The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-28 00:00:00

eil ONEY MA It KE T AN 1) COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocir. The demand for money to-day on 'Change was extensive, and such was the run on both sources— viz., the Bank and the open market—that the price Went up *, and first-class. paper could not be done under 3 per cent. Consols are firm in price, and in the Foreign market the principal securities were the turn better. In Railways we have to note an unusual increase in price in Great Northern. ketropolitan shares were steady, but for Banking and Miscellaneous stocks prices were in most in stances unfiltered. Consols are now at 92k to 92+ for money; di tto, for Account, —; Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 j; New Tkree per Cents, 921 1 Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, M arc h, prem. ; dune, ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, par; June, dis. ; Bank of England Stock, 44 per Cent., 239. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 209 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., 104; ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 25 prem. ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 25 prem. The application for the new Russian Loan have already largely exceeded the amount required, and it is now quoted . at 2+ prem. In the Foreign Market, Spanish have improved since the opening, and are now quoted at 27i ex ; Mexican are 15+; Charkof at 82+ to 83 ; M oscow, 81 to 82 ; Orel, 831; Nicolas, 66 to 66} Egyptian (1868) Bonds, 761 to 77 ; Viceroy Seven Per Cents., 81; Argentine, 85+ ; Turkish Five per C ents., 43+ to 43; ; and Italian, 541 to 54i ex div In the Railway Market Great Northern have considerably advanced, and so have Caledonian, Great Eastern, Brighton, Chatham, Loudon and and North Western, and Midland, but not to anything like the extent of the former. The quo tations are now as follows :—Caledonian, 77! to 78 4 ; Great Eastern, 37 to 37; ; Great Northern, 112+ to 113 ; •ditto (A), 112 to 112 } ; Great Western, 63 to 631 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 128 to 128+ ; London and Brighton, 451. to 45 1.; London, Chatham, and Dover, 15 to 151; London and North Western, 124 to 124 k ;. Lon don and South Western, 93 to 94 ; Metropolitan, 78i. to 78/ ; Midland, 122/ to 122+ ; North Eastern (Berwick), 1251 to 126+ ; and South Eastern, 76+ to 761. Great Luxemburg is 13+ to 13+ ; andLombardo- Venetian, at 191 to 20. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 87k ; the 1865 Bonds, 864 to 87 ; the 1867, 85.1 to 86k ex div. ; the Ten-Forties, 844 to 844 ; Erie Shares, 18 to 181 ; and Illinois, 103 to 104 ex div. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares are quoted at 191 to 191 ; French Cable, 18 to 184 ; British Indian Submarine, 141 to 151; China Submarine, to I prem. ; Falmouth, 38 to 41 prem. India Rubber, 56 to 57 ; and Construction and Mainte nance, 381 to 381. _ _ _ _ _ In Bank Shares business is dull. Alliance are marked 12f to 13f ; Anglo-Austrian, 14 to 16 Prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 32 to 33 ; Consoli dated, 41 to 41; Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 2i Prem. ; London and County, 50 to 51 ; London and Westminster, 60 to 61; London Joint Stock, 33 to 34. A circular of instructions from St. Martin's-le- Grand, for the guidance of officers and instructors of telegraphs, enjoins that " every arrangement must be in thorough working order" by next Mon day morning, and that " the whole of the week Must be devoted to assiduous practising between all those offices into which the business and staff of a telegraph company have not already been intro duced.,, It is satisfactory to understand that the leading shareholders of the Oriental Bank are about to take steps for inviting Mr. H. G. Gordon to rejoin the Board of that institution, of which, from its origin, he was the leading representative. Mr. Gordon, pending the Overend-Gurney considered it right to send in his resignation, but the e mphatic decision in that case has rendered him free to resum e hi s o ld s t a tion with undiminished honour. • The reception of the applications for the new II 1188 jan Loan are said already to be, almost unpre eedeoted in extent. In a large number of instances the amounts are swollen by the expectation that °III Y a small p erc e n t a ge of the total asked for is , 'kely to be allotted. Nothing seems to be yet known as to the proportion of the £12,000,000 that will have to be distributed in Paris, Frankfort, A llister:him, and Beiliu. For some time past an American expedition has been in course of organization, under Admiral Davis, t ° , survey all the proposed routes for the Darien Ship Canal. It is expected to leave New York be fore the end of the present month, and the report the results of the exploration is to be made to t he President. In Mincing-lane a good deal has been done in Manilla sugar, and an extensive business has taken Plac e in jute, whilst throughout the markets rather firm tone has prevailed. Cotton has, however, been less active. The steamer Biafra has arrived at Liverpool, With West Coast of Africa mails, 1,7230 z. of gold ( lest and 174 sovereigns, worth £7,066 ; and the steamer Main, from New York, en route for the Con tinent, has brought £22,200 specie for London and £13 ,358 for Paris. The following vessels have sailed from Sydney with gold for this country since the departure of the Previous Australian mail, viz. :—The Great Vic toria, with 2,500 ounces ; the Holmsdale, with 2 ) 250 ounces ; the Janet Court, with 2,065 ounces ; t he Essex, with 2,500 ounces ; and the Alexander D uthie, with 2,625 ounces—giving a total of 11,940 ounces, and in value sterling about £47,760. The steamer Malta, sailing also from Sydney for Galle, has on board 113,375 ounces of gold, and 11 4,000 sovereigns, amounting together to £567,500, which, with the gold by the ships above named, represents a sum of £615,360 now on its way to England since the departure of the preceding Aus tralian mail. The directors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway recommend a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 6.1 per cent. per annum. At the meeting of the Central Bank of Loudon (Limited) a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum was declared. At a meeting of the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company it was resolved to pay a divi dend of 20 per cent. The return from the Bank of England for the week ended the 25th of Jan. gives the following results when compared with the previous week : Rest PuLlic deposits Other deposits 17,369,595 Decrease.: 715 , 181 On the other side of the account : Government securi tiss £14,211,399 ... Decrease ...1,600 , 000 Oth e r securities 1 8 ,56 7 ,12 1.... Increase 1,531668 Notes unemployed 10,465,930 ...Increase ... 377'530 The amount of notes in circulation is £22,097,180, being a decrease of £420,030 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £19,278,128, showing a decrease of £86,378 when compared with the preceding return. Subjoined is a comparison of the present positioa of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols and French Rentes with the corresponding week o' last year : Same Week At Present. last Year. Bullion Reserve Notes in circulation '23,417,210 ... 