The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-18 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Crry, Two o'CLoca. Business was very inactive to-day, and prices for nearly all Government securities gave way slightly. However there was a trifling improvement in the Railway Market. The rate of discount is about 2i per cent. ' Consols are 92i 3 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 93 i; New Tkree per Cents, 93 s ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Ceneß 241 4. India Stock, 10f per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 - ; 3itto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1021 ; ditto Enfaced Paper 5i per Cent., May, 1879, 109 i-; ditto Debentures, 5 per Ceut., Aug., 1873, 1044. In the Foreign Market there is a decline of i in Italian Five per Cents., at 53; 53i ex div. ; and Turkish Five per Cents. are 3-16 lower, at 38i 381 ex div. New Spanish Three per Cents. on the other hand have risen nearly I, to 301 30k ex div. Mexican Bonds remain at 15; 151 ; Greek at 11i 12 ; Peruvian Five per Cents. at 76f 77. The Egyptian Seven per Cent. Loan of 1868 is 70i 714 ex div. ; the Honduras Loan 85 87 ex coupon ; Italian Scrip 1 1f prem. ; and the last Russian Railway Loan at 1 dis., par. In the railway market Caledonians are 4, Great Western I, Great Northern A. 4, Midland f, Sheffield f, and North Western f better. North Eastern are f lower, and Great Eastern f. The quotations are :—Caledonian, 784 ; Great Western, 49 ; Great Eastern, 41} 42; Great Northern, 107 8 ; ditto A, 108 9 ; Lancashire 1291 30 ; Metropolitan, 108- 4 ; Midland, 1141 15 ; Sheffield, 47 f ; Brighton, 514 to 2 ; North British, 33f 4 ; North Western, 115 k ; North Eastern, 103 k 4 ; South Eastern, 794 80 ; Chatham and Dover, 164 17k. Great India Peninsular Railway NeM Four per Cent. Debenture Slock is 90 91 ex div. American Five-Twenty Bonds are unaltered at 74 to 75i ; the Bonds of 1885 have improved 1, to 73f 73i ; and the Ten-Forty Bonds are firmer at 72 72i. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are 40; 41i, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 414 46, Eries remain at 261 26!. In Banking and Miscellaneous shares prices are as last quoted. The sum of £20,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank on Saturday. Three gold ships from Australia have arrived. The Macdutrhas brought £47,500 ; the Kosciusko, £46,000; and the Lanarkshire, £17,500. The Bremen, from New Orleans, has also brought £7,000. The steamer Ceylon took out £99,000 in specie for Bombay, of which £Bl,OOO is silver and £lB,OOO gold. The Tasmanian, for the West Indies, has taken £5,898. A general meeting of the City of London Gas Company is called for the 3d February, when a dividend for the half year is to be declared. The Upper Assam Tea Company have issued proposals for a loan of £50,000. Mortgage Deben tures in 1,000 bonds of £5O each, for five years, bearing interest at 6 per cent., payable quarterly, by coupons attached, redeemable by half-yearly drawings at 10 per cent. premium. The security offered is the estates of the company in India and the stock of tea here. At the half•yearly meeting of the West of Eng land and South Wales Bank, hell at Bristol, a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. was declared, free of income tax, as on the previous occasion. With regard to the arrangements between the Erie and the Atlantic and Great Western Railways, a full and complete statement is, according to the Railway News, to be issued in a few days by the London Board of Directors, who will, at the same time, " make some proposals, the effect of which will tend greatly to simplify the proposals submitted to the company a short time since, and accepted by the bond and debenture holders, with respect to the resumption of payments on the securities of the company." It is also intimated that a deputation from the directors of the Erie Company will shortly arrive in London, and that a complete explanation will then be made regarding the position of that undertaking, showing that the recent :ssuc of shares Were not in excess of the legal powers. In relation to the fact which has been noticed that the copy of the lease executed between the Erie and the At lantic and great Western Companies does not con tain any stipulation as to the minimum rental of $ 1 ,800,000 to be paid by the Erie, it is mentioned that these and a variety of other stipulations are embodied in a supplementary lease, which will be Published in the report of the London Board of Directors now in course of preparat ion. At the Rolls' Chambers on Saturday, in the New Zealand Banking Corporation case, Mr. James Cooper, the official liquidator, supported a novel proposition to pay the creditors in full, and thereby Put an end to a long and expensive litigation. Mr. 11 . A. Hankey, who had been connected with the bank, bad made a proposal to guarantee the credi tors 6s. Bd. in the pound, which, with 7s. 4d. paid by the official liquidator, would leave 6s. to be paid, and Mr. Cooper was willing to give promissory notes at 6, 12 and 18 months to pay the creditors the balance out of the funds to be realised. The Course proposed would prevent considerable litiga tion, and a number of the creditors assented. The Chief Clerk (Mr. Hawkins) approved the scheme, and would submit it to the M a st er o f th e R o ll s f or 4 i 3 sanction on Wednesday next. Letters from Athens, dated the 7th of January, state that the Royal ordinance authoriEing the Mi nister of Finance to issue 15 million drachmas with a compulsory circulation has been promulgated. The notes are to be of 1,000, 100, 50, 20, and 10 drachmas. The National Bank, in alarm at the effects of this ordinance and of the run for specie :which the Cabinet of M. Bulgares is suspected of I ll etigating, have offered to lend the Government Jo ur million in specie and six millions in their own Paper, at 6 per cent. interest, on condition that e°roPulsory circulation be given to 30 millions of their no tes —that is, to 20 millions now in circulation a lld 10 millions more to be advanced to Govern baent. Our advices from Frankfort state that Austrian 4 _,Peculative s t oc k s exper i ence d l as t wee k an average dec line of about 3 p er ce n t. O n th e o th er h an d, bethessian R a il way s h ares, guaran t ee d b y t h e I u te "ian Government, with 34 per cent., have re covered 4 per cent., being now quoted 684 to 69, :, 11(1 48 the 3i per cen t. b on d s o f th e same St a t e are t '. B7 , they are ye t compara ti ve l y cheap. A ustr i an I,tlNi'aY preference shares are in good de m a n d, while " a llau descriptions have been flat. ~ BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a k , ovARNm ENT FUNDS. -, , Per Cent. Consols , Ditto f or Account, liP e r Cent. R e d uce d 93 i I, B W 3 per Cent -W 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 A °' 5 Per Cent. J mn.187 3 --Altinities, 80 rs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — 130 ., for 80 y Y rs, expire sth April 1885 — E ,"-'? (Red Sea Taldvaph), Aug., 1908 — -(34oquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct — Lo. I £5OO II ~, ~.* 4100 "-^ of England Stock, 4 per Cent b Can 0. account fatittla ionr Cent. Bonds — ttter-Cial °minium. I _,.1-NurA,N GovEnNmErrr SEOURITIEe 4,114 tock, 10i per Cent., April 1879 — O . Opening, for Accouct - D0.13°. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do ' 4 Pez* Cent., Oct. 1888 D.