The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-02 00:00:00

DIOZIE MARNE AND COYDIERCIAL CITY, Two o'CLoca The Frankfort advices confirm the statement telegraphed a day or two back, that the concession for the Moscow -Smolensk Railway to'Sulzbach Brothers had been sanctioned by the Emperor, with the condition that no preference shares or bonds shall be issued before 1870. With regard to the ordinary shares, which amount only to five million roubles (about £830,000), it appears that the whole have been allotted at Frankfort and St. Petersburg to parties who are bound to deposit them for 18 months in the hands of the committee, so that they cannot dispose of them individually or privately. The markets will, therefore, be free from these se curities for a considerable time. In the colonial produce markets this week the transactions have been restricted by the holidays. Sugar attracts some attention. A few floating car goes of foreign have been taken for the United Kingdom. Low brown descriptions have been steady. The coffee market is firm. An inquiry prevails for the lower qualities of white Bengal rice. Saltpetre is quiet. White pepper has advanced slightly, the stock being chiefly held by speculators. In the tea market there is dullness, and the business has been limited. Cotton shows some further re covery. Messrs. R. W. Benson and Co., the London agents of the Illinois Central Railway Company, have received instructions to notify that the pro posal to issue sterling redemption bonds in exchange for the 6 per Cent. Construction Bonds will remain in force till the Ist of April next, when the Con struction Bonds thus received must be stamped " surrendered," and transmitted to the treasurer at New York. The section of shareholders of the Credit Foncier of England (Limited), who have acted as a com mittee in urging certain views with regard to the management of the company, have yesterday issued a rejoinder to the recent circular with regard to them, issued under the signature of three of the directors, preparatory to the general meeting to be held on the 6th inst. The chairman of the Committee of Shareholders in England of the Kumaon Iron Works Company (Limited) has requested a meeting to be held on Tuesday, the sth inst., at 27, Great George street, Westminster, to take into consideration the forma tion of a board of directors in London and other matters. The half-yearly report of the Palace and Bur lington Hotels Conipany (Limited) to be presented on the 12th inst. shows an available total of £5,327, including a previous balance of £1,599, and re commends a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, together with a bonus at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, which will leave £7BB to be car ried forward. The Lombard Exchange and News-room, a capa cious and well -arranged establishment, with all the conveniences of a commercial club, was opened yes terday. It has already more than 1,000 subscribers, including several of the leading firms, and the metal trade held change there this afternoon at 3.30, in lieu of at the Royal Exchange-- an alteration they propose to continue. The following relates to the debt of Venezuela : " Consulate of the United States of Venezuela, 35, King-street, E.G., Dec. 31. " Sir,--I have received advices from my Govern ment relative to the advertisement inserted in the London Gazette of the 30th of October last re specting British claims against the Republic of Venezuela, and am instructed to inform claimants that the mixed commission now in session at Caracas for their adjustment have nothing to do with the arrangement of th e b on d s issued in this country. With reference to the foreign debt of Venezuela, the Gove rnment i s now occupied in effecting a set tlement of the same under favourable conditions for its due and faithful fulfilment by the Treasury. —I am, sir, your obedient servant, " FRAS. L. DAVIS, Consul." e Na The annual meeting of the proprietors of th tional Bank w ill b e held on the 26th inst. Special meetings ar e a l so convened for the same day and the 27th, t o consider a recommendation of some of the shareholders in favour of a general meeting being held in July in each year in addition to the annual meeting in January, and of the repeal of such portions of the clauses and provisions contained in the deed of settlement as authorise the appoint zsent of managing director. The half -yearly general meeting of the share holders of the Consolidated Bank (Limited) will b e held at the City Terminus Hotel, Canou-street, on the 14th inst., when the report will be presented and a dividend declared. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOTERNMENT .FUNDS.; 3 per Cent. Consols ........................... 92i xd i I 3 per C ent. R educe Ditto for Account, .....d ...... 924 924 4 New 3 per Cent ........................... 924 4 i New 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 ............... -'De. • p er C ent. ',an. 1873 — Au nuities, SO y rs , expire sth Jan.,. 1 880. Do. for SO yrs, expire sth April 1 885 Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1 903 Exchequer Bills .Cl,OO, 2 per Ct — Pm De. k5OO — De. £llO k .£2OO — Ptu Bank of %had Stock, 4 per Cent 2414 D. accetrat — lit Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds ....... er- per Uniniunt —. INDIAN UOVEENDIENT SECITItI . I.Et. India s'tock, 104 per Cent., Aprl 1 874 Do. Opening, for Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1830 112 4 DDo. 4 per Cent., Oct. usa ............ o. Certificates Do. Enfaced Papez 4 per Cant 9l/ Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1874 . ..... Do. 54 per Csut. May 1879 lo9} i D 3 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 -- De. do. 1377 Do. do. 1882 ......... __ D... Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1870 .„, Do. Bonds, 4 p er C ent., £l , OO O Pm Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS — CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... . Do., Scrip #45 pa i d .. - Au itrian Bonds 5 per coat o. .I. Brazilian D 5 per Cent s 9 0 3. 44 p er C ent., 1852 o. do. 1858.... ............ DDo. do., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 o Ac count B .enos Ayres 6 per Cent. CDo 2 pe r C ent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cu* , a, 6 per Cent. ....dian 6 per Cent ................ o 00. 41 per Cent.... ........... o ............ 72 Do. 3 per Cent., ..... ...................... . o. 6 per ce.A.. 1867 ..................... o. 7 per Cent., 1866 .. .................. .. -- Consols are 92f for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 92f ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92f ; New Three per Cents, 92i f i; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 241 k. