The Sun. — London, England, 1870-02-22 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Busincss was very dull to-day on the Stock Ex change, and Consols were a shade lower. In Rail- Ways there was an improvement in Great Northerns and Metaopolitans. In Telegraph shares there has be en a rise in Construction and Maintenance. In Bank shares there was little change, and for Mis cellaneous shares prices remain almost stationary. Consols are now at 92 4 1 to 92i for money; ditto, for Account, 921 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 928 a; New Three per Cents, 928 j ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem. ; June, 2 preen. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, 2 die. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 44 Per Cent., 2 0. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1112 1 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 101 1002 ; ditto Enlaced Paper, 5 per Cent., 1872, —. In the Foreign Market Italian are 548 to 541 ; Russian Fives (1862), 851 to 852 ; Charkof, 81 to 84 1 ; Moscow, 83 to 831; Egyptian, 772 to 781. Viceroy -Loan is 812 to 82 ; Turkish, 441 to 441; Brazilian, 881 to 891 ; Chilian, 97 to 98 ; and Danubian Sevens, 891 to 901. In the Railway shares Great Northern, Metro politan, Midland, and South Eastern have im proved. The prices are now :—Caledonian, 77 to 77 1 - ; Great Eastern, 381 to 381; Great Northern, 1 17 to 118 ; ditto (A), 118 to 118 ; Great Western, 63 1 to 64; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to 1282; London and Brighton, 42 to 421 ex div. ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 142 to 15 ; London and North Western, 1241 to 125 ; London and South Western, 93 to 94 ; Metropolitan, 771 to 771 ; Midland, 1232 to 1241 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 1281 to 1281 ; and South Eastern 761 to 77. In American Five-Twenties are 8821 to 89 ; Ten- Forties, 84 to 841. Erie, 221 to 221. Illinois show a_rise, viz., to 112, and Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 321 to 33i. Great Luxemburg are 14 to 141; Lombardo- Venetian as last quoted. Construction and Maintenance Telegraph Shares are now quoted 431 to 431, being a rise of 4 ; Anglo- American is lower, 'l7 to 171 ex div. ; and China Submarine ad Falmouth, at 1 to 1 dis. ; French Cable, 16 to 161; and British Indian Submarine, 141 to 141. In Bank Shares prices are without change. Agra (A) is quoted 11 to 12 ; Alliance are 121 to 13/ ; Chartered Mercantile, 321 to 331; Anglo-Austrian, 15 to 17 prem.; Imperial Ottoman, 3 to 3i prem.; London and Westminster, 61 to 62 ; London Joint Stock, 321 to 331 ; Union of London, 361 to 371 ; and London and County, 48 to 49. I Ign Miscellaneous Shares Credit Foncier, 28 to 3 ,„; ; General C re dit, 5-16 t o 3-16 di s. ; I n t ernat i ona l F inancial, 2 to 12 dis. ex div. ; Berlin Waterwdrks, 15 } to 151 ; H u d son ' s B ay C ompany, 121 t o 121 ; India Rubber Works, 601 to 601 ex ,div. ; London General Omnibus Company, 2 13-16 to 2 15-16 ; National Discount, 11 to 111 ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 451 to 461; and Royal Mail Steam, ter:day:ul to 561. here were no gold operations at the Bank yes- The amount of Australian gold on the way to E ngland is £486,000, cf which £346,000 is due at Southamptonoriettai on Friday, by the Peninsular and Company's steamer Delhi. The Great Victoria is bringing £lO,OOO ; Holmsdale, £9,000 ; Ja net Court, £B,OOO ; Essex, £lO,OOO ; Alexander tit hie, £30,500 ; Cambodia, £41,000 ; and the Excelsior, £31,500. „The Arauc a ni a , f r om Valparaiso, has brought ''° 4 ,ooo in specie. The Hipparchus, for Rio, has taken 110,000. It is understood that the Pacific Steam Naviga tion Com pany of Liverpool have reso l ve d to esta - T ! s il a semi-mo n thly li ne o f steamers between , L iverpool an d th e W es t C oas t o f S ou th A mer i ca ' v ia the Strait s o f M age ll an , an d to begin the ex tended service as soon as their steamships now in the course of construction arc completed. , A prosp ec t us h as b een i ssue d o f the Anglo illaltese Hydraulic Dock Company (Limited), with a capital of £150,000 in shales of £2O, nearly hal f of w hi c h h as b een su b scr ih e d h ere and in half of which has been subacrihed here and in lalta. The object is to construct a hydraulic lift d ock on the system of Mr. Edwin Clark, for which th e Maltese authorities have conceded an ample site, accompanied by a su b s idy of £5,000 on con dition that the works be completed within a reasonable time. . Ti le report of the T e legraph Construction and A u-ain tenance Company (Limited and Reduced), to II " prese n t e d on the Ist of M arch, states th a t the balan ce of profit and loss account, after returning i Per share in reduction of capital, conformably with the resolution passed at the extraordinary gener al meeting of the 14th of December last, is 6 8 ' ,223 , exclusive of 15,000 bonus shares which will C ee dlle due to the company on the successful lay -31.1g of the British Indian Cable. On the let of cent' 18 69, the usual interim dividend of 2i per maki n g lwas paid, and a further dividend of per cent., 6 a '," l g 1 0 per cent. for the year, is now proposed, eating £8,523 to be carried forward. The con cra,cte of the company now comprise the Falmouth, i :orait ar, and Malta line, 2,456 miles ; the Bri- Indian Extension, 1,756 miles ; the China, a '' l4o Danes ; the British Australian, 1,163 miles; Tbe Marseill e s, Algiers, and Malta, 862 miles. a L'e t otal amount of these contracts is £2,417,000, t1 : 1 they insure the company ample w ork th ra i ° eghout th e presen t y e ar and the next. Seve • O ther contracts of a minor character are also le h and. Th e report o f t h e E s t a t e Company (Limited an d ta Reduced), t o b e presente d on the 28th inst., avows an improvement in the rental account, recommends a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. In relation to the affairs of the Atlantic and Great i s " t ern Railway, Mr. D. Chadwick, M.P., has si ted a report of the results of his recent visit '° Ameri ca on behalf of the Bond and De b enture it:Ad ers' Association, which will be presented to a meeting on the 23d inst., and in which, with the view of securing an immediate settlement of all existing claims on the line, he proposes a plan of arrangement. The mail from South Australia, with dates to the 4th of January, advises that the wheat harvest had not, after all, yielded the expected results. The . rote of censure on the Agent-General of Eng land remains uurescinded. Large changes were being made in the public services with the view to further economy. 