The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-16 00:00:00

0 I MARIIE AND CO IMERCIAL INT.ELLIGENCiI CITY, Two o'CLocK • The Government securities to-day maintained the price of yesterday, but the news from abroad respecting the state of affairs iu Turkey and Greece sent down foreign stocks. Metropolitan Railway Shares improved but in other stocks the business was inactive. The rate of discount in the house is 2i to 3. Consols are 924 + for money; ditto, for Ac ount, 924 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 924 1 ; New Three per Cents, 924 4 ; Exchequer Bills £lOO and £2OO, 24 per Cent., 5 prem. India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, shut; ditto Account, 211 x. d. ; ditto, 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1124 111. ; ditto, 4 per 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888,1021 4; ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 91+ ; ditto Debentures, 5 per Cent., Aug., 1873, 1044 ; ditto Bonds, 4 per Cent. £l,OOO, 5 prem. In the Foreign Market a decline has occured in Turkish, Italian, and Peruvian Bonds. Prices are now as follows :—Brazilian of 1865, 78 to ; Chilian of 1867, 96k to 97 ; Egyp tian of 1864, 834 to 4 ; ditto of 1868, 731 to 741 ; Italian of 1861, 56 to 56} ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 3 to 3i premium ; Mexi can, 15 to 151; Peruvian of 1865, 814 to 81i ; Russian of 1866, 891 to 4 ; ditto Nicolai, 651 to 654 ; ditto Orel, 79i to 791 ; ditto Moscow- Jaroslaw, 78; to I ex div. ; ditto Charkof-Azof, 2 to 1 :dia. ; ditto Charcow-Krementschug, 1 dis. to Pat ; Spanish of 1867, 324 to 4 ; Turkish of 1858, 611 to 62f ; ditto of 1862, 621 to 63i ; and ditto of 1864, 39 to 1. In Railway shares prices are as follows :—Metro politans, 1021 to 103 ; London and North Western, 112 to k ; Great Western, 48k to ; Midland, 1111 to 112 k ; London and South Western; 87 to 88 ; Great Eastern 41k to j ; Brighton, 49 to f ; South Eastern, 79 to f ; Great Northern, 105 k to 106} ; ditto A, 108 k to k ; Cale donian, 74 to k ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 16j to 17k. American 5-20 Bonds are 741 to ; Erie Rail• Way shares, 27 to ; Illinois Central, 96 to Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 401 to and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 414 to 421 Lohdon Joint Stock Bank Shares are 351 to 364; London and County, 501 toil; London and West- Minster, 66k to 671 ; Union of London, 381 to 39 ; AnglooAustrian, 71 to 81 prem. ; and Imperial Ottoman 11 to 11 prem. For Miscellaneous shares prices are as follows : Telegraph Construction, 16 to 161 ; National Dis count, 111 to 121 ; General Credit, 2 to 18 dis. ; International, 11 to 11 dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 134 to 13/; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Pref ference 31 to 31 ; and Anglo-American, 21i to 214. No bullion operations of importance took place at the Bank yesterday. The Union, from New York, is announced with £36,900. It is authoritatively stated that the contemplated new Australian Loan for £2,000,000 will not be Placed upon the market at present. The report of the London and River Plate Bank, to be presented on the 21st instant, recommends a dividend of 5 per cent. for the half year and a bonus of 3i per cent. On Change yesterday the rates for bills on Ham burg, and for three months draft on Holland, were quoted slightly lower, but as regards Vienna and Madrid the terms were somewhat more in favour of t his country. The report of the Ceylon Company, to be pre sented on the 22d instant, shows an available total of £13,278, and recommends an interim divi dend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, which will leave £3,485 to be carried forward. At the meeting to-day of the Upper Assam Tea C ompany (Limited), the directors' report, which did not recommend the payment of any dividend, Was adopted. Advices from Frankfort state that the applications for the Alfolder Railway Bonds have been so large that subscribers will only receive 3 per cent. of their subscriptions. At Berlin the subscriptions for the Roumania Railw a y Loan have been very considerable, and t he scrip has been largely dealt in at a premium. An instalment of 30 per cent. is due on the 17th Instant on the Charkoff-Azof Railway Loan, and anothe r of like amount in January. A statement that the expected Victorian Go /'erntnent Railway Loan will be introduced this * Week is understood to be incorrect. The numbers are published of 178 bonds, amount ing to £84,500, of the Turkish Six per Cent. Loan ~c )f 1 858, which h ave b een d rawn b y l o t, an d are to Aeue paid off at par on the I s t o f M arc h. As com ared with the price now curren t i n th e mar ket, the b onus to the holders of the drawn bonds is equiva lent to upwards of 38 per cent. The coupons of the Chilian Seven per Cent. Loan, A 186 61 £1,120,920; als o th e Chili an Si x per C e nt. a n) 1867, £2,000,000, due I s t J anuar y, 1869, ll be paid on and after that date at the counting °llse of Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. The dividends due the 31 s t i nstan t an d th e I s t Ja nuary on the underme n ti one d secur iti es ar e a dvertised for payment, namely, on Italian Five 1 5 er Cents. o f 1862 , D an i sh F i ve per Cents. o f J 76 4) and Zealand R a il wa y s h ares, b y M essrs. C. Ilambro and Son ; and on the Monte Videan 6 nr Cent. European Loan of 1864, by Messrs. Maua a '"ld Co. A s regar d s t h e l atter l oan, Messrs. Maua : 1 4 Co. announce that they w ill b e prepare d on at. e s th of January to p urc h ase , on presenta ti on , t te " the then curren t mar k et value, bonds to the ex ent Of £13,193, bei ng th e amoun t app li ca bl e un d er " sinking fund. jEt appears that Saturd a y, th e 26th i ns t., th e d a y after Christmas Day, will, with ve r y f ew exce pti ons , " kept as a general holiday, and th a t many o f th e Rteat city warehousing firms intend to remain closed ou the Monday also. In various retail trades the 4 2 1 Iday will likewise be kept as a holiday, although 13 ; 4 ° 11 g these houses the Sat ur d a y w ill b e th e d a y h t generally observed both in London and the o'i minute of the Commissioners of Customs, just f a inulgated, makes certain alterations in the scale a jannent of the clerks of that establishment, con ie'rent on the memorials addressed during the past to w Years to the Government. No reply appears t re h ave been attempted to the statements of unjust bod4tnaent exceptionally experienced by the great than of employes in this department, and the a it i ges announced are of a petty character, such, a S aid as rather to augment than diminish the re y . lous irritation. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. (40VERNMENT FUNDS. J6l. Cent. Consols 8 , ttO f or 922 1 xd , Account, 1, 1 154 `-'ent. Reduced 92i i dew 3 Per Cent 1;,4 per Cont. Jan. 1894 4 , 1 1 ,,', 4 per Cent, Jan. 1873 -.iti • ' • ,-- jj eS, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., Isou. p 1. .. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — tkj:_(Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — D o uclner Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per tit — Pin D o' £5OO Ai kk XlllO & £ 2 PmOO 5 P b of England Stock, 4per Cent 0 0. --,• 1 Ar t , ace cut t . d .4t el' At 4 ' per Cent. Bonds — -Colonial Ommtun Ih a , bi ,„, ~ Nizt y '"A GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1:70 . (. (D ek . , 10f per Cent., April 1879 Shut ID °. Poniug, for Account 2ll D o. ;) Per Cent. July, 1880 Do. Certificates Cent., Oct.. 1888 - -1, , bo. ~,;ertificates D o. - s' 4 faced Pape' 4 per Cent 9ll D o. ,Per Cert., Jan. 1872 IJ, 5 1 Per 0,721 t. May 1879 — © Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — De. do. 1877 — D 1) % do. 18 82 — 0 0 7 1 ) ° 13 ., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ lO4l pm I\,. °lads, 4 per Cent., .