The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-17 00:00:00

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We have to report a slight improvement in busi ness to-day, but the preparations for the Christ mas holidays, it is more than likely, will prevent any very large transactions, as all are now busied in making up their accounts. In the foreign market Turkish nearly recovered the late depression, but Spanish lower. The railway market also participated in the improvement. Money is in request, but it is not to be had under the Bank rate. Consols are 92i f for money; ditto, for Ac ount, 92} f ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92f f ; New Three per Cents, 921 3 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 2411 40. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, slut ; ditto, 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 ; ditto, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 102+ ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., Jan., 1872, 1051 ; ditto 5k per Cent., May, 1879, 1101. In the Foreign Market Stocks are dull. Turkish Five per Cents, improved 1, and New Spanish and Italian Five per Cents. are k lower. The quota tions are as follows :—Peruvian Five per Cents., 811 811 ; Egyptian Seven per Cents., 1868, 73+ 744 ; Greek, 12 121 ; Mexican, 15 151 ; New Spanish Three per Cents., 321 32+ ; Italian Five per Cents., 56k 56+ ; and Turkish Five per Cents., 391 39g. The Honduras Loan is 90 901, and in request. Italian Scrip has fallen to 3 3f prem. ; Russian (Charkoff-Azof) Railway Scrip is i lower, at 2 1i dis. ; and the last Russian Railway Loan is 1 dis., Par- In Railways stocks have improved a little. Great Westerns are 1 ;Great Eastern, 8 ; Great N orthern, 1 ; ditto A f;; Lancashire, 1 ; Metropolitan, 1; North British, I ; North Western 1 better ; Cale donian are lower. The prices are as follows : Caledonian, 721 4 ; Great •Western, 481 to ; Great Eastern 41/ ; Great Northern, 100 7 ; ditto A, 108/ 91 ; Lancashire, 128 1 ; Metropoli tan, 1021 a ; Sheffield, 471 ; Brighton, 48f 9 ; North British, 32 3 ; North Western, 1114 121 ; North Eastern, 991 ICO ; South Eastern, 784 91 ; Chatham, and Dover, 161 171; Midland, 111 to 1121. Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per Cent. Debenture stock is 94 to 95. American Five-Twenty Bonds have improved to 741 to 74i ; the Bonds of 1885 are better, at 72j, 73i ; and the Ten-Forty Bonds remain firm at 71 74. Atlantic and Great Western Debentures have improved to 44 41, and the Con solidated Mortgage Bonds to 421 424. Erie Rail way shares have recovered 4, to 27* 28 ; and Illi nois stock is firm at 96 to 964. Gold to the amount of £35,000 was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday for transmis sion to India via Alexandria. Since the date of the last Gazette return £65,000 on balance have been taken to the Bank. The mail steamer Neva, for the West Indies, takes to-day only £959 in specie. The tenders for the loan of £2,000,000, invited by the directors of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway Company, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent., were opened yesterday. The applications amounted to £2,600,000; the highest price offered was £lOB, and the lowest £99 lOs. The minimum fixed by the Secretary of State and the chairman of the company was 102. The whole amount was allotted to all tenders above 103. The biddings for bills on India were opened at the Bank of England yesterday for £lOO,OOO on Calcutta and Madras. The amount allotted to Calcutta was £76,000, and to Madras £23,100. The minimum price was fixed, as before, at Is. 11d. Tenders at is. Did. will receive 77 per cent. on both Presidencies. The Bank of New South Wales have, given notice that they will pay the half-year's interest due in London on the Ist of January next on all debentures issued by the New South Wales Government. The directors of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China have declared a dividend of 3 per cent. (free of income tax) for the half-year ending the 31st inst., payable on the Ist January. At a meeting of the Committee of shareholders of the Italian Irrigation Company, a letter was ad dressed to the Stock-Exchange Committee to with draw the shareholders' protest against the quota tion of the Italian Tobacco Loan. The coupons of the Egyptian Government Rail way Debenture Loan, due the Ist proximo, and the bonds of Series E, Nos. 20,001 to 25,000, drawn for redemption ; also the coupons of the United Danubian Principalities Eight per Cent. Loan of 1 867, due the Ist proximo, and the bonds drawn for redemption, are advertised for payment by Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen. The directors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland have declared a dividend for the half-year ending Christmas next at the rate of 4 per cent. on the Paid-up stock, and also an extraordinary dividend of 30s. on each £lOO share, and 12s. on each £lO share, payable on the 15th of January. The Committee of Spanish Passive Bondholders, Rive public notice that a persistent opposition will be offered by that body to the quotation on the Stock Exchange of any new Spanish loan until the Claims of the Passive Bondholders shall have been Wholly settled. Rumours were prevalent yesterday that the Go irernment at Athens had yielded to the advice of the protecting Powers and conceded the demands of Turkey. A strong idea is entertained that the Great Powers will prevent a general disturb- - ante between Greece and Turkey ; it is at the . . B atue time well understood that the question is a very complicated one, and requires the exercise of careful diplomacy. A leading broker, in his circular to his clients, says :—" Much indigna tion has been evinced at the prospect of peace being Jeopardised by a Power like Greece, which not only makes no effort whatever to pay its debts, but which nlay fairly be regarded as one of the worst governed c ountries in Europe." The traffic return for the past week of the Mid land Railway shows an increase of £6,752, and that of the Metropolitan £1,883. On the London and North Western there is a decrease of £1,402. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSINGURICES. • GOVERNMENT FUNDS. ' Per Cent. Consols . Ditto for Account, - j i xd v* Per C ent. R e d uced 921 i w 3 per Cent ' , llly . 2i per Cent. Jan. 1891 A Do. 4 per Cent. ~, an. 1873 ' 4 . iuuitie s , SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — D,O. for 30 y r s, ex pi re sth A pr il 1885 — Eu° (Red Sea Teleh,raph), Arg., IL'OB — 2caloquer Bill; £l,OOO, 2 per tit --pm ~. £5OO Do £lOO & £2OO Pm kili I) k . of England Stock, 4 per C en t c , 0. acceuxt i'atiada 4 per Cent. Bonds liter-C•lonial Ommuin 1, INDIAN JOVERNMENT SECURITI ES ",,Aa tocli - , 10i per Cent., April 1874 — " h O . Openi ng , f or A ccoun t U . '''. 5 per Cont. July, 1880 0 . 4 pet- Cent., Oct. 1888 'lo2l 0. Certificates bo. Eufaced Pap:, 4 per Cent 1) °. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 L,> 5 A- per Omt. May 187 5 per Cont., Rup, Deb. 9 18.72 — Do. do. 1877 — - Do. d o . 1882 — f -• Deb 5 Der Cent. Au... ) '7 - ( 27 . Londs, 4 per Cent. , , £1,b0001873 ~ pm 0. under £l.000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Ar . ,elatille liopub:ic, 0 per Ce n t Uo ia , . ~k 4 itr£4s paid - n Bonds 5 per cent t c . 