The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-03 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business on the Stock Exchange to-day was brisker than yesterday, and although we have not to note a change in the price of Consols, yet they were firmer than at the closing yesterday. In Foreign securities and Railway shares there was an improved business, although no very great rise in prices have to be noted. Consols are now at 921 to 921 for money ; ditto, for Account, 928 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 92f ; New Three per Cents, 92 1; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, par ; June, 2 7 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, 4 prem. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 44 per Cent., 238. India Stock, 10i per Cent., April, 1874, 214 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112} 1 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 914 ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 24 prem. In Bank Shares London Westminster are 58k to 59i ; London and County, 48 to 49 ; London Joint-Stock, at 32 to 33 ; Union of London, 37i- to 38} ; Chartered Mercantile, 30k to 31i ; Anglo- Austrian, 10 to 12 prem. ; Alliance, 12k to 13* ; Agra (A), 10} to 11. In Telegraph Shares French Cable is 15 to 15i ; Anglo-American, 194 to 20; and Construction and Maintenance, 311 to 31f. In Miscellaneous Securities there has been a de cline of f in Hudson's Bay, the price being now 121 to 121. General Credit is quiet at 11 to 1 dis. ; In ternational Finance, 2} to dis. ; and National Discount, 11 to 111. In the Foreign Market the prices are better. Argentine are marked 841 to 851 ; Egyptian (1864), 77 to 771 ; Italian, 534 to 54f ; Mexican, 134 to 131 ; Peruvian, 831 to 84f ; Spanish, 261 to 27 ; Turkish, 43f to 43; ; and the Six per Cents., 651 to 664. American Five-Twenty Bonds are steady, at 841 to 85 ; the 1865 Bonds, 83f to 831 ; the 1867 Bonds, 851- to 85f ; and the Ten-Forties, 80f to 801. Illinois are 99; ; and Erie, 20/. In the Railway Market prices are better. Great Westerns are 55} to 551 ; Brighton, 45i to 451; Caledonian, 78; to 791 ; Great Eastern, 361 to 361 ; Great Northern, 1064 to 107 f ; ditto A, 107* to 108} ; Metropolitan, 82; to 82} ; Berwick, 1191 to 1191 ; and South-Eastern, 76f to 77. At Mark-lane to-day the attendance was fair, with a steady but not active inquiry. English wheat, of which supplies were slight, brought the the full term of Monday last. For foreign wheat which was in large supply, rather more money was asked, but was not freely paid, and the business done was chiefly at fully the recent improvement. Flour ruled firm for both sacks and barrels. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The Atrato, from the West Indies, has brought £69,765 in gold, and £73,401 in silver. A limited amount of Mexican dollars has been sold for China at 590., showing an advance of Id. The arrivals of late years have been so small that these coins are very scarce. Bar silver is firm at 600.--a fractional advance on the last price, but there is very little offering. The subscription for the £2,500,000 Metropolitan Consolidated 3} per Cent., at the price of 94f, has been completed, the B.tnk of England having taken up the outstanding balance. The falling due of the first instalment seems to have led to sacrifices on the part of some small subscribers, who parted with their allotments to dealers in the Stock Exchange ate discount at the time when the full price was being given at the Bank by applicants to the extent of £200,000 or £300,000. The Stock Exchange quotation is now 94 to 95. At a meeting of creditors of Messrs. W. Haigh and Co., manufacturers of Low Moor, a composi tion of 12s. 6d. in the pound, payable in instal ments, was accepted. At a meeting of creditors of Mr. Wm. Penny, gold thread and cotton heald yarn manufacturer, of Preston, the liabilities were stated at £8,991. The estate is to be wound up under a deed of as signment. Messrs. Alexander Devaux and Co. have invited subscriptions for £435,520 in bonds of the Bucharest and Giurgevo (Danubian) State Railway. Ihe which is about 40 miles in length, from Bucharest to the Danube, is fully completed, and is now the property of the Government. The bonds bear 7 per cent. interest, and are to be issued at the price of 90, which is reduced by delay in the instalments to £BB 16s. 61, and, as they are to be paid off at par in seven years by semi-annual drawings, they will yield an average rate of interest exceeding 101 per cent. per annum. The State is answerable for the payment of the interest and principal, in addition to which the bonds are to carry a first mortgage on the railway, and also a lien on the gross revenues of the salt mines of the United Principalities. The advices from Frankfort state that the new Turkish railway lottery loan has now a para mount influence on the Continental Bourses, and that prices of speculative stocks go up or down according to probability of success or failure. The loan is to consist of 1,980,000 bonds of 400 f. nominal value, bearing 3 per cent. interest, and an appropriation of 4,240,000 f. every year for reim bursement and prizes. If this enormous mass of bonds, it is remarked, is not taken at Paris, it will be difficult to conceive where the promoters look for customers. "In Germany there never was any sym pathy for Turkish loans, and only small sums, changing hands whenever there was a profit to be realized, could be disposed of." The Porte, it ap pears, is only the guarantor of the loan, which is issued by a building company, their being no rail way company nor any capital in shares. The sub scribers who find the money are to have no control is the management. The price for subscription is 172 f. 50c., the bonds having been made over to a combination of bankers at 155. The parties who wish to start the loan support prices of speculative stocks, so that the Bourses show animation, " but the magnitude of the affair and the many risks it iivolves render success problematical." The Frank fort Bank will pay this year 6 per cent. dividend, and put 1 per cent. to the reserve fund, which will be raised thereby to 17 per cent. of the capital of the bank. An English company having subscribed 5,000,000 thalers for the construction of the Magde bourg-Lausitz Railway, it is now certain that the project will be realised. _ . The return from the Bank of England for the week ended the Ist of Dec. gives the following results when compared with the previous week : - Rest PuLlic deposits Other deposits 17,656,957 ... Decrease ... 111,757 On the other aide of the account : Government securi- _ _ ~ vVM ties £13,811,953 ... No change. Other securities 16170,467 Increase ... 259 , 162 Notes unemployed 9,317,453 ... Decrease ... 417,210 The amount of notes in circulation is £23,187,985, being an increase of £362,400 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £18,528,231, showing a decrease of £37,850 when compared with the preceding return. Subjoined is a comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols and French Relates with the corresponding week o last year : At Present. Same Week last Year. Bullion Reserve Notes in circulation 23,187,985 ... 