The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-21 00:00:00

ONEY AJAR*KEIT AND CO 4MEECIAL INTELL)GF,Nrut CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business to-day was firm, speaking generally, the prices for both English and Foreign Securities may be reported to improve. American stock is falling, and Erie shares are £l. Tower than they were on Saturday. The rate for money is to 3. Consols are 92 2 for money; ditto, for Ac count, 924 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 921 k; New Tree per Cents, 924 ; ditto Annuities, April, 1885, 12 5-16 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 212. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1124 11/ 3 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 103 2/ ; ditto,Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., Jan., 1872, 1041. In the Foreign market Peruvian Fives have ex perienced another fall of 3 . , being now 771 78 ; Italian Fives have improved 3 ; Turkish Fives are ; and New Spanish Threes are 3-16 better. The prices are as follows : --Itdlian 553 553 ; Egyptian Seven per Cents., 72/ 73/ ; Mexican, 14/ 15 ; Greek, 11,12 ; New Spanish, 394 323 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 37/ 38 ; and Peruvian Fiv per Cents., 771 78. Italian Scrip is now 31 3 prem. ; Charkeff-Azof Scrip 34 3 dis ; and the last Russian Railway Loan is £1 lower, at 2 1 dis. The Honduras Loan is steady, at 90 901. United States Five-Twenties have fallen 1, and are now 731731 ; the Bonds of 1885, 3, to 724 723; and the Ten-Forty Bonds are 1 lower, at 70/ 711. In railways Caledonians are 4 better, Great Western 1, Great Northern 1, ditto A Brighton 4, and South Eastern On the other hand, Metropolitan are 1 lower, ditto Ex tension 1, Midland 1, and London and North Western 1. The quotations are : Caledo 7 nian, 73; 4 ; Great Western, 484- to / ; Great Eastern, 411 3 ; Great Northern, 1051 to 61; ditto A, 108 to 1081; Lancashire, 127/ to 1281 ; Metropolitan, 101 1 ; ditto Extension, 971 981 ; Midland, 1113 1121 ; Sheffield, 47 1 ; Brighton, 4 81 9 ; North British, 32 1 ; North Western, 1111 ; North Eastern, 991 100 ; South Eastern, 781 9 ; Chatham, and Dover, 16/ 17. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben tures are 394, 39/, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 411 414. Erie shares have given way 1 per cent., to 251 25 1 1. In Bank and Miscellaneous shares there was no thing doing. Holders of India Bonds have been pressing sales, owing to the reduction of the interest upon them to 3 per cent. which is to be made at the end of the year, in virtue of the notice given by the India Go vernment 12 months ago, when money was very abundant, and India Bonds were selling at 355. to 405. premium. There has been some expectation that the notice would be withdrawn. Notice has been given that the London Com mercial Sale-rooms, Mincing-lane, will be entirely closed on Saturday, the 26th inst., and on Monday, the 28th inst., at 2 o'clock. It is expected that most of the City establishments will adopt this course. At an adjourned meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Henry Knowles and Son, cottonspinners and manufacturers, of Burnley and Rawtenstall, it has been agreed to accept a composition of 7s. 6d. in the pound. Shareholders of the Brazilian Street Railway Comp an y (Limited) have received notice that the first instalment of 6s. per share is payable on or before the sth Jan. next, and also that the certifi cates are ready for issue. The statistical committee of Lloyd's have issued, in a very elaborate form, several series of compara tive tables recently compiled, relating to shipping casualties. The amount of interest guaranteed to share holders of all the Austrian railways by the Impe rial Government required to be made up is 900,000 florins, and this sum will be submitted to the Reichsrath by the Finance Minister for their con firmation. The steady increase of the railway re ceipts year by year is gradually reducing the claims on the Government, and it is hoped that before long the different lines will prove themselves lade- Pendent of the State guarantee. It is notified that the Metropolitan District Rail- Way between Brompton and Westminster-bridge in connection with the Metropolitan Railway to Ken sington, Paddington, King's-cross, and the City will be opened for traffic in the course of a few clam The stations are South Kensington (near the South Kensington Museum), Sloane-square, Victoria (adjoining the present Victoria station), St. James's-park, and Westminster-bridge. , At the meeting of the Para Gas Company (Limited) a dividend was declared at the rate of 7f Per cent. per annum. The thirteenth ordinary general meeting of the Proprietors of the Alliance Bank (Limited) will be held on the 21st January. A fifth dividend of ls. in the pound is payable on the 22d inst. to the creditors of the Oriental Com mercial Bank (Limited). Notice is given of the closing of the transfer books of the East India and Madrls Irrigation Companies, for the purpose of making out the half-yearly inte rest warrants. A. special meeting of the Metropolitan District Railway Company was held on Saturday, for the Purpose of authorising the directors to raise addi tional capital by the creation of new ordinary stock and shares, for the completion of the works along the Thames Embankment. It was resolved to issue 1,500,000 at 20 dis., these shares to take a Preference dividend of 4 per cent. 1111111 H YIIIIDB—TITO O'CLOCK. , (..-; OVERNMENT FUNDS. " Per Cent. Consols - 2 x d Ditto for Account, 1 Per Cent. Reduced 92f i I `Ter 3 per Cent ler , 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent,. r.l an. 1873 .. Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 125 6 E Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 190 8 — xchequer Bills, .£l,OOO, 2 per et — Pm Do. £5OO Do. £lOO & .£2OO — pin Autic of England Stock, 4psr Cent ~., O. accoumt ,J anada 4 per Cent. Bonds — 'Ater-Colonial Uranium ' — INDIAN UOVER N MENT SECURITIES. a ilita tock 101 per Cent., April 1 874 Shut Do. Opening, for Account — • Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do, Eufaced Pape, 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent. May 1879 — D.) 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 __,. DJ. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO FORZION FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. d .rgentine Republic, 6 per Cent 00., Scrip £45 paid .. Aultrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 razilian 5 per Cent 0 0. 41 per Cent., 1852 Do. do. 1858....• Do. do., 1860 kit). do., 1863 ", s o. 5 per Cent., 1865 " 0 Accoun* 7Bk 8 .enos Ayres 6 per Cent. e ) 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 4 `)a, 6 per Cent. Ouilian 6 per Cent r) o. per Cent Pu• 3 - p - er Cont., Vi• 6 per cont. 1867 c.o. 7 per Cent., 1866 0 lombian 6 or Cent. b. . tli , P asn, 3 per Cent., 1825 Lan' Wan Principalities, 7 per Cont 72i 1 ,1) i 8 per Cent., 1867 .. -4( l4ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cant k 'gYptian, 7 per Cent — 110 8 (woad Issue •• " o ..£s , frt, Bonds Boi Do. LlOO Bonds Do. 1864 - r, Do. Account L'o• £5OO Bonds English 410 C B on d s 81; -, lglish Scrip,:lB6B — Do do. .