The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-08 00:00:00

VCE: MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business was not so good to-day. Consols de clined }, and the depression extended to the Foreign Market. Spanish and Italian gave way slightly, but Turkish went up a trifle. In railways we have to report an improvement in Metropolitans and Great Northern Original shares. The demand for money is not large ; the sate at which it can be had is 22. Consols are 921 3 21 I for money; ditto, for Ac count, 92.1 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 93 2i 3f ; New Three per Cents, 93f j ; ditto 2f per Cent., Jan., 1994, 74f ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 241 3. Canadian 4 per Cent. Bonds, 1960, 1044. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 210 12 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 i ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1021. In the foreign market Turkish Five per Cents. were better, at 40i, but the quotation is now 40k, 401. New Spanish Three per Cents, have given way -I, to 301, 301 ex div. ; and Italian Five per Cents, are fractionally lower, at 544, 541 cx div. Mexican Bonds remain at 15, 154, and Greek Bonds at 11k, 12. `..`.1 The Krementschug Railway Loan is 1 dis., par The Honduras Loan is 86 87 ex coupon ; and the Egyptian Seven per Cent. Loan of 1868 is firm, at 74 74i. In the railway market Caledonian is better Great Northern 1, Metropolitan Midland Brighton 4 f North Western I, and South Eastern I. On the other hand, Great Western are lower, Great Eastern 1-16, Lancashire 4. The quotations are : Caledonian, 764 74 ; Great Western, 48 ; Great Eastern, 41f 4 ; Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; ditto A, 108 to 109 f ; Lan cashire, 129 ; Metropolitan, 1081- to 108-1 ; ditto Extension, 104 f ; Midland, 114 f ; Sheffield, 46f 47f ; Brighton, 49 ; North British, 33 34 ; North Western, 113 f ; North Eastern, 100 f ; South Eastern, 79} to 80 ; and Chatham and Dover, 164 to 171. Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per Cent. Debenture stock is 94 95. American Five-Twenty Bonds are now 74i 75 ; but those of 1885 and the Ten-Forty Bonds are 73-1 73k, and 72k, 72 respectively. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are 41i 41., and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 434 44i, showing a decline of 4 in the latter. Eries show a full advance of i f , at 261 271 ; and Illinois Central Stock is unchanged at 954 951. In Bank Shares nothing doing, and in M'scel laneous Shares we have no alteration to quote. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The last price from Paris yesterday was 70f. 50c., or Bc. higher than the previous day. The City of Madrid Loan, contracted by Messrs. Erlanger, of Paris, is for £ 1 ,700,000, in 425,000 bonds of £4 each. It is to bear 3 per cent. interest, and is redeemable at par, with lottery prizes. The issuing price is 60. The debt of the Treasury to the Municipality is said to be more than the whole amount of the loan, besides which they hold £ 11 ,000,000 of real property. The total imports of sherry from Spain for 1868 have amounted to 67,810 butts, against 63,397 butts in 1867. The principal shippers were : From Xeres—Gonzalez and Byass, 6,243 ; M. Mi sa 5,574 ; F. W. Cosens an d Co. (Xeres), 3,1 Port St. M ary, 1,785 ; total, 4,927 ; P. Garvey, 3,833 ; P. Domecq, 3,253 ; Mackenzie and Co., 2,701; and from Port St. Mary—Duff, Gordon, and Co., 2,143 ; and widow of K. Harmony and Co., 2,104 ; all others being under 2,000 butts. The directors of the Ocean Marine Insurance Company will, at the annual meeting of the share holders on the Ist February, recommend payment of £1 per share bonus, and ss. per share interest ; also the usual ss. per share iu July. The directors of the London and Provincial Marine Insurance Company have agreeil to recom mend at the general meeting on the 4th February the payment of interest for the half-year ended the 31st of December at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. It is stated that the meeting of creditors and shareholders of the Commercial Bank Corporation of India and the East, directed by the Master of the Rolls to be called to consider the proposed ar rangement, will be held on the 18th and 19th inst. Mr. Ilolyland, the official liquidator, has sent to each creditor and shareholder a copy of a report he has prepared setting forth the present position of the liquidation, and the grounds upon which it is desirable the proposed arrangement should be con firmed. The Canadian papers contain advertisements from the Intercolonial Railway Commissioners for tenders for the construction of four sections of that road two in Quebec, connecting with the Grand Trunk at Riviere du Loup, one in New Brunswick, near Dalhousie, and the four in Nova Scotia. The sections are from 20 to 26 miles in length. The advices from British Columbia state that the Legislature of that province was opened on the 17th of December at Victoria. Governor Seymour, in his Message, intimated that the question of confe deration is stationary at present, pending the settlement of the Hudson's Bay Company's claims. At the same time he congratulated the colony upon its improved condition and encouraging prospects. By the Brazil mail, arrived yesterday, a state ment showing the position of the Treasury has been received, made up to the 30th of November last. It appears that the Government had availed them selves to a very limited extent of the power granted by the decree of the sth of August for the issue of 40,000,000 reis paper currency (at 17d. exchange, £2,833,333), the total put forth having ,been only 2,000,000 reis (at 17d, £141,666), and the expenses of the war having been met by the 6 per cent. loan subsequently issued at 90 for the sum of 30,000,000 reis (at 17dd., £2,125,000.) This loan is quoted at 7i premium, and the interest upon it is guaranteed to be paid in gold, the principal also being redeem able in gold. The Government had likewise issued 6 per cent. bonds in currency, realising 6,114,300 reis (at 17d., £433,096.) The following is from the Cape Copper Com pany :—" The company have despatches, per bi monthly steamer Saxon. No mining or other sub jects of importance are reverted upon. Bills of lading are received for shipment from Cape Town and Algoa Bay, ex coasters, amounting together to 249 tons." The return from the Bank of England for the week ended the 6th of January gives the following results when compared with the previous week :-- Beet Other de ,878 PuLlic deposits P On the other side of the account : Qovernment securi- ties ............. ... .£13,984,710 Other securities......Docroaso £140,164 20,646,496 ... koreaso 134,353 Notes unemployed_ 8,412,555 Increaeo 342,350 Subjoined is a comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols and French Routes with the corresponding week of last year : The amount of notes in circulation is £24,024,495, being an increase of £509,925 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £18,519,361, showing an increase of £73,503 when compared with the preceding return. Banio Week last Year. Bullion Reserve Notes in circulation 24,024,495 ... 24,233,855 Rate of discount Celsols French Rentee At Present. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS.: 8 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Accou n t, 8 per Cent. Ileducod 93 2i 31- New 3 per Cent 4 2i 31 New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. b per Cent, d au. 1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Tele6raph), Aug., 1908.,, — Exchequer Bills, £I,OOO, 2 per Ct — p 1 Do. £5OO Do. 4100 ?t 4200.mootimitil "" P P.