The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-05 00:00:00

Y MARKET - IVI 0 AND COADIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, The business transa c t e d in CITY the early part of CLocK the day Was far from extensive. • Consols declined slightly, but in the foreign market there was a rise in some of the securities. Consols are 94 3 for money; ditto, for Ac count, 93/ 3 ; Three per Ce n t. R e d uce d, 938 I ; New Three per Cents, 938 8 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 242/. India Stock, 10/ per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112/ ; ditto 4 per per Cent., Oct., 1883, 1024. In the Foreign Market Brazilian of 1865, are 814 to 821 ; Chilian of 1867, 93/ to 94/ ; Egyptian of 1864, 87 to 88 ; ditto of 1868, 73 to I ; Italian of 1861, 55/ to 8 ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 4/ to 5 1 3 rein. ; Mexican, 15/ to 4 ; Peruvian of 1865, 75 1 to 761; Russian of 1866, 92 to / ; ditto Nie °lai, 67 to ; ditto Orel, 81/ to 4 ; ditto MOSCOW, 794 to 801 ; ditto Charkof-Azof, 80/ to 4 ; C harcow-Krementschug, 801 to 4 ; Spanish of 1 867, 308 toa ; Turkish of 1858, 65 to 66 ; dittd of 1862, 62/ to 65 ; and ditto of 1865, 39i to lit the railway share market prices are fol lows :—London and North Western, 1181 to 1181; Great Western, 53i to 531 ; Midland, 118 i to 99 1181 ; London and South Western, 90 • ; Great Eastern, 421 to / ; Brighton, 52i • ; South Eastern, 83k to 1; Metropolitan, 1101 to it ; Great Northern, 11i to 113 ; ditto A, 111 to I; Caledonian, 80e to ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 17/ to 18. There is a fresh fall of 1f per cent. in Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures, the present Price being 36 to 37. The Consolidated Mortgage B onds are 37k t o 38, b e i ng h eavy ; an d th e 5-20 Bonds are quoted 761 to 4. Erie Railway Shares, 23k to 2 4; and Illinois Central, 93i to 94. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are unaltered. A further sum of £89,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday. For some time past there has been a considerable d emand for bar silver for India, and the price has gra dually advanced within the last fortnight from 6 01 d. to 61d. per oz. As the arrivals from the usual sources have not been extensive the greater part of t he demand has been supplied by importations from the Continent. The price of Mexican dollars has naturally been influenced by the rise in other de scriptions of silver, and they are firm at 591 d. to 59 id• per oz. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Tuesday next a special settling day in the shares 'D r ! the Brazilian Street Railway Company (Limited). he question of quotation is deferred. The proposed dividend of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company is officially announced at the rate of 4/ per cent. per annum. The report of th o L on d on an d S ou th-W e stern Bank (Limited) recommends a dividend of Gs. per share. The half-yearly meeting of the Great Northern Railway Company will be held on the 20th inst. The ordinary general meeting of the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company (Limited) will be held on the 16th inst. At the meeting of the London and Provincial Marine Insurance Company the directors' report Was adopted, and interest declared for the half-year at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. The net profits of the London and County Bank for the half-year amount to £84,649, making, with £4,092 brought forward, a total of £88,742. A dividend of 6 and a bonus of per cent. has been declared for the half-year, both free of income t ax, making a total distribution for the year 1868 p of 16i per cent. Th e amoun t l e f t t o b e carr i e d forward is £5,817. The sum due by the bank for Customers' balances, &c., is £12,462,789, and the liabilities on acceptances, covered by securities, are £3,242,930. The London Board of Directors of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway have notified that the lease of the line to the Eric Company having been made their functions have come to an end. The agreement for the lease was made iu America, and they have therefore had no opportunity of acting. The Great Western Railway traffic return s hown this week an increase of £4,789 coin- Pared with the corresponding period of last year ; t he Great Eastern an increase of £665 ; the Great Northern an increase of £1,647 ; the London and South Western an increase of £2,628 ; the London, Chatham, and Dover, including the Metropolitan Extension and branches, an increase of £449 ; the M etropolitan Extension, separately, an increase of £354 ; the L ancas hi re an d Y or k s hi r e an i n crease of 7 ; the North-Eastern an increase of £3,126 ; an d the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire an Increase of £2,589. The return from the Bank of England for the Itgek ended the 3d of February gives the following results when compared with the previous week i £3,863,473 Increase ... £32,949 otll,4tiric dep os it s depo s it s 1 7 ,73 5 ,765 ... Decrease 2,220,393 °II the other side of the account : flovernment 5ecuri ............. £14,026,710 Decrease ...1,108,000 r securities 16,996,526 ... I ncrease ... 76,390 :tos unemployed 8,628,035 ... Decrease ... 606,360 b e amount of notes in circulation is £23,821,690, bei ng an incr ease o f £306,810 ; an d th e stoc k o f bullion in both departments is £18,511,205, showing decrease of £314,892 when compared with the preceding return. Subjoined i s a com p ar i son o f th e p r e sen t p os iti on of 4 t he Bank of E ng l an d an d the prices o f C onso l s i ild Ye Routes with the corresponding week of Y,ar At Present. Same Weeklast Year. tullion Reserv e Nrs otos i-n oiroulation 13,821,690 ... 23,679,380 Aotette of discount *sole k 931 93} rel igh lientes BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. a U OVERNMENT FUNDS. Per Cent. Consols . Ditto for Account, LPer Cent. Reduced 934 f •48,.... Cent k " 3 per Cent ""e,,,W 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 I ""°- 6 per Cen J an. 1873 —ll Unities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — E 13 0 (Red Sea Tele6raph), Aug., 1908 — Zelioquu Bills, £l,OOO, 21;per Ct. - pmDo, £5OO bo. £lOO k £2OO — B ank of England Stock, 4 per Cent Do c, • account later-Colonial 4 per Cent. Bonds — uter-Colonial Ommum nlia Mock, 104 per Cont., April 11874 — Do. Opening, for Account -- r , ° °. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 '-',,(:). 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 L'o. Certificate D° - o. E nlaced Pap , . 4 per Cent 5 per Ce nt . , J an. 1872 D ° • 5 } per Cent. May 1879 — ''''*) 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — D O do, 1877 — D , '''''• D D en eb., 5 per Ct., Aug. B 1873 - Do. l3 - ti Bnderonds, 4 per 000 £l, 'OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Arz A , 4 , 11 -- nes Republic, 6 per Cent ... 0 .• • . _ . A .! •ncrip .t4o paid _ tiltnan Bonds 5 per cent t r , . Do. 1859 631 Z z illan 6 per Cent — o o. °. 4 i per Cont., 1852 — LO do. 1858..... — 1 , do., 1860 — Do—°' do . ' ~ 1863 7Ol ~. 5 Accountent , 1865 ii .0 1 008 Ayres 6 per Cent. C .,,0 2 p er C ent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 0"a, 6 per Cent. 'tan 6 per Cent — 1)0. 