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

dal. Y- MAREET A ND qO MAIEROIAL INTEL • CITY, Two o'CLoolc. Consols are quoted 911 both for money and the ~,c eet ult ; the Thr e e per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 93 to i• Foreig n S tocks show a re d uct i on ' of nearly 1 i n New Spanish Three per Cents., 3-16 in Italian . 7e per Cents., M ex i can B on d s -1, and Peruvian i v . e per C en t s. are a l so l ower. Th e quotat i ons " i rl.le 538, 531 ; Greek, 121 13 ; Mexican, ` 616 1; Ne w S pan i s h , 331 331' ; T ur ki s h F ive per e t , ent a., 44 411 ; Peruvian, 811 82 ; and New ZZYPtian Scrip, 3 2 dis. %The Indi an F our per C ents. h ave rece d e d 1 pp. c p., the p resent pr i ce b e i ng 1021 to 10 31 ; t h e Fiv es are 1141 to 115; the Bonds, 183. to 233. ph er °. the Debentures, 1051 to 106 ; and Ex etlner Bills, 175. to 21s. prem. Bank Stock, 212 241. The Hond uras L oan i s fi rm , a t 91 911. e scrip of the new Italian Tobacco Loan gas receded to 21 21 prem. The Railway Market prices are as follows: :aalec l onian, and London, Chatham, and Dover have fto per cent ; while Great E astern and "'lth Eastern have declined 1. Prices are as follows: .-4 Faladenian, 711 t o f ; L on d on an d N or th W estern , 1' 1 i to 1121; G rea t W es t ern , 481 t o ; Mid t" 112 1 to 1; London and South W e stern, 871 ! .0 88 1; Grea Eastern, 41 t) s ; Brighton, 52 to ; South -Eastern, 771 to ; Metropolitan, 1061 1 2 07 1 Great Northern, 1071 to 108 ; ditto at, to 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 123 1 to 1 ; A ts llld eso, Chatham, and Dover, 171 to / ; and oebester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 48 to 1. Gr eat Indian Peninsular Railway New.. Four per eat. Debenture stock is 911, 95i. k etropalitaa District Railway stock is firm at 73 , 74, American Securities are dull. The 5-20 Bonds are per cant. worse, at 721 to 73 ; E r i e R a ilway Shares,3ll to 1 ; Illinois Central, 961 to 971 ; 7 4 A. 3:4aatic and Great Western Debentures, 351 to ; and the Consolodated Mortgage Bonds, 89 to 11.11 1n erous dealings have taken place in London 4 1 14 W estminster Bank shares, but the price is un t tered , at 614 to 651. London and County, 411 49, 1; Union. of London, 331 to 311 ; Anglo astrian, 61 to 7 prem., being ss. batter; Imperial I ttotnreinau, 4to prem. ; and Consolidated, Ito P. There is no change in miscellaneous shares. T he Stock Market was inanimate to-lay, and ' tt ees had a d ownwar d tendency. Ra i lway sh ares W e , re f irm, but Royal Mail Steam Company Shares re to be had at 50 or 10 dis. r the money ra t e i s 11 per cen t . Bank re t urn s h ows t h e b u lli on t o b e a t a tilvoitit lower th an at any t i me d ur i ng t h e l ast 17 h °4 th B , and the reserve t o b e a t a p o i n t l ower th an ~‘a been t ouc h ed s i nce N ovem b er, 1866. The p u rse of t ra d e and the results of the harvest seemed b ' warrant an expectation of a steady increase of but the payments on foreign and colonial s e curi ties coupled w ith l arge i mportat i ons o f f ore i gn from the Co n ti nen t a l mar k ets, seem to taVe interfered with this result, while, at the same 4 41 e, ther e i s reason to believe that expenses eon theeted with the approaching general election have 00 n n an inc rease d quant i ty of coin into circa -410n. Annexed is a return of paid clearing for the week ! t iding, Oct. 21, issued from the Bankers' Clearing ,T3tise, signed J. C. Pocock, Deputy Inspector : ,I T hursday, the 15th, £20,339,000; Friday, 16th, 12,3 79,000 ; Saturday, 17th, 112,066,00 J ; Mon ay 1 9th, £9,861,000 ; Tuesday, 20, £10,301,000 ; " edaesday, 21, £lo,oo3,ooo—total, £74,952,000. 13 ille of ex c h ange on th e G overnmen t o f C ey l on 4 .! 250 ,000 rup e es were di s p ose d o f y es t er d ay b y v"tider at the offices of the Crown agents for the 110 • 2 1 ea• The minimum was fixed at ls. 11d. per rate ewe, and th e w h o l e amount was taken above that she funds for the dividend and sinking fund v :Yable on the 221 Nov. on the Egyptian 9 per Ot• oin have been duly received by Vac .:,,nnau 4Jank . hetA meeting of th e O r i en t a l B an k C orpora ti on was tj 103sterday, an d an i nter i m di v id en d d ec l are d o f per share, being at the rate of 12 per cent. Per amnatn. Th e 11 , . report of Madame Xevy's Company Z u . it ed) states that the net profit for the year cl ee i ci n g Jnly 31. were £1,031 18s. 81, and a divi ee,,, o f 1 0 per cent on the paid up capital i s re -41ended. z At the adjourned meeting of the Panama, New (t e : l4 °c l , and Australian Royal Mail Company mat ed)--Mr. Eden Colville in the c h a i r —th e e re 'l t of the joi n t comm itt ee o f s h are h o ld ers an d e f,: t°l 's was unanimo u sly a d o pt e d, an d it was e: r ed back to the committee to take all neces eeejt steps for carrying out the recommendations ki ti al ued in it, with such modifi ca ti ons as th e com ti a fr , ee e e and th e new b oar d may f rom t i me to t i me It upon. i 8 th e announced by telegram that the portion of the Delhi Railway from Umb a lla t o M eera t ( a b ou t files, or half the entire line) was completed on 17th j ust. it ?wing to an error in the Diario do Rio de Janeiro li t w ag stat e d in a paragraph on Wednesday that the W a4ili an home 6 per cent. loa n , j us t i n t ro d uce d, th e as , at the price of 80. The real price is 90, and r ear ?, was, apparently, no doubt th a t it wou ld a ll b e epe ' i l taken. The sinking fund is £200,000 yearly, tl re ra . t ieg by purchase when under par, and by T w h l ng when above par. th at er e is no foundation in the statement published it atis t he Grin:able and Company's Distillery, known tg'i.e A lbany -street Distillery, originally promoted k eet l3 . l r Felix Booth, is about to be sold by public 1, 11 under a decree of the Court of Chancery. 