£l,OOO under .El,000 4r6'elltTittl-aGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. 4 0., 8,„ epublic, 6 per Cent 41 tri zta t ',l) 4.45 paid .. . . B r D o 5 per cent 44 ilia - u 1859 _ I) -11 0 Per ri . li per Cent lat — 1 0 0. "71852 _ do. ' do .) "'i58.... 18.1 i) cdar. Dec. 15. !es Beatrice, T he, drove I by Lady plwich. :BOAT Dec. 14 1 the S.W seen in die' )xfordshire , itution, surf to bef er and the was the o Glasgovii lymouth UII 1 when she , ped severa l ['he master , tried to rtio ship if po o ' Looe Islo l is not much tired by the sooner from lives of the Dec. 12. , E. Isaac' the servic e ver, of the ifeboat was . and heavy ship in the he Margat e , and foun d -ridler Sand lie boat Was ,seed by t he re then pat i the vesse l, ide rising at Harbour' must sou e , en drown ° She vi, e ' s atedly he WOO! [ with mus h sgate Lif e ' were a leo vessel, be' rkBERI O9I 14. belong'llll t this pil e ring a g il ,„ in reply.w ibles, w hieb Vhen, 1 10 ' ew declin ed I to el iclre : ng the 1015 Dec. it hen, Slim ping ab out is likely '- Old Georg e I ns titutil mg side, 511 rVO ',IG-h fof 1 ; Woolo l ci e e : Lth BriP la to e d the ' 4 , - m ple s°cle, in Si ,, nmie s . - /1 00 sion t° re , the ; ider is 6,l ter 5, . 1 41 11:10 0 , 1. - e • 1. 01 of Mill" the S.Zr 3D2 th e ' 3 f l iotvc o l a the deV ot 3d to 1)° : e il Engil3' ting „f IntrY d sseD3b lea t bot :erß ot t ye iven " ae o , i d a jor- 00 0 ation-Oeo ri€ l3 Y /3 Jo' tstefulll tie ling will „ r ad le yes „.- th e live , to tj ilel l l so ssist.-1)v as 1, •! / 3 CP 1 [enrY CIO . 1 0 r lid the iliC t ' te ho So P oo tr Lora 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Uo Account 7Bl 1 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. DJ 2 por Cent. (Deferred 3 por Cent.) OW" 6 por Cent. — Cl,alitua 6 per Cent — no. ii ierCent....... Do. 3 par Cent., — to. 6 par cent. 1867 , — I'o. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo übian, 6 per Cent. Dan,sti, 3 pen. Cent., 1825.• ••••• ., Danubian Principalities, 7 Fer Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 Bl4 Equador New Oonsolidated, 1 per Cent. Egyptian, 7 per Cent — Do Second Issue •• Do. £5•31., Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds ••••• Do. 1864 - Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. 4106 Bonds — English Scrip, 1868 Do do. £45 pd — Government Railway Debentures Greek 5 per Cant., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Acc3uut Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd ltslian 5 per Cent., 1i65 — Do. Account . — Do Mxremmana Railway — ,11exican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account — Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — donterideau 6 per Cent . — Iloorish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada Do 3 per Oen. — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) 1 — Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 811 1 Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.'b 381 Do. do. 1867 3Bl Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid -- Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent. 850 - B7+ Do .44 per Cent., 1860 Do is per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds.„: 894 Do. do. £B4 15s. de , Do., 1866, £lOO 80nd5..... B9l Do. dol £B4 15s. do ,— Do Nicolas Railway 621 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do 4/ per Cent. (Uribarren) . _ Do 4i per Cent.. 1862 Do Account... Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrea Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 IDo do, 1868 Do de, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent., Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 65 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 Do por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent.: 32f 3 Do. A.cc. ant Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the abore payable iu London. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cant. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. Du Account Italian 5 per Gout. 18j1, Ex. 25f. Du. Account s6} CLOSING PRICES Consuls, Money .92k a xd Do. Account, Jan 5 921 xd IMPERIAL PALL I A KEN I HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY. The houso assembled at two o'clock, when the Lord Chancellor, Earl Kimberley, Earl De Grey, the Earl of Bessborough, and Lord Sydney took their seats in front of the throne as Lords Commissioners. The Usher of the Black Rod having summoned the Speaker of the House of Commons to the bar, The Lord CHANCELLOR then read the Speech of her Majesty to Parliament (which appeared in The Sun of yesterday). Immediately after which the Speaker and the members who accompanied him withdrew. The house shortly afterwards adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER entered the house a few minutes before two, and the swearing in of members was proceeded with. At two o'clock the Usher of the Black Rod entered and summoned the house to the House of Peers. The SPEAKER, accompanied by a large number of mem bers, then proceeded to the other house, and on the Speaker's return he informed the house that he had been to the House of Peers, and that he had heard read her Majesty's most gracious Speech to Parliament. The swearing in of members was then resumed, and continued until 20 minutes to three, when Mr. AYRTON moved for certain formal returns, which were ordered. OTWAY. brought up papers connected with Abyssinia. Mr. AYRTON, having made a few observations relative to the presentation of petitions against the return of cer tain members of Parliament, the procedure of which had been greatly altered by the law of last session, said great inconvenience would occur if any discussion on the subject was to take place that day in the absence of the law officers of the Crown. The business therefore, he hoped, would be confined to the issuing of certain new writs, but as all would not be moved for that day, the house would at its rising be adjourned until the 29th of December. He would therefore conclude by moving that the Speaker issue— A new writ for Greenwich, in the room of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, now First Lord of the Treasury. A new writ for Oxford, in the room of the Right Hon. R. Cardwell. A new writ for the University of London, in the room of the Right Hon. Robert Lowe. A new writ for Pontefract in the room of the Eight Hon. E. Childers. A new writ for Birmingham in the room of the Right John Hon. Bright. (Cheers.) A new writ for the City of London in the room of the Right Hon. J. Goechen. - A new writ for Southwark, in the room of the Right Bon. Austin Layard. A new writ for Halifax in the room of the Right Hon Mr. S tansfield. A new writ for Plymouth in the room of Sir R. Collier. A new writ for Exeter in the room of Sir J. D. Cole ridge. A new writ for Bradford, in the room of the Right Ron William Forster. A new writ for Ripon, in the room of Lord John Hay. A new writ for Truro, in the room of Captain Vivian. A new writ for Wareham, in the room of Mr. J. E. Calera t, deceased. The whole of the writs were issued, as a matter of course, until Mr. Ayrton moved for the writ for the city of London, when Mr. Goldney asked whether it was right in the absence of any information whether the seat of Mr. Goschen was claimed by the peti tion that had been presented against the last election for London the writ should be issued. Sir ROUNDEL PALMER was of opinion that the writ ought to be issued, as it was certain the Secretary for the Treasury would not have made the motion had he not taken steps to ascertain whether the seat was claimed or not. To this observation Mr. Ayrton replied that he had taken that precaution before he made his motion. After a few observations from Mr. T. Collins the issuing of the writ was ordered. Mr. Hardcastle gave notice of motion relative to the :game laws ; Mr. Candlish, the coasting trade with France; Sir James Elphinstone, against reduction of workmen in dockyards; Mr. Sheridan, the repeal of the ratepaying clauses of the Reform Act and the resurrection of the compound householder; Mr. Maguire, to look into the London companies that possess estates in Ireland ; Mr. Stavely Hill, against the silk clauses of the French treaty; Mr. Monk, for giving the franchise to members of the revenue departments ; Mr. Fawcett, casting expenses of elections on rates; Mr. Locke-King, assimilating the suc cession of real and personal property; Mr. Whalley, the abolition of the income tax; and Mr. Vernon Harcourt an amendment of the Law of Registration. Tho house adjourned until the 20th December. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evc? Amsterdam Short ... 11 191- ... 11 19 1 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 1 ... 12 11 Antwerp —.... 25 371 ... 25 421 Brussels Hatub ur g h — ... 13 10 ... 13 101 Paris Ditto Mraseilles Frankfort-on-the-Maiu ... 1201 .. 1201 ... 12 20 ... 12 25 Vienna — Trieste — ... 12 20 ... 12 '25 Petersburg ... 31/ Copenhagen ... ~ 9 18 ... 9 '2l Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... _4B _ ... ~..481_ LogLoru SHARE LIST. ORDINARY SHA.U/sI2_AND STOCKS. ;hare itallwaya. Paid. Closing Business Price. done. t Brlatol and Exeter ..,... 100 78 ;8 t Osledtnnan .. 100 74 7ii BL Ud.tuurlan 100 20 au 2) Cornwall all 3} 34 at Dublin & Bellast - J nue lOO 77 79 et Dun„Yertli,& Ab. June 'oo 70 72 2) East London 111 7 9 20 Do i 5 - Do 10 - ,et Glasgow &S. Western lOO 90 91 t Great, Eastern .. .00 411 42 41.4 at Do. E. Angl. No. 3 lOO 7 8 at tirtat North of Scotland lOO 15 .6 at Great Northern lOO IGO 107 106 1 at Do. A. stock at Do, B stock lOO 124 126 at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO SO 97 146 Lit. Western -Original lOO 4e4 481 484 et Do. South Wales luo 5) 15 , Do. W. Mid.-01 tort at Do. Newport lOO 1:8 11 at Lancashire & Yorkhlime lOO Ik7l i 2.51 1274 at Lon., Brigh.,& S,Coast lOO 451 414 19 10) Do. Scrip ..... all - - at 1-on., Chat., and DOvei., 14.1 u 16: 174 161 st Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO - - at Lun. & North Western lOO 112 1121 112 1 at Lon. it South Western lOO b 7 ba 8:1 at Man., She., & Lincoln lOO i 74 48 at Metropolitan ... at Do Extonsian .. 100 98 lt/0 10 Do. New rd at Metropolitan District. all - 06 10 Metrop. at. John's - Woo 1 tl- - at /ti,untud. at Do, Birmin. & Darby lOO 79 bl 80 at Narth British at Do. 11.1 d., Yth., & 10.4 - s 12/ at Nor. alastern-Berwies lOO 891 100 vat 25 Do. G. N.E purchase-16.13.4 - - at Do Leeds ....... at Do York lOO F 7 85 at Do Carlisle - 130 at Do Stocx. 160 127 129 at North Loirlou 10 Do New 1868 . . 2 11 2 p at North Staffordshire lO9 54 6S at North and S.-W. Junction 100 108 105 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 t Rhymney at Shropshire Union 1( 0 65 56 at South Devon at South Eastern lOO 79 7v4 20 Staines, Wok'ham, & Wuk all 12 18 at Tau vale 10) 145 150 10 Do. C at Waterford & Kilkenny lou - - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCIU. st Bristol and Rioter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 l9O st Do. Scot. N.E., 4. per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, guy. 6 p.c lOO ... at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO at D. do. Ordinary llO 78 81 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all sti Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. let Class preference lOO at Glee. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO st Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 97 110 st Do do No. 2 100 96 9J at Do do 6 per cent 100 106 108 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 at Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 6 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1847 100 et Great Northern, 6 per cent le at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 4 i do do do 100 at Do 6 do at sp.c. pm 100 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO st; Gt. Nrth of Scotland, lst pf 100 at • Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO atj G t.West.—Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua.6 p.c lOO st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 at Do do 4 1 per cent. 1850... 100 at Do do 4 do do ... 100 st Lo do 5 per cent. redem. 100 at Do do Birmingham gua.. 100 at Do do do pref... 100 at Do do Chester gua lO5 at Do do do 8 per cent lOO at Da do do 5 do 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 4/ p.c lOO t Do do 4 1 1859 lOO at Do do .5 st Uo West Mid.-Oxford Ist g 10) at Do do gua lOO at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO at Do do 2d do 100 at Do gua. 5/ per cent. 1863 .100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 4/ p.c. all at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 at Do Barnsley, x 5 3810 d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 at Do 4/ (Blackburn purch). 100 at London & Briglatou, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO st Du 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do Ns. 4 lOO atDo 7 per cent....... ........ . at Do 6 do (W.E. & (IP.) 100 at Da 4 do 1659 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO at London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 6 per cent lOO 109 111 st Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO 8 91 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 at London and n.-W. 7 p,c. late 3d shares, lOO 141 146 25.6 d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s 6d) all at Man., Shef., &Lincln. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do at Do 3/ per cent lOO 60 66 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent b st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 115 100 103 69 71 N 97 102 104 103 95 10J 8j 88 86 7i 76 78 78 93 95 65 70 150 160 95 100 ii 2 106 193 SS 92 ... ... ~ 1 • 135 130 135 57 lee . ..-- st Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c 100 1.0 133 st Do 41 per cent. redeem 100 97 9J et, Do 44 per cent. irredoem 100 97 92 st Do Leicester & H'chn, 4 p.c. 100 89 91 st North British, S p.c. No. 1 100 ..• st Do B. &G.4p.c. S. & D 100 st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t 100 st Do Border Union, 51 p.c 100 ... - st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c 100 St SS st Do 44 per cent. redeem 100 9J 95 at Do (I.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO . . 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. .:. 25 Do York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 104 st Do Stcktn & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 108 110 st Do W, Hartlepool H. and H lOO 87 8) 20 North Staffordshire all 29 21 lOs S. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 lOs Do Tavistock Anne., lOs all 919 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Aims., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 44 per cent lOO st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ••• •.