The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-18 00:00:00

RONAY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLoca. The Stock Markets are dull this morning, in great measure owing to the weather, which prevents the attendance of those who are not obliged to be present. Consols, which yesterday morning were all but 93, are now only 921 to 92/. The pure chases for investment have been numerous all the week, but they have now given place to realisations. Fureign Stocks are quieter also, and Mexican and Greek are offered. Italian are alone in demand. Railway and other home securities are quiet, but prices are maintained. For discount there is only a quiet demand, and the quotation remains at 11. to 11 per cent. Consols opened steady at yesterday's prices, but are now k lower, at 92/ to 92} for money and a ccount. New and Reduced Three per Cents., 92i to 93 ; India Five per Cents., 1111 to 112 ; Bank Stock, 241 to 243. Exchequer Bills, 225. to 275. prem. In Foreign Stocks Greek are 1 lower, at 14 to 121, and Mexican 8, at 15k to 131. Italian (1861) Bonds area better, at 42/ to 43. Turkish (1865), 30 i to 30; ; New Spanish, 35 to 351; Egyptian Railway, 94 to 921 ; and Portuguese Scrip, 1/ to 4 prem. American Securities are firm. United States 5-20 Bonds are k higher, at 71i to 725 ; Erie Railway and Illinois arc each 1 better, being quoted at 48 to 49, and 85 to 86 respectively. English Railway Shares are without movement. The following are the quotations :—Lmcashire and Yorkshire, 1231 to 124; Midland, 104 to 1041 ; South Eastern, 671 to 681 ; London and North- Western, 114/ to 1151 ; Great Northern, 107 to 108; ditto A, 109 to 1091 ; Great Eastern, 291 to 29 ! ; Great IVestern, 461 to 47 ; Brighton and South Coast, 46} to 47 ; Caledonian, 741 to 75 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 44 to 441 ; Metropolitan, 117 to 1171 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 18 to 181. East Indian Railway is steady, at 108/ to 109} ; Great Indian Peninsula, 107 to 108 ; Grand Trunk of Canada unaltered, at 14/ to 15k. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Sovereigns, amounting to £35,000, were withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday for export to Alexandria. The Masilia has brought £80,500 in specie, with the hervy overland mails. The Scotia, from New York, brings .£286,000 in specie. The next biddings for India Bills on Calcutta and Madras only will take place on the sth proximo, when £ 2 00,000 will be offered. The directors of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway have convened the half-yearly fleeting for the 2901 inst., for the transaction of the general business of the company. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the Metropo litan Railway Company will be held on the sth of February. The City Discount Company have convened their half -yearly meeting for the Ist of February. A. second call of £4 per share, making £8 lOs per Share ca ll e d up, has been made on the £22 Five per Cent. Preference Shares of the Midland Railway Company, payable on the 11th of February. The half-yearly meeting of the London, Brighton, a . 1 (1 South C oas t R a il way C ompany w ill b e h e ld on Lae 4th February, for the purpose of authorising the directors to raise capital by the issue of new shares for convertin g i n t o 5 per cen t. stock the remaining £5 Preferential 5 per cent. shares of 1865 and 1866, and to confirm the arrangements made by the directors with the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. In reference to the proposal made at the meeting of the s hareholders of the Alliance Bank, on Wednesday, for c oncentrating the business on London and Man chester, by closing the b ranc he s at Liverpool and Eir k: e nnead, it is understood that there is no immediate intention to carry out the proposal, and that the ` s business in Liverpool and Birkenhead will for the present be carried on as usual. The steadily suc cessful results which were stated at the meeting to h ave attended the bank's operation in Manchester foe expected to be further de v el o ped by an addition b the resources which will ultimately be set free Y the above measure. „A dividend o f X 5 p er s h are h as b een declared b y Lae Ea s t P ool M i ne, and of £1 per share by the Cs.vm by Mine. A ca ll of lO s p er s h are has been made "Y the Penhale Wheal Vor Mine, and of 5s by the North Downs Mine. The following is the report of the Midland Banking old PanY (Limited), to be presented to the Share ers at the meeting to be held on the 31st inst. : Pln submitting to the Shareholders the accom naYing b a l ance sheet and statement o f pro fi t an d 33 for the half-year ended 31st December, 1867, Directors and certified as usual by the auditors, the their have great pleasure in stating that since ` e netr last report there has been a satisfactory in breaBe in the business of the Company. It will p e s een from the balance sheet that, after ro vi ding for bad and doubtful debts, the gross 1 fits for th e h alf-year, i ncluding the balance brought .47,133. last account, were £28,721 12s 3d, and that all deducti ng i nteres t pa id or d ue to customers,. and th e expenses of the bank, there will remain a balanceintimation of X 12,702 Os hi. In accordance with the alMation in their last report, th e di rec t ors h ave 01f)prtohe tmnic priated,X4 705 8s lld from the profits for the purpose of extinguish lea the item of preliminary expenses, and they deriv e the Pleasu re an d encouragement f rom t h e f act t h at etheealititio: o e r been abl e t o d o t hi s w i t hi n fi ve years f rom _ r ticorporation of the Company, in a dditi on t o th e a Reserve Fund. They now propose to Pay the u sua l dividend of six per cent per annum, free of Income Tax which will absorb £4,726 10s, 4 4 1. 11 _ 4 to carry forward to profit and loss new account 2,e bal ance of £3,270 lOs 2d, which includes dlle lO s 3d for rebate on bills discounted and not rebruarThe divid en d w ill b e paya bl e on t h e sth y ne x t.e hays e directo rs o f t h e Northern C ount i es Railway for greed to recommend the payment of a divend an Lar' past half-year at the rate of 5 per cent. id per a n um, and t o carry forward to the credit of next c.eonnt the s um o f £ 4,567. The f o ll owing is Messrs. Pixley's weekly report of ,Te bullion market :—Gold : The arrivals during week have again been numerous. They com- V r _i • —.£45,000 per City of Antwerp, from New _eori:0;00X180,500 per Hermann, from New York ; Chicago, from ditto ; £236,500 City of i,o4ndon, from ditto • £66,400 Seine, from Brazils ; i:15,000 Liberator, ' from Sydney ; £13,000 Strath !,tno from ditto ; £11,340 Atrato, from West J.,s3d4ies total, £657,740. Of the above total, about Z ee t,0.00 consisted of sovereigns, and these have been n into the Bank. The balance, together with £37,000 withdrawn from that establishment, has been takels for the C ont i nent ; and, as the demand still continues all immediate arrivals will also be sent away. Silver : The Hernanonv _brroought about £50,000 D or e silver from x i Atrato about £BO ,OOO from the l l\ r ' k e ' st a l n i d i e ; these amounts have been sold at the rates previously current, viz., 604 d per oz. standard for Dora, is 600 per oz. standard for fine bars. The demand only for th e C ontinent, shipments to the East having enti re l y ceased. Mexican Dollars : The trance brought £120,000 to St. Nazair e f or V era e ra; of which £BO,OOO is on . English account ; 13these will probably be sold at the former rate , 1 _. 