The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Consols are 93 n 21 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 ; New Three per Cents, 931 ; ditto 21 per Cent., Ja n., 1894, 74:1 ; Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent., 3 dis. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 3 dis. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 244. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 111 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 1 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1021 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, Per Cent., 93 ; ditto 5 per Cent., 1041 ; ditto s : i per Cent., 1111 ; di t t o D e b en t ure s, 5 per Cent., 1044 4 ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 12 pron. There is no great change to notice in the depart ment for Foreign Bonds. Italian are 3-16 better ; Turkish of 1865 are 1. Eg3ptian are good. Nicolai Bonds are 661 to 67 ; Orel Vitebsk Bonds, 82/ to 834 ; Moscow Jaroslaw Loan, 801 to 80; ; Honduras Bonds, 85 to 87 ; Chilian Six per Cents. of 1867, 94/ to 95 ; Egyptian Seven per Cents. of 1 864, 881 to 89. The following is the business transacted in the Railway Share Market :—Brighton, 511 to 511 ; Caledonian, 771 to 771 ; Great Eastern, 381 to 38 1 ; Great Western, 52 to 521 ; Great Northern , "A," 1121 t o 1121 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1284 to 1291 ; _Metro' olitan, 105 to 106 ; Midland, 1214 to 122. Colonial Government Securities are quiet. Canada Six per Cents., 1041 4 ; ditto Five per Cents. Consolidated Bonds, 93/ 94 ; New South Wales Five per Cent. Bonds, 1875, 1001 1 ; ditto 1888 to 1896, 981 991. Bank shares are firm. Chartered Mercantile, 30 to 31; Consolidated, 4 to prem. ; London and County 51 to 52; London Joint Stock, 321 to 331 ; London and Westminster, 641 to 651; Oriental, 44 to 45 ; Union of London, 361 to 371. Miscellaneous Shares are steady at prices : Anglo-American Telegraph, 221 to 22/ ; Atlantic Eight per Cent. Preferential, 41 to 41 ; Hudson's Bay, 131 to 131. Business is moderately active in the market for American Securities this morning, and prices are generally steady. Letters from Dundee announce the failure of Mr. B. S. Jamieson, corn merchant and flour Miller. The liabilities are stated to amount to £ l O,OOO, and the estate is expected to yield ss. or 6 8. in the pound. Mr. H. G. Gordon has resigned his seat at the Board o f t h e Ceylon Company (L i m i te d) , t h e direc tors of which, on accepting the resignation, ex pressed their " unabated confidenc,3 in his honour and integrity." • At the meeting of the General Steam Navigation Co mpany yesterday, Mr. John Wilkin in the chair, the usual dividend of 145., being at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, and a bonus of 2s. 6d. were declared. The directors of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Limited) recommend the payment of 21 per cent., the balance of interest on and 5 per cent. dividend (free of income t ax), making 10 per cent. for the year. The death is announced of Mr. George Robert Smith, the head of the firm of Messrs. Smith, Payne, a nd Smiths, the bankers, of Lombard-street. The event took place at Eaton-square yesterday morn ing. He has left a large property, and only two eons to inherit it. c , We are i n f orme d t h a t, up t o M on d a y, F e b r uary 2 2, 2 ,012 miles of the French Atlantic Cable had be en manufactured and certified by the engineers. The Manchester Examiner says W e under stand that th e state o f t h e cotton t ra d e a t O ve r uarwen grows more gloomy every day. Some mills are entirely closed, some are on short time, and others are on short time with a large portion of Machinery entirely stopped." The directors of the Metropolitan Railway Com pany have issued the following circular to the shareholders :—" The Vice-Chancellor, Sir Wil liam James, having granted an injunction upon the second motion of Mr. Salisbury, referred t° in the directors' report, the company are restrained for the present frotn dividing the 142 ) 6 00 received for the past half-year from the c ontractors. The course contemplated with refer ence to that sum being, as the directors considered, strictly in accordance with the spirit of the arrange tnents entered into in 1865, on the creation of the extension shares, with the settle tuent of last year, and with the legislation which thereupon ensued, they propose, if so ad vised by counsel, to obtain the decision of a higher tribunal upon the true construction of the Act of last session. Should the judg ment of the Vice-Chancellor be upheld, they will, with the sanction of the shareholders, avail them selves of the opportunity of the company's bill, now before Parliament, to bring up a clause enacting, in direct terms, that the £42,600 in question shall b e applied, as heretofore, to the purposes of divi dend. The directors recommend the proprietors to declare at the meeting an interim dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. on the Preferred, 3 per cent. on the Deferred, and 4/ per cent. on the Extension a nd Ordi nary S toc k , l eav i ng t h e £42,600 t o a bid e t he result o f t h e appea l or f urt h er P ar li amen t ar y ena ctment, as the case may be. Ne w advices of the 10th inst., published in ew York, state that on t h e prev i ous even i ng a m eeting of plante r s w as held at the Palace, by ' °h one a resoluti on was a d op t e d g u a ranteeing with 'u Per cent. of th e i r proper t y th e i ssue o f a loan of „ ,f 9,000 ,00 in no t es b y t h e S pan i s h B an k, 5 p er cent. the taxes to be devoted annually to its redemp tion. kt the ti me when the necess i ty o f a dh er i ng t o essential principles of business is more than ever te i eci fill, and h as b een severe ly impressed by the es _ 3() " of experi ence , it i s no ti c ed with surprise that 404 8.1 : , , of th e A ustralian banks have b ecome s hi ppers importers of wool, thus competing, it would ap pear, With merc h ants b ot h i n t h e co l on i es an d i n b e tid ". That banks in adopting this course must assuming responsibilities and risks never con the 'tee' by their shareholders seems obvious, and co__ e c l u estion arises whether such transactions can iale ' . l . ..vvithin the scope of charters or deeds of settle- It is understood that other banks strongly rehie the measure. 3 ppeirtt4to:e7nlotitritflAeliEcnisosiTu°lllnBl:UNUDl7l —TIT' • kr "9995 333:4:2.4 NPer Cent. Reduced 1 1 " 3 per Cent r 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894 A °. 5 per Cen J an. 1873 Dohies, SO y rs, exp i re st h J an., 188 0 — for 30 yr s , exp i re s t h A pr il 1885 124 t L ' (:) ('/11 (Red Sea T e l eisrap h) , A ug- , 1908 3 did D o Bills, .£l,OOO, 2i per Ct. .1:411 ri g £5OO km,: £lOO k £2OO 244 1 5- of England Stock, 4 per Cent (.10- account latera to er Cent. Bends — nial Omni= — 1141;%4x GOVERNMENT SECURITIES ,0 0 1 104 per Cent., 4"tOCk April 1874 2ll b • Opening, for Account - D°,°' 5 per Cent. July, 1880 i 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 „0. Certificates — ~••'°- Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent 93 tio k 1064 D D S . per Cent., Jan. 1872 5 ,1 per Cent. May 1879 ll.lf °Per Cent., Rnp. Deb. 1872 — D o do. 1877 — Do do. 1882 — D o• -,-, 1)611) ., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ 104 n Donde, per Cent., £l,OOO 6 . under ..£1 000 ikr VO RXIGN FUNDS—TWO e lltine ltepublic, ti per Cent ... ... Au ~itri clip 4.40 p ai d .. an bonds 5 per cent P 11,. .