The Sun. — London, England, 1868-10-13 00:00:00

generally ted by the selling to iy deseriP' at the per' che ISt , and then poison vale ktered in! ign. Thl/ 5 was of the ?arliame o whO 00 0 xl him Of wing dope he full Pe' °visions of powerfu l who gal e ord-street al drawl' lye officgs pton, le° s following L his hand , going take bli n nos t filtbi eci him be )ens he ha d authoril )nsense, r upon bid d wounde d od running er who ely did. here, soi l° lood. _ pon by the used by th e ke pens into vliich Were [low WO ry much i° it worsbiP; )intuitte I II )u are coo' Docg• - " na il of th e ' , IA befor e frown licr' N 4 d that b e : hands lier t ould 'al inter 0j uld relit° .1. Curtis' re Mr. Or pockets .clothes oroi t yest er o c o r aot, c , i o the ii ° ; ll J her Y 9 ) the I °l l 6 and for a' as, t, an d o v er t ° re -03° 11. 0 3° oking to Nal poi se y,.. last ro r len re td ' e pri o l 6-,0 0 10 :et, an j r sal pr r, isoov c e r for ~$ l 9 ‘7io pre' 1 1 1; )nt for 3 Day. vas placed ; mpting to le prisoner red pre- , an to feel lading her he sta,tiolb been ad- D . W she be' 'are. X Ci - iT EY MARTi ET AND C OXXERCIAL INTELLIGNNOR CITY, Two o'CLocK. Rosiness to-day was steady, and the closing Prices were steadily maintained. Foreign Securities ... sre firm, the news f rom abroad being considered t isfactory. The progress of matters in Spain con ilailes to be watched with great satisfaction. In some qua rters it is th oug ht t h at as soon as th e q ue stion of the dynasty shall have been settled, and the new ad ministration established, a national loan—of course °be exclusively subscribed at home—will be pro- Pos ed, with a v i ew to p l ace th e T reasur y i n funds, and to terminate once for all the system of fre quent hand-to- mou th l oans w hi c h h ave for years been r esorted to by the Government. rijbe half -monthly accounts commenced to-day. -"c variations have not been extensive either in -orel gn Securities or Railway Shares, and conse quently the diff erences t o b e p a id w ill be compara tively light. The transactions in the railway de 15artineat have dwindled to a low point, speculative ~_ well as bona fide business having considerably decreased. t m eeting was held to-day, at the Guildhall, ini tiate a fu n d t o re li eve the sufferers by the eart hquake f arth qu ,,,_ a's-e in Peru and Ecuador. Resolutions in alleviate the distress occasioned by the catastrophe t were agreed to unanimously. There were a num ber of the leading men of the City present. Mo ney is in fair demand this morning, and rates steady, at 4 per cent. Co nsols are 94i to -/ for money, and 941 to for t he account (N ov. 5 ) ; an d t h e Th ree per C e nts. Red ucedy, and Ne w Th ree p er C en ts., 93 to 8. 6 Stocks are in good demand, and prices 4n°v? an advance of nearly in Turkish Five per I m en ts., ; New Spanish, ; Mexican Bonds, 1; and am 4 , Five per Cents., I better. The quotations 1 - 3 -It alian Five per Cents, 511 52,; Greek, 12 i / 4,E 1 A 'Alexican, 151 16i ; Turkish Five per Cents.,gs vt ; and New Spanish Three per Cents., 331 Th e mark e t f or I n di an s t oc k s i s i n active. The I, en and a H a lf per C en t s . are quo t e d 214 to 217 ; theFi vel 114/ to 115 ; the Four, 103/ to 10 4 ; 1 0-bonds, 20s. to 255. prem. ; and the debentures, 1 3 . 5 i Bank stock, 242 to 244, and Exchequer i lls) 1 5s. to 20s. prem. Th e Council of India will receive tenders on the 21st i nSt• for bills on Calcutta and Madras to the a mount of £200,000. liailway stocks are dull, and a decline of 1 to IT Per cent. h as t a k en p l ace i n L on d o n and Eastern and G rea t W es t ern , Midland, Great and South Eastern. Annexed are the P re sent prices :—Caledonian, 701 to ; Lon don., and No r th W estern, 1114 to 112 ; Great West ern, 481 to / ; Midland, 1111 to I ; _ London 'astern an d4o 1 South Western, 871 to 891 ; Great to / ; Brighton, 511 to 1 ; South Eastern, 761 to 771 ; Metropolitan, 106 to ; Great North ern, 107 to 108 ;" ditto A, 105/ to 1061 ; Lanc ashire and Yorkshire, 1281 to I ; London; shedam, and Dover, 171 to 1 ; and Manchester, ad, and Lincolnshire, 471 to /. T he sum of £12,000 in sovereigns has been taken from the Bank for India. The Italian Tobacco Loan has risen / to 1 pre 'alum „ • The all o t men t s a broad have been reduced '`u per cent. Purchases are effected by persons cha nging their investments from the Italian Five Per Cents. to the new stock. Great Indian Peninsula Railway New Four per Cent Debenture Stock opened at 941 951. Ecuador Ne al Consolidated Bonds are 121 to 13h. The 9oads of the Honduras Railway Loin are firm at Cont.o 901. The quotation of Argentine Six per 'd Scrip is 11 to 2 prem. The Austrian Five Per Cents. of 1859 have been dealt in at 601 to 611. Friday the 16th inst., has been appointed by the ennatnittee of the. Stock Exchange a special settling da y in the shares of the Socie:e du Cable Trans - atlantique Frangais, which are to be officially quoted. „ T he following telegram has been received from ""e superintendent at Valentia : ” VALENTIA, Oct. 12, 1868.-1866 cable re -1'44'4 four p.m. Greenwich time yesterday." f The stea mer Ri pon h as reac hed Southampton rOO3. Alexandria with the heavy Bombay mails and s Pecie to the value of £6,128. I t is understood that the North Australi in Com- Daily ° ll Thursday last directed their solicitors , - 4 4- essrs.R ug h es, Alasterman, and Ilug h es, t o pl a ce attachment on moneys belonging to the Go rhulent of South Australia in the hands of the Loudon and Westminster Bank and the Bank of sout h Australia, t o th e ex t en t o f £19,741 103. and up wards, °llr letters from Natal do not bring any new ch: r ial facts regarding the gold discoveries, as no ' s had yet been taken for testing the general av acter of the quar t z ree f s th a t seem to abound bdirections. Some minute specimens had 8 ; --4 f ound on the ri ver A.mahlongwa, which is only ° tuiles from D ur b an . i 111 The Hongkong and China Gas Company (Li -6 te d) have just declared a dividend at the rate of per cent_ for the past year. -1:111e d irectors of the Port Phillip and Colonial t r ill ; M ining Company have declared a third dis i7°ll 18- per share on account of the 1 1 th an de ad being at the rate of 20 per cent. per t o ll 111 1; and have also co n vened a meeting to assent the re gistration of the company under the Com thanieB Act, 1862, with a view to the reduction of .e4O liability in respect of the uncalled capital from " to £1 per share. t ho twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Scottish, Nati ona l I nsurance C ompany , held at tociltiburgh, yesterday, a bonus addition was made t he policies at the rate of £1 103. per cent. per vr 441111 1 for the fou r y ears si n ce 1861. ZlO,OOO e ? added to the paid-up capital out of profits, ‘-t a dividend declared of 10 per cent. per an m, Arne ricall Securities are in fair request, and price s generally have been well maintained. United 74:e3 Five -Twenty Bonds have improved 1, to 8 1 Illinois Shares are 931 a ; and Erie Shares 32, 1 , T he followi ng f are th e c l os i ng pr i ces from St. .