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

110.Nrai AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENC,* Busine ss t o-day has been CITY very dull, and CLocK Consols h ave given way 1 per cent. Foreign Securities continuo firm, the Tobacco Loan still improving in Price. In the railway market Midlands have been inlnired for at improved quotation. Metropolitan an d South Eastern have declined. The Discount Market and the rate for loans in the Stock Exchange remain unaltered. , Consols are at 944 to 4 for money, and 941 for the account (November 5) ; and the Three per Ce nt- Reduced 934j3 k , an d N ew Th ree per C en t s ., Forei gn 931 4. Stocks are firm. Brazilian of 1865, Italian of 1861, Peruvian of 1865, Russian of 1866, S panish of 18 67, and the Orel Vitebsk Railway Loan have r isen 4to 1 pe r cen t. S u bj o i ne d are the quo tations:— 1867, Brazilian of 1865, 794 t o 4 ; Chili a n of 941 to 95 ; Egyptian of 1864, 821 to 83 ex dir.; Italian of 1861, w 531 to 54 ; Mexican, 164 to 4; Peruvian of 1865, 824 to ; Russian of 1866, 90 4 01, Orel, 83 1 to 84, ex div. ; ditto Muscow-Jeroslaw, 1 3 i to ; Spanish of 1867, 334 to ; Turkish of 858 ) 6 71 to 684 ; ditto of 1862, 70 to 1 ; and ditto of 1 865, 41 / to 4. th e Ten and a Half per Cents., 214 to 217 ; B e 1141 to 115 Four, 1031 to 104 ~,o _ n d s, 18s. to 235. prem. ; and the Debentures, 2 ' o vof to 106• Exchequer Bills are firm at 17s. to ,I,' ls P r eni. Bank Stock, 242 to 241. - " ue new Italian Tobacco Loan has advanced 13e.,e_ent., the present price being 24 to 3 prem. I he Hond uras Loan has further improved, to 91 91 4 Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per I t. Debenture Stock is 941 951. r , lil waY quotations are falling. Great Western 'neat Eastern 4, Great N o rth ern A 4, Metropo a, North British 1, North E tstern (Berwick) 4 , and South Western 1. Caledonians are better, 0 114 Sheffield 4. The prices stand as follow : `-'2ledoni,m, 714 711 ; Great West An, 484 49 ; : Great Eastern 401 480; Great Northern, 107 8; ditt o & Tita n 1054 64 ; Lancashire, 1284 4 ; Metropo _ il 1064 ; Midland, 1121 4 ; Sheffield, 48 1; lvestern zighto o, 52 ; North British, 32 ; North -8o 112 4 ; North-Eastern, 994, 1004 ; uth-Ea s tern, 774 1 ; Chatham and Dover, 17 4 18. The traffic receipts of the Metropolitan Railway ilhevit an increase of £1,758. The Midland Railway traffic return shows this Week_ a n i ncrease of i. 5916 over last year. T he traffic of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway for the f ourt h wee k i n S eptem b er amounte d clitto vo $ 1 14,664 as against $124,211. Bank sh ares are as follows :—Agra A, 114 124 ; t L I , 6 61 ; A us t ra l as i a, 524 4 ; Bank of gY P t ) 37 4 ; Chartered Mercantile of India 30 4 ; Consolidated,44 ; English and Rio de J aneiro, 94 ; Imperial Ottoman, 111 4 ; London L an d River Pl ate, 11; London and County, 484 ; 3°lo u Joi n t S toc k , 324 ; London and Westmin ster, 641; National Provincial of England, 1311 ; Oriental Bank Corporation, 431 ; Union of Australia, 481. An g i o-American Telegraph Shares are unchanged at 2 14 2 ; the Eight per Cent. Preference shares at 3 15-16, 4 1-16; ; and the Original Atlantic T elegraph shares is 1 lower, at 32 33. The shares of the French Atlantic Cable Company are 41, dis. 1n Miscellaneous Shares there is a rise of 2s. 6d. 1 4 Hudson's Bay, viz., to 15. 1 ; General Credit, 2 1 to dis. ; International Financial, 11 to 11 dis. At the half-yearly meeting of the Great Western Railway Company of Canada, held this da:, the report was adopted, and a dtvi lend at the rate of 2 P e r Cent, per annum, free of income-tax, was de clared. The sum of £16,000 in sovereigns for Australia was withdrawn from the Bank. The mail steamer Flamsteed, from Liverpool to u4Y, takes £76,000 for Brazil and the River Plate. It le understood that the London Bank of Mexico have l accept e d t h e business of the Committee of 41exieln Bondhollers, and that any remittances on t c , collt it of the di v id en d s f rom M ex i co w ill be made thro ugh that establishment. ur Th e tende rs f or the Government of New S out h "ales Loan for £1,000,000 were opened yesterday l a a t ul the Batik of New South Wales. The tota al _ Nat applied for was £3,659,409. All tenders those au ci above £9B is. will receive allotments in full, the at £9B Os. 6d. will have about one-third o sums tendered for; all below that sum will not '.,bartioipate in the allotment. The sealed minimum " dnot opened. i an • Br Ydges, the m anager o f th e G ran d T run k A eacia RAilway, has add resse d t o th e B oar d an e r to th e charges lately alleged against him by r A * Heselti ne , c e :', fe cv years since Mr. Bessemer carried to a sac . - 4 ' ll issue the pneumatic process which bears his Th e for the manufacture of steel from pig iron f . th,%l3easeiner process, however, demands iron of Baton "rat brand, a new process patented by Mr. el a at°ll ' hY which inferior iron is made into first te:s steel, thus utilising for the higher pnrposes of t o tlilfaoture vast deposits of ore hitherto condemned tiO 4 - ! l(3 weet rank. The saving in cost of produc- T h lB said to be several pounds a ton. to m e Crown agents for the colonies invite tenders Th4-rr°vf (Thursday), and on every succeeding rsci a oo Athe c4 Y until further notice, for bills of exchange overnmeut of Ceylon. tneet• the Co i ng Was held yesterday of the creditors of te‘st,:htnercial Bank Corporation of India and the von, 4 . - "en the committee was instructed to endea jt „_ 3 e ffect a c omprom i se with the shareholders. 17 ;4 also resolved to accept a sum of not less than d Nvith. 6(l. the hound without interest, to be paid e 14 a certain time, to be hereafter fixed ; and in thi a e'tel lt of the shareholders declining to accede to elai h ,„. arr . a ngement, it was determined to enforce all em i 'lla full, and to support the application for a bef,„, t he whole liability on the shares, to be heard ,44Tathrileel1eter of the Rolls on the 30th inst. ing of the Royal Bank of Liverpool debtor ay :the names of some of the principal tr ail ri,a to the concern are understood to have cit n : Ptr ed ) but the proceedings created much ex- Are -44 ) and a great desire was still manifested to Zilt Publicity. %11,, t , he half -yearly meeting of the Bank of British of 2r u ia the report was adopted, and a dividend The was Cont. was agreed to. e ti n; , too Steamship Company have declared a Thall"°f £1 per share. %io„ - re port of the North of Scotland Banking t th e rvatlY recommends a six months' dividend at g. 4te of 10 per cent. per annum free of income Th e r to bereport of the Bahia Gas Company Limited r eeo I , l ,: ese nted at the next half-yearly meeting, Per 4111,:s'ade dividends at the rate of 10 per cent. th e o . l ll nn on the preference, and 3 per cent. on T h r ` tin arY shares. Predi:. news from Brazil by the Estramadure tll y, a s P e edy conclusion of th e war w ith Para iea was flying, c l ose l y pursue d b y th e oeell was the Marquis of Caxias, who, after B poi( PY . in g the fort of Tebicuary, had abandoned the L lpez il l order more speedily to follow the enemy. Of cer i 8 reported to have shot several general `a?h, 1 , 8, and also the Portuguese Consul-General, Vi zeo e sided at Asuncion. At Rio the Ministry of reettsi Itaborahy, considering the necessity for as possible the issue of paper (en 4 !, " had invited a loan of 30,000 contos of reis ble;t.e4chttinatg:dllleuxechhange to £2,500,000) in 6 per Clem bond at 80, the interest payable in gold in y ear er and April, and the principal redeemable in (4 4 ;s bY Purchases in the market or otherwise by 1 4 8 at par in gold. BRITISH PIINDS—TWO O'CLOCK. 8 ovERNmENT Irt: •• A r\ e , ,r,,ectlt. consols .. 941 a —l 4O fur Account, Noy ..