The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-31 00:00:00

AiONEY ALARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CIFY, Two O'CLOCK. On 'Change to day business was resumed with More than usual activity. The New Chiiiau Loan has been received in the most favourable manner, and the extent of it may be judged wi:en the price already quoted for it is Ito 1+ prem. The New Russian Loan is very firm at 2f to preen., and the other foreign securities keep firm. In Eng- Railways prices are improving, and for American Securities the market is looking up, Erie being quoted at advanc. In Telegraph Shares there is some activity, but for Banking and Misalaneous shares the prices are nearly the some as those of Saturday. The demand for discount has somewhat subsided, but the rate is not much below 3 per cent. for first des; bins. _ _ _ Commis are now at 92; to 921 for money ; ditto, for Account, ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 1; New TL:ree per Cents, 921 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prim. ; June, 5 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, Par ; June, dis. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 1 per Cent., 239. India Stock, 10f per Cent., April, 1874, 207 9 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1111 1 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., 1141 ; ditto Debentures, 1031 ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 22 25 prem. In the Foreign Market Russian, Egyptian, and Peruvian are a fraction higher, otherwise this is no change. The prices are now as follows :—Argen tine, 85 to 86 ; Egyptian (1864), 911 to 921, and ditto (1868), 761 to 761. Italian are 541 to 544 ; Mexican 15 to 151 ; Peruvian, 781 to 781. Spanish are quoted 571 to 271; Turkish Five per Cents., 431 to 431 ex div. ; ditto New, 1 to 1 Preen ; Chilian, 961 to 971 ; Viceroy's .!..Seven per Cents., 804 to 811 ; Russian (1862), 85 to 851 ; Orel, 831 to 831 ; Nicolas, 661 to 67 ; Moscow, 81 to 82 ; and Charkof, 83 to 831. In the Railway Market South-Western, Metro politans, and South-Easterns have improved. The quotations are now as follows :_Caledonian, 77f to 78 ; Great Eastern, 37 to 371 ; Great Northern, 1111 to 1121 ; ditto (A), 1111 to 1121 ; Great Western, 63 to 631 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1274 to 1281 ; London and Brighton, 401 to 451; London, Chatham, and Dover, 15 to 151; London and North Western, 1231 to 124 ; Lon don and South Western, 93 to 95 ; Metropolitan, 781 to 781 ; Midland, 123 to 1231 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 127 to 1271; and South mastern, 761 to 76 3 4 . In Bank Shares the following are now the quota tions :—London and Westminster, 571 to 581 ex div. ; Loudon and County, 491 to 501 ; Loudon Joint Stock, 311 to 321 ex div., being a rise of 10e. ; Union of London, 35 to 36; Imperial Otto man, 2} to 2/ iron. ; and Chartered Mercantile, 311 to 32i. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 87 to 871; do. Ten-Forty Bonds, 84+ to 84/ ; Erie shares are 19+ to 19/ ; and Illinois are better, at 103 to 104 ex div. Great Luxemburg shares are 13k, and Lombardo. Venetian 191 to 20. In Telegraph Shares Construction and Main tenance have improved 1, being 39 to 391. India Rubber Telegraph Works are 57 to 59 ; British Indian Submarine and Fahnouth are better, the former at 14i to 15/, the latter 31 to 4 prem ; China Submarine, to I prem. ; Anglo-American, 191 to 191 ; French Cable, 171 to 171; and Sin gapore, 2 prem. At Mark Lane this morning the attendance was very limited, and trade ruled dull, the change in the weather doubtless leading to the inactivity. The amount on offer was not large, but bad a clearance been required a reduction of price must have been submitted to, even under present circumstances, where transactions took place on trifling concession of sates, compared to those of Monday last, had to be submitted to. The sum of £36,000 in bar gold was withdrawn from the Bank on Saturday for the Continent. The Ceylon, from Alexandria, has brought £330,000 in Australian gold. The prospectus is issued of the Calcutta and Singapore Telegraph Company (Limited), the pro- Posed capital of which is £600,000, in £lO shares. The object is to lay down a submarine telegraph cable between Calcutta and Singapore, with inter mediate stations at Penang and Malacca. The length of the line will be 1,825 nautical miles, and it is stated that the depth will not anywhere exceed 100 fathoms. The directors of the English, Scottish, and Aus tralian Chartered Bank recommend the payment of a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, on £600,000, the paid-up capi tal of the Bank, £21,000 ; to the reduction of bank Premises and furniture accounts, £l,OOO ; leaving to be brought forward, £652 7s 7d. Mtasrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. have issued the prospectus of a Chiliau Government 5 per Cent. Loan for £1,012,700 sterling, redeemable at par by an accumulative sinking fund at 2 per cent. for the first five years, and 1 per cent. subs,quently, by semi-aunual drawings. The price of issue is 83 per cent., payable by instalments, as follows, viz. : --On allotment, £l5 ; on Ist March, £l5 ; ou let April, £l5 ; on 2d May, £l5 ; on Ist June, 413 ; and on Ist July, £lO (less £2 10s. interest coupon, less income tax). After allow ing for discounts, prepayments, and the action of the sinking fund, the return to an investor will be 60. per cent. Apart from the general liability of the Government, the loan has a special security, for it is recited in the prospectus that i 4 The Government engages that the proceeds Of this loan shall be exclusively applied towards making the railway now in course of construction between Chilian and Talcahuano, which railway, and the income and proceeds thereof, are pledged and mortgaged 4 as and by way of further and Special security for the due and punctual payment of the interest on the bonds, and also for the redemption thereof.'" The total of the present debt of Chili is about 41 millions sterling. Since the last loan in 1867 £900,000 of debt has been redeemed. The half-yearly meeting of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company will be held on the Ist of March at Bristol. The Merchant Shipping Company have an nounced the interim dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The lndo-European Telegraph Company is now at work, and transmits messages to and from Cal cutta, Bombay, and all places in India west of Chittagong. A petition for the winding up of the Glyn Neath Steam Coal and Iron Company (Limited) is to be heard before the Master of the Rolls on the 12th of February. The half-yearly meeting of the North Eastern Railway Company is called fur the 18th of Feb ruary. The meeting is al so specially convened for the purpose of submitting to the propriaeria. t i ors for approval the two b ills p rom oted in p The thirteenth half-yearly report of the London Financial Association (Limited) states that the total liabilities amount to about 237,000, but de ducting the cash balances at bankers, viz., £12,659, and short bills £ 10,000, together £22,659, the ha. biliti!s will stand at about £215,000, being less than at the last half-yearly meeting. The accrued or accumulated intero.st amounts to about the billu Of £82,000. Tiler,: has been received during tile past half year £7,372, which the board it i peed to accept in debenture stock, and there has also been the further sum of £17,516, secured in another form. Tile association holds securities to the nominal amount of 12,159,901, which are all fully paid up. ERITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. IiOVERNNIENT 3 per Cent. Con so Ditto for Ac..;_; tti.t . 92i t New 2i per Cent. J au. .1.94 Do. 6 per Con J5n.1.873 _ .._ &nullities, 50 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. hi. tor 3o yrs, expire oil April 1885 t;, 1 , ,.