The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The tone of the market to-day was not very en couraging, but notwithstanding prices did not ma terially give way. Consols remain at yesterday's prices, but in the Foreign Market Peruvian has fallen, but Spanish and Turkish exhibited an improvement. In American securities there is a trifling improvement in Five-Twenties and Eries. In English Railways there is a trifling decline in some of the principal lines, whilst in Banking and Miscellaneous shares the market is a shade better. For discount there is but a limited inquiry, loans on Government paper are done at t to 3, but for other bills 2i is the rate in the open market. At Mark-lane to-day the corn market was dull. The supplies from all quarters was very limited, and prices were the same as those of Monday last. A new Russian Loan is now expected to be an nounced to. morrow. It is a Government loan of £12,000,000, repayable by annual drawings. Consols are now at 921 to 924 for money ; ditto, for Account, —; Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 1; New Ttiree per Cents, 924 1 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem. ; June, par ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, June, ; Bank of England Stock, 4 / per Cent., 2364 8. India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 114 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1004 1 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 54 per Cent., 1104. The leading feature in the Foreign Market is a relapse in Peruvian Five per Cents. of 11 per cent. to 771 to 771 ; Italian are 541 to 541, and Mexican at 14/ to 15 ; and Spanish Bonds, 27 to 271, show a rise of Ito 1 per Cent. Turkish Five per Cents. are 434, the Six per Cents. 661, and the new Scrip prem. In Egyptian the 1868 Bonds are 77 to 77 1 ; the 1864, 91 to 92 ; and the Viceroy's Loan, 84 to 81/ ; Brazilian Bonds are flat, at 881 to 89 1, on the proposal of a new loan. Portuguese are also flat, at 33 to 334. In Russian there is likewise a dull feeling. The 1862 Government Loan is 86 to 87 ; Orel, 83 to 84 ; Nicolas, 654 to 664 ; Moscow, 81 to 821 ; arid Charkof, 82 to 83. In the Railway Market Metropolitan, Midland, South Eastern, and Caledonian are 1 better. Great Northern Shares have fallen 1, and Brighton and London and North Western 4 each. The prices are as follows :—Caledonian, 76 to 764.; Great Eastern, 371 to 374 ; Great Northern, 110 to 111 ; ditto (A), 1104 to 111 ; Great Western, 61 to 611 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 128 to 1284 ; London and Brighton, 45 to 451; London, Chatham, and Dover, 141 to 151 ; London and North Western, 1234 to 1241 ; London and South Western, 93 to 94 ; Metropolitan, 78 to 781 ; Midlani, 123 to 1231 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 1264 to 126/ ; and South Eastern, 774 to 774. American Five-Twenties are 864 to 87 ; the 1865, 864 to 861 ; the 1867, 854 to 854 ex div. ; and the Ten-Forties, 844 to 85 ; Erie Shares are 18 to 184 ; Illinois, 1034 to 1041 ; Atlantic and Great. Western Bonds, 26 to 27 ; and the Deben tures, 28 to 29. Great Luxemburg is now 134 to 134 ; and Lombardo-Venetian — is 201 to 20i. French Telegraph Cable are -1 lower, at 181 to 181- ; and Falmouth 1, at 31 to 4 prem. ; Anglo- American, 191 to 201; British Indian Submarine, 144 to 141; China Submarine, 1 to 1 prem. ; and West India and Panama, f to 1 prem. ; and Con struction and Maintenance, 351 to 351. In Bank Shares Imperial Ottoman are 21 to 21 prem. ; London and County, 50 to 51 ; London and Westminster, 60 to 61 ; London Joint-Stock, 331 to 341 ; Union of London, 37 to 38 ex div. ; Consolidated, 41 to 41 ex div. ; Chartered Mercan tile, 32 to 33 ; Anglo-Austrian, 14 to 16 prem. ; and Alliance, 13 to 14. In the Miscellaneous Shares Credit Foncier are 3 to 3} ; General Credit and Discount Company, 146 dis. to 1-16 prem.; International Financial, 1{ to 14 dis. ; Berlin Water Works, 141 to 15 ; Hudson's Bay Company, 121 to 121 ; London Fin ancial, 124 to 134 ; London General Omnibus Company, 24 to 24 ; National Discount, 114 to 114 ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 464 to 174 ; Royal Mail Steam, 544 to 551. The subscription list for the Great Northern Telegraph (China and Japan Extension Company) Was closed yesterday, and the whole amount is un derstood to have been taken. The price of shares to 4 prem. The Manchester markets this week have opened with a slight improvement of tone. The suspension has been announced of Messrs. Amott and Co., silk mercers, of St. Paul's church yard, with liabilities stated at £36,000. The New York advices mention the failure of Messrs. Hugh N. Camp and Co., sugar refiners, With liabilities for about £130,000. The directors of the North-Western Bank (Limited) have declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent• per annum. A telegram from Calcutta, of the 11th instant, states that the Bank of England (Government) have declared a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The guaranteed 5 per cent. capital of the Car natic Railway Company has all been taken up at £ l O3, the price fixed by the Secretary of State for India. The New Prince of Wales Slate Company have proposed a fresh issue at par of 2,000 reserved shares of £5 each, to construct a tram line from the quarries to the port of Criccieth to join the Cambrian Railway. At the meeting of the proprietors of the City Bank a dividend was declared at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. At the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Imperial Bank (Limited) a dividend was de clared at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. At a meeting of the English and Foreign Credit Company a dividend was declared for the half-year of ss. per share. Messrs. Alexander Collie and Company send the following from Manchester :—" A fair amount of business has been done in Indian goods since Friday. Producers are asking a further advance of id. per lb., which is decidedly checking opera tions." The directors of the United Land Company (Limited), in t their annual report, announce to the shareholdersthat, h at, after clearing off the current working ou t l ay and writing off the sum of £750 from the preliminary expenses, and providing for every charge against revenue, including the interest of five per cent, fixed for calls paid in advance, they are enabled to declare a dividend on the called-up p capital at the rate of five per cant. per annu m, free of income - tax, for the five months end ing the 31st of December, 1869 (the four months by been already pa i d to July 31st hav in gthe in terim dividend deelared on the 26th of July, 1869) ' • and, in addition, a bonus at the rate of fiv e per cent. per annum for the nine months ending the 31st of December, 1869. The following relates to the debt of Mexico : " Mexican Bondholders' Committee, 1, Copthall- Chambers, E.G., Jan. 18. " Sir,—The tenour of the recommendations which Senor Romero, as Minister of Finance, has recently addressed to the Mexican Congress, as well as that of the communications which the agent of the bondholders has received from him and other members of the Cabinet of President Juarez, war rant the assumption that the expression employed in the Mexican Budget of the 14th December last, and quoted iu The Sun, refer to the foreign debt of the Republic. " A a proof of the correctness of this inference 1 am able to cite the very words used on a recent occasion by a member of the Mexican Government in a conversation with the bondholders' agent, and re,Taeed by the latter in a letter he addressed to the committee ou the 9th ult.