The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-23 00:00:00

. . EVEXING, DECEMBER 23 . . . . THE SUN, LONDON , WEDNESDAY , • f 1868. _ ...,..arvis.rm.. ~......44- ' , . a. .....---------ar .---.--------- MtITISII FEJAD-TWO O'CLOCK. SHARE LIST, BANKS MONEi ELARTiET GOVERNMENT FUNDS. Closing Business CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. 3per Cent. Consols _AND STOCKS. Share NAME, P a id. P r i ce done • p 10 Agra Limit e d, A . all 111 121 AND Ditto for Account, a br• CO IMERCIAL INTELLIGEI.4O2I , 1 per Cent. Reduced 924 I xd 10 Do B lO 51 I .hare Railways. Paid. Closing Business' Price. done. 50 Albion New 3 per Cent --....-- - -...•••••,101........ New 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 - ' Do. 5 per Cent. ~ an. 1873 - st Caledonian ........• ... 100 734 714 74 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 18 19 a t Cambrian Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. - all 31 31 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 difficulty in the East. It is certain that he has had inter- ] CITY, Two o'CLooK. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885... 125 6 20 Cornwall et Dublin & Belfast June lO9 77 'i 0 40 Australasian )ec. 22. Business to-day was still on the improve, and Do (lied Sea Telet,raph), Aug., 1908... - Exchequer Bills, £l,OO O , 2 per et - Pm st Dan„Perth, & Ab. June... 100 90 7 2.1 East London all 7 9 2 '2O Bank of B r i t i s h Columbia.. all 11 13 20 Do issu e d at 2 pm.....,... 6 . . ... views with the Austrian, Prussian, Russian, and English ambassadors, and the official journals continue E s Reveet . ' Consols were the turn higher. American Stocks Do £5OO - --- 25 Bank of E g y pt were inquired for at better prices than yesterday, Do. £lOO & £201) - pm 21 Do 10 - - 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 1 241 2 et Glasgow &S. Western.. 100 90 Cl 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 33 ing to a despatch received by the Avenir National from is Louise , but with respect to railway shares the market was Do. account B Auk of England Stock, 4per Cent - it Great Eastern . .01 91 411 411 1 et Do. E. Angl. No. 2.... 100 7 8 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 83 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 London, Lord Clarendon has been informed that the very quiet. The demand for money was good, but st Great North of Scotland.. 100 15 ;6 10 British North American ... all 81 b 3 French Minister is about to submit a project to all the liming. - .st Great Northern .. 100 106 107 1051 6 20 Chartered of India, Austra rinee and the rates were not lower. Inter-ColonialCnad a 4pe rC O eu m t ia ß m o m nds INDIAN GOVERNMENT SEcuEITIEs. st Do. A stock lOO 107 109 lia, End China all 20 21 Powers, and that both diplomatists have, in consequence, ( red Prioce Consols are 925 for money; ditto, for Ac- et Do. 11 atock lOO 124 126 23 Chartered Mere. of India, entered into active negotiations. But the Journal de Paris India Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874... Shut st (RS, and W. 01 Ireland lOO So 97 Loudon, and China all 291 301 al at Ne t ' count, 924 I ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 9 2 4 4; New Do. Op enin g , for Account - -sr. Gt. Western -Origina1.. 100 48.1 481 451 20 City Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Three per Cents, 924 45 ; ditto 25 per Cent., Jan., - a. Do. NV. Mid.-Oxiord.. 100 15 28 10 Conaolidated, lim 50 Delhi and London, lint - be much more speedy in its operations. Do. 4 per Cont., Oct. 1888 1894, 745 ; Exchequer Bills £l.OOO, 25 per Cent, Do. Certificates 50 East London, km 5 11 91 Apropos to the Eastern difficulty, I may mention that 'S. par ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 241 Do. Enlaced l'apri 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 , 9ll - et Lancashire & a oreelare.. 100 1271 1284 1281 74 st Lou., Brigh.,& S. Coast.. 100 46a 494 its/ 100 Do Scrip . •• all - - 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ... 20 English Bank ef Rio de Ja- the Emperor has received the new Greek Plenipotentiary, dull JO' , 401 2. Do. 51 per Ce.rlt. May 1879 1094 et lon., Chat., and Dover.. 100 16; 171 . 164 neiro. lint lO 15 pr Rozos Rangabe. He has come on a secial mission to I - was flo e, India Stock, 10 1 per Cent., Ap ril, 1874, shut ; DO 5 per Cent., Map. Dpb. 187') et Do. Metrop. Ex. A.... 100 - -- 20 English, a cott i s h, and Atha -, p Do. do. 1877 - st Lon. le North Western.. 100 112 1121 112 114 4 tralian Chartered still net ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1124 ; ditto En- Do. do. 1882 - et Lon. A South Western.. 100 b 7 be tit Sian., Shel., & Lincoln.. 100 471 46 47 284 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... - and to persuade it to embrace the " grand idea." His I was yell . faced Paper 4 per Cent., 915 ; ditto 55 per Cent., IL. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~.... - Do. Bonds, 4 per Cont., £l,OOO pm st Metropolitan .. . luo 1(21 153 1024 3 at Do Extension .. .. 100 98 100 Kt 28/ Do 100 Imperial, lim new si 1 i 20 17 1 errand is not a very promising one. The policy of France 0 on this question has been kept pretty secret, but at / 52 deg . ; - May, 1879, 1091 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 1 prem. ; Do. under £I,OOO 15 lonian all 27 29 any rate it is not tainted with much sympathy for lather 1 0 ditto under £l,OOO, par. FORHICIN FUNDS-TAO O'CLOCK. st Metropolitan Distriet. all - - P.) Metrop. 6 t. John's IN 00l 6 - - 25 Do new i p 1p Greece. and ga les In the Foreign market Mexican Bonds improved Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent - • at 1)o, eirmin. & Derby.. 100 79 81 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 78 82 To-morrow the Marquis de Lavalette will send to all mills WO 4, the price being now 15 154 ; New Spanish has Do., Scrip £45 paid ..• st N .n.tu British . ..... .... 100 32 33 30 London Bank of Mexico - French representatives abroad the circular announcing s Malta' Cir. gone up 5, and is now quoted 324 325, and Turkish Aultrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 634 Si 1)0. Nu., rth., & Dun... 100 - - and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 31 32 his advent to office. It will, however, be a purely formal e st Nor. Eastern-Berwick.. 100 aBel 100 094 at sowing Five per Cents. are 385 385 ; Italian Five per - 25 Do. G. N.E pur0he5e..16.13.4 - - 20 Do . new 71 6 4 5 1 document. Cent., 1852 Brazilian 5 per Cent - at Do Leeds. ...... ....... 100 54 65 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 7 9 condition ha s b illustrious been en is such erac:r thatllater taegl ye, , he Princei s i is India n d is unable p os Napo-e tdo. L 1 a baC k- 554 56 ; Greek, 124 12 ; and Egyptian Seven per 00 . 4 4 Per Do. do. 1858.... - st Do York been Ye l l Cents., 72,1 734. Do. do., 1860 - St Do Carlisle .. 50 London and County 2O 30 61 ii i v c e e o e r n se , ' o i f n w f anyone. h a o c m t li il t Anothertilse d - tat all th e The Honduras Loan is somewhat in demand, as Do. do., 1863 - et Do Stoc a 216 . D;a1ing... 1(0 le7 129 st North Louion - Do. 5 per Cent., 186 b - 50 London Joint 5t0ck......... 1 85 36 V is quoted, 895 905. 784 10 Do New 1868 20 London and South African al 1 , 12 grieultaral Do Account at North Staffordshire...... 100 54 64 The Italian Scrip is 225 prem. ; Azof Scrip, 325 B aenos Ayres 6 per Cent. - st North and S.-W. Reaction 100 103 105 100 London & S.-Western, lim 20 ... ... . , Such an annus funestus is almost unparalleled in the 1 announces that further trouble between the 1 : autumnal Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) - 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... .. 50 London & Venezuela, lim... 121 ... ..• his T t h or e y p o i f v F ne r e ance. ded. 00 dis. ; and the Krementschug Loan is 215 dis. - at Rhymney D'hOUt tb 3 American Five-Twenties have improved. The Cuba, . 6 per Cent. Cuilian 6 per Cent - st Shropshire Union l. 0 55 a 3 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 62 83 100 Merchant, lint st South Devon ,d at eigh t price now quoted is 74 744 •; the Bonds of 1885 are no. 4i per Cent - st South Eastern lOO 79 7.4 10 Metropolitan, km 100 Midland, lim.. all 61 71 The inhabitants of the kingdom which solately belonged to t baroMetet ;better, viz., 725 724 ; and the Ten-Forty Bonds, Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 6 per cent. 1867 - 964 20 Staines, Wok'hain, & Wok. all 12 le at eau Vale .. 