The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-08 00:00:00

ist graceful 'remiership le has just i the Civil .ary man of ,insworth. )tn Dec. 7. - n Pri nMS :o London, MC. (ER. Dec. 7. to-day in rom Paris, rvice cow.- wo hours. Lony at the ch. 11151. , Noailles, the socie- cc succes s FaHoax, Dec. 8. ,rian, from 'clock this and pro- Dec. 8. h a s been forms, and owes, with transit of the Grand at C!ls‘ 8 pm)* , . e Natio nal 3, impelled ,a de l Sob In bet themselYe° tent of t ° , mora l 813 G • r the pou Dec. 8• , , left MO Minorca/ B in Elig. from T ri- I cable lti , e sth f or ched there rived icor° E 3 a t ras 1 °li d tb° ; an be Serar' )0 n of th° Brinqui e 1 0 k g to- D-day for the Dec. S• , We haft" were 103 b e prow° ith Greece is al oa tb° , Leman ournal ' 11 . 6 o the attl 3onsidared r , sag :/ vi'l" na l , 4 La tists ;o of g°°— a S'o e cave on n3 ortal il th e alol l 6 a The Prl°- e r'lllrlei ..319° - iii , :. 94 163 , ed ois ,io and 0' a , 3ed lie3 t be Lila, 011 the ,ice At g folly ii!, J. Bet e ' )arbl• ,e 1 lart Sau' ir;o r - f 0 rrioc-, o of • 0° ' IS° 0 tightl esS , oo co o) • DO of the ,I3tgtileDaan aiug or, nos! Pr , _ ;tic° ° 1 the ells o f the o f Oion A-tcy• Pir 4 T:t. ir AND CO '::tr.EIVIIAL IV T l'.'11: 7,, w'= Rll C .ii CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business had a drooping tendency to-day, and prices in many instances must be quoted lower. Consols have given way 1, on account, it is said, of the serious aspect of affairs in the East, and the Securities of Foreign Governments have also fallen. In railways Metropolitan appear to be recovering. The rate for loans in the house is 11 to 2 per cent., that for discount the same as last quoted. Coniols are 92 I for money; ditto, for Ac count, 924 1 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 92 ; New Tkree per Cents, 92 4 : ditto, 21 per Cent., Jan., 1894, 741; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 244 2. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 2181 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 12 ; ditto 4 per Cont., 1888, 102 3 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent., 914 44. ; dhto 51 per Cent., May, 1879, 110 ; dittoßonds under £l,OOO, 5 prem. In the Foreign Market Turkish Bonds of 1858, 1 862, and 1865 .have declined 4. to 1 per cent. ; Itilian (1861), the Charkof Loan, 1 ; Peruvian of 1865 and Spanish of 1867, -1. The prices are as follows :—Brszilian of 1865,77178; Chilian of 1867, 96 to 97 ; Egyptian of 1864, £3 to 1 ; ditto of 186 8, 734. to 74 ; Italian of 1861, 56 to 4- ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 31 to 4 prem. ; Mexican, 154 to 1 ; Peruvian of 1865, 814 to ; Russian of 1866, 89 to 90 ; ditto Nicolai, 651 to 60 ; ditto Orel, 79 4 to 80 ; ditto Moscow-Jaroslaw, 781 to 79, ex div. ; ditto Charkof-Azof, 1-1 to 0/ dis. ; ditto Charcow ICrementschug, dis. to 1 prem. ; Spanish of 1 867, 32i to 33 ; Turkish of 1858, 61 to 62 ; ditto of 1862, 61 to 62 ; and ditto of 1865, 3 81 to 39. In the railway market London and North Westerns and Brightons have improved, and are 112 to 1 and 471 to Great Westerns are 481 to 49 ; Midland, 111/ to 112 ; Lon don and South Western, 874 to 88 ; Great Eastern, 41i to 42 ; South Eastern, 794. to f ; Metropoitan, 1034 to 1 ; Great Northern, 1061 to 107 ; ditto A, 1071 to 108 ; Caledonian, 74/ to 75 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 16i to American Five-Twenty Bonds have gone down to 74, 741. Rrie Railway shares, 251 to ; Illi llois Central, 95/ to 961 ; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 361 to 371 ; and the Conso lidated Mortgage Bonds, 371 to 38. In Bank Shares there is a rise in London Joint- Stock, the price of which is now 36+ ; Imperial 17 i to 18 1; London and County, 511 to I ; London and Westminster, 671 to 681 ; Union of London, 381 to 391 ; Anglo-Austrian, 71 to 8 13 6 1 en1• ; and Imperial Ottoman, 1 to 1+ prem. Miscellaneous Shares has slightly declined Th ey now stand at—Atlantic Telegraph Eight P A " Cent. Preference, 31 to / ex div. ; Anglo-Am er i can Telegraph, 211 to 1 ex div.; National Discount, 111 to 121 ; General Credit. dis 2 t o lnternational Financial, 1/ to 11 ; Hudson's Bay Company, 121 to f. An amount representing £140,000 in sovereigns b lv as taken y es t er d a y f r o m the bullion office of the 'ailk for shipment to Brazil. The Great Britain, from Melbourne, has arrived with £250,000 ; the Golden Sea, from Sydney, with 'MOO sovereigns ; the Tanjobe, from Alexandria, with £26,500 ; the Hammonia, from New 1 oil, W ith £34,000 for London, and £16,000 for Paris; and the Hermann, also from New York, with £ . 1 )200. A grea t por ti on o f th ese supp li es w ill b e transmitted to the Continent. A lefisrs. S. Oppenheim and Sons announce to the holders of Diara Bonds (private administration of 1/ - his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt), that they are instr ucted to discount any of the said bonds, up to the 12th instant inclusive, at 7 per cent. per annum. & second memorial on the evasion of its engage ments by the Italian Government has been pre aerated to the Committee of the Stock Exchange b Y the Italian Irrigation Bondholders, and the r," turuittee again postponed the consideration of t he official quotation of the Tobacco Loan. It appears that the Russian Government, after the receipt of the million lately sent hence, have a total of about £11,333,000 at their command with foreign bankers, chiefly, it may be assumed, in Lou do:I, Paris, Amsterdam, and Frankfort. This is exclusive of the various guaranteed loans lately Contracted here and in Germany for railway com panies. Probably the payments from Russia duo or falling due in London and elsewhere during the next few months will absorb the greater portion of the amount, otherwise it would seem of sufficient magnitude to attract considerable attention. Telegrams from Lisbon yesterday repvrt gicaL uneasiness on the Exchange, and a sudden fall of 8 Per cent. in Portuguese securities. The liquidators of the Bank of Queensland have ued a statement showing the appropriation of the funds alread y rece i ve d, an d ma ki ng p r opos a ls f or .despatching Mr. Hugh Muir to act out in the colony rth the view of facilitating proposed arrangements the settlement of the debt due by the Brisbane '°rPoration. l Statis tics usual monthly return, under the Cotton Act, by the Board of Trade, was issuedester day. It contains the particulars for Novem ber, an d Shows that the total number of bales im ported Was 281,913 bales, of which 47,518 were 2'l.3ruerieau, 45,700 Brazilian, 157,839 East Indian, th. 2218 Egyptian, and 7,644 miscellaneous. During ee ,:, sa ine period, the total quantity exported repre c ''ed 1 06,664 bales, and that forwarded inland for 3tleutaption 215,861 bales. an t a meeting of the Millwall Freehold Land D OCk Company, held yesterday, it was re folred to accept the proposals of the contractors Zsettling all accounts open and for relieving the ; 14 . er taking of its liabilities, subject to the prepa ,!ttou of a deed to be submitted for the approval ut the shareholders at a future meeting. b A Petition presented to the Court of Chancery i t the direct ors o f th e C or k an d Kinsale Junctio n ae a b il waY Company, praying the confirmation of a th ei ne of arrangement between the company and 4eir creditors, is to be heard before Vice-Chancellor a lirlß on the 22d inst. W ith regard to the condition of Venezuela, ad b:eBl from Caraccas represent that a few small to ads of malcontents were roaming in the moan -1:48) but that the citizens everywhere desired •;: ace and were disposed to obey the existing Go il:anent. Congress was to meet and the new re i ,l t cleut to be inaugurated on the Ist of January. t o r ;r San Francisco advices mention, in relation 1 . 4 ,,, 4e new American territory of Alaska, that the ve nue steamer Wayanda has just returned from itn ßlti ntner cruise to that country, having visited, Bj ° ,, n g other places, the islands of St. Paul and of the and the coasts of Behring's Sea. South "ne Aleutian Islands good coal has been dis- I tid e . re d ia numerous localities along the coast. The ta ns were uniformly well dispose d. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 8 (4° V I MNIVENT FUNDS. 