The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-18 00:00:00

ith him pouring her We ;h with colla- I cover and in ur cur- coney min- erfeit. • never yulph'g eing al- ast sue- present sustain e namo wholly e or 110' Period arkling, 0. The rettiest, e artist, aye not grief of 7s in the )e organ Lt of the at India except- ter Exa- aas been burybt fan Law- nce's re r. We nge►nent solution 1 by the who re' iteing Mayo il l suggest another ,s a U 1 Y a s the ►ke re 0 31- A India in Vie° opora - ine bul l " [iii vast any ale" only ti l l Loo a verag e at th e ation for Pon hini and pre' in India , own": ;ent with olleagaol [ley 1131 1,8 must v vould be ountry Calcut. t : of L° l ''' to whi ch ; ) of par 4, ', Lily other minglY 6° ived very le resole. :f- course/ l asibiliti eo Duke of that th e sated him ) Cabine Lai eslcPe biat Witil Listratioa• the lat e ' of s° l3l° . , ve e oa/1Y D eo P o orol the e i t i roP' ice e it age° to enter upon the discharge of the duties which were so hastily and injudiciously entrusted to his appointed care is what few have ventured to antici pate during the past fortnight. Should the Govern ment determine to cancel his appointment, the pub lic will feel less surprise than relief. If John Law rence agrees to place his services at the country's dis posal for another year, ho will add another to the many claims he has upon his country's gratitude. At this moment there are signs which give the skilled observers of Indian affairs no little concern. The restlessness of the Wahabees is at once marked and ominous. No apprehension need be enter tained as to the consequences so long as Sir John Lawrence is at the head of affairs, nor would the public have any ground for alarm were the Marquis of Salisbury, or some administrator of tried firm ness and acknowledged ability, responsible for the peace of our Eastern Empire. The public may rest assured that, whatever the ultimate decision may be, the gravity of the question at issue is thoroughly felt by the present Government. u °NEI MAJLIET AND CO . 'frj.ERMAL I24I:2LLICFANCZ, CITY, Two o'CLocx. Business to-day had a downward tendency, and in the foreign market Turkish, Italian, and Greek securities experienced a fall. In railway shares prices, with very trifling exceptions, remained as last quoted. The demand for money is active, and the rate still keeps up to 21 to 3. Consols are 92k 1 for money; Three per Cent! Reduced, 921 1 ; New Three per Cents, 921 e ; ditto 5 per Cent., Jan., 1873, 1031; ditto Annui ties, April, 1885, 121 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 240 1. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1021 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 91 1; ditto 5 per Cent., Jan., 1872, 104 k ; ditto, 51 per Cent., May, 1879, 1091. In the Foreign Market Stocks are going down. Peruvian Five per Cents. have fallen Z, Turkish Five per Cents. 5-16, and Italian Five per Cents. and Greek Bonds 1. The prices are now :—lta lian, 561 561 ; Greek, 111 12 ; Mexican, 15 151 ; New Spanish Three per Cents., 321 32Z ; Peru vian, 791 80 ; .Turkish Five per Cents., 381 384 ; and Egyptian Seven per Cents. of 1868, 73Z 741 The Honduras Loan stands at 90 901. Italian Scrip is 31 3i prem. ; the Charkoff-Azof Railway Scrip is 1 lower, at 2 11 dis. ; and the Charkoff-Krementschug Loan has dropped q, to 4 1 dis. In the Railway market business is very dull. Caledonian are better, Metropolitan /, Brighton ; London and North Western, Great Western, and South Eastern are lower. The quota tions stand thus :—Caledonian, 731 4 ; Great Western, 48 / ; Great Eastern 41 4; Great Nor thern, 106 7 ; ditto A, 1081 4 ; Lancashire, 1274 81 ; Metropolitan, 10l! 21 ; Midland, 1114 12/ ; Sheffield, 471 4 ; Brighton, 481 9 ; North Bri tish, 32 3 ; North Western, 111 k 12 ; North Eastern, 991 ICO ;;South Eastern, 784 9 ; Chatham and Dover, 161 17. American Five-Twenty Bonds have improved 4., the price being now 741 741 ; the Bonds of 1885 steady, at 72j, 731 ; and the Ten-Forty Bonds, at 71 71/. Atlantic and Great Western Debentures are 40/ 404 ; - and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 41k ; Eries are also unchanged at 27 271; and Illinois Central Stock is 4 better at 96 961. Anglo-American Telegraph are marked 214 to 211 ; the Eigh tper Cent. Preference shares at 34 to 3g ; the original stock at 28 to 29. The sum of £B,OOO in gold was taken to the Bank of England yesterday. The figures in the return for the week ending the 16th inst. from theßankers' Clearing-house are : Thursday, Dec. 10th, £8,311,000; Friday, 11th, £9,414,000; Saturday,l2th, £10,889,000; Monday, 14th, £9,821,000 ; Tuesday, 15th, £25,927,000 ; and Wednesday, 16th, £10,546,000 ; total for the week, £74,908,000. An interim distribution of 10s. per share is an nounced by the Imperial Ottoman Bank, payable on and after the Ist of January next. Mr. James Williams, of the Great Western Rail way, has been appointed secretary to the Midland Railway Company. ' A meeting of the shareholders of the National Discount Company (Limited) is called for the 20th of January, for the declaration of a dividend. On the 13th of October last it was stated that an attachment had been issued in the Lord Mayor's Court at the suit of the North Australian Company against the property of the Government of South Australia in England. An order has now been issued discharging that attachment. The Master of the Rolls has ordered a further dividend of 6d. in the pound to be paid on the 21st last. by the official liquidator, Mr. R. P. Harding, to the creditors of the Joint-Stock Discount Com pany (Limited), making, with previous dividends, 15 8. 6d. in the pound. The Master of the Rolls has appointed Mr. Fre derick Whinney, of the firm of Harding, Whinney, Gibbons, and Co., official liquidator of the United Service Company (Limited). A meeting was held yesterday with the :view of e stablishing a Shareholders' Protection Associa tion ; Mr. Henry Brookes in the chair. After Some discussion, resolutions were adopted declaring the necessity for such an association, in order that s hareholders might obtain intelligence respecting c ompanies in which they were interested, procure the best legal advice ; and institute prosecutions in c ase of well-ascertained frauds. A committee was a ppointed to carry out the objects of the meeting. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Tuesday, the 22d instant, a special settling day in the serif) of the Charkow Krementschug Railroad Nest 5 per cent. loan for £716,000, and the West Wisconsin Railway Company's 7 per cent. lean for £200,000, both of which are to be marked ill the official list. The Committee of the Stock Exchange yester day decided that the Italian tobacco loan should be ~( If tnially quod, the oppotion on he part of th 'talian Irrigation Company and the Sardinian rail e Ways having been withdrawn, the latteron a satisfac tell intimation from the Minister. One of those I nterested complains, however, that the grievances Of the shareholders of the Roman Railway, which W ere again placed before the committee, were Wholly ignored —a circumstance, he considers, fatal t 'o the future maintenance of rule 57 of the Stock .n.zchange. It is notified with regard to the Russian 3 per Cent Loan of 1859 that no answer has yet been re turned co the questi on , " H as th e p r omised oinking 'nnd of 1 per cent. been annually laid out by pur. c hasers in the open market ?" The return from the Bank of England for th ' 4o nk ended the 16th December gives the following re alts when compared with the previous week Ile at I'l,l o t ter deposits er 453 ... Increase .. 