The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-03 00:00:00

. -- E POOR. ouncil of the Cenis4 Puesday at the Sails. the conference fat chambers, andalesl. ie subjects set &ifs ent. The chair Pai transacted was the Or Grimsby, as vice. lie ensuing year. ie bye-laws for Ole lePted by the Wet' rsetsbire Chamber) r a national poor rds au econ oool :ontribution to the eparate account in the Poor-law Caw ithout prejudice to st incidence of the ions of the Council .of redress wo rthi lestY be gracioda Commission of inPes has given LS laid before 66 ee of which copious en before, and the appointed to con• ments in the year nit, arrived at the was a nations! iption of pro' u p on to co o ' lizabeth contour the "ability of in increased area he spread would expenditure, 01 7 . e immedia te and 'mg an undue in. [IOMAS that the prim erl ; Halit e° only too er that in many ed. v. E. SMIT I t adverse to the would have tb ° ning that the/ Chamber) fa r• le enormous 10' ire in the dred years• 1 " ten and eleve n de in the 2 01. terfere with the took his stand ground that port should he les of £5O and I. In no CO' lished. ber) sugge et , ed , be objects I °' of poor rateg° had no do ubt tature that per' of levying t he ipon income• the presor t however, ani he middle an d alisted. upported t he (Gloucester't Torcestershire ted that the fully approve ted that the for what WO Mere was 11 ° :went. 1-08" which the lution, and: as put a n the unegiu" aposed, is I , 3°St y and at, in tli ° )f the P° °l. . !very sours ° t of a Po °r here entill' ed and goa' LI wait uPoo au inquiry wideuces of the matter Ltio.. t o the 'reside.] of a separitt he general next meet• Eter sitting er, to 14 Inesday O ro Twice, azyl, were just bee ° The bath deceased ning. 1 181° he o ther• .ong b°l3 I effo rt If o rdshir e au nties is the sol lg st w ithin ;eive O. ar to the ed. The e landed B e dford amoun t o f the t of , the er, wi th rted for ;ing, o°t le cost ox l o west )ys from IN CB. --- Flannst ° e worst' !d, Ana , 0 do ubt erouritli nothe! milted Taigu" as the I son ° horall' s and ib , veil u toire The and ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The preperation for the settlement to-morrow has retarded business operations, and Government Securities were flat to-day. There has been some small transactions in the foreign and railway markets. The rate of dis. is still 21 to 1. Consols are 921 s for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 931 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 934 4 ; New Three per Cents, 931 4 8 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 244. India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, 211 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1124 4 ; ditto 4 per per Cent., Oct., 1883, 1024 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 9 9 1 ; ditto Debentures, 5 per Ce nt., Aug., 1873, 1044 ; ditto Bonds, £l,OOO, 25 22 prem. In the Foreign Market prices are quoted as follows : —Brazilian of 1865, 811 to 4 ; Chilian of 1867, 931 to 931 ; Egyptian of 1864, 87 to 89 ; ditto of 1868, at 731 to # ; Italian of 1861 , 551 to 4 ; ditto the Tobacco Loan, 5 to Prem. ; Mexican, 154 to 16 ; Peruvian of 1865, 764.tai, 67 o 761 ; Russian of 1866, 911 to 92 ; ditto Nicol to 4. in the railway market the prises in London and North Western, 1174 to 118 ; Great Western, 63 1 to 1; Midland, 118 to 4 ; London and South Western, 89 to 91 ; Great Eastern, 421 to 4 ; Brighton, 524 to 1 ; South Eastern, 831 to 1 ; Metr opolitan, 1094 to ; Great Northern, 1121 to 113 ; ditto A, 1114 to 112 ; Caledonian, 794 to 4 ; and London, Chatham and Dover, 174 to 4. There is a reduction of 1 per cent. in Illinois Cen tral Railway shares, viz., to 924 to 4 ; Erie, 251 to ; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 404 t° ditto Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 424 to 43 4 ; and the 5-20 Bonds, 764 to 4. In miscellaneous shares National Discounts are 14 to 4 ex div. ; General Credit, 14 to 1i dis. International, 14 to 14 dis. ; Telegraph Construe. Preferenc e , 18 to ; Atlantic Telegroph Eight per Cent. rreferenc e , 4 1-16 to 3-16 ; and Anglo-American, 224 to 1. In Bank Shares prices was as follows :—City, 114 to ;‘, ex div. ; Imperial, 164 to 171, ex div. ; Lon don and County, 501 to 4 ; London Joint-Stock, 31 4 to 4, ex div. ; Union of London, 354 to 361 ; An glo - Austrian, 11 to 12 prem. ; and Imperial Ottoman, 11 to 14 prem. The sum of £B,OOO in bar gold was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday, and 7,000 sovereigns for Batavia. The Danube from Brazil has brought £6,492, the Union from New York £13,000, the City of Ant werp £ll,OOO, th e St ar o f P eace f rom M e lb ourne '2 4 7400, and the Biafra from the coast of Africa 4,362 , making a total of £66,254. The proposed dividend of the Great Northern is at the rate of 7i per cent. annum. sPecial meeting of the North Lond on R a il w ay C ompany is called for the 25th inst., to consider and I , l PProve a bill proprosed to be introduced into Par 'lament during the present session. -rhe directors of the London and County Bank ha ve decided t o recommen d at t h e meet i ng on t h e 4 th inst. a divid en d o f 6 per cen t., t oge th er w ith a b onus of 2i p er cen t. f or th e h a lf y ear . At the m eet i ng o f t h e P rov i nc i a l B an ki ng Cor ?oration (Limited), a dividend was declared for the h alf year at the rate of 71 per cent. per annum free of income tax. T he dividend o f th e B r iti s h an d I r i s h M agnet i c Tselegraph C ompany f or the last half year has been ti eelared at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum. .4. s econd dividend of 2s. i n th e p oun d i s now pay able to the creditors of the Lisbon Oil Mills Com- Pany, Limited. The following message per cable from New York 148 been rece i ved :—" New York, Feb. I.—The Pen nsylvania Railway has secured control of the on ly Chicago connection of the Atlantic and Great es tern, diverting the entire traffic t o th e i r roa d ; the same interests are attacking the validity of the kahoning lease. The Mahoning stockholders have ''elected the transfer of their road to the Erie C ompany." The recent improvement in Turkish Securities see ms partly attribut a ble to repor t s th a t th e B udget for the next financial year, which is in course of preparation at Constantinople, will show a remarkable increase in the revenues of the E mpire. According t o repor t s a t F ran kfort, the Italian Gover nment are contemplating a large loan of 4 " °,oooooof. net, the proceeds of which are destined mainly for effecting a return to specie pay -112 et itc Negotiations are pending with various cot:a vail:es, but the Minister of Finance insists on an amal gamation of all the competing establishments, 11,0. t hat the n ew s t oc k may b e di v id e d b e tw een the differe nt countries, and not press too heavily on a %Ingle market. A Credit B an k h as b een advert i sed f or subscrip -4,°11 at Stuttgart, and i n a dditi on t o th e C re dit D ank hrstarted at Munich, under the patronage of A nglo-Austrian Bank, a similar one will be I.l ght out at th e same p l ace b y th e F renc h- Austrian Bank, itself yet in embryo. The greedi nress of th e public to engage in these concerns after : c ent expe r i ence i s b ecom i ng a ser i ous f eature, and h e least symptom of political complications would, " is believed, lead to enormous losses. , L oinbardo shares, su pp or ted by a p ower f u l cotn "ation of ba n k ers a t Vi enna a n d P ar i s , are i n nci pal favour on the Frankfort Bourse, and there hal l been transactions to an enormous amount in (n ei n. The price has now reached within a fraction Will Qe "Id reports are current that the operations par th at until it shall be so much above it arat an °fi t- of new shares can be made to the folders' 13 ° as to lrovide the sums yet required new lines, a cours e that them as bitherk, that would be preferable to hi gh rates. French-Austri,.. by preference shares at shares are equally in !