23,979,735 Rate of discount Consols French Routes The following is the official return of the cheques and bills cleared in the Banker& Clearing-house for the week ending Wednesday, Jan. 25 : Thursday .£10,865,000 Friday Saturday... Monday 12,974,000 Tuesday Wednesday 10,594,000 £91,401,000 The report of the London and Provincial Marine Insurance Company recommends payment of in terest for the half-year at the rate of 10 per cent. p.er annum, as on previous occasions, and the ap propriation of £20,000 to the reserve, which will then amount to £45,000. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. IiOVERN2dENT FUNDS. 3 par Cent. Consols 92i I Ditto for Account — '. per Cont. Reduced 921 1 New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen J5n.1873 &nullities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30,yr0, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telebraph), Aug., 1908. ,xoLoqu-r Bills, £1,001), 21 p. 21 do. Julie Do £lOO, £zuu & £5OO dmult of England `6 tuck, 4} per Ueut Do. opening `anada 4 per Cent. Bonds utor-Colonial o:nnium I %DIAN ;_4JVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indi:, Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 209 71 Dc. Opening, for Account — D.,. a per Cent. July, 1. 68 0 Do 4 per Cent . . Oct. 1888 LAI. &faced Pape, 4 per Cent... • 00. 5 poi - Cert.,..!an. 1872 .... .. lO4l 30. 5/ per Cent. arty 1879 — 0.1 5 per Cent . ., Rup. Dar::. 187`2.,., — Do do Do. do. 1882 — 0,..., Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1.873 7)o South ; 4 per Cent., £l,OOO 10. under £l.OOO 25 P L ' FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. krgentine Republic, tz per Cent — Do Account.. luitrian Bonds 5 per cent .. — 1859 - Bruilian 5 per Cent — 00. 4} per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858.... ............. Do. uu 1860 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 12365 Uc. Account Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) gabs., 6 per Cent. °Abut 6 per Cent — Do. 44 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cont., 1866 Do. 6 per ce , !t- 1867 — :3 lo , uinae, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Dan.bi:..n Principalities, 7 ler Cent — Do Account Do 8 per Cont., 1867 — iecuador New Oensolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent 854 thj Second Issue D0..£501. /fonds — Do. 1864 — Do. Account .4500 Bonds AlO Bonis f•• - 7 per Cent., 1868 .. ... — Account Do. Do. Do. tiO. XlOO Bonds 7 b Government Railway Debentures 97} t Groom 5 por Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Coupons Gnatemala 6 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p.. Ct., all pd Do. Account ita,iam 5 per Cent., 1865 — to. Account ... B6l Do M*remmana Railway — watt_ , per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do A per Cent. Anglo-French — ontevideau G per Cent. .. — do clash imperial 5 p&r Cent ,ew Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Jo Laud Warrants (Hectares) earaviau o per Cent. 1865 bo Account . •. 781 9 81 Do 4} per Cent. (IJl:')arren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent.,1862 — Portuguese 3 per 0t.,1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'i' Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — R Issian 5 e ar Cent., 1822, £ St . Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 4k per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds. ; 90 Do. do. £B4 15s. do ~ Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds B9l 901 Do. do £84155. do — Do Nicolas Railway 66f Sardinian 5 per Oent. Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Account 2B} Do. 1867 Do. Do. Do. Do, Account New Deferred — Pasoive — Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account !Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 pvr Cent 110 Accoinat Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do ..c.10(:. Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account 41.00 :foods 6B/ Do. 5 per cent. 1865 .. Do Account Do per Cent., 1866 Do. Account DJ 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do do, Scrip Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in Loadoc. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4/ por cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch *i/ per (lent. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Cortificatee - - French Routes, 3 per Cent.. Ex 25f. Italia!, 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. - 15 i Do Account 541 1 CLOSING PRICES. Jonsols, Money Do. Account, Feb. 3 RAILWAY BILLS. The Examiners into Standing Order Proofs held their Courts yesterday in the House of Commons' Committee-rooms. Before Mr. Frere, the Great Eastern Railway (Metropolitan Railways, &c.) (unopposed) was found to have complied with the Standing Orders; as was the case with the Pimlico, Peckham, and Greenwich Street Tram ways (Various Powers) Bills. The Birmingham and Staffordshire Tramways (opposed) Bill was postponed to the 3d of Feb., as was the Birming ham Tramways (opposed). The Standing Orders were complied with in the Liverpool Street Tram ways (opposed) Bill, the Manchester Street Tram ways (opposed) Bill, and the Pimlico, Peckham, and Greenwich Street Tramways (Extensions, &c.) (opposed) Bill. in the opposed Manchester Tram ways Bill the Standing Orders were complied with ; the Birmingham Street Tramways Bill was post poned till the 3d of February ; and the North London Tramways Bill was to be taken to-day. Bofors Mr. Robinson the following unopposed bills were found to have complied with the Stand ing Orders :—The Newport Paguell Railway, the Worcester Railways and Tramways, and the Leeds Tramways. UNIVERSAL PRIVATE TELEGRAPH. Yesterday a special meeting of this company was held at the offices in Adelaide-street, Strand, for the purpose of considering a proposition for en abling the directors to wind up the affairs of the company and to distribute its assets. Mr. Mellor was in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving a formal resolution, explained that the proposed course had been ren derednecessary in consequence of the company's pro perty and business not being dealt with as the other telegraphic properties which the Government had purchased. It was the opinion of the directors that when the Government scheme was put for ward, all the property and business of all the tele graphic companies would be purchased, and, of course, the property of this company, therefore it had not been considered necessary to instruct counsel, and it was only at the last moment that it was found the company was altogether excluded from the Government measure. After interviews with the Postmaster-General the company was included with other companies, but powers of winding up were refused. It was therefore neces sary that this Act should be obtained to free the company from liability on account of outstanding Mr. CARREY seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a question, said that Government were to give £184,000 for the entire interest in the company's property. The capital was £126,000, and there were outstanding claims, the precise amounts of which were not known. At the mee ting to be called for the confirmation of this day's proceedings, the directors would be prepared with a scheme for the division of the money when paid. His views were that the whole of the capital should be paid off, with the interest thereon, in the first place, and retain the balance to meet any co n .. tingent liability. The resolution Was carried, and the proceedings terminated. RAILWAYS.