The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-04 00:00:00

P l /1 1 an tool sa fely u stitu, Inca or ken bad 3 dOef 13 3 li r A ) er• iive l° t r ; f r o leo G)e 'P" of ISD•1 th e ru ; d 00 9i ) to Y d to ' t )10 , 1 5 0.1 mor - . tt eo ,I.cor be u'D tilg ol i ; 0f Oa t o ef pog°Y of tl 3° C°l o ° ed ir` n It t 9 31S r °0111"i tiC e P 0 piet tho 0 f t to' ize 6, o f 5 1 pi' 01 , cen t ,0a for; io stor , , IforY and o ro9rioui;et° MONEY MART ET AND Co :IMERCIAL INTBLLIGENCE, CITY, Two O'CLocx. The advance in the Bank rate has improved busi ness, and prices to-day was firmer than yesterday. Consols have improved slightly in price, and foreign bonds and securities partake of the increased activity. In railway stock Metropolitan still have a downward tendency, but in that of the great lines we have to quote higher prices. The price charged for loans in the House is 11 to 2 per cent. Consols are 921 for money; ditto, for Ac count, 921; Three per Cents. Reduced, 921 1 ; New Three per Cents, 921 ; Exchequer Bills £1,090, 2 per Cent., 7 prem. India Stock, 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112+ 131 124; ditto, Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 92. In the foreign matket Chili= of '67, Italian of '6l and '6B, and Peruvian of '65 have advanced 1 per cent., and Spanish of 1867, 1-16. Turkish of 1868 has declined 1. The quotations are as fol lows : Brazilian of 1865, 78+ to 781; Chilian of 1867, 961 to 97 ; Egyptian of 1864, 83 to 84 ; ditto of 1868; 741 to 1 ; Italian of 1861, 56+ to 57 ; ditto of 1868, 31 to 1 premium ; Mexican, 151 to ; Peruvian of 1865, 81/ to 1 ; Russian of 1866, 894 to 901 ; ditto Nicolai, 65+ to 661 ; ditto Orel, 801 to 81; ditto Moscow-Jaroslaw, 791 to ex div. ; Spanish of 1867, 33/ j ; Turkish of 1858, 621 to 631 ; ditto of 1862, 64 to 1; and ditto of 1865, 401 to 40+. : L in railway stock Great Northern A, has im proved 1 per cent. ; Great Eastern 1 ; but Metro politan is 1 lower. Prices aie of follows :—London and North-Western, 1121 to 1; Great Western, 481 to 49 ; Midland, 1121 to 1 ; London and South Western, 871 to 881 ; Great Eastern, 411 to ; Brighton, 471 to 1 ; South Eastern, 791 to 1 ; Metropolitan, 103 to 1 ; Great Northern, 1061 to 107 ; ditto A, 1071 to 108 ; Caledonian, 741 to 75 : London, Chatham and Dover, 16k to 17+. American 5-20 Bonds aro 74j to 4 ; Erie Rail way shares, 26f to 4 ; Illinois Central, 96f to ; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 374 to 38 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage bonds, 384 to 39. In bank shares prices remain unaltered ; and in the miscellaneous market International Fi nancial shares are better, at 1f to 11 dis. National Discount, 1210 ; General Credit, 2to If, dis. ; Hudson's Bay, 13i to a ; Telegraph Construc tion, 14 to 4 ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 3 13-16 to 3 15-161; and Ango-Ameri can, 22 to k. The returns of paid clearing for the week ending Dec. 2, issued from the Bankers Clearing-house are as follows :—Thursday, 26th, £8,985,000 ; Friday, 27th, £23,871,000 ; Saturday, 28th, £12,279,000 ; Monday, 30th, £10,139,000 ; Tuesday, Dec. 1, £ 11 ,603,000 ; and Wednesday, 2d, £8,772,000 ; total, £75,649,000. The sum of £22,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank to-day for India. The Bank of France return this weeks shows a recovery of £512,000 in the stock of bullion. A meeting of merchants established in Manches ter is to be held to-day with a view to passing a re solution in favour of a representation being made to the Brazilian Government, with respect to some extensive frauds which are stated to be practised iu the Custom House at Rio de Janeiro. At a meeting of a section of shareholders of the Credit Foncier of England (Limited), it was resolved to adopt the policy of securing a legally constituted meeting for considering the various heads of a report to be presented for altering the future management of the company. The annual meeting of the proprietors of the London and Westminster Bank will be held on the 20th of January. At the meeting of the City of Moscow Gas Corn- Pat/ (Limited), it was resolved, with a view to the liabilities of the concern being paid off, to raise fresh capital to the extent of £530,000, bearing a pre ferential dividend of 6 per cent. per annum, and to be redeemed during the next 30 years, at a premium of £2 13s. per share. The meeting of the Millwall Freehold Land and Dock Company was adjourned till Monday next, to give tho directors an opportunity of con sidering a proposition forwarded to them for a set tlement of all matters in dispute, including that with the Credit Foncier of England. It is intimated that the whole; of the shares of the Britannia Fire Association have been taken Up, the applications having exceeded the number offered. A new banking establishment is to be formed under the title of the Palatine Bank (Limited). It arises in consequence of the Alliance Bank (Limited), which has establishments in Liver- Pool, London, and Manchester, having decided to Withdraw from the Liverpool business in aid of this new and independent company. A new c ompany is therefore to be constituted, with a capi tal of £600,000, in shares of £2O, to be called the Palatine Bank (Limited), for the purpose of carry ing on and extending the Liverpool portion of the u heiness of the Alliance Bank. This business at L iverpool and Birkenhead is to be made over with -I°l4 any payment for the goodwill, the Palatine 'lank collecting the assets for account of the Alli ance Bank without charge ; but the Palatine Bank a gree to purchase from the Alliance Bank at cost Price their Liverpool and Birkenhead premises. With reference to the addenda of the Anglo- Austrian Commercial Treaty of 1865, a meeting of th e Principal manufacturers of cotton and woollen ~g °, _Cds in the whole Empire has been convened to -:`," into consideration the proposed reduction of per cent. of the Customs duty on these goods. A conference of all the railway managers and in specters of the different Austrian railways, under e Presidency of the Minister of the Board of Tr ade, b will be held to discuss as to the best means ti Y a Which additional precautionary measures for c Prevention of accidents on railways can be ad °Pted. The Lond on , Ch a tham, and Dover Railway traffic re turn shows this week an increase of £134, coin- Par ed with the corresponding period of last year ; th e Metrop o lit an E x t ens i on , se p ara t e ly, an i n cre a se of £ 3 81; the Lancashire and Yorkshire an increase 0, a ` £ 4 61; the North eastern a decrease of £640 ; tic ' the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire an in crease of £557. th fi• telegram has been received by the secretary of Pestarena United Mining Company, as follows, f : o ° l Pallauza Remittance made to office, gold 549 ounces." The last time the Bank minimum was established 4, 1 13 per c en t . it was a re d u ction, viz., on the 6th of Fe bruary, 1867, when the bullion stood at xi ""' ,02 4,193, the reserve of notes at £10,070,770, an d the other securities at £18,716,418. Th e return from the Bank of England for the Nvc k. ended the 2d December gives the following , results when compared with the previous week £3,068,636 ... Decrease £25,897 Oth e _ e eposits deposits 18,085,878 ... Decrease .. 