The Sun. — London, England, 1869-11-27 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The settlement to-day engrosses most attention. Consols have declined fully *, and the decline has extended to the foreign market. There has been a demand for Metropolitan shares, and an increase of price is demanded. _ _ _ Consols are now at 93-1 to 934 for money; ditto, for Ac.:,ount, ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 92 1; New Thee per Cents, 921 2 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, par ; June, 3 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 44 per Cent., —. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 55 per Cent., ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 21 prem. ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 21 prem. . _ In the Foreign Market Turkish Five per Cents. arc 431 to 43 8 ; and the Six per Cents., 651 to 66 ; Spanish are 27 ; Italian, 53 to 531 ; Egyptian (1868), 761 to 77 ; Argentine Bonds arc quoted 84 to 841 ; Mexican, 131 to 131 ; Peruvian, 83 to 831 ; and Brazilirn, 831 to 841. In the Railway Market there is no change of importance. Great Northern (A), 107 to 108; Caledonian, 781 to 791 ; London and North West ern, 1201 to 121 ; Metropolitan, 84 8 to 841 ; Mid land, 1181 to 119 ; Brighton, 411 to 441 ; Great Eastern, 36} to 368 ; Great Northern, 106 to 107 ; Great Western, 551 to 55-1 ; Chatham and Dover, 15i , to 16 ; London and South Western, 91 to 93 ; and South Eastern, 761 to 77. In Bank Shares there is no change. London and Westminster is inquired for at 59 to 60 ; Lon don and County steady, at 48 to 49 ; London Joint Stock, 32 to 33 ; Union of London, 38 to 39 ; and Alliance, 121 to 131. American Five-Twenty Bonds, at 831 to 834, show a decline of I. Erie Shares are 201 to 20 , 11 and Illinois, at 99 to 991, both show a decline of 1. Lombardo-Venetian is scarcely so firm, and is now quoted at 198 to 20 ; and Great Luxemburg is unaltered at 121 to 12k. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Shares opened firm at an advance of i, but have since be some weaker, and are now quoted at 33f to 334, being a relapse of I. Anglo-American are in some request, and shows an improvement of i, being quoted at 198 to 201 ; French Cable is flat at 151 to 158, being a decline of i. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The Westphalia, from New York, bas brought £6,589. Many additional applications have been sent in to the Bank for the Metropolitan Consolidated 3f per Cent. Stock, at the minimum price of 94f, but the demand was partially checked by the heavi ness in Consols, and a balance of between £600,000 and £700,000 still remains to be taken. Reckoning the value of the repayment at par in 60 years, to gether with the advantage from the instalments ex tending to the 16th of July next, and the fact of the dividends being paid quarterly instead of half yearly, the cost of the 3f per cent. stock is reduced to £93 4s. 3d., or about per cent. below that of the Three per Cent. Consols. In the colonial produce markets this week a dull tone has generally been prevalent, but, owing to continued moderate supplies quotations have not undergone any alteration. The sugar market has been very flat until yesterday, when more inquiry existed for low brown sorts. The tea market has been dull, with a downward tendency throughout. The next series of sales will commence on Tuesday. Indian growths by auction went at full rates for Assam Company's, also most other sorts with strength and flavour, but inferior were difficult to realise. Saltpetre is firm. The spice market is unchanged. At the quarterly cinnamon sales next Monday about 2,600 bales will be brought forward. There has been a limited business in rum. Cotton is rather lower on the spot, and the sales to arrive have been small. The Great Indian Petiusula Railway Company invite subscriptions from the public for about £500,000 of the £720,000 Four per Cent. Deben ture Stock lately offered to the holders of their de benture bonds, which are to be paid off on the Ist of January next. The stock is offered at the rate of £llO for each £lOO cash, on which terms it will yield £4 Bs. per cent. The Manchester Courier reports the suspension of Messrs. Douglas and Co., a Liverpool firm, en gaged in the Brazilian trade, principally to Bahia. They owe from £15,000 to £20,000 in Manchester. At a meeting of the directors of the Cape Cop per Company an interim dividend of 15s. per share, out of the profits of the year 1868, was declared Payable on the 6th Dec. next. At the meeting of the Clerical, Medical, and General Life Assurance Society, the report pre sented stated that during the year ending in June last there were issued 478 policies, assuring £270,025, and yielding in annual premiums £9,272; that £148,630 was paid under claims by death; that the total revenue was raised to £227,880, being an increase of over £B,OOO, and that £50,208 was added as surplus income to the accumulated fund, which was thereby augmented to £1,649,114. The new business has been greater, the revenue has in creased in an augmented ratio, the additions to the assurance fund amounting in the aggregate to £174,043. The society has now in hand, safely and profitably invested, and exclusive of its proprietary capital, an accumulated fund of £1,649,114, being more than 30 per cent. of its total risks, which on the 30th June last stood at £5,402,346, and all but equal to 11 years' income from premiums, which for the last year reached £154,624. At the meeting of the Don Pedro (Brazilian) Mining Company an interim dividend was declared of 3s. 6d. per share for the quarter ended the 30th of September, being at the rate of 100 per cent. per annum. The official liquidators of the Albert Life Assur ance Company have issued a circular announcing that the directors of the Mutual Life Assurance Society have consented to grant to holders of policies issued by the Albert, or any of the com panies amalgamated with it, new non-profit policies at reduced rates, as set out in tables annexed to the circular. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT EIINDS.; 3 per Cent. Consols 931 Ditto for Account, Dec. 1 93i 3 per Cent. Reduced 92 i New 3 per Cent Now 3f per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen i 5n.1873 — A.unuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 Exchequur Bills, £l,OOO, 2} p. Ct. Marcia Do. 3 do. June 3 Do, £lOO, £2OO & £5OO Bank of England Stock, 91 per Cent Do. opening Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial Uranium INDIAN UOVERNMENT BECURITIEb ladi k. - i_ cock, 10* per Cent., April 1879... Opening, for Account — Do. a por Cent. July, 1880 pc,. 4 pet. Cent. Oct. 1888 DI. 03rtiacates Do. Enfaced rape' 4 per Cent..-... Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ,.... Do. 54 per Cent. May . 1879 DJ, 5 per Cent., Rut). Deb. 187" .0o do 1877 Do. do. 1882 — Do. Deb. 5 per Cont., Aug. 1873 ~ — Do Bond's, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO ...... Do. under .£l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, t; per Cent - 1 unriun Bonds 5 per cent .. _ .•.. Do. 1859 ••• Brizilian 5 per Cent — 'Jo. 4i per Cent. 185/ — Do. do 1858 — Do. Co 1860 .— Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account B4l 1 31 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cu'):t, 6 per Cent. Oudirsu. 6 per Cent — I'o. 4i per Cent. .• — Po. 3 per Cent~ Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per cent., 1367 9,- lombian, 6 per Cent. Willie; 3 per Cl}it! ? I§2§wwwittUttittif re - . Cen l4 lartil' AYtV s s till ,i; 111 tit co tb° IA 131 : ion °' t 27. rrilre4 7 ,/ gol d 10' o, 2 _ l 3, ; as, 6; b, 13; IS Bill' .n3ber; ~, ow) 'Left °P as occi to 60 53 . 0 . 66 3O' 26 gO 441076 St° refs as bee° to ~,,a e re' a . a ctor,e oe " , g* l ya to / B. ~, 015- S L Pa s t 9 1 8 1 0 I O s ; 1 1 a° ll p 1 P3st i & iii Danubian Principalities, 7 par Cent — Do. Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — wcuador Now Con.iolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent... B2l on 4 ecoucl Issue ..... ....... D0..£50t, Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. Account .. — D0.£500 Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds B7 Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ....... Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 7 7 Government Railway Debentures ..... 1)91 Greets 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups -- Do. Coupons Do. Account t; onenala 5 per Cent .. — liondurasGov Rail.Loan.,lop.,Ct.,allpd 841 5 ltsliau b per Cent., 1865 — Jo. Account ~. — Do Maremmana Railway NI exinr. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French... — xloutevidcau 6 per Cont. . — liccrish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — ')o 3 per Cen, — Do. Defer-ed - Do Laud Warrants (H.q;taree) Vernvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 81 Do 41 per Cent. (Ut:',arreu) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 . -- Do Account — Port,gues., 3 per Ut., 1853, '6, 7,1.,'60,'2,'1 , 33! , . Do. - do: 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O pai,l — R assian 5 e ar Cent., 1822, St Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ... 8 6 1 Do "do, Scrip Do. Ang . lo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO lioudE.,, — Do. do. £B4 15s. do. Do.. 1866, £lOO Bonds 9ll Do. do £B4 los. do — Do Nicolas ltuilway 651 Sardinian 0 vex Cent Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrau Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1668 Turkish 6 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 Do Account Do £10(: Bonds 721 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds 43 / po 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 180 Do. Ace , nut Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cont. Do 6 por Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2} per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Itentes 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. !Winn 5 per dent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do Account 531 CLOSING PRICES. Oonsols ' Money Do. Account, Dec. I 93-1 PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and Vic short exchange on London is 251. 1.5 i. per £1 sterlln:2. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17,3.100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above price is slightly dearer in Paris than in London. There has been a rise in the price of Erie shares in the London market in consequence of an order by the Supremo Court suspending Mr. James Fisk, jun., Jay, Gould, and six other directors of the Erie Railroad for alleged malfeasance and appointing a referee to investi gate the affairs of the company on behalf of the share holders. The first message stated that a public receiver had been appointed, and if the directors are suspended such a functionary would become necessary. But the news of Thursday evening was that Mr. Fisk and the rest of the board had obtained an order staying the proceed ings in connection with the Erie Railroad. It is evident that the turn of the tide is against Fisk and Gould. The strike all along the line continues, notwithstanding all the efforts of the board, while the men aro assuming a threaten ing attitude and talking of turning those blood-suckers out of the State. On their part the managers endeavour to replace the men on strike with green hands, and the fight, instead of subsiding, grows more exciting. In the leatl.l, 01 tots hubbub, with all the disrepute of the gold gamble still clinging to them, Messrs Fisk and Gould bring out their loan of convertible bonds for $5,000,000, which is interpreted to mean a prelude to a new war against the Vanderbilt interests. The state of the New York Money Market does not favour the loan, and Mr Fisk's name would not be a tower of strength if the bonds were pressed on the European markets. That it is not a tower of strength in New York is sufficiently evident from the general strike of the workmen for the non-payment of wages. Nor aro thes3 the only troubles b3setting these hitherto successful speculators. Their failure.to fulfil the Erie contract with the Atlantic and Great Western Railway has led to an open quarrel. At Cleveland (Ohio), a warm discussion took place between the re presentatives of both roads, and a suit has been brought at Akron, in that State, for the return of the line to its legiti mate possessors, as well as the recovery of heavy damages from the Erie for violating the contract. Now is the time for united action by the English proprietors to choke off from their property these vampires ; but knowing what injunctions, writs, and orders from the Courts mean in New York, we have little hope of good if vigorous steps are not taken, unless it be true that these clever manipulators are at their wit's end for money. Indeed another action has been commenced against James Fisk, jun., this time by Watson B. Farr, for $272,500, and attachments have been issued against the defendant's property. The New York Sunday ilerald treats its readers to the biography of James Fisk, jun. The family live in Brattleboro', Velment, consisting of an insane father, in the asylum there, a mother, and a younger sister. Fisk, jun., has been married 12 years, but is without offspring. His wife was an accomplished and beautiful Springfield girl named Lucy D. Moore. "She is short and chubby, like Fisk himself, and the two together make a very handsome as well as a very comical couple. They live very happily toge ther now, and always have, idle gossip to the contrary notwithstanding. Mr. Fisk supports a nice mansion at Chester-square, Boston, and Lady Fisk presides over it with grace and dignity, and hospitality of the tallest kind is the chief characteristic of the house. During the week Mr. Fisk is generally found in New York, but he almost in variably goes to Boston to spend the Sabbath. He started with nothing, and now, before reaching the prime of life, he is a millionaire. He has settled several hundred thou sand dollars on his wife, and if his whole fortune should be swept away in some adventurous speculation ho will not come to want in consequence. He has a great many warm enemies and a szoie of earnest friends. He is gener ous, social, and warm-hearted, and has a sort of " winning way" in his general deportment which it is impossible to describe and almost impossible to resist. He is one of that kind of men with whom it is much better to be on friendly terms than otherwise ; for he will go far out of his way to obtain redress for a real or fancied wrong. Like all frail humans he will bear close watching in the everyday 1 transactions cf business life, and it is then ten to one that he does not get the best of the bargain. Ile is, or has been, intimate with men of all classes—from the President of the United States down ; and, what is more remarkable, his acquaintance is sought by the very ones who denounce him. His future career will bo watched with interest by the whole American people, and whether his life is spared for a longer or shorter period he can make his exit from the world with the proud satisfaction that he once made considerable of a stir iu it." Mr. Motley, the American Minister, has pur chased the lease of No. 17, Arlington-street, Piccadilly. The Hon. Freeman H. Morse has received another step in dignity if not in emolument, being created Consul-General of Great Britain and Ireland, and Deputy-Consul J. Nunn has been promoted to Vice-Consul of Great Britain and Ireland, a recognition of services which these gentlemen have well merited. Judge H. Embry, of Kentucky, has been appointed Minister to Ecuador, Mr. Nunn, of Ten nessee, having rejected the post as he was not allowed a clerk. The Hon. E. B. Washburno, in a private letter to Washington, expresses surprise at the statement the papers had published that he had estimated his contingent ex penses for the next fiscal year at $15,000 in gold. He made no estimate