—PREFERENOE SHARES AND STOOKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year Bank of France. rAnis, Jan. 27. lhe 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 : Jan. 20. DEBTOR. Jan. 27. fr. C. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law„ June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 0 Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve of landed pro perty - 4,000,000 4,000,000 - Notes in circulation - Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 41,598,771 45 42,311,210 07 Treasury account our rent creditor 364,620,483 52 15 3 409 , 662 37 Current accounts, Paris 279,586,821 50 294,429,977 46 Do. branch banks 42,184,011 43,181,942 Dividends payable 3 ,145,143 3,816, 639 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 22,103,750 - 182,500,000 - 22,105,750 1,305,522 15 1,305,522 15 9,938,120 61 11,536,132 87 Total CREDITOR. Jan. 20. Jan. 27. fr. c. Cash in hand and in fr. . c. Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 341,2 58 , 478 90 $26,0182, 11, 162 727 80 Do. branch banks 344 ,22 9 ,945 813, Advances on deposit of 204,211 71 164,252 36 15,598,900 - 14,927,810 2,548,000 - 2,212,700 bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securitias 20,960,5 00 Do. by branch banks 9,279,350 Do. on railway shares 20,992,400 8,718,950 rH E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28 1870 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Mainers Share News. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A all. 111 125 10 ' Do B lO 4 5 50 Albion l5 10 8 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Auglo-Egyptian, lim all 215 25 21 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 id 11) 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 3 2 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 15 16 2U Do issued at 2 pm.... , 5 35 25 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim 25 Bank of South Australia all 321 331 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 15 16 SO British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China all 181 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India. London,' and China all 32 33 326 5 20 City lO 11 115 100 Colonial 25 41 43 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, lim 5 20 English and Anr—icau, lint 10 20 English Bank of fib° de Ja neiro. lim 20 English, :.• cottish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Emig and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 37 Nil 281 Do new lll 45 35 100 Imperial, lim 2O 3 2 20 Imperial Ottoman -le 21 3 14 '25 lonian all 2 / 22 25 Do now 5 6 3 _ ~. 10 4 'iP Lnd Mortgage of India., lim 4 31 3 1 ,00 Do sp. c. Dobs.lB6l, 30 all 76 , 76 50 00 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lira. 20 5 4 iOO London and Brazilian, lim. 45 15 7'.9 20 Do new 71 4 41 LOO London &River Plate. lim. 40 11 13 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 20 Landon Chart. of Australia all 231 2il 20 London and County 2O 491 501 501 491 60 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... • • London Joint Stock 3ll 32i 311 London and South African al 100 London &S.-Western, lieu, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela lira 121 ... ••• 100 London and Westminster 20 80 61 571 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pra 2O 100 Merchant, lira 25 61 54 10 Metropolitan, lira all 71 7 i 00 Midland, 1ira..... 2O Id I 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lira l5 3(1 IP 00 National Provine. of Ened 42 ••• ••• 411 10 Do 50 National.. 3O ... • • 20 New South Wales all 41 4 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 46 44 44 50 Provine. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 61 5 1 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 85 87 864 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, um 25 Y 4 13 • ' 100 Do issued at 6 pm. •10 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 4 i 100 Union of Ireland, tun 50 Union of London l5 351 361 36 1 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 11) Anglo-American 'lei. iim all 101 19i I' l l 10 Anglo Mediter T01.,1fm.... 10 -4 421 201 st Atlantic Teleg,raph lO 15 17 st Do. 8 per cent. lOO 45 5) at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., Hui. 100 180 1;0 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 262 267 10 Do. New 8 12 Up 25 Indo-European Tel., Jim all 23 25 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 3 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all . .. 10 Mediterra. Exteu. Tel., lim all 9 10 91 25 Reuter's Telegram all 80 85 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all 18 181 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 1/ 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 8 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pret all i i :-,1 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Auglo-Mexican Mint all 141 11 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 3 5,1 10 Berlin Water Works, Inn all 11{ 15} 10 Do. New all Bolekow Vaughan, lim. 3O 15 2 Bombay Gas, lim. Do. New 4 pr jp British American Land 44 1,5 17 British Indian Tea, lim all 1 2 British Ship Owners Canada Company all 63 t 5 Canadian Loan and Invest- went, lim 2i .. ... 20 Ceylon Company, li m . 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim fi 25 City of London Real Pro- _ Party, Urn 9 6 5 30 City of Milan Improv. 11m all 4 5 25 City of Moscow blas, inn all 50 City Offices, lim 25 22 21 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 5 2 21 10 Company of African Mer- _ - chants, lira. 20 Continental Union Gas, lira all 261 271 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. TnunsDAY. M. 011ivier has issued an address to the justices of the peace which has produced a very favourable effect. The Minister reminds those functionaries that they can only efficiently discharge their duties as conciliators and as popu lar judges if their impartiality is altogether above suspicion. Consequently he interdicts them from taking any part in the elections for the various elective councils. They must not, he says, become the coadjutors or the solicitors of the men to whom they have to award justice. He will, therefore, consider that any judge who becomes a candidate for the General, District, or Municipal Gauncil in his canton as having sent in his resignation. This decisive step has given the public some confidence in the sincerity of the First Minister's proposed desire to separate the administration of justice from the influences of the political arena. The Parliamentary Initiative Committee held yesterday their second sitting. They decided on several modifica tions, end had under discussion the proposal of M. Boutciller, that the head of the State should no longer nominate the presidents of the SociOtes de Secours Mittreis. The iascrticn of official notices in provincial journals was also brought into consideration. To-day's suasion was more interesting. The subject was the motion of MM. Picard, Favre, Gambetta, and Gr,,vy for the repeal cf arti le 291 of the Penal code, by which no meeting of mere than twenty persons can be held on fixed days without the consent of the Government. M. Gambetta was the advocate of the repealers, and spoke strongly against the law. M. Mapuir has