The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-11 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business to-day partook of the usual dullness, which has now existed for some time. Consols maintained their price, but Foreign Securities gave Way slightly. There was a trifling improvement in the Railway Market, but it extended to only one or two of the principal lines. The rate for money is about 28. Consols are 92i for money ; ditto, for Ac c)unt, 928 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 93 ; New Tkree per Cents, 93 s ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per Cent., 3. . . India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 213 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 114 ; ditto De bentures, 5 per Cent., Aug., 1873,104 i ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 18 prem. In the Foreign Market stocks are flat, and a • decline of 4 in Mexican Bonds, 3-16 in Italian Five per Cents., and in Spanish Three per Cents. has taken place. The quotations are :--Italian, 5 5i 55i ex div. ; New Spanish, 30 30k ex div. ; Mexican, 15 154 ; Greek, 112 12 ; Peruvian Five Per Cents., 75 764; Italian Scrip is about 1 prem., and the last Russian Railway Loan 11, 1 dis. Egyptian Seven per Cent. Loan of 1868 is 738 74k, and the Honduras Loan is steady at 85 86 ex coupon. American Five-Twenty Bonds have improved k, to 75 758 ; the Bonds of 1885 are firm, at 738 73k, and the Ten-Forty Bonds remain at 718 728. In the railway market Metropolitat i are 1 better. Caledonian have improved s ; Great Western -k, Midland 1, Sheffield 1, Brighton 1 1 North Western 1, North Eastern 1, and South Eastern Y. The quotations are : Caledonian, 76/, 71 ; Great Western, 474, 81 ; Great Eastern, 41i k ; Great Northern, IU7 8 ; ditto A, 107 k 8 ; Lancashire, 128/ 9 ; Metropoli tan, 109 1 ; ditto Extension, 104 5 ; Midland, 1131 141 ; Sheffield, 471 a ; Brighton, 491 49k ; North British, 33 4 ; North Western, 1121 131 ; North Eastern, 101 2 ; South Eastern, 79k 80 ; Chatham and Dover, 17 1. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben tures are 40/ 411, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 43i 44. Fries have given way I, to 25/ 261, and Illinois Central stock is unchanged, at 96 96k. Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per Cent. Debenture Stock is 94 95. Anglo-American Telegraph shares are 21; the Light per Cent. Preference 3 13-16 3 15-16, and the Original stock 31 32. In Banking and Miscellaneous Shares there is nothing doing. There were no gold operations at the Bank on Saturday. The settlement in shares and foreign stocks will begin on Tut sday (" continuation day") and end on Thursday. A telegram from Calcutta on the 7th inst. an nounces that the Bank of Bengal (Govern►nent) has declared a dividend for the half-year ended the 31st of December last at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. The Imperial Ottoman Bank have notified the payment of the coupons of the Egyptian Govern- In ent Seven per Cent. Loan, 1868, due the 15 th instant. The Suez Canal will be completed and open to the general navigation of all countries on the Ist of October this year. The width will then be 100 metres (328 English feet) at the water line, and 22 metres (74 English feet) at the bottom of canal, with a depth of 8 metres (26 feet English). A conditional contract has been entered into by Well-known firms in Paris and London to make an advance to the Spanish Government, on account of the balance of the Moorish indemnity (about a million and a quarter sterling) still due. A general meeting of the National Discount Company (Limited), is convened for the 20th inst., to receive the directors' report and declare a dividend. An extraordinary general meeting of the Brighton Hotel Company (Limited) is called for the 21st inst., at the Guildhall Coffeehouse. Creditors of the China Merchant Insurance Com pany and the Bombay Mody Insurance Company are required to send in their claims to the agents in Loudon before the 31st March next. At a meeting of the creditors of Air. John Ing ham, manufacturer, of Blackburn, the liabilities Were estimated at £lO,OOO, and it was resolved to accept an assignment of the estate. Messrs. F. B. Smart and W. E. Williams, jun., the liquidators of the London and Northern In surance Corporation (Limited), have appointed the 14th inst. to settle the list of contributories. It is understood that the history of the extraor dmaTy frauds lately discovered at the Custom house of Rio de Janeiro is not likely to be made Public. Severe measures have been adopted to prevent similar practices for the future, but the parties implicated, both at Rio and on this side, possessed, it is said, sufficient influence to avert more disagreeable consequences. The results of the discovery have already proved highly beneficial to honest houses engaged in the shipping trade to Brazil. Advices from Labuan give at length satisfactory Prospects of the working of the coal mines at that Vaud. After the break up of the China Steam and Labuan Coal Company the property was bought for a small sum by a few men of business in Scotland and placed under an experienced manager, every Precaution being taken for the exercise of rigid ec onomy. The result appears to be that there is already a steady outturn of coal, and that atten tion is being paid at Singapore and elsewhere to Its valuable peculiarities for steam and gas pur p°ses• At the same time the working even on its Present scale has been brought to yield a surplus over expenses. The latest accounts confirm the I mpression that the quantity available is practically inexhaustible. According to the Railway News another import ant step has been effected by the Erie and Atlantic and Great Western Railways, with a view of se curing for themselves the traffic of the West and S outh -Western States. This engagement is de scribed as the natural complement of the lease by the Erie of the Atlantic and Great Western, *which gives an uubroken gauge from New York to Cincinnati on the Ohio, Cleveland, and Lake Erie, and to the great oil and coal districts of Pennsyl vania. Within the next six months the work will be completed of connecting the Atlantic and Pacific coasts by railway, and with a view to this an agreement has now been made which gives to the Erie and its ally direct communication with Chicago and the Mississippi, and extends the existing continuation for about 600 miles beyond the terminus of the Atlantic and Great Western, thus giving to the Erie, under one uniform work ing, a complete system of over 2,000 lines. The line now secured is the Columbus, Chicago, and Indiana, formerly known as the Chicago and Great Eastern, and the Columbus and Indiana Central. BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. a GOVERNMENT FUNDS., per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 3 per C ent. R e d uce d J3 Now 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1594 , — Do. 5 per Cent. J an. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., I t'• — I Do. for 30 yrs:expire sth April 1885 — Do (lied Sea Telekraph), Aug., 1908 — Exch equer Bills, .E.l 1 'OO0 7 2 per Ct 3 Do. £5OO Do. £lOO & .£2.00 — B tali: of England Stock, 4 par Cent [l n. accoun t Canad a 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial Ornninin '''IAN kIOVERNMENT SECUItITIE India stock, 10f per Cent., April 1574 213 Do. Opening, for Account — Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 n_ 0 . 4 pe-. Cent., Oct. 1888 1)o. Certilicates Do. Enlaced Pape, 4 per Cent — D 0.5 per Cent., J an . 1572 5i per Oqnt. May 1579 — . 