The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-04 00:00:00

-.--,... 1 , .."-.* Z WATEIY exham, in honour W. Wynn as one mbigh. The pre scription, and the Tho chairman, evening in a most justice to the He reminded ynn had been and that man! ortuno to Wales 11 ;entatives of Den. lir W. Wynn ITO to the re' nner in Icli'f3 scue when he 13 last moment . everything WO great satisfaction. ct of their minnjg that took plan ° I n It credit was do eluded by saYi n g -)riod they feau(l .f to bs th‘ l ; 31 . 1-) .7 pr opose ( ' the toast would rho respected the ,o course of 1,11 Government, an d in making E n g clerks, In a ry for tho benefit o two thousand 5,, "so of Comnion s, , f Mr. Gladstone a he Liberal party'. ild not loag cling ; to the toast, re •epresonted vl5 rhatover that it me, audit woula so long as there as at prese nt lifficulties of the :iced, and agree d fore the Cle—ch n England 0 1 id intimidati on. with " Wr," are t 1 judges. Fi ll lackbura 1 1 the Tickers, 'NO) , being inV ire ;re that a t " labourers We r t they were 01'1 was first ina d t 3 also a story 0 : to women a nd Loose to partake. drink for ring' too, beer 105 ood that those ing with which has only in st that, according are recorded f ° , g ilb er t Greena b i iat that retur n . Zylands, by In 6 reating, and ° t peculiar allega': ly tendered, °t enall, but th e y into accottat, some evide nce !en engage d and who Pli. )er. The 1 01 ; : onsequence ° le grievanc e r 3, f their niast ..r ers to vote for lur ; of " o bliging', ague threat ftc' came on• ;ter, which n': ote for Pile:: r. 0 ther rag' The twenty-eighth annual general meeting of the members of this association was held last evening at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The meet ing was presided over by Mr. Richard Henry Jones, the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The advertisement convening the meeting hav ing been read, Mr. W. T. LINFORD, the secretary, read the re port, which was as follows : The Board of Directors have the pleasure to present t o the members their 28th annual report. The new propo sals received during the year were 1,522 for £237,500, of which were accepted and completed 1,231, for £231,850, bei ng upwards of £33,000 in excess of the business of the Previous 12 months. The remaining proposels were de ferred, declined, or withdrawn, or are awaiting cim2letion. The new annual income thus created is .Z. 1,192 143. 11d. The total incom e for 1833 was —From premiums, £51,011 3d.; interest on investments, £15,203 7s. Id. Total, £ 7 7,250 43. 10d., and after provision for all claims and ex- P'nees the balance carried to capital account was £13 , 8 21 ls. 3 1., ; being upwards of 55 per cent. of Vie gross income. The sum of £1,874 18s. has bean received in purchase of immediate annuitie One hundred and twenty policies, assuring with bonuses the sum of £21,103 19 9 1., have become claims by death. . 1 - I 'is amount is less by upwards of £B,OOO than the claims of the previous year. The assets of the association, after revenant of £19,150 9s. 51. on account of the bonus divi ai°ll, amounted on the 31st of December last to £ 3 75, 318 is. 3,1 The directors retiring by rotation are—Hr. Win. " ta b -hope Sawtell, Mr. George K. Birt, Mr. Richard Price, i v " being eligibl e are propose d f or re - e l ec ti on . Th e fol c) win g gentlemen, d u ly qua lified, are proposed as auditors for th e ensuing— year:—Mr. James Richard Lloyd, Mr. Francis Frederick Toole, and Sir. Charles Woolley. The Board desire to direct the especial attention of the mem bers to the figures exhibited by the late bonus division. 33y energetic development of its resources, by watchful and judicious investment of funds, by the utmost care in the selection of lives, the Provident Clerks' Association was enabl e d to show, as the result of the past five years' Working , , a clear cash profit divisible among its member s of £51,970, producing to the individual assurers a rever- SiOnary bonus greater by 121 per cent. than any hitherto declared by the Association. Satisfac towiry as this result is the Board look fo rwar d with confidence to still further progress. This, however, can Only be attained if the great body of the membe rs numbering now upwards of ten thousand persons, will, ),(:)! t heir part, strengthen the hands of the Board by their "' a rty and united co-operation ; and, judging from the Past, the Board look with confidence for that assistance iu Promoting still further the welfare and prosperity of this valuable association. The CHAIRMAN, in rising to move that it be re ceived and adopted, said the meeting had heard the report and balance sheet read, and as he thought it contained such a full and concise information on the state of the affairs of the association for the past Year it rendered it quite unnecessary for him to detain them for any length of time, even supposing Ina health would permit him to do so. It was, how ever, exceedingly satisfactory to know, even sup- Posing anything was wanting, that they continue to r ee eed surely a n d s t ea dily i n a p rogress i ve manner . ' he new business for the last year exceeded that of the preceding by 245 polices, and by £38,250 ill amount, pr o d uc i ng a new i ncome o f £7OO over that of the preceding year. (Hear, hear.) They had also a gain under another head, as their clai ms during th e l as t year h a d b een £B,OOO less tha n those paid the year before. With respect to tli &r investment s , th e y now p r oduced them £4 13s. 6d. per cent., which he thought they would agree with ri L him was an excellent return for their money. mem bers, bad in the year just closed paid no less than ' 1 9,000 in the way of cash bonus amongst the mem :a:chi:mg yet notwitaastanding that pleasing fact, they had been enabled to add £25,000 to the capital, their investments amount to the sum o f i 375,000. He was sure there werevnany who had been associated with him in the society since its commencement that must feel the greatest pleasure when they recollect the Position they then held, and compared it with that they at present occupied. (Hear, hear.) They then no doubt looked forward hopefully, but when t hey compared it with their present position it must, he thought, occasion feelings of amazement. They had gone on year by year increasing in pros- Perity, and he fervently hoped they would continue to do 80. There was one paragraph he could not help adverting to in the report ; he had always referred to the circumstance at previous meetings, an I he would do go at the present, and that was the assistance of the members in increasing the business. It Lad been satisfactory no doubt, but they must recollect that t hey had no less than 10,000 members, and if each of those were only to intro lace oce n_lw member, n ' - 'e What an amount of profit that would bring to th em. Indeed, on one occasion they had gone the l ength of passing a resolution pledging themselves t : d 0 so, and although it had led to good results, ilior extecittds,id not come up to the expectations of the as many failed to carry out the spirit of the vot,3. Ile begged to urge upon all present the consideration of the good effects of increased acti vity, because it was to the great body of assurers tgenerally that the directors looked to enable them tk ° g ° en in the prosperous and successful manner _"eY had hitherto done. (near, hear.) It was through a w inercif ulProvidencethat he was amongst them that b i ght- (Hear, hear.) He was thankful it was so, b ecau se it would have been trying to him to have because absent from them on that :the 28th time he had the pleasure of meeting them ; they had always 'e V, Pleasant assemblies, because union and good "'ship invariably prevailed at their proceedings hear)—and he strongly hoped that such ' 4 o r the future would always be the case. He would hot trouble them further on that occasion, because 111it f t e e l d t the excitement would be too much for him, and, therefore, he would resume his seat by formally bloyin g " That the report and balance-sheet sub by the directors be received and adopted." heer s.) Of course he should have great pleasure _answering the questions