The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-12 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CI, o'. English secur iti es are dull, TY and Two have CLocK declined 1-16 to i f per cent., but the demand for money is active. Consols are 924 3 24 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 934 8 ; New Three per Cents, 931 8 8 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 244. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 1 ; ditto 4 par per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1024 ; ditto Bouts under £ l ,OOO, 23 prem. In the Foreign Market the prices were :—Argen tine, 791 to 4 ; Brazilian of 1865, 834 to 8 ; of 1 867, 941 to 95 ; Egyptian of 1861, 871 to 881 ; ditto of 1863, 734 to 8 ; Italian of 1861, 564 to 4 ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 51 to 4 prem. ; Mexican, 151 to ; 7Peruvian of 1865, 764 to 8 ; Russian of 1866, 92 .1; to 934 ; ditto Nicolai, 67 to 1 ; ditto Orel, 82 1 to a; ditto Mo3cow, 80n to ; ditty Charkof- Azof, 811 to 4 ; Charcow.Kreinentschug, 804 to 81 1 ; Spanish of 1867, 301 to 31 ; Turkish of 1858, 661 to 67 ; ditto of 1862, 651 to 66 ; and ditto of 1 865, 404 to 41. In the railway market prices are as follows : London and North Westcrn, 1201 to 1 ; Great Western, 53 to 4 ; Midland, 1214 to 122 ; Lon don and South Western, 91 to 93 ; Great Eastern, 424 to 4 ; Brighton, 511 to 52, ex div. ; South Eastern, 821 to 1 ; Metropolitan, 1114 to 4 ; Great Northern, 1131 to 4 ; ditto A, 1121 to 4 ; Cale donian, 791 to 4 ; and London. Chatham, and Dover, 174 to 4. American 5-20 Bonds are 774 to I, and Erie Railway shares 244 to 4. In Bank and Miscellaneous shares prices are unaltered. About 10,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the Bank yesterday fur Bombay, and the £87,000 in Australian gold by the Agues Rose was taken for abroad. The steamer Neva has arrived from the West Indies with £165,500 in specie. At the general meeting of the London General Omnibus Company (Limited) a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum will be declared for the half-year. The directors of the Salisbury and Yeovil Rail way Company recommended a dividend on the ordinary shares at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum. Two vocancies in the direction of the Bank of Australasia have occurred by the resignation of Mr. G. Cattley and the Right Hon. Hugh C. E. Childers, M.P. The return of paid clearing for the week ending 10th February is as follows :—Thursday, Feb. 4, £13,332,090; Friday, sth, £10,741,000; Saturday, 6 th, £11,739,000; Monday, Bth, £10,376,000; Tuesday, 9th, £10,317,000 ; and Wednesday, 10th, £8,838,000 —total, £65,343,000. The British Indian Submarine Telegraph Com pany have given an order to the Telegraph Con struction and Maintenance Company to proceed with the manufacture of their cable from Suez to Bombay, via Men. The length, 3,600 nautical Miles, is to be submerged during the next cold sea km, and the work will be taken in hand immedi ately on the completion of the Franco-American ca ble, which is of exactly the same length, and is to be laid in the course of the coming summer be tween Brest and the United States. The Great Northern Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £2,197 compared with the corresponding period of last year ; the Great Western an increase of £1,619 ; the Great Eastern an increase of £1,639 ; the London and South Western 'a decrease of £296 ; the London, Chat ham, and Dover (including the Metropolitan Ex tension and branches), an increase of £283 ; the Metropolitan Extension (separately), an increase of £482. Ur. Chatteris, the official liquidator of the Hum ber Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company (Li ;lilted), has applied to the Master of the Rolls for leave to divide the money now in hand, some 5 0,000, among t h e cred i tors who had proved their " j am After hearing all particulars, the Master °4 the Rolls decided that the unrealised assets cf the company would be sufficient to meet any claim th e assigne es m i g ht es t a blish, and he ordered the (3 ' t 44 liquida.tor at once to pay a dividend to the creditors of 65., us dividends, making, with previous 12 . 8 . 6d. in the pound. Notice of appeal against the O rder was given. Discussion is again beginning to be raised on the th e q ue stion of the purchase of the telegraphs by G ov ernment. The principle being adopted, an d a certain rule laid down, it will not be pos sible for the Administration to recede from the Principles of the contract. The Honourable Robert Grimston in his address at the meeting o f the Electric and I n t erna ti ona l C ompany on th e sth instant, pertine n tly remar k e d :—" T illustrate more for3ibly the fallacy of the argu able" of the Edi n b urg h Rev i ewer, financially Peaking the assume that Mr. Scudamore's esti m ate of £6,000 ,000 for the purchase of the t k ele g ra Phs is th e correct one. It is very well no wn that th e Government would have no dial ealtY in raising £ 6 ,000,000 at 31 per cent. per an rill, which would amount to £210,000 a year. ° lv I have only to refer you to the printed ac ,c ' en nts of thi s company, and of the British and Irish 11,,° a g n etic Com pany, for the year ending 31st Dec., 68 , to Prove that theae two companies alone show a l net 8 profit available for dividend of £171,843 that lid. and £65,582 ss. 9d. respectively, and x2 a i t these two sums added together amount to of ii, 7 ' 426 48 . B d., a sum sufficient to meet the whole estimated interest incurred in raising the £6,000,000 en t i re lmat d to be necessary for the purchese of the _ telegraPh system of the United Kingdom, bbyesides leaving a handsome surplus (some £27,000) staWaY of profit on the transaction. tehe report of the Anglo-Italian Bank (Limited) fau i , , 3 t hat the business for the past year has re -110 e ' i n a net profit of £17,569. Having regard, vowever, to the old contingencies mentioned in pre ti'een, reports, the directors think it inexpedient to , l a, re a dividend on this occasion. ,we-tne return from the Bank of England for the reaUkltelided the 10th February gives the following /test a when compared with the previous week :-- 1' ...; ***** ; ...... £3 367 742 ... Increase ... _ £4,269 o mepositB **** .i 7.4745 ... Increase ... 1°7,820 hater deposits ............... 17, °ll th ci 451,957 ... Decrease ... 243,808 D ove other side of the account : t* z.nnaent securi otets ............ . . £l4 026 537 'Decrease ... £1 7 3 ot,: Becuities • ........ 1 411,757 ... ... Decrease ... 484,7 . 69_ 11 4 uLteraPleyed... 8,938,630 ... Increase ... 310,090 bein a rnount of notes in circulation is £23,332,685, illill t 4 de crease of £489 , 005 ; an d the stoc k o f I°4 in both 4 ern departments is £18,408,540, showing Pre em , se of £102,665 when compared with the —ung return. s tm: _ . 11. of th.J,,, ul ad is a comparison of the present position 413 d p'43ank of England and the prices of Consols lath reach Relates with the corresponding week of - Yoar :...... 1 2411i 0n At Present. Same Week last Year. ." 4 erv e ............... ... £18,408,540 ... £21,605,960 tea _ 0 ............... 10,075,855 ... 13,102,645 At t t e o,!us. traulation... 23,332,685 ... 23,503,315 es_ o!ediscount ...... 3 per cent. ... 2 per cent. 48 1 .................. 93 93; r, 1311ITISII PUIIDS "OVER.Natt -T F• 'D —TWO O'CLOCK. 921 3 2 2 - a Per oent:C ON I " 3. Ditto for AOceOu°nst,' ..................... 93 I,ILI ttler..cent. Reduced , 9 3 31 i e v' i per Oellt ........................... _ i ~,W 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 A ' - ' o '. s . Per Oen 3511.1873 nnuitios, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Do for 3u yrsj, .3 piro sth April 1 885 — , r , Do (od Sea Telxe&rah), Aug., 1908 — Pm r.2etioquar Dills, £l,OOO, 2i per et. De. lI Do, X5OO i- £lOO k' .£2OO Pm 4 , 11 ! ef England Stock, 4 per Cent iN .1) u • account !;anada 4 per Cent. lionds ................... Inter-Colonial Cranium I • "lAll ulovtitxmmwr SECURITIES. 