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, shut; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 4 ; ditto En- Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent., 914 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 20 prem. The Stock and Share Markets opened without any material alteration, but the tone was good. Foreign Bands show strength, and, for SzAur day, there is a large business being transacted, the pacific aspect of the Emperor's Speech induc ing purchases. Turkish of 1865 are 3-16th better, the Six per Cents. of the same date 4, Russian Orel Bonds I, Peruvian Italian of 1861 are good, at 531 to 53 4 ; Nicolai Bonds, 654 to 654. In Railways not much doing. Caledonian, 751 to 76 ; Great Eastern, 401 to 404 ; Gre. Northern, 106 to 107 ; Great Northern A Stock, 107 k to 108; Great Western, 474 to 48f. Bank Shares are for the most part unchanged. Chartered of China, 20f to 21 ; Chartered Mercan tile, 29f to 30 ex div. ; Consolidated, to prem. ; London and County, 49i to 50k. Miscellaneous Shares are quiet, as follows : Anglo-American, 211 to 21i ; the Eight per Cent. P reference, 3 9-16 to 3 11-16 ; Credit Foncier, to 2f ; Hudson's Bay, 13f to 1311 ; Telegraph Con struction, 161 to 16k. There is very little alteration in the market for American Securities this morning, and business is dull. C lo übian, 6 per Cent. Dan.sii, 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent 73 1 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 BO Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent Do Second Issue ••••• Do. .£5Ol. Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds ••••• 821 Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. .£5OO Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds English Scrip, - 1868 741 Do do. £45 pd Government Railway Debentures Greet 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. HondurasGov.Rail.Loan., lop. Ct.,allpd 85 6 ltJiian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. AccountDd •.• MAremmana Railway %lexicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do, 1864 Do per Cont. Anglo-French.,., — ,iontevidean C per Cent............... Wooristi Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectaie..) • — Peruriar. 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account • Port, guest) 3 per Ct., 1853, '6 , 7, '9;60 ': •• 361 •- Do. do. Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 182 z, £ St Do 41 per C en t . 1850 Do 41 per Cont., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ............. 86 Do. Anglo-Dutcli, 1864, £lOO Donde.. Do. do. £B4 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds B9l Do. do .£B4 los. do BBl Do Nicolas Railway 661 Sardinian 0 per Cent Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 -• Do Account Spanish 3 per Can Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account • Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive De. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, scrip Tprkish 6 per Cent.' Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 6B Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOl Bonds 634 DO'S per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 6Ol 1 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent., Do. Acchunt ••• Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cont., 1862 4 24 Dividends on the above payable in Lonito,. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins „ 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch *AI per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull 561 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...•. French Rentes, 3 per Cent., E x . 25f...... , Do Account Italia!, 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. z5l — Do. Account 531 4 CLOSING PRICES Consuls, Money 921 xd Do. Account, Jan. 5 .. 92-4 ................. 14} POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Thit Da MARLBORO UGH- STREET. ROBBERY AT AN HOTEL.--Mary Lawley, a char woman, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing two damask tablecloths, of the value of £4, the property of Lewis Schilt, proprietor, of the Albe marle Hotel, Albemarle-street. Mr. Schilt said the prisoner was employed by him as a charwoman. He missel two tablecloths, of the value of £4, and those produced were the same. Charles Lockyer, assistant to Mr. Dobree, of Gilbert-street, Oxford-street, produced the two tablecloths, and said that they were pledged on the 30th December by the prisoner. Police-constable Dodswell, 91 C, said that on taking the prisoner into custody she said that the tablecloths were given to her by the laundry maid. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. THAMES. A MYSTERIOUS PAUPER. —James Johnston, an able-bodied pauper, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with tearing up his suit of clothes in the casual ward of the Workhouse of St. George-in the East. Mr. Newcombe, superintendent of the ward, said that the prisoner had a night's lodging, and two rations of bread and gruel, and refused to do any work this morning. lie then tore up his clothes, and he provided him with a parish suit. The pri soner destroyed them also, and said they were not fit for a " gentleman" to wear. He was compelled to provide for another suit for the panper gentleman, and marched him to the station house. The prisoner said he came from Belfast, and would walk all the way to Liverpool and take ship for his own country if the maOstrate would discharge him. Mr. Paget said the prisoner was an idle and de structive fellow, and deserved a more severe punish ment than he was about to inflict. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one month. BANK OF FRANCE. --o -. PARIS, Dec. 31 The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Dec. 31. Dec. 24. fr. Capital o f th e B an k 182 0. ,500,000 Profits in addition to • capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 2 7,044,776 0 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 34,580,980 70 32,460,25 93 Treasury account cur- 182,500,000 rent creditor — 180,122,347 89 183,100,414 78 Current accounts, Paris 282,599,462 260,487,407 78 Do. branch banks 48,205,977 44,006,297 Dividends payable 8,867,435 684,423 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last 765,324 13 8,230,815 37 six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries Total 033,700 85 703,152 42 6,345,387 02 8,496,978 92 2 ,160,879,680 80 2,042,806,978 92 CREDITOR. Cash in hand and in Dec. 31. Dec. 24. fr. C. f r. !Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 368,835,035 78 256,363,107 14 Do. branch banks 272,134,755 236,923,322 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 3,648,100 Do. on French Public Securities 12,779,500 Do. by branch banks 7,156,400 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Fender Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re- 582,301 88 221,38 G 83 88,668,000 - 3,316,800 - 12,051,600 - 7,021,100 - 37,241,500 28,331,400 - 976,400 - 907,000 - 963,700 - 913,400 - 60,000,000 - serve Do. disposable Hentes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 1C0,000,000 -- 1 00,000,000 -- Hotel and furniture of the Bunt ; and landed Cpropeity branches Expenses of manage ment . Sundries Total 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 80,633,437 21 80,633,437 21 8,961,075 - 8,970,059 - 5,520 - 3,174,595 - 18,230,909 55 15,628,872 - Certifi e d b ............... 