The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLocK. The market for Government Securities was in a very quiet state, but what business was done was transacted at yesterday's prices. There has been a shade of improvement both in Foreign Securities and Railway Shares. Money in the open market is not to be had under 2i to 24. Consols are 92i 4 for money; ditto, for Ac count, 921 4 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 3 ; New Three per Cents, 931 3 ; ditto April, 1885, 12/ ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 244. India Stock, 108 per Cent., April, 1874, 211 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 4 ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 22 prem. In the Foreign Market Turkish Five per Cents. have risen to 38 381 ex div., and New Spanish Three per Cents. have improved to 301 30i ex div. Italian Five per Cents. remain steady at 53/ 534 ; Greek at 111 12 ; and Mexican at 15i 151. Italian Scrip is 1 11 prem. ; and the last Russian Railway Loan at 1 dis., par ; Egyptian- Seven per Cent. is 711 718 ex div. ; and the Honduras Loan has improved, to 86 87 ex coupon. [ln the railway market Great Westerns are better, Great Northern A 4 ; Metropolitan, 4; Brighton, 4 ; North Western, 4 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire are / lower. The quotations are : Caledonian, 78 ; Great Western, 49 to ; Great Eastern, 414 to 2 ; Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; ditto A, 1081 to 109 ; Lancashire, 1294 ; Metropolitan, 1084 4 ; Midland, 1141 ; Sheffield, 471 8 ; Brighton, 52 to 521 ; North British, 334 4/ ; North Western, 1144 15/ ; North Eastern, 1031 41 ; South Eastern, 80 4 ; Chatham and Dover, 17/ 171. Great India Peninsular Railway New Four per Cent. Debenture Stock is 90 91 ex div. American Five-Twenties are .1 better than Yesterday, being now 758 75 the Bonds of 1885 are -a higher, at 73 74 ; and the Ten-Forty Bonds remain at 72 . 71/. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are firm, at 41 411, and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds at 456 461. Eries have risen 4, to 26; 27 ; and Illinois Central stock is unchanged, at 92,,a 93 ex div. In Banking and Miscellaneous shares prices are as last quoted. At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Imperial Bank, held to-day at the City Ter- Minus Hotel, the report of the directors recom mending the payment of a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent per annum, free of income-tax, was, after some discussion, adopted. At the half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the City Bank, held this day in the London Tavern ; the report presented by the directors declating dividend at the rate of £7 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, was adopted. No bullion operations of importance took place Yesterday at the Bank. The Weser, from New York, has brought £ 9 4,000 in specie. The Washington, from Vera Cruz, has also reached St. Nazaire, with £440,000, of which v 312,000 is for London. The directors of the Ala.nchester, Sheffi,2ld, and Li ncolnshire Railway Company propose to pay a dividend for the half year ending December last, at the. rate of 21 per cut. per annum. The directors of the New Zealand Trust and Loan Company (Limited) have resolved to de clare an interim dividend of ss. per share, being at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. At the meeting of the New Consolidated Dis count Company, Limited, a dividend was declared at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, free of in come tax. At a meeting of the creditors of the Commercial Bank Corporation of India and the East it was de cided to accept 17s. in the pound, in settlement of all claims, and with a view to all further litigation being stopped. An extraordinary general meeting of the share holders of the General Exchange Bank, Limited, is called for the 3d of February, to appoint a share holder to act on the Permanent Committed of Super vision, in the room and stead of William Culver Bennett, deceased. The second ordinary general meeting of the No va Scotia and New Brunswick (Intercolonial Rail ways Company (Limited) is called for the 25th of February. The ordinary meeting of the British Shipowners' Company (Limited) is convened for the 25th inst. at Liverpool. Parr's Banking Company (Limited), having its he ad office a t W arr i ng t on, repor t s th e ne t pro fit s o f last year to have been £36,996, out of which a di -114, end of 8 per cent. per annum i s d ec l are d . The traffic return of the South-Eastern Railway exh ibits an inc rease o f £2 , 259 ; an d th a t o f th 3 Gre at Western of Canada an increase of £4,153. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week a n i ncrease of £2,269 over the corresponding w eek of last year, and the South Eastern an in crease of £2,259. of The traffic return of the Great Western Railway Canada for the week ending the 15th inst. shows increase of £4,153 over the corresponding period of 1868 . ab T hc project for a new Brighton line, although us . juldcued for this year, will be revived next ses sion. I le failure is announced of Messrs. Morgan, Melbourn, and Co., merchants, with liabilities esti matedo at about £500,000. The firm, which . has 4 b ecu P i ed a very respectable position, was established es ° lit half a century ago in Batavia, but the branch than s tah li B hment here has not been in existence more I'4l three or four years. The creditors are chiefly I , llth e East. The losses are stated to have been 4.1.1 ,, a ,ciPa11y in produce. C°. the disastrous history of Overend, Gurney, and oh as advanced one step more. The impoverished . shareh olders have been informed by the official liqui iiilt°r that a further and immediate call of £5 per o „ ai 's is necessary to meet the liabilities falling due eh - the 15 th of March. The further sum of £5 per p r a n r b e now demanded does not close the vista of b e ,:" a ble calls, a further call "of some amount" b,e'ng foreshadowed as " possible " in August °li lt : The shares in this notorious concern were ( 0. 14411 Y of £5O each, upon which £l5 was paid o i r L , l4 g the b r i e f d urat i on — a b out n i ne mont h s _ limited company. Si nce i t passe d i nto liqui kaat:3ll two calls of £lO have been levied, making ko s : P a id, and le av i ng £l5 s till t o b e me t, o f w hi c h t otal l,B now requi re d. Th us £4O ou t o f th e or i g i na l Th A , ° . f £ 5 O may be regarded as a l rea dy engu lph e d. li quidators have under the advice of eminent filed a bill against the directors of the corn th:Y, with a view of making them responsible for Of t ,! °l3 ses Sustained by the shareholders arising out vii ;_e, Purchas e o f t h e " old f i rm, " and the mode in the arrangements for effecting that purchase was Carried oat. PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS ~ UOVXRNMENT IrtINDS.:, —CLOSING 9 2 . 1 1 „ , i a per Cent. Consols Li lt 92 -..r -3 t ° for Account, 93i 3 k iler Cent. Reduced 93k 3 Newv' 3 per Cent _ tr 23- per Cent. Jan. 1894 4 °. 0 per Cent. 1 an. 1873 _ nhuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. _ 1 20. for 30 rg, a l x ire sth April 188 a l 2i ty.e (ed Sea Teleg p ,raph), Aug , ., 1908 — _ ALitequer Bills, 41,000, 2 per Gt Pm 11 0 . _ Do. .£5OO _ .11 441 . £lOO & £2OO , t 211 21 p m r , ( of England Stock, 4 per Gen _ r, "n• account ..