17,130 go u ve ule other side of the account : ti, P nlant sacuri oth__ ............. lietef lt . securities 17,193,379 Increase 531,209 I v • ueniployed 8,497,315 ... Decreaso 396,785 bein g a mount of notes in circulation is £23,510,112, ; an increase of £266,857 ; an d th e s t oc k o f uni on • in both departments is £18,087,448, showing 4 decre ase of £169,189, when compared w ith th e pre ceding r e t urn. of s „ ll bioined is a com p ar i son o f th e p resen t p os iti on wa Bank of England and the prices of Consols ac el Pr last year d, en Rentes with the corresponding week of million . Same Week At Present. last Year. .£18,087 448 ... £21,117,442 11,:f.,-serre ''' : 9,577,338 ... 12,874,872 'F,_ ° ,t . :B in ..iil"u.l ''''' ;0n . ..— . 9 -3510,112 ... 23,842,570 c ola ' 50 0 1 3 c1 . 1 ''''' o . u . ''' t • 3 p 9 e 2 r a cent. ... 2 per cent. 93i French Relates . 71f. 70c. 69f. 20c. ISDITIMII FUNDS—TWO VOLUME. 8 3 P ' , 6l.l(t.4te°oo73.:l' Consolslx T ir 1 rsns. 921 1 ad P iit erU eut. A ll e e c d o u u c n od t ' 92i xd ri r 0 per uent ~,it 92i I 1 92f Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 Do (Red Sea Telol,raph), Aug., 1908 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per GI 7 pm Do. £5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO — pm Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent — Do. acc•uat Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds Inter-Colonial Omnnun INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 Do. Opening, for Account — Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Pap., 4 per Cent , 92 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 , — Do. 51 per Cent. May , 1879 — Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 D... Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l.000 FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Ar.;entine Republic, f; per Cent Do., Scrip /45 paid .. . Au ;man Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1e59 63f Brazilian 5 por Cent O. 11 per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858 73} Do. do., 1860 Do. do 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 7B} Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cont. (Deferred .3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. -- C,.►lian 6 per Cent no. 4 per Cent 72 Do. 8 per Cent., l'o. 6 per ce-,A. 1867 97 Po. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo tibial), 6 per Cent. Dan si; 3 per Cent., 1825......... Danabian Principalities, 7 ler Cent — D•o 8 per Cent., 1867 Equador New Coniolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent Do Second Issue Do. £soi. Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account . Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds B5 1 English Scrip, 1868 7ll Do do. £l5 pd dis Government Railway Debentures Groex 5 per Cent., 1824- 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent . Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ot., all pd ltsiiau 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account ~ Do Maremmana Railway aerie= 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account — Dn. 1864 — Do R per Cont. Anglo-French — xi ontovideau 6 per Cent. .. — Sloorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Ow?, Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) 1 — Perturian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 811 i Portuguese 3 per Ot., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'3 34 Do. do. 1867 3Bi Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail Russian 5 por Cent., 1822, £ St. Do 41- per Cent .. 1850 ... BBl Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 por Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds , 901 i Do. do. £B4 15s. do. + Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds B9l Do. do £B4 los do Do Nicolas Railway Sardinian S per Cent 110 4i per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 - Do Account Spanish 3 per Oen . Do. AcccAint Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrect Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do A:100 Bonds 64 5 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 • Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 631 . Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent.: — Do. Account Dividends on the above payable in 1 old-01. Austrian o psr Cent. Ex 10 Flo' ins Belgian. 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch ii per (lent., Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... B7 French Routes, 3 per Coat.. E. 25f. — Do Account - Itaiian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. zoi. Do. Account SG 'L 7f TWO O'CLOCK. Commis, Money u2l i xd Do. Account, Jan. 5 92 4 xd Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. 4.tutralla and Now Zealand, via Southampton Dec. 5 Ditto, via 3' Are eilles .... ..... ....D 20 28 Ditto, via Pi...arna Dee 29 Brazil. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Dec. 4. Ditto, by French paoket Dec. t 2. Cape Verde. by Brazil packet ... .. Dec. 4. Cape of Good I.lQpe. Ascension. and St: Helena D:c. 13. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Dec. 5. Gibraltar, via Southampton . Dec 5 India, via Southampton ...... ...................Dec. 5 vitto, via Marseilies Malta, Egypt, .izo. Dec. 4. Ditto, Marseilles Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southanri ton Ditto, Marseilles „ Deo. 13 Newfoundland Portugal Dee.4. United States, t anada, California, .S/c., by British packet Ditto, by Canadiau packet ......• • • 4 Ditto, by L sited States packet Ditto dittt (Baltimore) West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) Dee 14 West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife Dec. 4 Fattland Islands Cuba and Mexico ..... Deo. 29. 13aliamas, via New York Deo. 2. Bermuda, via Halifax ....... . Dee. Di. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f. 1740. per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appe.u - s that gold is about the same price in London and Paris. The course of exchange at Now York on London for ill at 60 days' 5i.2, - ht was on the last date about 1 9/ percent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold rom the Uni:cd States. A draft of the 84th Regiment, consisting of Lieut. Hamilton, one sergeant, two drummers, and 100 rank and file : is held in readiness to embark for Jamaica to join the service companies of the corps. Lieut. Fenn, Pope, and Lonsdale, 49th Regiment, are under orders to proceed from the depot to the service companies. SHIPPING DISASTERS.—The captain of the ship Africa, arrived at Liverpool from Naw York, reports that on the I.7th of Novomber, in 43 N., 50 W., they passed the barque Ward Chipman, of Limorick, abandoned and waterlogged, lower masts and yards standing. Heavy gale blowing. The Cicero, from Chaneral for Liverpool, reports having passed at various dates large icebergs in the South Atlantic.. In passing the Rocas Reef part of a wreck, supposed to be that of the Duncan Dunbar upon it. A paragraph has lately been going the round of the papers to tho effect that Mr. H. L. Trafford, the sti pendiary magistrate for Manchester, had ordered three boys to be whipped every day for a mouth. The state ment is incorrect. Mr. Trafford has no statutory power to order such a punishment. The boys referred to wore ordered to bo imprisoned for one mouth and to be once whipped, and then sent to a reformatory school for fivo years. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The committee of this society have issued a request to their subscribers and visitors to the concert this evening in memory of Rossini that they will kindly bo in their seats five minutes before half-past seven, that the "Dead March in Saul" may be played without interruption. LAUNCH OF A TURRET SHIP.—On Wednesday afternoon the first armour-plated war vessel built on the Tyne for the Government, the Cerberus, was launched from the building yard of Messrs Palmer and Co. (Limited), Jarrow. She is intended for the colonies, and was designed by Mr. E. J. Reed, the Chief Constructor of tho Navy. Her ;dimensions are—Length between per pendiculars, 22bft. ; length of keel, per tonnage, 195 ft. 71in.; breadth, extreme, 45ft. tin. ; depth of hold, 161 t. bin. ; burden in tons, old measure, 2,107 23-94th. She is armour-plated, and has two turrets. The turrets are revolving, being worked by an auxiliary engine. The Cerberus is very strongly built, will be fitted with powerful engines, and will most likely go out to Mel bourne. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY dRAE,ES_AIID STOCKS. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1868. . POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Da,. MARLBOROUGIi-STREET. - The driver of the cab, George Turner, ba dge 16,193, having first been charged with being drunk, and fined 10s. or seven days, James Newby, 160 C, said that about 2 o'clock this morning ho was taking Turner, who vas drunk, to the station, when the prisoner jumped on to Turner's cab and drove off with it, at the rate of about 14 miles an . hour. lie left Turner in charge of another constable and went after the prisoner, who, observing him coining, jumped off the cab and ran away, but he (the officer) pursued him and . caught him, when he said he was driving the cab to King's•cross, as he thought he might there find the owner. Turner denied all knowledge of the prisoner. Turner said that he knew nothing whatever of the prisoner. the prisoner said that a man asked him to drive the cab home, and he did so to save the driver of it from getting into trouble. Mr. Kuox said he was aware there were frequent similar robberies, and he should remand the prisoner fur the purpose of having proper inquiries made into his character. Subsequently a person came forward and said he had known the prisoner for a length of time, and that he was a respectable man, and that he believed his reason for driving off with the cab was to save the driver from getting into a scrape by having it taken to the greenyard. Mr. Knox said that the prisoner would be re manded, but he would take a £lO bail. CHARGE OF STEALING A HORSE AND James Sanson, a cab driver, badge 6,254, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a horsy and cab, the property of Mr. Henry Hill, a cab pro prietor. Share Railways . P aid . ClOe.g B d us one ine . ss st Bristol and Exeter 100 76 78 at Ca1ed0nian.............. 100 74 711 7$ 4/ s t Cambrian 20 Cornwall at .Dublin & Belfast June lO9 77 79 at Dun„Perth, &Ab. June lOO 70 72 20 East London all 8 10 20 Do 15 21 Do 10 at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 91 02 st Great Eastern .. .00 41 411 41/ 1 at Do. E. .Angl. No. 2 lOO 8 8s at Lireat North of Scotland lOO 15 6 st Great Northern lOO 106 107 106 7 at Do. A stock lOO 106 1081 1071 81 at Do. B stock lOO 123 125 at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 96 97 fit (it. Western -Original lOO 1: 1 41 484 & Do. South Wales — a. Do. W. Mid.—Oxford lOO 25 28 at Do. Newport lOO 28 11 at Lancashire & Yorkshire lOO 128 .261 1281 st Lon., Brigh., &S. Coast lOO 47 471 44 1 191 Do Scrip at lon., Chat., and Dovei too lel 171 st Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO at Lon. & North Wcsttre lOO 1124 an 1121 at :Lon. & South Western lOO b 7 t 9 831 at Mau., She)., .1: Lincoln Lincoln lOO 471 474 at Metrooolitan . at Do ExtensiJa 100 98 lao 10 Do. New r It) 10 1 at Metropolitan Distriet. all 10 Metrop. at. J oi:n'e Wool 6 - at 3Loiand at Do, & Dcorb; at N.irtli British . 100 111 421 321 st Do. 100 at Nor. tilastern—Berwies 100 9:+l 1001 25 Do. G. N.E at Do Leeds.. .. 100 641 65) at Do York. at Do Carlisle ~.. • lOO 1'..5 130 st Do Stocs. & 100 126 130 st North Lon lou 10 Do New 1868 . 2 11 2 p at North Staffordshire . . 100 53 85 st North and S.-W. Junction 100 102 104 10 Do New £lO shares 7 • • st Ithymney st Shropshire Union 1 0 65 55 st South Devon .. at South Eastern lOO 79 7)4 20 Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 12 13 St 'tall Vale lOO 145 lao i 0 Do. C at Waterlord & Kilkenny.. 100 10 Waterloo & 'Whiteha 1.. 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERIMCE SHARES AND STOOKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.ccnt. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gnu. 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO . . at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 80 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroatk, 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. lit Class preference lOO ~. st Gies. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... st Gt. Eastern, E.G. Ex. No.l 100 97 100 st Do do N 0.2 100 96 93 st Do do C per cent 100 106 108 st Do East Anglian A4p. c. 100 99 102 at Do do B 6 do. 100 ... st Do do C 7 do. 100 ... at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 102 at Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 at Do do 5 p.e.W0.v.Va1.1847 100 st Great Northern, sper cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 108 st Do 43 do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax., 6 per cent lOO ... st Gt. Nrth of Scotland. let pf 100 at Great South. and WetterlB (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 atj G t.West.—Orig.ot J ut.-71.tent chg., per gua.b p.c lOO 102 103 109: 3 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 at Do do 4 1 per cent. 1850 lOO 83 8d st Do do 4 do do st Do do 5 per cent. redem lOO 93 95 st Do do Birmingham gua lOO 65 70 at Do do . do pref lOO at Do do &Chester gua lOO at Do do do 8 per cent lOO 150 160 at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gnu. 4 p.c. 100 ... at Do do 41 p.c at Do do 41 1859 lOO ... at Do do b st Do West Mid.-Oxford Ist g lOO 103 11.2 st Do do 2d gua lOO 107 103 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 83 92 st Do do 2d do 100 ... st Du gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... 100 Lancaster & CarliaJp 41 p.c. all ... st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Do Barnsley, £5 38 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 97 100 at London & Brighton, Sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 ... at Do 6 do do lOO at Do b do No. 4. 100 at Do 7 per cent l,O st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P ) 190 at Do 4 do 1859 st London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ... at London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 109 111 st Do Bedford &Cambridge....loo 8 • 91 at Do Shrewsb`y & Welchp'l lOO 83 91 at London and s.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 143 146 25.6 d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all at Man., Shef., & Lincln. 