The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-15 00:00:00

0.4111 LIARIIET AND CO IMEROIAL INTELLIGENCL, CITY, Two o'CLocK. Consols are 921 1 1 for money; Three per Cent: Reduced, 928 1 ; New Three per Cents, 921 k ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 240. India Stock, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888,1028 ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 911 ; ditto Deben tures, 5 per Cent., Aug., 1873, 1041. The department for Foreign Securities at the opening 'of business was dull, but it is thought that before the close a reaction will set in. Tur kish Five per Cents. of 1865 5-16 lower ; Italian 1-16 ; Nicilai Bonds quote 658 to 651 ; Orel Vitebsk Bonds, 78+ to 781. The Bonds of the Honduras Railway Loan, 89f to 908 ; Chilian Six per Cents. 1867, 96 to 961 ; Egytian Seven per Cents. 1864, 82 to 821; ditto 1868, 738 to 741. ; Greek, 121, :to 122 ; Italian Five per Cents., 56 561 ; Mexican, 15 to 151; Peruvian Five per Cents., 81 to 818; Spanish New Three per Cents., 32i to 321; 'rurdsh Five per Cents. of 1865, 338 to 39 ; ditto Six per Cents. of 1865, 611 to 62+ ; Viceroy of Egypt Seven per Cents., 76 to 761 ; ditto Nine per Cents., 891 to 901. There was not much doing in the market for English Railway Shares, but they, as a rule, are supported. Brighton and South Coast, 1 higher. Brighton, 49* to 491 ; Caledonian, 73i to 71; Great Eastern, 411 to 42* ; Great Western, 481 to 488 ; Great Northern A Stock, 1081 to 108* ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 128 to 1281 ; London and North Western, 1121 to 121; London, Chat ham, and Dover, 161 to 17* ; Metropolitan, 1021 to 1021 ; Midland 111* to 1121 ; North British, 321 to 32/ ; Sheffield, 478 to 48 ; and South Eastern, 79* to 791. Bank Shares are for the most past unchanged : Chartered Mercantile, 30 to 31 ; City, 11i to 121 ; London and County, 50k to 51i ; Oriental, 42k to 43i ; Union of London, 39 to 40 ; Alliance, 12 to 13 ; and Imperial, 17k to 18i. The market for American Securities is firm, and business moderately active. Miscellaneous shares quote thus :—Anglo-Ame rican Telegraph 21i to 21f ; Atlantic Eight per Cent. Preferential, 3f to 30 ; Hudson's Bay, 13f to 13j; National Discount, 111 to 12i ; Luxem bourgs, 10 11-16 to 10 13-16. Bar gold, valued at £57,000, was bought by the Bank yesterday, while 7,000 sovereigns were with drawn for Egypt. The Shannon, from the West Indies, has brought £103,000 in specie, of which £39,000 is gold awl the rest silver ; the Syria, from Alexandria, £4,942 ; and the Germania, from New York, £3,000. The amount of Australian gold known to be now on the way to this couutry is £657,000, of which about £200,000 is due. An amalgamation has been effected between the old-established Southampton banks of Messrs. Aladdison, Pearce, and Hankinson and Messrs. Atherley and Darwin. _ _ The accounts from Lancashire of the state of the cotton trade are more unfavourable than is gene rally supposed. A resort to short time is said to be imminent, and steps are iu progress for effecting it in a manner that will be best for the interests of all concerned. Vice-Chancellor Giffard yesterday decided the amount of remuneration due to Mr. Cannan, of the firm of Kemp, Cannan, Ford, and Co., for his services as liquidator of the Agra Bank, the re suscitation of which was affected two years ago. It appears he will substantially receive about £ l O,OOO. The Vice-Chancellor strongly commented on the ability with which the liquidation had been conducted. The directors of the Anglo-Mediterranean Tele graph Company (Limited) have issued their report. It recommends an interim dividend of 4s. per share, free of income tax. The dividend due the Ist January on the Swedish Five per Cent. Government Loan of 1868 is adver tised for payment by Messrs. Raphael and Sons. The Spanish Financial Commission in 'London have advertised the payment of the dividends due the let January on the Three per Cent. Consoli dated and Deferred Stocks It is notified that "in payment of Home Debt Coupons, bills will be drawn at 30 days' sight at Madrid, deducting 5 Per cent. for the tax established by law of 29th June, 1867." The half-yearly drawing of the Consolidated Peruvian Five per Cent. Loan at par, will take Place in January next, when £297,150 will be applied to that purpose, being 3i per cent. of the ►mount of outstanding bonds. The Bank of New Zealand have given notice that they will pay the interest due on the 31st of Decem ber and Ist of January on the outstanding bonds of the Otago 8 per cent. Loan, 1861-2, £50,000; the Otago 6 per cent. Loan, 1862, £500,000; the Can terbury 8 per cent. Loan, 1856, £30,000 ; and the Canterbury 6 per cent. Loan, 1862, £500,000. A stock of an unusual character—viz., a Railway Preference Stock, overriding the debentures—is now being offered by the Cambrian Railway Com pany. The amount for which subscriptions are in vited is £147,300 ; the stock bears 5 per cent. inte rest. Cliuse 31 of the company's Act of last session, eq. 177, made this exceptional security contingent on the consent in writing of not less than three fourths in amount of the mortgagees of the com pany. In answer to inquiry on this point it has been officially intimated that the required assent has been received—and that the company has the Certificate of the referee appointed by the Board of Trade to this effect. A meeting of a proposed " Shareholders' Protec tion Association" is convened for Thursday next, at the London Tavern. The object is to aid members in obtaining information with regard to the posi tion and internal working of companies, legal ad vice, &c. It is suggested that a general chairman should be elected, as well as an efficient staff under the supervision of a committee.. It may be hoped that the idea, which, by the way, is not altogether o riginal, may be successfully wrought out in order to check the gross abuse of the limited liability sys tem. The present movement is started under the auspices of Mr. Henry Brookes. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 3 GOVERNMENT FUNDS. ▪ Per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 33 P er ~,C e nt. Reduced 9 21 1 1 ,,,."'w 3 per Cent Ne w 2i. per Cent. Jan. 1894 A DO. 5 per Cent. d an. 1 873 '`leuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1850 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — t Do (Red Sea Tele , raph), Aug., 1908 — zehe per Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ut ...... P Do. £5OO Do. £llO it £2OO — P 1 -talc of England Stock, 4 per Cent p Do. accou a t . — j itter -Colonial 4 per Cent. Bonds — 44 ter-Celonial Omnium — INDIA,N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India,,, stook 101 per Cent., April 1574 — 4 'o. Opening, for Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1810 1 , ) ,0. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1818 " 0 . Certificates Do. Enlaced Papet 4 per Cent 9ll 1 D 0.5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 . :If% 5 per Ovit. May 1879 — "J.) 5 4 por Cont., Rnp. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1/77 — , Do. do. 1882 , 'J-. Dub., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ..... 1041 4 J, 0. Bonds, 4 per Cont., £l,OOO " 0 . under .81.000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Ar • mine Republic, 6 per Cent Au 60., `BoSrip 1.45 pid .. - itrian nds S u per cent — z r Do. 1859 — k.' Man 5 -or Cent — o o P ~• . it per Cent., 1852 — ,1 0 . do. 1858.... -(3 . do 1860 1-4) - do .' 1863 — 41 k 9 11 -. ' Per Cent., 1865 — 1 „ --'0 Account 7B i • - en bos Ayres 6 per Cent. 0n , ,,,, o 2 per Cont; (Deferred 3 per Cent ) -- to i e Per Cent. -itta 6 por Cent . r .; O . 