The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-05 00:00:00

ar5.....a th 2 Dec. 4. ily Cath- moon. i Louise, .in Beck- ,ank Mr. isite tale Vathek." ding and but per lustrator atertain have the rful nar- ~, who- the ac- m Beck tiVilliam ,urohaser Fonthill. ). Born en years an d the of May , ;hty-four was then t income he came ive years ote it at was hard thea the s after' lication• iek, Wal Rally in diornato tiro bo n Is trans fact, 0 0 %I, but a descrip- immOr - I perfec t MtbY of book is k7O haY o ' j present )tes, a nd Pp. 919' 111 thO e Eng l i a in their s . Rou t. i d lOW tator' 1110 ° 4 N o . nber 20, y Henri ;ribed by n, beta most de' )een pro neat of s, as re ytbise of As the attire ea l ave tb e , , i.e., tor an '" aly ra te , last (/' - Wha t his e di , original acted by In" Pre jug over e nable irvel of Richar d penned ut W ill an d art fun a nd y socia l morality our ° II :, 3a tha t in our • gladde ir ir it Yf4 i .ddio° l34 ibral ill me 0 9: knout - lady) ''' )1., pP' 6 it ) * pp' Alsip CO WMERCIAL INTXLLIGEI4OII, CITY, Two o'CLocic. The market to-day was dull owing to the Turkish Ambassador withdraing from Greece and the Greek Ambassador from Constantinople. This has in duced Turkish securities to fall, the Fives of 1868 being quoted at 394.. Consols also have been de pressed, but railway stocks are comparatively firmer. The rate for discount in the market is 2/ to 3 per cent., and for loans 14. to 2. ConsoLs are 92/ / / for money; ditto, for Ac count, 92/ ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 92/ ; New Three per Cents, 92/ 4 ; Annuities, April, 1 885, 12 5-16 ; Exchequer Bills £lOO and £2OO, 2 per Cent., 12 prem. India Stock, 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 113 ; 12i ; ditto, Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 91/ ; ditto 5 1 per Cent., May, 1879, 1011 4 ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 10 7 prem. Foreign Stocks are heavy. Turkish of 1835 have declined 11 per cent. ; ditto of 1858 and 1862, 1 ; Italian of 1861, 14 ; Spanish of 1867, / ; Mexican, I , &C. The quotations are as follows : Brazilian of 1865, 77/ to 781 ; Chilian of 1867, 961 to 4 ; Egyptian of 1864, 831 to / ; ditto of 1868, 74* to 1 ; Italian of 1861, 56 to 4 ; Mexican, 15 1 to 1 ; Peruvian of 1865, 811 to 4 ; Russian of 1866, 89/ to 901 ; ditto Nicolai, 65/ to 664 ; ditto Orel, 80} to 81; ditto Moscow-Jaroslaw, 79 to 8 , ex div. ; Spanish of 1867, 334 4 ; Turkish of 1 858, 62 to 63 ; ditto of 1862, 64 to 63 ; and ditto of 1865, 321 to 40. In railway stocks London and .North-Western are 112 to 4 ; Great Western, 48/ to 49 ; Midland, 1124 to I ; London and South Western, 874. to 88/ ; Great Eastern, 411 to 8 ; Brighton, 47; to ; South Eastern, 794 to 1 ; Metropo litan, 1034. to 103 ; Great Northern A, 1071 to 1081 ; Caledonian, 741 to 75 : London, Chatham and Dover, 164 to 174. About 24,000 sovereigns were taken irom the Bank yesterday for Alexandria. The sum of £24,000 in sovereigns was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for Alexandria. The intended issue of Five per Cent. Guaranteed Capital Stock, to the amount of £2,000,000, by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, is to be made on Wednesday, the 16th inst. The first report of the Societe du Cable Trans atlantique Francais (Limited) has been issued in anticipation of the meeting to be held on the Bth inst. It states that the whole of the capital has been subscribed, and the full sum of £5 per share bas been already paid upon 39,034 shares. Over 800 Shares have been fully paid up. The manu facture of the deep sea cable is proceeding rapidly ; up to the present time 460 nautical miles have been completed, and about 85 miles are being handed over by the contractors weekly. The Great Easter n is now being fitted out at Sheerness, and will commence receiving cable on board in Janu ary , It is also stated that the French Go vernment are making the necessary arrange ments for th e erec ti on o f li nes f or s p ec i a l use be tween Paris and Brest and between Dieppe and Brest. The committee of the creditors of the Commer flat Bank Corporation .of India and the East have Issued a circular stating that after much trouble - ROm e negotiation the heads of an agreement as bet ween the li q uid a t or o f th e co r po ra tion, the liquidator of the old bank, and themselves have be en arrang e d w hi c h mus t h ave b een su b m itt e d t o .roraial meetings of shareholders here and abroad, to be called under the direction of the Court of C hancery. If adopted by such meetings, the Court will then be asked to direct the liquidator to Barry Such agreement into effect, its substance b eing to stop all litigation and to pay the creditors 178 , in the pound. , The directors of the Loud= and River Plate Bank (Limited) have resolved to declare a dividend of 5 per cent. for the half-year ended the 30th of September last, together with a bonus of 3} per cent. The half-yearly report of the African Steamship Company, to be presented on the 10th instant, re conivaenis the usual dividend of Bs. per share and bonus of 2s. Our letters from Frankfort state that a fresh rise O r 5 per cent. has been established in French-Aus trian Railway shares, and of 4 per cent. in Lom bard ; the first are continuously bought on French a ccount. The most extraordinary feature of the p re sent movement is that only those securities are . 1111 P, r aving on which the banks make no advances— ',llea e aas shares, preference railway bonds, and United ' t ate& stocks—while the descriptions in which ad vances can be obtained show for the most part a do wnward tendency. T he Rrementschug Russian Railway loan has Z ne t been int ro d uce d f or su b s c r iption at Frankfort, „tit it is said a no th er no t gu aranteed issue of Rus sian railway preference shares will be tried. . Forged A ustr i an b ank-notes of 100 an d 50 flo rl4 by Printing, have been discovered at Frankfort. o T he rinderpest h as , it a pp ears , br o ken out at Ka fe,,,ll and Lublin. In consequence the Government Posen has ordered a quarantine in the depart reeat of lialisch. Ihe latest Brazilian advices announce the final acce ptance of the San Paulo Railway line by the Izttihne firsttlhorities as from the Ist of August last. This is Anglo-Brazilian railway that has been for ally acknowledged to have passed all the require meats of the Government. The £200,000 deben b. 'e e s of this line falling due in January have all a renewed for a term of five years. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 8 P.DerttCoe7:7c..F.l3 7sl)B. 92} I 1 xd 921 1 xd New Pe r Cent. Reduced 92-f l i 3 per Cent e it 2 R l- per Cent. Jan. 1894 A - u per Cent. Jan. 1873 s 'l; fo r 3 Se a rle pire sth April 1885 l2 5-16 :',.° (Red vaph), Aug., 1908 — -e4equer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per tit — Pm Do. .£5OO D o k m : £lOO & .£2OO l2 pm " of En 1 d Stock, 4 per Cent 80. g In e_. account I,,nada 4 per Cent. Bonds — 4mter-Colonial Uranium Ind ; t, I3 TAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES 1) -4 LOCk, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do.°. Opening, for Account — l. ,b Per cent. Oct 1880 1 "' 1 pee r Cent., Oct. 1888 0• Certificates — 'l,O. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Clint 9ll ""'"'• 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ti n 1101 / .0, - * 5 i Per Cwt. May 1879 - Doer Cent., Rup. Bob. 1872 — do. 1877 — 1)0 • do. 1882 •• Deb , 5 per Cent, Aug. 1873 ~ —• 80. ci 4 Cent., .