23,510,112 Rate of discount Consols _ . _f 92i _ . French Relates ilf. 7-oc. The following is the official return of the cheques and bills cleared in the Banker& Clearing-house for the week ending Wednesday, Dec. 1 : Thursday £9 164, 000 Friday - 9,520,000 Saturday 11 , 787,000 _ _ Monday 8 523 000 Tuesday Wednesday 14,299,000 £77,317,000 BEITIIIII FIiNDS—TWQ iVOLOCK. UOVERNMENT FUNDS. per Cent. Consols _AN Ditto for Account, Jan. 6 ... 921 i per Coot. Reduced 92k New 3 per Cent • Now 9 per Cent. Jau. 1894 .... — Do. o per Oen J an. 1873 k unuities, Su yrs, expire stll Jan., 188 t — Do. for 3U yrg, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Teleo - itph), Aug., 1908 , •Txelitiqu:...r Bills, £1,030, 21 p. Ct. March par Do. 3 do. Juue 2 7 D. £lOO, £2OO & £5OO 4 pin Bank of England Stock, 4i per Cent a 4. opening Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial ()mutual [NDIAN UOVERNMENT :sE.CtiitlTlEn. :'cock, 10 per Cent., April 1874... 211 Opening, for Account — Do. o per Cent. July, 188 U Do. 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 Oirtiticates Eufaced rapez 4 per 0ut,,.... 9l; 00. 5 per Cent.,Jan. 1872 5; per Cent. May 1879 Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Dab. 1872 do. 1877 Do. do. 1882 ..... — LL. Deb., 5 per Cont., Aug. 1,873 — n Bolide, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO o. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS— TWO O'CLOCK. ArGentine liepunlic, 6 per Cent - VI itriau Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — )o. 4i per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858 — Do. ut, 186 0 Do. do., 1863 — _ .... Do. 5 per bent., 1865 Dc. Account .. B4l } B.Aenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent , 01tba, 6 per Cent. ri,utan 6 per Cent — "o. 41- per Cent 74} Do. 3 per Cent., tit). 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per cent. 1867 1 lo iiipue, 6 pei Cent. Danlsn, 3 per Cent., 1825 Dan , q,ian Principalities, 7 i..er Cent B4i 5 ,)o. Acccunt Do 8 per Cent., 1867 o:cuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent... ;io Secon &issue uo..aul, Bonds B3} Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. .£5OO Bonds De. 4.IUG BonlB ......... .... ..4 — Do. 7 per Cent., 1.b68 ~ ~. 771 1 Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 77i . Government Railway Debenturen areeic 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups -- Du. Coupons Do. Account n Ltetuala 5 per Cent Honduras Gov Rail.Lovn.,lop.,Ct.,allpd 85 ltaiian 5 per Cent., 1665 Do. Account . Do Eikrommana Railway .. . Ilexicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. - 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — outevidean 6 per Cent. .. — 0 cerish imperial 5 per Cent gew Granada — Do 3 per Cen 37 Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account . , .. 84/ 31 Do 4i per Cent. (Ur:' , arren) Do 4f per Cent., 1862 Do Account — Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,''2.'1i Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 e ar Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4i per Cent 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 'clo, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondt., -- Do. dv. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 6sf I Sardinian 5 per Cent. — Spanish 3 per Gen . — Do. Acc , ,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive.. — 26i 7 Do. Coin. Cort. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account t•wedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 — Do dc, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent •........ • — lio Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — : - )o Account Do XIOC Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account 661 )0 £lOO Bonds 6 B} Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — LI, A ~mint Do 6 per Cent., 16b3 Do. Ace. ant Dv .I por Cent., Guaranteed — - V enezuela 3 per Cent. — Dividends on the above payable in Loudon Austrian o per Cont. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Rentos 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. — !Wish 5 per dent. 1851, Ex. zsf. Do Account 54 4 34 TWO IHILO OK. Jonsols, Money zd Do. Account, Jan. 6 9211 ad PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. THIIRSDAY. The election of the Vice-President of the Chamber, yesterday, was the first skirmish of the parliamentary cam paign, and its result cannot have been very agreeable to M. 011ivier. Only one of his four candidates passed by any considerable majority, and that was because M. de Talhouß was supported by the other division of the old 116, as well as by the section which follows M. 011ivier's direction. The very slender majority of M. JerOme David sufficiently indicates the reluctance with which be was nominated by the Left Centre. M. Schneider's election was from the first certain, and the struggle was for the vice-presidencies. You will perceive that the result is far from encouraging to the members of the new alliance of 011ivier and David. I understand that the former is extremely disappointed, and begins to comprehend some of the mistakes which he has made. He believed that not only the majority of the Chamber, but France itself, was ready to follow him. He certainly laboured hard to accomplish his object, allowing himself, it is said, only three hours' sleep in his eager study of current events. His majority will not reach the 200 that he reckons upon, but it is generally believed that we shall have an 011ivier Cabinet. What success will attend it, time must chew. The Siecle, after analysing the divisions yesterday, draws the following conclusions from them :—First, the eighty members of the Right, joining with the seventy-three members of the Cent-seize who follow M. 011ivicr, form a total of 150, which suffices for a majority; secondly, this majority, showing itself as reactionary as though the Senatus-Consultum had never existed, renders it neces sary to consider seriously the immediate dissolution of the Chamber. An altercation, I am told, took place yesterday in the Chamber between M. Rochefort and M. Picard. More serious was a discussion which arose in the journalists' gallery between an editor of the Figaro and the editor of a democratic paper. A remarkable omission occurred in M. Rouher's speech. Contrary to established custom, he made no allusion at the opening of the Chambers to the losses which the Senate had sustained during the recess, although among the three senators who had died since July were his own ex-colleague, Marshal Niel, and Sainte-Beuve. It has been shrewdly suggested that it was his reluctance to pay a fitting tribute to the brilliant litterateur never too popular among his fellow senators, that deterred the President from discharging this customary obligation of good feeling and good manners. It is now stated that he intends to pronounce a special discourse at the Luxembourg in honour of tho three defunct statesmen. One journal, in reporting this announcement, spitefully remarks that it will be an edifying spectacle, and expects that, in attempting to follow the