1:43, Cent. Consols a "" it t° for Account, N ew 3 Reduced 92 f ile: q 3, Per Cent DO. 'I per Cent. Jan. 1894 4. ° ' 6 Per Cent.., an. 1873 ities, SO yrs, expire sth Jau., 1880 — Do) (Redo yrs, expire sth April t:te46 Sea Tele6raph), Aug., 1908 — Doe.quer Bills, .£l,OOO, 2 per tit — pm b c , £5OO 4 ..£lOO & £2OO — pm E 1 .(!'ro. acco England Stock, 4 per Cent n 4 , unt _ 14 4 da 4 er Cent. Bonds )t- Colo p nial Oinnitun Itili! N ,, b lAN CiOVEII,NMENT BECURITI , EB , 1)(7..;,t02k, 10 1 per Cont., April 18‘ 4 2lB/ b o u Peuing, for Account — Do . 5 pur Cent. July, 1840 D ° ' 4„Per Cent., Oct. 18258 rs uertificates tli°o. .Itifaced Pape, 4 per Cent 9ll i b o ' Per Cer.t., Jan. 1872 j j ' ,i Per net May 1879 llO j ' Per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — te D, n ', do. 1882 1) 0 : ,-) - er ), , 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ — 1).. , uotide, 4 per Cont., £l,OOO .. under .ti,000 Arl:OREICili FUNDIS—CLOSIiiii PRICES. R em - --"4,3 Republic, t per Vent sum welt 76i 'how• Do., Scrip .£45 paid .. A_u , tri,ku Bouds p6r mat Do. Brazilizai 5 per Cent, 01). 41 per Cu...lT_, 186;' 72] ; Do. do. 1638 Do. do., 18;;0 GG:I- Do. do., . 1863 6Bl Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account . 7Bl 1 B.ienOs Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. C.Ailian 6 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent 7ll Do. 3 por Cent., 10. 6 per ce• t. 1867 - ''o. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo tibian, 6 per Cent. Dan sti, 3 per Cent., 1825.-- Da.n•itian Principalities, 7 i. er Cent 741 D i 8 por Cent., 1367 B5 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent N 4) pawn, 7 per Cent — Du zSeroed issue •. DJ. ./.5 , 0, Lends Do. .£lOO Bonds Do. 1864 , Do. Account D. t5,)0 Bonds D 9. 4106 Bonds English Scrip, 1868 Do do. £l5 pd ' Government It.til way Vcts'niuree Greek - 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Acccunr Do. Coupon. , Do. Account G itliema la 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 891 Its hau 5 per Cent., 1, 4 •-:65 )o. Account .. — Do llaronunana Railway — Ilexicar- 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Bl Do S per Cont. Anglo-French — et ontevidvau 6 per Cent. .. -- Iloorish imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada l4l Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) . I li Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 81k 1 Pertsgueso 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,•60,'2,'s 38 Do. do. IS'67 3Bl Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 por Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 - 86 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds._ 89} Do. do. . -- 7 - _,l £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9O Do. do £B4 15s. d 0.,...„ Do Nicolas Railway ' 651 Sar liuian 5 per Cent ... Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 -. — Do Account Venezuela 3 por Cent.: — .. .. 82i Do. Ice , mit Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 ,: 221 Dividends on the above payable iu Lo idou. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins .., —. Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 2M. _ Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull" — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Relates, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M — Do Account Itnlia►, 5 per Cent. 1831, E. z5l. Do. Account 56 3. CLOSING PRICES. Consuls, Money 192} Do. Account, Jan. 5 9l- zd HAYMARKET THEATRE. A brilliant audience assembled last evening to witness the first performance of Dr. Mosenthal's new tragic play "Pietra," which had been written specially for Miss Bateman. The play is altogether of a different description to "Leah," but it is all sufficient to afford the great actress an op portunity of exhibiting the conflicting emotions of the human heart, a performance in which she stands without a rival. The scene of Pietra is laid in Italy during the struggles of the Guelphs and Ghibellines. Tiso di Competri, a zealous partisan of the Guelphs, whose hatred of the opposite faction has been nourished by the cruel death inflicted on his sons by Ezzelino, eader of Ghibellines, has gained a signal victory over his enemies ; and his surviving child, has been searching that field of conflict in hopes of finding the body of a son of Ezzelino, reported to be among the slain. Her search is fruitless, but her nurse Marca tell her that from the heaps of slain she has taken a youth and concealed him in her chamber on account of his suppose 1 resemblance to her own ' son. Pietra here beholds the apparent lifeless form of the young Ghibelline, and the sight inspires her with a strange emotion. Forgetful of her hatred to the Ghibeliues she re solves to save him, and does so at the peril of her honour. Gaspardo, a trusty officer of the Duke's, after the battle, has tnisse I a young man, evidently of noble rank, and a track of blood convinces him that the object of his quest has been secreted some where in the castle by Marca. The attempt of Gaspardo to enter her chamber she resists, and the pursuers are about to retire to continue their search when ',cooled° announces that • the missing man is Manfred, the natural son of Ezzelino, the murderer of Pietra's brother. Manfred, on the discovery of his rank and station, desires death at the hands of Pietra, but as she hears the return of the pur suers she warns him back to her chamber as the only place of safety. Pietra tells he ;nurse that she is in love with the young stranger, and they both resolve to protect Manfred. Peitra furnishes Manfred with a master key to open an inner door in the chamber by which he may escape, the sound of a chapel bell on the opposite bank is to be the signal of his safety. A herald from Ezze lino arrives and announces that he is ready to con clude a treaty of peace if Manfred is restored. Peace with Ezzelino does not, of course, accord with the honour of Tiso, and he is astonished to find his daughter is so inclined. Gaspardo, who suspects Pietra, now bethinks himself of the inner door leading to the crypt. Pursuit by that path is resolved upon, and when the destruction of Man fred appears inevitable, Pietra hears the chapel bell, which announces to her the safety o f her lover. After a time Pietra is informed that the castle is about to be attacked by a party of Ghibellines, fur nished, by the treason of Manfred, with the means of entering the gate by the river. Love now gives way to hate, and Pietra resolves on the instant to capture the traitor, as she thinks Manfred. A con flict ensues, and Manfred is mortally wounded, and he lives but to convince Pietra that no villany of his led to the disaster, but that the key of the secret entrance of the castle by which the attack was to be made had been taken from him by force. Love again returns, and Pietra, driven to madness by her woe, stabs herself, and she expires on the body of her first and only love, Manfred. The character of Pietra henceforth is identified with Miss Bateman. Great as has been her per formances in the part of Leah, she has never achieved a more genuine triumph than that of last night. From her entrance in the first scene until the fall of the curtain her acting was all the most exacting critic could demand, and her last creation will doubtless add immensely to her already well acquired fame. The first portion of the cha racter, the embodiment of intense hatred of Ghibellines was a masterpiece of dramatic art ; her deep grief, sorrow, and ultimately love for the wounded Manfield was perfection ; and, last of all, her scorn, hatred, and revenge, kindled by the story of her lover's faithlessnes., fairly electrified the audience and called for tremendous applause. At the end of each act Miss Bateman received au ovation, and at the fall of the curtain she was nearly overwhelmed with bouquets. The success of the piece was signal and complete, and Mr. Buckstono announced that it would be repeated every even ing until the 24th inst., when Miss Bateman's en. gagement terminates. MARKE7 S---1 MS D. 4.1. COLONIAL. S agar.-- The market has opened quietly, with little dis position to purchase at previous prices. Coffee.