The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-22 00:00:00

DIONEI AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The transactions on the Stock Exchange to-day were more numerous than yesterday, and Consols are now a shade higher than the opening prices. In the Foreign market there was also an improve ment, and most of the leading securities partici pated in the favourable change of affairs. In Ame rican Securities we have to note an improvement in Eries and Illinois, but the Bonds remain without alteration. Telegraph shares are dull, and for Railway shares the demand has been languid. The rate of discount is 21 to 3. ~Consols are now at 92; to 921 for money ; ditto, for . Account, —; Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 a ; New Thee per Cents, 92} -1 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem. ; June, par ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, par ; June, ; Bank of England Stock, 4 1 per Cent., 239. India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112•114 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001; ditto Eufaced Paper, 51 per Cent., —. In the Foreign Market Turkish Five per Cents. have advanced, being now 431 to 431 ex div. ; the 6 per Cents., 661 to 64} ex d. ; and the New Scrip, Ito prem. Spanish is now 27/ ex div. a quarter better. Italian Bonds are 541 to 54/ ex div. ; Argentine 854 to 861 ex div. ; Peruvian, 771 to 78 ex div. ; Brazilian, 874 to 881 ; and Mexican, 15 to 151. In the Railway Market Great Northern A Shares, Midland, Chatham, and ,Caledonian, are lower. The prices are now—Caledonian, 761 to 764 ; Great Eastern, 371 to 374 ; Great Northern, 114 to 1111; ditto (A), 1111 to 1121 ; Great Western, 61 to 611 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1271 to 1281 ; London and Brighton, 45 to 451; London, Chatham, and Dover, 141 to 151 ; Lon don and North Western, 1231 to 1241 ; London and South Western, 93 to 94 ; Metropolita n, 781 to7o ' ; Midland; 122 to 1221; North Eastern (Berwick), 1251 to 126 ; and South Eastern, 77 , _ to 77i.. American Five-Twenties are 87 to 871 ; Ten- Forties, 841 to 851; Erie Shares, 18 to 181 ; Illi nois, 1031 to 104 ex div. ; Atalntic and Great Western Bonds, 251 to 261. In Telegraph Shares Falmouth is better, at 31 to 31 prem. ; China Submarine, -1 to 1 prem. ; British Indian Submarke, 141 to 141 ; Anglo- American, 191 to 20 ; Atlantic Eight per Cents., 21 to 21 ; and Construction and Maintenance, 35 to 354. In Bank Shares Agra (A) are now 111 to 12/ ; Alliance, 13 to 14 ; Anglo-Austrian, 14 to 16 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 32 to 33; Consolidated, 4/ to 41 ; Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 21 prem. ; Lon don and County, 50 to 51 ; London and West minster, 60 to 61 ; London Joint-Stcck, 331 to 34 1 ; and Union of London, 361 to 371. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The Cordillera is expected at Liverpool in a day or two from Brazil with £19,577. It is understood that the Government payment to the telegraph companies will be made on Friday next, the 28th inst., and that the distribution to the shareholders will be on the 7th of February. The total to be disbursed is £5,715,048, and the Bank return shows the Government balances in hand to be already £3,101,310 in excess of the total held at this time last year, and £4,061,411 over the same period of 1868. The transfer books of Reuter's Telegram Com pany (Limited) are to be closed from the 26th inst. till the 6th February, preparatory to the distribu tion of the amount payable to this company by her Majesty's Postmaster-General for the purchase of the Nordeney cable. With reference to a rumour that the Anglo- Mediterranean Telegraph Company proposes to abandon its line through Italy, a memorandum has been received from the Secretary stating that there is no such intention. In connection with the purchase of the under taking by the Government, a petition has been presented for the winding up of the United King dom Electric Telegraph Company (limited), and is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor James on the 29th inst. The annual meeting of the French Atlantic Cable Conipany is called for the 21st Febru try, at Paris, to receive the directors' report and the accounts up the 15th instant, and to declare a dividend. The meeting will then be made special, to approve an agreement with the Atlantic, Anglo-American and New York and Newfound • land Telegraph Companies, and to empower the directors to " conclude arrangements with the French Government in regard to the relations be tween this company and the French and American Governments." We are informed that the whole question of the respective claims between the two classes of deben ture -holders and the shareholders in the Ottoman Railway Company having been submitted to the decision of the Court of Chancery, it is considered impossible, until a decree is made, to deal in any Way with the funds in hand. A petition for the winding up of Bonelli's Electric Telegraph Company (Limited) is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor James on the 29th inst. Messrs. Theodore B. Jones and Thomas But rowes, the liquidators of the London and Colonial Company (Limited), have announced a further dividend of is. 6d in the pound. At the meeting of the United Discount Corpora tion (Limited) a dividend was declared for the half- Year at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The directors of the Central Bank of London (Limited) recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax. The half-yearly meeting of the London /inan e ial Association (LiMited) will be held on the 7th of February. A special meeting of the Caledonian Railway Company is called for the Bth of February, to take into consideration certain bills proposed to be in troduced into Parliament in the ensuing session. The directors of the Bank of Egypt recommend the usual dividend, at the rate of 10 per cent. per _annum. Th r, The report o f th e O cean M ar i ne I nsurance Com pany proposes the payment of the interim dividend of £lO,OOO in July distribution last, and the directors propose a share bonus. on of ss. per share, and 20s. per A dividend, making in all 15s. in the pound, to the creditors of the Westminster Mining Company, has been declared. In surance Company Ins The Manchester Fire • re commend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. for the past half year. cent, ) t pap Henry Briggs, Son , and Co. (L the usual interim dividend of s p im er it n. for will half year ending December olst last. Messrs. Alexander Collie and Co. send the fol lowing telegram from Manchester:—,, Producers, being heavily under contract, are asking extreme rates, which buyers are not following to any ex tent." A meeting of the shareholders of the Erie Railway Company was held yesterd.ty at the Terminus Ho tel. After some discussion it was announced that, to rescue the property f ro m ruin, all shares held i n E ng l an d would be stamped and regis tered, and those not bearing the distinguishing mark would not be admitted to be suld on thq Stock Exchmige. A resolution was also agreed to for giving the utmost support to the " protection committee." BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. UOVERNM k'UNDS. 3 pet' Ceut. Consols i)2l. 1 Ditto for Account -- a per Cont. RoducAd 921 -I Ne w 3 per Cent No NV 21 por Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Con Jan . 