1,4;"e Stock Ex c h ange C omm itt ee h ave appo i nte d th e r4d aY, 29th instant, a special settling day, in Se„, P , ref erred and deferred (ordinary) stock s of th e "o Eastern R a il way C ompany, t o b e o ffi c i a l ly ark ed. At 4 44 the half-yearly meeting of the Grand Trunk w ay Company of C ana d a , M r . C rea k move d th e -. t eendment to the proposal of the chairman, to th at ef fect that the report and accounts b e in g unsa 'act ‘te m , 4 rY be not adopted, and that the directors be ki e6 ted to resign. A poll was demanded. Si r tl et " a r'l Watkin intimated that he would probably ae ll j t e e nl r_ ain in office after the expiration of his pre t, oe - J udge of the First Division of the Court of th e aajo 41 Edinburgh, gave judgment yesterday in heari4Be of " Glen v. Caledonian Railway." After het ! g Mr. Giffard in support of the reclaiming oti ro : t t he Lort President said he thought the Court tee air t ° adhere to the Lord Ordinary's interlocutor Ai al n 'g the interdict. Lords Deas, Ardmillan, and lik eto °eh o also ago be adhered to reed that the Lord Ordinary's inter r ught t. 4 (.1 BR/TIST,I FUND* —TWO O'CLOCK. Per i,"XRNTonsoIB mENT FUNDS. I )it to `-'ent. 0 , ,_/),,,. ~10r .A.ccount,:Nov. 5 ofbt; uent. Reduced li 3 931 3 i 93/ e u , 21 Per Cent 1 3 0. Per Cent. Jan. 1894 °o Ot 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — I(,t,°„(led Sea Telet,raph), Aug., 1908 — bo`4l4er 13ins, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct .21 m 13 £5OO 11, th , ? . -,. of ~, £lOO & £2OO l7 pm 4 r)n Q , e ngland Stock, 4 per Cent , 44th omit ... •• ••• . t4 tt r. : 4 Per Cent. Bonds — 1 I, i °l eilial °mutt= — 111 /I4N (10 VERNMENT SECURITIES. D o. 8 0 ek, 101 per Cent., April 1874 ... D o . Petting, for Account 13 0. ? Per Cent. July, 1880 Do l 3 o. ~Per Cent., Oct. 1888 , ,ertilitates - bo ° : "aced Pap,, 4 per Cent — b o. g,per Cent., Jan. 1872 D o 5 1 Per Cent., May 1879 — 'per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — b 1 / 1 31 1 13 ° 0 do. 1877 — - ds 40. u.uter„ , £l, peooo r Cent., £l,OOO ...... 23 pm Ar g . eilt, POItEIGN FUNDS—TWO/O'CLOCK. g3.ltepubbc, 6 per Ce n t LlitriucllP £3O paid ...... ' I50 11(18 5 per Cent. 1859 1::/ o. 1859 631 ? . 25 81 )02 54 )95 81 501 --- ioo )oo 500 -- 300 --- 500 --- 300 -- ZOO ' 800 - 000 ' 750 0, 07 2 1 723 -'" 97 40 , 55 9 41 ' 538 36 Bank n full t n th o TheY ) f the :!xtra ut, to arrie d , a t of Y e 34 trio" notio onll from I their N. far- ) hag° i n the e he el a ella- dire" ars to bat be rso l3lll im to a cot' as iolr►le+ t a tiouS fr• 11 ' £3OOO e pt he of 11 ' with 3 Lt only s , the pint °I vo id a an d 1 11 losers le cir incOr , 131111 on ale r ed sP i , go Wm' . s.ll°' o rwi'° a e Lae wulc 'real6(33 9. a ti, ,0 fl ;ea gli ) rsbu 4 B,uatri, 00 31 vg .- lerf Brazilian 5 per Cent — 03. li per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 18.18 — Do. do., 1841 , - Do. do., 1863 . . GS} Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account B - enos Ayres 6 per Cont. - Do 2 per Cent. (DeferrKl 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. Cultism 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent — 00. 6 per Cent., B — Do., 1867 D 0., . 7 per Cent., -. 1866 . . ... , . - C , nibitiii, 6 per dent. D misti, 3 per Cent., 1825......... — Panubian Principalities, 7 I,a. Cent 721 111 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 • . 84 uador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. E ;yptian, 7 per Cent — o Secoad Issue .. Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £IOC Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. .£stm. Bonds Bl4 Do. £lOO Bonds ~... 814 I 'English Scrip, 1868 72 14 24 Do do. £l5 pd — dis Government tilil way Oelwiiture, 964 4 GreeK 5 per Cont., 1824" 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupona Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — G taremala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., all pd 911 It littu. 5 per Cent., 1865 — . - )o. Account ... — Do Maremmana Railway — ",,xicat 3 per Cent — 0 )itto for Account Do. 1864 — iontevicloan 6 per Cent. .. — vloorish imperial 5 par Cent New Granada Do 3 per Can Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Poravian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account B2 li Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent, 1862 • — Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ot., 1853,'6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'. 371 4 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — R issian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St Oo 44 per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ,....,„. 89 1. Do. Anglo-Dutcb, 1861, ..£lOO Bonde... 901 1 Do. do. .£Bl 15s. do. .., Do., 1866, .£lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 los. do — Do Nicolas Railway 6Bl 4 Sardinian o per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen . — Do. Account Do. 1867 — i Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do de, Scrip 34 pm Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 ... Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do .£lof Bonds 724 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 D , Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 6f 71 DJ 4 per Cent., Guaranteed .... Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do. Acc&ant Do 6 per Cent., 1862 f — Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 5 per Cent. o an. 1873 kinuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Dividends on the above payable ia Lon ot Austrian 0 psr Cent. Ex 10 Florin~ Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, E:... zsf. Do. Account Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch z per ('Pint. Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...... French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. lOl 50 Dj Account TWO O'OLOOK. Consuls, Money 941 Do. Account, Nov. 5 ....... EXTRAORDIA ARY SCENE AT ASTLEY'S THEATRE LAST NIGHT. - .4 , - - 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 ass"mbled to ultiless them. TLe 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 th.a attention of the audience, who naturally became impatient, and tr 5- 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 friends 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 nursemaids 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 Hoi'se 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 dark corridor, with its glimmering of gas to replace the daylight we had left, " take care, for it is sare 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 toll that an oven had been promised several ( years ago; but, alas ! it was:an extravagance bayomithe public means, and has never yet arrived. Emerging into the air, we passed the mounted statue in his canopy, waiting patiently kir 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 decency.-7he Lancet. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1868. S 1-1. RE LIST. , lIISOELLANEOITS. 10 Angle-American Tel., lim. all 211 21/ 211 1 10 Auglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 7 4( 1 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint, all 16 17 st Atlantic Telegraph lOO 31 32 et DO. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 14 141 10 Do. New 6 3 81 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 4 11 Of 5 i British American Laud 44 15 17 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 163 163 20 British Indian Tea, lint all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners ... 71 ... 29 Canada Company ... 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 21 11d 20 Ceylon Company, lim lO 3 2d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim. ....... . 25 City of London Real. Pro perty, lim 8 41 31d 30 City of Milan Improv. Inn all 510 25 City of Moscow Gas, Inn_ all 5 6 50 City Offices, lim 25 22 211 d 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assn') 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 3 20 Continental Union Gas, lira. all 17 13 45 25 Copper Miners of England, pref 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bands, 1877, 4J per cent. all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 4 i per cent. all 104 105 10g Do. 1889, 4f per cent , al l 1031 1041 16 Credit Fon. of England, lira , all 21 21 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 3 2 st Crystal Palace lOO 23 25 244 st Do. 'Preference ....... . at Do. 6p. c. Perpetual Deb lO9 108 112 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, 1ira...... 61 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, 1im......... 8 6 4d 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gus,. by Egypt. G0v...,.,, all 941 95 95 41 20 Egyptian Com. &Trad. lira. 6 4/ 4;d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 225 230 10 Do. New .......... . 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lint, . 21 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 4 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. U arine, lira. 8 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 11d 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1 P 1 24 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 50 Gellivara, lim 10 General Credit & Dis., lim 7l 15 General Steam Navigation 14 50 Horns & Col Marine In. lim S 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lim 5 20 Interns,. Land Credit, lira 6 50 Italian Land 5 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem. P ip WI 121 121c1 88 84 27 29 41 ald 16 lif 15i I ... ...d 11 1# 3f 6 4d 11 Id 2 21 2 'l5-16 - , 1870, issued 20 all 50 Land Securities, lim 5 25 London African Trading lO 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 10 London County Land and Building, lim 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lim. 10 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Colim. all 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 st liadras Irriga. & Canl. Gus. 5 p. c. by India Gov lOO 10 • Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1:m. . 11 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lira. all 50 M erchant Shipping, Rm all 50 Blillwall Iron . Works, lim 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lim 5 25 National Prov. Marine, lim 4 10 National Steam Ship, lim all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim 6 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim I 5 i\ ew Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 25 New Zealand Loan & Mar • cautile Agency,lim 2l 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 5 10 Northern Assam Tea, liin 5 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In— 61 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll 6 Oriental Gas, Rm. 6 Do. New 1 10 Otago and Southland Ili vestment, lim 2 5 Ottoman Gas, lim all 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail ,lim all 2 i Do do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 32 84 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 51 53 53i 3 50 Do. New 1867 lO id pr 25 Renter's Telegram 24 30 35p 50 Ithymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lim all 131 191 184 20 Do. Gas, lim all 23 21 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 62 61 Si 1 st Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 111 116 at Do. 6p c. Guar. Pref lOO ... ... 