The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-25 00:00:00

71E PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT FUND. The 28th annual general meeting of the members and friends of this fund was held yesterday even ing, at the Lundon Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, John Abel Smith, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Wm. Thomas Linford, the secretary, read the advertisement convening the meeting and the following report : "The directors of the Provident Clerks' Benevolent F und have th e p l easure t o presen t t o th e mem b ers a nd fri ends of the f un d thei r 28th annua l r eport. The in come of the f un d f or 1868 was : —F r om subscrip tions and donations, £1,699 18s. ; interest on invest £l,so4 9s. 9d. ; proportion of bonus on mem bers' assurances in the Provident Clerks' Mutual Life Assurance Association, £2,238 17s. 9d.; total, £5,443 ss. 6d. Pursuant to the resolution of the last annual g e neral meeting an election of seven annuitants took place on the 28th Mav, 1868, when two clerks and five widows Were elected, whose annuities amounted collectively to £ 16 5 per annum. Three annuities have fallen in by death durin g the year, and there are now upon the fund 99 an nuitants. viz.:-18 clerks and 81 widows, whose annuities "'mint to £1,960 per annum. The board have much plea- Su re in calling attention to the sum received from the b onus of th e assure d mem b ers ; L u t even in this direction they feel th a t muc h l ess i s d u ne by the clerks as a body tha n might reasonably Le expected, or the amount in question would be very largely augmented. The board are now enabled to recommend that seven additional annuitants be elected during the current year. A resolu tion to this effect will be submitted to the meeting. A sum of money haying been left by the late Richard Goodwin I tarner, Esq., for distribution among charitable institu tions, at the discretion of his executors, the claims of this fund were laid before those gentlemen, who kindlyallotted fifty guineas to it. This amount has now been received, and will appear in the accounts of the current year. The synopsis of the London charities, lately published in the Tinier, will doubtless have attracted the attention of many Members and friends of this fund. It is a source of much gratification to the Board to find that, in economy of Management, or, in other words, in the application of its income to the real objects of the institution, the Provi dent Clerks' Benevolent Fund stands very nearly at the head of the charities of this metropolis." The CHAIRMAN said it then became his duty to move the reception and adoption of the report that had just been read, and, according to his usual practice, he would just say a few words before doing so, but they would be of the old character_ co ngratulation on all that was connected with the m anagement, and condolence with the members upon the indifference with which the public gene rally looked on that singular charity. (Hear, hear.) Previous to entering that room he had asked their e xcellent s ecretary if ever, even once, th e name o f their fund had been mentioned in the way of legacy, and he confessed he did not hear the reply with any surprise, informing him that nothing of the kind h ad ever occurred. H e m u s t say it did appear to him strange that, in the life branch of the associa tion, with upwards of 10,000 assurers, it should never have been left one single legacy. But this he would say, that they had done very well without it—that they had averted a great amount of misery from those for W hom they ought to feel the greatest sympathy. (Hear, hear.) He should ever feel the greatest i nterest in th e p rosper ity o f th e f un d, hi s b e li e f of its usefulness, and his conviction that if all the cl erks helped it more than they did at present it Wo uld do even more good than it did. lie Was extremely glad that all went on satisfac torily to those who founded the fund, and ho felt as sured that it would obtain increased support the T ore its usefulness became known. He trusted those that its great benevolent object deserved, and he W ould resume his seat by formally moving the recreption of the re p or t. "e motion h av i ng b een se conded_was put from the chair, and carried unanimously. director s , Mr. R. H. J ONES , th e c h a i rman o f th e boa r d of said it was now his pleasing duty to move a_resolution authorising the election of seven ad ditional annuitants on the fund on:the 27th of May 11e zt• (Cheer s .) I t was a grea t h a ppi n ess to know that they well kept up their position, and that they might vie with any society of the same description in the metropolis, and the moving annually the re solution it was his privilege to do was one of the _ m ost pleasing occupat i ons h e could be placed in. Those who founded it thought the benevolent fund Would take the lead, but they had been disappointed, as the life assurance had taken a very great strife over it, but still they had not been de ficient in doing good. A reference to a f ew figures would not be out of place at the fleeting, because they would show what had been done towards assisting those who stood in need. Since the foundation they had granted 2,350 loans, to th e extent of £47,000 ; that fact in itself showed th a t some work had been done, because the money bad been lent out in sums of £5, £lO, and £2O. (Rear, hear.) They had given away £3,600, and paid to annuitants £18,296. Those were large (hear, hear)—but it did seem strange that none came from the charitable people who annually gave so much for the alleviation cf misery and distress. The reason, he believed, was that their fund was not well known—it was not placed before them ; but if they could only get the great solicitors, those who were actively engaged in drawing wills — (hear, hear)—to speak favourably for them then their claims might be largely recognized. The Chairman having returned thanks the busi ness terminated. figures, but he wished to do more ; but, as that de- Pendel on the clerks themselves, all he could do was • to urge upon them the consideration of a fund that did so great an amount of good. (Cheers.) Mr. PRICE seconded the motion. He wished to add .,. his appeal to that of their respected friend, Mr. Jones, but he did not make it to those present, but t° the outside public, who did not support the fund In the way they ought. The clerks of that great and wealthy metropolis ought to do more than they did for suc h a noble and benevolent fund, and he ho ped next y ear h e s h ou ld h ave th e sa ti s f act i on of announcing that his appeal had not been dis regarded. The motion was carried unanimously. Air ' JEPPs moved a vote of thanks to their re spected, h e m i ght say beloved, treasurer, J o h n Ab e l s t ith, Esq.— (ch eers)—and to the trustees, Thos. L '` c g , Esq., M.P., R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P., Thomson Hankey, Esq., and Baron L. N. de Roths - child, M.p. Mr. DAWSON said he felt it a privilege to second ouch a resolution. The motion was carried unanimously. h ,The CHAIRIUN, in returning thanks, said, on be ofad the t rustees and h i msel f , h e th an k e d th em 10 r the compliment paid them. He thought the to absen ce of all the tr us te e s w as a great compliment th th eht because by that it showed they knew tie,tr affairs wer e w ell m anage d and safe, therefore they did not come to the tun s Re knew that th.v all felt the liveliest in terest in the prosperity of the fund—(cneerts)— a nd they might rest assured that if any hole or flaw ezi sted in its management, such an anxious-minded m an as Mr. Thomas Baring would soon he there. Fort himself he was very glad he had been of use to h and he might at once say that his connec on With the Provident Clerks' Benevolent Fund Would be o ne o f the most agreeable reflec tions of a long and busy life. With respect t - n . c haritable institutions, it was one of the cry --g evils of the time that where such enormous ea u Were co ll ec t e d so muc h of it should be ab sorbed in management expenses. (Hear, hear.) Th at being so, he did hope that they would not under value the care and prudence that so greatly e i r r ked the contrary side, and which were so vividly Rn in their admirable institution. 