°°d demand, the receipts stn showing a surplus 7er those o f l as t year, notwithsta.,ll 14 n the reduc inn in the export traffic. At a meeting of foreign bondholders,`-tr. B. W. Crawford, M.P., in the chair, the repot of the eftitnittee was adopted, and the following g u ti e . I nea were appointed members of the council, v z , 4 r. C. Bell, M.P., Mr. G-. Worms, Mr.:, ~,'szeuove, M r . T. M oxon , M r . P . R ase, M r. J. bters tenberg, Mr. Jameson, Mr. G. E. Bentinck, t l i _*P. Colonel R. D. Beaumont, M.P., Admiral I ', lt ids, and Mr. Sheridan, M.P. This judicious e4e ctiou can scarcely fail to impart confident in ‘ne character of the new council. the defendants in the Overend and Gurne' pro secution are not obliged to plead to the indi'ment ~,° llllc l against them until next term, whict corn rnces on the 12th o f Ap r il nex t. After plading, t hey are bound to give notice of trial in tl= same a Y as it would be given in a civil action The Indic tment is then entered for trial, and ikes its turn v s amongst th e c i v il p rocee di ngs on th e } per of itCourt of Queen's Bench. It is impossile that can reach trial until after the long Station, ceases ceases in November next, and as spell jury e ases are n o t t a k en unt il a f ter term, th e t3 l can not come on i n th e or di nary course b e f ore nuary, 1870 . The Court, however, on the applition of have party, may appo i nt it , a ft er t h e de n d an t s aye pleaded, for an earlier period. 1 1/TIVI FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCE as pteir(titoooNef'Enotar. xf i f ici xir sti t;ND S. 931'1 931 93it I . k , per Cont. Reduced 931 pw 3 per Cent e - r , W 2 1 per Cont. Jan. 1894 —l3 . 6 per Con J an. 1873 Do. for 30 yrs, Spire sth April 1885 — t, (Rod Sea T:legraph), Aug., 1908 ." Pm ..zelacquzr Bills, .£l,OOO, 21Iper Ct. De. 500 De, £lOO & £2OO 14 ak of E ngland Stock, 4 per Cent K e_uo. account Inter-ColonialtYtd Omnßir Cent. onds — = T _ . INLI AN GOVERNMENT S ECURITIES '4lla. s',tock, 101 per Ce n t., Ap r il 11874 2ll 130 . D°. . Opening, for Account -- n per tient. J u l y , 1880 1121 p°- 4 Pe': Cent., Oct. 1888 ,sO. Certificates ",0. Enfaced Palau 1 per Cent 921 1- ' O . 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per ORat. May 1879 — DI 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — D.,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ lol} Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... Do., Scrip £45 paid Au itrian Bonds 6 per cent Do. 1859 — Brizilirin 5 per Cent — Do. 4} per Cent., 185:1 — Do. do. 1858.... Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 18138 7l} Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 ... Do Account B .enos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. o.4dian 6 per Cent — no. 4f per Cent... Do. 8 per Cont., l'o. 6 per ce , t. 1867 ••• ro. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo nbian, 6 per Cent. Dan•su, 3 per Cent., 1825 Dan.ibian Principalities, 7 ler Cent 77 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 . Equador New Con.iolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent B3f Do Second Issue •• Do. „OA Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds B4 Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. .£5OO Bonds English Scrip, 1868 7 31 i i Do. ..£IOC Bonds 73f 1 Do do. £45 pd — dis Government Railway Debentures Greet 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons ~ Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., all pd 871 Itslian 5 per Cent., 1865 — )o. Account ~ — Do Ahremmana Railway — viexicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — tiontevidean 6 per Cent. .. — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Con Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account 76f k Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 • — Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'3 364 1 Do. do. 1867 364 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — tassian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Sc Do 4} per Cent , 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 ~. ...._ Do 3 per Cent.; 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, .£lOO Bonds... 92 Do. do. £B4 15s. do. 90 Do., 1866, .£lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway 67j Sardinian o per Cent Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Acc , ..unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Cour. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Pa- Turkish 6 per Cept. Vu Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account .. Do £lOO Bonds 73 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds 651 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Di Account Do 6 per Cont., 1860 62/ Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent.: Do. Acc. nut Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil., Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...., Do. Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f Do Account 551 TWO O'CLOCK. CJnsols,'Money 93} } Do. Account, Feb. 4.... •.. 93} f _ t t ,__. Ca l, 60 1) It , i t Llllllllll4. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 2. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Lauise, Princess Beatrice, an , l the Princess of Teck, drove out yesterday afternoon. Prince Arthur accompanied her Majesty on horseback. Her Majesty drove out this morning, accompa nied by the Princess 'leek and Prince Leopold. BOURSE, Feb. 2.—Thi closed as follows : .ee o'clock.—The market 4i per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7O 65 Credit Mobilier 280 End of month 292 50 Credit Fonder 1557 End of month — Bank Shares 3030 It&Pan Loan End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 32 Home Debt Deferred — Cash. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... ... 95 1 79 8 00 5 613 i Western Eastern •• 575 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4B7* North of Spain 63 Saragossa Roman 47f RAILWAY CRIMINAL COURT—(This day). THE GREAT CITY FORGERIES. Two Germans, named Sigismund Streimer, 44, de scribed as an agent, and George Koenaoke, 35, described as a clerk, were charged with feloniously forging and uttering a bill of exchange for £l5O, with intent to defraud. The case was fully report e d i n Th e S un d ur ing the pre liminary examinations at the Mansion House. The trial will occupy a considerable time. MARKET S-2 MS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. February *.— r .. 1 ••• 1 . 1 3- it, onn arl , t b "sYant, tendency downwards. MARK LANE. The A•vvipts of English wheat were only moderate. Neverthelesq, the trade was heavy at Monday's decline in the quotationa. The quality of the produce was only middling. With foreiga wheat the market was fairly supplied Sales progressed slowly, at about late rates. Floating cargoes of wheat were inactive. Maize and other descriptions of produce afloat were quiet. Moderate supplies of barley were on sale. The demand was inactive for all descriptions, at previous quotations. Malt was dull, on former terms. Oats were neglected, at the recent decline. TALLOW. The market is flat. Town tallow, 45s 3d; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 46s Gd ; March, 46s 9d; April to June, 46s 3d ; June, 46s 9d ; October to December, 46s 6d. GREECE. ATHENS, Feb. 2. The Hellenic Ministry, not being willing to sign the protocol of the Conference, resigned to•day. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris Is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 261.15 c. per Xi sterling. Onoomparing these rates with the English Mint price of E.i i% s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United states. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight was on the last date about 1 4 91 per nevi. gold at the above price is about 1 40111 per cent. dearer in ra.tis than in London. DESTRUCTION OF EDDYSTONE LIGHT- 110 USE. A telegram has been received in the City this morning, stating that, during a storm last night, the Eddystone Lighthouse was totally destroyed, and the keepers drowned. The intelligence, it need hardly be said, has created a sensation in " the room" at Lloyds. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, FEBRUARY 3, 1869. OT7 A .72 r t, oIiDINA.KY dIL A 1 - tli: 8 AND STOCKS. 