The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-30 00:00:00

" T HE A--.%:-ET. Orr P ROCLAIMS THE AN.'' BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES BEST WORKMANSHIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S. • Every description of Clothing ready-made or made to measure, f)r all ages, all occa sions. and all classes, at E. MOSES and S 0 N'S. An immense assortment of WINTER CLOTIIIIiq, in all the newest designs and niateriaLs, at E. MOSES and SON'S. OVERCOATS from 19s. to £5. BOY'S OVERCOATS from I.os. 6d. to 455, For the convenience of Ladies accom pwying their Sons there is a separate de partment for Boys' Clothing:, and it is tar nished with a splendid assortment of Snits, Overcoats, and Clothinz for all occasions, ineindincr all the favourite designs atd the most fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to with care and runc'unlitc, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. YrISES and SON enables them to guart.ntee a faultless fit. Ord"•rs ft om persons who are not known 10 Me firm should ..o accompanied by a rem it_ lance, or a London reference. Any article r.ot worn or injured will he theerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the money will he returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats end raps, and Boots and Shoes, is un- Ninalied for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. A very lame assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Beady-rnade and Be sroke Tailors, Ilabitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, 'Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Ou tf tie I for all Classes. Via following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CORNER OF MINORIES AND ALDGATF.. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COI :RT.-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. _ . Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. THE CHEAPEST DIARY EVER PUBLISHED. POCKET DIARY FOR 1870, Second Editioi, containing the following useful information : Almanack Corporation of London Transfer Days of Public Funds Postal Int 3rmation Weights and Measures List of Bankers Stamp Duties Army and Navy Agents Foreign Moneys Cab Fares Ministers of State I Ready Reckoner Also A DIARY, a-ranged no the moat approvel plan, and neatly printed on god writing paner. Price One Penny, or post-iren for Twopence. E. MOSES and SON. MreMRIFS and A I,DGATE, NEW OXFORD-STREET, LONDON, TOTTENETAM-COU ,- T- OAT). And BRADFORD, Y 4 )RKSHIRE. To be obtained also at the Metropolitan Railway and other Bookstalls of Messrs. Willing and Co. GENTS WAN TED EVE RY TIF,RE to intr6dnee commodi les valuable to every householder nigh and 10-.7. This otters a highly reimmerativeCommissio o Tradesmen. Travellent. Gentlemen's Se rvants. &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. (011 N GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TooTa PASTE is greatly snpe.rior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth ;t pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from ileciy. aril imparts a pleasant fraeranee to the breath. Price is. 6.l.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street. Lonflon. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. - - - CITA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. .TNO. GOSNELL and CO. hare at length, with the aid of coo of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect inu this wotm ,rful liquid. It is now offered to the public a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 58., 7s. ed., and 15s. each. includinz I,rnsh. Red 801 l Wharf, Angel paszsage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. rIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lescee and Manager, Mr. F.F. ChattArton. THIS EVEINING, at 7, I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL. At 7.45, 1 FAUTY AND THE BEA or, OLD MOTHER Tr(77 , , : Vokew., Ros!na Vokea. Ratc Sanlley. ITnrriet Coven , ,y; YeFsrs. Bratain V,'r:ght, W. F. Vok,r, F. Moteland, Rowena, aria Harry Beleno. -- r HEAT': E 11 OYA L. II AYAIAIt KE T. SOIA LeRP.Pf'. Mr. Enetz,fone. THIS CO-IPP:R ITIVE MOVEMENT. Followed by, at 20 to 8, the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Buckstone. Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Buellstone, Jon.; Miss Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Rill„fte. After which, THE F 'IR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN ..00KS: Mr A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, Miss F. Owynne, Miss Francis, Mss Murray. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. HEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELPHI. Snle Proprietor and Manager, Mr. P. WF.BSTF.R. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. THE LONG STRIKE: Mr Benjamin Webster: Messrs A. Stirling, George Belnaore, ktkins, W. i.ignold, Miss Furtado. &c. To co-elude with LOST AT SEA: Mr G. Edmore, Mr A . Stirlinc., Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mfr C. IT. Stephenson. Miss Furtado, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Lennox ' ;rey. Box-office open daily, from 10 till No fees for booking. races can be secured a fortnight in advance. OLRORN TITEATRE - ROYAL. • sole Lessae awl Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN THIS EVENING. at Seven o'clock, the laughable Farce of THE • Al Fl Its` At "./a. Lovell's eelebraterl Piny (in live acts), of LOVE S SAC”IFICE: Mr Parry Sullivan ; Messrs. George Honey, J. C Compel, Charles llorsman. Lin Payne, Lunt, Hyas, Arthur, Re.; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss J. Rignold, Miss Amy Fawsitt, Mrs C. llorsmon, &c. To conclude with STATE SECRETS. Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting Manager—AmokY SULLIVAN LOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. TflIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRS ::Miss Lydia Foote, Mr I lenry Neville. At 7.30, Mr. Byron's new and original Comic Drama, in three acts. written by himself, entitled NOT SUCH A FOUL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon Simple. Mr. H. T. Byron. . At 9.30, LORD BA.TEMAN: Miss Fanny Joseph=: Mesdames 1-1 uz`teß. Sydney, Eehrend, and Williams ; Messrs Clarke and p OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanhorough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMON() TUE BRE AKERS : Mr Cl trke. Followed bv TTIE TOOD LES : Mr Clarke. After which. INC: Messrs Thorne. James, Fenton, Turner Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland. &e. To conclude wIthTITE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL riAUTION.—POPULAR ERROR.—PRICE'S BENZODYNE, tho newly-discovered Cure for Cough, Bronchitis, Consumption, and ail w -• ases, Cholera, Dysentery, Fo., has nothing whatever to do with petroleum spirit, falsely called Benz°line, &c. This unique remedy may be obtained of all Chemists, and through the Proprietor, Mr. PRICE, Analytical Chemist, 2, Lower Seymour-street, London, W. Prices-Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 641. per bottle. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS for Orphan and necessitous Children, Pinner. PATRON-11.R.H. the PRINCE of WALES. VICE-PATReN—H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. PRESIDENT— R. C. L. BEVAN, Esq. At a GENERAL HALF-YEARLY COURT of this Institution hold THIS DAY (Tuesday), at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, GEORGE MOORE, Esq., in the Chair, The result of the NB was as follows : SUCCFSSFUL CANDIDATES BOYS. Michael, C. E Pewsam, AV. I' 360 Page. D. L. llidircl., J. A 303 Hales, J. P. S 174 hitrlock, Harry Wollard, A. Bute'll, W. F. 333 Barr, IL A 317 ILigßens, W. E. ..... 114•1for( 1 ' F. H. 396 ILA:O.mi, U. W. Jones, J . IT. dupe, B. P. Elliott, M. A. Sharp. Ann Whitcher, E. E. Whitaker, A. M ... 133 Gibson, A. ..... Hendry, F. A. wiove, E 553 UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. BON s. Bentley, T. J 67 I Lavender, W. D.... ...... 76 Dean, T.H 135 I Morris, A 142 Edmonds, .A ll3 Phillips, E. A Greening. W. W 125 I Powell, S. M. Ilayneq. W. H 97 Rawlins, T. L lO5 Heap, G. H. I Hodges, J. M. ___ ~ GIRLS. Bennett, J. E. .. 125 1 Gregory, A. R lO3 Ellis, S. E. Easel), E. 96 Morgan, L. B. BB HENRY LENDON, Secretary. Offices, 1, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, London, E.C., Dec. 28, 1869. ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCES. THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, in anticipation of the above, beg to intimate that on all new Ir.surances now effected there will only be payable (provisionally) the proportion of Duty for the time between the date of the Order and Midsummer Day next. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES: Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpol, and Lombard-street, London. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. Important Announcement. Increased Share of Life Profits. ALL NEW INSURANCTS, with Participation, EFFECTED AFTER IST JANUARY, 1868, will become entitled to an INCREASED SHARE OF THE PROFITS, in accordance with the Resolution passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. JOHN H. MoLAREN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSLTRANCE SOCIETY. Established 1824. The AxstrAL INCOME, steamily increasing, exceeds £227,000 The AsstatAxce FUND, safely invested, is over £1,649,000 Forms of Proposal, and every information, can be ob tained of GEORGE CIITCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary, 13, St. James's-square, London. S.W. UA RDI AN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital... Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN - Frederick H. Janson, Eeq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham.l'arter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P Charles F. Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart :11 , 1:'S Morris, Esq James floods. n, Esq Abraham J. It oberts, Esq Archibald Hamilton Esq Henry Vigne, Esq 1 humson Hanker Esq SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemach, Esq, ACTUARY— Sarni. Brown, Esq. N.B.—Fire Policies which expire at Michaelmas must be renewed at the head Office, or with the agents, on or before the 14th of October. The Government Duty is totally abolished. Prospectus and Forms of Proposal, with statemen of the asset and liabilities in the Life Branch. free on application to the Comtlany's Agents,or to the Secretary. B RITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Chief Offices-429, Strand, London. TRrSTEES. Lieut.-General Sir J. E. Dupuis, K.C.B. Sir James Duke, Bart. Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., li:i'artridge, Esq., F.R.S. Francis Webb, Esq. W. Tyler Smith, M.D. Millis Coventry, Eq. F.R.S. Cumum A.N OF THE BOAltD „„ EBB, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN W. TYLER SMITH, Esq. EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTII ANNUAL RE PORT, read at the Annual General Meeting held at the Society's House on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS WEBB, Esq.. in the chair. The directors have received 3,`.412 proposals fur aksur ing, the sum of X 972,866 iSs. 9d. 2,472 policies were issued, assuring ~£70:1,451 4s. and producing in annual premiums the Film of £25,227 Bd. The following tabulated returns exhibit the new busi ness transactions during the three quinquennial periods : ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. ri`FIE DIRECTORS have now the pleasure of IL submitting the following statement, showing he financial position of the Company:— The CAPITAL availe.ble for the purpose of meeting any n nusual calamity happening to the assured is Two MILLIONS STERLING. The amount actually paid np is £238,195. This, with the accumulated funds in hand, exceeds £1,800,000. For the satisfaction of the public the whole of the se euritiei belonging to the Company are annually submitted to the careful scrutiny of two independent auditors, and the following is an extract from their report to the last annual meeting: " The whole of your books have been audited ; every document, every account, every voucher, your bank-book, and every security - all have been most carefully kept, a nd there is not one doubtful security in the whole." A detailed List of the Investments of the Company, as already published, may be obtained on application. An independent valuation of the Life Liabilities, as at 31st December, 18G8, has also been obtained from Mr. I:::anntel Brown, the result being— LIFE LIABILITIES AND ASSETS. " --- 543 , t Value Accumu- Surplus. Number. (4 ] a t e d Fund' Assurances General Life As surances, less re- Assurances 13,844 Children's En dowments 207 Annuities (Itu-1 mediate andi Deferred) 421 £765,021 £942,643 21,260 I 23,287 137,514 1.£177,62 2,027 Total. 14,472 156,345 I 18,80: .£1,122, 9 73 1;198,450 • . The valuation has teen made at 3 per cent. interest, and the net premiums only have been taken, so that the loadings for future profits and expenses are entirely bold in reserve and not brought into the valu,tion. The results show a considerable surplus in the Life tranch, amounting in the whole to £198,450. J 'TIN H. 31.1:AREN. Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Searetary in London. MUTtAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABILITY. NON-FORF, nulls , : POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMIII , P. o r PAYMENTS. PROFITS may be APPLIED so as to make POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETI.~+E. B RITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 4, Queen -street-place, Southwark Bridge, E.O NEW. POLICIES ISSUED. New Policies issued. IP6B 1869 In We ekP, 103 - 1t4,481 Excess .. • • .. 22 £4,231 52 weelo ending April ith, 1860 ...8,105 ...4143,443 et 1' 7 :::e • .sac . ,„ 2: E ° Eg o 4 l. o 6 a Amount 6 . Amount Annual :-.., IS Z 0 Proposed. ZE. Assured. Preminms. .F:, 4 75 C3P;.. -- £ s. d. £ s. d. £s. d. 1858 4,602 1.023,140 0 0 3,318 f 54,140 0 0 21,347 16 5 1863 13,244 2,779,666 0 0 9,746 2,037,383 0 0 63,507 19 10 1868 17,466 4,861,303 5 9 13,699 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6 - -- Total.. 