The Sun. — London, England, 1869-12-30 00:00:00

MONEY _aIARKET AND COMMERCIAL INT ELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The meeting in the Bank parlour to-day has closed without any alteration being made in the rate of discount. There is a strong demand for money on the Stock Exchange, and in the event of its continuing the rate of the discount houses will doubtless be increased. Consols have recovered the slight depre..sion of yesterday, and in Foreign securities the prices are better. in Americans there is a fall in Erie's, but in other stocks prices are nearly the same as yesterday. Ir. Telegraph shares there has been an active busines; in Construction and Maintenance, and in Itailw-Ays the demand is steady and the prices firm. Consols are now at 92 to 92k for money ; ditto, for Account, ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 92 1k; New Three per Cents, 911 2 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 2 dis. ; June, par to 5 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, a ud £5OO, March, prem. ; June, prem. ; Bank ce England Stock, 41 per Cent., 237. _ India Stock, 101 per Cent., Apvil, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 11.11; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 e ; ditto :.F.infaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 911; ditto 5 per Cent., 1051. The tendency of the Foreign Market is favourable, but beyond slightly stronger prices thez•eisnofeature. Argentine Bonds are quoted at 881 to B 9; Brazilian, 871 to 881 ; Egyptian (1868), 801 to 801; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 831 to 831; Italiar, , 561 to 56/ ; Mexican, 131 to 131 ; Peruvian, 85 1 1 to 831, ex drawing ; Portuguese, 334 to 34 ; and Turkish Five per Cents., 45/ to 451. In English Railways, shares are rather firmer than at the close yesterday, although business is comparatively quiet. Great Northern is 1 higher, at 109 to 110 ; Great Western 1, at 57 to 571; and an improvement of * is marked in Caledonian, at 76 to to 761; London and North Western, at 1231 to 1231 ; and Midland, at 1231 to 1231 ; but North Eastern (Berwick) and South Eastern are each 1 lower, being quoted at 1241 to 1251 and 78 to 781 respectively ; London and Brighton is also lower, at 47 to 471; and London, Chatham, and Dover, at 15 to 151 ; Great Eastern, 3b to 381; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1271 to 1271 American Five-Twenty Bonds are 86 to 861, being an improvement of 1 ; Erie Shaves are 1 lower, at 17 to 18 ; and Illinois are f better, at 99/ to 100. In Bank Shares there is an improvement of k in Imperial Ottoman, the price being 21 to 21 prem. The following are some of the principal quota tions:--Agra (A), 104 to 11 f ; Alliance, 121 to 131 ; Anglo-Austrian, 11 to 13 prem.; Chartered Mercantile, 32 to 33 ; Consolidated, 4 1-16 to 4 3-18 ; Imperial, 164 to 161 ; London and County, 48 to 49 ; London and Westminster, 58k to 591 ; Oriental, 41 to 42 ; London Joint Stock, 311 to 321 ; and Union of London, 37 to 38. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance opened without change, but have since advanced 1 0 the present price being 36 to 36-1. French Cable is also I better, at 14 to 161 ; and Anglo-American at 191 to 191. No bullion was sent into or withdrawn from the Bank yesterday, nor have there been any opera tions there since the date of the last return. The Benin, from the West Coast of Africa, bas brought £1,916 in specie. The failure is announced of Mr. Henry H. Severs, general merchant. His liabilities are roughly estimated at about £250,000, principally on bills which have been drawn against consignments to China, consisting of cotton and woollen goods. Mr. Severs has been in business in London about two years. The London and North-Western Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £5,406 over last year ; the Midland au increase of £4,837 ; the London and South Western an increase of £583 ; the Great Western an increase of £5,428 ; the Great Northern an increase of £1,789 ; and the Great Eastern a decrease of £1,822. The halt-yearly meeting of the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway Company is called for the 14th January. An extraordinary meeting of the Millwall Free hold Land and Docks Comi any will be held ou the 12th of January, to authorise the disposing of the 5 per cent. preferential shams created by the com pany, and remaining unissued. It is understood that a British Guiana Six per Cent. Loan for £lO,OOO, offered by Mr. Charles Cave, banker, has been taken at a premium of 2i per cent. There are six bonds of £l,OOO each, and eight of £5OO each, having five years to run from the Ist of January next. The following relates to the Suez Canal : " 21, Regent-street, Dec. 29. " Sir,—l have received the following telegram from M. de Lesseps " ' Ismailia, Dec. 27. " ' 'The steamer Stirling, from Glasgow, left for Bombay immediately after her arrival at port Said. She passed through the Canal in 12 hours. Other English steamers were followiug. " LESSEPS.' "I am further informed that since my return from Egypt great efforts have been made to remove the inequalities in the depth of the Canal. Between Port Said and Ismailia this work has been success fully completed, then between Ismaili and Suez the piece of rock had been reduced 70 centimetres in a fortnight ; in other words, that part of the Canal is 70 centimetres deeper than it was at the time of the inauguration, and the entire removal was con fidently looked forward to towards the end of Jan uary next. "I have had many inquiries from shipowners and merchants with regard to a rumour afloat that the Canal is likely to be closed for the purpose of blast ing this rock, and hasten to inform your readers that there is no foundation whatever for such a rumour. " I have the honour to be, sir, your very obedient servant, " DANIEL A. LANGE, Director and Representa tive of the Suez Canal Company." By the Patagonia, which left Rio de Janeiro on the 2d inst., with dates of the 26th of November from the River Plate, it appears despatches from Paraguay bad been received by the Brazilian G - vernment, dated Assumption, the 20th of Novem ber. His Highness Count d'Eu was upon the point of marching on Curuguaty. General Camara, by reaching Conceicao, had succeeded in interrupting all communication between General Lopez and the north, from which point he bad been receiving his supplies of cattle, and which, moreover, was the only remaining route whence they could be drawn. Major Martins had surprised an officer of General Lopez, Colonel Canete, who had abandoned in his flight not only his arms and ammunition, but his correspondence with General Lopez subsequently to the retreat from Curuguaty, and which, it is said, affords ample proof of the state of demoralisation into which Lopez and his followers have fallen, _as also of their want of food. BRITISH IUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT UNDE. 3 per Cent. Consols - 92 N.