18 ; 41 liat D 5 o. per Cent s 9 _ p° .4 3 per Ceut., 1852 — U° • do. 1858..... — 1 )0 : do ., 1860 - b_ . , do., 1803 G7I )3Deby a per Cent., 1865 — no ccount . . b Ayres 6 per Cent. o„, ) 2 per Cent (Deferred 3 per Cent ) ...,, x. • 0 per Cent. (Lilian 6 per Cent — ')o. 41 per Cent Do. 3 per Cent., — 10. 6 per ce t. 1867 — I o. 7 per Cent., 1866 .. C lo .ibian, 6 per Cent. Dan sit s 3 pm. Cent., 1825 . — Dan , ttian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Da 8 per Cent., 1867 - Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian, 7 per Cent — Do Second Issue •• •• — Do. £.5 t. Bonds . — Do. .£lOO Bonds Do. 1864 - Do. Account , Do. 4500 Bonds — Do. 4100 Bonds B4l English Scrip, 1868 74* 3i Do do. £45 pd -- di Government Railway Debentures...- 96} Greeir 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Account - Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent . — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd It.ilian b per Cent., 1865 — :)o. Account . — Do Maremmana Railway -- Mexican 3 per Cent - Ditto for Account — Pn. 1884 — Do S per Cont. Anglo-French — goutevidean 6 per Cent. .. — hi oorish Imperial 5 por Cent Now Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) I — Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 811 1 Portuguese 3 per Ot., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,': Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — It issiaa 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Si, Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ... 861 I. Do. Anglo -Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds.,, Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds B9l 90 Do. do! £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway - Sardinian 5 per Cent — Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 • Do Account Spanish 3 per Cm .: — Do. Account — Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Pn. Turkish 6 per Cont.! ., Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 5 per Cent. 1865 _ DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 a D. 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent.: Do. Accbaut Lo 6 per Cent. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 .: ...._. Dividends on the above payable fu London Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gui , , Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... _ Fronchlteutes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Do Account Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 561 1 CLOSING PRICES Consuls, Money 92 -} 1 ad Do. Account, Jan. 5.... CRIMINAL COURT—(This day). THE WILL FORGERY. The case of John Sponge, whb was charged with forging the will of Henry Trimmer, was about to be proceeded with this morning, but in consequence of the illness of one of the jurymen Baron Cleasby discharged the jury, and the trial must commence de novo. (Before the Common Sergeant.) William Blackburn, 53, bricklayer, was indicted for stealing the sum of 3s. Old., the moneys of Joseph Derry and others. The jury found the pri soner guilty, and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. MARKE7 S-2 MS DAY. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The market to-day maintained a Christmas character in the superiority of a largo proportion of the stack on sale, us in the extent of the supplies. In the former particular the market compares well with the corre sponding market last year, but in point of num-. hers there was to• day, as cn the grand day, a perceptible falling off, Quotations were as follows :—Beef, 3s 6d to 6s; mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 6d ; veal, 3s 8d to 6s ; pork, 36 4d to 4s 10d. per stone. Numbers at market—Beasts, 1,910 ; sheep, 8,440; calves 212 ; pigs, GO. The proportions of foreign were, 445 beasts and 113 calves. BMITHFIELD AND LEADENIIALL. The dead meat trade is firm, and in consequence of the near approach of Christmas prices maintain their present high figure. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The demand continues good for potatoes. LIVERPOOL COTTON. December 1 7.—Sa1ea probably 10,000 bales. Marks quiet, and unchanged. SHIPPING IN2RLLIVENCE. GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Dcc. 16.—Sir Robert Peel, steamer, from Dunkirk. Arrived, Dec. 17.—St. George, from Guernsey; Panther, steamer, from Boulogne. Sailed, Dec. 1 6.—Argos, steamer, for Calais. Sailed, Dec. 17.—Storm Queen, steamer, for Dunkirk ; Rhine, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Anchored.—Seine and Tamise, screw steamer, from London, for Rouen. Passed.—Narva, screw steamer (of London), from the westward, for Loudon. Sailed.—Superb, for Ipswich. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—After a somewhat prolonged recess, the above gallery will re-open on Wednesday evening next, with F. C. Burnand's clever entertainment "Inquire Within." While Mr. Parry is away Mr. German Reed makes some alterations in his programme. Mr. Frank Matthews is to appear in " The Entertainment Proper," in which Mdlle. Rosa D'Erina will make her debut, as well as in a musical extravaganza (taken from the French), by R. Reece, entitled " The last of the Paladins." Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial Office from the Governors of Prince Edward Island and Malta. Despatches were sent to the Governors of the West India Islands and the Australian Colonies. An interesting paper appears in a recent number of the San Francisco Mining and Scientific Press on the orchids of California. One specimen is described whose exquisite blossom, called the "Flower of the Holy Spirit," has in its centre the perfect semblance of a beautiful white dove. Three thousand different species of orchids have been described ; and in the American Naturalist Mr. 0. M. Tracy says that only a beginning has been made. He gives three characteristics which, amid their extraordinary variety of appearance, are always present. First, irregular flowers; second, stamens and pistils consolidated; third, seeds around the sides of the pod, not around its centre. " If," ho adds, " we find a plant in which these three occur together, we are safe in looking up to it as a well-accre ,dited member of this regal order. It is remarkable that this class of plants, while distinguished for their beauty, have scarcely a family of any known utility. The Vanila, the Salep, the Coral-root, and the Ladies' Slippers are almost the only members of any commercial value. At the meeting of the Californian Academy of Science, Oct. 19, Mr. Theodore Bradley road an able ad dress on the Value of the Study of Science in its Historical Relations. He gave a summary of the scientific discoveries of the ancients, and an account of the theories built upon them, showing the fallacy of their conclusions in conse quence of their deficient knowledge of science. _dad they taken pains to explore the hidden mysteries of nature and to accumulate facts before constructing systems of the universe and accounting for the pheno mena of the earth, their philosophy and science would not Lave been deformed by such absurd theories as we now find attributed to them. He pointed out the dawn of correct science, and traced its progress to the present time. At the close he made some experiments in hydrostatics to illustrate some of the principles dove lcped by the ancients. The first experiment was designed to show that the pressure of a large column of water on a disk of a certain size is no greater than that of a smaller column of the same height on the same disk. The second proved that the loss of weight of a body immersed in water is equal to the weight of the volume of water dis placed. The third experiment proved that the lateral and the vertical pressure of water are equal. Au American correspondent ilisl ile w na r vt i eh t a e i tsn about bt r yc lm t lookingtFh .o e e th•ee n a c r e t y that_ an d theivo poetll, an d Longfellow that h o w weeks for Rome and Nitples.