The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-06 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoCK. The usual weekly meeting in the Bank Parlour has terminated without any alteration in the rate of discount, and the demand for accommodation being somewhat active the price in the open mar ket remains at about 2-1. The Government Secu rities opened languidly to-day, very few transac tions:have taken place, but no decline of import ance has taken place in prices. In Foreign Secu rities prices are higher in most instances than yesterday, and the same favourable report has to be made with respect to most of the American securities. Bank shares are higher, a circumstance easily to be accounted for, and in miscellaneous securities there has been a trifling improvement. Consols are now at 92k to 92f for money; ditto, for Ac.xamt, 921 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 92i1; New Tree per Cents, 921 Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 1l arch, par ; June, 1 to 6 preen. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March, 4 prem. ; June, prem ; Bank of England Stock, 4f per Cent., 237. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 2081 71 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 100 i 1 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5} per Cent., 111. In the Foreign Market there is au advance in Peruvian, which is now quoted 821 ex all ; in f.Charkof, at 82 ; and in Turkish,. at 47 ; Spanish, at 264 ex div. ; and Mexican, at 131 ; Italian Bonds are steady, at 55} ex div. ; Egyptian (1868), 84 to 811 ; Viceroy's, 84-1, to 84.1 ; Brazilian, 89f ; Argentine, 881 ex div. ; and Portuguese, 33f ex div. American Five-Twenties are 87 to 87+, being 1 better. Erie shares are 171 to 181; Illinois, 102 to 103, a fall of 1. In English Railways there has been a fall in London and South Western. The prices are now : —Caledonian, 751 to 751 ; Great Eastern, 381 to 381 ; Great Northern 110 to 111 ; ditto (A), 111 to 1111 ; Great Western, 581 to 59+ Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to 1281 ; London and Brighton, 461 to 461 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 15 to 151 ; London and North Western, 1231 to 1241 ; London and South Western 92 to 94 ; Metropolitan, 811 to 82 ; Midland, 1231 to 1241; South Eastern, 78} to 79 ; and North Eastern (Berwick), 127+ to 1271. In telegraph shares French Cable are 1 higher, 17 to 171; Anglo-American, 191 to 191 ; Atlantic Eight per Cents., 21 to 2+ ; and Construction and Maintenance, 331 to 331. In Bank Shares there is an advance of 100. in London and Westminster, which is now quoted 59 to 60 ; London and County, 49 to 50 ; Oriental, 42 to 43; Loudon Joint Stock, 31 to 32; Union of London, 371 to 38} ; and Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 2/ prem. ex div. In Miscellaneous Shares General Credit is dull, at to 1 dis., being a deccline of 1 ; National Dis count is 11fr to 12 ; International Finance, 11 to 11 die. ; and Hudson's Bay, at 121 to 121 ex div. There were no gold transactions at the Bank yesterday. The New York, from New Orleans, has brought £5,200. The Frankfort advices state that at the Bourse liquidation for the end of the year large realizations of shares and stock sold for the call pressed on the market, but that speculators submit to every sacri fice to carry their purchases over, and paid as much as 6 to 8 per cent. interest to maintain their posi tion. For this they have been amply rewarded, as since the liquidation prices have experienced a great rise. The Austrian Lottery Loan of 1860, reduced to 4 per cent. with premiums, has risen to 82 per cent. ; Credit shares have risen to 259, and Aus trian French Railway shares to 396, while Lom bards, neglected hitherto, began to look up. United States bonds are now floating in large quantities, the intended conversion having deterred capitalists from new investments. The dividend to be declared by the Union Bank of London at the half-yearly meeting on the 12th inst. will be at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum, the usual rate for the half-year ending the 31st of December. The directors of the National Discount Company will propose to their shareholders at the meeting on the 19th inst. a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 16i per cent. per annum. At the cor responding period of last year the distribution was at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum. The directors of the Electric and International Telegraph Company have resolved to recommend at the extraordinary general meeting, to be held on the 28th instant, an interim dividend of £5 per cent. for the last half-year. The tenders for £387,500 in bills on India have been received at the Bank of England, and the amounts allotted were—to Calcutta, £358,700, and to Madras, £28,800. The minimum price was fixed as before at ls. 11d. Tenders at ls. llid. will receive about 25 cent. ; above that price in full. These results show a slight decrease in the demand for means of remittance to the East. The applications for the shares of the British Australian Telegraph Company have been of a very favourable. character. The subscription list for London closes this evening. The quotation is i prem. The trustees of the Nevada Freehold Properties Trust offer for adoption the certificates remaining bear s uns ubseribed. Th e p r i ce o f i ssue i s £2 eac h, w hi c h in terest at the rate of 12} per cent. ; £1 to be paid On cates. application, and £1 on issue of certifi- The directors of the London and Westminster Bank hays resolved to declare, at the ensuing gene ral meeting, a di v id end and b onus o f 8 1 per cent. for the half-year ended the 31st of December last, carrying forward the sum of £7,500. This, with the 8 per cent, declared in July last, will make 161 per cent, for the year upon the capital of #.2,000,000, against 25 per cent, in 1868, when the capital was only £1,000,000. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES GOYERNMEXT r MIDS. 3 par Cent. Consols 9 2i i rd 6 Ditto for Account, jan. 6 • 92} per Cent. Reduced 1 i New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cen ) an. 1873 — Cinuities SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Dofor 30 y rs, exp i re sth April 1885 L t, (Red S ea Televaph), Au g ., 1909 xolloquor Pills £l,OOO, 2} p. C t. March par De Da, 3 do. J une Pm £lOO, £2001& £5OO 4 pm n• • openin Ba n )* of En g la nd Stock, 4} pe r C en t — g Canada 4 *ter-Colo pnial er Cent. B onds — rnanun I NDltli GA -VIRNMENT SECURITIES ladil stock, 10} per pent., April 187 4 208! 71 _ De. Opening, for Account T , D •• 0 per Cent. July, 1880 ', 41 Per Oe. Oct. 1888 D.. 1 -, 1 43. t afaced Pape, 4 per 0ent...,... O. S per Cert., Jan. 1872 ...... ... 1 1 877 872 .: — ..... IDo. 6i per Cent. May 1879 Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Date. De do Do. 82 .... . do. 18 Do. De. Bo nds Deb., , 4 p 5 pe er Centr Cent.,. , A .5 u 1 g .0 . 0 173 PL. Do. und er £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. irzentins Republic, 6 per Cont ... - • ''''' 8 - 81 i Do. Ac count Ault rian Bonds 5 p er cent Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4} per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 18 5 8....• — Do. ut ,. 