The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-18 00:00:00

310 N E 2 MARKET AND COMMERCIU INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is 'a decidedly firmer tone in the discount market to-day, and few if any bills of three months, date have been negotiated under 3 k per cent. A further withdrawal of gold took place at the Bank of England yesterday, amounting to £141,000, viz., £41,000 in bars and 100,000 sove reigns for France. the La Plata was reported yesterday afternoon, with specie to the amount of about £260,000, from the West Indies. A report has been issued by the directors of the National Discount Company, to be presented at the forthcoming meeting. It states that by the pay- Ment, on the Ist of September last, of the second instalment of £2 10s. per share on the new shares, created in February, 1866, the paid-up capital on the 31st December amounted to £698,940, and the reserve fund to £398,940. Notwithstanding, the accounts show a gross profit of £120,232, and after providing for the current expenditure, directors and auditors' remuneration, bad and doubtful debts, and £42,174 for rebate of interest on bills not due, there remains an available balance of £77,722, including the sum of £3,633 from the previous half-year. The directors therefore pro- Pose the payment of a dividend at the rate of 20 Per cent., free of income-tax, and to carry forward £9,527 to the next account. The dividend will be payable on and after the Ist February. It has been announced that the directors of the Landon and Provincial Marine Insurance Company, at the forthcoming ordinary general meeting, will recommend the payment of a dividend at the rate of 10 - per cent. per annum. At a meeting to-day of the London and Brazilian Bank, the directors' report, which was adopted, re commended the payment of a dividend for the half- Year of 225. 6d. per old share, and of 3s. 9d. per n ew share, lea v i ng a sum o f £20,155 16s. 10d. to be carried forward. The return from the Bank of France for the Past week shows an increase of £66,640 on the advances, and of £832,000 on the notes; while there is a decrease 0f,1106,640 in the cash in hand, of £20,000 in the Treasury balances of £1,280,000 on the private accounts, and of £560,000 on the bills discounted. The Bank of England return completed to the 1 6th inst. is of a rather unfavourable character. The bullion has been decreased by £158,017, While the reserve of notes has also been reduced to the extent of £175,650. The other securities, however, are smaller by £1,751,260, and there is a decrease in the private balance of £1,984,882. Sal-joined are the particulars : Public Deposits £4,467 001 Increase... £22,533 Other Deposits *** 21 064 ' 710 Decrease... 1,984,882 Rest —•• 3,497 , 048 Increase... 39,099 On the oth er side of the account :- otesUovernment Securities £13,111,068 No alteration. her Securities 19999 788 Decrease... 1,751,260 unemployed ... 9 , 972 , 225 Decrease... 175,650 The amount of notes in circulation is £23,300,420, being a decrease of £13,390 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £19,280,845, show ing a decrease of £158,017 when compared with the fernier return. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days there has been a moderate !mount of activity. Sugar has fully maintained !ornie r values, while superior descriptions of coffee have sold readily at full prices. Rice has been in in ir'requ es t , at steady rates, b ut only limited deal- Inge have been reported in tallow at about former quotations. Two O'CLOCK. S peculators at about noon appeared disposed to P r ez.% sales of Stock and Shares, and the market for the moment b ecame d u ll, b u t an i mprovemen t se t in and values are now generally higher. Consols 111.(1 for money and the account, a rise of Per cent. Il e New Chilian Scrip has given rise to a con siderable amonnt, of business. Sales were forced 411 3' in the d ay , an d t h e prem i um pu t d own to I* , but it .has since rallied to 1/ per cent. The appli eatiens are en ormous, an d th e a ll o tt ees mus t expect to obtain a very small proportion of the amount for W hich they have subscribed. In the other Foreign Stocks several instances are e i 4l ibited of firmness. Greek Bonds have advanced to 14 . Spanish Passive *, to 21/ 22 ; ditto Cer , to 141 ; the It a li an 5 p er C en t s ., 1861 , I,` .° 53 1 541; and the Russian Loan Scrip 1, to Mexican Stock, however, has declined I, to 17 i 18. 1, 4 heavy tone ha s p reva il e d i n t h e Railway Share deal4iket, an d prices generally show an aggregate .ne of *t o 1 per cent. Lancashire and York shire and B r i g ht on have each receded it ; Great eastern, Great Western, Metropolitan, Midland, d South Eastern, each ; and Great Northern A St oc k , 1 1. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings are in Moderate request. Antwerp and Rotterdam have receded to 91 ; Grand Trunk of Canada to 21 ; and Great Indian Peninsula to 1051. American securities aro in very moderate de mand, without material alteration in values. United States 5-20 Bonds are quoted 721 I ; Erie s h ares, 43 } 44; and Illinois sh ares , 801 811. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain very in active, but quotations generally show no material alteration. Alliance are marked 17/ ; Crystal Litock, 30 ; and National Discount Co., 14k. MINING MARKET. Th ere has been ra th er a quiet m arket, but Clock prices g ener ally remain ste a dy.. Th e s h ares c hi e fly i n b e quest are P r i nce o f W ales, Great Retallac k , ,rakewells, West Chiverton, E as t L ove ll, an d -IN° rth Crofty. A nnexed are the latest quotations:— 494 i Canaborne, 21 23 ; C am B rea , —; Central 3 2 11 , 134 , —— ; C ooks ' Kitchen, 11 12 ; East Cam Brea, 4 1 ; D rakewslls, 185 Od 20s Od ; Great Laxey, ; elli ' re rton Moor, 51 1; Chonzalos Gold, 21 1. ; Clifford 611141galuate, 9 9i ; East Basset, 23 25; East Caradon, or tS i; East Lovell, 10 1; East Wheal Grenville, 2 21 . .; fart Retallack 40s 455; Great Wh ea l T or, ;17 18 ; 21 i IEI3 Valley ' 4 i 1 • North Crofty, 41 5 ; N orth Traskerby, •P • ' nce of Wales, 300 Od 32s 6d; Prosper United, 2 1 1; Providence Mines, 30 31; South Condurrow, 15s -11,01.8 O d j South Grenville, Os Od Os Od ; Tincroft, 141 15 ; lirest Oaradort 121 131; West. Chiverton , 58 60 ; _West 1,..."ce5, 0 0; West Seton, ; Wheal Buller, 23.25; o " r h al Chi verton, 0 0 ; Wh ea l C rs b or, --s —s ; Wheal 12 : 1 35 ille •, --e Od —. Wheal Rose, ; Wheal Seton, G reat ; Wheal T re l awney, 101 111; Wheal Uny, 21 3; South Tolgus, 15s Od 17s 6d; South Frances, v ....-- ; St. I ves Console, 8 9 ; South Camelot], ——; St ray 8 ark ' —ll —8; North R os k sar, 7 8 ; North Down., 0 0; lallth Darren, 0 0 ; Wheal Basset, 0 0; Agar, 255 30s. II RlTlfilil FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. ~ Glevintranorr rUNDI. ° Der cent. Console 901 ~ Do. Account, Feb. 7 9Ol 1 ;Per Cent. Reduced B9l 1 Neweyr 3 per Cent 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 , Do 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 - 4nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 _Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April:lBBs — , lie (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 zchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per'ent Do £500....... ~ Do £lOO & £2OO tiank of England Stock, 61 per Cent ... INDILN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. kUchau Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874... bo. 5 per C en t. J u l y, 18 80 o. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1838 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — D o o. 5 per C ont., Jan. 1872 — . 51 per Cent., Cent 1879 — D o• Deb., 5 per ~ Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds,4 per Cent., £l,OOO Pm Do. under .£1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Arßeutine Republic, 6 per Cent Brazilian4-ust Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 5 per Cent ~.,. 41 per Cont., 1852-58-60 4'o. Account .. , Do 1803 • •", 0 . 5 per Cent, 1865 — ,-)0 Account 721 1 Do. £lOO Bonds la b . 40. Account V i o , s Ayres 6 per Cent 79 1 4 .,,u 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 80 "' llBl l 6 per Cent -1) O• 3 per Cent. ...... • '). 6 pe r C ent A Do, n 13 -, pin Colombian, 6 per Cent. ...... .Juba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 _ Do. 5 per Cont., 1864 ___ D tnubian Principalities Do. Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do.,ytovisional Land Warrant Do Deforied E2,7ptian 7 per Cent. Do. Account 1)o., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do. Account Do. 1864 B3l. Do. Account: Do .f,lOO Bowls 1 , 0. Account , Do. Government Railway Debentures Bl Do. Account 9r.,ek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex C,,upou, .)o. Coupons Do. Account G tateinala 5 per Cent. It , ;iau 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Mareturnana Rail way s6} Do. .A ccount M xioar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account 1864 Do. Account Do 5 per Gent. Anglo-French lontevidean 6 per Cent. Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent \yew Granada Do 3 per Con 36 Do. Doferrad Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Parovian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account _ Do 44 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 44 per Cont. (Uribarren) Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 186') — 110 Account Portaguose3 per Ct., 1853 '6,'7,'9,'60,'2, '3, 43} Do. Account lussian 5 per Cont., 1822, X St — Do 4} per Cent. 1850 Da 44 per Cont., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1839 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 BBl Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid B7 Do. do. £lO paid l4 i pia Sardinian 5 per Cent . — Do. Account ipanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do Now Deferred — Do. Account Do Passive — Do Account — Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account S wedish 4 por Cent. — Do. 44 per Cont. 1864 - Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — ..._ Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do. Account • • — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account — Do £lOO Bonds Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 — Do. 5 per Cent. Account — Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed lOl Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 3Ol Do. Account .. — Ditto 11 per Cont. — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian._4% per cent., Ex. 25f --- —. • Dutch per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil , Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Routes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 2M. — Itgiian 3 per Cont. 1851, Ex. 251. Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Console, Money 9Ol Do. Account A YEAR'S RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—There are upon an average at least four persons killed in a week upon the railways in the United Kingdom. The total in the year 1865 was 221, and the variation in the annual number of late has been very small. There were 216 in 1862, 184 in 1863, 222 in 1864. Still more striking is the regularity in the number of passengers killed ; in every one of the four years it was either 35 or 36 —one to every ten days. The number of passengers injured has varied greatly; it was 536 in 1862, 401 in 1863, 706 in 1861, 1,039 in 1865, a few accidents in 1865 having affected a large number of persons —one at Col ney Hatch, causing injuries (the greater number very slight) to 250 passengers, one at Wernyss bay hafting 74, n rya fvui vt,ticta iu ju.z. ILis -.enrrift 40 or more passengers in each instanc •. There were killed on our railways in the year 1865 3d passengers, 122 servants of companies or contractors (an incomplete return), 9 persons at level crossings, 46 trespassers, and 8 other persons. Of the 221 deaths, only 49 were occasioned by the accidents which occurred to trains in the course of the year, 30 by accidents occurring to passenger trains, and 19 by accidents to goods trains; 13 passengers lost their lives by their own fault ; almost twice as many (23) were killed by accidents beyond their own control ; 21 of the 23 were killed through pas senger trains getting off the rails. Of the 1,039 passengers injured in 1865—the largest number ever recorded—only five brought it upon themselves by their want of caution; 802 were injured in 65 colli sions of trains, 74 in 11 trains getting off the rails, 71 in seven trains turned wrong at points, 12 from breakage of parts of carriages or engines, 75 from a train running into a station at too great a speed. One passenger was killed through falling while rashly getting over buffers of carriages in motion at a station ; five lost their lives in getting out of trains while in motion ; two in attempting to get into trains in motion ; and five in incautiously crossing the line at stations. These are the 13 pas sengers returned as killed by their own want of care. A boy, not a passenger, lost his life through attempting to ride on the foot-board of a carriage before the train had stopped ; and a girl who had come to meet some friends who were passengers was run over and killed while crossing the line with them. This danger cf crossing, or partially cross ing, is forced upon the public in some instances even at busy and confusing stations. Four passen gers were injured in getting out of or into trains in motion, and one in incautiously leaning out of win dow near a tunnel. A passenge r on an I r i s h li ne was killed by leaning out of a carriage window as the train was leaving a station, his head coming in con tact with the pillar of an arch, which was then (not now) only 5i inches from the window ; this is set down as death occurring from a cause beyond the passenger's control. A person riding on the step of a carriage to speak to a passenger fell off and had his leg crushed. One accident, which occurred in the night on the Midland Great Western of Ireland, is expressly distinguished as caused by malice ; a rail had been unscrewed and displaced ; one person, a passenger, was injured on this occasion. Ten other accidents resulted from passenger trains getting off the rails, but the cause is not stated. In one collision trains met on a single line—a passenger train and a coal train ; three persons were killed and fifteen injured. Of the nine per sons killed on public level crossings, three were a child, a deaf boy, and a farm servant driving sheep across the line. In the course of the year three persons placed themselves before approaching trains, and wilfully ended their lives by submitting to be run over. In the six years, 1860-65, 1,382 persons were killed and 4,460 injured on the rail ways of the United Kingdom. The directors of the Bank of England have not altered their minimum rate of discount, and the money market generally is at present in the same condition as before. To -day there has been a meeting of the Alliance Bank, Limited. The