The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-21 00:00:00

TIONEY MARKET AND 'IOIUMEROIAL CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Stock Markets are dull, without any material change in price, except in some of the Foreign Stocks, especially Indian, owing to the nature of the state ment put forth by the Finance Minister. The Funds and most of the leading Railway stocks retai❑ the improvement established during the later hours yes terday. The present dullness is in a great measure attributable to the weather, which has become cold and wet. The discount demand remains inanimate, in spite of the current rate fur the best bills being per cent. below the official minimum. Consols are steady at 928 to 93 for money and account. New and Reduced Three per Cents., 93 to 931. India Five per Cents., 111/ to 1121. Bank Stock, 212 to 244. Exchequer Bills, 225. to 275. prem. In Foreign Stocks Mexican Bonds are 1 better, 151 to 151. Italian, on the other hand, are 1 lower, at 421 to 42/ ; and in Spanish there is a relapse of * per cent., the price being 351 to 35/. Greek Bonds arc 12 to 121 ; Turkish (1865), 301 to 301 ; Portuguese, 21 to 21 prem. ; and Egyptian Rail way Debentures 92 to 921. The New Honduras Loan is steady at 1 to 11 prem., ex coupon. American Securities are dull. United States' 5-20 Bonds are 1 lower, at 711 to 72 ; Erie Shares 1 higher, at 48 to 49 ; Illinois, 85 to 86. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures remain at 24 25 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 24 to 25. There is little or no change in railways. Sheffield have declined 1, and Great Western 1. Caledonians are 1 better, and Metropolitan 1. The quotations current are :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1231 to 1241 ; Midland, 1041 to 104; ; South Eastern, 68 to 681; London and North-Western, 1161 to 117; Great Northern, 1061 to 107} ; Great Northern A, 1081 to 1091 ; Sheffield, 411 to 44/ ; Brighton, 461 to 47 ; Metropolitan, 1171 to 1181 ; Cale donian, 751 to 751 ; Chatham, 18 to 181 ; Great Eastern, 291 to 291 ; Great Western, 461 to 47. Lombardo-Venetian Railway Shares are 131 to 13i ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1071 to 1081 ; East Indian, 1081 to 1091 ; Grand Trunk, 141 to 151 ; and Great Western of Canada, 16 to 161. London Financial Shares are 231 to 221, and Consolidated, 1 to I prem. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday. The Deutschland, from New York, brings £B5, 750 in specie. The shipments of gold from Australia for Great Britain during December last amounted to £102,000. The prospectus of the Hungarian Loan has been issued for France, and subscriptions will be opened on the 23d inst. in Paris, Pesth, Buda, Vienna, Frankfort, Amsterdam, and London. The number of obligations issued will be 709,380, at the price of 215 francs, repayable in fifty years, at 300 francs ; each obligation bearing an annual interest of 15 francs, so that the loan is a 5 p er cen t. l oan , or, if allowance be made for discount and other advantages offered to subscribers, it will pay 7i per Cent. The directors of the Consolidated Bank have issued their half-yearly report. Thero is a net profit of £27,263, and, adding the previous balance, there is £ 3 5,451 for distribution. After paying a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, adding £3,100 to the reser ve d surp l us f un d, an d £lO,OOO to the special reserve fund, a balance is carried forward of £ 2 ,351. Mr. Murray Gladstone succeeds the late Mr. Aspinall Turner as director. The dividend ;is Payable on February 1. A. proposed dividend of £1 2s 6d per share has been azreed to by the shareholders of the Bradford Old 13 tnk. The death is announced of Mr. Bennett, secretary to the Bank of Scotland. From the important report of Messrs. Turquand and Harding, official liquidators of Overend, Gurney, and Company, concerning the progress of the liquidation and its ultimate result, we make the following extracts : At the date of the suspension of the company, the liabilities amounted to £18,727,915 13a 81 On the 25th February, 1867, the date of our last statement, they had been reduced to £3,640,655 163 7] ; and it will he found that at the 31st December they had been further reduced to £1,190,855 4s Bd. The cre ditors at the date of the suspension w ere 1755 au number ; they have now been reduced to 1243. The total amount distributed by us by way of dividend or otherwise, including moneys paid to redeem and maintain securities, and including also the proceeds of securities held against bills, which with other moneys were specially applicable, has been £3,796,206 3s 6d. The total amount paid by contributories in respect of the two calls has been £1,548,790 7s sd, and of that snm £ 1 ,003,426 93 ld has been paid during the past year. To the 31st Docember last, the total receipts, including the Payments by contributories have been £3,83-7.973 is 7d. The unpaid calls will, we believe, produce £89,907 8s 10], Lamely, £21,867 Os 5d in respect of the first call, and £ 6 8,040 8s 51 in respect of the second call. The securities held by creditors are estimated to produce £ 6 8,354 18e, leaving a probable surplus of £25,452 18s Bd. he bills re-discounted which are still in the hands of Creditors are estimated to produce £150,070 3s 41 leaving a probable surplus of £64,976 lls 7,1. The total value of the remaining assets, as now estimated, is £1,681,221 4s 10d, being .£618,361 Ils 3d in excess of the balance of indebted ness, exclusive of interest. We have reason to hope that 1 23" the end of the current year very nearly the whole of the Indebtednels of the company will have been discharged. The report of the directors of the London Financial Association has been issued. The liabilities are re duced to £240,000. During the past year seven rail- Ways, in which the Association is interested to the extent of £400,000, have been opened, and the board will continue the policy of developing the several pro jects of the company. To-morrow (Wednesday) an instalment of 15 per cent, is clue on the Egyptian Railway Loan. The directors of the St. John del Rey Mining Cora- Pany (Limited) have received the following report, dated Morro Velho, 17th December, 1867 :—" Pro duce for November, 36.328 oitavas from 5,523 tons of ore ; yield 6.149 oitavas per ton ; c o s t f or N ovem b er, £ 8 841 ; profit for ditto, £5,235 ; produce ten days °f December, 2,440 oitavas ; yield 1'214 oitavas per to n ! , The receipts of the Cape Railway Company for the Month of November amounted to £3,140 3s Bd, being X 73 14s Pd less than last year. The Russian Credit Foncier Company, under the r ionorary presidency of his Imperial High ness th e Grand Duke Constantine, has concluded a contract with Messrs. Rothschild for negotiating mortgage bonds to the amount of fifty millions of roubles. In a lengthy and useful review of the wool trade of 1 867, Mr. Helmuth Schwartz() thus refers to the Prospects of 1868 :—Trade is perfectly quiet, and money continues to lie idle. What we know of the future is, that, from the chief sources of pro duction, the English colonies and South America, the supply of wool will again show consi derable increase. To meet it we have large stocks, a stationary consumption, wheat 45 per cent. higher than the average of the three preceding years, and a bad trade. The revival of business must be very great and sudden to equalise this great disproportion ; we see no prospects of its taking place on so large a scale, and therefore look forward to a dull year and a continuance of low prices." BRITISH FUNDS CLOSING PRICES. . GOVERNMENT FUNDS. ' u Per (mut. Consols 92; 3 2 1 3 21 1 n Do. Acc oun t, F e b. 6 92; 3 ZPer C en t . R e d uce d 93} 3 NOW 3 2 per Cent 93 1 / per Cent. Jan. 1894 751 Do. 5 per Cem. dan. 1873 — Aunuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 P — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — , Do Mid Sea Telet n raph), Au,.,., 1908 — zirchoquer Bills, .