The Sun. — London, England, 1868-10-23 00:00:00

MONEY MARNET A ND (10UAIERCIAL I.I4TELLIGENOR, CrrY, Two o'CLoca. Consols are quoted 94} both for money and the account; the Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 93 to k. Foreign Stocks show a reduction of nearly in New Spanish Three per Cents., 3-16 in Italian Five per Cents., Mexican Bonds and Peruvian Five per Cents. are also lower. The quotations are 53k, 531 ; Greek, 12i 13 ; Mexican, 16 16k; New Sdanis'l, 33k 33k'; Turkish Five per ( eats., 41} 411; Peruvian, 81! 82; and New EgYptian Scrip, 3 2 dis. ::The Indian Four per Cents. have receded I per eaat., the pre33nt peic.) b iii 1021 t) 1)31 ; the F ives are 114 k to 115; th 3 13)-113, 183. to 233. Pre u• • th e r, 1, T 1 3 v 3:101I'03, 1031 to 193 ; aid Ilequer 173. to 213. prc.n. B.i ik Sock, 212 to 244. The lion - Turas Loan is firm, at 91 911. The scrip of Vie new Italian Tobaceo Loan has receded to 21 21 prom. The Railway Market prices are as follows : Caledonian, and London, Chath tm, and Dover have advanced 1 to I per cent; while Great E (stern and South E tstern have decline I k. Prices are as follows: * -- Caladonian - , 711 to 8 ; London and North Western, 111 1 to 1121 ; Great Western, 431 to 1 ; Mid lAnd 1128 to i; London acid South Western, 871 to 881; Grea Eastern, 41 t) I ; Brighton, 52 to 1; South-Eastern, 771 to ; Metropalit tn, 10G1 to 107 ; Great Northern, 1071 to 108 ; ditto A., 10 6 to ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 123 f to 8 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 171 to I I ; and Manchester, Sheffiell, and Lincolnshire, 48 to I. Great Indian Peninsular R tilway New Four per Cont. Debenture stock is 911, 951. tletropolitan District Railway stock is firm at 73 , 74. Iktnerican Securities are dull. The 5-20 Bonds a re per cent. worse, at 721 to 73 ; Erie Railway Shares, 311 to 11 ; Illinois Ceara!, 931 to 978 ; Atlantic and Great Western Deheatures, 331 to 37 1 ; and the Consololated Mortgage Bonds, 3 9 to I. Numerous dealings have taken place in London and Westminster B ink shares, bat the price is un altered, at 611 to 651. Lmlon and County, 4 ", c) 4 91; Union of London, 331 to 31 1 ; Anti- Aistrian, 61 to 7 pram., being 53. better; imperial ° ttomau, 1 to 11 prem. ; and Conseliclatel, fto prem. There is no change in miscellaneous shares. The Stock Market was inanimate to-lay, and Prices had a downward tendency. Railway shares Were firm, but Royal Mail Steam Company Shares Were to be bad at 50 or 10 dis. The money rate is 11. per cent. The Bank return shows the bullion to be at a point lower than at any time during the last 17 n u:oaths, and the reserve to be at a point lower than 1148 been touched since November, 1866. The c ourse of trade and the results of the harvest seemed t o warrant an expectation of a steady increase o bullion; but the payments on foreign and colonial loans, coupled with large importations of foreign Beettrities from the Continental markets, seem to h ave interfered with this result, while, at the sa m e 4 same there is reason to believe that expenses con nected with th e ap p roac hi ng genera l e l ec ti on h ave t , ilr ewn an increased quantity of coin into c irca- Wien. Annexed is a return of paid clearing for the week : ti ding Oat. 21, issued from the Bankers' Clearing- Thusigned J. C. Pocock, Deputy Inspector : r B day, the 15th, £20,339,000 ; Friday, 16th, £12 ,379 ,000; ; Saturday, 17th, £12,066,000; Mon 'ay, 19th, £9,864,000 ; Tuesday, 20, £10,301,000; Wednesday, 21, £lo,oo3,ooo—total, £74,952,000. Bills of exchange on the Government of Ceylon. for 2 50,000 rupees were disposed of yesterd ty by tender at the offices of the Crown agents for the Wonies. The minimum was fixed at is. lid. per r upee, and the whole amount was taken above that rate. The funds for the dividend and sinking fund Payable on the 221 Nov. on the Egyptian 9 par e.!nt. tom have been duly received by the ()Annan sank. A meeting of the Oriental Bank Corporation was held yesterday, and an interim dividend declared of £1 103, per share, being at the rate of 12 per cent. Per annum. The report of Madam 3 Xevy's Company Wrnited) states that the net profit for the year "ding July 31 were £1,034 183. Bd., and a divi dend of 10 per cent on the paid up capital is re eeremended. At the adjourned meeting of the Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Company (Limited)—Mr. Eden Colville in the chair—the r eport of the joint committee of shareholders and creditors was unanimously adopted, and it was refe rred back to the committee to take all neces liarY steps for carrying out the recommendations e°ll tained in it, with such modifications• as the com mittee and the new board may from time to time agre e upon. i4 , 4 .t is annou nce d by t e l egr a m th a t th e p or ti on o f g e Delhi Railway from Unaballa to Meerat (about miles, or half the entire line) was completed on t he 17th inst. O wing to an error in the Diario do Rio de J a n e i ro it was stated in a paragraph on Wednesday that the "brazilian home 6 per cent. loan, just introduced, t: as at th e pr i ce of 80. Th e rea l pr i ce is 90, and e re was, app aren tly, no doubt th a t it wou ld a ll b e eac lily taken. The sinking fund is £200,000 yearly, Per • at Inis by purchase when under par, and by awing when above par. t - here is no foundatio n i n th e s t a t emen t pu bli s h e d t the Gritnble and Company's Distille r y, k nown a. a i; t he Albany-street Distillery, originally promoted 4 /. Sir Felix Booth, is about to be sold by public auction under a decree of the Court of Chancery. 1 ,„ 1 -he Stock Exchange Committee have appointed tkullrAday, 29th instant, a special settling day, in „(10 preferred and deferred (ordinary) stocks of the '3oat h - Eastern Railway Company, to be officially m arked. it At the h a lf- year l y meet i ng o f t h e Grand Trunk I llway Company of Canada, Mr. Creak moved thil amendment to the proposal o f th e c h a i rman, to e effect that the report and account s b e i ng unsa factory be not adopted, and that the di rec t ors b e att( e estel to resign. A poll was demanded. Sir o lvfarl Watkin intimated that he would probably t remain in office after the expiration of his pre ileet t erm. s t l l le Judge of the First Division of the Court of th' i °°, Edinburgh, gave judgment yesterday in h e e lase of Gl en v . C a l e d on i an R a il w ay." Aft er h o a t tin g Mr. Giffard in support of the reclaiming t el the L or d P res id en t sa id h e t h oug h t t h e C ourt te ti t4h t to adhere to the Lord Ordinary's interlocutor ji . e4 , ll ing the i n te r di c t. L or d s D ean , A r d m ill an, an d o: 4 °eh also agree d th a t th e L or d O r di nary ' s inter /40 r °light to be adhered to. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. ------ __._ ________ __ a h._(?(ZIINMENT FUNDS. 'ris uent. Consols a -Lotto for Acco un t,:N ov . 5 11:!31* Cent. Reduced 93- 3 lied 8 per C ent jj 2 1 per C ent. Jan. 1894 0 . for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — S — I:3° (Bed Sea Telegraph), Aug., 190 21 prn telZpier Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct D o 11 4 ,, i ; £5OO £lOO Sc £2OO — 17 pm -"'' of 'E ngland Stock. 4por Cent Oa '-'O. accou n t 4 t a da 4 per Cent. Bonds — er.Colonial Omni= 4, INDI AN dOVEANMENT SECURITIEIS• 'itt r ock, 10i poi Cent., April 1874 ... •D o h • Opening, for .Account — 113 14; r. 5 1.,,,r Cent. July, 1880 n ° ' 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 —O. Certificates . -- NO. Lnfaced Pape, 4 per Cent — 0 . 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D . 13 °. 