The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-07 00:00:00

-,......- 7,-...... =ln E, Dec. 6. rowu Prince thur, drove Princess of cc Leopold , cc, attencled Ito chapel. YEDRAL a site has an C atholic -street, an d appeal on ?Ater to the es that the b y hi s pre of his iati' death as a° nd that his a M eeting elt himself 1 and th e the course nd in Car' 0, it being )e obtained • a nd righ ts - vs tu rn ter l2 l s ' ahtS, S° 11° ,ness a h f er ceotai is of w bic ought „ ban ks ° II 7h i c b 100 Pr I be t° much a offer the ,of, I s r " e an t . o n oi l good al dly, it his hed in 3ess a re si ; as ills° ting gal! teinP° r „, 3 _,7 mr. 0 "; .ecu tion °' re bbis llol3 . the United 1 in t/t"r ea rts, eYe di o ligion , con 3 P w le he od." ()na tion - f eriPti °/1 0 ie rand t ta b i ; Ls front bil s a Spain, rGEN C°. n ocir r co- - • 0 adulisl o , unde r ;/, e mber ,a 1 ou is et 13 , 1 1: the v' 0 iron th e t wi 00 , A. so to s hitbe r a a ttee do as P ro lh 1009°- i perin teli o ; Ora n° t of te lay, t to ,hlue P l i to iainF ad ing C. c" t that to o°' 10 cloci sc ale t ° o a on the ~.c, ifi the la ' 0 0 3119 rs ha lf id a 0 pting u p orke d n o hou r - . 0 3 iralti 00 yar d o e e l ' ie: th a l 01 , r e ',eeo " sup erl ei that tb a ,rose 13xoi; e d ca r , . le e%Pe c 0 We ar of t" , o „vi ol bPl ied to cte thst ,he 3 re dtle ql C of t tha t L g ad 11- the ener3a,ll9 AL G ' 9 3d i r a ljs r h stet' e s ; j ive e r 10 61°1°' Id A T AND Co AMERCIAL IIdTBLLLCiEIitA, CITY, Two o'CLoci. In Mark-lane the holders are asking I.s. ad• Vance on wheat, without as yet being able to effect the rise. There is a strong demand fyr money in the dis count market this morning, and rates are firm at 2i to 3 per cent. Cola°ls are 921 j for money; ditto, for Ac count, 92i ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 921 1; New Three per Cents, 921 I. India Stock, 101 per Cent , April, 1874, 219 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 1 ; ditto 4 per Cent., 1888, 1024 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 51 pr Cent., May, 1879, 1104 ; dittolßonds under £l,OOO, 5 prem. Foreign securities have somewhat recovered from Saturday's panic. Italian have improved Greek -, and other stocks remain firm, Turkish at the closing prices of Sarurday. In railway's quo tations have generally improved, but not to any Important extent. Consols are fractionally lower, at 92+ for both money and account. _ _ Foreign stocks have partially recovered. Italian Five per Cents. have risen /, to 561 56/. Mexican Bonds are f better, at 15f 151 ; and Greek Bonds at 12/ 13. Turkish Five per Cents. remain at 39 1 39} ; New Spanish, 33f 334 ; Peruvian Five per Cents., 811; and Egyptian Seven per Cents. of 1868 at 73/ 744. The Honduras Loan is steady at 90 91. Italian Scrip has recovered to 3 3i . prem., and the n ew R us sian Railway Loan has given way to dis., par. in railway stocks Great Western are i f better, Great Eastern Great Northern Lancashire Metropolitan I, ditto Extension Midland, Brighton North Western South Eastern, *— all better ; Sheffield are I lower, and also North Eastern. The quotations are :—Caledonian, 74i 5 ; Great Western, 48i 9 ; Great Eastern, 42i l ; Great Northern, 107 8 ; dittoj A, 107 k 8k ; Lancashire, 128 I ; Metropoitan, 1031 ; do. Extension, 98 100; Midland, 1111 12k; Sheffield, 47i ; Brighton 47i, I ; North British, 31k, 2/ 1 - ; North Western, 112, ; North Eastern, 99/, 1001 ; South Eastern, / ; Chatham and Dover, 16/, 171. 4 United States Bonds are rather better. The Five -Twenties have improved to 744, 74i. The Bonds of 1885 are firm, at 72k, 72i ; and the Ten- Forty Bonds are better, at 71i 72. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben tures remain at 364 to 371 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 37f 38, showing a rise of k in the latter. Dries have given way to 25 25} ; and Illinois Central Stock is unchanged at 96 96k. Anglo-American Telegraph Shares remain at 22i 22 4 ; thu Eight per Cent. Preference at 34 ; and the Original Atlantic Telegraph stock is unchanged at 29 30. The sum of £35,000 was withdrawn from the 1344 k on Saturday in sovereigns, of which £30,000 W ere for Brazil and £5,000 for Egypt. The last New York advices contain further par weUlars of the Erie Railway conspiracy, but they present no new feature, the parties concerned hav ing long ago shown that there is no financial ini quity which persons in command of money can not commit in Wall-street with entire impunity as regards legal consequences in the civil courts, and v ery nearly also as re g ards social position. The Ne w Yo7k 7 ivies takes the only course calculated to be of the slightest use—namely, that of calling for the immediate commencement of criminal pro ceedings, Unless these be adopted, there can be little safety in American Joint-Stock investments ?f any kind, since there is apparently nothing 111 the Erie case which could not be repeated in all Others. According to the last accounts from the Penn sYlvania oil regions a discovery had been made of a regular oil-bearing stratum, al a depth not pre /10481y reached—an especially opportune circum stance, since during the present year there has been a great revival in the demand, with a gradually di zainishing supply from most of the old sources. It appears that from the Ist of January to the Ist of November this year the aggregate yield has been 3,090 barrels—with nearly double the number of new wells—an increase of only about 10 per cent. upon last year's product. During this period of 10 months the shipments to foreign countries have in creased 50 per cent., while the stocks on hand in Europe have not augmented, showing a greatly i ncreased consumption here. Meantime, the whole •tuck on hand at the wells is only 226,000 barrels against 666,000 at the same time last year. the Price averages $4 per barrel, against $2 50c. last year. The number of new wells being drilled is 435 against 255 a year ago. A prospectus has been issued of the llonduras Opal Mining Company, with a capital of £60,000, 11 1 12,000 shares of £5, to work certain mines in Ho nduras, Department of Gracias, in the Republic of for which the owners are to accept 3 ' ooo of the shares fully paid up, such shares not to a receiv e di v id en d un til th e holders of the re . wining 3,000 shall have received 15 per cent. per annum. The following telegram, announcing the arrival of ships from England at Australian ports, has b l 7,eell received at the Jerusalem Coffee-house : 7, e lbourne—Warrior, Bueton Castle, .Marpesia, • a lediate r , E mpress o f th e S eas , Rockliff, St. Kilda, fe ver Castle, Fred. Warren, and Holm esdale. Sydney -..Anne Richmond, James Lister, and As ;11":)n. Adelaide—Darra, South Australian, and St. The traffic receipts of the railways in the United 'kingdom for the week ending Nov. 28, amounted °II 13 ,855 miles to £732,054, and for the corre sponding week in 1867 on 13,039 miles to £ 718 , 605 , t he an increase of 316 miles, and £ 13 , 449 in 4e receipts. The traffic receipts on the 14 princi - Pal lines amounted in the aggregate on 9,677 miles t° £613,744, and for the corresponding week of last 'ear on 9,425 miles to £604,198, showing an ase in cre _ , or 252 miles, and of £9,546 in the receipts. T he traffic receipts on 52 other lines in the United ' k ingdom, amounted on 3,678 miles to £118,301, : 14 for the corresponding week of last year on " ,61 4 miles to £114,467, showing an increase of 64 tall est and of £3,903 in the receipts. The total re ceipts of the week, as compared with those of the preceding one ended the 21st November, exhibits 44 increase of £9,071. The movements of the precious metals during the las t Week have been on a very moderate scale as r egards the imports, which have amounted to about £26 1810, including £2,000 from New York, by the 11, ez er, and £l,llO from New Orleans, by the -alc) rlia• La Plata, from the Brazils, has brou g ht sa ' ,47 0, the Tycho Brahe, £4,000, and the Rio "alleiro, £2,070. The Lagos, from the West Coast Z 1 Africa has also arrived with £8,000; and about 5,16 0, principally in silver, has been received from th e Contine n t. The exports have comprised £2,200 t l) t he West Indies, by the Atrato ; £95,103 to here have been remittances to the Continent tb ro tigh private sources, estimated at £305,153 ' 0 total amounting to £602,453. The Union Bank of London announces the half ' ea rly meeting for Jan. 13. ~,, R T he half-yearly meeting of the Oude and °l lilkund Railway is called for Dec. 17. A t a meeting of the London and River Plate crank on the 21st inst., the directors will declare a divi dend s of 5 per cent. for the half-year ending e pt• 30 last, together with a bonus of 3f per cent., I ., af ,_ing, with th e i n t er i m di v id en d of Li per cent. ' c " i n June last, a di s t r ibution equal to 13} per Dl. t• for th e year. During the past week the market for Mining Shares has been dull, and with few exceptions de preiged. T hose that have attracted most attentiont re on I nner of Wal es , M ar k o V a ll e y, W es t Chi ve r- New ' Chiverton, Chi ver t on M oor, W es t F rances , Lovell Seto , South Condurrow, West Seton, Wheal great ._, Don Pedro, Cho n t a l es G o ld, Y u d anamu t ana , Great Vor, Providence, &c. On E. axe "" Per last the standard for co pp er ore d ec li ne d ton, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. OTERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account,' xcl rper Cent. Reduced 92-1- New 3 per Cent . _ ___ Now 2fper Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — 4 ~Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (lied Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per GI — pm Do. £5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO l2 pm Bank of England Stock, 4 por Cent Do. account Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds Inter-Colonial Cranium INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Mock, 1O per Cent., April 1874 219 Do. Opening, for Account Do. i per Cent. July, 1880,; ll2l Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1868 Do. Certificates Do. Enlaced Pape, 4 per Ceut 9ll Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 Du. 51- per ( 1 .?.-it. May 1879 llO, DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — • Do. do. 1882 P_,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l.000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Itcpubhc, F por Cent 76i Do., Scrip 445 paid . . — Au ;man Bonds 6 por cent Do. 1e59 63i Brl2.ilian 5 per Cent — Do. if per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858.... Do. do., 1860 67 Do. do., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 7B k B ~enos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. Oailian 6 per Cent — Do. 4f per Cent Do. 3 per Cent., 1 o. 6 per ce• , t. 1867 Po. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo abian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 , — Danubian Principalities, 7 par Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 B4l Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent BO Du Second Issue Do. £5Ol. Bonds — Do. .£lOO Bonds 1861 Do. Account D. .£5OO Bonds Do. £IOG Bonds English Scrip, 1868 743 4 Do do. £45 pd die Government Railway Debentures Greek 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent . Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account ~ — Do Alitremmana Railway 5B SlexicaL 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — Siontovideau 6 per Gent. .. Moorish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Oen,' B6 Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 81 i Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, ' 6 , 7 , ' 9 ,' 60 ,'2,'3 38* Do. do. 1867 3B} Do. do. Scrip, £2o,paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Si Do 4} per Cent. 1850 Do 4f per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds ? 90! Do. du. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds B9l 90} Do. do £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway 6s} * Sardinian 5 per Cent — Do 4f per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4f per Cent., 1862 -, Do Account Spanish 3 per ()en . — Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive _ _ Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, .1868 Do do, Scrip PM Turkish 6 per Cant. Do Account .. BO i Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds 621 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Du Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 62 1 Do 1 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent.: Do. Account Dividends on the above payable iu London. Austrian o per Cont. Ex 10 Florins „. Belgian, 44 por cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent., Ex. 12 GuiL Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French _Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. DJ Account Ittlian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account CLOSING PRICES. Consuls, Money 921. I xcl Do. Account, Jan. 5 92± I xd POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. WILFUL DAMAGE AT THE VIENNA RESTAURANT. —A NICE SERVANT.—EIIen Young, kitchen-maid at the Vienna Restaurant and beer-house, No. 16, Oxford-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with the following outrageous conduct. Mr. Wilhelm Weiss, proprietor of the Vienna Restaurant, and through Mr. Albert, the interpreter, said that on returning home last night about 8 o'clock, having left the prisoner, who was his kitchen-maid, to take care of the house, with orders not to let any one in, he found that she had some persons in, and given them beer. Seeing that the prisoner was drunk he remonstrated with her, upon which she took up a chair and struck away at every one near her, and in doing so she smashed 18 glasses, of the value of 18s., which were on the counter. A great crowd collected round the house, and on a constable coming up to ascertain the cause he gave the prisoner into custody. That morning a large jug full of beer was found in the prisoner's room, but he (Mr. Weiss) had ascer tained that it was not with beer that the prisoner had got intoxicated, but with port wine, which she had helped herself to. The prisoner asked Mr. Weiss whether he had not pulled her out of the kitchen by the hair. Mr. Weiss said he never touched the prisoner at all. Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the prisoner to pay the amount of damage and a fine of 100., for to be im prisoned for three weeks, WESTMINSTER. A BRUTE.—Robert Sussons, a stableman, was charged with brutal treatment to Mary Ann his wife, a very clean, creditable-looking woman. Before the commencement of the hearing of the case, Giles, one of the summoning officers, informed the magistrate that the accused had been three times before charged with ill-usage to his wife, and was at the present moment under recogni zances to keep the peace towards her. Complainant said—At half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon my husband came home to where we live, No. 2, Brewer-street, Chelsea, the worse for liquor. lie asked me for 25., which I suppose was to get more drink. I told him I had not got it to give him, which was true. He s a id he must have it. I replied again that I had not got it, and that he could not get blood out of a stone, upon which ho immediately fell upon me and beat me severely. He struck me five or six times on the head and faco. He hurt me very much. lam sore all over. Mr. Selfe-1 understand you have already com plained of him. He has assaulted you before? Complainant—"this is not the first tune by a great many. Mr. Selfe—Then you gave him no provocation yesterday ? Complaivaut—Not the least ; it is exactly as I have told you. Mr. Selfe—llefendent, what have you to say ? Defendant—Nothing ; I asked her for the 2e., and she wouldn't gave it me, and afterwards she told me what she would do for me, and about bringing me here, till she made me strike her. Mr. Selfe—You're a brute, and that's certain. You are committed for three months with hard labour, and will And bail for throe =Atha' more. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1868. SHARE LIST. nimn. BANKS. Closing Busine se Paid. Price. done - - 10MAgra Limited, A ' all 111 121 vlO Do B lO 51 8 1 50 Albion ;100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 18 19 18 1 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 111 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 26 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 81 83 60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 RI British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, tnd China all 20 21 201 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 30 31 20 City 100 Colonial '2s 40 42 40 41 10 Consolidated, lira. 4 1 1 4 f 50 Delhi and London, lint 60 East London, lint 4 1 i 6 20 English and American, lim 14 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio tie Ja neiro. lim le la pr 20 English, .1. sottish, and Aus • tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ••• 231 Do n ew 5l .1 I 100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 IS 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 14 If 111 1 k 6 lonian all 2. 29 254 25 Do new g pr 1p •z 0 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 3f 8 1 100 Do sp, c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 73 82 791 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 80 44 20 Do new 71 g 41 100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 2 4 25 Do new 10 11 If 20 London Chart. of Australia all 261 241 50 London and County 2O 51 62 511 1 1 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... 50 London Joint 5t0ck........, 1 85 86 36 20 London and Wouth African al 1 12 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ... ... 60 London & Venezuela, lint l2l ... 100 London and Westminster 44 67 69 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 26 85 6 7 534 s 100 Merchant, lim 26 7 6 10 Metropolitan, lim all 5 7 6 1 100 Midland, 1im...... 23 1.1 pr 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 ... 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... 10 Do •• •• •• • • ****** • • 42 ... ... 40 391 60 National. go 44 S 0 20 New South Wales all 42 44 431 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 4ZI 431 SO Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 6 54 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 89 11 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 13 11 100 Do issued at 8 pm. 13 ... ... 26 Union of Australia all 47 49 48} 100 Union of Ireland, lint 10 Union of London CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY, December 6. The great poisoning trial has commenced at Marseilles. All the accused, in accordance with the French law, have been interrogated by the court. As the guilt of each and every one is manifest, and as none of them deny it, it is difficult to see why the case should.be greatly prolonged. These criminal proceedings are strangely foreign to our notions of justice. It is not a little surprising and not a little displeasing to an English man to hear the judge put to a prisoner a question in answering which he must either perjure himself or confess his guilt. On Thursday all the prisoners were asked point blank whether they administered poison to their victims, and none of them denied it. What need is there of a regular trial, when the proceedings are expected to begin by a regular confession? The audience, too, in this case manifested an amount of hilarity which could hardly be deemed concordant with the terrible solemnity of the charge under examination. The examination of the herbalist, who seemed rather proud than otherwise of his position, caused much amusement. The first day of the trial was certainly one of the most miserable exhibitions of human depravity that it is pos sible to conceive. The chief interest of the proceedings centred upon an accusation made by the woman \Tie against her paramour, Marino—who first gave information of having counselled the poisoning of her hnsband,and of forming the project of poisoning his own wife. Joye, the herbalist, also accuses Marino of the intention to poison his wife. The latter denies both charges. The judgment given by the Correctional Tribunal of Toulouse against the Progre4 Liberal and the Emancipa tion is remarkably favourable to the inculpated journals. It declares, amid the usu4l legal chaos of " whereas this" and "seeing that," that it is impossible to regard the con duct of Baudin himself in any other light than that of an act of virtue and of bravery, which deserves to be honoured under every species of government. It further expresses the surprise of the magistrates that the hostility of the Government should have been directed against the publication of the sub scription lists, and not against the subscription itself. Certainly, if anything connected with this affair is cul pable, it must be the design of the subscription itself, rather than the publication of the names of those who subscribed. The authorities here are determined to spare no effort to heap ridicule upon the Government. They have just done a very ungracious and wanton act of arbitrary interference. A public meeting, which was announced to be held for the purpose of discussing the octroi duties, has been prevented by the police, who invaded the room and occupied all the approaches. If the authorities deemed this meeting dangerous or unlawful, why was it not forbidden before the last night, seeing that it had been announced for above a week? Why induce several hundred persons to come through the rain and the mud from all parts of the city, and then send them back again? The Temps confirms the statement made a short time ago, that nothing was to be done for Algeria this year. Marshal MacMahon has been at •Compiegne, and the subject has been discussed ; but the result is that the status quo is in no respect to be interfered with. Better reports continue to arrive from Belgium. The health of the young Duke of Brabant is much improved. When he gains a little more strength he will be taken to a warmer climate. The doctors are now full of hope of his complete recovery. Mazzini has had five very serious attacks of illness, but he is now convalescent. It appears that he is hopelessly addicted to smoking Swiss cigars of remarkable strength— strong enough, indeed, to derange the stomachs of many people in robust health. M. Gounod, the musical composer, is said to be affected in his mind—iubject to visions and frequent hallucinations. He intends to visit Rome. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. ORDINARY bliAltNb AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid . Closing J 3 usineas Price. dens. a t Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 at Caledonian ............ 100 744 741 73 at Cambrian 20 C0rnwa11...... ... . ... at Dublin & Belfast at Dun,,Perth,,kAb.June lOO 70 72 2) East London all 7 9 71 81 20 Do 15 2) Do 10 st Glasgow .t S. Western lOO 91 02 at Great Eastern .. .00 411 42 421 11 211 at Do. E. Angl. o. 2 lOO 7 8 et (ireatNorthof Scotland lOO 15 .6 at Great Northern lOO 106 107 106 at Do. A stuck lOO 1071 108 1081 74 at Do. B stock lOO 121 125 at (RS, and W. of Ireland lOO Si) 97 a, tit. Western -.Original lOO 1:1 4) et Do. South Wales — a. D 6. W. slid.