The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-14 00:00:00

A; 0 E k IE T AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CeocK. To-day the transactions on 'Change were very limited, and business generally was dull. The state of affairs in Paris and the settlement doubtless affected the markets, and prices of Consols were the turn lower. In Foreign Securities there was not much doing, but the closing prices generally were well maintained, the only exception being that Russian Stock was better. In Railways we have to quote an improvement in Great Northern Stock. There was an active demand for Telegraph shares. Banking shares were in request, but in miscellane ous stocks the transactions were trifling. Consols are now at 921 1 for money; ditto, for Account, 92! 2 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 ; New 'ft- ree. per Cents, 9'2;1 1 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 3 prere. ; June, 5 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and 000, March, ; June, prem ; Bank of England Stock, 41 per Ceps., 2371. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1111 12 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 1 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., 1051; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 25 prem. ; Metropolitan Board of Works, 31 per cent. Stock, 931. In the Foreign Market business continues very inactive. Brazilian are quoted 891 to 90 ; Danu bian Seven per Cents., 89 to 90; ditto Eight per Cents., 931 to 941- ; Egyptian (1868), 84 to 82 ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 811 to 81/ ; Italian, 551 to 55/ ex div. ; Russian (1862) 861 to 861 ; Orel, 831- to 84 ; Nicolas, 651 to 661 ; Moscow, 811 to ;811 ; Charkof, 82 to 83 ; Spanish, 271 to 27/ ; Turkish Five per Cents., 44 to 441 ex div. ; and the New, / to / prem. American ,Five -Twenty Bonds are lower. The 1862 Loan is now 861, the 1865 Loan 861, and the 1867 Loan 851. ',Ten-Forties, 841 to 851 ; 99 to 100 ; and Erie Shares 171, being 1 better. In the Railway Market there is an improvement in the Great Northern. Tha prices are now quoted as follows :—Caledonian, 76 to 761 ; Great Eastern, 381 to 381; Great Northern, 1101 to 1111- ; ditto (A), 1111 to 1111 ; Great Western, 601 to 611; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to 128/ ; Loudon and Brighton, 45 to 451 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 141 to 151; London and North Western, 124/ to 124 ; London and South Western, 92 to 94 ; Metropolitan, 791 to 80 ; ditto Extension Stock, 781 to 791 ; Midland, 1231 to 1241 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 127 to 1271 ; and South Eastern, 771 to 78. Lombardo-Venetian is quoted at 201 to 21} ; and Great Luxemburg, 131 to 131. Anglo-American and French Cable are each I better, the former being 191 to 198 ; the latter, 171 to 18 ; British India Submarine, 141 to to 141 ; China Telegraph, 1 to 1 prem. ; Falmouth, 4 to 44 prem. ; and Construction and Maintenance, 34 to 341. In Bank Shares, London and Westminster are 10s. higher, at 602 to 611 ; London Joint Stock, 331. to 34; Union of London, 38 to 39 ; London and County, 50 to 51 ; Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 21 lex div. ; Consolidated, 41 to 41 ; Chartered Mereautile, 311 to 321 ex div. ; Anglo-Austrian, 15 to 17 prem. ; Alliance, 14 to 15 ; and Agra (A), 12 to 122. There were no gold operations: at the Bank yesterday. All the recent arrivals of gold have been taken for exportation, a portion for Paris, and some amount for Turkey, with a few limited sums for A prospectus has been issued of a plan for con• structing a line of four miles, to be called the Eas and West Metropolitan Junction and Mansion House Railway, to start from Bow, passing under the Mile-end-road, Whitechapel, Fenchurch-street, and Eastcheap, to a junction with the Cannon street and Charing-cross line ; while, by a short curve at Aldgate, it would also connect with the system of the Metropolitan Railway Company, thus completing an inner circle," and obviating all necessity for proceeding with the inner circle line, the abandonment of which has for Force time past been deemed desirable. Mr. Brunlees appears as the engineer of the undertaking, and its chief feature seems to be the moderate character of the estimate, the total for the entire four miles being under £1,500,000. The scheme contemplates a connexion at Bow with the traffic of the Great Eastern, the North London, the London and North Western, and the Tilbury and Southend lines ; and the Parliamentary plans, &c., have been lodged for the present Session. The public are awaiting the payment of the Telegraph money to ascertain the general course of financial affairs. Between the end of the present and the beginning of the next month the whole will have been distributed, and then it will be seen What the effect is likely to be upon the general money market. Some people seem to consider that the expected general beneficial influence has already been in a great degree anticipated, and that the consequences will not be so widespread as imagined. Others believe that a considerable amount of the balance of the £5,000,000 not yet arranged for will go into Submarine and Telegraph shares, and thus again be rendered reproductive. Pur chases by the speculators have in a variety of cases been made with this view, as it is asserted the Public will come forward and take these classes freely for investment in the course of the next fort night or three weeks. It is conjectured that when all these lines are laid they will be sought to be acquired, like the old telegraph companies, by the Government. The directors of the Ocean Marine Insurance Company recommend the payment of 20s. per share bonus and ss. per share additional interest. The directors of the London and Provincial Marine Insurance Company recommend a dividend for the past half-year, at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. The directors of the New Zealand Trust and Loan Company (Limited) recommend a dividend of ss. per share, being at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. Messrs. C. J. Hambro and Son invite subscrip tions for £450,000 in £lO shares of the Great Northern Telegraph China and Japan Extension Com pany, being part of a total capital of £600,000, of which £150,000 has been subscribed at Copen hagen. The company is constituted unde r D an i s h carrying out an exclusive concessi on gran t e d by the Russian Government for connecti ng Chi na with