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 — - 1 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — 12 Do. do. 1877 — 0 - Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO " 0 . under .£I,OOO FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Ar olentine Ranublic F per Cent I) . I '' 4„ c'., Scrip £3O paid Itriao Bonds 5 per Cent 1859 _ Do. 1859 631 ~~: ►ct. 21. -2hristian, ;, accolll" let. 22. rf France the cor- )c t. 22. fr. 500,000 -- )44,776 02 105,7 50 14 )00,000 --- 136,200 125,53 Q 03 1 - 17 148, 31 6. 150,603 6 )16,95 1 0,815-- ,97,502 42 03,152 42 10,090 49 96,538 36 Oct. 22 . , fr. . i 589,22 0 8 155,002 64 !00,995 31 117,504 -- 108,0 00 339,900 385,500 --' 542,800 -- ?19,5 00 311,600 334,2 00 394,800 ••••• DOO,OOO -• • 380,7 50 14 . 333,437 21. )00,000 " )33, 723 -. )80,0 40 8 . 1 . 339,550_,.0 ---- o '96,538 3- Lie Bank 'LAND' a• to P r° : x, TerJ ho Y ea ; :0 n t riv e woo° 00 11 f r t and the" TEO E.Co the c ir ; 310e 0) rort of A 310' ,hat the bea d" )11 C 6/11- o blig ° 9011 C°l. : tiff ; D a ' was tio r ilic°l: 1.1 1 LTAl lic 5 01 as 0— o a ,h red too Led. s 'l°4 t. ioe Other' 3. ifi to trade hid 31s, w h' e d i s rat,lis ,tes ; a th e c, • rive(' ''' bu rg e ters. - joitii,d, d 0 0 ! ) Lc otli ° jr a re ler Brizilian 5 per Cent no. I} per Cent., 185? — Do. do. 1858.... Do. do., 18.;(' 1)o. do., 1863 63 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — . , Oo Account 79 B ;epos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per lieut ') Cn')3., 6 per Cent. C.alian 6 per Cent — Do. 4/ per Cent Do. 6 per Cent., B — Do., 1867 Do., 7 per Cent., 1866 C . nibian, 6 per Cont. D tnish 31 . 1.- Cent. 1825... ..... Drubian Principalities, 7pm Cent 721 01Do 8 per Cent., 1867 .... •• • 81 •'uador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cell , . E fyptian, 7 per Cent ... -- Do Second Issue D.'. ciou Bonds ... — Do. 1100 Bonds — 1),,. 18i4 Do. Account 90. .15ot, lionis B2l Do. £lOO Bondi - . 811 English Scrip, 1)68 Do do. £l5 pd — dis Clovernment 4-Away oeil ,ot ure 961 4 Greet: 5 per Cont., 1824: 5. ex Coups — 1)0. AuCJlllit I). ~ tlourui s Du. Ace ::nut Du i oor Cent. A ugio-Frenci, — G ut,l , 4ll:thl 5 per Coat .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all! d 911 It . Aau ii 'del :Cert., Litii".. , :,,,. Account . — Do Uxreinmana Railmay — 4 , -,‘lcar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 186} — I ontovidoan i per Cent. . — loorish trnwial 5 per Cent Yew Granada Do 3 per Con — Do. Deforrad Do Laud Warrants (ttectares) - Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 82 14 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do Account PJ.I aguose 3 per 0 t., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60, 1 2,'b 37/ 4 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — It tssian 5 per Cent., 1822,1 St Do 4/ per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 por Cent., 1859 . 564 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 • Do. Anglo-Dutcb, 1864, 1100 Bonds.,, 90/ 1 Do. du. £B4 15s. do. ~ Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds... Do. do £B4 15s. do — Po Nicolas Railway 684 1 Sar.linian o pta. Cent — Spanish 3 per Con ... — Do. Acc , iunt .. Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrea Do. Account DO. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. nut funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 186$ Do de, Scrip 3l pm Turaish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bostic — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds 72f Do 5 per Cent., 1865 D,, Account Do 6 per Cont., 1865 6l 7.1 Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do. Acc&ant Do 6 per Cent., 1862 I — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 .. — Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Dividencis on the above payable in Lonnoi. • Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Italiab 5 per Cont. 1831, Ex. 25i. Do. Account — Belgian, if per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2 per °Ant. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Routes, 3 per Cent.. E. 25f. Do Account CLOSING PRICES. C))nsuis, Money 94} 941 Do. Account, Nov. 5 EXTRAORDIAARY .SCENE AT AS'TLEPS THEATRE LAST NIGHT. Last night being the benefit of two of the mem bers of the late Commonwealth, who for a few days carried on the management of this theatre, a very strange scene took place. The pieces to be produced were " The Ticket-of-Leave Man " and " Oliver Twist," and at a little before seven o'clock a considerable audience had assembled to witness them. The band played two overtures, and then left the theatre in a body, sending shortly afterwards for their instruments and music. No thing then succeeded to occupy the attention of the audience, who naturally became impatient, and t-s -tified it by hooting and hissing, many of them de manding their money back, which was refused. Mr. Stacey at length appeared and stated that the band refused to play until they were paid, at the same he deprecated this conduct and said it would take the wealth of the Bank of England to pay off the old debt—they would do the best they could without music. After another long interval, " Peculiar People" was performed amidst hisses and commentaries of all kinds. Another long interval occurred, during which the audience amused themselves with every description of chaff, and at length two scenes in " Oliver Twist" were gone through, when the curtain dropped finally and the audience dispersed. It was fortunate that this contretemps occurred on a benefit night, as a large number of spectators were frienda of members of the company; if it had not been so, mischief would most prboably have ensued. THE GUARD-ROOM AT THE HORSE GUARDS. To what tortures is poor humanity put for the sake of appearance ! As if the misery of being compelled to sit on horseback for hours together, in a stiff and complicated uniform, for the special admiration of small boys and nursematis passing by, were not sufficient, the splendid fellows who form our Household Cavalry are compelled to un dergo other sacrifices which, if not so public, are not the less real on that account. Passing from the office of the Quartermaster-General we re quested a tall and bearded Scotchman, who was lounging about the Horse Guards gate, to show his guard-room, which, of course, we expected to find in keeping with the whiteness of his breeches or the shining of his boot and helmet. Alas! nothing of the kind. He offered to show his quarters with a species of apology: " Take care," said he, as we passed along the d►rk corridor, with its glimmering of gas to replace the daylight we had left, " take care, for it is care dark and ye may tumble up the steps." And so we groped our way into a wretched guard-room, with a miserable fire and a few bare benches and tables, from which the remnants of dinner had been but just removed. Not a single comfort to be seen. The windows small and dark, and the place more conformable to the back kitchen of a pothouse than to a place where decent men, in a clean and splen did uniform, might be expected to abide. There were 13 men on guard, two corporals being lodged in separate rooms—one in a solitary cell below, the other in a dirty and neglected room above, where, most erroneously, he is supposed to sleep. Ascending an open staircase we reached a large and comfortless barrack-room, where several weary Warriors were resting on their beds, encased in uniform, not, we may reasonably suppose, in expec tation of being called to sudden duty, but simply because the day was cold, and a single gaslight did scant duty for a fire. Nor was their kitchen in a better state. Descending below the surface of the earth, we found ourselves beneath an ancient-look ing crypt, reminding us strongly of cathedral vaults. Three coppers and a table constitute its furniture. All the food is boiled, and, to our astonishment, these fine guardsmen, like woodcocks, live by suction, although our Scotch conductor assured us that the soup was " vera gude." We were told that an oven had been promised several years ago ; but, alas ! it was:an extravagance beyond the public means, and has never yet arrived. Emerging into the air, we passed the ! mounted statue in his canopy, waiting patiently for the moment when, like the Commandant in "Don Juan," he might descend to supper, with the reflection that if the nation indulges in absurd vagaries, it is bound at least to see that its victims are housed and fed with some regard to deoeney.