The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The market is prejudiced by the appearance of the Lew Russian Railway Loan, and the prospect of the early introduction of the Egyptian Loan, and the reports of others to follow. The present price of Consols is 022 to 92k, which is lower than the quota ti,ti of the past month. In addition to the demands of foreign Governments, the English Fonda are likely to be affected by the increas4 jug employment for money. Bankers and others vAI be anxious to sell at the present high prices as soon as there is a reasonable chance of using the proceeds in the more remunerative business of dis countino. The fact that nearly all their recent in vestments have been made at high prices will only precipitate the process of realization. Foreign Stocks are very heavy. There is no inquiry for the new Railway Loan, and Egyptian Bonds are 1 per cent. lukver. The Discount Market is steady at 1 to 1 per cent., :with full supplies. The Liverpool Cotton Market is firm, at yesterday s advance. Consols are flat, at 921 to 92i for Money and acct., bein g a decline of New and Reduced Three per Cents., 93 to 93i India 5 per Cents., 1111 t o 1121. Bank Stock, 248.. to 250. Exchequer Bills, 155..t0 20s prem. Foreign Stocks are depressed, the following being the quotations :—Mexican, 151 to 161. ; Greek, 124 to 13 ; New Spanish, 354 to 36i- ; Turkish, 32 to 34 . ; Italian, 43i to 44 ; Portuguese, 394 to 40 ; Peruvian (1865), 744 to 75 ; ditto (1862), 914 to 92; Egyptian (1864), 87 to 88 ; ditto, Railway Loan, 914 to 94- ; Viceroy's Seven per Cent., 734 to 74; ditto, Nine per Cent., 88 to 89. The New Honduras Loan is steady at to lt prem. In American Securities United States Five-Twenty Bends are steady, at 71ft to ; Erie Railroad better, at 49,k to 50i, while Illinois are f lower, at 88,i to 89. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have receded f, to 27i to 28, but the Consolidated Mortga ge Bonds remain steady at 25i to 26. lu Foreign Railways, Lombardo-Venetian Railway better, at 141 to 15. Luxemburg Railway, 9to 9k. The Railway Market is quiet. Lancashire and orkshire are quoted 1271 to 128 ; Midland, 1071 to $2 B ; South Eastern, 724 to 73i ; London and North %yestern, 118/ to 1191 ; Great Northern, 108 to 109 ; ditto (A), 109 i to 1101 ; Great Eastern, 30 to 30f ; Great Western, 451 to 461 ; Brighton, 46 to 46i ; Sheffield, 42/ to 431; Metropolitan, 1101 to 110# ; Caledonian, 78.1 to 79f ; Chatham, 191 to 19/ ; and Great Western of Canada, 15/ to 16f. Bank shares are on the whole steady, the only v ariation being an advance of in London and West minster, being quoted at 68 to 69 ; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis . ; Consolidated, ft to ft preen . ex div.; Imperial, 17i to 18 • London and County, 51 to 52 ex div.; London Joint Stock, 34 to 35 ; Union of London, 34 to 35. Foreign mining shares are dull. Chontales have fallen at 1i to 1 dis.; St. John del Rey, 21 to 23 ; Port Philip, In miscellaneous securities the variations are unim portant. Hudson's Bay is I lower, at 14i to 14k, and London General Omnibus Company k, at 1 to 2i. Anglo-American Telegraph steady, at 19i to 19 ex div. Atlantic Telegraph 5 1-16 to 5 3-16. The sum of £65,000 in bar gold was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for export. The Tanjore has brought £83,000 in Australian gold from Alexandria, and the New York £90,000 from the United States. Messrs. Thompson, Bonar, and Company announce the issue of the remaining Provincial Orel-Vitebsk Railway Loan, amounting to £2,500,000, in £lOO bonds at 75 with interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, thel first half-yearly dividend to be payable in April next. The original amount was £4,500,000, £2,000,000 having been issued in 1867. The princi pal is repayable in 85 years by the operation of an annual sinking fund. The issuing price of 75 only refers to those to pay in full on allotment. Those Who delay payment to the 14th of March will be charged 7'4 ; to the 31st of March, 751 ; and to the 1 5th of April, 75g. £5 is to be paid on application. Loth interest and principal are unconditionally guaranteed by the Russian Government. The numbers are published of Bonds of letters I \l, and N of the Egyptian Government Loan of 1864, which have been drawn for repayment at par on the Ist of April next. The ordinary general meeting of the Surrey Com mercial Dock Company has been called fur the 12th March. The official liquidator of Barned's Banking Con:1- ' 3311 y announces that a further dividend of is in the Pound will be payable in a few days, making 3s paid. The capital sum, together with the final interest coupon s thereon, of the bonds of the second and final series of the Chilian six per cent. Government Loan, 186 0, negotiated by Messrs. J. Thompson, T. Boner and Co., will be paid on the I sth March. " • The directors of the Chontales Mines regret to state that the advices dated 7th January, received by this bring the sad intelligence that cholera had again visited the mines. Several fatal cases had occurred a mongst the natives, but only one Englishman had died• No further cases had occurred since the 24th D ecember. The medical officer hoped, therefore, the ,epidemi c h a d fi na ll y left t h e di str i ct. A s on the former occasion, most of the natives left the mines, T (1 , consequently, th ere is n o rem itt a nce of gold. n e contractors had continued their operations, and t he work s a t th e P aron were progress i ng towards com pletion, the wheel pit and frome being secured. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES! GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 0 per Cent. Consols D. Account, March 5 921 f 1- } I 8 per Cent. Reduced 93 f 8 t T ew 3 per Cent 93} 2f 3 mew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — , Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — a nnuities 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for ' 3O yrs, expire sth April 1885 — , Do (R e d Sea Teleg,raph), Au,., 1908 — "`'Kehociuer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct. Do .£soo' — Pm .., Do. £lOO & £2OO lB pm —a nic of England Stock, 41 p er C en t 249 50 Do. Account I NDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. In dia Stock, 14 per Cent., April 1874 Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 D 0.4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Certificates _ Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — D 0.5 per C ent., J an. 1872 61 per Cent., May 1879 lOBl 1 Do 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. l 1873 — Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. unde r £l.O OO pm .............. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent ........... no. 4}per Cent., 1852 ..... ....... " Do. do., 1858..... Do. do., 180 — Do. do., 1863 64 Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 — Do Account 74f 4 Buenos A yres 6 per C ent — Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. °Lillian 6 per Cent Do. 4} per Cent — Uo. 6 per Cent., B 1)0 ., 1867 Do., 7 per ,C en t., 1866 9D0., S cr i p £32 paid — ) 1 . mbian, 6 per Cent. ' ) anish, 3 per Cent., 1825 bAnubian Principalities, 7 per Cent...— 69 i Do 8 per Cent., 1867 -cactuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l2} I gYptian, 7 . per C en t — Po. Secoud Issue — kik). £5OO Bonds D 0• £lO6 Bonds 9Ol 88 , Do. 186 4 A)0..£ 5 ' 01 Bonds B6l Do. £lOO Bonds BB 7 ....