The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-06 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL IFITELLIGENnB, CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Stock Markets are showing considerable firm ness in the chief departments. The Funds have im proved, and they are showing advancing tendencies. As to Railways, they are generally somewhat strong, and per cent. higher, with the exception of Metro politans, which have fluctuated, and are now below the price at which the stock closed yesterday. Fo reign Stocks are steady at the best quotations of yesterday, and they are showing a disposition to wards further improvement. Business generally is inclined to become more animated, especially in the Funds and Railways. The Discount Market is unaltered, with rates at 11 per cent., and exceptional business at 11 per cent. The transactions at the Bank continue on a very limited scale. Consols are firm, at an advance of f, being quoted at 93} to 931 for money. New and Reduced Three per Cents., 934 to 934; India Five per Cents., 1114 to 1121 ; Bank Stock, 247 to 219 ; Exchequer Bills, 20s. to 255. prem. Foreign Stocks are firmer, at an average ad vance of to 4 on last night's prices. Italian (1861) Bonds, at 431 to 43i. ; and Turkish (1865), at 321 to 32/, are f better; and there is a recovery of i in Mexican, at 15} to 16}; in Greek, at 13 to 13} ; and in Portuguese Scrip, at 11 to 1f prem. New Spanish Bonds are 361 to 37 ; Peruvian, 77 to 771; Venezuelan, 19 to 21; and Egyptian Railway De- bentures, 92f to 93g. The New Honduras Loan is firm, at to 11 prem. _ _ _ - Egyptian Nine per Cent. Bonds continue in re quest, and are firm, at 891 to 90f. _ _ Colonial Bonds are without movement. Canada 6 per Cents. are quoted at 99 to 101; Mauritius 6 per Cents., 86 to 87. New South Wales, 99 to 101; New Zealand 6 per Cent., 108 to 110 ; Queensland 6 per Cent., 1031 to 1041. In American Securities, United States 5-20 Bonds are steady, at 711 to 72. Erie Shares are lower, at 47 to 48 ; while Illinois are I V higher, at 87 to 88, Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have receded +, to 27f to 28, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 1, to 25f to 26. English Railway Shares are all better. Metropo litan at first rose to 112 k, but they are now 110/. There is an advance of 1 in Great Northern A, at 108 k to 109}; of 1 in Caledonian, at 78 to 79 ; of in Great Northern, at 108 to 109, and in Lon don and South Western, at 87 to 89 ; of 1 in North British, at 36} to 37 ; in London and North. Western, at 119 to 119 f ; in South Eastern, at 70k to 72 ; in Midland, 106 k to 107 ; and in Lancashire and Yorkshire, at 126} to 127. Great Eastern, 311 to 318 ; Great Western, 45f to 46 ; Brighton, 46+ to 46/ ; and Sheffield, 43+ to 43/. Bank Shares are steady. London and West minster are quoted at 67k to 68} ex div. ; London and County, 53 to 51 ; Imperial Ottoman, 1 to / dis. ; Imperial Bank, 17 to 18 ; Consolidated, / to f prem. ex div. ; Oriental, 42 to 43 ; London Joint Stock, 33f to 34} ex div. ; Union of London, 33} to 34f ; Chartered Mercantile, 27f to 28k ; Agra (A shares), 11 to llf ; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. Finance Shares are extremely quiet, and prices are without change, except International Finance, which are * better, at to 11 dis. Credit Foncier, 3/ to 31. London Finance, 23 to 22 dis. General Credit, 21 to 21 dis. ex div. In Miscellaneous Shares there is little doing, and prices are without particular change. Atlantic Tele graph Eight per Cents. are 1-16 better, at 5 1-16 to 5 3-16 ; ditto Ten per Cents., par to 1 prem. ; Egyptian Trading, 41 to 41 dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 141 to 141; London General Omnibus, 1 to 11; Ocean Marine, 14/ to 15/ prem. ex div. St. John del Rey Mine shares are 19/ to 201. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK* A further sum of £187,000 has been withdraw') from the Bank for export, making £529,000 since the last return. The biddings for £200,000 Tndia Council Bills yesterday showed a further falling off in the demand. The amounts allotted were:—To Calcutta, £192,000 and to Madras, £7,900. The minimum price was fixed at is 1011 on Calcutta and Madras. Tenders at that price on these presidencies will receive about 44 per cent.; those above will be allotted in full. No tenders on Bombay were invited. The dividend of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Company is at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, carrying forward £3,8-13. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the London and North-Western Railway Company has been called for the 21st instant, after which the meeting will be made special, for the purpose of authorising a subscription towards the undertaking of the Carnarvon and Llan beris Railway Company, not exceeding .£BO,OOO ; also to authorise the directors to exercise the borrowing Powers of the Company to the extent authorised by the Company's Acts of Parliament. The Potteries, Shrewsbury, and North Wales Railway have filed a scheme in the Court of Chan cery of an arrangement between the company and its creditors. The plan provides for raising a sun not exceeding £70,000 by debenture stock, to meet liabilities and to complete certain works ; for converting the mortgage debt into debenture stock ; for the issue of £60,000 in ordinary shares and £ l 9, 800 in debenture stock, to meet certain other liabilities ; and for raising £200,000 by debenture stock and preference and ordinary, for certain other Purposes. The new capital required is therefore 34 9,800, besides an indefinite further sum," for which power is asked. The scheme filed by the Mid-Wales Railway " contains provisions for converti ng the mortgage debt of the copny into debenture stock, or for renewing such mort m ga a ge debt fo r a period of ten years, for raising further loan capital b y d e b enture stock, in satisfaction of the ;°inpany's liabilitie s , and for raising further sha r e and . wati capital, or either of them, for the construction of the railways, authorised by the Mid-Wales (Western Extension) Act, 1865." The Birmingham Town and District Banking Com- PanY announce an interim dividend of 7s per share. ~ The directors of the Wandsworth and .Putney (las light and Coke Company have convened the ordinary general meeting of shareholders for the 24th inst. The or di nary h a lf- year l y meet i ng o f the C har i ng Cross Hotel Company has been called for thn 24th inst. The following is from Messrs. E. F. Satterthwaite and Company's weekly circular : , "Busi ness i n th e L on d on mar k e t f or A mer i can secur i t i es 4 aB since our last been on a restricted scale. The uncer• tainty as to the course Congress may take on the great ques ?lon of finance is causing an uneasy feeling, and is prevent. lag that steady absorption of United States Government bonds which had for some time past been going on. Five- Twenties Bonds close dull, at 711 to 72. For Illinois shares there continues to exist an active demand, chiefly on Dutch account ; they have improved about one per cent. on the Week. Eries are neglected ; they close flat at a decline of one per cent. The recent demand for Atlantic and Great Western Bonds is maintained. Divisional Bonds have be come scarcer and difficult to procure ; Consolidated Mort- gages are firm at an advance of one per cent., closing 25i to 26 4 ; and the Debentures have improved to 28, on some Purchases to close 'Bear' operations, and on the increased 11arket value of the Divisional Bonds lodged as part security at the Bank of England." Letter s from Antwerp to the Ist instant give rather l k ,_ fav ourable account of the business done there i n re course of the week ending with that date. There h as beets an increased demand for foreign products g a t ie rally, the supply of which in several articles pro ve d po rt of immediate requirements. BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. 