1873 Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 190 P — :xeuequ7l - Rills, £l,OOO, 21p. Ct. March pi DJ. - 2 do.. Juue par Da £lOO, £2OO Sr .C5OO par ..nk of Englan't Stuck. 41 per Cent :, opening — tirade 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial ()minium INDIAN d.)VERNMENT SECURITIES Incli i 9tock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Opening, for Account — Da. a per Cent. July, 1880 Do 4 per Cent. Oct. 1882 L'o. Enlaced Pap et 4 par Cent.... — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 .......e — Do. 5i per Cent. May 1878 — Oj 5 per Cant., Rup. Drk. 187`2 — Do' do It` 7 -.., — Do. do. 138 9 — li ; ,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ — Do Bonde, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO ... — `9o. under £l.OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. lrventine Repunc, ti per Cent Do Account B6-1 A.ultrianßouda 6 , per cent .. 1859 - BriziHan 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 1858 — Do. Cu 1560 . — Da. do., 1863 77 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 lif . Account ••• BBl i Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent: , lob% 6 per Cent. C .dial 6 per Ceie — ' o. 44 per Cent..., — Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 ••• — r o. 6 per ce^ t. 1867 97i 1 3 lo.nbian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 ler Cent B9 Do Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent..., • ••• Do Secoad Issue •• •• Do. £sot, Bonds B5l Do. 1864 — Do. Account D. £5OO Bonds De. A 196 Bon Is Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 Do. Accent:a Do. XlOO Bon,is ....• 77 Government Railway Debentures Groom 5 per Ccnt., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Coupcne Gtrttemala.6 per Cent . Honduras Iliov Rail. Loan., 10 p.,Ct., all pd Do. Acc.unt Italian 5 per Cert., 1865 )o. Account Do Marommana Railway- — ilexican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — xtontevidean 6 per Cent. • — Ilocrish Imperial 5 Fez Cent New Granada l9l Do 3 per Oen& .— Do. Deferred • .. Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account •• iii 8} Do 4f per Cent. (111:'iarren) Do 4f per Cent., 1862 - Do 6 per Cent.,1862 — Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853 7 '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.': 33} Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — R issibn 5 i .nir Cent., 1822, £ St .. — Do 44 per Cent 1850 Do 4} per Cent., 1860 Do 0 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 tle. A nglo -Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.:, 911 Do. do. £B4 15s. do. .. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds ' Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 66/ 1 Sardinian L. per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen ... — Do. Acc , Junt ... Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferroe Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 — 'Do dc, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Jo Account .., 68 • Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account 6 no £lOO Bonds — Do. 5 per cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 Do. Account D 1 4 por Cont., Guaranteed.... lO3 Do :do, Scrip lsf Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Da 6 per Cent. 1864 — Dividends on the above payable in Lo +•'-- Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4+ per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2-4- per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil,, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Rentes 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — !Wien 5 per Cont. 1851, Ems. 25i, Do Account 1 CLOSING PRICES. :: 27i i ~... 661 6 ,-...-. 43} 3 Jonsols, Mon3y . 92/ xtl Do. Account, Feb. 3 MUSICAL AND THEAIRICAL MEMS. The celebrated drama, " Peep o' Day," is shortly to be renewed at Drury Lane Theatre. Mr. Sothern is announced to re-appear at the Haymarket on the . 14th February. Mr. Clarence Holt appears next week at Sadler's Wells. Miss Amy Fawsitt has joined the company at the Globe Theatre. _ (From the Musical Standard). Emile Devrient, the " intendant" of the opera at Carlsruhe, has resigned his post. It is stated that Mr. Otto Goldschmidt's " Ruth" is to be performed at Amsterdam. Sir Michael Costa has been invited to conduct his " Naaman " at the Paris Opera Concerts shortly to be recommenced. Gluck's operas appear to hold the stage ; the opera house at Riga has celebrated the centenary of its opening by the performance of his " Orpheus." A. great improvement in the construction of pianos is promised by a Frenchman ; under the new system their tone is described as much louder, clearer, and more sustained. The death is announced of Louis Gottschalk, a pianist and composer of some repute, who had been giving concerts in Brazil. He was born in New York, but lived for some years in Paris. We regret to hear of the somewhat serious indis position of Messrs. W. H. Cummings and Vernon Rigby, our well-known tenors. The illness of these gentlemen will necessarily affect present concert arrangements ; and the services of several new tenors have been consequently invited. BEAM BY WE GUILLOTINE. It is no new thing for sensational theories to be advanced, on very slight grounds, respecting the duration of life after decapitation; but a certain Dr. Pinel has just been talking some unusually mis chievous nonsense on the subject. According to this authority, the body dies quietly and painlessly, from bmmorrhage, in the course of a few minutes ; but the brain, being shielded from atmospheric pressure, retains its blood, and consequently its life, for a long period. The sources of common sensatioa are indeed cut away ; but the nerves of hearing, sight, and smell remain, and the whole ap paratus of consciousness and intellect is present. We must really decline to quote the studiedly melodramatic language in which Dr. Pinel paints the horrors of a situation which, according to him, may last as long as three hours. But inasmuch as the poor wretch Tropmaun has suffered de capitation, we feel it a duty to prevent kind hearted persons from having their feelings har rowed by the idea that the criminal underwent such ghastly tortures, since a single consideration will suffice to expose ' the fallacy of all Dr. Pinel's speculations. It is true enough that the brain d oes reta i n a l arge quantity of blood after decapitation ; b u t i t is equally certain that that blood rapidly becomes venous from lack tf oxygen ; and experimenta t i on hc.s amply proved that, in complete asph y lished in one xis, usc i t inu co tea i n ou d stESS a l ha i l s entirely f,andis,ahoo-f course, bang pro,,ere,sively lowered during the whole of that time. But, considering what a tremendous physic.d shock is inflicted by decapitation, it is ne ar ly cer t a i n th a t a ll nervous function must be paralysed too com pletely to allow of any phenomena of conscio usness taking place during the short period necessary for the perfect deoxydisation of the blood in the brain, after which mental action can never be resumed. At most the suffering after decapitation can only be an affair of moments ; and it is something Worse than indiscretion to talk of the possibility of i ts lasting for hours.