'lenders were being invited for leasing the Southern Railways. The draining of the swamp lands in the south-eastern district was Under discussion. The deliveries of tea in London, estimated for the week, were 1,023,5831 b., which is a decrease of 122,5671 b., compared with the previous state- The report of the directors of the Temperance r ernianent Land and Building Society, to be P r esented at the meeting on Wednesday next, S tates the total receipts for the year at £431,000, d the assets of the company at nearly £BOO,OOO. Profit has b een a pp or tioned to the investing n Sha reholders at the r ate of 71 per cent. per "nLuin. We bb dvices from Melbourne state that T homas ebb Draper, a cashier, had defrauded the Com l'aercial Bank to the amount of nearly £lB,OOO, t 4 'l th at the manager (Henry G. Downtn an) : of itjliaeleael:Tucauia ridaderale branch of the National Bank, had un dertaking. . with embezzling moneys belonging to a half-yearly meeting of the Great Western vi , h ilw aY Comp any i s called for the 11th o f M arc h, e —ell an ag reement with the Stourbridge Ra il way hi ') , l tl u t l °4 °Y to alter and modify the beads of agree ted made on the I s t o f June, 1866, will be sub to t he consideration and approval of the i lieti ng thi ' t 'l _ le South Eastern Railway traffic return shows e , " e ek a decrease of £3,578 compared with the , rre Br , w . on a , ' Li ng Period of last year ; and the Brigh ecrease uf £4,393. reply to of fede- sions into iat there nio a ask- u, assert. Tet, from 3 evident apeadent t if it did lies, and What pos3ible, sates, to from the ?assa,ge the new severed, in that tbau be but nr Eng- Lble foe. Lop hing r should vhat, in iert that ieved if ;o adopt re is a I States :'s fare- a use ith such Ls cause e bun- ; gle, and zy view e words rapidly liscover ly bee a idicule. hostile lin has feed, a , till it Great sphere. on and nursed way is he new , let it lendly has no Id iuti- !inha 3hould direc- strous nldLe of en- herein of her [) omi - !ranee s it is ti the anger 101 l is ❑fired )f the ssible e see- vould itain. The Great Western of Canada Railway traffic return for the week ending the 18th inst. shows an increase of £2,200 over last year. The annual meeting of the proprietors of the Bauk of Australasia will be held on the 21st of March. The ordinary general meeting of the London and the Bahama Island Shipping Company (Limited) is convened for the Ist of March. DRIT/Slt FUNDS-...TW0 O'CLOCK. (.40 N7RNMENT luxin. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account 92+ 3 per Cent. Re laced 92i 4 Ne s :3 per Cent New 2i per Cont. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 por Cen 3 an. 1873 lunuitios, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1835 — Do (Red Sea Telek,raph), Aug., 1908 — :xchoqu:...r Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. March -- Da. 2f do. June 2 pm DI £lOO, £2OO Sz £5OO 2 d Bank of England Stock, 4i per Coat De. opening - Cinada 4 per Cont. Bonds — later-Colonial Omnium — INDIAN GOVERNMENTSECURITIBeI lnaii. Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 — Dc. Opening, for Account — D). a per Cent. July, 1880 - f Do 4 per. Cent. Oct. 1888 Do. Enfaced Pape, 4 per C.nt....... — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ........... — Do. 54 per Cent. May 1879 — Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Oda. 1872 — Do do 18'17,., — Do. do. 1882 — Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO .._ 111 • Do. under . X4OOO FOREIGN FONDS—TWO OVLOSE. argentine Republic, 6 per Oent Do Account B6l. Auitrian Bonds b per cent — Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent. — Do. 44 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858.... Do. au 1860 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1866 — Do. Account Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Out" 6 per Cent. Cadian 6 per Cent ..... "o. 44 por Cent. — Do. 3 por Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 . Do. 6 per cent. 1867 9B a lo.nbiau, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 , — Dan" bian Principaities, 7 per Cent 894 Do Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 .1* ....... .... ... Fcuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 101- Egyptian, 7 per Cent — Do Second Issue .. — Do. 450(, Bonds Do. 1864 — Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do, 4100 Bonds Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ..- — Do. Account • . 78 4 Do. XlOO Bonds ..... 78 Govornment Rsilwav Debentures 9B 4 8 Greet 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex. Coups lO Du. Courme Ga ttemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd Do. Ace. ant It 3 aau 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account Do Iklarommana Railway — d..)xica,E. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account — Dp. 1864 -- Do g per Cent. Anglo-French — dontevid?au 6 per Cent. .. — do crish Imperial 5 r ar Cent Vow Granada 224 Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 79 i Do 4} per Cent. (th:harren) Do 4} per Cent.. 1862 . — Do 6 per Cent.,1862 — Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, 9,'60,'2.': , 32 Do. do. 1867 62 . _ Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — R tssian 5 ~ar Cent., 182 Z, £ St go 44 per Cent 1850 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., 91i Do. do. £B4 15s. do , Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 14s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 6B} 8 Sardinian 5 pot Cent — Spanish 3 per Gen .. ' Do. Account ... — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account -- Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1861 . Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Dent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 74 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account — )o £lOO Bonds 7O 1 Do. 5 per cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1866 — Do. Account Da 4 por Cent., Guaranteed — Do do, Scrip — Venezuela 3 per Cent.. — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Dividends on the above payable in Loudon Austrian o per Cent Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2} per (lent. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — I tilian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex.lsf — Do Account 55 TWO O'CLOCK. Jonsols, Money Do. Account, March 9 92i i ad Bank of France. PARIS, Feb. 17. 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. Feb 10. Feb. 17. - -- -- fr. - c. fr. c. Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1&57) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation . Banknotes to order and receipts payable at ' sight 42,366,427 24 41,924,322 24 Treasury account cur rent creditor 154,372,378 73 153,480,915 16 Current accounts, Paris 313,021,594 70 308,425,453 66 Do. branch banks 43,894,205 43,256,499 Dividends payable 2,356,580' 2,129,145 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months 4305,522 15 1,305,522 15 Surplus of receipts not distributed — Sundries Total CREDITOR. Feb. 17. Feb. 10. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 294,855,193 07 320,810,217 08 Do. branch banks 290,866,997 298,751,279 Advances on deposit of bullion 10,856,900 11,478,000 Do. branch banks 1,462,500 1,823,800 - Do. on French Public Securities 19,219,300 19,251,600 Do. by branch banks 7,919,750 7,859,350 Do. on railway shares and debentures 39,412,500 39,665,50 Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Fender Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 6 0 ,00 0 ,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve ***** .*: ...... 12,980,750 14 12 , 980,750 14 Do. disposable ****** 80,595,187 21 80,595,187 21 Rentes Immobalisdes (Law, June 2, 1857) 100 000 000 100,000,000 -- Rotel and fu rn it ure of the Bz , uk and landed property branches 9,082,030 9,079,852 Expenses of manage_ — ment Sundries 6,293,471 35 7,932,461 97 Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) Ro ULAND. The account in the Viennese papers of the first Court ball of the season, after the return of the Empress from Rome, mentions that before the ball commenced, the wife of the American Minister Plenipotentiary, Mr. Jay, and the wife of the Brazilian Minister President, the Obey Varnhagen, were presented to their Majesties in a privatQ audience. Among the subsequent presentations in the Diplomatic circle were Mrs. Henry Grafton Chapman née Jay, Miss Jay, and Mr J. F. Delaplaine, Secretary of the American Legation. THE SUN, LONDON,. TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22. 