The Sun. — London, England, 1869-10-08 00:00:00

NALS. ken at the .e en murder depositions e testimony e imagined x time had guilt or the any time to that all the w that the No doubt Le prisoner. E himself all the wrong• l wife, and of taking Dunn wh ° :oyd. 3 " / his impres' led by the ,quirt' VI ) evidence of ourned the hat further tg, however, was clearly :n in conk sole, of tha gono to ndlorda 01 1 they re" t oo, which ler journal no par ed purehaseaf from totr o on's threats xhibited of or doubting at that the received 0 and speak s remains t° 1 be earned aggravated ,C 0 hits' le All tsl lA' 0 aro° • con° li , An of ru i s'' ss " , 13,0 711b A t lie Id ig c oo eyr it ploo3op pos ito e sCrli°' t the Velo, A j sie U 4 0 o rito bo EIS 000 be a nn 8 , 1 sta! I h e a s r ec .o 11 1' tlr i P e rbi' 4 ie ,,tioni th e oent ° raia o peaco, tloli ra tf I'o i ll" 009 MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business on the Stock Exchange continues good, and prices are mostly higher than last evening. Consols remain steady at about yesterday's final quotations. Foreign Bonds show a recovery of 1 ill Spanish, but otherwise there is no change of im portance, although the tone continues firm. Consols are now at 931 to 931 for money ; ditto, for Ac.;ount, ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 911 ; New Tlaree per Cents, 911 1 ; ditto Annuities, April, 1885, 111 ; ditto Red Sea Telegraph, 191 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem. ; June, prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, 4 prem. par ; June, 7 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 238 9. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1141 131; ditto 4 Per Cent., Oct., 1888, ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 28 prem. In the Foreign Market there has been a recovery of / in New Spanish Three per Cents., to 261 27. Italian Five per Cents. are 521 521 ; Turkish Five Per Cents., 421 421 ; Mexican Bonds, 121 121 ; Greek Bonds, 91 10k; and the Honduras Railway Ten per Cent. Loan is 82 83. In the Railway Market prices continue firm. Great Northern Original stock has risen fully 1 per cent., 105 to 106 ; ditto (A), 1, 1021 to 103 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 124 to 1241; and Sheffields, at 531 to 531, also show a rise of 1 ; and Metropolitan, at 891 to 90 ; South Eastern at 77/ to 771 ; North Western at 1161 to 1161 ; and Brighton at 441 to 45, are 1 better than last evening. Caledonians are 821 to 82/ ; Great Eastern, 3671 to 371 ; Great Western, 55 to 551; Midland, 1171 to 117 ; Chatham, 161 to 161. American Five-Twenty Bonds have improved to 84 841-; and the Ten-Forties are + higher, at 7 51 76i. Illinois Central Railway Shares have peclined 1, to 934 94} ; and Eries are unchanged, at 231 to 23i. Anglo-American Telegraph shares remain at 20} to 20g. French Cables have receded j, to 16} to 1 7i ; and Constructions are 2s. Gd. better, at 294 to 30. The corn market at Mark-lane was very dull this morning, with a downward tendency in prices. The arrivals of foreign wheat in London are heavy, There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The Bank of France return this week shows a further diminution of £152,000. It has been erroneously reported that the con templated Turkish loan had been definitively ar ranged at Paris. The affair is still pending. Letters from Alexandria of the 28th of September to indicate a diminution of confidence in the ?Peeing of the Suez Canal for immediate traffic. The Inauguration on the 17th of November is fully looked for, and it is also expected that ships will then pass through f rom sea to sea, b ut t h ere aro persons w h o boldly assert that 18 months will be required be fore the work will be in a condition for the regular °Perations of commerce. A Liverpool firm arc alleged to have se n t an agent expressly to survey de pth report, and according to his account the of water throughout the canal is very un -I'lll4. "An Egyptian corvette recently went up a short distance and stuck fast, but in anticipation of such a mishap she had been sent stern fore -1114t) and so came back without difficulty." In esti mating the value of these views, however, the Isa.flare of tha many previous prognostications of difficulties must not be forgotten. I, is announced that the firm of Messrs. Stringer, le inbroke, and C o ., o f A us ti n -f r i a rs, has gone into li quidatio n , and that a new partnership has been f ormed, by the introduction of Mr. James Gal b,raith, of Glasgow, under the title of Messrs. Galbraith, Stringer, Pembroke, and Co., the busi ness to be continued at the same address. The 'env partnership includes the several individual Partners of the old film. In the Mincing-lane markets business has been of about the recent average extent, and except that t he cotton market i s wea k er , no apprec i a bl e change has occurred in tone or quotations. The supply of money at the Stock Exchange is !still very plentiful, but there are no borrowers at 1 1 Per cent. The traffic of the Caledonian Railway shows an increase of £1,111; that of the Manchester and Sheffield a decrease of £309, while in the case of th e Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway the decrees 18 £2,117. The return from the Bank of England for the week ended the 6th of Oct. gives the following r e4ults When compared with the previous week /lest ...... : , - .£3 066,9 )8 Decrease... 647,105 °tiler ()points _ deposits 19,642,125 ... Increase ... 2,420,143 4 14 ; the other side of the account : t i: r nnient seeuri- Doles ............. Notes securitie s 16,377,534 ... Decrease ... .19,963 Tb, 8 n uemployed 9,361,090 Decrease ... 82,780 bullion in amount of notes in circulation is £24,265,470, ei ng an increase of £.580,430 ; and the stock of both departments is £19,477,928, showing decr ease of £362,056 when compared with the bra — ` e ecling return. 01 Subjoined is a comparison of the present position alla t be Bank o f E ng l an d an d t h e pr i ces o f C on sols l u4 . Fr ench Rentes with the corresponding week of year Same Week At Present. B Ullion £19,477,928 ... £20,707,942 it esery lfote 8 10,212,458 ... 11,060,030 b .5 6 in circulation 24,265,470 ... 2 , 4,647,912 4 t of discount r itios Pr 93f 941 French Renter The following 411 d b' is the official return of the cheques ti lt Ills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for Week ending Wednesday, Oct. 6 : Thursd a £21,398,000 Friday Y 12,536,000 Saturd ay " . 11 , 0 1iday 14,419,000 1 li c ,, day 11,209,000 W eitteaday 10,668,000 £83,872,000 w O 'CLOCK. 1111LTIIII rlll4l6—T O a (401/BRmaxr Fusns.; 934 4 P;r, Cent. Consols deer44tto for AM:IOU/at, NOT 4 914 4 ~oent. Reduced 314 i i 1.1 0 '• ° per (lent lir2 i Pe Gent. ,)" 1894 Do r OM. _ A, t t.,, per Cen i an.lBe 3 4 44840 expire sth Jan., 1880 — yre, /:/ r,°. for 83 yr_ ja expire sth April 1885 8. 11 4 1, 440 (Red Sea Telek„raph), Aug., 190 . _ pi, Irehequor Hills, 41,000, 24 p. Ct. Ma ch _ it , b e De, 3 do. J une 4pm par 7 Poi .Die tr £lOO, £2OO & £5OO _ 9 13: of England Stook, 441 per Cent 04' glltniug N tl eaa I per Cent. Bonds rilCulonial Uranium 1 (l' 13/41r UOTRUNICINT BROURITIEIS. 11 l B,.eek, 0} per Cent., April 1874 — b v ,.; ukPfUlirig, for Account 1144 1 3 1 o "'• u por Oct 1880 b • 1 1 Per C ent , Oct. 1888 Do, uortificatee — too. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cant...... — b,s: ,per Cent., Jan. 1872_ be b" uj pe but t. May 18e9 4 u Per , Rup. Deb. 1872 1877 — de „ De, 1882 — apt). IL, go n g , 6 per Cent., Aug. 187 3 •••••• 7 8 PM I)'' s, *per Cent £1 000 0. Under cLoOO " ' O'CILO4II. Aro,s roxinort FINDS— TWO 1 . . 