£l,OOO, 2 &21 per Ct 26 pm Do £5OO pm b o. ZlO & £2OO — ' , atilc o D f England Stoc 0 k. 41 per Cent —Pm Do. Account , INDIAN CiOVERNMENT SECURITIES. "diau stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 215 Do. Account Po. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 '-',„O. 4 pez• Cent., Oct. 1888 L',o. Certificates „.," 0 . Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B7 1 i ai r ,o. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 "(-). Si per Cent., May 1879 lOBl 8 Do. 5 per Cent, Rup. Deb., 187 9 Do. • do. 1877 , Do. do. 1882 'JO nob., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO 1) 0. under £1,000 A rgen ti FOREIGN FU N DSCen t —CLOSING PRICES. :ne Republic, 6 per zaistrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 r m a4 iliau 5 per Cent — %-o• 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 , Do• 1863 . 1) 0. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 76i 1 7 £lOO Bonds — zuenos.Ayres 6 per Cent —DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) --, D o , io Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds , 9li 1 Governnasrit Railway Debenluros 02f 1 Greek, 5 per Copt., 1824-5, cx Coups...—. Do. Account D • Coupons )o. Account G iatemala 5 per Cent Honduras Gov. Rai I. Loan„ 7p. Ct., £l5 pin It ti,au o p,,r Cert., 186;5 Dcs. Account Do. llareintnana Raiway 11.! , icican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account 1864 Bl Pc g per Cent. Anglo-French ievitii por Cent. -loutish Imperial 3, per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Con Do. Deferral -- Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peravian 5 per Cent. 1865 - Do Account 7-1 31 31 Do 4f per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4f per Cent., 1862 Do Account Po-tsgueso 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, 39/ Russian 5 por Cent., 1822, .£ Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 4f por Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds B9l Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds... Do. do. £B4 15s. 841 Sardinian, 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Can Do Account Do Nevi Deferred Do Account Du Passive Do ACc, ant Do Coin. Cart. of Colli'. not funded Do Account Tu kish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 .•• Do Account „. 60 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Du .£IOC Bonds 59) Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 D.) Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cont., 1862 -- Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable iul.Ondon. Austrutu o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2# per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Es. Zsf. Do. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 93 Do. Account - 6 l 6l 581 i 71 591 30-1 1 1 1 I Ilf ARK E 1 S.—(This Day.) COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. SUGAR.—The deliveries have improved, and the stock is further reduced to 62,720 tons, against 81,400 tons last year. The market continues dull, and although the sup plies have not been h3avy, they have somewhat increased, snd prices are again rather lower. COFFEE.—Both imports and deliveries are less than at this time last year, and the relative position of the market statistically is not materially changed. Only light supplies have been brought forward, and rates have ruled firm. TEA. - Public sales of some 12, 0 00 packages commenced to-day, and have gone off with moderate spirit. Rum.—The market is steady, at previous quotations ; stock, 23,570 puncheons, against 29,940 puncheons last year. RICE is inactive, but steady in value. Stock, 17,100 tons against 28,300 tons last year. _ SALTPETRE deliveries are light, but the market is steady. Stock, 7,970 tons against 28,100 tons last year. COTTON is less active, but firm. JUTE.— Small sales have been made for arrival at late rates. ) Closin i Business Railways. I Paidil pr, r i m "' dyne. it ,BriStol and E'cetcr .. 100 84 66 it 'Calcdonlas .. 100 74} 7 5 7 5 1 5 i 5 st Dambrian - Cork and Banoon - - - 20 Cornwall. all 2 4 st Dublin & Belfast June. 100 71i 751 it Dun„Derth,& Ab.J one. "s - e0 70 72 100 ' e... London, zscrip Cert.). all - - Do. 100 . - - d st !Great AS. Western 100 04 06 it !Great Eastern,Ord.stk. too 294 2 9 .291 I st I Do. E. Angl. it. No. 2 100 6 8 at , Great North of /30otlam.: 100 15 .6 st Great NortherB 1100 104 'o7a it Do. A stock .. 100 108 10) 1094 9 it Do. B stock too 1231 121 it Do. ?-.! ow, Is. at 25 pie i 0; - - st Ci tB, and W. of Ireland 100 96 98 st (it. We:-.ltern -Origina! 100 46k 47 47 st Do. 6. Val. Rail. gua. 100 - - st Do. South Wales - - st Do. W. Mid.-o.xfort too 25 30 at Do. Newport toe 29 3, it Do. isereford lOO - - st Lancashire., Yorkshirs 100 121 k 124 123} s i t t I , l,o o n n . d , e l n sri an h d ., l3 . l 6 ac u kw oa a s ll ,. 10 o u o 4 7 i 4 - 71 463. it 'I-on., Ultat., and Dove/ 105 18 19 10 1 0 st lio. Metrop. Ex. A lOO - at Lon. A North Wester, NO 115 :17 1161 117 it Len. A South Westere 101 ;7 ;9 79 st Man., Simi., A Lii:colLl no 11 15 i 41 ; I it Aietropolltau ...... all 117 118 118 1;1 164 18 st Do. New - - it Do. B.lxtcu.siott st { .detrupolitaa District all -- - 72 k 20 ( Do. do. do. 10 - - 10 Do. and St. John's W'o. 6 - - at UM:and - Do. L 9 Share 7 - - st Do, iiirmin.. A 1.)4f1)) 100 74 74 - lid K tot - - st North British at Do. Ed., Ptli., & Dun lOO - - at 'Nth. Eastern-I:envie,: 100 98 99 1011 25 Dt. , . (../..:i•E puraliss, 16.13.4 - - it Do. Leeds ..... it Do. York lOO 01 9; s - . Do. Carlisle ...... - - at Do. Stock. & Darling all 129 131 35 Do. do. 1860-01 IS - - if at ~ ,i ort!; Loudon - 10) 111 116 it Do. do. 1880 5 - - - Do. do. 1816 10 :ion!! Stailordshire at S. &S. W. Junction st Scottish Central - -- - Scot. N. E , Aber. stool, , 100 - - - i.>o. Scot, au d. st ook - 100 - - - Shropshire Union A South Devon lOO 42 14 it South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., A Wok all 8k 9; it Vag.' Vale lOO 145 /50 10 Do. C .. - - - Vale a Nes.th. - - - Waterford A Kilkenny 100 - - 10 Waterloo A Whiteiia , 0 - - West Cora e.•. 111 , IJO - - CGLONta.L (10 VERNMENT SECUIIITIE6. - British Columbia, 6 per' ; Cent., Dec.3l, 1872 lOO - - -• !Dan.tiov.6p.c.Ja.AJuly 1877-81 - Do. Bp. c. Feb. & A 14.,;... 1..0 100 102 1 - Do. sp. c. Mac. A Sept! 100 100 102 - Do. sp. c. Jan. A July! 100 86 88 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed talil 100 85 87 - Cape (*.Hope, 6 p.c.1870 100 102 104 - tio.Apl.&Oct. 1830-1900, 100 1(6 108 - Do. do 1880-9 a! 100 104 106 - Do. Jan.&July, 1600-9:1 10u 107 109 - Do. 5 per cent. 10 April and 15 Oct., MO lOO 1)5 37 98 - t';e3 , lon, Nov. 1868, 6 p lOO - - - I Do. 1878, do lOO 113 110 k - - Mauritius, 6 p. a, 1873, 100 101 113 Jan. Do. 1 a B7 n B d J . . 0 I y . , - Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov T - Do. 1895, Feb. A Aug.. 100 1 0 7 1 09 - Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 1 0 4 1 0 6 - N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.AJuly 10 0 203 1 05 - N. S.W. Gov.s p•c.,186e 100 - - - Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1870 100 98 99 100100 110056 110087 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 100 971 93i 9t 6 } - Ne s t w e r Z li e n a g l a , n 1 c1 8 , 75 6 p. cent 1 1 g 0 0 0 - 4 - Do. 5 per cent.... ... 100 98 9 0 94 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. 0. - ! ueensland Gov. 6p. c.. 100 1 0 3 105 102 10 - •. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c. 1888-11! 100 . - Do. 1878 & upwards.. 