The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-31 00:00:00

0 N - b - T E AND CO kMERCIAL CITY, Two o'CnocK. Business was somewhat brisk to-day, although the extent of the transactions were by no means large. For money the demand was active, and in creased firmness vas observable, the approaching settlement on the fourth, no doubt, giving the holders of specie the advantage. The Bank directors have had th-ir weekly meeting to day, but the matters discuss in the bank parlour has not led to any alteration in the rate of dis count. In the foreign market there was an im provement in many of the continental securities, and in the railway market symptoms of improve ment have began to show themselves. Consols are 92j f for money; ditto, for Ac count, 92i ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92+ -a ; New Three per Cents, 92?- 3 1; ditto 5 per Cent., Jan., 1873. 1041 ; Bank of ,England Stock, 4 per Cent., 242. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1574, shut ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 102/ / 1 1-; ditto Eufaced Paper 51 per Cent., May, 1879, 1091 ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 20 prem. In the Foreign market business has been firm, though not very extensive. Turkish Five per Cents. have risen nearly to 391 39/ ; Greek Bonds f, to 111 12 ; and New Spanish Three per Cents. are now quoted 301 30/ ex dix. ; Italian remains firm at 56 561,-; and Mexican, 14/ 15. The Honduras Loan is now is now quoted at 891 90/. Italian Scrip is I better, at 3 31 prem., and the last Russian Railway Loan is unaltered, at 2 to 11 discount. We have to report an improved business in the Railway Market. Caledonians are I, Great ‘Ves tern I-, Great Eastern /, Great Northern A 1, Me tropolitan -a, and Midland I, better than yesterday. The prices are now as follows :—Caledonian, 751 ; Great Western, 471 8 ; Great Eastern, 40+ ; Great Northern, 1051 61 ; ditto A, 1071 81 ; Lancashire, 127/ 8+ ; Metropolitan, 104+ 104/ , Midland, 112/ 1134 ; Sheffield, 461 7 ; Brighton, 49 ; North British, 32 1 ; North Western, 1111 12 ; North Eastern, 991 100 ; South Eastern, 78/ 94 ; Chatham and Dover, 16/ 17. United States 5-20 Bonds remain at 74/ 74+, and the 10-40 Bonds at 71 711; but the Bonds of 1885 are / lower, at 72/ 73. Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per Cent. Debenture Stock is 94 95. Anglo-American Telegraph shares have fallen /, to 211 s ; the Eight per Cent. Preference shar e remain at 3} I; and the Original Atlautic Tele graph stock at 26 28. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are firm at 41+ 41/. and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds at 431 44. Eries remain at 26 261 and Illinois Central Stock is unchanged at 951 95/. In Banks and Miscellaneous Shares business is inactive, and prices remain as last quoted. The sum of £75,000 iu gold was taken to the Bank yesterday, making a total of £168,000 during the week since the date of the last return. Both at the Bank and in the open market yester day the inquiry for money was well supported. The brokers negotiated little paper below 3 per cent. ; there were a few cases in which engagements took place at 2/ per cent., but they were only to oblige the customers of the first-class houses. The revenue payments and the call for money to carry out the Stock Exchange differences to-day natu rally kept the quotations firm. The private and joint-stock banks are cautious in making advances. The half-monthly account has passed over in a favourable manner. It was feared that the large withdrawals of money by the private and joint stock banks for the end of the year, and the calling in of loans, might have prejudiced the position of some of the weaker members. Fortunately, how ever, it has not been attended by any default, and the warning given by the banks at the previous account seems to have exeresel a good effect, and induced many parties to restrict - , their transactiee4 A plan adopto-i in cue Stook Exchange, at the , oir. W. Price, for the passing of securities from hand to hand at each fortnightly settlement by means of a ticket, the actual delivery being made only to the ultimate purchaser, has been found to save much trouble and risk to the dealers, and will also prove of service to the Lon don bankers by diminishing the number of checks drawn ou these occasions. To the brokers in many instances it appears to occasion some inconvenience, and an objection to the practice is stated in the cir cumstance that it prevents secrecy as regards the original buyer or seller of the bonds, &c., which in the case of large operators or agents is often of im portance. As the adoption of the plan, is however, not imperative, the old one can be pursued iu every instance where parties may desire to do so. Advices from St. Petersburg state that the con cession for the Moscow-Smolensk R tilway to Sulz blch, Brothers, has been sanctioned by the Empe ror, but with the condition that there shall be no issue of bonds before 1870. The telegrams from Madrid intimate, on official authority, that provision has been made for the payment of the coupons of the internal and exter ternal debt falling due on the Ist of January next. Messrs Baring Brothers and Co. have received the following remittances on account of the Ntw Granada dividends: From Bogota, £1,930 lls. 5d.; Santa Marta, £2,904 13s. sd. ; Savanilla, £742 ss. 31. ; and Carthagena, £305; making a total of £5,882 10s. ld. The Central Argentine Railway Company notify that their interest warrants of the Seven per Ceut. Debentures, due the Ist January next, will be paid on presentation at the Loudon and Westminster Bank. The following railway traffic returns show an in crease :—The Midland increase is £8,544 ; that of the London and North-Western, £6,461 ; and that of the Metropolitan, £2,325. The failure of Mr. David MOO 3, of Basinghall street, importer, is announced. His liabilities are stated at about £28,000. The cause of the suspen sion is the failure of Messrs. Brunner and Cu., of New York, for £BO,OOO. An extraordinary general meeting of the United Discount Corporation (Limited) will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London, on Friday, the 15th January. The busi ness to be transacted will be the consideration of the directors' report for the half-year ending the 3lst of December, 1868, and the declaration of a dividend. ESITION FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK. (.4 OVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols . 921 i Id Ditto for Account, 3 per Cent. Reduced 92i 1 New i per cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1b94 Do. b per Cent. d an. 1873 A.uuunies, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., lbbl' — Do. for 3u yrs, expire bth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Tele6raph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct -- Pm Do. £5OO Do. £l6O & £2OO pm BALLI: of England Stock, 4per Cent Ho account . — Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial Urnuium I NDIAN NIOVISIINDIBNT BECUiciTitcb. India Stock, 10i par Omit., April Ma.— Shut Do. Opening, for Account — tio. 6 I ,er Gent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1868 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced l'apei 4 per Cent — 1.),,. :., per Cert., Jan. 1872 Do. iii per o , it. May 1K 7 9 109 2- Di 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 187 9 De. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — D.,. Deb., 5 per Cent, Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., .£l,000 r)o undor £l.OOO FOUBIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. 