1. % Il t i 'Ulna Re public, 6 per Cent ktiall Sonde 6 per cent ~zo la lt 5 per Cent — ' • 11 Do a Per Cont. 1852 — ti 0: d e 1858 ..• .. — °, 4 1860 — D do., 1863 — 0 5 ,-, A er Cent., 1865 -- , - -,ucouut .......... . eueB Ayr° 6 Dent. b o .„ N per Q , 4 per Cent (Deferred 3 per Cont.': 4 e 6 . • Q4u. per Cent RN 6 per Cent 1:2, 1) o°. 3 14 Per Cent... 11 0 . P9r Cent . , ~ .... 103 t , P e r Cent., 1866 0 , o • 0 Per cent. 1867 96i titao.abian, 6 per Cent. bitllise, 3 por Cent 1825 • /)4an Principals, 7 . i:er Cent — k,s Per Cent., 1867 I,gitd3r lea' Consolidated, 1 per Cent 8 31 tik, 7 . 814 R I Per Cent.... t_ ecoed Issue ............... ...~ 45 " Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £lll6 Bonds B7i Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 . ... 77 1 61 Government Railway Debentures GrJex 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups -- Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account .In vtentala's per Cent .. — liondurasdov Rail.Loon.,lop.,Ct.,allpd 821. ttliian 5 per Cent., 1865 ••• -- :to. Account ~ B3} Do Maremnianu Railway — itexicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — uontovideau 6 per Cent. .. — itocrish Imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada — Do 3 per Oen, — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account ., 791 801- Do 4} per Cent. (Ui;barren) Do 41.- per Cent., 1862 • Do Account Portnuese 3 per Ct.,lBA, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,':1 34- 1 Do. do. 1867 .-- Do. do. Scrip, £2O pai,l — Russian 5 par Cent., 1822, X St Do 44 per Cent , 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 'do, Scrip — Do. Ang e lo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondr , Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 92 11- Do. do .£B4 15s do — Do Nicolas Railway 671 Sardinian 5 p©r Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . 2B Do. AccGunt — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive — _ _ Do. Coin. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account — Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 — Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cont.! .. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account 671 8 Do £lOO Bonds 7Ol 70 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 661 1 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent., — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable iu London. Austrian 0 per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2} per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — 1 tnliau 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. •25f. — Do Account 524 I 4 TWO O'CLOOK. Llonsols, Money Do. Account, Nov. 4 93} THE ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR. THIS DAY. The official declaration of the numbers polled for the respective caLdidates were declared to-day in the Guildhall, and the choice of the Livery having fallen on Alderman Besley, the Court of Aldermen ratified the election. In obedience to the call of the meeting, the Lord Mayor Elect (Alderman Besley) came forward and thanked his fellow-citizens for the honour conferred upon him, and trusted that the manner in which he should fulfil the duties of the high office would meet with the approval of his fellow-citizens. Mr. Jones, before the proreedings closed, made one of his usually energetic speeches, which was listened to very impatiently. THE EUROPEAN A SSURANCE SOCIE7 Y. A meeting of the shareholders and policyholders in this company was held to-day at the London Tavern. The proceedings were of a iery animated description, and were principally confined to the proposing of different persons to form a committee to protect the interests of those present. Nothing definite can be done until the hearing of the p3tition presented for the winding up of the com pany by Vice-Chancellor James on Wednesday next. LAW IN2ELLIGENCE.-211i3 Day. -4b---- JUDGES' CHAMBERS. THE MAPLES LAFITTE COMPANY.-"SEVEN" CHANCERY SUITS. Tc-day, at the Chancery Chambers, before Mr. Leman, the Chief Clerk, an application was made in this matter, in which Mr. Harvey Lewis, M.P., was a defendant, for time to answer by one of the defendants. It was stated that there were "seven" Chancery suits in the matter. Some of the defendants had filed their answers and others had not, and the present application required was one month. Mr. Harvey Lewis, it was said, had not answered, and Mr. Wickens, the barrister, could not be in town to settle the question till the 25th inst. For the plaintiffs, expedition was urged, as the matter was im portant, and the case had been some time pending. The Chief Clerk thought that a month's further time should be given to the applicant. Order accordingly. LIST FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO THE METROPOLIS. MUSEUMS. Antiquarian—Somerset House. Admission by application to the secretary Botanic—Royal Botanic Society of London, Regent's park. Admission daily by orders from fellows. Royal Gardens, Kew. Open daily, 1 till 6, free. British—Great Russell-street. Open free on Monday s, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 10 to 4 ; summer months 10 till 7. Closed Ist till 7th January, Ist till 7t1 . 1 May, and Ist till 7th September; also on all thanksgiving days. City—Guildhall. A collection of antiquities, Jcc. 10 ill 5. Geological—Jermyn-street. Open daily (except Fridays) free. India—lndia Office, Charles-street. Asiatic natural his tory, antiquities, Scc. Open free on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, and on Thursdays by orders. King's College—Strand. Anatomy and curiosities. Daily, 10 till 4. Patents—South Kensington. Models and inventions. Open free daily. Royal Institution-21 Albemarle-street. Various objects. Daily, 10 till 5. Royal Military Repository—Woolwich. Models of fortifi cations, cannon, and warlike appliances. Daily, 10 till 4. Royal Polytechnic Institution-309, Regent-street. Scien tific, with lectures. Open daily, till 10 p.m. ls. Soane's-13, Lincoln's-fnn-fields. Antiquities, curiosities, and pictures. Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fri days in April, May, and June ; and Wednesdays from February to August. Admission on application to the Curator: Society of Arts—John street, Adelphi. Inventions, pie tures, curiosities, &c. 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Chiefly Flemish and Dutch Pictures. Open free daily, except Friday. Flaxman Gallery—University of London, Gower-street. Foundling Hospital—Guildford-street. Open Mondays, 10 till 4. - Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall-mall. i s . Greenwich Painted Hall-- Greenwich. Mondays and Fri days free; other days, 4d. Guildhall—City. May be seen cn application to the hall keeper. - Hampton Court Palaco.—The galleries aro open free daily except on Friday. Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. 6d. National Gallery—Trafalgar-square. Open free, Mondays Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. THE SUPPOSED MURDER NEAR STRATFORD.-- This forenoon, Mr. Lewis, coroner for the South-Western Division of Essex, opened an inquiry at the Eagle Tavern, Stratford, New Town, relative to the death of Richard Muston, who was sound dead in a ditch with a stab in his neck. The jury returned a verdict of suicide while of un sound mind. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.