(3:.1 SeuTelcbrttpto, ...g., 19i05.,. 1•. , ,,,p : ;4ziis, #3,uu,,, 2} v . tit.alarelk pm Do. 21 do. Juue 5 J 1 £lOO, 41:uo .N: £5OO — die -'auk of Eugtaul Slue;:, 1} per Cent - opening . 'aunda 4 per Cout. Bowls — Inter-Colonial Ommum. INDIAN a TVEIiNMENT bEDUKIIIIir. IndiA s , tock,iol per lieut., April 1874.„ 207 9 DC. ()polling, for Account...._ — 131. a per Cent. July, 1'350 Do I I_,e: Cent. Oct. 1Be , ~... Elufaced Pape. 4 per 0 , .ut.. .., • .. ~ per Cert., Jan. 1871 .... ~., lo4} 5} '.)o_ 51 per Celt. May 1879 lo9f DJ 5 per Coot., itup. Dail:, 187?,,....... Do do Do. do. 1882 — • !...,.... Dcb., 5 per Gout., Aug. 1873 ~ lo3} _Jo Bowie ; 4 per Cent., £l,OOO ;,-; , under £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. irgentino Republic, t; per Ceni. ... . Do Acclunt luitrian Bonds 5 per cent .. Do. 1.85'.) — 3raz.ilian 5 per Cent — ?n, li per Cent. 1862 .•••. Do. do 1858.... ............. ~, Do. cto 1860 — Do. do., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1365 D. Account .. — B .er,os Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 par Cent ) -- nubs, 6 per Cent. C.itlian 6 per Cent — 'o. 4} per Cent. — Do. 3 per Cent~ Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 1)o. G per ar.:t. 1867 971- .3 locnbmn, 6 per Cent. . — Danisti, 3 per Cent., 1825 — Dann biau Principalities, 7 par Cent -- Do Account Do 8 por Cent., 1867 ! , :cuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. Exyrtian, 7 per Cent . 11e Second Issue Uo. £5Ol. Bonds Do. 186 , 1 Do. Account Do. 4500 Bonds Do ADC Bonds Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 Do. Account Do. £lOO Bonds Government Railway Debentures — Greem 5 per Cent., 1824. 5, ex Coups Do. Coupons tenattl, 5 per Cent :-londuras Gov Rail. Lot , b., 10 p..0t., all pd Do. Ace. ant BCLI lti.isn 5 per Cent., 1865 Jo. Account .. — Do MArernmana ... exican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do 6 per cent. Augle-Prencb :ontevidoan a per Cent - do crush linporia/ 5 r.si Cent Vow Granada. l9 20 Do 3 per Gen 110. Deferred )o Laud Warrants. (Hectares) Pocut - iau 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account ~ 78} I Do 44 por Cent. (Ur:ilarren) Do vi per Cent.. 1862 Do 3 per Cent., t,02 — Port,gut , s , 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7, 9,'60,'-z, Lo. do. Pqi7 — do. Scrip, £2O paid — It As,s;zur 5 t or Cent., 1622, .0 St • ' ' _ - ''' t ' 'si . . „ ','..:. ~-.: C,•nt., o 166 i Di videnas n the :wore payanci. , 1... , A. lISMILI. 0 per Cent. Ex 10 Florins ... Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch *ii per Cent. Ex. 12 Gni , ~ — Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates ..... - - French Rentes, 3 por Cent., Ex. 25f. Italitui 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f . Do Account — CLOSING PRICES. Jonsols, Money 92/ 4 xd Do. Account, Feb. 3 THE IV EAMER A ZVD THE PARKS. The parks yesterday presented a most extra ordinary scene. From au early hour in the day until five o'clock in the evening the parka were visited by very large numbers of people. From the official returns it appears that about 120,000 per sons visited the Regent's Park, 150,000 St. James's Park, and 20,000 Kensington Gardens. No returns were received from Battersea and Victoria parks, but the crowds were enormous. In St. James's Park, as usual on these occasions, the assemblage of roughs and thieves was very great and during the whole day the bridge across the lake was the scene of great confusion and many robberies. An extra body of police were here placed on duty, but every few minutes the combined forces of roughs and thieves and idle lads made rushes across the bridge, sweeping the police before them, and stealing watches, chains, pins, and purses with great celerity. The police were almost powerless in the sudden rushes, and many persons, especially women and children, were severely injured. This disgraceful scene continued at intervals from 11 o'clock in the morning until dusk. Several persons were taken into custody, but without causing any abatement of the proceedings. Any respectably dressed person, male or female, on or near the bridge, was at once surrounded, hustled, and robbed, if possible, by the crowd of blackguards. The police and park-keepers did all in their power to protect persons and property. In the early part of the day the ice was in toler ably good condition ; but the great number of per sons who were upon it, and the high temperature at mid-day, rendered it extremely dangerous in the afternoon, and the immersions, as will be seen from the official reports, were more numerous than usual, especially on the lake in St. James's-park, where the ice after 2 o'clock became broken up in almost every part, and was in a most unpleasant and sloppy state. At midnight on Saturday, the Receiving-house glass registered 26 deg., but at 9 o'clock yesterday morning it stood at 32, while at noon it had risen as high as 44, and at eight o'clock last night it was at 38, with a keen wind from the south-east. The following is taken from the official reports sent into the Receiving-house last evening :—On the Round-pond, Kensington Gardens, the ice was dangerous, about 11 inch in thickness. There were 5,000 skaters and sliders, and 40 itnm ersions. At three o'clock a little boy, aged 4 years, named Frank Key, by some means got on the ice, and fell through into 10 feet of water. The little fellow, after struggling for some time amidst great excite ment from the spectators, was rescued by iceman G. Standen, and taken home to his parents, at 14, Edward-terrace, Kensington. On the ornamental water in the Regent's Park the ice was two inches thick, and during the day there were no fewer than 20,000 persons upon it, being the largest number ever known in one day. There were 40 slight immersions, and 10 serious cases rescued by icemen Chuttle and Moore, who were continually on the ice. Dr. Norton, who was in attendance at the tent, applied the usual stimu lants to the serious cases, and after some time the persons were able to proceed to their homes. Mr. Charles Brawn, of 17, Boston-place, Dorset. square, had his big toe torn off by a fall, and was conveyed in a state of much suffering to St. Mary's Hospital. Mr. W. Darling, of 42, Mornington-road, received a sprained ankle from a fall, and was sent home in a cab. 'There is a box to receive donations for the Humane Society affixed outside the tent in this park, which is opened daily. On its being opened last evening, it was found the contribution of the day amounted to 2s. 9d. On the lake in St. James's-park the ice was in a very bad state all day. There were 7,000 persons upon it, chiefly during the morning. There were 100 immersions, and seven cut heads from falls. Of the immersions, four were of a serious character, and the patients remained in bed at the tent at eight o'clock last night. George Farrant, who fell through five feet of water at the east end, had a narrow escape from drowning, and was rescued with great difficulty by Superintendent ferry, by t h e a id o f h an d li nes an d l a dd e r. he icemen were much impeded in their duty by the large body of roughs, who iiinu,ed themselves by breaking the apparatus and machinery for saving life, and several of the icemen who interfered for the protection of the property were maltreated, one man, named Aldington, being compelled to seek medical aid. Dr. Band, of Parliament-street, was in attendance at the tens during the day. Tier Majesty, it is announced, will not open Par liaweut in person. The death is announced of the Right Rev. iltunitton Verscboyle, D.D., Bishop of the United dioceses of Kiloaore, Elphiu, and Ardagb, who died at Torquay on Friday last. rriE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1870 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. . . It Anglo-American ici., Lim in 19; 191 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., lira—. 