-,0. Certificates o.Enlaced Pape. 4 p er C ent — 5 per Ceat., Jan. 1872 , — 5 5 i Per Ce:at. May 1879 1 91 3 do. 1877 — . 11 Do. do. 188" 71' 4 It ch 5 C Aug. 1873 ...... 104} ~ per Cent., -o. 110 . u B nder £l,onds, 4 per 000 Cent., £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. dr • :fentine Republic, uo , 6 per Cen t , . S'crip ..£45 paid .. auitrian Bonds 5 per cent sz, Do. 1 859 6411411 5 PO/ Ceiltmentstoomititettt -"' -- Do. 41 per Cent., 1852 .— Do. do. 1858.... Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 69 Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 — Do Account 791 80} B moos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont.) 511 Cu)a, 6 per Cent. — Owlian 6 par Cent — no. 41 per Cent ...... Do. 3 per Cent., Po. 6 per cfryt. 1867 931 Po. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo abian, 6 per Cent. Dansh, 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Prinzipalties, 7 par Cent 741 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 Equador New (consolidated, 1 per Cent Wgyptian, 7 per Cent — Do Second Issue B2l 2 3 Do. £5'.)L Bon ds — Do. £lOO Bonds . • „• Ib64 Account D o . L5OO Bonds Do. 41011 Bonds 9Ol English Scrip,7,lB6B . 7l De do. .£45 pd — Governrrent II dimly lie!) -nrures Greet( 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups — Du. Account .. . D. C. iu pom -- Do. Account .. • -- r.l4:.rettiat:, 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct.,311 pd 85} IA t;iau 5 pet Curt., 18ti& — .)o. Iccuunt . — Do .ldsreinnutua Railway — ~ i, , xicar. 3 per Cent - Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do g per Cent. Auglo-French — viontevickau ‘..: per Cent. . — Iloorish Imperial 5 per Cent .3‘v Granada — Do 3 per Cen . — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) i — Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1565 Do Account 76i .__ .. Do 4f per Cent. (Uribarreu) ... Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 .. — Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.'. 36 Do. do. 1867.. — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — R issian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Si Do 4f per Cent . 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds„, 91 Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0...,, -- Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway — Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferral:l — Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do de, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 64 4 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 6Ol Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Aces ant Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 I 241 ~ 33 Dividends on the above payable in Lon Austnan o pm Cent. Ex 10 Florins — Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. lt , dian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. zsf. Do Account 531 CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money 92/ .1 Do. Account, Feb. 4 921 711 E LE WES MURDER. EXECUTION OF THE MURDERER-THIS DIY. Martin Brown, alias Martin Henry Vinall, a young man, only 22 years old, was executed this morning at eight o'clock, within the walls of the county gaol at Lewes, pursuant to his sentence, and iu accordance with the provisions of the recent statute abolishing public executions. MARKEI S —2 Ills DAY. MARK LANE. At Mark lane tl-day the market responded to this state of affairs in the country, and the conclusion of the Conference with a good hope of peace as sisted to induce sales at lower prices. We have had t9.-day the two conditions of very large arri vals still on the market and more supplies offering at al the country centres than the demand. The conse quence has been a fall of 2s. both on foreign and English wheat from last Monday's quotations. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Tho supply of English beasts was light, and pri ces tolerably firm, but heavy arrivals of foreign caused a dull market generally, and in some instantes lower rates had to 113 taken. NEW SMITHFIELD AND LEADENHALL. The dead meat trade continues dull, and prices are barely sustained. Beef, 3s to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s to 4s 6d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; large pork, 3s to 3s 10d ; small ditto, 4s to 4s 6d per stone. The poultry market exhibits no change of importance. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January 18.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market flat. SHIPPING INTELLIVENCE. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 17.—Corine Aine, from Maries ; Laura from Iquique ; Elizabeth and Catharine, from Nicoleof Georg* Crowshaw, from Bankok ; Hero, steamer, from St Michael's; Evelyn Wood, from Shanghai; Chloe, steamer, from Calais. Arrived, Jan. 18.--Triad, from Seville ; Samon, from Gravelines. DEAL, Monday Morning Wind W.N.W., moderate, and hazy. Passed—Amber Nymph, from Berbice for London. Anchored—Mary Shepherd, from London for Auckland; Glencoe, from London for Kurruchee (has been aground a short time at Dungeness, but came off without assistance or loss, and makes no water). TREASURE TROVE AT HAMPSTEAD.—The other day, while engaged in digging the foundations of the new Homo for Sailors' Orphans between Church-row and High-street, Hampstead, a working man came upon a leaden coin, about two feet below the surface, in a bed of loam and clay. It is about an inch and a half in diameter, and on inspection it turns out to be a " bull" of Pope In nocent IV., one of the well known family of Fiesco, who sat in the chair of St. Peter from A.D. 1243 to 1254. The "bull" bears on the reverse the figures of St. Peter and St. Paul, and is in a tolerable state of preservation, and we understand that it is likely to be secured for the British Museum. " GOING TO POT."—This, like the kindred phrase " getting into hot water," is a relic of the barbarous po licy of boiling to death, which was inflicted on poisoners in the olden time.—Notes and Queries. Two VESSELS RUN DOWN.—SHIELDS, SUNDAY AFTERNOON.—The crew of the schooner Ravelock, of Whitstable, was brought into the Tyne to-day. The ves sel was run down in Gunfleet by the screw steamer Edith of London. At the same time the crew of the schooner Isabella and Mary, of Warkworth, was brought into the Tyne, their vessel having been run down in Gunfleet by the screw steamer Busy Bee, of London. Both crews lost all their clothes, and had a narrow escape of their lives. A detachment of the 27th (Enniskillen) Regi ment, to the number of seven sergeants, two drum mers, and 95 rank and file, with nine soldiers' wives, the whole under the command of Brevet- Major J. V. O'Donnell, with Captain H. S. Simeon, has arrived at Chatham garrison from the Isle of Grain, and joined the headquarters of the regiment at St. Mary's casemated barracks. Yes terday a draught of the 27th Regiment, number ing 98 commissioned officers and men, with eight soldiers' wives and 11 children, under the com mand of Captain A. D. Geddes and Ensign H. Wodehouse, left Chatham, and proceeded to the Isle of Grai❑ for duty at that station. Yesterday a detachment, numbering 202 non commissioned officers and gunners of the Depot Brigade Royal Artillery, arrived at the head quarters of the Ist Division, at Chatham, from the 3d Division, at Warley, for the purpose of augumenting the strength of the Royal Artilltry in garrison, the force of which has been weakened in consequence of the large numbers recently despatched to India. A detachment of the 95th Regiment, consisting of Captain Nulock, Ensign Creagh, one sergeant, four corporals, and 110 privates, left Pembroke Dock for Portsmouth, where they will embark for Bombay for service with the head-quarters of the regiment, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E VENING, JANUARY 18, 1,369. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY tillAiCC:i AND STOCKS. Jima Railway'. rad. closing Business Prioe. dene. st Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 at Caledonian ............ 100 st Cambrian 20 Cornwall .... all at Dublin & Belfast Juno... 100 at Dun„Yerth,dt Ab.Junc... 21 East London all 20 Lo 15 21 Do 10 at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 95 07 at Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7 8 st Great North of Sootlana lOO 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 107 108 107} t Do. A stock at Do. 11 stook lOO 124 1 st GtS, and W. o 1 Ireland lOO 07 t 9 at Cit. Western -Original ltrO 41, 19} 191 tt Do. south Wales lO2 LI to a Do. W. Mid.—w.tore 10) '44 i 6 a , Lo. Newport Lou 28 11 st Lancashire a lorksnir lOO +29/ 80 124 at Lou., lirigh.,,t S.Cuast.„ ICO 511 421 61i f 2 OJ Do Serid ..... - at Lou., Gnat. , auu Ivy 17 17; li/ at Lo. Metrop. Ex. A lO2 at Lun. Aorth Western lOO 1.41 15/ 116/ 15 at Lou. St South IVestero ll.O to 90 at Man., Shel., A Lincoln 1(0 47f 47} at M..trouolitaii . lOO 1(9; 190; 107} 81 at Do Extoussu .. .. 100 1.4 1 5 ,03. 10 w r 10 1 f at Mo.rupoiltan District. all 6) 61 40 IU Motrop. st. John's 11 001 6 st Miu.oun st uu, I.32rinin. s Dort.j luu S.: 4 at NJ. ta lit lush at !Jo. ICU., Dun lOO at or. "astern—Berwicit DA 1 , 8 104 21 Do. U. N. 11: puroLlabe 16.18.4 76 ",78 77 78 7-1 78L 18 11 3 Zi 79 81 70 72 7 9 at Do Leeds. 100 65 18 st Do York at Do Carliile at Do Stoes. & Darling ICO I_9 131 at North Lon iou 10 Do ew 1868. 2 11 2 I) at North Staffordshire lOO 55 57 66 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 st Rhymney at Shropshire Union lOO 66 64 _ _ at South Devon at South Eastern llO 79} 78} 20 Staines, Wok'hain, St Wok all 14 Li 12} . . at t a ll V ale lOO Jib 150 .0 Do. C .. at Waterford St Kilkenny lOO - to Waterloo t Whitehai 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS, et Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOl ... it Do. do. 7 per cent lOl St D 9. do. Ordinary lll 71 81 st Do. Midland it Do. Dundee and Arbroath lel 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua sti Dundee, rertk, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... st Gies. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct llO it (it. Eastern, E.O. Ex. No. 1 111 93 101 at Do do N 0.2 101 97 100 it Do do 6 per cent 100 106 108 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 110 100 113 st Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 8 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4 p. c. gua. 100 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.We,v.Val. 1847 100 st Great Not them, 5 per cent 11 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 st Do 4 4 do do do 100 it Do b do at sp.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO MI Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 s 4 Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO stj t. West.— Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO it Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c 100 at Do do 4 4 per cent. 1850 lOO it Do do 4 do do at Lo do 5 per cent. redem 100 st Do do Birmingham gua lOO st Do do do pref 100 et Do do Chester gua lOO at Do do do 8 per cent lOO st Do do do 5 do 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 44 p.c lOO st Do do 44 1859 lOO st Do do st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 103 it Do do 2d gua. 100 at Do Newport, Ist g. p.c. 100 at Do do 2d do 100 at Do gua. 54 per cent. 1863 100 LOO Lancaster & Carlisle 44 p.c. all st ',encash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 st Do Barnsley, .65 3s 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 st Do 44 (Blackburn purch). 100 it Loudon & Brighton, sp. c 100 103 69 71 96 97 103 105 103 /5 100 84 88 76 78 94 94 954 94i 68 72 150 it 95 1•I 107 109 ]O6 118 88 92 lulo 103 1 • 135 130 135 9t3 101 . _ guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ... st Do 5 per cent. gua. Nu. 2 lOO ~„ st Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do Na. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 ~, at Do 4 do 18.59 lOO st Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ... at London and 11. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 91 st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 DI at London and s.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 141 146 Gd. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2a6d) all at Man., Sher., &Linclu. 6 p.c. lOU 11F 117 6 Do A. 6 all par 1 pin at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Du redeem. 6 percent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 at Du Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 1 u 133 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 99 at, Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 09 at Du Leicester S.:lrchn, 4 p.c lOO 80 91 st North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 IOU at Du E.&l+, 4p.c.S. & D IOU st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO bt DO Border Union, 51 p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 83 at Du 41 per cent. redeem__ 10J 95 07 at Do (1 - .A.E. 4 per cent., lOO _ 17 Du Berwick capit a l 8 13.4. ... 25 Do York, 11. &S. purchase lO 10 101 at Du Stektn & Drling. A 5 p.c 100 109 110 at Do W, liartlepoul LI. and It lOO 87 8) 20 North Staffordshire lOs 6. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 lUs Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 910 10s Du Fixed 45 per cent all 8 9 1 0.6. S. Last. (Head. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No. I lOO 145 150 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 pc gua. st Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem...., all st Do 4p c eon. issued at SU 65 st Great Eastern 4/ per cent. 100 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO at Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO st Do Boston & Sleald, 41 pc 100 ••• st Great West., W. Midi., 6p c 100 86 90 st Do Joint I,erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 85 so at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 105 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 191 201 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 1,.5 Lane. and York. N ew 41 per ... ... cent till July, 1871.... st Loud., Brig., ac., 41 pc, 185 . 8 101 ... at Do du 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 d o, 1861 100 —... st Da do 4/ do, 1863 100 ... at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 .. st Do No. 6 6 100 • at Do No. 7 5 dodo, 1866 .. .. at Lund , Chat., &c., 2d , 6 p.e . ... 100 • .. at Do Metro p. Ex., B 6 p.c ... 100 ••.: ..: Do ••• ... at London &N. Wester n 100 • 5 st London h bt e f S . s ~ i ,in Western, ~ P c 4 , 11 s p s s c l a o lol 94s t 9, p c 100 106 110 61 10 Man. at Metropolitan D p er cent ...... 100 ... ... at Midland, A 5 per cent pref. 100 106 103 at Do B 6 do 100 106 118 18 Do 5 p c opt. to Cony. to Ord. is Do Inconv. Stk., New Sept. Shared I is all g 11 lfp i Do 5 p c con. into Ol d 0 22 s tk., Aug. 31, 1872 .... . . 81 s isli per t c•enatuU...(!. 10$ a t North ii 0 13 . I r , it Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 .. at Do }.; _ r., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 .., st l, ."