-MRS. S. A• ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty-, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth, it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large bottles— Price Six Shillings. Sold by mot Chemists and P ifaluors Depot, 266, High Holborn THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. SHARE LIST. ouDINARY SHAKES AND STOCKS. ihare Railways. Paid. Closing buinneos Prioe. done. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 70 72 et Caledonian --..... 100 821 tin 821 at Cambrian.. 20 Cornwall all 2 3 st Dublin & Belfast June lOO - - st Dun„rerth,te Ab• June 5OO 70 72 2 / East .London all 7 71 10 Do 15 - 22 Do 10 -- - et Glasgow &S. Western lOO 103 105 et Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Angl. 240. 2 lOO at Great North of hoollaud lOO 16 14 at Great Northern ... 100 105 107 1051 at D. A stock-- .. lOO 1021 1031 1024 st Du. 13 5t00k.... lOO .. at (its, and W. ut Ireland.. 100 1/7 id Gt. lcosterii -Original.. 100 55 511 55 •t Do. South Wales luu 55 51 st Do. W. Md.-Oxford lOO 32 14 st Do. Newport lou 40 42 at Laneaahire & Yorkehiru lOO 124 1241 st Lou., Brigh.ot h.Coast lOO 441 46 411 03 Do Scrip - - at I on., Chat., and Dover lOO 104 17 18 117 at Do. sletrop. Ex. A lOO 10 12 at Lou. & North Western luo 1,6 +l6/ 1.61 1 at Lon. st South Western lOO t3ll Mau., Shot., & Lincoln loo 61 131 53 at Metropolitan ...• • at Du Extonsion Do. Now rd all - - at Metropolitan District. all 35 37 35i 10 Metrop. St. John's 11 ood 6 - - at Midland at Do, 13irmin. & Derby st North British 100 Si 35 at Do. 16d., Pth., & Dun lOO - - et Nor.Eastern-Berwick.. 100 1111 1161 1161 25 Do. G. N.E purchase 16.13. 1 - - st Do Leeds .... 100 731 741 731 4 at Do York lOO 1104 1111 st Do Carli.le . - - at Do Stoe e. & Darling lOO 1142 161 at North Loudon 10 Do New 1868 . 4 11 2 p at North Staffordshire . . 100 1 3 / 1 at North ten' Junction 100 101 103 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 •• at Rh, - yinney et bhropshiro Union lOO 57 56 at South Devon'.. at South Eastern lOO 771 771 at Staines,Wok'ham,& Wok all 13 14 et 'tall Vale -- Do. C... - - - Waterford & Kilkenny lOO - - 10 Waterloo & 'Whitehall 6 - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. et Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... .., at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO ... ._ et Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... .., et Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... ... st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 82 at Do. Midland et Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ~, m 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all .., ~, all Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... ... et Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO at (it. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 97 IOJ at Do do N 0.2 100 96 91) at Do do 6 per cent 100 107 110 at Do East Anglian A 5 p.c 100 .., ... at Do do B 6 do. 100 ... ... et Do do C 7 do. 100 ... ... st Do do No. 1 , 5 p.c. 10 0 ... ... at Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 68 72 at "Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 .., ... at Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lB47 100 .., ... st Great Northern, 5 per cent 150 ... ... at p p.c., rd at 10 p • c. pin. 100 .., . Doo 5 4, „ do do do lOU ... ... st Do 5 do at Sp. c. pm. 100 ... ... st Do Leeds, Bradfor d, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO .., ... at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ,„ ... at, Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 94 96 et! G t .West.—Orig.&Jut. - lteut chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 104 106 et Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 et Do do 4 1 per emit. 1850 100 87 81.0 at Do do 4 do do at lA, du 5 per cent. redem 100 36 9S at Do du Birmingham gua 100 ix 7u at Do do du pref... 100 ... ... at Do du Chester gua WO 85 9j at Do do do 8 per cent. 100 ~ „ . . st Do do do 5 do 100 95 10‘ at Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ~, ... at Du do 4 4 Pm lOO ... .., at 110 do 41 1859 lOO ... ... at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. NO 112 115 at 1)o do 2il gua. 100 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 4 p.c. 100 1W 32 st Do do 23 do 100 97 100 at Do gua. 54 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. a ll ... e t Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 134 at Do Barnsley, £5 3s 103 p.c. 100 ~, . .at Do 6 p.c. (Eas t Lancashire) 100 130 1.35 et Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 98 100 at! London & Brighton, sp. e. guaranteed, No 1 lOO ••• ••• at! Do 5 per cont. gua. No. 2. 100 ~, at Do 6 do do lOO ... et Do b do N. 4 . 100 ... et Do 7 per cent lOO ... at Do 4 6 do (NV.E. & U.P.) 100 ... at Da do 1859 lOO ••• ••• at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO st; Loudon and kI.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent__ 100 110 114 et Do Bedford &Cambridge-. 100 ... et Do Shrewsliy & Welchpl ... at London and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 O Do (Portsm.perp anti 25133) all ... ... a Mau., Slid •• ~ &Lineln. 6 p.c. 100 • • • Do .0 all par 1 pia a Do 3 1 per cent IOU 60 85 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 lib a Du Bristol & Bina., 6p. c loo 1s 1 103 a Do 41 percent. redeem lO6 tS 100 40 a Du 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 98 100 a Do Leicester & ll'ehn,4 p.c lOO 89 91 at North British, 4 p.c. No.l lOO ... „. at Do E. &U. 4 p.C. S. & D lOO ... et Do N. 8., Nu. 2 , 5 per ceu.t IOU at Do Border Union, 5 1 pm lOO ::: ::: et N.-Easteru—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 85 et Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 97 99 at Do U N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ... ... 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.4. ... . Do York, H.& S. purchase lO 10 104 Do Stektu & Drling. A 5 P.C lOO 107 10/ et Do W, Hartlepool H. and It 100 87 89 20 North Staffordshire 10s S. Devon Annuities, 1 a.- all 9 10 10s Do Tavistock Anna., 10s all 81 91 10e Do Fixed 41 per coot all 8 8; 1 0.6. S. East. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) all 22 23 et Do 41 per cent lOO ••• ... at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l ... ... 100 150 155 et Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 43 48 RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Cfledouian 44 p c gua. at Do Scot. Con. win. 7 p c lOO ... at Do 41 p irredeem all ... at Do 4p e con., issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 at Do b do, 1862 lOO 86 ell at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 86 88 at Do do 8 do, 1864._ 100 83 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 ... 1041 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. Midl., 5p c 100 at Do Jointl orpe. p c,1865 100 83 IPC at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 106 108 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all 19 29 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... 5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1p at Loud., Brig &c.; 41 pc, 1858 100 ..„ at Do du 4 do, 1860 100 ••• at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ..„ et Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ... ..„ at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sdo at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 108 118 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 95 10 Man. Shef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1665 all V 91 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 at Midland, 4 5 per cent prof lOO 107 109 at Do g 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do spc opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 314 18 Do lucouy. New Shares all 19 194 22 Do 5p c con, into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 ... . 