The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-10 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The business on the Stock Exchange opened to day cheerily. Prices from the Continent come better than last week, and this favourable circum stance caused the quotations on 'Change to improve. The Government securities impraved on the closing of Saturday, snd in continental the improvement is as much as 1 per cent. For banking and miscella neous shares there was rather a good demand, at prices iu favour of the seller, but for telegraph shares the inquiry was not so good as on Saturday. Consols are now at 921 to 92.1 for money ; ditto, for Account, 92'1 e ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 14 ; New Three per Cents, 921f1i ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem ; June, prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, par ; June, prem ; Bank of England Stock, 4 1 per Cent., 238. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1114 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, per Cent., 111. In the Foreign Market Spanish have improved are now quoted 27 ex div. ; Italian are 561; Tur kish Six per Cents. 671, and the New Loan 1 prem.; Egyptian (1868) Bonds, 811 ; Loan (1864), 911 ; Viceroy's, 804 to 814 ; Mexican, 14 to 141 ; Peru vian, 82 to 821- • Brazilian, 891 to 90 ; Portuguese, 331 to 334 ; Ore), 831 ; Nicolas, 651 to 56 ; Mos cow, 81.1. _ _ . American Bonds of 1862 are better, at 87, the 1865 861, the 1867 851 to 854, and the Ten-Forties 844 to 844. Erie Shares are 171, and Illinois 103. In the Railways Market, Metropolitan and,Great Western have improved t, but Great Northern fallen 4, London and South Western, ; Cale donian, Great Eastern, and Lancashire and York shire, ; Caledonian are quoted 751 to 76 ; Great Eastern, 38 to 384 ; Great Northern, 100 to 111 ; ditto (A), 1101 to 1111 ; Great Western, 59 to 591 ; London and Brighton, 451 to 46 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 144 to 151 ; Loudon and North Western, 1234 to 1211 ; London and South Western, 92 to 91 ; Metropolitan, 81 to 811 ; Midland, 1231 to 124 ; and South Eastern, 78 to 781. Lombardo-Venetians Railway is 21 to 211 ; Great Luxemburg at 131 to 133. In Bank Shares London and Westminster have declined, and are now 581 to 591 ; Chartered Mer cantile, 314 to 32f ex div. ; London and County 491 to 501 ; London Joint Stock, 321 ; and Union of Loudon, 38 to 39 ; Alliance, 131 to 141 ; Anglo- Austrian, 14 to 16 prem. ; and Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 24 prem. York, 3 pas- Liver- i, from y with Itches, Telegraph Construction and Maintenance are higher, viz., 34 to 34k. Anglo-American 199 to 19i; British India, 14 to 141 ; and French Cable, 17,1 to 17i. orders At the Bank bullion office no transactions were reported ou Saturday. An extraordinary meeting of the city Terminus Hotel Company (Limited) is called for the 17th inst. to authorise certain alterations in the articles ticles. of association. d into porary shall if in- s only The Land and Sea Telegraph Construction Com pany have signed a contract to construct a cable of upwards of 3,000 miles in length, for which a con cession has already been obtained. An extraordinary meeting of the York-streei Flax-spinning Company (Limited) is called for the 24th inst., at Belfast, to declare a dividend. The shares of the Chontales Mining Company advanced in the early hours to 3 to 3f per share on the supposed confirmation of the news of the rich discoveries. When it was ascertained that the ad vices from the manager at the mine did not allude to the circumstance there was a speedy reaction to to 4 to 4 per share. The directors of the London and Brazilian Bank (Litnited) have issued their report. They state that, notwithstanding the small return on the twelvemonth's operations, the working of the last six months shows a recovery in business. The net profit for the half-year ending 30th September amounted to £9,937 Bs. Bd., after providing for the bad and doubtful debts incurred during that period, with the exception of the claim on the estate of Franghiadi and Radocanachi, which it is estimated will involve a loss of about £3,000. The deficit is now reduced to £14,062 ls. Bd. The report of the English and Foreign Credit Company, which has been issued, states that there has been a gross profit for the half-year ending 31st December last of £8,251 19s. 11d., including £Bl5 Bs. 3d., brought forward from the preceding account. A dividend of ss. per share is recom mended. or this f iron coke- vill be )f the ;tures. s that whd- into 3mpo- iarktt 0 - ,6 60 We are informed that the directors of the Chon tales Gold and Silver Mining Company have re ceived a letter from Mr. Belt, dated 7th Decem ber, in which he expresses great satisfaction at the improved prospects of the company. Having ob tained money from Messrs. Lacavo, in addition to that sent out by the directors, he is now able to resume the working of the mines on a more ex tended scale, and he also states that he will send a remittance of gold by the next mail. Mr. Belt makes no mention of a telegram, nor of any great discovery. The health of the establishment is good. The Brazilian Street Railway Company notify that, in consequence of the French steamer Gi ronde not ha v i ng c a lled a t Pernambuco, no advices nave been received by this mail. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES (.4 OVERNMENT III:M5. - 3 per Cent. Consols t - k D itto for A ccount 9l 3 per Ceut. Reduced 924 / 4 New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 I)Q ° 5 Per Can )9.n.1873 Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan, 1880. DDo. for 30 yr s expire sth April 1885 — o (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — v R ab:.l7:r ittlls, £l,OllO 24 p. Ct. March , De Do. a d o. June Pm £lOO, .£5OO B ank of England Stock, £2ool& 41 per Cent De. opening — C anada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Ater-Col trial Cranium SECURITIES GOVERNMENT SECRITIES ladi 1, V Lock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Opening, for Account Po. 0 per Cent. Jul, 1880 I -lie 4 per C en t. Oc t 1888 0 0., Enfaced Pa pe . 4 per Cent.._... DO. 5 per Cent., J an . 1872 ....,.,.~ r, ,"°. 5 1 per Crat. May 1879 lll ''' .3 5 per Celt., Rup. Deis , 1872.. T) 0 do 18" -4 • . — li C,,. D o. do. 1882 — no _ deb per Cent., Aug. 1873 — r _ o . Ho 4 per und er 41,000 Cent., £l,000 - Do. Accoun Irg • RePllbli eut r i tt lllClll. FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. c, 6 per Cent ...... 881 i 74 84 Aultrin_ 8 0nd 5 ' ... ..... ....................... ••••. sper BrazilianDS°Per CentlBs cent 9 _ _ Cl / 4 ) • 4 1' Per Cent. 1852 — Do, do 1858.... . — Do o. u u 1860 .......... . e „ 1863 De. Account Cent...........'."........... 90 894 iluenos Ayres 6 per ............. 96 Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per 04 . vat.) Cuba, 6 par Cent. ( Lilian 6 per Cent — O. 4i per Cent Da. 3 per Cent., — Do. 7 p er C ent., 1866 Do. 6 per cent. 1867 0 lombian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 — ............ Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent...... 90 89 Do. Account • Da 8 per Cent., 1867 — Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 8 4 Egyptian, 7 per Cent _ 1)0 Second Issue — Do. .£sot, Bonds Do. 1864 — Do. Account 92 Do. £5OO Bonds -.• De. £lOO Bonds 93 Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 Do. 4100 Bonds ... 