The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-30 00:00:00

LlYAicliET AND CO . M.ERCIAL IIiTELLTGIENCX, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There is a strong demand for money in the open market, and no business is reported under Bank rate. This being the last day of the settlement, dealers are very much engaged with the final arrange ments. There is not much change in foreign secu rities—Spanish are 4 lower, and Greek I better. Among American stocks Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Bonds and Debentures are better. In Mark-lane wheat is firm at Monday's eurren cics. Oats are rather better. Consols are 92 -3 for money; Three per Cent. Reduced, 923 I; New Tree per Cents, 928 India Stock, 10k per Cent., April, 1e74, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 13 prem. The Foreign Stocks show a rise of in Greek, anti fall of the same amount in New Spanish Three per Cents. Italian, 55i 561 ; Mexican, 141 15 ; Greek, 12 121 ;.New Spanish, 324 321:; Turkish Five per Cents., 39i 39g. The Honduras Loan is steady at 892 902. In the railway market Caledonians are 1 better, Metropolitan 1 7 Midland I, Brighton 1, North Western I, and South Eastern 1. The quotations are :—Caledonian, 751 1 ; Great Western, 48+ f ; Great Eastern, 40/ 4 ; Great Northern, 1051 6j ; ditto A, 1071. 81 ; Lancashire, 128 1 ; Metropoli tan, 104 ; Midland, 1121 131; Sheffield, 461 7 ; Brighton, 481 9 ; North British, 32 1 ; North Western, 1111 121. ; North Eastern, 92/ 100 ; South Eastern, 79 ; Chatham and Dover, 161 17. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have improved to 414 414, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds to 431 44, showing in each a fur ther advance of 4. Fries and Illinois are not so good at 26 261, and:9s 95/ respectively, or 4 lower than yesterday. Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per Cent. Debenture Stock is 94 95. Italian Scrip has improved I, to 3 31 prem., and the last Russian Railway Loan is about 2 dis. United States 5-20 Bonds have given way / 1, to 748 748, but the Bonds of 1885 remain at 724 73, and the 10-40 Bonds are 4 higher, at 711 714. At a meeting the board of directors of the Illi nois Central Railroad Company, at New York, on the 15th December, it was resolved, " That a divi dend of 5 per cent. in cash, free of Government tax, be paid on the Ist day of February next to the holders of the full paid shares registered on the 18th day of January next, and that the transfer books be closed on the said 18th day of January, and opened on the sth of February following." The traffic receipts of the South Eastern Rail way show an increase of £2,859, and the London, Brighton, and South Coast of £287. The traffic receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada for the week ending Dec. 12, show an increase of £252. Agra Bank A shares are marked 12 ; ditto B, 34 5 ; Imperial G-ttoman, 111; London and County, 49i 56 ; Oriental Bank Corporation, 42i ; Union of London, 38. A sum of £26,000 in bar gold was sent into the Bank yesterday. Telegrams have been received announcing the fact of the prospect of a complete settlement of the Turco-Greek question, and that peace would be preserved. This has caused some large purchases by the continental houses of Turkish and other mis'ellaneous foreign securities. At the half-yearly meeting of the London and Greenwich Railway Company, called for the 12th of January, a dividend will be recommended of £1 6s. Bd. per cent., or ss. 4d. per share, clear of income tax, for the half year, payable on the 13th of January. A general meeting of the Unite 1 Discount Corm poration (Limited) is called for the 15th January, to consider the directors' report for the half-year, and to declare a dividend. The annual meeting of the Peel River Land and Mineral Ccuipany (Limited) is called for the 15th of January, to consider the annual report. At a meeting of the directors of the Illinois Cen tral Railroad Company, held at New York on the 15th instant, a dividend of 5 per cent. in cash, free of Government tax, was declared, payable on the Ist of February to the holders of the full paid shares registered on the 18th of January next. The Anglo-Egyptian Cotton and Oil Company (Limited), of Manchester, have resolved to wind up voluntarily. A petition for the winding up of the London Permanent Benefit Building Society is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor Mathis on the 15th of January. The directors in London of the Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour) Company regret that, owing to the opposition of a small section of the bondholders to the confirmation of the concordat they have been unable to announce the resumption of payment of interest on the bonds punctually on the Ist of Jan. next, but from a telegram received yesterday from the president of the company in Italy, they trust that all difficulties have now been overcome, and that they will be in a position in a few days to advertise the payment of the interest due on the Ist of January. The following is reported by Messrs Ward, Armi tage, and Co., Manchester :—" We have a dearer mArket, prices of both yarns and goods being quoted higher, which, however, limits the extent of business that otherwise would be done. Offers generally making are those current last week." Our Manchester advices report the " absence " of a merchant and manufacturer there whose liabilities amount to from £BO,OOO to £lOO,OOO. Advises have been received by the Mariquita Mining Company (Limited) stating that the super intendent of the Santa Anna Mine intends forward ing by next mail a full profit and loss account for September and October. The Marinate Mine show for the month of October a cost of $10,735, and returns $12,070; the Aguss Clams Mine for the same month had cost $2,659, and the returns over $2,890. The traffic of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway exhibits an increase of £287 ; that of the Grand Trunk of Canada presents an in crease of £252. The following are the traffic returns of the Mel bourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway for the four weeks ending the sth November : —For week ending October 15, 1868, £2,209, corresponding week, 1867, £1,868; October 22, £2,145, corres ponding week, 1867, £1,772 ; October 29, £1,936, corresponding week, 1867, £1,642 ; and November 5, £3,498, corresponding week, 1867, £3,831. The commercial advices from New York furnish statements of the importation of the class of manu factured articles from Europe termed " dry goods" during the 11 mouths of the present year from the Ist of January to the 30th ult., compared with those of the same period during the two preceding years. The total entries have been £15,471,000, against £16,634,000, in 1867, and £24,000,000 in 1866. The falling off has been distributed in al most equal proportion over woollen, cotton, silk, and linen goods, while the amount under the head of " miscellaneous" shows little variation. BRUME FLUIDS-TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT rusps. a per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, a per Cent. Reduced 92f i New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 De. e per Cent- o an. 1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 3u yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct -- Do. .