1 -+J 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 Do. do. 1577 - Dcg. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ...... 1041 ;pm DP Bon-Is, 4 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l.OOO ' FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Ar ;'!'n ;ee I ~ p u lyie, 6 per Cent ... Do., Scrip £45 paid .. . Au ltri:it, 1, nds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — Brxiilian per Cent — 70. 4i per Cent., 1852 - Do. do. 1858.... Do. do., 1860 Do. do., . 1863 6Bl Do. 5 per Cent., 1665 .. +Jo Ac .ount . B .enos A.yres 6 per Cent. DJ 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cu',a, 6 per Cent. C.ilian 6 per Cent 4i per Cent — Do. 3 o.‘r Cent., I'o. 6 per co t. 1867 — i o. 7 per Cent., 1866 C 10 :Lbiau, 6 per Cent. Dan sn. 3 p)r Cent., 1825 Darrihian Principalities, 7 .or Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ......... ......... Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent ... , ,-y ptuvi, 7 per Cent ••• Do Second Issue •• •• BO 'to. ..€5.0. Bonds — D0...V0L) Bonds .•••• Do. 1804 Do. Account 1/ , . £5 , 10 Bonds Do. /.106 Bonds 874 English Scrip, 1868 Do do. 415 pd — dis Government Railway Dei,euture:, Green 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Acceunt Do. Coupon! , Do. Account Guatemala. 5 per Cent Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 85j It:titan 5 pet Cert., 1865 Do. Account . Do Mitremmana Railway — Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do A per Cent. Anglo-French — dontevickau G per Cent. .. — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent. New Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferral Do Laud Warrants (Hectare-.) I — Peruvian 5 per Ceut. 1865 Do Account .. 761 5i Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4 per Cent.. 1862 • — Do Account 1 3 ,:rtuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'•,': Do. do. ' 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4i per Cent , 1850 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 , -- Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.. -- Do. du. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9o} Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Acc , ,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account 3O Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 18:; 8 Do do, Scrip Pn- Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 18 i 8 Do Account .. 62 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £IOC Bonds Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Di Account Do G per Cent., 1860 6Ol 1. Do I per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Acc. ant Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 . Dividends on the above payable in Loud Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. ... Dutch 2* per Cent. Ex. 12 GO. Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italia], 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f.... - DJ Account TWA O'CLOCK. Consuls, Money 921 Do. Account, Feb. 4 921 CRIMINAL COUR7—(This day). The January session of the Central Criminal Court was opened at the Old Bailey this morning. Joseph Matthew Morris was called upon to sur render to take his trial for endeavouring to obtain a large sum of money from a gas company, by making a false and fraudulent claim for pro perty which he alleged to have been destaoyed in the fire had occurred at Saville House, Leicester square, some time since. The defendant did not appear, and the court therefore made an order that his recognisances should be estreated. Mr. Adolphe Ellison, a wine merchant, carrying on business in the City, was called upon to sur render to take his trial for publishing a false and defamatory libel. Sergeant Parry, who was instructed specially to conduct the prosecution, asked for a postponement of the trial. The defendant had pleaded a special plea, justifying the libel, and asserting that it was true, and that it was published for the public good. The Recorder, having looked at the plea, thought the trial ought to be postponed. ItAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SIIAREi AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. 111ARKE7 S-7 HIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January 11.—Sales probably 15,000 bales. Market very firm. MARK LANE. At Mark-lane this morning there was rather a bettor attendance of the trade, but millers ware somewhat reti cent in giving the last week's advance. in consequence we report wheat quiet, but not lower. Flour comes up slightly more freely than last week; but the demand is dull. Oats are firm, and all other feeding stuffs may be reported slightly better in tone. NEW SMITHFIELD AND LEADENHALL. The dead meat trade continues steady at our quota tions. Beef, 3s to 4s 8d; veal, 3s 6cl to 4s 10d; mutton, 3s to 4s 8d ; large pork, 3s 2d to 3s 10d; small ditto, 4s to 4s 8d per stone. SHIPPING INTIMLIGENCE. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind S.E. ; fine• Arrived, Jan. 10.—Alfred and Charles, from Antwerp Echo, steamer, from Calais ; Olga, steamer, from Rotter dam; Bondicar, from Memel; Pet, from St. Michael's ; Providence, from Gravelines ; Zephyr, from Brussels; Hendrica, from Emden ; Avenir, from Gravelines ; Amo from Calmer; Fair Wind, from Gothenbuig ; Pince of Wales, and Petrel, from Antwerp ; Hinds, from Memel; Wild Wave, and Admiral Nelson, from Guernsep. Arrived, Jan. 11.—Victor, steamer, from Rouen ; Mar tinus, Henrietta, steamer, from Dordt ; Leo, steamer from Rotterdam; Flecha, steamer, from Ghent; J. E. M‘Connel, from Alexandria; Fyenoord, steamer, from Rotterdam. DEAL, Monday Morning. Arrived.—Madge, from Loudon, for Cape Verd. TILE NEW MUSICAL PITCH.—The movement for lowerrng the present high musical pitch will be inaugu rated on Wednesday next by Mr. G. W. Martin, with a performance of the "Creation" at Exeter-hall, by the National Choral Society. The Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Army, Effiatoun Pasha, accompanied by Capts. Close and Majendie, of the Royal Artillery, was also con ducted over the several departments in the Royal Arsenal on Fliday. Bis Highness expressed great satisfaction with what he had seen in the manufac turing and production of various articles of warlike material, and with the reception he met with fzom the authorities. Lieutenant Lonsdale, 49th Regiment, is under orders to proceed with the draught of his corps to the service companies, vice Lieutenant Fenn, who is to remain at the depot. The draught is to leave Colchester for London, and will proceed to Portsmouth to em bark on board the Ilelvetia steam trans port. Captain Boycott, of the 29th Regiment, was to embark at Liverpool on Friday for conveyance to Montreal, via Portland, to join the service com panies of his corps. Capt. Berkeley has joined the depot at Colchester, and has assumed the com mand of it, vice Capt. Boycott. Capt. Phipps, of the 29th Regiment, has been appointed instructor of musketry to the Bth Depot Battalion, in the room of Captain Clery, of the 32d Regiment, who is about to enter the Staff College. Deputy-Inspector- General of Hospitals Gibbs has assumed the medical charge of the troops in the Eastern District, vice Staff Surgeon-Major Gallwey, who is ordered to proceed to Liverpool for duty. The Cossack, 20, screw corvette, 1,296 tons, 250 horse power, which is being got * ready as fast as possible for service on the East India station, has been ordered to be tried by steaming round the Mouse Light, instead of at the measured mile at the Maplin Sands. Mr. Cardwell, Secretary for War, paid an official visit to the Royal Arsenal on Friday, and was con ducted over the manufacturing establishments by the heads of departments. TIIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1869. SII ARE LIST. )111.112ti AEA sile...,„k:S AND STOCKb aAre xattwaya Paid. Closing Busineso Priot. Gene. et Bristol an I E - geLst 103 :5 77 et Cl:ed.:man ivo 7iit 77 B. t..)