^ 94k 1 ITied 2# llewr eclat. Reduced, .... Per Cent per Cent. Jan. 1801 irtubt Oct. 19 ' -incess Louis: 3e Arthur, au!! ad Princess 01 parish church , attended il &DIN GS. c. Gag* D. St. Ja me° velem-Lied g r ' Lpplause 11 P °11 ,here, for the ie metropolisi recarreno ° the preve a doors of th e to gal lies, gallerl" ,Ccupied--0! lay to be al d seat in til i 3 based. A n h un dreds " e visibly an he entrances sat last nig lti o ! ev en ainn il o iderf al read:, Copperfl ela -as they cot' he most r e ,, 13 0 pperfiel'' the others' y of the c l 3: introduce d l a astonishing the instance ss, be it 5 3131 those e r ' )oa ly's love st maanl lllll , ° rice to e Fisherm an ' n, bears Oil b, as it we re ' tnbrella--f3r nor (purely i by Avg )ad and un c " which tb ° friend, Jr;l ;ogether st night in s chirant ell startliali s they ° ll° to the for e. i agin 3ll ivalized 0 )m one a n() ; able for a °l telling "S al ' e'o'Ottyt o r be for sT I J 'ber, or gr' ru is a CC W ad of being' face, as statue t hat Only, td° living 513 likenes sl 0 4 4 I) .0 •1:' I our a fter se a me i tO speak) 1° that W. ° hi m self, uily,t ll3 , ° , 'orkyPi ae., of ailor 0 01 " tell3o to Ve up beD re *jai ever , l o ve-lur e ne ltishael of thegrttl ea n. PO I 71y-hea ds porAi tries. gr. 1 his vol e ' _ . 3. ice. g r ) with her ued deter, never W II " ;ly fatuou s )racticalli, bronic 'La' .y involve' bus bO3l s of P tir dy, hilll3olf, ; of 31c : ficklebY " in 11 utly le varlet , ' story, 1 1 Doady" of je ,4 3130 r _just a° ;e my dear the " ;the read' —hangi n g Dickens preciative' it obvioul Laken iv° . a sivg i° cabccer' with th e • arrange" Do. for 30 yrs, empire sth April 1885 Do (Red Sea Tele‘raph), Aug., 1908 Exclaoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ut 2l Do. £5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO l7 If B...nic of England Stock, 4 per Cent Do. account Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — ,/ Inter-Colonial Omni= — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES India Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 ... 216 14i Do. Opening, for Account — Do. 5 per Uent..fuly, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1858 Do. Certificates -- Do. Eufaced Pape, 4 per Cent 2 ',l .. 4 . Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 llOl Do 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l.000 FOREIGN FUNDS —T WO O'CLOCK. ArTcentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... . Au ;Wien Bonds 5 per Cent. 1859 Do. 1E59 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — 00. 41 per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858.... Do. do., 186 n _ Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 JO. pL Do Account 79 f 81 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. - Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. C ,iiian 6 per Cent — Do. 4f per Cent — Do. d per Cent., 13 — Do., 1867 Do., 7 per Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip £32 paid Q ),, mbian, 6 per Cent. D tnisn, 3 per Cent., 1823 Dinubian Principalities, 7 I,ar Cent -- Do 8 per Cent., 1867 .. tCquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. Egyptian, 7 per Cent — vu Second Issue .. „ Do. £5OO Bond., Do. £lOO Bonds B2l I Do. 1864 Do. Account _ Do. .£SOL Bonds _ Do. £10) Bonds B4 5 English Scrip, 1868 Do do. do. £45 pd 32 4 die Government Railway Debentures Gre 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Account , . 13 Do. Coupons • Do. Account 51, Do fi per Cont. Anglo-French — Guatemala 5 per Cent .. Honduras G'ov.Rail.Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd +Nan 5 per Cent., 1865 Account . Do Maremmana Railway M.r,XlCar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 viontevidqau G per Cent. Moorish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) - Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 82; I Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarren) ~. ..-... Do 4i Per Cent., 186`2 - 17 Do Account 961 Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,', Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Sc: ip, £2O 11 issian 5 per Cent., 1.822, St .Do 4} per Cent. 1850 Do 4} per Cent., 1860 Do per Cent., 1859 .. Do° 4 7 1 u .9u ent t . Cb,lid 1862 .„. 881 no. A - 1861, £lOO Boe., 911 Do. du. £B4 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9l} Do. (ID £B4 15s. do _ Do Nicolas Railway 6 Bl I I Sariiniati o par Cent 72 Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do, Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded „,, Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do de, Scrip Turs.ish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 185 . 8 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account lln £l.oe Do 5 per Cent., 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 771 Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do. Acc.ant lso 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividenus ou the abo ve payable i Austrisu n per Cent. Ex 10 _Florins 52 1 ltitiian 5 per Cont. 18.;1, z5l. Do. Account 521 31 Bolgian, 44 per cent. Ex. 25f. Dlttcia 24 per CAut. f,x. 12 Gail, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Fr nich Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 251. Do Account 134 31 TWO O'CLOCK. Consuls, Money 944 } Do. Account, Nov. 5 LYCEUM THEATIt E.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured this theatre with her presence last evening. MAILS FOR THE U.NITED STATES, VIA SOUTH AMPTON.—The Hamburgh Americas Steam Packet Com pany have given notice to terminate, at the end of the present month, their contract for the conveyance of mails every Friday from Southampton to New York. No more mails for the United States will be forwarded by the vessels of this line after Friday, the 30th inst. THE WAR IN PARAGUAY. The intelligence of the termination of the war in Para: guay is confirmed. Not only has the fort of Tebicuary, supposed to be the last stronghold of the Paraguayans, been captured, but Lopez himself has taken to flight, shewing that his resources are exhausted. The Marquis of Caxias, the commander of the allied army, has abandoned the spoil of Tebicuary in order to follow the retreating enemy. Lopez is reported to have shot several general officers, and also the Portuguese Consul-General, who resided at Asuncion. This, be it observed, is only the Brazilian side of the story. Though it is hopeless to expect that the news of the defeat may be untrue, yet it will be reasonable not to accept these reports of atrocities until they are fully established. On the other hand, these cruelties are said to have been reported by a Paraguayan cavalry officer. But humanity forbids us to believe that ladies have been whipped to death until we are compelled to believe it. There was very little fighting atTebicuary. , GERMANY. The results of the Military Conference at Munich have not been made public, but one fact has leaked out on good authority, which, if it be true, is of the highest importance. The conference is said to have decided that in cases of war the forces of the Southern States shall be placed under the command of Prussia, and that the defence of the fortresses of the South be entrusted to Prussia. INTERNATIONAL COINAGE. An agitation has been commenced in commercial circles in Prussia, with the view of securing the adoption of th• system of uniform coinage now current in France, Italy, and other States. The general meeting of the Prussian Chambers of Commerce is about to propose a gold coin of the value of five francs. Spain is also about to follow the example of her neighbours. THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER. The North East Correspondence gives some curious details of an interview between the Emperor Alexander and the Austrian General Prince von Tour-und-Taxis. The Czar is said to have made friendly overtures, or rather personal advances, to the Emperor Francis Joseph. He expressed him- self very anxious about affairs in Spain, and uneasy as to the possible consequences of the revolution with regard to the principle of monarchy. He observed that the policy which formerly united the three Northern Courts was the best and the most tried course for their respective States. Under present circumstances the best thing they could do would be to restore that policy ; meaning, it is to be pre sumed, that they were to restore the " Holy Alliance." He congratulated the Kaiser on the postponement of the journey to Gallicia, which would necessarily be interpreted as a step hostile to the interests of Russia. THE EAST. The Pesth correspondent of the Times discredits the