2,160,879,680 80 2,042,806,961 83 Y the Senato r -G overnor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAN RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR SHEFFIELD. —T here was a somewhat serious collision on the Sheffield and Rotherham branch of the Midland Railway on Thursday evening. As a c oa l train was being shunted on to the siding leading to M essrs. Vickers's works, it was run into by a train horn R otherham. The passengers were very much shaken, considerable da mage was do ne t o t h e cleared. rolling stock, and s ome time ela psed before th e li ne was TH SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING; JANUARY 2, 1869. Closing, business Share NINEr. Paid. Price., done 10 Agra Limited, A all 12 121 121 10 Do B lO 41 Si 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 17 18 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1166, limited 10 7 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia.. all 11 IS 20 Do issued at 2pm ~., 6 ••• 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim 16 Bank of South Australia all SO 68 60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 24 67 IV 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 10 so British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, .nd China all 21 21 901 24 Chartered Mere. of India, Louden, and China all 19 SO 60 201 20 City 100 Colonial 25 40 4: 10 Consolidated, lieu. 59 Delhi and London, inn 40 East Lond on, li nt 6 13 6 J 21) English and American, lint 10 ... ..• 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja nein.) lint ls 1.1 pr 20 English, , cottish, and Aug tralian Chartered 281 Hong Eong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... .. 281 Do new 4l 1 I 100 Imperial, lint lO 17 15 20 Imperial Ottomln II 11 11 11 1 _5 lonian all tr 12 25 Do new 6 pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, Aim 4 St *4 100 Do Ip. c. Debs.lBB4, 10 all „71 78 82 SO London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. tel 0 7 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 4: t+ 12 20 Do new 71 di 6 1 100 London & Riyer Plate, lint. 40 7 9 25 Do new 10 If 11 20 London Chart. of Australia all 021 681 60 London and County 24 60 et 20 Do new.issat 20 p.m,16 pd ll ... 66. SO London Joint St oc k . 1 iS 20 London and iiouth African al 1J 12 100 London &S.-Western, lint, 10 ... ••• 40 London & Venezuela, Aim... 121 ... ••• 100 London and Westminster 25 65: 67 100 Do Scrip, ism at 10 pm 2O 621 631 100 Merchant, has td 7 6 10 Metropolitan, lint all 111 7 1 7 1 7 190 Midland, 1int.,,,,, 24 14 pr 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint l6 3ld 181 100 National Provinc. of Eug'd 42 "'"'10 Do 40 National., lO 64 56 20 New South Wales all 42 44 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 461 41 40 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., line, 14 6 1 100 Proyiucial of Ireland 8.5 91 II 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lieu 26 14 12 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 16 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 41 49 100 Union of Inland, lieu SO Union of London It cannot (ia its Place of birth, It will not live in other earth 6; I v • V• interest you, as if it were a question relating to England and Scotland—when that day comes, and I perceive that it is coming, you will have overcome Irish grievances, you will have reconciled an alienated people, and you will be able, having laid the foundation, to build up a superstructure of wise and judicious policy based upon the corner-stone 4 equal justice to all. One hundred and seventy pounds have been sub. Abed for the purpose of raising funds for inserting a memorial window into Christ Church. Todmorden, in Memory of the Rev. A. J. Plow. MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, The attention of the Secretary of War having been directed to the large expenditure incurred by the military and civil departments of the army in telegraphic messages, an order from the War De partment has been issued directing that the utmost caution be observed in the recourse to this mode of communication, which should be adopted only in cases where the delay involved in a letter by post would really prove prejudicial to the public service. At the meeting of the Chatham Local Board of Health yesterday they had under consideration the necessity which exists, both in connection with the military and naval establishments as well as for the public in general, for an electric time gun to be fired daily, as in the case at many of the other large military and naval stations, in order that correct Greenwich time may be notified. The Board unani mously decided to apply to the Government on the subject, and a deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Rochester, the High Constable of Chatham, and other persons, was appointed to wait on the autho rities to request that the necessary arrangements might be made. The following detachments of the Royal Artil lery—namely, two officers and 86 men from Wool wich, six men from Warley, one officer and 79 men from Maidstone, and two draughts of men from Sheerness, are under orders to proceed to Ports mouth on the sth instant to embark on board the steamer Helvetia for conveyance to Bombay, via the Overland route—the two former detachments to join the 14th and 18th Brigades of Field Artillery and the latter the E Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery. The Crocodile troopship was appointed to take out these detachments, but hav ing broken down in her machinery the Helvetia has been substituted. The number forming the draught for the 14th Brigade is 56, namely, 42 rank and file, 8 women, and 6 children ; and that for the 18th Brigade, 35 rank and file. The detachments will he under the command of Lieut. Shortland, R.A. Another draught is under orders to proceed from Sheerness to British America, but the date of their departure is not yet fixed. Her Majesty's screw unarmoured frigate Are thusa, 35, 3,141 tons, 500 horse power, Captain R. Coote, has returned her shot, shell, guns, and most of her War Department and other stores into the Ordnance establishment and dockyard, and has been dismantled by her crew previously to being put out of commission in the cours 3 of a few days, and placed in the fourth division of the steam re serve in the Medway. The arrival of her Majesty's Indian troopship Jumna at Bombay on the 31st ult, has been an nounced by telegram. The following list of British subjects embarked on the 9th of November, 1868, at Angostura, River Paraguay, and brought to Buenos Ayres on the 14th of November, has been received at the Foreign-office :—Dr. John Fox, M.D., Mrs. Nesbit, Miss Nesbit, infant child Nesbit, Mrs. Shoot, Harriet &loot, and Maria Shoot, chil dren ; Alfonso Cambridge, Mary Ann Cambridge and Margaret Cambridge, orphan children ; John Wright and Emily Wright, orphan children ; John Trudgeon, aged 16 years ; and William Chartres and Mary Ann Chartres, orphan chil dren. Some British subjects who might have been brought off preferred to remain in ruaguay. AIR. CARDW ELL UN PUBLIC AITAIRi. Mr. Cardwell, who was present at the anniversary dinner of the Ancient Order of Druids, at Oxford, thus delivered himself on public affairs :--" The first thing that strikes me when I think of the year 1868 is that it has closed that series of Parliaments which commenced with the year 1832, when I was living what I think Paley called the happiest period of any man's life—the life of an undergraduate in the University of Oxford—in which series of Parliaments, by your favour, I have had the honour of sitting for a very large portion of time as one of the representatives of this city of Oxford. That calendar has been an honourable calendar, and I think we ought not to let it pass without notice at this time. That Parliament began with the abolition of slavery and with the extension of the franchise ; they abolished taxes upon food and upon the prime necessaries of life. They have set free the press, and they have passed a list of useful measures unprecedented, I believe,' in the history of any representative