The Sun. — London, England, 1869-10-22 00:00:00

,ato that t o or ai" tbat bee° fired i c e or n egi 1° borg °. C _ an fotic tila WI" MONEY - MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The business on the Stock Exchange to-day was very flat, but prices did not give way. American securities were depressed, but in Railway shares the prices remain unaltered. Consols are now at 938 to 931 for money; di▪ tto, for Account, 931 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 92 ; New Tkree per Cents, 92 18 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 6 prem. ; June, 6 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, 1 prem. ; June, prem.;; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 235. India Sto c k, 101 p er C en t., Ap r il, 1874, ; dit▪ to 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 114 s ; ditto 4 per l.'ent., Oct., 1888, 100 ; ditto Enlaced Paper, 52 per Cent., 1108 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 25 prem. In Foreign Stocks prices have improved in some eases. Brazilian are 83 to 831 ; Egyptian (1864), 86 to 87 ex div. ; ditto (1868), 76i to 76-1-, ; Viceroy Seven per Cents., 81k to 814 ; ditto Nine per Cents., 981 to 991; Italian, 521 to 524 ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 841 to 851 ; Mexican, 121 to 13 ; Peruvian, 808 to 811 ; Portuguese,33l to 34; ; Orel, 82 to 821 ex div. ; Nicolas, 68 to 681 ; Moscow, 83 1 to 84 ; Charkof, 801 to 81; Spanish, 27+ to 27 : ; and Turkish Five per Cents., 428 to 428. In the Railway Market prices are now as fol -IMI :—Caledonian, 80+ to 811 ex div. ; Great Eastern, 37+ to 372 ; Great Northern, 107 to 109 ; ditto (A), 1041 to 1044 ; Great Western, 56 to 68 2 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 124! to 125+ ; Lon• don and Brighton, 44 to 442 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 164 to 17 ; London and North Wes tern, 118 to 1182 ; London and South Western, 90 to `JI; Metropolitan, 862 to 87 ; Midland, 118; to 1191 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 117+ to 117; ; and South Eastern, 77 to 77+. In American Securities Erie Shares are again de pressed. Five-Twenty Bonds are 811 to 811 ex div, ; Ten-Forties, 75f to 762 ; and Erie Railroad Shares, 201 to 221. Lombardo-Venetian Railway Shares are higher, at 201 to 201; and Great Luxemburg are 121 to 128. French Telegraph Cable Shares are higher, 16! to 17 ; Anglo-American, 198 to 201; and Con struction and Maintenance, 31! to 32. In Bank Shares prices are as follow :—Anglo- Austrian 7 to 9 ex new prem. ; Chartered Mer cantile, 32 to 33 ; Consolidated, 41 to 4+ ; Im perial Bank, 16 to 17; Imperial Ottoman, 2/ to 2 1 prem. ; London and County, 481 to 492 ; Lon don and Westminster, 58 to 59 ; Oriental, 43 to 44. In Miscellaneous Securities, General Credit is quiet, at 14 to 1 dis. ; International Finance, 2k t o l dis. ; National Discount, 10i to 10i ; and Hudson's Bay, 134 to 14. Gold is firm at Monday's rates. The sum of £30,000 in sovereigns from America Was taken to the Bank yesterday. A company was introduced in August last under the title of the India, Australia, and China Tele graph Company, for a light cable from Ceylon to Penang, with a capital of £350,000, but it was generally understood not to have succeeded in get ting the required subscription. Yesterday a notice w as received asserting that they had secured their ,capital and would have their line in working order in April next. The Stock Exchange Committee have ordered the Bliaree of the European Gas Company to be quoted in the daily list as well as in the biweekly list, where t hey already appear. The half yearly meeting of the proprietors of the London and South African Bank will be held on the 11th of November. The Canadian News states that as soon as Canada ha s taken possession of the newly-acquired North- West Territory she will be prepared to pay over t he £ 3 00,000 to the Hudson's Bay Company, and that there is reason to believe that all the details will be arranged before the meeting of the com- PanY to be held next month, so that the whole aniount, if a division be then determined upon, may be at once returned to the shareholders. The same journal adds that the amount of the award recently given in the matter of the Orego Terri tor‘, J i s to be paid in gold ; and that this sum will, If divided, be equivalent to a further bonus to the Proprietors of 4s. per share. A prospectus has been issued of the Brazilian ( las Fuel Company (Limited), with a c ipital of £lOO,OOO in shares of £lO (of which half is to be first subscribed), for working some extensive de resits of a combustible material called" turba" or brown ca nne l , " a b ou t 60 miles from the city of Bahia, and which are believed to be almost inex haustible. The gas-producing power of the " turba" 5.8 very great, while the cost of excavating and deli- V , !ring it is small in comparison with that of coal. he concession obtained from the Brazilian Go vernment is for 30 years (to be increased to 90), and ,, the purchase money is to he £25,000, of which ''20,000 will be taken in paid-up shares. Brazil a " t he countries of the River Plate at present ob tain; all th e coa l for t h e i r gas wor k s at h eavy cost Mal England, and the consumption is rapidly in creasing. 11 r. Andrew, the chairman of the Scinde Rail- Wa y Company, has just addressed to the Under.. s ec retary of State for [ndia a long and elaborate l etter , i n which he forcibly urges the claims of that com pany for the concession of the Mcolton and x ° tree line, contending that the change of railway 1) ,,, °11° Y on the part of the Government of India 0 ta lg : ht not to prevent the company's several under , in gs from being welded into a whole, under one -4 anagernent. th e return from the Bank of England for the Wee k ended the 20th of Oct. gives the following r e 4Ults when compared with the previous week :- - - "tst • u •••••••••••••••••••• £3,074,201 ••• Increase ... £7,273 Oth%Lilo deposits er deposits 18,482,729 Decrease 1,159,396 o jl _ the other aide of the account : jellitient securi -048 ............. Isl ot : securities 15,082,133 ... Decrease ... 1,295,401 , Th's u nemployed 8,953,145 ... Decrease 407,910 L e amount of notes in circulation is £24,210,555, bullion decrease of £54,915 ; and the stock of a in both departments is £19,477,691, showing decr ease of £357,237 when compared with the pre ceding return. of S u bjoined is a com p ar i son o f th e p r e s e n t position a ast e Bank of E ng l an d an d th e pr i ces o f C onso l s French Rentes with the corresponding week of At Present. Same Week bullio n last Year. "ser ~ £19,120,691 ... £20,164,250 •,,'° 9,910,136 ... 10,648,3 35 rt h , t _ eB o ve in circulation 24,210,555 ... 24,515,915 , e ce r f discount v_usols ench Route; ..... 711. 37c. 70f. 37c. Th e following is the official return of the cheques bills' th e d Cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for W eek ending Wednesday, Oct. 20 :- 7 'hursday £8,825,000 Prid ay 23,819,000 Saturday 13,171,000 kuud ay ' • 11,130,000 W ednesday 10,876,000 'vednesday 9,029,000 £76,850,000 Two CrEILOOK• 0 131/TIIIII rum-- i , s 'OVERINNIENT Eustis.; 93i i i -,,r cnt. consols 41,1;44°0 eftiotr. Account, Nov 4 — is:W per ()out 92 11 Lot per Cent. Jan. 1894, , . 0 por Con J an. 187 3 b n o ui lies ! SO yrs, expire sth Jan. i,, 1 8 8 5 8 . 0 -. ... . D • for do yrs, expire sth April u _ X ° Ned (ia Telef„raph), Aug„ 1908.- c:hog:car Rills, 41,00 u, 2k p. Ct. March —..... D o D. 3 do. June pm 1 Ih m .. 4100, £2OO pero Lizof land Stock, 4k Cent NI ~01)011111g h i t am it 4 per Cont. Bonds er-Colonial Cranium 11,4111%%41r UOYERNMENT SECURITIES 1),, 4 r , t() C I C, 10k per Cent., April 1874 — D o___ " yPoning, for. ccount 114 b* 0 per Cent. July, 1880 100.t 0' I Pot' Cent., Oct. 1888 „o• Certificates "c "" 41 4 d P 0 t 921 co *T o , 4 per on .. ••• _ uu kper Cast., Jill. 1872 1101 °' St Per Cent. May 1879 - 1)4 r _ . per Cent., limp. Deb. 1872 Du do 1877 . Do. do. 1882 — IR,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ — Do Ronde, 4 per Cent., .