„ Do. 1859 — L411,a1l 5 per Cent — DO, 4 } Per Cent. 1852 — h • do • 1858 — uO,---o d: 714 ,w• 186 1 DO , do., 1863 • - ','" 0 Accountent,, 1865 k '"0 4.,escle 2 Ayres 6 p er C ent. C ub per Cent. (Deferred 6 per Cont.) 0 I S 6 Per Cent. — t ßil 6 Per Cent .„ 0 0 . 41 per Cent 13 , • 8 per Cent., — u ° 6 Per cent. 1867 944 5 o 7 0 1 .1 4 r Cant, 1866 1:0.-nbian, 6 per Cent 'IL V len tycrienucti. 1867 s, 71 er Cent 7'4 84 ...... w....« ~1~ leb. 23. 5 Lo UiSe' ay alOrV' ut again' attended INO% eb. 24. —Sig ° Gover n : mister of port . _ ' ;celeos's JAIL S ' ,b • 23• w york, with the sar ya k ' age P as : French ,b. 24. )f BO' 4 a.ni' se D gerSt 11 Wen' b. 24. Port , oyle at She s. led f°r ma rket )00 0 ,- 8 51 ~ - -- 20 2 3 57 port er onge r ' Ore gr. ;rOO-10% bog ° ni rert well 4y ' Equador -New Oonsolidated, 1 pr Cent - Egyptian, 7 per Cent..... — 1). ) Second Issue B 5 l- I 0. £SIA, Bonds Bst. 1 Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 86-1-, 6 Do. w 1864 Do. Account D.). £5OO Bonds Do. 4106 Bonds 9O A- English Scrip, 1868 - Do do. £45 pd — dis Government Bail way Debentures O6l -1- Greeti 5 per Cc..at., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Acccunt ... Do. ‘ lourns Do. ACC.) ant 3.l:zt , niala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd lt•tiian 3 per Cert., 1865 — %o. Aecountg Do threnimana Railway — , ~xlear. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account -- Do. 1864 — Do l lo o i o l r t ies6l-I:ECti: Imperial l' C i s g i e e l n:t - C . P e r u e : c ii . . . New Grana .l. I.sri i Do 3 per Con 36 Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 781 } Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 -, — Do Account — Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.'3 36} !Do. do. 1867 . 3;1 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent . 1850 — Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds„. 931 -1 Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 931 Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 67 Sartinian 6 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . .. DO. ACC'illilt ... , ..... - Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrea 32i Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — PIL Turkish 6 per Cent.l Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 671 71 Do Account Do .£loe Bonds 6B Do 5 per Cent. 1865 42} k Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 65 4} Do 4 por Cent., Guarauteticl Do Lana Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account _ Do 6 per Cont. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in Londot. Austrian o per Cont. Ex 10 Florins 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2} per CAnt. Ex. 12 Gull, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Itentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italitui 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. z5l. Do Account TWO O'CLOCK. Jinso!s, Money U24 3 Do. Account, March 4. 93 GREAT WESTERN RAIL IVA F—Tllls DAY. • --- SPECIAL MEETING-T EIE DIVIDEND. A special meeting of the proprietors was held to-day at the Paddington Statiin, at which the consent of the meet ing was given to two bills for further powers now in Parliament. I❑ reply to a Proprietor, The CIiAIRMAN said the acconnts for the half year had not yet been completely audited, yet he thought he might announce the proposed dividend. (Hear, hear.) The South Wales dividend would be at the rate of £3 55., the Great Western Stock £1 10s., the Great Western and Newport 175., and the Great Western and Oxford 155., carrying over £17,000. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 23.—Norfolk, from Melbonrne ; Chal grove, from Foo-chow ; Sverre, from Frederickstadt ; Hero, steamer, from Michael's. Arrived, [Feb. 24.—Waterloo steamer, and Mountain Ash, both from Rotterdam ; Moselle, steamer, and Princess Royal, steamer, both from Antwerp ; Cologne, strainer, and Giraffe, steamer, both from Boulogne; Flecha, steamer, from Ghent; Hebrides, from Drobak ; Samuel, from Siva tore ; Provincie Treuthe, from Groningen ; Johan, from Laudscrona ; Stayperayder, from Guernsey Holland, steamer, from Ostend ; Blanche, steamer, from Dunkirk ; Argus, steamer, from Calais. Sailed—Sir Robert Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk ; Sea bird, for Jersey ; Chloe, steamer, for Calais ; steamer, for Rouen. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind W., moderate. Passed, Feb. 23.—S wanley, fur Jamaica; Freden and Cm - 1)0.o, both for Cardiff; Ernie, for Madeira ; Undine, for Liverpool—all from Loudon ; Gibraltar, screw steamer from Cadiz; Crested Wave, from Falmouth—both for London. MARKETS-21118 DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. February 24.—Sales probably 10,000 baled. Market quiet, and unchanged. _ MAR K-LAN E. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English wheat were only moderate, and the condition of the samples was inferior. Trade ruled very dull for both red and white descriptions, but prices remained without alteration. The Price of Gold. --- The quotation of gold at Faris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 2M. 15c. per Li sterling. On comparing these rates with the Englis h Mint price of .£3 i.e. ipid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above price is about 1-10111 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bilis at 60 days' sight was on the last date about 1 81 percent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United btates. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. .knatralia and New Zealand, via Southamptol.....Feb, 21. Ditto, via YllllO.llOB ..... .......... Ma r. 22 Ditto, via P*.a.ama. ....... ....... ...........Feb Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video ..........Mar. 7. Ditto, by Freneh packet Cape Verde. by Brazil packet . ......Mar. 7. Cape of Good Elupe. Ascension. and St. Helena.... Feb. 27. China, Penang, and Singapore. vis Southampton_Feb. 27. Gibraltar, via Southampton India, via Southampton Feb. 27. vitto, via Marseil.es Malta, Egypt, &o. Ditto, Marseilles - Feb. 20 Ilatritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal. via Southamg ton Ditto, Marseilles „ Mar. 19 Newfoundland b 2 4 Portugal United States, Canada, California, &0., by British packet - Feb 27 Ditto. by Canadian packet ...... Ditto, by 1. sited States packet Feb 24 Ditto ditt c ( Baltimore) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ~....Mar. 5 West Indies and P 8.31110 (except Mexico and Baha mas) Mar 1 Cub t and Mexico Mar. 1. Bermuda, via Halifax... Bahamas, via New York COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Eventing. Amsterdam Short 12 ... 12 Do 12 1f 12 lf Antwerp erdam - 25 35 25 40 - 25 35 25 40 Brussels 13 10f ... 13 101 Ham ris burgh Short ... 25 12f 25 20 Pa 3 ms, 25 32f 2' 37 Ditto Marseilles ... 2511321- ... 251L37 Frankfort-on-the-Main ... ... i V ienua — ... 12 35 ... 12 50 Trieste — ... 12 35 ... 12 50 Petersburg ... 311 ... 32 Copenhagen 9 2U ... 9 24 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 481- ... .cl-2- Leghorn Milan — ... 26 30 ... 26 40 Genoa .. — ... 26 30 ... 26 40 Naples ... 26 30 ... 26 40 Palermo - ... 26. 30 ... 26 40 _ . Messina .. 26 30 ... 26 46 Lisbon ... 52 1 4 ... 521 i Oporto — ••• 52 ... b 2 Rio Janeiro — •.• 4.• New York - TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.