10 201 21 221 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 15 17 st • Do. 8 per coat. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lien lOO ISO l',o at Electric & later. Telegraph 100 262 267 10 Do. Now 3 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lien all 23 25 5 Load. Provincial Tel. lint all 3 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all ... .. 10 Mediterra. Ellen. Tel., lim all 0 10 9 20 Renter's 'telegram all 80 t,:, 1) Societe Trausatlant., lint all 18 18 at Submarine Tel egrapk 1 Do. Scrip all 11 li b U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 7 8 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all li .'i MISUELLANLOU 6 . 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 144 15 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol 1 6 1 7 25 Austn Mort Laud and Fin, L S 4d pr 10 Baugparah Tea Estate, Lim all 4 5 10 Berlin Water Works, Lint all 111 151 151 5 Bombay Gas, Limited all 5 Of 54 5 Ditto, New 4 pr 4 pm 50 British American Land 20 British Indian Tea, Limited all 1 2 27 Canada Comrany all 63 65 20 Ceylon Company, Limited lO 4 3d 20 Ditto, A shares ......... 5 2 ld 25 City of London Real Prop, LlO 6 bd - SO City of Milan Improvraent L all 4 b City Offices, Limited 50 Colonial, Lin.ited 2O 4 2d 50 Commercial Union (Asso) 5 2 2 ip 7 10 Com of African March, L 20 Continental Union Gas, L all 264 274 25 Copper Miners of England, Prof 71 per cent all 5 7 100 Corp of London Bonds, 1877, 41 par cent all 100 Ditto, 1879, 44 par cent 100 Ditto, 1882, 44 per cent 10 Credit Fonc of England, L all 2/ 24 34 50 Credit Fonc of Mauritius, L 10 -24 14 St Crystal Palace St Do, Preference lOO 91 99 95 St Do, G per cent Perp Debentloo 105 110 50 E ludia Laud Credit & Fin L 7 5 4 32 Ebbw Vale 271 10 94 18 171 100 Egypt 9 p ct Viceroy's Loan gua by Egyptian Gov all 97 98 971 81 20 Egyptian Com and Trading 1/41 13 3 English and Austr Copper, L 24 6 Fairbairn Engineering p 20 Fore-street Warehouse, L 13 31 41p 161 100 Foreign and Col Gov Trust and Loan 6 per ct Bonds... all 96 97 971 8 10 Gen Credit and Discount, L 71 1 4d 7/ 1 15 General Steam Navigation... 14 20 30 291 50 Homo and Col Marine Ins, L 5 ld. p 20 Hudson's Bay • all 12 121 11.1. 50 India Rub, Telg Works, L... 45 57 59 10 International Finan Sec, L... 5 1/ lid 20 Italian Irrigaton Canal, Cav all 41 100 Ditto, 6 per cat Bonds, red all 18;0 SO Land Securities, Limited... 5 2 ld 114 25 London African Trading lO Lond Financial Assoc, Lim., 3O 18 17d 13 4 Loud Gen Omnibus,. Limd 50 Loud & Chug Engle, Limd 25 18 164 20 London and Prot , Marine St Madras Irrig & Canal, guar 10U spc by India Gov lOO 103 105 50 Merchant Shipping, Limtd all 32 37 10 Natal Land and Col Co., Lim all 34 41 25 National Discount Co, Lim 5 111 11/ 10 National Steamship, all 134 141 1 Nerbudda Coal & In, Ld 6s 6d 1 / 10 New Consolidated Dis Ld 4 5 Now Quebrada, Limited 4112 41 414 25 N Zealand Lu & Mere, &c 24p 25 N Zealand Trust & In, Ld 5ll IcP 10 North Assam Tea, Limited 7 7 b d 10 Do, B all - St N British Austral, Limited 100 CO 70 50 N British & Mercan lusnce 64 23 231 25 Ocean Marine Insurance 5 15 16p 201 5 Oriental Gas, Limited 1 0 0 Ot j fg o o , Sc N S e o w uth - Invest, Ld 2 1 4 1 1 p 5 Ottoman Gad, Limited all 2 24 St. Peel Riv Led & Min, Lim lOO 31 33 0 : 50 Peniusl r Oriental Steam all 45 47 50 Do., New, 1867 lO 31 2f d 50 Rhymney Iron . . . all 20 15 Rio p Janeiro n N e e ;o - Gas, Limited all 294 274 2 3 8 all 84 25 Rio Janeiro City lin., Lmtd all 191 20.1 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 51 531 St. Scot Aus Invest, Limited lOO 25 South Australian Laud 20 Thames & Mers Mn Ins , L 2 24 '2 4p St. Tobacco (Ital 6p c Loan) all 86 88 10 Trust and Agency of Austra lasia, (Limited) 20 Tr &LuCo of Up Canada 5 ip 50 Union Marine Liverpool, Ld 5 6 Cfp 15 United Dis Corpora, Lmtd 6 2 lit 20 Uuiver Mar (Ins), Lmtd 5 41 61p 104 10 Upper Assam Tea, Lmtd all 4 1 30 Van Diemon's Land ... 100 Viceroy of Egypt Mort Ln all 801 814 81 50 Warrant Finance, Limited 12 8 6d 50 WI & P Steam, Limited COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECLRITIEB. Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan and July, 1877-84 100 104 105 Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 105 k 106 k 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 Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 103 Do, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890- 1900 . lOO 110 112 Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90.100 109 111 Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO Do, 5 p e, April 15 and Oct 15, 1900 lOO 102 k 103} Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c lOO 109 111. Do, 187 - 2 lOO Do, 1882 and 1883 100 112 114 Mauritius, 6 c, 1873, Jun & July 100 102 104 Do, 1878, J e an and July 100 106 108 Do, 1882, May 15 and Nov 15 100 107 109 D 0,1895-6, Feb and Aug 100 111 113 Natal Guv 6p e, April & Oct 100 108 110 Do, 6p c, May and Nov 100 107 109 New Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and July 100 104 105 N. S. Wales Gov 5 pc, 1871 to 1876, Jan and July lOO 100} 101} Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and July 100 101} 1021- Do, 6 p c, red by ann draws, front 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 9 6 i - 97 1 Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 9 7 97 Do., 6p c 1891, Mar and Septl oo 108 110 NoDyoal,Bsp7cs, J c o t t , i a :1 n .BG9 and l o , : J , t6tupe July a o n d s te D ri c i n c . g ;1100 02 0 1 107 i 1 1 0 0 3 9 1 Do, 1886 lOO 104 105 Queensland 6 per et, 1882-85, Jan and July 100 1081 109 f Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 108} 109 S Australian Government, 6 p C, 1869-77 lOO Do, 1878-92 100 Do, 1893-1908 100 110 111 CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. —This Day. The adjourned January session commenced this morning before the Lord Mayor and the civic autho- rities. The Common Sergeant, in charging the grand jury, said, considering that four weeks had elapsed since last seision, the number of prisoners was below the average. There were no charges of manslaughter or murder, but there was one charge of a remark able character, and it had been the first of the kind that had been tried within the last thirty years. The charge was that of impairing the gold coin o f the realm, and the offence was committed by mea ns of a very elaborate process, which the prisoner was enabled to carry out by the knowledge he had at tained in his business as an electro-plater. Th e y would give this case the most careful attention as it was one for which several persons had under gone the extreme penalty of the law. The Common Sergeant afterwards referred to the charges against Francis Brown, a fishdealer at Gravesend, and a lad named James Terry, for committing a series of ingenious frauds upon marine insurance offices. The only remaining case which called for attention was a charge of conspiracy against three persons, and the object was to foist upon the prosecutor the illegitimate chill of a young woman as a c hild b orn to him by his own wife; the prosecutor was called upon to suppose a child his which was in reality not his own. The defence was that the deception was practised in order to ploasejthe husband, but if they were satisfied of the fact it would be their duty to return a true bill. After a short time the trials in both courts com menced. In the Old Court the case t a k en was t h at of a charge of infringing the bankruptcy law. The defendant was a boot and shoe maker, named Fell man, and carried on business in Hackney-road, and the offence imputed was that he on a certain date had represented himself as perfectly solvent and obtained goods, whereas at the ti me hi s pos i t i on was quite the reverse. The case was not concluded at the rising of the Court. In the Nex Court the trial of the man Clifford and his dtughter, charged with feloniously and mAliciously defacing the coin of the realm, took place. This was the case referred to by the Com mon Sergeant in his charge, but the facts have al ready appeared at length in The Sun. The pro secution was then withdrawn against the female, and the jury found the male prisoner guilty. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard abour. PRICE OF GOLD: The quotation of gold at Paris Is about at par , and tie short exchange on London is 25f. 15e. per LI steriii4 . , On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of tie. 10;d. per ounce for standard gold, it appeders that gold at the above price 10 slightly dearer iu Paris than in London PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. SUNDAY, There is reason to hope that so far from the cause of free trade suffering from the present commotion, its prin ciples will be more generally understood and more widely appreciated. Yesterday, before the debate fairly opened, M. Lefebure suggested that the commission should con sider not only the commercial treaty with England, but the custom duties between France and other countries. specially with regard to the wine trade between France and Germany. A duty of 20f. virtually closed the German market to French wines. M. Tochard, in sup porting the motion, stated that German wines supplied the French districts on the Rhine bor ders, while French wines could not enter Germany. M. Estancelin hereupon exclaimed that the wine growers were now complaining, in their turn, but M. Louvet, the Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, disposed of the question by showing that treaties, while in force, must he religiously repectod. If the inquiry showed that important modifications wore necessary, the Government would endeavour to obtain them at the expiration of the treaties. If it showed that some changes were urgently required, the Government would have to consider whether it might open negotiations to obtain them. The French are beginning to recognise the mischievous effects of protective duties on trade as exhibited in other countries. On the order of the day being proposed, M. Estancelin observed that in his opinion the commission of inquiry should not be nominated until the whole of the iriterpellations on economical questions had been discussed. The commission should in fact draw its inspiration from those debates. The only point which had been thoroughly debated was the English treaty. The mercantile marine, whose importance demanded a special debate, had only been referred to incidentally. M. Jules Simon had said they wore unanimous with regard to the inquiry itself, but there were several minor points to be considered such as the mode of nomination, the number of members, and the day to be fixed for their nomi- He was himsslf in favour of the nomination being made in the public sitting of the Chamber, not by the bureaux. It was necessary that the commission should possesss two qualities, compe tence and impartiality, and to cbtain these it must be chosen from the full Chamber. The general opinion seemed to be in favour of this view of the question, but there was some perplexity respecting the extent of the commission's powers. M. Thiers said he had no doubt whatever on this point, the commission ought to have the same powers as the Chamber itself. (C'est evident !) We wish, said M. Thiers, to introduce the customs of those countries where there is parliamentary rdyinte, of which countries England is the typo. Well, then, in England the commissions of inquiry are invested with the full powers of Parliament itself. There had been two great Parliamentary commissions in France. He had formed part of Loth, and had arrived at the conclusion that to produce any result a commission must have the full powers of the Chamber. The proposal for a commission of inquiry having been agreed to unanimously, and it having been decided that the members should be nominated in open session, it was then determined that it should con sist of thirty-six members, and the duration of the inquiry was the next problem. It was feared by many members, including M. Estancelin and M. Picard, that the inquiry would be interminable, and as the question of the treaty must be decided next year it was absolutely necessary it should be concluded by the Ist of December at latest. M. Estancelin, when this proposal was rejected, exclaimed that the industries of France would see how their interests were cared for in that Chamber. On being requested by the President to explain his words, he declared that in his soul and his conscience he believed the vote just given was the ruin of their industries. M. do Jouvensel added "It is the interment of the inquiry I" When this commotion had subsided, the question whether the sittings of the commission should be public produced fresh excitement. The point was vehemently debated, some demanding daily reports, some open sittings, and at last M. de Forcade interposed. The transactions of the Commission must, he said, be made public. Those of the inquiry of 1860 had been plishod in six large volumes. He did not know ii they had been much read. Several voices hereupon exclaimed,— " That is just it 1 They are too large They came out too late ! " After examining the pros and cons of the question, M. do Forcmle advised them to suspend their decision as to the open sittings and the public right of assisting at the inquiry. While M. de Forcade spoke he was listened to with attention, nation. but when he sat down, fresh confusion began. When the votes at last were taken, several members declared they bad not understood the terms of tho pro posals, and wished to have them taken over again. The President, who had had quite enough of the turmoil, ex plained that they lad committed themselves to nothing but a simple adjournment, and the matter could not be reopened. ' There has been some excitement respecting M. 011ivier's c3nduct with respect to the oilici'd candidatures. His triumph has cost him dear, for he has always been so strenuously opposed to the present system, but ho has been obliged to declare that the actual majority faithfully represents the opinion of the country. Such a step was inevitable under existing cir cumst,,nces. M. 011ivier has also gained a victory over his own Cabinet, who were inclined to adopt a centrary course. The Patrie considers that M. 011ivier has met with a striking success, not only as an orator, but as a statesman and a politician. His ascendancy over the Chamber is now complete. He has gained its entire confidence ; we can count henceforth on the support of the majority. He remains in the Government, and before the public as master of the situation. He has put a stop for some time to the manoeuvres of those who were always raising vexatious questions against the Ministers, and seeking to complicate matters. The Libert4 says that the Eclipse has been seized because it published a representation of M. Ulric de Fon vielle, coming out of a well in the form of Truth. M. Ulric de Fonvielle ,has not yet been confronted with Prince Bonaparte. It was stated that M. d'Ores had reserved their meeting for the close of the inquiry, which is an unusual course to pursue when the accused are to appear before the Court of Assizes. M. de Fonvielle has not yet been consulted upon the plan, which is said to have been drawn according to his statement. The funeral of the Due de Broglie took place yester day, at St. Clotilde, in the presence of a large assembly. The pall was carried by MM. Thiers, Guizot, Count Daru, and others. The ceremony was attended by a crowd of notabilities, and was carried out with great pomp and solemnity FEROCITY OF A UKAIEKEEPER.