The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-25 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITT, Two o'CLock. Business to-day was not so good as might have been expected, and Consols gave way 1, but foreign stock generally speaking maintained Saturday's quotations. In railway shares we have to notice an improvement in Metropolitans to the extent of I. Consols are 93 1 for money ; ditto, for Ac *aunt, 934 4 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 1 ; ?few Three per Cents, 931 1 1. India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, 211 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct , 1888, 1021; ditto En faced Paper, 51 per Cent., May, 1879, 1104 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 22 prem. In !the Foreign Market Italian Five per Cents. improved to 53a 534; Turkih Five per Cents. have receded to 384 384 ex div. ; and New Spanish Three per Cents. are 311 311 ex div. ; Greek Bonds remain at 114 12 ; and Mexican are at 1 5/ 151. Italian Tobacco Scrip is unchanged, at 1 14 prem., the last Russian Railway Loan, 1 dis., par The Honduras Loan is firm at 86 88 ex coupon ; And the Egyptian 7 per Cent. Loan of 1868 has iMproved to 721 721 ex div. In the railway market Caledonians are 4 better, Great Western 4, Great Northern 4, Metropolitan 4, ditto Extension, 1, Midland Brighton, 1, South Eastern 1. The quotations are :—Cale donian, 784 781 ; Great Western, 494 501 ; Great Eastern, 481 481 ; Great Northern, 1071 8 4 ; ditto A, 1081 91 ; Lancashtre, 1291 30 ; Metropolitan, 1094 ' 1; ditto Extension, 1031 4/ ; Midland, 1141 15 ; Sheffield, 471 81 ; Brighton, 61 1 24 ; North British, 344 5 ; North Western, 115 ! 16:; North Eastern, 1034 41 ; Chatham and borer, 171 I ;:South Eastern, 811 1. American Five-Twenties remain at 754 to 754, the Bonds of 1885 are i lower, at 731 731, and the T en-Eorties are unchanged, at 724 724. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben ture?. are 414 414 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 45, 451. Great Indian Peninsula Railway New Four per Cent. Debenture Stock is 90 91 ex div. No bullion operations of importance took place at the Bank on Saturday. The Massilia, from Alexandria, has brought £2,700 in specie. The steamer Delta takes out to day £148,228 in specie for the East. Subjoined are the particulars :—For Galle, gold, £5,000 ; Madras, gold, £993 ; Calcutta, silver, £15,400 ; K 0 nit Kong, silver, £24,635 ; Shanghai silver, £7,5 00 ; and for Bombay, gold, £14,500, and l ayer, £80,200. According to reports from Paris, the proposed Turkish loan, of whose amount and object so m any surmises have been hazarded, is to be in creased from £5,000,000, the total originally con templated, to £8,000,000, of which some English li nes will tak e h a lf, th e S oc i e t e G enera l e an d other r rench institutions subscribing the remainder. The report of the London Financial Association, to be presented on the Ist of February, states that t he liabilities have now been reduced to £242,000, while the nominal assets, locked up in debentures, shares, and Lloyd's bonds of English, Welsh, Irish, and other railways, amount to £1,439,803, many 13 f which are of an improving character, such as to warrant an expectation of considerable ultimate realisations. The requisitions made upon the shareholders have been well met, so that out of the 11200,000 of capital called up only £16,500 is at Present unpaid, and the directors have thus been ,eshabled to avoid sacrificing properties which require ti me for their development. In the existing position of the company it is hoped it will be found practic able at the next half-yearly meeting to reduce the 110Itinal amount of the shares, which at present stand at £5O, with £3O paid. An extraordinary meeting of the Millwall Free- Old Land and Docks Company is called for the Bth of February, " for the purpose of considering, lid, if approved, of sealing a deed of arrangement between the Millwall Canal Company, of the first Part, John Kelk, and John Aird, and John Aird , th e younger, o f th e secon d part, an d the Cred i t moncier of England (Limited), of the third Part." Ths half-yearly meeting of the company Will also be held on the same day, for the purpose of receiving the directors' report and statement of accounts. The report of the English, Scottish, and Austra l" Chartered Bank recommends a dividend at the r ate of 7 per cent. per annum. „ T he rep or t o f th e P rov incial Banking Corporation kl-haited) recommends a dividend at the rate of 7i 14 'r cent. per annum. T he half-y ear l y mee ti ng o f the North Stafford shire Rail way C ompany i s convene d f or t h e 12 t h de b, at the City Terminus Hotel. C° 41 special meeting of the Australian Agricultural q l4 l)any is called for the 9th February, to receive Et , re port on the affairs of the company." Ittti!he half-yearly meeting of the South Easter n F liw aY Company will be held on the 25th o f eb ruary. t k lt was represented that the new bill filed i n b "aricery against the Metropolitan Railway was e lol. Salisbury, " on b e h a lf o f hi mse lf , a l arge h c i . e r of the deferred shares, and oth er share era," but it is now alleged that h e h o ld s is ll r b Y 20 0 new ordi n a r y £5 st o ck, on w hi c h t h ere 44 2 1 t Z 3 paid, repr esen ti ng a total val ue o f £6OO , that in the bill there are no other plaintiffs -man ed. e M Th A. * , weekly ret urn , unde r the Cotton St a ti s ti cs ' th. ; 4 l States t h at t h e quant i ty o f cotton i mported in „ of w eek endi ng th e 21 s t i n stant, was 73,449 b a l es li 4n w hich 25,531 were American, 8,667 Brazi 2;n 30 ,583 East Indian, 7,439 Egyptian, and 1)41Z miscellaneous. The total export was 21,566 of which 3,009 were American, and 16,910 B RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. A t4or eltNtiErr Irtrxus. 93 4 4 Dit t y e n Consols 931 1 I for _Account, 93 14,...er,Uent. 'induced 931 * i 1 i t '' per Cent s Z t e. l per Cent. Jan. 1894 SaitieZB7ent, j a n. sth Jan., 1880 — 0 "° , 2 30 y Y ria r , s er e p x ire 5_ th A pril tic 1885 -- kkited Sea Telei,,raph), A ~, 1 908 — 4 Itp,ehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2iilpor Gt. 4 pm 4 ;4 £590 4 1 ,,,, k ' £lOO k .£2OO Pm r, of England Stock, 4per Cent -0. account 4 t tl ida 4 per Cent. Bonds °r-Oelonial Uranium. /14611701 AN viOVEILISAIENT SECU . RITI.6B 121; ~t°Ck, 104 per Cent., April 1 1874 .- 211 - D o `',P e oleZ, for Account 1121 it 13„' ,'. Per Cent. July, 1890 102 f r" ,per Cent., Oct. 1888 4 0 r. _ r , • wrta fi cates _ i;o• Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent _ 11; 4 43 „ . 6 , Per Cert., Jan. 1872 1104 DJ per Cent, Cent. May 1879 Dv ' a per Cent., Rup , Deb. 1872 _ Do, do. 1877 ..... 14 ' do. 1882 ilo"• Dbb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ...... -- . i pm Bonds, 4 per Cent., .£l,OOO _ °. tinder .£l.OOO 44t4,21.011E1GN FUNDS—CLOSING P RICES. _ t;""„ne Republic, 6 per Cent .....• _ Ani r reriP £45 paid .. ..... .. "41 Bonds 5 per cent 621 A44114_3°0. 1859 _ '3 0. 77 6 Per Cent ti o. I Per Cent., 1852 _ _ Do. 4 , 0 - 1558.... D o. do., 1860 — 68 4 o . 5 de., 1863 4.. . per Cent., 1865 1114" Account 801 4 08 Avr 6 r, b o 2 ~ 83 per Cent, °VA L R Per Cent. (Deferr e d 3 per Cent ) a 0, 41 4' - Per Cent. 1- 1, 4 4 6 Per Cent . D o. at Per Cent. ... , ...,..... ... .. bo . per Cent., 1 )0. ; Per ce^t. 1867 . 94 0 l P°' Ce nt., 1866 , b ito ° i 4l 3 ,, l ' i ', 44 , 6 per Cent. . B7 .t)itou'l, 'Per Cent., 1825 — h illa Prin cipalities, 7 tar Cent — tti.ou: per Cent., 1867 4 •0 4 13 t?! New ConJolidated, 1 per Cent 0 0 ) ` ll, user Cent ...................... „0. et Issue . - - .---.' . tionls ...o. 4100 .... ....................... DDo. Bo nd_ ....................... • •••• o 1864 ................. !.' D°bo• R • Account 5 i 3 0 Ron rl 88 ~. 