4tr , ;outins, U.opoblic, 6 per Cent l)o., Scrip ..i. 45 paid Au Irian lionds 6 Per cent Do. D. 59 — tr Lilian 6 per Cent — 44, t:Pl' Cent., INC , — DO. do. 18.',8 — U O . do., Ls!, ,lio- do., Ibti , — DO. 5 per Cont., 1865 — Do Account ,..— -al ti“' 2,0 00 ; year vbite - a id us ctendl is ar r, 1 0 . o 0 1 ° r ()be' 1 pre" had ° bf 0 134 0 1° i d do Luei t l 4 ALP vols. MO; atr ia, , badY, B . wit' by I'. 80.1 0 1°' 0f lief B .enonVsl - "e's'aper Cent. D.) 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cu'‘a. 6 per Cent. o..•lian 6 per Cent 4i- per Cent Do. 3 ...), o. 6 per co •t. 1867 o. 7 per, Cent., 1866 C lo , )unth, 6 per Cent. Dan in 3 p )re Cent. , Dan ian Principalities, 7 i.zir Cent D 8 per Cont., 1867 Equador New Consolidated, 1 por Cent 7 per Cent ecand Issue ••• •• ..... 00, £s' it. Nolvis Do. £lOO Bonds ••••• Do. 1864 Do. Account D. £5OO Bonds Do. flO6 Bonds 85.1 English Scrip, 1868 Do do. £45 pd overnn ent liebenttir), Green 5 por Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups Acccum D o Coupon,: Do. ACC) Lint G . . .. per Cent .. Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd It ...a poi cer t., Istlo • ICCOUII t . Do 7.l%rommana Railway • per Cent Ditto for Account 186 , 1 Do e; +der Cent. Augl.,-Frouch vutt.vi(4si. t; per Cent. -1 oorisb Imperial h per Cent lei tirauuda Do 3 per Oen ••• Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) I Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 - Do Account •• P rtsgueso 3 per Ct., 1855,'6, 7,':1,'60,'2,' Do. Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, .C2O pail Bassian 5 per Cent. ' 1822, St Do 41 per Cent 1850 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo -Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bon& Do. du. £B4 lOs. d 0... -- Do., 1866, ',£loo Bonds... Do. do £B4 15s. do. — ,o Nicolas Railway 641 Sar :,o;au pwr Cent Jo 1-.1 oor Cent. (Urilyarnlu) per Cont., 1862 o Account... Spanish per Con .... — Do. A e , ' , .,unt, Do. 1867 ..... Do. Account Do. sv oeforr,a Do. Xecount Do. l'a..isivc Do. Corn. GA L. Of Con.. not fuedod 3.,) I Do. Account _. _ Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loau — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — Turkckh 6 per Cent., •• ..., . ...... ... 1.).) Account por Uent. 18:oi Jo Account 'Jo 1:10 Bonds ),, 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account ).. X.lo‘ Bonds 6O Do 5 per Oeut. 1865 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 62i 1 per Cent., Guaranteed enezuela 3 per Cent. Do. 1.:•,c• aut. •.• Do 6 per Cont. 1864 o 6 per Cent., 1862 Divideuus on the above payable iu Austrian o pm. Cent. Ex 10 Florins ... 41 t per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutcc z# per rent. Ex. 12 Gui ) , Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates ..... French Itentes, 3 oar Cent., Ex. 25f. Account 'Nina. 5 per Gent. 18 45f. Do. Account 56 TITO O'CLOCK. Consuls, ‘loney 92.} xd Uo. Account, Jan. 5 - ~ 92i j xd The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the pia.: and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the sth of Dec These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same p3riod, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the 2d of D,c. (the nearest data furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : Nov. 7, Dec. 5. 1866. ! Increase.' Decrease. Bank of England 21,4'24,739 23,541,69 £88.1,0+1 Private Batiks Joint-stock Banks 2,388 407, 2,305,5:51 1 8- !, 875 Z4 r oflitlifin v - ^"r"" 9 8,i41,`'aur.c37 - 5,972 Ireland 7,0,9,789 7,055,83: United Kingdom. •31,557,'52 4 ,837,31 t,156 72J,421) And as compared with the month ending the 7th of Dec., 1867, the above returns show a docreaso of £405,0`•4 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £317,M1 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation:— The English private banks are below their fixed issue ... ... ... ... ... X 1,250,216 The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue ~. ... ~• 433,153 Total below fixed issue in England .£1,663,371 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2,389,79 The Irish banks are bAow their fixed issue 701,139 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 2d of Dec. was X 18,514,899, being a decrease of X 1,343,607 as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £3,547,862 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the sth of Dec.:— Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,981,023 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,619,2 5 £5,603,258 Being an increase of £312,377 as compared with the pre vious return, and an increase of £145,216 when compared with the corresponding period last year. MARKE7 S-2 1118 DAY. METROPOLITAN. The supply of beasts comprised 1,130 head, including 125 foreign. The demand was dull, and to effect sales lower rates had to be taken, the decline being about 2d per stone. NEW SMITHFIELD AND LEADENHALL. The dead meat trade is rather more active, and prices are a trifle firmer. Beef, 3s to 4s 6d; veal, as 6d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s to 4s 6d; large pork, 3s to Be 6d; small ditto, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per stone. COLONIAL. Sugar—Owing to the close of the year the transactions are limited to a few purchases for immediate wants. Prices are, however, very firm. Coffee is steady without much doing. Oils are without alteration. STATE OF TRADE. BELFAST, Dec. 29.—Flax—Supplies in our markets during the past week scarcely reached the ordinary average : demand fair, prices without change. Yarns—Business transacted limited, chiefly owing to the Christmas holidays. Trans actions on English and Scotch account limited ; some orders have appeared from the Continent; prices firm ; stocks moderate. Handloom Linens, brown—Heavy linens and cambric handkerchiefs are in good request ; stocks small. A fair demand exists for light linens for bleaching, and cloth for dyeing and hollands ; stocks small, prices of the former slightly advanced. Rather more doing in diapers and damasks; prices without change. Power loom—A steady demand exists for light linens for bleaching and heavy linens, prices very firm ; stock small; cloth suitable for the foreign clothing trade, and cambric handkerchiefs are in fair request ; prices without change. An improvement in the demand has become perceptible in diapers, and cloth for dyeing and hollands, prices firm. Bleached and finished Linens—Home trade is in a healthy state ; orders to a fair amount have been placed for delivery early next year. Although a moderate de man' existed for Continental account, the demand could not be said to be active. Some orders have been placed hers on American account ; advises from that quarter continue to be discouraging ; prices steady, and stocks give no indication of increase. NARROW ESCAPE OF A RAILWAY' PORTER. --011 Tuesday night John Bevan, a porter in the service of the Metropolitan Railway Company stationed at the Gower street station, was standing on the footboard of a carriage w hen the train started. His foot slipped, but he managed to keep hold of the carriage, and hung on till the tram reac;.ed the King's-cross station. He was taken to the _Royal Free Hospital, where it was found thal the actual injuries he had received were light, although he had sustained a severe shaking in the course of his dangerous journey. 