The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-28 00:00:00

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The impression that the quarrel between Turkey and Greece will be amicably adjusted gave business a better tone to-day, but there were very few trans actions in either English or foreign securities. In Spanish and Portuguese there was a slight fall, the latest news from that quarter not being deemed sa tisfactory. The rate of discount is 2j. to 3 for first class bills. Consols are 92k for money; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92i ; New Three per Cents, 921 India Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 i ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 102 i ; ditto Bonds 11,000, par; ditto under £l,OOO, 2 prem. In the Foreign Stock Market the prices are as follows .—Brazilian of 1865, 781 to 4 ; Chilian of 1867, 961 to ; Egyptian of 1864, 83 to 84 ; ditto of 1868, 731 to ; Italian of 1861, 56 to 1 ; do. Tobacco Loan, 24 to 31 pm. ; Mexican, 144 to 15 ; Peruvian of 1865, 781 to 79A ; Portuguese, 374 to 381 ; Russian of 1866, 89 to 90 ; ditto Nicolai, 644 to 541 ; ditto Orel, 78 to 1 ; ditto Moscow- Jaroflaw, 771 to 78 ; ditto Charkof-Azof, 3 to 21 dis• ; ditto Charcow-Krementschug, 11 to 11 dis. ; Spanish of 1867, 32/ to I ; Turkish of 1858, 601 to 611 ; ditto of 1862, 62 to 1 ; ditto of 185, 381 to 391; In the railway market there has been a rise of 1 to 1 per cent. Metropolitan and Caledonian, and a reduction of 1 in Brighton. London and North Western, 111/ to 112 ; Great Western, 481 to 1; Midland, 1121 to i; London and South Western, 87 to 88 ; Great Eastern, 40/ to 1 ; Brighton, 48 to 1; South Eastern, 78/ to 79 ; Metropolitan, 1021 to 1 ; Great Northern, 1051 to 1061; ditto A, 1071 to 4 ; Caledonian, 744 to 75 and London, Chatham, and Dover, 13/ to 17. American 5-20 Bonds are now 74 to 1. Erie are 251 to 1, showing a decline of 1 per cent. ; Illinois Central, 961 to 97 ; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 40 to 1 ; and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds, 41/ to 421. In Bank Shares business has been very limited City, 11/ to 121; Imperial, 17/ to 181; London and County, 501 to / ; London and Westminster, 661 tot ; Union of London, 371 to 381 ; Anglo- Austrian, 81 to 91 pm; and Imperial Ottoman, 11 to 11 pm. In Miscellaneous securities National Discount is quoted 11/ to 12f ; General Credit, 2 to 1/ dis. ; International, 11 to 11 dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 131 to ; Telegraph Construction, 161 to 1; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 31 to / ; Anglo-American, 211 to 211. The Anglo-Austrian Bank have announced that they are prepared to pay on and after Ist January next coupon No. 6, due on that day, at the rate of 6s. 9d. per share (being 5 per cent. per annum on £6 for the first half-year and 5 per cent. per annum on £7 103. for the second half-year) free of income tax. The following is the supplementary report of the Bank of Australia, to be presented to the share holders on the 15th January :—" At the annual general meeting in June last a resolution was passed for holding half-yearly meetings of the pro prietors which now receives the attention of the court of directors. They have accordingly to re port that the business of the bank has been of a restricted nature, owing to the long continued de pression in trade and the want of confidence prevail ing in South Australia. It is gratifying, however, that the capital is so employed that the bank's resources will be immediately available when an improvement occurs, signs of which have recently been manifested. The court have given careful attention to the posi tion of the branch banks with a view of reducing their number, if desirable. In the meantime the local authorities have deemed it expedient to open a branch at Strathalbyn, where it is hoped an ac cession of customers may be obtained, in an agri cultural district shortly to be brought into improved communication with Adelaide. The colonial inspec tor, Mr. J. C. Dixon, has intimated his wish to re tire. his career in the service has been highly hon ourable and successful ; the date of his appointment was in 1839, and he has, for the last fourteen years, filled the most responsible offices of the establish ment On the ground of failing health and advancing years, the court have been most reluctantly com pelled to accept his reisgnation. After anxious deliberation the court have appointed as his suc cessor, Mr. Francis Grey Smith, who has for a lengthened period held a high position in one of the largest Anglo-Australian banks. The directors congratulate the shareholders on the appointment of a gentleman of great practical experience ac quired in the most important of the Australian colo nies. An increasing demand for capital will, it is hoped, soon prevail ; but a further decline having occurred in the value of all colonial properties, it has been deemed incumbent to instruct the officers at large to exercise increased care in advances, and maintain a rigid adherence to sound rules of bank ing, by which means the court hope successfully to conduct the year's operations." The traffic receipts of the railways in the United Kingdom for the week ending Dec. 19 amounted on 13,355 miles to £748,824, and for the corre sponding week of last year, on 13,039 miles, to £747,479, showing an increase of 316, miles, and of £1,345 in the receipts. The gross receipts in the 14 principal lines amounted in the aggregate, on 9,677 miles, to £632,591, and for the correspond ing week of last year, on 9,425 miles, and of £373 in the receipts. The traffic receipts on 52 other lines amounted, on 3,678 miles, to £116,233, and for the corresponding week. of last year, on 3,614 miles, to £114,515, showing an increase of 64 miles, and of £1,718 in the receipts. The total receipts of the week, as compared with the previous one ended the 12th December, exhibit an increase of £23,569. During last week the specie movements have been on a very restricted scale. The imports, which have amounted to about £322,590, have included £49,532 from New York, by the Deutschland, and £4,012 by the Holsatia. The George Thompson, from Australia, has brought £121,724 ; the Poonah. from Bombay, £9,742 ; and about £131,580 in silver has been received from the Continent. The exports have been confined to remittances to the Continent through private sources, and which are estimated to have been to the extent of about £l,OOO. Messrs. Crawford, Colvin, and Co., of 71, Old Broad-street, announce that they have received funds to provide for the payment of interest on the Bombay Municipal Bonds, due on the 31st instant, BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. I per Oent. Consols xcl _AU() for Account, 3 per Cent. Reduced 921, New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 Do. i per Com. o an. 1873 A.unuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 80 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct .--, p' De. £5OO Do. £llO & £2OO pm )a*k of England Stock, 4 per Cent Do. accsUiat Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds later-Colonial Oninnun INDIA.N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES India Stock, 10f per Cent., April 1874 Shut Do. Opening, for Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1810 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Do. Enfaced Papui 4 per 0 , -nt — Do. 5 per Cent., Jar. 117 T Do. 5} per Cent. May 1879 Di 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — De. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — M. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING 4.PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent 76 5i Do., Scrip £45 paid Aultrian Bonds 5 per cent .. Do. 1.59 Broofflan. 5 per Cent Do. 4i per Cent., 1852 Do. do. 1858.... Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 — The Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 7Bk 1 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cu' a, 6 per Cent. o..alian 6 per Cent — fio. 41 per Cent.... 7ll Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 6 per co.q. 1867 Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo übian, 6 per Cent. Dan , sh 3 pot - Cent. 1825 Dan•tbian Principalities, 7 per Cent 731 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ~ Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent kh. , ,y tamp, 7 per Cent — Do Second issue Jfto. £5.0. Ponds --. D0...£10t) Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account D. , . .500 Bonds Do. .£IOC Bonds English Scrip,:,l868 Do do. .£45 pd — dis Government Railway Debentures Greet 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — L)O. ACCCUIII DO. li0111'011:1- Do. Acciunt oiteooto• 6 per Cent Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. et., all pd It .la 6 a pci 1.)666 Do. Account . Do MAremmana Railway 7, per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 186 i per Cont. Auglo-French outovidomi ("; per Cent. •••• i oorish Imperial 5 per Cent Now Granalq. Do 3 per Con Do. ffefor..ed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruriau 5 per Cent. 1865 - . .9 8} Do Account .. Po teguese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7,'9,'61},'2,'; Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Rassian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4} per Cent. 1850 Da 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Mut., 1859 Do 5 por Cont., 1862 Do. Anglo -Dutab, 1864, £lOO Bonds. ; , 90 89} Do. dO. £B4 los. do ~ -- Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do' £34 155. do. — Do Nicolas Railway 65 Sarliutau a per Cent Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarreti) Du 4} per Cent.. 1862 -. — Do Account Spanish 3 per Con . Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. Now Deferred 3ll Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Coro. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Prk Turkish 6 per Cent.! DJ Account Do 6 por Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 62 Do Account Do £loe Bonds 641. Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 1 por Cent., Guaranteed ••• Venezuela 3 per Cent., Do. Accvant Dividends on the above payable in Loudob Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil „ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. — Do Account Italian 5 per Cont. 1851, Ee. z5l. Do. Account 56 CLOSING PRICES. Consuls, Money 92} z d Do. Account, Jan. 5 92± POLICE INTELLIGENCE-- This Day. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. FRACAS AT THE ALHAMBRA PALACE. --Mr. Thomas Wingfield, bootseller, of No. 31, Queen's road, Brighton, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting a young man named Samuel Cowling, in the employ of the Alhambra Palace as a cellarman. Mr. Sayer, from the office of Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the prosecution, and having opened the case, called Samuel Cowling, who said that on Saturday evening he had orders from Mr. Reeves, the supe rintendent of the Alambra, to go with another person named Basham and take possession of three seats in the stalls. Ile did so, and several gentlemen wanted the seats. Re told them that the seats they were sitting on and a vacant one between belonged to three friends, when a gentle man said they had no right to keep the seats, as there were no reserved seats. The defendant and a lady came and wanted the vacant seat, and he refused to let them have it, and the defendant also said there were no reserved seats, and the defendant then sat down a seat or two off with the lady on his knee, and afterwards got up, put the lady on his seat, and struck him in the eye, and he could hardly see out of it. Edward Basham, also in the employ of the Alhambra Palace Company, gave similar evidence. Mr. Joseph Goodman, a gentleman residing in Gower-street, proved seeing the defendant strike Cowling, and said that he considered the assault a very unpiovoked one, as the defendant was stand ing up and the complainant sitting down. The defendant said he went to the Alhambra with his niece and paid for two stall seats. He told the complainant that he did not think it fair that he should keep a seat vacant ; when he (complainant) abused him, told him that he would give him a good thrashing, and his conduct became so irritant that at last he struck him, and it was because the com plainant found that he was too good for him that he was given in charge. Mr. Richard Cornish, of the New Vere-road, gave evidence, bearing out the defendant's state ment, and said that the complainant used most abusive and insulting language to the defendant and himself, and the defendant struck the com plainant, but he (Mr. Cornish) refrained from doing so, though he as well as others had been much in convenienced and annoyed by him and his com panion. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a case he could soon dispose of by discharging the defendant. THAMES. BOXING DAY.—There were 45 prisoners this morning from the H and K Divisions, and among them 20 for drunkenness, to which was added in some cases disorderly, assault, and wilful damage, and knocking at the doors. Many were discharged by the magistrate, Mr. Benson, and slight fines inflicted in other cases on account of the fes tive season of the year. Mr. Benson at the same time wished to state it was not to be the established rule to inflict small penalties in case of drunkenness. Charles Newton and IN illiam Hoare, cab-drivers, were each 55., the magistrate observing that their cases were worse than many others. Nothing could be more dangerous than drunken cab-drivers in the public streets. James Roof, a young man, was charged with being drunk, disorderly, and committing wilful damage in the Ellenthorp Arms public-house, in E lieu thorp -street, Poplar. Mr. Griffin Castlitch, the landlord of the Ellen thorp Arms, said he had made inquiries relating to the prisoner's family, and found he was a very re spectable man, and that his mother was very ill. The prisoner had promised to come to an arrange ment and pay for the loss and damage he had occa sioned. Under these circumstances he should with draw the charge, and at the same time he had to re quest the magistrate to permit him to contribute 10s. to the poor-box fund. Mr. Benson—You are a very good-natured man, and the prisoner ought to very grateful to you, for I see he has done a large amount of damage. The prisoner may be discharged. Mr. Cartlitch handed 10s. to the chief usher, for which the magistrate thanked him. EXECUTION OF A WOMAN AT LINCOLN. (THIS DAY.) LINCOLN, Monday. The woman Priscilla Biggadyke, convicted at the Lincoln Assizes of the murdea of her husband, was Bxecutec this morning in the private manner prescribed by the law. She made no confession of her guilt, although exhorted to do so if she were guilty. TH SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1868 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 10 Agra Limited, A all 12 121 121 Do B 50 Albion lO 6 6 3i 15 6 4 d 100 Alliance. Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 17 13 171 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1366, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. i . . • • 26 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 33 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 2$ $7 39 38 10 Bank of Now Zealand all 17 19 SO British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra _ _ lia, .nd China all 20 21 21 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China 20 City lO 11 12 100 Colonial 23 40 4t 10 Consolidated, lint. -16 f 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, lint 5 11 01 20 English and American, Jim 10 ... ••• 20 English Bank of ltio de Ja neiro. lim lO ld pr 20 English, : cottish, and Ails tralian Chartered ". - ..51 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ••• 281 Do new 5l i 100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 13 20 Imperial Ottoman lO i 1 111 .6 lonian all ti 29 25 Do new a pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India , lint 4 31 3 1 100 Do 5 p. c. Debs.lB64, 10 all 76 78 12 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 46 3 t 52 20 Do new 71 6/ 61 100 London &RiTer Plato, lim. 40 7 9 25 Do new 10 14 l 20 London Chart. of Australia all 12/ 234 00 London and County 2O 10 11 20 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... • 50 London Joint Stock 1 35 16 20 London and South African al 1 ) 12 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ... ••• 50 London & Venezuela, Rm.,. 12/ ... .- 100 London and Westminster 2O 65i 66 1 100 Do Scrip, 16S at 10 pm 2O 624 6 4 100 Merchant, lint 25 7 1 10 Metropolitan, lim all 61 7 1 100 Midland, lint.... 2O Icl pr 6 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, Jim. IS ... ... 100 National Provinc. of Ened 42 ... ... 10 Do t 0 National.. BO 64 66 20 New South Wales all 42 44 20 North-Western 74 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 424 434 424 3 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., ling. 10 6 1/ 100 Provincial .of Ireland 25 91 08 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 14 12 100 Do jawed at 6 pm. 10- ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 48 49 100 Union of Ireland, lim 30 Union of London RITUALISM AT BRIGHTON. On Christmas .tve a midnight celebration was held at St. James's, Brighton" The church was partly filled by a respectable auditory ; the building itself profusely deco rated with laurels, holly, and flowers ; many large crosses being formed by the same. The altar was decorated with flowers, and on a aide table was the usual light burning, but on this occasion surmounted by a carved figure of the Infant Saviour. The usual display of embroidered dresses, &Q., was exhibited by the officiating priests and choristers. The proceedings commenced with the imposing procession, during which and throughout the entire service incense was freely scattered about. In fact, notwithstanding the reoent decision of the Privy Council, lights, incense, bowings, &c., were upon the usual excessive scale. Many slightly suppressed sounds of discontent were heard throughout the service, both within and without the building ; but at the commencement of the offertory sen tences a gentleman who could nu longer sit with indiffe rence as a spectator of such mummeries at last cried out, "It is perfect bosh; I say perfect rubbish." Immediately some of the vergers, with their oaken staves, rushed to the pew in which he was sitting ; the priests looked aghast, and the choristers and the congregation seemed terror-stricken. The gentleman proceeded to say, when efforts were made to expel him, " I expected this; I am not afraid to repeat my words : it is all perfect rubbish ; leave me alone, I will go away without help." The vergers again attempted to take hold of him, when he again said, "It is perfect rubbish ; I came here to worship God accor,lipg to the tenets of the Church of England, not of the Church of Rome ! This is all mockery and rubbish, Mr. Purchas." The last words he uttered while crossing the church and nearing the altar. On reaching the first (inner) doors of the building, two or three over-earnest vergers rather roughly pushed him into the outer lobby and thence into the street. The service was then resumed, though the voice of the offi ciator was very tremulous, and side-long glances were taken by those in the choir at every murmuring sound from without. Many persons immediately left the build ing ; some ten or a dozen only remaining to partake of the Holy Communion, in the celebration of which exces sive bowings, lightings, and incensings were most freely indulged in. The congregation separated about one o'clock ; but, owing to a detachment of police that were stationed without, the crowd offered no personal violence to them as they dispersed.—Brighton Herald, SHARE LIST. ORDINARY sitAtillS AND STOCKS. 'hare Railways. Closing Business Paid. Price. done. t Bristol and Exeter...... 104 75 77 st Caledonian ... 100 77.1 751 741 14 1 st Cambrian 23 Cornwall all 31 31 Lt Dublin & Beßast Junc l OO 77 79 st Dun„Perth, at Ab.Junc lOO 70 72 2) East London.... z 0 uo 15 - - 21 Do 10 - - it Glasgow AS. Western lOO 90 01 at Great Eastern .. , OU 40 4ul 401 44 1 it Do. E. Augl. No. 2 lou 7 st Great Nortliol Scotland lOO 15 6 st Great Northern .. 100 1(6 107 st Do. A stock lOO 107 ItB B stuck lOO 124 1.:41 at litS, and W. or. Ireland lOO IAI 97 s Ct. Western -Original llO Si 481 484 et Do. South Willeb s Do. W. slid.-Oitorc lOO 25 e 8 it, Do. Newport lOO 28 11 st Lancashire. Jou '274 .2,4 st Lon., Brigh.ot S.Cuaat lOO 48 414 414 8 10. , Do Scrip .... - - it 1 o)t., ghat., and Dov,l t Do. Metrop. rx. A loo - - a Lou. Jz. ~North Weston lOO 1111 1 2 1111 . t Lou. a South Wester; toe t 7 tt.4 at Mau., Shot., Lincoln to,. i 74 4$ it Metropolitan st Do Extensi la 100 r.B 1- 0 58 10 LP, ,Vl, rd 10 10 1 st ,ropotitan District. all - 10 Metrop. at. 11 00 1 6 - - at 111.d.aad st uo, Biriniu. Durb;i st N tu British st Uo. Ed., I'lll., & D0i,... It 9 - - st N or. :.:astern--Ber IUU 4,, , 4 100 20 Do. ‘4. .14; pureilasc..ls.l3,l - - st Du Leo is . llO I 4 15 st Do York st Do Carlisle st Do Stoc St Darling lto la 129 at North Lou lon .. Nu 122 121 10 Do .New 1868 . 2 14 2 p st North Staffordshire . . 100 55 47 6fl st North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... - • st Rhymney st Shropshire Union 1 0 46 43 st South Devon at South Eastern lOO 79 7 20 Staines, Wok'ham, A Wok all 12 13 st S ale 10 Do. C st Waterlord~A Kilkendy lOU - - W Waterloo A Whitelia.l.. 6 - - RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCK*. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cont. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lBO ... at Do. Scot. N.E., 4) per cont l9O at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 80 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at l Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 101 107 st Do. let Class preference lOO st Ulas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 98 101 st Do do N 0.2 100 97 100 081 9 at Do do 6 per cent 100 108 108 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 160 103 at Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 st Do Norfolk it p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... at Do do p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 st Great Northern, S per cent 10 st Do S p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 109 st Do 4 1 do do do 100 at Do i do at sp.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Hali Tax, 6 per cent lOO stj Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 at G t.West.— Orig.& Jut.-Rent chg., per gua. i p.c lOO 102 104 at Do. ()rig. (B. &U. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 at Do do 4 1 per cent. 1850 lOO $0 $8 at Do do 4 do do at Do do 6 per cent. redem lOO 93 95 at Do do Birmingham gua lOO 68 72 st Do do do pref lOO ... st Do do Chester gua los "• ••• at Do do do s per cent. WU 160 16$ it Du do do 5 do 100 ti 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 4¢ p.c lOO at Do do 4 i 1859 lOO at Do do 6 at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 100 107 109 it Do do 2d gua. 100 306 103 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 89 02 at Do do 2d do lOU 190 103 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Do Barnsley, X 5 3a lud p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 I3i at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 93 192 st Loudon & Brighton, ip. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 at Do 6 do do lOO st Do b do Na. 4. 100 at Do 7 per cent 1..0 at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P ) 100 at Do 4 do 1850 lOO at Loudon, Chatham, & Doter per cent lOO st London and C. and Nuneaton S per cent lOO 108 110 at Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO 8 91 et Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 at London and 0.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 141 146 25.6 d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 256 d) all ... at Mau., Sher., & Eincln. 6 p.c. 100 111" 117 6 Do .#l6 all par 1 pi* st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 4 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. 100 130 133 st Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 1 0 133 at Do 44 per cent. redeem l3O 97 sd at, Do 44 percent. irredeem lOO 97 92 st Do Leicester .11: elm, 4 p.c. 100 89 91 at North British, I p.c. No. 1 1.(10 at Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOO at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 4 per cen.t lOO ••• at Do Border Union, 5 , p.c lOO st N.-Eastern—cons. 4 2 p.c lOO 86 . ti; at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 93 97 at Do 4 por cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 11.4. ... 25 Do York, li. &S. purchase IU 10 104 at Do Stektn & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 108 11U at Do W, Hartlepool 11. and It lOO 87 89 20 North Staffordshire 108 O. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 104 10, Do Tavietock Auns., 10g all 9 10 10e Do Fixed 41 per cent all 3 9 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 per cent lOO ... at Do Fixed 41 per cent IOU at Tall Vale No. 1 lOO 145 140 st - Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Ceu. win. 7p c lOO ... at Do 41 p irred oem all ... at Do 4p e eon. issued at SU 65 ... at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 87 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 80 sO at Do do i du, 1564 lOO 84 85 st Groat Northern, 6p e irred lOO ... at Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO at Do Boston & Sleatd, 41 pc 100 ... at Great West., W. 311(11., Ip e 100 86 50 at Do Joint perpe. 5p c, 1865 100 88 50 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 105 24 Do Vale N eath perp. ap s all 151 '2Ol at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO I Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 I 1 at Loud., Brig., cte., 4/ pc, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do I do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 i do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 6 do at Loud . Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c 100 at London & Western, 5p e 100 103 110 at London &S. Western, 41 p a 100 54 .96 10 Man. chef. &Lin., 6 pc, 1865 all 11 84 at Metropolitan a per cent lOO et Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 103 at Do B 5 do 100 106 108 lb Do ip a opt. to cony. to Ord. Itk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lip lb Do incony. New Shares 16 / '22 Do Ip s con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 B4 1 14 91 at North Britian, E. and G,I No. 1, i per cent.— at Do I:lo•guara,uteed, 1861 160 et Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4 pit 100 at Do E. & , No. 2, p.• at Do N. 8.. 6 per cent, 1882 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.• at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p • 100 66 67 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 1.6 97 at Do Stock. & Dart., D at North London, 41, per coat (Max. 4 per cent) at North Staffordshire ip c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Crow 1863 100 "' at Do 6 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico , 41 p• 100 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, at Birkenhead lOO aZ 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead....,, 100 64 ad at Do. 14 per cent. at Do. 6 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stour Valley .., 100 • at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c..., 100 18 . 3 135 . 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all is Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., i p.c 100 „ s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6; '7.2 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West ,W. Mid , Hera. 100 9.5 97 60 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21 213 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 96 at Do. 41 per cent lOO „.„ .. „ at London, Gnat., &c., 41 pc. 100 at Do. Com. Fund, 6 do. 100 st London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference , 100 at London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 e 2 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 at Do. do. 6 do. 14 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all 6 11 at 111 idland, Bradford, Pref lOO 02 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 19 Nortkeruk. East., b per cent all ba 68 40 Do. do. 6 do. all ..... st N. Eastern—Hartlepool lOO ••• ..•... ... lit N.West.A perp. prof, ip. c 100 18e 110 st Do B minimum 11 p.c 100 ... ... st Notting. &Grauttr. IL& C 100 82 94 25 Preston cud tt yre. all 44 46 ... Royston, flitch. and Shep. NO 133 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 In 10 Do du 8 21 2 p st S. Yorhsh. aid River Dun 100 96 IUO st Do 4 per cent gua 10 , 72 61 st Do 6 do all 97 $9 st Tint. Station and Pimlico:— 106 175 ISO st West Cornwall 20 West Loation, Class A all 13 14 26 Do do B all . . 20 Do du C all . 6i " 7t st Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et East and West India lOO 117 119 st Loudon and St. Katherine lOO 53 65 100 D oDob. stock, 4 psr cent al,, ••• Minivan Freehold Land s ••• St Dock lOO 31 3a st Southampton lOO Ti 7j fit Surrey ccalurAorcial ,It 410 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all ,211 211 211 10 Auglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 1 oip 101 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 19 151 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 26 28 et Do. S per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 ba 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 11 14 10 Do. New 0 t 61 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint. 5 Bombay Gas, lim 5 Do. New 4 11 01 5i British American Land 44 1G IS st B. and'. Itia.metic Tel., lira lO9 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Ingest ment, lim ll 21 11c1 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 6 41 if 26 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 tld 30 City of Milan ImproY. lim all s 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 2 2 50 City Offices, lim 26 21 ) 2314 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercia; Union (Assur) 3 I 1p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 1 -16 20 Continental Union Gas, lint. all 17 13 26 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 par cent, all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 4f par cent. all 104 1061 100 Do. 1882, 4f per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 14 2/e 21 f 60 Credit Fon.of Mauritiuslim lO i 2 d at Crystal Palace lOO 1J 213 1191 at Do. Preference lOO 90 101 st Do. 6p. c Pexpetual Deb lO9 106 110 20 Darjeeling, lira I 0 Eastern Assam, lint. 