1 86 0 — o. do 1868 — Do. 5 per Cent., 186 5 — Account 90 89 - 4 Dc. A ;enos Ayres 6 per Cent. 951 C ub Do 2 p er C ent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) (L Cent. ilian 6 per Cent no. 4 k per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent~ Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 Dt. 1867 0 10-nbian, per 6 ce per Cent a nisn, 3 per Cent., 1825 Dan.bian P rincipalities 7 per Cent B9il" Do. Account P- i _ Do cusdor 8 per Cent., 1867 • 932 New Consolidated 1 ar Cent EBYPtian, 7 per C ent... 871 Do Spe ond Issue ' , p D 9. 45°C 13013,10 Do, 1861 mittweimmotts -... ibt an. 5. d High grounds walked NCE ,n. 5. on dur- 1081. 1131. 113. 1151. 1091. .31/. 218. 251 c. 30ic. an,old d Co.'s ing the pments I bales ; ddling, amship , ff this ed pas- a were r with- Learn er o-day, harop 15th iltiwo, [eft for poicts Baron gtatis- taken mber, arkt t 0 - 6 60 3 - 5 35 '6l ,raped lies, at ement- Lobility relopee Ly low in half Anne, inkere, re exe• )ne e at erland ription mann • rison oners will ad of pur ected eave , ling. n. 5. 6. Do. Account D. £5OO Bonds De £lOO Bonds Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .. Do. £lOO Bondi Government Railway Debentures ..... 981 reek 5 per Cont., 1824- 5, ex Coups. Do. Coupons •,. 34 Gultemala!s per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail.Loan.,lo p.,Ct., all pd Do. Account Bll 801 Italian 5 per Cent., 1365 — Jo. Account . Do Maremmana Railway — Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — ylontevidaan 6 per Cent. •• — Mccrish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada lB Do 3 per Con Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (iiechres) Peruvian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account .. 81{ 21 i Do 41 por Cent. WI :harren) Do 4/ per Cent.. 1862 . — Do Account 9si Do 6 per Cent.,1862 — Per t:ignese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,' ;(','2.': 33} 41 Do. do. 1R67, — Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — Russian 5 e ar Cent., 1822, .0 St ...... Do 41 per Cent 1850 - Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cont., 1862 Do do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondt„ Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, .0100 Bonds 9ll Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway — Sardinian b per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Acc , Junt .... — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Passive — Do. •Cert. Com. of Coup. not funded,. Do. Account Dividends on the above payable in Loudon Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2} per (lent. Ex. 12 Guil,, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...., French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. — !Wien 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f Do Account 561 CLOSING PRICES. Jonsols, Money Do. Account, Jan. 6 92/ xd NOTTINGHAM, sth.—There has been a shade more doing in some descriptions of lace goods during the past few days. Plain nets continue dull. In the curtain and fancy branches there is an average amount of business doing. Lace yarns maintain their value. In the silk department there is little or no improvement. Laces and other fabrics sell slowly, hut future prospects are more cheering. The market for raw silk is firm, and recent curren cies are well maintained. The hoisery trade is quiet. The demand for the home market is below an average, and there is not much doing for ship ping. There is no change in the price of hosiery yarns. PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. NV)3DNIISDAY. Yesterday in the Senate M. de Butenval gave notice that he should question the new Ministers on the policy which they proposed to adopt with regard to the treaties of commerce, whose expiration is more or less near, on the spirit in which they intended to prepare the recasting of the general tariff of customs, on the part played by the superior council of agriculture and commerce, and on the results of the agricultural inquiry. M. do Butenval is favourable to Free Trade, and of course upholds the trea ties of commerce. Another question is to be asked by M. Row land respecting the religious topics now being discussed at Rome. The new Ministers are not likely, as you see, to escape that disagreeable condition of Parliamentary Government—the interrogatory ordeal in the Chambers. The Emperor has, according to the Moniteur, written a flattering letter to M. Magne doing full justice to his long Ministerial services. Tho ex-Minister of Finanoe did good service by quitting office no less than by retaining it, since his withdrawal facilitated the compromise which cut the Gordian knot. It is suggested, however, by some cynic that this act on his part was not purely disinterested, but was dictated by the secret hope that, should M. 011ivier fail to make a Cabinet, he himself would beoome the poli tical hero of the hour. The Siècle calls loudly for an ex planation from the organs of the Left Centre of the condi tions on which MM. Buffet sad Daru accepted office. Tho statements of the Peuple Francais (to which I have previously referred, certainly appear to demand some explanation, but as yet the Journal des Debats, the Journal de Paris, the Libtrte, the Presse, the ifoniteur, and the Francais, are silent on the point. The dissolution of the Chamber, which the leading members of the Loft Centre wore formerly so active in demanding, is the great point at issue. As several of the democratic journals have already observed,it is idle to talk of electoral and municipal reform while the official majority is accepted as fairly representing the people. A sreeoli recently made by our new Minister of Finance at an industrial mee'ing at St. Dizier, is being read with interest. Ho was received with great cordiality, and after thanking the audience for the warmth of their welcome, said that he believed it to be partly duo to the political opinions of himself and his colleague, who was present. We are endeavouring, he said, to give France institutions really Liberal and Conservative, Conservative because they are Liberal—to found order by liberty, an order no longer dependent exclusively on one will whether well or ill directed, but resulting from the agree ment of the wishes of a whole people capable of regulating its own destinies. France has already attempted this noble enterprise, and failed, but to-day, said M. Buffet, I have good hope. We understand better the practical part of liberty. Until lately it was but a speculative idea. After a passage referring to the useless debates in the Chambers, M. Buffet declared that the truth was now generally recognised that political guarantees were a necessary condition of the security of labour, a sentiment which was loudly applauded. In the circumscription which he himself represented they said to him lately that it was true they had material order, but its benefits were forfeited by per petual uncertainty. One evening they could not tell what would happen the next day. Their industry flourished under a protective system. They woke one morning and found they wore under a different regime without a movement on their part. We go to sleep, they said, in peace, but we are not suro that we shall not wake to-morrow at war ! Cries of " C'est 'erai, " Trig lien" resounded shewing that the orator was giving expression to the general feeling. He concluded by declaring that the great interests of the country all required a broad and safe road, whose direction should not be altered without the consent of their