Europe and Japan through Ru ss i a . C a Ll es ar e to be laid fromthe li ne s at Posietta Ba existing R uss i an l an d Y to Shanghai, and sub sequently to Hong Kong, and a working agree ment has been concluded with the Great North ern Telegraph Company, bywhose lines the traffic will be conducted between Russia and England. The cables are to be ma nufactured by Mr. William Hooper, and are to he ready for ship ment within three and six months, r espectively. At a meeting of the China Telegraph Company (Singapore to Hong Kong) on Thursday l ad reso l u tion was adopted for the raisin g of capit a l to extend that enterpri se to Shanghai, but : in the nterests of public economy it may be sag gested that, instead of Danish and English cables being laid side by side, some arrangement should be arrived at for harmonious working between all the parties concerned. The report of the International Financial So ciety (Limited) recommends a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The report of the Metropolitan Bank (Limited) recommends a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The return from the Bank of England for the week ended the 12th of Jan. gives the following results when compared with the previous week :-- •,est PuLlic deposits Other deposits 17,319,112 Increase ..„ 79,605 Oa the other side of the account : •overnment seeuri tie& £13,811,953 ... No change. •ther securities 18,088,159 Increase ~. 1,510,278 Notes unemployed 10,662,410 ... Decrease ... 200,665 The amount of notes in circulation is i 22,604,940 being I n increase of £254,630 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £19,233,617, showing an increase of £66,508 when compared with the preceding return. Subjoined is a comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols and French Rentes with the corresponding week of last year : At Present. Same Weeklast Year. Bullion Reserve ,. 11,578,677 ... 10,351,436 Notes in circulation... 22,654,940 ... 22,940,185 Rate of discount Consols French Rentes The following is the official return of the cheques and bills cleared in the Banker& Clearing-house for the week ending Wednesday, Jan. 12 : Thursday £14.950,000 Friday , . 1:1,09s 4 ,000 10,419,000 11,896,060 Saturday... Monday. 'l'ucsata•; r dueo'd y 9;740,000 £72,799,000 BRITIS a FUNDS—CLOSING PRIG ES li OVEIINMENT rtiNns. ( .i .2.1 3 per Cent. Consuls 4 g. 4 Ditto for Account 921 1 3 per Cent. Reduced 92# I New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen J an. 187 3 knnuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1881. Do. for 30 yre, expire stli April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Tolevaph), Aug., 1908_, Eschc,q= Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct.lllarch 3 pm Do. 3 do. June --, pm D 1 • £lOO, £2ooc'& £5OO p m Bank of Englanl Stock, 41 per Cent ... 2371 Dm. opening — Vaitada 4 per Cent. Bonds — liter-Colonial Uranium INDIAN dOVERNMENT SECD hITIEb Litdia. `ook, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Dc. Opening, for Account — 11). o per Cent. July, 1880 De 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 Do. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cent...... — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ...,... lO5l Do. 5/ per Cent. May 1879 — Do 5 per Cent., Itup. Da:. 1872.. Do do 18'1 — Do. do. 1882 — D. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do Boucle, 4 per Cent., £ . 1,000 Do. under £l,OOO 25 PL. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. t rgentine Republic, 6 per Cent ..... Do. Account Aultrian Bonds 5 per cent 1859 Br3.zilian 5 per Cent no. 44 per Cent. 1852 Do. do 1858....• Do. au 1860 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account...... Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba., 6 per Cent. Oatlian 6 per Cent — no. 44 per Cent..., — Do. 3 per Cent~ Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Do. 6 per cent. 1867 0 lombian, 6 per Cent. Danlsn, 3 per Cent., 1825 . — Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent Do. Account t • 8 Cr 1867 Do 8 per Cent., Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent.... Du Second Issue ••••• 0000000 Do. #sot, Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. Z5OO Bonds De. #lO6 Bonds 93 21 Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 Do. .£l.OO Bonds ..... 811 Government Railway Debentures 9Bl reek 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Coupons Guatemales per Cent .. Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p.,Ct., all pd Do. Account ltadan 5 per Cent., 1865 B7 61 Do. Account ~ Do Maremmana Railway 11exicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — dontevideau 6 per Cent. I • klocrish imperial 5 per Cent Kew Granada — Do 3 per Con Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 801 li Do 4i per Cent. (131: 1 ,arren) Do 4i per Cent., 1862 , — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent.,1862 — Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.'8 — 1 Do. do. 1 807 331 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 i ,er Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent 1850 Do 4 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do !do, Scrip -- Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds , Do. do. £B4 15s. do : Do.. 1866, .£lOO Bonds 9ll I Do. do £B4 15s. do B9l Do Nicolas Railway 66 i Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 pes Oen . Do. Account — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Passive — Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 .4 994 Turkish 6 per Cent .„,. . .... 83 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account — Do £lOO Bonds — Dividends on the above payable in Londoi, Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian. 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. . Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil l2 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Routes 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. tt%liah 5 per dent. 1851, Ex. 25f Bo URSE, Jan. 13.—Thri closed as follows : ti per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 74 75 Credit Mobilier 207 50 Transatlantic 220 credit Foncier 1722 50 Paris Gas 1640 - RAILWA' Orleans Western Northern 1125 Strasburg_ byons and Mediterranean Southern..... 