—The Iron&rWge Weekly Journal relates that on Sunday morning, a game keeper, named Hickman, in the employ of Lord Forester, was in a coppice, accompanied by a very large ferocious dog, which was muzzled and secured by a strap round his neck. To this was attached a cord, the end of i which was held by the keeper. On passing up the drive through the coppice the keeper saw a boy named Leo, who was a short distance off the road, getting a stick. Without speaking to the boy, he slackened the dog's muzzle and pulled the cord from the collar, and set the dog on the boy. Seeing the dog coming towards him, the boy lay clown on the ground upon his face, and placed his arms around his neck to pro tect it from the animal. The dog seized him by the back of the head, which he tore in a frightful manner, and then bit the boy about the hands and arms. The keeper called the dog away, but he had to be beaten off. The same ferocious dog had worried 1, farmer in a frightful manner a short time ago. On Monday the noble lord sent L 5 to the mother of the boy. A. COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL Cliußcll.--The good of comprehension in a national Church is that the larger and more various the body of members, the more elements of power and life the Church will con tain, the more points there will be of contact, the more mutual support and stimulus, the more growth in per fection both of thought and practice. The waste of power from not comprehending the Puritans in the national Church is measured by the number and value of elements which Puritanism could supply towards the collective growth of the whole body. The national Church would grow more vigorously towards a higher stage of insight into religious truths, and consequently towards a greater perfection of practice, if it had these elements ; and this is why we wish for the Puritans in the Church. But, mean while, Puritanism will contribute to the common growth, mainly because it believes that a certain set of opinions or scheme of theological doctrine is the gospel; that it is possible and profitable to extract this, and that Puritans have done so; and that it is the duty of men who, like themselves have extracted it, to separate themselves from those who have not, and to set themselves apart that they may profess it purely.---. From "Puritanism and the Church of E,wlaiul." in the Cornhill 3Thuazine for February. Nearly £:600 has been subscribed for the benefit of tho widow and children of the late 13. B. Woodward, who was librarian at Windsor Castle. Tho Queen has granted a tension of £BO tier annum to Mrs. Woodward. _ The recent action of the Archbishop of York in ordering the removal oi,the chancel screen, altar cross, 47e., from the church at Sloilichl, together with the attempt of the Bishop of London to get rid of certain adornments in St. Chad's, Haggerston, and St. Laurence Jewry, are events, says the Time; calculated at first sight to disturb the minds of Church men. "We are happy to be abbe to say," our contemporary goes on, "that the conduct of the two Bishops turns out to have been entirely illegal. In the case of the two London churches the Bishop has been compelled to give way, and has left the churchwardens to bear the responsibility of the removal of the decorations, should this be attempted." SHARE LIST. :AotY dakitilLB AND STOCIM rala. c)to.o.vg rAissise o ericse. daue st r :Ist i, 2a,1 t.';.:.i.q :i. ~ _.. .Iv.• 77 72 et Ca“ed0ntaa................ ive 7 - 1 78 771 1 / st 1.. , ..,; -, r1~-i . 23 Corow" 311 4 Dublin a 14ciialit dur lO - - at Dun„ Forth. & Aro.:;iinc lOO ;0 72 2 i East _London.... 20 i , o ;5 - - 2) Do 10 - --- i. Gli.agow aS. Westelm lO3 1(7 _li 9 1(3 -t Great Eastern .. ,t Do. E. Augi. No. 2 lsu 61 '7l at Circlet Norui of Seol,lau l6O Is 15 at Great Northern SOO 111 112 at Du. A stock.-- ll4 lill 1121 112 } b. 00. 13 a Wet 1(.0 121 122 at GtS, and W. of Irefauu foe aS 100 at Gt. Western -Original lOO 61 644 en } :t Do. South Wales lO6 66 65 Os at Do. W. itlid.-Oxlord... 1 , ..0 so 42 sc. Do. -Newport , 00 31 06 at Laacsellire a 1 ore.shira lOO 11:13 12:i 128} 1 at Lou., Erigh.,.a. .s.eusc, , t lOO 45 451 451 - Do herip - - 6t Lon., Chat., and Dorei.. io, 14 151 .6 Do. .51etrop. Ex. 41.... iv) 11 is At Lon. & North 11 ebtt3ll.. 1.,:1; 1..z11 124} 1231 4 .4 Len. •t South W ecturn.. 100 83 1 , 4 Mau., 51st!., 4. - Lini:o2ll.. 6th 011 61-, at Metropulltitn at Du Extension .. 3 Do. New rd .. - - at Metropolitan District. ail 15 16 561 10 Metrep. St. John's 16 and 10 - - at Midland st D 9, thrmin. .1 Derby at North British at 1) 0. Ed., I'th., & Don lOO st NOT' pastern-Berwick lOO 25 D. U.N.E purchase i e. 13, 4 - - at 1) Leeds .... 100 71 80 85 at 13 u York lOO 121 211 126 51 st 1) oCarlisle .... • - - et D °Stook. & Darling ll.O 167 IC9 at North Loudon ..... 10 Do New 1868 at North Staffordshire . 100 61 :63 •. 2} at North an,' 5. W. Junction 100 tikl 101 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... .. 101 st 111.:yinney et Shropshire Union !CO 591 001 st South Devon' .. st South Eastern lOO 7)4 76} at Staines, Wok'hain, 5; Wok all 13 li et 'tail Vale -- Dc. •C ... - -• Waterlord & Kilkenny 1(0 10 Waterloo & Whitehall 0 ~ccw - ::J 1261 :24 128 EtAILIVIYS-PitEFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 at Caledonian Qrs., Nu. 2 lO6 at Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent led st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c l5O at Do. du. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO at Do. Midland •at Do. Dundse and Arbroath 105 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all et Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO at Tao. let Class preference lOO at Glas. & S.W. gua.l per et lOO at (It. Eastern, E.G . Ex. No.l 100 at Do du N 0.2 100 at Do do 6 par cent 100 at Do East An,, ,, liau A 5 p. c. 100 at ' do B 6 do. 100 et Du do 0 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 3 p.c. 100 et Do E. Union 4 p.c. gum. 100 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 at Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lB47 100 st Great Nur thorn, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. par. 100 Do 41 do do do 150 st Do 5 do at sp. c. pin lO5 at Du Leeds, Bradford, and lialifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 st Crest South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO et t. chg., per gua..s p.c boy Do. Orig. (B.& IL Ex). 3 p.c lOO Do du 4, per cont. 1850 IOU D o do 4 du do Du do 5 per cent. redone. 100 Do du Bainiugilain gua lOO Du do do pref lOO Du do Chester gua. `JO Do do do 8 per cent. 100 1)0 do do 5 do lOU Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c...100 Do do 4i P. •WO st Dc do 41 185'J 100 tDo du .5 at Do West Slid. Oxford let g 11)0 st Do du 2d gua lOO at Do Newport, g. p.e lOO at Do do 21 du 100 at Du gua. per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. DO at Du Barnsley, £5 do 101 p.c. 104 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 at Do 41 (Blackburn pureh). 100 at, Loudon Sr. 13rightun, 5 p.c. guitrantead, 1;0 1 lOO et Do Zi per cent. gua Nu. 2. 100 at Do 6 do du lOO at Do 5 do N'): 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P ) 100 at Da 4 do 1850 lOO at Loudon, Chatham, &Du wer S per cent lOO at Loudon and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO et Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Do Shreweb'y & Wolchpl. 105 at Loudon and 6 W. 7 p,c late ad shares, lOO $7 8.0 7s b 2 105 107 93 104 97 99 110 113 6i 7 9,.; 98 100 1..8 1071 93 100 90 El 60 S 2 97 t) 6ti 72 as 10J 95 lot, 116 118 1 3 115 V 6 IS 1 3 13* 130 135. 98 100 110 111 145 L5O o Do (Portsm.Perpans 2s6d) a Mau., Shef.,,S;Limin. 