& (i. , No. 2, 5 p.c . . 100 ... st Do icr ' B 5 per cent, 1862 . 100 .. .. 1 1:1:1 1 1:1 4 ; at Do t': & . o . ~ No. 3, 5 p.c ... 100 „ .. at Do _ ~ i iordiry) 41 p c 10$ 45 57 at Do 2 "" ) " ' ; at North st Do Stuck . 41, per cent Easter ez n, D 4 a l r te , r p ce . n . t . 11 1 00 0! at North Lon d o n , (Max. 5 per cen t) at , North 41 p c, 1859 100 .., .at South Eastern, do 1861 100 ••• ••• Do 5 at ... "'at Do 5 do (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 100 ... Do 5 do, 1864 Staffordshire 0 p c lOO ... ... at St. 4 , , pimlloo, 41 pa 100 at Victoria 77 81 87 %. Sid 90 91 S 4 Si - ... 103 t I 1 lip 91 RAILWAYS. —LINES LEASED AT FIXED nENTALs, at 13irkenhead 10u 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOl 64 46 at Do. 51 per cent. st Do. b do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOl st Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 133 lab 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all a Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., b p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 105 60 72 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 22 st Gt. West, W. Mid., Here! 100 95 97 55 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21, 213 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 st Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Coat., &c., 41 pc. 100 at Do. Com. Fund, 5 do. 105 . . _ ••• at London and Greenwich ... 100 at Do. do. Preference... 100 st London, Tilbury, & South 100 st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cont... 100 st Do. do. t; do. ... 100 Minch., Buxton, &Matlk all Midland, Bradford, Pref IOU Mid Kent Cray Line) Northerut Ewa., 5 pe'r cent all Do. do. 6 do. all 64 64 78 tO 79 83 o 5j 92 94 b 3 56 at N. Eastern—Hartlepool lOl ... ... .. at N.Weet. A perp. pret, sp. c 100 101 110 at Do B minimum 4 p.c 109 ... ... at Notting. & Granth. R. & C 100 92 94 26 Preston and VI yre Royston, Hitch., and Shop IOU 133 135 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 110 133 135 10 Do do 8 2i 1 4 p at S. Yorksh. said River Dun 100 98 10$ at Do 4 per cent gua ll i 79 81 at Do 0 do at Vict. Station and Pimlico 199 175 130 at West Cornwall 21 West Loudon, Class A s.ll 13 14 20 Do do B all . . 20 Do do C all 61 if; set Wilts and Somerset Portland Weymouthando) 1 10 , 0 t DOCKS. et East and West India lOO 117 119§ At London and St. Katherine lOO b 3 55 1011 :1) oDeb. stock, 4 per cent al./ ... ... Mill wall Freehold Land et Dock lOO 31 32 St st Southampton lOO Ii 70 of OurroY Qinumoroial J.JiI /go oil JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NA.1113. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 12/ ito Do B lO 41 11 41 1 SO Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 17 1i 20 Anglo-Hungarian 3 2 3 20 Anglo-Italian 1806, limited 10 6 8 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., S 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, Aim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 10 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 10 Bank of New Zealand all 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China.. , all 25 Chartered Merc. of India, London, and China all 20 City lO 100 Colonial 25 10 Consolidated, lint. SO Delhi and London, lira 50 East Loudon, Aim 5 20 English and American, Jim 19 20 English Bank of Rio daJa- $8 4 if f 21 13 $7 17 19 49 61 501 1 f 201 211 29 3O 301 11 124 40 4: i 1 54 4 15-16 11 •J neiro, lira 20 English, -sottish, and Aus - tralian Chartered .C.BA Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 281 Do new bi 100 Imperial, lim 2O 20 Imperial Ottoman lO .5 lonian all 25 Do new 5 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lira 4 100 Do sp. c. D0b5.1864, SO all 76 SO Loudon Bank of Mexico and South America, lira. 20 100 Loudon and Brazilian, lim. 45 20 Do new 7f 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart. of Australia all So Loudon and County 2O 20 Do new iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll 50 London Joint Stock 1 20 London and South African al 100 London &S.-Western, lim, 20 so London & Venezuela, lim 124 100 Loudon and Westminster. 20 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pra 2O 100 Merchant, lini 25 10 Metropolitan, lim all 100 Midland, 1im.... 2O 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 100 National ?ravine. of Eng'd 42 10 Do . . 42 50 National.. 3O 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western 74 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 43f 421 3 50 Provine. Bank. Corpo., has lO 6 bi it 100 Proyiueial of Ireland 25 86 61 10 Do new.. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lira 25 15 13 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 46, 434 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London Id pr 91 161 171 171 i I 6 1 17 146 1i li 27 13 pr 1p Sf it 75 71 9 7 it 112 Ai 5. 2 7 9 li it 111 1 221 231 24 21 491 401 au 35 Ti 35 1 12 63; 65 61f 6 61 63 63 7 6 61 71 1(1 pr 2 8 3 1 d 46 4$ 39} 42 46 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira all 211 211 211 10 Ainglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 4 4p 111 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all lb 16 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 29 51 et Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim • 7 id 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 134 14 10 Do. New 6 3 31 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim Do. New 4 14 Id 50 British American Land 44 16 18 et B. aid I. Magnetic Tel., lint lO4 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lim all It 3 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 64 69 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lieu 2/ 21 1141 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 6 4} 3¢ 1 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lira 8 41 31d 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 4 18 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 2 3 50 City Offices, lim 25 28 23 d 81 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 6 I, 6 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 18 19 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent, all 104 106 100 Do. 1879, 4t per cent, all 104 1051 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1031 1044 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 2/ 2/ 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 31 214 st Crystal Palace lOO 1 21 st Do. Preference llO 93 28 st Do. 6p. c Pexpetual Deb lO9 104 108 20 Darjeeling, lim. 10 Eastern Assam, lim. 6l ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lira. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 91 92 20 Egyptian Com. & Traci. lim 6 41 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 241 10 Do. New 8 10 lip 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 1 / 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. 61 aria°, lim. 8 ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 lf Ifd 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & COI. Coy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issuod at £B5 all 831 841 50 Gellivara, lim 10 General Credit & Die., H . Hui. 71 2 . 14 64 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 Roma & Col Marine In. lim 5 41 34d 10 Hong Kong and China Gus all 20 Hudson's Bay all 131 13 . 