-aetersburg,h, dated Oct. 10 :—Exchange on Lon ") thr ee mont h s, 3 3 ; li am b urg h , t h ree mon th s , 29 i ; Paris, th ree mon th s , 3151 ; Lottery Loan, fo 4 ' 135 8- ; Ditto, 1866, 133. Tallow, 52} ; ditto . fo r August, 501. In Colonial Government Securities prices are Fady. C anada Six per Cents., 106 to 1061 ; Ditt o e Per Cent s ., 924 t o 92/ ; N e w Zealand Five Cent. C onsol i dated Bonds, 98 t o 98} ; New outh Wales Five per Cent. Bonds, 1875, 1001 to 104 ; Ditto, 1888 to 1896, 98i to 99 1 ; Nova Scotia Si x , Per Cent. Bonds, 1875, 1011 to 1021 ; Queens 106and , Go vernment Six per Cent. Bonds of 1884-85, 4 o 107 1 • and Victoria Six per Cents., 110 to 110.eg div. faiiia Miscellaneous Shares prices may be quoted as street :—Berlin Water-works, 141 to 141 ; Fore st Warehouse, p ar t o 1 prem i um ; Royal Mail . ean l) 5 3 to 55 ; London General Omnibus, 14 to .Mexica n R a il way, 3/ to 41 ; Pen i nsu l ar an d Zeutal Steam, 52 to 51; Telegraph Construction, tr a to 164 ; Ci ty of Moscow Gas, 5 to 6 ; Nat i ona l t e . ls „ c ,"att 111 to 11i ; C rys t a l P a l ace Oriental, 23 ditto Prefer ence , 98 t o 103 ; the Six per BL e a lit ' Perpetual Debentures, 108 to 112 ; OY' I- 4 i to 151 ; City Offices, 221 to 211 di,s count. 'OLOOK. lIIITTSTI FUNDS—TITO 0 8 (oVEItxMENT FUNDS. ()II i Per Cent. Consols 911 Ditto for Account, Nov .3 93 I )e r i , . - ~..,311t. lieduced New 3 Per Cent 21 per Cont. Jan. 194 D e. 5 por Cent• pan. 1873 Al luities, 30 rs . ire sth Jan., IbBo — Do. for 30 y Y rs, ' ex e p x i p re sth April t oo (Ited S,t Tele , raph), Aug, 1"8"' 20 — 17 P 1 xiihequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct D o . -7, £5OO e b o . ZlOO & £2OO — 2 , 12} 4 2 haul' of England. Btock, 4 per Cent Dr, ~.., . account ,7 V,..ttarla 4 per Cent. Bonds .-- 41ter-Colouial (Jammu INDIAN GOVERNMENT SEOURITIES. lndia Stock, 10f per Cont., AprillB74 216 Do. Opening, for Account — Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1 880 Do. 4 pec Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates -- Do. Enfaced Papui 4 per Cent ,92.1 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i per Cent., May 1879 — Do 5 per Cent., Rup, Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 ..... IX.. Dob., 5 por Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO — pm Do. under £l.000 FORNIGN i:lrma-TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... .• — p Au ;trian Bonds 5 per Cent. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent 03. 4f per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858. — Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. DJ 2 per Cont. (Defornd 3 per Coot ) Cuba, 6per Cent. o.alian 6 per Cent ...••• Do. 41 per Cent — 00. 6 per Cent., 13 — Do., 1867 Do., 7 per Cent., 1866 — Do., Scrip £32 paid 0 iloinbian, 6 per Cent. — D mist; 3 per Cent., 1825 . — D , nubian Principalities, 7 par Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 .41 •• • •••• ft:quador New Consolidated, 1 per Will. Egyptian, 7 per Cent — Do Second Issue Do. £5OO Bonds — Do. 1106 Bonds Do. 1 864 Bl Do. Account Do. .£SA, Bonds Bl Do. £lOO Bonds ••• • • 85 English Scrip, 1868 721 Do do. £3O pd 3 dis l'iloyernment Railway 4_)ebdntures 951 GreeK 5 per Cent., 1824 - 5, ex Coups — Do. Account - .. -- Do. Coupons • . Do. Account Gtatemala , 5 per Cent .. — Honderas Gov. Eail. Lottu., lop. et., £25 p 'titian 5 per Cent., 1865 -- Do. Account — Do MAxemmana Railway 51exican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French... — itoncevideau 6 per Cent. • • — Moorish imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada — Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferved Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) - Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account . .. -- Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 - Do Account — P J rteguese 3 per Ct., 1853 ,' 6 , 7 ,' 9,'60,'2,'3 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Itu.ssian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 Per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bolide 9Ol Do. do. £Bl 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9Ol Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 671 1 Sar iinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . 33 Do. Account DJ. 1867 Do. Account Du- New Deferred...... Do. Account _ Do. Passive Do. Acc.unt Do. Com. Cert. of Couv. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip pm Tur',:ish 6 per Cent. • 1.4 A. . Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 66 1 Do Account ••• Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per . Cent., 186 9 ..... Do Account Do f.. 100 Bonds 7Ol 70 Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cont., 1865 4Ol i D l Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Do 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o psr Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch . 2i per. Omit. Ex. 12 Gail — D Ac - cOunt French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 251. Do. Account TWO O'OLVOK. Aasuls, Money 94} Do. Account, Nov 5 MARKE7 S-2 HIS DAY. COLONIAL. Sugar—There is rather more inquiry, and the general one of the market is better, but few sales of importance are reported. Coffee is steady, with a fair inquiry for coloury quali ties, butlower sorts do not yet meet with much favour. Tea. —Privately there is but little doing, at unaltered quotations. The sales commencing to-day comprise about 4,400 packages of Indian tea. Rum.—The market is steady, but few sales are re- ported. Ri ce —Except for cargo kinds of Bengal, there is but little inquiry. In cleaned, however, a fair amount of business contipues to be do ne. Stock, 29,364 tons, against 9,527 tons last year. NEWGATE AND LEADENTIALL. The dead meat trade is stea d y at the following rates: Beef, 3s 44 to 48 8 d; veal , 3s Gd to 45 8d; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d; largo pork, 3s 2d to 3s 8d; small do., 30 10d to 4s 6d. HAY AND STRAW.—SMITHFIELD AND WHITECHAPEL. Trade is rather more active, and rates are firm at the following quotations : —Best meadow hay, 100 s to 115 s ; inferior ditto, 85s to 955; best clover, 1205 to 130 s; in ferior ditto, 100 s to 110 s ; straw, 26s to 34s per load. COTTON. LivEuroot, October 13.—Sales probably 12,000 bales, possibly more. Market buoyant. SUSPECTED .MURDER A. 7 LEAMINGTO. At a late hour on Monday night, what is sup posed to have been a barbarous murder was discovered at Leamington. A man named Isaac Edwin Court, a watchmaker, living in Satch well-street, had been missed by the neigh bours since Friday last, and his wife represented that he had absconded, and that she had written to several of his friends in Birmingham, but could not learn anything respecting him. Shortly before midnight on Monday Inspector Hods will, of the Leamington police, went to the house, when Mrs. Court made a similar state ment to him respecting the disappearance of her husband. llodswill, however, examined the pre mises, and at the bottom of the cellar stairs he found the deceased, with his skull smashed iu and quite dead and cold. On Thursday last the deceased and his wife were heard quar relling, when she knocked him down. The following day a neighbour beard a heavy fall, as of some one falling down stairs. On Sunday, Mrs. Maddox, the wife of a person residing in the same street, was in the house, and went into several of the rooms, but Mrs. Court would not allow her to go into the cellar, the door