The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-05 00:00:00

X 0 LIN E Y ,CARTE AND CO ItERCIAL INTRLLIGENOR, CITY, Two o'CLocK. The market to-day was dull owing to the Turkish Ambassador withdraing from Greece and the Greek Ambassador from Constantinople. This has in duced Turkish securities to fall, the Fives of 1868 being quoted at 39k. Consols also have been de- Pressed, but railway stocks are corn' ara.tively firmer. The rate for discount in the market is 21 to 3 per cent., and for loans 11 to 2. Consols are 921 1 1 for money; ditto, for Ac count, 921 4 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 921 ; New Tliree per Cents, 921 1 ; Annuities, April, 1 885, 12 5-16 ; Exchequer Bills £lOO and £2OO, 2 per Cent., 12 prem. India Stock, 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 113 ; 121 ; ditto, Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 911; ditto 5 1 per Cent., May, 1879, 1011 ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 10 7 prem. Foreign Stocks are heavy. Turkish of 1865 have declined 11 per cent. ; ditto of 1858 and 1862, 1 ; Italian of 1861, 11 ; Spanish of 1867, 1 ; Mexican, 1, &C. The quotations are as follows : Brazilian of 1865, 771 to 781; Chilian of 1867, 961 to 1 ; Egyptian of 1864, 831 to / ; ditto of 1868, 741 to 4 ; Italian of 1861, 56 to 1 ; Mexican, 15 1 to ; Peruvian of 1865, 811 to 1 ; Russian of 1866, 892 to 901 ; ditto Nicolai, 65/ to 66/ ; ditto Orel, 801 to 81; ditto Moscow-Jaroslaw, 79 to 1, ex div. ; Spanish of 1867, 331 ; Turkish of 1 858, 62 to 63 ; ditto of 1862, 64 to 63 ; and ditto of 1865, 321 to 40. In railway stocks London and North-Western are 112 to ; Great Western, 481 to 49 ; Midland, 1121 to 1; London and South Western, 87i to 881 ; Great Eastern, 411 to ; Brighton, 471 to 1; South Eastern, 791 to ; Metropo litan, 1031: to 103 ; Great Northern A, 1071 to 1081; Caledonian, 74/ to 75 : London, Chatham and Dover, 161 to 171. About 24,000 sovereigns were taken irom the Bank yesterday for Alexandria. The sum of £24,000 in sovereigns was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for Alexandria. The intended issue of Five per Cent. Guaranteed Capital Stock, to the amount of £2,000,000, by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, is to be made on Wednesday, the 16th inst. The first report of the Societe du Cable Trans atlantique Francais (Limited) has been issued in anticipation of the meeting to be held on the Bth inst. It states that the whole of the capital has been subscribed, and the full sum of £5 per share has been already paid upon 39,034 shares. Over 800 shares have been fully paid up. The manu facture of the deep sea cable is proceeding rapidly ; 11 P to the present time 460 nautical miles have been completed, and about 85 miles are being Landed over by the contractors weekly. The Great Eastern is now being fitted out at Sheerness, a nd will commence receiving cable on board in January. It is also stated that the French Government are making the necessary arrange ments for the erec tion of lines for special use be tween Paris and Brest and between Dieppe and Brest. The committee of the creditors of the Commer cial Bank Corporation ,of India and the East have tuned a circular stating that after much trouble- So nle negoti a ti on th e h ea d s of an agreement as liquidator the liquidator of the corporation, the t h quidator of th e o ld b an k, a n d themselves have t ' e en arranged whi c h mu s t have been submitted to formal meetings of shareholders here and abroad, to be called under the direction of the Court of Chancery. If adopted by such meetings, the Court will then be asked to direct the liquidator to Carry such agreement into effect, its substance bein g to step all litigation and to pay the creditors 17s. in the pound. The directors of the London and River Plate Bank (Limited) have resolved to declare a dividend o f 5 per cent. for the half-year ended the 30th of September last, together with a bonus of 31- per cent. The half-yearly report of the African Steamship Company, to be presented on the 10th instant, re- Commends the usual dividend of Bs. per share and a bonus of 2s. Our letters from Frankfort state that a fresh rise of 5 per cent. has been established in French-Aus trian Railway shares, and of 4 per cent. in Lom bard ; the first are continuously bought on French account. The most extraordinary feature of the Present movement is that only those securities are l inproving on which the. hanks make no advan , ce . s— Buell as shares, preference railway bonds, and mtect S tates' stocks—while the descriptions •n which ad lallees can be obtained show for the most part a downward tendency. The Krementsehug Russian Railway loan has not been introduced for subscription at Frankfort, b ut it is said another not guaranteed issue of Rus sian railway preference shares will be tried. Forged Austrian bank-notes of 100 and 50 flo rinsby printing, have been discovered at Frankfort. The rinderpest has, it appears, broken out at and Lublin. In consequence the Government o f Posen has ordered a quarantine in the depart nient of Kalisch. _ he latest Brazilian advices announce the final 4eceptance of the San Paulo Railway line by the _ a uthoriti es as f rom the Ist of August l ast. Thi s i s t he first A ng l o- B raz ili an ra i lway that h as b een for mally acknowledged to have passed all the require bleute of the G overnmen t. Th e £200,000 deben tures of this line falling due in January have all bee n renewed for a term of five years. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING-PRICES. 8 U'oinismiENT I'UNDs., Per Cent. Consols . Ditto for Account,' i t Per Cent. Reduced 92 *921 i i x i d d 921 )i." 3 per Cent SW 2 i per Cent. Jan. 1894 A if)( : ) . per Cent. iian. 1873 —4lluities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan, 1880 — 1) .„0. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 l2 5-16 x v ",c , (Red S ea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — 0o DO Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per tit — Pm Do, £5OO £lOO & £2OO l2 pm Il aak of England Stock, 4per Cent „, tic). accsuit l'atiada 4 per Cent. Bonds — 4tter-Colonial Ornnium j A 1 /IDIA:x GOVERNMENT SECURITIES kija tock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 — °•1:),,, Opening, for Account — „ 1 - ' l O. 5 per Cent. July, 1830 .. ll3 ''''' o • 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1898 •-•,,0. Certificates — "'°. Enlaced Pape. 4 per Cent 94 II 1 1 % 5 Per Cent., Jan. "°. Si per Cant. May 1879 llo* / —.) 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — T , DO. do. 1882 4 . 1, -• Deb. s per Cent., Aug. 1873 .....• 1 ) ' , •I , - 70- Bonds, 4 per Cent, £l,000 "0. under £l,000 A F OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. % .3.. r lain() Republic, 6 per Cent 77 61 ..A .7 benp 445 iinnan Bonds 5 per cent tr .. • Do 1859 — n°'anhan 5 per Cent _ . , -=; per Cent., 1852 — °„. do. 1858..... "• d0.,1860 1 • ) °. d o., 1863 67/ D o ~ • 5 per Cent., 1865 .) 78 13 110 8 Ayres 6 per Cent. Cub 0 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) --. C , 1 0 6 Per Cent. Do.lk`lan 6 per Cent — ' O . 4/ per Cent . — 3 per Cent., I. 0 0 • 6 per coat. 1867 0 , ° °. 