The Sun. — London, England, 1868-10-16 00:00:00

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Louise, ur, and le Lynn I Prince ided by ales snd ng With miler, a reileyan in Royal Animals r for the t on the a horse ie horse g great Lc joints oot cut !en kept linking said the re being handing, sores re- 14 &IV) id, age d lice, wes ealing a 7g., from anionger named carrying talfields , the pri followed ped a he re- White -market• be could station: ster, and as stolen evening• 31* loiter it on the Sure you Chop and ed away nitted to r last for li. The 11. UN. Y XARTiET AND OONMERCILL INTILLIGENOB. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Although the market price for securities is a fraction lower than yesterday the business done has notbeen extensive, and the transactions that have tak en Place m us t b eattr ib ute d to di rect i ons rece i ve d Irani abroad. In the discount market the rates rennin steady at 14 to 11- per cent., but loans are obtainable at 1 per cent. Consol s are at 9t to for money, and 94 for tho account (Nov. 5) ; the Three per Cents. ,' ed uced, 931 ; and New Three per Cents., 931 Le I. Foreign Stocks are firm, at an improvement of Turkish Five per Cents., and New Spanish rillr ee per Cents. arc 4 better. Ocher descriptions aGr:eeukueltia:r; I. .l i tali i an :l s ; per Cents. are 521 521 ; 'Turki s h Five 2 Mexican, 164 to 161 ; per Cents. of 1865, 41 411 ; New „ 81344 jah Three per Cents., 331 3 3 1 ; Egyptian — b eri P, 3 2k dis; and Rassiaa ( ‘10320W Jaroslaw) Aailway Scrip, 41 41 prem. The Indian Ten and a Half per Cen!s. are ." !quoted 21 4 to 217 ; the Five, 1141 to 115 ; the " .r ) 1031 t o 101 ; an d t h e B on d s, 20 s. to 25 5. k te m-, and the D e bentures, 1054 to 106. Bank 2 -t° ek, 212 t o 241 ; an d Exchequa Bills, 16s. to os. min. The Honduras Loan is firm, at 90 91. , The scrip of the new Italian Loan has improved to Li 1 ! prem. 0 1 . r ailway shares there has been some inquiry. lGreat Northern (Original) has improved 4 per cent., Qnd 1, ancl G rea t W es t ern an d B r i g ht on 4. r eal Eastern however, has declined 4. Prizes ."'e q u oted as follo w s :—Caledonian, 71} to ; ,I-eadon and N or th-W es t ern , 1124 to 4 ; the reat Western, 481 to 49 ; Midland, 1121 to ; Lond on and S out h W estern, 87 4 to 884 ; G reat 1, n 6 , 404 t o 104 ; B r i g ht on , 521 t o 524 ; euth Ea s t ern, 77i ; Metropolitan, 1061 to ; „ .. Gre at North ern, 108 to ; ditto A, 106 to :1 ; Le r, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1281 t o ; London, Sh effield, and Dover, 171 to 18 ; and Manchester heffield, and Lincolnshire, 471 to 484. Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per / I. ll t. Debe n t ure Stock is 94i 954. toLondon and Westminster Bank Shares, 654 to 1 ; n 1" and County, 48/ to 491 ; Union, 33/ to A nglo-Austrian, 6 to 4 prem ; London and Brazilian, 30 to 25 dis. ; Imperial Ottoman, 14 to prem. ; and Consolidated, 4 to 4 prem. American 5-20's rose 4 per cent., viz., to 724 4; Erie R a i lway Shares, 32 to 4to 1; Illinois Cen tilts, 1 ' 90 4 to 961 ; Atl an ti c an d G reat W es t ern De -374 to 384; anl the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds, 394 to 404. 4 _ T he return o f pa id clear i ng for the wee k amounts '0 £63,16 9,000, being £2,725,000 less than last 4 _ wee k. It does not i nc l u d e th e St oc k Exch ange etlernent, which concluded yesterday. i T he sum of £20,000 bar gold was taken to the nk yesterday. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ceylon has brou ght £4,234. T he mail f rom G uayaqu il h as b roug ht a remit tance of £738 15s. 3d., at 90 days, on account of the dividend on the debt of Eucador. The Mexican dollars by the West India packet 'Were sold yesterday at 5831, being the same price as that recently current. The advices from Paris speak very favourably of the prospects of finance. All securities were im Proving. Italian Five per Cents. and the Tobacco Loan had further advanced. The arrangements for the long-talked-of advance to the Turkish Government, it is said, have been 443.11 y concluded. The amount is £5,000,000, and the security consists of bonds spread over a number of years. The Creditors' Committee of the Commercial Bank Corporation of India and the East have "sued their report and request a meeting of credi tors , on Tuesday nex t. Li t i gat i on, t h ey say, can only result i n di m i nishing the assets, which are not ttov? sufficient to pay the debts. A. Creak, the chairman of the Committee of Shareholders of the Grand Trunk Railway of b atia da) by whom th e po li c y o f the board has lately een contested, has issued to-day a circular to the stock an d bondhold ers o f th e company "to con- t -1 in the s t rongest possible manner the unjus alazele atta c k on Sir Elwa,rd Watkin," made by n ItetiVe member of that committee. beea and Company' s Di s tillery, which has v for B °lne years in Ch ancer y, h a s lately been 8: S ubject o f a further order, by which its absolute le by Public auction is directed. Itassian (Vyksounsky) Iron Works Com 4111Y announce a furth er ca ll o f £3 p er s h ar e, pay e °n the 2d November, JO per cent. will be —a fgeci for d e l ay. 10-`lll interim h a lf -year ' s dividend, at the rate of per annum, is announced by the Aus a.lan Alortg ge Land and Finance Company. t p l : 4lP.tert checoatd.journed meeting of the creditors of the tl ii ar ia) New Zealand, and Australian Royal th, 4 i e z er aPanY (Limited) the recommendation of of e i ; JeLa t committee for the granting of a letter deli to the company for 12 months, con sati.°laallY on the Board being reconstructel to the „,nifaction of the joint committee„was adopted. he Alexican Railway Company have invited cuuscription for 1,560,000 First Mortgage 8 per ent. Yearly l33 nds, at 85, red eema bl e at par by half- Year swings,dr extending over a period of 30 t a from the d tte of issue, and secured by the Au r o ve revenues of th e por ti on o f t h e li ne open f rom " l ie° to Apixaco, now yielding £45,619, and th e the bran c h w hi ch w i ll soon be completed to co- "n p or tant city of P ue bl a . Th e B oar d o f th e cor4PanY consist s o f t h e l ea di ng L on d on merc h ants rlaected with Mexican and South American com merce. rr he return from the Back of England for the r eek ended the 14th of October gives the following ti s u t 1 t s When compared with the previous week :-- elltai £3,081,950 Decrease ... £540,769 Otti er e ,dePosits • 3,838,119 ... Docrease ... 1,468, 5 0 5 , uePosits 20,231,481 ... Increase .. 2,209,03 5 00;t43 other side of the account :- li: r an:lent securi -00,2_ .......... £15,935,874 ... Increase ... £396,158 1,10t731-8 se curities 15,822,238 Decrease ... 231,890 0 li aentployed 9,567,955 ... Decrease 477,065 6l . arn ount of notes in circulatio n is £20,515,915, b - g a decrease of £131,997; and the stock of in a both departments is £20,164,200, showing decrease of £543,692 when compared with the Aree d. }, _! lug return. Thi s re d uc ti on i s d ue c hi e fly to uifibursement of coin for the dividend but the ;:ve tn ents in connect i on w i t h t h e approac hi ng fl 4 41 electio n lik ew i se seem to have some in ""tlence. Thea lank of F rance re t urn t hi s wee k s h ows a reduction of £BBO,OOO in the stock of bullion. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4 UOVER NMENT FUNDS. •Pe• Cent. Consols 3 Ditto for Account, Nov. 5 94f ~,, per Cent. Rednced to il:v 7 3 per Cent "i l w 2 1 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 - 0 5 4 4 •, . per Cent. dan. 1873 .. _ totar,unit 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 0 • . 0 y ra, expire sth April 1885 l2l E, .? (Red Sea Telei,raph), Aug., 1908 1 - 8 pm I!:oncipier Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ut 4 -' . N. £5OO 9 / ..._. 