The Sun. — London, England, 1869-11-26 00:00:00

Is 1' 4 4 Da a"" iia incoo deo- 1111.. 68t fe° P .0 0 tOO re , , a otA ti° : - 0 9 ,0 001 ion., e en a r or , t 6 MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CI r, Two o'CLocK. On the Stock Exchange to-day business was by no means active ; Consols, however, maintained the prices of yesterday, but in other securities the ten dency was downward. =Consols are now at 938 to 94 for money; ditto, for Ac..:ount, 94 3i ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 8 ; New Tkree per Cents, 921 t ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, par ; June, 4 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, par ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 44 per Cent., 238. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 115 4 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 55 per Cent., ; ditto Debentures, 1031. In the Foreign Market Turkish Five per Cents. are quoted 43a to 431 ; ditto, Six per Cents., G5l to 661-; Spanish, 26i- to 264 ; Italian, 52i to 53i; Egyptian (1864), 86 to 87 ; ditto (1868), 76i to 7 7k; Peruvian, 824 to to 831 ; Mexican, 131 to 134 ; Charkof, 801 to 804 ; and Orel, sol to 814. In the Railway Market there has been a rise in Metropolitan, which arc now 85. Great Northern are 107, and the A Stock 107 f ; Great Western, 56 ; Brighton, 41f to 441; South Eastern, 77f ; Midland, 119 ; Chatham, 16 ; and Great Eastern, 361. Lombardo-Venetian remains at 19i to 20 ; and Great Luxemburg, 121 to 121. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 83-2- to 83/ ; Erie Shares are 21 to 21f ; Illinois are better, at 99; to 991. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Shares are flat at 331 to 33k. Anglo-American are 198 to 20i ; French Cable, 16 to 161 ; and Atlantic Eight per Cents., 28 to 2/. The Bank Shares continue to attract little atten tion, and no material change is marked in prices. Oriental is 41 to 42 ; Imperial Ottoman, 2f to 28 prem. ; Consolidated, 41 to 41 ; Chartered Mer cantile, 31} to 321 ; Anglo-Austrian, 10 to 12 prem. At Mark-lane this morning the attendance was limited, and the demand dull. English wheat in moderate demand, prices ruling the same as on M onday. The sum of £20,000 in bar gold was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday. The tenders for £2,500,000 Metropolitan Con solidated 3f per cent. Stock were opened yesterday at the Bank of England by Sir John Thwaites, the Chairman of the Board of NV orks. The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank were present, and upon the several tenders having been read it appeared that at various prices they reached an aggregate of only about £2,100,000. The sealed minimum was then opened, and declared to be £94 10s., at and above which price about £700,000 was found to Lave been subscribed—one very large bid by a leading Stock Exchange firm being at £96 3s. Upon this Sir John Thwaite3 announced he would be ready to receive tenders at the minimum until the full amount shall have been taken, and many additional applications were then sent in, the total subscribed up to four o'clock being £1,332,900. The motions by the liquidators of the Imperial Laud Company of Marseilles against certain of the directors and officers of the company, fur restitution of the large sums of money alleged to have been improperly applied by them, has been postponed to the first motion day after Term on the application of the respondents, who stated that they required further time to prepare their defence. At the meeting of the Oriental Gas Company (Limited) a dividend of 6 per cent., making, with the interim dividend previously paid, a total of 10 per cent. on the year, was declared. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. Henry Bar low, cloth merchant, Leeds, the statement showed liabilities for £5,500, and assets £5OO. After con siderable discussion, it was resolved to place the estate in bankruptcy, but it was afterwards ar ranged by a large body of the creditors that time should be given to Mr. Barlow to offer a composi tion. Au extraordinary general meeting of the United liingdom Electric Telegraph Company (Limited) is called for the 9th Dec., to vote money to the directors and officers of the company. The half-yearly meeting of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Company is called for the Bth December. The half-monthly settlement in shares and foreign stocks will begin to-morrow (" continuation day") and end on Tuesday. The London and South-Western Railway traffic returns shows this week an increase of £2,397, com pared with the corresponding period of last year ; the London, Chatham, and Dover, including the Metropolitan Extension and branches, an increase of £B2B ; the Metropolitan Extension, separately, an increase of £419 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire a decrease of £639 ; the North Eastern an increase of £5,027 ; the Caledonian an increase of £825 ; and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire an increase of £l7O. The return from the Bank of England for the week ended the 24th of Nov. gives the following results when compared with the previous week :-- Itest PuLlic deposits Other deposits 17,798,714 ... Decrease 111,475 On the other side of the account : Government seouri tbas £13,811,953 No change. Other securities 1 1 )911,305 ... Decrease ... 174,901 Notes unemployed 9,731,665 ... Increase 407,365 The amount of notes in circulation is £22,825,585, being a decrease of £326,425 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £18,566,181, showing an increase of £161,125 when compared with the Preceding return. i Sub j oined s a comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols kid French Rentes with the corresponding week o' litit year : At Present. Same Weeklast Year. Bullion Reserve Notes in circulation 23,825,585 ... 23,243,255 Rate of discount Consols .11 1 ronch Rentes 7lf. 40c. 71f. 85c. The following is the official return of the cheques +►yid bills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for the week ending Wednesday, Nov. 24 : Thursday Friday Saturday... 000 _ _ Monda: 8,935,000 Tuesday 9,900,000 8,097,000 Wednesday £57,473,000 BRITIIII ruitss—TßO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT rUNDS.; ° Per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, Dec. 1 per Cent. Reduced 92i k New 3 per Cent Nov" 31 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen .1 sn. 1873 &enuitios, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908_ Exchoquor Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. March Do. 3 do. June Do £lOO, £2OO & £5OO par pm Bank of England Stock, 41 por Cent no. opening , Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds 14 ter-Colonial Omnium _ INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Sock, 10f per Cont., April 1874 De. Open inCgen, for Account Do. 5 per t. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Gerd., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Pape, 4 per Cent.. Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ......• — Do. 5i per Cent. May 1879 — Do 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 ...... ?Jo do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — 11. i. