The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-12 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoCK. In the leading markets there has been a reduction of is. to 2s. per quarter for wheat, but the floating cargo trade was stronger, the delay in the expected arrivals having compelled several purchases at full if not stiffer prices. At Mark-lane the show of English wheat was very scanty, and Monday's rates Were nominally unchanged. Best red, 44s to 46s ; best white, 46s to 48s. Foreign wheat on stands move off slowly at Monday's decline. Russian, 38s to 43s ; American red winter, 41s to 445. Barley remains steady. Consols are now at 921 to 921 for money; ditto, for Account, ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 1s ; New Thee per Cents, 921 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem ; June, prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, ; June, prem ; Bank of England Stock, 4 1 per Cent., 238. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 2071 9 7; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 Per Cent., ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 21 prem. In the Foreign Market business is dull but prices have not materially given way. Egyptian (1868) Bonds are quotad 80i to 81} ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 81 to 811 ex div. ; Italian, 551 to 55j ex div. ; Peruvian, 811 to 814 ; Portuguese, 33 to 331; Russian (1862) Bonds, 86+ to 864 ; Ore], 831 to 831; Nicolas, 65i to 66 ; Moscow, 81 to 811 ; Charkof, 821 to 82.1 ; Spanish, 26-1- to 27} ; Turkish Five per Cents., 46j to 47 ; and the Six per Cents., 661 to 67. laln Railway Shares Berwick have improved and South Eastern 1. Caledonian were 75} to 76 ; Great Eastern, 384 to 381 ; Great Northern, 110 to 111 ; ditto (A), 111 to 112 ; Great Western, 601 to 60f ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 128 to 121 ; London and Brighton, 461 to 46+ ; London, Chat barn, and Dover, 14+ to 15+ ; London and North Western, 124 i to 1241; London and South Western, 92f to 93f ; Metropolitan, 791 to 79k, a rise of 1 per cent ; Midland, 123 f to 1231 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 127 to 127 f ; and South Eastern, 78 to 78k. Lombardo-Venetian, have improved I, 21 to 211; Great Luxemburg, 131 to 13k. American Five-Twenty Bonds are lower, at 86i to 86i ; ditto Ten-Forty Bonds, are 84k to 85 ; Erie Shares are 1- lower, at 17 to 17f ; and Illinois 102} to 103 f. In Bank Shares, London and Westminster, 10. higher, at 60 to 61 ; and Consolidated 2s. 6d, at 41 to 4i ; Agra (A) is steady, at 12 to 12k; Alliance,l4 to 15 ; Anglo-Austrian, 15 to 17 prem. ; and Chartered Mercantile, 31f to 321 ex div. ; Imperial . Ottoman, L2l to 2j- prem. In Telegraph Shares there has been a good busi ness. British India and French Cable are 141 to 141 and 17 to 17.1 respectively ; Anglo-American, 191 to 19f ; China Submarine, 1 to 4 prem. ; Fal mouth, 31 to 31 prem. ; and Construction and Maintenance, 34 to 31+. In Miscellaneous Securities General Credit is flat, at 4 dis. to par, being a decline of 1 ; Interna tional Finance is quiet, at lft to 1f dis. National Discount, is firm, at llf to 12 ; and Hudson's Bay, 12 to 121 ex div. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The Rhein, from New York, has brought £10,015, and the Bonny, from the West Coast of Africa, £2,800. The Manchester markets this week have opened without activity. The tenders for £1,518,400 Five per Cent. De bentures of the colony of Victoria (the remainder of the Railway Loan authorized in 1868) have been received by the committee of the six associated -Australian banks at the London and Westminster Bank, and proved to be 277 in number for a total of 2 , 2,715,800, all, with the exception of one or two, which were for very small amounts, at terms in excess of the minimum price fixed—viz., £lOO 10s. There were three tenders of £143,700 each, one of them being at £lOl 15s. Gd., the highest price offered. It is understood that no tender under £lOl will participate, and that the applicants at that price will receive only about 50 per cent. of the sums asked for. The people styling themselves " Messrs. Voelcker and Co., bankers, of Vienna," are again at their old practice of sending Austrian lottery tickets to persons in this country, whose names they take the liberty of printing on these tickets, and from whom in return they request a remittance of £5. From the pertinacity with which they pursue their trade, it may be presumed they find some indivi duals simple enough to respond to their invitation; but it is to be regretted there are no means by which Some penalty could be inflicted upon them for their discreditable habit of putting into type the names of those who have no desire to figure in connexion with them. Mr. Robert William Kennard, senior partner in the firm of R. W. Kennard and Co., of Thames street, and one of the oldest and best known iron masters in this country, died yesterday morning. The Metropolitan Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £265, compared with the corresponding period of last year; the ➢letropo litan District an increase of £49 ; the Metropo litan and St. John's-wood an increase of £lO ; and the Glasgow and South-Western an increase of £1,575. The Anglo-Argentine Company (Limited) have -"min ced an issue of £25,000, in 15 per cent. Preferenc e 03 ares of £1 each, on which 3s. per share pillse r equired. Th e i n cre a sed capital is princi to provide amalgamating machinery in addi tion to the stamping machinery already sent out, experience having shown that much gold which would otherwise be lost may thus be secured. The report of the Consolidated Bank (Limited) recommends a dividend of 2s. per share, or at the rat e of 5 per cent. per annum, which will absorb £20,000, and leave, after an appropriation of £ 3 ,500 to special reserve, a balance of £4,531 to be carried forward. The accounts of the London and St. Katharine Docks Company, for the half year ending Dec. 31 last, show a balance applicable to a dividend, which will be equivalent to 1k per cent. for the half year. At the meeting of the Westminster Brewery Company (Limited) a dividend was declared at the rate of 5 per cent. BRITISH FUNDS --CLOSING PRICES ti ovErtNatENT Iv" 2 per C ent. Consols 5. Ditto for A ceoun 92i i 1. t 3 per Cent. Iteduced — New 3 per Cent 924 Is 4 New 24 per Cent. ,r an ... .lW Q • ** .............. Do. 5 per Cen 3 „ 41 3 Annuities, SO vre, expire stl. — Do. for 30 yrr, expire sth 4 A j pr a i n llB l B B s B . o -- Do (Red Sea 'rele6raph), Exchequ:,r Bills, £l,OOO, 24 p i t Irk ... DO. 3 do. *-- yell Do .£100,..£200‘ ee x5OO .... Bank of England Stock. 44 per o e .. nt D. opening ................................... Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds uter-Colonial Uranium INDIAN dOVERNMENT SECURITIRti IndiA stock 104 per Gent., April 1874 ... 2071 0 7 De. Opening, for Account D ~ 3 per Cent..fuly, 1880 D• 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 Do. Enlaced Pape. 4 per °Ant.. ..,, — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 .... ..,. • Do. 54 per C.sint. May 1879 Da 5 per Cent., Rup. De 4 ,, 1872., — Do do 18' -, Pm inn Do. do. 1832 .L. Deb. 5 per Cent., Aug. 1,873 ~ Do. Bong, 4 per Cent., £1,000 DO. under £l.OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Sro.. - entith , Hopubllc, 6 per Cent ... Do. Account A.uurian tionds 5 per cent .. Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent ___ [l O . 4i per Cent. 1852 Do. do 1858 . Do. Cu 1860 — Do. d o., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 De. Account .. — 2 4emos Ayres 6 per Cent 9O: Do 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Coat ) --"" Gl ub 4 , 6 per Cont. Oxidtan 6 per Cent --: .. ,e..z4i4)er Cent...". -. DC). 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per ce,lt. 1867 lo,nbian, 6 per Cent. Danisn 3 per Cent., 1825........, — Danat)ian Principalities, 7 par Cent — 10. Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — cuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per C0nt..... B4l 5 U Second Issue — Do. £SOL Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. Account .. — Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £IOC Bon is Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ...... Bl/ 80i 11 Do. £lOO Bonds Government Railway Debentures 9Bl 71 nett 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Coupons Gnatemala:s por Cent .. liondurasGov Rail. Loan.,lo p.,Ct., all pd 80 11 Do. Acc.uut 5 per Cent., 1!65 Do. Account ~ Do Ibtrommana Railway exicaL 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French aontevideau 6 per Cont. . — Accrish lmperia. 5 rer Cent New Granada lBl Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 4 per Cent. (Ih: , ,arren) Do 41 per Cent., 18E2 Do Account Do 6 per Cent.,1862 ••• Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2.'8 331 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do do, Scrip Do. Anglo -Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds , 911 Do. do. £B4 15s. do , Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9ll Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 66 Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per ()en . Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred 261 Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cant Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £IOC Bonds 75/ Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account ''o £lOO Bonds Do. 5 percent. 1865 6 61 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 b Do. Account D 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in Londo, A.ustrlso a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41; per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail l2 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per ent. 1861, Ex. 25f Do Account CLOSING PRICES. Consols, Money •• O 921 Do. Account, Feb. 3 Boum; Jan. 11.—Thi closed as follows : 4 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 74 75 Credit Mobilier 207 50 Transatlantic 220 Credit Foncier 1722 50 Paris Gas 1640 RAIL WA' Orleans Wesinrn Northern .ee o'clock—The market Bank Shares 2840 Ithlsan Fives 56 60 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 45 35 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — 's, Cash., ... 957 637} 1125 Strasburg • • 590 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 592 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman RAILTVAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND GREENWICH. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Gresham-bonse, Old Broad-street; Mr. It. Kynaston in the chair. Mr. H. Adron, the secretary, read the notice convening the meeting and the statement of ac counts, from which it appeared that the balance from the preceding account amounted to 11,115, the half-year's rental from the South-Eastern Railway Company to £22,500, the transfer fees to £2, and the balance of interest to £3o—total, £22,647. From this was deducted £10,201 for interest on bonds and preference stock, £404 for expenses, and £249 for income-tax, leaving a balance of £11,793, out of which the directors pro posed a dividend of £1 7s. ld. per cent. on £861,540 ordinary stock. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, a resolution was passed declaring a dividend at the rate of £1 7a. Id. per cent., or ss. sd. per share, for the half year ending the 31st of December last. The re tiring directors, Mr. R. Kynaston and Mr. A. R. Bristow, were unanimously re• elected. The CHAIRMAN said that, under the recent Act, they were bound to elect auditors, and that Captain Routh and Mr. T. Norton had, at the request of the Board, audited the accounts on that occasion. They were large shareholders and willing to serve, and it remained, therefore, with the meeting to con firm their appointment, or otherwise. • On the motion of Mr. Letchworth, Captain Routh and Mr. T. Norton were unanimously elected audi tors of the company. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors. BREAKFAST.—Errs's COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COM FORTING The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette' re marks :—" The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by his homceepathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a deli cately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled "JA3dzS EPPS and Co., Hemo) pathic Chemists. London. John W. Stevenson, who has just been elected by the Kentucky Legislature to succeed Hon. T. C. M'Croery in the T.T. S. Senate, for the term commencing March 4th, 1871, is the son of Andrew S tevenson, a well-known states man of Virginia, and Speaker of the U. S. House of Repre sentatives from 1828 to 1834. John W. Stevenson was born in Richmond, Va., and having graduated at the Uni versity of Virginia, read law, and in 1841 commenced the practice of his profession at Covington, Ky. From 1845 to 1847 he was a member of the Kentucky Legislature, and in 1849 was elected to the Constitutional Conven tion of Kentucky. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1848, 1852, and 1856 ; was three times a candidate on the Electoral ticket, and was one of the three Revisors of the Civil and Criminal Code of Kentucky. Ho was elected Representative to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, serving from 1857 to 1861. In 1866 he was a delegate to the "National Union Convention," held in Philadelphia, and in August, 1867, was elected Lieutenant-Governor of Kentucky, but succeeded to the acting Governor ship by the death of Governor John M. Helm, one week after his inauguration. In 1868 he was elected Governor for the unexpired term of three years, ending September I.B7l.—Public Ledger. A naval officer attached to one of the ships of the Channel Squadron, writing home a few days since, and referring to the last cruise of the ships between Gibraltar and the Tagus, says :—" The Minotaur has sprung all her lower yards, and the Hercules has disabled all her guns. The latter, it is said, is to go home to England." The 12 inch 600-pounder rifled muzzle-loading gun of 25 tons, at Shoeburyness, now being tested as to its powers of endurance, is about to be sub jected to the ordeal of the second hundred rounds of the 500 rounds ordered to be fired with 671 b. charges of rifle large grain powder and Palliser shot and shell of 6001 b. weight. The mean range of this powerful gun, atlo deg rees of elevation, is found to be about 4,000 yards. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Messis. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called " The Royal Irish Distillery." thou occa- ironing !d. But cluding .press a re is an been so ter the of their :ornings r them- eir own b justly ie more Iped to 2oplo of heir co be but , e inuo- t condi- ide and is Day. was in- intent it ap lative's Wing it boys, play pistol ?,d the being oot the would len the iffering ye been )1y was he pri fit tho efficient I to kill mght it the two )wever, such a loubt a g taken Loot his rying a led, but in the w what .e pistol ►se, said ,est evi- mer, on . Wit- )ner was crinao tted by ustified ; but it ner had Dy some of acci- circum- ty, but repri gligent unished h him. lay. Tewin an nmoned a 3,320, , the re- of into ked the IC COCCI" fendant handed ing that .e would led him l's-lane, cteuded, :cadilly, le Bank U. fare, is a new pay the lbourcr, ced with r apping - of each tdy, and y in hot is. His trades- clock is invhen his dinner enced a sed Ividl ; a cow- ized his rein the fell. A Ls taken i-house, )le, No. )n, gave strug- the pri witness s mouth prisoner Mowed? from his he leant l struck uct was 3ed him c for the 2 him a Lith, the prisoner 6 gentle ge, was 155., re- mployea al-street r to Mrs• his ; tho received Cl owing Dm than alernent• a claim ought a ing liha e would charge HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening. I WEDNESDAY l2 min past 4 ...... 