4* per Cent il• 3 per Cent~ rn • „ • 6 Per ce'2t. 1867 O i n - ' Per Cent., 1866 1) 0 .4". Man, 6 per Cent. I II; a per Cent., 1825 •19919 uTart Dec. 14. eath of the companied asoleum at s morning, )CIETY. holders took et, Strand' l tho adver (sport of the n Executive lilting OW ) funds and Society, to red and O ahe publics- receipts for )f the fillan' Receipts. C 54,268 9 4 50,948 13 , ' 49,697 6 7, 33 428 10 188,342 19 9 ,100,603 7 ~... _._..-.....-- ,288,946 7 3 be !8,98419 6 13,650 15 1 .5,089 13 2 10,1868, v7O ast year 0 113 tisfaction t.O increase ill INCREASS. 7 , 6 • 3 10 2,457 18 23,680 6 5,76 6 6 21,' 3 5 10 6 . F ol 5 e4. :I,EISy. 1 1. of 1 vif hes coo It 1, 4 ° 0 0 0' :lion to i „g, ces 0. sv ot o pt to a , os , ..; rb° ~ ,I ,ndal • o dtb, 3t T iiii , pe t nice °' 0c 441' og the 40t° l og fi n e. l , ti Sparest at fa `t 165 coo, to cause Donation Principalities, 7 par Cent Do 8 per Cent., 1867 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent Do Second Issue Do. .£59(, Bonds Do. .£lOO Bonds ••••• Do. . 1864 - Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds DO. .4106 Bonds • English Scrip, 1868; 74 Do do. £45 pd Government Railway Debentures 96 f Greek . 5 per Cont., 1824 . 5, ex Coups. — • Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd 90; Italian 5 per Cert., 1865 ;'o. Account ~ 82y Do Mwernmana Railway 11.,xicar. 3 per Cent -- Ditto for Account - D.. 1864 Do per Cent. Angle-n.enell eenteN ideas ;.; per Cent. Iloorish imperial 5 per Cent 'Yew GranaJa l4l Do 3 per Ceti Do. Deferred Do Lawi Warrants (llectores) I ll Peruvian 5 per Cunt. 1565 Do Account .. 814 'tziguose 3 p,r Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,':i0,'2.': Do. do. 1P•67... Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1821, St Do 44 per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds. ; , Do. du. £B4 15s. d 0..., -- Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds... Do. do 2 £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway Sariinian 5 per Cent' Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 - Do Account •• Spanish 3 per Cen Do. AcciAnr:. ...,.... Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrea Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded ... Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 UDo do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent.l • 32} Do Account 1)o 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 63 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 - 62 Do 4 por Cont., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent.: Do. A cc.nut 1.:o 6 por Cent. 1864 6 per Cent., 1862 r . Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch i} per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail. : Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Do Account Italian 5 par Oent. 1831, Ex. Zof. Do. Account 56 1 :- CLOSING PRICES. Consuls, Money ' 92+, I xd Do. Account, Jan. 5 921 * xd MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The troops of the 10th Hussars which have been stationed at Bristol for some time past have been ordered back to Aldershott. By the promotion of Major-General A. A. T. Cunyngham, C. 8., to the Colonelcy of the 36th Regiment a good service pension, for distinguished or meritorious service, is placed at the disposal of his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Command ing-in-Chief. A detachment of the Chatham division of Royal Marines (Light Infantry), numbering three non commissioned officers, one drummer, and 27 men, under the command of Lieut. T. E. Hungerford, has been ordered to embark on board her Majesty's screw corvette Cossack, 20, 1,296 tons, 250 horse power, commissioned. The detachment of Royal Marine Artillery for service in this vessel will join from head-quarters, Portsmouth. Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. M. C. Symonds, K.C.8., hosted his flag at Plymouth .on Saturday on board the iron screw steamship Warrior, 32, Captain 11. Boys, on the oclasion of his taking passage in her to Usbon, where he will join the armour-plated ship Minotaur, 31, Capt. James G. Goodenough, now bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Frederick War. den, C.B. Thu screw steam-frigate Constance, 33, Captain Hugh T. Burgoyne, was towed on Friday from Plymouth Sound into liamoaze. On Saturday her crew was inspected by Port Admiral Sir William F. Marten, K.C.B. After the frigate is dismantled and her crew paid off s'ae will be placed in the third division of the steam reserve. The Supply steam storeship is being refitted at Woolwich dockyard, and will shortly be placed in commission for service on the coast of Africa. MARKE7 S-IHIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. December 15.—Sales probably 8,000 bales. Marke quiet, and drooping. Mr. Such Granville will open St. George's Hall, on Wednesday, December f 3, with a new drama entitled " Saved," and a burlesque called " Sardanapalus." His company has been selected from various provincial theatres. THE BISHOP OF SALISBURY.—This prelate is suffering from such a severe attack of prostration of the nervous system as to be obliged to refrain from taking part in the business of his diocese. Prayers are offered up in the cathedral and parish churches for his Lord ship's recovery. _ . THE TEA TRADE, Dcc. 14.—The deliveries in Loudon estimated for the weok were 1,161,8821 b, which is an increase of 24,6941 b., compared with the previous state ment. I ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN CHINA.— Some important statistics have recently been furnished on the subject of the moans adopted for the advancement of Catholicism in China. The whole of China has been divided into 24 Catholic missions, directed by 19 bishops and five prefects apostolic of different nationalities, viz., Italian, French, Spanish, and Belgian. Each bishop has under him not less than four' European missionaries, and some of them have upwards of twenty. Eachtnission is divided into districts, with a European missionary at its head. The number of Christians varies in each mission from 2,000, which is the lowest number, up to 10,000. In each mission a college for natives has been established, where they aro taught Latin, philosophy, and theo logy. There are also schools and orphan asylums in every mission. The most important is the college kept by the Germans and Italians at Si.kawi, distant from Shanghae three er four miles. There are nearly three hundred pupils, who are taught trades, painting, drawing, and Chinese literature, and several of them are sent up to Pekin to take the degrees. Printing offices, directed by the missionaries, have also been established at several of the missions. The printing office at Shanghae has issued many important publications. Several works have been composed and printed in Chinese, among which are the Gospels, with explanatory notes ; works on mathematics, theological books, which, as far as regarded the idioms, are kept as classics by the Chinese. Several parts of the Bible have been translated into Chinese, but always with explanatory notes to adapt them to the natives' mental capacity, with a dictionary in Latin and Mandarin. A new dictionary has been printed at Paris in Chinese and French by a French missionary. Different maps of China are printed at Naples and in Italy, under the direction of the missionaries, in the Chi nese College; and a map of the See-non district, near Hong Kong, has been printed at Leipsic, having been drawn by an Italian missionary. The Sisters of Charity have eight establishments, situated as follows :—One in Canton, where they direct an asylum for foundlings and orphans ; two in Wong Kong, with an asylum for foundlings, day and boarding z - :nools, and an orphanage; one in Ningpo, with ar. orphanage; one in Shanghae, where they direct an hospital; one out of Shang hao, in the country, with an orphanage; one in Tientsin, where they have an orphanage, schools, and hospital ; one in Pekin, with hospital and orphanage. Two more are going to be opened this year, one in Hongkow, a branch of Italian sisters in Hong Kong, and one in Han chow, a branch from Pekin.