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

MONEY MARKET AND CO ER CIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocic. Business to-day partook of the usual dullness, which has now existed for some time. Consols maintained their price, but Foreign Securities gave way slightly. There was a trifling improvement in the Railway Market, but it extended to only one or two of the principal lines. The rate for money is about 2i. Consols are 92f a for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 92f ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 93 ; New Tkree per Cents, 93 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 2f per Cent., 3. India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, 213 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto De bentures, 5 per Cent., Aug.,1873, 1041 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 18 prem. In the Foreign Market stocks are flat, and a decline of in Mexican Bonds, 3-16 in Italian Five per Cents., and in Spanish Three per Cents. has taken place. The quotations are :--Italian, 5 51 55j- ex div. ; New Spanish, 30 30k ex div. ; Mexican, 15 151 ; Greek, 11i 12 ; Peruvian Five Per Cents., 732 761 ; Italian Scrip is about 1 prem., and the last Russian Railway Loan If, 1 dis. Egyptian Seven per Cent. Loan of 1868 is 73i 74k, and the Honduras Loan is steady at 85 86 ex coupon. American Five-Twenty Bonds have improved 3, to 75 753 ; the Bonds of 1885 are firm, at 733 733, and the Ten-Forty Bonds remain at 714 723. In the railway market Metropolitan are 1 better. Caledonian have improved 8 ; Great Western 3, Midland 1, Sheffield 3, Brighton 3, North Western 3, North Eastern 3, and South Eastern 3. The quotations are : Caledonian, 763, 73 ; Great Western, 47;3, 81 ; Great Eastern, 413 8 ; Great Northern, 107 3 ; ditto A, 1073 8; Lancashire, 1283 9 ; Metropoli tan, 109 8 ; ditto Extension, 104 5 ; Midland, 1133 144 ; Sheffield, 474 3 ; Brighton, 493 494 ; North British, 33 4 ; North Western, 1123 131 ; North Eastern, 101 2 ; South Eastern, 793 8U ; Chatham and Dover, 17 1. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben tures are 403 411, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 433 44. Eries have given way 3, to 253 264, and Illinois Central stock is unchanged, at 96 963. Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per Cent. Debenture Stock is 94 95. Anglo-American Telegraph shares are 214 the Eight per Cent. Preference 3 13-16 3 15-16, and the Original stock 31 32. In Banking and Miscellaneous Shares there is nothing doing. There were no gold operations at the Bank on Saturday. The settlement in shares and foreign stocks will begin on Tuesday (" continuation day") and end on Thursday. A telegram from Calcutta on the 7th inst. an nounces that the Bank of Bengal (Government) has declared a dividend for the half-year ended the 31st of December last at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. The Imperial Ottoman Bank have notified the Payment of the coupons of the Egyptian Govern ment Seven per Cent. Loan, 1868, due the 15th instant. The Suez Canal will be completed and open to the general navigation of all countries on the Ist of October this year. The width will then be 100 Metres (328 English feet) at the water line, and 22 metres (74 English feet) at the bottom of canal, with a depth of 8 metres (26 feet English). A conditional contract has been entered into by Well-known firnis in Paris and London to make an advance to the Spanish Government, on account of • the balance of the Moorish indemnity (about a million and a quarter sterling) still due. A general meeting of the National Discount Company (Limited), is convened for the 20th inst., to receive the directors' report and declare a dividend. An extraordinary general meeting of the Brighton Hotel Company (Limited) is called for the 21st inst., at the Guildhall Coffeehouse. Creditors of the China Merchant Insurance Coin 'Any and the Bombay Mody Insurance Company are required to send in their claims to the agents in Loudon before the 31st March next. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. John Ing ham, manufacturer, of Blackburn, the liabilities were estimated at £lO,OOO, and it was resolved to accept an assignment of the estate. bilessrs. F. B. Smart and W. E. Williams, Jun., the liquidators of the London and Northern In surance Corporation (Limited), have appointed the 14 th inst. to settle the list of contributories. It is understood that the history of the extraor dleaTy frauds lately discovered at the Custom house of Rio de Janeiro is not likely to be made Public. Severe measures have been adopted to prevent similar practices for the future, but the parties implicated, both at Rio and on this side, Possessed, it is said, sufficient influence to avert more disagreeable consequences. The results of the discovery have already proved highly beneficial to honest houses engaged in the shipping trade to Brazil. Advices from Labuan give at length satisfactory Prospects of the working of the coal mines at that 14 , l aud. After the break up of the China Steam and. Labuan Coal Company the property was bought for S mall sum by a few men of business in Scotland an d Placed under an experienced manager, every Precaution being taken for the exercise of rigid economy. The result appears to be that there is aiready a steady outturn of coal, and that atten ti°n is being paid at Singapore and elsewhere to its valuable peculiarities for steam and gas pur- P o ses. At the same time the working even on its Present scale has been brought to yield a surplus over expenses. The latest accounts confirm the impression that the quantity available is practically inexhaustible. According to the Railway News another import ant step has been effected by the Erie and Atlantic and Great Western Railways, with a view of se curing for themselves the traffic of the West and mouth -Western States. This engagement is de scribed as the natural complement of the lease by the Erie of the Atlantic and Great Western, which gi ves an uubroken gauge from New York to Cincinnati ou the Ohio, Cleveland, and Lake Erie, and to the great oil and coal districts of Pennsyl crania. Within the next six months the work will b e completed of connecting the Atlantic and Pacific coasts by railway, and with a view to this an a greement has now b een made wh i ch g i ves to the_ Erie a n d i ts ally direct communication with Chicago and the Mississippi, and extends the e xisting continu a ti on for about 600 miles beyond the terminus of the Atlantic and Great Western, thus giving to th e E r i e, under one uniform work ing, a complete system of over 2,000 lines. The toe now secured is the Columbus, Chicago, and Indian a , formerly known as the Chicago and Great Eastern, and the Columbus and Indiana Central. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. - . UOVERNMENT FUNDS., 4 Per Cent. Consols 2i Ditto for Acco u nt, 2 per Cent. Reduced N° `"* N° `" 3 per C en t Mew 2 4 per Ce n t. J an. 1894 1)0 . 5 per C , ent. dan.1873 A.unuities SO expire sth J an., 1880 -3 Do. for 30 yr yrs ,s axpire sth April 1885 — Do (Rod Soa Tele„,ritpli), Ag., 1908 — Exch equer Bills, £lt,ooo, 2 per u Ct 3 Do. .£5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO —lt tuk of England Stock, 4 per Ceut 00. account Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial °minium India ViNT,IAN iItrVEItNIAENT SEUUktilik., tock, 101 per C ent., April 17-i 213 Do. Opening, for Account _ D 0.5 per Cent—July, 1880 I per. Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. refaced Pape' 4 per Cent Do. 5 per C ent., Jan. 1872 _ Do. 5 Per Glint. May 1879 DJ siper Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — DO, do. 1882 _ Dii. Deb., 6 per Out., Aug. 1873 ~,,,, 1044 Pin Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. A.r:;rn u N Ltopubac, ti per tient ... Do., Scrip £45 paid Auurian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4} per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858.... Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 6Bl Do. 5 per Cent., 1365 ... ... — Do Ao:.ount — B ,egos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cont. Deferred 3 per Cent ) ru ., a, 6 per Cent. C.,ilian 6 per Cent 41 per Cent...... ... — Do. 3 tr.sr Cent., Lo. 6 per ce-t. 1867 — Po. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo anal', 6 per Cent. Dan -411 3 p ~- Cent., 1825 — Dan Wian Principalities, 7 per Cent Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ......... •,........ -- Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent ~ v t itian, 7 per Cent ••• - Do Second Issue •• •• BO/ ) 0 . £5 , ,1. lionle — Do. £lOO Bonds .•••. D o . 1864 Do. Account D.,. £540 Bonds Do. £IOC Bonds B7 i: English Scrip, 1868 Do do. £l5 pd — die Government Railway Debenture. s Groea 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — 1)o. Account Do. Coupom? . --- Do. Ace ;nut Gaatetuala 5 per Cent Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd 85j It3iian 5 per Cert., 1865 . - )o Account Do Msremmana Railway — 11ex i car. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 - Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — viontevideau 6 per Cent. .. Vloorish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Cen. Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) I — Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 76f 5i Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren) .•. Do 41 per Cent., 1862 • — Do Account P,rtßguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2.' Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4} per Cent . 185(1 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9Ol Do. do .£B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway — Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen Do. A co'Aint Do. 1867 Do. Account , 3O Do. New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish ProVincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Pn. TurKish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 .•4 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £IOC Bonds 63i Do 5 per Cent. 1865 ' - DJ ACcount Do 6 per Cent., 1860 64 Di. I por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Ice. ant Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable iu Loud A.ustrisu o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. .... lOOl Dutch ZA- per OAnt. Ex. 12 GO . Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 2M. lt%liah 5 per Cant. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do Account CLOSING PRICES. Consuls, Money 921 Do. Account, Feb. 4 92t CRIMINAL COURT--(This day). The January session of the Central Criminal Court was opened at the Old Bailey this morning. Joseph Matthew Morris was called upon to sur render to take his trial for endeavouring to obtain a large sum of money from a gas company, by making a false and fraudulent claim for pro perty which he alleged to have been destaoyed in the fire had occurred at Saville House, Leicester square, some time since. The defendant did not appear, and the court therefore made an order that his recognisances should be estreated. Mr. Adolphe Ellison, a wine merchant, carrying on business in the City, was called upon to sur render to take his trial for publishing a false and defamatory libel. Sergeant Parry, who was instructed specially to conduct the prosecution, asked for a postponement of the trial. The defendant had pleaded a special plea, justifying the libel, and asserting that it was true, and that it was published for the public good. The Recorder, having looked at the plea, thought the trial ought to be postponed. MARKE7 S---IHIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January 11.—Sales probably 15,000 bales. Market very firm. MARK LANE. At Mark-lane this morning there was rather a better attendance of the trade, but millers ware somewhat reti cent in giving the last week's advance. In consequence we report wheat quiet, but not lower. Flour comes up slightly more freely than last week; but the demand is dull. Oats are firm, and all other feeding stuffs may be reported slightly better in tone. NEW SMITHFIELD AND LEADENHALL. The dead meat trade continues steady at our quota tions. Beef, 3s to 4s 8d; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 10d; mutton, 3s to 4s 8d; large pork, 3s 2d to 3s 10d; small ditto, 4s to 4s 8d per stone. SHIPPING IiVTELLIGENCE. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind S.E. ; fin©. Arrived, Jan. 10.—Alfred and Charles, from Antwerp ; Echo, steamer, from Calais ; Olga, steamer, from Rotter dam ; Bondicar, from Memel ; Pet, from St. Michaelis ; Providence, from Gravelines ; Zephyr, from Brussels ; Hendrica, from Emden ; Avenir, from Gravelines ; Amo, from Calmer; Fair Wind, from Gothenbuag ; Pince of Wales, and Petrel, from Antwerp ; Hincla, from Memel; Wild Wave, and Admiral Nelson, from Guernsep. Arrived, Jan. 11.—Victor, steamer, from Rouen ; Mar tinus, Henrietta, steamer, from Dordt ; Leo, steamer from Rotterdam; Flecha, steamer, from Ghent; J. E. 111‘Connel, from Alexandria; Fyenoord, steamer, from Rotterdam. DEAL, Monday Morning. Arrived.—Madge, from Loudon, for Cape Yard. THE NEW MUSICAL PITCH.—The movement for lowerrng the present high musical pitch will be inaugu rated on Wednesday next by Mr. G. W. Martin, with a performance of the "Creation" at Exeter-hall, by the National Choral Society. The Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Army, Effiatoun Pasha, accompanied by Capts. Close and Majendie, of the Royal Artillery, was also con ducted over the several departments in the Royal Arsenal on Friday. Bis Highness expressed great satisfaction with what he had seen in the manufac turing and production of various articles of warlike material, and with the reception he met with from the authorities. Lieutenant Lonsdale, 49th Regiment, is under orders to proceed with the draught of his corps to the service companies, vice Lieutenant Fenn, who is to remain at the depot. The draught is to leave Colchester for London, and will proceed to Portsmouth to em bark on board the Helvetia steam trans port. Captain Boycott, of the 29th Regiment, was to embark at Liverpool on Friday for conveyance to Montreal, via Portland, to join the service com panies of his corps. Capt. Berkeley has joined the depot at Colchester, and has assumed the com mand of it, vice Capt. Boycott. Capt. Phipps, of the 29th Regiment, has been appointed instructor of musketry to the Bth Depot Battalion, in the room of Captain Clery, of the 32d Regiment, who is about to enter the Staff College. Deputy-Inspector- General of Hospitals Gibbs has assumed the medical charge of the troops in the Eastern District, vice Staff Surgeon-Major Gallwey, who is ordered to proceed to Liverpool for duty. - T E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1869. SHARE LIST. L AEA AND STOC&t. Closing Business Dare dailways, Paid. Price. done. s t Bristol and Is:seter ...... 100 ; 5 77 at Caledonian ;7 771 771 7 sz, Uadnurian 2) Cornwall all 3 zi st Dublin & Belfast June lOO 77 29 et Dun„Perth,& Ab. June 'sou 76 72 2: }list London -- 20 .o 15 - 2; Do 19 - - t Glasgow &S. Western 10. 12 t 4 at Great Eastern .. ,t Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lO, 7 8 71 41 Great North of Scotland lOO 15 4 at Great Northern lOO 107 108 117} 7 1 at Du. A. stock lOO lo7} .t 8 a. Do. B stock lOO 124 1.:6 st titS, and. W. of Ireland lOO Si 97 s GL. Western -Original lco 471 181 471 8 it Do. South Wales 6. Do. W. Mid.