assembly. The reflection that occurs to us, when we see how various changes take place in our Constitution, and how, after those changes, they have not the effect in any way of impairing their vigour or diminishing their efficiency, but, on the contrary, that after such changes greater efficiency and greater vigour are exhibited—it makes us reflect that, after all, possibly it is not so much in the institutions themselves as it is to the national character to which those institutions arc applied that we must look for the great advantages we enjoy. Endeavours have frequently been made to extend these institutions to other countries, but almost always without success. It may be said of our Constitution, in the words of the poet, that— but, as it strikes its roots deeper, and acquires a firma hold upon a broader stratum of the community, we have reason to hope that in the same proportion it will extend its branches higher, and contribute more and more to the happiness and prosperity of the country. The last change which has taken place is due, not to the party with which I have the honour to be connected, but to our opponents in the senate; and, in my opinion, in some respects this has been attended with solid advantage to the country. I will not pretend that I can altogether congratulate them on the result, because if the object was, as we are told, to turn a minority into a majority, the result has not been exactly correspondent with the expecta tion. With regard to the mode in which it was done, I shall only say this, that it appears to me that finding they - could not bring the majority to their opinions, they thought the best course would be to carry their opinions to the majority. Thus, I say it is most fortu nate that this great change has taken place without severe struggle, and that, Stow that the contest is over, all parties can combine without any painful recollections,. or any remembrance of conflict, and can all co-operate together in the new phase of the institutions of the country on which we are about to enter with one sincere and harmonious desire to make them work for the general benefit of the whole people—and that we can do that in such a way that there shall be no distinc,- tion between those who have been added to the cod stituency and those who possessed the franchise before, but that the whole body of the English people shall con sent to a tribunal of appeal to which all questions con cerning their welfare may be referred." After discussing what was to be the proper use of the new power given by the extension of the franchise, Mr. Cardwell turned to Ireland, observing : " What I wish to say about Ireland is this. We are told sometimes that her grievances are sentimental grievances. My answer is, that there cannot be a worse grievance than a sentimental grievance. There is none so deep seated ; there is none to which it is so difficult to apply a remedy ; there is none which it is so difficult to know and examine. During the last century the griev ances of Scotland were perhaps to a great extent senti mental grievances, but Lord Chatham made Scotland loyal by enlisting the sentiment of Scotland on his side. In India the greased cartridge was a sentimental griev ance, but it nearly lost us our Indian empire. In Ireland the people have long felt that they have not been treated as equals, but as inferiors ; and I venture to say that you never can govern and never will govern any people within the pale of a free constitution unless you can eradicate the sentiment and impress them with the belief that you regard them as equals with yourselves. Now what has happened ? They feel at last that they will no longer be treated with indignity. They cannot imagine now that the English people entertain towards them sentiments of dislike or disregard. They have seen one Government outvoted ; they have seen an appeal made to the country in order that the voice of England and Scotland might he expressed, and that under a new Goverr ment measures may be introduced for the purpose of doing what they believe to be justice to Ireland, and eradicating the sentiment which has rendered Ireland hostile to England. Perhaps I may be permitted to say that when you succeed in infusing into the Irish mind the belief that you regard them as yourselves, and that whatever interests them w ORDINARY dtl4“. - BS AND BTOCiEb. , hare Railways. St Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 ; & 77 et Caledonian ........ ... 100 75/ Td 751 05, st Cambrian 20 Cornwall all 3 11 n Dublin dr Belfast Juno lO9 77 ill it Dun,,Yerth,ds Ab. June WS 78 72 20 East London all 7 5 so Do lb - - 2J Do it - - et Glasgow &S. Western lOO 110 • 11l it Great Eastern .. 'OO 401 41 401 f st Do. E. Angi. No. Z iuu 7 9 st Great North ol Scotland l9O 15 6 it Great Northern lOO 108 107 rt Du. A. stock s. Do. /3 stock lOO 124 LI st (itS, and W. 01 Ireland IO4J 04 97 st (it. Western -Original 3e9 171 111 413 1 '1 Do. South Wales I. Do. W. Mid.-Oxlore lOO 14 24 24 et Do. Newport lOO l's 11 A Lancashire 4; / urksltir, lOO .271 21,1 1.81 if at Lon., Brigh.,4 S.Coist lOO 414,1 if 414 10.1 Du Scrip .... - et ion., Chat., run DJYt-, lO4, 16: 171 171 , t Do. Alctrop. tx. .t lOO - -- st Lon. .t Aunt' 11 . estery lOO 1111 1.2 111 .1 Lou. 4 South Wester ItU 67 410 st., Man., Shut., a LincOlti st metropolitan . • . Jell 1(31 10i 104 11 st Du Ext.:nisi in .. .. 100 P 8 1.8 10 Du. Au',, r d .. at Ms rupoilian Distriet. all - - 4,0 10 Metrop. at. Jollll's 100 1 6 - - at M u.,,wl at Du, Dirmin..e Dri 1,1 lOO 70 Cl at N 4EII Britirh st Do. Ed., esh., & Dun... 100 it :, or. .:astern -Berwies.. 109 24 Do. :4. N.E puroliar, ..16.13.1 - - at Do Leeds ...... ....... 100 14 45 st Do York it Do Carli Ile .... at Do Stoe t. etc Darlin).-, 14.0 1.7 .29 it North Lon ,on .. lOO 122 lzt 10 .Du MIT 1868. 2 11 2 p st North Staffordshire...—. lue 45 67 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 108 156 10 Do Now £lO mltires 7 ... .. it Rhymnay it Shropshire Union 1( 0 13 34 at South Devon ' it South Ecatern lO9 79 7.1 20 litainer, Wolehaim, 4 Wok, all 11 13 it (au Vale IU., 115 150 .o Do. c ... . it Waterlord & Kilkenny.. 'lou it) Waterloo At Whiteha.l.. 6 0.1 LOS RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SIIIILES AND • st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 i 6 iS at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 ill at Do. Scot. N.E., per cent ll O... it Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c 111 at Do. de. 7 per mai lOl .„. et Do. do. Ordinary lll 76 SO st Do. Midland it Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per coat all ... sti Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lO9 115 11l it Do. let Class preference lOO it Was. & S.W. gua. S per et l5O it (it. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l MI OS it l at Do do N 0.2 105 97 100 at Do do 6 per cent 195 159 155 et Do East Anglian Aip. c. 150 100 156 et Do do B 6 do. 190 „, at Do do 0 7 do. 109 st Do do No. 1, 6 p.c. 101 100 103 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 105 69 71 et Do Norfolk i p.c. Ex. 1846 104 at Do do p.c.Way.Va1.1647 100 ... it Great Norther*, 6 per cent 11 ..„ it Do i p.c., rd at lop. c. pm. 100 ... st Do 4, do do do 105 at Do I do at Ip. c. pm. 100 ... it Do Leeds, Bradford, and ' Halifax, 6 per cent lOO _ at', Gt. Nrtb. of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ••• et, Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lO5 91 $7 GLWest.