whatever, limiting himself to the sum of $2,800 allowed by the Department of State. Captain Higgins and the officers of the hornet have fallen out with the Cuban Junta in New York, w hi c h asserts that there was a supply of specie on board, that the captain did not report to tho Junta, that he had no business to run into Wilmington, and that the vessel, which through his fault has been lost, :cost s'_'oo,6oo; it proposes to tit out another privateer, of which Captain Higgins will not got the command. Tho Spanish gun boats constructing iu New York have been libelled by the Federal Courts, as intended for hostile action against Peru, and seized by Marshal Barlow. The Spanish Minister in Washington denies the allegations against them, and formally demands the release of the vessels. The case, however, will be heard in the District Court on the llth December. Several Congressmen are known to be preparing resolutions pointing towards the recogei lion of Cuban independence. The Junta has been reor ganised with Senor Miguel Aldama as President. Her Majesty's ship Buzzard having defects, the Salamander will convey supernumeraries and stores to Gibraltar for the Channel Squadron, under the orders o Vice-Admiral Synicoudg. THL SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1869. SHARE LIS7. ORDINARY SHAEICS AND STOCKS. raid. (Ageing 'Swinton Yrioe. done. of &lAA and Exeter ...... 100 73 75 75 et Caledonian ....... 100 70 704 st Cardbrlan 20 Cornwall.... ......... at Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO et Dun„Yertb,&Ab•Junc lOO 70 72 21 East Loudon all 6 7 20 Do 15 --- 2J Do 10 et Glasgow .t S. Western lOO 104 106 at Great Eastern 4.'. .OO 30 37 364 4 at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO C 4 7 ii ., , at (treat North ol Scotlau4 lOO is 16 at Great Northern lOO 106 11i7 st Do. A 5t0ck...... lOO 107 1074 107 at Do. B stock at Gt 6, and W. of Ireland lOO id 100 st (it. iVeatern -Original lOO 551 564 651 at Do. South Wales at Do. W. .111.1.-03.10 rel lOO 31 36 at Do. Newport lOO 32 31 at Lancaahlre a Yorkshire lOO 1251 'a6 1254 at Lou., Brigli.,& S.Ooast lOO 44 414 411 i 00 Du Scrip et Lou., ilhat., and Dover lO3 154 164 at Do. .lletrop. 16x. A lOO lu 12 at Lon. At North WCbt.Clll lOO 1' 4 ,204 121 201 It Lon. 4 South \V eaten, 1::t :1 . .'3 921 2 Man., ilei., A Lincoln lt , 13 ze 3 4 at MeirOpUliiltli at Do Eitensi.th .. 5 Do. bi 4.1 IN rd • • • . all at Metropolitan District. ail 13 35 10 Itletrup. 01. John's 1% ooi 6 at 11,a , nod st i. 0, Jirmin...t V~ by at N .r.h Britten . ..... st u.. El., rth., & Dun ivy st I , or Ewtern--I.lerwwx ito 118" 111 1 4 1114 25 D, .t.i. N. E purohost 16.11. 4 at D _, Leeds ... ... itu 76 1 77 " at D o York . lOU 110 Ili 1164 4 et D oCarlile ...• at D oStoc::. & Darling 1(0 115 157 at North Loudon .. luo I.n .12 113 10 Do New 18r 8 et North Staffordshire . . Ivo 57 59 at North ant , 6.-W. Junction 100 ID 101. 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... • • at Rh: i n - tuff at llhrupshire Union lOO 501 (01 at South Devon', et South Eastern lOO 77 774 77 st Staines, Wolehain,& Wok all, 13 11 Mt 'tau 1 , ale lvo 154 IJ6 Do. 0 ... W atertord & iiiik(uhy.• 100 -- 10 Waterloo & 'Whiteltad 0 Eallwayb, RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AN 1) STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 st Caledonian Ctrs., Nu. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO at Du. Midland st Do. DU1111413 and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen J unction lOO at Do. Ist Class preference lOO et Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO st Gt. Eastern, EA; Ex. No.l 100 at Do du Nu. 2 102 at Do du 6 per cent 100 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 du. 102 at Do do No. 1, 4 p.c. lOU at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1.646 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. lBl7 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10) st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Do 41 do du do 100 at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. N rth of Scotland, let pf 100 at Groat South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO st Gt.West.—Orig.&Jut. - ltent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO at Do. Orig. (B. :l H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO at Do do 41 per cent. 100 at Do do 4 do du et Du du 5 per cent. rodent IOU st Do du Birmingham gua lOO st Do do du pref lOO st Du do Chester gnu, lOO at Do do do b per cent. 100 at Du do do 5 do 100 at Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. DU at Do do 4a p.c lOO at Do do 41 1859 lOO 'at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO st Do du 2d glt, 100 at Do Newport, Ist g. p.e. 100 at Do do 2,1 do lOU at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Laucash. & Yorksh. s p.c. 100 et Do Barnsley, .C 5 Us 10d p.c. 100 at Du 6 p.c. (East .Lancashire) 100 st Du 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 stj Loudon & Brighton, sp. c. guarantead, No 1 lOO et' Do 5 per cent. gas Nu. 2. 100 st Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO et Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.. 1) ) 100 et Do 4 do 1859 lOO et Loudon, Chatham, & Doter 5 per cent lOO stl London and iT.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO at Do Bedford &Cambridge._ 100 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchpl. 10d st London and S W. 7 p,c. 80 88 76 S 2 9LI 98 104 106 100 JJ 92 10 S 2 97 94 tid 72 bo gJ 104 106 li6 113 1 3 11.5 :)li 93 1 3 13a no 145 :is 100 105 107 toS J 94 27 911 ILV 113 6S 72 110 112 10 150 late 3d shares, lOO a Do (Portant.perpaus 266 d) all • Man., 61.1ef., &Liuclu. 6 p.c lOO Do a Do 33 per cent lOO G 4 66 1 Liu redeem. 6 per cent 5 . . at Slid . Confiulauituo., p. e lOO 145 a Du Bristol& Birm., Gp. c lOO 132 1;;4 a Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO V 8 100 a Du 41 per cent. irredeeni lOO 88 100 o Du Leicester & lrehn, 4 p.c 100 Si 01 at North 13ritish, 5 p.c. No.l ll/0 ..„ at Do E. & U. 4p.c. S. & 100 st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ccu.t lOO at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Cloud. 4 p.c Jou 87 89 at Du 41 per cent. redeo.u lOO Si 1/9 at Du U. N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Lerwick ...pita).- Du York, IL &a. purchase. 10 10 101 Du Stektu Drling. A 5 p.c. 100 107 10si at Do W, Dartlepuol tl. and It 100 tits es 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 10s S. Devon Annuities, I a all 9 10 10s Do Tavistoek Anus., 106 all SI 101 10a Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 84 1,0.6. S. East. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 158 st 'Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pe 100 .. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENOE SHARES AND STOOLS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of oach separate yoar at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Ceu. min. 7 p c lOO ... st Do 41 p irredeem all ... at Do 4p c con., issued at 30 65 et Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 st Do New 4 do, 1863 lOO 88 88 86 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 8.3 86 at Great Northern, bp c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 percent. 100 at Do Boston & Stead, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. 5p c 100 st Du Johat perpe. 5p c, 1865 100 88 et at Do do 6p c irred., 1836 100 110 112 20 Do Vale N oath perp. 5p c all st Kent Coast, G per cunt, B IOU 5 Lane. and York: Now 41 per coot till July, 1871 st Loud., Brig Sc., 41 pc, 1853 10U at Do do 4 do, 1360 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 5 do, 1565 lui) at Do No. 6 5 du, 1866 100 et Do No. 7 5 do at Loud , Chat., &c., 23, 6 p.c luo st Do Metrup. Ex., B 6 p.c lOU Do du C 6 r.e et Loudon & N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 st Loudon &S. Weston', 41 p a 100 v 3 95 10 Man. Sher. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 9 91 et Metropolitan 5 ?or cent lOO 100 102 st Midland, Li 5 per cent pref lOO 107 100 at Do B 5 do 100 107 10) 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to ... ... 85} Orcf. Stk., Sept. 1, 180 all 201 21} 18 Do Inconv. New Snares all 19 191 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 24 at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent et Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... Do E ,P.,&Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E. & (1, N 0.2, 5 p.c 100 ... at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 luU st Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c at Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 09 st Do Stock. & Danl., D at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) et North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1853 100 ... at Do b do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 du, 1861 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS Birkenheader cent. Prefer.,, all VS 100 100 91 9:i 100 yi 93 at Chester and Holyhead lOO 41 56 at Do. ei per cent. 08 8 t ot D Bucki n ghamshire 0.41 P 100 117 119 at Do. 6 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... .. at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6 P. c lOO 14 134 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all .., .. a Gt. Easki., Newm., &c., 6 p.c 100 ... . a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 .. ... . at Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 .. . at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Hero: 100 96 g 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 216 at London and Blackwall lOO 9 , 3 95 at Do. 41 per coot lOO ••• ••• at Loudon ' Chat., di c . 41 p. c. 100 ... ... at Du. Coin. Fund, t, do 100 . . at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO .., ... at Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 83 85 at Lowestoft,gua 4 per cent lOO 79 81 st Do. t3' .6 do ... ... at Midland, Bra'uord, Prof lOO 94 91 10 Mid Kent Cray Lia) 107 109 6o Nurthorn& East., 5 per cent all 10 : 0,0)0 1 I 10 \ D ov E o e tt . t,B s t t . o Aii r:t a ii : Tioi . Li ll ; 1,), a , t r iii, t 6 , l .lo e ir i: d o lb :o .p :l t„ ti at t t N N D . st N ottiud. & Cirauth. It. & C IOU 91 03 25 Preston and NV yre all 44 46 ... itop:ion, Hitch., and Shop lOO 132 134 it Stirewattury and Derefora ltto 132 134 It) Do do p a S. Yorksh. and River D un 100 1 , 7 99 D 4 per cent gnu loi 7S 3t) ' at Vict. Station and Pimlico IOU - at West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 14 14 20 Do do B all .., ... 'lO Do do C all ... .. at Weymouth and Portland , 100 ~, ... St Wilts anti Somerset 5:3 DOCIiS. et East and Weatindia lOO 1Z 12 124 I London and St. Katherine lOO 19 51 100 D oDel). stuck, 4 per oeut„ all ~. ... Millwall Freehold Laud et Dock lOO 27 32 et Southampton lOO CIS 70 6t surrey Octravorcial , 190 1081 1091 j JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Bueinese Shared NAME. ~ ' Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A fall 101 11 10,1 10 Do 8.., • ..... lO 3/ 4 50 Albion l5 111 e 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 231 24/p 21 20 Anglo-Ilnugarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm.... ,„. 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 23 Batik of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of Ncw Zealand all 151 161 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, end China all 25 Chartered Merc. of India. London, and China all 20 City 100 Colonial 25 10 Consolidated, lint. 4 50 Delhi and Loudon, lint 50 East Loudon, Hui 5 20 English and Anvi-ican, lim 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro, lim 20 English, .-. coltish, and Aus tralian Chartered .4 all 284 Hong liong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 281 Do new lll 100 Imperial, lim .............. 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 25 lonian all 25 Do new Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 100 Do sp. c. Debs.l:i6l, 30 all 76 100 London Bank, of Ilexieo and South America, lim. 20 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 43 20 Do new 71 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart. of Australia all 20 London and County 2O 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll London Joint 5t0ck......„ London and South African al 100 London & S.-Westeru, lint, 20 50 London & Venezuela, Him l2l 100 Loudon and Westminster 2O 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 prja~ 100 Merchant, lint 10 Metropolitan, lim. 00 Midland, lint 2O 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool lim. 15 • 00 National Pruvine. of Eng'd 42 10 Do . 42 50 National.. 39 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint lO 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do new. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 25 Union of Australia all 100 Union of Ireland, line 50 Union of Loudon is 19 U 2 84 10 It 101 :16 37 421 91 21 11 pr 1p IGi 161. 36 33 4 5 15 [6 ty 21 1 19 I'2 6 3 3i 31 76 SO 5 4 35 30 h 4i 11 13 511 11 2 p 231 2it 49i 601 481 1 • iii 82} 8 9 9 13 11 ••• 671 Sii 501 6j .5i 71 if lj I Bd 1p - ... ... 141 ... ... 411 41 43 41 42 61 bi 90 92 II IS S 46 4i se 371 :1} TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 1U Ang,io-Ainerican lei., tau ail 191 2ul 20 4 ---7- - -% - : 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., lint.... 10 1:1 171 17 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 141 151 et Do. S per cent. et B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 178 183 st Electric dc Inter. Telegraph 100 2581 263 10 Do. New 8 12 Up 25 Indo-European Tel., lint lO 13 pr 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all 31 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 10 Moditerra. Eaten. Tel. , lint an GI 74 25 Reuter's Telegram all 79 81 20 Societe Transatlant., lint all 16 161 16 I et Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 11, SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., Urn all 7 fi 5 Do. 1U per cent. Pref all it 5 p MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Auglo-Mexican Mint all 151 16 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lien. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 3 .5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 131 113 10 Do. New all 111 15 100 Bolekow Vaughan, lien. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 4 1/ id 50 British American Laud 44 11 17 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 33 20 British Ship Owners 74 .. .. 29 Canada Company 10 Canadian Loan and Invest - all 6;i L 6 ment, lim 2l .. ..- 20 Ceylon Company, lint. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 9 51 41d 30 City of Milan Improv. lim. all f, 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lint all 50 City Offices, lim 25 23 22 d 124 50 Colonial, lim. Do 4 ... 50 Commercial lJnion (Assur) 5 pr 4 p 51 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint. 3 2 1 d 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 20 '27 25 Copper Miners of England, prof. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 43 per cont. all 1031 1011 100 Do. 1879, 43 per cent. all 1011 1051 100 Do. 1882, 44 per cent. all 103 104 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 21 21 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim. 10 31 '23d at Crystal Palace lOO 21 24 at Do. Preference lOO 95 100 st Do. 6p. c Pet 'Ritual Deb. 109 107 112 20 Darjeeling, lint. 10 Eastern Assam, lim. 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irri,ga. & Canal all .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Gua. by Egypt. Goy all] 911 t•i:1 4 .41 5 1 91) Ezyptian Cunt. & Trad. lint e .. .. 3 Eng.& Austral. Copper, lint 23 3 3 15 English end Foreign Credit 71 41 3/d 100 Eng. and Scot. 11 urine, lint. 6 ... ...d 10 Fair/mina Engineering 5 3 '2il 20 Fure-streetWArcliousc,liin l2 1 2 p 161 100 For. & Cul. Coy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B3 all 83 20 50 Gallivant, lint 10 General Credit & Dis., lint 71 14 1,1 6j L.) .. 