-Uxturi IOO 'z4 28 si Uo. Newport lOO '23 11 Lancashire & Yortcshtre lOO 12/1, 20} , I'9 it Lon., Brigh., S.Const lOO 494 60 491 0, Do Scrip . al. - - it 1 on., Chat., and Dove, lvy 17 171 174 4 Do. Aletrop. Ex. A IOU - Lon. & Nunn Westeri IoU 1121 13} 111 124 13 -t Lou. & South Westeri , „ 100 i 47 69 851 } ,t Sian., SlieL, ck Lincoln let, 47 47} it Al..trotiolltatt . lOO 9} 10V1 1081 1} st Do Extend 100 1',31 14} 10 Du. .5.e. I'l tu 10 1-1 9} 10 at Me r.ii.otitan District. all ; 62 10 Aletrop. ot. John's oo 1 d - - st 7al a.aud st ,fu, itirmin. & lls: by at N British . ..... .. .00 ..3 4 st Lilt. 1i 0., rth., put, log - - st ; or. .astern-lierwie..... 100 14 100} 23 Do. purchaai:- - - at Do Leeds at Du York. at Do Carti.le . at Do Stue r. A. ILO Ir 7 29 st North Lon .Liu 10 Do \ew 1888 . . 2 11 2 I , st North StatTordshire IOU 56 67 51 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 at Rhymney at Shropshire Union lOO 56 54 at South Devon st South Eastern lOO 791 60} 791 20 Staines, Woleham,& Wok all 12 13 at “hla V 44e kW 145 lao .0 Do. C ..• at Waterford dt Kilkenny tOu .0 Waterloo . Whiteha I - RAILWAYS-PREFERWNCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 88 SS at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 4; per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st D. do. Ordinary lOO 78 80 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gnu all ... st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... at Gt. Eastern, E.O. Ex. No. 1 100 9i 101 at Do do N 0.2 100 97 100 at Do do 6 per cent 100 106 108 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 at Do do B 6 do. 100 ... at Do do U 7 do. 103 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1816 100 at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... ... st Great Northern, sper cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at lop. c. pm. 100 ... at Do 4 ; do do do 100 st Do I do at sp. c. pin. 100 ... st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... stl Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... st; Great South. and \Vesteru (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 _ _ st G.West.-LOri . g.dzJnt.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 102 104 1031 st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 at Do do 4) per cent. 1850 lOO 8.) 88 at Do do 4 do do st Juo do 5 per cent. redem lOO 93 95 at Do do Birmingham gua lOO 68 72 at Do do do pref lOO _ st Do do Chester gua lOO ... ... st Do do do 8 per cent lOO 150 16, at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 .- ... at Do do 4/ p.c lOO ... ... at Do do 4 1 1859 lOO at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOl 107 109 at Do do 2d gua lOO 106 108 st Do Newport, Ist g. b p.c lOO 83 92 st Do do 2d do 100 1,0 103 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... ... 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ... ... st Lancush. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 st Du Barnsley, 1;5 35 106 p.c. 100 ... at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 Lib st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 112 at London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ... ... at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 — at Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do No. 4. 100 ~, st Do 7 per cent l. O... ... st Do 6 du (W.E. & C.P ) 100 ... ... st Da 4 do 1859 lOO ... ... at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ... ... st London and 1;. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 DI at Do Shreweb'y & Welchp'l lOO 83 91 at London and :.-..-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 143 146 28.61 Do (Ports in. perp ans. 2s6d) all ... _ at Man., Shef., & Linda. 6 p.c. 100 1117 117 6 Do .E 6 all par Ipm at Do 31 per cent lOO GO 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent. 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 at Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 1 u 133 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 07 as stj Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 iP.4 at Do Leicester &.11:chn, 4 p.c. 100 89 91 at North British, 5 p.c. Nu. 1 lOO ... ... st Du E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOO ... ... et Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ceu.t lOO ... _ at Do Burder Union, 51 p.c too at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 8G SS at Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 95 97 at Do U.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Du Berwick capital 25 Du York, 11. &S. purchase 8 13.4. .... 10 10 101 ... at Do Stektu & Drling. A 5 p.c. 100 108 110 c s . , 1.0 at Do W, Hartlepool li. and K. 100 87 8J 20 North Staffordshi re 10s n. Devon An nu i t i es, 1 s all 91 101 1 S D . o L l a 'a s v t. (Read. ok Anne.,Anu i 5105.6 ; a a l l l l 2 9 2 1 2 0 3 lOs Do Fixed 41 p er cent all 8 9 1.0.6. at Do 41 percent at Do Fixed 4/ per cent lOO st Taff Vale N O ,l OO ••• 100 145 150 et Waterford &lillk • enny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. - --- With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledthan 44 p c gua. ... ... at Do 41 p irredeein all ... ... at Do 4p e con. issued at 80 65 ... ... st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 st Du 5 do, 1862 IOU 87 ~.• at Do New 5 do, 1863.- 100 8; YO st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 84 8i at Great Northern, 6p c irred lOO st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO ••• ::• st Do Boston & Sl eatd, 44 pc 100 ••• ..: st Great West., W. Midi., 6p c 100 66 90 st Do Joint I.erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 85 yO st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 105 2.) Do Vale N eath perp. 5p e all 191 201 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 8.., 100 L 5 Lane. and York. New 44 per •• • -• cent till July, 1871...,. 2 I 1 st Loud., Brig., &c., 44 pc, 1858 100 st Do du 4 d o, 1860 100 •.. •••••• ..: st Do do 44 d o, 1861 100 .. .... st Da do 4; d o, 18 63 100 •• . . at Do do 6 d o, 1 865 100 - ..• st Do No. 6 6 d o, .. 1866 100 ••• • st Do No. 7 6do ... • at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, (t p.c •• B at Do Metrop. Ex., 6 p.c Do do C 6 p .c • •• . 1 1 1) 0 10 0 1 li 4s .; 1 ,15 1 . 4 g s a t t L L 31 0 0 : u n ii d d . o ° . . . „ i n h , & t , f S i N . , t . \ N I. ~',. S ' e i n ' e s B . t , e t :r r n p n , c '4 , 5 1 18 13 p 65 10 st Metropolitan 5 per cent st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 108 at Do B 5 do 100 106 103 is Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 14 lfp 19} 18 Do Incony. New Shares 16 4 il) 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 .... . . 81 1 14 at North British, E. and U , , No. 1, b per cent ... •• 100 at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... at Do B. p., & Dun., 2d , 4 pe 100 .. ". at Do E, &G , No. 2, 5 p.c st D at Do B. 66 67 & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 st Do Eastern, 41 per cent 100 i 5 97 N. . P., 4 . c 1 5 ., per lio. cent, n s t p , .1:6 2 lOOlO :: :: . :at at Do Stock. & Dart., D Be :.: st North London, 44, per coot 100 102 104 6 do 186 1 100 .., ... Do st sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 ~. ... st Do 100 „„.. E a t t N S o o u r t t hh (Max.ES t , , a s s I t f p e o e r r r n d , c s e h 4 n ii e ) p 5 0 , p 1 0 8 . 5 .9 l l OO OO st Do 5 do, 1 864 at Victoria St. &Pinilicu, 44 pe 100 ... ... RAILWAYS. --LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, st Birkenhead lOO vz u k 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all loi 1 03 st Buck.irighamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO i 4 56 st Do. 01 per cent. at Do. b do. a s t t C c l y o d i : 11 841 , e l o r , g t ti guaranteed Valley 1 y at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. 