The Sun. — London, England, 1868-10-21 00:00:00

..-........,.....,,,,,....'.. rttlitin E, Oct. 19: incess Louise, e Arthur, and ,d Princess of parish chard' attended by LDINGS. GaraP• St. Jame s's . eleolued pplau3e UP I lore, for the e metropolis. e3arrime 3 Of the previous doors of the to gain all ies, galleries, ;eupied—t lis ay to be 3 1 " seat in t ll3 ased. And hundreds of visibly and ie entrances at last eigh t even ainong derf al read ; jopperfield , as they eel' .a most re ; ! o pperfield, the others , ' of the de- itroduced in astonishing the instance 3, be it said, those Poi' oaly's I° 9° t masculine ice to little Fisherman , 1, bears off as it were , or (piaci)" by way °f ►d and tine' which that riend, MO' )gether un- night in character s startling l y they on e o the fore' imaginal ualized are in one ano' ble for all Ching hict l ' ;ggotty, or be for any )er, or Nir• n is a crew' Ld of being; tee, as wit h 'tattle that Only, the Lying an d : likeness th"— " DaVILI one after seemed t° .peak) last that true titriself, lu iity, tha t orkypine* of Steer" Lilor treal .ten3e love up before ith every' love-lore. selLishae ss >f the grea t r. Prot t i ly-headeut ki. Dora) ries. gr' his voic e, ee. Air s ' with per Led deter lever will [y fatuou s ractieally, ironic Wl' y involve ous body of your MO. himself, of fir• ickleby n all) ❑tly we ll e variety story, lie )oady" of e ,431as't —just as names , my ci° ° ,he " the read -hanging )ickens -- )reciative• t obvioni ), Soul°' aken into a Biagi° ears, di° 3ted Mr. riDgi°6 aia a 0 I 4 .ra A .4 4 /LC T AND COMMERCIAL INTIM ,;11 , o'. Business t o -d ay has been CITY very dull Tw o, and CLocx Consols h ave given way 1 per cent. Foreign Securities continue firm, the Tobacco Loan still improving in Pine. In the railway market Midlands have been inquired for at improved quotation. Metropolitan and South Eastern have declined. The Discount Market and the rate for loans in the Stock Exchange remain unaltered. i Consols arc at 941 to 1 for money, and 94i) for the account (N ovember 5) ; and the Three per ent. 934 Redu ce d 9311/ 1, and New Three p©r Cents., For eign Stocks are firm. Brazilian of 1865, Italian of 1861, Peru v i an o f 1865 , R uss i an o f 1866 , Sptaionish of 1867, and the O re l Vi te b s k R a il way L oan Lave risen to per cent. Subjoined are the (lim ns : _Brazilian of 1865, 791 to I ; Chilian of ' , 1867 ) 941 t o 93 ; Egyptian of 1861, 821 to 83 ex i v.; Italia n of 1861, 531 to 54; Mexican, 161 to 1 Peruvian of 1865, 821 to f ; Russian of 1866, 9O to 911 ; Nico!ai Railway Loan, 681 to ; ditto °r° ') 83 1 to 84, ex div. ; ditto Aluscow-Jeroslaw, 8 1858 t ° ; Spanish of 1867, 331 to j ; Turkish of °f 16 67/ to 681 ; ditt o o f 1862 , 70 to ; and ditto 65 , 44 t o 1 t Indian Ten and a Half per Cents., 214 to 217 ; 11 ° Five, 11 41 to 115 ; th e F our , 1031 to 104 ; t h e 1 , 18 ) 1 8s. to 23 5. prem. ; and the Debentures, 2 ri to 106 ; Exchequer Bills are firm at 17s. to prem. Bank Stock, 242 to 244. b„ The new It a li an T o b acco Loan has advanced 1 -:,,ctent., the p resent pr i ce being 21- to 3 prem. n .'ne Hond uras Loan has further improved, to 0 1 9 4. c Great I ndian Peninsular Railway New Four per 'nt• Debenture Stock is 941 951-. \-T It e , a r il way quotation s are f a lli ng . G reat W estern eat Eastern j, Great Northern A 1, Metropo litan North British 1 North E intern (Berwick) • and South Western Caledonians are 1 better, and Sheffield 1 • The prices stand as follow .. - edon tan, 711 74 ; Great Western, 481 49 ; Great Eastern 401 410; Great Northern, 107 8 ; i i , itt° A, 1051 ; Lancashire, 1281 ; Metropo -)'• n, 1061- ; Midland, 112 k 1 ; Sheffield, 48 1 ; 1 4,_Vrigliton, 52 ; North British, 32 ; North stern, 112 112 i North-Eastern,lool uth- Eastern, 771 ; C hatham and Dover, z 18. The trallic receipts of the Metropolitan Railway sh?Ny au increase of X. 1,758. the Midland Railway traffic return shows this we , ek . an inc rease of £5,916 over last year. traffic of th e A t l ant i c and Great Western Ilailway for the fourth week in September amounted to $114,664 as against $124,211. ditto Bank s h ares are as follows :—Agra A, 11f 12i ; 11 , 6 64 ; A us t ra l as i a, 52 1 i ; B an k of 364 igYllt ' 37 i ; Chartered Mercantile of India ; C onsolida.ted, 44 ; English and Rio de J aneiro, 94 ; I mper i al Ottoman, 114 f; London Ldßiver Plate, 11 ; London and C oun ty, 484 ; 'on Joi n t S tock, 32i ; London and Westmin ;er, 64 National Provincial of England, 134 ; uriental Bank Corporation, 431 ; Union of AUstralia 48i. l An glo - American Telegraph Shares are unchanged at I ! 21 1 2 ; the Eight per Cent. Preference shares 3 15-16, 4 1-16 ; ; and the Original Atlantic Telegraph shares is lower, at 32 33. The shares of the French Atlantic Cable Company are 4f, dis. In Miscellaneous Shares there is a rise of 2s. 6d. is Iludson's Bay, viz., to 151 ; General Credit, 2 1 to dis. ; International Financial, 11 to 1.1 dis. At the half-yearly meeting of the Great Western Ilailway Company of Canada, held this day, the report Was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 2 Per Cent, per annum, free of income-tax, was de clared. T he sum of £16,000 in sovereigns for Australia INs withdrawn from the Bank. ‘Y, takes The mail steamer Flamsteed, from Liverpool to (11 £76,000 for Brazil and the River Plate. havelt I ' B understood that the Loudon Bank of Mexico f accepted the business of the Committee of an Bondholders, and that any remittances on d e 4 . -e l 3 nnt of the dividends from Mexico will be ma ‘nrough that establishment. ' l _ a,ea Loan for w l ,he tenders for the Government of New South 21,000.000 were opened yesterday ,-- t he Bauk of ` T ow ' South Wales. The total -.lto 1. 311' applied for was £3,65-,- • q 409 All tenders full, the alla above £9B is. will receive allotments in f th °B e at .e h: . --98 Os. 6J. will have about one-third of 'tuns tendered for; all below that sum will not was not in the allotment. The sealed minimum w as nOt opened. efi\eir* % 'ydges, the m anager o f t h e G ran d T run k a r : all arla Rail way, has addressed to the Board an 4:wer to the c h arges lately alleged against him by Re seltin e . fe, e:zsf ./. years since Mr. Bessemer carried to a slic al 111 •Issue the pneumatic process which bears his The fur th e manufacture of steel from pig iron. thee23es3emer process, however, demands iron of Keatonn brand, a new process patented by Mr. class sty by which inferior iron is made into first bial2,teel) thus utilising for the higher purposes of to tilleture vast deposits of ore hitherto condemned ti on ? 'west rank. The saving in cost of produc rills said to be several pounds a ton. to oo ,„ e , er "in agents for the colonies invite tenders Titer-,l°Ny (Thursday), and on every succeeding on t - 1 , 8 "a3r until further notice, for bills of exchange ge Go 4 ver nment of Ceylon. th e j lee tiog was held yesterday of the creditors of E 4at cnruuercial Bank Corporation of India and the voo r ', W4 o the committee was instructed to endea- It W `'` ) ef fect a compromise with the shareholders. 17 8. -nsrlalso resolved to accept a sum of not less than d Withi n ir k the pound without interest, to be paid h e e - q a certain time, to be hereafter fixed ; and in thi s 'reli t of the shareholders declining to accede to elaiilo4ll:angenaent, it was determined to enforce all NI - , - :: ti , NI, and to support the application for a bef e ;.. 