14 . flo . ....................... . _. goy m ,. s l3 pins _. _ D o scrip, 1868. di_ n _I:lop ..... do. X 45 pd ............ mtikk (6)'"toent Railway liebentures Per COAL, 1821 6, ex Coups. -- • . Do. Account - Do Coupons Do. Account quatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov.Rail.Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account . Do Marenarnana Railway ss} lloxicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Lin. 1864 — Do A per Cont. Anglo-French — ontevideaL 6 per Cent. .. — c orish Imperial 5 per Cent , N'ew i liana la l5 Do 3 per Oen Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account 76} % Do 4% per Cent. (tiribarren) Do 4% por Cent.. 1862 Do Account Purtsguese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7, Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — It . issiau 5 per Cont., 1.82 z, £ St Oo 4% per Cent . 1850 Do 4% per Cent., 1860 Do s per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Angle-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Routh., -- Do. dO. £B4 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO ]3onds 9l. Do. do £B4 155. do — ro Nicolas liuilway fins f Sar per Cot t... Spanish 3 per Con Do. Acc , ,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferreu Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded ... Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do de, scrip — Turkish 6 per Cent. Oo Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do ..£10( . Bonds Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cont., 1860 60%- Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Lana Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Acc.nut Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Divideuns on the above payable in Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch ix per Coot. Ex. 12 GLIB Do. 4 per Cent.. Certificates Do. Account French Rentos, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 251. 'Wien 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do Account 531 CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money • 93% I Do. Account., Feb. 4 93% 31} NAVAL AND MILI7 ARY INTELLIGENCE. Her Majesty's screw troopship Urgent, Capt. S. Henderson, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday after noon from the Mauritius, and other foreign ports, calling in at Plymouth Sound on Saturday, with the following officers and troops on board :—Lieut. Kelsall, 2d battalion 11th Infantry, in military charge of troops; Staff-Surg. Major Thornton, in medical charge ; 171 time expired and invalided soldiers from various corps, accompanied by 21 women and 37 children, and 25 invalided seamen and marines. The other officers and passengers comprise :—Capt. Coates, 99th Infantry ; .Lieut. Eccles, 9th; Lieut. Goldsmith and Asst-Sorg. Creed, 20th; Dr. Cushman, Mr. Parker, Dr. Beddoes, R.N. ; Sub-Lieuts. Taylor and Lloyd, R.N., from West Afri can squadron ; Mrs. Kelsall and two children, Mrs. Thornton and three children, Mrs. Cashman and one child, Mrs. Raveuhill, Mrs. Quinn, and Mrs. Mitchell. The Urgent has been engaged on a six month's round of troop relief service, and sailed from the Mauritius on her homeward voyage on the 15th of November with the 321 Regiment on board, which she landed at Port London on the 2d of December ; she afterwards called in at Table Bay on the 6th of December, at St. Helena on tits 17th, and Ascension on the 24th ; St. Vincent was reached on the sth inst., whence the Urgent pro ceeded to Gibraltar, and finally sailed thence for England on the 18th inst. The troops will be dis embarked this morning. The screw steam corvette Juno, 6, Capt. Wm. A. R. Pearse, left Plymouth Sound on Friday night for China. The Lords of the Admiralty appear determined to follo‘N up the recent circular minute on the sub ject of the bankruptcy of Government clerks and other officials recently issued by the Lords of the Treasury, an order having been received at Chat ham Dockyard directing the susj ension, prepara tory to his probable dismissal, of one of the esta blished clerks in the storekeeper's department at that establishment, who has recently become insol vent. Among the other alterations with the view to the economy of labour now being carried out at Chat ham Dockyard, the Lords of the Admiralty have ordered copying-presses to be introduced for the first time for use at that establishment. Consequent on this arrangement, the officials at Chatham have been called on to report as to the number of clerks and writers whose services can be dispensed with, and also whether writers may not be advantageously substituted for clerks. Foreign Mail Packet LIST. MAILS DUE. •.ustralia and New Zealand, via Southampton -Jan. 30 Ditto, via ..1" Araeilles Jan 25 Ditto, via PL. ama Jan 28 draaii. Buenos Akyres, and Monte Video Feb. 3. Ditto, by French paoket Capt Verde. by Brazil packet cape of Good iiadension. and St. Helen:L....Jan. 27. Uhtna, Penau k , and Singapore, via Southampton.. Jan. 30. Gibraltar, via Southampton.... India, via South iIIOILD tO ...... .._ Jan. 23 --- via Marge' es r.:gypt, Jan 33. Ditto, Mars 'lies Jan. 22 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via tionthatex ton Ditto, Marseilles Jan. 22 ewfoundle.Lc ...... .„ „ Portugal United states. anada, California, &a, by British I)acket Ditto, by Canadian packet .. . • .Jan• Ditto, by L cited z>tates packet Ditto ditt. (Baltimore) West ()cast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife Fob. t 6. West Indies and Pazific (except Mexico and Baha mas) . Jan 23 Falkland Islands Feb 3. Cub.l and liexiec. .............Jan. 21. Bermuda, via Feb. 10. Elsha.nas, via New York MORE EVIDENCE TOUCHING PLIOCENE MAN IN CALIFORNIA.—The Amador Ledger of the 28th November nontains the following :—" Two or three years ago, John Dane, while running an open cut for mining purposes, through Grass Valley Ranch, in Amador county, unearthed the skeleton of a mastodon of huge proportions, but most of the bones crumbled to dust after a short exposure to the atmosphere. The remains were found lying in a strata of auriferous gravel with about fourteen feet of alluvial soil over them; but the most remarkable feature in this discovery was that of several stone mortars and pestles, unmistakably the work of human hands, found in the same strata, and in close proximity to the remains of the mastodon, evidently proving that a race of human beings inhabited the mountains of Cali fornia, coexistent with the mastodon. Mr. Dane has seve ral of these stone mortars and pestles, together with some of the grinders of the huge animal, now in his possession.' , We learn from the Journal Officiel that the Emperor of the French "has just purchased at Orleans the estate Lamotte-Sanguin, in order to found there an asylum for convalescent workmen. The property, situate within sight of the Loire, out of reach of the inundations, on a superficies of more than 13,000 square metres, unites all the conditions of extent, salubrity, and elevation desir able for such an institution. Tho Imperial munificence, in endowing the said city with this valuable complement of public assistance, in which it was deficient, will be a benefit to all the working class of the towns and rural districts of the Loiret, the sick of which are received from all parts in the hospitals of Orleans. The Ilotel-Dieu there alone receives more than 2,000 patients, who, on leaving, will thus find an asylum to await the complete return of their strength." Assistance, nourishment, good air, and freedom from sor did care on recovering from an attack of sickness, has often accelerated a return to health, and the powor to help and support others. We wish this institution every suc cess, and that the example may be imitated. The report of the Fire Marshal of Chicago for the year just closed sho ars the total loss by fire to be $2,900,000. The polico of the city during the year made 26,000 arro-ts, and $27,500 worth of property was stolen. During the last year there were s,7oo_doaths, 4,084 mar riages, and 6,30 births. T 14. SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1869. SHARE LIST. ati.