81 11 21p at North British, E. and bi- No. 1, 5 per cent 109 at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P.,&Dun., 2(1,4 pc 100 B t Do E.& G , No. 2, 5 p.c . . 100 at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 186 . 2 100 a t Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c 100 a t Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 89 a t Do Stock. & Darl., D ,„10p 112 114 at Nort hs London, e 4 n l t , ) 1 00 103 105 pe (Max. at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO „. at South Eillatern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 10 0 at Do sdo (Oh. Cross) 1863 100 atat Vi D ct o or s ia d a l & S P G4 im . l . i . c . O, .. 110000 RAILWAYS. -LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenhead ivy 91 93 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all vs 100 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead 10• 56 st Do. Al per cent, st Do. b do. lOO 111 112 et Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Stour Valley 100 st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 133 1 : 4 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all s Gt. Ea , sn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 ** at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Beret 100 96 fi j,; 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 216 st Loudon and Blackwall lOO 93 95 et Do. 41 per cent lOO m at London, Chat., sc., 41 p. c lOO m • at Do. Com. Fund, s do 100 „. ••• st Loudon and Greenwich st Do. do Preference lOO at Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 83 165 st Lowobtoft,gua 4 permit lOO 79 81 st Do. do. 6 du. ... 51 Mauch., Buxton, & . ..Matlk all .. ... at Midland, Braiford, Pref 100 92 Di 10 Mid Kent Cray Lille) 50 Northern 4; East., 5 per cent all b 3 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all ... „.. at N. Eastern—Hartlepool at N.West. A perp. prof, 5p c lOO 107 109 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ... .., at Nutting. & Urauth. It. & C lOO 91 93 25 Preston and 11yre. all 41 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop. IVO 132 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 132 in 10 Du do 8 2 2ip l it S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 97 109 t Do 4 per cent gua loi 78 80 at Do b do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all ~, .. 20 Do do C all •• • . ... St Weymouth and Portland lOO ~, ... a t Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et East and WeLll,lndia lOO 113 121 London and St. Katherine lOO 41 1,1 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ltiiillwall Freehold Laud at Dock l® 27 32 at Southampton lOO 6ti 70 at Surrey CoulnerCial lOO 104 1001 Closing Business Shares NAME. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 111 11 l',/ DJ B lO 31 41 3 15-18 10 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, Lin all 211 121 p 23i 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 Ii 21 81 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 b 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British C)lumbia all 12 13 20 Do issued at 2 ?tn._ , 5 5 4 2,5 Bank of Egypt .. all 41 43 20 Bank of Otago, lilt. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 b 0 Bank of Victoria,Austrai ia 25 37 30 10 Bank of New Zealand all 131 161 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, Lud China,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, all 13 19 25 Chartered Merl. of India, Loudon, and China 20 City lO 1U 11 101 100 Colonial 10 Consolidated, hut. 10 Delhi and London, lint 10 East London, lint 5 21 11 20 English and American, lint 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. 1int....... . 20 English, Scottish., and Aus tralian Chartered ., all 161 161 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 68 281 Do now lll 4 b 100 Imperial, lint ............. 20 15 16 20 Imperial Ottoman ............ 10 2/ 21 121 1 t 5 lonian ............................. all 14 22 25 Do new .................. 5 8 3 Lud Mortgage of India, lint 4 at 31 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 76 80 100 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 7 6 100 London aud Brazilian, lint. 45 35 30 20 Do new 71 5 41 100 London &River Plato, lint, 44 6 6 25 Do new io 11 2 p 121 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 241 20 London and County 26 491 501 /0 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ••• ... Loudon Joint 5t 0c k ........, 311 321 London and South African al 8 9 100 London & S. - Western, Lim, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lint_ 121 ... 100 Loudon and Westminster. 20 571 551 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O ..• ••• 100 Merchant, lint 10 Metropolitan, lint 00 Midland, 1int..... 5 National of Australia 00 National of Liverpool, li nt l5 3d 00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do 50 National.. 20 Now South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint lO 61 51 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 00 92 10 Do new. all ••• ••• 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 14 11 at 6 pm 1150 3448 3544 100 Do all 46 41 50 Union of London 10 25 0 Union ° o f f AlrueiBsliunledlid,allin TELEGRAPH COUFAN/Es. 17711Mirerei•icaTi 7 1731:,anal all 201 20} 10 Anglo Mediter Tel.,1 11 n•••• 10 17 ilB 18 17} st Atlantic Telegraph lO 15 17 st Do. 8 per cent. st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., hra lOO 163 163 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 251 269 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO ld pr 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 31 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all i i p 10 Moditerra. Exten. Tel., hm all GI 71 25 Reuter's Telegram all 79 81 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all 16 Idl 171 14 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all it 2 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., limn all 7 7i 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all i 1 5p MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all Is 151 `25 Australian Agricultural • 201 16 17 25 Australian Mort. Laud and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, inn X 5.1 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 131 141 141 10 Do. New all 111 15 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay Gas, inn. 5 Do. New 4 1f id 50 British American Laud 44 13 17 20 British. Indian Tea, lint.— all 21 3/ 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 63 06 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint 24 .. ... 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 10 lq 21.1 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 5 _ _ 25 City of London Beal Pro perty, lint 9 51 41d 30 City of Milan Improv. lint, all e 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lint— all 50 City Offices, lint 25 23 22 d 11l i 50 Colonial, lint. Do. .. $0 Commercial I,Juion (Assur) 6 yr i . p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint. 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 24 25 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cont. all 103 104 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritiuslim. 