The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-08 00:00:00

~....--,....,, st graceful remiership le has just . the Civil ary man of insworth. Alkt , Dec. 7. a Princess 0 Loudon, how. MOE. CER. Dec. 7. to-day in rom Patio, rvice conl- ,wo hours• ony at the ch. AISL , Noailles, the soeie- ce succes- 3 Falloux, Dec. 8. ,rian, from thio and pro- Dec. 8. has been forms, and _ . >uses, wit h transit of generally. the Gra nd ed at CA' p , m ). e Nadal, 1 im p e llea to del S °l ' In Del thernsel Veii lent of til B moral avc" f the Pr 111# tsia. , Dec. 8 • . left bore minore* e in fig‘ from Tr y I cable is )0 sth j or .ched that' rived 10°1 Patras , 0° a ; and tb° he serae 0011 of tbe f Brigaa ° 0 nakiag tO; to-day 0 a the 11°. Dec. s ' we b s ' /- ,wens of ,he 1 0°1 , 0 ith G":e as al 0 0 -13 i deraso P i o uroo l 0 to the a COOSicie°— 1 , Bals:„J Tio; Ina 134°° 0 - na tista _ fl e , ce guY is Stj°‘oo ie Cil'Pe mar t ° via the 030 , r , ic e The Pr :he 11°4°1 .91,0 v • ~.• ~ [••• 04i ..„ ... 0 5 „„ ~.• 3 4 ...., .•• ...... ..., r•• • ...0 C Its l i." 9171 12 11 1 96 3 1 63 3 Dl 7 bl° 431- o- rarais'i°tlof a ed .- be si , a lioAve :o, ° l ' t he dice a •og Le fonoit%,, Lieu t. l e i t. J. Da rbPoo ' f sA oar i „ lig oi pri se o f oti're 1156: Ilig bf)e D o t ij occtisio Of i" D° B4 o t, u stiog, a ,1:0 6 isoop ai - f Loc tiort the 1, 0 115 iratioa R O NEY ABEET AND CO lIIEROIAL INTSLLIG3NCR, CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business had a drooping tendency to-day, and prices in many instances must be quoted lower. Consols have given way on account, it is said, of the serious aspect of affairs in the East, and the Securities of Foreign Governments have also fallen. In railways Metropolitan appear to be recovering. The rate for loans in the house is 11 to 2 per cent , that for discount the same as last quoted. Consols are 92 for money; ditto, for Ac count, 924 4 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 92 ; New Three per Cents, 92 k : ditto, 2 per Cent., J an., 1894, 744 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per . 1 Cent 244 2. India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, 2184 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1124 12 ; ditto 4 per Cent., 1888, 1024 3 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Ce nt., 914 4 i; ditto 54 per Cent., May, 1879, 11 0 ; dittolßonds under £l,OOO, 5 prem. In the Foreign 'Market Turkish Bonds of 1858, 1 862, and 1865 have declined 4 to 2 per cent. ; Italian (1861), the Charkof Loan, 4 ; Peruvian of 1865 and Spanish of 1867, 4. The prices are as follows :—Brszilian of 1865,774 78 ; Chilian of 1867, 96 to 97 ; Egyptian of 1864, E 3 to i; ditto of rn lB6B l 734 to 74 ; Italian of 1861, 56 to 4; ditto xobacco Loan, 34 to 4 prem. ; Mexican, 154 to 2 ; Peruvian of 1865, 814 to i; Russian of 1866, 8 9 to 90 ; ditto Nicolai, 654 to 66 ; ditto Orel, 794 to 80 ; ditto Mosdow-Jaroslaw, 784 to 79, ex tl iv• ; ditto Charkof-Azof, 14 to 04 dis. ; ditto Charcow Krementschug, 4 dis. to 1 prem. ; Spanish of 1 867, 324 to 33 ; Turkish of 1858, 61 to 62 ; ditto of 1862, 61 to 62 ; and ditto of 1865, 3 84 to 39. la the railway market London and North Westerns and Brightons have improved, and are 112 to 4 and 47i to Great Westerns are 48i to 49 ; Midland, 111; to 112; Lon don and South Western, 87k to 88 ; Great Eastern, 418 to 42; South Eastern, 79f to 8 ; Aletropoitan, 103 f to a ; Great Northern, 1068 to 107 i ditto A, 1071 to 108 ; Caledonian, 744 to 75 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 16 8 to 17i. American Five-Twenty Bonds have gone down 41 to 74, 741. Rrie Railway shares, 251 to 4 ; Central, 951 to 961 ; Atlantic and Great . western Debentures, 364 to 371 ; and the Conso lidated Mortgage Bonds, 374 to 38. In Back Shares there is a rise in London Joint- S tock, the price of which is now 36/ ; Imperial 17 i to 181 ; London and County, 51/ to ; Loudon and Westminster, 674 to 681 ; Union of London, 384 to 394 ; Anglo-Austrian, 74 to 8 14 ere• ; and Imperial Ottoman, 1 to 11 prem. Miscellaneous Shares has slightly declined They now stand at—Atlantic Telegraph Eight Per Cent. Preference, 3g to ; I ; ex div. ; An glo-American Telegraph, 214 to ex div.; ational Discount, 11i to 121 ; General Credit. 2 to 11 di s. ; I n t ernat i ona l Financial, 1 y to 11 1118 . Hudson's Bay Company, 124 to 1. 41 1 amount representing £140,000 in sovereigns ..„,was taken yesterday from the bullion office of the k'aek for shipment to Brazil. The Great Britain, from Melbourne, has arrived NV . t 1.1 £250,000 ; the Golden &m, from Sydney, with 20 ,000 sovereigns ; the Tanjobe, from Alexandria, w ith £26,500 ; the Hammonia, from New 1 ork, W ith £34,000 for London, and £16,000 for Paris; a nd the Hermann, also from New York, with !' 1 2 200 . A great portion of these supplies will be tr ansmitted to the Continent. Messrs. S. Oppenheim and Sons announce to the ho lders of Diara Bonds (private administration of , nighnes3 the Viceroy of Egypt), that they are lus tructed to discount any of the said bonds, up t 0 the 12th instant inclusive, at 7 per cent. per atrium. A second memorial on the evasion of its engage ments by the Italian Government has been pre sented to the Committee of the Stock Exchange by the Italian Irrigation Bondholders, and the Committee again postponed the consideration of the official quotation of the Tobacco Loan. It appears that the Russian Government, after th e receipt of the million lately sent hence, have a total of about £11,333,000 at their command with foreign bankers, chiefly, it may be assumed, in Lon don, Paris, Amsterdam, and Frankfort. This is exclusive of the various guaranteed loans lately Contracted here and in Germany for railway com- Panics. Probably the payments from Russia due or falling due in London and elsewhere during the text few months will absorb the greater portion of t he amount, otherwise it would seem of sufficient magnitude to attract considerable attention. Telegrams from Lisbon yesterday report great uneasiness on the Exchange, and a sudden fall of 8 Per cent. in Portuguese securities. The liquidators of the Bank of Queensland have i ssued a statement showing the appropriation of the fu nds already r eceived, and making proposals for d espatchin g Mr. Hugh Muir to act out in the colony With the view of facilitating proposed arrangements ior th e settlement of the de b t due b y t h e B r i s b an e Cor poration. T he usual monthly return, under the Cotton Statistics Act, by the Board of Trade, was issued t e sterday. It c on t a ins the particulars for Novem hn and shows that the total number of bales im ported was 281,913 bales, of which 47,518 were Ame rican, 45,700 Brazilian, 157,839 East Indian, 23131 ' 218 Egyptian, and 7,644 miscellaneous. During the same period, the total quantity exported repre sented 106,664 bales, and that forwarded inland for ecsnsumption 215,861 bales. I !'t a meeting of the Millwall Freehold Land an d Dock Company, held yesterday, it was re solved to accept the proposals of the contractors fo r settling all accounts open and for relieving the undertaking of its liabilities, subject to the prepa ration of a deed to be submitted for the approval of the shareholders at a future meeting. petition presented to the Court of Chancery u3' the directors of the Cork and Kinsale Junction Itailsvagy Company, praying the confirmation of a sc heme of arrangement between the company and ~‘u e ir creditors, is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor alins on the 22d inst. With regard to the condition of Venezuela, ad 'flees, from Caraccas represent that a few small ba nds of malcontents were roaming in the moan t s ine, but that the citizens everywhere desired Peace and were disposed to obey the existing Go vernment. Congress was to meet and the new 'resident to be inaugurated on the Ist of January. The San Fra n cisco advises mention, in relation to t he new American territory of Alaska, that the v enue steamer Wayanda has just returned from a summer cruise to that country, having visited, : 111 "13 other places, the islands of St. Paul and 0 1. George and the coasts of Behring's Sea. South the Aleutian Islands good coal has been dis levered in numerous localities along the coast. The Il dians were uniformly well disposed. BRITISH 71111105—TWO O'CLOCK. . UOVERNMENT FUNDS.. 