£1,00() Do. under 1.1..000 — FOLLEIGiN 1111111 d— VITO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent B2; 2 k uitriau Boucle 5 per cent Do. 1659 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858.... Do. uu 186!) — Do. do., 1863 72f Do. 5 per Cent, 1865 — Do Account B3l 3 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) °Wm., 6 per Cent. ')dilian 6 per Cent 75 Do. 4f per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., le6G Do. 6 per co- t. 1867 o7} 3 lo uluan, 6 per Cent. Danish, 25 3 per Cent., 18 Dan.‘ll:ol rrincip:llities, 7 i L.r Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — 6. cutirl: - .)r New Ccnsolidated, 1 per Cent 114y17 4 ,ian, 7 per Gent_ — lio Se, oott issue Do. .45(it, Bonds •_.z•2l De. 186 i Do. Account .... ........... Do. La° Bonds Do. 41J6 Bonds B Bl '2 Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .. ... D0..£100 Bonds ••••• Government Itall way Debentures - Groot 5 per Cent., 1821 5, ex Coups -- Do. Acecun t . . Do. Coupon s - Do. Account Gu ,temalu:s per Cent . —l Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p.,Ct., all pd Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account ~ . -- Do Msremniana Railway 51exicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — .... _ Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — alontevideau 6 per Cent. .. — klocrish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account BOl 1/ Do 44 per Cent. (Ui:vbarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do Account — Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'3 3/ 4 Do. do. 1867...... — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 i •er Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ..• 881 9 Do 'do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds , 921 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 6Bl Sardinian 5 per Cent 724 Spanish 3 per Cen . — Do. Account — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Deferred — Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. 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 .£lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates 864 French Hentes 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italia), 5 per dent. 1861, Ex. 25f. Do Account 524 TWO O'CLOCK. Oonsols, Money' 931 Do. Account, Nov. 4 93! POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH- S TREET. AN HOTEL-KEEPER FINED AND IMPRISONED.-John Pheloo, hotel-keeper, of No. 124, High-street, Shadwell, was charged before Mr. Knox, with assaulting two cab men, named,llenry Kerrige, 3,357, and William Phillips, 6,945. Phillips said that he was driving along Compton-street that morning about one o'clock, when somebody called " cab," and on getting down, thinking it was a fare, the prisoner, who was with three other gentlemen, struck him and knocked him down. Kerrigo said he was called by the prisoner and three other gentlemen, and they asked io tako them to Shad well, and, after some barcaining about the fare, they asked him for his ticket.. lie told theta that as they heel not engaged him ho had no right to give them one, upon which the prisoner and a friend set on him and knocked him about, and the prisoner knocked him against a wheel and hurt him internally, and he was in great pain. Reuben Percival, 200 0, said that hearing a cry of "Police," he went up and saw the prisoner knock Kerrige down on his back, the prisoner being in liquor at the time, as well as his friends. The prisoner said ho had been with some friends to supper, and they wanted to ride home, and the cabman wanted too much, and called them bad names and shoved them, and they shoved the cabman, but he did not knock either of them down, but it was very likely they fell, The cabmen denied using bad language. The prisoner called Mr. Marina Ronaldi and Mr. Peter Nicholas, who said that they did not seo either cabman knocked down, neither did the cabmen fall. In answer to Mr. Knox, the constable said he saw the prisoner deliberately strike the cabman and knock him down, and in falling his back came against the wheel. Mr. Knox said he totally disbelieved the evidence for the defence, and was satisfied perjury had been committed, the more especially so as the constable, a disinterested witness, said he saw the cabman deliberately knocked down. Poor cabmen, who wore trying to get a living, must be protected. Efe should fine the prisoner .£5 for the as sault on Phillips, and committed him for a month for the assault on Korrigo without the option of a fine. .....- ALBESI !SECTORS. Ir. Edward Lce, lspiracy again st Any, iVaterloo iborough-street : - esh sunnnonsel ompiy w ith the application wag r. Lee he would dismissed th e Mr. Lee would sh summonses• ld like to bear f eensiderati on r. Lee, and his trent that 3fr• Mr. Knox) Or he proseentio r t ppear with DR' ;lit was out ° f r Mr. Straight pplication, but d to do so, an d f needed. it s by Mr. Murray' Liaise last Sates'' nmonses might thou, he nall s ration, and ,10 ly applied gol d and had been support of 1 115 trained by the ;rstood that his :d for the nest an opportuni t y to absent hiur Ls a trivial and into the count rks personal to Lees absence/ .vising 3ir• L ee . a private In d "' ense and COw vowing to set rightfully or Ile g r ' ponsi • I to be presen t ie witnesses to rexa,mhiati on. ed at the PO E )unsel for th Q cross-exarnilla" lat the cross' :e on the fist serious cross' :e on Saturds9 [e (the mag il ; borily declin e ' ::re applied fo r hat gentlein ° . d was satisfi es As he did Lareholdor, 110 the directors ruse the aprir LING. ts brought " 1) nation bef° l° twlins, 3-tr• „iris once e Ifickie. The co ld, stand s V° li. it complev o atoned inacte A : She depo sed de. Prisoner the Bth of th e I saw t he on t h e ternoon• 6- :fight she l c "' i m y preset ako the dill t time to this. to bad ne tie° ono with PSG' before I lea iru rordg. four children' and fronl.iL Tpon ay . ": a y se „vice, Lye no 311°° :t lid it w ithal' . 4toverl t" itil the aft er ; gran statin; oner's P°a°eff. b ee n cut °— on LiverP °°l . 0 nsion of aen him at se if she i, i ld r t the , u c oif „ D ing tO THAMES. A CIIEESEMONGER SAYING HIS BACON.--John Davis, aged 19 years, a dirty rough-looking fellow, was charged with stealing a cushion of bacon, from the shop of Mr Wilhelm Alayt, a German, of No. 1, Palestine-place, Com mercial-road. The prosecutor lost two large hams last week, and he had kept a sharp look out ever since to save his bacon. He saw the prisoner take a cushion of bacon off his board and run away with it. There was a confe derate running with him. Ho pursued the prisoner, who dropped the bacon, which was recovered, and the prisoner was captured. The prisoner—l was running because I was cold. I did not take the bacon. The other chap did, and he ought to have been taken and not me. The prosecutor said the bacon weighed 151b5., and was worth 158. The magistrate—A shilling a pound for bacon ? Witness—Yes, sir. The two hams stolen last week were also worth I.s. por pound. Ham and bacon is ham and bacon now, sir. _ . Police-sergeant Blackwall, 1 EC It, asked for a remand to afford time to look after the prisoner's confederate. The prisoner was remanded for a week. WESTMINSTER. A MAN JUMPING OFF BATTERSEA BRIDGE.