8 G OVERNMENT FUNDS. per "'out. Consols 8 '-'O. Account, March 5 931 ,Per Cent. Reduced 931 1 ii.elv 3 per Cent 931 1 New 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A —I) . per Celli,. d an. 1873 — 11,111tities, 80 vrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — , go. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — E :',? (Red Sea Telel,,raph), Au„., 1908 l9l seuerinqr Bills, .£l,OOO, 2& 2i per Ct. D o £5OO — pm t a uo• £lOO & .£2OO — Pm ,t;. , of England Stock, 41 per Cent 250 "Jo. Account I A 1N1) IAN UOVERN2dENT SECURITIES. 111 aft Mock 101 per Cent. April 1874 — U°: Account ' Do., _ . 0 per Cent. July, 1880 bu. 4 per Cent.. Oct. 1888 Di,o. Certificates o; Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B7 b`4. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 11,* 5 i Per Cent., May 1879 — ''' ' Per Cent., Rup. De b., 1 1 8 8 7 7 2 7 — Do. do. D o 1:1° do. 1882 — Do, P o ub., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 b_J ,, nds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 u. under £l.OOO 4.r FO REIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK. dust gelatine Republic, t per Cent iti _ Bra 44 Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 --"44.14 b per Cleat _. . ttttttttt t 1111111111 ttttttt ~M ''.: Do. 41 per Cent., 1852 — Do. do., 18 1 8.... Do. do., 18 i() 67 i Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 771 1 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 por Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. Cailian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — Uo. 6 per Cent., B . Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 — Do., Scrip £32 paid Col.'mbian, 6 per Cent. Danish 3p ,r Cent., 1825. Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 671 7 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — gyptiar, 7 per Cent — Do. Secoud Issue — D•'. .£5OO Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. 1500 Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 921 Government Rail way Debentures ..... 03i 1 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups — Do. Account D. Coupons Do. Account Peravion 5 per Cent. 1665 Do Account Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do , 4 per Cent.. 1662 Do Account P irtutruase 3 nor Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'S 404 Do. do., 1'67 394 Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid — pea Russian 5 por Cent., 181:2, £ Si — Do 4i per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Xent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1`?62 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds 894 Do. do. £B4 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 894 i i Do. do. £B4 15s. do B5l Sardinian, 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per (Jen . — Do Account ... Do Now Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — Do Acc'ant _ Do Corn. Cert. of Cott;. not funded Do Account Tu:kish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account ... 621 Do £lOO Bonds 6B Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Acmunt Do £lOO Bonds... Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 531 41 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in Londot. Austnau b per Cent. Ex 10 Florins 4+ per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Do Account It%Hai, 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25i. Do. Account TWO SIJLOOK. Consols, Money 93,1 Do. Account, March 931 TfiE MEMBERS FOR_OLDHAM ON PUBLIC TOPICS. Last evening Mr. Hibbert and Mr. Platt, the members for Oldham, addressed a crowded meeting of their consti tuents in the Oldham Town Hall. The May or o f the borough (John Robinson, Esq.), presided, Mr. RIBBER; M.P., reviewed at convderable length the history of the reform question, and justified the course which he had taken with respect thereto during th e l ast session of Parliament. He said with regard to the Irish Church he objected to its ' atal disendowment. The question of land tenure was surrounded with many difficulties. They were not, however, insuperable. From the report of the Devon Commission, published in 1845, it appeared that whilst in England and Scotland a farmhouse and buildings •were always attached to the land, in Ireland the erection of buildings and the m a ki ng o f f ences ' devolved upon the tenant, and they came under the head of improvements ; yet for these improvements he received no compensation, even though he was turned out at the end of his first year's tenancy (hear, hear). No wonder, then, that the Irish people should call out for tenant right. Th e report referred to said :—"lf substantial security were offered to the occupying tenant for his permanent improve. ments, a rapid change for the better '-ould take place —a change calculated to increase the strength of the empire and the tranquillity of the country (applause). He asked that the principle upon which we bad treated Scotland should also be applied to Ireland. We could not stand the continued risings which took place in Ireland. They were our reproach and shame, and neither the Legisla ture nor the people of this country ought to rest satisfied until that shame and reproach were wiped away (ap plause). He should be prepared to support any measure which be thought would conduce to the happiness of Ire land. The Irish question could not be postponed ; it was pressing question, and must at once be taken in hand by the Government (hear, hear), Much had been said of late on the subject of education. No doubt the best thing would be, if were establishing a new system, to let the State undertake purely secular education ; but in the face of strong religious opinions and prejudices they must deal with the q estion as they found it. Under the circumstances he believed the best plan would be to pass a bill like that which was to he introduced by Mr. Ellice this session, which would establish comp u l sory rat i ng for the upport of schools where they did not already exist, and leave those schools to local management, whilst connecting them with a central department in London. But he would go even further; he would like to see a system which, though it at first only dealt with places where education was most urgently needed, might be adopted throughout the length and breadth of the laud (hear). He approached the subject of trade unions not without some fear. Yet it would be wrong to withhold his views from them. He regarded trade unions as an established fact, and 1. was not desirable to put them down (hear, hear). He would rather legalise them : he would give wot kinginer the right of combination. It was impor tant, es p ecial ly to em p lo y ers and employed, to representatives of capital as . well as representatives in o v f ol l v a e b d ou s r, ho that uld b t e h e broughtqtlestlo questions twhichhe light those f day organisations lf that was done, much of the difference of opinion! which now existed would be dissipated, and all classes wouln work together more amicably than they had hitherto done. The funds of those associations, moreover, should be pro tected as the funds of ordinary benefit societies were pro. weed. T,ade unions could not be supported on the prin- ciple of interfering with the right of free labour. Outrages like those lately peipetrated at Sheffield should be sup pressed ; at the same time all trade unions must not be in volved in the sin of those outrages. lie was sure that work ing men would see it to be to their interest that these 'natters should be fully discussed and put upon a proper footing (applause). He could not take leave of the meeting without reflecting on the great progress which had been made in this country since the Reform Act of 1832 in everything that tended to the promotion of civil and reli gious liberty. Mr. PLATT, M.P., said he did not believe that the House of C/mmons would tolerate church rates much longer. Then there were the Universities ; these ancient seats of learning which once were crowded, bad fallen into the hands of a single class, and the people, for whose benefit they were founded, derived little benefit from th e m. The object of his hon. colleague and himself would be to throw open the doors of those unive r sities to as many as could avail themselves of them (applause). With regard to reform, lie considered that the re-distribution provided by Mr. Disraeli's bill, so long as the minority clause existed, would be practic a lly va l ue l ess. Th a t c l aus e must be got rid of. He should support household suffrage in counties as well as boroughs, and give the voter the pro tection of the ballot (applause). As to education, if they were to have compulsory rating, it seemed to him that a secular system should be adopted, w hil s t, a t th e same t i me! the denominational system might b e con ti nue d an extended. THE INCIDENTAL PROMOTION OF TALR.