leading to which opens out of a passage into the kitchen. The deceased is thirty five years of age, and his wife is about the same age. Her name is Laura Court, and she is in cus tody whilst the circumstances connected with the case are under investigation. The Minotaur, iron screw steamship, Captain J. G. Goodenough, flagship of Rear-Admiral Warden, C. 8., in command of the Channel squadron, ar rived at _Spithead yesterday from Portland. She will proceed into Portsmouth harbour, after dis charging her powder and shell, to make good defects. Her Majesty's ship Pallas arrived at Cadiz on the 4th inst. She experienced heavy gales on the pas sage from Plymouth. The screw transport No. 3, Englatri, Captain Thompon, under the charge of Staff Commander Aldrich, Navy Agent, lately returned from Aunesley Bay, where she has been for the 1 ist 12 months as storeship during the Abyssinian war, having landed all her Government storks and paid off her crew, left Pertsmoutdi yesterday morning for Liverpool. Previous to the passengers' disembarkation they presented Captain Thompson with a handsome sil vevcup as a mark of their Esteem and regard. Lieut.-Gm. Sir G. Buller, K.C.8., commanding the south-western district, left Portsmouth yesterday morning for the purpose of inspecting the troops at Wey mouth and Portland. RAIL WAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, HOS. Share, NAME. Agra Limited, A. Do B. Albion Alliance, Limited BANES. Paid. all A nglo-Aust rian Anglo-Egyptian, lim all Anglo-Hungarian 8 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 Australasia.. Bank of British Columbia all Do New, issued at 2 pm, 5 Bank of Egypt Bank of Otago, lim lO Bank of South Australia all Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 Bank of New Zealand all British North American._ all Chartered of India, Aus- tralia, and China ' 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China 20 City 00 Colonial OO 10 Consolidated, lim 50 Delhi and London, lim 25 50 East London, Urn 5 30 English and American, lim 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja- neiro. Bin 20 English, ;cottish, and Aus . _ tralian Charteied 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 28k Do new bi 100 Imperial, lim 2O 20 imperial Ottoman lO 25 lonian. 25 Do new 5 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 100 Do sp. c. Delis. 1864, 30 yrs,. all 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 100 London and Brazilian, lira 45 20 Do new 7f 100 London & River Plate, lim, 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart, of Australia all 60 London and County 2O 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd l6 60 London Joint Stock l5 20 London and South African all 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 60 London & Venezuela, lim l2l 100 London and Westminster 2O 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lim 25 10 Metropolitan, lim all 100 Midland, lira._ 5 National of Australasia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 10 Do . .. . 42 50 National.. ~. . 3O 20 New South Wales all all 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., litia. 10 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do new, all 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 25 Union of Australia all 00 Union of Iraland, lira 60 Union of London ~. 22 MISCELLANEOUS. Closing Price. 111 121 6 7 6 4 121 111 6 7 18 19 1 2 6 4 51 53 9 11 35 37 6 4 30 32 37 39 17 19 49 51 Business done. 21 22 211 I 291 301 11 12 39 40 I 41 li 4 31 2 1 16 17 161 171 17 i 1 111 i 25 27 Id 4p 4 3f 76 80 7 5 30 25 5 41 2 4 43 i 1 23i 24f 49 50 481 9 13 11 47 48 TOPICS OF THE DAY. SHARE LIST. ORDINAILY SHAROS AND STOCES. Railwa7s. i tlire raid. Closing BUSIIICBP '-`" Prior. (I,9ne. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 10) 77 79 at Caledonian -... .. 100 691 701 70: i 1 1 at Cambrian 2) Cornwall all 31 14 et Dublin & Bellaat June .. 100 73 75 at Dun„Perth.& Ab.Junc.. 100 70 72 2) East London.... 20 1)0 15 - - 2 ) Do 10 . - - et Glasgow &S. Westerr at Great Eastern . .00 4JI 41 401 4 et Do. E. Angl. .No. 2 lOO 75 85 at tireat North of SootlanE lOO 16 6 at Great Northern lOO 107 108 It7l at Do. A stock at Do. B stock lOO - - at Gt S, and W. of lreland lOO 06 97 sr Gt. Western -Original lOO 49 491 481 4 .tt Do. South Wales lOO 66 68 B. Do. W. Mid.-Oxtoro lOO 05 28 at Do. Newport lOO 28 12 at Lancashire & Yorkshire lOO 12i 1281 1281 I at Lon., 13rigii.,& S. Coast lOO 15;1 62 511 21 10) Do Scrip .... - - at lon., Chat., and Dover IOJ 171 18 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 1 ra et Lon. & North Wester, lOO 112 il2, 1111 at Lon. & South Western lOO 67 84 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 471 48 471 st Metropolitan. at Do. Extension.. lOO 10t li 6 10 Do. New rd lO pr ip at Metropolitan District all 71 73 101 10 Do. and St. John'sW 'O 6 - - at Midland at Do, Birmin.. & Derby at North British ...... . at Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun lOO - - -t 14th. Eastern--Berwick lOO Di? 160 994 25 Do. G.N•E purohaat -16.13.1 - st Do. Leeds at Do. York lOO /8) 81 at Do. Carlisle .st Do. Stook.& Darling 1(0 127 129 at North London .. lOO 119 ,21 at Do. do. 1866 at North Staffordshire at N. &S. W. Junotion .... 100 102 104 10 Do new £lO shares 6 - - at Shropshire Union at South Devon -100 44 16 at South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok at Toff Vale 10 Do. C.. at Watertord & Kilkenny lOO -- - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha I 6 - RSILWAYS-PREFERENCE STIA.RES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 85 87 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 41 percent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua. 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath lOO 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. gua all at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Glas. & S.W. ,gua. 5 per ct lOO at t. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 92 98 at Do do N 0.2 100 91 97 at Do do 6 per cent 100 103 107 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 97 101 at Do do B 6 do. 100 105 110 at Do do C 7 do. 100 116 120 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 96 101 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 66 69 at Do Norfolk 6 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1817 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 „ at Do 5 p.c., rd. at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... at Do 43 do do do 100 „, at Do 5 do at 6p.c. pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO „ at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 at Groat South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st (3 t. West.—Orig.& Jnt.-llent chg., per gui. p.c lOO 100 101 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 10J at Do do 4 , per cent. 1850 lOO 81 84 at Do do 4 do do at 1.)o do 5 per cent. redem. 100 92 94 st Do do Birmingham gua lOO 65 67 st Do do do pref lOO 110 H 5 at Do do Chester gus lOO 75 80 st Do do do 8 per cent. 100 150 180 at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 4 4 p.c lOO ... 811 at Do do 41 1850 lOO st Do do 5 at Do West Mid.