same time it revolted against one's feel ings to punish such girls. Mr. Ware said he would not mind if th 3 women would disperse themselves, but they stood before his shop six or seven at a time, and no respectable person could enter in consequence of the annoyance received. He did not wish to bo hard with the prisoners, it was with the greatest icluctanco be appeared against them, and he had no wish to prevent them getting a living. Mr. Knox said ho was grieved to do anything to tho prisoners, and if there bad been anything short of a down right nuisance he would have been loth to pu n i s h th em ; but Mr. Ware wa s entitled to protection at his hands. Tobin would have to pay ss, or seven days, and the others 100., or seven" days, and if Mr. Ware suffered any further annoyance and came to the Court, he (Mr. Kuox) would see what could be done. THAMES. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—David G'ourloch, a youth, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with stealing an overcoat valued at 505., from the person of Mr. Bobert Davis, a shipmaster of 209, Salmon-lane, Limehouse. The prosecutor was passing along the Commercial road, Limebonse, with a coat across his arm yesterday evening, and the prisoner made a snatch at the coat and ran away with it. lle was immediately pursued, and a cry of "Stop thief" being raised he threw the coat over the enc l os ing Limehonse Church-yard.. Th e pr i soner was soon afterwards stopped by the assistant re li ev i ng railing officer of the StopnPy Union. The coat was recovered. Numerous witnesses made out the case against the pri soner, and a former conviction for felony was also proved against him. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SALISBURY AND YEOVIL. The directors of this company have agreed to recommend a dividend on the ordinary shares at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum for the past half year, carrying forward a balance of .E 1,906. SOUTH-EASTERN. The accounts of this company for the half year ended the 31st of January, 1869, were yesterday handed to the auditors, subject to the consideration of the Board and to the audit. Mr. J. Shaw, the secre tary, was authorised to state that the accounts showed an available balance adequate to the pay ment of a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum upon the ordinary stock, after providing for all preference charges, and leaving a balance to be carried forward or otherwise dealt with as the pro prietors might decide. DUNABURG AND WITEPSK. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the month of December last amounted to 91,717.75 roubles, against 75,841 roubles for December, 1867, showing •an increase of 15,875.75 roubles. The total traffic receipts for the year 1867 amounted to 895,292.24 roubles, and those for the year 1868 to 1,006,283 . 75 roubles, showing an increase of 110,991.51 roubles, or 12.4 per cent. RAILWAY BILLS. The Examiners of Standing Order proofs held their respective Courts yesterday. Mr. Frere post poned the case of the Ryde Tramways Bill till the 3d of March. Mr. Palgrave, in the case of the Holyhead Docks and Warehouses Bill, considered that the standing orders were not complied with, but the case was postponed for the further conside ration of one question. e — ai l:r ed o 1 I d oz:s t r h Pills.-- last tt a o d na h o e u s t l h th s m in sder LADvEnTismdisEN,aTv. l good.—Thousands ex cess of the average because they had neglected to purify tho blood after the late long winter. Every invalid should be ac quainted with the virtues of Holloway's inestimable pills; their purifying, regulating, and strengthening, and aperient qualities should be tried by all persons in a delicate or precarious state of health. These pills expel all noxious humours from the system. Improve the appetite, amend the digestion, promote the secretion of healthy bile, and regulate the bowels. Holloway's Pills act admirably as a tonic to frames whose nerves have been shaken by protracted indisposition, or whose brains have been over wryugltt by study gn• depressed by excessive indulgence. EPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day STREATHAM RACES—Tins DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NORBURY. STEEPLECHASE. 1 Domino King of Spades Novick Five ran. Won by two lengths. BENTINCI( CLUB: Tuts DAY. Tho greater majority of the members were absent at Streatham, and the following comprise all the quotations, mostly distinguished by a strong run on Formosa for Lin- coin : LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 8 t,') 1 agst qeee (taken and offered) 20 to I.agst Formosa taken fraely and wante I) 20 to 1 agst Vacuum (tak - rm freel)) 20 t. 1 agst ..k.ulace (taken) 20 to 1 ag. - 4 Choral (taken) GRIND N.I.TIONAL STEEPLE:M.3M 2.5 to 1 agst (takel) ifl :o 1 agst Ilrick (taken) VICTORIA CLUB —"rats DAT. WATERLOO CUP. Bto 1 agst Lord Lurgan's no (taken) LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Sycee (taken as 1 off_•red) Bto 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (off.:re , l) 10 to 1 agst Drummer (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Sileans (offered) 100 to 8 agst Formosa (taken) 100 to 7 agst George Os'oaldeston (taken) 100 to 6 agst Vacuum (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Islam (taken) 20 to 1 agst Uncas (offered) 25 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (taken) 25 to 1 agst Hatchment (taken) 50 to 1 agst Honesty (taken) 50 to 1 agst Anlace (offered) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL 20 to 1 agst Tathwell (offered) 20 to 1 agst Harcourt (offered) 20 to 1 agst A.lcibiade (offered) 20 to 1 asst Globule (taken) 30 to 1 agst The Nun (taken) CHESTIR CUP. 100 to 8 agst Romping Girl (offered) 20 to 1 agst Palmer (offered) 30 to 1 agst lEge 1G (taken) 60 to 1 agst Vestminster(taken) TWO THOUSAND. 