representatives. France, enlightened by experience of the perils alike of absolute power and of licence must no longer be tossed between these two dangers. She will succeed at last in gaining true liberty, that is to say, the governor out of the country by the country. The Temp alludes to the dismissal of M. Hausmann, and says that it was carried out under circumstances which were very characteristic of the regime just inaugu rated. Immediately after the new Ministers had taken the satire, the Emperor called their attention to the state of the city of Paris, and expressed a wish that M. Haussman should hold a provi sional appointment. The Cabinet were of opinion that such a step would not be desirable, and, after con sidering the matter, it was decided that M. Hausmann should be speedily replaced. It is said that the decision was a unanimous one. The dismissal of the Prefect of the Seine has thus been the first work of the new Cabinet, And its first manifestation of the independent spirit it intends to display towards the Crown. Regarded in this light the affairs of M. Haussmann assume considerable importance and still more when it is remembered that this high functionary was himself a representative of molt Absolute authority. During his long dictatorship of Parisian interests he always boasted that he was the faithful executor of the wishes of a superior judgment. The prosecution of the Rappel is an unfortunate affair. Et has been instituted on account of some articles on military affairs. The Rappel declares that the articles in question have been reprinted, for that they appeared first durin g the Forcade Administration. This statement was looked upon as unfavourable to the new Government ; but the Liberty announces that the prosecutions of the Rapped were determined upon before the formation of the present Cabinet, which was entirely ignorant of them. MM. Bozorain and Lachaud have been to La Roquette in order to confer with Troppmann. The question of the rcomplices occasions great anxiety to the two counsel, And it is supposed that Troppmann may have !lade some more confessions. Ile asked to speak in private with M. Lachaud, and the persons who were in the cell at the time were kept at a • distance. Troppmann gladly seizes every opportunity to write, because by that means he can get rid of the strait waistcoat. The question of associating the Prince Imperial with the Empire has been again discussed at the.Tuileries, and the Emperor seemed less inclined to favour the proposal than on a former occasion. He said that it was desirable, before coming to any decision on the point, that they should_ trAtt leig_A*4l of th9Xri_n_q_lippp.#24, SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1870, SHARE LIST. JOINT-STOCK 33 *NMI. Olosiug mines done Share NAME. Paid. Price 10 Agra. Limited, A all 11 11} 11/ 10 Do B lO 41 5/ 41 SO Albion l6 10 8 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 22 220 22} I 20 Anglo-Hungarian $ 1} 21 8 1 20 Anglo-Italian 1865, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm.— , 5 5 4 95 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 82 60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 87 8V 10 Bank of New Zealand all 181 161 BO British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China all 17 18 26 Chartered Mem. of India London, and China all 20 City lO 100 Colonial 26 10 Consolidated, lhn. 40 Delhi and London, lini ~ Wo 40 East London, litn 5 20 English and Arno-lean, hal 10 20 English Bank of Rio do Ja neiro, urn lO 20 English, Scottish, and Ate • tralian Chartered ,,, all 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bunk Corporation all 28i Do new III 100 Iniperial, Um 2O 20 Imperial Ottoman lO s 5 lonian all 26 Do now 4 Lud Mortgage of India, Hai 4 100 Do sp. c. 1)&1'3.1864, 30 all iG 100 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 100 London and Brazilian, litn. 45 20 Do new 71 100 London & River Plate, lint. 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart. of Australia all 20 London and County 2O 50 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd II London Joint Stock London and South African al 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 60 London & Venezuela, lim 121 100 London and Westminster 20 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lim 25 10 Metropolitan, lim all 00 Midland, lim 2O 6 National of Australia 26 National of Liverpool, Inn l6 00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 10 Do . 42 99 National. BO 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 60 I'rovinc. Bank. Corpo., liui lO SO Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do now all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 25 Union of Australia all 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London l6 pr 1p lei lin 8€ 88 4 5 l 5 10 2k 21 Vir I 19 22 li 3 Si 3 ! i it; ad 5 4 pp 7,5 5 .14 11 13 14 '2 p 23 211- 23 4114 504 31A 32i 13 11 471 5)31 bei ei 64 if if 11 I ad 1p 41 48 41 42 43 64 Li 90 92 884 14 13 11# 8 8 46 4s 37 38 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. ro Anglo-American — Tei.,lim aTI 19 2) :91 1 4 10 Anglo Moditer Tel., 1im.... 10 171 18 101 1 it Atlantic Telegraph lO 13 18 it Do. 8 per cent. it B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira lOO 178 183 it Electric 6c Inter. Telegraph 100 260 265 10 Do. New 2 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., lira all 28 21 6 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 21 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 4 1p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 6 64 6I 26 Reuter's Telegram all 7$ 80 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all 184 17 17 4 et Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 14 14 6 11. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 71 6 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all a 4 51 _ STATE OF TRADE. BELFAST, Jan. 4.—Flax supplies small, attend ance of purchasers not numerous ; still, a fair de mand generally existed, at prices previously cur rent. Yarns—The improvement in demand an• nounced last week still progresses, and some con siderable parcels both of lines and tows have changed hands during the week. Transactions on home and English account have been to a fair extent. Inquiries from the Continent have been tolerably numerous. Stocks are held in moderate bounds : prices of linen are firm. Tows in some cases have advanced to the extent of lid. per bundle. Handloom linens, brown.—A mode rate business was transacted in cloth for dyeing and hollands and cambric handkerchiefs, save 4 and wides, which were dull of sale. Prices unaltered. All other descriptions of handloorn goods have been more or less neglected. Powerloom. —Transac tions i❑ light linens for bleaching, heavy linens, cloth suitable for the foreign clothing trade, cam bric handkerchiefs, and diapers have not been extensive. A fair moderate demand exists for cloth for dyeing and hollands, roughs and drills. Prices remain without alteration. Damasks and printing lawns continue difficult of disposal. Bleached and finished linens. Taking into account the recurrence of Christmas holydays a fair moderate amount of business was transacted on home account. The improvement in continental demand, as lately announced, continues, and for general assortments orders have been placed, though not to a great extent in any class of goods. Some failures and an unsatisfactory state of business are reported by the latest advices to hand from Ame rica. Stocks generally are , about stationary, and prices, on the whole, show little alteration. , RDINARY 8HA.11.1113 AND STOCKS. gallW AY B. Paid. `Mooing Business Price. dime. at Exist )1 and Exeter ...... 