'a ha r- COL EMAN move d the thanks of the meeting .3 g i ven to their medical officers. Dr.T. W. Jones, an d Messrs. John Gay and Alfred Smee, for their gratuitous services. T he CHAIRMAN, before putting the resolution, 441 these gentlemen had for eight-and-twenty Yea rs given their gratuitous services to the fund, and it showed a generosity and devotion to a Principle rarely met with. (Cheers.) On the mot i on of Mr. M INTON, secon d e d by Mr. DAR, a vot e o f th an k s was g i ven to the auditors. lite CHAIRMAN then moved a cordial and hearty Tote of thanks to the board of management for carefully. faithfully, an d s uccessfully discharging t he duties confided to them. Mr. JONES returne d t h an k s, an d sa id the board felt greatly obliged for the compliment paid them. _Air. LLOYD then, in v e r y eloquent terms, moved a vote of thanks to the chairman. He must be Perm itted to s a y th at h e did not t hi n k the 10,000 ass urers, w h o bla me were mostly clerks, were to th e or the want of legacies. Many_ of ue skilled anima_ lid not get the salaries of skilled not Dear, hear)—and then it must ". e l orgotten they subscribed a portion of the dict. ' 3 to the fund every year. (Hear, hear.) 14 that '4el4 tt. ft no w that it wa s a disc re dit to the clerks ind had not yet received any legacies— ere enter, °amerce, 7d North. speakers, , his sub' Ts s hould S ta fford porating that they and thAt •esent the se 80 ,0 rcial par . called' „nother represe lv represe lv re, more 3rs of the estiou to ,tract the Chal it * a other MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. At the weekly meeting in the Bulk parlour no alteration has been made in the rate of discount. Consols are 921 3 for money ; ditto, for Ac e)unt, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 938 New Tree per Cents, 932 4 ; ditto 21 per Cent., Jan., 1891, 71:1 ; Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent., par 3 dis. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 4 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 102'1 ; ditto Enfaccd Paper, 5 per Cent., 106 ; ditto 5 per Cent., 1111 ; ditto Debentures, 5 per Cent., 104. In the Railway Market Metropolitans are better. Prices are as follow :—London and North- Western, 118} to 4 1 ; Great Western, 488 to 49 ; Midland,:l2ol to 1211 ; London and South Western, 91 to 93 ; Great Eastern, 37i, to 388 ; Brighton, 508 to 4 ; South Eastern, 811 to ; Metro' olitan, 1051 to 105 i ; Great Northern, 112 to 113 ; ditto A, 111 to 114 ; Caledonian, 771 to 771; Lon don, Chatham, and Dover, 16i to a ; and Sheffield, 541 to 1. In the Foreign Market Italian, Egyptian, Peru vian, Spanish, and Turkish are k too per cent. lower, but Brazilian has advanced 4. The quo tations are as follows :—Brazilian of 1865, 83! to 84 ; Chilian of 1867, 94i to 948 ; Egyptian of 1864, 888 to 89 ; ditto of 1868, 758 to 76} ; Italian of 1861, 561 to 8 ; ditto of 1866, 4 to f prem., ex shares ; Mexican, 154 to f ; Peruvian of 1865, 781 to 1; Russian of 1866, 93 to 91 ; ditto Nicolai, 661 to 67 ; ditto Charkof-Azof, 834 to 811 ; ditto Charcow-Krementschug, 80f to 81 ; ditto, Orel, 82i to i ; ditto Moscow, 80k to 1 ; Spanish of 1867, 321 to ; Turkish of 1858, 67} to 683 ; ditto of 1862, 664 to 671 ; and ditto of 1865, 421 to 4 1 . United States 5-50 Bowls are 79k to 8 prem., being a rise of f. Erie and Illinois Central have declined Ito 1, viz., to 24 to f, and 96f to 97 re spectively. Atlantic and Great Western Deben tures, 344 to 351 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 354 to 36k. In Bank shares the prices are as follows :—City, 111 to 12 ; Imperial, 164 to 171; London and County 51k to ! ; London Joint Stock, 32k to London and Westminster, 641 to 651; Union of London, 361 to ! ; Anglo-Austrian, 15 to 16 prem. ; and Imperial Ottoman, 28 to In Miscellaneous Shares little doing. General Credit, 1 1 1 to 18 dis. ; National Discount, llk to I ; International, 18 to dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 13} to k ; Telegraph Construction, 19 to 1; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 4} to ; and Anglo-American 221 r to. No bullion operations of importance took place at the Bank. _ _ The Norfolk ; from Melbourne, has arrived with £57,500. At the meeting of the Southampton Dock Com pany a dividend of 2.} per cent. was declared for the past half-year, making 5 per cent. for the year The failure is announced of Mr. George Black, manufacturer, of Nelson, near Colne. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. W. S. Sawyer and Co., of Manchester, whose failure was reported on Monday last, has been held. The lia bilities were stated to amount to Z 13,720, and the assets to £7,890. Four assignees were appointed to wind up the estate. At the annual general meeting of the National Life Assurance Society the assurances for the year were stated at £159,920, yielding in premiums £4,874. The telegram from Lisbon to the effect that the Portuguese Government at length contemplate a settlement of the claims of the South-Eastern of Portugal Railway caused an improvement of yesterday in Portuguese stock. The treatment ex perienced by that company during the past two years has been a fatal blow to the credit of the country, and all interested in her progress will rejoice if better counsels have at length prevailed. The unsatisfactory state of the trade of Lanca shire leads to the daily announcement of small failures. The stoppage of Mr. George Black, a manufacturer, was notified yesterday. A new company is proposed at Melbourne, in the place of the late Panama and New Zealand Mail Steamship Company, to run between Eng land and Melbourne, via the Cape of Good }tope. It is considered possible that powerful vessels may accomplish the voyage in forty-five days. The proposed capital is £600,000 in 60,000 shares of £lO each. At the meeting of the Southampton Dock Com pany the report was adopted, and a dividend was declared for the half-year of £2 10s. per cent., pay able on the 9th &larch proximo, being at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum. The traffic returns of the Cape Railway for De cember last amounted to £4,119, against £3,436 in the corresponding period of last year. For the six months ending 31st December the total receipts have been £19,834, against £19,441, in the corre sponding half of 1867. The traffic return of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada for the week ending the 6th inst. shows an increase of only £5l over last year. It is announced that " the falling off is caused by heavy snow storms." The half-yearly meeting of the Mediterranean Extension Telegraph Company (Limited) is called for the 4th of March, " for the transaction of the ordinary business of the company, and the con sideration of other important matters to be then and there brought forward." The ordinary general Ineetjno. of Renter's Tele gram Company (Limited) win be nem on we 11 Lli March, when