100 110 al - Vic,GOv. 6 p.O.Ja.AJuly 100 - - - Do. do. April A Oct- , 100 110 112 1114 1 aise, ince i the nusb ifor you .1 up tics ; c the nt— with very and Dun- var- the ) the ling, ever aore this assia i the , the r of ions nce, ;hem sea ostly It is 1 in- ieve, rand this pre- Jon. dis with leard the veep )y a sur- are re of • go- their rbed ling, and r be and lutes L out while will shed it of door :rew o on a cork i e in- iians. and ntcr- ctent ; the owes . o Lis is I the rmed I l e be 6t the ; aril e that ; Con" ie has rbu r3r, At t ' n ts. night sill at , e y ill frigs ktiloy- tlford. airing carao hl the Davi s till adlO r ' ler 01e slight purno falling ion its led Of Cuba, 6 per Cont. °Lillian 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent 67 00. 6 per Cent., B . Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip £32 paid C ) mbia4), 6 per Cent. i )anisn 3 p a• Cent., 1825 -, D ,nnbian Principalities, 7 per Cent 64 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 62i E luador New Consolidated, 1 per Com_ !:gyptiar, 7 per Cent DJ. Sts, old Issue . D ~ 15:10 Ponds Do. £IOC Bonds. I),), 18G-1 91 INDIGO is firm, with some business doing for arrival. LOGWOOD.—A cargo of Jamaica has been sold at .£4 is id, floating terms. METALs.—Chiliaa bar copper has advanced to .£76, and Burra has sold at £B2. Spolter remains at £2O 55.; Scotch pig iron, 51s 9d. Oms.—Linseed is steady at 34s Gd on the spot here, and 33s 9d to 34s in Hull. Rape is dull; brown English, 34s to 34s Gd on the spot ; oliVe firm, at late rates. Palm, 39s Gd. PETROLEUM is dull. American, is 3d to is 311 TURPENTINE offers at 28s, at which the demand is dull, CAMPHOR has been sold at £7. TALLOW. The market is quiet at 42s 3d spot and spring, 43s 6d March, 43s 6d-to 43s 9d April to Juae, 44s 6(1 last three months. POTATOES. Supplies aro still light, and prices firm, with a fair de mud. X e. d. X s. d. Best Flukes 8 10 0 to 9 0 0 Second Flukes Best Regents 8 0 0 to 9 0 0 Second Regents 7 0 0 to 8 0 0 Rocks . ... 5 10 A to 6 0 0 Middlings French 4 10 0 to 5 0 0 HAY AND STRAW. _ Supplies moderato and trade steady. Meadow hay, 55s to 86s ; clover, 50s to 100 s ; straw, 30s to 36s per load. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 21.—Market opens flat, and prices rather lower. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. COAL Price per 'lon sd s d East Hartlepool lB 3 HAwthorn l6 0 Kelloe. l7 0 Buddle's W. Hartley l5 9 ARKET. at the Close, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. (By Telegraph.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Fulton, steamer, from Dunkirk; King Harold, from Demerara; Hopewell, from Dunkirk; Mecona, from, Gueinsey ; Ann Elizabeth, from Caen; Martha Braden from Rouen; Joseph Hunt, from St. Vincent; Flecha steamer, from Ghent ; Paz, from Niou Kilns ; Lionno, from Gravelines—all from London. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed, Jan. 20.—John Henry, schooner, from London, !or Salcombe. Passed, Jan. 21.—Russeor and Pontecove, from London, for Philadelphia; Mary Hardy, from London, for Barba does ; Mignionette, from London, for Trinidad ; Ann Catherine, from London, for Berbico (has been supplied with 45 fathoms more chain). METROPOLITAN LIPROVEMENTS.—A new map of Metropolitan Railway, Tramway, and Miscellaneous Im provoments, deposited at the Private sinco last November, and for which acts will be sought for in the en suing session of Parliament, has just been published by Mr. Edward Stanford, of Charing-cross. It vividly indi cates all the novelties in red lines, and conveys a clear idea of the intended improvements in all directions. It is very nicely printed, and doubtless will be found exceed ingly useful by many. THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—In consequence of the death of Mr. Godson several appointments and pro motions have just been made in the staff of the South- Western Railway. Mr. W. M. Williams is appointed chief superintendent of the line, in succession to the late Mr. Godson. Mr. Verrinder, auperintendent of the Waterloo Terminus, and Mr. Tyler, of Exeter, are appointed assis tant-superintendent; in conjunction with Mr. Williams. Mr. G. W. Hill, district superintendent at Windsor, suc ceeds Mr. Verrinder as superintendent at Waterloo. [ADVERTISRAIENT.]— Consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach and liver complaints in every stage are only aggravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derange ments, htenaorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, in fluenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, iznpu rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders, be We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413.—" Rome, July 21, 1866.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other zemedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has • pro laced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." From the "Gazette du Midi,' July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, timber mer chant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.— Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness and • onaiting.—Maria Joly.' Important Caution.—Be ware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. In tins at is. lid.; 1 lb., 2s 9d. ; 2 lbs., 4s. 6d,; & lbs. Ils.; 121b5., 225.; 24 lbs., 408.— BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street London; also Fortnum and Mason, 182, Piccadilly; and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside; 63, 150, and 280, Ozterd-street; 880, Strand; and all grocers and chemists. BRITISH rUSSESSIONS. 100 Mlantiolz St. Lawrence all 63 85 et ilom.,Baroda,. Cen.ln. 100 104 105 gu. 5 per 20 Do. F shares lO p 4p 201 !iuffalo & Lake Huron all 31 4 10 Do. Preference 100 t tlufl:,Brant, & Goderich et Jai e Town & Dock, gu. 100 18 52 a t C; a 6 lo P ti t e a 1 8.3/ 2 S - S. - 14 4 1:,.ii . m "•. 200100 68 — 71 — 100 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi all 99 102 at East. Bengal, gu. , sdo 100 103 104 et East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. 100 110 11 0 1 10:1 71 30 Do. J Extension 15 st .JrandTrunkof Canada 100 17 18 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.e all 83 85 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 60 52 100 Do. do deferred all 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds., all 10 45 100 Do. do. deterred ..., all 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock..., all 32 34 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th fret. stock all 191 204 100 Do. do. deterred et Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 100 107 1.08 1031 71 70 l'o. Gua. 5 per cent lB 2 P 20 Do. New gua. sp. o 6 2 P et tit. South of India gua. 5 4er cent st Du. 4/ per cent lou 92 94 at Do 2 - 204 Great Wes. of Canada all 151 201 Do. New all - - ,00 Do. 6p. c pay. 1873 all 95 97 100 Do. 54 du. pay. 1877-8 all 65 87 10 Indian Branch, limited 3 at Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 102 102 et Do. 44 do lOO 03 95 at Do. 41 do lOO 89 91 29 Do. Fifth Exteusim, 5 st Melb. Cor 6p. c. Bnd lOO 90 Mel. & Hobson's Bay all st N. !MC ' da, 6pc Ist pt. be 100 83 85 t 100 100 101 et Do. Delhi 'g d 100 1001 1011, 1004 20 Do do :7 4. 15 I P at Do. Puni au b .... 100 99 100 at Do. Ind us B t. Floc I 100 85 87 BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, Um 1 Chivertan Clifford Amalgamated 3O 54 61 Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 4,0 430 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 294 10 12 East Caradon 2.14.0 8 6 'as t tiara Brea 34 2 24 East Grenville Ifast Gunnislake 8.3.0 1 4 East Loveil 3.9.0 8 9 E. WI Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 11 2 (.3am.& StAubyn(G wen. 06 4 5 4 Great .Laxey, limited all 17 18 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 Great Wheal Isaay... 14.9.6 G. — Wheal Vor (Helst , tu 40 17 19 . tlerod's Foot .... 6.10.0 35 37 tiingston Do wns .. ... . 5.10.6 21 24 t3argaret (Uny Lelant 12.17.0 6 - garke Valley ........ .. 1.10.6 41 54 4 dwyndy Iron Ore, lino 31 24 11 S L - orth toskear ....... 