592 Sardinian Austrian B2O Lombard 525 North of Spain 46 Saragossa Roman 44 Do Account CLOSING PRICES Oonsole, Money Do. Account, Feb. 3 .ee o'clock—The market Bank Shares 2840 Ital'an Rives 56 60 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan 333 Do. Debt 45 35 Spanish Threes Rome Debt — Deferred — Cash. 957 6371 bt Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Oen. min. 7p c lOO st Do 41 p irredeem all . st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 ..• ••• st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 at Do 5 do, 1862 lO9 87 90 at Do New 5 do, 180,1 lOO 88 88 st Do do 5 do, 1864._ 100 83 86 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 *** st Do Permanent 5 per cent. 109 m *** st Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 st Great - West., W. Midi., 5p c 100 **, at Du JoiMi.erpe. 5 p c,1365 100 88 lit 97 st Do do 6p c irred., 1836 100 no 112 20 Do Vale N oath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 8... 100 :• 5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 ip at Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 4 1 do, 1863 100 st Do do b do, I. 865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 „. st Do No. 7 sdo st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 at Do aletrop. Ex., B 6 p.c • Do do C 6 P.O 1 00 at London & N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 at London &S. Western, 41 p a 100 03 0.5 10 Man. Shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 9 91 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 at It. 5 per cent prof lOO 107 109 st Do B 5 do 100 107 109 15 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 211 18 Do Incony. New Shares all 19 191 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31,187' , at Worth British, E. and No. 1, 5 per cent ... at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ... a st t D D o o B .. &G per N° cant, N 0. 2, 2'P 1%6 - 2 * 100 100 : st Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c 100 st Do E. & 11., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 •• st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 99 1 , 0 102 st Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 113 115 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ... at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 ... at Do 6 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 .. at Do 5 do, 1564 st r.ctorio, St. &Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ... ... ... 83} LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day., ROLLS COURT. SMITH V. EARL OF BROWNLOW. His honour delivered judgment in this case to day. It was a suit instituted on behalf of himself and other tenants and copyholders of the manor of Birknampstead, in support of the rights which they claimed as to commonage or waste land situated in the manors of Birkhampstead, and the Halimode of Northchuirch, which the late Earl of Brownlow had made attempts to infringe by encroachment, and which the present earl endeavoured to carry out. Judgment was given for the plaintiff. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES, A general meeting of the magistrates of Middle sex was held yesterday at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green. CASE OF DR. SHORTHOUSE. The report of the visiting justices of the House of Corrrection, Coldbath-fields, contains the fol lowing remarkable paragraph :—" During the past quarter, for the first time in twenty years, a pri soner has been committed to this prison as a mis demeanant of the first division, and he has availed himself of the special rules made by the Court, and approved by the Secretary of State, as to prisoners of this class, both as to the number of his visitors and the time of their visits, and the supplies of wine and food allowed to be procured. The visiting jus tices hare placed certain restrictions upon the pri soner's requirements, but they consider that a revi sion of these rules is desirable." The person who made this claim is Dr. Short house, committed to that prison in pursuance of his sentence for a libel on Sir Joseph Hawley in a well known sporting journal. The other business was disposed of and the Court adjourned. IIHE SUN, LONDON, FEIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1870. Closing - Busines Share NAME. Paid. Price done 10 Agra. Limited, A all 11 111 .1.0 Do ' B lO 4t 51 50 Albion l5 10 8 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 22 220 251 41 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm.... , 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 15/ 161 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China all 17 ls 25 Chartered Mere. of India. London, and China all 31 32 321 2 20 City lO 10 11 100 Colonial 25 141 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, lim 5 21 11 20 English and Am.- lean, inn 19 .•• ••• 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro, lint • 20 English, -cottish, and Au, tralian C,llia mere(' .., all lei 104 28: Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 3 294 Do new lll 4 5 100 Imperial, lint 2O 15 16 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 25 24 25 lonian all 19 22 25 Do nosy it 8 3 Lud Mortgage of India, lim 4 34 S# 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6 I, 30 all 76 76 90 100 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 35 0 20 Do new 74 5 44 100 London &River Plate, lira. 40 11 13 481 25 Do new 10 11 '2 p 12 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 244 20 London and County 2O 491 501 501 1 501 50 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll .•• • - London Joint Stock 3ll 321 335 41 London and South African al 9 1 I 13 u. 100 London &S.-Western, lint, 20 50 London & Venezuela. lira._ 121 ••• ••• 100 London and Westminster 2O 571 581 en S 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 61 50 18f 10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 7 4 8 4 00 Midland, 1int...... 2O 14 i 5 National of Australia 1 25 National of Liverpool, Um l5 ad 1p 00 National I'rovinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do • • 42 GARTER AT RICH.IIO_VD. 50 National.. 3O ... • • 20 New South. Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 73 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 45 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., km lO 61 5} 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 9J 92 10 Do new.. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lien 25 11 11 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 4G 4 i 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London iE i'i V 371 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. " I'Anglo-AmericanU' -...--.-.