97f 14i ~ THE SeN, - . - LOINDON,'s nitTIISDAY £VgNINO, DECEMBER 31, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 12 12f 121 al Do B lO 41 51 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-AuiaLrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 17 li 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1365, limited 10 7 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 6 ... ... 26 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lira. 25 Bank of South Australia all 3') 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 34 10 Bank of Aew Zealand all 17 19 $0 British North American 20 Chartere.i of India, A tiara lia, n 1 China all 25 Chartere I Met?. of India London, and China all 20 City 100 Colonial... 26 10 C. )116: , :i,1.tt e.l, lim. * 4 50 Delhi and Loudon, Inn 50 East London, Inn 5 20 English and American, lira 10 20 English Bank of Rio do Ja- 20 21 24 $0 11 121 40 4: 1 1) 0; neiro. lim 20 English, . cuttish, and Aus tralian Charterad k.Bl Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 281 Do new 5l 100 Imperial, lim 2O 20 Imperial Ottoman le S lonian ............... all 25 Do new 5 40 Lnd Mortgage of India ' inn 4 100 Do 5 p. c. Debs.lB6l , 30 all 76 30 London Bank of As exico and South America, lim. 20 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 20 Do new 74 100 London & River Plato, lint 40 25 Do new 10 20 London Chart. of Australia all 50 London and County 2O 20 Do new iss at '2O p.m,16 pd Il 50 London Joint Stock 1 2) London and south African al 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 50 London & Venezuela, lim.,. 121 10) London and Westminster 2O 100 Do Scrip, ice at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lim 25 10 Metropolitan, lim all 100 Midland, lima,~ 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 10 Do 0 National. a* 20 New South Wales all 20 North- q . istern 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 50 I'rovinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 100 Provincial of Ireland ...... 10 Do new.. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 100 Do issued at 0 pus lO 25 Unicga of Australia all 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of Lou lon Id pr 161 1T& 17 18 1 1 27 29 pr 1p it t 78 62 9 7 3 82 6 51 7 9 n U ?2 23k 50 it 85 36 11 12 651 661 , 6 Csk 7 e Q 7# 14 pr 2 48 49 MISCELLANEOUS, 10 Auglo-American Tel., Um, all 214 21,1 10 Auglo-Mediter. Tel., Urn._ 0 i ip 10 Auglo-Mexican Mint all 15 16 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 20 28 at Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Laud and Fivan.ce, Urn. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira II 7 ed 10 Berlin Water Works, inn all 11 11 10 Do. New 6 a S 1 100 Bolckow Vlaighan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, inn. 5 Do. New 4 11 0/ 6 i British Aimrican Land 44 16 18 at B. and 1. Magnetic Tel., ling lOO 167 171 20 British Indian Tea, lira all 21 61 20 British Ship Owners 73 29 Canada Company all 67 71 10 Canadian Loan and invest ment, lint 2l 24 lid 20 Ceylon Company, Um. lO Ef 24d 20 Do. A snares 10 City Discount, lim 5 44 si 26 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 8 4 Eld 30 City of Milan Improc. lim all S 10 25 City of Mosc-Ar Uas, lint all 2 5 50 City Oille.cs, lim 25 24, 23,id 50 Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Comatereia. Union (Assur) 5 i ip 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Uuiou Gas, Bin all 17 18 25 Copper Miners of England, __ pref 7i per cent. 100 Corporation of Lontloa Bonds, 1877, 4 per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1871, 4, per cent. all 104 1051 100 Do. 1882, 4t per cent. all 1031 1011 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 1g 2g 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lint lO 3 2 d st Crystal Palace lOO 1 • 21 et 1)o. Preference lOO 93 98 st Do. 6p. c Petpetual Deb lO9 102 107 20 Darjeeling, lim. Li Eastern Assam, lim. 80 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, Inn. 20 East India lrriga. & Canal all 17 13 32 Ebbw Vale steel, Iron, and Coal, iim. 100 Egyptian ii per cent. V'roy - Gila. by ggypt. Um-- all 88 89 89 20 Egyptian Coin. & Trad. lira. 6 44 4.1 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 248 24 s 10 Do. New 8 10 12p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 1 .; 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 b 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. merino, lim. 8 ... ...d 10 lairbairn Engineering 6 lf 14d 20 Fore-street \ V:trehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 13 100 Fur. & Cul. Cow. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued ail:3s all 831 844 .50 Gellivara, lint. 2U 10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 71 2 • " 14 15 General Steam Navigation 14 23 29 50 Home & Col Marine lu. Inn. 6 41 31d so k)Liek. tius all . . 20 Hudson's hay all 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 25 Indo-European Tel., lint lO 20 Interim Financial Soc. lint 5 11 11 3 11-16 20 luterna. Land Credit, lint 6 6 40 59 Italian Laud 6 11 ld 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 31 4 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 20 all 63 r 5 50 Land Securities, lint 5 34 24d 25 London African Trading lO 7 SS 25 Lou. & Caled. alarine, lint 6 ... 10 London County Laud an d Building, lint. 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all 31 35 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all 4 IP SO Lond. Financial Asso., lira 30 23 224 Of 4 Lond.GemOinnibus.Co.lim. all 13 2 2 60 Loud. and Glatg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 22 17d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr 1 11-11 at aliadras Irriga. &Cant. Gila. p. c. by India Gov, lOO 105 107 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint, all 4 44 50 Merchant Shipping, lam, all 33 38 60 Millwall Iron Works, lint . 124 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lint 6 12 121 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 84 91 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 3 2d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint. 3 11 Id 6A ew Quebrada, lint- 44 0 44 33 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer cantile Agency,lim 2l 4 ip 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint 10 Northern Assam Tea, Um, 5 7 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lam,,, 100 47 61 50 North Brit. & Mercan, In 65 18/ 19/ 19 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 6 144 16 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll ...d 5 Oriental Gas, lira 5 Do. New ..................... 1 # iP 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, litre •,,,,,, 2 ld 4p I Ottoman Gas, 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lira all 24 11 5 Do do, st Peel R. Land & Minerl, lint 100 80 32 60 Peniusti. & Oriental Steam all 49 51 50 60 Do. New 1867 lO 4d dl 25 neuter's Telegrara 24 27 30p 50 Ithymney Iron 16 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Ina.dira all 17 18 20 Do. Gas, lint all 235 241 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 44 46 44 st Scottish Aust, Invest., lin lOO 197 112 ypte, lint lO 20 Bt Societe Do. Fin. 6 p c.'Eg Guar. eref. 100 .. 7 60 . d 20 Societe Gen.de a:lllpin, 01. 3 4p 60 S. African Mort. & lint 8 • 26 South Australian Land all 351 364 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip. 