58 1d per oz., an d on l y f or refining purposes, there drafts no de man d f or China. Exchange on India for by the banks at 60 days' sight is unchanged, and „T r ay , be quoted is lOid for Bombay, Calcutta, and Tatras. The council drafts sold yesterday show a is diminished demand. The minimum was lowered to 10 id, at which £157,000 was allotted on Calcutta, s _ 4 ,000 on Madras. en Bombay nil. India G overn - Loent Loan Notes ire unehanged. The quotations are ---1 08 to 1081 for 54 per Cents.; 103 to 1031 for 5 per Cents.; and 67 to 871 for 4 per Cents." BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES" , GO VERNMENT FUNDS. ' Per L ent. Consols a 0. Account, Feb. 6 921 32! leer Cent. Reduced 93 I I I Ne el'i' 3 per Cent NV 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 _ 4 D o. 5 per Cent. J an. 1873 — I._,Tuaities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 — i .,uo. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 'lBB5 — 1, -- De. (Rod Sea Televaph), Au,., 1908._ tchcquer Bills, 41,000, 2 &21 per Ct 22 pm Do £soo 22 pm Bank of £lOO & £.' a nk of England Stock, 4,-., 00 er Cent 241 pin De. Account p , INDI AN GOVERNMENT S E CURITIES. Itll)ilian .:1 cock, 10i per C ent., Apr i l 18 7 4 215 ,o• Ac count DO' 5 Per Cent. July, 1880 1) 1001 D 0• Certificates Pm" Cent., Oct. 1888 .-,0. — Do. Refaced Paper 4 per Cent D o 87 1 00 ' 5 Per Cent , Jan. 1872 • 5i per Cent., May 1879 lOB l-). 5 Per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 — 110. do. 1877 — Do 1882 — DOdo. DO Deb . ., 5 per Cent', Aug. 873 — 1)0• 13 d " g . . en s 5 per Cont., £l,OOO unde r ' £llOOO ................ 1: — Pm loyal Bea 1, and or Maid heart, rIRE. r Ser- rs, for ;hided bar red a Rifle ,nant- )cate ; pro- ianed order 24th Man party sym the order Ifore unte- poli- order ile on make :ed to n like words order , n the make ;ed to men I men D that )olice e pro have were ler in i as it rtreet. home: might n the I, and Win s who ;uard, aeu as sollera b par ad 30 1 of a At prison ild b 8 idence aid it C, a nd .e and Idlers, gave and e he re ‘d. .dard" edition cora - 95, wi ll eorgo' 6 iefit of L hai r ° resig larroW ce re" i, Ll has 1 Vito; o baud. red by ;endin s 6clc, impar• ekshire of con• it lega l probry• cs as to th that rribex•ed FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — .ustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-GO Do. 1863 - . Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 1)0 Account 76/ 51 61 Do. £lOO Bonds — u en Ay res 6 per Cent — Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cuba, 6 per Cent. CuiHan 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — 00. 6 per Cent., B • Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip £32 paid C )1 mbian, 6 per Cent. ••• Dauisn, .3 p u. Cont., 1825 D ,nubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cont., 1867 — Eluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — I;gyptiau, 7 per Cent — Do. Seeoad Issue D ~ f5lO Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds 9l Do. 1861 D o . £5 i 3 Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 911 90 Goyernment Rail way o,4bentures .... 92 11 21 11 2 Gre, k, 5 per Cent., 1821-5, ex Coups — Do. Account D:.i. Coupons Do. Account G. tateinala 5 per C. , nt .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 7p. Ct., .Zl5 pd pin It iilan 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do, Account - Do. Maremmana Raiway — 11 , xicztL 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account •••., 7' Do. 18(i1 74 Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French ilontevideau 6 per Cent. . Iloorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferred Do Ltfud Warrants (Hectares) Pet:Tian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account 714 4 1 1 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarreu) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 Ruisian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4] per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds B9 1 Do. do. £Bl los. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do. £Bl 15s. do Bll 5 Sardinian, 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con — Do Account Do New Deferred •.. Do Account Do Passive — Do Account Do Com. Cert. of Cou,_ , . not funded Do Account Tu ids': 6 per Cent. — . Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 • Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 591 Do. 1863 I Do 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 49 8i 1 Do 4 per Cont., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do Account — Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London, Austrian D per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch z 4 per (lent. Ex. 12 Guil „ — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italia:, 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 424 34 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 924 4 Do. Account MARKETS—(I his Day.) COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. There is very little change in the tone of any of the markets to-day; but rather numerous arrivals having taken place within the last few days, there are prospects of more plentiful supplies shortly, and there is the loss probability of any revival of demand until the fresh supplies are avail ab!e, as 6113 ere will withhold the execution of their orders to avail themselves of the better choice which these sup plies must afford. Meantime some sundry ;parcels that have been held for stiff rates, in consequence of scarcity , may now be realised on easier terms. SUGAR is 6d higher on the week for brown West India, and is to is 61 for clayed Manilla. Refined—Dried goods are is down; common English lumps, 41s to 41s 6d. COFFEE is dull, but for good qualities ,prices are main tained. Cocoa.—Quotations are steady, but the amount of busi ness passing is only very moderate. .SILK.—The trade is dull, with dr'ooping prices. Corrox is id. per lb. dearer on the week. METALS. —The copper market is firmer. English rough, £73 to £73 10s; Chili bars to arrive, £69. Coin.—Good and fine qualities of yarn are rather dearer but common have declined. Fine Ceylon sold at (63) 5 s (73) Se ; good small, £52 to £53 ; fair 44, 15s ; ordinary to middling £25 to £3B ; Zanzibar roping, £92 to £25 per ton. TALLOW.—The market for Russian is dull at 43s 3d to 43s Gd spring; 43s 6d to 43s 9d for March; South Ameri can 40s 6d to Vs. Town tallow is scarce. POTATOES. Supplies are light, and the demand good; prices rather higher. HAY AND STRAW. The markets are quiet, with little if any change in prices. Meadow hay, 555. to 835.; clover, 50s. to 100 s. ; straw, 30a. to 365. per load. rARKET. at the Close. COAL Price per To__ sd 8 d Hollywell Main... 16 0 Iletton North Pelton Gas ... 14 0 Hetton Lyons 16 9 West Hartley Haswell 2O 0I INTERESTING PRESENTATION.—For some time t has been the custom for the tradesmen of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales by common consent to celebrate the birthdays of the royal pair by a banquet, but an association for that purpose has now been formed, mainly through the instrumentality of Mr. Melton, of Regent-street, and so, for the future, the natal day of their Royal Highnesses will bo observed in a far more systematic manner than heretofore. The executive committee of the association will arrange the annual dinner and ball, by which means the initiation of either will not be left to a single individual. Such an arrange ment cannot but be productive of the best results ; and a few days ago the members of the association, in order to show their appreciation of the exertions of Mr. Melton in the matter, presented him with an elegant silver epergne, upon which was engraved an appropriate inscription, setting forth the zeal and energy he had invariably shown, on all occasions, when the celebration of theßoyal birthdays was under considera tion. Mr. Nicholay was the chosen spokesman on the occasion of the presentation, and the recipient of the mag nificent gift assured the gentlemen who had conferred such a mark of their appreciation upon him, that their present w)uld be looked upon as his most valued heir-loom. The Semaphore de Al arsenic reports an attempt to assassinate an actress belonging to a minor theatre of that place. A man having knocked at her door, she opened it, and the visitor asked why she had not answered his two letters. The lady replied that she did not know what he meant, and was about to shut the door in his face, when he rushed upon her and stabbed her in the arm. Her cries attracted the attention of the neighbours, and the fellow made off with all haste. The motive for the attack is unknown. SNAKE PoisoN.