The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocir. Business was rather active to-day, and prices limn, and the improvement extended to Railway Stocks, but Foreign Securities were, generally speaking, dull. In the house 21 is charged for loans, and 2 to 4. for discount. Consols are 93 I / for money ; :ditto, for Ac count, 93 4.; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 f ; New 'Three per Cents, 938 1 ; ditto 21 per Cent. 'NM, 1894, 741 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per Cent., 6 prem ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 11 6 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 242 4. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 211 , ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 4 4 ; ditto 4 per Per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1021 4. 1 ; ditto Enfaced raper, 5i per Cent., May, 1879, 1401 ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 21 prem. in the Foreign Market Turkish (1862) improved Per cent. ; ditto of 1365, 8 ; Argentine 8 ; and Orel Vitebsk, Prices are now as fol lows: —Argentine, 773- to 0 ; Brazilian of 1865, 821 to 831 ; Chilian of 1867, 94 to 1 ; Egyptian of 1 864, 87 to 88 ; ditto of 1868, 738 to 4. ; Italian of 1861, 554. to 8 ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 5 to 54. prem. ; Mexican, 151 to f ; Peruvian of 1865, 7 cB to 77 ; Russian of 1866, 92 to 93 ; ditto Nicolai, 67 to 8 ; ditto Orel, 818 to 82 ; ditto Moscow, 791 to 801 ; ditto Charkof-Azof, 801 to 4 ; Charcow-Krementschug, 801 to 1 ; Spanish of 1867, 30i to 31 ; Turkish of 1858, 654. to 664. ; ditto of 1852, 641 to 651 ; and ditto of 1865, 404 to I. In the railway market Metropolitans have risen 2 per cent. Caledonian, 1 ; and Brighton, a ; but London and North Western and Great iWestern have receded The prices are as follows :—London and North Western, 119 f to 2 ; Great Western, 53 to I ; Midland, 1182 to 119 ; London and South Western, 91 93 ; Great Eastern, 424 to 432 ; Brighton, 52 to 522 ; South Eastern, 82k to 822 ; Metropolitan, 1101 to 1102 ; Great Northern, 1122; ditto A, 111 to ; Caledonian, 812 to 82 ; and Lon don, Chatham, and Dover, 171 to S. .American 5-20 Bonds are quoted 76f to 2 ; Erie Railway shares, 25k to 2, being better ; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 37f to 39 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 40 to k. In Miscellaneous Securities National Discounts are 111 to 2 ; General Credit, 12 to 12 dis. ; Inter national, 12 to 1a dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 134 to 2 ; Telegraph Construction, 18 to 1; Atlantic Tele graph Eight per Cent. Preference, 41 to 1; and Anglo-American, 221 to k. In bank shares Anglo-Austrian are 10s. better, at 121 to 2 prem. ; Imperial Ottoman, 22 to 4 prem.; City, 111 to 2, ex div. ; Imperial, 161, to 17 11 ex div. ; London and County, 501 to 2 ; London Joint Stock, 321 to 4, ex div. ; London and West minster, 612 to 622 cx div. ; and Union of London, 342 to 351. At the 11th ordinary general meeting of the London and South-Western Bank, held to-day, a dividend at the rate of Gs. per share, free of in come tax, was declared. The sum of £35,000 in sovereigns was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for Buenos Ayres. The Ripon, from Alexandria, has brought £B,OOO. To-morrow will be " continuation day," and the .next two days will be occupied with the arrangement of the account. It is not expected to be a heavy business, though in some securities the fluctuations have been extensive. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Thursday, 11th i ns t., a spec i al settling day in the referred and Deferred Ordinary Stocks of the Metropolitan Railway Company. It appears that the Committee of the Stock Ex change have decided to increase the terms for the admission of members from 20 to 50 guineas ; and for clerks from five guineas to ten guineas per annum. The Mexican Bondholders' Committee have re ceived from their agent at Mexico copy of a com munication forwarded by the Secretary of State, Senor Romero, on the subject of the bondholders' Claims. In this despatch the Republican Alini,ter acknowledges receipt of the various memorials ad dressed to him, and states that they have been t aken into consideration by the President at a Council of Ministers. The bondholders are in +On-fled that by entering into covenants with the usurper Maximilian" they have rescinded of thei r Own free will all the arrangements which the y had made with the G overnmen t o f th e Re p u blic; and th a t it will be necessary to enter into fresh stipulations to definitively settle the ri ghts and obli gat i ons o f b ot h s id es . Th e Mexic a n Government is desirous to concede all that is ]ust and equitable, but cannot recognise the vali dity of the engagements entered into between t he bo n dh olders and " Maximilian, " nor accept the obligation of paying interest during the perio d when th e b ondholders accepte d ot h er boebtors. Hi s Excellency also considers that, the bondholders having, by their recognition of the previous Government, given a certain moral sup port , t o an intrusive and unfriendly autho of Y ' 't is only natura l they should bear a share W T t he cons equences resulting from the prolonged Z, -I should grant to Mexico the nec e ssary legitimatetoU enable it to resume payment of its 4 _ debts. B u t , even s h ou ld th e b as i s o f Win Bettlernent be agr ee d upon by neg oti a ti on , it be ne cessary to obtain the consent of Con in4 I. ess before suc h an arrangement could be carried to effe c t . The despatch concludes by pointing Out that it is advisable the representative of the citiesticin 13°1clera should h ave au th or it y t o d ec id e any a that may ar i se, and that to the want o f th at full !ttributedauthorisation in the present case must be fins any delay which may take place in the settlement. itaTphe directors of the London and South-Western p rie d have resolved to recommend to the pro -I.9"tcc°.ra, at the half-yearly general meeting on the i ll I nst., that the dividend for the half year end cent 31t Dec., 1868 should be at the rate of 51- per 414 . Per the co_ annum on the ordinary capital stock of Wards 153 PanY, carryi ng f orwar d a b a l ance o f up of £17,500 . The divi dend of the M wryn d y I ron O re Corn pat„ k ci f 18 at th e rate of 3s. per share, the West stare and Pacific Steamship Company 14s. per t_ :or at th e rate of6k per cent for the half-year, ti e oheffield Banking Company 12 per cent., and °Ycla) Banking C ompany at the rate o f 110 per per annum. FIIIIBS-T WO O'CLOCK. , (iOPERNMEN'T FUNDS. 93 i 0 Per Cen. Consols ... 93 b . Ditto for Account, ......... 93i i Per Cen. Reduced 93i A i New 3 per Cent _ "eZ 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 _ "• 6 per Con Jan 1873 Annuities SO rs, e ire sth Jan., 18!30 — Do. for 30 yrYs, exp x i p ro sth April 188 a ____— txDo (Red Sea Telehraph), Aug., 1908 6 Pm gloqur Bills, .£l,OOO, 21 per Ct. 11 6 Do. .£5OO Do. pm ta L. £lOO St £2OO Ll' aced ngland Stock, 4 per Cent c, 'Jo.unt 4 l' a Ntda 4 per Cent. Bonds 'llter-Colonial Otnnnun , INblAri tiovEnNmENT SEcuurriEs. n , ~ 'lllias.ltock, 101 per Cent., April !1874 zil Do. Opening, for Account 112 k i t PI:). 6 per Cont. July, 1880 102 i i Z Do. I per. Cent., Oct. 1888 "0. Certificates Do. Refaced Pave . .. . 4 per C.nt po. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 1101 I ,;°. 6 L; per oe7it. May 1679 '-) 5 Per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 ..... = D o do, 1877 n Do. do. 1882 — Pm .....;, D eb., 5 per Cent., Aug-. 1873 ~ — Doe, Bonds, 4or Cent , .41,( 00 Do ' under, .£11:00,0 . . .................. FOItEIGN FUNDS —TWO O'CL°°K. 77i 8 i 4rg'entine Republic, 6 per ()cut . bo., Scrip 4 45 p-,icl .. .. . Annriatt &aids 5' :. t r r,r cen _ _ „ Do. 1E69 .......... kcr3.zilian peper Cent Do l-) 0. 