100 74 76 at Caledonian lOO 7di 77 at Cambrian 20 Cornwall.— at Dublin & Belfast Juno... 100 at Dun„Perth.& Ab.J iOO 70 72 2) East London all 5 7 20 Do 23 Do at Glasgow &S. Western 100 100 107 at Great Eastern et Do. E. Ang]. No. 2 lOO 64 71 at Great North of Sootland lOO 16 16 It Great Northern ... 100 110 111 11 1 '1 11 st Do. A stock et Do. B stook lOO 117 129 et GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO ;8 100 et Gt. Western -Original lOO 661 561 59 st Do. South Wales lO 63 61 et Do. W. Mid.—Ox lord lOO 31 16 st Do. Newport lOO 32 1 38 at Lancashire & Yorkshire lOO 26f 1:71 1281 at Lon., Brigh.,& S.Coaet lOO 46i 471 441 / Do Scrip .... st I on., Chat., and hover lOO 15 101 151 .t Do. Aletrop. Ex. A lOO 11 LS at Lon. & North Western lOO 1214 924 1:4 34 41 it Lon. South Western lt.;o 9s 04 9 11 4 Man., Shei., & Lincoln lOO 53 034 ISt 4t M(•tropolltan . lOO 63 F3l 811 1 at Do Extension 100 S t 831 60 Do. Nett rd all at Metrvolitau Distrft « All SU 32 20 10 Metrop. St. John's 35 o'sd 6 - et Midi and st V 0 &rutin. & Dern; at Nsr ,h British at 1) _ . I'th., It Dun... 103 st ts'or 4astern -Berwick lOO 1211 1221 1274 7 20 D G. N.E purchase-16.13.1 - at D Leeds. at I) u York lOO 1181 11:1 1.4 64 at D oCarlisle at D oStoez. & 160 158 160 MI at North Lou luu 10 Do New 1868 . . 4 11 2 at North Staffordshire . . 100 61 63 at North and Ca. W. Junction 100 fie 101 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... at . lOO 53 65 at Shropshire Union l6O 591 604 st South David.. at South Eastern lot 771 77. at Staines, Wok`ham, & Wok all 18 1: at 'Cad Vale -- Do. C . 6 Waterford & Kilkenny ICO 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 16 - - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND ki TUCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 87 89 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gun. 6 p.c lOl at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st DO. do. Ordinary lOO 78 82 st Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 11l ... 20 Cornwall, .5 per cent gum all at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at 710. Ist Class preference lOO as Glos. & S.W. gua. 5 per et l9O st Gt. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 98 100 st Do de No. 2 100 97 99 st Do do 6 per cent 100 ill 113 st Do East Anglian A 6 p. c. 109 at Do do B 6 do. 109 st Do do C 7 de. 199 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 190 63 72 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 ... at Do do 5 p.c.WaT.Val.lBl7 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 100 at Do & p.c., rd at 10 p. a. pm. HO ... 1121 Do 4i do de do 100 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm 100 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 90 95 at t.West.—Orig.&Jut.-Rent chg., per gua_s p l c lOO 106 101 Do. eirii,(B. U. PAO : 5 p.o. 100 95 100 Do do 44 per cent. 1800.— 190 90 92 Do do 4 do do lOO SO 32 Do do 5 per cent. redem 100 97 90 100 Do do Birmingham gua 100 68 72 Do do do pref 100 Do do Chester gua, lOO 89 0J Do do do 8 per cent lOO Do do do 6 do 109 95 106 Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 Do do 44 p.c lOO ..• st Do do 44 1859 lOO ... t Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford hag lOO 118 116 at Do do 2d gua lOO 113 115 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 96 93 1'0; et Do do 2d do 100 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carliala 41 p.c. all at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1,3 13a at Do Barnsley, £5 3slod p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn urch). 109 98 100 st, London it Br i g hton.p sp. c. iguarantead, No 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gua Nu. 2. 100 ~„ at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do N 0.4 lOO ,„ at Do 7 per cent lOO at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P ) 100 „, at Do 4 do 1859 lOO ••• at London, Chatham, & Diner 5 per cent lOO at London and /;.W ,C. and Nuneaton 6 per cent lOO 110 114 at Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO at Do Shrowsb'y & Welchp'l lod ••• •.. at London and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 145 150 a Do (Portsm.perpo,ns 2:4M) all Stan., Shef., & Linda. 6 p.c. 100 . •• Do .1:t; all par 1 pin a Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 at Mid. Consolidated, 6p. c... 100 148 135 a Do Briatol&Birm., 6p. c lOO 1.3 136 a Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO t 8 100 1011 a Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 98 10J a Do Leicester & 11.'chn, 4 p.c luo 80 91 at North British, 5 p.c. No.l lllO at Do E. & Cr. 4p.c.5.& I) 1 u 0 at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t.. *** at Do Border Union, 51 p.c.,. 100 „.. st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 85 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 oa at Du U N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Barwick capital 8.13.4. Do York, dr S. purchase. 10 10 101 Do Stcktu &Drling. A 3 p.c. 100 107 10) at Do W, Hartlepool IL. and It 100 Bi 3 tlB 811 f 20 North Stafforddhire 108 S. Devon Annuities, 1 all 9 10 lOs Do Tavistock Anna., 10d all 81 111 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 8g 1 0.6. S. east. (llead. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 44 percent lOO ••• ••• of Do Fixed 44 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l IOU 154 158 at Waterford& Kilkenny, 6pc . 100 „„ RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year it Caledonian 4i p c gua. lOO it Do Scot. Oen. min. 7p c 100 st Do 41 p irredeem..... all • • it Do 4p c con.. issued at 80 65 " it Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 at Do 5 do, 1862 100 87 90 st Do New 5 do, 1863 100 86 08 it Do do 6 do, 1864 100 83 86 et Great Northern, 6p c irred 100 st Do Permanent 5 per cent 100 st Do Boston &Sleafd, 41 pc 100 ••• st Groat West.,W. p c 100 ••• it Do Joint porpe. pc, 1865 100 38 y t st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 HO 112 20 Do Vale Neath perp. bp c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, ii 100 • • •• Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 187 1 2 1p st Lond., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1353 100 st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 it Do do 6 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 6 do ••• at Loud , Chat., &c., 2 d, 6 p.c 100 ••• at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 109 Do do C 6 p.c at London& N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 gg 3 5 97 i 10 Wan. Shef. & Liu., 5 p 0,1865 all y 91 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 per cent pref lOO 10 7 loy do 100 107 t o g 18 Do 4p c opt. to cony. to B a t t Ili D dl o and, B it A 5 Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1889 all 201 214 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 19 191 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 B4 11 Zip it North British, E. and. G No. 1, 5 per oent it Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P., &Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 804 at Do E.