----NaA J and Florence 06.- screw., THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBIER 17, 1868. NATIONALITY IN VOICES. T (.losing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 12 12 11; ri Do B lO 51 61 5; 50 Albion 100 Alliance. Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, Cm all; 11 19 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., I ••• ••• 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. ...... 25- Bank of South Australia all 31 33 b 0 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 32 10 Bank of I\ cw Zealand all 17 19 30 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, . ud China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mer e. o f I nd i a, London, and China all SO 51 30 20 City 100 Colonial 25 40 42 41 10 Consolidated, lim, 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, lim 3 11 0 5 20 English and American, Hui 10 ... ... 20 English Bank •f Itio de Ja neiro, lim lO ld pr 20 English, 'sottish, and Ana tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all .. 281 Do new 6l . . 4 I 100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 18 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 11 14 111 1 zb lonian all 27 29 25 Do new I pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 34 33 100 Do sp. e. Deb s .lB6 l, 30' all 76 78 t 2 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 3 1 32 'lO Do new 71 61 54 100 London & River Plate, lim 4O 7 9 25 Do new 10 14 11 20 London Chart, of Australia all 231 244 50 London and County 2O 30 II Of 4 20 Do new.issat 20p m,16 pd ll ... ... 50 London Joint Stock., 1 35 36 351 6 20 London and south African al 1 . 12 100 Loudon &S. - Western, lim, 20 ... /0 Loudon & Ve nezue l a, lira 124 . ..• ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 66 68 674 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 031 611 641. 100 Merchant, lint 26 7 1 10 Metropolitan, lim all 04 74 61 100 Midland, lim 6 National of Australia ....•• 4 21 I 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 11 ... ... 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 .. .. . 10 Do 50 National. II 54 11 20 New South Wales all 42 44 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 494 411 423 60 Provinc, Bank. Corpo., lim lO 6 34 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 19 01 10 Do new, all ... ... 100 Stand; of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 13 11 100 Do Issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 48 49 49 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of Loudon At the ordinary meeting of the Anthropological Society of London, held on the 15th December, Dr. James Hunt, president, in the chair, Sir Duncan Gibb, Bart., vice president, read a paper on "The Character of the Voice in the Nations of Asia and Africa, contrasted with that in the Nations of Europe," of which the following is an abstract :—The subject was quite new, and difficult to handle from the comparatively few facts bearing upon it ; the author, however, trusted to these and to his general experience in its elucidation. The voice of the Chinese and Japanese was of low power, feeble compass, and whining in its tone, possessing at ,times a sort of metallic twang. Among the natives of Tartary, Thibet, and Mon- golia, the voice was stronger, louder, more powerful, yet still partaking of the metallic twang ; the female voice was not inferior in power to that of the male sex ; the metallic and deafening tones of the voice in those peoples were a well-marked and distinctive peculiarity. In India and Birmah the voice was generally soft and very feminine, not so powerful as shrill ; the natives of the hills had a more robust voice than those in the plains, the former possessing a somewhat metallic twang, and the latter a plaintive and whining tone. In Africa the negro was taken as the type, whose larynx was of intermediate proportions between the Chinese and Tartars, but differed from all other races of mankind in certain peculiarities, which the author described. The negro wanted vocal power in whatever part of the world he was placed, but possessed the elements of a bellowing or roaring voice a deafening noisy sound, without harmony or distinctness. In speaking, the voice was smooth and harmonious, or rough and husky. Considered generally, the various nations of Europe possessed strong, powerful, sonorous, and clear voices ; variations as to character and tone might and did exist, but, as a rule, they all agreed in power, full compass, range, clearness, and loudness of sound. The German had the most powerful voice in Europe, for reasons which the author gave ; but in strength of voice he must yield to the Tartar, who, without exception, has the most powerful voice in the world. The condition of the larynx, with length of the vocal chords, and other cir cumstances bearing on the subject in the various nations of the three great continents, were considered, and the reasons given for the general conclusions arrived at. The following gentlemen took part in the discussion : Mr. L. Owen Pike, Dr. Carter Blake, Dr. Roden, Mr. Mackenzie, Dr. Charnock, Mr. Allan, Rev. Dunbar Heath, Dr. Campbell, and Dr. King. MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lint all '2ll 211 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., 1im.... 10 4 fp 101 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint........, all 15 16 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 27 29 281 0 at Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 26 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 9 7 Sd 10 Berlin Water Works, lint, all 134 14 10 Do. New 6 8 Si 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay GIB, lint 5 Do. New 4 11 01 51 British American Land....., 41 17 20 st B. and I. M tguetic Tel., hut. 100 186 170 20 British 1 nlan Tea, lint-- all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint lll 21 11 d 20 Ceylon Company, Em...., lO 6 26 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, 41 6 Sf 25 City of London Real Pro perty, inn 8 41 Sid 30 City of Milan Improv. lint, all b 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lint.., all 2 8 80 City Opines, lint 26 21 ) 23/d 50 Colonial, lint. Do. 10 Commercia. Union (Assur) 6 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint. 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 171 181 20 Copper Miners of England, prof 74 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent, all 104 IQS 100 Do. 1879, 4i per cent. all 104 1084 100 Do. 1882, 14 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all It 24 2 4 1 50 Credit Fon. of Mauritius lim lO 8 2 t Crystal Palace lOO 20 22 st DJ. Preference lOO 96 101 at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 106 110 20 Darjeeling, lint. 10 Eastern Assam, lint. 65 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance. hut. 20 East India Trriga, & Canal all 17 13 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Cue. by Egypt. Gov all 894 891 8. 