8 Per Cent. Consols B"Ditto for Account, N Per C en t . R educed 92 1 4 1 4 i.:w 3 per Cent ) 11? 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 .4. — °. 6 per Cent. o an. 1873 ttlluities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 - 4 -4),,0. for 30 yrs expire sth April 1885 — E ,",° (Red Sea Tolevaph), Aug., 1908 — DO Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct — p Do, D o . £5OO )3 £lOO & £2OO — I A4 k of England Stock, 4 per Cent bo na • account 1 4 tia da per Cent. Bonds ter-Colonial Omnnun i„ „INDIAN bOVERNMENT SECURITIES. , "la it , ock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 2lBl D Do. j ' ) . Opening, for Account — D o. o pur Cent. July, 1880 ll2l 12 ~°. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 .-'O. Corti ticatea — po. Eufacod Pape' 4 per Cent 9ll i 1 -",°. 5 per C ott., J an. 1872 j r• 54, per ern. May 1879 llO " s per Cent., Rnp. Dcb. 1872 — Do, do. 1877 — Lo. do. 188' D -• Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ...... 1) ,-, ° - I 3o uds, 4 per Cent ..£1 000 •, , "0. under £l,000 rORBIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Ar e ,„ 4 • milne Republic, 6 per Cent Do., Scrip £45 paid Au Brian Bonds 5 per cent .. — Do. 1859 63 Brizilian 5 per Cent — 00. 11 per Cent., 1852 7 41 Do. do. 1858 — Do. do., 1860 661 Do. do., 1863 6Bl Do. 5. per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 7Bl 1 B.,:enes Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cant ) Cu'”, 6 per Cent. C .Ilion 6 per Cent Do.ll per Cent. 7 i 1 Do. 3 per Cent., 1 o. 6 per co . t. 1867 — I - o. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo unian, 6 per Cent. Dan s►i, 3 per Cent., 1825 Datvibian Principalities, 7 par Cent 741 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 B5 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. k.:yptian, 7 per Cent — Do Second Issue •• .16 Do. .£sot, Bonds — D0..£100 Bonds ..... 821 1)o. 1864 Do. Account - Do. .C5OO Bonds Do. .£lO6 Bonds English Scrip, 1868 731 4 Do do. £l5 pd Government Railway Debentures Green 5 per Cent., 1821 5, ex Coups Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 891 Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account ~ Do libixemmana Railway SlexicaL 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Bl Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-Freuch tionteviclean C por Cent. Moorish Imperial 5 por Cent Yow Granada l4l Do 3 per Cen _. Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) - 1 ll Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 811 i P ,rt , 7 , gues, 3 per )t., 135.1,'6, /,'9,'20,''2,': , 38 Du. do. 1867 3Bl Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4} per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.,, 84 Do. do. '77'7 J £B4 los. do — . Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds . _ . Do. . do £B4 138. do — Do Nicolas Railway 631 Sarliniuu 5 per Cent — Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4,1- per Cent., 1862 Do Account - Venezuela 3 per Cent.: — Do. Acc‘aut Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 : 22i Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Austrian 0 per Cent. 1 10 Florins .., • Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..., French Routes, 3 per Cent., Et. 251. — DJ Account Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. z5l. Do. Account .56 TWO O'CLOCK. Consuls, Money 1921 x d Do. Account, Jan. 5 .. 021 xd 11.1 I'MA Eas.E7' THEATRE. A brilliant audience assembled last evening to witness the first performance of Dr. Mosenthal's ne tragic play "Pietra," wlnch had been written specially for Miss Bateman. The play is altogether of a different description to "Leah," but it is all sufficient to afford the great actress an op portunity of exhibiting the conflicting emotions of the human heart, a perform %nee iu which she stands without a rival. The scene of Pietra is laid in Italy during the struggles of the Guelphs and Ghibellines. Tiso di Competri, a zealous partisan of the Guelphs, whose hatred of the opposite faction has been nourished by the cruel death inflicted on his sons by Ezzelino, eader of Ghibellines, has gained a signal victory over his enemies; and his surviving child, has been searching that field of conflict in hopes of finding the body of a son of Ezzelino, reported to be amono , the slain. Her search is fruitless, but her nurse Marca tell her that from the heaps of slain she has taken a youth and concealed him in her chamber, on account of his supposel resemblance to her own son. Pietra here beholds the apparent lifeless form of the young Ghibelline, and the sight inspires her with a strange emotion. Forgetful of her hatred to the Ghibeliues she re solves to save him, and does so at the peril of her honour. Gaspardo, a trusty officer of the Duke's, after the battle, has missed a young man, evidently of noble rank, and a track of blood convinces him that the object of his quest has been secreted some where in the castle by Marca. The attempt of Gaspard() to enter her chamber she resists, and the pursuers are about to retire to continue their search when Leonisio announces that the missing man is Manfred, the natural son of Ezzelino, the murderer of Pietra's brother. Manfred, on the discovery of his rank and station, desires death at the hands of Pietra, but as she hears the return of the pur suers she warns him back to her chamber as the only place of safety. Pietra tells her,nurse that she is in love with the young stranger, and they both resolve to protect Manfred. Peitra furnishes Manfred with a master key to open an inner door in the chamber by which he may escape, the sound of a chapel bell on the opposite bank is to be the signal of his safety. A herald from Ezze lino arrives and announces that he is ready to con clude a treaty of peace if Manfred is restored. Peace with Ezzelino does not, of course, accord with the honour of Tiso, and he is astonished to find his daughter is so inclined. Gaspardo, who suspects Pietra, now bethinks himself of the inner door leading to the crypt. Pursuit by that path is resolved upon, and when the destruction of Man fred appears inevitable, Pietra hears the chapel bell, which announces to her the safety o f her lover. After a time Pietra is informed that the castle is about to be attacked by a party of Ghibellines, fur nished, by the treason of Manfred, with the means of entering the gate by the river. Love now gives way to hate, and Pietra resolves on the instant to capture the traitor, as she thinks Manfred. A con flict ensues, and Manfred is mortally wounded, and he lives but to convince Pietra that no villany of his led to the disaster, but that the key of the secret entrance of the castle by which the attack was to be made had been taken from him by force. Love again returns, and Pietra, driven to madness by her woe, stabs herself, and she expires on the body of her first and only love, Manfred. The character of Pietra henceforth is identified with Miss Bateman. Great as has been her per formances in the part of Leah, she has never achieved a more genuine triumph than that of last night. From her entrance in the first scene until the fall of the curtain her acting was all the most exacting critic could demand, and her last creation will doubtless add immensely to her already well acquired fame. The first portion of the cha racter, the embodiment of intense hatred of Ghibellines was a masterpiece of dramatic art ; her deep grief, sorrow, and ultimately love for the wounded Manfield was perfection ; and, last of all, her scorn, hatred, and revenge, kindled by the story of her lover's faithlessness, fairly electrified the audience and called for tremendous applause. At the end of each act Miss Bateman received an ovation, and at the fall of the curtain she was nearly overwhelmed with bouquets. The success of the piece was signal and complete, and Mr. Buckstone announced that it would be repeated every even ing until the 24th inst., when Miss Bateman's en gagement terminates. 