a dividend will be declared. Creditors of the North Wales Coal, Iron, and Fire Brick Company (Limited) are required to send the particulars of their claims to the official liquida tor by the Ist of April, the 15th April having been appointed by the Master of the Rolls fur adjudicat ing upon them. The report of the directors of the Danube and Black Sea Railway and Kustendjie Harbour Com pany (Limited), to be presented to the general meeting on the 26th inst., announces a continued growth of the traffic receipts, and anticipates a continuance of it, as the greater part of last year's yield of Wallachian grain has yet to come forward. It has been necessary to spend a sum of £14,484 on additional warehouses and other works, and the greater part of this has been temporarily provided out of current revenue in place of calling up the full amount of the bonds placed. BiITIBII FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 1 per Cent. Reduced 931 i New 3 per Cent New 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Con Jan .187 3 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs l expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea '1 elevaph), Aug., 11'08 — Exchequ7,_•r Bills, £l,OOO, 2?,- per Ct. Do. £5OO Do. £loo4it £2OO Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent Do. account . Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds Inter-Colonial Omnium • iNDUN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES In lia S'tock, 104 per Cent., April 1874... Do. Opening, for Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enlaced Pape, 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 6i per o, , it. May 1879 llll 0J spc - Cent., -Rup. Deb. 1872 — - Do do, 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — • . D. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 lO4 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO FUItItICIN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... . Do., Scrip £45 paid .. . Auitrian Bonds 5 per cent .. Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 1858.... Do. de. 186 ► — Do. do., 1863 -- SHARE LIST. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. PADINAILI JCL.a........A0 AND STOCKS. Closing usines :,iare danway b. raid' Prim. B dent. s st Bristol and Exeter ...... IN 79 81 it Caledonian .....„„, 14,0 78 79 774 at Cambrian 20 Cornwall...—. ....... ,t Dublin & Belfast June lOO 29 81 at Dun„rer th, & A b.J una 2) East London all 7 9 20 Do 15 at Glasgow at S. Western IOJ 98 100 at Great Eastern .. 40e 374 374 38 4 at Do. E. Augl. No. 2 lOO 7 9 st Great North at Scotland lOO 15 6 it Great Northern lOO 1124 1134 113 it Do. A stock.... lOO 112 113 st Do. B stock Nu 123 1.7 at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOl a “ 1 ii! , Gt. Western —Original, lOO 30 01 41 4 st Do. South Wales luo 57 39 B. Do. W. allid.—Witorti lOO 27 .21i at Do. Newport lOO 29 11 at Lanoaninre & Y urkehiri lOO .274 ktil at Lon., Brigh., 4 b,Coa s t l eo 51 41; 0J Do Scrip st Lou., tAlat., and .1),,,,, i v y lei 174 it 1)0. Aletrop. Ex. A lot .t Lou. & Aorta 51 eaten ioo ilB 184 11'4 - t Lou. At Soutu Vt cistern l,, i, 9, 84 it Man, whet., 4 Lincoln ltt 04 4 5:I at Atctroputitan ... . lto iO, 4 lu7 105 44 st Do Extensi )u .. 10 uo. A... rd .. st ble.rodolitan District. Ali 49 51 10 Aletrop..t. John's l• oo 1 0 it m....,...a at L.lO, Wl' siilll. 4 1)5, 0, lOO 83 9, st N.itu British st ;Jo. Ed., t'llt., at Dula . — itiv st Nor. , astern—Berwii.t... tel 106 107 25 Do. 4i. .4.E pur0h....... ,0,13. I it Do Leeds ...... ..... „ too 6 0 6 ' at Do York at Lo Carliate .... . itO 125 .0 at Do Stoc .. a Darlin g lt.o II: :34 at North Lon ,tin .. 10 Do ..sew ~ 8 at North Staffordshire at North and S.-W. Junction -tie 103 105 10 C)o New 410 shares 7 ••• • • st Ithymney at Shropshire Union 0 53 51 at South Devon at South Eastern loo e 2 84 814 i at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 12 13 fit • ie..a • ase .. Uo. t: .. Wateriord & Kilkenny.. lOU 10 Waterloo & Whitelia_l.. 6 Do. 5 per dent., 1865 — Do Account Bl Buenos Ayres 6 per Cont. 1)o 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. (J-iiian 6 per Cent — "n. 4 f per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., — 1 o. 6 par co• t. 1867 — o. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo :ibian, 6 per Cent. Dan sn 3 por Cent., 1825 Dan , hian Principalities, 7 ' F ar Cent i'.l. D.) 8 per Cent., 1867 — ` quatir NOW UOUSOlidated, 1 pc-r Cent L ,yrittlJ, 7 per C0nt..... ••• 21 22 li O ne.. ~ iro. lim lO 20 English, , cottish, sad Aus. tralian Chartered 8 . , Hong Kong and Shanghai 13auk Corporation all 281 Do new 5l 100 Imperial, lint 2O 20 Imperial Ottoman lO _5 lonian all 25 Do new 5 <0 Lad Mortgsge of India, limn 4 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 30 London Bank of .texico ltl pr ... , 1 , e,..0.1 - d issue ' 0..£5 , t. lionds — Do. £IU) Bonds • ••. • - Do. ' 1864 — Do. Account Do. 4540 Bonds Do. 4.10 l; Bonds 9Ol English Scrip, 1868 7si . 61 Do do. £l5 pd dis Govornment R 9.1/ WftV oeb,,utures GreeK 5 per Cast., 182 .1-5 , ox Coups and South America, dim. 20 100 London and Brazilian, dim. 45 20 Do new 71 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart. of Australia all 50 London and County 2O 20 Do new iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll London Joint Stock 1 London and South African al 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 50 London & Venezuela, dim l2 100 London and Westminster 2O 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, link 25 10 Metropolitan, lim all 100 Midland, lim National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 10 Do . 42 t 0 National. HO 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 19 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do new. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lira 25 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 25 Union of Australia all 100 Union of Ireland, lim 59 Union of London l5 1)0. Account 2100. Coupour - Do. Account ••• 3.aoHiaaia 5 per Cent . Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd lt , •ilau a pea cert., 1865 o. Accounim Do llf wemmana Railway exicay, 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 Do g per Cent. Anglo-Freucli ontevideau C per Cent. la oriel' Imperial 5 per Cent Vow Granada l5l Do 3 per Con Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 781 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent. : 1862 .. — Do Account Porttiguese 3 per Ct., 1833,'6, 7, '9, '6O, '2, '1 36} 7 IDo. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — It.issian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent . 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ............ Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds — Do. do. £B4 15s. do — . 1 Do 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. „ do £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway 66 Sar liuiau 5 pk,r Cent Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Acc , Junt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Cora. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent.J . B4} Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 67} } Do Account Do XlOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 67} Do 5 per Cent. 1865 414 De Account Do 6 per Cent., 18 6 t Da 1 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account _ Do 6 per Cont. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austnan a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins delgian 44 per cent., Ex. 25 f. Dutch 4 per Cant. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account — French Routes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. ROW, 5 per Cent. 1851, E. 25f. Do Account 561 I TWO •'CLUCK. Jonsols, Money 93 Do. Account, March 4 .. 93 1 MARKE7 S-7 lIIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. February 23.—Sales probably 7,000 bales. Foreign Mail Paella List. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, IE69 . Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11} 124 10 Do B lO 41 5 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 1 19 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 A A ur nf t lolt a. Australasian all 56 n 1866, limited 106 5 40 53 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 1: 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia.— all 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 10 Bank of New Zealand all 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China • all 25 Chartered Merc. of India, London, and China all 20 City lO 100 Colonial 25 10 Consolidated, litn. 50 Delhi and London, Jim 50 East London, lim 5 20 English and American, lien 10 20 English Bank of Rio tic Ja- 35 37 5 4 31 3I 37 39 17 18 171 50 32 130 31 11 12i 39 41 1 41 17 1 , 3 2 1.4 25 27 pr 1 p 3•4 73 7i 6 4 32 28 61 51 6 8 2 3 221 231 491 501 32 33 1 12 61 65 651 59 61 6 .1 61 7i 2 3 3 1 d MAILS DUE. estralia and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 27. Ditto. via .1' arselllos .... Mar. 22 Ditto, via Pi....arna Feb -. tiraxil. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Mar. 7. Ditto, by French packet Mar. 22. . ':ape Verde, by B raz il packet ...... Mir. 7. Uape of Good 1.1.,pe. Ascension. and St. Helena Feb. 27. China, Penan g , and Si ngapore, via Southampton Feb. 27. utbraltar. via Southampton Feb 27 indla,via Sonttiananton ...... ........... ..... Feb. 27. uitto, via Marseilles Malta, Egypt, ito. Ditto, Marseilles Feb. 26 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Scuthanal ton Ditto, Marseilles Mar. 19 iewfoundla no . le, b 24 ... Cortnal .... . United States, t anada, California, dm., by British packet Ditto, by Canadian packet .... . Ditto, by I. tiled States packet Feb :4 Ditto ditto (Baltimore) .. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Mar. 5 West Indies and razitic (except Mexico and Baha mas) Mar 1 Cuba and Mexico .............Mar. 1. ____ ....,_ ...._ Bermuda, via 11a1ifax......••.. • Bahamas, via New York Feb. MR. GLADSTONE'S HUMlLlTY.—Arrogance has been imputed to him; but, to our thinking, quite erro neously. Although there is one matter, certainly in re aarsrs 0 . a anea, Insomucha as arising is i f s r om anything re gard to which he is altogether wanting in toleration—ho intolerantoflika e nfree, however undu eor overweening estimate of his lie fro fre m own capacity, or of his right to dominate over the opinions of others simply because the opinions to which the is giving utterance are his own, that we believe the contrary ought rather to be imputed to him, and that too, it should be said, far rather as a vice than as a virtue. As the Spectator, in one of its most generous and thoughtful articles, has very recently remarked, the Premier's "greatest political weakness is due to a very genuine humility," what it speaks of, in fact, at the head of its argument, as his "Political Humility." The re ference to this distinguishing peculiarity of Mr. Gladstone being, there, made " h propos" to his acknowledgment, iu a letter dated August the B th, 1868 , of his utter misap prehension, six years previously, of th e significance of i Mat ' . C( T iiite l ss;" Vitlfte r "Vitu kll,,_the United States. in that apology address° I to an American citizen, " I must cou!ess that I was wrong ;" adding, as if that wore not enough, " I took too much upon myself in expressing such an opinion," namely, that the South had, then, iu the August of 1862, virtually succeeded in achieving its independence. Arrogance can assuredly be hardly im puted toanyone capable of thus frankly, and explicitly, and fearlessly, acknowledging an error of judgment. Else where, in the course of the same article, to which we nava but just referred, the writer speaks of, what it designates, "Mr. Gladstone's Ecclesiastical Humility." And justly so designates it —for his abjection is as many-sided, it seams to us, as even his genius in statesmanship. In further illustration of which, it ,nay be said that there was Literary Humility of the pro foundest kind in that graceful letter of his, privately ad dressed to Macaulay, under date April the I.oth, 1839, in reference to the latter's then just published criticism on Church and State in the Edinsurgh, a communication in the course of which, among other acknowledgments, sir. Gladstoae does not hesitate to write thus ingenuously to his reviewer, " I am perfectly conscious, whenever I have occasion to reopen the book, of its shortcomings, not only of the subject, but even of my own conceptions." Acknowledgments like these, however, we do not quarrel with—acknowledgments like those of 1868 to the Amer-- can, or like those of 1839 to Macaulay. What we do ob ject to in Mr. Gladstouo's not infrequent evidences of humility, whether political, or literary, or ecclesiastical, is this, that occasionally. with a sort of perverse disregard for anything like self-respect, he will wantonly outrage his own dignity by assuming the sackcloth and strewing ashes on his own head—to what end ? Simply that he may cast them off afterwards in a kind of humiliating self vindication. —The Gladstone Government, by a Templar. WRECK ON TILE GOODWIN3.—A vessel, which afterwards proved to be a French or Prussian schooner, was wrecked on the Goodwins on Sunday night. The greater portion of the crew reached Deal yesterday morn ing in then* own boats. One man was reported to be left in the rigging. The Ramsgate lifeboat went out, but when it reached the vessel the man bad disappeared. He is supposed to have dropped from the rigging, and so lost his life. Mayor Cogswell of Salem (Massachusetts) re commends the union of the sexes in the same rooms of the grammar schools, and the consolidation of the schools for that purpose.. • .. . _ RAILWAYS-PREFERWNCE SHARES AND STOCKS. 86 88 st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 1,1 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO at Do. do. Ordinary lOO st Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent glut— all at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO st Qt. Eastern, EX.% Ex. No.l 100 at Do do N 0.2 100 t Do do 6 per cent 100 at Do East Anglian ASP. c. 100 st Do do 13 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4 p.c. Va. 100 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 at Do do 5 p.c.Way.V al. 1847 100 at Great Northern, 5 per ce nt 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. C. pm. 100 st aDo l s do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp. c•Prn. 100 st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO st) Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 at, Great South. aud Western (Ireland) 4 per Wes tern 100 st) at.west.—Orig.&Jut. - Ren t chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 53. c 100 at Do do 41 per cent. 1800.— 100 st Do do 4 do do 100 at Do do 5 per cent. rede. st Do do Birmingham gu m a lOO st Do do do pref 100 at Do do Chester gua ........• 100 at Do do do 8 per cent. 100 st Do do do 5 do 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 P.C. 100 st Do do 41 p.c at Do do 41 1859. 