71 CA & £2OO Il luic of Fn land Stock, 4 per Cent , R _ r , 0 • account kosnad 17 I .. a 4 per C ent. Bonds — I nter-C 4 ° aluma, tild.ltblAN UOTERNMENT SECURITIES. lo• ,• D o c k, 104 per Cent., April 1874 De I ir , • Opening, for Account — 1141 15 Bo ' 5 Per Cent. July, 1880 ..,Doo: ,:ipretrifE:t.s, Oct . 181 , 8 D • O. Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent. ",o• 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do per Cent., May 1679 — ° 5 Per Cent It Deb. 18 - 2 ~ up. , Do. do. 1877 — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent .Z 1 000 •• • 25 Pm Do. under .£l.OOO FOREICiN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. t4r4lioe Republic t : per Cent tyi!tn Bonds 5 Per Cent. 1859 zdian 5 Per Cot , 1., „ n - ' *I Per Cent., 1852 -,,°. do. 1858.... L'• do., 1850 . !•• , : .7 - : • Do. _ do., 1843 671 Do. 5 per bent., 1665 — Do Account 771 i B ienos Ayres 6 per Cent. DJ 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Ceut ) --, Cuba, 6per Cont. Cu.dian 6 per Cent — Do. 4k per Cent — 00. 6 per Cent., B — Do., 1867 Do., 7 per Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip £32 paid C .. mbian, 6 por Cent. D tuisu3 p.;r Cont., 1825. .... D..nubian Principalities, 7 i.er Cent 72 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 &itidor Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent — N4yptian, 7 per Cent — 1)0 Second issue D.'. £5OO Bonds Do. 1100 Bonds -1 1)0. 1.6.4 Do. Account -)1. -1, Do. .£5 It, !-',oads B2l Do..£loti Bonds ..... 81 English Scrip, k6B 7l i- Do do. £l5 pd 2l 3 1 lovernm-nt Rai' way tieb,•ni tire, 9iii 6 G-cceic 5 per Cent., 1821 5, cox Coups — Do. Acecum - 1)... Conisone - Do. Au. nut - G- I:Lumiala 5 per lent .. — ilonli:ras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p ltti:ian 5 pet Cert., D 165 — • ',. Account . Do '41.3..-enannina ititii...c,) , — ‘l.,xiettE. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account On. 1864 — Do ‘; per Cent. Anglo-French — dont videat. C per Cent. . _ ‘io,rish Imperial 5 per Coot `'ow Granada -- Do 3 per Con — Do. Deforrad Do Li ild Warrants (Ilectares) - Perayian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account .. 79 I . _ ._ ... .. Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 -. — Do Account P JrtHguese 3 per Ct.,1853,'6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'3 371 I- Do. do. 1567 — Do. do. Sc ip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 182 - 2, E. Si Do per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 -- Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ... 881 1 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO 80nth,,,, Do. do. £B4 15s. de..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9Ol 4 Do. (la £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 671 Sar ittliall 0 pk-I . Cent Spanish 3 per Con Do. Acc , ,unt D. 1867 Do. Account Do. .tiew Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Account Do. Com. Cert. of Cone. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 I ID° do, Scrip — pm Turtiish 6 per Cent. 110 Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account ... 674 4 Do £lOO Beads 74 3 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cont., 1865 D J Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 6 54 Do per Cent., Guarauteeni Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Dividends on the above payable ia London. Austrisu a par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian. 44 per cont., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 'Gull 56 D.) Account BB4 French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25i. Do. Account 52 x CLOSING PRICES. Consuls, Money 941 Do. Account, Nov. 5 ... COMPLETION OF TilE NEW HAMMERSMITH AND RICHMOND RAlLWAY.—Yesterday all inspection of this new railway showed that the works aro in a very ad vanced condition, and that the line will probably be com pleted within shout a month front the present time, if not earlier. The total length of the railway is about six miles, the district through NT hich it passes being one of the richest and most important in the suburbs of the metropolis. THE EXPLOSION AT MOXLEY.—An inquest upon the body of William Brazier, who died in the South Staf fordshire, Hospital from injuries received at the boiler ex plosion at Mosley, wxs held on Tuesday, at Wolver hampton. A verdict of " Accidental death," accom panied by a similar recommendation to that which was recorded at the inquest upon the bodies of the other men, was returned. COMMITTAL OF PRIZE FIGIITERS AT NOTTING HAM.—At the Shirehall, Nottingham, yesterday (\Ved ❑esday), two men, named James ll‘Nara:and John alias " Bonny" Flint, :were brought before the sitting magis trates, charged with being engaged in a prize fight on the previous Monday morning. From the evidence adduced it appeared that early in the morning of the Gth inst., the prisoners wore seen fighting in a lonely place near Thor ney-wood-lane, about two miles from Nottingham, ;by the police office. Upon seeing the policemen, prisoners, with their supporters, decamped, and some time after ward were discovered fighting in another locality, This time the officers succeeded in capturing M'Nara, after some resistance ; and Flint was apprehended in Nottingham shortly afterwards. The depositions having been read over, the bench committed the prisoners for trial. A CASE FOR TIIE HUMANE SOCIETT•—Henry Watts, a diver, of Sunderland, has at different times res oued twenty-five persons from drowning. These services have often been rendered at the imminent risk of his own life, and yet the Humane Society, which undertakes to reward bravery such as his, has not, so far, noticed Lim at all. The Mayor of Sunderland has taken some steps to secure a fitting recognition of the noble conduct of Watts the diver. ADULTERATION OF TOBACCO.—At the Bandon potty sessions, on Monday, a prosecution was instituted by the Commissioners of Excise against Mr. Stanley, a local trader, for using starch in the manufacture of to bacco. Similar prosecutions have recently taken place in Dublin and Londonderry, the use of starch in tobacco manufacture being considered a serious fraud on the re venue, and prohibited under heavy penalties. Mr. Stanley pleaded guilty of the charge, and alleged in mitigation of the penalty that the article was not used with a fraudulent intention, but simply to improve the appearance of the tobacco. The magistrates quite acquitted Mr. Stanley of the fraudlent intent, but was obliged to impose the miti gated penalty of £75. They agreed, however, to join in a memorial to the Commissioners of Excise to obtain an abatement of the fine.—Cork Examiner. MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—This, the oldest of the numerous medical societies in London, will com mence its ninety-sixth cession on the evening of Monday, the 19th inst., when a pap3r will be read by the president, Dr. Richardson, F.R.S. By a law passed recently, prac titioners residing beyond the metropolitan postal district may bo elected fellows on payment of entrance fee only. without annual payment. MERCHANT STEAM VESSELS.—The usual Parlia mentary return of steam vessels registered in the United Kingdom shows that ou or before the Ist of January. 1868 there were registered 2,880 vessels of 892,429 tons registered tonnage, and 1,310,033 gross tonnage. Tower ing above all the others is the Groat Eastern, with its dimensions of 679 feet, by nearly 83 feet, its engines of 2,660-horse powor, and its gross tonnage 18,916 tons, Several other vessels have engines of 1,000-horse powor or more. EXPORT OF COAL.—Return •of the quantity of coal exported from the Port of Grimsby, September, 1868 : —To Belgium, 970 tons ; to Denmark, 1,535 tons; to Egypt, 1,896 tons; to France, 5,290 tons; to Hansoatic towns, 935 tons; to Holland, 575 tons; to Norway, 765 tons; to Prussia, 3,688 tons; to Russia, 1,568 tons; to Sweden, 1,298 tons; to Spain, 376 tons. Corresponding period, 1867—Foreign, 21,323 tons; coastwise, 2,868 tons —total, 27,191 tons. Decrease, 1863, 3,866 tons. COUNTY ELECTIONS.