—Philadeiphia Public Ledger. FEMALE TEAcriErts.—Of the 150,00 U teachers in the United States it is asserted that 112,500 are females. The city of Boston has 553 female to 62 male teachers. New York city 2,206 females to 176 males; the State of Ohio 13,220 females to 834 males. CHEAP TELEGRAPH ING. —The Western Union Telegraph Company are sending messages between San Francisco, Sacramento, Stockton, and San Josd for 15c. for the first ten words, and five cents for each additional five words. The Atlantic and Pacific States Company have also lately reduced their rates to the same points, doing business for 25 cents for the first 10 words, and 10 colta for each additional fore words. TIIA SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1868. BANKS Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 12 13 Do B lO 51 61 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim alli 1: 19 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 3 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia._ all 50 - Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 10 Bank of New Zealand all 58 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, snd China all 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 20 City lO 100 Colonial 25 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi arid London, lim 50 Last London, hum 5 20 English and American, lira 19 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja,- 87 39 6 4 81 33 37 33 17 19 61 63 20 21 80 31 11 12 40 42 111 ::1 1 11 0) neiro, lira 20 English, : cottish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 281 Do new 5l 100 Imperial, lim 2O 20 Imperial Ottumwa lO k 5 lonian all 2.5 Do new b 50 Lud Mortgage of India., lim 4 100 Do sp. g. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 27 20 Do new 71 5 41 100 London &River Plato, lim. .40 2 4 25 Do new 10 11 14 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 241 50 London and County 2O 50 61 501 1 20 Do new,issat 20 p.m,16 pd ll 50 London Joint 5t0ck..,, ,,,,, 1 851 861 20 London and South Arican al 1 12 100 London & S.-Western, Jim, 20 ... ... 30 London & Venezuela, Jim_ 121 ... ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 66 68 100 Do Scrip, ism at 10 pm 2O 631 681 641 4 100 Merchant, lim 25 7 i 10 Metropolitan, lim all 6 7 100 Midland, Jim...... 2O ld pr 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 ... ... 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do LO National. BO 51 SG 20 New South Wales ~ all 42 44 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 481 43 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 69 81 10 Do new. all . . . • 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, Mai 25 13 11 100 Do' issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 47 49 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London l5 884 3 i 89 4 1,1 pr 14 1T 17 141 17 13 1 1/ 27 I 9 pr 1p 31 3,1 78 L 2 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all ... 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 prp 101 10 Anglo - Mexican Mint all 15 1 i st Atlantic Telegraph le 27 29 st Do. 8 per cent. lOO 73 76 25 Australian Agricultural 26 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 ad 10 Berlin Water Works, lira all 13/ 141 10 Do. New 6 3 Si 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lieu. 5 Bombay Gas, lieu, all 31 4 31 Do. New 4 lf 01 50 British American Land 44 17 21) st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira lOO 165 170 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 81 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lieu 24 fti lid 20 Coylon Company, lieu. lO 3 2d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 41 34 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lieu 8 41 81d 80 City of Milan Improv. lieu, all 5 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, all 2 60 City Offices, lieu 25 24, 231 d 101 50 Colonial, Um. Do. 50 Commercial Anion (Assn* 6 p ip 10 Company of African Mer chants, lieu. td 20 Continental Union Gas, lim. all 171 184 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 44 per cent. all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent, all 104 106 100 Do. 1882, 4a per cont. all 1034 1011 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim, all lf 2* 2 1 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lira lO 3 2 d st Crystal Palaee lOO 23 25 i lat Do. Preference lOO 97 102 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 ill 20 Darjeeling, lieu. 10 Eastern Assam, lieu. 64 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lien. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Glut by Egypt. Gov all 901 911 8)4 20 Egyptian Cora. & Trad. lim 6 4* 4,1 d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 235 240 10 Do. New 8 5 llp 3 Eng.& Austral. Copper, lint 21 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 b 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lieu. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 lid 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 13 121 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 831 811 50 Gellivara, lieu. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lieu. 71 2' If 54 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 25 50 Horns &Col Marine In. lim. 5 41 81(1 10 Hong Kong and China GUS all ... 20 Hudson's Bay tali 15 151 131 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lira. 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO ... 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lint 5 11 11 20 Interns,. Land Credit, lim 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land i 11 id 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all,/ 2 21 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds,, redeem 1870, issued 20 all 60 62 61 50 Land Securities, lim i 31 21,1 25 London African Trading., lO 7 &I 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, lira 6 ...d 10 London County Land and Building, lira. ...... . .. . 5 Lond. Provinci a l Tel. nut all 34 3 1 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 1 IP 50 Lond. Financial Aeso., Urn 30 23 221 4 L o nd. G en.Omnibus.Colim. all 14 2 11'0-16 60 Loud, and Glaag. Engineer and Iron Ship, li eu 25 22 17d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 Id pr at Madras Irriga. & Cant Gua. sp.c. by India Gov, lOO 1041 1051 100 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 10 Mediterra. Eaten. 'fa, lim, all 4 41 50 Merchant Shippi ng, lim all 36 41 36 50 3lillwall Iron Works, lim. 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lieu, . 25 National Discount , ..... 6 12 121 25 National Prov. Marine, 4 4 3d 10 National Stea m Ship, lieu. all 81 DI 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 3 2(.1 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 11 ld 6 New Quebrada, lien 4.4.0 4 11 34 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. cantile Agencyaim 2l 1 IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, 1im.........,, ....... i S la 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, lin 5 7 6 10 Do. B. . ... .. .. ... . at North Brit. Austral.., lim lOO 33 42 50 North Brit. & bierea,n. In 6l 11 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) i 141 15 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll ...d 6 Oriental Gas, lien, 5 Do. New ... ..... 