35,512 8,664,109 5 9 26,763 6444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9 The net premium income has increased to the stun of £2 The interest on investments and other items of receipt yield 6,704 1 7 1,276 18 1 Making a total income of £237,980 19 8 The claims were 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886 12s. ld. The balance of the year's income was £68,026 98. 4d. The assets of the association at the close of the year amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd. The directors draw special attention to the fact that the next bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year 1872, arid that all polices effected on the profit scales prior to the 31st December, 1869, will be entitled to participate in the same. The directors also draw attention to the successful esta blishment during the past year of the Britannia Fire Association, under the auspices of the Briton. The direc tors believe that the establishment of a Fire Company, to work in active co-operation with the Life, will teed much to the advantage and profit of both institutions. It is scarcely necessary to remark that the capital funds and constitution of each office are quite separate and distinct. By order of the Board, JOHN MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary. London, March 18, 1869. POPAIIINE MEGE JOZEAU. Prepared by J CLI.RET, French Chemist, Rue Montmartre, Paris. In chronic or recent diseases a core is effected on an ave rage of six days. 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Concluding with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS: Mr. A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, &e. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENTIMG, at 7, THE LONG STRIKE: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr A. Stirling, Ur George Belmore, Mr Atkins, Mr liignold 11 i s Furtado. &c. Followed by LOST AT SEA : Sir G. Belmore, Mr A. Stirling, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C. H. Stephenson, Miss Furtado, and Mrs L. Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENtNa. at 7, A HOUSEHOLD F uay. At 7.t5, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS TIE LOOKS: Mr IT. J. Byro n. And LORD BATEMAN : Miss Fanny Josephs, Mr J. Clarke , THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Tuts EvExisa, at THE BATH ROAD. At 7.4S.LOVE'S SACRIFICE : Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, And STATE SECRETS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. THIS EVENING. at 7.30. AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE, TOODLES. And ISO. Concluding with THE CHOPS OF TIIE CHANNEL. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at S Wednesdays and .s.turdays, at 3 and S all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL G AR DENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-office o pen from 11 to 4. ) _ 4 4 411 it 4.4 sents the expense of collecting £17,411; whereas at Lynn £15,836 is collected at a cost of £1,204. At Preston the establishment is supported by £1,105 and collects £51,230 ; Middlesborough. expends £1,548 in receiving £1,858. The receipts on behalf of the Inland Revenue at the former port wore much greater than at the latter. At Newcastle the expenses and receipts were respectively £9,397 and £206,574; at Stockton, £1,889 and £70,093 ; at Sunderland, £0,803 and £64,504. But at North Shields £7,308 is required to collect £21,063; and at South Shields the figures are £2,261 and £9,721. The takings at Perth are £14,815, and the expenditure £763; whilst at Port Glasgow only one pound less was required last year to gather duties worth £3,921. Again we allow that these figures are not in themselves wholly conclusive as to the labour done at any Customs establishment ; but the results are certainly the most essential considera tion, and it does not appear that the irregu larities in other branches of work are sufficient lc account for these great differences in the cost of main te lance. The figures sufficiently prove, at least, that inquiry is needed to show whether some of these stations which cost so much and return so little, are really doing their business as cheaply and efficiently as might reasonably be expected. As to many of the smaller establishments, the annual loss to the country on their maintenance is a primd facie case in favour of their abolition. The work of reform need not end with this cutting away of unprofitable stations, and revision of costly ones. For many years, simplifying the collection of the revenue has been one of our most important administrative reforms. The separate de partment and complex machinery of the Excise have been handed over to the management of the Inland Revenue Commissioners ; and the several boards which once 1 ooked after the Customs have been merged in the central department in London. The time seems now come for the last step in the process—the amal gamation of the Customs and Inland Revenue departments. The business of both has already lost much of its complexity. The Excise duties on salt, glass, soap, candles, leather, and paper have been repealed one by one. Intoxicating liquors now furnish almost the whole of the revenue. The duties on imports have been simplified in like manner. Mr. HumE accom plished the great work of consolidating the Acts in 1825; the free-trade legislation of 1846 removed very many imposts; and almost every year since that date has witnessed the abolition of some duty or other. The fact that the Customs establishments now transact a good deal of Inland Revenue business is another argument in favour of consolidation. Such a change could not fail to prove economical ? and it cou ld hardly impair efficiency. COMIC; PAPERS. (From Punch.) DEFLOWERING THE PARKS.—Ayrton is going to root-up the park flower-beds. Suppose he kept the nation's flowers of rhododendron in the park, and relieved us, instead, of his own flowers of rhetoric in Parliament. - - - - EXPERIENTIA Docwr.—Master George (whispers): "I say ! Kitty! Has mamma been telling you she'd give you a lovely spoonful of delicious currant jelly, 0 so nice, so very nice? '"—Miss Kitty : " Ess ! Cullen' jelly ! 0 so ni', so welly !"—Master George : " Then don't take it. !" SEASONABLE.—If anyone read a statement of intended "City Ward Changes" on the 21st of December, and noticed the announcement that " Mr. Midwinter retires," did it occur to him as rather a remarkable fact that Mid winter should retire on the shortest day? (From, Judy.) " The Art of Dyeing made Easy "—Go to St. Pancras' Workhouse. If a girl were to fall into the water, and were unable to sink, why would she partly change her sex ?—Because she would be a boy and (buoyant) girl. MATHEMATICAL.—If a man were to break his neigh bour's windows, what would he make ?—An improper fraction. A NENV AProncrmENT.