• I ur G oyernm ent Railway ilebentures .....91 90 I ~eek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups — -1-',O. Account .. -u ,o. Coupon s - uo. Account `." . tlat il . etnala 5 per Cent • . — rt°laduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., £25 p 3 ,iiall 5 per Cent., 1865 — 'Jo. Account -) • 11.'0. illaremmana Raiway — e licar. 3 per Cent — Di tto for Account . r ., DO. 1864 — 1 1 0 6 per C ent. Anglo-French — vieootevid9au 6 per x ori sh Imperial 5 per Cent evz Granada 1) 0 per D o. Defereed D o i-, e Land Warrants (Hectares) , r, lvian 5 per Cent. 1865 u o 744 5 41 51 41 Account Uo4l Per Cent. (Uribarren) r , 41 pe r C ent.. 1862 — 1 , u . 0 Account °l t 4 r4uos e 3 Ct 18 - "'6'7 '9 '6O '2,'‘'s per ~ 0 ., , , , 1 40 ~„3 :13. do., 1'67 ~ It a "°. do., Scrip, £lO paid lOf Pm ',Uan 5 per Cent., 18zz, £ 61. B7 uo 41, per Cent. 1850 o 0 4 i . - Cent.. i ugn Do , 2 per Cent., 1860 ,-,° 6 per Cent., 1859 4../ c . 86± -a per Cent., 1862 b a- ' O . An 10-D t b 1864 £lOO Bonds B9 o. g uc , ,_ _ Do. do. £B4 los. do. I) °., 1866 £lOO Bonds BBi 91 ~, ' do. £B4 15s. do _ gar(ii, per Cent — P, a nisb 3 per Cen . — Do Ace4unt Do New Deferrod Do Account Do Passive Do Acciant Do Corn. Cert. of Cou,. not funded Do Account T a .kish 6 per Cent. — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 6B Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do .£lOl Bonds Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 D) 1 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 186.1 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Dividemts on the auove payable in London. French Bentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins .„ Belgian. 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull, Do Account Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 92i 1 Do. Account, March ... 921 LAW IN Day. JUDGMENT IN THE CASE OF THE GREAT EASTERN STEAMSIIIP. — His lordship Sir R. Phillimore, gave judg ment to-day in the Admiralty Court, in the case of the claims by about 300 seamen engaged on board the Great Eastern, for wages. The question raised was whether the Steamship Company (Limited) were liable, or Jules Despecher, a French gentleman, who had chartered the vessel on account of the French Exhibition. The speculation failed, and the ship returned to Liverpool. Messrs. Mortens and Clint, shipchandlers, had painted the vessel, at Liverpool, whilst on a gridiron, on the order of Sir James Anderson, the master. Further paint had been ordered as stores by Mr. Yates, who was secre tary to the Steamship Company and alsa for Jules Despecher. The vessel had been let to the Telegraph Company, and chartered to Jules Despecher. It had been employed in laying down the cables, and afterwards char tered to the French company. The liability of the limited company was denied, and the question now raised was of public importance.—His lordship said the question he had to decide in this case was, whether the owners had parted with possession to the charterer, Ind whether the captain, Sir James Anderson, had held himself out as master of the owners. After referring to the evidence of Sir James Anderson, who had stated that he bad acted as agent forboth,and also to that ofhltlr.Yates, who was also agent for both, he was of opinion that Sir James Anderson had held himself out as the master of the owners, and that the limited company had not -by the charter parted with possession to Jules Despecher. As to the stores, the claim was abandoned, as ordered byMr. Yates, for the French company, and he therefore found for the plaintiffs for £lBB 11s. 2d. and costs.—On the question being asked whether the court would order the ship to be sold for £lB3, Mr. Butt protested against such an order, and it was not made. AN IMPORTANT DECISION IN THE PROBATE COURT.— In the suit of Hunt v. Gotby, Mr. Lopes made an appli cation to the court which involved one of the most impor tant decisions that has hitherto been made in probate mat ters. The application was made for the purpose of en forcing the discovery of papers which, it was alleged, were in the hands of an opposing party in the suit. It was brought under the 36th section of the Act which constituted the court itself, and which gave the power of a common-law and equity jurisdiction to the judge. In giving his decision, the learned Judge-Ordinary said that luring the time the court had been constituted this ques tion had only once been raised, and at that time the 36th section had not been cited to the court. It was a matter of great moment that all letters should be ptoduced, as they would throw on many occasions great light upon the feeling and disposition of parties. The case he alluded to was that 4 Peacock and Lowe, and in that case the court refuse. :II,: application, and the parties had then gone into equty, where, he believed, they still rer ained. He considered all papers auxiliary to the matter, and should therefore make an order of inspection. FIRE AT THE CHARING CROSS STATION IHIS AF7ERNOON. This afternoon, about a quarter to two o'clock, a very large fire broke out in the Custom-house de partment of the Charing-cross station. Consider ing the comparatively small dimensions of the de partment the flames ascended with unparalleled fury. It is in that portion of the building which is at the extreme end of the arrival trains platform and is above the place where the lamps are kept. It is supposed that some combus tible material must have exploded, and thus set light to the wooden framework of the shed. The consternation created amongst the crowd of passengers, officials of the hotel and station, and abmen and their horses may well be imagined. Assistance, however, was promptly at hand, and the hose connected with the establishment was brought into operation. The engine from Chandos street was the first to arrive, but others rapidly followed. The flames, however, were very obsti nate. It is feared that the glass-roof beneath which this burning mass is situated will be seriously in jured, if not destroyed. At three o'clock the flames were so far subdued as to allay all fear of its extending to other parts of the building. The loss of property by the fire must be very great. .', ... 17ZY "<$•:_eia- - Mil ' Itter ° Crinlit ' l / 4 "{ - p - cia.- -- Ilti 4 tat e HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 17. Her Majesty went out this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales drove out attended by - the Countess of Morton. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and suite honoured the performances at the Theatre- Royal Adelphi last evening. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have been placed in mourning through the death of her Grace's mother, the Countess d'Alten, which occurred at Hanover on the 10th inst. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe have re turned to the Clarendon Hotel from Brighton. The Archbishop of Dublin has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from the Palace, Dublin. His Excellency the Count de Hompesch, the newly appointed Bavarian Minister to the Court of St. James's, accompanied by the Compte de Bray, has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Munich. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter have arrived at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington-street. The Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor -square, from Hampstead Marshall, Berkshire. The Earl and Countess of Essex have arrived in town from Cashiobury Park, Herts. The Earl of Leicester came to town last week from Holkham Hall. The Countess of Jersey, and Mrs. Braudling, and Lady Caroline Villiers, come to town this week, from Middleton Park, for the season. Viscount and Viscountess Halifax and the Hon. Miss Wood came to town yesterday from Hickleton Hall, Yet kshire. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Earl Beauchamp with Mary Catherine, daughter of Earl Stanhope, took place this day at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The death of lady Henry Spencer Churchill, widow of Mr. W. Whateley, Q.C., took place on Friday last at her house in Park-street, Grosvenor-square. She was the eldest daughter of the Rev. Edward Nares, D.D., and Lady Charlotte Spencer, and who after the death of her first hushand, the Rev. Lord Henry Spencer Churchill in May, 1828, married in Aug., 1834, Mr. Whateley. We have to announce the death of Lady Cran worth, which took place on Saturday at the family resi dence in Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-square. The de ceased lady, who was in her 61st year, was the youngest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas William Curr, of Frog nal, Hampstead, Middlesex. Mn. JUSTICE SHEE.—A slight improvement was yesterday reported to have taken place in the health of Mr. Justice Shoe. TDE, ILLNESS OF LORD DERBY. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Last night's reports of Lord Derby's health were more favourable. • Lord Stanley has arrived at Knowsley. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo ni 1-office fro.i. The Governors of the West India Islands and the Settlements on the West Coast of Africa. De spatches were sent to the Governor-General of Canada. Littil'l6ll YUSSEBBIOI4S. 10 'At lantic St. Lawrence all 64 66 st Bom.,Baroda, o Cen.ln. 100 1(3 104 1031 gu. 6 per cent.. 20 Do. le shares lO p fp iO4 Buffalo ~tz Lake Huron all 34 4 10 Do. Preference 100 Butl.,Brant, &G-oderich at a a 6 l , P e t; ;rt. Town t 72 ,14 S - S. El Dock,. l M g . h • . I l l ao t ) 0 1 0; 9 6- , 98 8 100 7- 22 1 100 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. P. a et t (1: a s East t g g h u . . , 0 5 p . do o. 1 1 0 00 0 1 ° 4) 4 1 1G 1 5 0 4 1 1 0 ( 5 4 20 Do. J Extension - 100 l iir o s.. E ndj ui r p u . ju nk o o r t t San oh ad ds a 100 10 5 161 all 74 12 1 charge o p.o 100 Do. lst Pref. Bonds all 41 15 100 Do. do deferred - 100 Do. 2cl Prof. Bonds- all 13 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 1) D 0 o . . 3 d d o . 1 , d r e e f t s r r t o e o d k , a t 27- 291 Q O O O D D Do. 4 d t o h . d p e r i e 'e t r . r s e t d o . k . a 1 allall -18 1) 174 100 Do. do. deterred - - st 1 1 2 10 ,, 1094 1a o x . idda u fen Sp . g ata t D s o o ..N t e h w ot g l u h a e d . ru i s a aC p .e . 6n . . P . o t . .... c l O 6BO 1( 1 19 4 5 2 gua. 5 per cent st Dc. 41 per cent lou 94 06 st Do 2 - - 201 great Wes. of Canada all 104 161 16 201 Do. New - 100 Do. 6p. c Bt . a. pay. 187, all 18 100 100 00. 54 do. pay. 1877-8_ all 91 91 at. Madras, gua. 5 p.c 100 100 102 102/ at Do. 41 do , 100 03 95 st Do. 4/ do .l 100 89 91 29 Do. Fifth Extension! 6 - - at .t 1 elh. Cor. 6p. c. linds.l 100 - - 50 Mel. , 1 :, Dobson's Bay..' all - st 24.121.(rda,6pe ' lstpf.bs 100 83 85 at Dude ct Ithiik'nd, g, 5 p . O 100 1,44 1(54 at ,einde 100 100 101 1001 at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do ‘6, 15 P at Do. Puniaub.... 100 10) 101 at Do.lndus St.llo I, 0 100 87 89 BRITISH MINES. - Cam. Consol. Gold, liter. 1 - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3O 51 65 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 440 430 - urake walls 2.1.0 1 1 - East Bassett (illogan) 294 10 12 - )6ast Caradon 2.14. 6, 5 6 - East Cara Brea 3l 2 24 - last Grenville , - ,East Gunnislake - East Lovell 3.9.0 8 9 - E. IV% Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 14 2 - Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 5 4 Great Laxey, limited., all 17 18 - Great South Tolgus.... 0 . 1 4.6 Great Wheal 8a5y...., 14.9.6 - - - G. Wheal Vor (Helstnn 10 20 21 - Grenville 9.0.6 11 11 lierod's Foot 8.10.0 35 37 iiingston Downs 5.10.6 24 21 - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.0 6 8 Marie Valley . 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, llm 84 24 it - New S ton ....... 561 69 70 - North toakear N.Wh Bassett(thogan 4.4.0 - North . Wheal Crotty Prosper United....... 8.14.0 2 24 _ Providence J.JnyLelant 10.6.7 29 31 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 390 410 South Condurrow B,Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 374 42/ :Stray Park . Tin Croft - Vigra and Clogan, lim all - _ West Bassett (Moon 11 1 11 _ IV. Caradon (Ltskeard 1? 10 12 _ West Chiverton ....... 11 67 69 - West 5et0n...... _. Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 85 95 _ Wheal Buller atedruth 16 16 14 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 18 20 Wheal Seton whe Trelawnev (Lis 5.17.0 6 8 GariedatcViro n e s s o t l e i r d n a , t i :4 R d p , E e 6 } r p ' c E e e r ß n e t E eN. inNiirtirm. eisdA:ogiSiBLukaiw,._ Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto, 4h per cent. rd., 951 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL S. 7 p A e p Y r e F c r: n o e t n t 9; 151 Midland, Bradford Pref., 92 3 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 135 " South S(4ll3taerch'iai Pigte aa A aunil u l s' Luxembourg,tSSllmn Francisco,i l' a rg n au d aef°ii:B6jpul:3Feiri Lombardoe.n' cent., ,uaS Venetian, FOREIGN MINICEL Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, u m., 31 Pin Port or o or n nt i t i i i e nh d oi r l o lai , np N d, l u g : o .l i t i vi Del a ti ß o e l y d ~ 21 1 ~ 1 St. John del hey, Um , 21 A.RES. DOCKS. London and Si. Katharine, 50 BANES; Agra, lim., A. 11 Ditto, Z, 8; Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, in Consolidated, lim., 44 Imperial Ottoman, 9; London and County, 51; 2 • London Joint Stock, 34 London and Westminster, 681 8 ; Ditto, Scrip, 46 51 New South Wales, 47 Oriental Bank Corporation, 42 Union of London, 34 MISCELLANNOUB; Anglo American Tclegraph, 191 4 Atlantic Telegraph, 41; Dino, 8 percent., 102; 5 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, .im., 4; Ceylon Company, Ditto, A shares, 2; City of Moscow Gas, lim., 81;8 Commercial Union, Insurana, 5; Credit Fancier of England, 11w.. 3 3- . 6 Crystal Palace, Ditto, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 109 Egyptian 9 per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gua. by Egypt. Govt . hyyptian Corn. and Trading, inn., if El, citric and International Telegraph, • Ditto, ne /4r, 13.3 Ei•glish and Australian Copper, / Pore-str,et IVarehouse, Um., 1 Lien: Credit and Discount, Jim., 51 1 udson's Bay, 143 Land Securities, Um, 1/ E•indon ~.ieneraiOrunibus Company, lim, 2 National Discount uompany, 111 New Quebrada, 5- 6 North British and Mercantile InsurancQ,:l7l Peninsula and Oriental steam, 58 Dito, new, 1867, 5i Royal Mai Steam, 671 Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan) 74i 3i Mn. GLADSTONE AND THE TRADES' UNION ISTS. The trades delegates appointed to wait upon Mr. Glad stone to-day have decided that the discussion with the right hon. gentLnian should he confined to the following four points :-1. The limitation of apprentices; 2. The minimum rate of wages ; 3. Piecework and oyertinie ; 4. The restraint of trade by trades' unionists. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIYG, FEBRUARY 18, 1868, SHARE LlST.