subtleties of Sainte-Beuve, M. Rouher will display the graces of a bear chasing a butterfly. The Emperor has had hard work lately, for he has been reading the comments of the various journals on his speech in the Corps Legislatif. Those articles which contain any thing remarkable are marked with a red pencil and put aside. When he has studied the French journals he will look over the foreign ones. The Liberte reports that a deputy of the Right Centre heard the Emperor say that he only desired for his part to maintain the authority that was indispensable for the preservation of public order, but that France and the deputies could do the rest. The Memorial Diplomatique has heard from Rome that the celebrated Italian historian, Cwsar Cantu, has been charged by the Pope to write the history of the coming Council. For this purpose he is authorised to be present at the sittings of the assembly. He will be, it is supposed, the only layman to whom a similar privilege will be accorded. The Gaulois affirms that M. de Forcado will replace M. Haussmann, and that he will be at the same time made a Senator. Yesterday Captain Ogilvy, 60th Rifles, assumed the duties of Brigade Major in the eastern district vice Captain Leggett, 69th Foot, whose period of Staff service (five years) has expired. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1869. ►SHARE' LIST . ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCH.b. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share; NAIIE. :Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A all 101 11 10 Do B lO 34 4 n 4 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 22 2zsp 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 11 25 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 13 VA 20 Do issued at '2 pm.— , 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, Rm. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 82 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia '25 37 19 10 Bank of .New Zealand all 114 161 sO British North American `2O Chartered of India, Austra lia, i nil China all 17 18 171 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 81 32 311 20 City lO 10 11 100 Colonial 25 :36 37 10 Consolidated, lim. go Delhi and Loudon, lim 50 East London, lim 5 '2l 11 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro lim 20 English, z. , cuttish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 285 Do new lll 4 5 100 Imperial, lim '2o 15 16 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 25 1i 121 25 lonian all 19 12 25 Do new 5 6 3 Lnd Mortgage of India ' lira 4 31 35 100 Do 5 p. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 76 80 100 London Bank; of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 7 4 30 20 Do new 75 5 45 100 London & River Plate, lim, 40 11 13 25 Do now 10 15 '2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 241 20 London and County 2l 495 505 47f 50 Do new. iss at 20 p.m,16 pd ll ... •.. Loudon Joint Stock 3ll 125 London and South African al 8 9 100 London & S. - Western, lilt, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela., lira 125 ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 571 595 5.) 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O ... ••• 100 Merchant, inn 25 64 83 10 Metropolitan, lim all 75 74 00 Midland, Bin 2O 11 i 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 35 1p 00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do .... 50 National. BO 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 61 55 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 90 92 10 Do new, all . ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 14 13 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 4 1 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London l5 361 375 THE CATTLE SHOW. Cattle and sheep continue to arrive to-day for the Smithfield Show at the Agricultural Halt. The sheep Fens are nearly filed. The entries of live stock exceed any previous show, and among the exhibitors are the Dukes of Richmond, Sutherland, and Marlborough, Earl Spencer and Hardwicke, Lords Berners Walsingham and Tre degar. Her Majesty contributes some short horns steers of great mtriz, as also several head of dairy cows and heifers bred on the Home farm at Windsor. The Prince of Wales exhibits Norfolk, Scots, and a pen of rigs of prodigious growth reared at Sandringham. cG$3l Wiy'B t4oellig Wont. Fa— Price. et Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 73 75 et Uniedonian lOO 79 79 79 t Caulbtlan 2,/ Cornwall. all '2 3 at Dublin Sr Belfast June 100 at Dan„l'ertb,& b.J nue 100 70 72 2i East London all 6 7 40 i.o 15 2 Do 10 et Glasgow &S. liVestern lOO 104 106 at Great Eastern .., , Cu 36 37 361 t Do. E. Aug]. J.); o. 100 t 7 at r‘t at North ut Scotland.. 100 1a 16 at Great Northern lOO 107 LOS st Du. A stook et Do. B stuck lOO 126 128 at GtS, and W. 01 Ireland lOB k 8 100 et tit. Weal-ern 100 554 56 571 1 It Do. South Wales lOO 07 bio at Do. W. Mid.-Oalord lOO 31 26 s c Do. Newport lOO 32 31 st Lancashiresc iorksllire lOO 1264 1261 at Lou., Brigh.,24 S.Coast lOO 454 451 441 1 02 Do scrip - - st lon., Ghat., and Dover ltiv 151 16 st Do. Metrop. 100 10 12 st Lou. k North Western lou 121 ,2"1 12 / st Lun. 4 South Western., let 83 85 13i, 4 Man., Shet., 4 Lincoln lue 53 531 st Metropolitan at Do Extension 100 :12 hl 80 181 5 Do. New rd all - - st Metropolitan District. all 311 ;21 32 10 Metrop. St. John' s ‘1 col 6 - - et Mini and at D 9, dirmin. DarOy st North British 100 33 31 at D . tid. , rth., & Dun lOO - - st or Itlastern-Berwick lOO 118 119 114 25 D._ .G. N.E purchase i 0.12, • - - at D, \ Leeds ....... st 1) ()York at 1.) oearliale . - - at 1) oStock. & DarlinA llO 116 148 st North London .. lOO 118 19 10 Do New 18e 8 at North Staffordshire lOO 67 59 at North a& S.-W. Junction 100 92 101 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... •- st Rhjmney at Shropshire Union lOO 594 004 st South Devon: st South Eastern lOO 761 77 761 at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all; 13 14 at 't au Vale -- Do. C - ‘Vateriord & Kilkenny lOO - - 10 Waterloo & Whitehail 6 - - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHAKES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.ceut. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua G p.c lOO ... at Do. rdo. 7 per cent lOO at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 76 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 3 per cent gua Eli Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 103 107 at Do. let Class preference lOO st Glue. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO st (4t. Eastern, E.t.) Ex. No.l 100 83 10J at Do du N 0.2 100 97 99 at Do do 6 per cent 100 110 113 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do C 7 do. 100 „, st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. lOU GS 72 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 at Do do 5 p.c. Way.Val.lB47 100 at Groat Northern, 5 per cent 110 _ at Do 5 p.c., rd at 1U p. c. pun. 100 _ Do 41 do do do 100 „„ IC2 et Do 5 do at sp. c. pin lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent ......... st Gt. Nrth ut SCutlaud, lst pt 100 st Great Suutli. and Westeru (irelathl) 1 per pat lOO 90 yg at G t.West.