--Henry Giles, a man about 40 years of ago, was charged with jumping off Battersea-bridge yesterday afternoon to drown himself. His wife said he was not in the habit of drinking. She went into some details about the cause of his trouble. Mr. Arnold remanded him until Thursday. DOW-STREET. Thomas Barnard was placed at the bar charged with stealing a quantity of gas fittings, the property of his em ployer, Mr. Gardner, of 62, Strand. From the evidence of Hines, the detective officer, it ap peared that owing to the disappearance of quantities of gas fittings a watch was set upon the workmen, and the prisoner was observed to leave the premises and go to the Hampshire Hog public-house, in the Strand. The officer told the prisoner that he was suspected of having some property belonging to his master, which ho denied ; but on being searched a few brass taps were found on him. It afterwards appeared that the prisoner had lately done some gas-fitting at the Missionary Hall, Soho, and on going to the place it was found that the gas fittings belonged to Messrs. Gardner, and had been taken from his stock without their knowledge or consent. The prisoner, it was stated, had been in the service of the prosecutor for 18 years. His salary was 38s. per week. A gentleman, who appeared for Mr. Gardner, said it was the desire of that gentleman that mercy should be ex tended to the prisoner. A short imprisonment would suffice to produce a salutary effect, and that being all he wished, ho hoped the magistrate would deal as leniently as possible with the prisoner. Mr. Vaughan' said it was a lamentable case that r. man who had enjoyed an honest and trustworthy character for so many years should have yielded to temptation, and he (the magistrate) presumed that it was thought that the trifling articles taken would not bo missed, but it was most important that small things should be protected as well as large, and if he were to send the case for trial the sentence doubtless would be imprisonment for a long period. However, as the prosecutor wished the case to be dealt with mercifully, and taking into account the good character the prisoner had possessed, ho should sentence him to three mouths' imprisonment with hard labour. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, it 69. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Busineae Share; NAME. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 111 14 l'J Do B lO Si ili 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, Urn all 231 241 p 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 b 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm...„ 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia.., all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 15/ 161 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, Nud China all 18 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India, Loudon, and China all 32 34 20 City lO 10 11 100 Colonial 25 36 37 10 Consolidated, lint.- 4 1 1 41 16 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East Loudon, lim 5 21 11 20 English and Any- lean, lilt 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Itio de Ja lleiro. 11111 20 English, .•,eottisli, and Alni - traliun Chartered . all 161 161 284 Hong Long and lillaughtd Batik" Corporation all 36 38 281 Do new lll 4 5 161 4 10U Imperial, lim 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 24 15 lonian all 19 22 25 Do new. 5 6 3 Lnd Mortgage of I n di a liin 4 i ;; I 100 1)0 sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 3 9 all 76 70 80 814 100 London Bank: of M ex i co and South America, Hai. 20 7 6 ;1 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 35 30 20 Do new 71 5 41 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 6 8 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 241 20 London and County 2O 491 501 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... London Joint Sto c k ..... London and South African al 8 9 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lint l2l ... • 100 London and Westminster 2O 571 581 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lim 10 Metropolitan, Um 00 Midland, 1im...... 5 National of Australia 25 National et Liverpool, lim l5 3d 1 p 00 National I'rovinc. of Enz'd 42 ... ... 10 Do . ....... . 42 ... ... 50 National. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 50 Prov inc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 10 61 51 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 90 92 10 Do new. all ••• -. 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 23 14 13 100 Do issued at 6 pm, 10 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 43 100 Union of Ireland, bin ... 50 Union of Loudon l5 341 351 ___ TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. all 201 20& 20 it 10 Anglo Mediter Te1.,1im.... 10 17 118 18 2 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 15 17 st Do. 8 per cent. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 163 163 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 251 259 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO Id pr 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 21 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 1p 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lim all 61 74 25 Reuter's Telegram all 79 81 20 Societe Transatlaut., lim all 16 16k st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 2 5 11. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 71 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 9l 5 p MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 154 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 3 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 131 11/ 10 Do. New all 111 15 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. all 4i 4; 5 Do. New 4 1f Icl 50 British American Land 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada CompanY all 63 OG 10 Canadian Loan and Invest- went lim 2; •• ••• 20 Ceylon Company , lint tylon v.— 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 6 _ 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 9 5/ 41d 30 City City o f of Moscow Milan Im ci p a r s o: 1 7 i lim, m all 5 6 25 50 City Offices, lim 25 23 22 d 50 Colonial, lim Do. .. 50 Commercial ;Talon (Assai) 5 pr i p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 24 25 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 4f per cent, all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 4 I per cent. all 1041 105/ 100 Do. 1882, 4f per cent. all 103 104 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 21 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 31 2/d st Crystal Palace lOO 22 24 st Do. Preference lOO 92 97 st Do. 6p. c Pexpetual Deb. 109 105 110 20 Darjeeling, lim. 10 Eastern Assam, lim. 6l .., ....d 50 East Indian Laud Credit - and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lien. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Gila. by Egypt. Goy all 98 99 994 83 20 Egyptian Cum.& Trad. lint 6 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lira 21 15 English Engineering 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim 8 ~1 10 }'a 5 • 3 2i" 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,litn. 12 1 2 p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 83 70 90 inish and Foreign Credit 41 31‘1 50 Gellivara, lim. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lira 71 11 1.1 6 5-16 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 '22 50 Hums & Col Marine lu. lint. 5 2 5 ad 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 121 15 113 14 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 20 Interna.FinancialSoc. lim 5 2 11 3 20 Interna. Land Credit, limn 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land 5 ld p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 31 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 67 50 50 Land Securities, lim 2l 114 25 London African Trading lO 7 s d, 25 Lon. & Caled. M ar i ne, lim 6 •••d 10 London County Land and Building, lint. 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lien 30 22 21 4 Lortd.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lint. all 2 23 83 3 50 Loud, awl Glaeg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 21 16d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 1 4 Pr et Madras Irriga. & Canl. Qua. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 104 108 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency,lirn.... 50 Merchant Shipping, Rm , all 32 37 SO Millwall Iron Works, lint. 121 ••• 10 Natal Laud and. Colonisa tion Co., linr. 25 National Discou nt Co., lint 5 101 111 25 National Pro v . Marine, lint. 4 • • 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 31 3 d. 10 New Consolidated Die. Um. 3 11 1 1a 5 New Quebrada, lien 4.8.0 41 41 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. cantile Agency,liin ni I 1P 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim .................... 