--ChaM pagne promotes talk, acting in a moment almost like a charm, insomuch that the observer will frequently note that in a company, previously disposed to silence, that buzz which is so dear to entertainers will begin to be heard in but a few minutes after this friendly liquor has begun to circulate. It developes ideas and gives courage-- both valuable qualities for would-be talkers. Its effect is only temporary, it is true, but a temporary outburst is something, and, besides, the dose can be repeated. Ar e there not more bottles beneath the sideboard ? Eccentric objects about the table, again, are valuable as promoters. I once knew a fan that did great service in this way. The figures which were painted upon it were intended to tell a story, but what that story was nobody could exactly make out. Everybody had a different view of it and a new explanation. Each new suggestion gave rise to an argument, in the course of which many brilliant things were sure to be said, first on one side and then on another. "The lover has deserted her, she is crying bitterly, and the mother is expostulating," says one. " Mother!" cries another. " There is no mother in the case. They are both mere girls, and this young rascal in the pigtail has forsaken ono of them, and has taken up with her rival, who, by the way, seems very glad to get him." From a quarter of an hour to twenty minutes would sometimes be got through by means of discussions of this sort in connection with this fan, and will any one say that the owner of such an instrument as this is not a benefactor to society ? And there are other engines for squeezing talk out of a company of dry and sterile guests besides ladies' fans. I have known a pair of ingenious, but efficacious, nut-crackers, made by the village car penter, to promote talk among parsons staying together in the country, and who had travelled over each other's minds to a considerable extent. I have seen great things done by means of a set of Apostle spoons, or a collection of dessert plates, each one with a different design on its surface. Much may be accomplished with the aid of such inanimate accessories. Not many days since it was my fortune to make one at a table where the conversa tion, which had been doing very well, but was just be ginning to flag, was entirely renovated by some newly imported French crackers, which wo pulled at dessert, and in the inside of each of which was a pattern of some ar ticle of dress, with trimmings and all other appurtenances complete,--Cprnia Magazine• THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVE N - ING, FEBRUARY 6, 18613. SHARE LlST.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. U 5/ f 61 ZHE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIA7ION. The twenty-seventh annual general meeting of the members of this association was held last even ing at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors for the past year, electing office-bearers for the pre sent year, and the transaction of the legal business of the association. Mr. Richard Henry Jones, the chairman of the board of directors, presided. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, Mr. W. T. LINFORD, the secretary, read the following report of the- board of directors for the past year : The board of directors beg to submit to the members of the association their 27th annual report. The new pro posals received during the year 18G7 were 1,170, for £220,250 ; of which were completed 1,019 for £193,600, the remainder being declined, deferred, or under consideration. The new annual income arising from assurances completed during the year is .£5,503 4s. Id. The total income from premiums, acc., is £73,429 2s. 3d., of which £30,626 9e. 21 has been added to the accumulated fund. The sum of £4,710 has also been received in the purchase of immediate annuities. Tho funds of the association amounted on the 31st Dec. to £350,064 9s. 2d. ; 142 policies, assuring with bonuses the sum of £29,598 12s. 5d., have become claims by death. The following directors retire by rotation, but, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election :—Mr. Richard Henry Jones, Mr. John White Welch, Major William 11. Snell. The following gentlemen duly qualified are proposed as auditors for the ensuing year :—Mr. James Richard Lloyd, Mr. Francis Frederick Toole, Mr. Chas. Woolley. On the 31st December last another quinquennial period was completed, and the fifth bonus division will be pay able during the current year. The books and papers of the association have been placed in the hands of the con sulting actuary, Mr. Robert Tucker, for the purpose of ascertaining the realised profits. From the exertions used by that gentleman, the board are in a position to announce the result at the present meeting, and they are much gra tified in being able to state that it is highly favourable, the rate of bonus, after making ample reserves, being greater than on any previous occasion. From the large number of policies in forge, some time must necessarily elapse before the individual apportionments can be completed, but the board hope to be able to declare to each member the amount of his share by July next. THE CHAIIMAN said he was very happy in meeting the members again for the twenty-seventh time, and that it was extremely pleasant to him to see so many old faces amongst them. He was sure there was no person present that evening who would be surprised that they had not done that which they had invariably done before, namely, exceeded the business of the former year. The unsettled state of the country and various other matters would account for the falling of, but he felt certain it was merely an exceptional state of things, and that next year they would make np the trifling diminution of the present. There had been no mismanagement of their affairs, and when he looked at the position of other kindred institu tions he found they were precisely in the same position as others. They had heard the report read, which was concise, and stated facts; the balance sheet also presented, as usual, a clear, straightforward account, and really the whole was so simple and so satisfactory, that he could find nothing calling for any special remark. There was one item, however, that could not fail to convince any person if he remained sceptical as to their posi tion. He referred to the concluding paragraph in the report. (Hear, hear.) That would bequite conclusive as to their sound and substantial condition. The invested funds presented a very satisfactory rate g interest, being on the average invested at £4 17s. per cent. Of course they were all aware that at the present low rates of interest they could not obtain such profitable employment for their surplus capital A year or so ago they got five or six per cent. for it while working permanent investments, whereas now it was only worth one per cent. There was a slight advance in one item (for agency), as the board had employed a gentleman to go through the various local agencies and work them up. His report, however, was from every district that business was in a most depressed and disheartening condition. They had, however, re gularly diminished the ratio of the expenditure. It was £9 108. 