The Sun. — London, England, 1867-11-28 00:00:00

...---- --- __ -- _______ _ _ ......_. •,...... .. ___,,,,,,,,_,_________• _ _ , .........___ .. tHE sus'', LON 1)019, 4 , 4".4 144'4• Ta 0 -1 v. 21. ise and cove ort prince _ Nigh' Duches3 i n dined evening' !ster day, ,een and nbridga ;it to her Clare' , e enter• 1 - a - rendo ll Left tow n , at win' Esq., of on, wit h the late ! ,1 yester- Artillol is Crawl ) formed 5 los to the cloth Os Do Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 — Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., 41,000 Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Da. 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 por Cent., 1865 — Do Account 741 Do. 4100 Bonds 741 Buenos Ayres 6 per. Cent . DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) alba: 6 per Cent. C-ilian 6 per Cent loo} Do. 4i per Cent — i/o. 6 per Cent., B — Do., 1867 Do., 7 per Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip, 432 paid W! mbiau, 6 per Cent. Lamaist' 3 oer Cant., 1825 D ,nubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 6si 6 B 9.ador Now Uonsolidated, 1 per Oen , di, yptian, 7 per Cent — Do. Secoati Issue ................,....... • D-. £590 Bonds Ao: XiOC Bonds BB} 7 Do. 1861 00. £5OO Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 87/ 61 71 Government Railway Debentures .... 92/ I 2 1 / Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — It , lian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway — tinxicat 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 13 per Cont. Anglo-French — 11ontevideau G per Cent. .. — Sloorish Imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada l2 Do 3 per Con Do. Deforred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account 7Ol ight 114/ ' by the ;room)• ay by h er I in white re a wh ite d neckle t ` ll '' ids. ugin 6i/,- , in, Mi sses Liss L uc ? ' Pe , wit e j flour triuiree' Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4} per Cent.. 1862 ss of W I : ;laboratel in gOld' ;fled, Coenawell ' Over this vith whit.° a G°tllle i' an d th e B. g aill ; l nd F. `‘ Do Account Porteguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 40} 1 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 85 1; Do 4k per Cent. 1850 Do 4k per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds BB 7k Do. do. £B4 15s. do. Do ., 1866 , £lOO Bonds... • _ _ •87 -1- Do. do. £B4 15s. do Sardinian, 5 pbr Cent Spanish 3 per Cen Do Account Do New Defornd — Do Account - i i Do Passive 25 41 Do Acct Do Corn. Cert. of Corti!. not fuuded Do Account 7nrkish 6 per Cent., 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 64 31 Do Account 'hare f 20 et 4t iOO 79 8 34 33 0 100 .Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOl Bonds 64} 4 I Do. 1863 Du 5 per Cent., 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 DJ I por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 por Cent. Dividenas on the above payanle in Austrian a par Cent. Ex 10 Florins ... Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2? ! . per CAnt. Ex. 12 GO,. Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. D Account 110 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Ittliah 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251. Do. Account 461 7 61 7 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 94-1 5 Do. Account 129 13 BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, Lii 1 Chiverton - 'lifford Amalgamatea 3O 5 7 - Devon G. Cous.(Tavist 1 425 435 - Drake walls 2.1.0 1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 294 15 17 - e:ast Caradon 14.6 5 6 - Niast tarn Broa 34 8 31 - Nast Grenville 2.11.0 2 3 - Nast Guntlislake .. 4 - Nast Loved 3.9.0 8 9 - W'l Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 14 21 StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 5 4 - Great Lixey, limited all 17 IS - great South Tolgus 0.14.6 - Great Wheal Busy 11.9.c - - G. Wheal Vor (Heist. , a 40 17 19 - - ilerod's loot .... 5.10.6 35 37 - Gingston Downs 5.10.6 21 21 - Margaret (ITny Lelant /317.6 u - Marke Valley 4.10. 6, 44 54 I liwyndy Iron Ore, 31 2 1; - sew Sewn 1561 10 50 ..North Roskear . I 3s; 3 5 - N.Wia'lßassett(llloganl 4.4.0 - - North Wheal Crotty - Prosper 3.11.0 2 21 - l'rvyidenee,tinyLelaull 19.6.7 29 - IS. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 3SO 491.1 - South Condurrow 5.2.0 * I - 5. Wheal Fran. tlllogan 18.18.9 374 424 - 'Stray Park . 35.11.6 4 6 - - Vigra and Clogan, lim all - - West Bassett (111o$T,au 1 I* - W. Caradon (Llelteard 1, 8 it) - West Chirerton ...... 11 71 73 - West Seton 474 110 :20 - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 671 724 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 25 27 - Wheal Mary Ann Men. 8 16 18 - Wheal Seton - Wheat Tralawney (I,is 5.17.0 9 7 A ND - grtIE.II,CIIAT. .',:iTELLIGENCE TWELVE O'CLOCK. The directors of the Bank of England, at their Weekly court, to-day, made no alteration in their I ninimum rate of discount. In the general market there continues to be abundant supplies of capital waiting employment, and bankers and bill-brokers show some anxiety to utilise their surplus balances ; the rates current for the negotiation of first-class short-dated paper still range from 1} to 14 per cent. On the Stock Exchange loans and Government securities from day to day are readily obtainable at 1 per cent. At a meeting of the Imperial Gas Association a dividend of £2 10s. per share and a bonus of £1 per share was declared upon 28,000 shares of the association for the half year ended the 30th Jane last. Notice has been given by the directors of the National Bank of England that a half-yearly divi dend, at the rate of 8 per cent. per ,annum, and a bonu s of 6 per cent., will be payable on the 10th January next. The New Honduras Loan has risen to 1 11 premium. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben tures remain fi rm a t 20k 21} ; b u t th e Consoli dated Mortgage Bonds have declined I, to 18 19. M essrs. Baring Brothers have given notice that they have received a remittance of £2,698 2s. 6d. f rom the C ustom-house of Santa Marta on account of the New Granada dividends. The first of the new line of steamers between has and the Ri ver Pl a t e , th e Cit y o f Li mer i c k, 4 as arrived with specie amounting to £62,000. At the meeting held to-day of the Madras Irri gation and Canal Company, the report of the direc tors stated that construction had recommenced, and that the whole line of main canal from Soonkasala to Cuddapah, 190 miles in length, is now in band. The works at the various divisions are progressing favourably, though the operation had been limited during the last six months. In conclusion, the directors state that it will be gratifying to share bolders, as it has been to the directors, to learn that the conduct, of their present permanent executive staff has been well reported upon by the chief en gineer, whose satisfaction has been expressed in these words :—" Time does not permit me to speak adequately of the satisfactory conduct of the en gineers. I can only assure the Board that they have a Staff, of exc e ll en t qua li ty and experience, of gen tlemen who give earnest attention to the duties re quired of them." The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : - 1867. 