any gentleman present Lnl,g_ht feel disposed to put. to .1... he r esolutions having been seconded, were put ..the meeting, and carried unanimously. ti:lr• Rime...eel. then moved the following resolu tion That the best thanks of the meeting be peezilyteoart.h,e directors for their exertions during the (Hear, hear.) They had only to look atthe b alance-sheet to see the care that had been exercisedia over the funds, and the advantageous way w ,..whieli their capital was invested. Their accounts s :_ r e well and clearly kept, their claims had been v 71 1) which bore strong evidence of the great care I ,_ 4l ch must have been exercised in the selection of L ' e TeS to bring about such a favourable result. _He .1 3 e r d they would pass the resolution unanimously. to , --1 % PACE seconded the resolution, which was put , t ne e meeting and carried unanimously. Cnarßetaer said the directors felt much ob hrth° for the unan i mous vote that had been passed eir favoute He would now, with their pernais vflii°zl.l, t nove the re - e l ect i on of the retiring directors, Sawtell, Mr. Burt, and Mr. Price. ottek n ames were put t o th e mee ti ng ser i a ti m, an d gentleman was unanimously re-elected. Obliged ._ B ray said m , personally he was very muc h Part of to the for their confidence, and o n th e hi f or 2 colleagues h e a l so h a d to t h an k them e _ the kin dness extended to them. Th e y were a ll Yery gratifiedbee r ,at the manner in w hi c h th ey h a d e-elected. r Th e ri _ etir, \-41AIRMAN then moved the re-election of the Wool ley' mg auditors, Messrs. Lloyd, Toole, and Wool jevera.eh °f horn were unanimously re-elected. hi s re. LLOYD said he was very much obliged for h- ..e.lection, and he had to say the same for "_olleagues whom, he regretted to inform the "e'eetin g were unfortunately absent through illness. 'night Wa s at once say the work of auditing accounts Nehi ci r ti n _ e _ r allY heavy, but the admirable way in li g h th e accounts of that association were kept "ed the duty very much. 'flee details were al iv _ ys "7 l3 rked out, and he and his brother auditors e•I e o _ accounts with pleasure. It (he._ .v.ompliment to say the books were well kept. NI: 4:1-) therel4as provident clerks, ought to thbooks ' well. (Ileac, hear.) However er e wer e wentao throw gh the do which e many things that many people ought to fou nd , they did not, and therefore when they fai r ee _"li . tt ought to be done, done well, it was but .rhei'runifu recognition should be made. (Hear, hear.) ctthat their basiswasentirely business and were increasing, and so was their f and that owing to the the rer was sound and solid ; and wag "0 that usually followed when this the Case was perfect and complete sac- MONE.Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The bank parlour meeting has not resulted in any change in the rate of discount. Consols m a i nta i n their yesterday's prices ; but the impr ovement no ticed yesterday in the foreign market has not been maintained. American securities have again re ceded. Consols are 93 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 93/ ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 e i; New T.:ree per Cents, 931 1-4 i ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per Cent., 8. Julia Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 18x0, 1121 /1; ditto 4 per per Cent., Oct., 1883, 104 lu the Foreign Matket New Spanish Three per Cents. receded 4, at 301 30i ; iu Greek Bonds, at 111 12 ; and - 1 - in lexica❑ Bonds, at 151 151 ; Italian Five per Cents. remain firm, at 55- 8 1 552 ; Turkish Five per Cents. are unchanged, at 3L) SDI ; and the last Russian Railway Loan is 80 801. The Honduras Loan is firm, at 86 88 ex coupon} ; and the Egyptian Seven per Cent. Loan is 73,1 1 ex div. In the railway share market Great Westerns are i-; Great Nortl7ern A, ; Metropolitan, ; ditto Extension, 1 ; Midland, ; North Western, 1 ; and North Eastern (Berwick) 1 better ; Lan cashire's are 4 ; Caledonian, ; Sheffield, ; and Brighton, 1 lower. The prices arc as follows : Caledonian, 791 80 ; Great Western, 53 1. American Five-Twenties have improved to 761 761 ; the Ten Forties, 73 to 73,} ; and the Bonds of 1885, 741 744. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben tures have fallen to 37 39, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 41 411—a fall of 11 and per cent. respectively. Eries have given way 1 dol., to 9 41 214. Great Indian Peninsula Railway Fours are 93 94 ex div. ; Atlantic 'Telegraph Original is marked 33 35 ; the Eight per Cent. Preference Shares 441 ; and Anglo-American Telegraph 221 22f. At the annual meeting of shareholders of the London and County Bank, held this day, the re port was adopted, and a dividend of 6 per cent., as recommended in the report, was declared for the half-year, with a bonus of 21 per cent., both free of income tax, making the dividend for the whole year Hi per cent. A further sum of £70,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday, making a total of £259,000. The Swiftsure, from Melbourne, has brought £129,000. The Great Eastern Railway Company have given notice to the Board of Trade for an inspectiou of the Dunmow line, with the view to its being opened in the course of a few weeks. The advices from Havannah state that the par ticulars had been received of the defeat of the in surgents at Bayamo, and their flight to the moun tains. They are alleged to have sacked the city before setting it on fire, and the conflagration is stated to have lasted three days. The Diario says that the rebel General, Jesus Perez, has offered to surrender with all his followers provided Zan uncon ditional pardon be granted, and that the Spanish general at Santiago has conceded these terms. At the meeting of the City of London Brewery Company yesterday, Sir James Duke in the chair, the profits for 1868 were stated at £64,166. Of this sum £3,000 has been written off the leasehold properties, £4,125 has been added to reserve (making that fund £50,000), and £20,528 was paid as an interim dividend in August. Out of the balance of £38,813 a dividend of 6i per cent. was now declared, making a total distribution of 10 per cent. for the year, and leaving £6OO to be carried forward. The report of the English and Foreign Credit Company (Limited), to be presented on the 9th inst., shows an available total of £7,189, and re commends a dividend of 51. per share, which will leave £4,199 to be carried forward. At the meeting held yesterday of the shareholders of the City of London Brewery Company (Li mited) the accounts of the directors for the past year were accepted, and a dividend at the rate of 61 per cent. declared. The retiring directors and auditor were re-elected. A meeting of the shareholders of the English and Foreign Credit Company is announced to take place on 'Tuesday next, the 9th of February, when the following report will be submitted :—" The accounts which the directors have now the pleasure of sub mitting, to the shareholders for the half-year end ing 31st December, 1868, show a net profit (includ ing the balance brought forward from the preceding half-year) of £7,189 13s. 11d. The directors recommend that out of this amount the usual dividend of 55. per share be declared, and that the 'HE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE cess. 'He would earnestly urge upon all those ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. present the duty of furthering the beneficent effects of life assurance. (Hear, hear.) Instances of its good were continually occurring, and one instance of it had just occurred within his own knowledge. A person had but a few days previous to his de parture to Australia insured his life, and he had but just arrived in that colony, when he unfortu nately drowned. The money was at once paid, and he believed that the amount of his policy was the only asset left to his survivors. (Hear, hear.) There was nothing that could give a man so much pleasure as the trouble he took in further ing life assurance. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said all the labours of the direc tors would be neutralised without the a tsistance of an efficient staff. He therefore had to move a vote of thanks to Mr. Linford, Mr. Stubbs, and the other members of the staff for their efficient services during the present year. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was put to the meeting and car ried unani.nously. Mr. LINFORD returned thanks for the king re cognition by the meeting of the services of the staff. Ile felt an additoted pleasure because the vote was moved by the Chairman, who knew the work that had been done, and therefore could tes tify that the vote had been fairly earned. For himself, he could say that he did not believe any life assurance office possessed a more able and zea loas staff than they did. There was one point in connection with the growth of their income to which he desired to call their attention. The premium charged upon young lives were extremely moderate, and the result was that while £230,000 of new policies produced only £6,200 per annum in their office, a similar sum in another office whose report he had that morning read produced £9,600. This showed that the office in question had either assured much older lives or charged much higher premiums—probably both of these elements contributed to the result. If, however, their income grew with less rapidity it was quite evident they would receive the pre miums for a longer period, their lives being younger, and they would have more chance to compensate them. (Hear, hear.) He could give another instance to that mentioned by Mr. Lloyd, which also occurred within his own knowledge. An old member, who had effected an insurance on his life, was accidentally killed only a day or two since, in walking home from his office, having to cross a rail way, and had it not been for his prudence and foresight his wife and three children would have been penniless. Fortunately his life policy would be the means of alleviating in a great measure the sorrow his death occasioned. (Hear, hear) He begged again to thank them for their kind recognition of their services. Mr. LLOYD moved a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman, at the same time expressing the great pleasure he was sure they all felt at seeing him amongst them, and their fervent hope that he might long be spared to preside over the manage ment of their affairs. (Loud cheers). The vote was enthusiastitally carried, and the chairman having briefly acknowledged their com pliment, at the same time stated that the business for the present year, from the Ist of January, already amounted to 116 policies for £26,900. - Hear, hear.) The proceedings then terminated. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1869. balance of £4,199 133. 11d. be carried to new account." The British Indian Submarine Telegraph Com pany (Limited) have allotted the shares of their capital. Mr. George Garden Nicol, chairman of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and (lima has joined the board. The Brazilian Street Railway Company's (Li mited) receipts for the month of December last amounted to milr. 26,2065800 (about £2,620), as compared with milr. $21,265,540 (about £2,126), for the corresponding month of 1867. Receipts to January 14 about milr. 15,000. The directors of the Metropolitan Railway Com pany have made a call of £1 per share on the new ordinary shares, payable on the Ist March. The half-year:y- meeting of the Southampton Dock Company is called for the 24th inst. A general meeting of the London and Lisbon Corkwood Company (Limited) is convened for the 11th inst., " for the purpose of considering a state ment of the company's affairs." BRITISH FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FuNDs. 3 per Cent.. Consols JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - - - Closing Busineu Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A 3 all 11 111 111 it Do B lO 4 41 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited it... 25 121 131 121 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 1 19 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 2 3 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 12 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 ... ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lira. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 3 s 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 ' 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, .nd China all 201 211 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all 29 901 20 City 100 Colonial 25 40j 4: 41 10 Consolidated, Jim. 50 Delhi and Loudon, lim 50 East London, Bin 5 11 01 20 English and American, lim 10 ... 20 English Bank of ltio &Ja neiro. lim 20 English, z. cuttish, and Aus tralian Chancre: £3., Hon,: Itong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all .. ... 281 Do new sf . 1 i 100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 16 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 1 11 111 1 1 5 lonian. all 25 27 25 Do new 5 pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, tins 4 31 31 1 100 Do 5 p. c. Debs.lB6l. 30 all 76 73 7s 30 London Bank of 'Mexico and South America, lim. 20 G 4 100 London and Brazilian, lin). 45 32 23 20 Do new 71 61 1 100 London &River Plats, lim. 40 6 8 661 7 25 Do new 10 11 11 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 231 50 London and County 2O 451 501 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... ... 50 London Joint Stock 1 32 33 32 11 20 London and South African al 1 12 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ... ... 50 London & Venezuela, Jim l2l ... ~. 100 London and Westminster. 20 61 63 61 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 59 61 100 Merchant, lim 25 6 4 10' Metropolitan, lim • all 61 71 100 Midland, Jim...... 2O Id pr 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3 1 d 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... 10 Do . 42 ... ... 48 10 National. 3O 48 48 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 411 421 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 6 61 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 83 90 10 Do new. 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 13 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 43 47 100 Union of Inland, lim ... ~. 50 Union of London 10 ld pr MISCELLANEOUS. Ditto for Account, 3 per Cent. Reduced V 3I i I now 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen J an. 1873 Annuities, SU yrs, expire sth Jan., 186(1. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchoquor Bills, £l,OOO, 2!per Ct. Do. £5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO — Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent Do. account Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds Inter-Colonial Ornnium INDIAN GOVERNMENT 6EOURITIEt4. India stock,lof per Cent., AprilllB74 • Do. Opening, for Account - Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 por Cent., Oct. 1885 -4, Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaood Pavet 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cart., Jan. 1872 , — Do. 51 per Civit. May 1.379 — DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do, 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — D:,. Dob., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 - - Do. Bonds, 4 per Cont., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Do., Scrip £45 paid . Aultrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 11 por Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858....• — Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 7ll 1 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account B2/ 1/ I3zienos Ayres 6 per Cent. r ... Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per (Ant.) , Cuba, 6 por Cent. -• °when 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent. — Do. 3 per Cent., Po. 6 per cent. 1867 Po. 7 per Cent., 1866 C 10 nbian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principaities, 7 ver Cent 76 I Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ... Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 13 6gyptian, 7 por Cent Du Second Issue ' • 1,. Do. £SOC Bonds B3l Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 841 Du. ' 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. fIOG Bonds 9Ol I English Scrip, 1868 Do do. £45 pd dis Government Railway Debentures . ... 