100 183 /85 20 Gloster and Dean F641301;1 all s Gt. Kam., NO. - Im, Sic., a p.c 100 is Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 60 72 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Hera 100 95 97 50 Hull and Selby all 100 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21. 213 at London and Blackwell lOO 93 95 at Do. 41 per cent at London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO st Do. Com. Fund, b do lOO at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 tO at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 at Do. do. 6 do. 51 hlanch., Buxton, & Matlic all 4 51 at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northernt East., 5 per coat all 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern—Hartlep00l st N.West. A perp. pref, sp. c. 100 10$ 110 at Du B minimum 11 p.c lOO at Notting. &Grauth. 11. & C lOO 92 94 35 Preston and yro. all 44 46 lioystun, Hitch., and Shep. 100 133 135 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 135 1U Do du 8 21 2, p st S. Yorksh. and Liver Duu 100 98 100 at Do 4 per cent gua l3 79 dl at Do 5 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 \Vest Lunduu, Class A HAI 13 14 Z 0 Du du B all .„ ... 20 1)0 do C all 61 74 Ht Weymouth and Portland lOO 4t Wilts and 6outersot bl 83 DOCKS. at East and West India lOO 117 111 at London and St. Katherine 100 53 55 bai 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent al, Idillwall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 51 52 st Southampton lOO 7 & 7J etsurrey vongurciAt JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. dons 10 Agra Limited, A all 114 12f AO Do B lO 44 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 17 14 171 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 7 5 91 90 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm 6 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lieu. 25 Bank of South Australia all 80 82 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 $7 39 10 Bank of ew Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American all 61 53 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 29 80 20 City 100 Colonial 25 49 4. 10 Consolidated, lieu. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, line 6 1 t ij 20 English and American, lint 19 ... 20 English Bank et Rio de Ja neiro. lieu lB Id pr 20 English, cottish, and Awe tralian Chartered :,.81 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ... 281 Do new hi 4 100 Imperial, lim 24 17 16 20 Imperial Ottoin In l4 11 11 111 11 .5 lonian all 22 29 25 Do new g pr 1p A Lnd Mortgal:o of India, lira 4 3i 3 1 I 100 Do 5 p. c. De 1,8.1,361, 30 all 76 78 t 2 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 31 32 20 Do new 74 64 51 11 100 London &River Plate, Rm. 40 7 9 25 Do new 10 11 14 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 '231 221 1 50 London and County '2o 50 51 5J 20 Do new iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... ... 50 Loudon Joint Stock 1 35 36 35 20 London and South African al 1 12 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ... ... 50 London & Venezuela, lim.,. 121 ... ... 100 London and Westminster. 20 65 , 67 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm.. 2O 621 631 63 100 Merchant, lim 25 7 5 10 Metropolitan, lira all ot 71 100 Midland, 1im..... '2o ld pr 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, Bin. 15 3 1 d 100 National E I'rovinc. of ng'd 42 ... '" 10 Do ::0 National. 3O 54 54 20 New South Wales all 42 46 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 434 421 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 91 93 10 Do new all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 14 12 100 Do issued at 6 pm. le ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 48 49 491 100 Union of Ireland, lim 00 Union of Loadon MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 214 211 10 A.nglo-Mediter. Tel., lira.— 10 fp 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 1 5 16 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 26 28 st Do. 8 per cent lOO 75 80 794 26 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 131 14 10 Do. New 6 5 84 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim 6 Do. New 4 it 04 5J British American Land 44 16 18 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lin lOO 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lira. all 25 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company .. . 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 21 14d 20 Ceylon Company, lim 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim i 44 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 8 44 34d 30 City of Milan Iraprov. lim all ilO 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 2 3 31 60 City Offices, lim 25 244 231 d 6 60 Colonial, lim Do. 50 Commercia; Union (Assur) 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 17 13 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 74 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 44 per cent. all 104 1051 100 Do. 1882, 45 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 14 21 24 60 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim. 3 2 d at Crystal Palace st Do. Preference lOO 93 55 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 112 107 20 Darjeeling, lira. 10 Eastern Assam, lira 6l ...d 60 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim • all a s n i 1 1 3 2 2 0 EEabbstwl ValeSl r te r f e g i a & , Coal, lira. 271 131 121 d 144 i 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 88 8 9 9 0 1 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lint 6 41 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 241 10 Do. New lronC, 8 10 Up = 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lint _2l 4 I 15 English and Foreign Credit 7 1 5 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lint. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 lid 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £35 all 834 841 50 Gellivara, lim. 10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 71 2 11 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 Home & Col Marine lu. lira. 5 41 313 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ..• 20 Hudson's Bay all 131 131 131 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 Indo-European Tel., lim , 10 ... ••• 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lim 6 14 14 20 Interns. Land Credit, lim 6 6 43 50 Italian Laud 5 11 Id 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 1 4 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued SO all 63 05 50 Land Securities, lint 5 31 214 25 London African Trading lO 7 5 1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 ... ...d 10 London County Land and Building, lira. 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all •31 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 4 1p 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 23 221 64 4 Lond.Gen.Oinnibus.Co.lim. all 11 2 2 SO Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 22 17d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr st Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. sp.c. by India Gov, 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim .. 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 4 41 150 Merchant Shipping, lint_ all 33 33 60 Millwall Iron Works, lim 121 ... ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim 25 National Discount Co., lim 6 12 121 25 National Prov. Marine, lim. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lim. all 8 4 9 1 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 3 2d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint 3 11 ld 5 is evr 9uebrada, lim 4.4.0 41 3/ 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. canine Ageney,lim 2l 1 IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint b 11 1 1 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 7 5 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lim , 100 47 5: 60 North Brit. & Slerean. In 6l 19 20 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll ... ...d 6 Oriental Gas, lim. 6 Do. New 1 4 iP 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim 2 13 1p 5 Ottoman Gas, lira all 11 '2l 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all 5 2 1 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Miner', lint 100 30 32 60 Penh's% & Oriental Steam all 49 51 50 Do. New 1867 25 Reuter's Telegram 24 27 31p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Int.,lim. all 17 18 20 Do. Gas, lint all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 44 46 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 107 112 at Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 ... ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim. 10 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire 01. 8 3 4P 50 8, African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 ... ••• 25 South Australian Land St Submarine Telegraph I Do, Scrip all ll 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 16 4 17 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 2/ 24 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl ... ... 10 Mist & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 1 1p 10 Do do. do. all •• ••• 20 Trust & Loan Co„ U. Canada 6 4d p 61 1 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint. 5 4 41p 20 Union Steattl Ship, 1101•••••• all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim. 6 11 Old 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim. all 51 6 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 31 31p 20 Universal Marine (In.), lim 6 1 llp 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 24 31 30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 7 a 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 1 per - .. cent. ( Mortgage) Loan all 754 761 50 Warrant Finance, lint. l2 12 10d SO West India and Pacific . Steam, lint, :.. 2O 4 ad 20 WtatLerid on Whafves and Warehouses lO COLONIAL GOTERNIEIENT SECURITIES British Columbia, 6 per aa ... 1644 100 .ft aft UPO. 1816•• lOO ma .ft Can.Gov.6 p.c.Jan.qt July 1877-84 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug l ,O 11.5 It 7 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept lOO 11.4 - 116 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July lOO 13 94 Do. sp. a. inscribed A lOO 90 12 Caps (I.llope, 6 p. 0.1873 lOO 102 le D0.Ap1.&061 1890-19 00 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-91 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 Do. 5 per cent. lb April and 15 Oct., 1900 . 100 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c.. 100 108 11l Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 107 Mauritius, p. 0, 1873,.. Jan. and July ........ 100 104 106 Do. 1878 ... .. 100 106 108 Do. 1882,May and Nov... 100 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.... 1 00 106 19c3 Melbourne Corporate.,.. 1867-70, 6 per cent .. 103 N.8.G0v.6 100 102 104 N atal 6 p cr, Apl At Oct... 100 -- - - Do 6p c. N0v..... 100 105 , C 8 N. 6.W. 5 p •c., '7l t0'71.. 100 99 101 DPI Do. b p.c. 1888 to 1896.. 100 99 100 93 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'6; WM. 100 99 101 N.Zealand, 6p. 1891.. lot • Do. 5 per cent.... .. 97i 984 DoJan, A pul,.ltCy, 100 976 981 911 Do 6p c. Mar & Sept '91.. 100 108 110 Do June & Dee , 1-91 .... 100 109 111 Do Prov. 1 Auer Id. I 1(0 ccrie, 1 &2, 1896... - Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jau - and Jnly. 1875 - Do 1886.. .. . . - kjueeusind. sp. c. .. lot. ItB' 109 10:1 5 Do 189 . . . 100 Ivsl 106 3 Do. 1801 6,1 - • . 2...... 100 103 110 - Do rd. 183 to 908.... YU:Otis Op.q. 189.50, TRADE AND FINANCE, Trade generally is of a healthy and legitimate character, although, owing to the almost general absence of specula tion, the volume of trade is not so great as it was two or three years since. Nevertheless, there has been a gradual, although slow, recovery from the recent great depression, and the present aspect of affairs augurs well for the success of the entu:ng year, from a commercial point of ♦iew. The attention of the cotton trade has lately been drawn to the imports of Australian cotton—almost a new feature in the market. 2,500 bales have been offered at public auction, nearly the whole of which found buyers at the following prices:—tor good and fine bright colour, mid. 110.; dull and grey, 104 d. to lOid.; good staple, from Tahiti seed, 12d. to 12d. per lb. The increase in the pro duction of cotton in the colony of Queensland during the past three years has been steady, the imports into London during 1867 being only 1,073, whilst in 1868 they were 5,000 bales. The quantity now at sea is about 2,000 bales. The quality of this cotton is good, but is still capable of considerable improvement, the great drawback to its more general use being the irregularity of staple caused by the action of the saw-gins, it being in many eases completely cut through ; to borrow an expression from the spinners, the cotton is " ginned to death." The colour is good , some of the samples recently brought forward eliciting general admiration for their fine golden tinge ; and were the failing above alluded to remedied, this cotton would rank far higher than it now does, and would command an advance upon present rates which would partially compensate for the withdrawal of the Government bounty. It is a fact, that hitherto the attempt to naturalise cotton in the colonies have failed, and, even in India, the experi ments with American cotton-seed have only ;met with partial success. Better fortune appears to have attended its introduction into Australia, and we trust that the colonists will give this important subject the attention it merits. Now that the colony is suffering from the heavy decline in the value of wool, it is not improbable that some of the farmers will take to the culture of the cotton plant, especially as the climate of the country appears specially adapted to its development. The corrupt management of the railroads in New York, the revelations of which bid fair to outvie any disclosures that may have been made on this side, is well exemplified in the case of the New York Central Railroad dividend. The directors of this company have recently declared a dividend to the stockholders of 80 per cent. in certificates, and 4 per cent. cash on the stock and the certificates, equalling in all $22,820,600. This amount is said by the directors to represent the invest ment of net earnings in construction, real estate, and other acquired property, which the directors say ought properly to be represented in the stock account of the company. It is difficult to reconcile this action of the direction with the repeated professions of the board. Two years ago they applied to the Legislature to grant them power to increase their charges in order to meet their usual dividend, and it (is well known that the company was involved to the extent of $500,000 by the last distribution. Now we find the directors declaring a dividend equal to $23,000,000, which they say represents net earnings invested, and yet leaves a balance of $1,000,000 in the treasury. It is impossible that so large a profit can have been made during the short period that Commodore Vanderbilt has had control of the board, and the very fact of his being at the head of the management is sufficient to attack a Wall street odour to the whole affair. So great is the suspicion attaching to these certificates, that