—On Sunday afternoon, as a young man named Thompson or Turner was taking a little exercise on horseback his horse took fright and the rider attempted to jump out of the saddle. Is doing so his foot caught in the stirrup, and he was dragged a distance of fifty yards. He was found shortly afterwards, but was quite dead. His body lies waiting an inquest at the Queen's Arms, Bomber Bridge. The deceased was 25 years of age. THE SUN, LONDON, WIDNESDAY EYENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. IMPERIAL PARMA EN HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Trus DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. ANNUITY TAX (EDINBURGH). Mr. M'LAREN asked leave to bring in a bill to abolish the Annuity Tax, or ministers' money, iu the parish of Canougate, within Edinburgh, and to make other provi sions respecting the stipend of the minister in that parish, and of the ministers in the city parishes. Sir G. MONTGOMERY deprecated any interference with the legislation of 1860. After a few remarks for M'LAREN, leave was given. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND). Mr. 11‘2.1A HON obtained leave to bring in a bill for the assimilation of the btw for the relief of the poor in Ireland to that of England, by substituting an union rating for the present system of rating by electoral divisions. SHARE LIST. *lt OEN AND STOCit. ri at V.VU:4",. raid. qioaing ence. d*ae7 et firiatoi and 14;:e.,1 10 71 81 at Catedui - oan a. 2; Cornwall. DUblia .t Belfast J une lcit 79 01 st Ditn„l'erth.,l:. "ii./0 70 72 2 • East boudon all 7 9 .:0 1 , 0 15 2 ; LiiiitigUW w ti. Wcsterr lO, 93 10d t Great Eastern .. nt Do. E. Ausl. No. i.:(1 7 9 et (ircat Nortit of Scotlano lOO 15 6 et Great Northein lOO 1121 'l3l 131 it Do. A stoe't it Do. 13 stuck it GtS, and W. 01 Ireland lus i 7 io Gt. Weetein 100 511 52 6t Do. South Witt' S. De. W. Mid.—Oature lOO 7:7 24 8• Do. Newport lOO 19 11 1t Lancashire& York:stiff, lOO 121 130 it bun., 13righ.,4 100 51 511 51 I 0) Do Scrip 8t Lou., Chat., and Duvet lye 161 171 et Du. Metrop. Ex. A IOU et bon. Ii Noah IVesteip lt;;, 1;8; 101- 1181 1 Lou. . South Westcru luo 9. 93 91 1 et Mau., Shot., & Liuecin )uu 5.,1 51i i 4; it Metropolitan st Do Extensi )1.1 10 Do. Nei'v rd. st Metropolitan District. all 49 51 10 Metrop. st. John' s 11 ooi 6 - it ALdiaud at Do, Sirruin..o DerOy lOO 86 91 st N)rth British . ..... 100 .3 56 st Do. Ed., rth.. & Dun IOU st Nor. it:astern—Berwick.. IJO 106 107 1061 23 Do. G. N.E purohame 16.13.1 it Do Leeds . . 100 GO 6! at Do York st Do Carli,le . lOO Izs 130 st Do Stun & 160 133 ill st North Lon ton 10 Do New 168 . 2 11 2 p st North Staffordshiro 10) 58 60 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares; 7 ... at lthyniney lOO 51 53 * st Shropshire Union ll'o 59 Gu st Soutu Devon .. at South Eastern IOU 02 3 12 t at Staines, Wok'hain,& Wok all 12 13 • • -' kiL 4.44 IJ2 ••- 110. C \Vateriora dt Kilkenny lOO - lu IVaterloo & Whitelta.l 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SIIA.RES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. st Du. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO „. st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO St Do. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO st lit. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 90 102 st Do do Nu. 2 100 98 100 st Do do 6 per cent 100 100 112 st Du East Anglian Asp. c. 100 st Do du 13 6 do. 100 st Du du C 7 do. 103 ..„ st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 71 73 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 st Du do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. e. pm. 100 st Du 4 ; do du du 100 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per emit lOO ... st, Gt. Nrth of Scotland, I st pt 100 st Great South. and Western . (lreland) 4 per cent lOO 96 17 st Gt. West.— Orig.& J ut.-Iteut chg., per gua. & p.c lOO 103 101 st Du. Urig. (B.& IL Ex). 5 p.c 100 95 10) st Do do 4, per cent. 1550 lOO 88 9) st Do do 4 do do st odo 5 per cent. redem lOO 90 97 st Du du Birmingham gua lOO 63 70 st Du do do pref.- 100 st Do du Chester gua lOO :2 73 st Do du do 8 per cent lOO .„ st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 41 p.e lOO t Do do 4, 1859 lOO st Do du 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g 10) 11. 116 st Do du gua lOO 110 112 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 9) 9 st Do do 20 du 100 140 101 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 lOU Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancash. & .1 - orksh. 6 p.c. 109 1 0 135 st Do Barnsley, £5 Os 100 p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1.3.5 st Du 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 13 102 st London & Brighton, 5 P.C. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO „. st Du 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO st Do 6 do do lOO st DO 5 do No. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 1.10 St Du 4 do 1850 lOO st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO st Loudon and 11. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent-- 100 10; 111 st Do Bedford &Cambridge-. 100 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welehp'l lOO st London and s.-W. 7 p,e late 3d shares, lOO 145 15) is 60. Du (Yortsm. perp ans. 2560) all st Man., Shef., &Liuclu. 6 p.c lOO 11 i 117 6 Do st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 st Slid. Consolidated., 6p. c 100 135 110 st Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 1 3 136 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 10) 102 st; Do 41 per cent. irredeein lOO 1011 1 , 2 st Do Leicester & Irchu, 4 p.c lOO 90 92 _\.r. I._ too st Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOO st Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO st Do Border Union, 5: 1 p.e lOO ..„ • st N.-Eastern—Cons. .1 4 p.c lOO 86 st Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 10) 95 97 st Do (I N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ... 17 Do Berwick capital 813.4. ... 2 Du York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 131 a l ud s s Du Stektu & !Ming. A. 5 p.c. 100 106 110 st von Annuities, os I: s. o p mr e It _ 1 :11 8971 8) 101 20 North Staffordshire 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 9 10 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 10.6. S. East. (head. 8 9 Anns., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale N O .l st Waterford & Eilke 100 145 150 nny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua,. st Do Scot. Oen. min. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeein all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 :**. —. st Do 5 du, 1862.- lOU 53 i)**‘; at Do New 5 do, 1863 100 87 8) st Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 82 86 at Great Northern, Zi p c irred lOO ... ... st Du Permanent 5 percent lOO ... ... st Du Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 ... ... st Great-West., W. Midl., 5p c 100 ... ... at Do JointDerpe. 5 p c,1865 100 86 i U at Do do 6p c irred., 1816 10J 10; JO 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 19 20 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO -. .. 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 st Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 . ...I ! st Do du 4 do, 1860 100 ••• •.• at Do do 41 du, 1861 100 • at Da do 41 do, 1863 100 ••• st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 *** 100 94 96 ••• ••• at Do No. 7 sdo at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Es., B 6 p.c ... Do do 0 6 p.c at London& N. Western, .5 p c 100 1.0..; all situ Lmoaumd obnh&e r. 8,. Lia Western,.,sc4j6Ptssc all 8i at, Metropolitan o per cent st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 10. s 111; st Do B 5 do 100 108 uo 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to - Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 21-1 211 18 Do Incony. New Shares 16 22 Do 5p c con. into Old i ip 19} at North Britian, E. and (131 Stk., Aug. 31, 1872....., 81 21. 