- ___ aharla 4 per Cent. Ilonds 111tPColonial 0 niurti Itiqial)lAN GovErn•uNmENT SEcu . nrrii:s 211 Do -to clc, 104 per Cent., April 1874 • Openin f o r Account Do, 5 F, 112} i Do_ Per Gent. July, 1880 bu• I 1,0.- Cent., Oct. 1888 Li o. Certificates , ......... _ . Enfaced Pape.. 4 1187 Cent _ 0' 5 Per Cent., Jan. 2 .D ° ' ,A per o?..qt. May 18 7 9 '') 0 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — D Do. _ (le. 1877 bo _ - • do. 188 -, lip,' 1 41%, 5 per Cent Aug. 1873 —. 7 P, I, , 22 r,,.ends, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO ". 'th(l " .c 1•00 ......... ... ............... ?'RILES. A FOREIGN FUN DS — CLOSING PR 4•"`r,i'entine Repub'c E , pr ...Cent ............ 75 i 6 u o 8 .. , _ ' , 11 it - ii,,_c;!l2. 4 4o paid ... ............ 2 i ~..t tionAls 5 per cent ................ Do. 1859 CI• Brazilian 5 per Cent lOOl `)o. li per Cent., 185 9 — Do. do. 1858..... — Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 69 De. 5 per Cent., 1865 t)o Accoun' B..enos Ayres 6 per Cent. 1)o 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cu'ia, 6 per Cent. C.Alian 6 per Cent — r , o. 4i per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., Lo. 6 per co-t. 1867 9's t o. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo nbian, 6 per Cent. Dan sn, 3 per Cont. 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent ••• Do Second Issue •• D0...f5A Bonds — Do. .£IOJ Bonds .•••• Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. X 590 Bonds - Do. -£lO6 Bonds 9Ol English Scrip, - 1868, 7l Do do. do. .£45 pd — Government It tilway Debritures 951 f Greek 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Acccunt .Do. Coupons • Do. Account ... Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., all pd It.) intu 5 pet Cert., 1860 — ,)o. Account . Do th,rommana liailway — ilexicai. - . 3 per Cent - Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do A per Cent. Anglo-French — 4 ontevidean 6 per Cent. doorish Imperial 5 per Cent Sew Granada l5 Do 3 per Cem 36 Do. Deferred P,ot , iguese 3 per fit., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'s 36} Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, .#: St Do 41 per Cent , 1859 Di 11 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO 8 0n dE.,,,, 901 Do. do. I'B4 13s. d 0..., Do., 1866, .£lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 13s. do — Do Nicolas Railway ... 66k Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen .:.• ---- Do. Acc ~ unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded ... Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds • Do 6 per Cent., 1862 DO Account Do XIOC Bonds 64 Do 5 per ( feat. 1865 Account Do G per Cent., 1860 GO Do 4 per Cont., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. loc.:nit Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Dividends on the above payable iu Loud°, Austrian o psr Gent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2* por °Ant. Ex. 12 Gull„ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. It ditty, 5 per Gent. 1831, 25f. DJ Account 531 CLOSING PRICES Cort o!s, Money 9 2 ,1 Do. Account, Feb. 4 .. 92/ -RAIL TVA Y COLLISION A 7 TVALLIA.II GREEN-THIS DAY. This morning, between twelve and one o'clock, considerable sensation was created in the neigh bourhood of Walham-green, in consequence of a fearful collision of railway carriages filled with passengers. The station-master and other offi cials had the passengers extricated as soon as pos sible. Surgical aid was sent for, and promptly attended, and the injured persons were conveyed to their homes after their injuries had been seen to. Mrs. Morgan, a lady from Sheffield, who was on a v:sit to her friends at Clifton Villa, Camden-square, was found to have had both legs broken, besides other injuries. She was taken to St. George's Hospital. A 3/.4 DEC A 1 3 17 A 7 ED ON THE METRO• POLITAN RAILWAY.—(This Day.) This morning the headless body of a young man named George Whittington, a platelayer, aged eighteen, was found on the metals at the Praed street junction of the Metropolitan Railway. It appears that the unfortunate young man was at seven o'clock this morning sent by his ganger to screw up some of the rails. The ganger finding he did not return to breakfast became anxious, and went in search of him. On arriving at the junction he saw the body of the deceased lying across the metals of the down lines, with the head entirely severed from the body. At the crossing one of the boots of deceased was found, giving rise to a suspicion that the deceased, in endeavouring to escape train, had caught his foot against one of the rails. The mutilated body was conveyed to St. Mary's Hospital, where, iu addition to the decapitation, it was found that both legs were broken. The body awaits the inquest. THE HAMBURG-AMERICAN COMPANY AND THE UNITED STATES MAILS.—A memorial, of which the fol lowing is a copy, has been signed by some of the London merchants, and presented to the First Lord of the Trea sury :—London, 7th January, 1869. Sir,—We wish to draw your attention to the extraordinary conduct of the Post-office as regards the new arrangements for the mails to the United States. The arrangements existing in 11368 for the despatch of the mails on Monday by the Bremen boats, on Wednesday by the Inman boats, and on Saturday by the Cunard boate, have been continued for 1869, and very properly. On the other hand they have not renewed the contract with the Hamburg-American Company, whose boats left every Friday, and which are among the very fastest afloat, and they have concluded a new contract with the Cunard Company for a mail by their slow cargo boats on Tues day. If these latter were capable of performing the voy age with anything like reasonable speed, there would be nothing to be said on the subject, except that the sum paid for the service was exorbitant, being, we under stand, some £30,000 a year (in addition to the sum paid for th 3 Cunard New York service); but when we sae this large sum given for the conveyance of mails by slow cargo boats, we can only say that it is a scandalous waste of public money. And this becomes still more evident, when it appears that the contract with the Cunard Company, and the Inman Halifax are the only ones where a fixed sum is paid —all the other contracts f .r the American mail service are paid for the weight actually carried ; thus the mercantile public send more letters by the fast boats than by the slow boats ; so that every other line, being paid for according to the ex cellence of its work, has every inducement to maintain a high rate of speed, which is entirely wanting in the case of the Cunard Company ; indeed, in the case of their slow cargo boats for the Tuesday's service, they cannot at tain a high rate of speed if they tried, and the mails sent by the Inman boats on Wednesday will always reach their destination before those sent by the Cunard slow cargo boats on Tuesday. The steamers of the Hamburg American Company are, as above stated, amongst the very fastest afloat; and leaving Southampton for New York every Friday, they offered a most desirable opportunity for the mercantile community to avail themselves of ; but for reasons known only to the Post-office officials they have no contract for the mails this year, and have consequently gone to Havre instead of Southampton as their port of call—thus those inte rested in the trade have the mortification of seeing these fast and sidendid ships driven from a British port, solely through the perversity of the Post-cffice. It is right to add, that the mails of the United States from New York to this country aro carried by most of the same strainers as those employed by the British Post offi2e, but the United St des Poet office pays only fifte,.n cents currency (about sixpence sterling) per oz., whilst the British Post-office pays one shilling per oz. to the Bremen and Inman direct New York line, and a large fixed sum to the Canard line and the Inman Halifax line. From this it is evident that the rates paid by the British Post-office are at least double those paid by the United States Post-office for the same services. It would be a great boon to those interested in the American trade if the Hamburg-American CJinpany could be induced to resume the weekly voyages from Southampton, carrying the Friday morning mails, and we presume that they would be willing to do so on reasonable terms, especially as this company actually has the mail contract for 1869 with the United States Government, bringingthe Tuesday mail from New York.