364,152 tho other side of the account : °j'Arnment securi- Oti l ," £14,074,874 ... Decrease £1,000,000 Iszo,:r securities 17,494,978 ... Incre`ase 116,419 TL ( I unemployed 9,176,515 ... Increase 612,670 Oe amount of notes in circulation is £22,724,675, b ei ng a decrease of £75,465 ; and the stock of Pry in both departments is /18,158,315, showing ,s 4 increase of £316,646,. when compared with the Vt.eceding return. of B obioined i s a com p ar i son o f t h e p resen t pos i t i on 'the Bank of England and the prices of Consols year Prench Rentes with the corresponding wee k o f 'l4t Y:— At Present. Same Week last Year. B ull ......_ .....,.... b..ition .£18,158,315 ... X 21,910,709 Serve Isl . e et„a in circulation 22,724,675 ... 22,888,620 r, 4 to of discount , otisol 921 p r s A itch Routes 7of. 27c. 68f. bsc. th'.4 ex traordinary meeting of the proprietors of „e Eas t London Bank (Limited) will be held on for the 24th inst., when resolutions will be subm " itted changing the name of th e un d er taking, to the Central Bank of London (Limited), for reducing the capital and altering the regulations contained in the articles of association. The directors of the Scinde Railway Company have issue l their report for the half-year ending the 30±June last. The receipts of the Scinde Rail way in that period amounted to £58,428, 9s. Id., and the working expenses to £38,974 13s. 3d., leav ing a net revenue of £19,453 15s. 10d. The work ing expenses in the half year amounted to 64.19 per cent. of the gross receipts. BRITISH FUNDS-TWO O'OLOOK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 3 per Cent. _Reduced 921 1 New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jau. 1894' Do. 5 per Oen L. ~ an. 1873 A. , inuities 80 yrs, expire 5Lh Jan., 1880 — Do. for b 0 pig expire 511 April 1885 l2l Do (lied Sea 'rele6raph), Aug., 1908, — Exchoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per lit --. Pm Do. £5OO Do. £l9O & £2OO pm Balk of England Stock, 4 per Cent Do. acciunt Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — later-Colonial Omniuni INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India 2 Lock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 Shut Do. Opening, for Account — Do. 5 per Cent. .July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Pape. 4 por Cent 9l 1 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 - Do. 51 per Ovat. May 1879 lo9k D. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — De. do. 1377 — Do. do. 1882 — D... Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,lOO .. . pa Do. under £l.000 FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent 761 1 Do., Scrip £45 paid - Au itrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — 00. ti per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858.... Do. do., 1860 . Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account B l enos Ayres 6 per Cent. - - Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cuba, 6 per Cent. (Lilian 6 per Cent — "to. 41 per Cent.•••...•••• Do. 3 per Cent., I'o. 6 per ce 4. 1867 E'o. 7 per Cent., 1866 0 lo (Ibiza], 6 per Cent. . Dan sn, 3 pit- Cent., 1825 , — Danabian Principalities, 7 I,er Cent . _ Do 8 per Cent., 1867 B4l Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Wgyptian, 7 por Cent Do Second Issue 791 Do. £sut, Bonds Do. .£l.OO Bonds .•••• Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. .£1.06 Bonds — English Scrip, 1868 74 34 Do do. £ls' pd dis Government Railway Debentureu Gram 5 per Cent., 1824 - 5, ex Coups. Do. Account . . 111 Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd it than 5 per Cent., 1865 , )o. Account i' Do Maremmana Railway Mexican 3 per Cont — Ditto for Account Do. 186 Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French 74 aonteridean 6 per Cent. . — Moorish imperial 5 per Cent — Yew Granada — Do 3 per Oen. — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) I — Peruvian .6 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 791 801 Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'3 381 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 por Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ... 831 GI Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds„„ Do. dv. • £84.155. d 0..., -- Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. eW £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway Sarlinian 5 per Cent 7l 4 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 • — Do Account -- Srtuish 3 per Coil .:.• .. — Do. Account ... Do. 1867 Du. Account Do. New Deferreu Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Cuup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 DJ do, Scrip — Tur_iish 6 por Cent.! Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent, 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 634 4 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account f 4 Do 6 per Cent., 186 0 Divideuas on the above payable iu .L.0.,.0i. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail„ — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Relates, 3 per Cent, Ex. 25f. — Do Account — . Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f Do. Account 561 4 TWO O'OLOOK. Consuls, Money 921 xd Do. Account, Jan. 5 921 4 xd 32 .ee o'clock.—The market BOURSE, Dee. 16.—Th closed as follows : q per Cent. End of month — __ 3 per Cent End of month 7O 70 Credit Mobilier End of month... 298 75 Credit Foncier ...1542 End of mouth... RAIL WA' Bank Shares 3175 Ital'an Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Rome Debt — Deferred 32 ____s. Cash Orleans , ... 917 } Northern /200 Lyons and Medite rranean ." Southern..... s7l± Western Eastern . 561 i Sardinian Austrian 64Bt Lombard 4171 North of Spain 7O Saragossa Roman 55 CRIMINAL COURT—(This day). Minnie Edwards, 20, spinster, was indicted for the wilful murder of her male infant child. After some evidence had been given, the jury re turned a verdict of not guilty. MARKE7 S-2 MS DAY. MARK LANE. At Mark-lane to-day there was not an eXteliSiVe at tendance of the trade, but the general tone of the trade was firmer. The wheat, though not actually dearer, was held for rather more money, and an advance in quotations may take place before the end of the day. Barley was firm, and malting qualities could not be bought for the same money as last market day. Oats were in fair request at an advance of 3d. to 6d. Maize was rather dearer. COLONIAL. The colonial markets this morning are quiet, but steady. Tin is firm and again dearer, £lO7 having been paid for Straits. SMITHFIELD AND LEADENIIALL. The dead meat trade is not so good, and prices have given way about 2d per stone all round. This fall is oc casioned by the mild state of the weather, and the large supplies. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The inquiry is moderately active, at previous rates. BOROUGH HOP. Tho demand for all descriptions of both English and oreigu hops keeps good, and stocks much reduced. LIVERPOOL COTTON. December 18.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market quiet, and unchanged. .Brighton, on Saturday week, was a scene of " a great competitive examination" among the Goldsmiths of the United Kingdom, who there contended for the Brighton Race Cup, of the value of 400 guineas, and the richest racing prize given on the turf. After a long exa mination of the various designs submitted to them, the Brighton Committee selected the one of Messrs. C. F. Han cock, San, and Co., of New Bond-street, which repre sented a group of ancient Britons preparing to resist the invasion of England by Julius Caasar. The piece of plate is designed by Signor Monti, and is worthy of his genius and taste.