-7 he Lancet. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1870. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Basilica s Share NAlits. Paid. Price done. 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 111 121 al Do B lO 41 Of 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 22 22 211 5 20 Anglo-Hungrian 8 11 21 83 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 141 20 Do issued at 2 pm.— , 5 '5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lira. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 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 ;31 3 I 20 City lO i l 111 100 Colonial 25 1 1 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and Loudon, lint 50 East London, Lim 20 English and &minima, lint 10 21 11 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim 20 English, Scottish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Houg Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 281 Do new ll4 4 5 100 Imperial, Jim 2O 16 16 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 21 121 25 lonian all 1) 22 25 Do new 5 6 3 Lud Mortgage of India, lira 4 31 31 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 76 b 0 100 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 5 4 151 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 35 ZO 20 Do new 71 541 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 11 13 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 20 London Chart.of Australia all - 23/ 241 20 London and County 2O 491 501 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll London Joint Stock London and South African al 100 London &S.-Western, Um, 20 50 London & Venezuela, lim_ 121 ..- ••• 100 London and Westminster . 20 671 581 601 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm. ..... 20 ... ... 100 Merchant, lim 25 64 51 10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 74 00 Midland, lira • 2O 11 1 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint. 15 35 ip 00 National I'rovinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do 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., lim lO 61 51 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 9i 92 BCI 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 14 13 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 4 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London l5 37 38 10 Pr 1p 31 . :321 33: 11t 13 11 AiTEALS PROM TIM ICI TO or REVISING BARRISTERS. The Court of Common Pleas, consisting of the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Willes, and Mr. Justice Brett, devoted the whole of Friday to the hearing of registratory appeals : In " Gainsford v. Brown," Mr. Sohn Coulson, a Wes leyan Methodis minister, had been disqualified at Rother ham in respect of his house belonging to the Wesleyan body. • The revising barrister held that Mr. Coulson's occupation was necessary to the performance of his duties as minister, and disallowed the claim. The case not having been pro perly stated, their lordships suggested that it should be struck out, as it was a most important one to Dissenting ministers. At the same time, Mr. Justice Brett remarked that this must not be taken as an intimation that there was any doubt about the law, which was clearly that when a minister was required and bound to live in the house as part of his duty, he was disqualified. " Piercey v. Maclean" was an important case, as affecting in a similar wanner about 500 City merchants. The respondent occupied two rooms in the City, and carried on the business of a wine merchant. Ile had an outer door, and took the keys away every night, • the landlord having no control over the rooms. He paid the rates and taxes. The objection was made on the ground that there was no such structural severance of the counting-house from the other part of the hpuso, as to constitute it a counting house in the meaning of the statute. The revising barrister disallowed the objection and allowed the claim. Their lordships affirmed the de cision. The question in the case of "Waller v. Birks " was whether the Rev. ➢lr. Birks was such a perpetual curate of the parish of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, as entitled him to vote. The court decided that it was not a legal but an equitable right, and allowed the claim. SHARE L IS7. )itiIINARY tit:JAI:LES AND STOCIS. rai _ Closing bustu. 5 "' Priam. ,ant at Bust )1 and Exeter ...... 10u 76 78 at Caredontan ...... ........... 100 . 701 77 RI C.inatirlati 2) Cornwall .. all 2 , 3 at Dublin di Ballast June... 10° - - st Dun..rerth, Si Ab.Juna... ~00 70 72 2) East London all 4 6 20 Do 15 - - 2J Do 10 - at Glasgow aS. Western lOO 108 107 st Great Eastern ..* .00 371 38 4 Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 61 71 at (treat Northot Scotland lOO to 16 at Great Northern lOO 110 111 111 101 at Do. A 5t0ck...... lOO lie! 1111 1124 tt Do, 11 stuck at (RS, and W. 01 lreiand lOO ',IS 100 st Gt. Western -Original lOO COl 01 61 1 4 Do. South Wales lOO 62 6i at Do. W. 5/Id.-Oxiord lOO 31 36 st Do. Newport lOO 31 35 at Lancashire& Yurkahire lOO 128 1211 at Lon., Brigh.,is &Coast lOO 441 468 4,4 1 - Do Scrip ..... - - at I •on., Chat., uud Dover lOO 141 16 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A luU 11 13 • at Lon. •5; Norill Western lOO , 1:41 24f 1313 41 ,t Lou. .1r South %Western let isz 34 911 3 Man., Shill., di Lineuiu lOO 8 2 l2j 521 at stetroPol l lin • • at Do Extousi , u .. S Do. New rd - - at Metropolitan Distritt. alt :40 72 10 Metrop. St. John's il 001 6 - - st Mini aud st DO, .iirmin. a Uterus a Nor‘u liritlatt .00 341 351 at l, -. Ed., rth., B Dun WV st Nor Eaaturn--Berwick lOO 25 D., G. N.E purchase 0.13, i - - at 1) Leeds. ...... at 1) o York lOO 1221 121 1:81 st I) °Carlisle .... - - at 1) °Stock. & Darling lllO 167 iffl 166 at North London .. 10 Do New 1868. 4 11 2 p st North Staffordshire." lOO 6 1 63 st North aw 3 21. W. Junction 100 9J 101 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... • • st 111 , : f mney at Shropshire Union ICO 591 601 at South Devon .. at South Eastern lOO 771 771 77 at Staines, Wok'hoan, di Wok all 13 11 at 'tail Vale lOO 154 158 ,al~w~y o E6l 1271 1252 6 -- Do. C hterlord & 10 Watt:rive & Whitehall.. 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. 'B7 80 st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO it Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c...; 100 st Do. do. 7 per cent. 100 st Do. do. Ordinary lOO st Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 190 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO it 20. Ist Class preference lOO st Chas. & S.W. gas,. 5 per et lOO st (4t. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 st Do do No. 2 100 st Do do 6 per Cent 100 st Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 st Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do C, 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 it Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 it Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1.846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Va1.1. 