—Oxlore lOO 15 28 at Do. Newport lOO 28 21 at Lancashire, Yorkshirc lOO 128 1281 128, 8 at Lon., Brigh.,& S.Coast lOO 47 471 471 10) Do Scrip at Lon., Chat., auQ leJ IEI 17/ 171 164 et Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO st Lou. & North Wester]." 100 112 1121 1121 1 1 at Lon. Os South Western lOO b 7 et Man., Shel., & Lincoln lOO 171 471 at Metropolitan ..... ItO 112 103 1024 11 21 st Do Eitousim 100 93 14 10 Do. Nos rd 10 10 1 at Me rupolitan Distriet. all 07 81 10 Metrop. St. John's 11 out 6 at Michaud at Do, Sirwin. & !Maj lOO is el st North British ...... 100 121 at Do. b 1., Pth., Dun lOO at Nor.Eastan—Berwick.. 100 !ill 101 100 11(..1 25 Do. G. N.E purchase —15.12.4 at Do Leeds ....... ....... 100 541 45 s 14 st Do York at Do Carlisle ' at Do Stoes. & Darling 1(0 la .20 st North London 10 Do New 1868 . 2 11 2 p at North Staffordshire lOO 12 b 5 at North and S.-W. Junctio n 100 102 104 10 Do New £lO shares 7.• at Rhymney st Shropshire Union 1( 0 65 _63 at South Devon .. at South Eastern lOO 79 754 20 Staines, Wok'hani,& Wok all 12 13 St 'can V ale.. IOU 115 150 i 0 Do. C at IVateriord & Kilkenny.. 100 10 Waterloo & Whitehai.. 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHIRES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 98 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOl at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 par cent los at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... at Do. do. 7 per ceit 166 at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 71 WI at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroatk 10$ 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent via-. all at Dundee, Perth, and Aber ' dean Junction lOO 105 11/ at Do. Ist Claws preference lOO at Glee. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO at (it. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 97 110 at Do do No. 2 100 96 S) at Do do 6 per cent 101 118 118 at Do East Anglian A4p. c. 100 $9 102 at Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do • do 0 7 do. 100 ... at Do do No. 1, i p.c. 100 110 102 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 60 71 at Do Norfolk i p.c. Ex. 1816 101 _ at Do do p.c.Wa.T.Val. 1847 100 at Croat Northern, i per cent 10 • at Do 6 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 4i do do do 101 at Do 5 do at Sp.e. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at at. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 17 atj Gt.West.—Orig.&Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua. i p.c lOO 102 108 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c 100 95 10‘.) at Do do 41 per cent. 1800 lOO 83 88 at Do do 4 do do at Do do 5 per cent. redem lOO /3 94 at Do do Birmingham gua lOO 65 70 at Du do do pref 100 at Do do Chester gua lOl ••• ••• st Do do do 8 per cent lOO 150 160 at Do do do 5 do 100 V 5 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 4/ p.c los ••• at Do do 41 1859.: lOO at Do do at Do West Mid... Oxford lst g. 10J 198 MI 106 st Do do 9d gua. 100 106 108 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 SS 92 at Do do 2d do 100 at 1)o gua. 51 per cent. 1863 101 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 4-1 p.c. all at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 • 133 st Du Barnsley, £5 3s 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 180 134 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 97 DO at London & Brighton, ip. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO at Do S do No. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) luo at Do 4 do 1859 lOO ... at London, Chatham, & DoTer I per cent lOO ... at London and N.W., 0. and Nuneaton 6 par cent lOO 109 111 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 3 • 91 at Du Shreweb'y & Welchp'l lOO 83 91 at London and n.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 143 146 23.6 d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2e6d) all at Man., Shef., &Lincln. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do £6 all par 1 pull st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 64 10 Do redeem. G percent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 at Do Bristol & Birrn., 6p. c lOO 1.0 133 at Du 41 per coat. redeem lOO 07 03 lig Do 44 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 99 at Do Leicester & Irchn, 4 p.c lOO 32 91 824 at North British, 6 p.c. No. 1 lOO ... at Do E. &G.4p. c. & D lOO at Du N. 8., Nu. 2, 5 per con.t lOO at Du Border Union, 51 p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c 8 1 1 00 3.4. 8: . at Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 93 96 at Do (I.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 25 Do York, IL& S. purchase lO 10 10/ at Do Stcktn & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 108 110 at Do W, Hartlepool H. and R lOO 87 33 20 North Staffordshire lOs Devon Annuities, 1 a all 91 10/ 103 Do Taviatock Anus., 10s all 910 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 3 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 per cent lOO ••• ••• at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ••• ••• at Taff Vale No. 1 lOO 145 150 at Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pe 100 42 45 RAILWAYS. —PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Co n . m i n . 7 p c lOO ... at Do 41 p redeem-- all at Do 4p c con k , issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 st Do 5 do, 1862. 100 8S al 911 at Do New 5 du, 1803 lOO 37 90 at Du do 5 do, 1864 100 84 83 at Great Northern, 6p c irred. 100 ... at Do Perm anent 5 per cent. 100 ... at Do Boston & Sl ea fd , 41 pc 100 ... at Great West., W. Midi., 6p o 100 86 90 at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 8 68 at Do do 0p c irrod., 1866 100 102 104 2J Do Vale N eath perp. bp c all 191 201 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO Lane. and York. Ne w 41 p er ... cent till July, 1871 2 / 11 at Lund., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... at Do du 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... at Da do 41 d o, 1363 100 ... at Do do 5 d o, 1865 100 ... et Do No. 6 6 d o, 1860 100 ... at Do No. 7 sdo st Lend , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c 100 st London& N. Western, 5p e 100 103 110 at London& S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 9 10 Man. shef. &Lin., b pc, 1865 all E 64 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO ... at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 105 107 t Do B do l3 Do 6p o opt. t o cony. to 100 105 107 Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 1/p 18 Do Inconv. New Shares 16 41.. 41 1 22 Do 5 p con. into old Stk., Aug. 31, 1807.... • . 81 14 14p at North British, E. and Gji No. 1, b per cent._ st Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 110 ... at Do E. & U., No. 2, 5 p.e . • 100 ... at Do N. 8.. 5 par cent, 1863 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.e 100 ... at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 4/ p o 100 65 57 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 45 97 at Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 11 t 113 at North London, 41, per coat (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 6p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 18.59 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do b do, 1864 100 ••• at Victoria St. & Pimli co, 4/ pa 100 .• RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS et 13h •Itenhot 100 Do. 4* per cent. Preiar all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire st Cheater and Holyhead lOO 64 58 at Do. 41 per cent. at Do. b do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lO at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c JO° 13 . 3 a; 20 Gloster and Dean Forest. • all at Olt. Easn., No/Imm, &c., b p.c. 100 at Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c. 100 CI; 7 . 