The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET; AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The closing prices of yesterday have been main • tained, and foreign stocks participate in the im proved state of things. Railway shares have not been very active, and American securities have re ceded slightly. Consols are 94 3 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 934- s ; New Tkree per Cents, 934- 4 ; ditto April, 1885, 12g. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 211 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 1; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1021 j ; ditto Enfaced Paper 4 Per Cent., 911 ; ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879, 10 91 108 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 20 prem. ; ditto under £l,OOO, 22 prem. In the Foreign Market Egyptian of 1868, Nicolai, Peruvian of 1865, Spanish of 1867, alai Charcow-Keementschug have improved k to per cent., while Mexican and Charkof-Azof have declined 1. Annexed are the prices :—Bra zilian of 1865, 801 to 1 ; Chilian of 1867, 931 to 94, ex div. ; Egyptian of 1864, 871 to 881 ; ditto of 1868, 718 to 721, ex div. ; Italian of 1 861, 531 to 1, ex div. ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 1 to 11 prem., ex div. ; Mexican, 14 to 151 ; Peruvian of 1865, 761 to 77 ; Russian of 1866, 91 to 92 ; ditto Nicolai, 661 to 67 ; ditto Orel, 801 to 801; ditto Moscow, 78} to 79 ; ditto Charkof- Azof, 78/ to 791 ; Charcow-Krementschug, 791 to 4 ; Spanish of 1867, 311 to 1; Turkish of 1 858, 63 to 64 ; ditto of 1862, 62 to 63, and ditto • of 1865, 381 to 1, ex div. In the railway market there has been a decline of:I to f per cent. in Metropolitan and Great Northern A, and a rise of * to lin Mid land, Great Eastern, and South Eastern. Sub joined are the quotations : London and North Western, 1151 to 116* ; Great Western, 49 8 to 50* ; Midland, 114 to ; London and South Western, 89 to 90 ; Great Eastern, 42* to I; Brighton, 51/ to 52* ; South Eastern, 811 to 82:; Metropolitan, 1071 to 1; Great Northern, 1071 to 108 ; ditto A, 1081 to 1091 ; Caledonian, 7 8/ to 1; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 171 to 171. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 1 per cent lower, at 751 to I. Erie Railway Shares, 261 to ; Illinois Central, 93 to 1 ; Atlantic and Grew Western Debentures, 42 to 1; and the Consoli dated Mortgage Bonds, 46 to 1. In the Miscellaneous department Anglo-Ameri can Telegraph are 2s. 6d. better, at 211 to 22 ; At lantic Telegraph 8 per Cent. Preference, 31 to 1 ; National- Discount, 111 to 121 ; General Credit, 11 to n dis. ; International, 11 to 1* dis. ; Hud son's Bay, 151 to 1; and Telegraph Construction, 1 6/ to 17. Bank shares are rather firm, and the quotations "re as follows :—London and Westminster, 651 to ; London and County, 501 to 4 ; London Joint Stock, 34:1 to 351 ; Union of London, 361 to 371 ; 4 eglo-Austrian, 10 to 11 prem. ; and Imperial Otto man, 1 to 11 prern. At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders oj the London Joint Stock Bank, held to-day, the r eport was unanimously adopted and the dividend declared. At the general meeting of the shareholders of the Alliance Bank, held to-day, the report was unani inciusly adopted, and a dividend of £3 per cent. per a nnum was declared. About £49,000 in bar gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The ha!ance of bullion operations at the Bank of - , l 'ngland s i nce the previous return is £29,000 in f a vour of the Bank, the withdrawal of gold having b een £20,000, and the amount sent in £49,000. The principal rail way traffics exhibit an increase. hat of the London and North Western an increase £8,871, Midland an increase of £8,417 ; and Metropolitan an increase of £3,153. The opening of the subscription list for the ex pected issue of shares of the Grosswardein-Klau- B enburg-Krohnstadt Railway will take place on the 26th inst. A rumour that the new stock is to be brought out exclusively on the Paris Bourse is in accurate, the Anglo-Austrian Bank being entrusted with the issue, and lists will be opened in all the c hief continental mat kets. It appears that it is not c lu tended in th e fi rs t instacce to invite subscriptions 'r the wh o l e o f t h e cap i ta l , w hi c h i s 75 m illi ons o f flori 4B. T he Vienna B an k of Commerce has commenced „ first of a series of important transactions, the Abject of which is the direct importation of cotton Th e Bombay into Austria, via Suez and Trieste. i _ge various lines, and especially the South Railway, 4;lrseeing the impetus this must eventually give to e ve ve _ cotton industry of the empire, have offered r Y inducement for promoting the success of the Plah. It seems also to be expected that the Bank o t Co mmerce will be able to divert, through th e of7iuofn of the Brenner Railway, th e f orwar di ng t tou for Switzerla n d a n d S ou th G ermany f rom I,„ lars Cc m Th e tre anchester Examiner has much pleasure in , r ,Qlng the following highly ho n o ura bl e con d uc t , "le part of a firm which was compelled to suc cumb in 1865, on account of heavy losses. The 44 4 .4 , 1 , 11 question is that of Messrs. John Samuels tred. °•, commission merchants in this city. Their p ond accepted a composition of 10a. in the 4,7°1 which was duly paid. The same creditors Aitni e had the satisfaction of receiving a circular, mating that Messrs. Samuels and Co. intend to vay he ns thethe balance of 20s. in the pound on Thurs day cir cularah r, from the dis c o un t fi rm of B r i g ht wen `-' 0 • states that Mr. C. E. Tritton, son of Mr. sea. -tra 44,41.t"4 ton, of Lombard-street, has joined their T e l ; he register of transfers of the Anglo-American t‘e.,graPii Company (Limited) is to be closed from tti - 'kat to the Bth February, preparatory to the pay -6e4„ ef an i n t er i m dividend for the quarter ending at in s t . Q s ,. he annual meeting of the proprietors of the Lon- PebZad ry. County . Bank will be held on th e 4 t h o f E ft vetordinary meeting of the prop r i e t ors o f th e o t London Bank (Limited and Reduced) is con therarecifrr the 28th instant, when a dividend is to be to b /le r eport of the directors of the Bank of Et gyp F e b: P r eeented at the annual meeting o n th e I s t o f dee ar Yt state s th at t h e usual div i dend would be the racy, at th e rate of 10 per cent. per annum for 41 14 4 - . 41f Year (£12,600), and a bonus of £1 10s. per Th e cr (Li e . 'rectors of the Midland Banking Compan taßE, y , Ite(1 ) at the meeting to be held on the 29th %pt. 'r p os e to declare the usual dividend of 6 per 11 11) er annum, free of income tax. p soi (3 , _directors of the National Bank of Liver tillar.(l4rniced) recommend a dividend of 10s. per fr . ee of incom e tax. /est: directors of the British and Foreign Marine leg W illem Company (Limited) at the general meet -11451.5 recommend a further dividend of 2s. p e 2 f 14 ugethe r With a b onus o f 4s. per share, free p er °tile tax, Which will make a di s t r ib u ti on o f cent. for the year. lii,, — " :11 811 a Per (ioVtit .. FUNDS—T WO U'ULUOK. a b C oo , :\ mEN-r FUNDS. N.pitto f u l i. ' 000 sols 9 31 3 er . Li eu , . -6 -..ee . 0 an t, ......... 3 1 i tcevr•v p er .I(...l:ll(ltuend 1)0. 21. pia. Gent, ..iar;: ..... ................ : 4,.t,,i4 per Celli, J 9.11. 1873 'do. fol(;%u6U N'r, expiro otlt IBBV 7 . t x,:.l, (Ree, 6,41.,,.1e.xpire sth April 1885 122- p),°ll4er Dills,uo_l.evph), Aug., 11108._ .14,UUu, 2 per Ut — D o 4:500 134 eic . of p £lOO d: _ 1),... •ogtarui Stock, spar Uett iUal,fteecolaut ... lAto r t ( l 2u 4 p, uent:...iir; .... .a.; _...