fabulous accounts of combinations, insurrections, &c., which come from the East. He says the Turks are somewhat in the position of the Persians of old : most of the informa tion about what passes in their country is learnt from the accounts of their enemies. It is quite true that risings have taken place ; nay, more, they have been fostered in broad daylight by the Bulgarian Committee, but the success of these proceedings were not proportionate to their boldness. The Governments of England, France, and Turkey were fully aware of all that was going on, and by their interference the game was stopped. In Servia every thing is going on well; the new regency works har moniously. The same writer says , that Prince Napoleon, during hi: summer visit to the East, refused all complicity in Roumanian intrigues. Ile expected a private reception, and quite lost his temper at the elaborate preparations made. Every story, however, has its converse. The Vienna journals are just now busy with an alliance said to have been concluded between Russia and Roumania. The object of this alliance is, of course, the strengthening ci these two States and the weakening of Austria, RAILWA.YS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21; 186'5.. SHARE. LIST. russels 10 Anglo-American TeL, Rm. all 211 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 7 id 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 at Atlantic Telegraph lOO 31 32 at Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 9 7 bd 10 Berlin Water Works, inn, all 14 141 10 Do. New 6 3 31 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint 30 3 5p 6 Bombay Gas, lhn Do. New 4 11 0/ 5 1 British American Land 44 15 17 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel, lim lOO 163 168 20 British Indian Tea, lint 20 British Ship Owners 7l . . . . 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan anti Invest ment, Ern 2l 21 11d 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 6 41 3f 25 City of London Real Pro perty, 11in 8 41 21d 30 City of Milan Iruprov. lint, all 510 25 City of Moscow Gas, lirn all 5 6 5f 50 City Offices, lim 2.5 22. 211,1 40 Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 6 p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union G as , li m all 17 1 18 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corp Oration of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent, all 104 105 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 2I 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 3 2 d at Crystal Palace lOO 23 25 st Do. Preference lOO 100 105 at Do. 6p. c. Perpetual Deb, 109 108 112 20 Darjeeling, lint 10 Eastern Assam, lira 50 East Indian. Land Credit and Finance, lim 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 18 17; 1 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. .......... .. . ..... . 271 la 12/d 100 Egyptian 9 per cent.. V'roy. Okra. by Egypt. GOT all 941 95 95 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lint 6 44 41 d at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 225 230 230 10 _Do. . New 8 9 10p Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 24 1 I 15 English and Foreign Credit 7* 6 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lint 8 ..• •" d 10 Fairbairn Rngineering 6 11 11d 20 For e - streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1 P 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 83 84 50 Gellivara, lint. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 7 1 * 6 1 15 General Steam Navigation 14 - 27 29 28 50 Home & Otal Marine In. 'kn 5 41 31d 10 Hong Kong and China 'Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 15 154 151 1 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO 20 Interna. Financiil Soc. lint 5 20 Interns. Land Credit, Mm 6 50 Italian Land 5 10 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds,, redeem 1870, issued 20 all 50 Land Securities, bin 25 London African Trading lO 26 Lon. & Caled, Marine, lim 6 10 London. County Land and Building, lim. 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lira all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all 50 Lond. Financial Awso., lint, 50 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 50 Load, and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lint 25 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 St Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gila. p, a, by 114414 GOT, -t.,•, 104 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim ll 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., UM all 50 DI erchant Shipping, Jim— all 50 Millwall Iron Works, lint. 121 14 Natfil band and Colonisa tiOn rit•t•m, 25 National Discount co,,ti hint. 6 25 National Prey. Marine, lint. 10 National Steam Ship, lint, all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 5 la ew Quebrada, lim 44 0 26 New Zealand Loan & candle Agency,lim 2l 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint 6 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint 5 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., 100 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 64 26 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 6 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll 5 Oriental Gas, lien. Do. New 10 Otago and Southland In- ... ...d ... ...a if If 6 43 if II 2 2 40 M 8-1 21(.1 7 bit 3} 3; I 23 22d fp lf 2 22 17d ld pr 108 104 f id 4 44 86 41 iv 6 14 1-y 4 id 14 3 2d ld 4k 31 i iP 7 11 11 5 1 2 38 42 ,161 171 184 14 15 7 7i I il3 vestment, lira 2 id 11) 5 Ottoman Gas, lim • all if 24 10 Panama, New Zealand, and • Australian 11. Mail, lim All a 8 Do do. st Peel R. Land & Miner!, lim 100 32 8* 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 61. 53 50 Do. New 1867 lO f d pr 25 Renter's Telegram 24 --- ......30 35p 50 Ehymney Iron 15 Do. New '25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lim all 134 194 20 Do. Gas, lien all 23 24 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 62 64 514 st Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 111 116 st Do. 6 p c. Guar. i'ref lOO .. 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., Rm 6 ... '2 5 South Australian Land et Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 4 11 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 15/ IA 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lira 2 21 2: 20 Trinidad Petroleuin, lim B4 ... ... 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 f 1 P 10 Do do. do. all ... ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 id . p 50 Union Mariue L'pool, lien 5 4 44p 20 'Union Stcslli Ship, lim - all 22 '24 15 United Dlecount Corp ,Um 6 11 Ofd 5 U. Kingdorir Tel. Co., lim all 0 5} 5 Do. 10 •per cent. Pref all 54 stn 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lien 6 1 lip 10 Upper Assam Tea, 1ira...,,,, all 8 4 30 Van Diernan's Land 100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (.%1 ortgage) Loan.., all 74 74f 714 5 50 Warrant Finance, lim. ... . . 12 12 10d 50 West India and Pacific Steam, . w _... h .. a . r .. v . .... . ... ii . a 20 4 3d 20 W est L o L Warehouses ............. IA COLONIAL GOVIGICIIMMNT SECU KIT! - British Columbia, 6 per 'rloo - Do. 1895.. ......... 193 - - Can.Uov.6p.c.Jan.i&J uly 1877-81 .......... . lOO 1051 1 ( 6 1 . C 7 l - Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug.. 1,0 104 106 - Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept 100 101 le6 - Do. 6p. 0. Jan. & July 100 92 93 93 21 - Do. sp. c. inscribed a' ICO 90 92 - Cape allope, 6 p.c. ' 873 100 102 104 - Do.Apl.&Oct 1890 -1900 100 111 113 - Do. do 1880-9 e 100 107 109 - Do. Jan.&July, 100 108 110 1104 - Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900.,,,,., 100 100 102 - Coy ion, Nov. 1878, 6p. 100 108 116 - Do. 1872 , d o 100 1 05 107 , - Mauritius, 4p. o, 187 3 - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 ........ 