£45 pd — r, G overnment Railway Debentures, 96 , ire r , - el 5 per Cent., 1821 - 5, ea Coups — ...., 0 A • ...MC UM' - 0 6)(0): Account e 41413 114441 413 5 per Cent ~ P -- „rows royal), after- ,ouise, 3ess of !opold, tended 111011 1- roßr— by the xercise rs wh° [t all ! in the naking come ed or )st cer s egre• She in- r mind' next to As to as yet e, theY hinted uneX ficanee Ie and Lfe, the )stulat part of :ompla" Paul's )—still , s own more r Pub: , 5 hoc having Is it t u alsliP i n love , r Laura b re ezy I st, and Phine3' The 2. t fan c y ;oesler'S eas may by way an d of r -Sect' .t but t° r hou'°' an tici - 3r, to be )30-NS." -. of th e uac ulata deir lo 3r. The ie of th e I, a nd As door of cheering ;h n lll - 11- foreigu Rom ans• Sian the lnyelo de f ar of' - rive Pie ,00d near y by tbd Bbout e ,7 h .0111' Whit sere g t °, t res:" es fore' gad e. „ niecl zusto— lso ha l , " that t ": coin 00113 . - is i n O c t a nd i tis the °II ; dhae nte L 1 - Dohe'" Fat tier' Y ch ill ' chs by ~,0 3losed B rich l°l o ) f the The sClth Sever ei g f il of M . f the stb ° r, )eceu ibe 18 19 ' ° S a trc l° ' a sfter Ag sl/ Prooof iCk . 'a -k ale r 1 a i t y a p o p A re Cen t ' o, I Anl erie • 4 . ar e co.. a t hase )03e o t : bi 5 5 w hiell 05 , e Pri g a rrio c l ee d )7 )rtY °' with e ctieii o ft , g to ' c . o .- g the 111 0 'cio f °f c eo , i 1115,01 re 76 : e- 1 0 re 22 :,,tdi ,triar e— Age at tberefivi rio 4 l j t/3 11 1d 4°l ' l'o 100 ;ritai al' i . 0 ° r elate ° CE(',lll° - Li'„„ of f o gO rl •fl lame fi of his . g 15i0V1 d P' 311 1 '' ) f ib 10 J no' ja c° l° fu g ioso ia 0:; o ro" ariaw ° fey r"' il sty 3 Wole .arD ex f as r Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 89} ltollan 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account ~ Do Maremmana Railway Mexicar.. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French.. — laontovidoitu 6 per Cent. .. — Moorish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Oen -- Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) I Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 78} 9 Porn:quest) 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'611,'2.': 38 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 4 per Cent.., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutcli, 1861, £lOO Bonds.. 90 Do. du. £34 los. do. -- Do., 1866, £lllO Bonds B9l Do. do £34 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway Sartinian o per Cent Do 41 per Cent. (liribarren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 • Do Account - - Spanish 3 per C0n.:.. . — Do. Ace , ,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrcu. Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Cone. Cert. of Coup. not funded ... Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent. DJ Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account • 611 Do £lO6 Bonds 63 2 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 591 6.)} Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent.: — , Do. Acckant . Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in Loudon Austrian a psr Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch - 4 per (lent. Ex. 12 Guil,, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Ifentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. 311 Do Account Ilion 5 per Gout. 1831, Ex. zsi. Do. Account 55 TITS •'CLUCK. Consuls, Money 92k i x d Do. Account, Jan. 5 xd MARKE7 S-lIIIS DAY. MARK LANE. At Mark-lane this morning there was a moderato at tendance of the trade, owing partly to the wet weather and partly to the holiday character of theiweek. The de mand for English wheat was quiet, hut steady at last Mon day's quotation. METROPODITAN CATTLE. Only slight supplies of stock were on sale, the attend ance of buyers very small, and the weather most unfavour able. Bcef, 3s 4d to 5s 6d; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 6d; veal, 3s 4d to 5s 8d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per stone of 81b sinking the offal. SMITHFIELD AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat is very large. Beef, 3s to 4s 10d; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d; large pork, 3s to 3s 8d ; small ditto, 3 s 10 d to 4 s 8 d per stone. The poultry market is moderately supplied. BOMBAY, BARODA, AND CENTRAL INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY. The twenty-sixth half-yearly general meetin g o f this company was held on Friday, in the London Tavern, for the general purposes of business ; Mr. P. T. French, chairman. According to the report, which was taken as read, the capital account showed that the total amount received on consolidated stock shares and debentures to the 30th June last was £7,442,713, of which £101,914 was received in the half year. The total expenditure to the same period in England and India amounted to £7,256,706. The gross revenue receipts for the half year earned over the same mileage as on the corresponding period of 1857, amounted to £252,056 as compared with £264,666, and show a decrease of £12,610, of which £3,192 arises under the head of passen gers, parcels, &c., £9,438 under that of mer chandise, live stock, and miscellaneous re ceipts. With regard to passengers there was an increase in the numbers carried of the Ist and 2d class of 662 and 6,194 respectively, but owing partly ito the reduction in the fares referred to in the last report, the lst,class receipts show a de crease of £298, and the second class an increase of of £597. There was a falling off in the third-class passengers, which was attributable to the general depression and inactivity following upon the extraordinary inflation and collapse of commercial speculation in Bombay in the last two or three years. In the merchandise traffic the falling off arises principally in cotton and grain. The half year's receipts, though actually less in amount, have increased per train mile from 10s. 3.17 d, to 10s. 9 .93d. in consequence of the reduction which was effected in the train mileage to the extent of 50,302 miles. The gross working expenses amounted to £153,217, showing a reduction of £3,271 on those of the corresponding period. The line has been maintained in good order, and the rolling stock in excellent condition. The net re venue amounted to £98,838 19s. 10d., which compares with £108,178 Bs. 4d. in the correspond ing period of 1867. But from this is deducted the £57,500 as a special reserve for fencing. The re port concluded by referring to a claim of a personal nature. The R. J. 11. Hughes, a devoted and exem plary clergyman at Surat, ministered to the spiri tual wants of the employes of the company for a series of years, from the construction of the line, and the board proposed that a sum of £5OO should be granted, t o b e presented to hi m as a recognition of his important services by the com pany. The CHAIRMAN, having referred at consider able length to the several paragraphs of the report, stated that upon the whole it appeared to him that they had every reason to congratulate themselves upon the condition and working of the railway, and concluded by moving that the report, together with the detailed accounts annexed thereto, be adopted. The resolution was agreed to. A resolution to carry out the recommendation of the directors in respect to the grant of £5OO to the Rev. Mr. Hughes was also agreed to. The proceedings closed with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. The Cumberland, Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, guardship of the Steam Reserve at Chatham and Sheerness, has been dismantled, and the whole of herguns, War Department and other stores, returned to the Ordnance establishment, previously to being put out of commission and the crew paid off on the 30th instant. Captain Cochrane has been trans ferred to the Royal Naval Barracks, succeeding Capt. S. S. L. Crofton as superintendent of that establish. ment, which is now being prepared for the officers and crew of the Cumberland on that vessel being put of commission. The charge of the Steam Re serve in the Medway will in future devolve on the superintendent of Sheerness dockyard, it being no longer intended to station a guardship of the Steam Reserve in the Medway. The following appointments were made on Satur day -at the Admiralty :—Lieut. B. W. Walker to the Formidable ; Navigating Sub-Lieut. Ralph A. Ramsay to the Victory, as supernumerary ; Frank H. Rogers, midshipman, to the Cossack ; Arthur Moreton, engineer, to the Trafalgar, for service in tenders ; Henry Scott, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Royal George ; and Henry B. Western, no minated a naval cadet. ANOTHER " REST AND BE THANKFUL."