—An alteration has been made by the New Registration Act, 31st and 32d of Vic toria, C. 58, which will not affect the ensuing county elec tions. By the 15th section it is provided as follows: "Whoreas by the Act of the Session of the 16th and 17th of Victoria, c. 68, s. 2, it is enacted that after the passing of that Act any such special cJurt as is therein mentioned for the purpose of the election of a knight or knights to serve in Parliament for any county, riding, parts or di vision of any county in England and Wales, shall be holden on any day (Sunday, Good Friday, and Christmas Day excepted) not later front tho day of making tho pro clamation than the 12th day, or sooner than the sixth day, be it enacted that tho said section shall bo construed as if ih± words fourth day were substituted for the sixth day." The dissolution of Parliament is expected shortly before or shortly after Lord Mayor's-day. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORBR OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour an I beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and do lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth ; it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles— Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers. Depot, 266, High Holborn. The course of exchange at New York on London for bllls st t;0 days' sight was on the last date about 1 9j per cent ♦t this rate there is no profit on the importation •t gold from the United States. THE SIN, LONDON, FIiiDAY EVENING, O(JTOBER 10, 1808. SHARE LIST. ORRINAILI dflLAlitEi AND Btot-.3Ks. raid. Closing Business share Railways. Price. done. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 103 76 78 at Caledonian lO9 711 72 714 s Cambrian 21 Cornwall all 31 SI at Dublin & Belfast June lOO 70 ;e! at Dun„l'ertlida :09 70 72 2 East I.4'.sndOn. . all 7 9 20 15 - 2 i Do 10 - - at Glasgow S. Western lOO 01 05 at Great Eastern .. .00 4(4 40j 404 at Do. K Angl. No. 2..., 100 Ps Ps st Great North .1 ci•.ntland ; 100 15 6 at Urea Northern lOO 197 10S 1 - .74 84 Bt Du. A stock lOO 101 1.44 ti• Do. B stock lOO - - et (RS, and W. of Ireland lou 90 07 a Gt. Wer,tern -0 1(.0 431 49i 't Do. South Wales ItiO Cs Sr a Do. W. M!,.1,-Ox 100 1 .5 .48 I DO. Newport t Lancashire e trio 121 1231 a Lon., Bri t fli., h 13.Cussl lOO .2, 52,i, 10, DJ Scrid - - at I on., Chat., awl Jut, 171 13 at Do. Aletrop. Ex. A lOO - -t bun. A North Wester; 100 111 1 64 Loa, .1; Slotn Weltert.t lOO bi sa at Slah., 511e1., ‘l4 l.incot 41 Metropolitan..... 1 0 116; it'd"; 10)4 '1 Do. Exteoaion lou tut I 3 104 1) Do. New r 1 .16 pr ip Att,tropolitan 111,tr,t .. ,1 1.1 1) Do. and John's 11 . 0.. 6 - - at Midland 't Do, Birruin.. A D4rl): .. 100 ro bz at No, tli British ....-. .. 100 Bli (24 at Do. Ed., t'tit., 11) - 71 ch. Kaatern -Berwic . .. 100 1) :(0 21 Du. ti-.N - E purclia, 0.13.4 - - at Do. Leeds ..... ....... 100 55 16 at Do. York lOO 1.3 1 8,4 at Do, Carlisle IPO 128 i:l2 at Do. Stock.& Darlinif at North Londou at Do. Jo. 1300. lO 1 14 at North Staffordshire . 100 57 t 9 at N. St S. W. Junction 100 104 104 10 Do new .ClO shares 6 - at Shropewire Union at South IJevon .. 100 44 .6 at South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., Sr Not st Tatr Vale lOO 115 1 e 10 Do. 5 3 4 at Waterford St Kilkenw - 10 Waterloo & Whitelia - - TOPICS OF THE DAY. DISSOLUTION OF FAILLIAII!NT. The speedy dissolution &Yf I.',arliarnent is spoisen of with more or less confidence by lieVerai of our con temporaries. The Times says that the) evetit hill come off shortly before or after Lord Mayor's Day s a thoroughly City mode of reckoning. The Daily News and the Daily Teleyraph are more precise. They say that the writs will be issued on November 11, and that the borough elections will probably take place on Monday and Tuesday, the 16th and 17th ; and the county electiOns on the 18th and 20th. Thin would be a shorter interval than between the two elections. This brevity arises from the fact that the ntgihtration Act of last session provides that knights of the Shire shall be elected within four days of making the proclamatioll, instead of six, as heretofore. Presuming that these gr.tetnents are accurate, there is no reason why Par liznuent should lint get thjtough the work of swearing in members and electing a Speal , er by the end of November ; so that the great debate which ib to decide the fate of the AliniStry may begin with De4Kluber, MTh D1F4114-17.T.T. The Premier is gene on a visit to the Earl of k.bergavenny, Who, as Viscount i\ evill, will be remembered for the correspondence which passed between him and Mr. I)izracli whca. the Prime Mili!stcr, having abandoned his scheme of levellaug up, first hoisted the No-Popery banner. The visit just uow is rather significant. No doubt the Premier goes to be confirmed in his new faith. ithi@h Must be sorely shaken at times when hi:; ci higtotio onseidiee " reminds him of "an alien Church." R xILWAYS-PREFER ENCE SLUR ES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 85 87 et Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scot. N.E., 4i per cent lO5 ... et Do. Aberdeen, gas. 6 p.c lOO ,„ ,„ st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st D,, do. Ordinary lOO SO 82 st Do, Midland et Do. Dundee and Arbroath lOO ... 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. gua— all ... st Dundee, Perth, and Aber d3oll Junction lOO 195 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glaa. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 9 t , B at Do do N 0.2 100 92 97 St Do do 6 per cent 100 103 107 et Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 97 101 st Do do B 6 do. 100 105 110 st Do do 0 7 do. 100 115 120 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 96 101 at Do E. Union 4p. e. gua. 100 CO 69 et Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... ■t Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... at Great Northern, 5 per cont 10 , 111 k at Do 5 p.c., rd. at 10 p. c. pus. 100 ... et Do 4i do do do 100 ... et Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 ... at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Groat South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent_ lOO 96 97 at Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 100 101 1001 at Do. Orig. (B.& H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 10) at Do do 44 per cent. 1850 lOO 83 S i st Do do 4 do do at Do do 5 per cent. redem lOO 92 94 9i at Do do Birmingham gua lOO 6.5 6; st Do do do prof lOO 110 116 at Do do Chester gu t lOO 75 80 st Do do do 8 por cent lOO 150 160 at Do do do 5 do 100 95 103 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.a. 100 ... at Do do 44 p.c lOO ... st Do do 44 1859 lOO ... st Do do 6 st Do West Mid.-Oxford Ist g lOO 11 t 114 at Do do 2d gua lOO 111 113 at Do Newport, Ist g. 6 p.c. 100 88 92 st Do do 2d do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ... 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancash. & Yorkah. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Do Barnsley, £5 3s 10d p.c. 100 ... at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 180 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 97 100 at London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO it Do 6 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 at Do 6 do do lOO st Do 4 do Na. 4. 100 at Do 7 per cent 1 0 st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P ) st Da 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO .., at London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO at Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO 88 90 et, Do Shrewsb'y aWelch - pl. 100 88 90 st London and 6.