100 106 108 107 - Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 108 - 31e:bourne Corporate., 18t17-75, 6 per cent. 100 - N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July - Natal 6 p ar, Apl & 100 - Do 6p o. ALy & Nov lOO 106 1(8 - N. S. W. 5 ire., '7l to 100 99 101 - Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1896 lOO 99 109 104 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 lOO 99 101 1024 - N.Zealand, 6p. ot. 1891 lOO - Do. 5 per cent lOO 97 4 913 i - DoJan, A prl, J uly, 0 t ico 974 981 - Do 6p c. Mar & crept '9l lOO 108 110 -- Do June k Deo , 1.'91 HO 109 al - fDo Freq. Auckld. - Ecrie3l &2, 1a96... j 1 0 - Nova Scotia 6p. o.J an- . - and Jnly, 1875 - Do 10t6.. - Queensind: 6p. c. 'B2 5.. 100 105 log 1071 8 - Do 1891 ..... 100 1054 100 j - S. Austral. 6 p 0.1860 77.. 100 - - Do 1878.92....,., lOO 108 110 Do 1893 1908..,. lO3 106 108 - Tasmanian ti pr , 1095 lOO 106 107 107/ - Do rd. 1893 to 189/ l6O les 106 - Victoria 6p.0. J a.& July lOO - Do. 1801 l OO 313 114 - Do. do. April & O ot l OO 114 114 1104 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. knetralia and New Zealand, via Bouthampton.....Nov. 7. Ditto, via Marseilles ...es •• • 6.• ..... NOV, 2 Ditto, via Pea.ama . . ..... Oct 28. Brasil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Nov. 4. Ditto, by French packet Oct. 22. Cape' Verde, fiT Brazil packet .... . . Nov. 4. Cape of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. Helena.... Oct. 28. China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton Oct. 24. Gibraltar, via Southampton • Oct 24 India, via Southampton ...... ••• • Oct. 24 uitto, via Marseilies lalta, Egypt, &o Oct. 24. Ditto, Marseilles Oo Lin Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope. and Natal, via Southampton Ditt ), Marseilles ~ o.t. 16 Newfoundland .. . ... Portugal by British United States, anada, California, duo., packet Ditto, by Canadian packet .•• • • ..... . ..... Oct. 23 Ditto, by L Lited States packet Ditto ditto (Baltimore) West Indies and Paoitio (except Mexico and Baha- mas) .......................................... Oct 29. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriera ......Ocr. 29 Falkland Islands Cuba and Mexico . . .. ......0ct. 28. Bshannas, via New York ... Nov. 4. Bermuda, via ...... . ..... ........ `. 21. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Eventizg. Amsterdam Do .Rotterdam - -... 12 I .. ..• 12 Autwerp --... 25 35 ... 25 45 ..._ - 25 35 25 45 Ilarnburgh — ••• 18 10; 18 10i Paris Ditto Mraseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ••• Vienna Trieste... - 25 35 ... 25 40 1201 120 f - 11 723 11 821 ... 11 _7•4i. 11__82f Petersburg Copenhagen ••• 9 20 9 23 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz .... , Leghorn 47i 48 474 ... 48 ... 27 50 '27 GO Miran — 27 50 27 60 Genoa „ Naples Palermo ... 27 50 „, 27 60 Messina Lisbon — ... 52} ~. 52} Oporto — ... 52 ~. 52} TOPICS OF THE DAY. ORDINARY dEIAILES AND STOCKS. raid. Closing Business Share Railways , frioe. dens. st Bristol and Exeter ...... 101 76 78 st Caledonian »..... 100 71 714 .714 Cambrian 2) Cornwall. et Dublin & Belfast June lOO 77 70 st Dun„Perth,BoAb.Junc lOO 70 72 2) East London 20 L)o 15 2) Do 10 et Glasgow tit S. Western lOO 91 95 st Great Eastern .. , Ou 404 41 404 st Do. E. Ansi. ,No. 2 lOO 7, 8.1 st Great Northot Scollanii!„ lOO 15 d st Great Northern lOO 107 108 st Do. A stock lOO 106 107 s , Do. 11 stock st (itS, and W. of Ireland lOO 9ts 87 s. t. Western -Original lOO 4'l 491 49 et Do. South Wales s. Do. W. Mid.— ()aim, s Do. Newport lOO 28 Bz st La.noashire& Yorkshire et Lon., Brigi.,& S.Coast lOO 52) 03 624 2 10) Do Scrip all at 1.0 n., Chia., and Dov,; et Do. Metrop. Ex. A. lOU • - et Lon. ifs North Wcsteli st Lou. st South Western lOO 07 by ell st Man., Slid., Lincoln lOO 47. i 48 at Metropolitan..._. ItO :10:4 :07f 107 64 Do. EXICII6i011... 10 Do. New rd lO pr ;p st Metropolitan District all 71 i 3 73 1) Do. and St. John's 11 , '0 6 - at Midland st Do, Sirmin.. & I.)vrb st North British st Do. Ed., Pth., Li Dun lOO t Nth. Eastern— Berwiel lOO 801;100 25 Do. G.lsi•E purohase 16.13.4 at Do. Leeds st Do. York lOO 081 894 st Do. Carlisle st Do. Stock.& Darling st North London .. lOO 120 122 st Do. do. 1886 st North Staffordshire st N. &S. W. Junotion 10 Do new £lO shares 6 -- it Shropshire Union St South Devon lOO 44 id St South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., dc Wok it 'fair Vale lOO 145 150 10 Do. C - 3 4 st Waterford Az Kilkenny lOO -- 10 Waterloo & Whiteha I 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 85 87 et Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO it Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO it Do. Aberdeen, gua. G p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent. 100 st D 9. do. Ordinary lOO 50 82 st Do. Midland it Do. Dundee and Arbroath lOO 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. gua all it Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 lOT st Do. Ist Class preference lOO it Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO it (it. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 9 s 98 it Do do No. 2 100 92 07 st Do do 6 per cent 100 103 107 it Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 97 101 it Do do B 6 do. 100 105 110 it Do do C 7 do. 100 115 120 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 98 101 st Do E. Union 4p. e. gus. 100 68 69 it Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Er,1846 100 it Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ,„ it Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 ,„ it Do 6 p.c., rd. at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ~, it Do 4 1 do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO it Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO it Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 it Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 it t, West—Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg„ per gua. 5 p.c lOO 100 101 et Do. Orig. (13, it H. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 100 st Do do 4, per cent. 1850... 100 83 8 i st Do do 4 do do it Do do 5 per cent. radem 100 92 94 it Do do Birmingham gua.. 100 65 67 it Do do do pref... 100 110 116 st Do do Chester gua lOO 75 80 it Do do do S per cent lOO 160 130 st Do do do 5 do 100 96 100 it Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 it Do do 41 p.c lOO it Do do 4 1 1859 lOO „, st Do do 5 it Do West Alid.-Oxford Ist g RO 11! 114 it Do do 2d gua lOO 111 111 it Do Newport, Ist g. b p.c. 100 SS 92 it Do do 20 do 100 it Do gus. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c all ,„ it Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 it Do Barnsley, £5 3s 10td p.c. 100 ,„ st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 136 it Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 97 100 st London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO „, et Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO ,„ „, it Do 6 do do lOO „, „, it Do 5 da Na. 4 lOO „, it Do 7 per cont 1 0 it Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 1 0 ,„ it Da 4 do 1859 lOO •.. ••• it London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO st London and N.V., C. anit Nuneaton 5 per cent—. 100 „, st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 88 90 it Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 90 st London and 7 p,c., late 3d shares lOO 140 116 2e.63. Do (Portsm. peril ens. 2s6d) all „, st Man., Shef., & Lincln. 6 p.c lOO ,„ 6 Do at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 it Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 it Do Bristol& 'Jinn., 6p c lOO 1 0 132 it Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 93 5 et Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 93 5 st Do Leicester & lrelin, 4 p.c lOO 83 90 st North British, 5 p.c. Nu. 1 lOO ••• St Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOO ::•. at Do N.ll, 5 per cen.t 100 tit Do Border Union, 5i p.c 100 et N.-Eastern--Cons. 4p c 100 85 87 at Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 93 95 et Do G.N.E. 4 per cent., 100 17 li k ciß Do Berwick 25 Do York, H.& S. purchase. 