— From the Morning Poet of Dec. 14, 1808. TIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, IE6B. THE QUEENS INCOME.. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 .io ' Do B lO 51 61 50' Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira alli 13 19 17: ; 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 111 20 Do issued at 2pm , I ... ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. ... 25 Bank of South Australia all Sl. 33 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, ind China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 30 31 30 i 20 City lO 11 12 121 100 Colonial '2s 40 4: 10 ConSolidated, I im. 50 Delhi and London, Jim 9 •• g 60 East London, Ji m 5 1 20 English and American, Hal 10 ... 20 English Bank .f Rio de Ja neiro, lim l9 1(1 pr 20 English, ;coltish, and Aus • tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all .. ... 281 , Do new 5: . 1 I 100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 13 20 Imperial Ottoman ll 11 11 11 1 1 26 lonian. all 27 29 25 Do new 6 pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 3: 3g 11-16 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, SO all 76 78 82 79 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, Jim. 45 31 32 20 Do . new 71 6 1 6 1 100 London &River Plate, lim, 40 7 9 25 Do new 10 11 14 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 141 30 London and County 2O 10 61 20 Do new,iss at 20 p.m,16 pd ll ... 60 London Joint Stock 1 35 16 20 London and south African 'al 1 I 12 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ... ... 50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l -.— 100 London and Westminster. 20 66 63 67 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 29 631 611 64 100 Merchant, lim 23 7 5 10 Metropolitan, limit all 61 74 100 Midland, lim .5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 ... ... 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 .. ... 10 Do . . 42 50 National.. 1 14 3 20 New South Wales all 42 44 20 North-Western 7l . . . 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 11 . 1 491 421 60 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim l9 6 61 100 Provincial of Ireland 95 69 91 10 Do new., all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 13 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 19 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 48 49 100 Union of Ireland, Jim 50 Union of London 16 181 3.1 381 & THE MANUFACTURE OF ARMOUR PLATES. So much nonsense is constantly talked, and such erro neous notions are held, respecting the Queen's income, that it can hardly be considered a work of supererogation to put the precise facts before the public. By- an Act passed soon after her Majesty's accession, in which the Queen waives her right to and interest in certain heredi tary rates, charges, duties, and revenues which by her prerogative she might have claimed, the civil list, i.e., her income, is fixed at £385,000 per annum. Many people have an idea that this sum is actually paid to the Queen every year. Such is not the case. The civil list is divided into six classes, to each of which we will briefly refer. Class I really represents the amount of money paid to her Majesty for her private use. This amount is £60,000, which is payable in monthly instal ments so long as her Majesty lives. Class 2, which appro priates £131,260, is for the payment of the salaries of her Majesty's household. This business is conducted by an official called the Paymaster of the Household; and when it is considered what a multiplicity of offices there aro connected with tl.e Court—from the lord of the bedchamber to the page of the backstairs—it can readily be imagined how easily the sum is expended. Class 3 appropriates a still higher sum of £172,500, and is for the expenses of the household. Royal housekeeping and royal parties and balls must be kept up on a royal scale, and anyone who has visited the Buckingham Palace mews and the Windsor stables—not to mention the royal kitchen—will not wonder that this sum finds plenty of channels for its disposal. The amount of Class 4 is small, and its purposes are almost entirely charitable. Out of the sum of £1.3,200, £9,000 is devoted to the payment of what are termed "Royal bounty grants" and "special service awards." Grants from the royal bounty fund, which are in the gift of the Premier, are generally made to distressed literary men or women, or to the necessitous relations of deceased military or naval officers, or to others who have claims on the Government. "Special service" covers extraordinary payments, such, for instance, as the award made to the officer who first landed in England with the Abyssinian despatches from General Napier. The alms, or " Maunday " money, also comes from Class 4, and to the amount of £2,000 are dis tributed by the Bishop of Oxford as Lord High Almoner. A further item of £1,200 is devoted to the pay ment of pensions to distressed ladies. These pen sions, as they fall in through death, are in the gift of the wife of the Prime Minister for the time being. Class 5, which consists of the payments made as pensions to deserving literary and scientific persons, or to any that have deserved the gratitude of their country, does not come out of the £385,000, but by a special clause in the Act before referred to, the sum of £1,200 is set apart from the Consolidated Fund in each year of the sovereign's reign for this purpose. The civil list pensions now amount to £17,000, after allowing for deaths. Class 6 may be regarded as a sort of reserve fund. The amount of it is £8,040, and it may be used towards meeting a deficiency in any of the other classes. A correspondent of the Birmingham Daily Post writes As follows :—" On Tuesday last I visited the Phoenix Works, Millfields, Bilston (Claridge, North, and Co.), for the purpose of witnessing the process of casting the second a pair of leviathan rolls, for rolling the increased size of Armour plates at Sir Sohn Brown's works, Sheffield. It nay be well to state, by way of preface, that hitherto a 101 l of 10 tons in weight has been deemed prodigious ; and when, some years ago, Messrs. Claridge and Co. pro duced a pair each weighing 13 tons, for a foreign copper mill, the event was regarded as quite an era in the history of the trade. The largest plate-mill in America cannot boast a roll of more than 11 tons, although in the Western World everything is done on so large a scale. Some idea, then, of the pair of rolls now being produced at the Phoenix Foundry may be gleaned from the fact that in extreme length they are 15 teet 6 inches, in diameter nearly three feet, and in weight 18 tons, or 36 tons the pair. The process of casting the roll on Tuesday occu pied four furnaces, each connected by a channel in Rand, called by the workpeople a runner.' The largest of these furnaces was tapped at 2.30, and a stream of molten iron, liquid as water, came hissing on its fiery way, and after a rapid flow of 40 feet, emptied itself into a huge iron mould— about the size and shape of Guy's punch-bowl at Warwick—which 'at 2.30 was filled to the brim with the seething metal. This mould, or Black Country punch-bowl, was then hoisted by a powerful crane, some six or eight feet, and then tilted so as to discharge its con tents into a second channel, in connection with two similar ' runners ' proceeding from the other furnaces. By this time the smaller furnaces had been tapped, and now three rivers of fire were bounding to mingle their tributary streams into one vast channel in the direction of the monster mould in which the mass of iron was to shape itself and cool. This mould, seventeen feet deep, was at 2.38 full to the brim, and the work was successfully com pleted amidst a loud and general " Hurrah " from the anxious and excited throng of workpeople who had crowded to see the " finish " of a roll-casting unequalled for dimensions in the whole world. The process WAS superinterded by Mr. George Claridge, who has been practically engaged in the trade of roll-making for more • than thirty years." ORDINARY sllAudeS AND STOCHIL : , hare Railways. st • Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 75 t Caledonian ........... 