The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-25 00:00:00

M. 0 N E Y A. EKE T ANTI COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The business to-day on 'Change was of an im proving nature, and the favourable turn of yester day was fully maintained. Consols opened steady and maintained their closing price ; in the Foreign Market a slight impetus has been given by the ex pected new Russian Loan, but for Italian and Spanish stocks prices are not quite so good. American stocks are dull, but Illinois have dropped I. For Railway and Tele graph Shares there is a good demand Construction has gone up on the faith of the intel- ligenee brought by the Cape Mail (published in our late edition last night), relative to the safety of the Great Eastern. 'file demand for discount is not very extensive, the price being sl ill 2i to 3 for first class paper. Consols are now at 921 to 92ii for money ; ditto, for Account, —; Three per Cent. Re duced, 92 2 .; ; New Thee per Cents, 92i Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem. ; June, 1 dis. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, par ; June, ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent., 239 7. India Stock, 10f per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 100 a ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 911 ; ditto 5 per Cent., 103 ; ditto 5i per Cent., 1101. In the Foreign Market business is rather active in Russian stocks. Prices are marked as follows : —Egyptian (1864), 901 to 911 ; ditto (1868), 761 to 761 ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 801 to 801 ; ditto Nine per Cents., 971 to 971 ; Mexican, 141 to 15 ; Italian, 541 to 541 ; Prussian (1822), 86 to 87 ; ditto (1866), 901 to 911 ; Orel, 831 to 831 ; Nicolas, 65/ to 66 ; Moscow, 801 to 81 ; Charkof, 82 to 821 ; Spanish, 278 to 271; Turkish Five per Cents., 43 to 43f ex div. ; ditto Six per Cents., 66 to 661 ex div. ; and the Script to 1 prem. In the Railway Market Great Northern, South Eastern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Metropolitan, Brighton, Midland, and London and North Western Stocks have improved. The prices are now as follows :—Caledonian, 761 to 761 ; Great Eastern, 371 to 371 ; Great Northern, 111 to 112 ; ditto (A), 112 to 1111 ; Great Western, 61f to 62 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 128 to 1281 ; London and Brighton, 45 to 45f ; London, Chat ham, and Dover, 148 to 151 ; London and North Western, 1231 to 1241 ; London and South Western, 93 to 94 ; Metropolitan, 791 to 791; Midland, 1221 to 1221 ; North Eastern (Ber wick), 125 to 1251 ; and South Eastern, 76 to 761. In Telegraph Shares prices have advanced, Con struction and Maintenance, 36 to 361; British Indian Submarine, 14f to 151: Anglo-American, 194 to 20 ; China Submarine, 1 to a prem. ; Fal mouth, 31 to 48 prem. ; French Cable, 18 to 181 ; and Land and Sea Telegraph, 1 prem. In Miscellaneous Securities prices are nearly stationary. General Credit, f dis. to I prem. ; International Finance, 1 to 11 dis. ; National Dis count, 111 to 12 ; and London General Omnibus are ffrm. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 87 to 871 ; Illinois, 103 to 104 ; Erie Shares are 18 to 181. Lombardo-Venetian, 20 to 20-1- ; Great Luxem burg, 13i to 131. In Bank Shares London and County are in re quest at 50 to 501- ; London and Westminster, 60 to 61. ; Chartered Mercantile, 32 to 33 ; Consoli dated, 4 to 41 ; Anglo-Austrian, 14 to 16 prem. ; Union of London, 36 to 37 ; Imperial Ottoman, 2i to 22 prem. ; and London Joint-Stock, 33 to 34, being lower. The sum of £232,000 in gold was taken from the Bank yesterday, it is believed on account of the recent Turkish Loan. The Ripon, from Alexandria, has brought £3,000 and the City of New York, from Halifax, £3,050. It is understood that the new 5 per cent. Russian Loan of £12,000,000 Stock will be a direct Govern ment Loan, but that the sum is to be appropriated for railways. The full particulars are likely to transpire to-morrow, and applications will be re ceived towards the end of the week. The report of the General Credit and Discount Company (limited), to be presented on the 4th of February, recommends a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, which will absorb £37,500, and after an appropriation of £30,000 to the reserve leave £10,602 to be carried forward. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have granted a quotation for the full amount of the San Domingo 6 per Cent. Loan of £757,700, intro duced in July last, on the certificate of the agents, Messrs. Peter Lawson and Son, that the balance of the bonds not originally allotted are now placed. It is understood that these bonds have been taken up by a body of capitalists who are probably influ enced by the treaty now being negotiated by the United States for the lease of Samaria Bay, as well as by the rumours in circulation pointing to an annexation of the whole Republic. In the latter case it is assumed the obligations of the 6 per Cent. Loan would be undertaken by the United States' Government. The impression that several new loans will shortly appear in the market naturally induces capi talists and others to wait before selecting fresh investments. There may be advantages in the terms, the prices at which these operations may be offered may be lower, and, beyond all, the instalments may be made convenient for future payment. All these are considerations for individuals having invest ments to make, particularly since existing loans have been carried to a price much in advance of what they were a few months ago. The contrac tors of these operations must, however, be careful that they do not overweight the market, or should there be any relapse in this respect the influence would at once be apparent and lead to a reaction that would immediately be productive of prejudicial results. At a meeting of the holders of Peruvian Bonds of 1862 and 1865, the proposed transfer of the agency from London to Paris was strongly con demned, and the following resolutions were passed unanimously :—" 1. The holders of Peruvian Bonds at this meeting protest against the departure, either in the letter or the spirit, from the tenor of the bonds of 1862 and 1865. 2. That a committee be formed for the purpose of protecting the rights of the bondholders, with power to add to their number, and to demand, in the name of the bondholders, such documents and other information as may be for the common benefit. That the committee in the first instance consist of the following gentlemen:— J. P. Kennard, W. Smith, Win. Whiteside, Edward Haslewood, John Field, Robert Martin, and Isidore Gerstenberg." BRITISH FUNDS-TWO O'OLOCII. UOVERNMEST I'UNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cent. Reduced 921 1 New 3 per Cent Now 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 her Can J111.187:1 .. Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 18tse. Do. for 3U yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telebrapli), Avg., 1208., — The directors of the Alhambra Company (Limited) have issued their report. It states that the gross receipts for the past half-year have amounted to £37,820, and the gross expenditure £29,904, the net profits for that p eriod being £7,915. Th e direc tors recommend a dividend at the rate of 25 per cent. per annum for the past half-year. The amount of Australian gold known to be now on the way to England is £520,500, of which £327,000 by the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's packet, and £96,500 by the steamer Great Britain, are expected to arrive at the end of the week. The South Eastern Railway traffic return shows this week a decrease of £1,769, compared with the corresponding period of last year, and the Brighton a decrease of £970. Vice-Chancellor James proposes on the Bth of February to make a call of Is. per share on the contributories of the State Fire Insurance Com pany. Fael - soqu-r Bills, £1,000,. . 2 p. Ct. March Do, 2i do. June or ) £lOO, £2OO & £6OO 1 bauti 01 .124agiao.'t btueis, 4i por Gout 239 7 D. opening Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — lnter-Colonial Cranium INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES India i'tock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Opening, for Account — D. o per Uont. July, 1880 Do I per Cont. Oct. 1888 L)u. Enfaced Papet 4 per Cant.. ..„ 9l; 00. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 .. lO5 Do. 5; per Cent. May 1879 llOl Do 5 per Cent., Rup. Dab. 1872.„ — Do do 18 1 7..: — Do. do. 1882 — I);,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO — FORSIGN FUNDS —TITO O'CLOCK. Irgentine Republic, t per Cent ... Do Accoun• luitrhtn Bonds 5 per cent Do. liis9 13rALiliau 5 per Cent — )o. i per Cent. 185'2 — Do. do 1358 — 1)o. cio 166:) — Do. do., 1863 7B 1)o. 5 per Cent., 1,865 U('. 10•0ira.~.. 13 ,enos Ltyrt,, 6 per Cent. 1Y) 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) - lubs, 6 per Ccut. C -than 6 per Cent — Po. li per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., - Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per cent. 1867 — 0 lo.nbian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 . — Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — Fcualor Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent Bo} 'NI SeCoLid Issue Do. .£sol, Bonds.. D o . 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do., £IOC Bonds 93f Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ...... — Do. Account Do. £lOO Bonds Government Railway Debentures 9B Greer 5 per Cent., 182 i 5, ex Coups Do. Coupons Gaatemala 6 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p.. Ct., all pd Do. A.cc *ant Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 — )o. Account Do MArerumana Railway , 1 °akar- 3 For Cent — Ditto for Account :)o. 1864 — Do 8 per Cent. Anglo-French — ~ontevickau 6 per Cent. — .. \lc crish Imperial 5 per Ceut Ne‘s Granada l9l Do 3 per Con ..- Do. Deferred __ , )o Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruviar. 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account 771 I Do 44 per Cent. (IJl:harren) Do 4i per Cent.. 1862 . — )o 6 per Cent.,1862 — Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.'8 Do. do. 1867 33 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 t ier Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3Yer Cent.; 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.., 911 do. ' £B4 15s. d 0.... 1866, £lOO Bonds, £B4 15s. do — Do. do Do Nicolas Railway Sardinian per Cent Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 3o Account Do £lOO Bonds 72 Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do. Account 661 1 Do £lOO Bonds 6Bi 1 Do. 5 per cent. 1865 — Do Account . 43} Do 6 per Cent., 186 b — Do. Account D) 4 por Cent., Guaranteed — Do :do, Scrip — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 —, Dividends on the above payable in Lo idol) Austrian a per Cont. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. . French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. I tnliar. 5 per Cent. 1351, Ex. 25i , Do Account sif 4 TWO O'CLOCK Jonsols, Money 924 ad Do. Account, Feb. 3 SOME OF .1111 S. GLADSTONE'S PATIENTS. Mrs. Gladstone's Convalescent Home at Wood ford was opened for thirty beds, and even in the short time it has been at work it has done an immense amount of good. Good food, good nurs ing, and pure air, work wonders with those the root of whose malady has been want and impure conditions of living. One woman went out in a week ; two little children, who were carried in on Saturday night unable to walk through weakness, were play ing about on Thursday when we went down, as bright and lively as if nothing had been the matter with them. The whole family,to which these belong, save one out of work, had been down in a fever ; father a consumptive shoemaker, mother, and six children. The fever had been brought into the fa• Daily through one of the children playing in an in fected house. One of the children is in Victoria Park Hospital, four are at Clapton, and the fifth will come there when the boils, with which he is at present afflicted, are a little healed. This family is fearfully poor, but has struggled hard to keep re spectable and off the parish. They hare always contrived, they say, with a flush of honest pride to have one meal a day ; and if they have no food in the morning, they have worked for it and earned it by night. None of the children can read or write ; they all " help father" so soon as their little hands can sew or punch ; and they are made practical, poor little souls ! rather than lite rate. One patient, a law stationer, was quite a smart-looking young man, though absolutely penni less and friendless. When he first came in, he was the only male patient, and as all the men are in one house by themselves, and the women in the other by themselves, he was moped and low-spirited. So they sent for a companion for him, and got a painter, crippled with gouty rheumatism, with small can non-balls on his finger joints which he rapped as unconcernedly as if they had been made of iron ; a douce fatherly man, who bad been nine times in St. George's Hospital, and who took his troubles with almost Mohammedan resignation. Patients, however, are received from their own homes as well as from hospitals ; and admission is absolutely free, both to the sender and the patient.—Dickens's " All he Year Round." The rumour that the Duke of Cambridge had resigned the post of Commander-in-Chief, and would be succeeded by Lord Strathnairn, has not the remotest foundation in fact. _ . A Cabinet Council was held to-day at the resi dence of tho First Lord of the Treasury in Downing street, and the Prime Minister will give the first Minis terial dinner of the season to-night. QUEEN'S CONCERT ROOMS, HANOVER-SQUARE.— T his evening (Tuesday) Mrs. Lafontaine Erskine will give an entertainment hero of more than ordinary interest. It will consist of readings from the best authors, and a musical performance of a very interesting and singular nature. Report speaks highly of the talents of Mrs. Erskine as a " Reader." The instrumentalists are Sig norina Vittorina de Bono, Signor Luigi de Bono, and Miss Julia Lafontaine. The Great Western of Canada Railway traffic return for the week ending the 21st inst. shows a decrease of £1,692 compared with the correspond ing period of last year. Captain Pullen, R.N., having served his full time, Captain Conolly, R.N., has succeeded to the command of her Majesty's ship Penelope, at Ilar- wiel. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND Cost- FORTING, —The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite. The 'Civil Service Gazette' re marks: —"The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a deli cately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doe ton' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled "Amu Eri2 & Co., Henaceo pathio Cheziots, London. RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year 1 1 11 E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1870. JOINT-STOCK BANKS Closing Business Share Name. Paid Price done. 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 111 10 Du B lO 41 51 50 Albion l5 10 8 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 21 25 211 / 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm.... ~.. 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 '5O Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 151 101 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China all 13 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India, • London, and China all :32 31 20 City lO 11 111 • 100 Colonial 25 1 8 1U Consolidated, lion. 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East Loudon, lim 20 English and American, inn 10 21 11 20 English Bank of - Rio deJa neiro. Inn 20 English, Scottish, and Aus tralian Chartered , all 17i l 3 I 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 31 33 281 Do new lll 4 5 . . 100 Imperial, lira '2o 1; 16 20 Imperial Ottuakiu lO 21 4 121 Z 5 lonian all 1 / 22 25 Do new 5 ti 3 Lyad Mortgage of India, Hai 4 31 7.1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 /6 SO 100 -Loudon Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 5 4 11 100 London and Brazilian, Um. 43 33 ;a 20 Do new 71 5 43 100 London &River Plate, Um. 40 11 13 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 20 Loudon Chart. of Australia all 231 241 20 London and County 2O 491 501 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... • - London Joint Stock 3ll 321 3 3 : London and South African al 114 100 London &S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lira l2l ... ••• 100 London and Westminster 2O ' 571 sbl 601 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 100 Merchant, Hui 25 61 54 10 Metropolitan, lira all 7 1 7 i 00 Midland, lira. 2l 11 1 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lira. 15 3cl 1p 00 National Provinc. of Eng' il 42 ... ... 10 Do . 42 ... ... 50 National.. 3O ... • • 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., Hui. 11 61 51 30 Provincial of Ireland.. . 25 9./ 92 Bei 10 Do new.. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lira 25 14 13 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 4 , 100 Union of Ireland, lira 50 Union of London l5 37 38 PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. MONDAY. The Commission on the parliamentary initiative held its first meeting to-clay. The first question under discussion was, whether they had power to examine the drafts of measures relating to the future modifications of the Constitution. The committee decided to refer it to the Government in order to ascertain whether they intended to modify the Senatus-Consultum of 1866, which forbids the discussion of the Constitution. The commission then proceeded to discuss practical matters, and in respect to the extraordinary budget for the city of Paris, it made no difficulty in granting the sums demanded, as they aro actually due, but it distinctly specified that this must not stablish a precedent. The Government proposal re specting the new mode of taxing beverages was strongly opposed, and no explanation on the hart of the Ministerial commissioners could recone!le the majority to it. The new press law, which has been greatly modified since it was laid before the Council of State, will be introduced to the Corps 146gislatif to-morrow. At the end of last week the Senate was seriously engaged with the Algerian question, which would at any other time have attracted notice, but which has been completely overlooked in the engrossing interest of the free trade debates. Marshal Mae- Mahon made a speech of considerable length, describ ing the actual situation of the colony, and representing the difficulties of the colonists. With regard to commerce, Algeria is not in an unsatisfactory condition. Her imports amount to £8,000,000 a year, and her exports to more than £4,000,000, and these amounts are steadily increasing. The land ques tion is more perplexing. The Governor-General states that 295 tribes occupy an extent of 4,887,000 hectares. The Crown lands are fixed at 528,000 hectares in forest land, and 208,000 in cultivated land, One hundred thousand hectares belong to the Algerian Society. The division of the lands is one of the principal points to be decidedby the new Senatus-Consultum. With respect to Algeria as a field of colonial enterprise, Marshal MacMahon is not altogether encouraging. It is a mistake, he avers, to suppose that it is an extremely fertile country, where the sun supplies the absence of cultivation. The soil is in a great measure exhausted and demands long and patient effort before it will repay the husbandman. Water is scarce, but indispensable to successful agriculture, and its storage entails vast expense. The task of clearing the ground is also one of exceptional difficulty. The successful colonist in Algeria must have at least a capital of £l6O, or £2OO, and families with this amount to invest are not xactly those who seek a new country. Prior to the close of the debate on Algeria, M. Michel Chevalier made an impassioned appeal in the name of the Algerians for their political liberties, which they have so long desired. Let us hope it will not be without effect. M. Ledru Rollin has written to the I?eveil, and given his reasons for declining to appear as the advocate for the Noir family at the approaching trial. He was at first anxious to do so, but on subsequent consideration he decided that it would be impossible for him to recognise the present judges of France without damaging his past professions. He does not think it would be consistent for him to plead before these men when he has endured twenty years of exile rather than appear to sanction their proceedings by his presence. He appeals to M. Louis Noir as to whether his resolution is not a just one. M. Louis Noir has replied to this communication in the pages of the Beveil and gives it as his conscientious opinion, that M. Ledru-Rollin is right in his decision. The Liberte mentions, in connection with this circumstance, that if the objection to take an oath prevents M. Ledru- Rollin from inscribing himself on the roll of advocates in Paris, it will be impossible for him to come forward as a candidate for electoral suffrage, for that would necessitate his taking a preliminary oath. The Opinion Nationale refers to, the language which M. Rochefort has held with regard to his trial, and says that before the verdict, the Marseillaise pretended that the Government wished to rid itself of an obnoxious candi date. Now that the trial is ended, M. Rochefort finds himself aggrieved at not being sentenced to twenty years' hard labour. There is one course open to him, and that is to appeal against this minor conviction in order to obtain ono in accordance with his own imaginary political import ance. Those who do not share M. Rochefort's