(l. Ditto for Account, Jan. 6 3 per Cent. Reduced 92 New 3 per Cent Now 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen J 5n.1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire bth Jan., 188 t! Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchoqu . pr Bills, £l,OOO, 2i p. Ct. March Da. 3 do. June D 1 £lOO, £200 4 ,5z ££soo — . pin Bank of England Stock, 4} per Cent D(A. opening Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds nter-Colonial Otnnium LNDIAN GOVERNMENT tiECUltalEb tock, 10i per Cent., April 1874... Shut Dc. Opening, for Account DJ. a per Cent. July, 1880 Do 1 per Cent. Oct. 1888 1 4 0. Enlaced Pape' 4 per Cent.. Do. 5 per Cert., Jau. 1872 ~... Do. 5i per Cent. May 1879 -- DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Deis. 1872 — Do do le. - Do. do. 1882 Du. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bon; 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO ?.'~ rolonaN FUNDS —TWO O'CLOCK. 'Lr, - ;entine liopubhc, per Uoni. Do. Account Austrian Bonds 5 per cent .. Do. 1.459 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 11 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858.... ............. Do. uo 186) — Do. do • .1 •1863 7l } Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account ..... B..euos Ayres 6 per Cent. Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cell t ) • C 1113.1, 6 per Cent. Oailiau 6 per Cent •. — !'o. 41 per Cent... — Do. 3 per Cent~ Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Co. 6 per cent. 1867 991 O 10 L.1.A;01, 6 per Cent. ' — Danish ; 3 per Cent., 1825 DannLian Principalities, 7 ler Cent — Do. Acccunt Do 3 per Cent., 1867 — Enna for New Uensolidated, 1 per Ueut Egyf tail, 7 per Cent.... ••• Lao Secoati Its:stte •. 1;q. J..39t. Bon 1s — Do. 1861 Do. Account Do. .L.L.09 Bonds D 411 1 :; Bon Is Jt Du. 7 per Cent., . , ‘ 2 d Do. kith) .1.30uf. (uyer:ln:tot r)ebeotures DU 99i Graeti 5 per et at., lil - 24 5, ex Coups . _ Do. Cour:lie Gal:en:Lala - 6 per Cent .. — lionclurasuov Rail.Loay.,lop.Ct.,allpd .... Do. Acc. alit Ita;ian 5 per Cent., 1865 — )o. Account Do Mxremmana Railway 57 'A exican 3 per Cent .. — Ditto for Account — Do. 1864 — Do S per Cont. Anglo-French — gontevideau 6 per Cent ..... — Ilocrish Imperial 5 tcr Cent No NV Granada l7l Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .• Do 11 per Cent. (th.:' , arren) ....... ..... Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do 6 per Cent.,1862 . . — Port,Nguesk , 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'61',': , 331 41 Do. do. 1867, — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 182 z, £ St Do 4/ por Cent 1850 - Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 par Cent., 1859 Do & per Cent., 1862 . , 85:1 Do :do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonde, Do. du. £B4 los. d 0..,, Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9Ol Da. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 651 5 Sardiuiau 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen . — Do. Acc/Junt ... Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Cour. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 — Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lO6 Bonds Do 6 por Cent., 1862 Do. Account 691 Do £lOO Bowls 7Ol Do. 5 per cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 a — Do. Account i — D_, 1 per Cent., Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per. Cent. 1864 - Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrisn a par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f, Dutch ii per Cent. Ex. 12 GO. Do. 4 por Cent. Certificates .... French lientes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, E. Zsf Do Account 561 TWO O'CLOCK. Lionsols, Money ''2 / xd Do. Account, Jan. 6 ,, 921 xd I RELA ND. D ÜBLIN, Dec. 29. The Land Question is not allowtd to slumber. Meetings are still held or projected in various places, and by the time Parliament meets the whole country will have pronounced on the subject. A requisition is in course of signature fora conference of landed gentry, Parli.unentary and municipal representatives, to be held in this city on a day not yet named. To-day the county of Wicklow is to de clare its opinion. In the Noah there is a distinct movement in progress. It is characterised by much of the independent and practical spirit of the pi o vince. On Mot day a free contcrence was held at 13a113 meant under the auspices of the Ballymena Tenant-right A' seciatton. Sir Shaf to Adair pre sided. Mr. Eagleson, of Ballyclare, moved the first resolution, which stated that the tenant-right in Ulster consists in buildings and improvements in draining, fencing, and reclaiming lands, with out the assistance but by the sanction of the landlord, and that it is just and right that the pro perty so created should be secured to the tenant farmers by legal enactment. He maintained that the " undertakers" who were the ancestors of the present landlords get the laud for great public pur poses, and not as private property. They were to reclaim the morasses, make roads, and build houses, but they failed to do so, and the tenants stepped in and did it. The tenants, therefore, should not be deprived of the property which they had created. The resolution was seconded and passed unanimously. Mr. Caruth, solicitor, pro posed the next resolution, which declared that it was unjust to limit the value of the property so created. The Rev. Mr. Jeffeteys, who seconded the resolutioc, mentioned instances of the limi tation of tenant-right by some landlords, who increased the rents when improvements were made, and others who restricted the sale of tenant- . right in open market, and obliged tenants to sell to particular persons. Mr. M'Kane, a barrister, deprecated the use of strong epithets against the landlords, and s.►id there were none in the loca lity to whom they could properly be applied. The meeting expressed its dissent, and interrupted the speaker. '1 he Rev. A. Robinson, in a long speech, moved the next resolution, which denounced arbi trary evictions and demanded " adequate security of tenure by the tenant upon payment of rent, ex cept in cases of great public improvements and for building ground, opening mines, royalties, and the like, as may be determined by a laud court of equity." He denied that the tenants in Ulster were contented and happy, but said they would be so if tenant-right were legalised, and undisturbed con tinuous occupancy secured so long as a fair rent is paid. He argued that other schemes would fail to satisfy them. 