••••• ala,rkable letter S4gnier, the ftnier, has eted with too and has the Procureur. makes the e Garde des Dnger my tepid cress the court and to press for ,y the Alinister me,:and I must the Garde des asignation, it is fitter reproaches le time past on I am disgraced ror with that amended by the June 4, 10;8." le editor of the and has created r was not suffi- He was urged lore zeal, and, ons altogether, his professional As the Paris ace been sorel y 7emps considers ere is no doubt e Government. re compelled to , the public can is governed by der the Empire. 'ESSION or slay arcernoon, address as the -Oak, Norwich, e gaoler, from he dock, before confession, with a, at Norwich, than on the last emotion during ,vis, of the r is there? nunication from with reference the time men nurder was per !rum Mr. Hick around the dig- CM the 21st June in the outskirts, Lnd bone, includ - L which the ring .e still preserved n collected were I was never dig . and in a field. itness : Nosir.—' Puntable.—Wit. ence then.—Mr. prisoners' wife? peared about the ,fterwards heard blood were found ave been m ade to the remains , have this week I in consequence ian was afraid prisoner on big, ,ement now pre• made to have a. tation to recall, Pill be to cone! seem e x traordt 4 d certain inqui the coincidence, wife about the ient before 10 warrant to take 1 read over all 6 Nish to vut anp ask Viet wanes* lful." re. The rest is ver• Ld the prisoner k. have peen 0 6 Dn the police at _ enter a house , m. A desperate nflieted. Mad it the prisoner*, e and two year. 11 Police-cou rt, A with furid s-inn-road, 006 vith a High0 to y injured. TO ._, tlemen not bel" ms tit Usk, )een tried. The , :pressed a &oil sed . The eon; ily demanded D young perso ill Wandswor ° , were re mandl a girl, who as nine years o lv, hard labour. an applicatil rhampton aga ir " . o ground that tl i oi on in the prioo 0 and received $ isel. Finally i ll Lot to be paid ation. The cog ,arties. Cauvin Ca )re yesterday to reply to tt numeration to co to the late Loth . Tho Chief Cle o )ceed on the / ) ,, 4 pated, be shots', , f the elevat i°ll ock, of Droll: of that co P ro , I title of / 3 _,J, mty of Doneg:y to the heirs P 17% ibury M'Clinn Carlow, cap* lr ninty. ants for e urar w se who scan 7 0 In a recent it,/ "liberal" o° oo her qualificat l a israelitish Tee ma i n t e d with 9 d men somata llj c r ;uch an annotto ) believe that it a 1' RAILwAY , ' O , e following 1 0 1 the mayor of t lase of the tree Janurtri f ic l vledge the re ce e l transinitt ivo , l meeting he oi the purcha se ri f [ajesty's 6°l 4 e ioll the cornro' B- .0 Pre p a red to P o o sideration 5 0 15 0; the ill e ,ol you that it W o lf, is importan t fop ge and so inft i d it to 1610. J` EE.';. - - Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent Do. account Canada 4 per Cent. Ronde 1044 Inter- Colonial Cranium INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES India Mock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Opening, for Account — Do. F. per Cent. July, 18S0 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 par Cent. May 1879 — D.) 5 per Cont., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — D... Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~.... Do. Bonds, 4 per Cont., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGNS ?UN DS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... Do., Scrip £45 paid .. Aultrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 11 per Cent., .1852 — Do. do. 1858.... ............. Do. do., 1860 Do. do., 1863 671 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 7Bi B .enos Ayres 6 por Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 por Cent ) Cu'oa, 6 per Cent. o..ilitin 6 per Cent — no. 4f per Cent....... Do. 3 per Cont., Po. 6 per co• t. 1867 931 I o. 7 I.cr Coat., 1866 C lo tibial], 6 per Cont. Dan so 3 per Cont. 1825 Dan.ibian Principalities, 71. er Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 .. 801 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent BOl Do Second Issue Do. £5Ol, Bonds Do. .£lOO Bonds ..... 821 Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds.. English Scrip, - ,1868 Do do. £45 pd Government Railway Debentures, 951 1 Greek 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Account v . Do. Coupons , .. - Do. Account auatemala 5 per Cent . Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 86 Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account ~ 824 Do Maremmana Railway 56 gexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1863 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — dontevideau 6 per Cent. . — VI oorish Imperial 5 por Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) I — Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account' Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 Do Account - Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'6u,'2,',: _ Do. do. 1867 364 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent . 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.„ 90 1 Do. do. £B4 los. do. - Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9O Do. do £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway 661 Sar linian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cen .: Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account $ 3l Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded -_ Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do _ do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Pk Turkish 6 per Cent. •• Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1662 Do Account Do £IOC Bonds 64; Do 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. A.cc nut Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Du 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2* per Cant. Ex. 12 Gail, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account 5l CLO SING PRICES. Consuls, Money 921 Do. Account, Feb. 4 13ounsE, Jan. 7.—Thri closed as follows : ;e o'clock.—The market 4i per Cont. End of month — 3 por Cent End of mouth 7O 30 Credit llobilier End of month_ 286 25 Credit Foncior 1550 End of month — Bank Shares 3llO ItaPan Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan 24 25 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred :re. RAILWA Cash Orleans ... 925 Northern ... 3lBO Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 573i Western Eastern • • 568 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 46} 662} 445 North of Spain Saragossa Roman sl} BANK OF FRANCE. trARIS, Jan. 7. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Dec. 31. fr. c. Capital of the Bank.— 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) Reserve of the Bank Jan. 7. fr. c. 182,500,000 -- 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 2 and its branches 22,105,750 11 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 1,382,808,450 1,371,732,250 Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at eight 34,580,980 70 Treasury account cur- 33,737,411 82 _ - rent creditor Current accounts, Paris Do. branch banks Dividends payable...... Discounts and sundry interests: Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 180,122,347 89 282,599,462 - 48,205,977 - 8,867,435 - 765,324 13 933,790 85 154,393,196 14 270,906,508 91 45,016,196 - 6,411,112 - 1,238,363 27 933,790 85 '6,345,387 02 19,4b5,844 91 Total CREDITOR. Cash in hand and .in Dec. 24. Jan. 7. fr. c . - f r. Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 3 68,835,035 78 326,675,327 09 Do. branch banks 272,134,755 301,365,105 Advances on deposit of bullion 39,411,100 40,826,100 Do. branch banks 3,648,100 4 038 100 Do. on French Public , , Securities 12,779,500 13,251,900 Do. by branch banks 7,156,400 6,873,700 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks - Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches - 883700 Do. to the St a t e (C on - , vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re- servo 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable ftentes Immobalisties (Law, June 2, 1857) 1 1 ,0,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bunk and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment 722,115 5,520 Sundries Total Certified b 2,16 0 ,87 9,680 80 2,119,475,200 06 of France, y the Se na t or -G overnor of the Bank (Signed) ROULAND. IIV2WL LIGENCE. GRAvEsEND, Friday Morning. Arrived—Florence, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Berlin, steamer, from Hamburg ; Belgium, steamer, from Ostend ; Vigilant, steamer, from Calais. Sailed—Mowe, steamer, from Bremen ; Hindostan for Bombay ; Star of Denmark, f or Calcutta. , No arriv4ls. DEAL, Friday Morning. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1869. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY dliAisigS AND STOCKS. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing . Business Share NA3I3. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 AO Do B lO 41 54 60 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 17 1i 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 7 b 90 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 ... ••• 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all SO 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 3 9 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 be British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, •nd China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 29 SO 2I: i 20 City 100 Colonial 25 40 4: 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and Loudon, lint 50 East Loudon, lim 5 11 0 / 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio du Ja neiro. lim is ld pr 20 English, ; coltish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Bong and Shanghai Husk Corporation all ... ... 281 Do new al :I i 100 Imperial, lim 2,t 17 18 18 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 11 11 11 - .5 lonian all 27 '29 25 Do new s pr 1p 20 Lind Mortgage of India, lint 4 31 31 100 Du sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 76 el 30 London Bank of Mexico - _ _ and South America, liui. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 31 32 20 Du new 71 61 51 100 London &River Plate, Bin, 40 7 9 25 Do new 10 11 11 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 231 50 London and County 2O 50 51 53 20 Do new iss at 20 pm,l6 pd ll ••• ••• 50 Loudon Joint Stock 1 65 26 20 London and South African al 1 • 12 100 London & S.-Western, liw, 20 .•• ••• 50 London & Venezuela, 121 ••• 100 London and Westmi ns t er . 29 6 5. , 67 6 4 4 4 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 29 621 631 100 Merchant, lim 25 7 5 10 Metropolitan, lim all 161 100 Midland, lim. 29 id pr 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 3 1 d 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ..• "• 10 Do 50 National.. SO 54 64 20 New South Wales all 42 46 20 North-Western 74 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 481 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., line le 6 61 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 31 93 10 Do new.. all 100 stand. of Brit. S. Africa, him 25 14 12 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ..„ 25 Union of Australia all 48 49 100 Union of Ireland, lim 60 Union of London 21} 211 211 i fp loi i 15 16 26 28 78 76 771 15 17 Id pr 7 5d 131 14 S 84 2 by 34 4 . 4 ,01 16 - IE -167 172 2i 3i 67 72 21 11d 81 20 2, lfd 41 3i 1 41 Sid b 10 2 8 21i 230 4 3 i ip S ... i id 17 18 18 7 104 108 104 105 k 103 k 1041 lk2} $ 2 ! a 19 21 20 93 98 192 107 C 4d 17 18 131 123 d 88 89 901 f 41 44 238 213 10 12p 3 44 .d 13 13d pr 1p 18f 831 811 2 If 23 29 29 4} ~~d 13/ 13/ 13; 11 11 Sf 6 4(1. iti 3} 4 63 ISS 3} 214 7 6.1 -. 21 SI I if , 23 221 2 2 116 22 17d ld pr 105 107 I id 4 4i 33 28 31 21d 12 121 121 4 3d 81 91 3 2d 11 ld 4/ Si iP 11 11 7 b 1 2 47 5e 19 20 141 16 ..d if 71 iP Id 1P 14 21 21 1 15 30 32 49 81 501 Id d 27 30p 181 191 85 6 17 18 231 241 44 46 107 112 7 6d 3 4p 351 361 92 97 a la 161 17 21 2f i IP - id p 4 41p 22 24: - Sid bi 6 ai aip 1 lip 24 84 7 a 75} 711 78/ 12 10€1 4 7S) dint' eiratlat HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 7. The Queen, attended by Lady Churchill, drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty walked and drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Princess Beatrice. Prince Leopold also went out. The Archbishop of Canterbury did homage yes terday, and afterwards resigned his appointment as Dean of the Chapel Royal. The Archbishop of Canterbury 'and Mrs. Tait, the Right lion. Henry Bruce, and thu Dean of Westrn;nster, had the honour of dining with the Queen an - 1 the Royal Fau - aly yeateriay. THE PROSECUTION OF 211 E DIRECTORS OF 0 EREN D, GURNEY, AND COMPANY (1.13117 ILD). THIS DAY. The further hea►ing of this extraordinary case was resumed this morning before the Lord Mayor and Alderman Gabriel, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Guildhall. Mr. Howell, the accountant, was further exa mined with a view to show that after the transfer of the business to the limited company all monies paid into the bank by defendants were drawn out on the day following, or nearly so, with the exception of a sum of £150,000 on the part of the Norwich Bank. The witness gave a variety of entries in the nine months of the existence of the limited company, each of which were for monies received from the Messrs. Gurney, and on the other side of the book were repayments in very large sums to persons on account of the indebtedness of the old firm. One item will serve as au illustration. On the 27th of February H. Gurney had in £lO,OOO, 11. E. Gurney £20,000, and on the 26th £50,000 was paid to the Bank of London, which was the amount of a guarantee by the old firm. On the Ist of March S. Gurney paid in £6,000, D. Gurney £lO,OOO, and 11. Birkbeck £4,000, making exactly the £50,000. There was also a payment to the Agra Bank some time afterwards for £50,000, but that also was a guarantee of the old firm. . . Mr. Lewis—And had nothing to do with the liabilities of the limited company ? Witness—No ; not as appears by the books. Mr. Lewis—lt was, in fact, Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co. paying their own liabilities. Mr. Giffard objected to such observations being made whilst the witness was under examination. Mr. Sergeant Sleigh said some of the items that had been referred to by the witness had been paid as calls on shares. Mr. Lewis said that was so, but he should like to know where were the shares. Mr. Sergeant Sleigh replied that would appear presently._ _ The witness having gone through the whole of the transactions of the old firm after the transfer until the stoppage, Mr. Lewis asked what was the amount that the new company had benefited by the subscription of the old firm, to which he replied £85,000. The liabilities of the limited company after the transfer amounted to £15,000,000, but there were other liabilities of Ovcrend, Gurney, and Co., for bills re-discounted to the amount of £9,841,440. The entries in the " bills or hand book" gave the particulars of that total. On the 30th of July, 1865, the total amount of bills in, out and in hand, as appeared by the book