'bare Halt wAye. p".,,,, Closing Business " Price. dens. a t Bristol and Exeter ...... 101 ;7 79 at Caledonian lOO ;91 Si Canioriau 20 Cornwall all 3 1 st Dublin & Belfast June lO9 79 51 at Dun„Perth, & Ab.J unc lOO 70 72 2 o East London . all 7 9 20 Do f 5 - 21 Do 10 - - et Glasgow &S. Western lOO 90 98 st Great Eastern .. .0J 42; 43 421 st Do. E. Augl. No. 2 lOO 7 9 at (*teat North ot Scotland lOO 15 )6 st Great Northern lOO 112 ill at Do. A stock.... lOO 1111 1111 10 tt Do. II stock lOO 125 1.7 at GtS, and W. of Ireland lou 118 100 at (i t. Western -Original lOO 52 53 531 21 dt Do. South Wales lOO 57 18 eL Do. W. Mid.-OxIort! lOO 28 29 at Do. Newport lOO 28 31 at Lancashire& Yorkshiri lOO 13) 301 st Lon., Brigh., &S. Coast lOO 521 52; 621 OJ Do Scrip - - at Lou., Chat., and Dover Wu 17 173 171 dt Do. Al etrop. Ex. A lOO - -- it Lou. & North Western lOO 118 1101 113 17 at Lou. & South Western lOO 19 91 92 9 1 at Man., Shel., .k Lincoln lOO 461 47 at Metropolitan at Do Exteusbn .. 100 1..5 led 10 Do. New rd st Metropolitan District. all 03 60 10 Metrop. ot. John's M ood 6 - - at Matiaed at Do, Sirinin. & Derby lOO :84 86 841 at Nara' Britiah at Do. *id., Pth.. & Dun lO9 - - at Nor. IC:astern-Berwick lOO 103 106 1 ‘ ,51 25 Do. G. N.l; purohade -16.13.1 - - at Do Leeds. lOO 56 18 at Do York lOO 90 9i 95 st Do Carlisle . . lOO 125 130 it Do Stoe./. & 100 129 131 at North Lonlou 10 Do New 1868 . 2 11 2 p at North Staffordshire . . 100 55 57 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 at Rhymney at Shropshire Union lc° 57 53 at South Devon .. at South Eastern lOO 811 82 831 at Staines, W_ok'ham,& Wok all 12 13 st Tan Vale - Do. C ... 5 3 4 - Waterford & Kilkenny.. 100 -•- 10 Waterloo & Whlteha.l.. 6 - - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ••• .., st Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO ... ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... ... at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... ... st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ••• ••• St Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... ... st Glas. & S.W. gull. 5 per ct lOO ... ... at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102 st Do do N 0.2 100 99 102 at Do do 6 per cent 100 106 108 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 at Do do B 6 do. 100 ... ... at Do do 0 7 do. 100 ... ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1816 104) ••• ... at Do do 5 p.c.Way.V5.1.1847 100 ••• ••• at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 ••• ... st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... ... st Do 41 do do do 100 ... ... at Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... ... at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... ... stl Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... ... IN Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 el G t.West.—Orig.dc Jut.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 102 104 st Do. Orig. (B. & 11. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 100 st Do do 41 per cent. 1850 100 87 89 89 at Do do 4 do do lOO 78 80 at Do do 5 per cent. rodem. 100 94 97 at Do do Birmingham gua.. 100 68 72 st Do do do pref... 100 ... ... st Do do Chester gua lOO ... ... st Do do do 8 per cent lOO 150 100 st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua,. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 44 p.c lOO st Do do 41 1859 lOO st Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 107 lu9 at Do do 2d gua lOO 106 108 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 83 92 tit Do do 2d do 100 100 101 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... ... 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ... ... at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 st Do Barnsley, £5 3e 10d p.c. 100 ... ... at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) luJ 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 93 102 at Loudon & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO. ... ... at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO ... ... at Do 6 do do lOO ... ... at Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO ... ... at Do 7 per cent l,O ••• ••• st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 ... ... st Do 4 do 1859 lOO at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO at London and H.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent...... 100 108 110 at Do Bedford & Cambridge 100 8 • 91 st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 at London and .*,..-W. 7 p,c. late 3d shares, lOO 141 146 2s 6d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2a6d) all ... ... Bt Man., Shef., &Linclu. 6 p.c. 100 11f 117 st Do 41 per cent. redeem:. 14/01 st Do W, Hartlepool H. and B lOO 82°98721 6 Do .L 6 par /pm at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 perAent, wa 1 .. .. , „-...-Thwiaclsinn., 6p. c 1 30 135 00 1.2 135 st Do 4.4 z .„ „,, • 10 0 102 1011 st Do Leicester: iFE , 9..:WW , , ,, 100 97 4 ,,, st North tlritish, 5 p.c. No.l lOO ..• ... st Do E. &G.4p.e. S. & D lOO ... ... st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO ... ... st Do Border Union, 51 p.c IOU ... ... st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 88 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 95 97 at Do G N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ... ... 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. ... ... 25 Do York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 101 at Do Stcktn & Drliug. A 5 P.C lOO 108 110 1,3 01. 10x006.53 sp t , . .00Mast.Fixedravi Devon (si lt Annuities, c4kpde. AAnnr ne ne sna. t: , 1 110. 0 : . .. 6. . ) alla.a l ll all l 20 North Staffordshire 20 21 8 2 1 10 ° 39 )1 st Do 41 percent lOO ... ... at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... ... at Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 ... ... oa RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. st Caledonian 41 p c gua. et Do Scot. Oen. min. 7p c lOO et Do 41 p irredoem all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 st Do b do, 1862 lOO at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO 77 81 87 90 8i 90 84 83 d dd 000 . Sept. ets 4 44 o2t er i dedc n, d d cid oeo66o o oo i an, , p4p, ,: t5y1.4.1. I I: sc.:8 888 611:6. .. . t 666 6: .. . :0 0 6 3 : 1 1111111a1 111 :00000000000 : 1 10000 B o : L ail e D ennue o ed .tn. B tc: i, o ßntoi s darl t lis o ygtj u ro ; Slea 1 d , 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. Midl., 5p c 100 at Do Joint porpe. 5p c, 1865 100 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 22 Do Vale N 6 e , tl y a : t .e h tlr4B p ic7 e elp e r n p : . ,l s ßB p s. .B c . 11 a 0000 1 2 1 New 41 per as : ttt t L ° DD. 0 000 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 Bast , ttty London 000 D E: in. c idd o o 00, n: aN,th Chat., S. . .0 Western,,6,l Western, at Do No. 7 5 do , pref l a w l I at Do Metrop. Ea., 136 p.c c S e P n e t 10 man. sheL&L p i er , a s t t M la e i a t r l a o la p d o , l i ßAse t a t 05 n k .sp r 13.688 t D D DOO O OS I r n dP c . onx. New Shares 16 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 :t t Northpo No. British,llo 1,5 guaranteed, p e r E e . e li t n 1 .7861 100 st D o E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 13 , Do E. &Ct , N 0.2, 5 p.c . , 10 0 s t Do N. 8.. 5 per cent , 186.2 100 st Do E. & 0., No. 3, 5 p.c et Do E. & Gt., (Ordiry) 41 P c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 Bt Do Stock. & Danl., D 18 . 6 .. 3 lO OlOO at North London, 41, per cent < v ox( STer t ce c n r t o ) so 100 5 do 1861 100 at at North South Dall Eastern , s tt 4 i i r e p s e p 1 c 8 . 5 . 9 . 1 1 0 c 1 .0 ) at Do s d o (C. • at Do 5 do, 1864 100 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 _ 86 90 88 y 2 104 106 1061 191 201 i 1 •" ... 19ti lio 94 96 8 gf eOO 103.110 109 108 110 11 -Up 20} i 11 ) 1 lfp ••• ... 