5 11 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, llim. 5 7 5 10 Do. B ..................... all 9 st North Brit. Austral., 100 4 8 5 3 50 North Brit. & Mercan. 61 19 191 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 14 19 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll 5 Oriental Gas, Lim 5 Do. New .••••,,, 1 1 P 10 Otago and So ut hl and In. vestment, lira ld 1I) 5 Ottoman Gas, Lim ll 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim 5 Do. do. st Peel R. Land & Minerl, lien 100 31 31 50 Peniram. & Oriental Steam all 648 50 Do. New 1807 lO 24 50 Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New 2 Rio de Janeiro City 1m.,11m. all 18 19 173 Do. Gas, lim all 21 '241 241 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 43 5 Scottish Aust. Invest., lima lOO 78 83 Do. 6p. c. Guar. Prof lOO ••• Societe Fin. d'Egypto, lien lO 7 • 64 Societe Getaale l'Empire Ot 8 21 31 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 25 South Australian Land all 33 34 20 TelagraphCon.&Main.,lim. all 29 tc9l 311 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl 10 Trust &Agency of Atui.,lim 1 1 • lp 10 Do do. do. all .•.. •• 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 • i p 50 Union Marine L'pool, tint 5 41 5 p 20 Union Steam Ship, lien all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 13 id 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lim 5 3 4:p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 11 2 30 Van Diemar's Land 2Bl 0 7 100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 79 80 814 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 11 104 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lien 2O 5 3 20 WestLontion Wharves and Warehouses COLONIAL GIOVERNMENT Britiab Columbia, 6 per 100 1895 _ _ _ •••• UV. C 1877-84 D011..(61;.v0.67P.ec:1, a:.ilj Aug.... 100 114 104 Do. sp. o. Mar. IC Sept.. 100 102 104 Do. p. 0. Jan. do July.. 100 921 931 931 1 Do. sp. o. Inscribed sk.. 100 90 92 Cape G.Hope, 6 P• 6 •1 8 7 3.• 100 102 101 ▪ Do.Apl.BtOot 1090-1900.. 100 111 113 Do. do 1 880-90 " 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 .... 100 108 lit Do. 5 per Dent. 15 April and IS Oct., 1900 .. 100 98 ICO Ceylon, Nov 1878, 0 P•e•- 100 108 110 Do. 1872. d 0.... 100 105 107 Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1871,- -- Jan. and July Do. 1878 ....... .• lOO 105 106 103 Do.lBB2,Hiay and Nc‘ D 0.18.15, Feb. IC 10 106 108 Melbourne Corperatn., 1167-75, 6 per ICO ICO 100 100 103 104 Natal 6 p ct, Apl ,t Oct OO —_ Do 6p o. May & Nov lO 1( 6 108 N. S.W. 5 p•c., '7l to '76 lOO 99 1( .1 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to IbVe... 100 99 100 1001 1 --Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 - N.Zealand, 6p. 01. 1891 ICO Do. 5 per cent. . DoJan,Aprl,July, Ozt lOO 91 02 92 i 1)o 6p c. Mar & bept '9l lOO 108 110 Do June (1; Deo~ 1 , 91 - fDo I'rov. of Auckld. 1(0 t E eries 1 tit 2, 1815— ^ Nova Scotia 6 p C.Jan and July. 1876 .. - Do 18e6.. 100 10 ganenslnd. 6p. o. 'B4-E lOO 107 1081 10(t1 - Do 1801 Tasmanian 6 per .. 107 109 Do t 893 '97 Victoria 6 per cent.lB9l lOO -IT Dv. 4pril and Oct uciii 111 113 /11; .SHAPE LIST. AND STOCKS. ihare Hotta • Budineas raid. Price. dein. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 70 72 st Caledonian lOO 801 8t st Cambrian. 20 Cornwall all 2 3 st Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO st Dun„Perth,& Ab.Juna lOO 70 72 2) East London all 61 71 20 Do 15 2) Do 10 at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 103 105 st Great Eastern .; lOO 303 371 37 1 st Do. E. Angl..No. 2 lOO ... ... 7 st tireatNorthol Scotland lOO 15 16 st Great Northern lOO 107 108 1071 st Do. A stock...—. lOO 101 105 1014 et Do. B stout lOO .. st GtS. and W. of Ireland lOO 117 9 8t Gt. Western —Original lOO 1 , 0 5(4 561 .t Do. South Wales lto 57 59 $B4 61 71 st Do. W. Altd.—Oxtord lOO 34 36 at Do. Newport lOO 31 33 o f Laue,tature.:. l orasYare lOO 1243 -251 at Lou., S.Cusst l ,lO 41 45 441 UJ Do • ... 1411 a 1 1 ou., Uk L. 40t1 Dovcr.. itti) 16 ; 171 3t Do. :11ctrop. 1;x. A.... lOU lu 12 at Luu. 1 :North NV Cbttill.. ICC 1 8 iizsi 113 1, et Lou. 6outh We6l,erb.. ltO 81) l.vl !iu Attn., sliel., a Lincoln tk, 53 531 st Metropolitan st Do Extensian WO 56 33 5 De. IN, rd all st Me...rupollutn Dittritt. al: 34 10 111elrop. St. John's 11 oo 1 6 st Midland st lie, Birruin. .1 Darby st North 13riUch st rth., 51. Dun— 10' st ;\ or. hlastern—kerwick KO 117 :18 117 i 25 Do. (4. N purchast 1f.13, - st Du Leeds ....... at Do York lOO 114 118 1151 16 st Do Carlisle . st Do Stoci. & Darling HO 149 151 at North Lonlou 100 11i 121 10 Do Jew 1868 . 4 11 2 p st North Staffordshire lOO 54 56 st North ant' 8.-W. Junction 100 91 lot 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... •• st Rl , : i mney st :Shropshire Union lOO 571 581 st South Devon_.. st South Eastern lOO 771 78 at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok allj 13 11 st Tall Vale -- Do. C • 6 Waterlord & Kilkenny lOO 10 Waterloo & Whitehall 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. it Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... et Do. Scot. N.E., 4h per cent lOO it Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, o per cent gua std Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference 100 ~. st Was. it S.W. gua. 5 per et 100 ... st Gt. Eastern, EA) Ex. No.l 100 US 10J at Do do N 0.2 100 96 90 •98 t st Do do 6 per cent 100 110 113 st Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 st Do do B 6 do. 100 ... st Do do C 7 do. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 65 72 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Va1.1647 100 st Great Northern, 5 per cent 100 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Do 44 do do do 100 ~. ~, st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 91 96 st; Gi.West.—Orig.&Jut.-Rent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 104 106 st Do. Orig. (B. &IL Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 st Do do 4. per cent.lBso lOO 87 85 901 st Do do 4 do do st Do do 5 per cent. redem lOO 9G 98 st Do do Birmingham gua, lOO 66 70 st Do do do pref lOO ..„ ... 'at Do do Chester gua lOO 85 90 st Do do do 8 per coat lOO ... . . st Do do do 5 do 100 93 1 . 06 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... ... at Do do 41 p.c lOO „,„ ... st Do do 41 1859 lOO ~, ... st Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 100 112 115 at Do do 2d gua. 100 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 'JO 92 st Do do 28 do 100 97 100 st Do gua,. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... .... 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. alt ... .., at Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 133 st Do Barnsley, £5 3510 d p.c. 100 ... ... at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn pureh). 100 98 100 std London & Brighton , 5 p.c. g u arau at Do 6 D o 5 pert e c e e t . N g o li 0, 1 . No. 2. 100 ... .., st do do lOO at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO ... .., st Do 7 per cent lOO ... ... st D o 6 do (W.E. & 0.1 ) .) 100 ~, st Do 4 do 1859 l OO ... ... ... st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO at' London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 112 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO ~, .. . st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lO ... ..' st London and b W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 a Do (Portsin.perpans 2560) all ... ~, a Man., Shef., & Litwin. 6 p.c. 100 ... ~ Du Xi all par 1 pat a Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 ... ~ st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 13u 13 . 