811 4 Government Railway Debentures . ...... 98 74 reek 5 per Cent., 182 , 1 5, ex Coups l O4 _ Do. Coupons • . u•lateinaleo per Eonduras Cloy Rail. Loan., 10 p.. Ct., all pd Do. Acc A unt Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account .. . DMare 3 na per Cent rnana Railway 57 tt icak D o t ito for Account De. 1864 — 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ?lonteVideati 6 per Cent . •• p ariah Imperial 5 per Cent 5 35 !61 Mr. eye iu th for ution, )rning first taken were Lgb an fully ,nd to A the very )yally ester, puta - that, i the to be ell as Lls of duced whilst aiddle it has a g the oethe, n and f the nth°, rsary :ator), thine ) sue- ROLM- York. t©d at Ai in- enical e laid 3e the First toise, and iberty swept ments rected near o 100 year ; ,up is wino- Kceed ionu- acted uro of rained to be a,..---..... -t 3 st 3 st 4 if n. 8. High, rounds walked delai de )Ck this ice are I.D. 'JOE '. 8. n dur- . 10. p.m. ---- New Granada Pi Do 3 per Oen — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent.. 1865 Do Account B2l 14 Do 41 per Cent. (111 :harren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do 6 per Cent.,1862 — Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2.' Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid__ 21 1 Russian 5 ~ar Cent., 1822, £ St - Do 0 per Cent 1850 Do 4} per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do do, Scrip -- Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonde., 911 Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 651 4 Sariinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Acc'.eint Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Defei rod — 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. 1856 — Do Account Do £IOC Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account — no £lOO Bonds — Do. 5 per cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 — Do. Account j — D ) 1 por Cent., Guaranteed... ••• Dividends on the above payable in Londot. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 por Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, ... - - Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates •..., — French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per dent. 1831, Ex.2sf Do Account 561 04 64 CLOSJNG PRICES. Oonsols, Money 921 Do. Account, Feb. 3 CEN7RAL CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day. - The January Sessions commenced this morning this morning, at the Old Bailey, before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, &c. The calendar contains the names of 65 prisoners. The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said the cases were not numerous, and there were not arising out of circumstances involving the loss of human life. There were, however, two charges of wounding, with intent to murder. In one case John Alexander was charged with attempting to murder his wife. She threatened to leave him and go to another person, with whom she had been living previously, and upon that he struck her violently on the head. It would be for them to say whether, under these circumstances, he intended to murder her. In another case a man named Kean was charged with stabbing the prosecutor, and when he went home to his lodgings he was seen to take a knife out of his pocket and wipe it. 'I he grand jury then retired. The trial of Mint cases occupied the whole of the remaining part of the day. At a large 'reefing of men engaged in iron works held yesterday at West Hartlepool, it was decided to accept the 5 per cent. advance proposed by the masters at Darling ton, leaving the other 5 per cent. to be decided by the arbi trator. The Limerick Chronicle states that in consequence of the disturbed state of the district, the magistrates at the Thtthkeale quarter sessions resolved to strengthen the police force. In charging the grand jury, Mr. John Leahy, Q.C., intimated that he had received,orders from the Government to send to the assizes cases where one juror differed from his fellow eleven with intent to frustrate the ends of justice. It has been s'ated that the Bishopric of Sierra Leone has been offered by Mr. Gladstone to the Rev. Dr. Massingham. The Birminyham Post understands that the bishopric was offered to Dr. Massingham at the request of the late bishop, and that Mr. Gladstone has nothing to do with the matter. The colonelcy of the 106th Regiment, vacant by the death of Sir David Capon, has not yet been filled up. It will probably, says the Army and Nary Gazette. be given to Lieutenant-General Maurice Barlow, the present colonel of the 3d.West India Regiment, who will lose his colonelcy on the breaking up of that regiment. The Marquess of Drogheda presided yesterday at a meeting of the Convention delegates of the United Dio c3se of Dublin, Glandelagh, and Kildare. A form of queries for the acquirement of information as to the several parishes of the diocese was proposed by Sir Edward Grogan, and re ccived favourably by the committee, but the meeting was adjourned till Thursday next. A newspaper correspondent draws attention to the pouch which it is intondod to issue to the Foot Guards. A board of field officers assembled yesterday to consider the subject, and their report is said to be in favour of a pouch of such a shape that even a smart soldier can, at the utmost, extract from it Only three cartridg,a vt: :Mutate. "In these days of breech-loaders," the Pall .3.1,.a says, Shia certainly seems to be absurd." A boy of twelve, son of onool e'i leading manu facturers of Wolverhampton, ive.s out shooting with an elder brother and other companions yesterday, when, as he was handing a loaded gun over a hedge, the trigger snapped, and th charge lodged in his shoulder. The little fellow was quickly carried home, and when the surgeons who were sent for arrived, the arm had to be removed from the socket to render the saving o; his life probable. The Standard, in commenting upon the banquet at Barnstaple the other day, says :—" Th 9 Liberal leaders must earnestly pray to be delivered from their friends in the West of England. The Earl of Portsmouth can find no better eulogium for Mr. Bright than an assurance that "the devil is not so black as he is painted." At a banquet which took place at Barnstaple he justified his anxiety to drink the health of her Majesty's Ministers in the familiar phrase wr have quoted." Yesterday morning the body of John Moss, joiner, was found among the ruins of a. warehouse at Liverpool, the fall of which has been previously reported. Of course, life was quite extinct, the probability being that deceased was killed almost immediately. He was discovered in an upright position, and it is conjectured that he was endeavouring to escape when overtaken by the falling buildings. Two lives have thus been lost by the calamity, in addition to the in• juries sustained by the man Butler. The Bishop of Carlisle in a sermon yesterday, at the re-opening of a church at Aikton, spoke emphatically as to the duty of church adornment, and laid special emphasis upon the necessity of improving the "warmth" of our ohuroh services. Music must be cultivated, not fitfully, but steadily and in earnest. He allowed that worship might have all external appearances of heartiness, and y b a tinkling cymbal ; but he said our da n g er did not lie in that e butes direction, but in slighting religious service altogether. The Bishop of Winchester (says the