4:11a, toelr, 10i per Cent., April 1874 — ur,o. Opening for Account 'L,'°. 5 per Uent..fuly, 1880 102 i AL',O-,°' 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 . Certicates &IQ' Lilfaced "'al/v.1.4 ...... Cent ....... i. . - Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 Do. 5f per Cent. May 1879 D) 5 pe; Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — D• do, 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — Dab., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ Do. Bonds, 4 per Cont., £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUND S—TWO O'CLOCK. Arxentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... . Do., Scrip £45 paid .. Atritrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858 — Do. do., 181;0 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 00 Account B3 4- Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) CIO% 6 per Cent. o.4ilian 6 per Cent no. 4i per Cent..., Do. 3 per Cent., ...... .1 o. 6 per co t. 1867.... r o. 7 per Cent., 1366 C lo obi it, 6 per Cent. Dant.ai, 3p ,r Cent. 1823 .... .. Dam. ion Princ 7 palitie.i, 7 i.er Cent — Do S per Cent., 1867 B3l Eptalor N , 'Nv o , n3oLdated, 1 per Cent 134 '. , :gyiti . in, 7 per Cent„. - .Ja .', e'..000 leeue . Do. £s'fi. lion‘i s •••.• •• Do. £lOO Ilor4ls ..... 851 Do. 164 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. 4100 Bonds — English Scrip, 1868 Do do. £l3 pd Government Railway Debentures Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. _Account Du. Coup on . - Do. Account gr iatemala 5 per Cent .. 5 Honduras Goy. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd Iti Han 5 per Cert., 1865 — Do, Account . — Do Maremmana Railway — Ilexicau 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — .th outevideau 6 per Cent. • • Vcorish imperial 5 por Cent Yow Granada _ Do 3 per Con — • Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 . Do Account .. 761 Do -1 per Cont. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 -. — gn i 102 Do ACCount - — Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2.' 36g- IlDo. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent , 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds 93g Do. du. .£Bl 15s. d 0...,, Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 93} Do. do £B4 13s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 671 1 Sar huian o per Cent 73 Spanish 3 per Con ... . Do. Account — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred 3Ol I Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded .., Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent. - pm Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 -- Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 67 1 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 641 1 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (lleAaree) Venezuela 3 per Cent.. Do. Acc.unt Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch i per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil _ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates — Do. Account .—. French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f _ Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Et:. Zsf. Do Account 561 TWO O'CLOCK. Oonsois, Money Do. Account, Mar c h 4 9 2: 921 3 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Ms Day. -A WESTMINSTER. ROBBING A POLICEMAN.—Thomas Ford, a private of the Coldstream Guards, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a policeman's umbrella. Police -constable 343 13 said that ho was in plain clothes last evening on leave of absence, and went into the King's Arms, Warwick-street, Pimlico, about six o'clock, to get some refreshment. Ile sat in the tap-room, and while there the prisoner and another soldier came in and called for something. Prosecutor had occasion to leave the room for two or three minutes, and on Lis return missed his umbrella, which ho had left by his side. Ile went out and saw prisoner going down the street, accompanied by his comrade. Prisoner had the umbrella in his hand, and when prosecutor charged him with stealing it he rollaway and climb( d over a number of walls. Prisoner said that another civilian, who was in the room, kindly lent him the umbrella, and told him how he might return it him that evening. He was going along when the constable came up and said it belonged to him, at which prisoner was surprised. He was going to the hos pital in Vauxhall-bridge-road. The constable said he went in a contrary direction. The case was adjourned fur the attendance of the se cond soldier. THAMES. DARING STREET ROBBERY.—William Eastwick, aged 21 years, described on the police-sheet as a baker, of 15, Gloucester-street, Commeicial-road, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with stealing a silk umbrella, value 18s. Gd., from the person of Mary Ann Teyfriend, a young lady, residing at No. 19, Sidney-place, in the same road. Miss Toyfriend was passing along the west-end of Com mercial-road with her sister when the prisoner approached with a companion. He advanced towards Miss Teyfriend, and his friend said " Don't, don't." The prisoner said "I will ;" and snatched the umbrella from Miss Teyfriend and ran away with it. Foster, a police-constable, No. 207 H, was going home and met the prisoner, who looked straight at him. Foster had heard of the robbery, and thought the conduct of the prisoner suspicious. Fos ter then followed him, the prisoner commenced running, and a cry of " Stop thief" was raised. A man shoved the prisoner into a door-way, and he was captured, and the young lady's umbrella was found upon him. It was urged that the prisoner was not a regular thief, that he had been drinking to excess yesterday, and that he was very sorry for what he had done. His parents were said to be very respectable. . He pleaded guilty, and Mr. Paget, who at first thought of sending him for trial, sentenced him to two months' imprisonment and bard labour. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SYSTEMATIC ROBBERY.—George Anderson, porter in the employ of Mr. Sparrow, brushmaker, of No. 89, Pic cadily, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a quantity of wash leather, the property of his employer. Mr. Sparrow said that having missed a quantity of sponges for some time past, and being informed that some wash leathers were secreted in a coal cellar, he went after the prisoner on leaving his premises and brought him back, telling him ho would tell him what he wanted him for presently. On following the prisoner back to his shop, he took out of his pocket the leathers produced, and on accusing the prisoner of having been in the practice of robbing him, he admitted it, and said he was in the habit of selling leathers to cabmen. Police-constable Burgess, 27 C 1 - 1, proved finding some sponges concealed in Mr. Sparrow's coal cellar. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was committed for six months with hard labour. IFIARKEI S-11118 DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. February 12.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Marko quiet. COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN STAFFORDSHIRE.--QA Wednesday night an explosion of firedamp occurred at the Woodshutts Colliery, Talke-o'-th'-Hill, Staffordshire, be longing to Messrs. Cooper and Haslope, in the neighbour hood of the pit at which 90 men were killed in December 1865. There were two men killed instantly ; two others were so severely burnt that they only lived a short time after the explosion, and others were more or less injured. Tae deceased men were named James Griffiths, William Smith, Thomas Cooke, and Joseph Haines. Besides the loss of human life some horses have been killed. Had the explosion occurred earlier, when there were more of the men at work, the loss of life must have been enormous. LADTERTISEMENT.I—HOIIoway's Pills are the only uni versal medicine of the present day. No combination of drugs can excel it in cooling, purifying, regulating, and aperitive qualities. The sun never sets upon the scene of its beneficial influence. No part of the globe, fails_ to re cord its voluntary testimony to this medicine's merits. In lands both civilised and savage it is the medicine of .the million for the internal complaints of the human frame. This famous medicine gives tone an vigour to a debili tated constitution, and immediately restores health to tho , e who suffer from sick headache, loss of appetite, im purity'of the blood, or in fact any of the internal dilteases that an utterly toyoud the reach c human aid. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1869. OUDINABY sitakits AND STOCKS. Share Railways. p ad. Closing Business Frio& done. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 10) 78 82 it Caledonian lOO &I 811 801 80 St Cambrian 20 Cornwall.... all 2f 31 st Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO 79 81 st Dun„Perth.& Ab. June lOO 70 72 2) East London all 7 9 20 uo 15 - - 2) Do 10 - - et Glasgow AS. Western lOO OS 100 it Great Eastern .. .00 421 42-1 421 I st Do. E. Augl. No. 2 lOO 7 9 et Great North at Scotland lOO 15 6 it Great Northern lOO 1121 'l3l 113 it Do. A stock lOO 112 1121 it Do. Betook lOO 125 1.7 st GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 1.7 9 at Gl. Western -Original lOO 53 53 4 a Do. South Wales lOO 58 6 at Do. W. Mid.-Oxtort at Do. Newport lOO :8 01 st Li.neashire & orkei, re lOO :291 30 it Lon., Itrigh., .'.Coss Os Do Scrip - . 4 et I on., Chat., am; Dover.. WO 171 1; f Di ; 4 st Do. Aletrop. Ex. A.... 100 - - et Lon. A 2, orth kticetcra.. 100 091 20 1.!01 it Lon. A South Wester;!.. 100 9. 93 93 at Man., Shel., 1,1w:oil:- 110 504 5 601 & st 51;,tropolitan st Do Exteusi an 10 Do. New r .. lo 1 st Me:.rooolitau District. all 53 57 1) Metro:). at. J Obit 's 00 1 6 - - st 51 taw,/ st Do, Ciro:in. Durbs st N ;rth British . .....100 15 35 37 st Do. Ed., I'th., & Dun gy 10? - - st P. or. Eastern-Berwick 25 Do. O. N.E purohasv -1617.1 - - st Do Leeds .CO t 9 61 st Do York st Do Carlisle . . llO 125 1;s0 st Do Stoc t. & Darling lOO 132 133 133 21 at North Lon -1011 10 Do New 1818 it North Staffordshire lOO .51 60 st North and S.-W. Jnnction 100 103 105 10 Do New .ClO shares 7 ... .• st Rhymney st Shropshire Union ICO 59 66 it South Devon .. st South Eastern lOO 82 821 821 at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 12 13 st '3au v ale • - Do. C •• Waterford & Kilkenny lOO -•- 10 Waterloo A Whitehai 6 - - RAILWAYS-PREFER ENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., Nu. 2 lOO _ st Do. Scot. N.E., 4 1 . .,- per cent lOO ... ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO _ st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... „. st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 st Du. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... „. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... ... st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen J unction... st Do. Ist Class preference lOO _ ... at Was. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... ... at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Lx. No.l 100 99 102 st Do do N 0.2 100 99 192 st Do do 6 per cent 100 108 106 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 190 103 at Do do 13 6 do. 100 ... ... st Do do C 7 do. 100 _ ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 ... ... st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Vad.lBl7 100 ... ... st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 , _ ... st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10p. c. pin. 100 ... ... st Do 4 1 do do do 100 ... ... st Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... ... st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... ... stj Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 _ ... stj Great South. and \Vosteru (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 stj Gt.West.—Orig.&Jnt. - lten t chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 103 10i at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 st Do do 41 per cent. 1850 lOO 88 9) st Do do 4 do do at Lo do 5 per cent. redem 100 96 97 st Do do Birmingham gua 100 65 70 st Do do do pref 100 ... at Do do Chester gua lOO i 2 78 at Do do do 8 per cent lOO . . . st Do do do 5 do 100 95 1 . 60 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 .., ... at Do do 44 p.c lOO ••• ... st Do do 41 1850 lOO ... ... at Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g 10) 11.4 116 at Do do 2d gua lOO no 112 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 92 9i st Do do 2d do 100 100 101 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ._ ... 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all „. ... at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Do Barnsley, .65 Os 10d p.c. 100 ... ... at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 105 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 93 102 at London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO _ ... st Do 5 per cent. gun. No. 2 lOO ... ... at Do 6 do do lOO ... ... st Do 5 do Ni 4 lOO •.. •.. st Do 7 per cent 1 ,./0 ... ... at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 ... ... at Da 4 do 1859 lOO ... ... at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent ICO ••• ••• st London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 10) 11l at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO . .. at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO m ..' st Loudon and s.-W. 7 p,e late 3d shares, lOO 115 15) 2s 6d. Do (Portsm.perp ans. 256 d) all ... _ st Mau., Shef., & Lineln. 6 p.c. 100 114 117 loo al l P 1111 a v(1)0 6 3 1. . ,"_0; 0 53) 1 : :01 6 .. 7, 2, P 22 5 1: 01 : I 6 Do £6 st Do 31 per cent sEbb.: l B ttttttt O t 1 , 1 jiDE .D 1 ID D D:iiOO O iod:44EB4. ;e•lrcri6. „Ili e,,,soiveteetn r ecerrosi e rsril.cco d e&teee e li4T .einn e ni3i n tt,il.,...t.nr i tin . imeez6: Consolidated., .. :es:. p 5, etd.6.l e ? _6(, i , 1 p.c.., ;1.1.. e i c. ii, e n . . .... ... c... 111:11100t(0):0, 1 st North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 Wu Is s a t t : I I N ) : 3) .."-a ls3 1 1 :0, .:: ' r iii N e n is: 1 1) . ,, C 2' o 5 us p . e 4 rj :i c e n ... t .: 17)0 : 8 ..... ' 2 6 5 t D I) o o York, k N.N. E. H 4 . & pe rB. cen t . , liri - .11 purchase. 1 0 0 10 1 . !) 10' a r p li i n t : i . 5 p.c. 6 1 1 : 1. 108 . st Du W, Hartlepool IL and It. IUO on 1 !/ 0.6 k 0 i : S. Last. il Lt l e i 11, ,i I:laudrd. Annuities,sA . n r u i) ,s t. :5... 87 8.1 1) 1 1 0 0: 800 T F a a v e is a to 4 e t k pe A r n e n e s. t , 1 8... all 91 114 stt D D : o R ia p ei e a r 4 ce nL e 1 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Waterford &liiilienn .... .... ...... j %) lti, 1 4 5 3 0 100L'a11111 2 : ..89:. 2..1.:19: RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. bt Caledonian .IT-iregii st Do Scot. Oen. min. 7p c lOO st Do 41 p irredeem.. . all st Do 4p c con. issued at 8U 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO st Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO •st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO st Do Boston & Stead, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. Xlidl., 5p c 100 st Do Joint i.erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 2J Do Vale Neath peril. 5p c all st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 st Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 45 do, 1861 100 st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 6do st Lond , Chat., &c., 28, 6 p.c st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 Do do C 6 .1 3 . c st London &N. Western, 5p c 100 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 10 Man. slid. &Lin., spc, 1865 all st, Metropolitan 0 per cent .... . . 100 st Midland, A 5 per cent pref. 100 st Do B 5 do 100 18 Do 5p c opt, to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 18 Do Inconv. New Shares 16 22 Do 5 p c con. into 01c1 Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 ...... 