'The resolution was seconded and passed. Other resolutions declared that the rights of the owner should be carefully respected and as certained by periodical revision, and that special courts should be established in each province to frame regulations for the settlement of disputes be tween owners and occupiers. The latter was ably advocated by Mr. Thomas M'linight, of Belfast. Mr. T. D. Sullivan writes to the Freeman to correct the statement of the Post that Mr. John Martin had expressed an unwillingness to go to Parliament. He states that he has received a letter, in which Mr. Martin says he is well pleased at being put forward as a candidate, and that if elected he shall not only be very proud of the honour, but regard the act as an excellent one, and as the very policy that, in his opinion, "is likely to lead to Repeal, and a peaceable settlement of the national question." The agitation in the county is be coming hotter as Friday, the day of nomination, approaches. It is reported that on Sunday par tics of strangers from the adjoining couutiLs of Westmeath and Cavan poured into Granard, and the people were addressed by a depu tation from Dublin. The Rev. Mr. Mullen, C.C., of Westmeath, has espoused Mr. Martin's cause, and is doing battle against the Longford priests. While this meeting wai going on, Mr. Greville- Nugent drove into the town, and immediately his friends clustered around him, and improvising a meeting, with the Rev. E. M'Gaven in the chair, passed reso:u ions strongly condemning the Dub lin and other deputations, declaring that the elec tors and priests of Longford will not be intimidated by a mob got up against them, but will manfully go to the, poll and show their enemies' and the eremies of tenant-right that they hold the interests of Ireland, the interests of the tenant-farmer, and the interests of their faith deep in their hearts. They pledged themselves to support Mr. Greville- Nugent. The speakers were the Revs. N. 0. Flanagan, P.P., T. D. Lee, P.P., and M. Mona han, C.C. The clergy in a]l the chapels in the Granard district exhort€d their flocks on Sunday to mind their work and not to interfere with the strange' s. SIIARE L 157. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ouIIINABY tiEtAILICI3 AND STOCKS. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1809 T An agrarian outrage is reported from Ballycastle, County Mayo. On Friday night Miss Harriett Gardiner, a lady who has considerable property in the neighbourhood, was fired at while sitting iu her own kitchen, and received seven or eight slugs in the head. There were two servants sitting near her at the time, and it is supposed that if they had not been present she would have been shot dead. She expected to recover. The attempt upon her life is attrihuted to her having ejected some tenants and served notic.s to quit upon others. Mr. MaeGate', who has a large property in the County Antrim, ha 3 adopted a ciurse whie4 hi:: tenantry say would, if it were generally followed, remove all necessity for legislation on the Laud Qui sdnn. lie writes :—" I have instructed my agent, Mr. Nelson, to make known to my tenantry that I will grant them leases of 21 yeais at their present rents." It need not be told with how much satisfaction this announcement was received. NA L A1V1) MILI7AIII . EVIELLIGENCL The Volage, unarmed iron-built screw corvette, 8 guns, 2,322 tons, GOO-horse power, made her Channel trial of six hours' continuous steaming at full power yesterday, off the Isle of Wight, under the superintendence of the officials of Portsmouth Dockyard, Reserve, and Factory, and attained an unprecedented amount of success, her mean rate of speed for the six hours having exceeded the rate she attained on her trial over the measured mile in Stokes Bay, her mean speed on the latter occasion having been 15 07 knots per hour, whereas yester day her six hours' Channel steaming gave her a mean rate of 15 38 knots. The Volage slipped her moorings in Portsmouth harbour yesterday morn ing as early as 7 o'clock, and soon afterwards was steaming out through the harbour channel for the o; - .en waters of the Channel south of the Isle of Wight. At 830 . a.m., she being then. in a good position off the cast end of the Isle of Wight, San down Bay opening out on the starboard beam clear of the Culver cliffs, a start was made for the six hours' trial on a course S.W., the ship being weighted down to her load line draught of water 16ft. bin' forward and 21ft. 6in. aft. The wind was quite moderate (ranging not above 3 at the time of start ing) from about west, and therefore on the ship's weather bow. The steam was barely at its best at the time of starting, the gauge showing but 251 b pressure, and the revolutions of the engines, con sequently, were at 74 per minute, their considered maximum rate being 80. Three hours were spent in steaming from off the land on the S.W. course, and the remaining three in steaming back N.E. to wards the Culvers again. Observations were taken every half hour in the engine room, and these gave the subjoined figures, taken from the indicator cards, iu the more important results of the trial :- 9 a.m.—Steam pressure, 2711 a ; vacuum, 26 sin and 26in ; revolutions of engines, per minute, 77 8'; per half hour, 2,335. 9.3o.—Steen pres sure, 281 b; vacuum, 25 sin and 25 Tin; revolu tions' of engines, per minute, 79 ; per half hour, 2,335. 10 a.m.—Steam pressure, 26 51b ; vacuum, 25 sin and 26in ; revolutions of engines, per minute, 77 5 ; per half hour, 2,286. 10.30 a.m.—Stearn pressure, 25 51b ; vaccuw, 27 7in and 26in ; revolutions of engines, per mi nute, 76 ; per half hour, 2,253. Fires cleaned during this half-hour, and the steam lowered in consequence. 11 a.m.—Steam pressure 271 b; vacuum, 25 sin ; revolutions of engines, per mi nute, 77 6 ; per half-hour, 2,326. 11 30' a.m.— Steam pressure, 27ib ; vacuum, 25in and 26in ; re volutions of engines, per minute, 78 ; per half hour, 2,353. The last two half-hour returns give a marked increase in developed power by the en gines, and illustrate much more clearly than any words could do the splendid manner in which Penn's machinery was now working. The ship had reached a distance of 41 9 knots on a S.W. course from her starting point off the east end of Sandown. Bay, with 1;3,868 revolutions of her engines, and, as the first half of the trial was now concluded, the course was reversed for a north-easterly one in three hours' back steaming for the Culvers. The ship had ma terially felt the opposing influence to her speed of the wind on her bt aboard bow in steaming off from the land, as she did also the light swell raised by the wind. Returning back for the land , these conditions of win 1 and sea necessarily became altered, and the result of this new order of things was that both the ship and her engines moved at a greater speed than before. The following returns give the half-hourly figures obtained in the three hours' run b.ick for the Culvers :-12 Nom—Steam pressure, 281 b. ; vacuum, 25in and 25 Sin ; revolutions of engines, per minute, 80 9 ; per half-hour, 2,427. 