1 4 1p 1 11-16 ....... . .. . .. 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lie all 1; ,1 fp 5 Ottoman Gas, lint all 11 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail 'lieu all 2 21 11 :5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Miner!, lieu 100 32 84 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 85 8 6 50 Do. New 1867 lO id pr 91 25 Reuter's Telegram 24 30 35p 50 lthymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lim all 131 191 20 Do. G as, 100 Royal Mail Ste am 6l) 48 50 471 at Scottish Aust. Invest, lim lOO 110 114 at Do. Sp c. Guar. Pref lOO ... 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypto, lieu lO 7 6 (1 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot S 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. &Inv., lim 6 25 South Australian Land all 35 36 . st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all ill 20 Telegraph Con. &M a i n.,lim all 151 16 154 16 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lien 2 21 2: 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lieu Bl 10 Trust &Agency of Aus.,lim 1 4 11) 10 Do do. do. all .. 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 Id p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim. 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 11 Old SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 44 bf 6 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 3/ 81p 20 Universal Marine(ln.), Um. S 1 lip 6/ 10 Upper Assam Tea, lieu all a 4 30 Van Dieman's Land 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (llortgage) Loan... all 74 764 764 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 104 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lieu 2ll 4 aa 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO ... ...d COLO2IIAL UOVERNIIENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.... - Uo. *895 lOO - Can.Ciov.6p.c.juiV l &July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug l,O 105 10 - Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 105 10 - Do. bp. c. Jan. & July lOO 93 94 - Do. sp. c. inscribed sli HO 90 92 - Cape (1.110pe,61Le• 1873 lOO 102 101 - 1o.Ap1.&001 1090-1900 lOO 111 113 - Do. do 1880-91 lOO 107 100 - Do. Jan.&July, 1891 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1 900 lOO 100 102 - Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 119 - Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 - Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, - Jan. and July 100 100 1 1 G 0 64 1 1 01 - Do. 1878 .• • - Do. 1882, May and Nov... 100 108 108 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aue-- 100 106 08 - Melbourne Corporate.,.. 1867-75, 43 per cent-- 103 _ - N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July - 100 102 104 - Natal 6 p et, Apl& Oct- 100 _ _ - Do 6p 0, miy & Nov lOO 196 108 - N. S. W. 6 p.c., '7l to '73 lOO 99 101 1011 - Do. 5 p.c. 1548 to 1890 lOO 99 108 100 i - Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to l 7i lOO D'd 101 - .14:Zealand, 6p. et. 15111 lOO _ _ - Do. 5 per cent.... - DoJan,Ap I,July, o,t lOO 974 94 -- D,.) 6p a. Mar giL 6ept 'VI .• 100 108 110 - Do .111.. e & Dee , 1.,91 - - fDo Pruv. , •1 AAA:mid. i Ito - _ ( ttriei 1& 2, 1690... - is o 711 Scotia 6p. c.Jan... - and July, 1875 - Do 180.. ... - Queenslnd. Op. c. 'B2 5 lOO i t 8 lt 10 9 - Do 180/ .. ••• • - B. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 lOO - _ Do 1878.92 ' 100 103 110 Do 1193 1908. 10) 107 108 - Tasmanian e , pO, la 5•• - 100 106 107 - Do rd. 1693 to 139/ - Victoria 6p.c. Ja.&July lOO - _ . Do. 1801 lOO 1:2 113 .-- . Do. do, April& 001 lOO 109 110 10/i t CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY, December 14, M. Granier de Cassagnac has published an account of the coup d'etat in the Constitutionnel and the Pays. This is not zi new narrative, but one which was drawn up from official documents, and appeared directly after the events of December took place. This new edition is published in the hope of counteracting the assaults of the Opposition journals. It is not very likely to have this good effect, and, like all such steps on the part of a Government, it can only benefit those whom it was intended to injure. Continued pimphlet•publishing by a Government is as bad as letter-writing by statesmen. Of all the numerous Variations of the art of misrepresen tation, that of making use of a small portion of what has been written or said and leaving the rest unnoticed, is one of the most effective and at the same tine most discreditable. I see that some of the London journals—the Standard in particular—have been mak . - g much capital out of an " attack " by M. Louis Blanc on the constitution of the pre sent Libcral Covernment. M. Louis Wane is represented as condemning Mr: Gladstone's Cabinet in the most unmeasured terms, because Mr. Lowe and Mr. Bright both find a place in it. He is reported to have said: " The man whom Mr. Bright thus denounced to the indignation of the people, whom . he accused of calumni ating the working classes before an audience of working men, the man whom lie trusted might be punished by having his speech posted up in every workshop of the kingdom, is no other than his dear colleague of the present day--the person in conjunction with whom he undertakes to provh'e for the welfare of the people—in a word, it is Mr. Lowe hixsef." A more gross case of misrepresent7.tion never found its way into print. What M. Louis Blanc thinks about England and its Government is not a matter of the first importance, but if his opinions are to be corded they should at least be given correctly. The reconciliation between Mr. Lowe and Mr. Bright, or at least that extent of reconciliation which is necessary to enable the members of a Cabinet to work together, is, to say the least of it, remarkable ; but it is neither unaccountable nor without precedent, and M; Louis Blanc, so far from unreservedly condemning it, endeavours to furnish an explanation. The sentence which I have just quoted from the Standard dues not appear at all in the copy of M. Llanc's letter which is before me. The following is in the letter :—" Mr. Lowe is not an advocate of Parliamentary Reform, it is true, but then Reform has been settled; it has been put into, force, and is no longer one of the questions of the day. What matters it what Mr. Lowe thinks or does not think•of Reform ? The problem now to be resolved is the abolition of the Irish Church. Mr. Lowe desires this abolition, .and has been amongst the first and most energetic of its advocates. It is certain that he is capable of giving assistance to the Ministry on this point, and what more is wanted ?" M. Blanc is surprised at the reconciliation, and cannot wholly approve of it, thinking that we sacrifice principles to expediency. But he honestly gives what he deems to be the explanation of the conduct of Messrs. Lowe and Bright in accepting office together ; and this the Standard did not honestly reproduce. If past differences were to prevent Ministers war-king together, government both in Eng land and Fraiice would speedily come to an end. Is Mr. Lowe to refiain for ever from becoming a Cabinet Minister ? As the Tories and the Liberals each in turn took up Reform, this is really the result of the Standard's logic. M. de Girardin gives an unqualified approval of this act of reconciliation :—" M. Blanc calls this