—We are, your obedient servants. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1869. Closing 13tisikess Share NAME. Paid. Price. done to Agra Limited, A all 11; 12/ 17 DJ 13 lO 41 51 41 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 17 13 1 20 Anglo-llunzarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1856, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pin „•„ 5 ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim -10 5 4 6 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 33 32 1 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 32 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India., Austra lia, nd China 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all 29 301 20 City ....... 11 , 121 100 Colonial ................... 25 40 4: 10 Consolidated, lizn. ............ ........ 4 1 1 50 Delhi and London, lint 25 50 East London, lint.. 5 11 03 20 English and American, lint 10 ... ..• 20 English Bank of Rio do Ja neiro. btu ..................... 10 ld pr 20 English, :,cottish, and Aus tralian Chartered ....... all 161 171 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation ......... all ••. ..• 304 281 Do new..... 51 1 100 Imperial, tins ................. 17 IS 20 Imperial 0tt0man........ .. ... 10 1 11 111 zslonian ............................. 27 21 25 Do new .................. 6 pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India lim 4 31 3i 100 Do sp.c. De b 5.1364, 30 all 76 75 78 76 30 London Bank of Mexico - and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 28 15 20 Do new 71 61 54 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 7 9 461 25 Do now 10 11 11 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 231 23 50 London and County ......... 20 491 501 604 20 Do new, issat 20 p.m,16 pd. 11 ... 50 London Joint 5t0ck........ 1 35 36 20 London and South African al 1 12 100 London & S. - Western, lint, 20 ... 50 London & Venezuela, lim... 121 100 London and W estminster. 20 63; 65 651 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 ....... 20 61 63 63 100 Merchant, lim .................. 25 7 4 10 Metropolitan, ............ all 61 74 71 100 Midland, ........ 20 Izl pr 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint l5 3 1 d 100 National Provine. of Eng'd 42 10 Dv • ... . 42 50 National.. 3O 48 48 20 New South Wales all 43 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 411 50 Provinc.l3ank.Corpo., lint lO 6 54 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 89 91 831 91 10 Do new.. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 15 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 .. 25 Union of Australia all 4. 31 491 47 100 Union of Iraland, li m 50 Union of London 5 1-16 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all) 213 '2ll 211 1 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lint 10 3 fpl 114 1 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 16 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 29 31 at Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural ••• 201 161 171 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 7 ad 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 113 14 13/ 10 Do. Now 6 3 31 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. ••• 30 7 10 5 Bombay Gas, lira. 5 Do. New 4 13 Id 5 ) British American Land 44 16 13 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lO, 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lira. ..• all 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 73 29 Canada Company all 64 64 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 23 21 r lid 20 Ceylon Company, lim. .... • le , od 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 6 4. 1 33 25 City of London Beal u perty, lint 8 4 3 331 30 City of Milan Improv. Ern all 5 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lint.., all 2 3 31 50 City Offices, lint 25 21 23 3 7 50 Colonial, lira. Do. 50 Commercia: Union (Assur) 5 ' ip 10 Company of African 3ler chants, lint. 2250 Copper Continental Union Minors of pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 4 per cent. all 104 1 1 )5i 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 10 3 3 1043 1011 England, t4as lim. ls 12 131 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim. 10 33 21 , 1 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint all 24 21 st Crystal Palace lOO 1 i 21 t Do. Preference lOO 93 93 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 194 IUB 20 Darjeeling, lint. I 0 Eastern Assam, Um. 6l 50 East Indian Laud 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 Gua. by Egypt. Gov all pi 92 20 Egyptian Com. S; Trad. lint 6 43 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 24 t 10 Do. New 8 10 12p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lint '23 15 English and Foreign Credit 73 5 100 Eug. and Scot. II aria°, lim. 8 ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 133 20 Fora-street Warehouseahn. 12 pr 1p 11) 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 831 841 50 Gellivara, lim. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 71 2 14 15 General Steam Navigation 11 24 29 50 Home &Col Marine In. lint. .5 41 3i d 10 Hong Kong and China Gus all 20 Hudson's Bay all 131 133 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lint 5 20 Interns. Land Credit, lira 6 50 Italian Laud 5 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 50 Land Securities, lint 5 25 London African Trading lO 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lint Ito 4 L ond.Gen.Ornuibus.Colim. all 50 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 st Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gua. 5 p. c. by India GOT, 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, • 10 Mediterra. Ext en. Tel., lim all 50 Merchant Shipping, lim. all 50 Millwa,ll Iron Works, lint. 123 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., litn. 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 25 National Prow. Marine, lint. 4 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint. 3 5 I\ ew Quebrada, 1int....,,,,,, 4.4.0 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. cantile Agency,lian ........ 21 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim 5 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lint" 100 50 North Brit. & Mercan. 64 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 50 Oriental Financial, lim ...... 11 5 Oriental Gas, 1int............ a ll 5 Do. New..... 1 10 Otago and Southland In • vestment, lim ............... 