1870. Si/ itra•: LIST. ),:turr:ARY 611AlsES AND STOC:th. Railways. Closing Businu s r'rioe. dyne. at Buist it and Exeter ...... 100 78 80 at Caledonian lOO 71;1 77 771 st CArobrian. 20 Cornwall all 21 ;',l at Dublin & Belfast 100 at Dan„rerth,& Ab.Junc 'loo 70 72 2) East London.... all .4 6 20 Do i 5 20 Do 10 at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 107 109 at Great Eastern ...... !Ou 374 374 381 et Do. E. Angl. No. 4 lOO 01 71 at Great ?lorthof Scotland lOO lo 11 st Great Northern ... 109 1171 118 1174 at Do. A. 5t0ck...... lOO lie 119 tt Do. B stock lOO 127 120 at GtS, and W. or Ireland lOO 1.8 100 at Gt. Western —Original lOO 6J4 63i 6:1 at Do. South Wales lOO 6i 64 67 at Do. W. Mid.—Oxford lOO 40 42 at Do. Newport lOO 34 :16 at Lancashire& Yorkshire lOO 128 1281 at Lon., Brigh.,& S.Coast lOO 44 441 424 f Do Scrip ... at Lon., Chat., and . Dover Wu 15 151 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO. 11 13 et Lou. & North Western lOO 1234 1241 124; / at Lon. South Western lOO 93 94 93 Man., Shet., & Lincoln lOO 511 52 at Metropolitan lOO 784 784 771 at Do Extension .. Do. New rd all at Metropolitan District. all 35 36 35 10 Metrop. St. John's NI cod 10 at Miuland st iO. dirmin. & Derby st Nurili British st D.. Pth., & Dun.— 106 at Nor lCastern—Berwick lOO 127 128 1284 25 13 4 G. N.E puroha.e 16.12. at D Leeds .. 100 79 80 87 61 at D o York lOO 1231 1241 st D °Carlisle at D oStock. & DarLinz lOO 167 169 at North London • 100 122 124 10 Do New 1868 ... 4 11 '2 p at North Staffordshire lOO 61 63 st North and p, W. Junction 100 90 101 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... • • st Il,l , : f mney at l3hropshire Union lOO 591 601 at South Devon',.. st South Eastern at Staines, Wok'hain, & Wok all 13 11 st 'tad Vale - Do. 1; Waterford . & Kilkenny lOO l 0 Waterloo & Whitelt,l 6 EtAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. • Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121- al Do B ' lO 41 5 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 211 25 241 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Auglo-italian 1100, lianted 10 3.1 1 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 15 16 20 Do issued at 2 put._ , 5 31 21 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 3'l 331 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 15 10 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, end China all 191 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China 20 City - 10 11 111 . 100 Colonial 25 41 43 10 Consolidated, Lim. 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, lim 20 English and Ame - ican,lim 10 • • ••• 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja.- neiro Urn .. .. •.. 20 English, Scottish, and Aus tralian Chartered 4 all 17; ISI 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 37 :- 9 291 Do new lll 41 5k 100 Imperial, lint 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 2i 3 131 1 25 lonian all 2) 22 25 Do new 5 6 3 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 3; 0 1 100 Do sp.c. De b 5.1864, 30 all 76 76 80 .00 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 5 4 100 Loudon and Brazilian, lint. 45 35 70 20 Do new 71 5 41 100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 11 13 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 12i 20 London Chart. of Australia all 23; 20 20 Loudon and County 2O 491 501 481 50 Do new, las at 20 p.m,16 pd ll . - -•— London Joint Stock 3ll 321 33 London and South African al 100 London &S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, inn_ 121 ••• ••• 100 London and Westminster. 20 60 61 61/ 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 100 Merchant, lira 25 61 51 10 Metropolitan, lira all 71 7 1 00 Midland, lira 2O 1d 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 3d • 1 1 ) 00 National Provinc. of Eu4'd 42 ... ... 10 Do 50 Nati0na1........... 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 4t 50 Provinc.Bauk.Corpo., lien lO 61 51 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 85 87 10 Do new. all ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lira 25 11 13 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 40 43 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of Loudon POLICE INIELLIGENCE—This Day. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cont. 100 87 8? at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... et Do. Scot. N.E., 46 per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 82 at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st 80. Ist Class preference.., 100 ... at Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... at 1 4t. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 98 10) et . Do do Ne. 2 100 97 99 at Do do G per cent 100 110 113 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 st Do do B G do. 100 ... at Do do C 7 do. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 68 72 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 m st Great Not thorn, 5 per cent 10) „, st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ,„ Do 46 do do do 100 ••• st Do 5 do at sp. c. pin. 100 --- st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax,, 6 per cout lOO at Gi.Nrth of SCotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Western _ (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 9,1 98 st G t.West.—Orig.&Jnt.-lieut d ig., per gua.s p.c lOO 106 108 Do. Urig. (B. &11. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 10J Do do 4 1 per cent. 1350 lOO 90 92 •Do do 4 do do Do do 5 per cent. redem lOO 97 94 Du do Birmingham gua IOJ 68 72 Du do do pref lOO Do do Chester gua I 85 Da Do do do 8 per cent lOO Do do do 5 do 100 Do South Wales, gas,. 4 p.c. lOU Do do 41 p.c lOO at Do do 4/ 1858 lOO at Do do 5 st Do West !did. Oxford Istll6 118 t do 2d gua. 100 1!D 121 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 116 98 at Do do 21 do 100 ... at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ... at Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1,3 13b at Do Barnsley, £5 Os 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East L.9ncashire) 100 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 93 100 st London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No 1 lOO ... et Do 5 per cent. gua No. 2. 100 at Do 6 do do lOO ... at Do 5 do Ni. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent lOO et Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P ) 100 st Do 4 do 1859 lOO at Loudon, Chatham, &Dover 5 per cent at London and II W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent.— 100 110 11! at Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO _ et Do Shrewsb'y 10d st London and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 150 a Do (Portam. pert ans 2s6d) all ... a Man., Shef., & Linda. 6 p.c. 100 Do a Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 st Mid. Consolidated, 6p. c... 100 130 135 • Do Bristol& /firm., 6p. c._ 100 113 135 133 a Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 9i 100 a Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 93 1.) • Do Leicester & Irchn, I p.c 100 fail 91 st North British, 5 p.c. Nod lOO at DoE.&G. 4 p.e.S.StD 100 at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cou.t.. 100 at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 85 st Do 41 per cent.. redeem-- 100 97 99 at Do 0 N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Lerwick capital 8.13.4. Do York, H. &S. purchase. 10 10 101 Do Stcktn Ri.Urliug. A 5 p.c. 100 107 108 at Do W, Hartlepool U. and 11 100 86 88 20 North Staffordshire all 20/ 211 10s B. Devon Annuities, I,a all 9 10 10a Do Tavistock Anna., 10s all 81 oi 108 Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 8 / 1,0.6. S. East. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO ... at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... at Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 158 at WaWrford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 .. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate yea at Clbledonis.n 44 p c gua. at Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO „. at Do 41 p all at Do 4p c eon. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 go at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 86 88 st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 83 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO at Do Perinanwat 5 per cent lOO at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 at GreatWest.,W Midi., 5p c 100 at Do Jointperpe. 5 p c,1865 100 8 . 3 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 115 120 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all „ at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 I ip st Lond., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 et Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• at Do do 4 1 do, 1861 100 at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 „. at Do No. 7 sdo at Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at London& N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 at London& &Western, 41 p 0 100 93 95 10 Man. Shef. & Lin., .5 pc, 1865 all 9 91 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 108 104 at Midland, it 5 per cent pref lOO 107 100 et 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 hares all 19 194 22 Do 5p con. in S to Old Stk., Aug. 31,1872 Bl 11 21p 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. &G , N 0.2, 5 p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do K & G., No. 3, 5 p.c at Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 90 100 st Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 113 115 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p e lOO ... at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 • s t Do 5 do 1861 100 ... at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 •• •.. at Do 5 do, 1864 At Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenhead lOO 93 95 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 98 100 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54; 8 at Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. 100 110 14 at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ~, at Colchester Stoar Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 132 131 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all a Gt. EasH• Ne ite, 5 P.O 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Herof 100 97 99 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 9.5 st Do. 41 per cent lOO ,„ at London, Chat., &c., 41 pc. 100 at Do. Com. Fund, sdu 100 at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO a t London, Tilbury, & Smith 100 . 871 t7l st Lowestoft,gua 4 per cout lOO 79 81 at Do. 41 - 6 do ... 100 51 Manch., Bt.— Ma all at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 PI 10 Slid Kent Cray Liao) 50 Nurtheruk East., 5 per cent all 53 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern —Hartlep00l s t N.West.A perp. prof, 5 p c lOO 107 . 1 . 69 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO „, fit Notting. 6; Gra.nth R.& C lOO 91 . 93 25 Preston and Wyro. all 44 46 Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 10 132 114 10 Da do 8 2 2ip B S. York-oh. and River Dua 100 100 10 D 4 per cent ;pls.— 101 78 80 5 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO • at West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 11 20 Do do B all ..„ ,„ 20 Do do C all ,„ at Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and Weal Louden and St. Katherine 100 49 Ll 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent a:1 /dillwall Freehold Land Dock 10) 10 33 Southampton ljo 72 73 721 burrey Comma vial TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Anglo-American Tei., lint all 191 191 171 1 10 Anglo Mediter Te1.,1irn.... 10 201 21 201 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 14 16 at Do. S per cent. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 180 11/0 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 262 267 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lint all 22 25 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. Um all 3 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all . .. 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lice all 9 10 25 Router's Telegram all 12 13 I'l 20 Societe Transatlant., lint all 16 16i 161 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 11 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 7 8 5 Do. 10 per cent. Prof all t 1 53 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 111 141 15 14f 23 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 25 Austn Mort Land and Fin ' L 5 d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lini all 3 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lint 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 51 5 Ditto, New 4 pr 6pm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 21 8-1. 27 Canada Company all 61 6; 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 23 City of London Real Prop, LlO 7 tid 30 City of Milan Improyment L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited ..... 35 23 22d 50 Colonial, Litt.ited 2O 1,1 pr 50 Commercial Union (Also) 5 lf 24p 10 Corn of African Morph, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L ..• - 9 ; all 2 1 271 25 Copper Miners of England, I'ref 7k per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 4 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 41 per cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 11 per cent 10 Credit Fouc of England, L all 2i 31 113 16 50 Credit Fouc of Mauritius, L 10 2k 14d St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 93 93 St Do, 6 per cont Perp Debentloo 106 111 109 50 E India Laud Credit & Fin L 7 5 4d 32 Ebbw Vale 27k 104 914 100 E,rypt 9 p et Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Uov 20 Egyptian Com and Trading L 4113 3 Engiish and Austr Copper, L 2k f 13 Eng aid Foreign Credit 7l 4 3d 10 Edr)petin Gas all 17 18 10 Do, now.— 5 4 41 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 10 p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 34 44p 100 Foreign and Col Guy Trust atieLoan 6 per ct 13Juds... all 97 99 991 1 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71' 71 k 15 General Stettin Navigation l4 20 30 50 Home and Col Marine Lai, L 5 ld p 20 Hudson's Bay (Governor and Co. of Adventurers of Eng trading into) all 12 12k 121 1 50 Imperial Continental 431 131 136 50 India Rub, 'Uelg Works, L... 45 57 59 60k 1f 2 10 International Finan Soc, L 5 11 110. 20 Italian Irrigatou Canal, Cav all 41 4 , 1 100 Ditto, 6 per cut Bonds, red all 1870 50 Land Securities, Limited 5 2 Id 25 London African Trading lO 50 Loud Financial Assoc, Lim 3O 18 17d 12 11i 4 Loud Gen Omnibus, Limd 50 Lond & Glasg En g in, Limd 25 18 16d 20 London and Prov Marine 2 par iP St Madras Irrim & Canal, guar 100 spc by India Gov lOO 103 103 50 Merchant Shipping, Limtd all 3 2 37 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 31 4-1 41 25 National Discount Co Lim 5 llf 11f 10 National Steamship, all 13i 144 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d I 10 Now Consolidated Dis Ld 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4112 41 41d 15 N Zealand Ln & Mere, &c 21 + *P 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 11 llp 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 5 d 10 Do, B 'dl d St N British Austral, Limited...loo 60 70 50 N British & Moreau insane... 