6 p.c lOO Do a Do 31 per cent BOO 64 Go 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent St Mid. Consolidated ,6p. c lOO 130 145 a Do Bristol& Birin., 6 p.c lOO 1.3 135 a Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO VS 100 s Do 41 per cent. irredeum lOO Vs 10.) s Do Leicester ,tll.'elm,4 p.c 100 SO PI. st North Uritish, 5 p.c. No.l lOO st Do E. &U. 4p. c. S. &D lett st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO st Do Border Union, 01 p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Cous. 4 p.c lOO 87 tti, at Do 41 per cent. redeem WO 97 I+9 st Do (_- 1 . N.E. 4 per cent., WO 17 Do Lorwick capital Do York, U. 5- S. purchase. 10 15 101 Do Stektu Drling. 5 p.c. 100 107 10J st Do W,Llartlepool Li-audit 100 Sti 68 20 North Staffordshire 108 S. Devon Annuities, 1)3 all 910 10s Do Tayistock Anus., 10s all 81 s 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all S Si 1 0.6. S. East. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 per cei.‘t lOO m at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO m ..„ st Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 158 et Waterford et Kilkenny, 6pc 100 „. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENOE SHARES AND STOOKS. With Dividends contingent ou too Prodte of each separate year bt Coledouiau 41 p o gua. at Do Scot, Can. min. 7 p c lOO „• at Do 4} p all „• at Do 4p e eon. issued At 80 65 „ at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 B . u . at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO Si a 6 61 at t Do e do 5 do, 1664 lt 84 86 87 Great Northern, p itr p ed e . 100 100 100 at Do Pernaaueut 5 per cent. W ••• O ••• ••• at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. liidl., S • at Do Joint porpe. b p c,1865 100 6 . 8 91 st Do do 6p e irred., 18611 100 115 120 2J Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all • • • at Kent Coast, 6 per cent , 100 • 5 Lane. and York New 4 per coot till July, 1871 2 1 /3 et Loud., Brig &e., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1869 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 leo at D o do 44 do, 18 63 100 „. - • at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sdo at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 pa) et Do Illetrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at London& N Western, 5p c 109 105 110 et London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 t 3 95 in 10 Ilan. 6hef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 sill Y 91 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 104 at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 107 109 et Do B 5 do 100 107 109 15 Do 5p e opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 211 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 19 194 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 187 4 at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent et Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E , P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 160 ... st, Do E.&G , No. st Do N. 8.. per cent, 1662 100 ~„ at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p l c et Do E. & G., (OrdirY) 41 p c 100 et North Eastern, 41 per cent 190 9J 160 at Do Stock. & Darl., D at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Oh. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 190 RAIL WAYS.-LLXES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at Birkenhead lOO 91 93 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all Li 100 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO ;116 at Do. 4 5 per cent. at Do. b do. lOO.. 110 112 at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... ... st Colchester Stear Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 132 131 29 Gloater and L'ean Forest all ,„ ... a Gt. Easw Ne wm., ex., 5 p.c 100 ... ... s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 10 ... .. st Do.do. Woodbrg.Ex., : et Gt. West ,W. Mid., Herd 100 In 99 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 st London andlliackwall lOO 63 ~5 96 at Do. 41 per cent lOO „. ... st London, Oust., &c., 41 p. c. 100 ‘,.. ... at Do. Coin. Fund, sdo 100 ... . st London and Greenwich ... 100 62 64 at Do. do Preference... 100 ... . st London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 85 at Lowestuft,gua 4 percent... 100 79 81 at Do. 1g . 6 do .._... 100 .. 51 Manch., 8u... Ma all ... ... 8t Midland, Braamrd, Pref... 140 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray LILQ) so Northern& East., 5 per cent all 53 56 i3O Do. do. 6 do. all .. at N. Eastern — Hartlepool st N. West. A perp. pre, 5p C lOO 107 109 st, Do 13 IllitliMUM 14 p.c lOO .. st Notting. 6; Liramia It. 6z C lOO ,i ,i 25 Prebton and ti yre. ... ltoy sum, Hitch., and Simi, lOO 1:39. 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 1116 132 I n ll) Da do 't% '2 24 p 8 S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 91 99 D 4 per cent gua lOl 78 80 , • 6 do st Viet. Station and Pimlico._ 100 . _ st West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all ... ... st Weymouth and Portland._ 100 ... ... at Wilco / and Somerset DOCKS. at East and Woat London and St. Katherine 100 41) 51 1.00 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent . all ~. ~ Minivan Freehold Land Dock 10) 20 33 Southampton l lO 72 75 Surrey C0121117OtW3l THE COLONIES. The Times has some information about the colonies, Which it is well to qua . ° at a time when the subject is engrossing so much attention. The "leading journal" would have us bear in mind that there are colonies and colonies. In the first place, there are colonies possessing representative institutions and responsible governments, such as Canada, Prince Edward's Island, Newfound land, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Now Zealand. In these colonies the Crown has only a veto on legislation, and the Home Government has no control over any public ofll,;er, except the Governor. Tho executive councillors are appointed by the Governor with reference to the exigencies of representative Government; the other public officers by the Governor, on the advice of the Executive Council. The control of all public departments is thus practically placed in the hands of persons com manding the confidence of a representative Legisla ture. In Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Prince Edward Island the Upper Chamber is elective ; in the other of this class of colonies it is nominated by the Crown or the Governor. The House of Assembly is in 'all cases elected by the people.. A second class of colonies possess representative institutions, but not respon sible government; the Crown has no more than a veto on legislation, but the Home Government retains the control of public officers. In these colonies the Crown cannot legislate by Order in Council, but laws are made by the Governor with the concurrence of one or two legislative bodies, of which one, at least, is wholly or for the most part representative. In the Cape of Good Hope, Barbadoes, Grenada, Tobago, Bahamas, and Bermuda there are a Council and Assembly; in the Cape both bodies are elec tive, in the other colonies the Council is nominated by the Crown, and the Assembly is elective. In Natal, Anti gua, St. ChristothsT's, Domincia, Honduras, Turks Islands, Nevis, and St. Vincent there is a single legislative chamber partly elective and partly nominated by the Crown. Lastly, there are the Crown colonies, in which the administratior is carried on by public officers under the control of the Home Government, and the Crown has the control of legislation. In Gibraltar and St. Helena laws may be made by the Governor alone, and in other Crown colonies by the Governor with the concurrence of the Council nomi nated or approved by the Crown, or in great part consist ing of official or nominated members. In some colonies, acquired by conquest or cession, the authority of this Council rests on the will of the Crown; such are Malta, Coylon, Mauritius, Hong Kong, Labuan, British Guiana, Trinidid, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Virgin Islands, and