—viz , That the Government is desirous of obtaining an increase of revenue to enable it to cover its authorised expen- diture and attend to the service of the public debt, both interior and exterior.' " With reskect to those more pressing engage ments which you infer to be the subject of Minis terial solicitude in the document of the 14th ult., I may sttte that one of those—viz., the Laguna Seca claim—is, and has been for months past, in course of payment ; while the other—viz., the obligations contracted with citizens of the United States during the war of intervention—having been declared in ternational' by the Attorney-General of President Grant's Government on the sth of November last, became subject to the decisions of the Mixed Com mission now sitting at Washington for the adjudi cation of all claims of that character, and, being consequently sub judice, could hardly be the subject of official reference in a public document.—l re main, Sir, your obedient servant, " H. B. SHERIDAN, Chairman." BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. ti 0 VERNMENT I'UNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account per Cent. Reduced 924 I New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Con _I an. 1873 inunities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jun., 1880. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telebritph), Aug., 1908 — ,:xcnoquor Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. March pm Do. 21 do. June par D 1 £lOO, £2OO. & £5OO — Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent Ds .opening — Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — nter-Colonial Oninium INDIAN divxRNMENT ISECURITIIte India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — pc. Opening, for Account — Do. o per Cent. July, 1880 Do 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 Do. Enfacod Pape. 4 per Cent....... — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 .., — Do. 51 per Cent. May 1879 llOl Di 5 per Cont., Rup. DKr, 1872 — D o do 18' 7 ....•••• Do. do. 1882 — 1);,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ — . Do. Bons. 4 per Cent., £l,O OO Do. under .£l.OOO — pu. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. % rgentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Do Account BBl 1 71 luitrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — Brazilian per 5 per ent. CentlBs2 Do. 41 pC Do. do 1858.... — Do. CI LI 1860 — Do. do., . 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 i)c. Account Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent '! Cuba, 6 per Cent. C adieu 6 per Cent !)o. 41 per Cent . 77 Do. 3 per Cent., • Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per ceut. 1867 971 0 lombnin, 6 per Cent.. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 -- I , 7cualor New O - Jusolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent ••• Do Seeoud Issue •• ...... Do. OA Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonis Do, 4106 Bons 13 93 Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ~ .. Do. Acccunt Do. £lOO Bonds Government Railway Debentures ..... 971 8 Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups. — Do. Coupcns Guatemala - 5 per Cent .. — 1-lonclurasdov Bail. Loan., 10 p.,Ct., all pd Do. Accaunt Ita;ian 5 per Cent., 1865 .)o. Account . -..-- Do Maremmana Railway — , toxic:a. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 64 Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — it ontovidsau 6 per Cent. ... — Mc crish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada 2O l 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 771 84 Do 4i per Cent. (Ui:harren) Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 - Do 6 per Cent.,1862 — PortsKuese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.'1 , 334 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — R issian 5 ear Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent 1850 Dc. 41 per Cent., 1860 - _ __ _ .. _ Do a per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do do, Scrip -- Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO 13ondE, — Do. du. £B4 15s. do: — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Oll 1 Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 66 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen . — Do. Account ... Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Passive — Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 — Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — 68 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account ..... 6f31 I ")o .£lOO Bonds 6B- I Do. 5 per cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 — 66 1- Do. Account i D ) 1 por Cent., Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in Lund", Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins -- Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch . .it per CAnt. Ex. 12 Gail — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25 f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f, Do Account — CLOSING PRICES Jonsols, Money Do. Account, Feb. 8 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Sales probably 12,000 bales. The market was active. - The sale by auction of Woolwich Dockyard is I fixed to take place lon the 21st of February. Mr. Gladstone arrives in town to-morrow to attend a Cabinet Council on Friday. DEATH OF AN Ex-M.P.—The death is announced this morning of Mr. John Thomas Norris, a gentleman who has for many years been actively engaged in the City of London, and was M.P. for the borough of Abingdon. His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Com manding-in-Chief will hold a levee at one o'clock on Friday next. A telegram has been received stating that her Majesty's Indian troopship Malabar arrived at Suez from Bombay at 6 a.m, on the 16th inst., and that the Jumna had left the former for the latter port at 5 p.ro. of the same day. Captain Caldecott, 76th Regiment, proceeded to Landguard Fort, Harwich, on Saturday, and took over the command of the troops at that station from Captain Simpson, 84th Regiment, who rejoined his depot at Colchester. Lieut. Shannon, 20th Foot, has been posted to the 2d battalion of that corps, and is to join the depot companies. A Medical Board is to report on the state of health of Lieut. Bowers, Ist Battalion, 6th Regiment, and will de cide when he may be in a fit state of health to em bark to rejoin his regiment in India. Lieutenant Durham, 76th Foot, is to proceed to the depot, vice Lieut. Talbot. Capt. Thompson, 83d Regiment, rejoined the depot on Friday. Assist.