1866. Great Western 72,007 9,i10 soot} W estern NwVeesstteerran ::: ::: _124,220 117,090 21,471 21,172 t l3r ighton ''• '•• • • • 22 145 20,080 t(! Greatll (' I h a nisrd Eastern : :: •• : : :: : :: : •.: • 2 5 2 4 7 : 4 4 7 0 4 5 4 2 6 17 ,8 17 3 7 8 t ••• ••• •• • -43 473 39,981 Bete or _era ... ... ... • • ,; ~ „. , 4 -o a 1--!4Pcashire and Yorkshire ... 44,2/ 0 t.„, /N , Bristol and Exeter *** *** 6,172 6,024 .rrernatehthteEsaatsestrtzni ... ... 74,244 70,967 Sheilleid, andlincoin 22,213_ 21,902 I,,otidon, Chatham, and Dorer ... 3a,l/ 3 34,435 Retropolitan orth Eritisii ** *** *** -* 2 9 6 4 , 44 5 2 0 99 5 2 2 9 4 4 , 9 1 00 8 76 7 1 Greatii i , Southern and Western of Ireland 10,544 10,510 (1 , untid and Great Western of Inland 5,308 5,402 Lal liOvr and South Western ... 10,774 10,079 Theft returns, when compared with those of the coonfsponding period of last year, show some very 3,lafanurianbelreeasfeeatoufreis3. ,5 0 99 n; the Great Western there f; Brighton, ii,13 0 ; on the South-Western th th e N , o o r North-Western, h - 1 1 5 V 6 e 9 s t ; e r o n n , of £2,065 ; ou the Midland, of G ' 347 ; on the South-Eastern, of £1,297; on the , meat Northern, of £3,492 ; on the Lancashire id Yorkshire, of £1,540 ; on the Bristol and E xeter o , o f , £l4B ;on the North-Eastern, of £3,277 ; sil3litne Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of the l i e et 4 r .3 o ; po 7 ta t n he Great Eastern, of £ 738 ; on v_ll-`°ll, Chatham, and Dover, of £433 ; on the X 2,318. ,of £2lB ;on the North British, of Two O'CLOCK. t el jtt the Pari s B ourse to-day, according to Reuter ' s ° g r am, the 8 per Cent. Rentes were 69f. firmer tone has prevailed in the English Stock kart. rAf f et) but the dealings have only been to a mode and Consols have improved +, to 94+ 95, I e uigh or t he account o n th e sth 'proximo they are 4 er, at 93+ ti ex dividend. For the January ttlement the latter quotations are 931 I. t 1 . 4 New Threes are 931 1 3 ; tuitie, 9341 ; ane_ieti., 1151 16 15+ ; Reduced An- Exchequer Bills, 28s. to 31s. prem. ; Cant Stock, 2441 ; India ditto, 223 5 ; ditto 5 per i u 3 i ditto Bonds, 595. p ditt orem.4 per Cents., 1001 ; 74:iclaneY continues in the Foreign Stock depa.rt lion, a nd prices have further improved. Italian q v -48 have advanced I, to 46.1 47 ; Spanish Pas elli'kt° 24 i ; the New 3 per Cents. to 351 13 11r —e " 5 Per Cents. +, to 33! 34; Greek 1, to i; and Mexican, to 16 1. of American Secu r iti es are fi rm w i t h t h e excep ti on Erse jiii; Shares, which have receded to 46/ 471 ; st at e have advanced to 851 86 j ; and United T e l : 8-2 0 B on d s +, to 70+ Par t 0 New 9 per Ce n t. E g y p ti an L oan i s quo t e d r r ,, Premi um. Tl.o eee ""je settl ement of the half monthly account is r‘ d . and le g f avourably in the Railway Share Market, depT generally show a recovery from their late E4:t-hses'ec• Caled on i an h ave i mprove d 1; Great C r n, Great W estern, Metropol i tan an d S ou th rt erll ' ea ch 1; and Midl an d, atiyhc Forel gn and Colonial lines remain without bardbla‘crial alteration. South Austrian and Lom ili;) Venetian were marked 13+ ; East Indian~ adr , ; Great Indian Peninsula, 110 i 111 ; and L a "' 8 Per Cents., 1041 . tr,ht:ik sha res remain ve r y qu i e t. B an k o f Aus tile of n ave have improved to 621 ; Chartered Mercan tillio, ie dia, London, and China to 30 31; and °f Australia have declined to 51. two le.eellaneous and Finance Shares are, in one or Orie ot , i et auees, a shade firmer. Peninsular and et t p “ St earn have improved to 51, and Viceroy 4.4 -At's Mortgage Loan to 721. Anglo-Ameri- Neni, e rraPh remain at 181, and Home and Assurance at If. MINLNG MARKET. r 31. THURSDAY, Tw o . T here I. k et t e -as been very little animation in the ihnaavre beer, °;‘,.(153r. The shares principally inquired for k V a li 'IN Seton, Chontales, East Caradon, Mal e texeep Chiverton Moor, and West Caradon. n cl are the closing quotations °4l ; l ' ilrea ' -- ---; Chiyerton Moor, 12 ,1 1 3i; Clifford Amalgamated, 8-i- 6} ; East Basset, sell, ..--1 East earadon 516} ; East Lovell, —; East Russell, eat 51 71 ; Cliontal l e l s I.4tx-sey's; jreutiao'aud Bolivia Gold, 17s Od 19a Od ; Ur 17 18: 18 ; Groat Retallick, 21 21 ; Great Wh al Tor, Tres' 24'rko 1. t ~,kerby 8 50s • South litt t ~ 33 355 ; Prince of Wales, 4 s , Daley, 6 4 6,, ; North Crofty, 3} 3 1; h Frances 30 32. „, ---- South Caradon, ——; Soutw North vbrtot'l -...ineroft, 13 14 ; West Caradon, 8} 9;, estC_hi; Chi al `i 7 ° ; West Seton, 190 200; When' Basset, _ . whe al ~Grouville, 22s Wheal Mary Ann, , l aetor i , 9 3 10 245; O. • 3311ITISEE , r i ,,,_ F b NDS.—CLOSING a 0,31. (;:ERNMENT FUNDS. a l3 ' ) . ik o lit e"8018 ............. 9 41 5 PRICES. titter•‘,., count, Dec _ ,,,,3 tie— ,ueut. 'l uau (,i 0 ....................... w il3 di - ii 1 e — d‘lper Cent ..... ..... . ; .. 93 * 5 I b 0 . 41 Per Cent. :h k 7 l ; .. 1.891 — k4b ui ? . . Per nt. eau* 1 873. _ DD o yea, 80 vrs, . sth J 188 e. ori.:' 30 ys; Peiexpr th Ap 4 ril 'ea So. elet.raph),l-11,,, 1908 *** Juu, - : ' 24 11e March. 4 1885 13 t,gcl:er Bills, £l,ocul, 2 &2i er Ct. 2B 31 pm o . X5OO 2B 31 P m 29 31 pm " h 'itik o f 1 , , £lOO & ..£2.00 13 0. ,c ogland Stock. 41 per Cent 243 ,• .a. count 24.1 i , ,Nto„._ 44,11 1),,110.4;:not::notV.E. 11 : : : 11 ..c E . . : ii T .t .. S , . E A C p U r it ii l T 1 1 8 74. ... 1212.35:16 15} 1 ) ,. ?to c k i n, p b o. ? 13.t3r tient. Jly, 1.t01............. 0 0. !-)(3t CCM., OCt. 18M to. t I:l.lticates ........ g ilkeed Pape r 4. pervol . . AFFRAYS 6VIIII PIRATES. (From the Uverkind China Mail.) The following is an account of the proceedings of her Majesty's ships Grasshopper and Janus since Sept. 27 : fhe two vessels left Hong Kong on the 27th, and made the best of their way to Nimshan, a town or village lying at the head of Bias Bay. The approach was difficult, as no reliable surveys of the approach exist. On the morning of the 29th the Grasshopper and Janus got within a practicable distance of the town, and the commander of the latter (who was furnished with a boat's crew and the marines of the Grasshopper) was instructed to communicate with the native authorities and obtain from them information of the precise locality of the town of which they were in quest—a place called Shek-tow-ling, where a large amount of property stolen from a trading junk had been carried and concealed. This ' place turned out to be some two miles distant from Ninisham, and was given a bad character as the resort of piratical cut-throats. The Janus was accordingly directed to push her way up a narrow creek leading to the town, and anchor in a position to cover the landing of a force from the vessels. Upon searching the town, the goods were found to have been removed, and a large portion of the