4i per Cent _ L 3 por Cont., ..... t u ' 9. Per coat. 1867 914 o. i ,0 10 • per Cent., 1866 b a i übian, 6 per Ceut. b a , 84 , 3 per Cent., 1825... ..... ,Il'iliiaii P rincipalities, 7 per Cent — E -1-, 8 per Cent., 1867 e ul dor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent `CIY)Ptial), per Cent 0 Becond 1 , o. __., Sale — ..,' Zoot Bonds — ''' c '• 41 00 Bonds ••••• 1864 too• 4500 Bonds °.. Account ~., ' J o. 4100 Bonds BO4 English Scrip, 1868 --- -- 73 i Do do. £45 pd — Government Railway Debentures (freer; 5 per Cont., 182 f 5, ex Coups. — Do. iecc unt Do. -Coupons .. Do. -- Account - aiateinala 5 per Cent Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd ltllian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account ~ . Do ➢tarommana Railway iloxicam 3 per Gent Ditto for Account Do • 1851 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — dontevidQau 6 per Cent. .. — lie orish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred ... Peruvian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account e .. 751 i Do 44. per Cont. (Uribarron) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 -, — Do Account PJrteguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'3 36f Do. do. 1867 36i _ .. Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4} per Cent . 1850 ' 4 DO 4} per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 por Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bolide., 921 Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0...,, Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 921 Do. do' £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 67 Sardinian 5 per Cent 7l Spanish 3 per Cen Do. AccfAint - 321 Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgago Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do de, Scrip — 1 3 Turkish 6 per Cent. N..... — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 _ .. Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 66 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do G per Cent., 1865 ~ 62 1 3 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent.: — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. ......_ DniCh 2 fei Cent. :Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... Do. Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. — 10.1ian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. zSf. Do Account ssi CLOSING PRICES, Consols, Money 92/ 3 Do. Account, March 4 93 1 LATEST INTELL LGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) GREECE. ATHENS, Feb. 3. M. Faimis, a member of the Chamber of Depu ties, has accepted the task of forming a new Ministry, and has constituted his Cabinet as follows : M. Faimis, President of the Ministry and Minister of the Interior. Delyannis Soutzas Tringtos Marine. M. Pe tzali Airerino Sarava The Cabinet assents to the protocol of the Con. ference. THE NATIVE RISING IN ALGERIA. PARIS, Feb. 5. The Minister of War has received the following despatch : " ALGIIRS, Feb. 4. "The enemy has been completely routed, and is flying towards the South. M. Colonieu, the officer in command at Garyville, is in full pursuit." A despatch of the Commander Sonis, dated from Tadjerouna, the 2d inst. says :—" After marching all night I have arrived before Tadjerouna, where I am encamped. I did notsucceed in overtaking the enemy, who is flying in hot haste. I shall, how ever, keep this route towards the west. If Colonieu marches from the south nobody can escape us." POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT.—Henry Hills, jun., corn chandler, of No. 27, Dover-row, was charged beiore Mr. Knox with assault ing William Jennings, a cowkeeper, of Copland-street, Marylebone. . The complainant said at half-past fivo yesterday after noon he was driving his cart along Oxford-street, near Park-lane, having a boy with him at the time, when the prisoner jumped into his trap and cut him several times about the face with his whip. Mr Knox remanded the prisoner, but consented to take one bail in .£5O for his re-appearance. THAMES. Edward Sennlay, a young man, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with obtaining meat of butchers ; brandy, wines, and spirits of licensed victuallers ; pies and ca kes of pie-shop keepers ; and goods of other tradesmen by means of false and fraudulent pretences. He was remanded for a week. LAMENIABLE HUIV7ING ACCIDENT. LEEDS, Feb. 4. A sad fatality attended the meeting of the York and Ainstay foxhounds to-day, being no less than the sacrifice of four or more lives. The hounds met at 11 o'clock at Stainley-house, near Ripley. A fox was soon found, and it crossed the river Ure, a tributary of the Ouse, which runs through York to the Humber. A number of the gentlemen of the hunt, with the whipper-in of the hounds, proceeded to cross the river with their horses in a boat. The report states that 13 horses with their riders were in the boat, and that the stream was much swollen. This boat was what is called a craned or drawn boat. From some cause not yet fully explained the boat was upset, and the fatal consequences were what we have stated as to human life. Several horses were also drowned. Among those gentlemen whose lives were sacri ficed were Sir Charles Slingsby, of Scriven-park, near Knaresborough ; Mr. Robinson, of York ; Mr. Lloyd, of Thirsk ; and Mr. Orvis, the whip per-in. _ _ - Two men in charge of the boat, father and son, were also drowned. Thus altogether six persons are reported to have been drowned. The dreadful accident, which was observed by many of the followers of the hounds, has caused deep sorrow in a large district of the country, and it will plunge many highly respectable families into mourning. IllE DERBY DIFFICULTY. No further doubt need be entertained as to the fate of the Derby and Oaks of 1869 and 1870, for the difficulty has been settled at last on the following terms: The Grand Stand Association is to pay Mr. Studd the .£2,500 premium ori ginally demanded, and also the £l,OOO a year rental fcr the ground required ; and they are to have a 21 years' lease of the same, terminable at seven or fourteen years. Mr. Studd gives half the £2 500 bonus, to be run fur at Epsom this year. MARKETS-2 LllB DAY. MARK LANE. The receipts of wheat from Essex and Kent wero only mojerate, and the quality was but middling. In both red and white parcels sales progressed slowly at about late rates. LIVERPOOL COTTON. February s.—Sales probably 15,000 bales. Market firm and advancing. SHARE: LIST. ORDINARY sHAts..ES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A 3 all 11 111 11 I 9 Du B lO 4 41 41 1 50 Albion ...... 100 Anima, o, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 A uglo-Egyptian, lint all 1 19 181 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Ang,lo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian ......... 20 Bank of British (blumbia all lu 11 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 '•• •• 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, tud China all 204 211 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all '29 301 20 City 100 Colonial 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, Um 5 11 U 5 20 English and American, lim 10 ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim 20 English, z-:cottish and Aus . tralian Chartered 284 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all .. ... 281 Do new 5l 4 1 100 Imperial,lim '2O Imperial Ottoman lO 1 11 115 125 k 5 lonian 25 Do ne NV 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 31 3 k 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64 30 all 76 75 78' 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lira. 20 6 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 28 20 Do new 74 61 55 100 London &River Plate, lira. 40 6 8 25 Do new 10 11 If 20 London Chart . of Australia all 221 231 50 London and County '2o 491 505 20 Do new. issat 20 p.m, Bpd ll ... ... 