2ip 5 per cent ... at Do .E.lO guaranteed, 1861 100 .. at Do 28, 4pc 100 • *** 1!2 1!)-1. Do a& C 4 N 0.2 5p c 100 -• st ....• , , • ••• Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ••• ... :ttDo E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c st Do E., P., &Dun., B. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 L 3 67 st North Eastern, 4-1 per cent 100 v 7 „„ et Do Stuck. & Danl., D •-• 100 in irj North Loudon, 41, per cent st (Max. 5 per cent) c 110),1 st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 ... ... Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do 5 do (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 ... .. at - du, 3-‘-'" at Do u ct •&Pimlico, 4i pc 1 v,., ' •'' ~• Ino,,,ria , st North Staffordshire 5 p ... ... RALui, .—L •,AysINES LEASED AT FIXED BENTALs t Birkenhead IVO ,3 u iiloo Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 1A st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 53 5 5 a t Do. 51 per cent. st Do. b do. lOO 116 114 at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stour Valley .. st East Lin coln, gua. 6p. c lOO 18 ; a 20 Gloster and Lean Forest all ... a Gt. Easn. , Newm.,.&e., 5 p.c lOU .. a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6; yi st Do.do. WoodbFg.lix., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., lleref 100 9 5 u ; .50 Hull and Selby all 109 in at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 215 22 ) st London and 13lackwall lOO 99 " a Do. 41 Per cent lOO s t London, Chat., &c., 41 pc. 100 ... s t Do. Com. Fund, sdo 100 ... st London and Greenwich st London, Tilbury, 6; South 100 78 ~; at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 at Do. do. 6 do. 5 I blanch., Buxton, at all 5 1 at Midland, B ra dford, Pref IOU 93 95 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northernt 'sit , 5 per cent all 5.1 56 b,) Do. do. 6 do. all .„ ... st N. EaStilra —Hartlepool it N. W cit. A pap. pre', sp. c. 10) 10s 110 st Do ll minimum 11 p.c DJ ... ... at Notting. &A.Aranta. It.S;C lOO 112 94 23 Preston and 11 yre. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop. 100 133 135 it Stirewsbury and Hereford 100 133 13 5 10 Do do 8 21 2, p st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 100 st Dc 4 per cent glt.— 10 , 79 81 s i t t Via l ! Sotatijsn and Iliomlico:::all 100 1 - f, n i t) st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 10 do , B all ... ... 20 Do do C all 64 7.; st Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 120 123 st London and St. Katherine lOO 49 11 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ... „. Idil!wall Freehold Land 100 31 33 st Dock at Southampton lOO Iti 78 st S'lrreY commercial 7 ... .. 1101 Closing Busineas Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 12/ 10 Do B lO 41 5 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint a ll 1 19 191 1 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 90 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 12 20 Do issued at '2 pm ~.. 5 ..• 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 a s 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of Aew Zealand all 17 19 .50 British North American ~, all 50 52 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China all 21 22 211 25 Chartered Mere. of Imdia London, and China all k3O 31 20 City 100 Colonial 25 39 41 10 Consolidated, lint, so Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, lint 20 English and American, lint 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lint lO Id pr 20 English, zcottish, and Aus tralian Chartered - all 161 1 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ••• 281 Do new 5 1 100 Imperial, ling 2O 17 18 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 2 21 12} 25 lonian 25 Do new. 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 3.1 at 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 78 75 76 30 Loudon Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 6 4 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 32 28 20 Do new 71 81 5 1 100 London & River Plate, lint. 40 6 8 25 Do new Hi 2 3 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 231 50 London and County 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ..• ••• 50 London Joint Stock 1 32 33 20 London and South African al 1 , 12 100 London & S. - Western, lim, 20 ••• ••• 50 London & Venezuela, lint._ 121 ••• 100 London and Westminster. 20 61 63 65 1 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pin 2O 59 61 100 Merchant, lint 25 6 4 10 Metropolitan, lint all 6 1 7 1 100 Midland, lint.. 5 National of A us t ralia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3 1 d 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 137/ 10 . Do ...... 50 National.. BO 46 48 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 411 421 441 50 Provine. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 6' 51 4f 100 Provincial of Ireland '2s Bt9• 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 46 47 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of Loudon l5 36} 371 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lint all 221 221 221 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 110 121 13 121 13 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 33 35 34 st Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural ..• 201 16 17 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 bd 10 Berlin Water Works, Ihn all 144 141 10 Do. New 6 31 41 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. ••• 30 11 13 5 Bombay Gas, lint. all 31 4 5 Do. New 4 14 id 34 5 t British American Laud 44 16 18 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 165 170 20 British. I /Alan Tea, lam all 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 74 ... 29 Canada Company all 60 65 7 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint 2l 21 Ild 20 Ceylon Company, lira. 20 Do. A shares 5 10 City Discount, lim 4l 3/ 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 31c1 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 6 10 25 City of Mosew Gas, lint— all 2 3 50 City Offices, lint '2s 231 2211 SO Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Couarnercia; Jnion (Assur) 5 i . '.:l . _ 1 .1) 6 i 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lira all 18 b 23 Copper Miners of England, • prof 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London 'buds, 1977, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 4 i per cent. all 10.14 1 051 lOU Do. I c. B9 , 2 ;l 4 p f et p u e a r i c p e e n b t wll 1100631:4: 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint all 24, .)..' 50 Credit Fon.of Mzturitius lint lO 3i 2 0 7 at Crystal Palace lOO I) 21 st Do_ Preference lOO 94 33 st Do. 6 p. 20 Darjeeling, 1am.._~. I 0 Eastern Assam, lint. ..... , 50 East Indian Land Credit : ,•• 7 ...d. 9 250 26)°s 29J-12361 and Finance, lint. .., 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 1 W 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and 27 1 111 Ilid 161 st Ei til ec u tr a t . e b a y 100 Eg C y o l ' i l i l ia i i i i n 9: li . u p gt e e3 r ,ip.. c ti e . , u : t lo . eyg V: a ro p y a . laolol 20 Egyptian Com. &Trail. film 6 41 40 1 * 10 Do. New 8 12 11, , , a Eng.