—Orig.SJllt: pent chg., per gua.l p.c lOO 104 106 st Do. Orig. (B. 6;11. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 IVO at Do do 4 per cent. 1350_ 100 9J I'2 at Do do 4 do do at Du do 5 per cent. redem lOO 57 99 st Do do 13irmiO3ham gua lOO 6S 72 et Do du do pref lOO ••• •• et Do do Chester gua lOO 85 9J at Do do du 8 per cent lOO st Do do do 5 do 100 95 DA/ at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO ~, at Do do 4 3 P•e , lOO st Do do 4g 100 st Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 116 116 st Do do 2d gua. 100 I 3 115 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 96 US at Do du 23 do 100 ~,, at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1363 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. ad st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 130 at Do Barnsley, £5 38100 p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 93 100 EN London 6; 13rikliton, sp. e. guaranteed, No 1 lOO all Do b per cent. gun No. 2. 100 st Do 6 du do lOO at Do b du No. 4. 100 st Do 7 per cent lOO st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P ) 10U at Da 4 du 1839 lOO ••• ••• at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ••• •.. ati London and 11.:V., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO no 112 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Do Shrewsb'y & Welcup'l lod at London and 6 W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 146 130 • Do (Portsm. perp aus 256 d) all s Man., Shef., &Liuclu. 6 p.c lOO Do X 6 all par 1 pin • Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 s y.••••• 500 11 14/ 122 a Do 41 per cent. redeem lO6 98 luu • 1441 per cent. irredeem lOO 93 too a Do Leicester & ehn, 4 p.c 100 89 91 st North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO ~„ st Do E. &G.4p.e. S. & D lOO at Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per con.t.. 100 st Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 89 st Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 97 99 at Do C- , N.E. 4 per cent., IOU 17 Du Lerwick capital 8.13.4. Do York, IL &S. purchase. 10 10 101 Do Stcktu & Drliug. A I p.c. 100 107 luo at Do W, Hartlepool if. and It 100 so 88 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 102 S. Devon Annuities, 1.4‘ all 9 10 los Du Tavistoek Anus., 10s all 81 9/ los Du Fixed 41 per cent all s 81 1;0.6. S. East. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO „. st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ..„ at Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 153 st Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 .. RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year et Caledonian 4i p e gua. at Do Scot. Oen. min. 7 p C lOO st Do p irredeeni all • st Do 4p e con. issued at 8) 65 ••• ••• st Great Eastern 4i per cent. 100 77 80 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 VO at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 86 88 st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 83 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanents per cent. 100 ..„ at Do Bustuu &Sleafd, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. 5p c 100 ..• st Do Joint porpe. 5p c, 1865 100 88 92 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 110 112 116 f 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO .., 5 Lane. and York New 4i per - - cent till July, 1871 2 1p et Lond., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 et Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 150 et Do do 41 do, 1863 100 et Do do 6 do, 1865 100 et Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 5 do st Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c 100 et London& N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 st Loudon &S. Western, 41 p c 100 53 55 10 Man. Shef. & Liu., 6 pc, 1865 all V 91 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 st Midland, o 5 per ceut pref lOO 107 109 at Do B 5 do 100 107 10V • 18 Do _5 p c opt. to cony. to Ord - . Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 211 18 Do Incouv. New Shared all 10 19/ 22 Do 5p e eon. into Old 81 11 2fp t Nort B N h t o k . British, Aug. E a p e 3 r I, c . l a S n 7 t u 2 . (l . 100 st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... Do E ,P., &Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ... st Do E. & (1, N 0.2, 5 p.c ... st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... st Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c et Do E. & (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 09 st Do Stock. & Dart., D 100 112 118 fit North London, 4k, per cent (Max. 5 per Cmii) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ... ... st South Eastern, 44 pc, 1859 100 ... ... st Do 5 do 1861 100 ... ... at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1963 100 .. ... st Doi do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ... ... RAIL WAYS.-LLNES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenhead lOO VI 93 94i 00 Do. 44 per cent. Prefer all VS 100 st Buckinghamshire it Chester and Holyhead lOO 84 ii 6 st Do. 54 per cent. St DO. 6 do. s t Clydesdale, guaranteed EV st Colchester Stour Valley ••• 100 st East Lincoln, gun. 6p. c lOO 13 . 2 131 20 Gloster and 1: eau Forest all ... ▪ Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ▪ D o . E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 lit Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 et Gt. West, W. Mid., Here( 100 96 in ; 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 2t6 st Loudon and Blackwall lOO yj B t Do. 41 per cent lOO sr, London, Cuat., p c lOO st Do. Cunt. Fund, 5 du 100 •• st London and Greenwich st Do. du Preference lOO st Loudon, Tilbury, et South 100 83 ti.; it Lowest.oft,gua 4 percent lOO 79 81 st Do. - 6 do 100 51 Mauch., B t ,._ 4 114: all st Midland, Bra'llord, Pref IOU 92 91 10 Mid Kent Cray LiLs) 50 Northern& East., 5 percent all 53 56 bO Do. do. 6 do. a ll••• st N. Eastern—Hartlep00l st N.West.A porp. pref, 5p c. lOU 107 109 st Do 11 minimum 14 p.c lOO st Notting. Grauth. Pt.& C lOO Ul 94 03 25 Preston aud %1 yre. all 44 46 444 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep. luU 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 10 132 134 Do do 8 2 'lip s S. Yorksh. and [liver Dun 100 97 99 100 i D 4 per cent gua lO 73 SU 5 do • all 98 100 st Viet. Station and Pimlico lot) it West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do 8., all ••• ••• 20 Do do C all it Weymouth and Portland lOO st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and Weif..lndia lOO 123 125 124 London and St. Katherine lOO 61 _lOO D oDeb. stock, 4 par cont all Illillwall Freehold Land st Dock lu,) 23 28 st Southampton loU 72 ;5 at Surrey Commercial lOO 101 114 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. T 1 Angio-American 10 Anglo Mediter Te1.,1im.... 10 171 171 st Atlantic Telegraph 1• 144 154 et Do. 8 per cent. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira lOO 178 183 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 28S 2E3 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO Id pr b Loud. provincial Tel. lira all a t 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 1 1p 10 Meditcrra. Exten. Tel., lim all 61 71 25 Reuter's Telegram all 79 81 20 Societe Trausatlant., lim all 15 151 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 1/ bU. Kingdom Tel. Co., bin ull 7 71 b Do. 10 per cont. Prof all 44 4; p MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 14A 15 25 Australian Agricultural 201 151 161 25 Australian Mort. Laud and Finance, lira. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 3 bil 10 Berlin Water Works, lira, all 111 141 14} 10 Do. New all 100 Bolchow Vaughan, line, 30 13 15 5 Bombay Gas, lim. b Do. New 4 11 60 British American Laud , 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lira a ll 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 63 L 6 10 Canadian Loan and luv,:st- ment, lim 20 Ceylon Company, lint lO :.1 214 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 5 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 9 31 41,1 30 City of Milan Improv. lint all 5 6 25 City of Moscow (las, lint— all 50 City Offices, lint 25 23 22 d 50 Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Commercia: Jnion (Assur) 5 p r , p 10 Company of African 51cr _ chants, lint. 20 Continental Union Gas, ilia all 23 27 261 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of Loudon Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 104 100 Do. 1879, 4. t per cent. all 1041 1054 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent, all 103 10-1 10 Credit Fon. of England, Bin. all 21 21 50 CreditFon.of Mauritiuslint lO 34 21,1 st Crystal Palace lOO 21 22 22j st Do. Preference lOO 95 100 at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 112 20 Darjeeling, Bin. 10 Eastern Assam, urn ...d 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, liui. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale steel, Iron, and Coal, Inn. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. _ . _ Utia. by Egypt. Gov ally 94 95 941 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 1 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 41 3/d 100 Eng. and Scot. 11 ariue, inn. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 3 2d 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lini l2 1 2 p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 83 90 50 Geilivara, lim '2o ••• ••• 10 General Credit & Dis., lim 71 11 Id 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 50 Hems &Col. Marine In. liin. 6 21 zd 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ..• 20 Hudson's Bay all 124 13 19} 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar se lies, lim. 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lim 5 '2 11 20 Interns. Land Credit, lira 6 6 43 50 Italian Land 5 id p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 31 100 Do. 6p. c, Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 67 69 50 Land Securities, lira 2l 11 25 London African Trading lO 7 5d 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lira 30 22 21 4 Lond.Gen.Omuibus•Co.lim. all 2 21 2 5-16 50 Lond. and Glaag. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 21 1 6 d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 id pr et Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gus. sp.c. by India Gov. 10 Mauritius Laud, Credit, and Agency, Bin.. 50 Merchant Shipping, Rm. all 3 2 3 7 50 Millwall Iron Works, lim. 121 ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. 25 National Discount Co., lim 5 1 0 1 111 11 25 National Prov. Marine, lim. 4 ••• • • 10 National Steam Ship, lim. all 94 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 3 4 3 d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 14 I=d 5 New Quebrada, Huy 4B 0 41 44 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer cantile Agency,lim ^l * 11+ 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 10 Northern Assam Tea, 5 10 Do. B ... all 9 ............. st North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 48 5 8 50 North Brit. &In 6l 19 191 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 14 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll 5 Oriental Gas, Dom 6 Do. New ............. 1 JP 10 Otago and Southl and In vestment, lien ld /p 5 Ottoman Gas, Urn ll 2/ 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail iim 5 Do. do. et Peel R. Land & Miner', lim 100 31 34 50 Peuinsu. & Oriental Steam all 643 50 Do. New 1867 50 Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New 2 Rio de Janeiro City Im lira all 18 19 Do. Gas, lim all 2+ 255 100 Royal Mail Steam 6B 48 50 Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 78 83 Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref lOO Societe Fin. d'Egypto, lim lO 7 63 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 21 31 so S. African Mort. & Inv., lim 6 25 South Australian Land all 33 34 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 29 291 811 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 2/ 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl 10 Trust & Agency of Arra.•litn• 1 • I . p 10 Do do. do. all ..• 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 al 'gip 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lirn 6 „ 20 Universal Marineau.), 5 a`i all 31 2 281 6 7 50 Warrant Finance, lim l2 11 10d 50 West India and Pacific 20 5 3 1 31 0 0° 0 Van V U i p c p e erpro cent. i y Ae ( m 3 s of a o f aP r ni t ' E g Tgaygeaep Laud :t o 7 a n per . all 79 80 804 10 20 W W S e t s e a tL a r m e o h U o d l u o i F es Wharves and (tEMPLIAL OUVEFI.N.U.NINT SEcURITi Dritiru Coluuabla, 6 per oent.,11172•••• •••....•••• 100 & Sept 100 102 104 - (/;:0 i..) 11. 0 .6(1 . 17,70 1.8 6 9 ,d eb. & Aug Ivo 1877.8 i .I) s :o.Jan.°&July 100 1041 107 i 8 p.c.1873 lO8 190 102 )04 10 - " 2 1; Jan. ,t July lOO 1)21 9.31 RI - Do. SIL c. Inscribed el!" ICO 90 92 - Do.Api.szOol 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 3 , , , ). . 5 p p.. u o .. Alex. do 1880-9 u.• 100 107 109 - Do. JandkJuly, 1891 - Do. 6 per neut. 15 April and 15 Oct.. 1900 .. 100 98 100 - C o a o p . e (i.liopc. - Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c.. 100 108 110 - Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 iv - .51aurittue, 6 p. 0, 1873,.. - Jan. and July - DO. 1678 . and Nc' c.. 00 .• 100 105 IG6 & N0v , ..... 1 , 0 It C lot lin 106 - Melbourne Corporate.,.. - 1 D ) 0 o. , 1 1 815 2 : M Fe a b y . & Aug_... lu wo , )., - 1867-75, 0 per ()eat •-•• lf 0 100 100 - N.13.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July .. 1 00 103 104 10 'i - Natal 6 p et, Apl& 00t... 00 09 101 - Do. 15 p.c. 188 S to 1890... 100. 99 100 1021 D ie 8 6 .1 1 V..5 51. 1 ! c y .. '7l to 74.. 100 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75.. - N.Zealand, 6p. (3.1821.. 100 ..._, _ - Do. Fs percent.... ..... leo - DoJan,Aprl,July, OA .. 100 91 92 90 i - D , 6p c. Mar k Sept '91.. 100 108 110 105 k - Do J tine & Deo., 1,91 ...... 100 ital LH - jDo Prov. , 1 Auckld. 1 j , , 0 - ( t erlei 1 &2, 1 5 93... '' - - - Nova Scotia 6 p c.Jan... - and July. 1376 ... 190 '.(.1 1034 1051 1) - OWA . . 100 10 -.Qu9englnd. f. p. c.'s'! 6-. 