—Orig.LJnt.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 101 104 at Do. Orig. (B. et H. Ex). 5 p.c 100 55 104 it Do do 4 1 per cent. 1650 100 11 t 118 at Do do 4 do do IOU 74 78 771 11 et Do do i per cent. redem lOO 53 15 at Do do Birmingham gua 100 II 72 it Do do do prof.- 100 it Do do Chester gua lO5 ... at Do do do a per coat llO 115 161 it Do do do 5 do 100 51 151 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 109 at Do do 44 p.c lO5 at Di do 4 1 1559 lOO it Do do 6 at Do West Mid. Oxford let g IOJ 107 100 it Do do 2d gua, 100 106 118 at Do Newport, lstg. i p.c. 100 SS 52 it Do do 2d do 100 lot) 10) at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ,„ 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ... st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Do Barnsley, .t:6 3a 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (Emit Lancashire) 100 130 135 it Do 44 (Blackburn purch). 100 95 101 st London & Brighton, ip. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO at Do i per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO it Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do NA 4 lOO it Do 7 per cent l,O it Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P ) 100 at Da 4 do 1859 lOO st London, Chatham, & Dover per cent lOO at London and ILW., C. and Nuneaton 6 per cent lOO 104 110 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 $1 it Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO SS 11 it London and n. W. 7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 141 146 2c6d. Do (Portant. perp ans. 206 d) all at Man., Shef., d; Lancia. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do x 6 all par Ipm st Du 34 per cent lOO 60 61 10 Do redeem. 6 percent, 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 139 136 at Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 1 u 133 at Do 44 per cent. redeem- IVO 17 91 at, Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 11 et Do Leicester & 4p c lOO 8) 91 at North liritioh, ii p.c. No. 1 lOO at Du E. &U.4p.c. S. & D lOO it Do N. 13., N 0.2, 5 per cent lOO bt Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO at . . N. - Eastern --Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 Si at Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 95 97 at Du G.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital D l a s o t t o u D S W e t e v , kontHartlepool 4 Au l r u l iitn p.c. 100 106 11 9 i 8 13.4. .. . . 24 Do York , H . S. purchase. 10 10 1.01 1 :11 8 1 7 iI 20 North Staffordshire 4 101 1.0 1 . 0 6 :1 1 8 3 .1 Ta t v i ( k I t :el l c d . A A n u n n e s " , 1 1 1) . 0 s ) all y 1 2 1 3 10e Do Fixed 41 per cent all I 9 at Do 41 percent a t Waterford it Kilkenny, 6pe 1 00 100 09 41 44 ••• ••• et Do Fixed 44 per c ent lOO st Tall V ale No 1 •.• ••• 1 1 41 144 - - 12 RAILWAYS.—PREPERENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS. With Dividencle contingent on the Profits of each separate year. et l'ialelonittu 41 p c min. D at o at Do Scot. Cen. nun. 7p c. 100 41 p irredee..... all et Do 4 in p c con. issued. at liu 65 ... .. 81. et Gr eat Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 at Do .6 " do, 1862 100 117 %. Do New i do, 1463... 100 63 v 0 at Do do 6 do, 1164_ 1 00 84 83 at Great Northern p 6 c 100 ... ••• at Do Permanent 5 per irred. cent. 100 ... ..• et Do B oston & Sleatd, 41 lie 100 ... ... at Great West., W. Sint., Ip a 100 86 110 et Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 86 v 0 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 105 2u Do Vale N eath perp. ip • a ll 124 201 et Keut C oast, 6 per cent, 8... 110 I Lane. and York. New 4' per "' ..• cent till July, 1871........ at Loud., Brig., &c., 4} Pc, 1858 100 at at o DDo do 4 do, 1860 1 00 at Da do 41 do, 18 61 106 do 1 do, 1663 100 at Do do I do, 1865 100 ... ... st Do No. 6 6 do, 1866 100 ... ... et Do No. hat? Ido ...... 100 ... ... at Lend , ~&c, 2d, 6 p.c ... 109 ... ..• at Do Me troy. Ex., B 6 p.c ... 100 ... ... Do do C 6 p.c ... 100 ... ... at London& N. Western, 5p • 100 103 110 108 at London &S. Western, 41 p • 100 14 16 10 Man. whet. &Lin., 6 pc, 1665 all et Metropolitan a per c ent. ..... 10U Sl4 atDo ... ... at Midland, A B s 6 per cent p rof. 100 106 108 do 100 106 1.3 ig D Ora • opt . . to cony. to 6,1 k., Sept. 1, 1868 all 11 1 18 22 Do Incony. Now i r e' ii i 18 22 Do 6p • con. into Old Stk., Aug. 21, 18 72 .... of North Britian , B . cod d 84 1 lip a,l No. 1, 1 per cent ...... 106 ... at Do £lO guar anteed, 1861 100 ...... ... it Do E., P., & Dun. 2,71, 4p• 101 ••• ... i t Do 1 4, . &G , No. 2 , 6 1).• .. 100 ... ... i t Do N. 8.. II per cent, 166 . 2 100 ... ... i t Do E. a G., No.ll, p.• ... 190 ... Mt D o E. &G., (Ordiry) 41 p • 109 66 67 :it North Eaatern, 41 per cent 106 v 6 v 7 - it Do htock. & Dart., 13 .... los ii i 113 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. I per cent) ......... 100 102 104 Staffordshire 6 p c... 100 it North it Do 5 d 54i Cross) PeQ 1 1 3 8 13 19 100 0 14 ( 1 ::: ::: at at So D u o th , g do tt oo s , te ie r s n h6 , 4.. .. ........... 100 ... ... it Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 p• 190 _ i I RAILWAYS.—LINES LEASED AT FuciTEN ALS, 100 Birk o. 1 ell 4 4ead Dper cent. Prefer.., l a W ll At —170: at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead 20 at Do. 41 per cent. hi D o . b do. lOO 111 114 it Clydesdale, guaranteed....., lel at Colchester Stour Valley ,„ 100 •• ... at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO i;ii 1. ; 20 Gloster and intim Forest all s Gt. Easu., Newm., tc., 5 p.c 100 ... „. s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 gj 72 at De. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 4 9 7 ,, st Gt. West, W. Mid., Beret lOO 94 9 7 40 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21. 213 it London and 13lackwall lOO 93 96 st Do. 41 per cent lOO ... ... it London, Chat., etc., 41 pc. 100 ... . at Do. Corn. Fund, 4 do. 100 ' • at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO ... at London, Tilbury, & South 100 7i • - t . 2 . at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cont lOO 79 93 it Du. du. 6 do. 41 31anch., Buxton, & ltiatlk all 9 bi at Midland, l3radford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Mid lient Cray Line) MI Nortkernt ... .. 99. East , i per cent all 4e 50 Do. do. a do. all _. ... st N. Eastara —Hartlep00l at N.West. A perp. prof, bp. c lOO 1i; 1.10 at Do B minimum 14 p.c lOO .., . 9.. at Notting. L Urtua th . 11. .2 C MN 92 4 28 Preston and Wyre. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 133 133 at Shrewsbury and ilerefora 100 133 Lt 3 10 Do du 9 1 2 • p at S. Yurkah. aid hirer Dun 100 9a lU at De 4 per cent spa— 10; 79 81 it Do 5 du ••• all 97 9 9 at Pict. Station and Pimlico lOO 174 180 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 12 14 20 Do du B all .. 84 20 Do do C ... all 71 at Weymouth and Portland lOO ... .. it Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. at East and West India lOO 117 119 st London and St. Katherine 10 63 65 LUG D &Job. stock, 4 par cent Ifillwall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 91 X 5 st Southampton lOO 71 73 et surrey Ginnizercial ft. MI Paid. Closing Businees Price. iiene. MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., Hal l all 211 211 10 .Anglo-liediter. Tel., lila.