& Austral. Copper, lint 21 i 1: 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 6 4 1 100 Eng. and Scot. .ti arine, lint. 8 ... ... d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 11 lid 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lint l2 Pr 1/) 100 For. & Col. Coy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 88 8 9 tion ii 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 5 1 1 : 0. ./ 5 G G Gll e e eo l u t i e l n e: v r r:a a l t r l l acGs' Stearn m a t &N MarineOa v i .a l 2 1 7 5 :4 . 2 1 . 1 1 2 1 3 . 5 20 LELlsou's Bey all if 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar lint 25 Indo-European m Tel. ' Hal. 10 p ••• 1 t • 9-16 20 Interna.Fanciai s. ,c. lint 5 I 20 Interna. Land Credit, rim 6 6 4,1 50 Italian Lend 5 n ld 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 3 4 3 1 100 Do. 6p. c Bds., redeem . 1870, issued 30 all 6 2 (4 6. 50 Land Securitie ,liui 5 31 21i1 25 London African Trading._ 10 7 6 '; 23 Lon. & Gated. Marine, lint. 6 ••• •••d 10 Loudon County Land and Building, lira 4 ...d 5 Lend. Provin c i a l Tel. lint all 31 tki 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 1 fP 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lira 30 22 20 4 Le nd.Glen.Omnibus.Co.lira. all 11 2 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim. 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 14 pr et Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gila. 6p.c. by I n di a G0v..... 100 j lO4 105 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1irn...... 10 Mediterra. Even. Tel., line all 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, lien all 32 37 60 Millwall Iron Works, line 1 . 2 1, ••• 10 Natal Land and. Colonisa tion Co„ lint. 25 National Di scount Co., lien 5 111 121 +.2 „ i r 25 National Prov. Marine, line. 4 4 34 10 National Steam Ship, line. all 81 9 1 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 31 3 d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim. 3 1/ 14 sl\ ew Quebrada, ........ A. 4.0 4/ 34 25 New Zealand L oan & Mee'. cantile Agency,lim 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, line. 10 Northern Assam Tea, Um 5 7 10 Do. B ............... all 1 st North Brit. Austral., 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l 1 9 20 , 25 Ocean Marin e (I nsurance) 5 121 13 1 Is 4 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll ... •••d 5 Oriental Gas, line. ... 5 Do. N0w.......,..... 1 IP 10 Otago and Southland" In g. Wharves. P . 0 vestment, Jim 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail line all 1 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & lim y 100 33 3° 50 Peninsu. & Oriental St eam a ll 49 51 491 50 Do. New 1867 25 Reuters Telegram 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 51 6 25 Rio de Janeiro City im Ji m a ll 17 18 20 Do. Gas, line . all 231 24/ 24/ 100 Royal Mail Steam at Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 83 88 at Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref lOO ••• ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, line lO 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Emplre Ot 8 3 4 1 1 50 S. African Mort. & Inv. , Rm. 6 ••• 25 South Australian Land st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip...,,, ll 20 Telegraph Con. & 5 1ain.,lim all 18/ 191 191 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl ••. •:* 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim • AP 1 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust &Loan Co., U. Canada 5 4d p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 4 41p all 22 24 20 Union Steam Ship, lint 1 11p 1 5 : U nited TT Di Dis o. count o per r t c. C ec o n r ot p . Corp., emmf. alll i t il l 63. f p 20 Universal Marineau.), lim 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 21 31 30 Van Dieman's Land .. 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 Per 50 Warrant Finance, age)Loan... .. 4 Pacific 20 60 W We e e es s nt t L Ste am,l n ni d 1:oi Warehouses mirnat COLONIAL GOVEUNMENT BICCURITIE3 firltieb Columbia, 6 per cent,lB72 100 ar .. UN4 180 l/0 —, ... CanAlov.bp.c.Jan.%l;July 1877-84 -' r"'.l Do. 6p. p. Feb, & Aug 1t:13 lt4" li6 Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept•• 100 104 106 Do. sp. c. Jan. July— 100 95 96 936 Do. sp. c. inscribed tik.• ICO 90 92 c apn G.Hope, 6 px..1873.• 100 102 104 Do.Apl.&Oct 1090-19 00 .• 100 111 113 Do. do 1880-9 0 •• 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, i*pi .••• 100 108 lie Do. 5 per lieut. 15 April and 15 Oct~ 1900 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.e 100 108 no Do. 1872, do.••• 100 105 107 - Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873,- Jan. and July 1)0 104 106 Do. 1878 .. •1 )0 106 108 Do. 1882, May and Nov.•• 00 106 los Do. 1895, Feb. Az. Aug.••• 10 106 06 AL . :bourn^ 03rporattl.,•• 1t567.7.), 6 per ant •• 1( 0 100 100 N.13.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July.• 10u 104 1‘ Natal 6 p ot, Apl& Oct— • 10) Do 6p 0. 51. y & Nov ..••• 1 0 106 108 N. S. tV. 5 p•c. ' '7l to '7 3 .• 10 0 go 101 -- Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 00 of 90 go Do. 5 p.o. rd.'67 to '75 • • N.Zealand, 6p. 01.1891 100 _ Do. 5 percent.... 1(0 - DoJan,Ap I,July, 0 t••• 1 0 0 93 04 931 - Do 6p c, Mar ( t bept '91.• 100 108 110 Do J uue & Deo , 1.01 •••• 10 0 109 ill - IDo Prot , . 1 Aucrld. j 1 0 —t ttries 1& 2, 101)6 ) Nova Scotia op. Jac and July, 1875 Do Iseo lOO 101 103 iw Queenelnd. op. c. 'B2-5 100 106 107 Do 180 . • •• • 100 1054 1064 Do. 6 p 0.1860.. ...•• 100 _ -- Do. do. A 2 lOO 108 110 Do rd. 1893 Victoria 0,p.0. 100 112 113 OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS (IRELAND). The O'CONOR DON moved for a roturn of all the offi cial appointments made by the late Government in Ireland from the Ist to the 10th day of December, 1868, in tabular form; the names of the persons appointed; the nature and salaries of the offices; the dates of the several appointments; the names of the previous holders of these offices ; how the vacancies were created; and, if caused by resignation, the date of the resignation.—Granted. Mr. DODDS moved an address for copy of the judgment delivered by the Special Commissioners for English Fishe ries at Wokington on the 10th of December, 1868, relative to Lord Lonsdale's fishing coops in the river Derwent, and affecting the right to weirs in the non-navigable portions of salmon river sin England.—Agreed to. THE DUMFRIESSHIRE ELECTION. Mr. T. CHAMBERS nominated the select committee to inquire as to the alleged Parliamentaay disqualification of Sir Sydney liedlew Waterlow . under the statute 22 George 111., c. 45: the Lord Advocate, Mr. Thomas Chambers, Mr. Brand, Mr. Headlam, Mr. Gathorne Hardy, Mr. Henley, and Mr. Pemberton. Powers to send for persons, papers, and records ; five to be the quorum ; That the committee have leave to hear counsel upon the matter referred to. —Agreed to. POOR LAWS. Mr. COREA - NOE moved for the returns of the number of married persons aged 60 years and upwards who may have occupied common apartments within any union house, in pursuance of the Act 10 and 11 Vic., c. 109, s. 27, during 1867 ; of the total number of pauper children receiving education under the Act 22 and 23 Vic., c. 29, s. 111; and of tho comparative number pf paupers re lieved in the borough and county union houses since the Acts 24 and 25 Vic., c. 55, and 28 and 29 Vic , c. 79, s. 8; exclusive of the metropolis.