85 min past 4 Turnsnar... ..... 52 min past 4 12 min past ERlDAYtt:mtet .......... et3 l ) tuui past :5 ,150 win p as t 5 rHE ►UN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1870 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing T Buenas Sh 10 are Agra Lim ite d, A P all d. 11 111 Price 121 done 10 Do B lO 41 61 60 Albion l5 10 S 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lien all 22 221 p 241 I 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 If 21 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 b 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm.... , 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, 11m. 26 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 151 161 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, end China all 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 20 City lO 100 Colonial 25 10 Consolidated, him. 50 Delhi and London, lien 50 East London, lien 5 20 English and American, lien 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim lO 20 English, ,cottish, and Ass • trillion Chartered ......4 all 161 161 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 281 Do new II/ 4 5 100 Imperial, lim 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 21 25 lonian all 19 22 26 Do new b 6 3 7 Lud Mortgage of India, liin 4 21 21 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 76 80 100 London Bank: of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 35 :9 20 Do new 74 5 44 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 11 13 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 201 24/ 20 London and County 2O 491 501 50 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... • • London Joint Stock l3ll 321 London and South Arican al 100 London &S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11 60 London & Venezuela, Rm l2l ••• ••• 100 London and Westminster 2O 571 581 II 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lim 25 61 04 171 10 Metropolitan, lim all 71 71 00 Midland, lim 2O 11 1 191 6 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 8d 1p 00 National Provine. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do 50 National. 3O ... .• 20 New South Wales all 41 43 25 North-Western 7l ... ... 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 4lf 50 Provine. Bank. Corpo., lien. 10 61 51 80 Provincial of Ireland. ..... 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Ntand. of Brit. S. Africa, lien '25 14 10 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 43 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London l5 37 88 17 18 18i 31 32 10 11 1 41 i a 4il 2 U pr 1p 10a THE DUELLING TRAGEDY it:fi 'PARIS. PAWS, TUESDAY. The tragedy at Auteuil is of course , the ail-prevailird topic, and every other subject of interest, political, eccle siastical, or social, has for the time being sitbsided into absolute insignificance. There are endless varieties in the several versions of the affair, but those of the two surviving actors in the scene naturally deserve most attention. M. Ulric de Fonvielle, the companion of the murdered man, has published a statement of the-interview. He says that M. Noir and himself went to the Prince's house, being sent there by M. Paschal : Grousset to de mand satisfaction from the Prince for certain injurious articles against that gentleman published in The Avenir de la. Corse. This, you will see, is altogether different from the original account. After being admitted and passing through a fencing gallery, they were ,shewn into a saloon. The Prince entered, and the following scene, according to M. Fonvielle, ensued—" Sir : we come to deliver to you a letter from M. Paschal Grousset." You do not come then from M. Rochefort, end you are not one of his manceuvres (workmen)? Sir, we came sbout another matter, and I beg you to read this letter' I handed the letter to him, and he went near a Ivia‘low to read it. He did read it, and after having crusiicd it up in his hands he returned it to us. I prc voiced M. Rochefort,' said he, because he is the standard bearer of crapulence. As to M. Grousset, I have no answer to give him. Are you conjointly responsible with these carrion - mongers ? " Sir,' I replied, we come to you honourably and courteously to fulfil a commission entrusted to us by our friend' Do you share the opinions of these wretches ?' Victor Noir replied, We share those of our friends' Then suddenly advancing a step, and without any provocation on our side, Prince Bonaparte gave, with his left hand, a blow to Victor Noir, and at the same time drew a ten-shot revolver, which he had kept concealed and ready cocked in his pocket, and fired it point blank at Noir. The latter sprung up on receiving the wound, applied both his hands to his breast, and tot tered through the door by which we came in. The cowardly murderer then rushed towards me and fired a shot directly at me. I then seized the pistol I had in my pocket, and whilst I was striving to get it out of its case, the wretch threw himself upon me, but on finding that I was armed, he drew back, placed himself before the door, and took aim at me. Then it was that, comprehending the ambuscade into which we had fallen, and reflecting that if I fired, persons would not fail to say that we had been the aggres sors, I opened a door behind me and rushed out crying Murder !' At the moment of my egress a second shot was fired, and the ball again passed through my paletot. In the street I found Noir, who had just strength enough to descend the staircase, and was expiring. . . . Such are the facts vs they took place, and I expect prompt and exemplary justice for this crime." Now for the Prince's version. He says that, after some rather angry explanations between himself and M. Noir, the latter gave him a soufflet. it was then that, finding himself in a position which jus'&ified defensive measures, he armed himself with a pistol and used it. As soon as M. Rochefort heard of the catastrophe, he went to the Garde des Sceaux, and was informed by M. 011ivier that orders had been already given for the arrest of the Prince. A strong force of serpents de ville guarded the house at Auteuil, and the police keep all the doors, no stranger being admitted on any pretence whatever, and the inmates only being able to pass by special permis sion. The prince himself is at the Conciergerie, the order being countersigned by the Emperor. Another account says that he gave himself up at the Prefecture of Police. M. de Fonvielle has been arrested and conveyed to the Conciergerie, and the "two accused," says the Figaro, are being interrogated this morning. The Sieele is highly indignant at this conjunction, and asks if it is to be found in the version given by M. Paul de Cas sagnac in the Gaulois, as the friend of Prince Pierre. The Prince has informed him that his two visitors presented themselves in a threatening manner, with their hands in their pockets, and gave him a letter from M. Grousset, editor of the Marseillaise, couched in the following terms :—" To MM. de Fonvielle and Victor Noir, editors of the Illarseillaise.— My dear Friends,—Here is an article recently published, with the signature of M. Pierre Bonaparte, in which thegrossest insults are addressed to the editor of the Revanche, demo cratic journal of Corsica. lam one of the original editors of the Revanche, which I represent in Paris. I beg you, my friends, to present yourselves in my name to M. Pierre Napolion Bonaparte, and demand from him the reparation which a man of honour cannot refuse under these circum stances.