100 at Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford lst g lOO at Do do 2d gua lOO at Do Newport, is g. 5 P.c. 100 st Do do 2d do WO at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster tt Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 P.c. 100 at Do Barnsley, £5 35 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 st London & Brighton, 5 P.C. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do 3OO at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent ............ ; at Do 6 do (W.E. & LP.) 100 at Da 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent at, London and N.W.,•C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO st Do Bedford &Cambridge._ too at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO at London and 0.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 25 65. Do (Portsm. perp ens. 2s 6 d) all at Mau., Slief., &Litwin. 6 p.c lOO 11, 6 Do st Do 31 per cent lOO 6,) 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 3 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 135 140 st Do Bristol& Binh.. 6D. e lOO 1.1 136 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 10) 102 et, Do 41 per cent. irredeem IOJ 100 1 2 at Du Leicester & 4 . p.e. 10J 90 Pt at North British, 5 p.c. N 0.1... 1 00 "• at Do E.& 4p.c. S. & D._ 100 ..• ••• at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t.. 1 00 at Do Border Union, ..• 51 p.c... 100 ... s li h u i g re . .. 100 108 at N.-Eastern--Cous. 4 p.c.... 10J 86 80 at Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 95 97 at Do N.E. 4 per cent., WO ..• 17 Do Berwick capital S 13.4. 20s N D: r S t t h e ktitti: Staffordshire O D r d r 2 Do York, H.& S. purchase. 10 10 101 at Do W. tiartlepoolli. and R . 100 87 81 10s Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 103 Do Tavistock Anna, los — all 9 ' 1 . 9 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent *** . all 8 9 lox. S. Last. (Read. Anus. ... . I) ** 6 . all 22 23 0 2 11 1 0 at Do 41 per cent ........... • • ) 100 ••• at Do Fixed 41 per cent st Taff Vale No.l ............. : at Waterford & 80 82 96 97 103 101 95 10J 88 9) 78 80 9d 97 60 70 72 id 95 160 11! 116 114 110 112 VJ 9i DO 101 1 .. 6 1735 13; lir, 93 102 10, 111 115 j 5) RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. et Caledonian 41 p c guts. st Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO ••• ''. at Do 41 p irredeem all ••• •** at Do 4p c con. issued at SU 65 •"' -. at Great Eastern 41 per cent, 100 •-• *" st Do 5 do, 1862_ 100 88 9e r , et Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 87 8 : st Do do 5 do, 1884„ lOO 82 Su at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 ... •** st Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 ... ••• p 6 e a c r t e h i r r p r e e e e d " r u p c: t . , 11 5 8 88 p 66 . . 6 c 5 . 11 1 9 ,00 0 100 0 1 et Do Boston &Sleald, 44 pc 100 ••• at Great West., W. Itidl., 5p c 100 ••• "' at Do Joint perpe. 5 p e 2a t t ) K eDDnoot Coast, e o a al se 6 t v, 52d,d60p., *** 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 2 1 st Lund., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1853 100 -• •" et Do do 4 do, 1860 100 -* ••• at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... ••• st Da do 41 do, 1863 100 ..• ••• st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ••• ••• 10 8 6 .9 6 . 2 1:0 .0 3 . 3 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ••• Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c st Do ,e N ha o t. .. , 7 &c., st Lo D u o d Do do C 6 p.c at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 1 05 110 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 91 96 10 Man. chef. &Lin., 5 p c, 1 8 6,5 a ll 881 st . Metropolitan 5 per c ent lOO ..• ••• st ' Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 108 110 at Do B 5 do No 108 110 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1 , 1869 a ll 211 . . 211 18 Do Inconv. New Shares 16 i IP 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 B/ 21 2IP at North British, E. and Gil No. 1, 5 per cent •• lOO ... ••• at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... -• st Do E., 8., & Duu., 2d, 4pc 100 ... ••• at Do 1 , ... d; CI , N 0.2, 5 /Lc st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... ... st Do B. & U., No. 3, 5 p.e st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 65 57 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 t 7 99 ~. D TI Stock. & Dart., 1) (ax. 5 per et. ) at North Staffordshire 5p c WO ... ... et South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 ... ... st Do 5 do 1861 100 ... .., st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1883 100 ... ... st Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. 6:Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ..„ ... RAILII'AYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS., st Bakeutiead ........... 100 Du. 41 per cent. prefer— all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 53 a at Do. 51 per ce nt. at Do. 5 do . ... • 100 11 ‘ 1 14 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... ..• at Colchester Stour Valle y at East Lincoln, gto'. 6p. C lOO 13: 13ti 20 Gloster and DOA Forest all .. „• s Gt. Easn., Newm. U., 5 1 1 c 100 .. a Du. E. 17. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6 , 1 ii at Do.do. Woodbig• * boxt; ~ do. 100 6 2 72 at Gt. West, W. Mil , fferof 10 0 95 97 50 Hull and Selby , all 109 111 st Lancaster and liar."' l OO 215 22 ) at London, at London and Bhekwall lOO 9d ,i at Do, 41 po i cent lOO Cilat.'s6e pe " r 4l ce P nt. e lOO C. 10() 7 —9. 83 at Do. Corn. Find, sdo 100 at London and Grenwich at Do. do reference lOO , st t L Lo o n w d e o . n to , ft, T gilull, it South 100 7 st Do. do. 5 do. ••• 100 5 per cent all 5,i 56*** 51 Manch ., Burtot a' Malik— all * i • ii at Midland, BradDrd, Pref lOO 9 3 95 2 10 Mid Kent Crallano) 50 Northernt Eas , SO Do. do. 6 do• all *: st N. Eastera_Brtlep00l st N. West. A per' Prof, sp. c. 100 16; nO at Do B minim to 1 1 P•o••• • 100 at Notting. & Grath. R. et C lOO 93 WI 25 Preston and Wro• all 44 46 ... Roy•ston, liitek and Sliep lOO 133 135 13a st Surewsbury an Hereford 100 133 _ 10 Do do 8 211 St S. Yorksh. atultiver Dun 100 98 100 • - at De 4pc cent gua..• 10 79 si P st Do 5 d o .., all 97 99 st Viet. Station ad P i mlico l OO 175 180 st West Comma lOO 55 /7 20 West Loudon lass A all 13 14 20 Do to B all 2 Do at o Weymouth a+P C Portland lOO , "• a. 81 7 st Wilts and So•orset • 1 00 t..i .88 DOCKS. st East and V.Tellldia lOO 120 123 st Loudon and L.h.atherine 100 100 40 : 3 1 .. . . 100 D ol)eb. stet, 4 par cont all ... ... miliwall pehold Land - st Dock et Bouthampto lOO Li 72 st sutrey cidiercial 1 AR .1 _ 46 43 42 43 41; 42i 6' Li BtS 90 15 lt 46 47 :3 - 61 ill 85k MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 221 221 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim JlO 121 (3 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 33 35 st Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 9 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 141 144 10 Do. New 6 31 41 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lira. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 4 11 ld 51 British American Land 44 16 18 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 165 170 20 British Indian Tea, lira all 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 60 65 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 21 11d 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 41 31 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lira 8 41 31d 30 City of Milan Improv. lira all 5 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, Urn all 2 3 50 City Offices, lira 25 231 2213 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercial 'Union (Assai) 6 1 iip 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 18 19 25 Copper Miners of England, prof. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bands, 1877, 41 per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 4 i per cent, all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1882, 44 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 2/ 21 2 4 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 31 21,1 st Crystal Palace lOO le 21 at Do. Preference lOO 94 99 st Do. Gp. c Petpetual Deb. 109 106 110 20 Darjeeling, lim. ICI Eastern Assam, lim. 6l ... ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India, Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 94 95 941 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lint 6 41 4d at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 250 26) 252 6 10 Do. New 8 12 14p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lint 21 1 a 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 40 100 Eng. and Scot. i'ariue, lint. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 lid 20 Fore-streetWarehon;e,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. (Joy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at 1:55 all 88 89 50 Gallivant, lint 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., inn 7l 11 1 i 5 1 15 General Steam Navigation It 'TS 29 at) tram • & V".l ht d -43 i 10 Hung Kong and China Gas all ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 13, It 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 25 Indo-European Tel., lint lO 20 Interna. Financial Soc. inn 5 11 11 3 9-1 s 20 Interim. Land Credit, lint 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land 5 ] 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 331 31 100 Do. 6p. c. &Is., redeem 1870, issued 80 all 62 ('4 t 3 50 Land Securities, lint 5 31 21,1 25 Loudon African Trading lO 7 5.1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint. 6 10 London County Land and Building, lint. 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all 31 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all bO Lond. Financial Asso., lin t 30 22 1 20i P 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 11 2 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 22 17d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 Id pr at Madras Irriga. & Cant. Gum. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO ,104 105 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lint ll *ld 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., li nt a ll 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, lint all 32 37 SO Millwall Iron Works, lint 121 10 Natal Laud and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 111 12} 111 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 81 91 20 Nerbudda, Coal & Iron, lint. 6 31 30 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint 3 11 10 5 New Quebrada, lint 4.4.0 41 31 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. cantile Agency,lim 24 1 IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 6 14 li 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim 5 7 5 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 47 52 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l 19 20 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 121 131 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll ... ...8 5 Oriental Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 1 4 iP 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim 2 id IP 5 Ottoman Gas, lim all 11 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim all 11 1 5 Do do. at Peel 11. Land & Minerl, lim 100 33 36 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 49 51 49; 50 Do. New 1867 25 Reutees Telegram all 6) 65 604 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City lin.,lina all 17 18 191 20 Do. Gas, lim all 231 '241 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 47 49 st Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 83 88 st Do. 6 p c. Guar. eref lOO ... ... 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lira lO 7 68 20 Societe (ieu.de !'Empire Ot 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 ... ... 25 South Australian hand et Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 4 11 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 18t 19/ 19 184 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), bin 2 21 21 en rr,•ini t ind Petroleum, lim Bl ... .!. 10 Du do. no. all ... ... 20 Trust &Loan Co., LT. Canada 5 id p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 Id p 5 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint, all if 61 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 3/ 34p 20 Universal Ma.rine(ln.), lim 5 1 11p 64 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 21 31 30 Van Dieman's Laud ... 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all iB} 781 781 91 50 Warrant Finance, lim 40 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 21 14 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO ..• ..• COLONIAL GOVICIINMENT SECURITII4.IS British Columbia, 6 per 100 - Do. 1895.. l9O - Can.Gov.ti p.o.J an.'&July 1877-81 Do. 6p. o. Feb, & Aug lOO 124 216 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept lOO 104 106 Do. sp. o. Jan. & July lOO 95 t 6 931 Do. sp. c. Inscribed at lOO 90 92 Cape G.l.lope, 6 p.c.1873 lO9 102 101 11o.Apl.&001 1590-1900 lOO 11/ 113 1)o. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, lfipt Do. 5 per cent. lb April and IS Oct., 1400 lOO 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1178 .. Do. 1882, May and Nov... 00 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Atm.... 10 106 103 Melbourne Corporatn.,.. 1817-75, 6 per cult !CO 100 100 - N.8.00v.6 p.c.Jl.&..lttly .. 100 101 1,5 Natal 6 p et, Apl & Oct... 100 - Do 6p o.M.y & NOr 1 0 IL6 108 N. S. W. 5 p 1...., '7l to '74 lOO 99 1. 1 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 00 981 99 99 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'47 to '75 .• N.Zealaud. 6p. 0t.1891 l6O - Do. 5 percent.... - DoJan,Apri,July, 0 t lOO 93 94 931 - Do 6p a. Mar &sept '9l lOO 108 110 Do June & Deo , 1 - 91 —j Do Prey. • 1 At.ctld. 1.0 - t t ale 1& 2, 1596... - INova Scotia 6p. anl July. 1875 Do Inca. .... . Qacenslnd. c. 'B2 5 lOO 106 107 Do 189. .. Do. 6 po. 186 J lOO .Do. do. A 2 .... 100 .108 .110 • DO rd. 1893 .... 103 107 108 ▪ Ylotozie 6 .1).9.1691. too 112 In Market 105 107 99 101 92 98 100 10 112 71 73 161 1 ALTERATION OF LIGHT DUES ON ,MHIPPIII G. DEPUTATION TO THE BOARD OF TRAM Yesterday deputations from the Newcastle and Gateshead and other Chambers of Commerce, waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the President of the Board of Trado in reference to the alteration of light dues Dit shipping. _ A t The deputation was introduced by Mr. HEADLAM, who briefly explained the objects which had caused them to leek the interview. Mr. HALL, of Newcastle, then proceeded to read portions sf a report which had been prepared on the subject by a select committee of which he was the secretary. This Jocnment stated that the committee " had had their atten tion directed, by almost every petition presented to the (louse, and by every witness who has come before them, ,o the question whether the e : lpenses of maintaining the lighthouses of the United Kingdom should not be de frayed out of the public treasury, in the same manner as British consular charges in every part of the world, viz., by an annual vote of Parlia ment. Many of the witnesses state that, as carriers of goods, the shipowners should not be charged with the burden of that which