South London Courier) has given his attention to the state of Church affairs in St. Giles's, Camberwell, and in a manner that pro mises speedy and satisfactory results. A conference with some of the principal parishioners as to the state of eccle siastical affairs in the parish will take place next week, and it will be one at which all shades of opinion will be repre sented. It is understood that this will be purely a confe rence of laymen with their bishop. The Irish Land Bill, if we may believe the Irish Tuna, is now in the hands of the law officers in Dublin. Our contemporary learns that "in the main the measure, as Mr. Tilling has drafted it, rather increases than dimi nishes the rights of property, while at the same time it places within reach of the tenant, who feels himself in a degree aggrieved, the most con - ,plete and inexpensive ma chinery through local tribunals for securing everything which he can reasonably claim, either on the ground of long tenure or admitted improvements. Dr. Twells, Bishop of the Orange Free State, wbo is said to be at present in London, has sent in his resigna tion as a missionary of the Propagation Society. The t Bishop ( 4 Caretown, the Metropolitan of So uth Africa, has cited Bishop Tells to appear before h im on the 31st of January, and if h o d oes not oLey the injunction he will be mally deprived of his see. Great exciteme nt p revails on h fot 3 subject in all the African diceeses. It a quite expected that, under the painful circums' antes of the case, Dr. Twells sill not app ear, and in that case Archdeacon Merr i man will, in The probability, st. pane ll, Pancras inquiry tl wa new Bishop. s continued to-day. A nurse, who said that patients were in the infirmarywho ought not to be there, spoke, in examination, of the number of rats in the sick wards. In five weeks ono of the patients caught fourteen rats. Did not hear complaints of those animals running over the beds; but knew that four cham ber vessels were broken by throwing them at the rats, and the patients who had sticks would throw them at the rats, and others would throw chamber vessels. The patients never complained. Mr. Bore, Q.C., who was con ducting the inquiry, said that the only good that could accrue from this evidence was that patients were in the infirmary 31110 were JWQ $9 1914 4 ckrat hunt, ME SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1870. SHARR LIS7. tZ.Y , iflattklS AND BTOCXb raid. Closing ktusine, a rbali ways Price. tient. at Biist )1 an 9 Exeter 102 74 76 at Caledonian, luo 701 57 at Cambrian. 20 Cornwall. ... all 2 3 it Dublin & Belfast June lOO at Dun„ Perth, di Ab.J one.— ".o0 70 72 2 u East London all 5 7 20 u 0 ;5 21 Do 10 et Glasgow .t S. Western lOO 105 107 at Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Aug]. No. 2 lOO 01 71 at Great Northol Scotland lOO la 10 at Great Northern lOO 110 1.1 st Do. A stock. ...« lOO 1 ,C 1 ill; 111 at Do, B stook lOO 121 120 st GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO VS 100 at (it. Western —Original ICO 16 1 66 1 tt Do. South Wales lOO 6) 61 at Do. W. Mid.—Oxford lOO 34 38 at Do. Newport lOO 32 31 at Lancashire ta Yorkshire lOO 1261 1271 at Lou., 8r1gh.,44 S.Coast lOO 404 474 46 j 6 Do Scrip at lon., Chat., and Dover.. 100 , 15 151 et Do. 3letrop. Ex. A.... 100 11 13 st Lon. it North Western.. 1 00 1214 224 1:44 4 :t Lou. & South Western.. 100 82 '24 llsl I Man., Shef., di Lincoln.. 100 03 531 b 34 4t Metropolitan . lOO b 3 t3l 814 1 at Do Extension 100 83 831 5 Do. New rd all at Metrupolitan District. all 30 32 381 7 10 Metrop. St. John's NV and 6 at Minim:ld at DO( Sirmin. Si Darby lOO b 7 8v at Norm 11rltlBll at LI I d., Pth., it Dun lO4 st Nor Eastern—Berwick lOO 1211 1221 1274 25 D G. N.E purohaae 16.13,4 at D Leeds ....... st D °York lOO 1181 111'1 1251 st D oCarlisle st D oStock. di Darling ICO 158 ILO 1684 st North Loudon .. lOO 119 21 10 Do New 1808 st North Staffordshire . . 100 61 63 at North awl is. W. Junction 100 84 101 10 Do New .£lO shares 7 ... at 111.:ininey at Ishropshire Union lOO 591 601 BE South Devon'.. at South Eastern lOO 774 774 701 at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 13 14 at 'fall Vale -- Do. C Waterford & Kilkenny ICU 10 Waterloo Si Whiteha,l 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Busing Share NAME. Paid. Price done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 111 121 : 10 Du B lO 4t It 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, Um all 22 2s 1 p 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1868, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm.... , 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 125 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 11 161 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, cud China 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 31 32 20 City lO 10 11 11 101 100 Colonial 25 1 41 10 Consolidated, lim. -16 50 Delhi and London, lim ~, 25 ... ... 50 East London, lim 6 21 14 20 English and American, lint 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio do Ja neiro, lim lO pr ip 20 English, Scottish, and Aas • tralian Chartered • all 161 18! 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 26 28 281 Do now ll4 4 5 100 Imperial, lim 2O 15 16 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 2/ 21 12t 25 lonian all 19 22 25 Do new 6 6 3 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 Si at 100 Do sp. e. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 76 80 100 London Bank! of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 6 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 35 :9 20 Do new 74 5 41 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 11 13 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia, all 231 20 231 20 London and County 2O 491 501 00 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ••• •.. London Joint Stook 31 5 325 London and South African al 100 London &S.-Western, lira, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lira 12 ••• ••• 100 London and Westminster 20 67/ 584 591 4 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lira 25 61 St 10 Metropolitan, lira all 71 71 00 Midland, lira 2O 11 4 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint 15 3d 1p 00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... 10 Do 50 National.. 3O 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 44 60 l'rovinc. Bank. Corpo., lira. 10 64 51 31 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 90 92 10 Do new. 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lira 25 14 13 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 47 25 Union of Australia all 43 4 100 Union of Ireland, lira 50 Union of London POLICE INIELLIGENCF,.-71us Day. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 87 SJ st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 4b per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO St D 9. do. Ordinary lBO 78 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 3 per cent gua all st Dundee, Perth, and Aber- deep junction lOO 105 107 st o. Ist Class preference lOO st (llas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO . • st at. Eastern, E.O Ex. No. 1 100 98 14) at Do - du Nu. 2 iyo 97 yy at Do do 6 per cent 100 110 113 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 at Do do 11 6 do. 100 ••• ••• at Do do C 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 . 