5 Ottoman Gas, ............ all 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail all 11 11 5 Do do. ............ all 1 11 st Peel R. Land & 3 iinerl, lint 109 30 32 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 4 8 5) 48 50 Do. New 1867 .. 10 2 13.1 25 Reuter's Telegram ............ 24 27 301 593 50 Rhymney Iron ............... all 101 191 15 Do. New .............. all 51 6 25 Rio de Janeiro City 1m..,1im. all 17 18 20 Do. Gas, ...... all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam ......... 60 4 45 931 st Scottish Aust. Invest., lint. 100 107 112 at Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 -• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint. 10 7 6(1 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 ••• 25 South Australian Land ... all 3 5 1 36 1 st Submarine Telegraph ...... 190 92 97 1 Do. ..... in. ....... all 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. & Scrip Ma,lim. all 161 17 11 163 4-16 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 23 • 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim 6l 10 Trust & Agency of AuS,lim 1 f • lp 10 Do do. do. all f 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 3d p 50 Union Marine L'pool, Una. 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, Una-- all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., Hui. 6 11 01d SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint. all 5} 6/ 5,1 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 31 31p 84 20 Universal Marine (In.), lira 5 1 11p 61 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 21 31 30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 7 a 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 74 75 75 4/ 51 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 103 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lint 2O 4 ad 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses.. 20, 1 i If If 3/ 6 4d 3# 4 31 63 65 31 2i-ti 5,1 3t 3i iP 23 224 li 2 2} 22 17d Id pr li 104 105 1031 41 f Id 4 41 83 38 31 21d 111 121 4 3d 81 91 4 31 211 2 11 Id 41 ak 12 ilk 1/ 11 7 b 1 2 43 53 19 191 14; 15/ 7} 7; i 11 3 2 id ±p li 2k COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES British Columbia, 6 per 100 Do. 1895.. lOO Can.Gov.6p.o.Jan. , &July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 105 lt 7 Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 104 Ito Do. sp. c. Jau. & July lOO 93 94 931 Do. sp. e,. Inscribed sk lOO 90 92 94 Cape (i.llope, 6 p.c.1873 lOO 102 104 Do.Ap1.&001 1890-1900 lOO 11/ 113 1880-90 lOO 107 10V Do. Jati.&July, 1891 Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 (Jct., 1900 .. 100 103 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c.. 100 108 110 Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873,.. Jan. and July - Do. 1878 . Do. 1882, May and Nov.• • 100 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aue.... 10 0 106 106 Meibourne Corporate,.. 1007-75, 6 per ccur.. •• 1 00 - N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja..tJuly.. 100 102 104 Natal 6 p or, Apl & Oct... 100 ..... 1 0 8 Do 6p c. 51,.y & Nov lOO 106 108 N. S. W. 5 p•c., '7l to '74 lOO 99 101 Do. 5 P.C. 1888 to 1800 lOO 99 103 916 8 Do. 5 p.c. ra.'6; to '25 lOO 11V 101 N.Zealand, 6p. ct. 1891 lOO -- Do. 5 percent.... Do Jan, Ap,i,July, 0 t l OO 976 98. 91k. -••• DJ 6p c. Mar & wept ICO 108 110 Do June ct Deo , 1 , 91 —J Do Prot. 1 Auct Id. / 1 0 ( rio .1 &2, 1:96 Sc.,ti* 6 p. - and July. 1875 - Do 1s 6.. (ui:ens:lW. Cp. e. '64 5 1,5 100 1051 Do 188 t Lo. 1801 62 Jut, _ <...... 100 103 110. - Do rd. 119 3 ... 10) 107 108 VictOr;a9p.o. .• 100 106 107 NAVAL AND 1111.1.17 ARY INTELLIGENCE. Telegrams have been rezeived of the arrival at Malta, on Sunday last, of the screw steamer Hel vetia, " all well," and of the departure from Suez, for Bombay, on the same day, of her Majesty's Indian troopship Euphrates; the latter having on board the 62d Regiment, and the other troops con veyed in the Serapis to Alexandria. The Serapie (and not the Helvetia) will bring home the 101st Regiment, and others which arrived at Suez in the Malabar ou the 16th instant. Twenty of the discharged artisans from the Go vernment establishment included in the late reduc tions at IVoolwich will proceed to Queensland on Wednesday next, as emigrants, the Relief Com mittee paying £2 per head, and the Emigration Commissioners furnishing them with a passage. The distress in Woolwich is still very great, and likely to be considerably augmented by the further reduction in contemplation of the Government esta blishments. Tue Woolwich division of the Royal Marines will cease to exist on the Ist of April next, and the closing of the Royal Dockyards is expected to follow soon afterwards. Yesterday the hired troopship Theresa, which has been chartered by the Government for the convey ance of troops to Jamaica and the other West India Islands, embarked at Gravesend 16 non-commis sioned officers and gunners of the Royal Artillery, with one soldier's wife and child, from Wool wich ; 50 non-commissioned officers and men and three soldiers' wives of the 47th Regiment, from Pembroke; one hundred non-commissioned offi cers and privates, two soldiers' wives, and one child, of the 84th Regiment, from Colchester ; one sergeant-major of the 2d West India Regiment and one sergeant-major and one man of the 3d West India Regiment, from Chatham. The fol lowing officers embarked with the troops :—Capt. P. A. Riley, 47th Regiment ; Lieut. E. Hamilton, 84th Regiment ; and Staff Assist.-Surgeon Smith, in medical charge. The Theresa left the Thames to day. Capt. T. A. Campbell was yesterday appointed to the Ariadne, vice Capt. Colin A. Campbell, ill. The following officers who have completed their course of study at the Staff College, and passed the final examination, are ordered to undergo a special course of instruction under the superintend ence of the Director of Artillery Studies, Royal Artillery :—Major J. Aytoun, half-pay, late 85th Regiment; Captain G. M. Cardew, 67th Regi ment; Captain A. L. Walker, 99th Regiment; Captain J. G. Image, Ist Battalion of the 21st Fusiliers; Captain N. X. Gwynne, 77th Regiment; Capt. J. N. Crealock, 95th Regiment ; Capt. G. D. Webber, 2d West India Regiment; Capt. R. H. Fawcett, 33d Regiment ; Lieut. A. L. E. 11. Holmes, 79th Highlanders ; Lieut. L. F. B. Cary, 2d Battalion of the Rifle Brigade ; Lieut. F. C. Lewin, 85_h Regiment; and Lieut. S. Flower, 2d Battalion of the 13th Light Infantry. During the time the above officers are under instruction they will be posted to the brigades of 11 Jyal Artillery in garrison. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Sub-Lieutenant Charles C. Wo)d to the Hercules, Cecil E, Willoughby, midshipman, to the Hercules; and Frederick W. E. H. Smith, navigating midshipman, to the Her cules. BRUSH WITH PIRATES. Lately a schooner, sailing under the British flag, and belonging to a Chinese trader of Labuan, was captured near Mulluda Bay by pirates, in fifteen prahus, who tore down the British flag and killed three of the crew. When intelligence of this outrage reached Labuan, Governor Hennessy started in pursuit in the Dwarf, armed with his consular authority and with a finnan from the Sultan of Sooloo, to punish the marauders. Led by a notorious pirate of the name of Ati Bunding, they made a stand on the island of 17bean, their chief retreat in those sea.