10 10 14 st Do Stcktn & Drling. A 5 p.c. 100 105 107 st Do W, Elartlepool H. and R. 100 86 83 20 North Staffordshire lOs Devon Annuities, 1s: all 91 104 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 9 10 10s Do Fixed 44 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anns., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taff Vale Nu. 1 lOO 145 150 st Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 42 45 at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Cen., min. 7p c lOO ... at Do 41 p c irredeem all at Do 4p c con., issued at 80 65 ... at Great Eastern, 41 per cent. 100 74 78 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 85 83 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO fi4 86 st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO ... st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO ... st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 .. . . at Great West., W. 61id1., 5p c 100 86 80 at Do Joint i.erpe. 5p c,1865 100 83 87 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 100 102 22 Do Vale Neath peril. 5p c all 191 201 at Kent Coast, C per cent, B lOO ... S Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 4 st Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... at Do do 41 d o, 18 63 100 at Do do b do, 186.5 ... 100 ... at Do No. IS S do, 1866 100 ... at Do No. 7 sdo at Du Metrop. E x., B 6 p.c ..; 100 ... Do do C 6 p.c 100 ... at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 107 109 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 90 9$ 10 Man. Shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all at Metropolitan 5 p er cent lOO .. . . at Midland, A 5 p er cent pref lOO 103 106 et Do B 5 do 100 103 105 18 Do spc opt. to cony, to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 14 lfp 13 Do InconY. New Shared 16 f .1 , 22 Do ep c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1867 at North British, E. and No. 1, 5 per cent lOO at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... st Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ... at Do E. & G., No. 2, 6 p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 .„ at Do E. & G., No. 3 , 5 p.c ... at Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 61 56 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 ... at Do Stock. & Darl., D ..,, 100 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Crosa) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. &Pimlico, 41 pc 100 107 109 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. st Birkenhead lOO 100 Do. 41 per cent; Prefer.., all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 53 55 tit Do. 54 per cent. st Do. 5 do. . 1 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO is st Colchester Stour Vall e y 100 st East Lincoln, gua. Gp. C lOO IWO 132 2ai Gloster and Dean Forest.., all et Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c. 100 •• • st Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c. 100 6 e'.; a t Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 62 68 st Gt. West., W. Mid., Ileref, 100 Ob 97 b 0 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21. 213 st London and Blackwall lOO 92 94 st Do. 4/ per cent lOO st London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO st Do. Corn. Fund, b do lOO „. st London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO „. st Loiidon, Tilbury, & South lOO 78 72 st Lowestoft, gua. 4 per cent lOO 78 82 st Do. do. 6 do. 3 1 Manch., Buxton. I; Matlk all j 5 1 st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 91 93 10 Mid-Kent (Cray Line) b •• 30 Northern & East , 5 per cent all 42 b 30 Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern—Hartlep00l st N. West. A perp. prof, 3p. c lOO 107 109 1081 st Do B minimum p.c st Notting. & Granth. 11. & C lOO 91 93 'l5 'Freston and IS yre.. all 44 46 Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 130 13 2 8t Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 130 132 10 Do do g 24 2 p st S. Yorksh. and Hirer Dun 100 97 99 st Do 4 per cent gua lO t 79 si at Do b do st Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 173 80 st West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all ... 20 Do do C all 61 7 st et \ \ v V i e l y ts m a o u n d th so a i n u d e r P s o o r t tland 110000 DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 116 118 st London and St. Katherine 100 54 56 100 Do Deb. stock, 4 per cent all „, „, Millwall Freehold Land st Dock 100 35 33 at Southampton lOO 73 75 at Surrey Commercial AN OLD PUBLIC SERVANT. The belief expressed some time since that Sir George Grey would not hold office in the next Liberal Government is now confirmed by the address which the right hon. gentleman has just issued to the electors of Morpeth. He states that he can no longer hope to take as active a part in public affairs as he has done in former years, although he will support every measure tending to the welfare and contentment of all parts of the empire. Sir George belongs to the old Whig school, and has always consistently. supported the Liberal party. He was first returned for Deyon port in 1832, and entered office as Under Secretary for the Colonies in July 1834 ; he held this post until the following November, and was again ap pointed five months later, continuing in this office until 1839. He was then •elioScii Judge-Advocate- Gcncral, which he held till June 1841, when he was transferred to the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster. On the advent of the Liberals to power in 1816, he filled the Secretaryship of the Home Department. He held this position until February 1852. In June 1854 he was appointed Colonial Secretary, but in the February following he again went to the Home Office, which he filled until Lord Palmerston resigned in 1858. When the noble lord regained office in 1859, Sir George was a second time Chancellor of the Duchy, but on the death of Sir George Cornewall Lewis he was once more chosen to represent the Home Department. In his address to his constituents he makes no mention of either Mr. Gladstone or the Irish Church question, although he voted with the majority when the resolutions were before the House. CRITICISM. Some of the Conservative * journals have lately adopted a style of comment which they have hitherto deprecated in their contemporaries. Mr. Gladstone is the subject of it. The other day one of these news papers, holding that the Liberal leader had made a disingenuous statement in one of his speeches, charac terised it as an " impudent falsehood," Another journal now speaks of his "malice," his "vindictive nature ;" he is again accused of " deliberate misrepresentation," and he is said to hate his opponents all the more froin the consciousness that their cause is not only just, but that which he would have' 'preferred to espouse. He is found to be acting under the influence of the stings of an uneasy conscience, and is pronounced guilty of a "scurvy trick." " Hard words break no bones," and the right honourable gentleman will take no harm. The cause which he opposes is not likely to derive any advantage from this sort of thing, but the tone of political strife must certainly be dete riorated. What does the Lord Chancellor think of such tactics ? He made a bold and manly challenge on the floor of the House of Lords,and his peroration was received with a tempest of applause. Is this the way in which he would have the - battle fought F neither as full nor as exact as they could desire them to be." • /IYII.INALS. The opinion given as to the use of unauthorised hymnbooks in churches appears to have been obtained by Archdeacon Wordsworth, who wrote to the Bishop of Oxford 'upon the matter. The Bishop replied: " I did not feel able to answer so important a ques tion as youm without fortifyin4 my opinion by .that of my chancellor (Sir P. Phillimore). So fortified , I may say th a t h e i s of opinion (1) that a private, ,clergyman has no right to adcip;; at his own arbitrium a new set of hymns for use in a - church ; and ( . c?) that it is within the power of the bishop to authorise the use of a set of hymns, either in his diocese or in any separate parish of it." A clergyman, as We all know, may be told by a bishop that he has no right to do i thing, and may yet persist in doinp; it. At present the hymnbook is the prin cipal means of propagating extreme views. Should Calvinistic cl erg y man find that the Prayer-book is not sufficiently explicit upon " predestination " and " election," he finds