---I.lnan ' l - 19 2 ) 10 Anglo Mediter Te1.,1im.... 10 171 18 205 5 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 13 16 at Do. 8 per cent. et B. I. Magnetic Tel., Inn lOO 178 183 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 260 255 10 Do. New 8 12 13p 25 Indo-European Tel., Urn— all 23 21 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. Urn all 25 35 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all I 1p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim. all 6 65 25 Reuter's Telegram all 78 80 20 Societe Transatlant., lim all 165 17 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 15 35 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 75 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 15 55 MISCELLANEOUS. ..--...,.. ~ 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 141 141 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 3 bd 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 141 141 10 Do. New all ——. 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. b Bombay Gas, lira, all 5 51 5 Do. New 4 11 id 50 British American Land 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 64 66 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim o 25 City of London Beal Pro perty, lim 9 5i 4 30 City of Milan Improv. lim. all 5 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 50 City Offices, lim 25 23 22 131 1 60 Colonial, lim Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 5 pr . 1 . 51 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 25 27 pref. 71 per cent. 25 Copper Minors of England, Bank of France. PARIS, Jan. 6 The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Jan. 13. 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 0 Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 1,451,798,500 1,419,316,150 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur rent creditor 171,66b,586 93 179 205,673 66 Current accounts, Paris 300,823,200 11. 315,435 569 43 Do. branch banks 40,416,966 --51,740 , 912 Dividends payable 5,388,796 _— 8,736,807 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months 1,305,522 15 1,305,522 15 Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries Jan. 6. 182,500,000 22,105,750 - 22,105,750 14 43,816,569 43 44,421,9 33 2 Total CUED 'TOR. Jan. 6 . Jan. 13. Cash in hand and in fr• c. Branch banks C A o a m m v a n e c r e c s i a o l n b d i e l p l s o s i d t i s o - f Commercial bills over- 1,215,263,514 80 1,203,181,587 42 due I 2,097,667 11 counted, not yet due 335,889,819 03 332,488,029 02 Do. branch banks 33 9 ,445,177 323,415,904 ion 16,198,700 -- 15,971,800 bull Do. branch banks 2,1'21,600 -- 2,440,200 Do. on French Public 342,747 49 23,296,400 --- 20,729,200 9,286,730 - 9,232,050 Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares 600 and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier 40,210,4f,0 33,702,800 1,139,300 - 1,172,200 - 1,163,500 1;172;200 Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 —. 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 1 4 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Routes Immobalis6es (Law, June 2, 1857) 160,000,000 -- 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed 068,243 property branches ... 9, Expenses of manage ment 6,294 14,373 60 Sundries 9,069,181 Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of Fran ce. (Signed) ROULAND The Bank Returns. Tho Bankers' 2lfagazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the public and pint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 4th of Dec. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and iho average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the Ist of Dee. (the nearest date furnished bytheir returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month Nov. 6, I Dec; 4, 1869. 1869. Increase. Decrease. Bank of England.. • 23,940,947 23,181,190 759,757 Private Banks ..... 2,855.44' 2,751,711 135,721 Joint-stook Banks.. 2,425,0 Te 2,3 '8,735 56,333 Total in England. 29. 251 , 459 '28,301,648 --948,411 5c0t1and............ 4,871,3 8' 5,287,453 416,140 1re1and............ 7,381,180 7,153,163 27,017 United Kingdom• 416,140 976,823 THE DESTRUCHON OF 7HE STAR AND DETAILED STATEMENT BY AN EYE-WITNESS. Up to dusk last evening the efforts made to find the remains of the unfortunate manager of the hotel (Mr. Lever) proved fruitless. Indeed it is feared, from the position in which the body is said to have been seen during the raging of the fire (lying " straightways on one of the beams"), it is so literally reduced to ashes that it would be a mat ter of impossibility to identify any particle. The search, nevertheless, which commenced on Tuesday, is being prosecuted with great perseverance, and it is to be hoped, for the satisfaction of the rela tives of the unfortunate deceased, that the worst fears will not be realised. In the hurried reports that appeared regarding this lamentable affair, there were necessarily many inaccuracies. It was stated that Mr. Lever, who had served in her .Maj.. , sty's army in India, became plralysed with fright, and was in consequence unable to adopt the same means of escape as his chief clerk, Mr. Simpson did. This, it appears, was not the case, for, instead of mani festing any degrce of fear, he was, on the contrary, extremely cool and collected, according to the ver sion of Mr. Simpson. He was in a heavy sleep when he was aroused, and upon being told that the house was on fire he replied, jumping out. of bed at the same time, " All right, my boy ; no fear." lie with Mr. Simpson then rushed to the window of his room and discovered volumes of smoke issuing from every window in the house. They at once called for help, and then said poor Lever, after having tied the corner of the sheet to the iron rods that were fixed before the windows, " You go first, Simpson, and I will follow." Simpson went first, but in consequence .130NAMTET I MMTM511. TIII 'UNERAL DEMONSTRATION. PARIS, TlitinstlY. Ncttwithstanding the great apprettonsion and uneasiness everywhere existing, it is a great relies that the day of Victor Noir's funeral has passed by'withottt open disturb -9.110 C. , The crowds were enormous, the excitement and emotion of the population were intense, and the threatened prosecution of Rochefort came most inopportunely to add fuel to the flame. There is good reason, therefore, to con gratulate ourselves that the last obsequies of Prince Pierre's victim were unattended by any emeute, and the fact certainly does credit to the people and to the Government. The latter wisely avcided