kept for such entries, was £19,100,680. The total amount of bills lodged as security, as appeared by the books of the limited company, amounted to £8,507,000, deducting that and the bills in hand, which amount to £1,345,135 ; the total amount of bills rediscounted and payable amounted to £9,348,494 ; but there were other entries which had to be deducted, which made the total liabilities for bills discounted amount to £7,177,280. Mr. Lewis—Does it appear in any book in any form that that liability of £7,177,280 was taken over by the limited company? Witners—lt does not. Mr. Lewis—Was there any assets except the £126,000 cash taken over to meet that liability ? Witness—lt does not so appear. Mr. Lewis—What was the pecuniary interest the old firm held in the new company after the transfer ? Witness—l can find none, unless it is their oyer drawn account of £2,970,000. Mr. Lewis—Had their account been overdrawn to that amount at the time of the stoppage ? Witness —Yes. Mr. Lewis—By the prospectus of the new com pany it was set out that the old firm would retain a large pecuniary interest in the new company. Can you say what that pecuniary interest was ? Witness—No, without it was their over-drawn account (Laughter.) Mr. Lewis—What is the total amount of liabili ties of the old firm on account of guarantee at the date of the transfer ? Witness—l can't exactly say, because they are not all entered in the book before me. I have found references to other guarantees in the letter books. Mr. Lewis—ls there any leaves torn out of that book ? Witness--No, not from this. Mr. Lewis—From any other then ? Witness—Yes ; there are other books from which a great many leaves have been torn out. The witness then proceeded to read various entries in the book before him relative to the guarantees, which amounted in the gross to about £1,000,000, which did not in way appear in the £15,000,000 of liabilities transferred to the limited company. In a book marked "private" witness said he found particulars relative to a guarantee of £150,000 on page 206, and then pages 207 to 235 were wanting. Mr. Lewis then asked the witness if he could tell the amount of deposit each of the defendants held at the time of the stoppage of the limited company on the 10th of May, 1866. Witness—Mr. J. 11. Gurney drew out on the 2d of April £33,026, which balanced his account, so he had nothing. Mr. H. S. Gurney had £69. There was a joint account of 11. E. Gurney and J. H. Barclay for £29. Mr. R. Birkbeck had nothing, but Mrs. R. Birkbeck, on the 12th March, drew out £Bl2, and Mr. 11. Barclay had £lO 4s. 4d. Mr. Lewis—What was the liabilities of the old firm at the date of the stoppage? Witness—Over £2,000,000, giving them credit for everything. Mr. Lewis—Does the books show whether the old firm ever paid a farthing on the shares in the new company allotted them ? Witness—No ; they do not. At the end of Mr. Howell's examination the emir adjourned. MARKET S-2 H 1.5 DAY. share Railways. r a i d. Closing Business dem at Bristol and Exeter ...... 103 75 77 V st Caledonian lOO 761 77 71 64 et Cambrian 20 Cornwall all 3 34 et Dublin & Belfast June lOO 77 79 at Dun„Perth, (St Ab.J unc lOO 76 72 2) East London all 7 9 20 Do 15 2) Do 10 at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 00 01 at Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Angl. Nlo. 2 lOO 7 at Great North of Scotland lOO 15 . 6 at Great Northern lOO 106 107 107/ at Do. A stock lOO 107 103 109 sr Uo, B stock lOO 124 IXi at Gt 8, and W. 01 Ireland lOO 00 07 • L. Western -Original lOO 481 49 !t, Do. South Wale. lOO 5i 18 s. Do. W. Mid.—Uxtoro lOO '24 z 6 et Du. Newport lOO :8 £l. st Ltuicashire 100 1:28 2r4 at Lon., Brigh., S.Coast lOO 401 10 491 1 10) Do Scrip et Lon., Chat., anti DON er IL ) ,.. 17 17) 175 .0 Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO it Lou. A Wester) lOO 1134 1131 11?.1 13 st Lou. dz South Western lOO 87 eu 88 et Man., Shel., A Lincoln lOO 47 471 et At etrovolltan . lOO 1001 t 7 1084 S at Du Ex.tensi )1i 100 1..1 1 2 1 4 10 Uo. New rd io 10 1 st 211e - xopolitau Dietriet. all 10 Metrop. St. John's V. 001 6 - at M,u,autl st A Darby lOO Ed 83 at N inn British . ..... 100 3:1 34 st I'th., & Dun lOO at Nor. ehtstern—Berwick lOO fre: 1005 25 Do. G. N.E purohase 16.13.1 st Do Leeds ...... at Do York at Lo Carliele . . lOO 125 i3O at Do Stoe . c. At Darling lOO 127 129 128 at North Lou ion 10 Do New 1868 . ... 2 11 2 p st North Staffordshire lOO 5 5 57 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 195 10 Do New £lO shares 7 at Rhyniney st Shropshire Union lOO 35 53 661 at South Devon .. at South Eastern lOO 704 805 J . 20 Staines, Wok'ham, A Wok all 12 13 at 'Van r ale 10 Do. C at Waterford & Kilkenny lOO Waterloo A Whitchail 6 RAILWAYS-PREFER&NCE SHARES AND STOCKS, at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 4) per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lO9 ... at D. do. Ordinary lOO 78 80 st Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroatk 100 20 Cornwall, 4 per cent gua all sti Dundee, forth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... st Ghia. & S.W. gua. i per ct lOO at (lt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 99 101 at Do do N 0.2 100 97 1,,0 99 st Do do 6 per cent 100 106 108 at D 6 East Anglian ASP. c. 100 100 103 at Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do C, 7 do. 100 ... at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 at Do Nor folk p.e. Ex. 1845 st Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val. 1847 100 at Great Northern, 6 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 4 ) do do du 100 at Doi do at Sp.c. pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO stj Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 st, Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 std Gt. W est.—Orig.& Jnt.-Itent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 102 104 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 08 100 at Do do 4) per cent. 1850 lOO Si 8$ at Do do 4 do do at 1)0 do 5 par cent. redem lOO 93 38 st Do do Birmingham gua lOO 68 72 at Do do do pref lOO at Do do Chester gua lOO at Do do do 8 per cent lOO 180 160 at Do do do 5 do 100 88 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 4) p.c lOO at Do do 4 1 1889 lOO st Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g IOJ 107 lu9 at Do do 2d gua lOO 106 103 at Do Newport, Ist g. i p.c lOO 88 92 st Do do 25 do 100 100 103 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Do Barnsley, L 5 3s 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 1301 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 102 at London it Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO _ ,_, at Do 4 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 ... ... at Do 6 do do lOO ... ... 120 at Do 4 do No. 4 lOO ... „. at Do 7 per cent........ at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) luo ... ..„ at Da 4 do 1859 lOO ... ... at London, Chatham, & Dover 3 per cent lOO ... ... at London and 1L W., C. and _ Nuneaton a per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford 6;oambridge 100 8 91 at Do Shremb'y Welchp'l 100 88 91 st Loudon and 7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 141 116 st Man& , chef.; Liuclu. G p.c lOO 1141 117 1:51 1 6 Do 2s. Gd. er'p ans. 2s6d) all ... at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 st Du Bristol& 13irm., 6p. C lOO 1,0 133 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 9tl st 4 Do 41 per cent. irrodeem lOO 97 62 at Do Leicester &If chu, 4 p.c lOO 89 91 at North ltritish, a p.c. No. 1 lOO at Do E. 3; U. 4p.c.S. & D lOO ... at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cuu.t lOO ... at Do Border Union, 01 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 88 at Do 41 per cent. redeem IOU 95 97 at 4 per cent., lOO ... 