—The newspapers inform us that O'Donovan Rossa, the member for Tipperary, is employed in the Chatham prison in darning stockings for his fellow- convicts. Might he not, on taking his seat in the House of Commons, be promoted to the Treasury Bench, and occupy himself in darning the holes in the reputations of its present occupants? This would certainly be no light work for a single pair of hands, but time and patience will do wonders. NEW GAME LICENSES.-It is understood that new game licenses are about to be issued for landlord shooting in Ireland during the ensuing winter. All poaching will be prohibited, and the close season strictly observed, lest the game should become extinct, owing to the popularity of the sport. From the numerous applications for the new licenses which may be anticipated, a considerable addition to the revenue is reasonably counted on. Licenses at a lower rate will also be issued for shooting agents, police men, and other inferior species of game. (Front Fun.) FOUR on AGAINST.—How oddly Americans do spell! A fire is reported at the Forepaugh Menagerie. Surely the correct way of writing the name of that collection of quadrupeds should be " Follr-paW." THEY MANAGE THESE THINGS BETTER IN FRANCE.— The papers, describing a recent funeral in Alsace, say : "The whole population accompanied the bier to the ceme tery." In England, we fear, in too many cases the mutes and mourners accompany one another to the beer (not to mention spirits) after leaving the cemetery. LIKE A BIRD —lt is stated that even should Parliament declare O'Donovan Rossa's election for Tipperary null and void, Mr. Heron will not petition for the seat. We should think not! No gentleman will be anxious for the succes sion, and besides a heron is not quite the bird to represent a set of geese. A SWORDED APPLICANT. —The San Francisco News Letter says :—" General Butler has been accused of robbing somebody of a sword. Is it possible that General Butler would rob—when it is so much easier to steal?" But our contemporary forgets that the General must be despe rately hard up for a clean weapon; his own sword wasn't fit to wear after New Orleans. Her Majesty's troop-ship Simoom, Capt. Leth bridge, yesterday embarked at Portsmouth, along side the great south jetty of the dockyard, the fol lowing officers and men, draughts from various corps to join regimental service companies at Gib raltar and Malta, and sailed this morning, calling in at Portland and Queenstown, on her way west ward for other troops for the same destination, as subjoined :—Staff Brevet-Major Parsons and Mrs. Parsons; Surg.-Major Douglas, 87th Regiment, and daughter ; Staff Town-Major Morgan ; Capt. _ _ Rawlinson, 48th Regiment, and Mrs. Rawlinson ; Assist.-Surg. Mould, Royal Artillery ; Capt. James, Ist battalion 13th, and Mrs. James ; Capts. Price, R.A., and Aylen, 64th ; Lieut. Sperago, Royal Malta Fencibles, and Mrs. Sperago ; Lieut. Phipps, 87th, and wife; Lieut. Ward, 31st ; Lieutenants Dalston and Arbuthnot, R.N. ; Lieut. Trotter and Ensign Train, 48th; Ensigns Bell and Harlow, 83d ; Lieut. Jopp, R.E., 320 non-commisEionel officers and men of various carps, with 37 soldiers' wives and 39 children. Ibree naval officers and a few supernumerary seamen and marines also embarked to join the Mediterranean squadron under the command of Sir Alexander Milue. At Port- land the Simoom will take on board the 25th cam- pany of Royal Engineers, consisting of one officer, 93 men, ten women, and 28 children. At Queens town she will receive on board the 2Gth company of Royal Engineers, co9sisting of two olfic_trs, 93 men, one officer's wife, 93 men, ten women, and 18 children. The Simoom returns to Spithead from her present ordered service with troops relieval by those she takes out from England with her. HOME MANUFACTURES VERSUS FOREIGN PR7- 1:A=1o:is. —lt is generally acknowledged that an English made watch or chronometer is superior to an imported one, and yet, notwithstanding this, it was shown at a recent meeting of the Clerkenwell watchmakers that the home trade in these articles suffers greatly by the large quantities continually brought over from abroad. This in the pre sent depressed state of trade is much to be deplored. We cannot but think that the remedy lies in our own hands, and a consideration of the following facts strengthens this idea. Messrs. Lund and Blockley, the successors to Mr. Viner (who has held for the last 70 years one of the first positions as a watch and clock manufacturer) guarantee that every watch and chronometer sold by them is made by their own workmen, under the personal supervision of themselves from first to last, and their reputation is certainly sr fficient to warrant the assertion that the quality of the workmanship is unexceptionable, while at the same time a watch can be purchased of them at a less price even than is paid fer a foreign one made by un known artisans, which is unfortunately so often passed upon a confidin,g.public as a genuine English manufac ture, whereas in reality the only English part about it is the name engraved upon it. Messrs. Lund and Blockley have elected a splendid building in Pall• mall, opposite the War Office, and the interior of the establishment is de + corated in a manner unsurpassed in the metropolis. One of t he most recherché collections of articles of vertu in Lon don is on view here, and the many interesting inventions exhibited render it a museum in itself, and cue well worthy of a visit. The undertaking is a proof of the • vitality of private enterprise, and the general excellence of everything sold here must command patronage sad MIMI& POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE.—Ihts Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Foley, a coachmaker, of No. 9, New Comp ton-street, was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and disorderly. Wm. Porter, 132 C, raid that about five o'clock yesterday afternoon he was in Park-street, Gros venor-square, when he saw the prisoner ejected from a public-house, and then behaved in a very disor derly manner. Ile requested the prisoner to go away, but he refused, and spat in Hs face, and on his taking him into custody he made use of very abusive language. The prisoner denied insulting the constable, and said he was not in the habit of doing such a thing. Mr. Knox, after remarking that it was a nasty dirty thinv for the prisoner to have done, fined him Ma., or 14 days. LONDON, TI1111?SDAY, DEC. 30, 1869. WHILST the Government is working its will with the Admiralty and the War Office, the extravagance and mismanagement of the Customs department pursue the even tenour of their way. No branch ( the Administration presents a fairer mark for the incisive propensities of an economical Ministry. Other departments may involve greater expen- diture ; but against nono can a clearer case be made out for investigation with a view to reform. When a public authority pronounces nine-tenths cf the Customs' labour to be "utterly unnecessary" and " maintained to supply fictitious work," it is surely high time to look further into the matter. B3sides the occasional eccentricities to which we have before called attention, two permanent charges are laid against this depart=nt—those of neeflessly complex working