—Dr. Shortt's challenge of 1,500 rupees will doubtless call forth Indian specifics from all parts of the country. We would recommend to him a trial, if possible, of those remedies which the South American Indians practise in their gloomy and snake haunted forests. For every vegetable poison and for every snake poison— and they are many—which exist in the forests of Brazil it is asserted there is a vegetable antidote growing close at hand, and it is to be regretted that when Mr. Clements Markham introduced his chinchona trees into India he did not endeavour to procure a few of these boasted South American plants, which are said to cure the most venomous bites. The experiment would have been worth a trial, and may yet be tested.—Madras Times. An interesting discovery of ancient silver coins and ingots of the Gaulish period has been made at Gou trem (Euro). They are believed to belong to the period of the Volsci-Tolosati, inhabitants of ancient Toulouse. Letters from Italy speak of the approaching publication of a political pamphlet by M. Rattazzi, in reply to the documents recently produced by General Menalorea. The brochure, the letters say, will appear simultaneously at Florence, Paris, and Londuu. "Dear birß,-1 was for years a great sufferer from dyspepsia, accompanied with heartburn, spasms, and severe cramps and pains in the stomach, for which I tried a num ber of medicines to no purpose, until a friend persuaded Inc to try your Pain Killer, which gave me immediate re lief. I have used it now five or six years, and would not be without it at any price.—Yours, &c., MARTHA BROWN HILL, Dudley, May 2, 1867." " Sirs,—l can with confidence recommend your excellent medicine the Pain Killer for rheumatism, indigestion, and. toothache, having proved its efficacy in these complaints.—Yours, &c., liliumx MIT CHELL, Bolton, June 11, 1859. To Perry Davis and Bon, 17, Southampton-row, Holborn (W.C.)." None genuine without the words PAIN KILLER on the Ovum:mai stamp. Sold by All chetui4te.—(ADvi.) THE SUN, LONDON, SA URDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1868. SHARE LlST.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid,, l Closing j Business Prise. done. at 13rtatoi anti Exeter 10 - u 8 4 86 et • Caledonian --.... 100 I 714 75 741 1 at Cambrian - Cork and Bandon.-- - - 20 Cornwall. all 2 4 atDublin & Belfast June. 100 744 7541 lat Dun„Perth, & A b.June. 100 70 72 • 100 L. London, Scrip Cacti, all - - Do. 100 - - d at Glasgow &S. Western 100 93 03 at Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 100 004 201 291 1 st Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 100 6 6 at Great North of Scotland 100 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 1066 1076 107 at Do. A 5t0ck.......... 100 107 103 1054 et Do. Ii stuck lOO 1224 103 at Do. New, is. at 25 pin 100 - - at Gl6, and W. of Ireland 100 96 98 at Gt. Western -Original 100 45 454; 47 64 / 1 at Do. 6. Val. Rail. gua. 100 - - at Do. South Wales 100 - - at Do. W. Mid.-Oxford 100 .25 30 at Do. Newport lOO 29 31 st Do. Hereford 100 - - st Lancashire A Yorkshin. 100 123 124 at Weldon and Black wali 100 - - st ILon., Brigh.,& S Coast 101 474 471 at •I-on., Chat., and Doves 100 18 10 181 st Do. Metrup. Ex. A lOO - - at Lou. & North Western 100 114 115 1151 4 141 15 at Lon. A South Westert. 100 76 78 786 at ,Man., Shet., & Lincoln 100 14 1411440 at Metropolitan all 115 117 1186 174 4 17 at Do. New lO - - st Du. Extension.... all 102 103 104 at 31etrupolitan Dietrict. all - 20 Do. do. do. 10 - - 10 Du. and 6t. John'olV'd 6 - - at Midland - Do. £9 Share 7 - - at Do, tiirmin.. & Dorb) 100 72 74 -11 id Kent - - at North British at Do. 101., I'th., & Dun lO2 - - at Nth. .Eastern-Berwick 100 98 99 100 25 Do. G-.01•E purchase 16.13.4 - - at Do. Leads ..... 100 5? 61 at Do. York lOO 91 91 a!', Do. Carlisle , ..... 100 - - at Do. Stock. & Darling. all 129 131 45 Do. do. 1860-61 lB - P at North London at Do. do. 186* 5 . - Do. do. 1866 10 North Stallordshire _ 100 53 61 at &S. W. Junction all 113 115 109 at Scottish Central - - !Scot. N. E , Aber. stool, 100 - uo. Scot, Mid. stook lOO - Shropshire Union at South Devon lOO 42 14 at South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 84 91 at Vail Vale lOO 145 :50 10 Do. C - ale of Neat!' - Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 10 , Waterloo & Whiteha 1 6 - - , Ve4t Cornwall lOO - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIE 1. - ;Britiih Columbia, 0 per; I ocnt., Dec. 31, 1172 llOO - - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-01 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug..; 1,0 100 102 102 - 'Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept' 100 100 102 - ;Uo. sp. c. Jan. & July, 100 I 80 88 86 - !Do. sp. c. inscribed sk; 100 85 87 - ;Cape 61.110pe, 6 p.c.1873: 100 1102 104 - !Do.Apl.&Oot , 1590-1000; 100 116 108 1071 7 4 - Do. do 1880-901 100 104 106 - Do. Jan.&Jnly, 1890-90 100 1 , i 100 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1000 lOO 05 a - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 - Do. 1878, do lOO 110 1104 1104 - Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1878 .. , 100 166 108 - 1832, Mayls, Nov. i5l 100 105 107 - Do. 1815, Feb. & Aug ; 100 107 100 - ;Natal Gov. 6 per cent- l 100 114 106 - IN.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.toJuly; 100 103 115 - N. S.W. Gov.s p•c.,18661 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876, 100 98 90 981 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 100 974 936 961 51 61 - New Zealand, 6p. cent' 100 - Do. 5 per cent.... llOO 93 99 971 4 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l3O 102 104 - I - Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 1 00 103 115 102 - J. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c. 1863-9 100 1 0 ) , o (3 . - 0 1 v 8 . 7 6 8 p & o u . „t ar j d u s y . 1 1 0 0 0 0 I_lo 11._l 107 VI - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 110 112 111/ - - - BRITISH rOSSESSIONS. US) Atlantic & St-Lawrenoe all 63 85 liom.,Baroda, &Cen.ln. 100 I C4 105 10211 at gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. F shares lO p 4P 1 4 0 04 Bu D ff o. alo rr & efe L r a c k n e oe lluron all 3 4 4 all 5 0 100 Butl.,Brant, &Goderich at Jape Town & Dock, gu. 100 18 52 at Calc p ul . ta 18 & 72 1;i 3 . 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 - 8 71 — :00 Demerara, 7 p.o. per. pi all 99 102 at East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 03 . 104 1 0 5 0 110 _ 1104 108 k 2 a o t j di l af x , at ‘irand Trunkof Canada 100 17 18 te g n u slo 6 n P.c. 1 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 83 85 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 50 52 39 40 100 Do. do deferred 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds., all 40 45 100 Du. do. deferred - (00 Do. 3cl Pref. stook all 32 34 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook 100 Do. do. deterred l'o. Gus. 5 per cent lB 2 3 / 4 - at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c lOO 1 0 7 1 0 8 10 71 84 20 Do. New gua. sp. o 6 2 r et t 1 t. South of India gua. 5 per cent at Do. 44 per cent lou 92 94 at Do . 204 .3reat Wes. of Canada all 154 154 204 Do. New all - 100 Do. 6p. o Bi.s. pay. 1873 1 all 95 97 10 0 Do. 54 do. pay. 1677-B_l all 85 67 10 [ndian Branch, limitedi 3 1 41 at Madras, gua. 5 p.c I at Do. 41 do lOO 100 LO2 l 1 01 1 100 93 95 at Do. 14 do lOO 89 91 2 1 ) Do. Fifth Extenato 5 at Meth. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100 10 3 1e1..1c Hobsou's Bay _I all at :N.lll.C'da,opo Ist pi. bs 100 83 85 at Seinde • lOO 100 101 1004 et Do. Delhi 10 Da. do ti a: 15 t #p at Do. runiaub lOO 119 100 et Do.lndus St.Flot i 100 85 87 BUITISIA MINES. ‘•--i !Cam. Consul. Gold, Um. 1 Chivertan Clifford Amalgamated SO 54 6 3 / 4 Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 440 430 Drake walls 2.1.0 ?East liaasettallogan) 294 10 12 ;East Caradon 2.11.6 6 6 'East Carn Brea 34 2 2 3 / 4 eAst Grenville 2.14.0 14 2 East Gunnialake .. 8.3.0 Loved 3.9.0 8 9 E. W'i Russell (Tavistk /1.7.6 14 2 t.' 4 am.‘k StAubyn(G wen. 06 4 5 4 Great Laxey, limited., all 17 18 171 18 Great South 0.14.0 Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 - d . Wheal Vor 10 17 19 14 Grenville 0.0.6 14 14 ilcrod's Foot • ... 6.10. c 35 3 7 fllugston Downs , 5.10.6' 24 21 Margaret (tiny Lelant;l3.l7.o' 6 8 Ilarke Valley 14.10.6 41 5; 4 Ilwyndy Iron Ore, lirni 3l 24 14 .e:v S ton - North lositear . sl.Wh Bacsett(lllog,su 4.4.0 North Wheal Crotty 2.13.0 2 3 l'rosper 8.11.0, 2 24 erovidence .I.lnyLelanti 10.0.7 29 31 ' ,S. Caradon (St. Clcer) l4 393 410 - ;South Cendurrcw -16. Wheal Iran. tlllogan 18.18.9 374 42 stray Park . 1 35.15.0 4 6 fin Croft U 13 14 Vigra and Mogan, lim all %Vest Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon lLtskeard 12 la 12 West Chi verton ll 66 68 West 5et0n....... Wheal Bassett tlllogan 54 E 5 05 Wheal Buller (itedruth 16 16 19 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 18 20 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney 5 . 5 1 8 7 4 .0 8 6 5 980 r'KEFII:Itt04(;111 btlAttlat AND STOCKS London and North-Western, 5 per cent., 109 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL S, London and Blackwell, 87 11. n., via. 7 pe r cent., 14/ FOILEMN ItAILVV.S,yr. Ditto (all), 23* San Paulo, gua. 6 per cent., 19 DE'aulticiahaintldieSnaisnhrOallaim4 FOlthlIGN 61.1N103. Auglo Brazilian Gold, 1 Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, Don Pedro, Nor , h Del Bey, Pul Pestarena United Gold, Um., 2 9-16 Port Phillip, 14 St John del Hey, lim , 32) 11 DOCES. East and West India, 124 i 3 BANS% Agra, lim., A, Ditto, B, Alliance, ~ 13 Anglo Egyptian, Um., 171 City, 111 Consolidated, Um., 41 Imperial Ottoman, 8 / London and County, 53 London Joint Stock,: 331 London and Westminster, 711 Midland Bank, lim., 191 Union of Australia, 491 Union of London, 33/ I MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo American Telegraph, 201 I Atlantic Telegraph, 41i Ditto, 8 per cent., 05 2i B. and I. Magnetic relegroph, lira., 121 Commercial Union, Jnsuranae, 41 Credit Fonder of -England. lim.. 3k East India Irrigation and Canal. 16 ) H E u b y b p w ti V an al 9 pere,loCent. Viceroy Loan, vit. - by E gipt. Govt. 90 Gen. Credit and Discount, 51 The thaw has almost entirely freed the roadstead of Antwerp from the masses of floating ice which ob structed it, and enabled the steamers which wore blocked up to resume their voyages. The sailing vessels - will speedily be ably to do the same if the mild temperature continues. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The Serapis, just arrived at Portsmouth from India, has brought to England a magnificent young tiger, in charge of Captain Wake, for the Zoological Society's Gardens. Yesterday morning, a fire occurred at the corn mill of Mr. Crossland, Saville-street, Sheffield, and before it could be extinguished damage to the amount of up wards of £l,OOO was sustained. Intelligence has been received in Liverpool that Captain G. A. Lewis, commander of the screw steamer Pennsylvania, was recently washed overboard on the out ward voyage to New York. UNIVERSITY EXTENSION. An important meeting has been held in the Council Chamber, Oxford, in order to consider the question of university extension in relation to middle-class education. The Principal of St. Mary's Hall, who opened the question, considered the impediments which stood in the way of university extension as to be of a twofold nature—firstly, the necessity of belonging to some college or hall ; and, secondly, of residing in some college or hall, If this were done away with, young men who came to the university would be entitled to the benefits of the whole professional staff on payment of so small a sum of £1 a year. There must be an examination of some sort, and that examination was wholly irrespective of residence, so that a man could carry off the honours of the university without being in residence a single term. With regard to the necessity of residing in some college or hall, he thought there were but few parents who would send young men of 17 or 18 years of age to the university to reside in buildings where they could not be placed under proper supervision. He was led by experience to believe that it was not so much lack of money that prevented persons passing through the university, as the considera tion of the time they were compelled to spend there. Under the present system of university training, there were many difficulties to be surmounted, and some of the existing restrictions must be abandoned before there could be a sufficient extension of university education. — Mr. Neate, M.P., thought that the university out of their large revenues ought to provide for the education of a large number of people by giving them the means of primary instruction ; although that would be a division of the funds, it would be but a very small instalment of the debt the university owed to the middle classes. If the middle classes were admitted as undergraduates, he be lieved they would carry off more than their share of the honours of the university ; and as regarded those classes gene rally, he would merely add on their behalf that they deserved the warmest support of all who felt an interest in the cause of education.—Professor Rogers said that the question had been asked whether the people of Oxford could be brought within the university in order that they might partake of a portion of its benefits. He believed the first thing they had to do was to introduce a free grammar school into the city, and then it would be asked where the money was to come from. That was readily answered ; it should come from those detestable local charities. If they took those charities away, and tried to establish good middle-class schools with the money, great good would be effected, for at present the proceeds of those charities were only breeding paupers.—The meeting was adjourned for a fortnight. . His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador, Count Bernstorff, will deliver his credentials in his capacity as Ambassador for the North German Confederation upon her Majesty's return from Osborne. LORD JUSTICE ROLT. —A rumour has crept into the pages of some of our contemporaries that Lord Justice Rolt, whose illness we noticed last week, has tendered his resignation of his judicial office. That rumour is, we are happy to say, wholly without foundation. The Lord Justice is progressing towards recovery as favourably as could have been expected. The medical report of Thurs day anticipated a gradual recovery within a moderate period.—Solicitors' Journal. TILE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. - 7 ,—The Rev. H. W. Andrew, of Wood Hall, Hethersett, Norfolk, has received a letter from the Rev. H. A. Sterne, one of the Abys sinian captives. Mr. Sterne, who writes from Magdala, December 9, says :—" I thank you and every member of your church and family who have been and are 'still pleading for me. Assure them that their intercessions and those of other Christian friends have been the greatest comfort and support to me in all my afflictions. If forecasting indications are a safe guide, I believe the day is not far distant when I shall be able (God willing) to express to them in person the depth of my sincere gra titude." CONTEMPLATED LAW AMENDMENTS. —We under stand that at the annual meeting of the Faculty of Advo cates the Lord Advocate announced his intention of intro ducing into Parliament a bill for the consolidation of the conveyancing statutes, another relating to the law of pre scription, and a third for regulating the procedure of the Court of Session. With reference to the last, his lordship stated that, while he deemed it proper to lay his bill on the table of the House before submitting it for the con sideration of the Faculty, he should be glad to receive any suggestions which members of the Faculty might haye to offer.