-Oxford Ist g 10) 111 113 at Do do 2d gua lOO 110 112 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 88 92 at Do do 23 do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 18G3 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all .. . at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 : 23 I;i2 st Do Barnsley, £5 3s 10d p.c. 103 ... at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135: at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 97 100 st London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1. . at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do No. at Do 7 per cent at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P )1 0 „ „ at Do 4 do 1859 lOO ,„ st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent ....... . .... . st London and N.W.. C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO et Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 88 90 at Do Shrovsb'y & WelchP'l lOO 88 90 at London and W. 7 p,c , late 3d shares, ........... . 25.(3.3. Do (Portsm. perp aus. 2563) all at Man., Shef., & Lincln. 6 p.c. 100 6 Do .£6 at Do 34 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 at Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c lOO 129 131 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 93 15 at Do 44 per cent. irredeem lOO 93 15 st Do Leicester & H'chn, 4 p.c. -100 88 90 st North British, 5 p.c. N 0.1... 100 at Do E. &G. 4p. c. S. & D... 100 at Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per cen.t.. 100 st Do Border Union, 54 p.c... 100 . . at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p c.... 100 85 87 st Do 44 per cent. redeem__ 100 93 95 at Do G.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. . 25 Do York, H. &S. purchase. 10 10 104 at Do Stcktn & Drling. A 5 p.c. 100 105 107 at Do W, Hartlepool H. and It. 100 86 88 20 North Staffordshire 10s Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 10s Do Tavistock Anna., 10s all 9 10 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 L 0.6. S. East. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 4/ per cent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 42 45 st Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Con., min. 7p c lOO ... st Do 41 p c irredeem all ... st Do 4p c con., issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern, 41 per cent. 100 74 78 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 85 88 at Do New 5 do, 1803 lOO 81 86 85 st Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO ... st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO . st Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 p c 100 ... st Great West., W. llidl., 5p c 100 86 90 at Do Joint Derpe. 5p c, 1865 100 83 87 st Do do 6p e irred., 1866 100 100 102 2) Do Vale Nea,th perp. 5p c all 191 201 a Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 8.,. 100 ... 5 Lane. and York. New 41 p er cent till July, 1871 2 st Loud., Brig., &c., 41 p c , 1858 100 ...I .!.4 st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 st Da do 41 do, 1863 100 ... st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 . st Do No. G 5 do, 1866 100 ... st Do No. 7 sdo st Lond., Chat., &e., 2d, 6 p.c st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 30 Do do C 6 p.c st London &N. Western, 5p e 100 107 109 st London &S. 'Western, 44 p c 100 00 03 10 Man. Shef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all.. st Metropolitan 5 per c en t lOO .. st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 103 105 st Do B 5 do 100 103 105 is Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lip 18 Do Inconv. New Shares 16 ft ip 164 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1867 Bl 11 12p 10 st North British, E. and G , No. 1, 5 per cent._ St Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 st Do E., P., & Duu., 2d, 4p c 100 ".... st Do E. & G., N 0.2, 5 p.c ... 100 st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c ... 100 ... st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 4 4 p c 100 58 60 04 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 ... st Do Stock. & Dart., D 100 107 109 st North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) et North Staffordshire p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 "' st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1.563 100 st Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 44 pc 100 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. st Birkenhead lOO 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 100 1.0 3 st Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 53 56 st Do. 51 per cent. st Do. 5 do. .. .... 100 109 111 s t Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO " Newm., &c., 5 p.c. 100 .. - 68 st Colchester Stour Valley ... st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO iio 1:32. 25 Gloster and Dean Forest all . o s s t tt Gt ii?, Ea oo.. do. LJ. Harwich, 4 p. c . 1 00 6; . Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 63 6$ st Gt. West., W. Mid., Heref. 100 95 07 50 Hull and Selby all 100 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 212 st Loudon and Blackwall lOO , 2 94 st Do. 41 per cent , 100 st London, Coat., &c., 41 pC. 100 fit Do. Coin. Fund, S do. 100 *** st London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South. 1 00 1 5 i. st L owe stoft, gua. 4 per cent lOO 78 8 , st Do. do. 6 do. „, 51 Manch., Buxton, & Matik all 6 .51 st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 91 93 10 Mid-Kent (Cray Line) 2 * 50 Northern & East , 5 per cent all 5. 55 50 Do. do. 6 do. all „, .. st N. Eastern—Hartlepool st N. West. A perp. prof, sp. c lOO 167 . in 0 st Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ,„ st Notting. &Grantb. R. &C lOO 91 93 ' 25 Preston and %Vyre. all 41 4G ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop. 100 130 132 st SlirJwsluiry andlicrotord 100 1:10 132 10 Do do 8 21 2 p st S. Yorksh. and Elver Dun 100 97 99 at Do 4 per cent gua lO 79 81 st Do 5 do st Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 So st West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 1.1 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all (ii * 7 st Weymouth and Portland lOO ,„ ... st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 116 119 st London and St. Katherine lO3 54 56 100 Do Deb. stock, 4 per cent all ... .. Millwall Freehold Land . st Dock lOO 35 33 st Southampton lOO 73 75 t Surrey o.3l.llllCrcial .