0 ,, • 50 Home uor Marinerxn. 1 0 zt , c(t 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 124 11 13 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar - seilles, lim. 20 Interna.Finaueial Soc. lim 5 2 1 a 20 Interna. Laud Credit, lira 6 6 44 50 Italian Land 5 ld p 20 'ltalian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 3 1 100 Do. 6 p. C. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 67 69 50 Land Securities, lim 2l 14 25 London African Trading lO 7 5(1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 ...d 10 London County Land and Building, lint 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 22 21 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibua.Co.lim. all 2 2 5 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 21 IGd 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine '2 4d Pr at Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gua. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 1 04 108 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1int...... ll 11 4d 50 Merchant Shipping, lint a ll 32 37 60 31illwall Iron Works, lint. 124 ... ..• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 105 11 1 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 10 National Steam Ship, lint all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, Rm. 6 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint. 3 5 New Quebrada, lim 4.8.0 25 New Zealand Loau & Mer cautile Agency,lim 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lira 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint. 5 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., lint lOO 60 North Brit. & Mercan. In 65 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll 5 Oriental Gas, lint 5 Do. New 1 10 Otago and Southland In. vestment, lint *5 Ottoman Gas, lim 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint 5 Do. do. et Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 50 Do. New 1867 lO 60 Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New 2 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lint. all Do. Gas, lim all 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref lOO Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO Societe Gen.do l'Empire Ot 8 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim 6 25 South Australian Land 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 20 Thames and Mersey Marino (Insurance), lim 2 20 Trinidad Petroleum, Um B5 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 10 Do do. do. all ••• •.• p 20 Trust & Loan Co. , U . Canada 6• , p 50 Union Marine L'p eol, lim 5 ti 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 21 15 United Discount C or p ., lim 6 14 _ 20 Universal Marinean.), lim g Id p 30 10 Van Upper Assam i einap Tea, lint all 14 2 'a Land 284 6 7 100 Viceroy of Egyp t, 7 p er cent. (Mortgage) L o an a ll 79 80 814 50 Warrant Finance , lit r l2 11 led 60 West India a nd PaciAe Steam, lim 2O 5 3 20 WestLond on Wha r v es and 10 Warehouses •.• ••• 101 31 3d lid 4j 41 IF U 11 7 5 9 8 48 53 iv 19f 13 14 7 8 i 1 1 , Id Ip 11 21 31 34 6 48 itlj 2 29 61 7 18 19 24 ',29} 281 48 51 78 83 7 6d 2f 8 33 34 29 29i 331 I 2f 3 •• I ''p COLOMAL GOVXRNMIGNT SECURITIE6 - British Columbia, 6 per 100 - Do. 180 5 .. lOO -.. 100 1041 1071 1671 I - Do. 6p. o Teb, Aug.. •• 100 102 2 0 1 - Do. sp. Afar. & Sept lOO 102 10 4 - Do. J an. & July lOO 921 03i - Do. p. c. Inscrib ed sk lOO go 92 - J uly - Cape (1. Hope. 6 P. 0 .187 3.• 10 0 102 101 - Do.Apl.&oo MO-1900 lOO 111 113 - Do. do 1880-90.• 100 107 109 - Do. Jan.&July, 1891 - Do. 6 per oent. 16 April and 16 Oct., 1900 lOO 98 100 - Carlon. Nov 1878, do. o P•r*- 100 108 110 - Do. 1872, hlauritlua, 6 p. 0, 1873,- - Jan. and July - Do. 1978 ........ 100 105 icc - 1) 0 .1882,May and Ncx.3- 00 108 108 - Do. 1895, Feb. & 108 ids , 3 - 51*.lbourtie Corporate., - Iso7-75, it per wit •.• • ICO 100 100 - N . umov,6 p.o.Ja.kJuly.• 100 103 104 - Natal 6 p et, Apl & Oct OO __, • Do 8p c. 51,ty & Nov 1.5.0 106 108 - N. S. NV. 5 p •c., '7l to '76 lOO Sto 101 102 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896... 100 09 100 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 - N. Zealand. 6p. (3.1891 lOO _ - Do. 6 per cent.... - Do Jan, Aprl, July, Oct- lOO 91 92.1' 931 , - Do 0p c. Mar & Sept '9l lOO 108 110 - Do June & Deo., 1891 • 100 lotl i ll - jDo Prov. Auckld. j ICO - 'cries 1 &2, 1e95... - NOV* Scotia 6p. c.J an - and Jnly, 1875 ...... , - Do 1856 .. DO 10 - Qu..enslnd. 3p. c. 'Bt.C.. 100 507 1031 _- Do 1691 ...... • • 100 107 EN - Tasmanian 6 pare L 895.. 107 109 - Do tBO3 97 ...... 100 leB 109 •-• Victoria 6 per cent.lB9l.. 100 • D9 l Aprilaucl Cootimifia•:Vil SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. - The Saturday Review does not commit itself to anything like an entire, or, indeed, to any approval of the mission, or to any eulogy on its successes ; partly because we know very little about the ono, and perhaps should differ with a good many people as to the standard by which such suc cesses should be measured. If it be urged—as in the true spirit of his school it has been urged by a correspondent of that pious and charitable journal the Record—that the whole of this sudden and pretended zeal for souls is a mere sham, and that the mission is nothing more than a cloak for Ritualism, we connot disprove this, of course; but in the interests of society there will be many ready to say that, if chasubles and genuflexions do reduce the ranks of thieves and harlots, chasubles and genuflexions are a very cheap and easy mode of diminishing the dangerous classes. If, as the Recordites say, they and their fathers have been for nearly a century preaching out of the very book from which the missionaries have at last stolen a leaf, they must admit that they have been reviving to very little purpose, and that they may as well let other people take an innings. It will be asked, What is to come of it all, supposing the mission to have been as successful as it is said to bo ? What are the means to be adopted to retain this sudden and spasmodic grasp upon the irreligious? We know perhaps as little as its promoters know. The pro moters of the mission, if we may give them credit for com mon sense, do not suppose that they are going to change all London by a religious coup de main. They do something, only they do it is an extraordinary and emphatic way ; and anyhow they preach conversion without the aid of souping and coal-and-bread tickets. One consideration suggested by this mission is sufficiently remarkable. The cry has been for more liberty, more elasticity in the Church. Why ; if half of tho proceedings which we are told have just been permitted in London churches really occurred, liberty and licence and authority are mere fallacies. Con fessional boxes are set up in churches, and openly used— open-air processions, crosses, banners, and the Stations are a matter of course. Forms and ceremonies, services, lectionaries, devotions—all are developed all of a sudden, and in all sorts of ways, out of nobody knows who's inner consciousness; and all aro done in the publio services of the Church. And this while it is felt, and half acknow ledged, that if all this is a success—and it will be very diffi cult to show that it is not a success to those who are resolved that it shall be a success—authority is powerless, even if disposed, to resist it. This—not the particular things professed or done—is really the revolutionary character of the Twelve Days' Mission. The Spectator hardly knows whether the election of O'Donovan Rossa for the county of Tipperary, or the un bounded elation of the Tory papers at that event, is the more discreditable to those who are responsible severally I for these political phenomena. O'Donovan Rossa is a Fenian convict—remarkable, we believe, among his fellow prisoners only for the violence with which he has conducted himself since he was immured—and he has been elected in