81 st North British, E. and G NO. 1, 5 per cent 100 st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 st Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 a t Do E. &G , No. 2, 5 p.c .. . 100 s t Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 S t Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c ... 100 st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p e 100 st North Eastern, 45 per cent 100 st tt North D o S L t o o c n k d . D 4s a , r ... . 100 rD cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c 7 lOO st Do So D u o th sB E do as o te ( cr sh. c 4l p Cross) osds c o) , 11 1 88 8 66 5 3 9 1 1 11(0 00 )00 st Do 5 do, 1861 st Victoria St. &Pimlico, 45 pc 100 11J 13 89 92 84 8; 86 1.0 105 107 19 20 I 1 16 110 94 96 8 81 10i 110 108 110 1 4 lfp i IP 1 lip 55 57 $,7 111 113 RAILWAYS. -LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, st Birkenhead lOO 8 3 95 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 5 '6 st Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO „, at Colchester Stour Valle y st East Lincoln, gum. 6p. c lOO 133 13 . 5 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ..• *" B Gt. Easn., Newm ., ex., 5 p.c 100 ... , . a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 60 7 . 2 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 100 95 97 50 hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 215 22 ) at London and Blackwall lOO 9,s 93 at Do. 41 per cent at London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO ... . st Do. Coin. Fu nd, sdo 100 „. ... at London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO ... . st London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 bo st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 at Do. do. 6 do. .. ! 51 blanch., Buxton, & Matlk all 6 51 at 3lidland, Bradford, Pref lOO 93 95 10 Slid Kent Cray Line) 50 Isorthernk East.,s percent all b:3 50 .50 Do. do. 6 do. all ... .. st N. Eastern—Hartlepool at N.West. A peril. pref, sp. c lOO 10 I 110 st Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ... ... at N otting. ez Granth. R.& C lOO 92 94 25 Preston and Wyre. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 133 435 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 1;15 10 Do do 8 n 2,p st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 100 • at Do 4 per cent gua lO r 79 81 st Do 5 do at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 ISO at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all 6j 74 at Weymouth and Portland lOO ' ... ... st Wilts and Somerset ... DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 116 120 st London and St. Katherine lOO 43 50 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ,„ ... Ilillwall , Freehold Land st Dock lOO 32 :34 st Southampton , 100 _7l 7S st Surrey commercial I AIP • • Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 111 10 Do B lO 4 41 4 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, li m all 1 , 19 181 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866 , limited 10 871 16: 1 ' 7 40 Australasian ....... 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 1= 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 ••• ••• 25 Bank of Egyp t 20 Bank of Otago, liin. „ 4 25 Bank of So ut h A ustralia. _ •-) all 31 , s , 50 Bank of Vict or i a, Australia 25 37 3° 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, , nil China all 2 0 5 21 4 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 29 301 20 City .1 1 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, fin 50 East London, lira 5 11 0 i 20. English and American, lim 10 ••• ••• 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro urn lO id Pr 20 English, , •-cottish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hon' , Kong and Shanghai Balk Corporation all .•• ••• 28. , Do new 54 i . 4 100 Imperial, lin t 20 Imperial Ottini In ll 1 l i 121 5 10.U.5:1 '2O Do new...... 5 Pr 10 20 Lnd Mortgage of In.lia, lint 4 3,-: t;t 100 Du sp. e. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 70 75 73 30 Lon , lon Bank of 31exico and South Aincrica, lim. 20 6 4 100 London aud Brazilian lim. 45 52 28 20 Do new 71 6 1 5 1 100 Loudon & River Plate, lim. 40 6 8 '25 Do new 10 1+ 11 20 Loudon Chart. of Australia all 221 231 50 London and County 2O 491 501 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 10 pd ll ••• ••• 50 London Joint' Stock 1 31 3 20 London and South African al 1 , 1:2 100 London & S. - Western, lim, '2O ••• ••• 50 London & Ve nezuela, lim l2l - • — 100 London and Westminster 2O 61 63 61 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm '2o 5 9 61 100 Merchant, lim 10 Metropolitan, Jim 100 Midland, litn.. 5 National of Au s t ra l ia 23 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3 1 d 100 National frovinc: of Eng'd 4.2 . *" 10 Do ... 40: . ...... .. -4 ., -• f.O National., 3O 46 441 20 New South Wales all 4'2 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 411 421 59 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint lO 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90 10 Do new.. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 45 47 451 100 Union of Ireland, lim 15 35 36 351' 6 50 Union of London MISCELLANEOUS. ' Mint all 16 17 1 1 0 0 A A n n g gl io o im Am ed e i r te ic r an Te T ,. / I ., m lim i lat1)1 2 1 2 2 ) 2 13 21 14k 10 Anglo-Mexican all 13 7 f 1 5 4 4 1 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 33 35 st Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 6 3 31 5 Bombay Gas, lint , 1 10 ( 0, B B e a Dr u lo t . ara lNv h ea T wte e r a Estates, lvorks I ll m m 5 Do. New 4 11 Id 5.1 British American Land 44 16 18 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. all3o 3 7 1 140 33 4 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel.,. lim lOO 16 6 171 71 2 2 0 0 CBarintaisdhalcnodmi:pnaTneya, h all al W; 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, Kin 2l 21 10 Jim..,, all 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 20 Ceylon Company, Hal, lO 1 a d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, Km 5 41 a i 25 City of London Real Pro perty,B 41 39 ( 1 30 h 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lint.., all 2 3 50 City Offices, Bin 25 231 221 , 1 50 Colonial, lint. 221 Cityof Milan li Improv. lint all .. Do. ••• (Assur) 5 ip 6 5100 CompanyCommercialcnts , lof lj im. 20 Continental Union Gas , lim all 18 19 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. A ni f ° r Mer chants, h a all 5 7 100 Corporation of London B)nds, 1877, 41 per cont. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent, all 1011 1051 100 Do. 1832, 41 , per cent. all 10 31 1011 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all '2l 21 24 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lint lO 33 24 , 1 st Crystal Palace lOO 1.4 21 st Do. Preference lOO 91 39 16 all ••• . st Do. 6 6 1 i p ini erpetual Deb. 109 1 0. -, 101 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance,. lint. Canal 8 6 40 20 10 E p a a s r t j e e r e n linp A g s e' sam, Inn. . ,• ... ...d all 17 is Coal, lim. Egypt. GOV all 921 931 g4l i . & Iron, a o nd 100 Egyptian 9_per cent. V'r y. 3220 Ebbw Eastl Valendia Steel,lrrtga st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2,55 265 10 Do. New 8 1 0 12p 3 Eng, & Austral. Copper, lint 21 i t 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 A , 20 EgyGupatiabnyCom.&Trad. lint. 6 . 44 44 100 Eng. and Scot. 11 a rin e, lint. 6 ... 4 10 Fairbairu Engineering 5 14 11 d 20 Fore-street Wareirouse,liin l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B3 all 50 Gellivara, 1int...,. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 71 15 General Steam Navigation 14 50 Homa & Col Marine lu. lint 5 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 25 ludo-European Tel., lint lO 20 Interim. Financial Soc. lim 5 20 Interua. Land Credit, lint 6 50 Italian Laud 5 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Do. 6p. c. Btls., redeem 1870, issued :fa all 50 Land Securities, lint 5 25 London African Trading ~• 10 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, lint. 6 10 Loudon County Land and Building, lint. 5 Lond. Provincial Tel, lint all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all 50 Lond. Financial Asso , lint 30 4 Lond.G en.Oinnibus.C,..).lim. all 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 st Madras Irriga. &Caul. Gua. 5 p. c. by India Gov. lOO i l oh w ne a ra l al ZealandpA Ir onrso. Li Marine'NoV . Loan nr. 