►iilr'b AND BTOCKb. ihare Railways. Paid. Closing lissinsa one. s Prise. d t Bristol and Exeter ...... 103 76 7$ s t Ualedonlan IVO 781 :781 711 u4.noriau 20 Cornwall all 3 ;:.1 , i Dublin & Belfast June lO9 79 31 it Duu„l'erth. & iO6 311 7..! 2j East Loudon.... all 7 1 40 14 - Do 10 - - ,t Glasgow &4. Western 10:, 95 87 at Great Eastern .. st Do. E. Angl. Nu. t lOO 7 st Great Northol Sootlantl lOO 15 st Great Northern lOO 1071 i‘lll st Do. A stock. st Do, B stock lOO 115 la st UtS. and W. of Ireland ito, 95 100 s Ct. IVestem -Original 14.0 491 4 1 40 A Do. zouth Wales lOO 17 05 s Do. W. .111d.-thaluri it Do. Newport st Lanoashire a 1 oritshir: lOO 1211 .201 it Luu., S.Cuast lOO Sat 414 42 1 Du scrip - - a; Lon., cuaL., and log , 17 17, st Du. aletrup. P:X. A WC, • I..ur .s.tirtii Wt.:B , -er,- 100 1.41- .It 4 115 13i st Lou. a South Weetei i:0 05 00 SB4 UJ at Man., slien, 6 Lincoit, leo 471 48 at Aletroitoittan . l,O 1061 0.01 199 1 st Do Extensi en .. 100 1 3 1 4 10 uu. r 10 1 st 31e.r.,uoiwin Diatr et. all 6J 61 10 Atetrop. ut. J oha's 00l d- - st ...au rt 1.10, I); SI to st N )(to Il:tttdtt. ;00 38 st Do. 12u., th., & Dun . - - - st Nor. i.:s.slern-lierwies.. 100 113 104 26 Du. .4. N.E purouas ;0.13.4 - - st Do Leeds. ...... ....... 101., 16 48 st Do York st Do Carliete it Do Stock. 34 Darling 1:0 i 9 131 st North Lon iou 10 Du New 1518 . 2 11 2 p st North Staffordshire . . 100 54 67 st North and S.-W. Junction iuu 103 114 10 Do New 1..1U shares 7 ... it Ithymney it Shropshire Union 1; 0 sr OS it South De YOU st South Eastern lBO 511 82 811 at Staines, Woleha.si, & Wok all 12 18 st /au vale - Do. (.; Wuterlorcl & littkenoy.. tOu Waterloo & Whitelia.l.. 6 LIALLWAYS-PREFERENCE SIIA.ItIuS AND STOOLiii. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 16 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lO9 it Do. Scot. N.E., 4S per cent lO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. de. 7 per cent lO5 at Ds. do. Ordinary lO 711 111 st Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 190 20 Cornwall, 4 per cent gua st a Dundee, rertk, and Aber deen Junction lOO 101 IST at Do. Ist Class preference l9O at Glatt. & S.W. gua. a per ct 169 at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 110 93 161 st Do do N 0.2 109 97 100 st Do do 6 per cent 10 158 158 st Do East Anglian A 6 p. c. 150 100 11l at Do do B 6 do. 180 at Do do 0 7 do. 108 at Do do No. 1, 6 p.c. 108 190 101 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 108 09 71 it Do Norfolk 6 p.c. Ex. 1346 at Do do p.c.Way.Va1.1 347 100 at Great Northern, i per cent 10 ... at Do 5 rd at 10 p. c. pm. 105 ..„ at, Du 4, do do du 105 it Do 6 do at Sp. c.pur IVO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Ualifax, 6 per cent lOO stj Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at ; Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lO9 96 97 atj G t.West.—Orig.&Jnt. - Rent chg., per gua,. 5 p.c lOB 103 106 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). I p.c lOO 95 100 at Do do 4 ) per cent. 1350 lOO 87 813 at Do do 4 do do at Do do 6 per cent. redem lOO 94 93 at Do do Birmingham gua lOO 68 73 at Do do do pref 100 st Do do Chester gua lOB ... it Do do do 8 per cent l5O 165 at Do do do 5 do 100 94 155 at Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 it Do do 41 p.c at Do do 41 1859 lOO at Do do 5 it Do West Mid. Oxford hit g. 100 107 109 it Do do Id gua. 100 106 183 et Do Newport, lstg. 5 p.c. 100 SS 02 et Do du Id clO 100 1.8) (03 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all it Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 I 135 at Do Barnsley, X 5 33 10,1 p.c. IVO at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 141 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 93 152 at London k Brighton, Ip. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 „. at Do 6 do do lOO at Do I do Nu. 4 lOO „. at Do 7 per cent at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 at Do 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover I per cent lOO 421 it London and 2;. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 101 110 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lO9 at Do Shrewsh'y It Welchp'l lOO 93 91 at London and a.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 141 146 26 6d. Do (Portsm.perp an 5.1566) all at Mau., Shef.,&Linclu. 6 p.c. 100 11. 117 Do J;4l all par Ipm st 31 per cent lOO 60 66 10 Do redeem. 6 percent fi at Mid. Consolidated., B P. c 100 180 138 st Du Bristol & Birm., p. c lOO 1 2 126 at Do 41 per cent. redeour lO9 97 Vi at, Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 o st Du _Leicester & ehn, 4p c lOO 13.) . 4 er n.t 2l a a' 'B6 t7 t t , s ttt DD N D N DID) o.O : :: :E B BUY NEth ; :t . r3 w d ,,, E r m eL : i 4 r : 11. °P : e . 1 1, 1 111 0 ; 0) ) 0 0 :°0 86 3i at Do 41 per 4 per cent. redeem 1 10: 1 9 0 6 1 1 0 7 4 l a s o t t (3') s Devoe c v , o t u ll& Hartlepool Annuities,lia g l I . A a 175 ck capital B ll :0 10 ; 1 .4 1 2 100 0 : DD N OO o :et t Staffordshire o4elky eArueue su 24 ll 1# 21 10.6. S. L.ast. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) a tt a l i l l 22 3 2 1 3 9 100 100 18. :7 : 4 119. 8 :1 3 0 1. t at Do 44 per cent lOO at.l 6 TD W aoi t e V Fixedraf Vale d N4 l ° e e n n u t y, 6 p RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SEIA.RES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. st Uo.ledolua.o 41 p c gua. at uo Scut. Ceu. min. 7p c lOO it Do 41 p irredeem all ••• st Du 4p c con. issued at $0 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 it Do 4 do, 1362 100 $7 .1 at Do New 5 do, 1303 lOO 3 , a 0 at Do do I do, 1864 lOO 84 88 88 at Great Northern, ip c irred lOO at Do Permanent I per cent lOO •• ••• at Do Boston & Sl ea ld , 41 pc 100 • at Great West., W. ltidl., 5p c 100 86 14 at Do Joint virpe. 5 p c,1865 100 33 a 2 it Do do 6p e irred., 1866 100 104 106 104 2) Du Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 14 204 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lto 5 Lune. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 f 1 at Lund., Brig., &c., 41 Pc, 1353 10$ •.• at Do du 4 do, 1860 100 ••• {'at Do do 41 do, 1361 10$ ••• ..• Hat Do do 41 do, 1363 100 ... at Do do 4 do, 1365 100 at Do No. 8 6 do, 1866 100 ... 115 st Do Nu. 7 6do M at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c it Do etrop. Ex.,136 p.c ••• C 6 p.c it Loudon& N. Western,s p e 100 103 lit; 5 16 t ot Lf an d ia o : n aja l :3 fA S a. 4Lin.,pe r Western, :epn et 4 , f 5 e . : a :0 : I:. 4: 0. et Metropolitan o per cent ...... 100 b . - . st Do B 4 do 100 106 104 10d 16 Do bp c opt. tip cony, to Ord. Stk., Sept 1, 1564 411 1i 111) 24i IS Do Iticonir Nu* Shares 19 22 Doi p e con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 ...... si 1 at North British, E. and U lip is No. 1, 5 per cent ." a t Do .00 guaranteed, 1391 166 " rt po 1N& Dom, Vd, 4pcl "b it DO r., ta1i,N0.2, e p.c...100 6.• at Do N. 8.. b par cent, 1392 100 st Do E. & 13., No. 3, 5 p.c Igo st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 44 p c lot 64 57 at North Eastern, 44 per oeat 194 ,7 , 2 99 at Do Stock. £ 1 10 0: 1 1 0 1 4 1 :0 1 d i st North London, 4 4, per ceat i ga a t tt t North So D u (lt o t h " 5D B l: t a do a ti o s i I t P e ° : O r rr n d h , c6 . he sC 4 ni 8: 0 8) p sd S s e o) p , 11 118; 41 .8 . I jl 1 1;0 0 c9, 0 et Do 4 do, 1894 .... 190 at Victoria St &Pintlit'o 44 pa 100 RAIL SVAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAItS4 • - • it Firkenhead ................ 