6d. per cent. in 1865, £8 9s. Gd. in 1866, and only £8 ss. in 1867. (Cheers.) Not withstanding the depression of business, he felt they would all agree with him that it was extremely satisfactory to know that they had been enabled to carry over the handsome balance of £30,000, which was only £3,000 short of last year. (Hear, hear.) Through the kindness of Mr. Tucker, he was enabled to read to them his report of the examina tion he had made, and he did so with the greatest pleasure, because it gave the members the best and fullest information as to their affairs that they could possibly desire. It was as follows : Gentlemen,—l beg leave to submit for your considera tion and approval the results of my valuation of the out standing engagements of your society on the 31st December last, with a view to a fifth division of profits. Adopting tho plan laid down in previous investigations, I have only to repeat that the same principles of valuation have been adhered to on the present occasion ; and, my predecessor, I may say " that the surplus ava ilable now the past five years, and for division has be en rea li ze d d ur i ng in the words of the profits of future years have in no way been anticip ated. " The business of the society still continues to increase in a most satisfactory manner, as will be seen from the follow ing comparison of three quinquennial periods:— Yea r ending Number of Amount Annual 31st Dec. Policies. assured. income. 1857 1862 1867 The following table shows the number of policies in force on the 31st December, 1867, and the amounts as sured, ranged under the heads of tho tables to which they respectively belong : The amount of immediate annuity granted is £3,174 10s. 11d. per annum, and the amount of deferred and con tingent Reversionary annuity contracted for is ..£743 62. Bd. The average of each life assurance policy under table A is a little over £2OO. STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, containing the value of engagements and particulars of the funds and property of the association. Table Class. Number of Policies. Amount Assured. A 1 Whole Life Aesurances 9,580 £1,943,552 14s. A 2 Endowment 159 24,239 B 1 and Deferred Annuities} B 2 Premiums returnable 39 693 6s. Bd. per an and not returnable C 1 Endowments and 0 2 Premiums re- 42 4,529 turnable and not re- • turnable D Immediate Annuities 94 3,174108.11d.peran CI Survivorship A ssur _ (LINOS FJoint Lives Term Assurance Longest of two Live s Reversionary Annuity._ Limited Payments and singlo 23 15,445 47 8,430 27 13,170 2 600 1 50 per annum. Prehliums lBO 24,275 Paid up Electric Tele-1 graph Consols !Ind Railway )' 8 39 56,850 Hs. Bd. Policies J 11,033 £2,091,091 Bs. Bd. ASSETS.-To £5, 000 New Three per Cents.. cost £5,533 ls. 7d. ; £3,245 ss. Three per Cent. Consols, .£3,018 ; £8,202 Turkish Guaranteed Bonds, 4 per Cent., £8,577 ; £5,000 EaSt India 5 per Cont. Stock, £4,981 55.; £lO,OOO Bombay and Baroda Guaranteed Stock, £10,328 is. 6d.; £5,500 Madras, £5, 588 75 . 6 d. ; Loans on Debentures £35,557 55.; Loans on Mortgages, £240,219 4s. 9d.; inte rest accrued on mortgages, £5,788 9s. ; loans to members on security of their policies , £15,633 ; d epos i t at interest at call, £6,500 ; balance at Bank of England, £3,980 17s. 7d. ; due from agents, £3,056 11s. Bd. ; lease of house, £10,215 14.5. 4d. ; petty cash and Policy stamps on hand, £66 3s. 3d. ; premiums due, but not ye t pa i d, arrears on credit policies and policies payable half-ye ar ly an d quar terly, £15,240; interest accrued on stocks, £730 ; total, £374,913 ls. 2d. LIABLLITIES.-Value of 9,627 policies assuring £1,985,952 145., under table A 1, less the value of re-assurances and making ample reserve by way of guarantee, £241,982 ; value of 1,320 policies under other tables, £23,339 4s. 6d. ; value of £3,174 ICs. 11d. per annum immediate annuity, and £693 Gs. Bd. deferred annuity granted, £32,10195. 6d. ; value of reversionary bonuses accepted at previous divi sion (.£24,027), £12,911 ; claims admitted but not due, £8,878 12s. ; extra premiums for sea and foreign risks, £730-total, £322,942 6s. ; balance, profit, £51,970 15s. 2d. -total, £374,913 ls. 2d. From the foregoing statement it:appears that after pro viding for the outstanding risks of the society, there re mains a profit to be now dealt with of £51,970 15s. 2d. This amount will enable you to declare a reversionary bonus of £1 2s. 6d. per cent. per annum on all policies entitled to share in the full profits of the society, leaving a small balance to be carried forward. All members who participated iu the last division of profits will on this oc-. casion be entitled to five years' bonus. Those members who assured in 1860 will bo entitled to 8 years' bonus; in 1861, to 7 years ; in 1862, to 6 years ; in 1863, to 5 years; and tiz iao, to 4 years' l?PlAlg• The tuct Arcimat t 9 Whigh the Benevolent Fund is entitled on this occas ion will be ascertained when the appropriation is carTiee out. The amount which I recommend to be divided on the present occasion is £50,486, which is equivalent to a :reversionary bonus of £101,953. If my recommendation be adopted the necessary calculations will be made without loss of time, and each member advised as soon as po ss :ble of the exact amount of bonus to which his policy is entitled. The funds of the association appear to have beeli very judiciously invested, a.d the rate of interest realis'ed forms an important element in the profit made during the last five years. The time allowed since the closing of the nooks on the 31st December for ascertaining the amount of divisible surplus is so limited, and the en gagements of the association are now so numerous, that it would have been impossible to present this report to you thus early had it not been for the cordial assistance I have received from Mr. Linford and Mr. Stubbs. I hope I may be permitted to express my thanks to them for the able manner in which they have furnished me with al neces sary details, and for the assistance which they and the other gentlemen in the ofiln have rendered to me on all occasions.—l have the honour to be gentlemen, your most obedient servant, (Signed) ROBERT TUCKER, Actuary. 70, Loinbarcl-strect, 30th January, 1868. After that he hoped they all felt comfortable and satisfied at their position, especially as the bonus Mr. Tucker had recommended the directors to pay was the largest they had ever received. (Hear, hear.) Thanking them for the attention they had given him, he would conclude by stating he should have great pleasure in hearing any gentleman if 'he had anything to say ; if not, he would resume his seat by formally moving the reception and adoption of the report. The motion, having been seconded, was carried unanimously. Mr. BACKLER said he had now a very pleasant duty to perform, and that was to move a resolution to the following effect, viz., " That the best thanks of this meeting be given to the board of directors for the manner in which they have conducted the business during the past year." He had not been present at many of their meetings of late years, because he had such perfect confidence in the efficiency of the management, and that had rendered it unnecessary for him to watch the affairs so closely as he had in years gone by. Ten years ago the division of profits was only 103. per cent., whilst now it was to be at the rate of £1 2s. 6d., which was an increase at the rate of about 125 per cent. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Bickler then referrvd to some business transactions which occurred between him and the directors in their official capacity as connected with a kindred insti tution (the Provident Clerks' Guarantee), in which he had been met in a manner so highly honourable to them that ho had felt he could not be in better bands, and had at once added another £l,OOO to his life assurance with the Pro vident Clerks'. (Hear, hear.) He had thus in creased his interest in the institution, as he thought it was the best investment he could make of his savings, because he felt assured that every liability of the association would be met with honour, and without that quibbling which unfortunate l y was to be met with in other societies. He did not move the resolution as a vain form, but with the sincere and honest conviction that those in whose favour it was made had honestly deserved it. (Cheers.) Mr. REYNOLDS seconded the vote of thanks, stating that it had been well deserved and well earned. The resolution was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN thanked them for the kind com pliment that had been paid the board, and he also felt grateful to the meeting for the kind response that had been made to the proposition. Their next business was the re-election of directors, and as he was one of those retiring he could not say more to them at present. Mr. PRICE said, associated as he had been with Mr. Jones for so many years, he knew how much he had done for the society. He had secured their confidence and esteem year by year, and he felt that a great deal of their success was owing to his personal exertion. He could have no hesi tation in moving his re-election, and he felt that the meeting would have no hesitation in agreeing to such a proposition. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Jones) had worked with them for years, and he knew that his (Mr. Jones's) heart was en tirely with the association. He had much pleasure in formally moving the re-election of that gentle man. (Cheers.) Mr. SAWrELL felt it a privilege to second tha re election of Mr. Jones. The resolution was enthusiastically carried. Mr. JONES, in resuming the chair, said the transi tion from " out" to " in" had been very short. (Laughter.) He thanked them very much for the response they had made to his friend's culogium. He certainly did take a warm interest in the affairs of the association, and he was glad they knew it. His great desire was to see that the Association go on and progress. (Hear, bear.) It would not do to stand still ; those that did so were left behind, and he could assure them that nothing should be wanting on his part to hasten the society on the road of success and pros perity. (Hear.) He would now put the re-election of Mr. J. W. Welch, one of the other retiring direc tors, to the meeting, at the same time expressing his regret that he was unable through illness to be pre sent at their meeting. The re-election of Mr. Welsh as a director was carried unanimously. The CHAIRNIAN said the other retiring director was Major Snell, and be had much pleasure in putting his re-election to the meeting. The motion was carried unanimously. Major SNELL, in returning thanks for his re election, said he felt, did he remain silent, it might be thought he was possessed of that bad be longing to an ungrateful heart; but he assured them such was not the case. He was not about to trouble them with a set speech, they had none of those sort of things at their Board meetings, and he felt that his thanks would not be the less ac ceptable because they were conveyed in few and plain terms, as would be best becoming a man of business. He trusted, at the end of his next term of office, they would think as favourably of him then as they did at the present time. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then moved the re-election of the retiring auditors, which, having been seconded, was carried unanimously. Mr. LLOYD thanked the meeting for his re-elec tion, and said he hoped as long as he had life he should be permitted the pleasure of audit ing their balance-sheet. Their accounts were so well and clearly kept that it was quite a pleasure to go over them. In making the audit he never came across anything that was suspi cious; everything was as fair and open as possible. Having said so much he hoped the meeting would permit him to say a word or two to those who hal young clerks under them. The most beneficial service they (the elder ones) could do then was to urge them to take the useful step of insuring their lives. It might not be that they saw the immediate necessity of doing so, but a time would come when that act would be looked upon as one of the most pleasant pieces of work they had ever accomplished. He had suddenly been called upon to go a journey of some 20,000 miles, and he could assure them that he did not set out on that long voyage the less happily by the knowledge that his life was insured in an office whose integrity and honour was unimpeachable. Mr. TOOLE having returned thanks for his re election, The CHAIRMAN said he had now the extreme pleasure of moving a vote of thanks to the secretary and staff. They had, indeed, got a good secretary, or they would not be able to show such good re sults as they had done. He, it was satisfactory to know, was aided by a painstaking and effective body of gentlemen, and he had no doubt the meet ing would cordially agree to the resolution he had the gratification of moving. Mr. CHRISTIAN said it was all very well to give a vote of thanks, but he hoped they would give them something more substantial. They were about to divide an enormous amount of money amongst the members, and he did hope the board would give the best consideration to the matter. The CHAIRMAN replied that this matter would not have been omitted by the Board even without this reminder. The resolution of the chairman was carried una nicapasly, Mr. LINFORD, who was very warmly received by the members, returned thanks. He said—l thank you very heartily on my own behalf and those of the gentlemen associated with me for the more than kind manner in which this vote has been proposed and received. I have always felt that the board are the best judges of our work, and if we have such a vote as this proposed by the chairman, and endorsed by the members, it carries with it a double value, and I cannot conceive a more gratifying return for our exertions. I may perhaps venture to say, on my own behalf, that I stand here to-night for the fourteenth time. (Cheers.) I have thus completed a double apprenticeship in your service, and it hap pens that the period during which I have been hon oured with the confidence of the board extends over exactly one-half of the existence of the association. You will, lam sure, forgive me for saying that t cannot but feel a pride and pleasure in surveying the two periods. At the time when I became the officer of the association our income was but £19,000 a year, and our whole invested funds but £53,000, and our bonus ten shillings per cent. We have now an income of £73,000, an invested fund of £350,000, and a bonus of 225. 6d. per cent. The approval and support I have received from the board enable me to believe that I . have ful filled my duties to their satisfaction, and I am very glad to bear testimony also on behalf of the staff whose able and zealous services merit the kind re cognition, which I am glad to say they never fail to receive. I tha►,k you very much for your kind vote of to-night. (Cheers.) Mr. MINTON moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Tucker, the actuary, which was agreed to nem. con. Mr. TUCKER said he was much obliged to the meeting for the recognition of his services, and they must permit him to congratulate them on their very flourishing and satisfactory condition. The amount he recommended to be divided as bonus was highly satisfactory, and it was entirely due to the very ex cellent management of their very excellent society. (Cheers.) Mr. LLOYD then moped a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman, which was agreed to in a most hearty manner. The CHAIRJIAN returned thanks, and the pro ceedings terminated. MARKETS—(2 his Day.) COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. SUGAR.