& G , N 0.2, 5 p.c it Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p e 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 00 1 0 101 at Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 118 115 it North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) et North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 et Do 5 do, 1864 at Igetoria. St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 BAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS cent. Prefer all 98 1 00 s ett 106 91 93 - Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 64; 6 o sß ' D r k o e . n 4 ll , e perad st Do. 5 1 per cent. st Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... ... it Colchester Stoar Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lO9 1 82 1 84 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... ... s Gt. Kam, Newm.,&c., 6 p.c 100 ... 8 Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 .., ...... st Do. do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 .. .. st Gt. West, W. Mid., Herd 100 97 49 80 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 st London and Blackwall st Do. 41 per cent ..... : st London, Chat., &c., 41 p. c. 100 ... ... it Do. Com. Fund, 6 do 100 ... ..„ at Londou and Greenwich s t Do. de Preference lOO ... ... st London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 85 st Luwebtuft, gua 4 percent lO 79 81 et Do. el , . 0 do 61 blanch., Bt.— Matlk all 7 . •• ••• st Midland, Bradford, Prof.,, 100 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Lir.s) 60 Northern&East.,s percent all 63 66 6A Do. do. 6 do. all ... ... st N. Eastern—Hartlep00l ... ... st N.West.A perp. pref, spc. 10 107 109 113 st Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ... ... st Notting. & Granth R. 6:o 100 91 98 25 Preston and Wyre Ineyston, Hitch., and Shop lOO 182 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 106 132 Elf 10 De do 8 2 21p 8 B. Yorksh. and RiTer Dun 100 97 42 109 1.) .., 4 per cent gua ]9 ) 76 80 b do st Viet. Station and Pimlico— lOO . st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 18 14 20 Do do B all ... ••• 20 Do do C all ... ... st Weymouth and Portland lOO . ~. at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. it East and West India lOO 111 126 114 Loudon and St. Katherine 100 51 53 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 par cent Miilwall Freehold Land et Dock lOO 28 it at Southampton IJO 72 75 in Surrey OpipaierOal .;4 0 / 110 119 _►fr MISCELLANEOUS, 10 Ineo-itexican dint all 141 141 26 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, tim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, Lim 3 6d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 111 141 10 Do. New all 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lily. SO 5 Bombay Gas, lily. 13 15 5 0 New' I t id 50 British American Land 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 2k 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 64 66 10 Canadian Loan and Inyest- __ __ ment, Tim 2,} .. ... 20 Ceylon Company, hill. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, Urn 6 •—•—.• 25 City of London Real Pro- _ _— Party, ---- 9 gi 4 30 City of Milan. Improv. lira. all 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lira— all BO City Offices, lint 25 23 22 i 0 Colonial, lim. Do. BO Commercial Union (Amu) i pr 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim 20 Continental Union Gas, litn all 25 27 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 74 per cent. Bank of France. PARIS, Dec. 30. 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 02 Reserve of the Bank Dec. 23. 182,500,000 - 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 and its branches Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000, 000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 1,398,557,800 1,848,369,150 Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight 45,881,189 53 46,271,819 62 Treasury 'account cur rent creditJr 210,725,935 42 231 458,259 57 Current account; Paris 374,167,210 13 361,360,028 85 Do. branch banks 46,061,119 43,650,081 Dividends payable 10,991,393 791,076 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last 428,095 61 96,425,546 67 six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 1,305,522 15 991,660 38 6,09,613 89 8,827,320 79 ----- Total CILEDITOR. Dec. 23. Dec. 30. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over- due Commercial bills , dis counted, not yet due 310,082, Do. branch banks 287,275,214 292,125,580 089 19 355,546,451 35 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 1,725,900 Do. on French Public Securities 22,410,100 Do. by branch banks 9,089,900 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con- 227,669 23 260,931 37 22,457,800 - 1,099,880 - 22,642,700 - 9,051,800 - 39,380,1t0 - 32,946,170 -- 1,131,800 - 1,299,000 - 187 21 vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000 ,000 Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 1 4 12 , 9 80,750 14 Do. disposable Renter Immobalisees 80595,187 21 80 , 59 5, (Law, June 2, 1857) 1C0,000,000 -- 100 ,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Btstik and landed propel ty branches Expenses of manage- 60,000,000 - 9,048 897 - went Sundries 2,948,103 50 2,554,010 93 6,873,525 63 9 ,995,002 42 Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of FraLce. (Signed) ROULAND. The Bank Returns, Tho Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 4th of 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 Deo. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United liingdom when compared with the previous month : N,-r. 6, Deel 4, 18 09 . 1809 . Increase. Decrease. Private toef BanksEngla n . d . .. .3,9 40 ,9 4 71128,181,190 j 175%767 . 2 2, 05.44 , 2,751,717 133,721 Joint-stock Banks 2,42 5 , 07 2 2,8 8,739 56,333 Total in En gland 29,251,459 , i 28,301 - ,643 948,411 Scotland 4,87 1 , 3 81 5,287,453 416,140 Ireland 7,8 81 , 180 ' ! 7, 354 , 163 I 27,017 - -- 41, 503 , 9671 40,913,239, 1 United Kingdom. 416,110 876,528 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 £105,946 in the circulation of the United • Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation: — The English private banks are below their fixed issue ... •••' ••• £1,290,907 The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue ... 1369,901 Total below fixed issue in England ... £1:660,808 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2 538,187 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ... 