100 731 71 Caulbriau 2) Cornwall all 31 31 at Dublin& Belfast - June lOO 77 79 st Dun„rerth, & Ab.Junc lOO 73 72 21 East London all 7 9 YO Do 15 2) Do 19 ,at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 110 01 at Great Eastern .. .00 411 411 41 at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7 8 at Great Northoi Scotland lOO 15 .6 at Great Northern ... 100 106 107 100 at Du. A. stock st Do. B stock lOO 124 126 at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 50 97 at (1 t. • Western —Original lOO 4.t1 481 et Do. South Wales lOO 50 las a. Do. W. Md.—Oxford lOO .5 28 at Do. Newport lOO 28 Il at Lancashire .k Yorkshire lOO 1271 i2sl at Lon., Brigh.,& S,Coaat lOO 481, 491 491 10) Do. Scrip at Lou., Chat., and Dover Lou 18: 171 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO st Lon. As North Western lOO 112 il2l 1111 zt Lon. & South Western lOO b 7 Lit 81 at Man., Slid., & Lincoln et Metropolitan ..... lOO 1021 ,03 1021 11 st Do Extension 100 98 1.9 10 Do. New rd 10 10 10l at Metropolitan District. • all 10 Metrop. St. John's Noo 1 6 21 st M.a:aud at Do, tiirmin. & Derby lOO 7o 81 at North British st Do. Ed., .1 - 111., & 109 - st Nor. Eastern--Berwick lOO ).k, 25 Do. G. N.E purchase 16.13.4 at Do Leeds ....... at Do York lOO 87 _ 83 at Do Carlisle .... st Do Stock. & ICO 127 129 st North Lon ion .. lOO 122 125 10 Do New 1868 . . 2 11 2 p st North Staffordshire lOO 64 43 at North and S.-W. Jnnction 100 108 196 10 Do New .4:10 shares 7 ... st Rhymney st Shropshire Union luo 56 66 at South Devon .. • 100 43 41 st South Eastern lOO 79 791 20 Staines, Wok'ham, £ Wok all 12 18 at 'fan vale .0 Do. C at Wateriord & Kilkenny lOO 10 Waterloo & Whitehiti 6 1011 99/ RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... at Do. do. Ordinary lO9 78 be st Du. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 4 per cent gua.., all ati Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO at Gt. Eastern, B.C. Ex. No.l 100 at Do do No. 2 100 at Do do 6 per cent 100 at Do East Anglian A I p. c. 100 at Do do 13 6 do. 100 st Do do C 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, i p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4 p. c. gua. 100 at Do Norfolk i p.c. Ex. 1846 190 st Do do 1847 100 at Oreat Northern, i per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 108 at Do 4 1 do do do 100 at Do 6 do at ip.c. pm 100 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO stj Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Westeru (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO at] G t.West.— Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua.B p.c lOO at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 at Do do 4, per cent. 1850... 100 at Do do 4 do do ... 100 at Do do 5 per cent. radem. 100 st Du do Brrnaingliam gua.. 100 st Do do do pref... 100 at Do do Chester gua lOO at Do do do 8 per cent lOO at Do do do 5 do 103 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 41 p.c lOO at Do do 4 1 1859 100 at Do do 5 at Do West Mid:Oxford Ist g lOl at Do do '2d gun lOO at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 97 190 96 9J ati 108 Ivo 10s 100 103 69 71 ... ... 107 61 96 97 102 104 1031 95 10J 83 88 7d 76 78 93 95 65 70 150 160 OS IUO 103 li2 106 108 85 1/2 st Do _ . - do 2d do 100 at Do gna. 51 per cent. 1863.100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st• Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 at Do Barnsley, £5 38 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 at Do 41 (131ackburn purch). .100 at London & Brighton, Sp. c. guaranteed, Nu. 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gus,. No. 2 lOO st Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do N.. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent 1:0 st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 at Da 4 do 1859 lOO st Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent at London and N. W., C. and Nuneaton S par cent lOO 100 111 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 91 st Du Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 83 91 at London and W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 141 146 25.65. Do (Portam. perp ens. 2s6d) all at Man., Shef., & Linclu. 6 p.c lOO 11 a 117 6 Do st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 6f, 10 Do rede.ein. 6 percent 5 ... at Mid. Consolidated., Gp. c lOO 130 135 st Du Bristol& Birin., 6p. c lOO 1 u 13J at Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 ag at; Do 44 por"cent. irredoem lOO 97 92 at Du Leicester &IrcluA, 4 p.c lOO 89 91 at North British, a p.c. Nu. 1.2 lOO at Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & 100 at Do N. 8., Nu. 2, o per cen.t lOO t Do Border Union, 31 p.c 100 „. at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 84 at Do 44 per cent. redeem__ 100 DJ 95 at Du G.Y.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 D 0 Berwick capital 8 13.4. ... 25 Do York, 8.. &S. purchase lO 10 101 at Du Stektirt Diling. A. 5 p.c lOO 108 110 st Do W, Hartlepool 11. and R lOO 87 Si 20 North Staffordshire all 20 21 lOs 6. Devon Annuities, 1 a all . 91 101 10a Do Tavietock Anna., 10s all 910 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 per cent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 160 st Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 ... .. . i 1 0 135 130 135 97 100 Paid. Closing Business Price. done. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua at Do Scot. Oen. nun. 7p c lOO ... at Do 41 p irredeem all • at Do 4p c eon. issuedat 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 8 t 1 7 9U s 4 83 a aa t t tt Great ri pp 0 00 P N e a r t New h d a e:r e n n ss , t b da s p oo p " e el irred. BB46 e 3 n : . 1 11 1 0 00 0 0 3 0 88 . st Do Boston & Sloard, 41 pc 100 ... at Great West., W. ilidl., 5p o 100 86 90 at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 85 90 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 105 1631 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p e all 191 201 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 st Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... at Do du 4 do, 1860 100 ••• at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 4i d o, 1863 100 ... at Do do b do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 i do, 1866 100 . at Do No. 7 Bdo at Do Metrop. Ex., /36 p.c 100 Do do 0 6 p.c st London &N. Western, 5p e 100 103 110 at London& S. Western, 41 p a 100 93 95 10 Man. shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 181 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO at Midland, A 5 par cent pref lOO 105 107 st Do B 5 o 13 Do 5p c opt, to c ony. to 100 104 107 Ord. stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 11p: 13 Do bacons% Now Shares 16 1 22 Do 5p e con, into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 1 1/p at North Britian, E. and No. 1, 8 per cent lOO at Do £lO guara n t eed, 1861 100 ... at Do E., P., & Duu., 2d, 4pe 1410 at Do 11.