50 London Joint S tock __ 20 London and South African al 11 12 100 London & S. - Western, lim, 20 5O London & Venezuela. lint ... ••• li 121 ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 81 63 61 k 100 Do Scrip, isa at 10 pm 2O 59 61 100 Merchant, lira.... 10 Metropolitan, lint all 61 74 100 Midland, lim.._ 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3 1 d 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... "• 10 Do 60 National 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 411 421 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90 10 Do new.. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 45 47 461 100 Union of Iraland, lim 50 Union of London iburo Railways. Paid. Closing Business Price. done. st Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 st Caledonian lOO 794 8 , 1 801 8 st Cambrian. 20 . .. , ... st Dublin & Belfast . nue.. st Dun„Perth, & Ab. June lOO 70 72 2) East London all 7 9 20 Uo 15 2) Do 10 et Glasgow &S. Western lOO 100 102 et Great Eastern .. .0J 421 43 121 at Do. E. Augl. No. 2 lOO 7 9 at Great North el Scotland lOO 18 %6 at Great Northern ... 100 112 113 at Do. A. 5t00k...". lOO 1111 112 1111 at Do. B stook lOO 125 la at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 88 100 at Lit. Western —Original lO 531 51 .551 et Do. South Wales lOO 67 b 8 st Do. W. Mid.—Oxford lOO 18 .49 st Do. Newport lOO 28 21 at Lancashire .t Yorkshire lOO 13) 1301 1301 at Lon., Brigh., &S. Coast ICO 4524 524 621 0) Do Scrip st Lon., Chat., and Dover lOO 174 184 et Do. Metrop. lix. A lOO et Lon. & North Western lOO 1 8 1181 11 8 4 at Lon. & South Western lOO 91 92 92 1 st Man., Shei., Linooln lOO en 471 et Metropolitan .• st Do Exteusini .. 100 1.,51 l' , ol 10 Do. New rd 10 10 st Metropolitan District. all b 3 67 10 Metrop. St. John's M ood 6 st 111,diand at Do, Birmin. & Derby IOJ 65 67 at North British . ..... 10) 16 SO st Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun lO2 st Nor. !.stern--Berwick lOO 1014 1054 1354 25 Do. G. N. E purchase Mat st Do Lee's ..... 100 57 69 st Do Yor' - lOO 94 95 95 st Do Carli ele . st Do Stoc c. tit Darling ICO 1 , 3 t 52 st North Lon lon 10 Do Yew 18(8 st North Staffordshire lOO 67 59 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 . . . st Ithymney st Shropshire Union sl3l 50 60 st South Devon .. et South Eastern lOO 834 81 133} 21 at Staines, Wok'hantot Wok all 13 13 at Tan Vale WO 145 150 -- Do. C .. Waterford & Kilkenny lOO 15 Waterloo & Whitehall 6 3 4 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO at D). do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gm.— all stj Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... st (Alas. & S.W. gnu.. 5 per ct lOO ... at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102 at Do do No. 2 100 99 102 st Do do 6 per cent 100 106 108 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 at Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1816 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Wav,Val.lB 4 7 100 st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 st Do 4 1 do du do 100 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at' Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st, LWest.—Orig.&Jut.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 102 104 1:4 at Do. Orig. (B. &U. Ex). 5 p.c 100 95 100 at Do du 41 per cent. 1650 100 87 89 at Do do 4 du do 10) 78 s o at Lo do 5 per cent. redeni. 100 93 97 st Do do Birmingham gun 100 63 70 st Do do do pref... 100 at Do do Chester gun lOO ;2 7j at Do do do 8 per cent lOO st Do do do 5 do 100 95 1110 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 41 p.c lOO at Do do 43 1859 lOO st Do Edo 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g 10) 111 116 at Do do 2,1 gun lOO 110 112 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 9'2 91 at Do do 2d do 100 190 103 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 st Do Barnsley, .65 3s 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 102 at London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gun. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 du du lOO at Do 5 do Nu. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 at Do 4 do 1359 lOO ••• ••• at Loudon, Chatham, & Dever 5 per cent §lOO st London and 2.1. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 101 111 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO ~, at Do Shrowsb'y & Welchp'l IOU ~, st London and S.W. 7 p,c. late 3d shares, lOO 145 153 L Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) a 11..„ Man., Shcf., &.Liueln. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 Do Do 31 per cent IOU 60 65 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 135 110 Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 1 3 136 Du 41 per coat. redeem lOO 10) 102 Do 43 per cent. irredeem lOO 100 102 North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 IOU Du Leicester & 'Pella, 4 P.C lOO 00 02 o. DNDJ uD D :oo o_ EI(N4EI3. stern—Cons. de. :Eer G rNra. U. nunp2pti per cent. redeem...,, dee S sne4r . let e. D . t. 11c 1 11 10t 0 :0 9 .. 8. 5i 983 .. 3 7 BDDD. Devono NI B v, Barwick r rir_ i aoSpo Annuities,. i il u a ) r aclnh p d urchase, . 01 1 100 3. 1 4. 8i • 9071 18 i 0 : 3; Waterford North rtT S 4et haitvpksoi percent r Ai k i hn n eiu g ri .. y E 6 p s P. . c . c lOO 103 110 :0a : 010 1 1 1 2 Kant. (Read. Arms., 1.0.6) 1 : 0 11 144 2 . .15 2 . 145. 2 .3 : 9 0 21 10 Do Fixed 41 per cent S. all 8 9 Do Fixed 41 per cent ••• •.• Taff Vale No.l DIISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lint all 221 221 223 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lint 10 13 131 in 8 10 Auglo-Mexican Mint all 161 171 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 34 36 321 3 st Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural ..• 201 161 171 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 0 7 od 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 131 14} 10 Do. New 6 3 :31 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 4 11 Id 50 British American Land 44 16 18 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 166 17 t 20 British Indian Tea, lint. .•• a ll 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 7. 29 Canada Company all 64 63 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, Inn 2l 21 11d 20 Ceylon Company, lint. ....,• 10 . 1 , l e t 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 5 4 1 Of '25 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 8 41 31,1 30 City of Milan Improv. hut all 51 0 25 City of Moscow Gas, lint— all 2 3 50 City Offices, lint 25 291 2.41 50 Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Commercia,; Union (Assur) 3 I ip 10 Company of African Mer chants, lira. 3 la p 20 Continental Union Gas, Um. an 18 10 pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1041 1051 25 Copper onyl gi.lint.... nt. e. e..r 1 : all all 5 7 100 Do. 1382, 4i per cent. all 103.1 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 24 21 2 5-16 4 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lint lO 31 21d at Crystal Palace lOO 1 i 21 st Do. Preference lOO 94 99 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 105 100 109 20 Darjeeling, lim. ... ... I 0 Eastern Assam, lint. ... ... a 50 East Indian Laud Credit Canal all • all B 92 1 1 67 931 1481 C 3 4 27 1 111 11(.1 20 Ea c a s n o t a d l l n , F h d i :i n a l . n l i c •r e ig u a i En . i 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 cSerheoialin i, lint, iai. ii.nuald.: a94l l st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 255 260 EgyptianEEgtibylipltiNa'bnaylC9e`EoP;etyter. Egypt. Iron,e: T nt4 rtauV. and • 6 41 4 d 10 Do. New 8 10 12p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lint 21 i 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 4 3 100 Eng. and Scot. a/ arine, lim. 8 ... . a 10 Fairbitiru Engineering 5 • 14 10 20 Fore-street Warehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 13 00 Fur. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 86 88 83 1 ') Gellivara, lim. 9O - ... ... General Credit & Die., lint. 71 11 1,; 41 General Steam Navigation 14 28 'es Homo &Col Marine lu. lint. 5 41 31d Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... Hudson's Bay all 131 131 131 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, Hut. Indo-European Tel., lim lO Interna. Financial Soc. lint 5 Interim Land Credit, lim 6 Italian Land.........., Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all Do. 6 p. c Bits., redeem 1870, issued 90 all Laud Securities, lint 5 Loudon African Trading_ 10 Lou. & Caled. Marine, lint. 6 London County L au d an d Building, lint. 0: Merchant m L L 3 L i o : e D n u d n d d od i d rt . . i ea G r P s e r Fi a n . r ur . . Financial r e O s v Ei ri h i n g en xi re pt n . . ei Shipping s t l i °Al ..e u gi p' s s : se , e c e n. :r i i l . ... . '. oilier, uilintllint.cent.un a 3a a a 1 01 1, 1 1 1 1 1 i L o r : a p i L.• C. nbdy.(.l Indial aa g . and Iron Ship, um._ ) Lond. & Provincial Marine : 2 Agency, 1im..... 5 (1 :1 , i t I t li National D i lron sco : V i i o t r G k o. s .. ~ 1 11 .1 ; 1:1 , & li l n r l on lint. 6 a b r C a o d a a l Colonisa tion Co., lint. 1 1. 0 5: N NNM a aaa t ttu l iain i tl r ai u l lasPnLara Steam°van:l Marine,, 1 2 5 0 i\ Ne o r l l v iu Q il u d e 10 New Consolidated Dis, lint. 3 1205 Northern rt w h e z r e n a A l a s u s d ara '% !rust I . a .un. .n . d 4.4.0 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer cantile Agency,lim. ... . 2 4 Loan, lint., . 5 10 Do. B ...... . ' all at North Brit. Austral . . lia 100 50 North Brit, & Moreau. In 6 1 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll 5 Oriental Gas, lint. 5 Do. New 10 Otago and Southland .In vestment, lint .. 2 5 Ottoman Gas, lina all 10 Panama, Ne w Zealand, and Australian R . Mail lint all 11 1 at Peel R. Land & 5 Do do. OrientalAn&euisrto Telegram c M nii .vy i . n eis e nt r S : l , t . ' , l e i l il i a : Tn . : 1001 a 0 1 all 11 0 1 861 ,3 1 3: 1 86 4 1 1 8 9 4 6 50 Do. New 1867 lO 21 lid 74 22565:0 Rio i 'R Scottishe e n i n dtneesr Janeiro 50 Rhymney Iron all 19 21 15 Do. New : ...... all 51 6 20 Do. Gas, lint . all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 40 41 401 at Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref lOO ••• •• 20 Societe Fin, d'E gypte, lint lO 7 • 611 20 Societd Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim 6.••• •• • 25 South Australian Laud st Submarine Telegraph %lOO 100 110 110 1 Do. Scrip all fl 4 20 Telegraph Con. & M a i n.,lim all 1 7 f 18f 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lint 2 21 24 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl ... ... 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lina 1 4 1P 10 Do do. do. all ... ... 20 Trust & Loan C o ., U. C ana d a , 5 id p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint. 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 Itl p SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint, all 51 61 5 Do. 10 per cent. Prof. all 01 3i. p 20 Universal Marine(ln.), lint 6 1 11p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 21 31 30 Van Diemans Laud 2Bl 7 8 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 771 781 771 1 50 Warrant. Finance, lim. l2 12 10d 50 West India and Pacillc Steam, lint 2O 21 11 20 Weal London Wharves and Warehouses lO 11 11 6 4d 1,1 31- 4 63 f 5 2.ta 7 51 IP 22 20, 2 2 ii-13 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. 22 17d ld pr With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year, 104 105 103 k st Caledonian 41 p e gua. st Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO et Do 41 p irredeetn all at Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 st Do 5 du, 1862 lO3 st Do New 5 du, 1863 lOO at Do do 5 du, 1861 lOO st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO st Du Permanent 5 per cent lOO st Do Boston it Sleafd, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. 5p c 100 at Do Joint prpe. 5 p c,1865 100 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York. Ne w4l per cent till July, 1871 2 st Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 a t Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 st Da do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 5 do st Loud , Chat., Ste., 2d, 6 p.c 100°0 at Do Metrop. Ex., 6 p.c Do do C B p.e 100 at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 10 Man. Shef. it Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all at Metropolitan 5 per cent at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO et Do B do 100 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all is Do Inconv. Now Shares 16 22 Do 5p c con. into Old No . 1, 5 per cent ~, 100 : a° tt : o E pr g otSh E tk E 4: . British,PAci g ., uu a , g a N . Dun., a o lEn . ' 2 t. le 6ea527:(2p1:1,1861 11100°080°1 st Do N • 13- 5 per cent, 1862 100 Do E. & G., N°. 3, 5 p.c 100 Eeasa-te. r 4 d f irY p r u 4 teat e Pc t 1 1 0 0 0 0 a t Do st tt Stock. & Darl., D 100 a t North Londo n, 41, p er C ent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Sta ffordshire 5 p c lOO e t South Eastern , 41 pc, 1859 . 100 Do ,5 do 1861 100 at North Do st st Do 5 do (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 Do 5 do, 18 64 a t at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 4 41 32 37 77 81 87 80 8 1 90 84 8i 31 2id 112 121 4 3d SI 91 4 3d 11 41 3 1 IP 86 9U 88 y 2 104 100 191 201 11 11 7 5 1 2 47 52 19 20 141 15 .d 71 7i IP id ip lt 2i 103 116 94 96 8 81 108110 108 110 11 lip 24 i ip 1 lip ... ... 55 67 6) 1 , 7 99 111 111 103 104 RAILWAYS. -LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALSi et Birkenhead lOO v,; ---- 17 - ) 5" --- 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 et Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 56 et Do. 51 por cent. st Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed ... e t Colchester Stour Valley lOO ••• ••• st East Lincoln, gun.. 6p. c lOO 133 135 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... ... a Gt. Easn., Newrn., &c., 5 p.c 100 ..,, .... s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6J 72 st Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 60 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 100 95 9 7 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 :113 et Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 215 22J at London and Blackwall lOO 96 93 et Do. 41 per cent lOO ... „ . at Loudon, Chat., &c ., 41 p c. 100 ... .. st Do. Corn. Fund, sdo 100 ... : st London and Greenwich at Do• do. Preference lOO .., . " st London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 80 st Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 79 83 et Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton. & Matlk all 5 51 st Al idland, Bradford, Pref lOO 93 9 5 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern: East., 5 per cent all 53 56 60 Du. do. 6 do. all ... . at N. East ra —llartlepool st N.West. A perp. p ref, s p. c lOO 103 110 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ... . . st Notting. & Granth. li.