directors' report, which Naas adopted, stated that the net profits of the bank for Spain, and Russia still laboue? Upon the who, 18G6, alth oug h i n i tself a year of calamity and gloom le , a year of tempests and shipwreck, disasters in the c ommerc i al world, a year of tremen dous strife in Eu ro p e an d of chan ges unprecedent e d since Waterloo, yet may probably be looked back upon in days to come as a year beyond all others pregnant with the blessings of peace, prosperity, a n d freedom not only to Europe, but to mankind. The screw frigate Forte, 29, 2,364 tons, 400- power, unarmoured, is in the hands of the ship wrights and engineers belonging to the master ship wright and factory departments at Sheerness dock yard, who are bringing her forward for commission early in the present year. There is still a deal of work remaining to be completed on board, and it will be some time before she is ready for the pennant, PREFERENCE samcss AND STOUlkb. Great Northern, 5 per cent.. 191 101 Great Western, 4 per cent irred 70 South Eastern (Reading Ar.ns., £1.0,6), 22i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham R. and C. 9t; FORM UN RAIL WA 10. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9; Dutch Rhenish, 201 Ditto (all), 24g Recite and San Francisco. 11m.; qua. 7 parierit.. 10 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 154 a West Flanders, FORICIGN MINES. Don Pedro, North Del Roy, 11 St. John del Rey, lim., 524 BANKS Alliance, lira.. 1 - 1 Australasia, 61 t Bank of British Columbia, 13 City, 14h 14 Consolidated Bank, lira., 5 41 imperial tt Scotch, ch,aandui, 0 Australian m Chartered, 18 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim.. - Do. o s o p a e o r d eent. Debentures, 1._61, for 30 years, 811 L Lo on n d don and County, (36 7 , London Joint Stock, 41 4} London and South-Western, lim., 171 London and II estminster, 971 MISCELLANEOUti. Anglo-American Telegraph, 151 I Atlantic Telegraph, DU o, 8 per cunt., 721 Berlin Water Works, lim.. 12} Ditto, new. 5, City of Moscow Gas, lim , 181 Company of African Merchants, 11m., 21 Ceylon Company, 91 4 I Continental Union Gas, lim. 91 Credit Foncier of Mauritius, 7 Ditto, 6 per cent. perpeti. deb., 102 Credit roncier of Engiann. Una., 3 2} Crystal Palace, 30 East India Irrigation and Canal, lc)} i Ebbw Vale, 111 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lira., 515 Fairb dm Eng neering, 5 Fore-street areliousu, lira., 131 Gen. Credit and Discount, lim.. International Financial Society, iim., 21 International Land Credit. 11w., 41 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 33 London and Provincial Marine, ie London General Omnibus Company, lira, 31 idras Irrigation anl Canal (guaranteed 5 per cent. by In dian Government), 191 Milwall Iron Works, 11 Freehold Land and Dock, 8 1 Notional Discount a.ompany, 141 11 North Britten Australasian, 41 6 North British and Mercantile Insurance, 16 Ocean Marine Insurance), 211 Peninsula and Orenial steam, 70 Ditto, new. 70 Royal M a i l Steam, los 10 Submarine Telegraph, 80 Telegraph Constructiun and Maintenance, 11 m.. Ditto (.£l5), 12, h Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lira., f Universal Marine, insurance, Rua., 2 / Van Diemen's Land, f , / Viceroy of Egypt, Mortgage, Loan,_7ol THE SUN, LOINI_ ON, FRIDAY E V ENING, JANUARY 18, 1867. SHARE MA RKETS.— This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 3harel Railways. .1.... I Meng 1 Business Price. dyne. st /Bristol and Exeter luu 8/ Si) 816 at 'Caledonian lOO 121 123 at Cambrian - ',Cork and Bandon...- - - - 20 Cornwall all 4 6 et Dublin & Belfast June. 100 e 5 68 at Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc. 160 70 72 100 E,London, scrip Certi. all - 100 - at Glasgow &S. Western, 100 117 119 at Great Eastern, Ord. stk.! 100 34 35 311 4 4 at Do. E. Angl. st. No. 21 100 4 et Great North of Scotland! 100 - - at Great Northern lOO 121 123 at Do. A 5t0ck...... I 100 13s 134 1321 11 at Do. B stock ' 1U;0 - - Do. New, ts. at 25 pug 10 - - st GtS, and W. of Ireland. 100 90 42 at Gt. Western -Original 0 Si (6 511 4 it Do. S. Val. Rail guar 100 - - at Do. South \Vales - - at Do. W. Mid.- Oxtor 100 34 37 at Do. Newport lOO 33 38 at Do. Hereford. ;00 - at Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 132 :33 1311 1 st London and Blackwal 100 - - st Lon., Brigh., & S Coas 10u 89 91 10 8 14 at Lou., Chat., and Dover 100 18 20 184 at Do. Metrup. lix. A lOO 1!) tO at Lou. & North Wester' 100 123 .26 124 1 at Lon. & South Western 100 b 7 at Man., Sher., & Lincoln 100 55 66 511 at Metropolitan..... all ;32 33 isq .4 :',o; 10 Do. New 10 Do. Extension..... , 10 11 114 111 ICO Metropolitan District. all - - 8) Do. do. Jo. 10 - - 10 Do. and St. John's W'd 6 - - at Ilid,and 9 Do. £9 Share 7 11 114 at Do, Birmin.. & Derb 100 OS 07 25 .1i id Kent . - - at North British at Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun lOO 4 18 et Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 108 110 108 25 Do. G.N•E purchase 16.13.4 - - at Do. Leeds at Do. York lOO 103 105 at Do. Carlisle . . ... 100 - - 25 Do. Stock. & Darling. all 35 16 10 Do. do. 1860-61 lB 10 11 p at North London in') 119 )21 at Do. do. 1864 5. . at Do. to. 1866 at Ilorth Staffordshire at N. &S. IV. Junction 25 Scottish Central at Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 -- 10 uo. Scot, Mid. stook lOO - - at Shropshire - Union 100 - - • at South, Devon lOO 47 49 st 3outh•Eastern 20 itaines, Wok., & Wok all 9 10 at Calf Vale lOO 160 163 10 Do. C at Vale or heath - - at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 10 Waterloo & Whiteha r 6 - - at West Cornwall • BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 Atlantic &St.Lawrenee all 66 68 s , floni.,l3aroda,.t Conan. 100 100 101 1014 gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. 1' shares lO 4d ip 104 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 4 4 4 10 Do. Preference all 74 b 9 too ButE,Brant,& (ioderich ( 6 p.c. 1872-3- 100 - - at Calcutta &S. E., Urn lOO - - at a ; e Town & Dock, gu lOO 50 6 5 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. lit all 101 103 at East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 101 103 st East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 106 107 107 1 20 Do. J Extension - - at • irand Urunkof Canada 100 21 22 21 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 85 88 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 57 69 62 100 Do. do deferred 1 0 0 De. 2d Pr e f. Bonds all 52 5l 100 Du. do. deferred all 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock. all 37 40 100 Do. do. deferred - 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook 100 Do. do. deterred - - at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c lOO 106 106 1516 11 1 D l'o. Gua. 5 per cent lB 4 1 P 20 Do. New gua. sp. o 6 4 I4' at Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent at D 44 per cent loy 91 93 St Do - - 201 Great Wes. of Canada all 124 131 111 1 20 4 D. New . iOO Do. 6 o Bt.s. pay. 1873 all t 68 82 a s t t D o. 100 Do. 51 p. du. pay. 1877-8.. all 81 84 4 10 Indian Branch limited 100 100 102 10 limited 2 11 lid Madras4i g do tia. 5 lOO 92 94 st Do. 41 do lOO 85 90 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 - at Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Bads. 100 - - 50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay all - - et N.Rl.C'da,6polatpf.ba 100 82 85 at Do. Delhi st Scinde 10 1 14 1 04 20 Do. do at Do. Puniaub.... a . 