The Sun. — London, England, 1870-02-04 00:00:00

i~~"~~ .b. 3. High is yes. leatrice qes a dur' 25P. 31c. ro, old a.m. ~ from Brow' I. She t ea nier e with iglandr e 3.30 discus :e and qit, in ye de- Fortes >us the of the Bank, Is that agree rieutal ,ni the 4. earner l here. a, and 31. 9. ounai, aritiuS gcs Of b. 3. b. 4. b. 3. 1. 3. ). 4. a.lll. ,1 be i n the .----.---''''''"'.'"'...‘°' rectea Cture of gained BtO jug. )aSt 4 IttSt >ast 5 gist gist MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. 4)rry, Two O'CLOCK. There has been a marked improvement in the tone of business to-day on 'Change, and although prices have not as yet materially advanced yet ap pearances towards a desirable result are most favourable. In the Foreign Market prices are drooping, but the Railway Market has excited an unusual activity by the official announcement being made that the dividend to be declared on Berwick stock will be at the rate of 71 per cent. per annum ; upon York stock, 71 ; Leeds, 5 ; Carlisle, 94 ; and Darlington, 10. In Telegraph shares the demand is quiet, and prices remained firm; but for Banking and Miscellaneous shares the transactions are more than usually small. In the Discount Market the supply of capital is large, but the rate s ill de manded for first-class paper is 3 per cent. Consols are now at 921 to 928 for money ; ditto, for Ac ount, ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 1; New Tkree per Cents, 921 1 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, par ; June, prem ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and 1500, March, par ; June, 4 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 1 per Cent., 240. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1111 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 1; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., In the Foreign Market Egyptian bonds (1868) are 7600 761 ; Viceroy's seven per Cents., 801 to 81 ; and the Nine per Cents., 971 to 98 ; Italian, 5 41. to 54; ; Mexican, 141 to 111 ; Russian (1862), 85 toBsl ; Orel, 831 to 841 ; Nicolas, 661 to 67 ; Moscow, 811 to 82 ; Charkof, 83 to 831 ; Spanish, 271 to 271 ; and Turkish Five per Cents., 431 to 431. The new Russian loan is 21 prem. ; and the Chilian Loan, 1 prem. In the Railway Market, York and North Mid land stock is 1261, the improvement is owing to the announcement of the North Eastern dividends. Caledonian are 761 to 77 ; Great Eastern, 37/ to 38 ; Great Northern, 1111 to 112 ; ditto (A), 111 to 112; Great Western, 611 to 621; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 128 to 1281 ; London and Brighton, 411 to 441; London, Chatham, and Dover, 141 to 151 ; London and North Western 1231 to 1231 ; Loudon and South Western, 93 to 91 ; Metropolitan, 78 to 781; Midland, 1221 to 1221 ; and South Eastern, 76 to 761. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 86 to 871 ; the Ten-Forty Bonds, 811 to 85 ; Erie Shares, 20 to 201 ; and Illinois, 103 to 104 ex div. Lombardo-Venetian Railway Shares are 20k to 20!, and Great Luxemburg 131 to 131. In Telegraph Shares Construction and Main tenance are 391 to 40 ; Anglo-American, 191 to 194; French Cable, 171 to 171 ; Falmouth, 31 to 38 prern. ; China Submarine, par to prem. ; and British Indian SubmariLe at 141 to 141. In Bunk Shares London and Westminster are marked 58 to 59 ex div. ; London Joint Stock,' 311 to 321 ex div. ; Union of London, 36 to 37 ; Lon don and County, 49 to 50 ; Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 24 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 32 to 33 ; and Anglo-Austrian, 14 to 16 prem. Last night about ten o'clock a guard of a goods train on the Great Northern Railway, named Fisher, was killed at Baldock Station, while shunting the train. The Death of the lion. Mrs. Charles Lane Fux, the wife of the Hon. Charles Pierrepoint D'Arcy Lane Pox, brother of Baron Conyers, is announced to-day. There were no gold operations at the Bank yesterday. The letters of allotment in the New Russian loan will, if possible, be sent out on Monday evening next. The Frankfort advices state that in that city alone the applications for the new Russian loan have amounted to above four millions sterling, and that whatever is allotted will go into good hands. 'Many capitalists," it is said, " will sell American "'lids, threatened by a reduction, and take instead t hese new Russian ones, affording an equal interest f or a long series of years." American mortgage bonds of the various completed or projected rail 'Ways continue to be offered at Frankfort with very Attie success. One of them, it is said, which adver tised for subscriptions received only an application for a single bond, which, as £250 had to be paid for the trouble, to the advertising firm did not cover expenses. The advices from Buenos Ayres by the Estrama aura are to the 31st of December. They mention th at a plot to assassinate General Urquiza, the Governor of Eutre Rios, had been discovered by t he port captain of Paysandu, but that all the conspirators had escaped, owing to carelessness on t he part of the police. The Republic continued tranquil throughout all the provinces, and confi dence was increased from the daily progress of im migration. 'rhe arrivals lately had been chiefly of l abourers, who find employment at once either in the City or the country districts. The principal numbers are from Italy, and consist of persons to whom the requisite means have been transmitted by relatives already established in the country. "At the rate we are going on at present," it is said, " it seems as if half Italy will be transferred to the Argentine Republic in a few years." At the meeting of the London and County Bank, M. W. Champion Jones in the chair, the report allowed an available total of £93,895, including a Previous balance of £6,225, and the usual dividend of 6 per cent. for the half year was declared, toge ther with a bonus of 2} per cent_, making, with the dividend in June, a total distribution of 17 per cent. for the year 1869, and leaving £8,895 to be carried forward. In the year 1868 the total distribution Was 16f per cent. The deposits held are £13,305,679, an increase of £842,890 on the corresponding period of last year, and the acceptances, covered by securities, are £2,068,856, a decrease of £1,174,074. The paid-up capital is £1,000,000, and the reserve fund £500,000. Letters from the Plate state, that so far from the Indians of the mountainous frontiers of Mato Grosso affording any succour or assistance to Lopez, they were animated by a hostile disposition towards him. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointo Monday next a special settling day in the shares of the British .Australian Telegraph Company (Limited) and the City of Buenos Ayres Tram ways Company (Limited), both of which are to be officially quoted. The committee have also ordered the bonds of the Bucharest and Giurgevo State Railway to be officially marked. The half-yearly dividend on Great Eastern Rail way stock is officially announced at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum, against nil for the correspond ing period of 1868. The amount left to be carried forward is £25,000. We are informed that Mr. Burt will leave for America on Tuesday, as representative of the Erie Railway Shareholders' Protection Committee, and of more than 400,000 shares in that under taking, this being a practical majority of the share capital. At the meeting of the Universal Marine luau surance Company (Limited) the directors' report was adopted, and a dividend declared at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, free of income tar. At a meeting of the London and Provincial Marine Insurance Company the directors' recom mendation to pay a dividend at the rate of 10 per Cent, per annum was agreed to. The Anglo-Mediterranean Telegraph Company (Limited) announce an interim dividend of 4s. per Share. The half-yearly meeting of the Great Northern Railway Company will be held on the 19th instant, w hen the di rec t ors w ill a s k for authority to exer ev me the borrowing powers of the company. The half-y ear ly mee ti ng of the Lancashire and York s hi re R a il way C om p an y i s c o nvened for the J.G t h inst. '''!he London and Blackwall railway Company re eeftends a di v id en d a t th e usua l rate of 4i per "' Per annum. The Iro e ared nmasters' Company (Limited) have de a dividend of 9 s . pe r share. Ihe Cornwall Hematite Company (Limited) have declared a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. An official memorandum informs us that " The shares of the Jersey and Guernsey Telegraph Com pany being fully subscribed in Loudon and the country, the allotment will be made after the share list is closed for the Channel Islands." A petition for the winding-up of the Anchor Assurance Company (Limited) is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor James on the 12th inst. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. C. C. Amott, of St. Paul's-churchyard, the liabilities were shown to be £29,960 12s. 7d., against assets, £10,269 12s. 2d. BRITICH FUNDS—TWO O'W.A.)OIC. GOVERNMENT t'usys. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account — i per Cent. Reduced 921 i New 3 per Cent - New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Du. 5 per Cen Jau . 187 3 innuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 lll Do (Red Sea Telubraph), Aug., 1908 — ,:xonegir..r Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. Ilarch par Da. 2i do. June Do £lOO, £2uo & £5OO — Bank of England Stock, 4i per Cent - DQ. opening -- 'anada 4 per Cent. Bonds — uter-Colonial Ornnium INDIAN U3VERNMENi t SECURITIEb nob. Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 — De. Opening, for Account — Do. o psr Gent. July, 1880 Do 1 per Cent. Oct. 1888 Do. Enlaced Pape, 4 per °Ant.. ~. — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 .... — Do. 54 lr Cent. May 1879 _ 33 poi 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1874. — Do do 18/7, Do. do. 1882 — Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. P 73 Do. Bonde, 4 per Cent., £I,OOU Do. under £l.OOO _ FORBION VINDS—TITO O'Gq.OOK. argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... .. — Do AccountBsl i Austrian Bonds 5 per cent __ Do. 1809 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858....• — Do. uu 1860 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do, Account Buenos Ayres 6 per Cont. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont ) Ouba, 6 per Cent. Cuilian 6 per Cent — Po. 41 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 1)o. 6 per cent. 1867 :3 lo nbian, 6 per. Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 , — Danubian Principalities, 7 por Cent 9Ol Do Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — , :cuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent... B6 oc Second Issue Do. £5Ol, Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. 1500 Bonds D0...4106 Bonds ......... ~~. Do. 7 per Cont., 1868 ..... i)0. Account Do. £lOO Bonds ,ieyerument Railway Debeutures — Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups 9 Do. Coupone Gu•ttemala o por Uent lionduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p.,Ct., all pd Do. Ace. nut );litu 5 per Cer. t., 1865 Jo. Account ~. Do Maremmana Railway — exicaL. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1864- - - ... Do g per Cent. Auglo-Freuell dontevideau (.1 per Cent. .. — 41c crish Imperia: 5 per Cent !Sew Granada 2oi Do 3 per Cen 39 Do. Deferred ... . _ earner rriVed ). 4. ie, hao 0. 3. narket 0 4 95 1 25 4 30 '6 50 _ _- ed by m. * rrived ht. ne, of coals 2,k on ather, n the ade a y bul- insist -1 took were :ernou feboat y e ars rland• 'ecked saved 'renoa, cargo ni the ecOille e sta- Royal . en gth head- Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account i Do 41 per Cent. (Ui:')arron) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 Do 6 per Cent.,1862 — Port,iguese 3 per Ct.,1853,'6, 7, 9,'60,'2,'0 321 Do. do. 1867 — D o . do. Scrip, £2O paid Rusitin 5 par Cent., 1822, .£ St Do 4i per Cent 1850 Do 4? • Cent., 1860 _ JO 4i per , Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 . 85 4i Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., 901 ; Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9l Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 67 Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cen ... Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 27i -I Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 — Do dc, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent ...... . — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 : — Do. Account — Do £lOO Beads — Do. 5 per cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 66 661 Do. Account Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed lOll 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 cont., Ea. 25f. 4 — Dutch 21 per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... french Itentes, 3 per Cent., E. 25f. — ittilian 5 per Gent. 1881, Ex. 25f , Do Account — TWO 04C0111. Oonsols, Money - Do. Account, March 9 921 1 xd RAILWAY BILLS. The examiners into Standing Order proofs re sumed their sittings yesterday. Before Mr. Fiere the following bills were decided to have complied with the Standing Orders :—Great Northern and Western of Ireland Railway (running powers, &c.), Newry and Armagh Railway (arbitration), Dublin Trunk Connecting Railway, Portsmouth Street Tramways. There was no appearance in the case of the Bristol Port Railway and Pier. The follow ing opposed bills were postponed until the 15th of February :—Birmingham and Staffordshire Tram ways, the Birmingham Tramways, and the Birming ham Street Tramways. The opposed bill of the Ely and Bury St. Edmund's Railway was post poned until the 10th. Before Mr. Robinson the bills of the Universal Private Bill Company, the Hounslow and North London Railway, and of the Plymouth, Stonehouse, and Devonport Street Tramways complied with the Standing Orders. Mr. Baxter, M.P., the Financial Secretary of the Admiralty, and Mr. Bristow, the solicitor, at tended yesterday at the Royal Victoria-yard, Dept ford, and held an inquiry as to the conduct of one of the foremen of stores there. The application by the Admiralty official to one of the contractors of the Admiralty for a douceur, or bribe, was clearly proved, and ultimately admitted by the accused, and Mr. Baxter (after stating that the case closely approximated to a criminal charge, and was a class of conduct which the present Board of Admiralty and himself had determined to root out and visit with the severest punishment) discharged the offender from the service. A detachment belonging to the Royal Artillery, which disembarked at Portsmouth from the Indian troopship Serapis, Captain C. J. Soady, consisting of 16 non-commissioned officers and men, accom panied by 23 women and children, arrived at Wool wich on Tuesday, and have since joined the 2d Divi sion Depot Brigade Royal Artillery, under the command of Col. G. H. Vesey. A number of officers who have recently arrived from India have joined the depots of their respec tive corps at Chatham. the officers are Captain Whitworth, of the Ist Battalion of the 3d Regi ment ; Captain Atkinson, Ist Battalion of the Ist ; Lieut. Sinkins, Ist Battalion of the Bth ; Captain Lucas, Lieut. Mackinnon, and Ensign Innes, of the 109th Regiment. Lieut. Sinking has received leave till the 14th of March. It is rumoured that the headquarters of the Royal Engineers, the School of Military Engineering_at Chatham, that when the intended army reductions are made they will incl ude the disbandin g of the " B" troop of Dlounted Engine ers, who are at pre sentpton Barracks. quartered at Brow THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVE NING, FEBRUARY 4, 1870. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing }kettle's Share NAME. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 124 19 D., B lO 41 5 50 Albion l5 10 8 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint ...... 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1860, limited 10 3.1 2 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 15 16 20 Do issued at 2 pm._ , 5 31 21 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 311 33 5 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 311 10 Bank of New Zealand all 15 10 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra ha, and China all 181 10 25 Chartered Mere. of India. London, and China all 32 31 20 City lO 11 11 1 . 100 Colonial 25 41 43 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, lint 5 20 English and American, lint 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. limn 20 English, Scottish, and Aus tralian Chartered :, all 171 181 281 Hung Kong and Shanghai Bank Coiporatiou all 37 : 0 281 Do new IU 41 51 100 Imperial, lint 2O 3 2 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 3 121 1 z 5 lonian all 2 ) 22 25 Do new b ti 3 Lud Mortgage of India, Bin 4 34 3 1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 73 76 80 100 London Bank. of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 35 :1 20 Do new 71 5 41 100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 11 13 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 121 20 Loudon Chart.of Australia all 241 'lit 20 London and County 2O 401 50 1 55 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m,16 pd ll London Joint Stock Loudon and South African al 100 London &S.-Western, lint, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lint_ 121 -• ••• 100 Loudon and Westminster 2O 00 61 5) 81 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pin 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 01 51 10 Metropolitan, lint, all 75 71 00 Midland, lint 2O 1d 5 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint. 15 3 d 1 1 , 00 National rrovinc. of Died 42 ... ... 1101 10 Do 50 National. 3O 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 44 44 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 10 61 51 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 85 87 10 Do new.. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 11 13 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 4.3 4 i 451 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of Loudon 10 i IIP :,1 82 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Anile-AmericaTTa 'el., lim all 19; 101 19i 1 10 Anglo Mediter 10 201 21 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 14 to at Do. 8 per cent. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., 11121 lOO liio IVO at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 262 267 10 Do. New 8 12 Lip 25 Indo-European Tel., lira all 23 25 Lond. Provincial Tel. bin all 3 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lira all 9 10 25 Reuter's Telegram all 85 90 20 Societe Trausatlant., lim all 18 181 17 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 11 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Cu., lim all 7 8 5 Du. 10 per cent. Pref all 41 t,l SHARE LIST. ,HDINAILY dELARIIIS AND STOCKB. raid. Closing BUstit am Price. deLe. st Biistal and Exeter ...... 10u 78 80 st Caledonian .-......... 100 701 77 761 1 st Caniorlan 20 Cornwall. all 21 31 2; it Dublin & Belfast J uric lOO - - et Dun„rerth, la Ab•Juna lOO 70 72 21 East London all 4 6 20 1/0 15 - - 2) Do 10 - - st Glasgow &S. Western lOO 107 109 st Great Eastern .* : lou 37; 37 ; 3 71 S at Do. E. Augl. No. 2 lOO 61 71 at Great North 01 Scotland lOO 10 16 et Great Northern lOO 1111 1121 1124 1 at Do. A stook ....« luU 111 112 111 121 et Do. B stun st Oth, and W. of Ireland lOO 98 100 at Gt. Western -Original IGO 631 631 621 2 at Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.-Oxford lOO 40 42 st Do. Newport lOO 31 ::6 at Lancashire& Yorkshire lOO i2B IVI at Lon., Brigh.,4la S.Coast lOO 44 444 441 - Do Scrip - - st I•on., Chat., and Dover lOO 15 151 tit Do. Metrop. Ex. A llO 11 13 at Lon. & North Western lOO 123; 1241 1231 1 at Lou. Shoth Western lOO 93 U 4 14 31 Man.,, & Linooln lOO 511 82 at Metropolitan •••• • lOO 78; 781 781 1 at Do Extension .. 5 Do. New rd .• - - st Metropolitan District. all 30 36 10 Metrop. St. John's W t,od 10 - - at Mtuiaud at DO, dirmin. & Darby at North British at 1.) 0. Ed., Yth., & Dun... 108 et Nor Eastern-Berwick lOO 25 D. G. N.E purchase-16.17,1 - - at D - Leeds ....... st D °York lOO 12 1 :211 126 5/ st 1) °Carlisle .... . - - at 1) °Stock. •It Darling ICO 167 169 1681 9 at North Loudon 10 Do New 1868 at North Staffordshire...... 100 61 63 st North an S. W. Junction 100 90 lel 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ••• •• at Itb - J mney . lOO 13 55 st Shropshire Union lOO 591 601 st South Devon'.. st South Eastern lOO 75; 76; 7EI at Staines, Wok'hain,& Wok all 13 11 at Taff Vale • 100 154 158 -- Vo. C-- -- 6 .- - tLatiways 126; 1271 1271 - Watertotd & IGo 10 Waterloo & IS HALLV/AYS-PREFEII ENCE SHAKES AN U STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 87 8) st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOl st Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Du. do. Ordinary lOO 76 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 . 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction E.O Ex. No.l 110000 10 5 11:: at Ist Class preference lO6 ••• .000 at do N 0.2 100 97 09 100 1 at Do do 6 per cent 180 110 113 113 at Do East Anglian A sp. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do 0 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 at Do do 5 p.c.Wa.v.Va1.1847 101 at Great Not thorn, 5 per cent 100 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Do 49 do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp. c. pin lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Seotlaud, Ist IA 100 at Great South. Mid Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO at Gt.West.—Orig.lJut .-ltent chg., per ,gua.s p.c lOO Do. Orig. (B. &IL Ex). 5 p.c lOO Do du 4) per cont. 1850 lOO Do do 4 do do 100 10u Du do 5 per cent. redein. 100 Du do Birm in g ham gua Do do du pref lOO Do do Chester gua Do du du 8 per cent. 10U Du do do 5 du 100 Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO D o do 4 11" lOO at Do do 49 1859 lOO st do 5 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO at Du do 2d gua lOO Fit Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c IOU at Do du 2,1 do 100 at Do gua , . 5 1 p er cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Oarlislo 41 p .c. all at Lancash. 