-Surgeon J. M. Symons, M.D., appointed to the B Battery, D Brigade ; Royal Horse Artillery, has been struck off the strength of the eastern district, and is to report himself to the Assist.-Adjt.-Gen., Royal Artillery, respecting his passage to India. Lieutenant-Colonel A. R. V. Crease, R.E., has been ordered to leave Dublin for Manchester, for duty there, in the place of Lieutenant-Colonel G. Graham, V.C., C. 8., attached to the school of Military Engineering at Chatham, the order for Colonel Graham to pro cee d t o Manchester having been countermanded. BREWAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.—GDATEFUL AND Coil- FORTING, —The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a geueral favourite. The 'Civil Service Gazette' re marks:—" The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful applic,ativoindeodf tohuerfibnreeapkrofapsert tieasbioefswweiltih-sea_ledcetelid: cocoa, et e ly flavouredMr E Epps b s has e provided which may save us many heavy doe tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labelled "JAMES kaTs and Co., Remise retitle Chemists, London. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1870. ,SIIARF: LIST. A .!.tl' t-;.1 , ,:ti AND STOCh 13u4Ine, ratcl. „ not:. aeue. ..a:o.vA)a at &int )I and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 st Catedontan ...... j ... 100 7, 1 i 7 7,•.1 1 St easnOrlall. 2) Cornwall all 2 3 at Dublin & licliastJunc llO at Dun„l'erth, & Ab.Junt :00 70 72 21 East London.... , 10 Do 15 - 20 Do 10 st Glasgow &S. Western lO6 105 107 ,(t Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Am4l. No. 2 lOO 64 33 at Great North ol Scotian:3l lOO 15 16 at Great Northern lOO 110 i;1 at Do. A stook lOO 11"1 1111 1101 10 et Do. Bat volt lOO 127 122 at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 18 IOU at Gt. Western -Original lOO 601 01 61 601 at Do. South Wales et Do. W. Mid.—Oxford lOO 31 36 at Do. Newport lOO 31 35 at Laucashire & Yorkshire llO 128 1:o 1 128 at Lon., Brigh.,& S.Coast lOO 441 451 4,1 i Do Scrip ..... - - at I on., Chat., and Dover lOO 141 15 et Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 11 13 , at Lon.. North Western .lOO 1241 1241 1233 4 et Lou. & South Western ICC 94 14 91 Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO b 2 521 at Metropolitan .. • lOO 781 79 78 71 at Do Extension .. 5 Do. New rd .. st Metropolitan Dlstriet. all 30 32 10 Metrop. St. John's Vl• sod 6 - at Midland st DO, Birmin. t Darby at North British at 0 . Ed., Yth., & Dun ll9 st Nor klaistern—Beravica lOO 25 D G. N.E purchase "16.13, 1 - st 1) Leeds ....... at D oYork lOO 1131 1191 at I) oCarliale .... • lOO - at D oStock. & Darling lOO 158 ILO at North London 10 Do New 1868 at North Staffordshire . . 100 61 63 st North ant S. W. Junction 100 Os 101 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... .• at 111 , :imney at Shropshire Union lOO 591 601 et South Devon . at South Eastern lOO 7; 1 771 st Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 134 11 at Tan Vale lOO 154 158 -- Do. 0 - - Waterford & Kilkenny IOU 10 Waterloo & Whitehall 6 _ - 1261 1271 EtAILWA.YS-PREFERENCE SHARES AM) BTOOK.S. Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO Do. du. 7 per cent lOO D 9. do. Ordinary lOO 87 8d 78 82 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gnu.— all st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO at . 1 1 o. Ist Class preference lOO at tllas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO at (it. Eastern, E.G Ex. No.l 100 et Do do N 0.2 100 at Do do 6 per cent 100 st Do East Anglian A sp. e. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do 0 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 at Do do 5 p.e.Way.Va.1.1847 100 st Great Not thorn, 5 per cent 103 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Do 41 do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth uf Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO at t.West.— Orig.& J ut.-lient chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO Do. Orig. (B.& H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO Do do 44 per cent. 1850. 100 Do do 4 do do Do do 5 per cent. rodeo). lOU Du do Birmingham gua lOO Du do do pref lOO Do do Chester gua lOO Do do do 8 per cent. 100 Do do do 5 do 100 Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.e. 100 Do do 44 p.c lOO at Do do 44 1850 lOO at Do do 5 at Do West Slid. Oxford Ist g. 103 at Do du 2d grit. 100 at Do Newport, lat g. 0 p.c. 100 at Do do 2d do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carli sle 41 p.c. all at .Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 at Do Barthiley, 40 Os 10d. p.c. 10) at Do 6 p.c. (East Loneashure) 100 at Do 41 (Blackburn punch). 100 at, London & Brjtrliton, sp• c gua ranteal, No 1 lOO st Do S per cent. gua Nu. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO at Du 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P) 100 at Do 4 do 1851) lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO 1:.W., C. and cent lOO bridge lOO Batt London33os Bedfordu ne a t and s ;0 1 C I p ae W mr et Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOl3 at London and W. 7pe late 3d shares, lOO a Do (Portsm.perp arra 2560) all a Mau., Shcf., &Litwin. 6 p.c. 100 Do • all par 1 pin a Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 at Mid. Consolidated ,6 p. e... 100 130 135 a Do Bristol& Bina., 6p. e IOU 13' 135 a Du 41 per cent. redeem IOU ~elOO a Du 41 per cent. irredeem... 100 95 I. 1) a Du Leicester & li'cliu, 4 p.c 100 80 91 et North British, 5 p.c. N 0.1... 100 „ at Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D... LOO , ••• at Do N. 8., N 0 . 2, 5 per oeht.. 100 at Do Border Union, 5 1 p.c.„ too at N.-Easteru—Cous. 100 87 st Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 97 99 at Do C- 1 N.E. 4 per cent., lOO „. 17 Do Lerwick capital 8.13.4. Do York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 104 110 Stektn 0 Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 107 102 at Do W, Hartlepool IL and It 100 85 88 20 North Staffordshire 108 B. Devon Annuities, Ili all 9 to 108 Do Tavistock Auus., 10s all 81 21 10a Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81 10.6. S. East. (Bead. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 per cent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale Nu. 1 lOO 154 158 st Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 9,1 08 106 108 95 100 90 92 80 s 2 97 59 68 72 bZ; ')J Ki 100.) ... ... U 6 116 118 1;3 115 J 6 98 1 s 13 1A) 135 96 100 110 112 145 150 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Con. win. 7 p c lOO „, at Do 41 p all „. at Do 4p c con., issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 7 . 