£5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO — B tuk of England Stock, 4 per Cent Do. acceust Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds l ater -Colonial Uranium iNDIAN dOTERNMENT 6ECITRITIEb. India stock 14 or Cent., April 1874 Shut Do. Opening, for Account — Do. ö per Cent. July, 1Bso 11NT 'ec. 29. Beatrice, 3 Louise, r, Prince d out. 'ec. 2S. Bideford, )nal Life- Leans, to t of tho e, bound als. Silo occasion her crew re unfor- Ind thve ed. The d in the le ebbed. of Lon 'or Glow ie, came e w Were .ve man► (who is the life an hour of rocket safely s himself :c. 29. the i ist night 1. H. S. _About )ng frog' flare IVO yawl vas ards the the brig ,by San d , ; nv cob. )lilted to ,t, whi ch 3ssel, spot the rded the her St 3• 2C. 28' yester d that a Brooks, 'TOIII the The StitUtioll ly to b e r e d to be It's cre w of die !s of th e ,he crew ! c. 28. the 0311 '), he S. ' the ea st g Aid at eiug oh' 'rough 6 on 8. 1.6 early "PP cast off I several e Nv aS °ll is take° a nd ob . ' ffere burnOg hen the ppe ared• t j urthe n ' gone at lad p re. ;cr war' A 3 7a. ah..lo olC.' • itt h svD of 5554 i‘folt° ll , licensed velbec k : from 1113 4 ., plaie 3l3 ; ler W ell ; ~man de jumpe d 1 he Iv'. C, s aid that tli a Ive bee ° that the J caused order ed tkinS °lll Ben son► i ne he ohr liall a e na ti/e il stop ' ,j o b the ive tto ic b en into filar Iva ° 17 Ther e >rt w iljef contain" atten d, tabil l3rl in ended, who 1,°5 the ni 10 1y t e9l l , • e ;hers' he g 3Lile, a por ted h o is 6 37 as 1" 7 aro 13 1 th e that futses of the 110 1 r Ce foo l. t'll ; )14 ,r3te6 . I ~n d C ll , t . e fef by 01 011 .sit 9 5- Of a tiOn t leo 4- I P;tl' er e co o [due Do. 4 per Cent.., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Papei 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 , per 0 , -nt. May 1879 DJ 5 per Cent., Itup. Deb. 1872 Do. do. 1877 Do. do. 1882 D,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 .„ — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under .£l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine liepub!te, (; per Cent .... Do., Scrip £45 paid .. Au Arian Bonds 5 per cent . Do. 18.59 Brazilian 5 per Cent )3. 41 per Cent., 1852 Do. do. 1858.... Do. do., 1861 — Do. do., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 7Bl 13 ;e: os Ayres 6 per Cent. D i 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Gen t. . -- Cu' 41, 6 per Cent. 0- aUtli 6 per Cent — 44 per Cent._ •• • Do. 3 wn- Cent., L'o. 6 per co t. 1867 — . I 0. 7 per Cent., 1856 C lo liar,l 6 per Cent. Dan sit 3 p,r Cent., 1825 Dan wian Principalities, 7 pi.lr Cout Do 8 per Cent., 1867 > b — Equador New Consolidated, 1 p e r Cent b.i,ty t itian, 7 per Cent — Do secon.l Issue — :)„, £; - y,t. Bowls Do. £lO6 Bonds ••••• ----- 1)0. 1.881 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. 4100 Bonds B5 English Scrip,7,l868 Do do. £45 pd — dis Government Railway Debentures Graeu 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Acccunr Do. Coupons Do. Account G tatetuata 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., all pd 1.0 iiau 5 per Cent., 1865 ' — o. o.Account ~ — Do Maremmana Railway — tlexicar.. 3 per Cent - Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cout. Anglo-French — 0 outovideau 6 per Cent . Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada 144 Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) 1 — Peruyian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 784 Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'c. Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — it assian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.,, Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0..., -- Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do . £B4 los. do Do Nicolas Railway Sas iiniau o pir Cent Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4-4 per Cent.. 1862 - Do Account - Spanish 3 per Con ._ Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account ; 32 / Do. Aew Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Coln. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account, Swedish Provincial ➢Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 - Do do, 1868 Do do, 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 £IOC Bonds 641 / Do 5 per Vent. 1865 3Bl 1 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 62 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent.. Do. Acchaut Do 6 por Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 !' Dividenas on the above payable in Lou," Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 4 per °Aut. Ex. 12 Gail„ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 251. Do Account , Itaiiau 5 per Oint. 1811, Ell. 451. Do. Account •'ULOOK. Consuls, Money 92f Do. Account, Jan. 5 92 xd MARKE7 S-7 HIS DAY. MARK LANE. This morning there was the usual thin 'Wednesday's attendance. The arrivals, however, being very small, factors wore firm, and fully last Monday's prices were commanded for wheat, both English and foreign. Flour sold steadily at late currencies. Barley steady. Oats were better, though not quotably dearer. Other things without alteration. in the floating cargo trade the gene ral tone is improving, and sales have been effected at rather higher prices. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The demand for potatoes is rather more active, but prices are unchanged. LIVERPOOL COTTON. December 30.—Sales probably 20,000 bales. Market active and advancing, fully higher. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f. 20c. per £1 sterling, On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of .£4 1',6. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold it about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in The co urse of exchange at New York on London for bills tat CO days' sight was on the last date about 1091 percent. At this rate here is no profit on the importation of gold rota the L.Tui , cd :states. SHIPPING INTULIGEII'CE. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Earl of Aberdeen, steamer, from Hamburg; Aurora, steamer, from Valentia ; Orion, steamer, from Antwerp; City of Delhi, from Calcutta. Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 29—Kate Walters, from Auckland ; For tunato, from Galatz ; Helena and Queen of Commerce, both from Alexandria ; Channel Light, from Rangoon; Aurora, from Rio Grande; Sunbeam, from Montreal; Rapid, from St. Michael's ; Neva, Lord J. Russell, and Blonde, steamers, from Dunkirk. Arrived, Dec. 30.—Rhine, steamer, Concordia, steamer, and Leopard, steamer, all from Boulogne ; John Bull, steamer, from Havre; Waterloo, steamer, from Rot terdam. Sailel.—S.D. Thurston, forßangoon ; Vigilant, steamer, for Calais ; Florence, steamer, for Rotterdam. DEAL, Tuesday Morning The Waterloo, from Leghorn, for Hull, caught fire during last evening, and was totally destroyed; the cap tain and crew were saved, and landed here. The Washburn, from Shields, for Rouen, has bean sup plied with an anchor and 45 fathoms of chain, in lieu of others lost during the gale of yesterday. Wednesday Morning. Passed (in tow.)—Pegasus, from Woosung, for London. Anchored—Esperanza, schooner, from the north, for the west. The mortal remains of the late Sir R. Mayne wore interred to-day in Kensal- green Cemetery. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday night a gentle man named Smith was killed at the Shrewsbury Railway station under most painful circumstances. The deceased had just previously taken tickets for himself and his mother and sister, and while waiting for the train on the platform his foot slipped, and he fell under another train that was just leaving the station. When picked up he was found to be dreadfully injured, and he died while being carried to the infirmary. THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD.—The special commissioners appointed to examine this road report by telegraph to the Secretary of the Interior that the Central Pacific Railroad, except two bridges, now nearly finished, is well and substantially built from Sacramento to Wads worth, on the Truckee River, a distance of 189 miles. The grades and curves are within the limits, and the loca tions aro satisfactory. The rails weigh 56 to 64 pounds to the lineal yard. The ties aro of sound timber, and are of full size, and are laid at the rate of 2,400 to the mile. The tra , Fk is firmly laid, and ballasted ; the culverts and bridge foundations are of heavy granite masonry. The bridges are of Howe's truss pattern, well framed and ironed. The tunnels are 16 feet wide. About 20 miles on the summit of the Sierras are covered wit h snow-sheds. Passenger trains can run from 15 to 30 miles per hour safely and smoothly. The equip. ment of rolling stock, engine -houses, and machine-shops is fully equal to the demands of the traffic. Seventy-nine locomotives are running on the road and eighty more are on the way. On the new portion of the road along the Humboldt Valley the cross-ties, bridges, and rails aro up to the standard. There are a few minor defects—not of vital importance—in culverts, drains, width of embank ment and ballast, but these can be remedied at small cost when the hurry of pushing forward the road is over. I Heavy trains of rails, ties, and fuel are running safely to the extreme end of the road, 445 miles front Sacra =Lento. TH SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1868. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. NB. GLA.DSTONEsS RETRENCHMENTS. Closing Business Share NISI% Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 12 121 12 10 Do B lO 5 6 541 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 17 1 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 7 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 6 26 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 26 10 Bank of iN ew Zealand all 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra „••-,; lia, ud China all 25 Chartered Mere, of India London, and China 20 City lo 100 Colonial 26 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East Loudon, lim 5 20 English and American, lien 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim lO 20 English, ,cuttish, and Aux tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 281 Do new b i 100 Imperial, lim 2O 20 Imperial Ottoman lO ~5 lonian all 25 Do new 5 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 100 Do sp.c. De b 5.1864, 30 all 76 30 'Loudon Bank of Al exico and South America, lim. 20 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 20 Do new 71 100 London & River Plato, Um. 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart. of Australia all SO London and County 2O 20 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll 50 London Joint 5t0ck........, 1 20 London and South African al 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 50 London & Venezuela, Ens_ 121 100 Loudon and Westminster 2O 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pus 2O 100 Merchant, lim 2,5 10 Metropolitan, lim all 100 Midland, 1im..., 2O 6 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l6 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 10 Do . . 42 f, 0 National. BO 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint lO 100 Provincial of Ireland 26 10 Do • new. all 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lim 26 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 26 Union of Australia all 100 Union of Ireland, lim 60 Union of London The Express considers that the abolition of the Commis. olonership of Inland Revenue, made vacant by the death of Mr. James Disraeli, indicates the line in Civil Service Deform about to be taken by the Government. "These commissionerships are among the few good things left. A salary of twelve hundred pounds a year, together with duties which are not excessive, and the power of doing practically what you like, is no bad reward for political or personal service. Accordingly, few ap pointments have been more coveted, and though it has been long rumoured that sweeping changes have been in contemplation in connection with the revenue departments, the news published this morning is the first earnest of what will surely come. The Revenue Department, its consolidation and efficiency, will be one of Mr. Gladstone's first cares, and it is far from unlikely that the abolition of Mr. James Disraeli's commissionership may foreshadow a single chicfship in place of the present board." 3S 4) 6 4 30 32 87 8V 17 19 61 53 20 21 2tl 30} 11 12 40 4! 1 li Of ld pr 161 lii IT3:7ART PASIL4 ANI) TIM GR:raui." BLOCKAD_E-REVX_EI?. 17 13 I 1 111 21 29 pr 1p 31 3t 73 t 2 The Levant Herald of the 18th gives the following par ticulars of the combat between the Izzeclin, Turkish war - ship, and the Enosis :—" On the morning of the 14th of December the Enosis was pursued by the Izzedin into the waters of Aspronissi, three miles from Syra. The Izzedin fired, it is said, a blank cartridge, to which the Enosis replied by a shot which damaged the paddle of the Turkish steamer. The latter then asked for help from the admiral's frigate, which was in view. Hobart Pasha then approached and opened fire on the Enosis, which replied with shell, smashing the frigate's boats and doing other injury. This done, she entered the port of Syra. Hobart Pasha followed with his frigate and the Izzedin. As soon as he anchored, he demanded that a tribunal, of which the foreign consuls should form part, should pronounce as to whether the Enosis had not committed an act of piracy in firing on a ship of war, and if she and the Crete should not be given over to the Turkish authorities. The Nomarch answered that he had no instructions ; he then went on board the Turkish frigate, accompanied by two consuls, and examined the damage done by the shell of the Enosis. At the same time he sent off the Panhellinion to the Piraeus, and on her arrival the Greek Government at once despatched the Hellas with 1,300 troops on board. On the arrival of the Greek frigate her com mander summoned Hobart Pasha to clear out, and the latter being also ' without instructions,' obeyed, and went to sea. 9 7 3; 82 81 51 7 9 1 . 131 40 61 40 49/ 115 66 11 12 Of 6 3 7 a GI 7/ id pr 2 3 48 49 MISCELLANEOUS. 1U Anglo-American Tel., lira all 211 211 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 # 1p 10 A.uglo-Mexican Mint all 15 16 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 26 28 27 at Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 9 7 bd 10 Berlin Water Works, lan. all 111 14 10 Do. New 6 6 61 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint 5 Bombay Gas, line. all 31 4 6 Do. New 4 11 Of Si British American Land 44 16 18 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., line lOO 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lim. all 21 21 20 British Ship Owners 74 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lira if ti 11d 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 6 41 11 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 4 4 aid 30 City of Milan Improv. his, all 6 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, Um— all 4 3 50 City Offices, lira 25 Hi 230 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 60 Commercial Union (Amur) 5 1. Ip 10 Company of African Mer chants, lien. 6 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 17 1 1 d 18 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 74 per cent, 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 4i per cent. all 104 1061 100 Do. 1882, 44 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, fiat all 14 21 21 10 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 1 2 d at Crystal Palace lOO 19 21 st Do. Preference lOO 15 101 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 105 no 20 Darjeeling, lint I 0 Eastern Assam, lim. 6l ...d 60 East Indian Land Credit THE ALLEGED MURDER AT BARNSBURY. -- .0.