'e whole liability on the shares, to be heard Ai e the Master of the Rolls on the 30th inst. Ye at d a ' nleeting of the Royal Bank of Liverpool de to rs :the names of some of the 1 principal tra e - : 4 to the concern are understood to have eit e4a -13tr ed, but the proceedings created much ex- Pre ent ' and a great de3ire was still manifested to Atellthe publicit y. t (21 I ti ,41° ha lf - yearly meeting of the Bank of British of 21 4 the report was adopted, and a dividend itf ae l ) ,, , er cent • was agreed to. clivi de union Steamship Company have declared a Th: (l °f Z 1 per share. Co in l 'ePort of the North of Scotland Banking th e rPaxlY recommends a six months' dividend at tax ate of 10 per cent. per annum free of income Th e 1 , to be e Port of th e B a hi a Gas Company (Limited) l'eeolt, larese nted at th e nex t half-yearly meeting, Per neuds dividends at the rate of 10 per cent. the 0 a ,T,"1 00 the preference, and 3 per cent. on rtb-m-Li'arY shares. Dredi e e t n ews from Brazil by the Estramadure guay - % a speedy conclusion of the war with Para .4.lljea 'Lo r was flying, closely pursued by the oo eu Under the Marquis of Caxias, who, after Fip o i l P Y. il lg the fort of Tebicuary, had abandoned the Lo pez in order more speedily to follow the enemy. l Whe er i 8 rePOrted to have shot several general V , 8) , and also the Portuguese Consul-General, A t i eo es ldA at Asuncion. At Rio the Ministry of reatri " had tint Ita borahy, 4, considering the necessity for naeoZ in g as much as possible the issue of paper (e(plasil invited a loan of 30,000 contos of reis eeot. b on a od. exchange to £2,500,000) in 6 per O etob sat 80, the, interest payable in gold in 3 yearer and April, and the principal redeemable in 4 4vr s by purchases in the market or otherwise by in gs at par in gold. FU NDS —CLOSING PRICES. kr' XIINMENT FZSDS COIISOIS ............................ 9-11 a .40 Ni/er Cet°ll:.A...ce_ount, Nov. 5 ............... 2 I,tevi, p:4uendtuced ......................... per C ent. ......... ................. 93f 1 +04% ............... Do. for au yrs, expire eth April Iz3Ba„. Do (lied Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, '2 per Ut 2l pm Do. £5OO Do. £lOO ez; L'2oo l7 Pm Bank of England Stock, 4per Cent _ Do. account Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial Omni= — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES India stock, 101 per Cent., April 1871 ... 216 141 Do. Opening, for Account — Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Pap,. 4 per Cent VI -* . . Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 llOl Do 5 per Cent., Bup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l.000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Ropunc, 1 per Cent Au Arian Bonds 5 per Cent. 1859 Do. 1859 — Br xzilian 5 per Cent — 03. 41 per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858 — Do. do., 18.io Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 79 i 8i B .enos Ayres 6 per Cent. - DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont.) Cuba, 6 per Cent. C...auLti 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — Do. 6 per Cent., 13 — Do., 1867 Do., 7 per Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip £32 paid C , runiati, 6 per Cent. D mist', 3 per Cent.. 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 I, e r Cent....„ Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — r;quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian, 7 per Cent — n) 0 Second Issue •• •• Do. £5OO Bonds . Do. .{lOO Bonds B'2l f Du. 181;4 Do. Account Do. £sot Bonds — D0..£100 Bonds ~ .. 84 5 English Scrip, 1868 Do do. £45 pd 3} 4 dia Government Railway Debentures Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons . Do. Account Do , i per Cont. Anglo-French — Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd it iiiau 5 per Cert., 1865 — Do. Account • Do Maremmana Railway — M , ,xicar- 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — liontevidean 6 per Gent. • Moorish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 82k 1 Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4} per Cent.. 1862 .. — ••• Do Account 961 Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'3 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid 11 issian 5 per Cent., 1822, Sr, Do 44 per Cent. 1850 - Do 4f per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1850 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds , 91i Do. do. £B4 15s. di,. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9li Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 6 Bl Sar mien a per Cent 72 Spanish 3 per Con ..• Do. Ac, , ,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrou 'Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Pni Tur iish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account ... 6B Do £lOO Broads Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do Account Do £IOC Bonds 72 1i Do 5 per Cent., 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cont., 1865 7l- 1- Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do. Accent Do 6 per Cent., 1862 1 , 26} 5f Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above paya Ole Li Austnsu a pnr Cent. Ex 10 Florins ltliiat• 5 per Cent. 1831, zsf. Do. Account 521 3 1 Belgian, 43 per cent., E x . 25f. Dutch '4 per C. , ut. Ex. 12 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Fr •nch Rontes, 3 nor Cent., Ex. 9 •it. Do Account t.4 31 CLOSING PRICES. Consuls, Money 9ll I Do. Account, Nov. 5 LYCEUM THEATRE.—IIer Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridp honoured this theatre with her presence last evening. MAILS FOR THE UNITED STATES., VIA SOUTH AMPTON.—The Ilamburgh American Steam Packet Com pany have given notice to terminate, at the end of the present month, their contract for the conveyance of mails every Friday from Southampton to New York. No more mails fur the United States will be forwarded by the vessels of this line after Friday, the 30th inst. VIE WAR IN PARAGUAY. The intelligence of the termination of the war in Para: guay is confirmed. Not only has the fort of Tebicuary, supposed to be the last stronghold of the Paraguayans, been captured, but Lopez himself has taken to flight, sheaving that his resources are exhausted. The Marquis of Caxias, the commander of the allied army, has abandoned the spoil of Tebicuary in order to follow the retreating enemy. Lopez is retorted to have shot several general officers, and also the Portuguese Consul-General, who resided at Asuncion. This, be it observed, is only the Brazilian side of the story. Though it is hopeless to expect that the news of the defeat may be untrue, yet it will be reasonable not to accept these reports of atrocities until they are fully established. On the other hand, these cruelties are said to have been reported by a Paraguayan cavalry officer. But humanity forbids us to believe that ladies have been whipped to death until we are compelled to believe it. There was very little fighting atTebicuary. , GERMANY. The results of the Military Conference at Munich have not been made public, but one fact has leaked out on good authority, which, if it be true, is of the highest importance. The conference is said to have decided that in cases of war the forces of the Southern States shall be placed under the command of Prussia, and that the defence of the fortresses of the South be entrusted to Prussia. INTERNATIONAL COINAGE. An agitation has been commenced in commercial circles in Prussia, with the view of securing the adoption of the system of uniform coinage now current in France, Italy, and other States. The general meeting of the Prussian Chambers of Commerce is about to propose a gold coin of the value of five francs. Spain is also about to follow the example of her neighbours. THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER. The North East Correspondence gives some curious details of an interview between the Emperor Alexander and the Austrian General Prince von Tour-und-Taxis. The Czar is said to have made friendly overtures, or rather personal advances, to the Emperor Francis Joseph. He expressed him- self very anxious about affairs in Spain, and uneasy as to the possible consequences of the revolution with regard to the principle of monarchy. He observed that the policy which formerly united the three Northern Courts was the best and the most tried course for their respective States. Under present circumstances the best thing they could do would be to restore that policy ; meaning, it is to be pre sumed, that they were to restore the " Holy Alliance." He congratulated the Kaiser on the postponement of the journey to Gallicia, which would necessarily be interpreted as a step hostile