95/ 6/ Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. ACccunt Du. Coup:nit! Do. Account ••• --- 9.uateinala 5 per Cent .. Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account .. Bl Do Marommana Railway ... Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — aontevideau 6 por Cent. .. 11 c Drish linp3rial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 751 6 Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cont., 1862 - Do Account . P,,rtaguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'6(1,'2 ': . 361 1 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Se; ip, £2O pal - l — R•issian 5 per Cont., 182 z, £ St i_, 44 per Cent . 1850 Da 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 0 per Cent., 1859 Do o por Cent., 1862 ............. Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bon+ .: 92 4 Do. do. £B4 Iss. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 924 Do. do .£Bl 15s do — Do Nicolas Railway 671 Sardinian O per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . -_ Do. Acc‘Junt Do. 1867 Do. Account 3Ol Do. New Deferred -- Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Accou n t Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do dc, 1868 Do do, Scrip a , p Turkish 6 pe r C en t. .... . Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 66 Du 5 per Gent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 . 621 3 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent.' — Do. Acc. nut Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex,. 25f. Dutch z per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account ..................... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 252. — Italian 5 per Cont. 1851, Ex. Zsl. Do Account 551 TWO O'CLOCK. Cansols,!Money - Do. Account, March 4 9 31 1. - ....----_,...—_ CRLIIINAL COUR7—(This day). THE GREAT DENDY WILL CASE. The trial of Mr John Hodges Harris for perjury in con nection with the above extraordinary case was rssumed this morning, and was not concluded when wo went to press. POLICE IN TELLIGENCE—T7tis Da, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Walter Langdon, who gave his address at Duffield Y or k s hire, was charged before Mr. Knox w ith stealing 'a wa tch and chain of the value of £6, the property o f H enry Dross, a seaman, stlying at No. 9, Swall ow -street, Pic cadilly. The prisoner was committed for six months with hard labour. THAMES. a ll e n baleN e Newman, a e n a , r a p y e t o i u n n g g f r w o o m m tabne, a draper, in the of A am c r u dG s iev ß oi rtoghsensEtueßmaYlecr Emery road, Stepney. The prisoner was remanded. 111ARICE7 S-7 HIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. February 4.—Sales probably 20,000 bales. Market buoyant and advancing. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f. 150. per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 12s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that At this rate there is no profit ou the importation of gold from the Uni!ed states. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at GO days' sight was on the last date about 1 9 j percent. gold at the above price is about 140th pL.r cent. dearer in Paris than in London. DEATH OF 11Th. KEELEY.—Mr. Robeat Keeley, ono of the most distinguished comedians of the present century, died at a quarter past four yesterday after noon, at his residence, 10, Pelham-crescent, Brompton, aged seventy-four. He had been for some time past in feeble health. CANTEHBURY,Thursday Morning.—The enthrone ment of the Most Rev. Archibald Campbell Tait, D.C.L., Primate of All England and Metropolitan, 92d Archbishop of Canterbury, took place this morning in the Metropolical Church of the Province, in the presence of a vast number of persons, who aseerublei to do honour to the new Primate. SHARE LIST. OILDINALI !MAIMS AND ESTOCHIL Paid. Closing Business ihare Railways. Price. done. a t Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 at Caledonian . .. x ....100 791 8) 87 st Cambrian .. 20 C0rnwa11....... ....... it Dublin St Belfast June NC 79 81 st Dan„Yerth, & A.b.Junc 5OO 70 72 2) East London all 7 9 YO Do 15 2) Do 10 et Glasgow it S. Western lOO 100 102 st Great Eastern .. 'O3 421 43 421 1 1 it Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7 9 st Great North of Scotland lOO 15 16 et Great Northern ... 100 112 114 1121 it Do. A. stock lOO 1111 212 1111 it Do. 13 stock lOO 125 1.7 at GIS, and W. of Ireland lOO 1(8 10J et Gt. Western —Original lOO 524 531 531 1 f st Do. South Wales lOO 37 58 58 st Do. W. 011 d lOO kii 1.9 at Do. Newport too 28 11 at Lancashire .k 1C orkahlra lOO 13J .301 1301 st Lon., lirigh.,& S.Coast lOO 521 521 521 1 0) Do Scrip ..... ..... st I•on., Chat., and Dover lu., 17 l7s it llo—lietrop. Ex. A lOO - et Lvu. & North 11 ester,— 1.,7) 171 118 112 1 - / 15 A Lou. dr Sown Westei 7: st Man., Shel., a Lincoln 1: 0 61 47 47 1 1 at Mptronolitan ... st Do Exteusi in .. .. 100 1 5 I 0 0 4 10 uo. New r(t .. at 31.1e:ropolitau District. all b 8 6 i 10 Metrop. St. J oh n ' s N 1 00 l 6 - st 51 ...,....d st 00, Birmin. & .1.44 i by st N.rtu British . ..... is Do. Ed.. Pth., & Dun lO4 st Nor. I. :astern—Berwick lOO 1( 5 106 141 25 Do. G. N.E purchase (6.13,4 st Do Leeds...... st Do York lOO it) 9 . 951 4/ at Do Carli .le .... . . lOO L.O 1.70 st Do Stoc z. & Darling lOO 329 731 it North Lou fon 10 Do New 18(8 . . 2 11 2 p st North Staffordshire . . 100 65 57 at . North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 -* st Ithymney ..... . lOO 4 i 52 st Shropshire Union 1(0 57 55 at South Devon .. st South Eastern lOO 8 1 1 82 83 1 it Staines, Wok'hatn, & Wok all 12 13 st 1 All 1/ ale ....... ... 100 145 150 Do. 0 ... ........ . . ... 5 3 4 Waterford & Kilkenny.. 1 00 10 Waterloo Jr Whiteha 1.. 6 RAILWAYS-PREFER ENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 83 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per. cent gus all st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. S per et lOO at (It. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102 st Do do N 0.2 100 99 102 st Do do 6 per cent 100 106 108 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 st Do do 'B 6 do. 100 ••• ••• st Do do C, 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 P.c. 100 100 103 ex Do E. Union 4p. c. pia. 100 6 9 71 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1816 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Wav•Val.lB 47 100 at Great Noithern, 5 per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 4 1 do do do 10 0 ▪ ' at Do 5 do at sp. c.pm lOO • at Do Leeds, Bradford, and • • ••• Halifax, 6 per cent lOO 134 Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 S 4 Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 9 7 stl Gt. West—Orig.& Jut-Bent chg., per 0,1.5 p.c lOO 102 104 at Do. Orig. (B. & 11. Ex). 5 p.c 100 95 ) at Do do 41 per cent. 1850 lOO 87 80 st Do do 4 do do 100 78 80 at Do do 5 per cent. redo= 100 9,i 97 at Do do Birmingham gua lOO 61 72 6SI st Du do do pref 100 st Do do Chester gua lOO ••• st Do do do S per cent lOO 15▪ 0 160 st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 'Do st Do do 4 P.c lOO • ••• st Do do 41 1859 lOO at Do do 5 ••• ••• st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 10) 107 109 st Do do 23 gua. 100 106 108 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 8 8 92 st Do du 23 do 100 1,0 103 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. a ii ▪ • • st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1.7) 1,5 st Do Barnsley, 1:5 3s 10d p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. LEast Lancashire) 100 130 jis at Do 41 (Blackburn perch). 100 98 102 st London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO st Do b per cent. gus. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do N.. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent llO st Do 6do (W•E• & t ) • e •) 100 ...▪ • st Da 4 do 1859 lOO ••• ••• at London, Chatham, & Dover ••• •.. 5 per cent ICO st Loudon and C. and - , Nuneaton 5 per mut lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford &Uarnbrldge lOU 8 st Do Shrewsb'y Ot Welehp'l IOU 88 111 st London and 6.