992,669 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month endingilst of Nov. was £18,443, 206 , being a decrease of £388,284, as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £71,692 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 6th of Nev.:— Gold and silver held by the 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 whop compared with the corresponding period lea year, THE ACCIDENT AT LIVERPOOL. The sad results of the fall of a warehouse, run ning from Harrington-street (behind Lord-street) nearly to Matthew-street, Liverpool, yesterday, are described by the local papers. The premises were owned by Mr. E. Kearsley, Exchange-street East, and were used for the storage of rice, cotton, meal, &c. The warehouse is six stories high, and fronts with Harrington-street, the rear or northerly portion of the block—that which has fallen— abutting upon Matthew-street, but leaving sufficient space for two or three small dwellings, which stood in No. 2 Court in this street. These premises were occupied by Mr. John Moss, cabinetmaker. According to a dite on the front of the warehouse, which is known as " Harvey's," the building is 84 years old. In its fall the immeese mass swept away or entombed two of the cottages, and did consi derable damage to surrounding property, indluding that occupied by Mr. Bolton, drysalter, whose office has been entirely demolished. Two persons were in in it at the time, Mr. J. S. Butler, the manager, who lives at 14, Melia-street, and a youth named Thos. Aokers. On hearing the noise the lad rushed to the door, which remained standing, and managed to scramble unhurt into the street. His companion, he said, also endeavoured to reach the door, but while in the act of doing so the flooring gave way, and he disappeared among the debris. Butler, however, was rescued alive, though seriously in jured. Another man seems past hope of recovery. HER MAJESTY'S STAGIIOUNDS.—A special train will leave the Waterloo Station every Friday morning at 9.55, calling at Twickenham, Staines, and Bracknell, for the convenience of gentlemen hunting with these hounds. THREE MEN KILLED IN A MINE.—A shocking accident is reported from Cornwall. While four men wore at work in one of the stapes at Drakewalls Mine, in the parish of ealstock, the ground fell in upon them, and three of the poor fellows were killed. The fourth received severe injuries, but it is expected he will recover. A 4, long firm" swindler was yesterday capture:l at Sheffield. Ile gives the name of John Henry Wood, and has been trading as "Wood, Jeavons, and Hawk." Amongst those whom he has victimised are Messrs. Ransoms and Simms, of Ipswich, the welt-known agricultural implement makers, some of whose machinery he obtained and sent to various auction rooms in the town f r disposal. Another outrage is repertcd to have been com mitted at Thorncliffe. The other evening as a non-unionist, named Watson, who is employed at one of the pits belong ing to Messrs. Newton, Chambers, and Co., was going to w.urds the Tankersley pit be was attacked by ten men, who kicked Lim and struck him in a sharnaul manner with bludgeons, and afterwards threw him into a pond, whence he was rescued by a passer-by. The police, on going to the adjoining village for the purpose of endeavouring to arrest the perpetrators of the outrage, were stoned by the crowd. With respect to the accid(nt at Forgandenny, a station on the Caledonian Railway, the Putzdte Adetriixer re m like :—The passengers who were most seriously wounded are still in Perth Infirmary, and, up to last night, aro progressing favourably. Yesterday, the stationmaster at Forgandenny, Mr. M'Currach (who is considerably over 50 years of age) and the driver of the mail train (Banks) were examined before the Procurator-Fiscal at Perth. The perter is still in custody, but, so far as we can learn, little culpability appears traceable to him.- - _ At the Dorset quarter sessions yesterday, held at the Shirehall, Dorchester, Mr. Floyer, M.P., presided, and in opening the business alluded to the distressing hunt ing accident which had befallen Lord Portman, one of the county magistrates. Ills lordship had under gone a Tory painful operation, and his life at one time was despaired of, but be (the Chairman) was happy to say that he was now progressing favourably. Tho Earl of Shaftesbury moved a vote of sympathy with his lordship, to whose diligence and ability, manifested in the interest in the county, ho bore testimony. The motion was carried. A correspondent of the Tagespresse describes a visit he paid the other day to Barbar Übryk (the nun), in company with the physician of the lunatic asylum where she is confined. He says that she looks extremely well, and far younger than she really is. She has a small, merry face, with a retrousse nese and bright lively eyes, which, says the correspondent, peeped out shyly every now and then from under the bed clothes. She conversed freely, though rather incoherently, laughed a good deal, and occasionally broke out into snatches of hymn and other tunes. The originators of the Socialist conspiracy which was lately discovered at St. Petersburg (according to the Eastern Budget) are some young men of the Radical party, who had joined the Russian revolutionists at Geneva in a plan for raising the peasants against the nobles. Several pro clamations addressed to the Russian people, and printed at Geneva, have been seized by the police. At the head of each of them are two crossed hatchets, surmounted by the inscription, "People's Tribunal." A great number of these documents were found in the residence of a justice of the pea3o named Ttlerkesseff, who is now in the bands of the authorities. The decision of the Government in accepting the resignation of Messrs. Schneider and Fenwick, who were formerly justices of the peace for Lancashire, has, it is stated, caused great dissatisfaction in the localities in which these gentlemen reside. Tho gentlemen named had been re stored to the commission of the peace, but, on finding that the Chancellor of the Ducby of Lancaster was not ac quainted with the circumstances connected with their poli tical careers, they resigned their seats as justices of the peace. So intense has the feeling regarding Mr. Schneider become that the people of Barrow-in-Furness, where that gentleman lives, have resolved on electing him to the mayor alty at the earliest possible opportunity. The Alabama claims are referred to again by the New York Times of the 25th ult. " The whole subject has now to be dealt with at the seat of our own Govern ment," observes our American contemporary. "The United States has not receded from any one of the positions it has taken up during the protracted negotiations, while Great . Britain has found itself compelled to relinquish the ground which Lord Russell unwisely took as his stand point. A similar spirit of concession may now result in a formal settlement of the difficulty. Our firmness in refusing to assent to imperfect compromises is as much in England's interest as in that of the peace of the world. That consi deration has doubtless had its influence upon the British Government, and induced it the more readily to comply with the preliminary conditions exacted by Pres:dent Grant." The death is announced this morning of Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings, K.C.8., at the age of 80. He was born in 1790. Having been educated at Winchester School, Thomas Hastings entered the navy in 1803, and became lieutenant (for his services in command of a gunboat at Walsteren) in 1810. He was first lieutenant in the Badger, at the destruction of a French brig of war at the mouth of the Ems, and served afterwards on board the Hyacinth at the at tack on the batteries of Malaga, and the capture of the armed vessels in the mole of that port in nn. He was first lieu tenant of the Undaunted, which ship conveyed Buonaparte to Elba in 1814, and became captain in 1825. He organised and commanded the Excellent, gunnery ship, from 1832 to 1845, and was superintendent of the Royal Navy College at Portsmouth, and a member of the Board of Ordnance for several years. He was appointed a Rear-Admiral in 18b5, a Vice-Admiral in 1862, and Admiral of the Red fn . 