3 a Do Bristol& Bina., 6p. e lOO 1 1 133 a Do 41 per cent. redeem lO3 i s too s Do 45 per cent. irredeem lOO Ds 100 s Do Leicester Si ll'eliu,4 p.c 100 SO 01 at North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 WO ... at Do E. &G.4p.e. S. & D lOO ... at Do N. 8., No. '2, 5 per ceu.t lOO ... ... st Do Bonier Union, 55 p.c lOO :-. .:: at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 S 5 st Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 09 at Do U N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ... ... 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.1. ... ... Do York, H. &S. purchase. 10 10 101 Do Stcktu & Driing. A. 5 p.c. 100 107 192 st Dv W,U.artlepoul 11. audit 100 Si 89 20 North Staffordshire lOs S. Devon Annuities, lie all 9 10 lOs Du Tavistock inns., 106 all 81 91 lOs Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81 1 0.6. S. East. (dead. inns., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO .., ... st Du Fixed 45 per cent lOO at Tall Vale No.l WU 150 155 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pe 100 43 45 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE S lIARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Chledonian 41 p C guy. st Do Scot.Cen. min. 7p c lOO ... st Do 41 p irredeem all at Do 4 p con., issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 st Do 5 du, 1862 lOO 86 88 st Do New 5 do, 1813 lOO 83 e 8 st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 83 81 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 st Do Permanents per cent. 100 at Do Boston & Sleatd, 41 pc 100 st Great \Vest., W. p c 100 st Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1815 100 88 94 at Do do 6p e irred., 1861 100 109 111 110/ 20 Do Vale N eath peril. 5p c all st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... 5 Lane. and York New 41 p e r ccut till July, 1871 2 1p st Load., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 PA st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do 5 du, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 du, 1836 100 ... st Do No. 7 sdo st Lund , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrup. B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c st Loudon.% N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 1111 st Loudon &S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 05 10 Mau. Shef. &Lin., 5 pc,1865 all 9 01 st Metropohtan 5 per cent lOO 100 104 st Midland, A 5 per cent pref. 100 107 109 st Du B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1810 all 201 211 18 Do Incony. New Shares all 10 -19; 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 B} 1/ 2fp at Worth British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ... st Do £l6l guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ... st Do E. &G , No. 2, 5 p.c st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c ... 100 at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 09 98/ at Do Stuck. & Darl., D st North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 ... et Do 5 du, 1864 ............... 100 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 . . RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenhead 100 91 93 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 98 100 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 56 st Do. 51 per cent. Fit Do. b do. s t Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stour Valley 10 8 st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO la . ; 1 : 37, 20 Gloster and Dean Purest— all s Gt. Easa., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 • Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Hera 100 96 IA 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 216 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 93 st Do. 44 per cent lOO st London, Chat., &c., p c lOO „. st Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 st London and Greenwich • 100 62 . 8 1 st Do. do Prefereneo lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 85 st Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 79 81 st Do. du. 6 do. 51 Mauch., Buxton, & Matlk all at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East., 5 per cent all 53 56 40 Do. do. 6 do. all ... st N. Eastern—Hartlepool at N.West. A perp. prof, 5p c lOO 107 100 st Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO „. at Notting. & (Irantb. U.& C lOO 91 93 921 25 Preston and Wyre. all 44 46 Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 112 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 132 131 10 Do do 8 2 2Ap st S. Yurksh. and River Dun 100 97 v 5 t Do 4 per cent gua 10) 78 80 st Do 5 do st Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO . 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 „. a t Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and We.l6lndia lOO 113 121 London and St. Katherine. 100 gdo 612 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all Freehold Land st Dock lOO 27 32 st Southampton lOO 00 70 It Sung Qvuultvoial ..... 100 100 1091 A CONSE.RVATIVE MEMBER ADVOCAT- 11cG FRED' TRADE. Sir Lawrence Palk, member for East Devon, attended on Tuesday evening the annual dinner of the Sidbury and Sidmouth Agricultural Association. He said one of the best measures passed during the last session of Parliament was that which took off the last remaining protective duty upon agriculture—the shilling duty upon corn. He was one of those who in early life fought the battle of protection, but ho had lived to see and learn that the agriculturists of England were capable of beating the whole world at their trade, and that they need fear no competition. Agricultural prices, ever since the repeal of the corn laws, had risen, and -wo bad now an increased breadth, weight, and quantity of our wheat, as well as an increase in the number and quality of our stock to such en extent that all the actions of the civilis.el v. - mid • not only Europe, hut the colonies— came to EnglaLd and gave fabulous prices for animals to export for the purpose of maintaining and improving their breed. If the t was the case, no por tion of the community Lad been so b.!nefited by the reread of the earn laws as the al ricultural hder , si 11,-d. (A voice: " That is what we were all told long ago, and you denied it.") That was perfectly true, but what did they see new? Nt'hy, in the enlightened 2.certh, in Lancashire, Manchester, now that t he matufbcturing interest was failing, and men were out of work, and trade was in a state of great depression, the working men were holding great meet ings, and theircry was " reciprocity," the very cry the Protec tionists were called stupid for raising. The state of perfec tion to which agriculturists had brought their trade• was a complete answer to that charge. THE BEVERLEY ELECTION COMMISSION. _ .o_. The memorable uproar which ensued on the appearance in court on Tuesday of Sir H. Edwards and his array of counsel, together with the fact that the head of the borough police refused to remove Mr. Serjeant Sleigh, has led to a change in the building where the inquiry is to be conducted. The Commissioners have obtained the use of the Sessions House for the East Riding, and sat there cn Thursday morning for the first time. The examination of witnesses for the greater part of the day did not afford much interest, but the committal of nine contumacious persons was quite a novelty. Thomas Ward Flint, a butcher, came into the box, and said: I object to bein,g sworn, or to give evidence. The Chief Commissioner : What objection have you?— Flint : I decline.—What objection have you ?• I decline giving any evidence whatever.—You had better not. On what ground, I repeat? Because I think there has been plenty of this going on lately. I do not approve of all I see going on. The Chief Commissioner : Officer, take him into custody, and keep him in custody until the rising of the court, and then we shall adjudge what to do. Superintendent Gibson, of the East Riding constabulary, then took Flint into custody. _ _ The Chief Commissioner: Now we see the advantage of being in a court where the officers will obey the lawful directions of the Commissioners. Several witnesses of the usual kind having been called, who deposed to having been bribed at both the parliamen tary and municipal elections, Charles Edward Fitzgerald was next called. When he was ordered to take the book in order to be sworn, he said boldly, " I decline to be sworn." The Chief Commissioner : Why do you decline to be sworn ?