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do Bonds ; 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS— TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Repubhc, 6 per Cent 1 ultrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — n riz.ilian 5 per Cent — Jo. 11 per Cent. 1852 — 00 . 1, do 1858 — ~,o . (R , 1860 ..— Do. do., 1863 7ll O. 5 per Cent., 1365 1 - 1 0 Accoun• B uenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 't)s., 6 per Cent. - "Jutßan 6 per Oent — ?'o. 11 per Cola 761 Do. 3 per Cent., — Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per cent., 1867 99} ) lornbiaii, 6 pot Cent. Danisn, 3 per Cent., 1825 Dan“bian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do. Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 B2l Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Ceut Egyptian, 7 per Cent.... — De Second _lssue •• Do. 450 G Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds D0..1160 Bonds BBi Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .„.. Do. XlOO Bonds •••• Government Railway Debentures.... I)91 Greek 5 por Cont., 1824 5, es Coups -- Do. Coupons Do. Account uttemala 5 per Cent ..., Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p.,Ct., all pd 841 5 Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account • • . —1 Do Maremmana Railway 51exican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account — Dn. 1864 — ' Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — liontevideau 6 per Cent... .. Moorish imperial 5 per Cent Kew Granada Do 3 per Cenb — Do. Deferred - Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 831 2} Do 4i per Cent. (11t:harreu) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.' 5 331 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 e ar Cent., 182; £ Sr. Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do :do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., 92 Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cont. Ex. 12 Gull., — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates 844 French Routes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. Zof. Do Account — TWO 11 4 4111,01111 C. Jonsols, Money Do. Account, Dec. 1 934 1 BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 25. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Nov. 18. Nov. 25. fr. c. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of lauded pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight 48,888,246 08 48,715,100 26 Treasury account cur rent creditor 200,084,471 97 241,426,478 97 Current accounts, Paris 322,251,095 51 314,063,990 85 Do. branch banks 43,568,562 46,226,102 Dividends payable 949,892 918,241 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries Total CREDITOR. Nov. 25. Nov. 18. Cash in band and in fr. c. f r. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis- counted, not yet due 319,822,421 01 308,584,308 43 Do. branch banks 293,968,399 292,978,850 Advances on deposit of bullion 18,815,100 18,735,900 Do. branch banks 2,581,380 2,760,78 - Do. on French Public Securities 19,058,300 19,011,700 Do. by branch banks 8,965,600 8,454,900 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks - Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock ro serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 160,000,000 100,000,000 Ilotel and furniture of the 13:fink and lauded propel ty branches 9,187,781 9,190,184 Expenses of manage ment 2,123,069 08 2,116,747 63 Sundries Total Certified by the Seuator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. THVIISDAY. If we are to believe the Ninwrial Diplonatique the Emperor has directed one of his Ministers to prepare his speech to the Chambers, adding that he wishes to have the widest and most absolute affirmation of liberty. It is only to be regretted, as the Journal des Debats does not fail to point out, that the paper in question should not have been kind enough to inform us to which Minister so important and interesting a task should have been confided. The office would, strictly speaking, belong to the Minister of the Interior, but if so, the affirmation of liberal principles is not likely to be either very wide or very absolute. A grand political dinner was given last night by M. de Forcade, at which two very interesting topics were dis cussed. The first question concerned the unfinished session of July. M. do Forcade suggested what was thought to be a very happy solution of the problem. The extraor dinary session would suffice for the completion of the necessary formalities, and should then be followed without the slightest interruption by the ordinary session. The constitution of the offices of the Chamber next came under discussion. It was proposed that the number of vice-presidents would be four, instead of three as hitherto. No name was put forward, it being only agreed that the officials should belong to the Third party and to the Left Centre, the extreme Right having compromised themselves too much to bo of any service to the Government. The aspect of the political horizon on the eve of the parliamentary campaign is not very encouraging to the Emperor. M. de Girardin does not measure his cautions. He censures the advisers of the Emperor for not speaking more plainly to him concerning the necessities of the situation. Napoleon IlLwill, he believes, be lost by the dread of those who fear to displease him ; he will be lost through a weakness u culpable as treason. The Constitutionnel has said that the Emperor will assuredly conquer provided that he walks with a firm step in the new way which lie has traced out. To this, M. de Girardin replies that the whole question lies in the word " provided," and ho asks pertinently enough whether, in face of what we see around us we can seriously believe that the Emperor will proceed firmly in a liberal course ? This is a question which time must answer; meanwhile there is no lack of evidence that the Cabinet will have, by some means or other, to be brought into harmony with the Chamber. The deputies, who daily arrive in Paris, make no secret of their intentions in this respect; and the new theories of parliamentary government will, therefore, be very speedily put to the test. The Moniteur affirms that the Ministerial Council, held yesterday morning at the Tuileries, was hold in reference to an important change in the prospectus. The Council sat for some hours. M. Rochefort is likely to find himself in a most awkward position, for his followers will look upon him as a traitor if he does not make a direct attack on the Emperor, while at the same time he will cut a ridiculous figure if he appears as the sole champion of the Republican Corps d'Etat in the Corps Ligislatif. M. Rochefort has great difficulty in forming the staff of his new paper, the Mar seillaise. He was anxious, it appears, to sit next to M. Raspail in the Corps Legislatif, but the place was already occupied, and although the deputy of Lyons wished to have his young Parisian colleague near him, the idea could not be carried out. The Gaulois says that the physicians, with Dr. Ricord at their head, are unanimous in declaring that the late illness of the Emperor has consolidated his health, instead of impairing it. He has found in the struggle with this malady a new and unexpected strength. The Siecle refers to the speech which Father Hyacinthe intends to make at the annual meeting of the French Society in New York, and believes that he will free him self from the trammels which have bound him, and declare his truthful contictions concerning the government of Rome. THE SUET, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, - NOVEMBER 26, 1869. SHARE LIST. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Businol49 Share] NAME, Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A Lall 101 11 10:, *lO Do B lO 3.1 4 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 231 241 p 2 t 20 Auglo-Hungarian 2U Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4 40 ' Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 i 3 20 Do issued at 2 pin._ , 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 82 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 311 10 Bank of New Zealand all lb/ 16/ 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, A ustra- Its, snd China all 18 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India. Loudon, and China 20 City lO 10 11 101 100 Colon i a l 25 36 37 421 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and London, litu so East London, lim 4 21 11 20 English and Aineriean,lim 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of trio de Ja neiro. hut l9 pr 1p 20 English, acottish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 281 Do new lll 4 5 100 Imperial, lim ...... . 20 Imperial Ottualau lO 21 zi 121 I 25 lonian all t V 22 25 Do n ew & 6 3 Land Mortgage of India, lim 4 31 31 100 Do sp. e. Debs.lBB4, 33 all 76 78 80 100 London Banks of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, Inn. 45 35 30 20 Do new 71 5 41 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 11 13 511 25 Do new 10 11 2 20 London Chart. of A ustra li a all 231 2 4 } 20 London and County 2O 491 4iol 491 1 50 Do new. iss at 20 p.r u, 16 p d . 11 London Joint 5t0ck ...... ... ... 311 321 32} Loudon and South African al 8 9 3 100 Loudon & S. - Western, lim, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela lim l2l ... ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 571 531 521 i 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm, 2O "' • "100 Merchant, 1im..... 25 61 56 10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 n 00 Midland, lim. 6 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, 00 National rrovinc. of E ng 'd 42 ... ... 141 10 Do lim. 16 3d 1p ... ... 50 National. . 42 ... ... 411 20 New South Wales.., all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 50 l'roviuc. Bank. Corpo., liin. 10 61 54 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 90 92 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, inn 25 14 14 100 Do issued at 6 put lO 0 6 '25 Union of Australia all 46 48 100 Union of Ireland, lim ... 50 Union of London l6 361 371 111 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. U Ang o-American ei : , lira all 191 204 20e 10 Anglo Meditor 10 17f 17: 17 et Atlantic Tolegraph lO 14i 154 et Do. 8 per cent. at B. and I. ➢fagnetic Tel., lint lOO 178 183 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 255: 26f 10 Do. Now 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., 10 Id pr 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 31 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 por cent all 1 I p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint, a ll 61 71 25 Reuter's Telegram all 79 St 20 Societe Transatlant., lint all 16 161 16 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 It 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint, all 7 5 Do.. 10 per cent. Pref. all .1 d p MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 151 16 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 8 bd 10 Berlin Water Works, lira all 13; In 10 Do. New all 111 15 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. „ 20 ii it , ... 5 Bombay Gas, Inn. 5 Do. New 4 14 id, Su British American Laud 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, bin. 20 British Ship Owners 7l 20 Canada Company all 63 t 6 10 Canadian Loan and invest maut, lim 2l .. 20 Ceylon Company, lint. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 6 _ ___ 25 City of Loudon Real Pro perty, lim 9 51 41d 30 City of Milan Improv. lhn all i, 6 25 City City Oofffitos, li nt scoiv Gas, bin all 50 25 23 22 tl 12/ 50 Colonial, lint. s Do. 60 Commercia; Union (Assur) b p r i p Et 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 26 27 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 por cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1 0 41 100 Do. 1879, 4/14er cent. all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1882, 4t per cent. all 103 104 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 2/ 21 50 CreditFon.of Mauritius lina lO 31 2ld at Crystal Palace l OO 21 23 at Do. Preference lOO 95 100 st Do. 6p. c Pexpetual Deb lO9 107 112 20 Darjeeling, lint. 10 Eastern Assam, lint ... ss. d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Gua. by Egypt. Gov alli 941 151 114 5 20 Egyptian Coin. 'Tad. hat. 3 Eng.& Aust ral.Oopper, lim 24 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 44 34d 100 Eng. and Scot. .11 arine, hin. >i .a 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 3 2d 20 Fore-stre,etWarehouso,litn l2 1 2 p 16a 100 For. & Cul. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 83 90 50 Gellivara, lint. 2O 10 General Credit & Die., lint 74 14 Id 6j 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 50 Home & Col Marine In. lint 5 21 2d 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 124 13 13 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar - seilles, lim. 20 Interna.FivancialSoc. lint 5 2 14 2 20 Interna. Laud Credit, lint 6 6 44 50 Italian Land 5 Id p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 Si 100 Do. 6p. c. 13ds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 6 7 69 50 Land Securities, 1im..,,.,,,,, 91 144 25 London African Trading lO 7 3d 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 ...d 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lim 30 22 21 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 2 24 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, 1int..,..,,,,, 25 21 164 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 44 pr at Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gua. sp.c. by India Gov. 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lira__ 50 Merchant Shipping, Sin. all 32 37 60 Millwall Iron Works, Him 124 ••• 10 Natal Land and. Colonisa tion Co., lint. 9 51 444 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 111 11 4 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 ••• • • 10 National Steam Ship, S tu , a ll 91 104 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 31 3d 10 New Consolidated Di e. l i m. 3 14 144 5 New Quebrada, lira. 4.8.0 44 4 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Met' cantile Agency, lim 24 1 IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint 5 7 10 Do. B ............. at North Brit. Austral., 100 48 53 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In , 6/ 19 19 4 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 14 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll „.. o Oriental Gas, lim 6 Do. New 10 Otago and Southland In• vestment, lint. 5 Ottoman Gas, lint l4 24 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim 5 Do. do. et Peel R. Land & Miner', lim 100 31 34 60 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 6 48 00 Do. New 1867 lO 14 444 $ 00 Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New 2 Rio de Janeiro City all 18 19 Do. Gas, lint all 21 1254 254 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 48 50 Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO 78 83 Do. 6p. c. Guar. Prof. 100 ••• ••• Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim. 10 7 64 Societe Gen.de Ot. 8 24 34 50 S. African Mort. & Inv. , lint. 6 ... 