-W. 7 p,c., late 3d shares, lOO 140 143 25.61. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all ... st Man., Shef., & Lineln. G p.c lOO 6 Do £6 all par 4pm st Do 34 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 6 ... st Mid. Consolidated., Gp. c 100' 130 135 st Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c 100 1 0 132 st Do 41 per cent. redeem 100 93 :5 st Do 41 per cent. irredeem 100 93 5 st Do Leicester &Irchn, 4 p.c. 100 88 90 st North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 100 st Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D 100 at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cond 100 st Do Border Union, 5,1 p.c 100 st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4p c 100 85 87 at Do 41 per cent. redeem.— 100 94 05 st Do G.N.E. 4 per cent lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. ... 25 Do York, H.& S. purchase lO 10 101 st Do Stektn & Drling. A. 5 p.c lOO 105 107 at Do W,llartlepool 11. and R. 100 86 88 20 North Staffordshire lOs S. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 01 101 lOs Do Tavistock Anns., 10s all 9 10 lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. Last. (Read. Auns., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 41 percent lOO st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l 100 145 150 at Waterford& Kilkenny, 6pc 100 42 45 RAILWAYS. —PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 44 p c gua. st Do Scot. Cen., min. 7p c lOO st Do 41 p c irredeem all st Do 4p c con., issued at 80 65 st Great Eastern, 41 per cent. 100 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO at Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO at Great Northern, Sp c irred lOO st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO et Do Boston & Sleafd, 44 pc 100 at Great West., W. Midi., 5p c 100 86 90 st Do Joint perpe. 5p c, 1865 100 83 87 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 10) 102 2) Do Vale Neath peril. 5p c all 191 201 at Kent Coast, G per cent, B lOO ... Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 11 at Loud., Brig., &c., 44 pc, 1858 100 ... at Du do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• at Do do 44 do, 1861 100 .. st Do do 48 d o, 18 62 100 .... at Do do & d o, 1 865 100 ... at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sd o st Loud., Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do du C p.c st London &N. Western, 5p c 100 107 102 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 90 93 10 Mau. shef. & Lin., 5 pc,1865 all at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO ... at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 103 105 at Do B 5 do 13 Do spc opt. to cony. to 100 103 106 Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 11 lip Is Do Incony. New Shares 16 ip 22 Do 4p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1867••,,,, 81 14 13p it North British, E. and G., No. 1, 3 per cent.... 100 ... at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 at Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ... at Do E. Q. G., No. 2, 5 p.c 100 at Du N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c ... 100 ... st Do E.&G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 i 4 56 at North Eastern, 41 per cant 100 at Do Stock. & Dart., D 100 107 109 at North Loudon, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire, 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 48 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 du 1861 100 ... at Do sdo (Ch, Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 ............. 100 ... at victoria St. &Pimlico, 44 pc 100 74 73 85 83 84 86 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, at Birkenhead lOO 100 Do. 44 per cent. Prefer all 101 10i at Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 52 55 at Do. 51 per cent. st Do. S do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13 . 6 28 Gloater and Dean Forest , all it Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c lOO ::* at Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c lOO 6:I ° C;.3 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do lOO 63 68 at Gt. West., W. Mid., Heref lOO 95 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21 213 st London and Blackwali lOO 92 94 at Do. 41 per cent lOO at London, Oust., &c., 41 p c lOO at Do. Com. Fund, 5 do lOO st London and Greenwich at Do. do. Preference lOO at London, Tilbury, & South. 100 st Lowestoft, gua. 4 per cent lOO at Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton. & Matlk all at Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 10 Slid-Kent (Cray Line) SO Northern & East , 5 per cent all SO Do. do. 6 do. all at N. Eastern—Hartlep00l „. at. N.West. A perp. prof, sp. c. 100 107 102 at Do B minimumll p.c lOO st ottiug. &Granth. R.& C lOO t 11l as 25 Preston and i% yre ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep lOO 130 132 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 130 122 10 Do do 8 21 2,p at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 97 99 at Do 4 per cent gua lO 79 81 st Do 5 do it Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 80 st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all H 14 20 Do do B all ... 20 Do do C all 01 7 st Weymouth and Portland lOO ,„ et Wilts and Somerset 78 72 78 82 •j •5 4 91 93 DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 116 113 st London and St. Katherine lOO 54 56 54i 51 100 Do Deb. stock, 4 per cent all ... ... Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 35 38 at Southampton , lOO 73 75 st Surrey Commercial lOO OD MI MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Aiterican Tel„ lira, aJi Afistlb:Meittet Tel.; li111.::: Anglo:Mexican Mint all Atlantic Telegraph lOO Do. 8 per cent lOO Australian Agricultural Australian Mort. Laud and Finance, lira Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 9 Berlin Water Works, lint all Do: New a ;at • 8 Bolckow Vaughan, ... 30 Bombay Gas, lizn, Do. New 4 British American Land 44 B. and I. Magnetic Teh, lint 100 British I ndian ¶V a; lint:: :; tll Witistl Ship .00thers :::1:::n 71 Canada Company ill Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l Ceylon Company, limn. Do. A shares City Discount, limn 5 City of Loudon Rua' pro- . tePtY, hul ..„_ g City of Milan Improv. lim. all City of Mosew (las, lira.., all City Offices, lira 25 Colonial, lint. Do. Commercial Union (Asiur) b CotrphtlY . tf Afr.eafi MP!, cli;nts - , Continental Union Gas, lim all Copper Miners of England, pref 71 per cent Cori oration of London Blinds, 1877, 41 per cent, all Do. 187 U, 4 per cent, all Do, 1882; 4' pet coo!: all crodit Fon. of England, lint. all Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO Crystal Palace lOO Do• Preference.,.:.,., : .. : 100 Doi 0 p: c: Psepotual Deb: 109 Darjeeling, • - • 811 Eastern Assam lim East Indian Land Creiit and Finance, lim East India Irriga. & Canal all Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. Egyptian 0 per clew: V'roy Gita: by Egypt: Got. • : till Egyptian Com. & Trad. lien. 6 Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 Do. New Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim. 21 English and Foreign Credit 7} Eng. and Scot. 11 arine, lim. 8 Fairbairn Engineering.., , b Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all Gellivara, lim. 2O General Credit & Die., lim. 71 General Steam Navigation 14 Hom, & Col Marine In. lim Hong Kong and China Gas all Hudson's Bay* all Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. Indo-European Tel., lim lO Interns. Financial Soc. lim Interns. Land Credit, lim 6 Italian Land 5 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all Do. 6 p. c Bds., redeem. 