The Sun. — London, England, 1868-11-26 00:00:00

ItAft - KET A ND COMMERCIAL INTXLLAGNisIOh. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. At the Bank the inquiry fbr discount is limited. In the open market there is no new feature. The capital available is very large ; but paper to absorb it does not increase. The market rate is 2i to 2i per cent. The directors of the Bank of England, after the usual consultation, separated without making any alteration in the official rate of discount. Consols are 944 s for money; Three per Cents. Reduced, 928 I ; New Tkree per Cents, 928 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 2 per Cent., 14 prem. ; ditto, £lOO and £2OO, 18 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 246 4. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 219 ; ditto, 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1161 8 1 ; ditto, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 103 21. In the Foreign Stock Market there is not any thing like an active business. Spanish have, how ever, improved 4, but Peruvian are lower, while others stand firm at the improvement of yesterday. Honduras Bonds are 90 to 91 ; Nicolai Bonds, 651 to 66 ; Orel Vitebsk Bonds, 801 to 81 ; Portuguesa Three per Cents., 391- to 401 ; Italian of 1861, 551 to 568 ; Turkish Five per Cents. of 1 865, 418 to 44; Mexican Three per Cents., 151 to 151 ; Spanish New Three per Cents., 34 1 1 to 35;; ditto, New Deferred, 331 to 34; Peruvian Five per Cents. of 1865, 811 to 82 ; Brazilian of 1865, 771 to 781 ; Egyptian of 1868, 744 to 741. The Railway Share Market openedat the annexed prices, Midland being 4 lower, and Caledonian higher: —Brighton, 481 to 48* ; Caledonian, 74 74*; Great Eastern, 42 to 421 ; Great Western. 49k to 491 ; Great Northern A, 1054 to 1051 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1284 to 1282 ; London and North-Western, 1121 to 1131 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 168 to 17 1 i ; Metropolitan, 106 to 1061 ; Midland, 111 to 1121; North Bri tish, 324 to 32 1 ; and South Eastern, 798 to 791. Colonial Government Securities are firm at prices: —Canada Six per Cents., 107 i to 1081 ; ditto Five per Cents., 95 to 951 ; New Zealand Five per Cent. Consolidated Bonds, 961 to 974; New South Wales Five per Cent. Bonds of 1875, 1014 to 1028 ; ditto, 1888 to 1896, 7001 to 101 ; Nova Scotia Six per Cent. Bonds, 1875, 105 to 1051; Queensland Government Six per Cent. Bonds of 1844-5, 108 k to 109 ; Victoria Six per Cents., 1091 to 1091. Bank Shares are steady. Chartered Mercantile, 29* to 301; Consolidated, 1 to 8 prem. ; London and County, 51 to 52 ; London Joint Stock, 35 to 36 ; London and Westminster, 67 to 68 ; Oriental, 421 to 431; Union of London, 36 to 37. The Miscellaneous Share Market is quiet. Anglo- American Telegraph, 22 to 221 ; the Eight per Cent. Preferential, 38 to 4 ; Hudson's Bay, 144 to 14 ; Notional Discount, 114 to 12 ; Luxem uour4.l6 --, 108 to 101. The sum of £120,000 in gold for the Continent "as withdrawn from the Bank yesterday, making a to tal of £158,000 during the week since the date of the last return. The Neva, from the West Indies, has brought £ 17 9,343 ; the Kent, from Melbourne, £272,516 ; and the Liberator, from Sydney, £23,904; making a total of £475,763. The Great Britain is ex pected in tne course of a few days with about £200,000. With regard to the Erie Railway Company some statements were current yesterday of the re 14°Val of Mr. Gould from the receivership, bat a telegram late this afternoon says that his appoint- Inent has been confirmed by the District Court of the United States. A. direct line of steamers between Stettin and New York is contemplated. Some English fire insurance companies are about to start a paper at Berlin to vindicate their in terests against the German companies, by which they are often assailed. The coupon due on the Honduras Railway Loan Ott the Ist January has been announced for pay ment at the London and County Bank on that date. The trustees having also received the neces sary funds for the dividends due on April 1 and July 1, 1369, give notice that they are prepared to mrnediately prepay those coupons under discount at the bank rate. At an extraordinary general meeting of the Malta and Mediterranean Gas Company (Limited) a dividend of 2 per cent. was declared for the half year. Advices from Manchester announce the failure of Mr. Robert Parkinson, yarn agent, occasioned, it is u nderstood, by the suspension of Mr. Hargreaves, m anufacturer, at Burnley. The London and North-Western Railway traffic return shows this week a decrease of £3,048 com- Pared with the corresponding period of last year ; the Midland an increase of £5,325 ; the Great Northern a decrease of £2,231 ; and the Great Eastern an increase of £526. The Metropolitan Railway Company intend to a PPIY to Parliament in the ensuing session for Power to raise additional capital to the amount of 600 000 . „ The meeting of the bondholders and creditors of 'ac Italian Irrigation Canal Company was held Yesterday, Mr. Evans, one of the directors in the chair, when he proposed two resolutions, which were carried unanimously—first, that the meeting eol Wdered the interest of the bondholders and cre ditors would he best served by leaving the matter ‘ ll the concordat in the hands of the agents of the respective classes in Italy ; secondly, that in the ° Pinion of the meeting it is most important, in the eo4lruon interest of all, that the affair should be t aken out of b an k au pt cy , an d th e p a y men t of in terest resumed on the Ist of January next. The Crown agents for the Colonies have an ll°llneed the continued conversion of the various loans of the Government of Now Zealand (general 44d provincial) into Consolidated Five per Cents., on the terms previously published, and which are t he repeated. By this arrangement it is open to Lhe holders of old debentures to exchange them for j. l lew any time before the 31st December next, when he operation is to be finally closed. The total a mount still unconverted is stated to be now as fol lows :—Five and Six per Cents. of the Geueral Go l'ernluent, £1,305,800 ; Six, Seven, Eight, and Ten Per Cents. of Provincial Governments, £570,400 ; total, £1,876,200 ; while the New Five per Cent. 'ensols, which have taken the place of the old se curities, amount to £3,980,000. The Madrid advices yesterday announce that .1 Z e siirs. Rothschild have contracted•for a loan of L l° o o,ooo sterling to the Spanish Government, a a " uc h will soon be introduced in Paris and Lon mon. T he advices from Frankfort state tbatduring the past week a degree of excitement has been pre :alent on the Bourse greater than had been wit reed since 1856. In the shares of the Austrian reach Railway another rise of 12 per cent. was established, and in those of the Credit Bank 7 per c t e . 4 l t. Lombards and Elisabeth came in later, but ,7 1 they closed 5 per cent. higher than in the pre en week. The movement, it was thought, might I t l . ll der favourable circumstances, yet continue for a a i ts nle, but it appears unsound, as all descriptions of ",l'es rise indiscriminately, the probable dividend bei ng disregarded, while at the same time the Aus trianld funds have hitherto failed to participate in the 'E " n ee, National stuck being quoted 54, and the n g l ish Loan 62k. The amount of business trans acted has been extraordinary. BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. „ GOVER NMENT FUNDS. 1 . 