1 131 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lira. 25 Indo-European Tel., Jim lO 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lim 4 20 Interns. Land Credit, lim 6 50 Italian Land 5 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Do. 6 p. c. Bile., redeem 1870, issued 20 all 30 Land Securities, Jim 5 25 London African Trading lO 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 10 London County Laud and Building, lim 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 50 Lend. Financial Asso., lim 30 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Colim. all 60 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 st Madras Irriga. & Canl.Gua. 5 p. c. by India Gov. lOO 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim ll 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., li m a ll 50 Merchant Shipping, lim all 60 Millwall Iron Works, Rm l2l 10 Natal Land and Colonisa- 20 12-I 6 CI n si 4 31 63 65 63 3f 'lit 7 5(1. 3/ 31 I p 23 221 li 2 21 22 17(1 14 pr 105 107 104 i tion Co., lim. 25 National Discount Co., lim 25 National Prov. Marine, lim. 4 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 5 New Quebrada, lixt 4.4.0 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. cantile Agency,lim 2l 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 10 Do. B et North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 40 Oriental Financial, lim ll 5 Oriental Gas, lim. Do. New 1 10 Otago and Southland In. Id 4 41 33 88 11/ 1: 31 21d lit 124 4 3d 81 91 3 2d 2 11 ld 44 34 I iP 11 11 7 6 1 2 48 5X 19 191 141 151 71 7i i iP id IP 14 24 vestment, lim 2 5 Ottoman Gas, Hui all 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lila all If lf li 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 30 32 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 48 60 49 50 Do. New 1867 le 2 lid 25 Reuter's Telegram 24 27 30p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lim All 17 18 20 Do. Gas, lira all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 4 s 45 431 st Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 107 112 at Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref lOO ... ... 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Illy., lim I ... ... 25 South Australian Land st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 4 11 13-14 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 164 17 16} 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 24 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl ... ... 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 4 1p 10 Do do. do. all ... .. 1i 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 id p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 li 01c1 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all Si 6 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 31 31p 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lim 6 1 14 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 21 3f 30 Van Dieman's Laud 2Bl 7 a 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. ( Mortgage) Loan.., all 74 76 741 5 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 104 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 4 3d 20 West London Wharves aid Warehouses lO CULO2III&L (10Y/LUNMSNT B.ECUILITIE6 British Columbia, 6 per ..... 100 Do. 1895 -- Can.Gov.6 p.o.Jan. , &July 1877-84 Do. 6p. o. Feb, & Aug leo 105 10 '• Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept lOO 114 106; Do. 6P. o. Jan. & July lOO 93 94 931 Do. sp. c. inscribed ek lOO 90 92 94 Cape (4.Hope, 6 p. 0.1873 lOB 102 104 Do.Apl.&Oot 1890-1900 lOO 11/ 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&Jnly, 1891 Do. 6 per oent. 15 April and 16 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878,6 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... Do. 1882, May and Nov.— 100 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. .2 Aug lOO los od Melbourne Corporatn., 1667-75, 6 per cent lOO N.11.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July Natal 6 p et, Apt & Oct lOO ICB Do 6p c. May & Nor lOO 106 108 N. S.W. 5 pls., '7l to '75 lOO 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 lOO 99 109 9EI 8 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 lOO /9 101 N.Zealand, 6p. ot. 1891 lOO -- Do. 5 per cent. DoJan, Aprl, July, 100 974 98a 911 Do 6p c. Mar & Sept '9l :00 108 110 Do June & Deo , 1.91 100 109 tit JDo I'rov. (1 Auotld. 2 1 utries 1.22, 1890— Nova Scotia 6 p. o.Jan... and July, 1875 Do 'bed.. .. . . Queenelnd. 6p. a. '8275 100 1(5 106 1051 Do 1891 . Do. 1891 Op 0.1 . 869 lOO Do. do. A 2...... ..• • 100 108 110 Do rd. 1893 .......... Y 191911119 pig, 1090“,, IQO WO 107 . _ CORRESPONDENCE FROM PAkWB• (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY, January 17. The news from the island of R4union is very grave —se much so, in fact, that nothing else is talked of, even the Conference being almost forgotten. From the Journal de Commerce, of St. Denis, I extract the following leading facts. On the night of the first of December, a large crowd of some 2,000 persons had collected in one of the streets of St. Denis, near the cathedral. Here resides the editor-In-chief of a certain clerical journal, against whom this mob had got up a manifestation. From eight o'clock in the evening the most tremendous uproar, the most obscene cries, and strange accusations resounded under the window of the unfortunate editor. But it does not appear that he 1V11,4 at home ; at least nothing was to be heard or seen of him. 'The police did all in its power to calm the excited multitude, and the gendarmes tried to disperse the people. It was labour in vain. Soon a squad of infantry arrived, and, to frighten the mob, fixed bayonets. Nobody stirred. About half past eight the assembly grew tired, as mobs are wont to do, and at length the cry arose to go to the residence of the Governor, who is a popular man, always ready to redress grievances. But the may, r inter posed, and succeeded in turning the mob from this, direction, but only to take another, and finally to return to the residence of the unfortunate editor where the row began. Other disturbances took place, and finally the whole town was in uproar. But no violence ensued, and the riot was quieted about half-past ten. The next day, however, the disturbances recommenced, and the governor as sembled the militia. But the report then spread that the militia had been got together only to be disarmed, and this caused fresh uproar. Finally, the disastrous conflict already announced took place between the troops and the people. Six persons were killed and twenty-two wounded. The causes of this outbreak are attributed to the violent dispute which had been going on for some time between a Liberal and a clerical paper. 