-W- 7 _ _ late 3d shares, lOO 141 146 2s 6d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2d6d) all at Man., Shef., & Lincln. 6 p.c lOO 115 117 6 Do £6 all par I pm st Do 31 per cent IOU 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 .per cent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 st Do Bristol dalirm., 6p. c lo4* 1 t 135 at Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO 101 102 at Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO yi Ni at Do Leicester & Wchn, 4 p.c lOO 8.) 01 at North British, 5 p.c. No. 100 ... st Do E. & (1. 4p.c.S. & I) 1)0 ..• at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO ••• ••• et Do Border Union, 5 L p.c ••• at N.-Eastern—Cons. -I g p c lOO 8 6 8 ' st Du 41 per cent. redeeni lO 05 1 0 7 at Do Li S.E. 4 per cent., lOO ••• ••• 17 Do Berwick capital s 13.4. 25 Do York, 11. &S. purchase. 1U 10 1 0 st Du Stektu &Drliug. A. 5 p.c. 100 108 11U 1 at Du W, tlartlepuoi ii. and Li, lOO 87 8 , 20 North Staffordshire lOs Devon Annuities 1 a all 01 10 1 10s Do Tavistoek Anne., 10s all JlO 10s Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1 0.6. 8. tast. (Head. Arms , 1.0.6) all 22 23 t Do 41 percent ........ 100 ••• at Do Fixed 41 per cent st Taff Vale No. I ...... • Et Waterford & Kilken " n " 3 7 ,6 RAILWAYS.- -P REFERENCE WARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Pro2t3 of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Cen. niin. 7p c lOO st Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c con. issued at 8,) 65 st Groat Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 61 st Do 5 do, 1882._ 10 0 87 16) st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 8 1 st at Gre Do t Norther; sdo 5 do, 1864_ 100 64 8 c irred. 100 st Do Permanent s p per cent. 100 st Do Boston & Stead, 41 Pc 100 L'. st Great West., W. Midl ,5 p a 100 86 " 0 " 7 ) at Do Joint perpe. 5 p . c, 1865 100 83 92 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 101 1 0 6 20 Do Vale N eath perp, 5p c all 191 201 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, It_ 100 ••• 5 Lane. and York . N ew 41 per *** cent till July, 1871 2 st Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 4 1 do, 1861 100 at Da do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 st Do No. 7 5 do, 1866 100 5 d 6 o St Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, p.c 100 at Metrop. Ex., B 6 /Lc 190 Do do Cac lOO ••• ••• st Loudon &N. Western, p. p c 100 10s 110 st Loudon &S. Western, 41 p c 100 94 96 10 Man. bluff. & Lin., 5 Pe, 1885 all 88 1 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO ••• st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 108,;11) st Do B 5 do 100 1118 110 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 1/ 1 11 3 18 Do Inconv. New Shares 16 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 1 lip st North British, E. and G NO. 1, 5 per cent 100 •••• at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 • • st Do E., P., & Duu., 2d 4pc 100 , st Do E.& (I , N o , 2, 5 /Lc 100 ••• st Do N. 8.. b per cent, 1882 100 ••• at Do K. & G., N o . 3, 5 p.c 100 ••• st Do E.& G., (Ordiry) p c 10) 5 . 5 7 6 ) st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 99 st Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 111 111 at North London, 41, per cant (Max. b per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p a lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 ... st Do 5 do 1861 100 ... at Do sdo (Oh. Cross) 1863 100 ... at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. &Pimlico, 41 po 100 1 1 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS; st Birkenhead l lO v 6 96 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire 100 92 91 051 et Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 66 et Do. 51 per cet. st Do. 5 do. n st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ,„ . 4 , st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. C lOO 13a 1:15 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all „, „. Gt. Easn., NeWm,, &C., 6 pie 100 s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 66 73 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Heref 100 95 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 215 221 st London and Blackwall lOO 96 08 at Do. 41 per cent lOO st London, Chat., 41 p c lOO ... st Do. Corn. Fund, 5 do 100 st London and Greenwich 100 62 64 st Do. do. Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 1 ;6 st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 76 8 3 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all 5 st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 9 3 95 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) ••• ••• 50 Northern: East., 5 per cent all 53 66 Iso D o . d o . 6 do. all ..• st N. Eastern--Hartlep00l ...• st N. West. A perp. pref, sp. c lOO 10; 110 st Do B minimum 11 p•c ••• 100 st Notting. & Granth. R.& C lOO 92 0i 25 Preston and 15 yro all 44 46 ••• Royston, Hitch., and Shop lOO 133 135 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do do 8 n 2 p St S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 9 8 100 st Do 4 per cent gua lO 79 81 st Do 5 do st Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 1:3 14 20 Do do B a 11 20 Do do C all 6 ••• ••• 1 4 St Weymouth and Portland lOO „, st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO •117 119 • 120 st London and St. Katherine lOO 49 5 1 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all Milivrall Freehold Land ••• 60.1 St Dock lOO 31 32 st Southampton 'lOO 71 76 st Surrey 004xtmercial 1 10 Anglo-American Tel., lien all 221 221 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 13 131 134 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 161 171 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 34 36 st Do. 8 per cent. lOO 8') 8 . 2.5 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lien. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lien 9 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lien, all 131 141 14j 14 10 Do. New 6 8 31 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lien. 5 Bombay (has, lim. 5 Do. New 4 11 Id 5) British American Land 44 16 18 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., Hui lOO 166 171 20 British Indian Tea, lim. 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 64 63 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 21 11d 20 Ceylon Company, lim 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, Um 5 41 31 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lien 8 41 31d 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 5 10 25 City of Moscow (3as, lim all 2 3 50 City Offices, lim 25 231 2214 50 Colonial, lien. Do. 50 Commercia/ Union (Assur) 5 4 1p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all IS 19 1)/ 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bands, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1011 1051 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1031 1011 10 Credit Fon. of England, Rm. all 21 21 2 5-16 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 31 2/d st Crystal Palace lOO 1.1 21 st Do. Preference lOO 94 39 at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb. 109 105 WV 1 . 9 20 Darjeeling, lim. IO Eastern Assam, limn. 50 East _ Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. [OO Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy . ~ Uua. by Egypt. Gov all 92 93 931 a 20 Egyptian Com. &Trad. lira 6 41 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 241 246 10 Do. New 8 10 12p 3 Eng.