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, Rua lO 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lira 6 ... „. 25 South Australian Land at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all k 11 i 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 151 161 151 20 Thames and Mersey Marine 49 51 31 2f d 7 scl 31 3; 23 22d p 11 2 22 17d ld pr (Insurance), lira 2 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lira Bl 10 Trust& Agencyof Aus.,lim I 10 Do do. do. all .. ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 Id p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, lira all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp , lira 6 11 Old SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lira all 41 5; 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 31 3;p 20 Universal Marine (In.), lira 5 1 lip 10 Upper Assam Tea, lira all 3 4 30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 7 8 100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. ( Aortgage) Loan all 74 74f rfl 51 50 Warrant Finance, inn l2 12 10d 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lint. 2O 4 3d 20 WestLowion Wharves and Warehouses lO 21 2,1 it f 1p a." LAJA na. tali V ALNA Britimb Columbia, 6 per cent.,1572.... loo Uo. 1895.. lO3 —•-- Can.Uov.Up.c...ltin. t &JUty 1877-b4 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug _ 1,0 I " Ivo Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept.. 100 101 IL6 Do. 6P. o. Jan. & July.. 100 92 93 Do. sp. c. inscribed sr.. 100 90 92 O P . . 11 &:0 0 13 c e t ' 6 18 P 1 9 . 8 0 ° 8 : 0 1 19 8 .9 07 , 1 1 0 0 100 e 0 0 1 7 2 t 9 1 Do. Do. Jan.&July, 1891 100 108 110 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Ceylon, Nov. 1875, 6 p c.. 100 108 110 Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, JAIL and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, May and Nov... 100 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & AuLr.. • . 100 106 108 Melbourne Corporatn., 1067-75, 6 per ornr. .•• 100 —— N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July.• 100 102 101 Natal 6 p or, Apl& Oct... 100 - Do 6p 0. hisy & Nov lOO 106 108 108 N. S. W. 5 p•c. '7l to '74 lOO 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 18 88 to 1896 100 99 100 Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to '75 lOO 99 101 1.:01 N.Zealand, 6p. ot. 1891 lOO - Do. 5 per cent.... -- DoJan, Aptl,Ju:y, Leo 976 956 976 f ••••• DJ 6p c. Mar & oept '9l lOO 108 110 Do Ju .e & Dec, 1.9 ••• lOO 109 ~11 Do Fruv. 1 ALctld. L(.O - Nt— nadr i6 J e n lit y l& , a l 26 B , 7 p1 : 94.6j *a. " 190 101 103 Do 1.8.16.. Queenslnd. 6p. Do 189 i .• ••.•• . • . S. Austral. 6 p 0.1863 72 lOO Do 1878.92 lOO 104 110 Do .893 1995 Tasmanian t, pe, • lOO 106 107 Do rd.. 0.93 to 189/. lOO lt 5 108 - viotoriatip.C. 3a.lJuly lOO 1)0. 1801 Do. do. A pril Oct lOO 114 114 TOPICS OF THE DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid. Closing 13usincss Price. done. at. Bristol and Exeter ...... 101 76 78 at Caledonian .......... 100 71 • 711 711 s. Cambrian 2) Cornwall. . all ;it 31 at Dublin & Belfast June lOO 71 19 st Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc lOO 70 72 2' East London 20 1)0 15 2) Do 10 at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 91 92 st Great Eastern .* Wu 41 411 411) 1: at Do. E. Ang,l.No. 2.... 100 7y 8g at (ire. at North of Scotland.. 100 15 6 st Great Northern lOO 107 106 10;1 st Do. A stock lOO 106 107 st Do. 13 stock lOO at GAS. and W. of Ireland lOO 911 97 • (it. Western -Original IGO 4.1 40 481 !t Do. South Wales lOO 4.6 53 a Do. W.sl.ld.—Oxtore lOO 25 28 s Do. Newpert lOO 28 32 t Lancashire a Yorkshire lOO 12 , 1 1281 1231 at Lon., Brigh.ok S.Coast lOO 511 1.21 54 10) Do Scrip at 'Lou., Chat., and Dover.. lot, 171 16 1;1 1 at Do. 3letrop. Ex. A.... 100 at Lon. & North Westeri 100 it: 1121 112 114 at Lon. A South Western.. 160 b 7 85 871 at. Man., Sleet., 3; Litieoin.. 100 48 43 ) 45 st Metropolitan.. -t Do. Exteu.sion.. 10 Do. New rd lO pr 1p at Metropolitan District all 71 73 1) Do. and at. Jollll'l6 'd 6 - at Midland at Do, Bitmin_ & .Dearby 100 80 t 2 at North British ...... 100 32 33 at Do. ICd., I'th., & Dun lOO at Nth. Eastern—Berwick lOO 99 11 , 0 1001 25 Do. ti.N - E purchaa 16.13.4 at Do. Leeds st Do. fork lOO (8 1 8)1 89 at Do. Carlisle at Do. Stock. & Darling 1(0 127 120 at - North London .. lO9 120 a 142 10 Do. do. 18(8 at North Stallordabire st N. &S. W. Junction 10 Do new ZIO shares 6 74 st Sbropsuire Union • at South Devon lOO 44 46 at South Eastern . lOO 771 774 771 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok at Tali Vale lOO 145 15C 10 Do. C at Waterford & Kilkenny lOO 10 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 ll RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOOKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 85 87 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO at • Do. Aberdeen, gua. 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cant lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 50 82 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath lOO 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. gua at Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 ICI st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO st (It. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 91 98 at Do do No. 2 100 92 97 at Do do 6 per cent 100 103 107 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 97 101 st Do do B 6 do. 100 105 110 at Do do C 7 do. 100 115 120 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 96 101 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 t 6 69 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1847 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., ri. at 10 p. c. pm. 100 st Do 4 3 do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 95 97 st 0 t.West.—Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 100 101 st Do. Orig. (B. & li. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 10 ) at Do do 4, per cent. 1850 100 84 83 84 st Do do 4 do do st odo 5 per cent. redem 100 92 91 94 31 at Do do Birmingham gua.. 100 65 67 st Do do do prof... 100 110 114 st Do do Chester gas lOO 75 8J st Do do do 8 per cent lOO 150 110 st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... ..; st Do do 44 p.c lOO at Do do 4 1859 lOO at Do do 5 st Do West Mid.-Oxford Ist g IOJ 11 : 114 st Do do 2d gut lOO 311 111 at Do Newport, lstg. p.c. 100 88 92 st Do do 2d do 100 • st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1853 100 ... 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 411 p.c all . . st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Do Barnsley, x. 5 3s 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 07 100 at London & Brighton, 4p. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ... at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do N 3. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent 1 0 st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 1 0 at Do 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO st London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per Cent lOO ... ... et Do Bedford do Cambridge lOO 88 90 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 90 at London and .-W. 7 p,c , ~,,.. .... _ .. late 3dshareS, lOO 140 145 25.6 J. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all St Man., Shef., & Lineln. 6 p.c lOO 6 Do st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 133 st. Do Bristol & Birm., 6 p.c lOO 1 JO; 133 132 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 93 t 5 at Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 93 i 6 at Do Leicester & H'chn, 4 p.c lOO 83 90 st North J_Jr.tish, 5 p.c. No.l lO,l st Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & I) lOO st Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per con.t IOJ at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4p c lOO 83 8T st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 9; 96 st Do G.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. 23 Do York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 101 fit Do Stcktn & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 105 107 st Do W, Hartlepool 11. and R lOO 86 88 20 North Staffordshire 10s Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 lOs Do Tavistock Anus., 103 all 9 10 • lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Arens., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... ... at Taff Vale No.l 100 145 150 at Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 42 45 RAILWAYS. —PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. bt Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Cen., min. 7p c lOO ... st Do 41 p c irradeem...., all st Do 4p c con., issued at 80 65 . . at Great Eastern, 41 per cent. 100 74 78 78 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 35 83 st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 84 86 88 st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO ..• 8t Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO ... st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO ... at Do Boston & Sleard, 41 pc 100 ... at Great West., W. Midi., 5p c 100 'B6 90 at Do Joint r..erpe. 5 p c,1835 100 83 87 st Do dd 6p c irred., 1866 100 100 102 2J Do Vale Neath peril. 5p c all 191 201 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lanc. and York. N ew 41 per ..• cent till July, 1871,,,,,,•, 2 1 4 st Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• st Do do 41 do, 1361 100 ... 6t Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ... st Do No. G 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 sd o at Lend., Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c st Do Motrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c st London &N. Western, 5p c 100 107 10) st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 90 93 10 Man. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO ... s t Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 103 105 18 st Do B do Do 6p c opt. to cony. to 100 103 105 Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 1/ 11p 191 is Do Incouv. New Shares 16 3p 22 Do Ip c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 18 67 Bl 11 UP 81 North British, E. and (EL, No. 1, 5 per cent lOO ... it Do £lO guaranteed, 181 100 ... st Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 s t Do 1,. & G., No. 2, 5 p.c lOO at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 • „, at Do E. & G., No. 3,513. c s t Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 11 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 at Do Stock. & Danl., D at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 lt D ait Do 6 0 5 do, do 1864 (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 44 pc 100 ... RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. st Birkenhead lOO 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 53 55 at Do. 51 per cent. st Do. ö do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed...., lOO s t Colchester Stour Valley ••• 100 . 2 . st East Lincoln, gua. 6 p. c lOO lit; 132 25 Gloster and Dean Forest.., all st Gt. Easu., Newm.,&c., 5 p.c. 100 :• ••• st Do. E. U. Harwich,. 4 P.C. 100 e,•,; st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 gs 68 st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Heref. 