The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-05 00:00:00

~~- ~~ MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE• CITY, Two o'CLOCK. The favourable indication mentioned yesterday as apparent on the Stock Exchange continues to day, the stocks dealt in being those of the most noted description, in order to be prepared for any ease of immediate realisation. Russian stock has been in request, so has Egyptian and Italian ; American bonds have been dealt in at better prices ; and in Railway, Banking, and miscellaneous shares increased prices have in most cases been realised. The rate of discount demanded in open market to-day was a shade below 21 per cent. for first-class bills at three months. Consols are now at 921 to 921 for money ; ditto, for Ac.!ount, 921 ; Three per Cent. Re thicled, 921 1; New Thee per Cents, 921 1 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, par ; June, (143 1 prem. ; ditto 100, £2OO, and £5OO, March, ; June, prem ; Bank of England Stock, , 4 4 Per Cent., 237. India Stock ditto 101 per Cent., April, 1874, s hut ; 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 111 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 100 k ; ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 921. In the Foreign Market au advance has taken place in Russian, Peruvian, Egyptian, Mexican, and Spanish Stocks. The following are the prices : — Argentine, 881 ; Brazilian, 891 ; Egyptian (1868), 81 / ; Viceroy's, t 85 ; Italian, 55/ to 551; Mexi can, 131 to 14 ; Peruvian, 821 to 821 ; Portu guese 331 to 331 ; Russian (1862), 851 to 86 ; Orel, 83 to 831 ; Nicolas, 651 to 651 ; Moscow, 811 to 811 ; Charkof, 811 to 821; Spanish, 261 to 261 ex div ; Turkish Five per Cents., 461 to 171 ; and the Six per Cents., 671 to 6:1. In English Railways prices are firm. Great Northern have improved to 1101 to 1111 ; ditto (A), 111 to 112 ; Midland, 1241 to 125 ; Cale donian, 75 to 761; Metropolitan, 82 to 821 ; London and North Western, 1241 1241 ; London and Soath Western has declined to 92 to 91 ; Great Western, 59 to 591. Great Eastern, 381 to 39 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1271 to 1281 ; London and Brighton, 461 to 471 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 15 to 151 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 127; to 1271 ; and South Eastern, 78+ to 79. In Bank Shares, London and County are 481 to 491 ; but Chartered Mercantile is 10s. higher, at 31 to 32 ex div. Agra (A) is steady, at 111 to 111 ; Alliance, 121 ; Anglo-Austrian, 14 to 16 prem. ; Consolidated, 4 3-16 to 4 5-16 ; Imperial, 161 to 161; Imperial Ottoman, 21 to 28 prem. ex div. ; London and Westminster, 581 to 591 ; Loitlon Joint Stock, 31 to 32 ; and Union of London, 371 to 381. American Five-Twenties are 871 ; the Ten- Forties are 811 to 85 ; Erie, 171 to 181 ; and Illinois, 1001. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance is 331 to 331; French Cable, 161 to 161 ; Anglo- American, 191 to 191 ; and Atlantic Eight per Cents., 21 to 21. In Miscellaneous Securities there is a decline of in Hudson's Bay, at 11/ to 121 ex div. ; and General Credit, at Ito 1 dis. National Discount quiet, at 111 to 111 ; and International Finance, 21 to 11 dis. At Mark-lane this morning the attendance was small and trade languid. Prices were hardly sus tained for breadstuffs, altheugh supplies were light. English wheat came to hand in bad condition, which tended to check the already limited inquiry and prices ruled in favour of buyers. Foreign wheat, arrivals of which are still light, was difficult to sell, buyers of both landed and floating parcels, pending the arrival of fresh supplies, now over due. There were no gold transactions at the Bank yesterday. The Government broker for the last ten days has been a seller of Consols to the extent of £lOO,OOO a day. It is supposed these transactions have been in connection with the provision the Chancellor of the Exchequer is making to provide a portion of the means for the discharge of the claims of the telegraph companies. Mr. Lowe has latterly been busily engaged in getting his resources together to be ready at the appointed time with the necessary funds. The proportions of specie by the Royal Mail steamer Seine, from the West Indies, represent silver to the amount of £81,127, and gold £86,047, giving a net total of £167,174. The Transatlantic steamer Ville-de-Paris has reached Brest from New York, with specie to the value of £19,000. A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. is recom mended by the directors of the North British Australasian Company. Respecting the state of the Manchester market Messrs. Neroutsos and Co. telegraph :—" Market Continues firm, and full prices adhered to ; in some instances yarn is a shade dearer." Business in the Colonial and Foreign Produce Markets public sales has been resumed. The supplies brought forward have been in all cases very moderate, and the markets have shown gene rally the same quiet tone that prevailed before the holidays, but with a firm tone. Coffee has realised rather higher prices. Small tea auctions have gone very steadily. Tallow has risen Gd. per cwt. The return of the Metropolitan Railway shows an increase of £Bl3. In the case of the 3 Metro ritt,Metro- politanand St. John's-wood Railway the increas e ' 54 . The traffic receipts of the Metropolitan District Railway represent £BO5. The direct ors of the P ee l Ri ver L a nd and Mineral Comp any (Limited) have issued their report prior to the meeting to be held on the 14th inst. In it the directors speak very hopefully of the future, and the accounts show that the nett revenue of the company for the past year amounts to £14,540 ls. 2d., out of which an interim dividend of 1 per cent. on account was paid on the 26th July, 1869, amounting to £6,000, leaving the sum of £8,540 Is. 2d. The directors of the Oriental Bank Corporation have issued a circular pointing out that the daily increasing numbers of negotiable securities render their custody a matter of great importance, both to bankers and their constituents. For the conve nience of its customers the bank via continue to take charge of these documents, and will collect the interest at a small remuneration for the ex pense and trouble this duty involves; but, in-the !vent of loss, the corporation will not in any case through liable, except f or suc h l oss as may occur tarough gross negligence on their part. BRITISII FUNDS-CLOSING PRICE 3 G OVERNMENT FUND& 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for A ccoun t , Jan. 6 921 3 per Cent. Reduced 921 1 New 3 per Cent A uvr 2} per Cent. Jan. 1891 Do. 5 per Cen , x 11.1873 &nullities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telei.raph). Aug, 1908._ Exchopy.-:r Bills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct.llarch par Da. 3 do. Jun. pm De £lOO, £2oo'& £5OO — pm Bank of Engl an d St o ck, 41 per Cent ... 237 Ds. opening Canada 4 pe r Cent. Bonds ................... uter-Colouial Omumm INDIAN UOVERNMENT SECURITILS. incli t V cock. 101 per Cent., April 1874 shut De. 11f Openin for Account D.). a per Ce g, , . nt..ful 1880 Do 4 per C en t. O c t 1388 Do. Enlaced Papei 4 per Cent... a .. • 92 ± Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ......., Do. 5} per Cent, May 1579 .-- D., 5 per Cent., flop. Del:. 1872., Do do IS"7. Do. do. 1882 — I h' , . Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 - Do Bonds.. 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. irireutine Republic, V per Cent ... - Do. Accou nt - 8 AuArian Bonds 5 per cent .. — Do. - Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 1} per Cent. 1852 Do. do 1858.... lie. u t , 186 0 Do. do., 18C Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Dc. A ccount Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Ugh ainds alked 0, old York, i here udon, .tottou [ Italy urt to iperor reeks. 3 Etn- penal ;h was t. 3. )7 tho 'hroue in the tblish- speech 1 with 1 from ch the :ug the , how the of the resist- iarket LO 56 60 15 35 2C,Ir at the abody, Jinn, a bed by Igerous taming in cus- ederick ed that y from John- keeper I the about ?ho did ner did ly been t, for a m, and offence other before d three ,er, said he first and he id Col r name ho ori- it, and at lati without asterer, ;ht be d with izabeth avenor- ed with Lad bad lis bra be bad 3ter for ing bet ither be that he mefullf Lot, said all over ild haY° ant, and ropertY , on big' qtly one worn 3 n rg. Ile --- , i in .E2`) and A towards Cuba, 8 per Cent. - Oailian 6 per Cen` , — "e. 41: per Cent — Do. 3 per Genf , I'2o. 7 per Cent., 18r8 10. (.; per ce ,, t. 1867 1 lo ,11. , i;,n, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent.. 1825 De.n.tian Principalities, 7 lor Cent 9Si 7 Do. Account Do 8 per Cent., 1867 93 Ecuador New Con.iolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per C0nt..... "a --- D o Second Issue •• ... --- Do. £50(. , Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. 1500 Bonds . 9ll Do. .£lOB Bonds 93 21 Do. 7 per Cont., 1868 ~ ... Do. £lOO Bonds Government Railway i)ebentures ..... 981 8 recur 5 per Cent., 1821 5, eX Coups — Do. Coupons CI ILtema.l4 - 5 per Cent .. — Hon (turas Gov Rail. Love., 10 p.. 0 t., all pd Do. Ace.unt tte:imn 5 per Cert., 11365 -- Do. Account ~ — Do llxremmatut Railway — itexicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1564 — Doh per Cont. Anglo-Frond' — tlonteridf , au 6 per C.ont. .. — Idocrish lmperir.l 5 rer Cent Now Gratutla lBl Do 3 por Con 3B Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrante (Rectal - en) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1365 Do Account B2l i 2 1 Do 41 per Cent. (lll: , ,arren) Do 4} per Cent.. '1862 • — Do Account . — Do 6 por Cent.,1862 — Portßguese 3 per Ct., 1853;6, 7,'9,'60,'2,': , Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid 24 Russian 5 t ier Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4i t per Cent 1850 - Do 9 per Cent., 1860 _ _ __ Do 3per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Boucle., 9 1 i Do. do. £B4 15s. do. Do., 1860, £lOO Bonds 9l} Do. do £B4 los. do — Do Nicolas Railway 651 1 Sardinian b per Cent — Spanish 3 per Oeia Do. Acc , ,unt .... 271 Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Deferract — Do. Passive — Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Dividends on the above payable in Loudon Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per ent. 1831, Ex. 25f Do Account 54 CLOSING PRICES. Jonsols, Money Vn i ad Do. Account, Jan. 6 92i i ad PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. TrESDIT The personnel of the Ministry is still the great topic of Vie day, and stories are rife respecting the final negotia tions. Copies of the letters exchanged between M. Magne and M. 011ivier on New Year's Day are published in most of the journals. The Temps gave them yesterday in full, the Const;tuti'onnel only in part, omitting M. 011ivier's final reply to M. Magne. For this omission it i sharply called to account by the Liberte of to-clay, w:dch maintains that either a correspondence should be given in full, or entirely suppresed, since full publicity is history, half publicity is adulterated truth. There seems no doubt that the members of the Left CAltre really made the exclusion of the ex-Minister of Finance from the Cabinet a sine qua non of their own en trance. The Patric, in addition to the letters I have al luded to, publishes one from M. Magne to M. 011ivier putting the portfolio of Finance at his disposal. The esta blishment of the Liberal Empire is, he says, the great wish of the country, and for his part he is ready to make any personal sacrifice to attain it. Another letter from M. Magne to M. Schneider announcing his retirement from the Ministry of Finance appears in the journals, in which he declares that he much prefers being left out of the Cabinet, with the political situation clearly defined through his efforts, than within it from the effects of a misunder standing and equivocal arrangements. Everyone is gainer, The Journal gificiel of this morning disposes of the uncertainty attending the appointment of M. Parien as President of the Council of State. Ile is to be in the Cabinet, and the decree of this morning attributes the omission of all mention of this important fact in the original list of ,the Ministers to an error which it is necessary to rectify. Naturally this incident has given rise t) some speculation, and -nitre are net wanting those who think the omission was no accident, but that M. Parien's Entrance into the. Cabinet is due to a subsequent decision of M. 011ivier and his colleagues. The terms upon which the fusion of parties has been arranged furnish matter for animated specula tion. The Liberal press are somewhat doubtful on the point, and there are already rumours respecting the dissolution of the Chambers. If we are to believe the Potpie Francais, the journal of the Court, no such dissolu tion must be looked for. The three conditions of the union between the two centres were, according to this journal:-1. The maintenance of the existing Chamber, the Ministers agreeing to recognise it as the expression of popular feeling; second, no change in the present organisation of the constituent power; and, third, the nomination of Mayors by the Government. the Siicle, rejoicing to find so good an opportunity for attacking the new Ministry, declares that the Left Centre has put its programme in its pocket, while the Bight Centre must, for its part, sincerely regret its manifesto. Of what use, asks the Slide to put forward a measure of electoral reform? The Ministers having recognised that the existing chamber fairly repre sents the people, the best means of securing electoral liberty is to maintain the prefects at their posts and to make a few of the m senators. This unlucky phrase about the representation calls forth, likewise, the ire of the Temps. The new Ministers are, it says, free to 'com lromise their own reputations if they like ; they are free to recognise in the Chamber, they themselves sondenmed, the true representation of the people, NI. Buffet is free to bow before that official majority against which he has so often voted ; but the Temps, for its part, will not cease to demand .electoral reform, the dissolution of the Chamber, and elections free from all pressure whatever. Without these, all other eon sessions are valueless, and we shall have the agitation of parliamentary regime without its guarantees. Marshal Valliant is said to have entreated the Emperor to allow him to remain in his service until the end of his rife, and on that account he was permitted to have the administration of the Emperor's household. Some changes have been made in that department. The theatres are to oe assigned to the