— No sales of importance to report; but with moderate parcels offeiing, previous rates are supported. Tea continues in moderate request. TALL° \V. The market is steady. Town tallow, 48s 9d ; Peters burg Y.C. on the spot, 51s; December, Ms 9d; January, ols 3d ; and March, Ms 9d. LIVERPOOL COTTON. December 8. Market flat. Sales probably 8,000 bales. THE CATTLE SHOW—(This day.)—The great cattle show at Islington was opened for the first entire day to the public ,at nine o'clock this morning, and at a verysarly period of the morning the hall was crowded with persons. The prize animals are being sold much mere rapidly than lapt year. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, I_6B. SHARE LIST. TLDINAIt A.ND STOCKS, ALX i ~'L,y 3, ClWing Prim. 76 78 74 7ri 741 UU so 77 ;9 i St 70 72 7 9 liusiness done. at Bristol and Exeter 100 st Caledonian lOO • es.nibrlan 2J Cornwall all at Dublin & Belfast June lOO it Dun„Perth, & Ab.Juns 21 East London all 20 L/o 15 - 2 / Do 10 - at Glasgow AS. Western lOO 91 02 at Great Eastern .. et Do. E. Ang,l. No. 2.... 100 7 8 at Great North of Scotland.. 100 16 6 et Great Northern lOO 106 107 103 at Do. A stock lOO 1073 108 108 at Do. li atoek. lOO 12) 1:5 at (itS, and. W. 01 Ireland lOO fd 97 • tit. Western 100 454 1) t Do. South Wales - • Do. W. ,111(1.-Oxtort lOO k+s 28 at Do. Newport lOO 28 11 at Lancashire a I orkatar, lOO 128 2 , 1 12 4 at Lun., itrijzll., it t;oito; 104 DJ &rip . . - - >1 I ...al., kAIiAL~ Do,. .1 Du. Aletrup. Y. A lOO - et Loa. A Aorth Wester: itiO 112 1121 1121 12 1 rt Lou. A Sunlit Vl' eafert tt.o 87 ito sa 7 At Man., Shot., A Lincoln lOO 474 4 41 iii.ttrooolitan . . . l,O 113 4 1031 at Do ExtensiJa 10') 910 1.1 10 00. New rd 10 1 at 31o.rupolttau Dlatrfat. all - 6. 6 10 Motrop. st. John's lV oo 1 6 - st 111.u.butl at Do, Birmin. Dot at North British at Do. N6d. , Pth., & Dui,- 103 at 1 or.Kaatern-lierwiek.. 100 25 Do. U. N.l+l purchaat ..16.13.4 - - at Do Leeds . ....... 100 f.. 41 16 1 at Do York at Do Carlisle at Du Stock. & It,o 1:7 29 at North Loudon 10 Do ow 1868 . 2 14 2 p st North Staffordshire lOO 54 53 bi at North and S.-W. Junction tut) 192 104 10 Do Now £lO aharca 7 ... at Rhymnoy at Shropshire Union 1 0 65 .11,3 at South Devon at South Eastern l6O 78 701 7)4 f 20 Staines, Wok'haat, iC Wok all 12 13 at '1.4.1 Vale NJ 145 ibe lo Do. at Waterford & Kilkenny.. 100 -- 10 Waterloo & Whitelia,l.. 6 1,11 ICek RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE' SHARES AND STOCKS. it Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. lOU 60 68 it Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOl it Do. Scot. N.E., 4j per cent lei st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per coat lll st Do. do. Ordinary HO 71 11 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroati lOll 20 Cornwall, b per cent via all sti Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 1/5 117 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. S.W. gua. I per ct llO st (it. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l lee st Du do No. 2 100 st Do do 6 per cent 101 st Do East Anglian A f p. c. 100 it Do do B 6 do. 100 st Do do O' 7 do. 100 st Do do No. 1, 6 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4 p. c. gua. 100 t DJ Norfolk i p.c. Ex. 1846 100 it Do do i p.c. WaT.Val. 1647 100 st Great Northern, b per cent 11 it Do a p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 101 it Do 4 1 do do do 101 it Do b do at ip. c. pm. 100 st Do Leeds, Bradford, and ... ... 119 k ... ... 12; 97 1.0 96 I 103 198 Ibo Is 3 110 101 09 71 ... ... 112 ... ... 98 i Halifax, 6 per cent lOO at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per eeut lOO 0.1 G LIN est.—Orig.& int.-Bent ___ chg., per guiii b p.c lOO at Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO st Du du 4 1 per cent. 1850 lOO at Do do 4 do do at Du du 5 per cent. redem lOO at Do do Birmingham gum lOO st Do do do prof lOO at Do do Chester gua lOO at Do do do 6 per cent lOO at Do du do 5 do 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 41 p.c lOO at Do do 4 f 1850 lOO st Do do 0 at Do West Mid.-Oxford Ist g lOO at Do do 2d gua lOO at Do Newport, Ist g..; p.c lOO at Do do 31 do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Lancash. & Yurksh. p.c. 100 at Do Barnsley, £5 3s 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (Last Lancashire) 100 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 st London & Brighton, op. c. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends coptingent ou tho Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 4/ p c gua. at Do Scot. Oen. min. 7 p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem all et Do 4p e con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 at Do 5 du, 1862 lOO st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO at Do do 4 do, 1864 lOO st Great Northern, bp c irred lOO st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO at Do Boston & Stead, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. Midi, Sp e 100 at Do Joint perpo. 5 p c,1865 100 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 2J Do Vale N eath perp. 5p e all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B IOU Lanc. and York. Now 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 st Lund., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Da do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do du b do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sdo st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at DO Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C s p.c st London &N. Western, 5p s 100 st London &S. Western, 41 p e 100 10 Man. shat. & Lin., b pc, 1865 all at Metropolitan 5 per cent st Midland, A 5 per cant pref lOO at Du 8.5 do 100 15 Do bp e opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1863 all IS Do 111C0117. New Shares 16 22 Do bp s con. into Old Stk., An:. 31, 1872 a tt t Nort h utoo;£No ..letlo.g ßritish, u pi guaranteed, ecen a 6dt n: i :8 1; 1 11 0 00 i: at Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pa 100 a t Do N. 8.. 5 par cent, 1864 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.e 100 at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p a 100 st North Eastern, 41 par cent 100 at Do Stuck. Jz Dart., D .... 100 at North London, 41, per coat (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire Lp c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1854 100 at Do 5 du 1861 100 at Do sdo (Oh. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 4 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pa 100 ... ... 891 77 81 Si s 1 $7 40 84 8$ ... ... 1024 84 SO 84 SS 102 101 1I( 19i 201 i 11 10, 110 93 9i 94 195 107 105 197 1 i U i I, 1 lho b 3 ir6 107 IL 113 Closing Business Share NAtts. Paid. Price. done 10. Agra J.inlitod, A all 111 121 1:il lo 1 , 0 f : :,0 Albion 100 Alliance. Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, Jim........, all 1$ 19 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1366, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~ 5 21 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 10 Bank of New Zealand all 10 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China all 25 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 20 City 100 Colonial 25 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lint 1) East London, lint a 20 English and American, lieu 16 Jo English Bank of Rio do Ja neiro. lim lO 20 English, :- cottish, and AIN • tralian Chartered 281 Hong liong and Shanghai Bank Cor poration all ... ... 281 Do new ii 4 1 100 Imperial, lint 20 Imperial 0tt0man....... .6 lonianall 27 !J 25 Do new •,0 Lnil. Mortgage of India., lint 4 31 gs 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 78 t 2 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 100 Londonaud Brazilian, lim. 45 92 27 15 11 20 Do new 71 6 41 100 London &River Plate, lint 4O 2 4 23 Do new 10 11 14 2U London Chart, of Australia all 251 14/ 30 London and County 2O 61 62 511 1 20 Do new ism at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ......414 60 London Joint Stock 1 351 651 151 64 20 London and Routh Arican al 1 12 100 London &S.