—This Day. oILDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Bristol and .r.;xeter ;Caledonian ... . Cork and Bandon.... torn wall Dublin &, Belfast J unc D un„ Perth, & A b.J unc 'E.Loudon, scrip Caro,l 1/0. Glasgow & S. Western, Great Eastern, Ord. a Lk.; Do. E. Ang,l. st. No. 2 1 Great Nortii of Scotland. Great Northern Do. A stock .. Do, stock Do. .New, is. at 25 pin Gt 6, and W. of Ireland, Gt. Western Do. 6. Val. Rail. gua.' Do. Soutti Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxlord Do. Newport Do. Hereford 85 07 79 80 2 3 80 3 4 75 77 70 72 100 102 291 0A 71 15 0 103 110 11.0 110 1%4 le.o 1074 8 11,9 9546 451 f5:l 45 47 2.) 3v 2SI S Lancashire& Yorkshire Ljndon and illackwall Lou., Brigh.,l¢ S Coast I-on., Chat., and over Do. Metrup. Ex. A Lun. & North Western Lon. a &IM Western Man., Shet., Lincoln Metropolitan.... Do. New L 27 1`.:74 48 46i I I'J 19i: 12 15 1 115 i ,1.1 86 6? 4'.! 13 110 111 Do. Extension...... Iletropolitau District. Do. do. to. 10. 101 Do. and St. John's W'd Alidiand Do. DJ Share Do, iiirrnin.. dz Derby Aid li ent . . (North Britt/41i Do. Ed., & Dun N th. Eastern—Berwick Do. (.I..N•E puroliabt Do. Leda ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1861 5 . Do. do. 1866 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junotion Soottish Central Scot. N. E „Aber. stock Do. Scot, 11lid. stook. Shropshire Union South Devon south Eastern itaines, Wok., & Wok Pail' Vale Do. C Vale of Seatli Waterford eIL Kilkenny Waterloo Sc White West Cornwall 1271- 45; 61 191 a a 13 1 81 85) 43 . 2 i 107 t i i 100! 107 i i 135 4 72 1 , Paid ) , Closing ' Business Price. j done. 87 781. 9/ i f 8C 301 291 44 } 10G4 107 75 77 Si 35 NS 107 63 44 9S 100 130 134 134 136 111 1 1 6 1 lip 58 60 104 111 58 49 44 46 79 712 i D _ lu 146 IN ILI L TVA Y INTELLIGENCE. CALEDONIAN. The result of the poll demanded at the special meeting of this company held on Thursday, in Glasgow, was a majority of nearly four to one for the board. LOSTWITIIIEL AND FOWEY. The half yearly meeting of this company was held at Fowey on Thursday ; Mr. B. T. Head presided. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the contractors had made consi derable progress towards the completion of the line, and had now little to do beyond making the junc tion with the Cornwall Railway ; for .the last two months, however, the works had been suspended, the contractors declining to proceed further until they had received a certain money pay ment, which the directors were not in a position to give. These delays were much to be regretted, for there was, undoubtedly, an abundance of traffic awaiting them. He strongly urged the desirability of getting the whole of the preference shares taken up, so that the line might be finished. The amount expended to the 31st of December last was £34,610. The report was adopted, and the retiring direc tors and auditor were re-elected. LISKEARD AND CARADON. The annual meeting of this company was held at Liskeard on Thursday ; Mr. E. Geach in the chair. The report, which was adopted without discussion, stated that the company was in a favourable con dition, and recommended a dividend of 5 per cent. The engineer reported that the permanent way was in good repair. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday at the Kingsbridge terminus. Mr. William Houghton, who occupied the chair, moved the adoption of the report in a lengthened speech, in which he gave numerous statistics to show the prosperity of the company. The net surplus of the revenue for the half-year was £104,976, out of wlich the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 4f per cent. per annum to be paid to the pro prietors of the consolidated stock of the company, and a similar dividend on the preferential stock He spoke of the proposed purchase of railways by Government, and expressed his firm belief that the great benefits which were predicted by the promoters of the movement would not be realised. Seine shareholders also expressed themselves hostile to the proposed purchase. The report was unanimously adopted. CAPE. Mr. W. F. De Salis, Mr. 11. Kimber, and Colonel T. H. Sale, the consulting committee appointed at the general meeting of the Cape Railway Company on the 26th of April last, have just issued their re port as to the best steps to be taken to introduce the Cape Government to extend the railway system into the interior of the colony. The committee state in their report that the subject of railway communi cation in the Cape Colony has of late assumed a shape which cannot fail to create much anxiety in the minds of all persons interested i n th e f u t ure progress and permanent prosperity of th a t com munity. The question of railway extensi on i n t o th e interior has long engaged the att ent i on o f t h e Exe cutive and the Parliament of the colony. At first its importance was unanimously conceded, and in 1862 an Act was passed authorising certain exten sions to be effected, in order to carry out which the Government invited tenders for the construction of lines to Worcester and Malmesbury as extensions in connexion with the Cape Railway system. The terms, however, sanctioned by the Cape Parlia ment having failed to induce any contractor to undertake the construction of the p roposed l i nes, the Executive again, in 1866, brou g ht th e su bj ect of railway extension under the consideration of the Cape Parliament, recommending the concession of terms more in unison with the ascertained state of the market, but it was rejected. The committee are of opinion that while the railway is limited to its present length, and does not connect Cape Town with the more important districts of the colony, it cannot possess a good paying traffic. They state hat the Cape colony go t th e ir first line constructed virtually at an outlay o f £500,000, as they only pay 6 per cent. interest on th a t a mount, although the actual cost to the proprietors was £680,000. The guarantee being in addition to profits, it might fairly have been expected that the profit resulting from the working of the whole line would have been sufficient to pay 6 per cent. on the whole of the money expended on its construction ; but the short-sight e d pol i cy adopte d h as rendered this impossible, and while the dividend had lately sunk as l ow as 31 per cen t., the neces sity has now b een i mposed on th e s hareholders of foregoing fo r th e half year a ll re t urn on their capital, in order to redeem unsecured loans. Much of the extra cost of construction was forced by the Government themselves on the company, including a devious circuit of 14 miles of railway to Stellen bosch, which was now admitted on a ll h an d s t o be quite unnec essary. The recommendations of the committee are That a firm and respectful, but definite, represe n t at i on should b e ma d e by di r ectors, in the name of the proprietors to the Cape Govern ment—first, that public policy as.well as good faith towards the shar e h o ld ers of t hi s compan y, in th e i r capacity of public creditors of the colony, alike de mand that th e construction of the propose d exten sions to Worce s t er and Malmes b ury as or i g i na ll y authorised by the legislation of the colony should now no longer be deferred ; secondly, that, viewing the facts and circumstances in this report, the gua rantee ought, in common fairness and equity, to be extended to the whole of the moneys expended by the proprietors. Th at if the views of the committee are participated in by th e general body of s h are h o ld ers th e directors should, by every means in their power, diffuse these op i nions among the public, both in this country, i n H olland, in America, and at the Cape, and agitate the question until a fair, just, and generous consideration be accorded to the claims of individuals who have freely advanced their capital in order to confer the great public ad vantage of railway communication upon South Africa, but whose efforts in this respect have hitherto met with so poor a return at the hands of the colonists." ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. A meeting of shareholders in this company in the Bradford district was held on Friday at Bradford, to heSaward, the secretary of the a statement w i t h respect to the pro posed amalgamation between th at company and company,aa • from Mr. George the Anglo-American Compa ny. ipley, Pre s id ent of the Bradford chair. Ch l‘ a l m r. be i r i , o l c V cu . p l ied the Mr. SAWARD made an elaborate statement, ad verting to the origin and history of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and also of the Anglo-Ameri can Company, and then describing the efforts made in vain to effect an amalgamation of the two com panies. In answer to inquiries, M r. S awar d state d the average dailygress earni ngs o f the cables since the of the cu rrent year, in July, had commencement been £l,OlB, against the average d a il y earn i ngs o f £915 during the previous year. Under the higher tariff in November the number of messages was 2,332, and under the lower tariff in December the number of messages was 3,901, and in January 4,749. The gross revenue since July was £205,303, and, deducting 40 per cent., the meeting would arrive at an apiroximate revenue to be divided between the two companies. Mr. J. RoßiNsoN, who commended the step taken by the directors, moved a resolution, expres sive of full confidence in the directors of the At lantic Telegraph Company, and recommending those shareholders who could not a tt en d t h e meet °mPanYdi on the 25th i nst. to rem i t rectors before the 22d i ns t. their n eir of proxies tlie C to the Mr: S. L. TEE seconded the motion, and, as a shareholder in the Anglo-American Company, said that a simple act of justice was involved in the course proposed by the Atlantic Telegraph Company in issuing a new preferential capital of 10 per cent. per annum to enable them-to recover.posseasion and management of their two submarine cables. Mr. A. HARRIS, sent, moved a resolution, recom mending the shareholders to apply at once for the new stock of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, so as to secure the paying off the Anglo-American Company, and to bring the affairs of the Atlantic Telegraph Company under one management. Mr. J. APPLEYARD seconded the motion. Both resolutions were carried unanimously, and the CHAIRMAN, who belonged to neither of the com panies, said that he was so satisfied with Mr. Saward's statement, that he would, if allowed, gladly take shares to the amount of £5,000. Thanks were then presented to Mr. Saward for his valuable statement and to the chairman for pre siding. IMPERIAL PARMA AEN HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The Public Departments (Extra Receipts) Bill passed through committee. On the motion of Lord HCTHAII, a select committee was appointed to inquire into the origin and objects of the Military Reserve Fund. THE SCOTCH REFORM BILL. The LORD ADVOCATE brought up the Scotch Re form Bill, explaining that the franchise part of it would be based on the English Act. The borough franchise would be extended to all householders rated and paying rates ; and though he believed the case of lodgers to be amply provided for in Scotlend by the present rating laws, there would be, no objection to a clause to remove all doubt. In the counties there .would be an ownership franchise of £5 clear annual value, and an occupation franchise of £l2. There would be also provisions for securing fairness and unifoi - mity of assessment, which the Lord Advocate ex plained in some detail. Passing to the distribution clauses, he stated that thero would be seven new mem bers given to Scotland, which would be an addition to the aggregate numbers of the House. Of these seven two would bo given to the Scotch Universities, one to each of the counties of Ayr, Lanark, and Aberdeen, one to Glas gow (to be elected on the "representation of mino rities" principle), and one to a group consisting of Ardros ran, Coatbridge, Wishaw, Barrhead, Johnstone, Helens burgh, Kirkintillosh, and Pollockshaws, in the counties of Lanark, Renfrew, Ayr, and Dumbarton, and containing a population of 74,000. Further than this, it was proposed, to add Ilawick and Galashiels to. Haddington Burghs, and Alloa to the Stirling Burghs. Mr. BAXTER disapproved entirely the distribution scheme, and preferred rather to postpone the claims of Scotland to the new Parliament than to increase the num bers of the House of Commons. Scotland, he maintained, ought not to be treated as a separate kingdom, and there fore the members necessary to do justice to that country might be got either by taking the second member from English boroughs of between 10,000 and 12,000, or by de priving all boroughs under 5,000 of representation. Mr. SMOLLETT, though holding that the addition to Scotland ought to be obtained by diminishing the repre sentation of England and Ireland, and favourable to a reduction in the numbers of the house, exhorted the Scotch members to accept the offer made on the principle that half a loaf is batter than no bread. Sir J. OGILVY complained that the claims of Dundee to increased representation hat been pissed over. Mr. LAING argued that the practical question the house would have to decide was—should the numbers of the house be increased, or should the just addition to the re presentation of Scotland be indefinitely postponed? His experience last year taught him that it was hopeless to attempt to reopen the redistribution question in this Par liament. He was favourable to accepting this instalment of justice from the Government, and that, he asserted, was the prevailing sentiment in Scotland. Having eYamined the arguments against an increase of the house, concluding that there was no force in them, he criticised some of the details of the bill, and maintained that, on the principles of the act of last Session, A'serdeen and Dundee wero en titled to additional members. Mr. MONCRIEFF canvassed closely the distribution scheme, and asserted that the grouping part of it was a mockery, and oould never be accepted by the house. He ob jected, too, to the proposed increase of the house—the legiti mate source was the disfranchisement of the small boroughs The rating principle would create great inconvenience in Scotland ; and he suggested its omission from the bill and the insertion of some provision against the manufacture of fic titious votes. The details of the distribution scheme were unfavourably criticised by Col. Sykes and by Mr. M'Laren, who characterised the bill as much worse than that of last year, thongh he justified an increase in the numbers of the house, asserting that it ought to be to the extent of 15 at least ; and by Sir E. Colobrooke. Sir J. FERGUSSON replied to objections, dwelling on the difficulties of extending the disfranchisement of Eng lish boroughs, and of persuading English members to part with any English seats to Scotland, and exhorting Scotch members not throw away this chance of obtaining an increase in their numbers. Correcting the statement of the Lord Advocate, he explained that Ardrossan would not form part of the new group, but would be added to the Ayr Burghs ; and he defended the creation of new burghs by the importance of conferring the franchise on the work ing classes there. Mr. GRAHAM objected to the mode in which the con stituency of Glasgow was to be increased, and preferred to divide the city. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressed some surprise that Scotch members should talk of oppos ing a bill which contained the largest extension of the suffrage ever offered simply on the minor ground of the distribution scheme. The only principle of that part of the bill was an addition to the representation of Scotland, and the manner in which that addition should be carried out was a matter of detail to be settled in committee. The Government had no personal interest to serve either one way or the other. The representation of England, he maintained, was not disproportionate to population and property, and ho warned the Scotch members that if at any time disfranchisement were carried further in England the seats thus gained would be applied to perfecting the English representation, and would not be handed over to Scotland. Looking at the certain unwillingness of Eng lish members to deprive England of any portion of her re presentation, it would be wiser for Scotch members to unite in passing a moderate measure this year than to run after the "jack o' lantern" of what the Reformed Parlia ment would do for them. Mr. CRAITFURD and Mr. REARDEN made some observa• tions, and the bill was then read a first time. The house adjourned at a quarter past 9 o'clock. AIARKETS—(I his Day.) COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. SUGAR.—Deliveries have somewhat improved, and the stock is slightly reducing, being 61,300 tons, against 74,500 tons last year. The markets for both raw and re fined sugars are firmer, with an increased demand. COFFEE.—Clearances are still very satisfactory, but the quantity warehousing from late arrivals being large, the stock is kept up. The proportion of good Ceylon kind is, however, small, and for these was inquiry, stiffer rates being paid. TEA.—Public sales of China tea have opened with a fair competition. HAY. There was a full supply at Smithfield and Whitechapel this morning, and the trade was dull, the top quotations being maintained with difficulty. Meadow hay, 65s to 84s ; clover, first cut, 80s to 1008; second, 553 to 84s. Straw very dull, at 28s to 32s per load. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 18.—Market opens firm at yesterday s full prices. sales probably 15,000 bales or more. AQUATICS. THE CONTEMPLATED BOAT RACE BETWEEN OXFORD AND CAMDRIDGE. WITHDRAWAL OF CAMBRIDGE. The gloom cast over the University of Cambridge by the unhappy death of one of its most promising members bas resulted in the withdrawal of the Cambridge Univer sity Boat Club from the usual race with the sister Unive sity this year. This will, of course, inflict consider able disappointment upon those who look forward to the University race at Easter with feelings of the most lively interest. The Hon. Mr. Gordon, who rowed No. 4 in last, year's crew, was to have taken his seat in the boat on the day after tho calamity befol him, and the crew have not only to lament his loss as their most proficient oars mg,n, but the general depression consequent upon his un timely end has determined the withdrawal from the race this year, which we now formally announce. PROVINCIAL BANKING.—At the annual meeticg of the Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Company, a dividend and bonus amounting to 15 per cent. wore de clared. I was stated that there had been an increase in the business of the bank; the reserve fund consists of £53,000 Consols. THE FIRE AT ANTWERP.—The fire which broke out on Saturday at Antwerp was extinguished during the evening ; two vessels, containing 208 barrels of petroleum, were consumed by'the flames. The amount of the pro perty destroyed is estimated at 150,000 francs. The whole of the loss is said to be insured, partly in Belgium and partly in Dutch insurance companies. DEIIOLITION IN THE ClTY.—Another of the old landmarks, so many of which have of late been destroyed to give place to modern improvements, is doonied to immediate demolition. The Saracen's Head Hotel, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, celebrated in the old carrier and coaching days, was yesterday disposed of by auction by instructions of the Improvement Committee of the City of Loudon. COLONIAL LiOVEIINMEN'i SECUICITIE6. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872. ICan.Gov.6 p.c.J a.J J uly 1877-81 - - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. Do. 5 p. 0. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed Bk. I Cape G.llope, 6 p.c.1873 D0.Ap1.4.1L Oct .1890-11MI I I Do. do 1680-9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April, and 15 Oct., 1900 Nov. 1878, 6.p.( 130. 1871, Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July . . Do. 1878 ... 90. 1882, Mayls, Nov. IL, Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug ! Natal tiov. 6 per cent , N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Jul) N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•e.,186b! Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1878! Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1856; New Zealand, 6 p. cent! Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. 0 sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,0.1868-9i Do. 1878 & upwards Vic),Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, A pri 1 & Oct 98 100 100 102 100 102 88 87 b 5 87 103 105 107 1(9 1(6 108 1(5 107 P 6 97 11) 111 103 107 103 1(5 105 107 107 104 109 111 1(4 106 e 9 10 t , B :5j 00j 98 99 1(2 101 103 Its 110 111 110 112 861 5} 1111 121 Lit LI j()-N • SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day 4 , - LINCOLN RACES—This DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Speculum Calton Bluesk in Six ran. BROCKLESBY TRIAL. Indian Star Sir Oliver Problem Seventeon ran. INNKEEPERS' STAKES. Cater Buckingham LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. Indigestion Lady Zetland Artesian Twenty-four ran. GONE AWAY PLATE. Denmark , Rosette Marksman Twenty-two ran. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Orne Roving Maid Risk Nine ran. BROCKLESBY STAKES. Carieuse Hilda • Electricity ... , Twentw-two ran. LATEST BETTING AT THE ROTUNDA CLUB. BROCKLESBY STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Lure 4to 1 agst Sister to Veda 4to 1 aget Leila 7 to 1 agst Electricity LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 14 to 1 aget Fan 15 to 1 agst Alcibiade 25 to 1 agst Tusculanum DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken) ROTUNDA CLUB AND COMMISSION EXCHANGE, Three Doors from Blackfriars Bridge, Surrey Side, OPEN DAILY. Messrs. Fisher and Reynolds, W. Atkins, F. Mitchell and Co., W. Leach, and others, will bo in attend ance daily. Applications for membership may be made to any of the above gentlemen, or to the Secretary, 3, Black friars-road. Annual subscription, Five Shillings. N.D.