6 p.c lOO 114 117 6 Du st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 ... st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 st Do 13ristol&Birru., 6p. c lOO 1 u 133 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 93 stf Do 44 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 99 at Do Leicester & chn, 4 p.c. 100 89 91 at North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO ... at Do E. &G. 4p. c. S. & D lOO at Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per cen.t lOO t Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO . . st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 83 st Do 41 per cent- redeem— lOO 03 95 st Do CLN.E. 4 per cent., lOO . 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. '25 Do York, 11. &S. purchase lO 10 1 . 4 t Do Stcktn & Drliug. A 3 p.c lOO 108 110 t Du W, liartlepool IL audit lOO 87 83 '2O North Staffordshire lOs S. Devon Annuities, 1 a all 91 101 lOs Do Tavistock Anns., los all 9. 10 108 Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. e.ast. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 42 45 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent ou the Profits of each separate year. et Caledonian 41 p c gua. et Do Scot. Ceu. win. 7p c lOO et Do 41 p redeem-- all st Do 4p e con., issued at SU 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 st Du 5 do, 1862_ 100 Si 1 , 1 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 83 91 st Do do 5 du, 1864 lOO ... 854 st Great Northern, 6p c irred lOO ... at Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO ... st Do Boston & Sleald, 44 pc 100 st Great West., W. Midi., 5p c 100 8G 90 lit Du Joint ',expo. 5 p c,1865 100 84 88 st Du do 6p e irred., 1866 100 102 101 2) Do Vale N eath perp. 5p e all 101 201 et Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... Laue. and York. New 44 per cent till July, 1871 2 14 st Loud., Brig., &e., 41 pc, 1858 100 ... st Du do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 44 do, 1861 100 ... st Do du 41 do, 1563 100 ... st Do (10 5 d u, 1865 1 00 st Du No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 sdo st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 100 ..• at Du Metrop. Ex., B p.c Do du C p.c 100 at London &N. Western, 5p 5 100 103 110 st London &S. Western, 41 p e 100 03 10 Man. Shef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 884 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 105 107 st Do B do 13 Do 5p e opt. to cony. to IVO 105 107 Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1860 all 11 14p 18 Do luconv. Now Shares 16 ip 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 11, 1867 Bl 11 14p St North British, E. and I+,l No. 1, 5 per cent.-- 100 st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 st Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 st Do E.& G. , No. 2, 5 p.c st Do N. 8.. 5 por cent, 1862 100 st Du E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c st Do E. &, G., (Ordiry) 41 p e 100 55 57 st North Eastern, 44 per cent 100 '35 st Do Stock. & Danl., 100 11 t 113 st North London, 44, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ... at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1850 100 ... st Do 5 do 1861 100 ••• at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 1 0 0 ••• st Do 5 do, 1861 st Victoria St. & 41 pc 100 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at Birkenhead DO 02 91 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prelier all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 41 56 st Du. 51 per cent. st Do. 6 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lO9 6t, Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13 . 3 . 1:35" 2 Gloster and Dean. Forest all s Crt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c lOO :• ... at, Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c IGO 611 71 st Do. du. Woodbrg.Ex., do WO 69 7 . st Gt. West, W. Mid., Ilcruf lOO 95 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 211 213 st London and 131w:3i:wall lOO 92 94 a t Do, 41 per cent lOO ••• • st London, Chat., &e., 41 pc. 100 ... ... st Do. Corn. Fund, 5 do. 100 ... . st London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO ... ... El. London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 72 at Lowestoft, gua. 4 per cent lOO 79 8 3 at Do. do. 6 do. ... 51 Mauch., Buxton, dr. Matlk all 5 51 st 51 idland, Bradford, Pref IOU 92 91 10 Mid Kent (Cray Line) 50 Nortkermt East., .5 per cent all ki LV , 0 D o . do. 6 do. all ... ... at N. Eastern—Hartlepool ... st N. West. A perp. prof, Ip. c. lOU 105 110 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ... ... at Nutting. er.Grauth. It. & (..l IOU 92 9.1 25 Preston and 11 yro. all 44 40 ... Royston, Ditch., and Shell. lOU 133 135 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 13:3 135 10 Do do 5 2i 2, p at S. Yorksh. and Blur Dun 100 OS 100 st Du 4 per cent gua lO i 79 81 at Do .5 do at Vict. Station and Pimlico IVO 1754 180 Bp at West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 t!U Du du B all ... .., 20 Do do C all 61 ii st Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 110 st London and St. Katherino luo 43 45 100 Do Deb. stock, 4 par cent al ~. ... Millwall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 31 37 351 4/ at Southampton lOO 71 70 st §urroy Qmixivrcityl , .01 tot THAMES. ROBBERIES IN TIIE DOCK.—Alfred Simpson, aged 21 years, of No. 4, Lisbon-street, North-street, Whitechapel, labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with stealing 31 lbs. of raw coffee, the property of the London and St. Katherine Dock Company. William Robinson, a Dock constable, said the prisoner had been working in the E magazine of the London Dock yesterday, and when he came to the gate at 4 o'clock to pass out he appeared to look lusty, and he searched him, and found in his pockets 3ilbs. of coffee. The prisoner said all the constable said was true. He was very sorry for what he had done. Mr. Paget said he was determined as far as lay in his power to stop the present robberies in the docks, and to punish with severity all persons filching tea, coffee, or sugar, wines, or any other merchandise necessarily exposed on the quays. He sentenced the ,prisoner to two months' imprison ment and hard labour. TUE LATE BURGLARY AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY. —Thomas Brown, aged 26 years, was brought be fore Mr. Paget charged with being concerned with others in feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling house and shop of Mr. Lewis Lavinbury, pawnbroker and jeweller, of No. 31, Broad-street, Ratcliff, on Saturday night last, and stealing gold rings, ear-drops, watches, and other jewellery to the amount of £5OO. The prisoner described himself as a seaman. He was arrested this morning at three o'clock. He was identified as one of the four men seen by Smith, 47 K, near the prosecutor's shop at an early hour on Sunday morning. They separated on seeing Smith, and one was afterwards captured with a por tion of the stolen property upon him. This per son was remanded until Monday next, and the pri soner was remanded until that day. A LIBERAL LANDLORD. At the Westminster Police-court, yesterday, Mr. John Lane of Albert-terrace, Knightsbridge, ap peared to a notice under the Petty Tenements Act, to show cause why an order should not be made upon him to deliver up possession of rooms occu pied by him. Mr. Smyth, solicitor (instructed by the London and Westminster Working Men's COns'-itutional Associ ation), appeared for the defendant, Mr. W. Bennett, the secretary of the association, and several mem bers of the body were present, and Messrs. Roger son and Ford, s)licitors, watched