6. Yurksh. 6 p.c. 100 st Do Barnsley, £5 3610 d p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East La ucashird) 100 at Du 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 at; London 0 Brizhton, sp. guaranteed, No 1 lOO at Da 5 per c.int. gua No. 2. 100 at Du 6 do do 100 st 5 do NJ. 4 100 at Do 7 per cent W lOO st Do 6 do (•E• CA' ) 100 at Do 4 do 1859 lOO at Loudon, Chatham,l Dover 5 per cent lOO at Loudon and N. W., O. and Nuneaton 5 per cent...—. 100 a t Do Bod4(rd Cambridgo lOO at Du Shre,wsb'y Welcupl. loe at Loudon and. 6 W. 7 p,e late Id shares, lOO a Du (Purtsm.perpaus 2s6d) all s Mau., Slief.,lLineln. 6 p.c lo ola par 1 pin Do a Du 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 per eeut. 5 st Mid. Consolidated, 6p. e lOO 130 135 a Do Bristol 13irm., Up. e lOO 113 1.15 • Do 41 per cent. redeem._ 106 08 100 • Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 98 10) a Do Leicester Wenn, 4 p.c 100 192 91 at North British, 5 p.c. N 0.1.,. 100 st Du E. /, G. 4p.e. S. iSt D lOO at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ceu.t.. 100 „.. at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Ouus. 4 p.c lOO 87 85 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 99 at Do l N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Lerwick capital 8.13.4. ... Do York, 11.1 S. purchase. 10 10 104 Du Stcktu Drling. A 5 p.c. 100 107 100 at Du W, Ilartlepool H. and it 100 80 88 20 North Staffordshire 10s S. Devon Annuities, all 910 10s Do Tavistock Anna., 105... all 81 91 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all H 81 1 . 0.6. S. East. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 per cerkt lOO st Do Fixed 44 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No. l lOO 154 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 .. 66 72 ... ... 92 93 98 106 108 1061 9.5 10t) ..po 92 80 82 97 90 68 72 b 5 :1J ;13 Itlb MI LIS li3 ils V 6 OS 1 3 13c, 130 135 98 100 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOOKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profile of each separate yea► bt Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Cen. min. 7 p c lOO -* at Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c con., issued at 80 65 7; 7: et Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 . 8 . 0 at Do 5 do, 1862 100 87 90 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 84 88 et Do do 5 do, 1864._ 100 83 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 -* at Do Boston & Sleald, 4 1 pc 10 0 st Great West., W. Midl., 5p c 100 at Do Jointperpe.s pc, 1865 100 88 94 97 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 115 120 117 1 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all et Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO .•• 6 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 ip et Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 et Do do 41 do, 1861 leo at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 1 100 00 et t D rs o o s d o o . 6 55 dodo o o 1 1 8 8 6 6 6 5 at Do No. 7 sdo at Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 st Do Motrop. B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c 100 at London& N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 at LoudonWestern, 41 p c 100 93 95 10 Man. Shof. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all V 91 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 at Midland, A perd o t pref lOO 107 109 st Do B 5 5 lOO 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 211 is Do Inconv. New Shares all 19 191 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31,1872 Bl 11 21p at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per ... at Do .£lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... Do E , P., & Dun., 28, 4pc 100 at Do E.& G , N 0.2, 5 p.c ... 100 a t Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & G., N .3,5 p.c ... 100 ... at Do E.B; G., (Ordiry) 41 100 ... s t North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 9,) 100 st Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 113 115 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) et North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Ea stern, 41 pO, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Cl Cross) 1863 100 • at Do 5 do, 1864 100 ~„ st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 „. .0 .41 36 RAILWAYS. -LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenhead lOO 93 85 gg 0. Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 98 100 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54; a Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Ste sr Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. o lOO 132 131 29 Gloster and Dean Forest all s Gt. DON, Newm., &c.,•5 p.c 100 fi Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c lee a t Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex. , do 109 - a Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 100 87 t); 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 et London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 97 at Do. 41 per cent lOO st London, Chat., 3:c., 41 p c. 100 at Do. Cone. Fund, 5 do 100 at London and Greenwich at Do• do Preference... 100 at London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 85 et Lowestoft,gua , 4 percent... 100 18 81 a t Do. d' 6 do 10e 51 Manch., Bt.:_ Ma all st Midland, Braitord, Pref... 100 10 Mid Kent Cray Lir.s) 50 IsTorthern& East., 5 per cent all 53 56 so Do. do. 6 do. all at N • Eastern —Hartlep00l at N.West. A perp. pref, 5p c lOO 107 109 st Do B minimum 11 p.c WO at Notting. LC Urauth 100 51 93 25 Preston and Wyro. all 44 46 4:.1 Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 132 134 at Shrewsbury thud H i ereford 100 132 134 10 Da 8 2 21p 5. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 100 105 1031 ••• ••• 1/2 9i ~... 4 per cent gua 103 74 So 5 '.O all 93100 st Viet. Station and Pimlico 100 . s t West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all Li 14 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all st 'Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et East and West ..,.., . London and St. Katherine 100 49 51 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ~. .., Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lO3 30 33 Southampton ljo 72 75 t Surrey Commercial up 1,9 111 MIS(JEL LANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 16 17 25 Austn Mort Laud and Fin, L 5 -?•,- dpr 10 Baugparah 'l'ea Estate, Lini all 1 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lim 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 51 5 Ditto, New 4 pr Ip m 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 1 2 27 Canada Company all 63 65 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares 23 City of London Real Prop, LlO 6 5d 30 City of Milan Iwprovment L all 4 5 50 City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Litnited 2O 4 2d 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 10 Coni of African March, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L 25 Copper Miners of England, Prof 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 14 per cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 44 per cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 41 per cent 10 Credit Fonc of England, L all 21 1121 31 50 Credit Fouc of Mauritius, L 10 25 11 St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 91 99 St Do, 6 per cent Perp Debentloo 105 110 50 E India Laud Credit & Fin L 7- 5 4 32 Ebbw Vale 271 10 9d 171 100 Egypt 9 p et Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov all 97 98 971 20 Egyptian Coin and Trading L 4113 3 English and Austr Copper, L 21 1 I 6 Fairbairn Engineering 5 1d p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 31- 44p 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Buds... all 93 97 10 Geu Credit and Discount, L 71 1 1.1 74 4 15 General Steam Navigation... 