& C lOO 92 94 25 Preston and 1Y yre. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 133 Lis st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do do 8 21 2,p st S. Yorksh. and Riyer Dun 100 98 100 S t Do 4 per cent gua lO , 79 8 1 et Do 5 do et Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 at West Cornwell 20 West London, Class A all all 13 14 20 Do do B 20 Do do C all st Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... at Wilts and Somerset COLONIAL GOVBENMENT SECURITINS British Columbia, 6 per •••••••••• 100 - Can.Gov.6 Do. 1895 lOO • 1877-84 ... ••• • lOO lebi ic 6l 1051 6 Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug lOO IC4 106 104 Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 104 Ica p.c.Jan.,&July Do. bp. 0. Jan. it July lOO 95 96 051 Do. sp. c. Inscribed Bk lOO PO 92 Cape (4.110pe. 6 P. 0 . 1 b 73 - • 109 102 101 Do.Aplaitocl 1590-1900 lOO 11l 113 Do. do 1.880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 Do. b per oent. 15 April and 15 oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Cs) lon, NOV 1 8 7 8 , 6 P.c.- 100 108 118 Do. 1872, do lOO 103 107 — ll Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, - Jan. and July Do. 1878 • Do. 1882, May and Nov... 1)0 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. tit Aug.... 10 106 OS Melbourne Corporatn.,.. 1867-75, 6 per cult- •• ••li 0 100 100 N.11.C,0v.6 p.o.Ja.A:July.. 100 104 lis 1041 5 Natal 6 p ot, Aphiz Oct... 10) Do I) pc . May et Nov 1 0 1(6 103 N. S. W. 5 p.a. ' '7l to '76 lOO 99 1 1 Do. 5 p.c. 18t.8 to 1886 lOO 19 1.8 99 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'6l to ':5 N.Zealand. 6p. ot.18)1 lro Do. 5 per oent.„. - DoJan,Ap - 1,.1u1y, 0 t lOO 931 14j 93i Do 6p c. Mar &Sept '9l lOO 108 110 Do J uoe •iz Deo , 1 , 91 100 109 - IDo Prov. , 1 Aucs Id. 1 0 ( “riei I 2, 1696 .. Nova Scotia 6 p.o.Jan.., and Jnly. 1875 - Do Ist6 IGO 101 103 Queenalnd. 6p. o. 'B2 6 lOO 106 107: 1061 Do 1891 -• • lOO 1054 106 5 Do. 6 p 0..1809 • . 100 _ _ Do. do. A 2 .. 100 JOS 110 Do rd. 1891 ...• 10) 107 108 - Victoria 6 p.o. 100 6.1 7; DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 110 120 -fr st London and St. Katherine lOO 43 00 Of 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all m ... Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 32 34 .st Southampton lOO 74 Li .st Surrey ccumuercial .l ••• 4109 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1€69. 1,0.6. i 1 25 20 20 50 20 100 00EZESPONDENcE FROM (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, February 4. of age, and of good fortune. Last Friday this cavalier called upon Madame 33—, and informed her that he had need of a lady of beauty and intelligence to conduct a matter of business of great importance, that be had selected her, and if she would undertake the duty he would reward her with twenty thousand francs. The lady was willing to earn such a sum, and inquired as to the nature of the service required. After care fully examining the room and the adjacent apartments, so as to be quite sure that they were out of hearing, M. K- proposed to take her to the next ball at the Opera. There they would meet a man whose acquaintance the lady should endeavour to make. She should employ all her arts in order to secure his company for a little while. and should then offer him a bonbon, which would be sup plied to her beforehand. He would not refuse it ; slie should then leave him and mix with the crowd, and the work would he finished. This was explicit enough, but the lady was naturally anxious to know the effect of the bonbon after the unknown had eaten it, as it was natural to suppose he would. "Sudden death, which will be attributed to apoplexy," was the startling reply; and then, to reassure her, M. K- observed that there would be no danger whatever ; she could mix with the crowd, and none would know that she had been in the corn. pany of the man who would meet with this untimely end, Madame B- trembled with horror at the proposal, b. . , remembering that they were alone, she, with presence o, _ _ mind, promised to earn the money and to go to the ball on the day appointed. But the next day she informed the police, who at once entered into this new mystery. When the hour for the ball drew near, the police concealed themselves in Madame B--'s apartments and awaited the approach of the sanguinary Pote. He can; and was immediately arrested. He was questioned, but his answers were confused and contradictory. An accom plice outside was likewise arrested, and on the person of this latter was found a number of bonbons. These have been submitted to the examination of a chemist, and there the story ends for the present. The Memorial de la Loire has been obliged to appear in lie form of a half-sheet only, on account of a strike amongst the printers. They demanded higher wages, Wtich were refused. An attempt was made at arbitration, • but this failed. and the proprietor of the paper brought an action for damages. It was then decided that every workman ought to give a week's notice at least before leaving. Ten of these printers had .left without the slightest notice. Each of them was therefore condemned to pay a fine of £2. It is said that Senor Olozaga is greatly opposed to the Directory project. IT.e has written to his friends in Spain assuring them that the attempts to replace the Provisional Government by a triumvirate will be fatal. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL EFFORTS. Extreme Sea Friday, o . 0 Feb. 5, B. T. 1 ; W . tF. D. WR. t. 90 8 aan, 12 Nairn Aberdeen 29'68f. 52 51 S.S.W. 4 7 S.W. o.c. 3 Leith lds 29'Bof. 54 50 S.W. 6 6 B.W. b.c. Shie Scarborough 30 9 'O3B. 48 46 S.W. • 5 5 W.S..W. o.c. 4 Yarmouth 3o'24r. 47 46 S.S.W, 2 4 W. C.O. 3 Helder Cux haven Skud coulee A rdr ossau 29/9f. 52 49 S.W. 7 7 8.8. W. O.C. 6 Green castle 29'80r. 50 46 W.S.W. 4 6 S.W. 0.0. Holyhead Valentia 29'91.r. 52 51 5 . W .2 8 S. r.L 'O5 2 Cape Clear — — Roch e's— 4Ft 29'95r. 51 51 S.W. 7 8 S.W. 0.3 n Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 30•25 f. 51 49 B.E. 1 5 B.IV. c. -- 2 Portsmouth 30'26f. 49 48 8. 1 3 W.S.W. c. 1 Lon don 30'25r. 49 48 W.B . W. 3 4 W. r.bo o'ol CfpeGrisNez 30•28 f. 46 44 W. 5 7 W.S.W. r.c. o'o2 4 Brest L'Orie nt 30'165. 46 44 E.S. E. 4 4 c. 4 Roch e fort Biarr its Brussels ————— Paris Strasbourg — _ Toulon 30'50r. 46 E.N.E. 1 3 W.S.W. b. 2 Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) =PLANATION Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 dem. at sea level. The IXPLANATION Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f, falling ; s, steady—indicates direction ofqnotion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.—fog ; h.—hall ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r.— rain ; B.