100 lot y - • 190 Do. 41 per cent, Prefer.:: All 101 log at Buckinghamshire • • lOO 02 91 st Chester and Holyhead . • • 109 #4 n at Do. 14 per emit. 100 lid 120 it Nu, b dn. it Clydesdale, guaranteed l9O st Colchester Stour Valley it East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO lig lag 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all in s Gt. Easu., Newm„ kc,, bp c 101 U. ■ Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 NJ it Do. do, Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Hera 10 95 97 II Hull aid Selby all 109 11l st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21. 21; at London and Blackwell lOO 98 es st Do. 41 per cent lOO „, st London, Coat., ite,, 41 p c lOO „, st Do. Coin* Fund, b do lO9 ..„ at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO ~, it London, Tilbury, k South 100 7$ it Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lO9 79 et st Do. do. 6 do. 41 Mauch., Buxton, &Matlk all 6 91 it Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94" 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 69 Nortkernt East., b percent all 68 bb II Do. do. 6 do. all „, at N. Eastara —Hartlepoil it N. West. A perp. pret, bp. c lOB 195 110 it Do B nunimum 14 p.c lO6 it Notting. k Unottli. lt. &C lel 92 04 24 Preston and Wyre. ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop llO 133 143 it Shrewsbury and Hereford 190 133 35 10 Du do d 21 2,p it S. Yorksh. aid River Dun 100 93 109 De 4 per cent gua II 79 it Do I do it Viol. Station and Pimlico lee 175 ISO 1771 it West Cornwall 20 "West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 D 0 do B all 2e Do do C all 64 7; st Weymouth and Portland l9O st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et East and West India lOl 117 119 it London and St. Katherine lOl 11 511 109 :D oDeb. stock, 4 par cent all Millrrall Freehold Land et Dock lOO 31 32 _ _ et Southampton lO 71 7:i at Surrey Cumaarcial lit JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share Nl3Ol. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 112 121 112 10 Do B lO 4} hi; 4; 1 2 60 Albion ll 6 4 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 24 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 17 18 14 20 Anglo-Hungarian 26 Anglo-Italian 1166, limited 16 6 6 40 Australasian 26 Bank of British Columbia all 11 1„ I'l 10 Do issued at 2pm ~.. I ... ••• 26 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 26 Bank of South Australia all II : a 60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 21 17 15 16 Bank of ;Jew Zealand all 17 16 59 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, ~ nd China all 201 211 21 Chartered Marc. of India, London, and Chins, all 29 191 21 City 1) 11 121 100 Colonial 25 41 4: 10 Consolidated, lint. 60 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, lim 1 1,4, 4 1 20 English and American, lit l6 ... ... 20 English Bank of Itio de Ja neiro. lint lO 1,1 pr 20 English, ~ coltish, and Aus tralian Chartered a Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ... 281 Do now ll 1 1 100 Imperial, lint 24 17 IS 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 1 11 111 .6 lonian all 27 23 25 Do now I pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 at 3 1 100 Do 4p. c. Debs.l3Bl, 30 all 76 75 71 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lira. 20 6 4 132 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 46 12 28 , 6 20 Do new 71 61 /1 100 London &Riyer Plate, lim. 40 7 0 26 Do new 10 11 lf 112 2 20 London Chart. of Australia all 291 231 :el) 50 London and County 26 491 60/ 504 20 Do new ass at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... ... 50 London Joint Stock 1 8/ 16 20 London and South African al 1 . ) 12 94 100 London &S.-Western, lint, 20 ... ... /0 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ... ... 100 London and Westminster 26 65 ,66 64 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 62 j 631 100 Merchant, lint 26 7 1 10 Metropolitan, lim all 61 71 71 100 Midland, lint 26 141 pr I National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, Hui l6 3 1 d 100 National ProTinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ••• 10 Do . 42 ... ... 4 ) IS National.. IS 46 413 20 New South Wales all 42 41 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 421 10 Proyinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 15 6 61 41 100 Provincial of Ireland ...... 10 Do new. . all ... •.. 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Afriea, l int 26 15 1 I 100 Do issued at 6 pin. 111 ... ... 26 Union of Australia all 44, 491 461 7 100 Union of Ireland, lint 60 Union of London ll 861 371 361 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 A.iglo-American Tel., lira all 211 211 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim i 0 114 121 12, 184 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 14 11 et Atlantic Telegraph l2 39 Si 24 61 at Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 26 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 3 7 Id 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 134 14 10 Do. New 3 S 21 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay Gas, Inn. I Do. New 4 13 Id U British American Land 44 16 IS et B. and'. Magnetic Tel., lino lOO 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lira all 2 6 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 64 OS 64 10 Canadian Loan and Ingest went, lira 2l 21 14d 20 Ceylon Company, Um. l2 4 Id 20 Do. A shares .d 10 City Discount, lim 6 4/ $4 26 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 Sid SO City of Milan ImproY. lira all 6i t 26 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 2 1 40 City Offices, lim 26 24 22 d 60 Colonial, lim. Do. .. i 60 Conunerciai I n ion (Assur) 6 4 i , hi 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 12 19 18 1 26 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent. all 104 106 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 104 1021 100 Do. 1882, 44 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 21 10 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 24 244 et Crystal Palace lOl 1 i 21 et Do. Preference lllO 93 22 st Do. 6 , p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 134 1 08 20 Darjeeling, lim ••• ••• 10 Eastern Assam, lim. 64 ... ...d 60 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga. I Canal all 17 111 22 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gila. by Egypt. Go7' all 911 224 02 411 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 8 44 44 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 243 10 Do. New 2 10 12p 8 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 4 i 16 English and Foreign Credit 71 1 44 100 Eng. and Scot. marine, lim. S ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 1 11 11d 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 111 100 For. & Col. Goy. Trust and .. Loan Scrip, issued at £ B5 all 831 641 50 Gallivara, lim. 2O . ••• 10 General Credit & Die., lint. 71 2; 11 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 Moms &Col Marine In. !nu. i 41 314 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ..• ••• 20 Hudson's Bay all 13 1 Ili 20 Imperial Lan:l Co. of Mar seines, lint. 26 Indo-European Tel., lint lO ••• ••• 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lint 5 14 1 4 20 Interns. Land Credit, lint 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land. g 11 Id 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 4 4 31 100 Do. 6p. c. Ms., redeem 1370, issued 90 all 43 115 64 AO Land Securities, lim 6 81 214 25 London African Trading la 7 5 1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 0 ••• •••' 10 London County Land and Building, lim, 4 Lond. Provincial T e l. li m all .34 gi 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all / IP 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lint 30 23 221 4 Lond.Gen.Orrutibus.Co.lim. all 14 2 24 60 Loud, and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, line 25 22 17d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine S id pr 14 at Madras Irriga. & Canl. Giza. 6p.c. by India Gov, lOO 104 105 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim l4 1 Id 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint, all 4 44 AO Merchant Shipping, lint all 82 37 50 blillwall Iron Works, lint. 121 ••• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint • 25 National Discount Co., line 6 lit 121 25 National Prot'. Marine, lint. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lint all 64 91 121 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint, 6 4 Si 10 New Consolidated Die. lint 3 11 ld 6 IN ew Quebrada, lint 4.4.1 41 lii 26 New Zealand Loan & Mer cantile Agency, lint 2l 1 IP 24 New Zealand Trust and Loan, line i 11 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 7 4 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lint._ 100 48 63 52 60 North Brit. & Moreau. In 0 19 191 25 Ocean Marine (Insur ance ) 6 141 151 191 Is Oriental Financial, lint ll „, •••d5 Oriental Gas, li m 6 Do. New 1 1 IP 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, line a Id IP 6 Ottoman Gas, lint all 11 21 Is Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lila all 14 11 li Do do. at Peel R. Land & Miner!, lim 100 33 32 60 Peniusu. & Oriental Steam all 48 60 481 60 Do. New 1887 05 Reuter's Te1egram..,,,,,,,,,, all 68 03 Of Ithymiley Ito :::,:s.:: 16 DO. No 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lint all 17 11 21 Do. Gas, lira all 231 244 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 4 i 46 at Scottish Aust: Invest:, lim lO5 II 100 It Do, op. o, Ottar, Prot, 101 ..: ~..,,, 20 Soci6d Fib. d'Egypt s, li m. 10 1 u" 20 SocietiGen.de l'Enapire 01. II 3 4 1 9 80 S: African MOM & Inv:, Um I •:8 ::. 05 South Australian Land ~, all HI 3 dl it Salm:Urine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all I 1 4 20 Telbgraph Con. & Main.,lim. all 161 17 141 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (lilsdradcb), lint., ,, -,.:: Si 24 a /0 Trirlidad Petrolertm, llaio, fi +,. ~ 10 Trust &Agency of AusOint. f ip 10 Do do: do , all „, ~ roThist &Loan Co:, 11: Canada 5 id p Union. alafine L'pool, lint. 5 4 41n ad Uilibii gtetiii Ship, 1int.,,.,, all 24 24 11 United Discount Corp., lilt. 6 11 01d iU. Kingdom Tel. 00,, RM. all 61. 6 3 Do: 10 per cent: Prof; a l ,l 34 29p Id Uni*deal Mstelde(ld , ), lilt 1 1 ilp 10 Upper Assam Tea, 1ine...,.:, all 24 31 30 Van Dienittn's Land - • - 231 7 i 00 Viceroy Of Egypt, 7 per , ~tagt: (11ottgage) Loan,::Vl 743 11 751 6 ild Waitatit Fitittinci, lime: ii:::1 1 if 1 a . go West India and Facile Steam, lim. 2O 2} li 20 West London Wharves aid Warehouses lO ••• ••• ,;q6of4A.At, cfOrilitAxtat otowtrtiEs British Columbia, 6 per 100 Do. 1895.; • • 100 - Caolgov:Op.o.Jatt. , &July i 0 MA Glee& ~ aa "soli 100 107 OS i:Of f - Do. 6p; O. Feb.& Aug IVO i$ 10 Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept:: 100 144 106 1041 Do. 6p. 0; jib; & JUly.. 100 es 94 94 Do. 5 10.. 01 lilOertbed skis 110 gs 80 Cape (4.f10pe,11p.0. 1873 .• toe 102 104 Do;Aph&Obt 1690-1900:: 100 111 113 Do ; do 1880.901. 100 101 109 pts, 1891 isAs 100 100 it. Do. 6 pek oeht. 16 Aptil and 16 Oct., 1900 $4 100 100 102 - ON , 1878,6 p. c.. 100 108 114 Do. 113/4, dy,,,, : ; 1 100 105 107 lotaurittio, 0 p. u, 1 0 / 41 ... Jan. and July ........ 100 104 106 - Do. 1818 .. "' •••.• 100 106 148 Do. 1882,314. 7 and NOY... 100 100 108 Do. 1894, feb, At Aug... , 100 104 Oa Me:bourne Corporatn., , 100 1067-75, 6 per - ccat N.8.G0y.6 px.Ja.&July 100 109 104 Nasal 6 p or, Apl Oat 100 & Do 0p 0. 6/ . y Nev 100 106 108 -- N. S. b p•c., '7l to'73 100 99 401 Do. a p,c. 1888 to ma., 100 99 108 an Do. 6 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 100 )9 101 N.Zealand. 6p. et. 1891 100 - r. • 00. 5 per cent.... . . l OO 974 984 - DoJan, Ap 1, Ju!y, 0 t 100 974 984 09( Do 6p c. Mar & Sept '9l 100 108 110 Do June A Deo , 1.91 lto 109 1.1 Do Pruv. , 1 Aticald. I 1.0 - ( stria 112, 1e96... ) - Nova Scotia 6p. c.Jaa and Jnly. 1875 - Do loe6 lOO 1 101 103 Queenalnd. 6p. o. 'B2 6 100 1( 3 106 1034 DO 1891 Do. 1801 6) 0.1869 lOO - Do.. do. A 2...... 100 108 110 Do rd. 1193 .......... ▪ yloWria9p,o, 1,6105“, u lOO 100 107 • SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Titus is very unwilling to allow the success of the Ballot test at Manchester to be accepted as favourable to an extensive adoption of secret voting. It asserts that to hold a test election in order to prove that the Ballot could be used with secrecy and safety is an elaborate and clumsy sort of joke. The Manchester managers establish4d nothing that was not well known and confessed before when they she wed by the example of last week that an elec tion on a great scale could be transacted with secret as well as with open voting. They proved nothing new, and they left untouched thereal argument which has always been adduced against the adoption of their system. The single and essential objection to the Ballot is that it treats the voter as exercising a right for the exercise of which he is no more responsible to the public than he is responsible for the way in which lie may spend the money in his pocket. It pro ceeds on the assumption that a man's vote is his private property, instead of beirg what it really is— a privilege allowed him for the benefit of the community, which may be taken away from him the moment he abuses it. If the franchise were, indeed, a private possessio;-, it would not be easy to see on what ground we forbid its possessor from selling it to the highest bidder. Why is bribery a misdemeanour, and upon what principle have we proceeded in sending judges with extraordinary powers through the country to search out and punish those who commit it? Why were Great Yarmouth and Totnes disfranchised in 18.67, and why is Norwich at this hour in danger of a suspension of the pri% liege of sending representatives to Parliament? Clearly, in all we do and all we think on this subject we proceed from the assump tion that the right of voting is a right allowed by the community to those who give promise that they will exer cise it for the public benefit alone—a right liable to be withdrawn if proof be adduced that this condition of enjoying it be neglected or broken. The Ballot can be justified only on a different view. It indicates what we cannot help calling a low tone of political morality, and its adoption cannot be excused except in the last necessity as a remedy for worse evils. It is not, how. ever, to our purpose now to argue the question ; all we desire to shew is that the experiment of Manchester, as its managers call it, has no relation to the arguments brought against the Ballot. The opposition to it is grounded on moral reasons, not on allegations of mechanical difficulty, and a proved perfection of machinery cannot affect the position of its antagonists. The Herald believes that the inquiry at Limerick will disclose as much clerical influence as was shewn at Drogheda. We have no intention of violating the whole some rule which forbids us from prejudging a case pendente lite; but so much we are fully entitled to say ; and we are encouraged to hope that the decision of the judge will be not less righteous and emphatic than that of Mr. Justice Keogh in the case of Drogheda. In past times committees of the House of Commons have usually taken a very lenient view of corruption and violence at Irish elections. That there should be wholesale bribery, clerical intimidation, violence, rioting, and bloodshed, was accepted as a matter of course. They made great allowances for the Irish, and were especially tolerant of abnormal influences when they were enlisted on "the right side." It would be impossible on any other hypothesis to account for the extraordinary decisions given in the case of the elections for Tipperary and Waterford in 1865. It was an accepted theory that