12 30 p.m.—Stearn pressure, 281 b ; vacuum, 26in ; revolutions of engines, per minute, 80 5 ; per half-hour, 2,417. 1 p.rn..—Steam power, 28 51b; vacuum, 26in; revolutions of engines, per minute, 81 6 ; per half-hour, 2,419. 130 p.m.— Steam pressure, 28 51b ; vacuum. 25 sin and 26in ; revolutions of engines, per minute, 81 6 ; per half hour, 2,449. 2 p.m.—Steam pressure, 28 51b ; vacuum, 26in ; revolutions of engines, per minute, 81 ; per half-hour, 2,430. 230 p.m. —Steam pres sure, 27 51b; vacuum, 26in and 25 sin ; revolutions of engines, per minute, 80 9 ; per half-hour, 2,419. Total number of revolutions made by the engines during the six hours, 28,478 mean horse-power indicated during the six hours, 4,504 10 ; mean speed of the ship during the six hours, 15 38 knots ; coal burnt during the six hours, 42 tons 6 cwt. 7 tons 1 cwt. per hour, or at the rate of 3 51b per horse power indicated. Here was sufficient evidence of good stoking, and to this fact is due in no slight degree the enormous power developed by the engines and the excess of speed gained by the ship beyond her measured mile rate. At the same time, it must be admitted that, with less efficient machinery and a vessel of inferior form, no amount of stoking would have made engines develope such an enormous power, or have given the ship such an exceptionally high rate of speed through six hours' continuous steaming. The temperature in the stoke hole was high, in one portion registering, as a maximum, 132 deg. After the trial the Volage returned into Portsmouth harbour. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Capt. G. A P. Price, to the Princess Charlotte, and to hoist his pendant of a Commodore of the second class, as naval officer in charge of the naval establishment at Hong kong, vice Capt. Oliva J. Jones, whose period of service has expired; Lieut. William Parsons and Lieut. Lenox Napier, to the Pallas, commissioned ; Lieut. Wm. Vicary, Lieut. Wm. L. Martin, and Lieut. Arthur IL polder°, to the Wivern, commis sioned. The very extensive Distillery now being; erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUN VILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their line old Irish whisky, is to be called " The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening.' THURSDAY... ..... 5O min past 11 0 ruin past .12 FRIDAY ......... min past 12 5U min past 12 SAT DItDAY .• 12 min past 1 4U min past . 1 SUNDAY 5 min past 2 28 min past 2 iIuNDAY • 50 min past 2 la min past 3 TUESDAY... 37 mm past 3 53 miu Last 3 SCIENCE AND ART.—A striking instance 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 11,000. 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, 53 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 GoldJewollery, illustrated with the most beautiful designs of Bracelets, Brooches, Earrings, Locket; &c., &c., suitable for Wedding, Birthday, and other presents. These pamphlets are sent post free for two stamps each, and they•can not be too stiongly 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 end have it forwarded with perfecteafety. HAl:ways. :pap CPrloie sing Jattsinet s *" s. at ist and Exeter ...... 100 74 76 75 at Caledonian ........ 100 761 772 75i j at Cambrian. . - • 20 Cornwall all 2 8 A Dublin At Belfast J uuc llO at Dun„rerth, Ab.J nue lOO 70 72 2) East London all 5 7 40 00 15 2) . Do 10 it Glasgow At S. 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Dundee and Arbroath 100 2U Cornwall, 0 per cent ' -wt._ all st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. lit Class preference lOO st Ulas. 6; S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... st '4t.Eustcrn, E.O Ex. No.l 10 98 b/3 at Do do N 0.2 100 97 99 st Do do 6 per cent 100 Du 113 st Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 ... at Do ao B 6 do. 100 ... st Do do 0 7 do. 100 st Do tlo No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4 p.c. gun. 100 68 72 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1.846 100 st Do do 5p.c.Wa.v.Va1.1647 100 st Great Nor thorn, 5 per cent 100 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Do 4 5 do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, mud Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, lit pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 0;) 08 st Ot.West.—Orig.&Jnt.-Itent chg., pet gua.s p.c lOO Do les Do. ()rig. (h. ti H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO vi Do du 4) per cent. 1650 lOO Oil 12 Do do 4 do do Do do 5 per cent. rudein lOO 87 v) Do du Birmingham rua IOU 68 72 Do do do pM.f luu Do do Chester gua lOO Bz, 9 ) Do do do 6 per cent lOO Do do do 5 do 10 Si 106 Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 Do do 4 p.c lOO st Do - do 41 1859 100 ••• ••• at Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 110 us st Do do 2d glut lOO 1.3 115 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lO 86 vs it Do do 21 do 103 it Do gum. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster it Carlisle 4 p.c. all at Lancash. Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 1▪ :38 at Du Barnsley, xi is 101 p.c. 100 at Du 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 140 I.▪ 35 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 88 100 st, Loudon 8; Brighton, 0 P. C. _ guaranteed, No 1 ' 100 ... ... stl Do 5 per cent. gua No. 2 100 „, ,„ st Do 6 do do lOO ... ... st Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO ... .. at Do 7 per cent lOO st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P ) 109 .- - . at Do 4 do 1639 l6O .. .. st Loudon, Chatham, & Dover ... ... 5 per cent ICO ... ... et) London and .U.W., 0. and Nuneaton 5 per Gout lOO 11 , 1 11! at D o Bedford & (..) aill bridge lOO ... ... st Do Slirew:3liy uc Welcup't lud .. ... st London and a W. 7 p,e . . . late ilil suares, .. - - 100 1-I5 100 a Du (Purtsut.perp aus 2s6ii) all ... ... s Mau., Shel.,a;imielu. 6 p.c. 100 ... .. Du A:4 • all par t pal a Do 3t per eout. lOO ti 4 66 1 Do rei.;:ui. 6 per cent. 5 ... st Mid. Consolidated, Up. c IQII 130 135 s Do Bristol & BiroL, Up.c WO 113 135 s Do 41 per cent. rodoent 100 t 3 100 s Do 41 per cent. irroaceut 100 9s 13 Dui.,e:cester 1.1. - cau,4 p.e toe - I. tOl st Nur/13 lsrittsu,.i p.e. Nu. L... 100 si & (.1. 4p. e. & D 100 st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t 100 st Du Border lruiuu, 5 1 p.c 100 st u 0 Si . - 33 st Do 41 per cent. re:l.3.Ln-- lOU 37 ee st Du I_ 4 N.E. 4 per coot., lOO ... 17 Do Lerwick capliai 5.13.4. ... Do YorL, IL &6. puroa/se lO 10 101 Do Stclitu Druog. (15 p.c lOO 107 1.00 St Do W, tiartiepuut L. at.Ll ti 100 80 8 8 - 20 North St.a.OurasUire. 10E1 Devon Annuities, 1 all 0 lu los Do TavistucL Anus., 10s all 81 31 11.03 Du Fixed 44 per cent all 8 81 1.0.6. S. ittst. (head. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO ... st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 153 et WattlifOrd Jt /Cill:couy,6p, - 3 11/1/ RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year bt CaledOLliall 41 p c gad,. ...... 100 ••• ••• st Do Scot.Ceu. min. 7p c. 100 at Do 41 p irredeem..... all ••• st Do 4p u cou. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 t Do 5 do, 1862... 100 87 00 st Do New 5 do, 1860... 100 8d e 8 at Do do 5 do, 1861... 100 83 8 6 p • et Great Northern, 5 c irred. 100 ... at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 ... et Do Boston &Sleaid, 4¢ pc 100 ••• ••• st Great West., W. YEW ,5 p c 100 ... et Do Joint t.orpo. 5 p c ,1365 100 88 G Ov at Do do 6p c irred., 1333 105 110 112 20 Do Vale N eath perp.s c ail • • • • st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 10 0 ••• ••• Lauc. and York New 41 per cent tilt July, 1371......... 2 r: 11) at Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 •• • ... at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 st Do do 4i do, 1863 100 st Do , do 5 do, 1365 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1860 100 at Do No. 7 sdu ...... at Loud , Chat., &c., 2,1, 6 p.c ... 100 at Do sletrop.Ex.,l3B p.e ... 100 •-• Do do c p.c 100 at Loudon& N Western, 5p c 100 103 110 et London& S. Western, 41 p c 100 03 05 051 10 Man. hhef. & Lin., 5 pc,1805 all l 9i at MetropolitAu 5 percent...... 100 100 103 at Midland, ii 5 per cent pref. lOU 107 100 et Do B 4 do 100 107 109 18 , Do 5p c opt. to Cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1860 all 202 21/ 18 Do luconv. New Snares all 10 19/ 22 Do 5p c con. hito Old _ _ _ . Stk., Aug. ;,1, 1672 ...... 81 1= 211.: st Worth British, E. and _ _ No. 1, 5 per cent ...... 100 • ... st Do £lO guaranteed, 1881 100 ... Do E ,P., & Dun., 2d,4 pc 100 ... st Do E. &G , No. 2, 5 p.O 100 et Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... at Do E. & (1., N 0.3, 5 p.c 100 et Do E. &G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 ed at Do Stock. & DarL, 1) ... 100 113 115 at North London, 41, per coat (Max. 5 per cent; et North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ... ... st South Eastern, 4i pc, 1850 100 ... ... et Do 6 do 1861 100 ... ... st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1813 100 .. ... st Do 5 do, 1864 st AP.ctoria St. & Pimlico, 4f pc 100 ... ... RAILIVAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at Birkenhead lOO 111. 00 - Do. 4 per cent. Prefer all v 100 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO .51 6 st Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. 100 11C 112 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO „, at Colchester Steer Valley at East Lincoln, gu.a. 6p. c lOO 139 131 20 Gloster and 1: eau Forest all ~, a Gt. Kash., Newm., &c., 5 p.c • 100 ~, a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.e 109 ~, at Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 at Gt. West, W. Mid., "lent lOU 37 99 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 220 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 st Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Chat, &c., 41 p. c. 100 ~, at Do. Coln. Fund, 5 do 100 „ at London and Greenwich et Do. do Preference lOO at Loudon, Tilbary, & South 100 83 as at Lowestoft,guo. 4 percent lOO 79 81 st Do. tt 6 do 100 ~, 51 Manch., Bo_ Ala all st Midland, Brathord, Pref lOO 92 91 10 Mid Kent Cray 50 Northerut East.,s percent all 53 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern—Hartlep00l at N.West.A perp. prof, 5p c 10(1 107 109 at Do B miniuttun p.c iUU„, st Notting. &Granth & C lOO 91 93 25 Preston and WYro.. Royston, Hitch., and Shop lOO 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 10G 132 13} 10 Do do 8 2 2ip a S. Yorlish. and River Duu 100 97 99 4 per cent gua 10; 78 so 3 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico— 100 • st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all „ 20 • Do do C all • at Weymouth and Portland , 100 at Wilts and Somerset TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Auito-American - Tei., iim all 18t oi 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., Km.— 10 171 171 1i t at Atlantic Telegraph lO 12 li lit at Do. 8 per cont. lOO 4) 40 st B. and I. 31tignetic Tel., lira. 100 178 183 at Electric ez Inter. Telegraph 100 163 260 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-Europes,n•Tel., lint all 23 2 t 131 i 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 2i 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all y tp 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint all 6 61 25 Router's Telegram all 78 8,0 20 Societe Transatlant., lint all 16 HI 171 st Submarine Telegraph 1. Do. Scrip all 11 11 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint ull 7 71 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all if 5 p DOCKS. st East and Weig,lndia lOO 1?4 126 Loudon and St. Katherine 100 tO 52 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent . all Millwall Freehold Laud. Et Dock 0 2 31 st Southampton lOO st Surrey Commercial lOO 0 11 Closing rusineS Share NAME. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A all 101 11 IO •Do J 3 lO 41 51 50 Albion l5 10 8 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 22 2 . 24 p 221 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 14 21 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm.— , 5 5 4 23 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all SO 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 131 161 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, rnd China all 17 18 25 Chartered Mere. of India, Loudon, and China all ra 12 20 City lO 10 11 100 Colonial 23 1 41 10 Consolidated, lint 4 1 / 4 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, lin , 20 English and Aut , !-icau, lint 19 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja ue,ro lint .. ... 20 English, zteottish, and All 3 tralinn Chartered ZBl 'long, liong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 281 Do new lll 4 5 100 Imperial, lint 2O 15 It; 20 Imperial Olt , - alll./1 lO 24 ;:i ,5 lonian all 19 'l2 23 Do new 5 6 3 Lud Mortgage of India, lint 4 34 21 130 Do sp. e. D 01113861, 30 all 73 i 6 SO WO London Banki of Mexico . and South America, lint. 20 5 4 1 , 20 Loudon and Brazilian, Hui. 45 C 5 ;9 20 Do new 71 5 41 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 11 13 23 Do new 10 11 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 241 20 London and County 2a 401 501 40 50 Do new. issat2op.m,l6pd ll London Joint Stock 3ll 321 Loudon and South African al 8 9 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11 50 Loudon & Venezuela, lim l2l ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 57 SSI 100 Do Scrip, iss at 1.0 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lim 25 61 58 10 Metropolitan, lim . all 71 71 00 Midland, lim 2O 13 1 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, him l5 3,1 1p 00 National Provinc. of Eu‘'d 42 10 Do 50 National. 