5 100 97 t 8 981 at Do.lndus St.lelot 5 D 100 - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per ca c n e . n G t. o , v o .6 e po. c..31,6.1j 1872 u . i . ; 100 991 100 96 98 1877-84 6 5 p. p. c o .. Feb.' & ar.& Au k . Sept - r 1 1 7 99 000 979 19 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 79 SI 82 Do. sp. c. Inscribed ak 100 78 80 Cape G.llope. 6 p.c.1873 100 101 103 00.Ap1.&0c1.189 0 - 1900 100 104 106 Do. do 1880-9 u 100 113' 105 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-0 , 100 101 103 Do. 5 per ceut. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 88 ?0 Ceylon. Nov. 1868, 6 p., 100 ICO 11.2 Do. 1878, do lOO 104 10 Rattritlus. loo ' and u y Do. 1 , 78 1 00 1(3 iO5 00. 1882, Mayls, Nov..!, 100 102 105 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 105 107 N atal 'iov. 6 per cent lOO 96 100 160 04 96 96 'N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t, 100 PI/ 92 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1870 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 100 84 AS New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 98 100 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 94 96 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 92 93 92i S. Aua.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 100 - - Do. 1878 & upwards ItO 103 105 Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja ec July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 106 107 1071 BRITISH MINES. s- Cam. Congo'. Cold, Bin Chiverton -_ Clifford Amalgamated 3O 8 9 Devon G. Cons. (Taylst 1 10.) 110 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 291 22 21 East Caradon 2.14.4 6 7 East Carn BrPa 3l 2 3 31 mast Grenville 2.14.0 2 3 East Gunnislake 8.3.0 / 6 East Loved 3.9.0 9 10 W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.1 21 21 Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 4 Great L txey, limited.. all 17 18 Great South Tolgus.... 0. :4.6 Great Wheal Busy. .. 11.9.6 G. Wheal Vor (11elst,u 40 IS 16 15 Grenville 8.18.0 11 14 it erod's Foot 8.10.0 30 32 llingston Downs ...... 5.10.6 2/ 51 Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 2 4 Marke Valley 1.10.6 31 41 4 11 wyndy Iron Ore, 11w 31 21 1111 New Sewn North Roskear N.Wli'l Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crotty t'rosper United 7.1.6 Pr.vidence Uny Lelant 10.6.7 24 26 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 300 320 South Condurrow 3.2.0 1 14 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 18 22 Stray Park . 35.15.4 rin Croft 9 1 2 Vig,ra and Clogan, lirn all P West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L(skeard P. 12 14 1 est Chi verton ll 54 56 West Seton. 471 115 125 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 65 75 Wheal Buller ( kedruth 16 18 20 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 10 12 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney Lis 5 17.0 7 9 THE CHEAT LOSS OF LIFE AT THE REGENT'S-PARE. This morning amidst the falling of the pelting snow the melancholy work was resumed:on the or mental water in the Regent's Park. As time wears on the operations do not diminish in severity, but rather, on the contrary, they increase. The surface of the water was again re-frozen, and all the work done in the early part of yesterday had to be re-performed to-day. As soon as a portion of the water was cleared of ice, which is still being carted away as rapidly as pos sible, the drags were put in operation, and after an hour's work the body of a lad, apparently between 1 14 and 15 years of age, wr.s brought to the surface, landed, and conveyed to Marylebone workhouse. Another hour's hard work, and the frightful iron hooks of the drags brought up another body, but in this instance that of a man apparently in the prime of life; and, in a few minutes after another body' was fished up, but unfortunately, before it could be lifted from the water into the boat, it slipped from its holding, and sank again to the bottom of: the lake. With the two bodies recovered, and the one lost, the terrible list of actual deaths now amounts, up to 1 o'clock to-day, to 39 ; and, from the numerous inquiries that have been made within the last few hours at the workhouse: there seems little hope that the list of dead will fall far short of fifty. A fresh danger had to be guarded against to- day—the snow, which had fallen during the early hours of tho morning made to launch another boat a work of great difficulty and danger to assist those who had been working on , the water since daybreak. Au amateur preacher this morniug made his appearance in front of the water, and began to hold completely obliterated the gravel paths of the park, and it was only by the greatest exertion on the part of the police that persons whose curiosity had led them to the park to witness the operations of those engaged in dragging for the bodies were prevented froin walking into the water, the snow having fallen on the refrozen ice made it in parts quite impossible to distinguish the boundary of . the lake from the land. Police-constables were placed in the most dangerous parts ; yet, notwithstanding this precaution, the work of preventing further acci dents was not easy, The attendance of spectators in the park was still very great ; the predominant number, ,of course, being those who had the ap pearance of being connected with building opera tions now suspended on account of the frost. They, for the most part, looked on with quietness and decorum, and the only misplaced attempt at joking took place when an effort was being forth, no doubt with the best intentions, but as his oratory only collected a not very attentive crowd where it most required that no obstruction should exist he " was directed to desist, and he then betook himself to distributing tracts amongst the mixed congregation his loud talking had called together. The regulations of the park seem all to be relaxed, and vendors of hot coffee, and soupmade a display of their peculiar compounds on the park seats as near as possible to the scene of the accident, and from the great avidity with which their smoking liquids were swallowed down they must have carried on a very brisk trade. Another kindness has been added to those already performed by Mr. Douglas, the master of the Marylebone Workhouse. A number of poor fellows, Humane Society men, and others who have lost or had their clothed destroyed during the excitement caused by the accident, have received articles of wearing apparel in place of those they have lost entirely at his expense. A number of charitablepersons have also given in their names at the workhouse, with directions that where they can render assistance in deserving cases they are quite ready to do so. The two dead bodies taken in this morning have been identified ; they are those of Frank Glenfield, 15, of . 18, Francis-street, Tot tenham-court-road. James Jobson, 35, painter, 30, Freeling-street, Caledonian-road. The inquiriei this morning at the workhouse after missing relatives and friends have been most dis tressing. The following Lt.. 4 -.. 1.: given in to Mr. Douglas of those persons who have not been at home since Tuesday morning, and who, it is too much to be feared, were upon the ice when it broke. George Tacker, aged 25, of 15, Clarence-street, Waterloo-town, Mile-end. Charles Meakin, 11, of 31, Gloucester-street, Clerkenwell. John Ilford, 21, Charrington-street, Euston square. Frederick Hayes, 25, 8, Harland-street, Kings land-road. A gentleman, linen marked Box, 96, Upper Ebury-street, Pimlico. Benjamin Isaac, 22, saac, 22, of 24, Francis-street, William Robertson, 40, 24, Stanhope-street Hampstead-road. James Anderson, address, 20, King's-place Com mercial-road, East. A young man, aged 20, light hair, with small pocket-bible in his pocket, address, Frederick Powell, 71, Stanley-buildings, Old Pancras-road. We shall in cur Late Edition publish any further particulars of tae terrible accident that may tran spire up to the time of going to pri.ss. The " Man with the Pipe," in a letter to a con temporary, says:—..