vanity on the subject believe that the court acted with discretion in the matter, as six months' imprisonment shewed that the provo cations of which he had been guilty would not be allowed to pass with impunity, while at the same time the political situation of the offender was respected, and the Chamber was not deprived of the salutary exhibition of his violent sallies and total want of all reason. Considerable excitement has been created in the religious world by a brochure which has been written by the Abb6 Gratry, a priest of the Oratory, and one of the forty mem bers of the French Academy, against the Infallibility of the Pope. The appearance of this tract has produced a most unfavourable impression in the Ultramontane circles, and given rise to great uneasiness. The brother of Father Hyacinthe, Abb6 Th6odore Laysor, professor at the Sorbonne, has just published a re markable work called " The Assembly of the Clergy in 1682," It is a reply to the Ultramontane assertions and tile declaration of religious independence by the clergy of France on the subject of the claims of Rome. SHARE LIST. I.tiI_NARY tiElAtil9l3 AND STOCEB. Paid. Closing Batons. a Prim. dent st 'hist )1 and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 st Caledonian ...... ... 100 761 77 761 at Cambrian 20 Cornwall all 2 3 at Dublin & Belfast June lOO - - at Dun„Perthols Ab.Junc 100 70 72 2) East London all 4 6 20 Do 15 - - 2) Do 10 - - et Glasgow 4S. Western lOO 105 107 at Great Eastern ~1 lOO 371 38 371 1 at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 61 71 at Great North of Scotland lOO lo 18 it Great Northern lOO 111 1 , 2 1101 111 11 at Do. A stock at Do, 11 stook lOO 12/ 12t at (itS. and W. of Ireland lOO 08 100 st Ut. Western -Original lOO VII 62 611 I 2 11 st Do. South Wales at Du. W. Illid.-Oalord lOO 31 iti at Do. Newport lOO 3t :14 st Laucashirt & Yorkshire lOO 128 12r1 128 at Lou., 8r1gh.,42 i.Coast lOO 444 44; 3. / - Do Scrip .. . - - at Lou., Chat.. and Doe is lou 141 15 ot Do. Sletrop. Ex. al ,t Lon. da North Western ICC D 3-1 124; r:4 134 i ,t Lon. di South Western 1(0 5.: le4 93; Man., Shel., & Lincoln lei. 12 024 52 4 st Metropolitan . lOO 781 79 79g ;9 8/ st Do ExteutiLtu .. 5 Do. Nevi rd .. - - st Metropolitan Distrit.t. ali 30 32 10 Metrop. at. John's Vi .70 1 6 - - 100 1271 12'4 122. 1 1 st 31,oiaud st L O dirmin. & IhrUs st NA- •11 Britisu l OO 341 151 st 1.) . . Ed.. I'th., & Dun lOO - at Nor Eastan-Berwick lOO 26 D G. N.E purchase-16.11. 1 - - at 1.) - Leeds ....... ...•• st D o York st D oCarlizle .... . DO - - st D o Stock. & Darling lOO 17 Lig st North London 10 Do New 1868 st North Staffordshire ..... . 100 61 03 62 at North and a. W. Junction 100 9•1 101 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... •• • st Rl , onney st Shropshire Union ICO 531 601 at South Devon'.. at South Eastern lOO 754 764 761 i at Staines, Wok'hani, & Wok all 13 11 at . 'tali Vale -- Do. C ... . 6 - - Waterford & Kilkenny lOO 10 Waterloo & Whitehall 6 Hail Ways, 1261 12T 121- ItAILW.I.YS-PREFER ENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. 87 81 at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 46 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO at Do. do. Ordinary lOO at Do. Midland st Do. Dundoe and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO at 14-'o. Ist Class preference lOO at (31as. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO at 'lt. Eastern, E.ti Ex. No.l 100 at Do do Nu. 2 100 at Do do 6 per cent 100 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 at Do du B 6 do. 103 at Do do C 7 do. WO st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.1ix.1846 100 st Do do 5p.c.Way.Va1.1847 101 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 14 ) st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Do 45 do do du 100 at Do 5 do at sp. c. pin lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO st GLWest.—Orig.&Jut. - lient chg., per gua. S p.c lOO Do. Orig. (B. & H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO Do do 4i per cent. 1850 lOO Do do 4 do do Do do 5 per cent. redem. 100 Do do Birmingham lOU Do do do pref lOO Do do Chester gua 1 './0 Do do do 8 per cent. 100 Do do do 5 do 100 Do South Wales, gua. 4 P.C. 100 Du do 4 ......... 100 at Do do 456 p.c 1859 lOO st Do do 5 ......... 100 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 100 at Do do 2dgua. 100 at Do Newport, Ist g. p.c. 100 st Do do 2d do 100 at Do gm... 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ... at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 at Do Barnsley, £5 3s 103 p.c. 103 ••• at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 10U 133 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 08 100 at Loudon & Brl4litun, sp. c guaranteed, No 1 lOO at ti per cent. gua Nu. 2 lOO st Do G do do lOO ..„ •,. at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO ••• at Do 7 per cent...... at Do 6 du (W.E. C.P 100 ..„ st Do 4 do 1859 lOO „. at London, Chatham,& Dover 5 per cent „„ at London and 21. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent.— 100 110 Ili at Do Bedford &CamWelcubridge.- 103 ••• at Do Shrewsb'y & p'l lOB at London and 6 W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 150 a Du (Portsin.perp ens 286 d) all ••• a Mau., Shel., & Liueln. 6 p.c.' 100 Du .E 4 all par Ipm • Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 ••• st Mid. Consolidated ,6 p. c... 100 130 135 s Do Bristol& 13irm., 6p. c IOU 1.3 1;15 a Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO bS 100 a Do 41 per cent. irredeent... 100 98 IJJ • Do Leicester &11'ehn,4 p.c 100 eV 01 at North British, 5 p.c. Nu. 1... 100 ••• at Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D... 100 • at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ceu.t.. 100 ••• st Do Border Union, 51 p.c... 100 .-E •,„ SO st Na s tern—eons. 4 p.c.._ 100 87 st Du 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 57 99 at Du G N.E. 4 per cent lOO ••• 17 Do Larwiek capital 4.13.4. Do York, 11.& S. purchase lO 10 105 Du Stcktu & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 107 100 at DO \V, liartlepoul IL audit 100 30 83 20 North Staffordshire 10s S. Devon Annuities, 1-a all 9 10 lOs Do Tavistock Anus., lOs all 85 91 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 85 1 0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 per conkt lOO ... at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 154 st Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 .. 78 82 96 98 10G 108 9,5 100 90 92 60 b 2 97 92 OS 72 b 5 93 95 100 110 118 113 115 96 98 at Caledonian 44 p c gua. at Scot.Cen. min. 7 p c lOO at Do 44 p irredoem ,„ at Du 4p c eon. issued at 80 65 at Groat Eastern 44 per cent. 100 7 . 7 80 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 0 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 84 88 st Do do 5 do, 1861. 100 83 8G st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent, 5 per cent. 100 st Du Boston & Sieaid, 44 pc 100 ••• at Great West., NV. 5p c 100 •••• tit Do Joint i.orpe. 5p c, 1865 100 3 . 8 'VG at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 10 118 120 20 Do Vale N oath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 14... 