The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET A'N D COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. Business to-day was brisk, and Consols improved slightly ; the same favourable symptoms were ob servable in the Foreign Market. The Railway Market also mrtook of the imrrovement of busi ness. Consols are 9 9 4 3 for money ; ditto, for Ac -; Three per Cent. Reduced, 934 1; 4 \, ertr Th ree per Cents, 93/ ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 211. India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, 212 13 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 4 ; ditto 4 per Ce nt., Oct., 1888, 102/. In the Foreign Market New Spanish Three per C ents., Turkish Five per Cents., and Mexican 'how an advance of 4, and Italian Five per Cents. are nearly 1 better, at 531 531. New Spanish are i 311 ex div. ; Turkish, 384 38i ; Mexican, 151 1 % 1 ; and 111 12. The Honduras Loan is firm, at 86 87 ex coupon. gYptian Seven per Cent. Loan of 1868 has im- Proved to 714 714 ex div. In the railway market there has been no improve ment, Caledonian, ; Great Western, 4 ; Great Eastern, ; Great Northern AI ; Brighton, / North Western, 1 ; South Eastern, 4. The quota tions are :—Caledonian, 781 1 ; Great Western, 49 4 a ; Great Eastern, 424 ; Great Northern, 107 8 ; ditto A,llOB/ 109 k ; Lancashire, 1291 30 ; M etropolitan, 108-1 1 ; Midland, 1141 15 ; Sheffield, 47 2 8 ; Brighton, 524 ; North British, 331 4-1 ; Islortb. Western, 115 4 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 103 4 41; South Eastern, 801 1 ; Chatham and Dover, 174 171. American Five-Twenties are 4 better, at 751 t 4 3, 75 1; the Bonds of 1885 are 74 to 744 ; and t he Ten-Forty Bonds at 721 to 72/, also showing a rise of 1. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures a re 4 1/ 421, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 46 464. Eries have risen 4, to 261 27 ; and Illinois Central stock is unchanged, at 924 934 In Banking and Miscellaneous shares no altera tion in prices. At the annual general meeting of the proprietors of the London and W e stminster Bank held to-day, th e report, which recommended a dividend to the shareholders at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, an d by way of further dividend out of the profits a bonus of 10 per cent. upon the paid-up capital of £1 ) 0 00,000, was unanimously agreed to. The half-yearly ordinary general meeting of the sha reholders of the Natio n al Discount Company, Li mited, was held this day. The report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent, Per annum free of income tax was declared. There wcre no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. P rom Berlin and other Continental cities the acco unts of the r e cepti on of th e s pe ec h of the F re nch - " - iniperor are favourable. A deputation from the directors of the lonian Bank h ad an interview wi h the Earl of Clarendon Yesterd ay at the Forei gn -office, on the subject of v o se financial measures con t em pl a t e d by th e G r eek ` 4or erninent. At the p resen t opera t ors d o no t s h ow an y grea t Inclination either to buy or sell Turkish Bonds, and :°.? great recovery can for the moment be anticipated 411 the result of the Conference is known. T he rules and regu l at i ons o f th e St oc k Ex change are now publi s h e d by Mihill Sl aug hter, E e retary of th e Sh are and L oan D epartment, S toc k itch ange. The Master of the Rolls has appointed Mr. Cape re official liquidator of the Poole and Cherbourg Stea m Packet Company (Limited). T he Lord Justice Giffard has, we understand, b een elected a di rec t or o f th e L ega l an d G eneral 44E0 Office, in the place of the late Mr. Sergeant Goulburn. With reference to the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, it is officially a nnounced that, after paying all preferential claims, there remains sufficient balance to enable the board to recommend a dividend of 12s. 6d. Per £lOO ordinary stock for the half-year ending the 31st ult. :the meetings of creditors and shareholders of the Co mmercial Bank Corporation of India add the 11 4 aat T , directed by the Master of the Rolls, have been e l& hey were well attended, and a resolution t W ae Passed at each of them, with but one dissen ient) approving of the proposed scheme of arrange kent. Messrs. Henry Brockett and C. F. Kemp, the Zehinta ry li quidators of the Bank of Queenslan d , 'aye declared a second return of capital to the Shareholders at the rate of £1 per share, payable on and after the 18th inst. 43 a meeting of the directors of the Wilts and oferset Banking Company at Salisbury a dividend 21 per cent. was declared for the year. of The ordi nary general meeting of the proprietors h oia the London and South-Western Bank will be on the 9th of Feb., to declare a dividend, &c. 8° h alf - yearly meeting of the London Fina n cialg s t e ia t ion (Limited) is called for the I s t F e b ruar y 4 0 ,, 0 re ceive the di r ect ors ' re p or t an d th e au di te d Puts for the half year ending 31st Dec. last." e; . t the meeti ng o f t h e F ore - street W arehouse r ith , l/ PatlY (Limited) a dividend was declared at the ° f 1 0 per cent. per annum. u tt The doubts expressed as to the reality of the tri 4rePhs achieved by the Brazilians in Paraguay u aill i ,P l 7 justified by th e news now t o h an d, Var:g l4 by the French packet. If these accounts he credit e d , i t i s by no means certa i n that Qa L has y e t b een taken, or even Angostura, the illt-", the Chaco having resulted in their defeat with 14 ;v3r loss, While the fleet suffered considerably in th e t u g Augostura. On the other hand, it is stated, Isiti o ver Paragu a y was still rising, making the po -Btoti of the Brazilians very critical. The United Fill Allnister, General M'Mahon, had arrived at ke il a, and the diff erences b e t ween th a t Govern isettlt and Presid en t L opez h a d b een sat i s f ac t or il y h ad e " . • It was also reported th a t Ge n . M‘Mahon real t newed the o ff er o f me di a ti on. Wh atever t h e the S uate of affairs may be it is now evident that b oh Sens ational telegrams tr a ns m itt e d th roug h Lis re utterly unre li a bl e. (. Atthtee Public sale at the Open Stock E x change hot e l )+ ) Yesterday, the shares of the Agricultural fiAlic an d Farmers' Club Company (Limited), £lO ari ( P,aid, sold at 39 5 . e ac h ; B r i s t o l M ar i ne I nsur - Per -°r flPany (Limited), £2 p a id, so ld a t 17 s . 6d. kid —ar e ; City Di scoun t C ompany (Li m i te d), £5 Atil a „ s°l c l at 19s. 6cl. to 21s. per share ; City of sold -1-el provements (Limited), £3O fully paid, klo f a „ t "" „ 6 Per share ; C ramer an d C o . (Li m it e d) , (TbY Paid, so ld at £6 per share; Dagenham Paid artlea ) Dock C ompany ( Li m i ted), £ lO fully anld at 245. per share. IiItITIBII FUNDS—I:W* O trOLOCII• (in.— i - • raNxtExT FUNDS. 92i 3 13(31' Ceut • Ditto f • Consols 8 o or .Account, ......... 93f } krPer Cent. Reduced 931 ii;''' 3 per Cent Z2l Per Cent. Jan. 1894 _ 44 °',6 per Cent. J an. 1873 lauitfisoc, yrs expire sth Jan. 1880. E 1 , 1 ) 1,%•,..,er 30 yr,.,44 e' xpire sth April 1885 — Do.x: kned Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908— Auer bills, 4 1,000, 2 per Ct Pm ti o 500 ,* 4100 tlz 4200 244 pm 17 of England Stock, 4 per Cent ", ace . 41ad "la .. ..... . 1.4 t 4 4 Per Cent. Bonds et'eulonial Oninnun Itili INbltiN kinVEnNIstl:NT 12C1.11,11.1,..., 11_, l'eek, 14 r Cent., April 18/4 212 13 - 7,u Openiug, for Account 1 / 4 , 0. 