..ituria,t.. 2) Cornwall all t to st Dublin A Belfast June... 100 77 it) st Dam„Perth, A Ab.J :00 70 72 2 , East Lmdon. tO ISO 5 2! Do 10 ,t Glasgow &S. Western lOO 90 01 Great Eastern .. )0u 4lt 411 411 2 st Do. E. Angi. No. 2 lOO 7 8 it tirtat North ol Scotland lOO 15 6 st Great Northern lOO 106 107 L": 71 7 et Do. A stock lOO 107 108 s Uo. B stock lOO 124 1.6 st M dianu et Do, Dwrby st N rth British . ..... lOU 83 .4 st Do. & Dun lOO st i or. .lastera —Ber lOU 04 100; 25 Do. U. N. E purohatie 6.13.4 st Do Leeds st York st Lu Carliale . st Do Scoot A Darling lOO 1.7 :29 st North Lou ion 10 Do \ew 1868 . ..... 2 It 2 p et North StATordshire . . 100 15 57 51 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares st Rhymney st Shropshire Union llO 55 5 i st South Devon st South Eastern lOO 791 80; 791 20 Staines, Wok'hamot Wok, all 12 13 et 'L . 411 s ale lOO 145 150 .0 Do. C st Watxriord & Kilkenny lOu it) Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 43 per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 80 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 197 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 93 101 st Do do N 0.2 100 'O7 100 at Do do G per cent 100 103 108 st Do East Augliam Asp. c. 100 100 103 at Do do B 6 du. 100 at Do do C 7 du. 100 ... tit Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 at Do E. Union 4p. e. gua. 100 09 71 st Do Nur folk 5 p.c. Ex. 1816 100 ... st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1817 100 ... at Crest Northern, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. put. 100 at Do 41 do do do 103 st Do 5 do at sp. c. pin lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... stl Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... st, Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st Gt. West.— Orig.& Jut:Bent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 102 104 1031 st Do. Orig. (B.& 11. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 st Do du 4, per cent. 1850 lOO 81 88 st Do do 4 do do at 1,0 do 5 per cent. redem lOO 93 95 st Do do Birmingham gua lOO 68 72 at Du do do pref lOO ... at Do do Chester gua lOO ... at Do do do 6 per cent lOO 150 160 at Do do do 5 do 105 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 46 p.c lOO ... at Do do 41 1850 lOO st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 100 107 1(.1 st Do do 20 gua. 100 106 108 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 88 92 st Do do 2d du 100 lAi 103 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Laucash. S Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Do Barnsley, £5 Is 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Du 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 93 102 et London S Brighton, 5 p.c. guarautee.l, No. 1 lOO st Do 5 per coat. gua. No. 2. 100 st Do 6 do du lOO st Du 5 do N.J.4. 100 at Do 7 per cent 1 0 st Do 6 du (W.E. & C.P )1 40 st D.:) 4 do 1850 lOO ... at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ... St London and i:.•.V., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO 8 91 st DJ Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO SS 91 at London and W. 7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 111 116 25.6 d. Do (Portsm. peril ans.2s6d) all st Mau., Shef., &Lincln. 6 p.c lOO 11 t 117 6 Do at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent. 5 ... st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 13U 135 st Do Bristol&l3.irna., 6p. c lOO 1 u 133 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 90 stl Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 0! at Du Leicester & chn, 4 p.c. 100 80 91 at North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 l.OO st Do E. G. 4p.c.S. & D lOO st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ceu.t.. 100 at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO ... st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 83 at Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 95 07 st Do G.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. 25 Do York, U.S S. purchase. 10 10 101 at Du Stektu & Drling. A. 5 p.c. 100 103 110 at Do W, Hartlepool if. and R. 100 87 80 20 North Staffordshire lt/s S. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 01 101 los Do Tavistock e kuns., 10s all 9 10 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Arms., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 et Waterford & iiilkenny, 6pe 100 41 43 IA Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO ... st Do 41 p irredeem a11... st Do 4p e eon. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 Si. st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 .0 st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 83 90 et Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 84 83 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 ... st Do Perznauent 5 per cent. 100 ... et Do Boston & Stead, 45 pc 100 ... st Great West., W. Midl., 5p c 100 86 80 st Do Joint perpe. 5p c, 1805 100 85 90 st Du do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 105 20 Do Vale N eath peril. 5p c all 191 201 fit Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 13 lOO L 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 I 1 st Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 st Do do 45 do, 1863 100 ... st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 tit Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ... st Do No. 7 sd o ... st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c St Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 ... Do do C 6 p.c 100 st London &N. Western, 5p c 100 106 110 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 94 96 10 Man. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all SBl st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO ... st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 108 st Do B 5 du 100 106 103 18 Do 5p c opt, to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lfp 19; 18 Do Incouv. New Shares 16 1 fp 22 Do 5 p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 st North British, E. and G, No. 1, 5 per cent ... , 100 ... st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... a Do E., P., & Dun. , 2d , 4 pc 100 .. st Do &G , No. 2, 5 p. c a Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... s t Do B. & G., No. 3, .5 p.c st Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 55 57 ` .. s t North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 597 a Do Stock. & Dart., D ..., 100 111 113 st North cent).er cent (Max. 5 per a North Staffordshire 5p c lOO a South Eastern, 45 pc, 18 59 100 , , et Do 5 do 186 1 100 t Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 S' D u 5 do, 1864 s,tt Victoria St. &Pimlico, 41 pe 100 1 1 AILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS; r cent. Prefer l a e l ° l At 1 1 01 s li h o j Uhead ' oi 11 2 1 113 3 s s t,so t tto Birkenhead L3, huDeekostien4rjalT 1 1 0 00 0 0 st Do, 54 per cent. .5 , 100 118 120 100 . j . ''' sstt Clydesdale, dal:, guartteed at Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO .... ... 20 Gloster and Dean Forest a ll 133 18 5 o li o a d i b l r v g ic . h E i x 4 ., P do e . 100 69 ) 72 a Gt. Easu., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... : t L J E o o : E. \ U v . st Gt. West ,W. mid., Heref 100 ~ 7 2 .50 Hull and Selbyall . 