0 Per C ent. Consols 9ll _ ~ Ditto for Account, Dec. 1 921 1 ~.per Cent. Reduced 921 1 New 3 per Cent 4,1 0‘v 2 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 O. lor 30 yrg, ex ire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Tele P h) A g 1908 ." grap , o ~ 14 I,,licquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Lt Do, £5OO Do, 13-tuk of Engl t a £lOO & £2OO lB D o. accounnd Stock, 4 p er C en t later- Colonial U ranium C anada 4 p er Cent. Bonds , iNDIAN GOV p er BECURITIE P. glaia tock, 10f C ent., April 1874„, 219 Prin t yes- Ltrice, GE dency ,m the water Ffering 0 per m the hopal, 3ritish ,gainst aimed P. 6. atan is )ecome I their ment. . 20. of diS. 14. rubleaf :iang)/ ,ruptel 1 from 7eading ig to 3" n t pre' teYet t ‘ to the ~ 20. sing ff ill AP" juke of i paSS eCi t i n g 0 ; a to t. 1 3 . roglie d ' asrear , )arling' loft' Aid 6 rorks ill lock are ►ed• 11 opera, n gland : ►rkshire' Britnlof on with e t . 10. iiali a"l' ied, An"A as root. ct. 13 ' t [r. sag er : - i ptecl 1 unsac' )ct . $' , hat serf port ° ?vet6gvol tt li •A t i , ,xplus . pi gincer Of• f Cla re' siellf . Or il t4l [S Br° Pl' Alo l3t 0 06° Tie 11 ; 11 0 f s i Coo or. 26 ,./, r ote' t , )f i llYes i r of Ifi'" `Jov 26' '' ir on i se, ti . 0 0 es 0 4.1.1 r oY tbe C , Df eceige' 40c , 0 res ide :1 open" sTo. 25 : t , ;re° pOP b t the l t o II Tor e b - 0 oral cif t tira l ; `ice T> Do. Opening, for Account — Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Papei 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1871. Do. 51 per Cont., May 1879 — D. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 D, Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do, Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under .£l,000 TORSION FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Do., Scrip £45 paid Auitrian Bonds; 5 per cent Do. 1859 — Bruilian 5 por Cent 631 '33. 11 per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858 — Do. do., 18';0 — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Du Accoun , B.ienos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont :. Cuba, 6 per Cent. C..ilian 6 per Cent — 1)0. 4i per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., Po. 6 per cc t. 1867 — 1 0. 7 p.yr Cent., 1866 Col Labia.), 11 per Cent. Dan'ai. 3p:r Cent., 1825...... Dan titian Principalities, 7 pct. Cent - DJ 8 per Cent., 1867 .. .:quador New Consolidated, 1 pc r Cent. Egyptian, 7 per Cent ... Do Second Issue Do...£sat, Itond , = Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 8.4 Do. 1864 Do. Account - Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds B3l English Scrip, 1868 744 i Do do. £l5 pd di; Government Railway Debentures GreeK 5 per Cent., 182415, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account G ta;tquala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd 901 ltsitau a per Cent., 1865 Do. Account ... — Do Maremmana Railway VlexicaL 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1854 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French li.ontevideau 6 per Cent. Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada l6l Do 3 per Cem, Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) 1 Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 82 Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.'3 Do. do. 1867 4Ol 391 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1821, £ St Do 41 por Cent.. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds.., Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9Ol Do. do £B4 15s do Do Nicolas Railway Sardinian 8 lAA. Cent 110 4i per Cent. (llribarren) ........ Do 41/per Cent., 1862 • Do Account Spanish 3 per Con ... Do. Account .. Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrea 34 Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Cora. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, -- ,..1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account 4. Do 6 per Cent. 1858 67 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. , 1862 67i Do Account " Do £lOO Bonds 671 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 42 ''Do Account Do G per Cent., 1865 - 651 6 Do 4 por Cont.,uaranteed --. Venezuela 3 per Cent.; — Do. Acca unt Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 5 per Cent,. J an. 1873 De 6 per Cent., 1862 ' Dividends on the above payanle in Lonin.n. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 'it per Ofult. Ex. 12 Guil , — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — D) Account ItAlia', 5 per Gent. z5l. Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consuls, Money 9 41 Do. Account, Doc. 1 INDIA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. MESSINA, Nov. 26. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poonah passed through the Straits of Messina at 6.30 a.m. to-day, en route for Marseilles. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 25.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 3215 ItAl 4 an Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan 24 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred , Cash_ Orleans ... 912 N orthern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 620 Western Eastern • • 570 Sardinian Austrian 630 Lombard 4OO North of Spain • Saragossa 88 Boman 47 41 per Cont. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7l 80 Credit Mobilier End of month 3Ol 25 Credit Foncier 1515 End of month — RAILWAY 111ARKE7 8-7 HIS DAY. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Moderate supplies of beasts were on sale here to-day. Prime breeds were in request, at full prices, but inferior breeds were neglected. The top price for the best Scots was ss. 4d. per 81bs. The show of sheep was somewhat limited, nevertheless the trade ruled heavy, at late rates. HAY. Smithfield.—Meadow hay, £4 5s to £5 15s; clover, £4 5s to £6 lOs ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 15s per load. De mand inactive Whitechapel.—Meadow bay, LI 5s to £6 ; clover lOs to £6 15s ; and straw, £1 ssj to £1 15s per; load, Trade quiet. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, November 26.—Sales prAialitly 10,000 or 15,000 bales. Market quiet and unchanged. Col. A. F. F. Lennox, Commandant of Artillery for South Wales, has been granted leave of ab sence until the end of January, 1869. Major T. Piston Turbervill, Royal Artillery, will assume command during the Colouel's absence. Ensign E. Lovegrove and Ensign J. Ritchie, 3d West India Regiment, attached to the depot at Chatham, have been placed under orders to em bark for Jamaica to join head-quarters. Lieut. J. A. F. Nutt, 16th brigade, and a de tachment of 50 non-commissioned officers and gunners of the Ist division, depot brigade, Royal Artillery, left head-quarters yesterday and pro ceeded to Portsmouth, there to embark for India, to augment the batteries of Royal Artillery serving in Bombay. _ _ _ AN L. VOTING FOR A T.—Lord Elcho, at Had dington, on Saturday, complained of certain news papers which, in their lists of candidates, "bracketed him with the letter T." Though Lord Elcho hae his hands full at home, he came to Peeblesshire yesterday to vote for a " T." Surely, if there is a " T." extant, it must be Sir Graham Montgomery, a member of the Disraelite or " T." Government. And if Lord Echo is not a " T.," why does he vote for a"T. ?" "Why am I to be made black ?" touchingly asked his lordship, on Saturday, in reference to that terrible "T." He has now, and on his own confession, made himself black, and he makes very light of his late constituents when he goes to Peebles expressly to blacken himself, and then C MOS back and swears that his black is white. — Scotsman. EXTRAORDINARY GAS EXPLOSION.