55 ii 63 la 99 111 11‘ Inq ifu ••• ... BAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALSI st Birkenhead lOO 53 95 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all Di 103 at Buckinghamshire lOO 92 0 , a t Chester and Holyhe ad 100 54 's'; at Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 d o . at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 133 13 a 0 Gloater nd Dean Forest all „. Gt. Ea,on., a (tc., Newm., 5 p.c 100 " a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6,0 72 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Herd 100 95 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 216 22) 21.0 st London and Blackwall lOO 96 93 at Do. 41 per cent lOO st London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO at Do. Corn. Fund, sdo 100 7 at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 6; at Lowestoft, gnat 4 per cent lOO 79 83 at Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, dtMatlk all 5 . 54 st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 93 95 . 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northerut East , 5 per cent all 52 66 So Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern—llartlep00l at N.West. A perp. pref, sp. c lOO 10i 110 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO at Notting. 6: Grantli. K.& C lOO 92 9 . 4 25 Preston and Wyre.. all 44 46 . Royston, Hitch., and Steep. 100 13.3 135 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do do 8 21 2, D at S. Yorksh. andßiver un D 100 98 100 - st Do 4 Ri cent g per ceua lO ; 79 81 at Do 4 do st Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 130 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 14 14 20 Do do B all 20 DodoC all at Weymouth and Portland lOO st Wilts and Somer set DOCKS. at East and West India 100 117 119 st London and St. Katherine 100 - 419 51 49 13k 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all Millwall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 31 32 st Southampton lOO 71 71 at Surrey ccuumercial Closing Business Share NAVE. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited A all 111 12 al Do B lO 4 5 50 Albion l5 6 4 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo - Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, Um all 11 19 20 Anglo - Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 1) 1: 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 ** 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lira. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 3 I 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 87 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, ,nd China all 20/ 211 21f 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China all 29 301 at) 20 City ............... 100 Colonial .... 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lira 50 East London lim 5 1) 0 1 20 English and American, Urn 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lira lO ld pr 20 English, z , cottish, and Aus . tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all . ... 231 Do new 5/ i 4 100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 IS 20 Imperial Ott oman lO 1 If 114 4 55 lonian. 25 Do now 5 pr 11/ 20 Lnd Mortga ge of India, lira 4 3 f 3 3 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 75 76 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, Rm. 20 6 4 100 London and Brazilian lim. 45 82 23 20 Do new 71 61 5 1 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 7 9 25 Do new 10 11 14 20 London Chart.of Australia all 221 231 50 London and County 2O 491 501 501 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll 50 London Joi nt S tock 1 8 2 4 3 20 Loudon and South African al 1 • 12 100 London & S. - Western, lim, 20 ..• —5O London it Venezuela, lim l2l ... 100 London and Westminster. 20 61 63 604 100 Do Scrip, ism at 10 pm 2O 59 61 100 Merchant, lira 25 6 4 10 Metropolitan, lim. all 6 4 7 1 100 Midland, 1im..... ... . 5 National of A ustr alia..... 4 2 6 • 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 8 1 d 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd .42 ... ••• 10 Do . ...... • 42 ... ... 46 50 National.. 20 New South Wal es all 42 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 60 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 li 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia, all 45 47 100 Union of Ireland, Urn 50 Union of London l5 351 361 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 221 221 221 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., Um—. 10 144 144 i3l i 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 151 161 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 37 39 351 4 4 st Do. 8 per cent. lOO 85 90 . .1 434 14 25 Australian Agricultural - 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 5 p d 10 Berlin Water Works, Rm all 131 144 14 10 Do. New 6 a 3/ 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lira. 5 Do. New 4 li ld 50 British American Land 44 16 18d et B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 166 171 20 British Indian Tea, lira all 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint 24 24 lid 20 Ceylon Company, lint. lO 5 3d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 41 34 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 4 1 318 30 City of Milan Improv. lint all 510 25 City of Moscow Gas, Hui— all 2 3 50 City Offices, tun 25 231 2211 50 Colonial, lint. Do. •• ..., 50 Commorcial 7 • lnion (Assur) 6 • i ip 10 Company of African Mer- 64 id POLICE IN2ELLIGEISICE—Thzs Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THREATENING TO MURDER A MOTHER-IN-LAW.—Robert Hunt, a young man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with threatening to murder his mother-in-law, Mrs. E. Butler, a widow, staying at No. 5, Browu-strect, GrJs venor-square. Mr. Froggatt appeared for the prosecutrix, and in opening the case said that a few mantles ago the pri soner married the daughter of Mrs. Butler, and shortly after began to ill-use her, and to pledge everything that had been given to them by Mrs. Butler, and in addition to the charge of making threats of murdering Mrs. Butler, he (Mr. Froggatt) should hereafter Lave to prefer another charge, of making away with property belonging to Mrs. Butler. As one specimen of the prisoner's intents he might mention that on the previous day the prisoner pledged his bed, swearing that he would with the money purchase a six-barrel revolver and shoot his mother-in law, wife, and himself. Mrs. Butler was then c. - .llod, and she deposed ti the pri soner threatening that he would swing for her, and that he would purchase a six -barrelled revolver and do for her, her daughter, and himself. On one occasion the prisoner took some laudanum to frighten his wife. She had given the prisoner some articles of plate to take c.tre of, and ho bad pledged thorn, and also an old family Bible. The prisoner said that he might have used some threats last night, but never before, and he was then drunk. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner was the more dangerous for that reason, as he was more reckless. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner would be remanded for a week. WORKED TILL THE LAST.—Samuel Matthews, a cab proprietor and driver, was charged with the following cruelty to a horse. Sergeant Lindsay, 5 0, saw the prisoner drive up to St. James's-hall with his cab and set down four person; and as the prisoner was leaving the sergeant saw that the horse was gcing on three legs, that the hip joints were knocked off, and that the horse had several sores about it and he then took the prisoner into custody. Simeon Sell, an officer of the Royal Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, who had examined the horse, deposed to its being very old, in bad condition, with wounds on each shoulder, and both hips knocked off—in fact, unfit for work. The prisoner asked to be dealt leniently with, as he had a family. Mr Tyrwhitt said the prisoner ought to have thought of the horse which helped to keep his family, and fined him 20s. or 14 days, at the same time telling him that if he did not have the horse destroyed he would be charged again. chants - , RM. Continental Union Gas, lira all is la Copper ➢liners of England, pref. 71 per cent. all 5 7 Corporation of London Bands, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent, all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, Um. all 21 21 2 5-18 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius Wu lO 31 21d et Crystal Palace lOO 19 21 et Do. Preference lOO 94 99 at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 105 10, 20 Darjeeling, lint. ••• ••• I 0 Eastern Assam, lint 6l ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, Um. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 114 I 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. GILL by Egypt. Gov all 92 93 931 1 20 Egyptian Cum.& Traci. lim 6 41 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 241 246 10 Do. New 8 lu 12p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim 8 10 Fairbairn Engineering 20 Fore-streetWarehouselim l2 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at .CB5 all 50 Gellivara, lim 10 General Credit & Dis., lim. 75 15 General Steam Navigation 14 30 Rom% & On! Marine In. Hui. 5 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lira. 25 Indo-European Tel., lint lO 20 Intorna. Financial Soc. lim. 5 20 Interns. Land Credit, lim 6 50 Italian Land 5 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 50 Land Securities, lint 5 25 London African Trading lO 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lim 30 4 Lond.Gen.thnnibus.Colim. all 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 at Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. 5 p. c. by India Gov. lOO 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1im...... ........... 11 10 Mediterra. Eat en. Tel, lim all 50 Merchant Shipping, lim all 30 Millwall Iron Works, lim l 2l 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., Um. . ...... o 9 25 National Discount C , lim 5 25 National Prov. Marina him. 4 10 National Steam Ship, lim. all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim. 3 5 New Quebrada, ......... A. 4.0 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer cantile Agencylim 2l 26 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lira .......... • ... 5 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint, 5 10 Do. B ........... , . all at North Brit. Austral 100 50 North Brit. & Mercaa. In 64 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll 5 Oriental Gas, lira. . 5 Do. New....,, 1 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lint.,., 2 ' 5 Ottoman Gas, 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim all 14 1 Do do. .. 111 allt, at Peel R. Land & Minerl. lim 100 34 " 50 Peninan. & Oriental Steam all 48 50 50 Do. New 1867 lO 25 11d 25 Reuter's Telegram 50 Ithymney Iron 16 Do. New ... 11 55 6 25 Rio de Janeiro City I to all 17 18 ~lint. 20 Do. Gas, Ji m all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam BO 43 45 40 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 75 86 st Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref lOO ••• "' 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte lim lO 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empi re 0 1 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint 6 25 South Australian Land .. all 351 3 6 1 . st Submarine Telegraph llOO 100 110 109 1 Do. Scrip all I 1 4 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.lim all 181 19 18 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 25 24 41 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl ••• al p 10 Trust & Agency of A us.,l i m 1 11p 10 Do do, do. al l 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada b 1d p 50 Union Marine L'pool, Rm 5 4 4 1P 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 Id p 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 51 64 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 31 3f p 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lim b 1 11p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim. all 21 31 30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 7 8 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 78 79 784 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 10d 50 West India and Pacille 11 --ifd pr 113 12f 86 83 874 28 29 Sii 11 1} 6 4d n id 31 4 63 65 3; 20 7 5,1 .i 1 23 221 1 2 22 17d ld pr 104 105 103} 4 41 32 37 31 21d 111 121 4 3d 81 9 1 4 3d 1 ld 41 sk IP • 11 11 7 5 1 2 47 52 19 20 141 15 71 I 1P Id ip 11 21 Steam lun 2O 24 ii 20 WostLoudon Wharves and Warehouses lO •.. ... COLONIAL 00VICENM/CNT SIECURITIES - British Columbia, 6 per Cent.,1872,... ...... 100 - Uo. 1895.. lOO - - Can.Gov.6p.o.Jan. l ct July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb, it Aug lOO 106 103 - Do. sp, c. Mar. (t Sept lOO 104 106 - Do. p. o, Jan. .t July lOO 93 91 95; 11 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed ak ICO Do 92 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 lOB 102 104 - Do.A.plAtOot 1890-1900 lOO HI lli - Do. do 189 0 - 90 lOO 107 109 - Do. Jan.32July, 1891 - Do. 6 per Gent. 16 April and 16 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 - Ceylon, Nov 1878,6 p.c lOO 108 110 - Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 -1 Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 .. 0 106 108 108 - Do. 1882, M a y and Nov l/0 106 108 - Do. 1895, Feb. Atte.— 10 106 108 - 51.1bourne Corporate., 1887-75, 6 per ant - N.11.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July IOU 102 1i 4 - Natal 6 p or, Ap1.12 Oct 10) - - Do 6p o. Mny ez Nov 1 0 1(6 108 - N. S. VV. 5 ire., 71 to '76- 10u to 1 1 7- Do. 6 p.c. 11488 to 1896 lOO 99 108 99 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75- - N.Zealand, 6p. 0t.1891.. ICO - Do. 5 per cent. . DoJan,Ap:l,Ju!y,O.t ICO 97i 9 sa - Do 6p c. Mar .L- Sept '9l lOO 108 110 - Do June & Dec , I'9 l .• • • 1 00 109 11l prey., Auckld. / 1• : 0 - - ( t(riei 1 .t. 2, 1 1 96 ) - Nova Scotia 6 p.o.Jac... - and Jnly, 1875 18c6.. - Quecnslnd. 6p. C.c. 'B2 5 100 1(5 106 - Do 189, - Do. 6 p 6.1862.. _I - Do. Co. A 2...... 100 108 110 - Do rd. 1193 .......... 103 107 108 - Victoria 100 111_111 WESTMINSTER. SINGULAR CHARGES OF FELONY. —John William Sou thern, a man between 30 and 40 years of age, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a dog. Mr. Rayment, fishmonger, 33, Churton-street, Pimlico, said that during his absence at market yesterday morning the prisoner obtained access to his yard, and, loosing a valuable house dog, took it away with him, but the dog found his way home late last night. A boy, in prosecutor's employ, said that prisoner knocked at the door, and he admitted him, when he went to the back yard and took the dog as described. Mr. Mansfield inquired whether the prisoner was known to the boy, and how he came to let him have the dog. Mr. Rayment explained that the accused had been his foreman, and, from his exceedingly intemperate habits, had been recently discharged by him. Ile was so drunk and offensive at his shop that he turned hint out by force. Prisoner said that he merely liberated the dog that it might have a run, that was all. Morgan Morgans proved apprehending the prisoner last night in the New-cut, Lambeth. He admitted having taken the dog, which he lost in Stratton-ground, blt sa:d ho did not steal it. Mr. Mansfield said it appeared to him prisoner had taken the dog in revenge for being discharged from his employment. He was committed for 21 days. THAMES. CHARGE OP CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—WiIIiam Farkudo, a sawyer, was brought before Mr Benson charged with cutting and wounding Catherine, his wife. The prosecutrix, whose forehead was covered with a snrgical plaister, said she had been married to the prisoner eight years. They had three children. Ho had repeatedly ill used her. Ho stabbed her four years ago, and she was in the hospital in Poplar for 8/1110 time under medical treatment. She once took out a summons against him, and he pro mised better treatment. She consented not to prosecute. Last night there was not a scrap of broad in the hulls° for the children to eat. She sent them to the Cedar Tree public-house to fetch their father. They returned with him. She was then lying on a bed with her clothes on, fatigued and exhausted for the want of food. He called her bad names for sending tho children after him, and ho struck her several