4 2 3 King George have resolved, if the project of sequestration r,rlc 71. 715. Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 any NV" - 100 National Provine. of Eng'd 42 ... ... be carried out, to subscribe a sum sufficient for the main st Waterford & Kilkenny lOO - - 10 Do 20 New South Wales • •42 ... _. ar advice s In the Railway Share Market Caledonians are 4 C loubian, 6 per Cent. - i 0 Waterloo & Whitehail.. 6 - - tenance of their late monarch. —..• 50 National. - stated' better, Great Western 5, Great Northern A -4- Dan isn, 3 per . Ce . nt.,.1 . 825 47 Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent - - - - - . all 42 44 The Imperial yacht J6rOme Napol6on has been then drie r North Western 5 ; but Great Eastern are 146 Do 8 per Cent 1867 .1 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCIE - S. - 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 481 made the corpus vile of a new experiment. es." Fr olll lower, Great Northern 5, Metropolitan 5, Midland Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. - at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 88 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 6 44 The principle of the velocipede has been applied h Eayptian, 7 per Cent •.• - st Caledonian Qrs , No. 2 l9O ... ... 100 Provincial of Ireland 23 91 93 to navigation with considerable success, the Jdrome Areather i 5 5, and South Eastern 5. The prices are as fol- 150 Second Issue .. .. - at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent. 100 ... . 10 Do now. all .• .. has fa lows :-Caledonian, 74 4 ; Great Western, 484 I ; Do. Xstot Bonds - st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c.... 100 ... ... st Do. do. 7 per cent. 100 ... _. 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa., lim 25 1 . 4 12 Napoleon making six knots an hour against the t 100 Do • issued at 6 pm. 10 ... . . Do. £lOll Bonds ..... 83 wind. The velocipede, like everything else that becomes o dd • s t i ll Great Eastern, 415 4 ; Great Northern, 105, 5 t Do. do. Ordinary... 100 73 II a- 25 Union of Australia all 48 49 484 74 0 e , Do. 1864 - at Do. Midland - the "rage," has developed into a nuisance. It is the bane .e of equestrians and the horror of the infirm, frightening ti 6 ; ditto A, 1074 to 108 1; Lancashire, 127 4 to 84 ; Do. Account - at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... ... 50 Union of London l 5 874 2il 'rust 010 Metropolitan, 1024 4 ; ditto Extension, 985 995 ; , Do. £5OO Bonds- Do. .£IOC Bonds B5 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua... all ... ._ stj Dundee, Perth, and Aber- • MISCELLANEOUS. horses and knocking down old women with equal impar exuberaot c l : 4 ; Fro st , Midland, 1124 1125- ; Sheffield, 474 i • ; North crip, 73; i deen J unction lOO 105 107 10 Angle-American Tel., lint all 2f 211 211 1 tiality. It has been interdicted iu all the public gardens. English S ' - 1868 at Do. Ist Class preference... 100 ... ._ 10 Angle-alediter. Tel., 1im.... 10 4 ap lually elih' British, 32 5 ; North Western, 1114 12 •; North Do do. £45 pd - dis et Was. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct.. 10u ... ... 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all li 16 Mdlle. Patti has given her farewell performance at the P Government Railway Debentures 96 5- 2 ., at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 97 100 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 27 29 28 Italiens. The operas selected were the " Sonnambula " h 3ss fal mur ; Eastern, 994 100 ; South Eastern, 784 5 ; Chatham at Do do N 0.2 100 96 VO t Greek 5 per Cent., 1824 - 5, ex Coups . - st Do. 8 per cent. d labour . and Dover, 164 17 ; Brighton, 485 4. Do. Account • . st Do do 6 per cent 100 106 108 25 Australian Agricultural ... 201 lb 17 and the " Traviata," the last act of the former and the m 6; Tbe In American securities Eries have risen 4, to 26 Do. Coupons a :-- , Do. Account - st Do do B 6 do. 100 •.• •.• Finance, lint. 61 of OW . 265 ; and Illinois Central Stock is firm at 95 955. '...stuatemala 5 per Cent .. - st Do do C 7 do. 100 ••• ••• st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim. 9 7 ad regu'ar free fight for the seats. Patti is going to St. o Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd 89/ at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 10 Berlin Water Works, lim. all 131 141 10 Do. New e 8 51 Petersburg. ti Wind SO iometer 5 0 st Do Norfolk b p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... ~, 100 Boickow Vaughan, lim. are 394 394, and Consolidated Mortgage Bonds Jo, Account .., Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 st Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... .., 5 Bombay Gas, lint. C h Do Maremmana Railway - at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 , ~ , doubt too much 41 414. 5 Do. New 4 It 01 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... ~, less remember the incident-has been rewarded by the - 51 British American Land 44 16 18 ..„,se , , at Do 4 1 do do do 100 .., ~, at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint. 100 167 172 Emperor with £4O. A free pardon is to follow. ti y par the Anglo-American Telegraph shares have declined Account 53Ditto for filex . icaL. 3 per Cent 15 st Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... _, 20 British Indian Tea, lint.... all 21 31 fell 111 - I, being 214 5 ; the Eight per Cent. Preference, Do. 1864 st Do Leeds, Bradford, and 20 British Ship Owners 7l . . ... The Unita Cattolica estimates that Queen Isabella has il i le o 34 4 ; and Atlantic Telegraph Original is 28 29. Do 8 per Cont. Anglo-French Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... ... 29 Canada Company all 67 72 created 519 Ministers, or one every twenty-four days; Ni be v- ° st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... ~, a ci• alontevideau 6 per Cent. . 10 Canadian Loan and Invest our - * In Bank and Miscellaneous shares the prices re- Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada - (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 20 Ceylon'Company, lim conti eti° 1 main as last quoted. st; Gt. West.-Orig.& J nt.-Rentb Do 3 per Cep folders t° at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 pa- 100 9a 100 25 City of London Real Pro- the gallantry of Lieutenant Cecil Johnson, the English atl Bank Bank yesterday. Do. D ost Do du , e j per cent. 1850.- 100 81 88 S 1 perty, lim 8 41 81c1 officer who is so indefatigable in the destruction of Chinese ;es Land pefer W 7ed arrants (Hectares) I - r ain st Do du 4 do do ... 100 76 78 76 71 30 City of Milan Improv. lim. all 510 heal . - About £657,000 in Australian gold is now on Peruvian 5 Per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 794 4 st Do do 5 per cent. redem. 100 93 95 25 City of Moscow Gas, line.. all 2 8 pirates. J y big li. the way to this country, of which about £190,000, at Du do Birmingham gua.. 100 65 70 50 City Offices, lint 25 21) 23id very du pref... 100 ~, ... "We learn through Saigon," says the Patrie, " that the St Do do 50 Colonial, line Yorks hire by the Benvenue and Yorkshire, is fully due. The Do. do. Porteguese 3 per Ct., 1 1 8 8 6 5 7 1, '6, 7, '9;60;2,', 375 8 5 st Do do Chester eue. lOl ... ._ o• Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid- at Do do do a'per cent. 100 150 160 Do. 50 Commercial anion (Assur) 6 • p tp 5 746 w i t h strove former has been at sea 99 days, and the latter 89. st Do do du 5 do 100 95 100 coming to the throne the strongest desire to keep up the hlO Company of African Mer -1 11 0 - at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ,„ ,„ the 11 ' According to present appearances, any arrivals lt u p s s o i 3, 4 n i p s e p r e c r e C n e t. nt l ., Bs l o B22, .£ St chants, lint. 5 id' 7B l st Do do 4 1 p.c lOO ••• •.• 20 Continental Union Gas, line all 171 181 an at e ) • will be sent into the Bank, there being no inquiry et Do do 4 1 185 a lOO , , 25 Copper Miners of England, Cl II on D D o o tippeerr Cent., 1859 1860 1859 85/ st Do do b 1.0 pref. 71 per cent. 10 w e. for bullion for the Continent. Do 5 per Cent., 1862 st Do West Mid.