—Uri Tues day night a man, while passing the iron pillar post letter box in the Commercial-road, at the corner of Arbour square, Stepney, stopped to light a fuzee on the top of the box, and directly he had done so there was a tre mendous explosion of gas. The box was a total wreck in an instant, the front plate blown out, the smaller plate, with the times of delivery of letters engraved thereon, shivered, and the interior fittings ren dered useless. Singularly enough, although there an) 17 letters at the bottom of the box not one of thorn sustainel the least injury. The cause of the acci dent is accounted for by the fact that a gaspipe laid under the kez lea Led, and the bez ITU filled with gm. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1868. SHARE LIST. MIDINARI ouALaIs_AND STOCKS. Closing Business share Railways. Paid. Prioe. dens. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 at Caledonian ... 100 71 7.4 a; Cambrian 20 Cornwall all St St st Dublin & Belfast Juno lO9 77 79 at Dun,,Perth.& Ab. June, lOO 70 72 2) East London all 7 9 20 Do 16 21 Do 10 at Glasgow A. S. Western lOO 91 02 'st Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 8 81 at Great North of Scotland lOO 15 at Great Northern lOO 100 106 1' at Do. A. stock lOO 100 100 at Do. B stock lOO 121 125 at GtS, and W. 01 Ireland lOO 96 97 a. Gt. Western -original lOO 194 30 14 A Do. South Wales lOO a. Do. W. 31.1d.—Oslor(( lOO 25 28 at Do. Newport lOO 28 32 at Lancashire & Yoreeihm lOO 32.4 .281 at Lon., 11rIgh., & S.Coast lOO 454 4, 4 q 30) Do Scrip .... st Loa., Utiat., and Do's iv., 17 174 8t Do. Oletrop. Ex. A 101) rt Lun. & North Itiesten , lOO 1121 1134 1121 .g Lon. ez South Western loo a? as Man., Shef., &Lincoln lOO 474 -IS at Metropolitan . l' 1( 5,0, 4 100 5j at Do Extensi ,„ 100 1,2 1 S 11 Do. £Ncv. rd Iu 10 1 at Me copolitau District. all ;0 .2 lu Metrop. .4. John's oo I 6 - st u.aiid st Do, dictums . .a Durt., lOO 70 t 1 at North British ..... 103 32 43 at Do. 30d., rth., & 109 st N or. Itlastern Berwiuls .. 100 024 it 0 4 25 Do. G. N. E purchas 16.13.1 at Do Leeds. ...... ....... 100 2.11 23 1 35 at Do York at Do Carlisle .... at Do Stoe t. & Darling l,O lzi 130 at North Lon len .. 10) 122 125 10 Do New 1868. 2 14 2 st North Staffordshire lOv 53 55 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 102 104 10 Do New .010 shares 7 ... t Rhymney et Shropshire Union 1 0 504 st South Devon at South Eastern lOO 794 20 Staines, Wok'hami& Wok all 12 13 at Hsu s ale 10) 145 150 i 0 Do. C st Waterford & Kilkenny lov 10 Waterloo & Whitehai 6 RALLIV..A.YS-PREFERENCE SHIRES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 SS st Caledonian gra., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua. 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st D. do. Ordinary lOO 70 80 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 _ 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all _ at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO _ at G las. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO at (It. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 97 100 st Do do No. 2 100 96 93 st Do do 6 per cent 100 108 108 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 99 102 at Do do B 6 do. 100 _ st Do do C 7 do. 100 it Do do No. 1,5 p.c. 100 100 102 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 at Do Norfolk 0 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1847 100 _ st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 ..„ at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 st Do 4 1 do do do 100 at Do 5 do .atsp. c. pm. 100 ... it Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 par cent lOO _ at Gt. Nrth of Scotland. Ist pf 100 at Great South. and West= (Ireland) 4 par cant lOO 96 97 at at.west.—ori 6 , J ut,.-iteut ch' per gua. 5 p.c lOO 102 10S st Do. (Rig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c 100 05 100 at Do do 4, per cent. 1850 100 . 83 Si at Do do 4 do do st Do do 5 per cent. reclean 100 93 95 at Do do Birmingham gua 100 65 70 at Do do do pref 100 st Do do Chester gua lOO at Do do do 8 per cent lOO 150 161 st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 41 p.c lOO st Do do 41 1859 lOO at Do do 5 st Do West Alid.-Oxford Ist g 10) 108 112 st Do do 2d gua lOO 107 109 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 83 02 at Do do 28 do 100 et Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 11 p.c. all ... st Laneash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 st Do Barnsley, £5 3s 10d p.c. 100 ... et Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 97 100 st London it Brighton, 5 p.c. . . guaranteed, - No. 1 lOO ... ... st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO ... ... st Do 6 do do lOO ... ... at Do 5 as No. 4. 1 1 , 0 0 0 .... ..... st Do 7 per cent st Do 6 do (NV.E. & C.P.) 100 ... ... at Da 4 do ISO lOO ... ... ... ... at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent ICO ... ... at Loudon and N.W., C. and a C p a e m r brid cent ee lOO 109 11 100 8, 911 st D D o o N s u h ne , Bedford w t osn 5 t., y st London and b.-W. 7 p,c. & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 late 3d shares, lOO 141 146 25.6 d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all ... ... at Man., Sher., &.Lincln. G p.c lOO 111 117 6 Do £6 all par Ipm st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 61 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 ... ... at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 145 51 Do Bristol &Birm., 6p. c lOO 1;0 133 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 se at! Do 43 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 92 at Do Licester & Irchn, 4 p.c lOO 89 91 st North British, 3 p.c. No. 1 lOO ... st Do E. &G.4p. c . S. & ... D lOO ... ' ... at Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per ceu.t lOO ... ... it Do Bord e r U n i on , 53 p.c lOO ... ... • at N. - Eastern—Cons. 4p c lOO 85 87 . st Do 44 per cent. redeem llO 94 95 at Do O.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ... l7 Do Berwick c a pit a l 8 13.4. ... ...... 28 Do York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 101 kit Do Stcktn & Drling. A. 5 p.c lOO 108 11U st Do W, Hartlepool IL and .11 lOO 87 89 20 North Staffordshire 103 S. Devon Annuities, 10s all 94 104 10s Do Tavistock Amis., 10s all 910 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. East. (head. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 per cent lOO ... ... at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... . •• st Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 at Waterford & liilkenny, 6pc 100 42 45 RAI LWA.YS.-PREFERF.NOE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. bt Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Con. min. 7p c lOO st Do 41 p c redeem all st Do 4p c eon. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO st Do do 5 do, 1864.. 100 st Great Norther n, 5p c irred lOO st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO st Do Boston & Sleald, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. Ilia, 5p c 100 st Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 21 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO E 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 st Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 et Do No. 6 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 Bdo st Loud , Chat., & e . , 2d,6 p.c st Do Motrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 Do do C 6 p.c at Loudon &N. Western, 5p c 100 et London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 10 Man. ,thef.& Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all st Metropolitan 5 per cent st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO st Do B 5 do 100 18 Do 5p e opt. to Cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 18 Do 'newly. New Shares 16 22 Po 5 p c eon. into Old Stk., Aug. 11, 1807 .... . . 81 st North British, E. and U A L No. 1, 5 per cent...—. 100 st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 at Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pa 100 st Do E.& U., No. 2, 6 p.e st Do N. 8.. 6 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c st Do E. & U., (Ordiry) 44 P c 100 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 st Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 et North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO et South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 st Do 5 do, 1864 et Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pt 100 77 81 8) i 1 83 91 86 90 84 83 102 104 191 201 i 11 10,1 110 93 95 8 81 105 107 105 107 11 lip :11 ip 14 ••• 65 57 97 111 113 101 103 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenhead 1 0 0 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire at Do. 51 per cent. .... 6 4 86 100 118 120 st Do. do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13i 25 Gloster and Dean Forest.., all st Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c. 100 "' at Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c. 100 1.; Tl at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Hera. 100 9 5 97 97 se Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21, 213 at London and Blackwall lOO 92 9 4 at Do. 41 per cent at London, ()nat., &c., 41 pc. 100 at Do. Cora. Fund, 5 do. 100 at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South. 100 78 72 at Lowestoft, gua. 4 per cent lOO 79 83 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 blanch.,, ~ blanch., Buxton. & Matlk a ll Si st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Slid Kent (Cray Line) 50 Northern& East , b per cent all 52 11 . 11 50 Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern—Hartlep00l at N.Wcst. A peril. prof, bp, C. 100 10i ,110 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO at Hotting. & Grauth. O lOO 92 94 25 Preston and vl yr,3. ltoyaton, Hitch., and Shep lOO 113 135 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 133 10 110 do g 2 1 2 . at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 • 100 p at Do 4 per cent gua 10) 79 81 at Do 6 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 178 180 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 111 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all 61 71 at Weymouth and Portland lOO ~, at Wilts and Somerset BANKS. Closing Share NAME. Paid. Price. 10 o Agra Limited, A all 114 124 10 D B 10 Albion lO al 64 15 6 4 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 19 2 i 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all ii 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 ... ... 29 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim 26 Bank of South Australia all 31 33 10 Bank of Victoria, Australia 26 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, ind China all 20 21 29 Chartered Mere, of India, London, and China all 29 304 301 20 City 100 Colonial 25 37 374 10 Consolidated, lim. b 0 Delhi and London, lim 30 East London, lim 6 11 0 1 20 English and American, lint 10 ... ••• 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro, lint lO Id pr 20 English, :euttish, and Aus - tralian Chartered 284 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ••• 254 Do new .54 4 1 100 Imperial, lint 2O 17 IS 20 Imperial Ottonwa 5 lonian 2.5 Do new a 4d Id 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 4 6 1 100 Do:, p. c. Delis.lB6 I, 30 all 76 IP 8 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 160 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 80 25 20 Do new 71 5 44 100 London & River Plate, Rm. 40 2 4 25 Do new 14 1 20 London Chart. of Australia all 234 2 44 50 London and C0unty........, 20 61 52 20 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 ••• ••• 50 London Joint Stock._ 20 London and South African s al 12 1 3 100 London & S.-Western, lint, 20 ... ••• 50 London it Venezuela, lim 124 ... ••• 100 London and Westminster. 20 66 67 87 1 8 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 65 64 63 100 Merchant, lint 10 Metropolitan, lint. 100 Midland, 1im...... 6 National of Australia 26 National of Liverpool, Um l6 ... ... 100 National Provine. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do t 0 National.. 39 14 56 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 424 414 .50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 16 6 61 100 Provincial of 1re1and......„ 26 39 91 10 Do new.. all ... ... 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lint 26 13 11 100 Do issued at 6 pin. 10 ... ... 26 Union of Australia all 48 49 100 Union of Ireland, lira 50 Union of London Business done CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORREbi usDFNT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, November 25. The Government has sustained a check at the CharentA election. The journals are quarrelling about the result : the Government papers maintaining that the successful candidate, M. Laroche Joubert, has given his adhesion to the Imperial dynasty, and that the Administration had therefore remained neutral in the contest ; whilst, on the other hand, the Opposition papers hold that the Government opposed him from the first announcement of his candidature. From these conflicting arguments the truth may be gathered without difficulty. M. Laroche- Joubert is not an anti-dynastic deputy ; ho is not wholly opposed to the Emperor's rule, but he is by no means to be reckoned amongst the majority. lie is 'an independent candidate. The true signification of this election is not a condemnation of the Government, but a condemnation of the s3-stem of official candidatures. It is a sign that the French people are beginning seriously to demand the privilege of free action in the choice of their deputies. Whether they send supporters of the Government or adherents of the Left, their representatives ought to possess freedom of action in the control of the very limited jurisdiction which falls to the Corps Lfgislatif. There is every indication that for the future the Emperor will not find arbitrary government so easy. There is every probability that the Opposition will gain something at the next election, not so much by a large increase of its numbers as by the desire, more and more pronounced, of sending represen tatives who shall be something more than Imperial puppets. The 13audin affair is not yet become a matter of history. On the contrary, the Government has determined to renew the contest with greater energy than ever. On Friday five Paris journals will appear before the Correctional Tribune, whilst the raid in the provinces is to be continued, in spite of the defeat experienced in the Indipendant du Centre. This judgment is to be appealed against, and another journal is to be prosecuted. As for the Paris papers, they are going through the mill a second time because they published the lists after the first con- demnation. The new piece at the Chatelet, " Theodoros," will not come off with the eclat that was at first intended. It was