11L4RKE 7 S-7 HIS DAY. COLONIAL. Sugar.—The market has opened quietly, with little dis position to purchase at previous prices. Coffee.— No sales of importance to report ; but with moderate parcels offering, previous rates aro supported. Tea cc.,ctillues iu moderate request. TALLOW. . The market is steady. Town. tallow, 48s 9d ; Peters burg Y.C. on the spot, 51s; December, 51s 9d; January, 51s ad ; and March, 51s 9d. _ _ LIVERPOOL COTTON. December 8. Market flat. Sales probably -8,000 bake. THE CATTLE SHOW—(This day.)—The great cattle show at Islington was opened for the first entire day to the public at nine o'clock this moraing, and at a very early period of the morning the hall was crowded with persons. The prize animals aro being sold much more rapidly than last year. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVtNING, DECEMBEIt 8, 1.68. NAME. BANKS. 10nAgra Limited, A all 111 124 121 ~,, 17 Do B lO 51 61 50 Albion L lOO Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 14 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 pin , . 5 ... ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 33 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 30 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, ud China all 10 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China 20 City 100 Colonial 25 40 42 19 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lira 50 East Loudon, lim 5 20 English and American, lira 10 - '2O English Bank of Riu de Ja neiro. lim lO 20 English, ...,cuttish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ... 281 Do new if I 5 100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 13 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 11 11 11/ 25 lonian all 27 29 25 Do new 5 pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 at 8 1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 78 82 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 80 26 20 Do new 71 6 41 100 London &Elver Plate, lim. 40 2 4 25 Do new 10 11 15 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 241 .. 60 London and County 2O 51 62 514 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... 411 50 London Joint Stock 1 85 86 305 20 London and South African al 1 . 12 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ... ••• 50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ... ••• 100 London and Westminster 2O 67 62 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 66 67 651 100 Merchant, lint 25 7 6 10 Metropolitan, lim all 6 7 7 100 Midland, lim. 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lint. 16 ... ... 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do 60 National.. 3O 154 46 20 New South Wales all 42 44 434 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 424 451 60 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 1 84 100 Provincial of Ireland 2B 89 81 10 Do new. . all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 13 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 19 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 47 40 481 100 Union of Ireland, lim 40 Union of London 11 •l ... ... ld pr 164 IT4 Closing Business Paid. Price. done SHARE LIST. OUDINARY .311A15,1.5 AND STOCKS. ihare Railways. Closing Ausineso raid. Cl osing done. st Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 at Caledonian ......... WO 711 7t} et Cauturian 2) Cornwall all :11 31 at Dublin & Belfast Juuc lOO 77 79 at Dun„Verth, & Ab.Junc 2OO 70 72 2) East London all 7 9 z 0 Li° t 5 2 Do 10 at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 91 02 it Great Eastern .. 'fit Do. E. Augl. No. 2 lOO 7 st Great North of Scotland lOO 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 116 107 103 at Do. A stock lOO 107 1 108 at Do. 11 stock—. at UtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 9h3 97 st (it. Weatern —Original lOO 4 1 4! et Do. South Wales luo a. Do. W. .511d.—Oxiord... 100 25 28 at Do. Newport lOO 28 11 at Lancashire a Yoritshirs „ 100 128 1281 at Lon., Brigh.,& S.Coaat lOO 47 471 47/ I'l 10) Do Scrip lon., Chat., and Dove, too It: 171 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO -- at Lou. & North Western lOO 112 1121 1121 12 at Lon. & South Western lOO b 7 blO 83 7 at Man., net., & Lincoln lOO 471 471 at Metropolitan ...,. lOO 102 it 3 1031 4 at DoEatensiin .. 10 Do. New rd at Mer.rupolitan District. all 61 10 Metrop. St. John's VS ood 6 at 11,diaad at Do, Birmin. & Derby 100 79 O. at N trtb. British at Do. Bd., Pth., & Dun... 100 2 a d t or. D 01:: G astern—Berwick.. s e ri— p ßuerroii46 w 1c 1 10 1 0 33 911 1001 at Do Leeds .. ....... 100 54/ 55j at Do York lOO b 7 83 871 st Do Carlisle . lOO 125 130 st Do Stocr. & Darling ICO 127 129 at North Lon lou 10 Do New 18(8. 2 11 2 p at North Staffordshire lOO 5 3 65 55 at North and S.-W. Junction iOO 102 104 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... at Rhymney at Shropshire Union 1 0 55 _55 at South Devon . st South Eastern lOO 79 701 20 Staines, Wok'ham,& Wok all 12 13 at 1 , ale.. tO Do. (.; 5 3 4 at Waterford & Kilkenny lOO it/ Waterloo & Whitehai 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHIRES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 SS at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... at Do. Scot. N.E., 4} per cant lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua, 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st D. do. Ordinary lOO 71 Si at Do. Midland st Du. Dundee and Arbroatk 100 ~, 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent guy all ..„ st; Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 100 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st U tali. Sr, S. W. gua. 5 per et lOO st At. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 97 100 at Do do N 0.2 100 96 SJ at Do do 6 per cent 100 lid 108 at Do East Anglian. Asp. c. 100 99 102 at Do do 15 6 do. 100 ... ... at Do • do 0 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 6 p.c. 100 100 102 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 at Do Nor folk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1847 100 t Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 at Do 41 do do do 100 ..„ at Do 5 do at sp. c. pin 100 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Ilalifax, 6 per cent lOO ... st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 G t. West.— Orig.& Jut-Bent chg., per .I.la. 5 p.e lOO 102 108 st Do. Orig. (B. 11. Ex). 5 p.c IOU 95 100 at Do do 41 per cant. 1850 lOO 83 80 at Do do 4 do do at Do do 5 per coat. rodein lOO 93 95 st Do do Birmingham gua lOO 65 70 st Do do do pref lOO at Do do Chester gua lOO at Do do do 8 per cent lOO 150 109 st Do do do 5 do 100 95 DJ at Do South Wales, gut), 4 p.c. 100 at Do du 41 p.c lOl st Do do 4 ; 1859 lOO st Do do 5 at Do West Mid.-Oxford Ist g lO3 103 11.2 st Do do Id gua lOO le6 108 at Do Newport, Istg.sp.c lOO 8S 92 st DJ do '2(l do lOU at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 10(1 Lancaster a: Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Laucash. & Yorksh. i; p.c. 100 1 9 115 at Do Barnsley, .C 5 Is 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1.15 st Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 97 lie at London & Brighton, 4p. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. lOU at Do 6 do do lOO at Du 5 do No. 4. 100 at Do 7 per cent 1 0 st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P ) 1,0 at Do 4 do 1859 lOO at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ... at Loudon and N. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 109 111 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 91 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 at London and a.-W. 7 p,c late Id shares, lOO 141 146 25.6 d. Do (Portsm. peril ans. 2s6d) all ... at Man., Sher., &Litwin. 6 p.c lOO 11 i 117 6 Do st Do 31 per cent lOO - 60 60 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 ... st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 at Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c lOO 1 U 133 at Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 ad at; Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 63 at Du Leicester &If chn, 4 p.c lOO 89 91 at North' British, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO st Do B. aG.4p.c. S. a D lOO at Du N. 8., No. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, 5 2 100 at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 88 Si at Do 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 93 95 at Do U.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Du Berwick capital 8 13.4, 25 Do York, U. aS. purchase. 10 10 101 at Do Stcktn ti Drling„ A 5 p.c. 100 103 110 at Do Vs.r, Hartlepool li. and R lOO 87 8 20 North Staffordshire lOs S. Devon Annuities, 1 a all 91 101 lOs Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 9 10 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent 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 each separate year. Caledonian 41 p c gua. Do Scot. Oen. win. 7 p c lOO Do 41 p • redeem all ... Do 4p c eon. issued at 80 65 ... Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 8 i 1.1 Do Now 5 do, 1863 lOO 87 90 Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 84 83 Groat Northern, 5 p c irred lOO ... Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO ... Do Boston & Sleafd, 4$ pc 100 ... Great West., W. 11idl., 5p e 100 86 90 Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 81 98 Do do 6p c irred., 1366 100 102 104 104 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all 191 201 Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 k 1/ Lond., Brig., &e., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... Da do 4$ do, 1863 100 ... Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ... Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 Do No. 7 5 do Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c 100 ... London &N. Western, 5p e 100 103 110 London &S. Western, 41 p e 100 93 91 Man. Shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 881 Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO ... Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 105 107 Do B 5 do 100 105 107 Do 5 p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 1:p Do Incony. New Shares 16 11 ip Do 5 p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1867 Bl 1/ Isp North British, E. and U No. 1, 5 per Cont..- 100 ... Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... Do E., P., & Dun., 2a, 4pe 100 Do E. & , No. 2, 5 p. c lOO ... Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c 100 Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p o 100 55 57 North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 95 97 Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 llt 113 North London, 4s, per coat (Max. 5 per cent) North Staffordshire 5 p c lOO South Eastern, 41 p c, 1859 100 Do 5 do 1861 100 Do 5 do (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 Do 5 do, 1864 Victoria St. & Pimlico, 4$ pe 100 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenhead lOO 92 Vi 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer— all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire at Cheater and Holyhead lOO 44 46 at Do. 51 per cent. st Do. 5 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed l OO • at Colchester Stour Valley ". at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 133 135 20 Gloster and Dean Forest 9.11 at Gt. Easn., Ne wm., &c., 5 p.c lOO at Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c lOO 6:1 7 . ; st Do. do. Woodbrg.E.:.., do lOO 69 72 at Gt. West, W. 3110., Herat lO4l 95 97 be Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21 i 213 at Loudon and Blackwall lOO 92 94 at D o 41 por cent lOO II" ... at Loudon, Chat., &c., 4/ pc. 100 ... ... at Do. Com. Fund, b do. 100 ••• ••• 6t London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO .. ... at London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 Z 2 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 7v 83 at Do. do. 6 do. 51 Mauch., Buxton, & Matlk all a ,54 at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent ('Dray Line) 50 Northern& Eaat , 5 per cent all b 3 56 iA) Do. do. 6 do. all ... ... at N. Eastern—flartlepool at N. West. A peril. prof, ip. c lOO 10S 110 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ... ... at Notting. & Granth. It. & C lOO 92 94 25 Preston and ‘S yre . ... Royston, linen. ' and Sitep lOO 133 135 131, at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do du 8 24 2 p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98 100 at Du 4 per cent gua lO , 79 81 st Do 5 do 6t Viet. Station and l'imlieo lOO 175 ISO at West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 Du do .13 all . . 20 Do do C all 6.1 . 71- at Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... st Wlitb and Somerset DOCKS. st East and Wcst India, lOO 117 11/ st London and St. Katherine 100 53 b 5 100 Do Deb. stock, 4 par cent al ... ... 111illwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 31 38 st Southampton lOO 71 74 st Surrey commercial MISCELLANEOUS. Auglo-American Tel., lim. all Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 7 Anglo-Mexican Miut all Atlantic Telegraph lO _ . _ Do. 8 per cent. lOO Australian Agricultural 2oi Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. Baugarah Tea Estates, lan Berlin Water Works, lint all Do. New 6 Bolekow Vaughan, Um. Bombay Gas, lim. Do. 'New 4 British American Land 44 B. and I. Magnetic Tel., Aim lOO British Indian Tea, Um all British Ship Owners 7l Canada Company all Canadian Loan and Invest- meet, lint 2l Ceylon Company, lint. Do. A shares City Discount, lint 6 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 8 City of Milan Improv. lint all City of Moscow Gas, lint all City Offices, lint 25 Colonial, lint. Do. Commercial Union (Assur) 6 Company of African Mer chants, lint. Continental Union Gas, lint all Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all Do. 1870, 4 i per cent. all Do. 1832, 44 per cent. all Credit Fou. of England, lint. all Credit Fon. of Mauritius lim lO Crystal Palace lOO Do. Preference lOO Do. 6 p. c Perpetual Deb lOO Darjeeling, lint. Eastern Assam, lint. 6l East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint. East India Irriga, & Canal all Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, Tint. Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gus.. by Egypt. Gov all Egyptian Com. & Trad. lint 6 Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 Do. New - 8 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 English and Foreign Credit 74 Eng. and Scot. Al arine, lim. 8 Fairbairn Engineering...... Fore-streetWarehouse,lim. 12 Fur. & Col. Goy. Trust and - Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all Gellivara, lien. 2O General Credit & Dis., lien. 71 General Steam Navigation 14 Home S Col Marine In. lien Hong Kong and China Gas all Hudson's Bay all Imperial Laud Co. el lien. Indo-European Tel, lim lO Interna. Financial Soc. lien Interna. Laud Credit, lien Italian Land 5 Italian Irri. (Canal Ca.vour) all Do. 6 p. c. Bds., redeem. 1870, issued Land Securities, lim London African Trading lO Lon. & Calcd. Marine, lim 6 London County Land and. Building, lint. Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all Loud. Financial ANEW., lim 30 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Colim. all Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lien 25 Loud. & Provincial arine 2 madras Irriga. & Caul. Gua. ,6 p. c. by Indi a Gov. lOO Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, Mediterra. Exte n . Tel., lien . all blerchant Shipping„, all Millwall Iron Works, lim. 12} Natal Laud and Colonisa tion Co., lien. National Discount Co., lim 5 National Prov. Marine, lien. 4 National Steam Ship, lim. all Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 New Consolidated Dis. lien. 3 Ir ew Quebrada, lim New Zealand Loan & Mer • cantile Agency,li m New Zealand. Trust and Loan, lim Northern Assam Tea, lien . 