384 5 7 v.ZVhh b an :k; C t•t. (r.lo.ll:lt.°y.g. an *. 2 1 : 6 1 64 3 ' 04 . o 265 70 —3 e t' r ro iv .sp id e e r n l e J e ni u te n d 3 . ,L e . 8 10 .1 .6 1 . * ? 2 2 9 2 3 4 1 S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. 11 390 410 South CondurrOw ...... 3.2.0 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 374 42f Stray Park ........... 35.15. 4 6 _ tin Croft .............. 9 13 14 7igra and Clogan, lint. all ‘V est 1 tassett (Mogan .. 14 1 1 tv. Caradon (Liskeard 12 10 12 Wcatehiverton West ..... 171 195 205 Wheal Bassett ( Mogan 51 85 95 _ Wheal Buller (itedruth 16 16 19 _ Wheal Mary Ann (Km 8 18 20 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 5.17.0 6 rANIFIIatEN (II G bilikKE , AND STOCKS. Midland A and B £5 per cent., 105 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS? Hull and Selby, lilt FOREIGN 'RAILWAy!-, Antwerp and Rotterdam, Si .;ania and San Francisco, gua. 7 p er cent., 15 Great Luxembourg, 9 Namur and Liege, gun. 6 per Cent. pt., in San Paulo, gua. 6 per cent., pi - South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 14j FOKEIGN MINES. Auglo Brazlian Gold, a Choutales Gold and Silver Mining, ii m., 4 Owl l'edro, Nor,li lief Rey, 3A Pin ierontino and tiolivia Gold, lirn., 1 1-18 Port Phillip, 14 St John del 'ley, lirn , 33,5 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 4if 50 BANKti. Agra. lim., A, It f Ditto, B, 9 Alliance, Ilia., id An ;lo Egyptian, lim., 17, [Link of Egypt, 39 Chartered .t.ter. of India, London, and China, 271 City, 110 Consolidated, lira., 48 Imperial Otloman, Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., if London and River Plate, Ditto, ne ff t 101 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23f London and County, 53 4 London Joint Stock, 322 London and South African, 9 London and %I estininster, 71} 2f Ditto, Scrip, 39 4 Metropolitan Bank, lim 7 Midland Bank, lim., 19& Oriental Bank Corporation, :2 Provincial of Ireland, 88 Union of Australia, 99 50 Union of Loudon, 35 NESCELLANNOUL Anglo American Telegraph, 204 Atlantic Telegraph, 45 74 64 llit o, 8 per cent., 07 ) 5 Berlin Water Works, um., City of Moscow Gas, lim., 10 91 City Offices, Urn., 6 Commercial Union, Insurance, 5 Credit Foncier 01 ! , .ngiaud. lim.. 3 East India Irrigation and Canal. 161 Egyptian 0 per Cent, Viceroy Loan,:gua,"by Egypt, Govt. 90 Ditto, Scrip, par Gen. Credit and Discount, lim., international Financial society, um., 34 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1670, issued 90, 38 London Financial Association, lim., 74 Madras Irrigation and Canal (guaranteed 5 per cent. by Indian Government), 162 National Steam Ship, lain., 7 11.16 Ocean marine Insurance), 21 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Dit to, new, 1867, 54 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 18 South Australian Land, 3641 United Discount Corporation, lim., • Viceroy 01 Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan, 72 14 (FROM A CORR ESrONDENT OF THE TELEGRAPH.) TRIESTE, Jan. 16. For the last three days visitors have been pour ing into this city almost without intermission ; not only from all parts of the empire, but from North and South, East and West. They are mostly persons of distinction, either sent by counties, towns, and bodies corporate, to offer a tri bute of public respect to the remains of a Prince who was at once the friend of the people, of free dom, and of commerce ; or attracted to the mourn ful ceremony I have just witnessed by personal re miniscences of his Imperial Majesty, who had filled so many offices of importance during his eventful life, and had, in one and all, won the affection and esteem of those with whom his duties brought him in contact. From Florence, Venice, and Milan Caine gentlemen bearing the proudest names of Italy's ancient aristocracy ; proving, by their presence, that one Hapsburg at least had succeeded in earn ing the regard of Austria's whilom rebellious vas sals. The great families of Citadella-Vigodar zere, Coxio, Pardzai, Bembo, Mezzacapo, &c., were represented by their respective heads. Grandees of Spain, Boyards from Russia, Prussian nobles, naval officers from Dentnark,7;Sweden, and other maritime kingdoms ; Croat chieftains, Hungarian magnates, Dalmatian gentry, and notabilities from Belgium, Holland, &c., crowded the hotels and quite thronged the Corso—Trieste's afternoon lounge—with types "of various nationalities. At the Albergo della Citta, where I have been stay ing, we have had several Archdukes, the mili tary Governor of Venice, Prince Windischgratz, Prince de Wurternberg, and a host of Imperial Chamberlains, Admirals, proprietors of regi ments, and high officials. Our table d'hote has resembled a Court dinner table, and our tabagie the antechamber of a throne room. Many of these visitors have left with the special train conveying the body to Vienna ; amongst others, Marquis Coxio, and Count de Bombelles, the former of whom was - one of the few Milanese gentlemen whom Maximilian attached to his ser vice whilst Viceroy of Lombardy, and the latter his earliest friend and playmate, fs.ithful to him in good and evil fortune, as, indeed, hundreds of gallant gentlemen have proved. Mr. Eloin, who was re ceived at Osborne by her Majesty, on his arrival in England from a Mexican prison, also accompanied the mourning suite. The train will arrive on Friday (to-morrow) evening at Vienna, taking thirty-two hours to perform the three hundred mile journey, although it will only stop twice on the road for fuel and water. No demonstrations will be made at any station betweeen Trieste and Vienna. Yesterday the buoys extending in a semicircle across the bay, some four hundred yards from the head of the Molo San Carlo, were cleared of the ve;zsels moored to them, and all the smaller craft in port disposed of along the quays, so as to leave ample elbow-room for the expected squadron. At about half-past six p.m., it being ten quite dark, the Novara, Radetzky, Donau, Adria, and Vile bich glided silently into the inner harbour, and took up the places assigned for them. No salute was fired, either by ships of the squadron or the port batteries. The Imperial Capitano de Porto, who, of course, was first man on board the flagship to greet the Admiral, and make the final arrangements for the day's ceremony, was good enough to bear a message to the hero of Lissa, which resulted in the miniature steamer of the Naval Board being placed at my disposal for a visit to the Novara. As we steamed briskly out into the bay, I was much struck with the brilliant and picturesque appearance pre sented by Trieste, glittering with light, and nest ling in the sinuosities of the hilly coast—snowy white villas dotting the rocky terraces that form the background of the town, and forests of masts spreading out to the right and left of the massive Mole. In a few minutes we reached the black side of the frigate, and were ushered past the chapelle ardente, in which the coffin of Maximilian was lying, into the Admiral's cabin, where we found Tegethoff surrounded by his offi cers, and paid our respects to the Austrian Collingwood. The Admiral looked exceedingly well, and gave a highly satisfactory account of his e a nc t o e u r n h te e r r ed de b p a ar d tur w e ea f t r h o e m r only voyage. up 'she one occasion Novara f Cadiz, when a heavy gale set in, which lasted for several hours. With this exception she has been singularly fortunate, having made an unusually quick run from Vera Cruz to the coast of Spain. Whilst we were conversing the Prince and two Princesses Auersperg came on board, with the re quest that they might be permiti;ed to offer up prayers for the soul of the dead Emperor in the chapel on the main deck ; and when the officer who conducted me thither drew back the heavy hangings veiling the entrance, it was a touching sight to