'But the Temps believes that the real origin is the bad government to which the colonists are subjected. At present more information is required. The Constitutionnel publishes a couleur de rose budget touching the colony of Algeria. The weather has been fine, the rains at the end of the autumn and the eom- mencement of winter having been so abundant that an excellent harvest may be looked for. If, says the official journal, no disease of any kind make its appearance in the colony, the native population will be relieved from much of the misery which they have hitherto been doomed to suffer. Other accounts are by no means in harmony with this tale, nor does the execu tion of a man for eating six persons look at all promising. But it is to be hoped that the Constitutionnel is right this time. Is there, after all, to be a change in the system of colonial government? Modifications of the military regime have been announced and contradicted, but my last informa tion leads to the conclusion that the Emperor has at length changed in part his opinion of the infallibility of Mar shal MacMahon's system of government. lam told that the following changes will soon be made in the form of government under which Algeria now suffers :—A Council-General will be elected, the magistrates will not be removable, the civil code will be applied-to the property of Arabs, and several changes will be made in the constitu tion of the Superior Council. This is decidedly good news for Algeria. The colony wants many things, but good government most of all. M. de Monstier is rather better, and M. de Lavaiette has gone back to the Foreign Ministry. I am told that Senor Olozaga has obtained permission from the Emperor to advertise the bonds of the Madrid Loan in Paris. Until a few days ago the loan had been dealt in as freely as any other investment, when, from some inexplicable motive, it was ordered that all announce• ments respecting it be removed from public places. It is this procedure which Senor Olozaga has managed to counteract. Your readers will remember the duel between M. decker, the banker, who figured so prominently, but so ingloriously, in the Mexican affair, and M. Odysse•Barot, one of the writers of the Liberte. An article which appeared in the columns of that journal, signed by M. Odysse-Barot, led to the duel, in which the banker came off triumphant, slightly wounding his adversary. For the first time "an affair of honour "of this kind has been made the subject of criminal prosecution. Belgium has frequently been selected es the theatre of these combats, just as it has been made the battle-ground of nations, but hitherto the parties have never been molested. This time, however, both have been prosecuted, and sentenced by the Correo tional Tribunal of Brussels to a month's imprisonment, besides a fine of £8 each. THE TVEA TIIER TABLE.-THIS _DAY. THIRD EDITION, SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CmcK. OPENING OF THE FRENCI C lIAMBE RS. THE EMPEROR'S SPEECH. PARIS, Jan. 18. The following is the text of the Speech from the throne, delivered to-day by the EtnperJr Napoleon at the opening of the French Chambers _MESSIEURS LES SENATEURS--- MESSIEURS LES DEPUTIES The Speech which I address to you every year at the opting f the session is the sincere expres ,ion of the thoughts which guide my conduct. To explain frankly to the nation before the great bodies of the State: tlle r.,gr,ss of the Government is the duty cf the responsible chief of a free coun try. The task which we have undertaken together is arduous ; it is uot, el, without difficulty, that on a soil shaken by so many revolutions a Government is founded sufficiently iinpres,:ed with the wants of the age to adopt all the benefits of Liberty, and sufficiently strong to bear even its excesses. The two laws which you passed dur ing the last session, the object of which was the deve lopment of the principle of free discussion, have produced two opposite effects which it may be use ful to point out. On the one hand, the press and public meetings have created in a certain quarter a factious agitation, and have caused the re appearance of ideas and passions which were believed to be extinguished ; but, on the other hand, the nation:remaining insensible to the most violent incitement, and relying upon my firmness for the maintenance of order, has not felt its faith in the future shaken. Remarkable coincidence ! the more adventurous and subversive minds sought to disturb publicjtran quillity, so much the more profound became the peace of the country. Commercial transac tions reassumed a fruitful activity. The public revenues increased considerably, the public interest reassured, and the greater part of the re cent elections gave a new support to my Govern ment. The Army Bill and the Subsidies Bill, granted by your patriotism, have contributed to strengthen the confidence of the country, and, in the just consciousness of its pride, it experienced a real satisfaction the moment it learnt that it was in a position to confront every eventuality. The laud and sea forces, strongly constituted, aro upon a peace footing. The effective strength maintained does not exceed that which existed under former systems, but our armament ren dered perfect are arsenals, and our magazines filled, our reserves exercised, the National Garde Mobile in course of organization, our fleet trans formed, and our strongholds in good condition, give to our Power a development which was indis pensable. The constant object of my efforts is attained, and the military resources of France are henceforward ou a level with its destiny in the world. In this position we can loudly proclaim our desire to maintain peace. There is no weakness in our saying so when we are ready to defend the honour and the indepen dence of our country. Our relations with Foreign Powers are most friendly. The revolution which has broken out be yond the Pyrenees has not altered out good rela tions with Spain ; and the Conference which has just taken place to stifle a threatening conflict in the East is a great act, of which we should appreciate the importance. This Conference approaches its termination, and all the Plenipotentiaries have agreed upon the principles calculated to bring about a reconciliation between Greece and Turkey. If therefore, as I firmly hope, nothing shall arise to disturb general harmony, it will be our fortune to realise many projected improvements, and we shall endeavour to solve all the practical questions raised by the agricultural investigations. Public works have been sufficiently endowed ; parochial roads are being constructed ; education of all classes continues successfully to be developed ; and, thanks to the periodical increase of the revenue, we shall soon be able to devote al our solicitude to the diminution of public burthens. The moment is drawing nigh when for the third tima since the establishment of the Empire the Legislative Body wili he constituted afresh by a general election, and eich time it will have attained the limit of its legal duration, a thing unknown hitherto. This regularity is due to the harmony which has always existed between us, and to the confidence which I felt in the sincere exercise of universal suffrage. The popular masses are staunch in their faith as in their affection, and if noble passions are able to rouse them, sophism and calumny scarcely ruffle the surface. Sustained by your approbation and your concurrence, I a m thoroughly resolved to persevere in the faith which I have laid down ; that is to say, to adopt all real progress, but also to maintain, without discussion, the fundamental bases of the Constitution which the national vote has placed under shelter from all attacks. A good tree is known by the fruit it bears, says the Gospel. Well, if we cast a glance at the past, which is the Government that has given to France seventeen years of ever-increasing quiet and prosperity ? Certainly every Government is liable to error, and fortune does not smile upon all enterprises ; but that which constitutes my strength is the fact that the nation does not ignore that for twenty years I have not had a single thought. I have not done a single deed of which the motive was other than the interest and greatness of France. Nor is it ignorant of the circumstance that I was the first to desire a rigorous control over the conduct of affairs ; that I, with this object, in creased the powers of the deliberative assemblies, persuaded that the real support of a Government is to be found in the independence and patriotism of the great bodies of the State. This session will add fresh services to those which you have already rendered to the country. Soon the nation called together in its coruitia will sanction the policy which we have pursued. It will once more pro claim by its votes that it does not desire revolu tion, but wishes to rest the destinies of France upon the intimate alliance of power with liberty. Monday, Jan. IS, 8 a.m. Nairn Aberdeen Leith .eblelds Sea rboronyl, Yarmouth fielder Cnz haven Slrud espies Ardr ogsan Green castle Holyhead . • Liver pool . • Valentin .. • • Cape Clear . • Roch e's rt. Penzance Plymouth Weymouth Portsm • uth London .. Bres CepeGrisNer L'Orient Roche fort Biarritz Corunna Brussels • Paris Strasbourg., Lyons Toulon Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. 