10 • • 5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 4 ip at Lund., Brig &c., 41 pc 1858 100 et Do do 4 do , , 1860 100 at Do do 44 do, 1861 10 at Do do 44 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sdo at Lond , Chat., &c., 25, 6 p.c 100 at Do Metrop. Ex., 136 p.c Do do C 614. c at London& N Western, 5p c 100 103 110 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 V 3 95 10 Man. Simi. & Lin., 5 pc, 1665 all V 94 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 104 et Midland, A 5 per cent prof lOO 107 109 at Do B 5 do 100 107 109 IS Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 214 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 19 194 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31,137 . 2 Bl n 21p et North British, E. and t.* No. 1, 5 per cent ... 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., N 0.3, 5 p.c 100 ... at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 st North Eastern, 44 per cent 100 9d 10 at Do Stock. & Dad., D ... 100 113 115 at North London, 44, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ... st South Eastern, 44 pc, 1859 100 ... „, at Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 ..• at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 44 pc 100 ... ... - ... 874 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at Birkenhead lOO 91 93 00 Do. 44 per cent. Prefer all 96 100 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 64; 6 at Do. 54 per cent. at Do. 5 do. s t Clydesdale, guaranteed... lOO st Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 132 131 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all s Gt. EaSkl., p.c 100 ... D o . H. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 st Do.do. Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 „. st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Hord 100 57 90 60 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 st Do. 44 per cent lOO ... st London, Chat., &c., 44 pc. 100 ... at Do. Corn. Fund, 5 do 100 at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO ... at London, Tilbury, it South 100 83 85 st Lowest.oft,gua 4 percent lOO 75 81 ord, Pref lOO st Do. de 6 do l 5 i ' P I 1 ;1 t all aall L 3 7. 56 ast blanch.,l land Midland, 50 l 10 N ld o id rt li ho e r n u t t C E r a a b y t. L , SO Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern—Hartlepool ... 100 at N.West. A perp. pref, 5p c. 100 107 109 at Do B minimum 14 p.c lOO at Notting. & Granth R.& C... 100 91 93 25 Preston and Wyre all 44 46 Royston, Hitch., and Shop lOO 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford PA 132 134 10 Do do 8 2 91p 8 S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 97 90 D 4 per cent Sua IOJ 78 80 5 do st Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do Cl B all 20 Do do C all st Weymouth and Portland lOO Fit Wilts and Somerset 32 94 931 DOCKS. i t -Is st East and West Lovdon and St. Katherine lOO 61 63 Lo 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent Millwall Freehold Land Dock. 10) 28 31 Southampton 1)0 72 75 I Surrey CorawotoLtl , 100 110 113 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Angio-American tei., Hui all 191 211 21 * 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 ..:01 201 20 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 17 19 1 6 at Do. 8 per cent. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 180 10 it Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 262 267 10 Do. ' New 0 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lim all 23 21 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 21 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 1 1p 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lim. all 9 10 81 9 25 Reuter's Telegram all 78 80 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all 18i 18: 171 IR at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 11 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 8 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all i 1 51 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 141 141 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, Ihn 3 stl 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 141 141 10 Do. New all 100 Bolekow Vaughan, lira. 5 Bombay Gas, Um 5 Do. New 4 11 ad 50 British American Land 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lira all 1 2 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 63 (5 63 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l .. 20 Ceylon Company, lira. lO 31 21d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lirn b 23 City of London Real Pro perty, lira 9 51 4 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all b 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, Ihn.., all 50 City Offices, lim 25 23 22A 131 1 50 Colonial, lim --,.. Do. , 22 ... ... 0 Commercial Union (Assur) 6 pr i 61 10 Company of African Mer chants, Rm. 3 20 Continental Union Gas, lira all 25 27 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. Bank of France. l'Aras, Jan. 20. 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. Jan. 13. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,014,776 0 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 43,816,569 43 42,341,210 07 Treasury account cur rent creditor 17166!) 586 96 159 409, 662 37 Current accounts, Paris 300,823,200 11 294,12!1,977 46 Do. branch banks 40,416,966 --43,181,942 Dividends payable 5,388,796 3,816,699 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries Jan. 20. fr. c. 182,500,000 1,305,52 2 15 1,305,522 15 Total CREDITOR. Jan. 20. Jan. 13. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over due I 201,211 71 312,717 49 Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 341,258,478 90 332,488,029 02 Do. branch banks 344,229,945 323,415,001 Advances on deposit of bullion 15,598,900 15,971,300 Do. branch banks 2, 54 8 ,000 2,410,200 - Do. on French Public Securities 20,960,500 Do. by branch banks 9,279,350 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 -- Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 1 8 0 0 0:0 59 0 5 0: 1 0 8 0 7 0 Do. disposable Routes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) :0 0 ,0 5 0 9 0 5 , 01 : Hotel and furniture of the Brink and landed property branches ... Expenses of manage ment 15,561 35 14,373 60 Sundries 20,729,200 9,232,0a0 40,210,4( , 0 -- 33,702,800 -- 1,167, 600 1,148,200 - 1,163,500 - 1,1i1,200 - 60,000,000 - 9,072,534 - 9,069,184 - Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) R OULAND. The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending, the 4th of Dec. Theso returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the Ist of Dec. (the nearest date furnisbrd by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : 5 ,287,458 Nov. 6, Dec; 4, 1 1869. 1869. In 4 c l r 6 e l a 4 s o c.lDecrease. 133,721 Bank Private of Banks England... .. 2: :8 ° 5 1 5 0 :4 9- 4 47 1 1 2 2 28 3 37 1 8 50 1 11 , : 7 1 6 9 41 0 94 Joint-stock Banks.. 2,425,074 2,3 i 8,7 3 1) 56,333 7,381,1801 7,354,163 - 27,017 9 75 18 9 , , 4 75 11 7 5c0t1and............ re 'il ) l lt o al t na a na l d l England..... 2 4 9 8 2 5 7 1 1 4 3 5 8 9 ----- -- United Kingdom. 41,503,957? 4 0,913,269 416,110 1 976,823 And as compared with the month ending the sth of Dec., 1868, the above returns show a decrease of £363,505 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increaso of £105,946 in the circulation of tho United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation: — The English private banks are below their The fire E d n i g s l s il e joint-...