—I do decline to be sworn. Have you any religious scruples?—No; nothing in par ticular. Have you any scruples against taking an oath on religious grounds ?—No, I have not; but I decline to be sworn. The Commissioners ordered Fitzgerald to be committed, and he was at once removed by the superintendent of police. About fifty - voters were examined during the day, all of Thorn, at various elections, had received small sums; but their evidence was of that character which has again and again been reported. Flint and Fitzgerald were brought up again just before the Commissioners adjourned. Both men still refused to be sworn, and were committed, for contempt, to two months' imprisonment in York Castle. THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION. The first subject brought under notice on Wed nesday was that of " Temperance and Sunday closing." An address was presented from the local tem perance associations, urging that a "Baud of Hope" should be formed in connection with every Christian church, and that the churches should aid the movements for reducing the number ef public-houses, restricting the hours during which they were open, and closing them entirely up( n Sunday. The chairman, amid general cheering, said ho was sure the meeting would receive the address with respect as its promoters had done so much in the cause of educa tion and religion. A resolution was subsequently carried ttnanimously to tho effect that the Union recognised the great gcod done by temperance associations, and invited suprort to any measure for closing public-houses on the Lord's Day, ar_d to any measures for the diminution cf drunkenness. Mr. S. Morley, M.P., said he expected Mr. Bruce would next session introduce a measure of a larger character than was supposed. Ills statement last session that persons should have some voice as to the granting of licences for the sale of intoxicating liquors in their neigh bourhood, admitted a great principle, and the question was how far it should be carried. Later on another subject of interest in the present condition of Church and State was brought forward. A report was brought up on the prof osed Ministerial Sustentation Fund. It seams that the principles of Independency will not allow its members to provide a fund such as that raised by the Free Church of Scotland. Congregationalism in England has a fund in connection with each of its county associations, and it has been proposed that there should be some gene ral board to deal with the question. It was said that, while voluntaryism was flourishing in cities and large towns, there was no improvement in the country districts by which it would be judged. Many instances were mentioned of ministers whose circumstances were painfully reduced, ono minister present stating that £5O had saved him at a crisis of his life, and another speaking of an acquaintance of his who lived with his wife and family on meal mixed with water. A resolution calling a general conference on the matter was adopted. "How wo may best avail ourselves of the universities of C:mbridge and Oxford for the education of our ministers," was a question propounded by Mr. Neville Goodman, MA., and considered at some length. Mr. Reed, M.P., thought the great difficulty of Nonconformists had been that the roads to the Universities had been blocked up, the grammar schools having been closed to a great extent to the children of Nonconformists, but they would now be opened by Mr. Forster's bill. It was suggested that the continental system of university eduCation by universities spread over the country was wanted in England. The working men's meeting was held at the Birmingham Agricultural Hall, Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., presiding. The chairman, in opening the proceedings, disclaimed all hostility to the Church, though, for themselves, they repudiated everything like State interference. They were there to express the opinion that all interferences by political power to extend the religion of a people had utterly failed in their object. Addresses on " The Tem poral Advantages of Christianity to the Working Classes," and "The Adaptation of Congregationalism to Working Men," were then read. Much amusement was created by an anecdote told by the Rev. H. Tarrant, who, in speaking of the temperance question, said ho heard a sharp boy say to his father. " I know why they call your public-house the Pig and Whistle. It is because you feed the publican's pig, and leave us to whistle for the bacon." The Birmingham meeting was naturally of a different character, although the leading members of the Union were present. The speakers addressed themselves principally to the great question of disestablishment. Mr. C. Reed, M.P., was in the chair, and said that they did not wish to attack the English Church in particular—they be lieved in her doctrines in the main—but their attack was against an establishment. Mr. Reed went on to examine the relative numbers of Churchmen and Dissenters, arriv ing at the conclusion that about twelve millions of "the population belonged to the Church and seventeen millions to the Dissenters. In Wales the per centage of Church members was 14 . 5, while the Dissenters were 53.3 of the whole population. There were signs in the Church of England of awakening to spiritual life, and these they should rejoice over. The Rev. A. Thompson said he believed the days of Church Establishments were numbered. A great step was taken when the portentous words, dises tablishment and disendowmeut were inscribed on the statute book. The Rev. Dr. Halley, who adopted a snore political tone, referred to the first meeting of the Congregational Union in the Birmingham Town Hall thirty years ago. Alluding to Manchester, he said that, much as he loved it, he was once ashamed of it, and that was when it rejected a states man of the purest principle because he would have spared his countrymen the Crimean war. Birmingham, however, had repaired the dishonour of Manchester, and the people of Manchester would now be glad to receive Mr .11right from their hands. At an adjourned county meeting in Thurles +on Wednesday, Mr. Heron, Q.C., was proposed as a candi date for Tipperary ; no other name was put forward. There was some tiOsent, but M,-k_Hor9D waa 4.51.01ACK1 by the mal9rity, EPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times remarks that the sole complaint against Dr. Temple is that he was a contributor to the obnoxious work called " Essays and Reviews." He has been prominently before the world for some twenty years, as a writer, speaker, and preacher; he has been a most active promoter of the great educational movement, and since 1858 has been at the head of one of our loading public schools. None of lis opponents have adduced a single passage from his sermons or writings, other than his paper in "Essays and Reviews," nor has a single act of his life been cited, to justify their action. Not only so, but the very publication upon which the whole charge depends is mainly impugned because it is bound up with others. Dr. Temple's orthodoxy must stand or fall by his own paper, and in this paper the most cen sorious research has failed to discover a vulnerable point, though its general tendency has been disapproved by some as latitudinarian. The Dean end Chapter of Exeter, ther , :for, en invited, or rather conjured, to resist the mandate of the Crown, incur tho penalties of a premunire, an l risk the union cf Church and State in the exercise of a purely inquisitorial jurisdiction. They are called upon to set aside the cone d'il;re, not because there is any legal or canonical obstacles to Dr. Temple's election, still less because then