4i Cent. 1852 . do. ' 1858.... ............. Uo• do 180 ....... . 1,-;°- do., 1863 .................. b'-',,0• 5 per 'Cent. 1865 uo Account . 1 —l-;e408 Ayres i; ....... (ie . ... .. . De 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cu.l 6 per Cent. 4. o.‘than 6 per Cent — no. 41 per Cent..., 7li Do. 3 por Cent., .. Do. 6 per ea , t. 1867 Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo nbittn, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 por Cent., 1825 Dan.tbian Principalities, 7 per Cent DJ 8 per Cent:, 1867 ' . — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent B3l Do Second Issue •• •• 00. .£sot, Bonds B3 Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 84} Do. 1864 — Do. Account Do. X51:0 Bonds Do. 4106 Bonds B9 English Scrip, 1868 731 1 Do do. £l5 pd — dis Government Railway Debentures Greer 5 per Coat., 1824 5, ex Coups. ll4 Do. Account Do. Coupons - Do. Acc3uut rJaatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd It9iian 5 per Cert., 1865 — Do. Account Do Maremmana Railway — Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account — Do. 1864 — Do 0 per Cent. Anglo-French _ tiontevidt)au 6 per Cent. — • • Moorish imperial 5 per Cent Nevi Granada Do 3 per Cen Do. Def erre d — Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account . 76/ 6} Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) ...... ~... .• Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 -. . Do Account Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853 '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,' Do. d o. • 1867 ' — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 18;2z, £ St Do 41 per Cent . 185 0 o 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cont., 1859 Do 5 per Cent~ 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.. ; Do. do. .£B4 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 921 Do. do £B4 15s. do.. Do Nicolas Railway Sar liniau 5 per Cent.... Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Accr,unt , Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £IOC Bonds 66 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 63 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Ace. ant Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian 5 par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Bf.lgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2 . 1 per Cent. Ex. 12 G ail,,. Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex 25f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, .E:.:. 25.1. - Do Account 551 1 'MID O'CLOCK. 301 1 J.mso's. Money 93 1 Do. Account, March 4 93/k COAIIIENCEMENI OF HOSTILITIES IN TURKEY. (From a Correspondent of the .3forniny Post.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 9. The Greeks have sent armed band:;, numbering respectively 200 and 150 men, into Epirus and Thessaly. The Turks observe a defensive attitude. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. ELLAM V. THE EARL OF STAMFORD. The plaintiff in this case was a saddler in Oxford-street, and ho sued the Earl of Stamford and Warrington to re cover damages fur the breach of an agreement .that the earl should have the plaintiff's mare Tormentor for 12 months, that he should pay £2OO in advance, that he should pay all stakes and expenses, and should hand the plaintiff one-third of her winnings; and further that the Earl should in the spring put the mars to his horse Cam buscan, free of charge. The defendant pleaded that he had been induced to enter into the contract by fraud, but the principal question was whether the plaintiff had falsely represented that the mare was sound and fit for training. After some discussion it was agreed that the plea of fraud should be withdrawn, and that the real question should be referred to the abitration of Admiral Rous. The record was withdrawn, subject to the terms. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. SALMIS V. STARR. The cross-examination of Father Mathews and the examination of Mr. Patrick Sarnia occupied the Court the whole of the day. FATAL COLLISION ON 7HE CHANNEL. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 8. The Emma (Prussian barque), from Cardiff to Barce lona, was in collision on the night of February 8 with the Calcutta (ship), from London to the Persian Gulf, with telegraph cable. The Emma foundered immedi ately, carrying down seven of her crew, four getting on board the Calcutta. At 3 p.m. the Calcutta was 15 miles off the Lizard, with 26 feet of water in fore compartment, and 11 feet in after compartment, the master and crew abandoning her. The sea was very high. The boat with 15 men had previously left her, and a second boat with eight men arrived at Penzance late to-night. 45 men with six boats were left on board, and were about to leave the ship ; but no tidings of them have been received up to midnight. S.W. gale prevails. IIiARKE7 S-2 HIS DAY. TALLOW. The market is steady. Town tallow, 445; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 46s 9d; March, 47s ; April to June, 478; October to December, 46s 3d. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET. Prime clover, from 11755t0726;; inferior do, 90s to 100 s; prime hay, 107 s 6d to 115 s ; inferior do, 90s to 100 s ; straw 30s to 365. COLONIAL. Sugar—The market has opened freely, with a genera demand for all qualities, at last week's currency. Coffee—There is a better demand for coloury sorts, at firmer prices. Tea—The market for China continues quiet. Rum and Rice—No sales to report. Pepper—The demand for black continues very active, at higher prices. Singapore, 41d to 4 9-164. ; Penang, 41d to 4 3-16 d ; white firm at the previous value. Pimento is firmer ; 2 3-16 d to lid per lb paid for 1,400 bags. LIVERPOOL COTTON. February 9.—Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. Market flat. WORKING MEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1869.—The Hon. Auberon Herbert, attended a meeting at the Queen's Hotel, Birmingham, on Thursday afternoon, for the purpose of endeavouring to form a committee to carry out the objects of the Working Men's International Exhibition. Mr. J. A. Langford presided. A committee was formed to make arrangements for holding a public meeting at an early date. The Warrington Guardian states that Dickson, the unfortunate poll clerk, so notorious in connection with the past election, has been sent to a lunatic asylum. A dinner is to be given at the London Tavern to Mr. Ayrton on the 17th. FRENCH HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY.—The first annual meeting of the governors of this institution took place in the board room on Saturday last. From the report read by the Hon. Sec., Mr. E. Rimmel, it appears that the hospital was opened on the Ist Dec., 1867, at the corner of Lisle-street and Leicester-place, and contains four wards, two f',r men and two for women, numbering at present 18 beds, but with ample room for more. It is attended gratuit ously by leading French medical men, and Sisters of Charity act as nurses. From the date of its opening to the end of last year it afforded relief to 4,061 out-patients, and 165 in-patients, belonging to no less than 12 different nations. The total receipts have amounted hitherto to above £3,500, the greater part of which has ben absorbed by the fitting up of the establishment, current expenses, and the pur chase of a small reserve fund. Among its chief benefac tors are the French Government, the Princes of Orleans, and the King of the Belgirns. The last banquet produced upwards of £l,OOO, and it was announced that it would be repeated annually on the 15th December. The Scientific American, in conformity with the experience of one of its correspondents, recommends that that the drippings of the exhaust pipe, and the condensa tion of the safety-valve blow-off, and of the cylinder, be all saved and used to fill the boiler after blowing off. The effect in loosening scale will be surprising. The corres pondent alluded to attributes this to the oil used about the cylinder, which becomes mixed with the exhaust water. A surface blow-off is also recommended. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, rEBRUARY 9, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Share NAKE, Paid. Price. 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 114 11} 19 Do B lO 4 41 50 Albion l5 6 4 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo - Egyptian, lira all 1 10 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 2 3 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasia n 20 Bank of British Columbia all 19 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 25 Bank of Egy pt 20 Bank of Otago, lian. 25 Bank of South Australia all 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 10 Bank of New Zealand all 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, i nd China all 25 Chartered Mere, of India, London, and China 20 City .... . ................. . 100 C010nia1..... 25 10 Consolidated, 50 Delhi and London, lira 50 East London, lira 5 20 English and America; lira 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lira ...... . 20 English, z•cottish, and Aus • tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 281 Do new SI 100 Imperial, lira 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 15 lonian. 25 Do new........ . 20 Lnd Mortgag e of. India, lira 4 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lBG4, 30 all 76 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lira. 20 100 London and Brazilian, lira. 45 20 Do new 7 100 London & River Plate, lira. 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart. of Australia all 60 London and County 2O 20 Do new.issat 20 p.m, iopd ll 50 London Joint Stock 1 20 London and South African al 100 London & S. - Western, lira, 20 50 London & Venezuela lira l2l 100 London and Westminster 2O 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lira 25 10 Metropolitan, lira all 100 Midland, 1ina..... 5 National of A ustralia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 10 Do . 42 10 National. 3O 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lien lO 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do new. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, Urn 25 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 25 Union of Australia all 100 Union of Ireland, lira 50 Union of London Lusiuess done 39 41 40 5 4 31 31 37 30 17 19 49 51 51 11 201 211 .. all 29 301 11 121 89 41 4 1 4 15-16 11 O 1d pr 161 171 17} 4 64 17 18 1 11 121 j 25 27 pr 1p 31 3k 75 78 6 4 32 28 61 51 6 8 1-1 221 23 491 501 501 32 33 321 1 11 12 61 63 62 I 0 61 6 1 61 7/ ld pr 2 8 3 1 d 46 48 42 43 411 421 421 3 2 6 51 88 90 15 li 43 47 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 221 221 221 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 13 131 121 13 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 161 171 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 34 36 st Do. 8 per cent. lOO 80 8 t 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and l'inay.ce, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 , d 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 13k 14/ 141 10 Do. New 6 3 31 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay ats, lim. 5 Do. New fl 11 ld 3 5-' British American Land 44 16 18 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 166 17 t 20 British Indian Tea, lint all 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 21 1 Icl 20 Ceylon Company, lint. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 41 3; 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 00 30 City of Milan ltnprov. lim all sl O 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 2 3 50 City Offices, lim 25 23.1 221 1 50 Colonial, lim. Do. ... .. 50 Commercia: Union (Assn') 5 I 1.1 10 Company of African Mer chants, lira. 3 la p 20 Continental Union Gas, lim. all 18 19 25 Copper Miners of England, _ _ __ pref. 71 per cent. 64 44 .. all 5 7 .00 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 4f per cent. all 104 105 LOO Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1041 1051 1 1 0 ( 9 ) 1:: 1 2 0 4 : 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent- all 1031 104 i alDob. 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim all 21 21 21 100 1 I 21 201 100 94 99 all 685tt0 CrystalCrDe d o. i t F pp o . a n el . ao Preferencec Palace er u r e t i u t 61 -•- d 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, lira. 2 2 26 ? 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and 2S I 0 0t EasternDaDre6l Darjeeling, s m in 1i m . . Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 921 931 23 1 4 st t 0 10 Do. New 8 10 12p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 E E l gyp ectr t l ia c n & C lTtet T T e r l a e d gr i a i p m h . 100 6 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 44 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim 8 ui 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 if lld 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 p r 1p 13 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at XB5 all 86 88 83 50 Gellivara, Um. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lim. 7 , 11 11 51 2 15 General Steam Navigation 14 China 50 Horns &Col Marine In. lira 5 old 10 Hong Kong and Gas all 4 8 29 29 , 20 Hudson's Bay all 131 131 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, tins 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO 20 Interim. Financial Soc. lim 5 20 Intern% Land Credit, lira 6 50 Italian Land 5 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 30.,,,,,,,,,,, all 50 Land Securities, 1im..,,,,,,,, 5 25 London African Trading._ 10 25 Lon. & Caled. Marino, lira. 6 10 London County Land and Building, lira 4 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lira 30 4 Lond.G en.Omnibus.Co.li ni . all 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lira .. 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 at Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gua. 5 p. c. by India Cloy. lOO 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim.. .... ...... 11 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., inn. all 50 Merchant Shipping lint, all 50 Dlillwall Iron Works, lira, 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. ............ 9 25 National Discount CO., Ib . o 5 25 National Prov, Marine, Um. 4 10 National Steam Ship, lim. all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, 6 10 New Consolidated Dis, line. 3 5 1.% ew Quebrada, lim .. ... . „4.4.0 25 New Zealand Loan & Mar cantile Agency,lim ......... 2 Loa li 1 25 New Zealand Trust and n, m. ......... . ....... .. 10 Northern Assam Tea, Rm. 5 10 Do. B. . ....... . ..... all at North Brit. Austral . , . lim.„ 100 50 North Brit. & Merca . n. 1n.,, 61 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 50 Oriental Financial, 1ine,,,,,, 11 5 Oriental Ga s , lim. ... all 5 Do. New .. . ... ........... 1 10 Otago and Southland . vestment, 1ine.,,,.. 2 5 Ottoman Ga 5,.... .. . ...... all 10 Panama, Ne w Zealand, and Australian R. Mail line all 5 Do. do. ....... .... all st Peel R. Land &Miner', lim 100 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 50 Do. New 1867 ...... 10 25 Reuter's Telegram ......... all 50 Rhymney Iron ......... all 25 15 Rio dpeanall o j N ei e r w o City ................... . ...... 20 Do. all 100 Royal Mail Steam ....... . . 60 all at Scottish Aust. Invest., Um% 100 st Societ Do.e Fin. 6 p. d . Guar. Pref. 100 20 'Egypte, . 