the operators in Wall street refuse to deal in them unless attached to the original shares, which are, therefore, not quoted ex dividend. A rapid advance, however, has taken place in prices, which was doubtless the primary object of the directors, but as they have not the power to create stock, they will have to apply for a special Act for the conversion of the certificates. They will then be enabled to apply for power to raise their charges, as they will be utterly unable to pay a dividend on so large an amount of stock. We draw attention at length to these facts, to show what little importance is to be attached to statements of this kind from New York, and how little reliance can be placed in American private investments while the law remains in its present defective state at New York. They do not appear to be proper channels for the employ. ment of British capital, being risky and dangerous in the last degree, and the neglect of the authorities to take any steps for the recurrence of such affairs should be a salutary warning to all British capitalists. RAILWAY TRAFFICS AND PROBABLE DIVIDENDS. The Railway News submits its usual half-yearly state ment of the percentage in the traffic receipts of the different railways, from which we gather the following particulars :—Bristol and Exeter, decrease 1 per cent. ; Caledonian and North British, increase 41 ; Glasgow and South-Western, decrease 1 ; Great Eastern, increase 4; Great Northern, increase 1; Great Western, increase 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire, increase 13 ; London and Brighton, decrease ; London, Chatham, and Dover, decrease 4 ; London and North-Western, increase 3 ; London and South-Western, increase 1 ; Manchester and Sheffield, increase 3; Metropolitan, increase 33; Mid !And, increase 73 ; North-Eastern, increase 3 ; North London, increase 5 ; South Devon, decrease 3 ; and South-Eastern, increase 2. Our contemporary believes that the following dividends will probably be declared : London and North Western, 63 against 61 ; Midland, 6 against 53 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 61 against 63 ; Great Northern. 74 against 73 ; York, 53 against 5 ; Sheffield, 2 against 2 ; Berwick, 6 against 6 ; Leeds, 36 against 3i ; Great Eastern, 1 against nil Brighton, nil against nil. The Metro politan is purpt;:ely left out; probably 7 per cent. will be declared. The Railway News does not look for improved traffics for some time come, as the condition of the cotton trade especially will ati;: -.t them for 601110 time. THE RITUALISTS AND THE RECENT DECISION. A contemporary has the following :—" The com• mittee of Ritualists appointed at the recent meeting at Freemasons' Tavern, consisting of the Revs. W. J. E. Bennett, T. W. Perry, J. H. Molyneux, Dr. F. G. Lee, C. J. Le Geyt, E. L. Blenk'nsopp, T. T. Carter, H. J. Nihill, Dr. Littledale, the Hon. C. L. Wood, Mr. J. D. Chambers, Mr. R. Brett, &c., which is presided over by the Archdeacon of Taunton, have been hard at work over their report, to be presented to the adjourned meeting on Tuesday night. It is said to be a long, elaborate, and closely-reasoned docu ment, treating the questions at issue both legally and historically, and pointing out the consequences of the judgment. The committee recommend that a memorial, to be publicly agreed upon, both from clergy and laity, be addressed to the archbishops and bishops of England and Wales and mutatis mutandis to the Convocations of the two provinces of England. Amongst the speakers at the public meeting on Tuesday next will probably be found the names of the Bishop of Lichfield, Dr. Pusey, Canon Bright (of Oxford), the Earl of Limerick, Lord Eliot, the Rev. H. P. Liddon, Dr. F. G. Lee, the Rev. W. J. E. Bennett, and the Rev. G. Nug4e. The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon has received an intima tion from a person who desires to remain incognito that ho is anxious to build a chapel, some schools, and a number of almshouses in connection with the Metropolitan Tabernacle. —South London Press. An instructive beer-house case was before the Liverpool magistrates on Friday. The defendant, it was stated, bad boon fined no fewer than ten times—on several occasions £s—and yet found the profits of an illicit trade sufficiently great to run the risk of another conviction. An other penalty of £5 was inflicted. The appeal for the purpose of extending Owen's College, Manchester, has been readily responded to. There ire betWoen twenty and thirty subscriptions of £l,OOO each, as many more of £5OO each, besides many lesser amounts. There is one subscription of £3,000 to the engineering fund, which raises the total of the fund to £9,505, including donations from Joseph Whitworth and William Fairbairn of £l,OOO each. An abbe, the secretary and treasurer to the Bishop of Poictiers, has decamped. Ho has not gone alone. The reverend gentleman is followed by a coffer of valu ables, which had been intrusted to his care, and, alas by a lady in high position in Poictiers. The Bishop of Poietiers is not happy in his choice of persons whom Le honours with his confidence. This 's Lot the first time he has been duped. The Internationel has received confidential infor mation that all the efforts of Count Bismarck to produce a breach between Count Audrassy, the Hungarian Minister, and Count Beust, the Austrian Chancellor, Lava completely failed. A complete reconciliation has been effected between those two Ministers. The same paper says that 31. do la Valettee has effected a decided improvement in the returns between Florence aid Paris. The Paris correspondent of the Army and Nary Gazette says that the Convention between Baden and North Germany had once snore roused the indignation of the war party in France. Marshal Niel urged that this treaty be considered equivalent to crossing the Main ; but M. Rouher's peaceful counsels once more prevailed. Austria, who has been accused of stirring up the difficulty between Turkey and Greece, is not ready for war. This writer, however, believes that the Conference will have no permanent result— clhiputanta iaOnd tojght, though Rusg4, igt jaiout Jo; gdittV LORD CA VENDISH ON MECHANICS' INSTITUTES. Lord Frederick Cavendish presided the other day at the 13righouse Institute Soir4e, near Huddersfield. The noble lord said that the report which had been read afforded them matter of congratulation, and it furnished them with a history of all mechanics' institutions. Difficulties had arisen in consequence of the faulty education of those who joined these societies, but care and patience had reme died many of these evils. With respect to the Factory Act, Lord Cavendish said that it had worked well on the whole, but greater benefits would follow from it if the compulsory education were of a better character. The people of Yorkshire had not been so successful as the people of Lancashire in the matter of technical education, but their attention was now awakened, and great progress would doubtless be made in the necessary knowledge. The value of these mechanics' institutes was very great, and it would be feund that they improved the judgment- of their mem bers, thus rendering them more useful in their genera tion THE LORD CHANCELLOR ON SABBATH OBSER J'A NCE. <a-- Lerd ITatlicrley presided a few days lack at a meeting hold iu St. Margaret's School-room, Westminster, for the purpose of forming a working men's "branch" of the Lord's Day 01),:ervance Society. Ills lordship sail it n•as painful to every Christian man to walk through the streets of the metropolis on the Sunday, and to see how it was profaned and desecrated by all sots of unnecessary work and trading being t •ansacted. We had certainly not yet realised a Continental Sunday in London, but unless some energetic stops