3O ... 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., 11w. 10 6t 51 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 00 in 10 Do new. all ... 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, him 25 14 13 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 25 Union of Australia all 46 41 471 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London lb 37 38 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 AngiO l Slesican Mint all 141 14 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, Inn 10 Berlin Water Works, lira all 111 14; 10 Do. New _ all 100 Bolekow Vaughan, inn. Su 13 13 5 Bombay 5 54- 5 Do. Now 4 li 4d 55 British American Laud 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, Ihn all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all G 4 66 10 Canadian Loan and luwst- anent, lim 2l .. ... 20 Ceylon Company, Rm. lO si 2;d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 6 25 City of Loudon Real Pro perty, limn 9 51 4 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 5 6 25 City of Moscow Uas, lim all 50 City Offices, lim 25 23 22 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 5 pr 1 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 25 27 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent, Bank of France. Palo, Dec. 23. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the col.- respondhig figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Dec. 16. • Doc. 23. fr. c. fr. e. Capital of tho Bank 182,50 1 1,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,014,776 02 7,014,776 02 Reserve of the Jianl _ - ant! its branches '22,105,750 11 22,105,750 11 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderaud receipts payable at sight 47,365,401 95 46,271,819 62 freasury account cur rent creditir 219,870,156 42 231 458,259 57 Current accounts, Paris 36J,355,747 9U 361,360,0 23 3 e Do. branch banks 44,554, 9 ,39 43,650,081 Dividends payable 8.:5,01 791,076 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six mouths 991,660 38 991,660 38 Surplus of receipts not distributed — Sundries Total CREDITOR. Dec. 23. Dec. 16. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over- . duo Commercial bills dis- _ . counted, not yet due 310,082,089 19 302,625,805 Do. branch banks 287,276,214 292,125,580 Advances on deposit of bullion 22,577,300 22,457,800 Do. branch banks 1,723,900 1,699,880 Do. on French Public Securities 22,410,100 22,642,700 Do. by branch banks 9,039,300 9,051,800 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Fonder Bonds Do. branches Do. to tho Slate (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re- serce 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentos Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bbuk and landed propel ty branches 9,055,892 9,048 897 Expenses of manage- _ _ _ _ u - xent Sundries 2,948,103 50 2,554,010 93 6,873,525 63 9,995,002 42 Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of FraL ce. (Signed) RoULAND. The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir ciliation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 4th of Dec. 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 Ist of Dec. (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. 0, I Deco, 1869. 1869. Increase." Decrease. Bank of England , 23,940,947123,181,190 ' i 759,757 Private Banks 2,836.41 2,751,71 133,721 Joint-stock Banks 2,425,072 2,3 6,73! 56,333 Total in England 29,251,45 91 '28.301,648 918.411 Scotland 4,871,3 8 5,287,953 410,140 Ireland 7,381,180, 7,354,163 27,017 United Kingdom. I 41,503,957 40,913,2G9 416,110 i 976,328 And as compared with the month ending the sth of Dec., 1868, the above returns show a dacreaso of £363,505 in the circulation of notes iu England, and au increase of £105,946 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 X 1,290,907 The English joint-st o ck b an k s are b e l ow th e i r fixed issue ;169,901 Total below fixed issue in England .E1Z660,808 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2,538,187 The Irish banks anyabave their fixed issue ... 992,669 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month eudingilst of Nov was £18,443,206, being a decrease of £388,284, as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £71,692 when compared with the same period last year. The following aro 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 ... £3,179,767 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,741,884 £5,924,651 .being an increase of £.31.8,118 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of £321,393 when compared vrith the corresponding period last year. BATIIRONISA77O.v OF zug BISHOP OP BATTER. Th e o, ceremony of enthroning Dr. Temple took place in Exeter lathedral on Wedne s d a y. Th e B i sh OP entered his e diocese 0. n Tuesday, and s t a yi ng d ur i ng the night at sowfAmi at the house of the Rev. Prebendary Sanders, his old aster at Blundell's School, Tiverton„ came over to thii. city,-on Wednesday. At the East Gate his Lordship was met by the civic authorities, the High- Sheriffs f itd Undt tr-Sheriffs of Devon and Cornwall, and the repres egtativesk (If the various friendly societies in the borough, l'he lime of route to the entrance to the Close was n rowded. At this point the Bishop MB called noon to receive an address presented, by the senie to;d. olar of the Episcopal Charity Schools of the City, ee: e h ei tecldrese besought his lordship to act as patron of the e .thool, a request which was immediately complied with. 1 'rem Broadgate the procession, which was now headed by •0 e choir, the Dean and Chapter, and about a hundred of th e e..ergy of the diocese in their surplices and hoods, moved t swatels the western entrance - of the cathe dral, a hymn I r e ing snug upon the way. On the choir being reac h e d, th e p,i ; U. op and the Dean retired to the chapter house whence, a ser the reading of the second lesson in the ordinary mo ;:it, 1g service, his lordship was conducted. into the choir by a lone 'procession, and was installed in his throne l e y the Dean, and Chancellor Har rington. This =mouse ever, his lordship (the cathedral being crowded to , excess): preached an extempore sermon of fifty minutes'eluration, „taking for his text the words found in theel4th. verse of the Ist chapter of the Gospel according to St.. John, " And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us e(an d we 1_ ieheld His glory, the glory as of the only Begotten of the Fathccr,) full of grace and truth." The ser mon dealt with God's thine progressive revelations to man, Conscience, the Written iWord, and the Lord God Jesus Christ. Each _of these revelations was elaborately explained and illustrated, the bishop saying that it had been determination not to lose a single day after MS