The Sun. — London, England, 1868-10-15 00:00:00

and pawn• quantity of suspicion 'eants Dow lad for some mesent ocea• w i t h a bolt As they T took the a policeman r handed the till the e°ll - sergeants the prisoner e of the -side shop, wh" 3 a went back For a wh l ' e ,t a woman ned talking. Do wdell the on-house ..!ious nature lowed to g° g two larg . ° and in h ts Five , L ii pledgee' )ut to be r to the tic° lought them Mr. Crop an d proved The re' hes, chains' Id, and Said v the pres s 1 portion 01 ) mention ed seen at the al, an Iris h et, chargel Pro perty of y a. ght to Pick n any quay was al' He 01. xl for tvi ° lawful PO' 08. A ND CRDAY• Et ve not bee n 1868; three ipcvards 1 1 ° if-brodi 71b• i ............. 2 .............. i , 2 ft (to the a h a ndicap er to be 0014 , ....... 2 ............. i by subscr i f; and, W" vinners e 0: ;hire Sta b e ; r). 24 oil"- ........... .: i ............. the wilol er - o Hill PO , ........... ell ............. i ........... 0 added; tvi° wards 104; tered for SO T.Y• C• ....... ... i ............ . i the seco nd) 9a a.im) 51) ........... • ........ .... . 3 ach, 2 ft ( to rs after 00' S takes 10 ............. i s each, 1 0 Is; wilW r ' s tion of tb ........... ............. i 1 ft (to ti le , l upward' ' .......... ~. i ........... . i 1............ winners of :tra ; ha'l/ ;weepetg l ‘ ell .01b; fil el ads WI olds w1 06 ,,, ' 3 winner allowed l ib nge• _ i . - ...- ...... . 5 .•.• 0000000 3 ......... N' the filli cl) . garde ; r ............ i ........... I 3 ............ 8,000 °l' r nis sday's ide uP fr° wbi c 'rora ..t picked °; io ive. ;at wariset: there %f o c i to be foo )rims CO 150101 IP, sold vre',l.4 L trade 430 was cit i f l o r figUre deS aii VY ) Ott was r 0 19 3. (1.°" 0 3s 4 d to 0 , D orK, = Is 22 9 ; fifirm t , g ; 3 s 2d to 4 s 8d; 613° AND 0 1181, 1 0 or, 1208 et BO I' s to v ters b4 - e De gyp; MAREET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGFNOR, CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Stock market was active, the favourable rise in price having induced many investors to take ad vantage of the increased value to realise. The un favourable conditions of the Royal Mail Steam ship Company caused a fall in the shares of the concern of no less than 9 f, 52 being the quotation. Me tropolitan Railway stock was offered freely at a declin e of ito Great Westerns, Great Northerns, and South Easterns experienced the same reduction. The charge for accommodation in the house is 1 per ce nt., With but little business doing. The Bank directors have male no alteration in their rate of discount. Consols a rc quo t e d 9-1 i t o f or mone y, an d 94 i for the account (Nov. 5) ; and the Three Per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 93 1 to I. Foreign Stocks firm. Italian of 1861, Peruvian of . / , 865 , Turki s h o f 1862 an d 1865, an d O re l V i t e b s k hallway Loan have advanced 1 per cent., bu t Mexican Bonds have receded per cent. ; !grazilian of 1865, 77} to 1 ; Milian of 1867, 9 1 to 95 ; Egyptian of 1864, 82; to 821, ex div. ; Italia n of 1861, 52 to 52+ ; Mexican, 151 to 16 ; P eruvian A of 1865, 781 to 79i ; Russian of 1866, to 9 04 ; Nicolai Railway Loan, 671 to ; do. Orel, 8 4f to 80/ ; ditto Moscow-Jaroslaw, 82 to + ; Spa n i s h of 1867, 331 to 33i ; T ur ki sh of 1858, 66 f t o 67 ; di tto o f 1862, 63 1 to 69i ; and ditto of 1865, 40i to 411. T he scrip of th e new It a li an L oan i s fi rm a t I, 1 prem. The Honduras Loan is firm, at 90 91. Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four Per Cent. Debenture Stock is 94} 95f. Indian Debentures, 105} to 106 ; the Ten and a Half per Cents. are at 214 to 217 ; the Five, 4 3 14/ to IJo ; the Four, 1031 to 104 ; and the 1 °ll ` lB 7 20s. to 255. prem. Bank St oc k, 242 to 244 ; and Exchequer Bills, 17s. to 225. Frem. Alisc ellaneous shares are inactive. National tr Lseeunt, 111 to 1; General Credit, 21 to 1 dis. ; 4,etern ational Financial, 1} to 11 dis. ; Hudson's I , 6a Y) 141 to 151; Telegraph Construction, 151 to 47 A tlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preferenco, 3 6 to 4 ; and Anglo-American, 21 to 1. United States Five-Twenty Bonds 72 to 1, ex div. • • 95 t , Erie Railway Shares, 32 to f ; Illinois Central, ° ; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, ' 7 / t n,, 3 8 • and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, s'of to 40: B ank Shares are steady. Anglo-Austrian, 6to 4 Prern. ; London and Brazilian, 30 to 25 dis. ; Im perial Ottoman, 11 to 11 prem. ; Consolidated, f to t prem. ; London and Westminster, 651 to ; - r _ ll clou and County, 48/ to 491 ; and Union of 331 to 341. i •WaY quotations are considerably lower. Cale donians 17 Great Eastern Metropolitan /, Mid jaa;" 1 - 7 Brighto n 1, S ou th E as te rn -1. Sheffields have improved 1, and North British I. The rotations are :—Caledonian, 71/ 2; Great Western, P.e to 491; Great Eastern, 401 to ; Great _,.rthern, 107 to 108 ; ditto A, 1041 1 ; Lanca lhire, 128+ It . ; Metropolitan, 1061 1 ; Midland, 13 1 ' 2 1; Sheffield, 48 f ; Brighton, 521 1 ; North , r itish, 32 ; London and N or th-W es t ern , 1121 ; Qout h Eastern, 771 ; Chatham and Dover, 1 4 18 . The sum of £27,000 was taken from the Bank Yesterday in sovereigns for Egypt, and £26,000 tsent in. The gold ope ra tion s o f th e wee k s i nce e date of the last return have consisted upon ba ice of a withdraw' of £lO,OOO. r ile Seine, from the West Indies, has brought 4484 ,000. The Mexican dollars brought by the French steamer Washington have been disposed of (chiefly for China) at 58p. per ounce, showing a decline of from the last price. The dollars by the West ndi s packet j us t announce d h ave not yet b een dealt With. t; The Commissioners f or th e R e d uc ti on o f the Na.'enal Debt have given notice that.there is no sur plus re venue applicable to the sinking fund for the quart er endin 31stec., 1868, ur he 15 1°48 of of the Act 29t hand 30th Vic., nde cap t 39, see. gA lette r h as been received from the Chevalier de it° wi th regard to the temporary loan lately te a ' ll ted the P ortuguese Government by certain ca- Paris and Frankfort, the terms for which tobr t alists in e stated in specific advices from the latter city to. u e r 48 , 13 igh as 18 per cent. It appears that the o n 7 f , -e t utu mentioned is not absolutely the correct The Chevalier says :—" As it appears your thth: tra artt persists i n hi s asser ti ons on t h e f a i t h o f e reports current at that place, I think it my duty th 43 'te that such reports are incorrect in regard to t ak e ."nal terms of the transaction, even without t4h in to consideration the prospective advan gle,f4 sec ured to the G overnmen t by th e con t rac t." to e follo w i ng note has been received from the Mail St eam-packet Company, intimating the P el lsion of the payment of dividend : Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, No. 55, Moor- Th e s gate-greet, London, E.C., Oa. 14, 1868. prt,fie_ ocretary of the Royal Mail Steam-packet t Company it k nit u k t . B hie compliments to the Editor, and begs o th e t his that in consequence of the largo falling off in eti c i..., 41 : 0 • 0 receipts of the company during the half-year t : 30th June last, the directors will be unable, at the til te c — O t , i4 g of the proprietors to be held on the 28th inst., to Anmillend the payment of a dividend. circular in connection with the Grand Trunk b v ,, wa Y Compa n y o f C ana d a was i ssue d yes t er d ay ccir"ge colleag ues o f Si r Ed war d W at ki n i n the ect ion of t h e G rand Trunk Railway Company te„ Y „ e Yitig to the bond and stock holders their em pe;"e protest aga i nst the continued and violent eo 4 °1141 attacks (hitherto unnoticed), by circular tlesalti 43ther wise, made upon Sir Edward by Mr. t ie) chairm an o f th e B u ff a l o an d L i k e H uron kiaillhPanY• It further states that Sir Edward Wat ilia : a s incurred the hostility of Mr. Haseltine and C oi r r tY (who are l argely interested i n the Buffalo of — tk P4n Y), by opp os i ng, w i t h t h e f u ll concurrence I ttlit un board, certain extravagant claims of the A al° Company against the Grand Trunk Com he proposed ex t ens i on li ne o f the Lemberg 014zer now itz Railway to Jassy is lik e ly t o b e carried th e 'Z i th the approval of a very largo majority of eh a "arehold ers. A t a meet i ng i n Austr i a 22,000 ti oh te4 h ave been depo s it e d i n f avour o f th e resolu and 205 a ga i nst. Cal ift Y guineas premium have been paid on the re e r (a.s.) fr om Al exandria for Liverpool, but the tai il l .P t of a tel egram yesterday from L i s b on, con- Ig t he report o f th e El ecto t h at s h e h a d p i c k e d alf lo or 80 miles to the north o f C a p e Fi n isterre, ti t , eb linY of th e C alpe steamer, and passed a quan f4;th°l wreck, ren d ers it impossible to effect any th at eLr ins urance on he r , f ears b e i ng enter t a i ne d p ot. On e must have foundered. Respecting the ship p reol tri .Yt from Bassein, on which 60 and 80 guineas 11,ta were paid on S a t ur d ay , no thi ng f urt h er on th een Paid. Fifty guineas have also been paid e ehip Nueva Pastore, from Havana. ZIITII3II PrilDei—TWO O'CLOCK. 