—ne Lancet, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENI.NG, OCTOBER 23, 18i8. SHARE LIST. TOPICS OP THE DAY. TTIE NEW MINISTERS. At last Mr. Disraeli has filled up the Duchy or Lancaster, which has been vacant ever since Colonel Wilson Patten succeeded Lord Mayo as Chief-Secre tary for Ireland. Colonel Taylor, who has lately suffered severely in health by reason of his arduous labours as whipper-in, is to be the new Chancellor. The Hon. Gerard Noel, M.P. for Rutlandshire, will be the Secretary to the Treasury in Colonel Taylor's place. There is thus vacated the English lordship of the Treasury. Colonel Taylor has represented Dublin County since 1841, and in that year and in 1852 and 1857 had to stand a contested election, being on each occasion second on the poll. The . Noels have repre sented Rutlandshire ever since the first Reform Bill. The present representative was first elected in 1847. It is not stated if Colonel Taylor will have a seat in the Cabinet, but :.s that select baly is at prezent short of its usual number, we prasume that he will. Certainly no one corld give Ministers bett3r informa tion about the state of political feeling in the country than the new Chancellor of the Duchy. "'THE TALKING OF THE TONCUE! The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone does not hold King Solomon's opinion as to the value of words, and when Lord Stanley at the Liverpool banquet bluntly said that the country had had more than enough of them, Mr. Gladstone immediately put the cap on his own head, and though. Lord Stanky protested that he had not meant it for the Liberal orator, the other did not spare the member for Lynn, but retorted that no such fault could be found with the noble lord's address to his constituents. The laugh was then against Lord Stanley. He is a man of few words, probably believing that the least said is the soonest mended; It is a curious trait of the noble lord's leader, that he takes great pains en occasions to contrast his conduct with Mr. Glad stone's. The latter makes tremendous budget orations - ; the Premier, when Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered his speech with the utmost brevity. Mr. Gladstone proclaims on the housetops his convictions upon every possible subject ; Mr. Disraeli closes his lips, and no doubt, like the Welsh man's o*l, " though he does not say much, he is a beggar to think." ORDINARY SlitLltklS AND STOCKS. raid. Closing Business 'bare Railways. Prim. dame. st Bristol and Exeter ...... 70) 76 78 - at Caledonian ....... ... 100 71 711 711 f a:, Cambrian.. 21 Cornwall ... all al 34 it Dublin & Belfast June.., 100 77 79 st Dun.,i'erth.&Ab.June.... WO 70 72 2 East L')ladon ' all 7 9 20 Op 15 - - 2 I Do 10 - - st Glasgow &S. Western 100 1 , 1 12 st Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7, 84 st tirc at Northoi Scotland lOO 15 6 at Great Northern .. 100 107 108 1071 sr, Do. A. stock lOO 1(6 107 at Do. B stock lOO - - • st GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 04 97 s Gt. Western -Grigluitl 1 ,.0 4 1 43 484 , t Do. South %Vales s Do. W. .311d.-Oxior s Do. Newport t Lan° &shire.% l'orksdir.... 100 12 1 2ri9 1231 s Len., Ilrhrli., -o e . Uuas' • . IGli 5. I 421 51 10 DJ &rt.," .... ....... ral - - st I on., uitat., and 1.),)ve,.. lts 171 li 11 i •I Do. Alctrop. 6x. A.... toy - t 7.. u. 4 Aorth Nl'estA.:: .. 100 112 1121 11.• 11,1 t Lou. 4 South Westecb.. ICU b 7 ii.s b7l s, 31an., SIM., & Lincoln., ton 44 44, 4, it Metropolitan.... ........ 1 0 108 i 147 I 11v. I , :xteiv.,t0u... . 1') Do. New I'd .O pr 1P s• Ikietrupotitan District 11 Do. sae :st. Jonn'tll - - Jr, 'Mih.auil it Do, tiirmiu.. 4 1.1,11: s 2 NOi Ell lirlosh a Do. li:-1., l'th., & Dun... 100 - - t N to. Eastern-Be:lsla.. 100 /1.1 it 0 10' 1 21 Do. U.:l'E pureii.,.. .. '6.13.4 - - • at Do. Leeds st Do. 1 ork lOO IS. 8.1 83 st Do. Carlisle st Do. Stoeit.& Darling... lto 127 12d at N orth London .. lOO 120 'L'2 1.1 Do. do. 16,8 . ,. 2 11 •117 3 4 at North Ststfordshire .... tn, 5/ 29 at N. &S. W. Junhtion .... 100 102 104 1021 10 lla new .610 shares.... 6 - - a at Shropsuire Union at South Devon •100 44 16 st south Eastern 20 Staines, Wok~ & Wok st Tail' Vale lOO 145 Ise 10 Do. C ... at Weteriord & Kilkenny lOO - - iu Waterloo & Whiteha I 0 - - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS, st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 4) per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua. 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st do. Ordinary lOO at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath lOO 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. gua all at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Gins. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 st Do do No. 2 100 st Do do 6 per cent 100 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1816 100 at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1817 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd. at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 4 ) do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO at G tWest.—Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO at Do do 4.l per cent. 1650 lOO st Do do 4 do do at Lo do 5 per cent. redem lOO at Do do Birmingham gua lOO st Do do do pref lOO at Do do Chester gua lOO at Do do do 8 per cent lOO at Do do do 5 do 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 4. p.c lOO at Do do 4 1 1859 lOO st Do do 5 _ _ _ 96 97 100 101 9i 10) 83 85 72 74 92 94 65 67 110 115 76 80 160 160 95 100 at Do Westihd.-Oxford Ist g. 100 st Do do 2d gua. 100 at Do Newport, Ist g. I p.c. 100 at Do do 2d do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 110 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c all at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 at Do Barnsley, £5 3s 10d p.c. 100 at Do G p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 at London & Brighton, 5 p.c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO et Do 6 do do lOO at Do i do No. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent 1 0 at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) at Da 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 11: 114 111 111 83 92 1 0 135 116 134 97 100 5 per cent lOO st London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO st London and 7 p,c _ _ _ 83 9U 88 90 140 145 late 3d shares, lOO 2 5.61. Do (Portsin. perp ans. 2s6d) all st Man., Shef., tC Lincln. 6 p.c lOO 6 Do x 6 all par Ipm 60 64 st Do 31 per cent lOO 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 6 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO st Do Bristol&Birm., 6p. c 100 130 135 110, 133 93 :5 93 4 83 90 . . at Do 41 per cent. redeem—. 