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire O lim t. 10 8 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., line, 6 25 South Australian Land all at Submarine Telegraph /100 1 Do. Scrip. all 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,llm all 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl 10 Trust &Agency of Aus.,lim 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada; 5 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim. b 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 15 United Discount Corp., lien. 6 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim. all 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 20 Universal Alarine(ln.), ll m. 5 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim.. all 30 Van Dieman's Land ..... 281 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan-. all 50 Warrant Finance, lina. l2 50 West India and Pacific Stea l 20 WestLon m, don im Wharves and 20 Warehouses lO i& li 6 4d 11 id 31 4 63 a 21,1 3 7 5d 22 20 81 9 11, 2 21 22 17d ld pr 104 105 ,c, 4 32 37 31 2.0 12 4 3d 8& 91 4 3d 11 ld 41 I iP 11 11 6 5-16 f 7 6 1 2 47 52 19 20 141 15 ••• • 7i 71 ip Id fp 11 21 11 1 1 11 34 33 47 49 21 11c1 61 66 19 21 bf 6 17 18 231 24f 40 41 411 83 88 7 C;cl 3 4p 351 36 100 I lk lo 171 18-/ 181 21 21 • I 1p 4 4i p id p 22 24 ld p 5 1 64 51 ai 3 iP 1 31 lip 7i 2 7 8 771 781 78 12 10d 21 ii COLONIAL GOVZILNMIANT SECURITIXS British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.... ••••.....••• 100 - Do. 1895 llO Can.Gov.6p.o.Jan. , AJu l y 1877-84 ... lOO 105/ 1061 105 f Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug.... 100 104 106 Do. 5p4 0. Mar. & Sept.. 100 lot Ica Do. p. 0. Jan. A July.. 100 95 VO Do. sp. o. Insoribed et.. 100 go 9 . 2 Cape (},Hope, 6 p. 0 .187 3.• 10 9 102 104 Do.AplatOot 1890-1900.. 100 111 113 Do. do 1880-90.. 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 .... 100 108 lie Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900....... 100 100 102 Cejlon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c.. 100 108 110 Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 107 —ll Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873,.. Jan. and July Do. 1878 .• • •.. 1 ')0 106 108 Do. 1882, May and Nov... 110 106 108 Do. 18954 Feb. & Auz...• 10 106 los 31 i:bourne Corporate ,.. 1867-75, 6 per cunt • • Iro 100 100 N. 11 .G0v.6 p.o.JadzJul)'•• 100 104 105 1041 Natal 6 p cr, Apt a Oct... 10) Do 6p C. 51,y & No/ 1 0 ICG 108 N. S. W. 5 p.c. ' '7l to '75 lOO 96 1 1 Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1896 133 99 lob 991 9 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 .Zealand, 6 p. ct. 1891 ICO Do. 5 per cent.... DoJan,Ll prl,July, 0 t 1(0 931 I'4l 94 - Do 6p o. Mar & Sept '9l lOO 108 110 —Do Juue & Dee , 1-91 -- IDo l'rov. 1 Auckld. 1 1 0 - tc rie A 2, It9o ..j boys. Scotia 6p. o.Jau... and July, 1875 Do 18:6.. -- - - - m. Queenalnd. ip. C. 'S- 5 100 106 iiii /co Do 189, •••••• .. Do. 6 p 0.186%. Dt , do. A 2 .. 100 108 110 Do rd. if 91 .......... .... 101 107 108 -- Victoria G A 3.0.1.391..,.... 100 111 Ili LE/IT2'ILY PASTORALS. Two " pastorals " are published to the Roman Catno lies of Ireland—the one from Cardinal Cullen, the other from Archbishop Mac Hale. Cardinal Cullen exhorts that prayers be offered for the Pontiff, in view of the meeting of the General Council next December, that those " may be brought back to the true fold who are straying in the path of error." His Eminence adds that " Catholics, if Freemasons, Ribbonmcn, or Fenians, can not be admitted to the sacraments. It is well frequently to publish the censulcs of the Church against secret societies, and the constitutions of the Popes against Free masons." Archbishop Mac Hale (Tuam) expresses a belief that " with the just and equitable disposal of the question of the Protestant Establishment in Ireland are intimately connected the interests of religion, the peace of the coun try, and the prosperity of the people." He, as well as Cardinal Cullen, looks to the coming General Council as a means of restoring the "happy age" of "one sheepfold and one pastor." " Ireland, in an evil hour," Dr. Mac Hale says, " was forced to consent to the ruinous compact of the Legislative Union." There is a danger, he thinks, that the Catholic people may not be sufficiently " watchful of the snares that may be concealed under specious professions of an equitable apportionment of the surplus "of the Church revenues. "This is a pitfall on which the wisest may have cause to tremble, lest the auspicious dawn of the nation's hope should prove more disastrous to its religious freedom than the darkest hour of its past religious persecutions." In illustration of this danger, Dr. Mac Hale refers to the fall of the Killdare-place Education Society, which was succeeded by the mixed system of the National Board. " The seed of mixed education, being sown whist the husbandmen were asleep, grew and fructified into the godless Queen's Colleges and their congenial model schools." Dr. Mac Hale speaks of the result as a " motley harvest ;" the schools, " bad from the begin ning, are daily getting worse ; inspectors, landlords, and ecclesiastics almost all eagerly competing for the establishment of schools, and utterly regardless as to the character of the teachers, the religious discipline of the scholars, and the quality of the instruction dispensed." Archbishop Mac Hale further complains of parents and pastors who permit children to attend interdicted training schools under contumacious teachers, in defiance of the solemn prohibition of the episcopacy. "In utter disregard of the ordinary, some landlords have been vesting schools in the board of the miscalled National Educa tion." Dr. Mac Hale presumes that a Government formed on the principle of equality of the Churches cannot with any consistency deny the same principle of equality in respect to education. "It will be the duty of the bishops," he adds, "to enter again ere long on this ample and most important subject." The archbishop finally rejoices that the Celtic language is not " dying out." During his last visitation he confirmed 4,500 persons, and there were " not twenty of these who did not account in their native tongue for the principles of faith and duties of morality; including the commandments and sacraments." EARLSWOOD. The Daily News has an interesting account of a visit to the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots. Our contemporary describes several "characters" in the institution. There is the historical idiot. "This man is a curiosity. 'Though utterly incapable of acting rationally, he has a prodigious memory, and can and does answer recondite questions in history with extreme exactitude. He is delighted to attract notice, and favoured us with abstracts of the lives of Julius Cmsar, Henry VII., Charles 11., and Queen Elizabeth, all given without hesitation, and with a gabbling volubility which suggested a piece of rather clumsy mechanism just wound up and uttering sounds by steam. Learning that he bad been busying himself with astronomy, we inquired after the planets Saturn and Jupiter, to be forthwith overwhelmed with a torrent of scientific terms, and an intimate description of the rings of the one and the moons of the other. The chief confu sion perceptible in this idiot's answers was a tendency to describe Julius Caesar as Jupiter, with facetious allusions to his moons, and to dwell upon the twenty three wounds inflicted on the planet, which caused his death, `as every one who's read Roman history knows.' This we are assured was fun." Where (asks the Daily News) is the line separating this idiot from the sane ? One youth (continues the • writer), has the gift of mental arithmetic, and adds sums together and multiplies three figures by three figures, giving the product with lightning rapidity. Another and older man is a humourist, whose bent is peculiar. He cannot read, but if given a newspaper will pretend to read paragraphs from it. Out of the advertisement page of the Daily News he read three railway accidents, each with separate charac teristics, and all with a specific number of lives lost and a closely particularised variety of injury to life and limb ; two