20 Egyptian Cont. & Trad. lint 6 41 4,6 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 109 235 240 10 Do. New 8 a llp 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 411 1 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 L 4d. 100 Eng. and Scot. al arine, lim. 8 ... 10 Fairbairu Engineering 5 lf Ild 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at I:80 all 831 841 50 Gallivant, Inn. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 71 2' 14 61 10 General Stcant Navigation 14 28 29 50 Horns & Col Marine lu. lim b 41 Sid 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all) 13 141 11). 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO 20 Interns,. Financial Soc, lim b 11 11 20 Interna. Land Credit, lint. 6 6 4d 50 Italian Laud 100 Do. 6p. c Btls., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 63 cb 641 50 Land Securities, lint 5 31 '216 20 London African Trading lO 7 Id 20 Lon. & Caled, Marine, lint 6 ... •..d 10 London County Land and lim. 5 Loud. Pov r incial Tel.. lim all 34 3 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 4 fp 50 Loud. Financial Auso., lint 30 23 221 4 Lond.Gen.Otnnibus.Co.litn. all 14 2 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lin t 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr at aladras Irriga, & Caul. Gus. sp.c. by Indi a Gov. 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lint__ lint ll 10 Mediterra. Ext en. Tel , all 4 41 50 hlerchant Shipping, all 36 41 50 Millwall Iron Works, lint. 121 ... 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. ...... ... 9 84 216 25 National Disco unt CO . lint 5 12 124 25 National Prov. Marine,. lint. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lin t , all 84 9 5 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 3 26 10 New Consolidated Dia. lint. 3 15, ld sl\ ew Quebrada, lina ......... A. 4.0 41 34 25 New Zealand L oan & Mer cantile Agency, ......... 21 1 Si' 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint. ............. 11 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint 5 7 . 5 10 Do. B ..................... all 1 2 at North Brit. Austral., lint... 100 46 51 50 50 North Brit, & Mercan. 1n... 01 181 194 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 6 141 15 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll ...d b Oriental Gas, lint. .. all 7 74 5 Do. New.....~, 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lint ,•,.. 2 id fp 5 Ottoman Gas, 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all 2 21 11 Do do. at Peel R. Land & ...lim 100 39 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steal* all 54 be 50 Do. New 1867 26 Reuter's Telegr am 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 26 Rio de Janeiro Cit . y Ira a ts all all 171 181 20 Do. Gas, li nt all all 23 24 100 Royal Mail Stearn at Scottish Aust. Invest., lint. 100 107 113 at Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 ••• • 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim. 10 7 •• 66 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 3 8 4p 60 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint I ••• 25 South Australian Land all 85 30 at Submarine Telegraph, 1 Do. Scrip,,,, all 1 1 4 20 Telegraph Con. all 154 16 164 20 Thames and Mersey M aria , (Insaranco), lim t., 9 9 1 24 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint., 84 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim. 1 1p 10 Do do. do. all ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. C ana d a 6 id p 60 Union Marine L'pooi, lint, 6 4 41p 20 Union Steam Sbip, lint all 22 24 is United Discount Corp., lint, 6 14 Old 6U. Kingdom Tel. Co., ire. all 41 54 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. alls t „ 20 Unisersal Marinean.), lira. by 1 - - 1 6 , all 3 4 g 3 1 6 0 r Upper Assent s T L e a a n , d l m 284 7 3 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. BO Warrant Fi ort na g nc ga e, e) lim. Loan a ll 784 764 764 6 50 West India and ?acids 12 12 10d Steam, lint 20 West London Wharves sad Warehouses lO P ii) ... ...d ... ...a COLONIAL 00V1aikiliNNT SEUUKITIE6 British Columbia, 6 per cent., 1872.... 1)0. 1895.. lOO - 0an.U0v.6p.c...1an. 9, 3;Ju1y 1877-84 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug— luo 105 1 ,, Do. sp. o. Mar. At Sept lOO 165 10 Do. sp. o. Jau. tt July lOO 93 94 Do. sp. C. Inscribed Bk ICO 90 92 Cape G.llope, 6 p. 0.1873 lOO 102 101 Do.Apl.Broct 189 0 40 00 " 10 0 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 100 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 Do. 5 per ocut. 15 April and 15 00t., 1900-- Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c luo 108 140 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873,- Jan. and July Do. 1378 .. Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 1 %9 M.Jbourne Corporate.,.. 1667-75, 6 per cent...." 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja,t , luly lOO 102 101 Natal 6 p c., Api..t. Oct lOO Do 6pe.31 y & Not lOO 108 ltB N. S. W. 5 p•e. '7l to '73 NO 9 9 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1 88 8 to 1890 lOO 99 100 Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to '75 lOO 9, 101 N.Zealand, 6p. at. 1891 lOO • 1)o. 5 percent.... DoJan, Apl,,lu y, 0 t. 100 97 4 94° 96 -- 1)o 6p c. Mar .1z .r 4 ,t 'Ol ItO 103 Liu Do J u .e dz o th , 101 Do l'rov. l Aec Id. 1.0 rieJ 1 2, 1:,56 Aova Scotia 6p. Jae... - an‘; July, 1875 Do 1.5_6.. .... lOO 10i 103 1 051 - Qaeensind. op. c. 'B2-5 100 lib 1(9 108 Do 189, B. Austral. p 0.1869 77 lOO Do 1e78.02 lOO 103 110 Do 1893 19v3. lOl 107 It 8 Tasmanian pc, 1593 lOO 106 107 Do rd. 1803 to 1.!•:9i Victor:a 6p.c. Ja..tJuly lOO ._. _ Do. 1891 Do. do, April ilz Oct lOO 100 lit/ 10 ORDINARY dititANS_AND STOCKS. ihare Railways. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 et Caledonian ... 100 7 1 7* 731 1 f et C4morlan. 21 Cornwall ... all 31 31 it Dublin & Belfast Juno... 100 77 79 it Dun„ E'er th, & Ab.J 100 70' 72 2) East London. all 7 9 ZO 1,0 15 21 Do 10 • Glasgow &S. Western.. 100 PO 11 it Great Eastern .. it Do. E. Angl. Nu.:,.... 100 7 8 at Great North of Sootlana.. 100 16 6 st Great Northern lOO 116 107 at Do. A Stock lOO 108 It 9 1081 ▪ Do. B Mock luo 124 I_o st (2 t.S. and W. of Ireland lou it/ 97 sc. (IL Western -Original lllO 4'l 181 481 it Do. South Wales lOO 52 58 5.1 a. Do. W. Alid.—Uxtort: lOO 25 28 at Do. Newport lOO 28 11 it Lauvashirear. 1 orient/1 lOO .171 a 2tl 1271 at Lon., Brigh.,& S.Cuatit IOU 421 484 CO iO/ Do Scrip .... - at Lon., Chat., and Dovei lOO 16: 171 16/ it Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO it Lon. & North V% ester lOO 112 ,321 1111 12 L Lou. 0011L1L 11 eswru lllO b 7 *9 it Man., Shel., A Lincoln iOu 471 48 it Metropolitan ..... lOO 1C24 ;03 1021 1 at Do Extenslia .. 100 98 1.6 10 Do. Piew rd et Metropolitan District. all 10 Metrop. St. John's 1 , 1 oo I 6 - at M it Do, tiirtnin , A Derb; at N au/ Britian ...... 100 12 ii at Do. Ed., Ytit. , & Dun-. 102 at Icor. aiasttrn—Berwici IOU 26 Do. G. N.E it:USA - et Do Leeds .. lOU : 4 at Do York . 100 i 7 83 at Do Carlis.e . lOO 1'43 130 at Do Stoci. & Darling... lto Iz7 129 at North Lon lon .. lO9 122 121 10 Do New 1818 . . 