• TIIE AMERICAN DIFFICULTY. Slime weeks ago we mentioned, in advance of our London contemporaries, that Mr. Reverdy Johnson had received instructions from his Government for a settlement of the questions at issue between the United States and Great Britain. We are glad to learn that one long-vexed question has now, been practically disposed of. It is stated that a protocol has been already signed on behalf of both Govern ments containing the basis of a final settlement of the question of naturalisation. It has yet to be sub mitted to the Legislatures of both nations, but there is little doubt as to its acceptance by them. THE PURCHASE OF RAILWAYS BY THE STATE. One can hardly doubt that ere long the question whether the railways are to be bought by the State will come for decision before Parliament. The pur chase of the telegraphs was a precedent which, should the telegraphs succeed, will prove irresistible. It is already hinted, under the rose, that Mr. Disraeli intends dealing with the Irish railways. This will be but a step towards the acquirement of those of England. The Daily News is publishing a series of letters, in which the writer shews the cost, &c., of buying the lines. He assumes that twenty-five years' purchase would be adopted—though that rate would be far too high—and calculates that we might buy the whole of the railways in the United Kingdom for something like 340 millions sterling, and there would be a dividend of at least £3 10s. per cent. on the purchase money. As to how the money should be raised, there would, it is pointed out, be little need for borrowing. A large proportion of the money now invested in railways is meant for permanent investment, and would remain there if offered an irredeemable Government annuity of £3 10s. per cent. upon the valuation price. The owner of the London and North-Western stock, for instance, would be entitled to £145 for every £lOO stock. If he did not wish to take a Government annuity of £5 ls. 6d. for it, the money might be easily obtained elsewhere. - n TRUE REFORMERS. It is highly edifying to impartial observers to see what efforts those rival Reformers, the Liberals and the Tories, are making to exclude their fellow-coun trymen from the franchise. After having vied with each other in propounding democratic Reform Bills, after having nearly quarrelled as to who are the real authors of the present measure,they are both directing all theireffortsto keeping from the suffrage as many as pecsible of that very class for whose enfranchisement they profess to have been so eager. The spectacle of the registration courts, where in some instances electors have been objected to by the hundred, is indeed a sorry one—is one that will make the cynic smile, the patriot sigh. MR. MORGAN HOWARD. The " Constitutional" candidate for Lambeth would seem to be a publican. There is in his speeches the same unctuous mixture of pious phrases that we read in the beer-barrel organ ; the same divided affection for things spiritual and things spirituous. For instance, Mr. Howard had to deliver an address which would please sound Protestants and licensed victuallers, ditto unlicensed; so he chose with great adroitness, a British and Foreign School room in order to denounce the iniquities of the Public-house Regulation Bill. He was fervid in his exaltation of the " Sabbath," equally _fervid in his denunciation of teetotalism. The man who would venture to open a picture gallery on the Sunday was invading "the sanctity of the Sabbath ;" but a law which would close the public-house on the Sunday was a tyrannical law, and the men who passed it would be making a law for• the poor which they dared not enforce upon the rich. Mr. Howard appears to have forgotten that the rich can not only drink their wine on Sundays at home, but can also look at their pictures. Therefore the man who opposes a public house closing bill because the poor ought to be in the same position as the rich, ought also to advocate a pictiire-gallery opening bill. But Mr. Howard loves the gin-palace and damns the Crystal Palace. He will have the streets of our large cities turned into Pandemonium, because, as he says, " I like to drink my glass of port wine on Sunday." As for the Per missive Bill, he can scarcely contain himself at the sound of those words. He is like bottle of Bass very much "up." He fizzes and splutters with indignation, and wonders at the impudence of the man who proposes that " ese unfortunate public-houses and the conven~~'tnceof the public, together with the interests of the publican, are to be squashed up to suit an audacious and energetic minority." Mr. Howard says that he requires stimulants. We should think that he must have required a good deal before he managed to find out that " two-thirds " of the ratepayers were a minority. Some men see double when they have been "stimulated." Mr. Howard appears to see only half. He had better not try " half and half " again, but attempt some other liquor which will not affect his vision. TILE " PEII4LE MAN." The Standard of to-day publishes one of the best parodies we remember ever to have read. It has all the cleverness of a parody without any of the usual drawback by which the poem parodied is also degraded. In all seriousness the writer imitates Tennyson's "In Memoriam," and finds in that noblest of books a model for an argument against female suffrage. The closeness and real poetical beauty of the verses will cause the reader to overlook the lack of logic. Beautiful, indeed, as the lines are --and the following are witty as well as beautiful 0, mother ! whilst in bedward stoles Those prattling urchins clasp thy gown ; Say, would'st thou change one curly crown For all the heads of all the Polls ? —they are vitiated by a glaring petitio Female suffrage may be good or it may be bad, but why should not the mother keep the " curly crowns " and have some share in "the heads of all the Polls" as well ? The father, we suppose, does not surrender his share in the " curly crowns " when he goes to the polling-booth. Why should the mother ? Besides— and here is another fallacy—it is not every woman to whom the choice is given. There are a million of British women unmarried ; one out of every eight wives is childless. The poet's argument, if it be good for anything, would prove that at least those who do not possess the "curly crowns " should concern them selves about " the 1 eads of all the Polls." MB. lIACEORIE. Mr. Macrorie divides with the Queen and the " Countess of Derwentwater " the daily attention of the public. As the Court Circular tells us from day to day how her Majesty rode or walked out, and how the " countess " fares beneath her tarpaulin, so they inform us of the latest movements of a gentleman who a year ago was like Cowper's bobbin-woman, " scarcely heard of half a mile from home." The latest information about this gentleman is that he will not sail for his new residence until December ; but as we are told also that he will be consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury in England in January, doubtless we shall have some fresh information to-morrow. Meanwhile our readers may like to know that the future " Bishop of Maritzburg " was educated at Brasenose College, and obtained the llulmean Prize, which consists of a substantial sum of money and a goodly shelf of books ; graduated B.A. in 1852 without honours ; was ordained priest in 1857 by the Bishop of Oxford; was Fellow of St. Peter's College, Radley, from 1855 to 1858 ; was curate of Deane. Lane,ashire, from 1858 to 1860; and perpetual curate of Wingates, Bolton-le-Moors, 1860-61, and in the latter year was presented by the Bishop of London to the rectory of Wapping. Subsequently he became rector of Accrington, and although he has not yet resigned that charge, he will preach his fare well sermon to his parishioners on Sunday. ANOTHER INHIBITION. The Bishop of Chichester holds the scales even. A. few days ago he inhibited Mr. Knapp, a clergyman of the diocese of Winchester, from officiating in the diocese of Chichester, because he preached at the opening of a Dissenting chapel in Brighton. Dr. Gilbert has now had brought before his notice the vagaries of Mr. Purchas, of St. James's Chapel, Brighton, and