--- At the inquiry held by Dr. Lankester on the body of John Moir, who bad been, as alleged, shot by a riffe at 42, Alfred-street, Bansbury, James Moir, the brother of the deceased, was the first witness, and having detailed the circumstances of the gathering of the party—which num- bered nineteen persons— on Christmas night, said that in the course of the evening the prisoner seemed disposed to quarrel with some one. After detailing the circumstances of the murder, witness continued : My brother went down in his holidays to where Campbell's friends live, at Lays. That was in September. My brother called on the prisoner's friends, and to his (my brother's) surprise, he said he should come up to London. He came up accordingly, and has been living in our house ever since. We were very friendly about a fortnight since, when I went into the country to a job at Weybridge, and I was away three days. When I came back he told me he had been out with my brother and met two friends, but after parting with them they— my brother and the prisoner—made up to two girls, with whom they went somewhere. On the next day Campbell enlisted. When we went to bed I had some conversa tion with the prisoner. Before that my mother had come into the room and saw the stopper of my rifle on the mantel-shelf. My mother picked up the stopper, and said the prisoner had had the rifle down twice. I spoke to him about his being so foolish as to enlist. He said, " I can't go back home now as I left; to which I replied. " How is that ? What have you clone ?" He then said, "You won't know now, but you will know in time." I then said to him, " What is all this ? I've done nothing to cause you to go and enlist. Your having been unfortunate is nothing ; you can't expect to get on all at once." He then said, "It isn't that, you know, Jem. I was engaged to a girl to get married to her next summer, and I've been out, when we met two friends and got drinking. We took a little drop too much, and got hold of two girls." I ought to say he had some very odd idea of meeting his sweethearts in heaven.—The Coroner said he proposed to write to the Home Secretary so that the accused might be brought before them. He always thought that if a man was accused he ought to have an opportunityof hearing what was said against him. (The Jury: " ILar, hear.") He (the coroner) therefore proposed to adjourn the inquiry after taking the medical evidence. He (Dr. Lankester) did not know what view Mr. Bruce might take of the natter, but he would ask the question. The jury would remember that in the case of Muller the Home Secretary of that day allowed the accused to be taken b fore Mr. liumpbreys, and it was not until Mr. Gathorne Hardy took office that accused persons were denied the right to which he thought they were entitled. (The Jury: " Hear, hear. Certainly.") and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gus. by Egypt. GOT all 83 89 88 f 20 Egyptian Com. & Tract. lim 6 41 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 237 242 10 Do. New 8 10 12p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 1 f 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 40 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lint.B ..d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 If lid 20 Fore-street Warehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 831 841 50 Gollivara, lim. '2o .. 10 General Credit & Dis., lira. 7/ 2 • 11 5 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 Homs & Col. Marine In. Jim b 41 810 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 13„ 134 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 Indo-European Tel., lim. 20 Interns. Financial Soc. lim. 5 11 11 20 Interns. Laud Credit, lim 6 6 40 50 Italian Land 5 11 10 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 31 4 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 20 ' 50 Land Securities, lim 5 31 21d 25 London African Trading lO 7 5d 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim C ...d 10 London County Land cud Building, lim. 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all 31 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 1 - IP 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lim 30 23 221 4 Lou o .Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 14 2 50 Lond. and Gla.sg. Engineer and Iron Ship, Urn 25 22 17d 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 Id pr st Madras Irriga. & Canl. Qua. sp.c. by India GOT. lOO 105 107 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, Jim._ 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel. lira all 4 41 50 Merchant Shippin g, lim all 33 38 50 Millwall Iron Works, line l2l 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim 25 National Discount Co., lim 5 12 121 25 National Prov. Marine, lim. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 81 91 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 3 20 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 11 El 5 New Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 44 34 23 New Zealand Loan & Mer After the medical evidence had been taken the inquiry was adjourned. The prisoner will be brought before the police magistrate on Friday. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. cantile Agency,lim_„_2l : IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, aim 5 11 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim 5 7 5 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., Um.— 100 47 6.: 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l 181 191 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) S 141 15 50 Oriental Financial, Um ll ... ...d 5 Oriental Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 1 w 1P 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim 2 id 41) 5 Ottoman Gas, lim all 11 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all 21 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 30 32 50 Peniusu. & Oriental Steam all 49 5 1 49 60 Do. New 1867 21 Reuter's Telegram 24 27 lOp 50 Ithymney Iron 16 Do. New 24 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,liut all 17 18 20 Do. Gas, lint all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 44 46 44 at Scottish Aust. Invest., list 100 107 112 at Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref. 101 ... .. 20 Societo Fin. d'Egypt e , Um. 10 7 6,1 20 Societe Gen.de P.h.:tupire Ot. 8 8 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lima. 6 ... ... 25 South Australian Laud at Submarine Telegraph 1. Do. Scrip all i 1/ 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 161 17 161 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lire 2 24 21 20 Trinidad Petroleum, liar Bl .. ... 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lint 1 I 1 1) 10 Do do. do. all .. ... 