& Aust ral.Copper,litu 21 1 15 English and Foreign Credit 7% 5 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lien 8 10 Fairbaira Engineering 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 100 For. & Col. Guy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at .1.:63 all 50 Gallivant, lim. 2O 10 General Credit ti Dis., lieu. 71 13 General Steam Navigation 14 50 lioat3 & Col Mafia .! In. Um. 5 10 Hung Kong and Unina Gas all 20 1.1-I.lson's ikty all 20 Imiierial Lan.l Co. of Mar seuies, litu. 25 Indo-European Tel., lint lu 20 Interns. Flannel:ll Suc. lim 5 20 Interns. Land Ur,,dit, lint 6 50 Italian Land 5 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Uavour) all 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 50 Land Securities, lint 5 25 London African Trading lO 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, Jim 6 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 50 Lond. Financial Asso., liar 30 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibuts.Co.litn. all 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 st Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gus. 5 p. c. by India Gov. lOO 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1im..... ll 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lint. all 50 Merchant Shipping, lim all Millwall Iron Works, lint l2l 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 & Iron, lint. 6 10 New Consolidated Die. lint 3 5 IN ew Quebrada, lint 4.4.0 25 New Zealand Loan & Her cantile Agency,lim 2l 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint 5 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim 5 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., Um— 100 50 North Brit. & Moreau. Tn 6l 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll 5 Oriental Gas, lint. all 5 Do. New 1 10 Otago and Southland In 1 11 pr alp 86 88 2S 29 41 31.1 liy 13,: if 11 6 4,1 31 4 G 3 65 31 2fd _ 31 31 fp 24 221 lk 2 22 17d ld pr 104 105 1031 4 44 32 37 31 21d lit 121 4 3d. 81 91 4 3d 11 ld 41 3k f iP II II 7 5 1 2 47 52 19 2J Di 15 71 7i vestment, lira 2 :5 Ottoman Gas, lim all 10 Pa nama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim all 11 I 5 Do do. st Peel R. Land & Miner!, Urn 100 34 3 I 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 48 5) 50 Do. New 1867 25 Reuter's Telegram all 61 06 60 Ithymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lim all 17 18 20 Do. Gas, lim all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 43 45 40 1 at Scottish Aust. Invest., Stn lOO 75 85 st Do. 6p c. Guar. Pref lOO ... ... 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim 6 ... ... 25 South Australian Laud at Submarine Telegraph 5lOO 100 110 109 1 Do. Scrip all 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. & Maiu.,lim all 181 19 18 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 21 41 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl ... ... 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 I 1p 10 Do do. do. all .. ... 20 Trust &Loan Co., U. Canada 5 id P 50 Union Marine L'pool, lira 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 Id p 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 51 61; 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 31 31p 20 Universal Marine(ln.), lim 5 1 Ifp 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 21 31 30 Van Dieman's Laud ...... 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 78 79 781 f 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 10d 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 21 11 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses 4P lf d 2i COLONIAL OOVERNMENT SECURITIES British Columbia, 0 per 100 Do. 1895 l9O - (.lan.Gov.6p.o.Jan.t&July 1877.81 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug lOO 1(6 1(8 Do. 6p. o. Mar. & Sept lOO 104 its Do. sp. o. Jan. & July lOO 93 91 93; 6 Do. sp. 0. Inscribed Or lOO 90 92 Cape (1.1.10pe, 6 p.c.1873 lOO 102 104 - Do.Apl.3Loot 1590-19(0 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 Do. 6 per cent. 15 April and 16 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 —ll Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... ;1 .0 106 108 108 Do. 1882, May and Nov 1)0 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug LO 106 198 M2lbourne Corporate., 1667-75, 6 per cunt 1(0 100 100 N.13.G0v.6 lOU 102 1 4 Natal 0 p ct, Apl& Oct 10) . Do 6pc.31 • y & Nov 1 0 it G 108 N. S. W. 5 fru., '7l to '7) l9O 99 1 1 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1890 193 29 1 8 99 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 14.Zealaud,"6 p. 0t.1891 lOO -- Do. 5 per cent.... Do Jan, A prl,.July, 0 t lOO 974 981 • Do 0p o. Mar & Sept 'Oh :CO 108 110 Do June & Dec , 1(0 109 .11 - Do Prey., t Auckld.l 0 —- 1 beriei 1 &2, 1c96 kiova Scotia 6p. and Jnly. 1875 - Do Quecnalnd. fp. c. b lOO 1( 5 106 Do 1891 Do. 6 p0.1861' 100 Do. do. Al .... 100 108 110 Do rd. 1193 - Victoria 100 111_ 311 CITY OF LONDON MIDDLE-CLASS SCHOOL. schools-- - proprietary or otherwise—are now Coming into existence all over the land. Some particulars of the Middle-Class School founded some time since in the City of London, may therefore be interesting, as showing how these matters are dealt with in the metropo lis, where the best *its are supposed to live. The Daily News supplies some facts. If the educated reader, says our contemporary, subtracts the years he spent in acquir ing Latin and Greek from his course of youthful study, he will readily understand how 'Mich practical instruction can be imparted in a school in which those two subjects are tabooed. It is upon this principle that the Middle class School contrives to include such a vast variety of subjects in its course, and to turn out its pupils so thoroughly prepared for the active busi- ' ness of life. None of them remain there after 15 years of age. There is no rule to this effect, but City clerkships, with salaries of £3O a year to start with, are easily obtain able then, and the money is too valuable to be refused. Accordingly the lads have to be educated, not merely up to read-winning point, but thoroughly, in a far shorter time than has bitheito been deemed practicable in our English systems of study. The practical character of the instruction is seen even during the most cursory inspection of the school, and it is impossible to visit it without being struck with the influence it is evidently destined to exercise upon the scholastic institutions of the country. It is now three years since a meeting was held at the Mansion House to discuss and devise a scheme for the establishment of a system of middle-class education in the me'ropolis. Through the energy and liberality of the merchants and bankers of the City more than £40,000 was subscribed-- chiefly in donations of £l,OOO each. It was then decided that a schbol should be opened with as little delay as possible in the centre of London; that the education should be such as should prepare the scholars for the industrial and commercial work of life, and that the charge for such education should not exceed £4 4s. per annum. Tempo rary premises in Bath-street, Finsbury, were accordingly opened at Michaelmas 1866, and the results from that time till this have been eminently satisfactory. There are now more than 700 boys at the school, and, were there necessary accommodation, this number could readily be Increased to 1,000. This enlargement will not be practi- cable, however, until the new schools in course of erection are completed. The boys no receiving education are drawn from a stratum of society ranging from the lower section of the middle-class to the upper portion of the artisan class—in short, from the section of society which nas furnished pupils to the 'numerous " private academies for young gentlemen," down to that which had been driven to seek its highest education in the national schools. In addition to obtaining at an almost nominal charge an education far more solid and substantial than can possibly be gained at either of the representative establishments quoted, the boys at the Aliddle-class School enjoy the advantage of being under a master who is independent of parents' whims, and whose object is not to make things smooth and pleasant, and at the end of every half-year to dismiss each scholar with a prize, but who has the strongest inducements to render his scholars really efficient, and thus to win a name for his school. The sub jects taught are English, reading, writing, arithmetic, geometry and perspective, history, geography and elemen tary astronomy, algebra, technical instruction, including mechanism and practical architecture, drawing, French, physical science, physiology, botany, and music. This comprehensive list proves what can be done with boys' time and founders' money when those expensive luxuries, the classics, are dispensed with. Nor is this omission tho only innovation sanctioned in the Bath street schools. The time-honoured, but otherwise unsuitable text-book of geometry, Euclid, has been publicly discarded, almost for the first time in England, though for years it has on the Continent taken its place among the good but obsolete authors of antiquity. 