-Oxford Ist g. 10J li/3 112 THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. 100 Corporation of London a: ht." I l° Sir John Lubbock, as hon. secretary of the Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £100Bonds.„,„ 89a at Do do 2d gua. 100 106 108 Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent. all 104 105 -e. l] tar e Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0...,, - at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 33 92 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 104 1031 METEOROLOGICAL riEroras. mi nera Committee of London bankers, has announced that Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds - st Do do 2,1 do 100 ••• ••• 100 Do. 1832, 4f per cent. all 1031 1041 ' deg doh £B4 los. do - at Do gua. 11 per cent. 1863 100 eter 4. , at a meeting held yesterday it was resolved that as Do.• 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 14 24 ' o 'lsD o Nicolas Railway 654 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ••• ••• 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lint. 10 3 2 d Extreme Sea ti [ us at 1 31 0 .0 far as possible the various banks shall be closed on . at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 st Crystal Palace lOO 19 21 21 Wednesday, I ...a rE F. olt Sardinian a par Cent st Do Barnsley, £5 Ss 10d p.c. 100 . . at Do. Preference lOO 93 101 Dec. 23, B. T. , a . ,-: W. Ita F. D. W It. to 80rate thi A Saturday next at one o'clock. . Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren) - st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 13 0 . 136 at Do. 6 P. c Perpetual Deb. 109 105 110 8 a.m. " 12 9 k fl,e- - at Do 44 (Blackburn purcha 100 97 190 1 wells, - Although the intelligence from the Levant pre- 20 Darjeelin a a, lim. ... .•• - ~ aillo oDoo Account 1862 • -- at London & Brighton, Ip. c. I 0 Eastern Assam, him. Nairn 2BBBr. 41j 39 S.W. 2 4 &S.W. cab. - 1 it 312 0 y„.., , Bents no new point of a reassuring character, the - guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ..4 •• • 50 East Indian Land Credit Aberdeen .. 28'96r. 39 (38 Z. 0 3 S. Oa - 2 rri DB St Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO .., , , and Finance, lim - -, hay 10 impression in the City becomes stronger that the Do. Account Spanish 3 per Gen ' - at Do 6 do do lOO Shields .. _. 29'0Cf. 391 38 N.W. 2 2 W. C. - 3 a , ' do Do. 1867 - ••• • • • 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 13 Scarborough 29'03f. 40 •40 W.S.W. 1 3 S.W. c.bo - 2 " the trade great Powers will not allow the quarrel between Do. Account I 324 4 at Do 5 do Ne. 4. 100 ... ••• 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Yarmouth.. 29'06f. 42 41 S.W. 3 5 S.S.W, raga o'2B 3 N st Do 7 per cent IM O af, ••• ..• Coal, lim. - 1 Turkey and Greece to proceed to the extremity of Do. New Deferred - st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 ... „, 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Cuxhaven .. I 1 : 100 Do. Account - - - - - - - --- w I kgrina- .. wr. St London, Chatham, &Doter 20 Egyptian Corn. & Trad. lim 6 51 5 , 1 Ardrossan .. 29'02r. 45 43 S.W. 2 7 S.W. am o'o3 3 w : A fOi. Do. Passive 5 per cent lOO ... .„ . Green castle 28•96 r. 41 40 S.W. 3 4 S.W. e. o'o2 - p 4 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 109 237 242 es P A L A "' A good effect has been produced, both in America Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded ... - at London and tI.W., C. and 10 Do. New 8 10 12p Holyhead .. 29'07f. 44 43 W.N.W. 2 7 S.S.W. o. 039- al Do. Account Liverpool .. 29 15r . 45 43 S.W. 2 2 B.W. o. o'o6 1 Nuneaton 6 per cent lOO 109 111 3 Eng. & o Austral. Austral. Copper, lint 21 a A :6 3 . 11'. if and here, by the resolution condemnatory of repu- Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan - st Do Bedfords& Cambridge... 100 8 91 Valentia .... 29•15 r. 44 42 W. 5 6 W, rho 0*23 5 ell • 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 6 4 a Cape Clear.. '2912r. 45 42 W.S.W. 5 6 W. C. tele 4 F Was b a g diation and of President Johnson's suggestions, - st Do Shrewsb'y & Weleinal.. 100 88 91 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lint. 8 . .. ci Roche 'a Pt. 29'14r. 40 39 W.N.W. 2 7 SW. c.ba0.25 2 barley 13 just honourably passed, by the House of Represen- 1868 DoDo Government, 1864 do, 941 at Loudon and a.-W 7 p,c. late 3d shares, lOO 143 146 10 Fairbaarn Engineering 6 11 144 Penzance .. 2918 r. 45 45 W. 3 6 W.S.IV. 0.rc'0•46, 3 a 2 1 9989 91 9 1 1 i ..... 4444 4 6458 5 tj,,, 4444443634 W.S.W.,N. . 11N . vv 1 . N .. " v . v. 934 2 1 1 811 5 ss N.N. v. W.N.W.V brrc....i.f.:1,100100...:0203363,31_643 th " w i , 20 Fore-streetWarehouseaim. 12 pr 1p g tbi 3 Do . ,do, Scrip Pix .eturn- tatives. This resolution ought to set at rest the- . 25.6 d. Do (Portant. peril ans. 2s6d) all ... . . 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and au k o l p e y nre y in tdG. mio n u : u t : n th ie.b . z : Ingl e Turkish 6 per Cent. St Man., Shea, & ',mein. 6 p.c. 100 111 117 Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 834 841 s l i V wv ... 88 5 8 58 IV Bs . : Ei lvv . a : V. o rr r ... ‘ 1 ,0 00.. 0 59 3 11 ' 3 55 lark - vexed question of the form of redemption of the DJ Account - 6Do £6 all par 1 pa t 50 Gellivara, lim 2O _ „ American debt. Do 6 per Cent. 1858 ••• - St Do 31 per cent lOO GO 65 10 General Credit & Dis., lira. 71 1 2 'll , Do Account B R rir o °e c sr l i ti e e 1 f . ' o t• rt : : *: .: 2 292 9 9. ' 2 4 28 a . 4 45° 8 81 : 4 6 2 th .g. Great inconvenience has been experienced in the . Do £lOO Bonds - st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c... 100 130 1'35 st Do Bristol& lame, 6p. C... 100 1 0 133 50 Home & Col Marino In. him. 5 41 31d ,raES C half-monthly settlements at the Stock Exchange in Do 6 par Cent., 1862 - st Du 41 per cent. redeem._ 100 97 so 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... .., 20 Hudson's Bay all 131 131 Biarritz .... 29'76r. 54 49 S.W. 8 - - r. 'o'o4 l 6 Corunna..,. - - - - - - - W 1 Do Account - • sti Do 41 per cent. irredeem... 100 97 ea 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar- Brussels .... - - - - - - - - to the foreign department, through the practice of Do .£IOC Bonds 624 3 st Du Leicester & I.l.'eliu, 4 P.C. 100 81) 01 seilles, line - - - - - _.. _ _ r ins P ee „ adjusting differences by the taking in or lending Do 5 per Cent. 1865 - st North Uritish, a p.c. No.l.- 100 ... .., 25 Indo-European Tel., 1hn.... 10 ... ... 13 3 ' at Do E. SiG. 4p.c. S. & D... DV Ithata e Upon stock instead of by tickets as iu the railway Do Account - - 20 Interna.aluaneial Soc. lim. 5 11 11 Toulon ... a .9111. 48 - N.W. 7 4 S.S E. m.f. - 5 at Do N. 8., Nu. 2, a per een.t.. 100 b 9/ Do p 6 per Cent., c 1860 6ll 1 20 Interns. Laud Credit, lim. 6 64d Heart's Con-! 1 th th BO r o share settlements. The question has been once or Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed to St N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 A p.c.... 100 8 . 6 8i 20 Italian,lrri.Nltual Cavour) all,/ 31 4 local time) - I- I - - -- - - __ _ re r dePa r ~ . twice brought before the committee, and yesterday Venezuela 3 per Cent.; - st Du 41 ner cent. redeem__ lid) , JA ,i.: teJ r ins P ee r , Ithatu 133 o th BOro r deP" rt ' r s for ro• r- ;,, t he )ops Eio9of 0 A. meisting,'e of ; dal 1‘15`..-15, 2d f t°Y of o..faer die j tion ; ) their Great inconvenience has been experienced in the half-monthly settlements at the Stock Exchange in the foreign department, through the practice of adjusting differences by the taking in or lending upon stock instead of by tickets as iu the railway share settlements. The question has been once or twice brought before the committee, and yesterday it was resolved that the arrangement shall hereafter be by tickets. There was a report yesterday that an injunction had been obtained against the Metropolitan Dis trict Railway restraining the directors from opening the line. 'This turned out to be incorrect, but it transpired that proceedings had taken place before Vice-Chancellor Malins in connection with the subject, the application being made by the gover nors of the poor of Emanuel Hospital. It was de ciped on the claim for land that the directors must deposit £10,475, with interest at 5 per cent., in the London and Westminster Bank. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 f Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent.: Do. Ace• ant Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Do Account Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 554 6} TWO O'CLOCK. Consuls, Money 921 4 id Do. Account, Jan. 5.... 924 xd n jell) [ 7 wev tted i, kill 51.01, this De r9+ nisc hive ll ie The t d, pp r opo • ccogini, t he ite, t he ed. A the air b O / IP ,jog con 3 P t li voted n a nd Lnesseo, ' 1, rielafitted iit and le of owes , i s 3 rof ing SLIC A P ittr Jing• e fer t vessel 35 Ao, to rote, e ° n es' ons3a9 ' re , t h° foa ti v g A elle" lieli ee tr acer° W. $ r et a t the for' lith the ICee ter je c' her P ° be w ill ea tl3 grati t 15 Da f ter war°oo ernea s , S A [ns peci , ' t (1 *oteri clerj Si t cl°l s tat e boY° Up to Monday, Dec. 21, 673 miles of the French Atlantic cable had been manufactured and certified by the engineers. The Stock Exchange committee have appointed Monday, the 28th inst., a special settling day on the Allotment Scrip of the £2,000,000 new 5 per cent. guaranteed capital of the Great Indian Penin sula Railway Company, which is to be officially quoted. Of the £BOO,OOO six per cent. mortgage bonds of the Pennsylvania Railway Company, for which tenders were invited, about £140,000 was subscribed at or above the minimum price, which was fixed at 85. .• 0 0 11 !nlOu' . ; a roi v . ,/ ,n k 0 9 o le o ( he tell Diø e) an e w e e tt 3ry 01 o f 174 :e 11% 9 giv io For oil: ci a ie . nanY bi tof ) ed i° pc ° i fro bandy f he 01 0 c, „1 ,1 or 11ti . 0 it, o p rgao ,if ° f,4 1i1141511, oe.or ty tb:7,c,At i: o i l ! , to ils e f a v'fel, nt a tl iveg fee/ 4 ,ruse' $ t the r, r 11) .01 ( flo , s , irSo r J 0 5 '4 30$ oVllO ° 01 of P o lle t t P. 3 tyo f !tog, o' „„tirP ) ,0 1 / vo to dl0w" 1 didco rbtl'" ° of illo‘" The Anglo-Hungarian Bank have declared an interim dividend of 6s. 10d. sterling per share. The directors of the National Provincial Bank of England have again voted a bonus of 10 per cent. to all their officers and clerks on their salaries for the present year. The Master of the Rolls has made an order for the reduction of the capital of the international Financial Society to £1,500,000, divided into 150,000 shares of £lO each, with £5 paid thereon. The order may not possibly be drawn up before the holidays, so that the actual registration of the re duction may perhaps be delayed for two or three weeks ; but, apart from these technicalities, the Matter is complete. The Baltic Coffee-house will be closed on Satur day next. In Mincing-lane the sugar market will be shut from Thursday next till the sth of January, and no further public sales of coffee will be made till the 6th. At the meeting of the Ceylon Company (Limited) a dividend was declared at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, free of income tax. A general meeting of the Mexican Railway Com pany (Limited) is convened for the 30th inst. It appears from the following note that the money -lenders who obtrude their services on youths in the army or at college continue actively at work. Probably Christmas time and the close of the year, when debts accumulate, constitute a great period for these circulars : " London, Dec. 22. "Sir,—The enclosed circular has just been re ceived by my son, who is a freshman at Trinity College, Cambridge. " Such a system of presenting temptation to young men should be exposed, and I am sure you would be rendering a service to society by giving Publicity to it. "Your obedient servant, " S. L." " Carlton-chambers, 8, Regent-street, S.W., London, December 18, 1868."' MARKE7 S-2111S DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. December 23 .—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market quiet and unchanged. " Sir,—l shall have much pleasure in advanc ing you any money you may require on your note of hand only, on much lower terms than those Usually charged. " ' Should security be given, I am prepared to e ntertain proposals at 5 per cent. per annum for a long or short period. Advances made pending ne gottation. MARK LANE. At Mark-line this morning there was a thin attendance of the trade. English wheat was in quiet demand at steady prices: Foreign moved off in retail parcels without altera tions in the quotations. Flour quiet. Oats are firmer with a fair inquiry. SMITHFIELD AND LEADENHALL. The supply of dead meat is large, and prices are rather lower. The beef trade is heavy, and a decline has taken place of 2d per stone. The mutton trade is a trifle firmer, and veal and pork are unchanged. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. " In all transactions the greatest confidence is observed, and communications will receive imme diate attention. " Yours, most obediently, The demand continues good for the best descriptions. English regents, 60s to 120 s; York ditto, 70s to 160 s; Lincol❑ ditto, 70s to 100 s ; Scotch ditto, 70e to 1208 ; Daubers, 80s to 140 s ; French, 40s to 60s per ton. MONEY IN NEVADA —The Virginia (Nevada) En rerprise has the following :—" Parties from White Pine tell " , G. M. SIMPSON. " ' No commission or agent's fees charged.' " it as a fact that in the towas in that region lumps of silver ore are used as a circulating medium, and are found to answer very well in the absence of a suffi:iency of coin. Even at the gaming tables ore goes. The kind of ore used is the pure chloride, which is so rich as to be quite malleable. A miner, with a sack of this kind of cur rency under his arm, marches up to the faro table, takes out a chunk and plants it upon a card, call ing its value as he puts its down. For instance, the chunk is supposed to be worth five dollars ; the miner, as he puts down his lump, says—' Five dollars. The faro man picks up the piece, looks at it, and, if satis fied, says—' Five dollars goes ;' then wins the lump and throws it into a gunny sack standing behind him." Game is supplied from the market of Chicago to all the Atlantic cities, and the States from which it comes are Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Mis souri. The first three States send prairie chickens, wild ducks, and quails. Venison comes from Wisconsin and Michigan ; wild turkeys, prairie chickens, and quails from Missouri. The shooting season commences about the 15th of August, but the game does not begin to come to Chicago in large quantities until cold weather sets in, when ship ments can be consigned to the East. During this autumn it is estimated that 30,000 quail, 25,000 prairie chickens, and 3,000 wild ducks have been sold in Chicago. The Nevada State markets are now supplied daily with fresh sea fish from San Francisco—bass, tom-cod, smelts, flounders, &c., which are preferred by many to Lake Tahoe trout. Without discussing," says the Pall Mall Gazette, " the interesting paper on London charities and pauperism read last night by Dr. Hawksley at the So ciety of Arts, we may note one fact for the benefit of American readers Who think we allow our poor to starve without stretching out a finger to help them. In this metropolis alone £7,ooG,ooo—for the benefit of Americans let us say 3,000,000 dollars gold—is spent in the relief of distress every year. When a visitor from across the Atlantic is accosted by beggars, he exclaims, Hard-hearted nation to permit all this.' Let such persons think of that seven millions, and do their best to prevent the poor-laws in their own country from ever getting into the plight in which ours are now. Perhaps, also, these same Americans will see reason to doubt whether they are doing any vast amount of goad by distributing largesse to profes sional beggars as they pass through our streets." They do not profess to be doing a vast amount of good, but they believe that if one out of six be a real object of charity some good may be done, and if they find a pleasure in these gifts we can s ee no reason w h y th ey s h ou ld not gratify themselves, knowi ng th a t mos t o f th ose th e y help arojust such impostors as ma n y directors. guaranteed: No. 1 - 100 at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO , at Do 6 du do lOO st Do 5 do Ns. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent l,O st Do 6 do (W.E. 31 C.P.) leo at Do 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, 31 Dorer 5 per cent lOO at London and M.W., C. and Nuneaton S per cent lOO 109 111 st Do Betifords&Uambrid,ge lOO 8 91 st Do Shrewsb'y 31 Welcup'l lOl 83 91 at Loudon and 0.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 141 146 25.63. Do (Pertain. perp ans. 2s6d) all ... at Man., Shef., & Lincln. 6 p.c lOO llk 117 6 Do st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 at Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c lOO 1.0 133 at Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 9J atj Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 910 at Du Leicester & Ireliu, 4 p.c lOO 80 91 at North iOritish, 5 p.c. Nu. I. 100 at Do E. & 4p.c.S. & D IOU at Do N. 8., Nu. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, .-E W. p.c lOO st Nastern—Cons. 4 A p.e IOU 86 8s at Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 ud 1)5 st Do (I.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.4, 25 Do York, H.& S. purchase lO 10 101 at Do Stektu & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 103 11U at Do W, Hartlepool li. and It 100 87 8J 20 North Staffordshire lOs S. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 9 10 :10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.V.6. S. East. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 per cent lOO ... at Du Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... at Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pe 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENQE SLIARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Cell. min. 7 p e lOO ..• at Do 41 p irredeem all ••• at Do 4p c eon., issued at 80 65 ••• •• at Great Lastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 st Do 5 du, 1862 lOO 8i st Do New b do, 1863 lOO 87 t, at Do do 6 do, 1861 lOO 84 83 at Great Northern, bp e irred lOO st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO ... at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 ... st Great West., W. 11id1. , 5p c 100 86 U 0 , st Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1365 100 85 u 0 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 105 1031 4/ 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 191 201 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ••• ••• Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 st Loral., Brig., &c., 44 pc, 1853 100 ••• at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ••• ••• st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 ... ••• st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 6 do, 1866 100 ••• ••• st Do No. 7 b do at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.e at Do 3letrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at London & Si. Western, 5p c 100 103 110 at Loudon &S. Western, 41 p c 100 03 95 10 Mau. lief.& Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 3 81 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO ••• ••• at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 105 107 at Du B 5 do 100 108 107 18 Do 5p c opt. to Cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lf p 18 Do InconT. New Shares 16 f fp 22 Do ip c con. into Old Stk., - Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 1 11p 9j st North British, E. and CiJ No. 1, 5 per cent lOO st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 st Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 st Do E.& U , No. 2, b p.c kit Do N. 8.. 4 per cent, 1842 100 ..„ st Do E. & U., N 0.3, 5 p.s st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p s 100 55 b 7 :st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 95 97 st Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 112 114 st North London, 41, per coat (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire ip c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 „.. st Do 5 do 1861 100 ••• ••• st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 ... 1001 st Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALSJ at Birkenhead lOO 92 94 100 Du. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 54 56 a Do. 61 per cent. at Do. .5 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ~, at Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13;; 135 20 Gloster and Lean Forest all a Gt. Easn., Newm., &sc., 5 p.c 100 ..„ .. a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 69 72 at Do. do. Woodbr,g. Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Hera lOO 95 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Ct.:lisle lOO 211 213 2121 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 st Do. 4 per cent lOO st London, Cnat., &c., 41 pc. 100 ~ ~ at Dc. Corn. Fund, 5 do. 100 , st London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 8.2 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 st Do. do. 6 do. .. ii Mauch., Buxton, &Matlk all 5 Si at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 30 Northern& East., 5 per cent all se 56 50 Du. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern—Hartlep00l st .N.W est. A peril. prcl, sp. c lOO 10 s 110 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ... „, at Nutting. & Granth. It. (X. C lOO 92 91 25 Preston and 11 yre.. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep. RR) 1M 135 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do do si 21 2, p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 100 at Do 4 per cent gua lO, 79 81 st Do S du at Vict. Station and Pimlico NO 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 •CO Do du B all . 20 Du du C all 6,1 .. if tit Weymouth and Portland lOO st Wilts and Somerset The New Nation, a Republican newspaper, of Richmond, Virginia, has suspended publication. The Spiritual Light is the name of a new monthly paper just started in San Francisco. DOCKS. and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 Is 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, Um. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 87 88 881 71 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 61 54 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 237 242 10 Do. Now 8 10 12p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, line 21 i . 1 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 i 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. SI arine, lim. 8 ... ... d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 If 114 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 831 841 50 Gellivara, lim. 2O . ... 10 General Credit & Dis., lim. 71 2' 11 15 General Steam Navigation 14 23 29 50 Home & Col Marine In. lim. 5 41 Sid 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 131 13/ 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, line. 25 Indo-European Tel., lint . 10 ... ... 20 Interns. Financial Soc. lim 5 11 11 20 Interns. Land Credit, lim 6 6 4d 50 Italian Laud 5 11 la 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all, 31 4 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 30 all 63 65 50 Land Securities, lien .5 31 21d 25 London African Trading lO 7 5,1 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 ... ...d 10 London County Land and Building, Ji m 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 3 1 3 I 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all I IP 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lim 30 23 221 4 Lond.Ge n.Omaibus.Colim. all 11 2 60 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, line 25 22 17d 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 14 pr et Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gus. s p.c. by India Gov. lOO 105 107 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1ien...... 10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lim all 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, Jim. 50 Millwall Iron Works, line l2l ... ... 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. 25 National Discount Co. lim lim 5 12 121 25 National Pr ov. Marine, lim. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all Si 91 20 Nerbudda C oa l & Iron, line. 6 3 24 10 New Consolidated Dis. line 3 11 id 5 New Quebrada, 11m 4.4.0 45 3 5 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer • cantilo Agency,lim 2l 1 11 3 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, line. 10 Northern Assam T ea, line. 5 7 6 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral lim lOO 46 51 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 64 181 191 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 6 Hi 15 50 Oriental Financial, lien ll ... ...d 5 Oriental Ga s, li en all 7 71 6 Do. New ... 