£1 000 1 1 ns, per , pin 'lO. under £l,000 FO REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Arn e tine Repu bl ic, t per Cent Oo 8 An a ...' trip £ 45 paid .. .. — - .4xan Bonds b per cent L ra , . L O' 1859 _ 11°6 4 -4111 en. 5 per C e nt D e . per Cent., 1852 • I bo do. 1858.... Lo . ~ uo . , 1860 Do 5 do., 1863 671 I ) • . per Cent., 1865 I t ° Account 7B 1 e ) °08 Ayres 6 per C ent. , — e t ,,,' ) 2 per C ent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) -. 0 ,1 , , 6 per Cent. .r at ' 6 Per Cent — b,°,-;i Per Ce nt — 1. D O o, per Cent., Do. 6 per cot. 1867 961 0 l 7 .Per Cent., 1866 o ab 6 Bau. IKn , per Cent. jj a . Bl . . 3p;,. Cent., 1825 Liutaan P rincipalities, 7 per Cent 74 t-, ' 8 Per Cent., 1867 B4l .C 1 lad°l. New Consolidated, 1 per Cent % Pti o ", 7 per Cent — , oacoad Issue •• 1/9 i , o. Xsw, Bonds BO •u0..£100 Bonds ...•• 83 Do. 1864 - - Account Etilt)n°t)g ..1 4X i D s 15 h (u). 4°°Bl3l3 c ° r ° i nildasa lB6B B3l 84 Do P' do. 415 pd 7 1 41 1 Clov e dis Gre ek rn illtnt Railway D e b entures 96 Pe °r Cent. 1824.5, ex Coups — , juo count • Coup ons • 444-,0. A ccount ,• (141441 a 5 Per c ent .1 — il • A ' 4 -t.ci "1:1 17:f !,; ' % • 1; Dundas (L) ... Riddle (C) ... HAY. •"] aP, ; A 91) 0..‘. Account Do :A:actin - nal - it. Railway - IlexicaL 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account De. 1864 — Do g per Cont. Anglo-French — dontevideau 6 per Cent. .. — lloorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Con. 36 Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Bl Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'3 381 Do. do. 1867 3Bf Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 por Cont., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 De 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Du 5 por Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO flonde., 90 Do. do. £Bl 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds B9l 90 Do. da £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 6s'' 1 Sar liniau o per Cent — Do 41 per Cont. (Uribarron) ••• Do 11 per Cont., 1862 • — Do Account - - Spanish 3 por Con ... Do. Acc/Junt Do. 1867 ~ Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded ••• Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 ... — Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 6l 2 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 6ll 1. Do I por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent.: — Do. Account Dividends on the aboyo payable in 1 ondon. Austrian a per Cant. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. ; Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. — 33 Do Account — Italian 5 per Cont. 1951, Ex. zsf. Do. Account 56 CLOSING PRICES, Consuls,'Money 921 1 ad Do. Account, Jan. 5 921 ad THE GENERAL ELECTION. STATE OF TUE POLLS. GLASGOW AND ABERDEEN UNIVERSITIES. FOURTH DAY.—GROSS POLL AT 10 A.M.—THIS DAY. Moncrieff (L) ... ... ... ... ... 2038 Gordon (C) ... ... ... 1091 ORKNEY AND SHETLAND. FINAL CLOSE IN ORKNEY. (Shetland poll not included.) MARKE7 S-1 HIS DAY. ... 578 ... 345 COTTON. LIVERPOOL, Deceember s.—Sales prolmlily 8,000 bales. Market flat. Smithfield—Prime clover, from £5 lOs to £6 6s ; infe rior ditto, £4 5s to £5 ; prime hay, £5 5s to £5 15s ; in ferior ditto, £4 5s to £4lsx; and straw, £1 6s to .£1 14s per load. COVENT GARDEN. Supplies are well kept up. All the broccolis are now coming unusually good. MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, The Elk and Hornet, composite-built, unarmoured gun vessels, each of 2 guns, 464 tons, and 120-horse power, have been commissioned at Portsmouth, the former by Commander Algernon G. Wootton, and the latter by Commander Duncan G. David son. The latter officer, like Capt. Brooker, has made for himself by his past services a reputation in China. He was attached to the Naval Brigade at the storming of Canton in December, 1857, at which affair he assisted Capt. Sherard Osborn in burning the houses in the vicinity of the North Gaie, a service, according to " O'Beirne," of considerable difficulty, and executed under a sharp fire from the enemy. He also assisted at the de struction of the Peiho Forts. Capt. E. B. Rice on Thursday entered upon his duties as the officer commanding her Majesty's ship Asia and the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth. 'I he following officers at Chatham Garrison have received orders from the Horse Guards to hold themselves in readiness for embarkation, to join their respective regiments at the stations named : Major W. F. J. Rudd, 2d Battalion of the Ist Royals, to embark for India ; Major F. Connor, Lieut. H. Flood, and Lieut. Shirley, Ist Battalion of the 2d Royals, to embark for Bombay ; Lieut. R. L. Leir and Lieut. W. F. H. Majendie, 31st Regiment, to embark for Malta ; Lieut. J. 11. Campbell and Ensign F. F. R. Burgess, 109th Re giment to embark for Calcutta ; Ensign G. L. H. Star, and Ensign J. Ritchie, 3d West India Regi ment, to embark for Jamaica. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Frederick R. Board man and Lieut. John R. E. Pattison, to the Scor pion ; Lieut. Edward C. Hall, to the Juno ; Lieut. John Bruce, to the Asia ; Lieut. Robert H. C. Law son, to the Warrior; Sub-Lieut. Thomas Heath cote, to the Hornet ; Sub-Lieut. Frederick Mait land, to the Elk ; Dr. 'William B. Balby, surgeon, additional, to the Britannia ; Francis G. Toms, surgeon, additional, to the Implacable ; Edward H. Jago, assist. -paymaster, in charge, to the Elk ; Alfred Clement, assist.-paymaster, in charge, to the Hornet ; John S. Andrews, assist.-paymaster, to the St. Vincent; Charles Baxworthy, assist.-pay master, to the Excellent; John H. H. Smale, chief engineer, to the Scorpion ; Joseph L. Rastrick, Thomas Audremartha, and Henry White (b), en gineers, to the Scorpion ; and Alfred Woodward, clerk, to the Juuo. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—John B. Palmer, acting navigating sub-lieut., to the Victory, as supernu merary ; Stuart B. Roupell, midshipman, to the Hercules ; Henry F. Haszard, midshipman, to the Warrior ; Frederick J. Robins, paymaster to the Scorpion ; and James Drysdale, clerk, to the Scorpion. It having been brought to the notice of the Sec retary of State that cases have recently occurred in which filled shells have been found among empty shells returned into the charge of the Military Store Department ; also that filled cartridges, lucifer matches, and other dangerous substances have been mixed with empty cartridge cases delivered into store, under clause 6, Army Circular, 1867, Secre tary Sir John Pakington has called attention to the very serious danger, both to life and property, aris ing from such acts of carelessness, and desires to impress upon all officers and others concerned the necessity for the exercise of the utmost care and vigilance, in order to prevent the introduction of any foreign substance whatever among the Labora tors stores returned to the military store depots or to the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. Intelligence has been received of the departure of her Majesty's Indian troopship Malabar from Suez on the Ist inst. for Bombay, with tips 3d Hus sars and drafts. !'``~~~ The Price of Gold. The quotalim of gold at Paris is about at par, and t!ie short exchange on London is 251. 1713. per Li sterling. on cumpariug these rates with the English Mint price of V Gs. WO. per ounce for standard gold. it appear that gold is about the- same price in London and Paris. The course ol exchange at New York on London for ill at CO days' eiht was on the last date about 1 91 percent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gol.l rota the Uni:cd ;.,ta tea. DROWNED FISH.