2 11 2p 31 at North Staffordshire lOO 54 66 at North and Junction 100 103 165 10 Do Now .110 shares 7 ... t Rhymney st Shropshire Union l, 0 55 54 at Soutu Devon at South Eastern lOO 79 74 79 20 Staines, Wok'ham,& Wok all 12 12 it 'tau rate LOU HO 150 .0 Do. C at Waterlora & Kilkenny lOO - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 Eft 1011 st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per coat 199 at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 76 60 st Do. Midland et Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all sti Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. lat Class preference lOO Hs Glas. & S.W. gua.s per et lOO st (It. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 101 97 100 st Do do No. 2 100 96 91 st Do do 6 per eent 100 106 108 st Do East Anglian A6p. c. 100 100 103 st Do do 13 6 do. 100 st Do do C.` 7 do. 100 ... et Do do No. 1, 4 p.c. 100 DU 103 lit Do E. Union 4p. c. gun. 100 09 71 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 1011 st Do do p.c.Way.Val. 1847 100 st Great Northern, 6 per cent 10 ,„ at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 10$ st Do 4, du do do 100 ~„ st Do 6 do at 6p.c. pm lOO et Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 por cent lOO ... sty Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 93 97 st; t.West.— Orig.& J nt.-Rent chg., per gua. b p.c lOO 102 104 st Do. tang,. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c 100 95 10J st Do do 4, per cent. 1850 100 8, 68 st Do do 4 do do st Do do 5 per cent. redem 100 93 95 st Do do Birmingham gua 100 66 70 st Do do do pref... 100 ,„ st Do do Chester gm,. ..... a. 100 „, at Do do du 8 per cent. 100 161 160 st DJ do do 5 do 100 /5 106 st DJ South Wales, gun. 4 p.c. 100 ~, ,„ st Do do 44 p.c lOO ••• st Do do 4 4 1859 lOO Mt Do do 5 st Do West Mid.-Oxford Ist g 10) lei 112 et 1)o do 2d gua lOO 406 108 st Du Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 88 102 st Do do 2d do 100 „, at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 „, 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 9 135 st Do Barnsley, £5 Os 10d p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 136 136 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 97 Ili st London & Brighton, bp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO „.. et Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO ..„ st Do 6 do do lOO ... st Do 5 do No. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent l,O ••• ••• et Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) leO ••• st Da 4do 1859 10 0:0 •• . ..• ••• ••• st London, Chatham, & Diner $ per cent 1 it London and N. W., C. and Nuneaton i per cent—. 100 109 111 at Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO 8 91 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welcupl lOO 88 91 at London and 7 p,c. late 3.1 shares lOO 141 146 Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all ... Man., Slug., & lanclu. 6 p.c lOO 11► 117 Do £6 all par Ipm Do 31 per cent lOO 60 66 Do redeem. 6 percent b Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 134 25.6 d at 6 at 10 at . st Do Bristol , p Birm., 6 . c 100 1 u 133 st Do 41 per cent. redeem 100 97 Si stj Do 44 por cent. irredeem 100 97 it 2 st Do Leicester & krchn, 4 p.c. 100 80 91 at North British, 5 p.c. No.l 100 at Do E.& G. 4p.c.S. & D 100 at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cou.t 100 bt Do Border Union, 51 p.c 100 at N.-Eastern—eons. 4 p.c 100 tit; at Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 93 as st Do U.N..E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. 25 Do York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 101 st Do Stcktn & Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO 103 110 at Do W, Ilartlepool 11. audit lOO 67 8.1 20 North Staffordshire all 20 21 lOs S. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 lOs Do Tavistock Anus., 108 all 9 10 lOs Du Fixed 41 per cent all S 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 4/ per cent lOO st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO 94 st Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 Ibo at Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 48 Closing J3asinese Paid. Price. ciene. RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND iiTOCKR. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 44 p c gun. at Do Scot. Cen. min. 7 p c lOO ... at Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c con. issued at 130 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cont. 100 77 81 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 8 at Do New 5 do, 1162 100 $7 0 st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 84 83 at Great Northern, bp c irred lOO at Du Permanent 5 per cent lOO st Do Boston & Sleard, 44 pc 100 ... st Great West., W. Midi., bp e 100 86 90 at Du Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 85 y 0 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 105 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p e all 191 201 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 st Lund., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 41 do, 1163 100 at Do do b do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 i do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 6do at Lend , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 at Do Metrop. Ex.,136 p.c 100 ... Do do C 6 p.c st London &N. Western, 5p e 100 103 110 at Loudon &S. Western, 41 p e 100 93 9 10 Man. chef. &Lin., i pc, 1865 all $64 st Metropolitan a per cent lOO ... at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 105 107 at Do B 5 do 18 Do p c opt. to COOT. to 100 105 107 Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all lip: 18 Do InconT. New Shares 16 1 fp 22 Do 5p o con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 B4 1 141 i at North Britian, E. and Lt, No. 1, 6 per cant—. . 10$ at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 at Do L., P., & Dun., 2d , 4 pe 160 ... at Do E. &G , No. 2, 5P.° lOO .. as Do N. 8.. 5 p er cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.• 100 at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 4 4 P • 100 55 ST :at North Baatern, 41 par cent 100 k 5 97 at Do Stock. & Dam, D 104 112 114 st North London, 41, per coat (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 6p c lOO ... at South Lawton, 41 pc, 1859 100 • at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 ............. p lOO • at Victoria St. & Pimlic o, 41 e 100 . ." ... ... 104 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED ItENTALS4 at Birkenhead IOU 92 Vi 100 Du. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire st Cheater and Holyhead st fit D i t.. 48i per cent 111000 i 1 11 84 1 1 162 1: 6 at Clydesdale, guaranteed let fit Colchester Stour Valley „ l6O a t Last Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13 . 3 . 1 36 20 Gloster and Dean Forest.., all a Gt. Easn., Newnl., eze., ip.e. 190 • a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6 . 4 71; at Du. du. Woodbrg.Lx., do. 100 ai) 72 70 at Gt. West, W. Slid., ilKef. 100 05 97 80 Hull and Selby ......... all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle...... 100 21 , 213 at London and Blackwall ...... lOU o 3 95 st Do. 41 per cent......... l OU at London , Chat., tte., 41 p e . 1 00 at Do. Cowl. Fund, 4 do. 100 et London and Greenwich ... 100 6 : 2 at Do. do. . Preference... 100 ••• ••• at London, Tilbury, 56 south 100 78 52 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cont... LOU 79 83 at Du. do. 6 do. ... 100 8' Munch., Buxton, &Matlk.., all b 61 5 Midland,at Bradford, Pref... lOU 92 94 10 Mid _Lent Cray Line) ...... all 50 Northern& East , b per cent all 61 66 60 Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Lastara —Hartlepool 100 at N. West. A perp. prof, ip. c. 100 10 . 