17 Du Berwick capital 8 13.4. ... 23 Do York, U. &6. purchase lO F) 104 at Do Stektn & Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO 109 110 at Du NV, Hartlepool IL and R lOO 87 8) 20 North Staffordshire 108 D evon Annuities, 1 8 all 91 101 108 Do Tavist oc k Anus., los all 910 lOs Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. East. (R ead. Aims., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 st 'Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAY S. — PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. et Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Ceu. min. 7p c lOO et Do 41 p modem ... ... all ... ..- et Do 413 c con, issued at 80 65 ... ... et Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 it fit Do Ne w 5 d o, 1863„, 100 88 9 0 st Do do 5 do, 1864.- 100 84 83 st Great Northern, 6 p eirred. 100 ... ..- fit Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 ... ... st Do Boston & Sleald, 41 pc 100 ... ..- st Great West., W. Midi., 5p c 100 86 90 st Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 85 sO 2t Do do 6p e irreil., 1866 100 103 10.5 ,) Do Vale N eath perp. 5p e all 191 201 et Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 13 lOO ... ... L 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 st Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 st Do do 4do ... ... ... 1860 100 st Do do 41 do , , 1861 100 ... „. st D 3 do 41 do, 1863 100 et Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ... ... ... st Do ... st Do No. 6 b do, 1866 100 ... ... No. 7 6do .. - st Lond , Chat., &c., 25, 6 p.c ... ... et Do Metrop, Ea., B 6 p.e , 100 ... ... Do du C 6 p.c ... ... st Loudon &N. W estern, 5p c 100 103 110 at London& S. Western 41 p e 100 94 86 10 Man. shef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1565 all $ st Metropolitan 5 per cent....,, 100 ... 81 ... St Midland, A i per cent prof. 101 186 10.3 st Do B 5 o 18 Do 6p c opt. to cony. to 10 0 106 183 Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1860 all 11 11p 1 j 18 Do Incony. New Shares 16 i iP '22 Do 5p e con, into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872,,, . . 81 1 14 st North British, E. and (.+,l No. 1, 5 per cent ... ... 198 ... ,it Do £lO guaranteed, 18.61 100 • • st Do E., P., & D un., 25, 4pe 100 ..• ... St Do ... ... .k.; &U No. 2 sp • e • •• 100 "' "' et . t Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 • ..• ... Do E. & 0., N 0.3, 5 p. e ... .., G., (Ordiry) 41 p e 100 45 57 et " .‘ T r th Eastern, 41 per coat WO 96 97 DO 102 104 :st ~o s ck. & Dart. , D . 100 111 113 at Do to North Staffords o.p c , 1 00 ... ... st Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 . et South Eas 5 do 1651 100 . ... a t NT o (m t h a x L o o n p d e o r n c , . eh 4 ni l r , o per : .. .6• • cant Do et Do 5 do (Oh. Cross) 1363 100 at at Do 5 do, 18 64 ... st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 "' ... RAILWAYS. -LIMES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, at Birkenhead lOO ," ----- ,7 4 i --- ------.„, DO Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 1( - ) 3 at Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhea d lOO Li :II 56 at Do. 11 per cent. 120 at Do. b do. U!: 113 hit Clydesdale, guaranteed 1(0)10 at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lwo i i ii 136 :. 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... a Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., b p.c 100 ... '•• a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6,i 72 at Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West ,W. Slid., Heref 100 95 9 7 50 Hull and Solby all 100 in at Lancaster and Carlisle-- 100 21i 213 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 88 at Do. 41 per cent lOO ••,, „„„ at London, Cast., &c., 41 pc. 100 ~, .. st Do. Com. Fund, S do. 100 at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO ~ • . at London, Tilbury, it, South 100 78 tP at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all ii •• ii it Midland, Bradford, Prof lOO 92 91 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northerut East.,s percent all •`,.' 5 • 13 50 Do. do. 6 do. all , „, st N. Eastern —Hartlepool , DO at N. West. A perp. prei, .5 p. c. DO IU3 110 at Du B minimum H p.c lOO „, . . at IN otting. 6: Urantia. lt.,s; C lOO 92 9 .i 25 Preston and al yre all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch. and Shep lOO 133 13s at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do do 8 21 2, p at S. Yorksh. and Buyer Dun 100 98 100 st Do 4 per cent ;pa lO , 79 di at Do 5 du at Vict. Station and Pimlico De 175 ISO at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C ••• •• all 61 7 ; st 'Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ,„ at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 119. E st Loudon and St. Katherine lOO 51 65 100 :D ()Deb. stock, 4 per cent al,. Millwall Freehold Land . st Dock lOO 31 32 st Southampton lOO fi 76 sy surrey Coamerc,i4l MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Tel., lim all Anglo-Mediter. Tel., Bin— 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all Atlantio Telegraph lO Do. 8 per cent. Australian Agricultural Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lire. Baugarah Tea Estates, him 9 Berlin Water Works, Jim. all Do. New 6 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. Bombay Gas, lira. all Do. New 4 British American Land 44 B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO British Indian Tea, lim. British Ship Owners 7l Canada Company all Canadian Loan and Infest- _. ment, lira 24 Ceylon Company, Um. lO Do. A shares City Discount, lim 4 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 City of Milan Improv. Jim all City of Moscow Gas, lim all City Offices, lim 2B Colonial, lint. Do. Commercial Union (Assur) Company of African Mer chants, Jim. Continental Union Gas, lim all Copper Miners of England, pref. 74 per cent. Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 4/ per cent. all Do. 1879, 42 per cent. all Do. 1882, 44 per cent. all Credit Fon. of England, lint. all Credit Fon.of Mauritius Jim lO Crystal Palace lOO Do. Preference lOO Do. 6 p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 Darjeeling, lim. Eastern Assam, lim. 6l East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim East India Irriga. & Canal all Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gus. by Egypt. GOT all Egyptian Corn. & Trad. lim 6 Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 Do. New 8 Eng. & Austral. Copper, limn '2l English and Foreign Credit 74 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim 8 Fairbairn Engineering 5 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all Gellivara, lim 2O General Credit & Die., lim 7l General Steam Navigation 14 Homn: & Col Marine lu. limn 5 Hong Kong and China Gas all Hudson's Bay all Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, Jim. Indo-European Tel., Jim lO Interns. Financial Soc. lim Interns,. Land Credit, lim 6 Italian Land Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all Do. 6 p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 30 all Land Securities, limn 5 London African Trading lO Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 Loudon County Land and Building, lim Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all Lond. Financial Asso., lim 30 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all Loud, and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. 