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, Um. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gus. by Egypt. GoT all 68 89 88} 20 Egyptian Com. it Traci. lint 6 41 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 237 242 10 Do. New Bl 10 12p S Eng. it Austral. Copper, lim 21 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 4 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. arms, Um 8 „ 10 Fairbairn Engineering 8 11 lid 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr ip 100 Fur. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 831 644 331 50 Gellivara, lira. 2O 10 General Credit & Die., lim. 71 2 11 15 General Steam Navigation 14 25 29 50 Iloms & Col Marine lu. inn 5 4/ 8/d 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Iludsou's Bay all 131 13/ 131 1 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lira. 25 Indo-European Tel., lim. 10 ... 20 Interns,. Financial Soc. lint. 5 11 11 20 Intorna. Laud Credit, lira 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land 5 11 Id 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 4 100 Do. 6 p. red eem 1870, issued 90 all 63 f 5 50 Land Securities, lim 5 a; 21d 25 London African Trading lO 7 6, 1 25 Lon. & Caled, llarine, lint 6 ...d 10 London County Land and Building, 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all 3; 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 1 IP 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lim 10 23 221 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Coaiin. all 1/ 2 2 50 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lint 2.5 22 17d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 Id pr st Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gua. p. c. by India GOT, 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lint. all 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping' lint,.,, all 33 38 50 Millwall Iron Works, lira. 121 ... 10 Natal Laud and Colonisa tion Co., lion. 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 12 12/ 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 3 d 10 National Steam Ship, lin t . all 81 0 1 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 3 2 d 10 New Consolidated Dis. hut 3 11 ld I ew Quebrada, line 44 0 4 4 Si 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer cautile Agency,lint 24 IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lira 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 7 8 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lint lOO 4G 61 50 North Brit. & Mensal.. In 64 181 191 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 1.5 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll ... .d 5 Oriental Gas, li nt all 74 74 5 Do. Now 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, 1ira......... 2 Id 5 Ottoman Gas, li m 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lira all 2 21 6 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Mined, lim 100 30 32 50 Peniusu. & Oriental Steam all 49 SI 50 50 Do. New 1867 25 Reuter's Telegram 24 30 25p 50 Ithymuey Iron 18 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lint all 17 1 18 1 20 Do. Gas, lira all 23 24 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 45 47 431 at Scottish Aust. Invest., hat lOO 107 112 at Do. i p. c. Guar. Pref lOl • 20 Societo Fin. d'Egypte. lim lO 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.ds l'Empir• Ot 3 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lira. 6 ... '25 South Australian La u d all 35 36 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all I 14 20 Telegraph Con. & 16 161 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), him „ 2 2/ 21 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lire 5/ ... ... 10 Trust & Agency of A.us.,liin 1 1 1p 10 Do do. s do. all ... ... 20 Trust & Loau Co., U. Canada 6 id p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 4 44p 20 Union Steam Ship, lini all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lira 6 11 to SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., Um all 41 , - 61 5 :,, 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 21 8113 20 Universal Marine(ln.), Urn 4 1 lip 10 Upper Assam Tea, lira all 2 4 30 Van Dieman's Land 261 7 3 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 75f 761 751 et 6 30 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 104 50 West India and Pacille Steam, lira 20 West London Wharves aad Warehouses tAJLvA IItL UV V baCN am NT sxuunrrims British Columbia, 6 per ---- 0ent.,1872 100 _ - Do. 1895.. lOO _ Can.Gov.6 p.c.Jan.•ez July ._ _ 1877-84 Do. 6 p.O. Feb. & Aug.. •• 100 105 1(7 Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 104:106 IC4I Do. sp. 0. Jan. & July lOO 93 91 85 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk lOO 90 92 cap e (i„110pe,13p. 0 . 1873 .• 108 102 101 Do.Apl.&Oot 1890-1900 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Oa) ion, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... ••• 100 106 i os Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. 86 Aug lOO 106 1)8 Melbourne Corporatn., 1807-75, 6 per cent lOO N.8.G0v.6 p.e.Ja.&July Natal 6 p et, Apl& Oct lOO _ 1074 Do 6p c. May & Nov lOO 10.3 108 N. S. W. 5 p.c., '7l to '75 lOO 99 101 Do. 6 p.c. 1888 to 1890 lOO 99 100 1004 • Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 to '75 lOO 99 101 V.Zealand, 6p. et. 1831 lOO • Do. 5 per cent.... - DoJan, Aprl, July, 0 t lOO 979 984 Do 6p e. Mar & aept '9l lOO 108 110 Do Juve & Deo , 1-91 100 109 1.1 IDo Prof., 1 Aheild. 1(0 t.(riei 1 &.2, Nova Scotia 6p. c.Jan and July, 1875 Do lat 6.. Queenslnd. Op. e. 'B2 5 100 1(8 109 1071 Do 1891 .... S. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 lOO _ Do 1878.02 lOO 108 110 Do 1893 1998 Tasmanian •p c, 1895 lOO 106 207 Do rd. 1893 to 189/ Victoria 6p.0. Jc&July lOO Do. 1801 lOO 112 113 __ Do. do, Aprll4oo lOO 108 110 10911 THE IRISH CHURCH DIFFICULTY. There is a noteame article in the Daily News on the Irish Church difficulty. Our contemporary remarks on the speculation which is afloat as to the ultimate destina tion of that part of the revenues now belonging to the Established Church in Ireland which it will seem just and wise to leave with its present owners. The difficulties foreseen by some writers on this subject will, the Daily News believes, be found to disappear whenever the Irish Episcopalians are fully persuaded that Parliament means disestablishment. But there are questions of moment notwithstanding. There is the great question whether the trusts are to be defined by Parliament without reference to the Churchmen of Ireland, or by the Churchmen of Ireland themselves. It is often urged that the latter scheme would be found quite impracticable. Why it should be so we must confess ourselves unable to see. If these 700,000 Episcopalians had no customary organisa tion whatever, there might be a good deal of pre liminary awkwardness. But inasmuch as they are distributed into dioceses and parishes, there is at least a nucleus which may easily be developed into something