The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-14 00:00:00

a In interestedia .art, eiteraa CAr rA 5 ND 1 P` t ai Abera .21:030 I L bilit a Y n Ol co o: tit air r lt is feU i t l t i s , compliilleoov ;played itt fato rti pared for ...4i0 5 1 .. 0 a lso P ot to' hly eO cie i any' ti 3d s NE — s to Dritig li°ll ,,pa ,sit of s ' t jo fit at a b°" O brO ti o D Ver 3l u ll, y 'we' °f t ith e l'i'l trO ri min° ro es ter no M il he 0 0 o , s to t 0 imPl ° l ', P o vie` fr o f 111011 t,, 40000 S w ith; O r , iroly fr/ 6 vAlui, ihurs de Gr e°ae anon aetoff, op F Arr ap a 0 00 e placed frooroo "Y 311 0 0e f D lieu 0 0 °a 5040, diSta rb 0 h obe 1 t olop e 414 41e for MONEY MAREET AND CO ABIERCIAL INTELLIGENCR CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business to-day seemed to turn better as there appeared a desire to make purchases, more particu larly in foreign stocks ; but with respect to Con sols the demand was quiet, but prices were main tained. We have to notice an improvement in Metropolitan Railway shares to the extent of 3, and Great Easterns must be quoted 1 higher. The demand for money is but limited, and the rate in the open market is 24 to 3. Consols are 923 s 4 for money; Three per Cent. Reduced, 921 4 4 ; New 'Three per Cents, 924 1. India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto, 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1114 ; ditto, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888. 1023. In the Foreign Market prices are firmer, New Spanish Three per Cents. having recovered 1, to 324 32/ ; Peruvian Five per Cents. 1, to 811 814 ; and Turkish and Italian Five per Cents. are better, at 394 391 and 561 564 respectively ; Mexican Bonds remain at 154 15/ ; Greek at 12 123 ; and New Egyptian Seven per Cents. of 1868 at 74 741. The price of the Honduras Loan is 894 914. The Italian Tobacco Loan has dropped to 3, 34 prem. ; and the new Russian Railway Loan is firm at 3 dis., par. In Railway Shares Great Easterns are 4 better, Great Northern, A 4 ; Metropolitan, 3 ; ditto Extension, 2 ; Caledonian, 1 ; Great Western, 4 ; Great Northern Original 4, Midland 1, Shef field 3, Brighton 3, all better. The quotations are ; Caledonian, 74 to I ; Great Western, 484 to 9 ; Great Eastern, 414 to 41/ ; Great Northern, 106 to 7 ; ditto A, 108 to 4 ; Lancashire, 128 to 4 ; Metropolitan, 1014 2 ; ditto Extension, 98, 100 ; Midland 112 4 ; Sheffield, 473 3 ; Brighton, 484 ; North British 32 4 ; North Western, 112 4 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 994 100; South Eastern, 794 ; Chatham and Dover, 164 17. American Five-Twenty-Bonds are stationary at 744 744 ; the Bonds of 1855, 721 724 ; and the 10-40 Bonds, 71 714. Errie Shares stand at 274 28 ; and Illinois Cen tral Stock, at 96 964. The steamer Ripon, on Saturday, took £170,196 in specie for the East. The particulars are as fol low, TiZ :—For Bombay, gold, £45,514 ; ditto, silver, £33,000 ; Galle, gold, £6,557 ; Madras, gold, £.10,070 ; Calcutta, gold, £3,000 ; ditto, sil ver, £24,8000 ; Singapore, silver, £19,500 ; Hong gong, silver, £25,755 ; and Shanghae, silver, £2,000. The sixteenth annual meeting of the shareholders of the Conservative Land Society will take place at their offices on Tuesday next (to-morrow), the 15th instant, at two p.m. precisely—Viscount Ranelagh in the chair. A call of 15 is to be paid on the shares of the I ndo-European Telegraph Company (Limited) by the 14th January. A general meeting of the Para Gas Company (Limited) is convened for the 19th inst., when a dividend is to be declared. The Societe Generale de l'Empire Ottoman have given notice that the coupon of six per cent. for the year 1868, upon the £8 per share paid, and a mounting to 52,5600 P., will be paid on the 2d of January. A meeting has been held of the creditors of Messr s Joseph Dixon and Son, of Preston. The unsecured liabilities were estimated at £20,000, and secured debts at £lO,OOO. An assignment was Made for the benefit of the creditors. The East London Railway Company are pre- Pared to receive subscriptions for debentures under th e Power given to the company by its Act of in corporation to borrow £466,666 against its share capital of £1,400,000, the whole of which has been 14 sued and registered, and of which more than 1.,000,000 has been paid up. The debentures will b e issued at par for a term of two years, and will bear interest from the date of issue at 6 per cent. Per annum, payable half-yearly, and will be trans ferable by endorsement without stamp. The directors of the Great Western and Brent ford Railway Company are prepared to accept loans upon debenture bonds, bearing interest at 4i per cent, per annum, for periods of three, fire, or seven Years, to replace other debentures falling due. The directors of the Metropolitan and St. John's wood are prepared to receive tenders for loans on debenture, bearing interest at 5 per cent. per annum, to meet bonds falling due. The swindlers who wrote to parties on the Con tinent professing to have received valuable parcels or documents from Australia to California, which t hey will forward on a remittance being sent to them to cover expenses, are again actually at work. They Call themselves "agents," or " Continental agents," An d usually give the address of some mean house in the suburbs, where, on inquiry, it is found they simply call for their letters. The Old-Kent-road s eems at present to be their favourite locality, and It would be well for the Post-offine, in conjunction w ith the p o li ce , t o t a k e s t e p s t o d e t a i n the remit ttai4ees they thus fradulently cause to be sent to Tho trade evidently answers very well, for ‘ Is carried on with printed documents and in a business-like manner. A meeting of tradesmen and others, to consider ` ll ° Proposed scheme for a railway between the City and West-end by means of a tunnel under Ox ford -street, has been held, and Mr. Hawk 848'W, the engineer of the undertaking, attended to explain its nature. He stated that the line „ W as intended to run underground from the Marble-arch through Oxford-street and Holborn, t° the General Post Office. Between these t W O points it was proposed to have nine stations, at a distance from each other of about a third of a mile. Locomotives would not be em ployed, and the traffic would be worked by fixed e ngines, placed at intermediate stations. The car !ages would be of a very light construction ; so t hat the vibration caused by their passage would be almost imperceptible. In constructing the line it Was not intended to interfere with the surface of t hin roads, so as to stop the traffic, and at the sta tion, where the roadway would have to be opened the work would be effected during the night. Mr. Yawkshaw's explanations did not satisfy the meet 111g, and a resolution disapproving of the scheme Was carried. BEITISII FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. " Pk' Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, a per Cent. Reduced 9 21 f i isle x ' Y 3 per Cent *yr 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 13° . 6 per Corn. den. 1873 A— "`tlnuities SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 . DO. for ' 3O yrs, expire sth April 1885 — E Do (Bed S ea Televaph), Aug., 190 E — Z ehoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct 5 Pm .1).. £5OO Do. £llO & X2OO 5 Pm kak •f England Stock, 4 per Cent 0 1)0 . anaccouit , ada 4 per Cent. Bonds Tet er - Colonial Umnium / . I NDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 4 , 4 la % tock, 10k per Cent., April 1874 Shut '-',„ O . Opening, for Account — n ue. 5 per Cent. July, 1810 V,°. 