600 to 200 agst Belladrum (taken) DERBY. sto 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken to .£1.50) 6to 1 agst Wild Oats (offered) 7 to 1 agst Belladrum (taken to V 00) 1000 to 70 aget Pretender(taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst Tenedos (offered) 40 to 1 agst General Peel (offered) RACING FIXTURES. :VARY. Nottingham Sp r i ng .. I Chelmsford.... Derby Spring FEBR Lincoln l6, 17 Harrow lB, 19 I Mansfield 18 Pontefract lB, 19 I M A Liverpool Spring 2, 3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Downpatrick 9 War wick 9, 10, 11 Hendon ...... 12, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 AP. Abergavenny l, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge... l, 2 T hirsk 6 7 Hun gerf ord 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 ...7 . 8 Cambridge Croxton Park .. Streatham 8, 9 Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoylo 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 jIT Croydon 2,3, 4 Nelirton 2 3 4 , ,_ Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 'll Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 1'), 16 ~23, 24 ..25, 26 26 West Drayton lB, 19 Baldoyle First Spring 18, 19 Margate 9 0 Beverley 20 Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, 31, Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Knighton... l3, 14 1 Ludlow • 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 2L Curmgh ..20, 21, 22 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring Doncaster 13, 14 \Vast Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester 19, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21. Harpenden 2l Epsom Summer .....`25, &o. i.E. Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham22 ilibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 Hampton l7, 18 Onrragh 22, 23, 21 JULY. Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle 6 7 Pontefract () 10 Hendon . 1 - 1, 13 NuttiDgliam I' l , 14 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes • 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 Wolverhau p lO, I 1 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 Isl OVI Worcester Harl i ow 2 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 STEEPLECHA: FEBR Chippenhain 10, 11 Streatham 11, 12 Nowbridge 15 Lincoln lO, 17 Morton-in-Marsh lB Harrow lB, 19 MA: 2 - 6, &c. Liverpool 3 Shrewsbury ..... 5, 6 Mahon Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 Kingsbury 12, 13 AP. Aldershc' l, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Abergavenny , 1, 2 Lichfield ,G, 7 Southdown Hunt „7 Cambridge ... 7, 8 Cheltenham 7, 8 Southampton 2 “, 11 1 ; 2 2 1164 3 1 Reading Hunting,don Stamford Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 8U Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 26, 27 Scarborough 30, 31 Derby Summer .. 31, Sep. 1 Weymouth '3l, Sep. 1 Canterbury Sep. 1 Streatham B, 9 Royal Artily., Woolwich...B Knighton Ludlow l5, 16 Tenbury... 2l. Croydon ...22, 23 Co. Louth & Ardeen 27, 28 11 AY. Limerick bunt 4 I St. Albans . 13 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 West Drayt0n.......,.. 17 JULY. Kingsbury 9 AUGUST. St. Albans - -- 17 OCTOBER. Bromley 7 j West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. Harrow 3 I EgHilton Hunt 6 , 7 W oreestcr 3, 4 Liverpool St. Alb ans 5, 6 1 Shre ___ wsbury ..... l5, 19 .------ AMERICA• (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) WASITINGTON,--Feb. 10. The Senate, by 40 to 16 votes, has passed a reso lution proposing a constitutional amendment, pro hibiting any disqualification in the exerciso of the suffrage on account of either race, colour, nativity, property, education, or creed. A similar resolution has previously passed the House of Representatives. _ A newspaper is published on board the steamer Richmond, which plies between Louisville and New Or leans, called The Richmond Head-Light. It has two com positors and one editor, and is published six times during each trip, or about three times a week. It is intended to bo a faithful expositor of river life, affording entertainment for the passengers, as well as an advertising medium for hotel proprietors and merchants. The new screw steamer City of Brooklyn, built by Messrs. Tod and lairegor, of Glasgow, for the Inman Steamship Company, arrived in the Mersey on Thursday from the Clyde. She is 2,911 tons, customs new measure ment, with engines which worked to upwards of 2,300 horse power, and the run from the Clockto:the Cumbraos, with the wind on the port bow, was made in 59 minutes and a half, being at the rate of 13i knots per hour. Sh• ran the measured mile off Crosby with the tide in her favour in three minutes and 38 seconds. The Times' correspondent, writing Jan. 25, says —" A despatch from Washington this evening states tha t it is understood there that the negotiations between the United States and the Republic of Colombia for the right of way for the Darien ship canal have failed, and that Caleb Cushing, representing the United States at Bogota, will return home." 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 exports, tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London WA,—[Ad Tortinement.] :Cll. ST. MBEP. Hampton 2l, 22 Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Hendon 23, 24 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarket I st 0ct....28, &c. Lanark... 2O, 30 , B ER. Cheltenham l9, 20 Carragh l9, 20, 21 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmark;, H'ton ...25, &o. :11BEIt. Shrewsbury 15, ere. Leamington Hunt ~ 23, arc. E FIXTURES. rAI Y I Pontefract 18, 19 Boston Windsor 22, 23 I St. Albans 23, 24 Derby I 13aschurch 26 11Crr. West Somerset 15, 16 York... 17 Crewkerno lB, 19 Chepstow 9 9, 30 RIL.