—Edinburgh Courant. THE CATTLE PLAGUE.—Lord Robert Montagu, M.P., writing to the Hon. 3. M. Henniker-Major, M.P., with reference ro the retrospective compensation granted for cattle slaughtered by order of inspectors between Aug. 2C and Nov. 23, 1865, says: " With reference to the delay in the payment of compensation claims, considerable time must necessarily be occupied before these claims can be settled, and we have usually deferred making any pay ments to local authorities until the greater part, if not all, the claims within their jurisdiction have been decided. The amount at the disposal of the Privy Council for compensa tion is £25,000. We have received applications from up. wards of 1,200 claimants for compensation for more than 8,000 cattle, valued at upwards of £llO,OOO. The evidence in each of these cases has to be gone into separately. For this purpose reference has to be made to the returns and papers of the period, amounting to more than JO,OOO in number, and relating to about 76,000 head of cattle. About four-fifths of these claims have been settled, and upwards of £19,000 awarded." A MAN'S EYES BURNED OUT BY VlTRlOL—COn siderable excitement has been caused in Coatbridge, near Glasgow, by the commission of a, crime of a very serious character. For nearly two years past a man named Thomas Hayes has been courting a girl named Al`Taggart, A marriage had been arranged for, and a day was fixed for the " booking "—a social gathering with which the work ing classes there generally celebrate the event of giving in their names to th e sess i on clerk f or proc lamation. For some cause H a y es c h anged his m i n d, and neither the " booking " no r th e we d ding came o ff . A f ew weeks since a decree was granted against Hayes for the support of a child of Al`Taggart's. Not satisfied with this, the girl went to Coatbridge and bought half a pint of vitriol, and put it into a small can. She then sent for Ilaye, and, having procured a meeting, she threw about the man all the vitriol co n t a i ne d i n the can. Hayes, as soon as the mixture had been thrown upon him, rushed for his own house, only a few yards distant. He was fearfully burned. One eye was completely burned out, and it is hardly ex pected that the sight of the other will be saved. It is not considered, however, that his life is in danger. M`Taggart, who is only 18 years of age, was at once apprehended and conveyed to p r i son at Coatbridge: She expresses no con trition for th e ac t. W hile passing the house w h ere H ayes lives, on her way to prison, she shouted, " I've gat re venge so far, but I'm not content yet," or words to a similar effect. PROTECTION OF THE METROPOLIS. —ln consequence of some anonymous letters received at Woolwich garrison, the authorities have ordered all superfluous stocks of arms and ammunition from the stores and factories in and about the vicinity of the metropolis to be removed to Woolwich for greater security. On Thursday evening three of Pick ford's heavy trucks drove into Woolwich Arsenal laden with 750,000 rounds of revolver cartridges to be stored on board the floating magazines moored in the Thames. The cartridges, said to be manufactured for the supply of Colt's revolver pistols, are contained in ,150 cases holding 5,000 each, and weigh eleven tons. On account of the late ness of the hour on their reaching the wharf, the trucks together with their loads, were covered with tarpaulins' ne n Frid ay morn i ng i t was dis covered :he polic e on d u ty. O n aexaminationd placed th at in specialofth t e l y le were charge o ccabseas ineautiou.sly closed with brass screws and iron nails, against the Government regulations, and are consequently to be removed to the Royal Labora" tory in the Arsenal to be re-packed. They were trans ferred from the establishment of Mr. Gladstone, in the Greenwich-marsh. THE REFORM LEAGUE.—A special meeting of the Council of the Reform League has b een h e ld , f or the purpose of taking into consideratio n the present position of the League in connection with certain discussions which have taken place in the Council with reference to the Irish question. Mr. Beales occupied the chair, and in the course of a long speech said that certain discussions in the Council had given umbrage to many of their friends and supporters who went thoroughly with them as to the propriety of assisting the Irish people to gain their just rights, hut who disapproved their entering into discussions on questions respecting, not the reformation but the dismemberment of the Imperial Parliament: the repeal of the 'Union, and the setting up of a separate domestic legislation for Ireland questions involving, perhaps, a conflict of nationalities, and it might be of religions. The Executive Committee had carefully con sidered those matters, and had come to the following reso lutions, which were now submitted for the approval Of the Council :-1. " That the preside n t be requested to limit the discussions of this Council to its present pro gramme-- -namely, to repeal the ratepaying clauses of the Act of last session; to obtain for the voter the protection of the ballot; to obtain just and good Reform Bills for Ireland and Scotland ; to assist the new voters in getting on the register ; to aid in the return of Radical Reformers to Parliament ; to obtain an equitable redistributioU of seats." 2. "That a sub-committee of five be appointed to consider and recommend the best course the League can adopt on the Irish question under the present circum stances, and to report to this Executive Committee." The rmlution., were adopted by the (Aima, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MONMOUTH S T EEPLECHAS ES.—FRIDAY. Stewards—Marquis of Worcester, Sir 11. Croft, Bart. ; . A Rolls, W. H. P. Jenkins, C. Bailey, jun., J. A. Rolls, and R. Herbert, Esqs. ; Col. P. Somerset, M.P., C. 8., and the following Masters of Hounds : W. R. Stretton, Esq., M.M.H. ; Captain Heywood, M.H.H.; Captain Dighton, M.D. P.a.; and A. Dowle, Esq., Judge and Clerk of the Scales—Mr. F. Minton. Starter—Mr. Rees. The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added ; four yr olds list, five list 81b, six and aged 12st ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs, if for 30 allowed 71b, 20 111 b. About two miles and a half. 6 subs. Mr. P. Rico's The Lawyer, aged, list (20 sovs) (G. Holman) 1 Mr. E. M. Currio's eh g Augur, aged, 12st (50) Z(Mr. Bartropp) 2 Mr. H. Stellery's b m Miss Franklin (h b), 6 yrs, list 71b (30) Betting-2 to lon The Lawyer. Won by two lengths. Miss Franklin refused. The winner was bought in for 40 guineas. The Local Stakes of 2 cove each, with 20 added, for horses belonging to bona fide tenant farmers or tradesmen re siding in the county of Monmouth, &c. ; 12st each ; not exceeding 14 hands allowed 141 b ; to be ridden by gen tlemen, farmers, or tradesmen, or their sous, who have never ridden for hire. Two miles and a half. Mr. Water's The Usk, aged, 12st (Owner) 1 Mr. Hibberd's Little Bunny, 12st Mr. Hooper's Sportsman, 6 yrs, 12st Mr. Powell's Creeping Jenny, aged, 12st ... (Pritchard} 0 Mr. Lane's Sam, 5 yrs, 12st 0 wner 0 Mr. H. Stephen's Star of th e F ores t , age d , 12st ( Teague ) 0 Mr. Warner's The Dandy, aged, 12st Mr. Sivell's Ellen, 6 yrs, 12st (Seville) 0 Mr. Higgin's horse, 12st Won by a head ; a bad third. The Maiden Hunters' Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for horses bona fide the property of residents in South Wales; Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, or Gloucester shire, 12st each ; to bo ridden by gentlemen farmers, tradesmen, or their sons, who have never ridden for hire ; professionals or gentlemen who have ridden the winner of a stake worth 100 sovs 71b extra ; starters three tim s in the above district without *inning al lowed 91b ; about two miles and a half ; 5 subs. Mr. P. Rice's The Lawyer, aged, list 121 b (G. Holman) 1 Skylark, 12st Bantam, 12st (Owner) 3 The Wye, 12st (Mr. Vallender) 0 Betting-5 to 4on The Lawyer, and 3to 1 agst any other. Won by six lengths; a bad third. The Monmouth Open Steeplechase Handicap of 5 soya each, with 50 added; winners after Dec. 26 (at 10 a.m.) 51b, twice, or of 100 soya, 101 b extra. About three miles. 