97 109 111 st Lancaster and C arlisle lOO 21, 21 95 a t London and B lackwell lOO 83 -- a t Do. 44 per cent lOO st London, Coat., &c., 11 p c lOO ... ••• s t Do. Corn. Fund, sdo lOO st London and G reenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO .. at London, Tilbury, & South 100 7 ,:•,: st Lowestoft, gua 4 per ce nt lOO 7s) ' B ' 3 st Do. do. 8 do. - 51 Manch., Buxton. &I " latlk all 5 ,:: st Midland, 13ra . ifOrd , P ref lOO 92 9li 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) ••• .... 50 .Northeruk P all 53 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all •.. .„. at N. &Oterd —Hartlep00l ... st N. West. A perp. pref, sp. c lOO 10; 110 st Do B minimum 14 p.c lOO ... . st Notting. &Uranth. R.& C lOO 92 871 25 Preston and V 1 yre. • all 41 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep lOO 133 135 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 335 10 Do do 8 24 2,p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 10U at Do 1 per cent gua lO , 79 8 1 st Do 5 do at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all .. ... 20 Do do C all 6,1 74, st Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 119 st London and St. Katherine lOO 03 03 53} 100 :1.) ()Deb. stock, 4 par cent al., ... ... Millwall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 31 32 at Southampton lOO 7, 70 at Surrey Commercial JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 i'.l Do B lO 91 51 50 Albion... 100 Alliance, Limited 2J Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 17 1i 171 20 Auglo-Hunga rian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 7 6 41 90 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia al 11 10 20 Do issued at 2 pin ~.. 5 ... ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otao, lint. 20 Bank of South Australia all 31 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 07 112 10 Bank of .yew Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American , all 51 53 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd.China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, aid China 20 City 100 Colonial 10 Consolidated, lim 50 Delhi and Loudon, lint 50 East London, lira 5 11 0,1 20 English and American, lint 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lint lO ld pr 20 English, ..', oafish, and Aus tralian Chartered 181 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ... 281 Do new 5l 1 - 1 100 Imperial, lim 20 Imperial Ottoman lO , 11 11 111 11 ;:5 lonian all 27 29 25 Do new 5 pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 31 3g / 100 Do sp. c. Deb 5.11564, 3o all 76 78 b 2 30 London Bank of Mexico - and South America, lint. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 31 02 20 Do new 71 61 51 11 100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 7 9 '25 Do new 10 .If 11 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 231 221 1 Si) London and County 2O 5U 51 5-i 20 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... ••• 50 London Joint Stock 1 35 36 35 20 London and South African al 1 12 100 London & S.-Western, lint, 20 ... ... 50 London & Venezuela, lint_ 121 ... ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 6) :67 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 621 631 63 100 Merchant, lint 25 7 5 10 Metropolitan, lim all 64 7 4 100 Midland, lint • 2O Id pr 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 3 1 d 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... '" 10 Do . 42 to National__ 3O 54 54 20 New South Wales all 42 46 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431 421 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 10 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland ...... 10 Do new. all ... ••• 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 14 12 WO Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 48 40 4 1 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 211 21{ 10 An , lo-Alediter. Tel lira.... 10 f fp 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 ia st Atlantic Telegraph lO 26 28 st Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, Bin 9 7 58 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 131 14 10 Do. New 6 3 31 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay Gas, lim 5 Do. New 4 11 of Si British American Land 44 16 18 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, bin 2l 21 118 20 Ceylon Company, Rm. lO 31 21(1 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 41 31 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 8 .11 31d 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 5 10 25 City of Moscow liaS, lint— all 2 3 31 50 City Offices, lim '2s 211 234 d 6 50 Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Commercitt:. Union (Assur) 5 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 17 18 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bands, 1877, 41 per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 4I per cent. all 104 1051 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1031 1011 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all lfr 21 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius inn lO 3 2 d st Crystal Palace, lOO 14 21 st Do. Preference lOO 93 98 st Do. 6p. c Pet petual Deb lO9 102 107 20 Darjeeling, litre. ... ... I 0 Eastern Assam, lint. 6l _. ...8 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim. ...... 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. Troy. Gus. by Egypt. Gov all 83 89 got 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lint 6 44 40 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 241 10 Do. New 8 10 12p "-- 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 i t an. ls English and Foreign Credit 71 5 4d loo Eug. and. Scot. .L arine, lint. 8 ... ..d 10 Fairbairu Engineering 5 14 140 20 Fore-street Warehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at i'Bs all 834 844 50 Gellivara, lint 2O 1U General Credit & Dis., lint 7l 2 14 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 Home & Col Marine In. lint. 5 41 310 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ~,. 20 Hudson's Bay all 134 13/ 131 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, Jim. 25 Indo-European Tel., lint lO ... ... 20 Interns. Financial Soc. lint 5 11 11 20 Interns. Land Credit, lint 6 6 40 50 Italian Laud 5 11 1 0 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 31 4 100 Do. 6 p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 63 65 50 Land Securities, lien 5 31 240 25 London African Trading lO 7 5d 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 ..• ...d 10 London County Land and Building, lien. 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all 31 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all 1 4 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 23 224 61 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all li 2 2 60 Lond. and Ulasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lint 25 22 170 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 10 pr st 31adras Irriga. & Canl. Gus. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 105 107 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1int,,,,. l4 f 10 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint, all 4 44 .50 Merchant Shipping, inn all 33 38 50 Millwall Iron Works, lint l2l ... ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 12 121 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 30 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 81 91 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 3 20 10 New Consolidated Dis, lint. 3 11 ld 5 .I‘ ew Quebrada, lint 4.4.0 44 3 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. cantile Agency,lim 2l 1 IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint 5 1/ 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 7 5 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., lint lOO 47 51 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In._ 61 19 20 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll ... ...d 5 Oriental Gas, lint, 5 Do. New 1 4 11 , 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lint 2 10 fp 5 Ottoman Gas, lint all 14 24 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all 21 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Miner], lint 100 30 32 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 49 51 50 Do. New 1867 25 Reuter's Telegram 24 27 30p 50 Rhymuey Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lim all 1 7 18 20 Do. Gas, lint all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 41 46 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lint, 100 107 112 at Do. 6p c. Guar. Pref. 100 ••• ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint, 10 7 60 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint. 6 ... ••• 25 South Australian Laud ~, a ll 354 361 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all k 1 1 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim. all 161 17 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (lusure.nce), lint 2 21 21 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint., Bl .. ... 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 i 1p 10 Do do. do. all ... ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 id p bi 4 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 11 040 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 51 6 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref, all 34 31p 20 Universal Marine(ln.), lint, 5 1 11p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 21 31 30 Vau Dieman's Laud 284 7 8 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. ( Mortgage) Loan all 751 761 50 Warrant Finance, lira. l2 12 100 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lint 2O 4 3d 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO •.. ••• COLUNIAL (10VintNAI5;NT SECURITIE6 Braiib Columbia, 6 per cent.,1872.. /0. 1895 l9O Can.Gov.6 p.e.Jan. 9 4J my 1b77-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 105 11.7 • Do. sp. c. Mar. dt 6ept IOU 114 7106 Do. sp. a. Jan. do July lOO 93 - 94 Do. sp. c. Inscribcd bk lOO 90 92 can., G,Hope, p.c.1873 lOO 102 104 Do g- .Apl.BtOot 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1660-9(' lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 .. 100 10) ;02 C.; lon, Nov 1878,6 100 108 110 Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873,.. Jan. and July Do. 1878 . Do. 18S2, May and Nov... 100 106 1(.8 Do. 1895, Feb. it Au2*..•• 100 106 i9B .11121bourn Corporatn.,.. 1867-75, 6 per • . ID) N.1.1.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July .• 100 102 10t Natal 6 p or, Apl Oct... Ith; —Do6 p c. & Nov lOO 106 8 -- N. 8.117 5 ire., '7l to '74 (JO 99 101 Pc .1 Do. 5 p.c. 1868 to 1896 lOO 99 10 98 Do. 5 p.e.rd.'47 to '75 1)0 99 101 IN:. Zealand, 6p. et. 1891 DO • Do. 5 per cent.... Do J an, A p 1„1 uy, 0 t 97 4 984 911 - Do 6p c. . t i.t '9:.• 1(0 108 110 - Do Juoe sc. Dec , 1-91 fDo Prdv. 1 Ai.c. Id. 1 0 • rie. 1 A ', 1:96 .. :Nora 69.•tia 6 p. c.Ja an.; Jnly, 1675 ..• 1.•• 101 t e3 10 1 , 6 ut.cDeslnti. Ip. c. 'B. 5 1 , • 1.8 ,(9 10 1 5 Do 189 100 lu. 4 106: ItV. (1 ) •. . • -- D O . 10. d ...... .• 10) 103 110 Do rd. 183 to Victoria q.v. IW 100 107 TRADE AND FINANCE. Trade generally is of a healthy and legitimate character, although, owing to the almost general absence of specula tion, the volume of trade is not so great as it was two or three years since. Nevertheless, there has been a gradual, although slow, recovery from the recent great depression, and the present aspect of affairs augurs well for the success of the enr.u . ng year, from a commercial point of view. The attention of the cotton trade has lately been drawn to the imports of Australian cotton—almost a new feature in the market. 2,500 bales have been offered at public auction, nearly the whole of which found buyers at the following prices :—For good and fine bright colour, 100. 116 d.; dull and grey, 104 d. to 100.; good staple, from Tahiti seed, 12d. to 124 d. per lb. The increase in the pro duction of cotton in the colony of Queensland during the past three years has been steady, the imports into London during 1867 being only 1,073, whilst in 1868 they were 5,000 bales. The quantity now at sea is about 2,000 bales. The quality of this cotton is good, but is still capable of considerable improvement, the great drawback to its more general use being the irregularity of staple caused by the action of the saw-gins, it being in many cases completely cut through ; to borrow an expression from the spinners, the cotton is " ginned to death." The colour is good , some of the samples recently brought forward eliciting general admiration for their fine golden tinge ; and were the failing above alluded to remedied, this cotton would rank far higher than it now does, and would command an advance upon present rates which would partially compensate for the withdrawal of the Government bounty. It is a fact, that hitherto the attempt to naturalise cotton in the colonies have failed, and, even in India, the experi ments with American cotton-seed have only ,met with partial success. Better fortune appears to have attended its introduction into Australia, and we trust that the colonists will give this important subject the attention it merits. Now that the colony is suffering from the heavy decline in the value of wool, it is not improbable that some of the farmers will take to the culture of the cotton plant, especially as the climate of the country appears specially adapted to its development. The corrupt management of the railroads in New York, the reselations of which bid fair to outvie any disclosures that may have been made on this side, is well exemplified in the case of the New York Central Railroad dividend. The directors of this company have recently declared a dividend to the stockholders of 80 per cent. in certificates, and 4 per cent. cash on the stock and the certificates, equalling in all $22,829,600. This amount is said by the directors to represent the invest ment of net earnings in construction, real estate, and other acquired property, which the directors say ought properly to be represented in the stock account of the company. It is difficult to reconcile this action of the direction with the repeated professions of the board. Two years ago they applied to the Legislature to grant them power to increase their charges in order to meet their usual dividend, and it {is well known that the company was involved to the extent of $590,000 by the last distribution. Now we find the directors declaring a dividend equal to $23,000,000, which they say represents net earnings invested, and yet leaves a balance of $1,000,000 in the treasury. It is impossible that so large a profit can have been made during the short period that Commodore Vanderbilt has had control of the board, and the very fact of his being at the head of the management is sufficient to attack a Wall street odour to the whole affair. So great is the suspicion attaching to these certificates, that the operators in Wall street refuse to deal in them unless attached to the original shares, which are, therefore, not quoted ex dividend. A • rapid advance, however, has taken place in prices, which was doubtless the primary object of the directors, but