30 22r. 30 30r. 30'3‘.1r. 30'40r. 30'3Er. 30'39r. B.S w. a N.W. S.S. E. N.W. Sl. S.S.W. S. S.E. S.W. S.W. S.W. w. N.W. Extreme S. [ N. W. S.W. S.S.E. ; IW.N.W. N.W. W.N.W. S.W. S.S.W. s.w. W.N.W. S.W. S.W. S.W. s.w. S.W. E.S.E. s.s.w. REMARKS. Yesterday morning there had been a slight decrease of pressure on our north-eastern coast, whilst on our other coasts the increase re ported on Saturday afternoon had continued. This morning a still further increase has been general, especially in the east ; but since last evening a fresh slight decrease is perceptible at some of our western stations. Readings are now high, and rather uniform—the lowest (at Greencastle) being only o'23in. below that at Portsmouth. Temperature yesterday had risen in S.E. England and the west of France, decreased elsewhere : this morning a decrease is shewn in these districts, but a fresh rise has set in on our west coasts. Mode rate to fresh south-westerly winds blew on the English coasts on Sunday, accompaaied by northerly breezes in Ireland. To-day light winds from W. to N. are reported from the Channel, but fresh south westerly winds have again commenced in Ireland. Rain and fog have been very general ; and this morning fog and mist are observed at most stations. The weather does not look settled. THE NORWICH ELECTION PETITION. The inquiry into this petition was resumed before Mr. Baron Martin on Saturday. The last hour or two of the proceedings on Friday were occupied with an episode relating to the changing of a cheque for £2OO into 400 half-sovereigns, the alleged bribing of certain persons at the Woolpack Inn, and the mysterious absence of Hardi ment, one of the alleged bribers. The cheque affair called up as a witness Mr. Webster, landlord of the Maid's Head Hotel. It appears that at two o'clock in the afternoon of the polling-day Mr. Webster went to the bank of Messrs. Harveys and nucleons, Norwich, and drew a cheque against his own account for £2OO, receiving the amount iu 400 half sovereigns. This result, he states, was accidental ; but a cashier at the bank expressly stated that Mr. Webster asked to have the whole amount in half sovereigns, and that ho went and got them for him, not having a sufficient number of half sovereigns in his till. As to the absence of Hardi ment, the following evidence was given by his wife :—" I saw my husband about three weeks since. I don't know where he is gone. I did not ask him where he was going I let him do as he likes. Ile was in Paris when I last heard of him. Ho is a fellmonger by trade, and is often out. I cannot say when he is coming back, and I don't know where to write to him. I believe ho is staying with a friend at Paris. lam not anxious about him. On my oath, Ido not believe that my husband is away to avoid this inquiry. I have heard something about his bribery. I have not written to him. I cannot write. W e h ave a manager named Thirkettle, and ho can w, ite." Thir kettle was called, and gave much the same sort of evidence. As to the bribery at the Wool pack, the evidence—if it was to bs believed was a miserable exhibition of ignorance and venality. Rliher higher bribes were said to have been given at the Wool pack than at the Trumpet, but LI appolrs to have been the maximum bribe in any case. On the resumption on Saturday Mr. Baron Martin ex pressed his opinion that the agency of Hardin:lent, one of the missing men, had been proved. Mr. lied well argued that there was not ono word said in the petition about bribery by agents. Bribery, troaing, and illegal prac ices were charged against Sir Henry Stracey tither by himself or other persons on his behalf. The learned counsel contended that it must be proved that the act complained of was com mitted with the knowledge and consent of the principal. There was a distinction between acts of an agent and the acts of a person who did anything on behalf of another. Mr. Baron Martin considered that the term " other persons on his behalf" meant every person for whom Sir Henry Stracey was responsible. Any person authorized to can vass for Sir Henry Stracey must be regarded as s prson for whose acts Sir Henry Stracey was responsible. From the moment that the act of bribery by or on behalf of Sir Henry Stracey was committed, Sir Henry Stracey's status as ftmatsicitifitgittirsztslt PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Jan. 18. At a Chapter of the Knights of the Order of the Black Eagle, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales received the chain of the Order, -which had formerly been worn by the Prince Consort. A general full-dress parade of the whole of the officers and men of the Royal Engineers, at head-quarters, Chatham, was held at Brompton Barracks, on Saturday, to witness the presenta tion of a silver medal, which, with the annuity of £lO, had been awarded by the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief to Sergeant-Major Kester Knight, for long service and exemplary conduct. The troops having been formed in square, Ser geant-Major Knight was called to the front and presented with the medal by Col. T. L. J. Gallway director of the Royal Engineer establishment, who, in an appropriate address, congratulated him on re ceiving another well-earned decoration. Sergt-Major Knight lauded with the allied forces in the Crimea, and served throughout the campaign till the fall of Sebastopol, receiving, in addition to the Crimean medal, the French and Turkish war medals. In 1858 he landed in China, and was present at the actions at Sinho, Tangkoo, the attack and capture of the Taku fort.F, and the capture of Pekin, receiving the medal for China, with clasps for Teku and Pekin. Sergeant-Major Knight has also been presented with the silver medal and gratuity of £l5 for long service and good conduct. Having completed his full period of service he is now about to be dis charged on the usual pension, after being 20 years a non-commissioned officer. The arrival, " all well" at Alexandria, on the morning of the 15th instant, of her Majesty's Indian troopship Serapis, has been reported by telegram. TATTERSALL'S—This Evening. Nothing doing. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Mrs Dar. LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 25 to 1 agst Tennyson (taken freely) 33 to 1 agst Brahma (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 100 to 40 agst Wild Oats (taken) DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Ethus (taken) RACING FIXTL FEBRI Sudbury 1, 3 Lincolu l6, 17 Harrow lB, 19 I Mansfield lB RES FOR 1869. UARY. Liverpool Spring 2, 5,-17 Shrew:Wary Spring 5, War wick. (1, 10, 11 Ifundon l2, 13 We , t Sottivrs,t 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 AP 1, 2 1, 2 6 6, 7 6, 7 .. ......