“ As far as I am concerned, of offered £5O to an y one who would fetch my having me out, I mereiy called for help when I felt myself becoming benumbed after waiting quietly for fully 25 minutes, wathin g the boats picking up others who were , possible, in greater danger than if myself, and also the futile, and, I must say, blundering efforts of the society's men to reach me, or even throw me a rope. I am truly thankful to the two gentlemen who so courageously threw themselves into the broken ice to my rescue, but failed to reach me, and I think it only an act of justice to George Charles Matthews, of 139, Caledonian-road, who eventually did rescue me, that his name should be made public, and I consider that if any one is entitled to a Society's medal he is, considering the courage he displayed, being himself unable to swim. Breeding Establishments and Stud. Farms in France. Nearly the only haras in the immediate neighbourho,ld of Chantilly is that of Mr. I'. Carter, situated about one mile from his training stable at Chantilly, and which has been occupied by him about four years as a stud farm. For many years previously Mr. Carter lived at La Morlaye, ' where his great reputation for breeding and training was principally acquired. Mr. Carter has been very successful as a trainer. Ho has trained six winners of the Derby, and once had a dead heat for it ; three of the winners, viz., Mendon, Experience, and Celebrity were bred at his pad docks at La Mut.live. On commencing the tour of the establishment, accompanied by T. Carter, jun., the son of the owner, who has the manapment of the hares, and to whose attention I am much indebted, I was first shown the brood mares, commencing with Grand3'D:une and Nobility, two very superior mares, and worth going almost any distance to see. Grande Dame is a perfect picture to look at, possessing strength, quality, and symmetry enough to satisfy any critic. She has particularly good shoulders and neck, and very good back and quarters, is about 15h. 3in. high, and strong enough to carry 13st. to hounds, and her legs as fine as when she was foaled. Her owner has several times refused 1,000 sous for her; she won her last race at Carcassono in November last, and is in foal to Tumbler. In the next box was an other chestnut mare, also by the Baron, viz., Nobility, who has won her owner rather more than 3,600 sous ; she is a low, lengthy mare, with groat quality, about 15h. 2in. high, and is in foal to Muscovite. Annexion, by The Baron—Annette, by Gladiator, is a good shaped, short legged mare ; also Minouche, a fine roomy mare, by The Baron; and Lily of the Valley, Nice, and Anxiety were all particularly deserving of notice ; the latter is the dam of Alexandra and Bountiful. Another mare of which men tion should be made is Chere Petite, by Flatcatcher—Wee Pet ; she was bought by. Mr. Carter at the King of Italy's sale in Paris ; this mare, when in the King's stud in Italy, produced Refraction, by Stradbally, who ran seven times and won seven. Two others of her stock, viz., Prosody and Chiffionier, both by Stradbally, and now four and three years old, have not been trained ; her last foal was a colt called - Savoyard, by Stradbally, who was foaled on the,road from Italy to France, at St. Michel, and died, when ayear ling, at Chantilly. Below will be found a list of the, brood mares At the "haras, showing their pedigree, age, and the horses by which"-they are in foal : _ . Foaled in Annetta, by Ibraham— Miss Annette, by Reveller 1839 Tho Squaw, by Robert de Gorham—Mary, by Elis (in foal to Gustave or Empire) ... 1818 Grand Dame, by the Baron—Annetta (in foal to Tumbler) ... 1860 Nobility, by The Baron —Effio Deans (in foal to Muscovite) 1860 Annexion, by The Baron—Annette, by Gladiator (in foal to Muscovite) 1858 Minouche, by The Baron—Fiction (in foal to Muscovite)... ... ... 1856 - • ..- UNITED STATES . POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS: Mails for the United States are made up in London every Saturday evening, Wednesday morning, and Wednesday evening. Letters for the Saturday and Wednesday evening mails must reach the G eneral Post - office by 6 o'clock p.m., and those of the W e d n esday morning mails by 6 o'clock a.m. that day. Newspapers must alwayssbaoprodsay,s posted mailsh f an a r eh taken n earlier. upa t The Queenstown, Wednesday on the following day, and Saturday's by the Liverpool steamers. The Wednesday morning mails are taken by the Southampton steamers. Mails from the United States aro duo in London on Mondays and Thursdays of each week. Periodical works not of da il y publication, issued in the shape of pamphlets, m a y be sen t to the United States, —Not by packet, at the f o ll ow i ng ra t es : , ; above 2 o z ., b u t no t exceeding 3 oz., 6d.; above 3 oz., but not exceeding 4 oz., Bd. ; with an addition of 2d. for every additional ounce up to 16 ounces, above which the privilege does not extend. At the same rate of postage, any pamphlet not weighing more than 8 os (even though it be not a periodical publication) may be sent to the United States, California, and Oregon. This postage is only the British portion, a further sum being charged on delivery. The periodical works or pamphlets must always be sent in a cover open at the ends (not more than ono being sent in a single cover), and the postage must be prepaid. Other printed papers or books (except those specified above), addressed to the places above named, are liable to letter rate of postage. f ['here must be no writing, or other marks upon such periodical works, pamphlets, &c., or upon the covers, ex cept the names and addresses of the persons to whom they are sent; nor upon the covers must there be any printing, except the names and addresses of the persons to whom they are sent and the names and addresses of the senders Any other writing, &c., will render the packotsliablo to letter rates of postage. The Pm of Gold. The quotation 01 gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.15 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 3. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about .-10th dearer in Paris thin in London. l'he coarse of exchange at New York ou London for bills at (10 days' sight is about 104 per cent. At this rata there is uo pro= on Via Ibior Ql gold AIM do United bktee Madlle. do la Romanerio, by The Baron—Warplot (in foal to Muscovite) ... ... 1860 Lily of the Valley, by Wild Dayrell—Blemish, by Emilius (in foal to Muscovite) ... 1858 Maxance, by The Prime Warden—Creusa, by _ _ Priam (in foal to Muscovite) .. 1855 Nice, by lon—lllustration, by Gladiator (in foal to Muscovite) ... ... ... ..: ... 1858 Anxiety, by Lanercost—Security (in foal to Em- pire)... ... ... ... - ... ... ... 1858 Magnanimity, by Inheritor—Jessie (slipped twins to Empire) ... ... ... ... ... ... 1849 Eracas, by the Flying Dutchman—Emeuto (in foal to Empire) ... ... ... ... ... 1853 Integrity, by Y. Emilius—Aspasio 1850 Illusion, by Bay Middleton—Exotique (in foal to Empire) ... 1850 Flower of the Forest, by Y. Emilius—Aspame (in foal to Empire) 1849 Quality, by Inheritor—Margarita (in foal to Tum bler)... 