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,iim all 164 17 161 20 Thames and Mersey M arine (Insurance), lint 2 25 24 20 Trinidad Petroleum, Hu— 81 10 Trust &Agency of Aus.,lim. 1 f • lp 10 Do do. do. 2O Trust &Loan Co., U. Canada 6 all ..4d p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lieu. 6 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, 15 United Discount Corp., inn 6 11 Old SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 6 4 6 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 35 34p 20 Universal Marine(iu.), Bin 5 1 14p 10 Upper Assam Tea, 30 Van Dieman'a Land 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. ( tiortgage) Loan.,, all 75 j 76} 30 Warrant Finance, 1int...., l2 12 10d 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lint 2O 4 3d 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO 1 / 4 1 vA AL urvVJittkzlvUe4 a.t.. . Columbia, 6per 100 .... Do. iBas.. l9O Lian.tiov.up.o.Jan.oaJuly 1877-84 lOO 107 118 I(7f Do. 6p. o. Feb, & Aug 1..0 115 107 - Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept lOO 114:106 - 0 0 .6 p. c . Jan. a July- 100 93 14 - Do. sp. u. lusoribtd ck 1(0 90 92 c ape G . Hope, 6 p.c. lbi3 lOO 102 104 - Do.Apl.&oo 1890-1900 too 111 113 - Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 WV - Do. JanAJuly, 1811, - Do. 5 per oent. 15 April atm i 5 vet., 1000 lOO 100 102 - Ceylon, Nov 1876,6 p lOO 108 116 - Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 - Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873,, - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 .. - Do. 1882, Stay and Nov... 100 106 108 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.... 100 106 10 , 3 - Myi bourne Corporatn.,.. IW-75, 6 per ccu .. 100 - N. 8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J uiy .• 100 102 104 - Natal 6 p c!, Apl& Oct.,. 100 - Do °pc. SI y & N 01..... 100 108 irB - N. 0. W p "e., Ito '74.. 100 09 101 1011 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1;06.. 100 99 too - Do. 5 p.c. rd. '4; to '/1.. 100 99 101 - N Zealand, 6p. ct. 1801.. 100 - - Do. 5 per cent.... ..... 1140 07 1 985 - DoJan,dp , l,Juiy, 0 t 100 976 94 9.1 po 6p c. Mar dc .-_ , ept '91.. 100 108 110 107 -- Da J u , e & Dec, 1-91.... 100 109 la - Do Pruv. t Aix ,Id. 1 0 - tale, 1 & Ino6 - Nova Scotia 6 1). o, Jan• • • - an 1 Jnly, 1875 Do 15*,6 Queeusind. 6p. c. 'B'. 5 - Do 180 B. A ustral. 6 p 6.1860 71 lOti - - Do li-78 •'.- lOO 103 110 Do P 93 1908 Tasmanian p 100 106 107 Do rd. iOO3 to 1801 - i‘tor.a tip.o. Ja..v.,J uly lOO - 18111 - Do. do, April & Vol lOO 105 110 113 • 186 g. THE MURDER iVAAR WIGAN. The murderer of the girl Annie Houghton, at Thi Ackhurst, near Wigan, on the 15th of December last, i, still at large, for notwithstanding the apprehension o suspected persons in different parts of the country, an( although every trail, however slight, has been activelyfol lowed up by the police, the authorities are unwillingly corn pelled to confess that they have been quite unsuccessful ii the search. Certainly they have very little upon which to work in the search, as the evidence at the inquest, rcportei below, will show. Colonel Bruce, the cliief constable o the county, has made a representation to the Home Secre tary, and the reward offered for the apprehension of th. murderer has been increased from £5O to £lOO. The coroner's inquiry has been resumed at Owell, near Wigan, before Mr. Driflield. The first witness called was Thomas Parkinson, firemar at a colliery, who was with the Houglitons when they dis covered the body of the deceased lying out on the grass quite dead. Mr. Houghton went up to the hall to corn municate with Mr. Roper. Mrs. Houghton went forward to look after her other children, and witness remained with the body, which was susequently moved to the house. Witness recognised the hammer produced, with which the murder was said to have been committed, as one which he had used that day at the colliery, and had left in the smithy there, and had since missed. Sinking operations had been carried on at the colliery, and many strangers of all kinds had been about. Mrs. Houghton, the m3ther of the deceased, was next examined, and she having given an account of the finding of the body, went on to say that when she reached the house all was still, the baby lying asleep in the cradle. She subsequently carried the deceased to the house and examined the rooms. She had no suspicions against any. one, and could not imagine that there was anyone in the neighbourhood who could be wishful to do such an injury to herself, her husband, or her family. She was of opinion that the murderer was no stranger to the locality, and to the habits of herself and husband, who generally left the house about the time. She believed the statement ,f the little girl, which had never varied in any important particular. By Mr. Ellison : She was quite certain that the watch bad been taken away. Parkinson and her husband were on excellent terms. Catherine Houghton, the little girl who was attacked by the murderer, was next examined. She was not sworn, but tt the conclusion of her evidence the coroner said he should have no hesitation in administering the oath to her if it became necessary. She said the man entered the house %bout half an hour after her father and mother had gone )ut, and asked for her father. He was told Mr. Houghton lived there, but was at the farm. He then commenced the. tttack, striking herself and sister savagely with a hammer similar to the one produced. Deceased ran out of the douse, and he followed her, returning in about five minutes. He struck witness again with the hammer, and kicked her, and afterwards threw her over the hedge into t field. She was quite sure she never before saw the man, whom she described as a tall man, dressed in dark clothe-, tnd wearing a cap from which the peak seemed to La\ e ;nen torn. The man did not appear to be tipsy, but looked very wild. William Houghton, father of the deceased, was also examined. His evidence was principally in corroboration Df that given by his wife. He believed the little girl's story, and he had never found her to vary while relating it. He had no idea who had been the murderer, and was not aware that he had ever given offence to anyone. After some further evidence the coroner briefly summed ap, and the jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of ' Wilful murder against some person unknown." FRACAS BETWEEN TWO PHYSICIANS. - On 'Wednesday afternoon Dr. Thomas Snow Beck, a governor of the British Lying-in Hospital, was placed at .he bar at Bow-street, before Mr. Vaughan, to answer a :barge of having violently assaulted Dr. Edmunds, one of 'he physicians of the establishment. Dr. James Edmunds deposed : I live at No. 4, Fitzroy-square, and am a physician. On Tuesday afternoon, at one o'clock, I was in the board room of the British Lying-in Hospital, Endell street, making extracts from the minute-book. Dr. Beck, after knocking at the door, entered, and in a mysteri, )us manner said to me, " I have an account to settlo t with you when we are alone." I made no reply, but con tinued my writing. He approached me to touch my nose, with the intention of pulling it, but which assault I evaded. I said, "If you do that again I shall be Thliged to strike you." He then gave me a smart slap on the face as he passed by me. A small imhrella was lying on the table by my side, which I took up and struck him with. He closed in with me, and a struggle ensued, during which be punchcd me in the face several times. I said, " This is very shameful for a. man twice my size and strength," and I called f<-,, the secretary to fetch a constable. He again attacked me, and, after another struggle, struck me repeatedly in the face with his hand. I made towards the door, when he threw me across the table, and I believe I fell over a chair, with him on me. He had got between myself and the door, knelt on my body, seized me by my arms, and again hit my face. He tore the hair