- 11ditl\ b , °lli"' Oraniant : : ....... : ..... • a :,.....4 OV.EILNNII:N; ... ....... ..... ..... t " : b 6,,,, u Ck i 10f per Cent., April 1874.1 2ll bo. e vilit ig, for Accout .. - - DDo . I lii,r Uelit. July 188 u ......... 112 i o „Per C ent , .. ,_ 21 o : '',ertit eate " "-t• 1.888 t) t,,,fae i_.B 40 0 5 4 per edlerr-tapjet 4 per_ ()Ant 11 pe r 0 , I au. Idi2 51 14 . ,-, ' 11 t. May 1879 1691 10 1 - • . C ent. , R..._ . ..,. _ ... .... .......... ~ up Lleb. 18i2 Do, do. 1877 — Do, do. 1882 — D.,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~.... Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 Do unler £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOOK. Ar;eatine Repub:tc, 6 per ()Mt Do., Scrip £45 paid .. Au ;man Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 par Cent — 13. 41 per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858 — Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 6Ol Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Accoun*• BOl j B:enos Ayres 6 per Cont. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cusa, 6 per Cent. o...alian 6 per Cent — ' 'O. 4i per Cent 72 Do. 3 per Cent., — Do. 6 per ce-t. 1867 931 i Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lombiln, 6 per Cent. Danish ; 3 per Cent., 1825 Danuo.an Principalities, 7 1..e.r Cent — Da 8 per Cent., 1867 Equador New Consolidated, 1. per Cent t;gyptian, 7 per Cent .. Do Second issue ..•. — 'fro. £s',t, Bonds — Do. .£lOO Bonds .. .. 81 Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. 410 e Bonds 9o+ English Scrip, - 1868 . 7l-i Do do. £45 pd — dis Government Railway Debentures Greer 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupone • Do. Account . •• Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd It iiian 5 per Cert., 1865 — )o. Account . B3 Do .I'.lAremmana Railway 551 Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — biontevitleati 6 per Cent .. • Woorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Cen • — Do. Deferred Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.'° Do. do. 1867 361 Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — Rissian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Sr. Do 41 per Cent . 1850 Do 4f per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bondr.,„ Do. do. £B4 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds - ___ Do.' do £B4 los. do — Do Nicolas Railway 67 Bar Tinian a per Cent Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Acc',unt, Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferral Do. Account. Do. Passive Do. Coin. Cell. of Coup. not funded • Da. Account. Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent. ... DJ Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account .•• 631 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account . 63 Do :MC Bonds 634 Do 5 per Ooit. 1865 Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 b 6O-- Do 1 per Cent. Guaranteed - Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do Account Do 41 per Cont. (Uribarroa) Do 4; Per Cent., 1862 -, Do Account Venezuela 3 per Cont. Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above pay anle Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4} per cent., BK. 25f. Dutch '24 par Cent. Ex. 12 Gail, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Rentes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f. — ltaiiaL 5 per Cent. 1831,Ems.4;it. Do Account s3} TWO O'CLOCK Coneo!s, Money 93 I Do. Account, F0b..4~. LOMBARD EXCHANGE AND YENS_ ROOMS. The refreshment department of this establish ment, the nature and opening of which was noticed in The Sun some time since, was inaugurated last evening by a dinner given by Mr. Gordon, the con tractor and manager of that part of the enterprise. The invited guests numbered close upon a hun dred. Previous to and after the dinner the visi tors were afforded opportunities of looking over the building, and having explained to them the objects the promoters of the scheme have in view. Anything more admirably constructed and deserving of success than the new building in Lombard-street does not exist in the city of Lon don. As has been already stated in flhe Sun, the Lombard Exchange and News-rooms combine all the advantages of a club, an exchange, and a news room. The interior of the building is magnificently and comfortably got up. In the news-room are daily posted up all the latest published news papers and telegrams. Extensive letter receiv ing, letter writing, and lavatory accommo dation is also provided. The chief object of the promoters of the Lombard Exchange and News-rooms is to provide for men of business in the City better business and creature comforts than have been placed at their service hitherto. Mr. Gordon, who is also the manager of the old and de servedly popular Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate-street, seems to have left nothing undone to render the re freshment department of the London Exchange and News-rooms generally popular. A subscription of three guineas yearly entitles one to all the ad vantages of the new City institution. MARKE7 S-7HIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. January 21. Sales probably 12,000 bales. The market buoyant. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. We have a short supply of beasts, and consequently trade is rather brisk. Prices for all kinds are quite as good as on Monday, and in a few instances are exceeded. There is a fair average supply of sheep, and Monday's quotations are supported. COLONIAL. Sugar—The market continues firm at fully previous rates. Coffee - The parcels brought to public sales went off with less spirit at the previous value. Tea—The market is steady at the currency established at the public sales. TALLOW. The market is firm. Town tallow, 45s 3d ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 48s Od; January to March, 48s Od ; March, 48s Gd; April to June, 47s 6d ; June, 48s ; Octo ber to December, 47s to 478 Gd. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—At the meet ing of this society next Monday evening, when Sir B. Murchison will preside, two papers will be read. The first, on the "Effects on Climate of Forest Destruction in Coorg, Southern India," by Dr. G. Bidie, and the second, a "Description of the Island of Raps," by Captain Vine Hall. LECTURES TO LADIES BY PROFESSORS OF UNIVER VERSITY COLLEGE.—The arrangements for these lectures, to be given under the auspices of a mixed asso ciation of ladies and gentlemen, are now nearly completed . and will be definitely announced in the course of a few days. For the first session, commencing in February, the lectures will be by Professor Henry Morley, on English Literature, and by Professor C. Carey Foster, on Experi mental Physics. SUICIDE OF A SALESMAN.—Yesterday Mr. Thos. Butler, a meat-salesman in the New Market, committed suicide, at his residence, by cutting his throat. He is re ported to be in affluent circumstances. Mr. Butler was an elderly man, and no reason can at present be assigned for his committing this rash act. THE MAKING OF GOLD CHAINS.