20 Trust &Loan Co., U. Can a d a 6 id p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lire. 6 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, 1ire,,,,,, all 21 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim. 6 11 01d SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lira. all 54 6 6 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 31 81p 20 Universal Marine (In.), Um. 4 1 11p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 21 3/ 20 Van Dieman's Laud 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan.., all 74 i 761 50 Warrant Finance, Um. l2 12 1 0 1 40 West India and Pacific Steam, lire 2O 4 34 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO .._ dECUItITIK;', .15:itbib Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.... 1895.. lOO - Cau.CiOv.6p.o.Jan. 9 .t July 1877-81 Do. 6p. p. Feb, & Aug lvo 105 It 7 Do. sp. c. Mar. dz Sept lOO 111:106 Do. sp. c. Jan. July lOO 93 94 Do. sp. c. Inscribed 8k lOO 90 92 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 lOB 102 101 Do.Apl.&thn 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 1)o. Jan.diJuly, 1801 Do. 6 per cent. 15 April and 16 Oct., 1900 lOO 103 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1805, Feb. k Aug lOO 106 I'lB Melbourne Corporate., 18t37-75, 6 per c01t...," 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.o.JadeJuly lOO 102 104 Natal 6 p at, Apht Oct lOO —Do6 p c. 11,:y & Noi lOO 106 108 -- N. S. W. 5 p•c. ' '7l to 100 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1808 to 1816_ 100 90 100 1001 I Do. 5 p.c.rd.'67 to 1 75 lOO 00 101 N.Zealand, 6p. ot. 1801 lOO • Do. 5 per cent.... DoJan, A p-I, .lu:y, 1 0 0 97 08i 94 Do 6p e. Mar le zept ;CO 108 LIU Do J use it Dec 1.91 fDo l'rov. 1 Auc'tld. 1 0 frtriei 1 & 2, 1:96 .. N,Ara Scotia 6p. c.Jan... and Jnly, 1875 .... . - Queenslnd. 6p. c. 'B2-5 100 118 149 Do 1801 .. . S. Austral. 6 p 0.1860 77 lOO Do 1878.9% lOO 103 110 Do r 93 19u4 10) 107 11•8 Tasmanian pc, 1a95 llO log 207 Do rd. te93 to 109/. lOO It 7 108 Vlctoriatip.c. Ja.46July lOO Do. 1891 lOO 112 113 ▪ Us). 00 Aprll4 „ 100 100 110 SHARE LIST. orLDINAKY diItILLES AND STOCK b. 3hAre Paid Closing Business Price. done. st Bristol and Exeter 103 75 77 76 5 et Caledonian lOO 741 75; 8 Dauthrlan.. 2) Cornwall all 3 1 at Dublin & Benicia June lOO 77 iv at Duu„rerth,,UAb.Junc lOO 70 72 2/ East Lxidon .. all 7 9 20 1.10 15 - 21 Do 10 - - at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 00 01 at Great Eastern .. ,st Do. E. Angl. 2 lOO 7 6 at Great North of ,Scotland lOO 15 6 st Great Northern lOO 106 107 at Do. A stock i Do. B stock— . lOO 124 126 - at (it.l3, and W. 01 Ireland lOO 90 97 lit. Western -Original lO 43 481 48 j7l :.t Do. South Wales lOO brl 10 s. Do. W. 100 14 26 at DO. Newport tUO 28 11 A Lancashire. 100 1::71 at Lon., Brigh.,..t 1.. 4 .C0a5t lOO 45 4:..1 48; IJ , Do Scrip alt at 1 on., Dovei lO3 16: 171 A Do. Aletrop. Ex. A lOO -- at Leo. it viilt I‘, esteri lOO 111 I 2 A Lou. 4 Z-, WeStellz lO3 bi st Jr, Lincoln lOO '174 48 st M.d.ropoittan lO6 1(.21 ,(..11 104 31 at Do Extonsi )a 103 1.5 1 0 10 Jo. :New rd it) 10 1 1 at 110 rupoiitau Distr:et. all - - DJ 3letrop..3t. can' allOO 1 ti - - st st Jo, tilrlolit. KO 74 81 st N St 110. La., Ytll. , dl Dui.... 104 st : or. ~: a.stern- Uerwic... 103 D. , 1 100 25 Do. U. N. E ;6.13,1 - st Do Leeds ...... ....... 10u 54 1.5 st Do Yor" . 100 t 7 83 st Do Carlisle .... • lOO 1x,6 130 at Do Sloe s. & Darling lto 127 ;29 at North Lou iou 10 Do New 1868 at North Staffordshire lO3 5 4 57 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 105 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... st Rhyinney st Shropshire Union 1 0 55 43 st South Devon .. st South Eastern lO3 79 7 ; 20 Staines, Wokliani, & Wok all 12 le at Tall ►ale JO Do. C .. • . at Wateriord & Kilkenny.. 10u - - l 0 Waterloo & Whitelut.l.. 6 - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND TOCKU. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 4. per cont lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per coat lOO at D 9. do. Ordinary lOO at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ate Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO st Do. Ist Class preference lOO at (Has. & S.W. gua.o per ct lOO at lit. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 at Do do N 0.2 100 at Do du 6 per cent 100 at Do East Anglian Abp. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 at Du do C 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 at Do Nor folk S p.c. Ex. 1846 100 at Do do p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 at Great Nu' thern, S per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 'Up. c. put. 100 st Do 4i do do do 100 at Do S do at sp.c. pm 100 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO st . Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at . Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO st, Gt.West.—Orig4Jut.-licnt chg., per gua. a p.c lOO at Do. Urig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 at Do do 41 per cent. 1850 lOO at Do do 4 do do lOO at Lo do 5 per cent. redem 100 st Do do Birmingham gua, 100 st Do do do pref... 100 at Do do Chester gua, los st Do do du 8 per ct Tirt lOO at Do do do 5 do 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 44 p.c lOO st Do do 4, 1859 lOO at Do do S st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g 10) st Do do 2d gua lOO at Do Newport, lstg. 5 p.c lOO at Do do 2d do 100 at Do gua. 54 per cent . 1563 100 S 6 88 7$ SO 9 , 3 97 102 104 9i 100 1 98 7ii 78 93 9i 68 72 160 100 107 109 106 108 U 92 100 101 1 0 135 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancash. & Yorksh. s p.c. 10U et Do Barnsley, £5 3810 d p.c. 100 st Do d p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 st Du 41 (Blackburn pureh). 100 st London & Brighton, Gp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO st Do 5 per cent. gua. Nu. 2 lOO st Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do Na. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent l,O st Do 6 du (W.E. & C.P.) 100 at Do 4 do 1659 lOO st London, Chatham, & Diner 5 per cent lOO st London and 11. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford &Ua,mbridge lOO 8 91 st Do Shrewsb'y e.; Welchp'l lOO 88 91 st London and 0.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 143 146 25.6 d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2e6d) all .. st Man., Shef., &Linda. 6 p.c. 100 111 . ! 117 6 Do at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent st Dlid. Consolidated., 6p. 100 130 135 at Do Bristol & Birin., 6p. e lOO 1 u 133 at Du 41 per cent. recleem lOO 97 90 stj Do 43 per cent. irredeemu lOO 1)7 92 et Do Leicester & ll'ehu, 4p c lOO 89 91 t North British, i p.c. No. L lOO et Do E. &C.4p.e. S. &, D lOO ... at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 1 per ceu.t lOO at Du Border Lruioa, Zi3 p.c luo st N.-Ea , steru—Coue. 4p.c lOO 86 se st Du 43 per cent. redeem.— 100 95 97 st Du 4 par cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 6 13.4. 23 Do York, H.& S. purchase lO 10 103 st Do Stcktu & Drliu,g. A 5 p.c 100 103 110 at Du W, Hartlepool ti. and It lOO 87 8.1 20 North Staffordshire lOs o. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 93 103 lOs Do Tavistoek Anus., 10s all 9 10 lOs Do Fixed 43 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. East. (Head. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Du 41 per cent lOO st Do Fixed 43 per cent lOO ... st Tall Vale No.l lOO 14.5 110 et Waterford & liilkenny, Gpc 100 41 43 120 1J 98 102 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on tho Profits of each separate year. st Caledonian 4-1 p c gua. st Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO at Do 4i p irredeeni all st Do 4p c eon. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 4} per cent. lOU st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO fit Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO st Do do 5 do, 1864._ 100 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 st Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston & Sleatd, 4f pc 100 st Great West., W. Ilidl., Sp o 100 st Do Joint perpe. S p c,1865 100 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 23 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO Lane. and York. New 44 per cent till July, 1871 2 st Loud., Brig., &c., 44 pc, 1858 100 st Do do 4 do, 1861) 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 lit Do do 43 do, 1863 100 st Do do S do, 1665 lOU st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 sdo st Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.e st Du Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 Do do C 6 p.c 100 st Loudon& N. Western, 5p e 100 st London &S. Western, 41 p o IVO 10 Man. chef. &Lin., i pe,1865 all st Metropolitan a per cent lOO st Midland, A 5 per cent pret lOO st Do B 5 do 10() 13 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. if;tk., Sept. 1, 1860 all 13 Do lncony. New Shares 16 22 Do 1. p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 B} st North British, L. and (.1, 1 No. 1, 5 per cent.— st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 PA it Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 st Do h.&11, N 0 . 2, S P.e ••• 100 it Do N. 8.. 6 per cent, 1862 100 it Do E. & No. 3, 5 p.o 100 st Do E.& Cl., (Ordiry) 41 p e 100 st North Eastern, 4/ per cent 100 it Do Stock. & Dart., D ►t North Loudon, 45, per coat (Max. i per cent) ...... 100 st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1852 100 st Do 5 do 1661 100 st Do 5 do (Ch. Cross) 1663 100 st Do 5 do, 1804 it Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 77 81 87 t. Li 90 84 8S 86 90 85 to 103 105 19L 201 i I 10 . ; at; Ul ya I iii 10 . ti lo' c i lOti 103 1/ i liP 14 i p 1 lip 67 97 111 113 102 104 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, st Birkenhead IUU a 2 94 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 st Buckingnainshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 44 46 st Do. it per cent. st Do. S do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOl ... at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 1.33 13 . 5 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all a Gt. Easn., Ne &c., i p.c lot a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 64 72 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 et Gt. West, W. Mid., Hera. 100 9.5 97 50 Hull and Selby.. at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 211 213 at Loudon and Blackwall lOO 93 96 at Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Cilia., &c., 41 p c lOO at Do. Com. Fund, S do lOO st London and Greenwich t Do. do. Preference lOO at Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO st Do. do. 6 do. 41 Manch., Buxton, & Matlk all at hlidland, Bradford, Pref lOO 10 Slid lieut Cray Line) 50 b ortheruk East., S per cent all I 4 Do. do. 6 do. all 62 6i ... ... 73 t 2 79 33 ••• ••• 6 si 92 94 ••• ••• 6J eg st N. Eastara —Hartlepool lOO .., ::: st N.West.A perp. prof, op. c 100 hil 110 st Du B minimum 1 4 , p.c 100 ... ... st Notting. &Uranth. It. & C 100 92 94 25 Preston and %% yro. all 44 10 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 133 1i.45 st Shrewsbury antllereford 100 133 DS 10 1)o do g 1 2 . p ht S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 ltiO 6t Do . 4 per cent gua 10 79 91. st Du i du all 97 99 st Viet. Station and Pimlico lUD 175 180 st West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 *ZO Do du B all 20 Do do C all • (ii .. .i. st Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 119 st London and St. Katherine 100 53 65 10 D oDeb. stock, 4 par cent al ... ... Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 31 36 st Southampton lOO 7i 7d st S urrey cunaaierciAl All 111 ETEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. Extreme Sea lay, F. 0 0, B. T. = W. Ito F. D. W to 1 .4 E 12 a .... 29 25r. 30 29 N.E. 1 1 S. 2 .. 29'20r. 34 ;32 S.W. 1 1 S.S.W. c.b. 2 .... 29'31r. 27 N.W. 1 2 B.S E . 1 b.f. 29'36r. 34 32 S.W. 2 2 W. N . W . l c .f. 2 .. u 29•35 r. 32 31 S. 1 2 N. s.o. o'lBf 2 th.. 29'3.8r. 37 36 S.W. 4 7 B.E. r.o. o'73' .. 2911 r. 40 38 W.R.W. 4 3 S.W. c. 3 stle 29'33r. 36135 •W. 1 3 S.W. r.c. o'os, .. 29'33r. 37 ,36 N.N.W. 1 4 S.S.E. c.o. 0•53 . 29'33r. 38 36 S.E. 1 2 S.E. r. o'3oi 1 29•58 r. 42 :40 N.N.W. 3 4 W.N.W., s.o. 0'471 3 at. 29 4Cr. 39 37 N.N.E. 2 3 N.W. Ic.b.;••10i 2 ]'t. 2.9'48r. 36 35 N.IV. 4 4 N.W. c.b.10'20, 2 e 29•36 f. 43 ,43 I N.N.W. 3 4 W. r.c.10'23; 4 .. 29 40r. 40 39 N.W. 2 5 W. c.0.10'36 3 ,tli 29'39r. 43 j 42 W.N.W. 1 4 W. c.0.!0'56 2 utb 29'41r. 41140 W. 1 8 S.W. c.r.10'70 3 39 ,wsisriv. •• .• 29 47r. 45 43 N.W. 5 8 I N.W. r.0.V04i 3 ;i . Zgrr: 46 44 4 9 9 W.S.W. s. o t :r r I 1 31 1 1 g •• • : 29'95r. 46 46 S. 8 r. 'o'2B' 5 29'97f. 54 4 3 S. to— 5 EXPLANATION ;ter corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The Wednesday, Dec. :10, 8 a.m. Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough Yarmouth .. Helder Cux haven Skudesnres Ardrossan.. Green castle Holyhead .. Liver pool . Valen tfa Cape Clear..' a r . Roch e's ]'t. Pen sauce .. Plymouth .. Weymouth Portsmouth London .... CpeGrisNez Brest ...... L'Orient Roch cfot t Biarritz Corunna.... Brussels .... Paris Strasbourg.. Lyons l';ulon .. FT eart's Con tent (9 aan. l local time► Barometer corrected and reduced 32 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f falling ; a, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; e,—clouds, detached ; f.— fog; h.—hail ; I.—lightning m.—misty, hazy ; o,—overcast, dull ; r.— rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. 'Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. The sudden depression on the S.E. was: noticed yesterday after. noon has ceased, and during the night pressure has recovered itself especially on the Irish coast : readings are now generally higher at all stations than they were yesterday morning. The lowest pressures still lie in the north ; the leading at Nairn is o'sin. below that at Rochefort. Temperature is generally less : there has been a consider able fall at southern stations. In the S.E. of England strong S.W. winds blew esterday, whilst on our W. coasts the force was moderato and the direction N.W. Winds are now N.W. in the Channel, and light ; elsewhere they are variable. The westerly gale continued in the West of France yesterday, and has not yet ceased. The sky I. cloudy or overcast, with fog on the E. coast. Much rain has fallen in southern and south-eastern districts, and is falling on the coast of France. Some snow is reported. The sea it calmer. A shocking accident happened at the Shrewsbury station on Monday. A passenger standing on the edge of the platform was watching a passing train when his foot slipped, and he fell on the rails, and eight carriages passed over his body, dreadfully mutilating him. He survived only a few minutes. !The anniversary meting of the members and' friends of the Radford (Nottinghamshire) branch of the Working Mon's Constitutional Association was held on Monday. Mr. Smith, M.P., was among those present. In responding to the toast