any open interference with the popu lace, and followed the example of English authorities on similar occasions, by keeping the troops and constables in the background as much as possible, though ample pre pautionr.ry measures were, no doubt, taken. The Patrie thinks that honour is due to the new Cabinet for the pre servation of peace. The Siecle, on the contrary, gives it to the people. Respect for the dead and the sense of a great duty to fulfil, a solemn - protest to make on behalf of the public conscience, prevented any tumultuous manifesta tion on the part of these 100,00 citizens. The Minister of Justice has declared at the tribune that the Ministry would us force, if constrained. The people, adds the by their calmness at this prematurely opened grave, have shown that they are Justice. The display of yesterday has certainly good right to be con sidered a grand popular demonstration. All accounts agree that the crowds which poured to Ncuiliy from all parts of Paris could not have been much less than 100,000. Many came by train, and many more by vehicles of every description. Round the house where the body lay circu lation was impossible; the very roofs were thronged with curious spectators. The weather was at first unfavour able, but the crowd bore the steady rain with patience, and presently the sun came out. The labouring element predominated, but the student class was pretty strongly represented. It was rumoured that a good many present carried arms. When Rochefort waived he was received with frantic acclamations, and Ulric do Fonvielle was no sooner recognised than he was greeted with similar enthusiasm. The friends the murdered man, the representatives of the Democratic press, and the principal popular leaders were gathered in the court of the house. Four women in deep mourning surrounded a little sobbing child, Victor Noir's favourite nephew, in the garden. There was great uncer tainty at first as to the direction in which the body was to be conveyed, but it socn became necessary to decide, for the crowd growing more and more excited would soon become unmanageable. Cries of " Vengeance " and "To Paris," were heard in ominous frequency, and the excite ment was rising to fever heat, when Rochefort came for ward and addrcsaed the people. Here is the substance of his speech : of the increasing smoke, he was, after sliding down the sheet to its full extent, some time finding a foot hold ; while this was going on, so collected was the unfortunate manager, that he actually went in search of his favourite dog and threw it out of the window. It- fell on to the pavement as if stunned, was picked up, and is now doing well. But his hapless master no doubt came by his death in his anxiety for his dog. It is believed by Mr. Simpson and others who knew the temperament of Mr. Lever, that in looking for his dog he became suffo cated with the smoke that was increasing in density every moment, and fearing for his life, he rushed to the window, threw the animal out, and shouted for help, and then fell back from sheer exhaustion. The following detailed account of the disaster is given by one of the employ6s of the company, who was sleeping in the new hotel at the time. He says —I was awakened at half-past one o'clock, as near as possible, by cries of fire. I called my fellow apprentice, and said, " Joe, there's some one shouting fire." I then heard a bell ringing in the road. I jumped on to my bed, looked out of the window, which commanded a view of the old hotel, and then saw smoke issuing from different parts, principally from the chimneys. [ then dressed myself, and called the other inmates of the build ing—two maid servants and two boys—and then went downstairs, and in trying to go across the lobby into the old house, I found the whole front hall of the old house in a blaze. I then returned and went out at the new hotel en trance. I ran round to the old house and called to Mingey, the cellarman, who I knew was sleeping on the second floor. While I was calling him he came out of one of the windows of the west wing coffeeroom. I then saw Mr. Simpson, the clerk, and Mr. Lever, the manager, at the third floor win dow calling out " Help." Mingey and I ran round to the new house to see if we could find a ladder, but we could not, and then we went back, and I called to Mr. Simpson to tie his sheets together. He then put one sheet out of the window, which he says Mr. Lever tied to the iron rods in front of the windows. At that time a man from Col. Burdett's house opposite was coming across the road with a ladder, which he placed against the front of the house, but the top of it would not reach the bottom of the sheet by some feet. As the ladder was placed against the house Mr. Simpson got out of the window, and lowered himself down by the sheet. In doing so he began to swing to and fro as if end avourirg to find some foothold, for the smoke at the time began to be very thick. A gen tleman named Budd perceived his dilemma, and in stantly went up the ladder, while Captain Bull held it, and guided his feet to the top spar, and assisted him down. Upon reaching the ground he was mush exhausted, and sat down against the wall of the coffee-room. I asked him if he was hurt, and he said his hands and neck were in very great pain. (They were much burnt and cut.) He kept exclaiming, " Poor Lever. Get him out." I left him there to get soma one to help me to carry him over to Col. Burdett's, and as I turned round I heard something fall on the pavement beside me. I looked and found it was Mr. Lover's black dog, which he very much prized. The dog rolled over on his back. I picked it up and gave it into a policeman's hands, and told him not to kill it unless it was very severely hurt. The dog did not make the least noise ; it appeared stunned. Directly I gave the dog to the police man I heard Mr. Lever calling from the window, " Help, help, for God's sake, help." I could not see him, for the smoke and flames were so great. By this time they began to issue through all the windows in front of the house. Mingey, the cellarman, then came up, and we took Mr. Simpson across to Col. Burdett's house. I then re turned and called up to Mr. Lever, but got no answer. At this time a boy named Wallington, living in the house, came up and told me that Mingey and two policemen were raising a ladder, which was in the area of the front of the new house. I ran round to hasten them, and the policeman called out, " We can't get it up." The ladder was tall enough to reach the room where Mr. Lever