he has inhibited that gentleman froth performing any clerical function in the diocese. He also promises that if any of the parishioners, properly qualified to promote the office of judge, should wish to prosecute, he will allow them to do so in the Court of Arches. He says that the services were far worse than " ritualistic." They were " often profanely irreverent violations of the rubrics and doctrines of our Church." Mr. Purchas denies the right of the Bishop to inhibit him, but ho did not officiate last Sunday. The inhibition of Mr. Sedgwick, of Manchester, is a different matter. Mr. Sedgwick has been inhibited for doing that which Sir Robert Phillimore, Dean of the Court of Arches, has declared legal, viz., for having lighted candles on the altar. Bishop Lee sets himself above the law. READY-MADE SERMONS. We recently called attention to the advertisement of "ready-made sermons" warranted to be " sound and orthodox." The Rev. E. G. Charlesworth, having had an invitation to buy sent to him, writes to the Times in great alarm. " I think," he s ys, " it clergymen cannot write their own sermons it is because the workings of their own hearts have told them nothing about religion. Courage in the pulpit' is not to be derived from a bought sermon. Its words may be couragecus, but they will not be delivered courageously. ' Parochial duties' are suggested in the circular as an excuse or apology for giving an order to the publisher. But if a clergyman takes an interest in his parish, he will also in his sermons ; if he rejoices in speaking out on week-days his feel ings and thoughts upon religion in. cottages and houses, he will also rejoice to speak them out in the pulpit on Sunday." The terms are certainly " very moderate " one may obtain u sermon a week (in MS. unpublished) for 10s. per annum. or J. 5.5. Per .ctuutor and two Isernions for £4 lOs. for the year, or £1 lOs. per quarter. But of what quality is the sound orthodoxy ? At the same time it should be remembered that there are some clergy who are admirable parish priests but very bad preachers. In that case; it might, perhaps, be better if they preached of the published vrmoni , of our great divines, rather than these not very first rate lithographed discourses. THE QUEEN'S BENCH MILITARY PRISON. Is anyone responsible for mismanagement in our military prisons ? The blame in the case of the soldier who committed suicide—having been while starving taken down to see his fellows eat—seems to fall on the shoulders of all, and therefore of none, of the officials. The discipline of the prison requires a thorough investigation. Is there anyone to inquire ? "A Soldier," who writes to the Star, hints at disgraceful mismanagement which was far from being revealed at the inquest. He speaks of men being, kept nearly starving seven days at a ti me , 0 ' their having to pick oakum in the dark, we presume for punishment, and of frequent and unnecessary floggings. He adds that there are more defaulters in this prison than in all the others put together. One poor fellow, an imbecile, he says, was flogged twice in one week. 31 32 12 13 ..ii eiik 651 1 1 32 33 7 5 6 7 11 01 1 2 ... ... 1341 51 56 43 45 44 45 7 5 89 91 33 . 1 31$ 33; 4 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim. all 21 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. 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Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 22 17d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 1d pr at Madras Irriga. & Cant. Gum. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 1021 104 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim ll 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lim. all 30 Merchant Shipping, lint.... all 50 Millwall Iron Works, lim. 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa- i id 4 4t 36 41 31 21(1 111 12 4 34 81 91 3 2(1 1/ 1(1 41 31 tion Co., Um. ---- 9 25 National Discount Co, lim. 5 25 National Prov. Marine, lim. -4 10 National Steam Ship, lim. all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, Um. 6 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 5 Now Quebrada, lira 4.4.0 25 'New Zealand Loan & Mer cantile Agency,lim 2l 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 5 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., 100 50 North Brit. & Mercan. Tn 6/ 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 50 Oriental Financial, lira ll 5 Oriental Gas, Um. all 5 Do. New 1 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim 2 5 Ottoman Gas, lim all 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. 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Austral. 6 p 0 .18 6 ) 77 lOO - _ Do 1;:78.91 lOO 103 110 Do it9:3 10.)4. . - Tasmanian pO, •. 100 1 , 6 1( 7 - Do rd. 1003 to lig/. - Victor'a 6p.0. Ja.zr•July DO. 1821 - Do. do, A pril d; Oct lOO 114 114 ion OBITUARY. A few days ago we mentioned the death of Mr. Crossley, one of the company of Crossley and Co., well known as a " partnership of industry." We now regret to announce the death of Mr. Henry Briggs, of Outwood Hall, Wakefield, and the head of the first partnership of industry ever formed. Mr. Briggs was the proprietor of the Whitwood Colliery, - .,nd for many years was engaged in constant disputes with his men. So cordially was he detested that he received from the colliers a name more sub '.erranean than complimentary. At last, finding that after all his trouble and worry and work he got but 4 per cent. upon the £BO l OOO capital sunk in nis business, he determined to give the business up, and invest his money in some more profitable occupa tion, One of his sons, however, suggested that he should avail himself of the Act recently passed, by which workmen were enabled to become partners in a business with limited liability. Mr. Briggs consented by way of a last resource. The experiment succeeded most remarkably. All disputes ceased ; the men became careful of the property and economical in their expenditure, feel ing that they had a direct interest in thriftiness. The profits rose in a few months from 4 to 17 per cent., and the shares are now, we believe, at a con siderable premium. Mr. Briggs thus at the same - Lime reaped a fortune and solved the difficult problem of reconciling the hitherto antw,nistic interests of capital and labour. CO-OPERATIVE PROGRESS. Four years ago a dozen young persons formed a co-operative association at Windhill, near Bradford. They began business by buying a few groceries, and selling them in the evening after their day's work was over. Their first report shewed that their numbers had increased to 33, that their capital was £3O ss. 6d., and that they had realised a net profit of £lB Gs. Od. on transactions to the extent of £205 10s. _ 7d. • They have now between 800 and 400 members and a capital of £1,500, are doing a business to the amount of £l7O weekly, and divided last year over £3OO in bonuses and interest. This increase of members and of business has made it necessary for them to pull down their barns. and build greater, and.so they have just erected a store at a cost of £l,lOO. The opening of it was made a holiday, and 1,000 persons walked in procession and had tea. Some good speeches were delivered, and working men were exhorted to invest their money in the