intended to have two live lions, and two live serpents, to add excitement and variety to the scene ; but a difficulty has arisen. One, at least, of the principal performers will not act in such company a decision which even the sensation•loving public will hardly quarrel with. Cardboard is, therefore, to be called into requisition to furnish the needful supply of lions. Even the excite- ment of the serpents will be in some measure curtailed by the pretty general impression that they will be rendered harmless as doves by affixing wires to their tails. A convict at Tenez, in Algeria, has redeemed his crimes, and, I hope, secured his pardon, by an extraordinary act of heroism. At a distance of half a mile from the shore is a small rocky islet about forty yards in diameter, which is to be united to the main land by a jetty, and on which a number of workmen are employed. One day last week a gale sprang up, and raged with such violence that the men could not be brought back to land. For two days the storm was still unabated, and no boat or vessel could live at sea. The men still remained in the same perilous position, until the captain of the port, fearing that they would perish of hunger, pro posed that a man should swim out with a line to establish a communication with the rock. The proposition was not readily entertained. If neither ship nor boat could live in the sea, it was hardly likely that a man could. To swim half a mile throughout a raging storm was a feat from which the boldest recoiled. But at length a military convict,namedDumain, 29years of age, volunteered the ser vice. With a rope round his waist, he boldly plunged in and struck out for the island. For more than half an hour he was seen to struggle with the waves ; but at length he reached the shore. The rope served as a means of communication, and provisions were speedily conveyed to the beleagured men. On the following day the sea went down, and the prisoners were brought off. The convict was afterwards presented to the Archbishop of Algiers, who congratulated him in public. The total loss by the inundations in Switzerland bait now been estimated. Between seventy and eighty lives were lost, some three hundred houses and bridges carried away, and thousands of acres of cultivated land rendered temporarily useless. The damage in money is set down at £400,000. A Spanish journal published at Santander is of opinion that the revenues of the country might be officially recruited by a tax upon all men who remain bachelors from the age of 30 to 60. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. CRIMINAL COURT—(This day). Charles William Templemann, 22, a respectable looking young man, was charged with the man slaughter of Stephed Blake, his father-in-law. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned for six months, with bard labour. POLICE IN7'ELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAUTION TO CAB PRoPRIEToRs.--John. Dean Claridge, cab proprietor, of 10, Great Bath-street, Clerkenwell, was summoned by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to An!mals for caus ing a horse to be ill usel. George Young, officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Faid that on the 10th of this month he saw the driver of the defendant's cab driving a horse along Piccadilly, and on examining it he found to be very lame. He asked the driver for his numb-r, which he took from his rocket, and lie then told the driver to take the horse home, as it was totally unfit for use. He saw the horse again seven days afterwards, and the defendant then told him that the horse had been out the previous night. Mr. Arthur Cherry, the Goverument veterinary surgeon, deposed that while in company of Mr. Andrews, the chief officer of the society, he saw the horse, which was lame in all its legs. He subse quently examined it, and found that it had several sores which had been blackened over, and were now nearly healed, but the horse was still in a very bad condition—in fact, it was worn out. The defendant asked the magistrate to see the horse, and said that it could trot 12 miles an hour, and he would like to drive the magistrate and let him see what it could do. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would not set himself up against the veterinary surgeon, and although he was very much obliged to the defendant for his invitation, still be must decline it. He would ask the defendant whether he really meant to say the horse was in good condition, and could even carry its own harness. The defendant said the horse was in excellent condition, and called two witnesses in his employ, one of whom said there was nothing the matter with the last named, and the other that it was in good condition. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he could place no credit in the evidence for the defence, and should fine the defen dant 55., at the same time telling him that he might be fined 40s. The driver of the horse was fined 2s. costs. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF HORSE STEALING BY A Bor.—Charles Battey, a boy, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with stealing a horse and harness of the value of £l5, the property of Mr. John Burr, livery stable-keeper, of White Horse yard, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, and also with stealing a rug and whip,.the property of Mr. Cox, butcher, 5, James-street, Oxford-street. Mr. Burr said that on Tuesday evening he saw the prisoner in his stables putting some harness on one of his horses. He asked the prisoner what he was doing, and the prisoner said that Mr. Cox had sent him from his house. He told the prisoner he had made a mistake, and that ➢lr. Cox's horse was in the next stall. He (prosecutor) was then called away, and on returning to his stables at a late hour was informed by Mt. Cox, jun., that the pri soner had taken his horse and harness away. He went in search of the horse, and subsequently found that it had been discovered at Somers-town. The value of the horse and harness was £l5. John Hickey, Wellington-square, Gray's-inn lane, said that while going to work yesterdday morning, he saw a horse and cart and some boys playing in the cart. He asked how long the cart had been there, and they said a long time, and seeing the name of Fletcher en it he went to Gil bert-stseet, Oxford-street, and there found it be longed to a greengrocer of that name, and that the horse and cart belonged to Mr. Burr. Sergeant Ellis, 8 C, said that after taking the horse and harness the prisoner took Mr. Fletcher's cart, and Mr. Cox's rug and whips. Mr. Cox was not in attendance, and the prisoner was not charged with stealing the cart. Police-constable Crowley, 229 D, slid that on the prisoner being given into cuitody last night he admitted taking the horse and h:trness, bu ,- , not the other property. The Prisoner said he was sorry for what he had done, and, in answer to Mr. D'Eyneourt as to his reason for doing it, said that a boy told him to do so. The prosecutor said he had no wish to press the charge with severity, but only for the sake of example. The boy's father, a respectable-looking man, living in Gray-street, Manchester-square, said that his boy had left home several times, and he had fetched him home. He could not tell why he had acted as he had done. He found that his son had left the rug at a sweep's of the name of Clayton, at Knightsbridge—the son knowing the sweep's son. Mr. D'Eyncourt remanded the prisoner. THAMES. SMUGGLING.