—rASCllAL GROUSSET." The Prince replied, " I have dealings with M. Rochefort, and not with his workmen." " Read this letter," said M. Noir. " I have read it all," replied the Prince, and added, "Are you responsible for it?" M. Noir replied by a soujiet, and immediately M de Fonvielle pulled out a pistol. " Seeing myself," adds the Prince, " thus attacked and menaced, I drew a pistol from any pocket and fired at M. Noir. The other crouched behind an arm chair trying to load his pistol. I fired at him without result. He then fled, passing me without my trying to hinder him, which would have been easy. But at the last door he aimed at me again, and I fired a third ball, which was also fruitless. I shall content myself with adding that these gentlemen loft behind them at my house a box of pistols, a cane, and a sword. This is enough to shew that the letter of M. Grousset was nothing more than a pretext to entrap me into a well-prepared ambuscade." The Marseillaise is of course furious, and declares Victor Noir has been sacrificed for another; that it was Roche fort whom the Prince intended to kill; it was Rochefort for whom the revolvers were loaded, and whom, as all assassins are cowards, the murderer intended to kill by a surprise, without risk. It is said that Victor Noir was not aware of the letter written to Rochefort by the Prince, but that the latter had requested MM. Milli6re and Artteur Arnould to act for him as seconds that very day, and that these gentle men arrived by coach at Auteuil, when they found their progress arrested by a crowd. A bystander exclaimed, "Go no further, there is murder within ; Victor Noir has just been killed." "All the more reason," cried they, trying to push forward, but the crowd hearing that they were Rochefort's seconds detained them, crying out, "We do not fight with assassins ! " After a little further delay they decided to return to Paris and tell M. Rochefort the news. His language in the Marseillaise is most outrageous. He says " I was weak enough to imagine that a Bonaparte could be anything else than a murderer ! I ventured to think that a loyal duel was possible in that family where murder and ambush are traditional and customary." After denouncing that "bandit Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte," he asks French people, Can it really be that you do not think you have had enough of them? Probably the Emperor is inclined to share the opinion expressed by the culprit himself to his friends, "Do not congratulate me; it is a terrible misfortune." The Temps calls attention to the significant fact that Prince Pierre Bonaparte came to meet the gentlemen who called upon him with a loaded pistol in his pocket. It compliments the Government on the course it has pursued, as the Prince, belonging to the Imperial family, was not actually under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Justice. The Inr?4endance Beige thinks that Monday was an unfortunate day for the French Empire, the more . so that the public are indignant that a special court is appointed to decide on the crimes and offences committed by members of the Royal Family. In the present state of things the Government could not act otherwise to what they have done; and if they were virtually compelled to abideby thelaw, they have at least the merit that is due to prompt decision. The Liberte considers that the decree which will send the Prince before the High Court of Justice must excite universal approbation, and that the Minister of Justice has comprehended the exigencies of his position. The Prince was arrested in consequence of a spontaneous order, which was sent by the Minister, and was afterwards confirmed by the Emperor. The Constitutionnel says that every precaution was taken by the authorities, 134 that the ends of justice might not be defeated. Immediately upon the receipt of the intelligence, tele graphic orders were despatched to the frontiers' in case any attempt (might be made to escape from the legal authorities. These precautions wore rendered unnecessary by the surrender of the Prince, but the intention of toe Government is shown by the prevision thus disvlayed. The Siecle declares that the death of Victor has occasioned the most profound regret in all quarters, and whatever m a y b e th e opinions that prevail on the subject of duelling, it must be acknowledged that Victor Noir was fulfilling a duty at Auteuil, that he died'on the field of honour, representing his friend and his political '. opinions. The Liberte announces that the 11farseillaise was seized at one o'clock to-day, and its forms carried oil, N 9u than 500 persons protested against the act. The funeral of M. Noir will most likely take place to-morrow. The inquest was held this morning at ten o'clock. Great crowds are assembled in the neighbourhood of his house. It appears that his brother was unwilling for him to go to Auteuil, and said that the Prince was capable of ordering him to be beaten by his lacqueys. He advised him to take a revolver. Victor Noir was 22 zeal! of age, and was t o h av e been married next week. OBITUARY.— lion. Emmanuel C. Reigart died at the age of 74, at Lancaster, his native town, on De cember 19th. He was admitted to the bar in 1822, elected in 1834 to the Pennsylvania Legislature, on the Anti-Masonic ticket, and in 1837 and 1838 was a member of the Convention to revise the Constitution of the State. In 1847, he was candidate on the Native American ticket, for Governor, receiving eleven thou sand votes. In 1851, ho was sent, by President Phill more, as Commissioner to the World's Fair, in London, and at the time of his death was United States Com missioner, under appointment from Judge Cadwalader. —Hugh H. Henry, United States Marshal for Vermont, died on Saturday night, Dec. 18.—Colonel Gordon Lofland, seu., Commissioner of Ohio for the Gettysburg Cemetery, died on Friday night, Dec. 15. —Rev. Dr. Tlsurs ton, for 20 years pastor of the Central Congregational Church at Fall River, liageachusetts, died on Sunday, Poo. 19, aged 61. SHARE LIST. ( 1 )1 Att Y i 4af4141$ AND STOCXk- raid. CLosmil , Swine. a Price. dote. at Britt )1 and Exeter 100 74 76 at Caledonian lOO 761 77 751 at Cambrian 20 Cornwall.._. all 2 3 at Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO - - at Dan„Perth, & Ab. June lOO 70 72 2) East London all 5 7 20 Do 15 - 2) Do 10 - - , st Glasgow &S. Western lOO 105 107 at Great Eastern et Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 65 71 at Great North of Seotlanti lOO 16 16 at Great Northern ... 100 110 111 st Do. A 5t00k...-. lOO 1101 1111 1111 et Do, B stook lOO 127 120 st GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 18 NO at Gt. Western -Original lOO 561 561 601 5 at Do. South Wales lOO 60 61 st Do. W. Mid.-Oxford lOO 31 36 at Do. Newport lOO 32 31 et Lancashire. Yorkshire lOO 1261 1271 st Lon., drigh.,& S,Coast lOO 464 475 465 - Do Scrip .... - - at I•on., Chat., and Dover lOO 15 151 at Do. Metrop. Ex, A lOO 11 13 at Lon. & North Western log I'4ll 221 IAI t Lon. & South Western lco 9.: 84 0.; 3 Man., Slid., & Lincoln lOO 43 531 at Metropolitan at Do Extension .. 100 81 Do. New rd all - - at Metropolitan District. all 30 F 2 36 10 Metrop. St. John's IN to/1 6 - - at ;!Slat Atilt et DQ, dirmin. & Derby st Nor British ...... 100 34f:11bl 34.1 at 11 ...Ed., Pth., & Dun lO3 at or Eastern-Berwlot.„ 100 25 D G. N.E purohaae 16.13,1 - - at 1) ',cede at D °York at D °Carlisle .... - - st D oStoce.. & Darling ICO 158 100 st North London .. 10 Do New 1868 .......... 4 11 2 p at North Staffordshire lOO 61 63 62 at North awl 2i. W. Junction 100 90 lei 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... at . lOO 63 56 at Shropshire Union lOO 691 601 at South Devon'.. st South Eastern lOl 775 771 fill at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 13 14 at lan Vale -- Do. C - -- Waterford & Kilkenny lOO 10 Waterloo & Whiteha,L 6 ttstlwayb 121 j 124 127 EtAILIVA.YS—PWERENCE SHARES AND hamlet._ at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua. 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 10 20 Cornwall, 6 per cent gua... all st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO st 10. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. b per et lOO st 01. Eastern, E.O Ex. No. 1 100 st Do - do N 0.2 100 st Do do 6 per cent 100 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 st Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 de. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1646 100 st Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lB47 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 100 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 De 44 do de do 110 at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO st G t.We st.—Orig.& J nt.-Reut chg., per gua.s p.c lOO Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO Do do 41 per cent. 1850 lOO Do do 4 do do Do do 5 per cent. redem. 100 Do do Birmingham gua lOO Do do do pref lOO Do do Chester gua lOO Do do do 8 per cent lOO Do do do 5 du 100 Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 Do do 4i p.c lOO at Do do 41 1859 lOO at Do do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford at g. 100 t Do do 2d glut. 100 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 st Do do 2d do 100 st Do glut. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. a l l at Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 at Do Barnsley, £5 3810 d. p.c. 100 a s t t Do ro 6 4 p i . c . (B l (East ack b L u e r .n . c l a ) B u h r l o t h ' e ) ) . 1 1 0 0 0 0 st, London & Brihton, sp. c. guaranteed, g No 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gee No. 2. 100 at Do 6 do do leo et Do 5 do No. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent lOO st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.?) 100 st Do 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, &Dover S per cent lOO at Loudon and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent.— 100 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Du Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l iOd at London and S W. 7 p,c __ _ 87 Li 73 82 96 ifio 116 /46 113 118 36 98 143 133 105 107 9$ 1O 97 29 HO 112 68 72 ... ... 108 98 98 196 10$ 95 100 90 92 80 92 97 99 68 72 S 5 v 4 130 135 98 100 110 112 late 3d shares, lOO • Do (Portsni.perp ans 2s6d) all ... I Man., Sher., diLineln. 6 p.c lon Do 148 150 • Do 31 per cent lOO 1 Du redeem. 6 percent 5 st Mid. Consolidated ,6p. c lOO 130 135 • Do Bristol & Bina., 6p. c lOO 1.3 1:15 • Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO Vs 100 s Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 9.5 101 a Do Leicester& Irchn,4 p.c 100 Si) 01 at North British, 5 p.c. Nu. 1 lOO st Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D l.OO st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO •„, st N.-Eastera—Cons._4 p.c lOO 87 85 64 -6-6 st Do 44 per cent. redeem lOO 97 99 st Do C 1 S.E. 4 per cent., lOO ... .., 17 Do Lerwick capital 8.13.4. ... ... Du York, 11. &S. purchase lO 18 104 Do Stcktn & Drling. A. I p.c DO 107 10'd st Do \V, liartlepool 11. and It 100 86 88 20 North Staffordshire 10s S. Devon Annuities, 1 all 0 10 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 91. 10s Do Fixed 44 per cent all 8 8i 1 0.6. S. East. (head. Anne., 1.0.0 all 22 21 st Do 44 per eel* lOO ... ... st Du Fixed 44 por cent lOO ... ... st Taff Vale No.l IOU 154 158 st "Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 .. .. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCIE SHARES AND STOOKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year at 011edonian 41 p c gua,. st Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem all at Do 4p e con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO st Great Northern, 5p c irre. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 11l st Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. 11131., 5p c 100 . • at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 8 . 5 . 91 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 110 112 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all at sent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO • • •• 5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 at Loud., Brig &e., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 6 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sdo at Load , Chat., &c., 23, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 t.c at London& N IVestcrn,s p c 100 1 0 8 i m St London& S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 95 10 Man. Sher. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all V 9f at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 at Midland, IL 5 per cent pref lOO 107 109 at Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 214 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 19 194 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent .100 at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E , P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E. &C+ , No. 2, 5 p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cant, 1862 100 at Do E. & U., N 0.3, 5 p.c ... 100 at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 .• at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 fitJ 0 at Do Stock. & Danl., D ... 100 113 115 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5 p c... 100 at South Eastern, 4f pc, 1859 100 at Do 6 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 „. 77 SU 87 90 86 $8 83 86 1 1p 1i 20 BAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at Birkenhead lOO 91 93 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 98 100 at Buckinghamshire t Chester and Holyhead lOO 54; 6 at Do. 51 per cent. st Do. 5 do. 109 11C 112 st Clydesdale, guaranteed l9O „. at Colchester Stear Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 182 131 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 at Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Ileref 100 97 99 50 I.lull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 at London and Blackwall lOO 91 95 at Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Chat., &c., 41 pc. 100 st Do. Corn. Fund, 5 do 100 st London and Greenwich ... 100 at Do. do Preference... 100 at London, Tilbury, & Soi'di 100 at Lowestoft,gua 4 per cent... 100 at Do. 6 do 100 51 Manch., Btu.. Matlk all at Midland, Braiford, Pref... 100 10 Mid Kent Cray Lino) 5* Northern& East., 5 per cont all 50'. Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern—Hartlepool at N.West. A porp. prof, 5p c lOO 107 109 st Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO —. st Notting. & Granth H. 0 lOO 91 93 25 Preston and Wyre. all 44 46 Royston, Bitch., and Shep. 100 132 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 132 134 10 Do do 2 2 2ip a S. Yorkat. and River Dun 100 97 99 D 4 per cent gua lO 78 80 5 do st VIA Station and Pimlico lOO at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all at Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset "4'2 92 94 53 56 57 M 13 14 F 2 81 DOCKS. et East and West India lOO 124 126 1241 London and St. Katherine 100 51 53 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent . all ~„ Freehold Land at "‘ DOC:k - 103 28 31 at Southampton IJo 72 75 at hurray Commercial l O4 ' 110 113 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. to-American TeI,UM-7, - 19 2) 10 Anglo Mediter Te1.,1fm.... 1• 171 18 191 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 13 18 st Do. 8 per cent. at B. and L Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 178 183 At Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 260 265 10 Do. New $ 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., Um.., all 28 28 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 21 81 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 1 1p 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., Um all 6 61 25 Reutes'a Telegram all 7$ 80 20 Societe TranssAlant., lim all 161 17 17 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 11 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 71 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 41 51 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 iMilo-texican Mint all 141 14f 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 2 bd 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 141 141 10 Do. New all ,00 Bolckow Vaughan, lien. 2 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 4 20 British American Land 44 20 British Indian Tea, lira all 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment,lim 2f 20 Ceylon Company, lim 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lira 9 20 City of Milan Improv. lim. all 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 20 City Offices, lim 22 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercial Vnion (Assur) 5 pr f 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 25 27 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 74 per cent. 13 15 5 61 5 11 Icl 15 17 21 31 64 04 34 244 8 'd bi 4 b 6 Bank of France. PARIS, Jan. 6. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Dec. 30. fr. c. 182,500,000 Jan. 6. Capital of the Bank Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) Reserve of tho Bank and ite branches Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at 182,500,000 - 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 sight Treasury account cur- rent creditor Current accounts, Paris Do. branch banks Dividends payable Discounts and sundry _ interests Rediscounted tho last six months Surplus of receipts not - distributed Sundries 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 11 83 85 79 81 45,881,189 53 44,421,933 24 210,725,935 42 374,167,210 13 46,061,119 - 10,991,393 - 179 205,673 66 315,435,569 43 51,740,912 - 8,736,807 -- 428,095 54 1,024,936 57 1,305,522 15 1,305,522 15 6,639,613 89 21,386,924 76 Total CREDITOR. Jan. 6. Dec. 30. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks ,.. 1,215,263,514 80 1,247,125,675 13 Commercial bills over- 2,097,667 11 due I Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 335,889,819 03 Do. branch banks 339,445,17r Advances on deposit of 260,931 37 355,546,411 35 292,125,580 - bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public 16,198,700 - 2,121,600 - 22,457,800 - 1,699,880 - Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares 23,296,4 00 - 9,286,700 - 22,642,700 - 9,051,800 - 39,882,600 - 33,662,200 - and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Fancier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) Government Stock re serve Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Brark and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment 6,294 Sundries 39,380,11,0 - 32,946,170 - 1,139,300 - 1,172,200 - 1,131,800 - 1,299,000 - 60,000,000 - 60,000,000 - 12 980,750 1 4 80:595,187 21 12,980,750 14 80,595,187 21 100,000,000 - 9,068,243 - 9,048 897 - 2,554,010 93 9,995,002 42 Total Certified by the Sena tor -Governor of the Bank of FraL ce. (Signed) Ro ULAND. The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culatiou 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 tho four weeks ended the let of Dec. (the nearest data furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : Nov. 6, Dec 4, 1869. 1869. Increase.lDeCrease. ---• ----..— - --- Joint stook Banks.. 2, 425 ,072 2,8'8,739 56,333 P Bank riyat o e f B E a n n g k l a s n . (1 . . .. .. 223:898450:4%4,7 23,181,190 7 59 , 787 ---- • ---- 2,751,719 13 3 , 721 Total in England. 29,251,459 28,301,648 998, 411 Scotland 4,871,3 8 5,287,458 416,140 , Ireland 7 ,38 1,180 7, 351, 163 1 27,017 United Kingdom --41,503,9,53---40,013,26-9 —4-16,14017-76,87-8 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 £105,946 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation: — The English private banks are below their fixed issue ... £1,290,907 Tho English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue 369,901 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 onding,dst 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 ... £3,179,767 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ~. 2,714,884 £5,924,651 being an increase of £518,118 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of £321,393 when compared with the correepondiag period labt year 23 22 3 Id MORE MISSIONARY DIFFICIIItrES IN CHINA. The Hong Kong papers inform us of the cause 01 S. Rutherford Alcock's expedition up the Gang-tsze-kiang and of his visit to Nanking, of which we ;have alread3 heard by telegram. It seems that another outrage hoe been committed on two members of the Chine Inland Mission, at the City of Ngan - king it the province of Ngan - kwang. From the accouLl given by the Messrs. Meadows and Williamson the missionaries in question, if would appear that it January last they established themselves at Ngan-kin: with Mr. Meadows and family, with the full knowledge and concurrence of the Governor. All went smoothy until September, when the literary competitive examinations for the district began. A few day before the commencement of the examinations th authorities requested that as long as they lasted the missionaries would refrain from preaching, and hinter, that as the Prefectural examinations would innediatel; follow those for the district it would be as well if they left the city for three months. This the missionaries found it inconvenient to do, and hoped that by lying perdu they should be able to escape the notice of the Literati. Fortune, however, did not favour them ; the usual inflam matory placards were posted in different parts of the city, calling on the inhabitants to pull down the house of the. "religious brigands." Directly Messrs. Meadows and Williamson were informed of the nature of these notices they set off to the Tao-tars Yamun to ask for pro tection, and were by him referred to the Prefect. To reach the official's residence they were obliged to pass through the court-yard in which the examinations were being held. The students no soone perceived their approach than they upset their sedan chairs, and cried aloud, " Kill the foreign devils." By a rapid movement, however, the missionaries reached the Yamun uninjured. To their urgent request for an inter view with the Prefect, an answer was returned that his 'Excellency was at breakfast, and that they must wait. Meanwhile, the mob had attacked and pillaged their, house, and bruised and frightened Mrs. Meadows, besides grossly insulting her. Eventually she was restored to her husband through the energetic exertions of a native servant, and the whole party were the same night put into a boat, with a hundred dollars and a guard, to finl their way to Kin-kiting. TERRIBLE DISASTER AT SEA LOSS OF EIGHTEEN LIVES. The Western Morning News gives an account of the Cassi pore disaster, by which eighteen lives were lost. On Mon day evening the steamer Nabarre arrived at Falmouth and landed the chief mate and eight seamen, sole sur vivors of the ship Cassipore, which foundered on Satur day last while on her voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta. The survivors were in so exhausted a condition that full details could not be procured, but it appears that the Cassipore left Liverpool on the 31st ult., and encountered on Friday night and Saturday the terrible gale which raged throughout the west and south coasts of England and Ire land. She, however, bore up bravely against the storm until she had passed Kinsale Head, fifteen miles west of Cork, where she encountered the full force of the tempest. Tre mendous seas continually swept her deck from end to end, and at length so strained and swamped her that, somewhat suddenl, when thirty miles south of Kinsale, she went town bodily. There were two boats on board, and just as the Cassipore was sinking the chief mate Randolph Camp bell, Charles Appletown, of Southampton, and seven other seamen jumped on board