5 , 112+ i 1)0. ~ per ctut. July, 1880 Iv2f bo I,Pez Cent., Oct. 1888 Jl-2;Lo' • Certificates .......... „; ......... 00. tliftteed l'ap tu 4 per %. , eny IN • 5 Por Cett., Jan. 1872 —O . t , La .1 ptr o.zii.t. May 1879 5 per Cent , Rup Bob. 1872 — 1 , tie .I)° ' . do.. 1877 _ '-' '1) . i, . do. 1882 1);; /3 6 -.1 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~•-• pm b ends, 4 per Cont. A:1,000 - 0. Under 1,00 .4, VOIitIGN FUNDS —TWO O'CL .. OO.IC 4tilti,,llB Republic, per Cent .11);',:; 'en!) A 45 paid .. 14-..au 13olads b per cent •• 441110411)„,°. 1859 ', per Cent 1 Oa. I} per Cont., 1852 —. Do. do. 1858.... Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account BOl } B;epos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Ctt'la, 6 per Cent. — 0 ,litall 6 por Cent — ",,. 41- per Cent., Do. 3 per Cent., — Do. 6 per cer t. 1867 — Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 ... — C lombian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 ler Cent - DJ 8 per Cent., 1867 ............... - Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. Egyptian, 7 per Cont ... Do Second Issue . — Do. £s9t, Bonds — D0..£100 Bonds • .... 84} Du. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds ;) 0 . 4,106 Bonds 9O English Scrip,'.lB6B . 7l} Do do. £l5 pd — dis Gov,:rnu.tut Railway Deb,ntures GreeK 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Act:cunt ... Do. Coupons Do. Account r2Tuuttetnala b per Cent .. Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd Iti Jan 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account . Do Maremroana Railway &lexical; 3 per Cent Ditto for Account _ „ . 1864 _ Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — .outevidean 6 per Cent. . — vloorish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada 144 Do 3 per Cen . Do. Defernd Portsguese 3 per Ct., 18iV, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,' 36 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — 1t issian 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 ,... 86 / Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonth... 91 I Do. do. £B4 los. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9l Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 661 Sar huian b per Cent 72 Spanish 3 per lien . Do. Account -- Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferroo Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coui . not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent. . DJ Account Do 6• tier Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds flo 6 per Cent., 1862 ••• Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds 64 31. Do 5 per Cent. 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 6of I Do 1 per Cont., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (ilectai es) Peroviar. 5 per Cent. 1865 Account •• Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Ace , ant t)o 6 per Cent. 1864 ro 6 per Cent., 1862 t Dividehas on the above pay able in I_ou•x•. Austrisu o p:3r Cent. Ex 10 Florins „ Belgian, 44 per cont., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2 per ('Ant. Ex. 12 GO, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificateb Do. Account • TWO O'CLOCK. CJiko's, Money 92i 3 Do. Account, Feb. 4 921. 3 MARKE7 S-11 . 115 DAY Y. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January 19.—Sales probably fully 10,000 bales. The market slightly firmer. CORN. At Mark-lane there was the usual Monday's attend ance. The demand for all qualities was quiet, but prices were firmly held. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. BEWICKE V. BEWICKE. The respondent in this case, Mr. Bewicke, ap peared again in court to-day, to appeal against the order of the court for alimony to Mrs. Bewicke as being excessive. The court dismissed the appeal. MIDDLESEX SES.SION.—(This Day.) James Jackson, alias Yallop, 28, was indicted for obtaining by false pretences, from William Wellem, 16s. 6J., his money, with intent to de fraud. The jury found the'prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 months. It is generally understood that her Majesty will herself deliver the speech from the Throne on the re-assembling of Parliament next month. We give the following extract from the United Service Magazine of this month as an example of the Way in which history is written:—" In 1859 Sir Herbert Ed wardes again returned to England, and at a public dinner given during this visit to his native country an affecting and memorable scene took place. Some gentleman pro posing a toast had spoken of Sir Herbert as the saviour of India. Sir Herbert, in returning thanks, said he could not permit this lofty designation to be applied to himself. ' Here,' he said, as he laid his band fondly on his friend Nicholson, ' here is the real saviour of India.' " The late Sir Herbert was a very valuable and distinguished public servant, but the man must have been elevated into a state of 'good intoxication' who called him the saviour of India. He is represented in England in 1859 as lay ing his hand fondly on his friend Nicholson, who had been killed and buried two years before under the walls of Delhi ! To call Nicholson the saviour of India is equally absurd. He was as gallant a fellow as ever drew sword, and as energetic as he was brave. These qualities made him a dashing leader of wild native troops, but he was not fitted by his training for handling brigades, and he lost his life through his impetuosity and his ignorance of the common rules of street fighting. It would suggest itself to most men who bad to capture guns at the end of a long lane that the proper way is not to go up that lane, but to get to the tops of the houses or to advance by breaking through the walls. This, however, was not Nicholson's way, and he used up some fine British soldiers and lost his life by carrying out his own ideas. It stands to reason that a charge of grape fired down a narrow street with brick walls on each side is death to every one in it; for instead of scattering, the balls strike the walls and ricochet from side to side, leaving no chance of escape. Men like General Nicholson and Herbert Edwardes can safely rest their claims to monuments and cherished memories on their career without the farce of calling them—saviours of India. At this rate saviours would become as numerous as the Army of Martyrs ; and after calling over the long roll, the question might still be asked—lf India had been saved after all ? It certainly is a question any of its 200,000,000 of inhabitants might pertinently put. GOOD NEWS FOR ENGLISH SPORTSMEN.—The New York Spirit of the Times thus remarks,on the abund ance of game in the Indian country :—"A recent letter from General Sheridan to General Sherman, dated from the mouth of the Canadian river, states that buffalo and other game are in immense abundance on the plains. The whole country is literally covered with wild animals of chase, and game birds. The general says that there are now more buffaloes than would last the Indiana for 20 years. The wild turkeys are also very abundant, and flocks estimated as containing from one to two thousand have been seen. Grouse, quail, and rabbits abound; and antelope and deer were so numerous and bold that they ran through General Custer's train when on the march to Black Kettle's village. We also learn from Mr. Cameron, who went to the mountains with his English friends, in company with General Auger's scouting force, that the buffalo were immensely numerous on the plains; while in the parks of the Rocky Mountains there were enormous gangs of elk. Mr. Cameron's party had great sport. Capt. Townsend and Lieut. Kendall went on to San Francisco when Mr. Cameron turned back from Salt Lake City." The Philadelphia Public Ledger says—" It is esti mated that no less than 200,000 persons are now re siding in New York City who have no work, no real homes, and no means which insure them a liveli hood. some of them beg or skal outright ; but a large number eke out a miserable existence by running into debt for lodging and board, or by borrowing from week to week of whomsoever will lend them, or by quer tering themselves on reluctant relatives or friends. The result is reported to be an aggregate of want, squalor, misery, and degradation fearful to contemplate. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER On DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Gray or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth; it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles— Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers, Depot, 266, High 1101bora THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING; JANUARY 20, 1P69. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 113 121 II Da B lO 41 51 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 17 1i V 1 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia._ all 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 10 Bank of New Zealand all 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China all 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all 20 City I i 100 Colonial •-,-, 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, lim 20 English and American, lim 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim lO 20 English, :etatish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 281 Do new,,..... 51 lUU Imperial, lim 2O 20 Imperial Ottoman...,, lO 25 lonian.all 25 Do new 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 100 Do sp.c. De b 5.1864, 30 all 76 30 London Bank of alexico - and South America, lim. 20 100 Londori and Brazilian, lim, 45 20 Do new 71 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart, of Australia. all 50 London and County ......... 20 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 50 London Joint 5t0ck....,.... 1 20 London and South African al 100 London &S.-Western, lim, 20 50 London & Venezuela, lim-. 121 100 London and Westminster. 20 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm......... 20 100 Merchant, lint .................. 25 10 Metropolitan, lim. ............ all 100 Midland, lint.... .............. 20 5 National of Australia ...... 4 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 10 Do 50 National. 2O 20 New South Wa1e5....... all 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 441 43 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 89 91. 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 15 I s 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 48 1 491 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of. London 33 4 ) 6 4 31 33 37 31 17 13 19 61 201 24 29 301 301 11 3 12! 40 4.: 1 1 1", ld pr 1G 171 171 I 17 1S 1 If 27 29 26 pr 1p at of 75 7.3 9 7 82 28 61 3 7 9 n 11 221 231 23 21 491 64 35 36 311 12 ... 11 10 63: 65 651 I 61 63 64 3 7 5 6} 7-4- ld Pr 2 3 3 1 d . . 39k 46 46 42 13 CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS ,FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, January 19. The Emperor's speech has met with a generally favour able reception. The Opposition journals, of course, hay, their usual throw, but it is much milder this time thal usual. The absence of all allusion to au amnesty for th press condemnations, or rather a pretty plain allusion tha there will be no amnesty, seems to cause the greates chssatiefaction. Otherwise the criticisms are of the oh stamp. No one can deny that the entire document clear and unambiguous ; in fact, perhaps the best com position the Emperor ever read. In the Libeete, M. Emil( de Girardin says that justice and impartiality wonli be violated if it were not acknowledged that a great change has , been brought about during the past year —a change greater, perhaps, in the determine,• tion of the Government than in its laws. M. de Girarclir says that the discourse of 1867 raised in all Liberal mind: the most legitimate distrust of the Imperial p3licy ; the discourse of 1869 has removed it. The Libertj is, in fact the Emperor's strongest supporter--perhaps justly. The Etendard adds its evidence to that of the Constitutionnel against the statement that the Treaty of Commerce with England would be brought to an end in 1870. Both journals are equally emphatic in their contradiction. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine what ground has been discovered for the report. Even suppos ing the French Government were dissatisfied with the treaty, it has certainly, so far as I can discover, given no signs of its dissatisfaction. The fact is, the Government has always supported the treaty. During the last session it was discussed for eight days, H. Rouher giving it the most unequivocal sup port. He said : " After the tenth year the treaty will be carried on only from year to year, and you will be able to discuss it annually in this Chamber—you can even provoke a condemnation of it. We are ready to dis cuss it whenever you please, but we will never condemn it, or suffer any condemnation." Lastly, M. Rouher an. nounced that all modifications of the tariff would be sub mitted to the Corps Legislatif. I had not space yesterday to notice a very noteworthy article in the Public. This, it is hardly necessary to say, is M. Rouher's organ, but its comment on the recent pro ceedings in the Island of Reunion, could hardly have been more severe if it had appeared in the Liberte or the Tenzps. It says that the Government is not disposed to conceal the gravity of the recent events in Reunion. They have led to a useless effusion of blood, and they have once more reopened the vexed question of colonial government. "We cannot now go at length into this matter, but we have no hesitation in saying this much— that our colonists in general do not appear contented, and that it is absolutely necessary to content them." The Public then exhorts the Government to inquire as to the best means of giving the colonists a regime with which they will be satisfied, remembering that the efforts of the last fifteen years have not attained the object in view. " We shall, perhaps, be told that the agitation in the colonies is factitious, and the work only of individual ambition and turbulent minorities. Be it so. But is it impossible to paralyse the influence of these minorities by largely satisfying the desires and interests of the majority ? It is very certain that in the colonies, as elsewhere, the Government will 'never please everybody; but there more than anywhere else its duty is to give the least offence possible. There is, therefore, every reason to reform resolutely and liberally." This is truly ramark able writing for M. Rouher's journal. When such an article as this appears in a paper wholly under the control—in fact, the editorship—of the Minister of State, it is impossible to resist the conclu sion that changes in colonial government are forthcoming, and that the announcement respecting Algeria is not at all unlike'y to be followed by decisive action. The problem, too, is not difficult. At present the colonies are under personal government from Paris, as is all the rest of the Empire. What they require is a truly representative Government on the spot, knowing