'Tea, , .., , 3:il i. lint. enri . 1 45 21 7 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim. all, 50 IU erchant Shipping, Jim..., al. 12 :1 035 0 ° Colonisa tion Co. ,lint. Co., 25 National Discount Co. lint 5 10 National Steam Ship, li nt , all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 10 New Consolidated Die. lim. 3 5 New Quebrada, lina .. . . 4.4.0 cantile Agencydim . , 2 4 25 New Zealand Trust .. .a . ll - 01 Loan, lint ...... 5 11 11 10 Do. B . um all 1 St North Brit. Austral., lint.,, 100 47 52 50 North Brit. & Mercan. 1n... 61 19 20 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll • 5 Oriental Gas, lint. all 71 7l 5 Do. New.... ..........--.. . 1 I iP 10 Otago and So . u .. thin ... . It; vestment, lirn .... 2 id IP 5 Ottoman Gas, lint ....... 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian It. Mail lint all 11 1 5 Do. do. . all 1 1 1 st Peel R. Land & Minerlsi ... . 100 " 33 50 Peninfm. & Oriental Steam all 43 49 481 9 50 Do. New 1867 lO 21 1 1 0 25 Reuter' s Telegram .. a ll 6'l 66 531 50 It hymney Iron all 19 21 Northern oeaaj A rittwatg Natal ay ma. n.. c:. . • . . .. . 14 15 Do. 25 Rio de Janeiro City NeW . all 5 1 6 20 Do. Gas, lint ' all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam . st Scottish Aust. Inve . s . i .... st Do. 6p. c. Guar.. Fret 100 ••• .6d20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte Rm lO ‘ ° 7 , 20 Societe Gen.de l'Enapiro 01 8 'P 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., Bin 6 '" "' • o 25 South Australian Land st Submarine Telegr Scri aph 1 D. p all 1 1 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.jim all 17a 181 4 88 1 4 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lint 2 21 24 20 Trinidad Petroleum, Um._ 81 .. ... )0 Trust & Agency of An s., li m . 1 4 1 P 10 Do do. do. all i .. 20 Trust &Loan Co., U. Canada .5 d... P 50 Union Marine L'pool,, lint. 5 4 41P 20 Union Steam Ship, Hnt all 22 24 13 United Discount Corp., lint 6 10 p 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., Jim- all 51 6f 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 3} 34p 20 Universal Marine(ln.), lint. 5 1 lip 10 30 Van Upper Dieman's Lan Assam Tea, d lim 281 7 all 21 3 8 1 00 Vi e c e eroy ( o cent. 11 o f rtEggyagell, 7 per Loan... all 18 781 78 1 ] 50 Warrant Finance, lint l2 12 100 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lint. ............ ...... 20 21 13 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO 86 SS Bif 11 la 25 - 2:jo 41 SO 131 1:31 11/ - 11 It 6 41 /I id 31 4 63 I's 31 2FI 7 541 31 •3: 22 20 1k 2 22 lid id pr 104 105 f 4 41 32 37 31 21,1 111 1 2 1 4 3,1 81 91 31 3(1 11 ld 41 ai I IP COLONIAL GOVBIINMNNT SECURITIXS British Columbia, 6 per Cent.,1872.... •• • 100 1)0. 1895.. l9O Can.Gov.6 p.c.Jan. • &J uly 1877-84 .. lOO irsl ic c i Do. 6p. c. Feb, & Aug.... 100 lt4 116 - Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept.. 100 104 106 ▪ Do. sp. c. Jan. & July.. 100 95 96 95i i f Do. sp. c. Inscribed ek.. 100 90 92 Cape (.Hope, 6 p• 0 •197 3•• 1 0 9 102 104 D0.Ap1.&094 1590-1900.. 100 ill 113 Do. do 1880-90.. 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1691 .... 100 108 lie Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878,6 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 - Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. .. ••• 1 4 166 too Do. 1882, May a nd Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lO 106 103 Melbourne Corporate., 1867-75, 6 per ecnt...• 1(0 100 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July Natal 6 p or, Apl& Oct lO3 Do 6p o. May & Nov 1 020( 6 108 ICBI N. S. W. 5 p.a. ' '7l to '75 lOO 99 1 ( 1 - -Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896_ 100 9EI 901 Do. 5 p.o. rd.'67 to '75 N.Zealand, 6p. ot. 1891 ICO Do. 5 per cent.... Do Jan, Aprl, J uly, O. L lOO 93 94 94 .Do 6p 0. Mar &Sept '9l lOO 108 110 Do June & Deo , 1,91 (Do Prov. t I Auct Id. I 0 teriet 1 & 1896... ) hova Scotia 6p. o •Jan• • • - and Jnly, 1875 - Do 1886.. .• .. lOO. 101 103 - Qneenslnd. 6p. c. 'B2 5 Do 189 i .. . lOO 1056 1061 Do. 6 p 0.1869.. -- Do. do. A 2 lOO 108 110 Do rd. 11 33 ......•-•• 10) 107 108 ▪ victoria c.p.o. 100 112 113 1121 CAPTTU.RE OF BRITISH" SCHOONER OFF CUBA. ._. • - Intelligence from Havanna, dated Jarman) , 28th,E343 , s that the Spanish man-of-War .VenanclAtolaft,:44lp chase, captured, near Romans, Key; an'Englisli ithi3Oner hailing froin Nassau. A party of twenty-two native Cubans were found on board the vessel. They were on their way to join the insurgents on this island. It is reported that during the chase the men on the schooner, seeing that capture was inevitable, threw overboard a quantity of arms and ammunition. Spanish accounts continue to represent that the insurgents in the eastern department in large numbers are presenting themselves to the authorities and claiming the benefits of the amnesty proclamation. The wrecking schooner Arrieta, seized on suspicion, has, after investigation, been released, there being no evidence that she was engaged in carrying supplies to the rebels. THE LICENSING 2YSTE3I. The Rev. S. A. Steinthal read a paper on the amend ment of the licensing system, at a meeting of the Nan• chester Statistical Society'. He said that the first point upon which the advocates of reAriction were sgrecd was that uniformity was required in the law. At the present time a man could go and get a license for the sale of wine and beer, although the magis trates and inhabitants of a district concurred that no such license was needed ; and the applicant for a magistrates' certificate bad, when refused, the power to appeal to the quarter sessions, where he might obtain a certificate in the teeth of all local opposition. He recommended the formation of a licensing board, the members of which be annually elected by the ratepayers, to whom they would be responsible, and who would send the members of whose actions they disap proved back into private life. Having only one special duty to perform, the board would be able to do that duty well and efficiently. It was his conviction, founded on more than twenty years' study of the question, that when . every possible amendment had been intro duced into the licensing system, the result would still prove unsatisfactory in removing drunkenness and its attendant evils ; for, so long as the public sale of drink was allowed, so long a proportionate amount of intem perance would afflict the community. Mr. Steinthal con cluded by expressing his approval of the measure pro moted by the United Kingdom Alliance. ELECTION PETITIONS. IVESTBURT.-A second address has just been issued by Bin C. P. Phipps, of Chalcot, brother of the unseated member for this borough, Mr. John Lewis Phipps, the Conservative candidate, asking the suffrages of the electors, and expressing his determination to contest the seat with Mr. Abraham Laverton, the Liberal candidate, on independent principles. Mr. Phipps will not pledge himself as to the Irish Church, although expressing him. self favourable to an adjustment of the question. He is in favour of a seduction of the public expenditure. DUMFIIIESSIIIRE.—At a crowded and enthusiastic meet ing of the electors of the county, the following resolution was carried unanimously :—" The Liberal electors of Dumfriesshire having been informed that the petition at the instance of Major Walker has been withdrawn, and that, in consequence, Sir Sydney H. Waterlow is duly elected and returned as member for the county, desire to express to Sir Sydney their assurance of their continued confidence and support, and request him to maintain his position as their representative." CITY OF LONDON.