3 11U at Do B minimum 11 p.c.... 100 at Notting. &Uranth. It. a. C... 100 92 94 25 Preston and Si yre. ltoyatun, Hitch., and Shep 101) 133 135 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 I;is 10 Du du S 2 1 2 at S. Yurksh. and Elver Dun 100 98 leep Do 4 per cent gull,— 10 • 79 81 at D o • 4 du at Viet. Station and Pimlico lot 175 ISO at West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 •40 Du B all 2U Du du C all at Weymouth and Portland IOU at Wilts and Somerset 64 71 DOCKS. st East and Went India lOO 117 11) st Loudon and St. ii.atheriuo DO 53 63 IUU D oDeb. stock, 4 p3r cent al Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 31 38 St Southampton lOO 7lt Li at Storey Ucuuniereial THE REFORM LEAGUE. On Wednesday night a meeting of the council of the .tteform League was held at the offices, Aslelphi-terrace ; Mr. E. Beales in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said the finance committee had not quite finished their investiga tion of the accounts, which were accordingly held over till the next meeting of the council. He repeated that those accounts could bear the utmost possible scrutiny, and there was not the slightest ground whatever for certain insinuations that had been very ungraciously thrown out in certain quarters as to mysterious funds being used by the League. Everything was as clear as day, as it always had been. In the course of the week an unjustifiable attack had been made on them by a journal professing to be friendly to them, with regard to the proposed banquet to Mr. Reverdy Johnson. He begged to say that that attack was wholly unfounded. The League had ncthing whatever to do with the invitation given to the American minister. They were never consulted about it; in fact, they never interfered in the matter at all, until those who had given him an invitation asked per mission to use that room, that they might arrange their further proceedings, and requested that a deputation from the League, as, with others, representing the feel ings and opinions of working men of the metropolis, would meet them at a conference to be held for that purpose. A deputation from the League met them, and felt it their duty to state what was their entire conviction, namely, that they thought there was some difficulty in the matter, and that they were not convinced fhat the proposed ban quet would have the cordial support of the working men of London, their impression being that the working men preferred some other mode of renewing their expression of deep sympathy for their American brethren—renewing those expressions of sympathy to which they had so warmly and opportunely given utterance, in con tradiction to other classes in this country, at the time of the civil war. If, in consequence of the expression of that opinion on the part of the deputation, those who had originated the banquet thought it advisable to give up the idea of carrying it out, the shame, if there be any, did not rest with the Reform League. There was one point upon which there could be no difference of opinion whatever, and that was in their cordially con curring with the sentiments so repeatedly, so ably, and so Ivarinly expressed by Mr. Johnson for the speedy and amicable settlement of all questions in dispute between Great Britain and America. The PRESIDENT then called attention to a petition to her Majesty, praying for the release of the Fenian con victs. Its concluding passages ran thus :—" That after the late terrible civil war in America, in which so many lives were sacrificed, the United States Government did not resort to the principle of severe and now almost obsolete punishments on those who had been the cause of so much national disaster, but, on the contrary, sought, by the exercise of clemency, to induce thenceforth obedience to the laws and Constitution ; may it therefore please your Most Gracious Majesty to exercise your royal prerogative of mercy during this holy Christmas season, by restoring to their sorrowing relatives the political prisoners ; and your petitioners shall, as in duty bound, ever pray." Mr. Beales, and most of those present, signed the petition. The meeting shortly after adjourned. MUNIFICENT BEQUEST.—The late Mr. Bairstow, of Preston, has bequeathed the sum of £5,000, free of duty, to the Albert Idiot Asylum for the Northern Counties. THE MAILS IN THE DESERT.—A newspaper 4espatch of the 28th November from San Francisco com plains of the mishaps of the overland mails :—" The mails from the Ist of October to the 2nd of November, with a few exceptions, are scattered along the route, and will pro- bably be ruined by exposure to the weather. Arizona advices to the 12th of November state that the Indians attacked a mail rider and escort near Wickenburg, and killed the rider and captured the bags, containing two weeks' Eastern and California mails." THE REPRESENTATION OF BRADFORD.—The Right Ton. W. E. Forster has issued his address seeking re-elec tion. Referring to the petition presented against his return, the right hon. gentleman says : " You are doubt less aware that my re-election would in no way affect the inquiry consequent on the petition which has been pre sented against my return at the late election, but as in that petition it has been thought fit to charge me with resorting to corrupt practices, I think it due to you and to myself to say that could I not repudiate the charge as absolutely void of foundation I should feel that it was an insult to the constituency to present myself again before it as a candidate." ExmoszoN ON THE Ram— An inquest has been held at Brighton on the body of one of the guards of the goods train in which an explosion of inflammable oil took place on Sunday morning. Neither the surviving guard, the night foreman, the engine-driver, nor the pointsman, knew anything of the contents of the truck containing the oil, nor had any special instructions been received re specting its dangerous character. The truek belonged to the London and North-Western Railway Company, and had been loaded at the Canada Dock, Liverpool. The in quest bas been adjourned to Monday next, on the under standing that evidence will then be forthcoming on the part of those who despatched the oil, and of the railway company. THE QUEEN'S CHRISTMAS CATTLE.—Previous to :his year it had been the rule to have an annual sale by auction at this season of her Majesty's fat stock of oxen at the Windsor Great Park. This year; however, Messrs. Buckland and Son have sold many of the Scotch, Welsh, and cross-bred at the fortnightly Slough sales, the re mainder being disposed of at the Southall markets, the prices averaging about twenty guineas each, which is rather under those of last year. On Tuesday last Messrs. Buckland and Son disposed of, by auction, the prize cattle fed on the Prince Consort's model farm exhibited at the Smithfield Club Cattle Show. The finest beast was bought by Mr. Webb, butcher, Windsor, for forty guineas, the others averaging £2B each. r INAUGURATION OF THE JUNIOR AMEN...EU:U.