% 8 26, &e Wist Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21. Harpenden 9 1 Epsom Summer .. ...25, &s. Pontefract lB, 19 Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chelmsford.... 25, '26 Derby Spring 25, 26 ;CH. West Drayton .. 18, 19 Margate 29 Bevorley 2O Durham 1 9 30 Epsom 30, 31 S refitham .. B. 9 Newmarket Craveu...l2, &t. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 10, iti _Eastbourne l9 Lewes 9 0 21 Croydon.. 22, 23 .Newniarlitq Ist Spring E. 111 BE& Western (Ayr)........22, 15 Hendon Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarket let 0ct....28, dm Lanark... 29, 80 BER. Kelso 19, 20 Cheltenham l9, 20 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarket irton —.25, dti. MBER. Shrewsbury 15, ko. Leamington Hunt ...,23, &e. ;E FIXTURES. ARY. IMorton -in-Marsh lB Harrow lB, 19 Pontefract 18, 19 Boston Windsor 22, 23 St. Al bans 23, 24 Derby Baschurch 26 ,tCII. West Somerset 15, 16 York _ - 17 Crawkerne lB, 19 Chepstow 29, 30 I Streatham B, 9 Royal Artily., Woolwich...B I Knighton Ludlow l5, 16 Teubury.. 91 Croydon 22, 23 West Drayt0n........„ 17 9 UST. 17 )BER. West Drayton .. 21, 22 Aber,iavenuy Broinley Ahlershol Ca tter:eic liridgt! Thia , k Ilutigerford Lichliold Cainbri(l.,ro Croxton Park Chester 4, 5, G, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6 Winchester York 11, 12 St. Albans 13 . , 11 13, 14 _l3, 14 J I r Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Salisbury Doncaster Ascot ....8, 9, iO,ll Liverpool Summer —.15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 J li Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle .. 6, 7 Pontefract 9, 10 Hendon ..... l2,') 13 Nottingham 13, 14 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Eghatu lO, 11 Wolverhatrpton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT. Warwick... 7, 8 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield Hampton 2l, 22 OCT , Bedford 5 6 _ Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicestei= 8 Bromley 7, 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9, 20 NOV] Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow 2, 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 I Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 2'2 Bibury Club .23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park ....29, 311 LY. Southampton 13, 14 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford . ea, 23 Goodwood 27, 22, 29, 30 UST. lOxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 26, 27 I Scarborough .30, 31 Derby Summer ....31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury ..... 3l, Sep. 1 STEEPLECHA FEBR Wolverhampton Carmarthen .. 3. 4 Edgeware .. 4, ö Teuby 5 Birmingham , t, 9 Chippeuham 10, 11 Streatham 11, 12 Lincoln ld, 17 Liverpool 3 Shrewsbury , . 5, 6 Mahon Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 I Kingsbury 12, 13 AP. Aldershot 1, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Abergavenny l, 2 Lichfield ..6, 7 Southdown Hunt .7 Cambridge 7, 8 Cheltenham 7,..8. Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 1 Bt. Albans J1:1 Kingsbury AUG St. Albans.. OCT , Bromley 4 LY. NAVAL AND MILIT ARY INTELLIGENCE. A 'telegram has been received reporting the arrival at Suez, from Bombay, on the morning of the 16th instant, of her Majesty's Indian troop ship M .lAbar. Her troops will be brought from Alexandria to Portsmouth in the screw steamer Helve ti a. The screw steam corvette Brisk, 16, Captain Charles IV. llope, recently returned from Aus tralia, is now in Keyham steam-yard, where she will be partially stripped ; her fixtures and masts will not be disturbed. The crew will be paid off to-morrow. The screw steam corvette Cossack, 20, Capt. John E. Parish, was under orders to leave Plymouth Sound yesterday for China, weather permitting. The works ou St. Catherine's Rock Fort, near Tenhy, are being successfully proceeded with. Dur ing the past two months the weather has been so stormy that considerable difficulty has been expe rienced in procuring and landing granite and other materials, but this is now to a great extent obvi ated by improved arrangements. The ironclad turret ship Monarch, 7, 5,102 tons, 1,100-horse power, nominal, Captain J. R. Com merell, C. 8., V.C., again got up steam yesterday morning, and was taken outside the Nore in the direction of the Girdlers, for the purpose of giving the ship's machinery several hours' working, and to enable the officials who conducted the trial on the part of the Controller's and the Steam Depart ments of the Admiralty to report on the character and action of the machinery. The vessel got under way at 11 a.m.. the officials on board being Captain the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., commanding the Steam Reserve, who had charge of the ship through out the day ; Captain W. C. Chamberlain, super intendent of Chatham dockyard ; Mr. Williamson, chief inspector of machinery afloat ; Mr. Eames assistant-inspector ; Mr. W. Dawson, assistant master-shipwright. The ship's machinery was again under the direction of Mr. E. Humphrys and Mr. Alltrey, who represented the contractors, Messrs. Humphrys, Tennant, and Co., of the Deptford-pier Works. The engines were kept at work until nearly dark, with results of the two even rather more satisfactory than those obtained on the previous day. The maximum number of revolutions of the screw obtained on Thursday was 57, but during a great portion of the steaming yesterday 60 revolutions per minute were indicated, with the boilers furnishing an abundant supply of steam, at a mean pressure of 301 b. The trial being made on the part of the contractors, no attempts were made to time the runs, and the ship was not placed on the measured mile ; the results achieved, how ever, would show a mean speed of between 14 and 15 knots per hour, which was deemed highly satis factory. Throughout the trial the engines —the largest yet turned out for the Admiralty by Messrs. Humphrys and Tennant—worked with the greatest regularity, without any hot bearings or priming of the boilers. At the close of the trials yesterday s' and to-day w ill procee d a ft er noon the Monarch steamed into the h ar b our t v o i t h h e former her outfitmooring prepare for early commis sion. Colonel Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, Plymouth division of Royal Marines, died on Friday in the Royal Naval Hospital there. Ile entered the ser vice as Second Lieutenent on the 30th November, 1832, was made Captain the 17th May, 1848, and Lieutenant -Colonel the 21st November, 1859, and retired on full pay the 11th July, 1860. He was actively employed in New Zealand in 1846, was at the surrender of Bomarsund in August, 1854, and served in the expedition to the Baltic in 1855. The Theresa has been chartered by the Govern ment for the conveyance of troops to the West In dies, and will embark at Gravesend detachments for the Royal Artillery, 47th, 84th, and 2d West India Regiments, to the number of 168 non-com missional officers and men, with six soldiers' wives, two children, and three officers. The vessel was in spected on Saturday by Brigade-Major W. Lynch and the officers of the medical staff at Chatham, and she is under orders to receive her troops ou board to-day. ZI,. I I 30 7 i4f. S.W. N.E. S. S.E. E a . n. t - . 9 o'o2l 1