68 at Do Norfolk p.e.Ex.lB4G 100 at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Va1.1647 100 st Great Noitheru, 5 per cent 100 at Do I p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pin. 100 Do 41 do d. do 190 st Do 5 do at sp. e. p.u lO3 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and ••• ••• Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at CI t. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 st Great South. and Western ••• •• (Ireland) 4 per eeut lOO 96 ys st G t.West.— Jut.-stunt chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 106 ICB 107 Do. Orig. (B. it H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 10,, Do do C I per cent. 1050 lOO 90 1,2 Do do 4 do do Do do 5 per cent. rodent lOO 97 y, Do du Birmingham gua lOO 68 72 Do do do pref lOO Do do Chester gua lOO b& Do do do 8 per cent IOU Do do do 5 Glo 106 95 10‘ Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 Do do 44 p.c lOO ... s t De do 44 1552 lOO ... st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 116 118 at Do du 2d gua lOO I'3 115 at Do Newport, Ist g. p.c lOO 96 00 st Do do 2.1 do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster it Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 130 at Do Barnsley, .C. 5 3s 101 p.c. 100 _ at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1.35 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 100 at. London lirlzhtuu, 5 p.c. :tt Eigg.:lrpaenrteLand,t;NgonaldNoo. 2. 1 1 0: 00 at Do 5 do N.).4. 100 st Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 du (W.E. & C.l l ) at Do 4 do 1859 lOO ••• ••• st London, Chatham, it Ducar S per cent leo at London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 113 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO st Do Shrewsb'y Welchp'l lua • •.• ••• at London and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 150 a • Do (Portsin.perpans 256 d) all ••• 0 Man., Shef., & Liueln. 6 p.c. 100 Do £4 all par 1 pin s Do 31 per cent lOO 64 to 1 Do reqe,em. 6 per ceut 5,, fit Mid. Consolidated ,6p. c, lOO 13u 136 a Do Bristol& 13irm., Gp. c lOO 1 3 135 8 DO 41 per cent. redeem lOO t 8 100 a Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 10•) 8 Do Leicester & 11'elm,4 p.c 100 810 91 at North British, 5 p.c. Nu.l lOO st Do E. &U. 4p.c.5.& D 1 00 ~,, st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO „, at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO .-E at N as teru—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 89 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 99 1 at Do C- N.B. 4 per cent., lOO „, 17 Do Lerwick capital 8.13.4. Do York,ll.& S. purchase lO 10 101 Do S Drling. A 5 p.e. 100 107 10,./ at Du W, llartlepoul H. and it 100 - 8 - 0 8 - 8 - 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 10s 8. Devon Annuities, Ls all 9 10 108 Do Tavistoek Anus., 10s all SI 91 10a Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 8 1 1 0.6. S. East. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 per eel* lOO ... ... at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... ... at Taff Vale No.l lOO 154 168 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 .„ .. RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent ou the Prodts of each separate year st Cisledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Ceti. min. 7p c lOO st Do 41 p irredeem...., all st Do 4p c con. is:.lo(lst 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 7i 80 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 90 at Do New 5 do, 1863. 100 8,3 68 st Do do 5 do, 1864_ 100 83 86 et Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 st Do Permanetit 5 per cent. 109 st Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pe 100 st Great West., W. 5p c 100 st Do Joint 1-erpe. 5p c, 1865 100 8 . 6 jrz 95 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 110 112 115 '2O Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all st Sent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO .• " 6 Lanc. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 / i n st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ..: st Lond., Brig &c., 4 1 pc, 18 58 190 „. st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 gt, Do do 41 do, 1863 100 st Dodo b do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 b do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 bdo et Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do 3letrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 109 Do do C 6 p.c tit London & N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 95 10 Man. bhef. & Lin., .5 pc, 1665 all 9 9 i 91 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 104 st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 107 109 at Do B 5 do 100 107 101) 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony, to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 211 18 Do Incouv. New Shares all 19 191 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 2ip 181 st North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent lOO ~, et Do £lO guaranteed, 1361 100 Do E ,P., &Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 et Do E.& G , No. 2, 5 p.c lOO at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do K & (1., No. 3, 5 p.c lOO et Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 1),) 1,0 1004 at Do Stock. & Darl., D lOO 113 115 st North London, 41, per cent (➢lax. 5 per cent) et North Staffordshire 5p c lOO et South Eastern, 41 pc, 1855 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. &Pin•lico, 41 pc 100 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at Birkenhead lOO 91 93 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 98 100 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54; 8 at Do. bi per cent. at Do. 5 do. ..., lOO lit 11 2 a t Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... ... at Colchester Stear Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 18:4 134 20 Gloster and 1: can Forest all ... ... a Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... ... 81 Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ... ..,, at Do.do.Woodbrg.E.x., do 100 .. .. . at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Herd 100 97 99 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 st Loudon and Blackwall lOO 93 96 st Do. 41 per cent lOO ••• ••,.. at London, Chat., &c., 41 p. C lOO st Do. Corn. Fund, 5 do 100 .... ...: st London and Greenwich st Do. do Preference.,, 100 ... . a t London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 8 " 5 st Lowestoft,gus. 4 per 'Lent lOO 79 81 st Do. ci. ' do . ... 102 ... 51 Manch., Bt.:._ Matlk a ll ... ” st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 97 10 Mid Kent Cray L1r..5) 50 Northern& East.,s percent all 53 56 bo Do. do. t do. all . at N. Eastern—Hartlepool at N.West.A perp. prof, 5p c. 100 107 109 st Do 11 minixnum.ll p.c IOV „. ... c t Notting. & G ranth h. & C lOO 91 93 25 Preston and 11 - yre , all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch.. and Shep lOO 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 106 132 134 10 De de 8 2 219 , a S. Yorket. and hirer Dun 100 97 99 1) 4 per cent gua lO % 78 SO g do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO . _ at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 26 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all .., ... at Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... at Wilts and Somerset DOeli.S. et East and Weal,lndi' lOO I'4 VG Loudon and St. Katherine 100 11 53 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 por cent Milltiiall Freehold Land st Dock 10) 18 31 st Southampton 1 )0 72 75 .