—Agreed to. The house adjourned at 12.45. NAVAL AIVD MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday there was a grand divisional route march of the whole of the troops at Alder shot, under the command of Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Jules Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B. The Cavalry Brigade, with two batteries of Royal Horse Artillery, marched to the vici nity of Bagshot, taking up a position near the Golden Farmer, with pickets on the right and left of the road. The 3d Brigade and a battery of Artillery marched to Frimley-grove, and on ar riving there threw out an advance picket towards Bagshot, communicating on the right with the Ist, or Major. Gen. Renny's Brigade. The latter bri gade, with a battery of Artillery, marched by the No► th Camp station to Fritaley-green, where is halted and detached a regiment to the right of the Wind mill, communicating with Gen. iforsford's Brigade on the left. The 2d Brigade, un ler Major Gen. Carey, C. 8., with a battery of Royal Horse Artil lery, croesed the canal at the Commissariat-bridge, and recrossed it atillitchett-bridge. They then occu pied a position extending from the sign-post on the Guildford-road on th right, overlook ing Henley-park, to General R.mny's Brigade, near the Windmill, on the left. The infan try were supplied with five round 3 of ammunition per man. The whole were in position at 11 o'clock, and about that time General Scarlett inspected the disposition of the force. Shortly before 12 o'clock the firing of the artillery announced the approach of a supposed enemy, upon which the outposts fired and retired, and the 2d Brigade delivered two or 'hrcc volleys, which appeared to have the effect of choking his advance. The troops returned to quarters shortly after two o'clock. The ts3[ll Regiment, now stationed at Aldershot, is under orders to leave camp as follow,: —ll3ad quarters and four companies to NewcAstle, three companies to Tynemouth, and three companies to USLU WI. kr, , Regiment, fro:n Poitsmou..h. A kiard of officers has been assembled at the Royal Marino, Barracks, V• T ool*.vizh, to verify the services of such men as are about to be transfer:el to Chatham. This will be the first portion to leave the garrison. he following appointments were, made yester day at the Admiralty :—W. V. Miller, paymaster, additional to the Valiant; and Arthur Chance, midshipman, to the Royal Alfred. HORACE GREELEY ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN. On the 3d instant Mr. Horace Greeley delivered a lecture on " Personal Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln," at the Cooper Institute, New York. He re marked that no biography he had seen of AbrahamLin coin conveyed to him his idea of the man. Ile was not the supernatural genius his eulogists represented, but better in intellect and heart than his detractors were willing to admit, a n d more su i te d t h an th ese Idealized creations to instruct, inspire, and stimu late the young men of the present day. The entire emrloyment of his youth and m manhood was devoted to laborious manual pursuits ; his instinctive thirst for knowledge, his greedy acquisition of such infor mation as came in his way, led him to study surveying, as a means to enable him to continue the study of law and other branches. Here Mr. Greeley suggested the inquiry —How much' real importance to the accomplishment of a successful life is what is termed « a common school educa tion ?" Jackson, Harrison, Benton, Corwin, and others received less than this ; yet Henry Clay, at the zenith of his life, appeared in no wise inferior to the educated men who surrounded him, in cul ture, information, and educational taste. The effect upon Lincoln, a raw boy, born and bred almost beyond the confines of civilization, must be con jectured of his two trips down the Mississippi river to New Orleans. They taught him much, and sug gested much more. Mr. Greeley then traced Mr Lincoln's political career from his first nomination as member of his own State Legislature in 1831 till chosen its speaker in 1840 when he was acknow ledged the leader of his party in his State. Thence he was sent to the House of Repre sentatives, and after serving one term returned home, and was little observed beyond his State till the Kansas-Nebraska Bill brought him forward as its strong opponent. Then he engaged in the Senatorial contest with Mr. Douglas, which Mr. Greeley considers one of the most remarkable and important events of its kind ever witnessed in America. Mr. Lincoln lost that contest, but ob tained through the remarkable abilities displayed the nomination of the National Convention for President and his election to that office. The lecturer traced Mr. Lincoln's steady advancement first to his entire fealty to his party, being its firm, steady, earnest ad.vocate:; and secondly to his logical powers, which enabled him instantly to perceive the value of an argument, and at the same time to pre sent it to an audience in the most forcible and con vincing form. His apparent apathy during the first few months of his administration while the rebellion was gathering ahead, arose from a belief in the im possibility of a civil war in America. When the truth was forced on him he met the emergency with all the energy of his nature, and was ever ready to meet any proposition that would stop the blood shed. His sole aim was to restore the Union and secure the country. If the Union could be restored by retaiuing slavery, slavery should be retained ; if it could be restored by destroying slavery, then slavery should be destroyed. This lei him in the early days of the rebellion to veto the efforts of different military commanders to free the slaves iu their charge, and later in the war to proclaim a general emancipation. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports. tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and 00. Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London W.Q —[Ad vortissinent. for them. The Star refers to the proposal made by Lord Bury to the House of Commons with respect to the re-election of Ministers of the Crown, and says that the house of Com. mons would none of it; and the little bill for abolishing the statute of Anne was not even permitted to be brought as far as the bar. The inconveniences alleged to be expe rienced are not great while the advantages of the practice are considerable. It is well that at the moment of taking office Ministers should be called upon to put their princi ples before the country in a popular shape. The know ledge that this must be done beneficially affects the choice which a Premier makes of colleagues ; and occasionally, as in a case recorded by Sir Robert Peel, com pels a Minister to dissolv e , w h o otherwise might take office without consulting the feelings of the people. Moreover, at the hustings on which Ministers present themselves for re-election, the public questions of the time are thoroughly popularised. The House of Commons does well to guard everything that secures the free play of popular opinion on the conduct of every member of it. Not only is it bound to protect against all possibility of royal intrusion the rights which it exercises under the Constitution, but it is bound to guard that exactitude and freshness of representation which the people have a right to demand against any proneness on the part of the House itself to govern the country autocratically. This, at least, is no chimerical fear, for it is not long since the rights of the people had to be secured by a complete bouleversement of a House of Commons, in which even many Liberals claimed the pri vilege of governing, and