—At a quarterly meeting of the Birmingham Assay Masters, it has been re solved "that the guardians see no reason for departing from the present practice of the Birmingham Assay-office in the assaying and marking of gold chains—namely, to assay only such gold chains as are of such fashion and make as to allow of their being satisfactorily assayed and marked on every link ; the bars, the swivels, and the links are assayed separately, and the standard mark is struck upon every liuk as well as upon the bar and swivel." This decision will be a great security, so far as the public is concerned. ANOTHER WORK BY MR. GLADSTONE.—" We understand," says the Record, " that Mr. Gladstone is pre paring for publication a new work which is likely to rival in interest his famous book on The Church in its Rela tions to the State.' His subject, it is said, is to be no longer the Church, but the world, and the title is to be Juventus TIP', SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVBNING, JANUARY 21, 1569 .SIIARL' LIST -•••-.--- f.3ItDINARY tillAii.ES AND STOCKS. Itailwhys. s t Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 st Cateuumau .—. ... 100 78 Tel 781 I ii- 04:1:0rIttU. 2) Corn w4ll. all .5 .1 ,t Duoila ..t Be!last June l6O 79 81 st Durt„l'erth, at. Als.J unc ":60 71 72 2: East 14::ndon: all 7 9 40 iio 15 • 21 De 10 St Glasgow &S. Western IOU 95 17 =t Groat Eastern .. A Do. E. Aug). Nu. 4 lOO 7 9 it Great North of Scotland lOO 15 6 et Great Northern lOO 1071 .081 at Do. A btock lOO 119 1C9,1 4 at Do. B stock lOO 125 1.7 et (RS, and W. oi Ireland., feu iss 100 tit (it. Western -Original Jut/ 5) 51 50 501 10; ..,t Do. South Wales 10i: 57 t 8 s - Do. W. Mid.—Ualord lOO ;.5 47 si, Do. Newport lOO 18 21 29 st Lancashire •st Yorkshire lOO i 211 301 st Lon., 13righ.,14 S.Cvast lOO 511 524 51i. 01 Do Scrip • • all st Lou., Chat., auu Dov,, .. luv 17 171 171 et Do. Metrop. Ex. A.... 100 --- 9 at Len. 4 North IV eaten, —to 1:5; 1C 116 151 at Lou. 4 South Westeri... lOU 88 10 891 90 et Man., She)., At Lincoiu.. 1(0 •.71 48 471 8/ et Metropolitan st ' Do Extension .. 10 iJo. New rd .. st Me:;ropolitan District. all 61 61 10 Metrop. at. John's 11 00,1 5 - - st 11.u.aud st Oa, &mix, & Derby st N)rtis litiLleill st Do. No., Yth., & Dun— 10f.: at For.Eautern—Berwici... 100 103 105 25 Do. G. N.E putelias.t ..10.13.1 - st Do Leeds . .. .. 110 16 88 st Do York . 100 00 9 . at Do Carlisle .... . llO 1.1.5 130 st Do Stoe. & Darlii4,... ICO Iz9 131 st North Lon ion 10 Do New 1888. 2 la 2 p at North Staffordshire lOO 55 57 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... .. st Rhymney st Shropshire Union llO b 7 56 st South Devon . at South Eastern lOO 811 811 811 st Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 14 13 st Tait V ale - Do. 0 .. ‘Vateriord & hilkcuny.. 100 -- lift Waterloo & Whiteha.l.. 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., ‘.4 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st D. do. Ordinary lOO 74 80 at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gun all ... atj Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 98 101 at Do do N 0.2 100 97 DU st Do do 6 per cent 100 106 103 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 160 103 st Do do B 6 do. 100 ... at Do do 0 7 du. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gun. 100 69 71 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 st Do du 5 p.e.Ws.v. Val. 1847 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 ... at Du 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... st Do 4, do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp. c. pin. 100 ... at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cant lO4 ... sti Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... 84 Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 atj G t.West.—Orig.&Jut.-Itent cog., per gun. 5 p.c lO9 103 105 at Do. orig. (B. .H. Ex). .5 p.c 100 95 10J st Do do 4, per cent. 1850 loj 87 69 at Do do 4 do do at bo do 5 per cent. radon' 100 94 st Do do Birmingham gua 100 6.3 72 st Du do do pref... 100 st Do do Cheater gua lOO at Do do do S per cent lOO 150 140 at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 4 ) p.c lOO at Do do 4, 1800 lOO at Do do 5 st Do West Slid. Oxford' lstg lOO 107 1 , 9 1101 at Do du 20 gun lOO 106 108 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.e lOO 83 92 st Do do 2,1 du 100 1:U 103 st Do gun. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ... at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 103 132 st Do Barnsley, £5 Is lUd p.c. 100 at Du 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 104 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 10U JO 102 at London & Brighton, 5 P.C. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ... st Do 5 per cent. gun. Nu. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO ... st Do 5 do NO. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent l,O st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 1..)0 at Do 4 do 1850 lOO ... st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 par cent ICO st London and C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 11) st Du Bedford & Cambridge lOO 8 91 at Do Shrewsb'y & Weletip'l lOO 83 91 et London and 7 p,c late 3d snares, lOO 141 116 Gd. Do (Pertain. perp arus.2s6d) all st Man., Slief., &Linda. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do x 6 ail par Ipm at Do 31 per cent lOO 6J 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 at Do Bristol &Biriu., 6p. c 100 1 2 105 at Do 41 per cent. redeem DO 97 •.) • at, Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 91 at Do Leicester & Ifehu, 4 p.c lOO 80 91 at North k3ritish, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO .. . .. . st Do E. &G. 4p. c. S. & D lOO at • Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO st Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO ... at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 83 at Du 11 per cent. redeem-- DU 95 97 17 Do Berwick Capital ......... 8 13.4. at Du Stektn &Drling. 5 p.c. 10J 108 110 0 1 3. 2a2a . 06 0 t05t . 9 . sp . • NDDI) . .oouooDlY Last.\r"-t,Vei 1 1 . Staffordshire aii es, Hartlepool H, and lt 10) 82 9 ° : 7 1 8 1 2. :) : : lea Do Tavistock Anus, 10s all 910 all 22 23 at ttt Waterford Do Fixed 4 e , ix t ri p eod e r r d4 c &i en iip t eil . ;k .. ce . t 11 1 00 0 00 U .... . . . at Tait Vale N 1 .............. lOU 1 4 5 . 3 ) Y pc RAILWA.YS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent ou the Profits of each separate year. at Cale do ngua. ...... luil at Do Scot. C on . min. 7 p C. 100 ... ...... .. at Do 41 p irredeem..... all ... "'st Do 4p c con. issued at 8U 65 st Do 5 do, 1802. 100 87 t.O at Do New 5 do, 1863... 100 8, 90 st Do do 5 do, 1804... 100 84 83 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 • st Do. Boston &Sleatd, 41 pc 100 ••• •••.. .st Great West., W. Midi., 5p c 100 8; Sk; at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 92 st Do do 6p c irred., 1860 100 103 105 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all 19/ 201 st Kent Coast 6 per ce nt , 8 ... 100 5 Lane. and York. New 41 p er ••• ••• cent till July, 1871..,,,,,,. 2 1 st Lund., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 .. —. I st Do do 4 d o, 1860 100 •• .., at Do do 41 d o, 1861 100 at Do do 41 d o, 1863 100 •••• ..• .... at Do do Ti d o, 1865 100 *• • at Do No. 6 5 d o, 1866 100 *** ... st Do No. 7 Ti do ... ... 100 "• •.. 53 at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d , 6 p.c ... 100 ••• —. st Do Metrop. Ex.,136 p.c ... 100 ••• •• Do do C 6 p .c ... 100 **. •••• at London& N. Western, 5p c 100 101; 110 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 la 96 641 10 Man. nhef. &Lin 5 pc, 186,3 all 881 B a t t Metropol itan Midland, perpere. e e c n e nt pref.t . 