see the group of mourning friends kneeling round the huge polished coffin, enshrined on a vel vet-covered dais, and illuminated by tall yellow candles, shedding a soft and mysterious light upon the insignia of royalty covering the bier. The decora tions of the chapel were black and silver, the Mexi can,Austrian,and Hapsburg family arms emblazoned on the drapery ; and the coffin, made of lustrous grenadillo—a rare and precious South American wood—was partly shrouded in a black and gold pall, upon which rested the Imperial crown of Mexico, the Archducal coronet, the collars of the Mexican Eagle and the Golden Fleece. Round the chapel door stood the guard of honour, composed of naval lieutenants, and an unnatural stillness reigned over the whole vessel, the more remarkable as the Novara bad but just arrived from a long voyage, and as on such occasions the discipline of a man of-war, however normally strict, is generally re laxed. The whole scene made a deep and painful impression upon me, and I was unfeignedly glad to take my leave of the gallant admiral, and return to the gaily-lighted quays and cheerful streets of the Free City. Shortly after I got ashore the Archdukes Louis Victor, Charles Louis, and Ernest went on board, and prayed over the body of their beloved brothe r an d cousin, and ot h er v i s i tors o f high rank followed. I can but publicly return thanks to Admiral Tegethoff for having accorded me the privilege of being the first to set foot on the deck of the Novara upon so interesting an occasion. This morning at eight o'clock a general salute was fired, the first gun booming from the Schwar zenberg, and the last from the Minerva, the late Archduke's first command. Having by the kind intervention of Baron Godel Lannoy, the president of the Naval Board, been assigned a place in the boat commanded by the captain of the port, I em barked with Cavalier° Blassi3h at the small pier opposite the • Seebehorde, and eight stout rowers soon swept our gig, containing the Austrian colours draped iu black crape, into the centre of the bay. On approaching the Novara we found the boats of the squadron already drawn up around her, and the funeral floating platform upon which the coffin was to be conveyed to the Mole lashedee nkept alongside. Signor Tonello, to this perfectly secretb g°rg by eons object w hi c h h a d whom its construction had been confided by the Emperor, suggested by its gloomy magnificence the famous Bucentaur of which such strange stories are still recounted by the fishermen of Chioggia and the older gondoliers of the lagoons. It was not a boat—it was not a car —neither was it a raft; but a strange sombre mixture of all three, like to nothing I ever saw, and possessing a weird cachet of its own. Let me try and describe it to you. An oblong square chest, itself something .in shape like a coffin, apparently floating on the surface of the water, but really built on a huge broad-bottomed boat, no plank of-which, however, is visible, the black draperies depending from the upperpart of the Bucentaur sweeping the face of the water. Upon the platform formed by the top of tbis enormous chest is built a raised dais shadowed by a lofty canopy, the four supports of which are life-size figures in full dead silver armour with closed vizors, resting against trophies of an cient war implements ; on the dais a black velvet altar hedged round with enormous candles fitted into wooden sockets ; and the apex of the canopy, a colossal Imperial crown of gold, glowing in the morning sun, Immediately forward of the dale a black and gold flagstaff, upon which, as the body was transferred from the frigate to the Bu centaur (I can find no other name for it) the Im perial standard was hoisted half-mast high. Again, forward of the flagstaff, a broad, square pedestal, about eight feet high, upon which couches a mighty silver lion, thrice the size of life, his heavy head re posing upon his paws. Beneath this typification of Royal grief a winged female figure, also in dead sil ver, stretching both arms towards the sea, a crown of laurel in each hand. Upon the sides of the dais coats of arms richly emblazoned ; and round the altar robed priests chanting sonorous hymns, and swinging censers slowly backwards and forwards. It was a lovely morning. Hundreds of boats glided ,Lbout the bay. The squadron of light war-ships, drawn up in a semicircle, seemed to be guarding the catafalque from the rest of the world mourn fully but sternly. The Novara herself, every rope in its place save one hanging from the mainyard, presently to swing the Imperial coffin over her side. The dancing water decked with sunbeams. All this made up a sight never to be forgotten. As half-past nine struck the boatswain's whistle sounded through the frigate, and a crimson-gold object rose majestically out of her breast, paused .1 moment in mid-air, and then descended slowly till it reached the altar on the Bucentaur, where it was received by the priests and covered with a white pall. This was the triple coffin containing the remains of qe Emperor of Mexico. I should mention that his body is enclosed in a copper coffin cornered with laurel wreaths ; over the bead of the corpse a golden cross is let in to the lid, and at its feet is inscribed, in letters of black, on a gold tablet, " Ferdinandus Maxi milianus, Arcidux Austria, natus i❑ Schoen brunn, VI. Julij, MDCCCXXXII., qui Imperator ,Nlexikanorum anno AID C GCLX[V. electus, .lira et cruenta nece Queleatari XIX. j uli ii, heroica, cum virtute interiit, 11.5. E." The coffin of grenadillo comes next, and the whole is covered by a crimson velvet and gilt metal shell, in which it will be conveyed to Vienna. As soon as the tackle was loosened from the coffin, Tegethoff descended the companion ladder and took his place by the head of the corpse, eight commanders surrounding the dais with drawn swords. One by one the insignia beforo described were lowered down and arranged on the pall, the boats of the squadron got into position, and at a given signal the tiny tug attached to the Bucentaur shot out a ship's length ahead, stretching her tow rope till it quivered, and the solemn cortege moved gravely towards the shore. Boom I a 36-pounder gives the saluting signal from the Novara, and is mocked by pieces of various calibre from the other warships and the land batteries. From the arena of the Karst issues a rattle and a roar—the echo seems louder even than the' report. Onward towards the Mole we row with/slow and measured stroke. The Bucentaur looks an awful, living thing, conscious of the tragedy whose victim it bears. The mere contrast of colour, the dead, frosty silver against the rich deep black, produces an effect inex pressibly melancholy ; the hollow suits of armour (their very emptiness is ghastly), the couching lion, the deep chant of the priests, the faint perfume of the incense hovering over the wake of the catafalque nothing could be more impressive, nothing more mournful. • We arrived at the Mole before the body, and found every inch of the long pier occupied by a crowd of official personages, waiting to accompany the procession to the station. Close to the laud ing-stage about twenty Franciscan friars, with long brown robes, shaven polls, and flowing beards, formed the vanguard of a small clerical army clad in the variegated garments of the Roman Church. A car (a description of which I forwarded in a former letter) was drawn up ready to receive the corpse ; but the six gigantic stallions were not harnessed to it—they were some distance off on the quay, rearing, prancing, and kicking at every fresh discharge of powder. As soon as the body had been let down from the Bacentaur over an in clined plane to its place in the car, where it was prayed over at great length by the clergy, 1 left the Mole, wishing to see the procession on land, from a window in the town. Walking along