--The Bury Post, a provincial authority on Ministerial affairs, says : —"Mr. Bright bears his honours in a singularly happy way. All the signs of nervousness and sharpness of thought, of irritability, and restlessness, which have characterised him almost as long as I can remember, seem to have left him. His face is in smiles and his manner quite hearty. It is as though the anxiety of his life was at an end. The storms of agitation have died away. Ile hae nv refvrnas lett tv fght for." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1868. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY IMARESAND STOCKS. raid. Closing Business Share Railway s. Price. dens. et Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 at Caledonian lOO 731 74 • Cambrian 20 Cornwall..... at Dublin & Belfast June lO9 77 79 st Dun„Pertlf,&Ab.Junet lOO 70 72 2) East London all 7 0 20 1/o 15 Do 10 A Glasgow &S. Western lOO 90 01 st , Great Eastern .. 'OO 411 41i 411 at Do. E. Aug!. 40.2 lOO 7 tf st lireat North of Scotland lOO 15 :6 st Great Northern .. 100 106 107 at Do. A stock lOO 103 109 b I Do, B stock at GtS, and W. 01 Ireland lOO 56 97 at Gt. Western —Original lOO I^4 181 :t Do. South Wales lO 36 55 . Do. W. Mid.—Ustlord lOO 25 28 at Do. Newport A Loma:iliac& Yorkshire lOO 1271 12s1 123 at Lou., tirigh.,g S.Coast ICU 431 491- aB. 1 101 Do Scrip at Iva., Clint., and Dov,l Lou 16: 171 A Do. Aletrop. Ex. A lOO at Lon. & North Wealth: lOO 112 1121 1111 t Lou. A South Wentero LOU b 7 59 st Lincoln IOU 071 48 st >letrop:,litan at Do Extensi.ia 100 98 1.0 VII 10 Do. New 10 10 1 t at ole rupolitan Distriet. alt -- 10 Metrop. at. John's 11 oo i 6 st 31.0 awl at Do, Wratitt. & KU 7u el at ' , Tint" Brlttaii at Do. Ed., 1 . 1.1., as. Dun... 100 at Nor. alastern—Berwiek lOO 9dl 100 25 Do. G. N.E purzliast: 16.13.1 st Do Leeds. ...... at Do York at Do Carlisle .... at Do Stoi c. & Darling L.O 127 120 st North Lou lon .. lOO 122 24 10 Do New 1868 at North Staffordshire no 51 50 561 51 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 103 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... st Bhp - alley at Shropshire Uniou l'o b 3 56 at Scum Devon .. at South Eastern lOO 79 74- 20 Staines, Wok'ham, & Wuk all 12 13 st 'fall Sale • luu 115 150 .0 Do. e at Waterford & Kilkenny IOU -- Al Waterloo & Whitehall 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. BANKSi Closing Business Share NAILS. Paid. Price. done 1012 Agra Limited, A 7 all 111 121 l'J Do B lO 51 6/ 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all/ 18 19 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 2 3 20 Anglo-Italian 1666, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 ... ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lira. 25 Bank of South Australia all 11 33 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 53 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, .nd China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 30 31 301 20 City lO 11 12 100 Colonial 25 40 4: ' 10 Consolidated, lira. 50 Delhi and Loudon, lim 50 East London, lim 5 1 i e ) 20 English and American, lira 13 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio do Ja neiro. lim lO ld pr 20 English, :cuttish, and Aus • tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all . ... 281 Do new 5l i 1 100 Imperial, lira 2O 17 13 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 1/ 1.1 !'5 lonian all 27 29 25 Do new 5 pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, Um 4 11 az 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 80 all 76 78 12 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 Loudon and Brazilian, Rm. 45 31 12 20 Do new 71 6/ 5 1 100 London & River Plate, lira 4O 7 9 25 Do new 10 If 11 20 London Chart, of Australia all 281 241 60 London and County 2O SO 41 50/ 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... 50 London Joint Stock 1 35 36 20 London and south African al 1 11 100 London & S.-Western, lira, 20 ... ... 50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ... ... , 100 London and Westminster 2O 66 68 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 23 633 641 63 2/ 100 Merchant, lim 25 7 6 10 Metropolitan, lim all 61 7 1 100 Midland, lim 2O let pr 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 ... ... 100 National frovine. of Eng'd 42 ... ... 10 Do . . 42 ... ... 54 National.. 33 51 56 20 New South Wales, 20 North-Western 73 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 481 421 50 Pro vine. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 6 51 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 69 31 10 Do ' new, all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lira 25 13 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 48 49 iB/ 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London. l5 381 31 MISCELLANEOUS: _CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) :PARIS, SUNDAY, Deceniner 20. • - The Milstein clATStlorm here has thrown the press trials and even the change of Ministry into the shade. The fear of a war is very general, and, as usual, the Bourse suffers greatly from it. For a long time Rentes had preserved their position in the congenial region above 70, sometimes getting up to 72 ; but the end of this favourable state of things has come —at least for the present. Prices have fallen below 70, getting down so low as 69.25. There can be no doubt that Turkey, who is evidently in earnest, is making every preparation for the strife. Ten thousand men are being made ready for an invasion from the sea, besides other forces which are to be sent to the frontier. Of course the few ships owned by Greece can offer no opposition to the Turkish naval force, and the result of hostilities will be the entire blockade of the Greek coast, and the annihilation of the considerable commerce of the Ilellenes. By many the appointment of the Marquis de Lavalette, who is of pacific policy, is considered a demon stration by France on behalf of peace ; but others, ever apprehensive of the Imperial p diey, think this only a blind to quiet Prussia. The retreat of M. Pinard, beyond donbt, great'y resf.m bles a disgrace. He was not informed of his removal until the evening of the Emperor's return to Paris—a few hours before the insertion of the decree in the Moniteur. He has refused all offers of douceurs, either to himself or his family. As to M. de Moustier, the Emperor informed him by letter of his resolution to change. He gave as his reasons the indifferent health of the Minister, and the necessity of having in the Foreign Department, at this critical time, a statesman who was physically equal to the labours of his post. In connection with these Ministerial changes, a laugh able incident occurred in the Sixth Chamber on Friday. M. Aulois, who took the place of the Imperial Procureur, had not seen the Moniteur, and accordingly delivered a pompous eulogium on the Minister of the Interior, who at that moment was figuring in disgrace and deposition in the Imperial organ A terrible fire at _Lathy, in the Litre department. has just destroyed twenty-one houses. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 86 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 9 l.OO st Do. Scot. N.E., 4,i per cent. 100 ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c 100 st Do. do. 7 per cent 100 ... st Do. do. Ordinary 100 78 ill st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, .5 per cent gua... all sti Dundee, Peth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. let Class preference lOO st Glas. &S. W. gua. 5 per et ll O... st Gt. Eastern, L.C. EX. No.l 100 97 - 400 st Do do N 0.2 100 90 $lO st Do do 6 per cent 100 108 108 st Do East Anglian Aap. c. 100 IUO 103 st Do do B 6 do. 100 _st Do C 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. log 60 71 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 lat st Do do 5 p.c.Way.17a1.1847 100 ... st Great Nuithern, 5 per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p.c. pin. 100 st Do 41 do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO ••• st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO „, Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 „. st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 Et) Gt.West.—Orig.& Jnt.-Reut chg., per gua. S p.c lOO 102 104 st Do. Orig. (B. &E. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 90 104 st Do do 4 1 per cent. 1800 lOO b i 88 st Do do 4 do do 100 7.1 78 st .uu do 5 per cent. redom. 100 93 95 st Do do Birmingham gua lOO 65 70 st Do do do pref lOO „, st Do do Chester gust lOO et Do do do 8 per cent lOO 140 100 st Do do do 5 do 100 95 IUI st Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 „. st Do do 44 p.c lOl ••• •.. st Do do 41 1659 l9O ~„ st Do do kit Do West Mid.-Oxford Ist g. 10) 10s 112 st Do do 2d gas. 100 106 103 st Du Newport, Ist g: 5 p.c. 100 $8 92 st Do do 2,1 do 100 ..„ at Do gua. 51 per cent. 18G3 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 4,1 p.c. all at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 U 1;;5 at Do Barnsley, £0 3610 d p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (Oast Lancashire) 100 136 105 fit Do 41 (Blackburn purcL). 100 1)7 100 st London & Brighton, sp. e. guaranteed, No. 1.... lOO st Du 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 100 st Do 6 et Do 5 do - do lOO do N.. 4 lOO st Do 7 per cent luo st Do 6 do (W,E. & U.P ) it Da 4 do .1359 lOO st Loudon, Chatham, & Doter per cent lOO st London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton a per cent lOO 109 111 st Do Bedford &Cambridge- lOO 8 91 st Do Slue ffsn'y & Welchp'l lOO 83 91 at London and s.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 141 116 25.6 d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all st Man., Slid., &Liuclu. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 DO st Lo 31 per cent lOO 60 64 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c st Du Bristul&l3irni., 6p. c 10) 1.0 133 st Du 41 per cent. redeem._ 100 97 stj Du 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 17 99 at Du .Leicester &Helm, 4 p.c lO3 80 01 st North British, 5 p.c. Na. 1 lOO at Do E. &U.4p.c. S. a D IOU ._ at Du N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Du Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO Se Si st Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 03 95 st Do G.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO „. 17 Du Berwick capital S 13.4. 25 Do York, U. &S. purchase lO 10 DI st Do Stektu & Drling. A 5 p.c lO3 108 110 st Do W, tlartlepoolli. and it lOO 87 83 20 North Staffordshire lOs S. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 lOs Do Tavistock Auns., 10s all 9 10 10s Do Fixed. 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. Last. (Head. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 '23 at Do 41 per cent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... st Tall Vale No. 1 lOO 145 150 st - Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 RAILWA.YS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Ceu. min. 7p C lOO ... • at Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c eon. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 st Do 5 du, 1862 lOO 8, i 1 at Do New 5 du, 1863 lOO 87 SO at Du do 5 do, 1861. 100 84 83 at Great Northern, 5p e irred. 100 at Du Permanent 5 per cent. 100 at Du Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 ... at Great West., W. Midi., 5p e 100 86 90 at Du Jointi.erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 85 90 at Du do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 105 2.) Do Vale IN eath perp. 5p c all 191 201 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per • cent till July, 1871 2 1 st Lond., Brig., &c., 43 pc,1858 100 at Do du 4 do, 1860 100 ••• at Do do 41 do, 1661 100 ... st Da do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 5 do, 1863 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 180 100 st Do No. 7 6do at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Du Metrop. Ex., B 6 Do du C 6 p.e at London &N. Western, 5p a 100 105 110 at Loudon &S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 9 i 10 Man. chef. & Liu., 5 pc, 1665 all 881 at Metropolitan 5 per cent • 100 ... at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 105 107 at Du B 5 du 100 105 107 18 Do 5p c opt, to cony. to Ord. tk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lip 18 Do bloom , . New Shares 16 1 p 16; 22 Do 5 p e con. into Old Stk., Aug. 91, 1872 Bl 1 lip 91 St North Britisn, E. and U , No. 1, 5 per cent.— at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 at Do E., P., &Duu., 2d, 4pa 100 ... at Do E. &U- , No. 2, 4 p.c ... at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1882 100 st Do E. & G., N 0.9, 5 p.e at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 55 57 :st North Eastern, 41 per cen t 100 s 97 -at Do Stock. & Dart., 100 112 114 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lO9 at South Eastern, 41 pe, 1859 100 ... at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 ... 109 at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED ItETALSI si Birkenhead lOO 92 100 Du. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 56 st Do. 51 per cent. st Du. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 1";3 13; 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all a Gt. Easu., Newm., &c., o p.c. lot • a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 63 71 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West, W. Mid., Ilsref lOO 05 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21 i 213 at Loudon and Biackwall lOO 93 05 at Do. 41 per cent H) st London ' Chat., &c., 41 pc. 100 st Do. Com. Fund, "'du. 100 at London and Greenwich et Do. do. Preference lOO ... at London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 e. 2 at Lowestoft, gua 4.per cent.— lOU 79 S 3 st Do. do.. 6 do. 01 Manch., Buxton ; & Mittlk all 6 bi at 31 idlaud, Bradford, Pref 10) 92 91 10 Mid Lent Cray Line) 50 Nurtheruk East., 5 per cent all :11 06 00 Do. do. 6 do. all ~„ t N. Eastern—Hartlep00l „, at N. W est. A peril. pret, sp. c. 100 106 110 at Do B minimum lOU at Notting. &Urants. It. &C lOO 92 04 25 Preston and vi yre. all 41 46 lioyaton, Hitch., and Sitep. 10U 13) 135 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do do 0 24 2 j p at S. Yorksh. aid River Duu 100 96 100 97 st Do 4 per cent 10 79 81 at Do 5 du „, all y 7 at Viet. Station and Pimlico DO 175 180 at West Cornwall 2) West Loudon, Ulnas A , all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Du do C all . 6,1 • 7i at Weymouth and Portland lOO at Wilts and Somerset 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira all 211 211 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 fp 101 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 16 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 27 29 st Do. 8 per cent. lOO 73 76 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 3 7 ad 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 131 11 I 10 Do. New 6 8 81 100 Bolckow Vaughan, bin. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. all 81 4 5 Do. New 4 11 01 8) British American Land 44 17 20 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 165 170 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 74 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l el lid 20 Ceylon Company, lim • 10 3 2,1 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount. lim 5 41 8f 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 9 80 City of Milan Improv. lim all s 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, Rm.., all 2 3 50 City Offices, lim 2B 28) 231 d 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 80 Commercial Union (Assur) i p 1p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim 20 Continental Union Gas, lint all 171 181 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 4/ per cent. all 104 1051 100 Do. 1832, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 1/ 2/ 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 3 2 d st Crystal Palace lOO 20 22 st Do. Preference lOO 95 101 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 1 1115 110 1091 20 Darjeeling, lim I 0 Eastern Assam, lim 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, hin. 20 East India Irrige,, & Canal all 17 is 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, iim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 894 89/ 83 20 Egyptian Com. & Traci. lim 6 41 44d 11 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 235 240 240 10 Do. New 8 9 lip 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 15 English and Foreign Credit 71i 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim. 8 . . ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 20 Fore-streetWarehouscslim l2 pr 1p 121 100 For. & Col. Goy. Trust and - Loan Scrip , issued at 1;85 all 831 845 50 Gellivara, lim. 2O ... 10 General Credit & Die., lim 71 2 11 15 General Steam Navigation 14 23 29 50 Home & Col Marine In. lim. 6 41 344 10 Hong Kong and China Gus_ all 1 1 20 Hudson's Bay all 13 14 13j 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 Indo-European Tel., 1im.... 10 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lim. b 11 11 20 Interna. Land Credit, lim 6 6 4d 50 Italian Laud 5 11 Id 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all] 2 25 100 Do. 6p. c. Eds., redeem 1870, issued 20 all 63 1•6 50 Land Securities, lim 5 34 2 4 11 25 London African Trading lO 7 5,1 .25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 ... 10 London County La n d an d . Building, lim. .. . . . 5 Lond. Provincial Yel. lim all 31 3 T 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all 1 4P Lond. Financial ABBO., lim 80 23 221 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.o o .ll m . all 11 2 60 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 22 17d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr st Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gus.. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 105 107 106 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 10 Msditerra. Ext en , Tel , lim. all 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, Jim__ all 36 41 50 aiillwall Iron Works, Rm. 121 ••• 10 Naval Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. .. 25 National Discount Co, , lim 5 12 121 25 National Prov. Marin e, lin% 4 4 3,1 10 National Steam Ship, Jim. all 8 1 9 1 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, I;.m. 6 3 2d. 10 New Consolidated Diß. lim. 3 14 ld SIS ew Quebrada, lim. .. .. 4.4.0 41 3/ 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer cantile Agency,lim 2l o iP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim .......... . ..... 5 15 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, 10 Do. B ................ . at North Brit. Austral, lim 100 46 .51 60 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l 181 195 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 6 141 15 53 Oriental Financial, Um ll ... ...d 6 Oriental Gas, Jim 6 Do. Now.. . 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, Jim ........ 2 id fp 5 Ottoman Gas, Jim..,,... 16 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lira all 2 21 5 Do do. .... .. . at Peel R. Land & Minerl,llll2 113 32 84 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all b 4 56 50 Do. New 1867.,,,,,,,, 10 id pr 26 Reuter's Te1egr a m,,........... 24 80 35p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City all 175 185 20 Do. Gas, lira all 23 24 100 Royal Mail Stea m 6O 46 48 at Scottish Aust. Invest., Rm lOO 107 112 st Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref lOO 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, Jim, 10 '1 6,1 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire 01. 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., Rm. 25 South Australian Land , all 35 36 st Submarine Telegraph Do. Scrip all 1 5 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 151 16 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim. . . 20 Trinidad Petroleumjim B5 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 4 dip 10 Do do. do. 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada al 6 l .Id p 40 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 4 45p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 14 aid SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 41 6f 5 Do. 10 percent. Pref all 34 8 41 3 20 Universal Marine(ln.), lien 5 1 15p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lien all 3 4 30 Van Diemau's Land 2Bl 7 3 i)0 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan.., all 754 7 6 1 751 655 50 Warrant Finance, Jim. l2 12 10,1 50 West India and Pacifi c Steam, lim 2O 4 as 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO COLONIAL bIOVEUNMENT SkICURATAILL Britisa Co umbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.... 00. 1895.. lOO Can.Orov.3 p.o.Jan. , &July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug— lOO 105 10 Do. sp. O. Mar. & Sept lOO Hs 10 Do. sp. C. lan. & July lOO $3 84 93 Do. p. C. Inscribed sk lOO 90 92 Cape I+.l.lope, 6 p. 0.1873 lOO 102 101 Do.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 lOO lit 113 Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 •••• 100 108 lid Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1 900 lOO 100 102 Callon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 118 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 M.aurltius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. Do. 1882 , May and Nov lOO 1 00 ‘n.‘ , Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 10 6 1 ,74 Melbourne Corporatn., 1887-75, 6 per cent • •• •• 100 N. 8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July•• 100 102 104 Natal 6 p ct, Apl Oct lOO Do 6p c. May & Nov lOO 100 108 N. S. Y 9.5 p-c. '7l to '75 lca 00 101 Do. 5 p.c. 11;t3 to 1890 lOO 09 100 100; Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to '75 lOO 9 9 101 N.Zealand, 6p. c.. li3ol lOO ___ Do. 5 per cent.... - DoJan, Apq, J 0 t lOO 974 usi 951 Do 6 p mar jy,,,ept 'Ol lOO 108 tiO .1u ie 4 Dee, 1,01 Do l'rov. 1 AucEld. _ I 3 A) striei 1 &2, 1896 .. Nova Scotia 6p. o.Jau... and Jnly, 1875 Do 18,c6.. • lOO 10 1 103 Queenslnd. 6p. C. 'B2 5•• 100 118 109 Do 189 t . S. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 lOO Do 1878.92 lOO 108 110 Do 1893 1908. lOl 107 les Tasmanian up c, 1695 lOO 106 107 107 Do rd. 1803 to 189/. lOO IC7 108 Victoria 6p.0. Ja.