is the slightest reflection upon his character or general qualifications, but merely because, in their view, his elevation would advance the cause of Rationalism. Of course, a Dean and Chapter may immolate themselves safely in these days, but nothing would come of it, for the Bishop could, and undoubtedly would, be installed with out their concurrence. But there is another consideration of still greater weight from an Anglican point of view. The scandal and mischief—if it be so—of having Dr. Temple on the bench are surelj , as nothing compared with the ruin which must befall the Church if all its contend ing sections 'were free to persecute and expel each other. Had the extreme High Churchmen had their way, no clergydran doubting Baptismal Regeneration could have remained within the ntablishment ; had the extreme Low Churchmen had their way, there would have been a seces sion of clergymen holding Consubstantiation; had the extreme men of both parties had their way, some of the ablest and not the least pious of English Churchmen would have been driven into some other Communion. After the elitiiination of these elements, a vapid and colourless orthodoxy might remain, but all that constitutes spiritual life and energy would have been lost to our Church. There is a special fitness, says the Standard, hi the time selected by the two senior prelates of the Irish Church in visiting their clergy and putting forth their charges. The Church has gathered itself up to meet the shock of dis establishment and disendowment. The clergy and laity have met and taken counsel together. The constitution of the new governing body has been decided upon, and,,, in short, the Church is prepared to enter upon its new life as an independent, disestablished, self-supporting branch of the Anglican communion. At such a moment the warnings and provisions of its spiritual chiefs, their estimate of the prospect which lies before it, and their forecast of the dangers which threaten it, possess an inte rest which certainly will not be confined to those to whom they specially address themselves. It is satisfactory to find that the two archbishops look forward to the future with hope and cheerfulness. They do not seek to minimise the force of the blow which has fallen upon the Iriih Church, but they rely upori , the zeal and devotion of the clergy and laity to repair the breaches and make the injury it has sustained as little harmful as possible. " Great, mani fold, and in part unknown," says Archbishop Trench, "as are the dangers and difficulties before us, crushing as is the burden of anxiety upon some of us, let no wordot despondency escape our lips, so far as may be, let no thoughts of despondency find a place in our hearts." " The past," says the Archbishop of Armagh, "is irrevocable, but the present is ours, and wg may look with hope and .confi • • dente to the future if we use that present well. We gladly recognise,ln expressions like these, the true temper in which the friends of the Irish Church would see it rising to the occasion and encountering the embarrassment which besets Its new career. The Daily News declares that the Fenians have their answer; and it-is that for which Mr. George Henry Moore has been labouring. Tu Pas mulu, Georges Dandin. Mx" Gladstone declines to advise the release of the prisoners, and he does so on grounds which arc absolutely conclusive. There is no reason to think that the convicts have abandoned their designs against the public peace ; the Fenian conspiracy is not extinct either in the Unittd.King dom or in the United States ; and Irish journals, widely circulated, make it their business to keep alive the disaffection on which Fenianism operates, and which is the atmosphere in which it lives. Mr. Gladstone might have added to these reasons others of no less force. The expe riment of mercy was tried shortly after the accession of :the present Government to office, and it failed. The duty af the Government in any case is clear. If the great mea sure of ecclesiastical justice which was passed last session, and if the equitable adjustment of the relations of a n t :lord and tenant which is looked for in the next, are to bear their legitimate fruit, they must be shown to have been inspired by a sense of duty, and not by fear. Previous Administrations have erred in mak:ug it their sole mission to preserve oriler in Irelnnd, without caring very much to establish In order worth preserving. The present Government having undertaken to make the laws and the social condition of Ireland what they should be, is all the more bound, in fulfilment of that very aim, to see that those laws are obeyed, and that that social condition is undisturbed. In the course which they have taken, they are acting towards Irishmen precisely as they would act, in similar circumstances, towards Englishmen and Scotchmen. At last, says the Herald, Mr. Gladstone has spoken on: —very late, but yet in time to be useful. In reply to the Limerick Amnesty Committee, he has declared most em phatically that he cannot advise the Queen to release the prisoners, and has given very conclusive reasons for his determination. We give him all the credit such an out spoken declaration deserves. We do not, of course, con sider it any great merit in a Minister charged with the conduct of the affairs of the empire that he declines to h bullied or bamboozled into an act of outrageous folly. But Mr. Gladstone has done the right thing, and by doing it has, we may hope, put practically an end to a mischievous agitation. If the agitation continues, it will be an agitation of men who avowedly desire the de struction of the connection with England, and such an agitation has no more danger, and will produce no more difficulty, than the Fenian conspiracy itself. The Glad stonian Irish Radicals can have nothing more to do with it. Mr. Gladstone has, therefore, done a great public service by his letter to the Limerick Committee ; and, albeit it was a service due from him—albeit his own reputation and his own chances of power and popularity required from him this definite expression of his views—we have no hesita tion about cordially thanking him for this, which, judging it by the telegraphic summary, appears the most dignified and statesmanlike letter he has penned for many years. The Post observes that the United Kingdom Alliance has issued its annual manifesto, and congratulated its members on the "increased and increasing support given by the public to the movement for the suppression of the liquor traffic." We desire to speak of this Association with the utmost respect, because of the two things necessary to any great movement—an object, and the means of attaining it —it is manifestly in possession of one. We think, with the utmost respect fox the motives of the Alliance, that the object they airy at is impossible. Temperate men will not be cut off from a wholesome enjoyment because there are others who have not the moral courage to drink without drinking to excess, and who must either find refuge from themselves in total abstinenoe or must rush into the abyss of utter degradation. By all means diminish the temptation. There is much room for improvement in this respect. Beershops and public-houses are far too numerous, and drink is sometimes supplied by them to persons who have obviously had more than they can bear. It may, then, be worth considering whether power should not be given to the police to check this abuse. They have power to visit public-houses and ascer tain whether they are vending beer or spirits or wine during prohibited hours. Surely this is a minor offence compared to the supply of intoxicating liquor to men who are half intoxicated already. If the right of surveillance is justifiable in ono case, it is, a fortiori, justifiable in the other, and if the police had this power, and it was entrusted to a body of carefully-selected officers, who would be unlikely to abuse it, an important advance might be made towards the diminution of drunkenness. The Telegraph considers