347 100 st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10J st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Do 43 do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp. c. pin. 100 it Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent. st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 st Great South. and Western ( I re land) 4 per cent lOO st Gt.West.—Orig.&Jut.-Hent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO Do. ()rig. (B. & Ex). 5 p.c lOO Do do 4) per cent. 1850.- 100 1)0 do 4 do do Do do 5 per cent. rodent. 100 Do do Birmingham gua lOO Do do do pref lOO Do do Chester gua Do do do 8 per cent. 100 100 Du do do 5 du Du South Wales, gua,. 4 p.c. 100 Do do 43 p.c lOO it Do do 41 1850 lOO at Do do 5 l O O. st Do West Mid. Oxford lst g lOO it Do do 2d gua lOO at Do Newport, lit 5.5 p.c lOO st Do do 21 do 100 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... ..„ 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all • st Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1.3 130 st Do Barnsley, .65 3610 d p.c. 103 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 1 90 1 3 5 it Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 100 st. London & Briu hton. P.C guarantezd, No 1 lOO ... st Do 5 per cent. gua No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do st Do 5 do No. 4 lOO i t Do 7 per cent t Do 6 do (W.E. & C•F ) IUO it Do 4 do 1659 lOO ..„ • it London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO it London and H. W., G. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 111 st Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO st Do Shrewsb'y & Welcup' Aod • at Loudon and n W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 115 150 Do (rortsm.perp ans 2663) all s Mau., Sh of., & Lilian. 6 p:c. 100• Do s Do 31 per cent lOO 64 CO 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 it Mid. Consolidated, 6p. c... 100 130 165 s Do Bristol& thrill., 6p. c lOO 1 3 135 s Do 41 per cent. redeem.- 100 L 3 No s Du 41 per cent. irredeein... 100 96 14J s De Leicester &ll'enn,4 p.c 100 6J 01 et North I.3ritish, 5 p.c. No. 1... 104 st Do E. &U.4p.C. S. & D... 100 st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ce.n.t.. 100 st Do Border Union, 5 1 p.c lOO st N.-Ea s tern—Co Uri. 4' 5 p.c.... 1)0 87 80 st Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 97 99 it Do C- 1 - N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Larwiek capital 8.13.4. Do York, H.& S. purchase lO 10 104 Do Stcktn & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 107 10) st Do W, Liartlepoui il. and It 100 3d 83 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 lOs ti. Devon Annuities, 1/5 all 910 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 105 all 81 01 108 Do Fixed 41 per cent all 3 83 10.6. S. East. (Head. Aims., 1.0.6) all 2* , 23 et Do 41 perm* 100 sit Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ..„ st Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 153 st Waterr:,rd & liilkenny, 6pc 100 .. • • 76 82 105 107 9S 100 97 (J 110 113 63 72 94 98 106 108 95 luti 9i.) 92 80 52 97 9.) 68 72 b 6 93 10f, 116 118 1t 3 113 96 98 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year at Csledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Con. min. 7 p c IOU st Do 41 p irredeem all at Do 4p c con. issued at 81) 65 7'. 7' st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 8( ) at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO Sti 88 at Do do 5 do, 1864 too 83 86 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 *** at Do Boston &Sleafd, 41 pc 100 : t GrDeaot Joint i t , ., 0 W rp . e 51 .5 id p 1 .& 5p c 100 1665 100 8 8 * 91 t at Do do 6p c irred., 1836 100 115 120 20 Do ValeNeathperp.spc all st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, is lOO ••• ••• •.. b Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 / ip at Lond., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 a t Do do 41 do, 1861 1(0 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ...• Da do 41 do, 1863 100 stDo do 5 do, 1865 100 et Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 s do at Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at DO Illetrop. C 6 B 6 p.c Do do p.c at London& N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 al 95 10 Man. slid. &Lin., b pc, 1865 all 9 91 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 at Midland, it. 5 per cent pref lOO 107 109 at Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 211 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 19 191 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31,187 . 2 B5 14 21p st North British, E. and (1 No. 1, b per cent ... 100 at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 „,. Do E ,P., &Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ••• ••• st Do E. &G , No. 2, 5 p.c a t Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c p lOO ... a t Do E . & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 .. at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 99 I'2o st Do Stock. & Darl., D at North London, 44, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 i & 8100 Pimlico,4i pc 100 ; si r:3setoorsiadSoL RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS et Birkenhead lOO 91 93 00 Do. 4/ per cent. Prefer all ti 100 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54; 8 et Do. 54 per cent. pat D o . 5 do. ..., lOO 11C 112 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... .. st Colchester Ste-1r Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 132 1 31 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all „. ... s at. Ea.sit., Newm.,&c., 5 p.c 100 . .. s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 .„ : st Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 .„ ••- st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Herd 100 97 1,0; 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 93 904 st Do. 41 per cent lOO „. ... s t London, Oust., &c., 41 p C. 100 st Do. Corn. Fund, 5 do no st London and Greenwich st Do. do Preference... 100 _. . st London, Tilbury, & Suuth 100 83 85 at Lowestoft,gua 4 percent... 10e 79 81 st Do. ci- 6 do •• . 100 51 Manch., Bt.— Mau" - a ll *** st Midland, Braltord, Pref.— 100 9,i . 97 10 Mid Kent Cray Lit.,) 50 Northern& East,,s percent all 53 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Kastera —Hartlepool •... st N. West. A perp. prof, 5p 0 lOO 107 1 . 0 . 9 st Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO s t Notting. 3; C-trauth R.& U lOO U 1 U:i 25 Preston and %' yro. ill 41 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shed). 100 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Herefurtl 104 132 134 10 Do do 8 2 `.llp a S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 97 99 D 4 per cent gua lO , 73 30 •- b do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO . _ st West Cornwall 20 20 W es t Loudon, Class A B all all 13 14 Do do ... ... 20 Do do C all ... . tland lOO ... ... 