• at Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 160 et Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pe 100 41 43 BAILWA.YS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 4/ p c gua. at Do Scot. Cell. min. 7p c lOO st Do 4/ p irredeem all st Do 4p e con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 4/ per cent. 100 77 81 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 83 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 87 90 st Do do 4 do, 1864 lOO 84 83 st Great Northern, b p cirred lOO at Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO at Do Boston & Sleard, 44 pc 100 ... at Great West., W. Ilidl., 5p a 100 86 90 at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 85 90 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 108 105 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p a all 194 20/ at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... 5 Lana. and York. New 4/ per cent till July, 1871 2 st Land., Brig., &c., 4/ pc, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 4/ do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ... at Do No. 6 5 at Do No. 7 do at Lend , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c 100 . et London &N. Western, 5p e 100 101 110 st London &S. Western, 4/ p c 100 93 9 i 10 Man. Sher. & Lin., 5 pc, 1665 all 884 at Metropolitan 5 per cent. Midland, A 5 per cen t pref. 100 105 107 at Do B 5 do lB Do p e opt. to cony. to 10 0 105 107 Ord. 4tk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 1/ 14p 18 Do Inconv. New Shares 16 tP 22 Do bp a con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 ...... 8/ 1 lip at North British, E. and G.ll No. 1, 8 per cent.— .. 100 at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... s t Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pe 160 ... at Do E.& G , N 0.2, i p.e . 100 .. 70/ at Do N. 8.. b per cent, 186 . 2 100 at Do B. & G., N 0.3, 5 P.O ... 100 ... at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 4 / p c 100 56 57 : s t North Eastern, 4/ per cent 100 1.5 97 at Do Stock. & Dart., D 100 112 114 lit North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) ........ 100 101 103 . at North Staffordshire p c... 100 at South Eastern, 44 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 6 do, 1864 .............. 100 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 44 pe 100 _ ..., ... 102} I 1 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT F D RENTALS ) st Birkenhead lOO az 91 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire at Cheater and Holyhead lOO 64 66 st DO. 81 per cent. at Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Stour Valley *.• at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. e lOO 133 135. 20 (fluster and Dean Foreat.., all a Gt. Easn., Ne wru., &c., 6 p.c. 160 *** a Du. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.e 100 69 72 st Do.do. Woodbrg. Ex.. du. 100 69 72 70 st Gt. West ,W. Mid., 'Jere!. 100 95 97 70 60 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21 t 213 at London and. Blackwall lOO 93 at Do. 41 per cent lOO ••• at London, Chat., &C., 41 pc. 100 ~, ••• at Do. Com. Fund, i do. 100 ~, st London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 z 2 at Lowestoft, guts 4 per cent lOO 79 83 st Du. du. 6 du. 61 Mauch., Buxton, &Munk all 5 51 st Midland, Uradford, Pref IOU 92 Vi lc, Mid Rent Cray Line) 50 N orthernl East , 5 per cent all 62 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all ••• •.• st IN. Eastera —Hartlep00l at N. West. A perp. prof, sp. c lOO 10 s 110 st Du B minimum 11 p.c lOO ~, at Notting. &Urauth. E.. 6.; C lOO 92 'di 25 Preston and 11 yre all 41 46 Royston, Hitch.' and Shep lOO 133 135 at Shrewsbury and Hereford lOU 133 135 alt 0 S. Yoproksh.. and Rdivuer Dun 10d0 928 i 110 UP st Do 4 per cent gua lO 79 81 at Do 5 do •.• all 97 99 at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Du du B all 2U Du du C all at Weymouth and Portland lOO „, st Wilts and Somerset 64 71 DOCKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 124 124 114 10 Do B lO 54 6 4 5 4 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Angle Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint B,lll IR 19 173 3 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 186 G, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian ...... ... 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm...„, 5 ... ••• 26 Bank of E g ypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 33 00 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 87 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19.. 50 British North A mer i can 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, ~nd China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China 20 City ............... 19 11 12 100 Colonial 25 40 42 10 Consolidated, lint. . . 50 Delhi and London, lint ~ 25 ••• 50 East London, lim ......... 5 -. 1 1 9 3 '2O English and American 20 English Bank of ltio de Ja neiro, Um ...... . 20 English, .•,, coltish, and Aus tralian Chartered ..... - 284 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Cor poration all ... 284 Do new 100 Imperial, lint 20 Imperial 0tt0man.......,..., 10 1 11 11j :e5 lonian ............................. all 37 29 25 Do new .. .. . 20 Lnd Mortgage of India lim 4 31 34 100 Do sp. c. D e b s. lB6 4, 30 all 1 .76 78 82 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 80 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 81 32 12 20 Do new 71 61 5 1 100 London &River Plate, lira. 40 7 9 48 1 2b Do new 10 11 13 20 Loudon Chart. of Australia all 384 241 50 London and County ... . ... . . 20 SO 81 504 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 ... ••• 50 London Joint 5t0ck......... 1 354 864 351 20 London and liouth Arican al 1 12 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ... ... 50 London & Venezuela, lint... 121 ... • • 100 London and Westminster. 20 66 63 664 7 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm........, 21 684 614 84 1 100 Merchant, lint .................. 2: 7 6 10 Metropolitan, lint ............. all 81 7 4 Of 100 Midland, lim.. ................. 2/ 1.1. pr Id 4 5 National of Australia ...... 4 21 25 National of Liverpool, lint. 15 lOO National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do 42 ... ... f.,0 National.. 20 New South Wales all 42 44 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 411 43 21 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. II 1 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 19 81 10 Do new. all ••• ••• 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 13 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 18 ... ... 25 Union of Australia, all 48 49 481 1 100 Union of Ireland, lira 50 Union of London st East and West India lOO 117 110 st London and St. Katherine 100 53 55 We I) °Deb. stock, 4 par cent al., Ilillwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 31 36 st Southampton lOO 71 73 At Surrey Cummercial THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, IE6B. MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lint all 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lint 10 pr ip 10f 11 10, 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 It at Atlantic Telegraph lO 27 29 281 at Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 9 7 s c i 10 Berlin Water Works, lint. all 13/ 141 10 Do. New 6 II iti 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 6 Bombay Gas, lint. all 81 4 5 Do. New 4 if Of 59 British American Land 44 17 20 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 161 170 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 X/ 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 07 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint ri if lid 20 Ceylon Company, liin. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 6 4f SI 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 8 4/ 3fd SO City of Milan Improv. lint all 6 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lint... all 2 6 50 City Offices, lint 25 24, 231 d ; 1 50 Colonial, bin. Do. . , _ P ip 50 Commercia', Union (Assur) s 10 Company of African Mer chants, lira. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 171 Isi 25 Copper Miners of England, prof 71 per cent. 109 Corporation of London Muds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1081 1044 100 Do. 1879 , 4; per cent. all 104 104 100 Do. 1882 41 per cent. 'all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fou. of England, lint. all 14 2 4 2 & 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 3 2 d • st Crystal Palace lOO 20 22 21 4 204 at Do. Preference lOO 96 101 at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 195 11U 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, lien. 60 East ludiau Land Credit and Finance, lim 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 13 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lien. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Uua. by Egypt. Gov all 894 884 8)1 f j 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 4,1 4sd, st Electric & Inter. Telegraph lOU 235 240 10 Do. New 8 9 lip 3 Eng. & Austral. C o pper, lint 2/ 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 5 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. al arMa, lint. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 14 11,1 20 Fore-streetWarehouseann l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued. at 1:85 all 831 841 60 Gellivara, lim 10 General Credit & Die., • 74 2' 11 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 110n13&Co1 Marine In. lien. 5 41 31,1 10 Hong Kong and China Gus all ... 20 Hudson's Bay all j 13 14/ 13. 314 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lim 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO ... 20 Intorna. Financial Soc, lira 5 11 14 20 Intorna. Land Credit, lim. 6 6 4d 60 Italian Laud 20 Italian Inc.r (Can a l Ca your) all j 2 24 100 Do. 6p. c Bds., redeem. 1870, issued al) 50 Land Securities, 1int........., b '2ld 25 Loudon African Trading_ 10 7 5d 2.5 Lou. & Caled. Marine, lim. 6 ••• "d 10 London County Land and Building, lien. 5 Lond. Provinci a l Tel• lint all •34 34 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all 4 1P 80 Lond. Financial lasso., lint 30 23 224 4 Loud.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 14 2 115 16 60 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lien 25 22 17d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 Id pr st Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gua. sp.c. by India Gov. 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lina.. . 10 Mediterra. Ext en. Tel., li za , all 4 41 80 Merchant Shipping, lira a ll 36 41 50 Millwall Iron Works, lim l2/ ••• ••• 10 Natal Laud and Colonisa tion Co., lint. ............. 9 31 2 1d 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 12 121 25 National Prov. Marine, lim. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, Ba l . all 81 94 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 3 2 , 1 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint. 3 14 ld 5 110 w Quebrada, lint... .. 4.4.0 41 34 25 New Zealand Lo an & Meta cantile Agency,lian ........ IP 25 New Zealand Trust Loan, lim ...................... 1 4 1 4 10 Northern Assaen Tea, lira. 5 7 10 Do. B ................... all 1 ° st North Brit. Aust ra l ., 100 33 42 50 North Brit. & Mercan. 1n... 64 1U 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 16 .50 Oriental Financial, lien ...... al ...d 6 Oriental Gas, lim. .......... all 7 7 1 Do. New.........., . ........ 1 t IP 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim ......... 2 ld fp ...... 5 Ottoman Gas, lint „'•"""' a ll 1 1 2 1 10 Panama, New Zealand , „ d Australian It. Mail lent all 2 24 6 Do do. ...... ...... all 111 at Peel R. Land& Minera lint 100 32, ,34 30 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 64 56 50 Do. Now 186 7 ......... 10 Id pr 25 Reuters Telegram ............ 24 30 Sip 50 Rhymney Iron ............... ....... • all 19 20 15 Do. New ........ all 51 6 26 Rio de Janeiro City a ll 131 191 20 Do. Gas, ...... all 23 24 100 Royal Mail Steam ............ 60 48 80 st Scottish Aust. Invest., lint. 100 110 114 at Do. 6p. c. Guar. Prof. 100 .• ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint. 10 • 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.do l'Empire Ot. 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint. 6 ••• ••• 25 South Australian Laud all 35 36 et Submarine Telegraph ..... 100 98 Os 1 Do. Scrip ............ all 1 4 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim. all 154 16 1 64 16 20 Thames and Mersey M ar i ne (Insurance), ......... 2 24 2: 4 5-16 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint_ 84 10 Trust & Agency of Aus a lim. 1 1 P 10 Do do. do. all a . 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 jd p 50 Union Marius L'pool, li m. 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, 1int...... all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., Cm. 6 1/ •4d U. Kingdom Tel. Co., HM, all at 5.1 54 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 34 31p 20 Universal Marine (In.), lien 5 1 alp 10 Upper Assam Tea, lan all 3 4 30 Van Dieman's Land 284 7 8 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 76 76/ 764 al 50 Warrant Finance, lint. l2 1 2 10d 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 2O 4 3d 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO ::: :::a COLONIAL GOVEJINISISNT SICCURITIIM . . British Columbia, 6 per cent., lOO , 1)0. 1895.. lOO —..— Can.Gov.6p.c.Jan.v&July Do. 6 7 108 107 i p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 105 Do. sp. C. Mar. & Sept lOO 105 10 Do. SP. O. Jan. . July l OO 93 94 Do. sp. c. Inscribed 8k lOO go 92 Cape (I.llope, 6 p.c.1873 lOO 102 104 D0.Ap1.&001 1890-19 00 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 .. •• 100 108 110 Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 16 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c.- 100 108 Ile Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. .3, OM — Jan. and July ....•• lOO 104 106 Do. 1878 .. ... .. 100 106 08 Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 tOB Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 19c1 111,1 bourne Corporate.,.. 18.37-7, 6 pc: cur. .... 100 _ N.1.3.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July Natal 6 p et, Apl & Oct lOO Du 6pc. M y & Nov . 100 106 108 S. W. 5 p•c. ' '7l to 73.. 100 99 101 Do. 5 c. rd p.c. 1888 t 89 o 5.. 100 to '7 16.. 100 99 100 100 i .. '67 .N.Zealan p d, 6p. Ct. 1891.. 100 99 101 • Do. b per cent.... ..... 100 97a a Dojan, Aprl,Ju:y, 0 t 100 g7i 984 051 Do 6p 0. Mar & dept '9l )CO 10 8 110 -- Do June & Dec, 1-91 •• • 100 109 al 1 071 Do Pro , . AucEld. 1,0 et rie 1 2, 1=96.. Nova Scotia 6p. c Jan and July, 1875 1)0 1886 lOO 101 103 - Quecnslnd. 6p. 0. 'B2 5 lOO 1.8 lig Do 1891 . . S. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 lOO _ Do 1878.02 lOO 108 110 Do 1893 1908 lO3 107 ICB Tasmanian t, pe, 1895 lOO 106 107 10.1 Do rd. 103 to IS9/ Victoria 6p.0. Ja..t.July„ 100 Do. 1t 2 91 —7 Do. 10, April Jt Oct lOO 109 110 1021 CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. .FROM OUR OWN i3ORRESPONDRN'►'- _ l PARIS, TUESDAY, December 15, The deputies of the Corps Ldgislatif are returning in large numbers to raris for the reception of January 1. The meeting of the Corps L4gislatif is fixed for the 11th, as I mentioned in a previous letter. It is probable that there will be a severe contest for the seat left vacant by the death of M. Berryer. M. Gambetta, the rising lawyer, is the Opposition candidate. lle is one of the most rising men in France, and one of the most unpre• possessing in appearance. The Imperial villegiatura has come to an end. - The fourth and last series of guests at Compigne, has taken leave of the Emperor and his family, and left for Paris. The Imperial party will shortly follow. It is pretended that Senor Olozaga has been dining with his old sovereign in the Rue Rivoli, and that Prim and Serrano, discouraged by the aspect of affairs at home, were disposed to treat with the ex-Queen. All this is absurd. What does seem probable is, that Olozaga has asked to be received formally as the Spanish Ambassador at Paris, and has been definitively refused by M. de Moustier. Sojourn in Paris—which is not, by the way, the most likely place for moral conversion—has produced a great change in the ex-Queen Isabella's mode of life. She promenades the French capital incessantly, goes to the Palais Royal in the morning, then to the Champs Elysees or on the quays, and afterwards to inspect some of the sights of Paris. These expeditions are of the most deco rous character, the Queen being invariably accompanied by the King and the Prince of the Asturias, who look terribly tired of acting as escort—whilst Marfori, who is undoubtedly in Paris, is rigorously kept in the background. The evenings are almost invariably spent en famille. her Majesty has become completely acclima tised here, and has so far forgotten her misfortunes as to take in the Liberty, where she will see her people exhorted almost every day to establish a republic. Father Claret is said to be a great conversationalist, and likewise no small gourmand. " Miss Milton," the dramatised " East Lynne," has had a most favourable " run "at Compilgne. It created great emotion amongst the loyal ladies, the Empress weeping freely at the harrowing situations which Mrs. Henry Wood has conceived so well and executed so indifferently. The Alonitcur de l'lndre says that two inhabitants of Vierzon have so perfected the construction of the velocipede, that it can now be moved by the mere weight of the body, This is one of the nearest approaches to perpetual motion that mechanical ingenuity has yet devised. A woman has just died at Avranches, aged 105. Her husband, who survives her, is 103 years of age—a concur. rence of longevity which I believe is without parallel. Admiral Persano, who was condemned to the loss of his grade for the faults committed at the battle of Lissa has been refused his pension. THE WEATHER TABLE. --THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. Extreme Sea Wednesday, t' 7- F. 0 Dec. 16, D. T. W. Ito F. D. WR. Ito 8 a.m. 12 9 Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields . 29 - 2Ef. 42 41 N.W. 7 7 S. Ir. 0 '36 1 4 Scarborough 29'07f. 46 44 W. 6 7 W.S.lV.'h.crlO'4o, 4 Yarmouth 29'4of. 47 44 S.S.W. 3 3 S.S E. r.b. '0 18' 3 Helder Cuxhaven Skudesiuus _ Ardrossan 29'12f. 43 42 S.S.W. 2 6 S.W. c.r o'2l 1 Green castle 29'06f. 45 44 S.S.W. 2 4 W.S.W. r.c.!0'03, Holyhead 29'17f. 48 46 S.S.W. 7 7 C. i 0 401— Liver pool Valon tia Cape Clear 2.9 14r. 47 145 ,W.N.W. 9 11 5..! o. c.' 0 - 20 25' ' 6 8 Roch es Pt 2918r. 44 f 43 I W.S.W. 5 9 S. 'o. !O 35i 4 Penzance Plymouth . 29 44r. 150 48 W.S.W. 6 10 S.W. r.c. (:/*C•6, 5 Weymouth 2946 r. 149 47 i S.W. 5 6 , E.S.E. 0.r.:0'541 2 Portsmouth 29'495. 47 45 W.S.W. 6 8 S. o.r. '351 3 London 29'44f. 43 461 S.W. 3 9 S.W. ,cr.b 0'36 , Cpearis Nez 29 55f. 50 48 W. 7 8 W.S.W.' r.c. o'o3 l 4 Brest — r; o rietit . • 29'63r. 50 50 W.S.W. 8 3 t.o. 0'22 C Roch efort Biarritz .. • . 29'93r. 59 S. 8 o. 9 Como na —.— Brussels -- Paris Strasbourg — Toulon , 30'05f. 54 S . S . W . 5 4 I S.S.W. m. 6 Heart's Con-' tent (9 a.m. local time) EXPLANATION Barometer corrected and reduced to 2 dcg. a rea level. The letter C.. rising : f.. fa113 2, g : P.. ateady—indicate direct!, 21 of motic•n oft e mercury within last 14 hears. Thermo/sitter elrosed in shade Extreme Tone with itFDirection duimg last 24 hours. Z.—calm Weather: 13.—Llue sky ; c.—cicres, netraed f .—fog h ha I.—llghtuti g :m.—misty, !.rap : o. Urn cat t. cull ; r.— rain :5. snow t.—thunder. MIL-fall. mos or hail (melted) during last 24 hour Sea disturbance. REMADE'S. Pressure has Leen oscillating greatly since yesterday morning : after two p.m. a sudden depression took place at most statims, amounting to nearly half an inch au the N.E. coast of England. In the S.W. readings are higher again. Pressure is very low, except in the S. of England, and the thiference between readings at L'Oriont and Shields is 0 nin. Temperature is lower : the change has been most in the north. Yesterday afternoon the south-westerly gale freshened again, and blew very hard in the Channel and on the S. ooast of Ireland. During the night the wind drew to the westward, and is still strong In the W. of France, but has moderated on our coasts. In Scotland light winds are reported. Much rain has fallen on the E. and Channel coasts. Fain is falling at places, and the sky Ls clondy. The weather is still unsettled. Sea very high in the Bay of Biscay. Warnings issued to the E. coasts. RE-ELECTION OF MI?. GLADSTONE. The Conservatives have apparently decided not to oppose the re-election of Mr. Gladstone ; the Standard speaks of the event as certain. A numerously attended meet ingof the Liberal committee at Greenwich has just been held with the object of returning Mr. Gladstonewithout expense to him. It was resolved that the hustings should be erected on Blackheath (if there were no legal objection), and it was stated that 20,000 persons would be present at the nomination if the weather were fine. The Premier will be proposed by Mr. Angerstein. MR. G. F. TRAIN. In the Court of Exchequer, Dublin, on Monday, Mr. Monroe renewed the application made to the Court on a previous day by Mr. Butt, Q.C., to set aside the fiat under which Mr. Francis Train was arrested and imprisoned in the Four Courts, Marshaisea. The Chief Baron pronounced the unanimous judgment of the Court, refusing the motion. Mr. Train—how discharged we have not heard—arrived here (says the Cork Constitution), from Dublin, on Sunday, about a quarter before two. " His arrival was expected, and there was a large gathering of his Fenian friends to meet him. The platform was filled with them, and when he stepped on it he harangued them in his usual violent and frenzied strain. Calling on them for three cheers to prove that they joined in the sentiment, ' God dam n E ngland,' ho exclaimed, May God damn England, and sink (or send) her down to Hell The pious prayer was one sure to be heartily echoed, and the cheers were given. He added that he was then on his way to New York, and that the three ' martyrs' should be sent home to them in a British man-of-war, and that if this wasn't done in ninety days the United States would declare war against England, and there would be an end of her rotten old Monarchy. Our apology for printing the words of this miserable mountebank arc that some hero may see what sort of a creature it is they were once running after." S.UIPTVRECKS. Storms and shipping disasters continue to ue reported. At Falmouth it blew during all Sunday night a fearful gale. At the same place on Sunday morning the Danish brigantine Cosmopolite, of Copenhagen, Bruce master, from Porto Plata for Cuxhaven, got embayed near Gerrans, to the eastward of St. Anthony's lighthouse, and came to an anchor with the wind from the south-east. To prevent her drifting on shore both masts were cut away. She was safely towed to the dock breakwater without any loss of life. At Weymouth on Monday the Suomi, of Finland, was forced to put into Portland Roads by stress of weather. As soon as she was moored, a boat with three men, one