the lino of march, I noticed that not only were all the houses hung with black and silver draperies, but that every person in the streets, rich or poor, had mounted some outward sign of mourning. All the shops were shut, and the whole population had turned out to take a last look at the coffin of its well-beloved Prince. The procession was na turally military in its character—three battalions of the 67th (Hungarian), one battalion of Wimp ffen (Croat), one battalion marines, and one of Coast artillery ; the municipality of Trieste, headed by the town banner, an ancient emblem of its liberties, presented to it by the Emperor Charles VI. ; the Archdukes on foot ; three mili tary bands; the car, guarded by officers carrying lighted tapers ; and, lastly, a huge body of mag nates, consuls, officers, chamberlains, Lloyd's cap tains, bankers, merchants, nobles of all nations (except England and France), all massed together in inextricable confusion, headed by Tegethoff, the general commanding, and the great officials of the Household. Beethoven's Dead March, played alternately by the regimental orchestras, furnished music well worthy even of so imposing a spectacle. From the thousands of gazers lining the pave ment on either side the roadway not a sound arose; silent and sorrowful they saw the long cortege pass by, and then dispersed as noiselessly as though they had been treading holy ground. Arrived at the station, the body was placed on the open car prepared for it ; the persons appointed to accompany the late Emperor to his last resting place were distributed over a train of unusual length ; the local notabilities took leave of the Arc hdukes and of their friends ; and shortly afterwards the company of mourners started on their long and painful journey. As far as Trieste is concerned, the last act of Maximilian's terrible drama was played out ; and, all honour having been paid to his earthly remains, nothing is left to those he has so materially benefited but the remembrance of a good, gentle, and heroic gentleman. It is true that the navy he made and organised will be here before their eyes for many a year to remind them of him ; that his eternal repose will be solicited from Heaven by hundreds of poor Triestini over whom his generous hand has been stretched out full and withdrawn empty. Everything connected with this ceremony has been tastefully imagined and well carried out, but I cannot forbear expressing my astonishment and regret with respect to two wrongs, one of omission and the other of commission, which have caused great pain to many of the Archduke's best friends. The first is that the British Government should not have thought fit to send a man-of war to Trieste for the ceremony. To me it appears inconceivable that a frigate should not have been detached from our Mediterranean fleet to pay a tribute of English respect to a Prince who was so well known in England as a thorough sailor, and whose deplorable fate has awakened more real sympathy in Great Britain than any where else. That the French flag was absent no body regretted ; but people did believe that Old England, the maritime nation par excellence, would manifest her esteem for the man who created the only navy, save her own, that has done anything worth speaking of in modern times. The wrong of commission is that the authorities of Trieste per mitted a masked ball to be held in the Arrnonia Theatre last night—at which ball a military band performed for the delectation of a company com- posed of the lowest snobs and " gay" women — whilst the Novara was anchored in the bay with an Imperial corpse—that of Trieste's benefactor—lying Ln mournful state, surrounded by weeping friends fuld r.lations. A new weekly newspaper, chiefly devoted to the interests of j Ant stock companies, entitled The Commer cial Review, has just mada its appearance. It is well and sensibly written ; the information it conveys is copious and reliable; and the object of its conductors seems to be to "speak out" fearlessly and disinterestedly. The new paper is excellently printed, and it bears about it all the elements of a sound and lasting success. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial Office from the Governor-General of Canada, and from the Governors of Malta, British Columbia, the Cape Ofgml awl St. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—his Tay. EQUITY. TUE itIGIITS Or SURETiES AS CREDITORS.—The right of a surety to claim as a creditor against the estate of his fellow non-paying bondsman was made the subject of dis cussion in the court of the Master of the Rolls in a suit for au administration decree against the trustees of the estate of a Mr. Cochran. In the year 1854 a Mr. De Wolf joined in a bond for £2,000 with Mr. Cochran, which was deposited with the notorious Royal British Bank, of which the latter was a director. Mr. Cochran having fled the country in 1856, Mr. De Wolf, on the 21st of January in the following year, was called upon to pay £l,OOO on the bond, and in the following April he discharged the remainder of the liabilities. In July 1857 Mr. Cockrane became a bankrupt, and his surety had his claim allowed under the proceedings. The bankruptcy, however, was not proceeded with, and Mr. Cochran having died in May 1562, Mr. De Wolf now prayed the court to order the deceased's estate to be ad ministered and his claim discharged from the proceeds. Under ordinary circumstances the debt would, of course, have been barred by the statute of limitations, but it was argued that contracts entered into between bondsmen are possessed of a special character. The whole matter turned upon the construction of the clauses relating to sureties contained in the Act passed in June 1856 ; and Lord flomilly decided that the administration decree must be made as prayed. THE GENERAL EXCHANGE BANK.—An application was made to the Master of the Rolls, on behalf of the liquida tor of the General Exchange Bank, to compel the General Provident Assurance Company to carry out an agreement entered into between the two companies on the 23rd of Nov., 1866. The General Provident Assurance Company arranged to purchase the business of the General Exchange Bank for a sum amounting to £60,000 or £lO,OOO, the money to be forthcoming in instalments. A portion of the busi ness of the Exchange Bank consisted of advances made upon mortgaGe, and the agreement sought to be enforced provided that Mr. Hayward, the manager of the General Provident A ssurance Company, should hand over weekly to the liquidator of the Exchange Bank all moneys received on account of those mortgages. This was done for some time, but disputes arose between the two com panies. A bill was then filed to compel specific perform. %nee, and on the 17th June, 1867, the Master of the Roll appointed a receiver. The ground of resistance to th kTlicP-ion was that the Exchange Bank had failed to give good titles to the mortgages in question. It was suggested by his lordship that it would be a wise course for the National Assurance Company to consent, pending the hearing of the suit, to pay the money into the bands of the receiver—a course which was virtually agreed to. but not definitely arranged until the representatives el the two companies had been consulted. THE LIABILITY OF RAILWAY DIRECTORS.