1870, issued 20 all Land Securities, lim 5 London African Trading lO Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 London County Land and Building, lim Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all . Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all Lond. Financial Asso., lim. 30 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 Lend. & Provincial Marine 2 Madras Irriga. Sc Can]. Gua. 6 p. c. by India Gov. lOO Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1im...... l4 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim. all Merchant Shipping, lim all Millwall Iron Works, lien 121 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., line. National Discount Co., lim 5 National Prov. Marine, lim 4 National Steam Ship, lien all Nerbudda. Coal & Iron, lim 6 New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 ew Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 New Zealand Loan & Men : cantile Agency,lim 2l New Zealand Trust and Loa; lim 5 Northern Assam Tea, Rm. 5 Do. B North Brit. Austral., lien lOO North Brit. & Mercan. In 64 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 Oriental Financial, lim ll Oriental Gas, lien. all Do. New 1 Otago and Southland In. vestment, lira 2 Ottoman Gas, lim all Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail, lim Do do. Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all Do. New 1867 lO Reuter's Telegram 24 Ithymney Iron Do. New Rio de Janeiro City Im.,lim all Do. Gas, lim all -Royal Mail Steam 6O Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO Do. 6 p c. Guar. Pref lOO Society FM. d'Egypte, lim lO Socidte Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 South Australian Land Submarine Telegraph Do. Scrip a ll Telegraph Con. & lim all Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim 2 Trinidad Petroleum, lira Bl Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 Do - do. do. all Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 Union Marine L'pool, lim. 5 Union Steam Ship, lim ...... all United Discount Corp., lint. 6 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim. all Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all Universal Marine(ln.), lim. 5 Upper Assam Tea, lim ....... all Van DiCTIVIII . FI Land ......... Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. ( ortgage) Loan.., all Warrant Finance, 1ira....... 12 West India and Pacific Steam, lim. .................. 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses .................. 10 k 21 1 Mll 31 32 32 75 80 78i 15 17 pr 14 14if 3 31 a 5p 31 4k 31. 11 01 15 17 103 165 166 61 72 2 4 1 1 21 3 2d 2 111 41 34 41 .?td .5 - 10 5 6 22 2111 2: 4 2 P 1p L 17 14 4 5 7 10' 104 k 104 105 104 1014 21 2 3 2d 21 25 100 195 100 01 G 4d 17 18 121 121 d NI 93 95 41 44 4:d 225 230 9 10p I 5 4d _if lfd pr ip 83 81 81 31 27 29- 4} 31d 15 fit 151 I 14 14 6 4tl 14 4d 2 24 46 47 34 21d tid 3f 31 23 22d 1} 2 22 17d Id pr 103 104 j Ad 4 - 4 36 41 31 21d 114 12 111 4 3d 3 # 2d 91 11 ld 44 3i I 11 11 7 5 1 2 38 42 161 171 14 15 7 71 41 3 id 1p 11 21 2 11 1 11 32 34 51 53 53 21 1(1 pr 91 30 35p 19 20 51 6 131 191 23 24 62 64 51 3 111 116 ** 6(l 3 4p 35 36 93 98 1 ii 151- 16 2k 2,1 1p 4d p 4 4ip 22 24 Oid 41. 5; 51 3 - 1 1 lip 3 4 7 8 71 711 . 741 12 1011 4 11 :uLtyAiJkl. UOYNANJUNLIT .13ritiib Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.... "100 Do. 1825..._ .." " ... 101 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.jan. 9 &July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug 1 ,.:0 101 106 Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 101 1 , 6 Do. sp. o. Jan- , t July lOO 92 93 92 1 Do. sp. C. Inscribed Bk HO 90 92 Cape G.1.10pe,13 p. 0.1873 lOB 102 194 Do.Apl.&Oot 1890-190 r., 100 111 113 Do. do 1880-90„ 100 107 100 Do. Jan.&July, iggi • 100 108 110 Do. 5 per oeut. 15 Aprii and 15 Oct., Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6 p.k Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. .. 100 106 LOS Do. 1882, Slay and " Nov lOO 108 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & 100 106 11 1 3 Melbourne Corporatn., 181745, 6 per ctn.., 103 - N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July - nattal 6 p Apl & Oct - Do 6pc3l y & No r.. 100 105 IcB --N. S. W. 5 pro., '7l to '75 lOO v 0 101 Do. 6 p.c. 1888 to DM lOO 99 103 921 Do. 5 p.O. rd. '67 to '75 lOO 9) 101 N.Zealand, 6p. ot. too - Do. 5 per cent.... -- Do Jan, Ap'l, J u'y, 0 t tco 974 9.36 97 ••••• DJ 6p a. Mar & ept '9l 1(0 108 LIO Do Ju , e & Deo , 1 , 91 ▪ 1(0 109 .11 - SDo Prov. i AtActld , —r( rte.' SO, I.zllo " /NOVA So , ,tia Cp. O.J AIL,. - and July, 1875 - Do 18 6.. Queenslnd. 6p. c.'B' 4 5 Do 1801 . . S. Austral. 6 p 0.180) 77 lOO Do 1878.92 lO9 103 110 Do 1893 1924. 10) 10 6 108 . Tasmanian 6p c, 1 2 95 lOO lob 10 7 Do rd. 1893 to IS9! lOO 1(5 100 Victoria 6p.0. Jc&July., 100 1801 lOO 319 114 Do. do. April & Oot lOO 114 111 COURSE OF EXCHANGE-7his Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 19 ... 11 19 4 Do Rotterdam - ••• 12 ... 12 Antwerp — ... 25 3r9... 25 4o Brussels — ... 25 379... 25 45 Ramburgh _ ... 18 104 ..• 18 11 Paris - ... 25 20 ... 25 25 Ditto Mraseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main 1201 ... 120* Vienna — ... 11 75 ... 11 90 Trieste -.... ... 11 75 ... 11 90 Petersburg Copenhagen ... 9 20 ... 9 23 Berlin Aiadrid.. 47iCadiz _- ... ... 27 55 ... 48 Leghorn - ... 27 67 Milan 27 55 ... 27 671 -- ••• Genoa — ... 27 55 ... 27 67 t Naples - ... 27 55 ... 27 671 Palermo-- ... 27 55 - ... 27 671 Messina Lisbon 51i 51i 52i Oporto s2i Rio Janeiro ••• ••• Now York DISTURBANCES IN Bo EM I A.--'rhe lndependance Beigeobserves that the Governor •f Bohemia has not had long to wait before exercising his exceptional powers. Until now the persons who have habitually created dis turbances dispotsod at the sight of soldiers merely to Change the scene of disorder; but now the breakers of th• peace have been informed that the hour of tolerance is over, and that General Koller is determined to maintain order by all the means in his power. At Stuichow lately they had proof positive of his intentions, inasmuch as several men were wounded, either from making resistance or frora being charged too brusquely. REPRESENTATION OF OXFORD kUNIVERSITY.— OXFORD, Friday.—Sir Roundel Palmer has accepted the invitation to stand for the university. Dr. Sewell, the warden of New College, it is stated, will act as chairman of the committee. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills.— Palpitation of the heart is frequently not only felt, but heard, prevents sleep, and begets the utmost draad of impending suffocation. These Pills are particularly recommended for removing this affection, because they strengthen the nervous and debilitated, who are much more liable to this ni , lla.dy than other persons. Holloway's Pills so improve the digestion, increase action of the liver, and give activity to the bowels, that giddiness, headache, and nasuea depart as the palpitation diminishes, and the sufferer at once experiences the most indescribable relief from anxiety. Hollo ,way's Pills form the best alterative and aperient in all cases of convalescence from fevers, inflammations, neuralgia, and all chronic diseases which Imre imPoTOritill9cl the blood Awl brain. MIL 130IIVERIE AND Mlt. MILL. The correspondence between Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Mill, Which Jias just been published, is well worth reading, and Liberal dalitlitlatei Would do well tc study it. Mr. Bouverie's letters are as nett im-kneee of a gentlemanly " setting down " as we have 6vet read. What right has Mr. Mill to assume that he knows better than the electors of Kilmarnock who is the better representative, Mr. Bouverie or Mr. Chadwick ? Even supposing that Mr. Chadwick is the better man, why giutia he attempt to supplant a good man, instead of one whom ho would consider a bad representative; why