• st Sur:ay Conmeretal TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. IV Angio-American — ii r lt 19 2 1 iBi 10 Anglo Mediter Te1.,1iin.... 10 171 18 19,1 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 13 1 ,, at Do. 8 per cent. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 173 183 st Electric dc. Inter. Telegraph 100 260 265 10 Do. New 8 12 Lip 25 Indo-European Tel., lint— all 28 21 S Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 21 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 1 ip 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 6 61 25 neuter's Telegram all 78 80 20 Societe Transatlant., lint all 16; 17 17; 8 171 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1; 11 S U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 71 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 1 fl MISCELLANEOUS. 10 AIZO - -itexican Mint all 111 l4f 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Laud and Finance. lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim S 55 10 Berlin Water Works, Btu all 11t 141 10 Do. New all - 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay (Jae, lim. 5 Do. ,N. ~v 50 British American Land 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lint all 11 Si 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all G 4 t 6 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint .20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 25 City of Loudon Real Pro perty, lint 9 5 4 80 City of Milan Improv. lim all 5 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 50 City Offices, lim 25 23 22 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50. Commercial: Union (Assur) 5 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 25 27 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. pr # Bank of France. PARIS, Jan. 6. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Dec. 30. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 o'2 Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight 45,881,189 53 44,421,933 21 Treasury account cur rent creditor 210,725,935 42 179 205,673 66 Current accounts, Paris 374,167,210 13 315,435,569 43 Do. branch b an k s 46,061,119 51,740,912 Dividends payabl e lO 991,393 8,736,807 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries Jan. 6. 182,500,000 - 22,105,750 11 22,105,750 14 428,095 54 1,024,936 57 1,305,522 15 1,305,522 15 6,639,643 89 21,386,924 76 Total 2,310,408,424 82 2,291,224,954 97 CREDITOR. Jan. 6. Dec. 30. Cash in hand and in fr. Branch banks Commercial bills over- 2,097,667 11 260,931 37 ednisspeossaobfle due l Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 335,889,819 03 355,546,01 35 Do. branch banks 339,445,177 292,125,580 Advances on deposit of bullion 16,198, 700 Do. branch banks 2,121,600 Do. on French Public Securities 23,296,400 22,642,700 Do. by branch banks 9,286,750 -- 9,051,800 Do. on railway shares and debentures - Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Fender Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 -- 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 80,595,187 21 80,595,187 21 Relates Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) ICO 000 000 100,000,000 Llotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Do. Exp manage ment Sundries 22,457,800 - 1, 1 ;99,880 - 39,380,M - 32,940,170 -- 1,139,300 - 1,172,200 - 1,131,800 -- 1,299',000 - 9,068,243 - 9,048 897 - 6,294 - 2,554,010 93 9,118,552 68 9 ,995,002 42 Total 2,291,122,904 97 2 , 2 0,275,417 50 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of Frak ce. (Signed) ROULAND. The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 4th of Deo. 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 of the circulation of notes in the United Ningdom when compared with the previous month : Nov. 6 D eb 186 9 . I 1889. -23,940,947 23,181,190 2,655.44 P 2,751,714 2,425,072 2,3 .8,73 29,251,459; 28,301,64 R 4,871,3 81 6,287,458 7,381,1801 7,3,54,163, Increase. Decrease. 759,757 133,721 56,333 918,411 41e,140 27,017 .416,140 ! 976,828 4103,957, 4 0,913,269, BOW-STREET. SELF-ACCUSATION OF MURDETI.—A man named . Geo. Dyer, residing at Ilillingford-s:reet, Islington, was place 1 before Mr. Vaughan under the follow ing circums'ances On Saturday night the prisoner came to the G-corge- street Police-station, and on seeing In spector Hubbard, he said he wished to g:ve himsell into custody for wilfully murdering George Wilson in Australia. The prisoner said the man Wilson and himself were engaged in gold-seeking at the Loddon Diggings in Victoria, and in December, 1857, a quarrel arose between Wilson and himself when he (Dyer) struck Wilson with a spade and finally killed him. He had been suffering from remorse ever since, and he had conic to tle deter mination of rendering himself up to justice. Mr. Wright, who attended for the prisoner, said he believed that the prisoner was not in a position, as far as mental capacity was concerned, to know the full effect of his accusation. Superintendent Thomson said the prisoner had exhibited a certain wildness about the eyes and had talked a great deal at random since he had been under detention by the police. Mr. Vaughan remanded the prisoner in order that the state of his mind might be medically inquired into. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. HOW LIVES ARE ENDANGERED IN THE STREETS.— George Wright, a horse-keeper, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk, furiously driving, and damaging a cab the property of Mr. Rose, cab proprietor, Caledonian-road. Police-constable Frith, 14 CR, said that on Satur day night, about half-past nine o'clock, he saw the prisoner driving a cab at a furious rate through Leicester-square. He went after the prisoner, who, in his course, knocked the forewheels and springs off another cab in which there was a fare, and when he got to Cranbourne street he was stopped by Miller, 18 CR. En answer to the prisoner the constable said the prisoner was galloping his horse all the way, being drunk at the time. Robert Kelley, driver of the injured cab, said that while driving his cab on Saturday night, near Leicester-square, a female being inside, he saw a cab driven by the prisoner coming in an opposite direction at a furious rate. He shouted and held up his hand, but without effect, as the prisoner's cab caught the one he was driving and tore off two of the wheels and broke both springs. The pti- Boner went galloping on till he was stopped by a constable. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhit, Tile witness said he did not know what became of his fare. Mr. Rose's foreman said that although the dam age amounted to £5, Mr. Rose would be co►,tent with 305., the prisoner being a poor man. Mr. Tyrwhiti said it was a very aggravated case. First the prisoner was driving without a license, for which he was liable to a penalty of £lO ; then he was furiously driving do the danger of the other man driving, to the danger of the female inside, and also to the public. He had also damagel th?, cab. He would have to pay the amount of damage claimed, 305., and a fine of £3, or two mouths' im prisonment in default. THAMES. PAVING AND SEWER RATES IN POPLAR.