£1,290,907 stock .. banks are — below their fixed issue ... 869,901 Total below fixed issue in England ..£1X60,808 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue._ 2 538,187 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue 992,669 The average stock of bullion hold by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending Ist of Nov. was £18,443,206, being a decrease of £388,284, as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £71,692 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 6th of Nov.:— Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £3,776179 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,744,884 £5,924,651 being an increase of £518,118 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of £321,393 whou eowpared with the oorrerponcling period lad year; THE RIOT AT TIIORN (JAFFE. At an early hour on Monday morning a party of police constables proceeded from Barnsley to Worsbro' Dale, a distance of about a mile and a half, and there appre hended sixteen colliers who were known to have taken part in the riot of Friday morning. They were all taken to the police-station at Barnsley. Later in the day they were taken before the magistrate. Their names wei John Beevors, William Beevors, John Tracey, George Firth, George Columbine, Isaac Bullock, John Gee, James Wil liams, Richard James, William Perry, James Pratt, William Pratt, Joseph Pratt, William Macdonald, Thomas Wil liams, and Cornelius Carr. The man George Gosling, who was taken into custody during the riot, was also placed with the others. Mr. Police-Superintendent Sykes said he had to charge the prisoners with having, by force and arms —to wit, with stones, sticks, and other offensive weapons —riotously assembled together to disturb the peace, and with having assaulted the police. The charge against the prisoners had not been completed. They were accordingly remanded. John Beevors was identified by Police-constable Walker as the man who threw a large stone at him, which knocked out four of his teeth, while several of the other prisoners were also identified by other constables as having taken part in the riot. On Monday morning the Tankersley pit resumed work, but the usual complement of men did not go to work, while several of the men with their families left the place on Sunday night. Several also left by train from Westwood on Monday, having evidently been much frightened by the course adopted by the unionists. At the houses, however, everything was quiet. during the day, and Inspector Kershaw distributed seve ral lots of men and women's, as well as children's clothing, as in many instances nearly the whole of what belonged to a family had been destroyed. The man Yardley, who, lies at Pilley brick-yard, having received a severe wound on the head by a blow from a sword, and having also been struck in two or three places by cutlasses, is now in a fair way of recovery, and on Monday Mr. Adamson, the surgeon who is attending him, stated that he was out of danger. He remains under the surveillance of the police, and will be removed to the station at Barnsley as soon as he is in a fit state. From what has transpired and the admission of one of the men in custody, it appears that on Friday morning, as early as four o'clock, the men were stationed at the approaches to several of the collieries near Barnsley, and informed of 'what was intended to be dono, and marched off to the scene of the riot, which is about four miles from Worsboro 7 , where there are several of the largest collieries in the South Yorkshire THE COMPLAINTS OF TIIE " RECORD."—III the revised Lectionary proposed to her Majesty we observe, says the Record, with regret that instead of the words " morning and evening prayer," as contained in the Order iaefixed to tho Prayer Book—the Order how the rest of the Holy Scripture is appointed to be read—the terms " mattins " and " even song " are to be used. The Record , is the less surprised, observing that the Bishop of Win chester was chairman of the sub-committee, but it does not consider the change unimportant. The words " even song " imply intonation. In announcing that Mr. Gladstone has appointed Archdeacon Jones to be the new Bishop of St. Asaph, the same paper says it has nothing to allege against the appointment of a moderate High Churchman; but the paragraph going the round of news papers to the effect that he belongs to "the Evangelical" section of the Church, is only calculated to delude. It was generally said that Mr. Gladstone would not deny to the Welsh a man of decided Evangelical principles ; but his alleged aversion to this section of the Church has been so consistent and uninterrupted, that, out of eight mitres. not one has been given to a decided Evangelical. THE WRECK OF THE KENILWORTH.—Thin noble ship, which was wrecked in Cardigan Bay on the 11th instant, bad a cargo of 3,863 bales of co:ton, which is valued at between .£70,000 and .V 30,000. She was built at Thomaston, in the State of Maine, in 1855, and was considered a very find vessel of her class. A singular coincidence has transpired in connection with the loss of this vessel. About two years ago the \Vapella, a vessel belonging to Messrs. Taylor, Tipper, and Co., was wrecked on the same rocks, and nearly all the crew perished. But the crew of the Kenilworth, consisting of '2l men, were saved by the determined and gallant services of the Abersoch and harmouth lifeboats. The captain of the ship, who is an American, is very loud, says the Rev. 0. Ll. Williams, in his praises of both boats, saying " that ho never thought there were such boats in the world, and blesses the very name of the lifeboat inventor." A rather singular but melancholy circumstance has occurred in connection with this noble rescue. On the captain arriving the other day at Fwillaeli he learnt of the death of the wife of his mate, and on the next day that of his own wife. The captain Bayed nothing from the wreck but hid watch. 105 107 93 1.(1.) 97 99 119 113 66 72 distri A.VA VAL AND MILITARY LNIELLIGENCL. SPORTING \Ye have good reason for stating that " owing to insecure foundation, of more than ordi nary magnitude, have lately occurred on some of the river-front portions of the dockyard extension works on St. Mary's Island, in the Medway. In fact, it has been several times recently asserted by men iu charge of hands employed thereon, that with reference to portions of the works their labour has been directed rather to secure that which has already been done than to make further progress. The foundations, for many feet in depth, have to be laid in oozy mud, in which it is next to impos sible to obtain that firmness and permanence of base so essentill in works of such enormous tring ni!ude an I of such cost to the natiGu. 