refuge in a hymn, and the con gregation hear a dreary musical sermon. The Ritualist cannot discover anything in the Liturgy which justifies Mariolatry, and so, taking advantage of tho re f ormer ' s provision for the recreation of the laity, he manageS to to enforce all his extreme views by the introduction of hymns in various parts of the service, and with these knocks the Prayer-book into ship-shape. " Hymns Ancient and Modern " have been more generally used than any other, but even they have failed to comprehend all the parties in the Church. THE 44 TABLET." Mr. Wallis, the editor of the Tablet, 11- as announced with some satisfaction that in. 1-elinquithing the management of that paper 11P places it in such good hands as Dr. Vaughan'Ft . H e says • "Itis a satisfac tion to me to kinw that I am handing the Tablet over to one of the ' old English Catholics.' I don't think I would have conveyed it to anybody but an Englishman ; and, speaking generally, and allowing for exceptions, I should not be well pleased if I had parted with it to a convert." Had he for gotten that the Archbishop of Westminster is a convert, and that converts who exhibit the necessary subordination to ecclesiastical authority are received with some faVom• at Rome ? It may be that the editorship of the Tablet is with him a post requiring higher qualifications than an archbishopric. • THE BIBLE IN SPAIN. The British and Foreign Bible Society evince great anxiety to introduce Protestant; m into Spain in the shape of the Bible. - 'Hardly has religious freedom been declared when the society issues its appeal for morays towards circu lating the Scriptures in +I C land. Not only so, but, if we may believe tlle advertisement, the society has been long-sigh t e d as we ll as prompt. In view of the time when freedom should be declared, they had ready " large supplies near the frontier at several points," and some of their books have already been taken into Spain. The editor of the Advertiser seems to have been in the confi dence of General Prim. Three months ago, he says, he received rep ea t e d assurances of the most emphatic kind, from General Prim's own lips, that in the event of his attaining to a prominent place in the Government of Spain every facility would be given to the circulation of the Bible in that country, accom panied with the most perfect freedom of religious faith and practice. TWO MORE JUDGES IN IRELAND. If Mr. Disraeli can claim to have done nothing else, and if his policies are stolen ones, there is one matter Clovemment is original. Tho Conservative Administration can claim to have given more titles within their time than any other since Pitt's. What with judges, bishops, &am, and canons, a duke, and several MIA, with baronets and knights wl Pt (not to speak of posts which do not give . a man " a handle to his name "), one would hope that Mr. Disraeli is satisfied. Two moro appointments to Irish judgeships have just been dispensed; Mr. Warren, the Attorney- General, having become judge of the Probate Court, while the Solicitor-Gerieral has received the post of judge in bankruptcy, vacant through the death of Mr. Berwick in the Abergele catastrophe. Mr. Warren's, promotion is caused by the retirement of Judge Keatinge, who is 74 years of age, and has had a seat on the judicial bench since 1843. Mr. Keatingo is the fifth Irish judge who has been placed upon the pension list since the present Government came into oflice, while in. England “ve and in Scot land two judges have been similarly superannuated. MY LORD MAYOR. We should think no previous Lord Mayor has managed through bad judgment to commit so many mistakes within his mayoralty as Mr. Alderman Allen has within his. The exalted way in which he has performed those little courtesies which have made the Lord Mayoralty so popular is only equalled by the mistakes he has committed in the really im portant part of his office. lle was very severely handled at the last Court of Aldermen. In calling the meeting for the- relief of the sufferers by the great earthquake in Peru, he ordered it to le assembled at Guildhall. Hitherto all these meetings have been held at the Mansion House, and the fund has been superintended by the Lord Mayor himself. Not so now, however. The whole thing has been put by Mr. Allen into the hands of Mr.,. Sidney Smith, the official at the Guild hall. He himself . has taken, little part in it. The forthcothing Lord Mayor is not likely to err in matters of form. He is goingfrom the Guildhall to Westminster on " Lord Mayor's Day," in all the glory with which the ancient State coach, men in armour, &c. can surround him. It may be added that to-day the freedom of the City is to be given to Field-Marshal Sir John Burgoyne. THE: POOR• LAMP BOARD ON THE ALERT. Under the influence of public opinion, the Poor law Board give signs now and then of waking up, and of attempting to shake off that lethargy which has been its characteristic for years. Now and then, indeed, the voice of some one who complains of being ill-treated reaches its ear, and the complaint is investigated. That it can be of use as a central institute in supervising local action is shown when ever it tries to use its influence in this way. An " official " inquiry has just been con cluded at the Lambeth workhouse, which spews that the Board still exists. A girl named Garnham was put into a dark cell as a punishment for insubordinate behaviour, and when thrust into the place her head was, intentionally or otherwise, knocked against the wall. A succession of fits took place, followed by such a prostration of strength that she was not expected to recover, and a magistrate took what was supposed to have been her dying deposition. These facts coming to the know ledge of the Poor-law Board, Dr. Markham, the Goverrinient inspector, was instructed to make inquiries. Ile has done so, and his report will soon be made public. THE NATAL DIFFICULTY. A letter signed " Sydney G edge " appears in the Timex upon the subject of the late action of the monthly board of the S. P. C. K. It has been the custom of this board to make grants only on the recommendation of the standing committee, and unless this custom is adhered to, or the meetings of the board are held less often, so that members of the society who live out of London may attend them, he foresees that an organised clique can snatch an • unfair triumph. A letter from one of the 94 who voted against the :C2,000 grant appears in the Herahl. The writer has no sympathy with Colenso, but is not prepared to ignore the Queen's supremacy. He says that the members of the English Church Union are no Churchmen, and he heard one of them say, " Oh ! hang Caesar," when it was asked where was the Queen's mandate for con secra+ion. He trusts that the resolution carried on the Cth will be rescinded, and that £2,000, or even more, may be allotted in such cases only as the standing committee may approve. THE BISHOP . OF CHESTER. A visitation has been held in Nantwieli parish church by the Bishop of Chester. Ilis charge throughout was a most impartial one. Ile found fault with the different parties in the Church for their sins of omission and commission. lle wished for every possible liberty, but-to this liberty there must be a limit. lie remarked that " some minds, of course, might sympathise with the non-jurors in their wish that all the characteristic peculiarities of the first Prayer-book of Edward VI. had been persist ently retained. Others, on the other hand, said that no subsequent revision of the Book of Common Prayer had ever departed far enough from the original of 1549. But, waiving all considerations of such extreme views, they had to remember that for all practical purposes their service book was for them what the last review made it; and, further, that nothing conduced more to settling the peace of this nation, which was desired by all good men, nor to the, honour of our religion. and the p ro p aga ti on thereof, than an outwa r d agreement in the worship of Almighty God." Ile condemned the practice of supplementing the Book of Common Prayer by the "Directorium A nglicanum ' ' and objected to the doc trine that whatever wa s no t expressly abrogated at