Minister for the Fine Arts, together with the charge of the letters, which was one of the duties of the Minister of Public Instruction. Marshal Vaillant will not take part in the Cabinet Councils. The N or th German Gazette, in considering the new French Cabinet , says that the progra mme of the Ministry is the s i g nal- for a policy of peace. The Foreign Minister is bound by no past promises, and is "ertain to carry out, so far as possible, the common wishes sf his colleagues. He will derive the greatest assistance from the friendly relations which exist between France and the foreign Powers. The Constitutionnel makes mention of an interpellation which will be brought forward at one of the earliest sit tings of the Senate, and which already bears a great many signatures. Its object is to obtain from the Government an explanation of the home policy they intend to pursue. The Figaro states that Troppmann, on the last day of ais trial, wrote a letter to the director of the Conciergerie thanking him for: his kindness, and offering him his auto graph as a mark of gratitude ! If condemned to death, he hoped to die on the 21st of January, the day on which the .nost innocent of French kings was executed. Before raving the Conciergerie he wished to see the cell in which Marie Antoinette was confined. The Petit Moniteur sublishes a number of manuscripts which were hen Lauad in the wearing app arel of Troppraann w ais usual clothes were exchanged for the prison suit. Some of these documents aro traced in ink, and others in pencil. Some of the compositions Ire in verse, and one is addressed to the young woman who was desirous of sharing, his prison life in order to sniuse him. Ile was writing verses when his counsel, 11;,zerain, came to see him on the subject of the appeal he ta made to the Court of Cessation. What next? The strike of the drapers' assistants has come to an ena, Ind at a general meeting held on Sunday, the assembly 421 , ealesl satisfied with the results obtained. A sensible Improvement has, it is sold, been effected in the position of the young men. The very exttlisive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by 31 essrs. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world•widw celebrity for their ilne old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." WIWI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening. WEDNESDAY ......12 min past 4 35 min past 4 TruntsDAY... .......... ...52 min past 4 12 ruin past 5 FRIDAY 30 min past 5 .50 min past 5 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1870. aIdRE LIS?. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Businos done Closing Share NAME. Paid. Price 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 111 10 ' Do B lO 4-: 61 50 Albion l5 10 8 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 11 13 20 Anglo-Egyptian, km all 22 221 P 20 Anglo-Hungarian - '2O Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 19 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm.... ~.. 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, Inn. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Austi al ia 25 3 7 39 19 Bank of New Zealand all 1i 101 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China all 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China .. 20 City 100 Colonial 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, kin 50 East London, lim 5 20 English and Ainerienn, lien 11 20 English Batik of Rio de J a.- neiro. lim lO 20 English, Scottish, and Aus tralian Chartered 3, ,, all IGit 161 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 16 88 281 Do new lll 4 5 100 Imperial, kin 2O lb 16 20 Imperial Ottoman ll 21 21 25 lonian all 19 '22 26 Do new 5 6 3 Lud Mortgage of India, lint 4 gi 3 : 100 Do sp. e. Debs.l464, 30 all 76 76 80 100 London Bankl of Blexico and South America, lim. 20 3 4 100 London paid Brazilian, lim. 45 34 Zi 20 Do new 71 5 41 100 London &River Plate, lim, 40 11 13 25 Do - new 10 11 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 211 241 20 London and County '2o 49* 601 491 60 Do new, is sat 20 p.m, 16 pd ll • - London Joint Stock 3ll London and South African al 100 London & S.-Western, lint, 20 13 50 Loudon do Venezuela, km._ 121 ••• 100 London and Westminster. 20 37 1 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 61 54 10 Metropolitan, lim all 71 7; 00 Midland, lim 2O li i 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 .3d 1p 00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 49 ... ... 10 Do 50 National.. r- 80 ... .. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 7l - 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 61 t' 30 Provincial of Ireland ...... 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 14 IS 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 43 41 100 Union of Ireland, kin 50 Union of London 4)i ity -4 11 A ,tt44b AND S'M'OCK raid•t-aoBl,lg iluriart • rice. atut. liei.llW at Mist ,1 1 nd. Exeter ...... 100 74 76 76 at Cate:lonian ............ 100 761 77 :31 at CAM matt 2) Cornwall an 2 3 at Dublin & 1-lcllart June.- 1C ;-- - it Dun„rerth,..*., Ali.J cue lOO 78 72 2) East Loudon - all b 7 21 Do 15 - - 2J Do 10 - , - et Gleagov.* At S. Western lOO 105 107 it Great Eastern ..' *OO 361 381 33; et Do. E. Augl..No. 2 lOO 64 71 at Great North of Scotland.. 100 15 16 of Greet Northern .. 100 110 111 111 11 at Do. A a tuck...... lOO 1104 1111 1 0.1 1 et. Do. B f,tock lOO 11) 129 at OtS, and W. of Deland lOO 98 100 at ()t. Weetern -Original lOO 581 661 t9l tif 91 Sa At Do. South Wales l6O 60 61 St Do. W. Mid.-Oxturd IGO 11 10 at Dc. Newport lOO 32 31 at Laucadhlre‘se Yorkshire lOO 126 f 271 128 1 at Lon., Brigh.,& b•Coitat lOO 4CI 4;1 471 c/ - Do Scrip . - - et Lon., Chat., and Dover luu )t 155 at Do. Aletrop. Ex. A lOO 11 11 et Lun. . North Western lO6 1211 ;221 1141 f 1 at Lou. .ti South Western lOO 92 14 18 Man., Stmt.,* Lincoln lOO 63 531 clif ; dt Metropolitan .... • lOO 93 431 824 4 1.1 at Do Exteusiun. .. 5 Do. New rd - - all - - at Metr4olltan District. all 80 22 10 Metrop. St. John's 'Wood at Mtoiend at D 9 i iirtnin. a Uarti3 at North British ...... at 1) ..Cd., rth., •1t Dun... 109 at Nor Eastern-lierwice lOO 25 D,. G. N.E purchane 16.13. 4 - - at 1) Lauda .. et D 0 York lOO 1181 1191 1251 4; 51 st 1, oCarliele .... . . - - at . D oStoc2. & Darling lOO 153 ItO at North LOlllOll .. lOO 119 21 10 Do New 1868 . 4 11 2 p at North Staffordshire leo 61 63 62 at North an , * '.-. W. Junction 100 9J 101 10 Do New 1:10 shares 7 ... •• st Itfrininey - . lOO 53 561 at lshropshirs Union lOO 601 601 at South Dev0n . .. at South Eastern lO6 771 77. at Staines, Wolehani, & Wok: all 13 14 * at Tad Vale -- Do. C - - - NN, aterforti & Kiilecui.y lOO 10 Waterloo .24 Whitelia.l 6 17 18 )7 , an , 14 32 11 41 i Pr 1P 121} 1221 1271 323 81} THE HEALTH OF THE PRIMATE. The latest bulletin issued as to the health of the Arch bishop of C.Lnterbury is cheering. It was issued on Tucs day afternoon, and runs as follows: " Broadstairs, Jan. 4, 1870. "The Archbishop of Canterbury still continue 3 to make satisfactory progress.