times with his fists about the head, face, and body. He also kicked her. lie then wen t down stairs, and he returned with a knife without a handle, and struck her over the eyebrows with it. The right eyebrow was cut up. She called out r , vic.pncir f1,./1_ She called for the aid of had been violent to him, and th a t s h e won t on AI outlay night and did not return all night. The Wife - I was obliged to fly from his violence. Ho threatened to murder me on Monday night. Mr. Benson remanded the prisoner. MEETING OF CONVOCATION. The Convocation of the Province of Canterbury assem bled on Tuesday morning, although it was understood that the meeting would be simply a formal one, and that no actual business will be dispatched until the 23rd inst. The Archbishop attended, accompanied by the Bishop elect of London, and other prelates, Sir Travers Twiss, the Vicar-General of the Province, Mr. Dyke, the Registrar, and other officials. The Venerable Archdeacon Denison and the Very Rev. Dr. H. Goodwin, Dean of Ely, advanced, and the former, in a Latin speech, said they had to present to him theVen. Edward Bickersteth, D.D., Archdeacon of Buckingham, who had been for the third time elected Prolocutor of the Lower House of Convoca tion. The Lower House had many most important duties to perform, and he trusted it would ever be found fighting for the maintenance of the true faith, for the in tegrityof the Scriptures, and the privileges and authorities of the Church. He blamed those who had inconsiderately gone to excess in ceremony in honour of the Sacrament, although he admitted that both in the Sacrament of Baptism and that of the Lord's Supper the utmost reverence ought to be observed. But from both those Sacraments of the Church many greatly detracted (impenee derogant). The decrees of the Catholic and Primitive Church were clear upon these matt-, , rs, and yet no remedy was to be obtained by those who were desirous of upholding the Church's laws. With regard to the state of the epis copate, the Church of England, he said, had twenty-seven bishops, of whom some were disabled, while there was work for eighty. In consequence of this defect, diocesan synods languished, and the just plan of the laity of the Church taking counsel with the clergy— which would be found to be the main safeguard of the English Church—was hindered. He warmly urged the necessity of maintaining in its integrity the Irish Church, and urged that if the branch of the United Church esta blished hi Ireland were given over to the designs of men, however astute, however perverse, or however inflated with the vanity of philosophy, the branch of the Church established in England would be in imminent danger. He urged, also, a more efficient representa tion of the clergy in Convocation, and a revision of the present Court of Ecclesiastical Appeal. The Archbishop, who appeared surprised nt the multitude of topics introduced by the Archdeacon into an address which in former times has mainly been confined to an eulogium on the new Prolocutor, replied in a brief Latin address. He congratulated the new Prolocutor on the position he had attained for the third time, and hoped that the same sound sense would characterise the exercise of his office which had marked it hitherto.—The Arch deacon of Buckingham briefly acknowledged his re election, and the proceedings were adjourned to the 23rd instant. The Archdeacon's speech in the original Latin was published in a special edition of the John Bull, and largely circulated at the meeting of the S.P.C.IC. The Leeds Reform League bad a demonstration on Monday, at which Mr. Baines, M.P., Mr. Cantor, M.P., and Mr. Mundella were present. Speeches were delivered and resolutions were passed in favour of Mr. Gladstone's policy, and a vote of confidence in the Premier was adopted. The Russian Government has devised and begun to carry out a gigantic scheme in connection with the navi gation of the Volga, by which it will be enabled, in the course of a very few years, to discharge a largo army of picked troops, fresh and ready for battle, somewhere in the neighbourhood of Balkh. The first corps of the Turkish army is in posi tion on the loft shore of the gulf of Volo, not far from the Olin of Pharsalia, and quite close to Zoitoin. It is twenty-four thousand strong, and is composed of picked men, well appointed and provided with excellent artillery. If the emergency should arise, it will forthwith occupy Zeitoin and march diroct on Athens, before which it would arrive in four or five days. A correspondent writes :—" On Frilly last, at about 1.10 p.m., was felt a distinct shock of earthquake at Newton-k-Willows and neighbourhood. I myself, sitting in a room, felt a movement, which at the same time was accom panied by a rattling of doors and windows, the perpendicular bolts to French windows causing a very considerable rattle. This was succeeded by a loud though apparently distant noise, like the bursting of a powder magazine, or other similar causes. In about ten minutes afterwards there set in a very heavy thunderstorm, which continued more than half an hour." SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIO JOURNALS. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This My The Times takes a somewhat novel view of the electioneering difficulty, and endeavours to convince its readers that no change of legislation can ensure a more moderate outlay. Some expenses, it urges, cannot be ex cluded from the list by the most rigorous taxation. Among these must be included stationery, postage, messengers, hire of rooms, polling booths, conveyances, &c. Many of these legitimate charges are increased by the very stringency of the law against the illegitimate expenses. It would be easy to shew that for almost every item of expense which may be proscribed by Act of Parliament another will assuredly spring up or expand within the limits allowed by law. The reason of this is perfectly simple, and the remedy must be sought not so much in legislative provisions as in a juster sense of responsibility among the electors. Where men of large fortune are prepared to spend an unlimited sum on obtaining the social position incident to a seat in Parliament, the most that can be done is to check the resort to bribery and intimida. tion. If they choose to plaster whole miles of wall and hoarding with laudations of their own principles and exposures of their opponents' fallacies, to hire whole armies of political lecturers, or to issue any quantity of controversial handbills, no one can blame them ; and yet a rival candidate who could not afford to play a like game might be placed at a disadvantage. Nor would the moderation of election expenses, if it could be enforced, furnish any complete security against the predominant influence of wealth. As it is, the candidate whose expenses are least is often the one from whom mdst is expected. A man who owns nearly all the property in and about a borough, or who has the power to confer a great benefit on its trade, has no occasion to run the gauntlet of public meetings. and generally affects to despise them. Besides, there is such a thing as making up for parsimony at elections by very handsome annual subscriptions, and in some boroughs these two elements of expense bear a clearly defined rela , tion to each other. Even the public spirit which prompts some localsolicitors to superintend elections gratuitously is not unfrequently alloyed by an anticipation of favours and patronage to come. In short, so long as it is the joint interest of wealthy candidates and greedy constituencies to make elections dear, it is to be feared that no rule of law or form of procedure will be effectual in making them •heap. SUDBURY RACES—Tms DAT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP PLATE. Flash Poleaxe Whitworth 1 3 Nine ran. BENTINCK CLUB.—Tms DAY. The most noticeable feature was a strong commission in the market to back Harcourt for the Grand National. SUDBURY FLYING HANDICAP. 2 to 1 agst Flash (taken) 3 to 1 agst Little Coates (taken) 40 SOVS PLATE. 