given notice of a measure of some interest to the commercial world. He proposes that the members of the Chambers of Commerce should be elected, not only by merchants of recognised position, but by all licensed dealers. The debate in the Chambers yesterday was very ani mated. Beginning with a passage at arms between M. 011ivier and M. Gambetta, it continued with a somewhat angry discussion of the Extraordinary Budget of the City of Paris, and wound up with the speech of M. Kolb Ber nard on the Treaty of Commerce. The Debats declares that the debate can only have one result. The Treaty . will not be denounced. All the world, it says, is well aware that it is impossible to retrace the steps which have been taken. Even granting that the interests now suffering have suffered from free trade, they would not be restored by a return to protection, while fresh interests of great importance have sprung up and are involved in the maintenance of the existing system. The most troublesome part of the matter at present is the question of the decrees of January 10. These decrees, says the Debats, may be constitutional, but they are none the less inoppor tune, and as a retrograde step towards protection, they have been especially unfortunate at a time when all parties agreed that the statu quo should be maintained until after the inquiry. What is to be done ? The Chamber disapproves of the transaction, but is cer tainly not inclined to overthrow the Cabinet on the ques tion. The Government can hardly be expected to issue a counter decree. It has been suggested that the decrees shall be regarded as merely a temporary expedient in waiting for the decision of the chamber. The 3farseillaise has published a letter from M. Ulric de Fonville, in which he gives an emphatic denial to the statement that he uttered the words imputed to him in a pharmacien's shop at Auteuil—" He has killed my friend, but he received a famous slap in the face." He expresses his astonishment that such a statement should be made without the name of the person who overheard the remark being subjoined to it. The Journal des _Mats says that the inquiry into the Auteuil affair has been continued without intermission from the twelfth of the month, before M. d'Ours, the Pre sident of the Chamber. The investigation does not proceed so rapidly as was at first anticipated. The magistrate appears to have great difficulty in forming a correct idea of the circumstances of the transaction in the midst of which Prince Pierre com mitted his double crime, because the only two witnesses of the affair offer contradictory evidence. On the 12th of January, M. Bergognie, as substitute for the public prosecutor, made his accusation against the Prince on the double charge of voluntary and attempted homicide. After the President had interrogated the Prince, the hearing of witnesses was commenced and has since been continued. The magistrate has summoned all those persons who had heard accounts of the affair ! from the Prince, or from M. Fonville, and other witnesses have testified to the habits and characters of the accused and of his victim. On the 15th of January, the President, and M. Bergogni6, went to Auteuil and arranged that a plan should be made of the room in which the fatal occurrence took place. Marchamtants, the architect, was commissioned to perform this task, and also to draw a special plan, according to the version of the Prince, which should indicate the move ments of the different per Sons and the arrangement of the furniture at the time of the occurrence. He has also made another sketch in conformity with M. Fonvilie's statement. Up to the present time fifty witnesses have been beard, but the inquiry being conducted in secret, it is impossible to form any idea of its progress, or of the nature of its intelligence. Some attempts have been made to extend the conces sions made by the new law relating to the press. The Constitutionne/ proposes that the number of offences should be limited to two attacks on the Emperor and direct provocation of insurrection. The suppression of the electoral oath is also in contem plation. It is objected to because it limits universal suf frage to the partisans of the Empire. SHARE LIST. iAfI3IIA.ALS6 AND kiTOChb. v,„l. tiVlbaluas astir.. aa t. w e . . at Brist 31 and Exeter ...... 10: 77 79 st Caledonian ............ 100 77 78 _7 'ha at Damorian.. 20 Cornwall. AL 21 31 at Dublin & Belfast Juno lOll -,- st Dun,,Perth,& Ab.Junc lOO 70 72 2.) East London all 4 • 6 20 Do 15 23 Do 10 st Glasgow &S. Western lOO 107 .1( 9 at Great Eastern ..* .tot, 381 371 37 at Do. E. Augl. No. 2 lOu 61 71 at Brest Li orth ol Scotland lO3 la 18 at Great Northern lob 111 1,2 .112 et Do. A stock. a: Do. B stocx lOO 121 lzs at GtS, and W. of Ireland lot *8 100 at (it. Western —Original lOO 6 1 6.. 6 1 311 ..,t Do. South Wales lOO 6i 66 a: Do. W. Mid.—Oxiord... 100 40 42 at Do. Newport lOO 3i ;.6 at Lancashire .¢ Y orsehlru lOO 028 14t1 at Lon., Brigh.,4 S.Coast lOO 45 151 45/ Do Scrip .... - at loon., Chat., and Dover los 15 151 t Uo. Metrop. Ex. A lot 11 13 4 Lou. & North v% rester, tut LA 241 121 4 Len. .t South Virestern lOO 1 , 3 :4 04 • Man., Shel., & Linoolu lOO 111 52-, 511 1 at Metropolitan ..... at Do Extensi,n 4 Do. Nev: rd .. at Metropolitan District. ail 1'.5 36 10 Metrop at. John's 11 to 1 10 st Miui e...id at LO, dirinik, At Dern, at N rtu British st Li v. Ed., Pth., & Dun... IC" at Nor Eastern-11er wiok lOO 25 1). (3. N.E purohase 1 5.13.4 - at 1) Leeds . ....... DO 79 8) 81 at D °York lOO 12?1 121/ 124/ 1 st Li °Carlisle .... • et li °Stock. & Darling lto 117 :(9 et North Lon Lou 10 Do New 1868 et North Staffordshire . . 100 01 :63 2} st North ant , ii. W. Junction' 100 • Oil 101 10 Do New ZIO shares 7 ... • • at Rh:onney . lOO 53 55 st Shropshire Union lOO 591 601 at South Devon' .. at South Eastern lOO 754 76} st Staines, Wok'hain, & Wok all 13 11 at 'tan Yule . . - Do. C .... -- ' NVatcriord & Bilkruty itu 10 Waterloo & Whitella.l 8 - - 1:!61 t 271 1261 i RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHAKES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 87 80 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... at Do. Scot. N.E., 46 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... at D. do. Ordinary lOO 76 82 at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, o per cent gua all at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at ir..+o. Ist Class preference lO6 at Glas. 6; S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO at 44t. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 90 111 J at Do do N 0.2 100 97 90 at Do do 6 per cent 100 110 113 et Do Bast Anglian Asp. c. 100 ... at Do do II 6 do: 100 at Do _ do C 7 do. 103 ... st 1)() do No. 1, 5 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 US 72 et Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex.ls4ti 100 ... st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... st Great Not thorn, 5 per cent 10) st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Do 43 du do do 100 ..• ~, st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ~„ st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, ISt pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent at G t.West.— Orig4Jut.-lient ch• • g ___ ~ per gua. 5 p.c lOO 106 118 Do. Urig. (B. & Ex). 