7 8; at Do b do, 1862 lOO 87 90 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 88 88 89 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 83 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 st Permanent 5 per cent. 100 ••• ..• at Do Boston & Sleald, 41 pc 100 ••• st Great West., W. hid!., 5p c 100 at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 92 at Do do 6p c irred., 1566 100 115 120 113/ 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO • • • • 6 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 Ip st Lund., Brig dc., 44 pc, 1853 100 at Do du 4 do, 1560 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 at D o N o , 6 5 do, 1866 100 tit at Do No. 7 6do at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c et London& N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 at London &S. Western, 41 p e 100 93 95 10 Man. Shef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 9 94 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 at Midland, A 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 Incony. New Shares all 19 191 22 Do 5p con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 21p at North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 .„ at Do E. &G , N 0.2, 5 p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c at Do E.& G., (Ordiry) p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 ch) 1' 0 at Do Stock. & Darl., D at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at 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 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at Birkenhead lOO sl 93 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 96 100 at Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 64; 6 at D. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stoir Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 132 134 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ••• s Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 at Dodo. Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Herd 100 97 941 60 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 at D o . 41 per cent lOO at Loudon, Chat., &c., 44 pc. 100 at Du. Com. Fund, 6 du 100 at London and Greenwich at Do• do Preference... 100 at London, Tilbury, & South 100 84 b - 5 at Lowestoft, gua 4 percent... 100 71 81 st Do. e• 6 do . 100 51 Manch., Um "- all st Midland, Braitord, Pra , 100 10 Mid Kent Cray Lizs) ...... all ..• 50 Northern& East.,s per cent all .53 56 50 Du. du. 6 do. all at N. Eastern—Hartlepool ... 100 st N. West. A perp. prof, 5p c. 100 107 109 st Du B minimum 14 p.c lOO a t Notting. 6:Urauth 100 . 51 25 Preston and 11' }To. all 44 46 Royston, Hitch., and Shop. 100 132 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 106 .132 134 10 Do do 8 2 2lp s S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 97 9 9 1 . ) 4 per cent gua... 10.; 78 80 ... all 98 100 at Viet. Station and Pimlico... 100 . at West Cornwall 20 ..• st ••• \ \ V V : Dp u t i Loo e o u n tl d l o a i nd ddCoo P la o s r s tl A a Cß ud lOOOO all 13 14 88 a t Wilts and Somerset 92 94 DOCKS. at East and London and St. Katherine 100 51 53 100 D cDeb. stock, 4 per cent . ail „. Milivvall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 28 31 st Soutlianiptou ljo 72 75 at Surrey Uonuaan:43l JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Desir ce Share NAME. Paid. Price done. 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 ill 121 19 Do B lO 41 51 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 22 22 25 20 Anglo-li ungariau 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian - 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 3 11 20 Do issued at 2 pm.— , 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 30 10 Bank of New Zealand all 151 161 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, .nd China all 18 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all ;32 3' 20 City lO 1 1 ' 111 100 Colonial 25 1 1 10 Consolidated, Him 4 50 Delhi and London, liai .„ 25 50 East London, lint. 5 . 20 English and American, lim 10 21 11 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja . ueiro. lim lO Pr l p 20 English, Scottish, and Aus. traliau Chartered ,.. all 161 1E: 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 26 28 2SI Do new lll 4 5 100 Imperial, lim 2O 15 16 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 21 121 25 lonian all I'l 22 25 Do new b 6 8 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 31 31 100 Do sp. c. Debs.l364, 30 all 76 78 80 100 London Bank of Mexico 2A 1!, and South America, lira. 20 5 4 100 Loudon and Brazilian, lira. 45 35 :0 20 Do new 71 5 4/ 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 11 13 25 Do new 10 1/ 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 23/ '24/ 20 London and C0unty......... 20 401 50 / SO Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 London Joint 5t0ck......... London and South African al 100 London & S.-Western, Urn, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lim... 12/ ••• ••• 100 London and Westminster. 20 071 551 601 I 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm......... 20 ... ••• 100 Merchant, lim 25 6/ 51 10 Metropolitan, lim all 7} 7f 00 Midland, 1im...... 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 8d 1 p 00 National I'rovinc. of Ens'd 42 ... 10 Do 42 ... ... 50 National. 3O 20 Now South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 441 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 6/ 5/ 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 02 92 161 10 Do new. all 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lira 25 14 13 100 Do issued at 6pm lf 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 43 45i 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London l5 37 38 371 311 32i TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. IT Anglo-American ni:,iim all 19: 2 1 20 10 Anglo Meditor Tel., lira.— 10 211 20: 203 20 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 17 10 161 at Do. 8 per cent. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 180 LIO at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 262 267 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lim all 23 21 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lira all 21 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 1 1 p 10 Mediterre. Exten. Tel., lim. all 9 10 9: 9 2S Neuter's Telegram all 78 86 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all In 181 181 1 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 1; 5 11. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 8 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 41 64 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 AnTo-Mexican Mint all 141 14f 141 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Murt. Laud and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 8 5(1 10 Berlin Water Works, lira all 111 14; 15 10 Do. New all ——• LOO Bolckow Vaughan, Um, 5 Bombay Gas, lint. 5 Do. New 4 11 A d 50 British American Land 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, dim all 1 2 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all IA t. 6 10 Canadian Loan and Invest- ment, lim 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 b 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 50 City Offices, lim 25 23 22 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) b pr 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union (has, lim all 25 27 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. Bank of France. PARIS, Jan. 6. Die 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. Jan. 6. fr. c. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, . . June 9, 1857) 7,0.14,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and ' ' receipts payable at sight 43 816 569 43 44,121,933 21 Treasury account cur- ' ' rent creditor 171,66b,586 96 179 205,673 66 Current accounts, Paris 300,8.)3200 11 315,435,569 43 Do. branch bank s 40416,966 51,740,912 Dividends payable 5,388,7 96 ._ 8,736,807 Discounts and sundry interests 1,301,83 8 73 1,024,936 57 Rediscounted the last ' six months 1 305,522 15 1,305,522 15 Surplus of receipts not distributed - - Sundries Commercial bills over- Total CREDITOR. Jan. 6. Jan. 13. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. C. Branch banks due 9 2,097,667 11 342,747 49 Commercial bills dis- counted, not yet due 335,889,819 03 332,488,029 02 Do. branch banks 339,445,177 ---, 323,415,901 Advances on deposit of bullion 16,198,700 1h,971,300 Do. branch banks 2,121,6 00 2,440,200 Do. on French Public Securities 23,296,400 20,729,200 Do. by branch banks 9,286,750 9,232,050 Do. on railway shares and debentures - 40,210,40 Do. branch banks - 33,702,800 Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds - 1,163,500 Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 000 -- 60,000,000 1857) 60,0 0 0, Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposabl e Rentes Immobalis6es 7 (Law, June 2, 1857) 1C0,000,000 -- 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of . the Bank and l an d e d property bran c h es E -- 9,069,184 xpenses of mana ge- ment 6,2 94 Sundries 14,373 60 ................. 9,118,552 68 5,975,048 32 Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of FraL ce. • (Signed) R OULAND. The BLnlc Returns. Tho Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 4th of Dec. 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 furnisl l a l by their returns), will give the followin g result s of the circulation of notes in the United S in g dom when compared with the previous month : - - -________------- Dec, Nov. 6, D 4, 1869. 1869 . Increase.iDocrease. --- Bank of England... 2 80,44 , 2,751,711 13' 721. Private Banks . .., Joint-stock ----"--- ; 2 2 ' 7 3, , , ,4 3 9 L 4 8 5 ::: 094 : 8 27 0 1 . 232 5 93 6 : 1= -1 7 2 5 5 7 , 0 7 3 1 5 3 7 3 7 29;25 1 ,4 59 ; . .e8,301,61R _ 918.411 Scotland 4 ,871,3 8' 5,287,15 i 416,1i0 Ireland United Kingdom. - 41,503,957' 40 ,913,2691 416,140 27,017 976,823 ending the sth of Dec., A hd as compared £363,505 in the circulation of notes i n E ng l an d , an d an m t p h a e r o above with returns the show a decrease of i increase of £105,916 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 •• ••• ... £1,290,007 The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue 369,901 • Total Mow fixed issue in England ... .£1:660,808 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2 538,187 The Irish banks aro above their fixed issue ... 992,669 • The average stock of bullion hold by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending Ist of Nov was .£18,443, 2 0 6 , 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 2,741,881 £5,924,651 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 PARIS COIMESPONDENCE TUESDAY. The decision of the Chamber to prosecute Rochefort will be no news to you. All the parties except the Left united in supporting the Ministry on this occasion, and there is not the slightest reason to think that the result would have been otherwise if M. 011ivier had not made the prosecution a Cabinet question. The necessity was an unfortunate one, but it wal a necessity. If the Govern ment is to be upheld at all, such excesses as those com mitted by Rochefort could not be overlooked. To- day some very interesting matters are under discussion iu the Legislatif Body, more especially the commercial treaty with England.:M M. Jules Simon, Haentjens,and other s2eakers support the doctrines of Free Trade, while, I am sorry to say, MM. Pinard, Estaucelin, and other Liberal politicians, are strongly opposed to it. M. Rochefort was present at the sitting, but no manifestation of feeling took place on his account. During the debate M. Gambetta pro tested against thewords used yesterday by M. Oilivier, when he said that M. Gambetta needed a flash of patriotism and con vience. While M. Gambetta was speaking there .were plaudits from one of the galleries, upon which the presi dent (M. Schneider) announced that ho should order the evacuation of any gallery in which marks of approval or disapproval were heard. There was a rather angry altercation between MM. 011ivier and Gambetta, and the latter was called to order. The Government were naturally anxious yesterday evening, on account of information they had received with respect to a threatened agitation. Thb most precautionary measures were adopted. The troops were collected in the barracks, the guards at the Tuileries augmented, and the garrisons at the forts kept in constant readiness. Fortu nately these arrangements were not put into requisition, as the police, which assembled in all the dangerous places, proved quite equal to the requirements of the occasion. At the time when the Corps Legislatif broke up, an assembly of five or six thousand persons, who had collected by the Place de la Concorde, were dispersed by the police. About fifteen hundred persons afterwards met together, and wandered about the Rue Rivoli and other streets, singing the " blarseillaise," and crying " Vivo Rochefort !" This group was soon joined by another, which had been stationed before the office of the Marseillaise. For half an hour cries of " Vive la Republique!" were heard, and the crowd increased every minute. The sergents-de vine were obliged to interfere at last; but according to some statements, they did not meddle with the ring leaders of the affair so much as they attacked compara tively harmless individuals. Crowds assembled in the Rue d'Aboukir, and afterwards watched for the departure of M. Rochefort from the office of the Marseillaise, where he was engaged in his literary occupations. A squa dron of the Paris Guard rode through the boulevards at one in the morning, and orders were given that car riages should not block up the road. It may be affirmed that Paris was kept in a state of disquietude by the move ments of from seven to eight thousand persons, who wan dered restlessly