7 per Cont., 1866 , alum ) , 6 per Cent. D -uan, s ati 11 3 pot. Cent, 1825 thian Princi IT 7 Cent 7l pa t les, per be 8 84} t per Cent., 1867 6 g ti s a e u_ c , o 7 a pe ti f is C s e u n e t eador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent ... . •• -,'o 44) ii., ..ionds BO 4)0. -£lOO Bonds ..... 83 Do. 1864 - 1),. Xal.lo Bonds Do 83* D , - • Account °. £IOG n d L„ o. . on s 81 , 1,- ''blish Scrip , 1868 ,Do do. £ l5 pd — dis Ore Railway Debentures 1) Z aSeper Cent., 1824 _ 5, ex Coups — ~o . , count • ---- I)) Coupons °' A ccount Utta. • Li -14411 5 Per Cent .. t alfyit :, Dec. 4. Cath fternoon. ess Loui6e, )rk s. limn Beck gg. thank Mr. quisite talo Va thek . " in(ling and .ef but per illustrator Entertain re have the lerful nal' 5.," who of the ae liam Be* Williams , purchaser ice. Born ten years It and the !d of 11-1* eighty-four e was the' net income y he cacao Five years vrote it a t e was hard dothes the ess after vlication. tthek, wa 3 ginally in idiomatic have been trds trans fact, the final, but 3 id descrir A iraniol' pnd perfect worthy of e book I ° t to Wet its present Votes, aw l Pp. 919' all thoo ° of Englia b ithin their srs. Rout- and won• DetatOr 3. Y7 No. 14 ember 20' by llen ti scribed 19 1 am, better Le most aIY been Pr°- " c at of lb Tol., pp, • t pp. 16 ° Class i ii °s o here 5 ere, ere b ri" e : zee P e l , e o 11Triti Pel d i the itke b i l : o 'Wes, t s' val id° Gores3lj;;as toi f hiS Ca Auld . 10 10 (1 ( woro r d e : rgo pe r •, me 1 / t t but 0 0y to , Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 90 ltiliati 5 per Cent., 1865 — )o. Account .. — Do Mareinmana Railway 'dexican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do (; per Cent. Anglo-French — tiontevidQau C per Cent. .. — Vloorish imperial 5 per Cent Nest Granada — Do 3 per Con, 36 Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (lleetares) - Peruvian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account. Purl ug uoso 3 per Ut.,1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'1,' 381 Do. do. 1867 3Bl Do. do. Scrip, X - 20 pail — Russian 5 per Cont., 1822, £ Su Do 4} per Cont.. 1850 Do 41- per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds , 00 Do. du. £B4 15s. do — Do., £lOO Bonds 1866 , .... .... . 891 90 Do.' Do Nicolas Railway 65 I Sardinian b pr,r Cent Do 4f per Cent. (Uribarre►u) Do per Cent., 1862 £Bl 15s. do — Do Account Spanish 3 per Con ... Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do dc, 1863 Do do, Scrip Turkish G per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 64 2 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Do I por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent.: — Do. Account Dividends on the above payable i a London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cont., Ex. 25f. Dutch 4 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil„ — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... . B7 French Rentes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 2M. — Do Account - 'Win, 5 per Cent. 1831, Ez. zsf. Do. Account 56 CLOSING PRICES. Consuls,'Money 92- f xd Do. Account, Jan. 5 92i xd THE GENERAL ELECTION. STATE OF THE POLLS. GLASGOW AND ABERDEEN UNIVERSITIES. FOUE,TIi DAY.—GROSS POLL AT 10 A.M.—Tins DAY. Moncrieff (L) 2033 Gordon (C) ... ... 1991 ORKNEY AND SHETLAND. FINAL CLOSE IN ORKNEY. Dundas (L) 578 Riddle (C) ... ... ... 345 (Shetland poll not included.) 111,11tKE7 S—'l Ills DAY. -0.-- COTTON. LIVERPOOL, December 5. —Sales pro'eAly 8,000 bales. Market flat. HAY. Smithfield—Primo clover, from £5 108 to £6 Gs ; infe rior ditto, £1 5s to £5; prime hay, £5 5s to £5 15s; in ferior ditto, £1 5s to £4 los ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 por load. COVENT GARDEN. Supplies aro well kept up. All the broceolis are now coming unusually good. MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Elk and Hornet, composite-built, unarmoured gun vessels, each of 2 guns, 464 tons, and 120-horse power, have been commissioned at Portsmouth, the former by Commander Algernon G. Wootton, and the latter by Commander Duncan G. David son. The latter officer, like Capt. Brooker, has made for himself by his past services a reputation in China. He was attached to the Naval Brigade at the storming of Canton in December, 1857, at which affair he assisted Capt. Sherard Osborn in burning the houses in the vicinity of the North Gate, a service, according to " O'Beirne," of considerable difficulty, and executed under a sharp fire from the enemy. He also assisted at the de struction of the Peiho Forts. Capt. E. B. Rice on Thursday entered upon his duties as the officer commanding her Majesty's ship Asia and the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth. The following officers at Chatham Garrison have received orders from the Horse Guards to hold themselves in readiness for embarkation, to join their respective regiments at the stations named Major W. F. J. Rudd, 2d Battalion of the Ist Royals, to embark for India ; Major F. Connor, Lieut. 11. Flood, and Lieut. Shirley, Ist Battalion of the 2d Royals, to embark for Bombay ; Lieut. R. L. Leir and Lieut. W. F. 11. Majendie, 31st Regiment, to embark for Malta ; Lieut. J. H. Campbell and Ensign F. F. R. Burgess, 109th Re giment to embark for Calcutta ; Ensign G. L. H. Star, and Ensign J. Ritchie, 3d West India Regi ment, to embark for Jamaica. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Frederick R. Board man and Lieut. John R. E. Pattison, to the Scor pion ; Lieut. Edward C. Hall, to the Juno ; Lieut. John Bruce, to the Asia ; Lieut. Robert H. C. Law son, to the Warrior; Sub-Lieut. Thomas Heath cote, to the Hornet ; Sub-Lieut. Frederick Mait land, to the Elk ; Dr. William B. Balby, surgeon, additional, to the Britannia ; Francis G. Toms, surgeon, additional, to the Implacable ; Edward H. Jago, assist.-paymaster, in charge, to the Elk ; Alfred Clement, assist.-paymaster, in charge, to the Hornet ; John. S. Andrews, assist.-paymaster, to the St. Vincent; Charles Baxworthy, assist.-pay master, to the Excellent ; John H. H. Swale, chief engineer, to the Scorpion ; Joseph L. Rastrick, Thomas Andremartha, and Henry White (b), en gineers, to the Scorpion ; and Alfred Woodward, clerk, to the Juno. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—John B. Palmer, acting navigating sub-lieut., to the Victory, as supernu merary ; Stuart B. Roupell, midshipman, to the Hercules ; Henry F. Haszard, midshipman, to the Warrior ; Frederick J. Robins, paymaster to the Scorpion ; and James Drysdale, clerk, to the Scorpion. _ _ It having been brought to the notice of the Sec retary of State that cases have recently occurred in which filled shells have been found among empty shells returned into the charge of the Military Store Department ; also that filled cartridges, Weller matches, and other dangerous substances have been mixed with empty cartridge cases delivered into store, under clause 6, Army Circular, 1867, Secre tary Sir John Pakington has called attention to the very serious danger, both to life and property, aris ing from such acts of carelessness, and desires to impress upon all officers and others concerned the necessity for the exercise of the utmost care and vigilance, in order to prevent the introduction of any foreign substance whatever among the Labora tors stores returned to the military store depots or to the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. Intelligence has been received of the departure of her Majesty's Indian troopship Malabar from Suez on the Ist inst. for Bombay, with the 3d Hus sars and drafts. The Price of Gold. The quotalim of gold at Paris is about at par, and tie short exchange on London is 25i. 171 c. per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of .