to the interests of Russia. THE EAST. The Pesth correspondent of the Times discredits the fabulous accounts of combinations, insurrections, &c., which come from the East. He says the Turks are somewhat in the position of the Persians of old : most of the informa tion about what passes in their country is learnt from the accounts of their enemies. It is quite true that risings have taken place ; nay, more, they have been fostered in broad daylight by the Bulgarian Committee, but the success of these proceedings were not proportionate to their boldness. The Governments of England, France, and Turkey were fully aware of all that was going on, and by their interference the game was stopped. In Servia every - thing is going on well ; the new regency works har moniously. The same writer says that Prince Napoleon, during hi: summer visit to the East, refused all complicity in Roumanian intrigues. He expected a private reception, and quite lost his temper at the elaborate preparations made. Every story, however, has its converse. The Vienna journals are just now busy with an alliance said to have been concluded between Russia and Roumania. The object of this alliance is, of course, the strengthening oi thee!) two §t es aAd the weakening of Aluitxis, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1868. SHARE LIST, 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim. all 211 218 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 7 id iP 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint. all 16 17 st Atlantic Telegraph lOO 81 32 st Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural .- 201 15 17 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 3 d 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 14 141 10 Do. New 6 3 84 100 Bolekow Vaughan, lim. S Bombay Gas, lint S Do. New 4 11 04 Si British American Land 44 15 17 it B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 163 168 20 British Indian Tea, 11. m. ~, all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint 20 Ceylon Company, lint. lO 3 2d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 4 41 34 24 City of London Real Pro perty, lira 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 510 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 5 6 54 40 City Offices, 40 Colonial, li nt 2O 4 2 Do. ........ . ......... . 50 Commercial Union (Augur) 5 10 Company of African Mer chants, ...... - ..... . 20 Continental U n i on Gas, lira all 17 18 25 Copper Miners of England, pref 71 per cent 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 4 t per cent. all 1034 1044 100 Do. 1879, 4; per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1882, 4f per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint all 21 2, 24 SO Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim. 10 3 2 3 st Crystal Palace st Do. Preference lOO 100 105 st, Do. 6p. c. Perpetual Deb lO9 108 112 20 Darjeelin',lint...,, .. IO Eastern Assam, lim 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 171 1 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint.. . ... . 100 Egyptian 9 percent. V'roy One, by Egypt. GOT all 941 95 93 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. 6 44 41 d at Electric dr Inter. Telegraph 100 225 230 230 10 Do. New .......... . Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 2l 1 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 4 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim. 8 ••• ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering S 14 lid 20 Fore-streetWsrehouse,lim l2 pr 1 P 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 83 84 30 Gellivara, lim. ...... . .... . ... 20 ... 10 General Credit & Dig., lima 74 54 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 23 10 Rom s & Col Marine In. lim 5 41 Sid 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 13 134 152 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 25 Indo-European Tel., 10 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lim 20 Interna. Land Credit, lim 6 50 Italian Land 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavell* all 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem. P IP 11 If 6 4d lf Id 2 21 1870, issued 90 all 50 Land Securities, lim 4 26 London African Trading lO 26 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 10 London County Land and Building, lim 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lim all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 50 Lond. Financial Asco., lim. 10 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 40 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 20 Load. & Provincial Marine 2 at Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gus. 6 p. e. by India Gov. lOO 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim. . . 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lhn. alf 40 Merchant Shipping, lim all 50 31illwall Iron Works, lim l2/ 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. 25 National Discount Co., lim 25 National Prov. Marine, lim 4 10 National Steam Ship, lim all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim 10 New. Consolidated Dix. lim 5 New Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 26 New Zealand Loan & cantile Ageney,lim 2l 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim = it 14 10 Northern Assam Tea, inn 5 7 6 " 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 18 42 40 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l 161 171 181 26 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 14 15 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll 6 Oriental Gas, lim. 6 Do. New 1 ip 10 Otago and Southland In 49 51 31 21d 7 id 3# 3f fp 23 t 22d lt 2 22 17d Id pr 108 104 f id 4 4k 86 41 3k 21d 6 1-16 111 12 12 4 9d 81 91 3 2d 11 Id 4k 31 I fp vestment, lim a id ip s Ottoman Gas, lim all 11 2k 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail, lint .1611 2 S Do do. xt Peel R. Land & Miner', lira 100 22 2 4 50 Penineu. & Oriental Steam all 51 53 50 Do. New 1867 lO id pr 25 Reuter's Telegram 24=80 25p 60 lthyrciney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lim all 131 19} 20 Do. Gas, um__ all 23 24 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 62 64 51/ et Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 111 116 et Do.' 6 p. c. Guar. Pref lOO ... . . 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO 7 6d 20 Societe Cien.de l'Empire Ot 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint 6 ... ... 25 South Australian Land et Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all k 11 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 15f 16f 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 21 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint.., tik .. 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim. 1 i ip 10 Do do. do. all .. i ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 d P 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint. 5 4 40 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp , 6 11 Old sU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim. all 4; 5} s Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all zi 3 :P 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lira, $ 1 lip 10 Upper Assam Tea, lira , all 3 4 30 Van Dieman's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (li ortg,tge) L3ao.- all 71 7l: Ili 6 50 Warrant Finance, lim. ... - 12 12 10d 50 West India and PaciliC Steam, lira. ............ ..... . 20 4 3d 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses ...... , e. ....... TOPICS OF THE DAY. ORDINARY SHAKES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid, Closing BtusineSs Prioe. done. st Bristol and Exeter ...... 102 76 78 at Caledonian .. 100 71 711 711 f I at, CAinbrisn 2) Cornwall all 31 31 st Dublin & Belfast June.— 109 77 79 at Dun„Perth,& Ab.J tine. • . 100 70 72 2/ East London.... 20 Do 15 2) Do 10 et Glasgow &S. Western lOO 11 02 st Great Eastern .. 