&G, No. 2, Bp.e lOO at Do N. 8.. 5 p er cent, 1862 100 ...... at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.e 100 ... at Do E. &G. (Ordiry) 41 p s 100 56 57 '..st North Eastern, 41 per cent 101 1.5 97 at Do Stock. & Dam, D .... 101 112 114 at North London, 41, par coat (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire ip c lOO at South Eastern, 41 Pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. &Pimlico,. 41 pe 100 11 RAILWAYS.-LANES LEASED AT FIXED ItENTALN st Birkenhead lOO la 94 100 Do. 4} per cent. Prefer all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire fit Chester and Holyhead at Do. 51 per cent. st Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lO9 st Colchester scour Valley st East Lincoln, gee. 6p. c lOO 13 . 3 135 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all a Gt. Easn., Newm., &C., a p.c. 100 Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6d • 7 . 1 . 1 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Et., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Hera lOO 95 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21, 213 st London end Blackwall lOO 33 95 at Do. 4} per cent lOO „. at London, Cnat., &c., 4e p c lOO at Do. Com.. Fund, ii do lOO at London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 e 2 at Lowestof t, gut). 4 per cent lOO 79 83 at Do. do. 6 do. :pi Manch., Buxton, &31atlk all 5 5j st Midland, 13radford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Slid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northernk East , 5 per cent all 50 56 30 Do. do. 6 do. all St N. Eastern—Hartlep00l N.West. A perp. pref, sp. c lOO 103 110 st Do B minimum 11- p.c lOO at Notting. &Uranth. It. & 0 lOO 92 94 25 Preston and 11 yro. all 44 46 Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 133 13.5 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do du 9 2i 2,p at S. Yorksli. and Riyer Dun 100 33 luo st Do 4 per cent gua lO 79 81 st Do 5 do St Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all 61 7f st Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 114 st London and St. liatherina 100 53 55 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 par cent al Minivan Freehold Land" st Dock lOO 31 33 st Southampton , lOO 71 75 et Surrey Commercial RAILWAY FARES. On Thursday evening a paper was read at the Inventors' Institute, by Mr. R. Brandon, on " Consolidation of Management of Railways, and Uniformity of Fares for all Distances." Mr. Brandon having pointed out the errors in the present system of railway management and scale of fares, proceeded to argue that rail ways should be placed under one management, Govern. ment or otherwise, and should charge a uniform rate of feres. The analogy of the Post Office was exact especially now when it was a book and parcel delivery and also a transmitter of money. Government was also about to take possession of the telegraphs, and had only to make one step more and undertake the railways. He shewed that the present relations between shareholders and rail way property were most unsatisfactory, the average dividend on £500,000,000 sterling having been last year only 3 per cent. At present the fares averaged is. for each person ; but by his plan the fares would be ls. first class, 6d. second, and 3d. third ; and he calculated that the number of passengers would be increased sixfold. He would propose that all luggage should be paid for, as, if a man got from London to York for Gd., he could hardly expect to get a hundredweight of luggage, which required porterage, carried for nothing. By his plan, taken as a whole, he expected the following results Single tickets, 17 millions sterling ; annual, 18 millions ; t.xpress trains, 11 millions ; 3d. fares, half a million; luggage harge, 4 millions ; saving in management by amalgama tion, 31 millions ; total contemplated revenue, 55 millions, being an excess over the present gross revenue of 38 mil lions sterling. He had not entered into any calculations as to goods trains, as he did not think they would be much affected by the proposed change. To show that he was not too sanguine in his anticipations, he might mention that in the old coaching days 80,000 passengers were daily carried in 3,000 coaches, whereas in 1865 the trains carried 850,000 daily. He believed, therefore, that his cal culations would prove correct, but even if the increase should be only three-fold, there would still be an enormous pecuniary advantage, whilst the benefits to the public of all classes would bo enormous, especially to the labourers, who were now often shut out from their market by the cost of railway travelling. He preferred that Government should take the whole of the railway capital at a value based on a seven years' average of quotations, and that the interest should be 4 and 2-sths per cent. Deferred shares and bondholders would be paid out of the surplus revenue after the payment of the above charges. The chairman (Mr. H. Williams), whilst inviting discussion, de murred to Mr. Brandon's calculations. There would be a great increase of expenditure in providing increased accommodation, in meeting greater wear and tear, and the requirements of increased traction. The expenses of management must also be heavy, as firstrate men always required large salaries. The North-Western Railway Company gave its inspecting engineer £5,000 a year. He had no doubt, however, but that great advantage to the public would be the result of uni formity of management and reduction of fares in the case of the metropolitan lines. There was also the question of compensation for accidents which must be considered. The North-Western Company had paid in one year £148,000 in compensation. It was true they only paid £5,000 for the Abergele accident, but in that case the claimants were all burnt up. He believed that the law on this subject must be revised, and that a fixed scale of compensation must be established, based on the class by which the passenger had travelled. He denied the analogy between the carriage of letters and passengers altogether. A discussion followed, in which sir. Varley, Mr. P. W. Campion, and others took part; and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to I Mr. Brandon. RIPON ELECTION.—Lord John Hay, who has neen appointed one of the Lords f the Treasury, Las issued an address to the e!ectors of Ripon, in which he says : " Naturally I have viewed with satisfaction the large majority whi h has been returned to Parliament in support of the present Government, while I do not think it is to be regretted that the Conservative ranks are com. pact and numerous enough to perform with effect the legitimate duties of a minority in Opposition." The no mination will be on Monday, and there will be no oppo. sitien, MISCELLANEOUS, 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 211 211 211 1 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 1 fp 14 j 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 16 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 27 29 et Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 1 7 ed 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 131114 1 14 10 Do. New 6 $ 111 100 Bolckow Vaughan, Ihn. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. . all 11 4 5 Do. New 4 11 01 50 British American Land 44 17 20 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 165 170 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 3/ 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 3l if 144 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 41 64d 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 31d 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 5 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 2 3 50 City Offices, lim 25 21, 230 4 50 Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Commereiai: Jnion (Assur) 5 p ip • 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 171 181 25 Copper Miners of England, . pref. 74 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bands, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 4; per cent. all 104 1051 100 Do. 1882, 4f per cent, all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all li 25 21 50 Credition.of Mauritiuslim lO 8 2 d st Crystal Palace lOO 20 22 et Do. Preference lOO 96 101 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 105 110 20 Darjeeling, lim. ••• •.. I 0 Eastern Assam, lim ... 6 1 ... d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy btu& by Egypt. Gov all 89/ 891 8f f 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 4/ 4,; d at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 235 240 - 10 Do. New 8 llp 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 1 1 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 4,1 100 Eng. and Scot. M arine, lim. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 if lid 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at '485 all 831 811 50 Gellivara, lira. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lira, 71 2 51 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 5Q Horn a & Col Marine In.llw 5 41 31d 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all .1. ... 20 Hudson's Bay allj 13 141 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, Him 25 Indo-European Tel., lira 10• 20 Interna. Financial Soc. li in 6 .11 1, 31 20 Interna. Land Credit, lim. 6 6 4,1 50 Italian Land ......... 20 Italian Irri. (Canal davour) allj 2 21 31 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 20 all 63 115 50 Land Securities, lieu 5 31 21d 25 London African Trading.,, 10 7 la 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint. 6 ...d 10 London County Laud and Building, lira. ......e l 4 ... ...d 5 Lond. Provincial T tun all 31 Si 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all # iP 50 Lond. Financial 'LUSO., lira 30 23 221 4 Lond.Gen.Oinnibus.Colim. all ig 2 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lira, 20 Lend. & Provincial Marine ' 2 1,1 pr t Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gun, sp.c. by India G ov 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, . 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint all 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, lira..., all 36 41 50 Millwall Iron Works,inn. 121 ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lira, 0 Co., 31 2 1( 1 25 National Discount , um' 12 121 25 National Prov. Marine, lira. 4 4 3,1 10 National Steam Ship, lint, all Si 9 1 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lira. 6 3 2,1 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim, 3 1# 1d b New Quebrada, ... ~. 4.4.0 4/ ak 25 New Zealand Loan & Mar. candle Agency,lim ....... 2l 1 11 3 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lira ...................... 5 11 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, li nt. 5 7 5 10 Do. B ............ . at North Brit. Austral., lint., 100 46 51 50 North Brit. & Mercan. 61 18/ 191 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15 50 Oriental Financial, 1ira,,,,,, 11 ...d 5 Oriental Gas, ......... all 7 7 1 b Do. New. . . ..... ......... ... 1 iP 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, 1ira....... 2 id ip 5 Ottoman Gas, 1am ... . ..... ....... 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all 2 21 5 Do do. .... .. all 1 1/ at Peel R. Land & Miner', li nt 100 32 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 54 55 50 Do. • New 1867 . 10 Id pr 25 Reuter's Telegram .................... 24 30 3bp 50 Rhymney Iron ......... all 19 20 15 Do. New ... ...... ...... all 5 1 6 25 Rio de Janeiro City Jim.. all 171 181 20 Do. lin; all 23 24 100 Royal Mail StearaGas, ...... . st Scottish Aust. Invest., lira lOO 107 112 at Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref lOO ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lira lO 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empira Ot, $ 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv, 11m , 6 2: South Australian Land „. all 35 36 . at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,ll;;; all 16 161 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 1ira.........,. 3 21 21 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lira._ 81 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim. 1 1p 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada P 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint. 5 4 4ip 20 Union Steam Ship, all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim. s 11 so SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint. all 4.1 4:1 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 31 sip 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lira 5 1 11p all 3 4 3 1 0 0 IT U an ppe p r i A ema ssa u rn s T iAs ea n , d lint 281 7 8 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 751 761 75 60 Warrant Finance, l nt. l2 12 10(1 58 West India and Pacific Steam, lint 2O 4 3d 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO UOLONIAL GOViIItIiMENT sEcuurriE6 British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.... • 100 Do. 1895 Can.G 0v.6 p.c.J an. , &J uly 1877-84 . ......... •• • • 100 107 ICE Do, 6p. c. Feb. & Aug l,O 105 Do. sp. 0. Mar.. Sept lOO 105 10 Do. bp. o. Jan. .14 July lOO 93 94 Do. sp. c. Inscribed isk lOO 90 92 Cape (1-.1710pe, 6 p. 0 .1137 3" 100 102 104 Do.Apl.&Oct 1890-190 0 lOO 11l 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 •••• 100 108 lio Do. 5 per oeut. 15 April and :5 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 lie Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 6. Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & _Mar lOO 106 08 Mplbourne Corporatn., 1887-75, 6 per cons lOO N. 11. G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.e:Juy Natal 6 p ut, Apl & Oct lOO Do 6p c, IDy .0 Nov lOO 106 108 N. S. W. 5 ire., '7l to '76 lOO 09 to , Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 15)6 lOO 09 too Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to '75 lOO 99 lot N.Zealand, 8 p. ot. 1891.. 100 Do. 5 per cent.•• • DoJau,Aptl,July, 0 t... 100 97 4 use 06 Da 0 p Mar sept 100 108 n o DuJule& Dec , 1-91.... 100 109 .11 107 I Do rrov.. 1 ALot Id. ICO t fcriea 19v2,1:96 .. lvova Scotia 6 p. 0•Jan•• • and July, 1875 Do 1,, , ..6. . Queenslnd. 6p. C. '825 lOO 1k 8 IC9 1081 Do 1891 ...... ... S. Austral. 6 p 0.1860 77 lOO _ _ Do 1r78.k lOO 108 110 Do 1193 19u8. 