1a11001861004 1061 11101ipp 2: at BTi 100 103 103 16 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to 2. 82 Da s O t k l l i d :c p o A t eu v i l g . * c : o N 3 S nl e t it; cony. at North British, E. cud li No. 1, 5 per cent ... lOO "'st b . ,. &G , No. 2, 5 p.c lOO *" *** Do B .. £l , 0 1) g . , u a a D r a a n u . t e , e 2 d d , , 1 4 8;31 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 ••• ••• t Do Do ... . s t Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 1 00 .. st ... -. Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c lOO "' s Do E . & G., (O r di ry) 41 p c 100 Ti 57 at at N Do Stock. et Da orth Eastern, 41ri. pe Dr cent 100 1 a .7 9 , North London, 41, per cent 100 111 111 st (Max. 5 per cent) i ire p 5 c, p 1 c 8 . 5 0 l l O O OO ... ... at South Eastern, 6 do 1861 100 —• ••• Do •.. ... kit 5 do (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 . ... st Do 100 11 Tido, 1861 ••• •• a t —o o . . at North StailQrdsh 4 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 . ... RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT tNSJ st Birkenhead a 4 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire tit Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 56 st Do. 51 per cent. st Do. b do. St Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO „, st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13 . 3 . 13 . 5 20 (Roster and Dean Forest all a Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6J 72 at Do. du. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 100 9.5 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 211 213 st London andl3lackwall lOO 03 95 tit Do. 41 per cent lOO st London, Watt., &c., 41 p c lOO st Do. Corn. Fund, 5 do lOO st London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 st Lowestoft, g un 4 per cent lOO st Do. do. 6 do. __ 100 78 to 79 83 51 Manch., Buxton, & Matik all st Midland, lirallord, Pref 100 10 Lid Kent Cray Line) 50 1 ortitornt East , sperceut all ti;-! bo Do. do. 6 do. all ••• et N. Eastern —Hartlep00l a 01 92 91 ;i il.West. A peril. prefoip. c. 100 10i 110 Bt Do B minimum .1i p.c.... 100 Cl\ Qttitig. Urauth. 0 100 9 '2.5 Yreswu autl N yre.. all 44 46 itoystun, liitcu., and Suep. 100 1;J; jim st Shrewsbury and liereford 100 134 Lto 10 Do do 8 2i 2p st S. Yorksh. and laver Dun 100 98 100 st Du 4 per cent gua... 10 70 81 st Do 5 do ... all 07 99 st Viet. Station and Pimlico... 100 175 180 at West Cornwall 55 ;.,7 20 West Loation, Class A all 13 14 40 do 13 all Do do Weymouth and Portland lOO ~, sat Wilts :tad Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 112 st Lohdon and St. Katherine 100 51 53 52 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 par cent all ... Millwall Freehold Land st Duck lOO 31 32 • st Southampton lOO 7i 7i st Surrey Qummerciai Paid. Buslueds Price. done. Closing Business share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra. Limited, A all 111 121 I') Do B lO 41 is 41 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyi tian, hum all 17 15 184 1 1 20 Anglo-liungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 ... ... '25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lira 25 Bank of South Australia all 11 33 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 87 3)/ 10 Bank of 1% eve Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China all 254 211 114 25 Chartered Mer e . of India, London, and China all 29 301 8) 20 City 1 J 111 121 100 Colonial 25 40 : 10 Consolidated, bin. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, li m. 5 11 01 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Ri o de Ja neiro. lim 20 English, ;_ - cottish, and A us - tralian Chartered £B4 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all .. ... 281 Do new sli . I I 100 Imperial, lim 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 1 11 114 5 10nian..........,, all 27 29 25 Do new 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 34 3,1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6 l, 30' all 76 75 78 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 82 28 20. Do new 71 61 51 100 London &River Pl ate, lim. 401 7 9' 25 Do new 10 11 14 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 231 50 London and County 2O 494 501 20 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... ... 50 London Joint Stock... 20 London and South African al 1 12 100 London &S. - Western, Um, '2O 5O London & Vene zue l a, lim l2l ... "'... ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 63 ,65 651 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 61 63 100 Merchant, lira 10 Metropolitan, lim • 100 Midland, 1im...... 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3 1 d 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... "' 10 Do ...... .. ...... 50 National. 3l 46 48 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 411 481 50 Provinc. Rank. Corpo., lim lO 6 51 44 1 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 91 851 10 Do new.. all ... ... 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 48 491 100 Union of Iraland, ins 22 50 Union of Loudon l5 361 371 34 7 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 211 214 211 10 Auglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 114 121 12 11; 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 19 st Atlantic Telegraph l9 29 31 st Do. S per cent: 25 Australian Agricultural 201 N 1173 25 Australian Mort. Land and _ Finance, lim. L id pr 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint. 9 - 7 t d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim. all r.'l 11 10 Do. New 6 8 31 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. ..• 30 7 10 5 Bombay Gls, lint. 5 Do. New 4 11 Id 5, British Alma icau Laud 44 15 18 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lint all 2 3 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint 2l 21 11d 20 Ceylon Company, lint lO , 3,1 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lien . 5 41 31 25 City of Loudon Real Pro perty, lint 8 41 315 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all s lu 25 City of Moscow Gas, lint... all 2 3 50 City Offices, lint '2s 21 '23 d. 50 Colonial, Jim. Do. 50 Commerciai. Union (Assur) 5 i p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint. 20 Continental Union lias, lim all 18 1) 2.5 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 101 1051 100 Do. 1382, 44 per cent, all 1031 1011 1011 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 24 24 21 I 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 81 211 at Crystal Palace lOO 1) 21 at Do. Preference lOO 93 as st Do. 6p. e Perpetual Deb lO9 104 108 20 Darjeeling, lint. I 0 Eastern Assam, Jim. 6l 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 13 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 911 92, 92 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lira 6 41 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 238 213 10 Do. New 8 10 12p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 i A i 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 41 100 Eng. and Scot. t.. arine, lim. 8 ... ..a 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 111 20 Fore-street Warehouso,lim. 12 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 831 811 50 Gellivara, Jim. 2O .. j ... 10 General Credit & Dis., lim. 71 2 11 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 HOlll3 &Col Marine In. lint. 5 41 31d 10 Hong Kong and China Gus all ... ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 131 131 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, Jim. 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lim 5 20 Interna. Laud Credit, lint 6 50 Italian Land 5 23 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Do. 6p. c. 13ds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 50 Land Securities, lim 5 25 Loudon African Trading lO 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 10 Loudon County Land and Building, lim. ............. 4 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lim all i Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lim 30 4 Lond. Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 50 Loud, and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, li m 25 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 st Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. 5 p. c. by India Gov. 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1int,,,,,, 14 10 Meditcrra. Exten. Tel., lim. all 50 Merchant Shipping, Jim. .., all 50 Millwall Iron Works, lint. 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. ............... 9 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 10 National Steam Ship, lint, all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 5 1\ ew Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 25 New Zealand Loan & Mel*. cantile Agency, lint 2l 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim. 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., Jim._ lOO 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In_ 61 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll 5 Oriental Gas, Jim. 5 Do. New...... 1 5 Ottoman Gas,clo7 10 Otago and Southland In , vestment, Jim all 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all 5 Do st Peel R. Land & Miner', lira 100 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 50 Do. New 1867 Do. New 10 25 Reuter's Telegram 50 Rhymney Iro n ...... all 15 all 25 Rio de Janeiro Ci ty I 1' all 20 Do. G as, 1itre,,,,,, all M., nn 100 Royal Mail Steam at Scottish Aust, Invest., lim. 100 59 S. African Mosrtc.r&ipl.n. v ... .., 1i: at Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 20 Societd Fin. d'Egypte, lim. 10 'En l Pire Ot. 8 20 Societe Gen.de 1 25 South Australian Land ... all st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. al 6 l 20 Telegraph Con. &Main.,lina all 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Um......., 2 20 Trinidad Petroleum, him ... — 81 10 Trust & Agency of Aus., lira. 1 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 50 Union Marine L'pool, limo 5 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 20 Universal Marine(ln.), Jim 5 10 Upper Assam Tea, Jim all 30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 60 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO Gi 63 ::: .:.a ... ...d 11 11 4 6 41 I I id 31 4 63 C 5 2fd 7 5.1 3f 31 23 221 lj 2 22 17d ld pr 104 105 f id 4 41 32 37 31 21t1 121 4 3d 31 81 91 4 3d 11 1d 4/ 3/ 11 lj 7 to 1 2 48 53 19 191 141 15; 7 . 1 7! g tP icl 3p n It 1 11 30 32 48 5) 481 2 10 27 30p 161 191 51 6 17 18 231 241 4's 45 107 112 7 6d 3 4p 351 361 92 97 16k 17 21 21 1 p 4 4fp 22 24 14 Old bi 3 3p 1 lip 2f 21 7 75 751 75 12 loa 4 ad COLOA'IAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES Britht Columbia, 6 per 100 LW. LEW.. lOO _ _ _ ean.Govalp.o.Jan.•&July 1877-84 Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug lOO 105 1(7 -- Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept lOO 1(4 106 1054 p. c. Jan. & July lOO 93 91 94 Do. sp. c. inscribed sic lOO 90 92 Cape G.llope, 6 p.c.1873 lOO 102 101 1 J0.Ap1.&0431 1890-1900 lOO 11/ 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 .. 100 100 102 Cdylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.... 100 108 via Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873,- Jan. and July .. lOO 101 106 Do. 1878 ... lOO 106 too Do. 1882, May and Nov... 100 106 108 Do. 1815, Feu. & Aug.... 100 106 Melbourne Corporatn 1657-75, 6 per c01t.. ... 100 p.e.Ja.&Juy .. 100 102 10/ Natal 6 p u;, Apl& Oct... 100 1(8 Do 6p c. 51. y & No/..... 100 101 ICB N• 6 . W. 5 p•c., '7l to '73.. 100 vo 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to ISIS.. 100 us 100 90 J. Po. 5 p.c. rd. '0; to '75.. 100 aj lot N.Zealand, 6p. et. 1811.. 100 • Do. 5 per cent...• ... ICO 97a 084 Do Jan, p 1,..1u'y, t 1 0 0 07.) u 034- Do 6p c. Mar & ..-,ept '91.. 1(0 108 110 - DoJu e & Dec , 1-91 .... 100 109 1 . 1 - JDo l'ruy. 14.1.0;1d . . I 1 0 — tt ctrie.l&2, 1:.1:6 . - ewva Scotia Bp. and July, 1875 100 10; 1..3 Queeuslnd. fp. c. 5 lOO 1.5 106 1054 Do 185. 100 le4 1001 Do. 18t11 a,/ 0.185 J lOO - -- Dn. do. A ...... 101 103 110 Do rd. 1193. 10) 107 ICB - Vlctoria9p.o. 100 190 le? ELECTION .PETITIONS. 0 -.....---... Yesterday, Lord Chief Justice Bovill and Justices Kyles, Keating, and Montague Smith, sat in the Court of Common Pleas to hear the arguments on the rules that had been granted in connection with election petitions in various parts of the country. There was an enormous bar, and the court was densely crowded throughout the day. The first case taken was that of THE HULL ELECTION PETITION. Against the rule obtained by Mr. Mellish, Sir John Kars lake, Q.C., yesterdayproceeded to shew cause. The order of Mr. Justice Willes which was complained of was made by arrangement, he said, on a summons returnable on the 16th of last December, the case being argued before the learned judge by counsel. The sections of the Act referring to recognisances were read at length by Sir John Karslake, who observed that his contention would be that the objection taken to the recognisances before Mr. Justice Willes was invalid. The objection made to the recogni sauces was, that four of the persons given - as sureties were themselves parties to the petition, and the learned judge had held them to be insufficient, and ordered £l,OOO to be deposited, which had since been done. The decision of the judge upon that point was one that he (Sir John) would not take upon himself to say was wrong, but he should argue that the sitting members had no right, finding that four of the sureties were petitioners, to take out such a summons as they had done, a summons which treated the matter as if no recognizance had been entered into. When a recognisance good on the face of it had been de facto entered into, it was a question for the proper tribunal to decide whether it was sufficient or not. The recognisance and deposit were to be lodged with the officer who was to decide if the petition was at issue. What the other side had attempted to do was to look outside the recognisance and say it was not sufficien t. Mr. Justice Smith: What you have to meet is the assertion on the other side, aat the fact of the money required to be deposited on petitions not being in this case paid in within the specified time, rendered the petition itself null and void. Mr. Justice Byles : What is the exact point which you are labouring at this moment to establish, Sir John? Sir John Karslake : What I want to establish is that the objectors to the recognisances had no right to treat a recognisance which had been lodged with the Master as a void recognisance, but that they ought to have gone to the judge to ask him to decide whether it was null or not. The learned counsel then went on to point out that by the Act it was provided that if the master or judge found the security insufficient, a further time was given in which to bring in the amount of