8 kart;g7tn`smtvr FUNDS. 94i I eat. Consols 94f a Ditto for Account, Nov. 5 933 3- •F„P6r 0 6111 It d d ..i s ,.. q ent' 0 lief) 933 II 116 ' Y ', per Cent W. 4 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do, 5 4ht'llitieEP;7B("l,. " p u ire sth Jan. ! 18 " — 4:l°U°• for 0 Yrar,sexexire sth April 1885 — ( Red SeYa Telef l ,raph), tig ; , 1908 ..... cuoltier Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Lt 1) 0 . 19 bo £5OO _ 11 ' £lOO & £2OO 244 " 1 k of England Stock, 4 per Cent D 0• c ..._ .. COUXI t —.. 1 444 4 per Cent Bonds _ IlterColonial Ununtun INbT.,„ Anil," . urOVERNMENT BECU 111 8 T 7 1 4 E8.... .... ,'",,tc'elr, 10f per Cont., April i c , ' 'Telling, for Account 115 r ,°. 5 per Cent. july, 1880 103 f I ` r ;°. 4 per Cent Oct. 1888 ,''o. Certificates" 4',0. Enfaced Pa .. . 4 .... . Cent _ 46°. per Jan,Cent., 1872 e c : 56 perr Cent., May 1879 , 1091 Cont., Rup, Deb. 18,2 ...._ De. do. 1877 ..... Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l.OOO romax FiNDIII—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... . Au itrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 1859 ' Brazilian 5 per Cent — ')o. 4} per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858..... — Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 6B} Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 77} I Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cube, 6per Cent. Callian 6 per Cent — Do. 4f per Cent — 00. 6 per Cont., B — Do., 1867 Do., 7 per Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip £32 paid C oilnan, 6 per Cent. D inisn 3 p!r Cent., 1825 D Anubian Principalities, 7 1 cr Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ~. .... 82} , 'civador New Cons , lidated, 1 per Cent. E.;yptian, 7 per Cent 'l, SCCOllit Issue D t. £5!10 Bonds Do. .£lO6 Bonds i to. 1861 , Do. Account Do. .£sol, Bonds Do. .E.lOO Bonds English Scrip, 1868 Do do. £l5 pd ol. flovernurnt Railway Deb •uturos GrecK 5 per Cent., 182-1 5, ea Coups — Do. Acce unt I) , 1 . Coupons - Do. Acc3uut G iateniala 5 per Cent .. Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., .£25 p lti hail 5 per Cent., 1865 — .)o. Account . Do Maremmana Railway — ‘loxicar, 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do 1864 __•_. _ __ 824 82i ••••• 81- 4 72 Do fl per Cont. Anglo-French — dontovidean 6 per Cent. VI oorish imperial 5 per Ceut New Granada — Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Perurian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 784 Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 - Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'3 374 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paitl — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Si Do 4} per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cont., 1859 Do 5 por Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.,„ 904 Do. de. £B4 15s. dc ... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 904 Do. do Do Nicolas Railway 6717i Bar Tinian 5 pbr Cent Spanish 3 per Cen . Do. Account Do. 1867 £B4 los. do.„ Do. Account .... Do. New Deforreu — Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Acceunt 33 i I i Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Pin Tur.ush 6 per Cent. • Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account .., 671 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 69 81 Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 421 D.) Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 , 6si ;11 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. _ Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian. 41 per cent. Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil Do Account _ French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. Zsf. Do. Account 521 li IP/Ye tylneetx. Consuls, Money 94i I Do. Account, Nov. 5 ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. HACKNEY.—The Conservative candidate, Colonel Thom son, has retired from the contest, and a requisition is being prepared to induce Captain John Story to come for.. —' Sergeant Sleigh declined a similar invitation. LONDON UNIVERSITY.—Of the candidates originally an nounced for the representation of the London University in Parliament at the approaching election Dr. Wood Sir, J. Lubbock, and Mr. Bagehot have formally 'withdrawn; and at the present moment tho only other can didate besides Mr. Lowe is Mr. J. R. Quaine. It seems generally understood that Mr. Lowe is to walk over the course ; but, as Mr. Quaine has not formally intimated his intention of retiring from the canvass, it would be premature to assume that there will be no contest. OXFORD UNIVERSITY.—A meeting of members of Convo cation has resolved to ask Sir Roundel Palmer to be the candidate for the seat vacated by Sir W. Heathcote. SHEFFIELD.—At a meeting in Ecelesall Vestry-ball Mr. Roebuck has been denied a hearing. Mr. Leng, the chair man, was treated in the same way. Mr. Roebuck on leaving was followed by a great crowd, who greeted him with vol leys of hooting. CHESTER.—Dr. Bedford, the fifth candidate, has issued his address to the "electors, non-electors, and electoresses." He would disestablish the Welsh Church as well as the Irish, would "open all public places of instruction on the Sun's-day," and abolish the confessional in the whole of the British empire, placing "'nunneries and monkeries" under Government inspection. EAST SURRET.—The Times says—lt is now, we believe, definitively settled that there will be no Conservative oppo sition to the return of the present two Liberal members (the Hon. P. J. Locke-King and Mr. Charles Buxton) for this division of the county. By the last registration the Liberals claim an increased majority of 560. EAST Stissnx.—Mr. Dodson, Chairman of Committees in the House of Commons, and Lord Edward Cavendish, the two Liberal members, have issued their addresses seeking re-election. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. 3=ai"' 1 .... 15 , Nairn Aberdeen Leth Shields Scarborough Yarmouth Helder Cuxhaven Skudesness Ardrossan Greencastle Holyhead Liverpool Valentia Cape Clear Roche's Pt. Penzance Plymouth Weymouth °stern° uth London (TpeOrisNez Brest .... L'Orient Rochefort Biaoritz Coma na. Brussels Paris Strasbourg Lyons Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time) 29171. 29101. 29171. 29101. 29'811. 30'011. 29 7 i0f. S.W. W. - fi:W. S.W. wi:w. lw.Y.w. W.N.W. N.W. S. S.W. N.N.E. N.N.W. S.§:W. 8.8. W. N. s.w. B.w. W.S.W. 8.8. E. N.W. w: w. N.W. N. N.R.W. N.N.W. 30•28 f. S.W. XXPLA,NATION. W.S.W. Barometer corrected and reduced to 82 deg. a us level. The letter x. rising; L. falling; e.. steady—indicate direction of motionof the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm Weather: b.—blue sky; e.—clouds. detached; f.—fog; h.—hail I.—lightning ; m.—misty. hazy : o.—overcast, dull; r.—rain:s.—snow; t.—thunder. Rain-fall. snow or hail (melted) dozing last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. SHARE LIST. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER IE, 1868. MISCELLANEOUS. THE IttGLSTRATIONO. It is expected that the number of appeals which will be lodged in the Court of Common Pleas against the decisions of the revising barristers in the regis tration courts will be under thirty. A good many of these must be nearly identical, so that a decision in one will involve the settlement of the others. The rumour that the appeals could not be got through before December does not seem to be confirmed. FEATS IN ,ARITHMETIC. The usual arithmetical feats are now being per formed by those celebrated jugglers the Conservative and Liberal agents. Every day brings some fresh proof of their skill. The registrations afford them a fine stage for the performance of their gymnastics. The ConservatiVe agent always succeeds in proving that his party have gained at the. registrations ; the Liberal agents do ditto fir theirs. The public looks on highly amused at first, bUt a little wearied at Inst. This kind of sport is all very well for a time; but then the public is not just now in much of a humour for play. It is intent upon very serious work, and is asking how, soon these feats in the registration courts will be succeeded by downright facts at the polling bOo.ths. THE REVENUE OFFICERS AND THE FRANCHISE. Mr. Monk appears to have been much too hasty in writing to the papers declaring the " perfect political freedom "of revenue officers. Other letters appear to-day, shelving his mistake. The section of the Act to which he refers has not been repealed, after all, but is still - in force. He has, probably, been misled by the different numberings of the Act in different editions of it. In one case it is spoken of as 182 of 10th Anne. The Statute Law Revision Commission, however, adopted the number 198 of 10th Anne; and this is the description given of it in the Act. He has overlooked this fact, and the Act which is repealed is a totally different one. . METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS• W. S. W. S.R.W. s.s.w. B.S.W. R.B.W. s.s.w. W. N.W. N.W. Extreme REMARKS. The decrease in pressure noticed yesterday afternoon has extended to all stations during the night, and has become very serious at northern and western stations. The reading at Nairn is Min. lower than that reported yesterday, and the difference between readings at Nairn and Rochefort is O'9ln. Temperature has risen very quickly in Scotland ; little change is perceived in the south. In the Irish sea a sudden south-westerly gale sprung up last night, and still con tinues. In the S. of Ireland the wind is very fresh, but more westerly ; and in the English Channel a moderate south-westerly breeze is reported. Rain has fallen in the N. and W. The weather is cloudy or overcast, and unsettled. At Ardrossan and Valencia the ais high. Warnings issued to all coasts this morning. The Western Daily Press says—Lord Penrhyn an extensive landowner in Wales. On a property of his called (in the English tongue) Red Quarry, there are eighty Nonconformist workmen. These persons wished to rent a piece of land from his lordship, to build an Independent chapel upon. Two ministers of the Independent body waited upon Lord Penrhyn's agent to make the request, but it was peremptorily refused on the ground that the two ministers forming the deputation ap proved of the Liberation Society's doings. Some corres pondence passed, and one of the ministers intimating hitt/ intention to publish the correspondence, he was forbidden by a letter from Lord Penrhyn's solicitor to do so at his Peril, RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 83 87 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 4} per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gum. 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st D 9. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath. 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. gua all st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. ck S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO t Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 9 s 98 st Do do No. 2 100 92 97 st Do do 6 per cent 100 103 107 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 97 101 st Do do B 6 do. 100 105 110 st Do do C 7 do. 100 115 120 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 96 101 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 66 69 t Do Norfolk .5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Wa,v.Val. 1847 100 ..„ st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd. at 10 p. c. pm. 100 st Do 4 3 do do do 100 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st t.West.--Orig.& Int.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 100 101 St Do. Orig. (B.& 11. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 10) st Do do 4 per cent. 1850 lOO 83 86 st Do do 4 do do st I'o do 5 per cent. redem lOO 92 94 st Do do Birmingham gua lOO 65 67 st Do do do pref lOO 110 115 st Do do Chester glut lOO 75 80 st Do do do 8 per cent lOO 150 160 st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 46 p.c lOO ... ... st Do do 41 1859 lOO st Do do 5 ...... 1 0 st Do West Mid.-Oxford Ist g. 10) 11 114 st Do do 2d gua. 100 111 11:3 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 88 92 st Do do 2d do 100 st Do gua. ,;1 per cent. 1863 100 ~„ 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 st Do Barnsley, £5 Is 10d p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 134 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 97 100 et London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. '2 lOO ~, st Do 6 do do lOO st Do S do No. 4 lOO ~, ••• ___ ... st Do 7 per cent 1 0 ~. ••• st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 1. , 0 ... ••• st Da 4 do 1859 et London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO ... ... st London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent. lOO ... ... st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 88 90 et Do Shrewsb'y cit Welch — pl.. 100 88 90 st London and S.-W. 7 p,c , late 3d shares, lOO 140 145 28.60. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all st Man., Shef., & Lincln. 6 p.c lOO 6 Do £6 all par 4pm et Do 31 per cent 100 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent. 5 ... st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 st Do Bristol &Birtn., 6p. c lOO 1 0 132 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 93 st Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 93 15 st Do Leicester & ll'chn, 4 p.c lOO SS 90 st North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO st Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOO ... st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO st Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern--Cons. 4p c lOO 85 87 st Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 93 95 st Do G.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 25 Do Yurk, H. &S. purchase lO 10 101 st Do Stektn & Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 105 107 st Do W, Hartlepool H. and R lOO 86 88 20 North Staffordshire lOs S. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 91 101 lOs Do Tavistock Anns., 10s all 91U lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Arms., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 per cent lOO st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No. 1 lOO 145 150 st Waterford &Kilke nn y , 6 pc 100 42 45 111 k RAILWAYS. —PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Cen., win. 7p c lOO .. st Do 41 p c i rredeem all ... . at Do 4p c con., issued at 80 65 ... at Great Eastern, 41 per cent. 100 74 78 at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 85 88 at Do. New 5 do, 1863 lOO 84 86 st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO ... at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO ... st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO at Do Bosto n & Sl eafd, 44 pc 100 ...... st Great W est., W. tlidl., 5p c 100 86 90 st Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 83 87 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 100 102 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p e all 191 201 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 3 Lanc. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1} st Lond., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do 5 d o, 1865 100 ...... at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ... st Do No. 7 sdo st Loud., Chat., &c., 20, 6 p.c st Du Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c 100 .. st London &N. Western, 5p c 100 107 109 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 90 93 10 Man. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 103 105 st Do B 5 do 100 103 106 is Do spc opt. to c on y . to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lip 18 Do Inconv. New Shares 16 t fiP 22 Do 5p c con, into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1867 .... . . 81 1/ lip at North British, E. and G., No. 1, 5 per cent lOO st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 st Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E. & G., No. 2, 5 p.c st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c st Do E.& G., (OrdirY) 4 1 P c 100 6} st North Eastern, 41 p er cent 100 st Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 107 109 st North Loudon, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 ... st Do sdo (Ch. Cros s ) 1 863 100 „. at Do G do, 1861 st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ... RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. st Birkenhead ........... . 100 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer , all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire ........... 100 92 91 at Chester and Holyhead ...... 100 53 55 st Do. 51 per cent. lOO 116 120 st Do. 5 do. ...... 10 0 100 111 at Clydesdale, guaranteed ...... 100 st Colchester Stour Valley „. • at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c.... 100 130 131 2.5 Gloster and Dean Forest... all at Gt. Ease., Newm., &c., 5 p.c. 100 st Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c. 100 63 jig st Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 63 68 st Gt. West., W. Mid., Heref. 100 95 97 40 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21 213 at London and Blackwall lOO 92 94 at Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO ••• st Do. Com Fund, 5 do lOO at London a - ad Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South lOO 7 • 8 st Lowestoft, gua. 4 per cent lOO 78 82 st Do. do. 6 do. __ - 51 31anch., Burton. &Ftlatlk 'el •• i "i t st Midland, Bradford, Pref 100 9 1 93 . 10 Mid-Kent (Cray Line) 50 Northern & East , 5 per cent all 52 55 10 Do. do. 6 do. all . . ... at N. Eastern—Hartlepool at N. West. A perp. prof, Sp. C lOO 1 07 10 fl st Do B minimum 11 p.c at Notting. &Granth. 1t.&0 lOO 91 93 25 Preston and Wyre. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 130 132 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 130 132 10 Do do 8 f 20 st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 97 99 st Do 4 per cent gua lO 79 81 st Do 5 do st Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 80 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all .. ... 20 Do do C all 61 7 st Weymouth and Portland lOO .., ... st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 116 113 st London and St. Katherine lOO 54 53 100 Do Deb. stock, 4 per cent all ..„ Diillwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 35 23 et Southampton lOO 73 75 et Surrey Commercial lOO ... ... 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira. all 21 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., 1im..., 7 id iP 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 st Atlantic Telegraph lOO 311 33 st Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 • Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 14 141 10 Do. New 6 3 31 1)0 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 4 1/ Of 5 . 1 British American Land 44 15 17 sC B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira lOO 163 168 20 British Indian Tea, lira all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l ... . . 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim. 2l 21 111 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 4 31 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 31d 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 5 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 5 6 50 City Offices, lim 25 22. 211 d 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commercial Uni on (A bsur) 4 P iP 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint. 20 Continental Uni on Gas, lim all 17 1 18 1 d 25 Copper Miners of England, prof 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of Loudon Bonds, 1877, 4} per cent. all 1031 1041 100 Do. 1879, 4; per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1882, 4f pet cent. all 1031 1011 10 Credit Fon. of England, lira. all 21 21 211 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lira lO 3 2 d at Crystal Palace lOO 23 25 21 st Do. Preference lOO 100 105 st Do. 6p. c. Perpetual Deb lO9 108 112 20 Darjeeling, lim I 0 Eastern Assam, lim. 64 ~. ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 161 171 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 94 95 914 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lira 6 5 4 d st _Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 226 231 10 Do. New 3 8 10p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lira 2l I 4 15 Eng li sh and For e i gn C red i t 71 5 4(1 100 Eng. and Scot. Si arine, lim. 8 - ••• 8 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 if 14d 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and _ ~. Loan Scrip, - issuedaq . /35 all 83 84 50 Gellivara, lim. 2O ... . 10 General Credit & Die., lim 71 . 21 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 50 Home & Col Marine In. lim. 5 41 315 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 15 151 151 4 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 Indo-European Tel., lim , 10 ... ... 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lim 5 11 1# 20 Interna. Land Credit, lim 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land 5 11 4d 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 2 21 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 46 47 50 Land Securities, lim 5 31 245 . 25 London African Trading lO 7 5d 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 ... ...d 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim. all 31 31 11 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all 1 fp 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lim. 30 23 225 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 11 2 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer . and Iron Ship, lim 25 22 17d 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 Id pr et Madras Irriga. &Caul. Gua. 5 L p. c. by India Gov. 10 Ma uritius and, Credit, and 100 103 104 Agency, lim.. 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, lim all 36 41 50 Millwall Iron Works, lim 124 ... ... 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. 25 National Discount Co., lim 5 111 12 25 National Prov. Marine, lim 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lim all 81 94 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim 6 3 2d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 11 15 5 New Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 44 34 25 New Zealand Loan & Mar! cantile Agency,lim 25 New Zealand Trust and 21 I IP Loan, lim 5 1 4 1 4 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim 5 7 5 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 38 42 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6} 161 171 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 14 15 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll 5 Oriental Gas, lim. 6 Do. New 1 { IP 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim 2 .id p 5 Ottoman Gas, lim all l i f 2 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail, lim .all 2 If 5 Do do. et Peel It. Land* Miner!, lim lOO 32 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 51 53 521 50 Do. New 1867 lO id pr 94 25 Renter's Telegram 24 30 35p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lim all 131 191 20 Do. Gas, lira all 23 24 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 62 64 52 31 24 st Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 111 116 at Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref lOO 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO 7 6.1 20 Societe a en.de I'En:wire Ot 8 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim 6 25 South Australian Land st . Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1. 11 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 154 16/ 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 21 2 1 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lira— 81 . ... 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim. 1 4 1p 10 Do do. do. all ... ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 id p 50 Union 11/1 urine L'pool, lim 5 4 41p '2O Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 14 015 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 41 54 51 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 3/ 31p 20 Universal Mari/le(In.), lim 5 1 lip 6 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 3 4 30 Van Dieman's Land . . 100 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Slortgage) Loan all 74 741 75 50 Warrant Finance, lint. .. 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim,. ............ ,20 4 35 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses COLONIAL GOVERNM!CNT SICCURITIE6 Drawn Columbia, 6 per 1100 - - Do. 1895 l5O - Can.Gov.6 p.o.Jan.t&July 1877-84 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug lOO 101 106 Do. sp. O. Mar. & Sept lOO 101 106 Do. 6p. o. Jan. & July lOO 92 93 Do. sp. c. Inscribed 8k HO 90 92 Capt, G.Hope, 6 p. 0.1873 lOO 102 101 D0.Ap1.&091 1890-1900_ 100 111 113 Do. do 1880-9 e lOO 107 100 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 100 108 110 Do. 6 per cent. 16 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Caylon, Nov. 1878, 6p. Do. 1872, do lOO 1 05 107 Mauritius, 6 p. 0, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. Do. 1882, May and Nov... 100 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.... 100 106 198 Melbourne Corporatn.,.. 18u7-75, 0 per ctnt, lOO - N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July 100 1(2 104 - rttal 6 p ot, Apl & Oct .. 100 -- - Do 6p a. M.y & No 7 lOO 106 1(8 N. S. W. 5 p•o., '7l to '76 lOO 9f 301 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 lOO 99 103 92 Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to '75 lOO SO 101 N.Zealand, 6p. ct. 1891 lOO - - Do. 5 per cent.... -- Do Jan, A prl, July, 0 t lOO 971 98} 98} Do 6p c. Mar & ept '9l lOO 1 08 110 Do June & Deo , 1.4)1 100 109 .11 jDo Prov. 1 ALckld. 1 0 itrie4l &2, 1196 j Nova Scotia 6p. c,J au an l July. 1875 166 .• •••• -- - Queenelnd. 6p. c. 'B2 5 lOO 105 106 1071 Do 189: B. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 lOO Do 1878.92 lOO 103 110 Do 1893 1904 10) 306 ICB Tasmanian n p ' , 3 0 7 107 1895 lOO 106 Do rd. 1593 to 1•49/. lOO 1(5 105 Vlctorla 6p.0. JaatJuly., 100 Do. 1801 Do. do. April & Oct lOO 111 114 110} SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. GRAVRSEND, Thursday Morning. Wind, S. ; line. Arrived, Oct, 14.—Flandre, atearaor, from Dunkirk ; Alexandra, from Umea; Ariel, from Plailaclulphia ; Curlew, from .A.rchangol. Arrived, Oct. 15—Triton, steamer, from Boulogne Argos, steamer, from Calais ; Ranger, steamer, from Rot terdam; Battalion, steamer, from Dantzic ; Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp. bailed—Chloe, for Calais. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind, W.S.W., moderato. Passed.—Nau Ed, for Cette ; Agamemnon, for Malta ; Evadne, for Sierra Leone; ldun. for Savannah—all from London ; Iris (of Guernsey) and Pet (of Whitby)—both from the north for the west. Anchored.—Fugitive, from London, for Launceston. REGISTRATION APPEALS. — Yesterday the number of appeals from the decisions of Revising Barristers lodged at the Common Pleas was 11, and it is anticipated thlt be fore the fourth day of the ensuing Michaelmas Term the list will contain nearly 30. Unless the appeals be forth with lodged and notices given, as required by the Regis tration of Voters Act, the cases cannot be decided by the Court before the elections. The first case on the list from Manchester will settle the claims of nearly 6,000 women to be on the register. The Court of Common Pleas will appoint sittings for hearing the appeals soon after the com mencement of Term. TAXES UPON TRAVELLING.—In the financial year ending March 31, 1868, the duty o❑ fares rec Jived from railway passengors was paid on £9,702,725, and amounted. to £185,136. The stage carriage duty of id. for every mile travelled was paid for 34,423,057 miles, and amounted to £35,857, and the license duty produced £9,813. 10,695 liconses for keeping post horses were taken out in Great Britain, 1,968 in Ireland, and produced £139,089. The 20s. license duty for hackney carriages (London) pro duced £5,774, and the weekly duty of 7s. (or 6s. if not used ou Sundays) produced £103,153. PARKIN JEFFCOCK MEMORIAL FUND.—A meet ing of the friends of the late Mr. Parkin Jeffcock was held in Sheffield, on Tuesday, when it was decided to proceed at once in the erection of a memorial church, in sympathy with the Oaks Colliery calamity in 1866, at Mortomley, to accommodate about 260 persons. A very satisfactory design by Mr. Butterfield was approved by the committee —and with a considerable sum of money already sub scribed it was determined to proceed in collecting the full mount ;ecit*ed, Nybich will be about 42,000, ORDINARY SHARKS AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid. Closing Business ‘•• Price. One. it Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 it Caledonian ......... 109 714 72 72 at Cambrian lOO 20 30 2) C0rnwa11...... all 34 31 st Dublin & Belfast June lOO 76 78 st Dun„Perth, & Ab. June lOO 70 72 21 East London all 7 9 40 Do 15 - 2) Do 10 - - st Glasgow &S. Western lOO 94 95 st Great Eastern .' 1 00 404 41 40i st Do. E. Angl. No. 4 lOO 74 84 at Great North of Scotland lOO 15 6 et Great Northern lOO 137 108 st Do. A. 5t0ck....... lOO 106 107 1064 4 sr Do. B stock - - at Gt 6, and W. or Ireland lOO Oil 97 s Gt. Western -Original lOO 4St 49.1 • t Do. South Wales lOO 46 68 s lie. %V. Mid.-Oxlore lOO `i.s z 8 s Do. Newport lOO 28 34 et Lancashire & Yorkshirc lOO 12') 29 PSI it Lon., Brigli.,& S. Coast lOO 521 624 124 101 Do Scrip .... - - it Fon., Chat., and Dover Wu 171 18 st Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO - Lon. A. North Wester; lOO 1121 124 112 at Lon. .1; South Western lOO b 7 bi BSI St Man., Shei., At Lincoln lOO 471 4141 st Metropolitan..... l, 0 1064 107 1 ' 1074 61 -it Do. Extension.. 10 Do. New rd lO pr 4p 4' Metropolitan District :ill 71 .3 1 ) Do. and St. John's W'd 6 - - it Midland st Do, tiirmin .. A. Derby lOO 80 82 791 st North British 'OO 311 121 32 s(. Do. 14d., Ytli., & 109 - - t N th..Eadtern-Berwici• 25 Do. G.IN•E purchnsi 6.13.4 - - st Do. Leeds ..... at Do. York . 100 t'B3 8 1 st M. Carlisle at Do. Stock.& 110 127 121 at North London st Do. do. 1866 . lO 1 11 st North Staffordshire st N. &S. W. Junction 10 Do new £lO shares 6 - - st Shropanire Union st South Devon lOO 44 16 st South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok st Taff Vale 10 Do. C st Waterford & Kilkenny lOO - - t 0 Waterloo & Whiteha.l 6 - POLITICS AT BLACKBURN. There is no town in the kingdom, perhaps, where politics run so high as at Blackburn. There have already been riots with the loss of several lives, and it is probable that these disturbances will be renewed. Curiously enough, two of the rival candidates bear the same, though by no means a common name— Feilden. The chairman of the Conservative com mittee has issued a circular to the millowners, asking them to use their " influence " with their employ6s, a request for which those who have made it deserve severe chastisement. On the other hand, Mr. John Morley and Mr. Congreve, the well-known apostle of Positivism in England, are appealing to the electors direct on behalf of the Liberal candidates. The riots appear to have been caused entirely by the Conservative No-Popery party, who have been attacking the Roman Catholics in the town, where they are very numerous. "INFLUENCE " AT CARDIFF. The Telegraph calls attention to a monstrous system of canvassing which Mr. Giffard has inaugurated at Cardiff. He has sent to several amateur agents of his in Cardiff a circular beginning " Dear sir, will you kindly canvass the person named on the other side, and report the result on the space left