-Western, lim, 20 ... ••• 30 Loudon & Vene zue l a, Jim l2l ... ••• 100 London and Westminster 26 57 69 100 Do Scrip, ice at 10 pm 26 011 551 U 1 4; 100 Merchant, lint 26 7 e 10 Metropolitan, lim 100 Midland, 1im...... s National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, Jim l3 ... ... 100 National I'rovinc. of Eng'd 42 "' "'lO Do .... . 42 ... ... 40 30 National...... II 14 it 20 New South Wales all 42 44 431 20 North-Western 23 Oriental Bank Corporation all 424 414 60 I'rovinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 1 54 100 Provincial of Ireland l6 68 11 921 10 Do new, all ••• ... 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lim 26 13 11 100 Do issued at G pm. 16 ... ... 23 Union of Australia all 47 49 48; i 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London _ ___ $7 SII 6 4 it 33 737 39 17 19 11 63 20 21 20 81 11 12 40 4: i 1 1,0, Id pr Hi 171 MISCELLANEOI7IS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim. all ... . i . 212 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 7 Od p 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all li 17 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 28 SO 24 it Do. II per cent. lOO 73 76 25 Australian Agricultural 94 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim r p 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lint. I 7 d 10 Berlin Water Works, lint. all is 141 10 Do. New 6 I 111 140 Bolckow Vaughan, Hsu. A Bombay Gas, lint. all 4t 44 6 Do. New 4 li of 5J British American Laid 44 15 17 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO lob 1701 20 British Indian Tea, lint all ti gi 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and InTest meut, lint s4 SI 11d 20 Ceylon Company, lint. l* • 24 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lint 6 4f Si 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lint 8 41 Sid 4 1- 6 SO City of Milan Improy. hni all g io 25 City of Moscow Gas, lint all 2 $ 60 City Offices, lint 26 12, 211 d 40 Colonial, lint. Do. .. I 50 Commercial Union (Assur) S p p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint. II icl 20 Continental Union Gas, lint. all 171 184 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 104 Corporation of Londoi Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1021 1041 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 104 106 100 Do. 1882, 44 per cent. all 1021 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, bin. all 14 24 60 Credit Fon.of Mauritius h a m 10 $ 2 ci 7 st Crystal Palace lOO 23 26 st Do. Preference l4O 97 102 at Do. 6p. c Peipetual Deb lO9 107 111 20 Darjeeling, lint. ••• ••• I 0 Eastern Assam, lint. 6} . ...d 60 East Indian Laud Credit _ and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 Is 12 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, Um 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 01 911 I'l 90 891 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 41 44d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 235 240 10 Do. Now 8 9 11p 17 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lim 21 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 6 4,1 100 Eng. and Scot. Marina, lim 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 if 14d 20 Fore-stroetWarohouse,lim l2 pr 1p 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at .£B5 all 861 841 64 50 Gellivara, lim 10 General Credit & Die., lint 71 2 11 15 General Steam Navigation 14 Zit 29 50 Roma &Col Marine In. lint. a 41 ala 10 Rung Kong and China Gas all ... 20 Ittklsou's Bay all 16 151 131 11 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lint 25 Indo-European Tel., lint lO ... 20 Interns. Financial Soc. lint a 11 1 4 20 Interns. Land Credit, lim 6 6 4tl 20 Italian Laud a 11 14 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 2 '2l 100 D o. 6p. c Bds., redeem. 1870, issued 10 ........., all 6 601 11 50 Land Securities, 1int......, 5 31 21d 25 London African Trading_ 10 7 5d 25 Lon. & Calod. Marine, lint 6 ...d 10 London County Land and Building, Ihn. . .... S Loud. Provincial Tel . lint all 31 3; 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 1 IP 00 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 23 221 4 Lund.Gen.Ountibus.Co.lirn. all 1 4 ' 2 2 60 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, 20 Loud. & Provincial Marino 2 Id pr at Madras Irriga. & C aul. Gua. 5 p. c. by I n di a G0v.... 100 1041 10 5 1 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lint... • . ....... 10 Mediterra. Ext on. T el, al f 4 4 4 50 Merchant Shipping, Jim all 36 41 110 Millwall Iron Works, lita l2l ••• 10 Natal Laud and Colonisa tion Co., lint ........ . 25 National Discount do., lim 12 121 25 National Prov. Marine, lint 4 4 3,1 10 National Steam Ship, lin t , all 84 3 / 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, Jim. 6 8 2(1 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint. 3 11 Id New Quebrada, .... .. 44 34 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer . cantile Agency,lim 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lira JO Northern Assa m Tea, lim 5 7 , 10 Do. B . at North Brit. Austral., lint lO 35 „ 50 North Brit. & Moreau. In._ 61 la 21 25 Ocean Marina (Insurance) a 141 15 SO Oriental Financial, ...... ...d S Oriental Gas, lim. ........ ... all 7 7} 7„1 4 Do. New ......... . ......... 1 1 IP " 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, 1int..,...... 2 I ' l IP Ottoman Gas, 1int........ all n 2 l 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint all 2 21 5 Do do. ........... all 1 . 1 ! at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lilts 100 _32 5 6g 50 Poninsu. & Oriental Steam all Do. New 1867 ......... 10 54 1 60 d pr .0 25 Reuter's Telegram ............ 24 30 33 p 20 Rhymnoy Iron. ............... all 19 20 14 Do. New ......... ..... all 24 1 25 Rio de Janeiro City I nn, 134 19 4 20 Do. Gas, lira ...... 23 24 100 Royal Mail Steam ....... . .... 60 43 50 461 51 at Scottish Aust. Invest., Lint 100 1 10 114 at Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 ••• "' 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte him 10 7 61 20 Societe Gen.da l'Empire Ot. a 3 4 p 40 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. I 26 South Australian Land all 35 86 at Submarine Telegraph lOO 93 93 1 Do. 5crip............ all 20 Telegraph Con. &all 15 1 20 Thames and Mersey Marine 11 (Insurance), 1int.........._ 2 2 1 n 44 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lira . 81 10 Trust & Agency of A.us.,lint. 1 1 4 1 ) It Da do. do. all 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada a 1( 1 SO Union Marine L'pool, Him 5 4 4.p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 16 United Discount Corp., lint 6 11 ON lU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 41 54 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all si gip 20 Universal Marine(lx!.), Jim a 1 lfp 01 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 8 4 30 Van Diemanls Land 2 54 7 8 74 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per all 71 cent. (Mortgage) Loan 761 761 12 12 10 ( 1 50 Warrant Finance, 11 " 50 West India and Pa c .- me Steam, lint. ............ 20 4 ad 16 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses ••• ••• COLONIAL OUVIAILNMICNT SECUICITIN6 Brinell Columbia, 6 per 100 , 1895.. lOO - Van.Gov.6 p.c.Jsn.qt July 1877-84 Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug lOO 105 20 Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO 10 10 July lOO 93 " Do. sp. c. inscribed ilk lOO 99 pi ''A Cape G. Hope, 6 p. 0.1873 lOO 102 104 Do.Ap1.&001 1690-1110 0 lOO 111 113 —• Do. do 18 80-00 .• 10 0 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1091 •••• 100 108 i to Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 10') 102 Ceylon, Noy. 187 S, 6 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 103 107 Mauritius, 6p. o, 18 78 ,•• Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO too 108 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 106 pm Melbourne Corporate 1807-25, 6 pet ecnt •.•• 100 N.1.1.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&Juiy.• IGO 102 101 Natal 6 p at, Apl & Oct lOO Do 6p c. 314 & Nov lOO 100 its N. S. W. 5 ire., '7l to '74.