—Six summonses against the owners of property in the Popl..r district for non-payment of paving and sewer rates were heard before Mr. Lushingto:i. The complainants summoned were owners of pro perty, and the complainant was Mr. Barth, clerk to the Board of Works for the Poplar district. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, supported the sum monses, and in answer to au objection to the payment of 235. costs, said his own costs were a guinea and 2s. for the summonses in each case. It was an act of mercy he brought defaulters to the police court. If he took them to the County Court, as he might do, the costs would be from £4 to £6 in each case. One summons was for an arrear of £Bl. Ile could have issued a writ and tried the case in one of the superior courts. In the event of his having done so he could have put £lO costs in his pocket. One of the defendants said house property had decreased in value in Poplar, and he wanted time. Mr. Young young said that he believed a slight reaction had taken place, and that matters were looking better iu the East End. If the applicant wanted time he had only to apply to Mr. Barth, the clerk, who would afford him all possible time. The defendant was satisfied. Another person said his land was rated, and there were no buildings upon it? Mr. Young said that land was liable to sewer rate, and was drained and otherwise benefited by the new sewage. The land in question had been laid out for building purposes. Mr. Lushington had no doubt the land in ques tion was liable to the sewer rates, and said all the costs of the police-court were 2s. only, in addition to which one guinea, the solicitor's fee, must be paid in each case. He made orders for payment of the following sums :—George Sharpley, Tilley-street, Bromley, £8 6s. ; John Woods Bellevue-place, Cleveland-street, Mile-end-road, £Bl 6s. ; George Allen, Litnehouse, clerk, £27 17s. 6d. ; George Pearman, Furze•street, Bromley, £l6 16s. ; and Arthur Antoine 'Walter, Church-row, Limehouse, £77 25., for property in Sidney-street, Poplar. The sum of 235. costs in each case was also ordered. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE UPON A CATHOLIC VISITING LADY.—Mary Bussitott, a respectable looking woman, was charged with a disgraceful outrage upon a visiting lady from the Oratory at Brompton, named Richards. Complainant said that on the afternoon of the 7th inst. she was passing down the Fulham-road when she met the defendant, who immediately called out, " There goes the long black -; I will pay you out ; I will smash the nose on your faoe." Mr. W. D. Smyth, solicitor, said that this de scription of outrage had been committed upon Miss Richards again and again. She had sought the protection of the law in vain. Nothing seemed to have any effect upon her. She had been fined and punished in all manner of ways, but she still continued the outrageous conduct. The reason of all this was that defendant had not been considered worthy of pecuniary assistance, which she sought some time ago. Besides the threats complained of on the 7th, the defendant was opposite the lady's house and also threatened her. Miss Richards said that she went in bodily fear of the defendant, and was obliged on the 7th inst. to take shelter in a tradesman's shop to escape defendant. The defendant positively denied that she had ever used any offensive language to the lady, whom she declared owed her a grudge. She had been before put in prison wrongfully, and taken away from her young children. Mr. Arnold ordered defendant to find good bail to keep the peace, as he had no doubt she had used the language stated. COLLISION LV 71IE CHANNEL. This morning the Norwegian ship Melberry and Enstian, from Aquilas to London, was run down when about three miles south-west of Dover. ' In less than a quarter of an hour the vessel foundered. The crew of fourteen and the pilot were saved in their own boat. UDG ES' CILI MBERS. An application was made to-day on behalf of the liquidatorx ot the Credit Foncier Mobilier Com pany to 11tr El wards, Chief Clerk at Vice-Chan cellor Mar tu's Chambers, for an order to sanction a compront ise that had been made with Mr. Valiance, by whielb he consented to return a sum 0f1.10,000 in dischi .rge of a claim for £25,000. It was stated on be' jail of the liquidators that the amount to be Fetu - t d by Mr. Valiance amounted to £5,000 in me "'ley and £5,000 in debentures. The Chief Clerk Ando the order. PARIS CORRESPONDENVE. - The Corps L6giElatif resumes its sittings to-morrow . and the rumours which are everywhere current re specting the schemes of the new Cabinet are in crcasing in interest. We are promised in ono quarter a reduction of the army, in another, an abrogation of the Lwv of Public Safety and the sup pression of Article 75. We have some right to be san guine, as some important concessions are already faits accomplis. The senate had a somewhat stormy sitting yesterday. The subject of debate was the internal regulation of the Senate itself, and an amendment was proposed giving to each individual senator the right to propo 3 o drafts of a Senatus Conanitum. Baron Brenier upon this declared that he could not understand ih3 necessity for requiring five members to make a parliamentary initia tive, and added, " unless we are to say that when one enters the Senate one has arrived at an age when the faculties are no longer very active." This sally produced protests from all parts of the Chamber ; and M. Rouher, who is by no means in clined to be relegated to his dotage, sprung up and de nounced the unlucky speaker. M. le Baron . thereupon explained away his observations, and declared his respect for his colleagues, who having thus vindicated their energies, subsided into calm. Before the discussion began M. 011ivier had paid a visit to M. Rouher, and had a con versation with him, which was apparently very cordial. M. Rouher, in expressing his good wishes for the new Cabinet, said that he regarded it as the result of the militant policy, and consideredhis own work as completed. To this M. 011ivier replied : M. le President,—Having regard both to your talent and your past career, we cannot condemn the country to deprive itself of your services. This language on the part of the new Prime Minister to a man in the position of M. Rouher is held to be an act of courtesy and good taste. The election of the Vice-Presidents who are to replace MM. Daru, Chevandier de Valdrome, and Talhouet, is a matter of great concern to the several divisions of the majority. The Right intends to put forward its candi dates ; but the Ministry, I understand, mean to be entirely neutral. M. 011ivier has been receiving deputations. He paid high compliments to the officials of the Court of Cassation, quoting the words addressed by the great Roman juri consult to the praetor, " Viva vox juris civil/3." In reply to the felicitations of the officials of the Cour Imperiale, M. 011ivier declared that he would always maintain intact the dignity of the magistracy, and that above all things he would separate justice from politics, so that their decisions might have the more authority from never having the suspicion of being inspired. The Gazette de France refers to the statement which has been made, that Tibaldi would be included in the decree of amnesty, and asks why Ledru-Rollin was informed that the decree was not applicable to him. The Libertd remarks on this that the Ministry of July, 1869, is not that of January, 1870, and that one of the advan tages of