14366. , LO.B, in 109. INTER' NATIONAL MISREPRESENTATIONS. (Prom the Anglo:Arn:erican Times.) The Harvard Boat Crew have published in the American papers a statement denying that the article in Harper's Monthly Magazine for December, en titled "The University Rowing Match," was sanc tioned by them. Though tempted by the numerous mistakes and misrepresentations about the race to unite in correcting errors, they considered that both good taste and judgment prescribed a rule of silence, which they had hitherto faithfully kept. No state ments made either in that article or elsewhere, printed or oral, with or without an appearance of authority, had been sanctioned by or had in any way proceeded from them. While refraining from pointing out the errors in that article which assumes to speak as by their authority, being signed too by a gentleman styling himself the "Secretary of the Harvard Boat Crew," as this would involve the very controversy they wished to avoid, they say, " We received the best of treatment from the English people, and were fairly beaten in the race." We who endeavour to occupy a neutral standpoint, equidistant between America and Europe, often see the misrepresentations, the deli berate lies, and the articles written on such texts as if these lies were fact—in England regarding the United States, and in the United States regard ing England. Unfortunately there are many men on the American Press who are not gentlemen in manners, tone of thought, or education. Doubt less there are many in England of whom the same may be said ; but the difference is, that iu the United States they assume a more prominent posi tion, and succeed in forcing themselves more con spicuously to the front. All men in America are readers of newspapers, and the unrefined masses create a greater demand there for the productions of such persons. To understand the position of the Harvard crew, the way in which their countrymen took up the race, should be known. It was regarded as an International affair—the young men of Ame rica against the young men of England—although the Harvard boys expressly repudiated this. In sensibly both nations came to look upon the crews as their representatives, and so eager is the Union to triumph over what it considers the greatest of nations excepting itself, that a victory ou the Thames on the 27th of August would have carried more general rejoicing than that which had greeted many a great triumph in arms. The disappointment was in proportion to the confidence inspired by the statements of many unscrupulous writers, and it then remained for those pere.ems to account why the superiority they had with such assurance asserted did not meet its legitimate consequence. The race came off in England, and but few Americans saw it ; hence it was easy in America to misrepresent it, and shortly after the fair accounts of the correspondents had been published, some of these men set to work to manufacture facts to fit with their previous as sertions. To malign England, to call in question the fair-play of her people, to represent the ele ments, the vicious English river, the equally vici ous English food, backed by the still more vicious English climate, as well as the vicious English peo ple, all conspiring against the young Americans, was their way of accounting for the undeniable defeat. On their return the young collegians were waylaid, " interviewed," chance expressions were picked up, and words they had never uttered put into their mouths, while a pressure was brought to bear to got all, or even one, to give solve colour ' ing to these inventions. Not only did these gen tlemen resist, but knowing the unscrupulous news paper men with whom they had to deal they care fully refrained from permitting themselves to be drawn, even under the greatest provocation, into a controversy, and the captain of the crew had to bear the mortification of seeing misrepresentations in his name going the round of the papers, and calling forth severe comments in England. What surprises us is the self-restraint practised by the Harvard men, more far than Englishmen are aware of, and now in speaking they show what tho rough-bred gentlemen they are. We rejoice that they have at last spoken, knowing the effect their words will produce in England. Americans attach ' but little weight to the writings of the men to whom we allude, and they cannot understand a foreign people attributing importance to words which with them convey so little. They are in clined to laugh at the Europeans who quote the utterances of such persons in support of an argu ment, wondering how ignorance can so mislead au Englishman, just as the American would appear to Englishmen who brought up ZADKIEL as an autho rity on prophecy, or FINLEN on politics to refute them. Americans forget that the writers aro wholly unknown in Europe, but the journals are not, Englishmen regarding the opinion as that of the organ, and where many papers repeat the same they are supposed to give expression to the feeling entertained by a large section of the people. The reporter, interviewer, or whatever he may be, who feels only:the sentiment around,him, never gives it a thought that what he writes may be repeated in the London papers, and read by the men under whose eyes the race was won, many of whom will conclude that no more untruthful people exists ; probably all otheraccouutsof events,beingin the same waygar bled. They are unaware that such is the style of a cer tain class of reporters ; that it is accepted at a liberal discount, and that the statements made by the very different class of correspondents and reporters em ployed by the leading journals gave a fair account of the facts, the later additions being mere garnish, intended to amuse the crowd, but not designed for publication abroad. It was too much, however, for the Harvard crew when their secretary under took to put the story " in the light in which it is regarded by the actors themselves," without con sulting any of them, or really giving that light. hence the joint statement which not only asserts good treatment and fair play, but denies all other statements as coming with any authority from them, although one in particular had been accepted inEng land as the words of their captain. When we glance on this side, we see assertions made the text for arti cles as untruthful as any manufactured in America. We doubt whether a single English paper did not mis represent the late Mr. liactraansoN in the RICHARD SON-APFARLAND affair. The case may have been as bad as they say, but there would then in their desire to lay on black paint be the less neces sity for misstating the facts. Take the Saturday Review of last week on the PRESIDENT'S Message. Its arguments hinge on two points, both false— the one is the PRESIDENT'S assertion, that the United States is the first of all nations, which is taken and expatiated upon as a fine specimen of American buncombe. Yet the PRESIDENT never said anything of the sort, nor would any man who read his mes sage with attention have imagined for a moment that he did so, though the daily papers may have turned freest into . first with other typographical errors in hurrying into print the words received by telegraph. There was, however, no excuse for the Saturday Reviewer, for the Times, to which he alludes, had given the word correctly in its long summary received by cable, and a glance at our own report will show that the blunder did not escape us. Yet this misprint is deliberately accepted, although