100 st Do 41 per cent. irredeem 100 st Do Leicester &Irchn, 4 p.c. 100 at North British, 5 p.c. No.l 100 st Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D 100 et Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per cen.t 100 st Do Border Union, 51 p.c 100 st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4p c 100 at Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 st Do G.N.E. 4 per cent., lO3 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. 25 Do York, H. &S. purchase lO st Do Stektn & Drliug. A 5 p.c lOO at Do W. Hartlepool H. and R lOO 20 North Staffordshire all lOs :-. Devon Annuities, 1 s all lOs Do Tavistock Anne., 10s all lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 1.0.6. S. ',mt. (Read. Arms., 1.0.6) all st Do 41 per cent lOO st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No.l lOO at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 85 87 93 10 101 10.5 107 86 83 20 21 94 101 9 10 8 9 22 21 145 150 42 45 RAILWAYS.--PREFERENCE SEIARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p e gua. st Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO st Do 41 p rradeem all st Do 4p c eon., issued at 8 1 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent lOO st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO at • Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO t Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO st Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 6t Great West., W. Ilia, 5p c 100 at Do Joint perpe. 5 p e,1865 100 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 2 J Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 a Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 st Da do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1366 103 at Do No. 7 sdo st Load., Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c ~ st Do Metrop. Ex B p.c Do do C 6 c 100 at London &N. Western, p. 5 p c 100 at London &S. Western, 41 p a 100 10 Man. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all at Metropolitan s per cent lOO at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO st Do B 5 do 100 18 D p c opt. to cony. to Ord, Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all lg Do Incony. New Shares 16 22 Do Sp c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1867 st North British, E. and G , No. 1, 6 per cent._ at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 BS Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 st Do E.& G., No. 2, f p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 st 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. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 74 75 78 85 83 84 86 88 86 90 83 87 100 102 191 201 107 103/ 90 93 103 105 103 105 11 I.lp 19Z 5 il ) 11 11p it .6 107 100 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. st Birkenhead lOO 100 Do. 44 per cent. Prefer all 101 1 . 03 st Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead. lOO 53 55 s t Do. 54 per cent st Do. i do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 150 132 25 Gloster and Dean Forest.., all st Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c. 100 "' • st Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c. 100 u 3 0g st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 gs 68 st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Heref. 100 95 9 7 40 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21 213 st London and Blackwall lOO 92 94 st Do. 44 per cent lOO st London, diet., &c., 44 p c lOO st Do. Com. Fund, 5 do lOO st London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South lOO st Lowestoft, gua. 4 per cent lOO st Do. do. 6 do. 54 Manch., Buxton. &Matlk all st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO JO Mid-Kent (Cray Line) 50 Northern & East , 5 per cent all SO Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern—Hartlep00l st N.West. A perp. prof, sp. c lOO 1./i 109 st Do B minimum 14 p.c lOO .st Notting. &Granth. R. &O lOO 91 93 25 Preston and 11 yro. all. 44 46 61 63 Fki 72 78 82 • i •• 1 91 99 ii ii ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep 100 1:0 132 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 130 132 10 Do do 8 21 2ip at S. Yorksh. and Myer Dun 100 97 99 at Do 4 per cent gua 10 79 81 at Do S do all 97 at Viet. Station and Pimlico 100 174 80 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Dd do B all 20 Do do C all ... ... oi 7 at Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ~. st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 116 118 st London and St. Katherine lOO 54 56 551 100 Do Deb. stock, 4 per cent all ... ~, Mil'wall Freehold Land st, Dock lOO 37 39 sr Southampton lOO 71 75 et surrey Commercial lOO .i. ... 85 ST YO 82 103 101 91 93 92 9.7 103 107 97 101 105 110 115 120 96 101 C 6 69 MISCELLANEOI7S. Anglo-American Tel., lint. all Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 7 Anglo-Mexican Mint all Atlantic Telegraph lOO Do. 8 per cent. Australian Agricultural Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. Baugarah Tea Estates, lint 9 Berlin Water Works, lim all Do. New 6 Bolckow Vaughan; lim. 30 Bombay Gas, lim. Do. New 4 British American Land 44 B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim. 100 British Indian Tea, Rm all British Ship Owners 7l Canada Company all Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l Ceylon Company, 10 Do. A shares City Discount, lim City of London Real Pro perty, lint 8 City of Milan Improv. lint. all City of Moseow (+as, all City Offices, lim 25 Colonial, lint. Do. Commercial Union (Amur) Company of Afrlcun Mdr chants, lint. Continental Union tfas, lint all Copper Miners of England, pref 71 per cent. Corporation of London )i mds, 1d77, 41 per cent. all Do. 1879, 4 per cent. all Do. 1882, 41 , pet cent, all Credit Fon. of Englanl, Rm. all Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO Crystal Palace lOO Do. Preference lOO Do. 6 p. c. Perpetual Deb lO9 Darjeeling, lint. Eastern Assam, lim East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim. East India Irriga. & Canal all Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all Egyptian Corr. & Traci. lien 6 Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 Do. New 8 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lira 2l English and Foreign Credit 7/ Eng. and Scot. al arine, lim 8 Fairbairn Engineering Fore-street Warehouse,lina l2 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all Gellivara, lim. 2O General Credit & Dis., lim. 7/ General Steam Navigation 14 Horns &Col Marine In. lim 6 Hong Kong and China Gas all Hudson's Bay all Imperial Land Co. of Mar- Bellies, lim. Indo-European Tel, lim lO Interns,. Financial Soc. lira Interns.. Land Credit, lira 6 Italian Land Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all Do. 6 p. c Bds., redeem. 