--Fish in streams and rivers are frequently to all appearance drowned, strange as the idea of a drowned fish may be. When a stream is suddenly swollen with water that has fallen upon and drained from a surrounding soil which has been exposed for some time previously to the sun's rays, the water is warmed and de prived of its power of holding a proper complement of oxygen ; the vivifying gas in consequence escapes, and the fish, deprived of the air necessary for respiration, faint and die, as they would if placed in tepid water.—The Gen (lemon': Magazine. TILE SUN, _LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1168. BANKS. -- Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 10 Do B lO 51 61 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 11 19 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 18GG, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian ..... 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. S ... ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 83 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 26 37 311 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 SO British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, end China all 20 21 25 Chartered Merc. of India, London, and China all 30 31 20 City lO 11 12 100 Colonial 37 371 23 10 Consolidated, lint. 4 1 1 60 Delhi and Loudon, lint 60 East London, lim s 11 0 i '2O English and American, lint 10 ... ••• 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. Km 20 English, :coltish, and Ails tralian Chartered 18y Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all . ... 281 Do new 5l ..1 ',, T 100 Imperial, lim 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 11 14 111 i 1.5 lonian 25 Do new 20 Lnd Mortgage of India lim 4 31 Si 100 Dos p. c. Debs.lB6l, 3O all 7G 80 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 4.5 20 25 '2O Do new 71 5 41 100 London & River Plate, lint 40 2 6 25 Do new 10 11 If 20 Loudon Chart. of Australia all 831 241 50 London and County 2O SI 62 511 20 Do new iss at 20 pan, 16 pd ll ... ... 50 London Joint 5t0ck........, 1 S 5 86 20 London and South African al 1 12 100 London & S.-Western, lint, 20 5O Loudon & Venezuela, lint._ ... ••• 124 ... ..• 100 London and Westminster. 20 67 69 100 Do Scrip, ice at 10 pm......,,. 28 66 67 68 i 100 Merchant, lint .......... 25 7 6 10 Metropolitan, lim all 6 7 100 Midland, lim.. 5 National of Australia 26 National of Liverpool, Jim l5 ... ... 100 National I'rovinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do . 42 .. ••• 50 National.. SO 64 56 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western - ... 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 423 434 421 II 50 I'rovinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 6 ii 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 39 31 10 Do new. all ..• ••• 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim' 26 13 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... .., 25 Union of Australia all 47 49 484 100 Union of Ireland, lint. 60 Union of London l5 X 37 39 384 i CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY, December 4. The grand preparation of troops and police yesterday had so ridiculous a result that the Government papers are employed in magnifying the extent of the popular demon stration, in order to justify the fears that were entertained. People here are partly angry at such a display of force, and partly jocular at the ridiculous appearance of an armed body of pacificators who greatly outnumbered the populace. The 3rd December has received its definition ; it has been termed a " grand demonstration of serpents de Mille which the populace has not succeeded in putting down." The precautions of the authorities were preposterous. The soldiers were each allotted five days' provisions, the ambulances were orga nised, and, besides the troops stationed in Paris, a regiment of cuirassiers in the neighbourhood was held sabre and bridle in hand for eleven hours. The people were so irritated at the affair that an outbreak would have taken place but for one circumstance. It came on to rain, and that settled everything. The Impartial du Laird has opened a subscription to erect a monument to M. Berrvcr at A ngerville, and the Gazette du Midi another, to raise one in his honour at Marseilles. I gave the other day some details of an extraordinary poisoning case in Switzerland. A still more incredible tragedy has for some time past occupied the police of Marseilles, and little by little the chain of evidence has been completed, forming the history of an unparalleled series of crimes. Three women are charged with poisoning their husbands in order to marry other men with whom they had formed a criminal attachment, and four other persons are implicated in the crimes. These are, a dealer in herbs, &c., who furnished the women with the poisonF ; a fortune-teller, who acted as medium between the herb-dealer and his customers; and two other women, relatives of one of the poisoners. A mason named Marino was the primary instrument of justice in this case, This man was the paramour of one of the women, named Ville, and was himself married to a flower dealer. On the 20th of August last the fortune-teller just mentioned in formed one of the neighbouri of Marino that he had a mistress named Ville ; that this woman had already poisoned her own husband, and was going to poison Marino's wife, in order that the two might be married. The fortune-teller added that a herb-dealer named Joye had supplied the poison, and that Madame Marino might learn the truth - Of her story by applying to Joye on the pretence that she wanted poison to rid herself of an inconvenient husband. The neighbour transmitted this extraordinary information to Marino's wife. The Latter did not go to the herb-dealer's, but she was so troubled by the story that she repeated it to her husband. His agita tion was still greater : he knew nothing of any poisoning, and had no intention of murdering his wife, but he was guilty of misconduct with the woman Ville, and he was aware that her husband had recently died. Much alarmed by this incident, he resolved to find out the truth, and at once went to Ville's residence, and taxed her with poisoning her husband. She denied everything, but did not succeed in reassuring her paramour, who continued his researches. He paid a visit to the herb dealer, and very skilfully assumed the 'guilt of Madame Ville, alleging that he knew she had poisoned her husband, but that was only half of what was required. To enable them to marry it was necessary that he should get rid of his wife. Would the herb-dealer furnish him with some poison? After some parley which followed this startling interrogation, the herb-dealer confirmed Marino's sus picions by offering him a white powder, assuming the taking off of the unfortunate Ville as a matter of course throughout the interview. Marino kept up the pretence. He went to his amante again; told her that Joye, the herbalist, had informed him of everything, and had promised to prepare him a white powder. Ville, deceived by Marino, entered readily into a proposal which pro mised to rid her of a rival. She admitted that the fortune. teller had at first assisted her with drugs procured from the herbalist ; but that the experienced performer himself finally stepped in with the white powder and precipitated the result. She confessed, too, that she entertained the idea of poisoning Marino's wife, and gave him the cheerful assurance that if he had refused to marry her after that removal of obstacles she would have poisoned him as well. Finally, Marino received two kinds of poison, with direc tions for its use, and learned, en passant, that two other women of