10 34 21d 71 st Crystal Palace lOO 22 24 2i it Do. Preference lOO 92 97 it Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb. 109 105 110 20 Darjeeling, lint. ••• ••• 10 Eastern Assent, lint. 6l ... ...d $0 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all .. •• 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and . . - Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy GAM. by Egypt. Gov all 98 99 994 9 20 Egyptian Coin. & Trad. lim 6 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lint 24 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 41 3f.1 100 Lug. and Scot. Marine, lim 8 10 Fairhairu Engineering .5 3 24 20 Fore-street \V arehouse,lim l2 1 2 p 100 For. & Cul. Coy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £35 all S 3 JO 50 Gellivara, lim. 10 General Credit & Dis., lim 7f 14 ld 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 20 50 Houle & Col Marine In. lim. 5 21 2d 34 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 124 13 14 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 20 Interna.Financial Soc. 5 2 13 3 20 Interna. Land Credit, lira. 6 6 44 . 50 Italian Laud 5 id P 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 3 i 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem _ _ 1876, issued 90 -- a ll 67 69 50 Land Securities, lim 2l 14d 25 London African Trading lO 7 bd. 25 Lon. & Calod. Marine, lim 6 ... ..." 10 London County Land and Building, bin. 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lint 30 22 21 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 2 21 60 Loud, and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 21 IGd 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 Id pr st Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 104 108 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1int...... J d 50 Merchant Shipping, lin t , all 32 ." 50 Millwall Iron Works, Um, 121 ... ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa- tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 Ili 114 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 ... • • 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal& Iron, lim. 6 3} 3 d 10 New Consolidated Die. lim. 3 14 JO 5 New Quebrada, lim ...... ... A. 8.0 .41 4} 25 New Zealand Loan & Mar. candle Agency,lim ........ - ill i IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, Jim 5 7 4 11 10 Northern Assam Te a , li m. 5 7 ' 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., Una_ x. 1 100 49 `,', 50 North Brit. & Moreau. I n., 6l 790 ' ;,I, ' 25 Ocean Marine (Ins urance) 6 13 "A 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll s Oriental Gas, lim 6 Do. New ........ .. , 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lint . Id IP 6 Ottoman Gas, lim ..... . ..... 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail IWI —. ..... 5 Do. do. • it Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 101 31 34 60 Peninsu. & Oriental Ste am a ll 648 50 Do. Now 1867 CORhymney Iron 1 Do. New .......... all 6 1 7 2 Rio do Janeiro City Ita,,Q: a ll 18 19 Do. Gas, 1int.,,,,. all 21 24 1 100 Royal Mail Steam Scottish Aust. Invest., Hui lOO " Do. 6 . p. c : Guar. Pref lOO •.2 • " Societe Fiji. d'Egypte:liin. - 16 7 6 d Societe Gen.de I'Empire CA. 3 24 34 60 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 ... 25 South Australian Land all 33 34 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 29 291 29 & 20 Thames and Mersey Marina (Insurance), lira 2 2i 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim 81 . ... 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lint 1 i 1p 10 Do do. do. all ... ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6• ip p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 44 b 94 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 2 2 24 15 United Discount CorP•• lin] 5 11 id an a l l 2 l 20 Universal Marine(ln.), lim• 6 3 4 -„ 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all II 2 • r 30 Van Dieman's Land 2 Bl i 7 100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per n 10d 50 v 7 c a e r n r a t . n ( t 3 F l o i n r t a g n a c g e e , ) :9 80 81 li ni L (). 50 West India and racille Steam, lirn. ................. •20 5 3 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses ... .._ COLONIAL GO ViItNMEsT slccußlTizs British Columbia, 6 p ar •• 100 „... 0ent.,11172............ .... ••- Do. 1895. ....... lOO .... ..... Do.Ap Can.Gov.6 1877-di . .... „ ..... lOO 1041 £ O5l 105 4* Do. 6p. o ..... a Aug•••• 10 0 102 104 1021 Do. sp. 0. Mar. A Sept 100 102 104 Do. p. o. P .ltn :r .. an ;J j' u jr u l July 10 0 921 044 Cap., G.Elope, 6 p. 0.18 7 3.• 108 10 2 10 ; 111 us Do. 5 p i .. ac.olonis.oirsioboe.dlooos k l l O O OO 90 0 ,, Do. do 1890- 90 100 107 100 Do. Jan.dtJuly, 1591 •••• 100 10 8 114 Do. 5 per cent. 16 April and 15 Oot., 1900 lOO 98 100 Ce3lon, Nov 1 878, 6 p .c lOO 108 110 Do. 187 2 , do lOO 105 le: Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873 . Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. • ........ •• 100 1 , 0 ,„,, Do. 1882,11ay aud Nc‘ • • 00 10A r : ::: 1)o. 1895, Feb. JD Aue , ••• 10 106 " a d . Melbourne Corporate. , 1a67-75, 6 per cent • •• 100 100 100 N.S.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.. Only l on • 103 104 Natal 6 p et, Apt .t Oct•• • 00 ..... . Do 6p c. May & cloy l.O no lot N. S. W. 5 p.c., '7l to '75 lOO 98 I , 1 Do. 6 p.c. 1888 to 1896... 100 99 100 100/ I Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '25 N.Zcaland, 6p. ct.lBol ICO _.. _ Do. 5 per cent.... - DoJan,Aprl,July.Oct.•• 100 91 92 921 I Do 6p c. Mar &Sept '9l lOO 108 110 _ Do j,„ .sg De°, 141 •••• 190 109 ill (Do Proy. el Auckld. I . atl) ( series 1& 2, 16 9 1 •• Nova Sootia 6p. c.Jan - and Jnly, 1875 . 100 Do 1886.. ....... •... 1 0 0 10 Qty•ensind. 6p. c. 'B24 100 107 1081 1081 Do 1891 . .• . • lOO 107 1 9 s i Tasmanian 6 pet e• 1 89 5.• 107 109 Do 0393 '97 ..•.„. Victoria 0 rer cent.l69l lOO -.. Do. April and OCt , 114 , 114 115 1111 i THE ELECTION COMMISSIONS. BarnGwemaß.—At tho sittings of the Commission, yesterday morning, Mr. Anstey road a letter warning him not to leave the town alone by night, as his life was threatened. He said ho would spend the last farthing of his fortune to follow up the clue, and punish those con nected with the affair. George Thompson, a member of the Carlton Club, advanced money for Patton's elections. which cost altogether X 6,150. NORlVlClL—Yesterday morning Thomas Woliege, a Straceyite, stated that he took some voters to the poll and treated others. He became, however, drunk himself, and scarcely knew what he did. THE OV_EREND AND GURNEY CASE. Dr. Thom has issued another pamphlet, entitled, "The Overend and Gurney Prosecution in its Relation to the Public as Distinguished from the Defendants." Tho object is to define the Doctor's exact posi tion in relation to the forthcoming trial, and this it does with perfect clearness in respect to the origin and prospects of the prosecution ; and tho conclu sion is that the public, who constitute one party to the proceedings, are less active in their support than they ought to be. "Tho sole point in controversy," says the preface, "between the public and the defendants is simply whether the latter owe any penal expiation to the former.' JERSEY REPUDIATES TAXATION. A large funded debt, heavy floating liabilities n) money in the public exchequer, creditors clamouring for payment (some of them having sued the treasurer and obtained judgment against him), a determined resolution not to impose either direct or indirect taxation, and no feasible means of providing for the ever-increasing demands—such is the condition of the States legislative body of Jersey at the present