slept. I ran to the back to see if Mr. Lever had gone to any of the back windows, but I could see nor bear nothing of him. I returned again to the front of the house, and there about a couple of hundred people con gregated. This was about half an hour after I first heard the alarm. No engines had then arrived. Not being able to render further assistance, [ stood and looked at the progress of the firs, specially directing my attention to the window where I last saw Mr. Lever. The fire made rapid progress, and in about half an hour's time the roof fell in with a great crash, and with it fell the whole of the por tico of the house. This had the effect of dead ening the flames for some time, but when the smoke had cleared away and the flames lighted up the place I could see three beams—one at the top that supported the roof, another running across at the third floor, and the third on the second floor. They were all red with fire ; and on the middle beam, which supported the flooring of the room in which Mr. Lever was last seen I distinctly saw the form of a human being lying straight along it. I felt so convinced that this was a man's body that I drew the attention of many bystanders to the fact, but most of them appeared not to form the same opinion as I did. One policeman agreed with me that it was the body of Mr. Lever. I kept my gaze constantly on the beam till it fell. It broke off short against the wall, I suppose from the brickwork giving way, and as it fell I saw that which I believe to be Mr. Lever's body slide off and fall into the ruins. It was now about three o'clock, and although several engines had arrived there was no water to be had. The fire continued to burn furiously till about five minutes to six, when the pressure was put on, and a good supply of water was obtained. The firemen then played upon the new building, and soon checked the progress of the flames, although they were burning furiously at eight o'clock. A large number of the neighbouring gentry visited the scene of the fire yesterday, and amongst other persons of distinction were the Duke of Cambridge st and Prince Teck. 1 " Citizens,—ln presence of so serious an event, a situa tion so difficult, I can understand that it is impossible to preserve the moderation which our noble cause demands. Insurmountable obstacles await us at Paris. I know from a certain source that the Government has taken formid able strategic measures. It is well-nigh impossible to carry the body of Noir to Paris. The enemy, always ready to crush us, awaits us with firm foot. We are numerous enough to repulse him; but heis well armed, nod you citizens are not ! You do not know that it is to court certain death ; for the Government only waits an opportunity to make an end of the Republic. I know it too well,and I am come armed. Icanhardly do otherwise after the murder of our brother. As to our vengeance, we shall have it. Do you say that to-day gives us an opportunity that will not recur? That is an error. Every day we shall find ono more favourable. To the force which opposes the passage ef liberty •we shall oppose, first, the force of right and justiee, and after wards, if necessary, the force of arms. As for s govern ment, we expect no satisfaction, we ask nothing from it, we will have no more of it. A Government which has begun to slide can never recover itself. The 411 is near and is fatal. That is why I ask of you patience awl calm. Let us conduct our brother to the ceroetery of Neuilly, and let us go to Paris without disturbance. The only manifestation possible to us to-day, a manifestation in the streets, would only compromise the cause of Radical Democracy." M. Delaschuze also objected to the removal of the body to Paris, and declared that vengeance must be had, and they would have it; but the pitfall was laid, and the enemy was lying in watt. For the first time for eighteen years the wind was filling their sails; let them not compromise their cause. The wishes of Victor Noir's family must be respected, and the funeral must go to Neuilly. Cries of " No, no !" were heard, but the people were at last induced to agree, and the cortege started. So great was the pressure, that the editors of the Marseil lase, the Rappel, and the Rived kept together by me ens of a red cord, and even then had the greatest difficulty in keeping their places round the coffin. M. Rochefort placed himself on the foot b :era of the hearse, and the procession moved forward. Waen it reached the grand avenue of Neuilly, where it was necessary to decide finally on its direction, Vie old dispute recommenced. Louis Noir meuntecl on the shoulders of some workmen, harangued the crowd, who took out the horses and attached themselves to the hearse. A man, whose name I am ignorant of, then climbed en the hearse and uv e rel the people to take the body to Pere la Chaise. his speech was interrupted by one of those sudden movements common in crowds, and under the pressure M. Rochefort fainted, crying out " Have pity, citizens, lam suffocated." It was said that he found no time to cat either that morning or the pre vious evening. He was taken in a chaise to a shop at Neuilly, where he soon recovered. A facre was over thrown by the crowd on come women, one of whom was injured. At length the crowd turned towards the ceme tery of Neuilly, where a great throng awaited the arrival of the funeral cortCge, After the corpse was interred, M. Blilliere spoke. " Citizens!" he said, " we will avenge Noir. His blood will make the cup, already full, overflow." After him came Gustave Flourens. "Our friend has been assassinated by Pierre Bonaparte, and as the family was opposed to our conducting the body to Paris—" Here Louis Noir interrupted. " The family (he said) had not objected. The body belonged to the democracy, but he could not decide alone, and those whom he consulted agreed with him to prefer Neuilly, but it was only because they would not expose the corpse to more shots. 