4 subs. WARWICK SPR Weights for the Great Warw each, with 100 added. ING MEETING. 'ickshire Handicap of 20 sous One mile and a half. Ago st lb Lecturer 5 9 0 Kt. of the Garter... 4 8 10 Blinkhoolio 4 8 6 Dalby a 8 5 Caithness 5 8 3 Romping Girl 4 8 2 Christmas Carol ... 6 7 10 Miss Havelock 5 7 10 Tormentor 5 7 8 Ackworth ... a 7 6 Wandering Minstrel a 7 6 Cedric ... 6 7 5 Bertie 5 7 4 Thalia ... ... 5 7 2 Lord of the Dales... 4 7 0 Aggravator 4 7 0 Vixen g. 4 6 12 Midwife ... 4 6 11 Sister to Vedette... 4 6 11 Ben Nevis... ... 4 6 11 Proserpine 6 10 Grand Cross ... 4 6 10 Stephen Langton... 4 6 10 Rabbit Trap ... 4 6 10 Virginia Creeper ... 4 6 9 Clarice ... 4 6 9 Salamanca... 4 6 7 Age st lb Bandmaster ... 4 6 6 by Do Clare out of Maid of Kent ... 4 6 6 Gipsy King ... 46 6 C harn wood ... 3 6 5 Sweet Willie ... a 6 5 F by Malcolm out of Manwuvre ... 4 6 4 Lady Lambton ... 4 6 4 Safety ... ... 4 6 4 Ketticholder 3 6 3 Redbourne ... 4 6 2 S tokeley ... 4 6 6 Blue Peter ... 4 6 0 Tribune 5 6 0 Angus ... ... 3 6 0 Landscape ... 3 6 11 Weather Isle ... 3 511 Scotchman's Pride 3 5 10 ... 4 5 10 Alicia Milton ... ... 3 510 Beaudesert ... 3 5 7 F by Thormanby out of Morganla Faye 3 5 7 Golden Gift 3 5 7 Citron ... 3 5 7 S ugarstick 3 5 7 E HUNT AND STEEPLE EETING. THE CARMARTHENSII CHASE FBI The County Members' Handi 3 only (to the fund) if dec' Jan. 21, with 100 added ; steeplechase value 50 sovs extra; about four miles; 3 Ago st lb Age st lb Comberton.,. al2 7 Woodbury Hill alO 10 Hornet ... a 12 7 *Bishopton G 10 8 Flyfisher al2 4 The Lawyer ... alO 7 Lawrence (in 71b Sinite a 10 7 extra) al2 3 Corkscrew... ... 610 6 Globule a 11 9 Greenland... ... a 10 6 Garus ... all 9 Highfiyer a 10 5 Tally-ho ... a 11 3 The Lamb... 6 10 5 Arlescott ... a 11 2 Lisette 6 10 4 Bounceaway a 11 0 Flatcatcher 5 10 2 *Cabin Boy all 0 *Primrose (h b) 610 0 Farnane 6 11 0 Minosa ... a 10 0 Blood Royal a 10 12 Albrighton 6 10 0 Whitehall a 10 12 Imogene a 10 0 Patience a 10 11 Birdie ... a 10 0 Pineapple ... alO 10 Farnborough alO 0 Those horses marked thus (*) having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to re main in. icap of 10 says each, h ft, and :land on or beforo Tuesday, ; winners of any handicap after Jan. 15 (at ton a.m.) 71b 1 subs. FEBRUARY G. The Carmarthenshire Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, and 3 only (to the fund) if declared on or before Tuesday, Jan. 21, with 80 added ; winners of any steeplechase handicap value 50 sovs after Jan. 15 (at ten a.m.) 71b, the winner of the County 31 mbers' Stakes 101 b extra (not to be accumulative); about four miles ; 29 subs. Age st lb Age st lb ... al2 71 Woodbury Hill alO 10 al2 7 P; Apple 'lO Comberton Hornet . Flyflsher ... a 12 4 Lawrence (inc. 71b extra) ... a 12 3 Globule ... a 11 10 Garus ...all 9 Tally-ho a 11 4 Arlescott a 11 2 Bounceaway ... a 11 0 *Cabin Boy a 11 0 }lantana 6 11 0 Blood Royal a 10 12 Whitehall a 10 12 Patience ... a 10 10 Those horses marked (*) 1 th, knowledge of their own, time proscribed, unless specie zine Apple a 10 *Bishopton ... 6 10 8 The Lawyer ~. a 10 7 Shiite ~. a 10 7 Corkscrew... 6 10 6 Greenland ... a 10 6 liighflyer .„ a 10 5 Lisette 6 10 4 F latcatch or 5 10 2 *Primrose 6 10 0 Albrighton 6 10 0 Imogene a 10 0 Birdie a 10 0 Farnborough a 10 0 laving been entered without lets, will be struck out at the illy ordered to remain in. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AT PARIS. On Wednesday last a cpecial sale for thorough-bred horses took place at M. Cheri's well-conducted establish ment. Twenty-ono wore comprised in the catalogue, and of these twenty were brought to the hammer, including 11 from M. Verry's stud, and three from the Fridclin con federacy, by the consent of the Eastern planer, who could not well object to part with a broken-down quondam crack, a cobby throe year old, with scarcely action enough for a hack ; and a two year old very much re sembling a billygoat —in fact, it appears curious how such a bred one as Miss Cath, by Gladiator out of Geologie's dam, could have rroduced such animals as the last mentioned two, and more particularly tho young one, who can boast of Touchstone blood through his sire, the handsome Tournament. M. Verry's lot wore by no mean's the pick of his stud, and he was rather fortunate in getting four, who wore given credentials in the cata logue as likely to make steeplechasers, into the very best hands for coining the raw material into something useful for Vincennes and La Marche. The first of these was Roi Barbu, a very useful-looking, short-backed four year old, the bidders for him being Count Lauriston (for the Oscar confederates), and Charles Gougeon (for Baron de Herisem's), and we were surprised to find Charles give in so soon, for this gentleman was dirt cheap in anything under a " century," and there is something about his cut to make us fancy that he will do credit to Cassidy as a jumper. La Bella Helene, a very varmint-looking mare, went instead of him into Baron Herissom's stable for a figure below her 'value; and by the style Baron Fillet bid up for Portia we expect the lucky Baron saw something of the Astrolablo speculation in the ven ture, and the judgment was probably not bad, for the clever Mr. E. Brayley, who was present, remarked that there was something very business-like about Portia, although rather light in her timber. The following is a return list of the sale : The Property of Different Owners : Francs. Prioress, b m, by Lanercost out of Pussy ; bred in 1844, and covered in 1867 by Fortabras (M. de Jardine) ... ... 100 ! Mon Dieu, br g, by Caravan or Nuncio out of Jessy Hammond (bought in) 875 Mao Ivor, oh g (hunter), by Y. Gladiator—Cora (M. La Chapelle) 1,600 Two Year Olds, from the Haras de Puligny:— Ginger, b 0, by Pedagogue out of. Needle, Lanercost (bought in) „. ... _. - ... „. ... 500 Selika, b f, by Pedagogue out of Rachette, by Irish Birdcatcher (M. Rougier) ... ... ... ... 200 The Property of M. J. Verry : Alvares, b c, by Warrior out of Montretout, 5 yrs (bought in) •... 1,375 Isaure, b f, by Warrior out of Cythoro, 3 yrs (M. Rougier)• Trebizonde, b f, by Warrior out of • Praxis, 2 yrs (bought in) •357 Mysore, b f, by Warrior out of Montrotout, 2 yrs (M. Rougior) Lo Roi Barbu, b e, by Diablo an Corps out of Needle, 4 yrs (Count Lauriston) •.• 1,100 La Bello Ifolone, b f, by Pedagogue out of Scythia, 4 yrs (Mr. C. Gougcon) 573 Portia, b m, by Pedagogue out of Appleton, by Bay Middleton, 5 yrs (Baron Pinot) ... 2,000 Montretout, b m, by Pedagogue out of Panacea, aged (Count Lauriston) ..„ •.. ..• 1,050 Languer, b m, by Pedagogue out of Hopeless, 6 yrs (bought in) ... ... 750 I'rakis, b m, by Pedagogue out of Hopeless, aged; in foal to Warrior (bought in) ... ... 850 Golgia, b in, by Pedagogue out of Figurante, aged ; in foal to Warrior (knight JD) „. „. 