5 Do. B North Brit. Austral, lim , 100 North Brit. & Mercan. In , 61 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 Oriental Financial, lien ll Oriental Gas, lim. Do. New Otago and Southland In vestment, lim Ottoman Gas, 1ien...,,,,.,,,, all Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim all Do do. Peel R. Land & Minerl, lien 100 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all Do. New 1867 lO Reuter's Telegram 24 Rhymney Iron. Do. New Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lira all Do. Gas, lim all Royal Mail Stearn 6O Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim. 1 0 Societe Gen.de l'Empire S. African Mort. & Inv., lira. South Australian Land Submarine Telegraph Do. Scrip all Telegraph Con. & Main.,llm all Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lien 2 Trinidad Petroleum, lira 9l Trust & Agency of Aus.,llm 1 Do do. do. all Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 Union Marine L'pool, lien. 5 Union Steam Ship, lien all United Discount Corp., lien 6 1.7. Kingdom Tel. Co., Um all Do. 10 per cent. Plet. all Universal Marineau.), um Upper l e Assam m as Land 2 n e liena Vanl Viceroy of Egyp cent. arr a n(tit Financ e , ortga a ge W ; n 7 all West India lim n d Pacific 20 WostLond on Wharves and 10 Warehouses 21} Od tp 16 17 42 24 77 7J 15 17 pr jp 7 bd. 131 141 8 81 8 bp 81 4t 11 Of 15 17 165 170 21 31 67 72 21 11d 8 2d 2t 11d 41 81 41 31d 5 10 2 3 22, 211 d 4 3 P lil 171 1s 4 7 1031 1041 104 105 1031 IU4 14 2 3 2 23 25 97 102 107 111 6 4d 17 18 13/ 1210 901 911 in 90 4j 4 . ici 235 210 9 10p 17 I I s 40 . 11 41 pr 1p 83 Et 2 • 11 23 29 41 310 lo 151 13a a 11 11 6 4d 11 Id 2 21 GO 63 60 11 31 21a 7 bd 31 31 23 221 11 2 2 22 17d ld pr 1041 1051 4d 4 41 36 41 34 24d q 12 121 4 3d 84 91 3 2d 11 ld 44 3i I iP if 11 7 5 1 2 38 42 19 21 141 15 7 71 iP ip 1i 21 2 21 1 11 32 34 54 56 pr 30 35p 19 20 51 6 131 191 23 24 48 50 461 51 110 114 . i . 6d 3 4p 35 36 93 98 i 'tl s ; 16 2/ 21 1 . iP •• Id ••• p 4 4ip 22 24 n Old 41 51 3 1 3IP 13 4 lip 61 7 1 75 1 751 76 1 12 10d 4 3d UOLOSIAL GOVIUNKMIT SECURITIICS. Britisb Columbia, 6 per ------ 0ent.,1872.............. 100 ..., --- 1)0. 180.. - lxs Can.Goi.6 p.O.Jan. t & July 1877-84 . ...... • lOO 107 1081 1 07 / L Do. 6p. 0. Feb. &Aug.• •• 100 105 lo Do. sp. 0. liar. & Sept lOO 105 10 Do. sp. o. Jan. & July lOO 93 94 16j Do. sp. c. Inscribed Bk lOO 90 02 Cape o.llope. 6 p. 0.18 73 lOO 102 104 Do.Apl.&Oot 1590-1900 -90 . 100 111 113 Do. do 1880 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1691 Do. 5 per cent. 16 April and 15 00t., 1900 lOO 100 102 Clay lon, Nov. 1878, 6 p.c lOO 1 08 110 Vo. 1872, do— •• 100 105 1 07 Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 u s Melbourne Corporate 1867-75, 6 per cent •• •• • 100 .... _ p. ,J a A r .luly N.8.G0v.6 102 104 Natal 6 p e', Apl & Oct.. • 100 __ _ Do 6pc.11 y & Nov lOO 106 log N. S. W. 5 P.C.'7l to '76 lOO V 9 101 Do. 6 P.C. 1 888 to 1890 lOO 99 109 101 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '7i • • 100 99 101 N.Zealand, 6p. ot. 1891.• 100 .... _ • :)0.5 percent.... - DoJan, Ap 1, Ju'y, o,:t lOO 974 981 Da 6p c. Mar & Bept '9l lOO 108 110 --. DJ J u , .c & Deo ,1 91 - (Do Frov. 1 At.o dd. 1 . 1 0 - ( t,trie, I& 2, la 6 •• j Nova Scotia 6p. c Jae... au 1 July, 1875 Do 1.; 6 . - , 5 Quceuelnd. 6p. c. '0- • 100 105 tC6 108 Do 18J. . S. Austral. 6 p 0.1867 77 lOO _ Do 187 , 92 lOO 103 110 Do 1693 19u3 Tasmanian 6p c, 195...• 100 um 1 07 Do rd. 1893 to 11 1 1 lOO it 7 108 Victoria. 6p.0. Ja.&July.• 100 _ Do. 1891 lOO 112 113 Do. do, April& Vol lOO 109 110 1021 rOBRESFONDENOE FROM FARIS, (FROM OUR OWN CORLESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY, Decemler 7. The memory of the fiasco of the authorities on Thursday has not yet passed away. The press and the public are revelling in stories -of the ridiculous preparations, and the still more ridiculous arrests, by which the terrible demonstration of the populace was prevented. Som9 unhappy individuals were incarcerated in the Clichy prison or at the prefecture until long past midnight, simply for having ventured to promenade the Boulevard. The exact state of the Emperor's health remains to some extent a disputed ques tion. He cannot, however, be in such a condition as to give his undivided attention to public affairs. Otherwise these ridiculous exhibitions would never have been per mitted. Two more journals have been added to the noble and very large army of press martyrs on account of the Baudin subscription. In both cases, however, the fines were very slight. The mission of Senor Olozaga to Paris has been the subject of much speculation and dispute, but the Etendard publishes a semi - official statement, which finally determines the functions of the illustrious visitor from Spain. It says that Sefior Olozaga has no official character; the Government and the "situation "in Spain is provisional, and so is the mission of the ambassador. "That circumstance, nevertheless, will not hinder the envoys of the Madrid Government from being received abroad with the legitimate consideration due to them, and which will be augmented from the friendly sentiments which the various Powers, and France in particular, pro fess for the Spanish nation." The aspect of affairs is very peaceful at present, but the prospect of peace is not allowed to interfere with con tinued preparations for war. A railwaly, specially for strategic purposes, is to be constructed for the purpose of joining the camp of Satory to the Western Railway. The point of junction will be between St. Cyr and Versailles. At the camp of Satory artillery and munitions for 100,000 men are to be kept constantly in readiness. M. Havin is to have no successor as the manager and gene ral preponderating influence of the Siecle newspaper. He is to be replaced by an editorial committee, with a president. The most widely-circulated paper in France is thus to be Republican in management, as in all other respects. The Etoile Beige gives some particulars of the Duke of Brabant, which, unfortunately, do not confirm the favourable reports which have been so unanimous of late. This journal says that though the condition of the prince is better than it formerly was, the progress of the dropsy is not arrested ; the punctures have to be more frequent, and it is now found necessary to renew them every two or three days. This is a very different story. A new play entitled La Madone desiloses, has been pro duced at the Gaieth Theatre. This histrionic composition is not likely to escape the official eye, nor the consequences of the official displeasure. The representation of monks on the French stage is forbidden, but the community is very ill-treated in several phrases of the play. The expression, "A throne can never absolve the crimes which have been committed in order to reach it," was received with tremendous applause. The Journal de Paris publishes a letter from Jerusalem, announcing that a great illumination lately took place in that city on the occasion of an edict of the Sultan, libe rating the Holy City for ever from military service and from all payment of taxes connected with the same. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. IIETEOIIOIe GICA L BEITETS. E xtreme Sea Tuezday, F. I Dec. 8, B. T. !. 1.- ; D. '1 to F. W. W it. 'to 8 a.m. 12 — l9 Nairn S.W. 0. j0'11; 2 A berdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 29 37f. 45 /44 E. 5 4 W. lb.er'o'44; 4 Yarmouth 29'36f. 49 49 W.S.W. 4 SW. N.W. r. c. o'32' 4 fielder Cuxhaven Skud esinses Ardrossan -- 45 j 44 N.E. 2 6 S.W. o.nt '0 OS, 1 Green castle 29'42f. 47 46 E. 2 4 W.S.W. co.ro'o6 Holyhead Liverpool Valentin 59•34f. 49 ;49 S.S.E. 2 4 S. 0.r.10 75 2 Cape Clear 29'22f. 49 /47 S.W. 5 6 S.E. r.e. ;0'77 6 Roches PL 2919 f. 50 /49 W. 2 6 8. 0.c.;0'8.5 4 Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 29'561. 24 52 W. 3 6 E.S.E. .r; 0 '39 2 Portsmouth 29"581. 51 49 W. 6 4 W. r.c. 'o'33 5 London , 29 49f. 50 49 W.IS.W. 5 8 S.W. r.bc; 0'37 C'peGrisNez Brest (:Orient 29'B2r. 54 52 W.S.W. 8 8 S.S E. r. 0'62 2 Roch c fort Biarritz 30'12r. 59 57 S. 7 m. G Corunua — Brussels Paris Strasbourg — Toulon 30'09f. 50 43 N.E. 3 3 W.B.W. m. Heart's Con tent (9 local time) - ZIPLANA' Earonicter corrected and reduced to 12 dig. a sea level. The Jetts'. r., rising ; f.. : R., stead}•—indicate direction of motion oft e mercury within last Is !curs. Thermometer exported in shade. Extreme I vice 'a ilh it► Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm Weathts ; I,—lluc tly ; c.—clouds. deteclied ; I.