61 23 23k 25 Ocean Marine insurance 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 Icl 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited all 2 21 St. Peel Riv Lud & Min, Lim 100 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 45 47 50 Do., New, 1867 lO 31 2 1 4 6 1 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do, New 411 81 25 Rio Janeiro City Im., Lmtd all 191 201 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited all 291 30 1 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 66 1 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 20 Societe General de l'Enapire Ottoman 8 21 31 25 South Australian Laud 20 Tel Construe & Maintenance i (Sin and reduced) all 391 391 421 31 20 Thames & Mors Mu Ins, L 2 21 21p 4i St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 88 i 10 Trustand Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LnCoof Up Canada 5 t IP 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 6 1P 20 Union Steam Ship, Ld 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 6 2 14 20 Univer Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 41 51p 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 1 30 Van Diemen's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 80} 811 82 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 61 50 WI & P Steam, Limited COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 pc, Jan ----------- and July, 1877-84 100 104 1051 Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 Do, p 6p c, Mar and Sept lOO 10 51 1061 Do, 5 c, Jan and July lOO 94 1 95 4 . Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 94 963 Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1803 lOO 951 061 Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 1031 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 100 11 1 113 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO _., llO Do, 5p c, April 15 and Oct 15,1 00 1900 Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6 c 1 00 109 111 P Do, 1872 100 1 03 105 110, 1882 anti 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6p c, 1873, Jan & July 100 1 02 104 Do. 1878, Jan and July 100 106 108 Do, 1882, May 15 and Nov 15 100 107 109 D 0,1895-6, t'ob and Aug 100 111 113 Natal Gov 6p c, April & Oct 100 108 110 Do, 6p c, May and Nov 100 107 109 Now Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and 100 104 105 July. . N. S. Wales Gov 5 p c, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 1001 1011 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 101 102 Do, 5 p c, red by aun draws, from 1867 to 1875 100 100 101 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 1001 1011 New L'aland 6p c, 1891 lOO 107 109 Do, 5p c Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 971 981 971 Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and SeptloJ 108 110 Do, p et, 1891, Juno and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July lOO 1021 1031 Do, 1886 lOO 1041 1051 Queensland 6 per et, 1882-85, Jan and July lOO 1081 1091 Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 1081 1091 S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-9') lOO Do, 1893-1908 100 110 111 Tasmanian, 6 p c, 1895, Jan and and July 100 108 110 Do, 6p a red, 1893 to 1897 lOO 108 110 Victoria Govt, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO 113 114 Do, April and Oct 100 1131 1141 Do, 5p c, Jan. and July lOO 1011 1021 MARLBORO UGH-STREET. ROBBING A JEWELLER.—James Penson, em ployed by Mr. Campbell, jeweller, of Tottenham court-road, was brought I efore Mr. 'l'yrwhitt, for final examination, charged with stealing a watch and other articles the property of his employer. The prisoner was employed by the prosecutor as a watchman on Sundays, and, in conse quence of property being missed several times, the prosecutor employed two detectives of the E divisior, Boyell and Fisher, who found that the prisoner had been in the practice of entering the shop by getting through a fanlight in the hick parlour leading into the shop, and helping himself from the stock—•on the last occasion to a silver watch, a pair of earrings, some silver thimbles, and other articles. The prisoner having plea:led guilty, Mr. Tyrwhitt committed him for six months, with hard labour. A PARTICULAR CASUAL—In the course of a case before Mr. Tyrwhitt this morning, in which three casuals were charged with destroying their clotting in St. James's Workhouse, one of thou, named Jones, complained of the fit of a pair of trousers given to him by the parish, stating that he would like a pair a little smaller. lie was com mitted for twenty-one days, and his companions for fourteen days each. WESTMINSTER. DEFRAUDING THE BENEVOLENT.—CIara ROW, a young woman, poorly-clad, was charged with ob taining some mourning and other articles by false pretences. Mrs. Francis Turner, a charitable lady, living at Pimlico, said the prisoner had been i❑ distress a long time, and had a sick husband since October. On Monday week the prisoner came and said her husband was dead from heart and lung disease and shock produced by the breaking of his arm. Wit ness gave her food, money, and mourning, and it afterwards turned out that the husband was alive, and out of the infirmary. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, a mission woman, living iu the Peabody-buildings at W . , stminster, proved seeing the prisoner and her husband together last Saturday. Davis, 234 81, warrant officer, said, when ap prehended, the prisoner said the believed her hus band had died, but found out after it was another man named Rose ; she asked to see him, and they would not allow her. Prisoner was remanded till Thursday. THAMES. STEALING COAL ON THE RIVER. —John Hunt, a boy aged 14 years, was brought up on remand charged with stealing 561 b. of coal from a barge, belonging to Mr. Cury, on the river, off Union Stairs. He was detected by Inspector Pic:kraal' and David Francis, a constable of the 'names Police, in the act of stealing co ds from a barge, he dropped one lump weighing 561 b. between two barges. He said that he was the son of Mr. Hart, the prol.rietor of the Raglan Music Hall, llolboru ; that his father had married a second titn3, and owing to the jealousy of his step-mother his father paid a waiter at the Hall to maintain him and look aftcr him, and that lie had bueu neglected. Francis said that inquiries had bee❑ made about the boy, and that Mr. Hart said he was au illegitimate sou who bad been affiliated upon him 14 years ago, and that he bad supporte I him well ever since. The boy had behaved ill, and consorted with other young and active long-shore thieves. Mr. Lushington said the only way to save the boy was to send him to a reformatory, and sen tenced him to 14 days' imprisonment and bard labour, and afterwards to be detained five years in a reformatory school. FINE ARTS IN NEW YORK. The second notice of the Winter Exhibition of the Aca demy of Design brings us to the oil paintings. This de partment has been open to the public more than two mouths, and the time draws near for closing, preparatory to the annu d Spring Exhibition, for which our space will be reserved. At sonic future time a moro extended ac count of the Academy, and its man(igenient, may be given. A hasty glance at a few of the best pictures, irrespective of the catalogue arrangement, must suffice at present. There are in this collection meritorious works by noted foreign painters, among whom may be mentioned A. D. Schreyer and A. Achenbach ; but the object iu this article is more