1876, issued 90 all Land Securities, lira i London African Trading lO Lon. & Caled. Marine, lira 6 London County Land and Building, lira. 4 Loud. Provincial Tel. lira all Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all Lond. Financial Aeso., lim. SO Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all Loud. and Glaeg. Engineer _ . and Iron Ship, lim 25 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 adzas Irriga. & Canl. Gua. p. c. by India Gov. lOO Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim l} Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all Merchant Shipping, all Iron Works, lim. 12} Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. National Discount Co., lim National Prov. Marine, lim 4 National Steam Ship, lim all Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim 6 New Consolidated Din. lira new Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 New Zealand Loan & Mer• cantile Agency,lim 2} New Zealand Trust and Loan, lirn Northern Assam Tea, lien 5 Do. B North Brit. Austral., lim lOO North Brit. & Mercan. In 6} Ocean Marine (Insurance) a Oriental Financial, lint ll Oriental Gas, lint. all Do. New 1 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim Ottoman Gas, lim all Panama, New Zealand, and Anstnilian R. Mail ;Um .all Do do. Peel R. Land & Mime, lint 100 Penitent. & Oriental Steam all Do. New 1867 lO Renter's Telegram 24 Ithymney Iron Do. New Rio de Janeiro City all Do. Gas, lien all Royal Mail Steam 6O Scottish Aust. Invest., lira lOO Do. 6 p c. Guar. eref lOO Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lira lO Societe Gen.de l'Empiro 0 t 8 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim 6 South Australian Land Submarine Telegraph Do. Scrip all Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bi Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 Do do. do. all Trust &Loan Co., U. Canada 5 Union M urine L'pool, tim 5 Union Steam Ship, lira all United Discount Corp , lim 6 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all Universal Marine(lu.), lira 5 Upper Assam Tea, Urn all Van Dieman's Land Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. ( Mortgage) Loan.., all Warrant Finance, lira l2 West India and Pacific Steam, lira. WestLendon Wharves and Warehouses 21k 21k 21} k Id ip 16 17 31 32 78 82 8) 7) 13 17 pr ip 7 5d 14 14f 3 6 3 bp 3} 41 1/ 0/ 15 17 163 168 21 31 67 72 2# 14d 3 2d 2 14d 41 31 21d 5 10 4 6 22 2.11t1 4 ir 17 2 18 id 5 7 1031 1011 104 104 1031 1011 21 '2, 21 3 2 d 23 23 241 100 105 103 112 6 4d 17 18 121 Ind 911 95 95 41 4,1 41(1 225 230 9 . 10p i - 1 i 4d If lid pr 1p 12i 83 81 27 210 41 16 14 Jai il it 31 6 4d 11 Id• 2 21 2 15-16 , 0 51 31 2I d 7 sd. 31 31 i if ) 23 22d li 2 22 17d ld pr 108 104 4 41 IG 41 3 24d 111 12 4 3d 81 9k 3 2d 14 ld 44 34. 14 14 7 6 1 2 E 8 42 161 17} 184 14 11 7 7f t in Yd :I) 1/ 21 1 11 32 34 51 53 531 3 id pr SO 35p 19 20 51 6 13} 191 161 23 24 62 61 5) 1 111 116 7 6d 3 4p 85 36 93 98 ; 11 ; 15.1 16} 14 2,1 2: 1f id P 4 - 4}p 22 24 11 Old 4-1 51 3 1 1 -11 p 3 4 7 8 74 741 711 5f 12 10d 4 3d al L., A.)11:1.11A ‘.lll V IU.N AN 1 al,, Brltlvb Columbia, 6 per 0cnt.,1872.... 'loo - - Do. 1305 19.1 Can.Gov.tip.c.Jt.n.t&July 1877-84 .. 100 1054 1164 1071 1 Do. 6 p.c. Feb. & Aug.... lt,o 104 106 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sep . .. 100 101 h 6 Do. sp. c. Jan. & Jul;-., 100 92 93 Do. sp. c. inscribed sti ,. ICO 90 92 Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c.187:c. 100 102 161 Do.Apl.&001 1890-110 .. 100 11l 113 Do. do 1860-9, .. 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&Jnly, 1891 .... 100 108 110 Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 Uct., 1000 .. 100 100 102 - Ces lon, Nov. 1878,6 p lOO 108 116 Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 107 ' Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1878,.. Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, May and Nov... 100 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Auu.... 100 106 198 11 , bournrt Corporata.,.. 18 , ?- 7 -, 6 pe:' t n ~.. 100 N N . „ 1.12 1 0 p ov.6,,p,:cA.Jpai:Jouclty... .. 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2__ 104_ - i Do 6 P 0 - 3 -1 y& No 100 108 1(8 108 iN. Irv.. '7l to'7i.. 100 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1ht,6.. 100 90 10$ Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to 'is.. 100 91 IUI let I N.Zealand, 6p. at. teol.. 100 - Do. 5 per cent.... ..... 100 974 98i 921 - DoJan, p , l, Jul, 0 t... too 974 981 971 I DJ 6p c. Mar & :ept '9... 1(0 11.8 110 • - Do Ju .e & Deo , 1.0 .... 100 tug .11 fDo I'r v. 1 At.cild. tt de , 1 & lzt:11 2.0 iNOVP. 6:)..t14 15 0...1.J ani July, 1375 - Do 15.6.. - Queeinalnd. 6p. u. 'B.-5 Do 189, - B..Auttral. 6 p o.lBoi 77 lOO Do It7B Do (0319)1. Tasmazian p 1295 lOO 106 1 0 7 Do rd. a 93 It9'. lOO Its 106 tor:a "in-c. Ja.aJuly lOO Do 1 0 01 lOO 111 114 t)o. do. April Ai Oct..— 100 114 114 c °reign Alan i'aCKet Llsk . MAILS DUE. australia and New Zealand, via Bouthampton.....Nov. 7 Ditto, via aresilles Ditto, via Pk.,ama 3razii• Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Nov. 4. Ditto, by lerenoh packet cape Vcrds. by Brazil paccot •... . Nov. 4. Qape of Good 1.1,:pe. AsJension. and St. He1ena....0ct..28. ,:hlna, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton Oct. 24. ',iibraitar, via Southacapton Oct 24 india,via Southainoton ...... -• • ... Oct. 24 unto, via Slarseil.es . .• ••• ........ •• • Oct. y 6, t:gypt, do. Oct. 24. Ditto, 31 aracilles... Oc t.,21 Vial:Mins, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via utham:ptou aarseilles N ewfoundla tic ...... •• • • • ... Oct 21 eortugal Nov. 4 United States, & anada, atlifornia, &0., by British ow l& •• •• .. Oct 17 LuNDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING• FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 19. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Chas. Alan Henderson, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Panama, to be her Majesty's Consul at Callao. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Charles Wilthew, Esq., now her Majesty's Con s ul a t Islay, to be her Majesty's Consul in the State of Panama. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Sava° Lumley, Esq., now her Majesty's Envoy Extraor , dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confe deration, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the King of the Belgians. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Alfred Guthrie Graham Bonar, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Embassy at Vienna, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the Honourable Edward Hobert Lytton, now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Madrid, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Embassy at Vienna. WHITEHALL, OcT. 21. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal appointing the Reverend Henry Loogueville Mansel, DD., Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Oxford, to be Dean of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, in London, the same being void by the death of Doctor Henry Hart Milman, late Dean thereof. ADMIRALTY, 20TH OCT. Hart Gimlett, Esq., M.D., has been this day promoted to the rank of Staff Surgeon in Her Majesty'e fleet, with seniority of 11th Oct., 1868. The Rev. Robert O'Callaghan has this day been ap pointed a Chaplain is Iler liejeeife Fleet. THE ATLANTIC TELEGItAPIL The speeches of Lord Stanley, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Johnson would be in the hands of American editors at an earlier hour than they were delivered. Mr. Wilson, the English representative of the New York Associated Press, was present at the banquet, and sent a report of the speeches. This summary composed a message which would occupy about a column of the Times, and would cost about 2500 for transmission. NO DINNER AND NO REPORT. Though the report of the dinner given to Field- Marshal Burgoyne appears in the Times, it is not in all the London papers. The convivial Advertise,- was forgotten. The editor chuckles over the fact that the ancieni glories of the Mansion House will in " less than three short weeks" be restored. This allusion to the short interval before the " cakes and ale" will be again unstinted has all the gushing enthusiasm of a schoolboy counting the days before the holidays.. Lord Mayor Allen must have resolved to make as many enemies as possible, and he has been pretty successful. SETTLING THE QUESTION. Sir George Campbell, the Conservative