were taken to stem the evil, that time might not be far distant. Looking at the question in a low point of view, it was the especial duty and interest of the working men to discourage all attempts to interfere with the seventh day as a day of rest. Ho advocated a better observance of the Sabbath on higher and re ligious points. Those who laboured on the Lord's-day ultimately took to making it what they called a day of recreation, but pursuing animal and sensual enjoyments, which too often degraded and brutalised them. He then proceeded to condemn all Sunday trading, the running of excursion trains, and various other modes by which Sunday was made a day of business and plea sure, and concluded by expressing his earnest de sire that every man might have one day in seven in which to love and honour his God. On the motion of the Rev. Canon Conway, it was resolved " That it is expedient to form in the parish of St. Margaret's Westmin ster, a Working Men's Association for promoting the due observance of the Lord's Day," and a committee was ap poi,,ted to make the necessary arrangements for the forma tion of tho association. FATHER IGNATTUS ON THE LOW CHURCH PARTY. Father Ignatius in his latest lectures has been trying to prove that, after all, Roman Catholics and Protestants, High Church and Low Church, Ritualists and Evan gelicals, believe the same thing. He said that what he wanted was, to harmonise all parties in the Christian Church as much as possible. He must refer for a moment to the late judgment of the Privy Council. It was to the effect that the High Church party must put their candles out ; but what was sauce for the goose was sauce for the gander, and the Low Church party would be required by the same judg ment to wear Eucharistic vestments, to which he believed they were much opposed. In fact, there was no cause for triumph, but for blushing and shame on both sides. While all this litigation, heartburning, and bad feeling had been stirred up about whether candles should be lighted or not, Christians had shut their eyes to the fact 'hat there was an influential party who were denying the first and most essential doctrine of the Christian religion—salvation by Christ alone. If he could induce some of those who listened to him to strive for the faith as it is in Jesus, instead of squabbling about candles, his object in deliver ing these lectures would be obtained. He had shewn on the last occasion the numerous and fundamental doctrines on which Christians were all agreed. Original sin, the Holy Trinity, the divinity of Christ, the saving mission, and the infallibility of Holy Writ, were not these doctrines better worth standing up for than the question of whether candles should be lighted or not? He thought the minister and the people of St. Alban's would have been much better employed in contending for the faith once delivered to the saints than in such petty and frivolous litigation. He held that the Christianity of the Low Church party was precisely the same as that of the High Church party, and even of the Roman Catholic Church. The Low Church men believed in the real presence as much as he did. They reverenced the Virgin Mother as much as he did. The only difference was that the Low Church party dissented from the intense and earnest way in which the High Church offered up the sacrifice which sybolised the finished work of God. Were not (he asked) the truths agreed upon worth contending for much more than those upon which they disagreed ? RITUALISM IN THE METROPOLIS. At All saints, Lambeth, on Sunday morning, the service abated in none of that elaborateness of ritual observance for which it has become noticeable among the most ad vanced ritualistic churches of the metropolis. The move ments of the vicar, the Rev. Dr. Lee. have additional signi cance attached to them from the fact that that gentleman is one of the committee appointed at the meeting of Ritualists last week, at Freemasons' Hall, to consider the most becoming attitude to be assumed by the ritualistic party, consequent on the late decision of the Privy Council in the case of the Rev. A. H. Mackonochie. The atmosphere was heavy with incense. The altar was profusely deco rated with flowers. Prayers having been said, and sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. Lee, the administration of the holy sacrament was proceeded with. A procession emerged from the vestry, headed by a youth clothed in a long scarlet sun:; and embroidered surplice, bearing the processional 11 . 1ished with flowers, and followed by others— cross, r thirty-one— carrying banners, crosses, numbering altogetL e staves, and other distil,: tive insignia, and weari ng vest ments of various colours. A: the commencement of the Prayer of Consecration, the celeo:ant (the Rev. Dr. Lee) remained standing before the altar, N , - sth his back to the congregation. At the words " who in iL°= same night that He was betrayed," he laid his hands upon z' i le paten without lifting it up, and bowed his body low down, so as to bring his head below the paten. At the words, "Do this in remembrance of me," he took hold of the chalice containing the consecrated element, and elevated it above his head, so that the upper part of the cup was visible to the congregation kneeling behind, bending very low before it on replacing it upon the Communion table. The service was intoned through aut, and at its conclusion, on pronouncing the benediction, the celebrant turned and made the eign of the cross upon the audience with his finger, there being profuse bowings and crossings during the service. There were not more than between forty and fifty adults present, and an almost equal number of chil dren, some of them very young. The galleries of the church (which is one of the most spacious and handsome structures in the district, the whole of the sittings being free) were entirely empty, and the manner in which the services Were conducted contrasted strangely with the meagreness of the congregation. There were no 'mmunicants from among the congreg'atlon. CARLETON, THE NOVELIST. —lt is stated that Carleton, the eminent Irish novelist, ig lingering between life and death, without hope of recovery. His intellect is undimmed, but his last hours are clouded by anxiety respecting the future of his family. They ars now utterly dependent on his Government pension of £2OO a year, and he often says that if it were secured to them after his death he should die happy. The Rev. Newman Hall has been in America, and has written a pamphlet on the state of religion in that country, for a title to which be was in a fix. As the story goes, he sent the proof to Mr. Thomas Binney, with a request that he would read it, and furnish him with the required title. Now Mr. Binney, who is the patriarch of the Independents, is a noble, simple, plain, hard-headed man, the very antithesis of Newman Hall, who, with great ability, is rather frothy. The pamphlet was duly returned to its author; and on the title-page Mr. Binney had written " Go to the Devil,' by the author of Come to Jesus,' " a work of which Mr. Hall is the writer. —Elgin Courant. A PUZZLED WELSH JURY.—At the Montgomery shire Quarter Sessions, at Welshpool, before the Earl of Powis and Mr. C. W. Wynn, M.P., a tramp was indicted for stealing a jacket. The prisoner was proved to have sold the stolen clothes. After a lengthened consultation the jury returned a verdict of guilty against the prisoner, to the surprise of everyone in court, accompanying the verdict with a recommendation to mercy. The chairman : On what grounds, may I ask? The foreman (evidently puzzled): I don't know. (Laughter.) The chairman : We are generally glad to take cognisance of such recom mendations from juries, but we like to know upon what grounds the recommendations are made. The foreman then turned round to his colleagues in the box, and another lengthy consultation ensued, and after the lapse of a few minutes the foreman suddenly started up, and explained the recommendation by saying, "We recommend him to mercy because no one see'd him commit the crime"— an explanation which elicited a loud buret of laughter from a TATTERSALL'S—This Evening. DERBY. 