inhabitants, wisely judg ing that the visit foreboded them no good, had also levanted. Two or three Chinese identified as pirates were, however, captured, not without vigorous pro test and energetic resistance. One man, a fellow of herculean strength, was shot in the struggle which ensued between him and his capturers. It being found impossible to recover any of the pro perty stolen, the landing party were turned to march down to the boats, but were immediately met by a body of armed Chinese, who evidently meant to show fight. The marines opened fire, and they re treated, several of the Chinese being wounded. The party then returned to the Janus with the two men captured, one of whom was the man shot in his en deavour to escape. Efforts were then made to get the Grasshopper close up, but she unfortunately grounded, and remained on the mud for 24 hours in spite of every effort to get her off. At 11.45 p.m. of the 30th she was so far got off that her stern was in deep water, and about this time the typhoon (ex perienced here) commenced. Despite this, the falling tide rendered it necessary to leave her in that position until 10 p.m. of the 10 October. Scarcely, however, had she, by the aid of steam and sail, escaped from her former position than the violence of the wind drove her on the opposite bank, where she remained immovable. The townspeople, however, by this time seemed disposed to come to terms, and, consi dering that the Grasshopper was immovable until the tide rose, they were given till the following day to make the reparation demanded. A deputation from a neighbouring town visited the ship to beg for easy terms for their offending countrymen, and an intimation was given that the property stolen must be returned by ten a.m. of the next day (4th October), or the town would be bombarded. The Chinese, however, seemed to have repented of their intention to come to terms, and the specified time having elapsed, the comman der of the Grasshopper, with the approval of the mandarin on board, decided to carry out his threat. Fire was accordingly opened with shot, shell, and rockets, the practice being very accurate, and by sunset a considerable portion of the town had been destroyed. On the following morning the effect of these salutary proceedings be came evident. The chief men of the town came on board and handed over all the missing property they could collect, with the stipulated compensation for whatever was short. This being accomplished, the Janus was withdrawn from her position, and efforts were made to lighten the Grasshopper by discharging smile of her shot, shell, &c. into the Janus. The efforts were not crowned with success until the 12th inst., when she fortunately got off the bank and was enabled to leave her dangerous position. We under stand that the officers and crews of both vessels acquitted themselves most creditably, and we be lieve that the efforts of Mr. Packer, navigating sub lieutenant, to obtain the necessary surveys has been Specially noticed. Altogether we can congratulate Lieutenants Commander Patterson and Lloyd upon the,suecess which has attended their cruise. In addition to the foregoing particulars we sub join the following particulars from our morning contemporary :—A curious incident occurred during the bombardment. The Grasshopper was firing per cussion shell, which do not explode until they strike, and to outward appearance it very much resembles solid shot. It appears that some of the villagers picked up one of these shells still unex ploded, and were hammering away at the percussion spot for the purpose of opening it to see what it was made of, w-hen, to their consternation, it suddenly exploded, killing eight men who were round it. The villagers were so horrified at this that, after the fir ing was over, happening to find a solid shot, they mfstook it for another explosive devil, and took it on board the Grasshopper, carefully wrapped up in matting, and begged the commander to take it away for fed ir it should go off as the other had done. GUARE LL T.—This Day. ORDINARY SUA Ni) STOCKS. I Paid so 82 71 7ti 3u 2 4 73 76 70 72 - 94 98 3) Su;, 6 7 1 1i 6 105 (6 10Si 104 121 IGS 91 93 1 44 25 8) 29 St 12111 1:2 SI 62 18 184 112 i 113 ;6 76 4,t 176 Ll 4, 106 108 60 b:: 002 if 431 12,1 112 - I 771 Cloaing I Busineee Price. clone. Railways Br'sick and Exeter .... Caledonian .. 'ambriaii Cork and 8and0n...... 'orn WAIL . üblin & Belfast J tine. un„ Perth, & A b.J nue. S.Lounon, nerip Certi.i Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, ord. as. I Do. 14.1. Angl. at. No. 2 Ci mat North of Scotland, 'Great Northern Do. A stock .. Do. 11 amuck..:. kDo. New, is. at 25 pa. itS. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Uriginal Do. S. Val. _Rail gua.i Do. South Wailes Do. W. Mid.—Oxtord Do. Ne wpoi t Do. lierecord Lanc.ishire& Linden and Dlackwall, Lon., ttrigh.,& S Coat Lon., Chat., and Hover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. tt forth Western Lon.. A; South Western Man., Shet., d; Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. 14xtension Metropolitan District Do. do. do. i)o. and St. John'ti Alidtand Do. £9 Share Do Binnin.. ,Sc Derby ld 'Sent .. . North liritieh Do. Md., I"th., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. (1.1.1• E purohaszi Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Dc, Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 gorth London .. Do. do. 1864 5 Do. do. 1866 . North Staffordshire . N.& S. W. Junction iieottish Central 'Scot. N. E , Aber. steel 00. Scot, Mid. st.)Jit Shropshire Union South Devon South E4stern . itaincs, Wok., & Wok 'afl• Vale Do. C Vale o/ - Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Mittel , Neat Cornwall 111 a 1 14} 60 110 112 66 67 ft x 3 63 60i 8 3 / 4 Y., 114 148 I'OSS.IO6b/ONB. litiantio&St.Lawrenee Ail 55 t-. 7 Hour., Baroda, 4, Cellan. l oo 1(.4 I,sst v go. 5 per cfsut.. A Do. k shares lO p .01 i;uffillo •S; Lake Huron all 31 4 10 Do. Prelerence 100 Butt Brant, &Gothrici, 1 , 13.. p.c. ~2-3 100 68 71 at Calcutta &S. E., lieu IOU - - at Jai e Town & Duck, gu luu 18 52 100 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 99 1(.2 st .last. Bengal, gu., 6du 100 C 3 104 10,1 at Oast I ddian, go. 5 p.u. 100 110 1109 1113 20 Do. J Exi;ensteu - - at 'rand fruukof Canad • Wu 17 18 100 Do. hlpilp. Mort, Bond. 1 cuarge ti p.c al, 83 85 to Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 50 52 100 Do. do deferred - 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds all 40 45 100 Do. do. deferred - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook.— all 32 54 100 Do. do. deferred - 100 Do. flit Pre!. stook all 191 20, 100 Do. do. deterred - - at it. India Pen. gua. sp.e lOO 107 LOS 1101 o. Gus. 5 per cent lB - 2 20 00. New gua. sp. c 0 - 2 / at .1 t. South of incite gua. 5 per cent st 41 per cent lov 92 94 9I 5 at Do - 201 -Treat W.s. of Canada all 151 151 161 1 201 Do. New .... - - 100 00. 6p. o WA. pay. 1873 all 95 17 93i 100 ~ /o. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 all 85 a 7 10 Indian Branch, limited 3 at Madras, gua. 5 p.c lOU 100 10z 1041 at Do. 43 do lOO 93 95 at Do. 41 do lOO 89 91 2') Do. Fifth Extensity.; 5 - - at Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100 - - 50 AUL & Hobson's Bay.. all - at IN.l.ll.C'da,6po Ist pl.bs 100 83 85 at Sclnde • loll 100 101 at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do •i 15 I}p 'it Do. Punlaub.... lOU 99 100 lit Do.lndus St.Flot 64 lOO 83 87 COLONIAL (101/111111)1MENT SECURITIE: , - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31, 1872.... 100 - - Can.Gov.6p.c.da.&July 1877-84 - ko. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug l ,O 101 100 1023 - Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 101 It 3 - Do. sp. o. Jan. & July 100 90 92 801 1 - Do. sp. o. Inscribed ak 100 89 91 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 100 .104 106 Do.Apl.&001. 1890-1900 100 106 108 - Do. do 1880-9 u 100 104 106 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9, 100 107 109 - Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO e 5 i 7 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.t lOO - - - Do. 1878, do lOO 1(8 109 - Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1878 .. - Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov 5 100 105 107 - Do:1895, Feb. & Aug.. 100 106 108 - Natal 'iov. 6 per cent.. 10u 101 103 1031 - N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 IC2 104 - N. S.W. Gov.s pv.,1860 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 100 08 99 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 100 941 951 961 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 - Do. 5 per cent.... ... 100 94 95 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. a sterling, 1875 l9O gg 99 - - S Au Queens land s.Gov. 6 p,o. 1868 -9 Gov. 6p. c. 100 100 98 100 1022 - _ - Do. 1878 & upwards lt 0 106 103 - 6 p.o.Ja &July 100 - _ - Do. do. April & Oot lOO 109 110 1101 ritErNILENGI 9 Sao/Mai. Great Eastern, E. Anglian, C 7 per cent., 115 Ditto, No. 1, 5 per cent., 90 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., Ditto (£6), 6 NOILEIGN ItAILWAY/.. South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 13; FOREIGN MINES. Don Pedro, North Del Rey, 2 3-16 pm BANfiti. Agra, tim., A, Ditto, B, 11} Alliance, lieu., t3l Australasia, ;hartered , Uer. of India, London, and China, 3139 Imperial Ottoman, lira., 91 i London and County, 52 London and 11 estininster, Ditto, Scrip, 33 National Provincial of England, Ditto, d and issue. 39i 9 Provincial Banking Corporation, lira., 31 Union of Australia, 51 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, lim., 181 Ati train Telegrapn, Dit o, 8 par zent.,:B3 Commercial Union, Insurance, 4:2 Credit Fonder of Mauritius, Um... Gen. Credit and Discount, i nn.. 51 Home and II 'lonia' A ssuranco, 12 International Financial -ninety, Um., 2 11-16 London District Telegraph Lm., 12 London Financial Association, Dm., 61 Nerbit , ida Coal and Iron, lim., II Oriental Gas, lim., Peninsula and Oriental *team, 53 Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 71 Bank of England Returns,—This Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for th.a week ending Wednesday, Nov. 27, 1867. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ....£3.5,939,975 Govornmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 3,981,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silvor Bullion £35,939,975 BANKING D. £35,939,975 Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 3PARTIZENT. Governmt. Seen rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £12,319,203 Other Securities 16,627,914 Notes 12,388,615 Gold and Silver Coin ... 1,118,593 Other Deposits 19;232,770 Seven Days and other Bills 553,385 £42,454,325 £42,454,325 ,in ..-.S"111-11t1CY bt usiasti e r tivr the Dee alel l , 3 - t $. r. 13 ' ta e ,boroog b B ,va io r. DV I two bu t wportaut iPO:S 0 the oPi u ive f wee t recea t t.o I,ib e A vide t. e, ,erals It; ouervi.e4o ; Ve0 1 :„ „ c ed A.l)Y ot wad" tt t° in 0,. . 0r ,„ 0 .• t . r portant ovtiv. uiieg t?: cos eci d n i re ous sti RSE Ir-- el oral In the 1300 ) 1 0 , be lie° l o orri io ) tug woo d, el tiii; witli ; trougu ee 7 eg isequen the Off, as t ,yo 1 110 r 001, an ut °I li d off 24 : 0 0 6 v e d osruci bre:ip lad, a be is at ° OO l Divervot ws, of tO 3 OS3°. TRURSDAY EVENING, NOVEAIBER 28, 1867. LAW IN I'ELLI;EI`.;CE.—This Day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before Mr. Baron Pigott and a Special Jury.) STUART V. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action to recover compensation i 4 damages for an alleged injury received while travel ling on the Great Western Railway Company's line. Mr. Henry James appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Powell, Q.C., and Mr. Wills appeared for the defendant. It appeared from the opening statement of the plaintiff's counsel that he was a retired officer of the army, who was also engaged in literary pur suits, and that a short time since, in March last, he was travtlling on a portion of the . line Lear London, or rather within the metropolitan area, and when he entered at one of the stations there were two or three passengers in it, and one man had his legs crossed, and in getting in plaintiff was obliged to take hold on the side of the carriage to steady himself. While he was doing this the door was violently slammed to and the thumb most seriousl y bruised. He did not holloa out, but it swelled up most alarmingly before be got to the next station. He suffered acutely, and was obliged not only to call in medical assistance, but to give up doing work of any description. Ile was making out of one periodical £lOO by writing for it, and was, since the accident, unable to carry it on now. He was also incapacitated froth accepting a secretaryship which had been offered him. For these losses, which he attributed to the accident, he now sued the company for compensation. It was urged iu defence that the company's ser vants were not guilty of any negligence ; and, in fact, denied that any accident of the kind occurred. A number of porters who were on duty on that occasion were called, and declared they knew nothing at all about it, and that no one heard any one complain. It was also alleged that the plaintiff had not given a true description of what he really was, but that he had in reality left the Indian army many years ago, and that the situa• tion of being a secretary was not a certainty. The learned Judge having summed up, the jury returned a verdict for the defendants. POLICE IL TELLIGN :E.—This Day. MARLBOROUGII-S FREE r. FURIOUS DRlVlNG.