£3 loid. per ounce for standard, gold, it appears that gold is about the same price in London and Piris. The course of exchange at New York on London for ill at 60 days' sight was on the last date about 1 91 percent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold rom the Uni: cd hta tee. DROWNED in streams and rivers are frequently to all appearance drowned, strange as the idea of a drowned fish may be. When a stream is suddenly swollen with water that has fallen upon and drained from a surrounding soil which has been exposed for some time previously to the sun's rays, the water is warmed and de prived of its power of holding a proper complement of oxygen; the vivifying gas in consequence escapes, and the fish, deprived of the air necessary for respiration, faint and die, as they would if placed in tepid water.—The Gen - lien:an': Magazine. Tnni SUN, LONbON, SATURDAY Mi'ENING, DECEMBER 5, IF 68. BANKS. CORRESPONDENCE FILM PARIS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. dono 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 11 Do B lO 64 65 60 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egy ptian, lim all 11 19 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 6 24 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all /1 33 80 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of I\ ew Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, i- ud China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 30 31 20 City 100 Colonial 94 37 27 1 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lira - SU East London, lim 6 I I •S 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ••• 20 English Bank of ltio do Ja neiro, lira lll ld pr 20 English, :-cottish, and Auo trulian Chartered 284 Rung Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... .- 281 Do new if # I 100 Imperial, lim lO 17 18 20 Imperial Ottoman lO It II 11 1 I 14 lonian 25 Do now 6 pr 1 P 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 24 si 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6.l, 30 all 76 60 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, Urn. 45 60 t 6 20 Do new 74 i 41 100 London &River Plate, Ilm 4O 2 4 25 Do now 10 11 If 20 London Chart, of Australia all 131 041 50 London and County 2O 41 62 511 20 Do now. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... - 50 London Joi n t S tock I 26 g •: o 20 London and south African al 1 . 13 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ... 40 London & Venezuela, lim 124 ... 100 London and Westminster 2O 67 69 100 Do Scrip, isa at 10 pm 2O 66 67 " 4 100 Merchant, lim 25 7 6 10 Metropolitan, lint all 5 7 100 Midland, lint.... 2O la pr 6 National of Australia 26 National of Liverpool, lira l6 ... 100 National Pro T i nc. of Eng ' d 42 ... ... 10 Do 60 National, III 64 56 20 Now South Wales all 41 44 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 48.1 434 424 11 40 Proylnc, Bank. Corpo., lint lO 6 al 100 Provincial of Ireland l6 69 01 10 Do new. all . . . . 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 26 13 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. I* ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 47 49 484 100 Union of Ireland, lim 40 Union of London (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY, December 4. The grand preparation of troops and police yesterday had so ridiculous a result that the Government papers are employed in magnifying the extent of the popular demon stration, in order to justify the fears that were entertained. People here are partly angry at such a display of force, and pakly jocular at the ridiculous appearance of an armed body of pacificators who greatly outnumbered the populace. The 3rd December has received its definition ; it has been termed a " grand demonstration of serpents de title, which the populace has not succeeded in putting down." The precautions of the authorities were preposterous. The soldiers were each allotted live days' provisions, the ambulances were orga nised, and, besides the troops stationed in Paris, a regiment of cuirassiers in the neighbourhood was held sabre and bridle in hand for eleven hours. The people were so irritated at the affair that an outbreak would have taken place but for one circumstance, It came on to rain, and that settled everything. The Impartial du Loiret has opened a subscription to erect a monument to M. Berryer at Angerville, and the Gazette du Midi another, to raise ono in his honour at Marseilles. I gave the other day some details of an extraordinary poisoning case in Switzerland. A still more incredible tragedy has for some time past occupied the police of Marseilles, and little by little the chain of evidence has been completed, forming the history of an unparalleled series of crimes. Three women are charged with poisoning their husbands in order to marry other men with whom they bad formed a criminal attachment, and four other persons are implicated in the crimes. These are, a dealer in herbs, &c., who furnished the women with the poisons; a fortune-teller, who acted as medium between the herb-dealer and his customers; and two other women, relatives of one of the poisoners. A mason named Marino was the primary instrument of justice in this case. This man was the paramour of one of the women, named Ville, and was himself married to a flower dealer. On the 20th of August last the fortune-teller just mentioned in formed one of the neighbours of Marino that he had a mistress named. Ville ; that this woman had already poisoned her own husband, and was going to poison Marino's wife, in order that the two might be married. The fortune-teller added that a herb-dealer named Joye bad supplied the poison, and that Madame Marino might learn the truth of her story by applying to Joye on the pretence that she wanted poison to rid herself of an inconvenient husband. The neighbour transmitted this extraordinary information to Marino's wife. The latter did not go to the herb-dealer's, but she was so troubled by the story that she repeated it to her husband. His agita tion was still greater : he knew nothing of any poisoning, and had no intention of murdering his wife, but he was guilty of misconduct with the woman Ville, and he was aware that her husband had recently died. Much alarmed by this incident, he resolved to find out the truth, and at once went to Ville's residence, and taxed her with poisoning her husband. She denied everything, but did. not succeed in reassuring her paramour, who continued his researches. He paid a Ifisit to the herb dealer, and very skilfully assumed the 'guilt of Madame Ville, alleging that he knew she had poisoned her husband, but that was only half of what was required. To enable them to marry it was necessary that he should get rid of his wife. Would the herb-dealer furnish him with some poison ? After some parley which followed this startling interrogation, the herb-dealer confirmed Marino's sus picions by offering him a white powder, assuming the taking off of the unfortunate Vile as a matter of course throughout the interview. Marino kept up the pretence. lie went to his amante again; told her that Joye, the herbalist, had informed him of everything, and had promised to prepare him a white powder. Ville, deceived by Marino, entered readily into a proposal which pro mised to rid her of a rival. She admitted that the fortune. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY lIIIAILES AND STOCKS. ibare Railways. Closing Business Paid. Price. done. et Bristol and Exeter ...... 10) 76 78 st Caledonian lOO 74 741 74; 4 at o.iinurian 20 Cornwall all 11 51 at Dublin & Belfast June lOO 77 79 at Dun„Perth, & Ab. June VX) 70 72 2) East London 20 Do 15 2! Do 10 et Glasgow AS. Western lOO 91 02 St Great Eastern .. et Do. E. Aug). No. 2 lOO 8 81 et lircat North of Scotland lOO 15 6 st Great Northern lOO 105 107 et Do. A stook lOO 1110 MI 103 at Do. B stock at (Its, and W. of Ireland lOO 96 97 at Ca. Western —Original lOO 4'l 41 st Do. South Wales lOO a. Do. W. Mld.—Oxford lOO 25 28 at Do. Newport lOO 28 'tl st 1...m.188111re y. Yorkshirc lOO 128 .2/.1 128 at Lon., lirigh. o k S.Coart lOO 47 4:1 47g 10) 1)o Scrip st kon., Chat., and Dovei.. lvu 16/ 174 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A.... 100 at Lou. .16 North Westeru.. 100 1121 1121 1121 et Lon. Sc South Western.. 100 87 110 st Man., Shef., dc Lincoln.. NO 171 4:1 471 at At,trooolltan st Do Ertousiin 1011 95 1-0 93 10 Do. New rd 10 10 1-1 at Metropolitan District. all Metrop. St. John's NI 001 6 at Midland at Do, 13inuln.4c Derby lOO 79 81 st North British at Do. lid. , Pth., dt Dun... 100 st Nor. l 6astern—Berwic k lOO 191 1001 25 Do. G. N. 5 purchaae 16.13.4 St Do Leeds. ...... at Do York lOO 87 88 at Do Carlisle . ... at Do Stoe c. A Darling llO 121 in st North Lon lou 10 Do New 1868 . 2 11 2 p at North Staffordshire lOO 53 45 at North and 5.-W. Junction 100 102 104 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... at llhymney at Shropshire Union l.O 55 58 at South Devon .. at South Eastern lOO 79 791 20 Staines, Wok'ham,& Wok all 12 13 at Tan Vale 40 Do. C at Waterford & Kilkenny.. 100 10 Waterloo & Whiteha:l.. 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 16 118 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOl at Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOl at Do. Aberdeen, g,uo. 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per mat lel at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 71 SO at Du. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath, 100 10 Cornwall, b per cent gua all at, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 115 11l at Do. tat Class preference lOO at Was. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 97 110 at Do do N 0.2 100 96 CI at Do do 6 per cent 100 led 168 at Do East Anglian A6p. c. 100 99 192 st Do do B 6 do. 100 ... st Do do C 7 do. 100 ... at Do do No. 1, 1 p.c. 100 1110 102 at Do E. 'Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71 at Do Norfolk i p.c. Ex. 1846 100 st Do do p.c.Way.Va1.1647 100 at Great Northern, I per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 1011 at Do 4, do du do 100 ..„ st Do S do at 4p.c. pm lOO ~„ at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 std 0 t.West.—Orig.& Jut. - Itent chg., per gua. b p.c lOO 102 108 st Do. Orig. (B. eZ 11. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 96 100 st Do do 4, per cent. 1850 lOO 83 16 st Do do 4 do do at Do do 5 per cent. rodein 100 93 94 at Du do Birmingham gua lOO 65 70 it Du do du pew... 100 ..„ at DJ do Cheater guo. los st Do do du 8 per cent. 100 110 IRO at Do do do 5 do 100 94 104 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 41 p.c lO5 at Do do 4 1 1803 lOO at Do do 11 st Do West Mid.-Oxford Ist g 10) 101 Il'l at Do do 2d gua lO4 107 19,1 at Du Newport, Ist g. 5 p.e lOO ES 02 at Do du 23 do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 1011 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Laneash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 • 135 at Do Barnsley, £5 3s 103 p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 145 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 97 110 at Loudon & Brighton, 6p. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent 1 0 at Do 6 du (W.E. & C.P.) 1.0 at Do 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, it Dover S per cent l6O st London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton S per cent. lOO 109 TII at Do Bedford S, Cambridge lOO 8 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 83 01 at London and S.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares lOO 141 146 28.6 d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) a 11... at Man., Sher., &Lincln. 6 p.c lOO 11 t 117 6 Do at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent b at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 at Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c lOO 1.0 133 at Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 09 st) Do 41- per cent. irredeem lOO 07 1111 at Do Leicester & chn, 4 p.c lOO 81 01 at North British, S p.c. No.l IVO at Do E. &G.4p.e. S. & D lOO at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO it Do Border Union, 51 p.c.., 100 at N.-Eastern--Cous. 4 p c.. 100 86 Si at Do 41 per cent. redeem lO9 94 95 st Do G.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. 25 Do York, 11. &S. purchase. 10 10 101 at Do Sicktu & Drling. A 5 p.c. 100 105 Ile at Do W, liar tlepool ii. and It. 100 87 8./ 20 North Staffordshire lOs S. Devon Annuities, 1 a.., all 91 101 lOs Do Taviatock Anus., 10s all 9 is 10a Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anns., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 per cent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pa 100 42 46 RAILWAYS. -PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year, at Caledonian 41 p c gua. at Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p I redeem all ..• st Do 4p c con.. issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 80 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 8/ al at Do Now 5 do, 1863 lOO 53 91 st Do do 5 do, 1864 100• at Great Northern, bp c irred lOO ... at Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO ... st Du Boston & Sle a id, 41 p c 100 at Great West., W. Midi., ip e 100 86 90 , at Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 84 58 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 102 104 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all 194 201 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... S Lane. and York. Now 41 p er cent till July, 1871 2 j 1 4 st Loud., Brig., &c., 41 po, 18511 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... st D 3 do 41 do, 1863 100 ... at Do do I do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 S do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sd o at Lend , Chat., &e., 2d, 6 p.e st Do Motrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C p.c.— at London &N. Wester n , 5p • 100 108 110 at London &S. Western, 41 p e 100 93 9 i 10 Man. Slief. & Lin., i pc, 1865 all 881 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO ... at Midland, A 5 par cent pref lOO 105 107 at Do B 5 do 100 105 117 18 Do bp o opt. to cony, to Ord. Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lb 18 Do Incony. New Share, 16 ID ~ t 2 Do Ip • con. Into Old Stk., Aug. 21, 1807 Bl 11 11p st North British, E. and ti:,l No. 1, I per cent... 100 ... st,. Do £lO guarante e d , 18 61 101 at Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4ps 100 at Do E. & G., No. 2, I p.' lOO at Do N. 8.. 5 por cent, 1862 100 ... at Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.e 400 st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 4 1 p e 100 65 67 at North Eastern, 41 par cent 100 st 6 it? st Do Stock. & Danl., D 101 111 111 st North London, 41, per out (Max. 4 per cent) st North Staffordshire Ip e lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 185 9 100 ... at Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 st Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pe 100 BAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st Birkenhead lOO gr 4 91 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 44 66 st Do. 61 per cent. kit Do. I do st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOl st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 133 13; 2 Gloster and Dean Forest all. s Gt. Ea sn., Istewm., &c., , p.c lOO •": t Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c lOO 62 7 . 2 st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do lOO 69 72 st Gt. West, W. Mid., Hera lOl 95 27 60 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21t 213 st London and Blackwall lOO 92 94 wt Do. 41 per cent lOO st London ' Cnat., &c., 41 p c lOO Bt Do. Com. Fund, I do lOO st London and Greenwich wt Do. do. Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 7▪ 2 st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 st Do. do. 6 do. • 100 m 61 Munch., Buxton, &Matlk all si st Midland, 13radford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent (Cray Line) 60 Nortkornt East., i percent all 53 5 . 50 Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastern—flartlepool lOO , ... ht N.West. A peep. prat, 4p. c 100 10 . 8 . 110 st Do B minimum 11 p.c 100 ,„ „. st Notting. &Ural:lth. E. dit C 100 92 91 25 Preston and Wyro. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch. and Shep. 100 133 135 (3 t Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 13 5 10 Do do 8 21 2 p st S. Yorksh. aid River Dun 100 96 100 l it, Do 4 per cent gun 10 ) 79 81 st Do 5 du all 97 99 st Vict. Station and Pimlico 100 175 180 hit West Cornwall 2U West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 Du du B all 20 Du do C alt , 44 " 71 st Weymouth and Portland lOO „, ... st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 10 st Loudon and St. Katherine lOO 53 ‘5 100 Do Deb. stock, 4 per cent at ... ... Ilillwall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 34 37 at Southampton lOO 74 7,1 at Surrey Commercial MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim. all ..-.- ... 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 7 Id 1p 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 61 $2 st Do. 8 per cent. 26 Australian Agricultural 26 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, Em. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim ft 7 gd 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 131 141 10 Do. New 6 6 81 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lira. 6 Bombay Gas, lim 6 Do. Now 4 11 01 6) British American Land 44 15 1 7 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira lOO 165 170 J 20 British Indian Tea, lira all 21 311 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lira 24 ei lid 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 6 41 11 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 81d 80 City of Milan Improv. Em all b 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, Em all 2 8 3 40 City Offices, lim 25 22, 211 d 60 Colonial, lint. Do. ... 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 5 p 1p 10 Company of African Mer chants, Um. 20 Continental 'Union Gas, lim all 171 181 l 171 25 Copper Minors of Englund, Pref. 71 per cent. 102 Corporation of London .. B-ands, 1877, 44 per cent. all 1081 1041 1011 Do. 1879, 4 1 per cent. all 104 10i 100 Do. 1882, 4{ per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all la 24 1 15-16 80 Credit Fon.of Mauritiva lint lO g 2 a at Crystal Palace lOO 23 25 st Do. Preference lOO 97 102 at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 il l 20 Darjeeling, lira. ... .. I 0 Eastern Assam, lira. 64 ... ...a 10 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 22 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Una. by Egypt. Go♦ all 904 014 902 092 20 Egyptian Com. Trad. lim 6 44 4ad st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 225 230 10 Do. New 8 9 10p 8 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lint 21 10 English and Foreign Credit 74 0 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. Al arine, lim. i ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 0 if 10 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1 1) 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at .685 all 83 $4 40 Gellivara, lim 10 General Credit & Dis., lint. 74 2 14 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 80 Home & Col Marine In. lim b 44 34 d 10 Hong Kong and China Gait all 20 Hudson's Bay all 15 151 131 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 Indo-European Tel., lira—. 10 20 Interns. Financial Soc. lira 6 11 1 20 Interns. Land Credit, lint 6 6 4d SO Italian Land 6 11 id 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 2 21 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem. 1870, issued 20..,, all 60 63 50 Land Securities, lint 25 London Africa* Trading lO 7 6 'l 25 Lon. & Coded. Marine, lim 6 ..• •••" 10 London County L and and Building, litu. 5 Loud. Provinci a l lint all • 31 31 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 1 IP g 0 Lond. Financial Asso., lim 30 23 221 7 4 Lond.Gen.O mnibus.Co.lim. all 11 2 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 22 17d 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 1d pr et Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gus., p. c. by India GOT. .10.11 1051 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 114 ,I,d 10 Mediterra. E xton. Tel., lim all 4 „II 50 Merchant Shipping lint all 36 5O 31 illwall Iron Works, lira , 121 ••• lO Natal Land and Colonisa- "' tion Co., Hal. 9 81 2id 25 National Discount6o . 25 National Pr ov. Marine, Inn 4 4 , 3 A d i 10 National Ste am Ship, lira all St 20 Nerbudda Coal dc Iron, 6 3 0',.5 10 New Consolid ated Dis. lim 3 11 ld Now Quebrada, lim cc() 44 3 1 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer . cantile Agency, lim •21 1 IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, 'lin ... 10 Northern Assam • ea, P 5 ' 10 Do. B t Au .. et North Brit. sti:al, . 110 , 3 , 8 0 42 , 60 North Brit. & Merca . n. In Gi 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 16 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll ...d Oriental Gas, b Do. New •;,., ........... - 1 1P 111 10 Otago and Southland In • vestment, lim 76 Ottoman Gas, . ..... 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian It. Mail all 2 21 Do do. all 1 11 et Peel R. Land & lien 32 34 10 Peuinsu. & Oriental Steam all 64 " 64 60 Do. New 1867 lO Id pr 25 Reuter's Telegram 24 30 36p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New ......... all 6 1 I . 