that will meet the case. Parliament could hardly go far wrung, for example, if it declared that it would regard a convention composed of clergy and laity as a fair representative of the Church of Ireland. If it is objected that it would have to define what is meant by such a convention, even this task does not transcend legislative ability. The principle of three Houses---one of bishops, one of clerical deputies, and one of lay deputies —has become familiar from American and colonial examples ; and if it were further declared that nothing should be included in the trust which had not received the sanction of all three Houses, we cannot see that any one of the 700,000 would have any reasonable cause of complaint. The other alternative is, that Parlia ment itself should define the trusts ; and if it is to under take this duty at all, it may be at once admitted that it can only do so by a reference to the Established Church in England. In this case the temporal courts, before whom all questions connected with property must neces sarily come in the last resort, would only have to inquire what is the law of the Church of England on this point. Upon this system, if an Irish bishop punished a clergyman for teaching heresy, or for practising some ritual peculiarity, the sufferer would apply to the Irish Court of Chancery for an injunction against his ecclesiastical superior, and the latter would have to prove that the particular doctrine or practice had been forbidden by the English Ecclesiastical Courts. Suppose that an Irish bishop deprives one of his clergy for teaching the sacrifice of the mass. The clergyman applies to the Court of Chancery to stay the proceedings. He alleges that a large number of clergymen in England are teaching the same doctrine, and that no proceedings have been taken against them. Is the Court of Chancery to tell the bishop to wait until a similar case has arisen and been decided in England, or is it to constitute itself an Ecclesiastical Court for the occasion, and proceed to decide the question on the merits? If the members of the Irish Church like such a settlement as this, there would be no objection to their having their wish in the matter. All that need be stipulated for them is, that the scheme shall not be imposed on them without their own consent. But on the assumption that it is their wish to have the restraints of an Establish ment without its privileges, Parliament can probably devise some means of gratifying it. All that we care for is that the gold shall be washed off the fetters. I f when that is, accomplished and the iron 's seen in ti ve ugliness, the Irish Church still bugs its c'lai , s' her Irishmen nor Englishmen will wish to say it nay. , ier it will shew this &ngular preference is a matter • the event can determine. The Sultan does not seem to be a . man who entertains sanguine views of life, or of things in general. He is sad even when he dances, or at any rate when he composes music, or as he sometimes does, for others to dance to. A Milan publisher, we are informed, has for sale " a waltz of Sultan Abdul-Aziz," entitled " Melan choly." CHANGES IN THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS. - During the brief time that has elapsed since the general election many alterations have taken place in the House of Commons. In consequence of the resignation of Ministers, thirteen elections have taken place, and others are shortly expected to occur. As many as sixty seats are imperilled by the election petitions that are pending, and the House will scarcely have settled down until the mouth of May or June, by which time a number of new elections will have taken place. A THOUGHTFUL BOY.—A certain Sunday-schoo 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; " I didn't s'pose the little heathens would know the difference, so I thought it would be just as good for them." A QUALIFIED SCHOOLMASTER.—A. schoolmaster ..aving been advertised for for the Somerset county prison at Taunton, the governor has received the following appli cation :—" Sir, I have taken the pleasure of tighten to you Sir for the Situation as I sean on the paper i chold be very happey to embrase the Situation if think fit Sir i can have a good caricter frome of any of the geanteary of the Neberhood for the Last 20 years not a spot in my caricter. Sir i never tried for any offis be fore but bean 3.llways to hard to work i am a married man and my age is 36 years. Sir I be Long to a respectfell familey my father is leaving in Winsham parish a carpinter Somerset i am your abbea• dent servant. W. B. With my own hand." THE QEEEN AND MR. BRIGHT.—Rumour says that there was something more than approbation of his being invited to join the Cabinet, and that the Queen took occasion to say a few words of gratitude to him for the kind expressions he had used in her defence when she was accused of indulging in an excess of sorrow. Whether the rumour is true or not we do not pretend to know, but it is exceedingly probable that among her new Ministers the Queen—who naturally regards minute differences of social rank with the equal eyes of royalty—might have felt a marked degree of friendliness for a man whose pride in England as opposed to pride in the English upper classes, whose deep sense of family affection, whose tender memory of family sorrows, and whose passionate love for the poor are not without echoes in her own bosom.—Saturday Review. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. --A 11 important deei ion was rendered in the Sup e :e Court at Richmond, Va., by Judge Underwood, on SAFI. day. A woman named Sally Anderson was brought before the court on a habeas corpus, she having received the death sentence for the crime of arson. It was contended in her behalf that one of the magistrates before whom she was tried was disqualified from holding office by the 14th amendment to t'ie Constitution, he having been in the rebel service, and that consequently the court which sentenced her was Regally constituted. The judge sustained the plea and released the prisoner. One hundred and fifty-nine con victs, now in prison, and who were tried by courts simi larly constituted, will doubtless take Advantage of thifi atsC . doArnA r eW PriZimo. Dec. 14. IMPORTANT CASE OF RITUALISM. The Carlisle Consistory Court has ()gen engagsti fox seven hours on one day on the legality of crosses, coloured screens, and similar decorations in the chancels of churches. The suit was brought by the churchwarden of Barrow-in- Furness against the incumbent, and it was complained that ho had made many innovations on the established forms and usages in an unwarrantable manner. The congrega tion was so dissatisfied with the changes that it dwindled down most rapidly. The case for the defendant was heard, and it was stated that nothing had been done of an illegal character, and that the great St. Barnabas case had con , tained a decision which authorised some of the proceedings objected to by the complainant, and that the falling off of the congregation had no'. been nearly so great as it was re ported to have been. Chancellor Butler announced that be would take time to consider his decision, as the caso wus one of considerable importance. THE DAMAGE TO WICK HARBOTIR. - Details aro now to hand of the damage done by the storm to the harbour of Wick, which we have already net, d. It appears that the amount of injuries inflicted upon the new harbour works has been most considerable, but the exact particulars are not yet ascc r:ained. These cannot be kncwr until the weather becomes more moderate, and the portion under water