English ;' we wish it was French.' When a fact has keen accomplished, when a law has been definitively voted, and there remains another equally important to be dis posed of, are the English, who have pressing objects in view, wrong because they do not lose time in looking behind them, and in recriminating one another? To advance only to fall back again is French ; to advance never to retreat is English." The Standard should not claim the alliance of French Liberals before it has been accorded. M. Joseph Perier, Regent of the Bank of France, has just undergone an amputation of the leg for an incurable tumour. He is 82 years of age, and yet it is thought that he will safely recover. The recent storms have done great damage in various parts of Europe. One of the largest steam chimneys in Belgium was blown down. Fortunately the mass broke into three pieces, which were carried forward at wide intervals, and thus the buildings adjoining escaped. . It is interesting to be informed that the Crown Prince of Prussia has the highest opinion of the British infantry, which he considers the most formidable in the world. He also praises the British field artillery very highly. One of the Marseilles prisoners, Gabriel, the youngest woman, is reported to be dead. Tuesday, Dec. 15, 8 a.m. Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough Yarmouth Helder Cuxhaven Skudesmes Ardrossan Green castle Holyhead Liverpool . • Valentia Cape Clear ' Roches Pt Penzance Plymouth Weymou th Portsmouth Loudon CrpcGris Nee Brest L'Orient Roch e fort Biarritz Corunna Brussels Paris Strasbourg Lyons .. . • • Toulon Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) b.c. r.o. o.c. o.c. r.oc r.c. o'o3 o'sl )16 o'o3 0 . 13 1 0 221 IXPLA NA' Barometer corrected and reduced to r.. rising; f.. falling: C.. steady—Mdici mercury within last 34 1 cum Tbi Extreme Folce Erlth lir Direction du, Weather: sly ; c.— el( r es. I.—lightning :in.—misty. l ezy t.—thunder. Bain fall , snow or bail Sea disturbance. 2 deg. a pea laveL The latter .ate directlm of motior of t o .cin onletcr errosed fir shade mpg last 24 hours. Z.—calm r. cctsclud: L—fcg ha tiCSEt. (11111;r.—rninm—snow (nellcd) during last 24 hours SHARE LIST. oADINARY gitiAltES AND STOCKS. 41iire Railways. pad. Closing Business Prise. done. st Bristol and Exeter...." 100 et Caledonian •• • • 100 s. Cambrian lOO 2) Cornwall. all at Dublin & Belfast .lunc lOO st Dun„Yerth, & Ab.J WO 2 , East London. all Do 15 2/ Do 10 • at Glasgow dt S. Western lOO 60 91 it Great Eastern .. .0/ 414 42 414 2lf et Do. E. Angl. /No. 2 lOO .7 8 at Great North of Scotland lOO 15 .6 at Great Northern ... 100 116 107 1034 at Do. A stock lOO 108 119 at Do. it stuck lOO 134 1:6 at (IS. and W. 01 irtiaLkl lOO 90 97 a. Gt. IVeateln. 100 4 4 181 5 Do. South Wales lei) 5, lb 18 . Do. W. Slid.—Oxtor• at Do. Newport IUO 2 8 i 1 et Lanonshire ea Yuruhinre lO9 118 .2el at .Lun., 100 41‘.4 Cif 98; 9 0) Do Scrip at 1011., unai.., and Aleut/14 Ex. A lOO - '1 Lou. &AN ortfi Weetcai li:0 112 121 at Lon. It South Wester lOO (•,7 1,0 83 ▪ Man., Liiteoli IOU in 48 474 'tau a▪ t Du Extousi.m 100 10 uu. rd . . 10 1,4 st 3le :ropolitan Distr et. all 10 Motrop at. John's 00 1 0 - at st a Du, b: at N.,. co Briash at Do. I'th., & Dul a.. 100 • at : or. , :astern—lier Lets - • 23 Do. U. N.E purchas,.. t 0.13.4 st Do Leeds . 100 4 15 st Do York st Do Carlis.e st Do Stoe c. -.%s s 20 st North Lon ton 10 Do New 18C3 . .. 2 11 2 i y at North Staffordshire lOO 14 61 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 103 10 ' Do New £lO shares 7 ... at Rhymney st Shropshire Union 1 0 43 5.1 st South Devon at South Eastern l9O 70/ 80 20 Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 14 13 at 14:1, Vale loe lis /5C .0 Vo.. C st Watcrioru & liilke unq lOO • ,0 Waterier/ & Whitehal 6 76 78 74 7ii 74 20 30 3} 31 77 75 70 72 7 9 11l 171 O. 0.01 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 l4/0 at Do. Scot. N.E., 4) per cont l9O at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO at Do. do. Ordinary lOO at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at, Dundee, I'erth, and Aber deen Junction lOO st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct IOU at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 at Do do No. 2 100 t Do do 6 per cent 105 st Do East Anglian Abp. c. 100 at Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do 0 7 do. 100 at Do .do No. 1, b p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4 p. c. gua. 100 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c.13x.1846 100 at Do do 5 p.c.Way.Voi. 1847 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cept 10 , at Do b p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 st Do 4 j do do do 106 at Do 4 do at bp.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO st, Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and NNeatera (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO st, G t.West.— Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua. 6 p.c lOO st Do. Orig. (13. &H. Ex). 5 p.c. lOU st Do do 4) per cent. 1850 100 at Do do 4 do do ... 100 at Do do '5 per cent. redom. 100 st Do do Birmingham gua 100 st Do do do pref... 100 at Do do Chester gua loo at Do do do b per cent lOO at Do do do 5 do 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 4j p.c lOO st Do do 4 1 1859 lOO st Do do b st Do West Mid.-Oxford Ist g 10 at Do do 2d gua lOO at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO at Do do 2d do 100 •at Do gua. 51 pet cent. 18G3 100 LOU Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 st Do Barnsley, £5 Is 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 at London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. I lOO st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO. st Do 5 do No. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent 1:0 at Do 6 du (W.E. & C.P.) 190 at Do 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & Doter S per cent lOO at Loudon and N.W., C. and Nuneaton b per cent lOO 100 111 at Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO 8 91 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 at London and W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 141 146 25.65. Do (Bictsm. perp ans. 286 d) all at Man., Shef., & Lincln. 6 p.c. 100 11 o 117 86 88 7$ ki. 96 97 102 104 103/ 94 10J 8 j 83 70 78 93 96 65 70 150 16• 95 1U• DS ILI 106 108 88 92 1 0 135 140 1 a 7 1 N 6Do A :6 all par pin " et Do .31 per cent lOO 60 66 10 Do reUeein. 6 per cent a at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 st Do Bristol& Blrm., 6p. c lOO 1 u 133 st per cent. redeem lOO 97 st Do 4i- per cent. irredeem lOO 97 99 at Do Leicester Ircha, 4 p.c lOO 80 91 90 st Nunn Uritisn, 6 p.c. No. 1 lOO ... • at Do E.'S:, 4p.c. 8. Lt. D lOO at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 3 per cond lOO ,t Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO at N.-Eastera--Uons. 4 p.c lOO M 8i at Do 41 per cent. redeem lUk) 9J 95 at Do Ci.N.E. 4 per cont., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. ... 23 Do York, id. &S. purchase lO 10 104 at Du Stcktu &Drling. A. 5 p.c lOO 103 110 at Do W, liar tiopool 11. and IL 100 87 8J 20 North Staffordshire all 20 21 lOs Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 9 10 108 Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anus., 1.0.0 all 22 23 221 at Do 41 per cent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... at Tell Vale No.l lOO 145 150 at Waterford et Kilkenny, 6pc 103 41 43 RAILWAYS.