ought to be considered a national estal,lish roent, more than the manufacturer of cutlery, of cotton, Dr wool, or of any other article that forms part of their :argo. All are alike engaged in the national trade, and all ought to be contributors alike to maintain the lights, if contributions for that object be demanded from any branch, and they state, what appear to be valid reasons, why the maintenance of lights should be made a charge sr' the public treasury, as the consular expenses are, and not put upon the shipping alone. It is alleged, and with great justice, that the commercial shipping have hitherto borne the whole expense of the erection and maintenance of the lights, whilst the Royal Navy and revenue vessels have equally had the benefit of the lights, but without any contribution from the public treasury towards their support. It is true that, vhilst the profits from shipping were good, the shipowners thought little of the charge for lights and buoys, essential to the safety of their ships, and they have been patient ander the burden of light dues, and have seldom troubled Parliament with complaints on this head ; but, since freights have been lowered by com petition, the shipowners have found it. absolutely necessary to employ every possible means of reducing the expense of sailing their ships, and therefore have of late looked for relief from the heavy burdens of light dues." After using further arguments of a similar nature the com mittee referred to the inexpediency of compelling any one section of the community to maintain an establishment kept up for purposes purely national, and concluded by recommending to the House, " That all expenses for the erection and maintenance of lighthouses, floating-lights, buoys, and beacons on the coast of the United Kingdom, be henceforth defrayed out of the public revenue, and that as the Trinity House has incurred a debt, under authority of 6 and 7 William IV., cap. 79, in purchasing the rights of private individuals for their leases and possession of light houses, the Government ought to take upon it that debt.' Upon the same day, the committee passed a resolution, That the amount paid for light dues presses heavily on the commercial shipping of this country, erpecially in the coasting trade, and sound policy requires that every prac tical relief should be given.' Notwithstanding the forcible recommendations of this committee, which were even sup ported by the weight of Lord Palmerston's influence, no action whatever was taken to give effect to these views." Mr. HALL referred to the great injustice which the ship ping interest felt was experienced by them in having to provide at their own expense those lights which were really for the benefit of the nation at large. Mr. ALHEUSEN strongly urged the justice and the policy of causing the great cost involved to be borne by the whole trade of the community, which in reality was benefitted by it. Mr. CANDLISH, M.P., cited a number of statistics to phew how very unequally the expense of maintaining the lights pressed upon shipowners. It was really the case that vessels which had the advantage of the lights never contributed anything towards the expenses they involved in their maintenance. He strongly urged that the nation i should bear the expense. Mr. GRAVES, M.P. for Liverpool, warmly supported the prayer of the deputation, and pointed out how beneficial it would be to the shipping interest if, as was the case in France, an alteration were made in the cost of light dues. Mr. BRIGHT : What, independent of light dues, is the cost of a ship coming into Liverpool ? Mr. GRAVES : About £75. Several other members of the deputation addressed Mr. Lowe and Mr. Bright, each of them adducing cogent reasons (at all events from their point cf vicw) why the charge cf light does should be a national charge. Several of the speakers, amongst them Mr. Candlish, found fault with the constitution of the Trinity House which, it was remarked, was a self-elective body. Arr. Lown first replied to the deputation, 'but gave its members very little encouragement. He bad listened, he said, to the arguments brought forward by so authoritative a body of men with the utmost atten tion, but he thought that some of their arguments were far from conclusive. It was said that the shipping interest ought not to bear the expense of the lights, but ho would remind them that, as a matter of fact, the expense was not borne by the shipping interest. The members of that interest certainly had to pay the amount in the first instance, but it could not be disputed that it was returned to them by their customers. It ought to be borne in mind that if the expenses of the lights were charged to the national expenditure, some class other than that represented by the deputation would have to bear it. He was afraid that it was impossible to hold out any promise, that, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, he could recommend that the cost of providing and maintaining lights should be made a matter to be defrayed by the nation at large. Mr. BRIGHT, in the course of his reply to the deputation, admitted that the views he had formerly entertained of the character and work of the Trinity House bad been materially altered since he had been at the Board of Trade. The Trinity House had, be believed, got rid of many of its antiquated notions, and was doing an important work. He was anxious that the deputation should know, what did not appear to be generally understood, that the Trinity House was under the control of the Board of Trade, and could do nothing without its authority. Agree ing with the Chancellor of the Exchequer that there were many reasons why the cost of lights should not be made a national charge, he was free to admit that the Inequality of the charges was unfair, and prepared to acknowledge that it was quite possible that some proper adjustment might be arrived at. No doubt it would be well that the advantages enjoyed by other nations should be enjoyed by this country. He was glad to have met the deputation, and thought that good would come out to it. Her Majesty's Government had been made acquainted with several facts in connection with the question which should receive their best attention. Although the members of the press were admitted to the interview, it was particularly requested that nut a single note of the proceedings should be taken, a request sshich was implicitly obeyed. The Church News states. ti at Mr. Wainwright no longer the editor of the Record, bar:ng been sent to the right about. The bill brought in by Sir John Coleridge to ro zastairtre:6 onVoTi,;•rsitios of 0 xruia 'an Lt Ev a / a /T.IN is set down to come on for the seconl readibg on Wednes. day, the 10th of March. Mr. Monk's bill to remove restrictions from certain officers employed in the collection aed management of Ler Majesty's revenues, and to entiale them to haw part unre servedly in the election of members to serve in Parliament, Is fixed for second reading on Wednesday, the 17th March. The Rev. C. F. Lowder, of St. Peter's. Gravel-lane, has received from the Bishop of London a copy of the moni tion served upon Mr. Mackonochie, and has therefore given notice that he will make alterations in the mode of con ducting big services, which hitherto have been of a very "advanced" kind. A young man named Carlton Chantler has been charged before the Lord Mayor with forging and uttering numerous cheques amounting to upwards of £4OO. He was servant at the house of a lady, and bad obtained possession of her check book, forging her name and cashing the checks in the usual way. The following curious telegram, dated Pera, Feb 22, is published in the Gaulois :—" The Bussian Ambassador at Berlin, baying lately given a ball in honour of Prince Montenegro, invited all the foreign Ministers. The Turkish Minister alone not having been invited, the Porte has re quested the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to explain the cause of this omission. Lord Lytton has written a letter to the treasurer of the fund for the widow and children of the late Ernest Jones, and has declared his willingness to contribute .