the smaller boat, and had barely time to clear the ship before she foundered. The captain and remainder of the crew, eighteen in number, had no time to get out the other boat, and wont down in the ship. Those in the boat expected momentarily that the fate of their companions would be their own, for a 'fearful sea was running, and they had no equipments, provisions, or water on board. Throughout Saturday night and Sunday, how ever, they kept up, but the strength of the strongest be came exhausted by privation and exposure during Sunday night. Happily early on Monday morning the steamer Nabarre hove in sight, saw the castaways, and succeeded with great difficulty in getting them on board, where their wants were carefully attended to. They were landed at Falmouth on Monday night and conveyed to the Sailors' Home. CHARGE AGAINST A BANK MANAGER.' The case of M. Demetrio Pappa,manager of the Oriental Commercial Bank, has been recently investigated before the Lord Mayor in the Justice Room of the Mansion House, and has been remanded several times. The Bank, which is now in course of liquida tion, was established in 1864, and the prisoner was - appointed its manager at a salary of £1,200 a year. It stopped in 1866, and after an investigation of the accounts, the matter was referred to Vice-Chancellor James, and a prosecution of the prisoner was directed. It seems that he had several transactions with Messrs. Partridge and Co., brokers, in respect of the shares of the bank, and handed them five checks, amounting in all to 533 Bs. 941., which amount was credited to his private account, and the shares transferred to him in respect of it. The checks in question really belonged to the bank and not to the prisoner,and the several amounts had been duly entered to the credit of the various customers in the bank's books. 713 total amount of £533 had been debited to Messrs. Partridge's account, and appeared as an amount advanced on account of the bank, the brokers being returned al debtors in the prisoner's rough balance-sheets. After the stoppage, the prisoner and a clerk went over the books, and Messrs. Partridge and Co. were included in the list of bad debts, which was considered highly unjustifiable. The result of the whole examination of the accounts was that the prisoner was accused of embezzling and appro priating to his own use the sum in question. Mr. Cooper, public accountant and liquidator of the Oriental Bank, gave evidence in support of the charge, and admitted that the prisoner hold over 4,000 shares in the bank in his own name, upon which he must have paid something, though he could not say what at the moment. The prisoner's counsel did not deny the receipt of the money in question or the payment to the stock brokers, but his client had acted with the sanction of the parties who could alone give it. He had paid about £O,OOO on these shares, all of which he had lost, and he submitted that he could not be charged with felony. Mr. Cooper was cross-examined at some length by the prisoner's counsel, Mr. Lewis, who said ho would call the four directors present at a certain meet ing referred to, and then the absurdity of the charge would be made apparent. Mr. Cooper said that he could not find the sum of £538 in the weekly synopsis of the given date, and that all checks of the company given in the regular way should have been included under the head of "cash balances authorised and paid." The Lord Mayor said the defendant purchased 406 shares, and had them transferred to him; ho was proved to have received the whole of the dividends, and to have put the money in his own pocket. That was how the matter stood at present. Mr. Lewis said the two things were quite distinct. He received the dividends because he made himself liable for the shares. The case still stands adjourned, the defendant being admitted to bail. The defence seems to be that the directors were cognisant of the affair, which was intended to keep up the price of the shares. The Bonn correspondent of the North-German Gazette complains of the constant duelling among the students of that university. Encounters often take place without even the pretext of a quarrel, and, as the phrase is, merely for the honour of the respective corps. The college authorities have done their best to put an end to the duelling system, but their efforts have not been crowned with success. The prompt and vigorous interven tion of the civil authorities seems to be the only means of eradicating the evil. BARON HAUSSMANN'S FORTUNE.—" Do you wish to know the amount of the Baron's faibulous wealth ? The best part of it lies in the revenues of the Baroness, esti mated at 50,000 f. a year. Add to that the annual senato rial donation of 30,000 f., and you will have a total of 80,000 f. You will scarcely believe me when I say that the Baron retires with only 20,000 f. Rente of his own ; and yet nothing is more ezct. But how many others, in hi p s place, would not have extended and embellished the capital without following the rather too crooked ways of Superin tendent Fouquet ? Should we have long to seek for them in the history of our most immediate contemporaries? Baron Haussman possesses at Nice the Villa of Menthe - ron, the maintenance of which is costly. He is also pro prietor of the domain of Cestas, in the Gironde, which he has converted, at great expense, into a princely residence. The architect charged with the works of reparation and embellishment shared the common error of his employer's wealth. He counted on an immense fortune being in the Prefect's possession, and spared no outlay to render Cestas worthy of so opulent a nobleman. Then came in the bills which reached a figure that caused a terrible outcry at the Prefecture. Quick, quick,' said the Baron to M. Alphand ; 'let me have these bills reduced. The total is altogether exaggerated, and lam treated far too much like a millionnaire.' M. Alphand set off to Cestas, and the accounts were taxed, but still reached a very large sum. A few months elapsed, and no payment came. One morning Baron Haussmann received the visit of a gentleman in black, with a white cravat, who told him, with all the respect due to so high a functionary, that if the note was not liquidated within a short delay he should be obliged to lay an embargo on the prefectorial salary. The Baron then entered into arrangements, ftxed certain periods, and paid the_ demands regularly at the yimpa 11004 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE— Ihs Day ciry BETTING. —THIS DAT. WATERLOO (COURSING) OUP. sto 1 agst Lord Lurgan's nomination (taken) 100 to 6 agst Mr Brocklebank's nom. (taken) 100 to 6 agst Mr Spink's nomination (taken) 16 to 1 agst Mr Blanshard's nom. (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr Bland's nom. (taken) 25 to 1 agst Dr Richardson's nom. (taken) 80 to 1 agst Lord Bunning's nomination (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 6 agst The Lamb (wanted) 1000 to 45 agst Q.C. (offered) 28 to 1 agst The Colonel (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Summertime (taken) 500 to 15 net Snowstorm (taken) 100 to 3 agst Lymington (taken) 100 to 3 agst Doctor (offered) 1003 to 30 agst Fertullagh (offered) 1000 to 35 agst Schiedam (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Count Horn (offered—take 1000 to 20) 1000 to 25 agst Scipio (offered) 1000 to 25 agst Costa (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Kingcraft and offered) 9 to 2 agst Sunshine offet ed (5 to 1 takes) Bto 1 agst Cam3l (offered) 10 to 1 agst Astolfo (offered) 1000 to 70 agst Sunlight (offered) 20 b 1 agst Normanby (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Alaric (offered) 40 to 1 agst Macgregor (offered) . _ . _ _ 40 to 1 agst Bay Rosalind (offered—take 500 to 10) 1000 to 15 agst Kingcraft winning the Two Thou sand and Sunlight the Derby (taken) 1000 to 800 agst Mr. Merry's lot and Kingcraft coupled (offered) 700 to 400 agst any two (offered—take 200 to 100) DERBY. 