fires with some appreciative praise from " we " on the gallant conduct of the firemen ; some suicides, and a variety of general intelligence of a less exciting kind. Each imaginary paragraph was read off without a pause, and all sounded real enough save when the burlesque element was introduced purposely, as when " the coroner's jury, having considered the case very care , fully, fOund him guilty of an interrogation." But the most interesting case is that of the mechanic. He has con structed a model of a man-of-war and an allegorical vessel which was exhibited at the Paris Exhibition in 1862, both exquisitely finished, and he is now busy upon a carefully -proportioned model of the Great Eastern. He worships mechanical and scientific knowledge. This man is an admirable carpenter, and works so many hours a day for the asylum, using the remainder of his time in the designing and manufacture of his models. Elementary treatises on geometry and naval architecture lie on the table of his private workshop, plans and drawings adorn its walls. His face is intelligent, his manner eager, but chastened by self-respect. Yet this man is as incapable of exercising the commonest faculties, out of his special calling, as any idiot of them all, and employed his mechanical genius in laying a trap for a former physician to the asylum, which might have injured him for life. The doctor had offended him, and a huge and heavy block of wood was so arranged over the doorway that the first person entering would bring it down upon his head. The arrangements were com pleted just before an anticipated visit was paid, and it was only by the narrowest chance that the intended victim escaped. The only other instance of spite we became acquainted with during our rounds was in an idiot who has_ a weakness for funerals, and who keeps a close mental record of all the deaths occurring in the house. This poor fellow expressed great anxiety to follow a man to the grave against whom he has a real or fancied grievance, adding that he would kick his coffin with pleasure. THE QUEEN AND THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE. - During last week a report was originated that the Eddy stone Lighthouse was destroyed, and the statement found its way to Lloyd's, and thence was rapidly disseminated throughout the metropolis. The rumour thus reached the ears of the Queen at Osborne, who, with that anxious solicitude for the welfare of her subjects when placed in circumstances of peril which her Majesty has often dis played, at once caused a telegram to be sent, making in quiries. Of course it was not long before her Majesty was assured that it had no foundation.— Western Morning News. VICARIOUS PU NISHMENT.—TWO men, named Pierre and Tisserand, and a woman, Blanche, have just been tried at the Court of Assizes, Paris, for a singular fraud. Tisserand, a greengrocer, had been condemned to a fortnight's imprisonment, but had attempted to undergo his sentence by proxy. Pierre, having undertaken, for a sum of 100 f., to represent him, presented himself at the prison under the name of the other, and was duly installed, but before the expiration of the time the deception was discovered, and the man really condemned was arrested, together with the woman. They were acquitted. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. The Oxford Calendar for 1869 has just been published. It appears, from comparing it with the Calendar of last year, that the numbers on the books have increased by 2M, and that the increase in the matriculations during the past year has been 54. Christ Church has 30 members more than at the beginning of last year, Queen's 21, Lincoln 19, Brasenose 18, New College 17, while there are slight increases in most of the other colleges. There is no col lege in which there is any serious diminution of numbers. Of the halls, St. Alban Hall has increassd by 20, and St. Mary Hall by 13. The number of unattached students is 36. It must be recollected that this class of students has only existed during the two past terms, so that, should the matriculations continue at the present rate, it may be expected that, three years hence, there will be a body of unattached students numbering from 150 to 180. ALLEGED MURDER AT HACKNEY.—The inquest on the body of Samuel Grokett was resumed on Monday evening by Mr. Richards, at Hackney. The deceased was a workman in the employ of the Imperial Gas Company, and at the opening of the inquest it was alleged that he had been thrown into the Regent's Canal on the night of Saturday week last by five men. William Talby, of 13, St. Andrew's-road, said that on the night in question, shortly after twelve o'clock, he heard quarrelling on the towing path, and saw the deceased with his coat off with five other men. Shortly afterwards he heard a cry of "Police," and saw the deceased struggling in the water. Witness tried to get him out, but could not, and then went for assistance. Further evidence was adduced as to the violence the deceased and the female friends he had with him met with at the hands of the five men, and the jury eventually returned a verdict of " Wilful murder sabot+ some moon or vagina unknown." SHARE LIST. ittLUNARY dlizltillB AND STOChS. ihare Closing 13usiness Paid. Prim. dune. s t Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 82 St Caledonian ... 100 Bt,l 64 81/ 1 2 s•;. C4inerlan - 23 23 Cornwall . all 2f 14 st Dublin & Bell salt June... 109 70 81 st Dun„Perth,& Ab.Junc... 1,00 70 72 2 , East London 40 1)0 15 - 2 10 - - s tir D ea o t . 1 1, i1. r A th n o g i l o at Glasgow &S. Western 10) 100 102 et Great Eastern .. .00 421 43 421 a l'l co o taa 2 u . d 1 1 ( 0 00 15 79 tl6 at Great Northern .. 100 112 113 st DV. &stock it Do. B stock at tits, and %V. of Ireland lOO 98 10) at (it. Western -Original lOO 531 58 634 ft Do. South Wales lOO 57 18 Do. W. Mid.-Oxford lOO 28 1.9 at Do. Newport lOO 28 21 et Lancashire& Yorkshire lOO 130 $3Ol at Lon., Brigh.,4 S.Coast lOO 521 521 0 1 Do Scrip - - at Lon., Chat., and Dover lOO 171 18} at Do. Mctrop. Ex. A lOO - at Lun. & North Western lOO 118 11t1 1191 st Lon. & South Western lOO 9) 92 at Man., Shel., & Lincoln lOO in 471 431 9 st Metro:m.llton at Do Extousiin 100 1e54 hot 10 Uo. New rd 10 10 1 10 at iii.r.rupolitan District. all 57 57 10 Illetrop. St. John's 14 Wool 6 - 3 st Maimed st Do, Birmiu. & Derby lOO 85 88 at N.irtli British st Do. Ed., I'th., & Dun lOO - - at Nor. hlastern-Berwick 1(0 106 1061 164 25 Do. G. N.E purolisse 16.18.1 - - at Do Leeds. ...... st Do York l' 0 951 9,11 96f st Do Carliile . ILO 125 1110 at Do Stoo (. & Darling ICO 113 112 1321 at North Lon Lou .. 10 Do New 1818 .. 2 11 2 p at North Staffordshire . . 100 58 60 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... st Rhymney at Shropshire Union lOO 59 ,60 at South Devon .. st South Eastern lOO 821 83 821 at Staines, Wok'ham,& Wok all 12 13 st r ule ltso 115 150 • - Do. .. Watenord & litlkenny - Waterloo & Wlittelia 1 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gm.— st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... st Gies. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO st Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102 st Do do N 0.2 100 99 102 st Do do 6 per cent 100 108 108 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 st Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do 0 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 103 100 103 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gas. 100 69 71 id. Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1847 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 st Do 4j do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent. lOO. sti Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 st, Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 9G 97 st, G t • West.—Orig.& Jut.