'OO 101 41 401 1 at Do. E. Angl. N 0.2 lOO 7, 84 at lircat North of Scotlan d lOO 15 6 st Great Northern lOO 107 108 1074 at Du. A stock lOO 106 107 at Do. 1.1 stock— st (215, and W. of irelanu lOO 96 97 • tit. Western -Original lOO 4t4 49 49 at Do. South Wales lOO 46 59 . Do. W. Mid.—Oxior , s Do. Newport 't Lancashire .1t l'orkshir,.. 100 12 1 2.11 at Lon., Brigh.,A S.Coalat.. 100 5.4 1.21 924 2 101 Do Scrip .... • D ut at on., t_Ai.., and ov,a.. Ivo 174 11 st Do. Metrop. Ex. A.... 101 - et Lon. A North Wester , .. 10U 11: 1121 11.1 1 at Lou. A South Wesiet 100 17 bl 8) • Man., Sliel., A Lincoln.. 100 48 48 1 st Metropolitan -t Do. 14 Do. New rd iu pr .p at Metropolitan District all ,1 13 73 1) Do. ana Joian'all , u 6 - et faidiuud at Do, 13ir:nin.. A .1.)1) ; 10) 10 t 2 at North British ...... at Do. Ed., rth., & Dun 10') t Nth. Eastern—Berwiek lOO 92 1(0 10) 25 Do. G.N•E purcham i 6.13.1 at Do. Leeds ..... at Do. lock . 100 08) 8.1 at Dc.. Carlisle at Do. Stock.& Darling at North London .. lO4 120 122 at Do. do. 1866. lO 1 11 at North Staffordshire 100 57 49 at N. &S. W. Junction 10 Do new £lO shares 6 -- at Shropanire Union st South Devon lOO 44 6 st South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok~ & Wok st Taff Vale 10 Do. C st Waterford & Kilkenny lOO 10 Waterloo & Whitelia.l 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 85 87 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... at Do. Scot. N.E., 4) per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua. G p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO at Do. do. Ordinary lOO lio 82 at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath lOO 20 Cornwall, 5 per cont. gua all ••• at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 106 lOT at Do. let Clams preference lOO at Glee. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO at Gt. Eactern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 0 ; at Do do No. 2 100 92 07 st Do do 6 per cent 100 10; 107 it Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 97 101 at Do do B 6 do. 100 105 110 100 st Do do C 7 do. 100 116 120 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 96 101 99 it Do E. Union 4p. e. gua. 100 66 69 it Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ••• st Do do .1 p.c.Way.Val. 1847 100 ••• ••• at Great Northern, I per cent 10 , at Do 6 p.c., rd. at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 4 do do do 100 at .Do 5 do at 6p.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ••• ••• at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 it G t.West.—Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 100 101 st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 96 100 st Do do 4, per cent. 1850— 100 86 8 i st Do do 4 do do at Do do 5 per cent. redem lOO 92 94 it Do do Birmingham gua lOO 65 67 st Do do do pref... 100 110 116 it Do do Chester run lOO 76 80 st Do do do 8 per cent lOO 160 100 st Do do do 5 do 100 96 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 41 p.c lOO it Do do 41 1859 lOO it Do do st Do West Mid.-Oxford Ist g. 100 112 114 at Do do 2d gua. 100 311 113 it Do Newport, Ist g.i p.c. 100 88 92 st Do do 20 do 100 it Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 4/ p.c. all st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 165 st Do Barnsley, £5 Si 10d p.e. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 110 135 st Do 4/ (Blackburn purch). 100 97 100 it London & Brighton, 6p. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO it Do 6 do No. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 it Do 4 do 1859 lOO ..• ••• st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ••• ••• st London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 83 90 st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 90 it London and 7 p,c , • late 3d shares, lOO 140 144 25.6 d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all st 6 D M o an., £6 all par Ipm st Do Shef., &Linda. 6 p.c lOO ... 31 per cent lOO 60 61 10 Do redeem. 6 percent a it Slid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 131 st Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. e 101) 1 0 112 it Do 4/ per cent. redeem lOO 93 , 5 it Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 93 15 st Do Leicester &ffehn. 4 p.c lOO 88 90 st North I .;ritish, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO it Do E. & (-). 4p. c. D lOO it Do N. 13., N 0.2, 5 per cou.t lOO ... it Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO .-E . . .. . st Nastern—Cons. 4p c lOO 8b 87 it Do 44 per cent. redeem lOO 94 94 st Do U.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital S 10.4. 25 Do York, 11. &8. purchase lO 10 1 . 01 st Do Stektu & Drliug. A. 5 p.c lOO 105 107 it Do W, Hartlepool H. and It lOO 86 88 2U North Staffordshire lOs Devon Annuities, 1 5... all 91 104 10s Do TaTistock Anus., 105... all 910 103 Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Amis., 1.0.6) all 22 23 it Do 41 percent lOO it Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO it Taff Vale No. 1 lOO 145 150 st Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 42 45 ,A .ILIVAYS.—PREFERENCE S LIARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. et Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do 41 p c irredeem all ... st Do 4p c c on., i ssued at SU ... st Great Eastern, 41 per cent. 100 74 78 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 85 88 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 34 86 it Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO ... at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO it Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO at Du Boston & Sleafd, 4/ pc 100 at Great West., W. Midi., 5p e 100 at Do Joint perpe. 5p c, 1865 100 it Do do p irred., 1866 100 23 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 it Lend., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 et Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 411 do, 1863 100 at Do do i do, 1865 100 et Do No. 6 i do, 1866 100 it Do No. 7 sdo at Lend., Chat., &to.. 3d , 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at Loudon N. Western, 5p c 100 et London &S. Western, 41 p s 100 10 Man. Shot & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all at Metropolitan i per cent lOO it Midland, A 5 per cent prof lOO at Do B 5 do 100 is Do 5p c opt, to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1861 all 13 Do Incony. Now Sharos 16 21 Do p c con. into Old. Stk., Aug. 31, 1807 at North British, E . and G., No. 1, 1 por cont lOO i t Do ..£lO guaranteed 1861 100 at Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 a t Do E. & G., No. 2, i p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1863 100 it Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c 100 it Do E. & G., (OrdirY) 4 1 P c 100 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 at Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 at North London, 41, per coat (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 it Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 st Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 8G 90 83 87 100 102 191 20 i 11 iii 66 107 109 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 1 10 1 . 0 1 1 201: st Birkenhead 11 1 (0 0 )00 0 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103 it Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead s e t t D D o o . . 4 51 perdcoe.nt. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO :t i E Co a l: t h L e i s n te co r l S n t , gouuran P. e y.., 1 1 0 0 0 0 l i ( i 132 2i Gloster and Dean Forest all st Gt. Easu., Newm., &c., 5 p. c lOO ~. ". at Do. g. U. Harwich, 4 p.c lOO ii - ft . fi i t Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do lOO 63 68 st Gt. West., W. Mid., Here! lOO 55 97 SO Hull and Selby all 109 111 it Lancaster and Carlisle • 100 21, 213 at London and Blackwell , 100 92- 94 at Do. 41 per cent lOO st London, Chat., &c.. 41 pc. 100 „, .. .., . Corn. at Do. Co. Fnud, b do. 100 .. " at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO ,„ st London, Tilbury, & South lOO 78 ii, at Lowestoft, gua. 4 per cent lOO 78 82 st Do. do. 6 do. .. 