% After trying by fair means to induce them to deliver up their leader, Governor Hennessy, with forty seamen and marines of the Dwarf, armed with the Snider and guided by an officer of the Sultan of Sooloo, landed and burned their village to the ground. The pirates were so humbled that Mr. Hennessy- considered it safe to leave the Sooloo official behind, to arrange about compensation for sundry piratical incursions. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY SliAttES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid. Closing Business Price. done. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 at I.4letionian --...... 100 78 7,1 784 4 a: cainurian 20 Cornwall. all 3 11. -.1, Dublin & Belfast June— 100 79 81 at Dun„l'erth,&Ab.J unc lOO 70 72 2 / East :Landon 20 vu 15 —••— 2 i Do 10 +-- ;.0 Glasgow &S. Western l OO 15 07 16 1 1 t Great Eastern .. 'OO 414 421 411 4 2 at Do. E. Angl. No. 4 lOO 7 8 at Orcat North of Scotland lOO 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 117 108 1074 1 et Do. A stock lOO '..08 109 1(81 1 st Do. 13 Block lOO 124 126 8t WS, and W. of Ireland lOO 97 99 st Cit. Western —Original lco 4d 494 49 1 4 /t Do. South Wales lOO 67 18 a. Do. W..sl.id.—Oxforo lOO ',5 27 ii , Do. Newport lOO 18 31 at Ltuieushire& Yorkelurv lOO 1291 291 1204 at Lon., lirigh.,& S.Ctiast lOO 514 54 511 21 11 0) Do Scrip .. . at Lou., Chat., aua Dov,, lOO 17 17) 171 4 at Du. Metrop. Ex. A lOO -- at Lon. e.., North Western, lOO 141 1151 1144 151 st Lou. Os South Wester: 1(0 he W at Alan., Sliel., £ Lincoln 'CO ,71 48 471 8 at Metropolitan . . lOO 118 aBl 158 71 8: at Do Extensi in .. .. 100 1. , 3 1 4 10 vu. New rd .. st Metropolitan District. all 60 61 10 Metrop. St. John's 11 00l 6 - st Mia.aud st Du, liiriniu. & Darby lOO 82 t 4 st NJrtu Walsh at Do. Ed., l'th., & Dun .. 109 at X or. Eastern— Berwick .. 100 103 105 25 Do. G. N.E pur0haae..16.13.4 at Do Leeds .. 100 16 18 57 1 at Do York at Do Carlisle .... et Do Stoca. lit, Darling lco hi) t3l it North Lonlon 10 Do New 1868 . 2 11 2 p at North Staffordshire lOO 55 57 564 5 at North and S.-W. Junction too 103 105 10 Do New .010 shares 7 .. .. at Rhymney , lO/ 4i 52 at Shropshire Union ICO 55 53 st South Devon at South Eastern lOO 791 ;91 80 20 Staines, Wok'hain, & Wok all 12 13 121 at tau r ale .100 lis IDO 10 Do. C .. at Waterlord Si Kilkenny., 10U - 10 Waterloo & Whltelia.l.. 6 RAILWAYS-PREFER&NCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. st Do. Scot. N.E., 43 per cant lOO at Do. Aberdeen, glut 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO St Do. do. Ordinary lBO 7S SO st Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at! Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... at Glas. &S. \V. gua. 5 per et lOO at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 9.i 101 st Do do N 0.2 100 97 100 st Do do 6 per cent 100 10.1 108 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 st Do do B 6 do. 100 ... at Do do 0 7 do. 103 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 108 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 G 9 71 at Du Not folk 5 p.c. Ex. 1616 100 ... st Do du 5 p.c.Way. Val. 1847 100 st llreat Nor thorn, 5 por cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... at Do 4 do do do 100 at Do 5 do at 3p.c. pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and lialifax, 6 per ceut lOO ... all Gt. Nrtli of Scotland, Ist pf 100 st! Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per ceut lOO 9G 97 atj Gt. West.—'Jrig.& J ut.-Itent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 103 105 st Do. Orig. (B. oH. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 st Do du 4 ) per cent. 1850 IOJ 8 , 88 st Du do 4 do do st Eu du 5 per cent. rodent lOO 94 9 i st Do du Birmingham gua lOO 68 72 st Do do du pref lOO st Do do Chester gua lOO st Do du du a per cent lOO 150 101 st Do du do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... st Du do 4; p.c lOO st Do do 4, 1859 lOO st Do do 5 st Du West Mid. Oxford lot g lOl 107 1 , .,9 st Do du 20 gua lOO 106 108 St Do Newport, Ist g. a p.c lOO 85 92 st 110 do 25 du 100 lio 103 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... WU Lancaster d Carlisle 41 p.c. ail ... st Lancash. F Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 st D,, Barusley, 3a 100 p.c. 100 ... st Du 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 143 st Du 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 98 112 st London d Brighton, 5 p.c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ... st Du 3 per cent. gua. Nu. 2 lOO ... st Do 6 du do lOO st Do 5 do No. 4 lOO IA Do 7 per cent 1 st llu 6 du (W.E. & C.P.) 100 St Do 4 do 1859 lOO st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent st London and C. and Nuueatou 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford &Cambridge._ 100 8 91 st Du Shrevvsli'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 et London cud z.-W. 7 p,c. late 31 shares, lOO 14 116 1. Do (Purtsm. perp ans. 2065) all Man., Sher., & Linelu. 6 p.c lOU 111 117 Do £6 all par 1 to Do 31 per cent lOO 60 6o Do redeem. 6 percent 5 Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. e... 100 1 2 1.:5 132 Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 99 Do 41 per cent. irredeem 100 97 9) Do Leicester &Henn, 4 p.c lOO 80 91 North ►3ritish, 5 p.c. No. 1 100 Do E. & (4. 4 p. c. 8. & D... 100 Du N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ceu.t lOO Do Border Union, s:k p.c... 100 N.-Easteru--Cous. 100 86 85 Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 95 97 Du U.N.E. 4 per cent Do 10 : 0 11: 103 1 ital Do W Yo , r t i l l air li tl . e & po S o . l l) l.l ur . t c oo li d as l e ti 1 1 0 0 0 8: 8 7 1 8 2 0 ) 18 : D DD o °o North Bßerwick , t i c x k S e t n d t f l u p p l e • d e : r s il , 5 . P . 811°1 •• ) 7 , . 0:a itl Devon tairxi,.p,eoiedirio4 A ci n kip u teA u i. a. Anus., . y. p. c. 110a a u oi l 10 1 9 , 1 11 S. Last. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 D r W .... .. . ( 0 /0 ) 1 4 : 1 : 1 4 : 3 0 : 'ref Vale No.l .. . RAILW. 103 1 O.G. AYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caleduuiau 4 p gua , 100 st DU Scut. Cen. min. 7p c. 100 st Do 41 p irredeem..... st Do 4p e con. issued at 8U 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 st Do I du, 1862... 100 at Do New 5 du, 1 863... 100 at Do do 5 do, 1861... 100 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. a t Du Per 5 per cent 100 at Du Boston & Sleatd, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. 11k11., 5p c 100 st Do Joint perpe. 5p c, 1865 100 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 20 Do Vale IN eath perp. 5p c all st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 8... 100 L 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871. • st Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 du, 1861 WO st Da do 41 du, 1860 100 st Do do 5 du, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 sdo ..... lOU . st Loud . Chat., S:e., 2d , 6 p.e 100 st Do Metrup. Ex., 116 p.e 100. Do do C 6 p.c ... 100 at Loudon &N. Western, 5p e 10U at Loudon tS. Western, 41 p c too 1, M an . chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1665 all a t Metropolitan o per cent ...... 100 s t Midland, A 5 per cent pref. 100 st Do 11 I do 100 is Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1860 all is Do Ineouv. New Shar4 16 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl St North Britisn, E. a n d u No. 1, 5 per cent 100 st £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 1- 1 Z 8., P., ez Dun., 2, 4pc 100 st 1' )0 , No. 2, 5 p.e 100 : 6 tt t ))0. r .: , J 6 3 t1. 