not fight a Tory, whose views he would condemn. than a Liberal with whose views he would agree ? Ie a constituency to be always changing its representa tives, iu .the hope of improving them ? Would a master be morally justified in turning off a good and faithful servant, who had been with him for a quarter of a century, because he thought he could get a better one ?" Mr. Mill, who takes no part in his own election, who runs off to the South of France when the electors of Westminster would like to heat his opinions on the questions of the day, is strangely fond of interposing in other elec tions. Testimonials to the worth of Mr. Chad wick, Mr. Odger, and Mr. Bradlaugh are scarcely fair when they are given at the expense of Mr. Bouverie, Sir Henry Hoare, and Lord Henley. The value of one to the first-named gentleman must be very much deteriorated by the fact that it is also forthcoming for "Iconoclast." It is a pity Mr. Mill does not follow the example of Mr. Bright, and decline to sanction the plan of putting up political principles to auction. TEE MINORITY CLAUSE. Y: very effort is being made by the Liberal party in London, Birmingham, and elsewhere to " defeat the minority clause." The gain, however, if anything, will be with the Liberals themselves. The clause affects thirteen constituencies, returning forty members. The Nonconformist, in calculating the probable results of these elections, points out that the same constituencies returned in 1865 thirty-five members—twenty Conservatives and fifteen Liberals. Giving the supportersof the Government the full benefit of doubtful contests, it seems probable that the seats affected by the minority principle will be about equally divided, in which case the Liberal party would benefit by the experiment to the extent of five seats. This deduction, however, implies that they would have been unable, if this innovation had not been made, to gain a seat during the present election for Berks, Bucks, and Oxford. THE HOME SECRETARY AND THE PAYMENT OF POOR RATES. tie exposure "of both of them„ in . whatever fors they may be manifested, that so their ithrnediate effects may as far as possible be neutralised and their ultimate destruction secured. In connec with this subject, a novel address issued to the electors of Merthyr Tydvil and Aberdare should be tic:Coeds It proceeds from an ironmaster, named SenkirkA, anti is to the effect that the advertiser will pay any elector who loses his situation through voting at the election for Mr. Henry Richard and Mr. Fothergill 20s. per week until such elector is pro vided with a similar situation. The other candidate, Me. Bruce, is backed, it is said, by an ironmaster employing 8,000 workmen. The inevitable " principle " of the Reform Bill meets us at every turn. The fact is, that the per sonal payment of rates has been found altogether unworkable. The poor people who were summoned and could not pay have become so numerous that Mr. Hardy has been appealed to. He has therefore issued a circular pointing out that a summons is not necessary as a preliminary to a relief from the burden, but that a day may be appointed for those desiring to be excused to wait upon the magistrates and obtain a dispensation from payment. CAPTAIN SIIERAIID OSBORN. Captain Sherard Osborn, who is now contesting Birkenhead in the Liberal interest, has just made a very remarkable speech. It was upon the subject of naval expenditure, but instead of dealing with tile well-known facts and figures which have been already discussed ad nauseam, he went to the root of the mat ter, and shelved that our extravagance arose from a false and antiquated foreign policy. He contended that " the British notion that the high seas were made for Englishmen only, was beginning to give way. He had found it very difficult to bring his mind to the conclusion that the high seas were not altogether made for Englishmen. The notion of exclusiveness was disappearing, and in company with it the impression that Eng land ought to k ee p up squadrons in . all the seas of the world , and maintain the police of those seas for the rest of the world at her own expense. Various strong positions in different parts of the world, such as Gibraltar, had been seized, and the English people were told that those places were ' keys' which must be fortified. The fact was, that in these days of ironclad steamers such keys were practically useless. Twenty Gibraltars could not pre vent those steamers from going into or coming out of the Mediterranean Sea." We believe that hitherto the authors of " Essays on International Policy "—Mr. Congreve, .Mr. Beesly, Dr. Bridges, and others of the " Positivist " school—have been the only persons bold enough to declare that we ought to surrender Gibraltar. That a member of one of the " services " should assert this, is indeed a remarkable occurrence. Captain Osborn appears equally prepared to give up Malta, which costs us a million a year, and says that he will assist Mr. Gladstone in demanding that England shall no longer be burdened with the cost of defending Canada. If Mr. Gladstone gets many such allies as Captain Osborn the reform of our national expenditure will prove far easier than a reform of Parliament proved. 1111. DOULTON. Mr. Doulton, the Adullamite M.P. for Lam beth, has retired. We are not surprised to hear it. Mr. Doulton alleges ill health ; the same cause, by the way, which made him ask for delay when certain grave charges were brought against him at Brussels. His politics, too, are not of the Lambeth pattern, and having no longer an unlimited supply of money wherewith to make them go down, he very wisely retires : and leaves the battle to be fought by two rich citizens. As the Liberal candidates are, by the retirement of Mr. Hughes and Mr. Doulton, reduced from four to two, the prospects of Mr. Morgan Howard, the " Constitutional " candidate, are not brilliant. THE CONTINGENT BARONETCY. Mr. Darby Griffith appears to hive discovered a mare's nest. It is not the first time he has made that discovery. Ile asserted that Sir Samuel Bignold, being anxious to induce a certain gentleman to stand for Norwich, received from him the answer that he would do so only on his claims to a baronetcy being recognised by the Premier, and that thereupon Sir Samuel obtained from Mr. Disraeli a promise that the coveted honour should be bestowed. Sir Samuel writes to deny the story in every particular. He received no such communication, and made no such application. Mr. Darby Griffith must try again. • CONSERVATIVE JOURNALISM. The " Working Men's Constitutional Association " at Deal have passed a resolution, in which they com plain that all the most widely-circulated weekly news papers are of Liberal politics, and they ask the Conscryative imions to " agitate " for a Conservative weekly pare-. The men of Deal do not seem to have heard of the British Monarchy and the British Lion, both cheap weekly Conservative papers—both, we believe, now defunct. Then there was the Realm, a high-priced paper of " Constitutional " politics, which lasted four weeks ; and the Monitor, which was never more than a name. Either Conservative papers are very unfortunate, or Conservative newspaper readers are very few. THE BALLOT. The Ballot Society, formed several years ego to advocate the adoption of the ballot, admits, in an address to the electors, that so far they have failed in their object. Mr. Gladstone, in his speech at Liver pool, sheaved that he was still opposed to it ; Mr. Mill, in his speech to the constituency at Westminster a declared very emphatically against it ; and thoug Mr. Bright still insist 3 upon it, he does so with little thatfervour which its advocates used in years gone b- On the other hand, the new men of the Liberal pari and most of the advanced candidates are going strongly in its favour. It