100 9 5 97 N Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21 213 st London and Blackwall lOO 92 vt at Do. 41 per cent lOO at Loudon, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO at Do. Corn. Fund, 5 do lOO at London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South lOO 78 72 st Lowestoft, gua. 4 per cent lOO 7s 82 st Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton. & Matik all 6 5 1 st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 91 99 10 Mid-Kent (Cray Line) SO Northern & East , 5 per cent all .52 bi Do. do. 6 do. all fit N. Eastern—Hartlepool lOO st N. West. A perp. prof, sp. C 100 107 109 st Do B minimum 1-.} p.c 100 st Notting. & Grantn. R.& C 100 pt 25 Preston anti IVyro. Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 130 132 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 130 132 10 Do do 8 2, 24 p St S. Yorksh. and RiTcr Dan 100 97 92 st Do 4 per cent gua 10 , 79 si st Do 5 do all 97 st Viet. Station and Pimlico 100 175 80 st West Cornwall —... _ 20 West London, Class A all ig 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all ... ... q 7 st Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. Et East and West India lOO 118 119 , st London and St. Katherine 100 54 b 6 551 100 Do Deb. stock, 4 per cent., all 1114 1111. Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 37 39 ' st Southampton lOO 71 7d st Surrey Commercial r °natal ivaii /Immo i L tot . MAILS DUE. Australis. and New Zealand, via Southamptos.....Noy. 7. Ditto, via" 0." *weenies Ditto, via Pi....ama Oct 28. Brasil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Nov. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde, by Brazil paoket . -•••• . Nov. 4: Cape of Good fl,,pe, Ascension. and St. Helena.... Oct. 28. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Oct. 24. .iibraltar, via Southampton ... . ...... • Oct 24 lndia,via Southampton unto, via Marseilles Malta, Egypt, duo. Oct. 24. Ditto, Marseilles Oof.(21 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton Ditto, Marseilles ~ ot. 14 Newfoundla no ...... ..... •• ....0ct 21 eortugal . • • • •.. Nov. 4 United States, anada, California, Sao., by British packet -• • . Oct 17 Ditto, by Canadian packet ..• • Ditto, by ited States packet Ditto dittt (Baltimore) ........ West ladles and Pa. - . 111.3 (except 31exioo and Baha- mas) West Coast of Akira, Madeira, and Teneri fro On t. 29 Bank of England Returns. An Account, pursuant to t] cap. 32, for the week ending I ,he Act 7th and Bth Victoria Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1868. ISSUE DE ARTMENT. Notes issued —.C33,850,975 Govornmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion .£33,850,975. £33,850,975 BANKING I) Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 11,cmt Public Deposits (including E xchequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Acco . unts Other Deposits.. 20,405,851 Seven Days and other Bills 673,915 3PAIITMENT. Governiat. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) £15,935,874 Other Securities 15,881,648 Notes 9,357,185 Gold and Silver Coin ... 1,096,199 £42,270,903 1 £42,270,906 ,0. FORBES, Chief Cashier. THE 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 arduou:=i 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 reßresentecl Dublin County sinc%lB4l, and in that year and in 1852 and 1857 had to stand a contested election, being on each or. I: ion 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 as that select body is at present short of its usual number, we presume that he will. Certainly no one could give Ministers better informa tion about the state of political feeling in the country than the new Chancellor of the Duchy. " THE TALKING OF THE TONGUE!' 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 th e ca p on hi s own head, and though Lord Stanley 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 cn 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 owl, "though he does not say much, he is a beggar to think." THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. 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 i - 7.00 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 Advertiser was forgotten. The editor chuckles over the fact that the ancient 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 : " another 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 charming 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 PURCILASE 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 any distance for ls. Bd. per ton ; commodities not readily damaged, such as heavy machinery and furniture goods, might be carried for ss. per ton ; and perishable and easily damaged articles might be carried for 12s. 6d. per ton. If this system had been carried out. in 1860, 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 objection, Mr. Williams argucs, is more appnren than real. The passenger who makes a short jouilr_y one day makes a long journey the next, and amongst the middle-class the proportion of long to short journeys would pretty pearly make up the average. With the poor this would not be the cs ). 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 bey 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. _ ARMY REPORAL • The question of army reform raised by Sir Charles Trevelyan in his excellent pamphlet on the army is 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 • squadrons." 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—ono 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 are 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. 