5 .: per ro r c iarr e ty n s t p 4, . 3 1 , c 8 .P.. 6 e 2 11)0 1:1 ?174 1 ( 0 )0 0 t lta) 6.3 57 St h London, 41, per cent SEatoeskte.ran,D4l ~Dent log per cent) 104) 102 104 102 (Max " 5 100 FA North Stalfords 4 i i e p p lsso "' st outt.). Eastern, e do . 1861 100 Do st (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 Do 5 do 100 Do 5 do, 1864 st 4 pa 100 • ia St. & Pimlico, 3 st Victor st NNopurrti,th 77 81 87 :• 8 i 90 84 83 88 90 85 90 103 105 1)31- 41 194 201 1 1 lOs lit) 114 98 8 bi ... ... 106 106 lOti 103 1 1 lip 4 1P 1 lip RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED REIiTALSJ st Birkenhead IUO aX y# 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 101 s t Buckinguamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 64 56 st Do. 41 per cent. st Do. 6 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. ti p. C lOO 133 136 20 Gloster and veal Forest all s Ut.Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ts Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6) 72 st Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West, W. Mid., lierof 100 95 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 HI 1101 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 211 213 st London and Blackwell lOO 93 95 9d} st Do. 41 per cent lOO „, st Loudon, Cnat., &c., 41 p c lOO st Do. Com. Fund, 5 do lOO at London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO st Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 78 to st Lowestoft, gun 4 per cent lOO 79 83 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all 6 51 st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 91 10 Mid Rent Cray Line) 50 Northeruk East ~5 per cent all s;j 56 40 Do. do. 6 do. all •.. ••• st N. Eastern—Hartlep00l at N. West. A perp. pray, sp. c lOO 10 i 110 lit Do B minimum 1-1 p.c lOO st N acting. & Uranta. lt. & C IOU 92 94 25 Preston and 11 yro all 44 46 . Royston, Hitch., and She!) lOO 133 135 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do do 8 2 2 at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 95 1 10e st Do 4 per cent gun lO 79 51 at Du 4 do st Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 st West Cornwall 20 \Vest Loudon, Class A all 14 14 20 Do do B all 2U Do do C all 81 74 st 'Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and 'West India lOO 117 119,1 st London and St. Katherine 100 53 05 LOO oDeb. stock, 4 par cent al,l „, Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 31 32 st Southampton lOO 71 76 at Surrey Coluniercial J , 01 f 109 WOMAN AND THE CIVIL SER VICE. Miss Cobbs, the well known ad voc..to of Women's Suf frage, writes to the Echo on "the question whether the Government (if it assume the direction of the telegraphs) will continue to employ female clerks, or will discharge the two or three hundred now engaged." " Those young women," she says, "receiving from 6s. to 12e. a week in the small stations, and from 10s. to 20s. at Mrs. Craig's large establishment at Lothbury, will, in the grievous dearth and paucity of female employments, find it hard to earn their living elsewhere. But the more serious question is, will the English Liberal Government adopt generally a generous course towards women, taking into consideration their many natural and artificial disabilities, and show them such favour as may be consonant with the public service? In a very striking article in a recent number of the Contemporary Review, on tho "Condition of Women in France," Miss J. Boucherett described how the Imperial Government has been gradually getting rid for years back of all its female employees, because they could record no votes for the Ministerial candidates. The position of women bad thus rapidly altered for the worse under the so-called liberalism of universal (male) suffrage. I would fain hope that, as the English franchise is widened, no such tendencies will come into play. The trades'-unionism of sex is the cruellest trades' union of all. Live and lot live' may surely be accounted a fair principle for the weaker as for the stronger half of humanity." CHARGE AGAINST THE DIRECTORS OF THE MERCHANTS' COMPANY. At the Mansion House on Monday Mr. Richard Stuart Jane, of No. 8, Chesham-place, Belgrave-square ; Mr. Horace Edward Chapman, of Roehampton ; and John Hulbert Hulbert, of 23, New Bond-street, were summoned by Mr. John Summerville, commisaion agent. of Cathedral-street, Glasgow, for that they, in the month of November, and, at divers other times during the year 1865, unlawfully did conspire together, by divers false pretences and representations, to deceive and defraud the complainant and divers other parsons with the intent to induce them to become share holders in a certain company called the "Merchants' Com pany (Limited.)" There was a second summons against the same defendants, charging them with conspiring together to publish a false prospectus relating to the same company. There was also a summons against Mr. Richard Stuart I. sue and Mr. James Childs, at the instance of Mr. John Land, of Litchurch, in the county of Derby, charging them with publishing a false circular accompanying a call relating to the same company. Mr. Humphreys (Humphreys and Morgan) appeared for the prosecution. The defendants were represented by Mr. Metcalfe, Mr. Montague Williams, Mr. James, and Mr. G. Lewis. The presiding magistrates were the Lord Mayor and Alderman Sir Benjamin Phillips. The pro ceedings appeared to create great interest. Mr. Humphreys said he had to prosecute the defendants for a serious and fearful fraud upon the complainant and a number of other persons. Mr. Somerville was a share holder in the Merchants' Company, and he came for ward as a prosecutor in that capacity. Mr. Lane was fcrmerly a member of the firm of Hoare, Buxton, and Co., which failed in the year 1856. Ho subsequently received a sum of £4,000 from Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co., and owed them a large sum of money at the time of the failure. The charge against the defendants was framed under the statute which enacted that any director who should make a false statement, or cause a prospectus containing any false statements with intent to induce persons to become shareholders with intent to defraud, should be deemed guilty of misdemeanour and be liable to penal servitude, or to be imprisoned with hard labour, or be sentenced to solitary confinement. The offence imputed to them would be that of publishing a false prospectus and a false balance-sheet with intent to defraud the complainant and the pal!c gene rally, and he thought he ought to state that it was extremely probable tnat on a future day other persons would be in cluded in the charge. be was then about to read the pro spectus, but Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. J. Lewis interposed, and contended ,hat some definite charge should be made against the do- rendants. The Lord Mayor, under the advice of Mr. Oke, ruled that Mr. Humphreys was entitled to state all the facts. Mr. Humphreys went on to show where, in his opinion, the prisoners had acted fraudulently. After evidence had been given in support of the opentng statement, the inquiry was adjourned. We have to record the death of Sir Henry Ellis, K.II. On Saturday afternoon the bodie3 of two men were rocovere4 from tho workings of the Oak Colliery. MIDDLESEX SESSION.