out of my whiskers, and I =lied " Murder !" untill was so extremely faint I could not call any m re. The bell here rang, and he got off of me, telling me that if I did not hold my row he would murder me. The next instant the secretary entered with a policeman. The latter lifted me into a chair and gave me a glass of water. I gave Dr. Beck into custody, and got into a cab and rode down to the police-station. By Mr. Vaughan : I struck him across the shoulders lightly with the umbrella, which was a lady's one. I was a rival candidate of his for the office of physician, and was elected. He has frequently been bringing charges against me. Anonymous letters were issued to the governors by some person. I believe it was the prisoner. An action has been commenced against the prisoner for libel. In cross-examination by Dr. Beck : I never said I would put a bullet through you. He said, " You called me a cowardly liar, and ought to have a bullet put through me." 1 I said, " I would if I had a pistol." Dr. Beck next met me in the streets, and said I had been the murderer of one of the patients in the hospital. Joseph Taylor, a secretary to the hospital, said: I was M the room when Dr. Beck Caine in. Said he had an account to settle with Dr. Edmunds, and touched his face. Dr. Edmunds became excited, and said, "If you do that again I will put a bullet through you." Dr. Beck smacked the face of the complainant, who returned the assault by several blows with an umbrella. They were struggling when I left the room for the police. When I returned Dr. Beck was standing with his back to the fire, and the complainant was lying faint on the floor, and the police-constable assisted Dr. Edmunds to a seat and took the defendant in charge. By Mr. Vaughan : I won't be sure that the complainant said first, " I will put a bullet through you." He may have first said, " I shall be obliged to strike you." He did threaten with the bullet. Edwin Phillips, another secretary, corroborated. Police-constable F It, 35, took the defendant in charge. Defendant said the complainant first gave him a slap on the nose. The prisoner said in defence : The case has been con siderably exaggerated. I went to the board-room and saw Dr. Edmunds examining the books. Told him I had an account to settle with him some other time. He made faces at me, He called me a cowardly liar, and other insulting terms. The prisoner wished to enter into a long detail of the quarrel ; but Mr. Vaughan said he could not hear it. There was nc .toubt that Dr. Beck had committed an assault of s t very serious character on a brother physician, and it was much to be regretted that a man in the defendant's posi tion shoUld have behaved in such a manner towards one of his own profession. If it had been proved that Dr. Beck had gone to the hospital for the sole purpose of the assault, he would have been committed to prison without the option of a fine. As it was, be must pay a fine of £5, enter into his own recognisances in the sum of £2OO, and find one surety in £2OO, for good behaviour for six months. S A NDRINGHAM.—The works in progress at Sand ringham House are expected to occupy many months, the mansion being in course of reconstruction. Under these circumstances, the Prince and Princess of Wales are not likely to visit Sandringham at Easter, or, according to present probabilities, in the autumn of 18G9. Although absent from England, the Prince and Princes% did not forget at Christmas their servants at Sandring ham, who received similar presents to those of former years. EIGHT EUROPEANS MURDERED AND EATEN.— A communication dated Sydney, November 2, says :—"A party of six men, from the British steamer Blanche, landed at Rondova Bay, and after a search found a hut containing twenty-six human skulls, five of which were evidently those of white men. A quantity of ship stores, such as paints, oils, &c., was also discovered. A number of fine canoes were necessarily left by the natives on the beach, and these were alike destroyed, as was also the whole of the village. The Blanche then returned to Sydney. Reliable information has been received as to the fate of the Australian schooner Harmon, which left the port of Luvuka, Feejee Islands, for the Line Islands, about ten months since, with the purpose of getting a cargo of native labourers. The Harmon seems to have called at Hudson's Island, one of the Elise group, and while there the captain and crew, numbering in all eight men, were murdered and eaten by the natives. Measures will soon be taken for avenging this crime RAIL ir-A y EViELLIGENCE. 111 EX I CAN. The ordinary general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, New Broad-street, Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., in the chair. The report, as abstract of which appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The Cu. lIIZMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said that since the general meeting on the 25th of August last the directors had been most labori• ously and unremittingly engaged in promoting the affairs of the company, with more or less effect. Under the guidance of Mr. Barron, their affairs bad been well attended to in Mexico. The privileges of the company under the concession of the 27th of November, 1867, had been finally settled and de finitively confirmed in Congress. The decree of the President, dated the 27th of November, 18G7, was now incorporated in the public law of the State, with some modifications. The last mail had brought them the text of the concession, and'it had been I hastily translated from the Spanish. The modi fications, it was believed, would enable the company to work with the Government for the public inte rests and those of the company. One of the modifi cations limited the privileges and powers of the company in respect of forming branch liues from the main line, and, as nothing had been more unpro ductive to railway companies, than extending small branches from the main lines, they could not object to that modification. If the public chose to make them, the company would not object. Another modification was with respect to the rights of a company to make a proposed line from the Vera Cruz line; but he thought it would not be likely to interfere with this company's undertaking. Another modification was with respect to the tariff rates, subjecting those authorised to an ultimate reduction of 60 per cent. from the full rates for the convey ance of produce, and of 20 per cent. in the tariff of goods from Vera Cruz ; and as the authorised rates were higher than those charged at present on the company's lines, he trusted they would not be much affected by it, especially if moderately low rates should tend to develope the through traffic. The Government had also provided for the carriage of troops and materials of war on the line at re duced rates, to which the company could have no objection, as the more the troops were seen on the railway the better it would be for the peace of the districts through which the line has passed. They saw nothing to object to it in these modifications. as they appeared fair and reasonable. The most important part of their privileges were not inter fered with. They would still retain the assignment of a sum equal to 15 per cent. of the Customs' du ties by way of subscription to the capital of the company, and which would entitle the Government to become shareholders to that amount. The com pany was also to have au annual payment for 25 years of $560,000 from tae public improve:news fund. lhosc c)ntrihulions were to be coll..cted by the company through the medium of railway