—Onimam E. WALTER, THOMAS E. RIVEN." NEW WAR IMPLEMENTS. It is not only in Europe that spade drill for the troops has its advocates. In America the feeling that burrow ing will henceforth be raised to the dignity of a mili tary operation has, the Pall Mall Gazette observes, found expression in a new bayonet, which is designed to serve also as an entrenching tool. The bayonet is shaped like a sharp-pointed trowel ; and would, na doubt, be useful either for offensive or defen sive purposes. A very nasty wound might be in flicted with this disagreeable -looking piece of steel, which in trained hands might also, no doubt, be turned to good account for entrenching. It is not intended that the " trowel-bayonet" should be used as a trowel when fixed to the gun, on account of the injury to the barrel which such a use might occasion. It is so shaped that it may be handled as an implement apart from the gun, and is in tended to be so used. It is no part of our duty to pronounce an opinion upon the value of this weapon, which, we have been informed, has actually been adopted to some extent in America. We are disposed to think, however, that if a bayonet is to serve more purposes than ono, it is better to adopt a construction like that proposed for the future equipment of the British soldier, namely, a saw-sword-bayonet, and to leave the entrenching business to a separate tool. In connection with this subject we may mention that some experiments have recently been made in India to test the practical value of a .proposition made by a British officer, Captain Harcourt, 102 d Fusi liers. Captain Harcourt proposes to furnish each soldier with a trowel and a sandbag. When not required for use the sandbag would be carried empty, neatly rolled up; when the regiment was required to entrench itself, each man would fill his sandbag and lie down behind it. The bag is stated to have proved impenetrable to an Enfield rifle bullet fired at it from a distance of fifty yards ; a man lying down behind it is concealed from an infantry soldier at 100 yards, and from a cavalry soldier at 150 yards. It was found that four inexperienced men, with their trowels and sandbags (in addition to their rifles), could fill their bags and cover themselves, on hard ground with short stubbly grass, in five minutes. On a second occasion, the same men - covered themselves in three minutes. Probably two minutes or less would suffice, with a little training; and the sandbag has this great recommendation, that if it is desired that a regiment should change front, or slightly advance or retire, it could carry its cover with it. The suggestion is one which appears worthy of con sideration. RALLWAYS-PREFERENCE SLUICES AND STOCKS.. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 b 7 Si) at Caledonian Qrs., No. '2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 4) per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, guts 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Du. do. Ordinary lOO 76 82 at Du. Midland at Do. Diltl(l4 , o and. Arbroath 100 ••• ••• 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent guts all at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 197 st Do. Ist Class preference lO6 at Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct l9O ... at - (41. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l leg 93 1:10 at Du de Nu. 2 100 97 90 at Do do G per cent 199 110 113 st Do East Anglian A L p. c. 109 at Do do 116 du. 100 at Do do 7 de. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 st DuNutfulk 5 p.c.Ex.1646 Ice at Do do 5 p.e.WaT.Va1.1.847 100 at U rout Nut them, 5 per cent 100 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 16 p. c. put. 100 Do 43 dude do 100 st Do 5 do at sp. c. p:u lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. N rth of Scotland, let pf 100 at Great Sutita• and cent Westeru 100 ( I re land) 4 p st er G t•West.—Orig.& Lit:Bent chg., per nra.s p.c lOO 106 1( 8 Do. Orig. (B. & Ex). 5 p.c lOO 50 1 00 Do du 41 per cent. 1050 lOO 9J 1-2 Do do 4 do no Du do '6 pet' c ent. relent lOO 90 Do du Birmingham gnu lOO CS 72 Do do do pref lOO _,„ Do do Clluter gua lOO bi.". Do do do S per cent. 100 ••• ••• Do do de 5 do 109 95 16 Do South Wales, goa. 4 p.c. 100 •., Do do 44 p.c......... iuo ••• at Do du 41 1850_ 100 tDo (10 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 116 lls st Do 20 gua lOO 1:3 115 at Do Newport, lat g. 5 p.c lOO 1 .6 us at Do do 20 du lOU t Du gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ••• 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ..••• st Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 6 133 t I) 61ef ( Do 13' , . ru ;I Vat 1.0 ' s 1;5 0 3s Lances arts) 0 p . c. 1 1 0 0 4. t Do 5" at Do 4) (Blackburn porch). 100 so 100 at, London & Brialiton. 5 p.c 100 guarantezc No 1 at Do 5 per cent. gua No. '2 lOO ,„ do do lOO ,„ st Do 6 do No. 4. 100 ••• „, at Do .5 Bt Do 7 por cent. st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P ) 109 _ d o 1659 lOO ,„ ••• st Do 4 a t London, Chatham, &Dover pe r cent let) „, ,•• st Loudon and N.W., C. and Nuneaton I per cent lOO 110 11 a st Do Bedford &Cambridge.- 100 • at Do Shrewsb'y & 10d .•• ••• at London and 6 W. 7 p,c • late :Id shares lOO 145 - 150 a Do (Portsm. porp ans 2sGd) a Man., Shei.,&Eincln. 6 p.c lOO Do a Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66 1 Do redeem. 6 percent. 5 _ ,„ at .SEO. Consolidated, 6p. 100 140 1. , ;1 a Do Bristol& 13ir111., 6 p.c lOO 1.3 135. Do 41 per cent. redeem_ 109 1-8 100 a Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 95 1)) 1011 Do Leicester &DA:1111.4 p.c 100 60 91 st North British, I p.c. N 0.1... 100 ••• „ at Do E., &U.4p.e. S. & D lOO _ at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per conj.. 100 ..„ at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO _ „, at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c._ 100 57 btt at Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 97 99 at Do is N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ••• 17 Do Lerwick capital Do York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 101 Do Stcktu & Drliug. A 5 p.e lOO 107 100 at Du W, Elartlepool li. and It 100 86 83 881 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 lOs S. Devon Annuities, 1 all 9 10 10s Do Tariatock Anna., all 81 V) 10a Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81 1 0.6. S. East. (Bead. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 4) percent lOO •,„ st Du Fixed 11 per cent lOO at Tall Vale No.l lOO 154 155 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 .. 68 72 96 US RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE S LURES AND STOOKS, With Dividends contin,geut on the Profits of each separate year at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Cow win. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeeni all st Do 4p e con. issued at 80 60 et Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO at Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO at Great Northern, 5p c irreil. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 st Do Boston & Sleald, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. Jlidl., 5 p c 100 st Do Joint I..erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 8 . 8 . 9; at Do do 6p c irred., 1066 100 110 112 20 Do Vale N eath perp. bp c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 8... 100 5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 at Loud., Brig &C., 44 pc, 1858 100 at Du Jo 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 44 do, 1861 1 , ,K) at Do do 41 du, 1863 100 at Do do b do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1886 100 at Do No. 7 sdo s e t t L o pp u , (1 )0 , m C e h t a r d t o . op , &. x , d, 6 c 866 ? p p e c e 1 0 100 1 e0 at London & N Western, 5p c 100 108 110 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 95 10 Man. Shef.& Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all g st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 at Midland, a. 5 per cent prof lOO 107 102 st Do 115 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1863 all 201 211 18 Do Ineonv. New Shares all 13 19/ 22 Do 5p c con, into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 18;2 Bl Zip st North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E ,P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ••• 801 st Do E. &G , N 0.2, 5 p.c et Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 „, at Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.e ... 100 et Do E.& 0., (Ordiry) 41 p e 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 93 1 0 st Do Stock. & Darl., D ... 100 118 115 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ~„ st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1853 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 .• •.. at Do S do, 1864 at Vlctoria.St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 100 77 Su 87 0 83 E5B 83 86 $6 i IP ••• ... 85 RAM WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS et Birkenhead lOO 91 93 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 93 100 at Buckinghamshire it Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 i 6 at Do. 51 per cent, at Do. 5 do. 100 11C 112 112 at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stoir Valley at East Lincoln, gua. Gp. c lOO 132 134 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... Gt. Eash., Newm., Sc., 5 p.c 100 B Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 st Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 .„ .„ at Gt. West , \V. Mid., Herat 100 97 99 39 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222 at Loudon and Blackwall lOO 93 95 96 at Do. 4/ per coy lOO at London, Chat.. &c., 41 p. c lOO ... at Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 at London and Greenwich 105 62 G 4 st 1) , .;. do Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 85 at Lowestoft, gua 1 percent lOO 79 81 st Do. d• 6 do ~, 100 31 Mauch., Bt.— Ilatlk all st Midland, Brallord, Prof lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Lizs!) 50 Nertheruk East., 5 per cent all 33 56 59 Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern— Hartlep00l a t N.\; ost. A perp. prel, 5p c. 100 107 109 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ..„ at Notting. &to mutt). & C lOO In 93 25 Preatou and W yre. all 41 40 Loyston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 • 132 131 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 132 131 10 Do do 8 2 21p S. Yorksh. and River Duu 100 97 99 103 D 4 per cent gua... 10 79 80 b do ... all 91 100 at Viet. Station and Pimlico... 100 . st West Cornwall 20 Ward, London, Class A all 1:3 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C MI ..„ Weymotith and Portland lOO ' st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et East and Wog:lndia lOO 114 116 Lordon and St. Katherine 100 51 53 100 D cDcb. stock, 4 per cent Freehold Land et Dock 10) 28 31 m st Southampton lOO 72 75 at Surrey Counnorcb , l TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. iranglo-American Tel., lim all 19 2.) ;01 119 10 Anglo Madder Te1.,1ina.... is 171 18 19,1 1 at Atlantic Telegraph lO I.t I'. et Do. 8 per cent. at B. and!. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 176 Is 3 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 260 265 10 Do. New 8 12 Lip 25 Indo-European Tel., lim all 20 2f 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 2/ 3/ 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 1 1p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lira. all 6 61 25 R.cuter's Telegram all 78 s 0 20 Societe Trausatlant., lirn all 161 17 1 6 1 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 11 21 9-16 6 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 71 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all .1 51 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Ali - gT6l.lexican 2Ent all 141 l4i 25 Australian Agricultural 23 Australian Mort. Land and t 3 b,l lit 14i kluance. lint 10 Baugarait Tea Estates, lint 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 10 Do. New all 100 Bolckow Vaughan, liui. 5 Bombay Gas, lint. 5 Do. New • 4 50 British American Land 4l 20 British Indian Tea, lint all 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all f 4 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2# 20 Ceylon Company, lint. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 5 23 City of Loudon Real Pro perty, lint 9 30 City of Milan ImproT. lint. all 25 City of Moscow Gam, lim all 50 City Offices, lim 60 Colonial, lint. 13 15 5 bi 11, 15 17 . .1; 31 , d 3 'A b} 4 5 6 23 '22 3 1d pr i Do. 50 Commereia: Union (Askiur) 5 W Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union C as, lim all 25 27 25 Copper Miners of England, prof. 71 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 respondis%g figures of the previous account: — DEBTOR. Dec. 30. C. 182,500,000 Capital of the Bank., Profits in addition to Capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1837) Reserve of the Bank 7,014,77 G 02 Doc. 23, 182,500,000 7,014,776 0' 22,105,750 11 22,105,750 14 and its branches Reserve of lantled pro perty 4 ,000,000 4, 0 00,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur- 45,881,189 53 rent creditor Current accounts, Paris Do. branch banks Dividends payable Discounts and sundry 210,725,93 Z; 42 374,167,210 13 46,061,119 - 149:11,3`J3 - interests ,. Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not 46,271,819 G 2 231 458,259 57 361,360,028 85 43,650,081 - 791,076 - - dLtributed Sundrios 428,093 54 96,425,546 6' 1,305,522 15 991,660 38 6,639,613 89 8,827,320 79 Total CREDITOR. Dec. 23. Dec. 30. banks Br bills over- Cash in hand and in ra n ch due 227,659 23 260,931 37 Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 310,082,089 19 355,546,41 35 1 Do. branch banks 287, Advances on deposit of '375, 214 292,125,580 bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks., Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con- 22 577,30 0 - 1,725,900 - 22,4t0,100 - *89,900 - 39,0`95,800 -3,986,250 1,118,200 -- 1,127,900 - 22,457,800 1,09,880 vention, Jung 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve Do. disposable 80,595,187 21 Rentes Immobali s e e s (Law, June 2, 1857) 16 0 , 000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed proper ty branches Expenses of manage ment Sundries 22,642,700 9,051,800 39,380,1C0 32,016,170 1,131,800 1,299,000 9,055,892 - 60,000,000 12,980,750 14 80,595,187 21 100,000,000 9,048 897 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 FraL ze. (Signed) ROULAND. The Bank Returns. returns), will give t of notes in the Unit Previous month : N T. 0 , f Dec, 4, 1869. I 1869. 2 3 , 940 ,947 , 123,181,190 2,885.44 , 1 2,751,71 Y 2,425,072 2,3 8,7321 29,251,4591 28,301,6141 4,871,3 81 5 8 ,287,45 7,381,180 7,354,163 Tho Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 4th of Dec. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the Ist of Dec. (the nearest date furnished by their be following results of the circulation ed Kingdom when compared with the L.kW AND POLICE. SWEATING TILE SOYEEEIGN.--James Clifford and Eliza his wife, were charged at Worship-street with " impairing, diminishing, and lightening the Queen's current gold coin." A daughter of the prisoners was charged with knowingly uttering the same. The daughter was pursuing her illegal occupation when Inspector Brennan took her into custody, and. elicited her parents' address, w' ich was in the City. The inspector, with another officer, went to the house, and proceeded to a back room on the first floor, where they saw the male prisoner sitting at a bench. On seizing and searching him they found in his packet two sovereigns that had been tampered with, and a pistol capped and loaded. A box on the bench contained a battery, the jars of which were charged. The outer jar contained sulphate of zinc, the porous pots a solution cf nitrate of potash. On the bench was a piece of round board and also a piece of hollow brass called a "run." On being charged with the offance, he said, "If you were to go to any electro gilders in Camber well you would find similar batteries to that." The wife said the husband had been long at it. Remanded for a week. POACHING AFFRAY IN NORFOLK.—A serious affray has taken place with poachers in Norfolk. The neighbourhood has long been infested with dangerous gangs, who carried on their poaching propensities with impunity. A watch ' has been kept on the premises of Mr. E. M. Pratt, of Roy ston Hall, in consequence of which that gentleman's keepers, the police, and a large party of gentlemen who were visiting at the hall kept watch. A gang, consisting of six or seven men, made a raid on the plantation, when four of them were captured, and one of the escaped party was carried off dangerously wounded. The head keeper, Matten, was dangerously shot, The captured men have been brought up before the Downham magistrates, and committed for trial at the Norwich Assizes on the charge of shooting with intent to murder. The troops at Chatham under orders to embark for India were medically inspected at that garrison yester day. Thcy will embark at Portsmouth on Friday. The statue of the late Prince Consort for the Albert Memorial Tower, arrived in Belfast from London, per the Fleetwood steamer Prince Consort, on Saturday night. Tun VOLIINTEEnS. — On Tuesday night a com mittee of volunteers appointed from amongst those who attended the recent Liege fetes entertained at dinner, at St. James's Hall, Mr. P. De Keyser, who acted as quarter master for the volunteers at Liege, and presented him with a beautifully emblasoned address, signed by over 300 volunteers. DEATH IN THE AC T OF CIL IME.—A singular criminal case was brought to a conclusion at the Rochester quarter sessions on Monday, when James Hall was tried for stealing two watches and other articles from a beer house in Strood. His real offence was being, with a third man—not captured—in the company of Thomas Derrick, who stole the articles one afternoon from a bedroom. They were found upon him. When Derrick had put the property in his pockets he fell down, and when persons, attracted by the noise, entered the room, the burglar was in the agonies of death. He was dead, apparently from apoplexy, before a doctor could be obtained. Beautifully finished housebreaking tools were found on him. Hall and the third man remained in the beerhouse parlour while Derrick crept upstairs. Hall was 'found guilty, and sentenced to five years' penal servitude. A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT.—A. eorresponden the Cologne Gazette, writing from Shanghai, states tha. the respect of the Chinese for the power of European States is by no means increased since they have seen his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. This, however, is not the fault of the Prince, who is rather to be pitied than blamed. It had been rumoured before his arrival that the son of the Queen of England was ten feet high, and had three eyes. Great and not unnatural disappointment was, therefore, experienced when it was discovered that ho pos sessed no other advantages of height and vision than those enjoyed by ordinary mortals. The British residents have been much humiliated by this unavoidable destruc tion of an • illusion which had taken a powerful hold on the minds of the natives, but their position has to some extent been allovistod by the impartial con duct of the Chinese magistrates with reference to their new church. Rumours had been circulated that evil spirits were at work in this new church, and great excite ment pervaded the community. In order to quell this excitement and promote the peace, one of the Chinese magistrates tooke the decisive measures of causing the credulous libellers of the church to be soundly flogged through the sacred edifice. This measure has been at tended with the happiest results, and there have been no more rumours of a sinister nature. A LITTLE TOO Mucll.-01(1 Colonel 8., of Mis sissippi, had been a mighty Nimrod in his day, and as old age came on apace, was found speaking of his early ex ploits, especially when seated at his own hospitable board, with friends and neighbours to listen to his stories and enjoy his wine. But as time passed on these narrations, from frequent repetition,began to assume the features of the most gross exaggeration. Nevertheless, the good old colonel, whenever any one seemed to doubt his word, always had an ally near at hand in the person of his faithful servant Ben. Ben, true as steel, was never at fault, but would, back his master up, no matter how wonderful the tale might be. On one of these occasions the Colonel was particularly extravagant. " Gentlemen," said he, " I once shot a deer not very far from this very house, and I put a single ball through his head and his hind foot at the same time." "Oh ! Colonel, that's a little too heavy,' , cried dut several of his guests ; "you must be mistaken, indeed you must." " You don't believe me," sung out the Colonel ; " you Ben, come here Wasn't you with me when I shot that deer through the head and the hind foot—say ? Just tell the gentlemen how it was." " Gemmen," said Ben, scratching his wool, and twisting his flybrush in a most nervous manner, "what de mas_a say is true— shut° enuff—l was Jar and seed him myself. De fac is, just as massa he take sight on do deer do deer liff up his hind foot and scratch he ear, and massa he pull trigger, and de ball go troo de deerhead and de hind foot same Aime." "There, gentlemen," says the Colonel, ." you see how it was. I knew yoit would think it a little stian3e, but these kind of shots don't often happen: , After the company had dispersed, old Ben went to his master in a good deal of trouble, and says he, " Massa, I'se bin lyin'lfor you for a good long time—whenever you gets into a tight place von know Pee always ready to help you o it. But, massa, you was a little hard on me to-day about dat deer and I'se come to say, massa, next time 441.000 t 'ent quite so far apart: Inerease.l' Decrcase. Bank of England.. • Private Banks ..... Joint-stook Banks.. - 1759,757 137,7'21 56,333 948,411 27,017 t _ Total in England. Scotland... ......... Ireland ............ 416,140 United Kingdom. 