the Reformation was still legally binding. On the other hand, he condemned the omissions of the Low Church party, and complained that in many cases no heed was given to the aireetion which required the clergy to declare to the people what holy days and fast days occurred during the week—directions as plain and distinct as those for the sermon ; the bread and wine were placed upon the holy table by other hands, and at another time than was enjoined by the rubric ; and the consecrated elements were adminis tered to more than one communicant at a time. He made only a passing allusion to the great political crisis at hand. The Bishop refuted the statement of those who date our national Chris tianity from the arrival of the monk Augustine, forgetting the presumptive evidence which most impartial writers had recognised, of the knowledge of the Gospel having reached Britain, more or less directly, from the East, and not through Rome. They ignored the time, little, if at all short of five centuries, of a Church which had her martyrs in the persecution under Diocletian, and was repre sented by three bishops in three councils—a Church of whose service an . au ddistlii h tl. iet i he r y ee w or e d r z e p rai er z m ia i t tte b d e to _know sow ethizo. SIC VOS NON VOBIS. Mr. Raphael Brandon complains that Mr. Williams has stolen his ideas upon the subject of the manage ment of the railway system by the State. In 1854 he commenced his calculations as to fares, and named his scheme to several friends. In 1804 he commu nicated with the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the subject, and in the early part of this year he read a paper before the Society of Arts, and pub lished it in the formof a pamphlet, afterwards noticed by nearly all the London papers. Mr. John Luray, engineer, also claims to have studied the subject, upon which he wrote a leader in the Scientific Review for May. He shewed that by the adoption of two sets of fares, one for short journeys up to twenty miles, and one for all lengths of jouriicy beyond twenty miles, great accommodation would be afforded to the public, and the income of the railway companies would be increased by more than 81,000,000 per annum. The rates which he proposed were as follows :—Short journey : 3rd class, 3d. ; 2nd class, 6d. ; Ist class, Is. Long journey : 3rd class, 4s. ; 2nd class, Bs.; Ist class, 165. The more attention the matter receives the better it will be for the public. Railway tyranny has long been unbear able, and directors will not learn that privilege should be accompanied by responsibility. The railways should be conducted in the interests of the public, and not exclusively to the advantage of the share holders, or, worse still, a clique of directors and promoters. MUCH ADO ADMIT NOTHING. The Rev. W. C. Sidgwick writes to- the Thne to say that he did not call the Duke of .11 - arlborougli• by an offensive epithet, as his grP z. , .0 thinks; but he told a story of hearing a mar in Italy use the phrase. The duke was called an " infamous scoundrel." Mr. Sidgwick now confesses that it was "an outrage on public decency" to use the expression at all. Ile does not charge the duke with any intention of in timidating Ys temmts, but consid ers th a t hi s letter to Mr. Brodrick, refusing to give him any explicit answer to his questions, was calculated to produce an unfavourable impression. We commented upon the letter at the time, when it appeared to us that to rather an offensive interference on the part of Mr. Brodrick the duke meant in a circumlocutory way to answer, " Mind your own business," and the explanation of his grace's agent at the time acquitted him of any intimidation. Mr. Sidgwick retires from the conflict of words somewhat ungrace fully, and not without a Parthian shot. AN ACTRESS AT HOME. Lady Annie Sherson, sister of the benevolent Marquis Townshend, went into the country with an invalid friend. She was not fortunate in her choice of a guardian for her house and property. The person employed had other duties. She was engaged to perform the character of " Britannia" at the Trevor Music Hall, Knightsbridge. She sought relaxation from the fatigues of her profession by wearing her mistress's best silk dresses, and assum ing the character of the lady of the house. Lady Annie received an intimation of her proceedings, and immediately returned to town, opened the door of her house with a latch-key, and found the woman bedizened with her finery, and in company of a man. The house had been completely stripped, and forty pawnbroker's tickets were found upon the girl. The delinquent has pleaded guilty, and sentence is deferred to give her an opportunity of tendering information as to the stolen property. Trustworthy servants may be very scarce, but her ladyship's carelessness is un accountable. THE OLDEST MAN IN ENGLAND. A correspondent from Cheltenham writes to the Times to announce the death of the oldest man in England. He died on October 12, at the age of 112 years. The register contains no entry of his bap tism, but this is believed to have been his age. He was working in the dockyard at Sheerness when the Royal George was sunk (1782). The old man said some time ago that he remembered, when a child four years old, being taken by his mother to see an illumination in honour of the coronation of King George 111. in 1700. It is a curious fact hat in the very highest and very lowest grades there are such remarkable instances of longevity. The agricultural labourer, passing an existence in which any mental activity is almost wanting, and the law peer or statesman, whose whole life ha s b een a course of severe mental toil, live these remarkably long FOREIGN NOTES. AMERICA. The contest for General Butler's seat in Biassaclinsetta promises to be very interesting. The Republican " bolters "—those who are dissatisfied with the regular party nomination—are resolved to have nothing to do with General Butler, and have nominated Mr. R. H. Dana, author of " Two Years B e f ore th e Mast. " As the dis trict is one of the most intelligent in the Union, the new candidate is said to hare an excellent chance. But the Democrats are expected to vote for Butler! They feel con fident that he will ruin his party by " his moral obliquity and pent-up hatred of General Grant," and are therefore really anxious to keep him in Congress. --- Mr. John Quincy Adams, son of Mr. Reverdy John son's predecessor, has come forward as a Democratic can didate for the governorship of Massachusetts. Though comparatively a young man, he is looked upon as one of the most respectable rising Democrats; and, judging by a letter he has written to South Carolina, he deserves this position. Though a Democrat, he apprehends that if his party be defeated in this contest it will be because the results of the war are thought to be in danger. No party could maintain itself which should repudiate the war or surrender its acquisitions. Constitutional or not, the right to secede can be practicable only in the form of revolution. Slavery, Le says, is stone dead. The hasty and inconsiderate legislation on the subject of slavery in the Southern States did more than anything else to fasten universal suffrage upon the South. "The Northern people, having freed the slaves and left them still mingled with their former masters, could not with decency or humanity abandon them naked to the savage enmity which they were taught to believe you felt to them, nor could they calmly look on to see those oppressed of whose comfort and happiness they had become the emardiar:-' " 3PORTING INTEL (AGE NCE —Thiß Day. NEWMARKET RACES —Tars DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GLASGOW STAKES. The Glasgow Sfakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for two year old colts; Bst 101 b each; last three-quarters of R.M. ; 9 subs. Belladriun. w.o. A'LL-AGED STAKES. The All-aged Stakes of 100 sovs each, hft ; two year olds ist, three Bst 101 b, four 9st Bib, five and upwards 9st 51b; mares and geldings allowed Bib; Bretby Stakes Course; 5 subs. Blue Gown w SWEEPSfAKES OF 50 SA'S. The Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 81b, not engaged in the July, Chesterfield,Rutland, Clearwell,or Prenderghast Stakes ; winners of 200 sovs 51b extra ; D.M.; 7 subs. Ho ten Nightiarse ......... ............................................................ 