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Bea, disturbance. REMARKS. There is not much change to report since yesterday. Pressure has begun to rise again in the west since the decrease noticed yeiterday afternoon. At the same time a slight fall has occurred in Scotland but at our other stations a continuous rise is reported. Lowest read ings are still in the north—nearly eight-tenths less than at Rochefort where, however, a decrease has set in. Temperature is scarcely altered. The south-westerly wind freshened to a gale in the W. yesterday, and it still blows strongly in the Irish Channel. In the north the wind is fresh S.W., and in the Channel it is very light. On the W. coast of France winds have drawn to S.E. The sky has been overcast, with mist in places, and is generally cloudy_ this moraine The sea is rather high at Ardrossan. The Hon. Joseph Home has been appointed I're. eident to the Privy Council of the Dominion of Canada. No gentleman has yet been fixed upon as suitable to be introduced to the constituency as a candidate for the representation of Bradford in the room of Mr. Ripley. The challenge from Cambridge has been received by Mr. Tinn6, tho President of the Oxford Boat Club. The race is to be rowed on the 20th March. Lord Cairns' probable leadership in the House of Lords is referred to as very inappropriate with his functions as an appellate judge in the Judicial Committee. Mr. Chichester Fortacue will return from Ireland on Friday next, to assist in the deliberations of the Govern ment on the Church question, at the Cabinet Council to be Leld on Saturday. A Birmingham paper states that the Trades Union Commission have at length brought their labours to a close. The report—which is understood to be not wholly unanimous —is agreed to, and will be published as soon as practicable. The death of Mr. Robert Keeley, the well-known actor, is announced. Mr. Keeley, who was ono of the subtlest and most popular comedians of modern times, re tired from the stage about five years ago, amidst universal expressions of respect. Ho was in his 75th year. On Thursday night a meeting was held in St. George's Hall, Bradford, of the friends of the Society for the Liberation of the Church from State Patronage and Control. Mr. lllingwoi th, M.P., was in the chair ; Mr. Carter, M.P., was also present, and delivered an address, exposing the abuses in the management of Church property, both in Englund and Ireland, the disestablishment of which ho warmly advocated. Several gentlemen who spoke referred to the present position of political parties in the borough, and expressed the hope that some arrangement would be made which would likely allay the ill feeling at present prevailing, so that all sections might be united in securing a suitable candidate to_repre seat th.ei4 rarlialutnt. The Journal Oificiel sings a paean over the victory.in Algeria. It certainly is creditable. The enemy had 3,000 cavalry and 800 foot soldiers, whilst the French troops in all numbered no more than 1,200 men. The engage ment lasted some time and the Arabs were defeated with the loss of seventy killed and many wounded, whilst the French lost only two officers and eight soldiers wounded. French trove, armed with Chassepots, ought to disperse a greatly superior force of Arabs; but the promptitude with which this invasion has been met will in all probability put an end to the rising. The Corps L6gislatif has nominated a committee on toe bill for fixing the annual military contingent. All the members of this committee are favourable to the measure. The Opposition, however, is preparing to com bat the clause which seems to regard the figure of 100,00 e men as a stereotyped minimum. In order not to en counter any too serious preliminary obstacles, the amend ment, report says, will confine itself to demanding a re duction of 5,000 men. The number seems trivial, but it will suffice to ensure a full discussion on the principle. I hear that a great many Prussian papers were seized yesterday. I am not able to say what was the cause of this procedure, but there is reason to believe that they contained either attacks upon the French Government, or the full text of Baron Beust's speech on the Hanoverian confiscation measure. Some of the eternal war rumours are again reviving, and there is talk of an offensive alliance between France and Italy against Prussia. There is little fear of such a combination at present, but there is some ground for the apprehension that the annoying and hurtful journalistic conflict is about to break out again. It has been remarkably quiet for some time past. Of the dispositions for the coming election one of the most important is the determination of the Left to oppose M. Schneider, the President of the Corps Legislatif, in the Saone -et - Zoire. His antagonist will be M. Michon, a doctor, but though the Left will do all in its power, it is hardly likely to overturn the President. It is noteworthy that M. Jules Simon has for his vis-à-vis M. Lachaud, who announces himself as an independent and dynastic candidate. The crop of Paris mysteries is remarkably plentiful just now. The latest is, perhaps, the most mysterious of all, and yet, so far as it goes, there can be little doilbt of the facts. Madame B- lives in the neighbourhood of the Champs Elysees, and is one of the most beautiful women in Paris. In a certain society, which need not be named, she ii celebrated alike for her beauty, elegance, and wit. In the circle of her acquaintance she is in the habit of meeting with a young Polish gentleman, a man of 25 years THE LICENSING SYSTEM. IN MANCEES TER AND SALFORD. Several very important social questions came up for discussion at the quarterly meeting of the Manchester City Council on Wednesday, and we are glad to find that the evils of the licensing system were especially noticed. Alderman Benuett, on the part of the watch committee, recommended that the council should co-operate with the jus tices in any efforts to procure an amendment in the laws regulating the licensing of beerhouses. The majority of crimes which came before the justices arose out of beer houses, and the number of these houses is increasing at an alarming rate. There are now in Manchester 2,070 beer houses, as compared with 482 public-houses, and the gaols and asylums, as well as the work houses, are full of their victims. The justices had memorialised the Government, praying that an oppor tunity should be taken to bring into Parliament a well considered measure on the subject, and the watch com mittee recommended that the City Council should join with the justices in that memorial. This proposal was agreed to without discussion. At the meeting of the Sal ford Town Council the same day the licensing ques tion was again raised. Alderman Pellett proposed that the Council should address a memorial to the Govern ment on the subject. That they have grounds for this appeal will readily be acknowledged on an inspection of the statistics quoted by the alderman. In the borough of Salford the licenses granted by the justices to licensed victuallers are 114, whilst the beerhouse licenses are 543, the proportion of public-houses and beer houses to dwelling-houses being one of the former to thirty three of the latter. The memorialists are of opinion that the hours of closing public-houses should he more under the control of the justices. The adontion of the memorial was unanimously agreed upon. THE MAYOR OF CORK AND MR. WI:TALLY. An amusing correspondence, between Mr. Whalley, M.P. for Peterborough, and Mr. Maguire, the member for Cork, has just been published. Mr. Whalley first ad. dressed a letter to Mr. Maguire, wishing to know whether it was true that the latter " proposed as a candidate for the mayoralty - of Cork a person named Sullivan, who was subse luently elected, and on being installed