5 p. C. by India GOT. lOO Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, I int_ Mediterra. Exton. Tel., lim. all Merchant Shipping, lim all Millwall Iron Works, Jim. 121 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. National Discount Co., lim 6 National Prov. Marine, lim. 4 National Steam Ship, lim. all Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 New Consolidated Dis. lim. 3 .New Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 New Zealand Loan & Met, cantile Agenciirm — -- 21 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lira 5 Northern Assam Tea, lira 5 Do. B North Brit. Austral., lira._ 100 North Brit. & Mercan. In 5l Ocean Marine (Insurance) 6 Oriental Financial, lira ll Oriental Gas, lira, Do. New 1 Otago and Southland In vestment, lint 2 Ottoman Gas, lim all Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lima all Do do. Peel It. Land & Minerl, lint 100 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all Do. New 1867 lO Reuter's Telegram 24 lthymney Iron Do. New Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lim all Do. Gas, lim all Royal Mail Steam GO Scottish Aust. Invest., lim, 100 Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref. 101 Societe Fin. cl'Egypte, lim. 1 0 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. g S. African Mort. & Illy., lim. g South Australian Land Submarine Telegraph Do. Scrip all Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim. all Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 Trinidad Petroleum, lim B4 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 Do do. do. all Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada E. Union Marine L'pool, lint S Union Steam Ship, Urn all United Discount Corp., lint, g U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint, all Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all Universal Marine(lu.), lint ‘ Upper Assam Tea, lint all Van Dieman's Land 2Bl Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan.., all Warrant Finance, lim. West India and Pacific Steam, lint 2l West London Wharves and Warehouses lO COLOXIAL OOVICANMBLIT SECURITIES - Britivb Columbia, 6 per cent., 1872 .... • •••••• •• • • 100 - -- Do. 1895.. l9O - - Can.Gov.6 p.o.Jan.t4t J uly 1817-84 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug lOO lob 197 Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 104""106 Do. bp. 0. Jan. t July lOO 93 94 Do. sp. c. Inscribed ek lOO 90 92 Cape G.Hope, p. 0.1873 lO9 102 104 Do.Apl.&001 1590-1900 lOO 11l no Do. do 1880.90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 •••• 100 108 119 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and lb Oct., 1900 ..... Ceylon, Nov 1878,6 p.c lOO 108 no Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. •• 100 106 I')d 31 ,, lbourne Corporate., 1667-75, 0 per cent 100 - N.8,G 0 v,6 p.o.Ja.&July Natal 6 p ot, Apl & Oct lOO Do 0p c. M,y & Nov lOO 106 108 N. S. W. 5 fro., '7l to '76 lOO 99 101 991 Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1890 lOO 99 102 98 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '7l lOO 99 101 N.Zealand, 6p. ot. 1801 lOO Do. 5 per cent.... DoJan, Aptl, July, 0 . 100 974 984 911 Do 6p c. Mar & sept '9l lOO 108 110 -- Do June & Deo , 1 , 91 IDo Prov. 1 Aucald. „ —— i tcriei 1& 2, 196.. Nova Scotia 6p. and July, 1875 - 1)0 18r6.. - Queenslnd. 11 p. 0.'82-5 lOO 1(8.: 109 101 5 Do 1891 Do. 1891 6? 0.1869 lOO .._ Do. do. A 2 . . .... Do rd. 183 to 903.... Yillto/140P.9.1 895 .1 ta 109 107_ MARK LANE. At Mark-lane the attendance of the trade was moderate. The demand for Euglirh wheat is quiet, but prices are well maintained. Foreign sells slowly in retail parcels. Barley is firm, both for malting and grinding qualities. Oats are 3d per qr. dearer, with a short supply. NEW SMITHFIELD AND LEADENIIALL. There is no improvement in the dead meat market. Baef, 2s 10d to 4s Gd ; veal, 3s Gd to sBd ; mutton, Bs to 4s 6d ; large pork, 3s to 3s 8d ; small ditto, 3s 10d to 4s Gd per stone. The inquiry for poultry continues very quiet, at fair rates. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The demand is rather more active at firm rates. Eng lish regents, 60s to 140 s ; flukes, 100 s to 150 s; Scotch re gents, 70s to 130 s : French, 508 to 80s per ton. SHOCKING GUN ACCIDENT.—Some boys were on a shooting expedition near Holston, Cornwall, ou Tues day, when a gun unexpectedly went off, the contents lodg ing in the arm and side of a youth named Johns. Medical assistance was given soon after the accident, but the Euf fora is not expected to room. MR. TRAIN AGAIN. An evening contemporary has the fonovvitg f—Trish men have always entertained a lofty and very proper con tempt for the dull wit and mechanical humour of the wooden-headed Saxon. They do not, therefore, encourage publications like Punch, for instance. They require a much more subtle sort of refreshment, such as is to be found in the columns of the Irishman. As for example : " Under date of Dublin, 12th ult., Train telegraphs as follows to the New York World :—` Gladstone quails. I am released, with an autograph request from the Queen, brought to me by Earl Spencer, in full Lord-Lieutenant's uniform, to secure America's forgiveness for the Alabama outrages. Prince Alfred offers to accept the crown of Independent Ireland, with Train for Prime Minister. Remember the answer of indignant France to the pro posed Regency of the Duchess of Orleans : It is too late !' Fiat Justitia. Delenda est Britannia. E Pluri bus Erin Train Go Bragh ! I return by the Australasian. Have ordered the hotels in Omaha to be set on fire. That blaze will beacon Ireland to Liberty, England to her doom, America to the Empire of the World. ' Mens sana in corpore sano.' Turkish Baths. Tell the Truth. No To bacco. No Whisky. Never say die. I still live.' The same playful humourist announces the murder of Mr. Baker in these terms : "The agrarian war in Tipperary— Another landlord shot." OCAL TAXATION RETURN --.4.- The local taxation returns for the year ending June 1867 (England and Wales) have been arranged and abstracted for the use of Parliament. The total amount of church rates collected was £232,476, sliming an increase of £3,492 on the preceding year. The total amount of sewers rates levied exclusive of the City of London was £42,871, the amount for the City being £40,074. The total expenditure, including £31,319 contributed by the City of London to the Board of Works was £89,096 ; the total receipts amounted to £87,291. Under the head of drainage and embankment the total amount of rates and rents received is stated at £176,138. It is noticeable that the amount for 1866 was only £142,358, being less than for many preceding years. In 20 parishes the lighting and watching has been trans ferred under the Local Government Act, to the local boards. The total amount of rates, taxes, and dues, levied by Improvement Commissioners during the year was £679,683, or nearly double the amount for 1866, the excess being mainly due to the amounts levied at Leeds and Liverpool, of which no accounts were given in 1866. The total amount borrowed by improvement commissioners during the year was £529,712, of which £223,013 was at Liverpool, £137,610 at Leeds, and £46,376 at Salford. In the total amount of rates levied under the Metropolis Local Management Acts there is an increase of £217,113, or more than 19 per cent. on the previous year, and the increase extends to each of the four heads, general lighting, sewers, main drainage, and special rates. The exemption of the Islington