51 Manch., Buxton. &Matlk all i if at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 91 93 10 Hid-lient (Cray Line) ... .. i 50 Northern & East , 5 per cent all if Il 50 Do. do. 1 do. all , at N. Eastern--Hartlepool .. ... it N.West. A perp. prof, sp. c lOO 107 109 1081 st Do B mininitun If p.c st Notting. & Urantb. R. & C lOO In 93 25 Preston and IVyre, ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep lOO 130 112 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 130 133 10 Do do li 2f 2 ; p st S. Yorksh. and hirer Dan 100 97 99 st Do 4 per cent gua lO , 79 81 st Do i do at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 178 80 at West Cornwall 20 Whist London, Class A all 11 14 20 Do do B all .. .. 20 Do do C all 64 7 at Weymouth and Portland lOO .., ~, at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS, at East and West India lOO 116 118 at London and St. Katherine 100 51 66 100 Do Deb. stock, 4 per cent all Millvrall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 3.1 33 at Southampton lOO 73 75 st Surrey Gcnruanrcityl COLONIAL U OVEDINAINNT ShUU►:lllr. Briti2b Columbia, 6 per ' ' Do. 1895........... 199 Can.Gov.6p.c.J:n.v&July 1877-84 lOO 1054 te 6 l : 07 1 Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug.., 1,0 104 106 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept, 100 11/1 Do. sp. c. Jan. ,t July 100 92 03 98 121 Do. sp. c. Inscribed ok, HO 90 92 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c.1873„ 100 102 184 Do.Apl.&oo 1 890-1900„ 100 11l 113 Do. do 1880.0, • 100 1 07 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1691 100 108 110 1104 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900.... ▪ 100 100 ;02 Cal ion, Nov. 18713, 6 p., lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do 100 105 107 Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873 Jan. and July Do. 1878 ........ 100 106 OS 107 Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 108 M bourne Corporate.,., 1667-75, 6 per cult. 100 - N.8.00v.6 p.o.Ja.&July Natal 6 p Apl & Oct lOO - Do 6po.M .y & Nov lOO 106 108 ---N. S. W. 5 we., '7l to '7(l lOO 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896., 100 99 109 10 , Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 t o ' 7l lOO 9.) 101 1024 N.Zealand, 6p. at. 1891 lOO - Do. 5 per cent.... Do Jan, A pri, July, 0 t.., 100 974 984 •-• DJ 6p c. Mar & wept '9: 100 108 110 Do June & Dec , 1191 IDo Pruv. Auctid.l —— j bt rte.) t& 2, 1e96 Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jau... - and July, 1875 ........ 190 101 103 Do lo• 6.. ... .. 100 101 103 Queensind. 6p. 6100 106 106: 1071 8 Do 1891 ..... 100 1054 1061 - 8. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77.. 100 Do 1878-92............ 100 108 110 Do 1893 ...... 101 100 ICB Tasmanian 6 p 10 0 106 107 107 1 Do rd. 1893 to 1 : 4/. ...... .10 I‘ls 106 Victoria 6p.c. Ja.&July., 100 Do. 1801 lOO 114 114 Do. do, April & 0ct..., 100 114 114 1104 Foreign Alan Packet List. MAILS DUE. 4.ustralia and New Zealand, via Southamptoi......Nov. 7. Ditto, via Y *weenies •••• Nov ; 2 Ditto, via PLI ama ........ ......... ........ Oat 28. Brasil. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video. Nov. 4. Ditto, by French packet OCt. 22. Cape Verde, by Brazil paotet , •••• . . Nov. 4. Cape of Good Elope. ANellBloll. and St. Helena.... Oct. 28. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Oct. 24. Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct 24 India, via Southampton ...... ••• • Oot. 24 vitto, via Marseilles • .... • ... Oct. g 6. Malta, Egypt, Jo. .. ......... •• • • ................ Oct.. 24. Pitto, Marseilles.. ....... ................... 001421 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton .................................. Ditto, Marseilles ~O ,t. li Newf0und1and........... • ..... •• - • ....... ....Oct 21 Portugal by British United States, canada, California, dm, packet .......... . Oct 17 Ditto, by Canadian packet •... ...... . ...... Oct. 23 Ditto, by L L Red States packet . Ditto dittc ( Baltimore) •• • .• West Indies and Pacific (except Mexito and Baha- mas) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe. Oot. 29. Falkland Islands ......... Noy 4. Cuba and Mexico .............. ..... Oct. 28. Bahamas, via New York Bermuda, via Halifax .... ....... • ........... .. .. (Jct. 21. COURSE OF EXCHANGE —Last Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 18} ... 11 19 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 1 ... 12 Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 45 Brussels Hamburgh — ... 18 10} ... 18 101 Paris Ditto Mrasoilles ... ... 25 35 ... 25 40 Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 1201 Vienna — ... 11 721 ... 11 821 Trieste — ... 11 721 ... 11 821 Petersburg Copenhagen — ... 9 20 ... 9 23 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz Leghorn Milan — ... 27 50 ... 27 GO Genoa — ... 27 50 ... 27 60 Naples Palermo — ... 27 50 ... 27 60 Messina Lisbon — 52} 52} Oporto timotemovi 00000 It °" ii' 02 eis 62i AN OLD PUBLIC SERVANT. The belief expressed some time since that Si George Grey would not hold office in the next Liberal Government is now confirmed by the address which the right hon. gentleman has just issued to the electors of Morpeth. He states that he can no longer hope to take as active a part in public affairs as he has done in former years, although he will support every measure tending to the welfare and contentment of all parts of the empire. Sir George belongs to the old Whig school, and has always consistently supported the Liberal party. He was first returned for Devon port in 1832, and entered office as Under Secretary for the Colonies in July 1834 ; he held this post until the following November, and was again ap pointed five monts later, continuing in this office until 1839. Ile was then chosen Judge-Advocate- Gcneral, which he held till June 1841, when he was transferred to the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster. On the advent of the Liberals to power in 1810, he filled the Secretaryship of the Home Department. He held this position until Fcbraary 1832. In June 1854 he was appointed Colonial Secretary, but in the February following he again went to the Home Office, which he filled until Lord Palmerston res;g,ned in 1858. When the noble lord rezdied office in 1859, Sir George was a second time Chancellor of the Duchy, but on the death of Sir George Cornewall Lewis he was once more chosen to represent the Home Department. In his address to his constituents he makes no mention of either Mr. Gladstone or the Irish Church question, although he voted with the majority when the resolutions were before the House. CRITICISM. Some of the Conservative journals have lately adopted a style of comment which they have hitherto deprecated in their contemporaries. Mr. Gladstone is the subject of it. The other day one of these news papers, holding that the Liberal leader had made a disingenuous statement in one of his speeches, charac terised it as an " impudent falsehood." Another journal now speaks of his " malice," his " vindictive nature ;" he is again accused of " deliberate misrepresentation," and lie is said to hate his opponents all the more from the consciousness that their cause is not only just, but that which he would have preferred to espouse. He is found to be acting under the influence of the stings of an uneasy conscience, and is pronounced guilty of a " scurvy trick." " Hard words break no bones," and the right honourable gentleman will take no harm. The cause which he opposes is not likely to derive any advantage from this sort of thing, but the tone of political strife must certainly be dete riorated. What does the Lord Chancellor think of such tactics ? He made a bold and manly challenge on the floor of the House of Lords,and his peroration was received with a tempest of applause. Is this the way in which he would have the battle fought ? TWO MORE JUDGES IN IRELAND. If Mr. Disraeli can claim to have done nothing else, and if his policies are stolen ones, there is one matter in which his Government is original. The Conservative