100 1,2 4 t o a i n u d e r P s o e i t . s a t t I N v V i ej s in a o n u a t hs DOCKS. et East and Wea'.lndia lOO 1 - 4 126 Lordon and St. Katherine lOO 51 53 100 D °Deb. stock, 4 por cent Millwall Freehold Land 10) 28 r,l Dock Southampton 1)0 72 78 Surrey Qouuuoiwai Jt.o 11.) 112 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 16 Anglo-American Tel., lim ial 191 24 21 * 10 Anglo Mediter Te1.,1im.... IS 214 201 20 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 17 1i la st Do. 8 per cent. lOO 52 55 484 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim. 100 180 120 at Electric ,& Inter. Telegraph 100 262 207 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lim all 23 2 i 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 21 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all I ip 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lim all 9 10 8 9 25 Reutees Telegram all 78 80 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all 181 181 17* 181 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 8 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all ~ i, bi MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 14k 14k 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 3 5,1 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 111 144 10 Do. New all ——. 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. b Do. New 4 11 4d 50 British American Land 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 1 2 20 British Ship Owners 74 29 Canada Company all 63 55 63 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2 .. ... 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 9 51 4 30 City of Milan Improv. lim. all 5 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lira all 50 City Offices, lim 25 50 Colonial, lim. 'Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) b pr k 61 10 Company of African Mer- 23 22j 131 a 3 ld chiints, lim. 3 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 25 27 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. Bank of France; PARIS, Jan. 20. rne 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) Reserve of the Bank Jan. 20. 182,500,000 - 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 22,105,750 14 and its branches 22,105,750 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 - 4,000,0 0 0 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur rent creditor l7l 666 556 96 153 409,662 37 Current accounts Paris 30(1,823,200 11 294,42: 4 , 9 7 7 46 Do. branch bank; 40,416,9 66 43,181,942 Dividends payable 5,388,7 96 3,816,699 Discounts and sundry interests 1,301,838 73 1 , 636 , 592 93 Rediscounted the last 43,816,569 43 42,314,210 07 six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 1,305,522 15 1,305,522 15 ••• ... 17,522,255 6G 11,536,132 87 Total CREDITOR. Jam 20. Jan. 13. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over- 204,211 71 312,747 49 due l Conunercial bills dis counted, not yet due 341,258,478 90 332,488,029 02 Do. branch banks 344,229,945 323,415,901 Advances on deposit of bullion 15,598,900 Do. branch banks 2,548,000 Do. on French Public Securities 20,960,500 Do. by branch banks 9,279,350 Do. on railway shares and debentures 3893,8 5 7 464 0 5 00 4 8 0 3; 2 7 1 0 0 2 ,:1 8 (, 0 0 0 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 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 1C0,000,000 100,000,000 -. Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branch es 9,072,5 U -- 9,069,184 Expenses of manage ment 15,561 35 14,373 60 Sundries 15),971,300 - 2,440,200 - - 20,729,200 - 9,282,050 - 1,167,609 - 1,148,200 - 1,163,500 - 1,172,200 -- 60,000,000 - Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) R °ULAN% The Bank Returns, furnishes the returns of the cir culTaittiLf Bankers' Magazine I t i :nd joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 4th of Dec. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the Ist of Dec. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results o f th e c i rcu l a ti on of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : Nov. 6. ' Dee 3 4, 188 9 . 1869. Increase. Decrease. _____ 940 947 23 181 190 750 757 Bank of England 1 93 ' 44' , ' ' ' ' Private Banks 2 . 8”. 2,751 . 71 9 133,721 Joint-stock Banks 2, 424,072 2. 3 .8,739 _ 56,333 29,25 1 , 459 1 28 , 30 1,648 948,411 Scotland 4,8710 8j 5,287,953 41 6,110 Ireland 7,381,1 80 1 7,354,163 27,017 Total in England . United Kingdom. 41,603,9 5 7 1 40,913,269 416,140 976,823 And as compared with the month ending the sth of Dec., 1868, the above returns show a d ecrease of £363,505 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £105,946 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation: — The English private banks are below their fixed issue ... ••• £1,290,907 The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue ... ... 369,901 Total below fixed issue in England £1.660,808 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2 538,187 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ... 992,669 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month 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 £5,921,651 being an increase of £518,118 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of £321,393 when compared with the corresponding period last year THE COLLIERY DISTURBANCES. Reports from the neighbourhood of Sheffield speak of increasing fears that the disturbances among the colliers will culminate in something still more serious. The latest news from the district states thrt a messenger had arrived at the Sheffield Police-stationin hothaste from New Winnings colliery belonging to Mr. Huntsman. He informed the Inspector that groups of men were ccngregated around the pit, and that judging from the various bands of strangers about the street, an attack on the non-unionists was intended on their arrival at the pit's mouth. Two bodies of constabulary were forthwith despatched, each taking a different route to the colliery. As they approached the various bands disappeared, and no attempt was made to re assemble. At ten o'clock the " shift " were taken up, and escorted to their homes by bodyguards of police, without molestation. Furtive glances and indications of suppressed anger, however, proved that the precautions taken were not unnecessary. At Broughton-lane affairs have not passed off peace ably. About two hundred men assembled at nine o'clock at night armed with bludgeons, marching and counter marching with military precision. The orders to halt, reform ranks, quick march, were given by a man who ap peared to be the commander, in a tone which implied tint he had studied his part. A few policemen innocentlystood by watching these evolutions, with nn idea that all was meant as a hoax. . In a short time about fifty of the number separated from the rest, and marched in the direction of Tinsley, followed by three police-officers. Coming to a row of fifty houses, belonging to Mr. Huntsman, and occupied by the non unionists in his employ, they hurled large stones at the doors and through the windows of the sleeping inmates, who were terror stricken, and in several instances severely injured. The mob dispersed on the arrival of a stronger • body of police. On Friday more serious