11cr Majesty's Indian troopsh 7 p Serapis sailed from Malta (for Portsmouth) at 10 p.m. on Friday the 21st inst. The Turkish ship of war Avni hall, from Lon don arrived at Plymouth on Saturday morning, and is al pointed to leave the Sound to-day fur Constantinople. She was built at the names Iron Works, Blackwall ; is of 1,400 tons British mea surement, and is plated with 6-inch armour fore and aft, and 5-inch all round the battery. The Avui Pah has on board 320 tons of coal, 87 tons shot and shell, and the weight of her four 300- pounders, with their slides , &c., is 79 tons, making, with stores, water, &c., a total of 500 tons. Au average speed of 121 knots has been accomplished. A similar vessel, of 1,000 tons and 500-horse power, was launched from the same works on Monday, for his imperial Majesty the Sultan, constructed from designs by Mr. E. J. Reed, C. 8., also to carry four 300-pounders ; a greater speed is, however, contem plated from the increased proportion of the engines to the tonnage of the ship. The Greek turret-ship King George was put out of Millbay on Saturday. She will probably leave to-day in company with the Avni Alah. The 10th company of Royal Engineers, at pre sent attached to the Military School of Engineer ing at Chatham, and which did such good service in the Abyssinian Expedition, will receive, it is ex pected, the medals for the campaign in the course of a week or two. The office of naval storekeeper of Sheerness dock yard will be abolished at the close of the present financial year, and Mr. J. Creasey, storekeeper, 'placed on superannuation. This determination will probably involve some other important changes in Sheerness yard. It is at length known to what extent the forth coming reduction of hands in Sheerness dockyard will reach. The following are the official figures : —From the factory department, 180 men; ship wrights, 90 ; caulkers, 7 ; labourers, 25 ; hired men of different trades, 226; giving a total num ber of 528. It is understood that the above numbers will be taken, as far as possible, from the younger and non-established bands, and that in very few cases will the older, experienced workmen (un loss upon medical examination they are declared to be unfit for labour), be either discharged or superannuated. During the last few days the Lords of the Treasury have refused to sanction the discharge and superannuation of 17 men from Sheerness (whose names had been forwarded to the Admiralty, and by them in due course to the Trea sury), on the plea that the medical certificates were not sufficiently explicit in the reasons why the men were recommended to be strut off the roll of the dockyard. This has done much to restore con fidence among many who, by reason of their ap proach to the ages of 55 and 50 years, thought they were likely to be among the first to be pen sioned. The total financial reduction in Sheerness dockyard is expected to range from £23,000 to £27,000 per annum. A further discharge of hired hands-20 ship wrights, labourers, &c.—was made at Chatham dockyard on Saturday. This makes a total of nearly 70 men already discharged out of the large number who will have to leave before the end of the finan cial year to bring down the numbers to the new limit fixed by the Admiralty. The men who have been working " factory hours " in Chatham dock yard have not since the change of hours was made at the beginning of the year received the extra 6d a day which they asked for and believed they would ob ..air, and which would bring their wages up to the level of those granted to other men in the yard. rhe case of the late factory men is a very hard one. ['hey now earn less, ranging from Bd. to ls. 3d. a :lay, according to their trades, than they did when working longer hours. Some years ago when other men got 61. a day advance the factory hands got none, on the ground that they earned higher wages by working longer hours. These men are now being paid less than the majority of the people employed in the yard. It is only natural that much dissatisfaction is felt at this treatment. A detachment of Royal Engineers selected from the troops of the Military School of Engineering to proceed to Melbourne to work the Mint there, and who have received instructions in the art of coin ing at the Royal Mint, London, are in daily expec tation of leaving headquarters at Brompton Bar racks to embark for Australia. A general order has been issued from thelDeputy Adjutant-General's Office, Royal Artillery, Horse Guards, and promulgated at Woolwich, direct ing a specified number of non-commissioned officers belonging to the Royal Artillery, not under the rank of corporals, and principally sergeants, to pro ceed to "Woolwich, from the various stations under mentioned, on the 31st inst., to go through a course of instruction in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, preparatory to a long course of training in gunnery at the School of Gunnery, at Shoeburyness, under the command of Col. E. Elwyn, Royal Artillery, Commandant and Superintendent of Experi ments. The non-commissioned officers have been selected at the following stations—viz., six from Dover, three from the Isle of Wight, three from Shoeburyness, two from Aldershott, two from Dub lin, and one each from Norwich, Manchester, Athlone, Fermoy, Kilkenny, Hilsea, Guernsey, Portsmouth, Gosport, Shorncliffe, and Maidstone, being 27 in all. On their arrival atWoolwich they will be joined by 12 who have been selected at headquarters, bringing the total number of the class up to 39. They will proceed to Shoebury ness on the 31st of March. During the past week no combined field move ments have been executed by the Aldershott Divi sion, but the various brigades have been exercised independently. Tho whole of the troops at the camp look in admirable condition, and in the highest state of efficiency. With such soldiers the com manding officers must feel able to execute any field manoeuvres they may desire, but before the re view season fairly commences the constitution of the division will undergo considerable altera tion. The 7th and 23d Fusiliers are already under orders to leave the camp, and, in addition to the regiments which will replace them, it is expected that the 91st Regiment will be moved from Dover to that station at an early date. Considering the number of troops stationed in Ireland, it is not an ticipated that the strength of the force at the camp will be very great in the coming spring, Probably the troops which Will be quartered there will con sist of three regiments of cavalry, ten infantry regi ments, and the different corps of militia, which during the past two or three years have been sent thither for their annuhl training. Spring drill will intervene before the field-days commence in earnest, and before the summer fairly sets in the militia will, doubtless, be replaced by various crack corps. Sham fights on au extended scale will then be executed, in accordance with the new military tactics. Capt. Legett, 69th Foot, late Brigade Major i❑ the eastern district, has been appointed deputy governor of Portsmouth Convict Prison. TIIOU SANDS OF PRESENTS AT PARKINS AND G OTTO'S. —Portrait albums, dispatch boxes, writing cases, dressing cases, dressing bags, envelope cases, blotting books, inkstands, desks, stationery cabinets, bookslides, work boxes, tea caddies, hand bags and reticules, card cases, purses, scent bottles, cigar cases, card trays, pocket books, ornamental articles in china, bronze gilt, and elegantly mounted for mantel shelf, drawing and library tables ; bagatelleboards. indoor croquet and indoor games of all kinds; Bibles, Prayer-books, and Church Services in every type. Thousands of the above articles, all perfectly new and fresh. 