for that purpose ?" Overleaf is the following : "If a distinct promise cannot be obtained, please state the name of the voter's employer, or that of any other person likely to influence him." Is not this really too bad ? Would that we might abolish canvassing altogether. THE NEW ILIAD. The Morning Advertiser has for some time past been writing up the claims of Mr. Homer, the ex gin-palace keeper, to the votes of the electors of Hackney. A few days ago a sensation story was told about a man being seen with an open knife ready to plunge it into the ex-victualler's back. The tale has not produced the desired result. Though Mr. Homer offered £lOO for the discovery of his assassin, who was, as it is alleged, seen by a roomful of people, no one has come forward to claim the money. A. new appeal is now made. Mr. Homer, it seems, finds the hire of professional pugilists a costly amuse ment, and so the Advertiser appeals to the " trade " to subscribe towards the expenses of their brother. We are inclined to think that we shall very shortly have the privilege of reading a new " Iliad," which will differ from the first in that it will record the fall, not of Troy, but of Homer. RAPID FIRING: According to the Standard, some important remarks concerning the firing of our troops were made recently at Woolwich by the Duke of Cambridge. Under the present system, infantry, when formed in a line, are ordered to fire independently at an imaginary enemy. The result is a continued sheet of flame and a dense cloud of smoke, out of which the reports of the rifles rattle with a rapidity that blends them all into one, and doubtless affords the spetators an admirable idea of the enormous increase of the power of infantry fire. But the pleasure of spectators is not to be considered. By this system the soldiers are being trained to waste their ammunition. The great objection to the breechloader was that the soldier would fire away his bullets too quickly, and exhaust them ere the close of the battle. Our troops are encouraged by independent firing to throw their shot away. They manage these things better in Prussia. There the soldier is trained to reserve his fire. The men are ordered to fire by sections, or by companies. No man fires until he is bidden to do so by his officer or non-commissioned officer. In this way the importance of holding back their ammu nition is impressed upon them ; and they learn coolness and patience in the noise of action. Besides, under these conditions, the soldiers can see what they arc about, whereas, directly independent firing with out check commences, the entire line is enveloped in a mass of smoke, and not a man can have the least idea of where he is aiming. The Commander-in- Chief is said to have expressed himself very strongly on this point ; and there is every probability that ere long something may be done to remedy the evil. THE LATE CANON HAWKINS. An article in the Guardian on the late Canon Hawkins mentions that he saw during his adminis tration of the S. P. G. an increase of the colonial episcopate from eight to forty-seven sees, and an increase in the society's income from £10,500 to £91,700. It was often suggested to him that he should himself undertake the charge of one of our colonial dioceses, but he felt that he had a sphere of labour at home less conspicuous, but not less onerous or im portant. He held the post of secretary for twenty one years. In 1804 the late Archdeacon Bentinck, with rare generosity, resigned his canonry of West minster expressly to make way for Mr. Hawkins. It is a little singular that the deaths of these two friends took place, we believe, in the same week. THE NEW PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. It is believed that the Regius Professorship of Ecclesiastical History at Oxford, vacant by the pre ferment of Mr. Mansel to the deanery of St. Paul's, has been conferred upon the Rev. Reginald Stubbs, Professor of Modern History. Mr. Stubbs was for some time librarian of Lambeth, and is an accom plished student of history. The appointment carries with it a canonry in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. It now remains for the Crown to appoint a Professor of Modern History. Mr. Stubbs succeeded Mr. Goldwin Smith. THE ARCHIEPISCOPAL MONUMENTS IN CROYDON CHURCIL It will be remembered that last year the famous old church at Croydon was almost totally destroyed by fire. It contained monuments of four notable Arch bishops of Canterbury—Wareham, Grindal, Whit gift, and Sheldon. These monuments are not only historically interesting, but are fine worlis of art. They have been terribly shattered by the fire, and Mr. Gilbert Scott, who restoring the church, finds that it will be absolutely necessary for him to remove the ruins unless they can be restored. In order to avoid a necessity which he would most bit terly lament, he appeals to the public for funds, and in doing so gives some interesting historical and archeological particulars. It is possible that the Whitgift Memorial may be restored by the trustees of his munificent charities. Sheldon's will cost £1,350 to restore, and Mr. Scott has appealed for the amount in vain to the University of Oxford, which has benefited so greatly by the Archbishop's bene factions. The restoration of Grindal's monument will cost £G3S. Wareham's, being within a recess, can be restored without much expense. THE NATAL DISPUTE. The Deans of Maritzburg and Capetown write to the Guardian with reference to the interminable Natal dispute. Dean Douglas says that " the flippant the total offertoryover £3OO. Dean Green argues that and discreditable article in the Ti»zes the next day" after the farewell service brought an additional cheque of £5O for the Capetown Association, making in getting a new bishop appointed for the see of Natal there is no encroachment upon the royal pre rogative, 'since it has been decided that the patent by which Bishop Colenso holds his present position conferred no civil status, The Guardian deeply laments the late S. P. C, meeting. A false issue was raised, and a false im pression will be produced. It will be assumed that al those who opposed the grant which is to be used sgainsi, Bishop Colenso are on his side ; whereas they voted entirely upon the question of the Royal supremacy. Hitherto this society has been fortunate enough to preserve a platform on which men of all schools in the Church could take their places without risk of unseemly strife, Partisans of various factions are now rejoicing in the prospect of destroying this neutrality. „.. THE " A. P. U. C." Dr. F. G. Lee, who has just resigned his post of secretary to the Association for the Promotion of the Unity of Christendom, has published a report detailing the progress of the association. t 'vra4 taroxediallyLagtunan_QUAL_Aull.v year it had (378 members enrolled: Sine the* 12,009 have been added. Of the 12,684 members of the society, 1,881 belong to the Roman Catholic Church in various countries, 685 are Orientals, 92 are attached to uncertain or miscellaneous com munities, whose names the secretary was unwilling to take upon himself to decline, and 10,026 belong to the Church of England and other churches in com munion with the same. The names have been obtained by a systematic circulation of the formal prospectus of the association in English, Latin, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. Dr. Lee says : "It has been the secretary's honour and privilege to correspond with a large number of distinguished Catholics of many rites, whose private letters to himself officially have been carefully preserved, as they may in future throw considerabl.. light on the great movement for effect ing corporate re-union, which the late Cardinal Wiseman theoretically inaugurated in 1841, and which the Association for Promoting the Unity of Christendbm first put in practical shape in 18.57." The average annual expenses have been only about £7O. In that respect, at all events, the "A.P. U. C." is a model which other societies would do well to follow. It might be well also for Mr. Pyle to ask himself if the promotion of union is not a fitter object for Christiana than " barking " at and "biting" those who differ from you, which, according to