—The wires of the Electric and International Tele graph Company are now laid on, and are open for trans mission of messages to all parts of the kingdom. RACING FIXT FEBR fI►.ES FOR 1868. JARY. Nottingham Spring 25 Derby Spring Lincoln Spring A t nstield Harrow L'verpooi Spring M 3 0 .elinsford Spring M 10 Surewsbury Spring 10 West Drayton l2 Warwick Spring Margate Epsom Spring Meeting 24 Oro/awl Park Northampton Bromley Spring 6 Durham Hendon l3 Newmarket Crayon 13 Knighton l4 Abergavenny Chester 5 Winchester York Spring Doncaster Spring Salisbury l4 JU. West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer Manchester 3 Ascot Summer 9 Beverley, Hull, and East Riding lO Windsor Summer Jl/ Chelmsford Worcester Summer 04rlisle 7 Newmarket July 7 Pontefract Reading Down loyal corp. l5 Liverpool July M. AIL. Catteriok Bridge l6 Lewes Spring Thirsk Curragh April 2l Newmarket Ist Spring 2" Bath Croydon Ist Summer Harpenden Epsom Summer E. Newton Hampton Newcastle 23 Bibury Olub 23 Stockbridge Alexandra Park 3O Ocliham, l6 Stamford Radcliffe .... Huntingdon 2l Nottingham July i Southampton Goodwood AUGUST. Dover Oxford Scarborough Canterbury Derby Summer Weymouth Lichfield Tunbridge Margate 3l MBER. Kelso l5 Hendon ll Monmouth Newmarket let October 22 Walsall 23 West Drayton 29 Royal Caledonian Hunt and Western 31 IBER. I Cheltenham l3 Ealing I Newmarket Houghton 19 Worcester Autumn. 27 :MEER 9 Pvickshire Hunt l7 STEEPLECHASES. FEBRUARY. Lincoln l9 Windsor Grand Military Harrow 2O an d Open . 2 7. Boston Derby Spring MARCH. Liverpool Spring 3 I Margate Shrewsbury Spring.-- 10 West Somerset 24 Grand Military l6, 17 Cheltenham .. . 26 Warwick l7 Southdown Hunt I Chertsey 2O Cambridge - --- APRIL. Grand National Hunt I Knighton (Bedford) 2 ' Abergavenny Roy.Artillery(Woolwich) 3 I Hambl e do n Bromley .. 6 ' Kildare Hunt Aldershot I Hendon - -- - OOTOBER. Bromley 1 I Ealing lb IHPERIAL PARLIAMENT --~--- HOUSE OF. LORDS.—(Tfus EvENiNp.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsopk at five o'clock. THE PROMISSORY OATHS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he should briefly move the second reading of this bill*. Their lordships would be aware that many oaths had been abolished which were very cumbrous. But there still existed oaths which were obligatory upon persons who were appointed to the highest and lowest official positions in the realm and which oaths, whether serious and frivolous, it was never intended should be carried out. There Was one oath taken by a gentleman-at-arms—(and he might state at this point that the caths to be taken occupied 300 pages of the Appendix of the Report of Commission on Promisiory Oaths—which declared that he would keep three double horses and two men, and would with himself and servants be always rzady in harness to serve the King. This was never, of course, intended to be acted upon, but he had in feivolous oaths a much more striking example. It appeared that the beadle of a parish was, besides going to public-houses and beer shops, to take all the pigs iu the district to the pound if they were found straying. The Commission on Oaths had advised the oaths of allegiance should be retained, and oaths of office should be abolished. With this lie agreed. He thought that the military, judicial, and official oaths ought to be abolished, although some of the greater oaths might be retained. Judicial oaths only to be taken by the highest functionaries, and thc.se taken by members of the house, which oaths should be turned into declarations. Of course secret oaths had to be taken ; for instance, by the assessors of the income tax. All oaths by this bill, except those he had mentioned, were proposed to be abolished, and those retained were mostly to be turned into declarations. That was the purport of the bill. Lord LY VEDEN, who was very indistinct, was un derstood to say that he thought it was perfectly absurd to ask a man to take an oath to do acts which it was per fectly impossible that he could perform. He considered himself that the oath of allegiance and supremacy was perfectly absurd. Of °purse, there could be no doubt of the loyalty of men in office to the sovereign. He considered that the official oath was entirely unneceriisary. With regard to the military oath, the officer had as much right to take it as the private. On the ground of religion and morality he should support it. Earl RUSSELL said that he approved of the bill as in troduced by the Lord Chancellor. He must, however, remark that for those oaths which were to remain it would be much better that they should be in a substantive form. With these observations he would say that he heartily con curred in the bill. The Bishop of OXFORD said that what he, as one of the Commissioners on Oaths, thought was, that the noble lord had been wrong when he said that oaths were use less. lie considered that they elevated the moral mind of the nation, and that the Coronation Oath, whereby a Chrif tian Sovereign swore to observe the duties of his position in presence of his spiritual lord, ought to be reverenced by all. DECEMBER. St. Albans 1 Ealing 26 I Kingsbury Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. tkustralla and New Zealand, via Boutliampton.....Feb. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles 22 Ditto, via Panama Feb. 48. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video March 5. Ditto, by French packet ••••• Fa. 22 Cape Verde, by Brazil packet ...... . March 5. Cape of Good hope. Asoension. and St. Helena Feb. 1.7 China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton—Feb. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 27 Falkland Islands March 5. dibraitar, via 50uthampt0n.......... • • Feb. 19 ludia, via Southampton ............. '" Ditto, via AlarseiLes . .Feb. 22 11.alta, Egypt, Jto. Feb. 19. Ditto, Marseilles Feb. 22. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Feb. 19 Southampton March 15 Ditto, Marseilles March 1 i ,Newfoundla n d ....... .......Maroh 5 Portugal Ditto, by priN i le ship to Oporto •• • Ditto t•tto to Lisbon United States, t anada, California, dm, Cy British packet - Feb. 17 Ditto, by L cited States packet Ditto ditto (New York/ Ditto ditto , New York) Ditto ditt'. (Baltimore) •• Ditto, by Canadian packet West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerin Feb. 16 W es t Indies and Paltic (except Mexico and Baba- mas) ...... . Feb. Cub. , and Mexico ...Feb. 28. SUICIDE OF LORD DERBY'S VALET.-otl Thurs day last a distressing suicide was committed at Knowsley. We understand that for some time past the second valet of Lord Derby has been engaged to one of the female domes tics at the hall, and that a marriage between them had been arranged, and was shortly to have taken place. Within the last few weeks, however, the deoeased became impressed with the delusion that he had been supplanted by anothe n her affections, and this circumstance preyed much upon hits mind. On Thursday afternoon he was found dead in his room, having apparently committed self-destruction by cutting his throat. An inquest was held on the body at Knowsley, on Frid a y, when an open verdict was re turned. The d e c e a se d, w ho had been for some years'• in his lordship's s erv i ce , was much respected—L iv erp ool Albion. Brighton Brighton Club 6 Lowes Summer 47 Wolverhampton ll Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 Egham lB Hastings York August SEPTJ Baden Warwick September Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster September 8 Brecon Richmond Hampton Autumn l5 OCT( Bedford 1 Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October 5 Chelmsford Autumn NOVI Shrewsbury Autumn Leamington and War koil. MA. ['LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. DODSON called the attention of the house to its legislation with respect to private bills, and moved certain new standing orders on the subject. He said the proposed changes would in no way affect the proceedings of that house, but that they would only come into operation after the bills had been proposed to thereon. The new orders would he felt be of the greatest convenience, and tend to simplify and facilitate e the passing of