The Sun. — London, England, 1868-12-24 00:00:00

MO.TgEY MA. EET A ND CO TiMERGIAL TiLweeriott CITY, Two o'CLocK. The weekly meeting, to-day, in the Bank parlour, has gone over without any alteration iu the rate of discount, although it was pretty gene rally expected something of the sort would take place. Consols this morning were firm, and busi ness in the foreign shares was somewhat extensive, more especially in Turkish, Spanish, and Italian. The Railway Market was extremely dull, and for Miscellanous. Shares there wai little or no inquiry. Consols are 921- 0, for money; Three per Cent. Reduced, 928 7 2 1 ; New Three per Cents, 928 ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 242 40. India Stock, 10/ per Cent., April, 1874, shut ; ditto, for Account, 210 ; litto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 111 i 12* ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888 ; 1028 ; ditto Enfaced Paper 5/ per Cent., May, 1870, 1091 I ; ditto Debentures, 5 per Cent., Aug., 1873, 104/ ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, par. In the Foreign market Italian of 1861 are 0 higher, Turkish 5.16, Spanish New Three per Cents. Honduras Railway Bonds, 891 to 90 ; Nicolai Bonds, 644 651 ; Orel Vitebsk Bonds, 78 to 781 ; Chilian Six per Cents. 1867, 96 to 961; Egyptian Seven per Cents. 1864, 821 to 831 ; ditto Seven per Centf. 1868, 724 731 ; Greek, Bonds, 111 to 12 ; Italian Five per Cents., 56/ to 561 Mexican, 141 to 15 ; Pernvian Five per Cents., 79 to 791 ; Spanish New Three per Cents., 324 to 33 ; Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865, 38/ to 39/ ; ditto Six per Cents. of 1865, 611 to 62 ; Vice roy of Egypt Seven per Cents., 751 to 751 ; ditto Nine per Cents., 881 to 881. In Railway Shares prices are quoted as follows : —Brighton, 481 to 481 ; Caledonian, 731 to 741 ; Great Eastern, 411 to 411 ; Great Western, 481 to 481 ; Great Northern A Stock, 1071 to 1071; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1271 to 1281 ; London and North Western, 111/ to 1121 ; London, Chat ham, and Dover, 161 to 17 ; Metropolitan, 103 to 1031• ; Midland, 1121 to 1121 ; North British, 321 to 32i ; Sheffield, 471 to 471 ; and South Eastern, 781 to 78/. American Five-Twenty Bolds are 74/ to 74 ; Ditto 1865 Issue, 721 to 721 ; the Ten-Forty Bonds 71 to 711 ; Erie Railway Shares, 26 to 261 ; Illinois Central, 95 951 ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures, 401 to 404 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bond, 42 to 421. Alliance Bank shares are 111 to 121 ; London and County, 50 to 51 ; London and Westminster, 65 to 67 ; Union of London, 37 to 38 ; City, 12 to 121 ; and Oriental, 421 to 431. Miscellaneous Shares are steady. Anglo-Ameri can Telegraph, 214 to 21 1 1 ; Atlantic Eight per Cent. Preferential, 3i to 31 ; Hudson's Bay, 13 11-16 to 13 13-16 ; National Discount, 114 to 121; Luxembourgs, 10 11-12 to 10 13-16. At the Bank yesterday £3,000 in bar gold was sent in making a total of £26,000 since the date of the last return. The George Thompson has arrived off Falmouth from Port Philip, with £122,000 in gold. The Benvenue, from Melbourne, for London, with £94,000, reached Pernambuco on the 28th ult. Saturday next, the 26th inst. is one of the fixed holidays at the Stock Exchange. As far as pos sible there will be a total absence of business in the City, and it is to be regretted that incon venience must be sustained by bankers and others from the necessity of some formal attendance, owing to the occasion not having been declared a legal holiday. Railway shareholders ca❑ now demand a list of proprietors under the new Regulation of Railways Act, section 34. Mr. William Brooks has been appointed assis tant general manager to the Progress Assurance Company. Advices from Athens ray that the National Bank of Greece has suspended all discount business, Without affording any explanation on the subject to its t ustoraers. A special general court of the governor and com pany of adventurers of England trading into Hud son's Bay will be held at their house in Fenchurch street, on Tuesday, the sth January, 18G9. At a general meeting of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation, the usual dividend of 4 per cent. for the half-year was declared, making, with the distribution last Midsummer, 20 per cent. for the year. The voluntary liquidators of the English and American Bank (Limited) have declared a further division of the capital of £1 10s. per share, making, with the former distributions, 90 per cent. of the amount paid up on the shares. Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. notify that the Coupons, due on the Ist of January next, of the First Mortgage Sterling Bonds of the European and North American Railway Company for extension from St. John westward, will be paid on and after that date. The Erie Railway Company have commenced a suit against Cornelius Vanderbilt for the recovery of 4,500,000 dols., alleged to have been paid him to compromise the famous lawsuit of last summer, and for other purposes, by Daniel Drew, Frank Work, and others, alleged in the complaint to have been unauthorised. The complaint is signed by Field and Shearman, plaintiff's attorneys, and sworn to by James Fisk, jun. With reference to the addenda of the Anglo- Austrian Commercial Treaty, which raised a strong opposition on the part of the Austrian manufac turers, the Committee of Finance in the Reichsrath baying referred the matter to a committee of ex perts, they have submitted modifications of the duties on manufactured cotton and wool, which Will show 20 per cent. reduction for cotton and 10 per cent. for wool on the hitherto existing ha port duties. It is understood that the committee appointed at the meeting of shareholders of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, on the 21st of October last, have induced Messrs. Robert Gillespie, Graham, Menzies, and G. Hodgkiuson, M.P., to join the board of directors, and that vacancies will be made forthwith by the retirement of a corresponding number of the present members of the board. The provisional directors of the " Brighton and Metropolitan Railway"—the new line projected between that town and London—invited the in habitants of Brighton to a public meeting on Mon day evening last, and on that occasion resolutions Were unanimously passed in favour of the scheme. in order to guard against the possibility of the line being abandoned by a compromise with existing interests, the subscribers have stipulated that they shall have a majority on the board. All the speakers concurred in asserting that had it Lot been for the conduct of the existing company In raising the fares last summer the new scheme 'would never have been heard of. The directors of the Credit Foncier of England (Limited) have convened a meeting for the 6th of January in consequence of a requisition to that effect by a self-constituted committee, whose action ja the matter they nevertheless consider highly in expedient. This committee have issued a series of Proposed resolutions which, in the opinion of the board, would add greatly to existing difficulties, Whereas it is affirmed if the company were protected from vexatious interference and the directors were allowed the free exercise of their own judgment it might within a reasonable time be placed in a com paratively successful condition. BRITISH FUNDS-TWO O'CLOOK. a GOVERNMENT FUNDS. Per Cent. Consols 3 Ditto for Account, Per Cent. Reduced N 9, 92-1 I - 3 per Cent D 2 l per Cent. Jan. 1894 - Au 0 . 5 per Cent. can. 1873 4uities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — D o. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — E ue (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1118 — 1)0 lel,equer Bills, £l,OO, 2 per Ut - pm , £500 ~,,, 1:1 0 Ja i i • £lOO & £2OO - -Pm rl.t uf England Stock, 4 per Cent r, 11° . account . — `Onada per Cent. Bonds — ra te Colonial °minima INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Mock, 103 per Cent., April 1874_, Do. Opening, for Account 2lO Do. 5 per Ueut. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Yap. 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 54 per Cent. May 1579 lO9l 4 DJ 5 per Cent., lop. Deb. 1872 — Do. do. 1877 _ Do. do. 1882 — D,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ 104 i Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Arentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... Do., Scrip 145 paid .. Auitrian Bonds 5 per cent .. — Do. 1e59 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — /a. li per Cent., 1852 — Do. do. 1858..... — Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 671; Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 1 )o A ccoina* - B .cnos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per CenC(Deferrtd 3 per Cont.) 51f Ca')a, 6 per Cent. o.Ailiou 6 per Cent r)0..1i per Cell' 7l Do. 3 oor Cent., o. 6 per cont. 1867 o. per Cent., 1866 C lo ,(Dean, 6 per Cent. Dan sti 3 ptr Cent., 1825 Dan .1 ian Principalities, 7 i..cr Cent Di 8 per Cent., 1867 — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent ptiaD, 7 per Cent Do Second Issue Bonds . Do. XlOO Bonds •• •• Do. LB(4 Do. Account D. .Esoo Bonds Do. 41(10 Bonds B5 41 English Scrip,:1868 Do do. .£45 pd. Government Railway Debentures 96i 51 Gram 5 por Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups Do. Acccunt Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd It9iian 5 per rc^t. , 1865 Do. Account ... Bll Do Mxremmana Railway , rex,can 3 per Cent Ditto for Account D.. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French lonteritlvan 6 per Cent. oorish imperial 5 per Cent. Vow Granad.t l4l Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferred Do Laaa Warrants (Hectares) I Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account ,91 Po mguese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7, Do. do. 1867 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian Russian 5 per Cent., 182 z, St Do 44 per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonde.“ 90 Do. d.. £84.155. do. „ Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do Do Nicolas Railway 651 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do 44 per Cent. ( Uri barren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 • Do Account Spanish 3 per Cen Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account I 324 3 Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent. . Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds 63i 41 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 6li 2 Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent.; Do. Ace. ant Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per o ,, nt. Ex. 12 Gull„ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French lientes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — D. • Account Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, E. Do. Account SG I 6 TWO O'CLOCK. Consuls, Money 1321 xd Do. Account, Jan. 5.... 92a xd MARKE7 S-2 IllS DAY. METROPODITAN CATTLE. Large supplies of meat were on sale here to-day, in cluding some choice qualities for Christmas consump tion. A fair average business was passing, and prices ruled firm. rat 23. eopold, High 'rincess lked in )le cha of the remost , per on 13struc y Mr. story Ited by Alessrs. realised nd. Mr. figures move- a other [ysteri of the ughout: is not ) manY DlidaYSt season rithin," The Reece. L ie same season• parts in ad Miss mrs and The agann , [usinglY Id fire' aggres" ). The of War , ce, an d , went r attrac cordial ►ay. bard - argar e° Dner 10 , e 6th 01 numb er yester imber la [y afte r. ie cour se prisoner. e oakl it " Ily fowl' D be paid work a il as wa it ; I ask , r e ' ed. "' a told W I it to Mr._ e ue, as - h rises ack and t o ld trim had Put oney for and, and )ck in the are e - to dic ll3' t r allotted wit a t 311 a tal'ea Art of a )k that if alga Pr e ; iew, • that. invict• btaitt and orks, gese T P °l ' lC h s o aoust se ;, l f r, an d -e $ ; pital , 3d. oil 6115 k0 ail:lg 0:0 ex plog v , Al s o e ll ther ein 'a wa teD e of P°lice‘ t h a t ab °l 34 l o sioa Alba°J a d shed , v the 1 r a l 7:15 a 'Lett., w er. ' a, ea a 11311 . se l' 3log , 1 an ob at et aer ' 435 a er P"s3 II . 8 0 rso x ° ol , A . 63 t 1 39 )rtsolootto e s"f ut w• 13 „r• , the P- bet wit b t , al ley, ; 13 0 ne bore cr , a tot he r d teo t ill' buil t ' nt itll p o rts terda vo e to ;ion. a DO ; r igor 0° t . 5 . ° ,00 3 ' nig° al', joni eSl j V e Gl •ffLir De‘ voears k fr ° te telY ° f ° ' ir. o 1) , boo i . J .e j 3 d 6 .0 60 i} oS 0' - • 1c ri1:1011' BOROUGII HOP. The market presents a more animated appearance. Fine qualities have been in request, and for medium grades there has been a healthy inquiry. In prices no change has taken place. WOOL. In low wool sales have passed off steadily, at full quota. tions. In colonial wool, by private contract, a moderate business has been passing, at about late rates. English wool has been quiet, but firm in price. LIVERPOOL COTTON. December 24.—Sales probably 10,000 or 12,000 bales, Market quiet and unchanged. The House of Commons will adjourn on the 29th of December to Tuesday, the 16th of February, for the despatch of business. The House of Lords, which stands adjourned to Thursday, tho 11th of February, will be ad- journed on that day to Tuesday, the 16th of February. THE ELECTION RIOTS AT BLACKBURN.—The trial of Thomas Fallon and Daniel Duxbury, who were indicted for the murder of Thomas Whittaker, at Blackburn, on the 17th November, took place at the Liverpool Assizes yesterday. The jury, after an absence from the court of three hours, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. A lady, the wife of an officer, gives her experi ence of the plains in a book she calls "Absaraka," which, being interpreted, means "Home of the Crows." It is by this name that a place in the Territory of Wy oming was known to the Indians, and it has so captivated the authoress that she hopes to make it the name of what will one day be A STATE of the Union. The Crow In dians, the original owners, were partially dispossessed by the Sioux and Cheyennes. The object of the book, and the reason of this notice, is that it clearS the character of Col. Carrington from the imputations of con ardice and in competency, cast on the affair of Fort Philip Kearney of Dec. 21, 1866, wherein 81 of the men under his command were massacred by the Sioux and Cheyennes, near Fort Philip Kearney. The facts are that an expedition was sent out in May, 1866, under H. B. Carrington, to secure by forts the new . route to Montana by Wyoming. He built Fort C. F. Smith and Fort Philip Kearney, but as peace prevailed when he went out, he was unprepared for the incessant hostility, for the harassing attacks to which his trains were subjected, and the constant loss of stray men and horses. He applied then to Washington in vain for reinforcements. It was after an attack on a wood train that he sent forth a party with strict orders to rescue and defend the train, but not to pursue the Indians. The offi cers in command, unable to resist the temptation to follow the retreating Indians, pursued till the party was drawn by the feint out of reach of the fort, when it was surrounded, every man falling, the officers, it is said, by their own hands. A second party sent out to assist arrived too late, for the Indians (about 1,500) were then dancing and yelling about the mutilated soldiers, and invited the rescuing party to come down and be scalped too. Reports were circulated that this massacre occurred within sight of the fort wherein Col. Carrington, with two cpmpanies, remained so terrified as not even to admit through the gates the soldiers who reached it flying for refuge. These tales