moment. Four stormy meetings have been held to consider the state of the finances and to provide a remedy. After a two days' discussion, it was resolved that money was wanted, and that some means must be employed to secure it. At the third meeting the States resolved that they would not raise money by indirect taxa tion; and at the fourth, held on Tuesday, they resolved that they:would not raise it by means of direct taxation. A proposition to levy the small sum of £1,500 per annum by a direct tax to assist in paying off a loan of £lO,OOO (if the Home Government would grant it) was stoutly opposed by the anti-tax party, and it was lost by a majority of one vote. Not fewer than seven plans were proposed as remedies for the desperate condition of the finances. Mean while the States remain, financially, "as they were," and creditors must exercise all the patience they aro possessed of till some mode of paying them is devised, ?HE VACANT BISHOPRICS. The Evening Standard publishes the following :—" Nearly all the statements published as to the filling of vacancies in the several bishoprics are premature In all cases where a bishopric has been offered the clergyman selected has been asked to signify his consent to be raised to the episcopate, the dis tribution of sees being reserved. The Rev. J. R. Mackarness, Lord Arthur Hovey, the Rev. Dr. Temple, the Rev. R. W. Church, and the Rev. Dr. Miller Lave keen selected foi office. The Bishop of Oxford only consented to the transls.- tion to Winchester after much urging and consideration; and we believe does so reluctantly. The changes in the various sees uuill prolably involve the translation of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol." Our ecntempormy's statement is utterly improbable. In the first place, there are here designated too many bishops for the sees—unless, indeed, any diocese should be divided. Even if that should Le done, it is not likely that any appointment would be made thus early to the new see, inasmuch as an Act of Parlia ment will be required to authorise the division, and this cannot be obtained for at least six months. In the next place, the translation of Bishop Ellicott is quite incredible. His present preferment is worth quite as much as any of the others that have fallen vacant, except that of Winchester, which is to be filled, as the Standard admits, by Bishop Wilberforce. In fact, the Bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol is worth more than some of the vacant bishoprics. Bishop Elliott is hardly likely to take a less lucrative post than he has at present, nor is he likely to get a more lucrative one from the present Crvernment, inasmuch as he was by far the strongest opponent of the Irish Church Bill among the Bishops. Moreover, the See which he now fills has been twice successively made a stepping-stone to other prefer ment, and is not likely to be made so again, seeing how strongly public opinion is set against translations. FEARFUL ACCIDENT AT NIAGARA. A correspondent, writing from the Niagara Falls on the 24th ult., to the 3fanchc.Ytcr• Examiner, says :—A most melancholy accident occurred on the Canada shore of the Niagara river, in the vicinity of the Falls, at about noon to-day. A party consisting of one gentlemen and four ladies all belonging to Providence, R. 1., stopped over hero while on their way home from Buffalo, and after viewing the sights on this side crossed over on the Canada side. While their carriage was passing the curve opposite the precipice in front of the Clifton House the horses became unmanage able, and, as it was evident they would go over the bank, the driver and Mr. Tillinghast, the Provi dence gentleman, jumped off the seat and escaped with Might injury, the horses and carriage, together with the four ladies, went down the bank, however—a distance of some fifty feet. Mrs. Mahala Smith, one of the party, was horribly mangled and instantly killed, and Miss Mary Ann Dalian waa so dangerously injured that she cannot possibly recover. Mrs. Tillinghast and a Mrs. Fisher were badly bruised, but their wounds are not dangerous. The Leeds Mercury hears that the Morning Star is about to be merged In the Daily Nors. The first num ber of the amalgamated journals will appear on Saturday next. Th© Liverpool Town Council on Wednesday decided to go to Parliament to borrow £75,000, in order to complete Stanley and Sefton Parke. It was stated that upwards of £585,720 had been already expended upon them by the Corporation. The forty-seventh report of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues was issued on Thursday. The total receipts in the year ending March 81st, 1869, were .£541,026, and the payments £510,430. The cash balance in hand is £124,686; balance in stocks and Exchequer bills, £88,767. At the Leeds Town Council, on Wednesday, a com munication was read from a company having its headquar ters in the metropolis, stating that they contemplate apply ing to ParliAment for power to construct tramways in Leeds Manchester, and other towns, on tho same principle as is in operation at Copenhagen and Brussels. The letter was re ferred to the Parliamentary committee. A serious collision oceurred on Tuesday night in the North Sea between the brig Agriculteur, of Nantes, and the screw :steamer Black Diamond. Three men were in jured, and the Agriculteur received such damage that she was obliged to make for Yarmouth. The Black Diamond was able to resume her voyage. John Brown, the farmer who was charged with the murder of George Ashton at Skelmeredale, has been 'committed for trial. It will be rememLered that the farmer was returning from the ceremonial of laying a chapel foun dation stone, and having taken too much drink declared he would murder every one he found in the house on his re turn home. lie did in effect assail George Ashton and beat Lim to death. At a meeting of the committee of th e Liverpool policy holders in the Albert Insurance Company on Wednesday it was resolved that, as no scheme could be devised binding= non-assenting policyholders, and as no policyholder can accept any compromise without the consent of the company whose policy he bolds, it was advisable that all the com panies should bo wound up in one court and under one liquidator. At the meeting of the Manchester City Council on Wednesday, attention was drawn to the complaints which have been made respecting the alleged removal of boA after burial, the burying of as many as sixty bodies in one large hole at the cemetery, &c. ; and, while it was admittr d that irregularities had taken \place, the complaints, it was said, wore very much exaggerated. In order to prevent a recurrence of the objectionable practices, the committee have appointed a weekly visiting sub-committee. The New York papers give full details of the great gold fever in Wall-street, which they declared to be unexampled in their monetary history. The excitement spread to Washington, but in New York itself it is described as Bedlam in the gold rcom. The amount of gold bought and sold on Sept. 24 exceeded $500,C00,000, and Wall-street was open all night from the conEequent trees of business. A Government order to sell gold put a sudden stop to tho speculation fever on the 25th. A return was issued on Thursday showing, with respect to each of the Parliamentary cities and boroughs in England and Wales, the population in 1861; tho total num her of electors ou the register now in force, distingu . o . l:ng those entitled to vote as Louseholdors under the Represen -tation of the People Act, 1867, from those entitled to vote ae £lO occupiers; and the number of electors who voted M the last general election. 