Heli goland. In others, chiefly those acquired by settlement, the Council is created by the Crown under authority of some Imperial or local law. Councils of this statutory class exist in Jamaica, Straits Settlements, British Columbia, Western Australia, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Gold Coast, Lagos, and the Falkland Islands. Laws may also be made by Order in Council in those colonies, except Jamaica and British Columbia. Important information on the sub ject of the operation of the Constitutions of the colonies is often to be found in the reports of the Governors, which accompany the annual blue-books transmitted from the several colonies to the Secretary of State ; but, unfor tunately, the yearly volume in which these reports are collected, is slow to appear. The last year for which it has been issued complete .is, we believe, 1366. Probably the volume of report.; relating to 1868 might as well now be issued as the volume for 1867, but that it would b' contrary to the habit and custom to issue it so soon. SIR STAFFORD NORTIICOTE ON TILE SUEZ CANAL. Sir Stafford Northcote's address on the Suez Canal given at Exeter on Friday, dealt chiefly with its commercial aspect. The trade between England and the East, he said, rather exceeded that between England and America. The distance between London and Calcutta was by the way of the Cape 11,740 miles, by the canal 8,700 ; from London to Bombay by the Cape about 11,000 miles, but by the canal little more than 6,000 miles They would therefore see at a glance how important was the result which they might expect from this enterprise. The right hon. gentleman then wont on to give a history of the Canal; and then briefly touched upon the difficulties of M. de Lesseps's work. Ho gave some interesting reminiscences of his journey to Suez, and proceeded to comment upon the work itself. He considered the great difficulty was the harbour of Port Said. He did not think it possible for anyone yet to form a precise or confident opinion as to the maintenance of an open communication at its entrance. Many persons, in whose opinions he placed great confidence, were hopeful that it would he maintained. The vast quantities of sand brought down by the Nile were carried by the western currents to Port Said, but it was possible that the breakwater would stop the drift sand. In consequence of this drift the mouth of the canal, which was commenced 50 feet inside the western breakwater, was filled, and had to be removed 200 yards further eastward. It was to be hoped that the sand would strengthen the breakwater, but it was impos sible to say whether it could withstand the great seaward pressure. II believed that if a clear open channel could be maintained at this point, the canal might be kept in good order at very little expense. The alarm with respect to the banks of Lake - Menzaleh he believed to be needless, and he detailed the tests to which they had been put. The banks of the canal also had been put to a good trial, and the result was favourable, The vegetation on the banks would stop a deal of the blowing sand, and even if it fell into the canal it could be easily removed by dredging. Ho thought that the canal would be very largely used for the carriage of goods by steam, but did not think that it would super sede the Peninsular and Oriental and Blessageries Im peiiales Companies in the mail service, or the present system of transporting troops. Neither did he think it would be used by sailing vessels. He thought, also, that passengers would prefer the railway to the canal. Steamers might be built, and would be built, specially for the traffic. The freightfor fine goods from Liverpool to Bombay by tho canal was 40s. per ton, whilst by the Cape of Good Hope it was 80s. per ton. From this fact, and also that the average voyage by the latter route was 100 days, whilst the Bra zilian had recently gone the voyage in 33 days, he thought that the canal would be profitable to those who used it. He believed that the indirect effect would be to facilitate traffic to a considerable extent, and it would largely develop, and be the means of great prosperity to the ports of Italy and Greece and of the Mediterranean gene rally. It would also have a good effect upon Egypt. They might depend upon it Egypt had a great future before it, and what it might come to it was impossible to say. The fresh water canals were winning back the desert to the original condition of the land of Cosehen. The effect hi the Valley of the Nile was remarkable. It might also lead to the accomplishment of a crotchet of his—the esta blishment of the capital of India where it ought to be—on the west instead of the east side of India. Sir Stafford then referred to the unworthy feeling of jealousy on the part of the English. Ho did not think Lord Palmerston was to be blamed for the view •he took of the subject, when they considered the state of affairs at that time. He thought, however, that the English were gene rous enough to rejoice in the failure of their prophecies, and that England would join the other nations in the song of triumph at the completion of that great work. He be lieved that it would be for the prosperity of the Turkish empire, and advised Egypt to give up her ambitious pro jects and intrigues with foreign countries. With the large tasks before him the Viceroy did not require ironclads to go to war with countries which would never think of attacking him. He might make his country what it was in former times, and what it ought to be now, the great highway between Europe and the East. Bishop Temple was present, and proposed a vote of ;hanks to the hon. lecturer. APPLETREES V. RABBITS.—" II011118," in /and and Water, gives a recipe for preserving the bark of young apple trees from the attack of rabbits. He says the best and most lasting remedy is to fix round each tree a circle of rabbit proof wire netting, which is very cheap. In the absence of this, use a wash composed of the follow ing ingredients, but it must be applied every autumn, and during dry weather. Take 61b. of quick lime in lumps, and a few handsful of soot; add gently about three gallons of water, keeping the whole stirrred until thoroughly incorporated. Then wash the trees with the mixture, while hot if possible, as it adheres so much better to the bark ; neither rabbits or hares will touch the bark of the trees so prepared. How REPORTS ARE PROPAGATED.—Some time ago a few German officers, who had been studying experi ments made with a newly constructed gun, betook them selves to a restaurant, and began to (I i.qmss over their beer what they had just soon. They soon discovered that a person sitting near them was eagerly listening to their remarks and taking copious notes. It at once occurred to ono of them, a mischie vous young fellow, that this afforded an opening for a " lark " far too good to be despised. He, therefore, proceeded to give a minute account of a wonderful "revolver cannon," which, he said, had just heen dis covered, and was at that moment being tested at K6nigs berg with the most amazing results. The success of the story was • even greater than had been antici pated, for the mora the marvels of the imaginary gun wero expatiated upon, tho more perseveringly did the innocent listener apply himself to his notes. Two days afterwards a long account of the new invention appeared in a military journal, and so great a sensation did it make that the news was repeated in all the leading German papers, and ultimately found its way with some comments, into the Times and the Moniteur ! It would, perhaps, be as well if all guns were as harmless as the . "revolver cannon" of the bamboozled German reporter.— Glok. THIRD EDI:HON, SUN OFFICE, 0 ocLocK. THE MARSEILLES LAND COMPANY. 