the proceedings. Benjamin Islicolay, the landlord of the house in Albert-terrace, said that defendant occupied the shop and lower part as a carver and gilder, under one agreement, and two rooms at the top of the house were subsequently let to him as a weekly tenant at ss. per week. The present notice had reference to these two rooms, not to the other part he held. In cross-examination by Mr. Smyth, the com plainant said—We have had a little dispute upon political grounds ; it was about the Westminster election. I voted for Mill and Grosvenor. He voted, I believe, for Smith. He put two boards out to vote for Smith, to my great annoyance, on the top of the house, and I told him if he did not take them in he should go. I told him I should give him notice to leave. I put up Mill and Grosvenor on my part of the premises ; but it was upstairs, at the top of the house, " Vote for Smith," and downstairs in the shop, " Vote for Smith." Ile said he should not take the bills down from the top of the house for any one. I said I would not have large bills on boards up there to deface my house. It was not for putting up bills for Smith I cared, but it did not improve the ap pearance of the top of my house. I told him he might put as many as he liked about the shop. I did not interfere with those below. The bills did not look nice on the top of the house, and I did not approve of them for that reason. He has occupied the shop for four years, and the upper premises about three years. Complainant having, in reply to the Court, said that he could not get rid of defendant at present from the shop, Mr. Arnold thought it looked vindictive under those circumstances to require him to leave the upper apartments. It was hardly worth while of complainant to do so. Complainant said he wanted one of them for his aged mother. lle further complained they had been turned into workshops, and that he was annoyed by the noise. He, however, admitted that that had been going on more or less for a year. Mr. Smyth, addressing the Court, characterised this as a most arbitrary proceeding. Because his client had differed from his landlord in politics he was to be turned out of part of his premises. De fendant had established a large business there, and would necessarily be put to considerable inconve nience if ordered to give up the rooms. lie was surprised that complainant should press the matter, and try to get rid of him in a week, when he was, in fact, a quarterly tenant. Defendant was then put into the witness-box, and deposed that his agreement with complainant for the upper rooms was at the rate of ss. per week. to be paid quarterly. Complainant and [defendant's rent-books were both produced. Mr. Arnold, after examining them, said they were somewhat irregular. Looking at the way the money had been paid, he was of opinion that de fendant was a quarterly, not a weekly tenant, and he, therefore, could not make the order to quit CHOLERA FUNGUS.—After a serious of long bota nical researches, Professor Ernest llallier, of the Uni versity of Jona, has convinced himself of the presence in the excreta of cholera patients of a microscopic fungus which exists in them in considerable quantities. On sub mitting this minute plant to a careful microscopical ex amination, the distinguished botanist found that it has all the characters of Urocisctas oryzw, which in India is found sometimes in the rice plantations. Professor Hallier then manured the rice plants with the excreta in piestion, and finds that they perish rapidly. A whole plantation may bo thus destroyed by the Urocistus in a very short space of time.—Scientific Review. Mr. FITZPATRICK.—It gives us much pleasure to state that the reported illness of the Right Hon. John Fitzpatrick has no serious consequences. Although pre vented by an attack of gout from appearing on tho hust ings at his unopposed return for the Queen's (bounty, he will take his seat PA Ow flat clay of thy mooting of the nE, W Forligunt, BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. dono 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 10 Do B lO 5/ 64 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 14 19 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all it 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 6 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, limn. 25 Bank of South Australia all 81 83 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 30 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 be British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, i.. nil China all 29 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India, Louden, and China all 30 31 301 20 City lO 11 12 100 Colonial 25 37 371 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and Loudon, lint 50 East London, liui 5 11 63 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ••• 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja n.,iro liin lO ld pr 20 English, , cuttish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ••• 281 Do new l4 4 4 100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 18 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 11 11 111 f :5 lonian all 26 28 25 Do new 5 pr 1p 20 LTA Mortgage of India, lint 4 3 : 8 1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6 I, 30 all 7G ip 8 00 Loudon Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 Loudon and Brazilian, lim. 45 80 2.5 new 20 Do 71 5 41 100 London & River Plate, lira. 40 2 4 25 Do new 10 11 11 20 London Chart. of Au s tr a li a all 231 244 50 London and County 2O 51 6'2 20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pa ll ..• ••• 50 London Joint Stock 1 35 86 20 London and South African al 1 . 12 100 London & S.-Western, lhn, 20 ..• -8 .50 London & Venezuela lim l2l ••• ••• 100 London and Westminster 2O 67 69 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pin 2O 66 67 651 4 100 Merchant, lint 25 7 6 10 Metropolitan, lim all 6 7 100 Midland, lira 2O is pr 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15 ..• ••• 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ••• ••• 10 Do to National.. SO 64 66 20 Now South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 424 481 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. li 6 ik 100 Provincial of Ireland.. ..... . 25 69 31 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 13 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... 25 Union of Australia all 47 49 48/ 100 Union of Ireland, lim 60 Union of London MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lint. all ... ... 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 7 ocl 1p 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 81 31 st Do. 8 per cent lOO 77 79 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 bd 10 Berlin Water Works, Urn all 134 14/ 10 Do. New 6 g 81 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim 5 Do. New 4 If Of 5) British American Land 44 lb 17 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 165 170 j 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 24 114 20 Ceylon Company, lim 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 8 45 81 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 814 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 5 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 2 8 50 City Offices, lint 25 12; 211 d 50 Colonial, lira. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 6 p ip 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, 44 per cent. all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 4I per cent, all 104 104 100 Do. 1682, 44 per cent. all 1081 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 11 24 2 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 8 2 d st Crystal Palace lOO 23 25 st Do. Preference lOO 97 102 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 111 20 Darjeeling, lien. I 0 Eastern Assam, line. 6l ... „A 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal. lim 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. rroy. Gala. by Egypt. Gov all 901 911 901 1 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 44 41d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 225 230 10 Do. New 8 9 10p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 1 a 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 5 4il 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, lim. 8 ... ...,/ 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 11 lid 20 Fore-stroetWarehouse,lim l2 pr ip 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and -- - - Loan Scrip, issued at .CB5 all 83 14 50 Gellivara, lint. 2O 10 General Credit & Die., lim. 71 2 • ' 1/ 15 General Steam Navigation 11 23 29 50 Hotly: & Col Marine In. lint. 5 41 Old 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 15 151 131 20 Imperial haul Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 25 Indo-European Tel., lint.... 10 ... ... '2O 'memo.. Financial Soc. lint .6 11 1 i 20 Intern. Laud Credit, lim 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land 3 11 ld 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 2 '2l 100 Do. 6 p. c. Bde., redeem 1870, issued 00 all 69 63 62 50 Land Securities, lint 25 London African Trading lO 7 s d, 25 Lon. & Calcd. Marin e, lint. G ••• •••'. 10 London County Laud and Building, 1int......... 4 -• • ..( 1 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lint all 31 3 1 gl Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 4 •IP 10 Lond. Financial AliSo , lint 30 23 2 2 1 4 Lond.Gou.Oninibus.Co . .li m . all 11 2 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lint 25 22 17d 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 id P r st Madras Irriga. &Canl. Una. 5 p. c. by India Gov. lOO 10 Mauritius Land , Credit, and Agency,l int_ . 11 fki 10 Mediterra.. Eaten, Tel, him. all 4 4; 10 Merchant Shipping, lim all 36 41 50 Millwall Iron Works, lint l2l ••• "' 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co. , lim 5 12 121 25 National Prov. Marine', lira. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lint, all 81 94 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. t 3 2d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint 3 1; Id 1 New Quebrada, lint 4.4.0 4 4 3 i' 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. . cantile Agency,lim 2l g 41 ) 25 New Zealand. Trust and Loan, lint 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 7 , 2 5 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lint_ 100 38 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6/ 1J 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15 MI 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll ••• •••d,, 5 Oriental Gas, lint. 5 Do. New 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lint 5 Ottoman Gas, li nt all 14 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian It. Mail lint all 2 31 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 32 31 60 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 64 56 54 1 50 Do. New 1867 lO id pr 25 Reutor'a Te1egram.,,.,,,,,,,, 24 50 35p 521 60 Ithymnoy Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im„lim all 13 4 191 20 Do. Gas, lint all 2 3 24 100 Royal Mail Steam st Scottish Aust. Invest, lim lOO 110 114 • st Do. 6p. c. Guar. i'ref. 100 ••• , 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte lim. 10 7 6(2 20 Societe Glen.do l'Empire Ot. 8 3 4 13 10 S. African Mort. & Inv., lint. 6 ••• •• 25 South Australian Lana st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all ; 1; 20 Telegraph Con. & 3laiu„lim all 154 164 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 1int..... 2 21 2 4 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim, Bl ..• -• 10 Trust & Agency of Aus„lim 1 4 1p 10 Do do. do. all ... ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 1 ld p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 4 41p 104 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 11 Old 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., Him all 4/ 54 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 3 4 34p 20 Universal Marine(l.), lint. 1 11p 10 Upper Assam Tea, 30 Van Diemau's Land 7 8 lion a 3 4 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per all 751 75; 761 f 12 12 10d 2. 4 ad 50 W e a e r n r t a,n ( t ll A r n t a g n ' e g e e , ) linL a _ 50 West India and Loan all ... ... 20 't V WarehouseSteam,s tL o it. il l i nt o n . s . Wharves . lil . l . .... ... . ..and . . .... . ouLoiviAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per ..... 100 1895. ...... 100 - Can.Gov.6 p.o.J July 1877-84 .. .. • • lOO 107 10 8 4 1074 Do, 6p. c. .... & Aug•• •• 100 105 20 Do. sp. o. Mar. dt Sept lOO 105 10 -t Do. sp. o. Jan. • _ July lOO 93 94 954 Do. sp. C. inscribed Mt lOO go 92 4 Caps (*.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 lOO 102 104 Do.Apl.Bzooo 1890-100 lOO 111 113 1111 Do. do 1b 8 °" 9 "• • 100 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 •••• 10 0 108 110 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 16 Oct., 1900 lOO 10) 102 Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6P. c.• 100 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 10 5 107 Mauritius, 0 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ........ ••• 100 Ho 108 Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. 46 Au(;•••• 100 106 108 Melbourne Corporatu 1667-75, 6 per ccnt •• •• 10) - N• 13 •0r0v.6 p.o.Ja.•OIIIY 100 102 104 Natal 6 p ct, Apl dz Oct lOO _ Do 6p 0. May 14 Nov lOO 106 108 N. 6. W. 5 p•O., '7l to '7B lOO 09 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1890 lOO 00 102 100 i Do. 5 p.c. rd. '6; to ' 71 .• 100 99 101 N.Zealand, 6p. ot.1 891 .• 100 • - Do. 5 per cent•••• - DoJan,.Apri, July, Oct lOO 974 984 - Do 6p c. Mar aept 100 108 110 DoJune & Dec , 1.9 1 •••• 1 00 109 111 IDo Prov. k 1 Auet id. 2 _ 1. 0 itriei 1 & 2, 1c96..• Nova Scotia 6p. o •Ja u " • ani July. 1875 - Do lac 6.. .... lOO 101 103 Queensind. 6p. 0 . ' B• = , 100 105 106 18 9 1 lOO 1054 1064 S. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 lOO _ _ Do 1878.9 x lOO 108 110 Do 1693 1908........•• 100 107 108 Tasmanian ep o, 1896.