100 - DO 1891 . .. --Tasmanian 6pe:s 1 595 . Iv 7 109 - Do 0 , 9.1 97 ....... - Victoria 6 rer cent. 1391 lOO -- Do. April and 004,w _WO DREADFUL ICE A CCIDEN . A very distressing accident occurred yesterday at Westleigh, near Bolton. While a number of mill hands were sliding on a pond, the ice gave way and about a dozen persons fell through. Three or four persons were lost. ROYAL .NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION: Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelpbi —Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., in the chair. There were also present—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., Sir Ed ward Perrott, Bart., Rear-Admiral Sir W. H. Hall, K.C.8., W. Harton, Esq., Admiral ➢lHardy, Captain De St. Croix, John Griffith; Esq., Eugene F. Noel, Esq., Captain Ward, R.N., and Richard Lewis, Esq. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, the silver medal of the institution and a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum were ordered to be presented to Captain James Elyard, of the 2d Royal Surrey Militia, in testimony of his gal lant services in being one of the first to volunteer to go off in the Broadstairs lifeboat, when she re cently saved 13 of the crew of the ship Frank Shaw, of North Shields, which was wrecked on the Good win Sands during a very heavy northerly gale and in a high sea ; the crew of the lifeboat had already received for their gallant services on the occasion a reward from the institution which, with local sub scriptions, had amounted to about £3 10s. each man, or about £5O altogether. 10 15s. were also voted to pay the expenses of the Sister's Memorial lifeboat at Llandudno, in going out in a heavy gale from NNW, and saving the crew of five men of the Dutch brigantine Catharina, which was totally wrecked in Llandudno Bay ; when the vessel's signal of distress was observed the lifeboat was promptly manned and launched, and was alongside the wreck in half an hour ; £l4 14s. were likewise granted for the service of the Palling lifeboat, the Parsee, in rescuing the crew of six men from the wrecked brig Waternaillock, of Sunderland, during a N.N.W. gale; £ll 15s. to the Donna Nook lifeboat, North Briton, for bringing ashore the crew of nine men of the barque Hannah, of Drobak, Norway, which during a gale had stranded at Grainthorp Haven ; and £22 11s. to defray the expenses of the Burton-on-Trent lifeboat at Redcar, in saving six out of eight of the crew of the brig Dawson, of Newcastle, which went on the Long Skar Rocks in a high sea. The two other poor fellows had endeavoured to reach the shore in the ship's boat before the arrival of the lifeboat, and had lost their lives in the attempt. A reward of £6 10s. was also voted to the crew of the Barmouth lifeboat Ellen, for assisting s a f e ly ashore the crew of seventeen men of the barque Medoc, of Bordeaux, which struck on St. Patrick's Causeway, in a strong wind and heavy sea, and was ultimately totally lost; £lO 2s. 6d. were like wise given to defray the expenses of the lifeboat City of Manchester, stationed in Carmarthen Bap for assisting to save the crew of eight men of the brigantine St. Areta, of Santander, which was wrecked on the Langhorne Sands in very rough weather; £25 were also granted for the service of the Caister large lifeboat, the Birmingham, on Wednesday, in saving, under very perilous circum stances the crew of fourteen men from a portion of the wreck of the barque Elsinore, of Elsinore. The usual reward was also ordered to be given to the crew of the Redcar lifeboat., Burton-on-Trent, for rescuing yesterday morning, the crew of three men of the wrecked sloop Frances Mary, Phillip, of In. verkeithiug. Re wards to the amount of £126 were also granted to the crew s of the lifeboats at Margate, Southport, Holyhead, Aberdovey, Whitehaven, Theddlethorpe, Newhaven, Southport, Peterhead, Rhyl, Girvan, Lossiemouth, Wexford, and Selsey, for going out on service during the gales of the past mouth. Various rewards were also granted to the crews of shore boats for saving life from wrecks on our coasts. Payments amounting to upwards of £4,000 were also ordered to be made on various lifeboat establishments, making a total of up wards of £18,447 expended by the institution on its 215 lifeboat stations during the 11 months of the present year. It had also during the same period contributed to the rescue of 1,033 lives from various wrecks. Altogether the Lifeboat Society had con tributed since its establishment to the saving of 18,882 lives from shipwreck. It is hoped that the British public will continue to strengthen the hands of the committee at this stormy period, when its lifeboats are engaged day and night in saving life from wrecks. Letters were read from the Marquis of IVestruinster and the Earl of Derby, expressing their high appreciation of the sym pathy of the institution with themselves and their families on the occasion of their late sad and irreparable bereavement. Peter Reid, Esq., of Threadneedle-street, had munificently presented one thousand guineas to the society to defray the cost of the Ardrossan lifeboat establishment. He had ou a former occasion given the institution the Palmerston lifeboat, at Cullercoats. The Earl of Strafford, P.C., had expressed his intention to present to it a third lifeboat. Mrs. Boetefeur, of Bayswater, and Mrs. Hounsfield, of Sheffield, had also each decided to defray the expenses of a life boat station. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, M. U., had sent a contribution of £5O towards the support of their lifeboat at Clee thorpes, on the coast of Lincolnshire. An addi tional £46 had also been received through B. L. Judkins, Esq., towards the support of the Mark lane lifeboat at Great Yarmouth. The trustees of the late Thomas Boys, Esq., of Brighton, had also sent a further donation of £2OO ; and the late Robert Fox, Esq., of Falconhurst, had left the in stitution a legacy of £100; and the late Benjamin Noton, Esq., of Chichester, one of £2O, both free of duty. A new lifeboat had been sent by the in stitution to Wells, Norfolk, the Great Eastern Rail way Company kindly giving the boat a free con veyance over their line. A grand demonstration had taken place on the inauguration of the lifeboat station on the 12th ult. New lifeboat establish ments were also ordered to be organised at Troon, Ardrossan, and Ballantrae, in Scotland. Reports were read from the inspector and the assistant in spector of lifeboats on their recent visit to different lifeboat stations. The proceedings then terminated. COURT OF SESSION, EDINBURGII.—At a meeting of the Faculty of Advocates, held on Wednesday, a reso lution was adopted to the effect that, in the opinion of the Faculty, continued delay in filling up the vacancy on the bench, caused by the death of Lord Manor, is not consis tent with the due and efficient administration of justice. On Wednesday next a detachment of non-com missioned officers and men belonging to the Royal Artillery will leave 'Woolwich for Portsmouth, to embark at the dockyard for conveyance to Malta and Gibraltar. The draught, which will be under the command of Second Captain T. C. Price, Royal Artillery, will comprise 63 non-commissioned officers and men, and two women, for Malta, to fill up vacancies iu the 10th Brigade, and one officer, three men, two women, and three children for Gibraltar, to join the 15th Brigade. In addition to the above, three men belonging to the Royal Malta Felted)le Artillery will lea',e Woolwich at the same time for Malta. Capt. V. D. Majendie, Royal Artillery, Assist.