and excessive expenditure. The former evil is, of course, productive of the latter, but it likewise causes inconvenience, delay, and loss in the transaction of business. The details required by the department are endless, and have to be repeated again and again. For carriage by rail a few tons of 'goods would require only one or two orders, filled up with very few words. to export a similar quantity to a foreign country an extraordinary process has to be undergone. The forms which must be filled up previously to putting the merchandise on board ship are sufficiently extensive to cover the floor of a large room. Their superficial area, as ascertained by actual measurement, is about 900 feet. On des3 docu ments are inscribed the names of ships, places, But persons, countries, &c., and not once or twice, but dozens of times. Such labour can scarcely Le need ful. The waste must be considerable both to the nation and the shipper, for, though an unhappy country proviles the forms, the labour r qu'sito to fill them up must be found by the merchaLt. If the revenue is to be protected, of course the safe guards must be efficient; but that a few tons of goods cannot be shipped with safety to national interests without the consumption of twenty-nine feet by twenty-eight feet of paper is simply incredible. But it is not in details only that the Customs' management is open to stricture. The general plan on which the duties are gathered is not less questionable. If the primary business of the department is to collect the revenue, how can that mission be fulfilled by the esta blishment of custom-houses at places where - C.:ere is no revenue to collect ? Yet this is precisely what i, done at present. All round the coast may be found small ports which withdraw money from the ex chequer, instead of contributing to it. In ether words. there are many Customs establishments where there is no trade, and where the duties colitxtea wri not cover the cost of keeping up the station. Why then maintain such No doubt they afford employ ment to various worthy officials ; but this is not the business of the department. Where a Custom house represents a yearly loss, it ought not to exist. A few examples wll serve to shew what unpr, fit able speculations some of our Customs stations ars. A return lately presented to the House of Commons ; on the motion of Mr. HEADLAII, gives the amount of revenue received, and the expenditure involved in its collection, at all the ports and inland bonding towns of the United Kingdom. The Customs establishment at Aberystwith, for example, cost £BlO last year, whilst the amount of duties received was only £73—less than one-tenth. By far the greater number of the custom-houses transact busi ness on behalf of the Inland Revenue, and in some cases the receipts under this head are very large ; but -Aberysthwith has no such collection to bring forward as a set-off. At Beaumaris the receipts in 1868 were £385, and the expenses £l,ll0 — rather more than three times as much. Here, too, there was scarcely any work done on behalf of the Inland Revenue. At Fowey the takings were very little more than half the expenses, and the Inland Revenue account was nil. At Llanelly the duties collected just turn the scale against - the cost of maintenance, the former being £1,688, a2d the latter £1,655. At Maldon the business pays only one-third of its expenses; at Milford little more than one-tenth. The establishment at Padstow spends £432 in collecting £5O. At Rye the proportion is 100 to 1, the outgoings amounting to £406, and the takings to only £5. At the Scilly Islands the Customs establishment cost £471, whilst the duties collected were last year represented by a solitary sovereign. Wells plys only one-third of its expenses. In Scotland the station at Kirkwall required £BB2 for its main tenance, and the receipts were nil; Lerwick cost £520, with a like result; Stornoway expended £527 in receiving £11; whilst Stranraer presents quite an active appearance with an income which covers one third of its expenditure. Wick very nearly manages to clear off three-fourths of its annual cost. Wigtown spendi £505, and does absolutely no businesswhatever. In Ireland, Skibbereen is the only very flagrant example. The duties it collects meet about a quarter of the sum required for maintenance. In all these cases, with the single exception of Llanelly, nothing is done on behalf of the Inland Revenue. It may be conceded that the amount of duties received, as compared. with the outlay involved in collection, is not to be taken as an exact representation of the work done by a Customs station. The business details vary con siderably at different places, and, moreover, thelevying of duties is not the only kind of labour in this department. But the allowances to be made on these grounds are not sufficient to affect the general conclusion that at many of the small places the maintenance of a Customs establishment is a clear loss to the nation, and might well be dispensed with. As the general tendency of trade is to pass the goods now paying duts- through the larger ports, the abolition of what we may call these insolvent stations would involve no great difficulty. The ports which now receive no duties can hardly suffer from a disruptioi, of business arrangements if the local Custom-house put up their shutters. The examples we have quoted are of that flagranl kind where the expemes exceed the income. Bul it is also instructive to note the strange dispropor. tion which the various ratios of revenue and expenditure at the larger ports bear to each other. Gloucester spends £4,412 in collecting £01,812 ; Exeter only £2,470 in collecting £113,533. At Greenock the duties amount to one hundred and thirteen times the cost of the station; at Grimsby they are only twelve and a halt times pa great. At Hartlepool £4:088 repre7 WESTMINSTER. CAB PROPRIETOR:.; AND THE PUBLlC.—Charles Barrel, a large cab proprietor, of Ledbury-road, Bayswater, was charged on a summons by Inspec tor Usher, public carriage inspector, for letting to hire a hackney carriage after receiving notice from the Chief Commissioner of Police that it was unfit for public use. The offence was clearly proved, and Mr. Usher said, within the last fortnight the defendant had been convicted twice and fined the full penalty of 13 a day on each occasion ; his carriages were in a very bad state. Mr. Benson imposed the full penalty of £3 and costs, which he hoped would be a caution. William Goddard, Robert Copley, Wm. Jarvis, and Thomas Hughes were charged with similar offences, but there being no previous complaint the mitigated penalty of 10s. and costs was imposed. THAMES. JUVENILE TIIIEVES.