is by no means improbLa that the coming session will witness a struggle ups it, and in no way impossible that another gener. election will be decided by the ballot-box. In th. meantime, however, the Ballot Society is very anxiori: as to the extent of corruption during the elect:.on which are now at hand. They have, therefore issued a manifesto, warning the electors, new an• old, against the dangers to which they are exposed A cautions them against both corruption eau TAWAcatitma..,/}nsi urge§ THE STATE PURCHASE OF RAILWAYS. The Daily _Arms publishes another letter from Mr. Arthur Williams on the purchase of railways by the Ptate. In his last production Mr. Williams adduced sonv3 of the advantages of appropriation. It must be namittea thcry are very great indeed. There would be one nninvement, resulting in harmony ol action, economy of v rlino-, certainty of regulation. • and facility of transit. Instead cu c9utlicting interests therg would be only one master; the enonnons salaries to ben,rds would be saved : a smaller number of (AIWA would be required ; the enormouc legal "item" would be almost swept a‘,-y ; the farce would become uniform, and, as a remit of the better management, lower. This litter si-atemen...; Mr. Wiliams will judify in another letter. WATER syrrix AND DIIAINAGE. It is a question,after allovliette7 in pros iling thei. - 11-2ge, subterranean tunnel 3 the corporation of the metropolis obtained the best solution of the drainage difficulty. The trial at the Wimbledon volunteer meeting this year of )loule's dry earth closets resulted satisfactorily. Hero was a town established in a few hours, without the means of making sewers of any kind, and yet with perfect drainage—if we may so express it—drainage without water. There were —so, at least, it is posi tively stated—no noxious smells or pestiferous gases, no waste of valuable water (for water on the (jointrion, was valuable indeed), and comparatively little labour, That these closets might be . set up in villages is now generally admitted. Would it be possible that they should be used in towns ? Mr. Thomas Ha,wkesley %ays " yes," and in a letter to the Times advises tht an experiment should bb inacle, His proposal is rather arbitrary, however. " Let the Clovernment," he says, " set apart a portion of the town for the purpose, and interdict the house holders in that district from throwing anything but animal refuse into earth closets or receptacles, or from disposing of suck refuse in an y other way; then a company would be formed to work the ,district allotted to it." THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN LONDOg. " A Country Cousin " very wisely calls attention to the strange neglect with which we are treating the Chinese Embassy now in London. Here is a country containing one third of the inhabitants of the globe, which sends us 100,000,000 pounds of tea, and takes from us 100,000,000 yards of Manchester and Yorkshire fabrics every year, and yet its official representatives have no sort of —State reception; and for all that we know may be a party of private gentlemen come over to see Madame Tussaud's waxwork or the Tower. On the other hand, if the Hereditary Grand Duke of Stiff und-Starkenstein, whose dominions consist of half a dozen square miles predestined to be . gobbled up by Prussia, and whose exports to England are repre sented by some thousand dozens of Seltzer water and a few gross of meerschaum pipes per annum, had paid us a visit, a special train would have conveyed his Serenity from Southampton to London, a depu tation of directors would have been in attendance at each railway terminus ; her Majesty's carriages, accompanied, perhaps, by a squadron of Life Guards, would have conveyed the illustrious stranger to Windsor ; he would have dined in state at the Mansion House, and feasted with civic companies. The Americans know better. They are paying every deference to a nation numerous enough, and if led by a military genius powerful enough, to overrun Europe. An astute New Englander presides over the mission, and must be smiling grimly at our mistake. The truth is, we cannot get rid of our old traditions and because German dukelings still continue to provide us with husbands and wives for the children of our sovereign, we still think them as of much importance as we did when the King of England was King of Hanover, and China was a terra incognita. MR. GLADSTONE ON THE CHINESE WAR. A correspondent of the Times illustrates what he calls " the inaccuracy of contemporary history," by a criticism of Mr. Gladstone's speech at Warrington. The right hon. gentleman ascribed the Chinese mis understanding in 1859 to Lord Elgin's being escorted up the Peiho by a fleet, when he went to sign the treaty of peace. " Civilian," however, points out, in a letter to the Times, that there are several in accuracies in this statement. In the first place, it was Sir F. Bruce, and not Lord Elgin, who went to the Pciho in June 1859 ; and, in the second, his mission was not to sign a treaty of peace, but to exchange tin ratifications of the treaty of peace which hzd been signed by Lord Elgin twelve months before—in June 1858. And as to criticising the Government (Conservative) for sending the fleet out, " Civilian " maintains that it was a precaution more than justified by the treachery met with. Mlt. PURCHAS AND THE BISHOP OF CHICHESTER. 4 correspondence of seven letters between Mr. Purchas, the Bishop of Chichester, and Mr. Wagner, the vicar of Brighton, is published. The Times makes it the subject of a severe article upon the first named gentleman. The letters scarcely justify that severity. Mr. Purchas disputes the legality of the Bishop's inhibition, not because he believes his ritual to be lawful, but because he is the incumbent of a benefice, and cannot be legally inhibited, as a clergyman who is only a curate can be. The question at issue is, therefore, no longer one of doctrine or ritual, but of property. The Bishop has a perfect right to proceed against Mr. Purchas, but he must do so legally. It does not appear that he is doing this. Another point is raised incidentally in the correspondence. Complaints have been made against Mr. Purehas for mutilating the service. He admits the mutilation, but says it took place only on one occasion and in conse quence of his sudden illness, and that it shall not occur again—a sufficient answer, one would have sup posed. On the other hand, he alleges that the vicar of Brighton persistently, constantly, and of full pur pose " mutilates " the services, by infrequent celebra tions of the Holy Communion, by the total omission of all the saints' day services, and of those for Ash Wednesday and Ascension Day; by omissions of parts of the marriage service, he not allo win g marriages to be solemnised in the other churches. Lastly, Mr. Wag ner charges fees for the registration of baptisms, aprO ceeding which, inasmuch as it virtually amounts to sell ing, one of the sacraments, is infinitely more important and more objectionable than the presence of lighted candles on the altar. Clearly, the bishops ought to be impartial ; and if they are determined to insist upon exact compliance with the Act of Uniformity, they must demand it as much from those who err by defect as from those who err by excess. In this matter the Bishop of Chester set a good example to the Bishop of Chichester when he replied to the memorial presented to him by Dr. M'Neile and other Tow Church clergy of his diocese. THE BISHOP OF CARLISLE. The rector of Woodland, North Lancashire, Mr. Shufflebotham, lately asked his diocesan, the Bishop of Carlisle, to be present at the laying the Tounda tion-stone of a now parsonage. Bishop Waldegrave declined,'. and in a second letter denounced harvest thanksgivings and choral services as " stumbling blocks m a brother'S way, when