are shown to be untrue ; and the authoress, though with little literary skill, achieves her purpose of clearing away such imputations. Mr. E. Hepple Hall arrived in New York on the 30th of October last, having left in February, 1867, on a tour of the world, which he had then completed. He has taken voluminous notes, which from so practised a pen are likely to take the form of a most interesting book of travels He crossed the Atlantic in time for the opening of the Exhibition in Paris, whence he sailed for Egypt, reaching Abyssinia in time for the early operations of the British Army. Then on to India, where he spent some weeks, during which ho delivered a series of highly popular lec tures, when lie proceeded to China and on to Japan. From Japan he made the trip via San Francisco to New York in 31 days, 12 of which were passyd in the Overland route across the Continent. While on his travels he pub lished that excellent guide to America, "The Great West" Being editorially connected with the New York Times, he furnished that paper, as well as the Chicago Evening Jonrnal, with graphic descriptions of China and Japan. Mr. G. W. Curtis is delivering a lecture on " Morals in Politics," wherein he mentions Captain Kidd, the renowned pirate, in illustration. Recently he de livered this lecture in Salem, where some of Butler's friends, taking Kidd to be a hit at their hero, hissed down the lecturer, who was compelled to explain that Kidd was not introduced for the occasion, but had always been there, the lecture having been composed in New York long Were the fight in Maseachuseete over Butler's return. THE SUN, _LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1 68. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share Closing Business NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 10 Do B lO 5 6 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 17 1 i 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 ... ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 31 33 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 27 89 10 Bank of I\ ew Zealand all 17 19 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, ‘nd China all 20 21 25 Chartered Mere. of India London, and China " all 291 301 20 City 100 Colonial '2s 40 4; 10 Consolidated, Hill. 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, lim 1 1, 0; 20 English and American, lim 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of lliu de Ja neiro. lim lO Id pr 20 English, : coltish, and Aus • tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ... 281 Do new 100 Imperial, lim 20 Imperial Ottoman -5 lonian all 27 29 25 Do new 20 Lud Mortgage of India, lim 4 34 3 1 100 Du sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 78 82 30 Loudon Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 9 7 NO London and Brazilian, Jim. 45 31 32 20 Do new 71 6 1 5 1 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 7 9 25 Do new 10 11 14 20 London Chart. of Australia all 221 231 50 London and County 2O 50 51 20 Do new iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... ... 50 London Joint St oc k 1 35 86 35 4 20 London and South African al 1) 12 100 London & S.-Western, lira, 20 ... ..• 50 London & Venezuela, Jim l2l ... ... 100 London and Westminster. 20 651 66 1 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 621 6 1 163 100 Merchant, lim 25 7 5 10 Metropolitan, lim. 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim li ... ... 100 National Provinc. of E ng 'd 42 " '"' 10 Do 42 50 National. 3O 54 56 20 New South Wales all 42 44 20 North-Western 74 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 481 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 6 51 44 100 Provincial of Ireland ...... 10 Do new.. all ••• ••• 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lira 25 14 12 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 43 49 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London SHARE LIST. ,t•IDLNAIti llaislub AND tiTOClit. Paid. Closing BusineSS done. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78 st Caledonian lOO 731 71/ v, Cambrian 20 Cornwall all 31 31 at Dublin & Belfast Juno lO9 77 79 at Dun„Perth,& Ab. June lOO 76 72 2i East London all 7 9 20 Do 15 2) Do 10 at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 90 01 at Great Eastern .. .00 41 411 411 1 at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 7 8 at Great North of Scotland lOO 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 106 107 st Do. A stock lOO 107 109 at Do, B stook lOO 124 lt6 st GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO ad 97 a. lit. Western —Original lOO 4 , 1- 18.1 481 ,t Do. South Wales lto 53 58 . Do. W..illid.—Uklorc lOO 25 '4l st Do. Newport lOO 28 21 st Lai:as:lire& Yorkshire lOO 1271 42r st Lon., Origh.,& S. Coast lOO 4S 49; 181 10/ DJ Scrip . at Lou., Chat.., and Dov, iou 10' 17/ 16; 17 st Do. dletrup. .EX. A lOO --- A Lon. .North Western lOO 112 11'2 112 111 t Lou. South Western lot) 57 01 8 st Mau., She)., o Lineoln St ;Nietropolit,u st Do Exteusi so 100 US 1 0 SiB 10 uo. /New 40 10 1 ,, / st Me - :ropolitait District. all 10 Metro? :-A. John's oo 1 6 at 111 at Do, dirmiu. Dui Ito 7a r 1 at N to British at & Uw:.. 100 st P or. s.asteru---liervvics.. ICU ,8)1 100 23 Do. 17. N. E purolisse..lB.l3.4 st Do Leeds. ...... ....... 10U 54 15 st Do York st Lo Carli ale . lOO 145 ::0 at Do Stue t. & 1)0 1.7 i 29 st North Lou too 1U Do ...New 1868 . . st North Staffordshire lOO 61 5 - i st North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... st Rhymney st Shropshire Union 1 0 55 I i st South Devon at South Eastern lOO 70 7..1 20 Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 12 13 st sate ll5 110 .0 Do. st Waterioro & Kiliicuul.. 100 Waterloo & Whiteha 1.. 6 share Railways. RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 SS st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO et Do. Scot. N.E., 4S per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 80 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ..„ st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen J unction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Gies. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... st Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 97 100 st Do do No. 2 100 96 9) st Do do 6 per cent 109 106 103 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 100 103 st Do do B 6 do. 100 ... bit Do do C 7 do. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 100 103 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71. st Do Nor folk 5 p.e. Ex. 1816 100 ... st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1347 100 ... st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 st Do 4 1 do du do 100 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm IOU st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ~„ sti Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 st Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 G t.West.—Orig.et Jut: pent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 102 104 st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 at Do du 4 1 per cent. 1800— 100 85 88 at Do do 4 do do at Do do 5 per cent. rodent lOO 93 95 at Do do Birmingham gua lOO 65 70 at Do do do pref lOO at Do do Chester gua lOO st Do do do 8 per cent lOO 100 100 st Du do do 5 do 100 95 1011 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 41 p.c lOO st Do do 41 1859 lOO st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g loo 103 112 at Do do 2d gua lOO 106 108 st Du Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 88 92 st Do do 2d. do 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster ez. Carlisle 41 p.c. all st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135 at Du Barnsley, .65 Os 103 p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1.35 at Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 u 7 100 st Loudon et Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No.l lOO st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 st Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do N. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent st Do 6 du (\V.E. & C.P.) 100 ... - at Da 4 do 1859 lOO ... at London, Chatham, & Doter 5 per cent lOO st London and 11. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 102 11l st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO 8 91 at Du Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO 88 91 st Loudon and n.-W. 7 p,e late 3d shares, lOO 143 146 2s.Gd. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all at Mau., Shef., & Lincln. 6 p.c. 100 111 117 6 Do .46 all par Ipm 6} at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c IOU 130 135 st Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 1,0 133 at Do 41 per - cent. redeem lOO 97 st; Do 41 per cent. irredeein lOO 97 92 st Do Leicester & Ircha, 4 p.c lOO 89 91 st North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO at Do E. & (I-. 4p.e. S. D luu ..„ st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c., lOO 86 88 at Do 41 per cent. redeem.— 100 y 3 95 st Do U.N.E. 4 per eeut., IOU 17 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4. 25 Do York, 11.0 S. purchase lO 10 101 st Do Stektu Drliug, A 5 p.c lOO 108 11U 1 at Du \V, Hartlepool IL and It lOO 87 8:1 20 North Staffordshire lOs Devon Annuiti e s, 1 s all 9 10S 10s Do Tavistock Anu s ., 10 s all 91 10. lOs Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9 1.0.6. S. cast. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 4:1 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l IOU 145 150 st Waterford & iiilkenny, 6pe 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Cen. min. 7p c lOO st Do 4i p all at Do 4p c con. issued at SU 63 st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 81 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO S . i al at Du New 5 du, 1863 lOO S 7 tO st Do do b do, 1864 lOO 84 83 84 st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO . st Permanent 5 per cent lOO st Do Boston & Sleatd, 4 4 , pc 10U st Great West., W. Midi., 5p c 100 86 90 st Do Juiuti.erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 85 sO st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 .0.15 104 zi 2J Du Vale N oath peril. 5p c all 194 201 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane,. and York.. Now 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 st Loud., Brig., &c., 4,4 pc, 1858 100 st Do du 4 do, 1860 100 *** at Du do 41 do, 1861 100 ..„ st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do 5 du, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 sdo st Loud Chat., &c., 20, 6 p.c at Du Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C pat st Loudon& N. Western, 5p c 100 10., 110 st Loudon &S. Western, p c 100 113 9 i 10 Man. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1665 all 881 st Metropolitan a per cent lOO st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 105 107 st Do B 5 do 100 105 107 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony, to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 14 18 Do Incouy. Now Snares 16 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1`372 81 1 11p fit North British, E. and (1 - ,i No. 1, 6 per cent 100 ... st Do £lO guaranteed, 1661 100 st Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ... st Do h.& G , N 0.2, b p.c 100 st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c 100 ... gt Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 4p c 100 53 b 7 :st North Eastern, 4 per cent 100 07 at Do Stock. & Dart., 1) lOO 112 114 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 at Do sdo (Oh. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 t Victoria St. & Pimli co, 41 pc 100 ••• RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED lIENTALSJ st Birkenhead IU aZ 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 IU3 st Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyh ea d lOO 54 56 st Do. IA per ce n t. st Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Stour Valley .. 100 st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13;3 135 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all s Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ..„ • s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 GJ st Do. do. Woodbrg..E;..., do. 100 60 72 st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Heref lOO 95 27 50 Hull and Selby all 109 111 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21 213 213 st Loudon and Blackwall lOO 93 us st Do. 41 per cent lOO st London, Coat., &c., pc. 100 st Do. Com. Fund, 5 do. 100 at London and Greenwich st Do. do. Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 78 5▪ 2 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 70 83 at Do. do. 6 do. 100 51 blanch., Buxton, & all 5 51 st Itlidland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 91 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northern& East., 5 per cent all 5s 16 •10 Do. do. 6 do. all st N. Eastard—Hartlepool st N.West. A perp. pref, sp. c. 100 10; 1▪ 10 st Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO st Notting. & Urautti. lt. & IUU 92 94 25 Preston and tv yre. Royston, Hitch., and Shep lOO 133 135 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do , do 8 2 1 2 p st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 93 IVO st Do 4 per cent gua lO 79 si t Do I do ••• all 97 29 st Viet. Station and Pimlico lO9 175 180 st West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 't 0 Do do B all 20 Do do C all 6.j st Weymouth and Portland lOO , at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 117 11) st London and St. Katherine LOU 53 55 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 I).r cent al Dlilltvall Freehold. Land st hock lOO 31 36 • st Suuthamptou lOO 71 76 fat Surrey ccollualrgiti,l MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all 211 211 211 10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 1 ip 101 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15 1 6 151 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 26 28 274 8 st Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarab Tea Estates, lim 9 7 bd 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all IQ,' 14 10 Do. New 6 3 81 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 4 14 01 5i British American Land 44 16 18 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira lOO 167 172 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 73 29 Canada Company all 67 72 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 21 142 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 6 41 81 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 8 41 Eld 30 City of Milan Improv. Ihn all b 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 2 3 50 City Offices, lim 25 241 2342 50 Colonial, lira. Do. 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 5 f ip 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 17 18 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877. 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 104 1051 100 Do. 1882, 4 per cent, all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 14 2 4 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 3 2 d st Crystal Palace lOO 20 22 2)1 20 at Do. Preference lOO 96 101 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 105 110 20 Darjeeling, lim. I 0 Eastern Assam, lim. 6l ... ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 13 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Grua. by Egypt. Gov all 874 881 881 20 Egyptian Com. &. Trad. Rm G 41 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 237 242 242 10 Do. New 8 10 12p 3 Eng.