as they have not the power to create stock, they will have to apply for a special Act for the conversion of the certificates. They will then be enabled to apply for power to raise their charges, as they will be utterly unable to pay a dividend on so large an amount of stock. We draw attention at length to these facts, to show what little importance is to be attached to statements of this kind from New York, and how little reliance can be placed in American private investments while the law remains in its present defective state at New York. They do not appear to be proper channels for the employ ment of British capital, being risky and dangerous in the last degree, and the neglect of the authorities to take any steps for the recurrence of such affairs should be a salutary warning to all Eritish capitalists. RAIL TVA 1 7 TRAFFICS AND PROBABLE DIVIDENDS. The Railway News submits its usual half-yearly state ment of the percentage in the traffic receipts of the different railways, from which we gather the following particulars :—Bristol and Exeter, decrease 1 per cent.; Caledonian and North British, increase 4s ; Glasgow and South-Western, decrease 1 ; Great Eastern, increase 4 ; Great Northern, increase 1 ; Great Western, increase 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire, increase 11 ; London and Brighton, decrease A ; London, Chatham, and Dover, decrease 4 ; London and North-Western, increase A ; London and South-Western, increase ; Manchester and Sheffield, increase 3 ; Metropolitan, increase 33 ; Mid 'and, increase 71 ; North-Eastern, increase A ; North London, increase 5 ; South Devon, decrease 1 ; and South-Eastern, increase 2. Our contemporary believes that the following dividends will probably be declared : London and North Western, 61 against 61 ; Midland, 6 against 51 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 61 against 61 ; Great Northern, 7} against V . , ; York, 51 against 51; Sheffield, 2 against 2 ; Berwick, 6 against 6 ; Leeds, 31 against 31 ; Great Eastern, 11 against nil Brighton, nil against nil. The Metro politatix is purposely left out; probably 7 per cent. will be declared. The Railway .News does not look for improved traffics for some time to come, as the conditicn of the cotton trade especa'iy will affect them for some time. THE _RITUALISTS AND THE RECENT DECISION. A contemporary has the following :—" The cora mittee of Ritualists appointed at the recent meeting at Freemasons' Tavern, consisting of the Revs. W. J. E. Bennett, T. W. Perry, J. H. Molyneux, Dr. F. G. Lee, C. J. Le Geyt, E. L. Blenlensopp, T. T. Carter, H. J. Nihill, Dr. Littledale, the Hon. C. L. Wood, Mr. J. D. Chambers, Mr. R. Brett, &c., which is presided over by the Archdeacon of Taunton, have been hard at work over their report, to be presented to the adjourned meeting on Tuesday night. It is said to be a long, elaborate, and closely-reasoned docu ment, treating the questions at issue both legally and historically, and pointing out the consequences of the judgment. The committee recommend that a memorial, to be publicly agreed upon, both from clergy and laity, be addressed to the archbishops and bishops of England and Wales and mutatis mutandis to the Convocations of the two provinces of England. Amongst the speakers at the public meeting on Tuesday next will probably be found the names of the Bishop of Lichfield, Dr. Pusey, Canon Blight (of Oxford), the Earl of Limerick, Lord Eliot, the Rev. H. P. Liddon, Dr. F. G. Lee, the Rev. W. J. E. Bennett, and the Rev. G. Nugh. The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon has received an intima tion from a person who desires to remain incognito that he is anxious to build a chapel, some schools, and a number of almshouses in connection with the Metropolitan Tabernacle. South London Press. An instructive beer-house case was before the Liverpool magistrates on Friday. The defendant, it was stated, had been fined no fewer than ten times—on several occasions £s—and yet found the profits of an illicit trade sufficiently great to run the risk of another conviction. An other penalty of £5 was inflicted. The appeal for the purpose of extending Owen's College, Manchester, has been readily responded to. There are between twenty and thirty subscriptions of £l,OOO each, as many more of £5OO each, besides many lesser amounts. There is one subscription of £3,000 to the engineering fund, which raises tho total of the fund to £9,505, including donations from Joseph Whitworth and William Fairbairn of £l,OOO each. An abbe, the secretary and treasur,.r 'to the Bishop of Poictiers, has decamped. He has not gone alone. The reverend gentleman is followed by a coffer of valu ables, which had been intrusted to his care, and, alas by a lady in high . position iu Poictiers. The Bishop of Poictiers is not happy in his choice of persons whom be honours with his confidence. This is Lot the first time he has been duped. The Internationel has received confidential infor mation that all the effof ts of Count Bismarck to produce a breach between Count Andlassy, the Hungarian Minister, and Count Beust, the Austrian Chancellor, have completely failed. A complete reconciliation has been effected between those two Ministers. The same paper says that M. de la Valettee has effected a decided improvement in the retuns between Florence and Paris. The Paris correspondent of the Army and Navy Gazette says that the Convention between Baden and North Germany had once more roused the indignation of the war party in France. Marshal Niel urged that thin treaty be considered equivalent to cresting the Main ; but M. Rouher's peaceful counsels once more prevailed. Austria, who has been accused of stirring up the difficulty between Turkey and Greece, is not ready for war. This writer, however, believes that the Conference will have no permanent result— the disputants intend to fight, though Russia is anxious for Mar.. LORD CAVEIVDISH ON MECHANICS' INSTITUTES. Lord Frederick Cavendish presided the other day at the Brighouse Institute Soil*, near Huddersfield. The noble lord said that the report which had been read afforded them matter of congratulation, and it furnished them with a history of all mechanics' institutions. Difficulties had arisen in consequence of the faulty education of those who joined. these societies, but care and patience had reme died many of these evils. With respect to the Factory Act, Lord Cavendish said that it had worked well on the whole, but greater benefits would follow from it if the compulsor:,- education were of a better character. Th e peopl e of Yorkshire had not been so successful as the people of Lancashire in the matter of technical education, but their attention was now awakened, and great progress would doubtless be made in the necessary knowledge. The value of there mechanics' institutes was very great, and it would be found that they improved the judgment of their mem bers, thus rendering them more useful in their genera tion THE LORD CH ANCELLOI?, ON SABBATH OBSERVANCE. Lord Hatherley presided a few days back at a meeting hold in St. Margaret's School-room, 'Westminster, for the purpose of forming a working men's "branch" of the Lord's Day Observance Society. His lordship said it was painful to every Christian man to walk through the streets of the metropolis on the Sunday, and to see how it was profaned and desecrated by all sorts of unnecessary work and trading being t•ansacted. We had certainly not yet realised a Continental Sunday in London, but unless some energetic steps were taken to stein the evil, that time might not be far distant. Looking at the question in a low point of view, it was the especial duty and interest of the working men to discourage all attempts to interfere with the seventh thy as a day of rest. He advocated a better observance of the Sabbath on higher and re ligious points. Those who laboured on the Lord's-day ultimately took to making it what they called a day of recreation, but pursuing animal and sensual enjoyments, which too often degraded and brutalised them. He thou proceeded to condemn all Sunday trading, the running of excursion trains, and various other modes by which Sunday was made a day of business and plea sure, and concluded by expressing his earnest de sire that every man might have one day in seven in which to love and honour his God. On the motion of the Rev. Canon Conway, it was resolved " That it is expedient to form in the parish of St. Margaret's Westmin ster, a Working Men's Association for promoting the due observance of the Lord's Day," and a committee was ap poi, ted to make the necessary arrangements for the forma tion of the association. FATHER IGNATTUS ON THE LOW CHURCH PARTY. .