local necessities, and having the power to provide for them, but still answerable to the Emperor. It is to be hoped that the blood Ethel " Reunion will at least bring about this benefit. A telegram to the effect that Hobart Pasha had sunk the Enosis caused great excitement on the Bourse a few days ago. This message, it appears, was a fabrication, and, according to the Figaro, a very extraordinary origin it had. It was manufactured at one of the great depart ments for the purpose of ascertaining whether a certain telegraph clerk was in the habit of selling secrets to the Bourse. This telegram was sent to his station, and in a very short time it found its way to the Bourse, and was traced to the culprit. This is a very ingenious mode of detection, and, no doubt, highly advantageous to the authorities, but is it equally profitable to the public ? Has the Government ever given a thought to the thousands that may be lost and won through the gambling produced by one of these "cooked" messages? To make the public pay heavily for the catching of a suspected clerk is but another instance of that indifference to private interests as compared with official convenience which is so strongly prevalent in this country. Once more the tidings of the young Duke of Drab.nt are alarming. The change for the better has given way, and during the last few days the Prince has grown worse. The malady seems to have entered upon a new phase, and for some days a serous matter has flowed from both legs. The Princess Charlotte is reported to be better—that is, quieter. She lies in bed the greater part of the day, and is said to be getting very stout. The ghost of Sir Richard Mayne seems to have invaded the headquarters of the senjents-dc-ville here. A raid upon wandering dogs has commenced—hitherto, I am told, with " great success." Every day about a hundred dogs are conducted to the pound which has been established in the Rue Pontoise, and all old or valueless animals are strangled if not reclaimed within twenty-four hours. The system is very simple : a cord is passed round the animal's neck and tightened, a blow on the nose follows, and—rixit. This summary process is not carried out in the case of valuable dogs. These are boarded and lodged for eight days, and then sold. THE WEATHER TABLE-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS: SHARE LIST. tliDI NARY diLtiltitiS AND STOClib, it:are Hallways. (,loving 13uoniteint Paid. Prtoe. done. 81 Bristol and Exeter ...... 10.) 76 78 Ea Caledonian 3u) 78 7.1 7SI s c , :miorian .. 2> Cornwall .... all 3 11 t Dublin dt Beltrat June... 100 ;9 81 at Dun„Verth.k. Ab.J aua.. ',GO 70 72 2; East i.,ndon 15 - - Do 10 - t Glasgow tit S. Western loo 95 97 ;,/ I Great Eastern .. W 411 42/ 421 st Do. E. Aug'. NO. 2 lO3 7 8 71 at GreatAortuu. ScotlaiW lOO 15 6 st Great Northern .. 100 107 108 at Do. A stock at Do. B stock at G-tS, and W. of Ireland IOO i 7 st Gt. Western. -Original l6O 11 494 53 494 .t Do. South Wales IOU 57 18 . Do. W. Mid.-0,:lor0 lO3 .5 z 7 a , Do. isic %%Teri 'O5 2. 31 5t Luac.ishirea 100 I:A 291 120 at Lon., Brigh., S.L:cc.st.. 100 511 52 4 621 1 1 0) Do 6crip ...... - - st I on., Chat., and Dove>lvu 17 17> 171 1 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A.... lob - 104 at Lon. Weetexo.. 100 114 E ;',51 it .Loa. ci Souat lOU be 90 90 at Man., bile)., 4 2 Lincoln.. ICO N 74 48 48 71 at Almiropolitan . • 100 ltB 1181 1081 1 at Do Extension 100 1. 3 1 4 1031 10 Do. New rd 10 10 1. 10 at Mazopolitan District. all 0> 01 59 10 Metrop. St. John's M ood 6 - - at Mituaud st Do, Birrolu. & Derby lOO 82 /4 at North British ...... 100 13 45 31 1 st Uo. hd., Yth., At Dun- 109 - - st or. pastern--Berwick IOU 103 105 1031 25 Do. (k. N.E purchase-16.13.1 - st Do Leeds at Do York lOO 99 9 st Do Carlisle . lOO 125 130 at Do Stoci. 8c Darling 1(0 129 131 st North London 19 Do Aew 1848 . 2 11 2 p Pt North Staffordshire . . 100 55 57 st North and S.-W. Jnnetion 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 at Rhymney at Shropshire Union ItO 55 58 st South Devon st South Eastern lOO 791 :91 804 1 20 Staines, Wok'ham, & Wuk all 12 13 at w >OO 145 IA .0 Do. C •.. 5 3 1 st V steriora Kilkenny 10 Waterloo Az Whitelut 1 6 - - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.ceut. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 80 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... stg Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. let Class preference lOO ... st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... st (it. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 93 101 st Do do N 0.2 100 97 100 et Do do 6 per cent 100 10 108 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 st Do do B 6 do. 100 ... st Do do C 7 du. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 09 71 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... at Do do 5 p.c. Wam.Va.1.1847 100 ... st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... at Do 4 4 do do do 100 ... st Do 5 do at 3p.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent stl Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st) ot. West.— Orig.& Jnt.-lient chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 103 115 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c 100 95 lob at Do do 4. per cent. 100 81 88 at Do do 4 do do at odo 5 per cent. relent 100 V 4 9 ; st Do du Birmingham gua 100 63 72 at Du do do pref JOO st Do do Chester gua lOO st Do do do is per cent lOO 150 130 st Do do du 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 44 p.c lOO at Do do 4, 1859 lOO ... st Do du 5 at Du West Mid. Oxford Ist g JO) 107 169 St Do do 2d gua lOO 106 103 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 83 92 at Do do 2d do 100 Iso 103 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... 100 Lancaster &(3arlisie 41 p.c. ail ... at Laucash. Yorksh. 6 p.c. 1O 1 0 135 at Do Barnsley, .c 5 :is 10d p.c. Da at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 145 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 06 102 st London & Brighton, sp. c. guarauteed, — No. i - 100 st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO st Do 6 do du lOO st Do 5 do Ni 4 lOO Et Do 7 per cent. l.O st Do 6 do (v.E. y 0.2.) Ivo st Da 4 do 1850 lOO bt London, Chatham, &Dover _ 5 per Cent ICO et London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent. lOO 103 110 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 91 st Do Shrewsb'y & Welcupl lOO 83 91 st London and 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 141 146 2s Gd. Do (Purtsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all at Man., Shef., a Lincln. 6 p.c lOO 11) 117 6 Do st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 et Mid. Consolidated., 6p. C lOO 130 135 at Do 13risto1&Birm., 6p. c 100 1 2 135 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 90 Ist' Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 9) at Do Leicester & kFchn, 4p c ll/0 83 91 st North 13ritish, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO at Du E. & ul-. 4p.e.S. & D lOO at Do N. 13., No. e, 5 per cen.t lOO ;t 1.)o Border Union, 51 p.c 100 st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c 100 80 83 st Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 95 97 Ht Do 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.4. ... 25 Do York, H.& S. purchase lO 10 101 st Do Stektu & Drling. A. 5 p.c lOO 103 110 at Do W, Liartlepool H. and 11 lOO 87 80 20 North Staffordshire all 20 21 lOs 8. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 lOs Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 910 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all . 8 9 1 0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO ••• ..• at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... st Taff Vale IN o. 1 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 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 uo Scot. Cen. min. 7p c 100 st Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO at Do New 5 do, 1863 IOU st Do do 5 do, 1864 IOU at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO st Do . Boston &Sleald, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. Jlidl., 5p c 100 st Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 lOU st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 2J Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B DV Lanc. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 st Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Da do 44 do, 1863 100 st Do do b do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 do, 1866 100 at D D o o No d . 0 7 5 5 c d 6 p .o 86 0 1. .5. too all st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 st Metrop. Ex., B 6 p. c a London & Western, 4 5 4 p p c c 1 1 0 00 0 7 0 tLondon jac zh&e chef. & . Ln Western, st Metropolitan a per cent at Midland, A 5 per cent pref 100 at Do B do -18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1860 all 18 Do lncony. New Share's 16 Do 5 p con. into Old 9 62 et t 2 W orth t Do £lo g. , s ju e s & gu p: e 3 e r u lt un ' c t . l e: e n a 2 l: 4 2 : l . : 14 . - 8 1 1 1 0 000 8 0 0 4 :; US, per cent, c a tf . 1 c 86 .. 2 . 1 1 00 00 st N. st Do E. '& G. N 0.3, P.O ... 100 t • E. & G., (Orthry) 41 p c 100 55 57 stern, 41 per cent 100 : ':t t N°DrtohS:ock.- & Darl , 10 Itlt 97 cent) cent ° 113 100 102 104 on S a t t t t NBNor t hoou(rA South h S l: o t:a s s n i i t pd e c e r : r n i s hii i •e p . d s ll c BBs . 6 . l, . 1 1:0 00 2 (Ch. Cross) 4 1 4 8 p 63 0 1 10 00 0 0 86 t tt Victoria Dpoo Ssddi 77 81 87 ; 83 90 84 83 86 io 85 90 103 105 1041 101 201 1 1 10,; 11 94 96 96 8 tii ltYg 143 10d 103 1 1 lip i 113 1 lip BAIL WAYS.--ELVES LEASED AT FIXED gEzTTALs st iritheata iooTh 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire lOO 0.2 pi 0" at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 ,5 4. ; at Do. 5} per cent. st Do. 5 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO _ at Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 133 1 : 35 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all • Gt. Easu., Newm., p.c 100 ▪ Du. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 69 72 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. Nest, W. Mid., Herd 100 95 VT 30 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21, '213 St London and Blackwall l9O 03 35 961 at Do. 41 per cent lOO at London . ' Coat., 41 p c lOO _ at Do. Coin. Fund, sdo lOO st London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, 42 South 100 78 80 st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 blanch., Buxton, &Matlk all b 51 at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern St East. , 5 per cent all be AS 50 Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern—Hartlep00l st N. W est. A perp. pre, sp. c lOO 10s 110 at Du B miunutun 11 p.c lOO ... at I\ otting. ct Urauth. It. a; C lOO 92 94 25 Preston and iti yro. all 44 46 Ituystun, flitch., and Seep. lOU 133 135 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 10J 133 135 10 Do do 8 21 2,p at S. Yurlish. and [liver Dun 100 96 100 st Do 4 per cent gua l9 70 81 at Do 5 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 st West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all st Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset 6; 7,4 DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 1191 st London and St. Katherine 100 63 55 100 D 01.7eb. stock, 4 par cent CU ... ... Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 31 32 st Southampton lOO 71 7.1 st Surrey commercial , . .. ... Extreme Sea Wednesday, 0 Jan. 20, B. T. ;,?. W. Ito F. WR. to 8 a.m. 12 Nairn Aberdeen 3010 f. 46 45 S.S.W . 5 1 S. o. • 3 Leith Rh folds Scarborough 30'34f. 37 36 S.W. 2 3 S.S.W. fO. 2 Yarmouth,. 30'45f. 37 36 S.S.W. 2 3 B,IV. c. 2 Fielder '— Cuxhaven Sku d esnses -- -- eirdr ossan 3013 f. 49 48 S.S W. 5 2 S.S.E. o.r. o'o7 5 Green castle 30'041. 49 48 S.W. 4 1 E. r.o. 015 Holyhead Liverpool Valentia 30'65f. 50 49 W.S.W. 2 7 Ks E. mro I'os 2 Cape Clear 3O 07f. 50 49 S.S.W. 4 6 S f.r. 'o'2l 3 Roche's Pt 3o'lll. 49 49 S.W. 8 8 S,w. fmr o'ls 5 Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 30'40f. 46 43 S.E. 1 5 E.S.E. c. 2 Portsmouth 30"41f. 41 39 S. 3 3 S.E. o.c. 2 London C'peGrisNer 30'43f. 30 S.S.E. 3 4 S.E. b. 1 Brest L'Orient 30'361. 28 E. 4 4 E. c. 3 Roch e fort Biarritz 30'29 37 35 E. 3 c. 4 Corunna — Brussels Paris Strasbourg — — Toulon Heart's Con tent (11 a.m. local time) EXPLA NATION EXPLA NA Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f. falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.- fog ; h.—hail ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r. — rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. The slight diminution in pressure noticed in the west yesterday afternoon has since last evening extended to all stations; though the change has at present been small. Readings, though com paratively uniform, are lowest in the west—that at Greencastle being 0111 n. lower than that at Yarmouth. Very high pressures have been prevailing in Russia for the last few days, with very low temperature. In the west of France temperlture has decreased from 10 to 15 deg., and a similar change, but to less extent, has occurred in England. The weather at Nairn is warm, and the difference of reading between it and Rochefort is 20 deg. The winds iu the N. and W. of our islands are all between S. and S.W., and a very strong southerly wind has appeared in the Irish Channel since last night. On our south coast light south-easterly breezes are blowing, and winds are from E. to N.E. on the French coasts. Rain has fallen in the west.— very heavily at Valencia. The sky is cloudy, but the air much clearer than during the past few days. The sea is calm generally. Weather seems unsettled, as there is so much difference in temperatures. The Right llon. the Attorney-General for Ireland has left Dublin for Ifawarden Castle, North Wales, en a visit to Mr. Gladstone. Mr. I)evereux, who was unseated by the judges of ho Irish Court of Common Pleas, on petition of Mr. Motto, again canvassing the electors of the borough of Wexford. No other candidat.; 11 , s arpoared. At a meeting of the workpcople of Messrs. Edward Wpiey and Son, dyers, of Bowling, near Bradford, Mr. Ripley, M.P., propounded to them a scheme whereby all the workpeoplo connected with that firm aro henceforth tc receive a share of the prcfits realiced at the end of each year A terrible tragedy is reported from Nuneaton. A man named Thomas Charnel has murdered his wife by cut , ing her throat with a razor, and then committed suicide by cutting his own. When the police visited the house thorn were evidences of a severe struggle having taken place, tht woman having two fingers cut off, and a terrible wound as the beck of her head. MISCELLANEOUS, 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira all! 21j 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lira 10 i f p 11; t 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 16 15k at Atlantic Telegraph lO 29 31 at Do. 8 per cent. lOO 74 77 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Vinauce, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 :id 10 Berlin Water Works, Um all I'l 14 10 Do. New 6 3 3} 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim 5 Do. New 4 11 1d 5) British Am3rica.n Land 44 16 18 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 64 63 10 Canadian Loan and Invest- ment, lim 2l 21 112 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 4/ 31 f 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 31d 30 City of Milan Improv. lira all 6 l o 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 2 3 50 City Offices, lim 25 21 23 d 50 Colonial, lull Do. ... 