- 0n Wednesday night about 120 gentlemen, members of the Junior Athenxum Club, sat down to inaugurate the beautiful house in Piccadilly, which they have lately acquired by purchase from Mrs. Hnpe, the widow of Mr. Henry T. Hope, of Deepdenc. It was built about twenty years ago, by Professor Donaldson, aided by a French architect, who decorated the interior, and it is always re garded as one of the happiest specimens of the architect's skill. The house has undergone but very little altera tion, it having been so constructed as to meet the requirements at once of a residence, a gallery, and a club. It will be remembered that the house was for some years used by Mr. Hope for his Gallery of Dutch Paintings. Three or four of the rooms in the two upper stories have been thrown into one large room as a smoking room, and in this respect, perhaps, as well as in others, the new club is not to be surpassed in Loudon. It already reckons about 500 members, although it has been only about four years in existence. POLICE INTELLIGENCE--This Day. MARLBORO UGH-S MEET. SENDING THREATENING LETTERS TO A DOCTOR.— James Henry Knowles, formerly a servant to Dr. Henry Parfitt, of Pall-mall, was brought before Mr. Knox by Herring, one of the warrant officers, charged with using threats and sending threatening letters to Dr. Parfett. Dr. Parfitt said---Tbe prisoner was formerly my servant, and discharged on the 31st of October for general inattention and dirty habits. While in my service he threatened to burn my hous3 down ; and since he left he has sent me threatening letters, which I well know to be in his handwriting. Dr. Parfitt handed the letters to Mr. Knox, one of which he read as follows : " Dr. Parfitt,—l suppose you got my letter on Sunday. I followed you from Warwick chapel home. There's no mistake if I was a single man I would have been in Newgate. I have not been in bed for three nights ; my wife is fast hurry ing to her grave through your cruel treatment, and you and Mrs. Parfitt are the ones, with all your dupes, that still makes revenge rankle in my heart. . . . I have been offered many a situation without your recommendation, but somethi ng t e ll s me you ought to be punished first. . . . You may thank God my wife was with me in Oxford-street when I met you, or I would make a public show of you. I will linger till every stitch is off my back till I see you. You are a perfect coward. I have composed a bit of poetry, and you shall have it for a Christmas box if you live so long. May God soon take my wife from me, for she would sooner die than speak of you or yours. But come what may, kindness or unkindness, I will have my revenge, so help me God.---I am a madman, "J. H. KNowLEs." The second letter was in similar terms. Dr. Parfitt—l saw him yesterday in Pall-mall, evidently waiting for me. He was hanging behind a cart and looking through the wheels towards me. Mr. Knox•—Was he in the habit of getting drunk ? Dr. Parfitt —I never saw him drunk, but he could not take a good deal before lie would get drunk. He gave way to passion. The Prisoner—Although I wrote the letters I never had any bad intention towards you. I have acted in a strange way, but it was through vexa tion. Ann Leonard and Emily how, two servants of Dr. Parfitt, spoke to hearing the prisoner threaten to tear down Dr. Parfitt's house. Anthony Herring, 60 C, said—Last night, about nine o'clock, I went to No. 10, Monmouth-street, and told the prisoner I had a warrant for his ap prehension, and he said he would go quietly. He said that Dr. Parfitt bad discharged him without a character, and he was determined to know the reason why. He said ha had never assaulted Dr. Parfitt, but would have done so had not his wife been with him, and that he was touching Dr. Par fitt's private history, and meant to expose him, and that he would cover six sheets of foolscap. He also said that be was starving and could not get 3 situa tion, and that he would sooner be in prison than starve. The Prisoner—l have done wrong. lam very hasty, and at times don't know what I do. I have been in the army and a good deal abroad, and what vexed me was that the doctor would not give me the reassn for discharging me. I have lived with other gentlemen, and was never complained of before. Mr. Knox —Before determining what I shall do in the matter, I would like to have inquiries made into the prisoner's antecedents, an i I will therefore remand him. 11 THAMES. ROBBERIES ON TIIE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.— William Chance, a carman in the service of the Great Eastern Railway, was brought before Mr. Flowers (who officiated for Mr. Paget), charged with stealing several parcels of tea, the property of, and in charge of, the Great Eastern Railway Com pany. Last night between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock Charles Stenuer and Isaac Pawsey, police-con stables, stopped the prisoner in Cable -street. fie had two packets under his arms, and the officers asked what they contained, to which he replied " Stockings and aprons I bought some months ago, and I am going to sell them to a mate of mine." The constables then said they were not satisfied with that statement, and took him into cus tody. They had proceeded a short distance to wards the station-house when the prisoner said, " It's no use deceiving you. The parcels were put on my own van by mistake, and I was not honest enough to take them back again. If you go to 183, Cable-street, you will find some more." The parcels were opened, and. found to contain Gibs. of tea. On proceeding to the rear of the prisoner's dwelling, No. 183, Cable-street, the officers found in a yard several other parcels of tea, weighing, in all, 171bs. The officers also found four show cards in the same yard. The prisoner, a young man, who was in a very dejected condition, said he had no questions to ask and no defence to make. Inspector Russell, of the Great Eastern Railway Company's Police, here said—The prisoner is a carman on our railway, and upon the evidence you have given I beg leave to ask for a remand. The goods stolen were booked on our line. Mr. Flowers remanded the prisoner for a week. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A MARRIED WOMAN.---Mary Ann Palmer, a respectable-looking woman, between 30 and 40 years of age, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in the Fulham-road, at four o'clock on the previous after noon. George Sharpe, 160 B, proved the offence. He found the woman creating a disturbance opposite the shop of Mr. Soames, pawnbroker. She was drunk. He endeavoured to get her to go away, but she refused, and collected a large crowd of persons. Defendant said she never was drunk in her life. She had seen her husband off yesterday morning to Brighton, and was quite sober. James Charlton, foreman to Mr. Soames pawn broker, Fulham-road, said that defendant had be haved herself very disgracefully at his shop yesterday. She came in the morning to pawn something, and was much offended at their requiring her to give her name and address, iu order that they might put it upon the ticket as required by law. She then became so offensive that Mr. Soames told her that he would have no dealings with her, and re quested her to leave the shop, which she imme diately did, declaring that she would come again and annoy him whenever she liked. She repeated her visit at four in the afternoon drunk, and, seating herself in the jewellery shop, said that she would stop there and make as much disturbance as she pleased. She remained a length of time until put out by force, when she collected a crowd. Mr. Arnold said that her conduct had been very disgraceful, and committed her for seven days in default of paying a fine of 10s. THE RECENT GALES.