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lira. all 13 4 191 18 20 Do. Gas, lira all 23 24 100 Royal Mail St eam 6O 48 60 471$ It Scottish A.ust. Inv est., l i m lOO 110 114 et Do. 6p. C. Guar. pref lOO ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint lO 7 6d 20 Societe Gon.de P.Empire Ot ll 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv lim 4••• "' 25 South Australian Land ~ all 3 5 36 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 1 20 Telegraph Con. & M a i n.,lim all 15 1 161 ,I2U Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lien 2 24 2: 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint_ 81 10 Trust & Agency of Ans.,lim. 1 # • 1 P 111 Do do, do. all ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada .5 id • p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim 6 4 41p 104 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 .24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 11 11L1 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 44 51 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 31 31p 20 Universal Marine(ln.),llm 1 lip all a 4 28 1 7 $ 3 1 0 0 ‘7 1.7 a p n p e p r A e m s s a a n l T L e a a n , d l m 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per u Loan all 75 1 754 74 6 5 5 0 0 Nv W c e a e s r t r t a . n ( i n i F d o i i r i g an a a c g n e e d ) ,lini pa . cific 12 12 lOd 1. _ Steam, ltni 2l 4 ad 20 West London Whams and Warehouses lO COLONIAL GOVSSNMENT SNCUILITIIeb. Britisb Columbia, 6 per 100 Po. 1895.. - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Jan.v& July 1877-84 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug lOO 105 10 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept lOO 1•5 10 Do. sp. o. Jan. it July lOO 13 H i Do. sp. 0. Inscribed BY lOO ge Calm (.Hope. 6 p. 0.1873 lOB 102 104 D0.Ap1.&00t.119 0-1900 lOO 111 113 1111 Do. do 1 88040 - • 1 00 107 WV Do. Jan.&July, 1691 Do. ls per cent: 15 April and IS Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 187 3 ,- Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. ••• 100 106 108 Do. 1882, May and Nov... 100 106 log 1)o. 1895, Feb. & Aug.... 100 106 lod Melbourne Corporate.,.. 1867-75, 6 per cent.. 100 .. _ - N.8.G0v. , 6 p.o.Ja.&July 100 102 104 - Natal 6 p et, Apl& Oct 100 _ - Do 6p o. May & Nov 100 106 ICB - N. S. W. 6 p.c., '7l to '76 100 99 1 0 1 - Do. 6 p.c. 1888 to 1898 100 99 100 ot - Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to 'ZS 100 99 l o t • - N.Zealand, 6p. et. 1891 100 ..... _ • Do. 5 per cent.... lOO 974 084 - Do Jan, Awl, July, Oot 100 974 984 - Do 6p c. Afar (IL Sept 'VI 100 108 110 Do Julie & Deo , 1,01 •••• 100 109 ill - IDo Prov. • 1 /tuck ld. i it 0 - ._. - ( Etrieil &2, 1896... - Nova Scotts 6p. a.Jan - and Jnly, 1875 - Do ISA ' O O 10t 103 - Queenelnd. 6p. c. '8::. 6.. 100 105 106 - Do 1891 ... •- • • - 13. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 lOO _ _ Do 1878.92 lOO 103 110 Do 1893 1908 lOl 107 ICS - Tasmanian il pO. 1895 lOO Iva 107 - Do rd. 1893 to 139/. NO HI Rs - Victoria Sp.°. JadzJuly lOO _ _ Do. 1891 lOO 112 113 112 i -- Do. do, April A 001 lOO 109 no teller had at first assisted Ler with drugs procured from the herbalist ; but that the experienced performer himself finally stepped in with the white powder and precipitated the result. She confessed, too, that she entertained the idea of poisoning Marino's wife, and gave him the cheerful assurance that if he had refused to marry her after that removal of obstacles she would have poisoned him as well. Finally, Marino received two kinds of poison, with direc tions for its use, and learned, en passant, that two other women of Marseilles bad sought and found the aid of the herbalist. The entire budget was then laid before the police. Thus were these murders discovered: the manner in which each of them was committed is a story in itself, but I have not space to tell it. In the case of Vine the detest. able operation lasted from the beginning of the year until the nth of May, and the husband throughout suffered horrible tortures. Arsenic and belladonna were alter nately administered to him, the symptoms of the two being so conflicting as to altogether baffle the medical man. The infamous wife then actually had the audacity to call in the most competent physician in Marseilles —an act of incomparable daring and finesse, which almost entirely disarmed suspicion. The husband vomited much, but the ejections were removed before the doctors came. On one occasion, how ever, they managed to obtain a portion of the discharges, and determined to analyse it, but the apparatus broke down, and the experiment failed. The woman Ville, was, however, so much frightened by this escape, that the pro• cess of killing was suspended for some time, It was, however, resumed towards the end of March, when arsenic only was given. The second murder was comparatively an ordinary affair. A woman named Salvago was hampered in her career of profligacy by a lazy and eranken husband, whom she removed by means of such doses that he died so far back as last February. The third murder, in which three women are implicated, affords, perhaps, the strangest story of the three. The chief murderess is not more than 20 years of age. She was originally a foundling, and was brought up by two honest people who had no children of their own. She married well, then made the acquaintance of profli gate women, and entered into a career of vice, of which this accusation of murder is the end. Her husband was poisoned by arsenic in eight days. The proceedings in this great trial were to commence yesterday. I need hardly say that the excitement caused by such a series of crimes is intense throughout the country. All the judicial papers of France were to be represented at the hearing of the case, and one reporter has been sent from Berlin. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Extreme Sea Saturday, I.c e. F. 0 Dec. 5, D. T. I.e. 0 D. Ito F. W. W it. to 8 a.m. pi- $: l2 9 Nairn 29'B4r. 47 45 W.S.W. 6 2 S.W. l b. ° . 2 .berdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 29•26 r. 50 47 W. 5 6 S.W. .oc o'o4 4 YarmOuth 29'49f. 51 49 KW. 4 6 5.8.E.0. 018 4 Helder ._ _ _ _ _ _ Cux haven .... _ _ Sku desnies _ ..- Ardrossan 5 Green castle 29'03r. 49 48 W.&. W. 3 8 S.W. r. c. o'o41 — Holyhead Liver pool 51 S.S.W. 2 2 E. 0. o'os 1 Valentin - _ _ _ _ Cape Clear 2916r. 49 48 — 73. 4 8 W.B. W. c. o'o9 7 Roche's Pt. 29'19r. 50 50 S.W. 6 8 S.W. Lc. 0'35 4 Penzance T Plymouth Weymouth 29'56r. 54 53 S.W. S.W. r. 0'36 2 Portsmouth 29'54r. 53 52 S . W. 4 4 S.W. z.0.,0'30' 4 London , CfpeGrisNez 29'62r. 52 50 W. II 7 S.W . 0. 10'02, 5 Brest L'Orie nt Roche fort - — ,-.- Biarritz Corunna — Brussels - __ -' Paris - —— Strasbourg — Lyons .. '— Toulon - 4 Heart's Con tent (9 a.m. local time) REMARKS, Barometrical readings in Great Britain are still lower than they were yesterday, the greatest change having occurred on the N.E. coast, but during the night a general, though slight, increase has occurred. The region of least pressures is now in the N. of Scotland: those on the toast of the Bay of Biscay being about an inch higher. Temperature remains high. The south-westerly gale reported yesterday was felt on ►ll our coasts, except the N. of Scotland, but it has gone down during the night. Winds have moderated, but this morning they are still fresh in the S.W. The gale continues on the W. cost of France, and weather looks far from settled. Rain has been general. The sky is cloudy or overcast. The rea continues high in the S. of Ireland. Warnings repeated to E. and N. coasts. SOMETHING LIKE A STOMACII.