1849 Fear, by Alarm— Cowslip (in foal to Empire) ... 1849 Honesty, by Gladiator—Effie Deans (Nobility's dam)... 1850 Picciola, by Sylvio—Clematite (in foal to Turn- bler)... ... 1851 Jessamine, by Parragone Jessy, by Jerry (in foal to Empire) ... 1851 Chere Petite, by Flatcatcher—Wee Pet .. 1859 Eclair, by logo—Balaclava... 1858 Archduchess, by Dirk Ilatterick—Ellen Lorraine (in foal to Tumbler) 1857 Phoebe, by Lanercost—Diano (in foal to Empire) 1857 Conversion, by Allez-y-Gaiement—Aganisia (As trolabe's dam) (in foal to Muscovite) ... 1861 Aunt Judy, by Doctor O'Toole—Sphinx... ... 1861 Brevet6e, by Cossack—Honesty (iu foal to Mus covite) ... 1859 •• ••• •• 1, Eva, by Allez-y-Gaionicut —Junction foal to (Muscovite) ... ... 1861 Cotton Velvet, by Stockwell—Plush (iu foal to . Tumbler) Flying _ 18G2 Ualipyge, by Ihe lying Dutchumu—Alice (in foal to Muscovite)... ... 1862 Obligaticm,:by The Baron—Effie Deans ... 1861 Emilie, by West Australian —Elfride (in foal to Muscovite) ... 1862 Negerine, by Elthiron—Naphtha ... 1854 Sarcello, by the Flying Dutchman—Cuckoo (in foal to Tumbler) „. 1860 Annex, by Empire—Nice (in foal to Muscovite) 1863 Diane de Poitiers, by The Flying Dutchman — lodine (in foal to Muscovite) 1862 Forlorn Hope, by Charles XlL—Baleine (in foal to Muscovite) ... 1848 Runaway, by Bolingbroke—Elopomont ... 1862 Of the above 39 mares, 15 are in foal to Muscovite. In a paddock adjoining were several yearlings, and of the colts I preferred a brown colt, by Tumbler, out of Lily of the Valley, and a brown colt, by Muscovite, out of Fracas. Of the fillies I particularly noticed a roan filly, by Muscovite, out of Forlorn Hope, with good shoulders and a nice clean head and neck well set on ; this filly very much resembles her sire. Also in the same box a racing-like looking filly, by Tumbler, out of Chore Petite, with a white near fore and hind leg, and a chestnut, by Empire, out of Brevity. In the next compartment were three two-year olds, viz., Boundaway, by Tumbler; Eclair, a very neat racing-like filly, with capital shoulders and blood-like head and neck ; a filly, by Tumbler, out of Anxiety; and a brown filly, by Empire, out of Nice, which have every appearance of turning out well. Of the eight three-year-olds bred at this haras and now in training, only Bountiful has appeared in public, and she fell in the Prix do Moray last year at Deauville, and broke her jockey's arm (Mr. Carter) ; she is a good-looking filly, with good action. Of the others, Briar, engaged in the French Dolby, and Declamation, aro the best looking. This extensive establishment consists of 39 brood mares :—Stallions now at the haras, 4; horses in training—Druso, 5 yrs, Clos le Roi, 4 yrs, Rule Britannia, 4 yrs ; three-year-olds, now in training, bred at the hams, 8 ; two-year-olds, now in training, bred at the hams, 10 ; yearlings, now at the haras, 12 ; total, 76. In addition to the 76 above nam ed, Mr. Carter has now in training five horses belonging to Baron Rothschild; five of M. Mossel man's, two of Viscount Darn's, two of Count Bethune's, and two of M. S. Cheri's ; this, with a couple of hacks, makes the entire number of horses at the haras and the training stable amount to 94. THE STALLIONS. Tumbler, bred in England in 1853, by Tho Nob—Prema ture, by Touchstone, is well deserving the attention of breeders, both from his appearance and the good form he showed on the turf ; he only ran four times, and three out of these were winning races. Ho broke down at Ascot, in the Cup, the last race he ran. Mr. Carter bought him at the sale of the King of Italy's horses, in Paris, about two years since. He is the sire of Tippler, winner of several races in England; and of Traitor, winner of the Derby in Italy in 1865 ; he has twice travelled from Italy to France and back, via Mont Canis, which is 500 miles each way. Ho broke his off hind fetlock-joint in Italy, from which he is lame, and which causes his quarters to appear otherwise he shows plenty of bone and muscle. He is a bay horse, standing rather over 15h. 3in. high, and his stock are very promising ; he had 30 mares last season. Empire, a chestnut horse, foaled in 1856, by The Baron —Annetta, by Ibraham, out of Miss Annette, by Reveller ; stands about 15 hands 3in. high, and is a short-legged, powerful horse, with a very good back, combining a great deal of quality. His owner thinks him one of the best horses he ever trained; he never ran, as ho met with an accident in his Derby preparations in 1859. He is also a very good tempered horse, as I have frequently aeon hire cantering in front of yearling fillies at Chantilly. Alexandria and Bountiful are the only two of his stock that have run, and the former has won twice this year. He had 30 mares last season, and is advertised to stand at this hares this season, thorough-bred mares at 5 sovs. each, and half-breds at half price. Chief Baron, by The Baron—Caledonia, by Bay Middle ton, her darn by Oakley, out of Britannia, by Sheet Anchor, is a dark brown horse ; was foaled in 1861; stands 16h. high, with very good back and loins. Ho ran five times, and won twice the same day at Amiens, in 1861. This horse, from his fashionable blood, is well deserving the at tention of breeders, and if not let will cover at this hares this season at 5 sovs. each; half-brede, half price. Muscovite, bred in England in 1849, by Hetman Plate, dam by Camel—Lady Elizabeth , i s a magnificent bay horse, standing about 16 h. lin., with good length, very powerful, a fine head and neck, and well set on ; has very powerful quarters and good hocks. He ran until his seventh year, and his performan ces were g ood ; his best race being . the Cesarowitch in 1854, which ho won when five years old with Bst 31b on. In the year 1856 he was put to the stud, and the next season was located at the stud farm at Euston Hall in Lancashire, tho prepay of Mr. W. An dorton, who much regrets that this horse ever left him. His principal winners in England have been—lvanhoff, Siberia, Todloben, Bunch, and Vauban ; and in 1866 Mus covite's stock won in England 3,375 sovs. Mr. Carter bought Muscovite in the spring of 1865 at Tattersall's, on vory reasonable terms, and has since been frequently offered a good price for him. 49 coyorod 00 lama lapt year, and will be located at this haras during next season at 12 sous each mare. This haras consists of about 400 acres of land, including some fields at La Morley°, and about 27 acres close to Chantilly, along the side of the Canal St. Jean, which runs between Chantilly and the village of Vineuil. There is n ot a more popular owner and breeder of race-horses on the Continent than Mr. T. Carter, and it is to be hoped that the coming season may prove a most prosperous one for his extensive establishment, which indeed requires a good return to be remunerative. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTI FEBR RES FOR 1867. TARY. Lincoln Spring Harrow 2l MAI Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring l2 West Drayton l9 Bromley I Nottingham 26 Derby ::Cll. Epsom Spring 26 Lowes Spring Oroxtou. Park AP. Northampton Windsor Spring 4 Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Newmarket Craven 8 Curragh 'ItIL. 1 'Phirsk .... Durham .. 22 Newmarket Ist Spring 22 Catterick Chester 3O AY. Chester (continued) York Spring 7 Salisbury 9 Doncaster Spring Bath JU: Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer Hampton l3 17 B ° i d b i u h r a y in Club lB Harpenden Epsom Summer Newton 29 Croydon Stockbridge l9 Chelmsford Newcastle .. 