• 10 99 lot Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 lOO 9 0 ltM 101 Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 to '25 lOO 9 d 101 N Zealand, Op. cc. 1891 lOO • Do. 5 per cent..... -- Do Jan, A p-1, J uly, D..) 6p c. & 3ept '9l lOO IUB lIU --- Do Ju.e & Deb, 1,91 —f Do Pr0v.,.1 Auckld. ) 1 j .0 —t herici &2, 1896... Nova Scotia OP. c.Jan... and July, 1876 Do lse6 lOO WI 103 Quecnsind. 6p. c. 5 lOO 105 106 108 Do 1891 8. Austral. 6 p 0 .1869 77 lOO : Do 1878.92 lOO 103 110 Do 1893 1906. 10) 107 1(8 Tasmanian pc. 1595 lOO pm 907 Do rd. 1893 to 1891. lOO lt7 108 Victoria tip.o. Ja.&July lOO 1)0. 1891 lOO 112 113 = Do. do, April& 00..4 lOO 109 ilo 1074 rORRESPONDENOE FROM PARIS, (rRoF. our. OW corry.sr,c:NT,ENT.) PARIS, MONDAY, DeMiller 7. The memory of the fiasco of the authorities on Thursday has not yet passed away. The press and the public are revelling in stories of the ridiculous preparations, and the still more ridiculous arrests, by which the terrible demonstration of the populace was prevented. Some unhappy individuals were incarcerated in the Clicby prison or at the prefecture until long past midnight, simply for having ventured to promenade the boulevard. Tho exact state of the Emperor's health remains to some 'extent a disputed ques• tion. He cannot, however, be in such a condition as to give his undivided attention to public affairs. Otherwise these ridiculous exhibitions would never have been per mitted. Two more journals have been acne,' to the noble and very large army of press martyrs on account(); the Ban(lin subscription. In both case:_4, however, the fines «•ere very The mis,:ion of , Senor Oloz3ga to Paris has been the subject of much speculation and dispute, but the Efe'zdard publishes a semi - official statement, which finally determines the functions of the illustrious visitor from Spain. It says that Senor Olczaga has no official character; the Government and the "situation "in Spain is provisional, and so is the mission of the ambassador. "That circumstance, nevertheless, will not hinder the envoys of the Madrid Government from being received abroad with the legitimate consideration due to them, and which will be augmented from the friendly sentiments which the various Powers, and France in particular, pro fess for the Spanish nation." The aspect of affairs is very peaceful at present, but the prospect of peace is not allowed to interfere with con tinued preparations for war. A railway, specially for strategic purposes, is to be constructed fur the purpose of joining the camp of Satory to the Western Railway. The point of junction will be between St. Cyr and,Versailles. At the camp of Satory artillery and munitions for 100,000 men are to be kept constantly in readiness. AL Ravin is to have no successor as the manager and gene ral preponderating influence of the Silelenewspaper. He is to be replaced by an editorial committee, with a president. The most widely-circulated paper in France is thus to be Republican in management, as in all other respects. The Etoile Beige gives some particulars of the Duke of Brabant, which, unfortunately, do not confirm the favourable reports which have been so unanimous of late. This journal says that though the condition of the prince is better than► it formerly was, the progress of the dropsy is not arrested ; the punctures have to be more frequent, and it is now found necessary to renew them every two or three days. This is a very different story. A new play entitled La Madone des Roses, has been pro duced at the Gaiety Theatre. This histrionic composition is not likely to escape the official eye, nor the consequences of the official displeasure. The representation of monks on the French stage is forbidden, but the community is very ill-tregled,in several phrases of the pray. The expression, "A throne can never absolve the crimes which have been committed in order to reach it," WWI received with tremendous applause. The Journal de Paris publishes a letter from Jerusalem, announcing that a great illumination lately took place in that city on the occasion of an edict of the Sultan, libe rating the Holy City for ever from military service and from all payment of taxes connected with the same. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. 96 97 102 104 1034 3 95 10J SS Si 76 76 93 96 65 70 lb• 161 96 DI 193 li2 106 103 11261 83 92 i i 13. 130 135 97 100 guaranteed, - No. i st Du 6 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 „. st Do 6 do do lOO st Do 4 do Ny.4 lOO at Do 7 per cent at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 1)0 st Da 4 do 1859 lOO st Loudon, Chatham, it 'Juror 5 per cent ICO st London and N.W., C. and Nuueatou 5 per cent lOO 109 111 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 3 91 at Do Siarewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 05 91 at London and n.-W. 7 p,c late Id shares, lOO 14 S 146 28.60. Do (Purtsm. perp ens. 286 d) all ... st Man, Slid., &Lincln. 6 p.c lOO 111 117 6 Du st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 60 10 Do redeem. 6 percent b ... at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. C lOO 180 135 at Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c lOO 1.0 14:1 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 94 it, Du 44 per cent. irredceni lOO 97 99 at Do Leicester & Irchn, 4 p.c lOO 80 91 st North British, 5 p.c. No. 1 lOO at Du E. &G. 4p.c.S. 3; D lOO it Du N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO rt Du Border Union, 04 p.c lee st N.-Easterh.--Uous. 4 p.c lOO 86 84 at Do 41 per cent. redeem...., 100 94 95 st Do G.V.E. 4 par cent., lOO 17 Du Berwick capital 8 13.4. 25 Du York, H.& S. purchase lO 10 101 at Do Stektu Drling. A 5 p.c lOO 103 11U at Do W, tlartlepoul 11. and it lOO 67 8/ 871 20 North Staffordshire Ds S. Devon Annuities, 1 a all 91 101 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 910 lOs Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 I 1.0.6. S. last. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 per cent lOO at Do 44 per cent lOO at Taff Vale Nu. 1 lOO 145 150 Bt Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pe 100 42 45 METEOROLOGICAL EXTORTS. Extroine Sea Tuesday, 1... A i F. 1 1 Dec. 8, B. T. ° -4 D. 1 to I F. W. WR. .to 8 a.m. 045 12 , , 19 — -, -- —,— Nairn 29 575. 41 140 E.N.E. 3 2 S.W. o. o'll l 2 Aberdeen Leith Shields .. Scarborough 29'37f. 45 44 E. 5 4 W. b.cr 0'44, 4 Yarmouth 29"36f. 49 49 W.B.W. 4 5 W.N .W.' r.c. 0'32 4 II elder Cuxhaven — Skudesines -- Ardr °seen - 45 44 N.E. 2 6 S.W. o.rn o'oB 1 Green castle 29 - 4 Cf. 47 4G E. 2 4 W.S.W. co.r 0 - 06;-- Holyhead Liver pool Valentia Cape Clear 29'222. 49 /47 S.W. 5 6 S.E. r.c.10'77 6 Roches Pt 2 9 -19f. 50 j 49 W. 2 6 8. 0.c. 1 0'85 4 Penzance Plymouth %Vernon th . 29 262. 54 52 W. 3 6 E.S.E. m.r'o'39 2 Portamo uth 29"581. 31 43 V. - 6 4 W. r.c. 'o'33 5 London ~ CpeGrlsNea Brest L'Oricnt 2942r. 2.4 52 W.S.W. 8 8 8.8 E. r. 1 0 . 62 2 [loch e fort Biarritz Corm' rm — Brussels Paris Strasbourg — _ Ton !on It tart's Con tent 19 a.m. local time) 1 , . -- EXPLA NA Faros/Icier corrected and reduced to if dec. n rea Icrel. The letter r, tibing ; f., fallirg : a.. rtrady— ii d.cnte L cf thttionof t rntrcury within last 31 bcnrs. ctcr ext vied in shade. Extrcrue Face a itt it Direction dtnirg lcrt 24 bcnrs. Z.—calm Wealbtr; 1•.-11ue ay; ettitttd; I.—fcs ih.—bal g ni.— witty. Lazy t. ;r.— rain:N.—snow t.