simply absurd, in connection with the text of the Message, by the reviewer, as a subject on which to write half a column. The other has •reference to Mr. BouTWELL, and is a deliberate fabrication. He states that the Secretary of the Treasury recom mends Congress to force American citizens to ship their produce in American vessels only, and the re mainder of the article is made up in an attack on this proposition and the ignorant Executive elected by the ignorant nation whence it emanates. The difference between the wilful English misstate ments and the wilful American misstatements is that the former are made for and adapted to the taste of the higher classes, and appear in such journals as the Saturday Review, while the latter are made for and adapted to the lower classes, though it is to be regretted that they also appear in journals which ought to be above fabricating falsehoods to pander to any taste. ANTe cannot con ceive what good either to the journal or to its readers can be derived from such a course ; indeed it must end iu discomfiture, such for instance as that which has overtaken those who attempted to show that England had treated the gallant young Harvard graduates unfairly. The .Saturday Review has be come a by-word on American Topics, and those who have got a glimmering of what rubbish it often writes on the United States must view with scepticism all other subjects of which it treats. THIRD EDITION.A SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLoci. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening wa published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 pan. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE— Ills Day FINCULEY RACES.—Tms DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) STAND PLATE. Novice Panther 2 Frailty Four ran. MANOR HUNT CUP. Albatross General Toni Bowline 3 Seven ran. SELLING HANDICAP. Leotard Meerschaum Englishmzn ... 1 Six ran. MAIDEN PLATE. Bycullah 1 Thames Dayroll .. Four ran. CITY BETTING.—Turs DAY. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. sto 1 agst Lord Lurgau's nomination (taken) 100 to 6 agst Mr Brocklebank's nom. (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr Blanshard's nom. (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr Bland's nom. (taken) 25 to 1 agst Dr Richardson's nom. (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 500 to 30 agst The Lamb (taken) 250 to 10 agst Tathwell (taken) 500 to 15 agst Pearl Diver (taken) 500 to 15 agst Globule .(taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken and offered) 9 to 2 agst Sunshine offered (5 to 1 taken) 100 to 12 agst Camel (offered) 10 to 1 agst Astolfo (taken) 500 to 15 agst Bay Rosalind (takae) DERBY. 100 to 1 agst Chancelier (taken) RACING FIXTURES-4870. FEBRUARY. Lincoln l5, 16 1 Derby .. 22, 23 Harrow 17, 18 I Newton ..... 25, 26 MARCH. Nottingham. l, 2 I West Somerset l6, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 Warwick. 22, 23, 24 Pontefract 14, 15 Epsom 29, 30 I Cambridgeshire l4, 15 Bromley 81 and April 1 APRIL. Northampton 5,6 i West Drayton 7, 8 I Thirsk 7, 8 I Kingsbury lB, 19 Durham lB, 19 I- Newmarket Craven 18 to 22 Aborgavenny 21, 22 Lewes Croydon. 28, 29 MAY. Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5 Chester. lO, to 13 Winchester lO, 11 Salisbury l2, 13 York 17, 18 Doncaster 19, 20 J 1 Harpenden 2O, 21 Bath 24, 2a Stamford 26, 21 Croydon 26, 27 Epsom 31 to June 3 Croydon 8, 9 Manchester Q, 9, 10 Ascot 11 to 17 NE. Windsor 2l, 22 Newton - 22, '23 Hampton 23, 21 Bibury Club 29 . _ Newmarket 5 to 8 Stockbridge...Bo, and July 1 Nottingham 12, 13 Chelmsford l2, 13 Reading 12, 13 AU Brighton 2, 3 Brighton Club 4 LY. _ Lewes ........, ...5, 6 Egham q, 10 Windsor ll, 12 Bromley l6, 17 West Drayton 14, 1.5 IHuntingdon.... l9, 20 Kingsbury 2l, 22 Goodwood 26, 29 3US T. Stockt4 l7 to 19 Oxford lB, 19 York 23 to 25 Plymouth Derby 3O, 31 Weymouth 3O, 31 SEPTEMBER. Warwick 6 7 I Richmond 20, 21 Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Moot (Ayr) 21 to 23 Doncaster 13 to 16 Hendon 22, 23 I Hampton 20, 21 Newmarket Ist Oct. 27 to 80 OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2n 0ct..10 to 14 Leicester Bromley 6, 7 I Newmarket i10t'n...21 to 29 NOVEMBER. Livorpool Bto 11 Shrewsbury 14 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870 FEBRUARY'. Birmingham 8, 9 I Harrow . Derby 10, 11 Newton MARCH. _l7, 18 ..2i, 26 Liverpool 8,9, 10 I Bromley 81 and April 1. West Somerset 16, 17 Gholtonharn.. 31 and April 1. Warwick 22 to 24 I Bank of EnglaA Returns. An Account, tursuant to ti cap. 32, for the week ending' ISSUE DEI Notes issued £33,2.9,180 £38,209,180 BANKING D . Proprietors'Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ea chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 10,241,792 Other Deposits.. 18,267,743 Seven Days and othor 8i115..... 502,322 £16,821,114 ;he Act 7th and Bth Victorift Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1.t..70. P ♦RTMF.\T. Governmt. Debt.£ll,olMC o Othor Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £33,209,180 ;PARTMENT. Oovernmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... 116,311.399 Other Securities 20,253,349 Notes 9,369,925 Gold and Silver Coin ~„, 886,511 CAPE OF G OOD ROPE. /46,821,114 PLYMOUTH, Tuesday. The Union Company's Royal Mail steamship Northam, Commander J. D. Jeffries, from Table Bay,' December 4, St. Helena the 12th, Ascension the 16th, and Madeira the 29th, arrived in the Sound this evening. Her cargo consists of 2,630 bales of wool, 22 cases of gum, 16 cases of ostrich feathers, 130 bags of shells, 50 cases of wine, 30 bags of argol, 82 bundles of hides, 20 tons of copper ore, &c., and one box of diamonds. Among her 17 passengers are Lieutenant de Sau marez, R.N., and Lieutenant Pickering, 9th Regi ment, from the Cape ; Captain Schutt, from Algoa Bay; Sub-Lieutenant Squires, R.N., from Madeira. Mr. J. W. Wethorns returns by this mail with a concession from the Legislative Council of Natal of three million acres of land, including the Newcastle coal fields, and a subsidiary of £40,000 a year to carry out his project of railways and colonisation for that colony. The intelligence from the Cape is unimportant. The elections which were to be held during the first week in December appear to be the chief sub jects for consideration. Diamonds are reported to have been found in large numbers. Trade generally is dull throughout the colony. The crops are promising. It blew a gale from S.E. for eight days previous to the departure of the Northam. hi The Union Company's steamship Briton , Ca p t. 7 R.N.R o . u , t a w r a r r ir d ed m a a t ils T ; ab th le e Bap, stea 11 E; p Celt , Novembe r 29 Y , v Y w a i n t the Capt. Baynton, was :at St. Helena, 'November 3, and left the same day for the Cape. The steam ship Saxon, Capt. Warley, touched at Madeira, December 16. The screw steamer Kepler left Madeira with the Northam. _ _ The amount of the registered tonnage of the vessels which anchored in Table Bay in November was between 28,000 and 29,000 tons. From the Cape to Madeira the Northam experi enced moderate winds and fine weather. From Madeira very unsettled weather, the wind being principally from south-west to north-west. Sho spoke off St. Helena the ship Sarah Phillips, from Natal for London ; and in lat. 41 N., long. 11 'W. the James Montgomerie. 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