—Refined sugars sell slowly, and on terms rather avourable to buyers. COFFEE.—Demand continues steady, and the market being sufficiently supplied a good business is passing. TEA.—A firm tone prevails, and there is a fair inquiry Rum.—The transactions are of moderate extent, at the previous currency. _ _ RlCE.—Passing transactions are only moderate, and do not alter the quotations given in our last report. COTTON.—The market is active at late rates. JUTE.—The market continues quiet, at about late rates. Common to fine, £l5 lOs to £22 per ton. HEMP is firm, at £39 for clean St. Petersburg. COCIIINEAL.—Since yesterday there has been but little doing, and prices are unaltered. IvoßY.—The sales are progressing steadily, at an ad vance on the last quarter's rates of £1 to £3 per cwt. METALS.—There is not a great deal doing, and gene rally rates wore unaltered, but Straits tin is advancing £BB paid cash, and contracts made at £BB lOs for forward delivery. Scotch pig iron rules at 52s 3d per ton. OILS meet a quiet sale. Linseed, 34s 6d spot ; rape, 34s 9d to 35s ; palm, 39s Gd to 40s ; Ceylon cocoa-nut, 50s ; Cochin, 56s to 575. TALLow.—The market is dull at 42s spot, 42s 3d March, and 43s 6d last three months. ihare Railways. I I Closing Business Price. dens. 1 st — PriStiil and Exeter ..., 10u 83 87 at Caledonian lOO 771 781 771 81 891 81 at Gambrian Cork and Bandon...— — 20 Cornwall all 3 4 at Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO 741 75 1 st Dun„Perth, A Ab.Juntt 100 70 72 100 E.London, 6crip Certi. all Do. 100 d at Glasgow &S. Western 100 98 100 st Great Eaatern,Ord.stk. 100 3:1 32 311 1 it Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 100 6 8 st Great North oi Scotlan4 100 15 16 st Great Northern lOO 107 10d 108 at Do. A stock 1 ~ 100 108 110 10J at Do. B stows lOO 1221 123 at Do. New, is. at 25 pm 10..: st (RS, and \V. of Ireland 100 97 9) • st Gt. IVeatern -Original ILO 451 461 at Do. 6. Val. Rail. gaa. 100 st Do. South Wales at Do. IV. Mid.—Oxtord ICQ 2.3 30 at Do. Newport lOO 20 31 at 1)0. Hereford 1 100 - st Lano:sallire& Yorkshire' 100 1261 1261 1211 6f at London and Blackwalll 100 st Lon., Brigh., Jr S Cutts!! 10:: 46 461 4 , 51 at 1-ou., Chat., and Dover! 101 18 164 It Do. Metrop. Ex. A 1 100 11 14 at Luu. A North IVesten 1 100 1181 110; 119 1 at Lon. & South Wester' 10:J n 7 8:t n 7 st Man., 6het., A Lincoln 100 43 ;4 at Atetropolitan st Do. st Do. Extension__ all 991 1001 101 1 at lietrupolitan District. all 10 / Do. do. do. 10 10 Do. and St. John'oNV 'L.: e st .dhlland Do. .00 Share 7 at Do, Birmin.. A Dells; 100 75 77 slid Kent . . all at North British at Do. Ed., t'th., & Dun lO9 at. :Nth. Eastern—Berwicis 100 101 105 105 1 1 25 Do. G.N•E purchaat. 16.13.4 at Do. Leeds ..... 100 62 64 at Do. York lOO 95 97 st Do. Carlisle . . ... 100 st Do. Stock. & 25 Do. do. 1860-61 lB at North Loudon .. lOO 111 116 at Do. do. 1864 5 . . lO - Do. do. 1866 10 North Staffordshire at N. &S. W. Junotion at Scottish Central - Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 Do. Scot, Slid. stack lOO Shropshire Union 6t South Devon lOO 43 45 100 71 71 711 211 o t youth Staines,Easternlvo k . Wok all 9 10 at Taff Vale lOO 146 150 10 Do. C . . 5 - V ale of death - IVaterlord & Kilkenny 10u 10 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 6 West Cornwall lOO COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'British Columbia, 6 per, 0ent.,1)e0.31, 1872. Can.Gov.6p.c.JaAcJuly 1877-81 IDo. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug 1110. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. inscribed ak Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oot, 1890-1900 Do. do 1880-9 u !Do. Jan. &J uiy, 1690-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Cevlon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do 3lauritius, 6 p. cs, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ...- do. 1882, Maylb, N0v..5 1 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug..; Natal qov. 6 per cent.. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 18G6 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... •• • Nova Soutia Gov. 6 p. 1 1 sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. C 6. Aue.Gov. 6 p.c. 1868-9 1 Do. 1878 & up wards 1 Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.& J uly Do. do, April Az Oot 1 1121 98 ICG,I 160 102' 100 102 86 88 85 87 IV2 104 106 108 104 106 107 100 95 i 7 11) 1104 101 103 106 LOS 105 107 107 109 1(4 106 103 lus 98 99 97§ 93 99 102 101 103 105 110 Ili 110 112 BRITISH rOSSESSIONS. 100 st I A B o t m l a . n , t ß l c a r 2t o S d t a ..L a a c w e r n e . n i o n e 1 l a o l o l 10 5 4 3 1( 6. 5 ' gu. 5 per cent.. . 20 Do. Y shares lO P il 1 2 0 01 Bu D ff o a . lo rr ik ete L r a e k n e ce lluron s ail gi 4 0 1 Buti.,Brant, &Goderich 00 5 p.c. 1872-3-4.......• IVO 68 71 at Calcutta &S. E., Rm., 100 - - I s oo t L; D a e l m , e e ' r f a o r v a i , n 7 & p. D c. o p ck er , .g p u ; 1 8 0 1 0 1 at East Bengal, gu. , 6do 100 1 10_ 1° ; 0 8 3 9 1 1 1 0_ 1 2 4 2 01 1 1 ( 0 34 i i 1 2 0 : O tt : ar o Das . ontl. Indian , d charge Tr Equip.o Extension n ! d xi i g r p i li t: CB , O . Bonds iaosnnaP Canada 11 ! 1 1 5: 1 6137 6518 50 52 41 100 Do, Ist Pref. Bonds all 1 1 7: 0 0 0 0 ciecNs ii.o.Di D ilrirrvv o teohhe .. hrr2 d deertd o atonßotinci,ist c .e ! vlB:r e e f t e . r deferred Bonds... . alll , - I - j , 4 -i 100 Do. do. deferred - - 1 1 0 0 0 0 D D o o..3 d d o. P d r 1 1 0 0 0 0 D D o o .. 4 d toh. deterred eeff. Prof. sr stook t cd o o k .. .k .. . .•.. : ail 191 3- 1_ 2 9 f 2 3 10 4 4 18 , 11 G1 i . , 1 0 ! dGi Gus. B. Pe o n v . g er ua c . e 6 u p t ..c l Vi 10_7 10 2 8 1, 110 9 11 30 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 6 - 2 i at Gt. South of India Qua. 5 per cent at D. 41 per cent loy 92 94 at Do 2 - - 201 Great Wes. of Canada all 151 1 5 1 2 0 1 Do. New .. - .... . . - 100 Do. 6p. o 8e...a. pay. 1873 all 95 97 100 Do. 54 du. pay. 1877-8„ all 85 87 et Madras, gua. 5 p.c at Do. 41 do lOO 93 85 at Do. 44 do lOO 89 91 29 Do. Filth Extension I 6 - - at Melb. Cor 6P. c. Buds.! 100 - - 50 Mel. & Hobson'a 8ay..1 all - -- at N.R.l.C'da.6polstpt.bal 100 83 65 at Gude A ithiik'nd,g.s p.O 100 1.)41 I€sl 105 at 6cinde . 100 100 101 at Do. Delhi 1 91 g cs i 100 1006 1011 ion 1 20 Do. do at Do. Puniaub O. 100 99 100 at Do.lndus St.Flot 4 0 I 100 85 87 • BRITISH MINES. _ - Cam. Comm!. Gold, lira. 1 - - Amalgamated, 2 8 0 11 gf 411 - Devon G. Cons. ( Taoist. 1 CAI 430 - brakewalls 2.1.0 1 - *last Bassett (Illogan) 294 10 32 - 'ast Caradon 2.14.6 5 6 - 'as t Cam Brea 3ll 2 2.1 - Nast Grenville ....-- East ßast E. w L , (3 : o it u v n u ell i s s e l i a l k ( e rr a v i 8 t k J 5 3 1 . .. 3 9;0 6 8 1 14 2 9 1 __ l ( . . t : r a e m s . t & L S , t x A e :uyieout:,breturydtl( limited., G ei it ee given. td 4 1 4 ; 10 6 1 17 14 19 185 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 - - Great Wheal liasy 14.9.6 - - 21 - Grenville 9.0.6 11 11 . - lie ro d's Foot ..,. 8. lu.o 35 37 - llingston Downs .. ... • 5.10.6 21 21 - Margaret (Uny .Lelant 13.17.6 6 8 - Marko Valley 4.10.6 4f 5 4 llw y ndy Iron Ore, lim 31 24 14 - Aew S ton y ( . 1. L. 11 c. 0 1 g . a. a n. n i 81 1 ; 6 :4 1. ii 4 . 1 :1 .. . 70, 6 - 55 - 770 - North Wheal Crotty 292 2st --- i S ii: . rr eTr de adon (St. Cleor) l4 190 410 _ iSouth Condurrow 13.2.0 4 I - .S.Wheal Fran. (1110gran , 18.18.9 374 424 - :Stray Park . 