money ordered to be deposited, After the lapse of a certain time it was the Master's duty to treat the petition as at issue, and put it on the list; but it was contended on the other side that at any time the Master could decide that there was a defect in the recogni sance. The Act could never have intended that which would be a highly inconvenient course ; but the Act had provided a means by which the insufficiency of a recog. nisance could be decided by the judge ; and in the present case what was deemed a defect was remedied by the order of the judge, made by consent. Mr. Henry James, who, with Mr. Mellish, Q.C., appeared on the other side, denied that it was by arrange. ment. He had himself protested against the course taken. The Chief Justice : Was any application made to the Master? The Act says the application is in the first instance to be made to him, an appeal to be brought to the judge within five days. Sir John Karslake: There was no application in the matter to the Master. It was here stated by one of the learned counsel who appeared in the Bodmin petition, that it was agreed in chambers, that to avoid circuity in a number of cases, petitions should be taken as having been before the Master. Mr. Mellish, in answer to Mr. Justice Smith, said, what he contended was that neither the Master nor the election judge had power to make the alteration in ques tion. His clients had applied to Mr. Justice Willes, not as the judge on the rota for elections, but as judge of the Common Pleas. Sir John Karslake said it was essential that he shoula know whether the order was by agreement or not. By the form of the order itself he contended the jurisdiction of the judge had been admitted, and on the face of it the recognisance was good, and its being otherwise could only be determined by the master and the judge. Upon the further question whether, as there were two respondents, security for £2,000 instead of £l,OOO ought to have been given, Sir John Karslake re- ferred to the old practice of the House of Commons, where the latter sum was always deemed sufficient, and argued that it could never have been intended that where there were two respondents to the same petition there should be two sets of processes ; remarking, amidst much laughter, that if the court held that to be so, he trusted it would also provide that attorneys should be allowed to Charge for two briefs given to counsel. Mr. Mellish, in support of the rule, pointed out that the old practice of the House of Commons went on the ground that the decision of the examining officer of fecognisances as to their validity or otherwise was conclu sive, and that if a recognisance was found to be invalid the petition at once went to the ground. There was, in fact, no provision for any amendment. The Lord Chief Justice : You say that in the present case there has been no security and no deposit. Mr. Mellish replied that that was so, and then referred to the conditions now laid upon petitioners, especially dwelling on the fact that the security for costs must be given within three days from the time of presenting the petition. Examining the meaning of the term "security," he contended that it must mean something different to the liability of a petitioner himself. Under the old system the duty of the examining officer would have been to institute an inquiry if such a recognisance had been presented to him in connection with such a petition, for he had to certify to the House that he had received recog nisances as security for the petitioners. The Lord Chief Justice asked if the examiner would have inquired into any recognisance unless it was bad on the face of it. Mr. Mellish still contended that it would have been his duty to do so. He had no power to alter or make good a recognisance. The court adjourned till to-day. A movement has been commenced for the esta blishment of a miners' accident fund for South-West Lancashire, to afford relief in cases of distress caused by the numerous casualties occurring in the colleries of the district. It is proposed that the money should be raised independent of any trade organisation. QUIET A. NON M OVER E . --A curious accident occurred recently at Varna, whicl: is thus described by a correspondent on the spot:—" While some workmen were pulling down an old house in the town to make room fora Government office now in course of construction, they came • on one of the shells thrown by the Russians during the bombardment of 1828, which bad since remained quietly imbedded in the thickness of a corner wall amid rubble and mortar. No match, of course, remained, and the touch. hole was full of dirt. One of the workmen, an Albanian, rolled the projectile down, and, taking it between his knees, began clearing it out with a chisel, when suddenly it exploded, threw down all around, wounded several, and killed the Albanian on the spot, fitting off both his legs at the hips. The unlucky man was a Christian of the Greek lite, and thus added one more to the long list of his co-nationals who have owed their destruction to Russian intervention in their behalf." In the matter of the Hull petition, Mr. Mellish, Q,C., had obtained a rule nisi to reverse the decision of Mr. Justice Willes, who, at chambers, had decided that the sureties for the recognisances were sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Act. The grounds upon which the learned counsel had applied for the rule were, that if the petitioners against any election return failed to deposit the full amount within the proper time the petition fell to the ground. Thirteen persons had joined in the present petition, four of whom had given a guarantee for £250 each, but the money was not deposited within the specified time. Mr. Justice Willes had said that the non•deposit was a defect, but that it was a defect which could be cured by subsequent deposit. Mr. Mellish, however, contended that there was, in fact, no " deposit " at all, and that the petition was at an end. It was a similar case to a man who had to deposit £l,OOO but only deposited £5OO. The petition was a proceeding essentially in the Court of Com mon Pleas as much as any other record of its own, and the petition had to be presented to that court. Section 6th stated that the petition should be presented within twenty-one days, and at the time of such presentation, or within three days after, a deposit should be made to cover the expenses of witnesses and others, and if there was no other clause giving the court or the judge of it power to amend and the security was not forthcoming, there was an end of the petition. It did not appear to him that there was any provision made to amend if any blunder was made in the matter of the deposit not being in time. There was a clause which provided that when the security was given on recognisance, it was capable for the respon dent to object within five days to the insufficiency of the recognisance, or that the person named in the recognisance was dead, or that he had not fully completed the recog nisance. A recognisance totally diverse from that contem plated by the Act was no recognisance at all. As far as the petitioners were concerned, they were liable to all costs in the petition in the ordinary manner, and the security was not given by them for their costs as a security at all. POLL( E TELLIU CE —77 as Day. -.0,..---... --... IMARLBORO UGH- STREET. . ASSAULT AT THE ALHAMBRA PALACE.