'On the other hand, great attention is paid to drawing in all Its branches. As in many art schools, the study of it is made to go hand in hand with that of writing. Free hand, object, and geometrical drawing are first taught. To these are subsequently added model drawing, shading, drawing from memory, prospective and architectural drawing ; and thus the study is at once made a mental exercise and a manual practice. INSUFFIEIVCY OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE. -- o -- A deputation, consisting of about one hundred gentle. men connected with the local government of the metro polis, waited upon the Right lion. H. A. Bruce, the Home Secretary, to present a memorial, respecting the inefficiency of the metropolitan police, adopted at a recent meeting Mr. Harvey Lewis, M.P., Mr. John Locke, M.P., and Mr. Holms, M.P., introduced the deputation. Professor ...r.tm:s having addressed the Home Secretary at some length in support of the memorial, The Hour. SECRETARY said that in receiving the depu tation he was rrepared to hear a discussion and to profit, by it. Ire had heard statements and considerations well worthy of consideration, many of which were already 'der the imiLediate consideration of the Governmen. It was not expected, he supposed, that he should express an opinion then upon each of the points raised. The memorial had stated many defects in the metropolitan police which really existed. There was at great deal of exaggeration in them owing to misconception. One of the charges was that the force had assumed too much of a military character. That was quite possible. No one would deny the necessity of a certain amount of drill, in order to enable men who ►•ere called on to act in great numbers, to act with that cohesion which was so valuable in dealing with a mob. But there was a great misconception as to the amount of time devoted to this matter. He had made inquiries, and found it did not amount to more than one hour a week, at certain seasons only. Last year, for 19 weeks there was no drill at all, whilst the remainder of the year the maximum was one hour per week. With respect to one suggestion made as to the gentleman to suc. ceed Sir Richard Mayne, all he would say was, that the choice would be directed by the conviction that the gentle. man who was best acquainted with the habits of criminals was best able to guide the detection and suppression of crime, and best able to preserve the public peace. bug gestions had been made as to the mode of dealing with crime. One of them was that a piece of land should be 'purchased to be used solely as a depot for criminals. He doubted very much whether the gentleman who made the suggestion was at all acquainted with the horrors of a penal settlement. It would be an improvement to have a system by which the convicts would be trained to join the ranks of honest labour at the end of their term. Transportation, under these circumstances, had been not only an advantage to the country, bnt to the man him , self ; but transportation without any hope of joining the ranks of honest men at the end of the period of confine ment would lie a very different thing. Ile thought, there fore, they would perceive the inexpediency of renewing transportation, except to colonies where the majority were persons of good character. They had to see what was the best discipline to expose criminals to, in order that they might prove the least possible injury to society. He believed that during the last few years the ticket•of-leave system had been conducted with great wisdom and with a regard to its real object. He considered the system itself a good one. It inspired a hope in the convict that by good beha viour he might shorten his period of confinement. Their speaker had adverted to the measures taken, and about to be taken, for the prevention of juvenile crime, and he quite agreed with him that it was a very important ques tion. It was not, however, merely an affair of police, it arose mainly from the defective state of national educa- tion. It was alleged that there was a great in crease of crime. If, however, they looked back thirty or forty years, they would find that, when the population was one-third less than at the present time, the amount of crime was as great as at the present day. There had been no real increase of crime. Crime was on the the decrease. For instance, he found that with respect to vagrants, thieves, and receivers, whilst in 1867 there was an increase of 141 as compared with 1866, if they compared 1867 with 1865 they would find a decrease in favour of 1867 of 2,473. Since 1865 the number of known thieves and receivers had decreased by 369. At the same time no one could deny that there was an enormous amount of crime in the country, and the attention of the Govern ment was directed to it. They had already under their con sideration the best means to make the police force more efficient and of making the laws more stringent and more effective. They were not inclined to spew false humanity to the criminal classes, as theyknew that it would be false not only to society but to the criminals themselves. lie trusted, therefore, that the deputation would suspend their judgment for a few months, until the Government had arrived at some conclusion on the subject. Another fatal explosion near Newcastle is re ported. A boiler cxplcded yesterday at Usworth Co:Eery, the property of Mr. George Elliot, M.P. A man named William Benjamin was Mike!, and four others seriously i n _ jut cd. Benjamin was b:own over a joiner's shop, a distance of sixty yards. - - PAI/PERISg AND CEINIE IN THE METROrOLTS.— An important conference will be held on Thursday next, under the auspices of the Association for the Prevention of Pauperism and Crime in the Metropolis. Persons interested in the administration of London charities, official and private, aro invited ; and the conference will take place in the rooms of the Society of Arts. The Archbishop of Canterbury hae commuted to preidde. The object of the conference Is not to find fault with what way have been done or not done in tI4Q put, 4 t 9 tak A frlegtUy ottnovi filtute 1141DfAVOltat. ~.rr. VW CONSERVATIVE BANQUL'T AT CARDIFF. On Tuesday evening the Cardiff Constitutional 4880. elation gave a banquet to Mr. Harding) Giffard, Q.C., the defeated Conservative candidate at the last election for Cardiff. The promoters of the gathering had hopsd to have been honoured with the company of one or more of the leaders of the Consertiative party, and Mr. Disraeli, Lord Stanley, and Mr. Gathorne Hardy were freely mentioned as among those who were to have graced the top table with their presence ; but they couldn't come. Latterly, the only prominent member of the party whose presence was looked forward to with anything like hope was Lord John Manners. The gentleman who was to preside was Colonel Hill. The company consisted for the most part of Conservatives of Cardiff and the neighbourho o d. The walls of the spacious hall were decorated with wreaths of evergreens enclosed in crosses, stars, and other devices of varied character. Over the presidential chair were the arms and ntttto of the Constitutional Associa. tion—a crown, sceptre, and bible, with the huscrip. tion, "Defence, not defiance." On the east side of the hall was a temporary orchestra, which was occupied by the Cardiff Artillery band. Over it was the motto, "Our faith, our country, our Queen," The front of the orchestra was decorated in bine and uhite, and bore the inscription "piffard for Cardiff." Around the walls were inseribetl the names of the leaders of the Conservative party— Derby, Disraeli, Hardy, Corry, Beaufort, Carnarton, Stanley, Salisbury, Cairns, Rutland, Malmesbury, Marl. borough, Walpole. Northcote, Exeter, Buckingham, Peel, Pakington, and Abercorn. Mr. Howel Gwyn, ALP. for Brecon, responded for the House of Commons, and Mr. Giffard replied to the toast of his health. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. -- -0,.----- In its money article, the Times publishes a letter in which the writer calls very loudly for Parliament to take steps to compel joint-stock companies to publish full accounts. Reviewing this letter, the writer of the money article says : " People want to enjoy the 8 or 10 per cent s dividends of these establishments, and at the same time the security of Consols. But it is no function of the Government to touch such affairs, and it has never done so without creating mischief. There is no compulsion either for the trading or investing public to use joint-stock banks. It is a matter for their own discretion, and the interference of Parliament to discourage the vigilant exercise and cultiva. tion of such discretion by supplying machinery to lessen in any degree the necessity for it would be injurious alike to the development of the commerce of the Country and the intelligence of the community. The post office, the tele graph system, the legal tender currency, and the highways of the kingdom, including even railways, are all contd. vances to which every man is compelled to resort, and as in these cases there is no option for the community, they are fairly subjects which the community through their representatives are entitled to take in hand for themselves ; but, where individuals are per. fectly free to choose their mode of action we want no meddling, and, indeed, no protection, except such as is afforded by the common law. When ever Governments interfere in a matter of business with. out assuming its entire control, they simply constitute themselves traps for the unwary, and play into the hands of astute schemers who know how .to comply with the letter of the law and entirely evade its real intention, while the public—fancying that the established guards are fully sufficient—indolently cease to exercise their faculties of observation. All the elaborate returns' and affidavits which individuals not acquainted with the daily current of mercantile and financial life usually consider would put an end to the possibility of mistakes or malver sations, would have no effect except to be hurtful precisely in proportion to the extent to which the public might be incautious enough to rely upon them. As regards joint-stock banks, this is, perhaps, more especially the ease than in any other form of adventure. Upon the character of the bills under discount' the whole safety of every such establishment depends, and the question is—what is to be gained by any return under this head which merely deals with figures and does not vouch anything on the question of solvency ? Such bills ought in a well-managed establishment to be equal almost to cash, and any leading man of experience in the City by looking over them would at once be able to estimate the nature of the business that was going on. Indeed, in commercial circles there is a kind of free. masonry which causes all such matters, in a majority of cases, to be well understood. It is only the inexperienced that for the most part suffer, and if these classes will, under the temptation of high rates of interest, invest their means where they have no natural facilities for the exercise of judgment, they must take the consequences. By experience alone can they learn any. thing, and until they shall have received its hard lessons, even if it were in the power of Parliament to protect them from one description of folly, they would forthwith run into another, so that the Legislature would find that if such people are to be protected, control must be taken of every monetary transaction—home, colonial, and foreign—tbat may be introduced on the London Stock Excl:a.nue. THE OXFORD AArD C.4.IIBIUDGE BOAT R.IOE. - .0 ,, .---- BY TELEGRAPH.--TFIIS DAY. There has been much said and written about the chances of their being a withhold'ng of the usual challenge for the Oxford and Cambridge boat race, but the matter is now sA. at rest. Agreeably with previous notices there was a full meeting of the Carnbrfdg ) University Boat Club offic_Ts last night, when the matter was duly con sidered, and notwithstanding the eight successive defea's sustained by that University, it was, however, resolved that the usual challenge ly) imme diately given to Oxford, and the president, Mr. An derson, was requested to forward it forthwith. So little doubt was there about this matter that the decision was come to unanimously. Mr. G. Harrison, who has been at Cambridge during the last term, will immediately take charge of the crew, which now numbers three of last year's men—Messrs. Anderson, Pinckney, and March mount. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tits DAY. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 100 to 7 agst Silenus (offered -100 to 6 taken) 100 t , ) 6 agst Sycee (taken) 20 to 1 agst Friday (taken) 20 to 1 agst George Osbaldeston (offered) 25 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (offered) 33 to 1 agst Drummer (offered—take 40 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Lady Coventry (taken) 40 to 1 agst Uncas (taken) LIVERPOOIJ GRAND NATIONAL. 12 to 1 agst The Colonel (taken) 100 to 7 agst Fan (offered) 100 to 7 agst Globule (offered) 20.t0 1 agst Harcourt (taken) 30 to 1 agst Q.O. (taken) CHESTER CUP. 9 to 1 agst Paul Jones (offered) 100 to 7 agst Palmer (offered) 20 to 1 agst St Mingo (offered) TRIAL FOR MURDER IN EDINBURGH.—At the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, on Monday, Francis Ward, Michael Ward, and John M'Cabe were charged with Laving murdered a policeman, named Thos. Mutch, in the Grass -market, Edinburgh, in November last. After evidente of a somewhat contradictory nature Lad been led, the jury returned a verdict finding Francis Ward "Not guilty," and the charge against Michael Ward "Not proven." The charge against M'Cabe was withdrawn. RACING LOTTERIES.—At the Liverpool Police court, yesterday, Samuel Johnson, a keeper of a public house in Clayton-square, Liverpool, and John Sidebotham, a shopkeeper, were charged with getting up racing sweeps, selling tickets, and giving prizes, the whole forming a lottery contrary to law, and thereby subjecting themselves to penalties of £3OO. The magistrates held that 3 prima fitcie case was established, but adjourned the case for a month to see whether the defendants would put a stop to the system. entertainment, Superannuation A au n d in aid of rL Orphans',WAl" GREAT IthlreESJyßidltoNw—slZA,, F un d s o riginated by the officers of the company, was g i v en last evening at Willis's - rooms, and brought together a large number of ladies and gentlemen. Efforts of this character deserve support : The salaries of railway officers aro necessarily small in relation to their laborious and often very arduous duties, and the self-helpful disposition evinced by provident organisations such as that. here no ticed needs and legitimately expects sympathetic encou ragement from those whose comfort and oven safety are dependent upon careful and assiduous service. VALUE OF SILENCE.—There are are three kinds of silence. Silence from words is good, because inordi nate speaking tends to evil. Silence, or rest from desires and passions, is still better, because it promotes quietness of spirit. But the best of all is silence from unnecessary and wandering thoughts, because that is essential to inter nal recollection, and because it lays a foundation for a proper regulation and sit. ace in other respects.—Madame Guyon. Messrs. A. Stephen and Sons, of Kelvinhaugh, have contracted to build for Messrs. liandyside and Hen derton a first-class screw of 2,200 tons, as an addition to the " Anchor line" of Transatlantic steamers. The Hon. Dermas Barnes, M.C., is a name used to frank a circalar inviting dealers who have goods on commission to send invoices without delay. For this the Tribune vouches, and says—" Mustang liniment and Heave sirup may be highly important to the health of the body politic, but we don't think tho whole people ought to be taxed to advertise tbew."