Cattle Market from the return of markets and fairs has reduced the sum total of the year. Under the head of bridges and ferries accounts are given for 60 bridges and 20 ferries. Sums of bonded debt, of arrears of interest, and of other debts, amounting altogether to £4,223,289, are chargeable upon Waterloo Bridge across the Thames. The debt of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board has increased by £416,706, while on the port of Sunderland and on the River Tyne there are debts amounting to £1,061,924 and £1,136,288 respectively. To ascertain the amount of social taxation borne by the country it is necessary to add other items which are laid before Parliament under different Acts. Thus the poor rate, including the county and police rate for 1867, amounts to £10,303,665 ; the City of London rates to £497,722, and the borough rates to £996,907. Altogether these additional rates and taxes make up the sum of £14,028,402 in addition to the £4,738,040 specified in the Local Taxation Returns. TII i D EDIT lON s SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocs. NOTIOE. The Third Edition of " The Sum " of last Evoning was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. THE IRISH .RAILWAYS COMMISSION. :he second report of the commissioners appointed to inspect the accounts and examine the works of railways in Ireland has just been presented to Parliament. It is dated December 7, and is signed by Sir Alexander Spearman, Mr. John Mulholland, Mr. John Fowler, Mr. Seymour Clarke, and Mr. C. Johnstone. Soon after the publication of the first report presented by the commissioners, they were requested by the Trea sury to furnish :-1. An approximate estimate of the im mediate loss which would probably be occasioned by such a reduction of fares on the Irish railways as would assimi late them to the principles on which charges are levied on the Belgian lines, and their opinion as to the probable period that would elapse before the increase of traffic to be anticipated from the reduction of fares would overtake the whole or a moiety of the loss to be incurred. 2. An estimate of the saving to be effected by the concentration of establishments under one or more administrative departments. 3. An estimate of the " diminution of charge wliich could be effected by placing the whole of the debenture capital on a uniform rate of interest under Government guarantee." In pursuance of these directions the commissioners have made such inquiries into the fares, charges, and traffic arrangements on the Belgian and other foreign railways, as they considered necessary to enable them to submit a report upon the whole subject. The result of these inquiries are stated at some length, and occupy by far the larger part of the report. The fares and charges in Ireland and in Belgium are next compared at some length, after which the commissioners come to the recommendations which they have decided upon submitting to the Lords of the Treasury. They point out that. the traffic of Ireland requires special stimulus and development for short and moderate dis tances both for goods mid passengers, and continue : "We are, therefore, of opinion that the reduction in passenger fares in Ireland, to have its full beneficial effect, must be on ' short' and long' traffic equally ; and that the reductions in goods and cattle charges should be arranged on the principle of a uniform mileage rate for all distances, but subject to a minimum charge. After care fully considering what would be the result of reductions, we had no difficulty in coming to the conclusion that a slight diminution in the charges for the carriage of pas sengers and goods would be simply a loss of so much money. That to give an impetus to the intercommunica tion of the inhabitants and the moving of goods from place to place, and to and from the ports, and to promote the increase of the cattle traffic, already so valuable in Ire land, and generally to develope traffic to an extent calcu lated to overtake at no very distant period the effect of the lowering of charges, it is necessary at once to make a large reduction, and after a certain fixed minimum charge to make the mileage scale for the several classes of traffic , applicable to all distances." In the fares for passengers they recommend that the first-class fare per mile should be 1 . 25 d. ; the second-class, 15d. ; and the third, 'sod., being a reduction on the present rates of 31, 45, and 42 per cent. respectively. With this low scale, return and season tickets should be dispensed with. Goods are divided into six classes, and the scales of charges for varying distances are given, the reduction ranging from 47 to 78 per cent. The decrease in the receipts upon the existing traffic through these changes is given at £645,701, but a saving of £BB,OOO a year would be effected by a reduction in the rate of interest on borrowed money and floating liabilities, and of £32,000 a year by concentration of management, leaving the net deficit £525,701, supposing that the traffic remains without increase. They assume, however, that an immediate and considerable increase would take place, that it would be continued in smaller proportions year by year ; and hat for the first year the rolling stock and the accom nodation at stations will be sufficient to meet the in creased traffic. After the first twelve months a yearly sum will be required to provide for the necessary increase of rolling stock, sidings, and station accommodation to meet the increased traffic, and in the calculation this amount is charged to the revenue of the current year, as are also the revenue expenses of the original and increased raffic. In conclusion the commissioners say: " If our antici pations of the increase of traffic result ise from the reductions be realised, the public using the Irish railways would pay for such increased traffic during a period of twelve years the sum of £12,000,000 less than they would have paid for such traffic at the existing rates ; but instead of this advantage being obtained by means of any perma nent sacrifice on the part of the State, a clear profit of £50,000 would be secured in the twelfth year after the payment of working charges, cost of increased accommo dation and additional rolling stock, and interest on all capital previously advanced, and a profit of £90,000 in the thirteenth year." A CUNNING (?) PRISONER. —A few weeks ago a man, named Lewis, escaped from Merioneth Gaol by a bold manoeuvre. He was permitted to take the usual out door exercise in the prison yard, and perceiving a ladder which had been temporari:y left against the wall by some men engaged in repairing the prison, he, in broad daylight, nimbly ran up the ladder, dropped clown on the other side, and was away across the country before the officials had recovered from their astonishment. Great efforts were made to recapture him, but without success, and it was concluded that he bad left the country. On the day preceding that upon which his sentence expired he, how ever, presented himself at the gaol, and quietly suffered himself to be locked up. The secret of this extraordinary conduct transpired on the following day, when Lewi:- demanded his liberty upon the ground that the term for which he had been sentenced had expired. He appear: to have thought that the imprisonment allotted to him by the judge would absolutely terminate on the day fixed, and that if he gave himself up he would receive his rais'aPPrehenaiCaUg•hi paxt ENTRIES FOR THE SPRING HANDICAPS. GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. Romping Girl, Leybourne, Blueskin, Skirmisher, Brad gate, Robespiere, Nyanza, c by Lambton out of Miss Peddie, Fitz-Adam, Widths, Birthday, Izaak Walton, Mexico, Our Mary Ann, Saudboy, Birdseoker, John Davis, ClelliennA, Miss Havelock, Flying Scud, Aggravator, Ao ton, Amster, Crown Princess, Professor Anderson, Vent nor, Choral, Workman, Provider, Ploughboy, Ben Nevis, Ackwortb, Planet, Redcap, The Laird, The Parson, Lady Morgan, Tho Rescue, Wellington, Arbaces, Catlino, Benefactor, Kingsland, Clovis, Friday, Musician, Knight Errant, Tho special. Tho Mariner, Stokeley, Arlington, The Duko of Beaufort, Reeiviviis, Gipsy King, Nogra, The Spy, Archduke, Chatsworth, Cecil, Ladoga, Legisla tor, Cap a Pie, Belfast, Tertullus, Cattie, Ecarte, Spurgeon, Lord of the Valley, Herald, Beeswing, The Provost., Furious, Marquis of Carabas, Fortunio, Viscount, April Morn, *Cocoa Nut, Vansittart, *Make Haste, Glengarnock. • Those horses marked thus (*) having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to re main in. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. Bradgate, Brother to Rivioli, Nemea, Gondolier, Oura gan, Lady Henriette, Lord of the Valley, Make Haste, Citron, Punishment, Sce-Saw, Attack gelding, Coaster_ nation, Knight of the Garter, Robespierre, Vauban, Chem pagne Charlie, Vespasian, Border Knight, Columbine, Turco, Birthday, Vagabond, King Cophetua, S. to Vedette, John Leech, Cocoa Nut, Hermitage, Atonement, The Special, Redivivus, Arlington, Stokeley, Michel de Basco, Anlace, Vacuum, Our Mary Ann, Bonnie Katie, Formosa, The Drummer, Conrad, Carita, Bel Giorno, Lucifer, Al penstock, La Belle Helene, Bribery, Choral, Provider, Wrestler, Good Hope, Sunstroke, St Mungo, Lady Morgan, The Parson, The Sawyer, Hermit, Pace, Poinsettia, Redcap, Pontus, Chivalry, The Returned, Geophobe, Gourbi, Kingsland, Thirlestane, Lady Rosehill, Acorn, Troy, Benefactor, Giantess, Eastley, Lumley, Buxton, Widmer, Allbrook, Clemente, Albania, The Baroness, Queen Esther, Lady Coventry, Pimpernel, Sienna, Head Centre, Van Amburg, Laneret, Cock of the Walk, Cherie, Teeswater, Miss Theo, Badsworth, Emilia, Friday, Knight Errant, Grimston, Cardinal York, De Vera, Dryad, Tregeagle, Charnwood, Warrington, Cap-a-pie, Dick Turpin, Athena, Kaupai, and Evohe. THE GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES. Gipsy King, Blueskin, Bradgate, Skirmisher f, For tunio,Vansittart, Fit-Adam, Robespierre, King Cophetua, Vagabond, Vedette g, Atonement, The Special, Redi vivus, Arlington, Stokeley, Our Mary Ann, Vacuum, The Drummer, Alpenstock, La Belle Helene, Bribery f, Choral, Provider, Workman, Ploughboy, Aggravators Planet, Beeswing, The Laird, Kingsland, Tertullus, Be nefactor, John Davis, Clemence, Miss Havelock, Arch duke, Teeswater, Cetiline, Clovis, Friday, Warrington, Legislator, Ladoga, Cap-a-pie, Ligurian, and Belfast. THE GREAT WARWICKSIIIRE HANDICAP. Slowman, Pevensey, Sportsman, Midwife, Benefactor, Vedette c, Osprey, Silenus, Miss Havelock, Flying Saud, John Davie, Clemenoe, Baden, Warrington, Legislator, Hilda, Pladda, Aggravator, Smut colt, Knight of the Garter, Robespierre, Border Knight, Vauban, Barnabo, Barumite, Cheltenham, Sis to Vedette, Tertallus,Vacaum, Make Haste, Dalby, Anlace, Arlington, Beeswing,Stokeley, Tribune, Lady Morgan, Redivivus, The Special, Vale Royal, Python, Vortigern; Ajax, Romping Girl, Cecil. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Phantom, b h by Toxophilite —Miss Sarah, Miss Whip f, Cattie, Giantess, Vortigern, The Laird, Pladda, Arbaces, Kingsland, Geant des Battailles, Silenus, Flying Scud, John Davis, Clemence, Sandboy, Cork Jacket, Archduke, Friday, Knight Errant, Eastern Prince, Warrington, Le gislator, Ladoga, Cap-a-Pio, Belfast, Benefactor, St. Agnes g, Cecil, Loybourne, Bradgate, Vanicha, Buckenham's dam filly, Blueskin, Nemea, Gondolier, Ouragan, Nelusko, Res titution, Nyanza, Little Treasure, Blue Gown, Pero Gomez, See Saw, Attack g, Punishment, Paul Jones, Vixen g, Cocoa Nut, Furious, Marquis of Carabas, Blue Peter, The Mariner, Stokeley, Alpenstock, The Provost, Choral, Wrestler, Provider, Workman. NOMENCLATURE. The following assumed names have been registered : Captain Atkins—Mr Glenville. Mr Oramsay—Mr More ton. Mr A. Cristo —Mr Rouse. LuNDON GAZETTE-TEIS EVENING• WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, ! JAL 8, 53d Regiment of Foot-'Major-General (herles Trollops, C. 8., to ba Colonel, vico Lieutenant-General William U. Gold, deceased. Royal Hospital, Chelsea—General the Hon. Sir Charles Gore, G.C.8., to be Lieutenant-Governor, vice Field- Marshal Sir Hew Dalrymple Ros.- G C B deceased. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 7. Lieutenant Cuthbert Robert Buckle has been promoted to be Commauder iu her lizijesty's Fleet from the let lust. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evenzng. Amsterdam Short ... 11 19} ... 12 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 1 ... 12 1* Antwerp — .. 25 371 ... 25 42* Brussels ' ... 25 37* ... 25 42* Ilamburgh — ... 13 10} ... 13 10i Paris Ditto ... Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 120} Vienna — ... 12 20 ... 12 25 Trieste — ... 12 20 ... 12 25 Petersburg Copenhagen .... .. 9 20 ... 9 21 Berlin Madrid.. 48 471 ... 47_} Cadiz Leghorn Milan — ... 27 ... 27 10 Genoa — ... 27 •.. 27 10 Naples Palermo .—... 27 ... 27 10 Messina Lisbon — ... 514 ... 52 Oporto —. 51 ... 52 Rio Janeiro New York — a• • - . • ..... RACING FIXTL FEBR' ,lIARY. Streatham 11, 12 Lincoln l6, 17 Harrow l Bi 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 Streatham 8, 9 Chester 4,5, 6, 7 Wiuchester 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 Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Jl.l Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, Jtc. Kingsbury .. ............ 9, 10 Pontefract l2, 13 N o ttingham .. l3, 14 AUG Brighton ................3,. 4 Brighton Club ............... Lewes ........ ............... 6, 7 Egnam lO, 11 Wolverhampton lO, I Windsor .................•12, 13 St. Albans .. l7 18, 19, 20 Stockton 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, cte. Chelmsford l9, 20 N OVI Worcester 2,3, 4 Liverpool 9, 10, 11. 12 IR] MA: Baldoyle First Spring .., Baldoyle Second Spring•••• SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. IRES FOR 1869. Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chelmsford. 25, 26 Derby Spring 25, 26 ICH. West Drayton lB, 19 West Somerset 18, 19 Margate 29 Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, 81 RIL. Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring,2, Jra. AY. West Drayton l7, 18 ! Bath 18, 19 I Manchester l9, 20 20, 21 21 Croydon , Harpenden 2l Epsom Summer .....25, Av. ENE. Newcastle .......... 22, 23, 24 Oldham .. . . ... 22 Bib u ry Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford S u tt o n Park EX. Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Southampton 22 23 ',Stamford .. 22, 23 1 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 UST. Oxford Canterbury ...... 24, 25 York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth • .,16 Windsor August l2, 13 Derby Summer —3l, Sep. 1 Weymouth 3l, Sep. 1 1 AIBER. Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Kingsbury... 23, 24 Monmouth... -, 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, &o. BER. Cheltenham l9, 20 West Drayton 9 1, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarket li'ton ...25, &o. IMBER. I Shrewsbury 15, &o Leamington Hunt 23, &o :SH. ?CH. 18,1, 11 • 11, 12 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. Birmingham *, 9 I Harrow lB, 19 16 Lincoln APRIL. Aldershot . 1, 2 I Croydon 22, 23 2 1 2nallgottewittoomeitnoll