1 G0wan.................... ................................. . PE? PY SO VS. PLATE. A Plato of 50 sovs (handicap), for two year olds ; T.Y.C. Prince Imperial 1 Spider Miss Whip filly.. ••• •••• 3 Twenty-two ran. £5O PLATE. A_ Pifty Pound Plato ; three year olds 7st 101 b, four Bst 101 b, five 9st, six and agad 9st 11b ; maiden three year olds allowed 41b, maiden four year olds and upwards 121 b ; winners of 500 sovs 71b extra ; A.F. Palmer Maid of Masham f 2 PROGRAMME OF NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. THURSDAY. Subscription Plate of 100' sovs (Handicap), for three year olds and upwards. T.M.M. Optional Selling Plate of 50 sovs; two year olds 6st 101 b, three Bst 101 b, four 9st 81b, five and upwards 9st 121 b; fillies allowed 31b. Handicap of 15 sous each, 10 ft, for three year olds and upwards. T.Y.O. Selling Handicap of 20 sovs each, for two year olds and upward§; the winner to be sold for 300 sovs if demanded, &c. Bretby Stakes Course. Sweepstakes of 1J sovs each, for two years olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; the winner to be sold for 100 sot's if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. The Nursery Stakes (Free Handicap) of 25 sovs each, for two year olds ; winners of any handicap after the pub lication of the weights 71b extra. Criterion Course. A Free Handicap of 100 sovs each, h ft, for three year olds; the winner of the Derby or Doncaster, St. Leger; 9A. A.F. 22 subs. A Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for two year olds colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; Ab. M. 9 subs. The Troy Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; untriods allowed 31b; the winner at Stockbridge 31b extra at Newmarket; the winner of the Middle Park Stakes 91b, of the Criterion 51b extra; penalties accumulative up to 141 b. T.Y.C. 33 subs. FRIDAY. The Second Nursery Stakes (Free Handicap) of 25 sovs each, the winner of any handicap after the publication of the weights 71b extra ; A Plate of 50 sovs, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; winners of 500 sovs 7lb extra; if entered to be sold for 100 says allowed 71b. T.Y.C. The Audley End Stakes of 30 sovs each, 10 ft, if declared &c., for horses of all ages (two year olds excepted) A.E.C. A Plate of 100 sovs (Handicap), for three year olds and upwards. An. ➢l. A Plate of 100 sovs (Handicap), for three year olds and upwards. D.l, Fifty Sovs ; three year olds ist 121 b, four Bst 121 b, five 9st 21b, six and aged 9st 31b ; the winner to be sold for 500 sovs; if for 150 allowed 71b. A.F. The Optional Selling Plate of 50 sovs ; for two year olds 7st 71b, three 9st 41b; the winner to bo sold for 200 sovs if entered for 1.50 allowed olb, 100 101 b. T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; three year olds Bst 21b; four Bst 301 b, five and .upwards 9st llb ; the winner to be sold for 400 sovs if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 10 sivs each ; two year olds 7st 31b, three Bst 10Ib ; the winner to be sold for 300 sovs if de manded, tic. TY.C. A Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, for three year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 51b. A Sweepstakes of 500 sovs each, 200 ft, for two year old ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b. T.Y.C. 9 subs. Match 500, h ft; A.F.—Sir J. Hawley's The Palmer, Bst 131 b, agst Mr. Chaplin's Hermit, Bst 101 b. SATURDAY. One Hundred Pounds; two year olds' sst 10lb, three Bst 41b, four 9st 51b, five, six and aged 9st 81b ; the winner (with his engagements) to be sold for 300 gs, if do mauded, &e. Last three miles of B.C. Maiden Plate of IA SON'S, for two yeAr olds ; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies and geldings 8.4 71b. T. Y.C. A Plato of 50 soya (Ilaadicap), far three year olds and up ward. Cambridgeshire Course. The Houghton Handicap of 15 soya each, and only 5 ft if declared by ton o'clock on Friday evening (to the second), for three year olds and upwards. T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 5 soya each; two year olds 7st 31b; three Bst 101 b, four 9st 9st lib, five and upwards 9st 31b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 50 soya if demanded, &c. Bretby Stakes Course. A Sweepstakes of 10 says each; two year olds Gst 101 b, three Bst 101 b, four 9st three, five and upwards 9st 71b ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs if demanded, &e. ; if for 100 sovs allowed 71b. T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; thiee year olds ist 121 b, four Bst 101 b, five 9st 11b, six and aged 9st 31b ; fillies allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 120 sovs if de manded, &c. RM. • A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; tho wi nner t o b e so ld f or 100 sovs if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. Match 500, 250 ft; Brayley's The Mariner, 3 yrs, Bst 61b, receives 150 ft from Mr. Steph6uson's Socrates, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b. NO DAY MtNTIONED.—Match 100 h ft. T.Y.O Mr. Alexander's Meteor, Bst 71b, agst Lord Falmouth's Nightjar, Bst, both two year olds. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-TIIIS DAY. THE ROBBERY AT THE UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION. Charles Fairfield, lately lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade and a member of the institution, was charged with stealing a large quantity of valuable coins from the United Service Institution. The prisoner in the first instance pleaded guilty to the indictment, but after a conversation with Mr. Metcalf he withdrew his former plea and then said " Not guilty" to the charge. The assistant-judge ordered the trial to stand over until the next sessions. MARKE7 8-2 HIS DAY. MARK-LANE. The receipts of home-grown wheat fresh up this morn in were only moderate. As the attendance of millers was limited, and as the transactions were mostly of a con sumptive character, the demand for both red and whit© parcels flagged. In prices no quotable alteration took place. Floating cargoes of wheat were dull of sale. and uther kinds of produce afloat were firm in value. Maizo The barley trade was firm, and fine malting parcels com manded very full prices. _ _ Malt was in seasonably extensive supply and moderato request on former terms. The oat trade was steady, and the value of old corn was well supported. COTTON. LIVERPOoL, October 21.—The market steady, at firm rates; sales about 12,000 bales. L'ADOZT GAZETTE-LAST EVENING. FOREIGN OFFICE, OCT. 19. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Frederic Augustus Clairmonts as Consul at Barbados for the North German Confederation. ADMIRALTY, OCT. Li. The following promotions have this day been made, viz.:—Commanders—Marcus Lowther, Louis Hutton Versturme, Edwin Augustus Porcher, and Lindesay Brine to be Captains in her Majesty's Fleet. Lieuten ants, Charles Perchy Pushe, Edward Poulden, Charles George Fane, William Edward Saxton Brome, and George Robert Hopo to be Commanders in her Ma jesty's Fleet. Sub-Lieutenant Arthur Henry Williams to be a Lieutenant in her Majesty's Fleet, also Acting Sub- Lieutenant Seymour Henry Pelham Dacres to be an Acting Lieutenant, to bi continue I on passing the required examivatious at the Royal Naval College according to the Regulations. OCTOBE a 17. Robert Barrie Batt, Esq., has been this day protnotoi to ,he rank of Staff Captain in her Majesty's Fleet. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251.22ie. per £1 sterling On o.nuparing these rates with the English Mint price cf rrs.lo4d. per ounce for stludard gold, it appe..rs that gold is shoat 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than In Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for balls at GO days' Eight was on the last date about 1' 91 per cent At this rate there is no profit• on the importation of gol from the United States. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales intend honouring the Adolph Theatre this even 'ng with their presence. -