750 The Property of Major Fridolin : Stilton, b m, by Fitz-Gladiator out of Susannah, 5 yrs (M. St. Beouf) Merveildeux, b c, by Light out of. Miss Cali, 3 yrs (Mr. Constable) Minotaure, b c, by Tournament—Miss Cath, 2 yrs . _ (M. de Macoez) M. Savignie's Magny, • by the Baron, was put up, but there was no bid for him. TURF NEWS FROM FRANCE. A Turf confederacy has been formed by several young sportmen of the Midi, and an establishment has been taken in the neighbourhood of Marseilles, which has been placed under the direction of G. Haight, formerly first jockey to M. Fonld's stable. The two year old Ginger, by Pedagogue out of Needle, arrived at Mr. T. Carter's stabla on Thursday last to be trained. Le Roi Barbu and Mon tretout have gone into J. Cassidy's stable to be trained for steeple chasing. Mr. T. Carter has sold the brood mare Maxence, by Prime Warden out of Creusa, by Priam, and she has gone into Belgium. Mr. J. Cassidy has repurchased tho steeplechase mare Picciola. Mr. T. Carter has purchased the four year old Miroillo by West Australian out of Malmsey, as a brood mare. Muscovite, who will cover for the coming season at his owner's stud farm, Veneuil, near Chantilly, has his sub scription nearly full at GOOF. (24 sot's) a mare, with a re duction of 100'. for barron mares. FcaLs.—At Veueuil, Mr. T. Carter's Eva, a colt to Mus covite ; and Picciola, a colt to Muscovite ; also at Veneuil, Baron Daru's kudacieuse, a filly to Muscovite. The next 7'2112011 at the Salon des Courses is fixed for Saturday, Feb. 1. No raco. THE LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP Of 100 sovs added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft and 5 if declared, for three years old and upwards. - Silenus, Speculum, Corinne, Scipio, Beanstalk Czar, Snowdrop, Purveyor, The Popo, Blueskin, Moleskin, La Forte Fresnel, Rhine Wine, Lady Diana, Python, Easby, Pyrrhic, Ainslie, Our Mary Ann, Special, Feu Follet, Historian, Narino, Wild Moor, All in the Dark, Leases, Belzoni, Grey Stocking, Skirmish, King Victor, Paul Jones, Vigorous, Valorous, Minnie Warren, Aborgeldie, Bessie Dixon, Ligurian, Bumboat, Redly - iv -us, Redcap, King Charming, Mount Palatine, Othello, Artesian, Cava lier, Clarice, Grand Duke, Ulphus, Rabbit Trap, Mistletoe, Demon, Proserpine, Di Vernon, *lnnerdale, *Beauty, Red Riband, Cauthleen, Patti, Midwife, Mars, Knot, Bag pipe, Feodor,Volunteer, Indigestion, Hobe, Miss Osborne, Bandmaster, Milton, Weather Isle, Hammerton, Polecat, Honesty, Sweet Willie, Tribune, Lady Zetland, Caprera, The Squire, and *Cattle. Those horses marked (*) having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out a t th e time prescribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. NOMENCLATURE. The following names have been given : Mr. E. Green's Ch f by Old Calabar, out of Rosebud, Astolfo, 2 yrs... ... ... ... Yellow Rose Mr. T. Goldby's yearlings. Br cby Lifeboat, out of Marie Agnes... Sheet Anchor Br c by Lifeboat, out of Madame Walton ... Izaak Walton B c by Promised Land, out of Alice Wentworth ... Ireland Bf by Trumpeter—Lady Middleton... Brazen Jado Ch cby Lifeboat—Marie Agnes, 2 yrs Bushbury _ _ _ Mr. John Scott's B c foal ,by Claret, out of Columbine, by Flying Dutchman ... Carbonnell Lord St. Vincent's B yearling filly by Lord Clifden, out of Prairie Flower, by Hospodar ... Rosalie Two year olds at Alvediston. Bc by Voltigeur, out of no Thane Woodstock Bc by Voltigeur—Bab at the Bowster Castle Hill B c by Crater, out of Pelios's dam Vacuum Br fby Voltigeur, out of Dividend ... The Bank Bc by Lacydes, out of Present ... Acknowledgment Br c by Promised Land—Amazonian Anlaeo Br c by Buccaneer, out of Libusa Benbow KINGSBURY (Past). —An objection , having been made to Waterperry, the winner of the Hunters' Stakes, on th• ground that she had won a race contrary to the conditions, the following is the decision of the Stewards regarding it: —We aro of opinion that according to the conditions of the race Waterperry cannot be disqualified, as she never won a race value 20 sovs. for which she was liable for race-horse duty. (Signed) POULETT. T. M. TOWNLEY. LEAMINGTON HUNT. —Tho owner of Jacob having ascertained that that horse is thorough-bred (being by Sabrena, or Underhand, out of Energy), withdraws all claim to the Tallyho-Stakes, for which Jacob came in first and therefore the race goes to Somerled, who came iu second. FORFEIT LIST.—The forfeits of the following horses have been paid :—Aladdin, Louisa, and Advertisement. STEEPLECHASE FORFEIT LlST.—Ooleman's forfeit has been raid. RACING FIXT - RES FOR. x 68 JAItY. Nottingham Spring 25 Derby Spring FEBR Lincoln Spring Mansfield Harrow ' 20 MA: Liverpool Spring M 3 Chelmsford Spring M 10 Shrewsbury Spring lO j West Drayton l2 Warwick Spring LAP: Bromley Spring 6 Durham Hendon l3 Newmarket Craven Knighton l4 Abergavenny Chester 5 Winchester York Spring Doncaster Spring Salisbury l4 West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer Manchester Ascot Summer 9 Beverley, Hull, and East Biding lO Windsor Summer Chelmsford Worcester Summer • 2 •• Carlisle Newmarket July 7 Pontefract Beading Down Royal Corp. l5 Liverpool July M. Margate Epsom Spring Meeting 24 Croxton Park Northampton 'RIL. Catterick Bridge l6 Lewes Spring Thirsk Curragla April 2l Newmarket Ist Spring 27 Bath Croydon Ist Summer Harpenden Epsom Summer No wton ' l7 Hampton Newcastle 23 Bibury Olub 23 8 tockbridgo ...Alexandra Park 3O Odiham, l6 Stamford Radcliffe ..... 2O Huntingdon: 2l Nottingham July Southampton Goodwood :~CII. AUGUST. Brighton Brighton Club 6 Lewes Summer IVolverhampton ll Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 Egham lB Hastings Yoik August Dover Oxford _ . ScAi-borough 24 Cauterbury Derby Summer Weymouth Lichfield Tunbridge 3largate 3l SEPT Baden Warwick September Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster September 8 Brecon ll Richmond Hampton Autumn l5 I.IBER. Kelso l5 Hendon l7 Monmouth .. l7 Newmarket Ist October 22 Walsall 23 West Drayton 29 Royal Caledonian Hunt and Western M IBER. Bedford 1 Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October 5 Chelmsford Autumn 13 1 Che lt en h am l3 I Ealing Newmarket B oug hton 19 I Worcester Autumn 27 :MBE tt NOV__ Shrewsbury Autumn 9 Leamington and Warsvickshire Iluut STEEPLECHASES. FEBRUARY. Carmarthen Birmingham ......... 11,12 1 and Open . Lincoln ..................... 19 I Derby Spring 27 Harrow ..................... 20 I Baschurch 2B Boston ..................... 21 MARCH. Liverpool Spring 3 Shrewsbury Spring...," 10 G ran d Military War wick l7 20 Chertsey Margate 23 West Somerset,.., 24 Cheltenham ... 26 Southdown Runt Cambridge ,IL. Knighton Abergavenny Ilambledon Kildare Hunt Croydon Spring 22 Grant National Hunt (Bedford) 2 Roy. Artillery (Woolwich) 3 13ro alloy Aldershot .g Hendon 'totlibury - 3 O 3O OCTOBER. Bromley 1 I Ealing l5 DECEMBER. St. Albans 1 Ealing 2G Kingsbury The Inverness Courier hears that the Duke of Northumberland is about taking into his own hands all his salmon fishiugs on the Tyne, Coquet, and Ain rivers, also the sea coast belonging thereto, with a view to their g ral improvement. - 1 A professional examination of the Clerkenwelf House of Detention has proved that the roofs of SOl3lO o the wings and other parts have been much shaken by the late explosion, and the requisite repairs are now being wade. OCT SPECIAL CONSTABLES. The following appeared in oar Latest Milton of yester day evening.] This afternoon the Justices sat at the Old Hum mums for the purpose of further addingto the number of special constables already sworn in in the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden. Soon after the magis trates, Mr. Henry White and Mr. Stilwell, had taken their seats, Mr. Arthur Swanborough of the Strand Theatre, the members of the company, the orches tra, and other employes, numbering nearly sixty, attended to take the oath. Amongst those present were—Mr. Edward Swanborough, Mr. S. Emery, Mr. T. Th orne, M r. D. James, Mr. Charles Fenton, and Mr. F. Musgrave. Mr. White addressed the gentlemen, and said it was gratifying in the extreme to see every class of her Majesty's subjects coining forward to prove their loyalty to the Throne, and their detestation of the dastardly outrage which had been perpetrated by men who threw aside all law moral and divine, in order to attempt the accomplishment of their traitorous purposes. The oath was then ad ministered to the whole of those present in the must impressive manner. The total of special constables now sworn in in this parish amounts to 2,400, and exceeds in number those of any other single parish in the metropolis. Colonel Mayne, Major Charter, and Mr. New, still remain on permanent duty at headquarters, where the utmost vigilance is kept up, and every precaution taken to meet any emergency that may arise. A complete return of the officers of this division and the men allotted them has now been furnished to Lieut.