—Richard Ilawkins, a carman, was charged, before Mr: Knox, with furious driving. Police-constable Thom, 135 C, said that on the previous evening he saw the defendant driving a horse attached to a waggon laden with coals down a narrow part of Park-lane at a furious rate, and after going some distance he drove into a cab and broke the springs. After some difficulty he stopped the defendant, who said that he was in a hurry to get to his destination. In answer to Mr. Knox, the constable said he believed the defendant had settled for the damage to the cab. The defendant said his horse ran away, and be could not hold it. Mr. Knox asked the constable whether there was any pretence for saying the horse ran away. . . The constable said there was not, and that the defendant was urging the horse on. Mr. Knox said he could not pass over a thing which put the safety of the public in danger, and the defendant would have to pay 20s. or 14 days. FC.IIII.K o " 11P7"1. (rAT SUN OFFICZ, o'CLocx. WESTMINSTER. `YELL-MERITED PUNI3IIMENT. Maria Odall, a low, common-looking middle-aged woman, was charged with most offensive and insulting behaviour to a lady named Best, living in Park-villas, Chelsea. Complainant said that she had been in attend ance at this court yesterday upon a charge of having assaulted the defendant's daughter, which was dismissed. As she was leaving the court and about getting into a c.d.) the defendant came up and, making a filthy noise with her mouth, spat iu her face. Defendant—Youare vk caring to a great lie, which you did yesterday. Mrs. Ann Barnard confirmed this account. Two other witnesses were called, one of whom, a cabman, said he thought the spitting complained of was the (ffect of making the offensive noise with the mouth—it was difficult to do it without. Defendant denied the charge, and called three witnesses who swore she never made the least noise or anything else. One of them, however, admitted that she told her not to consult the lady. Mr. Arnold•—Had the intentional spitting been proved, I would have committed you (defendant) without a fine. It was clearly shown that you used disgusting and insulting behaviour to the com plainant, and for that I fine you the full penalty of 40s. and 10s. costs, or . commit you for a month. Defendant (to the lady)—" You sneaking liar, I'll give it to you. You false swearing ---." Mr. Arnold—Bring her back. This having been done, defendant being on her way to the cell, Mr. Arnold—ln addition you Will find one surety in £25 to keep the peace for six months. . THAMES. A IYISORDERLY FELLOW IN A WORKHOUSE. SEVERE P UNISEIXENT.—John Ivory, a stevedore, of No. 2, Lion-court, Poplar, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with being drunk and violently assaulting an assistant relieving officer, at the Poplar Union Relief-office. Mr. William Burdett Foster, one of the relieving officers of the Poplar Union, western district, stated that yesterday the prisoner presented himself at the relief offices in a state of drunkenness and de manded relief. He told the Prisoner to go home to bed, upon which he became very excited and violent, made use of abominable lanivage and threats, and refused to leave the office. With some difficulty the prisoner was ejected. He then com menced kicking and knocking at the doors, and using fearful threats for some time. The pri soner was not attended to, and he became mad with rage, and threw a large stone through the win dow into the office, doing damage to the amount of one shilling. Fortunately the stone did not strike any one, but it went near the heads of several persons. In answer to Mr. Paget, the-witness said that he saw the assault committed upon the assistant, and gave the prisoner into custody. Mr. Edwin L. Michen, assistant to the relieving officer for the north district of the Poplar Union, stated that upon opening the door of the office leading to the yard the prisoner struck him, upon which he threw him down and shut the door. The prisoner was then making use of very abusive lan guage. Shortly afterwards he heard loud knocking at the other door, and Mr. Foster called upon him to assist in ejecting the prisoner. On so doing the prisoner bit his finger and made it bleed, and like wise tore his coat to pieces. A severe and long continued struggle took place, and ultimately the prisoner was secured and given into custody. The witness produced his damaged coat and exhibited his lacerated finger. _ John Rye confirmed the statements of Mr. Foz ter and Mr. Michen in every particular, and added, "1 saw the prisoner throw a stone through the win dow." Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment and hard labour, two for the assault, and one for wilful damage. NATIONAL CHORAL SOCIETY. Alendelssohu'd "Elijah" ho again perform e d a t E xeter Hall to morrow evening; on this occasion by the National Choral Society, with a band and chorus of 700 performers, under the direction of Mr. G. W Martin. Madame Rudersdorff, Arabella Smyth, Miss Lucy Franklin, Miss Amy Sheridan, Mr. Kerr Gedge, Mr. Henry Regaldi, Mr. Gardner, and Mr.. Santley are the principal vocalists. The Sacred Har monic Society having commenced their season with the same oratorio great interest is taken in this perform ance, which will be the commencement of the National Choral Society's eighth season. Mr. Santley is also en gaged by the National Choral Society for the three follow ing concerts : —"Adis and Galatea" and " Walpurgis Night," Dec. 11; "Messiah Christmas Eve ; " Creation," New Year's Day ; and foremostof the concerts to be given during the season. CHA.MPAONSH tP OF THE THA:d E 3. DECIDING HEAT—(fms DAY).. This afternoon a greater gathering of the lovers of boat-racing took place at Putney and Mortlake than was assembled yesterday. The weather was al that could be desired. After yesterday's race Kelly wan none the worse for his exertions, but the great pace at which the race was run up to Ham mersmith-bridge had a damaging effect on Sadler's chance, for to-day, although even money was taken about each of them, Chambers, the late champion, and several others of the Northerners went by rail way to Putney to witness the intended contest be tween his former conqueror and Sadler. At the appointed time for the start Kelley took his place, and after waiting some time for his antagonist, he rowed over the course and claimed the stakes and bets. There is not the smallest doubt but that the referee will award him both. Henry Kelley is a waterman of Fulham, and is acknow ledged to be the ffnest exponent of the sculling art that has been seen on the River Thames for years. He is 36 years of age, stands ft. 8-}in., and weighed lOst. 61b. He was apprenticed to one of our steamboat companies, and first came into prominence in 1832, when he won the Leander Boat Club's coat and badge ; and in 1854, when only 22 years of ago, won the scullers' prize of .