candidate for Glasgow, addressing a meeting in that city the other night, said : " knother great question of the day is what is called the Permissive Bill. (Laughter, hisses, and cheers.) I confess lam not a teetotaller myself—(renewed laughter)—and I remember the lines of an old song which says— " Damn his eyes whoever tries To rob a poor man of his beer." (Loud laughter and cheers.) There is a char Ming simplicity and completeness in this way of handling a subject. It saves both time and argument, and the enemies of the publican cannot fail to see the force of it. THE PURCHASE OF RAILWAYS BY THE STATE. Mr. Arthur John Williams, in continuation of his contributions on the purchase of railways by the State, now presents his plan for the carriage of goods. Again he proposes a uniform single fare. He divides goods into three classes. First, undamageable com modities, such as minerals and unworked metals, which might be carried a n y di s t ance f or I s . Bd . per ton ; commodities not readily damaged, such as heavy machinery and furniture goods, might be carried for 15s. per ton ; and perishable and easily damaged articles might be carried for 12s. Od. per ton. If this system had been carried out in 1866, the same gross revenue would have been received by the railway company as was really the case. This calculation is made on the basis of the present management. With a central management a great saving might be effected, and the rates be much lower. There is, of course, an obvious objection to any system of either uniform or single fares and rates, that the short journey pays for the long one. But the obje,cticn, Mr. Williams argues, is more apparent; than real. The passenger who makes a short journ:l one day makes a long journey the next, and amongst the middle-class the proportion of long to short journeys would pretty nearly make up the avera; e. With the poor this would not be the c. s The fact that, as a rule, they can make only short journeys is a strong argument in favour of fixing the lower scale of fares much lower than the higher. Then, again, the freighter who sends goods ten miles one day would send other goods 300 miles the next, and the consumer who has been charged 6d. a ton for materials brought a few miles has it returned to him over and over again in the cheaper carriage of all the commodities which come from a distance. And the great national benefit which would follow would be incalculable, for the labourer would be placed within a few miles of other fields of labour, and the natural advantage of every district might be easily developed. All KY REFORM. The question of army reform raised by Sir Charles Trevelyan in his excellent pamphlet on the army i s still being discussed. The absurdity of our present expenditure is thus " shewn up " in the Daily News. A correspondent writes ; " The pay of a regiment of cavalry is about £21,000 a year. We have 31 regi ments, each with a colonel (a sinecurist) who is paid from £1,200 to £l,BOO a year for doing nothing. The pay of an infantry regiment is about £30,000: we have 117 ; each has also a colonel (a sinecurist) who is paid at least £l,OOO a year for doing nothing. All these colonels are generals on the active list ; if em ployed as generals they likewise receive the pay and allowance of their grade of general, from £1,200 to £3,000 a year. A reorganisation of regiments would, in this one item of colonels, save annually £92,000, even if generals were still allowed to be colonels of regiments of three battalions or of six squadrom." Then enormous reductions might be made in the way of lieutenant-colonels and majors ) now on full pay without duties. But whatever opinions there may be as to the reorganisation of the army, there can hardly be two as to the accommodation of our troops. They ought to be well fed, housed, and provided for. That they are not is a lamentable fact. The Lancet has already done much good in the way of exposing the wretched holes in which they live and sleep. There is our Household Cavalry, composed of most splendid fellows. The absurdity of two of them sitting at the gates of the Horse Guards, on horseback, in full uniform, for the special admiration of nursemaids, has often been commented upon. But if the Lancet may be believed, outside must be bliss compared with what they would have inside. The guardroom is described as " wretched," with a miserable fire and a few bare benches and tables. " Not a single comfort to be seen. The windows are small and dark, and the place is more conformable to the back kitchen of a pothouse than to a place where decent men, in a clean and splendid uniform, might be expected to abide. There were thirteen men on guard, two corporals being lodged in separate rooms—one in a solitary cell below, the other in a dirty and neglected room above, where, most erroneously, he is supposed to sleep." The other parts of the building itre the same. The kitchen, "an ancient-looking crypt," is without even an oven. Everything the soldiers eat is boiled. The barrack-room is comfort less, and the sleepers, when cold, keep their uniform upon them, as there is only a gaslight to keep them warm. Surely, if these are facts, some inquiry should be made into the state of our barracks. "YOUNG OIFOr D." "M.A." writes to the Standard complaining of the Young Oxonian of the period. There are two types which excite " M.A.'s " indignation—the erudite sceptic of Balliol, and the superstitious Ritualist of Christ Church. His wrath is directed chiefly against the latter. This type of the Young Oxonian is thus described :—They are languid and feeble ; they have neither the pluck to hunt nor the brains to read. They spend their time in getting up extensive toilettes, and in sipping vintages which are called rare. They pass their days in unprofitable idleness ; their nights in rehearsals of dissipation. But they have consciences which sometimes maketheir existence known, mostly during the " brmdy and soda" hours of " the next morning." It is at this stage that they think it desirable to get rid of the burden of their sins, and so they go to Dr. Pusey, who absolves them on the condition that they do not dine in hall on Wednesdays and Fridays. They rigidly perform this act of penance by having a quiet and a select dinner-party at the Randolph or the Clarendon, or by a recherché supper in their own rooms, given to men of the same religious set. Supper is succeeded by the same dissipation, and that by confession and absolution da capo. " M.A." holds Dr. Pusey re sponsible for this "pernicious hypccrisy." Dr. Pusey will probably deny most strenuously the statement hadiaLthis AMOUV239IIBS494Te.__MIA-el-_.'t 84 94 3} RITULALISM. Like Mug Oates, who invented plots when they; (lid not come fast enough, those who have set them selves the task of hunting down Ritualists are not particular as to the game. Unfortunately for •them, it is pretty evident that sonic of them have not been 311 the habit of attending church till this duty ealled them there, and when they lose their places in the Prayer-book they immediately suspect Popery. A visitor at Scarborough missed the State prayers at St. Martin's Church one Sunday morning, and wrote off in hot haste to expose a harmless curate in the pillory of the Times columns. - He had forgotten that these prayers are appointed to be said when the Litanyis not used, and that the Litany as read in the afternoon. He missed the collect for the Sunday, not heeding that the collect for St. Luke's Day was used instead. The . curate protests against the attempt to gibbet a simple service as an exti ime one. Mr. Purches, of St. James's Chapel, 33...:ght0n, claims to be a peacemaker. He says that the Low Church party appealed to him to Iv r 61:3 !.