14 2u 3U 50 Home and Col Marine Ins, L 5 10 p 20 Hudson's Bay 50 India Rub, 'yell; Works, .L.„ 45 57 59 10 International Finan See, L 5 1 11d 31 20 Italian lrrigatou Canal, Cav all 4 41 100 Ditto, 6 per cut Bonds, red all all 63 63 50 Laud Securities, Limited._ 5 2 id 25 London African Trading lO 504 L Lendo ti d GFinancialet 21 2/ Assoc, L ? al l , 18 17d 12 50 Loud & Glasg Engie, Limd, 25 18 16d 20 Loudon and Prov Marine St Madras Irrio• & Canal, guar 10 0 spc by India Gov lOO 103 105 50 Merchant Shipping, Limtd all 32 37 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 3 1 4 4 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 11 , 11 i 10 National Steamship, all 131 141 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s6d f 10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 4 5 New Quebrada, Limited 4/ 12 41 41d 25 N Zealand Lu & Marc, &a ~ 2l 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5 1 5 1 1P 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 54 10 Do, B — d St N British Austral, Limited..-. 100 GO 70 50 N British & Mercan lusnce... 6 4 23 23 4 25 Ocean Marine Insurance...... 5 15 16p 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 5 Do, New. 10 Otago & South Invest, Ld 2 4 (1 1p 5 Ottoman Gas Limited all 2 " 21 St. Peel Riv Lnd & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 50 Peninslr & Oriental Steam all 45 47 50 Do., New, 1867 lO 31 21d 61 50 Rhymney Iron - all 27 281 15 Do, New a 1 1 8,4 25 Rio Janeiro City Im., Lmtd all 191 24 20 Rio Janeiro Gas, Limited 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 51 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited 25 South Australian Land 20 Thames & Mars Mn Ins, L 2 21 np St. Tobacco (Ital 6p a Loan) all 86 88 10 Trust and Agency of Austra- 1 . 1p lasia, (Limited) ip 20 Tr &LnCoof Up Canada 5 * 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 64p 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 6 2 ld 20 Univor Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 44 51p 101 all 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd 30 Van Diemen's Laud 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 801 81} 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canada Government, 6 p o, Jan and July, 1877-84 100 104 105 104/ Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 1024 Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept lOO 105 106 Do, 5p c, Jan and July , .... lOO 94 95 Do, 5p c, inscribed stock lOO 93 95 Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1803 lOO 95 96 96/ Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 100 110 112 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90 100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO _ Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 100 1021 1034 Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 111 Do, 1872 100 _ Do, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6p c, 1873, Jan & July 100 102 104 Do, 1878, Jan and July 100 106 108 Do, 1882, May 15 and N ov 15 100 107 p F c, eb A s p n r d il Aug A oct 1 1 0 0 0 0 g 1 1 no 1 1 0 1 9 3 100 107 109 New Brunswick Gov 6 p c , Jan a nd NanDta°ol:lG6B9opsv-1 May and Nov Ju l y 100 104 105 1041 N. S. Wales Uov 5 p e, 1871 to 1876, Jan and Jn'y lOO 100/ 1011 Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws, from 1867 to 1875 100 100 101 Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 1872 to 1898 100 101 102 New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109 Do, 5p c 100 961 971 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 97 97 Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and Septloo 108 110 Do, p ct, 1891, June and Dec 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling, 1875, Jan and July 100 1021 103/ 1031 Do, 1886 lOO 104 105 Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan and July 100 1081 1091 108 Do, 1891, Jan and July 1 00 1084 1091 1091 S Australian Government, 6 p c, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-92 100 Do, 1893-1908 100 110 111 Tasmanian, 6 p c, 1895, Jan and July 100 108 110 109 Do, 6p c, red, 1893 to 1897 100 108 110 Victoria Govt, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO 1121 1131 Do, April and Oct 100 113 114 1131 Do, 5p c, Jan and July 100 101 102 102 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Sales probably 10,000 bales. quiet. The market was ➢lr. Rivers, forma of works at Chatham dock yard, has been superannuated on a pension of £36 per annum ; he had not been many years in the service. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at its house, John street, Adelphi, Thomas Chap man, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also present Sir E. Perrott, Bart., W. 11. Ilarton, Esq., Sir F. Arrow, Deputy-Master of the Trinity House, Admiral Ryder, Colonel Palmer, Admiral M.'ll.ardy, Captain De St. Croix, George Palmer, Esq., Captain Ward, R.N., and Richard Lewis, Esq. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, the silver medal of the society and a copy of the vote inscribed in vellum were granted to its local lion. secretary at Abersoch, North Wales, the Rev. 0. Lloyd Williams, and £42 9s. to the crew of that lifeboat, in acknowledgment of their gallant services in putting off i❑ the boat on the 14th and 15th ult., and, after much difficulty, saving 13 of the crew of the ship Kenilworth, of Liverpool, which was ' wrecked on St. Patrick's Causeway, in Cardigan Bay, during a north-westerly gale and in a heavy sea. £36 was also granted to the crew of the Bar mouth lifeboat for going off on the 14th ult. to the same wreck and saving eight of the crew. The two lifeboats of the society thus saved the whole of the officers and men, twenty-one in number. This ship, a most valuable one, was bound to Liverpool from New Orleans with a cargo of cotton, and her captain, who is an American, publicly testified his gratitude for the determined courage of the lifeboat crew in saving the lives of himself and craw amidst the greatest dangers. £8 Bs. were also voted to pay the expenses of the Porthdinllaen life boat in bringing ashore the crew of three men from the schooner Gronant, of Carnarvon ; £7 9s. to the Padstow lifeboat for saving ten persons from the wrecked barque Suez; and £6 10s. to the crew of the Buddon Ness lifeboat for rescuing three men from the schooner John Howard, of Goole, which had gone on the Gaa Sands, at the mouth of the Tay. The Ramsgate lifeboat Bradford, in conjunction with the harbour steamtug Aid, had saved two men from the fishing smack Whiff, of that port, which struck on the Queen Shoal. Unfortunately, after grounding, a heavy breaker swept the deck, carry ing away and drowning two of the hands long before the lifeboat could possibly have got to their assistance. The Theddlethorpe lifeboat had also brought safely ashore the crew, numbering 15 per sons, of a foreign vessel; and the Newcastle Dun drum lifeboat had likewise brought four of the crew of the brigantine Kelpie, of Liverpool, to laud. , Rewards