-_ _~ _ Father Ignatius in his latest lectures has been trying to prove that, after all, Roman Catholics and Protestants, High Church and Low Church, Ritualists and Evan gelicals, believe the same thing. He said that what he wanted was, to harmonise all parties in the Christian Church as much as possible. He must refer for a moment to the late judgment of the Privy Council. It was to the effect that the High Church party must put their candles out ; but what was sauce for the. goose was sauce for the gander, and the Low Church party would be required by the same judg ment to wear Eucharistic vestments, to which he believed they were much opposed. In fact, there was no cause for triumph, but for blushing and shame on both sides. While all this litigation, heartburning, and bad feeling had been stirred up about whether candles should be lighted or not, Christians had shut their eyes to the fact that there was an influential party who were denying the first and most essential doctrine of the Christian religion—salvation by Christ alone. If he could induce some of those who listened to him to strive for the faith as it is in Jesus, instead of squabbling about candles, his object in deliver ing these lectures would be obtained. He had shewn on the last occasion the numerous and fundamental doctrines on which Christians were all agreed. Original sin, the Holy Trinity, the divinity of Christ, the saving mission, and.the infallibility of Holy Writ, were not these doctrines better worth standing up for than the question of whether candles should be lighted or not ? He thought the minister and the people of 'St. Alban's would have been much better employed in contending for the faith once delivered to the saints than in such petty and frivolous litigation. He held that the Christianity of the Los Church party was precisely the same as that of the High Church party, and even of the Roman Catholic Church. The Low Church men believed in the real presence as much as lie did. They reverenced the Virgin Mother as much as he did. The only difference was that the Low Church party dissented from the intense and earnest way in which the if igh Church offered tip the sacrifice which sybolised the finished work of God. Were not (lie asked) the truths agreed upon worth contending for much more than those upon which they disagreed ? RITUALISM IN THE METROPOLIS. • At All Saints, Lambeth, on Sunday morning, the service abated in none of that elaborateness of ritual observance for which it has become noticeable among the most ad vanced ritualistic churches of the metropolis. The move ments of the vicar, the Rev. Dr. Lee, have additional signi cance attached to them from the fact that that gentleman is one of the committee appointed at the meeting of Ritualists last week. at Freemasons' Hall, to consider the most becoming attitude to be assumed by the ritualistic party, consequent on the late decision of the Privy Council in the ease of the Rev. A. H. Mackonochie. The atmosphere was heavy with incense. The altar was profusely deco rated with flowers. Prayers having been said, and sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. Lee, the administration of the holy sacrament was proceeded with. A procession emerged from the vestry, headed by a youth clothed in a long scarlet tunic and embroidered surplice, bearing the processional cross, embellished with flowers, and followed by others— n umbering al together thirty-one—carrying banners, crosses, staves, and other distinctive insignia, and wearing vest ments of various colours. At the commencement of the Prayer of Consecration, the celebrant (the Rev. Dr. Lee) remained standing before the altar, with his back to the congregation. At the words " who in the same night that He was betrayed," he laid his hands upon the paten without lifting it up, and bowed his body low down, so as to bring his head below the paten. At the words, "Do this in remembrance of me," he took hold of the chalice containing the consecrated element, and elevated it above his head, so that the upper part of the cup was visible to the congregation kneeling behind, bending very low before it on replacing it upon the Communion table. The service was intoned through out, and at its conclusion, on pronouncing the benediction, the celebrant turned and made the sign of the cross upon the audience with his finger, there being profuse bowings and crossings during the service. There were not more than between forty and fifty adults present, and an almost equal number of chil dren, some of them very young. The galleries of the church (which is one of the most spacious and handsome structures in the district, the whole of the sittings being free) were entirely empty, and the manner in which the services were conducted contrasted strangely with the meagreness of the congregation. There were no , ramunicants from among the congregation. CARLETON, TUE NOVELIST.—It is stated that Carleton, the eminent Irish novelist, is lingering between life and death, without hope of recovery. His intellect is undimmed, but his last hours are clouded by anxiety respecting the future of his family. They are now utterly dependent on his Government pension of £2OO a year, and he often says that if it were secured to them after his death he should die happy. The Rev. Newman Hall has been in America, and has written a pamphlet on the state of religion in that country, for a title to which he was in a fix. As the story goes, he sent the proof to Mr. Thomas Binney, with a request that he would read it, and furnish him with the required title. Now Mr. Binm y, who is the patriarch of the Independents, is a noble, simple, plain, hard-headed man, the very antithesis of Newman Hall, who, with great ability, is rather frothy. The pamphlet was duly returned to its author ; and on the title-page Mr. Binney had written " ` Go to the Devil,' by the author of ` Come to Jesus,'" a work of which Mr. Hall is the writer. —Elgin Courant. A PUZZLED WELSH JURY. —At the Montgomery shire Quarter Sessions, at Welsbpool, before the Earl of Fowls and Mr. C. W. Wynn, M.P., a tramp was indicted for stealing a jacket. The prisoner aas proved to have sold the stolen clothes. After a lengthened consultation the jury returned a verdict of guilty against the prisoner, to the surprise of everyone in court, accompanying the verdict with a recommendation to mercy. The chairman : On what grounds, may I ask? The foreman (evidently puzzled): I don't know. (Laughter.) The chairman; We are generally glad to take cognisance of such recom mendations from juries, but we like to know upon what grounds the recommendations are made. The foreman then turned round to his colleagues in the box, and another lengthy consultation ensued, and after the lapse of a few minutes the foreman suddenly started up, and explained the recommendation by saying, "We recommend him to mercy because no one see'd him commit the crime " an explanation which elicited a loud burst of laughter from a crow ded court. PORTING IN RACING FIXTL FEBR HMS FOR 1869. UARY. Streatham 11, 12 Lincoln l6, 17 Harrow lB, 19 Mansfield 18 MA Liverpool Spring 2, 3, 4 Shrowsburf Spring 5, 6 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Kingsbury.. 