• 100 106 107 Do rd. 1803 to 1194 lOO 1 ( 7 10 3 Vlctorla 6p.0. Ja.ifz July • Do. 1691 PQ. 49, April 46 091..., 300 ;•00 - - MR. GLADSTONE AT WINDSOR. The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone ar rived at Windsor Castle. yesterday afternoon, in obedience to a Royal summons, as the future Prime Minister, to receive her Majesty's commands, with respect to the formation of a Liberal Ministry, in succession to the Administration of Mr. Disraeli. He reached Slough by the Great Western Railway, and the train was stopped at that station for his accommodation. At Slough he was met by General Grey, the Queen's private secretary, and was con veyed to Windsor in one of her Majesty's carriages. On the way Mr. Gladstone called to see his son, a student at Eton, and thence he proceeded to Windsor Castle. Mr. Gladstone had an interview of some duration with her Majesty the Queen, and undertook the formation of the new Cabinet. Ile remained at the Castle upwards of two hours, and left at 6 o'clock last evening, when he was driven to the Windsor station of the South-Western Railway, and departed for town by the 6 15 train. There were au immense assembly at the Great Western Railway station at Windsor throughout the afternoon, in the expectation of seeing the new Premier ; but his arrival and departure were as unostentatious as possible, and were only witnessed by the few people who were conli lattiatly made acquainted with the route to be taken t) and from Windsor Castle. MARKETS-21118 DAY. MARK LANE. At Mark-lane this morning the supply of English wheat was moderate, thatiof foreign being ample. Sales could only be effected with difficulty, but last Monday's rates wore on the whole maintained. The supply of English oats was small, that of Irish was more plenti ful, but of foreign we have still to report good arrivals. The inquiry was sluggish, and prices gave way another 3d, making Gd on the week. Maize is quiet, with further arrivals. SMITHFIELD AND LEADENHALL. The inquiry continues moderate, with a large supply English regents, 60s to 1305.; ditto York, 90s to 160 s ; ditto rocks, GOs to 120 s ; Sbotch regents, 60s to 120 s ; Dunbars, 80s to 130 s; French, 40s to 808 per ton. BOROUGH HOP. Tho demand continues steady for all descriptions of new English and foreign hops, at the recent advance of from 5s to 8s per cwt. Supplies aro now short. COLONIAL. Sugar.—The market continues in the same dull state as previously reported, only moderate sales are effected at about previous prices. Refined, business has been done at the former value, but at which there is only a limited inquiry. Tea is in moderate request at steady rates. Coffee.—The auctions continue to go off without spirit at about the previous value. Plantation Ceylon, small, 595.; greyish, 965. ; pea berry, 725. ; Native Ceylon, 445. Cs. ; other East India, palish, 625. ; fine ordinary, 655. to 665. ; bold, 68s. Gd. to 78s. Popper.-400 bags of black sold—Singapore, 31d. ; ditto for cash, 3 11-16 d.; Penang, 3id. ; ditto for cash, 3 7-16 d.; and 700 bags Singapore white, at 51d. Rum—Forty puncheons of Jamaica sold at 2s lld to 3s and 60 puncheons Demerara.at 2s. Saltpetre—Seven hundred bags sold at 23s for cash, and 80 tons afloat at 23s to 23s 3d, usual allowances. Rice remains quiet. 400 tons broken Rangoon sold at 7s 9d to 8d ex ship; and 3,200 bags Bengal Ballam, 9s; good old white, 13s. MILI7ARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. A general order, signed by Lieut.-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, K.C.8., Adjut.-Gen., has been issued from the Horse Guards, by command of his Royal High ness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, directing that the commanding officer of each corps is to form a mess for the sergeants, as one of the means of supporting their consequence and respectability ; and should any local circum stances render it impracticable, the reasons which may have prevented its a loption are to be explained at the half-yearly inspection. All army schoolmasters (if unmarried), and military bandmasters, staff, and other sergeants, whether married or single, must be members of the mess and the single members must always be dining mem bers. The management of the mess is to be con ducted by a committee, the president of which should not be below the rank of colour-sergeant, with two sergeants as members. The daily rate of messing should not exceed is., and a serpant is to be selected by the mess committee to act as a caterer, subject to the approval of the commanding officer, and he is to be exempt from all other duties. Honorary members may be admitted, with the sanction of the commanding offi:.er. The troops at Chatham garrison have commenced route marching for the winter, aui are employed daily on that exercise as often as tha weather will permit. Yesterday the troops comprising the 2d depot battalion were taken out route marching in the direction of Maidstone, under the command of Major W. H. Kerr. Col. C. R. Romer, commanding artillery in the Westera Division, accompanied by his staff officer, Capt. Cottingham, R.A., has concluded his annual inspection of the various forts and batteries at Pembroke Dock and Milford Haven, and the result of the inspection was iu every respect satisfac tory. No 5 Battery 13th Brigade Royal Artillery, stationed at Pembroke, under the command of Major T. Picton Tubervill, was also inspected by Colonel Romer, who expressed himself well pleased with the appearance of the fine body of men form ing the battery. An order has been received at Woolwich sus pending the proposed reorganization of the Ord nance Select Committee and other contemplated alterations in connection with military reform un til the feeling of the new Parliament can be elicited on the subject. It has been decided to convert the clothing establishment at Woolwich into a military store in connection with the Tower, under the superintendence of the Principal Super intendent of Stores, Royal Arsenal. The work will be performed by men belonging to the Military Store Working Corps; so that for the 550 females superseded and thrown out of employment by re moval of the clothing establishment,there will be no compensative benefit accruing to the civil popula tion of the district. There will be no further dis charges or transfers of workmen from Deptford Dockyard to other yards until after the launch, on the 14th of March, of the Druid, which is the last vessel on the stocks. The yard will be finally closed on the 31st of March. No official intimation has been received with regard to the future disposal of the yard, but it is believed that the building slips will be retained by the Admiralty, so as to be avail able for vessels in time of war, and that the yard, or a large portion of it, will be closed in the same way as prior to 1845. The Warwick, chartered troopship, sailed from the Thames yesterday with the remaining detach ments of the 71st Highlanders on board, from the Curragh, for conveyance to Gibraltar, to join the headquarters and service companies. The follow ing officers proceed to Gibraltar with the 71st High landers:—Capt. W. O'Malley, Capt. H. B. Wilson, Lieut. A. W. Spens, Lieut. C. H. Bunbury, Lieut. R. C. Singleton, and Assist.