—tbundcr. rncw or bail (nieltcd) clurit,g last 24 hours tea disturbance, REMAIIIM A rapid decrease of pressure has occurred on our E. coast since last evening : elsewhere the change has been in the same direction, but not to the same extent, Readings on tho Irish coast are, however, half an inch lower than they were yesterday morning ; in the north of Scotland they are a little higher, and pressure seems steadier there. The difference between readings at C,:pe Clear and Rochefort is eight-tenths of an inch. A band of very low pressure stretches across these islands from Valencia to Yarmouth. Little change is perceived in temperature. Winds backed yesterday on our S. coasts to the S.E , and were fresh. It blew strongly in London last night from the S.W. This morning fresh westerly winds are prevalent in the Channel, but on our E. coasts an easterly wind has set in. On the W. coast of France asouth-westerly gale is reported. The weather Is unsettled. cloudy or overcast, with rain in places. On all coasts rain has fallen :in the S. and S.W. it has been heavy. Warning& issued to all coasts. Professor Sharp has been appointed Principal of the United Colloges, St. Andrews. ➢lr. William Chambers has been re-elected Lord Provost of Edinburgh. It is reported that should Sir 11. Waterlow require to be re-elected for Dumfriesshire, in consequence of the Government contract with the firm of which he was the head partner, Mr. Carruthers, of Dernignt, will oppose him as a "ConstituVonalist." Earl Granville, the President elect of the Shrop shire Chamber of Agriculture, will preside at the annual dinner to be hold at Shrewsbury, next month. Three boys employed at the Ilarlestone Works, Caslisle-street, Sheffield, finding a cat, poured a quantity of naphtha over it, set it on fire, and then, with fiendish do light, watched the poor creature rush wildly about the shop. The magistrate let them off with a fine. WOMEN'S CLUB AND INSTITUTE. —A movement is in progress for extending to women all the advantages which mon have or are supposed to have derived from their clubs. The Women's Club is to embrace all ranks and conditions of the sex. The names of many reformers of note and influence are on the council, while those of ladies who have been foremost in the struggle to obtain female suffrage are likew:s.t consp:cw)ui. The following are among the more noteworthy :—The Countess of Ports mouth, Lady Boxer, Mies Lydia E. Becker, Miss Frances Power Cobbe, Mr. Thomas Hare, Mr. George Grote, F.R.S., Hon. Auberon Herbert, Mr. W. B. Hodgson, LL.D., Mrs. George Howell, Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P., Mrs. Frank R. Malleson, Mrs. James Cotter Morison, Mrs. Hodgson Pratt, Mr. Hodgson Pratt, Mrs. James Manning, Mrs. P. A. Taylor (Aston Ro want), Mr. P. A. Taylor, M.P., Mr. George Virtue, Sir Sydney Waterlow, and Mrs. Westlake. Mrs. K. E. Heatherley is the honorary secretary. A THOUGHTFUL BOY.—A certain Sunday-school teacher was in the habit of making a collection in his juvenile class for missionary objects. He was not a little surprised one day to find a counterfeit shilling among the coppers, and on asking the class who put it there, the donor was pointed out by one who had seen him deposit "Didn't you know that this was good for nothing?" said the teacher. " Yes," answered the boy. "Then what did you put it in the box for ? " Tho boy coolly replied, " I didn't s'pose the little heathens would know the difference, so I thought it would be just as good for them." THE REPRESENTATION OF WAREHAM. - The funeral of Captain J. H. M. Calcraft, R.N., the newly elected representative of Wareham, who died on Tuesday last, took place at St. Mary's Church, Wareham, on Satur day afternoon, amidst a large concourrie of friends and npporterg. The shops of the town were all closed during the ceremony. No public action has yet been taken by the electors towards filling op the vacancy in !,he representation, but it is generally understood that Mr. J. S. W. S. E. Drax will again contest the borough on Conservative principles, and that Mr. W. M. Calcraft, brother of the late member, will be solicited to offer himself as the Liberal candidate. The name of the Right Hon. Milner Gib. on has been much spoken of in the town as a very eligible cand date, owing to the well known intimacy of that gentleman with the family of John Hales Calcraft, Esq., who possesses great influence in the borough, and also to the fact of a Mr. Henry Calcraft, a younger brother of the late member, having for some years been private secretary to Mr. Milner Gibson. The Liberals and Congervativee are very evenly balanced in the boron)); Zara 101 103 RAIL WAYS.-LLNES LEASED AT FIXED EENTALS st Birkenuoad luU 1.2 94 100 Do. 4 per cent. Preior all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 61 66 st Do. 61 per cent. st Do. 6 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stour Vall ey • ••• at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 1171 a; 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all . . at Gt. Easn., Ne win., ~ &c., 6 p. c IOG •• • a t Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c lOO 61 72 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do lOO 69 72 at Ct. West, W. Mid., .13 ref lOO 95 97 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 at Lancaster and Crteliale DO 211 213 at London and Blackwall lOO 92 94 941 a t Do. 41 per cent lOO ••• ••• st Loudon, Cnat., &c., 41 pC. 100 „. ... st Do. Corn. Fund, b do. 100 „. . at London and Greenwich a t Do. do. Preference lOO ... „. at Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 78 t 2 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 79 88 at Do. do. 6 do. . .. 4 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all . 6 bi at 3liclland, Bralford, Pref lOO 92 91 10 Mid Rent (Cray Line) 50 Northern& East., 6 per cent all 58 66 di 60 Do. do. 6 do. all ... . at N. Eastern—Hartlepool .. at N. West. A perp. prat', ip. c 19,1 113 hp at Du B minimum 1) p.c, lOO ... ... st N ottin g . & Crranth. R. a C lOO 92 91 25 Preston and wyre all 41 46 ... Royston, Hitch. and Shep lOO 113 1,35 131/ at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 113 Ll 5 10 Do do 8 21 2 p bt S. Yorksh. and 'Oyer Duu 10J 93 100 at Du 4 per cent atm lO , 7'J 31 at Do 5 do ••• all 97 99 at Via. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 130 at \Vest Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all ... „. 20 Do do C all 64 74 at Weymouth and Portland lOO m ... st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 110 st Loudon and St. Katherine 100 53 b 5 100 Do Deb. stock, 4 per cent al Miliwall Freehold Land et Duck lOO 34 36 et Southampton lOO TI 76 at S urrey commercial THE NEW MINISTERS. THE MUST LORD OF THE TREASURY.—MO . Right Hon. W. political Hie at the general election of December 1832, when he was elected member for Newark in the Conservative interest. In December 1834 Sir Robert Peel appointed him to a Junior Lord ship _of the Treasu r y, an d i n t h e F e b ruary following, to the post of Under-Secretary for the Colonies. Mr. Gladstone retired from office with his leader in the following month of April, and remained in Opposition until 1841. When Sir Robert Peel returned to power, Mr. Gladstone was sworn a member of the Privy Council, and accepted - office as Vice-President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint. He had to defend the commercial policy of the Government in the Lower House, and the revision of the British tariff in. 1842 was almost entirely the result of his energy and industry. This important work received the sanction of both Houses with scarcely a single alteration. In May 1843 Mr. Gladstone succeeded the Earl of Ripon as President of the Board of Trade, but resigned that office in the early part of 1843. Ife afterwards became Secretary of State for the Colonies. In 1846 he ceased to represent Newark, and was returned for Oxford University in 1847. This change was made because the Colonial Minister sup ported the Corn Law policy of Sir Robert Peel, and was therefore unwilling to remain under obligations to the Duke of Newcastle, who had influence at Newark, and who strongly sided with the Opposition. Mr. Gladstone became more and more estranged from the Conservatives, and finally separated from his party in 1852, refusing to take office in the Cabinet of Lord Derby. His brilliant attack upon the Budget of Mr. Disraeli was the chief cause of the fall of the Cabinet and the acces sion to power of the Earl of Aberdeen. On the formation of the coalition Ministry, headed by this nobleman, Mr. Gladstone became Chancellor of the Exchequer. On the reconstruction of the Aber deen Ministry, under Lord Palmerston, Mr. Gladstone withdrew on finding that it was not the intention of the Ministry collectively to oppose the vote of censure implied in Mr.