4C YOUNG OXFOLD." "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 maketheirexistence known, mostly during the " brandy 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 recherche supper in their own rooms, given to men of the same relioous 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 hypocrisy." Dr. Pusey will probably deny most strenuously the statement iladetbv this anonymous correspond.elt. - • 103 104 f id 4 41 86 41 3 ' 23d 114 12 4 od 81 91 3 2d 14 ld 41 31 tp 11 11 7 g 1 2 88 42 161 171 181 14 lb 7 71 f iP id 1p 11 21 ItITITLALISM. fta. Like Titus Oates,. who in plots when they did not come fast enough, those who have set them selves- the task of hunting down Ritualists are not oarticuhr as- to their game. Unfortunately , for hem, it is pretty evident that some of them have not been in the habit of attending church till this duty 'mlled'them there, and when they lose their places in the Prayer-hook they immediately suspect Popery. A visitor at Scarborough missal the State prayers at St. Martin's Church one Sunday morning, and wrote off in hot hrste to expose a haiml?ss curate in the pillory of the Times columns. lie had forgotten that these prayers are appointed to be said when the Litanyis not used, and that the Litany was read in the afternoon. Ile 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 extreme one. Mr: Purchas, of St. James's Chapel, Brighton, claims to be a peacemaker. He says that the Low Church party appealed to him to lay aside vest ments and incense, and he did so. But then they"demanded a visitation of St. James's Chapel, to abolish, if possible, the poor remains of Ritual that I had retained—viz., ft pair of candlesticks and a dozen scarlet cassocks. The Archdeacon of Lewes rejected this proposal, and visited all the Brighton and Hove churches." Finding that the compromise failed to restore peace, Mr. Purchas resumed the obnoxious vestments and incense. THE NATAL DIFFICULTY. " Another Subscriber " writes to the Times on the subject of the S. P. C. K. grant, to answer Mr. Fitz Roy, who has stated that he " carefully refrained from introducing the thorny question of the legal position of Bishop Colenso both in the terms 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 I , y 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 false 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 th -, re is no prosecutor. KITCUEN BOILERS. Mr. Henry Hiller, the chief engineer of the National Boiler Insurance Company, writes to the 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 upper art of the building. Where the top of this inlet pipe is at a high level above the boiler the pressure will be proportionately great, and in many cases reaches from 161 b. to 201 b. per square inch in boilers not suitable for half th 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 believed —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 GPEN VEED.:CT. " Found drowned" is not a very satisfactory con clusion 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 was recovered, the City detective failed to discover who she was, and the jury were at a loss to say whether death wls 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 z.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 Tunge she makes produces on th e b osom of the hames, when that incurable disease, the sickness of despair, becomes so strong that it kills the fear of death. THE ACCELNIATISATION SOCIETY. Though the Acclimatisation Society has not react - A the point predicted by Punch—though as yet thera 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 that where locusts, &c., have been destroying the crops— for example, in the territory of the Hudson's Bay 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 bird has been introduced into England. The tiny m.O 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, cannot do all these things without money, and it appeals to the public P:,r funds. - -- COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 18} ... 11 19 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 f ... 12 Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 45 Brussels Ramburgh — ... 18 101 ... 18 101 Paris Ditto Mraseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 k ... 1201 Vienna — ... 11 721 ... 11 821 Trieste — ... 11 72k ... 11 821. Petersburg Copenhagen — ... 9 20 ... 9 23 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz — ... 471 ... 48 Leghorn Milan — -•- ... 27 50 ... 27 60 Genoa .... ... - ... 27 50 ... 27 GO Naples Palermo — ... 27 50 ... 27 60 Messina Lisbon — ... 52} ... 521 Oporto — ••• 52 ... b2l The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f. 220. per 41 sterling On oJniparing these rates with the English Mint price 01 100. per ounce for standard, gold, it appedirs that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' t ight 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 flight, 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; and, 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. 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 31ainwaring. *SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—Th's Day. NEWMARKET RACES—Tars D.Y. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) £lOO PLATE. Alk.; Grl; wieke— M 3xleo Ambitious HANDICAP PLATE. Sycea , •• 000 Choral Ten ran. SECOND N URSERY. Rriga t ine Dryad Conrad ... T wvuty-oue rau. SWEEPSTAKES OF 500 SOVS. Robespierre Catelherault . Siderolite ..., Pirate Chief Fairfax SWEEPSTAKES. Six ran. MATCHES. Michael de B Lseo 113.0 Memento. Heather Bell beat Chanbniesse. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE. NEWMARKKT RACES-WEDNESDAT. Handicap of 15 sous each, 10 ft, for three year olds and upwards. T.Y.C. Badsworth _ ' 1 Benefactor 2 Bonnie Katie Six ran. Selling Handicap of 10 sovs each, for two year olds and upwards; the winner to be sold for 300 sovs if demanded, &c. Bretby Stakes Course. Choral Cater ... Rajah '; 1 Seven ran. The Troy Stakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; untrieds allowed 3lb ; the winner at Stockbridge 31b extra at Newmarket; the winner of the Middle Palk Stakes 91b, of the Criterion Mb extra ; penalties accumulative up to 141 b. 1 1 .Y.C. 33 subs. Bel ladrum Scottish Queen . Prince Imperial HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES Michael de Basco Miss Whip f Lady Rosehill 04 Thirteen ran. 1 Subscription Plate of 100 sovs (Handicap), for three year olds and upwards. T.M.M. Tribune Miss Cirat wicke 1 Eight rau. Sweepstakes of 1J sovs each, for two years olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 7th ; the winner to be sold for 100 sous if demanded, &c. T.Y.O. Benefactor Glenlivat.. Lure.. Light ran, The Nursery Stakes (Free ilan.licap) of 25 says each, for two year olds; winners of any h tudie.ip afar t ie pub lication of the weights 71b extra. Criterion Course. Cardinal York Brigantine 2 Conrad 3 l'Liitccu ran. A Fro° Handicap of 100 Boys each, h ft, for threw yoa, olds; the winner of the Darby or Doncaster St. Leger; 9bt. A.F. 22 subs. Blue Gown Cock-o'-the- Walk Eight ran. A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 711); Ab. M. 9 subs. Missadventure Bradgate Aftermath Optional Selling Plate of 50 sous; two year olds 6st 101 b, three Bst 101 b, four 9st 81b, live and upwards 9st 121 b; fillies allowed 31b. Bretby 1 Biche au Bois 2 Twelve ran. PROGRAMME OF NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. SATURDAY. One Hundred Pounds; two year olds sst 101 b, three Bst 41b, four 9st 51b, five, six and aged 9st 81b; the winner (with his engagements) to be sold for 300 gs, if (13- manded, &e. Last three miles of B.C. Maiden Plate of 100 soya, for two year olds ; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies and geldings Bst 71b. T. Y.C. A Plate of 50 soya (Handicap), for three year olds and up ward. Cambridgeshire Course. The Houghton Handicap of 15 soya each, and only 5 ft if declared by ten o'clock on Friday evening (tu,,,tho second), for three year olds and upwards. T.Y.O. A Sweepstakes of 5 soya each; two year olds 7st 31b ; throe Bst 101 b, four 9st 9st I.lb, five and upwards 9st 31b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 50 sous if demanded, &c. Bretby Stakes Course. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each; two year olds Gat 101 b, throe Bst 101 b, four 9st three, five and upwards 9st 71b ; the winner to be sold for 200 soya if demanded, &e. ; if for 100 soya allowed 71b. T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 10 sous each ; three year olds 7st 121 b, four Bst 101 b, five 9st 11b, six and aged 9st 31b ; fillies 6 allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 120 soya if de manded, &c. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for two year olds; colts Bst 10lb, fillies Bst 71b ; the winner to bo sold for 100 sovs if demanded, &c. T.T.C. Match 500, 250 ft; Brayley's The Mariner, 3 yrs, Bst 61b, receives 150 ft from Mr. Stephenson's Socrates, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b. NO DAY MENTIONED. —Match 100 h ft. T.Y.O Mr. Alexander's Meteor, Bst 71b, agst Lord Falmouth's Nightjar, Bst, both two year olds. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 14. The Grand Sefton Steeplechase (Handicap) of 150 save in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs 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 st lb The Doctor ... a 12 7 Meanwood ~. a 11 12 The Lamb... . 5 11 10 Pearl Diver a 11 10 Gameboy a 11 9 *Alcibiade... ... a 11 8 Beuazet a 11 8 Despatch ... a 11 8 *Philosopher a 11 7 Greeuland... ... a 11 7 Fortunatus ... 5 11 7 Globule ... a 11 4 Beadle ... a 31 4 Hornet ... a 11 2 The Nun ... ... a 11 2 Highflyer (h b) a 11 2 Jack of Trumps ... a 11 0 Steamboat... ... 5 11 0 Hunts. Daughter... a 11 0 Pole Star ... 6 11 0 Goldtinder... a 11 0 Orne ... 4 10 12 Age st lb Fairy Mount a 10 12 Reporter ... a 10 12 Avenay a 10 12 Pensioner ... ... a 10 10 *The Plover ... a 10 10 Harcourt ... a 10 10 L.S.D. ... a 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 (11 I)) ... 5 10 4 Lisette ... 6 10 4 Joseph a 10 3 Coleus° ... 4 10 0 Gay Girl (late Wis dom)* . a 10 0 Sky Blue (late Waterwitch b) alO 0 Susan ...410 Macc.aroon... 6 (paid) Those horses marked thus (*) having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the time prescribed unless specially ordered to re __ . . main in. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. FEBRUARY. Nottingham Spring 23 1 Derby Spring MARCH. Liverpool Spring 2 I Northampton Shrewsbury Spring 5 1 MAY. Chester Bath JUNE. Ascot • • 8 Hampton Liverpool Summer Windsor l5 Stockbridge JULY. Newmarket July Nottingham Huutiugdon AUG Brighton Brightou Club Eguam UST. IWindsor August ......... 12 Derby 5ummer............ 31 SALE OF EARL I\lAD:l's STOCK.—Au important sale of thorough-bred bulls, mulch cows, thorough bred heifers, horses, carriages, &c., took place at Palmers town on Monday, the palatial residence of the Earl of Mayo, whose appointment to the Governor Generalship of India necessitated his leaving this country. Painters town, which is situated about a mile and 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 delll3Sllo. The sales commenced with the lumber, carriages, and harness, when all ad journed to luncheon, after which the cattle was disposJd of. The silo as a whole was most remunerative to the noble owner. CO RN ISU TICKETING, u rscl ay.—A tTi uro this day 3,15 G tons of copper ore realised £13,490 155., an average of x 4 53. Gd. per too. Fine copper, 212 tons 11 cwt.; produce, Gi ; standard, .£lOl Gs., au advance of 42 on last sale. 11 4 . 3tiall, - COlll - ranee cor- 100 --- '76 02 '5O 14 100 -- 00 - 30 03 .37 1 7 ;03 66 151 02 42 52 43 90 49 ...._.-• 38 35 000 -- gL .C• 7 Ain ' '