4 . at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West, W. laid., Here!. low 95 97 a Hull and Soiby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21. 213 st London and Blackwall lOO 92 94 st Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO at Do. Corn. Fund, b do lOO at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 t;2 804 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 at Do. do. 6 do. Si Manch., Buxton, & Matlk all 6 si at 31 idland, 13ralford, Pref lOO 92 91 19 Mid Kent (Cray Line) 00 Northern& East., 5 per cent all 63 66 SO Do. do. 6 do. all „. st N. Eastern—Hartlep00l at N.Weat. A perp. prof, Sp. c lOO 10 . 3 110 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO st Notting. &Urauth. 100 92 94 25 Preston and 11 yre. Royston, Hitch., and Shep lOO 131 135 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 hts 10 Du do 8 21 p at S. Yorksh. mid River Duu 100 98 100 at Do 4 per cent gua lO 1 7y 81 at D o 5 do at Vict. Station and Pimlico DO 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Cla d s A all 13 14 20 Do do B all . . 20 Do do C all 6.1 74 bo SO 81 I a ii t t \ W vi e l y ts m a o n u d th so a i n n d er P se o t rtland 110000 DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 114 at London and St. Katherine lOO 53 65 .oft Do Deb. stock, 4 par cent al m ... Idillwall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 31 35 3i 41 at Southampton lOO 71 76 at S►rrey Ovairaorcial Share MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira. all ... ... 211 10 Auglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 7 Od ip 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 18 17 st Atlantic Telegraph lO SI SI st Do. 8 per cent. 26 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira g 7 , d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all In 141 10 Do. New 6 8 Si 91 100 Bolckow Vaughan, Rm. 6 Bombay Gas, lim 6 Do. New 4 11 of so British American Land 44 le 17 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 165 170 : 20 British Indian Tea, lim all gi gi 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim ti el 11d 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 6 41 SI 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lira 8 41 Sid SO City of Milan ImproT. lim all 5 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, Urn all 2 g 2 60 City Offices, lim 25 ray 2113 50 Colonial, lim. Do. ... 50 Commercial Union (Assur) II p ip 10 Company of African Mer chants, lira 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 171 181 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1051 1041 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 104 104 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 11 21 1 15-16 & SO Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 6 2 d st Crystal Palace lOO 23 2e 24 i st Do. Preference lOO 97 log at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 111 20 Darjeeling, lim. ••• ••• 10 Eastern Assam, lim ..4 /SO East Indian Land Credit _ and Finance, lira 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 is 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lien. 274 181 12fd 144 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Qua. by Egypt. Gov all 904 914 Stf 984 20 Egyptian Cont.& Trad. lim 6 4il &id st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 235 240 235 61 10 Do. New 8 9 10p 8 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 24 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 6 4,1 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim. . ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 14 14d 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B4 all 83 84 50 (lellivara, lim. 2O 10 General Credit & Die., lim. if ' If 5 9-18 1 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 40 lloras & Col Marine In. lim 4 41 844 10 Hong Kong and China Gus all 20 Hudson's liay all 16 141 131 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 26 Indo-European Tel., Um, 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lira 8 11 I 3 20 Internee. Laud Credit, lien 6 6 4d AO Italian Land 5 11 Id 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 2 21 100 Do. 6p. c Bds., redeem. 1870, issued 30 60 Land Securities, 1im........, i 31 2 1d 25 London African Trading lO 7 Sd 24 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lien 6 ••• •••d 10 London County Land and Building, line. 6 Loud. Provincial Tel. lim all 31 3 ; 1 Do. Prefer. 10 p er cent, all 1 IP 11 40 Lond. Financial A.sso., lim 30 23 221 4 Lond.Gen.Oennibus.Co.lim. all 11 2 50 Loud, and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lien 25 22 17d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 11:1 pr at Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. P. c• by India Gov. lOO 1041 1051 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1im....... ..... 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel, lim, a ll 4 41 60 Merchant Shipping, lim, all 36 41 50 Millwall Iron Works, Um. 121 •••• ••• 10 Natal Land an d Colonisa tion Co., lien, 25 National Discount Co •. lim b 12 121 25 National P rov. Marine, lim, 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lim, all 81 3 1 20 Nerbudda•Co a l & Iron, lim. 6 8 24 10 Now Consolidated Dis. lim. 3 11 1.1 6 New Quebrada, lira .. ... .. .4.4.0 44 ai 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer • c,antile Agency,lim 2l 1 1p 26 Now Zealand Trust and Loan, line .• s 11 11 ..........ea, 10 Northern Assam Tea, lien 5 7 5 10 Do. B ............. . at North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 38 42 50 North Brit. & Moreau. In 6l lo '2l 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll ••• •••d 5 Oriental Gas, lim, 6 Do. New .. . ..... 10 Otago and Southland•ln vestment, 1im,,,,, 2 i d IP 5 Ottoman Gas, lim Australian R. Mail lim all 2 2 4 - IS Do do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl lira 100 32 34 60 Peuinsu. & Oriental Steam all 54 66 50 Do. New 1867 lO Id pr 25 Reuter's Telegram 24 30 tesp 52 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New ...... . all 5 1 8 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im Jim all 1 3 1 19 1 20 Do. G as' H u i all 23 24 100 Royal Mail Ste am 6O 48 50 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 1 10 114 at Do. 8p c. Guar, Prof. 100 ••• ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim, 10 7 ea 20 Societe Gen.de l'Erupire Ot. 8 3 4 P 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. ,:•• 25 South Australian L and at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 1 4 20 Telegraph Con. & Main„lim all 14 161 164 20 Thames and Mersey M ar i n e (Insurance), line 2 24 21 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl ••• ••• 10 Trust & Agency of Au s .,lim 1 1 1p 10 Do do. do. all ••• ••• 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 Id p 50 Union Marble L'pool, lien 6 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lien 6 11 40 6U. Kingdom Tel. Co., line all 41 61 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 31 sip 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lint 5 1 lip 30 10 Van Upper D em Assam ann Tea,s Land2Bl 7 lim all 3 4 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (M Loaortgage) n all 75t 75; 781 if 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 10d 50 West India and Pac.a • Steam, lim, 2O 4 ad 14 20 W.wo4atLreohnoduosnesWharves and COLONIAL - -__ GOVIGUNIINNT SICCURITIMS. ___________ British Columbia, 6 per 100 - L'o. 1895.. lOO Can.Gov.6p.c.J l n. , &July 1877-84 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug lOO lto 10 Du. sp. 0. Mar. X Sept lOO lts 10 Do. 6p. o. Jan. do July•• 100 93 94 sot Do. 6p. 0 . Inscribed et 9O 82 Cape o.llope. 6 p. 0 .187 3.