-Roebuck's motion for the appointment of a committee to investigate the condition of the British army before Sebastopol. Mr. Gladstone now re mained for sometime an independent supporter of Lord Palmerston's Government. In the winter of 1858-9 he undertook the mission to the lonian islands, and in the following June he was made Chancellor of the Exchequer. This post he held in the Liberal Ministries until his election by the voice of the country to the highest dignity. The LORD CHANCELLOR, Sir William Page Wood, born in 1801, was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1827. He was M.P. for Oxford from 1847 to 1853, Vice-Chan cellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster from 1849 to 1851, and held the office of Solicitor-General from 1851 to the following year, when he was appointed a Vice- Chancellor. FOREIGN SECRETARY.—G. W. F. Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, was born in 1800. He entered the diplomatic service at an early age, and was afterwards employed iii the civil service of the Government both in Ireland atid abroad. In 1833 he was appointed British Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Madrid, a post which he held until 1839. In 1840 he was sworn a member of the Privy Council, and took office as Lord Privy Seal and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in Lord Melbourne's Ministry, 1840-1. In 1846 he was President of the Board of Trade. On the death of Lord Bessborough, in 1847, he became Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, holding this great office until 1852. He was appointed Foreign Secretary in 1853, and conducted the negotiations with France, Austria, Prussia, and Turkey throughout the Crimean war. When the Earl of Derby attempted to form a Cabinet, on the fall of the Aberdeen Ministry, in 1855, he expressed a desire to retain Lord Cla rendon as Foreign Secretary. The Conscrvati ve Government, however, was never constructed, and the Foreign Secretary retained his seals under Lord Palmerston until 1858. In the capacity of Foreign Secretary he signed the Treaty of Paris in 1856. He rejoined the Liberal Administra tion in 1864 as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. THE SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES.—George Granville Levison-Gower, Earl Granville, entered Parliament as member for Morpeth, in 1836, being then just of age. Early in the year 1840 he accepted the appointment of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, which he held for some mouths. In 1846 he succeeded to the peerage, and in 1848 took office as Vice-President of the Board of Trade. In 1851 he obtained a seat in the Cabinet, and in the following December succeeded Lord Palmerston as Foreign Secretary. This post he did not, however, hold for any length of time, as the Russell Ministry went out of office shortly after wards. Earl Granville was appointed President of the Council in 1853, and in 1855 he undertook the Ministerial leadership of the House of Lords. In 1859 he was again chosen President of the Council, and held this post until the accession of the Conservatives to power. Besides holding these offices, the Earl of Granville has at different times acted in the capacity of Master of the Buckhounds, Paymaster of the Forces, and Treasurer of the Navy. The order of the Garter was conferred upon him in 1857. He is Chancellor of the University of London. Tun SECRETARY ma INDlA.—George Dundas Camp bell, Duke of Argyle, was born in 1823, and succeeded to the peerage at the age of 24. He hail acquired a consider able reputation both as a writer and a politician before he took office. In 1849 he opposed the amendment to the Address moved by the Earl of Derby, and spoke strongly in favour of free trade. In 1851 he was elected Chan cellor of the University of St. Andrews. He first took office as Lord Privy Seal in 1852, under Lord Aberdeen, and retained this p os t un d er L or d Palmerston's premier ship. In the latter part of 1855 lie resigned the Privy S9al and became Postmaster-General. In the Palmerston Cabinet of 1859 his Grace again took the Privy Seal, which he exchanged for the office of Postmaster-General on Lord Elgin being sent in 1860 on his second special mission to China. The duke, however, once more gravitated to th e P r i vy S ea l in the same year. He is Hereditary Master of the Queen's Household in Scotland, Chancellor of the University of St. Andrew's, Rector of the University of Glasgow, a trustee of the British Museum, and Hereditary Sheriff and Lord-Lieutenant of. Argyllshire. THE SECRETARY FOR WAR. The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, horn in 1813, was called to the bar in 1838, and entered Parliament as member for Clitheroo in 1842. He supported Sir Robert Peel during the great financial changes of 1845-6, and was returned for Liverpool in 1847, but lost his seat in 1852. In the following year he was returned for Oxford, which he has continued to represent with but a trifling interval. Mr. Cardwell's official career commenced very shortly after he entered Parliament. He was Secretary of the Treasury from 1845 to 1846, and President of the Board of Trade under Lord Aberdeen's coalition Ministry. His term of office in this capacity was marked by some very . useful reforms. On Lord Palmerston's return to office in 1859 Mr. Cardwell accpted the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland. From July 1861 to 1864 he held the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster. On the death of the Duke of Newcastle he succeeded to the Colonial Secretaryship. This office he held during the reign of the Liberal Government. THE TioME SECRETARY.—The Right lion. Henry Austin Bruce, has risen to a Secretaryship of State after an unusually short official career. He was born int 1815. In 1837 he was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, but I remained in practice only until 1843. He first entered Parliament as member for Merthyr Tydvil in December 1852, and commenced his official career as Under-Secretary for the Home Department in November 1862. This post he held until April 1864, when he was appointed President of the Board of Health and Vice-President of the Educa tion Board of the Privy Council. He thus takes office as Home Secretary after considerable experience in that department. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.—The Right Hon. Robert Lowe, born in 1811, entered Parli a m en t i n 1852, as member for Kidderminster. In 1859 he was returned for Caine, which he continued to represent up to the election of the present year. He is now M.P. for the University of London. For a short time he was one of the Secretaries of the Board of Control, and in August 1855 was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade and Paymaster-General. On return of the Liberals to power in 1859 he became Vice-President of the Education Board, but after a memorable dispute resigned in 1864. His great reputation as a debater and politician has been acq u i re d c hi e fl y s i nce hi s re ti remen t from office. Mr. Lowe was called to the bar in 1842. In the same year he went to Australia, where be practised with much success as a barrister, and sat in the council of the colony from 1843 to 1850. He was afterwards elected member for Sydney, returning to England in 1851. _ THE FIRST Lour; OF THE ADMIRALTY.--The Right Hon. Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, born in 1827, spent the early years of his political life in Australia. He was a member of the Government of Victoria from 1851 to 1857, and held a seat in the 'first Cabinet as a Commissioner of Trade and Customs. He sat for Portland in the first Legislative Assembly from 1856 7. In April 1859 he unsuccessfully contested Pontefract, but his opponent was unseated on petition, and at another election, in February 1860, he was returned. He was appointed a Lord of the Admiralty in 18G4. During the last term of Isis party in: Opposition he has shewn great financial capacity, and was considered a probable candidate for the Chancellorship of the Exchequer; but he returns to the scene of his first official labours. THE SECRETARY Fon IRELAND.—The Right Hon. Samuel Parkinson Chichester-Fortescue was born in 1823, and entered Parliament as member for Louth in 1847. He has continued to represent the same consti tuency. He wawa Lord of the Treasury from January 1854 to April 1855. From June 1857 to March 1858 ho was Under-Secretary for the Colonies, which office be held throughout Lord Palmerston's Administration. In 1866 ho becaine2:cretary for Ireland. THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.