& July lOO _... Do. 1891 lOO 112 113 =LO, do, April & Out lOO 109 110 1021 DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 11J st Loudon and St. Katherine 100 53 55 101 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cont a l 4, ... . . liilln - all Freehold Land . st Dock lOO 31 36 at Southampton lOO 71 75 fit Surrey ccanniercial METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. Extreme Sea Monday, ki' e • F. 0 Dec. 21, 33. T. W. Ito F. D. WR. to 8 son. r-r 4 • 12 9 Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 29'47f. 42 41 S. 8 6 B.S.W. o.r. o'o4 5 Yarmouth 29'621. 44 43 S.E. 5 5 S.S.W. c. 5 Cuxhaven 13kudesna3s Ardrossan 2916 f. 43 42 E.S.E. 5 7 E. o.r. o'4o 4 Green castle 28'85f. 47 47 S.E. 4 3 E. r.o. 016 Holyhead 29'68f. 50 49 S.S.E. 6 4 ' S.S.E. o.r. 061 Liverpool Valentin 29'oof. 54 57 W. 7 8 S.W. f.r.c 071 6 Cape Clear — Roch e s Pt 29'Oef. 53 53 S.W. 7 7 S.W. m. 053 4 Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 2912 f. 54 53 S.W. 5 5 E.S.E. Cr.. o'l6 2 Portsmouth 29'471. 51 50 S. 6 3 S.S.E. c.r. 1 011 5 London , 29'52f. 45 44 S. 5 5 S. co.r o'l9 — o'peGrisNez 29 611. 41 39 B. 7 5 S.W. c.r. o'ol 4 Brest L',Orie nt 29'625. 54 44 S.W. 7 5 W. r. o'o6 5 Rochefort Biarritz Brussels Paris E trasbourg — "Coulon Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. - local time) — POLICE INTELLIGENCE--This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT A WINE IMERCIIANT'S.—Adam Barr, a porter in the employ of Messrs. Chamen, wine merchants, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a bottle of wine, the property of his employers. Mr. Sayer from the office of Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the pri soner, who appeared to be very dejected. Mr. Tewkesburne Chamen, of the firm of Chamen and Sons, said that the prisoner had been in the employ of the firm for about four months, and for some time post they bad been missing pro perty. On Saturday their bead cellarrnan showed him two bottles of wine which 11 - . d been removed from the cellar and placed among the empty bottles in the bottle-washing place. On the prisoner leav ing in the evening he (witness) stopped him and gave him into custody, and the constable took a bottle of wine (one of those he had spoken of) from him. In answer to Mr. Sayer, the witness said the prisoner came to the firm vial a very good cha racter. Police-constable James Swaine, 14 GR., sail that on taking the prisoner into cu,tody he found the bottle of wine under his coat, and on taking the prisoner to the station he fainted. Mr. Sayer addressed the magistrate on the pri soner's behalf, urging that be had hitherto borne a good character, and that he was sorry for commit ting himself as he had done. Me. Tyrwhitt said he would remand the prisoner for a week, and see if the prosecutors intended to proceed further. EXPLANATION Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea levet. The letter r, rising ; f, falling ; s, steady—indicates direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.—fog ; h.—hail ; I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r.— rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) daring last 24 hours. Bea disturbance. REMARKS. There has been a general diminution in barometrical pressure since Saturday, amounting to eight-tenths of an inch on the Irish coast, where the motion during last night has been rapid. The readings in Ireland are very low ; between Greencastle and Rochefort the difference is an inch. Temperature was low yesterday on the N.E. coast: this morning it is much higher everywhere than it was on Saturday - especially in the S.W. The wind yesterday morning was generally light to moderate, from S. to S.E. in the Channel and in Ireland, but it has since blown strongly on the E. coast and at Valencia. This morning high winds from the S.E.continue in the E. and N., whilst a fresh S.W. wind is reported elsewhere. Rain has been general, and is still falling in the S.W. The sky is overcas' and the weather looks very unsettled. Warnings to al coasts. Colonel Wright, M.P. for Nottingham, in a letter to the Nottingham Express, states that if he resigns his - seat in Parliament shortly it will be on the sole ground of the delicate state of his health. At a General Court of the Corporation of the Sans of the Clergy, on Saturday, Dr. Tait, ArchbisLop-olect of Cant, rhury, was elected president in the room of Arch bishop Loegley. At Dublin, on Friday, Mr. Justice O'Hagan was sworn in as Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and afterwards was re-sworn as a member of the Privy Council, pursuant to th. present statute. Prince Arthur has been granted leave of absence from his military dutios from the 19th of December, 1868, to the 2nd of January, 1869. He left Woolwich early on Saturday morning. Mr. Thomas Kemmis, the lately appointed Trea sury solicitor in Ireland, is in a very precarious state of health, having been seized a day or two ago with an apo plectic fit. Yesterday he was no better. 'Sir Richard Mayne, it is said, is somewhat better, IDUt lie is still confined to his house. It is understood that, acting on tho advice of his family and his friends he will shortly tender his resignation. A very amusing story has been going the round of the papers of Vie discussion which took place between Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright before the latter right hon. gentleman could be induced to film office. The Manchester Examiner states, "on good authority," that the story is altogether untrue. Four hundred men were imprisoned on Friday id the Holmes Colliery, near Rotherham. It happened thus. About nine o'clock in the morning, when the pit was in full work, the cage containing sevetal corves of coals was, from some at present unexplained cause, overdrawn, and one of tho loaded carves fell down the shaft. The accident it may well be conceived, caused great alarm both above and below. Those above set to work to repair the machi nery, and when it was possible to descend the shaft it was found that the corve bad stuck fast some 300 yards from the top, and th t the framework on the other side was much damaged. Communication was thus entirely cut off with the four hundred men below, who, weary, tired, and hungry, gathered about the bottom of the shaft in anxious suspense. It was wino o'clock in the evening before pro visions could be passed to them. The Price of Gold. The course of exchange at New York on London for bill s at 80 days' sight was on the last date about IG9I percent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the Uni:cd States. The quotation ot gold at Paris Is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f. 29c. per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of tie. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appe.s-s that gold 13 ab ut 1-10th per cent • dearer in London than in Paris. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Jan. 2. Ditto, via Marseilles Ditto, via rf..i. ma Dec 20. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Jan. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde, by Brazil paozet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension. and St. Helena.... Dec. 2d. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou thampton..Dec. 23. Gibraltar, via Southampton Deo 1) India, via Southampton ...... ...-•.... ..... Dec. 12 vitto, via Marseilles Malta, Egypt, &o. .. ......... ••• .• • • Deo. 12. Ditto, Marseilles Deo. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Scuthams ton Ditto, Marseilles ~ Deo. li. Newfoundland ... Deo 30 Fort ugal , . United States, . anada, California, &c., by British packet „Dec 15 Ditto, by Canadian packet ... De3 25 Ditto, by L Lited states packet Ditto (IBA( (Baltimore) West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha- mas) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, an .1 Teneriffe __Jan. 4 Falkland Islands Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New York DeO. FS. Bermuda. via Halifax ....... . Jan. 11. RAILWAYS IN INDIA.