41,503,957' 40,913,269 416,110 976,823 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 £105,916 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation: — The English private banks are below their fixed issue ••• • ••• £1,290,907 Tho English joiut-aock banks are below their fixed issue ••• ••• ••• •.• •.. 369,901 Total below fixed issue in England .£1:660,808 The Scotch banks ar e abo ve their limed issue... 2 538,187 The Irish banks are above their tixd issue ... 9 92 , 669 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month cndingilst of Nov. was £18,413,106, 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 mouth ending the 6th of Nov.:— Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £3,179,767 Gold and silver hold by the Irish banks 2,741,881 £5,924,651 being an increase of £518,118 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of .£321,393 when compared with the corresponding period last year. 7 15-14 111 i STATE OF .TILIDE. MANCHESTER, Jan. 4.—The market for shipping yarns is strong, and prices arc steadily maintained, with a fair amount of busim ss offering at very ex treme rates. The spinners cf these yarns are now so deeply under contract that they decline to sell unless they can obtain full quotations. In other branches of the market there is less activity. Home trade yarns are strong, and producers arc asking a slight advance of prices, which stops business. The holiday character of last week rather interfered with the business in cloth, but notwithstanding the small number of operations prices remained exceedingly firm. The new year opens with but little show of ac tivity, but the high prices of yarn compel manufac turers to ask very full reel, and in many cases to demand advanced prices. To-day we hear of 'hut little business having been done, although a very general inquiry prevails for nearly all descrip tions of India and China shirtings and other fabrics, and the general tone of the market is cheer ful. For printers, 'T -cloths, and domestics only a moderate business is doing, but prices are well maintained. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report of this day's market :—" But little attention was paid to business during the last week ; prices, however, were well maintained. The new year opens with firmness, and today, though the actual operations are small, we notice a good general inquiry and very steady rates." CARDIFF, Jan. 3.—The men employed at the collieries are now beginning to return from their holidays, and a larger quantity of coal has during the last few days been sent down from the collieries. The supply is still rather below the re quirements of shippers, and it is satisfactory to re port that a fair demand continues to be experienced on foreign account. French buyers are taking full average quantities, and the inquiry from several of the Spanish markets has increased. Quotations are well maintained, and if a further advance could be established it is probable then that a rise in wages would be granted. In the home coal trade there is a considerable degree of buoyancy evinced, but the present mild weather will tend to check the con sumption. Coke •is selling freely. Business is qnieter in the iron trade, but iu the course of a few weeks it is expected that orders will again be freely offered. It is expected that an advance in wag• s will take place in about a month or six weeks from this date. LEEDS, 4th.—There has been a better attendance of buyers in the cloth halls this morning than on this day se'nnight, and rather more business has been done. There were some purchases by the re presentatives of shipping houses as well as by those who acted for firms in the home trade. Light coloured tweeds, meltons, and spring coatings were sold to a moderate extent, and the sine may le said as to plain clothes. In hair lists and white mediums a late average business was done. Prices were steady, and the tone of the market was quite as good as for some time past. The flax trade, owing to the hcrease in the supply and tl•e conse quent reduction in the prices of the raw material, is rather more active than we lately had to repoft. ROCLID ALE, 3 , l.—We regret that we are unable to report the slightest improvement in the state of the woollen trade of this district during the past month. Purchasers have confined their operations within the narrowest limits consistent with their absolute necessities, the demand has proved exceedingly sluggish even for thi i s usually dull period of the year. In but few instances do we hear that a fair average business has been transacted. Owing to this state of things, which in its turn may partly be attributed to the fact that merchants are engaged in stock taking, prices have not been fairly tested ; however, we consider that values remain unchanged. The flannel trade generally may be considered to have been disappointing, and we are therefore by no means surprised to hear that there is a slight exten sion of short-time working. Notwithstanding this stocks continue to be fully as large as, if not larger than, at the corresponding period of last year. Fancy goods continue to be neglected by the home trade houses, but a few lots have been cleared for shipping at steady rates. Our manufacturers are hopeful that the seasonable weather which we have recently had, though of s'tort duration, will tend to clear the way somewhat for a bet . er and more satisfactory position with the commencement of the new year. The wool market is quiet, but quotations remain firm, so that at present lower prices for manufactured goods cannot be antici pated. LIEALTI.I OF LONDON. (Front Me Registrar-General's Report) In the week that ended on Saturday, January 1, 4,833 births and 4,202 deaths were registered in London and in 13 other large towns of the United Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 33 per 1,000 persons living. The annual rate of mortality last week was 33 per 1,000 in London, 34 in Edinburgh, and 28 in Dublin, 39 in Bristol, 35 in Birmingham, 34 in Liverpool, 39 in Manchester, 40 in Salford, 37 in Sheffield, 27 in Bradford, 30 in Leeds, 30 in Hull, 25 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 37 in Glasgow. The rate in Berlin during the seven days ending 23d ult. was 28 per 1,000, and in Vienna, 27 per 1,000 during the week ending the 25th ult. In London the births of 1,205 boys and 1,104 girls, in all 2,309 children, were registered last week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1859-68 the average number, corrected for increase of population, is 2,093. The deaths registered in London during the week 1,996. It was the fifty-second week of the and the average number of deaths for that is, with a correction for increase of popula -1,675. The deaths in the present return ex were year, week tion, . . _ ceed by 321 the estimated amount, and are 639 higher than the number recorded in the preceding week. The births and deaths are considerably in excess of the numbers recorded in the preceding week, which is probably due to an accumulation of cases not then registered on account of the Christmas holidays. The number of deaths recorded in the last two weeks, when compared with the corrected average of the corresponding weeks of ten years 1859-68, only exhibits an excess on each week of 55 above the calculated amount. The deaths registered last week from zymotic diseases were 438, the corrected average number being 359. Seven deaths from smallpox, 59 from measles, 159 from scarlet fever, 9 from diphtheria, 57 from whooping-cough, 12 from typhus fever, 18 from enteric fever, 21 from simple continued fever, and 22 from diarrhoea, were registered. Two hundred and seven deaths from phthisis, 305 from bronchitis, and 120 from pneumonia were re corded last week. The deaths of four persons who were killed by horses or vehicles in the streets were recorded. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 20.565 in. The barometrical reading decreased from 29.08 in. on Wednesday, Dec. 29, to 29.16 in. on Saturday, Jan. 1. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 34.2 deg., which is 3.2 deg. below the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisber). The highest day temperature was 48.0 deg., on Saturday, Jan. 1. The lowest night temperature was 21.3 deg., onTuesday, Dec. 28. The entire range of temperature in the week was, there fore, 26.7 deg. Ou Sunday, Dec. 26, the mean temperate was 10.4 deg., on Monday, Dec. 27, 8.8 deg., and on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 10.9 deg. below the average. On Saturday, Jan. 1, the mean tempera ture was 8.1 deg. above the average. The mean of the highest temperature of the water of the Thames was 34.4 deg. ; that of the lowest was 32.5 deg. The difference between the mean dewpoint temp e rature and air temperature was 4.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 83, complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0.31 in. The general direction of the wind was SSW, S, and NNE. According to returns furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works the daily ave rage quantity of sewage pumped into the River Thames at Crossness was 216,867 cubic metres, and at Barking 99,822 cubic metres, equiyalent to about as many tons by weight. SPOTIIIG INTELLIGENCE FINeni,EY RACES—YESTERDAY. FINCHLEY PLATE. Wedding real Owen Swift seven I au. ELLING HANDICAP. Novice Dane Licymuia ... 8 Four ran. W ARE CUP. Tom Bowline Charley Bittern 1 en ran. MIDDLESEX HANDICAP. Surney Meerschaum Sir Bobby Six ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE PLATE. Poleaxe Novice Dandy 'Seven ran. OPEN HUNTERS' CUP. Bishopton Leotard CITY BETTING.--TMs DAT. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 5 to 1 agst Lord Lurgan's nomination (taken) 100 to 6 agst Mr Brocklebank's nom. (taken). 20 to 1 agst Mr Blanshard's nom. (taken) \ 2O 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 Kingeraft (taken and offered) 9 to 2 agst Sunshine offered (5 to 1 taken) 100 to 12 agst Cam3l (offered) 10 to 1 agst Astolfo (taken) 500 to 15 agst Bay Rosalind (takae) DERBY. 1000 to 1 agst Chanceliar (taken) RACING FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Lincoln.... 15, 16 I Derby . 9 2, 23 Harrow 17, 1.8 I Nswton. .... 25, 26 MARCH. Nottingham... 1, 2 1 West Somerset l6, 17 Liverpool B, 9 , 10 I Warwic k 94 , 23, 24 Pontefract 14 , 15 I Epsom 29, 30 Cambridgeshire ...... 14 , 15 Bromley 31 and April 1 APRIL. Northampton 5, 6 I Newmarket Craven 18 to 22 West Dray ton 7, 8 I Aborgavenuy 21, 22 Thirsk 7, 8 i Lewes 26, 21 Kingsbury lB, 17 I Croydon. 9 8, 29 Durham lB, 19 I MAY. Newmarket Ist Sp ...2 to 811-18rpenden 2O, 21 Chester. lO, to 13 1 Bath ''4, 25 Winchester lO. 11 I Stamford Salisbury l2, 13 : Croydon 2O, 27 York 17, 13' Epsom 6l to June 3 Doncaster 19, 20 1 JU Croydon 8,9 Manchester r 9, 10 A Runt 1 .1 to 17 \Viudsor 2l, 22 sIE. Newton 9 2, 23 llamptou 23, 24 Bibury Club 29 Stockuridge.„3o, and Joly 1 • JULY. Newmarl:et 7 , to $ I West Drayton 11 , 1 . 5 Nottingham 1.'2, 13 1 Huntingdon-- ....... 19, 20 Chelmsford l2, 13 I Kincrsbury 4 l, 92 Reading 11, 13 I Good woo J l6, 29 AUGUST. Brighton 2 , 3 Stockton l7 to 19 Brighton Club 4 Oxford lB, 19 Lewes ......... . .5, 6 York ' , 3 to 25 Ethan, 9, 10 Plymouth Windsor ll, 12 Derby 3O, 31 Bromley l6, 17 Weymouth 3O, 31 SEPTEMBER. Warwick 6 7 I Richmond 2O, 21 Abingdon q 9 I Western Meet (Ayr) 21 to 23 Doncaster 13 to 16 I Hendon 22, 23 Hampton 9 0, 21 I Newmarket Ist Oct. 27 to 30 - ----- OCTOBER. Bedford 4, 5 1 Newmarket 2n ' 0ct..10 to 14 Leicester G, 7 1 Ohcltenh:Lnl lB, 19 Bro►uley 6 7 I Newmarket H0t'u...24 to 29 NOV EMBER. 1••.... • ............. ...---. Liverpool 8 to ll I Shrewsbury 14 to 18 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870. FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8 , 9 Harrow D er by 10, 11 Newton 25, 26 - • . M ARCH. Liverpool 8,9, 10 13,•onlley ...... 81 and April 1 West Somerset ...... 1 .16, 17 Cheltenham.. 31 and April 1 Warwick 22 to 24 .. Aldershot 7, 8 I Kingsbury 18,19 LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 1. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Jean I3ovey as Consul at Cardiff for his Majesty the King of the Heßeno. _ _ DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 3. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Ram say Scott, William Adamson, and Hoo ah (Bay (Wham pea), Esqs , to be members of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Raffaele Ronello, Esq., to be Superintendent of Police for the Island of Malta. _ _ _ WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 4. BREVET. . _ The undermentioned officers upon the retired full-pay list of the Royal Artillery, to be Major-Generals, the rank being honorary only:— Colonel Edward Mourrier Boxer. Colonel Charles Scudamore Longden. The following promotions to take place in succession to General Sir David Capon, K.C.8., Colonel of 106th Foot, who died on 17th December, 1869 Lieutenant-General Henry William Breton, Colonel of the 56th Foot, to be General. L Major-General Frederick W. Hamilton, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-General. Brevet Colonel Robert Wardlaw, C. 8., from Lieutenant- Colonel, half pay, late Ist Dragoons, to be Major-General. Major James M. Brown, 93d Foot, to be Lieutenant- Colonel. Captain Edward Jackson Bruce, Royal Artillery, to to Major. 10,000 PRESENTS, from 2s. 6d. to £5, at Parkins and Gotto's. Portrait albums, writing cases, dressing cases, travel ling bags, with dressing and writing materials, envelope cases, despatch boxes, blotting books, ink stands, desks, stationery. cabinets, book slides, work bores, tea-caddies, hand bags and reticules, card cases, purses, scent-bottles, cigar cases, card baskets, pocket books, electro-gilt and elegantly mounted goods; ornamental articles for mantel shelf and table; bagatelle boards, chess and draught boards, and men, and evening games of every I kind. Bibles, prayer books, and church services, in every type —Parkins and (lotto, 24,25,27, and 23, Oxford-street, London. PORTRAIT ALBUMS are now an established article o interest whether in the palace or cottage, and are to be found or almost every sitting room table. No article is more welcome a gift. When first introduced they were badly made, but area got up in the most perfect style and strongly bound, so that t will last f..r years, and at extraqrdinary low prices, by Pa' and (lotto, 27 and 28, Oxford-street, London, W. During the year 1869 the deaths of 192 pc who were killed by horses or vehicles in the were registered. The expected number o' calculated from previous observation was that there is we may hope some improvetr persons were killed by horses, 6 by carr 7 omnibuses, 26 by cabs, 58 by vans or by drays, and 70 by carts. One pens by a fire-engine. LADYERTIsIIMMT. 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