disavowed all real iesponsibility to the people. Against all such dangers the new House of Commons does well to provide, and it has begun well in preserving the statute of Anne. The Post is afraid that although the Solicitor• General will find it easy enough to prove his case in proposing his University Test Bill, he will find that his opponents will be able to impede its progress. The controversy on the subject is worn to rags ; the arguments on both sides are exhausted. It has been shewn, beyond all doubt and all dispute, that these tests are prejudicial alike to religion and education ; that they contravene the rights of conscience, and are hostile to the interests of the universities ; that they present a temptation to duplicity, and impose a penalty on honest convictions. The axiom that it is not wise to retain laws which it is neither proper nor convenient to execute, has become, as it were, the handwriting on the wall. Still, truths which could not be denied have been evaded, and the opposition which it was impossible to maintain on the open ground of principle has shut itself up in the stronghold of prejudice. But the lesson of history, as it relates to the question, is that exclusive laws are the weakness, not the strength, of the institution that has the misfortune to be embar rassed with them. It has been well said that they differ only in degree from the dungeon and the stake ; that they are just the maximum of persecution the age will submit to. Indeed, the utmost they can do is to make a sort of time bargain, to reduce enemies to a state of apparent acquiescence, and to restrain them, for a time, from overt acts of antagonism, and in doing that they intensify the opinions and feelings which are really pregnant with danger. The Telegraph takes credit to itself for its recognition of Lord Mayo's merits when he was unjustly assailed. When the Earl of Mayo was appointed Indian Viceroy, nearly all our contemporaries set up a howl of wrath—it was " disgraceful," " shameful," he was " entirely unfit," be must be recalled. The Times, the Spectator, the Saturday Review, the Pall Mall Gazette, and the Economist, all shouted out their horror and their wrath; and the India!) newspapers, borrowing their ideas from London, echoed the shriek. We said at the time, " Give Lord Mayo fair play ; he may not be a man of genius, but in Ireland he was cool, sensible, well bred ; and he may make a very good Governor-General of India." Now the tables aro turned ; the Indian papers speak enthusiastically of Lord Mayo's popularity, the correspondents of English papers follow suit, and everybody anticipates good results from the appointment once all but univer sally decried. But why (lid all our contemporaries agree to bark down Lord. Mayo? The answer—supt Ly Dr. Johnson—is, "slicer ignorance." They knew sailing whatever of him personally or as a statesman. they had only read some long and not very exciting *Peeches • and from these slender materials they daringly lenounceh him. Surely the press can hardly ac e: d p la e c e t t s to mstain its own influence, when statesmen find that some. times their wisest acts are those most bitterly assailed Cy . reckless writers. On certain topics, nu doubt' r , o a aa jou f, r ei n ol a va l l i c s iz t ran . of fersonal and otli known only judge as well as an official—on the b r t " 1: s it h them, or ut would appear foreign)bvious questionsltheitics„ b t el;a e ti operation true t i es o f subordinate v a c i at l a t l s u bo irn ut p ' et w u l o ie u n i to those who come into imme wl d i i ( : )%r, have patiently watched th i e i t e i now that Mr. Disraeli "k lie nominated Lord Mayo, and that that o contemporaries were worse than unjust—they were Wormed. The Tinzes is inclined to regret tnat the Uovirnmenl should have taken upon itself the burden of the officia! inquiry into the incidence of local taxation. In declaring that the Government would undertake the subject as soot as their hands were freed from the great task they have ' set themselves to accomplish, Mr. Gladstone added that, had they desired ease or delay, nothing would have suited their purpose better than to assent to the motion of Sic Massey Lopes. The reference of the question to a royal commission would result in shelving it for half-a-dozen years. This seems to be an exaggerated estimate of the time that would be absorbed in inquiry and consideration, but everyone must applaud the industrious spirit of the Ministry in taking the investigation into their own hands. We have seen too much of late of govern. ment by committeees and commissions, and it has almost come to this--that the responsible administration has been absolved from all tasks of more than ordinary difficulty. Yet, while we recognise the enthusiasm of the Government for work, we cannot but feel some hesitation whether in this especial business despatch would not have been more certainly secured by the inquiry of an indepen- dent body receiving and sifting evidence in a manner almost public. When the incidence of local taxation is closely analysed, questions of extreme nicety and difficulty arise, such as are not easily solved by persons immersed by their daily occupations in masses of details. But we do not wish to discourage the ardour of the Ministry. They are strong, they are energetic, they are able, and, moreover, they have a certain number of followers loosely attached to particular offices who are ready to be turned to any work. Let them take up their self-assumed task. When they shall have accomplished the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church, they will have proved such capacity for applying great principles and re• ducing an infinity of details into order that the re-settle• meat of the local taxation of England will be child's play The Daily News refers to the question raised by the landed interest on the subject of local burdens, and says that Sir Massey Lopes Wishes for a royal commission to inquire into the amount and the incidence of local taxa. tion. His object seems to be to put a good part of this taxation on the universal back. He and those who sup port him have cast longing eyes on the Consolidated Fund, and they think that if in this way town and country joined in paying the county taxation, and town continued to pay its own, they should have arrived at something like rural felicity. Sir Massey Lopes thinks that the landed interest has never been compensated for free trade, and that its burdens are grievous to be borne, and he is certain that inquiry into those burdens would result in such a case of suffering as would make an ungrateful nation, which will not now touch them with one of its fingers, take them on its own all-enduring shoulders. Mr. Goschen cannot see the need of inquiry, and we think the country will agree with him. What the counties really want is, not to shift their burdens on the back of the country at large—this is an old and exploded device of the landed interest—but to bring their whole expenditure under responsible control. This is the true direction in which to look for the adjust , ment of county burdens. The establishment of financial boards, as proposed by the Government, and the eventual readjustment of the whole system of poor-law rating, will' i enable the ratepayers to do something to help themselves', and that will be far more effectual than these vain calls for -help to the Jupiter of the Consolidated Fund. TheStandarl,after remarking that last yearßetlmal-green paid 3s. lid, in the pound for the relief of the poor, while