12, 13 Northampton l6, 17 AP Bromley 1 2 Aldershot l, 2 Cat terick Bridge... l, 2 Thi rsk 6. 7 Streatham... 8, 9 Chester .. l, 5,6, 7 Wiuchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 St. Albans Salisbury l3, 14 Doncaster 13, 14 LC IT. LONDON BETTING. WATERLOO CUP... 100 to 6 agst Mr. Blansbarol's nomination (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Patterson's nomination (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 22 to 1 agst Fan (taken) 22 to 1 agst Fortunatus (taken) 210 to 7 agst Tennyson (taken) 200 to 7 agst Jaryma❑ (taken) 33 to 1 agst The Lamb (taken) 33 to 1 asst Captain Crosstree (taken) Nottingham Spring 28, 24 Chelmsford.... 25, 26 Derby Spring 25, 26 West Drayton .. 18, 19 West Somerset 18, 19 Margate 29 Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, 31 IL. Newmarket Craven-12, &c. Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 2t Croydon 22, 23 Newmarlivl Ist Spring AY. 6, to West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 10 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 20, 21 ~, Harpenden 2l Epsom Summer .....25, duo. JUNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, it Liverpool Summer —l5, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Jti Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Kingsbury 9, 10 Pontefract 12, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Eosin lO, 11 Wolverhampton lO, II Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT] Warwick... Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 9 1, 22 Lichfield OCT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9, 20 N OV.I Worcester 2,3, 4 Liverpool 9, 10, 11. 12 III: MA Baldoylo First Spring.. Newcastle 22, 2 3 ; 11 Oldham 09.. .22 liibury Club .................. 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 2G Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 LY. Reading 10, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Southampton 22 23 Stamford ... 22, 23 I Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 UST. Oxford Canterbury ...... 24, 25 York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 2►6 Windsor August l2, 13 Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 :SIBER Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Kingsbury... 23, 24 Monmouth...., 23. 21 Newmarket i st 0ct....28, ttc. , BER. Cheltenham l9, 20 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarket H'ton ...25, Ste. ,MBER. Shrewsbury 13, &c Leamington finut dio :Sii. ROIL 18, 19 LY. _ll, 12 Baldoyle Second Spring': OOTOBER. Ancastor and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6. 0r tu e6by Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27. Sundorne, Salop .., Cothan and NOVEMBER. STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. 9, &e. _. _. Birmingham -, 9 Harrow lB, 19 I Lincoln l6, 17 Dt.rby APEJL. Aldershe 4 l, 2 I Croydon 22, 23 Bromley 1, 1 MARC H. Liverpool 3 Cambridgeshireli:.........lB Rugby (Grand Aid.) B, 9 I West Di aytnn 19 Ki ng sbury 12, 13 Ore wkerne lB, 19 MAY. St. Albans JULY. Kingsbury AUGUST. St. Albans OCTOBER. West Drayton 91 , .).2, WATERLOO ME: :EYING -FEB. 17. (Over Altcar.) Patron-Right Hon The Waterloo Cup, value of £25 each ; 64 subs; the the second £2OO. 1. Mr C. F. Allison 33. Mr J. Ingleby 2. Mr J. F. Armistead 34. Mr R. Jardine 3. Mr J. Bake 35. Mr F. Johnston 4. Mr W. J. Barden 36. Mr J. Johnston 5. Mr F. Bartholomew 37. Mr H. B. Jones 6. Lord Binning 38. Mr W. J. Legh 7. Mr J. Blaekstock 39. Mr S. C. Lister 8. Mr J. S. Bland 40. Mr J. Lonsdale 9. Mr G. Blanshard 41. Lord Lurgan 10. Mr W. G. Borron 42. Mr S. Mallabey 11. Mr T. Brocklebank 43. Mr C. E. 31artleet 12. Mr J. Brundrit 44. Mr W. H. Massey 13. Mr R. B. Carruthers 45. Sir C. Molyneux 14. Mr C. J. Chessbyre 46. Hon. C. C. Molyneux 15. Mr W. H. Claik 47. Mr I'. Neville 16. Mr E. Croft 48. Mr R. Paterson 17. Mr J. Cunningham 49. Mr T. L. Reed 18. Mr W. D. Deighton 50. Dr Richardson 19. Mr James Dunlop 51. Mr J. Savage 20. Mr J. Evans 52. Mr N. Saxton 21. Lord Garlies 53. Lord Sefton 22. Mr J. Gibson 54. Mr T. Smith 23. Mr W. M. Gilmour 55. Mr J. Spinks 24. Col. Goodlake 56. Lord Stair 25. Mr A. Graham 57. Mr E. W. Stocker 26. Mr T. Green 58. Mr S. Swinburne 27. Mr C. A. Hailey 59. Mr G. A. Thompson 28. Capt. Hathorn 60. Mr R. Todd 29. Mr J. Haywood 61. Mr B. W. Triuder 30. Mr J. Hodson 62. Mr R. C. Vyner 31. Mr J. Hole 63. Mr R. H. Williams 32. Mr J. Hyslop C 4. Capt. Wyndham The Waterloo Purse, value £260, in specie, taken from the Cup Stake, for the 32 beaten dogs in the first round for the Cup; the winner to.receive £lOO. The Waterlos Plate, value £lOO in specie, taken from the Cup Stakes, for the 16 beaten dogs in the first ties for the Waterloo Cup. The Great Waterloo Cup, 64 subscribers, at £25 each the money £1,600 -to be divided as under:- 1. Winner to receive ... 1. Second ditto ... 2. Doge to receive £5O each... 4. Ditto ditto 30 ditto... 8. Ditto ditto 20 ditto... 16. Ditto ditto 10 ditto., the Earl of Sefton. ,600 in specie, by subscription winner to receive .£5OO, amt. ... £5OO ... 200 ... 100 ... 120 ... 160 ... 160 1,240 The Waterloo Purse and Waterloo Plate 360 £1,600 The Waterloo Purse, for the 32 dogs beaten in the first course for the Waterloo Cup, amounting to £260, to be divided as under :—• 1. Winner to receive ... 1. Second ditto 2. Dogs to receive £l5 each.. 4. Ditto ditto 10 ditto.. 8. Ditto ditto 5 ditto.. ...£lOO ... 30 ... 40 ~. 40 16 £260 The Waterloo Plate for the 16 dogs beaten in the second ties for the Cup, amounting to £lOO, to be divided a$ under: - 1. 1. Winner o receive ... 410 1 cond ditto ... 25 2. Dogs to receive £7 lOs each ... 15 4. Ditto ditto 5 ditto ... 20 £lOO COURSING FIXTURES. JANUARY. Wigtownshire Club 12, &c. Third South Lancashire 13, &c. Altcar Club, Lancashire 13, &c. Mere Down, Wilts ................. Baldock Club, Herts 2O, 21. Spelthorne Club (Ashdown Park) 21, &c. Barton-on-liumber, Lincolnshire 25. Ridgway Club (Lytham), Lancashire 27, &c. Creagh Open, Ireland ..)7 . FEBRUARY. Powderhatn 2. Everleigh Club, Wilts 2, 3 Rufford Open, Lancashire Cardington, Beds Wenvoe Castle Ludham, Norfolk Brampton, Cumberland Waterloo (Altcar), Lancashire MARCH. 3, &a 3, 4. 11, 12 11, 13 17, &c, Ashdown Park, llerts Fourth S. Lancashire (Champion) ... County Louth (Champion), Ireland... Scottish National Open, Lac ark 2, &e. 8, &c. &,3 , 30, de. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieutenant Arthur A. Lee to the Rattlesnake, Lieut. Frank C. Hudson and Lieut. Alfred C. Harris, to the Narcissus, Navigating Lieut. William H. Vine to the Orontes, Sub-Lieut. William H. Pigott and Sub-Lieut. David L. Dickson to the Narcissus, Albert T. M. Roberts, paymaster, to the Orontes ; John E. Skinner, pay master, to the Dryad ; John G. Barnes, paymaster, to the Si. George ; William S. Watson, assistant paymaster to the Asia; William 1). Pearce, assist ant paymaster, to the Narcissus; Russell'Osboln, assistant-paymaster, to the Orontes; and Charles Ccck, clerk, to the Oronte%