from point to point. At the close of the sitting of the Chamber a crowd of persons waited to see M. Rochefort, but being informed of the circumstance he did not deem it prudent to appear. He walked about the lobbies, and then took his:seat in the Salle des Conferences to correct the proofs of the short speech he made in reply to the Minister of Justice. He did not leave the building until after seven, when scarcely any persons were outside. It seems now pretty certain that M. Rochefort will not appear before a jury. Whatever despatch may be used, the law which refers the prosecution of the press to this jurisdiction cannot be passed before fifteen days or so, and the Government will not put off till then the trial of the Irreconcilable deputy. M. Raspail, who has been dangerously ill with pneu monia, is reported to be dead. M. D'Oms, the President of the Chamber of Indict ments, visited orr Saturday the hotel of Prince Bonaparte at Auteuil. He spent a considerable time in examining the room in which the fatal disturbance took place. Yesterday the President continued his examination of the witnesses in the affair of Prince Bonaparte. M. Paschal Grousset was interrogated during the sitting. It is believed that the heal ing of witnesses may last till Thurs day or Friday. A plan of the house at Auteuil has been taken, by order of the President, and it will, it is expected, prove of great service to the witnesses when they are giving their explanations. The Ind,!pendance Beige says that Prince Pierre Bona parte has many enemies in Corsica, and that he has greatly contributed to the revengeful spirit that prevails against the Imperial family by the violence of his speech and writings. DEATH OF TTIE REV. ROWLAND WILLIAMS. A telegram from Salisbury, in the Pall Mall Gazette of last night, announced that Dr. Rowland Williams, one of the authors of " Essays and Reviews," died at Broadchalke, yesterday morning, of bronchitis. He had been ill only a few days, The Pri. of Wales was expected to visit Lord Fitzhardinge at Berkeley Castle on Tuesday. The in habitants of Stroud and Berkeley crowded to give the Prince pc welcome, but he did not arrive, and great dis appointment, our correspondent says, was felt. HEAVY FINE FOR SMUGGLING TOBACCO.--A seaman, named Edward Whitehead, has been fined £lOO and costs by the Newcastle magistrates, under the " Sup plementary Customs Consolidation Act," for smuggling 211bs. of tobacco, in the steamship Sentinel, on the 10th instant. THE DOCKYARD POLICE SUPERINTENDENT. — Mr. Mallalieu, late Inspector and Police Superintendent of the Dockyard Divisions, has been awarded a pensioit of £-100 a year, and received a communication from the Com missioners of Police expressing their regret that failing health has deprived the force of his valuable services. The post vacated by Mr. Mallalieu will not be filled up. A SCOTCH MINISTER UPON " POETRY."—The Glasgow Citizen says that Byron, Moore, and Burns were placed on the Index Expurgatorius of Fort William by the Rev. Robert M`Dougall, Kilmonivaig, in the course of a lecture on "Poetry," which the rev, gentleman delivered last week to the inhabitants of that particularly dull little quondam garrison village. Mr. M`Dougall is said by his reporter to have condemned the verses of the poets referred to in strong language, and " cautioned all well-disposed persons against reading works that breathe so much of im morality and venom." THE "PUFF PRELIMINARY."—The following re markable example of the puff preliminary is taken from a recent number of the San Francisco News Letter :—" To morrow evening Camilla Urso, artist, harmonic angel, musical goddess, will lift souls to heaven (and a little be yond it) by a sacred concert at the California Theatre. We speak elsewhere of her previous performances. Her sacred concert, as far as promoting a holy adoration of God and His works is concerned, will discount all the ser mons preached by all the parsons to-morrow. Go; and if thou hast a soul worthy of heaven, learn to realise that its beatific estate may be consistent with that strain of music said to be there raised perpetually towards the Throne. 0 Camilla! 0 Urso! 0 Lord! TUE COUNTESS OF DERWENTWATER AND HER CLAIMS.—The Northern Daily Express states that the farm stock seized by Mr. Henry Brown as bailiff to the Coun tess of Derwentwater was publicly sold by auction on Monday, at Consett. Mr. John Murray, who was the auctioneer, addressed the large crowd assembled in glow ing terms on the Countess's prospects of success in her claim to the Derwentwater Estates. He then read a letter he had received from her ladyship, in which she anticipated the day when they could all visit her at Dil ston, in defiance of the representatives of Greenwich Hos pital. Mr. Murray's address was received with great cheers. Before the sale of the first lot a protest, signed by Mr. C. G. Grey, was placed in tho hands of the auctioneer. It gave him notice that the sale of cattle and other goods 1 1 which belonged to commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, was illegal. The sale, however, was proceeded with, and all the lots, 18 in number, were disposed of. At the conclusion of the business three cheers were given for the " Countess," and a barrel of ale was distributed among the bystanders. In the evening, a dinner was provided at the Railway Hotel, Consett, and was partaken of by Mr. Brown, Mr. Murray, and a number of their " chief supporters.' The whole of the stores' in Woolwich Dockyar I are about to be disposed of, to effect a clearance previous to offering the fr:ehold for competition. The labourers who have been engaged for some time past in getting together the stores have turned out an immense quantity of every description, some of whioh ig supposed to be several centuries old. The workmen are now actively engaged in prepar n g the various lots for sale. The school for instructing the army in military telegraphy and signalling at the School of Military Engineering at Chatham was re-opened yesterday, and a number of officers and non-commissioned officers of various corps joined to go through a course. The officers are—Capts. Thomas and Hill, Royal Marines ; Capt. Licaslop, Royal Marine Artillery ; Lieut. Saudwith, Royal Marines ; and Lieutenant Stainforth, 27th (luniskilling) Regi ment ; with a number of non-commissioned officers from the Marines and the 27th. Capt. Webb, 13th Hussars, and Capt. Bishop, Madras Staff Corps, are expected to arrive to-day, when operations will be commenced forthwith. MANSION-HOUSE. -.4.