bonds of the Government being issued to the company for disposal, through its agents for cash to the importers of goods and others. The bonds would go back to the Government, and the operation of collecting would thus .be very simple. During the six months ending the 30th of June last the ports assigned •io the com pany for the payment of the $560,000 a year had received considerably more than the company's share of the duties. It was stated that the Customs' duties of Mexico were nearly $13,000,000 a year, and the receipts for the six months ending the 30th of June last were very nearly half that amount. There was no doubt from that fact that the com pany would have a considerable source of revenue. They had also the privilege to export a certain amount of silver free of duty, and to import goods for the railway, the advantage of which would be equal to 6 or S per cent. on the value. On the whole he thought that the concession was as fair and advantageous fur both sides as it could be, and that the company now stood iu a far more favour able position than it ever stood before. The Go vernment insisted that the capital was not to be in cm eased beyond the amount specified, and if the company could make . the railway for less so much the better. They had also insisted that the inte rest on the bonds to be issued should not exceed 8 per cent. without the consent of the Government. The Government, being shareholders, wished to be represented at the Board. This and other matters, he thought, should be left in the hands of their representatives in Mexico. Negotiations had been some time in progress for an advance to the company of a sum of money sufficient to complete the line to Puebla, and to discharge in cash, or class A mortgage bonds, all pressing liabilities of the company in England and Mexico, exclusive of those which the creditors had agreed to postpone. lhe repayment of the cash needed for this pur pose would be collaterally secured on the deposit of Class A mortgage bonds, and on an assignment of the surplus proceeds of the line between Mexico and Puebla. Those negotiations had been opened with capitalists who were able and partially willing to advance the money, and he hoped they would soon be entirely willing to advance the requisite sum. He had no doubt that the traffic would not only be sufficient to pay the interest on the advance but to provide a fund forrepayment of the advance. He hoped the arrangement would soon be com pleted to enable the company to complete the line from Apixaco to Puebla, and also to complete the works on the line from Vera Cruz to a point be yond the Paso del Macho. The average rate of traffic on the company's lines was about £37 per mile per week for 1867 ; but that traffic would be considerably increased when the lines were com pleted to the points he had mentioned. He hoped to meet them that time next year in a better posi tion than ever they had been, and he looked for ward to their future with considerable confidence that the railway would become a successful under taking. Mr. GIBBS seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. ) In reply to a question by Mr. Kimber, it was stated that the company would be represented by Mr. Barron and two other directors in Mexico, and that the Government were likely to hold shares in the company by subscriptions in the course of four years to the amount of £BOO,OOO. Mr. MoxoN having adverted to the difficulties experienced by English shareholders in dealing with foreign Governments in respect of railway under takings, he said he hoped the shareholders of this company would meet with more success than other shareholders had in foreign undertakings, as he had no doubt the traffic would be very large on the company's lines when completed. The report was then unanimousiy adopted, and a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors con cluded the proceedings. SHARE LIST. AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Business Price. done. , rare Hallways. et Bristol ana Exeter ...... 103 ;5 77 st tisledoulate .... 103 75 ibi 751 1 . 2) Corn tvall Dubai' eit lielisat June lOO 77 71 et Dun„Verth. & Ab.J nue WO 70 72 2 East .I,,ndon ,t) .5 3 Do 1V 1 Glasgow at S. Western lO, 00 91 .1 Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Aug'. Au. h lOO 7 9 st (ircat North of Scutlane lOO 13 6 et ticeat I.Nor them loU 1`.6 107 1081 VI 1), A s lot,i e Do. "I otocr lOO 124 I_6 st (itS, and W. of lreluud lot ad 97 s• lit. Western -Urigintel l6O 461 171 48 7/ 8 at Do. boutti Wales l6O So 58 56 s Do. W. Altd.—Osiore lOO 14 a at Do. Newport too 7.1 at Lancashire ea 1 ortiontre lOO .171 V , * at Loh, hrigll,,ai b.Cuast lOO 49 49/ 50 491 10) Do Scrip .... at lon., Chat., and Dove:— le, 16; 171 ,t Do. .31etrop. #x. A lu— bat Lon. at 100 :11 1 2 112 Lou. k 6outn 'Westere tut ei 0.0 Man., Liucom l7l 411 461 Atetropoiltsu . 169 1(31 tilt 1041 ; st Do Extensi 100 98 1 0 10 Do, v,, t 5 rd 10 1 , 4 9/ at 11e;,r,,,,0..tau Distr;Ct. all 60 10 Metrop, 7t . Junin 001 6 at M.u. st Du, iolrnnu , a Dui U, • at N ..... •00 st Do Ea., rut., it Dui, lO. at • or. ••: , istern•- tier 100 8,1 itiO 25 Do. A-. N. t,' pureliaet 10.13.4 -- st Do Leeds. ...... at Do York lOO b 7 84 st Do Carlisle st Do Stue :. it leo 117 ;29 at North Lon tou 10 Do Aew 1818 . . at North Staffordshire . . iuo 55 57 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... at Rhymney st Shropshire Union 1 0 55 64 at South Devon at South. Eastern lOO 79 7 1 • 20 Staines, Wok'hamotz Wyk. all 1..3 13 at ie.. 1,0 .0 L.,. ko •• • • • 0 3 a at t11.1,1“.1..ic , • 0 •, Whttella 1.. RAILWAYS-PHEFEIItuNk.)E 611 A .LLS AND STOCKS. at Brimful unit Exeter 4 p.eout. 10u 86 88 tit ettleciumau gra., Nu. /it Du. Scut...S..tt., 4, per cent l.OO at Du. Aburdaen, gua 6 p.c l6O tit Do. du. 7 per cent tit D'). do. Ordinary l)9 73 8$ st Du. Midland st Du. Dundee and Arurw.tit lue 20 Cornwall, 5 per esut bud all ... et, Dundee., eerta, and Aber- devil J unction luo 101 107 st Do. Ist ()lass preference._ WU . ht Was. dd. W. gua. per et lOO ... st' tit. I,astern, 1011 5, 10 st Do do N 0.2 100 57 1•Al st Do do 6 per cent 100 100 106 st Do East Anglian A b p. c. 1U(1 100 103 st Do do . B 6 do. IUO st Do do 7 do. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 10) No 10:3 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 t.,9 71 it Do Nurfun: 5 p.c.Ex.1.646 100 ... st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Va1.1647 100 ... st t3reat Nortnera, i per cent 10 at Do b p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pin. 100 st Do 4, do do do 100 st Do i do at Ip. st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per ceat lOO st, Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 st Great South. and Westeru (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st, (3 t. West.— Orig.& Jnt.-ltent cog., per gua. i p.c lOO 102 104 st Do. Ong,. tlh.e xi. Lx). 5 p.c lOO 9.5 1U) 8t Du do 4, per cent. 16;50 100 S tO3 771 13i at Do do 4 do do st do per cent. redein lOO 93 95 ,t Du do Ihnningnaut gua lOO 65 72 st Du do do pref lOO st Do do Chester gas, lOl st Do do do s per cen lOU 160 1 ill st Du do do 5 do 100 91 10* et Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 10J „ st Do do 41 p.c lOl at Do do 4, 16b0 lOO „, „, st Do do i -0 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g 10.) 107 1,9 et Du du 2d gua lOO lu6 103 st Do Newport, Ist g. 1 p.c lOO 33 92 et Du do 2d do 100 I,U WI st gua. :pi per cent. 1363 100 lOU Lancaster 8; Uarlisle p.O all st Laneash. Yurksii. 6 p.c. 100 1 u 13.5 st Du iiarustey, kei Os 100 p.c. 101 st Du 6 p.c. (Last Lancainire) 100 11J 113 St Do 41 (Black:Darn pored). 