him, is the object of the Church Association. A lIERO. We do not remember having read of any greater instance of courage than that of Mr. de Saumarcz, which has been mentioned in some of the papers. This young officer, who is sub-lieutenant of the Myrmidon, finding that a man had fallen overboard, jumped into the sea after, him. "It was a very dark night. He had a strong current of from three to four knots an hour running. The man struggled a good deal, and he had to support him with one hand while he splashed with the other to frighten the sharks, of which a great number had been seen round the ship during the day." Fancy the situa tion : a dark night, a strong current, a man laying hold of his deliverer, and nearly pulling him down in his grip for life, and—worst of all—a sea swarming with sharks ; and then say if any courage can exceed this. It has been said that greater love hath no man than that he should lay down his life for his friend ; but this seaman does not seem to have been even that. Surely the Victoria Cross or the Albert Medal ought to reward such gallant conduct as this. FOREIGN NOTES. THE THRONE OF SPAIN. The Spaniards are beginning to think it high time that the question of a successor to Queen Isabella was fairly opened. General Prim's letter to the Gaulois pronounces in favour of a monarchy—a decision which he has supple mented by public declarations. The exclusion of the Democrats from office further shews the tide of public opinion. The Nation, of Madrid, the organ of the Pro gressists, declares for a monarchy, and puts forth the Duke of Edinburgh as the most probable choice of the people. This is important, for the Progressist party shares supreme power only with the Liberal Union, and its decision will go far to settle the question. The Star thinks the letter addressed by General Prim . to Prince Napoleon points to another possible solution of this difficulty. Though the extraordinary and romantic rise of the present Emperor has obscured the fortunes of his cousin, his abilities are great and his integrity undoubted. But for the coup d'etat Prince Napoleon would have risen to a high place in the service of the Republic. He never betrayed a public trust for his own advantage. His relations with the French Republicans are close and constant. In the Revolutionary Assembly of 1848 he was one of the most conspicuous leaders of the " Reds ;" and under the existing Imperial regime he has often been held " suspect" for his presumed coquetry with the Republican party and his undisguised condem nation of the absolutist theories of the Second Empire. The Star thinks the French Emperor would not oppose the elevation of his cousin. The Liberte, however, speaks of the candidature as an impossibility. DISARMAMENT. La France, in a carefully-worded article, denies the report that the Emperor Napoleon is drawing up another Congress project, with the view of bringing about a " general alliance and disarmament." The Liberte says the report was first circulated by some indiscreet gentleman who dined with his Imperial Majesty. If then, it asks, the report is not true, what can we think of the individual who first spread it ? But if the Emperor, by a sudden stretch of confidence, allowed the secrets of his thoughts to escape, what is the value of the denial of La France? Certainly, the Emperor ought to be quick with this mani festo, if he means to issue it. The political torpor of the recess will soon cease : the Prussian Parliament opens on the 4th of November. The Times Berlin correspondent thinks there is some foundation for the intelligence. The object of the proposed congress would be in part to prescribe the number of men which each nation should have in arms—at least, so says the Journal de Paris. If this be the Emperor's plan, he will decidedly save his credit by not allowing it to go further. GERMANY. Some of the Prussian journals announce that a second naval and military port in the Baltic is about to be constructed on the Isle of Rtigen. There is much reason to doubt this statement. The project was formed before the acquisition of Kiel, but it has been abandoned since. Prussia already possesses Kiel, Dantzig, and Stettin on the Baltic, and is constructing a first-class establishment at Jande, on the North Sea. Money only is required to make her a great naval power. AMERICA. In this country the news of the Pennsylvanian and Ohio elections is universally accepted, even by the Standard and the Globe, as deciding the Presidential contest. Nobody puts forth a shadow of hope for Mr. Seymour. Mr. Reverdy Johnson has fallen into serious discredit by his temperate conduct in England. Many of the American journals use very strong language, as is their wont, and even the more moderate papers condemn the Ambassador. The .Nation says that "when Mr. Johnson loads Lord Wharncliffe and Mr. Roebuck in public with expressions of personal esteem, he puts himself in a position more false than the French Minister would put himself in if he appeared in public on terms of intimacy with Mr. Kinglake, or than the Papal Nuncio if he were to pass his evenings with M. Ernest Ronan—that is, he offends, not simply against the political feelings of the American people, but against the European standard of diplomatic propriety." An Alabama paper has the inexpressible pleasure to make the following announcement :—" Five notoriously bad negroes were found swinging by the neck to trees in the woods of Colbert County a few days since. They had been guilty of threatening the whites." It is not surprising that more troops have been asked for in this State. THE EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH AMERICA. The news by the West India snail affords little more than a confirmation of details previously received. In Ecuador 13,000 live; out of a population of 16,000, were lost at Ibarra. Of 10,000 at Otavalo, between 6,000 and 7,000 perished. The loss of life in the province of Imbabura is estimated at not less than 40,000. NEW ZEALAND. A number of official reports were presented to the Governor of New Zealand on his arrival in the colony. They contain facts of much interest bearing upon the disaffection amongst the Maories. The great majority in the North of Auckland are disinclined to take up arms, partly because industrial pursuits are found more profitable, and partly through fear of the Southern natives. In other districts the feeling of the Maories towards the colonists is described as being very friendly. But the officials in portions of the South fear that much time will elapse before general peace prevails. The natives in these districts are partial to guerilla war fare, and have n ot, it appears, acquired those habits of industry which keep the Maories of the North quiet. But the comforts enjoyed by the peaceable natives are begin ning to be appreciated by the more warlike tribes, who do ne, comprehend why they should be starved, amongst the hills and swamps, whilst their brethren are well-to-do. THE LATE SHIPWRECK ON THE COAST OF DORSET.—It will be remembered that on the 25th ultimo a distressing shipwreck took place off Kimmeridge Ledge, the schooner Liberty, of Portsmouth, foundering, when all hands perished. The National Lifeboat Institution has a lifeboat at Chapman's Pool, which, like the small coastguard lifeboat at Kimmeridge, failed entirely to get out to the schooner owing to the force of the wind and sea, which were unusually heavy on that day. Capt. J. B. Ward, R.N., the inspector of lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Institution, has just visited the locality wioi the view to the society stationing a lifeboat at Kimmeridge, if practicable. It appears that he is still of opinion that Chap man's Pool is the most suitable place of the two for a lifeboat station, if one boat only should be placed in that locality. Ile recommends, however, that a small life boat should be placed at Kimmeridge Bay at the opposite side to where the coastguard lifeboat is stationed. It should, nevertheless, be mentioned that no loss of life has occurred for a very long period to vessels getting on shore in the neighbourhood of Kimmoridge. The schooner Liberty, above referred to, did not strike the ground at all, but sunk in deep water from having boen sent to sea in an unseaworthy state. Capt. Murdoch, Royal Artillery, and Lieut. Rogers, 102 d Fusiliers, have completed a course of six months' training at the Military Gymnasium, Aldershott, and received certificates of valification for gymnastic iwitruotora, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. HEREFORD RACES—This DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HUNTERS' STAKES. The Hunters' Stakes (Handicap) of 5 SOTS each, with 50 added ; to be ridden by gentlemen, farmers, or trades.. men ; jockeys 61b extra; three miles ; 11 subs. Stanton Steamboat 2 Colonel Six ran. NURSERY HANDICAP. The Nursery Plate of 100 sovs (Handicap) ; winners of any handicap after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m) 41b, twice, or if of the value of 100 sovs 71b extra. Three-quarters of a Mathilde., Adolphus Abyssiu:a, , 2 Eight ran. MATCII.