amounting to £l7O were also granted to the crews of 17 other lifeboats of the society, for services during the storms of the past month. Rewards were also granted to the crews of shore boats for saving life from various wrecks. The silver medal of the institution, a copy of its vote inscribed on vellum, and £5 were also voted to Mr. Edward Antis, coxswain of the Palling life boat, on his retirement from that office, which he had held for many years. Ile had assisted in the boat to save a large number of lives from different wrecks. Payments, amounting to-£2,500, were ordered to made on various lifeboat establishments. Mr. J. Robinson, jun., of Blyth, had forwarded £2l Ils. to the institution, being the am mut he had collected for it from seamen visiting that port; mak ing, with previous remittances, £4l 5s he had thus raised in aid of the lifeboat cause. £4 ls. had like wise been forwarded to the institution from Messrs. Baguall's Sunday-school Lifeboat Association at Golds Hill, West Bromwich, organised by the Rev. J. P. B. N. Hutton. The Horse Guards had sanctioned the medal of the institution presented to officers of the army, non-cowmisssioned officers, and soldiers, being worn iu uniform on the right breast—a record of the re cipients being kept at head-quarters. A new lifeboat and transporting carriage had re cently been forwarded to Whitby. It was reported that the French Shipwreck Society had presented its gold medal to Captain Ward, R.N., inspector of lifeboats to the English Lifeboat Institution, in acknowledgment of hi., services as inventor of the cork lifebelt used by the lifeboat crews of both countries, and of his co-ope ration with the French s)ciety, which had now 45 lifeboats, all being on the plan of the English Life boat Society, and which have already saved upwards of 500 lives. It was decided to station a large sailing lifeboat at Palling, on the coast of Norfolk. Reports were read from the inspector and the assistant-inspector of lifeboats ou their recent visits to different lifeboat stations. The proceedings then terminated. RIILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The report of the directors of this company states that their new agreement with the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway Company, provides for adjusting the proportion due to the Buffalo Company up to the Ist of July last, by the payment of £42,500 in Second Equipment Bonds at par. These bonds are to be deposited with the chairmen of both companies until the agreement is ratified by the Canadian Company to the Buffalo Company thereafter, and in perpetuity, are to be as follows :—For the years ending the 30th of June, before the First Equip ment Mortgage Bonds, £42,500 a year in perpe tuity; and after the Second Equipment Mortgage Bonds, £2,500 for the year ending the 30th of June, 1870 ; £7,500 in 1871, £12,500 in 1872, £17,500 in 1873, £22,500 in 1874, £23,500 in 1875, £24,500 in 1876, £25,500 in 1877, £26,500 in 1878, and £27,500 thereafter in perpetuity. These amounts are payable half yearly, within two months from the Ist January aud Ist of July in each year. The ordinary shares of the Buffalo Company are to be exchanged, one half, or say £615,000, for a like amount of Fourth Preference Stock; and the re mainder, say £615,000, for a like amount of Ordi nary Stock of the Grand Trunk Company. The Buffalo Company obtain by this new agreement on the one hand an amount of £5,000 a year more than they would have had under the agreement of Nov., 1868, and one-half of their ordinary share capital in Fourth Preference, instead of Ordinary Grand Trunk Stock. The directors of the Grand Trunk Company, believing, after the most careful con sideration, that this agreement is, under all the circumstances of the case, a desirable one, have no hesitation in recommending their bond and stock holders to adopt it at the forthcoming meeting on the 10th inst. LONDON AND BLACKWALL. The report of the directors states that the rent having been duly paid by the Great Eastern Rail way Company a dividend for the half-year, at the usual rate of 4} per cent. per annum, might be de clared payable on the 9th inst. A bill had been deposited, at the request of the Great Eastern Com pany, to extend the time for making one of the railways authorized by the London, Blackwall, and Millwall Extension Railway Act, 1865, and to abandon the other railways authorized by that Act. The capital account showed that £2,262,785 had been expended. MANCHESTER, BUXTON, AND MIDLANDS JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Derby on Wednesday ; Mr. W. S. Boden, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that negotiations in reference to the termination of the existing lease of the un dertaking had resulted in a definite offer from the board of the Midland Railway Company for the purchase of the undertaking. The directors cons'.- ( ler the terms of the offer fair, and such as should be accepted. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the report was adopted, and a dividend of ls. 4d. per share for the past half-year was declared payable on the 11th instant. The meeting was then made special to consider the proposal of the Midland Railway Company to purchase the undertaking at the expiration of the existing lease in 1871. The CHAIRMAN moved a formal reselution autho rising the directors to affix the seal of the company to the heads of agreement, and to take all necessary steps for carrying the same into effect. Mr. COTTINGHAM seconded the motion. _ Mr. DANcuorr, on the part of the London and North-Western Company, opposed the motion on the ground that the shareholders knew nothing of the provisional agreement until they saw it in print; and contended that the proposition should be sub mitted to the whole Board, The CHAIRMAN stated that a large, number of proxies had been sent to the secretary in favour cl the resolution, which it was uuderstood was carried, and the meeting then separated. 110 112 145 150 ROYSTON, lIITCHIN, AND SIIEPRETII. The half-yearly meeting of this company wr.s held yesterday at the offices, King's-cross ; Mr. J. C. Cobbold in the chair. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders on the continued prosperity of the company, and moved a resolution declaring a dividend at the rate of G per cent. per annual, less income-tax of 51. in the pound, and id. per £6 ss. stock for expenses of management on the company's con solidated stock for the half-year ending Ist Feb ruary instant. The motion was unanimously agreed to, and a vote of thanks to the chairmen closed the pro ceedings. WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND. The half-yearly meeting of this company was ield yesterday at the offices, Great George-street, iVestminster ; Mr. J. R. Mills in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that the accounts would show au available balance of £2,068, out of which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of £4 7s. 6d. per cent. per annum. This would ab sorb £1,610, leaving a balance of £428 to be car ried forward. The dividend was declared, and the retiring di rectors, Mr. J. It. Mills and Mr. J. Stewart, were re-elected, as was also the retiring auditor, Mr. J. W. Weldon. TELEGRAPH TO INDIA (LIMITED). The directors of this company report that the arrangements entered into with the British Indian Submarine Telegraph Company, which were ap proved at the meeting of the sth and confirmed on the 22d of February, 1869, for the