£25 against the best man at the Thames National Regatta. On Octo ber 22 the, next year he was matched against and rowed the celebrated John M'Kinney, of Richmond, for £lOO a side, when M'Kinney was swamped ; and early next year again rowed John for a like amount, and again defeated him. The Thames National Sculls were again an easy victory for him, as were also those at the Manchester and Salford Regatta same year. On Nov. 13, same year, he beat Buttle, Champion of the Yare, £5O a side, Putney to Mortlake ; and 12 days after, beat him again on his own river. His friends now thought him good enough to aspire to the championship, and he rowed against James Messenger, of Teddington, May 12, 1857, from Put ney to Mortlake, for £2OO a side and the championship ; after a splenpid race to Hammersmith Kelley won easily. In 1859 Chambers challenged him for the championship, and on Sept. 29 they rowed from Putney to Mortlake ; in that race Kelley was kept waiting three-quatters of an hour at the post, and lost. In 1861 he won the sculls at the Thames National ; and in 1863 for the same race was deli berately fouled by Joe Wise, of Kew, and swamped ; in 1864 he won the sculls ; and in 1865 won the championship of the Ouse at King's Lynn. The defeat of 1857 by Robert Chnmb:a•s had always rankled in his breast ; and, having for a length of time submitted to the taunts of north countrymen and their partizans, he was matched against Chambers for £2OO a side, and a bet of £3OO to £2OO on Chambers ; they met, August 8, 1865, and rowed from Putney to Mortlake, when Kelley proved who was the better man by winning easily. This did not satisfy Chambers, who, with Cooper, of Newcastle, and Kelley, entered into the Ouse Sweepstakes of £3OO, which Kelley won easily, Cooper being disqualified. On July 3 and 4 last year he beat the celebrated Pittsburgh (United States) sculler, James Hatumill, 5 miles on the Tyne, for £5OO aside each day. On May 7of this year he again beat Robt. Chambers on the Tyne, and won the Paris Regatta scul lors' prize; besides which he has taken part in some of the greatest oar races at our regattas with much success. He trained at home, was in splendid condition, though rather fine, and rowed in a new boat by Jewitt, of Dun ston, Newcastle. SPORTING INTELLIGE , NOE 7 This Pay. CROYDON RACES—THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SELLING HURDLE RACE. A Selling Hurdle Dace Handicap of 3 save each, with 30 added ; the winner to ba sold fur 40 sovs, ; about one mile and a half, over six hurdles. Oldiniuster Vicious Gray bird Four ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. A Selling Steeplechase Handier') of 3 sous etch, with 25 added ; the winner to be sold fur 40 sous, Ste. ; about two miles. L► Pique 1 Great Unknown 2 Three ran. HURDLE RACE. A Hurdle Rice Handicap of 5 sovs each, 1 ft (to the second) with 50 added; any winner after Nov. 27 71b extra; about two miles, over seven hurdles; 46 subs. Lady Lincoln Quirina • • 2 Foxholes 3 Six ran. CROYDON CUP. The Croydon Cup, valuo 100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 10 Buys each, h ft ; the second to receive'2o Boys out of the stakes; four year olds lOst 121 b, five 12st, six and upwards 12st 51b ; any winner of 500 sovs at any one time in 1866-7 71b, of 100 sovs 31b extra; maiden five year olds allowed 51b, six and :.god 10Ib, aged horses, not being maidens, but which have not won 100 sovs in 1866 or 1867, 51b. About three miles and a half. 28 subs. Flyfisher Benazet Farnane Six ran. Winner objected to for crossing. STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP. A Steeplechase Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the sec - lid) with 50 added; any winner after the publication of the weights 51b extra ; about two miles and a half. Flandrin 1 Laura Helice 3 Seven ran. GREAT WATERLOO COURSING MEETING. FEB. 19, 20, and 21. • Nominations for the Great Waterloo Cup, value 1,660 Boys in specie, by subscription of 25 sovs each ; 64 sub scribers. Winner, £500; runner-up, £2OO ; third and fourth, £5O each; four dogs, £3O each ; eight dogs, £2O each ; 16 dogs, £lO each. Mr. C. F. Allison Mr. J. P. Armistead. Mr. J. Bake Mr. W. Barden Mr. F. Bartholomew Mr. J. Blackstock Mr. J. S. Bland Mr. G. Blanshard Mr. J. H. Blundell Mr. W. G. Borron Mr. T. Brocklebank Mr. J. Brundritt Mr. W. H. Clarke Mr. E. Croft Mr. J. Cunningham Mr. W. H. Dean Nr. W. Deighton Mr. J. Dunlop Lord Eglinton Mr. J. Evans Lord Garlies Mr. J. Gibson Mr. W. M. Gilmour Colonel Goodlake Mr. A. Graham Mr. T. Green Lord Grey de Wilton Mr. H. Haywood Mr. J. Hodson Mr. J. Hyslop Mr. J. Ingleby Mr. J. Jardine Mr. R. Jardine Mr. F. Johnston Mr. J. Johnston Mr. B. H. Jones Mr. W. Legh Mr. 0. S. Lister Mr. W. Long Lord Lurgan Mr. S. Mallabey Mr. C. E. Atirfleet Mr. W. H. Massey Sir 0. Molyneux Hon 0. C. Molyneux Mr. T. Neville Mr. R. Patterson Sir Robert Peel Mr. C. Randell Mr. T. J. Reed Dr. Richardson J. Russell N. Saxton Mr. J. Savage Lord Sefton Mrs. S. Smyth Mrs. S. Swinburne Mr. J. Spiuks Lord Stair Mr. E. W. Trinder Captain Vyner Mr. R. Williams Mr. G. F. Wise Captain Wy ndham IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. The Earl of DERBY stated that as there was nothing in the paper for to-morrow, he should move that the House adjourn at its rising till Monday next. THE CRETAN INSURRECTION. Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE asked for copies of papers relative to the Cretan insurrection. The Earl of DERBY said that there were papers being prepared concerning the Cretan insurrection, and that those papers would be placed before their lordships previous to the adjournment for the Christmas holithys. COUNTRY WORKHOUSES. The Earl of DEVON moved for letters relative to pro vincial workhouses, two especially, one addressed to Dr. Edward Smith, and dated 16th August, 1866, and another the report of that gentleman relative to the inspection of 48 workhouses, and dated 15th April, 1867. Ho was in duced to apply fcr two reasons ; one was that it would be highly beneficial to the public that these letters should be produced ; and, secondly, he wished that their lordships and the public should have given them the opportunity of knowing the duties of the different persons engaged in workhouses. The importance of such a knowledge would be appreciated when it was taken into con sideration, that there were 663 unions in England and Wales. The noble earl then eulogised the conduct of the Inspectors of the Poor Law Board, and f ur thet said that for the proper supervision of the internal arrangement of workhouses, there was a visiting com mittee, the members of which ought to visit each work house once in a mouth ; and in addition there was a district inspector, who ought to visit each workhouse once in six months. But ho was sorry to say that the visiting committee did not carefully carry out their duties and, though the Poor La w Board had showed always their willingness to co-operate with the guardians of work houses, still there wore some other guardians over whom they ought to have further power. At present the Poor Law Board had no power to order any furniture or to emyloy medical aid. The Poor Law Board occupied an uncertain position. This being the want of power of the Poor Law Board, he was anxious to call attention to what that board had lately done. There was one point ho wished particularly to allude to, that was nursing. In 1856 and 1857 this system had been particularly impressed upon the Inspector of Infirmaries. ( - LEFT smuciNo.