—George Henry Ebers, waiter, No. 11, Weston-place, York road, King's-cross, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Thomas Palmer, constable, at the Alhambra, and also with being drunk and disor derly ; and Henry E':ers, his father, a coffeehouse keeper; and Joseph Overton, a pointstnan, of No. 11, Weston-place, were charged with being drunk and attempting to rescue the first-named defendant from the custody of the police. Mr. Sayer appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Ricketts for the defence. Mr. John Reeves, superintendent of the Al hambra, said that about eight o'clock the previous evening the three defendants presented themselves for admission, and Weston and Henry Ebers being drunk he refused to admit them, and an al tercation then took place, and there was a good deal of chaffing. He took hold of the defendant Henry Ebers to put him out, when George Ebers came up to him and tripped him up, and then struck Palmer, one of the constables, on the face with a stick. He then called "Police," and gave the defendant, George, into custody, Palmer's face bleeding very much at the time. In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness said Reeves took no part in the assault. VICTORIA CLUB BATTING—Tits DAT. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 6 on the field (offered) 100 to 45 agst Tathwell (taken and wanted) 100 to 40 agst Fortunatus (offered) 25 to 1 agst The Colonel (offered-33 to 1 taken and wanted) 1000 to 20 Barbarian (offered) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Blue Gown (wanted) DERBY. 1000 to 35 agst Ladas (taken) 1000 to 35 Ryshworth (taken) THE SPRING HANDICAPS. We shall publish the weights for the Spring Handicaps in our late edition. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTL FEBR: Sudbury 2, 3 I Lincoln l6, 17 Harrow lB, 19 Mansfield 18 I JRES FOR 1869. , VARY. Pontofract lB, 19 Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chebnsford... 23, 26 Derby Spring 25, 26 CH. MA Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Downpatrick 9 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 West Drayton lB, 19 Baldnyle Fir s t Sp r i ng 18, 19 Margate 20 Beverley 20 Durham 29, 30 Epsom 80, 81 Mr. Ricketts put several questions to the witness with the view of showing that the defendant, George Ebers, had three tickets for admission, and that he went back to get his money back, and also that be had advised his father to leave the place without any bother. Thomas Palmer, a constable of the Alhambra, proved being struck in the face with a silver knobbed stick by the defendant, George Ebers, and gave similar evidence to the first witness. Abergavenny l, •2 Bromley 1, 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk ... 6 7 Hungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cambridge 7 8 Croxton Park .. 8 Streatham B, 9 Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21 Curragla ...20, 21, 22 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring _ _ 26, Jce Chester 4,5, 6,7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Spring] 11, 12 St. Albans 11, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 Doncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 IBath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 IHarpenden 2l Epsom Summer .....25, &o. NE. Neil nanny, 172 C, said that on attempting to take defendant, George Ebers, into custody, the other defendant tried to rescue him, all the defen dants being drunk. Palmer's face was bleeding, and the defendants treated him (witness) very roughly. Croydon 2, 3,4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer _l5, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragh ............`22, 23, 21 Newcastle 22, 23, 21 Oldham 22 Sibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 Mr. Francis Bebey, of No. 16, St. Martin's court, said the complainant came to him with a contused wound on the face, and he dressed it for him. In answer to Mr. Ricketts, the witness said that the injury might have been inflicted with the stick produced. Worcestor l, ?; Newmarket July 6, &c. Carhalo •• 4 6, 7 Pontefract 9, 10 Hendon ..... l2, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 Southampton 13, 14 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford 22, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 80 Mr. Knox said the most serious part of the charge was against George Ebers. Mr. Ricketts addressed the magistrate on the de fendants' behalf, stating that they had tickets for the Alhambra, and felt much annoyed at being refused admission. lie was instructed that the defendant George Ebers went back to get his money returned on the other defendants being refused ad mission, that au altercation then ensued, that there was a scuffle, and that Palmt.r's face was injured in the course of it but that the defendant George Ebers cou!d not have s• ruck Palmer, as he had not the stick iu his possession at the time. AUGUST. Brighton 3, 4 Oxford Brighton Club 5 York 24, 25, 26 Lewes 6, 7 Plymouth 23, 27 Egham lO, 11 I Scarborough ...30, 31 Wolverhampton ......10, 11 J)erby Summer _3l, Sep. 1 Windsor 12, 13 Weymouth 31, S e p. 1 St. Albans Stocktonl7, -, 18 I Canterbury... ...31, Sep. 1 18, 19, 20 SEPTEMBER. Warwick... 7, 8 - Hampton 6 , 1, 22 Curragh (Royal) 7, 8, 9 Western. (Ayr)........22, 23 Abingdon 9, 10 ll...tud:u Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17, Monmouth.. • '3 24 Richmond 21, I 22 Newmarket .st 0ct....26, &e. Li chfield °ii, 86 C ., T i ° l o o , 13 4 nt E r , r l t a t . o g n h h am • Bidford 19, 29 Edinburgh 19, 29, 21 Leicester ', 8 I West Drayton 11 , 22 Beornley... 7, 8 Heref o rd 2l, .42 I Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Monmouth 23, 24 i Chelmsford l9, 20 Newma r k et H•tou _25, &e. I iKelso 19, 20 Mr. Knox said that Le should impose a fine of 10s. each on Overton and the elder Ebers (Henry), and he would take Henry Ebers's recognizance for his son's appearance in a week. Subsequently it was stated that the defendant George Ebers had settled the matter with Palmer by compensating him, and he was then discharged. NOV. Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow '2, 3 Liverpool (..), IU, 11, 12 AMBER. Shrewsbury 15, he. Leamington Hunt 23, TIIA.MES. IDLE PAUPERS.--henry Clover, aged 23 years, Win. Bell, 31, James Young, 32, Edward Murray, 17, John Mitchell, 20, and George Thomas, 35, ' were brought before Mr. Benson charged with re fusing to perform a task of work in the casual ward of the Ratcliff Workhouse, to which they were ad mitted last night. Before they went to bed they had the usual rations for their supper, and a break fast this morning. On being asked to pick 2lbs. of oakum, they all said th ey cou l d not do it. On [ ~,. being asked to make an at t empt and try what they ShrewsburyLiverpool 1 5, 6 could do, they ref u s e d t o d o anyt hi ng. ltlaltou Mr. Benson said the prisoners were able-bodied, I Rugby (Urund Mil.) 8, 9 lazy fe:lows, and ou g ht to b a as h ame d of themselves. Kingsbury 12, 13 APItIL. lie should send them to a place where they would Alderdlict 1, 2 I Royal Artily., Woolvvic:i...B Streatham B, 9 be compelled to work, a n d th a t very h ar d too. Ile Aborgavennyßrotnle . 1, . 1 1, 2 Knighton committed them to the House of Correcti o n f or 21 Lichfield .6, 7 I Ludlow l5, 16 days and kept to hard labour. I Southdown Hunt .7 Teubury... 2l Cambridge ... 7, 8 Croydon 2 4, 23 .. Cheltenham 7, 8 Co. Louth & Ardee...27, 28 3,1 Alr. Limerick Hunt .... 4 I St. Albans Eglintou Hunt 6, 7 West Drayt0n..,,..,., 17 STEEPLECHA, FEBR Wolvarhs.mpton 2 Cartnarthou 3. 