of the " Health of the Conservative member for the county," Mr. Smith alluded to the fact that ho and his two brothers had b,.en returned to Parliament. He believed it was the first time that three Conservative brothers had thus been returned. Master Burke sat on Monday to hear certain ob jections raised to the securities in the matter of the Athlone election petition. It was objected by counsel for Mr. J. J. Ennis, the sitting member, that Mr. Stani fortb, the petitioner, was himself the surety; that the recognisance was taken before a police magistrate in London, whereas the Act of Parliament contemplated an Irish justice of the peace ; that the recognizance had not a stamp ; and various other technical objections. The Master held that the recognizance was irregular and imperfect, but e(!rtifled that the lodgment of £l,OOO would make it perfect, :,/,d gave the petitioner five days for the lodgmept of the -• -e7. if so advised. The entire management of the Round Table has devolved on Mr. Henry Sedley, who has all along been its principal, but not its sole, conductor, as Mr. Dorsey Gardner, his former associate, has left. A chess depart ment will be added, and the drams and music will in future f;) criticiaed. THE SECOND COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR IVIGAY. WIGAN, Tuesday. No more additions have yet been made to the number of persons who have lost their lives by the explosion of fire-damp at the Norley Colliery, Pemberton, near Wigan, on the 21st inst. ; but two of the injured men are so seriously hurt that it is more than probable in a day or two they also will be numbered among the dead. These are Taylor and Sharrock, who, as already recorded, were working in the tunnel at the time of the explosion. The inquest on the seven deceased, whose names have already been published, was resumed this morning at the Red Lion, Pemberton, by Mr. Drif field, district coroner. The Government inspector, Mr. Iligson, was present, ai well as Mr. P.ckard, agent, and several of the proprietors of the colliery, who were represented by Mr. l'ilaskell Peace, town clerk of Wigan. Evidence in identi fication of the bogies discovered since the inquest was opened was first given, and then several of the officials of the coliery were odic I. lhe evidence of the manager is given below. Mr. Joseph Thoinivon, manager of the colli. ry, said—l he district in which the explosion occucre I was reached by two tunnels, which were worked pretty equally, and had between them a communi cation for ventilating purposes only. Tha explo sion appeared to have occurred at, the further end of the workings, along the direct level from the pit. He was met on his way to the works, about a quarter to nine o'clock, by a man, whs) told him that something had occurred at the pit. He found it impossible to descend to No. 3 pit, where the casualty appeared to have occurred, and consequently went down the No. 2 shaft to the yard coal, which he traversed as far as the No. 3 shaft. From there he was able to shout to persons at a mouthing below, and they in formed him that an explosion had occurred in the lower tunnel ; that the cage was fast in the shaft ; and that the signalling apparatus was out of order ; and the latter having been put right a capstan was put down, and a batch of injured men were sent up. He subsequently went down, and remained until late in the evening, in company with several gentlemen from neighbouring collieries. In consequence of the after-damp, the whole of the bodies could not be recovered until the 24th inst. By Mr. Higson—Had the pit been in full work about 14 men, including officers, would have been in the district where the explosion occurred, and about 6,000 cubic feet of air per minute would have been entering the working. The only places actually in working were along the straight level. He had only had one report of gas being found, and that was about the middle of September last, when some brattice was deranged by the fall of a stone from the roof. He was down these workings a few weeks before the explosion, and everything was then going on in a satisfactory manner. He thought the ventilation at the time quite sufficient. The furnace was stopped for clearing a short time on the Sunday, but the air ought to have been quite right by the time the men descended on Monday morn ing. Cheetham was fireman in the district, and appeared to have fired a shot in the warrant. All the men were required to provide them selves with safety-lamps, which were alone used in the mine, and these were locked by the fireman in the pit. Blasting was allowed, but the shots were fired by firemen only. By Mr. Pickard—The return air had to traverse a distance of about 4,100 yards, and along that distance the average superficial area would, he be lieved, be about 25 feet. About 280 yards of brat tieing were in use. The inquiry was adjourned until the Governmen inspector has completed his examination. 711 E VICEROY OF INDIA AND I.HE SUEZ CANAL. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) Lord Mayo's chief object for loitering in Egypt was to see the Suez Canal, and ascertain for himself its practical working and merits. With this view we all made a start on the afternoon of the 27th of Nov'ember for Ismailia, the present headquarters of the Canal Company. Accompanied by Egyptian and French officials, we made a very good run to this place by rail, partly through the land of Goshen, which hardly struck one as being a desirabie loca lity for our friends the Israelites, although no doubt the face of the country has greatly - changed since then. At Ismailia we were received by M. de Lesseps and others, who put us up and entertained us most comfortably for the night. A char-a-bane, drawn by four mules, conveyed Lord Mayo and Lard Napier, and other carriages of various sorts the rest of the party, from the station to M. de Lesseps' house, where we found a large party assembled to meet is, including several French naval officers and the Russian Count and Countess de Jarbelle, tra velling en route to India. _ _ _ On our arrival at Port Said we found all the ships of the liarbour dressed in honour of our visit. Changed in eight years from a narrow bank of sand wild and useless, it is now a flourishing town of nearly 20,000 inhabitants, its commodious harbour, protected by two large breakwaters, being capable of holding ships drawing 23 feet of water. Sand has risen, however, on the western side, from the interruption of the ordinary current and the ad vance of the line of coast, and it yet remains to be seen whether the mouth of the harbour can, with out great expense, be kept sufficiently clear. The first general results at which Lord Mayo has arrived are that about two-thirds of the work are completed, and that, unless some unforeseen mis fortune occurs, it will be finished early in 1870 ; that ships for the present will be unable to pass each other, and that the traffic will have to be worked as in a single line of railway, with wider places to act as sidings; that the crumbling of sand into the middle of the canal, caused by the wave created by the passage of large vessels, will for the present have to be met by dredging, although the amount to which this will occur is at present very uncertain ; that the difficulties to be anticipated from the drifting sands are confined to a compara tively small portion of the works, and can be got over by artificial means, such as planting and culti vating ; that the approaches by sea are already so complete that no