that duellists, travellers, ana the rowdy bullies of the New World, enjoy the doubtful honour of having brought the pistol to its present sangui nary perfection. It is the weapon of the self-dependent man; and those who can find a "final cause" of good in rattlesnakes and poisonous drugs might cite a great many instances to prove that the pistol has furthered civilisation, and has been especially the arm of progress. Unhappily, the drunken bully and gambler of America and Mexico has found the six-shooter convenient, and carries it more regularly than his toothpick. Some day, we hope, the Government of the United States, remembering what Thucydides says about the barbarity of a people who " wear iron," will make it a punishable offence to carry a " Derringer " or a " Colt." But good travellers and hunters at present prefer the heavy double-barrelled pistol to the repeating arm ; and the destructive organ in the human brain still demands from the inventors an improved piece, which will stop a bear or a buffalo like a spherical rifle bullet, and stretch a robber or assassir " dead in his tracks." Another and perhaps a fortu, drawback from this wasp-like accessory of warfare is, that it makes wild shooting in unpractised hands: in the recent trials the best hands available were on the average six inches away from the centre at thirty yards; and the great maxim of pistol-play is, "Don't try any long shots." On the whole, it is perhaps as well that such fatal refinements in the science of slaughter should have these slight disadvantages in use—else the humar race, like the Kilkenny Ws, might~ y cn q t y m ]end 10470 1 1 8 4 §P.44t#9_llL 211 E HEAL7II OF LORD DERBY. The answer to inquiries at St. James's-square, at 1.30, was that, according to the latest telegram from Knowsley, the Earl of Derby remains in much the same condition as last night. BARNED'S BARKING COMPANY—This Day. -~ At the Mansion House this afternoon, Mr. Charles Mozley and Mr. Lewin Barned Mozley, both of 27, Leadenhall-street, London, and Lord street, Liverpool, were summoned before the Lord Mayor by Mr. Michael Emmanuel, outfitter, of 63, Leadenhall-street, City, the offence imputed to them being that they, being directors of a cer tain public company called Barned's Company, Limited, unlawfully did make, circulate, ai:d publish, and concur in making, circulating, a►.d publishing a false prospectus of the said company, they then well knowing the same to be false in divers material particulars, with intent thereby to deceive and defraud the complainant and other share holders. They were further charged with conspir ing to defraud the complainant and other share holders of large sums of money, amounting in the whole to about two millions. The defendants did not appear, and it is expected that warrants will be granted for their attendance. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CITY BETTING. —THIS DAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 11 to 2 agst Prior (offered—take 6to 1) 9to 1 agst Cherie (offered—take 10) 9to 1 agst Far Away (off-10 to It. and wanted) 100 to 8 agst Sylva (taken) 100 to 7 agst Rosicrucian (offered) 100 to 6 agst Vestminster (offered) 100 to 6 agst Van Amburgh (offered) 28 to 1 agst Defender (offered) 200 to 9 agst Perry Down (taken) 200 to 9 agst Miss Dayrell (taken) 200 to, 9 agst Cocoa;Nut (offered-25 to 1 taken) 100 to 3 agst Typhoeus (offered) 40 to 1 agst Royal Rake (offered) 50 to I . agst Taraban (taken) HEREFORD RACES-YESTERDAY. LUGWARDINE STAKES. Mimus 1 Not Out Miss Caudle 8 HEREFORD STAKES. Ligurian 1 Bracken Papillon a WYE SEt i i n i e l N ra. T G n RACE. Bon-ton King Theodore 2 Repose • Five ran. LORD BATEMAN'S PLATE. Chateau Margaux 1 Truelove 2 Flyaway Jack Eight ran. ARISTOCRATIC HANDICAP. Lady Stanley 1 Papillon 2 Won easily. HURDLE RACE. Needle Gun Wild Blood 2 Aldershot 3 LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 7 to lon the field (offered) 14 to 2 agst Typhoeus (taken) 100 to 6 agst Vestminster (taken) 100 to 6 agst Sylva (taken) WEST DRAYTON RACES-YESTERDAY. WELTER HANDICAP. Alice Went worth I Maggie Prince Paul . Seven ran. HURDLE RACE. Scipio . 1 Skirmish Malcolm Fourteen ran. DE BURGH PLATE. Barcelona Minster Lure Five ran. MEMBERS' PLATE. Spitfire Feemy Autias Niue ra•!. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- MENTS. Oct. 14, at 10.18 a.m., King Alfred, out of the Cam bridgeshire. Oct. 14, at 3.45 p.m., Pero Gomez, out of the Newmarket Derby. Oct. 15, at 10.55 a.m., Rosalie, out of Chemsford Nursery (first day). Oct. 15, at 11.5 a.m., Fuzee, out of Chelmsford Nursery (first day). Oct. 15, after 6 p.m., Veda, out of the Gloucestershire Stakes at Cheltenham, and County Handicap at Chelms ford. . _ 0ct.16, at 9 a.m., Adrastia, out of the Cambridgeshire Stakes. Oct. 16, at 9 a.m., Clemence, out of the Gloucestershire Stakes at Cheltenham, and the Cambridgeshire Stakes at Newmarket. Oct. 16, at 9 a.m., Stradbroko, out of Cheltenham and Hereford engagements. Oct. 16, after 2 p.m., Professor Anderson, out of the Members' Plate and Hurdle Race at West Drayton. Oct. 18, at 11.35 a.m., filing Victor, out of the Chelms ford Handicap. Oct. 18, at 2.10 p.m., The Nun, out of Cheltenham and Hereford engagements. Oct. 18, after 6 p.m., all Col. Astley's horses, out of Kulso Handicaps. Oct. 19, at 9 a.m. Goojerat, out of Cheltenham engage ments. Oct. 19, at 9 a.m., all Mr. IL Westford's horses, out of Cheltenham engagements. Oct. 19, at 9 a.m., Aubade out of the Cambridgeshire. Oct. 19, at 11 55 a.m., Gooland, out of the Criterion Stakes at Newmarket. Oct. 19, at 11.55 a.m, Mdile de Fligny, out of the Cam bridgeshire Stakes. Oct. 19, at 0.45 p.m., Benazet (dead) out of all engage.. manta. _ _ _ _ _ . . ____ Oct. 19, at 0.45 p.m., Innerdale and Lanark, out of alt engagements. Oct. 19, at 0.45 p.m., Placid filly, out of Chelmsford en gagements. NOMENCLATURE.— The following names have been given :—Mr. Savile's yearlings, Brother to Ryshworth Rippondon ; brother to Corsair—'Lampe. Capt. Day's ch. c. (late The Recorder), by Marsyas, out of Plague Royal, 2 yrs—Pax. FRANCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PARIS, Oct. 21. The strike of the linendrapers' assistants con tinues. It is stated that everywhere there is a de termination not to yield. _ Many young men are arriving from the provinces, and in many shops young women aro being employed in the places of those uow ou strike. NUTRITIOUS FOOD.—The disease arising from a want of care in selection of the food we eat and the liquids we drink are those which are most common to humanity, and a question of such vital importance should always be ventilated when the occasion demands it. Such an one presents itself at the present time by the in troduction by Messrs. Barry and Co. of their cele brated Cocoa. These gentlemen have followed up their first success by not only improving their process of manufacture, but by turning their attention to procuring the finest quality of the raw material. The result is a cocoa which chemical analysis has proved to be perfectly free from adulteration, and rich in restorative, invigo rative, aromatic, and antiseptic qualities, COLSIti. tuting a most delicious beverage, with an exquisite aroma, a delightful flavour, smooth on the palate, and perfectly soluble. It is peculiarly easy of digestion by the most delicate stomachs, and its many valuable quali ties have caused it to bs recommended specially by medi cal men as far before tea or coffee for invalids and con valescents. Nor is this recommendation confined to allopathists, the followers of Hahnemann being unani mous that it has all the essential properties of horecee pathic cocoa. Messrs. Barry and Co. are entitled to public , thanks for having introduced an article of consumption which is as pure as it can be, and, as they represent it, is the " excellence of prepared cocoa," which adds to our stock of edibles one that, while being a cheap luxury, is of immense benefit to invalids, and an invaluable restorative to the much-abutted stomach.