-131uu Bell beat Chaw. WEST DRAYTON RACES---•-THIs DAY. TILE !LUNT CUP. The Ilitht Cup, value 30 guinem, fur hunters; list 71b cadi; half bredi allowed 71h, and maidens up to time of entry having been beaten on the Hitt allowed 71b; pro fessionals Mb extra. One mile on the flat. Erolite ]iaruinito Woddi g- Peal Nine ran. VICTORIA CLUB 1341 1 TING.—Trus DAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 900 to 200 agst Cecil (taken) 12 to 1 agst Restitution (taken-11 to 1 previously) 100 to 8 agst Wolsey (taken and wanted) 100 to 6 agst Lady Coventry (taken) 100 to 6 agst Mortemer (offered-20 to 1 taken) 20 to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken and wanted) 20 to 1 agst Boanerges (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Actaa (taken) 30 to 1 agst Warrington (taken and offered) 500 to 15 agst Michel de Basco (taken and offered)) 33 to 1 agst Kingsland (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst See Saw (offered-50 to 1 taken and wanted) 2000 to 40 agst Lady Raglan 1000 to 20 agst Taraban (taken and offered) 1000 to 20 agst Noyau (taken and offered) 1000 to 20 agst Jeannie Deans (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Special (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Kidderminster (taken and offered) 1000 to 15 agst Banditto (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Skylark (offered) 1000 to 60 agst W. Day's lot (taken) 100 to 6 agst Bluegown, with a start (taken) DERBY. 2400 to 300 agst Belladrum (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Portsmouth (taken) PROGRAMME OF HEREFORD RACES. FRIDAY. The Newcourt Selling Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added ; two year olds 7st, three Bst 111 b, four 9st 91b, five and upwards lost; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs, if entered for 40 sovs allowed 71b, 30 141 b, 20 211 b. Oue mile and a quarter. The Hurdle Race Handicap of 5 sovs each, 1 ft (to the fund), with 50 added; winners of a hurdle race of steeplechase of the value of 50 soya after Oct. 8 (at tea a.m.) 101 b extra ; twe miles, over six hurdles ; 14 subs. The Shobdon Cup, value 200 soya (Handicap), by sub scription of 10 soya each ; winners after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m.) 41b, if of the value of 100 soya 71b, 200 101 b extra; one mile and three-quarters ; 21 subs. The Lugwardine Nursery Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 100 added ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b ; winners of 100 sovs 41b, of 200 101 b extra; starters twice with out winning allowed 41b, three times 71b ; three-quarters of a mile ; 19 übs. The Aristocratic Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (te the fund) with 100 added; gentlemen riders; jockeys 61b extra One mile and a half. PROGRAMME OF WEST DRAYTON AUTUMN MEETING. FRIDAY. A Scurry Cup (Handicap) for all ages. Half a mile. The Great Western Selling Plate of 30 Boys ; two year olds 7st 41b, three 9st, four 9st I.olb, five and upwards 9st 121 h; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 40 sous, if for 30 allowed 41b, 20 71b. Three quarters of a mile. The Hurdle Race Plate of 30 SOTS (Handicap); one mile and a quarter, over two hurdles. The Selling Hurdle Race Plate of 3U sous (Handicap); the winner to be sold for 40 sovs ; one mile and a quarter, over five hurdles. The De Burgh Plate of 40 soya (Handicap); winners after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra; five furlongs. The West Drayton Handicap of 7 soya each, 2 ft, with 50 added winners after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra; one mile and a half ; 16 subs. The Maiden hurdle Plate, value 70 guineas; those that never won on the fiat up to the time of entry and been beaten three times or more allowed 71b ; non-profes- Eionals allowed 71b ; Ilst 71b each ; one mile and a quar ter, over five hurdles. PROGRAMIIE OF NORTIIALLERTON AND NORTH RIDING MEETING. FIUDAY. The Juvenile Selling Plate (of 30 sovs Handicap), for two year olds ; winners after the weights are declared Mb extra; the winner to be sold for 30 sovs; T.Y.C. The Broomfield Nursery Plato of 100 SOTS (Handicap), for two year olds; winners of any race after Oct. 7 (at ten a.m.) 51b, of one value 100 sovs 81b, 200 101 b extra (ex treme peatalty); T.Y.C. The Northallerton Handicap of 5 sovs oa h, 3 ft, with 40 added ; winners of any handicap value 50 sore after Oct. 7 (at ten a.m.) 51b, of two such handicaps or of any race value 100 soya or of the North Riding Handicap on the preceding day 101 b extra (extreme penalty); the second to save his stake; one mile; 25 subs. ho Harewood Plate of 40 sovs (Handicap); winners of any race after Oct. 7 (at ten a.m.) 71b, of one value 100 sovs 91b extra (extreme penalty) ; T.Y.C. The Grand Stakes of 5 MOTS each, 3 ft, with 25 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies and geldings Bst 61b. Seven furlongs. 6 subs. Tho Thornton Selling Plate of 30 SOTS (Handicap), for all ages ; winners after the weights are declared 31b extra ; the winner to be sold for 30 sovs. Seven furlongs. PROGRAMME OF PERTH RACES. FRIDAY. The County Handicap of 7 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 added; winners of any handicap after Oct. 1 (at ten a.m) of 100 sovs value 51b, of two or more 71b extra ; second to save his stake. One mile and a half. The Stormont Stakesof 1 sou each, with 20 added, for half bred horses of all ages, belonging to and in the actual possession of tonant farmers ; to be ridden by farmers or their sons. °bee round and a distance. A Consolation Handicap of 2 sovs each, with 30 added, for the beaten horses. A Hurdle Stakes of 5 sous each, 2 ft, with 30 added ; four year olds list Mb, 5 12st, six and aged 12st 71b ; half breds allowed 71b ; gentlemen riders, professionals 71b extra. Once round and a distance, over six hurdles about nft high. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. FEBRUARY. Nottingham Spring _23 1_ Derby Spring MARCiI. Liverpool Spring 2 I Northampton Shrewsburj Spring 5 APRIL. Newmarket Craven l2 Newmarket First Spring 26 MAY. Chester Bath JUNE. Ascot .. 8 Hampton • 17 Livorpool Summer Windsor l5 Stockbridge JULY. Newmarket July Nottingham Huutiugdon AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 6 a.m. Out of 21 members of Congress voted for in Pennsylvania the Republicans have elected 18. Of the 19 Congressional districts of Ohio the Republicans have carried 13. The Democrats have elected T. H. lloag, in the 10th Ohio District, to Congress. The Republican candidate in this district was the Hon. J. M. Ash ley, who at present represents the district in Con gress, and who initiated the impeachment move ment against President Johnson. The Hon. C. L. Vallandigham, the Democratic candidate for the third district of Ohio, has been defeated by General Schenck, who was renonai. uated by the liepublicans. The Republicans have re-elected Judge Bing ham, who was one of the Rouse Managers during the Impeachment trial, as member of Congress from the 16th District of Ohio. Of 11 members of Congress,•voted for in In diana, the Republicans have elected eight. The elections have pas3ed off quietly up to the present, with the exception of some rioting at P hi ladel phia. The Republicans have carried Nebraska, electing the Governor and the member for Congress.