obstacle will be found in that di rection ; that the filling of the Bitter Lakes will be accomplished, though the time it will take is very uncertain. _ _ With regard to the commercial success of the project the tariff of charges is as yet quite uncertai n M. de Lesseps talks about a ton, which he calcu lates will give them, the first year, a million and a half of money. In this estimate, however, he in cludes a large portion of trade now borne by sail ing vessels. The navigation of the Red Sea has hitherto been confined to steamers alone, audit remains to be seen whether in a narrow and difficult sea, of which the normal state is that the wind blows always up or down, and in a different direction, for half the dis tance, navigation will be profitable for ordinary sailing ships. It is very probable that in course of time, if the undertaking succeeds, a large quantity of shipping with the auxiliary screw will be con structed to meet the peculiar circumstances of the voyage. The best means of towing sailing vessels through the canal itself is as yet undecided—whe ther by traction engines from the bank, by an end less chain along the bottom of the canal, or by ordinary tugboats. IVe heard no estimate what ever as to the cost of maintaining the works, but if in course of time the commerce between the west and cast pas3es over its waters, there s no doubt that a toll of less than £1 a ton will be more than ufficient to repay its con structors and maintain the works, even though their cost be immense. EARTHQUAKE WAVE.—Iu a recent discussion at Melbourne, before the Loyal Society, relating to the South American earthquake, it was stated that the great wave which rolled on the coasts of New Zealand and all the eastern and southern shores of Australia on the 15th of August must have rolled over .the I'acitio Uceau in_lB bons, ox at tho rato of 333 mile 4 la9ur. THE OLD MANAGER. (Front AllSoll'S Drarnlfic Alinanack for 1869.) On the 26th of November, 1761, there died in the neighbourhood of Covent-garden one John Rich ; he was at that time manager of the theatre bearing that name. Perhaps, at Christmas time, few names ought .to be more remembered than that of the man who gave Pantomime existence; and, although more than a century has passed, the creation of his brain and the child of his fancy still delights and pleases thousands. John Rich was the son of Christopher Rich, the patentee of Drury-lane Theatre, and was born in the year 1691. Old Christopher's sole idea of ac quiring wealth, as a manager, was by the engage ment of French dancers, Italian singers, and any odier exotic exhibition, than by any skill of an united company of actors. John Rich iuherited the same taste as his father, though he is said to have imbibed from his youth a cli like of the people with whom he was destimxl to live and convers,.?. After the death of his father, Rich, in conjunc tion with his brother, carried on the theatre in Linculu's-inn-fields, and there tried his talent for acting, making his appearance in the fart of the E-trl of Essex, but after many trials he abandoned speaking parts, and devoted himself entirely to pantornimical representations. The theatre being at that time at a very low ebb, Rich, to retrieve its fortunes, imported a species of dramatic composition into this country, which he called a pantomime. It consisted of two parts, one serious and the other comic. By the help of gay scenes, fine habits, grand dances, and appropriate music, and other decorations, he exhibited a story from " Ovid's Metamorphosis," or some other fabu lous writer. Between the parts or acts of this serious representation he introduced a comic fable, consisting of Harlequin and Columbine, with a variety of surprising adventures and tricks which were brought about by the magic wand of Harle quin. The pantomime that drew such crowds a century ago was a very different affair to the one that thou sands flock so eagerly to see on Boxing Night, and which managers look upon as their " Goose with the Golden Eggs." The pantomime of that day ran thus :-- The opening scene generally was a farm yard with a large barley mow in the background. The clodhoppers were seen going to work singing a chorus, a scaffolding was raised against the farm, which, at the magic wand of the harlequin, entirely disappeared ; sometimes harlequin was disguised as an old woman, and, as in the pantomime of the pre sent day, the police were brought in in the shape of village constables, and just as they were about to seize him they were tripped up and buffeted, and ran away in great confusion. Another trick was harlequin disguising himself as an ostrich, and his pecking at the various characters brought down great applause. Then harlequin would ride on a broom between two witches, and a transformation took place, which would appear now of a very humble order, viz., a garden wall changing into one covered with prints, ballads, broadsides, &c., and harlequin, disguised as an old woman,selling them, and generally the last scene was a glittering temple with cascades of water, varied at times by harlequin being carried off, like Don Juan, to the regions below, amidst a blaze of fire works and demons. This was some famous harle quin sorcerer which always had a great run. The music was generally of a very high order, being composed by Dr. Arne. Rich improved very much upon the tricks, and the sudden changes by the aid of his magic wand of temples and palaces into cottages and huts, men and women into wheelbarrows, trees into houses. It was under the name of Lunn that Rich played harlequin, and which performance was said to be marvellously great in grace and dignity. He commenced these performances in 1717. In 1733 he removed his company to Covent-garden, and went on a career of prosperity until his death, as recorded previously. He was excessively ignorant, and often offended his company with his excessive vulgarisms —one habit he had was that of calling everybody " Mister," which offended the great mimic Foote so much that upon being so addressed he asked Rich the reason he was not addressed by his name ? " Don't be angry," rejoinod Rich, " L r I some times forget my own name." " Indeed," said Foote, " that is very extra ordinary. I knew you could not write your own name, but I did not suppose you could forget it." Quin and Rich had more than one quarrel in their time, and the former having a wish to leave Bath for Loudon, wrote thus to Rich : " I am at Bath.—Yours, JAMES QUINN." Rich laconically answered thus : " Stay there and be damned.—Yours, Joint Notwithstanding the many squabbles that Rich had in his managerial capacity, and his dislike of actors as long as he lived, he was extremely chari table to the unfortunate and distressed in that pro fession. lie had a long list of theatrical pensioners both male and female, and he never upon any pre tence diminished their income, and it is said that in his dying moments the recollection of his benevo lent acts afforded him great consolation. le was continually at warfare with David Gar- rick. Rich never allowed au opportunity to pass without ridiculing his rival, and a vast many ludi crous parodies were floating about town, which caused great mirth among the frequenters of the theatre. In the church of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, lies buried The Father of Pantomime. LuNDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING. WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 12. 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