—M. Decroix, veterinary surgeon to the Garde de Paris, writing to the A.cadtlmie de Mddicine, states that for the last eight years be has been in the habit of eating the flesh of all the horses that have died in his service, no matter what their disease, whether farcy, glanders, typhoid, charbon, or what not ! In his opinion the flesh of phthisical cows and oxen may be sold without the least detriment to the public health.-21iedical Times and Gazette. A SIGNIFICANT FACl.—Almong the list of bank rupts which appeared in Friday night's Gazette, no less than seventeen names therein published are connected with the liquor traffic. Of these, four are " licensed victuallers," two " beerhwase-keepers," two "innkeepers," three "publicans," two "beersellers," one " beershop keeper," one " retailer of beer," ono " victualler," and )ne "brewery manager." Three of the bankrupts lire In London, three in Lancashire, five in Staffordshire, two In Gloucestershire, three in \Vales, and ono in Leicester. It ie medium to add that no other trade shows so promi in#l7.l.4 block llstr" 421:49114g kortfit. Police Sergeant 11 13 said that on trying the latch keys found upon the prisoners, he found they opened the doors of 11, Stanley-place, 34 and 36, Denbigh-street, and other houses, which had re cently been entered and robbed, and matches pre cisely resembling those found upon Brown, had been dropped in one of the passages. Edward Kitchen proved seeing the three pri soners near a house which was entered last Tues day morning at Pimlico. Their conduct was so suspicious that he afterwards mentioned it to the police on duty at Victoria station. The police said that they believed cases of rob bery might b 3 brought home to the accused. They were remanded for a week. THA.MES. Two MONTHS' IMPRISON3IENT ON REMAND.— Felix Victor, a man of colour, was brought up on remand for the ninth time, charged with stabbing John Bucklay, a cooper, in the abdomen, with in tent to murder him, or do grievous bodily harm. Stennett, a police-constable, said the wounded man had been two months in the London Hospital, and was getting worse. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, °u behalf of the prisoner, said that he had attended eight times to put in evi dence of the bad character of the wounded man, who was well known to the police, and had been often convicted of assauits and disorderly conduct. He did not mean to say the dreadful act charged against the prisoner.icould be justified, but in extenuation ho must bring evidence that the prisoner had been insulted, threatened, and re peatedly struck by the man Buckley before he was wounded. The use of the knife was always to be deplored, but in this case the greatest provocation had been given. Mr. Paget said he could not receive the evidence tendered by Mr. Stoddart in the present stage of the investigation. If the man in the hospital died within a year it would be murder, and he must again remand the prisoner for a week. Mr. Stoddart said the prisoner had been remanded from time to time for two months, and he would now prefer that the case should be sent for trial on the depositions already taken, including the depo sition of the wounded man which the magistrate received. Mr. Paget said he could not do that, and that, he had no alternative but to remand the prisoner for for another week. It was mentioned that in a precisely similar case at this court a few years ago the late Mr. Yardley, then magistrate, after re manding a man several times, said he thought it would he unconstitutional, and a dangerous prece dent, to remand him any longer , and h e s h ou ld send the case to the sessions for trial, with the statement of the wounded man, for the judges to dispose of as they thought proper. NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.—The Duke of Norfolk comes of age on the 26th of the present month, when there will be great rejoicings at Arundel Castle and in the neighbourhood. We hear with much pleasure that one of the duke's first acts, upon attaining his majority, will be to lay the foundation-stone of a large Catholic church at Arundel, which is to cost £50,000, and is to be built at his grace's expense,— Weekly Register. MINERAL TRAFFIC ON RAILWAYS.—The follow ing British railways each carried more than 1,000,000 tons of coal and minerals in 1867: —Blyth and Tyno, 2,063,309 tons; Caledonian, 5,966,072 tons; Furness, 1,843,820 tons; Glasgow and South-Western, 2,550,239 tons ; Great Eastern, 1,083,537 tons ; Groat Northern, 2,415,723 tons; Great Western, 6,423,150 tons; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 4,507,795 tons; London and North-Western, 11,674,347 a tons ; Manchester, Sheffield,nd Lincolnshire, 2,638,333 tons; Midland, 6,294,108 tons; Monmouthshire, 2,215,040 tons ; North British, 4,325,923 tons ; North-Eastern, 16,398,988 tons ; North Staffordshire, 1,387,037 tons ; Rhymney, 1,262,794 tons; and Taff Vale, 3,693,062 tons. Some of the least known railways have thus a very con siderable mineral traffic. Au investigation pointing to suspicion of rob bery and murder was opened yesterday afternoon at Horselydown. A man who bore the appearance of having been a ship's captain was seen late at night, wearing a massive gold chain, in the company of some women of loose character, and a few hours later he was found dead at the bottom of Battle-bridge-stairs, his body partly im mersed in the Thames. His gold chain had then disap peared. The inquest was adjourned in order to furnish time for the police to make inquiries with a view to show how the man came to his death. NATURALIZATION COMMISSION.—A meeting of the Royal Commissioners fur inquiring into th 3 laws of natu ralization and allegiance was hold on the 4th of December. Present : The Earl of Clarendon, K.G., Right Hon. E. Cardwell, ALP, Sir R. Phillimore, Baron Bramwell, the Attorney-General, the Queen's Advocate, Sir R. Palmer, Q.C., 31 P., W. Vernon Harcourt, Esq., Q.C., ALP., ou n tague Bernard, Esq., D.C.L. Charles S. A. Abbott, Esq., Secretary. THE LOSS OF THE BRIDE OF THE SEAS.—The following has been addressed to the Secretary of Lloyd's : —" Liverpool, Dec. 3, 1868. Sir,—We beg to contra dict the statement made in tho local and other papers, to the effect that the ship Bride of the Seas, 500 tons, lately lost on the coast of Africa, was our property. We hold no share of her, and only acted as agents for her at this poet on her present voyage.