Tipperary by an organised system of terror. Threats of assassination—the great implement of Irish disaffection, which that " man of peace," Father Ryan, regards with so humorous a complacency—have been freely circulated against those who should vote for Mr. Heron, the ultra- Liberal candidate who did not preach rebellion. The result has been remarkable. Were net the better Irish moral cowards in shrinking so weakly from popular displeasure, in sheaving so little of the courage which, buoyed up by principle, can calmly brave even the curses of fellow-men, the worse Irish would not be, as they are, bullies, and even ruffians. It is the shrinking of the better class from the duty of giving pain which fosters in the unscru pulous the habit of hectoring, as well as finds it so many golden opportunities for successful enterprise. It is impos sible to deny that the success of the Fenians in gagging the mouths of two-thirds of the electors of Tipperary by the use of terror, is a grave symptom of the social and poli tical disease under which Ireland is still suffering, and has been suffering so long. Men who do not dare to be loyal to those whom they themselves know to be their true friends—whose courage is only equal to abstaining from the poll altogether rather than vote against their true friends—are not men to whom it is safe to entrust the power of self-government. In point of fact, we do not believe a word of the rubbish about the failure of Mr. Gladstone's policy in Ireland. That policy is, no doubt, passing through a trying phase of its history. It has to prove to all Ireland that it is not a policy of fear and dismay, but simply and solely one of spontaneous justice; that, as the Government would not be deterred from just reform by the howl of the Tories or the ultra-Protestants, so now they will not be deterred from firm resistance to sedition and anarchy by the howl of the Fenians or the threats of Catholic priests. The Government must gain the full respect of both parties by its steadiness of policy, its resolute adherence to justice in spite of the loudest menaces on either side, before it can hope to see the fruits of a policy at once so noble and so difficult. The John Bull seeks to draw what consolation it can from the judgment of the Primate. Nothing would have pleased us better than the Archbishop's assurance that Dr. Temple (whom ho has known for thirty years) •`is an earnest and intelligent believer in all the great doctrines set forth in our Prayer-book and Articles," if his Grace had but imparted somo of the evidence on which he has arrived at this conviction. 'Unfortunately the Archbishop, lika - all the rest of - Dr. Temple's friends, - in eon:tout assume the exact point in dispute. Dr. Temple's principle is that no principle is at stake. It matters little whether a man is orthodox cr heterodox. He proposes to dispel sus picion not by sheaving his belief in Christian dogma, but by the energy with which he will give himself to Christian work. By this he expects to conquer. Ho is so confident of victory that he can assure his agitated correspondents in the diocese it will be " all right " the moment he gets amongst them. The Archbishop's hopes for the future then seem hardly better grounded in out side evidence than his conclusions from the past. He was disappointed before, and he may be disappointed again. Let us hope not ; true, there is every reason to expect it, but pray let us hope. Let us believe Dr. Temple orthodox; he has given reason to suspect the contrary; he has refused to purge himself ; perhaps he will some clay, per haps he will not; he accepts nobody's advice, and sanctions nobody's assurances; but let us believe in him. The Arch bishop is satisfied ; what is the use of saying more ? When it is considered, says the Economist that agricul ture engages half the French people, it is evident that the treaty is only alleged to have injured a fraction of the nation. As the assertion of injury is besides only partial, even as regards the trades affected, the complaints become very attenuated indeed. At best they can be but a com paratively small matter to set against the improvements in every other direction which have resulted. It must be remembered that the French Treaty was expected to have two different effects in France—certain trades were to be exposed to English competition in return for the freer ad mission of French products to England. But in fact the latter effect is far the most conspicuous. The pressure of competition has been very little in spite of the inquiry or dered, as is shown incidentally by the small imports from England, and might be easily shewn more in detail . ; but so patent is the benefit from the other change that no inquiry it even suggested as to the disappointment of the industries which were to have a larger market in England, The Treaty is therefore to a large extent accepted without question. The French have got the outlet they wanted, and they have not sustained the injury anticipated. It would be hazardous to predict that there will be no return to protection in France, though we certainly expect none. Sympathy with a distressed producer is a dangerous feeling, and a beginning may easily be made which would lead to protection all round. The best hope however is in the strength of French industry, which does not need protection, and the insignificance of the population which complains of competition. Protection to be worth any thing at all can of course only be given to some at the expense of others, but to be obtained, a large class with strong political power must have their self-interest en listed in its favour. It is not given exclusively to one or two out of many trades. And in France the self-interest of the manufacturing class as a rule is not arrayed against the policy, while the masses of the community gain by it. The Saturdaylßeview thinks that if M. Rochefort's vanity is of that voracious order which can feed on publi city of any and every kind, he must be thoroughly con tented with his position. At this moment he is the best talked-of man in Europe. The more profound is the con tempt people feel for his character and antecedents, the more are they exorcised to account for the fact of his election. It is discussed in its relation to Paris, to France, to the Emperor, to the Third Party, to the Left, to the Irreconcilables. Those who think him really dangerous aro perhaps few, but this admission does but make the problem why ho was returned a degree or two harder to work out. If N. Roche fort were a Danton or a Marat his popularity would be intelligible, for even the warmest supporters of the Empire do not profess to wonder that the First Circumscription has returned a champion of revolution. It is his shortcomings that make the puzzle. The question of most immediate interest is the effect the el etions will produce on the Emperor's own mind. They have told him plainly enough that Paris love; hint no bett , l• in November than she did in May. if be has cherished any illusion en this point. Rny hope that the lesson of the spring elections bad been misread, and the implacabil it y of the capital exaggerated, it is dispelled now. But, unfortunately, more than one inference may be drawn from this fact, and on the choice the Emperor makes between them the future of France may in a great measure depend, The men who originally wished to give Napoleon 111. a warning may fairly ask for some evidence that it has been attended to beyond the mere surmises of ingenious jour nalists. The wilful prorogation of the Corps L6gislatif, the still more wilful postponement of its re-opening, aro per fectly consistent with the th eor y that the Emperor is only playing with his subjects. Till he puts the honesty of his intentions beyond question he cannot expect to con vert unbelievers. The experiment of concession has not yet been fairly tried, and therefore, whatever !neat gur LA IV INTELLIGENCE—('this Day). JUDGES' CHAMBERS. An application was made to -day in Vice- Chancellor Malin's Chambers on behalf of Mr. C. Evans that his name should be struck off the list of contributories of the Imperial Land Company of Marseilles. It appeared that he had been allotted 50 shares, that he had signed the memorandum of association of the company, and that he sub sequently applied for 100 shares and received the same; but according to applicant's statement it was with the understaneing that the 50 shares ;3hould be merged and included therein. Mr. GaskJ l , from the firm of the solicitors for the official liquidators, suggested that the application should stand over And come on with other applica tions of a similar nature, ,and the Chief Clerk ordered accordingly. The application inade last Thurs day to the Vice-Chancellor in court on the part of the official liquidators of the company respecting claims to the amount of £37,000, againet Messrs. Albert Grant and Frederick Heritage, stands over until Thursday, the Ist proximo. POLICE IN EIVCE.