appearance in his cathedral as bishop of the diocese in speaking to his reverend brethren upon these grand and important subjects. It should, he said, be his aim, God permitting, to encourage them ky embodying in his works the spirit of the words of his sermon that day. He earnestly besought all his hearers to remember that conscience was above all other faculties, the Bible above all other books, and the life of Christ above all other lives. t Dr. Mackarness, the Bishop-Elect of Oxford, was present in the Cathedral. PROBABLE EFFECT OF THE OPPOSITION TO DR. TEMPLE. Apropos of the protests entered against Dr. Temple, the Guardian says it is no use disguising it that we are within a few steps of a serious schism. If men, says our contemporary, mean what they say, especially if men in high place and with great responsibilities mean all that they have said, words have been spoken and acts done which seem to in volve very grave consequences. When eight bishops of the province of Canterbury, four of them in the most formal manner under hand and seal, have at the last moment signified their solemn protest against a consecration which has every outward and legal character of regularity, and when we are told, in what is, we suppose, to be taken as a communique," on the best authority," that " the gravest doubts rest, in the opinion of many best able to judge, as to the canonicity of Dr. Temple's consecration, and the validity of the orders which he may confer," that "no lapse of time can make him a rightful bishop," and that "nothing but a public and solemn retractationof the essay will enable orthodox bishops to hold communion with him"—it is impossible to deny that the foundations have been laid for as dangerous an internal division as ever threatened the unity of the English Church since the Reformation. No one would wish to over state or to make the worst of acts which even open the possibility of such a catastrophe. No one would wish to bind the authors of these protests to what will seem to many, and what many will call for, as the natural and even inevitable consequences of them. But when excom munication or refusal of communion shews itself not obscurely in the background, and the question is opened about the validity of the orders which the Bishop of Exeter will probably have to confer in the course of the next fortnight, it becomes of high importance that we should all know where we are, on what ground we are standing, what we seriously and in earnest intend by our words, and whether we have looked forward to what they commit us to. Is it too much to ask those (concludes the Guardian) who can influence the fortunes of the English Church whether they are prepared to carry out what is implied in the protests ; and if they are not, was ise to present them? I'AUPERISM IN LONDON.—Last week there were 8,563 more paupers in London than in the corresponding period of last year. The total number was 152,543, in the proportion of 115,608 out-door to 36,815 in-door poor. In the corresponding week of 1867 there were 147,753 pau pers in the metropolis, and in the third week of December ISC6 the number was 123,961. Dr. Merivale, the new Dean of Ely, was on Wed nesday installed by Dr. Kennedy, Canon of Ely and Pro fessor cf Creek at the University of Cambridge, assisted by Canon Hopkins and the other resident canons. The installation took place in connection with the morning service at the Cathedral Church of Ely. TILE HALFPENNY POSTAGE QUESTION.—At the meeting of the Council of the Liverpool Chamber of Com merce, on Wednesday, a letter was read from Mr. Graves, M.P., urging the Council to memorialise the Government in favour of the scheme fur a halfpenny postage for 2oz. packages of printed matter. Mr. Graves said Mr. Glad stone and the Postmaster were favourable to the scheme, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not. The Council resolved to memorialise the Government in favour of the proposal. ANOTHER AGRARIAN OUTRAGE IN IRELAND.— The Freeman's Journal reports an agrarian outrage on a lady in Mayo. The lady, Miss Harriet Gardiner, having some property near Ballycastlo, has been fired at while sitting in her kitchen. She received seven or eight grains in the head. The crime is of an agrarian nature, as she e :icted several of her tenants during the past six months, and has processes of ejectments served on others at present. The Ballyeastle constabulary are exerting themselves ac tively to find out the perpetrator, but no clue has been discovered as yet. TIIE CONDEMNED CULPRIT IN KIRXDALE GAOL. —John Gregson, a collier, who was found guilty at the recent Liverpool Assizes of feloniously and wilfully mur dering his wife, Ellen Gregson, will in all probability be executed on Monday week next. It will be recollected that the jury in finding the prisoner guilty added a strong recommendation to mercy, but Mr. Baron Martin, who tried the case, in no way coincided with the recommenda tion. Tho prisoner, who is a Protestant, is daily visited by the Rev. Mr. Pigott, and pays great attention to that gentleman's spiritual ministrations. The prisoner says he had not the smallest intention when he kicked his wife of taking her life. Ho expresses great penitence, and does not appear to entertain the slightest hope that his life will be spared. Should the execution take place it will be the first that has been conducted in private within the walls of Kirkdale gaol. ENGLISH AND FRENCH SOLDIERS.—An article in the Pall Mall Gazette, entitled "How I made war on you," describing, from a Russian point of view, the opera tions before Sebastopol, has the following interesting remarks :—"War is a good field in which to study national characters and temperament for anyone caring about such matters. The difference presented by the captive English and French soldiers was alone worth notice. The former were almost shockingly wounded before being taken prisoners; the latter often quite sound, and only sometimes bearing a few insignificant, scratches. And even if so wounded, the English soldier would not give up his animosity to the Russians, while the Frenchman immediately fraternised with them. 1 remember one day having seen an English soldier brought to the hospital with a fractured leg and a broken jaw. The man could not articulate, and hardly respired; he only groaned, and when put on his death-bed and surrounded by Russian surgeons, closed his fist and shook it at them. Amputation of his log was resolved on, . but as the surgeons could not make themselves understood, they found somewhere a Oerrnan medical mu ; supposing that he would be more intelligible, and the learned doctor apparently (lid suppose it too, for he wil lingly undertook the negotiation as well as the operation. The wounded man was lletiiiedly opposed to the opera tion, but chloroform I ein ati daistere d, the amputAtion was performed. t3carcely