—(This Day.) A CAT SKINNER AND TRAINED, OF YOUNG THIEVES. Robert Smith, 20, was indicted for embezzling sums of money, received by him for and on account of Edward Lawrence, his master. He pleaded guilty. Thomas Knowles, 200 G, said that he had known the prisoner for some years by the name of " Cat Skinner," he having been guilty of that atrocious cruelty. lie was sentenced to penal servitude for five years. Appridi Francesco, 25, and Jospeh Ayant, 43, both described as Italians. who were convicted last sessions of stealing a watch, a guard, and an um brella, the property of William 111‘Murray, were brought up for judgment. Francesco was sentenced to five years' penal servitude, and Ayant to two years' imprisonment, with hard labour. SPUR rING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXT RES FOR 1869. FEBR Sudbury '2, 3 Lincoln l6, 17 Ilirrow 18, 19 Mansfield 18 ,tiARY. Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Do wnpat rick 9 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 AP ~1, 2 .1, 2 .1, 2 1, 2 6, 7 Pontefract lB, 19 Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chelmsford 25, 26 Derby Spring 25, 26 Re fl. Abergavenny , Bromley \Vest Drayton lB, 19 Baldnyle First Spring 18, 19 Margate 20 Beverley 20 Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, 31 Aldershot Catterick Bridge , Tbirsk ... Huogerford Lichfield 6: 7 Cambridge 7 8 Creston Park .. . 8 Streatham 8, 9 Newmarket Craven...l2, Ste. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21 Curragh _2o, 21, 22 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist spring _ M Chester 4 ,5, 6 , 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Springs 11, 12 St. Albans I' 4 , 14 Salisbury l3, 14 6, &a Croydon 2, 3:4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot . ..8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragli 2 2, 23, 21 Doncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 Harpendan 2l Epsom Summer .....25, &a. I.E. Worcester 1, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle 6, 7 Pontefract Hendon ..... 12, 13 Nottingham 13, 14 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 21, 25, 26 Chelmsford - 29, 30 Sutton Park AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club .. 5 Lewes 6, 7 Eguam lO 11. Wolvarharr ptun lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT Warwick... Curragh (Royal) ......7, 8, 9 Abiug , luo 9, 10 Doucaster 14, la, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT , Bedford 5, 6 Ediuburgli 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7, 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9, 20 Kelso 19, 20 N 0 V: Worcester 2,3, 4 Marrow 2, 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 STEEPLECIIM FEB 11( Wolverhampton 2 1 Carmarthen 3 4 Edgeware Teuby.. 5 1 Birmingham 't 9 Chippenham 1.1), 11 Streatham 11, 12 I Na wbringe 15 Lincoln Li, 17 MA LY. 1 Southampton 13, 14 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 1 Stamford . . (l2, 23 I Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 80 Liverpool Shrewsbury 5, 6 M.iltun Il Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 Kingsbury 12, 13 Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth z6, 27 Scarborough 3O 31 Derby Summer .. 31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury__ 3l, Sep. 1 UST. JI BE It Hampton 2l, 22 Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Hendon 9 ;, 24 Monmouth_ .. 23. 24 Newmarket st ete. Lanark... 29, SO B ER. Cheltenham l9, 20 Curragh l9, 20, 21 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford '2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarket Wton ...25, ere. :AMER. Shrewsbury 15, &c. Leamington Hunt ...,23, &c. E FIXTURES. rARY. Morton-in-Marsh lB Harrow lB, 19 Pontefract 18, 19 Boston Windsor 22, 23 St. Albans 23, 24 Derby . 25 Baschurch 26 RC IL West Somerset ...... l5, 16 York . l7 ere wk,3rne H, 13 ellepstoW •''l, SO .APitIL. Aldershct 1, 2 I Streatham B, 9 ltroluley 1, 2 1 ltoyal Artily., Woolwich...B Abergaveuuy . 1, 2 I liuiglitoa Lichfield Southdown Hunt ..7 Tenbury... o f Cambridge 7 8 Croyd on .... . l2, 23 Cheltenham 7, 8 I Co. Louth & Ardee...27, 28 /4 AY.! Limerick Hunt 4 I St. Albans ........ l3 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 West Drayt0n...,,.,,,, 17 JULY. Kingsbury... ......................... ; .................................. 9 AUGUST. St,. Albans... OCTOBER. Bromley 7 West Drayton .......,.21, 22 NOVEMBER. Harrow 2, 3 I 4;linton Hunt ........... 6, 7 Worcester 3, 4 Liverpool .,,,,,9, IU, 11 St. Albans 5, 6 Shrewsbury l5, 19 COURSING FIXTURES. JANUARY. Baldock Club, Harts 20, 21. Spelthorne Club (Ashdown Park) 21, &c. Lincolnshire 25 . Ridgway Club (Lytham), Lancashire 27, ace. Cresgh Open, Ireland '27. FEBRUARY. Powderham 2. Everleigh Club, Wilts 2, 3 Rufford Open, Lancashire Cardington, Beds Wenvue Castle ..... 3, 4. Ludlam; Norfolk ............................................ 11, 12 Brampton, Cumberland ll, it Waterloo (Altcar), Lancashire l7, &a MARCH. Ashdown Park, Herts 2, die. Fourth S. Lancashire (Champion) (Champion), Ireland lB, ,tc 8, deo. Lanark 3O, Ctc. s C c o o u t u ti t s y h L N o a u t t i h onai Open, OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6. Ormesby l9, dec. Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27. NO VEMBER. Sundorne, Salop Cothan and Eston .... .............................. 2 , 3 . .............................. 9, tto. WATERLOO M 1 (Over Patron-Right Hon . The Waterloo Cup, value £l, of £25 each ; 64 subs; the the second £2OO. 1. Mr C. F. Allison 33. Mr J. ingleby 2. Mr J. F. Armistead 34. Mr R. Jardine 3. Mr J. Bake 35. Mr F. Johnston 4. Mr W. J. Barden 36. Mr J. Johnston 5. Mr F. Bartholomew 37. Mr H. B. Jones 6. Lord Binning 88. Mr W. J. Legh 7. Mr J. Blackstock 39. Mr S. C. Lister 8. Mr J. S. Bland 40. Mr J. Lonsdale 9. Mr G. Blanchard 41. Lord Lurgan 10. Mr W. G. Borron 42. Mr S. Alallabey 11. Mr T. Brocklebank 43. Mr 0. E. Marlleet 12. Mr J. Brundrit 44. Mr W. H. Massey 13. Mr R. B. Carruthers 45. Sir C. Molyneux 14. Mr C. J. Cbesshyre 46. lion. C. C. Molyneux 15. Mr W. H. Clark 47. Mr T. Neville 16. Mr E. Croft 48. Mr R. Paterson 17. Mr J. Cunningham 49. Mr T. L. Reed 18. Mr W. 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 65. Mr J. Spinks 24. Col. Goodlake 56. Lord Stair 25. Mr A. Graham 67. Mr E. W. Stocker 26. Mr T. Green 58. Mr S. Swinburne 27. Mr C. A. Bailey 59. Mr G. A. Thompson 28. Capt. Hathorn 60. Mr R. Todd 29. Mr J. Haywood 61. Mr B. W. Trinder 30. Mr J. Ilodson 62. Mr R. C. Vyuer 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 th Cup Stake, for the 32 beaten dogs in the first round for the Cup; the winner to receive £lO. 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 It) ditto.. 8. Ditto ditto 5 ditto.. :E TING —FEB. 17. ilicar.) . the Earl of Sefton. ,600 in specie, by subscription wiuner to receive .£5OO, and ~. £lOO ... 40 £2GO The Waterloo Plato for the 16 dogs beaten in the socond ties for the Cup, anountiug to £lOO, to be divided as under: - 1. Winner o receive ... 1 cond ditto 2. Dogs to receive £7 lOs each 4. Ditto ditto 5 ditto ... ... £4O ... 25 ... 15 ... 20 --- £lOO The double screw composite gun vessel Fly, 4, Commander 11. Knocker, sailed from Plymouth on Sunday for the West Coast of Africa. ••••••• I IILItD E DITION NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. LuNDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Jax. 19. Commissariat Department —Ensign Martin Day Sayers, 67th Foot, to be Assistant Commissary in the African Commissariat Department. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 15. The underm3ntionei officers have this day been pro moted to the rank of Paymaster in her Majesty's Fleet:-- Henry do Ridder, Esq. ; Francis Henry Chown, Eq. BREVET. Colonel J o h n Henry Lefroy, Royal Artillery, at present serving with the temporary rank of Brigadier-General, to have the temporary rank of Major-General whilst em ployed as Director -General of Ordnanco. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—?his Eventng. Amsterdam Short ... 11 19f ... 11 19* Do Rotterdam — ... 12 . 1 .. 12 1 i Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 4u Brussels — ... 25 35 .25 40 Hamburgu — ... 13 10f • . . . 13 10f Paris Sh or t ... 25 15 ... 25 22} Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 120} V ienua — ... 12 25 ... 12 30 Trieste — ... 12 25 ... 12 30 Petersburg Copenhagen 9 2U ... 9 24 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz ••• 48 ... 481 Leghorn Milan — ... 27 5 ... 27 7 Genoa — ... 27 0 ... 27 74 Naples Palermo — ... 27 5 ... 27 7* Messina Lisbon — ... 52 ... 52} Oporto — ... 52 "'s2f Rio Janeiro — ••• -- ••• New York — ••• — SHIPPING INTF;LLIGENCE. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 18—Caledonian, from Demerara; AmLt r Nymph, from Berbice. Arrived, Jan 19 - Souvenir, steamer, from Bruscols ; Metropoliton, steamer, from Humburg. . DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed--Nestor, screw steamer, from the Mauritius, for London. Sailed—Century, for Altona. MARKE7 S-2 HIS DAY. COLONIAL. Sugar—lnquiries are fur brown qualities, and some business has taken place. Cafes—The market remains steady, at previous quo tations. Tea —A very quiet business is in progress, with no change in prices. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. tustralla and New Zealand, via .. 4 1 , 3uthaimptoa Jan. 3 ) Ditto, via vseillos .......... ....... ..... Ja 23 Ditto, via %ma ;mail, Buenos Ay res, and M ...Jan 25 orate V ideo Feb. 3. Ditto, by French p ac k et J n. ()spaFeb. Vetds. by Bra z il packet _ Fe 2. b. 3 Cape of Good live. Ascension. and • St. Ilelena Jan. 27. !Mina, Penang, end Singapore. via Southampton Jan. Gibraltar. via Southampton Jan id Indla,via Southamoton ...... Jan. 1 i vitt°, via Manse11, ea Malta, Egypt, ........ Jan 13. Ditto, Marseilles,. Jan.l7 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Scuthams ton Ditto, Marseilles Newfoundland Feb 10 Portugal Feb. 3. United States, t anada, California, Ate., by British packet Ditto, by Canadian packet ... Jan 1.2 Ditto, by L i.ited states packet Ditto dittt (Baltimore) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Feb. 16 West Indies and Ps..--ille ,except Mexico and Baha mas) Falkland Island, Feb 3. Cub. and Mexico ..... 23. Bermuda, via Halifax. B.nathas, via New York MONEY .I.ID 13 U.SIN (From the Philadelphia I Ledger, Dec. 30.) Wo learn through the medium of correspondence from Washington that the Committee on Banking and Currency have under consideration the recommendations contained in the report of the Comptroller of the Currency in rela tion to Bank reports, banks in voluntary liquidation, the periodical stringency in New York city, panics, specie payments, and free banking. It is reported that the majority of the committee seem to be in favour of the Comptroller's plan of remedying the system of requiring quarterly bank reports to be made on a specified day, by which the letter, and not the spirit, of the law has been very easily complied with, the banks being careful to ex hibit the required amount of reserve at that time. TLo Comptroller contends that the actual working condition of the banks can hardly be expected to be shown when the day of making the report is known in advance, and re commends that section 34 of the Currency Act be so amended as to authorize the Comptroller to call upon the banks for five detailed statements or reports during each year,fixing upon some day that is past, as such a change would bar theprepara lions now made about the end of each quarter, and pre vent outside operators from conspiring against the bank and the honest trade. The evils of the present arrange ment mentioned are no doubt true, and the remedy sug gested, it is believed, would be adequate to the end. The committee, we understand through the same medium also, seem favourably inclined to the proposition of the Comptrol ler that banking associations going into voluntary liquidation be required to provide for their out standing circulation in lawful money, and take up their bonds within three months, under penalty of having their bonds sold at auction in New York city, and to pay such association the excess of the amount required to pay its outstanding circulation. This, he claims, will remedy the present partial system authorized by section 42 of the Currency Act, by which a banking association may go into liquidation, pay off its creditors, do no business, and yet reap all the benefits of a circulation guaranteed by the Government. In some cases two or three have owned a bank, gone into liquidation, done business as private bankers, avoided taxation, evaded the requirements of the CurrencrAct, and still retained the most profitable feature of a National bank. The establish ment of a central redeeming agoucy is not so generally favoured. Pretty much all outside of New York will op pose it. In regard to the periodical stringencies in New York, and the loaning of money by the banks in large amounts on call, by which the reserve fund is handed over to the tender mercies of Wall-street and its purlieus, decisive action will bo recommended by the committee, but exactly what is unknown. The same may be said of the proposed squelching of the causes that bring about apanic, no theory of the number advanced seeming to carry with it sufficient power of conviction to be called the plan, though Comptroller Hulburd's idea of holding in re serve a certain amount of Legal-Tender notes in excess of the amount of money in regular circulation is the ono most discussed, and has the most supporters and the most opponents. Regarding a return to specie payments and free banking, an attempt to enumerate the various theories by which the former desirable object may be attained would lead too far into the mazy labyrinth of financial propositions; while it may be safely said that the com mittee aro disposed to act favourably upon the most of the recommendations of the Comptroller, but the question of specie payments being such a vexed one, it is not at all likely that the report will favour his propositions un amended. (From the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Jan. 1.) It tis stated to on th h e is th fo ir r i tt 3 00 i ng Report, 311:s,millions more, . ,c that t th,vi si M lly r es . ah C ro o avv m st m ahv i a s itn s i gt o n n o e af r dtd l h V i itrei addition we may expect five millions surplus which the Government h a d last year, on various accounts, among which are the finishing up of the bounties, the reduction of interest from conversions, and the withdrawal of the compound interest notes, and the surrender of pensions. Mr. Wells further estimates that an increase of thirty millions of receipts from the same source of revenue may fairly be looked for, with an ordi nary efficient collection, and an ordinary honest adminis tration. He believes therefore that it is within bounds to regard the Treasury as master of a clear yearly surplus, from this time fcrward, of one hundred millions. 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