25 Curragit WorcesL‘r Summer 27 Ipswiclt 27 Y. Down Royal Corporate l7 Stamford Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton GJodwood Jli Carlisle 2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Reading Liverpool July Meeting 1U Hungorford Nottingham July Goodwood (continued) 1 Ripon Brighton •• 6 Brighton Club 8 Lewes Egham ..... l3 Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford .... 15 Hastings SEPT] Warwick Margate Curragh Leicester Abingdon 5 Doncaster OCTI Northampton Autumn. 1 Edinburgh Autumn 2 Newmarket 2d October 7 Cheltenham l5 NOV] Liverpool Autumn 5 Shrewsbury ll UST. York August Dover West Drayton 22 Plymouth . . 23 Canterbury Lichfield Darby Summer Weymouth Tunbridge MBER. Richmond l7 Hendon l9 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket Ist October 24 Walsall 25 IBER. Curragh Newmarket Houghton Worcester Autumn 29 :MBE R. Leamington Hunt STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867. FEBRUARY. Carmarthen 5 Harrow Spring I Birmingham l2 Derby Windsor MAP.CH. Liverp00l Spring Grand Military Chertsey Malton COURSING• COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. JANUARY, 1867. Name. Judge. Days of Running Wigtonsh. Club (Stranraer) Mr. Boulton Little Crosby Mr. Welding County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spofford Ridgway Club, Lytham FEBRUARY. 30, &c. Rufford, Lancashire - Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick l4, 15 Waterloo, Lancashire - 2O, 21, cep Tamworth, Staffordshire ... Mr. Warwick MARCH. Irish Grand National (Open), county Louta Ardrossan, Sharphill South Lancashire (South port) Champion Mr. Westropp l4, 15, &c Leinster (Open) Courtown... Mr. H. Spriugall lO, 20 Scottish Open, Lanarkshire - 26, &e. 8, 7 7, &c. APRIL. York ........... Sevonoaks 17 1 Kildtcre Hunt SEPTEMBER. Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, IVLineolnehire Mr. Spafford BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Jan. 17. The return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day shows the following changes com pared with that of last week : INCREASE. Bills discounted Advances Notes DECREASE. Cash in band .... 2,666,000 f. Treasury balance Private accounts 32,000,000f. Bank of England Returns,—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to t . cap. 32, for the week ending :he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 1867. PARTMENT. Goyernrnt. Debt.£ll,ols,loo Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion ISSUE D: Notes issued .....£33,272,645 £33,272,645 BANKING D: £33,272,645 Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div Accounts) 4,467,001 Other Deposits 21,064,710 Seven Day and other:bills ::PARTMENT. Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £13,111,068 Other Securities 19,999,718 Notes 9,972,225 Gold and Silver Coin ..., 1,008,200 £44,091,211 £44,091,211 MAILS FOR NEW ZEALAND.—At the request of the post-office of New Zealand, the correspondence for all parts of that colony, without distinction, will in future be forwarded la the mail despatched from this country on the 2d of each month, by the route of Panama, unless specially dir4icted to be sent by another route. THE COLD.--We should be overlooking a fact of great medical and social interest if we omitted to note the severity of the cold and of its effects on life. During the severe frost of the first few days of the year it was apparent that, despite the tendency in comfortable and healthy people to regard cold at this time as the right thing, the community ge nerally were feeling that there was an enemy to l ife in the air, or, to speak more accurately, perhaps , the fatal absence of a friend—a certain amount of heat. Even the young and the strong saw the firs t si g ns of the frost h yield ing with a feeling of thankfulness . osew o have appointments invol vin g the seeing o f T a hrgenumbers of weak the sick poor resistance h doubtlesstaty in h got h u the most v i vid tecondition impression of the of poverty can Toffheerptaoles,uccholcdo,ldpiashethheadt, 4f January. tohuot! jpaatniuenartys.of dispensaries and hospitals, and the but little better look of those who are confined . to such beds as they have in fireless rooms, made hospital and dispensary duties at once more urgent and more painful than usual. H ow terrible the delusion is that weather like this is beneficial. It is dangerous to the brain, and lets paralysed patients in for second attacks. It is still more deadly to the chest, and he is a healthy man who does not feel touched by it in some part of the respiratory apparatus. It drives the poor into th,ir overcrowded houses in increased numbers, and so favours fever and other epidemic dis ease. And, in a word, apart from its more specific effects, it is generally and through the whole body devi talising. It takes the life out of the body and reduces it by so much to the condition of surrounding things. The Registrar-General sho'r s us that we have in frost a cause of death fa severity more like plague than anything else. Cold can run a sharp race with cholera. In one week it has raised the number of deaths by 445 in London alone. Last week 1,891 deaths were registered. In Glasgow the mortality in last week was at the rate of 73 per 1,000! Can nothing more be done to enable medical men who have to see the sick poor iu this season to relieve them more efficiently and more directly than by present arrange ments is possible ? It would be a most reliable and efficient charitable investment to form a fund to be used by medical men, who aro in the very best position for seeing where a blanket, or a ;shilling., or a soup ticket is most urgently 1 100d0 3 and cPultilviwat couvleto]y lance. / .w...M., - ...m 6.1. 1.... - _ Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Railways. Mlles Opened. Receipts. _ ,----------% 1866. 1865. -- 1866 18E5 £ 4 Belfast and N. Counties 9Ol 991 1,923 1.825 Belfast and County Down 49 19 640 576 Blyth and Tyne • 36 36 1,258 1,35 6 Brecon and Merthyr ..... 6B 64. 1,142 1,1 25 Bristol and Exeter 134 1216 5,699 6,5 19 Caledonian, Scottish Central 562 562 31,877 32, 878 Cambrian Cockermouth K & Penrlth .. 315 31 6 376 299 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 377 386 Cork, Blackrock, & Passave 66 66 122 Cork and Limerick I Irei.t Cornwall Deeside l7 Do Ext, nsion Dub itn & Ilehast J unction - - 83181 10661'357 21:442:82125 2 1 . . 1 :3 4:9 ; 1 :9 Dubai , and Drogheda 75 75 1.311, 1. 49 Dublin and 31eath Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c B5 83 4,405 4. 255 Glasgow & South-Western at. Eastern,N rtlt.,&E. Union Great Northern 4 21 V. 32.401 33, 103 Great North of Scotland iit. Northn. & \Ve s t a . (Irel.) Blt 711 456 35% 3E. Southu. & Wes tii.(lrinil.) i:9/ s6;} 5.43.1 6 .709 Great Wclteru 131.4 12sol 67.103 32,581 Highland Hoy lak • - Iristi .N, orth• Western ll5 145 1,762 11,466 Isle of Wight 8 151_ t 2. Lancas'Are & Yorkshire 403 903 41.660 40,709 Limerick and Ennis..." Li'sterick and Foynes 266 281 101 54 Llanelly 461 461 48 , t 47 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western . - 1304 129 11 107,221 106,225 London & South-Western 503 490 3 / 4 19,780 21,017 Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 314/ 2931 19,371 19,373 London, Chatham, & Dover; i 1351 134 / 6,866 7.7 a all Metropolitan Extension 1 121 12 .6 1,7:2 2,300 Do. Kent coast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Londonderry and Coleraine 36 } . 3,4 27.2 228 alan.,Shetfield,&Lincolnsh .. 246 246 17,. 