100 95 192 st London & 13rigntou, i p.c. • • guaranteed, No. st Do ö per cent. gua. No. Z lOO „.. st Du 6 du ' do lOO at Du 5 do N 4 lOO st Du 7 per cent 1 U st Du 6 do (W.E. at k.;..e.) 1.-0 st Da 4 au 1850 lOO st Loudon, Unattlatn,a; Dover per cent lOO ... at London and i:. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 102 110 st Do Bedlord &Cambridge lOO 8 01 st Do Snrewsn'y 100 88 la at London and W. 7 p,c late 3,1 shares lOO 141 116 25.6 d. Do (rt./ninth perp ens. 2s 6d) all st Mau., &let., &Linclu. 4: p.c lOO 11t 117 6 Du st Do Si per cent lOO 60 6ii 10 Do redeem. 6 percent I st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c 100 130 135 st Du Bristol 6; 6p. c 100 1 0 133 Der cent. retieeiii 190 97 e ht. Do 1; per went. irrecleii,a— 100 i,7 t st Do .Leteesterieu eau, 4p e. 100 60 91 SG Nortu kinitisa, p.c..N0.1 Lou at Doh. 6; 6. 4p.c. S. 6.; a Lou rt Do u. 2, 4 per ceu.t lOU st Do Burner U Levu, 5A p.c IVO st 1.Y.-Easteru—Uvus. 4 p.c WU 86 85 st 1./0 41 per cent. rodoeut 11)0 95 97 et Du 4 per cent., lot/ 17 Du Berwick capital 8 13.4. ... 25 Do Yuri:, if. 6; S. purchase lO 10 101 ht Du Stem utt Draug. A. 5 p.c lOO 103 110 id Do W, uardepuoi ti. and It lOO 87 5.1 2U North Staffordshire 10s Devon Annuities, 1 s all d lO 101 Do favnitoeg Anus. , 10s all 9 10 101 Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. 6... act. (dead. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 et Do 41 percent lOO ... at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Tag Vale No.l lOO 14.5 150 at Waterford& itilueuuy, 6 pi, 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PKEFEIt,!:NCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year, at Caledonian 41 p e gas.. st Do Scot. Cen. nun. 7p c lOO ... at Do 41 p irrecleem all ... at Do 4 p econ. issued a t S u 6 5 at Great .astern 41 per cent. 100 77 t3l at Do b du, 1862 lOO ST . • at Do New 5 do, 1463 100 8J k.O at Do do 6 do, 1864 lOO 84 83 at Great Northern, 6p c irred lOO at Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO at Do Boston 6L SleAtti, 44 pe 100 et Great West., W. Jlidl., 6p o 100 86 VO at Do Jointi.erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 86 a 0 at Du do 6p c irred., 1866 100 10J 105 2u Do Vale Neatu peril. ep c all 19i 201 at Kent Coabt, 6 per cent, B lOO _ _ Lane. and York. New 44 per cent till J uty, 1671 2 st Loud., Brig., &e., 44 pc, 1856 103 ..! 1 st Do do 4 do, 1600 100 t Do do 41 do; 1661 100 tit Do do 4i do, 1103 100 st Do do 6_ do, 1866 100 fit Do No. 6 6 do, 1866 100 _ _ . at Do No. 7 5 do" st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c st Du Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do du C 6 p.c 100 st London aA. Western, 5p • 100 10, 110 st Loudon aS. Western, 41 p e 100 94 yg 10 Man. atief. a Lin., i pc, 1865 all S st Metropolitan J percent lOO st Midland, A 4 per cent prof lOO 100 10 . 8 et Du B 5 do 100 106 108 is Do bp c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1868 all 11 lip is Do incouY. New Snares 16 fp 22 Doi p $ con. into Old Stk., Aug. 41, 1872 Bl 1 11p at North Britian, E. and (1., ) No. 1, i per cent.- 100 at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 106 at Do L.,1?., of Dan., 2d, 4pe 100 a t Do at*, N 0.2, p.a lOO et Do N. 8.. 6 per cent, 1662 100 at Do E. a o. a, 5 p.• at Do E. a tk., (ordiry) 41 p c 100 55 a 7 st North Eastern, 41 par cant 1010 5 v 7 at Do Stock. a Dan., D 100 111 111 st North London, 41, per coat per cent) st North Stallurdaniro &p c lOO at South Eautern, 41 pc, 1850 100 st Do 5 du 1561 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Du 5 do, 1664 in Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pa 100 RAILWAYS. -LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALSI at Birkenhead lOO v 2 of 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103 it 13uckingliatuihire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 64 66 it Do. 11 per cent. it Do. I do. it Clydesdale, guaranteed los ~„ it Colenester Stour Valley et Ettit Linculu, gua. 6p. c lOO 133 135 20 Gloster and Le4ll Forest all ... „.. Gt. .V.asn., iiewin.,&c., 6 p.c 100 hi Du. I:. U. Harwich, 4 p.c lot/ id 72 it Du. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 104) 61) 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Aural. It. 05 107 b 0 Bull and Selby all 100 111 it Lancaster and it Loudon and iliackvrail IOU b 3 vb it Du. 41 per cent lOO „, „„ at London, Vuol., .cc., p e lOO at VU. Com..euud, I do 104) at Louden and Greenwich it Go. do. Preference lOO it Loudon, Tilbui , y, x Suutn 100 78 e 2 fJc .Lowest.uft,gua 4 percent too 70 83 it Do. dv. 6 do. bi Stanch., Buxton, &Matlk all 1 54 at Mitliand, Bradford, Pref lOO 82 04 10 Mid bent Cray blue) 50 Nortaeruk Emit , 5 per cent all 5F g 8 eq Do. 10. 6 do, all „.. ct N.ittstra—liartlepool 10i) .".: st Isi.NVek4t. A peril. prt3t, op. c. 100 10., 110 lit Do 13 muntauto, p.e ... 100 at Notting. at tirautn. lt.ar,C 100 ij 9i 25 Preston and by yra.. all 41 46 ... Royston, WWII. ' and Snap. 100 133 134 at SllreNTSbury and tieretord 100 133 j 3,1 10 Do do V 21 2 p at S. Yorksh. anti River Dun 100 9s lull at Do 4 per cent gua 10 79 81 at Do b do all 97 VP at Vict. Station and Pimlico 100 175 ISO at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 14 14 t:0 Do do B all ... 20 Do do C all 6: 71 at Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... at Wilis and Somerset DOCKS. at East and West India lOO 117 10 st Lundou and St. liatuarine WO 53 55 IOU L uL.cb. stock, 4 p‘a cent al., Militia!! k'rechold Land at Dock lOO 31 36 _ _ _ at Southampton lOO 7i 71 of barmy tdommerv , ioil 44 it; 42 44 424 +s4 I ik P 1 96 14 12 GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's lines for the week ending the 12th inst. amounted, for the conveyance of 23,102 passengers, to £7,102 ; for mails, &c., to £1,336; and for live stock and 19,069 tons of freight, to £18,575 ; total, £27,013 ; and for the corresponding week last year to £26,761, showing an increase of £252. The total receipts from the Ist of July to the above date (165 days) amounted to £700,057, and for 167 days in the corresponding period last year to £666,103, showing an increase of £33,954. TILE GALE AND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.—JERSEY, Tuesday.—Communications with the Channel Islands have been again considerably interrupted during the past few days, in consequence of the extreme violence of the weather, and much inconvenience to merchants, tradesmen, and others has been experienced as a result. The steamers from France were unable to cross last Thursday, and the fact of their having on board largo quantities of Christmas stock produced great inconvenience to many tradesm , n, who did not receive their supplies till much of it was of little or no avail. The steamer Granville, from Granville, which was duo on Thursday, was not able up to yesterday afternoon to leave port for Jersey. She had a large quantity of poultry on board for the Christmas market, the non arrival of which resulted in great disappointment to the consignees. As a proof of the intensity of the gale, the mail packets for Eng land, which should have left here yesterday morning, were compelled to remain in the harbour until this morning, a circumstance the like of which has not occurred fora very long thee past. POLICE .INTELIIGI.:NCE---ii; Day. MARTAFIORO UGH- S I REET. A. BARRISTER CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING A CONSTABLE.