---PREFERENOE SHARES AND STOOKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. st Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Po Scot. C'eu. min. 7p c lOO st Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p e con. issued at Su 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 st Do • 5 do, 1862 lOO et Do New 5 do, 1963 lOO st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO st Great Northern, bp c irred lOO st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO st Do Boston & Sleard, 45 pc 100 st Great West., W. MidL, 5p o 100 at Do Joint perpe. 5p c, 1865 100 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 2J Do Vale N eath perp. 5p e all st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 st Loud., Brig., Occ., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Do du 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1851 100 st Da do 45 do, 1863 100 st Do do .5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 4 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 6do 100 st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d , 6 p.c lOO st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do 0 6 p.c 100 a London &N. Western, 5p e 100 at Loudon &S. Western, 41 p e 100 10 Man. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO st Do B 5 do 100 is Do 5p e opt. to cony. to Ord.. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 18 Do Inconv. New Snares 16 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl st North Britian, E. and No. 1, 5 per cent._ 100 st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 et Do E., P., &Dun., 2d, 4ps 10$ st Do E. & (1 - , No. 2, 5 p.e 100 st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1852 100 st Do E. & G. , No. 3, 5 p.c 100 ,t Do E. & G. , (Ordiry) 41 p o 100 lst North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 - st Do Stock. & Dart., D .... 100 at North London, 41, per coat (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire sp c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 st Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pe 100 PROSPECT OF AN INDIAN CAJIPAIGN. Some of the Indian papers, seys a contemporary, express great discontent concerning the lenity still shown to that troublesome set of Mussulinan fanatics known as the Wahabees. These men have never lost an opportunity of stirring up some "little war" fir us, and they are always foremost in fighting as they are in contriving plots. The Friend of India now gives us to understand that a fresh movement has succeeded the Irazara campaign. The Govern ment has received informaiion of a Mussulman conspiracy, " having its ramifications spread all over Bengal north and east of the Ganges, if not farther." All classes are taking an active interest in the attempt to bring about the re-establishment of a Mussulman empire. " For years they have been contributing their means far this purpose. A regular rate of taxation is laid down by the leaders, and cheerfully accepted by the people." The Friend enters into detailed statements of the method of taxation ; and discloses circumstances which it is impossible to regard a without disquietude. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL RELORTIL 29 89s. 29 Or. 291,6 r. 29'23r. 29'32f. 29'52f. 461 47 1 49 46 47 50 30 7 1 - 7 r. S. W. S. s.w. W. S.W. s.s.w. S. S. W. w. W. S. W. W.S. W. S.W. S.w. W. S.w. S.W. S.W. S.B.E. Extreme S.S E. S. S.W. S. S.E. B.W. B.S.W. . S. W. S. E. S.W. WM. W. S. W. S. S. B. W. B. E. &S.W. S.w. S. B.S. W. B.S. W. REMARKP, Pressure has begun to increase pretty briskly in the W. of Ireland, the change at Valencia having been three-tenths of an inch since last night. At eastern stations the decrease noticed yesterday has con tinued. % Readings in the north are very low, but an increase has set in at Nairn. In France the pressure is not much changed, and the reading at Rochefort is nearly nine-tenths higher than that at Nairn. Temperature continues nearly unchanged. The S.W. gales reported yesterday continued to blow during the day in Ireland and the two Channels, but have now subsided, except at Cape Clear and Holy head. At Aberdeen the wind was S.S.E. The wind has veered, and is now strong, except on the E. coast, where it is moderate from S.W. Thunder and lightning are reported to have continued during the night in the S.W. Rain has fallen on all coasts, and hail at Penzance. The sea is going down on the W. coast. Weather looks better. Fir William Payne-Gal:w)y, Bart., M.P. for Thirsk, intends, it is said, in the tr suing session of Parlia ment, to introduce a bill for the establishment of County Financial Boards, to be composed of one-half-ratepayers' and occ-half magistrates' representatives. A flooreloth factory at Pathhead, belonging to Messrs. Shepherd and Beveridge, was burned down on Friday. A brick partition wall unfortunately fell, burying four men, one of whom died Shortly after Icing taken out, and the other three were so seriously injur, d that they aro not (xpected to live. The Northern .Ensign sass th..t gold hns teen fonnd in the county of Sutherland. The discovery has not.yet so affected the pubic mind as to hail to s" ;II to t 1 e dig. gings," but it Las raised sufficient interest to justly such an amount of " prospecting" as will put an end very so3n to all doubt on the subject. Great corm:Bo:ion bas been caused in Wyk. ham, near Scarborough, ly the appe.lrance of the pol . ce fur a seizure of stock, the prorerty of the overseer, for Loupay meet of call due under tie n w Highway Act. The whole village appeared iu resistance—man, woman, cud child variously armed. The seizure was made, but the stock wtu afterwards liberated. It is stated that the overseer has since naiiihaSAILUSI qUietifi AVAgra -- 77 81 8s 11 87 ".i4l) S 4 8S 86 90 8 i 68 102 108 19/ '2of & lj 10,) l lu 03 8i $ b 105 10 1t) 107 11 lfp: i fis 1 lip 65 bi 97 11 i 113 101 103 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkennead lOO la 94 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103 st Buckinguainshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 61 56 st Do. i per cent. at Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at E C a u s lc t e L e in ste co r l S ; to g u ua r V . 1.0 0 0 0 st 20 Gloster and Lean Forest all a Cit. Base., Ne wm., bro., b p.c lo‘l a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 5j 7 7 . 1 st Do. do. Wuodbrg.Ex., 00. 100 69 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Beref. 100 95 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Cgrlisle lOO 21, 213 at London and Biackwall ct Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Gnat., &c., 41 p c lOO at Do. Com. Fund, b do lOO st London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South 100 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO st Do. do. 6 do. 41 Manch., Buxton, & Matik all st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 10 Mid Rent (.)ray Line) 60 N ortherut East, , 5 per cent all s o Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern—Hartlep00l st N.West.A perp. pret, bp. c lOO let; 110 at Do B mminnun 11 p.c..., 100 st Notting. &Grante. it. & 0 lOO 92 j 23 Preston and n yre.. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Seep. 10U 133 135 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do do g 2i 2 p st S. Yorlzsh. and River Dun 104 98 100 at Do 4 per cent goo,— 1U 79 si at Do 5 do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all st Weymouth and Portland lOO 1 00 b 0 82 at Wilts and Somerset 62 6 78 e 2 79 83 92 91 .5d bu 64 7; DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 10 st London and St. Katherine lOO 53 55 Di 1) olieb. stock, 4 par cent al, ••• ltillwall Freehold Land •.. st Dock lOO 31 35 st Southampton lOO 71 70 - Surrey (Ammorciil 115 107 U 7 100 93 ILI 1113 103 100 103 100 103 60 71 ACROSS THE CONTINENT. For a few months past everybody has been so much absorbed in politics that the rapid and almost wonderful progress of one of the greatest works of modern times has received but little attention. Be tween the new :town of Omaha, on the Missouri river, and the city of Sacraments, in California, on the tide-waters of the Pacific, there is a stretch of territory 1,721 miles in length, in some few places very sparsely settled by frontiersmen and other hardy pioneers, in others partly occupied by miners, but for the most part entirely uninhabited except by roving tribes of Indians. The route of travel through this stretch of territory, crosses forsnidable ranges of mountains and hut - anise plains of barren land. Four years ago there wer.3. no artificial means of traversing these seve-ltJen hundred and twenty-one miles between the Missouri and the Pacific, except by stage or by mule or ox trains with the exc:ption of thirty-0:1U inne3 of roi! near Sacramento. In January, 1866, less than three years ago, forty miles of rail were laid at the o.naha end of the route, making seventy-one miles in a:I at both ends. Since then there has been a pro gress of the most extraordinary character. It surpasses by far all previous achievements in rail way construction and engineering, and would be a marvel ii our people had not already been accus tomed to the most surprising developments of American energy. The gap of 1,721 miles, upon which there were but seventy-one miles of railway in January, 1866, had been reduced in October, 1868, to 714 miles. More than a thousand miles of the Pacific Railway across the mountainous, barren, and almost uninhabited part of our continent, were in complete running order more than a month ago, carrying passengers and merchandise, limited only by the limited roll ing stock of the roads. Of the 1,667 miles now in operation, 820 miles have been constructed by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, stretching from Omaha to Green River, far away beyond the sum- mit of the Rocky Mountains; and the other 187 miles by the Central Pacific Railroad Com pany, extending from Sacramento, in Califor nia, eastward across the formidable Sierra Ne vada to Wadsworth. As the railway stands now, the journey from Philadelphia to San Francisco may be made in 12 to 13 days. We had a striking illustration of the progress made on Thursday last, November sth. On that day we received two sets of newspaper files from San Francisco, one of them by steamer, bringing files to the 14th of October, and the other by the overland mail, bringing the papers of October 22d, containing full accounts of the earthquake in California, on the 21st. One day of the fourteen by the overland mail was doubtless lost in the post-offices in San Fran cisco and New York. Quite recently a travel ler passed over the whole of that part of the route between San Francisco and Omaha in eight days, and could have reached Philadelphia by rail in four days more. But the bare statement that 1,007 miles of the Pacific Railroad are in actual operation does not give an adequate idea of the work accomplished. At the California end, although but 187 miles are in operation, the track is graded and the iron laid 197 miles further to Reese River, making 384 miles in all that will be in operation within one month. Nor . is this all, for the track is graded more than 60 miles further, and there is a strong expectation of getting the iron down before winter sets in. Ten thousand men are at work, and the engineers are pushing them with the utmost vigour. On the 20th of August six miles of track were laid on that one day. Such is the rate of progress at the California end of the road. Coming back to the eastern end, it is yet to be stated that the iron is laid a long distance beyond the terminus of the 820 miles of road over which the trains are now running. The roadway is graded through Weber canon, near Great Salt Lake, 995 miles west of Omaha, and it is ex pected that by the middle of next month the rails will he laid as far as Bear River, one of the affluents of Salt Lake, 939 miles west of Omaha, and 119 miles beyond the present termi nus. As the actual progress of the work on these two roads has generally surpassed both promise and expectation, we may set do ,Vn 939 miles at the eastern end of the road, and 381 miles at the California end as practically complete.l for traffic, thus closing up 1,323 miles of the 1,721 miles between Omaha and S..cratuento. This leaves about 400 miles to be done next year, and the engineers say they will do it. About 200 miles of the remaining 400, viz., oin Humboldt Wells around the northern end of Great Salt Lake, is run through a much more favour able country than many parts of the completed track. On half this distance the grades vary from 20 to 25 feet to the mile, and none exceed 75 feet. In crossing the Sierra Nevada at the California end the roadway already in operation had to climb a height of 7,042 feet within the first hundred miles from tidewater, and to distribute this great and sudden ascent so as to have a railroad practicable for ordinary locomotives, required scientific skill of the highest order, and involved the most diffi cult and expensive kind of railway construction. It is a triumph of American boldness and skill, with which the roads over the Semmering Alp and Mount Cenis do not compare as railway achieve ments.—Thiladelphia Public Ledger. SHIPPING I.N7WLLIGENCE. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.W. ; fine. No arrivals. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind, S.W. by S., fresh. Anchored, Dec 12. Trossachs, front London, for Val paraiso. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS LUIS.? Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Jan. 2 Ditto, via 3f - wooilles Ditto, via Pi.:_arna tirazil. iiucnoi Ayres, and Monte Video JA u 1. Ditto, by French packet •• Deo. 22. Cape Verde, by Brazil paettot Cape of Good Ascension, and St. Helena.— Dec. 23. china, Penang, and Singapore, via Southitinpton Deo. 19. Gibraltar, via Southampton India,via Southampton ..... ... • •.. vitto, vim Marseil.es Malta, Egypt, S&e. Dec 12. Ditto, Marseilles DeJ. 17 Ilaurltius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via tkutharas too Ditto, Marseilles _ Dec. Yewfoundla nd •.. .... Dee 13 t'ortirral ... ... ....... Jan. 4. United States, t anada, California, &c., by British packet Dec 12 Ditto, by Canadian packet .... Ditto, by L t.ited atatee packet Ditto ditt( (Baltimore) . . West Indies and PaJlic ;except Mexico and Baha mas) 13,,c 11 West Coast of Africa, Madeira, anti Teneritre Dec. 17. JEAMES IN MAbltAS.—ltarnasami may be taken as the generic name of the Madras Boy ; just as Jeames is that of the London footman. There are Pronasamis, Chi masamis, Appasamis, Autonis, Lazaruses, Gabriels, and a host of other names, bnt these are seldom used or even known . by masters and mistresses. It is a bachelor's factotum that Ramasami is seen to the best of advan tage. If his master's salary be small, Ramasami will manage his house, wait at table, black his boots, take care of his clothes, sow on his buttons—in short do the work of half a dozen servants—and will smoke only a few of master's cheroots, and will cheat him only a little. As his master's salary increases, RamasAmi takes care that more servants shall be engaged, and that the expenses shall increase ; ho smokes more of his master's cheroots, and cheats him a little more. But ho is generally su willing, so • handy, and after all cheats so discreetly, that a Madras Boy is generally acknowledged to be the best bachelor's servant in India. In a family whore his accounts are carefully examined by the mistress daily, where there are plenty of servants under him, when ho is not kept up to the mark as regards fire and cool soda, when ho is not liable to be called on unexpected!,; in the dead of night to prepare hot grilled bones and cool beer, then he generally degenerates into a fat, lazy, complace butler.