5 p.C lOO 93 100 Do do 41 per cent. 1830— 100 90 92 Do do 4 do do Do do L per cent. redeni lOO 97 90 Do do Birmingham guts lOO 68 72 Do do do pref lOO Do do Chester gua iss 2 J Do do do ti per cent lOO Do do do 5 do 100 95 104 Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 Do do 41 p.e lOO at Do do 44 1859 lOO st Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 116 116 st Do do 2d gua lOO It 3 115 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 96 98 at Do do 2ki st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ... st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. VA 1,3 13a st Do Barnsley, .65 3s 10d p.c. 100 ... at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 98 100 ati London & Brighton. 5 p.c guaranteed, No 1 lOO ... at Do 5 per cent. gua No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO ... at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent lOO ... st Do 6 du (W.E. & C.P ) 100 at Do 4 do 1859 lOO ... st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO at London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 112 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO st Do.Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l ito at London and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 145 140 s Do (Yortsm.perpans 2s6d) all ... O Man., Shef., & Linda. 6 p.c. 100 .„ Do .£6 . all par 1 pin • Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 at Mid. Consolidated ,6p. c lOO 130 135 s Do Bristol & 13irm., u p.c lOO 1;3 136 • Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 98 100 a Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 96 II) a Du Leicester& !Vella, 4 p.e lut) 60 91 at North Uritish, 3 p.c. No.l lOO at Do E. ,t G. 4p.e.S. 6; D lOO at Do N. 8., Nu. 2, 5 per cea.t lOO ... at Do Border Union, 54 p.c lOO at N.-Eatateru—Uuus. 4 p.c lOO 87 89 st Du 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 97 99 st Du C. , N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Lerwick capital 8.13.4. ... Do York, U. &S. purch:tse lu 10 101 Do Stcktu & Drling. A 5 p.c WU 107 10i at Do W, Hartlepool ff. and 11, 100 80 88 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 10s S. Devon Annuities, luz all 9 10 lOs Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 01 106 Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 8i 10.6. S. East. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Tall Vale No.l lOO 154 158 st Waterford & liiikenny, 6pc 100 .. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot.Cen. min. 7 p c lOO st Do 4 p all at Do 4p c con.. issued at 8U 05 at Great Eastern 4i por cent. 100 77 8u st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 at Do New 5 do, 1863 100 84 68 at Do do 5 do, 1664 lOO 63 80 at Great Northern, p clued. 100 at Du Permanonts percent. 100 st Du Boston 5; Sleald, 47 pc 100 ••• at Great West., W. lint', 5p c 100 ••• et Du Joint ',cue. 5 p e,1605 luo 86 . st Do do 6p c irred., 1335 11X) 115 120 20 Do Yale N eath perp. c all • • •• st Kent Coast, per cent, 16 IUU ••• 5 Lane. and York New 4 5 per cent till July, 1671 2 ip at Lund., Brig •tc., 44 pc, 1856 100 st Do do 4 do, 1660 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 1..;o et Do do 45 do, 1063 10U at Do do 5 do, 1065 100 m at Do No. 6 5 do, 1066 100 „. at Do No. 7 sdo st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 st Do Metrop. Ex., 13 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c 100 at Loudon& Western ' 5p c 100 103 110 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 r 3 95 10 Man. chef. & Liu., 5 pc, 1865 all 9 91 at Metropolitan 5 per cent at Midland, is 5 per cent pref. 100 107 100 at Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1860 all 201 214 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 10 194 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 24p at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent at Do £lO guaranteed, 1061 100 Du E ,P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E. &G , N 0.2, 5 p.c ... 100 ... at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & (1., N 0.3, 5 p.c ... 100 at Do E. (Ordiry) 44 p c 100 st North Eastern, 44 per cent 100 9) 160 at Do Stock. & Dark, D ... 100 113 115 at North London, 44, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 44 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Oh. Cross) 1860 100 ;t - Do 5 do, 1.364 et Victoria St. a Pint Leo, 41 Pe 1110 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenhead lOO 91 93 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 98 100 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 34; 6 st Do. 31 per cent. st Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... ... et Colchester Stoat - Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6 p. C l OO 132 131 21 Gloster and Dean Forest all .„ ... s Gt. Eass., Newm.,&c., (i p.c 100 ..„ ~. s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c ice ... ... Selby leg 580 G Hullt. West au st Do.do. Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 ~. all 110 112 s t Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 st London and Blackwall lOO. 93 95 96 and W. Mid., Herd 100 97 st Do. 41 per cent lOO st London, Chat., &c., 41 p c. 100 at Do. Coin. Fund, 5 do 1 0 0 ••• ••• st London and Greenwich st Do. do Preference... 100 .., ~, st London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 83 st Lovrestoft,gua 4 percent... 100 70 81 st Do. 4 6 do .....,,, 100 31 blanch., 131...... his all st Midland, Bralford, Pref... 100 10 Mid Kent Cray Lir:A+) 50 Nortlaernt East.,s percent all 53 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all st. N. Eastern—ljartlepool •.. st N.West. A perp. prof, 3p c lOO IU7 101 st Do B minimum 11 p.c lO9 st :Nutting. &Urentu 11. to IOU 31 3; 25 Preston and qyre. all 44 46 „, Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 112 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 132 lot 10 Do do 8 2 gyp 8 S. Yorkah. and liver Dun 100 97 93 19 4 per cent gua.,. 10 i 78 30 • 5 do st Viet. Station and Pimlico— 100 . _ st West Cornwall .. 20 West Loudon, Clasa A all 13 14 20 Do :to B ail ... ... 20 Do do C all _ ~ st Weymouth and Portland lOO „, ... st Wilts and Somerset 92 94 DOCKS. 'it East and Neat London and St. Katherine 100 .49 51 100 D oDob. stock, 4 par cent . all Millwall Freehold Land 10) 10 33 Dock Southampton 1 )0 72 '75 hurray Ganuiccivial ILJU 1.8 11? 39,876,100 -39,580,6 A 33,542,150 - 33,047,050 and debentaires Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,0 00 Government Stock re- 1,167,600 1,148,200 - 1,149,300 - 1,212, tOO 60,000,000 - 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 80,595,187 21 80,595,187 21 serve Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees (Law, June '2, 1857) 11,0,000,000 -- 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture o the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage- 9,072,534 - 9,074,384 - went Sundries 15,561 35 39,918 02 5,748,393 82 5,490,301 70 Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of FraLce. (Signed) ROULAND. The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 4th of Dec. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the Ist of Dec. (the nearest date furni s h e d b y t h e i r returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : Nov. Banks In 4 cl:_ i a i s o e.iDecrease Nov. Deci 4, 7 B pr a i n v k at o e f --- 23,* : E71 - 2 - 2 3 : 71 5. 81 1: 1 7 9 1 0 9 _ 133,721 ,Tolnt-stock Banks 2.4'45,072 2,3u8,739 56,333 • Total In England. 