Bd. was paid by Hanover-square, says that under such circumstances change must come. Mr. Hardy has heralded it by his common fund. What has now to be done is to establish, a common basis. The poor of London should be maintained by the ratepayers of London, without distinc. tion as to parish. But with such comprehensive measures to debate upon, we may expect that further questions will arise. To use the ordinary phrase the question will be " ventilated," and public attention will be drawn to points - hitherto overlooked. Principles will be laid hold of, and the further application of these principles will be demanded. The propriety of an assess. meat based solely on rental may be disputed. The ques tion is one of personal ability. The real principle, it will ' be urged, is not merely what a man's house is worth, but what he is worth himself. A nobleman may pay no more rent than a tradesman ; a man with a fortune no more rent than a professional man whose fortune has to be made. Why should real property be burdened and per. sonal property escape ? Two hundred millions of income going free from a host of charges which properly belong to all alike will scarcely be tolerated. However, these further questions ought not to delay the correction of ad mitted errors, though we have not the least expectation that the passing of these two bills will bring us to per fection, even though we take them in conjunction with An equalised metropolitan poor rate. But it is enough to know that the present cintt:se of 2- " oh , poti ,,„ e.tr as this subject is concerned. Resolute... Reiudeer.. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Di' NOTTINGHAM RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FOREST HANDICAP. Astracan Pompeii 1 LATEST BETTING. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 2000 to 60 agst Gardener and Brigstock coupled (tkn VICTORIA CLUB —Tills DAY. GRAND NATIONAL. Bto 1 agst Despatch (offered) 9to 1 agst Colonel (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Pearl Diver(offrrad) 13 to 1 a;-t Tathwell (taken) 13 to 1 agst Alcibiade (taken) 13 to 1 agst Pan (taken and offered) 18 to 1 agst Q. C. (offered) 20 to 1 agst Fortunatns (taken) 25 to 1 agst The Nun (taken and wanted) 25 to 1 agst Brick (offered) 33 to 1 agst Dick Turpin (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Havelock (taken fray) 40 to 1 agst Sea King (offered) 50 to 1 agst Billy Gladstone (offered) 50 to 1 agst Barbarian (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Summertime (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Hall Court (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Knave of Trumps (offered) 4to 1 agst Despatch and Colonel coupled (taken) 100 to 15 agst Pearl Diver and Fortunatus coupled (taken) 9to 1 agst Tathwell and Barbarian coupled (off.) CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 agst Paul Jones (offered) 15 to 1 agst IE ge an (taken and wanted) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 agst Belladrum (offered--take 4to 1) DERBY. 9to 2 agst Pero Gomez (offered) • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NOTTINGHAM. RACES-YESTERDAY. TRIAL STAKES. Fairfax Honesty 3 Falstaff STAND PLATE. Sphynx Problem 3 Astracan 3 Six ran. PARK STAKES. Lady Lotty f 1 Fenian NOTTINGHAM SPRING HANDICAP. Friday Hatchment N I Barnabo Seven ran. INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Chapel Royal 1 Voda Pomp ii MA CCARONI STAKES. Slap Bang.. Sir Walter Tell ran. WINDSOR, RACES-YESTERDAT. HUNTERS' STAKES. I Eight ran. lIANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Hawkshaw.. Yivandiere.. 2 Fivo ran. MATCH—Tommy Dodd beat Balder. GRAND MILITARY STEEPLECHASE. Tinderbox 1 Tommy Dodd Three ran WINDSOR OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Hippolyto Arlescott I Three ran. GREAT WSTERN RAILWAY PLATE. Sir Bobby 1 Fair Rosamond • 2 Throe ran. RACING FIXTURES. MA C Liverpool Spring 2, KY Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Downpatrick 9 inrcir)ic i- " l2, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 West Drayton lB, 19 Baldoyle First Spring 18, 19 Margate 20 13 im, Hid 29, 30 Epsom 30, 31 Abcrgavenny l, Bromley 1, •2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk ... 6 7 Hungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cambridge 7 8 Croxton Park .. 8 Streatham 8, 9 Newmarket Craven...l2, &o. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring _ MAY. Chester l, 5,6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 311 Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer _l5, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragh 22, 23, 24 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle .. 6, 7 Pontefract Hendon .... 12, 13 Nottingham 13, 14 AUG Brighton 3,4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes -6, 7 Egham lO, 11 Wolverhampton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT, Warwick.. 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT i 6, &c. Doncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 Harpenden 2l Epsom Summer .....25, &o. lE. Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park ,....29, 30 Southampton 13, 14 Reading 15, 1G Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford ... 22, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 31 Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 26, 27 Scarborough 30, 31 Derby Summer ..,31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury 3l, Sep. 1 Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 NOV] Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow 2, 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 ii L. LY. ST. :MBER. Hampton 2l, 22 Western (Ayr) 22, 28 Hendon 23, 24 Monmouth..., 23, 24 Newmarket let Oct 28, in. Lanark... 29, SO IBER. Cheltenham l9. 20 Curragh l9, 20, 21 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarkort Hiton ...25, Ica. :AMER. I Sh rews b ur y 15, Ice. Leamington nunt 23, eta. ;E FIXTURES. WIT. West Somerset 15, 16 York 17 ere wkerne 18, 19 Chepstow 29, 30 Streatham Royal Artily., Woolwich...B Knighton Ludlow ...1b, 18 Tenbury... ... ...... 21 Croydon ...22, 23 Co. Louth & Ardeen_27, 28 STEEPLECHA Liverpool 3 Shrewsbury ..... ......... 5, 6 Malton Rugby (Grand Mil.) ...... 8, 9 Kingsbury ............... 12, 13 AP. Aldershot ...............••.1, 2 Bromley l, 2 Abergavenny l, 2 Lichfield ............. 6, 7 Southdown Hunt ..7 Cambridge 7, 8 Cheltenham 7, 8 MAY. Limerick Hunt 4 I St. Albans E g li n t on Hunt 6, 7 Weet Drayton l7 JULY. Kingsbury 3 AUGUST. St. Albans 17 OCTOBER. Bromley 7 I West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. narrow 2, 3 I Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Worcester 3, 4 Liverpool St. Albans 5, 6 1 Shrewsbury .... 15, 19 COURSING FIXTURES. MARCH. Ashdown Park, H er t s 8, &c.Fimith S. La ncas hi re ( Champion), Cr Lr " . , .county Louth (Ch amp i on ) , lreland Scottitili National Open, Lanark 18, Sas 30, tto. LONDON GAZETTE--LAST EVENING. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 22. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Wil liams Esq., to boa Member of the Legislative Council of the 13allama Islands. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 22. Royal Marino Artillery—Second Captain William Davis Welsh to be Adjutant, vice De Kantzow, placed on half-pay. The undermentioned officers have this day been pro moted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 10th February, 1869:—Mr. John Richard Hancock an 4 Mr. Joseph 13riggs. -, the was I B. t )ugh" P ri ' OA ,bl° tin d 100 t