—James Isaacs, aged 14 years, and Lewis Smith, aged 11, half-naked and wretched-looking boys, were brought before Mr. Lushington, on remand, charged with stealing a box of figs from the shop of Mr. Selle, a grocer, in the Commercial-road, East. The thieves have been living in a thieves' colony in Spitalfields, and went out every morning to prey on the public, and bring home what they could. Isaacs had been in custody several times, and twice convicted summarily and punished for petty offences. Smith had also been in custody, and once was punished by a sentence of short imprisonment, and another time Mr. Paget kindly released him on a promise of his mother to look after him and keep him out of bad company. A few days after this, George Smith, a detective officer of the K division, saw the prisoners in the Commercial-read. They visited several shops, and among others Mr. Selle's. ['he shop was full of customers, and while Isaacs covered his companion from observation Smith helped himself to a box of figs, which he banded to Isaacs. Both ran out of the shop to fall into the hands of the detective. They were searched, and a few small articles of millinery were found upon them. The mothers of the children said they would keep their " dear boys" out of danger and the way of temptation in future. Mr. Lushington said the appearance of the boys was a convincing proof they had been neglected, and their parents were, he was informed, living in a thieves' colony. They were sent out to thieve daily. It was a bad state of things. He should not be doing his duty to society if he allowed the prisoners to go at large, until there was an opportunity of their being reformed. He should send both to Feltham Industrial School—lsaacs for three yeare, and Smith until he was 16 years of age. Mrs. Isaacs —Don't send my dear boy to prison. Mr. Lushington—Your dear boy will be taken care of in a reformatory school. 771 E EMIGRATION QUES7ION. Yesterday a special meeting of the managing committee of the British and Colonial Emigration Fund, which has long been rendering conspicuous public services in promoting and directing emi gration to the colonies, and especially to Canada, from the east end of London and other parts of the metropolis where distress prevai!s, was held at the Mansion-house. It had been convened for the purpose principally of c , nsidering a proposition for amalgamation with other associations of the kind —the Workmen's Emigration Society for the Con solidation of the British Empire, and the National E nigration Aid Society, from which the proposal had emanated. The Eight Hon. the Lord Mayor, the President of the Emigration Fund, occupied the chair. A statement was read by the secretary, Mr. Haly, to the effect that since the conference at the Olansion-house, iu February last, 3,156 emigrants had been sent out through the agency of the British and Colonial Emigration Fund, and 900 previously, making in all 4,056. Of the 3,156 there had been sent to Queensland 20 by the Flying Cloud; and 41 by the Young Australia; to Canada, by ILM.'s ship Crocodile, 386 ; by the screw steamer Dacia, 479 ; by H.M.'s ship Serapis, 776 ; by the screw steamship Cleopatra, 365 ; by ship Simoom, 608 ; and by the screw steamer Medway, 331. The Dacia had performed three voyages since February last, and the Cleopatra two. The com mittee had prepared and sent circulars to all the metropolitan boards of guardians, numerous re lief societies, and individuals interested in the subject of emigration, requesting their co operation. Having reason to know that a good opening existed among farmers in the province of Ontario for respectable lads of good character from 14 to 16 years of age, whose parents or friends are willing to pay their expenses to Canada, the corn- tuittee were now in communication with gentle men of position in that province on the subject, and inquiring whether a committee can be formed at :Toronto to make the necessary arrangements ' there for the proper reception of the lads on their arrival in the Dominion, and who would take obarge of them until they are fairly started in situa tions. They had likewise communicated with the Governments of Canada, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Aus tralia, Queensland, New Zealand, Cape of Good Hope, and British Columbia, with the view of ascertaining whether any and what help may be expected from them in promot ing the emigration of such deserving unem ployed as they may consider eligible emi grants for the respective colonies, and especially whether they would be inclined to aid in opening a central office in London, at which information and assistance could be afforded to intending emi grants. Local emigration committees in connec tion with the society are already in course of forma tion at Deptford, Chelsea, Westminster, Poplar, and other districts of the metropolis, and they hope many others will be formed during the winter. The meeting yesterday had for some time under ' consideration the invitation from the Workmen's- Emigration Society, and the National Emigration Aid Society to amalgamate with them, and so form one general association, but it was unanimously, to all appearance, averse from such union, though favourable to occasional conferences with them with the view of aiding in the general working of emigration. Mr. Henry Kingscote said he was in favour of amalgamation, if it was possible to be car ried out in one management, but not otherwise. It was not, however, a new proposal to them, and he ,did not know why they could not be allowed to carry on the work of emigration as they had already been doing with great success, and with all due regard for the well-being of the people who had gone out to the colonies under their auspices. They had had eceasionally_some little difficulty in get ting the public to subscribe, but it was only from persons who had fancied, but erroneously, that the society had something to do with trad , s unions. He was certain that if they took Mr. George Potter and Mr. Edmond Beales upon the committee the public contributions to the scciety would decline. The Tory Government had given the society money, and the Liberal one had placed ships at its disposal for taking out emi grants. He therefore thought it would be unwise if they-took in any element that was likely to inter fere with itheir existing arrangements, which hid hitherto worked so satisfactorily. Mr. Kitto re minded the meeting that the soc:ety was the first to take up the matter, that it had gained much experience in it, that it began with smAll, and had done great things, and therefore he did not think ' they ought to be asked to change their plans, though they would he naturally disposed tl pro mote the general cause of emigration. Sir JAMES LAWRENCE said he had seen a deputa tion of working men on the previous day, who had represented to him that the Workmen's Emigration Society was mixed up with trades unions, of which he was not previous aware. He was quite of opinion ' that an amalgamation of the emigration societies would not, as a principle, be Conducive to the emi gration movement generally. Sir GEORGE GREY expressed himself to the same effect, believing that amalgamation would tend to destroy a great number of the existing agencies. Eventually, on the motion of Mr. K:NGscoTE, seconded by Sir GEORGE GREY, the meeting parsed an unanimous resolution to the effect that the amal gamation with die other societies would not tend to assist the cause of emi' : iration, and might create d;fficulty in the arrangements with the Colonial Governments with whom the British and Colonial Society was in correspondence, but that the meeting would be ready and willing from time to time to ap point members of their own body to confer with the committees of other societies on any general ques tion connected with emigration. Alderman Sir Jas. Lawrence, S:r George Grey, and Mr. Henry Kings ! cote were appointed a deputation to convey the re solution to the committees of the other societies, and with that the meeting terminated. 