25 South Australian Land 20 TelographCon. all 29 281 334 20 Thames and Mersey Marine _ (Insurance), lira 2 21 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lira," 81 10 Trust &Agency of Aus.,liru. 1 - fp 10 Do do. do. all • •.. 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 " , 50 Union Marine L'pool, Um 5 44 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., Rm g 20 Universal Marine(ln.) ,ll m 5 3 " 1 ", 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 1 4 2 30 Van Dieman's Land 284 6 100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cont. (Mortgage) Loan all 79 80 814 50 Warrant Finance, him. l2 11 le d 50 West India and Nelda Steam, lim 2O 5 3 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses •••• t.'OLONIAL UOVJCBRAUCNT 81CCUEITINb - British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872..•• - -.. (lanAlov.6p.O.JanNtJuly 100 ~.. 1 1877-84 - Do. 6p. 0 7 eb. Az A u g . ." 100 102 104 -: p l./0 . . 5 pp.. 0.0 Slay. Az Sept lOO 1 0 2 104 Jan. ez July lOO 92f 03i . . . ..... Cape D D 0 0 . . A 5 p . pu, . . u& o. oo l po n et 6 . 0 61 r sp i 9 b .oo l 98 8 07 : 3 ... : 0 11 0 0 : 21 1190121 - Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 100 - Do. Jan.itJuly, Mil - Do .a n 7l 6 er 0 0e 0. 0 1 6 : 1 00195Apnl 100 08 100 - etylon, Nov 1878.6 1 ) ."' 100 108 tic - 1) 0 . 1872, do• • - .81auritlue, 6 p. 0, 1876, - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 ... ........ .• 100 icy 106 - Do, 1&89, flay and lac' r OO 1 06 to , - D 0.1805, Feb. .t; Aug A v 100 i . a - Melbourne Corporate., - 1867-75, 0 Per °cut •-•• I to 100 100 - N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja..t•lttly lOO 103 104 - Natal 6 p ot, Apl at Oct- OO Do 8 p a, Stay Ar Nov lOO it 6 105 N. S. W. 5 p•c., '7l to 76 lOO 09 101 102 - Do. 6 p.O. 1888 to 1896 - 100 1/9 100 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 N.Zealand, 6p. Ct. 1891 lOO _ __ - Do. 6 per cent.... - DoJan, Aprl, July, O. t lOO 91 92 Z 91f Do 6p c. Mar .tz Sept '9l lOO 108 110 - Do J Live .t Dec , 1591 •••• 100 109 ,11 - (Do Prov.. 1 At•okld. 1 11.0 - ...• . / boles 1& 2, 1895... - Nova Scotia 6 p c.Jan.,, - and July. 1876 - DO 1880.. ........ - Quscualud. Ap. c. 'B2-L - 100 ..07 losi Do 1891 ......... lOO 107 1084 - Tasmanian 6 pee 6.1 895 . 107 109 _ Do 1891 97 ...... - Victoria 6 per cent.lB9l lOO -... Do. April and Oct . ~........‘1,14 THE CAREER OF AN AMERICAN SPEC UL A TOR. The name of James Fisk, jun., occupies a very prominent place in American trade, commerce and finance, and has been especially conspicuous in connection with the two speculations of tho Gold Room, and the Erie Railroad. The Neu , York Hera/(/ has accordingly placed bins in its gallery of oontemrorary portraits, undeterred by the drea , l of Mr. Fisk's wrath which is supposed to threaten all meddlesome journalists. Mr. Fisk is now only thirty seven. He was born at Poultncy, Vermont, and his first entry into life was not under very brilliant auspices, his father being a pedlar. The boy attended the district school but received no other education, though his remarkable memory enabled him to pick up a great deal of practical information. It is popularly believed that Mr. Fisk drove a caravan for Van Amburgh, and subse quently took charge of the animals, but this story the Herald sets down as "pure fiction." However, if he did not tame wild beasts, he soon showed that he could in fluence his fellow men, and began his successes by super- - seding his own father. The young man's daring specula tions, and the six-horse teams, which he patronised in driving through the country districts with their store,, alarmed the old man, who was already liable for heavy amounts. His remonstrances witls his son were met by the proposal that James Fisk should buy out his father's interest, giving the father a salary as clerk. This the old man agreed to, and so matters went on, the business prospering fairly. In 1861, however, young James appeared as clerk to a firm in Boston, having engaged to serve them with the view of liquidating an old debt. At first he made no exertion, and his employers were disap pointed, after the tales they had heard of his energy. However, they subsequently agreed to give him six months' trial, his salary depending on the value of his services. This led to a sudden change in young Fisk's fortunes, for the war broke out directly after wards. He foresaw that the soldiers must be clothed, that there would be a scarcity in cotton goods and a rise in prices. He did not rest until he obtained an introduction to Mrs. Moore, the lady who had the contract for furnishing the troops in the field with underclothing. Mrs. Moore had already awarded her first sub-contract, but Fisk induced her to revoke her engagement with the rival firm, and the profits derived from the contracts he obtained were immense. His employers, Messrs. Jordan and Marsh, took him into the firm, and he proved eminently successful in his speculations. They had a large quantity of cotton blankets on hand, which had been in store for years, and were little valued. Fisk on ascertaining this went to Washington, and began giving entertainments to the officers of the army. Among his guests came the Quartermaster-General, from whom he soon learned that the army wanted blankets. Fisk " happened " to have a few hundreds with him, and the result was that the Government bought up all the stock at a fabulor price, and awarded a contract for more. The contracts respecting this transaction were estimated at a million dollars, of which at least one-fifth was clear profit. The next enterprise was buying cotton, which in New York and Boston was selling at $1 80c. per lb., and inside the rebel lines was to be had at 20 or 30 cents. The rel.: el lines were not going to stop James Fisk, though, like some European worthies, he did cot intend to sun the risk himself. He took a trip to Memphis, arrangedfor the co-operation of some mili tary officials, secured his father's services, and those of a woman inside the rebel lines, and returned to lb ton. His plans were carried out under his direction, the cotton shipped and landed, and a profit of $1,000,000 realised. It is less satisfactory to add that his father's hopeless lunacy is attributed to some unfortunate circumstances connected with this journey. The war gave James Fisk many other opportunities for profitable speculation, all of which he turned to account. Thus, hearing there was likely to be a great demand for a certain kind of flannel, he telegraphed srders for the purchase of the only mill in the country then engaged in the manufacture, thus securing at least a temporary monopoly. lle did not always succeed in his sperations, however, a store in Summer-street, Boston, failed, and the opera house late'y attached during the gold fever was a losing concern. Mr. Fisk's role in life is evi dently not that of a theatrical manager. At first it seemed that he was equally out of place in Wall-street, but though many