—Dickens's " All the Year Round." INDIAN REMAINS.—The explorers sent out by the Smithsonian Institute in search of American antiquities have discovered a large number of skulls and idols in the mounds of Indiana, Missouri, and Tennessee. These re mains aro supposed to be older than any that have hitherto been found in America, and are believed to have be longed to a race anterior to the Indians. The skulls are smaller than any previously noticed, are box shaped and almost square. In the same mounds were also found pot tery and implements, unlike any that have hitherto been clikovored. - kfi 3 a 1 El r 4 F ) n SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evouing was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. lUPERIAL PARLI AMEN r THIS DAY. THE QIJEEN'6 SPEECH. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, IVe have it far:her in command from her Majesty to acquaint you that since the time ;.hen her :Majesty deemed it right to call you together for the consideration of many grave and iwportant matter;!, several vacancies have occlrred in the Howe of Commons, owing to the acceptance of office from the Crown by inemb...:rs of that hous;;. It is, therefor:-, her M'jesty's pleasure that an opportunity may now be given to issue writs for supplyiug the vacancies so occasioned ; and that after a suitable recess you may proccel to the consideration of such matters as will then be laid before you. lIOUSE OF LORDS-THIS DAY. The house ass mbled at two o'clock, when the Lord Chancellor, Earl Kimberley, Earl De Grey, the Earl of Bessborough, and Lord Sydney took their seats in front of the throne as Lords Commissioners. The Usher of the Black Rod having summoned the Speaker of the House of Commons to the bar, The Lord CHANCELLOR then read the Speech of her Majesty to Parliament (which will bo found above), im mediately after which the Speaker and the members who accompanied him withdrew. The house shortly afterwards adjournod. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tins Day. The SPEAKER entered tho house a few minutes before two, and the swearing in of members was proceeded with. At two o'clock tho Usher of the Black Rod entered and summoned the house to the House of Peers. The SPEAKER, accompanied by a largo number of mem bers, then proceeded to the other house, and on the Speaker's return he informed the house that ho had been to the House of Peers, and that he had heard read her Majesty's most gracious Speech to Parliament. The swearing in of members was then resumed, and continued until 20 minutes to three, when Mr. AYRTON moved for certain formal returns, which were ordered. Mr. OTWAY brought up papers connected with Abyssinia. Mr. AYRTON, having made a few observations relative to the presentation of petitions against the return of cer tain members of Parliament, the procedure of which had been greatly altered by the law of list session, said great inconvenience would occur if any discussion on the subject was to take place on the subject in the absence of the law officers of the Crown. The business therefore he hoped, would be confined to the issuing of certain new writs, but as all would not be moved for that day, the house would at its rising be adjourned until the 29th o December. He would therefore conclude by moving that the Speaker issue— A new writ for Greenwich, in the room of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, now First Lord of the Treasury. A new writ for Oxford, in the room of the Right Hon. R. Cardwell. A new writ for the University of London, in the room of the Right Hon. Robert Lowe. A new writ for Pontefract in the room of the Right Hon. E. Childers. A new writ for Birmingham in the room of the Right John lion. Bright. (Cheers.) A now writ for the City of London In the room of the Right Hon. J. Goschen. _ _ _ A new writ for Southwark, in the room of the Right Bon. Austin Layard. A new writ for Halifax in the room of the Right Hon. Mr. Stansfield. A new writ for Plymouth in the room of Sir R. Collier. A new writ for Exeter in the room of Sir J. D. Cole- ridge. ' I new writ for Bradford, in the room of the Right Hon. William Forster. A new writ for Ripon, in the room of Lord John Hay. A new writ fur Truro, in tho room of Captain Vivian. A new writ for Wareham, in the room of Mr. J. E. Calcraft, deceased. The whole of the writs were issued, as a ma ter of course, until Mr. Ayrton moved for the writ for the city of London, when Mr. Goldney asked whether it was right in• the absence of any information whether the seat of Mr. Goscheu was claimed by the peti tion that hail been presented against the last election for London. Sir 11. Palmer was of opinion that the writ ought to be issued, as it was certain the Secretary for the Treasury would not have made the motion had he not taken steps to ascertain whether the seat was claim ad or not. To this observation Mr. Ayrton replied that he had taken that precaution before be made his motion. After a few observations from Mr. T. Collins the issuing of the writ was ord•_red. Col. Sykes and other members having given notice of certain motions for consideration on the assembling of Parliament, the house adjourned until the 29th December. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BROMLEY RACES-THIS DAY. HANDICAP PLATE. Mars 1 Morning Star 2 Wild Beo Ten ran. OPEN HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Oddfellow Vivandiere Nimrod Six ran. BICKLEY STAKES. Inheritor 1 Cromwell La Sorrentiva Seveu :an. HURDLE RACE. Pak rita 1 Cilphu 3 Brown Jug Eight ran. SELLING HURDLE RACE. Poleaxe Lady Glencora 2 Tom Coke FiTO ran. SELLING STAKES. Lightning Red Ribbon 2 Einelina 3 Six ran. GREECE. (RIC 17TER'S TELEGRAM.) ATHENS, Dec. 12. The Government have rejected the terms of the ultimatum of the Porte. A frigate has been de spatched to Constantinople to fetch the Greek Eut!iusiastic demonstrations have taken place before the residences of the English, Ameri can, Prussian, and Russian Ambassadors. LuNDON GAZETTE—TaIS EVENING. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, DEC. 15. Commissariat Department —Deputy-Assistant Commis sary-General Charles Davis O'Connor to be Assistant Commissary-Goneral. Chaplains' Department—The Rev. D. Arthur to be chap lain of the third class. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—this Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 19; ... 11 191 Do ... 12 1 ... 12 4 Rotterdam _ ... 12 1 ... 12 II Autwerp _ ... 25 37} ... 25 42 1 Brussels ... 25 371 ... 25 42i liamburgn — ... 13 10 ... 13 101 Paris 3 Ms. ... 2 i 3J ... 25 40 Ditto ........ Mrasoillos Frankfort-on-the - .Main ... 120 ... 12011 Vieuua Trieste ... 12 20 12 - 2-5 Petersburg Jl4 ... Copenlizig,Zni ... --- Berlin ~ 9 1z; ... 9 '2l . ••• . 6 26i • 6 27f Madrid.. Uaciiz Loghorn Milan 471 ▪ 27 10 ... 27 ' • . )7 1O ... 27 20 Genoa .. 27 10 ... 27 25 Naples 27 27 20 •.• Paler al° _. ... 10 .. _ . Messina. .10 ... 27 2'o Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Now York ... 52i ... ... 52 ... NI ••• ..... The coarse of exchange at Near Tort• on London for WU at 60 days' sight was on the last date about 101 percent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold. from the Uailcd states.,