29,251,459! 28,301 , 648 , 948.411 Scotland Ireland27,ol7 United Kingdom. 1 41,503,957 40,913,269 416,140 976,828 And as compared with the month ending the sth of Dec., 1868, the above returns show a decrease of £363,505 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £105,046 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing tho above with tho fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation:— The English private banks aro below their _ _ - - fixed issue ••• •• £1,290,907 The English joint-stock banks are bolow their fixed issue 3G9,901 Total below fixed issue in England ... £1:660,808 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2 538,187 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ... 992,669 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending Ist of Nov. was £18,443,206, being a decrease of £388,284, as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £71,692 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 6th of Nov.:— Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £3,776179 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,714,884 £5,924,651 being an increase of £518,118 as compared with the pra vious return, and an increase of £321,393 wlteu compared with the corrorroudin period last year,. GENERAL CREDIT AND DISCOUNT (LIMITED). The report of the directors states that the ac counts for the year 1869, including £10,279 brought from the preceding year, showed that the gross profit was £147,895. This was subject to rebate (for bills and loans not due) amounting to £17,250. After payment of all expenses there remained a net l i profit of £115,603, of which £37,500 had already been distributed "among the proprietors as in terim dividend. The directors proposed to distribute the further sum of £37,500, being at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, and to carry £30,000 to the reserve, leaving £10,603 for the cur rent year's accounts. The business of the company continued to make satisfactory progress. The de posits figured at £3,576,663 in 1869, against £2,491,551 - in 1868. The proprietors had not done anything like as much as they might be expected to do in the way of opening deposit accounts with the company. The directors again urged upon their attention the importance of this point. The company's claim upon the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company was now fully before the arbitrators. A compromise of the claims of the South Eastern of Portugal Railway Company upon the Portuguese Government had been arrives]. at. The Government were . to deliver to the railway company, on the 31st of May next, Portuguese Bonds of the recent 3 per cent. Loan, bearing interest from the Ist of July, 1869, for the nominal amount of £1,850,000, which, under the sanction of the Court of Chancery, it has been agreed to accept in full of all demands. The distribution of the assets among the creditors would be mado in due time under the orders of the Court. The balance-sheet showed a total on both sides of £5,907,138. The paid-up capital on the debtor side amounted to £1,500,000, the contingent re serve to £175,000 ; the reserve, in Government securities, to £lO,OOO ; the bills payable, £567,372 ; the deposits, loans, &0., to £3,576,663 ; and the profit and loss account, £78,103. On the credit side, the cash and securities amounted to £361,055 ; the bank and commercial bills discounted to £3,968,390 ; the other securities and loans on securities, including cover for acceptances, accounts current, and freehold premises, £1,266,343 ; loan on charge of land at Blackfriars, £160,050; and loans on South-Eastern Railway of Portugal, £151,300 —total, £5,907,138. PRICE OF GOLD. roe quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and tie short exchange on London is 25f. 150. per £1 sterlin,, kin comparing these rates with the English Mint price of lia.loo. per ounce for standard irold, it appe4 , s that gold at the above price is slightly dearer in Paris than in Loudon The Horse Guards have sent orders to Chatham for draughts of about 50 men each from the depots of the Ist Battalion of the 2d Regiment and the Ist Battalion of the Bth Regiment to be held in readi ness to proceed to India to strengthen the service companies of the respective battalions which are now in the Bombay PreEidency. The draughts are to leave during next month. On Wednesday orders were received at Aldershot countermanding the departure of the 2d Battalion 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers for Portland and Wey mouth, to which place the 2d Battalion 7th Fusiliers is now ordered to proceed, instead of to Newport and Brecon. The 33d (Duke of Wel:ington's) Regiment, now stationed at Portsmouth, is under orders to proceed to Aldershot on the 7th February, and on arrival will be attached to the Ist Infantry, or Major-Gen. Lyson'a brie ade. RIILWAY AND OTHER, COMPANIES. ROYAL SARDINIAN. The report of the director of this company states that it was not until the 24th of March, 1869, the directors succeeded in concluding a new convention with the Italian Government. They considered that in concluding this convention they were doing what was equally beneficial to the shareholders and to the population of Sardinia. After careful and active negotiation with the Minister of Public Works, it appeared probable that the fallowing terms could be obtained from the Government, if the shareholders approved, for the provisional con struc:ion of the Cagliari and Iglesias line : " 1.. The application of the caution money as the work proceeds; the advances to be made in equal amounts to those advanced by the company—that is, £lOO of the caution money for every £lOO of new money. The c.tution money is estimated to produce from .t 69,000 t £65,000. 2. The ori ginal gulrantee of a net revenue of 9,000 lire per kilometre on the terms of the of iginal concession, to come into effect on the completion of the line to Iglesias. 3. A first mortgage upon the line and rolling stock and upon the company's other lincs and stock of materials, to secure the repayment of the new money to be advanced, such mortgage to come into effect at the same time as the guarantee. 4. The provisions of the original concession will for the present remain in force until the Italian Parliament has taken action upod the convention of March last." llze present state of politics iu Italy rendered the approval of the March convention an event likely to be still furtherdelayccl. The directors thought, there fore, that the shareholders should authorize them to arrange with the Government for the provisional completion of the Cagliari and Iglesias line, and should provide the necessary funds for that pur pose. An eminent firm of contractors were willing to undertake the completion of the Cagliari and Iglesias line for £122,500, in which stun £20,000 was allowed for stations and £17,000 for rolling stock and workshop plant. The contractors would receive in part payment the contractors' plant of the company, and at least £17,000 of the company's bonds. They would require to have from the com pany's stock of materials in the island what was necessary for completing the line. It was estimated that less than £68,000 iu cash would, with the caution money, the plant, and the bonds to be taken by contractors, be sufficient to complete the line and defray all outgoings during construction. It was proposed to issue