£1) to the fund about to be raised. lie add 3 that be honours any man who advocates the cause of his convictions in a con sistent manner, and that he is likewise induced to loud his aid on account of the freemasonry which should exist among literary men, irrespective of political differences of opinion. The nomination for the Radnor district of boroughs, rendered vacant by t c h lit e hy r a e d s a i t g a d n t dahite.ieosuns, 'Town-hall tlnhl-erb. celeeNht oaerrNsd Green v, BadnorP. riAcef,tetoroekaephlaccean3a-eisdtaette• the high bailiff of the borough called for a show of hands, which he declared to be in favour of the Marquis of u ti n gton. A poll was demanded on behalf arrlorar. .. s. Thi Doninzialuihr tc,:m931276 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day DERBY SPRING MEETING-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DERBY PLATE. • Musical Bell 1 Claymore... 2 Pyrenees .. $ VICTORIA CLUB--THis DAY. GRAND NATIONAL. 15 to 2 agst Despatch (taken) 9 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (talon and offered) 10 to 1 agst Colonel (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Guy of Warwick (taken) 100 to 7 agst Fan (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Tathwell (offered) 100 to 7 agst Alcibiade (offered) CHESTER CUP. 15 to I agst 2Egeau (taken) 1000 t .10 agst Mandrake (taken) 1000 to 40 ng.st Cloinence (tak,ra) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 400 to 100 agst Belladrunt (offered) DERBY. 4to 1 agst Peru Gomez (taken and wanted) SPORTING INTEL LIGENOE. NOTTINGHAM EACES "r -_ESTERDAY. FOREST HANDICAP. A st mean 1 Pompeii LITTLE JOHN STAKES. Sister to Veda 1 Countryman 2 Phantom Lass ..... Ten ran. SELLIN G STARES. Lady Kew Lady Lotty f ... Flying jib 3 Five ran. NEWCASTLE PLATE. Chapel Royal Veda Eagle Eye Five ran. GREAT HURDLE RACE. Colonel Ada Penelope Icicle. I HUNT CUP. Primrose Sir Walter 2 JUVENILE SELLING STAKES. Lacydes f Lady Kew .. 2 Lilly Lye c • 3 Six ran. LATEST BETTING. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 12 agst Despatch (taken) 9to l agst Colonel (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Fan (taken) 100 to 8 agst Tathwell (taken) 15 to 1 agst Fortunatus (taken) 15 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (taken) 2000 to 60 agst Gardener and Brigstock coupled (tlaa) 7to 1 agst Mr. Brayley's lot (taken) LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY, March 4. Acceptances for the Liverpool Spring Cup of 200 sovs. (specie), added to a handicap sweepstakes of 15 sovs each ; certain winners 101 b extra. One mile aril a half. 67 subs, 49 of whom pay 3 sovs each. Age st lb KnightoftheGarter 4 5 9 0 Charnwood ... 8 2 Leybourue ... 6 8 0 Honesty • ... 6 7 8 Purveyor ... ... 4 7 4 Fitzadarn ... 4 6 13 Votigern 4 6 12 Breach ... 5 6 8 Attack g. ... 5 6 0 Age et lb Alicia ... 5 6 0 Ajax ... ... 4 6 0 Izaak Walton ... a 512 Fichu ... 3 5 10 Tramp late Agrippa 3 5 10 King Richard . 3 5 8 Vanichka ... 3 5 7 Slow►nau 3 5 7 Messenger (h-b) ... 3 5 7 RACING F 'IXTURES. MA Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Do wnpatriek 9 Warwick. 9, 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 West Somerset IO, 16 Northampton 16, 17 ca. Abergavenny l, ') Bromley 1. 9 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick &hip... l, 2 West Drayton lB, 19 Baldnylo First Spring 18, 19 Margate 20 Beverley 2O Durham 29, 30 Epsom 3U, 31 Th _ irsk ... 6 7 flaugerford 6, 7 Lichfield Cambridge 7 8 Croxton Pa1k........ 8 Streatham 8, 9 Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes Curragli ...20, 21, 22 Croydon. 22, 23 Nowmark:A Ist Spring Chester 4, 5, G, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6', 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 aildoyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans IA, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 2 - 6, &c. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragli 22, 23, 21 IDoncaster 13, 14 ! West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 2 t Harpenden 2l I Epsom Summer ...,.25, &o. 'NE. Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park • , ..29, 30 Jl. , LY. Worcester l, 2 Southampton 13, 14 Newmarket July 6, &c. `Reading 15, 16 Carlisle Pontefract 9, 10 1 Stamford ... "2 23 Hendon .. .. l2, 13 1 Goodwood 27, 28, 29 , 31 Nottingham 13, 14 f AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes - 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 \\'olverhan•pton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 UST. SEPT. Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) ......7, 8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield ......... 2l, 22 OCT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 OVI Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow'2 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth Zfi, 27 Scarborough ...30, 31 Derby Summer —3l, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury 3l, Sep. 1 MBER. Hampton .....21, 22 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Hendon Monmouth... 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, &c. Lanark 29, 30 PB ER. Cheltenham l9, 24 Curragh l9, 20, 21 \Vest Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24. Newuaarkwt Iliton —25, &c. :MBER. Shrewsbury 15, &a Leamington _Runt ...,23, &c STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. MARCff. Liverpool 3 West Somerset 15, 16 Shrewsbury ........ ...... 5, 6 York 17 h`uguy k ,.......,. .., 9CI re wkerne lB 19 Kingsbury 12 , 13 - 1 -- APR? . Aldersho , l, 2 I S trea tham S, 9 Bromley 1, -, Royal Artily., Woulwic.,...s Abergavenuy . l, 2 1 Kuightou l3, 14 Lieolield ............... . 6, 7 I Ludlow 1 13, 16 Southdown Hunt ......... .7 Teubury... 9j Cambridge .... ............ 7, 8 Cr0yd0n...... .......... 22, 23 Ch e l te nham .....••••'""'7, 8 Co. Louth dc Arleen 27, 28 MAY. Li mer ick Hunt 4 I St. Albans •• ...... 13 Eg li nto n Bunt ............ 6, 7 West Drayt0n.......... 17 JULY. Kingsbury ............................................................... 9 AUGUST. St. Albans .............................................................17 OCTOBER. Bromley - 7 I West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. Harrow 9 , 3 I Eglinton Hunt ............6 , 7 Worcester 3, 4 1 Liverpool St. Albans 5, 6 , Shrewsbury ..... ...... 15, 16 INDIA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BOMBAY, Feb 5 (via Brindisi). Ameer Shere Ali made a triumphant entry into Cabul on the 16th of January amid great rejoicings. A telegram from Cashar states that the Govern ment has taken meat.ures to prevent further depre dations by the hill tribes, and is about to send troops to pursue them. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 23. An official notification has been published here to-day, which states that the Porte and Greece, having accepted the declaration of the Conference, and diplomatic as well as commercial relations be ing on the point of resumption, the Sultan has ordered all the measures adopted against Greek subjects and shipping in consequence of the ulti i =tam to be annulled.