anticipated his complete break down, his habitual daring and self-reliance brought him successfully through his difficulties. Ho made the acquaintance of Comn:;: o d ora Vanderbilt and Mr. Drew, two prominent, lipeculators. With the latter he was at first on ver; friendly terms, but afterwards they quarrelle;,', , Mr. Fisk having ts the Herald observes, 'gained the benefit of the old gentleman's long 'experience. Of late, however, Fisk's name has been chiefly known in connection with the Erie Railroad, which, in company with a few Bostonians, he succeeded in capturing in 1867. The line had always been in trouble, but the bold movement of Fisk took everyone by surprise. The intrenchment of the new manager over in Jersey, the issuing of new stock and the locking up of currency, the consequent excitement in Wall street and ill over the country, and the accompanying details of all these transactions are still fresh in the public mind. Fisk, it will be remembered, out-gencralled all of his opponents and obtained and now maintains the supreme management of the road—a thoroughfare hardly second in importance to any other in the country. The means by which this advantage was obtained were, it is needless to say, very severely criticised, and Fisk's railway coup d'dtat involved him in endless litigation. There is probably, says the Herald, not a court in New York, and few in New Jersey, where the name of James Fisk, jun., does not appear upon the records in from one to a hundred cases, in which the Erie Railroad is involved as plaintiff or defendant. There were not wanting rumours that Fisk had purchased the co-operation of the law makers and law administrators, but these charges were never substantiated, though great discontent was excited by the decisions given in some cases which were said to be "very remarkable." Those who joined Fisk in the first movement withdrew one by one, feeling they had little chance of competing with him, and Fisk and Jay Gould remained in possession of the field. The Erie Treasury was empty when Fisk ob tained control of the road, but he contrived so to manipu late the stock as to send it up not only in America, but in England, where capitalists bought it up with enthusiasm. The recent history of the Erie troubles are familiar to the Eng lish. The Erie managers were anxious to obtain possession of a road to Albany, opening the way to the extensive coal regions of that district. An order was obtained appoint ing Fisk and another receivers of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad Company, on what pretext is not clearly comprehensible. This led to scenes in the courts, and skirmishes on the road, ending by the military taking possession of the road, and a military officer being appointed to direct the line by order of the Governor of the State. After this came the gold fever and the panic in Wall-street, in which James Fisk played a very conspicuous part. Add to this several important transactions in steamboat speculatier'a, and some idea can be formed of Mr. James Fisk's career. Though he began pedlar, he is now a mil lionaire; but, to guardisgtAn possible disasters in future speculations, he ht's settled a large sum on his wife. He is . c,lesa'aibed as a warm friend and a still warmct enemy, as "he will go far out of his Way to obtain redress for a real or fancied wrong." Nevertheless, though his conduct has been very unfavourably commented on, he has troops of friends (as what millionaire has not ?) and the Herald concludes its biography by assuring its subject in true Yankee phrase ology that "he can make his exit from the world with the proud satisfaction that he once made considerable stir in it." The Bishop of Exeter (elect) intends to hold an ordination at the Cathedral of Exeter on the Feast of the Epiphany. His lordship has appointed Mr. Arthur Burch, secretary to the late Bishop of Exeter, his secretary. THE LATE Mn. GEORGE PEABODY.—The Rev. J. Thornton, Independent minister, communicates to the Stockport News an extract from a letter received from Mr. Charles Reed, M.P., one of the executors, in which he says : " Take my word for it, our late departed friend was a Congregationalist of our own order. I closed his eyes in death." THE VALUE OF AUTOGRAPHS IN NEW YORK.— The sale of autographs in this city seems to show that the spirit of "hero worship," as Carlyle would term it, is sub siding somewhat. A letter of Daniel Webster went for 50 cents. A letter or two of Dickens brought but 2 dols. each ; Lady Blessington's, 1 dol. 15 cents.; Longfellow's 75 cents ; and the last translation of Homer (Lord Derby), 2cents. Remarkable enough, the autograph of Edgar Poe brought 5 dols.—just as much as was paid for ono of Sir Walter Scott's. We cannot help thinking that, just at present, a good autograph of Lord Byron would bring over 10 dols.—New York Times, Nov. 7. A FORTUNE FROM GOETHE.—A letter from GolAhe, dated 1797, was found the other day in the firm of the publisher Vieweg in Braunschweig. It is addressed to the gentleman who was head of the fu m at the time, and runs as follows :—" I send you a manuscript in a sealed cover. If Herr Vieweg will not pay 200 rriethichs d'or for it he Will have the good• ness to return the packet without unsealing it." The c tutious publisher, it seems, took some days to consider the course he ought to pursue. At last, on the principle that " nothing venture, nothing win," he broke the seal. The enclosure turned out to be no less a work than the poem " Hermann and Dorothea," one of the most charming and artistically complete that Goethe ever wrote. Herr Vieweg had certainly no reason to complain that he raid more for the manuscript than it watomt4. onDINARY SHAUBIS ANI3 STOCKS. Railways. Paid. Closing ;Basins, a '" Price. dens. st B. Ist 31 and Lister 102 73 75 75 at 100 79 721 at Catnnrian 29 Cornwall. 'all 2 3 at Dublin & Bellart June lOO st Dun„Perthott A19..10110 lOO 70 2.) East London all 6 7 10 Do 15 Do 10 at Glasgow &S. Western lO9 104 106 at Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Augl. No. 2...• 100 01 7 at Great North ol Scotland lOO is, 16 at Great Northern lOO 106 107 at Do. A stock ....« lOO le7l 10.1 107 at Do. Betook lOO 125 1'.5 at GtS, and W. of Ireland lov 100 at (it. Western -Original lOO bbi 561 661 at Do. South Wales lt,o 07 b, at Do. W..6lld.—Uilord lOO 31 26 at Do. Newport Wu 32 34 at Lancashire& I orkshir, lOO 1151 16 1251 at Lon., Brlgh.,& S.Coast lOO 44 441 411 f 00 Do Scrip •• .• •••• all at Lou., Chat., and Dover lOO 15! 101 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lou 10 12 at Lun. dt North Western lUu 1.t . 1 ,101 111 201 It Lou. at South Western ivo id 93 911 2 Man., Shei., is Lincoln lOO 53 431 at Metropolitan . st Do Ekteusion 100 12 54 5 Do. New rd all at Metropolitan District. all 33 35 10 Motrop. at. John's 11 ood d— - at M.u. and at 1., 9, Jiriniu. at Darby 100 17 80 st NJr •ll British st U 4 1., Ptli., as Dun lO9 at Nor 2Castern—Berwwit lOO 1181 1191 1181 25 D .. G. N.E putoliast —16.11. - at DI, .Leeds ....... at D u York lOO 110 112 1161 1 at D °Carlisle .. st D °Stock. & Darling 1(0 115 157 at North London 10 Do New 18t8 . 4 11 2 p at North Staffordshire . . 100 b 7 59 at North and Junction 100 12(0 101 10 Do New 410 shares 7 ... .