6mall articles carefully selected and sent post paid upon re ' payment. Qatalogueo free. 1-THIS DAY CITY BETTING.—Tars DAY. WATERLOO CUP. 4 to 1 agst Lord Lurgau's nomination (offered) 20 to 1 agst Mr llland's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Dr Richardson's nomination (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr F. Johnston's nom. (taken) 1000 to 25 agst Mr Deighton's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr Foulke's nom. (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 18 . to 1 agst Q. C. (taken) 2000 to 90 agst Tathwell (taken) 1000 to 45 agst The Colonel (offered) 23 to 1 agst Costa (offered) 25 to 1 agst Tho Lamb (offered —take 20 to 1) 200 to 6 agst Nuage (taken) 100 to 3 agst Fertullagh (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Snowstorm (offered) 40 to 1 ag3t Count Horn (taken) 40 to 1 agst Doctor (taken) 40 to 1 agst Harvester (taken) 4U to 1 spat Cristal (taken) 40 to 1 r.gst David Copperfield (wanted) 40 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Scarrington (wanted) 1000 to 15 agst Fan (wanted) 1000 to 80 agst Mr 13rayley's lot (wanted) sto 1 agst Tathwell 1,2, 3 (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 400 to 100 agst Kingcraft (offered) 9 to 2 agst Sunshine (offered) 500 to 60 agst Astolfo (offered) 12 to 1 agst Bridgwater (taken) 7 to 4 agst any two coupled (offered) DERBY. 1000 to 150 agst Sunshine (taken) 1400 to 100 agst Bridgwater (taken to £5O) 20 to 1 agst Sunlight (offered) 1000 to f.. 0 agst Astolfo (taken) TATTERSALL'd—Last Evening. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 20 to 1 agst Mr Spiuk's nomination (taken) TWO TIIOUSAND GUINEAS. 13 to 1 agst Bridgwater (taken) DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered) 16 to 1 agst Bridgwater (offered) 35 to l_agst Cymbal (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 20 to 1 agst Q.C. (taken and offered) 22 to 1 agst Tathwell (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Costa (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Lamb (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Surney (taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst Snowstorm (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Nuage (offered) 200 to 6 apt Fertullagh (taken) 1000 to 30 agst David Copperfield (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Doctor (offered) 300 to 9 agst Pearl Diver (taken) 40 to 1 agst Little Rogue (taken)] 40 to 1 agst Cristal (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Count Horn (wanted) IGOO to 20 agst Roving Maid (offered) 500 to 10 agst Casso Tete (taktn) 500 to 10 agst Harvester (taken) RACING FIXTURES-187 0. FEBRUARY. Lincoln l5, 1G I Derby ., 22, 23 Harrow 17, 18 I Nswton 25, 2G MARCH. Nottingham... 1, 2 1 West Somerset l6, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick 2 9 , 9 3, 24 Pontefract 14, 15" I Epsom 29, 80 Cambridgeshire l4, 15 1 Bromley 31 and April I APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 West Drayton 7, 8 Thirsk 7, 8 Kingsbury lB, 13 Durham lB, 19 Newmarket Craven 18 to 22' Abergavenny 21, , 2 Lewes Croydon. 28, 2? Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5 Chester. lO, to 13 Winchester lO, 11 Salisbury l2, 13 York 17, 18 Doncaster 19, 20 Jl Croydon _ 8 9 Manchester 8,9, 10 Ascot 14 to 17 Windsor 9 1, 22 Newmarket 5 to 8 Nottingham 12, 13 Chelmsford l2, 13 Reading - I', 13 AU Brighton 2, 3 Brighton Club 4 Lewes ............5, 6 l am 11, l 2O Wndsor Bromley l6, 17 Harpenden 2O, 21 Bath - 24, 23 Stamford 26, 27 Croydon 26, V Epsom 31 to June 3 `NE. 1 Newton 22, 23 Hampton 23; 24 Bibury Club 2l Stockbridge...3o, and Jolv 1 West Drayton 14, 15 Huntingdon 19, 20 Kingsbury 2l, 22 Goodwood - '• 6, 29 3-LIST. StocktE'_ l7 to 19 I Oxford lB, 19 1 York 23 to 25 Plymouth I Derby ';0, 31 I Weymouth 'lO, 31 SEPTEMBER. Warwick 6 7 i Richmond 9 t., 21 Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Meet (Ayr) 21 to 23 Doncaster 13 to 16 I Hendon °2, 23 Hampton 20, 21 I Newmarket is( Oc% 27 to 30 OCTOBER. Bedfol - d 4, 5 I Newmarket 2n 0ct..10 to 14 Leicester Bromley 6, 7 I Newmarket 110t'n...21 to 29 .NOVEMBER. Liverpool 8 to 11 I Shrewsbury 14 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 I Harrow Derby 10, 11 Newton 25, 26 MARCH. Liverpool 8,9, 10 1 8rem1ey......31 and April 1 West Somerset 1 6 , 1 7 i Cheltenham.. 31 Fuld April 1. Warwick 22 to 24 I APRIL. Aldershot 7,78 - riingsbury FRANCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PARIS, Jan. 24. The Figaro of to-day says that although the workshops at Creuzot are generally closed on Sun day, nevertheless almost all the men reported them selves to the overseers as ready for work. The re mainder declared their intention of resuming work to-day. A journeyman turner named Sangis, who incited bis comrades to violence, was arrested on Saturday. Six other men also were arrested for endeavouring to arouse resistance to the authorities. The Prefect of the Department of the Seine aLd Loire has caused the public meeting which was to to have been held yesterday to be adjourned, but several private gatherings took place. It is asserted that the men on stlike who have been arrested would not resume work, but will re main peaceable ; 82 per cent. of the operatives have resumed work. The Figaro mentions, under reserve, a rumour that the witnesses have stated, before the Court of Indictment, that M. Ulric de Fonvielle, while with the apothecary to whose shop the body of Victor Noir was taken, exclaimed, "He has killed my friend, but he has himself received a famous box on the ear." According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to day, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 73f. 67c. Undecided. SPAIN. MADRID, Jan. 23. A meeting of the majority of the Cortes was held yesterday, at which it was resolved to reject the motion of Senors Castelar, Martas, and Rod rigues, which is to be brought forward to-morrow, proposing to exclude the Duke de Montpeusier as a candidate to the Throne. This motion will be opposed by the Government. The Duke de Montpensier has been elected by an immense majority as Deputy for the Asturias. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Jan. 24. The Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria arrived here yesterday afternoon. He was received at the railway station by the Crown Prince, other mem bers of the Royal family, and the Austria❑ Em bassy. A guard of honour was in waiting. A grand dinner at the Royal Palace will be given in his honour to-day. ARRIVAL OF THE C A.PE MAIL. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 21. The Union Company's steamer Briton from the Cape on the 19th of December has arrived with 20 pmsengers. Der dates are :—St. Helena, Dec. 27th, and Madeira 15th of January. The mails will be forwarded by the 7.40 train this evening. The Great Eastern was not ( xpected at Table Bay till the day after the Briton sailed. The barque Enterprise, from Swansea, for St. Paul's de Loando, with coals, was burnt on November the 11th. The crew were rescued by the barque Au riga, and landed at St. Helena on December 17. The Chiltern, steam tender to the Great Eastern, arrived at Table Bay on December 13. h, and re ported that the Great Eastern was coming on at half power. AY. LY. I f