—The Globe says :—" Calculating the results of the last election, and estimating the probabilities of a single-handed contest, the supporters of the distinguished baron entertain little or no doubt of his success. The Conservatives and Con stitutionalists of the City of Loudon must not be idle. The struggle is well worthy of their noblest and best exer tions. At the recent election the party asserted its repre sentative importance, and evinced its strength. Strong and united action will be needed to justify the promise given on that occasion. There is not a moment to be lost; if it be intended to retain the seat, immediate steps must he taken to secure it." THE TREATY BETJVEEN _ENGLAND AND AMERICA. The New Fork Nation putlishes on the Alabama Claims Treaty au article, which may be taken as a fair expressma of moderate American opinion on the subject. Tho Nation notices, first, that whilst there aro heights of national indignation and depths of national feeling for which 'here is no remedy but war ; y t when once a nation agrees to arbitration it passes cut of the domain of feeling into that of reason, it lass down its wrongs and goes into court. Bence the spirit of the English nation during he war, or the moral complexion. Lard's shire in the de struction of American commerce ought not to affect the national judgment on the convention. Further, it is nothing against the proposed tril need that it will not, under any circumstances, award the full amount of damage the United States has sustained at sea,or take from England the full amount of the gain which has accrued to her through the rebellion. " There is no human mode of exacting of everybody who participates in or instigates a great war the proper amount of retribution. No court is adequate to any such task. Nobody can say exactly who is responsible for a great war, or to whom it was owing that it was attended with such and such atrocities or did not end at such and such a time. We might as well attempt to put the Demo cratic party on its trial for the rebellion." As it appears to the Nation the Convention does contain one great fault, flagrant and patent., and that is tho mode of appointing the umpire who is to decide i❑ case the commis sioners cannot agree upon the same person. This umpire is to be chosen by lot out of two previously selected by both parties, so that even the question of Eng land's liability might bo decided at the outset by an Englishman or a poison selected by Eng land. If the arbiter may be chosen by lot under such cir cumstances, the whole question might as well be decided at Once by tossing up a cent. The object of the commission is not simply to give a decision, but to give a decision which both parties are likely to respect, and a decision arrived at, even in part, by blind chance would command nobody's re spect, and probably would not be enforced. But then the Senate is at least as likely to see this, as well as other weak points of the convention, as anybody out of doors, and we may feel aisured that it will be satisfactory in any form in which it issues from their hands. Even Mr. Seward's great point, the submission to the commission of the propriety, in point of time, of the concession of belligerent rights to the insurgents by Great Britain, would hardly give trouble, even if England had refused to agree to it because nobody has ever been able to see how that, or any other notorious fact, could be kept back from the consideration of the commission." From this it will be seen that the Nation assumes the reference of our recognition of the Southern belligerency as a matter of course. Two women were committed for trial yesterday at Bow-street for a daring Lurglary. They broke into a houso in Bedford-place, and stole plate to the value of .£5O. A fearful story is told of the sufferings of the crew of the barquo Cadet, which left Liverpool for Philadelphia. She was provisioned for thirty-Eve days, but being driven out of her course by violent gales, tho men were reduced almost to the point of starvation. Their provisions were reduced to ten pounds of 11 u when they fortunately spoke a vessel and obtained a small supply of food, which enabled them ultimately to reach Philadelphia. But for this timely assistance they must have all perished. At the annual meeting of the Nottingham Ragged School, Mr. Mundella, M.P., trusted that the time was at ' band when there would be no need for ragged schools as they now existed ; but in the present state of our educa tional system they filled a most important void. It was the duty of the State to educate the neglected chil dren of the poor, and he hoped it would do so soon. In Manchester alone there were 6,000 neglected children about the streets, and he did hope that Christian men would deal with the question of education in the right spirit, and not allow theological differences to stand in the way. At the annual meeting of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce Mr. Baines, M.P., was present, and spoke at some length on the prospects of commercial legislation. 31r. Baines said that he hoped the Bankruptcy Bid would have a good chance of passing this year. lie thought there bad been a needless delay in obtaining the returns, which were called for a year ago, respecting the amount of machinery and the number of hands em "'eyed in the factories of the country. Mr. Baines touched upon several other topics connected with commer cial reform, including the Austrian and American tariffs and the registration of partnerships, anci expressed himself favoural le to the establishment of courts of conciliation. RITUALISM. —The Rev. Charles Voysey, vicar of Healaugh, in the diocese of York, propounds a simple and ready cure for ritualism. It is that an Act of Parlia ment should be passed abolishing the ceremony of conse crating the elements at the Holy Communion. Mr. Voysey thinks this "slight change" would be accepted to Parliament, because, among other reasons, the proportion of communicants in the Church of England, as compared with the number of her members, is absurdly small. His etxraordinary proposal appears in the form of alettey to tike Yarbhire Gazette. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Daily News, in commenting upon the same subject, says that the most sanguine Fishmonger could scarcely have expected that the Prime Minister would last night anti cipate the Queen's message and the usual announcements to Parliament, and inform the brilliant company which welcomed him of the measures which her Majesty's Government has in preparation. But Mr. Gladstone's speech last evening was not confined to eloquent gene ralities or festive compliments. It was a manifesto, and a very timely one. It was well suited to combat the misgivings and scepticism which have been sedulously fostered as to the intentions and conduct of Ministers. Mr. Gladstone reminded his audience of that of which he himself, we doubt not, never loses recollection —the circumstances in which he and his colleagues have acceded to office. An issue had been dis- tinctly raised and met ; it was clearly submitted to the country ; and the country has returned an answer as clear. To give effect to that answer, Mr. Glad• stone and his colleagues have been carried into Power, Mr. Gladstone, as - his speech last night showed, feels keerly and solemnly the obligation which rests upon him. He does not disguise the arduous nature of the task he has undertaken. He and his colleagues have put their hands to the plough, and will not look back. Without hesitation or delay, but with prudence and consideration, they will apply themselves to the work which the nation has committed to them. If there are many obstacles to be overcome, there are great helps and encouragements. The Telegraph declares that the Prime Minister could not have been expected to describe his policy with anything like minuteness of detail. A disquisition on the difficulties of disestablishing the Irish Church, and the precise means by which