- Supt. Royal Laboratory, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, took over the temporary superintendence of the department yesterday, vacant by the resignation of Col. E. M. Boxer, F.R.S., Royal Artillery. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, IiARE, AND VALUABLE aro the properties of Lailiplough's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or billiary affections. Pleasant, palatable and invigorating. Sold by all Chemists. —[Advt.] RAILWAY EVTELUGEIVCE. MELBOURNE AND I.IOBSON'S BAY UNITED. The traffic receipts on this company's line, 17 miles in length, for the four weeks eliding the 7th October last, amounted for passengers to £7,025, and for goods, &c., to £3,777, total £10,802, and for the corresponding four weeks last year, to £10,478, showing a❑ increase of £324. DEMERARA. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the fortnight ending the 30th of October last amounted to $5,314, and for the corresponding fortnight in 1868 to $b,465, showing a decrease of $l3l. MOYT CENTS. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the week ending the 25th of November amounted to 36,194 f. (£1,448), and for the corresponding week last year to 26,524 f. (£1,061), showing an increase of 9,670 f. (i 387). The total receipts from the Ist of January to date amounted to 1,419,930 f. (£56,797). WATERLOO BRIDGE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Beaufort-buildings, Strand—Mr. Anderson i❑ the chair. Mr. Clarke, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the amount received for tolls during the half-year had been £10,626—viz., £5,764 for horse toll and £4,826 for foot toll—showing a decrease of £7OO as compared with the corresponding period of last year. The total receipts from all sources had been £11,739, and the total expenditure £1,682. The interest on bonds amounted to £1,307, and from the balance, £8,750, the directors declared a dividend of 4s. Bd. per pound on 37,500 annuities. The bridge and its approaches were in a sound and satisfactory condition. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the running of the penny omnibus from Waterloo station to the Strand occasioned a loss to the company in foot tolls to the amount of about £4OO per annum. Those omnibuses made 340 journeys per day, with an average of eight passen gers. The directors had no means of preventing this loss, as they had no power under their Act to raise the toll on omnibuses, which was the only way in which the evil could be met. They must, therefore, put up with the loss at present. _ _ _ _ _ _ - Sir J. RENNIE seconded the resolution. He took a great interest in the bridge, and since the Em bankment and railway works had been in progress near the bridge he had made a point of visiting it every week, and he was able to report that up to the present time no injury whatever had been sus tained by the bridge. The report having been adopted, Sir J. Rennie, Mr. Briscoe, M.P., Mr. Stuck°, and Mr. Skynner, the retiring directors, and Mr. Vaughan, the auditor, were re-elected, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. LONDON FIRES. Only two fires took place in the metropolis dur ing last night and this (Friday) morning, one of which was attended with a great loss of property, and that one happened in the premises belonging to Mr. J. Guy and Sous, fancy cabinetmakers, carrying ou business at No. 12a, South-street, Fins bury-market. The flames commenced in the back part of the ground floor from some un known cause, and in the course of a few minutes the flames rushed up the stairs and penetrated the roof. The engines of the Metropolitan Brigade and the London Salvage Corps were remarkably early in arriving, and all hands at once went to work, but the flames could not be ex tinguished until the front premises were about three parts destroyed and the piles of veneers and maho gany on the roof and the back workshops damaged by fire. The origin of the misfortune is at present uukuown. The loss will fall on the Su❑ Office. G.4R01 TE ROBBERY. A brutal garotte robbery was committed on Thursday night in Stamford-street. It appears that a young man named Graham, a town traveller to a house in Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars, was returning home to his residence claie by, and when near the corner of Hatfield-street, two men pounced on him, seized him by the throat, which they tightly pressed, and, having thrown him on the ground, rifled his pockets and took away all the money he had in his possession. They also took away from him a leather bag containing samples of the goods he was soliciting orders for. Footsteps being heard approaching from a distance, the fellows threw down the bag and made off, and have not been heard of since. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Dec. 2. 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. 2. Nov. 25. fr. e. fr. c. Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000, 000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 48,942,596 12 48,715,100 26 Treasury account cur rent creditor 222,395,969 04 241,426,478 97 Current accounts, Paris 322,924,101 15 314,063,990 85 Do. branch banks 45,118,677 46,226,102 Dividends payable 286,177— 918,241 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries Total CREDITOR. Nov. 25.. Dec. 2. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. C. Branch banks --- __ 1,234,840,626 43 . 1,233,508,807 51 Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 319,822,421 01 309,841,100 03 Do. branch banks 295,968,399 302,234,930 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 2,581,380 2,1,02,980 - Do. on French Public Securities 19,058,300 19,553,000 Do. by branch banks 8,965,600 8,969,600 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks - Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re- .... ___ ~.., serve _ 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) ICO ' 000 ' 000 100,000, 000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment 2,123,069 08 2,505,975 19 Sundries Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. _ _ (Signed) Rou LAND. The fatal accident to a leading man of ship wrights in Chathatu Dockyard, a few days ago, has been followed by axother loss of life. Yester day afternoon Henry Brean, a rigger, was drowned. Brean and another man were in a boat by the dock yard, near the temporary pier or bridge which was used when the Monarch was being completed in the stream. Brean was pushing the boat from the pier towards a barge when he fell overboard, the boat going from under his feet. The water was deep, the tide: running strongly, and, despite his desperate struggles, he was swept away out of the reach of his comrade, who could not render imme diate aid with the boat as the rowlocks had not been " shipped." Several other boats, however, were quickly brought to the place, and every effort was made to recover the body with drags, but in vain. The deceased has left a widow and three children. SPORTING INTELLIGENO 3. Croydon Races are postponed until Monday and Tuesday next. RACING FIXT U RES-1870. FEBRUABY. Derby 10, 11 I Newton 25, 26 Hat ro w 17, 18 I MARCII. Nottingham 1, 2 I Epsom. 