— 10 1 fp 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 Is at Atlantic Telegraph lO 26 28 at Do. $ per cent. 24 Australian Agricultural 24 Australian Mort. Land aid Finance, lirn. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 1 7 ed 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 114 14 10 Do. New 5 4 61 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. SI i 6p 6 Bombay Gas, lim 6 Do. New 4 11 Of Si British American Laid 44 16 IS st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., ira lOl 107 172 20 British Indian Tea, lira— all 01 01 20 British ship Owners 7l 22 Canada Company all 67 71 10 Canadian Loan and Inyest lim 44 61 11d 20 Ceylon Company, lint. lO 01 21d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint s 44 $ 24 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 8 41 414 SO City of Milan Iraproy. lint, all 611 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim... all 1 4 40 City Offices, lint 25 Ili 23td 40 Colonial, lint. Do. 40 Commercial Union (Assam.) 6 1 ap 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint. 4 i id 20 Continental Union Gas, lint. all 17 is 24 Copper Mikan of England, prof. 71 per cat. 101 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 42 per cent. all 104 103 105 Do. 187$, 41 per cent. all 104 1061 100 Do. 1842, 4i per cent, all 1011 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 11 11/ 40 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim ll s • d at Crystal Palace lOO 1 t 1 at Do. Preference l5O is gg it Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lOl 112 107 20 Darjeeling, lim 10 Eastern Assam, lint. 6l ...d 40 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irrigs. & Canal all 17 1$ 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lira 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. rroy Qua. by Egypt. Gov all $8 19 50 20 Egyptian Com. & Traci. lint 1 41 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 243 10 Do. New 8 10 12p $ Eng. & Austral. Copper, lint 24 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 s 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lint. ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 lf 11d 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 13 100 For. & Col. Goy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £S,S all 83i 84i Gellivara, Inn. 2O General Credit S Die., Hui. 71 a•• 'ii General Steam Navigation 14 2 2 40 Horns & Col Marine In. lint. 6 10 Ho*- Kong and China Gas all ... 20 Hudson's Bay all Di/ 184 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 Indu-Eurepean Tel., lint lO 20 Interns. Financial Soc. lim 6 20 Intorno,. Land Credit, hut 0 50 Italian Land 6 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Do. 6p. c Bds., redeem 1870, issued ito all 40 Land Securities, liar 6 25 London Africa* Trading lO 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lira 0 10 London County Land and Building, lira 6 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 60 Loud. Financial Asso., lim AO 4 Lond.Gen.Orunibus.Co.lim. all 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lira 26 20 Load. ct Provincial Marine 2 st liadras Irriga. & Canl. Qua. 6 p. c. by India Gov. lOO 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, aid Agency, 1int...... 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint all 50 Merchant Shipping, lim all 40 Millwall Iron Works, lint 124 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 20 Nerbudda Coal dz Iron, lint. 6 10 New Consolidated Die. lira 8 6 Aew Quebrada, lint 4.4.0 26 New Zealand Loan & Her cantile Agency,lim 2l 26 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 8 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint 3 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lira lOO 60 North Brit. t Mercan. In 64 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 6 SO Oriental Financial, lim ll 6 Oriental Gas, lim. 6 Do. New 1 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim 2 6 Ottoman Gas, lim all 10 Panama, New Zealand, and . Australian R. Mail lira all 24 1/ 4 Do do. st Peel R. Land tit Minerl, lint 100 011 32 130 Peninsu. dr Oriental Steals all 40 II 50 60 Do. New 1867 le id clf 26 Router'. Telegram 24 27 SOP 60 Ritymney Iron 15 Do. New 20 26 Rio dpc.. Janeiroe na City I.,lint all ir l i 17j441 2441: Gas, lint a 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 44 464 44 it Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO 107 112 at Do. Ip. c. Guar. Prof lOll ... 20 Societ4 Fin. d'Egypte, lint lO 7 64 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Os $ 8 4p 60 S. African Mort. it Inv., list 6 26 South Australia n L an d st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all /14 20 Telegraph Con. 4 Main.,lim all 161 17 10/ 20 Thames and Mersey Maria (Insurance), lint 2 2/ 21 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint.., 14 ... 10 Trust & Agency of A.us.,lint. 1 g ip 10 Da do. do. all . . 20 Trust L Loan Co., U. C ana d a 6 .. Id .. p 60 Union Marine L'pool, lira. 6 4 44p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 14 United Discount Corp., lint 6 11 Old 4U. Kingdom T e l. Co., lint. all 6g 0 0 6 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 81 131 p 20 Universal Marine (In.), Rua 6 1 lip 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim a ll 24 ilg 10 Van Dittman's Land ...... 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan.., all 764 784 60 Warrant Finance, 1ira.....,, 12 12 104 60 West India and Facility Steam, lira 20 West London Wharves aid Warehouses lO 41 Sid 63 Ati 3f 2f 4 7 64 3# if i ip 23 22i 44 li 2 9 22 17d Id pr 1 11-1 s 47 St COLOMAL UoV.SENMNNT _ . . - British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.... Do. 1895.. l2O Can.Gov.6p.cs.Jan.•4July 1877-84 • Do. 6p. a. Feb. & Aug lye 105 1( 7 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept lOO 114:106 - Do. sp. o. Jan. & July lOO 93 Si - Do. sp. c. Inscribed at lOO 99 92 - Cape G.Hopc, 6 p.c.1873 lOB 102 104 - Do.Apl.diOot 1090-1900 lOO 111 113 - Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 - Do. Jan.&July, 1891 ...• 100 108 lit - Do. 6 per oent. lb April and 16 Oct., 1900 .. 100 100 102 - Ceylon, Nov 1878, 0 p.c.. 100 108 110 - Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 107 - Mauritius, 6p. o, - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 ... - Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO jog fog - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 108 - Melbourne Corporatn., 1867-75, 6 per cent lOO _ - N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.dauly lOO 102 104 - Natal 6 p OT, Apl & Oct lOO - Do 6pc. M & Nov lOO 106 108 N. S. W. 5 ire. ' '7l to '76 lOO 99 101 Mt - Do. 5 p.c. 1818 to 1896 lOO 99 100 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 lOO 29 101 - N.Zealand, 6p. ct. 1891 lOO - Do. 5 per cent.... - Do Jan, Ap I, Ju:y, OA.. 100 976 956 91f - DJ 6p c. Mar & Lept '91.. 10 108 LW 107 - Do June & Deo , 1 , 91 ICO 109 111 - Do Prov. lAt of Id. / j 1,0 'tried 1 & 2, 1t96 .• - Nova Scotia 6p. c.Jau... and Jnly. 1875 • Do 1 lOO 101 103 • Queenelnd. p. c. '824- 100 RS 109 • Do 1891 • • • S. Austral. 6 p c. 180; 77 lOO - Do 1878.9 z lOO 108 110 Do ,603 1908. 10) 107 1(5 Tasmanian .p e. 1695 lOO 106 107 Do rd. 1b93 to 169/ Victoria 6p.0. Ja.& July lOO - - Do. 1801 lOO 112 113 Do. do, April di Q0t..,., 100 100 113 _ 1 1 d 1 8 11-16 8 4 li id ii 4 103 107 I id 4 41 S 3 SS St 21c1 12 121 4 34 81 P/ 3 2cl 11 14 4/ iiti I hi 11 11 7 ik 1 2 181 lei 1, - . 