& Austral. Copper, lim 21 5 i 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 6 4a 100 Eng. and Scot. 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Engineer and Iron Ship, li m 25 22 1 74 20 Lond. & Proyincial Marine 2 Id pr st Madras Irriga. & Canl. Gua. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 105 107 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lint.... 10 Mediterra. Exteu. Tel., lint all 4 41 60 Merchant Shipping lint, 50 111illwall Iron Works, lint l2l ••• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. Co. 9 3 1 2 1 4 ,) 25 National Discount C . lint 5 12 121 25 National Prov. Marine, Bin. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lint, all 81 91 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 3 24 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint. 3 11 14 51\ ew Quebrada, lit/ I A 4,4,0 4/ 3/ 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer cantile Agency,li t n 2l 4 IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim. 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint 5 7 4 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lint._ 100 46 Si 50 North Brit. & Mercan. In 64 184 191 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 141 15 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll •••4 5 Oriental Gas, lint. 5 Do. 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Canada, 5 d p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 4 41p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 1:5 United Discount Corp., lint 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint, all 41 51 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 31 34p 20 Universal Marine (In.), lira 6 1 lip 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 3 4 30 Van Dieman's Land 2Bl 7 a 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. ( Ilortgage) Loan.., all 751 764 76 4 64 6 50 Warrant Finance, BM. l2 12 104 50 West India and Pachls Steam, lim 2O 4 ad 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO ... ___ OuLuAii&L. tiOVSBNAINNT SICCUI{ITII4S _ _ Britisb Columbia, 6 per 100 Do. 1895.. lOO Can.Gov.6p.c.Jan. o &July 1877-84 Do. 6p. a. Feb. & Aug lOO 105 lU - Do. sp. a. Mar. at Sept lOO 105 10 Do. sp. c. Jan. (IL July lOO 93 94 951 i Do. sp. c. lnecribcd 8k lOO 90 92 Cape GA:lope, 6 p. 0.18 73 lOB 102 104 , Do.Apl.66Uot 1890-19 00 lOO 111 113 Do. do 1880-9 0 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 1891 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and i 5 Oct., 1900 lOO 10) 102 - Ce3lon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c lOO 108 116 Do. 1872, do— lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. Do. 1882, May and Nov... 100 106 1 0 8 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.... 100 106 198 Melbourne Corporatn 1667-7.5, 6 per cant •• 101 N.11.G0v.6 p.c.Ja..tJuly.• 100 102 104 Natal 6 p at, Apl.lz Oct... 100 107} —Do6 p c. May & Nov lOO 106 les N. S. W. 5 Ire., '7l to '76 lOO 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896 lOO 94 (00 1(01 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'s; to '7i lOO 99 101 N.Zealand, 6p. et. 1801.• 100 Do. 5 percent.... Do Jan, Ap 1, J a.y, 0 t 100 974 984 --- DJ 6p c. Mar .t sept '9! ICO 108 110 Du J uae & Dec, 1.91 100 109 1.1 —j Do frov. 1 Auczld. 1 0 —t kale i I &2, 1596... Nova Scotia 6p. u.Jau... and Jnly, 1875 Do 1816.. Queenslnd. 6p. 0. 'B2-5 100 1( 8 109 108 Do 1891 S. Austral. 6 p 0.1864 77 lOO _ Do 1078.92 lOO 108 110 Do 893 19u8 Tasmanian pc, 100 2,,,s 207 Do rd. 1893 to 139! .. 100 11.7 108 Victoria6p.c. Ja..ZJuly.. 100 Do. 11141 lOO 112 113 Pc. 4D, April Si Qci.. u 100 108 Rio 108 h THE FENIA.N FIASCO. A few clays ago a startling paragraph appeared in the papers describing a flying shot from a carriage of a train by a supposed Fenian, at the engine -driver. The following letter may throw some light upon it. It appears in the Dublin Evening Mail:—" An alarming telegram of yes terday d - scribed a flying shot at a railway train, which was believed to prove ..that at least one armed Fenian was coming back, per Sunday day mail, to invade Ireland. It is a curious but indisputable fact that a young friend of mine, ten years old, and a 'fine boy of his age,' came by that identical train from London to Holyhead, and amused himself en route by snapping off caps at passing trains and other objects of interest. On leaving school for the Christ alas holidays, be had been presented with a toy-gun, guilt less of powder and shot, but fitted with a percussion lock for cap. It is not a deadly weapon, when you examine it closely, as I did yet.torday ; but it can make a no's and at a dis tance looks formidable. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. JAMES DISI?AELI. The death or this gentleman took place quite suddenly on Wednesday morning about three o'clock. He had suf fered for some months past from frequent attacks of heart disease, but latterly he had been so much better as to attend at Somerset House, where he held the post of Commissioner of the Board of Inland Revenue, and he transacted business as late as Tuesday afternoon. About three o'clock in the afternoon he left Somerset House, and he appeared then in good health, but soon after two on Wednesday morning he suffered from an attack of heart disease, which lasted with great severity until his death. The deceased gentleman was appointed to the Board of Inland Revenue in 1858 ; and previous to that he was for some years treasurer of the County Courts of Lincolnshire and Derbyshire. Mr. Disraeli was the brother of the Right Hon. B. Disraeli (ex-Prime Minister), and of Mr. Ralph Disraeli, one of the registrars in Chancery. The deceased gentleman was a widower. TEE LATE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. .0- -- - Another batch of papers was added on Wednesday to the large quantity already issued with regard to the expe dition to Abyssinia. One is a long account by Mr. Rassam of his mission to King Theodore from the time he entered Abyssinia until his release from captivity. The other is a report by Consul Cameron respecting his imprisonment in that country. The same tale has been told so many times that it would be of no interest to our readers to give even a summary of the sufferings which were under gone by both Mr. Rassam and Consul Cameron, especially as there is nothing new in either of the accounts. In reply to Mr. Rassam, Lord Stanley (the then Foreign Minister) under date December 5, informs him that, as some compensation for the suffering which he underwent, as well as a testimony of appeciation of good service, her Majesty's Government had resolved to present him with £5,000. They also notified their intention to give £2,000 each to Dr. Blanc and Mr. Prideaux. To Consul Cameron Lord Stanley sent the following answer : " Foreign Office, Dec. 7, 1868.—Sir,—I have to inform you that her Majesty's Government have decided to sup press the appointment held by you of her Majesty's Consul at Massowah, and that in consideration of the sufferings which you have undergone during your captivity in Abyssinia, and of your services being now no longer required, the Lords of the Treasury have been pleased to sanction the grant to you of a special pension at the rate of 5350 a year, to commence from this day." THE CELEBRATED RITUAL CASE. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council have given judgment in the most important case of Martin v. Mackonochie. It was an appeal from the Arches Court, the appellant being Mr. John Martin, and the Rev. A. H. Mackonochie, M.A., vicar of St. Alban's, Holborn, the respondent. Sir R. J. Phillimore, the Dean of arches, delivered a judgment in which Mr. Mackonochie and his friends concurred. Mr. Martin and his friends appealed. The case was heard before the Judicial Committee on the 17th of November. the judgment in the Arches Court was pronounced by Sir R. J. Phillimore on the 28th of March last, and the appeal was on two of the charges—the kneeling and pros trating before the consecrated elements and the use of lighted candles. In other respects the judgment was acquiesced in by both parties. With respect to the kneel ing or prostrating, it appeared from the evidence that Mr. Mackonochie, when officiating in the " Order for the Administration of the Holy Communion" twice knelt down or prostrated himself before the communion table while saying the prayer of consecration, once after the consecration of the bread, and again after the conse cration of the wine ; and another officiating minister did the same in his presence. The allegation as to the use of lighted candles during the celebration of the Holy Eucharist was admitted. The following reason was alleged for the appeal to their lordsl.ips :—" Because every clerk in holy orders of the United Church of England and Ireland, in administering the sacraments and other rites and cere monies of the Church, is bound to use the form and order prescribed for the same in the Book of Common Prayer, without any addition, alteration, or omission ; whereas such kneeling or prostration before the consecrated ele ments, and such use of lighted candles as are respectively proved or are admitted, in the said cause, are additions to or alterations of the form and order as prescribed aforesaid." The judgment of the court was delivered by Lord Cairns, who announced that the decision was against Mr. Mack° , io , hie and the practices at St. Alban's. The banns of marriage between eighty-eight couples were proclaimed in the parish church of Dundee on Sunday. The supporters of Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and member for Louth, have deter mined to re-elect him, without putting him to the inconve nience of appearing on the hustings. TAE ARREST OF THE EARL OF ROSSE.—The two policemen, particulars of whose interference on a late occasion with the Earl of Rosso and party were published at the time in the Guardian, have been tried and dealt with as their impudent freak deserved. Constable Burke has been reduced to the lowest rank, and the sub-constable summarily dismissed, the decision of the court being rati fied by the inspector -general. Constable Dawson, Roscrea, is now in charge of the Annagh station, in place of Burke. —Nenagh Guardian. An insurance society upon a novel principle is about to be started. It is an adaptation of the principle of the Manchester Steam Boiler's Association ; and it will enable colliery proprietors to insure their works against explosion. The immediate effect of this proposal has been tp make the pitmen declare that they will not work unless they are insured too. They say that the masters, being sure of a pecuniary compensation in the event of accidents, will get careless about ve4ilating their works, and that thus the lives of the pitmen will be in much greater danger than before. PROPOSED TESTIMONIAL TO SIR WILLIAM STIRLING-MAXWELL.—A numerously- attended meeting was held in the Royal George Hotel, Perth, a day or two ago, for the purpose of taking steps for presenting Sir William Stirling-Maxwell with some token of respect. The following resolution was unanimously ageeed to:— "That a piece of plate, bearing an inscription upon it, stating the purpose, and by whom subscribed, be pre sented to Sir William." The meeting was most enthu- siastic, and many regrets were expressed at the defeat of the hon. baronet. COUNT BISMARCK AT HOME. —A letter from Stettin gives the following account of Count Bismarck and his estate at Pomerania :—" No one thought anything about that country before the Chancellor in 18G7 bought his property there. At present the melancholy steppes which border the Baltic are well-frequented, and Vertain is now spoken of as Sans Souci was formerly. The railway from this town to Kceslin ought certainly to burn tapers in honour of Count de Bismarck. His residence is simply a grand seignorial mansion, large and comfortable, but without any architectural style, the ideal of the dwelling of one who is half countryman and half townsman. In front is a garden laid out with great regu larity ; and further on is a large park which is well stocked with game. The count frequently invites the neighbours to hunting•parties, at one of which he had that fall last autumn which might have proved fatal to Prussia. The sea is about fifteen miles off, and during winter the north w;nd must be particularly keen there. You will be astonished to learn that the proprietor of this domain is engaged in numerous commercial pur suits. The Minister of his Prussian Majesty sells wool, manufactures tiles and bricks, and distils brandy. His sheep-walks are renowned, and the proceeds of the shear ing are sought for far and near. One of these days you will hear that he is making paper, as he has entered into partnership with one of the principal men of Kwslin, M. Behrend, to establish a factory wheze this article will be produced by a new process. I believe that the firm Bismarck and Behrend is going to make their produce from bark. The vast woods of Vartzin, Wussow, Cho, mitz, and Charlottenthal, will furi*li the ray raAtviad abundance EXTRAORDINARY DISPUTE BET WEE 3 THE 211EMB_ERS FOR NOTTINGHAM. --- ---a - An extraordinary state of affairs has arisen in Notting ham in reference to the position of the two representatives for the borough. It will be remembered that a petition was drawn up on the part of Mr. Seely, one of the defeated Liberal candidates, against the return of Sir Robert Clifton, Independent, and Colonel Wright, Con- servative. A few days before the borough petitions could be finally lcdged, Colonel Wright and Mr. Seely travelled to London together, the latter gentleman's business being connected with the petition. They, had some conversation together, which was continued the next morning at the hotel where Colonel Wright was staying. Tire effect of, it was that Mr. Seely withdrew his support from the petition, which was afterwards burnt. Sir Robert Clifton here appears upon the scene, and what the hon. baronet saw and heard created such an impression on his mind, that in reply to a telegraphic despatch from a meeting in Nottingham as to the real con dition of affairs, he stated that he had defended Colonel Wright against the intimidation of Messrs. Seely and Richards, tie latter of whom is an election agent, and meant to call the attention of the House of Commons to the subject. The telegram was pastel on the walls of tile town, and as great excitement prevailed during the following day, Colonel Wright was communicated with, his reply being simply that he Lad not resigned. S:r Robert Clifton then wrote a letter to ere of the local papers, repeating his charges of intimidation and coercion, and again threatening to bring the case before the House, defying Mr. Seely to disprove what he said. In the course of a few days Colonel Wright published a letter in the local papers, in which be said that he told Mr. Seely, in consequence of Dr. Quain having advised him that parliamentary duties would be dangerous to his health, he should not remain lung in Parliament, petition or no petition. Colonel Wright also said : "On hearing this, Mr. Seely at once said he should withdraw his support the petition, and I was afterwards informed that it had been burnt. Mr. Seely's conduct in the matter, as far as I was concerned, has been, in my opinionipper fectly fair and honourable. As to stories about threats and intimidation, they are altogether too absurd to require notice. If I do not remain long in Parliament it will be on the sole ground of any health." This letter created much surprise among members of the colonel's party, and has had the effect of inducing Sir Robert Clifton to write the following to the Daily Guardian :—" Colonel Wright's letter has caused me utter astonishment. In my former communication I challenged Mr. Seely to publish an account of his conduct to Colonel Wright. He has not answered that challenge. A man who refuses a challenge is a coward. I await his r ply. If he does not answer this appeal he shall have his next chance in the House of Commons. The decision of that assembly shall decide the veracity of my former communication.