-Colonel Ewart. The organisation of this district is now so perfect that 1,500 men can. b 3 assembled at any time at a given point within tho hour. LONDON GAZETTE.-LAST EVENING. WHITEHALL, JAN. 17. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Lewis Welsh Owen, ➢Z.A., to the Rectory of Waddingham, in the county and diocese of Lincoln, void by tho death of the Rev. William - Windsor Berry. FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 11. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. William Stuart, to be her Majesty's Minister Pleni potentiary to the Argentine Republic. FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 14. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George Wormo as Consul at Edinburgh for his Majesty the Em peror of Austria. DOWNING STREET, JAN. 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Arthur Ed. Kennedy, 0.8., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the West Africa Settlements. COURSE 4 01" EXCHANGE.—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 171 Ditto 3 Months. 12 U Rotterdam Antwerp — 2,5 321 Brussels — 25 32fr Hamburg — 13 9 Paris Short 25 12i Ditto 3 Months. 25 30 2 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 120 Vienna — 12 271 Trieste — 12 3U Petersburgh Berlin Madrid — 48; Cadiz ,,-4 11 18f 12 Oi 12 Of 25 37f 25 37 13 10 25 22k 25 35 25 35 120-f 12 35 12 35 32;- . 6 27 431 Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto .. 29 25 29 25 29 25 29 25 29 25 29 25 51f. blf 48 29 3U 20 30 29 30 29 30 29 30 29 30 51i 51± NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Lieutenant L. Walter J. Kerr, to the Defence ; Com mander Charles B, Foote, to the Defence ; Lieutenant Walter B. Bridge, to the Royalist ; Midshipman Herbert F. Murray, to the Defence; George 9.. Browning, navi gating lieutenant, additional, to the Fisgard ; John W. Lowe, staff commander, additional, to the Dauntless ; Henry B. J. Pearch, navigating lieutenant, additional, to the Trafalgar. Fore* Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. &Astralla and New Zealand, via Soathamptoa.....Jan. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles l3. Ditto, via Panama ....... . ....... ........ ...Jan. 28. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Feb. 3. Ditto, by French packet Jan 22 Cape Vords. by Brazil packet . _ Feb. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension. and St. Helena Jan. 27, China, Penang. and Singapore. via Southampton_Jan. Ditto, via 3.7.. - arseilles ........Jan. 27. Falkland lalands Gibraltar, via Southampton India,via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil:es Malta, Egypt, Jo. ....... ............. Jan. 19. Ditto, Marseilles Jan. 22. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton ...Jan. 19. Ditto, Marseilles Feb. 19. Newfoundland Feb. 12. Portugal . ........ Feb. 3. Ditto, by p riv tie ship to Oporto Ditto citto to Lisbon United States, C anada, California, Jco., by British packet Jan. 20. Ditto, by 1.. sited States packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto 'New York) Ditto ditto (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet Jan. 24. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffa Jan. 17. West Indies and Pacific (except Alexia° and Baha mas) Cubi and Mexico ....Jan. 24. Bahamas, via New York Feb. 3. Bermuda, via Halifax The Chamber of Deputies in Wurtemberg has voted unanimously, with the exception of two members, the new penal law—after, however, having adopted the amendment by M. Mehl, relative to the use of juries in trials of the press for offences against foreign Sovereigns or Parliaments. A fire broke out three nights back in a monas tery at Hal, about ton miles from Brussels, and in spite of the active exertions of the population, before it could be extinguished, the building was destroyed, and the adjoin ing church very seriously damaged. The King of Prussia has sanctioned a treaty to prolong the privilege of the gaming tables at Wiesbaden fur five years. The establishment is to pay a sum_ of one million of thalers (3fr. Toc. each) for getting its lease renewed. Two bodies have just been washed ashore in tho Seine, near Havre. They aro those of two young men named Colboc and Lecesne, who with two others, Mionnot, and a brother of Colboc, had gone out some days back in a boat_ to shoot wild ducks, and had not since boon hoard of. A fire broke out the day before yesterday at the cloth mills of Madame Jouen-Lambert, at Elboeuf (S e i ne _ Infdrieure). The flames, by great efforts, were confined to the fourth floor, in which they had commenced, and which was entirely gutted. An explosion of gas took place two days back at the shop of a priutseller named liesaize, in the Rue de l'Hopital, at Havre. The whole of a glass gallery and the shop windows wore blown out, but fortunately no one was hurt. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa announces that the Royal steamer Cittil di Napoli has arrived at that port with the articles which had been sent from Italy to the Universal Exhibition. LWIN C HESTER C LLEGE .—We are requested to state that the election of an Under Master of this College is unavoidably postponed until a day of which due notice will bo given. During the year 1867 462,708 persons travelled between England and France ; 202,183 via Calais; 152,93 L by Boulogne ; 88,294 by Dieppe; and 19,300 by Havre ; and 19,707 crossed, via Ostend. [ADVERTISENIENT.J—Henceforth no ono will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health-restoring nevalento. Arabic& Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from Invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope. whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the "Gazette du Midi," July 25th :—"ltorne, July 21, 1865.—" The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has pioducod a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." We extract a few out of d rn s o r il e „ tr u n i , 65,000 ,f5,3 v c , u n ro s y , :r t s . , ire i v N er o. , 5 0 8, 11 24.1 , , ,i (..)f t, the wasting Marchionessawziaway, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all o ver, l ou t digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the immt iutt: l l e e r r, v ll o ) , l i e sn n e e s r s - , ner vous agitation. Cure No. 1,771: Lord Stuart do Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No. 49,832 : hii , us s el i o ) spitting i 3 n , go moatf imitations blood,' " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and tßoewhich,w.a r eo f without the e . 2 h l ;I. Au l i tl b il l y l- , vomiting.—Maria Joly." Cure No. 16,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Fernley, Surrey, of 30 yoetaißrrasy'r analo diseased n Lsiaobmore se luny ,ts liver derangement, and partial deafness Important Caution.— Beware a 9 y d. D 2 u lb ß s i , n ts y . 6 a d r a C 5 o lbs. 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