- Cents and inc.ense, and he d:d so. But then they" demanded a vivitation of St. James's Chapel, to aboYch, if possible, the poor remains of Rituid that I had retained—viz., a pair of candlesticks and a dozen scarlet cassocks. The Archdeacon of Lewes rejected this proposal, and visited all the Brightol mid Hove churches." lending that the compromise. failed to restore peace, Mr. Purehas resumed the obnosicus vestments and incense. THE NATAL D:FF:C ULTY. Another Subscriber" writes to the Times on the subject of the S. P. C. K. grant, t) answer Fitz Roy, who has stated that he " carefully refrained from introducing the thorny question of the legal position of Bishop Colenso both in the kilns of his motion and his speech in bringing it before the board." The letter points out that this very question underlies the whole matter, and the writer wishes to know what Mr. Fitz Roy and his supporters mean by such expressions as the " church in the diocese of Natal" " the church committee of that diocese,"and "the Dean of Pieter-Maritzburg." If he means the individuals in the colony who repudiate the authority of Dr. Colenso, and if by the Dean he means Mr. Green who was deprived of the title by Bishop Colenso, then "Another Subscriber" says that the whole matter is . a defiance of the Queen's supremacy. He even goes so far as to say, that should Mr. Green use the title of which he is deprived, to obtain money payable to the Dean of Pieter-Maritzburg, he is an impostor, and might be indicted for obtaining money under fals.l pretences. Should the Natal question descend to a criminal court, after having been honoured by the attention of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, it will be a fall indeed. THE USE OF A BIBLE. One Israel Reed, a native of Russia, but speaking good English, obtained permission to visit a reading and missionary class, and became a model of punc tuality in his attendance. The chaplain presently discovered that twelve bibles had been removed from the bookcase, and suspicion being directed to Mr. Reed, that searcher after the truth was found by a policeman with six bibles upon him. His object being apparently the instruction and improve ment of a Whitechapel pawnbroker, Israel was brought before the police magistrate. He had pawned the six other bibles, and pleaded poverty as his excuse. Mr. Woolrych gave the rascal four months. This little incident is instructive. The bibles were marked "Naval and Military Bible Society," and it must have been pretty clear to the pawnbroker that they were stolen. There is many a pawnbroker who makes his living by receiving stolen goods, and, in spite of the Act against this offence, he carries on his trade with impunity because there is no prosecutor. KITCHEN BOILERS. Mr. Henry Hiller, the chief engineer of the National Boiler Insurance Company, writes to tho Times upon the subject of kitchen boilers. " They are generally made and set up by men who know nothing of steam pressure and are unable to calcu late the strength of such vessels. The feed is gene rally by a column of water from a cistern placed in a convenient position at or near the uppei' Fart of the building. Where the top of this inlet pine is at a high level above the boiler the pressure will be proportionately great, and in many cases reaches from lolb. to 201 b. wr square inch in boilers not suitable for half the t pressure. The open escape pipe is supposed to be an outlet for any steam pres sure which may b 3 generated, and thus a safety valve is believec.--erroneously—to be unnecessary." He says that such boilers should 1 e made very strong, and have safety-valves and test-taps, while their construction should be entrusted only to the initiated. The whole apparatus should be regularly tested by a competent person. AN OPEN VERDICT. "Found drowned" is not a very satisfactory con= elusion to a coroner's inquest. This is the verdict in a recent case heard before Mr. Payne. There are some special features in the matter which ought not to be passed over without . notice. A young woman, having the appearance of a lady, was seen -to walk down the steps near London Bridge, and a policeman followed her. The midnight darkness soon hid her from him, and he immediately heard a splash in the water, and a voice crying out " 0 Lord, Lord, save me !" Her dead body wos recovered, the City detective failed to diszover who she was, and the jury were at a loss to say whether death was the result of accident or intention. The cry for help does not at all preclude the idea of suicide. The remarkable part of the business is, that a gentleman came forward at first and identified the body t - .s that of his sister-in-law, and afterwards retracted his statement. Where, then, is this gentleman's sister in-law—and who are the girl's friends ? The Coroner was evidently dissatisfied with this part of the affair. The news of a woman's suicide produces hardly a more lasting ripple on the surface of society than the plunge she makes produces on the bosom of the Thames, when that incurable disease, the sickness of despair, becomes so strong that it kills the fear of death. TIIE ACCLLNIATISATION SOCIETY. Though the Acclimatisation Society has not reach - d the point predicted by Punch—though as yet there is no need for notices to be put up in the parks, " No lions admitted unless led by a string, "—yet it has been doing a great deal of work quietly. The secretary writes to the Daily News, and notes h..t where locusts, &c., have been destroying the cm :T.— for example, in the territory of the Hudson's i ßay Company—starlings, sparrows, &c., have been sent out to dispose of the insects • swans, pea-fowl, and pigeons have been sent to Lahore ; English fish are about to be sent to Portugal ; and a new game had has been introduced into England. The tin: m u bears cold so well that there is every hope that ere long it will take rank with the pheasant in this country. The society, however, camiat do all these things without money, and it appeals to the public sor funds. - COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11. 18i ... 11 19 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 0 ... 12 4 Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 40 Brussels Hatnburgh — ... 13 10 ... 13 104 Paris Ditto Mraseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 1 . 204 Vienna — ... 11 72+ ... 11 824 Trieste - -... 11 y2f ... 11_824 Petersburg Copenhagen — ... 9 20 ... 9 23 Berlin - ... 6 '27 Madrid.. Cadiz ... 471 ... 48 Leghorn Milan — ... 27 45 ... 27 55 Genoa — ... 27 45 ... 27 55 Naples Palermo — ... 27 45 ... 27 55 Messina Lisbon — ... 521 ... 521 Oporto -... 521 ... 521 NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening-, con taining the Latest Betting, and Races at Newmarket, was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251. 226 c. per £1 sterling On camparing these rates with the English Mint price (.1 Crs.load. per ounce for standard gold, it appeArs that gold is about 2-10th• per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight 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. THE Loss OF THE FLORENCE STEAMER. —The in quiry into the loss of the steamer Florence, near the Nab Light, was closed yesterday at the Greenwich police-court before Mr. Patteson, the magistrate, and Captains Baker and Eight, nautical assessors. The Court found that there was an omission in not having the vessel fitted with board'ng to prevent her cargo shifting, which mainly caused the loss of the vessel ; that the ship was properly stowed and not too deeply laden; aul, further, that the captain was not in a state of drunkenness on the night of the disaster. PUBLIC READING AND SPEAKING.