1600 to 200 agst Wild Oats (taken) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING-THIS DAT. WATERLOO CUP. 10 to 1 agst Lord Lurgan's nomination (t. freely) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Brocklebank's nomination (taken) 2 . . to 1 agst Mr. Bland's nomination (take 30 to 1) 30 to 1 agst Lord Seftou's nomination (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Croft's nomination (taken) L 3 to 1 agst Dr. Richardson's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Ingleby's nomination (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 20 to 1 agst rural natus (taken) 20 to 1 agst Fan (offered—take 25 to I) 25 to 1 agst Tennyson (taken freely) 33 to 1 agst Sultan (taken) 33 to 1 a;st Captain Crosstree (taken) 33 to 1 agst Clansman (taken) 40 to 1 agst Eudsleigli (taken) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Blue Go su (offered) RACING FIXTL FEM. Streatham 11, 12 Lincolu l6, 17 114rrow lB, 19 Mansfield 18 MA Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury spring 5, 6 Warwick. 9, 10, 11 Kingsbury l2, 13 Northampton l6, 17 AP. Bromley 1 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk 6 7 Streatham 8, 9 Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 St. Albans Salisbury l3, 14 Doncaster 13, 14 Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot ...8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Saintlier ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Kingsbury 9, 10 Pontefract 1 4 13 .Nuttingliam. l3, 14 AU(.4 Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 1 Eguam lO, 11 Wolverhan•pton lO, II Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT. 'Warwick... 7, 8 Abingdon 9 , 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9, 20 WATERLOO ME (Over 1 Patron—Right Hon, JRES FOR 1869. tiAltY. Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chelmsford.... 25, '46 Derby Spriug 25, 26 'OII. West Drayton lB, 19 West Somerset 18, 19 Margate 29 Durham 29, 80 Epsom 30, 31 I.L. Nevrmarket Craven...l2, Ste. Eastbourne l9 Lewes 2U 21 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring _ Y 6, &c \Yost Drayton l7, 18 i I Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 20, 21 Harpenden 2l I Epsom Summer .....25, &a 'NE. Newcastle 9 2 23, 24 1 Oldham 22 iiibury Club 23 1 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .. .29, 80 LJY. Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Southampton 22 23 Stamford ... 22, 23 I Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 UST. Oxford Canterbury ...... 24, 25 York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth ...26 I Windsor August l2, 13 Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1 I Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Cheltenham l9, 20 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 21 Newmarket H'ton ...25, itc. ;ETING-FEB. 17. .Itcar.) the Earl of Sefton. The Waterloo Cup, value £1,600 in specie, by subscription of £25 each ; 64 subs; the winner to receive £5OO, and the second £2OO. 1. Mr C. F. Allison 33. Mr J. Ingleby 2. Mr J. F. Armistead 34. Mr R. Jardine 3. Mr J. Bake 35. Mr F. Johnston 4. Mr W. J. Barden 36. Mr J. Johnston 5. Mr F. Bartholomew 37. Mr H. B. Jones 6. Lord Binning 38. Mr W. J. Legh 7. Mr J. Blackstock 39. Mr S. C. Lister 8. Mr J. S. Bland 40. Mr J. Lonsdale 9. Mr G. Blaushard 41. Lord Lurgan 10. Mr W. G. Borron 42. Ur S. Mallabey 11. Mr T. Brocklebank 43. Mr C. E. Mardeet 12. Mr J. Brundrit 44. Mr W. H. Massey 13. Mr R. B. Carruthers 45. Sir C. Molyneux 14. Mr C. J. Cliesshyre 46. non. C. C. Molyueux 15. Mr W. H. Clark 47. Mr 'l'. Neville 16. Mr E. Croft 48. Mr R. Paterson 17. Mr J. Cunningham 49. Mr T. L. Reed 18. Mr W. D. Deighton 50. Dr Richardson 19. Mr James Dunlop 51. Mr J. Savage 20. Mr J. Evans 52. Mr N. Saxton 21. Lord Garlies 53. Lord Sefton 22. Mr J. Gibson 51. Mr T. Smith 23. Mr W. 31. Gilmour 55. Mr J. Spinks 24. Col. Goodlake 56. Lord Stair 25. Mr A. Graham 57. Mr E. W. Stocker 2d. Mr T. Green 58. Mr S. Swiuburne 27. Mc C. A. Halley 59. Mr G. A. Thompson 28. Capt. Hathorn 60. Mr R. Todd 29. Mr J. Haywood 61. Mr B. W. Trinder 30. Mr J. Hodson 62. Mr R. C. Vyner 31. Mr J. Hole 63. Mr R. H. Williams 32. Mr J. Hyslop e 4. Capt. Wyndham The Waterloo Purse, value £260, in specie, taken from tire Cup Stake, for the 32 beaten dogs in the first round for the Cup; the winner to receive £lOO. The Waterloo Plate, value £lOO in specie, taken from th• Cup Stakes, for the 16 beaten dogs in the first ties for the Waterloo Cup. The Great Waterloo Cup, G 4 subscribers, at £25 each the money £1,600 -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 ditto 20 ditto.. 16. Ditto ditto 10 ditto.. ... £5OO ... 200 ... 100 ... 120 ... 160 ... 160 1,240 The Waterloo Purse and Waterloo Plate 360 £1,600 The Waterloo Purse, for the 32 dogs beaten in the first course for the Waterloo Cup, amounting to £260, to be divided as under :—• 1. Winner to receive 1. Second ditto 2. Dogs to receive £l5 each... 4. Ditto ditto JO ditto... 8. Ditto ditto 5 ditto... ... £lOO ... 30 16 £260 The Waterloo Plate for the 16 doss beaten in the second ties for the Cup, amounting to £lOO, to be divided as under: - 1. Winner o receive ... ... 1 cond ditto GOO ... 2. Dogs to receive £7 lOs each 4. Ditto ditto 5 ditto ... ... X4O ... 25 ... 15 ~. 20 ROUMANIA. £lOO (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BUCHAREST, Jan. 11. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, in answer to a question of Herr Mehedinzeano, the Minister of Finance stated that the late Cabinet had retired, leaving a deficit of 21 millions of francs, and that out of 78 millions of francs of estimated receipts for 1868, only 48 millions had actually been received by the Exchequer. The Minister expressed a hope that the recovery of the above arrears will restore the even balance of the finances. With a view to relieve the in convenience of the momentary crisis one million has been subscribed by capitalists. The Sultan has sent an autograph letter to Prince Charles, congratulating him on the peaceful policy of the Roumanian Government, and on its evident desire to preserve friendly relations with the Porte. 51i"pr - - IA I - A SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. FRANCE. PARIS, Jan. 11. At the sitting of the Conference on Saturday last, Mr. Rangabe claimed to sit upon an equality with-the Turkish representative, and announced that be should telegraph to Athens for instructions whether he should take a purely deliberative part in the proceedings or withdraw. Notwithstand ing this incident a satisfactory result is considered probable. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieutenaut Arthur A. Lee to the Rattlesnake, Lieut. Frank C. Hudson and Lieut. Alfred C. Harris, to the Narcissus, Navigating Lieut. 'William 11. Vine to the Orontes, Sub-Lieut. William H. Pigott and Sub-Lieut. David L. Dickson to the Narcissus, Albert T. M. Roberts, Paymaster, to the Orontes ; John E. Skinner, pay master, to the Dryad ; John G. Barnes, paymaster, to the St. George ; William S. Watson, assistant paymaster to the Asia ; Williaw 1). Pearce, assist ant paymaster, to the Narcissus; Russell Osborn, assistant-paymaster, to the Orontes aad Charles Cock, clerk, to the °route& 3.18 ER. Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Kingsbury . 23, 24 Monmouth... •, 23, 24 Newmarket Let 0ct....28, &c. , BER.