'F is afternoon an arrangement was made before the Vice-Chancellor with resrect to 11:e claim of the Credit Funcier et Mobilier of Eoglaud against this company. The Credit Foncier are to enable the liquidators to sell the land by their removing their inscription of mortgage, and to provide the necessary funds for the purpose, and to have a first claim for the sums so supplied, with interest. No compromise was allowed with respect to the goo , Lion of the alleged misappropriation of the money of the Marseilici comp tny. ANOIIIER CLAIMAYI"fO THE CROWN. A f, male, who said her name Was Mary Ann Kent, this afternoon applied to the Lord Mayor for assi.ttance, in order to regain the Crown, which she was, she stated, en titled to by being a daughter of George IV. She said Mr. Gladstone had refused to do anything for her. The poor woman, who was evidently of unsound mind, left the court indignantly when told that nothing could be done for her. THE `VEST INDIA MAIL. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PLYMOUTH, ian. 31. The Shannon's dates are—Valparaiso, Dec. 16; Callao, 27 ; Panama, Jan. 5 ; Jaimaica, 9 ; and St. Thomas, 14. At 'Valparaiso disposable tonnage continued in creasing ; no orders for guano charters were in the market, and little nitrate of copper was for ship ment. The Santano had put in with a part of her cargo of coals on fire. Two more fires had occurred :at Santiago ; the Losses amount to $300,000. The Peruvian Government had accepted tenders for two more railways. The ships .chartered by Messrs. Schute and Co. for Germany have been transferring to Messrs. Dreyfubs Brothers, by whom bills of lading are to be signed. The Star of Brunswick and Prince Rupert hava been detained for overloading, and 'mulcted by the Peruvian Judicial Tribunals in over £6,000 for damage. THE FRENCII FUNDS. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris, this afternoon, the French Rentes are 74f. 7c. ; firm. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DA Y) Sales probably . 10,000 bales. The market was quiet. TATTERSALV.:—Th's Evening. WATERLOO (COURS ENG) CUP. 9 to 2 agst Lord Lurgan's nomination (off. re(?) 14 to 1 agst Mr Brockletank's nomination (off) 20 to 1 agst Mr Bland's nomination (taken and off) 83 to 1 agst Mr Hodson's nomination (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Mr Molyneux's nomination (offered) LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 500 to GO agst Van Amburgh (taken) 23 to 1 agst Uncas (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Royal Rake (taken and offered) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 7 agst Doctor (taken) 500 to 35 agst Q. C. (taken) 100 to 6 agst Thallassius (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Honolulu (taken) 20 to 1 agst The Colonel (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Costa (taken and offered) 1000 to 45 agst Lymington (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Lamb (offered) 1003 to 30 agst Snowstorm (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Little Rogue (offered) crrY AND SUBURBAN. 1000 to 50 agst Miss Duren (taken) 1000 to 40 apt Walter (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 15 to 2 agst Astolfo (taken) 20 to 1 agst Nertuanby (taken) 375 to 200 agit liingcraft and Sunshine coupled (t) DERBY. Gto 1 agst Sunshine (taken and offered) 1000 to 50 agst Astolfo (takcu) 1000 to 30 agst NormaLby (taken and wanted) 40 to 1 agst King o' Scots (taken) CITY BETTlNG.—'fills DAY. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 7 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (offered —take Bto 1) 100 to 6 agst Fugitive (taken and wanted) 100 to 6 agat Grasshopper f (taken) 20 to 1 agst Birthday (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sycee (taken) 25 to 1 agst Simplon (taken) 25 to 1 agst Queen of Hearts (taken) 25 to 1 agst Skipper (taken) 25 to 1 agst Benbow (taken) W AT ERLOO .CUP. 9 to 2 agst Lord Lurgan's nomination (offered— , take 5 to 1) 14 to 1 agst Mr Brocklobank's uom. (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr Blanshard's's nom. (offered) 25 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's nom. (taken) 100 to 3 agat Mr Molyneux's nomination (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Mr Deighton's nomination (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 7 agst Doctor (taken) 100 to 6 agst Thalasaius (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Q.C. (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Costa (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tathwell (taken and wanted) 20 to 1 agst Little Rogue (taken and offered) 1000 to 45 agst Lymington (offered) 100 to 3 agst Nuage (taken) 100 to 3 agst Despatch (taken) 100 to 3 agst Gardener (taken and offered) 100 to 3 agst Snowstorm (taken) 100 to 3 agst Alcibiade (offered—take 40 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Summertime (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Schiedam (taken and wanted) 1000 to 20 agst Pearl Diver (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Brick (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Nun (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Little Rogue (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Anglo Saxon (offered) 18 to 1 agst Alcibiade and Gardener coupled (t) 4to 1 agst Tathwell 1,2, 3 (offered) sto 1 agst The Lamb 1,2, 3 (taken and offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 9 to 2 agst Sunshine (offered—take sto 1) 9 to 2 agst Kingcraft (offered—take sto 1) 8 to 1 agst Astolfo (taken and offered) 500 to 40 agat Bridgwater (taken) 1000 to 60 agst Normanby (off-20 to 1 taken freely) DERBY. 6to 1 agst Sunshine (offered-1000 to 150 taken) 500 to 40 agst Bridgwater (taken and wanted) 14 to 1 agst Camel (offered-15 to 1 taken and w) 35 to 1 agst King of Scots (offered) RACING FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Linc01n...... l5, 16 I Derby ,. '22, Harrow 17, 18 I Nswtou .... 25, 26 . . MARCH. Nottingham . l, 2 I West Somerset l6, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick 22, 23, 2' P on t e f rac t 14, 15 I Epsom 29, 3( 0 Cambridgeshire ......14, 15 I Bromley 31 and April 1. .. ___ - . APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 I Newmarket Craven 18 to 2 West Drayton 7 , 8 I Aborgavenny ............ 2, 22 Thirsk Kingsbury lB, 19 I Croydon. ... 28, 29 Durham . Al AY. Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5 I Harpenden ..............•20, 21 Chester. lO, to 13 I Bath ........................ 24, 5 Wi nc h e ster lO. 11 I Stamford ............•.....26,26 27 Salisbury l 2, 13 ; Croyd on .................. 29 York 17, 18 , Epsom ............01 to Juue 3 Doucaster 19,20 I JUNE. • Croydon 8,9 Newton :!2, 23 I Manchester ............ e , 9, 10 Hampton 2g 2 4 Ascot 14 to 17 I Bibury Club .................. . . I .i Windsor 'I, 22 I Stockbridge...3o, and .11 , 1 v f JULY. Newmarket 5 to 8 1 West Drayton 11, 15 Nottingham 12, 13 1 Huntingdon.-- ......... 19, 2D Ch e l ms f or d l2, 13 i Kingsbury 2l, 2 Reading 1?, 13 1 Goodwood . .............. ;0,6, 29 ------ AUGUST. Brighton 9 l 3 i St°e" - ............... 17 to 19 19 Brighton Club 4 Oxford ................... 18, 1 5 Lewes . ..... .5, 6 1 Turk ...................... 23 to 2 Eglitun 'I, 10 I Plym,uth .................. 24, 3 23 Windsor l l, 12 I Derby .................. 811 ' Bromley l6 W,17 i eymouth ...............30, 31 SEPTEMBER. Warwick 6 , 7 1 Richmond ....... . .......... 20, 21. Abi ng d on 8, 9 1 Western Me et (Ayr) 21 to 23 Doncaster 13 to 16 I Hendon .................... 22, 3U 23 Hampton 20, 21 I Newmarket Ist Oct. 27 to OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 1 Newmarket 2n 0ct..10 to 14 Leicester 7 I Newniarkat H0t'n.,.24 to 29 Bromley gh in- led i~ end I. the Iree and rer- erg, elf rri fell ork em for 3 of ital ana ist 3th. ULo thia ter she 1 in au veci 116 ;ht. has ded I to lily his Dino d of 2of I at usly 4ig will lent sea—