the obstaclesmust be overcome, would have been completely out of place. What provision should be made for the government of the Church, what amount of property should be left in its hands, and to what use the balance should be put—these are questions which must be discussed in the House of Commons. But though Mr. Gladstone kept away from the technical points of the subject, he indicated in general terms how he and his colleagues meant to act. The difficulty, he said, could not be overcome in a day, or by a single bill. Not one, but many measures, he added, might be requisite to carry out that policy which was shadowed forth in the three Resolutions. This is a most signi ficant announcement. For the first time Mr. Gladstone has formally declared that the process of disestablisinn en t and disendotictneut cannot be achieved at one stroke, but must result from a series of efforts. When the question was first mooted the more ardent Reformers fondly fancied that the Irish Church, as a State institution, might be brushed away at one sweep of the legislative broom. A deeper study of the cinestiou has shown that the task bristles with difficulties which mist he conquerea one Ly one, awl which it may take more even than a single session thoroughly to overcome. THE SOLWAY JUNCTION RAILWAY. In a very few weeks we may hope to see the completion of one of the great achievements of modern engineering enterprise. The great viaduct across the Solway, which is to form a direct line of railway between the south of Scot land and the west coast of Cumberland ,is progressing rapidly, though the difficulties in the way of construction have been great. There is an unreclaimed moss on the Cumber land side, over a mile and three-Quarters of which the line has to pass, and the task of draining this moss and laying the way over it has been a formidable one. The scheme originated in a desire to revive the diminished trade of Annan, and Mr. Brunlees, of London, is the engineer in-chief. This gentleman was consulted respecting a smaller plan, but at once saw the importance of carrying a line across the Solway to accommodate the mineral district of West Cumberland, by opening up a more direct and cheaper route to Scotland. The scheme was taken up and a company formed, but so sceptical were the people of the neighbourhood, that it was not until they saw the viaduct fairly complete that they would believe so gigantic an undertaking could be carried out. The journey is not a very lung one, as the total length of the new way laid down is not more than eighteen miles. Starting from the Kirtlebridge Station, the line takes a southerly direction, and reaches its summit 230 feet above the level of the Solway, near Lockerbie. Directly after this it descends to the Solway, at a gradient of lin 90. Here begin the difficulties and the cuttings, and embankments continue at intervals to Seafield, where the viaduct begins. At the point where the railway crosses the Firth the distance from shore to shore is 2,544 yards, of which nearly 600 yards are composed of sea embankment, and the remaining 1,950 consist of the iron viaduct. The banks have occa sioned great anxiety, as the spring tide rises 21 or 22 feet, The north bank has been completed for some time, and the south bank is now nearly finished. The construction of the viaduct is very simple. It is built of wrought and cast-iron. The levels of the foundation piles vary with the bed of the Solway, the lowest being in the English Channel, where the top of the foundation piles is within 18 inches of low water at spring tides. It was originally intended to use screw piles for the foundation, but after six months' fruitless trials it was decided to adopt driving. The bed of the Solway is composed of stony, coarse gravel, covered with constantly-shiftiug sand, so that screw piles were got down more than 12 feet. The driving, although more successful, was a work of great difficulty, and had to be carried on night and day, as the tide allowed, in specially-constructed barges. On one occasion two of these barges were lost in a storm. The total weighs of cast-iron in the viaduct is 2,892 tons, and of wrought iron 1,807 tons. The whole of the superstruc ture was erected without scaffolding. It is thought that the total cost of spanning the Solway and forming the sea banks will not exceed 1.00,000. That the work has been well done is shewn by e the viaduct having borne unshaken the passage of the heavy waggons carrying over the material for the southern some bank. There have been, too, some heavy gales and . . ial point of the importance of the NS h very high tides since it was,orfikrstiounadeerotamkmener.e Considering view, and the difficulties had to contend, its successful completion s tter m of e with which the.en .s g a me m er a public congratulation. The Royal Commissioners on Ritual held a sitting on Thursday, at the Jerusalem Chamber, West minster. &A. A me morial is r ah:u t t h t e o b wio e. rohvi presented c ; Localto tßhoeaCrdorno-f mancler.in-Clnef from Health, requesting him to prolong the stay of Major- General E. C. Warde, C. 8., PwA., whose period of office of commander of the garrison will expire in June next. The major-general commanding is highly valued by the inhabitants for his kindness to them, and they have expressed a hope that amid all the painful changes which are so suddenly occuring among the Government officials, he, the commandant, at least maybe permitted to remain at his post, as one who knows so much about the town may help to mitigate the fearful distress which at present exists, owing to the immense number of men dißbarged on taqtion from tilt cigverunmAxakm. 40.- The Times observes that the Fishmongers are the chief ; of Liberal companies, and if proof were wanted it may be found in the fact that they have forestalled all the world in entertaining the Ministry as a Ministry. It might be supposed to follow naturally that they who had been most prompt in hospitality would be the first to receive the con fidence of the Ministry. Mr. Gladstone recognised the .anticipation, but it seems probable that many Fishmongers left their hall yesternight with a feeling that, after all, they had not learnt much of the intentions of the Cabinet. The Premier pledged himself that not a moment should be lost in maturing measures which, when produced and explained, would gratify to the full the sentiment of public curiosity, and with this he begged to be excused from any further immediate revelation. There are many excel lent reasons for this reticence. It might be plausibly urged that the first statement of their policy must be rendered by the Ministers of the Crown to Parliament. Another reason may be discovered in the promise that the necessary measures of the future shall be matured as quickly as possible, since it follows that they are not matured at present, and it would be plainly premature to discuss a scheme of legislation, the details of which are not yet completed. As it was, Mr. Gladstone reaffirmed the priuciples of nationcd action upon which the Government enteral o'lce, promised that they should be prosecuted to success. The policy approved by repeated majorities in the House of Commons, approved still more decisively by the tribunal recognised by all parties asthe tribunal of last appeal, remains the paramount object of the Ministry. Religious equality in Ireland, and a union not merely of law, but of sentiment and affection, between the two countries are the objects to be attained. Mr. Gladstone, however, did not conceal the difficulty of the task to which the Government has devoted itself ; and it may even be that he somewhat depressed his hearers by the easeful way in which he spoke of the future. But the difficulties attendant on the Ministerial policy, undeniable as they are, ought not to hamper the progress of a Government commanding the majority Mr. Gladstone has at his command. Let the Ministerial plans be clear I and unwavering and in faithful correspondence with the resolutions of last session, and the rest is simple. Ministry carried into office by the acclamation, as we may almost affirm, of the nation, and supported above all, as Mr. Gladstone rightly claimed for them last night, by their own conviction that the cause to which they are devoted is the cause of justice and public weal, could not fail to overcome obstacles infinitely more serious than any besetting the path of the presen Government, and to carry their counsels to perfection SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day BENTINCK CLUB.