had the ps.dint recovered his senses and seen tbc absence of his leg, than he took a leaden water-jug standing by side, and threw it at the German,. groaning most iirc,afany. irappilY for the learned doctor, the man appears to have been a bad marksman, and the jug only smashed a window and flew out into the street. Around contrary, r a p i o ll iv there ely was e alwaysb ofwounded coFrliTiltlebroennv,e on r i t i l o i n e an entertainment of laughter and jokes. The Freminnen often deserted, because, as they themselves said, their pro visions were so bad. People fighting with the French must, I think, unavoidably conic to the conclusion that acting ea masse French soldiers are irreproachable, but taken each of them separately, and especially when young, they noiva days seldom present any of those qualifications which are proitiered to fad a rood soldier." HE 71:1AL OF TRAUPPMASS no following appeared in onr Latest Edition of yeatenlity evening:— Pants, Dec. 29. The trial of Trauppmann was resumed this morning at 10.50 a.m. The prisoner appeared much the same as yesterday, though if anything rather paler. Ile slept well last night. Trauppmann says that Gustave Kinck was killed by his accomplice, and that he was not the mur derer. He still persists in affirming the statements he made yesterday, denying others which were brought forward. No fresh evidence Las transpired. SP-lIN. AIADIND, 28. General Prim will return here to-inorrt,w evening. For the last four days pc s'a' coiniuul,kiliun be tween Mad:id and foreign COULitrles ha:3 been inter rupted by a heavy fall cf saow. 3PORTING lITI:ELL4LiziNO.L s 11'.s. Day CITY BETTIN(;.—Tnts DAY. WATERLOO (O)URSING) cl i p. sto 1 agst Lord Lurgau's uomioatiun (taken) 100 to 6 agst Mr Brocklebank's nom. (taken) . 20 to 1 agst Mr Blaushard's nom. (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr Bland';; now. (taken) 2, to 1 agst Dr Riehardsou's nom. (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 6 agst The Lawb (taken and offered) 1000 to 40 agst Q.U. (taken) -- 1000 to 30 agst Pearl Direr. (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 425 to 100 agst Kingcraft (wanted) RACING FIXTURES -1870. FEBRUARY. Ancoln... l5, 16 1 Derby farrow 17, 1S 1 Nswton . .. 25, 26 MARCIE. Ncttiugbam... 1, 2 I %Vest Somerset l6, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 I War w i c k ", 23, 24 Pontefract—. ..14, 15 I Eps om •)(1 , t i o Carnbridgtshire l4, 15 I Bromley 31 and April 1 APRIL. Nortbsmpton 5, 6 I Newmarket Craven 18 t o 22 West Drayton 7, 8 Abergavenny 4 1, - 4 Thirsk Kingsbury lB, 11 I Croydo n . 38.2'3 Durham lB, DJ._ MAY. Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5 I Harpenden ' 3 O 21 Chester. lO, to 13 1 Bath 'Z4 , , 15 Winchester lO, 11 I Stamford 9 6, 27 Salisbury l2, 13 ; Croydon 9 6 27 York 17, 18 I Epsom 91 to Jmie 3 Doncaster 19, 20 I Jt NE. Croydon 8, 9 I Newton 22, 28 Manchester t, 9, 10 1 Hampton "3, '24 Ascot 14 to 17 I Bibury Club 29 Windsor 2l, 22 1 Stockeridge...39, and July 1 JULY. Newmarket 5 to 8 1 West Drayton 14, 15 Nottingham 12, 13 I Huntingdon 19, 20 Chelmsford l2, 13 I Kingsbu r y 41, 22 Readiug, 1.?, 13 I Goodwood 26, 29 AUGUST. Brighton 2, 3 Stockton l7 to 19 Brighton CI 4 I Oxford .18, 19 Lewes ..5, 6 t York '3 to "5 Eglutin '), 10 Plymouth Windsor ll, 12 I Derby 3t); 31 Bromley Di, 17 I Weymouth SU, 31 • SEPTEMBER. Warwick - 6, 7 I Richmond "0 21 Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Me e t (Ayr) 21 to 2:; Doncaster 13 to 16 I Hendon 9 2, Hampton 20, 21 I Newmarket I s t O c t. 27 to :30 - OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 1 Newmarket 2n 0ct..10 to 1 t Leicester Bromlay 6, 7 I Newmarket 1i0eu...21 to 29 NOVEMBER. Liverpool 8 to 1171 — SCre;v - sbury 14 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870 FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 I Harrow l7 18 Derby 10. 11 Newton lO, 26 MARCH. drerpool 8,9, 10 13r0rn1ey......31 and April 1. I Vest Somerset 16, 17 Cheltenham...3l and April 1 Vcr wick 22 to 24 APRIL. dldefshot TO Kingsbury lB, 19 STATESIENT OF TIIE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES The following is the recapitulation of the Trea , ury Statement hued by Secretary Boutwell on the Ist hmtaLt:— DEBT BEARING INTEREST IN COIN. Principal. Intere , t. Bonds at 5 per Cent. 5221,559,300 00 bonds at d p.3r Cent. 1,6 , ,6,:548,70 00 -- --- Total 52,107.1:17_4,1410 litl 5i1,270,4, , ; DEBT BEARING INTERK-T IX LAWFCL MoNLY. ;t•rtificatcs at 3 per Cent. interest Navy Peusiou Fuhd, at 3 per cent. 47.195,000 00 14,000,000 00 Total . Debt ou which ink rest has ceased slue° maturity 4,2ft:!,026 6t DEBT 13EAWENG NO INTEIZE*T. Demand and Legal Tender Notes 5i3L6,113,258 Z,O Fractional currency BA - 1,885,561 Certificates of gold ;deposited $61,193,000 00 6 1 ,118,90 Lio S:SSP, .7,1 y; 8 36,862,910 00 Total 431,861,763 18 Total outstanding $2,605,2H,789 82 12,917,K12 97 Total Debt— Princi pal and interest to date, including coupons due ant not presented for paynlotit 2,648,231,682 79 AMOUNT IN THE TREASURY. $105,969,949 77 $11,802,765 79 Coin Ourrency Sinking Fund in U.S coin, interest on bonds,and accrued interest thereon... Other U.S. coin, in terest, bonds pur chased. and accru. Led interest thereon 5511,186,280 00— 1J1,6 4,91.1 .56 20,416,026 00 --- Debt, less amount iu tho Treasury 52,453,559,735 t;; Debt, less amount inTreasury on Ist ult. 2,461,131,18:1,:,;(; Decrease of Public Debt during the past month Decrease since March 1, 1869 BONDS ISSUED TO PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANIES, INTE REST PAYABLE IN LAWFUL MONEY. Amount interest accrued outstanding. not yet paid. cinion Pac. Co., 6 P. c 5526,638,000 001_ 9,913 11a $666,928 97 Kan. Pac., late U.P.E.D., 43i,000, 001 6 p. c 6,303,000 00 137,575 00 Sioux City & Pac., 6 p.c ,40,708 00 2 362 000 00 t 5,064 2 Central Pacific, 6p. {22:009:3 " 000 00 f 51 . 9,639 8 6 - Central Branch U. P. to assignees of Atchinson and Pike's Peak, 6 p.c 1,600,000 00 40,000 00 Western Pacific, 6p. o. 1,648,000 00 18,375 G 4 Character of Issue. --- Total issue $62,625,320 00 $1,586.205 01 Interest paid by United States $1,984,822 51 Interest repaid by transportation of maile,eto 1,836,7E0 04 Balance of interest paid by United Statess3,t4B,o92 50 Bank of Envia.,(l Returns. An Account, iursuant to the Act ith and gth Victori cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1869. ISSUE DE Notes issued £33,317,350 'ARTMENT. Governmt. Debt..ell,ols,lCo Other Securities.. 3 7 964,901 J Gold Cuin awl Bullion Silver Bullion Z 33,317,350, BANKING D. £33,317,350 Proprietors' Ca pi- ----- tal £14,553,000 [teat Public Deposits (inclutlingEs cheg uor, Say in Banks, Conimi , .:sioners of i on al Debt. awl Div. Accotatts Other Deposits.. 17,319,112 Sevt , tt 11.ys ttml other ..... &PARTMENT. ,Governelt. 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