-Itent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 103 103 st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 st Do do 4 1 per cent. 1850 lOO 87 89 st Do do 4 do do st Lo do 5 per cent. reielii 100 9 i 97 st Do du 13iriningham gun lOO 63 70 st Do do do pref lOO at Do do Chester gua • 100 72 73 at Do do do 8 per cent. 100 st Do do do 5 do 100 90 103 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ••• ••• st Do do 44 p.c lOO at Do do 4, 1859 lOO st Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford 155 g. 10.1 11i 116 t Do do 21 gua. 100 110 112 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 52 91 at Do do 2d do 100 100 lin at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Laneash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Do Barnsley, £5 3s 100 p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 435 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 93 10 - 2 st London & Brighton, 5 p.c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 DO st Do 6 do do lOO ..„ at Do 5 do Na. 4 lOO at Do 7 per Cent 1 0 st Do 6 do (W.E. & 0.P.) 100 st Da 4 do 1859 lOO ••• ••• at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent : 1100 st London and 1:.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 10) 111 at Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO ..„ at Do Shrewsb'y & 100 „. at London and b.- W . 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 150 2s 6d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all st Man., Sher., &Lincln. 6 p.c. 100 He 117 6 Do .£6 all par Ipm st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 ••• st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 135 140 st Do Bristol & film., 6p. c lOO 1 136 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 10) 102 at Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 100 1 2 st Do Leicester & .Erchu, 4,1p.c lOO 90 92 st North 13ritish, 5 p.c. No.l lO3 n.t : s aSaa t t tt DD ND D DD O :: : E it Berwick Eastern—Cons. n ert i i r N e ar C°l-eD4; capital i sn r n i c t s e p g . a . s e 4i e kPc m s Pe. e : 1 11 -11 0 0000 0 0000 9 8 5 1 at 97 Do 41 N.E. 4 per cent., 81 1 001 0 . 0 3.4. 5 Y H. D D o o w i k a , Ltpurchase.lloolo 87 10 8 1:1 ••• ••• at rtlepool ti. d 10s S. Devon Annuities, 108 110 068. S. o' t: C a a s :is at t o e c a k d . A A nn tin s e . , 1 1 0 .0 5 . . 6 . 1 a all l l 20 01 1 2 0 1 1 20 North Staffordshire ll a ) a 2 9 2 2 1 3 99 103 Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 Ip l . at Do 4% percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ••• ••• at Taff Vale No.l st W 100 145 150 aterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 L WAYS.-PREFBRENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. bt Caledonian 4 p at Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c. 100 at Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 104 st Do 5 do, 1862 100 st Do New 5 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1864 100 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. &tidl., 5p c 100 at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B 100 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, IS7I 2 at Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 6 do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 5 do 11 1 0 0 00 0 at Lond Do , Cha d t. o , &c., 2d, 0 6 6 p p.. c 100 at at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p. c st London& N. Western, 5p c 100 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 10 Man. chef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all at; Metropolitan 5 per cent at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO st Do B 5 do 100 18 Do 5p e opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1860 all 18 Do Inconv. New Shares 16 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 .... . . 81 at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ... 100 at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 st Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 a t Do E. &G , No. 2, 5 p.c . . 100 1 1 00 00 at a Do N. 8 & .. 0 5 ., p N er 0. c 3 en 5 t, p. 1 0 8 6.2 at Do E. G., (Ordiry) 4 1 p c 100 a at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 t 7 go at Do Stock. & Darl., D lOO 111 111 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 Do 5 do 1861 100 at at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 1864 r , 41 Po 0 1 1 0 00 at Victoria 5 oria d a ,timlieo 77 81 87 go 83 90 84 83 86 80 105 107 191 201 I I 16,i 110 94 96 8 81 ... . 103 10i 110 108 110 11 ifp i fp 1 lip ----- RALLWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED REN-- TALS] et Birkenhead lOO --- 1 75 - 97 5 - 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 at Buchamshire st Chekinste rand Holyhead lOO 64 66 at Do. hi per cent. at Do. 5 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... ." at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincolu, gua. 6p. c lOO 133 G 80 E Gloster nd Dean Forest all Ca. asn., a Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 .." "' a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 69 7 7 . ; at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West , W. Mid., Heref 100 95 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 215 22) st London and Blackwall lOO 9 8 06 st Do. 41 per cent lOO ••• ... at London, Chat , &c., 41 p c lOO ... st Do. Com. Fu nd, 5 do 100 ... 7 at London and Greenwich at Do• do. Preference lOO ... .. at London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 8 6 at Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 79 83 at Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) • •• 50 Northern& East., 5 per cent all 53 66 .. st N. EaSter/L—Hartlepool st N.West. A perp. prof, sp. c lOO 103 110 st Do B minimum 1/ p.c lOO ... . . at Notting. &Granth. 11.&C lOO 92 . 4 25 Preston and 11 yro. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop. 100 133 135 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 1 1 3 1335 10 Do do 8 00 21 2.p St S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 100 at Do 4 per cent gua lO , 79 81 st Do 5 do st Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 80 at West Cornwall . ..... . 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all at Weymouth and Portland lOO „. ... at Wilts and Somerset 5 1 . ): 1 93 95 DOCKS. 6,1 7; st East and West India lOO 116 120 st Loudon and St. Katherine 100 43 50 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all .., ... 141illwall Freehold Land . st Dock lOO 32 34 st Southampton lOO 71 74 st Surrcy Commercial Cr THE PUBLIC JOURNALS_ The Standard remarks upon the farewell speech of Sir John Lawrence at the entertainment which was given him on his departure from India, and thinks that it will be read everywhere with interest. After nearly forty years of such service as can be rarely matched in our annals, the great viceroy takes leave of the country which he saded once to the empire by his prompt and vigorous genius —which ho has since then restored to a newer life by his wisdom, his justice, and his magnanimity. In all that brilliant record of what Englishmen have achieved in India there is no chapter snore glorious than that which is filled by the name of Lawrence. The deeds of Sir Henry and Sir John are henceforth a part of the imperishable heritage of the English people, which will endure long after their empire shall have crumbled away. They are an eternal witness to the governing genius of our race—our most indisputable title to the Nye ! reignty of India. The possession which Clive won by the sword has been made thrice ours by the work of this noble pair of brothers. They have been more than conquerors, for they have conquered for us the hearts of the people— ` they have annexed their loyalty, their affection, and their trust. For his policy of rule during his term of govern. meat, Sir John Lawrence offers a defence which could scarcely be deemedby any one who heard it to be required. Whatever local differences of ()pinion there may have been at various times as to the character of Sir John Lawrence's viceroyalty, the impartial voice of history will declare it to be at once the most happy and the most glorious in the annals of India. If it has not beet a period of absolute peace, that has scarcely been the Governor-General's fault. The peculiar merit of Sir John Lawrence is that he is the first who has really con solidated our dominions in India. He leaves, as a legacy to his successor, an empire in as fine order, as prosperous, and as contented as any ruler ever bequeathed. He leaves a still more precious heritage in an unsullied, good name, which cannot but be a ruling influence, both with the rulers and the people of India, for all time to come. He has fixed the basis of an empire upon the foundations of justice, of affection, and of mutual confidence. And whatever furthtAieward there may be in store for him in his native country, he has earned his place already among the highest of those who have made their mark in his island's story, as one to whom " The path of duty was the path of glory." The Telegraph considers the question of labourers' cottages, and enumerates the difficulties which lie in the way of improvement. After censuring the want of thought displayed by some holders of property, it remarks : Wo are quite aware that it is not the landlords alone who are to b'ame for the prevailing wretchedness of cottage accom modation. Many landlords, both nobles and commoners, have built comfortable cottages for the workers on their estates. But the tenant as well as the squire must assist in the good work ; and, from sheer ignorance of what is for their own interest, the tenant farmers are too often indifferent, if not hostile, to the efforts made for the improvement of the labourer. When Canon Girdlestone began his memorable effort to improve the lot of those poor toilers, by sending them from poorly-paid districts to places where work was better remunerated, he encountered the fiercest hostility from the farmers, who charged him with "setting class against class." The result of all this neg. lect and short-sighted opposition is that " wastels " and outdoor farm servants generally congregate in the shameful hovels run up by "small men"—speculative brewers, petty builders, and the like. The evil is palpable, and of scandalously long standing. Everyone who has resided in the country knows the misery and discomfort, the filth and the fever, the hideous immorality and inde cency amid which the denizens of the " cottage homes of England" are condemned to grovel; yet, in the opinion of the Shropshire Chamber of Agriculture, " a fixed number of rooms in each cottage, or the number of cottages per acre on a farm," are matters beyond the reach of parlia mentary legislation !" The Star, in commenting upon the terms of the Alabama protocol, says that it now remains to be seen whether the Senate will ratify the treaty, and, if this indispensable act is withheld, on what grounds its assent is refused. Mr. Reverdy Johnson's alleged unpopularity with his country. men could scarcely operate as a reason for putting an end to negotiations which, as they stand, are entirely in favour of the views so eagerly and so persistently urged by the American Secretary of State. That un popularity might be a motive for delay—for abstinence from definite action until General Grant and a new Cabinet have been installed into office. This we can understand ; and if the difficulty rests on this foundation it will assuredly vanish in a few weeks. But we cannot believe, unless better authority were vouchsafed t h an th e gossip of the national capital, that President Grant has expressed himself as hostile to the Convention because the measure of England's responsibility should be determined by the value of the commerce which was driven from the seas by the dread the Southern privateers inspired, and by the loss of life and treasure which the prolongation of the war, as the alleged result of the Confederate sympathies of the English Government, entailed upon the people of the United States. It is most improbable that a reticent and prudent man like General Grant would take a newspaper reporter into his confidence, or embarrass his future freedom of action by making a declaration at once so startling and so momentous. We would prefer to believe that whatever General Grant may have to say on the subject of the Alabama Convention, he will reserve for his inaugural address, and that he will not create new complications by opening up an issue which was never raised or suggested either by Mr. Seward, Mr. Adams, or Mr. Johnson. The Herald refers to the unnecessary fright into which people have thrown themselves at the idea that in this year, 1869, there might be uo DerbyDayand no University Boat-race. Alatth without Putney, and May without Epsom would in their estimation have been months alto gether lost, colourless, unhistorical. But in the latter case the fear was less justifiable thanin the former. It never was credible that the Cambridge boatmen, simply because they had been eight times successively defeated, would strike their colours and hang the Light Blue permanently half-mast high. No doubt there was discouragement in the reminiscence of so many failures; probably, indeed, physical reasons connected with the training waters genc rally accessible to the two crews had something to do with the doubt ; and it was just possible that, pending certain improvements progressing in the channel of the Cam, a hiatus in the contest for the Blue Ribbon of the Thames should occur. Yet it was not likely that Cambridge, with her many honours, should decline those few moments of gallant emulation, in which victory is a merriment and dis comfiture no disgrace, merely on the ground that the luck for a considerable period had gone against her. Russia, said the late Czar, never sulks; she tries again. And so with the Light Blue. The Dark may win ; we should be sorry to wager against it ; but whether the deeper or the more tender tint bear off the palm, certain it is that the publi c would miss that Saturday morning were it blotted from the Calendar, as it would miss few other annual celebra. tions—the Derby-day excepted, for N t v l e l emDa may r p b u y t - d u a p y w h i t a h s o er ; s in this Cli ma t e of actually iceie :5 winters become a in u d d i s s p u e n n i s e t 1 es.o summers caprice; yet March without a battle of the Blties or May otda anonlahon past all without its Epsom chivalry Ye toleration. The 2'zmes, In asking what action is to be taken with respect to the new Telegraph Act of last session, observes that, without attempting to distribute the blame of the failure, we may simply say that hitherto our telegraph system has failed to become what it ought to be. It does not give us cheap, popular, and available means of com. munication. The wire is not nearly so much in use as it might be. A telegraphic message is a rare and exceptional thing. Telegraph offices are but thinly scattered over the country, and the charge made for the transmission of a few words is so high that, except on occasions of urgency, the money is grudged. Contrast with this our correspondent's description of the state of things in America, where the telegraph offices are upwards of 4,000 in number, or one for every 7,000 of the population, and where "over 50,000 miles of line and 100,000 miles of wire, with 265 submarine cables," are incessantly at work for the accommodation of the public. Still more striking is the comparison in respect of charges. In the year 1867 one company alone delivered to the American press just about 300,000,000 words of news matter, at a cost of some £100,000; whereas in continental Europe a service of about the same extent cost no less than £2,300,000. Such contrasts are absolutely conclusive. It cannot be a matter of doubt that our telegraphic