'no total number of electors on the wegtotar wa1r.1,01170. Aucl %Ito AULUbOr Rho Tglog eMOLO, ESCAPE PROM AN INFIRMARY. On Wednesday morning, a man, namea Whitwham, engine driver, made a daring escape from the Huddersfield Infirmary, where he had been sent after sustaining an injury to one of his hands. About four o'clock Whit wham, his left arm being at the time bandaged and fastened in a sling, seems to have gathered together every arlicle that belonged to him, and, having dressed hinrelf, prepared the means for his dangerous descent out of the ward window, to a depth of something like three storeys, into the grounds adjoining the in stitution. In the ward at the time were twelve patients, all asleep. At that time the night nurse had gone into the accident ward to attend to other patients, and it was while she was away that Whitwham made his escape to effect which he had actually gone to the bedside of one of the other patients, who was fast asleep, and, took from under the pillow a bandage. This and another one that he had got from the head nurse the previous day, pretending that he wanted it for his wrist, ho twisted and tied to a water pipe in the room, and then fastened them to a couple of sheets, which enabled him to make his single-handed descent from the ward window into the area. The bandages had not been firmly tied to the water pipe, and he must have fallen a portion of the distance. In his descent ho broke twopanes of glass in the lower story, used as a brewhouse. He had left two windows open, and one of the patients, feeling the cold, awoke. Immediate he awoke the rest, but all were too frightened to take action. However, they came to the conclusion that" Golcar," by which sobriquet Whitwham was known in the ward, had jumped out of the window. The head nurse was called, and she was made acquainted with the story of the man's mysterious disappearance. An ex amination was made of the grounds and premises by a number of policemen and officials, but the missing man could not be found. SENDING A THREATENING LETTER TO A POLICE MAGISTRATE. At the Westminster Police-court, on Thlrriday, before Mr. Selfe, Arthur Brown, of 6, Hawthorn-dean-place, West India Docks, a man of respectable appearance, and describ ing himself as "a gentleman," was d-arged, on remand, under the 24th and 25th Vic., c. 100,with sending letters to Thomas James Arnold, Esq., one of the magistrates of that court, knowing the contents thereof, demanding money with menaces and without any reasonable or probable sause. The first letter stated that an innocent youth, whom the magistrate had condemned to a heavy fine some years ago, in consequence of the injury it had done him had determined to take his (➢lr. Arnold's) life. Tho writer stated that he had endeavoured to calm the youth, but his efforts were unavailing, and if he did not see an advertisement in the Standard headed " compensation," murder would be the result. This letter bore date May 30th, had the Jersey postmark, and was signed " Your forewarner, again advising you, for your own sake, to notice this letter." On receipt of this letter Mr. Arnold consulted Inspector Humphreys and caused the following advertisement to appear in the Standard :—" Threats are quite unavailing, though, if the facts are as stated, something perhaps might be done. What is asked ?" Immediately after this inser tion Mr. Arnold received a letter signed " Intervener in this matter," suggesting an interview, and stating that the youth's personal less all included at the time of the occurrence, amounted to between £2O and £25, besides the other damage ho went through. At present he was in very reduced circumstances. out of which, by a sum of £8 to £lO, he could disentangle himself, and get in a position to earn respectably seine money. A retribution to that extent would satisfy him, for which besides "he would ever be grateful." The letter asked for another advertisement headed " Compensation." Some little delay occurred when another advertisement was in serted as follows :—" Facts should begiven; an interview as suggested seems desirable, or references. I will be at the Freemasons' Tavern, Queen-street, Lincolns Inn Fields, on Wednesday next." This advertisement not having been seen other correspondence ensued, and on the 28th September the prisoner wrote a letter with his own name and address, the result being his apprehension. On the first examination the prisoner, who was said to be subject to epileptic fits, fell down in the dock, and was carried out of court in a state of insensibility, and in consequence the case was adjouned until to-day. Inspector Humphreys now resumed his eNidence and stated that he apprehended the prisoner, and on the way to the station, he said he was fined by Mr. Arnold ten years ago in the sum of about £l6. He was accused of being drunk, but could have proved, had he been allowed to do so that he was not. He did not send those threatening letters ; they were sent by a man named Jackson, who lived at Pleasaunce Cottage, Jersey, and his object in wish ing to see Mr. Arnold was to tell him not to fear. Witness afterwards went to Jersey, and found that a person named Jackson did reside at Plcasaunee Steps, hut had left 130100 time. Mary Delarue said her husband resided at No. 0, Haw thorn-dean-place. She left, with her family and the prisoner, from Jersey on the 15th September. Ho had boarded with them at Jersey six years. She had never heard him say anything about this matter. He always behaved himself in a respectable manner. He had drank on the island, and had been confined for being drunk. Sho had never known him in the possession of a dagger. It was unknown to her that on one occasion, when under restraint in Jersey, a dagger was taken from him. Thought one of the letters produced was in prisoner's handwriting. Mr. John Jackson, farmer, East-sea-end, Thorpe, Surrey, said he had lived at Pleasaunce Cottage, Jersey, and loft there on September 1868, He had no knowledge whatever of the letter produced. He never saw the prisoner to his knowledge. The prisoner said the Jackson he alluded to was a schoolmaster in Mott-street, Jersey. Witness knew there was such a person a schoolmaster but he did not live at Pleasance Cottage. Mrs. Delarue recalled, said she knew that there was a Mr. Jackson, a schoolmaster, in Jersey, and that the prisoner had been in his establishment as a French teacher. Sergeant Marshall, superannuated police-officer, stated that he remembered in the year 1859, in July, the prisoner was charged at the Westminster Court, before Mr. Arnold, under the name of Robinson, with drunken ness and assaulting John Whitehead, a watchman, at Cremorno ; also with assaulting witness and another person at the station. Mr. Arnold fined him £5 for each of the three assaults with £1 costs. Witnesses were called at the time, and a servant of prisoner's father proved that prisoner was net drunk and that he had as many as eight fits in one day. This being the case, the prisoner, in reply to the usual question, said, "All I can say is, I never had any ill-feeling against Mr. Arnold. What made me write to him on the 28th was to obtain an interview with him, and tell him not to be frightened." He was then committed for trial. The English Independent publishes a letter from Pekin, by the Rev. J. Edkins of Pekin, respecting the mis sionary and gunboat difficulty. The missionaries do not wish to pay the rev, gentleman for the interposition of the gunboats on behalf of themselves or their convert; but they do not intend to give up the rights secured by treaty to the teachers of Christianity. If the treaties be infringed in their persons or in that of their converts, they will still lodge their complaints with the nearest British Consul. And the Chinese Government fully recognises the necessity of repressing disturbances wherever they may arise. "Chris tian sects being made legal by treaty, it is," say the Chinese Government, "impossible openly to prohibit them, the native pundits must rely on their own correct morality and teaching to counteract the efforts of the Christians." OUT SIDEUS or SO CIET Y.