—John Williams and George Taylor were charged with smuggling tobacco and cigars. A Custom-house officer, named Neame, was sta tioned on board the Sciudia, in the London Dock, and overhauled the clothing and other things in the prisoners' chests. In the leggings of a pair of trousers belonging to Taylor he found 31b. of foreign manu factured tobacco, and in a secret till in the chest owned by Williams a pound and a half of cigars. The prisoners were convicted for smuggling, and ordered to pay the single value and duty. Williams—l am charged with smuggling tobacco —I had not a bit of the weed about me. H e w as _reminded that cigars were made of to bacco, and fined 15s. His shipmate was ordered to pay a penalty of 20s. LANDLORD COERCION. -- An elector writing front Wareham, says :—"ln the Bere district, on Tues day last, three persons voted for Captain Calcraft. One of them was Mr. Mundell ; he rents his shop at Mor den of a person named Foster, who is under Mr. Bras, the unsuccessful Tory candidate. For the audacity of voting agreeably , with his sense of duty he has received notice to quit his business premises within forty-eight hours. HANDWRITING.—I have been amused with a sen tence which I find in a letter written by a lady. " Who is the writer of this letter? I can't make out the signa ture. The hand seems bad enough for a man's." I really had no notion that women complained of men's handwriting as being less legible than their own. On thinking the matter over, however, I am not at all sure that my correspondent is not right. The pen manship of women is rather odd, and it is not easy to understand why they should be taught to construct their letters in a manner peculiar to them selves. Mr. Tennyson, in one of his poems, compares their up-strokes and their down-strokes to stalks of corn slant ing in the wind. And. oh ! their pothooks! oh, their flourishes when they come to y ! oh, the bewilderment of their zig-zags when they come to z ! Still, nevertheless, and notwithstanding—l fear it must be owned that they are neater in their handwriting than men are. Who would have thought the influence of sex would find its way to the nib of a pen ?-once a Week. We are informed that a meeting was to be held on November 13th inst., at 3 p.m., at the office of Chan cellor Ferris, in the building of the New York University, for the purpose of discussing the feasibility of organizing and sustaining an American Philological Society. It is said that many of the loading linguists of the city and and adjacent literary centres have expressed their inten tion to bo present. The object is a highly praiseworthy and desirable one, and we sincerely trust that this pre liminary meeting will compass results of sufficient promise to justify tho hope of a permanently established society. Even " Brick" Pomeroy is to have a " Life and Times." Lelock and Co., of New Orleans, will shortly publish the work. Every dog is said to have his day, and we know no reason why "Brick" Pomeroy should not have his. The faculty and trustees of the Agricultural Col lege at Amherst, Massachusetts, have just organized and put into operation a short course of studies, for the benefit of young men wishing to attend the institution but unable to afford time for the full course. Students will be re ceived at any time, and will be allowed to pursue the branches which they select, on the same terms and with the same advantages as the students of the regular and exteudetl course. MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim. all 211 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 7 ed 1p 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 16} st Atlantic Telegraph lO 81 32 Ott Do. 8 per cent. lOO 77 80 76} 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, Um all 14 14} 10 Do. New 6 I ti 91 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim 5 Do. New 4 11 01 69 British American Land 44 13 17 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 165 170 j 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 21 20 British Ship Owners 7/ . ... 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lint 2l 21 1/d 20 Ceylon Company, Rm. lO 2 2d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 41 31 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 8 4} *4d 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all ö 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 3 4 50 City 011 ices, lim 25 22, 211 d 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 6 p fp 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint. 20 Continental Union Gas, UM all 17/ 18/ 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 74 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 104 103 100 Do. 1882, 4f per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 2/ 21 2/ 2 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 3 2 d st Crystal Palace lOO 23 25 st Do. Preference lOO 97 102 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 111 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, lint. 1 34 ... ...(1 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, Um. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 941 95 91 904 20 Egyptian Com. & Traci. lint 6 41 4id st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 225 230 237 5 9 10 Do. New 8 9 10p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 i f 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 4 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, Rm. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 1/d 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 8.3 84 50 Gellivara, Jim. 10 General Credit & Die., lim. 71 2 11 51 15 General Steam Navigation 11 28 20 50 Home & Col Marine In. lint 5 41 31d 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 15 154 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 25 Indo-European Tel., lint. 10 20 Interua. Financial Soc. Hat. a 11 11 20 Interns. Land Credit, lint. 6 6 4d 50 Italian Laud 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 2 21 100 Do. Cp. c Bds., redeem. 1870, issued 00.•,,,,•„•., all 62 65 50 Land Securities, 25 London African Trading lO 7 5d 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 •••d 10 Loudon County L an d and ..• Building, lim. 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all 34 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all I iP 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lim. 20 23 221 4 Lon d.Gen.Omnibus.Colira. all 11 2 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lira 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 id pr et Madras Irriga. & Canl, sp.c. by India G0v.... 100 1031 1041 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lint 10 Moditerra. Ezten. Tel., lint, all 4 4/ 50 Merchant Shipping, lint all 36 41 50 Millwall Iron Works, lira l2l ..• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. ........ 9 31 21d 25 National Discount Co., lint 11 111 12 121 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, Jim. all 8 1 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, Urn. 6 3 2 10 New Consolidated Die, lira. 2 11 id 6 /New Quebrada, UM. ..... . „4.4.0 45 Si 25 New Zealand Loan & bier cantile Agency,lim 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint 7 10 Do. B et North Brit. Austral., Km._ 100 38 42 50 North Brit. & Mercan. 6/ 19 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 14 15 50 Oriental Financial, Jim,,,,,, 11 ...d Oriental Gas, 5 Do. Now .. . 