—Tars DAY. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Syceo (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Drummer (taken) 100 to 8 agst George Osbaldeston (taken and oft) 14 to 1 agst Formosa (taken) 25 to 1 agst Warrington (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Pitt (taken) GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 25 to 1 agst Dick Turpin (taken and offered) WATERLOO CUP. 25 to 1 agst agst Jones's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Crawford's nomination (taken) STRE ATITAV RACES-YESTERDAY. NOIZBUIIY STEEPLECHASE. Domino ....... King of Spad 1 Novice Five ran. Woo by two lengths. STEEPLECH ASE SWEEPSTAKES. Licyninia :ie:tll'. l .C.i~ rt. Nimrod.. Six ran. SPRING STEEPLECHASE. Roving Maid Tom Coke.... , ...................... 1 ....................... Z Hippolyt , Lord Waldograve SURREY lIU - NT CUP. Wade Panther 1 . ....... 2 Zingyni Five ran. RACING 'IXTURES. FEBR Lincoln l6, 17 Harrow lB, 19 Mansfield 18 Pontefract ' 18, 19 j tiARY. Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chelmsford.... 25, 26 Derby Spring '2s, 26 Liverpool Spring 2, irin Shrowsbury Spring 5, G Downpatrick 9 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 West Somerset 15, 1G Northampton 16, 17 West Drayton lB, 19 Baldoyle First Sp r i ng 18, 19 Margate 20 Beverley 20 Durham 29, 30 Epson 30, 31 AP. Abergavenny l, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick , 1 2 T hi rsk 6 7 Hungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cambridge 7 8 Croxton Park ........ . 8 I Streatham 8, 9 Newmarket Craven...l2, .tc. Knighton... l3, 14 1 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring _ ia, &c. M Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 1: 1 , 14 Salisbury l3, 14 r Doncaster 13, 14 \Vast Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 2.t. Harpenden 2l. Epsom Summer .....25, &o. SrE. J I Croydon 2,3,4 r Newton 9 7 3 7 4 Ascot 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor ..................15, 16 Hampton ...............17, 18 Cuaagit ............22 , 23, 21 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....23, 33 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July ~,,,.6, &c. Carlisle 107 Pontefract 9, Hendon l2, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Eg-ham lO, 11 Wolverhatrpton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT Warwick. 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c, Chelmsford l9 20 lieh,o 19 20 Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow 9, 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 Bank of Eng. An Account, pursuant to t: cap. 32, for the week ending LY. Southampton 13, 14 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford ... 22, 23 Goodwood ......27, 28, 29, 30 rST. Oxford York ........ .24, 25, 26 Plymouth .. ............ 26 , 2 7 Scarborough •.30, 31 Derby Summer _3l, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1. Canterbury ..... 3l, Sep. 1. ;GIBER. Hampton .... 21, 22 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Hendon 23, 24 Monmouth... ~23, 24 Newmarket I st 0ct....28, &c. Lanark... 29, 30 , B ER. Cheltenham l9, 20 Curragh l9, 20, 21 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford `'l, 22 Monmouth 23, 2-1 Newmark4t, Eton ...25, &c. .!%IBEII. NOV Shrewsbury 15, itc. Leamington Hunt 23, Sc. land Returns. the Act 711, and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1869. ISSUE I)EP.IItTMENT. Notes issued .....£32,271,315 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion • £82,271,725 X 32,271,315 / BANKING DLPARTMENT. Proprietors'Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 4,728,715 Other Deposits 17,491,957 Seven Days and other Bills 472,765 Governmt. Seen rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) ....114,026,537 Other Securities 16,514,757 Notes 8,938,630 Gold and Silver Coin ... 1,137,225 £40,614,149 GEORI .C 40,614,143 E FORBES, Chief C ashier. T ESTMINSTER LLEC7 lON PETITION. TIIIS DAY. The inquiry into this case commenced to-day, at 10 o'clock, in tho Westminster Sessions Court, before Mr. Baron Martin. petiCou is that of Mr. James Boale, who charges Mr. Smith with being guilty, through his agents, of brihery and treating. _ _ Mr. F. Stephen opened the case for the petitioners. Ho said the ground of complaint against Mr. Smith, as at t. forth in the petition, was, that he had been guilty, by his agents, of bribery and treating. The expenses in curred by Mr. Smith in 1865, when he was a candidate for the representation of Westminster, amounted to £5,000, whilst his expenses on the occasion of the last election were, according to tho official return, no less than £8,909 17s. 7d. Of the constituency of Westminster which numbered about 18,000, 7,648 votes were recorded for Mr. Smith, thus leaving on an average the sum of £l. 3s. 3d. as the expense of each voter. The expenses o Captain Grosvenor and Mr. Stuart Mill on the occasion of the last election were only £2,300. It apperstha i t sa sum of £6,500 was expended under the four following items, viz., central committee expenses, 1 6305. s. 3d. agents, £1,747 19s. ; and for advertising, lld. district committee expenses,.tng £6,599 1,4 sji vo O un f b t e li c 7 sum of £6,500, no less than £2,500 T was bare either was a sum of noB9 2s. for or imperfectly .vouched f or. s 6 not been vouched b B e d ( w l hic c h ou ti l i d ere ea w ll ore co o lo n u ly rab f° lo r vouchers. lu t John's the sum sf,cun.amely, those of St. eorge . was expended, and those expenses lwoshsatthahne £(ll,2le2b6lesaPessrn.wo6dacir.d'counse ) improperly Touched for. One of the for, or had been Henry Mr. enryEdwards. Ou have t n f ot £ l3e , itemsKnig Knightsbridge, and part of this man Edwards, who was a farmer at St. A th l e bans, ho (Mr. Stephen) did not hesitate to say that he convicted and professional briber. One of ti lt , was a e a w nd as S 2o9 to principal supporters of Mr. Smith at the last election was the Hon. Mr. Grimston, who resided at Watford, which was not a great distance from St. Albans, and Edwards and that gentleman had been seen together on several occasions. Mr. Stephens then proceeded to refer to the cases of colourable treating, and men tioned the names of several persons who were pain 7s. a week for exhibiting a board with Mr. Smith's electioneering address pasted on it, outside their shop doors. The sum of £209 had been expended in this way, and ho should be able to prove that Edwards had committed bribery by colourable payments to those per sons. There were three cases of treating, the first of which was at a public-house called the Merlin's Cave, where, at a meeting held in support of Mr. Smith's canvass every. body present partook of drink without paying for it. That was followed by a more serious transaction in the course of a few days. Mr. Smith went personally to the Merlin's Cave, held a meeting, and addressed a considerable number of persona. At that meeting not only did every, body have what he pleased, but Mr. Smith went to Mr. Walker, the proprietor of the house, and after a short conversation between them, a quantity of champagne made its appearance, for which no person paid, and of which every person, including Mr. Smith, partook. After some further observations, Mr. Stephen proceeded to call his witnesses. ROYAL Scomm ACADEMY.—On Wednesday Mr. Hugh Cameron end Mr. R. T. Ross were elected Academicians, in room of the late Mr. John Stevens and !gr. IV. B. Johnstone. LICIT. AUG OCT ,