—The Unaballah and Meerut Railway was opened on the 13th of November by his Ex cellency tho Viceroy. There are now about 4,000 miles of railway completed in India, at a cost of some £78,000,000 (exclusive of gifts of land by Government, guaranteed interest on loans, dc.), and 1,000 miles more aro under construction or have been contracted for.—Times oflndk, Oct. 28. WEST AM STER. PATERNAL REGARD.—James Evans, a man about 50 years of age, was charged with assaulting and wounding his son, aged about 25, whose head was tied up in a handkerchief. Complainant said that hearing that his father had been to his house and made a disturbance, he went to his house, 7, Church-street, Chelsea, on Saturday evening, when his father and his brother fell upon him, and his father wounded him on the head with a knife, after which his brother punched him with his fist. Defendant—Your worship, he came in just like a mad lion. Mr. Selfe—Did you ever see one? Defendant—Well, no; I don't know that I ever did, but your worship knows what I mean. Complainant-1 came here to speak the truth— it's a lie your worship. Mr. Selfe —That's very plain at any rate. Com plainant, I see your father has got a number of marks about him. How did they come ? Complainant—He tumbled about, I suppose. Defendant—l got them from my son, when he beat me about with the leg of the table. Complainant--What's the good of saying that; who do you think would believe you? Defendant—He is a bad_ fellow, and I can prove it. He came in, knocked me about, and went on in a fine way. We were all sitting at breakfast. Defendant's daughter, and another son, proved that he came in, threw off his clothes, attacked his father, and broke all the things, which he fell amongst, and cut his head. Mr. Selfe discharged the defendant, and told com plainant to keep away from his house. THAMES. FATAL STABBING AFFRAY.—Mr. Stoddart, solici tor, announced that John Buckley, a cooper, who was stabbed iu the abdomen on the 11th of October last by a man of colour, Felix Victor, died on Satur day night in the London Hospital. Victor has been remanded ten times on the charge of stabbing, and he will be arraigned on Thursday next on a charge of wilful murder. Mr. Stoddart is prepared with a mass of evidence, not to justify the atrocious and sanguinary act of the prisoner, but to prove that much provocation was given, and that Buck ley was known for his quarrelsome disposition. The prisoner has been remanded until Saturday. Ever since he had been in custody he has betrayed the greatest indifference on the subject. SYMPATHY WITH BURGLARS.—EIIen Sullivan, vulgar-looking Irish girl, with a large pair of bras; rings decorating her ears, was brought before Mr. Benson on a charge of assaulting a little girl named Jane Brand. This case was state to have originate I out of the late trial of two notorious burglars, who gave the names of Thomas an 1 John Brown, for breaking into and plundering tue dwelling-house and premises of Mr. Lavenberg, Broad-street, Rat cliff. After the conviction of that nefarious and notorious thief John Brown, whose real name is Hallam, there was lamentation and woe among the loose characters of Jamaica-place, Limehouse, and neighbourhood. The mother of the complainant was wrongly susplcted of giving infor mation to the police, and she was abused by the prisoner and other friends of the convict, and she was abused and threatened. Her daughter was struck. • Briden, a police-constable, 4 K, said the neigh bourhood of Jamaica. place had been in a state of excitement ever since the convict was sentenced to ten years penal servitude, and that he had cohabited with Sullivan. Mr. Benson said he would punish with great severity the friends of thieves and burglars who dared to make any disturbance, or threatened those who had given information or evidence against bad characters. He should have punished the prisoner with a long imprisonment if there had not been some provocation. By way of warning he should sentence the prisoner to 14 days' imprisonment and hard labour. If she was brought before him again he should punish her with a long imprisonment, or commit her for trial. SHIPPING IN7I LLIGENCE. GRATE SEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 20.—John Sawyer, from Guernsey; Eliza beth, from St. Malo ; The Cedars, from Shanghai; Chloe, steamer, from Calais; Dorothy, from Demerara. Arrived, Dec. 21.—Surprise, from Guernsey; Trident stteamer, from Hamburg; Martians Henrietta, steamer from Dordt ; Fyenoord, steamer, from Rotterdam. Sailed, Dec. 20.—Arcada, for Jamaica. DEAL, Monday Morning. _ _ Wind, S. by W., strong. Passed, Dec. 19.—Duke of Atholo, from London, for Calcutta. Passed, Dec. 21.—Sidon, screw steamer, from London, for Valencia. Anchored.—Granville, from London, for Colombo. Thirteen elections took place to-day. Green wich, the University of London, Pontefract, Birming ham, the City of London, Southwark, Halifax, Plymouth, Exeter, Bradford, Ripon, and Truro, at which Mr. Glad stone, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Childers, Mr. Bright, Mr. Goschen, Mr. Layard, Mr. Stansfeldt, Sir R. P. Collier, Sir J. D. Coleridge, Mr. Forster, Lord John Hay, and Capt. Vivian were returned. The vacancy at Wareham is caused by the death of the late member, Captain Calcraft. With the re election of Mr. Chrdwell to-morrow for the city of Oxford, the whole of the vacancies for which writs were moved on Tuesday last will be filled, and the only vacancy now properly existing is the seat for South Derbyshire, through the death of Sir Thomas Gresley. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Dyspepsia (Indigestion), Constipation, Debility, Consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach, and liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and accele rated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless, such as —cough, asthma, also diarrhoea, hemorrhoids, liver Complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphthe ria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheu matism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irrita bility, bleeplessuees, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at th e pit o f t h e stomac h and between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few:—The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413—" dome, July 12, 1866—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandon ing all other remedies, he has confined !Mused entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic& Food, of which he consumes a plate ful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly.—From the "Gazette du Midi," July 25. Cure No. 16,270 -Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Cure No. I,77l—Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieut. of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No. 49,8.32—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria July." Important Caution.— Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most auda ciously attached. In tins, at ls. lid. ; I lb. 2s. 91; 2 lbs. 4s. sa. ; 5 lbs, 11s.; 12 lbs. 225. ; 24 lbs., 40s.