Administration can claim to have given more titles within their time than any other since Pitt's. What with judges, bishops, deans, and canons, a duke, and several peers, with baronets and knights ad lib. (not to speak of posts which do not give a man " a handle to his name "), one would hope that Mr. Disraeli is satisfied. Two more appointments to Irish judgeships have just been dispensed; Mr. Warren, the Attorney- General, having become judge of the Probate Court, while the Solicitor-General has received the post of judge in bankruptcy, vacant through the death of Mr. Berwick in the Abergele catastrophe. Mr. Warren's, promotion is caused by the retirement of Judge Keatinge, who is 74 years of age, and has had a seat on the judicial bench since 1843. Mr. Keatinge is the fifth Irish judge who has been placed upon the pension list since the present Government came into office, while in England ..ve and in Scot land two judges have been similarly superannuated. MY LORD MAYOR. We should think no previous Lord Mayor has managed through bad judgment to commit so many mistakes within his mayoralty as Mr. Alderman Allen has within his. The exalted way in which he has performed those little courtesies which have made the Lord Mayoralty so popular is only equalled by the mistakes he has committed in the really im portant part of his office. He was very severely handled at the laSt Court of Aldermen. In calling the meeting for the relief of the sufferers by the great earthquake in Peru, he ordered it to le assembled at Guildhall. Hitherto all these meetings have been held at the Mansion House, and the fund has been superintended by the Lord Mayor himself. Not so now, however. The whole thing has been put by Mr. Allen into the • hands of Mr. Sidney Smith, the official at the Guild hall. lie himself has taken little part in it. The forthcoming Lord Mayor is not likely to err in matters of form. Ile is going from the Guildhall tc Westminster on " Lord Mayor's Day," in all the glory with which the ancient State coach, men in armour, &e. can surround him. It may be added that to-day the freedom of the City is to be given to Field-3larshal Sit .John Burgoyne. THE roon- L tiv DOARD ON THE ALEnT. Under the influence of public opinion, the Poor law Board give signs now and . then of v,-atiiiig up, and of attempting to shake off that lethargy which has been its characteristic for years. Now and then, indeed, the voice of some ono who complains of being ill-treated reaches its ear, and the complaint is investigated. That it can be of use as a central institute in supervising local action is shown when ever it tries to use its influence in this way. An " official " inquiry has just been con chided at the Lambeth workhouse, which skews that the Board still exists. A girl named Garnham was put into a dark cell as a punishment for insubordinate behaviour, and when thrust into the place her head was, intentionally or otherwise, knocked against the wall. A succession of fits took place, followed by such a prostration of strength that she was not expected to recover, and a magistrate took what wes supposed to have been her dying deposition. These facts coining to the know ledge of the Poor-law Board, Dr. Markham, the Government inspector, was instructed to make inquiries. He has done so, and his report will soon be made public. THE NATAL DIFFICULTY. A letter signed " Syd.ney Gedge " appears in the TiliZe4 upon the subject of the late action of the monthly board of the S. P. C. K. It has been the custom of this board to make grants only on the recommendation of the standing committee, and unless this custom is adhered to, or the meetings of the board are held less often, so that memberS of the society who live out of London may attend them, he foresees that an organised clique can snatch an unfair triumph. A letter from one of the 94 who voted against the £2,000 grant appears in the Herald. The writer has no sympathy with Colenso, but is not prepared to ignore the Queen's supremacy. He says that the members of the English Church Union are no Churchmen, and he heard one of them say, " Oh ! hang Cesar," when it was asked where was the Queen's mandate for con secration. He trusts that the resolution carried on the oth will be rescinded, and that £2,000, or even more, may be allotted in such cases only as the standing committee may approve. THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. - - A visitation has been held in Nantwich parish church by the Bishop of Chester. His charge throughout was a most impartial one. He found fault with the different parties in the Church for their sins of omission and comnlission. Ile wished for every possible liberty, but to this liberty there must be a limit. He remarked that " some minds, of course, might sympathise with the non jurors in their wish that all the characteristic peculiarities of the first Prayer-book of Edward VI. had been persist ently retained. Others, on the other hand, said that no subsequent revision of the Book of Common Prayer had ever departed far enough from the original of 1549. But, waiving all considerations of such extreme views, they had to remember that for all practical purposes their service book was for them what the last review made it; and, further, that nothing conduced more to settling the peace of this nation, which was desired by all good men, nor to the 'honour of our religion and the propagation thereof, than an outward agreement in the worship of Almighty God." He condemned the practice of supplementing the Book of Common Prayer by the "Directorium Anglicanum,' and objected to the doc trine that whatever was not expressly abrogated at the Reformation was still legally binding. On the other hand, he condemned the omissions of the Low Church party, and complained that in many cases no heed was given to the direction which • required the clergy to declare to the people what holy days and fast days occurred during the week—directions as plain and distinct as those for the sermon ; the bread and wine were placed upon the holy table by other hands, and at another time than was enjoined by the rubric ; and the consecrated elements were adminis tered to more than one communicant at a time. He made only a passing allusion to the great political crisis at hand. The Bishop refuted the statement of those who date our • national Chris tianity from the arrival of the monk Augustine, forgetting the presumptive evidence which most impartial writers had recognised, of the knowledge of the Gospel having reached Britain, more or less directly, from the East, and not through Rome. They ignored the time, little, if at all short of fi ve centuries, of a Church which had her ma/ lyrs in the persecution under Diocletian, and was repre sented by three bishops in three councils—a Church of whose service and discipline they were permitted awrething- -dthousch the rgeordk.zaidt. 