of them being a food contractor, put off to her. The contractor having received his orders, was just on the point of returning, when the captain determined to go as - bore, and got into the boat, which pulled shorewards, with a heavy sea run ning. When about half a mile from the pier an immense rolling wave struck her, and caused her to fill. An attempt was made to lighten her by baling and throwing overboard part of her ballast, but in vain. A volunteer crew manned a boat to go to the rescue, but before they could reach her she was again struck by a heavy sea and capsized. Two of the meu were drowned, but the captain and another were saved by clinging to her, as she floated bottom upwards. Casualties and lifeboat services are reported from various parts of the coast. A lettter from Mr. F. Wright appears in the Not tzgleanz Unardian stating that Colonel Wright has no intention of resigning his seat. The Lord Justices of Ireland, says the Dublin Mail, are Lord Strathnairn and the Lord Justice of Appeal. The late Chancellor (Mr. Brewster), of course, is not included in the number. We regret to learn that the Countess of Mount Edgcumbo is seriously ill at Cannes. The Countess is daughter of the Duke of Abercorn. Ills grace Las been summoned to Cannes from Ireland to see his daughter. The Bishop of Salisbury is suffering from such a severe attack of prostration of the nervous system as to be obliged to refrain from taking part in the business of his diocese. Prayers are offered up in the cathedral and parish churches for his ordsltio's recovery, POLICE .11V TELLIG EIyCE-- This Day. WE SLUE\ STEM. SEIJOUS CHARGE OF STABBING.—Mary Hylen, a woman about 30 years of age, was placed at the bar charged with feloniously assaulting and wound ing her husband by stabbing him in the back with a table knife. The police said that the injured man was lying in the hospital in a precarious state. Matthew Page, police-constable 101 S, sworn—l was on duty at Chelsea, last night, and at about 11 o'clock I was told that a man had been stabbed near the back of the White Horse, in Church street. I went there and saw the prisoner, her husband, and another man in a cab going to the hospital. Prisoner's husband was wounded. I asked who had stabbed him, and was told by per sons in the crowd that his wife had done it. I got on the spring of the cab and rode with them to the hospital, and there I learnt the wife had stabbed Mr. Arnold—Who told you? Witness—Her husband in her presence. Mr. Arnold—Did she make any reply ? Witness—She said she gave him a slight blow. After the man's wound had been dressed I told the prisoner she would have to accompany me to the police station. She said it would not have hap pened if he had not first taken a knife to her. While she was being charged at the station the in spector inquired if I had got the knife, and she said I should find it on the table in her room. I went to the first floor front, at 20, Laurence street, Chelsea, and I found the knife I now pro duce upon the table there. Mr. Arnold—Did the husband give you any ac count of the transaction? Witness—He could not. Ho was so seriously injured the doctors would not allow him. It was believed that his lungs were penetrated by the knife. William Budding, 19, Laurence-street, Chelsea, said—Last night I was returning from work, and was at my own house when I saw the prisoner standing at her door undressed. I saw her husband running away. lie called out " She has stabbed me." I followed him. Ile was bleeding from the left side. He would have fallen, but I caught him. I got a cab and took him to the hospital. Mr. Arnold—Prisoner, have you anything to say ? Prisoner—My husband came home drunk last night, and I went down to let him in. He followed me, and when he got upstairs took up the knife and said he would kill me. I wrenched the knife out of his hand, and in the struggle he fell on one side, and I fell with the knife. Mr. Arnold—Had the husband been drinking ? Page—He'had been drinking. Prisoner was remanded. MARLBOROUGH STREET. A CHILD CHARGED WITH SERIOUSLY INJURING ANOTHER CHILD.—Wm. Dear, about seven years of age, appeared to answer a summons charging him with assaulting Elizabeth Daley, a child of a simi- .ar age. The defendant having been placed on a chair, so .hat he might be seen by the magistrate, Mr. l'yrw hitt, The complainant was sworn, when she said that she lived in the same court as the defendant, Pul tency-court, and that on the Gth Nov. she was in Broad-street, when she saw the defendant, who was coining home from school, and ho threw a piece of slate at her and hit her in the eye, he re marking at the time, " I'll hit you a smash in the eye." The defendant afterwards on her stopping kicked her iu the eye with his foot and then went home, and she went home too. Iler eye was after wards very bad, and she had lost the sight of it. In answer to the defendant's grandfather, the complainant said she had done nothing to the de fendant. Mary Ann Gibbons, a little girl, said that she was returning from school with the complainant, when the defendant said, " You are Irish, and go to the ragged school." The complainant said, " We are Protessans" (meaning Protestants), and the defendant thee threw a bit of slate at complainant, and hit her in the eye; and on the complainant stooping down the defendant kicked her in the eye. The complainant's parents said that in conse quence of the injury to the complainant's eye she had become affected with cataract, and they be lieved would lose the sight of the eye. For the defence it was stated that the defendant took up a handful of mud and threw it at the com plainant, and that there might have been unknown to him a piece of slate in it ; and it was also stated that the complainant had had something the matter with the eye for some months past. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that at the same time he had no doubt au assault had been committed on the complainant, he did not believe the whole injury to the eye was caused by the defendant, as cataract did not come in a week or two. Jeffrey, one of the summoning officers, said he knew the boy, who was rather a vicious child, and and was encouraged in it by his father. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should fine the defendant 10s. and costs, or seven days, and perhaps that would act as a lesson to the father. THAMES. AN ACCOMPLISHED BRUTE.—James Wright, an ill conditioned sullen-looking man, a bricklayer, of Regent-street, Mile-end-road, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with assaulting his wife. The prisoner is the second husband of the com plainant, and when she married him she had six young children and a little money, which was all he married her for, and he soon squandered the greater portion of it. Failing to comply with his demands, he commenced ill-using her and led her a miserable life. Last night he demanded money of her to expend in drink, and on her refusal to give him any he knocked her down and kicked her. Her screams and cries for help, brought a police-con stable named Penny, No. 514 K, to the house. It was five minutes before we could gain admis sion, and he was let in by Mrs. Wright's son. The complainant was then lying on the floor in the passage insensible, and bleeding copiously from the nose and mouth. He raised her, and took the prisoner into custody. The woman's eyes were blackened, and her body and head extensively bruised. The prisoner made no defence, and Mr. Benson, after commenting on his brutal con duct, sentenced him to three months' imprisonment and hard labour, and at the termination of that period to find bail himself in £5O and two sureties in £25 each to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for three months longer. If the sureties were not provided the prisoner would be six months in gaol. SHIPPING INTELLIVENCE. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.W.; raining. Arrived, Dec. 15.—J. L. Pye, from New York; Water loo, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Souvenir, steamer, from Brussels ; Adalia, steamer, from Trieste. Sailed.—Chaa-Sze, for New York; Cologne, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind, W.S.W., fresh. Anchored.—Klein Kinderen, front Hardingon, for Gibraltar. Foreign Nail Packet List. MAILS DUE.' Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton ,Jan. 2 Ditto, via J r useilles 1 ) -sc 25 Ditto, via Pia arna Dee 2d. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Jan 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape: Verde, by Brazil packet .... Cape of Good Llope, Ascension, and St. Helena Dec. 28. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Dec. 19. tlibraltar, via Southampton India, via Southampton 'Atte., via Marseilles . .. Dec. 21. Halts, Egypt, &a .. .... Ditto, Marseilles Dee. 17 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton Ditto, Marseilles ~ Dec. 13 Newfoundland ••• • ..... ...... Dec lb Portugal • •-• •• • • ...Jan. 4. United States, Canada, California, &c., by British packet ~.,.,.Dec 19. Ditto, by Canadian packet .... De„ 13 THIBJJ EDITION & SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sul " of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day Mars.. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BROMLEY RACES-THIS DAY. BROMLEY HANDICAP. Contempt,,, Nonni©.. 3 Twelve ran. STEEPLEC lIASE PLATE. Vision 1 Bartuaiite Wild F0w1...., 3 Ton ran. STAND PLATE. Verity .• 1 heddington Wild Bee ' a Six ran. RAILWAY PLATE. Lady Palmerston SO .ll 1 Wild Bee 2 Peter 3 Eight ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Torn Coke 1 La Pique 2 Rapture 3 Ten ran. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. JANUAItY. Manchester 1, 2 FEBRUARY. Streatham 11, 12 I Nottingham Spring... 23, 24 Lincoln l6, 17 Oholoasford.... 25, 26 'farrow lB, 19 i Derby spring 2O, 26 Mansfield lB MARCIL Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 1 West Drayton lB, 19 b Shrewsbury Sprinc , 5, 6 1 West Somerset 18, 19 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Margate 22 Kingsbury l2, 13 Durham 29, 30 Northampton l6, 17 Epsom 80, 31 _ APRIL.' Bromley 1, 2 I Ne;rmarket Craven...l2, dm Aldershot l, 2 1 Eastbourne l9 Oatterick Bridge... ...... 1, 2 1 Lewes 23 21 Thirsk ... G 7 I Croydon ...22, 23 Streatham 8, 9 1 Newmarket lit Spring i 6, eco. MAY. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 1 West Drayton l 7, 18 Winchester ll, 12 i Bath 18, 19 York 11, 12 1 Manchester l9, 20, 21 St. Albans Salisbury l3, 14 Harpenden —2l Doncaster 13, 14 1 Epsom Summer .....25, &o. Ji rNE. _— Croydon 2,3, 4 1 Newcastle 22, 23, - 11 N 2 ewton . ,3, 4 Oldham 22 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Sibury Club 23 Liverpool Summer _l5, 16 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Windsor 15, 16 Chelmsford Hampton l7, 18 S u tt on P ar k .....23, 80 dbLY. Worcester l, 2 a Reading 15, 16 Newmarket July 6, &c. I Huntingdon 2O, 21 Kingsbury . 9, 10 Southampton 22, 2t Pontefract 12, 13 a Stamford ... 22, 23 Nottingham l3, 14 1 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 AUti U S T. Brighton 3, 4 Oxford Brighton Club 5 Canterbury ...... ...... 24, 25 Lewes 6, 7 York 24, 25, 27 Eguam lO, 11 1 Plymouth ..26 Wolverhairpton lO, 11 i Windsor August l2, 13 Windsor 12, 13 1 Derby Summer ...31, S e p. 1 St, Albans Stockton lB, 10, 20 1 SEPTEMBER. Warwick... 7, 8 I Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Abingdon 9, 10 1 Kingsbury_ 23, 24 Doncaster l4, 15, 16, 17 1 Monmouth.... 23, 24 Richmond 21, 22 I Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, &u. . Lichfield ..... .... 2l, 22 OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 1 Cheltenham lO, 20 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 1 West Drayton 2l, 22 Leicester 7, 8 1 Hereford 2l, 22 Newmarket 2d 0et...11, Lte. 1 Monmouth 23, 24 Chelmsford l9, 2U 1 Newmarket H'ton ...25, das. NOVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 I Shrewsbury 13, e go . Liverpool 'J, 10, 11. 12 Leamington hunt ....23, cto. IRIS 11. MARC 11. Baldoylo First Spring 18, 19 MAY. Baldoyle Second Spring 11, 19 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. JA.N UARY. Hopgrove 1 I Coverdalo a AlaucheBter l, 2 St. Albans l9 R . FEBUARY. Birmingham 9 I Harrow: 18, 19 Liuwin 1 6 717 .Derby MARCEL Liverpool 3 Cambridgeshire Ai 18 Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 West Drayton lB, 19 Kingsbury 12, 13 Crowkerne 18, 19 GREECE. (BY REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ATHENS, Dec. 10, 6 p.m. The ultimatum given to-day by the Turkish Minister demanded the dispersion, within five days, of the volunteers ; that the formation of other similar corps should be forbidden ; that the ships for the revictualling of Crete should be dismantled ; the Cretans who had sought re fuge in Greece should be sent back ; those persons to be punished by whom the Turkish officer at Syria was wounded ; and, finally, that the Greek Government should conduct itself in conformity with existing treaties.] The Turkish Minister leaves on Wednesday. INDIA. BOMBAY, Nov. 29, via Brindisi. The Bombay Gazette publishes a specal telegram stating that a sanguinary battle had taken place at Bamiau between Shere Ali and his nephew Abdool Kahman Khan, who was previously announced to be menacing Cabool. Abdool Kahman was utterly defeated, and fled to Balkh (as already announced by the Indo-European Telegraph). AMERICA. NEW YORK, Dec. 16. The Senate bas passed a bill permitting the reor ganization of the militia in those Southern States which have been admitted to representation. CRIMINAL COURT—(This day). Emma Watson, 29, a good-looking young wo man, who was charged with feloniously attempting to suffocate her illegimate female child, with intent to murder her, was found guilty. Sentence was postponed. THE DIAMOND BRACELET CASE. Henry Haggard, an insurance broker, was in dicted for obtaining various sums of money amount ing to £230, from Mr. John Barker, wine mer chant, Great Tower• street, by means of false pre tences. After the case had been gone into, the jury acquitted the prisoner. 111ARKE7 8-2 HIS DAY. MARK LANE. The trade has ruled firm, and the late advance has been supported. There has been a good supply of foreign wheat on the stands. Most descriptions have met a fair sale, at Mon day's improvement. Moderate supplies of barley have been on sale. Most qualities have experienced more inquiry, and prices had a hardening tendency. Malt has sold quietly, at about late rates. The oat trade has been firm, at full quotations. Beans has been iu moderate request, and for peas there has been a fair inquiry. Flour has commanded more attention. ,COLONIAL. Sugar—There is a more active inquiry, at about pre. vioui prices, chiefly for brown qualities of West India. Coffee—No public sales were held to-day; privately there is a good inquiry at the valuations. Tea—The public sales are still in progress, prices gene rally are lower. _ _ TALLOW. The market is quiet. Spot and December, 49s 6d January, 50s ; and March, 53s 6d, _ _ LIVERPOOL COTTON. December 16.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market slightly firmer. SIR W. RUSSELL, M.P.—lt has been reported in Norwich that Sir W. Russell, M.P. for Norwich, had received au appointment in India, and would therefore vacate his seat. There is no ground, however, for the report. ,__