711 E WEA 7 HER. The change of the wind, yesterday, from a northerly range to south-west betokened a rapid break-up of the frost, which had raised the hopes and braced the sinews of skaters. The sign was not delusive. As the day wore on the ice grew thinner, and so did the crowds who ventured upon it. There where no displays of graceful skill and agility on the Serpentine, for the reason that the Serpentine has been drained, and, by COIIS2CIUCIICC, the fashionable throng was driven en masse to the Round Pond, in Kensington Gardens, which has the terrible disadvantage of being deep enough to drown a Life Guardsmen, carried on the shoulders of his corporal. Thither the club and its entourage repaired yesterday, determined to make the most of what little life was left in the first spell of hard frost, this winter. Fashion dis dains those parks which lie east of the central dis tricts and south of the Thames ; else, the magnifi cent sheet of ice on the park at Battersea lake— black, tough, and elastic—would have afforded ex cellent sport to the most accomplished patineurs of the upper ten thousand. Before the sun had gained force yesterday forenoon, or the softened atmosphere had told upon the firm metallic surface of the pool, there was at Battersea a finer field for the exhila rating exercise than could have been found else where within the four-mile radius. Favoured, in- deed, by its bleak and exposed situation, the water in Battersea-park had frozen more rapidly thae other metropolitan pools ; and very good practice had been made there by a large number of expert skaters on Tuesday. The good order as well as the good humour preserved by the officials may be spoken of with praise. They had a hard tusk, on Tuesday aftercoon, to clear the ice of skaters who persisted in remaining after four, the time for closing the park-gates. Eight " parties" at one time might have been seen chasing a few of the swiftest and most expert " men in possession" of the frozen lake. Now the pursuers would d.ivi&, and try each to capture a recusant. Now they would form a line, only to be charged by the most dashing of their foes, and tumbled over on the ice. One of the skaters being caught, slipped off coat, and, leaving it in the hands of the baffled officials, pursued his erratic flight with his shirt sleeved arms defiantly crossed on his breast. After a time, he surrende ed, and soli cited pardon and the return of his coat in appro priately humble terms. In o.ie place only, on the Battersea lake, was the ice rough, in consequence of its having been broken and left to freeze over again. A few boys with brooms woull have made the whole of .the glassy floor as excellent a field for skating as could have ben desire]. The fact that the water. in Battersea Park has a uniform depth of three feet may deprive the pi ice of all sensational interest ; but at the same time it will afford matter of great s.itisfaction to skaters and their anxious friends and relatives. There were during yesterday five or six thousand skaters and sliders on the Round Pond in Kensington-gardens; and eleven persons fell in, but were all rescued. In the afternoon about four o'clock, a young man disappeared through the ice, at a point where there was seven feet of water, and would certainly have been drowned but for the courage and calm judgment of a bystander, who broke away the ice and dragged up the exhausted sufferer, amid the applause of the crowd on the banks. About ten minutes later a cripple fell in, and was rescued with some difficulty. The name of this person was the same as that of the man who had just before displayed such intre pidity as to merit some more substantial token than was presented to him on the spot by a collection among the crowd who bad wit nessed his conduct. The case will, no doubt, be recommended to the notice of the Royal Humane Society ; and meanwhile it may be mentioned that the object of such well-deserved praise is one Patrick Murphy, of 23, St. Katherine's-road, Not ting-hill, labourer. The icemen were at the time engaged with other immersions on a distant point of the lake. In Si. James's-park it is computed that at least 8,000 persons went on the ice during the day. Thole were 60 immersions, and 15 persons received injuries in falling. The icemen, Perry, O'Hara, Rhodes, Hardy, and Walters, were frequently im mersed in trying to save life. Walters, in breaking through the ice, about a quarter -past four o'clock, dislocated his arm, and was obliged to go to St. George's Hospital to have it reset. The following persons had to be put to bed in the society's tent after being taken out of the water :—William Hewitt, re siding in Kennington-lane ; Morgan Bevan, 3, Al bion-place, Blackfriars; William Denny,l34,Drury lane ; George Woodhead, 262, Gray's-inn -road ; Alfred Barronski, 187, High Holborn ; Michael Casey, 12, Noah's Ark-alley, Bankside ; J. Mans field, 130, Vauxhall-street, Lambeth ; and C. Emery, 2, Portsmouth-street, Clare-market. All the above, besides many others, were placed in warm baths. The report adds that the ice is now in a very dan gerous state. On the broad Water in the Regent's-park the ice was two inches and a quarter thick, but this was not sufficient to bear the great pressure of some 6,000 persons, and, in the pursuit of their arduous duty, the icemen were several times immersed in deep water. Skating at the Crystal Palace, at Clap ham-common, and on the Hampstead-ponds was carried on till a late hour, despite the thaw. There was a race of bicycles, six in number, on the ice over the large piece of water near the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway at Brix ton. As an omen of severe weather yet to come, it may be noticed that at daybreak yesterday a flock of wild ducks passed over the metropolis at a low altitude, as if fatigued by their journey, and hovered over the I'hatnes for some time. They then made towards the Kent marshes. At the present settlement, Erie Railway shares are being passed without the stamp of the Protec tion Committee just formed, but it is believed that an agreement will be immediately come to amongst the dealers to deal in none but shares bearing that btam p. I ADVERTISEMENT. I —lTolloway's Pills.