—A question affecting the liability of the directors of a railway corn' parry who enter into expenses after the appointment of a receiver by the Court of Chancery, was raised in Vice. Chancellor Wood's court in the case of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Company. The company being in diffi culties a receiver was nominated by the court, to whom al/ rates and tolls were to be paid, and by whom all necessary es penses were to be defrayed. A new board of director* havinft keen elected, they considerably reduced the costs of the company, obtaining the services of a s ecre t ary salary of £250, instead of £BOO, and materially lessening amounts payable to other officers. They, however wined the tenancy of a furnished house, at a rental of 100 per annum, in the Blackfriars-road, at which th* meetings of the company were held. This was eventually riven up, when it was found that the chance of its being -equired for the new street from Blackfriars to the Man lion House was remote, and another house at a rent of 25 per annum taken. Some other expenses were also ;incurred. These a creditor objected to bein„ paid by th* court. —The Vice-Chancellor held that after the appoint anent of the receiver the directors ought only to haul mcurrei expenses absolutely necessary, and disallowed th* sent of the house after the first quarter. The new rents he, however, sanctioned. THE SUN LONDON, TUESDAY EV ING, JANUARY 21, 1868. SHARE LlST.—This Day. ORDINARY 3IIAIES AND STOCKS. FUNERAL OF THE LATE EMPEROR COMMON LAW. ACTION AGAINST THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY COM hANY.—In the court of Common Pleas this morning, be fore Lord Chief Justice Bovill and Justices Willes, Byles, and Keating, the action of Banks and Son v. the Metro politan Railway Company was mentioned. It was brought to recover compensation in damages for an alleged negli Bence on the part of the railway company. II Aulgment had. been given in favour of the plaintiff in tht Lord Mayor's Court, and the present proceedings arost epon that judgment. Several of the pleas had bees objected to, and a rule nisi granted. This morning, on tht motion for its being made absolute, Mr. Day said that it evolved a most important question—that was, what con stituted a record in the Lord Mayor's Court. He con tended that the judgment must be lodged amongst tht records of the court before action could be brought, aaV this rule had not in this case been complied with ; and at he had had no opportunity of traversing the plaintiff's ails gation, he wished the motion to be tried before their lord ships. After a long consultation, the court appointed next Tuesday on which to hear the arguments. POLICE INTEHLIGENCE.—This Day. . MANSION HOUSE. CHARGE OF FRAUD AGAINST A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER —James Royce, described as a commercial traveller, lat. of Barnet, Hefts, was charged before Alderman Hale, at the Mansion House, with uttering a forged cheque.—Or the afternoon of Saturday, the 13th December, the pri. soner entered the shop of the Commercial Clothing Com pany, in Cheapside, and obtained three suits of boys clothing on approbation, the arrangement being that he was to select one of the suits and return the other two. tie agreed to leave as security £3 10s., and i. , payment of the sum tendered a cheque on Robarts, Lub Pock, and Co., bankers, for £lO, receiving the difference £6 10s. On Monday morning he returned two of the suitt t .n d retained one, the price of which was 255. He ther teceived the balance between this and the £3lox. left 91 iecurity. The cheque was afterwards presented at thr <tank, but was dishonoured.—A clerk from Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co. stated that the prisoner had had a small account, but at their request it was closed in September 1266. Since then several cheques had been pre sented bearing the prisoner's signature, but they had beer returned.—Mr. Alderman Hale committed him for trial. CLERKENWELL. THE DANGERS or BAD COMPANY.-At the Clerkenwell Police-court, this day, James Light and Susan Adams were charged before Mr. Cooke with stealing a watch from Mr. Oiling, a whitesmith, of Northumberland-street, Srand.--The prosecutor at first declined to prosecute, but the magistrate said he would hear the evidence. It then appeared that on the previous evening Mr. Gilling went to the Holborn Circus with his wife, whom he left in the middle of the performance to get some ale for himself. He was already drunk, and when he got into the tavern he fell into the company of some unfortunates, whom he treated. When he became too drunk to look after himself, the women took charge of him, and, assisted by two men, brought him to their house, rifled his pockets, stole by watch, and outrageously maltreated him. They were seen on the staircase doing so by another unfortunate, who now attended to give evidence, and proved that Light and Adams were striking the prosecutor and rifling his pockets The prisoners were remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THREATENING AND ASSAULTING A WITNESS.-At Marl borough-street, Henry Bacon, a labourer, living in Saville street, Marylebone, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being concerned with two other men, named George Pybus and Charles Dunn, in threatening Alfred Gilland, traveller, in the employ of Mr. Still, ginger-beer manu. facturer, of Wells-street, Oxford-street. The complainant, who was some years ago a witness against Dunn, was on the evening of thel4th with his brother in his van in Saville-street, Marylebone, when the three men above-named came up to him, and Bacon, after remarking, " There's the Gillands,* stopped the horse. Pybus then got into the van, and . struck the complainant's brother, and Dunn drew a km! . e and threatened to stab the comp lainant for " laggyag " (transporting) him for five years. The complainant jumped out of the van to get away from Dunn, when Bacon put out his leg and tried to throw the complainant down. Dunn, who is a "ticket-of-leave," having been convicted of burglary, and Pybus, who has severe' times been convicted, were brought before the magistrate and held to bail in £2O each, and Bacon was taken into custody last night by P o li ce . constable Tooley, 169 E. The prison7 l , , N i vh a o lw m a a y d s e re nocediree fence, was fined 40s. or a month, Mr. Tyrwhitt rem ar ki ng that persons who were witnesses „, every protection at his hands. A COLLIERY OWNER FINED. —The Stoke-on-Trent magistrates have imposed a fine of £5 and costs upon "Mr. William Bowers, owner of the Berry Hill• Colliery, for neglecting to provide adequate ventilation in th, pit. The defence was that the ventilation of the pit was always good ; that there was no deficiency in the care taken by the management to provide for the safety of the men ; that an accident which had taken place arose from extraordinary circumstances, namely, a fall of a mass of coal on the night prior to the ex plosion, whi c h i mpe d e d t h e or di nary venti l at ion. THE LAST ARRESTED.—The New York Tr;bune of the Bth announces Mr. Train's departure fromAm i e , r . l7 in the following terms :—" Mr. Georg sailed for Europe yesterday, to take charge . of t a George Francis h 10 ; . 1 , ,. of all the kingdoms and principalities of that unlia.pp country." THIRD EDITION• SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. LONDON GAZETTE.-THIS EVENING, WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 21. Royal Artill ery — Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hammond, to be Colonel ; Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Romer to be Colonel ; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles D'Aguilar, C. 8., to be Colonel ; Captain David Newall to be Lieutenant- Colonel : Captain Francis Glanville to be Lieutenant- Colonel : Captain Henry Jervis to be Lieutenant-Colo nel ; Captain William Dumaresq to be Lieutenant-Colo nel : Captain Walter Grirnston to be Captain ; Captain George Henry to be Captain ; Second Captain Edward Earle to be Captain ; Second Captain Henry Doyne to be Captain ; Lieut. Alex. Heyland, to be Second Captain ; Lieut. Hugh Murray to be Second Captain : Lieutenant William Maunsell to be Second Captain ; Lieutenant Marius Newall to be Second Captain ; Quarter master• Sergeant Edmund Nugent to be hiding M ug _ ter ; Veterinary Surgeon Robert Walter Murray to be Veterinary Surgeon. Royal Engineers—Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel John. Cameron to Colonel ; Captain Gwavas Tilly to be Lieu tenant-Colonel ; Captain Edward Stanton, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain Robert Kerr to be Lieu tenant-Colonel; Second Captain Charles Montmorency to be Captain ; Second Captain Hon. Le I'oer Trench to be Captain ; Second Captain Francis Marindin to be Captain ; Lieutenant Edward Harding° to be Second Captain; Lieutenant John Hogg to be Second Captain; Lieutenant Napier George Sturt to be Second Captain; Second Car tain Bruce Brine to be Adjutant. The temporary rank as Lieutenant of the following offi cers to be made permanent, viz. :—Sydney Long Jacob, Charles Frederick Cobbe Beresford, and Napoleon Arnott. Military Train—Brevet-Colonel George Erskine to be Colonel Commandant. Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Edward S. P. Burnell to be Captain and Lieutenant -Colonel ; En sign and Lieutenant the Honourable Edward Henry Trafalgar Digby to be Lieutenant and Captain: Ensign Lord George Francis Hamilton to be Ensign and Lieu tenant. sth Foot—Ensign John Patrick Spring to be Lieutenant; Richard Williamson, Gout., to be Ensign. 14th Foot—Captain Herbert Wm. Thompson, to bo Cap tain. 16th Foot—Lieutenant Albert Pinson to be Ensign; En sign Arthur Duberley to be Lieutenant ; Gentleman Cadet Clayton Hiugston, to be Ensign. 20th Foot—Lieutenant Guy Bird, to be Lieutenant. 21st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Frederick Lambart, to be Ensign. 22d Foot—Lieutenant F. William Parry to be Captain ; Ensign Charles Newington to be Lieutenant. 24th Foot—Lieutenant Hugh Church to bo Captain; En sign William Fraser to be Lieutenant. 30th Foot—Captain Alexander Gibson, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Captain. 37th Foot—Ensign Richard Brooke to bo Lieutenant ; William Capel, Gent., to be Ensign. 38th Foot—Ensign William Thomson Cauley to be En sign. _ _ _ 106th Foot—Lieut. Frederick Dawson to bo Lietenant. 107th Foot—Lieut George Owen to bo Captain. 56th Foot—Ensign William Caple to be Ensign. 57th Foot—Ensign Arthur Neil to be Ensign. 64th Foot —Lieutenant Edward Joseph Jekyll to be Ad jutant. _ 77th Foot—Lieutenant Reginald Hoskins to be Captain; Ensign Nathaniel Gill Beadnell to be Lieutenant ; C. D. Stewart, Gent., to be Ensign. 83d Foot—Colour-Sergeant Michael M'Quado to be Quar termaster. 87th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Vardon to bo Captain ; Ensign William Fuller Waring to be Lieutenant ; Gen tleman Cadet Arthur Neil, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign ; Gentleman Cadet William Thomson Cautley, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign. 96th Foot— Ensign Charles Stuart Percival Willoughby to be Lieutenant; Ensign Tristram James Bair Dunlop to be Lieutenant; Ensign Richard Kirby Ridgeway to be Ensign. 100th Foot—John Byrne, Gent., to be Ensign. 102 d Foot —Lieutenant John Duncan to be Captain ; En sign Thomas B. Turner to bo Lieutenant. 103 d Foot-- Gentleman Cadet Walter S. Burmoster to be Ensign. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 17. The undermentioned Officers have this day been pro moted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet : Mr. Samuel McDougall, with seniority of 7th January 1868 ; Mr. Edward McLeish, with seniority of 10th January 1868. JAN. 20. Retired Commander Morgan Crofton has been promoted to be a Retired Commander, under her Majesty's Order in Council of 30th January, 1866, with seniority from sth January, 1868, vice Mansell, deceased. Lieutenant Robert Hornby Boyle to be Commander in her Majesty's Fleet. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty ,his afternoon : Thomas S. Heywood Paymaster to the Mersey, and Robert W. M. Jones Paymaster to the Frederick William s Naval Cadet nominated—Arthur Liugham. COURSE 4 0F EXCHANGE.--This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 174 11 IPi r Ditto 3 Months. 12 04 12 Of Rotterdam Antwerp —2 f. 32f 25 874 Brussels Hamburg — 13 94 13 94 Paris Short 25 12} 25 2U Ditto 3 Months. 25 30 25 35 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 120 1204 Vienna, — 12 174 12 224 Trieste — 12 174 12 25 Petersburg Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa — 29 25 29 30 Naples .., 29 25 29 30 Palermo ,.., 29 25 29 30 Messina Lisbon — 514 51 4 Oporto .. — 514 51 SENDING THREATENING LE2TERS. This afternoon Elizabeth Darling, lately a do mestic in the service of Mr. Burgess, the wholesale oil and pickle merchant, 107, Strand, was placed before Mr. Flower, at the Bow-street Police-court, charged on suspicion with writing and sending a number of threatening letters to her employer. Mrs. Burgess stated that for some time past the greatest uneasiness had prevailed throughout the establish ment in consequence of letters of a most alarming de scription, some of them threatening the burning of the house and injury to life, being found in different parts of the house. Mr. Hunt, the Superintendent of St. Martin's division of special constables, be coming aware of the circumstance, a number of men were employed to watch the pre mises night and day. From certain suspicious circumstances the prisoners movements were watched, and at length she was questioned on cer tain statements she had made to Mrs. Burgess, all of which turned out a tissue of falsehoods. She was then accused of writing the letters, and another domestic servant then stated some other matters connected with the finding of the threatening communications that led to such a strong suspi cion against the girl Darling that she was given in custody. A witness proved the similarity of the prisoner's handwriting to the letters in question, but she most solemnly protested that she was not the person who wrote them, but she confessed to told many eh dy the prisoner to rfo h r e mistress. a r weekin or A d l e r r . Flow hvi n e g r that her friends might be communicated with. Foreign Mail Packet List, MAILS DUE. Instralia and New Zealand, via Southampton., „.,„,ran . 1 9 . Ditto, via Marseilles l3. Ditto, via Panama ......... ....... ......... 28. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Feb. 3. Ditto, by French packet ..••••. ....... Jan. 2.1 papa Verde, by Brazil paoket ....... Feb. S. °Ape of Good Hope. Asc ens i on. and St. lielena Jan. 27 ijaina, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton Feb. 3 Ditto, via Marseilles •••••• Faikland Islands ......... ........ Feb. 3. Gibraltar, via Soutb.ampton tndla,via South ampton Jan.2B. Ditto, via Mandl es •... Jan. . 22. Italia, Egypt, &a. Jan. 23. Ditto, Marseilles Jan. 28. liattritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton Feb. D. Ditto, Marseilles Feb. 19. Niewfoundland Feb. 12 Portugal Feb. 3. Ditto, by pm: is ship to Oporto . Ditto c ltto to Lisbon United States, aunda, California, &0., by British packet Ditto, by L. lifted States packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto 'N,Av York) Ditto dittc (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet .... Jan 24..3 vVest Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife ...... Feb. 3. STRANGE SCICIDE.—Quite a gloom was cast over the town of Boverley late on Friday night by the discovery of the body of a young lady named Hobson, the second daughter of a chemist of that name, in the canal a mile below the town. Miss Hobson, a young lady under 20 years of ago, attended a ball in honour of a friend's mar ' rine on Tuesday night, and was also at a friend's house on Wednesday evening, and appeared in the best of spirits. On Thursday night she was missed from home, and tele grams during the night and next day failed to elicit any clue as to the whereabouts of the missing lady. Twenty four hours afterwards her body was found in the canal as stated. She appears to have premeditated suicide, but the cause of the fatal act is a mystery.