50 Commercia :Iniou (Assur) 5 1 1p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 18 19 25 Copper Miners of England, prof. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bands, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 103 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 101 1051 100 Do. 1832, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 1011 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 2,j 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 31 21(1 st Crystal Palace lOO 1, 21 201 1 st Do. Preference lOO 93 as st Do. 6p. c Petpetual Deb lO9 104 ltB 20 Darjeeling, lim I 0 Eastern Assam, lira. 6l ... ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga.. & Canal all 17 1 8 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 91 92 911 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 41 42 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 24 1 10 Do. New 8 10 up 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 i f 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 6 42 100 Eng. and Scot. .8 arine, lim. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 1f 112 20 Fore-streetWuvhouse,lim l2 pm 1p 131 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and 3 7-1 6 Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 83; 8 50 Gellivara, lira. '2o • 10 General Credit & Dia., lim. 71 2 14 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 Horns & Col Marine In. lim 5 41 31d 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 13; 13,1 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO 20 Intern. Financial Soc, lim b 11 11 5/ 20 Interns,. Land Credit, lim 6 6 48 50 Italian Land 5 11 id 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Ottvour) all 31 4 3/ 100 Do. 6p. c Bds., redeem 1870, issued 20 all 63 Its 50 Land Securities, lim 5 31 45 25 London African Trading lO 7 5d 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 m ...d 10 London County Land and Building, lim. .... . ... . 5 Loud. Provincial all . 3# 3 1 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all # 11 ) 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lim 30 23 221 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 11 2 24 50 Lend. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 22 17d 20 Lend. & Provincial arine 2 Id pr a t madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. 6p.c. by India G0v...., 100 104 105 1031 44 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim. ...... 11 d 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lint. all 4 4 4 50 Merchant Shipping, 1im.... all 33 38 50 Millwall Iron Works, lim. 121 ..• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. ............... 9 31 218 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 114 124 11 11/ 25 National Prov. Marine, lim. 4 4 3 d 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 81 91 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 4 3dl 211 2, 10 New Consolidated Dis, 'hit. 3 11 ld 5r ew Quebrada, lim ...... ... A. 4.0 44 34 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. cantile Ageney,lim ........ 21 1 IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim. .................... 5 11 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 7 5 10 Do. B ..................... all 1 2 st North Brit. Austral., lim... 100 48 53 50 North Brit. & Mercan. 1n... 64 19 191 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 144 151 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll ...d 5 Oriental Gas, Jim, 5 Do. New .. . .... ....... . 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, 5 Ottoman Gas, 1im.... all 14 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian It. Mail lint all 11 14 5 Do do. .... . et Peel It. Land & Miner', lim 100 30 32 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 43 5) 48 50 Do. New 1867 25 Reuter's Tel egram 24 27 30p 591 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New ......all 51 6 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,litn all 17 18 Gas, 1int....., a ll 231 241 20 Do. 100 Royal Mail Steam ... . st Scottish Aust. Invest., lit re, 100 107 112 st Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 ••• ..• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim. 10 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 ..• ••• 25 South Australian L an d .., all 354 361 st Submarine Telegraph Do. Scrip . . 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,llm all 161 17 161 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 1im.,,........ 2 2f 24 20 Trinidad Petroleum, 81 ... 10 Trust &Agency of Aus.,li m. 1 1 lp 10 Do do. do. all f 1 20 Trust &Loan 00., U. Canada 5 Id p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lira, 5 4 44p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., Um 6 11 018 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 51 61 5; 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 31 311) 81 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lint 5 1 lip 64 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 21 31 30 Van Dieman's Laud 2Bl 7 a 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (31ortgage) Loan all 74 75 75 41 51 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 105 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2 ? 4 3d 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO COLONIAL UOVZANIIINNT BECUILITIk6 British Columbia, 6 per 100 Vo. 1895.. lOO - Can.Gov.6p.c.Jan./&July 1877-84 Do. 6p. o. Fub, & Aug lOO 105 /t 7 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept lOO 1( 4 46 - Uo. sp, c. Jan. & July lOO 93 94 94 Do. sp. c. inscribed sk ICO go 8 2 v i Cape (I.llope, 6 p.c.1873 lOO 102 104 Do.Ap1.&001 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 100 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900._ - Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 10 8 1 1 0 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 198 lll'dbourne CJrporatn., 1857-75, 0 per L-ent. '• •• 10 9 - N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July lOO 102 101 Natal 6 p Apl & Oct... 300 118 j Do 6p c. M•y &No t... - N. S. W. 5 p•c., '7l to '7.3.. 100 19 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 lOO 99 104 gl 8 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75.. 100 DV 101 N.Zealand, 6p. ct. 1891.. 100 • Do. 5 per ..... 100 gyi 986 - DoJan, I,Jwy, 0 t... 100 974 986 911 - Do 6p c, Mar &7:,ept '91.. ;CO 108 110 - - Do J tiqe & Dec , 1 , 91 .... 100 too 1.1 - jDo Prov. 1 Atai.ld. 1 1 0 ( t c rie •1& 2, 1690 .. Nova Scotia 6p. 0.Ja0... and Jnly. 1675 - 1)0 1620.. ..... ;00 101 queenelnd. 6 P. c. 'B.: 5.. 100 1 , 5 106 1052. Do 1811 i .. 100 1054 1001 Do. 1801 6) 0.186)..•• 1 0 0 - - Do. do. 6 2...... .•.• 100 103 110 Do rd. 1' 9; .... 