4 Edgo ward .. 4, 5 flunby • —5. I Birmingham 4 , 9 Chippentiam W, " I Streatham 11, 12 Ne wbridge t° I Lincoln 1,3, 17 'IC fr. FRIGHTFUL MASSACRE IN NEW ZEALAND. JULY. The following Appeared in our Latest Edition of yesteviny twining:— Kingsbury _ _ ___ 9 AUGUST. ADELAIDE, Dec. 8. Advices from New Zealand state that the re bels had surprised the settlers in Poverty Bay, where they had massacred several Euro pean families and committed horrible atrocities. Men were burnt alive, children mutilated, and the dead bodies of women thrown to the pigs. Great mismangement is attributed to the authorities. The colonial forces on the west coast have retreated before the rebels, and a large tract of territory had been abandoned. The latest news was more encouragi❑g. SPORTIRG INTELLIGENCE-This Diy SPAIN. MADRID, Jan. 20. The Correspondencia of to-day states that the ascertained results of the elections to the Cortes up to the present time are as follows :---Nlonarchists, 223 ; Republicans, 75 ; Absolutists, 15 ; doubt ful, 10. The Gazette publishes telegrams from Havana confirming the satisfactory news of the decrease of the insurrection already received. The Gazette adds that the insurgents were obliged to resort to pillage in order to obtain the means of aubsistence, and were flying to the mountains. The Gazette also publishes the electoral law for the Antilles. Cuba is to send 38 deputies and Puerto Rico 11 to the Constituent Cortes. General Balmscda entered Bayamo on the 16th inst. THE CAPE MAIL. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 20. The Union's Company's steamer Dane, with the above mail, has just arrived off here. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evenzng. Amsterdam Short .. 11 19} ... 11 19 1 , Do ... 12 if Rotterdam Autwerp — ... 25 85 ... 25 40 Brussels — ... 25 85 ... 25 40 Hamburgh — ... 13 101 ... 13 10} Paris Ditto Marseilles Prankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 120} Vienna — ... 12 25 ... 12 30 Trieste — ... 12 25 ... 12 30 Petersburg ... 311 ... alf Copenhagen.,. — ~ 9 20 ... 9 24 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — 4 B 4B ... 481 Leghorn Milan Genoa — ... 27 5 ... 27 7 ... 27 0 ... 27 7 Naples ... 27 5 ... 27 74 Palermo — ... 27 5 ... 27 if Messina Lisbon •.. 52 ... 52 1 Oporto — ... 52 ... b2f Rio Janeiro — ... ••• New York — .., —.— WnEcKs.—On Sunday ruorning a French schooner and the brig Thomas, of Poole, were driven by a heavy gale of wind on the Padstow Bar, Cornwall, where they went to pieces. The crewe;were rescued by the lifeboat. A meeting of artists, including painters, sculp tors, architects, engravers, photographers, chromo-litho graphers, and others, was held, Dec. 30, at the studios of Messrs. Macdonald, Marshall, and Wilson, No. 697, Broad way, New York, for the purpose of taking steps to secure better protection for the rights of artists in their works. MORE EVIDENCE TOUCHING PLIOCENE MAN IN CALIPOIINIA.—The Amador Ledger of the 28th November contains the following:—" Two for three years ago, Juhu Dane, while running an open cut for mining purposes, through Grass Valley Ranch, in Amador county, une ar th e d the skeleton of a mastodon of huge proportions, but most of the bones crumbled to dust after a short exposure to the atmosphere. The remains were found lying in a strata of auriferous gravel with about fourt, eu feet of alluvial soil over them; but the most remarkable feature in this discovery was that of several stone mortars and pestles, unmistakably the work of human hands, found in the same strata, and in close proximity to the remains of the mastodon, evidently proving that a race of human beings inhabited the mountains of Cali fornia, coexistent with the mastodon. Mr. Dane has seve ral of tLese stone mortars and pestles, together with some of the gtinders of the h: - ..ge animal, now m his possession." St. Albans 17 OCTOBER. Bromley 7 I West Drayton 2l, 23 NOVEMBER. Harrow 9 , 3 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Woreastee 3, 4 I Liverpool St. Albais 5, 6 Shrewsbury l5, 19 COURSING FIXTURES. JANUARY. Baldock Club, Rees ~20, 21. Spelthorne Club (A s hd own P ar k) 21, &c. Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire 25. Ridgway Club (Lythdm), Lancashire 27, &c. Creagh Open, Ireland i EEBRtJARY. Powderham Everleigh Club, Wilts Rufford Open, Lancashire Cardington, Beds . -, 3, eirc Wenvoe Castle 3, 4. Ludham, Norfolk 11, 12 Brampton, Cumberland ll, 14 Waterloo (Altcar), Lancashire l7, &c MARCH. . 2, 3 Ashdown Park, Harts — ___ 2, dtc. Fourth S. Lancashire (Champion) Counts Louth (Champion), Irel an d 18, &c Scottish National Open, Lanark 3O, ..tc. OCTOBER. ---- Anc,aster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6. Ormesby 19, &c. Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27. WATERLOO M: (Over Patron -Right Hon The Waterloo Cup, value £l, of £25 each ; 64 subs; the the second £2OO. 1. Mr C. F. Allison 33. Mr J. ingleby 2. Mr J. F. Armistead 34. Mr R. Jardine 3. Mr J. Bake 35. Mr F. Johnston 4. Mr W. J. Barden 36. Mr J. Johnston 5. Mr F. Bartholomew 37. Mr H. B. Jones 6. Lord Binning 38. Mr W. J. Legh 7. Mr J. Blackstock 39. Mr S. C. Lister 8. Mr J. S. Bland 40. Mr J. Lonsdal• 9. Mr G. Blanshard 41. Lord Lurgan 10. Mr W. G. Borron 42. Mr S. Mallabey 11. Mr T. Brocklebank 43. Mr C. E. Marlieet 12. Mr J. Brundrit 44. Mr NV. If. Massey 13. Mr R. B. Carruthers 45. Sir C. Molyneux 14. Mr C. J. Cbesshyre 46. lion. C. C. Molyneux 15. Mr W. H. Clark 47. Mr T. Neville 16. Mr E. Croft 48. Mr R. Paterson 17. Mr J. Cunningham 49. Mr T. L. Reed 18. Mr W. D. Deighton 50. Dr Richardson 19. Mr James Dunlop 51. Mr J. Savage 20. Mr J. Evans 52. Mr N. Saxton 21. Lord Garlies 53. Lord Sefton 22. Mr J. Gibson 51. Mr T. Smith 23. Mr W. M. Gilmour 55. Mr J. Spinks 24. Col. Goodlake 56. Lord Stair 25. Mr A. Graham 57. Mr E. W. Stocker 26. Mr T. Green 58. Mr S. Swinburno 27. Mr C. A. Halley 59. Mr G. A. Thompson 28. Capt. Hathorn 60. Mr R. Todd 29. Mr J. Haywood 61. Mr B. W. Trinder 30. Mr J. Hodson 62. Mr R. C. Vyner 31. Mr J. Hole 63. Mr R. H. Williams 32. Mr J. Hyslop e 4. Capt. Wyndham The Waterloo Purse, value £260, in specie, taken from th Cup Stake, for the 32 beaten dogs in the first roun d for the Cup; the winner to receive .£lOO. The Waterloo Purse, for the 32 dogs beaten in the first course for the Waterloo Cup, amounting to £260, to be divided as under :- 1. Winner to receive 1. Second ditto 2. Dogs to receive £l5 each... 4. Ditto ditto 10 ditto... 8. Ditto ditto 5 ditto... 1E TING —FEB. 17. ilicar.) L. the Earl of Sefton. ,600 in specie, by subscription winner to receive £5OO, and ...£lOO ... 50 • .. 30 ... 40 ... 40 0 The Waterloo Pl a t e f or th e 16 dogs beaten in tho £26 second ties for the Cup, amounting to £lOO, to bo divided as under: - 1. Winner o receive .„ £4O 1 Second ditto ••• ••• ..• ••• 25 2. Dogs to receive - 4 -7 10s °awl 15 4. Ditto ditto f ditto ... 20 8 £lOO The Great Waterloo Cup, G 4 subscribers, at .£2.) each the money £1,600 —to be divided as under:- 1. Winner to receive ... 1. Second ditto . ••• 2. Dogs t o rece i ve £5O each... 4. Ditto ditty 30 ditto.. 8. Ditto 20 ditto.., 16. Ditto 10 ditto.. ... £560 ... 200 ... 100 ... 120 ... 160 ... 160 1,240 The Watorloo Punic and AVaterloo Plato 360 xi,Goti LY. SE FIXTURES. UARY. Morton-in-llarsh lB Harrow lB, 19 Poutefract ...... .. lB, 19 Boston Windsor -,,, 23 st. Albans 23, 2 Derby 9 5 Baschurca 26 i West Somerset 15, 1G 1 York 1 7 1 Crowkerno lB, 1.11 Chepstow - )9, 30 I ...__ ~`