at par an amount of £2O bonds not exceeding £90,000, bearing interest at 12 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, of which £17,000 at least should be received in part payment by the contractors ; such bonds to constitute a first charge on the Cagliari and Iglesias line, the revenues and kilometrical guarantee thereof, the rolling stock employed thereon, the other lines partially completed by the company, and the company's stock of surplus materials in Sardinia not yet laid down on their lines, and not required for the completion of the Cagliari and Iglesias line. The guaranteed revenue on the latter line was estimated to produce, after deducting certain outgoings which might not be covered by the 50 per cent. allowed for working expenses, £13,500 per annum at least. This would provide for the interest on the bonds (£lO,BOO per annum) and leave a surplus of £2,700 per annum, and leave a surplus of £2,700 per annum, appli cable for a sinking fund to redee.n the princiFal. The bonds would be redeemable by annual drawings in 15 years, with power to accelerate the redemption in case the surplus revenue should be sufficient on giving three mouths' notice. Resolutions would be proposed at the meeting giviug the directors the necessary powers to carry into effect the convention of March, 1869, and, if possible, the provisional arrangement for the completion of the line men tioned. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's lines, for the week ending the Bth inst., amounted, for the conveyance of 25,925 pissengers, to £6,980; for mails, &c., to £1,233 ; and for live stock ant the carriage of 17,570 tons of freight to £l6,Bs3—total, £24,976 ; and for the corresponding week last year to £27,533, showing a decrease of £2,557. GI:EAT CENTRAL OF BELGIUM. Tbe traffic receipti on this company's lines for the month of December last amounted to £39,217, and for the Sallie month of 1868 to £37,452, show ing an increa,e of £1,765. The total receipts from the Ist of January to the 31st of December, 1869, amounted to £195,740, and for the same period in 1868 to £460,437, showing an increase of £35,303, or 7.67 per cent. CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE. Yesterday the ordinary meeting of this company was held at the offices, Bristol—Mr. A. J. Knapp in the chair. The report, an abstract of which appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. Mr. T. Y. WATKINS complained that the expenses of collecting the toll were too great considering the amount received. The total receipts from the bridge appear to be £1,877, and £338 was paid for collection and secretaries' fees, as they had three men by day and one by night. They had two secretaries, oue of whom received £lOO a year. Really all that was returned to the shareholders in the way of dividend was £569, which was a miser able return. He suggested that some arrangement might be made so that the corporation of Bristol could take the bridge and throw it open to the public. The CHAIRMAN said the arrangements were left to the directors, and if the shareholders did not ap prove them they had better get mid of the directors. There had been a decrease in the expense of £46, and only a trifling addition in doubling the fire in surance. The report was adopted, and a dividend of 15s. per cent., free of income-tax, was declared. Mr. J. W. Miles and Mr. J. Ford were re-elected directors, and Mr. Pike auditor. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DA F, Sales probably 12,000 bales. Tho market was firm. SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING.—The public ought to be nigh bewildered with the various descriptions of breakfast beverages that have of late sprung into existence, every one of them claiming to be of superior excellence. No commodity has been more turned to account in this particular than cocoa, because, no doubt, of its original invaluable properties. But the number of cocoas in exist ence are so great—some of them we know to be highly re commendable —that the general run of persons must feel puzzled 'which to patronise and which to avoid. What Messrs. Mercer, Unsworth, and Bevan, of Bermondsey, have just succeeded in doing will relieve the public of this perplexing difficulty. We understand that this firm have devoted much time to the study of the peculiar properties of cocoa in its original state, that they have submitted to a careful analysis all the best cocoas in use, and that, guided by the information they thus acquired, they have hit upon a mixture combining all the most valuable, nourishing, and invigorating properties claimed for the best cocoas in use, and simplifying to a great extent what was before so perplexing. Seinoline and Manzanillo are the names which Messrs. Mercer and Co. have given to the new cocoas they have brought into existence. They have secured to themselves the exclusive sale of the new cocoas, and are, we understand, making extensive arrangements for its consumption throughout the whole United King dom. From our own knowledge of drinks —and we have been obliged, in our journalistic capacity, to put to the test a good many from time to time—Messrs. Mercer and Co.'s discovery cannot fail to secure much popular favour. In deed we should not be surprised to find Semolina and Man zanillo, terms now so novel, becoming before very long, to use a hackneyed expression, as familiar to the public as household words. The good qualities of all cocoas seem to be combined in Sernoline and Manzanillo. The Globe states that the indisposition' of her Majesty has been more of a painful than a serious nature. Mr. W. H. Gladstone's election expenses at Whitby amointed to £530. Mr. Vicat Cole has, ~beei elected — an - Associate of the Royal Academy of Ante:'( The late reports from ThOrnoliffe state that a very large number of the non-unionists have gone ; to work, and they hayQ igiovtakisihttlr vitt wativattAd, - THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evoking was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 pm. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE-IBIS DAY CUT BETTING.—Tuts DAY. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 100 to 7 agst Van Amburgh (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Fugitive (taken) 20 to 1 agst Grasshopper f (taken and offered) 23 to 1 agat Uncas (taken) 25 to 1 agst Sycee (taken) 25 to 1 agst Miss Dayrell (taken) 25 to 1 agst Simplon (offered) • LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 14 to 1 agst Q. C. (offered —l5 to 1 taken) 20 to 1 asst Doctor Olken and offer' d) 20 to I agst Costa (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Costa (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Tathwell (taken and offered) 1000 to 45 agst. The Colonel (offere.l) 25 to 1 agst Lamb (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Thallassius (taken) 100 to 3 agat Honolulu (taken) 40 to 1 agst Chippenham (taken) 40 to 1 agst Nuage (taken) 40 to 1 agst Dispatch (taken) 40 to 1 agst Summertime (offered) ROO to 2 agst Brick (offered) 40 to 1 agst Fan (offered—tako 2000 to 30) 1000 to 20 agat Globule (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Wild Fox (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Harvester (offered) 1000 to 20 aget Anglo Saxon (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Little Rogue (taken)i 1000 to 10 agst David Copperfield (offered) 4to 1 agst Tathwell 1,2, 3 (offered) 5 to 1 aget Q.C. 1,2, 3 (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Mr Holman's lot (taken and wanted) TWO THOUSAND. 