—TuomAs LONORIGG and Co." The will of Miss Elizabeth Trotter, late of Hor ton-place, Epsom, was proved in the London Court under £60,000 personalty by the joint acting executors, Charles Reynolds Williams and John Henry James, Esqs. The will is dated May loth, 1867, with three codicils, dated May and June, 1867, and May, 1868. The testatrix leaves a sum of £B,OOO to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the building and endowment of a church, with parsonage, to be erected in the district of Horton, the services to be devoid of the " follies of Ritual ism." She leaves £lOO to the Society for the Pro pagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. There are numerous specific and pecuniary legacies to her friends, and also legacies to her servants, all free of duty. She appoints her niece, ➢Lary Elizabeth Brown, residuary legatee. The will of J. L. da Costa, Esq., of Milan, was proved under £BO,OOO personalty in England ; and that of Aime Alajot, Esq., of Barcelona, mer chant, was proved under £7,000 personalty in Eng land. The will of Charles Stewart Parker, merchant, of Liverpool, was proved under £60,000 ; that of Percy ➢iatthew Dove, actuary and manager of the Royal Insurance Society, Liverpool, under £12,000; and that of William Hill, manufacturer and whole sale jeweller, of London and Birmingham, under £4,000.-21lustrated London News, Dec. 5. POLICE D , 'TELLIGENCE-77iis Day. MARLBORO UGI REET. EX T R AOR DINA RY COT . ) U;;T or A FRENCHMAN.— Peter Romken, a respectable-looking Frenchman, carrying on business as an eatinghouse-keeper, at 2G, Greek-street, Soho, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Jean Delastra, a French cook. On the prosecutor being sworn, be said that he had no wish to prosecute, as he believed the pri soner was out of his mind. The prisoner, who seemed to be labouring under great mental excitement, said that he had been twice murdered. Ile had a shop in Greek-street, and made soup for the Queen, and he also gave soup away to all, the beggars of London, and he was also going to supply royalty with herrings. Some persons came and locket him in his room for four days, and he had nothing to eat. Mr. Knox told the prison:er that he was charged with assaulting the prisoner, and asked him why he did it. The prisoner said he was in trouble. The prosecutor said the prisoner was an excel lent man and he felt pity for him. Mr. Knox told the prisoner that the prosecutor had no ill will towards him, said he was an excel• lent man, and did not wish to harm him. The prisoner said he believed that, and as he had millions he would give the prosecutor £lOO. Police-constable Philip Fields, 152 C (➢Tr. Knox having expressed a wish to know a little more of the case), said that last night shortly after 12 he was called to the house, No. 26, Greek-street,'when he found the inhabitants much alarmed, and was told that the prisoner had attempted to set fire to his shop, and that on the prosecutor attempting to prevent him, the prisoner had struck him on the head with a shovel. lie was also informed that the prisoner's wife had left him, and that was believed to be the cause of his strange conduct. The prisoner (who had taken some incoherent notes of the evidence) said the magistrate could send him for four days' more and give him nothing to eat. Mr. Knox said it was evident the poor fellow was not fit to be at large, and remanded him. WESTMINSTER. CAUGHT IN TIME.--George Brown, Samuel Oli ver, and Benjamin Rose, three ill-looking fellows, were placed at the bar charged with loitering about the streets with intent to commit a felony. James Oak, 291 B, said that a quarter past six this morning he saw the three prisoners in Cam bridge-street, Pimlico. They were loitering about, and considering their appearance suspicious he watched them. He saw them go into several door ways of houses and look down into areas. Crossing over St. George's-road witness saw another constable, and they then went up and took the prisoners. Brown got loose for a monient, and threw a key down the area of 29, Eccleston-square. On searching Brown a wax taper and some lucifer matches were found. Police-constable Wilson, also in plain clothes, said he had been following the prisoners sometime before Oak saw them. They went alternately up to street doors while the others looked out. He found latch-keys of different descriptions upon the prisoners, who gave no addresses. There had been many morning robberies of late, and the prisoners were the suspected offenders. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Right Hon Harriet, Dowager Baroness Bloomfield has been proved in the Lon don Court; also that of the Hon. and Rev. Arthur Sugden. The will of the Hon. Hartley Frere, formerly one of the judges of her ➢Majesty's High Court of Judi cature at Madras, but late of Harrow, Middlesex, and since of 28, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, where he died on the 3d ult. , was proved in the London Court on the 18th of the same month, and the per sonalty in this country sworn under £25,000. The executors appointed are his brothers, Charles Frere, Esq., and the Rev. John. Alexander Frere, M.A. The will is dated Nov. 20, 1866. He leaves to his wife an immediate legacy of £5OO and a life inte rest in his property, real and personal, and, after her decease, be leaves the estates to his children. The will of Captain John Ford, of the Imperial Ottoman Navy, who died at his residence, Stam boul House, Alleyne Park, Dulwich, on October 17 last, was proved in London, on the 25th ult. The personalty in this country was sworn under £25,000. The will was executed April 15, 1864 ; and a codicil June 25, 1867. The executors are Marianne Ford, the relict ; Frederick John Divers, Esq., of Stoke Newington ; and Captain Felix Jones, of her Majesty's Indian Navy, of Fernside, Upper Norwood. He leaves to his executors each a legacy of £lOO, free of duty ; and to his wife an immediate legacy of £5OO, also a life interest in his real estate and in the residue of the personal ; and after her decease he bequeaths to his niece Elizabeth Ford a legacy of £5,500 ; and divides the residue of his property into 14 parts, amongst his nephews, nieces, and his own and his wife's relatives. The will of Edward Marjoribanks, Esq., late senior partner at Messrs. Coutts and Co., and of Greenland House, Bucks, has been proved in the principal registry of her Majesty's Court of Pro bate, by his sons, Mr. Edward Marjoribanks and Sir Dudley Marjoribauks, the personal estate being sworn under £600,000. The testator leaves large sums to different members of his own family, and several handsome legacies to relations and friends, with a remembrance to the clerks at the banking house; and then, after providing liberally for servants, bequeaths the residue of his real and personal estate to Sir Dudley Marjori banks. • 11.0.11 1 1 11 llt I) EDITION , NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Suit" of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at. 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocK. BELGIUM. (Br REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) BRUSSELS, December 5. Eighty-six journalists have presented a petition to the Chamber of Representatives, complaining of the arrest;, domiciliary visits, and seizures to which they were subjected during the recent press trial. The petition was referred to a committee, which reported yesterday that they regarded those mea sures as legal, and that journalists must always be incarcerated from the time of their arrest until heir trial. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE RACING FIXTI JAN. 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