4 pec. Cent., Oct. 1118 '-',.,0. Certificates - 'go. Enfacod Pap.. 4 per CAnt — D O. ft per °vat. May 1879 — D. a per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 s Do. do. 1477 — n Do. do. 1882 — '-'-. Deb., 5 p er Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ — Vo. Bonds, 4 per Cent., Xl,OOO 1) 0. under Xl,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4rgentine Republic, 6 per Cent AUo Scrip , - paid ~ 1,3 .. tr il a i z t i r i t i a a n t(D l s 3 o o .n d s 5 por cent _ 0 per Cent — no. n o. 4} per Cent., 1852 — 0 * do. 1858.... a-iO . i 180 67 N. d o., do., 1863 — Il l? e-5 accou n t per' Cent., 1865 78 f C Cui ) nos Ay res 6 per C ent. Cu, 4 2 per Ceut. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 6 per Cent. '1)1,111! np :: Cent Do' 0 4 per _ 4- '°' 3 per Cent., ,~3bJY• Dec. 13. Princess of Leopold, e, attended to chapel. ad by Miss Rooms, 3 very large !avoured to It her exer inployment .herto been 3(1, and re st) from the that if the :aggeration stood, there respecting the sex i° ought to :cess ; an d idiwork i 5 I, in fai r ' ar del art' any fo r " e resolved tion in WI A sect. ft er :rules being d, by whi ch ndent, th e Ai by deny' Lid have th e interfering ' 41141 16r. ro. 6 per cent. 1867 — I'o. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo übian, 6 per Cent. Dan stt, 3 per Cent., 1825........, — Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 .. 85 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. Egyptian, 7 per Cent — Do Second Issue Do. £su(, Bonds — Do. £IOJ Bonds' ' Do. 1864 - Do. Account . 831 Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds — English Scrip, 1868] 73/ 4 Do do. £45 pd — dis "Government Railway Debentures Gteetr. 5 por Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Acccunt Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .„ — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all id It, iiati 5 pet Cc , : t., 1665 — Do. Account . — Do MArenimana Railway --- ..I.•.xicat, 3 pPr Cent Ditto for Account 1)o. 1864- — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — ,:onteN idcan 6 per Cent. . — loutish imperial 5 por Cent (3 , 4- Granada Do 3 per Con Do. Deferred , Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) I. — Porqyian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account •• P ,rtsg,uose 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'; 381 9 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — 1Z tssian 5 per Cont. ' 182 z, £ St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 por Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., Du. dv. £B4 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds—. Do. do : : £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 66 Sar liuiau S per Cent — Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4i per Cent., 1862 • . 35 Do Account - - Spanish 3 per Gen .;... — 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 do, 1868 4 Do do, Picrip p t . Turskl, 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 6lf Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 651 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 4U Do Account Do 6 per Cont., 1865 63 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cont.; 321 1 Do. Acc•unt, uo 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 .Dividenas on the agora payaoie in Loutlou. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 4 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates . French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Do Account It%Han 5 per Cont. 1851, J. zoi Do. Account CLOSING PRICES. Consuls, Money 92} x d . Do. Account, Jan. 5 92i xci CRIMINAL COURT—(This day). The December session of the Central Criminal Court was opened at the Old Bailey this morning. The first edition of the calendar contains the names of 79 prisoners, and the offences are thus classified :—Burglary, 9 ; feloniously uttering coun terfeit coin, 18 ; embezzlement, 1; forgery, 7 ; horse stealing, 1 ; larceny, 14 ; larceny from the person, 3 ; murder, 1; feloniously attempting to murder, 3 ; misdemeanour, 5 ; rape, 4 ; feloniously receiv ing stolen goods, 1; robbery with violence, 9; ware house breaking, 1; and feloniously wounding, 1. The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, stated that there were fewer cases than usual to be disposed of, in consequence of the short time' that had elapsed since last session. There was a charge against a mother of having murdered her child, aged three weeks. There was also a charge of forging a will against a person named John Spong, and the circumstances were of a very pecu liar character• The genuine will, which was at tempted to be set aside, was executed in 1814. The Recorder then referred to some other cases, and the jury thereafter retired to their room. MARICE 7 S-2 Ills DAY. TAE GREAT CHRISTMAS CATTLE MARKET. The past season has been most unfavourable for the production of live stock of all kinds. The pro tracted drought of great severity, such as has not been experienced for many years, has been most prejudicial to the interests of our breeders and graziers, and led during the summer mouths to an immense slaughter of half fat stock. In point of numbers the fal ing off in the cattle was very perceptible, amounting to some 2,000 head as compared with last year. The collection was, however, tolerably even, and comprised a fair proportion of very prime qualities of beef in every way suitable to the requirements of the period. The trade was not say brisk, but there was a fair current inquiry, and the prices realised were generally about 2d per stone above those of the grand day last year. The following are the num bers of cattle at market, with the current rates on the grand days for the past six years : Year. Beasts. Price. 1868 ... 6,300 3s 6d to 5s 8d 1867 ... 8,110 as 4d to 5s Gd 186 G ... 7,340 ... 3s 8d to 5s 6d 1565 ... 7,530 3s 4d to 5s 4d 1864 7,130 . 3s 8d to 53 8 d 1863 10370 as 6d to 5s 2d The number of sheep on show was smaller even for au ordinary market, but there was that selection of prime qualities that gave it the wonted Christ - mas character. There was a good though not a large selection of Downs, and among them some of very superior condition and quality. There was an improved demand compared with last week, and generally prices were fairly supported. 5s 4d and 5s 6d were the current top figures, with 5s 5d in some few instances. The following were the numbers of sheep and current rates at the Grand Markets for thre years : _ _ Years. Sheep. Prices. 1868 19,100 3s 6d to 5s 8d 1867 '20,840 ... 4s Od to 6s 4d 1866 ... 19,120 4s Od to 6s Od Paid. Closing Business hare Railways. Prise. den& st Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 at Caledonian ... 100 731 74 st Cambrian. ...... 100 20 30 20 Cornwall .. .. all 31 31 at Dublin & Belfast Juno... 100 77 78 at Dan,Xerth, & Ab.Junc... 100 71 72 2 East London all 7 9 20 Do 15 27 Do 10 at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 91 02 st Great Eastern .. , 00 411 421 411 et Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7 8 71 et Great North of Scotland lOO 15 6 st Great Northern lOO 106 107 ' at Do. A stock lOO 1071 10r1 st Do. B stook lOO 124 126 at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 00 97 a. Gt. Weatern -Original lOO 481 4.1 481 ,t Do. South Wales lOO 55 58 s Do. W. Mid.—Uatorc lOO '.45 z 8 at Do. Newport lOO 26 11 et Laneusliirea lorkahtra lOO 128 i2tf 127$ at Lon., Brigli.,Zt S. Coast lOO 4b iBl 10, Do Scrip all et I on., Chat., anti Dove, Lou 17; Do. Aletrop. Ex. A lOO - A Lon. tit A unit Wit:raw , lOO 112 .12i et Lou. south Wester,— Lou b 7 all et Man., Bhef., Lincoln ltai 173 48 at Metropolitan ... at Do Extensi.in 10) 1 , 8 1 a 98} 781 10 vu. New r 10 1 , 1 st Mei,ropolitan District. all 10 Metrop. at. Joan's oo 1 6 - at M anti at Do, tiirmiu. Dat U: lOO 75 51 at N aitli British . ...... 100 12 13 at Do. Ed., I'th., & Duo leo 01 2 a . t ) o I r ) . 