625 to 100 agst Sunshine (offered—take 7 to 1) 8 to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered) 14 to 1 agst Camel (taken) 200 to 11 eget Bridgewater (taken) 20 to 1 agst Astolfo (offered) 500 to 25 agst Sunlight (taken) 40 to 1 agst Macgregor (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst King of Scots (offered) 40 to 1 agst Alaric (taken to .£50); 1000 to 20 agst Asterope (wanted) 1000 to 20 agst Exciseman (wanted) RACING FL FEB :TURES-1870. MARY. Lincoln l5, 16 I Derby .. ..J2, 28 Harrow 17, 18 I Nawtou . . ...25, 26 MARCH. Nottingham... 1, 2 I West Somerset .... .... 16, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick 22, 23, 24 Pontefract 14, 15 I Epsom 29 30 , Oambridgeshire l4, 16 I Bromley 31 and April 1 APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 I West Drayton 7, 8 I Thirsk 7, 8 I Kingsbury lB, 19 Durham lB, 19 I Newmarket Craven 18 to 22 Abergavenny 21, 22 Lewes 9 6, 27 Croydon. 28, 20 MAY. Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5 Chester. lO, to 13 Winchester lO, 11 Salisbury l2, 13 York 17, 18 Doncaster 19, 20 Croydon ..8, 9 Manchester 8,9, 10 Ascot 14 to 17 Windsor 2l, 22 `JI Newmarket 5 to 8 Nottingham 12, 13 Chelmsford 12, 13 Reading 1 9 , 13 AU Harpenden 20, 21 Bath 24, 25 Stamford 26, 27 Croydon 26. 27 Epsom 31 to June 8 Newton 22, 23 Hampton 9 3, 24 Bibury Club 29 Stockbridge...SO, and J 1 ,17 1 ILY. I West Drayton 14, i 5 Huntingdon 19, 20 I Kingsbury 9 1, 22 Goodwood ~ 26, 29 'JUST. Brighton 2, 3 I Stocktit. l7 to 19 Brighton Club 4 1 Oxford 18, 19 Lewes 5 6 York 23 to '25 Egham 9, 10 Plymouth Windsor ll, 12 Derby BO, 31 Bromley l6, 17 Weymouth 3O, 31 SEPTEMBER. Warwick 6, 7 I Richmond 20, 21 Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Meet (Ayr) 21 to 23 Doncaster 13 to 16 I Hendon 22, 23 Hampton .. 2O, 21 I Newmarket Ist Oct. 27 to 30 OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2n. - 0ct..10 to 14 Leicester Bromley 6, 7 I Newmarket H0t'n...24 to 29 NOVEMBER. Liverpool 8 to 11 1 Shrewsbury l4 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birrniugbam 8, 9 I Harrow l7, 18 Derby 10, 11 Newton 9 5, 26 MARCH Liverpool 8,9, 10. 8r0m1ey......31 and April 1 W I est Somerset 16,17 Cheltenham.. 31 aud April 1 Warwick 9 2 to 24 AP Aldershot 7, 8 1 Kingsbury lB, 19 'RI L. LONDON GAZETTE —Last Evening. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 10. Lieutenant Frederick Parke has been promoted to the rank of Retired Commander. The followiug promotions have been mad,, confirming commissions given by Vice-Admiral Wellesley, Coniman_ der-in-Chief on the North America Station, in the vacan cies consequent on the death of Commander James 11. Coxen, with seniority from the 3d November, 1869 ; Lieut. Henry John Martin to be Commander; Sub-Lieut. the Hon. Clarence Edward Graves to be Lieutenant. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Anist3rdam,-„ Short ... 11 181 ... 11 19 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 lk ... 12 11 Antwerp — ... 25 3if ... 25 421 Brussels Hamburgh — ... 13 10} ... 13 11 Paris Short ... 25 15 ... 25 221 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main V ienua — Trieste — • 1201 120 i 12 60 ... 12 70 I ' ▪ . 12 65 ... 12 70 Petersburg Copenhagen — ~. 9 18 ... 9 22 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 49 ... 49k Leghorn Milan — ... 26 75 ... 26 771 Genoa Naples Palermo — ... 26 75 ... 26 77i Messina Lisbon — ••• MI ... 52 Oporto — ••• 51} ... 2 Rio J aneiro New York ...... — CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—The Massachusetts So ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has com menced operations by securing convictions and fines to nearly $1,200, for beating horses 33, overdrive ing horses 21, working old, galled, and lame horses 19, cruelty in transportation 11, bagging cows 11, overloading horses 5, failing to provide food 4, cruelty to cows 2, abandoning horse, abandoning cow, cruelty in breaking horse, cruelly killing horse, cruelty to calf, dog, and sheep, failing to provide shelter one each, 8 ; in all, 114. The society is discussing whether clipping horses for the winter season is kindness or cruelty. One writer maintains the kindness provided that the animal is covered with blankets. Mr. Bergh, who is always on the look-out for cases of cruelty, gave the following testimony in a New York court against the New York police. "On Monday night, the 6th instant (that very stormy night, sir), at the junction of the Bowery and Third and Fourth Avenues, I saw a roundsman—beastly drunk is the usual way to say it, but no boast gets that way ; he was outra geously drunk ; three days afterwards I saw the same man, in broad daylight, walking ta what is by courtesy called a sample room, but which I call it rum shop, and drank his rum there. I constantly see offi cers inside of a doorway in the close embrace—ay, sir, em brace—of the most abandoned prostitutes; and I say now that I have witnessed repeated cases of officers in a state of drunkenness, and associating with debauched women while ou duty." ADVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — Hope on.—lt is peculiarly gratifying to the discoverer r.f these inestimable remedies to receive unsolicited testi monials of cures of all descriptions of diseases effected by his medicaments, after every other treatment had failed. The most tortured sufferers may take heart, and hope on for a short time, until they have given a fair trial to Hollo way's patent medicines. The Ointment applied according to the directions affixed to each pot, w ill, with ease and expedition, cure all sores, wounds, sprains, erysipelus, rheumatism, gout, and cutaneous eruptions. Rubbed upon the chest, removes pectorial diseases, coughs. asthma, and shortness of breath. The Pills are infallible in cases o indigestion, sick headache, biliousness, liver complaints and debility. DVERTISEMENT.]—Henceforth no ono will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health -restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from Invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, wo may now add that of his s Holiness the ears of Pope, whose health has been perfectly restor ed by after t hirty y unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the "Gazette du Midi," July 25th :—" Rome, July 21, 1866. - The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other reme dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this e xcellent food too highly." We extract a few out ofmore than 83,000 cures:—Cure No. 53,21 6, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation , all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and Vie most in tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 1,771: Lord i•-tuart de Decios, Lord-Lieutenant• of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No. 49,832: "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspePs i3, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, sP°'s n r`' sickness, and vomiting—Maria Joly " Cure No. 46 270: r: James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lturi,, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and par tial deafness. th9.:11.- p o rtant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury and more Lie big .3 sloppy imitations to which, without authori t y , Baron name is most audaciously attached. In tins, at Is t d; Ilb 2s 9d; 2 lb 45 Cd; 21 lbs 4 s.—Also DII BIRBY's RDNALENTA ARA PownEn is packed in tin canisters: for 11 cups ' at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 2.38 cups at 30s, fc —being about one penny per cup. The 30e eau free of carriage in England on receipt of 11',. BARRY Du BARRY and Co., to. 7; Regentltr' all erycers And OhaniAto. fls; 121 b 223 asAinbreinfij:ololl:ll ps at 2s, for 24 cups. for 576 cups at 5k nd 55s tins are s( 'oat 081x' ;rot. T NE.