especially to review the productions of American artists. Conspicuous among them are two Architectural Interiors, by David Neal (a young Californian, now a resident of Munich.) The first is au " interior of St. Mark's, Venice," with figures in costumes of the sixteenth century, in which the young artist has displayed great talent, and a technical skill in execution that must place him in the front rank in his peculiar department of art. The second picture is an " Interior of Westminster Abbey," and is very nearly, if not quite, the equal of the other in artistic excellence. " On the Tramp" is the title of a fine landscape by George Inness, N:A., who, in despite certain peculiarities, almost always inspires his pictures with fine poetic feeling. In "Joy After a Storm" Mr. Inness is not so happy. " The Rocking Horse" is a large and well-painted group of chil dren, by H. Peters Gray, P.N.A., but this artist displays higher qualities in a "Portrait of an Old Gentleman." Thos. Le Clear, N.A., exhibits one or two heads of old men painted in a masterly manner ; and E. D. E. Greene, N.A., has two of his very highly-finished female heads. " The Autumn Twilight" is a fine landscape, by Jervis liEntee, N.A., and "Melancholy Days Have Come," by the same artist, possesses some merits of a high order. Daniel Huntington, N.A. (ex-President), has several good portraits on the walls ; also a picture entitled " The Fair Student," by no means a fine specimen of this artist's power. Sandford R. Gifford, N.A., one of our most popu lar landscape painters, shows a clever painting of "Mount Mansfield"—a bit of Green Mountain scenery. A " Scene Among the Andes" is by F. E. Church, N.A., and S. Col man, N.A., exhibits a pleasing landscape, in his usual style. J. F. Kensett, N.A., is out with ono or two land scapes. E. Johnson, N.A., one of the strongest figure painters of this school, has an unimportant little pic ture here entitled " The Art Lover." William Hart has a neat little picture called " Twilight." There is an elaborate head of "Jane Jackson," by E. Ved der, N.A., and one of J. 0. Eaton's portraits. W. L. Sontag, N.A., contributes his "Lake Winnipiscogee ;" C. P. Cranch, N.A., his "Venice, Santa Maria della Salute, and San Georgio ;" and W. Whittridge, N.A., a "Study from Nature ;" J. F. Cropsey, N.A., a "Coast Scene ;" R. W. Hubbard, N.A., his " Twilight ;" and A. B. Durand, N.A., a "Landscape." A. F. Bellows, N.A., has " Echo ; or Home, Sweet Home," and J. IV. Casilear, is represented by two pictures, a "Swiss Scene," and a "Landscape." T. Addison Richards, N.A., exhibits a view "On the Hudson ;" Clinton Ogilvie, A., a "Farming ton River Scene;' H. Feuchsel, "Lake Placid ;" and Miss Mary Kollock, a "Sunset, Coast of Cape Ann." Miss Virginia Granbery gives us some of her choicest "Pears" and " Flowers ;" W. H. Beard, N.A., shows a fine "Deer's Head ;" Wm. Morgan, A., "Iris." H. A. Loop, N.A., ex hibits the "Arch of Titus and the Coliseum," also a "Por trait of Eliza Greatorex, A." Thos. Hicks, N.A., Wins low Homer, N.A., Geo. Hall, N.A., and other clever artists worthy of mention, have also pictures here. Among the notable names in the Sculpture Gallery are those of Hiram Powers, H. (who shows nothing new); John Rogers, N.A., a young sculptor of great originality and genius, " The Fugitive's Story," a statuette group in plaster, is his contribution ; and Launt Thompson, N.A., has one of his masterly busts (in heroic size) of the late C. L. Elliott, N.A.—Correspondent of Anglo-American Times. Tile mediation of:Lord Wharncliffe and Mr. Stan hope in the case of the Thorneliffe Colliery dispute seems likely to lead to beneficial results. An agreement has been drawn up, and the men object only to the minor condi tions proposed, so that it is expected the difficulty will ioon be got over. The Globe says :—"There is a rumour current tnat Mr. Montague Bere is not to bo appointed Chief Justice of Bombay, but that the Government intend to economise by promoting onC.nf the present puisue judges of the High Court of Bombay, and not filling up his place. We believe, however, that nothing is definitely settled." It appears that M. Darn, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been exchanging a number of de spatches with the Prunch Embassy in Russia. A Russo.' French Alliance is confidently talked of. It is stated that the Czarewitch and his wife are strong partisans of such an alliance, but that the Czar prefers to maintain the neu trality of the Empire, apprehending difficulties in Germany. The Vienna correspondent of the Standard tele graphs under date February 2011:—Consequent upon the King of Prussia's recent Speech on opening the Reichstag of the North German Confederation, Count Darn immediately took diplomatic action at Berlin, whiCh as promptly elicited from Count Bismarck tranquilising—nay, rather deferential —assurances to France. This is authentic. THE NEW SAVINGS BANKS BILL. The Chancellor of the Exchequer's bill to amend the law relating to savings batiks provides that after the 20th of November, 1870, all receipts issued eithcr before or after that day to the trustees of savings banks by the Commis sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt in respect of money paid into the Banks of Eng land or Ireland by by such trustees shall carry in terest at the rate of £3 per cent. per annum, in stead of £3 ss. Every savings bank which is formed after the p:lssing of this Act, and • desires the benefit of the principal Ace, must r,?gis'er every rule and every alteration of a rule made for the management of such bank. The Board of Trade is to be the registrar. ALTERATIONS AT TIIE WAR OFFIUE. Mr. Cardwell's Bill for making further pro vision for the management at the War ()ince has now been issued. It will enable the Secre tary of State to appoint during pleasure an officer to be styled the Clcrk of the Ordnance, and such officer shall be capable of being elected to and of sitting and voting in the House of Commons ; also an officer to be styled the Finan cial Secretary of the War-office, and such officer shall not by virtue of such appointment be disquali fied from being elected to or voting in the House of Commons. There shall be performed by these officers such duties in relation to the War Office as her Majesty may, by Order in Council, from time to time align to them, and there shall be paid to them, out of moneys provided by Parliament, such salaries as shall be regulated by the Treasury. THE ARMY ESTIMATES. The army estimates fur 1870-71 were published yesterday. The total charge for that branch of the public service is estimated at £12,975,000, being a decrease of £1,136,900 as compared with last year. The expenditure will be reduced by the following sums, namely : Out of appropriations in aid, £377,906 ; and extra receipts and repayments, estimated at £1,212,800; leaves the net expenditure, deducting extra receipts, &c., at £12,140,100. The expenditure as per the final account in 1868-69 was £17,629,029, but this included a quota of the cost of the Aby ssinian war, viz., £1,272,102. The estimates provide for 12,308 fewer men than last year. As re gards the cost of the regular forces, the reserve forces, and the control establishments and ser vices, there is a decrease in the cost of every branch of the service except the army reserve force, on which there is an increase of £BOO. The total effective services are estimated to cost £10,678,200, or £1,251,700 less than in the pre vious year. As regards the non-effective services, there is an increase of £117,500, while the super annuation allowances exceed by £16,300 those of last year. - THE EDUCATION