92 17,752 Ranch. S.Jun.&Altrincham.. 9} 91 1,420 3.620 Maryport and Carlisle ....... 2 8 28 1,331 t,3 8 Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western)., 81,7 614 38,061 41,155 Ilid laud GLW es tn. of hind... 2601 2801 3,337 3.832 nonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal.. 44 44 2.169 2,385 North British, Edin., Pertla and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12201 North London ll North Staffordshire 258 Pembroke and Tenby 276 11:iymney 221 Scottish North-Eastern 143 Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon . ....... 1105 South-Eastern 330 Taff Vale 63 Ulster 1055 Vale of Clwyd • ... 10 Waterford and Kilkenny .. 31 Waterford and Limerick 77 West C0rk..... . 174 W,.cxham, Mold, &c . 14 Whaven,Cleator,&Egrmnt.. 10 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian 822 Bahia and San Francisco ...• 762 Belgian Eastern J unction 265 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 Dutch Rhenish lOBl Eastern of France Eastern Bengal ... llO East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 Great Central of Belgium 285 Great Indian Peninsula 7Bl Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madras. .. Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant BBB Northern of Canada .. .. 94 Northern of France 764 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman .. Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 2151 Paris and Orleans lB2l Recife and San Francisco. &c 776 Scinde. .. Do. Punjab, &c 253 South Austrian, &c . . 1798 Do, Piedmont lines 619 Southern of France 960 Victoria Welland. West & N-Wn. of France 7178 69,159 28,952 1.207 k 58,700 80,931 11 4,571 4,459 258 6,:50 7,636 118 22J 96 13 8 191 1,056 1,0t3 66 832 1,063 98 3.331 3,740 315 18,366 19 614 63 5,602 5,519 1051 1 2,617 2.748 10 101 1,6 31 24 280 77 1,149 3,239 14 10 MlB9 b 3) 822 53.479 52,611 761 793 799 261 323 348 306 5,715 10,351 189 4,828 4,842 1081 4,992 4,968 1551 73,983 6 ,603 110 $,234 2428 1 129 44,339 34,.826 1377 26,288 26,448 265 5 913 6,571 590 18.271 3 .501 134 5,559 5,522 79 1,388 1318 315 11,487 13,263 611 8,8 0 10,612 778 22,330 19.841 94 962 1.035 724 69,442 68,214 44 481 908 76! 20 6 151,446 145,312 18 8 8,228 76,134 774 1,677 1,0 3 105 2,032 1,461 253 3,595 1,391 1691 619 - - 1 823 3.3,779 34,312 254 11,441 10,666 25 1(6 i 25 1151 51,758 50,904 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11. 15 11 16* Ditto 3 Months. 11 18 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 37 25 42} Brussels Hamburg — 13 8f 13 8f Paris Short 25 10 25 27* Ditto 3 Months. 25 32} 25 40 Marseilles Frankfort on tho Maine 1191 119* Vienna — 13 45 13 55 Trieste — 13 45 13 57* Petersburgn Berlin Madrid — 471 48 Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples — 27 0 27 15 Palermo Messina Lisbon —51 f Oporto — 511 51} THE PROPERTIES OF IRON AND STEEL-11l considering the fitness of iron as a material for ships and bridges, and particularly for the latter, says l'rofessor Metlauley, one most dangerous defect to which it is liable must he taken carefully into account, namely, its tendency to crystallise, and thus to lose a very large portion of its strength. It appears from Mr. Fairbairn's experiments, that with constant changes of load, or with the same load, but with constant disturbance of the metallic molecules, from vibration, fracture will, in time, certainly ensue of itself. It has been ascertained that an iron girder will break with about 400,000 changes of load, accompanied by vibrations ; a fact which but too clearly shows that the spontaneous destruction of our iron bridges is but a question of time, and not even of a very long one. The ex planations of this very alarming fact, the danger from which is, unfortunately, not even confined to bridges, but extends to the axles of locomotives and carriages, and to the various portions of machinery which from time to time so unexpectedly give way, is found in the restoration to their primitive form of the crystals which had been elongated and mutu ally entangled by the hammering to which the iron is subjected during its manufacture. It might be supposed that steel, from its tensile strength being so much greater than that of iron, would be, in every instance, far preferable to iron. Such, how ever, is not the case. If, for example, steel is used in the formation of a girder, its thickness may be much less than if iron were used. But this very circumstance, as it is almost equally liable to oitida tion, causes its strength to be impaired with much greater rapidity. Thus, a plate of iron half an inch thick is much less weakened by oxidation to the depth of the sixteenth of an inch than a plate of steel which at first is only a quarter of an inch thick. In the one case the strength of the plate is diminished only to the extent of one-eighth ; in the other, with the same amount of oxidation, to the ex tent of one-fourth. In the former case the plate would stand, when in the latter it would be sure to give way. Again, it might be supposed that steel would answer best where violent concussions are to be withstood, and that, therefore, it would be an excellent material for armour plates. The reverse is, however, true. Steel is strong only when ex posed to a force that is slowly applied. A cannon ball which would cause only indentations in iron, or, at the worst, merely pass through it, would dash a plate of steel to pieces, dealing destruction, most probably, to all those in its vicinity.—Pittsbur gh Mining Journal. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have marked. They have also ordered the fifth instal ment of the New Zealand Government 6 per Cent, Loan (£250,000) to be officially quoted. The greatest wonder in the State of lowa is the " Walled Lake," which is three feet higher than the earth's surface, and occupies 1,900 acres. It has not yet been ascertained where the water comes from or where it goes to, yet it always remains fresh and clear. E —EN YORK HER ALD " I,or N THE ATLANTIC bYeArrfc3lH.llT, hasß" Amc the E . H erald,ini3 British shDpecuebmlic -follliolewil\nrgewreflections. upon the recent yacht race :—" The great change opinion of this country and its people which this and other conflicts of o ar grea t war h ave b ro u g ht about, we see in the honours showered upon these yachtmen. We have conquered even the doubts and delusions of England, and John Bull wel comes Brother Jonathan as a chip of the old block. The good Queen, always our friend, has at last won her Cabinet to our side ; and so those Alabama claims, Mr. Seward tells us, need not occasion the least alarm. And this is well for England, fur just now comes in the most important hint suggested by this yacht race, to wit—What will become of the commerce of England in the event of a rupture with this country, unless we have in advance a settlement of this Alabama question on the American doctrine of maritime belligerent rights ? We believe that, as we can build and man sailing vessels so as to make the time of steamships, a war of twelve months with the United States would be more disastrous to England from such craft than the work of the Alabama a hundred times over. Such are among the practical teachings of this yacht race. But as England has turned from the offences of our late war to the courtesies and hospitalities of peace and friendship, let us hope that the influence of this yacht race will largely operate in behalf of the general interests of peace, and in widening the moral power of the great Republic, ite people ) and its infititutiono." - 71 I