29, BC Liverpool B, 9, 10 Bromley 81, 9 pril 1 War wick 22, 23, 24 APRIL. -- --_. Northampton 5, 8 i Lewes ~ 26, 27 West Drayton 7, 8 I Croydon—. 2B, 2R Newmarket Craven 18 to 21 21- , Y. Newmarket Ist S 2to 5 Harpenden 20, 21 Chester lO to 13 1 HAUL 24, 25 Winchester 10, 11 Stamford 26, 27 Salisbury l2, 13 y Croydon 26, 27 York 17, 18 1 Epsom 31 to June 3 Doncaster 19, 20 JUNE. Croydon 8, 9 j Newton 9 2 ' 23 Manchester 8,9, 10 j Hampton 23, 24 Ascot l4 to 17 Bibury Club 29 I Windsor 21, 22 Stockbridge...3o, and July 1 JULY. Newmarket 5 to 8 1 West Drayton l4, 15 Nottingham l2, 13 I Huntingdon l9, 20 Chelmsford 12, 13 Kingsbury 21, 22 Reading 12 I, 13 Goodwood 26 to 29 AUGUST. Brighton 2, 3 Stockton 17 to 19 I Brighton Club 4 Oxford 18, 19 Lewes 5, 6 York 23 to 25 I E g h am 9, 10 Plymouth 25, 23 Windsor 11, 12 I Derby 3u, 3L Bromley 16, 17 I Weymouth 30, 31 SEPTEMBER. War wick Abi ng d on B, 9 I Western Meet. (Ayr) 21, 23 Doncaster 13 to 16 1 'Tendon 22, 23 Hampton 20, 21 I Newmarket Ist Uct..27 to 30 OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2n C 0ct..10 to 14 Leicester Bromley 6, 7 I Newmarket Liot'n...24 to 29 NOVEMBER. Liverpool 8 to 11 1 Shrewsbury 1t to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 I Harrow Derby 10, 11 1 Newton 25, 26 M ARCH. Liverpool 8,9, 10 I 8r0m1ey......31 and April 1 West Somerset 16, 17 Cheltenham...3l and April 1 War wick 21 to 24 ) APRIL. Aldershot 7, 8 1 Kingsbury lB, 19 Bank of Engla-id Returns, An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending 1 ISSUE DES :ho Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 18G9. P 4.II.TSIENT. Notes issued £32,505,440 Governmt. Debt-C.1,015,1V Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold. Coin and Bullion Silvor Bullion X 32,505,410 DISKING D. .£32,505,440 l'roprietors' Capi tal 4 -14,553,000 Reat ~ , PARTMENT. Govonnut. Secu rities(including Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 4,471,096 Other Deposits 17,656,957 Seven Days and other Bills Dead Weight Auuuity) £1.3,811.953 Other Securities 16,170,4 , 7 Notes 9,317,455 Gold and Silver Coin 562,749 .£10,322,766 £10,322,766 The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir . culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 6th of Nov. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the 3d of Nov. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : N v. 6, i Oct 4 , , 1869. i 1869. !Increase. Decrease. Bank of England I 23,949,947 23,57 ,6211 367,427 Private Banks 1 2,555.44 J 2,712,497 172,913 Joint-stock Banks 2,425,072 2,333,153 71,919 , Total in Englandi 29,25 t,459 28,63 ,1701 612,289 Scotland 11 4,871,3 81 4,723,6 , 4. 141.714 Ireland 7,381,180 6,657, 921 723088 1 United Kingdom 41,503,957' 40,023,766! 1,480,191 And as compared with the month ending the 7th of Nov., 1868, tho above returns . show a dscreaso of £183,792 in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of .£33,79.5 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation: — The English private banks are below their fixed issue ... £1,157,186 The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue 313,568 Total below fixed issue in England ... £1,470,754 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2,122,047 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ... 1,026,686 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending 3d of Nov was £18,831,490, being a decrease of £1,027,016, as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £88.1,485 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 6th of Nov..— Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... £2,867,375 Gold and silver held by tho Irish banks ... 2,539,158 £5,406,533 being an increase of £4O - 2,802 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of £115,652 when compared with the corresponding period last year. SPAIN. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) MADRID, Dec. 2. In to-clay's sitting of the Cortes Signor Figuerola, the Minister of Finance, made a violent attack upon the Bourbons, in the course of which he declared that both Qoeen Christina and Queen Isabella were responsible for the disappearance of the Spanish Crown jewels. LivnrooL, Dec. 2. The Liverpool, Brazil, and River Plate Mail steamer Newton, Captain Wright, left the Mersey to-day for Bahia and Rio Janeiro, calling at Lisbon, where she will receive telegroms until the Bth inst. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f. 15a. per £1 sternly , On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 08.100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above price is slightly dearer:in _Paris than in London. H. WALKER'S NEEDLES (by authority), the "Queen's Own," treble-pointed, with large oyes, easy to thread, and Patent Ridges to open the Cloth, are the best Needles. Packets ls. ; post free of any dealer.—H. WALKER is Patentee of the Penelope Crochets, and Maker of Improved Sewing Machine Needles, Fish Hooks, Sea Reels, Hooks and Eyes, dc.—Alcester, and 47, Gresham street•London. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL lIAIR.—MRS, S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never Was to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the H. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth, it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large bottles— Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and P rfumers Depot, 266, High Holborn ALLISON and Co., Regent-House, 238, 240, and 242, Regent-street, W. (near the Langham Hotel).—lrish Pop lins, Spitalfields Silks, Lyons Silks, and Velvets, Evening and Ball Dresses in Tulle and Tarlatan, Broche, Grena dines, and Muslin de Soie. P.S.—All the above are first class and specialities of the above establishment. - - SCIENCE AND ART.—A striking insta.uce of the immense value a small piece of steel may acquire by the great power of killed mechanical labour is the balance-spring of a watch. From its extreme fineness and delicacy 4,000 weigh not more than one ounce, and exceed in value t 1,000. A most interesting little work, describing the rise and progress of watchmakin , has been published by J. W. Benson, 25, Old Bond-street, and the City Steam Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices Mr. Benson (who holds the appointment to the Prince of Wales) has also published a pamphlet on Artistic Gold Jewellery, illustrated with the most beautiful designs of Bracelets, Brooches, Earrings, Lockets, &c., S:c., suitable for Wedding, Birthday, and other presents. These pamphlets are sent post free for two stamps each, and they can not be too sttongly recommended to those contemplating a pur chase, especially to residents in the country or abroad, who are thus enabled to select any article they may require and have it orwarded with perfectafety. 1