—The statesman who - is, with one exception, the most distin guished in the Liberal ranks, is also the statesman with the shortest official history. ilia. John Bright takes office for the first time. He Is, howeve; - fdptified with the history of the Liberal party during the laSt thirty years, and has materially promoted the most important rei.arrng of the time. Ile distinguished himself lirst in 1839, as one of the-members of the N u ti-C orn Liw League, and was returned for Durham in July 1043, after au unsuc cessful contest in April. His maiden speech was murk almost itrny , %liltley after his return, on August 7, the subject beim r. Ewart's motion to extend the pri lie' pies of free trade. llc afterwards appealed unsuccess f idly for the despatch of a royal commission to investigate the condition of India, and in 1549 was appointed member of the famous select committee on official salaries. In 1851 he added his vote to the coalition which attempted to censure Lord Palmerston in the Pacific affair, and in 1852 he took a prominent part in the welcome given to Kossuth by the Liberals of Lancashire. Mr. Bright denounced the Russian war with great energy, alienating many of his supporters by his action on this question. A severe illness compelled him to retire to the Continent ; but lie expressed his entire affiproval of the course taken by Mr. Cobden and Mr. Gibson in moving the vote of censure which produced Lord Palmerston's appeal to the country. He was elected for Birmingham in 1857, after representing Manchester since 1847. During the last ten years his great question has been Par tiwAtta 141_ 0 14 1 J_ .- • s fis la - 1 " j I 111) 11 , 11)11110N9 SUN OFFICE, 7 o'Cß,ocic. NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last E'reaing w as published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Days (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) KINGSBURY RACES—Tuts DAY. MILITARY STEEPLECHASE. Military Steeplechase, a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h 126 t each for maiden horses, the property of Officers on • full pay 'in the Army or Navy, or Gentlemen hating been in tho Household Troop.: ; the said horses to have been their property three mont!•8 previous to naming. The winner to be sold by action for 100 sovs. Abort three miles. To close and name to Mr Topham, Da[- land, Wrexham, on or before Thursday, tee 3d of cember. Penshanger Bricker ... 1 • •• SELLING 11ANDICAP. Lady Glencora MAIDENw.o. tiTE E P LECIIASE. Little Ben Ila,wksbaw Pine Apple 3 Nine ran. UXEN DON STEEPLECHASE. Prima Donna Clarina Meerschaum Eleven ran. Won by three lengths. HURDLE RACE. Life Guardsman 1 Othello 2 Brick 8 Ten ran. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 191 ~. 11 19/ Do Rotterdam . Antwerp — ... 25 321 ... 25 40 Brussels Ilamburgit — ... 13 10 ... 13 101 Paris Ditto ... Mraseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 120 k Vienna — ... 12 10 ... 12 15 Trieste — ... 12 10 ... 12 15 Petersburg Copenhagen — ~ 9 18 ... 9 21 Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz Leghorn Milan — ... 27 5 ... 27 15 Genoa — ... 27 5 ... 27 15 Naples Palermo — ... 27 5 ... 27 15 Messina Lisbon — ... 521 ... 521 Oporto — ... 521 ... 621 Rio Janeiro New York LuNDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. ADMIRALTY, DEc. 4. The following promotions have this day been made : Commander Ralph Abercrombie Otho Brown to be Cap tain; Lieutenant William Home Chisholm° St. Clair to be Commander; Acting Sub-Lieutenant Alexander Cochran to be Acting Lieutenant. The undermentioned officers have this day been promoted to the rank of Paymaster : Shuldham Samuel Crawford Hill, Esq., Francis St. Jol Steer O'Neill, Esq. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A STREET O UTRAGE. —James Ilea, potman at the Old King's Head, Cumberland-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting M. Gunle Barrere, correspondent to the Monde Illustre, and residing at No. 1, Everett-street, Russell-square, and Mr. Donald Mackenzie, of No. 14, Foley-street, tailor. Mr. Mackenzie said that on the previous evening about eight o'clock he was passing through Totten ham-street, Fitzroy-square, and while passing through a crowd of persons assembled there, the prisoner came up to him and caught hold cf his coat, and wanted to enter into conversation respect ing so me of his relatives. lie told the prisoner to leave go of him, and that be had no wish to hays anything to say to him, and the prisoner then gave him a blow in the eye. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the complainant said the prisoner did not attempt to get at his rockets, but some persons in the crowd did, and that a gentleman who kindly came to his assistance was aleo assaulted by the prisoner. M. Emile Barriere said that while passing a crowd in Tottenham-street he saw the prisoner, who appeared to be very excited, knocking a drunken man about. The prisoner then seized hold of Mr. Mackenzie as if to tell him his griev antes, and on Mr. Mackenzie telling him that he did not wish to have anything to say to him, he (prisoner) struck him in the eye, and on going to Mr. Mackenzie's assistance the prisoner also struck Mr. Barrere in the eye, and in self-defence he knocked the prisoner down, and afterwards gave him into custody. The only answer the prisoner made to the charge was that he was not sober, and that some one had pulled him about. Mr. Tyrwhilt said it was a magistrate's duty to mark these assaults in the streets. Tio persona walking quietly through the 'streets are knocked about without any reason, and for so doing the prisoner would have to pay £3 or a month. THAMES. STEALING A HORSE AND CART. — Richard Storey, a carman, was brought up on remand before Mr. Benson, charged with being concerned with others in stealing a horse and cart and 24 bags of cochi neal, value £5OO, the property of Mr. Walter Hartley, a licensed and bonded carman, of Lower Thames-street. The prisoner was in the service of Mr. Hartley, and on the 23d of last month he received 24 bags of cochineal of two persons at their warehouses in Spitelfields, and ho was to convey the same to Fresh Wharf. He went out of his ordi nary- route to that place, and stopped at a coffee-shop in Leman-street, Whitechapel, to partake of tea. While he was in the coffee shop his horse and cart were dives away. It was submitted by Mr. Charles Young, for the prose cution, that there was something more than negli gence in the conduct of the prisoner, and that the robbery was committed with his connivance. After he was informed that the horse and cart were gone he returned to the coffee-shop and finished his tea. The horse and cart without the 24 bags of cochineal were found in Stratford, &sex. It was also urged against the prisoner that he ought to have given immediate information of the robbery at the Leman-street station, a few yards from the coffee-shop, instead of which he proceeded to Seething-lane station-house, in the City. Mr. Hartley said he had offered £25 for the re covery of the cochineal and the discovery of the thieves. The prisoner ought to have driven direct to Fresh-wharf after he received his load of cochineal. Mr. Gomm, for the prisoner, contended there was not a particle of evidence to sustain a charge of felony against the prisoner. Mr. Benson could not say there was anything more than neglect to be attributed to the prisoner. He did not think any jury would convict the pri soner on the evidence before him. He must take the prisoner's own recognizance to appear on a fu ture day. Foreign Mail 'Jacket List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Sonthamptos.....Deo. 5 Ditto, via Arceilles 2B Ditto, via Plasaina Dee 29. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Jan. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape Yards, by Brazil packet ...... , Jan. 4. Cape of Good livpe. Ascension, and St. H01ena....D..0. 13. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Deo. 5. tilbraitar, via Southampton... Dec 5 tnd►u.via.Sonthamoton ..... . ~... ----Deo. 5 unto, via Marseilles Malta, Egypt, &a. Dec.s. Ditto, Marseilles Del.? Mauritius. Cape 01 Good Hope, and Natal, via 18C utharas ton Ditto, - Alaroeilies v 2 Dee. is.