Marseilles had sought and found the aid of the herbalist. The entire budget was then laid before the police. Thus were these murders discovered : the manner in tvhich each of them was committed is a story in itself, but I have not space to tell it. In the case of Ville the detest able operation lasted from the beginning of the year until the 10th of May, and the husband throughout suffered horrible tortures. Arsenic and belladonna were alter nately administered to him, the symptoms of the two being so conflicting as to altogether bailie the medical man. The infamous wife then actually had the audacity to call in the most competent . physician in Marseilles —au act of incomparable daring and finesse, which almost entirely disarmed suspicion. The husband vomited much, but the ejections were removed before the doctors came. On one occasion, how ever, they managed to obtain a portion of the discharges, and determined to analyse it, but the apparatus broke down, and the experiment failed. The woman Ville, was, however, so much frightened by this escape, that the pro cess of killing was suspended for some time, It was, however, resumed towards the end of March, when arsenic only was given. The second murder was comparatively an ordinary affair. A woman named Salvago was hampered in her career of profligacy by a lazy and iranken husband, whom she removed by means of such doses that he died so far back as last February. The third murder, in which three women are implicated, affords, perhaps, the strangest story of the three. The chief murderess is not more than 20 years of age. She was originally a foundling, and was brought up by two honest people who bad no children of their own. She married well, then made the acquaintance of profli gate women, and entered into a career of vice, of which this accusation of murder is the end. Her husband was poisoned by arsenic in eight days. The proceedings in this great trial were to commence yesterday. I need hardly say that the excitement caused by such a series of crimes is intense throughout the country. All the judicial papers of France were to be represented at the hearing of the case, and one reporter has been sent from Berlin. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. SHARE LIST. AND ISTUCIiS. Paid. Closz ioe. ing Business P done. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 at Caledonian lOO 74 7tl 741 a at Cambrian. 20 Corn wa11......„.. .. all 31 31 at Dublin & Belfast at Dun„Perth, & Abawia lOO 70 73 2/ East London all 8 10 20 Do 15 - 21 Do 10 - - at Glasgow &B. Western lOO 91 92 at Great Eastern .. .00 41 41 . 1 421 1 at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 8 84 at Great North of Scotland lOO 15 8 at Great Northern lOO 105 107 at Du. A stock.... lOO 106 lu.l 103 at Do, B stock st Gts, and W. of Ireland lOO 95 97 a, (it. Western -Original lOO 4 4 11 et Do. South Wales lOO - - a . Do. W. Mid.-Oxforv lt'o 15 28 at Do. Newpeit lOO 28 11 at Lanosshire & Yorkshir Jou 128 .2rl 128 at Lon., lirigh.,& S.Coaat lOO 47 4:4 4.1 1 10J Do Scrip .... . - - it 1 on., Chat., and Dovt:J let) 174 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO - st Luu. & North Westeri lOO 11 . 4 ;121 1121 it Lon. a; South IVeriterz, lOO 17 r at Man., Shel., lou t7l 4:1 471 at Jlat.rovolitan st Do Esitousi m 100 98 1 0 9.1 10 Do. New rd 10 10 1 st Mo. ropolitan District, all - lu Metrop. St. John's 15 oo 1 6 - - st M.disaid st Do, Birmin. & Diabi.. 100 79 61 st N rrth British at Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun-. 109 - - at Nor. pastern--Berwick.. 100 ,s 4 1001 2,1 Do. G. N.E purobasc.. - - st Do Leeds st Do York st Do Carlisle at Do Stoct. 1(0 124 130 st North Lon lost .. lOO 122 121 • 10 Do New 1868 . 2 14 2 p st North Staffordshiro lOO 53 45 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 102 104 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... st Rhymuey . lOO 44 52 st Shropshire Union l, 0 55 53 st South Devon at South Eastern lOO 79 7,4 20 Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 12 14 at 'tan Vale 10 Do. C at Waterford & Kilkenny lOll - - l 0 Waterloo & Whlteha.l 6 - ihue Railways. RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCIF,S at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cant lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 73 80 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Glee. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ..„ at (St. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 97 100 at Do do N 0.2 109 96 41 at Do • do 6 per cent 100 10d 108 at Do East A.ngliau Asp. c. 100 99 102 at Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do C 7 du. 100 ... at Do do No. 1, 4 p.c. 100 100 102 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1816 100 at Do do p.c.Way.Val. 1817 100 st Great Northern, 4 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 4 3 do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp.c. pm 100 at Du Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 por cent lOO 96 97 ate t.West.—Orig.& Jut.-Itent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 102 108 at Do. Orig. (B. & 11. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 100 at Do do 41 per cent. 1850 100 83 86 at Do do 4 do do lOO 74 78 771 at Do do 5 per cent. rederu 100 93 94 st Do do Birmingham gua 100 65 70 at Do do do pref... 100 st Do do Chester gua lOO st Do do do 8 per cent lOO 160 160 • st Do do do 5 do 100 94 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 41 1 p.c lOO at Do do 43 1859 lOO ... at Do do 4 at Do West Mid.-Oxford lat g 10) 108 112 at Do do 2,1 gua lOO 107 10,1 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 83 92 at Do do '2d do 100 at Do gua. 53 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 43 p.c. all et Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 st Du Barnsley, 4:,5 Is 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 43 (Blackburn purch). 100 97 100 at London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 1)0 at Do 4 do 1859 lOO ... st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ... st London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 109 111 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 • 91 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 st London and a.-W. 7 p,c. late 3il shares, lOO 141 146 25.6 d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 256 d) all at Man., Shef., &Linda. 6 p.c lOO llk 117 6 Do £6 all par a pin st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 110 135 st Do Bristol &Birm., 6p. c lOO 1 u 133 at Do 43 per cent. redeem lOO al 9.i at; Do 41 per ceut. 100 97 y 9 et Do Leicester &11.'chn, 4 p.c. 100 80 91 at North British, a p.c. Nu. 1 lOO ... at Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOO p aats s ttt t NDD D o o t; Et N 4 s ß rt, e. pert, er N nr c l ue renion, deem...., to p e , pn e . . n e. . t .. 1 1 0(0 ; 1) 0 93 y 5 at Do U.N.E. 4 per cent.,...... 100 17 Du Berwick capital 8 .1 3 .. 1. 25 Do York, H. &S. purchase 10 10 103 at Do Stektn & Drling. A 5 p.c 100 103 110 st Do W, Hartlepool IL and H 100 87 84 20 North Staffordshire lOs S. Devon Annuities, 1 s.— all 93 103 10s Do Tavistuck Anus., 10s all 910 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 LOX. S. Last. (head. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 43 per cent lOO ... at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ••• ••• at Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 42 45 RAILWAYS. —PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of oach separate year. bt Caledonian 41 p c gun. st Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p redeem-- all st Do 4p c co n , i ssued at 80 65 •••••• st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 80 t Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 8/ s 1 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 83 91 st Do du 5 do, st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 ... st Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 st Do Boston & Sl ea fd , 44 pc 100 ...... st Great West., W. Hid', 5p e 100 86 90 at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 St 88 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 IU2 /Oa 23 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 194 201 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO Lane. and York. N ew 41 per "' cent till July, 1871 2 14 st Lond., Brig,, &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 . at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 .. at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 sdo lOO at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 st Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do du C 6 p.c 10J at Loudon &N. Western, 5p c 100 105 110 at Loudon &S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 9 i 10 Man. Shot. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all Baf st Metropolitan 5 per cent st Do B 5 o 13 Do 5p c opt. to cony, to 100 105 107 Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lfp 18 Do Inconv, New Shares 16 kill: 22 Do 5p c con. int o O ld Stk., Aug. 31, 1807 .... . . 81 14 lip st North British, E. and G ; 1 No. 1, 5 per cent._ 100 st Do .£lO guaranteed, 1861 100 st Do E., P., & Dun., '2d, 4pe 100 ... at Do E. & U., No. 2, 5 p.e . 100 at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c st Do E. & G., (OrdirY) 44 p c 100 55 57 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 as 97 st Do Stock. & Danl., D st North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Q 5 do 1861 100 IOU at Do 5 D do (Ch. Cross) 1863 st Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. &Pimlico, 44 pe 100 ItAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS . . t Birkenhead luo v 2 9t 100 Do. 41 per ceut. Prefer all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire st Cheater and Holyhead lOO 456 st Do. 61 per cent. at Do. 5 du. st Clydesdale, guaranteed....., 100 at at E C a ul s c t h L e i s n te co r l S n t , o g u t f a V . 100 2 Gloster and Dean Forest all s Gt. Easn., Noma., &e., 6 p.c lOO ▪ • t Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c lOO d; at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do lOO 69 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Beret 100 95 87 60 Hull and Selby all 109 1 1 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21 t 213 at Loudon and Blackwall lOO 92 94 at Du. 41 per cent lOO •• at London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO •••,,, st Do. Com. Fund, 5 do lOO at London and Greenwich at Do. do. I'reference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 73 7▪ 2 st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 8i at Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton. &Matlk a ll 51 at Midland, Bradford, Prof lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent (Cray Liue) 5U Northern& Eaat , 5 per cent all 53 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all .., at N. Eastern—Hartlep00l st N.West. A perp. pre'', sp. c lOO 105 110 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO at Notting. & Urautti. lt. of C lOO 92 9▪ 7 25 Preston and II yre.. all 44 46 Royston, Bitch., and Shep. 100 1 33 136 at Shrewsbury an Hereford 100 133 1:14 10 Do du 8 21 2,p et S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 100 at Du 4 per cent gua lu , 79 8 1 s t Do 5 do at Viot. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Du du B all 20 Do do C all 6 4 74 at Weymouth and Portland lOO ~„ at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 1111 st London and St. Katherine lOO 53 55 100 Do Deb. stock, 4 per cent al .„ ldillwall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 31 37 et Southampton lOO 7 bt Surrey C9l4l3llgrCiAl MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., linl. all .., . 21/ 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 7 Cod jp 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 st Atlantic Telegraph lO it 39 et Do. 8 per cent lOO 77 79 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira II 7 Id 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 131 144 10 Do. New 6 a 81 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, Rm. 5 Do. New 4 If 04 I) British American Land 44 15 17 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., Um lOO 165 170 1 20 British Indian Tea, Ibn all 21 34 20 British Ship Owners 74 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 24 84 lid 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 44 31 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 44 s4d 30 City of Milan Improv. km all 5 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, Ibn all 2 8 3 50 City Offices, lim 25 12. 214 d 00 Colonial, lira. Do. .. i 60 Commercial Union (Assur) 5 p p 10 Company of African Mer chants, Aim. 1 id 20 Continental Union Gas, lim. all 171 181 174 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 74 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1044 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1882, 4f per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, Aim. all 14 24 1 15-16 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 8 2(I at Crystal Palace lOO 23 25 st Do. Preference at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 137 11 1 20 Darjeeling, lim. IO Eastern Assam, lim. 65 ... —a 50 East Indian Land Credit _ and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga. 44 Canal all 17 is 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 )aer cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Goy all 901 911 901 9911 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 41 44d 8t Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 225 230 10 Do. New 8 9 10p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 i f 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim. 6 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering i 11 lid 20 Forc-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 83 81 60 Gellivara, lint 2O 10 General Credit & Die., lint 74 2• 15 5 15 General Steam Navigation 14 23 29 50 Home & Col Marine In. lim. 15 45 21.1 10 Hong Kong and China Gus all 20 Hudson's Bay all 15 151 131 I 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim 25 Indo-European Tel, Jim lO ... 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lint 5 15 1 20 Interna. Land Credit, lint 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land . . ...... . 20 Italian Irri. (Canal da.vour) all 2 25 100 Do. 6p. c Bds., redeem, 1870, issued 20 ...... all 60 G 3 50 Land Securities, 1ire..,,,,...'. 5 31 2id 25 London Africaa Tradng lO 7 sd, 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lint 6 ... •••it 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. Bin all 21 .11 Financial As so., 10 er c all I 13 LO so., Jim 30 23 224 7 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 11 2 50 Loud. and (Hug. Engineer and Iron Ship, 1int,.,,,,,,,, 25 22 17d 20 Lond. & Provincial arine 2 Id pr st Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gum. p. c. by India Gov lOO j 044 1055 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1im...... lid 10 Mediterra. Extent Tel,,, lint, all 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, 1, all 26 41 50 Millwall Iron Works, Um. 125 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount do . lim 5 12 125 121 25 National Prov. Marine, lint, 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lira, all l 5 20 Nerbudda Coal .2 Iron, lint. 6 3 2(1 10 New Consolidated Dis, 3 13 I`4, 5 New Quebrada, ... Biter 4.4,0 44 St 25 New Zealand Loan & cantile Agency,lina ....... •24 f IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim. ........ 