10) 307 ICB •—• ViCtOrlaUp.o. 100 06 14,7 NA VAL. AND MILIIARY INTELLIGENCE. The Elk, twin screw (unarmoured, comnlsite built) gunvessel, Commander Algernon G. Wooltov, went out of Portsmouth hArbour yesterday and Anchored at Spithead, where she will receive her ammunition previous to sailing for China. The Hornet gunvessel, a similar craft to the Elk, Com mander Duncan D. Davidson, yesterday, competing coaling in Portsmouth harbour, will &All for China in company with the Elk, and both will be under convoy of the Juno, 6, armed screw transport, 400- horse power, Capt. F. llardinge. The gunboat yard at Ilaslar, Portsmouth, ac cording to present orders, will be closed at the end of March next. The yard covers a large space of ground abutting on the shore at llaslar creek on the west side of Portsmouth harbour, and was created some years since at a very great ex pense for the hauling up, storing under sheds, and the repair of gunboats, mortar vessels, &c. it is fitted with a hauling up slip and cradle connected with expensively-c)nstucted and very efficient lines of railway running at right angles with the entire length of 50 sheds, with their blocks, &c., for the storing of the gunboats. A powerful locomotive engine draws the boats up the slipway on the cradle, and to and from the sheds in hauling up or launching, and a fixed engine work ing an endless screw takes the boats in or drives them out from under the sheds as may be required. In addition to this there is a valuable plant on the ground belonging to the shipwright and engineer ing departments, with officers' residences, &c., together with a large space of spare ground within the walls of the yard, that is available for extending the present workshops, should it efer be found necessary to do so. Altogether, the present gunboat yard at Haslar represents the in.. vestment of a very large sum of the public money, and it is well worth the consideration of the First Lord and Board of Admiralty whether some more profitable use might not be made of so much capit ii. The very opposite opinions have been entertained regarding the value of Haslar yard. At this moment the demolitionists have the upper hand, and the decree has gone forth that it is to be officially closed on the 31st of March next, and the 50 costly sheds taken down and removed to the dockyard at Portsmouth to be employed in storing timber. This latter proposition will at once be con demned if rightly understood. To do this it is only necessary to consider the cost of the pulling down of the 50 sheds, their removal across the harbour of Portsmouth to the dock, and their re erection. There is another consideration. How is it that now, when we have abandoned the building of ships of war in wood for iron, we suddenly are told that covered sheds must be provided for the storage of tiinbar ? Supposing, even, for the sake of argument, that the small quantity of timber which in future will be kept in store at Portsmouth dockyard must be kept under cover for its preservation, surly the six building sheds of enormous area, which have nothing build ing under them but a small gunvessel and a dock yard lighter, will hold more timber of all kinds than can ever be required; bat, if even there should be found insufficient there is the now vacant and disused ropery, of some 1,7001 t. in length, and other old stores, that could be used on an emer gency—a circumstance, however, that Is never likely to occur." On Jilonday the Ist infantry brigade at Alder shott, lender the command of Major-General H. Renny, and consisting of the 2d battalion 6th Re giment, under the command of Major Phillips ; the 2d battalion Bth, under Colonel Robertson ; the Ist battalion 25th, King's Own Borderers, under the command of Colonel 11. T. Walker ; and the 57th Regiment, under the command of Colonel Butler, formed up on the brigade parade, and thence marched to the general guard-mounting parade, south camp, in complete marching order. Yesterday the Artillery division at Aldershot, under the command of Colonel J. IL Smyth, C. 8., consisting of B and C. Batteries 11th Brigade Royal Artillery, and C, 1), and E Batteries of the C Bri gade Royal Horse Artillery, formed up on their divisional parade ground, and proceeded at half past nine o'clock to Eelmoor-hill, where they marched past in open column of batteries at a walk and subsequently went through numerous field movements peculiar to that branch of the service, returning to quarters shortly before one o'clock. Two men fell during the exercises, and were promptly conveyed to hospital. LuNDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING. 2 WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN.I9. Commissariat Department—Ensign Martin Day Saye rs , 67th Foot, to be Assistant Commissary in the African Commissariat Department. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 15. The undermentioned officers have this day been pro moted to the rank of Paymaster in her Majesty's Fleet : Henry de ltidder, Esq. ; Francis Henry Chown, Esq. BREVET. Colonel John 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—Last Evenzng. Amsterdam Do - ... 12 1 ... 12 Rotterdam 25 35 25 40 Autwerp '25 35 . 25 40 Brussels Hamburgh l3 10i ... 13 1 01 Paris Ditto 3 31s. ... 2 > 35 25 40 Marseilles ... 25 35 ... 23 40 Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 1201 Vienna — ... 12 25 ... 12 3U - ... 12 _25 ... 32 30 Trieste.. Petersburg 31 ... 31 i 21 „ Copenhagen.. ......... Berlin ••• Madrid.. ... 4 - ii ... 471 Cadi7 ... 48 ~. 48i Leghorn „. 27 0 ••• 27 71 Milan „. 27 5 Genoa... 27 71 ... 27 0 ... • 27 if Naples Palermo '— ••• 27 5 ... 27 7f Messina ... 27 0 ..• 27 7f Lisbon _ ... 52 ... 52f Oporto _ ... 52 ~• 52f ••• Rio Janeiro ••• ••, - - New York Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. 1 anstralla and New Zealand, via F .outhampton......Jan. 30. Ditto, via Yirseilles .• Ditto, via P}.._ ulna -.••• Jan 25 Brasil, Buenos Ayres, and M on t e Video ' Fe Jan b. 3 28 . Ditto, by French pa c k e t Cape Verde, by Brazil packet . .... .. Feb. 3. Cape of Good Hope. Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 27. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Jan. 35. (31braltar, via Southampton Jan 16 India, via Southampton ...... •• •- • • ••-• Jan. 11 uitto, via Marseil.es &Teta, Egypt, &o. . Jan 16. Ditto, Marseilles Jan. 17 Ilauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Scuthain ton Ditto, Marseilles -, Jan. 13 Newfoundland .... .... F.b : 0 Portugal .... United States, ( anada, California, &c., by British packet - ... Jan 11 Ditto, by Canadian packet .. . . Jan .: - .2 Ditto, by 1.. sited States packet Ditto ditt( (Baltimore) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Feb. 16 West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) Jan 23 Falkland Islands ..... . Feb 3. Cuba and Mexico ..... • • • -- ....Jan. 23. Bermuda. via Halifax...... B tha:nas, via New York LARGE CONSINGNMENT OF AMERICAN GAME TO LONDON. —On Thursday a large cargo of prairie fowl or American grouse was imported into the London markets for sale. They were in fresh condition, and very readily ob tained buyers at 2s Gd to 4s per brace. They much re semble moor game, and form a good substitute for Scotch grouse now the season is over. A large consignment of capercailzio, or cock of the wood, also arrived from the Continent, and the poultry markets are glutted with foreign game. Capercailzie sold at 4s to 5s Gd each, and were in a good state of preservation. ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Shortness of Breath, Colds, Coughs.