1 1 SP 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lien 2 Id IP 5 Ottoman Gas, lim all 11 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all 2 21 5 Do do, at Peel R. Land & Minerl, line 100 !? 32 50 Peninsu. & O r i ental Steam all °' „, 50 Do. New 1867 lO fd pr 25 Reuter's Telegram 24 30 35p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City i m lint all 171 181 a" 23 24 20 Do. 100 Royal Mail Steam Gas, lint" 60 46 48 at Scottish Aust. Invest , lien lOO 107 113 at Societ3 Do. Fin. 6 p. d'Egypt c. Guar.' Pref. 100 ... ... 20 e, lim. 10 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 1 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 .7 •• 2i South Australi an Land st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 41/ 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 151 16 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 '24 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl :.. ... 10 Trust & Agency of A us . , li m 1 4 1p 10 Do do. do. all . ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 44 p 50 Union Marius L'pool, line. 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 If 014 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint. all 41 51 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 31 3;p 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lim. 5 1 I.lp 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 3 4 30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 7 g 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. ( Mortgage) Loan.., all 754 764 764 50 Warrant Finance, lien l2 12 104 50 West India and Pacills Steam, line 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO ... ___ COLONIAL GOVKIMMENT SECUItiTII4:6 British Columbia, 6 per 100 1895 Can.Gov:6p.o.Jail,&July 18 - 7 - 7:81 - 100 107 108 1061 p. 0. Feb. Aug 100 Do. 6 105 10 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept 100 105 10 Do. bp. o. Jan. & July 100 93 94 9 5 Do. sp. c. Inscribed ek 100 90 92 c a p e G. Hope, 6 p.c.1873 100 102 104 Do.Apl.&Oot 1890-1900 100 llt 113 Do. do 1880-90 100 107 109 1 0 Do. Jan.&July, 1801 •• • • 100 108 110 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 16 Oct., 1900 ..... lOO 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c 100 108 110 Do. 1872, do 100 105 107 blaurititia, 6 p. o, 1879, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, May and Nov... 100 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.... 100 106 108 Melbourne Corporate.,.. 1667-75, 6 per - cell:. ..•• 100 N.11.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&J uly •. 100 102 101 Natal 6 p at, AO& Oct 100 _ Do 6p 0. May tV, Nov 100 106 108 N. S. W. 5 Ira. ' '7l to '7d 100 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1806 100 go too Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 100 09 101 —14. Zealand, 6p. ot. 1891 100 Do. 5 per cent.... lOO 976 986 —Do Jan, Ap.l, July, 0,.t 100 976 986 95 Do 6p c. Mar ‘5; oept '9l 100 108 110 -- Do June & Dec 1,91 .••• 100 109 111 jDo Prov. i At.c2ld. tric3l dt 1c96 LLO Nova Scotia 6p. ani Jnly, 1875 Do 18=6.. Queeuslnd. o.p. c. 'B2-5 lOO ICB 109 108 - D o igj e ... 100 1054 1061 B. Austral. 6 p 0.186) 77 lOO Do 1678.94 lOO 108 110 Do it 593 1908 10) 107 103 Tasmanian 6p c, •• 100 106 107 Do rd. 1b93 to Is 9/ .... 100 IL7 108 Victoria 6p.c. 100 Do. 1891 lOO 112 113 1121 Do. do, April & Ou% lOO 109 110 Mk st East and West India lOO 117 119 st Loudon and St. Katherine lOO 53 55 100 D ()Deb. stock, 4 per cent al, •.• •••• Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 31 36 _ ...., _ _ _ st Southampton IVO 71 7,1 et Surrey Ccauuercio,l EX£LANATION Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The letter r, rising ; f. failing ; 5, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer (xpcsed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.—fog ; h.—hail ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r.— rain ; B.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. Barometrical pressures continue extremely low over these islands: the increase since yesterday has been very slight in Scotland and Ireland, whilst a diminution is reported on the Channel coast and in France. In the S.E. the fall during the night has been rather quick. At Nairn, where the pressure is lowest, the reading is o'6ln. below that at Rochefort. On the Scotch coast temperature is a little higher, but at other stations it has fallen. Winds yesterday were south-westerly, and blew rather strongly on the Irish coast and in the Channel, increasing to a gale from the S.W. and W. on the coast of France. In the S. of these islands winds have veered to the west ward, and are moderate, but on our E. coast are light from the S.W. On the coast of France it is still blowing hard from S.W. On the Channel coast heavy rain has fallen. The sky is clear in the N. of Scotland, but on other coasts it is overcast, whilst rain is falling in Prance. Hail is reported from Valencia. The sea is still nearly calm. The weather does not look more settled than it did yesterday POL CE INTELLIGENCE-- This Day. MARLBORO UGH- S MEET. PROVIDING FOR CIIRISTMAS.—George Gill, a rough-looking fellow, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a case of port wine, of the value of 365., the property of Mr. Ludovic Noel, Italian warehouseman, No. 48, Old Compton street. Mr. Noel said that on the previous evening he was informed by one of his men that a case of wine was missing from his cart standing at his door, and on going up the street he saw the prisoner with the case on his head making off with it. He called out "stop thief," but the prisoner put it down and ran away, but was stopped and handed over to the police. Police-constable Hewitt, 8 C, said that at the stati,,n the prisoner said he was hard up, and did not know what to do, and that he took the case of wine to get something to eat. _ _ Mr. Tyrwhitt said - it was an impudent robbery, and committed the prisoner for three months with hard labour. WESTMINSTER. EXTRAORDINARY DIFFIC ULTY.—John Ryan, a tall strapping fellow, was brought to this court charged with desertion from the militia, for which offence he had been duly gazetted. Daniel Packer, a sergeant-major of the 4th Mid dlesex Militia at Hounslow, said that the prisoner was re-enlisted for their corps on the sth of May 1865. The present charge of desertion was that he had altogether neglected to attend the training in the years 1866-7-8. Mr. Arnold—l don't think I can adjudicate upon the matter. I can only deal with an offence com mitted within six months. Sergeant Magee—They have been dealt with be fore. Mr. Arnold—l hat may be; the circumstance may have escaped attention at the time. Sergeant Magee—l think that you will find, sir, that under the Militia Act you can deal with the offence at any time whenever he is apprehended. After 1859 we could by the act take him at any time. We could not before after five years. Mr. Arnold took some time to look at the legal position of the case, and finally repeated that he had no power to interfere, and that as far as he was concerned the prisoner must be discharged ; that all previous convictions were bad unless for an offence committed within six mouths. The sergeant took the prisoner away to the military tribunal. WRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE. News has just arrived of the wreck of the John Duncan, Captain Randall, which sailed from St. lb John, N. 8., for Liverpool, on the 2nd of November last, with a full cargo and a deck load of deals. Immediately after leaving port she encountered fearful weather, which continued up to the 10th, when it blew a hurricane from N.N.W. At night there was a tremendous sea running, and a heavy storm of rain and hail, almost every sea pooping the ship. The cabin skylight was washed away, and the cabin filled with water, the stores being washed about in all directions. An attempt was made to throw the deckload overboard, and two of the crew were washed away. The remainder of the