—Truthful Ex ' pettence. —The unsolicited and united testimony of thou &olds who have received enduring benefits from Hollo way's medicine extended over more than a quarter of a century, most strontrly recommends the se p ill s as the best purifiers, the mildest aperients, and the surest restoratives. They never prove delusive iu fulfilling the most sanguine I wishes of the sufferer, they are not content with merely affording temporary relief, but attack all ailments of the stomach ' lungs, heart, head, an d b owels in the only safe and legitimate way of action, b y d epurating the blood, ' and removing these imperfections, which are the founda tion and support of almost every disea & 5 . The medicinal otncacy of these admirable pills is wonderful in renovating enfeebled constitutions. 4* , • 1.1 1.1 7 r , *l7 oi t JIM js, HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Dec. 29. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday after noon. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, Princess Louise, and Princess Christian went out in the grounds this morning. LATEST INTELL MENGE (REC"'ER'S TELEGRAMS.) -~-_ _- AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Dee. 29. The Inman Royal Mail steamship City of Washington arrived here to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1194 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 120; the lowest, 119 i. Sterling Exchange o❑ London loBi. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188 4 " 1885 ll2. cc " 1867 ll4k. 10-40 ti 108 i. Illinois l32f. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2sBe. Petroleum—Standard White 29le. Flour, extra state, $5.10e. to $5.70c. Corn, old mixed, sl.loe. THE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL. ROME, Dec. 29. The general congregation of the Council held a sitting yesterday at St. Peter's, which lasted bi hours. Thirteen Fathers of the Council had an nounced their intention of speaking, but only five addressed the assembly, among others Cardina 1 Rauacher Arc'ibialio? of Vienna, in c)nse quence of the accoustic defects of the hall. The assembly discussed the question of heterodox philosophy. FRANCE. THE NEW FRENCH MINISTRY. PARIS, Dec. 29. The following may be relied on as a correct list of the 011ivier Ministry:— 011ivier Interior. La Gueronniere Foreign Office. Magne Finance. Lebeed Genouilly Marine. Instruction ,ourgeau Dupuy de Lome Public Works. Parieu . . .Minister without portfolio. PARIS, Dec. 30. The Rance de la Tour d'Auvergne and M. Gressier have been app iuted Senators. The Gazette des Tribunaux says :—Trauppmann, when last night returning from the trial to Lis cell, appeared as cheerful as on the previous even ing. After his dinner he played at cards with his keepers. Trauppmann seems to nly upon some favour able evidence being produced at tit.; hearing to thy, and has perfect c.)nfid. 13.ce in the line of de fence pursued by his counsel. He retired to rest at half-past nine p.m., ani fell asleep immediately. LIVERPOOL, Dcc. 30. The Liverpo.d, Brazil, and River Plate Com pany's steamer Ptolemy, Captain Hayes, left the Mersey this morning with the ship letter mails, 16 passengers, and a full general cargo, direct for Rio de Janeiro, Monte Video, and Buenos Ayres. BOURSE, Dec. 29.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 2840 Ital'an Wives 56 60 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt... 45 35 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred 9, Cash. Orleans i 11 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 72 45 Credit Mobilier 207 50 Transatlantic 220 Credit Foncier 1722 50 Paris Gas 1640 RAILWAY Western _ N orthorn ... 1125' Strasburg . 590 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 592f Sardinian Austrian Lombard 525 North of Spain 46 Saragossa Roman 4l Her Majesty's screw troopship SiinoDm, C iptain Lethbridge, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday for the Mediterranean, Irith the officers and troops on board, as detailed in The Sun of yesterday. She calls in at Portland and Queenstown. ir Her Majesty 'gild ian relief screw troopshipSerapis, Capt. Soady, embarked troops, &J., as per sub joined list, at Portsmouth, yesterday, and was ap pointed to sail at 8.30 a.m. to-day for Alexandria : —Lieut.-Colonel H. Tyacke, 106th Regiment ; Staff-Surg. Woodward and wife and Surg. Moffett and wife, Ist battalion 14th Regiment; Major Walker and wife, 2d battalion 12th Regiment; Lieut. Handley 4nd wife, '2d battalion 10th Regiment ; Lieutenant Baines, 18th Hussars ; Lieut. Huddart, Royal Artillery ; Staff Assist.- Slug. Lithgow and Lieut. Campbell, 92d; Lieut. Townsend, 2d battalion 10th Regiment; Capt. Magee, 2d battalion 12th Regiment ; Lieut. Brad. shaw, Ist battalion sth Regiment ; Staff Assist.- Surg. E. Turner ; Capt. Frizall, Ist battalion 13th Regiment ; Capt. Dawson, 92d Regiment ; Capt. Dooner, 2d battalion 2d Regiment ; Capt. Shine, Royal Artillery ; Capt. Revella, 109th Regiment ; Capt. Russea, Royal Artillery ; Capt. Johnson, 2a battalion 11th Regiment; Capt. Adams and wife , 45th Regiment ; Assist.-Surg. Sessin and wife , Royal Artillery ; Major M'Quine, Ist battalion Ist Regiment ; Capt. D'Eye, 92d Regiment ; Capt. Harvey, 2d battalion 25th Regiment; Capt. Eyre , 38th Regiment; Capt. Parnell, Ist battalion 3d Regiment ; Assist.-Surg. Whitty and wife, RoYal noise Artillery ; Capt. Logan, 2d battalion, 24th Regiment ; Assistant-Surgeons Dollinson, 14 -• L'Estrange, and Corry ; Ensign Cutly and wife, 2d battalion Ist Regiment ; Ensign Manly, Ist battalion Bth Regiment ; Ensign Cooper, 3 01 Regiment ; Ensign Sugden, 2d battalion 24th Regiment ; Ensign Oakley, Ist battalion Bth Re giment; Ensign Dunbar, 92d Regiment; Ensig n Dowse, 2d battalion 12th Regiment; Ensign Roe kins 2d battalion 24th Regiment; Ensign Grill,' . Ist battalion 3d R eg i ment; E ns i gn C ompton , 38t' Regiment ; Ensign Pike, 2d battalion 12th Regi ment ; Ensign Barr, 109th Regiment ; Ensig n Melvin, 109th Regi men t ; E ns i gn Il armsw ortb, 13" , battalion Bth Regiment ; Ensign Aylmer, 10 34 Regiment; Ensign Smith, 2d battalion Ist Reg y went; Ensign Lovell, 88th Regiment; Veterinary" burg. Dunuey, Royal Artillery ; Veterinary-Su r g' Dwyer, Royal Horse Artillery; Veterinary - S er g' Ruskine, 21st Hussars; Lieut. Walker, Royal Ar tillery ; Lieut. Sturdee, 92d Regiment ; Lie u % Campbell, 92d Regim en t ; E ns i gn Dickinson, 1- , battalion, 3d Regiment ; Ensign Wilkinson, * 2 ' battalion 34 h Re g i men t ; E ns i gn P. de lit Beresford, 36th Regiment ; Ensign Thorpe, 2d bst talion Ist Regiment ; Ensign Pope, 2d batty 24th Regiment ; Ensign Price, 2d battalion 24t1: Regiment; 1,005 non-commissioned officers Al': men of various corps, .with 90- w omen and 165 c hu 1 dren, COM The ii closed w rate of money o: its contiz doubtless slight d( securities is a fall nearly th there ha. 9 and Mail steady al Coius6 ditto, fo duced, Exchequ par to 5 prem. 44 per C India ditto 5 I Cent., 0 4 per tie The to but bey o Argen tit 87; to £3 Seven pi Mexican, drawing Five per In En than at compara at 109 tc an it»pr( 76 to to to 1231 North E each lc to 781 r( lower, Dover, a and Lani Ameri being at lower, at 998 to 1 Ia Bai Imperial The foll tions :- 131; Ar. 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