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tms EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clocc. THE METROPOLITAN STREETS REGULATION ACT. Alderman LAWRENCE presented a petition from 659 cab proprietors praying for a repeal of the 17 section of the Metropolitan Street Regulation Act, and that means might be taken to reduce the present excessive duties nOvt levied on hackney carriages. CHURCH RITES. 3lr. HUBBARD gave notice that on Tuesday next he should move for leave to introduce a bill on the regulation of Church-rates. THE MERMAID. Mr. HEADLAM asked the Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs whether there had been any further corres pondence concerning the destruction of the Mermaid, and whether the Spanish Governitient proposed to give any compensation to the owners of that vessel. Lord STANLEY said some fuller correspondence had taken place with the Spanish Government, and a sugges tion he bad made to refer the matter to arbitration had been accepted. GREECE. Mr. B. COCHRANE asked the Secretary of State fcr Foreign Affairs whether his attention had been drawn to a letter in the Times of 21st September, in which it was stated that in 1862 Mr. Elliot was instructed to inform the Greek Government that England would see with plea cum the annexation of Epirus and Thessaly to Greece, as an earnest of peace and tranquillity in the Ea,t ; whether there were any papers in the Foreign-office to prove the ac curacy of that statement; and, if bo, whether the noble lord will lay them upon the table. Lord STANLEY said he had seen the letter referred to. He could only say that tha diplomatist referred to had only spoken his own opinions, and whether the last Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Earl Russell) became aware of the objection of the Turkish Government to such an arrangement, nothing further had been done in the matter. L CE:f 11 CITY IZITELLIGENCE. --s-- CITY, 4 30 1',31. Since two o'clock there has been no further change inConsols, though some large purchases have been made, they therefore remained at 948 93 for money, and at 931 fur the sth December, ex dividend; for the 7th January they are quoted 93 1 1 ft. At the Bank of England there has been an influx of £28,000 in sovereigns from South America, and an efflux of bar gold valued at £41,000. The return issued from the Bankers' Clearing House by Mr. George Derbyshire, chief inspector of the pid clearing, for the week ending Nov. 27, is as follows : Thunday, Nov 21 .£6,46 3,0(,0 Fi iday, „ 22 9,061,000 Saturd ty, „ 23 . 9,973,000 Monthly, „ 25 7,8:35,000 Tuesday, „ 26 8,550,000 Wednesday, „ 27 6,735,000 Total . v 48,620,000 The Foreign Market has exhibited some anima tion, especially Spanish 3 per Cents., which have been in demand on orders from the Continent. Italian are 46i 47i ; Greek, 13 i; Mexican, 164 Spanish Passive, 241 25 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 355 ; l'urkish 5 per Cents., 33,1 The New Egyptian Luau remains at par to 1 prem. • American Securities are slightly better. Unitc(.l States 5-20 Bonds are 701 e ; Erie shares, 47i 48 ; and Illinois, 85k 86k. The Railway Share Alarket has been very ani mated, and nearly all the principal lines exhibit an advance, especially the, London, Chatham, and Dover. The following are the principal alterations exhi bited in the Bank of England return puk)lislikNi this afternoon :—A decrease in the Bullion of £171,660, an increase in the Reserve of Notes of £200,915, a decrease in the Ocher Securities of £53,076, and n the Active Circalalion of £348,555. Railway Trade rleturns for the Wee's. aailways. Miles (vaned. Ilecetpla. 19r 7. 1866. 2,071 2,0 0 7AI (5 ► 2 51 , i 2,' 07 1,"5 :14 6,0.►5 ►,319 3j,173 2433 2.3 1 0 2,e 5 581 965 42: 1 d 141 32 k". 0.1 1,0 9 1.1.0 67,3 1.;7l 3 7 .9: ,3,3 4 601 1 , , .1i I. ~+4, al,bs s 443.5 3 •,:les 3,17 : 3,2 1 73 , 63 943 ft v 72,e:u 71.7L9 3.3.1 i;, llt 2.1 , 8 22 5 41,3 , 6 422 0 i 222 112 404 978 756 7e.4 13 7 123,727 /18,779 cAvi• 23,.)/!5 22,611 Al 3/ 23,764 ,• 1 ISS t v,63(1 .8:55 1•21 2,0„7 1.-b5 42 7 359 2,217 1, 6 - I 5:.3• 3) 2 ~,r5 1,3: ,2 i,t; .477 4, i7i4) .1,2 4603 0,3 5 6 7 ,1 !;7„; 2 ,t,97 °tip 3 60.34 67 Y, 6 6 '421 63 1,4 2 It 4 5,-6 std 2 , 1 5)4 „ 63 6 40 S I), at) PERTH BARRACKS. Mr. B. POTTER asked the Secretary of State for War whether it was a fact that the use of gas as a means of lighting had been discontinued at the Perth Barracks ; and, if so, whether he had any objection to state the rea sons for the change ; and whether he was aware that in consequence of the diminution of light resulting from the change many men who previously spent their spare time in reading and other amusements inside the barracks are now induced to frequent whisky shops and other similar places which abound in Perth. Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was true that the barracks were not at present lighted with gas, and this circumstance arose from the circumstance that the gas companies had amalgamated, and a demand of Gs. 2d. par 1,000 feet had been demanded, whereas the Government had never paid more than 58.; they declined to pay the sum demanded. In this state off affairs every attempt had been made to render the recreation-room and the barracks as pleasant as possible. Mr. BRIGHT wished to know whether the large esta blishments and manufactories did not pay the amount, awl whether Government wished to obtain gas cheaper than other parties. _ _ Sir J. PAIUNGTON said he had not inquired into the practice of. other parties; he had not felt:justified in pay ing the increased demand, made en the Government. PORTUGUESE WINES. Colonel BARTTELOT asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a treaty of commerce had lately been concluded with the kingdom of Portugal, by which the wines of that country were to be admitted into Great Britain at a reducod duty ; if so, what was to be the rate of duty, and at what, date the new duty was levied. Lord STANLEY said no such ti eaty had been entered into. Much correspondence had taken place, but no final arrangement had been arrived at. WAYS AND MEANS. THE AtYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. INCREASE OF INCOME-TAX. The house having gone into a committee of Ways and Means, Mr. HUNT rose and said, in the absence of his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it devolved upon him, in consequence of the in disposition of his right hon. friend, to make a state mont to the house which he had hoped would have devolved upon other hand& He felt that he should stand in need of indulgence, and he hoped that his shortcomings in perforating the task would be fairly viewed by the house. The house having agreed that a sum of £2,000,000 should be voted to defray the expenses of the expedition to Abys sinia, it became the duty of the Government to state how they intended to provide for that additional expenditure. He might as well say at the outset that the Government did not propose to look beyond the resources of the year to meet the expenditure. (Hear, hear.) The Government might have met the additional expenditure by way of loan, or the