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint 5 7 4 10 Do. B. . ...... . all 1 2 st North Brit. Austral., lint,,, 100 33 42 60 North Brit. .S Moreau. 1n.,, 64 19 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15 50 Oriental Financial, 1int,,,,, 11 •:: 5 Oriental Gas, lint.. all ' 5 Do. New......., 1 / .13 11 .......... 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, 1int,,,,,,,,, 2 4d 41, 5 Ottoman Gas, lint all it 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all 2 31 5 Do do. ....... all 111 st Peel R. Land & Minerl,. lint 100 32 ~ "' 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 54 56 54 50 Do. New 1867 ......... 10 id pr 25 Reuter's Telegra.m ............ 24 30 „„ 50 Rhymney Iron ............... all 19 20 15 Do. New ....... Int, . 25 Rio de Janeiro City lin t. all 131 195 13 20 Do. as 23 100 Royal Mail SteaG ,m ... ...... all . . ....lim GO 48 50 0 47;, st Scottish Aust. Invest., . 100 110 114 st Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 ••• 20 Societe Fin. cl'EgYPto, lint. 10 7 6(1 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint 25 South Australian Land all 35 36 st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. 5crip..........., all 5 11 20 Telegraph Con. &Jim.all 164 165 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 1int............ 2 21 21 20 Trinidad Petroleum, 81 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim. 1 4 1p 10 Do do. do. all ••• 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 4 41p 101 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., Um 6 11 Did ' P SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim. all 41 51 5 ref Do. 10 per cent. P all 31 3I 1 lip 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint 20 Universal Marine(ln.), Ulm all 3 4 30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 7 g 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. ( Mortgage) Loan.., a._ 11 754 751 76 01 50 Warrant Finance, lint. l2 12 10(1 50 West India and rae3de Steam, hm 2O 4 ad 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO ••• ... COLONIAL OOYSIMMIGNT SICCURITIIC6. —ltieb Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.... - Uo. 1895.. lOO CanAlov.6 p.o.Jan.•&J uly 1877-84 Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug lOO 165 10 Do. sp. e. Mar. .a Sept lOO 105 10 Do. 6p. 0. Jan. Is July lOO 93 04 9bl Do. sp. c. Inscribed at lOO 90 92 Cape u. Hope, 6 p. 43 .187 3.• 10 0 102 194 ••• Do. o. do 18 Apl.&001 189080• 9-1 07 90 lOO 0P lOO lit 113 1111 D 1 Do. Jan.&July, 189 1 110 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 . 100 100 102 p. e•• 100 10 8 110 Caylon, N0v.11476, 6 Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 103 107 Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873 .•• Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. " .... 100 106 108 Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 108 Melbourne Corporate , 1867-75, 6 per cent lOO - N.8.G 0v. 6 9 . 0 .,7 0 „5au1y•• 160 102 104 Natal 6 p ot, Apl& Oct lOO Do 6p c. May & Nov lOO 106 1(8 N. 8. W. 5 p.e., '7l to '75 lOO I+9 101 Do. 6 p.o. 1888 to 1896 lOO 99 to , 1004 1)o. 5 p.e. rd. '67 to '75 lOO o 9 "I - N.Zealand, 6p. ot. 1811 lOO _ • Do. 6 per cent.... - DoJan, A prl, .1 uly, Oot Do 6p c. Mar .1c Bept '9l lOO 108 11 0 Do Juae 66 Deo , 1:91 —J Do Prov. Auctld - scriei I& 2, 1a96 bora Scotia 6p. and Jnly. 1876 Do 18a6 l OO 101 103 Queenslnd. 6p. o. 'at •• 100 105 106 Do 1891 • • lOO 105+ 1064 B. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 lOO _ _ Do 1878.92 lOO 108 HO Do 1893 1908 lO3 107 ICS Tasmanian ti po, 1895 lOO 106 107 Do rd. 1893 to 189/. lOO 11l 108 Victoria 6p.0. Ja.&July lOO Do. 1811 lOO 112 113 1121 D. do, Aprll4 100 109 110 Extreme Sea Saturday. [VS. I F. 0 Dec. 5, B. T. D . '1 to F. W. WR. !to 8 a.rn. g ll2 9 Nairn 29 84r. 47 145 W.S.W. 6 2 S.W. b.c. 2 Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 2916 r. 50 47 W. 5 6 S.W. I.oc o'o4l 4 Yarmouth 29'49f. 51 49 S.ly. 4 6 8.8. E. o. 0 '18; 4 Helder —'— Cuxhaven — _ Skudeenses _ _ Ardrossan 29'07r. 51 48 S.W. 5 8 S.W. o. 019 5 Greencastle 29'03r. 49 48 W.S.W. 3 6 S.W. r.c. 0"04 '— Holyhead ' — Liverpool Valentin — _ Cape Clear 29l,Cr. 49 48 S. — 4 8 W.S.W. c. o'o9 7 Roches Pt. 2919 r. 50 50 B.W. 6 8 S.W. r.c. 0'35! 4 Penzance Plymouth . 29•52 r. 54 53 S.R.W. 7 9 S. r. 10/3: 5 Weymouth 29 Ur. 54 53 S.W. -- S.W. r. 0'36 2 Portsmouth 29.'54r. 53 52 S.W. 4 4 S.W. r.o. 0'30; London , C'peGris Nez 29'62r. 52 5O W. 8 7 S.W. 0. 10'02j 5 Brest L'Orient Roche fort _ Biarritz Corunna _ Brussels --- Strasbourg — Toulon H C eart's on tent (9 a.m. local time) — REMARKS. Barometrical readings in Great Britain are still lower than they were yesterday, the greatest change having occurred on the N.E. coast, but luring the night a general, though slight, increase has occurred. The region of least preesures is now in the N. of Scotland : those on the Coast of the Bay of Biscay being about an inch higher. Temperature remains high. The south-westerly gale reported yesterday was felt on all our coasts, except the N. of Scotland, but it has gone down during the night. Winds have moderated, but this morning they aro still fresh in the S.W. The gale continues on the W. coast of France, and weather looks far from settled. Eain has been general. The sky is cloudy or overcast. The FCS continues high iu the S. of Ireland. Warnings repeated to E. and N. coasts. SOMETHING LIKE A STOMACII.—M. Decroix, veterinary surgeon to the Garde de Paris, writing to the A.cademie de Medicine, states that for the last eight years he has been in the habit of eating the flesh of all the horses that have died in his service, no matter what their disease, whether farcy, glanders, typhoid, charbon, or what not ! In his opinion the flesh of phthisical cows and 3xen may be sold without the least detriment to the public health.-21Iedical Times and Gazette. A SIGNIFICANT FACT.—Arilonlg the list of bank rupts which appeared in Friday night's Gazelle, no less than seventeen names therein published are connected with the liquor traffic. Of these, four are " licensed victuallers," two " beerhouse-keepers," two "innkeepers," three " publicans," two " beersellers," one " beershop. keeper," one " retailer of beer," one " victualler," a n d one "brewery manager." Three of the bankrupts live In London, three in Lancashire, five in Staffordshire, two in Gloucestershire, three in Wales, and one in Leicester. [t is tie diem t i c • add . that no other sheave so pry., POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF A FRENCHMAN.