10) 107 1(8 Tasmanian t. pe. 1095 1(0 lu6 167 Do rd. athi to 159/ lOO 1( 7 1 0 8 Victoria 6p.0. Ja.4July lOO _ Do. 1NP:1 Do. clO. April /a Wt lOO 100 110 1031 1 1 7HE RE [OL UTION IN SPAIN. - - - - - s.--_— A letter from Madrid, dated Dec. 14, says : It would be rather difficult to give you a fair idea of the joy with which the people of Madrid received the news of the unconditional surrender of the Cadiz insurgents. It was more than gladness—it was exultation. The good tidings transpired iu the afternoon of Sunday, by four o'clock. But in the evening it circulated freely in the clubs and cafes, and this morning at daybreak it was cried out in the streets by a host of bulletin sellers. Ever since the Madrilones are congratulating each other, and seem to breathe with full lungs. The Cadiz insur rection was a national nightmare, rendered still more oppressive by the scanty and contradictory news about the real state of affairs in Andalusia. The Government is accused of having concealed from the public what was passing at Cadiz, and of having misled the people by the erroneous reports published in the newspapers deriving their informa tion from official sources. Be that as it may, it is undeniable that the members:of,the Provisional Go vernment have displayed in that most trying emer gency a foresight, a wisdom, a moderation, and a spirit of conciliation most comendable. In my letter of the 11th I told you the reasons leading to the conclusion that the insurgents would surrender at discretion. They had not the slightest chance, and the Government, acting upon the fact, renewed the armistice to avert further effusion of blood. The French have a proverb whichays, a quelque chose malheur est bon. Ile insurrection of Cadiz will have for Spain and her Government this happy result, that it proved the strength of the latter, and that it will prevent further hostile demonstrations. Now that the Cadiz insurrection has terminated so happily, the truth begins to peep out about its real origin and true character. It is generally averred that it was Republican, and not Reactionist; however, it appears certain that it was supported by the gold of Israel. So much for its charac ter. It arose thus. The civil governor of Cadiz received the order to disarm the people at Puerto Santa Maria and at Cadiz, as was done at Madrid. The volunteers refused to deliver their arms, and those of Puerto Santa Maria marched on Cadiz ; that was on the sth. Now, the events at Puerto were known at Cadiz the same day at noon. It was also known that a bando had been drawn for disarming the volunteers of Cadiz. Almost im mediately the people met in arms at the San Juan Place, vociferating menances and seditious cries against the Government. The Republicans here contend that the civil go vernor of Cadiz addressed provocations to the De mocratic party ; that this official is a creature of Gonzales Bravo; that he is an ardent Reactionist; and that he was appointed by the traitors who have contrived to sneak in amongst the Provisional Go- varmint. It is the first time that the Republicans charge the civil governor of Cadiz with having caused the insurrection by his provocations. What those pro vocations were they do not tell. The insurrection having burst out when Cadiz was without troops (they had been despatchel to Puerto Santa Maria) that governor must have committed a huge blunder in provoking the Republicans just at the moment when he was without a single soldier. Again, had that governor (Gonzales de la Vega is his name) provoked an insurrection by kis violence against the Republicans of Cadiz, how is it that the Repub licans of Madrid and of the other Spanish towns could be ignorant of it; how is it that knowing it, they protested against the Cadiz insurrection, that they indignantly repulsed any connection with it ? However, it is with unfeigned satisfaction that I hasten to tell you that the Cadiz insurrection is free from most of the excesses laid at its door by false or much exaggerated reports, which, unfortunately, obtained credence for the time in well-informed circles here, and found their way into the papers more or less connected with the Government. The following diary from rn impartial witness may also prove interesting to your readers : " Cadiz, Dec. 5, 2.30 p.m.—The artillery has been despatched to Puerto Santa Maria, to com pletely reduce the insurgents. The armed volun teers opposed the departure of the column, at tacked it at the San Juan Place, whilst others fired at the picket instructed with the publication of h,n!o. The troops posted ou the rampart returned the fire of the insurgents. Evening.—The— insurgents, whose numbers have been greatly increased by men who came from Xeres and other neighbr)uring towns, have taken possession of the town-house and other public buildings ; the troops extended along the ramparts, and held communication with the artillery park and the forts. " 6th.—A great agitation prevailed during the night, and from daybreak the fire was very brick on both sides. At 4.30 the Madrid riflemen, who were at Puerto Santa Maria, landed here. When the insur rection burst out the Cadiz authorities had at their disposal but 600 men of the Gerona regiment, 300 artillerymen, and 40 civil guards. The reinforce ments received during the day are but six com- panies, some of which numbering only 30 men. The Gerona regiment fought at Alcolea under Novalichez. " 7th.—The insurgents, who had taken the ar tillery park at the outset of the rebellion are well provided with arms and ammunition. They have compelled the men able to bear arms to fight on their side. They occupy the central part of the town, and specially the districts of La Viva and of Santa Maria. The insurgents, numbering at least 6,000 men, threw from the balconies even pieces of furniture on the troops. The troops fought with courage ; but, above all, they took care to occupy the strategical points. General Laserna entered Cadiz this day at the head of six companies more, and the troops are now from 1,300 to 1,400 --- - - strong. They bravely attacked the town-hall, but were repulsed, and suffered heavy losses. IL is not exactly known who are the leaders of the insurrection, but the insurgents mention Tunco, Marimon, Viesca, Cuenca, and Cuesta. Tne cries are contradictory. At first they cried Viva la Republic !' then ' Viva Isabella!' and even Viva Carlos !' To-day many Catalans, armed with American rifles, were perceived among the in surgents. Since nightfall the fire was less brisk but from time t o ti me, and from different directions, are heard cannon and musket firing. " Bth.—At Bin the morning, the Consuls, seeing that the naval forces were making ready to fire at the town, came in a body to the superior authori ties, and asked in the namo of humanity and of the material interests of the inhabitants to grant an armistice to the insurgents to give them time to ac knowledge their error, to surrender their arras, and to allow women and children to leave the town. The authorities granted an armistice of 48 hours. During the day a good number of people availed themselves of the armistice to abandon the place. The troops were reinforced by 200 men of the Gerona regiment and by a detachment of Carabi neers. The troops and the insurgents maintain their respective positions." The diary ends here. You will perceive that it mentions nowhere the presence of libarated con victs in the ranks of the insurgents. However, they are spoken of in the first conditions that the insurgents submitted on the 9th for their surrender —they asked a free pardon for themselves and the convicts set free at the beginning of the conflict, and General Caballero de Roda would not even discuss them. Another version, put forth by the Republicans, is that the convicts were taken again to the presidios by the Republicans of Cadiz. However, that important point will soon be cleared up. At all events, the Cadiz insurrection has greatly damaged the Republican cause in Spain. My per sonal opinion is that its chances never were very great. The Constituentes Cortes will be 457 ; I do not think that the Republicans will send more than 30 representatives. SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—lianders Messiah will be performed by this society at Exeter-hall on Mon day evening next, with Miss Edith Wynn; Madame Sainton-Dolby, Mr. Verson Rigby, and Mr. Santley as the principal vocalists. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky iu the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Co., Belfast; or 4, B;aufort•buildiugs, Straw.l,:London W.Q --[Ad ''''''''''''..."'m'C i..-,,a 61)1134 J HER .31..1,1E5TY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 17. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal), Princess Leopold, and the other members of the Royal family, attended by their suite, left the Castle this morning for Osborne. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. INCORRIGIBLE.—Jane Baldock, a girl about 16 years of age, was charged before Mr. Knox with robbing a child, and after hearing the evidence of Rhoda Greathurst, Mr. Knox remanded her with the view of finding a reformatory to send her to. On being again brought to the court, Welsh, the office keeper, having succeeded in obtaining a promise from Miss Nichols, the lady superinten dent of the Protestant Reformatory for Girls, Church-row, Hampstead, that she should be admitted, he at once recognized her as a girl who, about three years ago, he took to an industrial school in Lisson-street, and after being there a short time she attempted to burn down the build ing, having got up in the dead of the night and laid a train for the purpose and then gone to bed again. She was tried at the sessions and sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment, but after being there six months, her conduct being good, the rest of her term of imprisonment was abandoned, and she was discharged. There were two other charges against the prisoner of robbing children. The prisoner said that if forgiven this time she would never come to the court again. Mr. Knox said he would hoar another case against the prisoner. A little boy named iiiscock, the son, of a police constable, deposed to being robbed of a shilling by the prisoner while on an errand fo r hi s mo th er . _ _ Mr. Knox said he scarcely knew what to do with the prisoner. He had made arrangements for her to be taken to the reformatory, and Miss Nicholls would have taken her in, but after what he had heard about her attempting to set fire to the insti tution in Lisson-street he could not think of send ing her to another, as the next thing that would be heard of was of the place baing burnt down. The only thing he could do was to send her to prison for two ternis of three months each. 'Welsh said that in consequence of the prisoner's attempting to set fire to the institution the com mittee had to leave the house and withdraw the Government certificate. THAMES. A DEFECT IN THE DOCK COMPANIES' ACTS.—W. Hart, a labourer, was charged with being drunk on a wine quay in the St. Katharine Dock. It was suspected he had been drinking sherry wine, of which he smelt very strongly. ➢lr. Woolrych—l have no power to punish the prisoner for being drunk in any one of the docks. He is discharged. SPAIN. (BY REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) MADRID, Dec. 17. Colonel Valle Miramon, a Carlist emissary, de tected as the bearer of Republican proclamations, has been arrested at Medina Sidonia, where some disturbances have recently taken place. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, Dec. 17. The Messageries Imperiale's steamer Nil, with ;he Reunion and Mauritius mails, arrived here at 11 a.m. to-day. POINT DE GALLE D Dec. 12. The Messageries Imperiales steamer lloogley, with the India and China Mails, left here for Suez to-day with 50 passengers, and 1,500 packages of merchandise. Bank of England Returns. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Vietoriv, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Dec. IG, 1868. ISSUE DE .I.ltT MENT. Notes issued ....,£31,001,190 Govornmt. Debt.£ll,ols,le. Other Securities.. 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion X 31,901,190 £31,901,190 BI:siKING D Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts 5,956,333 Other Deposits.. 17,072,453 Seven Days and other Bills 418,899 .S.P.UtTMENT. Goverumt. Secu rities(ineluding Dead Weight Auuuity) £14,074,874 Other Securities 17,494,973 Notes 9,176,515 Gold and Silver Coin £42,003,492 £42,003,492 'RANK MAY, Chief Cashier. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTI JAN 'RES FOR 1869. "AltY. Manchester 1, 2 VARY. FEBR Streatham L 11, 12 I Lincoln 16, 17 Harrow lB, 19 Mansfield 18 Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chelmsford... 25, 26 Derby Spring 25, 26 MA: Liverpool Spring 2, ij Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Kingsbury l2, 13 Northampton. l6, 17 'C I. West Drayton lB, 19 West Somerset 18, 19 Margate 29 Durham 29, 30 Epsom 30, ill :IL. Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21 Croydon 22, 23 Newmarket Ist tpring 26, &o. :AY. Bromley 17 : 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk ... 6 7 Streatham 8, 9 Chester 4, 5, 6,i Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 St. Albans Salisbury l3, 14 Doncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 Bath IS, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croy do u 20, 21 Ilarpenden ''l Epsom Summer .....25, &o. JI 1. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 J1.,1 NE. 1 Newcastle 22,77 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Suttou Park .....29, 30 LY. Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, Kingsbury .. 9, 10 Pontefract 12, 13 Nottingham H, 14 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Southampton 22, 21 Stamford ... 22, 23 Goodwood 27, 23, 29, 30 • AUGUST. Brighton ii, 4 1 Oxford Brighton Club 5 Canterbury ...... ...... 24, 25 Lewes 6, 7 York 24, 25, 27 Egtiam lO, Plymouth ...26 Wolverhampton lO, 11 Windsor August l2, 13 'Windsor 12, 1 1 : !Derby Summer ..,31, Sep. 1 St. Albans Stockton lB, 19, 20 i SEPTEMBER Warwick... 7, I 8 Western (Ayr)........22 , 23 Abingdon 9, 10 Kingsbury 23 24 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 I Monmouth 23. 24 Richmond 21, 22 I Newmarkut Ist 0ct....28, ao. Lichfield OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 i Cheltenham l9, 20 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 j West Drayton ''l, 22 Leicester Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, & c. j Monmouth 23, 24 Chelmsford l9, 20 !Newmarket knoll ...25, dm N OVEMBEI. Worcester 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury 15, &c. I Liverpool 9, 10, 11. 12 Learaiugtou Bunt ....23, Ste. 31Alt011. Bahloylo First Spring 18, 19 MAY. Baldoyl© Second spring 11, 12 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. JAN DAM . . llopgrovo 1 I (Joverdalo 6 Mau.thester l, 2 St. Albans l9 FEBRUARY. Birmingham n, 9 I Harrow lB, 19 Ltrucola l6, 17 Derby 1 -----_