'With great difficulty Ulric de Fonvielle reached the grave. He said as follows :—"Citizens,—ln presence of this tomb, in pre sence of you all, I swear that Victor Noir has been treacherously assassinated by Pierre Bonaparte, without reason, without motive, 'without provocation. He was killed in cold blood before my eyes. We await the expia tion, and if wo can obtain nothing from Imperial justice, we shall have recourse to the justice of the people. Victor Noir, my friend, my brother—thou who hast watered with thy blood the dwelling of a prince for the cause of liberty ! Victor Noir, I will avenge thee! I will avenge thee ! " M. Rochefort, when he had recovered from his fainting fit, pursued his way to the cemetery, but found it literally impossible to penetrate into the Rue a Chartres. The crowd on their return from the funeral surrounded his conveyance singing the Marseillaise. At the Arc de Triomphe they paused an instant, and shouted " Vive la Republique." The Marseillaise of this morning gives a full account of the return from the ceme tery as given by M. Paschal Grousset. The crowd presented, he says, an immovable wall which 100,000 chassepots could not move. A sudden silence fell on them as they advanced, and the rumour was raised that the troops were out. Rochefort and Grousset sprang from their carriage and found a body of Chasceurs guarding the way to the Chambers. " Citizens," cried Rochefort," let me advance alone." He addressed the officer, and said that the citi zens who accompanied him were returning from a funeral. Would he bar their passage ? A roll of drums was the answer. Rochefort told the people to retire or they would be massacred uselessly, and the crowd, being unarmed, took his advice. The illarseillaise was seized again to-day. It has an important statement from M. de Fonvielle. He declares on his honour that the statement of Prince Pierre Bonaparte is false. "It is not true that either lor Victor Noir insulted, threatened, or struck the Prince. It is not true that I in the first instance drew my pistol, for it was in a case in the pocket of my paletot. It was only when the savage rushed upon me and fired that I took out my weapon. It is not evident that if I had had nay pistol in my hand at the moment when the murderer shot Noir I should have used it—not to save nay friend—for the aggression was too prompt and too fatal—but at least to avenge him on the spot? Is it not also too clear for dis cussion that if I had at first pointed my revolver on Prince Pierre, he would have fired at once upon me, and not upon Victor Noir, who was unarmed." Further on he says : "It is true that I crouched down behind an arm-chair, but it was only to take out my revolver from its case and cock it. It is untrue that I have been, even for a single moment, arrested. It is untrue that Victor Noir carried a sword-cane. I had one in my left hand, with which held my hat, while with nay right I handed to Prince Pierre Bonaparte M. Paschal Grousset's challenge. It i, untrue that Victor Noir was armed. The pcor lad heY his hat in his hand just as I did—a pretty plain proo that we had not, as the Prince says, cur hands in ou pockets." The Peuple Francais says that the language of a certain portion of the press during the last few clays has passeo all bounds. It is no longer discussion, but outrage carried on upon a system, and influenced by political passion to a high degree. Public opinion will. not, however, be affected by all this violence, for it will recognise that it is the last resource of those who are driven to extremities, After the policy of the Govern went nothi3 inch conduct._ The_lournal rtes • The Sacred Harmonic Society give a performance of Haydn's " Creation" to-night at Exeter Hall, with Mdme. Lernmens-Sherrington, Mr. Vernon Rigby, and Mr. Santley, as principal vocalists. An enormous saving will be effected in plain, fancy, and commercial stationery, by dealing with the manufacturers, Perkins and Giotto, who receive the papers direct front the mill, and cut. press, and finish it upon the premises, employing up wards or 150 hands. They undertake to supply the public with large or small quantities at a trifling advance upon the cost. .A an example, a ream of 480 sheets of Note Paper for 25. 500 En velopes for 2s. 3d. 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On comparing several banks the following is the state of the circulation: — The English private banks are below their fixed issue ••• ••• £1,290,907 The English jointstock banks aro b e l ow th e i r fixed issue ••• ••• 369,901 Total below fixed issue in England ... .£1:660,808 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2 538,187 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ... 992,669 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng• land in both departments during the month ending; of Nov. was £18,433,206, 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 hold by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 6th of N ov. Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £3,179,767 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,741,884 £5,924,651 being an increase of £518,118 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of £321,393 whei compared Tfitla the Corresponding period last year DebaTithinks that - the appy terming aion — Of yesteidiiir's affair is due in a great measure to the wise and liberal pre cautions which were taken by the Minister of the Interior. A display of force would have irritated the people, and the complete absence of troops would have been an error, but the juste milieu was attained by the dexterous com tivances of the authorities. The combined firmness and moderation that the Government have exhibited must call for acknowledgment in all quarters. The part which Mr. Louis Noir took is also much cora. mended. He availed himself of his position to influence the crowd in the right direction, and to implore them not to give way to sentiments of revenge. The Jcurnal des Dads, in commenting on the sight which the streets of Paris presented yesterday, declared that a stranger might have believed himself in London, where the English lower classes never forget the respect which is due to the law, however agitated they may be by political passions. It considers the quiet demeanour of the crowd to have been one of the most characteristic elements of the affair. The deputies met yesterday at one o'clock in their bureau, in order to name the commission which is to in quire into the possibility of prosecuting Henri Rochefort by the public prosecutor. The Moniteire haS given the teat of the letter which was written by the Prince immediately after the murder. Ho says: " Two journalists of the 3 faiseillai se have been here to provoke me. One of them struck me and the other threatened me with his pistol. I fired, and I think that I killed one of them. I sent at once for some stivents-dc ville and a commissary of police." The general editor of the Novvelliste de Rouen vas inter rogated yesterday by the Imperial-Procurator, for having republished an article from the Ofarseillai,.e, signed " Rochefort," which neccessitated a seizure and led to prosecution. M. d'Orus,the President of the Chamber of Accusation ( f the High Court of Justice, commenced yesterday to inter rogate Prince Pierre Bonaparte at the Conciergerie. The Patrie says that in his examination Prince Pierre Bonaparte related the facts with the greatest precision and tranquillity ; and in concluding expressed the deepest regret for the movement of passion to which he had abandoned himself, and the sanguinary consequences resulting from it. " I had been grievously insulted," added he, " and be-. sides, I did no more than defend my life, which was seriously menaced." On the other hand, M. de Fonvielle, in presence of the magistrate, was so violent and excited that DI. Bernier did not think it right to confront him. with the prisoner. 