0 a . : s . t N e pu e r r o t i v , i ,i e b 1 6 0 .1 0 3.1 1/_: , 10_ at Do Leeds st Du York at Do Carlii at Do Slue t. Ztik 10 117 1149 at North Lon ton 10 Do New 18f8 . 2 2 p at North Staffordshire.... 100 14 81 at North and S.-W. J unc tio n too 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... at Rhymney st Shropshire Union 1"0 61 b 5 at Solna Devon at South Eastern lOO 74 80 2U Staines, Wok'ham, di Wok all 14 13 81 tau s ale lt.) 185 15e 0 Do. G st Waterford & Kilkenny lou 10 Waterloo At Whiteha.l 6 MARK LANE. At Mark-lane this morning the attendance was fair, and a steady demand prevailed for most articles. English wheat realised is to 2s advance on the rate of this day week. Foreign wheat was is per quarter dearer. Barley of good quality also made is advance. Beans and peas firmer. Oats 3s Gd dearer on the week. BOROUGH HOP. Henry Turnbull and Co. report a steady trade has been transacted daring the past week, and to-day the market is very firm, prices fully maintaining the recent advance. More business is passing in foreign, Belgians in particular showing a slight increase. LIVERPOOL COTTON. December 14.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. Market quiet, and unchanged. SHIPPING INTELLIVENCE. PLYMOUTH, Monday, 10.30 a.m. It has been blowing heavily from tho southward all night. About half an hour since a ;French brig, with a poop on her, came in from sea, and having no pilot, ran ashore in Batten Bay, outside the reef. GRATESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Doc. 13—Emerald, from Fredrickstadt ; from Zanto ; Alma and Formosa, both from Rotterdam ; Aurora, steamer, from Harlongen ; Capella, steamer, from Hamburg. Arrived, Dec. 14—Florence and Eyonoord, steamers, from Rotterdam ; Orion, steamer, from Antwerp ; Medora, steamer, from Valet] tia ; Truo Briton, from Brussels; B. W. T., Antwerp. _ . DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed, Dec. 13—John Scott, for Kurrachee ; Zephyros, for Callao ; Fanny, for. Nelson, N.Z. ; Fruit Girl, for Corfu ; Vice-Admiral Tegethsff, for Cardiff ; hero, ship, for Callao—all from London. The steam paddlewheel yacht the Enchantress, Master-Commander J. Petley, is being overhauled, and will undergo a refit also at Woolwich dock yard. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1868. SNARE LIST. WWI:VARY dIiAttiCS_AND STOCKS. BANES! Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 410.0 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 ~;101] Do B lO 5 / 61 50 Albion JOO Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim allj li 19 13 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 1/6-Do issued at 2pm ~.. 6 ... ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 111 33 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 87 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19 i 0 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, end China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China 20 City 100 Colonial 25 40 44 10 Consolidated, lint. 40 Delhi and Loudon, Hut 50 East Loudon, lint 5 1,0 t 20 English and American, liin 10 ... ..• 20 English Bank"of Rio de Ja neiro. lim lO ld pr 20 English, , coltish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... i .. 281 Do n ew 6l 1 100 Imperial, lim 2U 17 18 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 1 11 111 i z 5 lonian all 27 29 25 Do new s pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 31 8 .1 : 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all ,76 78 t 2 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 9 7 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 46 82 27 20 Do new 71 6 41 100 London & River Plate, lint. 40 2 t 25 Do new 10 11 1i 20 Loudon Chart. of Australia all 231 241 50 London and C0unty...,,,,,, 20 51 62 501 1 20 Do new iss at 20 p m,16 pd. 11 ... ••• 50 London Joint Stock 1 85 1 36 1 20 London and South African al 1 12 100 London & S.-Western, lint, 20 ... ... 50 London & Vene zue l a, li m l2l ... ..• 100 London and Westminster BO 67 60 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 inn.. 100 Merchant, lim 24 7 4 10 Metropolitan, lirn. 100 Midland, lira.- 6 National of Australia 26 National of Liverpool, lint l5 ... ... 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 43 ... ... 10 Do • .... 42 ... ... 10 National. BO 54 56 20 New South Wales all 42 44 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 481 • 60 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 6 41 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 119 91 10 Do new. 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 13 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 47 40 100 Union of Ireland, lint SO Union of London THE PREMIER'S ADDRESS. The following is the full text of Mr. Gladstone's Ratress s , the burgesses of the borough of Greenwich seeking re election. "11 k CarltQn-house-terrace, Dec. 10, 1868. " Gentlemen,—Since the time when you were pleased to elect me as one of your representatives, the Government which was then in power has resigned, and I have been called upon by her Most Gracious Majesty to meet the public necessity thus created, by the formation of an Administration to conduct affairs, and to prepare for Parliament the' proposals which the condition of the country demands. "After the share I havetaken in recommendingthe mea sures which have been principally, ,under the view of the constituencies during the recent elections, it was impos sible for me, consistently with loyalty or honour, to decline the commission thus entrusted to me by her Majesty. " I have accordingly accepted the office of First Lord of the Treasury ; and I have been and still am active7y engaged in the endeavour to form an Administra tion which may, I trust, deserve the confidence of the country, and will certainly use every effort in office to give effect to the great measures which, out of office, its members generally have agreed in recommending to the country. " It is under these circumstances that I solicit a renewal of my trust. lam aware that I must rely wholly on your indulgence, for my time and thoughts are absorbed by imperious demands, which do not leave to me the usual opportunities of appearing among you before the day of election, and which suggest , that others might be more capable of doing full justice to your local interests. But I have felt it my duty to place the question before you in a broader view ; and, grateful, as I have just reason to be, for the past, all that it has taught me of your public spirit now renders me not less confident of the coming issue, Which I very respectfully leave in your hands.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your most obedient and faithful servant, " W. E GLADSTONE." RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND liiTOCUI. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 S 6 88 sit Caledonian Qrs., Nu. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 4S per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 8 p.c lOO ... et Do. do. 7 per coat lOO ... et Da do. Ordinary lOO 71 et Do. Midland et Do. Dundee and Arbros.tl Jul 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class prolerenco lOO st Gins. 6; S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... st (it. Eastern, E.C. Ex.. No.l DO 97 110 st Do do No. 2 101 96 OJ st Do do 6 per cent 100 108 108 et Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 108 et Do du B 6 do. 100 .., st Do do 0 7 do. 100 et Du do No. 1, 5 p.c. 10J lOU 103 ct Do E. Union 4p. c. gun. 100 69 71 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 et Groat Northern, i per cent ,„ st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 st Do 4 3 do do do 105 et I do at p. c. pm. 100 „, _ . . st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... ... et, Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... ... st Great South. and Weston.' (Ireland) 4 per cent lO5 96 87 stl (3 t.West.