• 100 102 104 1)o.Ap1.6t001 1690-1 900 •• 100 111 113 Do. do 1880-0 P lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July. 1891 •••• 100 108 110 Do. 6 per oeut. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 .. 100 100 102 Coy ion, Nov. 1878, 6 p.c.. 100 108 IA Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873 .- Jan. and July Do. 1878 ........ 100 106 108 Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. d; Aug Mylbourne Corporate., 1867-75, 6 per cent lOO N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July .• 100 102 104 Natal 6 p at, Apia Oct—. 100 Do 6p c. llvy & Nov lOO 106 8 N. S. vir. 5 p.c., '7l to '76• lOO 19 l o t Do. 6 p.c. 1888 to 1896 lOO 99 toe 100& 1 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '7 5 lOO 9 9 lot N.Zealand, 6p. 100 Do. 6 per cent. •• • DoJau, A prl, July, 100 976 981 - Do 6p o. Mar & Sept '9l lOO 108 110 Do Juue & Deo ,1391 . lOO 109 ttl —( Do Prov., 1 Aucild. i _ 1 0 scrica 1 clz 2, 1196... ) Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jan... and July. 1875 Do 18t6 lOO 101 1 0 3 Queenand. 6p. x ' B2 •• 100 105 106 1089 Do 1891 .. •• • B. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 lOO _ Do 1878.92 lOO 103 110 Do 1b93 1998 10) 107 108 Tasmanian pe, 1e95..•• 100 109 107 Do rd. 1893 to 189/ lOO It? 108 Victoria 6p.0. Ja.,lz July lOO _ Do. 1891 lOO 112 113 Do. do, April 00...9 100 109 110 1094 9 METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. Extreme Sea Monday, F. Dec. 7, B. T ' I - D. Ito P. W. W R, to 8 a.m. Ir g 1 12 9 , - - Nairn 2916r. 42 41 S.W. 2 5 S.W. 1 c.o. - 1 Aberdeen Leith - - Shields . Scarborough 29•60 r. 46 45 NV. 3 2 S.W. o.b. 0.78 3 Yarouth 2974r. 46 45 W.S.W. 3 9 S.S.E. r.m 0'44 3 Cux haven - Skudesnies - - - - - - Ardrossan Greencastle 29'53r. 48 48 W.S.W. 2 3 W.S.W. r. o'lo - Holyhead - Liverpool Valentia Cape Clear - - - - - - - -I - - Roche's Pt. 29 73r. 48 47 W.S.W. 2 G N.N.W. r.c.10'40 6 Pen zau ce Plymouth .I 2994 r. 521 51 I W. 2 10 W.S.W., r.0.10'54 6 Weymouth 129 93r. 52 150 ' W. 1 9 I S.W. I r.0.'0•72, 2 Portsmouth 29'93r. 151 i 49 W. 410 ' IV.S.W. I r.o. 0.72 3 London 29 St.r. 50 48 W. 41) i W.S.W. , o.re 0'36 - C'peGrisNez - - - - - - - Brest L'Orient 29'97r. 52 50 S.S.E. 3 9 N.N.W. o.f. o'o2 Rochefort - 4 Biarritz - - c. - Corunna - - - - - - - - - Brussels - - - - - - Paris - - - - - - - - - Strasbourg - - - - - - - - Toulon - B. 1 1 S.S.W. m.o - 3 Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) 1 - - - - - - - - SCIPLANATION Barometer corrected and reduced to n' deg. a sea level. The letter r.. rising; f.. ; a.. steady—indicate direction of reoticnof C e mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 21 hours. Z.—calm Weather; iky ; c.—clouds. clotaeLed ; f.—fog ; h.—hai I.—lightning ; m.—znisty. hazy ;o.—overcast. dull; r.--rain;s.— snow t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or bail (melted) during last 24 hours Sea disturbance. REMARKS. The oscillations in pressure have been considerable since Saturday, but on the whole there has been a groat increase: readings are now comparatively high in the S. of these islands, where there has been a very sudden rise since last evening, amounting to almost o'6in. at stations. The difference of pressure between Rochefort and Aber deen amounts to six-tenths of an inch. Temperature yesterday con tinued steady, but this morning it is a little lower. The gale noticed in our Saturday afternoon's report became very violent during the night in the Irish and English Channels, and on our S.E. coast. The wind lulled yesterday morning, but during last night it freshened again to a very heavy S.W. gale in the Channel. At Yarmouth the wind was south-easterly. Winds have veered generally, and are this morning moderate from the W. in these islands: in the Bay of Biscay a strong southerly wind is blowing. Rain has been general and largo in amount. Cloudy weather is prevalent. The sea has gone down. Atmospherical conditions look a little more settled than they have done for the last few days. 111E7ROPOL1 TAN RAILWAY. -41- On Thursday last the directors of the Metropo litan Railway, and the directors of the Metropo litan District Railway made an official inspection of their works now nearly completed between Ken sington and Westminster-bridge, passing along the line with an engine and carriages. A portion of this important section of the " inner circle" belongs to the Metropolitan Railway, and the remainder to the Metropolitan District Railway. The inspection was considered very satisfactory as regards the substantial character of the works and their ample provision for light and ventilation. In a very few weeks the public will have the use of this new railway in continuation of the existing Me tropolitan Railway between the city and Kensington. The public value of this section of the " inner circle" can scarcely be over estimated, and the traffic receipts from it to the Metropolitan District Railway must be very great, whilst the Metropo litan Railway will simultaneously obtain a large in crease of the existing receipts. The following observations were made by the chairman of the Metropolitan Company : Mr. PARSON—It may seem rather absurd, as most people are acquainted with the duties of the Metropolitan Railway Company, to say much on such a subject to-day. There may, however, be some who may say that there will not be much traffic from the populous district through which we have just passed, but our experience has taught us that a railway through a densely-populated district like this is a thing which must pay. If you look at the district traversed by our Western Extension it will be apparent that although there areseveral localities densely inhabited by third-class passengers, yet, on the whole, it is oc cupied chiefly by wealthier classes. Nevertheless we are now carrying over this Western Extension nearly 120,000 per week, or 40,000 per mile, but if any body will take the trouble to look at the traffic of the original line, they will find it did not carry 40,000 per week until a considerable time after it had been opened. When persons therefore talk of the Metropolitan Extension " being a failure, that is an answer I think to any such ob servation." But the Western Extension is not yet completely open, and what our receipts may be, and will be, when our Thurlow square Station and this portion of the district to Westminster-bridge is open, I don't think anyone can say, but my own computation is that it will add at least £l,OOO a week to the revenue of the Metro politan Railway. (Hear, hear.) Ido not think I have over estimated the traffic in putting it at that figure. My computation is made in this way: —From Westminster-bridge to Thurlow-square there are seven additional stations. I calculate TATTERSALL'S—This Evening. THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst Belladrum (wanted) 12 to 1 agst Pretender (taken) 1000 to 45 agst Martyrdom (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Ladas (taken and offered) THE CATTLE SHOW-THIS DAY. _~~_ The awarding of the prizes at the annual exhibi tion of the fat beasts of the Smithfield Cattle Club took place to-day, prep.ratory to the opening of the show to the public to-morrow. The show was much better than last year, the cattle all exhibiting evi dence of great improvement, both with respect to form and flesh, there being, generally speaking, an entire absence of the over fat specimens, which were of no use to any person but the tallow-melters. The Crown Prince of Prussia arrived at 12.15, accom panied by Viscount Bridport, Lord Hendon, the President of the Club, and Mr. B. Gibbs, the Secre tary, and at once proceeded to make a minute in spection of the show. The prizes awarded up to one o'clock were as follows : that each station will add to the Metropolitan Rail way, not the districts, £lOO