135 15 6 4 6 Tin Crott..... .... . -- :T - , igra and Clogan, lina all - - __ VV est Bassett (Mogan %V. Caradon (Liskeard 12 10 1.2 1 1 67 69 4 74 115 205 - - - :. Wheal N‘NV' eessttCB le ß l 1 : f : fl o r e t :t il l 111 og a n 51 85 95 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 16 1J .. _ Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 18 20 Wheal Solon 5 90 .., Wheal Trelawney (I,la. 5.17.0 8 ?REFERENCE SHARES . Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2, 75 Great Western, 4 per cent irred. 69 Great Western, 5 per cent., rd., 83 FOREIGN RAILWAY& Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 21 San Paulo, inn., gua. 6 per cent., 161 FOREIGN amiss. Cape Copper, Si von Pedro, Nurili Del Rey, 21 - 1 I, ron tino and Bolivia Gold, lira.,i Pra Port Phillip, It St. John dcl RAI, Um , 10i - - --_ BANNS. Agra, lim., A, 11 Ditto, B, 93 Bank of New Zealand, 133 Consolidated, lim., 4 Imperial Ottoman, 9 Land Mortgage Bank of India. lim.. I/ London Bank of slexi:lo and S. America, litn., 13 London and County. 521 London and South African, 16 London and Westminster. 671 81 71 Ditto, Scrip, 39k Metropolitan Bank. lim , 7 National Provincial of England. Ditto, d and :td issue, 36.3 New South Wales, 473 Oriental Bank Corporation. 42 1 MISCELLANICOUS; Atlantic Telegraph, 481 Dit o, 8 per zent., I)2i Bombay Gas, lim., Corporation of London Bonds, 1 8 2.4} per cent., 1011 Credit Foncier of Enirlanti. lim.• Egyptian 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gua. by Egypt. G0rt.,891 Fore-street Watehousc, lim., 11 Gen. Credit and Discount, ilm., international Financial society, iim., 31 London General Omnibus Company, lim, 1 Madras Irrigation and Canal (guaranteed 5 per cent. by Indian Government), 1011 National Discount company, 11 Peninsula and Oriental item'', Ditto, new, 1867, 51 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan, 75i 3 THE WEATHER IN RUSSIA.—A letter from St. Petersburg of the 29th January, in the Nord, says:—...“ Th e severity of the winter increases. We have touched 30 dog. zero of It6aumur. At Moscow the temperature has sud denly descended to 38 dog. R. The day before yesterday at Valdai, between that city and this, the thermometer marked 42 deg. below zero. Mercury freezes, and only the instruments with alcohol show the temperature. You may imagine what is taking place on the railway between this capital and Moscow. Only by the most inconceivable efforts is the traffic carried on. The goods' trains, when they stop at a station for any length of time, have the greatest difficulty in starting again. The frost attaches the wheels to the rails. Four or five locomotives are re quired to break thorn away, and sometimes this cannot be done ; the engines or the coupling chains break. In short, there is a violent struggle with nature in which man and iron hay° t:ht wQrat 91 it." 106 look 190 100 100 1(0 100 100 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was a light supply of stock in the market to-day, and prices unaltered. Of boasts the numbers on sale in cluded 65 from abroad. The beef trade ruled dull, and prices were unchanged. The show of sheep included 1,180 from the Continent. Demand was slow, and prices the same as on Monday. The veal trade ruled heavy, and no foreign arrivals hero this week. Pork sold steadily at the quotations. Among the num ber of pigs on sale, 45 were from abroad. Total at market :—Beasts, 750 ; sheep, 4,980 ; calves, 43 ; pigs, 110. Quotatirns—Beef, 3s to 4s Bel ; mutton, 3s 4d to 5s ; veal, 3s 4d to 5s 8d ; pork, 3s to 4s. COTTON MARKET. LlN'Enron, Fob. 6.—Market opens strong and rather dearer for American. Sales probably 15,000 bales. COAL M Price per Ton rARKET. at the Close, s d Hollywell Main 15 6 Nast Hartley Wylam l5 6 Kelloo.. l6 6 Hatton lletton Lyons twthorn l5 3 s d Haswell lB 0 Tritudon Thornley l5 6 OrigivalHardepool lB 0 Buddle's W. Hartley l5 6 East Hartlepool l7 3 Riddell Hartlepool l6 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXT I FEBR: URES FOR 1868. 1.JA11,Y.; I Nottingham Spring 25 1 Dorby Spring Lincoln Spring 31. i nsfield Harrow 2O MA: Liverpool Spring M. 3 0 -el►usford Spring M lO S trewsbury Spring 10 West Drayton l2 Warwick Spring Bromley Spring 6 Durham Hendon l3 Newmarket Craven Knighton l4 Abergavenny ..... 16 Margate Epsom Spring Meeting 24 Crorton Park Northampton Chester 5 Winchester York Spring D on caster Spring Salisbury 'RUA. I Catterick Bridge l6 Lewes Spring Thirsk Curragh April 2l Newmarket Ist Spring 27 West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer 3 Manchester Ascot Summer 9 Beverley, Hull, and East Riding lO Windsor Summer Bath Croydon Ist Summer Harpenden Epsom Summer Newton - l7 llainpton Newcastle 23 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge Alexandra Park 3O Chelmsford Worcester Summer Carlisle Newmarket July 7 Pontefract Reading Down Royal Corp. l5 Liverpool July M. SEPTEMBER. Baden Warwick September 1 Hendon Abingdon 3 Monmouth .. Leicester I Doncaster September 8 Walsall Brecon West Drayton Richmond Hampton Autumn l5 and Western M Odiliam, l6 Stamford Radcliffe ..... 2O Huntingdon 2l Nottingham July Southampton Goodwood AN AFRICAN TRAVELLER.—A traveller in Africa had flung himself down to rest under the shade of a wide spreading tree, laying hi 3 musket, his constant compa nion, by his side. Suddenly his glance alighted on sont3 plants which he had never seen before, and on rising to examine them, with all a botanist's enthusiasm, his at tention was attracted by a rustling noise in the neigh bouring bushes. Turning round to inquire into the cause, a tigress, with her two cubs sporting about her, started up between him and the tree, where he had left his weapon. The beast immediately stood still, uttering a low, fierce growl, and the whelps, astonished at an object so novel as a man, paused in their gam bols. Dr. Iran Tschudi was well aware that a tigress is never so formidable as when she fancies her young to be in danger, and standing in the presence of that ferocious beast, utterly defenceless and unarmed, he felt for a moment all the agony of despair. Tschudi, however, soon recovered his presence of mind, and know ing the influence of the human eye upon wild animals, he sternly fixed his gaze upon the tigress to prevent her from advancing. It was a strange spectacle, the man and the beast thus confronting each other in an attitude of rigid composure. The power of intellect was acknow and she stood as if riv e tt e d t o the lodged by the anim al, spot. The cubs, however, were not under the spell of the human eye, and, darting forward, played about the travel ler's legs. The sight of this disturbed the ti gress began to roar and lash her sides violently with her ; he ttail, prepared to spring upon Tschudi if ho touched her little ones. At that instant the doctor, still fixing his eyes upon the mother, stooped down, and, passing his hand over the back of the young tigress, who seemed quite sensible of the caress, he observed that the tigress was evidently iorple.oaseld with the partiality h e l av i s h e d on her offsprinrr ing ceased, and sh e resume d h er impassive attitude- igiw The two cubs, continuing their frolic, now darted away from the traveller, biting and chasing each other like kittens, until, at length, they strayed beyond their mother's sight or hearing. Her maternal anxiety was aroused, and she turned in search of thorn. Dr. Van Tschudi seized the opportunity to get behind a bush which concealed him from the tigress, and then he made for the place where ho had left his gun. He was not compelled to use it, how ever, for the tigress and her whelps did not reappear, and Tschudi, with a thankful heart, resumed his journey.— Mao' Sxfrft of the Zino SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THIS DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Czar (taken) 100 to 7 agst King Charming (offered, take 100 to 6) 100 to 7 agst Artesian (offered) 100 to 6 agst Cauthleen (offered) 20 to 1 eget Wild Moor (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 14 to 1 agst Tusculanum (taken and offered) . 