90 to 40 agst A.stolfo 1. 2, 3 (taken) DERBY. 100 to 8 agst Bridgwater (offered) 1000 to 55 agst Astolfo (taken) RACING FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Lincoln l6, 16 I Derby .. 22, 2.3 Harrow 17, 18 I Nswtou ..... ...25, 26 MARCH. Nottingham... 1, 2 i West Somerset l3, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 Warwick 4 2, 23, 21 Pontefract • _l4, 15 Epsom 29, 30 Cambridgeshire ......14, 15 1 Bromley 81 and April 1 _ APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 I Newmarket Craven 18 to 22 West Drayton 7, 8 I Aborgavenny 9 1, 22 Thirsk 7, 8 1 Lewes Kingsbury lB, 13 1 Croydon. 28, 29 Durham lB, 19 I ..,...-ollt MAY. Newmarket 18t 5p....2 to 5 1 Harpenden 20, 21 Chester. lO, to 13 I Bath 24, 25 Winchester lO, 11 I Stamford 26, 27 Salisbury l2, 13 I Croydon 2O, '2 York 17, 18 1 Epsom 81 to June 3 Doncaster 19, 20 I JUNE. Croydon 8, 9 I Newton '4, 2-3 Manchester 8,9, 10 Hampton 23, 24 Ascot 14 to 17 Bibury Club 21 Windsor 2 l, 22 j Stockuridge...Bo, and JI , IT 1 JULY. Newmarket 5 to 8 I West Drayton 14, j 3 Nottingham 1 1 1 2:y 1 1 3 3 3 Kingsbury H Gl u oo n d ti w ng o cl o 14, 20 Ohelmsford9l, 22 Reading AUGUST. Brighton 2, 3 Brighton Club 4 Lei?,48 Egham 9, 10 Windsor ll, 12 Bromley l6, 17 I Stoat( l7 to 19 Oxford lB, 19 York 23 to 25 Plymouth Derby Weymouth 3O, 31 SEPTEMBER. Warwick 6, 7 j Richmond 2C, 21 Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Meet (Ayr)2l to 28 Doncaster 18 to 16 I Hendon 22, 23 Hampton 20, 21 I Newmarket Ist Oct. 17 to 80 OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2n 0et..10 to 14 Leicester Bromley 6, 7 I Newmarket Hot i n...l k W 29 NOVEMBER. Liverpool 8 to 11 I Shrewsbury l4 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-187u. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 1 Harrow .... Darby ...10, 11 1 Newton ... MARCH. In ..15, 26 Liverpool 8,9, 10 Preca1ey......31 and April 1 West Somerset 16 , 17 I Cheitenne.m...3l and April 1 Warwick '22 to '24 LONDON GAZETTE—Th s Even ng. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 28. 2let Rog!tuer t of Foot—Lieut.-General! Prtderic.i Hamilton, C. 8., to be Colonel. .58th Itegirnent of Foot—Major-General Sir Arthur J. Lawrence, K.C.8., to be Colonel. 105th Reginteut of loot —l.ieut.-General Maurice Barlow . , from the 3d West ludia Regiment, to ba Colonel. Royal Horse Guards—The lieu. W. Charles Wentworth- FitzWilliatu to be Cornet. _ . ith Dragoon Guards—Captain Edward Maxwell Lsf 2 l from 61st Foot, to be Captain. sth Lancers—Major Frederick Walter Carden to bo lieu tenant-Colonel, Captain John Chaffey to ba Najor, Lieutenant Ludoviek MonteAore Carmichael to le Cap tain, Assistant-Surgeon William Cherry to be ASEiS tan Surgeon. Gth Dragoous—Lieutenant Richard James Caldwell Young to be Lieutenant. .st Foot-• Ensign Richard Eaton Bouchior t.) be Lieu- tenant. 3d Foot—Ensign George Francis John Lewis Russell to ho Lieutonant, Ensign William Henry Wyld to be Lieu. tenant. 11th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Ulick Albert Jcnings, M.D., to be Assistant -Surgeon. 14th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Davies to be Lieutenant, Staff Assistant-Surgeon James Scanlan, 1L.8., to be Assistant-Surgeon. 37th Foot—Captain Elenry Edward Glass to be Major, Lieutenant John Ennis to be Captain, Ensign Francis R. Begbie to be Lieutenant. 42d Foot—Captain William Thomas Thompson, to be Captain. 49th Foot—Major Fanshawe William Gostling to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Captain and Brevet-Major Richard D. Astley to be Diajor. olst Foot—Lieutenant John Forbes Pinhey to be Captain, Ensign Brackley Herbert Barrington Kennett to be Lieutenant. 60th iC)ot---Irevet Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Friend Kennedy to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Major and Brevet-Colonel Sir Edward Fitzgerald Campbell, Bart., to be Major. 61st Foot -Captain Wigram Montagu Money, from 7th Dragoons. 66th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Charles Gasteen, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon. 70th Foot—Lieutenant Charles William Howard to be Captain, Ensigh Robert Henry Johnson to be Lieuto- 77th Foot—Ensign Richard Edward Rowley Martin to .. __ .. be Lieutenant. 80th Foot—Lieutenant Henry William Rudkin to be - Lieutenant. 82d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Whalley Nicholson to be Captain, Ensign James Brown ll'llougal to be Lieu- tenant. 83d Foot—Captain George William Cockburn to be Captain. 85th Foot—Lieutenant William Row land M'Kay, from the 80th Foot, to be Lieutenant. 89th Foot - Ensign Richard Hovil has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission. Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Geoghegan, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon. 91st Foot—Major Jonn Sprot to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Captain Henry Wood to be Major, Lieutenant Charles German Alison to be Captain, Ensign Vernor Charter to be Lieutenant, Lieutenant Vernor Charter to be Ad jutant. 921 Foot—Ensign Payne Gallwey, to be Ensign. 97th Foot -Lieutenant Joseph Henry Jameson to be In- structor of Musketry. 109th Foot—Lieutenant David Stanley Drummond John stone to be Captain ; Ensign Thomas George Clery to be Lieutenant. Rifle Brigade--Ensign Henry Gordon to be Ensign. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Francis James Cullen to be Lieutenant. Control Department---Commissary-General William Henry Drake, C. 8., to be Controller ; Frinoipal Superimendent of Stores henry William Gordon, C. 8., to be Controller toeDputy Commissary-General William Henry Maturin be Controller. BREVET. Lieut.-Colonel Charles If. Torrens Daniel, 28th Foot, having completed the qualifying service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel under the provisions of the Royal Warrant the 3d February, 1866. Tile following promotions to take place in succession to General Sir De Lacy Evans, G.C.8., Colonel of the 21st Foot, who died on the 9th January, 1870, and Major- General William Sullivan, C. 8., Colonel of the 58th Foot, who died sth January, 1670 : —Lieut.-General Thomas Ball, Colonel of the Bth Foot, to be General ; Major-Gen. Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, K.C.M.G., Colonel of the 70th Foot, to be Lieut.-Genera. To be blujor-Generalt , . Brevet-Colonel John I'. Grant, C.D, wilt the local rank of Major-General iu India, from - Lieutenant - Colonel, half-i ny, late 18th Foot; Brevet-Colonel Alex ander Low, C.D., from Licutenant- Colonel. To be Lieu tenant-Colonels.— Major Hercules A. Welntau and Brevet- Major Thomas A. Rawlins. To be Majors.—Capt. Henry John Wilkinson and Capt. James Spratt. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 25. The undermentioned Lieutenants have leeopleced upon the Retired List, with the rank of Commander, with senio rity-from the L-t instant, under her lktajest nt ry UP4iers in Council of 1860, 1864, and 180: —Lieuena Hen Bainbridgej and Lieutenant James Charles Clark. The undermentioned officers have this day been -pr kvitho ' moted to the rank of Eng ineer in her Majesty's Fleet,l seniority of 21st January, 1870 Edward B 4- arre tt l44 , j Mr. Joseph Brand, Mr. Cbaxlee Jules cO4l 4 4 ; I Edwia, William Dolt=