measures of a really practical nature, and prevent, to a great extent, the prosecution of bills, the objects of which were to harass established companies and create expense merely for the sake of incurring those n e expenses, pee consideration. ahou s sno e : , , fmidts interest sheiet t loeron h :rt e tssaiaoudoosfwenkf :etatfhe:h:crew wa:p, ceayota o ss: f o. voef t a: h e public being of very little or Mr. 0. CAVE approved o inl.e f tBdoo t 4o h af:b e lssars p oani proposed alterations. He o unndfgccohtlri sanctioning ini m r thBiaep, grantingwbr l n c thc billse grfeat for roeae re-enact f t ttahahhe an extension of time for their construction. Ho thought also that if the subject of competition was left for the considera tion of Parliament instead of ;being loft for consideration of theßoard of Trade much good would result from such an ar rangement. He thought that the last order with respect to estimates had better not be insisted upon at the present moment. He might just say that it was the purpose of the Board of Trade also to introduce a bill, enacting that the Wharncliffe meeting should be held before the bill IN as introduced into Parliament, instead of, as at present, hold ing the meeting of shareholders between the time of the passing of the bill from that house to the House of Peers. Lord HOTHAM asked that time might be allowed before the assent of Parliament was given at once to the proposed alterations. - Air. C. FOSTER moved the adjournment of the debate for a fortnight, by which time the house would have had ample time to consider the new orders. Mr. BOUVERIE seconded the motion for the adjourn meat. If the new orders were agreed to they would cause a complete revolutioa of the private business of that house. Mr. DODSON said ho should not object to the motion for postponement on condition that that day week they would come to a decision on the part of the proposed new orders. Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE hoped that the whole matter would be adjourned for the period mentioned by his hon. friend. The debate was ultimately adjourned for a fortnight. BRITISH SUBJECTS. Mr. FOSTER gave notice of his intention on an early day to call attention to the subject of the allegiance of British subjects 1% ho bad emigrated to foreign countries. DUNKELD BRIDGE. Mr. BAXTER asked the' Lord Advocate if it war cor rect that tolls both on foot passengers and carriages continue to be levied at the bridge of Dun keld by the Duke of Athole, although his right to do so had lapsed, and although the Post office authorities had for some time refused to pay for their conveyances which now pass free: if in consequence ofthat illegal imposition great excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood, resulting on Monday nightin the destruc tion of the toll-gate ; and, if her Majesty's Government in tended to take any steps in the circumstances. The LORD ADVOUATE said it was correct that tolls were still levied, but ho could not admit that the Duke of Athole's right to do so had lapsed. There had been a letigatiou between the Duke of Athole and the Postmaster- General, but it was thought the Duke was entitled to still take the tole, and he did not think Government ought to interfere. Those who thought the tolls were illegal ought to contest the matter. He begged to say he gave no opinion upon the legality of the matter. LAW OF MARRIAGE. Colonel BART TELOT asked the right hon. member for the University of Cambridge when the report of the Com missioners on the Law of Marriage would be issued. Mr. HARDY s id the report might ba looked for in about a week. THE REFORM. BILL. Mr. SCHREIBER asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, with respect to the " inhabitant occupiers" of parishes in which compounding acts are now in force, but the whole or part of which it is proposed for the future to include within the limits of Parliamentary boroughs, from what time the personal liability of such occupiers to the poor-rate will commence. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the first referred to was under the consideration of the Boun dary Commissioners; and with respect to the last in quiry, he thought the repeal of the Act in one parish would entail a similar step in the other. ABYSSINIA. In reply to Mr. FAWCETT, Sir S. NORTLICOTE said they had carefully avo id e d any alliance with Egypt in the proceedings th a t it h a d been found necessary to take in Abyssinia. It h a d b een necessary to ask for permission to pass supplies cc? Egypt, but nothing more had been done. The Egyptian troops had been recalled from Massowab, and the report of their further advance appeared to him, according to the latestinformation from Sir R. N a pi er , t o b e a l toget h er w ithout foundation. He had no knowledge that great want of water existed. Mr. MAQUIRE asked whether the Government had any information relative to King Theodore going to the prisoners, as reported in the newspapers. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said he had not. [LEFT SITTING]. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty his afternoon : Samuel M‘Bean, assist.-surgeon (additional), to the Wellesley; Samuel E. Lade, assisa.nt-paymaster, to the Mersey ; Alnnutz Triow, surgeon, to the Bristol ; Frederick Nailland, midshipman, to the Achilles ; Wm. B. Rennell, sub-lieutenant, to the Beacon. LONDON GAZE T TE.-THIS EVENING. WALES'S CO THE PRINCE °P FEB. 15, 1868. U NCIL CHAMBER His R oya l Highness the Prince of Wales has been pleased to di re ct letters patent to be p asse d under the Seal Lfth Duchy of Cornwall appointme n t Ed ward Coode, of inteAustell, Esq., Sheriff of the county of Cornwall. WHITEHALL, FEB. 15. The Queen has been pleased to _present the Reverend William Hector Lyon, M.A., to the Vicarage of Sherborne, in the county of Dorset, and diocese of Sarum, void by the resignation of the Reverend Edward Huston. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Gardiner Austin, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for ,the colony of of Hong Kong. AD, FEB. 17. a.Mr. H enry Laughr M ia has IRALTY thi, day been promoted to the rank of Fir s t Cl ass Assistant Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 13th February, 1868. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FM 17. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a despatch Lora her Majesty's Minister in Japan, reporting that the foreign representa tives in that country have given their assent to an arrangt meat with the Government of the Tycoon, by which tha opening to foreign trade of the city of Yedo and the port of Neegata is deferred till the let April next, instead of taking place on the Ist January last, ou which date the five years postponement allowed by the London agreement of June, 1862, expired. INDIA, CHINX, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tanjore, with the heavy portion of the above mails, arrived at bouth atnpton yesterday. She brings 96 passengers, £74,430 in specie, and 3,820 packages in cargo, including 1,400 bales raw silk, value £130,000 sterling. FATAL COLLISION IN TILE CI:IAN:NIEL—Late oa day night a serious collision occurred in the pull stream, off Ramsgate, between the Lena (screw steamer), Captain Jackson, bound to Londun from Odessa., and the ship Superior, Captain B ennin g ton, outward bound to Carthagena, and resulted in the latter immediately foul.- daring with two of the crew, who perished. ... 2 1p50... 1 , 2 3 2 3 , 1 2 , 3 tire 20 at at 100 190 100 100 1( 0 100 100 1031 10.ik 951 8 104