a Romanisirg party in our Church is busy in every direction in that unhal lowed work." Is it possible that a bishop of the English Church, a double first class university man, a Protestant of Protestants,whohasalways contended for "an open Bible," is so little acquainted with that book as to be ignorant that harvest thanksgivings are to be found there ; that they were common t . o thousand years before Popery ; and that the P. alms which he thinks ought to be read were written by their composers to be sung ? Was David or was Asaph a Papist ? Is not rather Bishop Waldegrave, who denies the right of private judgment ? THE BEV. ALAN GREENWELL. The Manchester Examiner is responsible for the following paragraph :—" An announcement is made which has no doubt some relation to the recent ritualistic observances at Haydock, near Warrington. The Rev. Alan Greenwell, vicar of Thydock, under whose direction the ceremonies took place, will in a few months resign his office as a clergyman of the Established Church." Surely this is a tragical ending to the pig's-head comedy. Only why does Mr. Green well mean to wait "a few months," if hA intends to resign his office ? " SERVING THE LORD." The Young Mcn's Christian Association at Bath have adopted for their motto, " Not slothful in business ; fervent in spirit, serving the Lord ;" an excellent motto. The Young Men's Christian Asso ciation have also engaged Professor Pepper to lecture upon " Ironclads, big guns, gun powder, and recent improvements in gun cotton.' Scarcely an edifying subject for "young men," this ; and not very closely allied to " Chris tianity." Fonign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. A.ustralla and New Zealand, via Southampton Nov 7, Ditto, via Ylrseilles ... .... •. NOT 2 Ditto, via lit.:_aina ........ ........ ............Olt 23. Brazil. Buenos Ayres, and 3.loate Video Nov. 4. Ditto, by French packet .......... .. ....... Oat. •,:2. Cap. Ycrds, by Brazil paoaet . •.. Cape of peed five, Awension, end 6 t. Micas. —.OO t. 1Z Madame Rachel 04 1 Seaman Musa •••••• Six ran. MAIDEN HURDLE PLATE. The Maiden Hurdle, Plate, value 70 guineas; those that never won on the flat up to the time of entry acd been beaten three times or more allowed 71b ; non-profes- Eionals allowed 71b ; llst 71b each ; one mile and a quar ter, over five hurdles. Miss Slierrsti Dr. Wilson '2 Barumite THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening, con taining the Latest Betting, and Races at Hereford and West Drayton, was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. HEREFORD RACES—TeIIs DAT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) musrocilx.ric HANDICAP. The A ristocraticllaadicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund) with 100 added ; gentletnen riders; jockeys Glb exlra. OLIO mile and a half. • P,lroubu ('act us Coldstr. mu_ Six ran. i~LWCOURT SELLING STAKES. The Neweourt Sell:ug Stakes of 3 soya cacti, with 20 added; twc year olds 7st, three Ellt 111 b, four :)rat 91b, five and upwards 104; t!ie winner to be sold for .50 if entered for 40 suVi alluwod 71b, 30 141 b, 20 211 b. One mile and a quarter. Gulaare Rarrooto &kadi HURDLE HANDICAP. The Hurdle Race Handicap of 5 soya each, 1 ft (to the fund), with 50 added ; winners of a hurdle race of steeplechase of the value of 50 sous after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m.) 10Ib extra; two miles, over six hurdles ; 14 subs. Tavistock Vigilant Needleguu SHOBDON CUP. _ The Shobdon Cup, value 200 sovs (Handicap), by sub scription of 10 sovs each ; winners after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m.) 41b, if of the value of 100 soya 71b, 200 101 b extra ; one mile and three-quarters; 21 subs. Lute .. Belfast Jezabel 3 Five ran. LUGIVARDINE NURSERY. The Lugwardino Nursery Stakes of 10 sovs eacb, h ft, with 100 added ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b ; winners of 100 sovs 41b, of 200 101 b extra; starters twice with out winning allowed 41b, three times 71b ; three-quarters of a mile ; 19 übs. Sea Breeze 1 Gipsy 2 Abyssinia Five ran. HUNTERS' STAKES. New Os westry Tendetta 2 Chevalier d'Esprit Ton ran. FAREWELL HANDICAP. .Nlaid of the Mill Barnabo .. Needle Gun • 3 Sis ran. SELLING STAKES. Harrogate Turnover a Arabia WEST DRAYTON RACES—THIS DAY. DE BURGEI PLATE. The De Burgh Plate of 40 soya (Handicap); winners after Oct. 8 (at ten a.ni.) 71b extra; five furlongs. Goodfellow l. Tumbler 2 Spitfire .. 3 Nine ran. GREAT WESTERN PLATE. The Great Western Selling Plate of 30 soya ; two year olds 7st 41b, three 9st, four 9st 101 b, fire and upwards 9st 121 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 40 sore, if for 30 allowed 41h, 20 71b. Three quarters of a mile. Seven ran. SELLING HURDLE PLATE. The Selling Hurdle Race Plate of 3) soya (handicap); the winner to be sold for 40 sous ; one mile and a quarter, over five hurdles. L 11:e Bedford Poleaxe Nine ran. WEST DRAY ON HAND(CAP. The West Drayton Handicap of 7 aovs each, 2 ft, with 50 added winners after Oct. 8 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra; one mile and a half ; 16 subs. Peninsula Piper •• 2 VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.—Ti IS DAT. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 3to 1 eget Cecil (offered -1000 to 3 . 00 taken) 12 to 1 agst Restitution (offered) 14 to 1 agst Mortemer (taken and offered) 1000 to 70 agst Wolsey (offered) 20 to 1 agst Lady Coventry (taken) 20 to 1 agst Boanerges (taken) 200 to 9 agst Blue Gown (taken and offered) 200 to 7 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Warrington (offered) 100 to 3 agst Kingsland (taken and offered) 100 to 3 agst Acton (offered) 100 to 3 agst See Saw (offered -40 to 1 taken and wanted) 50 to 1 agst Lady Raglan (taken and offered) 1000 to 20 agst Noyau (offered) 1000 to 15 apt Kidderminster (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Fidelia (offered—take 1000 to 5) 500 to 5 agst Michael de Basco (taken) 500 to 4 agst Special (offered) 500 to 2 agst Jeannie Deans (offered) 1000 to 4 agst Dtdby (offered) 5000 to 100 agst Kettloholder and Python coupled (taken) DEBBY. 12 to 1 agst Pretender (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. FEBRUARY. Nottingham Spring 23 I Derby Spring MARCEL Liverpool Spring '2 N or th am pton ft Shrewsbury Spring APRIL. Nowmarket Craven l2 I Newmarket First Spring 26 MAY. Chester Bath JUNE. Ascot 8 Hampton Liverp00l Summer Windsor l5 Stockbridge JULY. Newmarket July Nottingham Huntingdon AUGUST. Brighton Brighton Club • 5 Derby Summer 31 Eguam SEPTEMBER. Doncaster OCTOBER. Bedford Leicester LuNDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 13. George Alexander Macfarlane, Esq., has been this day promoted to the rank of Staff Commander in her Majesty's Fleet. WHITEHALL, OCT. 14. The Queen has been pleased to grant the place of one of the Lords of Session in Scotland to George Dundas, Esq., Advocate, in the room of John Marshall, Esq., re signed. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 15. William Bruce Poiter Thompson Esq., has been pro moted to the [auk of Navigating Lieutenant lu her Ma jesty's Hoot. homas Somerville , Esq., has been promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector-Cicumal of Hospitals and Fleets on the retired list. Dr. James Lilburne has been promoted to the rank of Stall Surgeon in her Majesty's Fleet. SAIPPING INTELLIGENCE. IiAVESEND, Friday Morniog. • Arrived, Oct. 15.—Leda, steamer, from Bordeaux; Denia, steamer, from Almeira ; Fulton, steamer, from Dunkirk; Emanuel, from Quebec ; Anna, from Wilming ton ; Cologne, steamer, from Boulogne. Sailed, Oct. 10.-Echo, steamer, for Calais. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed.—ller Majesty's ship Fox, from the river, for the west; Murillo, screw steamer, from London, for San- tauder. 9.." .. ' . )ay.