—Mr. Junes Beard Moffatt, barrister, of Essex-court, Temple, was cllar,ed before Mr. Knox with being drunk - and disorderly and assault ing police-coustable Andrew Davidson, 153 C. Davidson sail that about five o'clock that morning hen as at the corner of C. anbourne-street, when he heard cries of " Police" in tin direc:ijn of Leicester-square, and on going into Bear-street he found the prisoner and another gentleman amongst several prostititcs making a great noise, pushing the doors and ringing the bells. He re quested the prisoner to go away quietly, but he re fused to go, stating that he would not be ordered about the streets -by a policeman, and struck him on the chest, further remarking that he (the constaWe) could not do as he liked now that oil Dicky Mayne was dead, and as the prisoner would not go away, he took him into custody. The prisoner said he was certain he did not hit the constable. Mr. Knox said the prisoner, from his position, ought to know,better than to have acted as he had done, he not being like one of the poor wretched creatures brought before him. lie would have to pay a fine of 20s. THAMES. CHARGE or MANSLAUGHTER.—Timothy Howard, an Irish labourer, surrendered on bail to answer a charge of killing and slaying James Hart, a fellow labourer, at a charcoal factory in New Gravel-lane, Shadwell, on Thursday night last. Mr. Thomas Beard, solicitor for the prisoner, said a coroner's jury had returned a verdict of man slaughter, and at the same time reco:nmended the prisoner to mercy. That recommendation could not be carried out until the trial, but it ought to justify the magistrate in taking bail. In a quarrel the prisoner struck the deceased on a stage where they were both at work. The deceate.l rolled off the stage and was killed on the spot. The prisoner deeply regretted the calamity, and did not strike a blow until he was provoked beyond endurance. The prisoner was committed for trial, bail to be accepted. George Moss, a young man, was brought up on remand, charged with stealing a watch, value £5, from Mr. Travers, a seafaring man, dwelling at Pemberton-cottage, Gurney's road, Leytonsione. On Thursday last the prosecutor was looking at a conjutor in the Mile-end-road, and the prisoner came behind him and adroitly slipped his watch from a black riblion to which it was attached, and made off with it. The prosecutor's brother went in pursuit of the prisoner, took him into custody, and recovered the watch. The prisoner then offered the pi osecutor money to release hail, which was re fused. The j risoner was not known to the police, and the magistrate suumatily couricttd him :,tud sen tenced him to four mouths' imptisontneut and hard labour. THE IZILCEAT /MATT (LiLE. CAISTER, near Great Yarmouth, Dec. 29. While the wind was blowing very hard yester day evening, several lights and rockets were seen in the direction of the West Scorby Sand by the beachmeu (writes the Rev. G. W. Steward.) The large lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution at this station, went off and found the br . g• Bllbra of Seaham, bound from London to the north in bal last, striking very heavily in a most dangeroui way, so that if the wind and weather continued bad she must soon go to pieces. The sea was ter rible, and the vessel could not be approached very closely. The crew, however (six in number), were fortunately saved by means of ropes from the life boat. After rescuing the men, and while the boat was on its way to the shore, signals were seen from a vessel on the South Scorby Sands, and the lifeboat proceeded in that direction. A Gorleston boat, however, was seen approaching the wreck, and the Caister lifeboat therefore returned to its station. FEARFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION. WIGAN', Dec. 31. A terrible explosion occurred at noon yesterday at the ihydock Colliery, in the Qieen-pit, belong iug to Richard Evans and Co., Lear St. Helen's, seven miles from IVigan. Twenty-tw, lives were lost, and several Inca severely injured. Mr. Higson, the Government Inspector, says the mine was excellently man tged. Tne cause of the explosion is not known, although it is rumoured that there had been an illegal re moval of the brattica cloth. The shock was very violent, shattering the rails and the tubs into splinters. THE ROBBERY ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WEsTERN RAILWAY. At the Policc-office, Birmingham, yesterday, Thomas Bagnall, late in the service of the London and North Western Railway, was again brought up on the charge of assaulting Thomas Carte, a rail way guard, under circumstances which have already been described in T he Sun. Mr. Motteram, of the Oxford Circuit (instructed by Mr. Soars, for the London and North Western Company), appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Godson, also of the Oxford Circuit, appeared for the defence. A number of wit nesses were examined, including guards and other officials in the service of the company. Evidence was adduced proving that on the day of the robbery the prisoner purchased a shilling's worth of creosote at a chemist's shop in Northampton. The assistant who served him remembered that the man wore a fur cap and carried a breakfast can in his hand. Articles of the same description, it will be remembered, were found at the prisoner's house, and the lid of the can in the guard's van. The assistant further deposed in reference to a cork produced and found in the prisoner's possession tbat it was one of a peculiar sort used by his master. Mr. Oliver Pemberton, surgeon, stated that the blindness of the guard had been caused by creosote, and his assistant gave evidence that the clothes worn by the prisoner at the time of his ap prehension smelt strongly of creosote, as did also the prisoner's hands. A peculiarly damaged six pence found among the money taken from the pri soner formed another link in the chain. A station master said he remembered taking a sixpence re sembling the one in question a few days before the robbery, and he believed the coin produced to be the same one. The whole of the money bags, it was shown, were ripped open with the exception of one, which was in the cash bux when found. The prisoner was again remanded till this day, when he will be committed to the assizes for trial. Foreign Nail Packet List. MAILS DUE" &nstralla and New Zealand, via Southampton Jan. 2 . Ditto, via .. Jaa 25 Ditto, via Yi..-aina Jan 28. drasii, Buenos Ayres, and sionte Video J4.11 4. i)itio, by lerenon packet Jape Verde. by Brazil violet Jan. 4. Jape of Gooe type, Ascension, and St. iielena J an. 12. China, Penang, and Sing.tpure, via Southampton Jan. 2. Gibraltar, via Soutnemson Jan. 2 India,via Southampton Jan. 2 vitt°, via Mareeilies 1141alta, Egypt, &o. Ditto, Marseilles... Deo. Mauritiuo, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Scuthaml ton Ditto, Mareeities Jan. 13 Newfound's Le eurtug al •. • • .. .. • ....Jan. 4. United States, Lisa L, C atiloruia, duo., packet ......Jan. 2. Ditto, by Canadian. packec ............. ...J an 1 Ditto, by u ited:Ames packet Ditto dill ii ( baltimore) West Coast 31 Afri a,2ladeira, and Terieriffe. ......Jan. Went ladies and 1 .nlific ,except Mexico aad Baba- mas) TROTTING MATCH FOIL £5O THIS DAY.—A trotting match for £25 asidecame off this morning at Henley, on the Brighton road. r.i!be ponies b..lougad respectively to Messrs Mason, of Br4;laton, and Jaques, of Lewes, and were both about 13 hands, And were driven by their owners. The ground w, , as in bad condition, and Mr. Jaques's pony had the eh& ce in the butting at 6to 5. The course was two miles, ono out and home. The favourite won b y 20 yards. 5 min. 56 secs. r i It ;ncer .fter- wise, MI 1.112. 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