—Mts Day. MARLBORO UGH- STREET. A BATCII OF TILL TIIIETES.—John Christy, 11, John Lamont, 11, and Edward Ray, 14, were charged before Mr. Newton with stealing money from the till of Mr. John Humphrey, greengrocer, of No. 36, Upper Marylebone street. Mr. Humphrey, having proved that his till was stolen on the evening cf the 19th inst., a boy named Bennett gave evidence of seeingehristy run out of the prosecutor's shop with something and join the other prisoners, and then run away. He went after the prisoners, but lost them; and last ufght seeing Lamont took him back to the shop, when he admitted having taken the till, and the other prisoners were taken into custody by Sergeant Head, 2 E. Christy said the witness had some of the money, and that they had been told by him to take the till, but that the witness denied. .-., Sergeant Head said the boys had told him that they had been to other shops in the neighbourhood and committed robberies, which on inquiry he found to be true. Mr. Newton remanded Lamont and Ray for a week, when they will be sent to Felthsu, and Christy was sent to Ilford School for five years. THAMES. JACK ON A LEE SgortE.—William Angus, aged 21 years, a seaman, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself. A more deplorable object than the prisoner. presented was uover seen in a police court. He was covered with mud and filth. His only covering was a flannel shirt, trousers, and stockings. He had been robbed of all his money, the remainder of his clothes and his papers, and was picked up on a dung heap in Stepney. But for the humanity of the police he would have perished. Mr Paget asked the prisoner how ho came to be in such a dreadful condition, to which he replied that he came from Melbourne to Liverpool in the ship Iron Duko six weeks ago, and was paid off with .£l5, the greater portion of which he spent in London. He got drunk last night, and some loose women robbed him of his money and clothes. Mr. Paget said the prisoner was an improvident and most imprudent man, and had got rid of .£45 in six weeks. Re advised him to go to sea again as soon as possible, and be more provident with his money in future. The unfortunate man, shivering and scarcely able to walk, and barefooted, crept out of court. A GAEG OF JUVENILE T I:MINIM—Jacob Hannaford, aged 10 years, Gerald Edward Fryer, 14, William Leonard, 12, Walter Robinson, 11, and John Cuote alias Coates, were brotight before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing two kettles from outside the shop of Mrs. Ann Reed, of No. 113, Crisp-street, Poplar. The prisoners belong to a des perate set of juvenile offenders, who' have been continu ally plundering tradesmen for a long time past. They took two heavy kettles from Mrs. Reed's shop, and de camped so hurriedly that they dropped the lids of the kettles in the streets. The prisoners wore taken into custody soon afterwards, and Hanna ford said I only took one kettle." Leonard said " I did not take any, but Coates took some." Coates eaid "Fryer put him up to it;" and all the boys criminated each other. Mr. Paget was afraid the prisoners were a lot of young villains, and remanded them for a week. The mothers of the boys, who appeared to be comfort able, well-dressed, and in good circumstances, plead hard for the liberation of their " dear boys," and amongst them was Mrs. Coates, a fat and vulgar woman, who for many years has boon a fighting woman in Poplar, and been con victed repeatedly for assaults and disturbances. Mr. Paget—All the prisoners will be kept in prison for a week. WESTMINSTER. A SAD CASE.—lienr; Pratt, a gentleman's servant, was charged with bring drunk and knocking at the door of Mr. Burr, 4, Arthur-street, Knightsbridge. Mr. Burr said the prisoner came at half-past two in the morning, and knocked at the door. He asked for Mr. Johnson, a lodger, and was refused admission on the ground of his drunkenness. Witness went to bud, and in live minutes prisoner came back and resumed the kn °ek ing, so that witness was compelled to give him in charge. tr., had a cfiluable gold watch and chain, and owner about him, and witness did not consider lam of 801111 a Mr. Johnson, the lodger, said be knew little of the pri soner, except that ho was a nice man, and as good a fellow as ever broke the world's bread," but he was very plausible, and those people would deceive the very elect. (Laughter.) He had been iu the workhouse and a mad house, and had been remanded from this court to inquire into his sanity. Inspector Parnals said the prisoner was frequently brought drunk to the station with a great deal of valuable property about him; the last time he was here a clergy man took him home. Priscner, in a peculiarly excited state, begged to be al lowed to go home. Mr. Johnson said prisoner's brother was butler to his Highness the Maharajah Duleep Sing, and prisoner went to a situation at Oakingdon Grange, Oakham, Rutland last week, but witness supposed he got drunk and left. Mr. Selfe remanded prisoner for s a week, directing that he should be seen to at the prison, and requesting also that his friends might be communicatud, with. FIRES AND LOSS OF LIFE. (THIS DAY.) This morning Captain Shaw reported to the Metropolitan Board of Works nine tires that had taken place during the past few hours. The fol loss ing, however, were only deserving of being pub licly recorded, the others being of a trifling cha racter : About two o'clock this morning a fire of a very destructive character, by which the lives of several persons were jeopardised, happened in the extensive toy manufactorylbelonging to Mr. J. B. Roby, 58, Driflield-road, Roman-road, Old Ford. The flames originated in the basement from some un known cause, and rapidly extended to other rooms, and finally broke through the roof. So rapidly did the flames travel that the inmates had the greatest difficulty in escaping, and as it was they were nearly blinded with smoke. The engines and Lon don Salvage Corps quickly attended, and plenty of water having been obtained from the East London Company's main, the firemen succeeded in extin guishing the flames, but the premises and their con tents were for the greater part destroyed. A fire of a calamitous character, unfortunately attended with fatal consequences, happened in the private residence of Mr. W. Smith, 6, Knights bridge-green. From all that can be learned, it appears that a child named Alfred Simpson, aged three years and two months, had been staying at Mr. Smith's, and on Friday night was to sleep on the sofa bedstead in the second floor back ; a fire being left burning in the stove of the same room. After some time the inmates were alarmed at finding smoke issuing from the room in which the child was sleeping. Search was immediately instituted, and upon entering the room it was found that the sofa, a portion of the flooring, the skirting, and a num ber of light articles were in flames, and the unfor tunate child was lying obscured by smoke on the burning sofa. By a desperate effort some of the persons rushed through the fire and heated smoke and pulled out the child, but, unfortunately, it was quite dead, having been suffocated, but not much burned. The engines were soon on the spot, and by the exertions of the firemen and plenty of water the fire was prevented from reach►ng any other parts of the building. It is supposed that a spark flew out of the grate and lighting upon the sofa caused the unfortunate occurrence. BREAKFAST.