—Yours, R. J. CLIFTON.— London, Dec. 21." ..73EFORE THE PANTOMIME. The Daily News gives an interesting aescription of a ' visit to Covent Garden Theatre before the pantomime. "At noon," says our contemporary, "the great place was in the full tide of busy work. Quietly dressed young ladies peeped in at the stage-door, and read the call-paper—' Boarding school at eleven for hall-past '—and ran in, or retired slowly, as the announcement did or did not affect them. Gentlemen with the blue line of much shaving running down their cheeks, and with hair cropped close for character-wigs, exchanged silent nods with the door keeper, pushed thr,ugh the swing-door, and went ' upstairs. Messages and notes for the lessee arrive every few minutes, and are forwarded to him on the stage, which is full of people. The foot-lights are lit, and clown, pantaloon, and harlequin are all practising their comic business for the eventful night. The walking gentle men who are to be beaten, the boys whose heads will be cut off, the young women whose stage babies are to be boiled, the aged wanderers, who are to be stimulated into activity by an application of the clown's hot poker, the in teresting citizens who will be tripped up upon the same public functionary's buttered slide, are all lounging about the wings. Three or four pretty young ladies are sitting on chairs with their backs to the auditorium and watching the business ; two gentlemen, with open books in hand, and one who beats time on his fingers, stand, also with their backs to the place where the public sit, and give directions and instructions to the men and boys who are to act as pantomimic foils. Two of the private boxes nearest the stage are occupied, and a flood of daylight comes down from the unshuttered windows behind the galleries. Otherwise the vast space is dark and shadowy; boxes, dress-circle, and stalls are swathed in brown holland, and look mysterious in their cavernous emptiness. The desolate waste suggests the uninhabited country on which Robinson Crusoe and Friday were thrown, far more than the stage, where a theatrical shoeblack is busy at his box, and where the pea-jacketed clown speedily usurps his pace, to wrench the foot and otherwise maltreat a subdued-looking man, whose appearance and demeanour suggests a greengrocer who waits at evening parties, and who has been some time out of an engagement. The set scene behind, representing ` Lord's' on a fashionable day, reminds one a litte of the large picture by Gustave Dm4 of Play at Baden.' The figures are the same size, and the wistful interested attitude of one stout gentleman, with mutton chop whiskers, who is apparently about to try to catch a cricket-ball in hismouth, recalls the British Philistine of the French artist. Nor is the analogy weakened by the fact that at a comparatively short distance, and under all the disadvantages of a hybrid light, which is neither day nu. gas, this picture, or rather this group of pictures, looks admirably real. The disposition of the male and female figures in and about the grand stand, their attention, and the general life-like attitude they have been placed in, will, if we mistake not, go straight to the heart of the gods on Boxing Night. Some twenty dogs are chained on the stage while the Messrs. Payne and Mr. Paulo are at prac tice, and these, after some preliminary growlings, fall to in real earnest, and have to be separated by main force as they are making their teeth meet in each other's hides. It is like having a practical conundrum put before you t.) be shewn theatrical proceedings such as these; with any view of your understanding their bearing on the pantomime. We preserved a discreet silence ; and whether these dogs are to teach Friday's father the impropriety of cannibalism, or to spew the advantages of civilisation by flying at each other's throats, were as much mysteries to us when we left the theatre as when we became aware of the pre sence of canine company on the stage. Up many stone stairs, and after glancing through the armoury and the dressing-rooms of the rank and file, we are in the property shop at the top of the entire building, and over what seems from the inside to be the roof of the theatre. The armoury looked every bit as real, though not so extensive, as that of the Tower. The wooden effigies of life size, and each wearing a knight's full suit, are as rigid and unmeaning at one place as the other, and the rows of helmets and breast and arm plates on the wall were all real metal, and as capable of good service as those worn in veritable battle. The dressing rooms are like a school—clean, bare, and comfortless, and with plain wooden desks all round them, the name of the person sitting at each being chalked on the wall above. The desk lifts up and is a looking-glass ; and as we took the liberty of peeping into one of the drawers,we may mea tion that the school books consisted of a pair of soiled silk stockings, a stick of black cosmetique, and a pair of stage dancing shoes. Up in the property room everything is unreal and grotesque. Men in paint-14espattered suits of canvas are energetically painting, gilding, moulding, modelling, drying. Robinson Crusoe is very prevalent now, and Man Friday too. The latter's relatives are represented by the most hideous array of false heads, faces, and busts it has been our good fortune to see. We trust we break no confidence when we say that certain ostriches which we saw stomachless and forlorn will be ridden by certain blacks who are unsurpassed for frightfulness, and that a procession of Amazons and Aztecs will be enough to make one dream of horrors through the winter. Some of the Amazons —stout men of jocund aspect and great knowledge of life—are choosing their heads, and writing their names inside the ones which fit them best, at the time of our visit. We are able, moreover, to testify, from personal experience, that the rutting on and taking off a false pantomimic head is . a process peculiar in itself, and that the latter part of it has a tendency to turn the nose aspiringly upwards, and pro duces, indeed, the same ridgy effect upon the human countenance as was attributed by Pip to Mrs. Gargery's wedding-ring. Heath and faces are everywhere. They lie on the floor in heaps, surmounted with gaily-coloured feathers for the ' swell' savages, and they are sorted according to squints and mouths upon shelves and tables. The other cannibals will come up in the course of the day and suit themselves in their turn, each man claiming the privilege of wearing the same head as long as the panto mime runs." THE VACANT LORD-LIEUTENANCY.—The death of Lord Belhaven renders vacant the office of Lora-Lien tenant of Lanarkshire, which is likely, we learn, to be filled up by the appointment of Sir Thomas Edward Cole brooke, of Crawford, Bart., member for the northerr division of the county. INDIAN Humoun.—The following appears in the Advertiser (of all other papers) :—" I am glad," said the Rev, Dr. Young to the chief of the Little Ottawas, " that you do not drink whisky, but it grieves me to find that your people use so much of it." " Ay, yes," replied the chief, and he fixed his eyes expressively upon the doctor, which communicated the reproof before he uttered it "we 14eau_ ,... se tgrea : t 1/7 1... auflaxt 1116111M1 ev.m....• TURKEY. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 21. Hobart Pasha's fleet is cruising about Syra. The Porte insist upon the departure of Hellenic subjects. A disastrous collision has taken place near Smyrna between two Egyptian mail steamers ; one of the vessels foundered, but the details are as yet unknown. CHINA. NEW YORK, Dec. 23. Intelligence from Hongkong, via San Francisco, to the 16th inst., states that the British fleet had arrived before Nankin, and had demanded and re ceived reparation for the insults to the missionaries at Yangclio R. The rebellion under Sing was progressing in Nurthern China. Piociamations against the Christians Lad been posted ihrou,Aiout the empire. The Imperialists iu Japan had captured the chief town of the rebels. HONG KONG, Nov. 17. The Cliefoo gold nuggets have fully confirmed the finders, and also the natives, upon the question of the remunerative character of digging. The Viceroy, Tseng-Iiw•o-fau, has yielded every point demanded in reference to the recent outrage upon missionaries at Yangchow. Her Majesty's ship Rodney, and other vessels, proceed to Nankin. It is reported that the French have decided to abandon their naval depot at Wosung, and to wake Yokohama their future head-quarters in the ex treme east. The Canton Insurance Company has declared a dividend of $750 per share. INDIA. BOMBAY . Dec. 5 (via Brill The Pioneer states that the Cabul rnerchanta confirm the assertion that the Russian authorities have virtually prohibited the import of all goods except indigo and mulls into Central Asia. The army of Shere Ali and his nephew were recently within a short distance of each other. The press generally discredits the reported battle in Lieutenant Brown, of the 18th Hussars, has been killed in a steeplechase. CALCUTTA, Dec. 1. The Delhi Gazette publishes a rumour that Shera Ali had been taken prisoner, but the statement re. quires confirmation. The Port Canning case has been postponed Intl' January. The prospects of the crop are unchanged. It is stated that the Punjaub Tenancy Bill is giving universal dissatisfaction throughout the Pun. jaub. JAPAN. YOKOHAMA, Nov. 5. The Japan rebels are still fighting doggedly. A descent has been made by Admiral Ermonotto in a frigate and seven ships upon the territories of Prince Todo, who was a traitor to the late Shio goon. Immense damage was done. Other princes have also been marked out for similar retribution. 1 AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, Nov. 10. The Melbourne Cup was won by the Sydney horse Glencoe. The following gold ships have sailed for England since the last mail :—The Kosciusko, 11,500 oz. the True Briton, with 26,250 oz. ; the Macduff, with 11,875 oz. ; the Lancashire, with 4,375 oz. ; and the Swiftsure, with 32,250 oz. SYDNEY, Nov. 7. Mr. Robertson is the new Premier, and Sir Wm. Manning the Attorney-General. ADELAIDE, Nov. 10. Mr. Bagot is the chief of the new Ministry, and Mr. Strangways the Attorney-General. NEW ZEALAND. Advices from New Zealand state that a con siderable portion of territory has been abandoned by the sellers. The local forces are still disorga nised. Colonel Whitmore, who is commanding a large force of friendly natives, is advancing to attack the rebels. Foreign klaii Yacht Lis MAILS DUE. &Wrath. and New Zealand, via douthampton.....Jan. 2 Ditto, via !' Areeilles -o Ditto, via Pt._ ama De 29 . i3raa=t.lsuenos Ayres, and Monte Video Jan. 4. Ditto, by French packet • ••• Dec. 22. Cape Verde, by Brazil packet Cape of Good tips. Ascension. and St. Helena.... Dec. 28. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.. Jan. 2. ,iribraltar. via Southampton india,via Southampton ..... . De 26 Ditto, Via Marseil.es nalta, r:gypt, Ste. ....... Deo. Ditto, Marseilles Dee. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Seuthauts ton Ditto, Marseilten Dec. B. Newfoundland..,,,, ....... Dec 33 t'ortugal United States, Canada, California, &to., by British packet Ditto, by Canadian packet Dec 25 Ditto, by l Lited tatcs packet ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS OF THE BIBLE.—The Rev Dr. T. S. Conant has recently delivered two lectures on this most interesting subject before the Long Island His torical Society at the Packer Institute. The first lecture was devoted to the general nature of those ancient manu scripts, their authenticity, and the best means of preserv ing them for the good of mankind ; and the second gave a more detailed account of several of the oldest and most valued documents. The first, not in point of time, but as that first generally known, is called the Alexandria manu script. About the commencement of the 17th century, Cyril, Primate of Alexandria, afterwards Patriarch of Constantinople, discovered in the Alexandrian Library a manuscript written in the Greek characters of the fourth. century, containing the entire Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, with several other semi-sacred writings. About the year 1623, being influenced by the services which had been rendered to him by the then English. Ambassador, he proposed to send this manuscript, which he valued very highly, as a present to King James First of England, but the execution of this design was delayed. by the intestine troubles which disturbed Cyril's autho rity, until the year 1628, when it reached England as tt, present to then reigning monarch, Charles I. Being at first placed in the King's private library, it once narrowly escaped destruction by fire, and in the year 1753 it was de-, posited in the Library of the British Museum, where it now remains. It is believed, both from notes and traditions regarding the origin of the manuscript, and from internal evidence of which itself b3ars, to have been the work of tt pious Greek woman residing in Alexandria named Theckla and it is believed to have been executed about the middle of the Fifth Century. It is written upon vel lum of a quality very fine and soft, and the formation of the characters is remarkably delicate and beautiful. The manuscript ;has suffered by the action of time and. previous want of care in its preservation. Several of its leaves are gone, and others are mutilated. The ink with which it was written has faded until in many places it is scarcely legible, and the vellum itself is decomposing, so that it is difficult to handle it without injury. The library of the Vatican at Rome contains a manu script of the Old and New Testaments, which has been there from the foundation of the library, and it is not known from whence it came or by whom it was exe• cuted. It is written on very fine vellum in the Greek character, and the original writing, where it is still visible, is exceedingly fine and graceful, but the writ ing has been retouched since it was first placed in the library, and the original penmanship is only visible in a few instances. It is now regarded as the oldest and most authentic version of the original Scriptures in existence. Formerly scholars and others were allowed. access to it, but latterly it has been guarded with jealous care, and but few persons can obtain even a sight of it. The Sinaitic manuscript was discovered by Pro essor Tischendorf, at a monastery on Mount Carmel, while engaged in searching for ancient manuscripts. Ho first chlncod to come upon so.ne fragments of it in 1848, but could not then d;seaver the remainder. In 1852 he returned to the search, but still was unsuccessful, and. not until 1859 did ha succeed in obtaining the remain-. der. It is similar in character to the two previously de scribed, but has suffered considerable mutilation. By Professor Tichendorf's persuasion the monks in whose possession it was wore induced to present the manuscript to the Czar Nicholas of Russia, and it is now preserved with great care in the royal library at St. Petersburg. Dr. Conant spoke of the incalculable value of these different manuscripts in enabling us to obtain a correct understand ing of the. Holy Scriptures, and urged that means should be taken to secure, ff possible, their preservation frorg urtha decay and dotructim.