in office, displayed a Fenian flag, and refused to take the oath of allegiance to her Most Gracious Majesty." To this request Mr. Whalley appended a challenge to Mr. Maguire to endorse the opinions and acts of Mr. Sullivan Parliament. The member for Cork replied that he had looked over the files of the respectable local jour. nals, but it did not appear that he had proposed a "person named Sullivan" to the office of mayor. "There are several iullivans in this part of the country," concluded Mr. Maguire. " Perhaps you would define what a Fenian flag means. I have looked in vain for the word in Walker, Webster, and Johnson." Mr. Whalley considered that this answer was a mere fence to his question, and intimated that, as to the Fenians, Mr. Maguire was " more conversant with their movements and Trains of thought" than himself. To this Mr. Maguire re joined as follows :—" Cork, January 25, 1869. " Sir,—ln your letter of the 19th inst., you a'luded to a person named Sullivan.' This reminds me of a play I lately witnessed in London in which a party 5y the name of Johnson' is introduced. Though there are many Sullivaus and more O'Sullivans, I believe there is only one person named Whalley, but were I to designate you as such you would properly denounce me as rude and impertinent. Allow inc to suggest, when speaking of gentlemen that you designate them by their proper names and titles. I have now the pleasure to inform you that Daniel O'Sullivan, Esq., is mayor of Cork, and is prepared, I presume, to defend his conduct either in or out of Parliament.—Your obedient servant, J. F. TdAa ninE, 111.P."—Mr. Whalley replied as follows :—" Union Club, London, Jan. 27, 1869. Sir,—You have still evaded the question I put to you, and I now beg to inform you that it is my ntention to bring your conduct and that of the Mayor of Cork under the consideration of the House of Com. mons at the neat meeting of Parliament, and I shall consider myself at liberty to publish the correspon dence.—Your obedient servant, J. W. WLIALLEY, M.P." Wh reupon Mr. Maguire closed the correspondence with the following brief effusion :—" Cork, Jan. 29, 1869. Sir,—Your language, though inelegant, is not un grammatical.—Your obedient servant, J. F. MAGuinE." THE CONVEIVT CASE. The extraordinary action of " Sarnia v. Starr and Kennedy," which we mentioned yesterday, has been going on again in the Court of Queen's Bench. The charge, as we stated, was brought by a sister of a Jesuit priest in Ireland, a member of the Roman Catholic order called " Sisters of Mercy," against the Mother Superioress of the Order. The declaration stated that the defendants on divers occasions assaulted and beat the plaintiff ; that they took her clothes and property from her, and impri soned her for a long time, whereby she was rendered sick and ill, and greatly distressed in body and mind. The second count was a trover for a watch, wearing apparel, books, and papers. The other counts in the declaration alleged that the plaintiff, as a member of the order, was legally entitled to certain privileges and advantages, and amongst others to board, lodging, clothing, mid maintenance at the expense of the order, and to the right of attending certain services of the Roman Catholic Church in a building attached to the said house ; that the defendants wrongfully and maliciously conspired together to compel the plaintiff to cease to be a member by sub jecting her to various indignities, persecutions, a n d Annoyances, and by depriving her of the food and clothing to which, as a member, she was lawfully entitled, and by imprisoning her and keeping her imprisoned, and by pre venting her from attending the services of the said church. It appeared that Mrs. Saurin, the mother of the plain tiff, had, in consequence of Mr. Saurin being ill, written to the defendant Starr, asking that the plaintiff might come and see her father before he died. From that time all the letters between defendant and her friends were intercepted, and the indignities complained of were hnposed. Yesterdaymost extraordinary evidence was given by the plaintiff, among which was the following May Father Mathew came to see me. I had a conversa tion with him, and he advised me to write to the biShop and inform him of all that had occurred. I didso, and received an answer in the following September. Towards the end of July 1862, I went to Hull for the ietreat, and the first Satur day I was there Mrs. Starr sent for me to her room. She desired me to take off my outer habit, or usual sister's dress, and gave me an old one belonging to a sister to put on. She said she wanted to have something done to my habit. She returned it to me in the evening. On the Sunday she asked me if I had written letters to my uncle without her leave. I got ill during the conversation, and she desisted. In the evening she called me out of the hoir, and asked me to write to my uncle to have me removed to St. Mary's, Drogheda. She brought a slate and dictated a letter for me to write t o my uncle once. A conversation afterwards took place between ne and Father Porter about the letters, and in con sequence of what he said I saw Mrs. Starr. She took me into a private room in the library, where I acknowledged I had written and sent two letters to my uncle without her knowledge. I avoided answering her question on the Sunday because I did not wish to inform her. It is customary not to send letters to relations without the superioress's knowledge. She sees all letters that are sent.. At her request I wrote an acknowledgment of it, because she said the bishop might require it. I also wrote, at her request, resolutions for the future. She embraced me, told me to go to bed, and write the acknow ledgments and resolutions on the following day. On the following day she told me she had mentioned the subject to the other sisters, and that it would raise me considerably in their estimation by acknowledging my fault before them. I acknowledged it on my knees before Mrs. M`Owen and Mrs. Kennedy. The rev, mother told me to go on my knees. On the following day she called me into her room and asked me to sign a second acknowledgment in her handwriting, giving the same reason that the bishop might want to see it. I said I did not write the letters, as the acknowledgment stated, but that they were notes as stated in my acknowledgment. She said it made no difference—the past would be for. : gotten, and everything would be arranged. The next day was the public chapter for the acknowledgment of faults, and I asked Mrs. Starr if I was to acknowledge the fault of writing the letters before all the sisters. She said no ; they were young, and might be greatly disedified by it. Up to this time I had never been charged with levity. of conduct or any fault but the writing of these letters. After the retreat I returned to Clifford, and I believed my transgression of the rules had been . overlooked. eore, however, I returned, Mrs. Starr informed me_ that my father wished to see me, arid that lie had sent the money n to ie my expenses, but she had no intention to let sisters [rs I g ) o ay . I was not then aware that he had been danger tuousvi y is 11 1, 1, eoir did r esnhtels tell they lt a s il ' e .". a y usual for r S t l a a r t ii o s l a , s i . d o l n c b e e a l i e y v e e a m 1 n . i a e s n s t u i o f ! e e d i t i o t for h( r nal at to ttoh this write t itn t o u t i i t n a y t Iliad not heard from my Jesuit brother for a long time. She replied that she received letters front him for me, but that she withheld them, and on one occasion she , sent me to one of her drawers, and there I saw some letters addressed to me from ray Jesuit brother. There were more than one—a parcel of letters but I don't 'know how many. After my return to Clifford —after August, 1862-1 was subjected to several c Alrestrictions. d A t l h r a s. t Starr told me before I left Hull th a t I must consider myself the lowest of the community a L was to obey the novice in ali thi ngs . She said she h a d either given Mrs. M`Owen directions, or would give theta to her, as to my future conduct. She said Mrs. APOw e n would give me a dist r ib u ti on o f time, to which I must sdhere. Mrs. M`Owen accordingly ay e if I returned to Clifford. I was put un hen Fearon. The further hearing of the MSc ‘ll4B rs. armc THIRD EDITION, NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. ILLNESS OF JIR..G.LADSTONE. DUBLIN LLEC A ION PETI7IOII7. --.