3to 1 agst Contempt (taken freely) HURDLE RACE. 2to 1 agst Heads or Tails (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 1t to 1 agst Globule (taken) 20 to 1 agst Harcourt (taken to £3O, and wanted) 25 to 1 agst Despatch (taken) 33 to 1 agst Bishopton (taken) LINCOLN HANDICAP. 100 to 8 agst Typhoons (taken) WATERLOO CUP. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Lister's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Hole's nomination (taken) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THIs DAY. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 100 to 7 agst Typhoeus (taken and offered) 100 to 5 agst Lady Coventry (taken) 20 to 1 agst Silonus (taken) 20 to 1 agst George Osbaldeston (taken) 25 to 1 agst Friday (offered—take 30 to 1) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 11 to 1 agst Colonel (taken) 1000 to 70 agast Globule (offered) 100 to 6 agst Fan (taken and wanted) 23 to 1 agst Sultan (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Brick (taken) CHESTER CUP. 9to 1 agst Paul Jones (off-10 to 1 taken and w.) 100 to 8 agst Palmer (offered—take 100 to 7) 20 to 1 agst St Alungo (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Birdseeker (offered) 30 to 1 agst Romping Girl (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Blacklocir (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Dalby (offered—take 40 to 1) 1000 to 20 agst Vestminster (offered) TWO THOUSAND. sto 2 agst Wild Oats (taken to £300) 3to 1 agst Belladrum (offered) THE DERBY. 7to 1 agat Belladrum (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ryshworth (taken and off.) 35 to 1 agst Tenedos (taken) 66 to 1 agat Brother to Gen. Peel (taken) 2500 to 500 agst Pero Gomez and Wild Oats coupled (taken) The Morning Post declares that the Premier's circular to his followers is a reminder that a stormy session is at hand. In alluding to the probable nature of the Speech from the Throne, and the policy which the Government ' is likely to pursue, the Post remarks there are times when a Speech from the Throne is expected to be in the nature of a challenge ; when a Ministry boldly throws down the gauntlet, and declares its intention of asking Parliament to endorse a policy which it knows will be questioned by the Opposition ; and when it is prepared to stake its political existence that the views which it expresses will command the approval of the majority. Such an occasion undoubtedly is present, and Mr. Gladstone may well warn his followers that their attendance in their places is indispensable when Parlias ment reassembles. In the speech that will be placed by --- the Lord Chancellor in her Majesty's hands will be stated i THE DERBY DIFFICULTY.—Touching this long thevexed affair the latest ru mour i s th at the "difficulty" is course which Parliament will be ad v i se d to take in respect to the Irish Church, and it is unne cessary to say at an end, th e G ran d S tand proprietors having come to ; that in dealing with this important questi on M r. te rms with Mr. Studd's solicitors. Gladstone will fulfil the pledge which he has more than once given. No Minister certainly ever met Parlia. ment with a stronger Cabinet or with a larger • I s T se. majority. The only doubt which rouse affect to entertain -e annual meeting of the proprietors was held is whether he will be able to snake good use o f it. On thi s in the saloon of the theatre y‘?sterJay, Mr. Arlon point it must be remarked that Mr. Gladstone has served in the chair. From the report it appeared that the his apprenticeship as leader of the House of Commons, and balance in the hands of the treastirer, after paying is not likely t o re p ea t th e f au lt s w hi c h occa s ioned his up the year's charges, amounted to £1,500 paying committee, congratulated the proprietors upon the former shipwreck. There certainly will be no one to blame improved state of the theatre, and felt it to be their but himself if the campaign on which he is about to enter does not turn out a brilliant one. The party which . a duty to testify t o the ability which the he leads has l earn t a bi tter lesson, and is not likely to pleasm degenerate into th e unru l y ra bb le which Mr. Bouverie theatre was conducted, an d concluded their report denounced in the o ld P ar li ament. Everything seems pro- by expresssing tl eir gre a t sa ti s f act i on at the con pitious, the gale s are f avoura b le, and there is no rock tinned success of Mr. Ch a tt erton, the lessee, and visible on which the Ministry can make wreck save that their best wishes for his future prosperity as re of their own creation—the Irish Church. If this be a ward for the energy and honour that had so dis - source of danger, which, however, we do not think it is, it tinguished his lesseeship. must be recollected that the condition on which Mr. Glad. The report was adopted una n i mous l y. stone was entrusted w ith th e h e l m was that he should Mr. THOMPSON understool th a t th ere was once a steer the vessel of the St a t e i n safety past this serious obstacle. valuable Italian, German, F renc h , and English musical library attached to th e h ouse, and he should The Daily Ems c o mm en t s upon t h e question of the capitation grant to th e vo l un t eers , an d d eclares that the be subject is one of great imp or t ance . S ome of the corre- T glad to know if it remain e d intact.he CHAIRMAN replied i n th e aff i rmative, and spondents of different journals maintain that the volunteer said it was kept in admirable order by their own force, unless further supported, must die away entirely. salaried librarian, knew al. a moment where If this were to be the result of a refusal on the part of the to lay his band upon any work that might be Government to accede to the request for an increased required. At the recent revival of " Manfred" grant, we should throw all our weight into the scale to th e lessee was on the point of seeking elsewhere for urge an acquiescence with the demands of the volunteer the music, when the librarian brought to his notice colonels. We are, however, doubtful of this ; many volun. tkiit gegmkirtakr . y lu t tigic fh aTniiiic c - o -- u'a - 13e 1 Lot - enabled to ico so, the offi cers w h o su pply t h e want i ng " funds reap some commensurate ad van t age . If we can had in the library for the m e re as ki ng . afford to maintain both an offensive and defensive army I The proceedings were brought to a close with of large strength, it would be of manifest advantage to do the usual acknowledgments to the auditors and so, and no defensive army could be supported so cheaply, chairman. even at an increase in the capitation grant, as the present volunteers. Before the increase takes place, however, an investigation should be made into the organisation of the whole military strength of the empire, and some changes which the volunteers themselves desire should be at least examined into. If the Government is to give more money to the support of the volunteers, it has assuredly the right to require some qualification for the officers be- yond that of a full purse. The expenses of officering some corps are in some cases so exorbitant that a purchase system is virtually established which forbids promotion to the higher ranks to any who are not very much wealthier than officers of the regular army. The Government has also the right to insist that the volunteers should sacrifice a certain amount of independence, and should be more closely affiliated to the general military system itself, of course re-organised. If a general inquiry takes place into our whole offensive and defensive means, and their best adaptation to the necessities of the country, Lord Elcho will deserve the thanks of every citizen, as well as the whole body of volunteers, who themselves arc certaiu to profit greatly by the inquiry. The Daily Telegraph is discussing the changes in our system of local rating proposed by the Somersetshire Chamber of Agriculture, and remarks that just as Mr. Bruce and Mr. Forster have proposed to defray the cost of national education partly by local rating and partly by Imperial grants, so some agricultural reformers would still impose a local tax for the relief of the poor, but would make a yearly grant to every parish in