—Orig.& Tnt.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 101 104 at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 94 101 at Do du 4; per cont. 1350 100 8 i 93 at Do do 4 do do at Du do 5 per cent. redem lOO 93 95 at Do do Birmingham gust lOO 65 70 at Do do do pref lOO at Do do Chester gua los at Do do do 3 por cent lOO 159 1011 at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 41 p.c los at Do do 4 1 1859 lOO at Do do 4 st Do West Ilid.-Oxford Ist g. 10) 1.0; It 2 ut Do do 2d gm.. 100 106 103 st Do Newport, Ist g. i p.c. 100 38 92 st Do du 2d do 100 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ut Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 st Du Barnsley, .C. 5 3u 10d p.c. 100 ... at Do 6 p.c. (East .Lancaahire) 100 130 13 . 5 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 97 Ist at Loudon & Brighton, sp. 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 do (W.E. & C.P.) at Do 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, 3; Dwyer 5 per cent ICO at London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton i per cent lOO 109 111 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 91 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 et London and s.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, - 100 143 146 25.6 d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all ... ... st Man., Shef., & Linclu. 6 p.c 100 111 117 6 Do £6 all par i nut _ . st Do 31 per cent lOO - 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 13.5 at Do Bristol &.Birin., 6p. c lOO 1.0 133 st Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 se at' Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 Sig at Du Leicester & elm, 4 p.c lOO B'J 91 st North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO at Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D lOO st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, 0} p.c lOO at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO S 6 si at Do 4} per cent. redeem 94 95 st Do uI.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. 20 Do York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 10} at Do Stektu & Drling. A. 5 p.c lOO 108 110 at Do W, Hartlepool H. andlt lOO 87 81 20 North Staffordshire 10s 6. Devon Annuities, 1 e all 91 101 103 Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 9 108 Do Fixed 41 per cent all S 9 1.0.6. S. t.ast. (Head. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 '23 at Do 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO et Taff Vale Nu. 1 lOO 145 150 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pe 100 42 45 RAILIVA.YS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the ProMs of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p e gua. at Do Scot. Can. min. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem all ... at Do 4p c con. issued at 8u 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81. at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO at Do Now 5 do, 1463 lOO 87 :,.90 at Do do 5 do, 1364 lOO 84 88 at Great Northern, 8p c irred lOO ... at Do Permanent 5 p er cen t lOO ... at Du Boston & Slea.fd, 41 pc 100 at Great \Vest., W. Midi., 5p o 100 86 90 at Do Joint perpe. 5p c, 1865 100 88 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 102 104 2J Do Vale N eath pup. bp a all 194 201 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO ... Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 I 1 4 at Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Do du 4 do, 1860 100 at Du do 41 du, 1861 100 st Do do 41 do, 1663 100 ... at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ... at Do No. 6 b do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 sdo at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c lOO at Do Metrop. Ex.,146 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at London &N. Western, 5p e 100 108 110 at Loudon &S. Western, 41 p a 100 93 9 i 10 Man. Shot & Lin., i pc, 1665 all at Metropolitan o per cent lOO at Midland, A. 3 per cent pref lOO 105 107 at B 5 13 Du p du opt, to Cony. to 100 105 107 Ord. Vtk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lip 18 Du lucouv. New Snares 18 22 Do ip c con. into Old g i u p ar e a r u c te e4. l . B . tii r o e s Stk., Aug. al, 1 872 Bl 1 lip at North British, E. and. G,, &Dun., 2ci, 4pc 100 at Do D I)D0 0 0N 1 1 ; 1; & 1011 (1 " , N 0.2, 5 p.c at Do N. 8.. 5 p er cent, 1864 100 . . a t Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 44 p a 100 36 67 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 1,5 97 Bt Do Stock. & Dart, D at North London, 41, per test (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staiturtishire ip c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at ... 5 do 1861 100 ... at Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pa 100 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at Birkenhead lOO a 2 al 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103 st Buckinghamshire at Cheater and Holyhead lOO 51 56 at Do. 81 per cent. at Do. 5 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOl at Colchester Stour V a ll ey st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 131 . 1 135 * 20 Closter and Dean Forest all Gt. Easu., Ne &c., S p.c lOO .** g Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p .c 100 6.9* ,t Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Ct. West ,W. Mid., Here!. 101 95 97 .50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle...., lOO 21 213 at London and Blackwall at Du. 44 per cent......... 100 fit London, Chat., &c., 41 pc. 10 0 St Do. Gem. Fund, i do. 100 .• tit London and Greenwich ... 100 62 64 et Do. do. Preference... 100 at London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 b 2 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 83 st Do. • do. 6 do. 14 Mauch., Buxton, & Matlk all S ▪ 41 st Midland, Bradford, Pref.— 1 00 92 91 10 Mid Kent (Cray Line) ...... all 10 Northerm& East., 5 per cent all 5; 56 00 Do. do. 6 do. all t N. Eastera —Hartlepool 101 st. N. West. A peril. prof, ip. c. 100 10; 110 at Do B minimum 14 p.c , 100 at Notting. & Urantb. R. a C 1()U 02 9▪ 4 23 Preston and 11 yre all 41 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep lOO 133 135 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 10 133 135 10 Do do 24 2,p 104 at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 10U 9s 100 st D o 4 per coot gnu— 10 79 SI t Do I do st Viet. Station and Pimlico.., 101 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 We.st Loudon, Class A all 13 11 GU Do du B all 20 Do du C all ' ll4 — 7l at Weymouth and Portland,,, 100 st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 119 st LotAdou and St. Katherine 100 63 65 lu• D olleb. stock, 4 per cent al Freehold Land at Dock lOO 31 36 at Southampton lOO 71 76 st *urrey conutiercial MISCELLANEOUS, 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira. all ... ... 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., Rm 10 1 d 1p 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 16 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 27 29 at Do. 8 per cent. 26 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 9 7 id 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 134 141 10 Do. New 4 8 81 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lira. 5 Bombay Gas, lim 5 Do. New 4 11 Of 50 British American Land 44 17 20 st B. and'. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 166 170 20 British Indian Tea, lira all 24 24 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim til 21 lld 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A. shares 19 City Discount, lim 4 41 81 26 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 s4d 30 City of Milan Improv. Bin all 6 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 2 8 50 City Offices, lim 25 92) 211 d 101 50 Colonial, lim. Do. 50 Commerciar. Union (Aesur) 6 p ip 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim 20 Continental Union Gas, lino all 171 181 26 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London • Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1081 1041 100 Do. 1879, 4 ) per cent. all 104 106 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 11 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 5 2 d st Crystal Palace lOO 23 26 st Do. Preference lOO 97 102 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 111 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, lim. 6l m ..d 50 East Indian Land Credit _ and Finance, lim 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy CUR. by Egypt. Gov' all 901 911 891 20 Egyptian Com. & Traci. lim 6 4g 4,, st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 235 240 10 Do. New 8 9 llp 3 Eng. dt Austral. Copper, lim 21 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 b 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. marine, lim. 8 .d 10 Fairbairn Engineering b If 10 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Coy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at .CB5 all 831 341 50 Gellivara, lim. '2o 10 General Credit & Dis., lira. 71 ' 1f 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 Home & Col Marine In. lim 5 41 Sid 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay allj 15 161 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 25 Indo-European Tel., Jim.... 10 ... 20 Interns,. Financial Soc. lim 5 11 11 20 Interns. Land Credit, lim 6 6 4,1 50 Italian Land 5 11 Fl 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all, 2 21 100 Do. 6 p. c. Bile., redeem. 1870, issued 90 ..........., all GO 62 684 41 50 Land Securities, 25 London African Trading lO 7 5 , 1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 ...d 10 Loudon County Land and Building, lim. ........ 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lim all 31 Si " 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all fP . 50 Lond. Financial Asso., line 80 23 221 4 Lond.Glen.Omuibus.Co.lim. all 1 4 2 50 Loud, and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr st Madras Irriga. &Canl. Gua. sp.c. by India G0v.....,. 100 1041 106 1 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 10 Mediterra. Eaten. T e l ., l i m. all 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, Jim, all 36 41 50 Millwall Iron Works, HM, 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., line. 9 91 21d 25 National Discount Co., 5 12 121 25 National Prov. Marine, lim. 4 4 3, 1 10 National Steam Ship, Jim, all 81 24 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 3 2d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint. 3 14, ld •sl\ ow Quebrada, 1int.,,,,.. 4.4.0 41 *4 25 New Zealand Loan &Mer • cautile Agency,lirn 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim. 10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 7 51 10 Do. B at North Brit. Austral., lint.— 100 38 42 60 North Brit. & Mercan. In 6l is 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 6 141 15 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll •••d 5 Oriental Gas, line, a ll 7 74 $ Do. Now 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lira 5 Ottoman Gas, 18 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lira all 2 2 1 : 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 12 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Stoma all 54 66 50 Do. New 1867 25 Reutor's Telegram......, 24 30 35p 80 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio do Janeiro City Int.lina all 1 3 1 12 1 20 Do. Gas, lira' all 23 24 18 100 Royal Mail Stea m at Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO 110 114 st Do. 8 p c. Guar. Pref lOO 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO 7 6d 20 Societe Gon.de Ot it 3 4p 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 25 South Australian Laud all 85 86 at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all I 11 20 Telegraph Con. &Main.,lim all 161 161 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lint 2 21 2/ 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint_ 01 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim, 1 ip 10 Do do. do. all ... 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada i id p 50 Union Marina L'pool, liar, i 4 4 4P 20 Union Steam Ship, line all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 11 01c1 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lira all 41 54 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 31 31p 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lim 1 1 lip 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all Y 4 30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 7 8 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 7d 764 7 6i I 50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 12 10d SO • West India and Pacific Steam, lint 2s 4 3d 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses l9 COLONIA.L GO VEUN MIGNT SteU ----British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.......... .... 100 _ Do, 1895.. ...... .... ~ 100 _ ~ . Can.Gov.6p.c.Jan. , &JUly 1877-84 Do, 6p. a. Feb. & Aug lOO 105 10 Do. sp. C. Mar. & Sept lOO 1 05 10 Do. 6p. o. Jan. & July lOO 03 04 94 Do. sp. c. Inscribed Bk lOO go 12 Cape G.l.lope• 6 p. 0.1873 .• 108 102 101 D0.Ap1.&061 1800-1900 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-9 0 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 •••• 100 108 i to Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 16 Oat., 1900 ..... Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 18742, do lOO 103 107 Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... ........ ..• 100 106 LOS Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 19 8 Melbourne Corporatn., 1667-75, 6 per cen4....•• 100 _ _ N.11.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&JulY•• 100 102 101 Natal 6 p et, Apl & Oct lOO 108 Do lip C. May & Nov lOO 106 108 N. S. W. 5 p.c. ' '7l to '76 lOO 09 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 lOO 99 100 Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to 'is lOO D'J 101 N.Zealand, 6p. at. 1801 luO _ _ Do. 5 percent.... Do Jan, Api I, .11. y, 0 t Do 6p c. Mar k 8 ept '9l lOO 108 11u Do Jlll.O tt Dee , I'9l •••• 100 100 in iDo t'rov. I Aocild. 160 ..._ ( E c rie i 1& 2, 1e96 .. boys. Scotia 6p. o.J au... and Jnly, 1875 Do 18,6.. .... Queenslnd. 6p. a. 'B2 5 l OO 1 , 8 100 104 Do 1891 .. .•. .. lOO 10:4 10t3¢ B. Austral. 6 p 0.1869 77 lOO _ _ Do 1878.02 lOO 108 110 Do Ibo 3 190 Tasmanian „p c, 1895 lOO 106 107 Do rd. 1893 to 189/ lOO 1(7 108 Victoria 6p.0. Ja.&July lOO _ Do. 1801 lOO 112 113 113 Do, do, April& Oct., 490 109 11() MI f • THE COURT CIRCULAR. The Court Circular headed "Windsor Castle, December 12," is more interesting and important than it usually is. Among other announcements made in it are the follow ing:—Her Majesty held a Council this afternoon at a quarter before three o'clock, at which were present the Earl De Grey and Ripon, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Earl Granville, Viscount Sydney, and the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce.—Previous to the Council the Earl of Tankerville, Lord Steward ; the Earl of Bradford, Lord Chamberlain ; the Right Hon. P. E. Herbert, C. 8., Treasurer of the House hold ; Lord Claud Hamilton, Vice-Chamberlain ; Earl Cadogan, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard ; and the Marquis of Exeter, Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, who arrived at the Castle this after noon, had audiences of her Majesty, and resigned their wands and badges of office. The Earl of l3essborough, Lord Steward ; Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain; the Earl of Cork and Master of the Buckhounds ; and Lord Foley, Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentle. men at Arms, were sworn in at the Council and kissed hands on appointment. The Marquis of Ailesbury was also sworn in and kissed hands on his appointment as Master of the Horse. Earl Spencer was then intro duced and sworn in at the Council, and kissed hands on his appointment as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. The Right Hon. T. E. Taylor was introduced, and resigned the seals of office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Lord Dufferin and Clandeboye was then introduced at the Council and sworn in a member of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and kissed hands on appointment, receiving the seals of his office from her Majesty. Sir Colman O'Loghlen was then introduced and sworn in a Member of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and kissed hands on appointment as Judge- Advocate-General. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone and Earl Granville had audiences of the Queen. Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council. Mr. John Duke Coleridge, Solicitor- General, arrived at the Castle this afternoon, and was introduced to her Majesty's presence by the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, and received the honour of knighthood. Viscount Torrington, Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell, and Lord Alfred Paget, the Lord, Groom, and Equerry in Waiting, were in attendance. The Duke of Argyll bad an audience of her Majesty yesterday afternoon. THE PRINCE CONSORT'S MEMORIAL. The Times contains a description of the memorial erect ing south of Hyde Park to the late Prince Consort. To one who walks past it, the cross does not yet shine forth very strikingly. It is covered and surrounded with shed poles and scaffolding. Beneath the temporary sheds which surround the base of the monument the sculptor's chisel is, in point of fact, most busily at work, and high dark canvas coverings conceal the great mosaics which are now fixed and in their place. These latter constitute the first completed portion of the memorial, and as they are of a kind entirely novel in this country, a short description of them will probably possess some interest. Hitherto the metropolis has formed its conception of wall pieces to a large extent from the frescoes at Westminster— beau tiful unquestionably, but so very perishable that it seems even yet a question whether the water-glass composition will save them from ultimate decay, and that, too, under cover, and when watched with the utmost vigilance. The designs at Kensington arc to brave the open air, and hence must be of wholly different substance. Mosaics, no doubt, are familiar enough in this country in the shape of Minton's tiles and others ; but these are of clay, whereas the memorial frescoes are of enamel. They are not only peculiar in their composition, but in their arrangement, the great difficulty of making frescoes upon the spot where they are required for use having been over come by Signor Salviati, of Venice,who manufactures and ex ports frescoes like any other article of commerce. The enamel is made in cakes, which are then cut up into squares or tesserm, and of these tessera) of various hues the mosaic is iomposed. The process of manufacture is not unlike the act of setting type, except that the compositor puts together the minute particles which he has to handle with their faces up, whereas the Italian workman turns the faces of the tessorm down. These are laid upon and adhere to brown paper, which is not removed, so that the actual face of the work is never seen till it reaches its destination and is about to be fixed in its place. The Italian artist is, however, enabled to avoid what may be called, by way of illustra tion, typographical errors in his work, as the fragments which he has to place. are uniform throughout in substance, so that the back of the mosaic is nearly the same as the front, the gilding alone presenting a point of difference. It is claimed for the enamel mosaics that their method of gilding is much more durable than the ceramic. In the latter, however well pressed or baked into the clay, the gold must still be on the surface and exposed to the action of the atmosphere. With enamel work, on the contrary, the gold is encased, as it were, between two thin sheets of glass. The effect of the gilding is just as brilliant, while any acid it may be necessary to employ in cleaning the surface can never reach the gold itself. Finally, a cement of very tenacious character is used in putting together the compo nent items of these pictures in stone or glass ; and, after tests, applied in various ways, the opinion has been expressed that these mosaics are not unlikely to prove among the most durable features of the Memorial Cross at Kensington. The designs for the work, executed in Venice by Signor Sal viati—who, it may be added, is at present engaged upon the restoration of St. Mark's —were furnished in this country by Mr. J. R. Clayton, and sent out to Italy. They correspond with what ultimately will be the arrange ment of the statuary at the base of the monument—that is to say, upon ono side Poetry and Music, on another Paint ing, on a third Sculpture, and, finally, Architecture. Thus the compartment devoted to Poetry and Music has in the centre a female figure with a lyre, the genius, doubt less, of those arts, and on either side the executants—the poet writing and the musician playing. The same idea, varied in its treatment, repeats itself throughout the series. The scale of the figures has evidently been calcu lated with a view to their being distinctly visible from below, and in this object [the artist has fully succeeded. Giving utterance merely to a first impression, there is, perhaps, too rich a burst of gold in some of these compositions, remembering the serious purpose of the structure of which they form so prominent a part; but it would be obviously premature to express any very confi dent opinion until the details of the edifice with which it is intended they should harmonise are more Nlvanced than they arc at present ; and, having regard to our trying climate, the excess, if any, may prove to be on the right lido after all. PERILOUS FREAKS ON A BALLWAY. —A few days igo a company of soldiers were travelling from Salisbury, cn route to Portsmouth, and when about half way between Dunbridge and Ron-Isey, one of them got out of the carriage, and, mounting on to the roof, passed over the tops of five or six carriages on to the engine. On seeing 'tim there the driver asked him what he wanted. The soldier replied that he was going to ride on the buffer, and the driver was compelled to hold him down in order to prevent him so doing. On arriving at Romsey ho was handed over to the officer in charge of the train. How ever, shortly after leaving that station, the driver, on look ing back, was horrified to see the same man standing on the top of one of the carriages with only his trousers on. The train, which was only a short distance from a bridge, was stopped as sppn AS possible, and it took five or six of .040 mmtissliwadsa Aga Vv. DIPERIA.L PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS. THIS DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at two o'clock. The swearing in of members was again proceeded with. The opening of Parliament will take place to morrow, when the new writs will be moved for the members who have vacated their seats by the ac ceptance of office in the new Ministry. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBORO UGH-S MEET. AN ARTFUL CASUAL—Wm. Baker, a strong, healthy-looking man, was charged. before Mr. Tyr whitt with the following refractory conduct iu St. G..orge's Workhouse. Thomas Whe:stoue, the zuperintmdent of labour of St. George's Workhouse, said that on Saturday night the prisoner applied for a night's lodging at the workhouse and was admitted. On the follow ing morning (Sunday), on going to call the men he heard a great disturbance in the ward, and on tell ing the man to keep quiet, the prisoner abused him in the vilest terms, and on his telling him that he would go for a policeman, he toll hint to fetch " the whole of the -- station," and as he would not behave himself he gave him into custody. - In reply to a question from the magistrate, the officer stated the prisoner had been in the habit of coming to the workhouse for four years, always coming of a Saturday night, so that he might get lodging and food and have no work to do the following morning, and he never left the house without making a disturbance before doing so. The prisoner said the officer promised to give him a shilling to tell him who was making the dis turbance, and after ho had done so he refused to keep his word. The officer said that was not true. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was clear to him that the prisoner was a turbulent fellow, and required checking. He would be committed for seven days, and if he came to the court again would be com mitted for 21 days. WESTMINSTER. ATTEMPTED B RGLARY. —William Stauncy, a young man, was placed at the bar charged with being concerned with others not in custody with attempting to break into the house of Mr. Batti tude, butcher, Simmond-street, Chelsea. He was committed for three months. THAMES. CAUTION TO DRUNKARDS.—John Clements, a middle-aged man, with a blackened eye and a bruised face, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself on Tower-hill on Saturday night. Mr. Benson—This is very disgraceful, Mr. Clements. You are a Custom-house officer. The Prisoner—Yes, sir, I am very sorry. Mr. Benson—You have been fighting, I suppose, Your eye is blackened. The Prisoner—Yes, sir. I was knocked down by highwaymen and brutally ill-used, and I was also robbed of 155., all the money I had about me. Mr. Benson—This is the fruits of being drunk. Some brutal ruffians taking advantage of your drunken condition have knocked you down and robbed you. Let this be a caution to you. Don't get drunk again. Drunken people are always in danger of being robbed or run down by vehicles in the public streets. THE LARGEST KITCHEN IN THE WORLD. In former days the kitchen of the London Re form Club, where dinners are prepared in the sea son for some 400 or 500 gentlemen on an evening, was considered a sort of sight, and the kitchen esta lishments of other first-class London clubs and hotels may be equally worth looking. But every kitchen in the world, existing now and having ex isted before, disappears in magnitude if compared to Liebig's Extract of Meat Company's establishment at Fray Bentos, on the River Uruguay, South Amt rica. The Buenos Ayres Standard, of 3d Sep tember last, gives the following particulars :—The new factory is a building that covers about 20,000 square feet, and is roofed iu iron and glass; we first enter a largo hall flagged wish best Scotch flags, kept dark, cool, extremely clean, where the meat is weighed, passed through apertures to the meat cutting machines. We come to the beef-cutting ball, paved also with Scotch flags, spacious, airy, and well lighted. Here are four powerful meat cutters, specially designed by the company's gene ral manager, Mr. Giebert ; each machine can cut the meat of 200 bullocks per hour. The meat being cut is passed to "digerators" made of wrought iron, each one holds about 12,000 lbs. beef ; there are nine of these digerators, and three more yet to be put up. Here the meat is digerated by high pres sure steam of 751bs. per square inch, from this the liquid which contains the extract and the fat of the meat proceeds in tubes to a range of "fat separa tors" of peculiar construction. Ilere the fat is separated in the hot state from the extract, as no time can be lost for cool operations, otherwise de composition would set in in a very short time. We proceed downstairs to an immense hall, 60 feet high, where the fat separators are working, below them is a range of five cast•iron clarifiers, 1,000 gallons each, worked by high prsssure steam through Hallett's tube system. Each clarifier is provided by a very in genious steam tap ; in the monstrous clarifiers the albumen and fibrine and phosphate magnesia are separated. From hence the liquid extract is raised by means of air-pumps, driven by two 30-horse power engines up to two vessels about 20 feet above the clarifiers ; from thence the liquid runs to the other large evaporators. Now we ascend the staircase reaching the hall, where two immense sets of four vacuum apparati are at work, evaporating the ex tract by a very low temperature, here the liquid passes several filtering processes before being evapo rated in vacuum. We now ascend some steps and enter the ready making hall, separated by a wire gauze wall, and all windows, doors, &c., guarded by the same to exclude flies and dust. Here again we notice the splendid Scotch flags. The ventilation is maintained by patent fans, and the place extremely clean. Here are placed five ready making pans, constructed of steel plates, with a system of steel discs, revolving in the liquid extract a cooling ac celerating evaporating process, invented by the com pany's general manager. These five pans, by me dium of discs, 100 in each pan, effect in one minute more than two millions square feet eva porating surface. Here concludes the manu facturing process, the extract is now withdrawn in large cans and deposited for the following day. Ascending a few steps we enter the de crystalizing and packing hall, where too large cast iron tanks are placed, provided with hot water baths under their bottoms : in these tanks the ex tract is thrown in quantities of 10,000 lbs. at once, and here is decrystalized and made a homogeneous mass and of uniform quality. Now samples are taken and carefully analysed by the chemist of the establishment, Dr. Seekamp, the representative of Baron Liebig, under whose charge the chemical and technical operations are performed. We wit nessed in the afternoon the cleansing of the esta blishment, water cocks in all corners, torrents pouring in from all sides—in an instant the whole place was cleansed, the water washing down into large drains built of brick and cement, which empty into the river, cleanliness being one of the chief ob jects in every department of this splendid factory. It should be mentioned that the company's butcher kills at the rate of 80 oxen per luur, separating by a small double edge knife the vertebi ea from the cerebraa, the animal drops down instantaneously on a waggon, and is conducted to a place where 150 men are occupied dressing the meat for the factory, cutting each ox into six pieces ; 400 are being worked per day. The dockyard and naval establishments at Chat ham are to be closed on the 26th instant, the addi tional day's holiday thus granted by the Admiralty being made up by the whole of the hands working eztrA Who, which they COllll34llCc (19iDa THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. TATTERSALL'S—This Evening. THE DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Ihlladrum (offered—take 6to 1) 6 to 1 agst Pero Gomez (offered) 1000 to 125 agst Wild Oats (taken) 20 to 1 agst Martyrdom (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Ethus (offered-1,000 to 30 wanted) 1000 to 15 agst Brother to General Peel (offered) 20,000 to 1200 agst Brennus (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. JANUARY. Manchester_ • l, 2 FEW{ UAR Y. Streattrun 11, 12 I Nottingham Spring... 23, 24 Lincola ...... ..... lO, 17 Clielnisford.... 25, 26 litirow lB, 19 I , Derby Spring .... ..... 