—fog ; h.—hat g ' , Fry :o.—oveicast, dull ; r.- rain ;sl.—snow Itair-fall, snow or bail (melted) during last 24 hours Sea disturbance. REMARKS. A rapid decrease of pressure has occurred on our E. coast since last evening : elsewhere the change has been in the same direction, but not to the same extent, Readings on the Irish coast are, however, half an inch lower than they were yesterday morning ; iu the north of Scotland they are a little higher, and pressure seems steadier there. The difference between readings at Cape Clear and Rochefort is eight-tenths of an inch. A band of very low pressure stretches across these islands from Valencia to Yarmouth. Little change is perceived in temperature. Winds backed yesterday on our S. coasts to the S.E , and were fresh. It blew strongly in London last night from the S.W. This morning fresh westerly winds are prevalent iu the Channel, but on our E. coasts an easterly wind has set in. On the W. coast of France a south-westerly gale is reported. The weather is unsettled. cloudy or overcast, with rain in places. On all coasts rain has fallen :in the S. and S.W. it has been heavy. Warnings issued to all coasts. Professor Sharp bas been appointed Principal of the United Colleges, St. Andrews. Mr. William Chambers has been re-elected Lord Provost of Edinburgh. It is reported that should Sir 11. Waterlow require to bo re-elected for Dumfriesshire, in consequence of the Government contract with tho firm of which he was the head partner, Mr. Carruthers, of Dormant, will oppose him as a `• Constitutionalist." Earl Granville, the President elect of the Shrop shire Chamber of Agriculture, will preside at the annual dinner to he held at Shrewsbury, next mouth. Three boys employed at the ilarlestone Works, Caslisle-street, Sheffield, finding a cat, poured a quantity of naphtha over it, set it on fire, and then, with fiendish de light, watched the poor creature rush wildly about the shop. The magistrate lot them off with a fine. WOMEN'S CLUB AND INSTITUTE. —A movement is in progress for extending to women all the advantages which men have or are supposed to have derived from their clubs. The Women's Club is to embrace all ranks and conditions of the sex. The names of many rsformers of note and influence are on the council, while those of ladies who have been foremost in the struggle to obtain female suffrage are likewise conspicuous. The following are among the more noteworthy :—The Countess of Ports. mouth, Lady Boxer, Miss Lydia E. Becker, Miss Frances Power Cobbe, Mr. Thomas Hare, Mr. George Grote, F.R.S., Hon. Auberon Herbert, Mr. W. B. Hodgson, LL.D., Mrs. George Howell, Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P., Mrs. Frank R. Malleson, Mrs. James Cotter Morison, Mrs. Hodgson Pratt, Mr. Hodgson Pratt, Mrs. James Manning, Mrs. P. A. Taylor (Aston Rowant), Mr. P. A. Taylor, M.P., Mr. George Virtue, Sir Sydney Waterlow, and Mrs. Westlake. Mrs. K. E. Heatherley is the honorary secretary. A THOUGHTFUL BOY.—A certain Sunday-school teacher was in the habit of making a collection in his juvenile class for missionary objects. He was not a little surprised one day to find a counterfeit shilling among the coppers, and on asking the class who put it there, the donor was pointed out by one who had seen him deposit it. " Didn't you know that this was good for nothing?" said the teacher. " Yes," answered the boy. "Then what did you put it in the box for ? " The boy coolly replied, " I didn't s'pose the little heathens would know the difference, so I thought it would be just as good for them." THE REPRESENTATION OF WAREHAM. The funeral of Captain J. H. M. Calcraft, R.N., the newly elected representative of Wareham, who died on Tuesday last, took place at St. Mary's Church, Wareham, on Satur day afternoon, amidst a large concourse of friends and supporters. The shops of the town were all closed during the ceremony. No public action has yet been taken by the electors towards filling up the vacancy in the representation, but it is generally understood that Mr. J. S. W. S. E. Drax will again contest the borough on Conservative principles, and that Mr. W. M. Calcraft, brother of the late member, will be solicited to offer himself as the Liberal candidate. The name of the Right Hon. Milner Gib on has Leen much .Token of in the town as a very eligible rand date, Owing to the well known intimacy of that gentleman with the family of John Hales Calcraft, Esq., who possesses great influence in the borough, and also to the fact of a Mr. Henry Calcraft, a younger brother of the. late member, having for some years been private secretary to Mr. Mil.ier Gibson. The Liberals and Conservatives arc very evenly balanced in the borough. Share THE NEW MINISTERS. THE FIRST LORD OP THE TREASURY.—The Rigbt Hon. W. E. gladstone was born in iso9, and first entered political life at the general election of December 1832, when he was elected member for Newark in the Conservative interest. In December 1834 Sir Robert Peel appointed him to a Junior Lord ship of the Treasury, and in the February following, to the post of Under-Secretary for the Colonies. Mr. Gladstone retired from office with his leader in the following month of April, and remained in Opposition until 1841. When Sir Robert Peel returned to power, Mr. Gladstone was sworn a member of the Privy Council, and accepted office as Vice-President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint. He had to defend the commercial policy of the Government in the Lower House, and the revision of the British tariff in 1842 was almost entirely the result of his energy and industry. This important work received the sanction of both Houses with scarcely a single alteration. In May 3843 Mr. Gladstone succeeded the Earl of Ripon as President of the Board of Trade, but resigned that office in the early part of 1845. He afterwards became Secretary of State for the Colonies. In 1846 ho ceased to represent Newark, and was returned for Oxford University in 1847. This change was made because the Colonial Minister sup ported the Corn Law policy of Sir Robert Peel, and was therefore unwilling to remain under obligations to the Duke of Newcastle, who bad influence at Newark, and who strongly sided with the Opposition. Mr. Gladstone became more and more estranged from the Conservatives, and finally separated from his party in 1852, refusing to take office in the Cabinet of Lord Derby. His brilliant attack upon the Budget of Mr. Disraeli was the chief cause of the fall of the Cabinet and the acces sion to power of the Earl of Aberdeen. On the formation of the coalition Ministry, headed by this nobleman, Mr. Gladstone became Chancellor of the Exchequer. On the reconstruction of the Aber deen Ministry, under Lord Palmerston, Mr. Gladstone withdrew on finding that it was not the intention of the Ministry collectively to oppose the vote of censure implied in Mr. Roebuck's motion for the appointment of a committee to investigate the condition of the British army before Sebastopol. Mr. Gladstone now re mained for sometime an independent supporter of Lord Palmerston's Government. In the winter of 1858-9 he undertook the mission to the lonian islands, and in the following Juno he was made Chancellor of the Exchequer. This post he held in the Liberal Ministries until his election by the voice of the country to the highest dignity. The LORD CHANCELLOR, Sir William Page Wood, born in 1801, was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1827. He was M.P. for Oxford from 1847 to 1853, Vice-Chan cellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster from 1849 to 18M, and held the office of Solicitor-General from 1851 to the following year, when he was appointed a Vice- Chancellor. FOREIGN SECRETARY.—G. W. F. Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, was born in 1800. He entered the diplomatic service at an early age, and was afterwards employed in the civil service of the Government both in Ireland and abroad. In 1833 be was appointed British Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Madrid, a post which he held until 1839. In 1840 he was sworn a member of the Privy Council, and took office as Lord Privy Seal and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in Lord Melbourne's Ministry, 1840-1. In 1846 he was President of the Board of Trade. On the death of Lord Bessborough, in 1847, he became Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, holding this great office until 1852. He was appointed Foreign Secretary in 1853, and conducted the negotiations with France, Austria, Prussia, and Turkey throughout the Crimean war. When the Earl of Derby attempted to form a Cabinet, on the fall of the Aberdeen Ministry, in 1805, he expressed a desire to retain Lord Cla rendon as Foreigu Secretary. 'l'heConservative Government, however, was never constructed, and the Foreign Secretary retained his seals under Lord Palmerston until 1858. In the capacity of Foreign Secretary he signed the Treaty. of Paris in 1856. He rejoined the Liberal Administra tion in 1864 as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. THE SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES.--George Granville Levison-Gower, Earl Granville, entered Parliament as member for Morpeth, in 1836, being then. just of age. Early in the year 1840 he accepted the appointment of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, which he held for some months. In 1846 he succeeded to the peerage, and in 1848 took office as Vice-President of the Board of Trade. In • 1851 he obtained a seat in the Cabinet, and in the following December succeeded Lord Palmerston as Foreign Secretary. This post lie did not, however, hold for any length of time, as the Russell Ministry went out of office shortly after wards. Earl Granville was appointed President of the Council in 1853, and in 1855 he undertook the Ministerial leadership of the House of Lords. In 1859 he was again chosen President of the Council, and held this post until the accession of the Conservatives to power. Besides holding these offices, the Earl of Granville has at different times acted in the capacity of Master of the Bnckhounds, Paymaster of the Forces, and Treasurer of the Navy. The order of the Garter was conferred upon him in 1857. He is Chancellor of the University of London. THE SECRETARY FOR INDlA.—George Dundas Camp bell, Duke of Argyle, was born in 1823, and succeeded to the peerage at the age of 24. He had acquired a consider able reputation both as a writer and a politician before he took office. In 1849 he opposed the amendment to the Address moved by the Earl of Derby, and spoke strongly in favour of free trade. In 1851 he was elected Chan cellor of the University of St. Andiews. He first took office as Lord Privy Seal in 1852, under Lord Aberdeen, and retained this post under Lord Palmerston's premier ship. In the latter part of 1855 he resigned the Privy Seal and became Postmaster-General. In the Palmerston Cabinet of 1859 his Grace again took the Privy Seal, which he exchanged for the office of Postmaster-General on Lord Elgin being sent in 1860 on his second special mission to China. The duke, however, once more gravitated to the Privy Seal in the same year. He is Hereditary Master of the Queen's Household in Scotland, Chancellor of the University of St. A n d rew ' s Rector of the University of Glasgow, a trustee o f the British Museum, and Hereditary Sheriff and Lord-Lieutenant of Argyllshire. THE SECRETARY FOR WAR. The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, born in 1813, was called to the bar in 1838, and entered Parliament as member for Clitheroe in 1842. He supported Sir Robert Peel during the great financial changes of 1845-6, and was returned for Liverpool in 1847, but lost his seat in 1852. In the following year he was returned for Oxford, which he has continued to represent with but a trifling interval. Mr. Cardwell's official career commenced very shortly after he entered Parliament. He was Secretary of the Treasury from 1845 to 1846, and President of the Board of Trade under Lord Aberdeen's coalition Ministry. His term of office in this capacity was marked by some very useful reforms. On Lord Palmerston's return to office in 1859 Mr. Cardwell accpted the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland. From July 1861 to 1864 he held the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster. On the death of the Duke of Newcastle he succeeded to the Colonial Secretaryship. This office he held during the reign of the Liberal Government. THE HOME SECRETARY.—The Right Hon. Henry Austin Bruce, has risen to a Secretaryship of State after an unusually short official career. He was born in 1815. In 1837 he was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, but remained in practice only until 1843. He first entered Parliament as member for Merthyr Tydvil in December 1852, and commenced his official career as Under-Secretary for the Home Department in November 1862. This post he held until April 1864, when he was appointed President of the Board of Health and Vice-President of the Educa tion Board of the Privy Council. He thus takes office as Home Secretary after considerable experience in that department. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.--The Right Hon. Robert Lowe born in 1811, entered Parliament in 1852, as member for Kidderminster. In 1859 h e WU returned for Calne, which he continued to represent up to the election of the present year. He is now M.P. for the University of London. For a short time he was one of the Secretaries of the Board of Control, and in August 1855 was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade and Paymaster-General. On return of the Liberals to power in 1859 he becam e Vi ce -P res id ent of the Education Board, but after a memorable dispute resigned in 1864. His great reputation as a debater and politician has been acquired chiefly since his retirement from office. Mr. Lowe was called to the bar in 1842. In the same year he went to Australia, where he practised with much success as a barrister, and sat in the council of the colony from 1843 to 1850. He was afterwards elected member for Sydney, returning to England in 1851. • THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY.—The Eight Hon. Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, born in 1827, spent the early years of his political life in Australia. He was a member of the Government of Victoria from 1851 to 1857, and held a seat in the first Cabinet as a Commissioner of Trade and Customs. He sat for Portland in the first Legislative Assembly from 1856-7. In April 1859 he unsuccessfully contested Pontefract, but his opponent was unseated on petition, and at another election, in February 1860, he was returned. He was appointed a Lord of the Admiralty in 1864. Miring the last term of his party in Opposition he has shewn great financial capacity, and was considered a probable candidate for the Chancellorship of the Exchequer ; but he returns to the scene of his first official labours. THE SECRETARY FOR IRELAND.—The Right Hon. Samuel Parkinson ChichesterFortescue was born in 1823, and entered Parliament as member for Louth in 1 847. He has continued to represent the same consti tuency. He was a Lord of the Tre asury f rom J anuary 1854 to April 1855. From June 1857 to March 1858 he was Under-Secretary for the Colonies, which office he held throughout Lord Palmerston's Administration. In 1866 he became Secretary for Ireland. THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE. The statesman who is, with on e except i on, the most distin guished in the Liberal ranks is also the statesman wi ththe shortest official history. Mr. John Bright takes office for the first time. He is, however, identified with the history of the Liberal party during the last thirty years, and has materially promoted the most important reforms of the time. He distinguished himself first in 1839, as one of the members of the Anti-Corn Law League, and was returned for Durham in July 1843, after an unsuc cessful contest in April. His maiden speech was made almost immediatley after his return, on August 7, the subject being Mr. Ewart's motion to extend the principles of free trade. He afterwards appealed unsuccess fully for the despatch of a royal commission to investigate the condition of India, and in 1849 was appointed a member of the famous select committee on official salaries. In 1851 he added 1113 vote to the coalition which attempted to censure Lord Palmerston in the Pacific affair, and in 1852 he took a prominent part in the welcome giv'en to Kossuth by the Liberals of Lancashire. Mr. Bright denounced the Russian war with great energy, alienating many of his supporters by his action on this question. A severe illness compelled him to retire to the Continent ; but he expressed his entire approval of the course taken by Mr. Cobden and Mr. Gibson in moving the vote of censure which produced Lord Palmerston's appeal to the country. lie was elected for Birmingham in 1857, after representing Manchester since 1847. During the last ten years his great question has been Parliamentary Reform. _ .11...... POLICE INTELLIGENCE-- This Day. MARLBORO UGH-S MEET. A STREET OUTRAGE.