• st Ith:onney at Shropshire Union lOO 591 014 at South Devon: at South Eastern lOO 77 771 77 at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok allf 13 11 at Tail Vale -- Do. C .. • Waterford & Kilkenny lOO 10 Waterloo & Whitehall 6 RAILWAYS-PREFER EN CE SHARES AN 1) STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 46 per cont lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO St Do. do. Ordinary lOO st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 SO S 8 78 b 2 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Glue. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO st (it. Eastern, E.G Ex. Nu. 1 100 at Do do No. 2 100 at Do du 6 per cent 100 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do 0 7 do. lOU et Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4p. c. glut. 100 at Du N orfulk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 at Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lB47 100 at Great Not thorn, 5 per cent 1U) at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Do 44 do do do 100 at Dog do at sp.c. pm lOO at Do L e eds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO at Gt.West.—Orig.&Jut. - licut chg., per gua. p.c lOO at Do. Orig. (B. &11. Ex). 5 p.c lOO at Do do 41 per cent. 1850 lOO at Do do 4 do du at Do du 5 per cent. re.loin lOO at Du do Birmingham guo lOO st Du do do pref lOO at Du do Chester gua IOJ do at Do do 6 per cent. 100 st Do do 5 do 100 at Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 41 p.e at Do do 44 1659 100 at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO at Do du 2d gua. 100 at Do Newport, lat g. 5 p.c. lUU at Do dv 21 do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster it Carlisle 41 p.c. ail at Laneash. & Yorksh. G P.C. 100 at Do Barnsley, .65 as WA p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 stl London it Brighton, 5 p.c. guarautead, No 1 lOO at! Do 5 per cent. gua Nu. 2. 100 at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 do du (w.E. it C.P ) at Do 4 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, &Dover 5 per cent lOO atj London and IL W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Do Shrowab'y t Welchp'l lO9 at London and 6 W. 7 p,c late 3d almres , lOO a Du (Pertain. porp ails 2 s6d) all a Man., Shef.,&Liuchi. 6 p.c. 100 ... Do 6 all par Ipm a Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c IOU 130 135 a Do Bristol. Bina., 6p. c lOO 112 134 a Do 41 per cent. redeem lO6 611 lOU a Du 41 per cent. irrodoe.m LOU 98 too a Du Leicester .Iz. LUchu,4 p.c 100 8O al at North ►British, 5 p.c. Nu. 1 loo at Do E.till. 4p.c. S. o;:. D lOO ..„ at Do N. 8., Nu. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, 51 p.c toil st N.-Eastere.--Cous. 4 p.c lOO 87 89 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 99 at Do L 4 N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Lerwick capital 8.13.4. ..„ Do York, 11. &S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stcktu & Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO 107 100 at Do W, Hartlepool 'Land It 100 86 68 20 North Staffordshire los S. Devon Annuities, los all 9 10 .., 10s Do Tavistock Anus., los all 84 tO4 10s Du Fixed 44 per cent all 8 8A 10.6. S. Lust. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 44 per cent lOO _ st Do Fixed 44 per cent lOO ... _ et Taff Vale N J.l lOO 154 153 st Waterford 6; Kilkenny, 6pc 100 .. .. 10b 107 9S 1 1 )0 107 Vt) 1/0 113 GS 7 2 94 98 104 106 95 100 0.) I+2 r 0 d 2 5.1 Gs 72 b 4 9J LS loir 116 116 1 3 115 1111 :4 1 3 130 130 1,15 • 3/8 100 110 11t 146 150 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENOE SLIARES AND STOOKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year st (Aledonian 41 p c gua. st Do 6cot.Ceu. min. 7 p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem all st Du 4p c con., issued at SO 65 ... st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 So st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 st Do New 5 do, 1863 100 81 88 86 st Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 133 86 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 st Do Boston &Sleald, 41 pc 100 ..„ st Great West., W. 11411., 5p c 100 st Do Joint porpe. 5 p 0,1865 100 88 s st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 110 112 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, G per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1p at Lond., Brig &c., 41 pc,1858 100 ..„ at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ... .„. 85/ at Do No. 7 5 do at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.e at Do Metrop. Ex., B t; Do do C 6 p.e 100 at London& N Western, 5p c 100 10a 110 at Loudon& S. Western, 41 p c 100 vs 95 10 Mau. bloief. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all v 94 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 104 at Midland, it 5 per cent pref lOO 107 10ii at Do B 5 do 100 107 102 IS Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1368 all 201 211 18 Do Ineouv. New Shared all 19 191 22 Do 5 p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31,137 . 2 Bl If 2fp at North British, E. and CI No. 1, 5 per cent ... lOO ,„ at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E. & , N 0.2, 5 p.c lOO ... at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... at Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c lOO ,„ at Do E. & G., (Ordlry) 4i p c 100 .. „ at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 09 at Do Stock. & Dart., 100 112 113 at North London, 41, per cent ()lax. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire bp c lOO st South Eastern, 4i pc, 1659 100 at D 0 5 do 1861 100 ... at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 „ at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 100 BAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED ItENTA.LS at Birkenhead lOO 91 9g 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 93 100 at Buckinghamshire it Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 66 ~t Do. 51 per cent, at Do. ê do. lOO 114 1 12 113 at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 132 13; 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... ... a Gt. Easn., Newm.,4te., 4 p.c 100 ... .. a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ... ..' at Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 .. ' st Gt. West, W. Mid., Hera 100 96 y; 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 218 at Loudon and Blackwall lOO pj 93 a t Do. 41 per cent lOO ... .. at London, Chat., &c., 4 1 p. C lOO ... ... at Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 ... . st London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO ... ... st London, Tilbury, t South 100 83 86 at Lowestoft,gua 4 percent lOO 79 81 at Do. ti* . 6 do 51 blanch., Bt.— a, Matlk all ... ... at Midland, Bradford, Prof lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Liu?) ._.! ~. 50 Northern& East., 6 percent all 53 66 50 Do. do. 6 du. all ... .. at N. Eastern—Hartlepool ... . st N.West. A perp. prof, 5p c lOO 107 109 st Du B minimum 11 p.c lOO ... ... at lotting. & Grauth. R. & C lOO 91 93 25 Preston and W yre. ... Royston, Linen, all 44 46 end Shed,. 100 182 184 st Shrewsbury and Herefor 106 132 134 10 Do do 8 2 21p ti S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 97 S1:1 1) 4 per cent gua 10.; Tat 60 • ' - a do at Vict. Station and Piuilico lOO • at West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do- B all ... ... 