Parliamentary Government is that necessary changes can be introduced from time to time. If the Cabinet of the 2nd of January thinks that the amnesty of August ought to be carried out without any exception, it will have the glory of realising its ideas and removing the stain which tarnished the Act. On the proposition of M. Emile 011ivier, the Emperor has accorded a free pardon to the miners who were con cerned in the riots of Aubin. The new Ministry has granted permission to the Rappel the Rereil, and the iTarseillaise, to offer their copies for sale in the streets as the other journals are in the habit of doing. They have done wisely in thus removing the °ppm si ve law which irritated the Opposition papers without effect ing any real purpose. Another improvement of the new regime is that all prohibition of foreign journals has been done away with, and therefore the 17:dependance Beige and the Nord, which formerly came in the middle of the day, are now delivered in the morning. The Gaulois says that the Emperor and the Empress have be en to the Chatelet Theatre to witness the representation of " Paris-Revue." It is thefirst time that they have been to see a piece of the kind. Some say that the Empress was anxious to watch the effect of the Oriental costumes in the ballet of "Ismailia," but others declare that the Emperor wanted to know how lie would be received in an assembly where the popular clement prevailed, and that he had full cause to be satinea with the result of his experiment. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. In accordance with the recommendation of the Commission appointed to inquire into the state of military education at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and the Royal Military Academy, Wool wich, a number of important changes are about to be made at the last-named institution at the commence ment of the next term. The following, we believe, are a few of the most important : —The abolition of the office of Inspector Second Commandant, which has been held by Colonel G. T. Field, Royal Artil lery, since April, 1866 ; Lieut.-Colonel G. A. Mil man, Royal Artillery, is to be the Captain of the Company of Gentlemen Cadets ; Major 0. R. Stokes, Royal Artillery, of the A Division, and Captain W. H. M'Causland, Royal Artillery, B Division, being about to leave the Academy and re turn to their military dutie=, agreeably with the introduction of the modifications in the organisation recommended. Other changes, affecting the num ber of masters and other officers at the Academy, will, we understand, shortly become known. By the return to Portsmouth from Madeira of Mr. John Coote, Trinity pilot, who piloted the United States' corvette Plymouth down Channel from Spithead on her sailing in company with her Majesty's ship Monarch for Madeira and the United States, we learn the following particulars as to the voyage of the two ships to Madeira :—Steam was kept on both ships until off the Eddystone, where an attempt was made to send Mr. Coote on shore by signalling in the usual manner to the fishing-boats then in sight. All the boats, however, bad their trawls down, and could pby no heed to the signal. The pilot therefore had to remain on board, and as the wind was freshening up astern of the ships steam was shut off, sail made on the ships, and a course taken for Cape Ushant and Madeira. On the second day out the Nlonarch shifted her maintop sail, having apparently split it in the strong wind, and the same night, in a strong squall of wind and rain, the ships parted company, nor did they see each other again until the Monarch arrived at Madeira on the 30th tilt. During the squall the Plymouth fired rockets and burnt blue lights to let the Monarch know her position, but the turret ship could not have seen the lights, as she made no re ply to them. The Plymouth carried the strong north-east wind with her until within a few hours' sail of the achorage at Madeira, when the wind fell. Captain Macomb, being anxious for his ship to re join the Monarch again as early as possible, finished the short distance into Madeira Roads under steam, where the Plymouth anchored at 3 p.m. on Decem ber the 27th. The Monarch, as already announced by telegram, arrived there on the 30th December. The Plymouth is described as being a very fast ship under sail alone, and necessarily, from her greater lightness, a much swifter vessel under sail than the Monarch. At Aldershot, during the past week, the move ments of the troops, owing to bad weather, have been confined to route marching. On Thursday the 2d Infantry Brigade, under the command of Colonel F. R. Elrington (4th Battalion Rifle Bri gade), Acting Brigadier, and consisting of the 2d Battalion 13th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry, under Colonel T. Maunsell, the 4th Battalion 60th Rifles, under Colonel Gordon, the 67th Regiment, under Colonel J. W. Thomas, C. 8., and the 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade, under Colonel Nixon, formed up in line of contiguous columns in front of the Centre Block, Permanent Barracks, and at ten o'clock proceeded along the Farnham-road as far as Hale Church, then turned to the left through Weybourne to Tongham, and returned to quarters, by the Ash-road, about half-past 12 o'clock. The Himalaya, screw troopship, Captain S. B. Piers, appointed to sail from Portsmouth on Satur day morning for Queenstown a•td Alexandria, was detained in Portsmouth harbour by the heavy gale prevailing in the Channel on Saturday until yes terday, when she sailed at about 10 a.m. The western passage was taken from Spithead, and, as the weather at the time still looked very unsettled, this course would give the ship Yarmouth Roads or Portland as anchorages' in the event of the gale breaking out again. In addition to the draughts of troops embarked at Portsmouth, the Himalaya will receive on board at Queenstown the Ist Bat talion of the 17th Infantry. All the troops dis embark from the Himalaya at Alexandria for India. Bank of England Private Banks Joint-stock Banks Total in England Scotland Ireland United Kingdom And as compared with the month ending the sth of Dec., 1868, the above returns show a decrease of £363,505 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £105,91 6 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 £l-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 held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending Ist of Nov. was £18,443,20 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. Tho following aro the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the Gth of Nov. : Gold and silver held by tho Scotch banks £3,179,767 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,744,884 £5,924,651 being an increase of £518,118 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of £321,393 when compared with the corresponding period last year. 3PORTING INTELLIGENCE— 'hilts Day CIFIr BETTING.—This DAY. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 5 to 1 agst Lord Lurgau's nomination (taken) 100 to 6 agst Mr Brocklebank's nom. (taken), 20 to 1 agst Mr Spiuk's nomination (taken) 16 to 1 agst Mr Blanshard's nom. (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr Bland's nom. (taken) 27) to 1 agst Dr RichardsDn's nom. (taken) 30 to 1 agst. Lord Buuning's nomination (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 6 agst The Lamb (wanted) 1000 to 45 agst Q.C. (offered) 23 to 1 agst The Colonel (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Summertime (taken) 500 to 15 agst Snowstorm (taken) 200 to 6 agst Lymington (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Fertullagh (offered) 100 t 3 apt Doctor (offered) 1000 to 35 agst Schiedam (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Count Horn (offered—take 1000 to 20) 1000 to 25 agst Scipio (offered) 1000 to 25 agst Costa (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4 to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken and offered) 9to 2 agst Sunshine offered (5 to 1 taken) 18 to 1 agst Camel (offered) 10 to 1 agst Astolfo (offered-100 to 9 taken) 1000 to 70 agst Sunlight (offered) . 40 to 1 agst ➢Macgregor (offered) 40 to 1 agst Bay Rosalind (offered— take 500 to 10) 1000 to 800 agst Mr. Merry's lot and Kingcraft coupled • (offered) 700 to 400 agst any two (offered—take 200 to 100) DERBY. 625 to 100 aget Sunshine (offered—take 7 to 1) Bto 1 agst Kingcraft (offered) 14 to 1 agst Camel (taken) 200 to 11 agst Bridgewater (taken) 20 to 1 agst Astolfo (offered) 500 to 25 agst Sunlight (taken) 40 to 1 agst Macgregor (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst King of Scots (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Asteropo (wanted) 1000 to 20 agst Exciseman (wanted) RACING FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Lincoln l5, 16 I Derby Harrow 17, 18 Nswtou 25, 26 • MARCH. Nottingham l, 2 I West Somerset lO, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick 22, 23; 24 Pontefract 14, 15 I Epsom 29, 30 Cambridgeshire ......14, 15 . 1 Bromley 31 and April 1 APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 I Newmarket Craven 18 to 22 West Drayton 7 , 8 1 Abergavenny 21, 22 T hirsk 7, 8 1 Lewes .. "6, 27 Kingsbury lB, 13 I Croydon. 28, 29 Durham lB, 19 I MAY. Newmarket Ist Sp ...2 to 5 I Harpenden 2O, 21 Chester. lO, to 13 I Bath 24, 25 Winchester lO, 11 I St, aeord 26, 21 Salisbury l2, 13 ; Croydon 26. 27 York 17, 18 ' Epsom 31 to June 3 Doncaster 19, 20 I - JUNE. Croydon 8 9 I Newton 22, 23 Manchester 8,9, 10 Hampton 23, 24 Ascot 14 to 17 I Ilibury Club 29 Windsor _ 2l, 22 I Stockuridge...3o, and July 1 JULY. Newmarket 5 to S j West Drayton 14, 15 Nottingham 12, 13 Huntingdon-- ......... 19, 20 Chelmsford l2, 13 Kingsbury 2l, 22 Its l2, 13 Goodwood . '6, 29 AUGUST. Brighton 2, 3 Stoektc; l7 to 19 Brighton Club 4 I Oxford lB, 19 Lewes Ezham 9, 10 I Plymouth Windsor ll, 12 Derby SO, 31 Bromley l6, 17 I Weymouth 3O, 31 SEPTEMBER. Warwick 6 7 1 Richmond 9 C, 21 Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Meet (A yr) 21 to 23 Doncaster 13 to 16 I Hendon 02, .3 Hampton 9 0, 21 I Newmarket Ist Oct. 27 to 30 OCTOBER. ...4, 5 I Newmarket 2n 0ct..10 to 14 ...6, 7 1 Cheltenham 18, 19 .._ Bedford . Leicester . roinley 6' 7 j Nowmarket 11uen...2-1 to 29 NOVEMBER. Liverpool 8 to 11 I Shrewsbury 11 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 I Harrow Derby 10, 1] f Newton 25, 26 MARCH. Liverpool 8,9, 10 Bromley 31 and April West Somerset 16, 17 Cheltenham...3l and April 1 Warwick 22 to 24 RIL. Kingsbury lB, 19 Aldershot 7, 8 I i;OURSE OF EXCHANGE. Arrest zdam Short ... 11 18/ ... 11 19 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 14 ... 12 11 Antwerp — ... 25 371 ... 25 42i Brussels Hamburg h — ••• 13 104 ... 13 n Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ••• 1201 ... 1201 V ienua, - ••• 12 65 ... 12 7U Trieste — ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Petersburg - ••• 281 ... 2fq Copenhagen... — -,. 9 18 ... 9 22 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz Leghorn Milan — ... 26 75 ... 26 774 ... 26 75 ..,, 26 77 ... 2G 75 ... 26 77 - ... 2G 75 ... 26 77 Genoa — N aples Palermo.. Messina Lisbon — ... 511 ~ 52 Oporto — ... 511 52 Rio Janeiro — ••• ••• Now York ...... — ••.. ••• netcp; OF GOLD. quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and Vie short exchange on London is 25f. 150. per Li sterling, On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 lis.loid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above pride is slightly dearer in Paris than in London. A wholesale murder was recently committed near Douglas Place, about 25 miles from San Francisco, at the store of an Italian, named Frank Medina. A disturbance was observed there, but no notice was taken as it was supposed to be a drunken row, till late next morning, when as the store showed no signs of life, and, suspicion being aroused, the place was examined, and the confusion gays evidence of a struggle and robbery. The bodies of Medina, the clerk, two Mexicans, and a coloured man wero found in a gulch a quarter of a mile from the house. This was the second robbery perpetrated on Medina, and but a fort night before tvi o men wero robbed and murdered within 12 miles of San Francisco. These are the ',scenes which rouse the citizens into the formation of Vigilance Com mittees when the myrmidons of the law prove, too weak to deal with their performer. The St. Louis Republican relates how they dealt, in Missouri, with a man named Moore, who was believed to have murdered John Carney and his wife in a store. The sheriff concealed the pri soner, fearing the violence of the people, but when the excitement had subsided he returned him to gaol. Tho prison was immediately surrounded, Moore taken out and hanged, though professing his innocence to the last. The people had, however, the strongest circumstantial evi dence of his guilt. The Government having decided upon convert ing Millbank Penitentiary building into a general military prison, all soldiers whose terms of im prisonment exceed 56 days will be forwarded hence forth to that destination, and the various military prisons at different stations in England will be abolished. In the case of Aldershott, it is ;un derstood that Major Miller, the Governor of the Military Prison, will be allowed to retire on the Superannuated List, while such of the warders as are fit for duty will be transferred to convict estab lishments, the remainder retiring upon pensions. On Friday the first draught of prisoners from Alder shott will proceed to Millbank. Direct communication will shortly be established between Aldershott camp and the metropolis by the opening of the Pirbright, Aldershott, and Farnham Junction Railway, now nearly completed. Several slips of the embankment have recently caused some delay and inconvenience, but it is hoped they will soon be remedied. The military residents of the Camp and the civilian population of the neigh bourhood are alike most anxious to see the line opened, and in compliance with the general feeling the Aldershott Local Board of Health has resolved to memorialise the London and South-Wester4 Railway Company, asking them to open the line as far as Aldershott forthwith. A deputation of the Board has also been appointed to wait upon Lieut. General the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, G.C.8., and request hia co-operation. Staff Commander F. \V. Paul, commanding the paddle yacht Fire Queen, tender to the flagship of the Port Admiral at Portsmouth, will be retired from his command on the Ist of April next, toge ther with several other officers holding similar home appointments, in accordance Nvi just decision arrived at by the present 13, tniralty, that home appointments shall by any tifficer for an indefinite term to dice of his brother officers. .I..iitoilartd.hoe very 0 Ow rr I I