25 26 Mausliuld ld MAIIOEL Liverpool Spring 9 ,3, 4 i West Drayton l B, 19 ° Shrewsbury Sprinr , .5, 6 1 West Somerset 18, 19 Warwick . 9, 10, 11 Margate •..23 Kingsbury l2, 13 Durham '49 30 Northampton l6, 17 Epsom ...................-30,, 81 Aliiill.4. Bromley l., '2 , I Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Aldershot l, 2 eatteriek Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk • 6, i Streatham., 8, 9 I Eastbourne ..................13 Lewes 2u 21 Croydon... 22, 23 Newniarkt‘t Ist Spring 26, age. MAY. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 1 West Drayton l7, 18 'Winchester ll, 12 i Bath 18, 19 York 11, 12 i Manchester l9, 20, 21 St. Albans Salisbury l3, 14 Harpenden 2l Doncaster 13, 14 1 Epsom Summer .....25, cto. jirNE. - - -. Croydon 2,3, 4 1 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Newton 2,3, 4 Oldham 22 Ascot .....8, 9, 10, 11 Bibury Club 23 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Windsor 15, 16 I Chelmsford Hampton l7, 18 Sutton Park .....23, 80 JI. L.Y. Worcester - - - 1, 2 ltJading 15, 16 Newmarket July 6, &c.Huntingdon 2O, 21 Kingsbury .. 9, 10 Southampton 22, 211 Pontefract 12 4 13 1 Stamford ... 22, 23 Nottingham 13, 14 1 Goodwood 27, 23, 29, 80 AUGUST. Brighton 3, 4 I Oxford Brighton Club 5 Canterbury 24, 25 Lewes 6, 7 York 24, 25, 27 Egnitua ' 10, 11 Plymouth 26 I Wolverhairpton lO, 11 Windsor August l2, 13 Windsor 12, 13 Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1 I St. Albans Stockton lB, 19, 20 I SEPTEMBER. Warwick... 7, 8 1 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Abingdon 9, 10 1 Kingsbury... 23, 21 Doucaster 14, 15, 16, 17 I Monmouth... 23, 24 Richmond 21, 22 j Newmarket let 0ct....28, dgo. Lichfield OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 1 Cheltenham l9, 20 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 1 West Drayton 2l, 22 Leicester 7, 8 I Hereford 2l, 22 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. 1 Monmouth 23 ; 24 Chelmsford l9, 20 I Newmarket H'ton ...25, do. NOVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury 15, &o. I Liverpool 9, 10, 11. 12 Leamington aunt ....23, ecc. IRISH. MARC 11. Baldoyle First Spring 18, 19 MAY. Baldoyle Second Spring 11, 12 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. JAN VARY. Hopgrove 1 1 Coverdale 6 Mauchester l, 2 1 St. Albans l9 FEBRUARY. Birmingham e, 9 Harrow,: 18, 19 Lincoln l6, 17 I Derby MARCH . . Liverpool 3 Cambridgeshire M 18 Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 West Drayton lB, 19 Kingsbury 12, 13 Crewkerne 18, 19 ____ APRIL. Aldershot 1, 2 I Croydon 22, 23 Bromley 1, 2 M.tY. St. Albans JULY. Kingsbury 9 AUGUST. St. Albans 17 OCTOBEA. West Drayton 21, 22 Foreign Nail Packet List. MAILS DUE.' &ustralla and New Zutiand, via tiouthamptoa.....Jan. 2. Ditto, via J` lrEetlies ..... 2 8 Ditto, via Pa- sina Dee 29. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video J au. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape Veins, by Brazil packet C.pe of GuoJ Ascension, and at. Lielena....Deo. 23. China, Penan g , and Sing.pvre. via Southampton..Deo. .9. Gibraltar, via soutbaniptua Dec 12 Beutilatztotoe ...... unto, via Mar/Jett es taalta, c;gypt, &o. Deo. 12. Ditto, .11.ostAlles De 0.17 Illaurittus, Cape el Good Rape, and Natal, via utham; ton Ditto, Alarreities Deo, ti Newfoundland • •.. • . ...... ....Dec 13 Portugal United States, . anada, California, &c., by British packet Ditto, by Canadian packet Des li Ditto, by L Lited States packet Ditto (IRA( (Baltimore) West Indies and Pazitic (except Mexico and Baha- mas) West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Dec. 17. Falkland Islands ....... Jan 4. Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New York Bermuda, via Halifax ...... „ .. Dee. 16, DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—MR. GUIVER'S BENEFIT. The annual benefit of Mr. Guiver, the treasurer of Drury. lano Theatre, takes place on Wednesday next, on which occasion every seat in the house ought to be occupied. In addition to the important post Mr. Guiver fills, ho is inva riably "in front" of the house, ever ready to volunteer his assistance to the visitors to the Theatre. Ms urbanity and politeness have rendered him a great favourite, and the best means of showing an appreciation of his exertions ie to give him a bumper benefit, an honour he richly deserves. THE CASE OF MADAME RACHEL.—The fiat, as it is termed in legal phraseology, of the Attorney-General, for granting a writ of error in the case of Madame Rachel, was renewed on Saturday. There appears to be some doubt whether the legal advisers of Madame Rachel are any parties to the proceeding, the Corporation of London being, of course, con siderably interested in tho question, and it being a very im portant consideration with them whether Mr. Kerr, who attends every session of the Central Criminal Court and tries a number of persons, is legally competent to do so. If it should be determined, however, in the result, that Mr. Kerr is not a commissioner of that court, the effect will not be, as has been stated, that Madame Rachel will be discharged but the former proceedings will be treated as a rills-trial, and she will have to be tried again. Madame Rachel, in the meantime, remains at the Penitentiary, Millbank. PORPoISKS IN THE RIVER.—On Wednesday we related the capture of a porpoise in the Thames; another was caught on Friday at Vauxhall, driven here by stress of weather; sea-gulls have also been plentiful in the river, and some fine specimens have been shot; and most extra ordinary, a sword fish, said to be 10 or 12 feet long, has been lately seen in the neighbourhood of the Mouse light ship and in the Swin Channel. GOLD IN SUTHERLAND.—No small sensation has been created throughout the eastern district of Sutherland within the last few days by a report that gold had been. found in Kildonan Strath, and though it has not yet so affected the public mind as to lead to a " rush to the diggings," it has raised sufficient interest to justify such an amount of " prospecting" as will put an end very soon to all doubt on the subject. Meantime, it has been established beyond doubt that gold is to be found there, and the only question for solution is as to the quantity. We believe that, in addition to gold there has been detected the presence of scarcely less pre cious minerals in the same locality, and that a very de cided impression prevails that considerable quantities of both descriptions may be obtained. No time will be lost in testing the matter. Meantime, the fact of gold being in Kildunan is established by the successful search of several persons, and the report of mineralogists as to the quality of the ore.— Northern Elwyn. TESTIMONIAL TO A POLICE OFFICER. Last evening a meeting of the ociliers of the 6th di v i s i on of the City of London Police Force took place in order to present a testimonial to one of their body who, after 29} years of service, is retiring. The testimonial consisted of an elegant silver mug, tastefully chased, and baring thefollow ing inscription:—" Presented to William Wreford by the members of the 6th division of the City of London Police Force as a mark of respect for his long and praiseworthy services as sergeant, _bee. 11, 1868." The presentation w as made in highly complimentary terms by Sergeant Mit chell, and Mr. Wreford made a suitable reply. Although this meritorious officer has been so long in the force, and contributions during many years to the superannuation fund have been deducted from his pay, he loses all parti cipation in its benefits because lie resigned instead of being superannuated. The course of exchange at New York on London for bill s at 60 days' si;:ht was on the last date about 101 percent. At this rate there is no profit on the Wipe/Wien of gold, rem the Untied Mates.