can be examined. Tho appearhnce of the place the morning after the severe gale had set in was most de plorable, and those who had Loped that the building itself might have stood were greatly disappointed Nothing was left of the staging which ran out beyond the finished part of the breakwater, and more than 200 feet of the breakwater itself had gone down to the level of low-water mark. It is considered that a whole year's work was lost in the storm of one night, and the mis fortune is enhanced by the knowledge that many have been thrown out of employment. Altogether, this sad affair has been the greatest calamity that has occurred in Wick, although the place is noted for the severe storms that visit it, sad which bring in their train many attending casual tics. THE GUNPOIVDER EXPLOSION AT FAVERSIIAM An inquest has been opened at the Oare Works, near Faversham, on view of the body of William Wood, who died from the injuries he received at the explosion on Wednesday. Mr. Delasaux, the coroner, said that the inquest could only be opened ; and Mr. Tassel', solicitor to Messrs. Hall, the proprietors, said that is order to shew how impossible it was for them to prevent accident, he might say that they, having fresh in their memory the sad explosion twelve months since, had determined upon stopping their works during the week, and really, to prevent the men being idle, they ordered the machinery to be overhauled. It was in this overhauling that the explosion occurred. In the present case the origin of the accident could easily be accounted for, as several of the men who were present at the time were still alive, though suffering from their wounds. The evidence of the foreman was taken, and the jury examined the press-house, where the explosion occurred. The machinery was scarcely injured, as there was but a small quantity of powder in the crevices of the house. The explosion evidently occurred when an iron bolt was being sent home by a copper driver and sledge hammer. The bolt was of iron, to stand the pressure, amounting to two tons to the inch. After this inspection the inquest was adjourned in order to take the evidence of Thomas Gutteridge, one of the mill wrights, who seems able to give the best account of the matter. The house had been standing for thirty-three years, and had never been the scene of an accident, although in frequent use. Another death occured on Sunday in consequence of the explosion. The deceased, Daniel Anderson, was one of the men engaged in the manufacture of gunpowder, and his clothes were powdery. There were six " powder " men in the house, of whom two have died, and it is feared that some of the other " powder " men cannot recover. The millwrights, of whom there were three in the house, are not so much %hired. A MODERN OPHIR. A tale of marvel current in the boyhood of men now grown old, related the value of a dust-heap, situate some where at Battle Bridge, which turned out a very band some dowry for the daughter of its owner, besides that, when cleared away, it left vacant a space of ground that, soon covered with houses, produced a considerable rental. One of the most thriving towns in the colony of Victoria is Ballarat, which also may be said to stand upon a heap of dust and fragments—but a mountain of gold must have furnished the material. A plan of the Ballarat gold fields before us shews the position of the shafts and claims of the various mining companies now at work within the boundaries of the towns—for Ballarat contains three separate municipalities—and also the spots, whose now exhausted wealth poured riches into the pockets of their finders. Gold to the value of forty millions sterling has been extracted from the ground now intersected by the streets and houses of Ballarat. From one narrow belt of land, about the third of a mile in length, three-quarters of a million sterling was brought to the surface. Twenty two companies, still working, have returned £2,225,000 in dividends on a called-up capital of £890,000, to say nothing of the property the shareholders have vested in the plant, and the value of his stock to any one of them wishing to sell. As might be expected, fortune has not favoured all alike. One of the oldest of these companies, which has been in occupation of its ground since 1858, has paid £44,000 in dividends on a called-up capital of £73,000, while the United Sir William Don, that has been in occupation since the more recent date of Feb. 1865, has distributed2l3l,ooo in dividends on a called-up capital of only £2,000. The United Extended Band of Hope has divided £446,000 on a called-up capital of £64,000. In March last this company amalgamated with the Albion, and success still attends their operations, for the calls have been nil, and the dividends £39,000. There seems no reason to conceive that these golden days are to be altogether things of the past. The explorations of the companies have effectually shewn the track the gold takes—the course, that is, of the bed of that now dried-up river which, in ages past, bore the glit tering particles in its waters. This bed has yet to be followed many miles to the westward of Ballarat, and we understand that Englishmen at home will, early in the new year, be afforded an opportunity of taking part in operations already commenced for probing these "yellow sands," on a freehold to which the streets of Ballarat already run up, and which only waits for its gold to be extracted, in order that it may be handed over to the architect and mason. Hitherto the Australians have reaped the rich reward of such experiments themselves ; but, with more certain prospects, a much larger outlay of capital is justifiable and imperative, and hence the neces sity and the occasion for British capitalists to step in. "First-class New York residences" now contain q billiard-room, a chapel, and a theatre or concert saloon. INFLUENCE OF EXCITEMENT.-1 suppose excite ment is a mood which stamps events clearly-marked and .sell-defined upon our minds. I think for the most part our lives are more wonderful, sadder, and brighter, more beautiful and picturesque, than we have eyes to see or ears to understand, except at certain moments when a crisis comes to stir slow hearts, to brighten dim eyes to sight, and dull ears to the sounds that vibrate all abo4- So it is with happy people, and lookers-on at the histoty others : for those who are in pain a merciful shadow falls at first, hiding, and covering, and tempering the cruel pangs of fear and passionate regret.—" Cornhill Magazine." SEVERE GALE IN THE METROPOLIS.—During the last few days a great deal of damage has been done in die metropolis and the suburbs by the unusually high winds which have prevailed. House property has suffered much injury, while in the parks and other open spaces trees have been uprooted. The fall of a large tree in Birdcage Walk, St. James's Park, severely injured a man who was looking on. On the river the gale occasioned several disasters, a collision between a sailing barge and a brig coming up the river proving fatal to two men. Off Greenwich a large steamer swamped a boat in which was a man and a boy. The man with great difficulty succeeded in saving both their lives. Along the railway lines the telegraph wires and posts have been a good deal damaged, though the communication has not been stopped. A NOVEL HARLEQUIN.