purchase of the company's line, would probably be carried out within the next few months, as the Great Eastern steamship would shortly commence laying the cable between Bombay and Suez. The Board recom mended the payment of the dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, free of income tax. GREENWICH HOSPITAL AND THE DREADNOUGHT. It is with much satisfaction we are at last able :o state that the Admiralty have forwarded a formal and final offer to the Seatnen's Hospital Society ; that the sick sailors of the mercantile marine will, before many months are over, be housed in the in firmary of Greenwich Hospital ; and that, iu con- sequence, the Dreadnought will soon be numbered among institutions of the pa 4. This decision is a matter of congratulation to the, present Government, uder whose auspices this vexed question has at length been amicably settled; to the Committee of the Seamen's hospital Society, who have, through their very able and energetic secretary, Mr. Kemball Cook, so urgently and persitently brought the claims of our sick sailors before the notice of the Govern ment ; and to the seamen themselves, who will find in Greenwich Hospital a far more comfortable temporary resting-place than the old ship can, under any circumstances, afford. The Dreadnought, in deed, should long ago have become traditional ; bu t its well-known usefulness, its world-wide notoriety and its great popularity have all naturally tecded to perpetuate the existence of an establishment which, according to the ordinary laws of hygiene, ventilation, and sanitary requirements, fails to fulfil properly the purposes for which it is intended. But the committee have not, for some time, been unmindful of existing defects in their floating institution. Five years have now elapsed since they determined, under the advice of their medical officers, to remove their patients to an hos pital in the immediate vicinity of the river ; and a plot of ground was accordingly purchased with this object. But meanwhile, the wards of Greenwich Hospital were emptied, and the Seaman's hospital Society, unwilling to spend all their capital in build ing, applied for a portion of the Royal institution. It is foreign to our purpose to recapitulate the opinions given officially and unofficially, either as to the claims of the merca:itile marine to a participa tion iu the funds of Greenwich Hospital, or as to the special fitness of any particular wing of that hospital for the purposes of the Dreadnought autho- rities. It is sufficient to state that, according to our knowledge and belief, that part of the build ing in which they will be shortly located is better titted for the care and cure of the sick than any quarter of the hospital proper. The infirmary is, indeed, furnished lavishly with all ordi- nary appliances necessary for administration; and. though wanting in some of the essential principles on which all hospitals would be (or should be) con structed in the present day, it is far better than a floating establishment, with very large and very low wards, draughty ventilation, wooden walls, in sufficient accommodation for nurses, subject to all manner of noises from within and from without, and very badly lighted both for the performance of operations and all other working purposes. But the Dreadnought, even after its disestablishment, will live long and pleasantly in the memories of many of our readers. The Seamen's Hospital Society has had a local habitation and a name on the Thames for nearly half a century ; and its com mittee should be proudly conscious of the fact that, in relieving the sufferings of sick seamen, it has at the same time given large opportunities for the ob servation of disease, and so has aided indirectly in developing the progress of medicine and surgery in this country. That these opportunities had not been afforded in vain, the names of Budd, Busk, and many others who have, since their connection with this hospital, gained prominent positions in the services and elsewhere, at home and abroad, sufficiently attest. The Society has also been laudably active in affording preventive aid and hospital relief during the various epidemics of cholera ; and, at the last outbreak in 1866, in the absence of any sanitary supervision of the Thames, its medical staff took entire and effectual charge of this important district by means of a ship-to-ship visitation, which was very ably planned and super intended by their chief officer, Dr. Rooke. It is hardly necessary to revert to the exertions of the Dreadnought authorities in the matter of hygiene afloat, which has resulted, as we believe, in great improvements as to the sanitary condition of the mercantile marine, and, by consequence, as to the safety of our ships at sea. But it is necessary to remind the committee of the Seamen's Hospital Society that, in commencing a new lease of existence, they will incur new responsibilities as well as possess new privileges. Their range of usefulness should be widened, not only for the benefit of their clients, but for the advantage of those whose duty it is to perfect themselves in the arts of prevention and cure of disease. op portunities should be afforded for the establish ment of a good pathological museum—a very valu able nucleus for which now exists in the Dread nought. This hospital, indeed, from the cosmopo litan character of its inmates, affords a groundwork for the study of pathology, practical medicine, and venereal and some other surgical diseases, such as very few, if any, institutions possess. The formation of a Naval Medical School at Greenwich Hospital has been frequently adverted to, and strongly urged, in these columns. We believe that Dr. Armstrong, RN., the present active Director-General, is parti cularly favourable to the scheme, and is anxious to place it before the Lords of the Admiralty fur de finite consideration. We trust that his efforts iu this direction will meet with success ; and there can be no doubt that most valuable material for clinical instruction would be found in the wards about to be tenanted by the Seamen's Hospital Society. But the Dreadnought authorities must first establish themselves, and make good their footing in their new home. In so doing, we would gladly invoke for them a large share of public support, and wish them great prosperity.-1 he Lancet. NEW ZEALAND via SAN FRANCISCO. (From the Anylo-Americaii Tames.) A project, for year; advocated in these columns, is as6nwing t.lidipe. A private meeting of influen tial in r3liants and otters was held last Tuesday at the London Tavern to diseases the projected steam communication plan with Australia and New Zealand via Milford llaven, Portland, and San Francisco, within 40 days ; Sir GEORGE GREY in the chair. It was numerously attended, and, after lengthened explanations of the details, the following resolution was unanimously adopted :—" That this meeting highly approves the proposed route to Australia and New Zealand vat Milford Haven, Portland, and San Francisco, and recommends that steps be forthwith taken to establish a company to carry the same into effect." When it became evident that the line to Australia ria Panama would fail, we endea- voured to get its Pacific terminus altered to San Francisco, confident that assistance would be forth- coming iu America, and that the rapid progress of the Union Pacific Railroad would soon re-establish the company as a prosperous coucern. But, un fortunately for the company, the suggestion