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim 5 Ottoman Gas, lim nd all 11 25 10 Panama, New Zealand, a Australian R. Mail lint all 2 2 1 Do do. st Peel R. Land & Miner', lim 100 32 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 54 28 50 Do. New 18G7 ...... 10 id pr 25 Reuter's Telegram...,.::, 24 90 35p 50 Ithymney Iron 15 Do. New ....... . all 3 1 22 Rio de Janeiro City 20 Do. Gas, lira 100 Royal Mail Steam at Scottish Aust. Invest., lint. 100 111 118 114 st Do. 6p. C. Guar. Pref. 100 ..• ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lira. 10 7 fkl. 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Gt. 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint 6 25 South Australian Land all 25 38 et Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip ll 20 Telegraph Con. & 3lain.,lim all 154 185 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 1im..........,. 2 2 1 2 4 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim B4 ••• ••• 10 Trust &Agency of Atts.,lira 1 4 1p 10 Do do. do. all ••• ••• 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada a id P 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim. 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 242 244ip 15 United Discount Corp., in: al 6 l 411 I4dS 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., 1 31 flp 11 4 20 Univ D er o s . al l D o la p r e i r ne e ( e i n n. t. ), PLef.. al a ip 281 7 3 lint gypt 'Lo 7 an i f all 75 5 73 ' • 3100 Van U l) Upper om Assam ans f a a n , 00 Vi c c e e n r t o . y ol o o f rt E pv) 50 Warrant Finance, lun. l2 u 10d 50 West India and Pacifie Steam, lint. .......... . 26 4 id 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses COLONIAL GOYEarmicNT BICCUEITIZS. flatlet] Columbia, 0 per ..... 100 --Do. 1895. _ 100 - _ , _.• ....... _ Dan.Gov.6p.c.Jan. , &July 1877-84 . . .. lOO 1071 1081 1014 71 Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug• • 100 105 1t 7 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept 100 305 107 Do. sp. 0. Jan. & July 10 0 93 04 954 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 90 92 Cape (I.llope. 6 P. 0 .187 3•• 100 102 104 1)o.Ap1.&001 18904900 100 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 lOO 108 110 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Dot., 1900 lOO 100 102 Ci ton, Nov. 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do. ••• 1 00 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 8, 1673, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. .. ••• 100 106 IOS Do. 1882, May and Nov.. • 100 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug l OO 106 108 Melbourne Corporate 1867-75, 6 per cent...," 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&JulY•• 100 102 104 Natal 6 p et, Apia Oct lOO _ Do 6p c. 5.1 , ty & Nov lOO 106 108 N. S. W. 5 p. 0., '7l to '7d lOO 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 lOO 99 toa 101 Do. 5 p.c. rd. 'd7 to '7 5 lOO 9.) 10 1 N.Zealand, 6p. et. 1841 lOO _ - Do. 5 per cent. - DoJan, Aprl, July, 0A lOO 974 981 971 Do 6p c. Mar & Sept '9l IEO 108 110 -- Do .1 une & Deo , 1.91 100 109 11l - fDo Prov. • I Auckld. I-0 k rrie i 1 & 2, 1t , 96 Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jau... and July. 1875 - Do 18c6 lOO 101 103 Queenslnd. 6p. C. '52 5-- 10 0 105 106 1081 Do 1891 • 8. Austral. 6 p 0.1809 77•• 100 _ Do )a78.92 lOO 103 110 Do 1893 1908. 10) 306 118 Tasmanian tip c, 1895.• 100 106 1 0 7 Do rd. 1893 to 189/ lOO 107 11.8 Victoria dp.c. Ja.&July lOO _ Do. 1101 lOO 112 113 D. do, A pril A Out— •• 100 108 110 METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. Extreme Sea Thursday. r r, ! Nov. 26, B. T. W. to F. D. 'W R . to 8 a.m. 1 12 Nairn 29 79r. 41 39 t-.S.E. 1 1 E.S.E. c.o. 1 Aberdeen 29 84r. 41 41 S.S.E. 1 4 S.E. 0. o'o6 2 Leith r 3 : 7 8 9 4r r .. 4 4 4 5 4 4 ,4 2 5.W. 3 2 4 2 s fi . . c c; rl3 . 2 Scarborough 3 Yarmouth 2973r. 45 45 E.N.E. 2 3 S.E. r.o. o'2l 3 Helder Cuxhaven — Skudesmes Ardrossan Green castle 29'82r. 45 4 5 N.E. 4 E.S.E. r. 10 16 Holyhead Liverpool Vslentia Cape Clear 2914r. 48 42 N. 2 7 N.W. c. o'o6 2 Roche 's Pt 29'B3r. 45 43 N.W. 4 5 W. c. 2 Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 29'72r. 47 45 N.N.W. 1 9 S.E. r. 0'27 2 Portsmouth 29'71r. 44 43 E. 1 7 S. r.c.,0'20 1 London C'peGrls Nez 29 f4s. 41 41 E. 4 5 E.S.E. c.o. 2 Brest 2910 r. 50 48 N.N.W. 5 6 N.N.W. o. o'l3 3 L'Orie nt 19'75r. 46 46 N.W. 7 5 W.N.W. c.r.'o'lo Roch e fort Biarritz ..'.• 29'63f. 54 47 W.S.W. 7 r. 0'73 4 Corunna — Brussels — Paris Strasbourg — Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time) XXPLANATIONI XXPLANATIONI Barometer corrected and reduced to 22 deg. a sea level. The least a. rising f.. r.. steady—indicate direction cf moticnof th mercury within last 14 bours. Thermometer exposed in shade Extreme Force with iteDirection during last 24 hours. Z.—calm Weather: Fk y ; c.—clouds. detached; f.—fog ; h.—hail 1.-1103 tning hazy o. —overcast. dull ; r.— rain ;s.—snow t.—thunder. Rain-fall. snow or hail (molted) during last 24 hours, Sea disturbance. REMARKS. The increase of pressure noticed in the S.W. and W. yesterday afternoon has now become general, though at our south-easterly stations the previous depression has not yet entirely dis appeared. Readings are now very uniform. Temperature is not much changed. A. southerly gale blew on part of our S. coast yesterday, and strong westerly winds prevail this morning in the west of France. In our islands light to moderato breezes—s uth easterly in the N. and E., and north-westerly in the S. and W.—aro reported. Rain has fallen in the S. and W. Weather this morning is overcast and cloudy, with rain continuing in the W. of France. The North East Correspondence says that Bavaria hail recognised the claims of Austria in the matter of the immoveable property vested in the South German fortresses. Another paper recently asserted that no such recognition had been made. If King William and his lieutenant sometimes exhibit considerable severity towards the unfortunates who have suffered annexation, their conduct at least meets with the approval of the Prussians. The only grievance of which the latter complain is the excessive mildness of their rulers. The Government has submitted to the Prussian Chamber the draft of a loan for the sequestration of the ex-King of Hanover's property. The measure proposes to capitalise King George's effects, the revenue to go to the Prussian exchequer until such time as the refractory sovereign shall admit the justice of his fate and acknowledge Hanover as part of Prussia. These stipulations have met with much opposition. Numerous amendments have been announced, all of them proposing more summary treatment. The Liberals desire final sequestra tion ; the Censervatives wish to take from King George's property an annual sum of £60,000, to be applied to " anti-Guelph propagandism !" or, in other words, to be expended in converting the llanoverians into Prussians. The expedient of a little judicious expendi ture has frequently done much in the way of political conversion in England. The proposal is decidedly hop 1:1 ul. . . Yakoob Beg, sovereign of the region west of Turkestan, bordering upon the recently-acquired Russian territory, has become an important personage. His capital is at Yarkand, around which lies a vast field of commercial enterprise as yet unexplored. Hitherto the moun tain range, Kuen-lun, was deemed an insupe rable barrier to English trade, and Russian has but just advanced to Yakoob Beg's frontier. But now the competition between the two countries to gain command of the commerce of this district has become very keen. It was thought at first that Yakoob Beg was favourable to England, and that the conquests of Russia had greatly alarmed him ; but an important item of intel:igence from St. Petersburg contradicts this statement. Yakoob Beg is, beyond doubt, alarmed, but he is also hopeless. He has sent a special ambassador to St. Petersburg for the purpose of coming to terms with the Russian Govern. ment. This envoy extraordinary is commissioned to offer Russia the whole commerce of the region which lies to the west of Turkestan, and which contains thirty millions of inhabitants. The trade of Europe has never before penetrated to this district, which, besides, opens a still wider region beyond. If the Indian Government allows Russian diplomacy to get the better of it in this case, till 'fcat ill o ablt.2 attended with tieriotl§red DOCKS. st East and West India lOO .117 112 st London and St. Katherine lOO bi b 6 DV Do Deb. stock, 4 per cent al „, ~lillwall Freehold Land et Dock lOO 31 37 st Southampton lOO 71 73 h 1 Surrey cvnamercial ,i, m THE GENERAL ELECTION. POLLING THIS DAY. BERKSHIRE-12. J. Walter (L) R. Benyon(C ... 