—EIIiston, the theatrical manager, could humbug an audience better than any other manager of his day. He once took a celebrated pantomime down to Portsmouth—cmnpany, scenery, dresses, and all ; but lo ! when the company were dressing for the evening it was found that the harlequin's dress was left behind. Elliston was equal to the emergency. He went before the curtain and addressed the audience in this wise Ladies an 1 gentlemen, I have brought to this city—this celebrated naval depot of his most sacred majesty—my celebrated pantomime of 'Jack and the Bean Stalk.' I wish to do honour to this maritime city, celebrated for its naval depot, its vast congregation of sailors, and ships of war. The costume of harlequin consists of a dress of many colours—a parti-colour dress. Now, we know of but one party in this country, and that is the party of our Sailor King." His Majesty was a sailor. " This is a great naval depot. Most of its inhabitants get their living by the sea, and therefore I have resolved that my harlequin, instead of wearing his usual dress, shall appear in sailor's costume." The address was received with cheers, and thus Elliston got over the absence of the harlequin's cOititinti THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, 7 o'Cu)cic. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FIN CHLEY RACES—Tms DAT. METROPOLITAN PLATE. Wedding Peal Pine Apple Conius MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE. Birdie 1 Brown Beter 2 Order 3 Four ran. SELLING HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Atalanta Leotard Wale Seve❑ ran. FLNCHLEY OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Ace of Trumps Flalcatcher Nimrol 'l' .11y 110 .... 4 TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 28. The circular of the Turkish evernment to its; representatives abroad on the subject of the invito tion to the Conference says that the Sublime : 11(W does not admit the necessity of the proposed Con ference, but it is nevertheless willing to agree to it, provided that the five points of the Turkith Ulti matum form the basis of the discussion and the Cretan question is not brought corward. AMERICA. NEW YoRK,Dee. 28. Advices received from Hayannah state it is re ported that the garrison of Santiago, 2,000 strong, was besieged by the insurgents, and that Lucretia Point Lighthouse had been destroyed - by the insur. gents' force. THE GALES. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 28. A heavy W.S.W. gale Las been raging here during the night and this morning, and appears to be increasing. The Greenock barque Cabot, Cap tain Ritchie, from the Baltic, with deals, for Bristol, was lying iu the Sound with both anchors down. She parted one anchor last night and the other this morning, and while drifting to leeward fouled and carried with her the brig Flying Cloud, Captain Evans, of Bideford, from Pernambuco, with sugar for orders. Both vessels went on the Batten Reef, and are expected to prove total wrecks. Assistance was promptly rendered, and every endeavour was made to get. them off with the rising tide, but the sea was running too high. The wife and child of the captain of the Cabot were brought ashore by the gig of the barque's agents, Messrs. Fox, Son, and Co. The crews of both vessels were also rescued. The lifeboat was early in attendance. rønrt\izt- - I v • Ctritthr. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Dec. 27. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Leopold, walked and drove in the grounds yesterday after afternoon. The Queen, the Crown Prince and Princess of Prusssia (the Princess Royal), Prince Leopold, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, attended Divine service at Osborne this morning, MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE One hundred non-commissioned officers and men of the 109th (Bombay Infantry) Regiment left Chatham Garrison by special train on Saturday for Portsmouth, there to embark for India, to join the service companies of their companies of their regi ment in the Bengal Presidency. The officers em barking with the troops were Lieut. J. H. Camp bell, Lieut. A. Noyes, and Ensign F. F. R. Burgess. The officers and troops were inspected previously to their leaving Chatham by Major• Gen. F. Murray. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 18th inst. reports the presentation, by Lady Airey, of new colourF, on the previous afternoon, on Alameda, to the 28th Regiment. After the usual preliminaries of bidding farewell to the old tattered colours of the regiment by trooping them for the last time had been per formed, Lady Airey handed the new colours to the regiment, after making a long address on its ser vices since 1694, when it was raised. Lieut.-Col. Daniel returned thanks for the regiment. The Cossack, 20, 1,296 tons, 250-horse power (nominal), fitting for service in the East Indies, is nearly complete in her equipment, and will shortly be ready to take her departure from the Nore. Her Royal Marine Artillery and detachment of Royal Marine Light Infantry have joined from the Chat ham division. The court-martial ordered to assemble on board her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, for the trial of Captain Wilnishurst, R.N., has been post poned from to-day until the 4th of January. The following appointments have been made IA the Admiralty : — Navigating-Lieutenant James B. Hainee, ia command, to the Vindictive ; Henry Cooper, paymaster, to the Fisgard; and Alfred Smith, assistant paymaster, to the Fisgard, assuper numerary. MARKE7 S-2 Ills DAY. MARK LANE. To-day's market was quite of a holiday character. The altendance of buyers was vary limited, and the amount of business transacted was very small. The fresh supply of Eaglhh wheat on the stands was very limited, but millers showed no disposition to operate, and, consequently, sales progressed slowly, at the rates of Monday last. In foreign wheat the transactions were few. Prices were without importaat change. The supply on offer was mo derate. _ METROPODITAN CATTLE. Wo have a fair supply of beasts for the day as to num bers, but the average quality is very middling. Choice qualities are consequently in demand at high prices. TALLOW. T h o i orket is steady. Town tallow, 47i 6d; December 48s 6d; j unur „ - . 7 ; 495; and March, 49s 6d, Foreign Mail Facket List. MAILS DIJE.I Australia and New Zealand, via 2 . Ditto, via Y Nrstilles Deo 28 Ditto, via Pal. %ma Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and licattelfl49. jaw Ditto, by French packet. ....... Pair. 22. Cape Verde, by Brazil paoutt .... 4; Cape of Good Huipe. Asoension, and St. Helena Deo. 28. China, Penang, and Singapore, via southanyton.:Jan. 2. Dec 26 ' Gibraltar, via Southampton .........• • —Dee. 26. Indla,via Southampton ...... ••••••••••••--- ..• . Jan. 5. vitt% via Marsei Les ............ lialta, Egypt, Sze. Dec. 26. Ditto, Marseilles Dee. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal. via Botithamiton Ditto. Marseilles Dom, 13. ~ Newfoundland t'ortugal ..• - . ..... ...Jan. 4. United states, Canada, California, &a., by British packet , Deo 19. Ditto, by Canadian packet .... Deo 25 Ditto, by l Lite(' States packet Ditto (Litt( (Baltimore) West Indies and Pr.;..lfic (except Mexico and Baha mas) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife Jan. 4 Fa.kland Islands .Jan. 4. Cuba and Mexico .... ••••• eil to Dec. 4es The Price of Gold. The quotalian of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251. 20c. per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 tia. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold i t ab Jut I.loth per cent. dearer in London than IR P.ris. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' E ight was on the last date about 1(.9f percent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gola. awn the Untied States. .