14 to 1 agst Fan (offered) 14 to 1 agst Daisy (offered) 16 to 1 agst Tennyson (taken and offered)) 25 to 1 agst Clansman (offered) •25 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (offered) 25 to 1 agst Despatch (offered) 33 to 1 agst Captain Crosstree (taken) 33 to 1 agst Moose (offered—take 40 to 1) 33 to 1 agst Port Royal (offered) 33 to 1 agst Chimney Sweep (offered) 33 to 1 agst Jack cf Trumps (offered) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Barber's lot (taken) 500 to 100 agst Mr. Barber's lot and Lord Coven try's (taken) CHESTER. CCP. 20 to 1 agst Abergeldie (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Dalby (offered) TWO THOU3AND. 9 to 4 agst Rosicrucian (offered) DERBY. 1350 to 200 agst Rosicrucian (offered) 1000 to 70 agst Paco (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Speculum (taken and offered) BIRMINGLIAM SI Weights for the Erdington I About thi Age st lb Comberton a 12 9 Flyfisher a 12 5 Gameboy ... a 12 0 Sir William . ... all 8 Steamboa 5 11 0 Archimedes ... 6 10 12 WoodburyHill(h b) a 10 12 Moose a 10 lo Redmiro 6 10 10 Lytham ... -a 10 1 ,, Knave of Trumps. a 10 9 Sinite a 10 8 Trueheart... ... a 10 8 Huntsman (late (Feigie)... ... a 10 8 Greenland ... a 10 8 Ballycasey ... a 10 8 Corkscrew (h b) 610 8 Lisette ... 6 10 7 Franciscan ... a 10 7 Whitley Rosa, by The Era.— 6 10 7 The Licensed Victuallers' P 1 a-b Age st lb Comberton ... a 12 12 Helice ... 6 11 6 The Guide ... 6 11 4 Balder a 11 3 Dermot Asthore ... a 11 0 Lady Newark a 11 0 Violet (h b) a 10 12 Kronberg 6 10 111 Patience ... ... alO 11 Corvedale (h b) alO 10 Forest Lass (h L)... a 10 10 Bishopton 6 10 10 Brandy Apple ... alO 10 .A. , e of Trumps ... a 10 10 Huntsman (I.Feigie) a 10 8 Gorsehawk ... a 10 8 Diana, by Hunting Horn ... alO 7 The Sutton Handicai Age st lb Kronberg 6 11 7 Rapture ... a 11 5 Beverley ... ... a 11 4 Countess 8010 ... all 2 Strike ... a 11 0 La Pique 6 10 12 The Dictator ... a 10 12 Ace of Hearts ... alO 9 Lady Blanche (h b) a 10 9 Boxmoor ... a 10 7 NUN G MEETING. Plato (handicap) of 100 sow; Lree miles. Age st lb Walterstown 610 6 Snowstorm (h-b)... 5 10 6 Charming Woman a 10 6 Hightlyer ... a 10 6 Venturesome 5 10 5 Mrs. Allan... 5 10 5 Rocket ... 610 Chesterfield 6 Irj Lord Waldegrave 6 10 Ace of hearts a 10 4 Birdie (h-b) ... a 10 4 Imogene a 10 4 Rivets ... 6 10 4 Troubadour ... 6 10 0 Risk 610 0 Sylph ... ... 6 10 0 Eill 6 10 0 Priestess ... 6 10 0 Under the Cloud ... a 10 O. Excitement 4 10 0 Colenso ... 4 10 0 Prima Donna 410 0 late.--About two miles and lalf. Age st lb Tacit!. 5 10 7 Walterstown a 10 7 Highflyer a 10 G Mrs. Allan... ... 5 10 6 La Pique ... ... 610 6 Lord Waldegrave... 6 10 5 Rivets ... 6 10 5 MissDedson(h b)... a 10 5 Crewe ... ... 5 10 4 Puebla ... ... 6 10 4 Priestess ... ... 6 10 0 Joker ... 6 10 0 Cruiskeen ... alO 0 Flextnore a 10 0 Under the Cloud ... a 10 0 Order ... 4 10 0 Excitement ... 4 10 0 Prima, Donna ... 4 10 0 3. About two miles. Age st lb Jack by Ratan (h b) a 10 7 Under the Cloud ... a 10 7 Priestess, by Loyola 6 10 7 Wisdom ... a 10 7 Quicksilver a 10 7 Joker ... 6 10 5 Cruiskeen ... a 10 5 Mariana, by Brocket out of' Temana ... 4 10 2 DERBY SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY, Feb. 27. The Great Midland Steeplechase (handicap) of 100 soya added to a Sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 10 ft, and 3 only (to the fund) if declared to Messrs. Weatherby only on Feb. 11, by 12 noon ; winners of a steeplechase after 'eb. 5, at 1 p.m., once 81b, twice or more 121 b extra; the second to save his stake. About three miles and a half twice over the brook. 30 subs. Age st lb Age st lb Lawrence ... a 12 7 Pearl Diver ... a 11 4 Sprite ... al2 2 Cartouche ... all 3 Benazet ... a 11 13 Greenland ... a 11 2 Globule ... 11. 12 King of Hearts ... all 2 The Doctor a 11 12 The Nun ... a 11 2 Laura ... a 11 10 Moose ... ... a 10 12 The Tiger... ... all 7 Woodbury Hill ... a 11. 0 Sinite ... a 11 7 Troubadour 6 10 13 Cabin 80y... a 11 7 Reporter a 10 12 Gladiator 6 11 6 Capt. Crosstree ... a 10 12 Garus a 11 6 Hopvino 5 10 12 Tennyson ... 5 11 5 11 sk 6 10 7 Farnane ... 5 11 4 Thalassius ... 6 10 4 Huntsman's D'ter. all 4 Lord Waldegrave 6 10 2 Nothing More ... 611 4 Mrs. Allan 510 0 LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY, March 5. The Liverpool Spring Cup of 200 sovs (specie), added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 3 only (to the fund) if declared by noon on Tuesday, Feb 11, to Messrs. Weatherby only; winners of a handicap after February 5, at 11 a.m., 101 b extra. A mile and e, half. 65 subs. Age st lb Age st lb *Lecturer 5 812 Belzoni ... ... 5 610 Knight of the Garter 4 8 6 La Forte Frani 4 6 10 Dalby ... a 8 4 Beauty .. •. 3 610 Blinkhoolie 4 8 0 Gipsy King 4 6 10 Brown Bread 6 8 0 Polecat 4 6 10 Honesty 5 7 12 Child of the Islands 4 6 9 Moldavia 5 7 12 G. by De Clare— Caithness ... 5 7 12 Maid of Kent ... 4 6 7 Belmont ... 5 7 12 Clown a 6 7 Longchamps ... 4 7 12 Sweet Willie a 6 7 Honestish 4 7 7 Tribune 5 6 6 Christmas Carol ... 6 7 6 Sister to Vedette ... 4 6 6 Wandering Minstrel a 7 6 Salamanca 4 6 4 *Abergeldie 5 7 5 Charnwood 3 6 2 *War 5 7 5 Nu ... 6 6 0 Jezabel 5 7 5 Lady Diana ... 3 5 12 *Goojetat ... 57 4 Affection ... ... 3 512 Louis of Hesse ... 4 7 3 * The Mariner ... 3 512 Neroli 5 7 3 Weather Isle ... 3 512 Foresight ... ... 4 7 2 Milton ... 3 512 Nidderdale 6 7 2 Purveyor ... 3 5 11 Paxton. ... ... 4 7 2 Rhine Wine ... 3 511 leodor ... 4 7 2 Landscape... 3 5 10 Bracken ... 4 7 2 Redcap ... a 7 0 Empress of India... a 7 0 Conundrum ... 5 7 0 Star of the Evening 5 7 0 'Nun►a Pompilius 4 7 0 G. by Vedette— Vixen ... 4 7 0 Aggravator ... 4 7 0 *Mayflower 4 6 12 King of the Fairies 4 6 12 Capron': ... 3 5 10 Philosopher, by Laughing-Stock 3 5 10 The Gleaner 3 5 7 Cattio 3 5 7 Adamant 3 5 7 Pair Star ... 3 5 7 Citron 5 7 liammerton 3 5 7 Ready Money ... 3 5 7 Bandmaster 4 paid Those horses marked thus out the knowledge of their the time prescribed, unless s, * having been entered with owners, will be struck out at ipecially ordered to remain in. THE ROTUNDA CLUB Al\ D COMIESSION EXCHANGE, THREE DOORS FROM BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE,:SURREY SIDE, IS NOW OPEN FOB BUSINESS. Annual Subscription Five Shillings. Responsible Bookmakers desiring Stands should apply immediately (as the number will be limited) to the Secre tary, 3, Blackfriars-road. FENIAN PLOT TO AT7 ACK MACROOM CASTLE. CORK, Feb. 5. A Fenian plot to attack Macrooin Castle and seize militia arms there deposited was defeated at the moment an armed band was about to make the assault. The police having suddenly arrested two of the insurgents acting as scouts, they alarmed the main body, which dispersed. At the time the attack was to have been made ,he telegraph wires with this city were cut. THE LATE MURDER IN LAMBEHL A. respite was on Tuesday night received by the governor of Horsemouger-lane Gaol from the Home Office for the prisoner Clark, lately sen. tenced to death for the murder of a child at Lambeth. NAVAL APPOINTME NTS. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Mr. Richard Keown, midshipman, to the Rattlesnake ; Mr. Edwin A. Hobson, midshipman, to the Defence. We aro requested to ststo that the launch of H.M.S. Hercules, at Chatham, will talc,' place , on Monday, th o 10th inst., instead of Saturday next. THE LATE LORD FEVERSIIAM. —An amended form of memorial for the late Lord Faversham has been adopted, to cost ..£BOO, exclusive of leading and quarry ing. A committee has been formed to raise additional funds. TUE ItEIGIi OFFICE.—The staff at present occupying Pembroke House, Whitehall-gardens, and the adjoining buildings, are expected to remove iu the course of the ensuing month to the palatial building adjoining the Itttlin-QMO is DQlTlgnaltMt. Br 11, 1- ~~~~