107 100 00 PS 103 106 103 106 11 lb i IP 1} lip neither as full nor as exact as they could desire them to be." - . ITYMNALS. The opinion given as to the use of unauthorised hymnbooks in churches appears to have been obtained by Archdeacon Wordsworth, who wrote to the Bishop of Oxford upon the matter. The Bishop replied: "I did not feel able to answer so important a ques tion as yours without fortifying my opinion by that of my chancellor (Sir R. Phillimore). So fortified, I may say that he is of opinion (1) that a private clergyman has no right to adopt at his own arbitrium a new set of hymns for use in a church ; and (2) that it is within the power of the bishop to authorise the use of a set of hymns, either in his diocese or in any separate parish of it." A clergyman, as we all know, may be told by a bishop that he has no right to do a thing, and may yet persist in doing it. At present the hymnbook is the prin cipal means of propagating extreme views. Should finda Calvinistic clergyman that the Prayer-book is not sufficiently explicit upon " predestination " and " election," he finds refuge in a hymn, and the con gregation hear liitualist cannot discover anything in the Liturgy which justifies Ma riolatry, and so, • takin g advantage of the reformer's provision for the recreation of the laity, he manages to to enforce all his extreme views by the introduction of hymns in various parts of the service, and with these knocks the Prayer-book into, ship-shape. " ITymns Ancient .and Modern " have been more generally used than any other, but even they have failed to comprehend all the parties in the Church. THE " TABLET." Mr. Wallis, the editor of the Tablet, has annotmcei with some satisfaction that in relinquishing th management of that paper he places it in such good hands as Dr. Vatighan's. He says : "Itis a satisfac tion to me to know that I am handing the Tablet over to one of the ' old English Catholics. I don't think I would have conveyed it to anybody but an Englishman ; and, speaking generally, and allowing for exceptions, I should not be well pleased if I had parted with it to a convert." Had he for gotten that the Archbishop of Westminster is a convert, and that converts who exhibit the necessary subordination to ecclesiastical authority are received with some favour at Rome ? It may be that the editorship of the Tablet is with him a post requiring higher qualifications than an archbishopric. THE BIBLE IN SPADT. The British and Foreign Bible Society evince ;Teat anxiety to introduce Protestantism into - Spain in the shape of the Bible. Hardly has religious freedom been declared when the society issues its appeal for moneys towards circu lating the Scriptures in the land. Not only so, but, if we may believe the advertisement, the society has been long-sighted as well as prompt. In view of the time when freedom should be declared, they had ready " large supplies near the frontier at several points," and some of their books have already been taken into Spain. The editor of e Advertiser seems to have been in the confi dence of General Prim. Three months ago, he says, he received repeated assurances of the most emphatic kind, from General Prim's own lips, that in the event of his attaining to a prominent place in the Government of Spain every facility would be given to the circulation of the Bible in that country, accom panied with the most perfect freedom of religious faith and practice. SIC VOS NON VODIS. Mr. Raphael Brandon complains that Mr. Williams has stolen his ideas upon the subject of the manage ment of the railway system by the State. In 1854 he commenced his calculations as to fares, and named his scheme to several friends. In 1864 he commu nicated with the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the subject, and in the early part of this year he read a paper before the Society of Arts, and pub lished it in the form of a pamphlet, afterwards noticed by nearly all the London papers. Mr. John Imray, engineer, also claims to have studied the subject, upon which he wrote a leader in the Scientific .Review for May. He showed that by the adoption of two sets of fares, one for short journeys up to twenty miles, and one for all lengths of journey beyond twenty miles, great accommodation would be afforded to the public, and the income of the railway companies would be increased by more than £1,000,000 per annum. The rates which he proposed were as follows :—Short journey : 3rd class, 3d. ; 2nd class, Od. ; Ist class, Is. Long journey : 3rd class, 4s. ; 2nd class, Bs. ; Ist class, Ms. The more attention the matter receives the better it will be for the public. Railway tyranny has long been unbear able, and directors will not learn that privilege should be accompanied by responsibility. The railways should be conducted in the interests of the public, and not exclusively to the advantage of the share holders, or, worse still, a clique of directors and promoters. MUCH ADO ALOTIt NOTHING. The Tiev. W. C. Sidgwick writes to the Times to say that he did not call the Duke of Marlborough . by an offensive epithet, as hi s grace thi n k s; b u t he told a story of hearing a man in Italy use the phrase. The duke was called an " infamous scoundrel.' Mr. Sidgwic'c now confesses that it was "an outrage . on publ:e d ecenc y " t o use t h e express i on at all. He does not charge the duke with any intention of in timidating his tenants, but considers that his letter to Mr. Prodrick, refusing to give him any explicit answer to his questions, was calculated to produce an unfavourable impression. We commented upon the letter at the time, when it appeared to us that to rather an offensive interference on the part of Mr. 13rodrick the duke meant in a circumlocutory w ily to answer, " Mind your own business," and the explanation of his grace's agent at the time acquitted him of any intimidation. Mr. Sidgwiek retires from the conflict of words somewhat ungrace fully, and not without a Parthian shot. AN ACTRESS AT HOME. Lady Annie Sherson, sister of the benevolent Marquis Townshend, went into the country With an invalid friend. She was not fortunate in her choice of a guardian for her house and property. The person employed had other duties. She was engaged to perform the character of " Britannia" at the Trevor Music Hall, Knightsbridge. She sought relaxation from the fatigues of her profession by wearing her mistress's best silk dresses, and aysum ing the character of the lady of the house. Lady Annie received an intimation of her proceedings, and immediately returned to town, opened the door of her house with a latch-key, and found the woman bedizened with her finery, and in company of a man. The house had been completely stripped, and forty pawnbroker's tickets were found upon the girl. The delinquent has pleaded guilty, and sentence is deferred to give her an opportunity of tendering information as to the stolen property. Trustworthy servants may be very scarce, but her ladyship's carelessness is un accountable. THE OLDEST MAN IN ENGLAND. A correspondent from Cheltenham writes to the Times to announce the death of the oldest man in England. Ile died on October 12, at the age of 119 years. The register contains no entry of his bap tism, but this is believed to have been his age. He was working in the dockyard at Sheerness when the Royal George was sunk (1782). The old man saia some time ago that he remembered, when a child four years old, being taken by his mother to see an illumination in honour of the coronation of King George 111. in-1760. It is a curious fact ;hat in the very highest and very lowest grades there are such remarkable instances of longevity. The agricultural labourer, passing an existence in which any mental activity is almost wanting, and the law peer or statesman, whose whole life has been a course of severe mental toil, live these remarkably long lives. FOREIGN NOTES. AMERICA. The contest for General Butler's seat in Mas sac h usetts promises to be very interesting. The Republican "bolters "—those who are dissatisfied with the regular party nomination—are resolved to have nothing to do with General Butler, and have nominated Mr. R. H. Dana, author of " Two Years Before the Mast." As the dis trict is one of the most intelligent in the Union, the new candidate is said to have an excellent chance. But the Democrats are expected to vote for Butler! They feel con fident that he will ruin his party by "his moral obliquity and pent-up hatred of General Grant," and are therefore really anxious to keep him in Congress. Mr. John Quincy Adams, son of Mr. Reverdy John son's predecessor, has come forward as a Democratic can didate for the governorship of Massachusetts. Though comparatively a young man, he is looked upon as one of the most respectable rising Democrats ; and, judging by a letter he has written to South Carolina, he deserves this position. Though a Democrat, he apprehends that if his party be defeated in this contest it will be because the results of the war are thought to be in danger. No party could maintain itself which should repudiate the war or surrender its acquisitions. Constitutional or not, the right to secede can be practicable only in the form of revolution. Slavery, he says, is stone dead. The hasty and inconsiderate legislation on the subject of slavery in the Southern States did more than anything else to fasten . universal suffrage upon the South. "The Northern people, having freed the slaves and left them still mingled with their former masters, could not with decency or humanity abandon them naked to the savage enmity which they were taught to believe you felt to them, nor could they calmly look on to see those oppressed of whose comfort and happiness they had become the emardiar.z." _ . THIRD F DIY' ON • SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening, con taining the Latest Betting and Races at Newmarket, was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. 