— Peter Romken, a respectable-looking Frenchman, carrying on business as an eatioghouse-keeper, at 26, Greek-street, Soho, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Jean Delastra, a French cook. On the prosecutor being sworn, he said that he had no wish to prosecute, as he believed the pri soner was out of his mind. The prisoner, who seemed to be labouring under great mental excitement, said that he had been twice murdered. He had a shop in Greek-street, and made soup for the Queen, and he also gave soup away to all th, beggars of London, and he was also going to supply royal y with herrings. Sonic persons c-ime and Leke 1 him in his room for four d ,y s, and he had nothing to cat. Mr. Knox toll the prisoner that he was charged with assaulting the prisoner, and asked him why he did it. The prisoner said he was in trouble. The prosecutor sail the prisoner was an excel lent man and he felt pity for him. Mr. Knox told the prisoner that the prosecutor had no ill will t3wards him, said he was an excel lent man, and did not wish to harm him. The prisoner raid he believed that, and as he had millions he would give the prosecutor £lOO. Police-constable Philip Fields, 152 C (Mr. Knox having expressed a wish to know a little more of the case), said that last night shortly after 12 he was called to the house, No. 2G, Greek-street, when he found the inhabitants much alarmed, and was told that the prisoner had attempted to set fire to his shop, and that on the prosecutor attempting to prevent him, the prisoner had struck him on the head with a shovel. He was also informed that the prisoner's wife had left him, and that was believed to be the cause of his strange conduct. The prisoner (who had taken some incoherent notes of the evidence) said the magistrate could send him for four days' more and give him nothing to eat. Mr. Knox said it was evident the poor fellow was not fit to be at large, and remanded him. W ESTMINSTE R. CAUGHT IN TrmE.—George Brown, Samuel Oli ver, and Benjamin Rose, three ill-looking fellows, were placed at the bar charged with loitering about the streets with intent to commit a felony. James Oak, 291 B, said that a quarter past six this morning he saw the three prisoners in Cam bridge-street, Pimlico. They were loitering about, and considering their appearance suspicious be watched them. He saw them go into several door ways of houses and look down into areas. Crossing over St. George's-road witness saw another constable, and they then went up and took the prisoners. Brown got loose for a moment, and threw a key down the area of 29, Eccleston-square. On searching Brown a wax taper and some lucifer matches were found. Police-constable Wilson, also in plain clothes, said he had been following the prisoners sometime before Oak saw them. They went alternately up to street doors while the others looked out. He found latch-keys of different descriptions upon the prisoners, who gave no addresses. There had been many morning robberies of late, and the prisoners were the suspected offenders. Police Sergeant 11 B said that on trying the latch keys found upon the prisoners, he found they opened the doors of 11, Stanley-place, 31 and 36, Denbigh-street, and other houses, which had re cently been entered and robbed, and matches pre cisely resembling those found upon Brown, had been dropped in one of the passages. Edward Kitchen proved seeing the three pri soners near a house which was entered last Tues day morning at Pimlico. Their conduct was so suspicious that he afterwards mentioned it to the police on duty at Victoria station. The police said that they believed cases of rob bery might be brought home to the accused. They were remanded for a week. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Right Hon Harriet, Dowager Baroness Bloomfield has been proved in the Lon don Court; also that of the Hon. and Rev. Arthur Sugden. The will of the Hon. Hartley Frere, formerly one of the judges of her Majesty's High Court of Judi cature at Madras, but late of Harrow, Middlesex, and since of 28, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, where he died on the 3d ult., was proved in the London Court on the 18th of the same month, and the per sonalty in this country sworn under £25,000. The executors appointed are his brothers, Charles Frere, Esq., and the Rev. John Alexander Frere, M.A. The will is dated Nov. 20, 18G6. Ile leaves to his wife in immedi a t e l egacy o f £5OO an d a li fe inte rest n his propert3, real and personal, and, after her decease, he leaves the estates to his children. Th., will of Captain John Ford, of the Imperial Ottoman Navy, vr ho died at bii residence, Stam boul House, Alleyne Park, Dulwich, on October 17 last, was proved in London, on the 25th nlt. The personalty in this country was sworn under 225,000. The will was executed April 15, 1864 and a codicil June 25, 1867. The executors are Marianne Ford, the relict ; Frederick John Divers, Esq., of Stoke Newington ; and Captain Felix Jones, of her Majesty's Indian Navy, of Fernade, Upper Norwood. Ile leaves to his executors each a legacy of £lOO, free of duty ; and to his wife an immediate legacy of £5OO, also a life interest in his real estate and in the residue of the personal ; and after her decease he bequeaths to his niece Elizabeth Ford a legacy of £5,500 ; and divides the residue of his property into 14 parts, amongst his nephews, nieces, and his own and his wife's relatives. The will of Edward Marjoribanks, Esq., late senior partner at Messrs. Coutts and Co., and of Greenland House, Bucks, has been proved in the principal registry of her Majesty's Court of Pro bate, by his sons, Mr. Edward Marjoribanks and Sir Dudley Marjoribanks, the personal estate being sworn under £600,000. The testator leaves large sums to different members of his own family, and several handsome legacies to relations and friends, with a remembrance to the clerks at the banking house; and then, after providing liberally for servants, bequeaths the residue of his real and personal estate to Sir Dudley Marjori banks. The will of Miss Elizabeth Trotter, late of Hor ton-place, Epsom, was proved in the London Court under £60,000 personalty by the joint acting executors, Charles Reynolds Williams and John Henry James, Esqs. The will is dated May 15th, 1867, with three codicils, dated May and June, 1867, and May, 1868. The testatrix leaves a sum of £B,OOO to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the building and endowment of a church, with parsonage, to be erected in the district of Horton, the services to be devoid of the " follies of Ritual ism." She leaves £lOO to the Society for the Pro pagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. There are numerous specific and pecuniary legacies to her friends, and also legacies to her servants, all free of duty. She appoints her niece, Mary Elizabeth Brown, residuary legatee. The will of J. L. da Costa, Esq., of Milan, was proved under £BO,OOO personalty in England ; and that of Aime Alajot, Esq., of Barcelona, mer chant, was proved under £7,000 personalty in Eng land. The will of Charles Stewart Parker, merchant, of Liverpool, was proved under £60,000 ; that of Percy Matthew Dove, actuary and manager of the Royal Insurance Society, Liverpool, under £12,000; and that of William Hill, manufacturer and whole sale jeweller, of Loudon and Birmingham, under £4,ooo.—illustrated London News, Dec. 5. THAMES. Two MONTHS' IMrnrsoN3rcNT ON REMAND. Felix Victor, a man of colour, was brought up ou remand for the ninth time, charged with stabbing John Bucklay, a cooper, in the abdomen, with in tent to murder him, or do grievous bodily harm. Stennett, a police-constable, said the wounded man had been two months in the London Hospital, and was getting worse. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, ou behalf of the prisoner, said that he had attended eight times to put in evi dence of the bad character of the wounded man, who was well known to the police, and had been often convicted of assaults and disorderly conduct. lie did not mean to say the dreadful act charged against the prisoner.could be justified, but in extenuation he must bring evidence that the prisoner had been insulted, threatened, and re peatedly struck by the man Buckley before he was wounded. The use of the knife was always to be deplored, but in this case the greatest provocation had been given. Mr. Paget said he could not receive the evidence tendered by Mr. Stoddart in the present stage of the investigation. If the man in the hospital died within a year it would be murder, and he must again remand the prisoner for a week. Mr. Stoddart said the prisoner had been remanded from time to time for two months, and he would now prefer that the case should be sent for trial on the depositions already taken, including the depo sition of the wounded man which the magistrate received. _ _ _ Mr. Paget said he could not do that, and that he had no alternative but to remand the prisoner for for another week. It was mentioned that in a precisely similar caso at this court a few years ag o the late Mr. Yardley, then magistrate, after re manding a man several times, said he thought it would be unconstitutional, and a dangerous prece dent, to remand him any longer, and he should send the case to the sessions for trial, with the statement of the wounded man, for the judges to dispose of as they thought proper. NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCIL—The Duke of Norfolk comes of ago on the 26th of the present month, when there will be great rejoicings at Arundel Castle and in the neighbourhood. We hear with much pleasure that one of the duke's first acts, upon attaining his majority, will be to lay the foundation-stone of a large Catholic church at Arundel, which is to cost £50,000, and is to be built at his grace's expense.— Weekly Register. MINERAL TRAFFIC ON RAILWAYS.—The follow ing British railways each carried more than 1,000,000 tons of coal and minerals in 1867: —Blyth and Tyne, 2,063,309 tons; Caledonian, 5,966,072 tons; Furness, 1,843,820 tons; Glasgow and South-Western, 2,550,239 tons ; Great Eastern, 1,083,537 tons; Great Northern, 2,415,723 tons; Great Western, 6,423,15 0 tons; Lancashire and Yorkshire 4,507,795 tons; London and North-Western, 11,674,347 tons; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 2,638,333 tons; Midland, 6,294,108 tons; Monmouthshire, 2,215,040 tons ; North British, 4,325,923 tons ; North-Eastern, 16,398,988 tons ; North Staffordshire, 1,387,037 tons ; Rhymnoy, 1,262,794 tons ; and Taff Vale, 3,693,062 tons. Some of the least known railways have thus a very con siderable mineral traffic. An investigation pointing to suspicion of rob bery and murder was opened yesterday afternoon at llorselydown. A man who bore the appearance of having been a ship's captain was soon late at night, wearing a massive gold chain, in the company of some women of loose character, and a few hours later he was found dead at the bottom of Battle-bridge-stairs. his body partly im mersed in the Thames. His gold chain had then disap peared. The inquest was adjourned in order to furnish time for the police to make inquiries with a view to show how the man came to his death. NATURALIZATION COMMISSION.—A meeting of the Royal Commissioners for inquiring into th 3 laws of natu ralization and allegiance was held on the 4th of December. Present: The Earl of Clarendon, K.G., Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P , Sir R. Phillimaro, Baron Bramwell, the Attorney-General, the Queen's Advocate, Sir R. Palmer, Q.U., 111 P., W. Vernon Harcourt, Esi., Q•O , M oun tague Bernard, Esq., D.C.L. Charles S. A. Abbott, Esq., Secretary. THE Loss OF THE BRIDE OF THE SEAS.—The following has been addressed to the Secretary of Lloyd's : —"Liverpool, Doc. 3, 1868. Sir,—We bog to contra dict the statement made in the local and other papers, to the effect that the ship Bride of the Seas, 500 tons, lately lost on the coast of Africa, was our property. We held no share of her, and only acted as agents for her at this port on her present Toyage.—TlLoNAs LONGIIIGG and Cy." Worcester 1 2 1 Newmarket July 6, &c. Kingsbury . 9, 10 Nottingham 13, 14 Reading 1 5 , 16 I Huntingdon 2O, 21 Southampton 22, 22 Stamford ... 22, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 AUGUST. Bright on 3, 4 I Stockton l£3, 19, 20 Brighton Club 5 Canterbury ...... .24, 25 L ewes Eguam lO, 11 Plymouth ...26 I Wolverhairpton lO, 11 Windsor August l2, 13 Windsor 12, 13 Derby Summer —3l, Sep. 1 I St. Albans SEPTEMBER. Abingdon 2, 3 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 I Doncaster l4, 15, 16, 17 Kingsbury... 23, 24 Richmond 21, 22 I Monmouth... 23, 24 Lichiiiild OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 I Cheltenham l 9, 20 Leicester 7, 8 f West Drayton 2l, 22 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Hereford 2 l, 2 2 Chelmsford l'J, 20 I Newmarket Mon ...25, &o. • • NOVEMBER. Worcester 3,3, 4 I Shrewsbury 15, &c. Liverpool 9, 10, 11. 12 Leamington Runt ....23, &e. :LuNDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING. WHITEHALL, DEC. 1. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto Edward Anthony . John, Viscount Germanston, in that part of the said United Kingdom called Ireland, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Germanston, of White wood, in the county of . Meath. The Queen has alsti been pleased to direct letters patent to'bo passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the uudermentioned Gentlemen, and the respec tive heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, namely: William Henry Humphery, of Penton Lodge, in the county of Southampton, Esq. Edmund Buckley, of Mawddwy, in the county of Me rioneth, and of Grotton Hall, Saddleworth, in the West Biding of the county of York, Esq. Thomas Edwards-Moss, of Roby Hall, in the parish of Huyton-cum-Roby, in the county palatine of Lancaster. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto Charles Henry Firth, of Ileckinondwike, near Leeds, in the West Riding of the county of York, Esq. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 4. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—General Sir James Charles Chatterton, Bart., K.C.8., from sth Lancers, to be Colonel. sth Lancers—Major-General Edward Polo to be Colonel. 6th Dragoons—Major-General Lewis Duncan William a to be Colonel. COURSE OF .EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 184 ... 11 191 Do 3 Ms. ... 12 i ... 12 1 Rotterdam ..... — ... 12 f ... 12 1 Antwerp... — ... 25 3a ... 25 421 Brussels — ... 25 35 ... 25 42f flatnburgn — ... 13 10 ... 13 10f 2a ris 1;.!tto ......... 3 Ms. ... 2i 324 ... 25 3if Mraseilles Frankfort -on-the-Main ... 120 ... 1201 Vienna — ... 12 0 ... 12 1U Trieste — ... 12 0 ... 12 10 Petersburg Copenhagen .• ,* 9 18 ... 9 21 Berlin Madrid.. Cathy Leghorn Milan — ... 27 24 ... 27 10 Genoa — ... 27 21 ... 27 10 Naples Palermo — ... 27 21 ... 27 10 Messina Lisbon Oporto — ... 521 ... b2i Itio Janeiro Navy York SPORTING INTELLIGENCE RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. JANUARY. Manchester 1, 2 FEBRUARY. Streatham 11, 12 I Nottingham Spring... 23, 24 Lincoln l6, 17 1 Chelmsford.... 25, 26 1{ krrow lB, 19 I Derby Spring 2a, 26 Ai:A.Bll,la l3 I MAUCH. Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 I West Drayton .. 18, 19 Shrewsbury Sprtug 5, 6 Durham. 29, 30 Kingsbury l2, 13 i Margate 21 Northampton l6, 17 1 Epsom ao, SI. APRIL. Bromley 1 . 2 Lewes gip, 21. Newmarket Craven...l2, tte. I Croydon... 22, 23 Sireatbant 16, 17 Newmarkst Ist Spring Eastlwurno l9 I 26, Ste. MAY. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 1 Bath lB, 19 Winchester ll, 12 I Manchester l9, 20, 21 York 11., 12 1 iiroydon 20, 21 St. Albans .........0 llarponden 2l Salisbury l3, 14 Epsom Summer .....25, &c. JUNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 9 , 3, 4 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 tlibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Suttuu Park .....29, 30 JULY. -~--