per week, and I base that upon this fact. Directly the St. John's-wood Railway was opened it produced to the Metropo litan £230 per week, and I say if the stations on St. John's-wood, the traffic from one of which is hotly competed for by the Midland Railway, and the other so near Baiter-street, that it was included in the area served by the Metropolitan Railway before it was opened, produced us that amount, we have a right to expect more than the £BO per station arising from the interchange with this portion of the Metropoli tan district, especially when we take into considera tion the far different position of the various stations; take Westminster-bridge for instance, what finer position can there be than that on the banks of the river, close to Lambeth and its third-class people, it will also convey a large number of the better class who are constantly in the habit of going to the law courts and other great e4ablishments. At Westminster there is nothing on the St. John's wood to compare with that ; the whole three sta tions at S. John's-wood are not, I believe, compa rable with the one at Westminster-bridge. Then we come to the station in the Broadway, that is essentially a third-class passenger station. There was a time when the venture down the Broad way was to render yourself liable to have your pocket picked, if not to lose your Ffe. Then, again, going further westward, you come to the Victoria Station, a place where they start an enor mous number of trains into the suburbs and to the Crystal Palace. There is also there the Chatham and Dover. I do not know what the statistics are of the passengers from the Victoria Station who go into the country, but my belief is that the Victoria Station will give us and the Me tropolitan Railway Company an enormous traffic. Then you come to this station, and looking at this station I say it is essentially a third class dis trict on this side, while it is a better class on the other side. It was a point for starting a large number of omnibuses, and they have continually gone on increasing from the time of their starting to the present day. I might say more for the Bromp ton traffic,which is further west than this. My con viction is that the traffic upon this portion of the Metropolitan District Railway will astonish the public when they see it, and when our extension is opened to Thurloe-square, and we are enabled to interchange traffic to this line, 1 say it will add £l,OOO at least to our receipts. I think the greatest commendation ought to be paid to the contractors and officers of the District Railway, not excepting the Metropolitan proper, and I think we ought to couple with the toast the health of the deputy chairman, Mr. Sheriff. (Hear, hear.) . Mr. SIIERRIFF—I am not going to make a speech. I never do. I merely say I agree with every word our worthy chairman has stated. Ido not think he has in any degree over-estimated the prospect of the Metropolitan District or the Metropolitan Railway Company, as connected with us. I have, indeed, always held the view that the Metropo litan District Railway up to Westminster-bridge is decidedly not the best, for I hold from Westminster to the City is the more valu able but even from the westward !part, from Westminster to Brompton, I believe will realise all the expectations we have formed, and I hope we shall work in perfect unity with the Metropolitan Railway. The health of the chairman, Mr. Parson, the contractors, Messrs. Kelk, Waring Brothers, and Lucas, and the general manager, Mr. Myles Fen ton, having been proposed, the meeting separated. ' rl - 111th EI3 irtoA SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. DEVON CATTLE. Class 1. Devon Steers, not exceeding 2 years and 6 months—First prize of £2O to No. 1, William Smith, of High Hoopem, Exeter; second prize of £lO to No. 3, William Nixey, of Slough. Class 2. Devon Steers, not exceeding 3 years and 3 months old—First prize of £3O to No. 13, William Smith, of High Hoopem ; second prize of £2O to No. 11, William Nixey, of Slough. Class 3. Devon Steers or Oxen, above 3 yrs and 3 months old—First prize of £3O to No. 29, John Overman, of Burnham ; second prize of £2O to No. 13, William Bar rington, of Thorley; third prize of £lO to No. 26, Walter Farthing. C ass 4. Devon Heifers, not exceeding four years old. — First prize of £25 to No. 38, Charles Gibbs, of Bishops Lydiard ; second prize of £l5 to No. 13, William Nixey; third prize of £lO to No. 37, her Majesty the Queen. Class 5. Devon Cows, above four years old.—First prize of £25 to No. 43, Richard Barting, of Barton ; second prize of £l5 to No. 42, William Smith, Exeter; third prize of £lO to No. 45, Walter Farthing. HEREFORD CATTLE. Class 6. Hereford Steers, not exceeding 2 years and 6 months old.—First prize of .£2O to No. 47, Robert Wortley; second prize of .£lO to No. 49, Richard Shirley. Class 7. Hereford Steers, not exceeding 3 years and 3 months old.—First prize of £3O to No. 52, Robert Wortley; second prize of £2O to No. 58, Lewis Loyd. Class 8. Hereford Steers or Oxen, above 3 years and 3 months old.—First prize of £3O to No. 61, Wm. Heath; second prize of £2O to No. 68, J. S. Leigh. • Class 9. Hereford Heifers, not exceeding 4 years old.— First prize of 25 to No. 69, Robert Wortley; second prize of £l5 to No. 71, Herbert Ridgley. Class 10. Hereford Cows, above four years old. —First prize of £25 to No. 78, her Majesty the Qusen ; second prize of £l5 to No. 80, Henry Yeoman. S ILORT-lIORNED UATTLE. Class 11. Short-horned Steers, not exceeding 2 years and 6d months old—First prize of £2O to No. 82, Richard Newcombe; second prize of £lO to No. 83, Jas. S. Butt. Class 12. Short-horned Steers, not exceeding 8 years and 3 months old—First prize of £3O to No. 97, James S. Butt; second prize of £2O to No. 94, G. S. Foljamb ; third prize of £lO to No. 92, John Thompson. Class 13. Short-horned Steers or Oxen, above 8 years and 3 months old—First prize of £3O to No. 108, J. B. Alymer ; second prize of £2O to N 0.102, Richard Stratton ; third prize of £lO to No. 112, Thomas Pulver. Class 14. Short-horned Heifers, not exceeding 4 years old—First prize of £25 to No. 126, E. G. Hardwicke ; se cond prize of £l5 to No. 127, J. B. Alymer ; third prize of £lO to No. 129, G. and J. Parry, of Acton. Class 15. Short-horned Cows, above 4 years old—First prize of £25 to No. 141, G. S. Foljambe ; secund prize of £l5 to No. 138, T. Willis; third prize of £lO to No. 144, Robert Searson. Class 16. First prize of £2O to John Napper. Class 17. First prize of £25 to J. M. Montefiore. Class 18. First prize of .£2O to William Neale. Class 19. First prize of £2O to J. M. Montefiore. Class 20. First prize of £l5 to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Class 21. First prize of £l5 to his Royal Highness the ?duce of Wales. Class 22. The prize of £lO to Sir J.A.Crewe. Class 23. The prize of ..£lO to Sir J. H. Crewe. SCOTCH HORNED CATTLE. Class 24. Scotch Horned Steers or Oxen, of any age- - First prize of £3O to No. 187, J. Martin, of Newmarket ; second prize of £l5 to No. 189, John Gerrard Leigh. Class 25. Scotch Horned Heifers or Cows, of any age— First prize of £l5 to No. 193, Richard Eastwood; second prize of £lO to No. 192, William Taylor. SCOTCH POLLED CATTLE. Class 26. Scotch Polled Steers or Oxen, of, any age— Fit et prize of £3O to No. 197, James Reed ; second prize of £l5 to No. 198, William Postle. Class 27. Scotch Polled Heifers or Cows of any age.— Firt prize of £l5 to No. 197, Jame* Read. IRISH CATTLE. Class 28. Irish Steers or Oxen of any age.—First prizo £lO to No. 201, John Wortley. Class 29. Irish Heifers or Cows of any age.—First prize of £lO to No. 202, Lord Bernors. WELSH CATTLE. Class 30. Welsh Steers or Oxen (Runts) of any age-- First prize of £2O to No. 204, Henry Betteridge : second prize of £lO to No. 206, Captain H. Platt. Class 31. Welsh Heifers or Cows, of any age—First prize of .