'NEWMARKET RACES—Tins DAT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GLASGOW STAKES. The Glasgow Slakes of 100 sous each, 11 ft, for two year old colts; Bst 101 b each; last three-quarters of R 31.; 9 subs. BeHadrian. W.O. ALL-A(fl STAKES. The All-aged Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, ; two year olds ist, three Bst 101 b, four 9st 31b, five and upwards 9st 5W ; mares and geldings 31b ; Bretby Stakes Conroe; 5 subs. Blue ti-own S WEEPS r. ili.E w o. S OF .50 SATS. The Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, 'h ft, for two year old; ; colts Bst 101 b, fi'li 3s Bst 81h, not engagol in the July, Chesterlield,ltutland, Clearwell,or Pronderg-hast Stakes ; winners of 200 sovs 51h extra ; D.M.; 7 subs. Nightjar Hortense 2 Gowan FIF F Y SO VS. PLATE. A Plate of 50 sovs (Handicap), for two year olds ; Prince Imperial 1 Spider 2 Miss Whip filly , Twenty-two ran. £5O PLATE. A Fifty Pound Plate ; three year olds 7st 101 b, four Bst 101 b, five 9st, six and aged 9st llb ; maiden three year olds allowed 41b, maiden four year olds and upwards 12Ib ; winners of 500 sovs 71b extra ; A.P. Palmer Maid of Masham 1 1 SUSSEX PLATE. The Sussex Stakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; untrieds allowed 3lb both 61b; the winners at Lewes 71b, all other winners (selling stakes and matches excepted) 51b extra ; T.Y.O ; 12 subs.. Ryshworth Glentilt SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. The Subscription Plate of 50 sovs ; two year olds 7st, three Bst 12Ib ; the winner to be sold for 350 sovs if demanded, &c.; T.Y.C. Bagpipes „ 1 Mars Maraschino J Six ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. A. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; two year old ist 31b, three Bst 10lb, four 9st 11b, five and upwards 9st 41b; T.Y.C. Sir Oliver • . 1 Janet Rawcliffe 2 Secrecy . 3 Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. , A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; three year olds 7st 131 b, four Bst I.olb, five and upwards 9st 71b; fillies andgeld. ings allowed 31b. T.Y.C. Pyrenees ..... Oawdor PROGRAMME OF NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. FRIDAY. The Second Nursery Stakes (Free Handicap) of 25 soya each, the winner of any handicap after the publication of the weights 71b extra ; A Plate of 50 soya, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; winners of 500 soya 71b extra ; if entered to be sold for 100 soya allowed 71b. T.Y.C. The Audley End Stakes of 30 sovs each, 10 ft, if declared &c., for horses of all ages (two year olds excepted) A.E.C. A Plate of 100 sous (Handicap), for three year olds and upwards. An. M. A Plate of 100 soya (Handicap), for three year olds and upwards. D.l. Fifty Sovs ; three year olds 7st 121 b, four Bst 121 b, five 9st 21b, six and aged 9st 31b ; the winner to be sold for 500 sovs; if for 150 allowed 71b. A.F. The Optional Selling Plate of 50 soya; for two year olds 7st 71b, three 9st 11b; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs if entered for 150 allowed 51b, 100 101 b. T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; three year olds Bst 21b; four Bst 101 b, five and upwards 9st llb ; the winner to • be sold for 100 sovs if demanded, &e. T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 10 s ,vs each ; two year olds ist 31b, three 86t 101 b ; the winner to b., s fur 3JO 8311.3 if de manded, &e. TY.C. A Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, for three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, Hie.; Bst 51b. A. Sweepstakes of 500 sovs each, 200 ft, for two year old ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies 83t 7th. T.Y.C. 9 subs. Match 500, h ft; A.F.—Sir J. Liawloy's Thu Paliner, Bst 131 b, asst Mr. Chapliu's Hermit, Bst 101 b. SATURDAY. One Hundred Pounds; two year olds sst 101 b, three Bst 41b, four gat 51b, five, six and aged Ost 81b ; the winner (with his engagements) to b 3 sold for 30 Ogs, if de manded, Sre. Last three miles of 8.0. Maiden Plate of 100 sovs, for two year olds ; colts Bat 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 71b. • A Plato of 50 sovs (Handicap), for three year olds and up ward. Cambridgeshire Course. The Houghton Handicap of 15 soya each, and only 5 ft if declared by ten o'clock on Friday evening (to the second), for three year olds and upwards. T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 5 sows each; two year olds 7st 31b ; three Bst 101 b, four 9st 9st 11b, five and upwards 9st 31b ; fillies and geldiugs allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold fur 50 soya if demanded, &c. Bretby Stakes Course. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each; two year olds 6st 101 b, three Bst 101 b, four 9st three, five and upwards 9st 71b ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs if demanded, dm ; if for 100 sovs allowed 71b. T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; three year olds 7st 121 b, four Bst 101 b, five 9st 11b, six and aged 9st 31b ; fillies allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 120 sovs if de manded, &c. R.M. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; tho winner to be sold for 100 sovs if dernanded, &c. T.T.O. Match 500, 250 ft; T.M.M.—Mr. Brayley's Tho Mariner, 3 yrs, Bst 61b, receives 150 ft from Mr. Stephonson's Socrates, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b. _ . NO DAY MENTIONED.—Match 100 h ft. T.Y.O Mr. Alexander's Meteor, Bst 71b, agst Lord Falmouth's Nightjar, Bst, both two year olds. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) NEW YORK, Oct. 21. The Democratic National Committee have an nounced, in refutation of the rumours that a movement had been started to substitute Chief Jnstice Chase for Mr. Horatio Seymour as candidate for the Presidency, that no change will be made in the Democratic ticket. The committe have also issued an address urging that earnest support be given to the Democratic caudidat es. MIDDLESEX SESSIOIVS.-THIS DAY. ..-----...--..*---- THE ROBBERY AT THE UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION. Charles Fairfield, lately lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade and a member of the institution, was charged with stealing a large quantity of valuable coins from the United Service Institution. The prisoner in the first instance pleaded guilty to the indictment, but after a conversation with Mr. Metcalf he withdrew his former plea and then said " Not guilty" to-the charge. The assistant-judge ordered the trial to stand over until the next sessions. MARKET S-7 HIS DAY. 3IARK-LANE. The receipts of home-grown wheat fresh up this morn ing were only moderate. As the attendance of millers was limited, and as the transactions were mostly of a con sumptive character, the demand for both red and white parcels flagged. In prices no quotable alteration took place. Floating cargoes of wheat were dull of sale. and other kinds of produce afloat were firm in value. The barley trade was firm, and fine malting paresis com manded very full prices. llaiza Malt wai - in seasonably extensive supply and moderato request on former terms. The oat trade was steady, and the value of old corn was well supported. COTTON. L IVE urooL, October 21.--The market stoady, at firmer rates; sales about 12,000 bales. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales intend honouring the Adolphi Theatre this even ing with Unix mem.