the priests and the blud geons and brickbats of their votaries were legitimate agencies on the Liberal side, and that military escorts for Conservative electors were a scandalous invasion of the right of their opponents to drive them from the polls by force. We can imagine it quite possible that under the good old system knocked on the head by the late Government the inquiry into the election for Drogheda would have entailed no unpleasant consequences upon Mr. Whitworth. The Standard considers the Ritualist controversy, and declares that we have had enough of lawsuits. At the same time it objects to some of the forms of compromise which have been proposed, and strenuously protests against tampering with the Prayer-book. This is no time to talk about liturgical revision. It would be a difficult task enough if the Church were at peace and her sons heartily united upon all matters of doctrine. Under present circumstances, when both doctrine and Ritual are in dispute, it would be simply flinging down the Prayer- book to be cut and carved and mutilated at the pleasure of the strongest party, or to be eviscerated and diluted into the feebleness and colourlessness of Lord Ebury's We have no sympathy whatever with that fine, generous, large-hearted spirit of "comprehensiveness" which pro- poses to expel those who are already members of the Church in order to make room for those who Are outside, and who, as far as we are aware, have never signified their anxiety to come inside. Mr. Binney and Mr. Newman Hall are excellent men, but we see no reason why Arch- deacon Denison should be turned out of the Church of England in order to make it acceptable to them ; and that, or something very like it, is the meaning of the liturgical revision policy. It is for the bishops to interpose in this strife of parties, and bid the litigants to lay down their weapons and cease from girding at each other. Let them see what it is that they are bound to enforce under this judgment, and apply their decision equally on both sides. The Ritualists must give up their altar lights, and their opponents must be required to make some advance in the way of " Acency and order." We hold, with Dr. Miller, that the judgment is as good against the vicar of Islington as against the incumbent of St. Alban's. Let the bishops apply it impar tially, and whoever may be the malcontents they will find themselves condemned by the great body of their fellow- Churchmen. The Star is very anxious that in the event of a vacancy for Manchester the whole of the Liberal electors should vote for Mr. Ernest Jones. It appears that some 7,000 of the constituents did not record their votes during the late experiment, and the Star strenuously exhorts this portion of the Liberal party .to abide by the decision of their neighbours. The Manchester Ballot has declared Mr. Ernest Jones the selected candidate of the Liberal party in the event of the seat now occupied by Mr. Birley becoming vacant. Mr. Jones received 7,282 votes ; Mr. Milner Gibson 4,133. As a faithful champion of the Ballot, Mr. Milner Gibson will hear without wincing of this conclusion to a contest with which, of course, he had personally no connection. He is quite certain to obtain a seat very speedily, Mr. Ernest Jones is not so sure of a place in Parliament for any other constituency than that by which he has now been preferred. The vote proves that the working class in Manchester have set their minds on returning Mr Jones, and as one of the three members whom the Liberals of Manchester lately endeavoured to elect in spite of the in conveniences arising out of the minority vote, he had a peculiar claim to the reversion of Mr. Birley's seat. The most absolute good faith must therefore be observed, now that a majority of the Liberals who voted in the ballot have sbewn a distinct preference for Mr. Jones. Had the result been reversed, Mr. Milner Gibson would have enjoyed the hearty co-operation of Mr. Jones and his friends. That was fully understood even when Mr. Jones was expressing publicly the opinion that his position as the third candidate of the Liberal party ought to have Nett recognised without a ballot. The like unquestioning fidelity to the terms of the understanding upon which the ballot was based is now demanded, and will be forthcoming, from those members of the Liberal party who would have preferred Mr. Milner Gibson. The Telegraph thinks that the Irish Church question will become more complicated in consequence of the mis management of the supporters of the Establishment. By a display of injudicious zeal and unreasoning stubbornness, the clergy of the Irish Church threaten to do enormous mischief to their oitn Interests, They have den:ended that the Crown shall sumnion a meeting of the Mali Church Convocation, for the distinct purpose of enabling them to oppose, as a constituted body, the Minieturia►l plan Of disestablishment. Meanwhile it has also been rumoured that they Intend to postpone their grand attack until the contemplated bill shall have been read a second time, and shall have passed into priitdittee: Such, likewise, is said to be the intention of those so•called fibefal itr.embm of the House of Commons, who, although they are not ratigdfl intone the avowed champions of the alien Establishment, will do Mr, Gladstone's plan all the mischief in their power. And it Is easy to see why those honourable gentlemen should put off their grand attack until the " principle " of the measure has been affirmed, and why they should choose the committee for their battle ground. To the " principle " of disestablishment they hal e more or less clearly committed themselves ; and, were they to vote against the second reading, they would be setting their constituents at defiance, and preparing for themselves a terrible clay of wrath. In committee, on the ether hand, they may fire shot after shot with the most deadly intent, and yet not provoke the vengeance of their !lectors; for when the House is discussing the bill clause by clause, members must bring up a crowd of questions respecting the adjustment of the Church's position, and ionic of the proposals, though apparently harmless, may really be as fatal to the Government scheme as Lord Dun kellin's amendment was to Mr. Gladstone's Seven Pounds' Franchise Bill. The I,oooth volume of Baron Tauchnitz's cele brated Library is to be a memorial one, and the fittest book in the world is chosen for such a place—no less than the New Testament according to the English version, with ;he different readings of various Greek versions, and sceepted translations, as foot-notes. Perhaps no method :ould put before the reader in a smaller compass or by a nore direct method the true value of our version. We wish abundant success to this memorial book, both here Ind on the Continent. This edition, which promises to be 61•3 - excellent one, will b.e under the competqattazt. '441) of bit tifitaffilgre LA JP LVTELLIGENCE—Mis Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. EX PARTE WALKER Y. THE CORPORATION OF LONDON. The Solicitor-General applied for a rule nisi calling on the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of London to show cause why a writ of restitution should not be direc ed to them command ing them to return to the applicant certain goods which were stolen from him, and which had passed into the possession of the City of London. The appli cation arose out of the late prosecution in the great Corn hill burglary, when Mr. Walker lost 383 watches and a number of gold chains. The parties were prosecuted and convicted. Fifty-four watches and chains, besides those taken from the thieves, which were stolen from Mr. Walker were found, and in Caseley's box was found £270, which ho said was the proceeds of the stolen property. After the conviction Mr. Walker ap plied to the Recorder for an order for the rrstitution of the property, under the 2Rh and V. th Victoria, chap. 96, sec. 100 ; but ho declined to make the order, of serving that he had no doubt the Treasury, who Was prosecuting, would hand it over. '1 ha learned counsel s,id there was no doubt the Treasury ' would have done so ; but, nnfortuualev, the police handed the property over to the Ci y of London, and they being a cifft rent Lody to deal with than the Treasury he had never been able to ol:tain the prtspo:-ty front them. Mr. Walker had made repate.l apphcations to the L. it y authorities, and there had been c-nnalt tees meetings and reports, but Mr. Walker had failed to ob tain any redress front therorporation, on the ground that this was felon's property. The articles were not, and in fact never had been, felon's goods.