system requires complete reorganisa tion and development to fit it for the needs of the age. The only question is, or rather was, how that reform should be accomplished. Many persons thought, and, indeed, openly said, what people are now saying in America, that "the telegraph, if placed under Government control, would soon become a mere political machine, devoted, not to transacting the business of the public, but to securing the ascendancy of party." That, perhaps, was an extreme view of the case, but suspicions of a similar kind were actually expressed by some of our most prominent statesmen ; and indeed, it would have been strange if the proposal had not brought such objections to light. On the other hand, in the mere way of detail, there was the obvious difficulty of bargaining with the companies on terms at once accept able to them and not unjust to the public. On this point, as might be txpected, there was a strong conflict of views, but in the end a conclusion was reached with which we have no desire to quarrel. We may trust, we hope, to the vigilance of opinion for the safety of public rights, and in the meantime we are promised a * large development of telegraphic service on cheap and easy terms. That was the bargain, and we now expect to see it effectually carried out. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Pay BENTINCK CLUB.—Tins DAY. Members mustered numerously, and some spirited wagering took place on the events of the day at Mr , mingham. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PLATE. 3to 1 agst Little Ben (taken) 3to 1 agst True Heart (taken) sto 1 agst others (offered) FARMERS' CUP. 6to 4 agst Nebsworth (taken) SCURRY HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Colours (taken) 4to 1 agst Little Ben (taken) CRAVEN CUP. Even agst Blnazet (taken) GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 4 to 1 apt Brick (taken) 4 to 1 agst Orne (taken) 6 to 1 agst Bannockburn (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst Juryman (taken) 10 to 1 agst Fan (taken) 12 to 1 agst Greenland . (taken) LINCOLN HANDICAP. 100 to 6 agst Drummer (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Friday (taken) 33 to 1 agst Bessie Dixon (taken) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THIS DAY. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Sycee (offered) 9to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (offered). 10 to 1 agst Drummer (offered) 11 to 1 agst Silenus (offered) 100 to 8 agst Islam (taken) 100 to 7 agst George Osbaldeston (taken and off) 100 to 6 agst Typhoeus (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Anlace (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Bessie Dixon (offered) 66 to 1 agst Lady Zetland (wanted) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 11 to 1 agst The Colonel (taken) 33 to 1 agst Dick Turpin (taken) CHESTER CUP. 9 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken) 100 to 7 agst Romping Girl (taken) 25 to 1 agst Palmer (taken) 25 to 1 agst Dalby (taken) THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst Wild Oats (taken) BIRMINGHAM RACES—YEsTERDAy. AUNT CUP. Salamanca I . Brighton )... Lady Wellington Seven ran. MAIDEN HUNT PLATE. Teesdale.. Freeman.., 1 2 Three ran. ERDINGTON PLATE. Prima Donna Traveller Guy of Warwick ..... 1 Six ran. SUTTON li /I..NDIC AP. Colours Flying Scud Christmas Fare HUNIERS' PLATE. Little RL(I Rover... Novelist gelding... Runtsbury.. Nine ran. - -4--. TAT TERSAL LS—LAsr ETZNING. RACING I FEBR 16,17 18, 19 FIXTURES. UARY. Lincoln . Harrow . Mansliol,l Pontefract .. 18, 19 Liverpool Spring 2, 374 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Downpatrick 9 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 AP Aborgavenny l, 2 Bromley 1. 2 Aldershot l, 2 Cat terick Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk ... 6, 7 Hungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cambridge 7 8 Croxton Park .. 8 Streatham 8, 9 Chester 4 5 6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 JIT. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,_3, 4 Ascot ...8, 9, 10, • 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15 16 _ _ Hampton l7, 18 Curragh 22, 23, 24 J Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle 6, 7 Pontefract 9, 10 Hendon ..... 12, 13 Nottingham 13, 14 AUG' Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes Egham lO, .11 Wolverhampton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT] Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT( Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 I Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 NOVEL Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow 2, 3 Li verpoo l 9, 10, 11, 12 I STEEPLECHA FEBR Chippenham 10, 11 Streatham 11, 12 Newbridge l5 Lincoln l6, 17 M or t o n-in-Marsh lB Harrow lB, 19 Liverpool 3 Shrewsbury ..... 5, 6 Malton Rugby (Grand MB.) 8, 9 Kingsbury 12, 13 Aldersho , l, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Abergavenny . 1, 2 Lichfield ..6 7 Southdown Hunt ' Cambrid“.e ../ . .. 7 Cheltenham 7, 8 10EL 'ARY L INCOLNS HIRE HANDICAP. 7t' 1 agst Sycee (offered) 9 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken) 10 to 1 apt Silenus (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst George Osbaldoston (taken) 20 to 1 sgst Drummer (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 11 to 1 agst The Colonel (offered) 14 to 1 agst Harcourt (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Alcibiade (taken) 33 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (taken) 33 to 1 agst BishoptowL(taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Fortunatus (offered) 40 to 1 agst Dick Turpin (offered) 50 to 1 agst Astrolabe (offered) 50 to 1 agst Pensioner (offered) DERBY. sto 1 agst Pero Gomez 15 to 2 agst Belladrum (offered) 25 to 1 agst Ladas (taken) 40 to 1 agst Brother to General Peel (taken) 40 to 1 agst Strathnairn (taken) WATERLOO CUP. 6to 1. agst Lord Lur E ates nomination (taken) Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chelmsford.... 25, 26 Derby Spriug 25, 26 West Drayton lB, 19 Baldoyle First Spring 18, 19 Margate 20 Beverley 20 Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, 31 Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21. Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon . 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring 26, &c. I Doncaster 13, 14 ! West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester 19, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 1 Harpenden 2l 1 Epsom Summer .....`2o, dm- NE. Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park ,..,.29, 80 Southampton 13, 14 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford 2.2, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 26, 27 Scarborough 30, 31 Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury 3l, Sep. 1 1 2 11 L. ST. MBER. --- Hampton 2l, 22 Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Hendon Monmouth... -. 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, &c. Lanark... 29, 30 )BER. Cheltenham 19.20 Curragh l9, 20, 21 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarket Mon ...25, &c. iMBER. ---- Shrewsbury ' 15, ize. Leamington Hunt 23, &c. ;E FIXTURES. [Pontefract 18, 19 Boston Windsor 22, 23 St. Albans 23, 24 Derby. • 25 I Baschurch 2G RCM MA: West Somerset 15, 1G York 17 Crewkorne lB, 19 Chepstow 29, 30 Streatham B, 9 Royal Artily., Woolwich...B Knighton Ludlow l3, 16 Tenburv... 2l Croydon 22, 23 Co. Louth & Ardeen_27, 28 11 AY. Limerick Hunt 4 I St. Albans . E2;linton Hunt 6, 7 West Drayt0n...,...,... 17 Kingsbury JULY. 9 AUGUST. 17 OCTOBER. Bromley 7 West Drayton 91, 22 SL Albans Harrow NOVEAIBER. 'Worcester '2 3 I Eglinton Hunt 6 , 7 St. Alban s 3 , 4 Liverpool 5 6 Shrewsbury . . 15, 19 A verdict of wilful murder has been returned in the case of Samuel Grakett, whose body was found in the Regent's Canal.