seamen were then lashed to the standing rigging. At four p.m. on the 11th, the ship pooped a tremendous sea, which cleared the poop of everything, carrying away all the boats, hur ricane deckhouPe, the wheel, wheel chains, four of the crew from the wheel, the captain, his wife, infant son, and a male passenger. The stern was knocked in, and the poop-deck torn up. The ship then broached to, split three lower topsails, and lay on her port beam ends, the sea breaking over and washing away the deck load, At seven p.m. the ship fell over on her broadside, with her masts and yards in the water. The fore and main topmasts were carried away, as was also the mizen mast, with all the yards; the decks were swept of every thing, and the port side torn up. The ship then righted, having her foremast and mainmast standing, but three of the crew were drowned. The weather continued fearful until the 13th, when it moderated, and some of the wreck was cut away from alongside to prevent the ship from breaking up. It was then found that all the provisions were destroyed, but a pig was found, and at once killed. The remainder of the crew suffered very much from want of fresh water and the eating of the raw pork, until the 17th, when a brig hove in sight, but bore away without offering any assistance. On the 23rd, the American brigs Dirigo and Radboni fell in with the ship, and rescued the unfortunate survivors. The Malvern, a fine Liverpool ship of 1,341 tons, hence for San Francisco, is reported abandoned off Cape Horn. She left the Mersey on the Ist August; and failing in with heavy gales off the Horn, was abandoned off Sea Lion Islands, hex crew being all safely landed at the Falklands. The barque Anne Powell, of and for Liverpool from Paraiba, with a cargo of sugar and cotton, has been wrecked at Sucena, a small port about six miles north of Paraiba, but the cargo would be saved. L. F. Pourtales, of the United States Coast Sur vey, who dredged along the course of the Gulf Stream, found that the bottom for four or five miles north-easterly from Florida consisted of common coral sand with very scanty traces of life. The next area, from ninety to three hundred fathoms, is a rocky floor made of a very hard limestone, derived from living shells. Life was abundant. The third area was the regular and common ocean bottom, from two hundred and fifty to 300 fathoms covered with the chalky remains of fora minifera. He also dredged the bottom of the ocean off the coast, and found, first, extending from the north of Florida to Montauk Point, near Block Island, Rhode Island, a bottom of silecious sand, perhaps 100 miles wide. Outside of it was a calcareous bottom, occupying the whole area south of Georgia. Between the two, off the Carolinas, is a limited deposit of green sand, containing he foram in if era. THAMES. EDI:CATION AND CRlME.—.Richard Kingsbury, who said he was 16 last August, and who appeared in excellent ease, as far as clothing and feeding went, was brought up on remand before Mr. Ben son charged with being concerned with others in breaking into a forge in Grove-street, St. George's in-the-East, and stealing therefrom 47 old horse shoes and two bridle bits value 55., the property of James Florence, a farrier. One of the prisoner's confederates has been sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour, ahother remanded until Saturday, and a third discharged.. The prisoner was taken into custody the morning after the robbery while attending an evening school on the 15th instant. His lesson was interrupted by a police-constable named John Hohnstran, 40 11, who took him to the station, where there was another of the gang, named Macham, who said to the prisoner, " You know only me and you went to the forge, and its only you and me that are in it." The The prisoner said, "There was another boy that ran away, you handed out the horse shoes ;" Mincham said, " No, you handed them out." I 'The prisoner said he was innocent, and that he was qualifying himself for a situation by attending an evening school. Mr. Benson said the prisoner had been in Feltham Industrial School, and the only thing he appeared to have learnt there was hypocrisy, and was blending his education with crime. lie asked the prisoner it he would consent to his disposal of the case. The prisoner made a great noise, rubbed his eyes with his cap without extracting a tear, and said he was innocent. Mr. Benson said there was ample evidence against the prisoner, who was seen at the farrier's smithy removing the horse shoes and other articles, and he should commit him for trial. A witness was called who did not answer. Mr. Benson—The prisoner must be remanded again until Saturday. ROBBERY IN THE LONDON DOCK,—James Fi ele rick Saxton, 26, a delivery foreman, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with stealing 22 cigars, value Is. 10d., and 26 new corks, value Is., the property of the London Dock Company. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, defended the prisoner. Thomas Trinby, a constable in the service of the Dock Company, stopped the prisoner as ho was about to leave the dock yesterday, and asked him if he had anything about him which did not belong to him, to which he replied in the negative. He searched him, and found 22 cigars and 26 new corks. The prisoner said he was in the oil trade, and had recently purchased the cigars and corks off a man in the dock. The prisoner was a delivery foreman at one of the warehouses, and had access to the cigars and the corks in store. Mr. Stoddart said that his client was a most re spectable man, who had been for twelve years con fidentially employed in the London Dock, and had charge of a vast amount of property. It was not to be supposed that a man like the prisoner would risk his reputation, his liberty, and his situation by pilfering a few cigars and corks. The prisoner purchased the articles taken from him off a man in the dock, and was about to take them home. Even supposing that the prisoner had become unlawfully possessed of the cigars and corks, for that was the offence charged against him, a small fine would meet the justice of the case. Mr. Benson said he could not accept the defence set up by the prisoner's advocate. He believed the prisoner had stolen the cigars and corks. Many poor men earning their 2s. 6d. per day only had been punished with imprisonment and hard labour for pilfering, and the prisoner was not to be excused because he filled a higher position. The position he was in ought to have taught him the value of honesty and truth, but ho did not possess either. If it was a poor wretched labourer before him the sentence would have been 6 months' imprisonment and hard labour. Why should he pass over the offenco of the prisoner because he was a delivery foreman in charge of a warehouse and well off. He repudiated the argument set up that mercy was to be extended to a man because he was in a good position. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for six weeks. Mr. Stoddart—Will you inflict a fine, sir ? Mr. Benson—Certainly not. . THE PROVIDENCE (Row) NIGHT REFUGE.— Amongst the benevolent institutions worthy of particular notice at this season of the year, none stands more deserving of consideration and assistance than the Providence (Row) Night Refuge, Crispin-street, Bishopsgate Without, which is always open to houseless men, women, and children from all parts without distine- tion of religion. The funds of the institution, we learn with regret, aro very low—in fact, they are not sufficient to meet the current expenses, and, therefore, the assist ance of the benevolent is most earnestly solicited. A more deserving institution, or one that has conferred greater benefits upon those who unfortunately are compelled to seek its shelter we know not, and therefore wo hope the hand of charity will be extended to it at this particular period, and thus enable those who suporintend its arrange ments to give the poor objects that which will enable them, on Christmas-day at least, to obtain the bare neces saries of life. The Licensed Victuallers' Alinanack for 1869 has just made its appearance ; as usual, it is crammed full of information interesting to the trade. It is carefully ar ranged throughout, and this year several improvements have been introduced which will, no doubt, giro the highest satisfaction to its patrons. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is ro commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London W.G —[Ad volt:wawa] TU EtKE Y. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 21. La Turquie of to-day says that Greece is making preparation for war on a considerable scale. It is announced that the departure of the Greeks from Turkish territory has been postponed for 30 days or three weeks. Hobart Pasha is blockading Syra with a force of seven vessels. LONDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING. [The Gazette of this evening contains the official returns of several of the new members of the Government re elected to serve in the present Parliament.] INDIA OFFICE, DEC. 8. The Queen has boon graciously pleased to nominate and appoint the Right lion. Sir William Robert Seymour Vesoy Fitzgerald, X.C.SI., Governor of the Presidency of Bombay, to be as Extra Kai.lit Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 22. Bth Regiment of Hussars —Major-General John Charles Hope Gibsone to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General John Lawrenson, transferred to 13th Hussars. 13th Regiment of hussars—Lieut.-G en. John Lawrenson to be Colonel. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Cecil William son to be Lieutenant, Henry Fane Grant, Gent., to be Cornet. 4th Hussars—Major Alexander George Moore to ho Lieutenant-Colonel, Captain William Chaine to be Major, Lieutenant Robt. Soames to be Captain, Cornet and Ad jutant Jas. Lay to have the rank of Lieutenaut, Cornet Frank Gooch to be Lieutenant, George Dawes, Gent., to be Cornet. 21st Hussars —Cornet James Edward Kitson to be Lieu tenant. Royal Artillery—Acting Veterinary Surgeon Middleton F. M. Case to be Veterinary Surgeon. Gth Foot—Lieutenant H. C. Montagu Turnbull to be Lieutenant. 12th Foot—Lieutenant Manfred John Sawyer to be Lieu tenant. 13th Foot—Lieutenant Albert Merritt to be Lieutenant; Lieutenant Henry Reginald Bate to be Instructor of Musketry. 19th Foot—Edward Werge to be Ensign. 21st Foot—Ensign Howard Melliss to be Ensign. 24th Foot—Ensign Herbert Michael Williams to be Lieu tenant; Ensign John Hoskyns to be Ensign. 25th Foot—Ensign Henry Chichester to be Lieutenant ; Henry Grey Dixon to be Ensign. 31st Foot—Lieut. Richard Leir to be Captain ; Lieut. W. T. Deverell to be Lieutenant; Ensign Frederick Ward to be Lieutenant ; Charles William Carfrae, Gent., to be Ensign. 36th Foot—Ensign Henry Wynne Pride to be Lieutenant; Ensign Robert Gordon Handeock to bo Ensign. 7th Foot—Lieutenant W. Saunders Ford Foneren to be Captain, Ensign Augustus Carr Vilett Rolleston to be Lieutenant, James William Alexander Boothby, Gent., to be Ensign. 71st Foot—Ensign William GHIA to be Ensign. 96th Foot—Ensign Kenneth Malcolm Eliot Kerr to be Ensign. BREVET. The following promotions to take place in succession to Major-General Sir W. J. Ridley, , who died on Nuv. 27, 1868: Brevet-Colonel Thomas Brooke, from Lieutenant Coll half-pay, late 12th Foot to be Major-General. Captain and Brevet-Major Arthur Leahy, Royal Engi neers, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain James Whittaker Barnes, 73d Foot, to be Major. The following promotions to take plac3 in succession to Major-General Edward Basil Brooke, Colonel 36th Foot, who died on the Ist December, 1868: Brevet-Colonel Henry Dalrymple White, C. 8., serving with the rank of Brigadier-General, from Lieut.-Colonel, half-pay Unattached, to be Major-General. Major Thomas Esmonde, half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Morton Rubart Eden, 56th Foot, to b 3 Attjor. The undermentioned officers having completed the qualifying service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel to be Colonels under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of the 3d February, 1866 :—Lieut.-Col. Hugh R. HibbJrt, 7th Foot; Lieut.-Col. William C. Trevor, 0.13., 14th Foot. ADMIRALTY, DEo. 19. Benjamin Smith Bradley, Esq., has this day been pro moted to the rank of Navigation Lieutenant in her Ma • jesty's Fleet. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short ~. 11 191 ... 11 19 1 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 1 ... 12 4 Autwerp — ••• 25 37; ... 25 421 Brussels Hamburgh — ... 13 101 ... 13 10f Paris Ditto Mraseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 120; Vienna — ... 12 20 ... 12 3u Trieste — ... 12 20 ... 12 32k Petersburg Copenhagen... — ~ 9 18 ... 9 21 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz Leghorn Milan — ... 27 10 ... 27 20 Genoa — ... 27 10 ... 27 20 Naples Palermo — ... 27 10 ... 27 20 Messina Lisbon — ... 521 ... 521 Oporto — ... 52 ... 521 Rio Janeiro — ••• ••• -- New York Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Amstralla and New Zealand, via Southampton Jan. 2. Ditto, via Y . useilles ......... Dec 25 Ditto, via Pia.ama D e 29. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Jan. 4. Ditto, by French packet .. . Deo. 22. Cape Verde, by Brazil packet ...... _ Jan. 4: Cape of Good Ll,,pe. Ascension, and St. Helena Dee. 23. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Jan. 2. Gibraltar, via Southampton India, via Southampton ...... ......... ..... Dec. 26 vitto, via Marseilles Malta, Egypt, dzo. Dec. 26. Ditto, Marseilles Dec. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Scuthatal ton Ditto, Marseilles Dec. 13. Newfoundland ...... ....... ....... Dec 30 Portugal .. United States, Canada, California, Sze., by British packet Ditto, by Canadian packet Dec 25 Ditto, by L. lilted States packet Ditto ditt c‘ ( Baltimore) West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) Dec 20 West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe. Jan. 4 . Fsikland Islands Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New York Deo. 93. Bermuda, via Halifax ...... . . Jan. 4. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f. 20c. per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of ike. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than is Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight was on the last date about 1091 percent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold. from the United atatea. A telegram has been received announcing the arrival at Bombay on the 19th inst. of her Majesty's Indian troop-ship Malabar, with the 3d Hussars and draughts, which left Portsmouth in the Serapis on the 15th ult. By direction of the Admiralty the shipwright department of Sheerness Dockyard have received instructions to report to their lordships whether her Majesty's ship Mars,6B, 2573 tons, 400-horse power now in the Sheerness Steam Reserve, would answer the purpose of a quarantine ship at the Motherbank if her engines were removed. The subjoined Admiralty memorandum has been received at Portsmouth, and promulgated by order for the information of the Royal Marine forces : "Major-General Travers, C. 8., having tendered the resignation of his appointment as inspector- General of the Royal Marines, the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty have been pleased to accept the same, and have intimated that it is not their intention to nominate a succes sor." The unprecedented act of an officer voluntarily . ..resigning the highest prize in the profession to which he belongs has naturally given 3ise to much speculation, and there is some reason to suppose that Major-General Travers has been induced to take the step from a determination not to identify himself in any way with the reduce tion of the Royal Marine forces, and the consequent destruction of their present efficiency. The first of the measures for carrying this reduction into effect has just been accomplished at Portsmouth in the receipt of an order from the Admiralty at Eastney Barracks, the headquarters of the Royal Marine Artillery, for the immediate discharge of 18 ser geants and 350 gunners of the Artillery. It would be satisfactory to know how those who have brought this about expect to replace so large a number of invaluable sea artillerymen in the event of any sud den emergency in our foreign affairs. The lispoir, 5, screw gunvessel, 428 tons, 80 horse power, when completed as a dredging vessel, is to be attached to Bermuda dockyard as a yard craft.