—Mr. D'Orsey's lectures to barristers, solicitors, and law students begin on Saturday, 24th October, at King's College, at one o'clock precisely. Eight lectures, one guinea. For tickets address, 13, Prince's-square, Bayswater. HRIST'S HOSPITAL.—At a general court of the governors, held yesterday, after the disposal of some ordi nary business, there was a ballot for the election of a warden to the hospital's London establishment, and on examining the votes at three o'clock the election was declared to have fallen upon Captain Edwin George Mainwariag. El 4 . 1 r r IT L SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day NEWMARKET RACES—THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) £lOO PLATE. A Plato of 100 sovs (Lfandiev), fur three year olds cud upwards. Au. M. Miss Grat wicke Alex ico ~L:A~II~I()U5 HANDICAP pLA. - rz. A Plate of 100 suvslieap), for [tires year old 3 and iiiP.vards. D.J. Syceo Ten ntn. SECOND NURSERY. The Second Furs ors Stakes (Pros Handicap) of 25 9:3V8 each, the winner of any handicap aftor the pubEcAtion of the weights 71b extra ; Brigantine Dryad Conrad T wcuty-one ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 500 SO` S. A Sweepstakes of 500 says each, 200 ft, for two year old ; colts Bst I.olb, fillies Bst 71b. T.Y.C. 9 subs. Robespierre Cat elheraul t Siderolite . 3 SWEEPSTAKES. A Sweepstakes of 10 s)vs each ; two year olds 7st 31b three list 101 b ; the winner to be sold for 300 sovs if de manded, &c. TY.C. Pirate Chief Fairfax Six ran. MATCHES. Michael de Basco beat Memento. Heather Bell beat Cbanoniess!. Nightjar beat Meteor. Palmer received forfeit. FIFTY SOVS. PLATE. A Plate of 50 sows, for two year olds; colts Bst IMb, fillies Bst 71b ; winners of 500 sows 71b extra ; if entered to be sold for 100 sows allowed 71b. T.Y.C. Lumley... Bads worth Belsthorpe 3 Seven ran. OPTIONAL SELLING PLATE. The Optional Selling Plate of 50 sous; for two year olds 7st 71b, three 9st 41b; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs if entered for n 0 allowed 51b, 100 10Ib. T.Y.C. Pyrenees Bush Hill St. Agnes cult 3 Seven ran. SELLING HANDICAP. .. Hippodamia Scimatar Seven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each; three year olds Bst 21b; four Bst 101 b, five and upwards 9st llb ; the winner to be sold for 400 sovs if demanded, plc. T.Y.C. Pearlfeat he r Astracan Benevolence , . Fixe ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOUS. A Sweepstakes of 25 sows each, for three year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst s]b. Clairon... W.O. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOUS. Fifty Sovs ; three year olds ist 121 b, four Bst 121 b, five 9st 21b, six and aged 9st 31b ; tLe winner to be sold for 500 sovs; if for 150 allowed 71b. A.F. LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP. 6to 1 asst Paul Jones (taken) PROGRAMME OF NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. 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 30 Ogs, if de mended, ete. Last three miles of B.C. Maiden Plate of 100 soya, for two year olds ; eJlts Bst 10Ib, fillies and geldings Bet 71b. T.Y.C. A Plate of 5U soya (Hatidicap), for three year olds and up ward. Cambridgeshire Course.. The Houghton Handicap of 1;► sovs each, and only 5 ft if declared by ten o'clock on Friday evening (to the second), for three year olds an I upwards. T. Y.O. A Sweepstakes of 5 says each; two year olds 7st 3lb ; three Bst 101 b, four 9st sit lib, live and upwards 9st 31b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold fur 50 soya if demanded, &c. Bretby Stakes Course. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; two year of is Gat 10Ib, three list 101 b, fuur Oat three, five and upwards 9st 71b ; the winnerto b 3 sold for 200 soya if demanded, &c. ; if for 100 cove allowed 71b. T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; three year olds 7st 121 b, four Est 101 b, five 9st 11b, six and aged 9st 31b ; fillies allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 120 soya if de manded, &c. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two yoar oils; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; the winner to bs sold for 100 sovs if demanded, &e. Match 500, 250 ft; T.M.M.—Mr. Brayley's Tho Mariner, 3 yrP, Bst 61b, rdceivea 150 ft from Mr. Stephonsou's Socrates, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b. NO DAY MENTIONED.—Match 100 h ft. T.Y.O Mr. Alexander's Meteor, 85t 71b, agst Lord Falmouth's Nightjar, Bst, both two year olds. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11. The Grand Sefton Steeplechase (Handicap) of 150 s sovs in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sous each, 10 ft, and 3 only (to the fund) if declared at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 27, to Messrs. Weatherby only; winner of any steeplechase after Oct. 21, at 11 a.m., once, 71b; twice, 101 b extra. About three miles, starting at the Canal Point. 42 subs. Age at lb The Doctor ... a 12 7 Ideanwood ... a 11 12 The ... 5 11 10 Pearl Diver ... a 11 10 Gameboy 11 9 ... a 11 8 Beuazet a 11 8 Despatch ... a 11. 8 *Philosopher ... all 7 Greenland... ... a 11 7 Fortunatus ... 5 11 7 Globule ... all 4 Beadle ... ... all 4 Hornet ... a 11 2 The Nun ... ... a 11 2 llighflyer (h b) all 2 Jack of Trumps ... a 11 0 Steamboat... 5 11 0 Hunts. Daughter... a 11 0 Pole Star 6 11 0 Goldfinder... ... a 11 0 Orne ... 4 10 12 Age st lb Fairy Mount ... a 10 12 Reporter ... a 10 12 A venay a 10 12 Pensioner ... a 10 10 *The Plover ... a 10 10 Harcourt a 10 10 L.S.D. 10 10 Roe Deer ... 6 10 10 King Arthur ... 6 10 9 Black Prince ... 6 10 8 Alberta ... ... 5 10 7 Merry Horn 5 10 7 Barbarian (II b) ... 5 10 4 Lisette 6 10 4 Joseph ... a 10 3 Colenso ... 410 0 Gay Girl (late Wis dom) ... a 10 0 Sky Blue (late Waterwitch (lib) a 10 0 Susan ... ... 4 10 0 Maccaroon... ... 6 (paid) Is (*) having been entered heir owners, will be struck less specially ordered to re- Those horses marked thu without the knowk•dge of t out at the time proscribed un main in. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. FEBRUARY. Nuttiugham Spring 23 1 . Derby Spring MARCH. Liverpool Spring 2 I Northampton Shrewsbury spring MAY. Chester Bath Epsom Summer ...... Ascot .. 8 Liverpool Summer Windsor l5 Hampton Bibury Club Stockbridge 'LY. Newmarket July 6 Nottingham Huntingdon Southampton •'' Goodwood •,7 AUG Brighton Brighton Club Eguam UST. IWindsor August ......... 12 Derby Summer ............ 31 OCTC Bedford 7 I Leicester PBER. Newmarket Second Oct. 11 Newmarket IlouAton... 23 S`rocx•—An important bsareldeS-hkorefiEftelrtOo:rhoEourg.skleißs-,Lbcral\ercilrAiabYguOelsBl,s:, ‘T e itclo:oh.kcpolwacs e Itlthio,raohnugerhs: town on Monday, the palatial residence of the Earl of Mayo, whose a ppointment to the Governor Generalship of India necessitated his leaving this country. Painters town, which is situated about a mile an•l a half from the thriving town of Naas, would in itself well repay a visit. The mansion is a noble pile of buildings, standing in the centre of a most fertile demesne. The sales commenced with the lumber, carriages, and harness, when all ad journed to luncheon, after which the cattle was disposed of. The sale as a whole was m)st remunerative to the noble owner. CORNISII TICKETII this day 3,156 tons of cop an average of .£4 ss. Gd. per 11 cwt.; produce, 6i; standa £2 on last oaks Thursday.—At Truro ;re realised £13,490 155., Fine copper, 212 tons £lOl Cs., an advance of i 11