20 Do do. C all ... st Weymouth and Portland lOO . ... s t Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and Wea,lndia lOO 12 12 124 Loudon and St. Katherina lOO 49 61 100 1) ()Deb. stock, 4 per cent all „. Diillwall Freehold Land et Dock lOO 17 32 st Southampton lOO 6s 7u et Surrey Counnorcial THREATENING A MAGISTRATE. Arthur Brenne, aged 30, who was convicted at the last cessions of the Central Criminal Court with sending a threatening letter to Mr. Arnold, one of the magi ,of the Westminst r Police-c.nirt, has been breught up for jtulgmeut at the Old Bailey and sentenced to be im !ui3oued and kept to hard labour for nine months, and to enter into his own recognisance in £lOO, with two suretiea £5O each, to keep the peace towards all her Majesty's subjects, and especially towards Mr. Arnold. TILE BRIDOTV ATER ELECTION Mr. Ju ;tice Blackburn, on taking his seat on Thursday, at half-past eleven, in the Queen's Bench, apologised to the I:ar for haying kept them so long, but they had been en gaged on the businos3 of the Legislature in settling the rules with reference to prison discipline. He regretted to say that the Lord Chief Justice was not very well that morning, but hoped to bo down sometime later in the day. Under th se circumstances the rule in the Bridgwater election case must be enlarged until next term. THE EDUCATION CONTROVERSY. In a recent speech at Newton Abbot, Lord Devon said, by making duo provision for an education the basis of which should be religious teaching in accordance with the Church of England, they were accomplishing a great cause for the future prosperity of any community where the schools might be located. He was not sure, in what he was about to observe, that he was speaking in accordance with the views of all, but ho was bound to admit that free dom of teaching was that to which they looked—freedom on the part of the teacher to teach whatever was deemed necessary and right by the managers of the school, and freedom on the part of the parents of any children who might differ from such religious teaching to withdraw them if need be. He thought that those who clamoured for freedom on the one side should be prepared to give free dom on the other. On Wednesday night Mr. Baker Greene, of the Inner Temple (a candidate at the last election to represent Leicester in Parliament), addressed an audience of some 3,000 persons in the Temperance Hall, Leicester, on " National Education." Mr. Greene explained at length the proposals of the National Education League and the National Educational Union, observing that, in his opinion, compulsory education would not answer in England, unless the same system of control over citizens prevailed as in Prussia. He did not object to the right of the State to compel if absolutely necessary, but thought before that was tried schools ought to be built and experiments put in force to see if the working classes then failed to send their children. A purely secular education ho did not think would answer because, rightly or wrongly there wore numbers of people in this country who would, if religious education were debarred their children, consider liberty of conscience was taken from them. The English Churchman says that his Grace the Archbishop of janterbury is suffering from an attack of epilepsy. The Liverpool papers say that Mr. G. Shaw Dievre, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary of the Board of Trade, is now in Liverpool "gathering information and opinions to guide the Ministry in framing the new Mercan tile Marine Bill." A vt ry gross case of employing a cab for the pur pose of conveying a fever patient to the workhouse came before the Liverpool magistrates on Wednesday. The magistrates inflicted a comparatively small penalty, in con sideration of the defendant being a poor man. A strike which was threatened by the South York slCre ironworkers has been averted. Tlo,'einployers have agreed to grant an adv.inee of wages eq . ur.l in amount to that obtained by men in the trade in Stafftirdshire and other dis tricts. Just now the trade is unusually active. A meeting on the land question was held at the num, Mausion-bouse on Wedneslay the Lord Mayor in the chair. Mr. Pim, Sir John Gray, M.P., Sir Dominic Corrigan, A r,l Mr. Dix Hutton ,spoke in favour of securing to the 'tenant the right of occupancy as long as he pays 1.4 rent. The death is announced of Herr Overbcck, the well-known German historical painter, at the age of eighty. Herr Overbeck had resided uninterruptedly at Rome since 1810. The death is also announced of Herr George, who dis charged the functions of Minister of Justice in the Cabinet which was formed in Saxony after the revolutionary move ment of IAB. The Marquis of Bute, although a Roman Catholic, is not debarred from the exercise of ecclesiastical patronage in Scotland, as h 3 would be in England. Several churches to Ivhich ho li.ts the right of presentation have become vacant since his lord.hip attained his majority, and in every case ho has left it with the parishioners, greatly to their delight, to choose their own minister. A fresh illustration has been furnished of the dangers to which the public are exposed through the negli gence of railway servants. On Tuesday night a number of goods waggons broke looso from Woodley station, near Stockport, and rushing down a steep incline ran into a cattle train which was on its way from Liverpool to Yorkshire. No one was killod, but one or two drovers were injured, and a good deal of property was damaged. Mr. W. 11. Gladstone has been speaking at Mold on the Welsh Church question. Ile is "disposed to take a hopeful view of the Church in Wales," but he admits "the possible danger" of disestablishment. Something must be done to make this "possible danger" impossible, and with this view he urges more frequent opportunities of counsel and co-operation between the clergy and the laity. If, said the hon. gentleman, "they pulled together in this matter, and availed themselves of the opportunities in their reach, the Church of England might recover a considerable portion of the ground she had lost in Wales." At the Kingston Borough Petty Sessions on Wed nesday, a dealer in petroleum was fined £ll ss. and costs, making a total of £l3 55., for keeping for sale a spirit which ignited at a less temperature than 100 degrees, and also for selling the same without the prescribed label. It was stated by the inspector that there was sufficient oil stored in a shod close to the Town Hall to have destroyed half the Market-place. The defence was that the oil was purchased with a certificate f :om a respectable firm. In another case a vendor of petroleum was fined £5 and costs for selling oil to stall keepers in the fair without labelling the vessels. The double-screw gun-vessel Rocket, 2, Com mander Wright, left Plymouth Sound on Wednes day for the West Coast of Africa. _ The iron store-ship Megan's, 6, Staff Commander Jabez Loane, having been refitted, is now in Plymouth Sound, waiting orders to proceed to Ascension. Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. M'Leod, commanding the 42d (Royal Highland, the Black Watch) Regi ment at Aldershot, has been granted leave of ab hence from the 25th November, 1869, to the 14th of January, 1870. Sales of autographs tell in a quaint way the esti mation in which the great names both of the living and of the dead are held. There was a sale on the sth and 6th inst. in New York, when an official letter signed Geo. Wash ington, and .dated from Headquarters, Fredericksburg, 1778, sold for $3 50 ; another from Morristown, 1780, $3; a soldier's discharge, indorsed by Washington, 1783, $1 75; and another, $3. The following were the prices received for other valuable autographs : Adams, 1796, $2 12 ; Jackson, $2 ; Jefferson, 1779, $1; Madison, 1793, $1 12; Monroe, 1789, Tyler, 1808, Dallas, 1839, each 50 cents ; Polk, $1; John B. Floyd, $l. 75 ; John P. Kennedy, 60 cents; John Jay, 1781, $1 25; John Marshall, $1 ; J. K. Paulding, $5 75 ; Reverdy Johnson, 10 cents ; Roger B. Taney, 10c. ; Bulwer, $2 75 ; Dickens, $2 ; Allan Cun ningham, $1 37 ; Leigh Hunt, $1 75 ; and Hawthorne, Hook, Lever, Longfellow, James, Lockhardt, and Dugald Stewart, from 50c. to 51 12. One of lrving's letters brought $4, and another $3 75. Three of Landor's sold for SG. Murray, the London publisher, brought $2 25, and Maeready, the actor, and Mitferd, the writer, $3 25 each. A letter written and signed by Poe brought $5, a Rosseau $2 50, a Southey $3, a Walter Scott $5, and a John Wilkes $2. DUNABURG AND WITEPSK RAILWAY.—The traffic receipts on this company's line for the month of October last amounted to 139,836 roubles, against 94,747 roubles for October, 1868, showing an increase of 45,089 roubles. BREAKFAST.—Errs's COCOA.— GRATEFUL AND COM FORTING.—The very agreeable character of this prepara tion has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette remarks :—" The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any exp J rimentalist. By a thorengh knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful ap plication of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled JamEs Errs and Co., lloinceoputhie Chemists, London. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.-MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S RIM RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth, it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large bottles— Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and P rfumers Depot, 256, High Holborn SPJ.RTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day Free Trade.. tusk en. Zovcr WARWICK AUTUMN MEETING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FOURTH NURSERY. I. 2 Ton nth. BIADG:ITE CUP. Lily Lord Ilawitioru Champagne Char lit) 'le❑ raft. GLAND ANNUAL SIEEPLECIIASE. Scipio Fall Snowstorm.. HANDICAP PLATE. 1 ..- s Truth.. Hollywood Dione., Nino ran. SE LLIN G STAKES. _ Royal Lad Parma •. 2l lomauce 3 Eleven ran. CITY BETTING.—TiIts DAT. ETROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE. sto 1 agst Brick (offered) 100 to 15 agst Pearl Direr (taken) 10 to 1 agst Snowstorm (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Q.C. (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 2 agst Sunshine (offered—take 4to 1) DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Coutts (taken) 2000 to 40 agst Chancolier (offered—take 2000 to 30) WARWICK RACES-YESTERDAY. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Came Tote Acrobat I• • - Maosgwatha Vivo ran. HUNT CUP. Novelist g Harry 2 Marmalade.— 3 Fivo ran. INNKEEPERS' PLATE. lerhua Nlagdala Princo Arthur :3 Ten ran. MIDLAND COUNTIES HANDICAP. Hymen Argyle Acaster Fifteon ran. NURSERY PLATE. Forget-me-Not Reveller 3 Seven ran. SCURRY STAKES. Electricity tonaau co W hirlwiud Four ran. SIIOR HANDICAP. D warf Lava.udiere Du w diu Seventeen ran. An objection was overruled. MATCH. Artist received forfeit. NE W MATC Clarionetto bout Merry Lass. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Braemar Miss Gladiatour Nortliorn Star Eight ran. RACING FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Derby 10, 11 1 Newton 25, 2G 'Jarrow 17, 18 1 MARCH. Nottingham 1, 2 I Epsom 9 9, 3C Liverpool B, 9, 10 1 Bro►nley 31, April 1 War wick 22, 23, 24 APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 Lewos West Drayto❑ 7, 8 I Croydon 28, 2) Newmarket Crayon 18 to 21 .1„ AIA.Y. Newmarket Ist S 2 to 5 I llarpoudou 20, 21 Chester lO to 13 1 Baia 24, 2.) \Viuchester 10, 11 I Stamford • , ii, 2/ Salisbury l2, 13 . Croydon 20, '27 York 17, 18 I Epsom.— 31 to June; Doncaster li., 20 i JUNE. Croydou B, 9 I Newton t2:l Stanchester iS, 9, 10 I Hampton... 23, 9 4 Ascot ll to 17 Bibury Club I Wiudsor 21, 22 Stuckbridiso...3o, and July JULY. NewmArket 5 to 8 I West Drayton l4, )5 Nottingham l 2, 13 1 Huntingdon • 19, 2nl Onelinsford 12, 13 1 Kingsbury 21, 2 - 2 Reading 1 2 , 13 i Goodwood 9 6 to 2i AUGUST. Brighton 2, 3 Stockton 17 to 19 I Brighton Club 4 Oxford. 18, 19 Lewes 5, 6 I York 23 to 25 1 1' P 1 ;11 Egham 9 'lO I .yuioutli 2?) 2 j Wi n d sor 11, 12 I Derby 30 ' , 3 i Bromley 16,17 I Weymouth 30, SI SEPTEMBER. Warwick Abingdon B, 9 Western Meet. (Ayr) 21, 23 Doncaster l3 to 16 Hendon 22, 23 Hampton 20, 21 `Newmarket Ist Uct..27 to 311 OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket at(' 0ct..10 tol4 Leicester Bromley 4 3, 7 I Newmarket 1i0t'n...2•1 to 2'.) NOVEMBER. Liverpool 8 to 11 l Shrewsbury 11 to 13 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 Harrow l7, 18 I D er by 10, 11 Newton 25, 26 M ARCH. Liverpool 8,9, 10 I Bromley 31 and April 1_ West Somerset 16 , 17 Cheltenham...3l and April 1. Warwick 22 to 24 I APRIL. Aldershot 7, 8 I Kingsbury lB, 19 AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 25. The National Steamship Company's steamer Vir ginia arrived here from Liverpool to-day, and hay ing embarked passengers proceeded for New York. All well. SOUTIIA3IPTON, Nov. 25. The North German Lloyd steamer Bremen, from New Orleans and liavannah, arrived here to-day. She brings 32 passengers, a full cargo of tobacco, cotton, and cigars. She experienced rough weather throughout the passage. Bank of Engla..d Returns. An Account, lursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending ISSUE DEI the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 180. P &WFMENT. Notes issued £32,560,250 Governmt. Debt £11,015,10 0 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £32,560,250 BANKING D . Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts Other Deposits 17,798,714 Seven Days and other Bills 573,820 £32,360,250 tPARTMENT. Crovernint. Secu i rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £13,811.953 Other Securities 15,911,1305 Notes 9,734,665 Gold and Silver Coin ... 1,005,931 X 10,463,854 £10,463,854 A ROMAN BCIZIAL.—An interesting discovery bag just been made at Norton, in the East Riding. In digging for a vine border in the garden of Mr. James Horsley, of The Nurseries, at a depth of 2ft. Gin. a very fine Roman cinerary urn, containing the burnt bones of a young person, was found embedded in soil evidently sifted, every particle of stone having been removed. The urn was closed by a burnt stone, and was inclined with the mouth to the su❑ i e., south-east. The urn is beautifully made, and very hard burnt, and is ornamented ou the bowl by vertical lines made in the clay by a pointed instrument, and placed as thickly as they well can be. Iu ornamentation and in shape it differs from any engraved in the Index. In the mouth it is 41 inches wide, in the bowl 7 inches, and in height 8 inches. At some yards distant was the unburnt and detached femur of a very large man, and some aid mal bones and a great quantity of fragmentary urns were found. ra l 31 0 by rth the the ts, ju „ e r c' i Lat b ° DOI-