£lO to No. 209, Samuel Spencer; second prize of .£5 to No. 207, Lord Penrylm. CROSS OR MIXED BRED CATTLE. Class 32. Cross or Mixed Bred Steers, not exceeding 3 years old.—First prize of £25 to No. 219, John Wortley. Class 33. Cross or Mixed Bred Steers or Oxen above 3 years old.—First prize of £25 to No. 226, Thomas Ross. Class 34. Cross or Mixed Bred Heifers not exceeding 4 years old.—First prizo of £2O to No. 233, E. S. Durrant. LEICESTER SIiEEP. Class 35. Fat Waller Sheep of the Leicester breed, 1 year old (under 23 in)nths).—First prize of .£2O to No. 233, Lord Bcrners; second prize of £l5 to No. 255, Wil liam Brown. Class 33. Fat Wether Sheep of the Leicester breed, year old (under 23 months). Bac') Sheep not to exceed 22011)3. live weight.—Fir t prize of £2O to No. 237, Lord Barriers; s cond prize of £l5 to No. 258, William Brown.; third prize of £5 to No. 259, Christopher Bradshaw. COT ,WoLD SHEti.. Class 37. Fat Wcthor Sheep of the Cotswold breed, 1 year old (uod,ir 23 months).—First prize of £2O to No. 262, Charles Kearsey; second prize of £l5 to No. 260, John Henry Hughes. LINCOLN SHEEP. Class 38. Fat IVether Sheep of the Lincoln breed, 1 year old (under 23 months)—First prize of £2O to No. 268, T. It. Casswell. KENTISH OR ROMNEY MARSH SHEEP. Class 39. Fat Wether Sheep of the Kentish or Romney Marsh breed, 1 year old (under 23 months)—First pri ze o f £l5 to No. 274, James Newport. CROSS-BRED LONG-WOOLLED SHEEP. Class 40. Fat AVether Cross-bred Long-woolled Sheep, 1 year old (under 23 months)—First prize of .£l5 to No. 277, Joseph Newmad. SOUTHDOWN SHEEP. Class 41. Fat Wether Sheep of the Southdown Breed, 1 year old (under 29 months)—First prize of £2O to No. 307, Lord Walsingham. Class 42. Fat Nether Sheep o; the Southdown Breed, —First prize of sto No. 322, Lord Walsingham. Class 43. First prize of £2O to No. 329, Lord Wal singham. HAMPSHIRE OR WILTSHIRE-DOWN SHEEP. Class 44. Fat Wother Sheep of the Hampshire or Wilt shire-Down breed, 1 year old (under 23 months)—First prize of £2O to No. 38G, R. and J. Russell. SHROPSHIRE SHEEP. Class 45. Fat Nether Sheep, of tho Shropshire breed, 1 year old (undor 23 months)—Firat prise of £2O to No. 310, Henry Mathews. Class 46. Fat Wether Sheep of the Shropshire breed, 2 years old (above 23 and under 35 months)—First prize of £l5 to 350, Henry Smith. Class 48. First prize of £l5 to No. 360, William Smith. Class 49. First prize of £l5 to No. 365, Jonathan Peel. Class 50. First prize of £l5 to No: 372, Herbert Farthing. Class 51. First prize, of £2O to No. 413, George Hine, junior. Class 52. First prizo of £lO to No. 425, John Overman. PIGS. Class 53. Pigs of auy White breed, not exceeding 9 months old.—First prize of .£lO to No. 436, T. L. Mel ville ; second prize of £5 to No. 437, her Majesty the Queen. Class 54. Pigs of any White breed, above 9 and not exceeding 12 months old.—First prize of £lO to No. 442, her Majesty the Queen. Class 55. Pigs of any White breed, above 12 and not exceeding 18 months old.—First prize of £lO to No. 443, the Earl of Radnor ; second prize of £5 to No. 444, W. R. Dunn. Class 50. Pigs of any Black breed, not exceeding 9 months old.—First prize of £lO to No. 449, Thomas Chamberlayne ; second prize of .£5 to No. 452, Jane Gale. Class 57. Pigs of any Black brood, above 9 and not ex ceeding 12 months old—No merit. Class M. Pigs of any Black breed, above 12 and not ex ceeding 18 months old—Prize of £lO to lin. 452, John Coate. Class 59. Pigs of any other breed, not exceeding 9 months old—First prize of .£lO to No. 454, Joha Robert- SOIL Class 60. Pigs of any other breed, above 9 and under 12 months old.—First prize of £lO to No. 41:6, John Robertson; second prize of £5 to No. 457, John Biggs. Class 61. Pigs of any other breed, above 12 and not ex ceeding 18 months old.—First prize of .£lO to No. 459, Joseph 11. Clark; second prize of £5 to No. 461, John. King Pitman. Silver Cup, value £lO, for the best Steer, to William Heath; ditto, .ZlO, fur the beet Heifer, to the Earl of Hardwicke. Foreign luau ractiet :List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Lienthamptoa.....Doo. 5. Ditto, via Y"weenies ..... 28 Ditto, via Paaama Da° 29. Brasil, Buenos Ayres, and iLonte Video Jan. 4. Ditto, by French painter Cape Verde, by Brazil paotet Jan. 4. Cape vi Good LLpe. Ascension, and St. 13. China, Penang, and Singapore, vls Southampton Deo. 5. tlibrultar, via Southampton Deo 5 India; via Southampton ...... • • 5 unto, via Marseil.es . Dee. 7. tlgypt, Dec. 5. Ditto, Marseilles Deo.7 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Senthams ton Ditto, Marseilles ~ Deo. 13. Newfoundland ...... • • ......Dec 15 ; Portugal ........ 4. United States, t. anada, Cslitornia, by British packet ••••De0 5 Ditto, by Canadian packet .. Des 9 Ditto, by l tilted States packet Ditto ditto (Baltimore) West Indies and I'll3lllo (except Mexico and Baha mas) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe. Dec. 17. Falkland Islands The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251. 1711 per £1 sterling. un comparing these rates with the Engltsh. Mint price of Li 'is. Md. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about the same price in London and Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for ill at GO days' sight was on the last date about 1 9,1 percent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of goil from the United states. MARKE7 S-2 IBS DAY. MARK LANE. At Mark-lane this morning there was a very full at tendance, particularly of our country friends, who ha've come up to visit the Cattle Show. For English wheat factors are asking le. more money, and although they have not as yet succeeded in obtaining it, the gene ral tone of the trade is better. Foreign is very steady. Barley is quiet and drooping. Oats 6d. to ls. cheaper on the week, with a moderate demand. Beans and peas un altered. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The inquiry continues very moderate, and prices re main dull. Eaglisn regents, 60s to 130 s; Scotch ditto, 60s to 130 s ; French, 40s to 80s p.n. ton. BOROUGH HOP. The market continues active, and for all descriptions of the new English and foreign crop there is a good inquiry at gradually advancing values. COLONIAL. The colonial markets are very quiet this morning, with but little doing in either sugar or coffee. Coffee is dull, and closed on Saturday id. lower. Linseed oil is again cheaper. Metals remain firm. LIVERPOOL COTTON. December 7. Sales probably 8,000 bales. Market heavy ; downward tendency. SHIPPING INTELLIVENCE. GE.ATESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 6.—Mows, steamer, from Bremen; Olga, steamer, from Rotterdam; Commerce, from Hedierne ; Louisa Sophia, from Rouen; Orange, from St. Michael's ; Zetland, from Saguenay ; Czarina, front Charlotte Town ; Mercurius, from Guatemala; Empress, from New York ; Livonia and St,aperayder, steamer, both from Guernsey Lieutenant, from Shanghai; Howard, from St. Mary's, Georgia; Zouave, from St. Michael's; Ottawa, from Saguenay; Acme, from Quebec. Arrived, Dec. 7.—Souvenir, steamer, from Brussels ; Martinus Henrietta, steamer, from Dordt. BOROUGH OF WAREHAM.—Mr. Drax, the Conser vative candidate who contested the borough of Wareham with the late Mr. Calcraft, will not come forward again. Since Mr. Calcraft's death, which followed soon after his election, it is rumoured that Mr. Drax would again offer himself as a candidata; but that gentleman has relin quished any such intention, in consequence of a severe wound which he has received while out hunting. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de • lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. 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