__....,,,...- EDGWARE RACES—Tuts DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) WHIICHURCH PLATE. Black Prince 1 Triumpher 2 Susan . Five ran. SELLING HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE Panther Wade 2 Frailty Four ran. OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Ace of Trumps Broughton Ilippoly te 3 Seven :an. SCURRY CUP. Kingfisher • . Three ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE -PLATE. Owen Swift Gannymede Five ran. NICE STEEPECHASES. THE GRAND PRIX DE NICE. Astrolabe 1 Druse Flatcatcher 3 Won by a neck. BENTINCK CLUB--THIS DAY. WATERLOO CUP. 100 to 15 agst Lard Lurgan's nominatinn (taken) 16 to 1 agst Mr. Patersou's nomination (taken) LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 14 to I agst Silonus (taken) 25 to 1 agst Choral (taken) 100 to 4 agst Typhoeus (taken and offered) --- VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THrs DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. ICO to 8 agst Monarch of the Glen (offered) 100 to 7 agst Silenus (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Friday (taken) 100 to 6 agst Typhoeus (offered) 25 to 1 agst Lady Coventry (taken and wanted) 25 to 1 agst Choral (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Drummer (taken) 33 to 1 agst Uncas (taken) 33 to 1 agst Warrington (taken) 40 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (taken) 66 to 1 agst Mr. Pitt (taken and offered) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 10 to 1 agst Colonel (offered-11 to 1 wanted) 100 to 8 agst Harcourt (offered-100 to 7 taken) 25 to 1 agst Tathwell (offered) 40 *to 1 agst Barbarian (taken) 40 to 1 agst Bishopton (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Alcibiade (offered) 2000 to 30 agst Pensioner (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Bristles (offered) CHESTER CUP. Wto lon the field (offered) • 33 to 1 agst Dalby (offered-40 to 1 taken) 50 to 1 agst Birthday (taken) THE DERBY. 7to 1 agst Belladrum (offered) RACING FEBR 16,17 18, 19 FIXTURES. UARY. Lincoln ... Harrow Mansfield.. Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Ohellnsford.... 25, 26 Derby Sprii.g 25, 26 Pontefract . 18, 19 Liverpool Spring 2, 374 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Downpatrick 9 Warwick '), 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 RC IL West Drayton lB, 19 Baldeyle First Spring 18, 19 Margate 20 13evorley 20 Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, 31 AP Abergaveuny l, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge.— l, 2 Thirsk 6, 7 Hungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cambridge 7 8 Croxton Park... Streatham . 8, 9 .1.1. Chester 4, 5, 6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 JI r Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,8, 4 Ascot ...8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer —l5, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Ourragh 22, 23, 24 JU Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle Pontefract , 9, 10 Hendon l2, 13 Nottingham 13, 14 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 Wolverhairpton lo,'ll Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans 17 , 18 —•- • Stockton , 18,19, 20 Newmarket Craven...l2, etc. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21 Ourragh ...20, 21, '22 Croydon . 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring _ 6, &c Doncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester 19, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 Harpenden 2l Epsom Summer .....25, &o. TE. Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 Southampton 13, 14 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford .. 22, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 80 Oxford 19,120 York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 26, 27 Scarborough 30, 31 Derby Summer ..,31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury 3l, Sep. 1 iE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. ! Amsterdam Short ... 11 191 ... 12 0 Do Rotterdam ...... — ... 12 1 ... 12 1i Antwerp — ... 25 85 ... 25 40 Brussels — ... 25 35 ... 25 40 Hamburgh ... 13 10 ... 13 10} Paris Short ... 25 12} ... 26 20 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... ' 120/ Vienna — ... 12 25 ... 12 32 Trieste - ••• 12 25 ... 12 32 Peters - burg -• ••• 31k ... 31/ Copenhagen . 9 20 ... 9 24 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ••• 481 ... 481 Leghorn Milan _ ... 26 55 ... 26 60 Genoa — ... 26 55 ... 26 60 Naples Palermo • ; •,_ '"••• 26 65 ... 26 60 Messina Lisbon -- ... 521 ... 52 Oporto - ... 521 ... 62 Rio Janeiro - ••• ... New York - ••• ••• A Cabinet Council was summoned for to-morrow, but it has been postponed owing to the sudden in disr osition of the Premier. The cause of the ill ness, it is said, is over exertion; but whatever the reason may be, the right hon. gentleman is now un able to leave his room. DUBLIN, Feb. 5. After a very long judgment, Mr Justice Keogh declared Sir Arthur Guinness unseated, but not by any corrupt acts of his ow•n. Sir A. Guinness is to pay all costs. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING, WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, FEB. 5. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major -Gen. John William Croggan to be Colonel-Commandant ; Second Captain 'Thomas Porter Berthon (late Bombay), to be Captain ; Lieutenant James Edwardes to be second Captain ; Second Captain Montague, Brown to be Adjutant. Royal Engineers—Captain Felix Haig to be Lieutenant- Colonel, Second Captain John Hunter to be Captain, Second Captain Jchn White to be Captain, Second Captain Clement Browne to to Captain, Lieutenant Ross Thompson to be &cowl Captain, Lieutenant Merriman to be Second Captain. EXTRAORDINARY ATTACK UPON AND DE.ATIi OF A POLICE -CONSTABLE. OXFORD, Friday. Pelice-constable Joseph (3ks met with death last night. Being in the Friars, where there was a crowd as sembled, he endeavoured to clear the pathway, and was assailed by a married woman named Cox, wife of a tailor, who struck Lim a heavy blow on the back part of the head with a platter, thereby inflicting a severe wound and rendering him senseless. He fell down and was then struck by several persons. Upon getting up, partly in sensible, he ran away, the crowd following Lim, and as it was dark (a quarter past 8 o'clock) he could not see where he was going, and rushed into the Isis, which runs at the bottom of the Friars, and was drowned. 111, LY. ST. !