141 lb ••• •4 71 71 I IP id fp 11 21 THE PROSECUTION OF 7HE DIRECTORS OF 0 VEREND, GURNEY, AND COMPANY (LIJII7 AD). THIS DAY. The further hearing of the summonses, charging the directors of the late limited company of Overend, Gurney, and Co., with conspiracy to de fraud, was proceeded with before the Lord Mayor, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Guildhall. Alder man Gabriel, Carden, and Dakin, occupied seats on the bench. Mr. Frederick Lewis was the first witness, he said he was clerk in the Joint Stock Registration Office. He produced the official copy of the ar ticles of association of the limited company of Overend, Gurney, and Co. The deed was regis tered on the 12th of July, 1865. 'The names of the parties to the deed were 11. E. Gurney 4,000 shares, J. 11. Gurney 4,000 shares, R. Bilkbeck 2,000 shares, S. Gurney 600 shares, 11. F. Berkeley 1,000 shares, W. R.muie 500 shares, 11. G. GA. lon 200 shares, and 'l'. A. Gibb 1,000 shares. The above pers. ns were also to be the first directors of the new company, and £5OO per annum was to be paid to the managing directors ; the other directors were to receive £5OO per annum. The winding up order was dated 21 June, 1866. There was no list of shareholders filed as required by that Act. Dr. Thom, of 90, Gower-street, the prosecutor, said—On the 13th of July, 1865, he saw the pros pectus of the company, and afterwards purchased GO shares at £5O each in the concern at 2f premium. Up to the 15th of November be had paid in £9OO irrespective of premium. He had since that been called upon to pay £1,200 on the shares since the stoppage of the eompany. He was present at a meeting after the stoppage, when Mr. Rennie said the directors were all large shareholders and deposi tors in the company. He was chairman of the com mittee of investigation. In cross-examination the witness entered into a variety of minute details, and aLo gave an outline of a meeting held after the failure, at which it was shown that separate estates of the Messrs. Gurney were under lien to the new company to an unlimited amount. He did not know that Mr. Gordon had paid £7,000 for his shares. Mr. W. Peck, jun., said he resided at Sydenham. In 1865 he saw the prospectus of Overend, Gurney, and Co. in Liverpool. He purchased 2,000 shares in the company at an average of nearly 7 prem. Before the stoppage he had paid to the company on these shares nearly £44,000, and since that he had been called upon to pay £40,000 on them—the payment in all of about £84,000. Mr. Lewis—What induced you to take those shares? Sergeant Ballantine objected to the question, but it was ultimately answered by the witness, who said he was induced to take the shares upon the statements contained in the prospectus. Mr. Sergeant Parry said it was most important to prove how and by whom the prospectus was issued. Mr. Lewis then called Mr. W. Turquand, on his subpoena, but he did not answer. This led to a little angry discussion between Mr. Lewis and Ser geant Ballantine, after which it was found that a gentleman named Boyce attended on the part of Mr. Turquand. Mr. Lewis, on being made ac quainted with the fact, then called for a printed copy of the prospectus, which was at once handed to him. lie was about to place it in the hands of the witness, when Air. Sergeant Ballantine objected to the witness answering the question without it was proved that one of the defendants was acquainted with the contents of the document. The Lord Mayor asked the learned Sergeant whether he really objected to the production of the document. The learned Sergeant still persisted, and the Lord Mayor said he thought it would be better to prove the contents of the prospectus be fore it was referred to. In cross- examination by Sergeant Ballantine the witness said he had no communication with Mr. T. A. Gibb before be took the shares. lie had filled a bill in Chancery against the defendants, and on Sergeant Ballantine asking what instructions he gave his solicitor, the question was objected to, and led to a long discussion. Mr. Giffard said Mr. Rennie, one of the defen dants, had given a complete answer to the bill, and be should resist all attempts to get the contents of the charge with the answers given being made pub lic at the same time. The Lord Mayor said he thought the question ought to be answered, because the more of the facts of the case that were made known the better it wool d be for all purposes. The witness said he desired his solicitor to put the matter as favourable to himself as possible. the object of his suit, which was stated in Chan cery, was to recover from the whole of the defen dants the money he had lost, as he alleged, by their false statements. Mr. T. Clarke, of Adelaide-road, Haverstock hill, said in August, 1865, he purcha se d 40 s h ares in 0 verend, Gurney (Limited). He paid 1 j pre mium. He held them down to the failure, and had paid since the failure over £6OO up on t h em. He had paid in all over £BOO on the shares. He ap plied in July, 1865, for 60 shares, but he could not get them at the offices ; he bought them in the market. Mr. Howell, accountant, said he was appointed by the Court of Chancery on the 30th of August, 1865, to assist the shareholders in the investigation of the books of 0 verend, Gurney, and Co., and 0 verend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited). At the time of the transfer of the old company the liabili ties stood, according to the general ledger, on the debtor side, the amount of " loans on securities" was £8,978,000. He had examined the nature of the item, and in the " loan ledger" he found it set out at length. The witness then proceeded to go through a perfect labyrinth of figures to prove the opening statement of Mr. Lewis, when, at three o'clock, the case was adjourned until Wednesday. The Price of Gold. The quotaiim of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on Londou is 251. 20c. per £1 sterling. On Comparing these rates with the English Mint price of iis.loid. per ounce for standard gold, it appe..ns that gold i; about I.loth per cent. dearer iu London than in Peril. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days• eight was on the last date about lonj per oent. At this rate ►here is no profit on the importation of gob from the tint cd states. AN ELECTION STORY.—There is a story told of the Dewsbury election, which will bear repetition. The candidates were Messrs. Simon and Cossham. An old woman enters a butcher shop to purchase a sheep's head. "Is this a Simonite or a Cosahamite?" she asks. The butcher was a friend of Mr. Simon. " A Simonite, to be sure," he says. "Oh! then it won't do; IVO are all Coashamites whore I live, and they's kill me if I bought Simonite meat."—" I'll soon make it a Cosshamite, then," says the butcher. "Do do," the old woman responds— whereupon the butcher, putting the bead upon the block, opens it, removes the whole of the brains, and, handing the head to his customer, says, " There, marm, there's a Cossahmite for you."— The Gentleman's Magazine. THE BURNING VESSEL IN THE DOWNS.