temporary expedient of borrowing, leaving it to the Committee of Ways and and Means next year to meet the expendi ture. However, they had thought the most manly course was to look the matter fully in the face, and to endeavour to make the resources of the year 1867-8 meet the additional expenditure, which was not contemplated when the Chancellor of the Exchequer made his statement on the 4th of April. The calculations of the right hon. gentleman had led him to anticipate a surplus, and that anticipation would be fulfilled. The surplus at the end of the year would amount to £200,000, and the whole of that, as far as it goes, would be devoted to that purpose, but they would require to provide for the remainder in other ways. Without entering at great length into sta tistics he might say at once that the Government proposed to levy an additional penny on the income tax from the present financial year. The effect of that addition, coupled with surplus would give £840,000, leaving £960,000 still to be provided for. In order to do this the Go vernment proposed to make the balances available, and although those balances only amounted to £5,000,000, yet it was thought it best and wisest to take the required sum from that source. He had stated the proposals of the Government in the strongest and clearest manner, and he begged now to place in the hands of the Chairman resolutions . to carry out the proposals he had mentioned. The CHAIRMAN having read the resolution, Mr. GLADSTONE thought the choice of the Government with respect to additional taxation was a just one, and under the circumstances the income tax was the best resource they could have had recourse to. With respect to the balances they had already been drawn upon, but that did not not preclude a further sum being taken from that source. It was proposed to take £960,000 from those balances now. A draught from the balances ought to be looked upon as equi valent to the creation of additional debts, but, as they had reduced the debt, what the Govern ment proposed now to do was to set the one against the other. (Hear, hear.) He did not think the Government could have done better; they incurred no practical risk, and he thought that amongst the thinking part of the com munity the proposal to meet the difficulty in the way proposed by the Government would be viewed much more favourably than if they had decided to raise the money in a less direct manner. Sir G. BOWYER. thought the proposed increase of the income tax highly objectionable, at the pre sent time more especially. Mr. LAING said the only question was how to meet the incurred demands, and it appeared to him the Government had only to consider whether they should raise only half the amount by an addi tional I.d. to the income tax, or whether they should have drawn the whole of the sums required from that tax by the addition of 2d. in the pound. He thought that if the war continued the addition of 2d. to the income tax was inevitable, and he for one should • not object to such a proposal. Taking things as he found them, he did not find fault with the proposal of the Government, as he felt it was the most sensible way of stopping up the financial gap for the present. Mr. WHITE said he was sorry to disturb the harmony that at present existed, but when the pro posal was put from the chair lie should give an emphatic "no" to the proposition. Manchestor Birmiu. 7, 8 FIVE FRUIT CLIPPERS LOST.—Evety autumn a small fleet of fruit clippers leave the ports of Dovonshire and other southern counties for St. Michael's, where they take in cargoes of oranges. They are, however, frequently overtaken by the fierce equinoctial gales which sweep the Atlantic, and every year several are lost. Yesterday a telegram received at Liverpool reported the sudden wreck of no less than live of these fruit clippers, all belonging to Brigham and Salcombe. No mention is made in the tel gram of the crews, and it is to be hoped that they were all on shore at the time engaged in packing and sorting the ----• ettrgoee. 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Kent ...oatit L.L., Tilbury, & Southend LounJuderry and Cultr.hue 30; 118 u.,11.111eid,Z.: Li ileUl its II . . 4 . 10 tlanon. S.J ini. & Aitriuciiauc. liarnairt. and Carlisle Uetiu - t iut.L.AL 11,114uu kluoi. N.- %Vedterit).. i .i tit.tiaatl vL w% clLa. ut irtu.l... .4,0 4 1 tioutu ntt t t.i. amt.& Nona lirttinu, tdiu., Peru: all l Dall.lUe :I-J a.‘ttra au : Norm Luadmi .. ll \ .rtn eesutwolic uuu Teaby it:iyuLney, B:aritl Ii - Nort:l- Eas :Tit au..l LP01,..-L“ South U,iou Swa Sell Vale .. ad 1 ate 6 I.i 41: 4wi 14; 12 iU3 24 26 kill 201 2 1.0,24 1,7 6 B Of F..t.A1.402 Paws, Nov. 28. . 0 • 2.!,53 %.2 iJ ~~ ~~ .r The return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day shows the following changes com pared with the previous account : INCREASE. Current accounts ....... 23,400,000 fr. Cash Bills discounted Treasury balance DECREASE. Advances Notes 700,000 fr. 500,000 fr. NAVAL AP2OIN tMEN TS. -- ........-.-..... The following appointments were made at the Admiralty this afternoon : Lieutenant—Henry Studdy to the Asia, as Flag-Lieu tenant to Rear-Admiral Wellesley. Assistant-Surgeon—Edward J. Butler, additional, to the Wellesley, for service in Chatham Dockyard. Clerk—Henry C. W. Gibson, to the Victory, as secre tary's clerk. Assistant Paymaster—NV. C. Brown, to the Victory, supernumerary. Chief Engineer—William Pitt, to the Jumna. Naval Cadet nominated—Mr. William G. White. The Channel Squadron, under Rear-Admiral Warden, consisting of the following ships, may be expected at De vonport before the 20th of December, viz. :—Minotaur, Achilles, Wamin, Prince Consort, Bellerophon, Atlas, and Helicon. The Lord Warden and Lord Clyde have been ordered to Malta. RACING FIXTI FEBR' Lincoln lB Harrow 2O MA. Liverpool Spring 31 3 Chelmsford Spring M 10 West Dray ton l2 AP. Durham Hendon Newmarket Craven 13 RES FOR 1868. URI'. Chester Winchester York Spring Salisbury l4 Nottingham Spring 25 Derby Spring West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer Ascot Summer 9 Windsor Summer JU. Worcester Summer Newmarket July 7 Reading Liverpool l6 AUG Brighton Brighton Club 6 I Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll i Stockton Windsor E g h am lB Hastings Epsom Spring Meeting 24 Northampton SEPT] Warwick 1 Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster 8 Richmond OCT Bedford 1 Newmarket 2d October 5 Cheltcuham l3 Lewes Spring Newmarket Ist Spring 27 I Bath Crop.lull Ist Sunimor 113rpendeu Epsom Summer 'NE. St. Albans . Bibury Club 2.; I Stockbridge CLebnsfi.rd Summer Alexandra Park 3O 'LY. Huntingdon 2l Nottingham July Goodwood 'UST. York Oxford Canterbury Dorby Summer Weymoutti Lichfield Tunbridge :}BER. IRulso l5 Hendon l7 1 Monmouth ..... Newmarket Ist October 22 West Drayton 29 )BER. Hendon Newmarket Houghton 19 Worcester • 27 STEEPLECHASES. DECEMBER. 3, 4 I Ealing 5, 6 'radeaster Kingsbury Wiltshire County dr Beaufort Iluut JANUAI 11 FEBRI 11, 12 -lam ;Y, 1868 Reading TARY. Lincoln ;TY.