—But there aro—who shall say how many ?—people living in London who live almost alone! who have no society except of a casual, and what may be called an anonymous kind ; and whose homes are merely places where they may obtain shelter and rest. I am not hero alluding to the class who are social and domestic outlaws because they are positively poor. There is no anomaly in this condition of life ; it is a natural con sequence of having no money. The people I mean have mostly money enough for themselves, but not sufficient to make them important to others, and obtain for them con sideration in the world. Sometimes their positions have changed ; sometimes things have changed around them and left their positions as they were, the result being much the same. It may be that they are seeking to make a little more money by such employments as agencies, secretaryships, and so forth—employment the most ,lifficult of all to get as any man of moderate education and abilities can do the duties—but most frequently they are content to vegetate upon what they have, and to con centrate themselves upon the attainment of companionship and home. When one of the active men whom I have mentioned goes away from home the Post-office establish ment is ruthlessly disturbed by mandates for the re-ad dressing and forwarding of letters. The migration of ono of our passive friends makes no difference to anybody. Except it be an occasional communication from a relation in a distant colony, sent to the care of an agent, ho has no letters to trouble him, and if ho did not occasionally make a show of existence by asserting himself in pen and ink, he might perish out of the memory of man. To such people the advertising columns of the newspapers must possess peculiar interest; for a large number of the an nouncements seem expressly intended to meet their require ments, while on the other hand an equal number of the specified " WaOs " seem to come from their class.—London Society. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day cirY BETTING.—This DAY. CESA RE WITCH. 7to 1 agst Vacuum (taken and offered) 8 to 1 agst Cherie (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Sylva (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Lopez (taken and offered) t 3 1 agst Cecil (taken): 100 to G agst Tarabau (offered-20 to 1 wanted) 100 to 6 agst Proviler taken) 20 to 1 agst Pah - wind (offered), 23 to 1 agst Birthday (offered) ICO to 3 agst Starter (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Clemenco (offered) 2to 1 agst Vacuum 1,2, 3 (taken) 7 to 1 agst Cecil and Fairwind coupled (offered) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 8 agst Prior (taken) 100 to 7 agst Vacuum (taken) LEICESTER RACES—YEsTaRDAT. SCURRY STAKES. Lady Highthorn Northern Star 3 Plenipotentiary .... Seven ran. LEICESTERSHIRE HANDICAP. Fidelia.. Mars Ligurian a Eight ran. NURSERY PLATE. 1 Bonny Swell 1 Barrier . 2 Cauldron Ten ran. BELYOIIt PLATE. Rosecleer Adelphi Caprice 3 Ten ran. SELLING STAKES. Clarionetto Ajax Houfleur 3 Seven ran. GOPSAL PARK STAKES. Blue Bell colt I Gaines 2 COUNTY CUP STAKES. Ben-An Court Card Matilda LATEST BETTING. CESAREWITCII. 7 to 1 agst Cherie (taken ) 100 to 10 agst Vacuum (taken) 16 to 1 agst Provider (taken) 100 to 6 agst Cecil (taken) 100 to 6 agst Lopez (taken) 20 to 1 agst Miss Peddie o (taken) 100 to 3 agEt Atonement (taken) EDINBURGH RACES-YESTERDAY. £5O PLATE. Hector My Uncle Miss Banks Eight ran. 11IUSSELBUILGII SWEEPSTAKES. White Slavic Ilawthornda!o Noopbyto 3 Five ran. LOTIIIANS HANDICAP Lady Henrietta King's Cross Argyle LICENSED VICTUALLERS' STAKES. Bertha Man of Ross 2 Margaretta 3 Six rau. TRADESMEN'S PLATE. Tripthong Miss Nancy • . .• 2 Sir Digby Twelve rau. QUEEN'S PLATE. Good Hope... 1 Goant des Bataillos 2 GARRISON PLATE. Champagie Charlie 1 Hymen (by Noville) Throe per Cent 3 Six ran. BROMLEY RACES-YESTERDAY. BECKEN HAM STAKES. Goldhanger . 1 Matlock Agate .. Nine ran. BROMLEY PLATE. Brazonose 81i55..... 1 Harebell 3 Eight ran. Whiner objected to. HURDLE RACE PLATE. Venus 1 Falstaff 2 Lord Raglan 3 BICKLEY STAKES. Saturnalia Trifle ... 2 Weutherbrcaker.. BROMLEY AUTUMN CUP. First Fiddle Limerick .. 2 Whitchurch SELLING STAKES. Venice Topsy 2 Finisterre • 3 RAILWAY STEEPLECHASE. Taw Valo Toni Coke 2 Scipio .. 3 Ton ran. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. Sept. 27, at 5.45 p.m., All Mr. Merry's horses except Disguise, out of their engagements at Newmarket Firat October Meeting, 1869. Sept. 30, at 11.34 a.m., Red Rice, out of the Cesarewitch. Oct. 1, at 1.55 p.m., All Sir Joseph Hawley's horses out of the Cesarewitch. Oct. 2, at 9 am., Tangerine, out of both Nurseries at Bedford. Oct. 2, after 2 p.m., Jove, out of the Bromley Handicap. Oct. 4, at 9 a.m., Londesboro' and Etruscan, out of the Middle Park Plate. Oct. 4, at 9 a.m., Maryland, out of all engagements. Oct. 4, at 11.30 a.m., The Bobby, out of the Curzon Nursery at Leicester. Oct. 4, at 2.50 p.m., Red, White and Blue, out of the hurdle race at Bromley. __ Oct. 4, at 3 p.m., Lady Clinton, out of the Scurry Han dicap at Bedford. Oct. 4, after 6 p.m., Lafitte, out of Bedford engage ments. Oct. 5, at 9 a.m., Etoile Pante, out of the Cesaae• witch. Oct. 5, at 9 a.m., Windrush, out of the Nursery Plate at Leicester. Oct. 5, at 4.44 p.m., Sycee, out of the Cesarewiteh. Oct. 6, at 9 a.m., Anthee, out of the Cambridgeshire. Oct. 6, at 9 a.m., Albania, out of the Bromley Plate at Bromley. Oct. 6, at 9 a.m., Laird of Scotland, ont of the Scurry Stakes at Bedford, and the Scurry and Borough Handi caps at Leicester. Oct. 7, at 9 a.m., See Saw, out of the Cesarewitch Stakes. The following names have been given:—Mr M'Carthy'e colt (late Conmde) by Cramond, out of Stella, 3 yrs— Lammermoor. Mr Watt's yearlings, colt by Adventurer, out of Gondola—Byron; colt by Thormanby, out of Pet, by Daniel O'Rourke—Thesaurus. Lord Wilton's filly by Young Melbourne, out of Lady Evelyn, 3 yrs—Sylva. RACING FIXTURES. OCTOBER. Newmgrket 2d 0ct...11, &c. I Curragh l9, 20, 21 Chelmsford l9 20 West Drayton .........20, 21 Kelso 19 20 I Newmark•t thou Ch e lte n ham l9, 20 NOVE: Harrow ".2, 3 I 3, 4 Worcester St. Albans 5, 6 I :MBER. Eglinton Iluut 6 7 Liverpool Shrewsbury ..... 15, 6 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. NOVEMBER. Worcester ............... 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury 15, Barrow 2, 3 I Lostuington liuut ....23 Ste Lverpool 9 10 , IL, 12 COURSING FIXTURES. ocTor,Eli. Ormesby 19 le. Iluntiugdon Club.. 23, 24 PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par. and the short exchange on London is 251. 150. per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of Os. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above price is slightly dearer in ,Paris than In London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 63 days' sight was 1074 per cent. on the 20th inst. At this rate there would be a loss on the transmission of gold from the United tates.