—Also Du BARRY'S REYALENTA ARABICA CHOCO LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups at 2a., for 21 cups at as. Gd., for 48 cups at as., for 283 cups at 305., for 576 cups; at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 30s. and 55 s tin s are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Orden—BAßßY DU BARRY and Co., Li t) , 77, WSW-Street, Lou don; and all tirwerfi and Qhcraibto THE SUEZ CANAL. A communication from M. de Lesseps, in refer ence to the passage of the French Government schooner, the Leverette, through the Suez Canal from one sea to the other, states that six vessels belonging to the Egyptian fleet are also about to make the transit. The writer adds :—" Thus then the route is open and practicable for vessels of small burden. The light flotilla which the Viceroy s about to send to the Red Sea will complete the experiment, and in six months ships of from 2,000 o 3,000 tons will triumphantly traverse the Isth mus, either sailing or by steam." SPOR., SING INTELLIGENOE• RACING FIXT JAN RES FOR 180. 'AR Y. Manchester FEBR Streatham 11, 12 Liuwlu l6, 17 Harrow lB, 19 Manstiell lB 1, 2 LTAItY. Nottingham Spring... 23, 21 Chelmsford.... ......... 26 Derby SpriAg .........26, 26 Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 ..wsburf k':'pring 5, 6 Warwick 9, 19, 11 Kingsbury l2, 13 Northampton l6, 17 APRIL. Bromley 1 2 Ne wmarket Craven...l2, Sm, I Aldershot l, 2 Eastbourne .19 Catterick Bridge... ...... 1, 2 I Lewes 2U 21 Thirsk ... 6 7 1 Croydou... 22, 23 Streatham B, 9 i Newmark - et Ist Spring i 6, &c. Chester 4,5, 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 St. Albans Salisbury l3, 14 Doncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 20, 21. Harpenden 9 1 I Epsom. Summer .....25, &c. NE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...16, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Newcastle 1 0 i i l b d u h r a y m 22, 23, 24 22 Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 30 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Kingsbury . 9, 10 Pontefract 12, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Southampton 22, 22 Stamford ... 2 2, 2 3 I Goodwood 27, 23, 29, 30 UST. Oxford Canterbury ...... 24, 25 York 24, 25, 27 Plymouth ...26 Windsor August l2, 13 Derby Summer ..,31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Brighton 3,i Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egnam lO, 11 Wolverhampton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT Warwick... 7, 8 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 10, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT , Bodford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 , Leicester 7, 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, Scc. Chelmsford l9, 20 N OVI Worcester 2,3, 4 Liverpool 9, 10, 11. 12 :MBER. Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Kingsbury... 23, 24 Monmouth... 23, 24 .Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, ;to. )BER. Cheltenham l9, 20 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 21 Newmarket H'ton ...25, bo. :MBER. Shrewsbury 16, &o Leamington Hunt 23, ctu Baldnylo First Spring 18, 19 MAY. Baldoyle Second Spring 11, 12 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. JANUARY. Hopgrove 1 I Coverdale Manchester l, 2 j St. Albans l9 FEBRUARY. Birmingham $, 9 I Harrow lB, 19 Lincoln l6, 17 Derby MARCH. Liverpool 3 Cambridgeshire M 18 Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 West Drayton IS, 19 Kingsbury 12, 13 Crevrkerne lB, 19 APRIL. Aldershot 1, 2 I Croydon 22, 23 Bromley 1, 2 11.1. Y. St. Albano JULY. Kingsbury 9 AUGUST. St. Albans.. OCTOBER. `Vest Drayton 21, 22 WATERLOO MEETING -FE8.17. (Over Altear.) Patron -Right Hon. the Earl of Sefton. The Waterloo Cup, value .£ of £25 each; 64 subs; the the second .£2OO. 1. Mr C. F. Allison 33. Mr J. Ingleby 2. Mr J. P. Armistead 34. Mr R. Jardine 3. Mr J. Bake 35. Mr F. Johnston 4. 331 r W. J. Barden 36. Mr J. Johnston 5. Mr P. Bartholomew 37. Mr H. B. Junes 6. Lord Binning 38. Mr W. J. Legh 7. Mr J. Blackstock 39. Mr S. C. Lister 8. Mr J. S. Bland 4O. Mr J. Lonsdale 9. Mr G. Blanshard 41. Lord Lurgan 10. Mr W. G. Borron 42. Nir S. Mallabey 11. Mr T. 13rocklebank 43. Mr C. E. Marfieet 12. Mr J. Brundrit 44. Mr W. H. Massey 13. Mr R. B. Carruthers 45. Sir C. Molyneux 11. Mr C. J. Chesshyre 46. lion. C. C.Molyneux 15. Mr W. H. Clark 47. Mr T. Neville 16. Mr E. Croft 48. Mr R. Paterson 17. Mr J. Cunningham 49. Mr T. L. Rood 18. Mr W. D. Deighton 50. Dr Richardson 19. Mr James Dunlop 51. Mr J. Savage 20. Mr J. Evans 52. Mr N. Saxton 21. Lord Garlies 53. Lord Sefton 22. Mr J. Gibson 54. Mr T. Smith 23. Mr W. M. Gilmour 55. Mr J. Spinks 24. Col. Goodlake 56. Lord Stair 25. Mr A. Graham 57. Mr E. W. Stocker 26. Mr T. Green 58. Mr S. Swinburne 27. Mr C. A. Halley 59. Mr G. A. Thompson `2B. Capt. Hathorn 60. Mr R. Todd `29. Mr J. Haywood 61. Mr B. W. Trinder 30. Mr J. Hodson 62. Mr R. C. Vyner 31. Mr J. Hole 63. Mr R. H. Williams 32. Mr J. Hyslop 64. Capt. Wyndham The Waterloo Purse, value £260, in specie, taken from the Cup Stake, for the 32 beaten dogs in the first round for the Cup; the winner to receive £lOO. The Waterloo Plate, value £lOO in specie, taken from the Cup Stakes, for the 16 beaten dogs in the first ties for the Waterloo Cup. The Great Waterloo Cup, Gi subscribers, at £25 each the money £I,GPO -to be divided as under:- 1. Winner to receive ... 1. Second ditto ... 2. Dogs to receive £5O each... 4. Ditto ditto 30 ditto... 8. Ditto ditto 20 ditto... 16. Ditto ditto 10 ditto... ,600 in specie, by subscription wiuner to receive £3OO, and ... ... £5OO ~. ... 200 ... 100 ... 120 ... 160 ... 160 1,240 The Waterloo Purse and Waterloo Plate 360 £1,600 The Waterloo Purse, for the 32 dogs beaten in the first course for the Waterloo Cup, amounting to £260, to be divided as under ;—• 1. Winner to receive ... 1. Second ditto ... 2. Dogs to receive £l5 each... 4. Ditto ditto 10 ditto... 8. Ditto ditto 5 ditto... ... ... ... £lOO ~. 30 ••• 40 ... 40 16 £260 The Waterloo Plate for the 16 dogs beaten in tho second ties for the Cup, amounting to £lOO, to bo divided as under: 1. Winner o receive ... ... 1. cond ditto ... ••• 2. Dogs to receive £7 lOs each 4. Ditto ditto 5 ditto ... ... £4O ... 25 GOO 20 £lOO THE WRECK OF THE GOSSAMER.—Another body was recovered on Friday. At the adjourned inquest a verdict of manslaughter was returned against the pilot., bail being required in two sureties of £lOO each, and the pilot himself .£l5O. STEAM SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE.-The Dec.. can, screw, the latest edition made to the fleet of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, has made a favourable trial trip. She was built by Messrs. W Denny and Brothers. Mr. Reed, Chief Constructor to the Admiralty, was among those present at the trial trip of the Deccan. Messrs. Cajal and OJ. have contracted to build for the North German Lloyd two large screws of 300 ft. in length, with engines of 350-horse power. Messrs. i,l'Nab and Co. have also contracted to build a screw of 1,200 tons for a Liverpool firm. The Macon (Georgia) Telegraph asserts a com plete change of sentiment in Mrs. Harriett Beecher Stowe, now in Florida. It says—" She desires to live long enough to write a book to correct the mistakes in 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' and show that a . great blunder was made when slavery was abolished." Allowing the authority to be good, the lady may really be acting under a dread of consequences, and we prefer hearing these opinions con firmed when the lady is North. not South. miIDUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of 'Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks aid cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. DunTille and Co., Belfast; Or 4, Blaufortrballdiage, Strand, London , Ter MARCII. \Vest Drayton .. ....... 18, 19 \Vest B;.nuerset ...... ...18, 19 'Margate `29 Durham 29, 30 Eimom 39, +3l • - - .1C 11. AUG ,}IT. 1 -mm