—Thousands of testimonials can be produced to prove the powers possessed by these curative remedies in as lima, incipient consumption, and all disorders of the chest and lungs. The ointment well rubbed upon the chest and back, penetrating the skin, is absorbed and carried directly to the lungs, where, in immediate contact with the whole mass of circulating blood, it neutralises or expels any impurities which are the foundation of consumption, asthma, bronchitis, and asthmatich i s b h e c o r h r a e t t , se dry, r y t b, i y g :He t ul i o n mw g ps to tyi s. e suffocation nsa i n n ath f opegi heavy y l es , , d yh a m ei c:zh p . pneumonia. Thus all pulmonic compl a i n t s are easily cured. The tihse also w e a weather, is' pectoration attending bronchitis. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THIS DAY. LIVERPOOL GRIND NATIONAL. 200 to 9 agst Tennyson (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fortuno.tus (taken) 40 to 1 agst Harcourt (taken) 40 to 1 agst Surney (taken) LO to 1 agst Helico (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 3to 1 agst Beßadrum (taken) DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Martyrdom (offered) 25 to 1 agst Ladas (offered) 25 to 1 agst Thorrialclsen (offered) Offers to take 1000 to 40 each of four, viz., Martyrdom, Ethus, Ladas, and Thorwaldsen. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. FEBRUARY. Sudbury- 2, 3 Pontefract lB, 19 la l6, 17 Nottingham Spring... 23, 24 Harrow l6, 19 Chelmsford... 0 5, 26 Mansfield 1 8 D er b y Spring 25, 26 MA Liverpool Sprin g 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Downpatrick 9 Warwick 9, In, 11 'Tendon 12, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 [IC 11. West Drayton lB, 19 Baldoyle First Spring 18, 19 Margate 20 Beverley 20 Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, 31 Abergavenny l, 2 I Bromley 1, 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge... l, 2 I Thirsk .. 6, 7 llungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cambridge ....7 8 Oroxton Park .. 8 I Streatham 8, 9 I Newmarket Craven...l2, Izo. Knighton., . l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21 Curragh _2o, 21, 22 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring 2 . 6, & Chester 4, 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 IDoncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, la Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21. I Harpenden 2l i Epsom Summer .....25, eza., NE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragli 22, 23, 24 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 liibury Club ,3 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle Pontefract Hendon ..... 1 - 2, 13 Nottingham 13, 14 Southampton 13, 14 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford .. Ri, 23 Goodwood 27, 23, 29, 30 AUGUST. Brighton 3, 4 1 Oxford Brighton Club 5 York 24, 25, 26 Lewes 6, 7 Plymouth Z6, 27 Egnaui lO, 11 I Sc:u - borough .30, 31 Wolverhairpton lO, 11 f Derby Summer ..,31, Sep. 1 Wiudsor 12, 13 Weymouth 31, S e p. 1 i St. Albans l7, 18 Canterbury .........31, Sep. 1 Stockton is, 19, 20 I SEPTEMBER Warwick... 7, Curragh (Royal) 7,8, :1 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 18, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT Bedford 5, 6 Elia burgh 6, , 7 8 Leicester 4, 8 Bro mley 7, 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &e. eliehnsford l9, 20 Kelso 19, 20 3.1 Hampton' 1, 22 ) Western (A 3 r) 22, 23 ) I Hendon 2 ;, 24 Monmouth... - 23, 24 Newmarket st 0ct....28, &c. I Lanark... 9 9, 80 OBER. Cheltenham l9, 20 Ourragh l9, 20, 21 WOSC Drayton 9 1, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth ... Newmarket ll'tou ...25, tie. NOVA Worcester 2 , 3 , 4 Harrow 2, 3 Liverpool 9, 10, It, 12 STEEPLECHAJ FEBR Wolverhampton 2l Carmarthen 3 4 Edgeware .. 4, 5 Tenby.. 3 1 Birmingham 14 , 9 Chippenham 10, 11 1 St rea tham 11, 12 1 Mt wbricige 15 Lincoln 1,3, 17 I MBER. I Slirowsbury 15, c. I Leaulingtoa iiuut 23, iE FIXTURES. VARY. Morton-in -Marsh lB 'farrow lB, 19 Pontefract 18,19 Boston Windsor 22, 23 St. Albans 23, 24 Derby Baschurch 26 MARCEL Liverpool Sh a r i e to w n sbury .. . 5, 3 6 xi 9 Rugby ((rand Mil.) 8, 9 Kingsbury 12 I, 13 ANI.T.L. West Somersot 15, 16 York 17 Ore wkerne lB, 19 Chepstow... 29, 30 Aldershot 1, 2 I Streatham B, 9 Bromley 1, 2 Royal Artily., Woolwica...B Aborgavenuy . 1, 2 I Knighton Lichfield ..6, 7 Ludlow l5, 16 Southdown Hunt ..7 Tenbury... 2l Cambridge 7, 8 Croydon l2, 23 Cheltenham 7, 8 Co. Louth & Ardee...27, 28 D 1 AY. Limerick Hunt .. 4 I St. Albans .. 13 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 West Drayton....„.. 17 JU LY. Kingsbury 9 AUG UST. St. Albans.. 17 OCTOBER. Bromley 7 1 IVest Drayton 2l, 22 NO VEMBER. Harrow .. .. 2, 3 1 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Worcester 3, 4 1 Liverpool St. Albans 5, 6 i Bhrewsbury ..... l5, 19 COURSING FIXTURES. JANUARY. Thildock Club, Horts 20, 21. Spelthorne Club (Ashdown Park) 9 1, S:c. Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire 25. Ridgway Club (Lytham), Lancashire 27, &c. Creegh Open, Ireland 27. FEBRUARY. Powderham Everleigh Club, Wilts Rufford Open, Lancashire Cardington, Beds Wenvoe Castle ..... 3, 4- Ludham, Norfolk 11, 12 Brampton, Cumberland ll, 12 Waterloo (Altcai), Lancashire l7, &c LIARCH. Ashdown Park, Hod _. s 2, &c. Fourth S. Lancashire (Champion) County Louth (Champion), Ireland 18, &a Scottish National Open, Lanark 3O, &o. OCTOBER. Ancastor and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6. Ormesby 19, &c. Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27. N 0 VEMBER Sundorne, Salop Cothan and Eston 011 9, Aro. WATERLOO 31] (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. P. Armistead 34. Mr R. Jardine 3. Mr J. Bake 35. Mr P. Johnston 4. Mr W. J. Barden 36. Mr J. Johnston 5. Mr P. Bartholomew 37. Mr H. B. Jones 6. Lord Binning 38. 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. Blanshard 41. Lord Lurgan 10. Mr W. G. Borron 42. Mr S. Mallabey 11. Mr T. Brocklebank 43. Mr C. E. Marileet 12. Mr J. Bruudrit 44. Mr W. 11. Massey 13. Mr R. B. Carruthers 45. Sir C. Molyneux 14. Mr C. J. Chesshyre 46. don. 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. Pored 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 5.5. Mr J. Spinks 24. Col. Goodlake 56. Lord Stair 25. Mr A. Graham 57. Mr E. W. Stocker 26. Mr T. Green 58. Mr S. Swinburne 27. Mr C. A. Hailey 59. Mr G.A. Thompson 28. Capt. Mahout 60. Mr R. Todd 29. Mr J. Haywood 61. Mr B. W. 'Tinder 30. Mr J. Hodson 62. Mr R. C. Vyner 31. Mr J. Hole 63. Mr R. 11. 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 f or th Waterloo eCu;th P ew e i r a s n e, for ert h o t i.e e 32 eeL do veX g i r The beaten iu the first course for the Waterloo Cup, amounting to £260, to be divided as under :- 1. Winner to receive ... 1. Second ditto ••• ••• 2. Dogs to receive £l5 each... 4. Ditto ditto 10 ditto.. 8. Ditto ditto 5 ditto.. ETING —FEB. 17. Altear.) t. the Earl of Sefton. ,600 in specie, by subscription winner to receive £5OO, and ... £lOO ••• 30 ••• 40 •.• 40 £260 The Waterloo Plate for the 16 dogs beaten in the second ties for the Cup, amounting to £lOO, to be divided as under: - 1. Winner o receive 1 Second ditto 2. Dogs to receive £7 lOs each 4. Ditto ditto 5 ditto ... £4O 8 £lOO The Great Waterloo Cup, 64 subscribers, at £23 each— the money .£l,6oo—to be divided as under:- 1. Winner to receive ... 1. Second ditto ... ~, 2. Dogs to receive £5O each... 4. Ditto ditto 30 ditto... 8. Ditto 20 ditto.., 16. Ditto 10 ditto.. ~. £5OO ~. 200 100 ~. 120 160 160 1,240 The Waterloo .rurse and Waterloo Plate 360 £1,600