store instead of spending it at the public. In the one case they double their money and save their health; in the other they squander both money and healtl- FOREIGN NOTES. TIIE SULTAN AND HIS EMPIRE. A very, serious budget cf news comes f.. um Constanti nople. The Sultan has been very from apoplexy for some days, and has required tk - , serv ices of no fewer than ten medical men. It i., to ascertain the exact state of his Maje'!.,y's health, because the custom is to reveal nothil'_a onthe subject; Sultan *would give his personal attention to the affairs of troubled empire he had better dismiss at least nine of his doctors. The gravity of the conspiracy to assassinate the Turkish sovereign is not diminished by further details. It is said that the heir to the throne, Murad Effendi, is in disgrace with his uncle, the Sultan, and has been confined to his residence under a close watch. One of the objects of the plot recently discovered was to seat this prince on the throne. THE VACANT THRONE. Probably the event alone will decide whether Prim and Serrano intend to propose the Duke of Edinburgh to the Spanish Cortes as the successor to Queen Isabella. Inthe meantime, however, the apprehension of such a step, for the feeling can hardly be described by any other name, is very prevalent in France. The acute Parisians think hat difference of religion is not an insuperable objec ion to a sovereign, even if he do not conform to the recognised faith of the people. In Belgium, a decidedly Catholic country, King Leopold I. was none the lets popular because he did not go to mass. Indeed, the fact that Prince Alfred's religion is the only argument which the Times has brought against his candidature has, according to the correspondent of the Standard, strengthened the belief which has gained ground in France. Not only is such a plea not decisive, but it is now notorious that the rev°• lution, though not apparently directed against religion, is decidedly anti-Papal.. In England, too, the possibility of Prince Alfred being invited by the Spaniards to rule over their country is viewed with " equanimity" in many quarters. SPANISH FUNDS. The revolution in Spain has been very favourably received I .n financial circles. This result may have been produced partly by the conviction that nothing could be worse than the things that were ; but, at the same time, some of the best commercial authorities consider that the state of Spain has really become hopeful. It is thought, says the Daily News, that when the new Government has settled down, a national loan, exclusively subscribed in Spain, will be raised, with the view of setting the finances in order and terminating the hand-to-mouth loans which have been the system for years. As Spaniards have always been partial to investing in their own funds, this is not an extra vagant supposition. But a few years ago the Spanish Three per Cents., which are now at 34, stood at 50. The resources of the country are great, and there can be no reason why the present deplorable stagnation of industry and trade should be permanent. ITALY. Manifestoes have been posted in various parts of Genoa inviting the Italians to follow the example of the Spaniards. An attempt on the part of the municipal authorities to get hold of these documents has led to some disturbances. Several persons have been arrested. Some refugees from Rome were amongst the number. AUSTRIA. In presence of the grave situation which the reactionary proceedings have produced in Austria, the Ministry, says the Liberte, contemplate convoking the Reichsrath in advance. The Emperor will not abandon the constitu tional policy upon which he has entered, and he will, therefore, take no decisive step before consulting tl • national representatives. This may. nerhaps. be con - mereu in contradiction of the statement that Prague and is district were to he declared in a state of siege. In Russia the difficulties which the Austrian Govern ment encounters in Bohemia and Gallicia cause great satisfaction. At least, the Russian papers openly express the opinion that Austria is but getting her deserts. THE TREATY OF PRAGUE. A. variety of facts, statements, and rumours relative to the North-Schleswig question clearly chews that the rela- Lions between Prussia and Denmark are to supply the war speculation of the time. At Copenhagen the rumour that the Danish Government is about to address a note to all the Powers that signed the Treaty of 1852, requesting them to assist in securing the fulfilment of the Treaty of Prague, is repeated. General 33ild, the Governor of Stockholm, has arrived in Paris, and has had an interview with M. de Moustier. The French papers think the purport of this meeting could hardly be to discuss the events in Spain. They do not, however, chew why the Governor of Stockholm should go to France to discuss the Treaty of Prague. At Vienna it is said that the French Ambassador at the Austrian Court, the Duc de Grammont, has received instructions to come to an under standing with Francis Joseph's Cabinet on the subject of the Danish question. The LiberM dogmatically asserts that all this is nonsense. France ought to fight for the Rhine, not for the integrity of Denmark. GER3IANY. It has been announced by telegraph that the military conference of the South German States, relative to the Federal fortresses of the dead and buried Bond, has come to a decision. The precise result is not known, but it appears pretty certain that the disposal of these fortresses :las been regulated by a project drawn up by General Beyer, the Prussian who officiates as Minister of War and something more in the Grand Duchy of Baden. AN EXTRAORDINARY LANDSLIP NEAR GATESHEAD WonKirousE.—On Thursday morning it was discovered that a landslip had taken place in the south-west corner of the hospital garden attached to the Gateshead Work house. The subsidence had been caused by the presence of some old colliery workings ; and on a close inspection there could be traced the remains of a pit shaft, down which the sound of water could be distinctly heard. Dur ing the day the shaft was ganged by the master of the workhouse (Uolquhouu), when a depth of 40 feet was reached, beyond which obstructions were mot with. The mouth of the cavity is about 18 feet in diameter, and the ground has since sunk still further in the humediato neighbourhood. SPORTING INTELLIGENOS—This Day. .-.~ CHELTENHAM RACES—Tins DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) COTSWOLD lIUNTERS' STAKES. The Cotswold Ilunteis' Stakes' of 3 SOWS each, 1 ft-(to. the second), with 30 added ; four year olds list 811), five 11at 12.13; six and upwards 12st ; mares and geldings allowed 31b, half Lreds 71b. Two miles. 23 sulss. Romney Camomile Crelly wick Eleven ran. CHELMSFORD RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NURSERY HANDICAP. The Nursery Handicap of 5 sous tach, 2 ft (to the fund), with 40 adied ; winners of any race (matches excepted) after Oct. S (at ton a.m.) 51b extra ; half a mile. Compromise Nanny Thornaby 2 Pluck colt •. Eight ran. VICTORIA CLUB BELTING.—Tats DAY. CAMBRIDGESIIIRE. 