1723 Colonel Lloyd Lindsay (C) .. 1698 A. Herbert (L) ... 1363 (Exclusive of votes from Ilsley.) CUMBERLAND (EAST)-10.30. W. N. Hodgson (C) C. Howard (L) ~, ... Marshall (L) ESSEX (EAST)-11. Sir T. West , rn (L) Sir N. Ably (L) Round (C) Colonel Brise (C) ... 782 ••• 570 ..• 551 111.1 1063 1210 1253 LANCASHIRE (SOUTH-EAST)-11. P. Peel (L) 4,325 Thompson (L; „.„ .1,300 Henry (C) 4,511 Egertou (U) 4,619 YORKSHIRE (NORTH RIDING-10.30. Milbauk (L) Col. D taxon] Cayley (C) NORFOLK. (NOW1`11)-10. ... 575 ... 496 Wt,lpulo Lacon IVo(leliouse ... 807 ... 879 ... 521 ... 503 G urdon SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CROYDON RACES-YESTERDAY. The Grand Metropolitan Steeplecase Handicap of 20 sovs each, h ft, and 5 only if declared, with 200 added; win ners of any handicap steeplechase valu3 200 sovs after Nov. 13 (at ten a.m.) 101 b, of lOU 71b, any other winner 3lb extra. About three miles and a half. 30 subs., 15 of whom declared. Steamboat .. 1 Brick .• The Nun a Ten ran. Tho Hurdle Race Plate of 50 sovs (Handicap) ; about one mile and a half, over six hurdles. Lord Burgersh 1 Coldstream Cater 3 Twenty-one ran. A Selling Steeplechase Plate of 40 sous ; four year olds list, five list 121 b, six and aged 12st 31b; the winner to be soil for 50 sovs ; if entered for 30 soya allowed 71b. About two miles and a half. Susan 1 Acrobat •• 2 Governess • • Five ran. 31.vrcu —A da beat Wedding Peal. The Stand Plate of 40 sovs (Handicap); winners after the weights are published 71b extra. About two miles and a half. Vision 1 Arlescott Black Prince .. 3 Eight ran. Winner objected to. A. Maiden Steeplechase Stake of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 30 added; four year olds list, five list 121 b, six and aged 12st 31b ; about 21 miles ; 16 subs. Q.O 1 Excitement 2 Bonnie Doon •• a Five ran. MATCH—Lightland beat Vivian Grey. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. FEBRUARY. ... , Nottingham Spring 23 1 Derby Spring MARCH. Liverpool Spring 2 1 Northampton Shrewsbury Spring 5 1 APRIL. Newmarket Craven l2 I Newmarket First Spring 25 MAY. Chester Bath JUNE. Ascot • • 8 i Ham pton Liverp00l Summer Windsor Stockbridge J li LY. Newmarket July Nottingham Huntingdon AUGUST. Brighton Brighton Club Eguam SEPTEMBER. Doncaster OCTOBER. Bedford Leicester HAVANNAII AND JAPAN. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) NEW YORK, Nov. 25. Telegrams from Havannah announce that the insurgents are surrendering in large numbers. A'ivices from Yokohama to the 28th October via San Francisco state that the Southern troops had aptured tiakodadi and Nagati. The Price of Gold. quotaii in of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251. Mo. per £1 'sterling. On cowering these rates with the English Mint price of x‘i is. toad. per ounce for standard gold, it appe..rs tllai gold is about the same prlee in London and Paris. The (0 Inge of exchange at INew York on London for bills at 60 days' sight was on the last date about 1 91 percent. At this rate There is no profit on the importation of gold rom the Untied States. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via .‘iouthampton ..... Doc. 5. Ditto, via Y irseilles . ..... ....Nov 30 Ditto, via Pia.ama ....... .... • • • ........ ...Nov 28. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video • Dec. 4. Ditto, by French packet Dec. 22. Cape Verds, by Brazil paoket ...... , Dec. 4. Cape of Good Hope. Ascension, and St. Helena. Do. 13. China, renting, and Singapore, via Southampton Dcc. 5. Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Nov 23 India, via Southampton unto, via MarseiLes Malta, Egypt, &a Dec. 4. Ditto, Marseilles... Nov. 23 Mauritius, Cape of Good lope, and Natal, via Scuthamitou Ditto, 31arseil►es Dec. 13. Newfoundland ...... •• •• Portugal .... United States, anada, California, &a, by British packet ......N0v 23 Ditto, by Canadian packet . Nov 27 Ditto, by L lilted States packet Ditto dittt (Baltimore) .. West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) Nov 23 West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Dec. 4 Falkland Islands Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New York Bermuda. via Halifax .... ....... Dec. 2. . Dee. It 3. When Dr. 111.‘Cosh closed his speech at Prince ton College the boys responded with three cheers, the usual tiger, and a "rocket." This rocket is a thoroughly Princeton institution, and is given with a f-z-z-z —boom— a—h! The first exclamation is supposed to imitate the flight of a rocket in the air, the second the explosion, and the third the admiring exclamations of the enthusiastic( spectators as they witness the burst of coloured fire. Raphael Semmes will shortly again appear on the scene, in a work elaborated from the logs of the Sumter and the Alabama. The work will be entitled " The Cruises of the Sumter and Alabama," Kelly, Piet, and Co., of Bal timore, being the publishers. The taste of these coming out in the face of his indignant countrymen is, to say tha east, questionable on the part of Captain Semmes. But, to make the work perfect, portraits of himself and Laird ought to be given. Three hundred young men are now in attend ance at Cornell University. Some of them have scars from the battle-field. Tho University has a promising future. The building is rapidly approaching completion. It has been decided in a Wisconsin Court that the imposition of a tax upon non-residents selling goods by sample in the State is contrary to the Constitution of the United States. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is at length going to form its School of Architecture. Mr. Ware, who is to bo the head of this department, has recently made a tour through England and the Continent, studying diffe rent systems, making a collection of models, ctc. Governor Burnside dined $200,000,000 the other day, in the persons of Stewart, Astor, Grinnell, and other wealthy New Yorkers. On their way back to New York the train ran off the track, when, we learn from the Pro vidence Press, " with a little of that energy and determi nation which has secured for most of them their present distinguished positions iu society, they walked over the bridge." Mr. Edwin A. Pollard is well qualified to do what he proposes—write a life of Jefferson Davis. While strongly Southern in sentiment, we believe Mr. Pollard attributes the overthrow of the Confederacy to Mr. Davis, and promises to lay bare the secret history of the Rich -14911d GOYernment. r ) t I. 7. Eng-