-- Last evening the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress enter!aiued the members of the Court of Aldermen, the Rec , )rder, the Co mmon Sergeant, aud the rest of the high officers of the Corporation at dinner at the Mansion-house, served in the Long Parlour, the guests Leiug about 50 in number. Except the customary entertain ment to the household, about a week ago, it was the first occasion in the new mayoralty, and had an interest on that account of its own. On the re moval of the cloth the Lord, Mayor and the Lady Mayoress drank to the company in a loving cup, according to custom, and the chief magistrate then proposed " The health of her Majesty the Queen," remarking that her rule was so gentle that it was only felt when the laws were violated, and that to him was the true test of healthy political action. This sentiment was much cheered, as was also the toast itself. Referring afterwards to the younger members of the Royal family, the Lord Mayor ex pressed a Lope that they would be the missionaries of free institutions when they came to be scattered all over the world. In alluding to the Volunteers he said he had always been a friend to the move ment, believing it from the first to be a very im portant thing for the country. He had been one of the people who cheered them on. They had, he said, Made soldiers of themselves under very gratifying circumstances, and the more perfect they became in that respect the less chance was there of their being called into action. Lieu tenant-Colonel Sir William Rose replied to the compliment. The Lord Mayor next proposed " The Court of Aldermen," observing that its his tory was au example of successful self-government, and furnished a triumphant answer to all the ques tions occasionally raised as to the value of muni cipal institutions. There were exceptions, he jocosely said, causing some laughter. Some of his brethren among the aldermen, he said, shirked their work, and others did not like it, but upon the whole it was well and effectually done. Alderman Sir David Salmons, M.P., in proposing " The Health of the Lord Mayor," complimented him upon his genial and kindly manners, his originality of thought and expression, and his great good sense. He trusted he would have health to dis charge the duties of his high office to the satisfac tion of himself and the public. His brethren in the Corporation all respected him, and should have great pleasure in supporting him in the Court of Aldermen. The toast was drunk with much cordiality. The Lord Mayor, in responding to it, said he felt, as they all felt, that they wanted a new formula for meetings of that kind. He was prepared to dis charge all the duties of the office in a manner that would satisfy himself, and, ho had no doubt, them also. He wanted what the world called dignity ;he did not assume it, and did not feel the want of it. He had been talking to a learned pundit at Chelsea on the subject, who had told him that he had made au analysis of the component parts of dignity, and had found that it contained a great deal of ill nature, but the main ingredient of it was tacitur nity ; in other words, that a mad should keep his mouth shut if he had nothing to say. He had no doubt he should in dignity ; and he was pre pared to fail ; and he asked his brethren of the Court of Aldermen, if they happened to have got any spare half-worn garments of that sort, to be kind enough to leave them at the Mansion House, and he should use them now and then if he saw fit. (Much laughter.) Ile hoped, nevertheless, though he might be wanting iu dignity, that at the close of his year of office he should preserve the esteem of his brethren the aldermen and of the great body of the Livery by whom he had been elected. He con cluded by proposing " The Health of the Recorder and the Common Sergeant," remarking that if there was one thing more than another which reflected credit on the Corporation it was the wisdom with which it had selected its judges from time to time, and he paid a high compliment to Mr. Gurney and Mr. Chambers on the able and impartial manner in which they discharged their judicial functions. That., he said, was not only the administration of the law, but, what was more, the administration of jus tice. Long might they live, he said, as examples of what self-government might do in the selection of the right man for the right place. Some more toasts appropriate to the occasion were proposed, last: of all "The Health of the Lady Mayoress," which was received with acclamation, and the company separated. NAVAL AND 3111,17 ARY IN7ELLIGENCF,. The term of five years for which Lieut.-Colonel A. A'Court Fisher, C. 8., R.E., was appointed a instructor in surveying at the School of Military Engineering at Chatham, having expired, Capt. F. E. Pratt, R.E., has arrived at Bromptou to suc ceed him in the office. A board of officers, consisting of Col. Fitzßoy Somerset, Royal Engineers (President) ; Captain HaHowes, 15th Regiment ; Capt. Farrington, 73d; Capt. Herring, 27th ; and Lieut. 3d, assembled at Chatham Garrison yesterday morning for the pur pose of inquiring into and reporting upon the system on which the regimental canteens are now carried on. Quartermaster-Sergeant John Middleton, Royal Engineers, committed for trial at Chatham on a charge of stealing a gold watch and other property of the value of £l5, the property of Stephen Faw cett, landlord of the Saracen's Head, Chatham, has been tried at the West Kent Quarter Sessions at Maidstone, and acquitted. Quartermaster-Ser geant Middleton has served 22 years in the army, nine of which he has been in the Royal Engineers. A telegram has been received from Alexandria reporting the arrival of her Majesty's Indian troop ship Serapis at that port, at 8 a.m. on the 14th inst. ; all well. An Admiralty order has been received at Ports mouth dockyard to reduce the number of men em ployed, exclusive of the intended reduction in offi cers and clerks, by the discharge *of upwards of 1,000 by gradual instalments between the present time and the end of March. A return has also been made, and will be laid before the Admiralty to morrow morning, of the names of all officers of the yard willing to -accept their retirement upon the conditions offered by existing Admiralty regula tions. A dense fog prevailed along the coast yes terday ; only very slight airs of wind on the land from N.E. The dockyards aro full of announcements of changes, or of rumours that they are to be made. At Chatham it is reported that if the Naval Superintendents of dockyards are to be abolished, and the Master Shipwrights to become tha heads of the establishment, the present Cap tain-Superintendent at Catham, Captain W. C. Chamberlain, and the officer holding a simi lar position at Pembroke, Captain R. Hall, C. 8., who are officers of large experience, would continue to hold their posts as Superintendents while they remain ou the captains' list. On their promotion the change would be made. It is under stood that several professional officers in Chatham yard will accept the terms just offered by the Ad miralty as an inducement to retire- , - , au addition of ten years to their period of service in calculating the superannuation which they shall receive. Mr. R. Dawson, assistant-master shipwright ; Mr. Streeter, inspector of caulkers ; and Mr. Coles, inspector of joiners, it is understood, intend to re