BILL. The Government Education Bill is of almost precisely the same bulk as the Laud Bill, but is divided into a greater number of clauses. These are eighty-eight in number, arranged in two parts-1. Local provision for schools; and 2, Parliamentary grants. The former part -nbraces eighty-one out of the eighty-eight clauses. SUPPLY OF SCHOOLS. Every public elementary school within the scope of the bill is to be subject to three regulations : it is to be open at all times to her Majesty's inspectors--albeit, no in spector can deal with the religious instruction given, except by permission from the Education Department ; it must be conducted in accordance with the conditions required to be fulfilled by an elementary school in order to obtain an annual Parliamentary grant ; and no t,hild is to he compelled to receive religions instruction ,:ontrary to the wishes of its parents. The earlier clauses prescribe that there must be sufficient school accom modation in every district ; or if any region be deficient, the Education Department will see That its wants are attended to. Returns of the educational means of the country will be made im mediately after the passing of the Act. Deciding by these where schools are wanted, the Department will pub lish a notice setting forth the amount of provision that may be required. If nobody takes the matter up—whether the ratepayers or managers of some existing school — within a month, a final notice will be published. If nothing be done within a year, a school board is to be formed. Filially, if this board does not fulfil its duty, the Department 'will, after .1 year, name some persons to do the work which the defaulting board has neglected. The same process will be repeated at any future tune. 'THE BOARD AND ITS DOINGS. The measure treats first of the powers of the board, and then of its constitution. By clauses 14 to 23 it is provided teat the board may hand over the control of any school w:iich they establish to a body of managers not fewer than three. If the board misbehaves in any way, breaks any regulations, or fails to comply with any, it will be considered a " board in default," and this obnoxious con p,)ration comes entirely under the thumb of the Education Dopartment ; it may be increased, diminished, and dealt with in general as Mr. Forster and his subordinates may devise. It should be added that if a board after election fails to provide school accommodation, ai mentioned just above, that, too, will be deemed a " board in default." In a word, if the board fail to do its duty,.the education department will choose other persons. 13Lit supposing, as we may hope and expect, that the board is up to the mark, its duties will be various. It will exact a weekly fee ; but will have power to remit any portion ' or the whole, in cases of poverty. A n d it i s im portantto note that such remission is not to be looked upon as parochial relief. More than this, the board may pay the whole or any pa r t o f th e school fees payable at any public elementary school by any child resident in their district whose parents are, in their opinion, unable from poverty to pay the same; but no such payment shall be made or refused on condition of the child attending any public elementary school other than such as may be selected by the parent ; and such payment shall not be deemed to be parochi a l relief given to such parent. Full power is given to build and improve schools. Assistance may be given to any elementary schools that are in need of it • provided that similar assistance be g iv en t o a ll o th er such schools as may be willing to receive it. The board is elected by the town council in a borough, and by the vestry in a parish. The number of the board is to be three, or any multiple of three, not exceeding twelve. If the board be! not elected within the proper time, it will be considered as a " board in default." No member can be concerned in any bargain for work ordered by the board. There are some provisions for forming school districts larger than a borough or a parish. FREE SCHOOLS. _ Amongst the powers of the board are some for the es tablishment of free schools. Those may be given separately, on account of their importance. They are as follows :—lf a school board satisfy the Department that, on the ground of the poverty of the inhabitants of any place in their district, it is expedient. for the interests of education, to provide a school at which no fees shall be required from the scholars, the board may, subject to such rules and conditions as the Department may prescribe provide such school, and may admit scholars to such school without requiring any fee. A school board shall have powers of contributing money in the case of industrial schools, and upon the election of a school board in a borough the council of that borough shall cease to have power to contribute. A school board may, with the consent of the Department, establish and build a certified industrial school. THE COST. The important matter of the sinews of war comes within the scope of clauses 46-55. A school fund is established. Into this will be paid the children's fees, the Government grant, and the local rates. TQ what extent the fees and the grant fall short, the rating authority must pay out of the local rate. The school board, where they are not the rating authority, may serve their precept on the rating authority, who shall have the same power of levy ing a rate and requiring contributions as they have for the purpose of defraying expenses to which the local rate be ordinarily applicable. If the rating authority are not dis posed, or not able, to " shell out," the board has power to levy a rate on its own authority. The first cost of providing a school may be spread over thirty years (at most). A loan may be raised on the security of the school fund, which is to be charged with principal and interest. COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE. The board will have power to make bye laws for various purposes, of which the most important are those touching the attendance of children. They have a per missive discretion to compel the parents to send to school their children between the ages of 5 and 12. Sickness, however, is to be an excuse, and so is the lack of a school within a mile of the child's residence. If the child be under efficient instruction in any other way, that circum stance also will be an excuse. The board is to determine within what hours the attendance of any child is to be required. Breach of these bye-laws must be prosecuted, but no penalty is to exceed five shillings for each offence. MISCELLANEOUS. The remainder of the first part is filled up with details respectity , the gathering of returns, public inquiries, &c., of no pc- mblic interest. The 78th clause provides that every raLep.‘yer may at all reasonable times demand to inspect the books and documents belonging to the board and may make extracts or copies. PARLIAMENTARY GRANTS. The following provisions come in the second part of the bill :—After the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, no grant out of moneys provided by Parliament shall be made to any school which is not a public elementary school within the meaning of this Act. The conditions required to be fulfilled by an clem entail/ school in order to obtain an annual parliamentary grant shall be those contained in the minutes of the Education Department in force for the time being, but such con ditions shall not require that the school be in con nection with a religious denomination, or that relig,ious instruction be given in the school. An additional annual grant is to be made in certain cases, and the Department may refuse a grant to unnecessary schools. The " minutes " referred to are the minor regulations by which the Education Department controls the inspectior of schools, the subjects examined in, the attainments and numbers. of teachers, &c. These matters are not provides' for in any law, but are dealt with from time to time !N.: , the Deuartmenk, SPORTING IN TEL LIGENCE. DERBY RACES. —THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) A severe frost last night. Doubtful about the races coining off, but no official announcement. BIRMINGHAM RACES—YESTERDAY. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PLATE. • Sky Blue 1 Uuder the Oleud Sprite Three ran. HUNTER'S PLATE. Yermak Angles Running Streala Eight ran. SCURRY STARES. Thankful beat Variety. HUNTERS' STAKES. Creeping Jane • •• David Ann ..• Three ran. GR &ND ANNUAL. Hippolyte Fan Skirmish Eight ran. CRAVEN CUP. The Robber beat Droxford. TATTERSALL'S—LAsT EVENING. LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. sto 1 agst Doctor (taken and offered) 100 to 15 agst Colonel (aken) 10 t 3 1 agst Honolulu (taken) 13 to 1 agst Burney (taken) 16 to 1 agst Q.O. (taken) 500 to 10 agst Little Rogue (taken) 7 to 1 agst Alcibiade 1,2, 3 (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 9 to 1 agst Miss Dayrell (taken) 10 to 1 agst Walter (taken) 33 to 1 agst Brennus (taken) 33 to 1 agst Geant dos Batailles (taken) 40 to 1 agst Myosotis (taken) 40 to 1 agst Tabernacle (taken) 40 to 1 agst Border Knight (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Benbow (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Oxonian (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Dunbar (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 on the field (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 7 to 2 agst Ringcraft offered— 4 to 1 taken) 9 to 2 agst Sunshine (taken) 7 to 1 ngst Astolfo (offered) DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered) 9to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken) 600 to 40 agst Bridgwater (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Palmerston (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Walk' (taken) CITY BETTING —.YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 5 to 1 agst Doctor (offered—take 11 to 2) 13 to 2 agst Colonel (offered—take 7 to 1) 9 to 1 agst Honolulu (offered —take 10 to 1) 100 to 7 agst Surney (taken) 100 to G cgst Tatbwell (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Moose (taken and offered) 25 to .1 aget Primrose (offered) 30 to 1 aget Gardener (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Guy of Warwick (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Ciuna (offered) 2000 to 50 agst Alcibiade (taken) 1000 to 25 agst Schiedam (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Little Rogue (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Hallcourt (taken to .£5O) 50 to 1 agst Novelist g (offered) 500 to 10 agst Costa (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Lord Raglan (offerer) 1000 to 10 agst Pretentaiue 11. (taken) 7to 1 agst Alcibiade 1,2, 3 (taken) 12 to 1 agst Brayley's lot (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to .12 agst Miss Day yell (taken) 9to 1 agst Walter (offered—take 10 to 1) 100 to 7 agst Ashfield (offered) 100 to agst Sabinus(offered): 100 to i s apt Vandenhoff (taken) 40 to 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken) CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 40 ngst Sabinus (offered) ~ 1 ~ 2 ~ a TWO THOUSAND. 7to 2 agst Kingeraft (offered-4 to It. and w.) 7 to 1 agst Astolfo (offered) 15 to 1 agst Normanby (taken) DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered) 9to 1 agst Kiugeraft (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Norrnarby (taken and offered) RACING FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Derby .. 22, 23 I Nsw•ton..... 25, 26 MARCH. Nottingham 1, 2 I West Somerset 13,.17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick 22, 23, 24 Pontefract ..14, 15 I Epsom 29, 30 Cambridgeshire ......14, 15 I Bromley 31 and April I APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 -f West Drayton 7, 8 Thirsk 7, 8 1 Kingsbury lB, 19 1 Durham lB, 19 I Newmarket Craven 18 to 22 Abergavenny 21, 22 Lewes 26, 27 Croydon. 28, 29 MAY. Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5 I Harpenden 20, 21 Chester. lO, to 13 I Bath 24, 25 Winchester lO, 11 I Stamford 26, 27 Salisbury l2, 13 ; Croydon 26, 29 York 17, 18 1 Epsom 31 to June 3 Doncaster 19, 20 I J 1 Croydon 8, 9 Manchester 8,9, 10 Ascot 14 to 17 Windsor 2l, 22 NE. Newton 22, 23 Hampton '23, '24 Bibury Club 2; Newmarket 5 to 8 Nottingham 12, 13 Chelmsford l2, 13 Reading 1?, 13 Stockbridge...3o, and JON 1 Brighton i,i Brighton Club 4 Lewes ............5, 6 Egham 9, 10 Windsor ll, 12 Bromley l6, 17 LY. I West Drayton 14, 15 I Huntingdon 19, 20 I Kingsbury 2l, 22 I Goodwood 26, 29 GUST. I Stocktt‘ l7 to 19 Oxford 18, 19 I York 23 to 25 Plymouth Derby 24, 25 30, 31 I Weymouth 30, 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 20, 21 I Newmarket I s t O c t. 27 to 80 OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2n , " 0ct..10 to 14 Leicester Cheltenham 18, 19 Bromley 6, 7 Newmarket H0t'n...21 to 29 NOVEMBER. Liverpool 8 to 11 I Shrewsbury 14 to 18 PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation - of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f. 15c. per Xi sterling Onconiparing these rates with the English Mint price of Z 3 lis.loid. per onnoe for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above price is slightly dearer in; Paris than in London LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY) Sales probably 10,000 bales. The market steadier. The ship Westburn, from Foo-choo•foo for Lon don, which has just been lost near the Passage Islands, with 700,0001b5. of tea on board, was owned by Mr. A. Nicol, of Aberdeen. She was built in 1858, registered 538 tons, and was classed A 1 at Lloyd's. Berger Spence and Co.'s weekly report says : The chemical market during the past week has been well supported, and rather more than an ave rage business has resulted from an anticipated firm ness in prices of some of the leading articles in alkali productions. The stocks held by the Tyne as well as the Lancashire manufacturers being in considerable, and the bulk of the shipments to foreign ports during the last few mouths having gone for actual order instead of consignment there is naturally an upward tendency, and sodas cannot now be booked for delivery after the half of the year at recent quotations, although for present consumption business is done to a limited extent at list prices. In minerals there is not so much doing, and prices have not un dergone auy change worthy of note. Scotch pig iron has been selling moderately, and closes firm. Cleve land continues in good demand at full rates. Copper dull, and little doing in it. Tin is firm, with an average inquiry. The demand for lead is good, and prices are improving. A good business is doing in spelter, and rates are again higher, chiefly owing to the combination of foreign smelters, and the severe weather prevailing lately. JEWELLERY BY Posr.—The Belgian Post-office has given notice that the laws of Belgium forbid the transmission by the post, within that country, of letters or packets containing money, jewellery, and other articles of value, and that henceforward any letters containing such articles will be returned to this country undelivered. vliich land n ced pub- large kite- tates :tent Arent the ision In- wiil .erto quel one- II in Au 'eer ned In by ';u- WO ds g a ed i C I I