20EtT1NG IN'EELLIGENCE-'IHIS DAY CITY BETTING.—This DAY. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 9 to 2 agst Lord Lurga,u's nomination (taken and wanted) 100 to 6 agst Mr Brocklebank's nom. (taken) 100 to 6 agst Mr Spink's nomination (taken) 16 to 1 agst Mr Blanshard's nom. (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr Bland's nom. (taken) 23 to 1 agst Dr Richardson's nom. (taken) 30 to 1 agst Lord Bunning's nomination (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 250 to 15 agst The Lamb (taken) 20 to 1 agst The Colonel (offered—take 22 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Q.C. (offered—take '2B to 1) 1000 to 30 agst Nuage (taken) 1000 to 30 agst David Copperfield (offered) 1000 to 33 agst Schiedam (taken) 300 to 9 agst Doctor (taken) 300 to 9 agst Lymington (offered) 500 to 15 agst Snowstorm (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Fertullagh (offered) 200 to 5 agst Costa (taken) 40 to 1 agst Scipio (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Count Horn (offered) 40 to 1 agst Fan (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Roving Maid (taken) 250 to 5 agst Harvester (taken) 500 to 71 agst Summertime (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Tathwell (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Casse Tete (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered) 9to 2 agst Sunshine offered (5 to 1 taken) Bto 1 agst Camel (offered) 9 to 1 agst Astolfo (offered) 1000 to 70 agst Sunlight (offered) 20 to 1 agst Normanby (taken) 25 to 1 agst Asterope (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Alaric (offered) 40 to 1 agst Macgregor (offered) 40 to 1 agst Bay Rosalind (offered—take 500 to 10) 1000 to 15 agst Kingcraft winning the Two Thou sand and Sunlight the Derby (taken) 1000 to 800 agst Mr. Merry's lot and Kincraft coupled (offered) 7 to 4 agst any two (offered) DERBY. 625 to 100 apt Sunshine (offer. l—take 7to 1) Bto 1 agst Kingcraft (offert•d) 11 to 1 agst Camel (offered) 200 to 11 agst Bridgewater (taken) 20 to 1 agst Astolfo (offered) 500 to 25 agst Sunlight (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Asterope (offered -40 to 1 taken) 40 to 1 agst Macgregor (taken and offered) 40 to J agst King of Scots (offered) 40 to 1 agst Alaric (taken to £5O), 1000 to 20 agst Exciseman (wanted) 1000 to 10 Blue Stocking (offered) 5000 to 1000 Sir Joseph Hawley's lot bar onr (taken) RACING FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Lincoln . l5, 1G I Derby .. 92, 23 liarrow 17, 18 Nswtou 25, 26 MARCH. Nottingham . l, 2 I West Somerset lii, 17 Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick '''), 23, 24 Pontefract 14, 15 I Epsom 29, 30 Cambridgeshire l4, 15 I Bromley 31 and April 1 APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 I Newmarket Craven 18 to 22 West Drayton 7, 8 I Abergavenny 9 1, 22 Thirsk 7, 8 1 Lewes • 26, 27 Ki ng sbury 18 ,19 ( Croydon. 28, 29 Durham lB, 19 1 -- - -- MAY. Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5 I Harpenden 24 21. 20, Chester. lO, to 13 I Bath , '25 Winchester lO, 11 1 Stanford 9 6, 2i S;tlisbury l 2, 13 ; Croy don 26, '27 York 17, 18 ' Epsom 31 to June 3 Doncaster l9, 20 ' J 1 Croydon ..8, 9 Manchester 8,9, 10 Ascot 14 to 17 Windsor 2l, 22 'NE. Newton 22, 23 Hampton 23, 24 Bibury Club 29 Stoekbridgo...3o, and July 1 til Newmarket 5 to Nottingham 12, 13 Chelmsford l2, 13 Reading 12, 13 VLY. I West Dray ton 14, 15 Huntingdon-- l9, 20 Kingsbury 2l, 22 Goodwood i6, 20 GUST. Brighton 9 , 3 Brighton Club 4 Lewes •...•.••: •.. 5 , 6 Egham 9, 10 Windsor ll, 12 Bromley l6, 17 Stocktat l7 to 19 Oxford lB, 19 York 23 to 25 Plymouth Derby 3O, 31 Weymouth 30, 31 'EY- SEPTEMBER. Warwick 6 7 I Richmond 20, 21 Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Meet (A yr) 21 to 23 Doncaster 18 to 16 I H en d on 22, 23 Hampton 9 0, 21 Newmarket Ist Oct. 27 to 30 OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 6 I Newmarket 2n• 0ct..10 to 14 L e i ces t er Bromley 6, 7 I Newmarket H0t'n...24 to 29 NOVEMBER. Liverpool., 8 to 11 I Shrewsbury 11 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 1 Harrow . Derby 10, 11 i Newton 25, 26 MARCH. Liverpool 8,9, 10 Bromley 81 and April 1 West Somerset 16, 17 Cheltenham-81 and April 1 Warwick 22 to 24 ,IL.' Aldershot Kingsbury lB, 19 FIR 3 AT S7OCKIVELL-THIS DAY. This morning Captain Shaw reported four fires as being the total number that had occurred during the previous 24 hours ; they were, however, with one exception, of a trifling character. One of the fires, which was attended with a con siderable loss of property, happened in the private residence of Mr. E. Panter, No. 1, Bow-cottages, Willington-road, Stockwell. It was caused by a spark flying out of the fire and falling upon some linen, ignited it, and before the inmates became Lware of the occurrence the room was on fire from end to end. An attempt was then made aith the aid of buckets of water to get the flames under, but owing to leaving the dcor open the fire extended fearfully, and it was deemed advisable to send for the engines. In a very short time the engines from several stations attended. The firemen, under the direction of Mr. Ilawlyet the chief officer of the district, and the London Salvage Corps, under Mr. Superintendent Swanton, went to work, but in spite of theirexerutniotnus the conflagration could not b e extinguished promises ro roof o f t h a e n d a d t j h o e i i n r i n e g o u p t r e e n in t s is e w s e , r b e e l d o e n s g t r i n o y g e t d o . a i‘ e i d r t u b e . w a th r r e e n w , g e s r t e a o tfl England damaged. r r Mr. °t P ee a , n t t u e t r z• a r s . l in r Bur in was not insured. -421