—This vessels turns out to have been the barque Waterloo, on a voyage from Leghorn to Hull. We are glad to state that there was no loss of life on the occasion, the whole of the crew, nine in number, having been got on board a Dutch brig, and wore put ashore safely at Deal the same night. The poor fellows, however, were unable to save their clothing or other property, and were, consequently, per fectly destitute. FLOWERS AND PLANTS OF THE ROCKY AIOUN ' TAINS. —Over sixty different varieties have been described by Dr. Scovell in the vicinity of Central City, Colorado ; seventeen of which were not heretofore described in the botanies. There are still, according to Dr. Scovell, hun dreds of new varieties to be described. The flowers of the Rocky Mountains aro varied and beautiful. Almost every botanical family is represented. Some of the new species will have to be arranged under new genera and families. There are in California 62,000 Chinese, nearly all enrolled in six clubs, corresponding to the six districts from whence the emigrants come. On the arrival of an emigrant ship agents from the clubs proceed on board and take charge of the emigrants from their respective districts. At the club-house the emigrant is boarded and lodged at a small cost until he has obtained employment. Should he be out of work at any time afterward, he is permitted to return, or should he bo sick, lodging is pro vidgcl tyr Utz. THIRD EDITION NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Eveaing was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLoutc. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MANCHESTER RACES-THIS DAY. TRIAL HANDICAP. Contempt came in . Kingsley... ...... Harmony 8 Five tan. The winner disqualified; Kingsley gets the stakes. 1 HANDICAP HURDLE RACE Lady Lyon R 055........ . Turmoil.. OLD TRAFFORD HANDICAP. Contempt St. Valentine Sweet Briar Four ran. STRETFORD STEEPLECHASE. RACING FIXT. FEBII . Streatham 11, I".] Lincoln l6, 17 11m - row lB, 19 Mansfield 18 Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Kingsbury l2, 13 Northampton l6, 17 Bromley 1, 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk - . 6 7 Streatham.. 8, 9 Chester 4, 5, 6,7 Winchester ll, 12 York s ll, 12 St. Albans Salisbury l3, 14 Doncaster 13, 14 Croydon 2, 3,4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Worcester 1, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Kingsbury .. 9, 10 Pontefract 12, 13 Nottingham 13, 14 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 Wolverhan•pton lO, 11 i Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT. Warwick... 7, 8 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCTI Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, dec. Chelmsford l9, 20 NOVI Worcester 2,3, 4 Liverpool 9, 10, 11. 12 1 2 RES FOR 1869. rARY. Nottingham Spring... 23, 24 Chelmsford... 95, 26 Derby Spring .........25 26 West Drayton lB, 19 West Somerset 18, 19 Margate 29 Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, 31 .IL. Newmarket Craven,..l2, &c. Eastbourne l9 Lewes '2O 21 Croydon._ 22, 23 Newmarket let Spring _ 26, &e. I West Drayton l 7, 18 Bath 18, 19 1 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 20, 21 Harpenden 2l I Epsom Summer .. .,.`25, arc. NE. Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Southampton 22 23 Stamford ... ........ 22, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 IST. Oxford Canterbury 24, 25 York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth ...26 Windsor August l2, 13 Derby Summer ..,31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Miss Patch.. Plum Cake - IRISH. MARCH. :MBER. Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Kingsbury... 23, 24 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarket lit 0ct....28, tc. - JBER. Cheltenham l9, 20 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 2 4 Newmarket H'ton ...25, :MBER. Shrewsbury 15, &a Leamington Runt 23, &a Baldoyle First Spring 18, 19 MAY. Baldoyle Second Spring STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. Birmingham x, 9 Harrow lB, 19 I Lincoln l6, 17 Derby •• 25 MARCH . . Liverpool 3 1 Cambridgeshire M 18 Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 West Drayton lB, 19 Kingsbury 12, 13 Crewkerne lB, 19 APRIL. Aldershot 1, 2 I Croydon 22, 23 Bromley 1, 2 1 COURSING FIXTURES. JANUARY. Border Union (Longtown) .. 5, &c. Kenilworth (Warwickshire) 5, 6 Neptune Op e n (Lytham) Lancashir e 6, &e. Coola (Cork), Ir e land Annan, Dumfriesshire B, 9. Wigtownshire Club 12, &c. Third South Lancashire 13, &c. Altcar Club, Lancashire 13, &c. Mere Down, Wilts .. .. 14, &c. Baldock Club, Hurts '2O, 21. Spolthorne Club (Ashdown Park) 21, &c. Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire 25. Ridgway Club (Lytham), Lancashire 27, &c. Creagh Opan, Ireland 27. FEBRUARY. Powderham Everleigh Club, Wilts 2, 3. Rufford Open, Lancashire Cardington, Beds ••••••.. B, &c. Wenvoe Castle Ludham, Norfolk ll, 12. Brampton, Cumberland ll, 12, Waterloo (Altair), Lancashire l7, &c. MARCH. Ashdown Park, Harts Fourth S. Lancashire (Champion) County Louth (Champion), Ireland 18, &c• Soottish National Open, Lanark 3O, ac. OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6. Ormesby 19, &c. Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27. NO VEMBER. Sundorne, Salop Cothan and Eston .. 9, &o. WATERLOO 3{ (Over Patron -Right Hon The Waterloo Cup, value .£l, of .£25 each ; 64 subs; the the second £2OO. 1. Mr C. F. Allison 33. Mr J. Ingleby 2. Mr J. F. Armistead 34. Mr R. Jardine 3. Mr J. Bake 35. Mr F. Johnston 4. Mr W. J. Barden 36. Mr J. Johnston 5. Mr F. Bartholomew 37. Mr H. B. Jones 6. Lord Binning 38. Mr W. J. Legh 7. Mr J. Blackstock 39. Mr S. C. Lister 8. Mr J. S. Bland 40. Mr J. Lonsdale 9. Mr G. Blanshard 41. Lord Lurgan 10. Mr W. G. Borron 42. Mr S. Mallabey 11. Mr T. Brocklebank 43. Mr C. E. Marfleet 12. Mr J. Brundrit 44. Mr W. H. Massey 13. Mr R. B. Carruthers 45. Sir C. Molyneux 14. Mr C. J. Chesshyre 46. lion. C. C. Molyneux 15. Mr W. H. Clark 47. Mr T. Neville 16. Mr E. Croft 48. Mr R. Paterson 17. Mr J. Cunningham 49. Mr T. L. Reed 18. Mr W. a Deighton 50. Dr Richardson 19. Mr James Dunlop 51. Mr J. Savage 20. Mr J. Evans 52. Mr N. Saxton 21. Lord Garlies 53. Lord Sefton 22. Mr J. Gibson 54. Mr T. Smith 23. Mr W. M. Gilmour 55. Mr J. Spinks 24. Col. Goodlaka 56. Lord Stair 25. Mr A. Graham 57. Mr E. W. Stocker 26. Mr T. Green 53. Mr S. Swinburne 27. Mr C. A. Halley 59. Mr G.A. Thompson 28. Capt. Hathorn 60. Mr R. Todd 29. Mr J. Haywood 61. Mr B. W. Trinder 30. Mr J. Hodson 62. Mr R. C. Vyner 31. Mr J. Hole 63. Mr R. H. Williams 32. Mr J. Hyslop e 4. Capt. Wyndham The Waterloo Purse, value £260, in specie, taken from the Cup Stake, for the 32 beaten dogs in the first round for the Cup; the winner to receive £lOO. The Waterlos Plate, value £lOO in specie, taken from the Cup Stakes, for the 16 beaten dogs in the first ties for the Waterloo Cup. The Great Waterloo Cup, 64 subscribers, at £25 each the money £1,600-to be divided as under:- 1. Winner to receive ... 1. Second ditto 2. Dogs to receive £5O each... 4. Ditto ditto 30 ditto.. 8. Ditto ditto 20 ditto., 16. Ditto ditto 10 ditto., f.ETING—FEB. 17. Altcar.) the Earl of Sefton. ,600 in specie, by subscription winner to receive .C5OO, and • X5OO ... 200 • ... 100 ... 120 • ... 160 160 1,240 The Waterloo Purse and WaterlOo Plate 360 £1,600 The Waterloo Purse, for the 32 dogs beaten in the first course for the Waterloo Cup, amounting to £260, to be divided as under :—• 1. Winner to receive ... 1. Second ditto ... 2. Dogs to receive £l5 each.. 4. Ditto ditto 10 ditto.. 8. Ditto ditto 5 ditto.. ~. £lOO 16 £260 The Waterloo Plate for the 16 dogs beaten in the second ties for the Cup, amounting to £lOO, to be divided as under 1. Winner o receive ... 1 cond ditto ... ••• 2. Dogs to receive £7 lOs each 4. Ditto ditto 5 ditto ... £IQQ CII.