-Surgeon J. J. O'Reilly, 71st Regiment; and Assist-Sur& W. J. Wilson, M.D., 28th Regiment. The Warwick also received on board at the Nore a number of convicts from the convict establishment, St. Mary's, Chatham, for re moval to Gibraltar. The despatch vessel Helicon, Commander E. Field, left liamoaza on Wednesday morning for Plymouth Sound, preparatory to joining the Chan nel Squadron when the weather moderates. The Spartan, recently launched at Deptford Dockyard, has been removed to the Woolwich yard, to be fitted and equipped for service. Her Majesty's steam storeship Dee left Deptford Dockyard at half-past three yesterday afternoon, with timber and victualling stores for Portsmouth. Two naval courts-martial were held at Devon port on Wednesday, under the presidency of Capt. Willes, C. 8., of the Indus. William Wright and William Hill, seaman, belonging to the Lion, were charged with having left that ship's hulk on the night of the 12th of November in the Lion's gig, without leave ; and the charge being proved, they were each sentenced to six mouths' imprisonment at Lewes. Denis Donovan, A. 8., was charged with having violently assaulted George Cornick, master at-arms, on board the Valiant ; and having pleaded guilty, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at 14011,015. SPAIN. (BY REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) MADRID, Dec. 3. By a decree of the. Minister of the Interior the Municipalities and Provincial Deputations are authorise." to prescribe for the new loan, and are empowered to apportion for that purpose one-third of the funds at their disposal, which have been placed in the Banks of Deposit, the proceeds of the sale of some municipal bonds. The subscription to the new loan amount to 346 millions of reals. Bank of England Returns. An Account, pursuant to ti cap. 32, for the weak ending I he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1868. P AUT 31 ENT. ISSUE DEI Notes issued -.....C32,007,425 Gown-mut. D0bt.£11,015,101 Other Socurities- 3,984,900 Gold Coin ana Bullion Savor Bullion .£32,007,42.5 £32,007,425 EA.NKING 1). £11,553,000 [test 6:PART3f ENT. tiovernint. Seen rities(ineluding Dead Weight Annuity) .... £15,074,974 Othor Sceurities 17, 193,379 Notes 8 497,315 Gold and Silver 1 Coin Public Deposits (hid ui hug ilx cliequ'er, Sav ings' Commissioners of National Debt. stud Div. Accounts 5,575,694 Other Deposits 18,085,878 Seven Days and othor Bilks 562,283 £41,815,891 i 441,846,891 'RANK MAY, Chief Cashier. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE KINGSBURY STEEPLECIIASES AND HURDLE RACES. TUESDAY Dec. 8. Military Steeplechase, a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, 12st each for maiden horses, the property of Officers on full pay in the Army or Navy, or Gentlemen having been in the Household Troops; the said horses to have been their property three months previous to naming. The' winner to be sold by action for 100 sovs. Abou three miles. To close and name to Mr Topham, Dar land, Wrexham, on or before Thursday, the 3d of De cember. Present subscribers :—Capt. Grosvenor, Capt. Harford Mr Case, Col. Knox, Sir William Cuming, Capt. Bagot, Mr Buller, Capt. Brabazon, and Capt. Tempest. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9. The Metropolitan Handicap of 15 sous each, 10 ft, and 3 only to the Fund, if declared as under, with 200 added. Winners after publication of the weights (Nov. 30, at 11 a.m.) of the value of 50 sous 51b, of two or 100 sovs 101 b extra. Winner to pay 25 BOYS towards police, &c. Three miles. 46 subs. Age st lb Ago st lb Pearl Diver a 12 10 Hippolyte ~. a 10 10 Benazet ... al2 4 Stanton ... ... alO 13 Lamb, The ... 6 12 0 Tathwell ... 6 10 10 Tally-ho ... a 11 12 Reporter ... a 10 10 Nun, The (11 b) all 10 Jack of Trumps *Steamboat 511 10 (half bred) ... alO 8 Alcibiade a 11. 8 Harlington ... 410 7 Count Horn 6 11 7 Plover ... a 10 7 • Despatch ... ... all 6Q. C. 410 5 Capt. Crosstreo ... a 11 4 Golden Cross a 10 4 Globule ... 11 3 Clansman ~. 610 4 *Woodbury Hill Roving Maid 410 4 (half bred) ... a 11 2 Flat atcher ... 6 10 4 Guide ... 6 11 2 Snowstorm ... 5 10 2 Colonel, The (11 b) 5 11 2 *La Pique ... 6 10 2 Greenland... ... a 11 2 Meerschaum ... a 10 Z Robber, The ... a 11 1 Caustic 5 10 2 Hornet ... all 0 Risk ... 610 2 Tusculanum 611 0 L. S. D. ... ... alO 0 Pensioner ... ... a 11 0 Wild Huntsman ... a 10 0 Brick a 11 0 Gamecock... alO 0 Kingfisher... ... all 0 Salamanca... ... 410 0 Laura (h ... a 10 13 Odd Fellow ... 4 10 0 Polestar ... 610 12 Prima Donna ... 410 0 Th o se marked thus (*) are entered without the know ledge of their owners, and will be struck out at the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to the contrary. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. FEBRUARY. Streatham 11, 12 Lincoln l6, 17 18, 19 Mansfield 18 MA Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Kingsbury l2, 13 Northampton lll, 17 Nottingham Spring 23, 24 Chelmsford... 25, •26 Derby Spring 95, 26 IC 11. AP. Bromley 1. - P Newmarket 0rav0u...12, &c. S..reatliarn 16, 17 Eastbourne l9 Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 St. Albans Salisbury l3, 14 Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Kingsbury .. 9, 10 Nottingham l3, 14 Reading 15, 16 West Drayton lB, 19 Durham 29, 30 Ittrgato 29 Epsom 30, 31 IIL. Lewes ... 20, 21 Croydon 22, 23 Newinarktn Ist Spring ..6, &c. Bath 18 19 , Manchester l9, 20, 21 rlroplepti 20, 2l Jarponclon 2l Epsom Summer .....2b, Jrc. NE. AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 Wolverhampton lO, 11 I Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans SEPTE Doncaster OCT Bedford Leicester Nowcastlo 22, 23, 21 Oldham .........22 iiibury Club 23 Scockiwidgo 21-, 25;ia clieluisford Sutton Park .....29, 30 LY. Huntingdon 2O, 21 Southampton 22, 22 Stamford ... 22, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 UST. Stockton lB, IP, 20 Canterbury 24, 25 York 24, 25, 27 ' Plymouth ...26 Windsor August l2, 13 Derby Summer ..,31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1. hIBER. Newmarket First 0ct.... 28 BER. Newmarket Second Oct. 15 Newmaret Houghton „. 21. WATERLOO MEETING-FE8.17. (Over Altcar.) Patron-Right Hon The Waterloo Cup, value £l, of £25 each; 64 subs; the the second £2OO. 1. Mr C. F. Allison 33. Mr J. Ingleby 2. Mr J. F. Armistead 34. Mr R. Jardine 8. Mr J. Bake 35. Mr F. Johnston 4. Mr W. J. Barden 36. Mr J. Johnston 5. Mr F. Bartholomew 37. Mr H. B. Jones 6. Lord Binning 38. Mr W. J. Legh 7. Mr J. Blackstock 39. Mr S. 0. Lister 8. Mr J. S. Bland 40. Mr J. Lonsdale 9. Mr G. Blaushard 41. Lord Lurgan 10. Mr W. G. Borron 42. Hr S. Mallabey 11. Mr T. Brocklebank 43. Mr C. E. 31arfleet 12. Mr J. Brundrit; 44. Mr W. H. Massey 13. Mr R. B. Carruthers 45. Sir C. Molyneux 14. Mr C. J. Chesshyre 46. _don. 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. Reed./ 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 b 6. Lord Stair 25. Mr A. Graham 57. Mr E. W. Stocker 26. Mr T. Green 58. Mr S. Swinburne 27. Mr C. A. Bailey 59. Mr G. A. Thompson 28. Capt. Hathorn 60. Mr R. Todd 29. Mr J. Haywood 61. Mr B. W. Trinder 30. Mr J. llodsoa 62. Mr It. C. Vyner 31. Mr J. Hole 63. Mr It. H. Williams 32. Mr J. Hyslop C 4. 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 Waterlos 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, G 4 subscribers, at £25 each the money £1,600 -to be divided as under :- 1. Winner to receive ... £5OO 1. Second ditto ... ... 200 2. Dogs to receive £5O each... ... 100 4. Ditto ditto 80 ditto... ... ... 120 8. Ditto ditto 20 ditto... ... 160 16. Ditto ditto 10 ditto... 160 the Earl of Sefton. ,600 in specie, by subscription winner to receive £5OO, and 1,240 Tho Watorloo Purso and Waterloo Plato 860 £1,600 The Waterloo Purse, for the 32 dogs beaten hi the first courso for the Waterloo Cup, amounting to £260, to be divided as under:—• 1. Winner to receive £lOO 1. Second ditto ••• ... ... @Ott 50 2. Dogs to receive £l5 ... 80 4. Ditto ditto 10 ditto... ... 40 8. Ditto ditto 5 ditto... ... ... 40 1G £260 The Waterloo Plate for the 1G dogs beaten in the second ties for tho Cup, amounting to £lOO, to be divided as under : 1. Winner to receive £4O 1. Second ditto ... 2. Dogs to receive .£7 lOs each 4. Ditto ditto 5 ditto 4100 leld ng, lent the De Lain e i j L g, tug , of The croft