6to 1 agst Cecil (offer d—take 100 to 15) 100 to 7 agst Restitution (offered—take 100 to 6) 100 to 6 agst Lady Coventry (offered—take 18 to 1) 100 to 6 agst Mortemer (offered—take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Boanerges (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Michael de Basco (offered) 20 to 1 agst Wolsey (offered) 20 to 1 ag6t Snowdrop (offered) 25 to 1 agst Planet (offered, take 1000 to 30) 1000 to 30 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Saupai (off.) 500 to 10 agst Dalby (off.) 3 1000 to 15 agst Princess colt (off., 1000 to 20 taken previously) 1000 to 10 agst Ferragus (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Banditto (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Paul Jones (offered) DERBY. 7to 1 agst Pero Gomez (offered—take 800 to 100) 8 to 1 agst Belladrum (offered—take 900 to 100) 10 to 1 agst Wild Oats (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Portsmouth (offered, after 1000 to 30 and 30 "Ponies" had been taken) 1000 to 15 agst King Cophetua (offered) TAT TERSALL'S—Last Evening. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 6to 1 agst Cecil (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Lady Coventry (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Restitution (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Mortemer (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Michael de Basco(offered) 25 to 1 agst Boanerges (taken) 20 to 1 agst Wolsey (taken and offered) 23 to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Vauban (taken and offered) 1000 to 20 agst Special (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Rampart (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Noy an (taken) Green Sleeve was scratched at 2.10 p.m. this day. DERBY. 11. to 1 agst Wild Oats (taken) 25 to 1 agst Portsmouth (taken) 1000 to 25 agst King Cophetua (taken) PROGRAMME OF CHELMSFORD AUTUMN MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The Second-Class Nursery Handicap of 5 Boys each, 1 ft (to the fund), with 30 added, for two year olds ; winners of any race (matches excepted) after declaration of the weights 51b extra ; half a mile. _ _ The County Members' Handicap of 5 sovs each, 1 ft (to the fund), with 40 added, for two year olds and upwards; three-quarters of a mile. The Galleywood Plate of 30 says, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each ; two year olds 7st, three Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings allowed 31b; maiden two year olds having started twice allowed 51b, and three year olds which have never won 100 sovs allowed 101 b; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs; if entered for 50 sovs allowed 71b over and above other allowances; five furlongs. The Hurdle Handicap of 5 soya e9.ch, 2 ft (to the fund) with 30 added, for three year olds and upwards ; the winner to be sold for 40 soya; two miles, over six flights of hurdles. The Innkeepers' Plate of 40 sovs (Handicap) ; winners of any Handicap after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m.) 51b extra; half a mile. PROGRAMME OF CHELTENHAM AUTUMN MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The Marble Hill Plato of 40 sous (Handicap) ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs ; winner of the Cleevo Hill Plato 51b extra ; about half a mile. The Prestbnry Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 30 added; winners of 50 soy's after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m.) 51b, of the Gloucestershire Stakes 101 b extra; T.Y.C. (6 fur); 9 subs. The County Cup (handicap) value 100 sovs, by subscrip tion of 10 sovs each, h ft, and 2 only if declared, with 50 added; the second to save his stake; winners after Oct. 1 (at ten a.m.) 71b, of the Gloucestershire Stakes 10Ib extra; Cup Course (about 1 mile 5 fur). 24 subs, 15 of whom declared. The Nursery Handicap of 5 sovs eacb, 2 ft (to tho second) with 30 added ; winners after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m) 51b extra. T.Y.C. (6 fur.) 27 subs. The Hewletts Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added; two year olds ist 71b, three 9st 51b, four and upwards lOst ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs; if entered for 80 sovs allowed 51b, 60 101 b, 40 141 b, 20 211 b. T.Y.C. A Nursery Selling Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the second horse), with 30 added ; winners of a handicap after Oct 8 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs. About half a mile. 11 subs. A Welter Plate of 30 sovs, for hunters that have not been in a training stable since the Ist of January, 1868 ; three year olds lOst 31b; four list 51b, five and upwards list 101 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; half-breds 71b. Two miles. • PROGRAMME OF HEREFORD RACES. THURSDAY, OCt. 10. The Wye Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added two year olds 6st 121 b, three Bst 71b, four 9st 41b, five and upwards 9st 71b; the winner to ba sold for 60 sovs, if entered for 40 sovs allowed 71b, 30 141 b ; three-guar ters of a mile. The Hereford Stakes (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added ; winners of any handicap after Sept. 30 (at 10 a.m.) 41b, if of the value of 100 sovs 71b, 300 91b extra; the second to save his stake; one mile and a half; 18 subs. The highest weight accepting being 7st 71b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in pro portion. The Hunters' Stakes (Handicap) of 5 soya each, with 50 added ; to be ridden by gentlemen, farmers, or trades men ; jockeys 61b extra; three miles ; 11 subs. The City Members' Plate (Handicap) value 50 soya; winners of any handicap after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m) 41b, if of the value of 100 sovs 71b extra. Half a mile. Lord Bateman's Plato (Handicap) of 50 soya. Five fur longs. The Nursery Plate of 100 sous (Handicap) ; winners of any handicap after Oct. 8 (at ten aan) 41b, twice, or if of the value of 100 sous ilb extra. Three-quarters of a mile. A Hurdle Race Handicap of 3 sous each, 1 ft (to the fund), with 40 added; winners of any hurdle race after Oct. 8 (at ton a.m.) 51b extra. One mile and a half, over six hurdles. A Welter Handicap of 3 sous each, 1 ft (to the fund), with 25 added; winners after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m.), 51b extra ; gentlemen riders. One mile and a half. Match 100-Bst each ; one mile.—Mr. Adam's Chow agst Mr P. Collings's Blue Bell. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. FEBRUARY. Nottingham Spring 23 L Derby Spring , 25 - _ MARC 11. Liverpool Spring 2 I Northampton Shrewsbury Spring 5 APRIL. Newmarket Craven l2 I Newmarket First Spring 2G MAY. Ohester ----- 4 j Epsom Summer B a th JUNE. Ascot • • 8 1 Hampton Liverp00l Summer Windsor l5 Stockbridge ............... 24 JULY. Newmarket July Nottingham Uuntingdon AUGUST. Brighton Brighton Club Egham SEPTI. Doncaster hS BER. Novvivarkot First 0ct.... 28 SHIPPINGINTELLIGENCE. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind E., Foggy. Arrived, Oct. 12.—Marshal, from. Antwerp; Durham, packet, from Guernsey ; Havelock, from Dunkirk ; Robert Henderson, from Colberg. Arrived, Oct. 13—Somerset, steamer, from Antwelp Echo, steamer, from Calais ; Rhine, steamer, from Bou logne. Sailed, Oct. 12—Chloe, steamer, for Callao. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.W., light, and hazy. Passed, Oct. 12—Susan Bayley, for Lagos; London, screw steamer, for Lisbon, both from London.