—James Hea, pottnn at the Old King's Head, Cumberland-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting M. Gunle Barrere, correspondent to the Monde lustre, and residing at No. 1, Everett-street, Russell-square, and Mr. Donald Mackenzie, of No. 14, Foley .street, tailor. Mr. Mackenzie said that on the previous evening about eight o'clock he was passing through Totten ham-street, Fitzroy-square, and while passing through a crowd of persons assembled there, the prisoner came up to him and caught bold of his coat, and wanted to enter into conversation respect ing so me of his relatives. lie told the prisoner to leave go of him, and that he had no wish to have anything to say to him, and the prisoner then gave him a blow in the eye. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the complainant said the prisoner did not attempt to get at his packets, but some persons in the crowd did, and that a gentleman who kindly came to his assistance was also assaulted by the prisoner. M. Emile Barriere said that while passing a crowd in Tottenham-street he saw the prisoner, who appeared to be very excited, knocking a drunken' man about. The prisoner then seized hold of Mr. Mackenzie as if to tell him his griev ances, and on Mr. Mackenzie telling him that he did not wish to have anything to say to him, he (prisoner) struck him in the eye, and on going to Mr. Mackenzie's assistance the prisoner also struck Mr. Barrere in the eye, and in self-defence he knocked the prisoner down, and afterwards gave him into custody. The only answer the prisoner made to the charge was that he was not sober, and that some one had pulled him about. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a magistrate's duty to mark these assaults in the streets. Two persons walking quietly through the streets are knocked about without any reason, and for so doing the prisoner would have to pay £3 or a month. THAAIES. STEALING A HORSE AND CART.—Richard Storey, a carman, was brought up on remand before Mr. Benson, charged with being concerned with others in stealing a horse and cart and 24 bags of cochi neal, value £5OO, the property of Mr. Walter Hartley, a licensed and bonded carman, of Lower Thames-street. The prisoner was in the service of Mr. Hartley, and on the 23d of last month he received 24 bags of cochineal of two persons at their warehouses in Spitalfields, and he was to convey the same to Fresh Wharf. He went out of his ordi nary route to that place, and stopped at a coffee-shop is Leman-street, Whitechapel, to partake of tea. While he was in the coffee shop his horse and cart were dives away. It was submitted by Mr. Charles Young, for the rrose cation, that there was something more than negli gence in the conduct of the prisoner, and that the robbery was committed with his connivance. After he was informed that the horse anal cart were gone he returned to the coffee-shop knd finished his tea. The horse and cart without the 24 bags of cochineal were found in Stratford, Essex. It was also urged against the prisoner that he ought to have given immediate information of the robbery at the Leman-street station, a few yards from the coffee-shop, instead of which he proceeded to Seething-lane station-house, in the City. kr. Hartley said he had offered £25 for the re covery of the cochineal and the discovery of the thieves. The prisoner ought to have driven direct to Fresh-wharf after he r,ceivecl his load of cochineal. Mr. Gomm, for the prisoner, contended there was not a particle of evidence to su,tain a charge of felony against the prisoner. Mr. Benson could not say there was anything more than neglect to be attributed to the prisoner. lie did not think any jury would convict the pri soner on the evidence before him. He must take the prisoner's own recognizance to appear oa a fu ture day. TAT TEIISALL'S—Last Evening. T LIE DERBY. Gto 1 agst Brilladrum (wanted) 12 to 1 agst Pretender (taken) 1000 to 45 agst Martyrdom (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Ladas (taken and offered) RACING FIXTI JAN RES FOR 1869. rARY. Manchester FEBI Streatham 11, 12 Lincoln l6, 17 Harrow lB, 19 Mansfield 18 1, 2 FARY. Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chelmsford... 25, 26 Derby Spring 25, 26 Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Kingsbury l2, 13 Northampton l6, 17 Lte H. West Drayton lB, 19 Durham 29, 30 Margate 29 Epsom 30, 31. IL. Lewes 20 21 Croydon... 22, 23 Newmarket Ist Spring 26, ecn. AY. AP. Bromley 1, 2 Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Streatham 16, 17 Eastbourne l9 Chester .l, 5,6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 St. Albans Salisbury l3, 14 Croydon ' 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester 19, 20, 21 Croydon 20, 21. Harpenden 21 Epsom Summer .....'lo, dm NE. Worcester I, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Kingsbury . 9, 10 Nottingham 13, 14 Reading 15, 16 I Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 libury Club 23 1 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park . 29, 30 L.Y. AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewe■ 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 Wolverhan•pton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans 17 SEPT] Abingdon 2, 3 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT Bedford 5, 6 Leicester 7, 8 i Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &o. Chelmsford l9, 20 j Huntingdon 2O, 21 Southampton 22, 22 Stamford ... 22, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 Stockton lB, 19, 20 Canterbury ....,.24, 25 York 24, 25, 27 Plymouth ...26 Windsor August l2, 13 Derby Summer Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Kingsbury . 23, 24 Monmouth.,... 23, 24 Newmarket let 0ct....28, Jtc. )BER. Cheltenham l9, 20 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Newmarket ii'ton ...25, do. NOV] Worcester 2,3, 4 Liverpool 9, 10, 11. 12 EMBER. Shrewsbury 15, &c. Leamington Runt 23, &c. IRISH. MARCH. Baldoyle First Spring 18, 19 MAY. 11, 12 Baldoyle Second Spring STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. JANUARY. Manchester l, 2 I St. Albans l9 FEBRUARY. Birmingham 8, 9 I Harrow 15,19 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Sonthamptou.....Doe. 5. Ditto, via Y w0011ie5........... 28 Ditto, via Pga.ama ........ ........ Dee 29. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Jan. 4. Ditto, by French packet .... Deo. 22. Cape Verde, by Brazil paoitet .... Jan. 4. Cape of Good Elupe. ABOO/131011, and St. H01ena....D.0. 13. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Bouthampton..Dee. 5. Gibraltar, via Southampton Dec 5 India, via Southampton ..... • •..... ....Dec. 5 vitt°, via Marseilles Malta, Egypt, &o. Dec. 5. Ditto, Marseilles Dec. 7 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Seuttiara; too Ditto, Marseilles Dze. 13 Newt oun dla nti ...... ..... ....... ....... Dec 13 Portugal . . .Jaa. 4. United States, k 'wadi, California, &c., by Bri ti,li packet .l)ec S Ditto, by Canadian paotet ..... „Dos V Ditto, by 1. cited States packet Ditto ditto (Baltimore) .• • • West Indies and Pa:Afic (except Mexico and Baha mas) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerilfe ...• • • Dec. .7 Paitland Islands Cuba and Mexico Dec. 29. Bahanas, via New York Doc. 2. Bermuda, via ilalitax p [ST.