-LIFEBOAT SERVICES. POOLE, Dec. 16. Last night (states Mr. G. N. Penney) rocket signals of distress were fired near this place, and the Manly Wood lifeboat of the Society was launched, and found the La Jelin Erneste on shore. The crew who were in a very exhausted state, were rescued by the lifeboat and brought safely to Poole. The vessel was on a voyage from. Brest to Caen. 'rue lifeboat also went to the Augustine, from port l'Abbe to llavre, with salt, and rendered assistance, and that vessel is now safely in harbour. STABBING A WOMAN.—A notorious thief, named James Shaw, quarrelled with a woman named Christina M'Auley, in a house in Glasgow on Monday, and stabbed her several times iu the abdomen with a pocket knife. Tho poor woman is still alive, but in a hopeless condition. After committing the deed the ruffian fell on his knees and begged the forgiveness of his victim. DurrvlLLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is ro commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied i❑ casks and cases for home use or exports, tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Boaufort-buildings, Strand„London W.( —[Ad: vertisement.] TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. "THE SUN" WILL BE PUBLISHED AS USUAL ON CHRISTMAS-DAY. It, EDI flaN SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Eventing. was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.mn. SPAIN. 13,,,...--- (By REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) MADRID, Dec. 17. Colonel Valle lliramon, a Carlist emissary, de tected as the bearer of Republican proclamations, has been arrested at Medina Sidonia, where some disturbances have recently taken place. INDLk AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, Dec. 17. The Mcssageries Imperiale's steamer Nil, with the Reunion and Mauritius mails, arrived here at 11 a.m. to-day. POINT DE GALLE, Dec. 12. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Hoogley, with the India and China Mails, left here for Suez to-day with 50 passengers, and 1,500 packages of merchandise. Bank of England Returns. An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the week.encling he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1868. ISSUE I)E1 Notes issued ....X81,901,190 'tRTISENT. !Govornmt. Debt.Xll,ols,lCo Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion X 31,901,190 .C 31,901,190 BANKING D. Proprietors' Capi tat £14,553,000 Best 3,072,807 Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Say ings' Banks, Commissioners of National 61PARTMENT. Governint. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £14,074,874 Other Securities 17,494,973 Notes 9,176,515 Gold and Silver Coin Debt, and Div. Accounts 5,956,333 Other Deposits.. 17,972,453 Seven Days and other Bills 418,899 .£42,003,492 1'; • £42,003,492 'luau( MAY, Chief Cashier. SITIATING INTELLIGEME. RACING FrxruitEs FOR 1869. JINUARY Manchester.., 1, 2 FEBIIISAItY. - - --- Streatham 11, 12 I Nottingham Spring... 23, 24 Lincoln l6, 17 Obeluisford.... ', ), 26 Harrow lB, 19 I Derby Spri u g :fa, 2ti Mansfield 18 1 _ MA ROIL Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 \Vest Drayton l B, 19 I Shrewsbury spri ng 5, 6 West Somerset 18, 19 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Margate 9 , ) Kingsbury l2, 13 Durham 29, 30 Northampton l6, 17 E psom 30, 31 APitiL. Bromley 1, 2 I .Newmarket Cravon...l2, & a . Aldershot l, 2 Eastbourne l9 Catterick Bridge... ...... 1, 2 1 Lewes '',.) 21 Thi r s k ... 6 7 Croydon... 2, 23 Streatham 8, 9 I - Newmarket Ist Spring 1 _ _ 16, dm MAY. Chester 4, 5, G, 7 1 West Drayton l7, 18 Winchester ll, 12 I Bath 18, 19 York 11, 12 i Manchester l9, 20, 21 St. Albans Salisbury l3, 14 Harp en d en •)]. Doncaster 13, 14 1 Epsom Summer .....20, tu. JUNE. . Croydon 2, 3, 4 Newcastle 22, 23, 21 Newton 2,3, 4 Oldham 22 Ascot ....6, 9, IU, 11 iiibury Club 13 Liverpool Summer ...to, 16 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Windsor 15, 16 Chelmsford Hampton l7, 18 Sutton Park ....29, 80 .11..t.,Y. Worcester l, 2 i Raading 15, 16 Newmarket July 6, ttc. I Huntingdon go, 21 Kingsbury .. 'l, 10 Southampton 22, 22 Poutef !act 12, 13 Stamford .. 4 2, 23 I Nottingham 13, 14 Goodwood 27, 26,29, 30 AUGUST. Brighton 3, 4 Oxford Brighton Club 5 Uanterbury ...... ...... 24, 2J Lewes 6, 7 Y ork 24, 25, 27 Eguam IU, 11 Plymouth ..26 Wolverhatrpton lO, 11 1 Wuldsor August l2, 13 Windsor 12, 13 Derby Summer ...31, S ep. 1 I St. Albans Stockton lB, 19, 2U 1 SEPTEIBER. Warwick_ 7, 8 1 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Abingdon 9, 10 1 Kingsbury... 2.3, 24 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 1 Monmouth... 23, 24 Richmond 21, 22 J .Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, &o. Lichfield OCTOBER. Badford 5, 6 I Cheltenham l9, 20 Edinburgh 6 , 7 , 8 a West Drayton 2l, 22 Leicester 7, 8 i Hereford 2l, 22 Newmarket 2d 0 c t...11, &c.l Monmouth 23, 24 Chelmsford l9, 20 'Newmarket irton ...25, dte. N OVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 I Shrewsbury 15, &c. Liverpool 0, 10, 11. 12 Leamington Hunt &e. IRISH. MARCH. Baldnyle First Spring 18, 19 MA Y. Baldoylo Second Spring 11, 12 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. JAN UARY. Hopgrove 1 1 Coverdale 6 Manchester l, 2 1 St. Albans l9 FEBRUARY. Birmingham r, I 9 18, Harrow Lincoln l6, l9 17 Derby .. 25 MARCH'Liverpool 3 Cambridgeshire M 18 Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 I West Drayton lB, 19 Kingsbury 12, 13 Cre wkerne 18, 19 APRIL. Aldershot 1, 2 I Croydon 22, 23 Bromley 1, 2 MAY. Bt. Albans .. 13 1 West Drayton 17 JULY. ___ Kingsbury 9 AUGUST. St. Albans .17 OCTOBER. West Drayton 21, 22 The Price of Gold. The coarse of exchange at New York on London for ball 3 at 80 days' sight was on the last date about 1,91 percent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gol.i from the Uni: c d ;Ages. tue quotaii.in of gold at Paris is about at par, and tag short exchange on London is 251. We. per LI sterilu.. unoJuiparing these rates with the English Mint price of .tiss tic io4d. per ounce for standard gold, it appe,.,:s that gold ii about I.loth per cent. dearer in London than in Purls. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE.' Australia and New Zealand, via c iouthamptol.....Jull. 2 . Ditto, via Jr useilles ..... Deo 28 Ditto, via Pi..l..ama Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Jan. 4. Ditto, by French packet ••••• • . Dec. 22. Cape Voids, by Br az il p acket • Jan. 4. Cape of Good LlJpe • Ascension. and St. ilelena....Dec. 28. China, Penaug, and Singapore, via Southampton.. Dec. Gibraltar, via Southampton Dec 1) India, via Southampton ...... ...• • ••.. —Dee. uitto, via Marseil.ca .... Dec. 21. Malta, 6,gypt, .. Dec. 19. Ditto, Marseilles.. Dec. 17 Mauritius, Cape of Good 16pe, and Natal. via Sc uthami ton Ditto, Marseilles D'c. 1 i Newfouudia • •••• • • ••• • ..... Dec 13 eurtugal ..................... Jac. 4. United States, k anula , C tillornia, &G., by British packet ......Dec 13. Ditto, by Canadian packet .... Dos ii Ditto, by L i ited tatcs packet ditto (Baitimure) Went Indies and PaJilic ,except Mexico and Balla- was) West Coast of Atri,u, Madeira, au Li Teneriffe ~„,,Dec. 1 7 P e ,kland Islands Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New York Dcc. Bermuda, via Llaiii4X The son of the late King Theodore of Abyssinia has been during the summer months, and still is, residing at Freshwater, in the Isle of Wight. He goes regu larly to school at Bonchurch. Alamayou is still under the care of Captain Speedy, who brought him to England.