—The Lord Chief Jus tice —You have stated quite sufficient to entitle you to a rule.—Rule granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A WIFE.—Win. Stokes, de scribed as a labourer, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting his wife with a hammer. The injured woman was unable to attend in consequence of the injuries she received. Police-constable Robert Elliott, 36 E, said that at a quarter to ono yesterday morning he was on duty in Upper Rathbone-place, when he heard a noise, and on going to the end of the plats he saw a woman in a fearful state, she being smothered with blood, and having some wounds on her head—two on the right side and one on th• left— and her arm; shoulders, and body having also several in juries upon them. He took the woman, who be found was tLe prisoner's wife, to the Middlesex Hospital, where the surgeon dressed her wounds; and on after wards taking her home to No. 49, Upper Rathbone place, she said that the prisoner had assaulted Ler with an iron bolt, and that, ou her taking up a hammer to defend herself, he took it from her, and assaulted her with it, in flicting the injuries on her head, and she asked him to take th• prisoner into custody. On going to the room in which the prisoner was he found that he had locked him self in, and he believed nailed the door, and to get to him he had to force the door. At the station the prisoner said ho bad only used the bolt in self-defence. He (wit ness) knew the woman as a hard-working woman, who went out with a barrow to get a living for her children, whilst the prisoner he knew as an idle and very lazy fellow. _ _ _ In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the constable said the woman was confined to her bed. The prisoner said his wife received her injuries by fall ing on a fender while drunk. The constable said the woman was quite sober. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner. WESTMINSTER. POLICE rRACTICE.—On the magistrate taking his seat this morning, Richard Bourke, a solicitor's clerk, said he wished to withdraw a charge of felony he had made against a woman, and he at the same time intimated that there was a charge against himself. _ . . Jane Alton was then put into the dock charged with robbing him of a sovereign. Having withdrawn the charge, she was liberated, and Richard Bourke himself stood forward, the charge against him being that of drunk and incapable of taking care of himself. Police-constable 324 B said that after charging the woman defendant was put out of the station. As he created a disturbance at the door he was locked up. Hr. Arnold—l should think from what you say that the defendant ought to have been charged with being drunk and disorderly. If he was drunk and incapable surely his charge of felony would not have been taken. Defendant—l had been with some friends and hap pened to take some punch, which I found was taking an effect upon me. I called a Hansom to convey me home, and this young woman jumped in after me, and when I went to pay the cabman she took a sovereign out of my hand. I told the cabman to drive to the station. Mr. Arnold—What was the disturbance defendant was making? Constable—lie wished to withdraw the charge if she would give him back his sovereig i or half of it. Sergeant llopton, who took the charge of felony, was questioned by the magistrate. lie said that as the woman admitted having the sovereign ho locked liar up. Mr. Arnold—What did she say ? Sergeant—She said lie gave it to her. Mr. Arnold—That's not admitting st:•aling it. Sergeant—ile persisted in charging her. Mr. Arnold—Defendant is fined ss. for being drunk. THAMES. COWARDLY ASSAULT.—John Fairbrass, a sawyer, and Henry Gorman, a potuLtn, were brought before Mr. Ben son, charged with violently assaulting Patrick Briant, a labourer, of No. 11, High-street, Bromley. The complainant was passing along the Mile-end-road last night at half-past 11 oclock, iu company with his wife and a young man, his son. They were interfering with no one, were quite sober, and were on their way home, when the prisoners insulted them, and one of them demanded of the son " What are you going to do with that woman ?" He said " That is my mother." The prisoners then struck Briant, his wife, and his son. The woman's eye was blackened yb the blow she re ceived. John Briant was struck in a cowardly manner while ho was down. The police interfered, and the pri soners were captured. Mr. Benson said that Henry Gorman had committed a cowardly assault, and fined him 205., and in default twenty days' imprisonment; and Fairbrass, 103., or seven days' imprisonment. ill A RKE7 S-2 1118 DA Y. MARK LANE. At Mark-lane this morning there was a full attendance of the trade, the demand was steady, and factors were enabled to obtain an advance of l e t o 2 s per qu rter upon and n g i l s i h more wheat. money Foreign was also mo re i nqu i re d for, was asked. C oun t ry fl our i s E quoted 6d better. Town flour unaltered. Oats are steady, at an advance of 3d to 6d per qr. Barley firm, but not lower. Other things without much alteration. DIETRO.?OLITAN CATTLE. There was a larger amount of stock in the market this morning, but accounts being better from the dead market, and the weather fine, trade was more cheerful and affoided better support to prices. At late rates, and in some cases brought 2d per stone. For best quali ties of beef there was a good inquiry ; middling grades were dull of sale, and generally rather drooping in price. The mutton trade ruled very firm, especially in the better qualities, and 2d more was very generally made. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January 25.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market quiet; prices drooping senerally lower on spot, and fur arrival. SHIPPING IINITELLIGENC.Z.: GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 24—Argus, steamer, from Calais; Brenda, steamer, from Odessa; Lord J. Russell, steamer, from Dunkirk; Charles Howard, steamer, from Lisbon; Anglo- Sitz , )n, from Caen ; Johna Maria, from Rotterdam ; West, from Demerara, Arrived, Jan 2&—Maitland, from Shanghai ; Fyenoord, steamer, and Dragon, steamer, both from Rotterdam ; Orion, steamer, from Antwerp; John Bull, steamer, from Havre ; steamer, from Barquero ; Forth, steamer, from Hamburg ; Pacific, steamer, from Konigsberg ; Aurora, steamer, from Amsterdam. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed—Hyaline, from London, for Brixhain; Majestic, schooner, from the west, for the north. Arrived—Thetis, from London, for Cardiff ; Clara, from London, Galatz ; Dina, from London, for Cardiff A frightful accident occurred on Saturday after noon at the works now in progress at Chathatn Dockyard for the extension of docks and basins at that establishment, whereby oue man was instan taneously killed and several others seriously injured. The spot at which the acciJent occurred was near the north-east corner of the middle basin, where there is a deep cutting, spanned by a wot.;Jen bridge, over which are conveyed the waggons laden with the clay excavated from the site forming the basin, the waggons being drawn by locomotives, several of which are employed on the works. At the mo ment of the accident a heavily laden train was pass ing over the bridge, when the latter suddenly gave way at the time three waggons were on it, one man, named George Dixon, being instantaneously killed, and three others severely injured. The latter were promptly removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital Rochester. The inquiry into the accident will be held to-day. VHIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocz. TAT TE asALL's—This Evening. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 100 to 8 agst Sycee (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lady Coventry (taken) 25 to 1 agst George Osbald eston (taken) 25 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (takec) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 8 agst The Colonel (taken) 15 to 1 agst Fan (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sultan (taken anal offerd) 1000 to 35 agst Clansman (takeh) 1000 to 35 agst Q.C. (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Huntsman's Daughter (taken) 30 to 1 agst Tatipx,ll (taken) cuEsTE4 CUP. 1100 to 8 agst Paul Jones (taken and offered) If 20 to 1 ag , t Robespierre (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Viridis (taken and offered) THE DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Pero Goin..z (offered —take 6 to 1) 7 to 1 agst Wild Oats (taken) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tins DAT. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 100 to 6 agst Sycee (taken) 20 to 1 agst Islam (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Silenus (offered) 23 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lady Coventry (taken) 25 to 1 agst George Osbaldeston (offered) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 8 agst Paul zones (offered) 100 to 7 agst Blue Gown (taken) 20 to 1 agst Robespierre (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst St. Mungo (taken) 40 to 1 agst Romping Girl (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 13 to 1 agst Colonel (taken) 14 to 1 agst Fan (offered, 15 to 1 taken) 20 to 1 agst Globule (taken and offered) . 20 to 1 agst Sultan (offered-25 to 1 taken and wanted) 25 to 1 agst Huntsman's Daughter (taken and off) 28 to 1 agst Clansman (taken) 30 to 1 agst Alcibiade (taken) 30 to 1 agst Tathwell (offered) 33 to 1 aget Lord Ronald (taken) 40 to 1 agst Barbarian (taken) 40 to 1 aget Bishopton (taken) 40 to 1 agst Tennyson (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 9to 4 aget Wild Oats (offered-5 to 3 wanted) 3to 1 agst Belladrum (offered) DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Belladrum (offered) 7to 1 aget Wild Oats (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Ethns (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Tenedos (taken) 40 to 1 agst Brennus (taken) RACING FIXT FEBRUARY. Sudbury 2, 3 Pontefract lB, 19 Lincoln l6, 17 Nottingham Spring... 23, 24 Harrow lB, 19 Chelmsford.. 25, 21 Mansfield 18 Derby Spring 2O, 21 MARCH. _ _ _ RES FOR 1869. Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 . Shrewsbury spring 5, 6 Do wnpat rick 9 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 West Drayton lB, 18 Baldoyle First Spring 18, 18 Margate 20 Beverley 20 Durham 29, 81 Epsom 80, 81 Abergavenny l, 2 I Bromley 1 . 2 Aldershot l, 2 I Catterick Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk ... 6, 7 Ilungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cambridge 7 8 Croxton Park .. 8 I Streatham 8, 9 I Newmarket Crayen...lt, &o. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne ll Leweg 20 21 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon... 21, 21 Newmarket Ist Spring i 5, &oi MAY. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 I Doncaster 13, 14 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 ! West Drayton l7, li Winchester ll, 12 1 Bath 18, if York 11, 12 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Baldoyle 2nd Spring ll, 12 Croydon 19, 11 St Albans 1;, 14 liarpond,u 2l Salisbury l3, 11 I Epsom Summer .....25, &e. JirNE. Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 llibuiy Club 23 Stockirridgo 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Suttou Park Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton ", 3, 4 Ascot.. 9, 10, 11 Livoipool Summer —.15, 16 Wiu isor 15, 16 lla,mpton l7, 18 Curragli 22, 23, 21 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle 6 7 Pontef mot 9, 10 Hendon l2, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 ' Lewes 6, 7 Egaarn lO, 11 WolTerliair ptou lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT: Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abiugdou 9, 10 Doucaster 14, la, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7, 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &re. Chelmsford l9, 20 Kelso 19, 20 N OVI Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow 2, 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 STEEPLECTIA FEBR Wolverhampton 2 Carmarthen 3 4 Edgeward .. 4, 5 Teuby 5 Birmingham 1 , 9 Chippeuhatu 10, 11 Streatham 11, 12 I•l4l\vbriage 15 Lincoln lO, 17 Liverpool 3 Shrewsbury ..... 5, 6 Milton Rugby (Urand Mil.) 8, 9 Kingsbury 12, 13 AP West Somerset 15, 18 York 17 Orewkern• lB, 19 Chepstow 29, 30 Aldershot 1, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Abergavenny l, 2 Lichfield ..6, 7 __ gtraatham B, 9 Royal Artily., Woolwich...B Knighton Ludlow l5, 2116 Southdown Hunt .7 Tenbury... Cambridge 7, 8 Croydon ..22, 28 Cheltenham 7, 8 Co. Louth & A.rdec..27, 28 3l AY. Limerick Hunt 4 St. Albans ......... .. 13 E I glinton Hunt 6, 7 We f t Drayt0n........„ 17 JULY. 0 Kingsbury... AUGUST. St. Albans 17 OCTOBER. Bromley 7 1 West Drayton 2l, 32 NOVEMBER Harrow ..................... 2, 3 1 Eglinton Hunt 8, 7 Worcester .................. 3, 4 Liverpool St. Albans .................. 5, 6 i Sh rews bury ..... 10, a COURSING FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. __ _ Powderbarn ... 2. Everleigh Club, Wilts 2, 3 Rufford Open, Lancash ire Cardingtoe, Beds Wenvoe Castle ..... 3, c L u dham, Norfolk B ram pton, Cumberland ll, 12 11, la W a t er l o o (Altcar), Lancashire 17, &i, MARCH. Ashdown Park, Berta Fourth S. Lancashire (Champion) County Louth (Champion), Ireland 18, ac Scottish National Open, Lanark 3O, o. The Waterloo Purse, value £260, in specie, taken front the Cup Stake, for the 32 beaten dogs in the first round for the Cup; the winner to receive .£lOO. The Waterloo Plate for the 16 dogs beaten in the second ties for the Cup, amounting to £lOO, to be divided as under: 1. Winner o receive 1. Second ditto 2. Dogs to receive £7 lOs eacti 3. Ditto ditto h ditto ... 8 £lOO The Waterloo Puree, for the 32 dogs beaten in the fret course for the Waterloo Cup, amounting to £260, to be divided as under :—• 1. Winnor to receive 1. Second ditto ••• •.• 2. Dogs to receive £l5 each... 4. Ditto ditto 10 ditto... 8. Ditto ditto 5 ditto... - £lOO ON LY. Southampton 13, 14 Reading; 15, 16 Liuutiugdou 2O, 21 St onford ... '2, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 3$ UST. Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 26, 27 Scarborough .30, 31 Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1. Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury ......., 31, Sep. I. NIBER. Hampton 2l, 22 Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Hendon Monmouth... - 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 00t....28, dc. Lanark... 29, 30 IBER. Cheltenham l9, VI Curragh l9, 20, 21 West Drayton '2l, 211 Hereford 2l, 2! Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarket H'ton ...25, cto. IMBER. Shrewsbury 16, &c. Leamington liunt 23, &a. rE FIXTURES. ART. Morton-in-Marsh lB Harrow lB, 19 Pontefract 18, 19 Boston Windsor 22, 23 St. Albans 23, 24 Derby Baschurch 'c H. MA.