— EPPS'S COCOA.— GRATEFUL AND COM FORTING. —Tlio very agreeable character of this prepata.- tion has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazelle remarks : —" The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa has a never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap plication of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled JAMES Errs and Co., 11.0a000pathig cluNxtiktla, London. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This CITY BETTING.—Tms DAT. METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE. 6to 1 agst Pearl Diver (wanted) 6to 1 agst Brick (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Gardener (taken and wanted) 10 to 1 agst Globule (taken and wanted) 100 to 8 agst Scarrington (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Tusculanum (offered) 20 to 1 agst Snowstorm (offered) 50 to 1 agst Albrighton (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7 to 2 agst Sunshine (offered) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Kingcraft (taken) 20 to 1 agst Bridgewater (taken) WARWICK RACES-YKSTEBD•T. FOURTH NURSERY. Free Trade Oruiskeen Rover Ten ran. BRADGATE CUP. Lily Lord Hawthorn amropagno Charlio _ len ran. MATCH. Playmate beat rrimula. GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. Scipio Fan Snowstorm HANDICAP PLATE. Truth ..,.. •• 1 Hollywood .•• 2 Diono Nine ran. SELLING STAKES. Royal Lad 2 Parma Romauce 3 Eleven ran. WELTER HANDICAP. Cast-Off ..... ... Dark ie 2 Pantaloon Eight ran. WINDING-UP HANDICAP. Amaranth colt . • ••• nobespierro Darkie Five ran. ACCEPTANCES FOR THE GRANDM ETROPOLI TAN STEEPLECHAS WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1. Age st lb • al2 7 ▪ a 11 5 ... a 11 2 ~,all 2 ▪ 511 0 „511 0 a 10 12 . 6 10 12 a 10 10 Age sr lb Scarrington (h b)... 6 10 10 Pretentaine 11(p ft) 5 10 9 Knave of Trumps e 10 7 Albrighton ... 10 5 Comus ... a 10 5 Planet ... a 10 4 Rook the Gardener a 10 4 Chevy Chase ... 610 0 Colours ... ... 510 0 Pearl Diver Brick .. Philosopher Gardener ... Roving Maid Q.O. ••• Tusculannm Snowstorm Globul ... HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. Nov. 6, at 9 a.m., all Mr. Hodgman's horses, except Van Amburgh for the Hawkstone Welter Cup, out of all en gagements at Shrewsbury handicapped to date. Nov. 20, at 2 p.m, Q. C., oat of Warwick Steeplechase Handicap. Nov. 22, at 9 a.m., Salliet, out of the Guy Cup, War wick. Nov. 22, at 9 a.m., Kaupai, Bushbury, Salvation, Visage, Vestminster, and Van Amburgh, out of Warwick engage- ments. Nov. 22, at 9 a.m., Greenland, out of Grand Steeple chase, Warwick. Nov. 22, at 9 a.m., Maesderwen, out of all handicaps published in last Calendar. Nov. 22, at 0 30 p.m., Mars, out of Warwick engage ments. Nov. 23, at 9 a.m., Greenland, Lopez, and Seringapatam, out of Warwick engagements. Nov. 23, after 7 p.m., Prouesse, Honolulu, and Anglo- Saxon, out of Croydon engagements. RACING FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Derby 10, 11 1 Newton... 25, 2G Harrow 17, 18 I _ . _ MARCH. Nottingham 1, 2 1 Epsom 29, 3C Liverpool B, 9, 10 Bromley 81, .April 1 I Warwick 22 , 23 21 • • • APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 I Lewes • 26, 27 West Drayton 7, 8 I Croydon 28, 2J Newmarket Craven Its to 21 Newmarket Ist S 1 toslllarpondon 20, 21 Ch es t er lO to 13 I Bath 24, 25 Winchester 10, 11 I Stamford 26, 27 Salisbury l2, 13 1 Croydon 26, 27 York 17, 18 I Epson 31 to Junel Doncaster Li, 20 1 JU: Croydon 8, 9 Manchester • 8,9, 10 I Ascot Windsor 14 to 17 21, 22. JU "NE. Newton 22, 23 Ilaznpton 23, 24 I /3ibury Club 29 July 1 -LY. Newmarket 5 to 8 Nottingham l2, 18 0 helmsf ord 12, 13 12, 13 /leading AU( West Drayton l4, 15 Huntingdon l9, 20 Kingsbury 21, 22 Goodwood 26 to 29 UST. Stockton 17 to 19 Oxford. 18, 19 York 28 to 25 Plymouth 25, 2 Derby 30 31 Weymouth 80, 31 MBER. Richmond 2O, 21 Western Meet. (Ayr) 21, 23 Hendon 22, 23 Newmarket Ist 0ct..27 to 30 _ _'OBER. Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2nd 0ct..10 to 14 Leicester .... 6, 7 Cheltenham 18, 19 Bromley 43, 7 1 Newmarket H0t'n...24 to 29 N 0 VEMBER. 2, 3 Brihton Brighton Club 4 Lewes 5, 6 9 Egham , 10 11, 12 Windsor 16, 17 Bromley SEPT. Warwick .... 6 , 7 Abingdon 8, 9 Doncaster l3 to 16 Hampton 20, 21 00' Liverpool Bto 11 Shrewsbury. 11 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 25, 26 Derby - - 0 8 : 1 1. 1 1 A . 1 1 :N c a e a r w r t ° . own Liverpool ...............8, 9, 17) - 111romley 81 and April 1 W es t Somerset ......... 16 ,17 Claeltentiam...Bl and April 1 Warwick 22 to 21 LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. DOWNING-STItEET, Nov 25. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Mitchell Jenkins, Esq., to be Colonial Surveyor of her Majesty's Settlement of Sierra Leone, sn the Western Coast ( f Erica. MARKETS.-7his Day. LIVERPOOL COTTON. ivoy. 27.—Sales probably 12,000 bales., The market iuiet. A NEW POLICE ORDER.—A circular order has just been issued by Colonel Henderson, from the head quarters of tho police force in Scotland-yard, London, to all the officers in charge of the different sections of police divisions within the metropolitan district. It requires a return to be made out and sent in to the receiver of all the police stores, showing the estimated numbers of pairs of boots, shoes, leggings, &c., likely to be required by the men at each station during the next year, it being the intention of the authorities to employ convict labour throughout Great Britain in future in the manufacture of all the boots and shoes required by the police force within the metro politan district. The troopship Orontes, 2, Captain Henry Phelps, left Plymouth Sound on Thursday evening for North America. The screw steamship Revenge, 73, Captain F. A. Hume, went ou Thursday afternoon from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound, where she saluted the flag of Port Admiral Sir 11. J. Coclrington, K.C.B. She is bound to the Pacific station to receive the crew of th e Zealous, 20, flag of Admiral A. Farquhar. The non-commissioned officers and men com prising the 2d division, depot brigade, Royal Artil lery, at Woolwich, will shortly remove from their present quarters in the Royal Artillery Barracks to the handsome building lately used as the Royal Marine Infirmary, a portion of which is now being prepared for their occupation. At this time, when the principles and practice of co operative societies engross so large a share of attention, it may be well that Messrs. Parkins and G otto should remind the no bility and gentry that they have tor the last twenty years adopted the practice of buying the best goods in large quantities direct from the manufacturers, marking every article in plain figures, and retailing them at the smallest possible profit for ready money; and where, from distance or other causes, cash pay ments have been impossible, they have never increased the price of the articles delivered. They respectfully solicit an inspection of their stock, consisting of portrait albums, writing-eases, dres sing-cases, dressing-bags, despatch boxesl envelope-eases and blotting-books, inkstands, desks, stationery cabinets, ornamental goods, purses, pocket books, cigar-cases, reticules, opera-glasses, scent-cases, smelling-bottles, electro-gilt and elegantly-mounted articles—in fact, an endless variety of articles to suit every taste, purpose, and pck.et.—Parkine and (lotto, 24 and 25, Oxfsird , *trot, W. ic. old 'rovl , 383 P 3B ' yer- S'orr idea for !7. :. do ng- - 'bleb !anal dal o ►ss ed that ishes the and ) de' if ter' ided g) . t will le 0