was ahead of the time, and the directors were too slow, and we fear too ignorant, to appreciate at once the chance of redemption offered. Yet it does not re quire a very comprehensive mind to perceive the ad vantages. We know nothing of the late meeting at the Loudon Tavern or what was there said, but we feel confident about the statements made. A map has a tendency to mislead, and it would not be readily credited that San Francisco is nearer to Sydney or Wellington than is Panama. The run from Wellington is some 6,5G4 miles to Panama, and 5,864 to San Francisco, making a difference of 700 nautical miles, or nearly three days steaming. Be tween San Francisco and Sydney or Wellington are the Sandwich Islands and the Feejee group ; and what we proposed was that the line already established from San Francisco to the Sandwich Islands should be extended to the Fejees, and that a fork should there branch off, the one prong reaching toAuckland,New Zealand; the other to Sydney. This would, without much expenditure of capital, bring the Northern ports of Australia and New Zealand into the most direct as well as most speedy communi cation with England. The time, as estimated by the promoters of the embryo undertaking, is 9 days from Milford Haven to Portland, 7 days to San Francisco, and 23 days to Australia or New Zealand, in round numbers, say, 40 days in all. Unques tionably this is the direct road, and Australia and New Zealand will have the further advantage on the establishment of such a line of getting intelli gence from England in little over three weeks, and vice versa, for San Francisco is already connected with London by the electric wire. The route by Pa nama involved two grave disadvantages, one of which killed the Panama and New Zealand Co. The steamer landed her passengers to cress a fever-stricken isth. inns and to pursue their coarse through a region of yellow fevLr. The numerous deaths which resulted frightened the Australians, and the gain in time was unable to outweigh the danger. The other disadvan tage was the unbroken stretch across an ocean of 6,500 odd miles. Having to carry coal for such a run requires a peculiar construction of vessel and an economy in fuel fatal to speed. The route via San Francisco, on the other hand, is broken at con.. venient distances throughout. The traveller is always in healthful regions, crossing the line in niid-ccean. Moreover, the journey is varied and interesting, indeed so much so that it will frequently be taken as a tour of pleasure. We cannot, however, under stand the object of establishing a line between Milford Haven and Portland. Why mix up what is wholly unnecessary with a link urgently requiring to be completed. There is ample steam communica tion to America ; and if American companies sub sidised by Congress bring out others as projected, it is not improbable that the accommodation will be overdone. I'o compete with the great Trans atlantic companies will require steamers on such a scale that hundreds of thousands of pounds sterling would be swallowed up, whereas what these distant colonies require is simply to have the existing line extended beyond the Sandwich Islands to Australia. This would be no great undertaking, and quite within the scope of a moderate English company working in connection with any or all the Trans atlantic steam lines already established and the transcontinental railroad, by which means a family proceeding to Sydney might receive through tickets. There are only two routes to the Northern Austra lian settlements and New Zealand ; the one out via the Cape of Good Hope and home by Cape Horn, that is, the round of the globe ; the other via San Francisco as proposed. The way through the Red Sea embodies all that is objectionable, and can never stand, as the climate cannot be altered. There is no more stormy and disagreeable passage than that proceeding westward along the south coast of Austra lia round the Leewin, and there is no more scorch ing heat than that experienced for eight months of the year in the Red Sea. Coupled with those objec tions there is the frequent change of steamer, not a change of travel from sea to land, but from steamer to steamer—an unpleasant operation, involving trou ble, loss of, or damage to baggage, change of com panions, and other inconveniences, which fall heaviest on the most helpless—women and children. Sir GEORGE GREY is an old and distinguished travel ler, and is perhaps as well qualified as any man to give an opinion on the value of the plan to the colonies and on the prospects of such aline. We would suggest to him if it would not be advisable, at least in the first instance, to drop the Milford Haven and Port land part of the scheme, confining the attention of the company to getting New Zealand and Austra lia into steam communication with San Francisco. If a telegram were sent to Governor HAIGIIT, of California, to direct a qualified person to draw up a report on the best means of achieving this object, in three weeks the company would have ample details and full suggestions from the spot. The Go vernor would take hold of such a project with eager interest, and be only too glad to co-operate, so as to facilitate every arrangement, while San Francisco must desire the new line to be as remunerative to the English capitalist as possible. All Ameri cans are alive to the importance of making their transcontinental railroad a World's Highway, and such a route would have a fine effect in binding to gether the English-speaking people, for no travel ler from the extremity of England, to the end of Australia, would hear anything spoken but the English tongue. It is our anxiety to forward the success of the really valuable part of this scheme which induces us to urge on the gentlemen inte rested, the advisability of dropping what is super fluous, confining themselves to what is essential ; and this is all the more necessary, as what is super fluous would be speculative and costly in the ex treme, while what is essential would be compara tively cheap and certain in its returns. CRIMINAL COURT—(Feb. 3.) (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) THE WANDSWORTH ROMANCE. William Skeplehorne and his wife, Sarah Skeple borne, wore indicted for having, with intent to in jure and aggrieve Thomas John Ironside, conspired with Louisa Maud, his wife, to falsely represent that Mrs. lronside was delivered of a female child, and to pass off the child of one Fanny Wood as the child of the prosecutor, by his wife. They were also charged with causing the prosecutor to cherish and maintain the said child as his own. There was another count charging them with conspiring with intent to deceive, injure, and defraud Blr. Ironside ; and further counts charged conspiracy with intent to defraud and cheat the next of kin of Mr. Irouside, and to burden the parish of Wandsworth with a liability to support the child. Another count charged them with conspiring to make a false entry relative to the parentage of the child. The jury found both defendants guilty, but re commended them to mercy, on the ground that others were implicated in the transaction. Mr. Justice Byles said he would consider the legal points in the case, and give judgment next session ' • the defendants, in the meant ime, allowed to go at large upon bail. were Au additional drying-roo:n is about to be erected at the washing establishment, Herbert llospital, Shooter's-bill. The specification and plans are now in course of preparation. I