tire on these terms. Should the report of the in tended entire abolition of the metal mil!s at this dockyard prove to be exaggerated, there is a full belief that at least a large reduction will be made in the establishment. The Lords of the Admiralty have awarded a pension of £l6 10s. per annum to Mr. E. Elgar, late clerk of the Dockyard Church at Woolwich, on the abolition of his office. Mr. Elgar has held the above appointment for the past 27 years. The Greenwich Hospital pension of £5O a year, vacant by the death of Mr. Robert Thomas Crispin, Paymaster-in-Chief, ou December 31, 1669, has been granted from that date to Mr. George Thorn, cured paymaster. qi:014110 , 01 ;.;01 , 1 41 Pi :rib is ::i.41, at pat, anp Lic L.l;nrl eseillinge Luudou is OnComparing these rates with the English Mint price of io d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the abeve price is slightly dearer in Varna than in London 10 107 95 103 V 7 99 110 113 o 72 THIRD EDITION The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.13 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLoc.K. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE-IRIS DAY WEST DRAYTON RACES.—Tins (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FREE HANDICAP HURDLE.. Sarcolite.. Charon—. Darkie ••••.. DI AIDEN PLATE Narino Harlington Three ran. SELLING HANDICAP. Foemy Yanina Whirlwind Six ran. HANDICAP HURDLE PLATE. Sapling Hammerton Cater 3 Seven ran. SELLING HURDLE RACE. Yanina Dutch Admirsl King of Spades 3 OPEN HUNT CUP. Harvester.. Lord Ronald Burlington 8 1 CUT BETTING.—THIS DAY. WATERLOO (COURSING) OUP. 3 to 1 agst Lord Lurgau's nomination (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Mr Clark's nomination (offered take 40 to 1) COO to 18 agst Mr P. Johnston's nom. (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 60 agst The Colonel (o&red—take 20 to 1) 22 to 1 agst The Lamb (offered-500 to 20 taken) 25 to 1 agst Q.C. (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Tathwell (offered) 100 to 8 agst Doctor (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Snowstorm (offered-200 to 5 taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken to £5O) 0 to 1 agst Astolfo (taken) 100 to 7 agst Bridgewater (taken) 200 to 3 agst Macgregor (taken) DERBY. 18 t 3 1 agst Astolfo (taken to £100) 20 to 1 agst Sunlight (offered) 100 to 3 agst King of Scots (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Macgregor (offered) FRANCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PARIS, Jan. 19. The Official Journal publishes a decree ordering the t promulgation of a declaration respecting the sugar duties, which was signed on the 27th De cember last between France, Belgium, England, and Holland. On the Bourse to-day the Three per Cent. Rentes were 73f.1 35c., the market being firmer than yesterday. THE BREST CABLE. PLY3IouTIr, Jan. 19. The laying of the cable between Salcombe and Brest in connection with the French Atlantic Cable was successfully completed yesterday. THE LATE ROBBERY AT EARL RUSSELL'S At Liverpool to-day two men were taken into custody and examined before the magistrates charged with stealing a silver statuette from the town residence of Earl Russell. The authorities directed that the men should be sent to London for further examination. THE LATE BODMIN ELECTION. The case of Diamond v. Wyk), which was a suit to recover A:35 for services rendered during the late election, was brought to a close to-day in the Bail Court, the jury giving a verdict for the Oaiuti7— damages, £25. THE ALLEGED FRAUD ON THE ORIENTAL BANK. This afternoon M. Demetrius Duppa again sur rendered at the Mansion-house to meet the charge of embezzling certain cheques belonging to the Oriental and Commercial Bank, of whioh he was manager, amounting in value to £538. The hear ing was again adjourned, and the defendant ad mitted to bail. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Do Rott erdant — ...,, 12 ... 12 * Antwerp — ... '25 37} ... 25 42k Brussels liamburgia — ... 13 10f ... 13 11 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 k ... 1201 Vienna — ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Trieste — ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Petersburg Ccpenhagen — ~ 9 18 ... 9 22 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 49 ... 491 Leghorn Milan — ... 26 75 ... 26 771 Genoa .. — ~. 26 75 ..„ 26 77k Naples Palermo — ... 26 75 ... 26 77* Messina Lisbon — ... 511 ..,. 52 Oporto ... Rio J aneiro New York ~.... . — .. RACING FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Lincoln l5, 16 I Derby .. 22, 23 Harrow 17, 18 I Nswtou .... 25, 26 MARCH. Nottingham... 1, 2 I West Somerset l6, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick 22, 23, 24 Pontefract 14, 15 I Epsom 29, 30 Cambridgeshire ......14, 15 I Bromley 31 and April 1 . ---- - APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 I Newmarket Craven 18 to 22 West Drayton 7, 8 I Abergavenny 21, 22 Thirsk 7, 8 I Lewes .. 2 6 , 27 Kingsbury 18,19 I Croydon. 28, 22 Durham lB, 19 I MAY. Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5 1 Harpenden 2O, 21 Chester. lO, to 13 Bath 24, 25 Winchester lO, 11 1 Stamford 26,21 Salisbury l2, 13 Croydon 26, 27 York 17, 18 Epsom 31 to June 3 Doncaster 19, 20 J Li NE. Croydon 8, 9 I Newton 22, 23 Manchester 8,9, 10 Hampton 23, , 24. Ascot 14 to 17 Bibury Club 2P Windsor 2l, 22 I Stockbridge...Bo, and ..IPIY 1 JULY. Newmarket 5 to 8 I West Drayton 14, 15 Nottingham 12, 13 I Huntingdon 19, 20 Clielinsiord l2, 13 I Kingsbury 2l, 22 Heading 12, 13 I Goodwood -, A, n .., AUGUST. Brighton 2, 3 I StocktV l7 to 19 Brighton Club 4 Oxford .18, 19 Lewes • ...... ..5, 6 i Yuri - •J 3 to 25 Eg:hum tf, 11) l'iym , .uth 2 4, 25 WilllitiOr ll, 12 I Derby SO, 31 Bromley l6, 17 1 Weymouth JO, 31 SEPTEMBER. Warwick 6, 7 ! Richmond 20, 21 Abingdon 8 , 9 I Wustern Mett (Ayr) 21 to 26 Doncaster 13 to 16 1 Hendon 22, 23 Hampton 20, 21 j Newmarket Ist Oct. 27 to 50 OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 1 Newmarket 2n 0ct..1.0 to 14 Leicester Bromley 6, 7 I Newruarkit 110t'n...24 to 29 N 0 VEM HER. Liverpool 8 to 11 I Shrewsbury. 14 to 1$ STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 Harrow l7 I I D er by 10. 11 Newton 23, 26 The coloured schools of every description in tho Southern States number 5,451, with 9,503 teachers and 256,353 scholars. Of these, 3,314 Fc Iwo] s report their operations regularly, and are attended by 204,253 scholars, of whom 192,227 were slaves. The colo ured p eo p le sus tain wholly, or in part. 1,581 schools, own 759 ,build ings themselves, and are furnished 772 buildings. by the 13croau. In the last year Vir g inia has gained 50 schools ; North Carolina 83 schools, with 3,209 pupils; Georgia 105 schools, with 4,527 pupils; Mississippi 6s, 7 schools, with 2,973 pupils; and Teunesfe e 95 school with 4,343 pupils. The other Southern States show in crease, but not so much. Alabama exhibits less progress than any other State.