rioting took place. About seven o'clock in the morning, the houses of the non-unionists employed at the collieries of Messrs. Newton, Chambers, and Co., near the Westwood station of the South York shire Railway, were attacked by a body of nearly a thousand colliers, who, not content with destroy ing the windows, and woodwork, set three of them on fire. For some time an attack had been expected, and a body of police, under Sergeant Greenwood, had occupied one of the houses. The first intimation re ceived of the approaching riot was given by a constable who had been patrolling Tankersley Park, which is close to one of the pits, and who informed the .police-sergeant that a large body of men were mustering in the park. In formation was at once sent to the police-station at Barnsley, and Sergeant Greenwood with his force of seven men with drawn cutlasses marched out into the road, and attacked a large body of men who were coming to the pit buildings. The Felice were, however, assailed with a shower of stones which injured two of them seriously. The sergeant went to the Westwood station, where some hundreds of men had taken up a position, and with his force of seven constables was going to attack them when some large stones were thrown, one of which rendered Tolice-constable Tyler insensible, whilst another constable named Walker had five of his teeth knccked out. The mob then retired into a wood. While the police were engaged in attacking one portion of the rioters, another body with sticks and stakes commenced an attack on the row of thirty houses occupied by the workmen. All the windows and frames, and a good deal of furniture, were destroyed, the chairs being broken up and used as weapons. The inmates hastily barricaded themselves in the upper rooms. The rioters took all the property they could find. A silver watch belonging to Sergeant Greenwood was stolen out of the house occupied by the police, from which also a prisoner who was handcuffed to a chair was released. Outside of the houses were several' large grates with fires, which served to throw a light dround. The mob carried the grates into three of the houses, threw the fire on the ground, and then threw in the sheets, clothes, and bedding. By great efforts the flames were put out, but not before a good deal of property was destroyed. A number of the rioters were going towards the pit when Mr. Superintendent Sykes, of Barnsley, was seen approaching. He was met with a shower of stones, several of his men being struck. He at once ordered them to draw cutlasses, and headed an attack on the mob, which was about four• hundred ' strong. Several of the rioters were severely cut. A man named George Gosling, a workman at the Oaks Colliery, was about' to strike the superintendent with the piece of a chair, when Mr. Sykes gave him a sharp blow with the flat part of his sword, disarmed him and took him into custody. The mob then went into Tan kersley Park, where the two bodies, which had hitherto been separated, joined. The two sections of the police having also come together, Mr. Sykes ordered the force, which numbered twenty men, to march in single file, and he put himself at their head. The rioters immedi ately took to their heels, and in a very short time the police had cleared the ground. The rioters, it appears, work at the collieries in the neighbourhood of Barnsley, and there there can be no doubt that the attack had been well matured, and that the men had regularly appointed leaders. Some of them are known, and will be appre hended at once, while one who is in custody will, it is expected, be immediately brought before the Barnsley bench of magistrates. LORD'S URICKET GROUND.—The committee of the M.C.C. have determined to enlarge the old cricket ground at St. John's Wood, so familiar to all players, whether amateur or professional. On the return of every important match for years past the necessity for additional space has been the subject of remark. Adjoining the ground is a nur stry garden covering a considerable area, and it is by the acquisition of a portion of this that the improvement will be effected. Not only will there be more room ija the cricket ground itself, but—a matter of immense impor tance—a separate and sufficient way of exit will be pro vided for the numerous drags, carriages, and equestrians attracted to the field on such days as those on which the Universities and Public Schools matches are played. A. THREATENED DISASTER. — Tho colliery pro prietors of North Staffordshire have held a meeting to consider the best means of dealing with a dangerous accu mulation of water in some of the mines of the district The Government inspector, Mr. Wynne, convened the 1 - fleeting by issuing a circular, in which he said that unless prompt action were taken in the matter the sacri fice of property would be serious, and loss of life might ensue. It seems that since the stoppage of the pumping engines at the Piimox and Scotia collieries in March last there has been a gradual rising of water in the mines of Tunstall and Burslem. For some time it was kept down by pumping, but several causes have con tributed to make it gain ground of late, and the danger is now becoming serious. A long discusssion took place, after which the Government inspector was requested to direct an investigation inta the matter, especially with regard to the extent of the coal-field affected, and the probable cost of clearing the water from the whole of the mines. The meeting was adjourned for a fortnight. EMBEZZLEMENT OF £l,OOO By A BANK CLERK Richard Olden, a clerk connected with the Cork Branch of the National Provincial Bank, has been arrested on a charge of embezzling £1,017. In the mouth of June last a gentleman in trade in Cork, named O'Sullivan, lodged a cheque foe 5.1017 in the bank to be placed to his credit. The second teller receiving tho docu ment passed it into the bank as having been cashed, and nothing more was known of it until last week, when Mr. O'Sullivan discovered his deposit was deficient in that amount. After investigation, an inspector had an interview with the clerk who was represented to have received the cheque. It is said he admitted the defalca tion. Ho was then ordered to return to Cork, and on his arrival was arrested. He was brought Were the magia- Wig lull, committed for trial. JVAVAL ;lAD 3111,17ARY LN2ELLIGENCE. A short time since raruiting for regiments cm Indian service was ordered to be stopped; but yes terday an order was r‘caced nt Chatbam garrison frcm the horse Guards directing recruiting to be opened anew for all Indian regimmts. - Advantage is taken of the present lack of employment for labouring men to raise the standard of height, and the recruits to be taken for these regiments must be sft. Bin. in height, instead of the former bft. 6in. The depots of Indian regiments at Chatham are-Ist and 2d battalion of the Ist Regiment, Ist battalion 23, Ist battalion 3d, Ist battalion Bth, Ist battalion llth, 38th, 39th, 45th, 108th, and 109th Regiments. A revised Admiralty circular, which has just been issued, states that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have decided-1, to increase the time during which naval cadets will be under training, part of such time being spent in sea-going training ships, and the whole period being considered one of probation ; 2, to introduce the system• of limited competition for naval cadetship; and 3, still further to reduce the number of naval cadets annually entered. The next examination for naval cadet ships will be held, under the direction of the Ad miralty Director of Education, on the third Wed nesday in June and on the last Wednesday in November, but the appointments as cadets of the successful candidates will date from July 15 or January 15. LONDON GAZETTE —Last Evening. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 20. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs copies of two Decrees issued by the French Government respecting the temporary im portation of cast iron and cotton tissues. The following are the Articles of these Decrees, which were published on 9th January instant. I.—ART. 1. Cast iron shall continue to be admitted under the system of temporary admissions, which was in stituted by the decree of 15th February, 1862. Cast pig iron, however, can only be imported under this system of manufacture of cast wawa. ART. 2. Iron and other metals enumerates in Art. 1 of the Decree of 15th February, 1862, must be conveyed to the factories authorised to wake use of them. The Cus tom-house officers will take such steps as are neces sary to ensure the arrival of these prOducts at at their destination. Art. 3. Charcoal-iron cannot be represented upon re exportation byan equivalent of articles manufactured from coke-iron. Art. 4. The credit account allowed on importation will only be opened at the recommendation of the Consulting Committee of Arts and Manufactures, charged with the duty of examining into the relation which exist between the material imported and the products exported. ART. 5. All the provisions of the Decree of 15th Feb ruary, 1562, which are not cpposed to the present Decree are to remain in force. ART. 6. The importation credit accounts already opened will remain in force for six months, from the date of the present Decree, under the ':ionditions laid down in the fore going Articles. lI.—ART. 1. Four months from the date of the present Decree, tissues cf cotton, pure or mixed, shall cease to be admitted under the system of temporary admissions. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Sales pi obably 12,000 b,les. The market was quiet. ACCIDENT TO MR. SOTIIEIIN.—Oa Thurtchy Mr. Sothern, during a run with Baron llothschild's staghouude, met with another severe accident. He was going at racing speed at a double, when his horse swerved and took the fence sideways, landing the ride' with his face against a tree. After a considerable loss of blood, he was lifted into the saddle and contrived to get back to Leighton Buzzard, where he was properly attended to. He is now under the care of Sir Henry Thompson, and, though much bruised, will soon be able, it is hoped, to move about again. Mr. Sothern, who has lately been re cruiting Lis health by country air and exercise, was at the time of his mishap a guest of Baron Rothschild; and, feeling somewhat better than he has been for some little time past, he yielded to the temptation of a day's favourite sport. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COI 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 homeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a deli cately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc tors' bills." Made simply with boding water cr milk. Sold only iu tin-lined packets, labelled "J JULES Errs & Co., Ihunceo pattlieClieutists, Loudon. Last night Mr. Elliman, while replying to a toast at a Volunteer dinner at Slough, suddenly expired. Mr. Charsley, the coroner for Bucks, was so overcome by the occurrence that ho went into a fit, which lasted for twenty minutes. One of the Welsh papers publishes a statement— wtieh another discredits—to the effect that a certain Mr. Kyftin Roberts has received a letter from Mr. Gladstone, announcing the Premier's intention to appoint a Welsh bishop to the vacant Welsh see—Et. Asaph. Daniel Wright has been committed for trial by the Manchester Magistrates on a charge of fraud. The prisoner had been in the habit of advertising for clerks, and demand ing from the applicants deposits of £lOO for their good behavi(,ur. Mrs. Jefferson Davis, the wife of the ex-President of the Confederate States, has recently been the guest of a well-known Southern merchant, resident at Garston, and at whose mansion a splendid entertainment was given in her honour a few nights ago. A. sale of furniture, publicly announced to be held in Buckingham Palace-road, was stopped by Dr. Aldis, the medical officer of health for St. George's, Hanover square, in consequence of the house being infected with scarlet fever. The Law Times says :—The only foundation for the rumoured retirement of Mr. Justice Willes would appear to be that his lordship's fifteen years' term expires during the present year. In our hearing the report has been contradicted upon good authority. l\lgrs. Manning and Deschamps have, according to the Globe, restricted the dogma of. Papal infallibility, which they will be ready to accept in matters of faith and morals, and it is hoped that the compromise will be una nimously accepted by the Council. Another Church " Union " is proposed. The Evangelicals are not altogether satisfied with the Church Association in its litigious attitude. They have therefore held a preliminary meeting, attended by a number of the most notable of the party. It was resolved to form the Evangelical Church Association. A committee was formed to carry out the design. There will, it is feared, be some delay in the prose cution of the Voysey case. The Act of Parliament requires the presence in the Council for the hearing of such an appeal of either the Archbishops of York or Canterbury or the Bishop of London. But the two last are excluded by the same Act, by reason of their share in the prosecu tion : and the Archbishop of Canterbury, who alone is left legally competent, is too ill at present to take his place at the Council. A singular case, under tile Masters and Servants Act, came before the magistrates at Bolton yesterday. It transpired that 116 pieces of cloth, belonging to Messrs. Hardcastle and Co., of Firwood, were being bleached in their establishment, when they received extensive damage by a nail in one of the company's mangles. £5O damages were sought by the firm from the mangler, a man named Holt whose duty, the plaintiffs alleged, was to lift and examine each piece of cloth that passed through the machine. As 116 pieces of cloth were injured it was declared that he had been negligent. The bench dismissed the case, as no proof of contract of service was forthcoming. The Coroner's inquest on the 27 men killed at the rlatts Bridge Colliery explosion, near Wigan, was con cluded yesterday—Mr. Hyson, the Government inspector, and Mr. Pickard, the miners' agent, being present. They were both of opinion that the men were all dead before the search was given up. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence, finding that there was no evi dence as to the origin of the explosion, and recommending that, in future, no shot should ho fired in this colliery with out the direction of the fireman. No blame was attached -to any prson. The Preston Herald reports some startling in rormation respecting a trial which has ended in a man being sentenced to penal servitude for life. In 1867 a moulder named James Farraday, who lived in tlack burn, received that punishment on being convicted of attempting to murder Agnes Lakeland, who said that un der pretence of putting his arm round her neck ho in flicted a wound in her throat, which the medical man stated was very nearly fatal. Since then ono or more un successful efforts have been made to obtain a remission or, commutation of the sentence upon Fat raday. Ultimately however, an affidavit was made by Agnes Lakeland that the wounds in her throat were self-inflicted, and that Farraday was innocent of the crime for which he was suffering, whereupon he .was released. and has since raturnsd to Blac,- burn. • ~~ Tana) EDITIO' The Third Edition of " The Sun* of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.16 pm. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocx, SPORTING ITATELLIciENCE-11113 DAY _.-_.. _. __ .d__ BErrlNG.—Tius DAY. WATERLOO CUP. 25 to 1 agst Dr Richardson's nomination (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. • 20 to 1 agst The Lamb (off-25 to 1 taken toi100) 20 to 1 agst The Colonel (offered take 25 to 1) 20 to :1 aget Q.-C. (offered) 2000 to 70 agst Nuago (taken) 30 to 1 agst Costa (taken) 100 to 3 agst Fertullagh (taken) 40 to 1 agst Surney (taken) 45 to 1 agst Count Horn (offered) 50 to 1 agst Summertime (off—take 1000 to 15) 12 to 1 agst Lamb and Colonel coupled (wanted) 500 to 40 agst Colonel and Costa coupled (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered) 9 to 2 agst Sunshine (offered) 100 to 12 agst Astolfo (taken) 14 to 1 agst Bridgwater (taken) 1000 to 800 on Astolfo agst Bridgwater (taken) DERBY. 1000 to 65 agst Bridgwater (offered—take 1000 to 60) 5000 to 50 agst Soarboro' (offered) DOUBLE EVENT. 2000 to 30 agst Bridgwater winning Two Thousand and Derby SCULLERS' RACE FOR 00. ~-- This afternoon a race for £l5 a side came off between Richard Turk, a waterman. of Kingston, and Charles Benzoine, a landsman, of the same place, and created considerable excitement in Hamp ton and the surrounding districts. Benzoine, who is well known on the water, was the favourite at 7 to 4. The course was from the Waterworks at Ditton to the One Tree at Ham. Mr. James Messenger, ex-champion and royal bargemaster, was the sole referee and starter. Turk, from the worst station, took the lead, and held it all the way, winning by two lengths, after a fine race, in which they were twice in danger of fouling, so closely was the contest fought. LA TV INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Justices Blackburn, Lush, and Mellor.) WRIGHT V. CLARK-THE BETTING-HOUSE CASE. On this case being called on to-day Mr. Justice Blackburn said he observed there were three cases of the same description, and he should like to know whether the decision in one of them would govern the other two. Mr. Hawkins sail he appeared for Morris, and he could not assent to the decision in Wright's case deciding his. Mr. Mellish informed the bench that he appeared for Wright, and had nothing to do with other matters. Mr. Justice Blackburn said under these circum stances they must proceed with the case now called on. lie wished to know who were the counsel for Clark ? Mr. 'Mellish thought the Solicitor-General and Mr. Archibold appeared, but neither of those gen tlemen were is the court. Mr. Justice Blackburn said there would then be a short adjournment, after which he supposed all parties would be prepared to go on. On the re-assembling of the Court, Mc,. Mellish said the present case was an appeal from the conviction of Sir Thomas Henry, when Mr. Wiight was fined £lOO for keeping a common betting-house. The question he had to raise was whether the house kept by the appellant at No. 16, York-street, Covent-garden, was a betting-house within the Act. The house in question was not a place where bets were taken fromall corners, but the business carried on there by Wright was that of a commission agent, that he invested money sent to him by post N% ith other persons—that he was a broker not a jobber. (Laughter.) NOW, Mr. Wright made his profit not by appropriating the money sent him by other persons, but by deducting 5 per cent. from the winnings. Mr. Justice Lush—And what was he to have if the money was lost ? Mr. Mellish—Nothing, my lord. Mr. Justice Blackburn—ft Seems to ma there are two questions to dispose of, viz., first, what are the facts, are they as you state them, and, if so, do they come within the meaning of the act ? Mr. Mellish said his client had been fined £lOO by Sir T. Henry for what he considered an in fringement of the 3d sec. of 16 and 17 of Vic., known as the Betting House Act, but the penalty was as nothing compared with the question, was h• or was he not liable, without bringing himself within the provisions of the Act, to act as a commission agent, viz., to receive money from those sending it to in vest with third parties. The case was brought about by Inspector Clark of the detective depart ment Scotland Yard, sending £1 to Wright to back Cock of the Walk for a certain race, which bet was lost, so the police did not think that would do ; and it arranged that Lansdown should back See Saw for the Royal Hunt Cup, which horse won. The winnings were sent, less five per cent., and the case being then thought complete, the appellant's place was stormed by the police, everthilig seized, and Mr. Wright taken before the magistrate, who fined him £lOO for acting as he had done. The learned counsel then read Mr. Wright's advertisement, and contended that it was nothing but what he had a right to put forth. Mr. Justice Blackburn was not of that opinion, as it seemed to him there was a positive promise to pay if the horse backed won. At the conclusion of Mr. Mellish's arguments, their lordships, without calling upon the Solicitor- General, confirmed the conviction. RACING FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Lincoln l5, 16 Derby Harrow 17, 18 Nswtou 28,'26 MARCH. Nottingham... 1, 2 I West Somerset l6, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 1 Warwick 22, 23, 24 Pontefract 14, 15 I Epsom 2Si, 33 Cambridgeshire l4, 15 1 Bromley 31 and April 1 APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 1 N ewmarket Craven 18 to 23 Wost Drayton 7, 8 I Abergaveuny 21 , 2 Thirsk 7 8 Lewes . •)6, 21 Kingsbury 18,19 I Croydon. 28 , 23 Durham lB, 19 1 MAY. Newmarket list 5p....2 to 5 Harpenden Chester. lO, to 13 Bath 24, 25 Wi nc h es t er lO, 11 Stamford '26, '27 Salisbury l2, 13 Croydon 26, 29 York 17, 18 Epsom 81 to June 3 Doncaster 19, 20 1 JUNE. Croydon 8 , 9 1 Newton 22, 23 Manchester e, 9, 10 1 Hampton 23, '24 A sco t 14 to 17 I Bibury Club ...2; Windsor 2l, '22 f Stockoridge...Bo, and Julyr4 JULY. Newmarket 5 to 8 1 West Drayton 14., 15 Nottingham 12, 13 i Huntingdon 19, 29 Chelmsford l2, 13 1 Kingsbury 2l, 21 Heading I', 13 I Goodwood . , 6, 2J OURSE OF EXCHANGE. 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