which a certain amount of assessment should be sufficient. Such a scheme might put a stop to gross extravagance; and, though it is open to objection, its merits serious thought. Other speakers fancied that, even if the whole burthen of pauperism were supported by the imperial exchequer, the Poor-law Board could effectually prevent waste. Can the board do so at present, when it is aided by the self-interest of the guardians? It is notorious that throughout London the local expenditure is scandalously mismanaged, and that the central authorities are unable to provide a suffi cient remedy. In view of that fact some reformers would give the board sufficient power to make the barrier against extravagance complete. But those critics do not estimate the full necessities of such a change. To give the Poor-law Board adequate power over the guardians would so abridge local authority as to institute centralisation of the most colossal kind ; the boards of guardians would be stifled in the grasp of the State functionaries ; and so far as the relief of the poor is concerned, the local self-govern ment of England would speedily become only a name. Are the agricultural gentlemen prepared for such r result? The Herald, in recording the precautionary measures being taken by the Anglo-Indian authorities in view of the threatened famine, rejoices to find that the calamity is no longer to be ignored, and that some of the remedial measures are /Ist to be merely temporary in their effect. They are in accord with permanent works, more especially those of irrigation, by which alone, apart from the effect of general operations conducing to the prosperity of the people, the recurrence of periodical famines can be averted. The care taken at the present emergency to provide against the peril—the recognition of the fact that the preservation of the lives of the people must be the first consideration, and the settlement of the political policy the second—is a great advance since the days, so little distant, when hundreds of thousands died in Bengal and Orissa from causes which admitted at least of the same means of control. The strong condemnation passed at at home upon Sir Cecil Beadon 'Bapathy with and which ineffi ciency was too late to avert the evil he had to deal ; but it is baying a happy effect upon the present occasion, when the local authorities are evidently animated by a very different code of f instructions. lanie Sir John t the John Lawrence was by no means free last crisis ; but it is plai . n thathe has learned a lesson from the mode in which his subordinates arL dealing with the existing difficulty ; and the impulse which all the from head authority is clearly traceable ip accounts which reach us of forethought andtimely pro vision in all the distressed districts.. 'That Lord Mayo will insist upon every local authority doing his duty there is no reason to doubt—apart from his lordship's declarations concerning permanent improvements. We have great hope, therefore, that the calamity whi c h threatens so large a part of the area and population of our Indian Empire may be mitigated in a very great degree, and that henceforth means may be found, as they ought to be found in so fertile a country, to keep the people fed, whatever the capriciousness of the seasons. Hitherto the battle has been between the most unvarying routine on one side and the most unexpected exhibitions of natural causes on the other. For the future the system must accommodate itself to the exigency. We must recognise the fact that it is impossible to bind up famines, any yaw that pygl94eB earthquakes, with red DRURY LANE THEA7ItE. THE CASE OF O VEREND, GURNEY, AND CO. The Grand Jury last evening, at the Old Bailey, entered on the consideration of the indict- anent against the defendants in this case. Mr. Lewis stated the case, and the witnesses having been examined, the grand jury found a true bill against the whole of the defendants. The trial will therefore take place at the Court of Queen's Bench at Westminster before a special jury. LuNDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING, - ..._4o,__- -- FOREIGN-OFFICE. FEB. 2. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Air. C. H. Ferro to be Consul at Valetta, Malta, for the North Ger man Confederation. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Doctor Alejancho F. Wallen to be Consul at Demerara for the United States of Venezuela. WHITEHALL, JAN. 39. The Queen has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln, empowering them to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the translation of the Right Rev. Father in God Doctor John Jackson, late Bishop thereof, to the See of London ; and her Majesty has also been pleased to re commend to the said Dean and Chapter Christopher Words worth, D.D., to be by them elected Bishop of the said See of Lincoln. WHITEHALL, FEB. 1. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Henry Austin Bruce, being one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, an Ecclesiastical Commissioner for England. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Dyke Acland, Esq., to be Second Church Estate Commissioner, in the room of the Right Hon. John Robert Mowbray, re signed. The Queen has been pleased, on the recommendation of the Speaker, to appoint, 137 Warrant under her Royal Sign Manual, Reginald Francis Douce Palgrave, Esq., to be Second Clerk Assistant of the House of Commons, in the room of Henry Ley, Esq., resigned. WAR-OFFICE, PALL MALL, FEB. 2. ith Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Croxton Scutt Johnson to be Lieutenant, Gentleman Cadet William W Weston to be Cornet. 2d Dragoons—Major Andrew Nugent to be Lieutenant- Colonel, Captain Lenox Prendergast to be Major, Lieutenant Thomas Hunt to be Captain, Cornet Edward George Moore Donnithorne to be Lieutenant, the Ron. Walter P. Alexander to be Cornet. 21st Hussars—Gentleman Cadet Frederick Hutchinson Haynes, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet ; Gentleman Cadet John F. D. Fordyce to be Cornet. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Thos. Carr Fletcher, to be Adjutant. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieut.-Col. Edward J. Lake, C. 5.1., to be Colonel; Second Captain Napier G. Sturt to be Second Captain. 2d Foot—Lieutenant Edward St. John to be Captain; Ensign Arthur Thomas Fisher to be Lieutenant ; En sign Edwards Werge to be Ensign ; Gentleman Cadet John Dickson to be Ensign. 6th Foot—Ensigns Josiah William Petrse-Hobbs, Fre derick Talbot Goodridge, and Thomas Arthur Campion to be Lieutenants. 11th Foot—Lieutenant John R. Kelsall to be Captain ; Ensigns John William O'Callaghan, Martin Nepaan Gubbins, Edward William Scott, and Charles William Richard Mansergh to be Lieutenants. 12th Foot—Lieutenant Simon Beggs Triphook to be Adjutant. 18th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant Thomas O'Hora to be Quartermaster. 19th Foot—Gentleman Cadet George He nry A s hi ngton Ensign. F. Jacson t o b e E ns i gn. GOth Foot—Captain Edward B ow l es to b e Major ; Lieut. 28th Foot—Ensign .to be JohnEn si H George Hewitt Trottman to be Captain ; Ensign James Nugent Blackwood Price to be Lieutenant; Ensign Charles Hulled Smith to be Lieutenant; Ensign Walter Henry Ilolbech to be Ensign; Gentleman Cadet Wm. Sturrock Anderson to be Ensign. 97th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Reginald Robert Lousada, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign. ONSERVATIVE BANQUET AT SHREWSBURY.—A Conservative banquet was held at Shrewsbury last night to celebrate the return for the seventh time of Sir Wstkin Wynne, as member for Denbighshire. Newly 500 were presett. Mr. Laird, the member for Birkenhead; Mr. Ilaikes, the member for Chester ; and Mr. Wynne, the member for Montgomery borough, addressed the meeting. THE REPRESENTATIO N OF NORIVICH.—Mr. Milner • Gibson has definitively declined to contest Norwich. No Liberal candidate has been yet selected. Mr. Sergeant Parry is named as a possible candidate. The death of Miss Annie Collinson, a young actress attached to the New Royalty Theatre, took place on Monday. tr ue fled crime